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Eight Killed In North Sask. Crash

PRINCE ALBERT. Sask.. (CF)- I converted military aircraft car- ried eight persons to their deaths Thur-sda when it flipped over and burned landing at s. far north- ern Saskatchewan trading outpost.

The twin-engine Anson plane. a late model a type used ex- tensively in Canada during the second World War to train RDA! sir crews. was operated by. Has- kstchewsn Government Airwsys.

The crash ended nearly 9,000,000

fatality-free miles logged by the.

government corporation, set up in 1947 to open the north country.

The plane crashed at Buffalo'- Nsrrcws. lad miles northwest of -

Prince Albert, at about 10:30 am.

MST. All aboard died almost ln-

eiantly.

They were identified as Stuart Miller. 40. of Prince Albei-t,vateran pilot for BOA; Stanley Woodward. manager of the Hudson's company post at La Lochc. Sask..

Seek Missing U. S. Novy Ducks

BEAUIORT. N. C. (AP) - All available ships in this area searched rough water Thursday night for two missing United States navy Ducks and an undeter- mined number of men thrown into the sea.

A third Duck was reported to have sunk in the churning water while two more went aground on a sandbar. , The Fort Macon coast guard sta- tion reported three Ducks cap- sized in the heavy sea: as they made their way to a ship off- shore. The station said that four men were rescued and that "sev-

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his wife and two children. Marilyn and Robert: and three young In- dian children. l"i rence Piche, John Baptist Fiche an Cecil-Lemalgre. Cause of the crash was not de- termined. The plane struck ground and flipped over several hundred feet short of the runway. An in- quiry will be held. There were no witnesses.

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Trade Crisis Talks With US. Moderately Successful

By WILLIAM I-IARCOIJRT Canadian Press staff Writer WASHINGTON (OP)-The hiah-

lcvel meeting between the United states and Canada to avert a poa- sible trade crisis was moderately successful. it was disclosed Thurs- day night.

"At least we understand each other". Trade Minister C.Dg I-Iowe t-iid reporters before he returned in Ottawa with his fellow Cana- dian delegates. External Affairs Minister Pearson and Finance Min- ister Harris.

"But I see great difficulties," l-lowe added. "There will be a gen- eral Agreement on Tariffs and T'.'ii(lP. but it will be a tough row in line."

Concern over the 31 - country

GA'I'r brought the Canadians hero. V9

Canada believes the United states attitude on changing certain OA'I'.I' prnvialolis would weaken the agree- ment and endanger the economy of many member countries.

RECONCILE CUBBS

At the GATT review session now going on at Geneva. the US. has tried to reconcile the agreement'a free trade principles with A- merican curbs on imports. apar- ticularly of agricultural go a.

Thursday's meeting is under- stood to have dwelt particularly an section 22 of the U.S. Agric- liturai Adjustments Act. which re- zuires protection subsidised by the government. It expressly forbids the signing of any international agreement violating this provision

Many A1'l? members regar section as r violation of GA'I'I'

Coming Events

"Dance in Millvlew Hail every Prldhy flight.

"Regular Saturday night Dance, St. Peters Hall. Messer's Orchestra.

"Auction and Dance, Vernon Hall. January filth. l

"Meeting of Vernon Driving Club at home, of Dennis Docherty Saturday, Jan. 8. 8 o'clock.

"to Greek Hail. vers Hockey Dance. , efreshmen . Friday, Jan- uary 'ith.

"Orspaud District Lodge. meets in Prime Arthur Lodge Roomr CHI)- aud. on January llth, at it p. in.

"K. of 0. Pic ers present "Quiet Honeymoon". I t. Mary's I-fall, Sour-is, afternoon and evening. January 'ith. .,

"Dance at Murray itiver Ware- house Saturday night. Dancing lrom'9-till 12. .

"Dance at Long creel: west- ooned until Saturday. Jen. Canteen service) at of itovere. hockey team. gt

” at Mt. Stewart Pri- day and Saturday nights-"the Naked Spur"-e good Tichnleolu Western Drains.

"lhlc-Oaiu Amateur caveleede lnlelfesssaell. hieedly. lllllllfi flux. by Point Prim W. I. Plea-' lth

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entriu before Janitor! Willlsrnm llecltee.

Odor-ell and vicinity.

tastes lmeents Jud! n to net

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and object to American efforts to reconcile the two.

While Thursday's meeting pro- duced no more than formal com- munique that said a cordial dis- cussion had taken place. were grounds for belief that the United States will adopt a less rigid attitude on import curbs.

The U.S. now restricts imports on grain and dairy products, rc-

strlctions which interfere with garciledien prosperity and export I e.

DSPENDB ON 11.5.

Brltainls attitude toward relax- ation of her own import, curbs. im- posed because of pound-dollar ex- change difficulties. depends largely on dwhat the United states decides

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Canada. whose exports provide about 26 per cent of her national earnings, is deeply concerned with bringing about Angie - American agreement on the eventual over- all reduction of trade barriers.

The American side at Thursday's meeting included state secretary Dulles; Treasury secretary Humph- rey; Agriculture Undersecretary 'rrue D. Morse; Clarence Randall, special adviser to President Eisen- hogaer. and other top US. offic- ie

Celebrations

LONDON (Reuters)-- West Eu- ropeans frolicked through quaint. centuries - old celebrations Thurs- day to mark "Twelfth ,Night." the beginning of the religious feast of Epiphany.

In Britain. country villagers "wassailed the apple trees" to keep wicked spirits away from their crops.

In Italy. a kindly witch sup- posedly soared through the skies.

In Austria. children dreued up as the three kings of Bethlehem.

Belgian children searched for lucky black beans in their tradi ticnel epiphany "cake of kings. British housewives hurried to clear away au Christmas decora- tions before the Twelfth Night cel- ebratiom began. Failure to do so on time means a year of bad luck. according to tradition.

OUIIN OBIEIWII CUSTOM Queen Elisabeth began the day by dieetving a 800-year-old cus- tom. she sent the al royal gifts of gold. frankince e and myrth to an Epiphany Day service in the of Mu-lbrough

House here,

The gold was in the form of 26 rid sovereigns released especially or the service by the Bank of Eng- land. sovereigns no longer are

RCA! Ddroto

On Mercy Flight

WINNIPEG (CP)-A RCAT ski- equipped Dek is left here, Thurs- day on n I. mile mercy tri to pick up a sick Eskimo chil at Arctic buy on the northern tip of Baffin island. '

believed suffering

quire i . . The piece . cbedoled t Arctic bay!1n. d'erkneee.”Iig'v.IE, grid on e lee strip marked by

James N. Allan. 60-year-old Pm- member of the Ontario legislature for Holdi- reported to be to Highways

Allan was first elected to the legislature in

there

WN. CANADA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 7, 1955

THREIITEIIEII BRITISH RAILWAY S

Worslii e To Be Ref tied In. Mcrltimes

HALIFAX (CP)-The navy an- nounced Thursday that four more warships are being detached from service for reflte at shipyards in the Marliimes.

The frighten Prestonian and Tor- onto will sail for Saint John. NB. Monday for an annual face-lifting. The two vessels returned to Halifax recently from an extensive train- ing cruise to the Mediterranean. The minesweeper Wallaceburg is already enroute to Plctou where she will enter drydock. The mine- sweeper New Llskeard will be re- fitted at Liverpool. N.S.

The 18.000-ton aircraft carrier Magnificent currently is under- going a refit at Halifax shipyards. The destroyers Haida and Mlcmac are about to return to service at the naval dockyard here and the auxiliary vessel Sackvllle is being refurbished at Lunenburg, N.S.

Sheriff Appointed For Prince County

Mr. Alfred Gordon. of Summer-

alde, has been appointed High Sheriff of Prince County. The en- nouncement was made by Premier A. W. Metheson following a meet- ing of the Executive Council yes- terday. The appointment was made to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Hubert Hall on De- cember 22.

Mr. Gordon. who is of years of age. has been acting deputy sherriff since last October and in conjunc- tion with hls position has been giving driving examinations to ap- pllcanis for motor vehicle licenses. Previous to his appointment as

played with Carney Brothers in Bummerside. following five years of war service with the R.C.A.F.

A native of Alberton, Mr. Gordon has made his home in summerside since 1942. He owned and operated the Aiberton Electric Light plant from 1927 to 1031. when it was pur-

deughters. Jean in Fredericton. N. B. and Peggy. a student at Horton Academy, wclfvills, N.B.

Again. in spite of dire forecasts to the contrary. the Canadian swine industry has experienced a year of profitable returns. In late was and early lose. our farmers

Traditional Twelfth Night

In Europe

legal tender in Britain.

In France, Paris pelice barred bakers from putting gold coins in the festive "galettes des rois." the flat. round cakes served on Twelfth l ht. They said this prac- tice we break gambling laws. so the cakes contained only the traditional dried been or porcelain trinket.

Lirier Backtracks

(M 0 I e s Berlian. Associated Press reporter. was Iboard the Bermuda which rescued the crew of the sinking fishing vessel Slu- dent Prince II. This is his ac- count of the rescue.)

By MOSES IEIIMAN ABOARD THE QUEEN OF BER- MUDA (AP) - The gay luxury liner, Queen of Bermuda back- iracked 150 angry ocean miles Thursday to take 10 hapless fisher- men from their founderiug craft in mid-Atlantic. All told the rescue operation took about 90 minutes. but they were breathtaking ones both for the res- cuers and ti-iose,reecued. The to who were saved. all from Newfoundland. comprised the- Stu- dent Prlnce's entire complement. They were exhausted by their or- deal, but only one had suffered injury. He is Samuel Butler of Grand Banks whose-fright ankle was fractured. DIIJOATB OPIIATION . .'she needs was effected by the Queen of lerrnudra staff captain. ndll. Huang! London. England. eight a crew. . s it Ame-as eugoeeeniliy is I” at ible tribute W

all if and a flare path.

acting deputy sheriff, he was em-.

chased by the Maritime llectric , Company. He is married and has two

OTTAWA (CP)-Parliament Hill hustled with renewed life Thurs- day in anticipation of the open- ing today of the new parliament-

ary session. Members of the Progressive Conservative and CCF parties

held private meetings to discuss strategy for a busy session ex- pected to last into mid-summer. Five of the 51 Progressive Con- servative members wera, absent including Opposition leader Drew. recovering from meningitis. He will miss the opening ceremony for the first time since he be- came, party leader in 1948.

it was the second caucus in two days for the 23-member CCF group. Social Credit members. with 14 of the Commons” 265 seats, will meet a few hours be- fore today's opening at 2 pm. EST. The 172-member Liberal caucus is not expected to meet until next week.

ONE VACANCY

The only Commons vacancy was caused by the death Nov. 11 of Robert Fair, Social Credit mem- ber for Battle River-Camrose.

Meanwhile, preparations went ahead for the opening ceremony in the Senate chamber in which Governor-General Massey will read the, a each from the Throne

outlining e government's legis- lative program. . However, the red - carpeted

chamber was cluttered with equip-

ment and workmen making final preparations for the first tele- Vision broadcast of the ceremony.

Earl Rowe. acting Opposition leader. His speech is expected to end with a non-confidence mo- tion against the government. Prime Minister St. Laurent will reply and speeches by CCF lead- er Caldwell and Social Credit leader Low will follow.

TWO IMMEDIATE ITEMS

Apart from the throne speech debate. the Commons is expected to deal with two immediate items of business.

First is the proposed ratification of the Paris agreements providing for rearmament of West Germany and admittance to the North At- lantic Treaty Organization.

The other will be a government bill to increase lupplemenlary

unemployment insurance benefits for winter jobless.

The government has said it also will propose changes in the House's rules of procedure to speed proceedings. it is under- stood one move under govern-

ment study involves sending esti- mates of government spending for the 1955-56 year to a special committee for detailed study. other possible changes, includ- ing a reduction in the length of speeches to 30 from 40 minutes, likely will meet strong objections

from opposition members.

TORONTO (CP)-Roy I-I. Thom- son said Thursday the more Scot- land is given control over her own administration, the less will be the pressure for additional political power.

Mr. Thomson. Canadian - born chairman of the Scotsman Publica- tions Limited of Edinburgh. addres- sed the Empire Club of Canada on "Scottish home rule.”

He said two main bodies advo-

Island Hogs Scored New Quality Record In 1954

By Harold W. Clay senior Livestock Illeldman

were advised that. Canadian hog graduation in lots would show a - eevy increase in volume and con- sequently suffer a serious and early decline in price. Market reports for the past year now show that. there were too many cries "Wolfe, Wolfe."

This expected increase wu sup- posed to come largely from the

Weetem Provineu. Alberta was credited with a promised 30 per- cent increase. The following fig-

urss emphasize the inaccuracy of these forecasts: Alberta: lass-l.m,eao; 1954-1,- 356,227. Western Canada: ms-2.oa7,m; l9M.2.0'ie.000. All Canada: I958--4.735.470: less -1.761.386. This covers 1994 up to December th '

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Eyewitness Story

aiion that in itself was a rare feat of seasnsnship.

,The student Prince, taking water badly, sent its first call for help about ll o'clock Wednesday night.

We were then about 05 miles out of Hamilton. Bermuda. due to land in the morning.

After consultation with the U.S. coast guard. Capt. Leslie F. Ban- yard ordered course reversed. We were about the rgearest vessel to the stricken Student Prince.

I first heard all this from the steward Thursday morning.

T058!!! 3! WAVES

We sighted the Student Prince about 9:10 a. rn. It took another so minutes or so before we were close enough to launch the lifeboat.

That in itself was a very dell- eaie operation, with the waves tossing the Queen. lifeboat and all

up and down.

The Student Prince bob out there in from of us. and useon's relatively tiny craft worked toward its lee side.

Then the waves. or the wind. started the stadent Prince movi . She bore down Ill. and in bred lele mimivee he drilled in front of us. some of our gseeeegere who

Stresses Moderate View On Scottish Home Rule.

cats some form of Scottish home rule-the Scottish National party. which seeks complete independence from England. and the Scottish Na- tional Covenant movemeni, which proposes to keep the framework of the United Kingdom-but to give Scotland aparliament which would legislate for Scottish affairs.

Mr. Thomson also is president of Thomson Newspapers. which owns daily and weekly newspapers and radio and television interests in Canada and the United States as well as publishing the weekly Can- ada Review in Britain.

His remarks were contained in a text made available to the press before the luncheon.

NOT UNLIKE CANADA

He said the plan put forward by the Covenant movement is "not un- like the provincial parliaments in Canada" but the parliament it sug- gests for Scotland would in many respects have fewer powers than are vested in Canadian pro- vincial governments.

Home rule advocates conicndcd,

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Rumor Crusader To Be Transferred

VICTORIA (0P)- The Victoria Daily Times says the destroyer Crusader will be transferred from mquimalt to Halifax.

The paper says official an- nouncement ls expected shortly that she will be replaced by the Preston class frigate sussexvale,

the llbseennld hlbm: of his hand- propelled lifeboat. a delicate oper-

were closest insisted thin could

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which will Join the newly-formed 2nd Ciiniidian Escort squadron.

The main debate will start Mon- A day. with the first speaker Hon. s

,New Year's Day.

Signs Contract William Sage, 30. of London. Ont.

has signed a long-term motion- pictura contract with MGM in Bol- lywood. In nine years of profession- al credits. sage has acted in sum- mer siock, repertory. with road companies. New York stage. radio and television. In his first Holly- wood motion picture role he por- trayed the part of the cold-blooded shot-gun killer in "Dragnet."

(CF Photo)

Town Wavers On Bingo Ban

WFSTVILLE, N. S.. -(OP)-The town council wavered Wednesday in its determination to stamp out bingo parties when lawyers testi- fied they didn't think a municipal ban would hold water.

This Pictou county coal town of 4,500 has split about evenly over the councils adoption in December by a 3 to 2 vote of a. measure out- lawing sponsored bingo effective

Councillor Alfred Matheson gave notice Wednesday he would move at the next council meeting that the ban he rescinded.

CSL COMMODORE RETIRE!

TORONTO (CP)-Captain Selby Patterson. commodore of the 60- ship fleet of Canada Steamship Linesp announced his retirement Thursday after half a century of Great Lakes service. He holds the distinction of carrying the largest

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state-owned railways. th of Railwaymen said it ha

"We are of the opinion

settlement."

"In the circumstances we recom- mend thet the strike notices be withdrawn," the statement added.

KEPT IN BUSPENBE

The leaders of the 400,000-strong mm. kept the issue in suspense until half an hour before midnight. During the three hours the 24- member executive met. the ques- tion of whether to call off the strike was hotly debated.

In the end the decision was car- ried by a aubatmtill majority. Prime Minister Churchill was immediately told. He had cancel- led arrangements to leave London and sat waiting at 10 Downing Street all evening for the news that would tell whether or not Britain's life was to be thrown into chaos.

MAPPED PLANS

Industrial and business firms, meanwhile. had busily mapped emergency plans for continuing their operations it the paralyzing walkout had materialized.

The union and esemenl-sew resentatives negotiated for nearly four hours amidst a near-crisis at- mosphere over the 18-month was: dispute.

Jim Campbell. secretary of the 400,000-strong NUR had hurried from the special meeting to report back to the union executive on I.

Minister sir Walter'Monckton, and on the commission's reaction to it.

N0 "CASH PROPOSALS"

He said at the time that there had been no specific "cash ,ropos- als" made at the .IeIll0n-

Monckton had sought desperately to avoid what would have been the second major tie-up of import- ant Brituh transport facilities in three months.

A month-long dock strike last fall disrupted British imports and exports and halted some industrial production. A drawn-out rail strike experts say, would have even more disastrous enects.

grain and iron cargoes ever taken through the Welland canal.

Bride Weeps With Joy As

News Of Resc

By FRANK TESBIER Canadian Press Correspondent GRAND BANK. Nf'id. (CP)-Fred

Breydell's bride wept for ioy Thursday-night because her man is coming home from the sea.

The wife of the chief engineer of the ill-fated Student Prince 11 broke down unashamedly after hours of agonizing uncertainty. so did a score of mothers. sisters and other wives when word reached here that the fishing vessel's 10- man crew had been plucked from the Atlantic north of Bermuda.

A cruelly terse radio message numbed the villagers with the first word of the vessel's plight. It was an equally brief message that brought them into the streets to embrace one another joyfully and repeat the good news of the rescue

Of Ocean Rescue

not have been more than two feet between us.

Capt. Banyard worked his 22.500- ion Queen around again. and once more the derelict came drifting by us. but at a much safer distance. PLANES OVERHEAD

While several U. S. coast guard airplanes flew overhead and the Queen's lifeboat bobbed about in the water, oil was poured onto the water to,cslm it. Finally the life- boat got into position to make the rescue.

some of the -10 fishermen jumped into the water and were pulled out biy th e reacde party. Others c irnbed down the side of the stricken vessel into the lifeboat.

Finally our rescue craft headed back. and retrieving it was as deli- cate e manoeuvre as the launching.

The main problem was to pull Alongside the mother ship without being smashed to bits.

IRIATILIII IOMINTI

, .In this. too. Miseeon succeeded. and some of the Itudeni Prince's survivors were taken aboard hhrolugh an open hatch near water