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The Guardian, Five Cents Morning Dally Founded 1881.

86 SERVICE MEN KILLED iN WORST Alli DISASTE

9 Per Cent Freight Rates Bo'ostAuth"orized

Bush mot Flies Out New Schedule Plane After Being Marooned For 'Week Eif9CiiVg1iII-1

(By Bernice Canadian Press Correspondent.)

CHURCHILL. Man., Dec. (CP)-Bush pilot Gunnar Laurell

25. formerly of Herrljunea. Swed- en. flew his plane back to safety after being marooned for a week on the blizzard-swept miles

Saturday

sub-Arctic tundra. north of Winnipeg.

Laurell landed on a lake miles northeast of Baker Dec. 13 alter overshooting outpost in a while hauling freight from copper-nickel development. Ferguson Lake.

An RCAF search him Friday. and Gunnar Ingebrightson

1 .000

desolate lake. Both then back to Baker Lake. An RCAF plane "flew cover" for the oper- ation in case of trouble. '

Laurell, a Swedish Air Force veteran. sat out the storm in an igloo which he built 50 feet be- hind his plane.

Ingebrlgtson is a northland vet- eran. In January 1949 he made rescues history. He Ewlce flew to a shifting ice pan n Hudson Bay to, rescue 12 men,

Coming Events

one of the most daring in northern flying

"Kingston school Concert. De- cember 22nd.

"Emerald Christmas concert in

Emerald I-lall. Dec. 23, 8.00 pm

"Christmas concert. Hall, Monday. Dec. 22nd.

"Anglo-Rustico School C December 22nd. . '

C.

"Christmas Concert. Mermaid school. December 23rd.

"Unloading Old Sydney coal at Milton today and Monday. Vernon Gillespie.

"New Glasgow School Christ- mas Concert. December 23rd. in New Glasgow Hall.

"see Santa Claus in person at York Christmas Concert, Decem- ber zznd. 8 o'clock.

"Unloading car of Old Sydney coal at Milton Station today. Norris Kitson.

"Come to Wheatley school con- ccrt Monday. Dec. 22nd in Wheat- ley River hall at 8 o'clock.

"Come Kelvin Grove School Christmas concert tonight, Dec. 22nd at 8 p.m.

"Kinkors Hall. Christmas Op-

eretta and Carols. Monday. Decem- ber 22nd, at ii P. M.

"Christmas Concert in North Wiitshire -Hall Monday. Dec. 22nd at 7.30. Dance after.

"Special dance. sponsored by C. W. I... Tracadis Hall. Monday. Dec. 29. McKearney's Orchestra.

"Bingo. dance. St. James' Church. Town Hall. Georgetown. December 26,

"Freetown Christmas Concert, Freetown l-lsll. Monday. December 22nd.

"Come to Christmas Concert. Springfield Hall, December and Sale of candy.

"Reserve Monday. Dec. 22 for Parkdals senior concert in Park- dale Hall at 7:30.

"Christmas dance. Beaver Hall. Montague. December 23rd. Don Messer's Orchost ;.

"Emyvais Christmas concert in Lot 05 Hall. Monday. Decem- ber 22nd. Dance after.

"Warren Grove school Concert. North rum Hall, Monday, Decem- ber 32nd.

"Don't forget Brookneld Y. P. Christmas Concert, Brookflold Hall. December 23rd, starting at I o'clock. Aid of oshibss rand.

"Will be shoeing horses on Monday. Tuesday and saturday of each week lsrl Ohsppell. Bread- sibsne.

"Notice. The correct answer to A. P. Gallant's Rustico Store Isle contest was "No prices con- tained pennies". The correct an- swcr not being obtained you have I second chance to win. Write your nuns on a ticiut provided It. both atom and drop in guess box. Drawing Wednesday noon, Doe at .

ltedpsth Msclvor,

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45 Lake the mounting storm a at

. plane found fellow-pilot flew in a supply of fuel Saturday to the flew

Victoria

marooned when their R.C.A.F. plane was forced down on a 550- mile flight from Coral Harbor to Churchill.

Laurell's plane was spotted by F0. C. E. (Chuck) Gobeil of Ott- awa. riding in the nose blister of an RCAF Lsnc..ster from Greenwood, N.S. -

K. Jaques of Greenwood, pilot of the Lancaster, said drift- ing snow had almost obliterated all shore lines in the area but none had piled around l.aurell's plane. PO A. W. Wilson of Green- wood. radio officer. said he dropped a. package of clgarets, chocolates and oranges to Lnurell with a note advising what signal to make if he needed help. Laur- ell indicated he needed only fuel.

F0 Jaquos said his crew was ready for a flight to the Azores last week when alerted for this search. They left for Winnipeg 30 minutes later.

Birodiei Siamese Twins Fail To Show Improvenieni

or-ucsao. Dec. 21 -(APi- The Brodie Siamese twins failed

twins were separated in a 12-hour 40-minute operation Wednesday reported in an afternoon bulletin:

"The..co "on of Rodney (the atrongerl ' two ill-month-old twins) remains critical. The con- dition 'of Roger is still precarious. and his struggle for seems to have come to a complete halt. There for the better or worse in the last 15 hours."

A spokesman summarized:

"The condition of the boys ap- parently is static but a

momentarily. We're heartened by their remarkable stamina and that they've clung to life this long." Rodney took some during the day, but he apparently was less animated than Saturday

tion "What is this?" He smiled or cried.

Roger. who has been in a coma since the operation ended 90 hours ago. was fed a. saline solu- tion and glucose through his veins.

Parents of the two boys. Mr. and Mrs. Royt Brodie. of Molinc. Ill.. remained at the hospital throughout the day. .

Paris Man Made Own Money 10 Years

PARIS. Dec. 21 - (CP) -Pollcc arrested Justin Paulet Saturday for making his own money for the last lo years-but Just enough to cover his expenses. The officers said Paulet readily confessed that he had been making 5,000-franc '(about :14) notes on his own presses. but only about 15 a month, ample to keep his household run- ning. He has done no work in the last decade and told police his real interest is music.

neither

existence

has been no change

change for the better or worse may occur

nourishment

when he parroted s nurse's qucs-,

May Become

CYITAWA, Dec. 21 -. (CP) .- The Board of Transport Commissioners Saturday authorized a nlne-per- cent increase in freight rates to compensate Canadian railways for the 16-cents-an-hour wage increase granted to non-operating employ- ees.

The higher freight rates, to gross the carriers an estimated 343,350.- 000 a year, may go into effect Jan. 1 provided the railways issue their new rate schedules before Dec. 31

The board's order implemented an announcement Dec. 16 that the increase would be granted if the board satisfied itself as to the ac- curacy of the railways” cost figures on the higher wages.

The application for higher rates was filed after the railways” decis- ion this month to grant'the l6- cents - an - hour increase effective Dec. 1, but while they and the non- operating unions were still in wage negotiations. Friday, a settlement was reached on the I6-cent figure retroactive to Sept. 1.

The added September-Octobeb November pay disbursements result- ing from the new date will come to roughly 310,000,000 on the compan- ias' rail operations.

A railway witness indicated dur- ing the hearing that the compan- les, might try to raise some of the revenue needed for pay increases by boosting express rates. There also mav be a boost in telegraph rates.

One exception in the general per-

i0dBl' 30 85111 in their tenacious centage increase order is that C as fight for life. has been customary - coal and

Th! llllhol-3 NelH”0l)S)'ciiiatric coke rates are boosted on a cents- H05!-litsl. Where ihe head-Joincd :1-ton-basis. The increase ranges

between 10 and 20 cents a ton, ns asked by the railways.

'Givc'sl'S'1 .000 To Winter Relief Fund

MONTREAL. Dec. ill - (CF) - There's a Santa Claus in Montreal. and the Salvation Army would like to thank him. He dropped a sl.000 bill into a Salvation ,Army Christ- mas kcttle on St. Catherine Street during the week-end to swell the

lArmy's Sally Ann Winter Relief 'Fund. BELGRADE, Dec. 21 C (Reu-

ters) - Tanjug, the official Yugo- slav news agency. announced Sat- urday that an unspecified aircraft factory here has produced Yugo- slavials first jet plane.

By Richard 0'R.egsn

VIENNA. Dec. 21 -(AP)--The Communist - sponsored "Congress of the Peoples for Peace" closed Saturday. It may have looked like a flop to many in the West. But Western diplomats said they be- have the Kremlin had promoted two big projects:

1. A vast new effort to break the spirit of. urgency and will of west- em Europe to resist the soviet Union.

2. Development of a. world-wide attempt to stir up colonial unrest. particularly in restive Africa and Asia.

The main instrument of both drives, the diplomats believe, is the "Congress of the Peoples for Peace"-a new name for the three year-old Communist peace offens- ive.

Two years ago most Western Europeans feared a Russian at- tack at any moment. Today. most people feel ,more at ease. less sure of attack, in fact. doubting it. This change of attitude the dip- lomats here believe, is largely due to the constant Communist talk of peace. backed in October by Prime Minister Stalin's newest state- ments on the possibility of "peace- ful co-existence."

Red-Sponsored Vienna Peace Congress Closes; See Gains For Russia

Big Trantp-ori Crashed Seconds After Take-off

116 Men-Were Bound

MOSES LAKE. Wa5l'i.. Dec. 21-

(API - A United States Air Force

For H 0 m e 5 F 0 r captain who survived yesterdsy's

' ' cras icre, said today he believes

ch"s"nas' the plane "had not developed

filiy has slowed up Western E'Lll'- ' - m.:)ugrl;.. pow" Lo complete me opeinf defenc. ratification of the Moses LAKE, W:-isi1., Dec. 21.- la 9” t '

Bonn and European defence com- munity treaties and the deliber- ations of the North Atlantic Coun- all.

Now. say the diplomats. the Kremlin obviously hopes to pres for further delays through the activities of the Peace Congress. which concluded a week-long ses- sion here.

In a series of resolutions, the, Congress delegates were told they! must: '

I. oppose ratification of the Bonn and F100 treaties-"treaties w bring us nearer to war."

pose the remilitarlzation of west Germany as a threat to all

lake them home for their hoiidng.-s.

fAP)- A huge lI1liltal')' transport plane. loaded with happy service men going home for Christmas. crashed and burned Saturday and 85 of the H6 persons aboard died, in aviation's worst disaster. i

The crash came only seconds! after the gay soldiers were settled in their seats and the mammoth plane took off for a first stop at San Antonio. Texas. Other service-

The opinion uas expressed by considerable experience.

Demns was enroute to Charles- ton, S. C., to visit his wife and two children when the giant Globe- master crashed with a loss of 86 lives.

He told this story:

"As we were going down the runway I had a peculiar feeling

heavy-plane flying

men, waiting for later planes to

watched in horror as the plnncj crashed and was enveloped in: roaring flames. I

Many survivors who ran or were, dragged from the flaming wreck-i

DIUDHS 0liE'l11”0D8- age are in hospital with serious: 3. Demand immediate il1leI'Ili1--injuries, tlonal negotiations for general: some glad me scene in c()nIus-

proportionate disarmament the type of disarmament that Russia wants. g, .

4. Demand the banning of all wsr propaganda that instills a mil- itary spirit among youth or pro- vokes a. war psychology-in other words. beak down all Western re- sistance. '

5. Encourage a free exchange of' raw materials between East and, West.-an exchange which would! provide Russia with materials she'

The lessening of suspicion al-

wants for her war industry.

N. Sffouihifates Murder giargei

GUYSBORO. N. S.. Dec. 21 (CP)- A 13-year-old youth was arraigned before a justice of the peace today and charged with the murder of Albert Ludcington. a farmer from nearby Lower Man- chester.

Ludeington was found dead in his home Friday and police said a small calibre rifle bullet had hit him in the head.

RCMP Inspector J. A. Young of Truro said he believed there was in family dispute at the time.

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VANCOUVER, Dec. 2l-(CP)- Oakalia Prison Farm was describ- ed Saturday in articles published by the Vancouver Sun and the ,Vnncouver Province as a jail oper- "od by the prisoners and not the :..:ifi'.

For the first time. Vancouver newspaper reporters were able to make a thorough tour of the suburban provincial prison. They came out to write stories describ- ing Oakalla as a "cesspool," breeding crime. sex perversion.

drug addiction. prostitution and other evils. Bruce Lnrscn, Ii Province staff

writer. said conditions at Oakalin were "so appalling" ns to defy

Currie Repo

OTTAWA. Dec. 21 -(CP)- De- fence Minister Clsxton has start- ed to get ready .for' a renewal of Parliament's boiling battle over the Currie report. a " cument which he said Saturday contained surprises for him.

within two hours of his arrival from the Atlantic Pact meeting in Paris. the Minister launched the first of I series of conferences with colleagues and defence officials which are expected to go on right up to the Jan. 12 reopening of the Commons. on Monday he will at-

s' tend a" cabinet meeting.

Besieged. by reporters at Rock- clifie Airport. Mr. Clsxton said without elaboration that some as- pects of the report surprise him. that any move for him from the Defence Ministry is up to Prime Minister St. Laurent and that be will see "what steps 'should be taken in consequence of the re- port."

The report by the George 3. Carrie accounting firm, of Mont- real described A general break- down in the Anny Works services and as critical of s indifference to administration a ong defense

"higher-up." Abbott,

Finance Minister. who

Claxton. Preparing For

rt Battle

flew back with Mr. Ciaxton. dis- closed tliatoanada stands to save 38.000000 through the Pact Coun- cil's decision to pare planned con- struction costs in Europe in half for 1953. Canada's share. he indi- cated. will be slashed from :20,- ooo.ooo to about 312000.000. .

Meanwhile the first sign of the line Ltbcrsl Party members are expected to take in discussing the Currie report with their constitu- ents during the Christmas recess came from Kingston where Pro- duction Minister Howe on Friday called it a "rehash in lurid lang- uage" of police reports on irreg- ularities at Camp Petawaws.

That argument is expected to be repeated by Liberal members while Opposition members will undoubt- edly reiterate their accusations that the report bares "disgraceful." "serious" and "shocking" ineffici- ency in the Defence Department and shifted.

Authoritative sources say there is little doubt the Prime Minister will leave Mr. clsxton in his job and entrust him with the ration- sibility of tsking on the opposit- on parties when Parliament re- mines

that Mr. Clsxton should be lc

Newsmen Reveal Grim Picture Of B. C. Prison

belief.

A similar story was told by Jim Smith and Jack Wasserman of the Sun. The rr-porters spent some days making the prison sur- vey.

The Province reporter said con- ditions at the prison included:

Severe overcrowding that pre- vents segrcgatlon or treatment.

Narcotics smuggling on a scale surpassing anything in any Can- adian institution.

Drug habits started within the prison.

Widespread sex perversion.

Prisoners controlling sections of the prison.

A locking system that convicts cnn foul at will.

Constant fear of an from extreme insanilation. and rodents.

Vicious prisoner-directed boat- ings.

Misuse of government. property.

Fire hazards highlighted by one wooden building. holding 186 pris- oners, which has often been con- demned as a firc-trap.

epidemic pcsis

oners. A primitive excuse for a hospi- al

And insufficient staff further crippled by the fact that "at least 10 percent" of guards are "burn- ed out."

Larsen said Warden Hugh G. Christie was Instructed by At- torney-Genarsi Robert Bonner to be frank answering any ques- tlons.

He quoted the Warden as say- ing that Oakalla was rated "in the bottom quarter of Canadian p isons" and known nationally as "a understaffed jail dominated by prisoner thinking."

The newspaper also reproduced a letter from Attorney-General Bonner saying he was "person- ally aoquainted with most of the colnditlons" described in the art-

0.

Plan lleforns

Mr. Bonner's letter said the government proposes in the new year to institute I comprehen- sive program of penal reform in

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Busy Year For Sale- Of Forest Nursery Stockz

RCA marks , gl:cat.llici'ease in the imberl-bf

Gambling and drinking by pris-

lbs sold is a featurevof the annua report of Mr. Robert Snazelle. promoter for the Cotton Trust for Rural Beautification. The repot shows that this year there were 70,000 bulbs sold. while last. year the total was only 46,000 and in 1950 it was 26,000.

Mr. Snazelle's report shows that there has been no easing off in the demand for nursery stock as the public in this Province is contin-

lmately sll.-400 worth of stock was sold this year and orders have been received for 110 items for de- livery next spring. Among the lat- ter is one for H.600 for the pro- posed Summcrside Airport Housing project.

Many trees and shrubs are now arriving from overseas. with 1': tons of goods coming from liolland. The Nursery is hard put to find storage space and Mr. Snazelle has suggested to the Government that

cw building be provided. I-Ila re- po't also suggests that more land be acquired to permit the Nursery to grow its own trees and shrubs by purchasing lining out stock and growing them for a few years.

An excellent idea is contained in

the new price list which is being distributed this month. it is a sug- gestion that Islanders plant a few extra trees and shrubs as a meni- ento of the coronation. Mr. Snazelle states that he has been obliged to raise the prices of some items. mainly because of the in- creased cost of transportation. lie also notes that. a great. many visit- ors were at the nursery this you and remarked that it was probably one of the most photographed places on the Island this year.

Bel,ievc-Clout Sent

ion and shock, complicating rest-uc work. It was hours before Major:

P. M. Wassum. wing adjutant ati this air base. finally fixed the death toll at 04 in a report to,

Washington. Two of the survivors; died today. i The giant four-engine plaheu big as s five-room house and able; to carry 200 combat troops. roaredi off a Larson Air Force bay runway; at 6:320 a. m. PST. It was snowing, lightly, with visibility two miles. i

knew Crash Coming

The plane shook itself. then went into a glide." said Airman Raymond K. Ferguson of Batesville. A1'k.. a survivor.

"I knew we were going to crash.

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s..”.?.;ei2Z”aa'ii.a'" C Composer Dies

"Old Soldiers Never Die", collapsed in the street and died Saturday. He

er in the army."

and clashes between police

based on long experience in fly- mg heavy planes that we were staying too long on the ground. "I became convinced of this when I felt the plane bounce at the end of the runway and it seemed that the plane had not developed enough power to complete the

Capt. George Demas, who has llodl

Survivor Gives His Opinion

of can; or A

it Disaster

takeoff

"At this point the pilot appar- ently tried to yank it into the all because it was too late to reverse the propellers and stop it.

"When the pilot tried to lift it off the ground I could feel the ,plane balloon is sharp angle rise like going up In an elevator) and then she started to settle-or mush as they call it.

"Then the pilot turned sharp to the left and that suggested to ma he was attempting to come back to the runway. I looked out the iwiudow at that point and estimat- ied we were about 75 feet in the air. Before he completed the turn, the pilot apparently changed his mind and then it all happened. 1 don't recall too clearly what came next but 1 saw a gaping hole in the tail section and I dropped through it to the ground.

Capt. Demas suffered a frac- tured vertebra and fractured col- larbone.

QUEBEC. Dec, Zl -iCP)- The Canadian Catholic Confederation of Labor tonight approved the principle of a resolution calling for a general strike.

The measure provides for the executive of the OOCL and a com- mittee of representatives of var- lOliS affiliated syndicates to work

3 ML rizmed out details of the action.