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Claim Agreed Charges Hurt Maritime Industry

OTTAWA (CP)d'Ihe Maritime rransportation Commission said Monday fsdartal lo islatioa;parmit- ling Canadian raiwsys tor make igraed-charge contracts is hurting Maritime industry.

The statement was made by frank Smith. couruel for the com- rnisslon. to a royal commission in- vestigating the agreed charge method of setting railway freight rates. Agreed charges are special my contract rates granted by the -ailways in return for s guaran- r-rd percentage of a shipper's busi- IIOSS.

Mr. Smith said industry in the Maritimes suffers when a shipper ill central Canada signs an agreed- rharge contract with the railways on movements of goods to western (anada. The low rate enjoyed by the central Canada shipper was de- med to the Maritime manufacturer

who also ships similar goods to the west.

SHOULD IEDUOE DATE

The board of transport commis- sioners should be empowered in such cases to reduce the Maritime lI'llPPel"s rate. The commission was not proposing that this rate should be the same as the agreed charge but it should be fair and reasonable to enable the east coast shipper to compete in the western market.

"Unless action is taken along this line there is a real danger that Maritime shippers will be ex- cluded from the sale of their goods in western Canada." he said.

Mr. Smith said he believes the railways should have increased freedom to make agreed charge contracts with shippers. However.

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Find 'Quake C

ausecl Huge

Changes In Nevada Area

DIXIE VALLEY, Nev. (AP)- Geographers may have to revise their maps because of the earth- quake last Thursday which caused awesome changes in the terrain of this sparsely - settled area. The quake-centrlng in this remote val- ley-was felt in five western states.

Scientists who converged on mile- high Dixie valley found gaping fis- sures that scarred the base of sur-

Coming Events

"Crapaud Christmas concert, Dec. 21 I

"Cornwall Christmas concert, Dec. 22.

"Victoria Christmas concert. Dec. 22.

"Concert Glen Valley School, December 21st.

--Kingston Christmu Concert.

December 22nd.

"Appin mad Christmas Concert. December 22nd.

"Christmas Concert. 1-Undale. December :l2nd. .

"Christmas concert. New Hav- on. Thursday. Dec. 23.

"Rustlco Cross 'school Wadnesdsy.,.Doe. 23. W . uwneetlby River concert. Tues- luv. December 21st. .

"Johnston's River School con- cert. December list.

"Anglo Rustioo school concert. Thursday. December 38rd.

"south Melville Christmas Con- cert. Tuesday. December Iist.

"springton School. Christmas Concert, December. 22nd.

"Christmas Concert. Port Aug- ustus Hall. December 22nd.

"Clyde River school Christmas concert on Wednesday. Dec. 32-

"Concert and Films. Hamilton Hall. Wednesday. December 22nd.

"Come to the variety concert in Spring Valley hall. Dec. 22.

"Mt. Msllick Christmas cert in Pownal Hail. Dec- 23-

"Keivin Grove school concert iv-dnesday. Dec. 22. Curtain 745.

"Argyle shore school Concert. December 23rd in the hall. '

"Christmas Concert. Dmmnre school. December llmd.

"Lower Bedsque Christmas Con- cert. December 22nd.

"Long River School December 21st.

"Kelly's Cross Christmas Con- cert. Wednesday, December and. Time 8.15. Dance after.

"East Wiltshire Christmas con- cert In North River Hall. Tu"- dny. Dec. 21.

"come to the Christmas Concert at stanlw Bridge Hall. Wednesday night, December 22nd.

"Come to the Christmas Concert at St. Mary's school. December list, at 8.30.

"Bingrr in Hopai River hall Tuesday. 21st. Prizes. turkeys and llrese. -

"Dundas Y. P. U. Variety Con- cert. in Bridgetown Hall. Deoombe 22nd. curtain 0.80 p. in.

"Christmas Concert. hnerald Hall. Tuesday. December list. at lib p, m,

"Crapaud school Christmas Con- mt in Orapaud Hail, ,Deoember 21st, 3,30 9, ,

"Reservs'.I'I'uesday. December lint. School Concert. West Royalty run. s.so p. m.

"Bingo at uorell this week will 56 tonight. Tuesday. Twenty cash Prizes plus Jackpot.

”Ebanesar. school Concert. in Whsatley River I-fall. Wednesday. December sans.

"Holiday dance St. Mary's hall. souris. Monday. Dec. fl. -1300 music. Regular admission.

"St. P!ter's South School Christmas concert in St. Peter's Mil. Dec. 11' at I pan. lee tlanta Claus in parnn.

"Come to orasnvale Christmas 00ncert. in the school room on Wedneodsnoeoomaor sans. basin- hlns at s p. in. .

"Attend the horses Youth om

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rounding mountains for 28 miles.

Prof. David Siemmons, Univer- sity of Nevada earthquake expert. flew over the area in west central Nevada about 110 miles east of Reno - mapping the tremendous fissures.

HUGE FIBSURES

"The quake was without doubt one of the most important ever re- corded in the United States." Siem- mons said. This, he explained is in terms of ground displacement.

The gashes along the base of the mountain look as if a giant had ripped the terrain with a jagged knife-mile after mile-and then had torn it apart with his hands. "Had the quake occurred in a populated area." Siemmons said. "I hesitate to think of the death and destruction it would have caused."

M-FOOT lllIl'l'

Siemmons found parts of a new fault where one side is 20 feet lower than on the other side. He said this is possibly the greatest vertical shifting of earth ever re- corded in the United States.

. the San Francisco qua e of 1905. by comparison; cause i onlyafa three - foot vertical displacement. About 700 persons were killed in that tremor. '- .. I

C. S. Renews Appodl For Dec. 27 Holiday

O'I'I'AWA (OP) - An affiliate of the Civil service Federation Monday renewed its appeal that Monday. Dec. 27. be declared a holiday for civil servants.

In s. letter to Prime Minister St. Laurent, the Department of Vet- erans' Affairs l!:mpIoyees' National Association said it trusts the gov- ernment "will not forget your an- nounced policy of following the practice of good employers."

MCIEIIDES-FRANCE WINS T

With a pilot who learned to fly at summerside in iiltl and who married a Summerside girl. a giant American transport aircraft cap- able of carrying 200 passengers is seen above Just before take-off from Summersids yesterday afternoon where an unscheduled overnight stop had been made by this Cl24 Globemaster because of unfavor- able flying weather encountered while on a transport flight. from Westover air base in Massachusetts. to Thule air base in Greenland.

Siside Stop-over Lucky For

Aircraft of this size do not often land on Prince Edward Island; and is capable of flying non-stop for

the huge size of this airliner can be seen by the relative size of the three airmen standing near its bow.

Able to cany up to 30 tons. the cargo is loaded by means of an electrically operated hydralic built- in elevator that forms part. of the bottom of the plane. The aircraft weighs 185.000 pounds. and is nor- mally flown by 9. crew of seven. The pilot sits 26 feet above the ground of this big 4-engine craft which has a wing spread of 1'15 feet, and it tall 46 feet in height.

Developing 15.200 horsepower, it

25-30 hours.

Attached to the 20th Air Trans- port Squadron at Westover, Mass. this big airship is constantly on the move air-lifting vital cargo to American bases in many parts of the world.

one of its pilots. referred to above. 1st Lieutenant Jack Oliver. took his flying training at Summer- side in 1941 as a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force. While at Summsrside he met and married a Summerside girl, Albino Blanchard,

Pilot Oi U. S. Transport

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daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Blanchard, ofrGranvl1le street, and the stop-over in summerside yes- terday gave him the opportunity to spend a few hours with his wife and two children who are visiting in Summerside with Mrs. Oliver's

parents. other members of the Globemas- ter crew were Capt. Austin J. Tot.- terdeil, .lr.; Capt. Ernest W. Black; M. Sgt. Thomas P. Turner: T. Sgt. Arthur Meldenhauer; M. Sgt. Rob- ert L. Jutsen. .lr.; AiC. John R.

Ralston. (Photo by Wotton).

Trucks Plunge Into Canyon

STON BAR. B.C. (GP) - ' At east two menglwers believed killed Monday when two heavy trucks. one an oil tanker. roil- ed off the treacherous Fraser Canyon highway and plunged 1.000 feet down an embank- ment.

The oil. truck exploded and burst into flames on the CNR. railway mainline Just above the Fraser river. The driver was believed trapped in the cab and burned to death,

The second truck bounced across the railway tracks into the river. It was not known if more than one man was

aboard each truck.

I MONTREAL (CP) -- Travel-hum gry Canadians set a tourist record this year. airline and shipping offi- cials reported Monday.

Although complete figures can- not yet be compiled. the officials expressed hearty satisfaction with the 1954 p a s s e n g e r business. greater even than the Coronation year of 1953. , l Trans-Canada Air Lines reported a total. of 10.460 trans-Atlantic pas- sengers were carried in the Janu- ary .- November periodgeomparetl with a total of 21.000 in the whole of last year.

TCA began tourist class passage only last May l5. with the intro- duction of Super-Constellation alr- craft, and since then has carried more than 2.710 in that category.

business was tourist class.

GIAIP TREND

Slipping officials. traditionally unwilling to give full details of operation for competitive redsons. also noted a sharp trend towards tourist class travel. but declined a breakdown of figures. Cansdianrsclflc Stesmshlpt and Cunard. the biggest ocean opera- tors from here, both reported their biggest year for passenger traffic. although the same could not be said for cargo. Smaller companies reported increasing competition for passengers.

CPs total pass nger traffic for lmlldd at marly 15.500, compared to 41.000 in mm. A decrease in first-class traffic had been offset! by a greater increase

Seas Ilnlvoralry l' I-ligller MONTREAL ((7? Dr. P. Cyril James. p infllpal a gvioa-obsneh

lor of M University. believes the Canadian university Installment

10 cars. . . 1-. James says present indica- tions are that the -number of

scribed in official United states as

cently stepped up "war of nerves" against the Paris agreements for German resrmament.

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Travel-Hungry Canadians Set NewTourist Record

in tourist trade. resulting in xer financial returns.

MOST TRAVEL-HUNGRY

Canadians were described by both air and sea tran ort authori- ties as lhe most i avel-hungry people on e a r t h. Independent sources have estimated that gtotal of 83.000 travelled to Europe from Canadian ports in I053-a figure destined to be put in the shade this year.

in comparison. 304.000 sailed from United States ports. a com- parativelysmali number when the respective populations are consid- ered. . , The two world wars are a major factor in Canadian travel, these sources say. Marty ties were made in the old country. and much ocean travel can be expected indefinitely.

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. sheltering immoral practices.

FREDERICTON (CP') -- The Fredericton p 0 l i c e commission warned Monday it is starting a general vice cleanup of which a carefully planned raid on an aged downtown hotel Saturday was only a forotziste.

Dr. J. A. M.-Bell, the commis- sion chairman. said the Old York hotel on King street was the initial target because it was suspected of He said flatly it would be run right or not run at all.

Sixteen RCMP officers and five city patrolmen descended on the York Saturday at suppertime. They swiftly surrounded the building. blocked off all exits and carried out a room-by-room search.

Four men and twovwomen. one of the latter only partly dressed, were prodded or half-carried from the building through a knot of curious bystanders who jammed the sidewalk. Police also seized 25 bottles of beer. 50 quarts of wine nnd.20 bottle of liquor.

SIX ARRESTED

Police Chief A. H. Barker and RCMP Sgt. Frederick Dobb led the six carloads of policemen, none of whom even knew the nature of their assignment until 15 minutes before it started.

Only two ofthe six arrested ap- pea'rsd in court Monday. the others having been released during the weekend after paying'sl0 fines on summary drunkenness and vag- rancy convictions.

Percy McKay. 35, of Frederic- ton was remanded in custody on three separate liquor charges by Magistrate Lloyd B. Smith. He will appear Dec. 38. Bernice Arm-

Already Violatecl Spirit ,Of Pact

Russian

By Paul. scorr nsnnmsz (Reuters Staff Writer)

Soviet threatens to renounce the

Anglo-Soviet treaty of 1042 are de- circles in the of the re-

and Euro- pean union.

Diplomatic sources also say the soviet government has itself vio- lated at least the girls of that agreement and has trmtsd it com- paratively recently as a dead let-

tar.

The British government has new! officially protested the ot- faotlvo soviet annexation of Koon- In last Pntssla after the World War and soviet in- terference in the internal affairs ot hstsrn Rim n states as vio-

in universities wll , g

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Threats,

non-interference in the internal af- fairs of other ltatos."

Both British and United states diplomats have made it clear they regard the soviet. union as having

Vice Cleanup In Fretderictoin; N: B.

strong. 25. pleaded guilty to a vagrancy charge and paid her am fine.

Dr. Bell said the raid had an immediate objective of rooting out prostitution and stopping illegal traffic in lipuor. But he said it was merely "the curtain-raiser” to a more elaborate vice cleanup in this New Brunswick capital.

it was the first major police swoop in the city's history.

O'I'I'AWA, (CP)-For sl6.8'l8, one woman and 5'! men in the lot can- adian Infantry Brigade in Germany have chartered s.-civilian airliner to fly them home for Christmas.

The Trans-Ocean Airways plane. due at Montreal at 7 am. EST

Tuesday from Dusseldorff, Ger- many. was hired for 3201 per pas- senger.

The majority of the soldiers-33. to be exact-are privates and only five or six are officers. All are bound for points in eastern Canada except Gnr. G. 0. Ogden of the 2nd Regiment. Royal Canadian

Sheppard Jury Still Deadlocked

CLEVELAND (AP) - The Sheppard murder jury Monday nfght was sent back to its hotel again. still deadlocked as hours after it received the case but still determined to try to reach a verdict. The jury will resume

deliberations at 9:15 n.m. today.

S16,878 For Special Plane

Appeals T4-Your Prison Sentence

CALGARY (CP) - Donald Wins- low Henderson Monday appealed the 14-year sentence given him last month when convicted of man- slaughter in connection with the death of Yvonne Levesque of Pin- cher Creek. Alta.

Henderson, 37. of Calgary, was charged with murder in connection with the 22-year-old girl's death at a Calgary auto camp Aug. 11, 1949. The girl died from shock brought on by a heating. The night the girl died Henderson disappeared. He was found in August this year in San Francisco.

Horse Artillery. whose destination is Cranbrook, BC.

The one woman -aboard the Christmas special is Nursing sis- ter M. I. Chisholm of Antigonish, N. 8.

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PARIS.

to overthrow his government new parliamentary battle for treaties to rearm West Germa

ratify the Paris pacts started hottest political issue as soon

fidence vote.

chance of surviving.

The government victory also re- moved the danger that the" four- day ratification debate might be indefinitely delayed by Mendels- Franc-.'s downfall and formation of s new government.

DECKS-VE VICTOR!

This danger to the Paris treaties was the chief factor behind the dynamic premiers decisive victory The Mouvement Rspublicain Popu- laire. ordinarily his bitterest op- ponents, made the victory certain by abstaining in order to avoid endangering the ratification pro- cess. They want responsibility for West German rearmament to rest on Mendes-France.

Another factor bolstering the premier was his agreement with state secretary Dulles of the United States and British Foreign Secretary Eden last weekend on measures to strengthen South Viet- nam against communism.

This agreement took some of the steam out of opposition charges that Mendes-France had sacrificed Indochina to the Vietminh Com- munists and given in to American dominstion.ln the non-Communist south.

FIEBY CRITICISM

Mendes-Francs defended his In- dochina poucy in a fiery criticism of his predecessors, lashing out at "eig t. years of mistakes" in Indo- chi a. before he came to power last June. The charges brought shouts of anger from the Popular Repub- licans. whose leaders were r - stole "for foreign affairs and Indo- china before Mcndcs-Franco be- came premier.

The confidence vote. called by Mendes-Fran e last Saturday, was on an amen ed version of a 1955 blldsct for Indochina operations. A

Blood Plasma Is Best Gift

REGINA (CP)-The best Christ- mas presents for the parents of five-year-old Larry Ford of Regina are gifts of blood plasma which keep their son alive. -

Larry suffers from "Christmas disease." a rare form of haemo- phllia. a blood disorder. There is no known cure.

Three times a week the boy re- ceives blood plasma. gifts from Red Cross donors. Physicians say the Injections will likely be re- quired as long as Larry lives.

Mrs. Ford says her son has as much pep as any youngster. He has been under medical care since

The plane will return Jan. 3.

birth.

Crew Calls Battered U. Trawler "Hoodoo Ship"

By STEWART MIoLEOD N ” Press Staff Writer

ST. JOHN'S. Nfld. (OP)-The trouble-plagued trawler D'Vora re- mnined under port. arrest here Monday while her crew speculated on the 517,800 bond that must be posted before she can finish her voyage to Halifax.

The 533-ton British vessel limped into St. John's Dec. 2 after a mechanical breakdown at sea that left her at the mercy of a hurri- cane for five days and strctclicd her Atlantic crossing into 19 days.

War -Of Nerves

violated these principles frequently in the post-war period.

soviet diplomats have also made it clear, as recently as at the last Big Four conference on Germany

Moscow Informs London Of Stand On Arms For Germans

MOSCOW (AP)-Russia informed Britain Monday it will scrap the British - Soviet mutual assistance treaty of 1941, a pact that still has eight years to run. if ratification of the Paris agreements to rearm West Germany is completed.

The warning came in a formal nets delivered by Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Grornylro to British Ambassado Sir William Hayter at the Soviet foreign office. Franco lot I similar note from the Rusalangflast Thursday concerning

matehln tre ty. the French-Sm blot of 1944. note charged that "by he-

comlng a participant in the Paris agreements. Britain has grossly violated her commitments as an ally under the Anglo-Soviet treaty." It accused the Churchill govern- ment nf following It policy which was "openly directed against the U.s.S.R. and other peace loving states"

Delivery of'the note was an- nounced to a hurriedly summoned press conference in the Soviet for- eign ministry.

The British House of Commons has already approved the running of West Germany under the Paris agreements '

in February. that they attach lit- tle or no importance to the treaty as a protection against the resur- gence of German militarism.

The fact that the soviet govern- ment ls willing to throw away the protection afforded by his treaty at this time is also interpreted as an indication: first. that they themselves regard the treaty as A dead letter; and secondly. of the importance which they attach to their new policy of stirring up in- ternational tension in order to frighten the weaker elements in European countries into opposing ratification and implementation of the Paris agrem-tents.

Statements by soviet govern- ment. sources are leading Soviet experts here to conclude that the soviet government in its all-out battle against ratification and im- plementation of the Paris agree- ments has decided to a.” ton for a time the comparatively "soft" line which Soviet spokesmen were taking some months ago in their explanations of the policy of peace-

cornbetitivsr coexistence.

Gebr. Broere N. V. of Dordiecht. Holland. the owners of the freigh- ter Eiizabeth B. are seeking com- pensation for the three days their ship stood by the D'Vors during

Reading of a committee report urging the assembly

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(Reuters)-French Premier Pierre Mendes- France beat down Monday the strongest attempt yet made;