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TICI pIora.I'e PAPII CI-IARLIUPTETOWN. CANADA, TUESDAY, SEPT. 6. 1955

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

PRICE II

OLIDAY TRAFFIC T0ll MOUNTING

Canadian Jet Twins In Best Performance At Show

Canadian Press Ital! Writer

FARNBOROUGII. England (APi ,The Canadian CF-I00 Jet inter- u,-ptor, piloted by Jalrzurakowski at Toronto. turned in the ,beat nngle performance at the Fara- .-iornugh Air Show Monday.

The 40-year-old Polish-born pilot. rradlfed with six planes destroyed with the RAF during the Second world War. put the twin-jet craft through a spin and a falling leaf. Roth manoeuvres are seldom at- tempted in anything as large as the l7-tonner.

Reporters and technicians gasped as Zurakowskl pulled out of the spin at the last possible second.

There was an overcast sky for the display of military and com- mercial planes. but the ceiling was high enough to let operations pro- ceed on schedule.

Mondayis performance by the FF-100 was the first at Fara- hnrough for a military plane de- signed and produced outside Brit- am. It was also learned that A.V. Roe of Canada has evolved a new version of the craft with an oper- ational level 6.000 to 8.000 feet higher than the Mark IV type at the show.

TCA VISCOUNT FLYS

The new type is called the Mark TV-C. has wings each three feet longer and operates at more than 600 miles an hour at a ceiling of about 55.000 feet. The new type already is flying.

in Toronto. Fred T. Smye. assistant general manager of Roe. confirmed that his company is ex- perimenting with I modified ver- sinn of the CF-100. He said several have been produced at Malton and test flown but they have not yet been shown outside the Toronto area.) .

Also flying at the show was a

Coming Events

Dance. Vernon River I a 11, Tuesday. September 0. Dance Fortuna I V I r y

Hall. Tuesday niahtr ozao-12m.

Regular Stock Car Dance Tues- day night Covehead 'aceway.

Regular D a I I I It Gel-don Lodge every Friday night.

Dance Hopefield Hall. Tuesday. Iept. 6th.

Dance at lie Casio. Dunstan- aage tonight.

Regular dance Sonshaw Inn tonight. Burns Orchestra.

Regular dance Wednesday. Sep- tember 7. MacI.ean'a warehouse. Snuris. Two orchestras. Canteen.

canload baled shavings arriv- ing soon. Mt. Herbert Station. Contact Ralph Raynor,

come to the Auction Sale at Janet Goss'l. lfuasiugtog, wed. nesday. September 7.

"Dance Lorne Valley hall every

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Dam in Monticello school

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"R!8ulIr Dance. Crapaud Rink zlgariesdw night.- sum Orch

Regular Dance. Stanley Bridge ""3! Tuesday. Rollie McKensie'a Orchestra.

mill-serve Tuesday, September i - l hi mm chalclken supper. in View

Q""'"l Cmlllty Plowing match :nd tractor rnildes at the Macllae "I'll. Waterside. Pownal.

39? Mr. S. C. Wright judge the

?':lr!rIIl:'em!;om H Club calves at '1 3111001. . . :

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hlll;'!llly Dance Wlnsloe Station "Tar-K::!il')f Friday night. Rollie I Z .

gm .0 ugin. tgrcrheatra. ,Dancing

.5”-Vi"! fowl every Thursday 1 ,”.”'''”i in 0:80 run. We will pick 9 "id pay at the farms. Are pa - '1! Million market prices. A p m"KW9ll and Roasiter, Mnrelli

Provincial Plowing Match and ff" " Dundee. September 14 and ,' "0 M1 II!!! of competition .:gu:.tI:.:;tat:rln:3. flriae list on "'- "Wtiien I. niieii-T" mm

The Annual Memorial larvl -2 '30 Cal-aw O-etapb will.

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Trans-Canada Airlines Viscount. and the longer-range turbo-prop. the Britannia. Canadair is produc- ing a military version oi this for the RCAF Maritime Reconnais- SSIICQ.

A Mark VIII Canberra. twin-jet light bomber which is being con- sidered by the RCAF for Tactical Air Command. was shown and the provost twin-Jet trainer which the RCAF is looking over.

Giant British bombers. capable of delivering atomic bombs long distances, also cavorted about the skies in a spectacular aerobatic display.

A lifelong ambition was fulfilled at 10.40 am. Sunday morning when Mrs. Dorothy Peters of Summer- side touched the red soil of her native Province on the north side of the Borden Pier after she had spent 10 hours and 25 minutes bat- tling choppy waters to become the second known person to conquer the trick tidal waters between New Brunswick and Prince Edward Is- land. Miss Evelyn Henry. R. N. of Southport. first conquered the straits in 1951.

Mrs. Peters. an attractive 28 year old housewife and mother of twn children entered the cool water of Northumberland Straits at Cape Jourmain about a mile and a half North West of Cape Tormeutine. 45 minutes before midnight on Satur- day night.

VASELINE COATING

Coated with vaselina to help ward off the chlllness of the water. she head toward the distant lights of orden accompanied by a motor boat and a dory contain- ing her escort party. She had the benefit of a South West wind but was hampered by choppy water and strong tidal currents which towards the latter part of her Iwtn-threat- ened victory for her by carrying her a considerable distance North of the B0 Pier. necessitating I longer swim and adding to the tigne required to reach the Island a are.

STRONG FINISH

During the last hundred yards of the swim. Mrs. Peters put on an amazing burst of speed using an apparently effortless crawl stroke. A large crowd was on hand to applaud her outstanding achieve- ment. An enthusiastic member of this throng was the husband of the swimmer. Mr. Henry Peters of Sydney. N. S. During the past sum- mer. Mrs. Peters has been a swim- mlng instructor at the Y's Men's swimming school and previous to her marriage was a dental tech- niclan with the Provincial Depart- ment of Health andyWelfare.

Tired but happy. the courageous swimmer was taken aboard the M. V. Abegweit where she enjoyed the hospitality of the ship's officers while the Ferry made one of its regular round trip lroslilngs. '

MOTORBOAT ESCORT

In the motor boat accompanying Mrs. Peters on her swim were Mr. Lloyd Heckbert of Summeralde and

52 Forest Fires Reported in Ont. TORONTO (CPI -- Ontario's

forest fire fighters Monday faced 52 blazea in the province's timber- lands including 12 new outbreaks which followed warmer weather in the north.

Officials of the Ontario depart- ment of lands and forests said the new fires started in the 24 hours up to noon Monday and five blazes were extinguished in the same period. They said fire hazard rat- ing now is high in Sioux Lookout and Fort Frances districts but normal elsewhere.

The delta-wing Avro Vulcan let bomber was I star of the show. too. as test pilot Roland Falk draw gasps from a selected crowd in- cluding experts from 100 countries in demonstrating the vulcanls cap- abilities.

MASS FLY PAH

Flying for the first time here were new British fighter planes which can go faster than sound in level flight. One. the delta-wing Fairer FD-2. streaked past the spectators at a speed rarely seen even at this high-speed display.

Britain's new Folland Gnat jet

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Island Housewife. Swims Northumberland Strait

Don Smith. one of the officers of the M. V. Abegweit. Mr. Smith charted her course and acted as Mrs. Peters' coach. It is interest- ing to note that Mr. Smith was one of those in the boat accompany- ing Marilyn Bell in her epoch mak- ing swim across Lake Ontario last year.

Also in the boat were Dr. Gilbert MacNeil. John MacNeil. Maurice Lodge. Henry Elliot as well as I brother and sister of Mrs. Peters, Alban and Shirley Gallant. In the rowboat were Lloyd Sonier and Tony Coles of Summerside. Mr. Cotes. who is a strong swimmer kept himself in readine s to go to the rescue of Mrs. Pe era should

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Toronto Mon Falls In Ladle Swim Try

NIAGAR.A-ON-Tl-IE-LAKE, Onl.. (CPI-Farnlay Wheatncroft, 59- year-old Toronto aircraft worker Ieeklnr to be the first man to swim across Lake Ontario, was taken from the water early today about seven miles short of his goal. He had been in the lake about 28 hours.

Claims Russia Plans Conquest Of Australia

WASHINGTON (AP)-An inon. ymous writer. described as "a for. me: "lunar? attache in Moscow who regularly makes intelligence analyses of Soviet strategy for one of the Western governments." says Russia has a long-rangeplan go conquer Australia,

In 3 90DyI'ight article in the WEEHY magazine ”U.S. News and w01'l?l Report." the writer says R"-5518 Plans to set up a screen of submarine bases in the Ant- arctic and use Southeast Asia as iiralllilllilllilfy stepping stone to Aug.

The 8Illl'l0F. whose nationality is not disclosed. says Russia's goal is based on the geopolitical theory that world domination depends on control of both the land mass centred on Moscow and the "world 002811 centred at Sydney, Aus. tralia

MANY LONu.RANGE suns The writer says the Soviet Union now has more than 350 submarines. many ions-range. ocean-going types. and is increasing the num- (Continued on Page 15. Cal. 7)

By GERRY FREEMAN Canadian Press Staff Writer

ST, JOHN'S, Nfld. (CPi-'l'hirty- five men are to be evacuated by air today from the Norwegian con- verted trawler Jopeter. held since Saturday in the clutches of I growling ice pack off the desolate east coast of Greenland.

The gallant little vessel had al- most butted herself free of the jagged, shifting ice cakes, then early Monday her propeller snap- ped off from the incessant heating.

The 486-ton Jopeter broke free of rafting ice that tipped her to I 45-degree angle Saturday. eight milesfrom blcak Koldeney Island in the shadow of Greenland's cliffs of shimmering ice.

SCREW TORN OFF

During the week J she bumped and battered through 26 miles of the vast lceiield. She was within six miles of clear water when the ice ripped off her single screw leaving her helpless.

The Danish liaison officer at the United States air base at Thule in western Greenland received a mes- sage Monday from the commander of the Danish Greenland island command requesting the USAF to "assist in the evacuation” of the

The request was made on behalf of the Danish navy. The Jopeter is under charter to the Danish Royal Gleenland trade depart- ment. presumably to carry men and supplies to lonely weather sta- tions. She has 19 passengers and 16 crew members aboard.

Saturday the Jopeler's captain

his ship and it was still not clear Monday whether he would stand by her or be taken ashore by heli- copter with the rest of the men. It was possible he might elect to keep a skeleton crew aboard.

Lloyds Register of Shipping says his name is Capt. Klirt Nakken. RESCUE PLANES SENT IN

The USAF set up the evacuation

machinery Saturday and Monday

WASHINGTON (AP) Maj.- Gen. Leslie I2. Simon. one of the United States army's leading rocket Iclentiatl. say; the govern- ment haa no incentive at this time to attempt space travel by humans. At present, the question was "pure fantaly-" In a copyrighted interview with the magazine U.S. News a World Report. Simon says the ax- pease of developing a manned space ship canft be Justified "until we learn more so that we can see that there's atanetlllng to be gained . . . . "

Knowledge that could hasten the day of apaca travel may come .an unmanned earth satellite

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Calls Space Travel By Humans "Pure Fantasy"

he thinlu such an effort would be made. -

TRIVIAI. QUESTION

Simon is assistant chief of Army clfnance Corps and director of itI research and developmt divis- ion. Von Braun heads the US. army's guided iniulle development

poeeibla space station. Simon says.

"There an to be an lnediilve to obligate . . . money and people and time to do that sort of thing. At present we don't see that in- centive . . . .

"At the present time. I'm afraid none of us sitting around this table. if we were offered ticketl would be interested. But maybe. if we . on the other

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Trawler Caught in ice Off Greenland; 35 To Be Evacuated Today

manned

it went into action. The USAF sent a KC-97 aircraft over the ship Sun-1 day to see if evacuation would be necessary. At that time the captain was confident he could sell to safety.

Two USAF C-124 Globemasters

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Prime Minister Pays Tribute To Saskatchewan

REGINA, (CPlmPrime Minis- ter St. Laurent paid tribute Mon- day night to the people of Sask- atchewan for the feeling and un- ity and tolerance they have de- veloped in the province's first 50 years.

"The majority of you are migrants or the descendants of migrants from other lands." he said. "Yet I know that each of you thinks of himself first and

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The U.S. Air Force announced Monday the world's first official faster- tl-ian-sound speed record. 822.135 miles an hour.

The exact altitude was not dis- closed. but Col. Horace A. Hanes. pilot. said he flew the F-IWC Sabre jet fighter at about 40,000 feet last Aug. 3) over an 18-kilo- metre course ( about 11 miles) near Paimdale. Calif. An air force Spokesman said that at 822 miles an hour. I-lanes. 39, would have been flying about 1.1 times the speed of sound. The fact I record was set was revealed last month but the time was not disclosed until Monday.

The speed of sound varies from 760 miles an hour at sea level to about 668 miles an hour at altitudes above 35.000 feet.

NEW TEST EQUIPMENT The National Aeronautics Asso- ciation. official timer of speed runs. recently developed and set up near Palmdale. Calif., equip- ment for measuring high-altitude flights at supersonic speeds. Because of the lack of such equipment. the official record had been only 755 miles an hour set by Lt.-Col. F.K. Everest in I North

planes have flown faster than sound many times and the fastest known speed of any aircraft is aoout 1.650 miles an hour. twice the speed of sound. made by Maj.

Expect Eisenhower To Nominate Again

DENVER. Colo. (AP)-Vice President Nixon said Monday that those closest to President Eisenhower are "more optimistic than ever” that he will run for re-election.

Nixon made the statement to newspaper men after I Labor Day conference with the presi- dent on national security prob- lems.

The vice-president also said It his press conference at the sum- mer White House that he be- lievcs Senator McCarthy. is "through" as a political threat to Eisenhower and as "a major divisive force within the He- publlcan party."

In Jail On Pennies Deal

WICHITA FALLS. Tex.. (AP)- A 62-year-old man is in jail here awaiting a talk with I secret service man about some 1944 pennies that were changed into apparently-rare 1914 coins worth 53.50 or more.

Oscar Nelson told officers he first started doctoring the pennies about a year ago. He insisted that he had disposed of only I handful. '

Paul D. Sullivan. a local coin shop operator. told police he bought two of the copper: marked

foremost as a Canadian.

"And you think of your ncigh . hors as Canadians and of their origin as hcing incidental to their Canariianism."

Mr. St. Laurent spoke at a ban-. quet held in celebration of Sask-i atchewan's Golden Jubilee. Sask- atchewan and Alberta joined Con-

1914. tie sent the coins to a col- lcclnr in California. who wrote hank that they had been altered by filing or cutting the extra points from the first figure four.

The accused man told a re- porter: "I just sort of scraped off the points on one of those coins - - - I thought it was I pretty good "

federation together Sept. 1. 1905'

had resisted proposals to evacuate ' i

American F-100A. Oct. 29. 1953. Jet;

New Air Speed Record In US.

Charles Yeager in the Bell X1A experimental rocket ship.

Immediately after the announce- ment of the record at the National Aircraft Show here. Hanes flew the F-100C past the reviewing stand at I speed which he said later was more than 700 miles an hour at an altitude of 600 to 100 feet.

100.000 SPECTATORS

Hanes landed the plane before the estimated crowd of 100.000 and

came to the reviewing stand to '

receive the Thompson Trophy. emblematic of the first official supersonic record.

Hanesi record was based on. two flights over the course within a half-hour period. one I speed average of 870.627 miles an hour. and the other at 773.644 miles an hour.

Two new planes never before flown in public were put through their paces at the show. They were the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo jet fighter and the Lockheed C-130 Hercules turbo-prop cargo trans- port.

Ch'town Forum Purchased By Messrs Burke .& Briggs

Capt. Carl F. Burke of this city and Fred T. Briggs. of Toronto. have purchased the Charlottetown Forum after several weeks of ne- gotiations and will take over the premises immediately.

In an interview last night. Capt. Burke said "We are definitely not concerned with Big Time. hockey but on the contrary plan to con- tinue operating as a skating rink and keep an open mind in the de- velopment and encouragement of Junior hockey. It is difficult at this time to say what will transpire in junior activities but it is our intention to have everything in readiness to meet I development of this phase of youth training".

It is understood that considerable change and improvement will be made in the Forum lay-out with I view to having,the building avail- able for activities on a year-round basis.

Dr. I. J. Yeo. who has been presi- dent of the Forum organization since established 25 years ago said, when interviewed. "I am delighted to know that the Forum is to be continued as a centre for skating and youthful recreation. Mr. Briggs is particularly interested in the young folk and it is pleasing to note that he has already built a rink in one area of Toronto which is used exclusively by the children in the vicinity".

COMMUNITY CENTRE

The Charlottetown Forum was erected twenty-five years ago as a community centre. the Forum has well served its purpose. As I modcrn rink It was .designed to provide healthful recreation for the skating and hockey-minded youth of this area. and untold thousands have taken advantage of the op- portunity. In addition to this laud- able aim. it has housed patriotic. political. religious, musical. fann- ing. athletlc and other organiza-

PROMOTION

38, Halifax. promoted from the rank of group captain. has been named chief staff officer of air defence command at St. Hubert, plans strategic It RCAF head- quarters.

(CP Photo from National Defence)

Sttons. Several Canadian Prime Min-

isters have addressed thousands of electors on various occasions. Box- ing and wrestling have been pre- sented since its erection. and of late years a splendid dance floor has hen laid for the benefit of the dancers.

The original cost of the Forum was 5100.000. and some prominent citizens have served as Directors. These include Dr. I. J. Yeo. H. S. Henderson. Col. D. A. MacKin- non. A. C. Sinclair. Hon. T. W. L. Prowse. J. P. Simmonds. J. -W. Boulter, W. J. Brown. Ivan Sin- clair. Jas. Power. W. L. McEach-

To 55 Dead

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

A steadily mounting death toll reached 55 as Canadians marked the last long holiday weekend of the summer-Labor Day.

A Canadian Press survey shows that in the period between 6 p.m. Friday night and 6 p.m. Monday night there were 313 traffic deaths. 11 drownings and five deaths from miscellaneous causes.

Ontario's toll-22 deaths-was the highest provincial figure. Que- bec had 12, Manitoba and Alberta

LAKE LOUISE. Aita.. (CPI- Two leaders of the dairy industfv called Monday for lower butter prices to compete with margarine.

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with the federal government ab-

Air Commodore Edwin M. Reyno. the National Safety Council. said this Weekend" "time "'11 wmfldlsaid. "There is a good chance to

Traffic Toll Climbs

Two Dairy Industry Heads . Ask Lower Butter Prices

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Day holiday.

May Reach New Record In

States

" ' CHICAGO, (AP)--The death toll on United States - 1 hiyiways skyrocketed in the

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An hour before the weekend officially ended in the Eastern Daylight Time zone-this was the accident toll:

383 killed on the highways. 69 drowned and 77 dead in

miscellaneous other accidents

for an overall total of 529.

And for every three persons killed outright in traffic

until Tuesday. Ned II. Denrborn. president of

certainly mount beyond the 400 predicted by the council's safety experts. The period lasts from 6

tim'et Monday. I DEPENDS ON DRIVERS . I "It's going to be nip and tuck

ern. All officers and directors have served without salary. l

The managers have been W. GJ Gillespie. Ian McKenzie. C. F. Archer, W. J. Brown. F. E. Clow.

The Forum has always encourag- ed hockey. For a number of years it gave assistance to Major hockey and Island enthusiasts have wit- naaaed displays of the finest of the Canadian game.

The purchasers of the Forum - Mr. Carl F. Burke of this city and Mr. F. T. Briggs of Toronto - are well-known in the field of avia- tion. and are successful operators of Maritime Central Airways.