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DEN ANNOUNCES

Eaidiner Noncommittal On Aid To Potato Growers

OTTAWA tCP) -- Agriculture Minister Gardiner intimated Tues- day that if federal aid is granted for New Brunswick and Prince Edward island potato growers aid also would have to be granted to Nova Scoiia apple growers.

”if you do one thing. you vc lot to do the other.'' he said in an interview.

Officials from New Brunswick anti Prince Edward Island com- plcled two days of discussions with federal officials and pres- ented in formal request for federal aid in help divert some surplus potatoes into starch factories.

nt presentation was made to A, A haw, chairman of the fed-

Coming Events New Glasgow concert. Dec. 22. South Milton concert, Dec. 2.

Westmoreland School Concert.

December 22.

North Granville lchool con- cert. Dec. 22.

Mount Herbert school concert tonigit.

Christmas c o n s s r t, Mlllview lall. Dec. 12. I p.m.

Lower Freetown Christmas con- sert. December zlst.

Wmsloe North Christmas Con- cert tonight.

Kingston School Qoncert tonight I pm.

Anglo ltustioo school concert. Dec.

Wiitshire School Concert Thurs- day. Dec. 22nd.

Argyle Shore -Christmas eon- cert. Friday, Dec. 23.

Christmas Concert. Rridgstown lull. December 23.

Dance in Mount Man lnll ov- ary Thursday nighL

Cornwall Christmas Concert on Thursday. Dec. 22nd. .

Grcsavale School Concert in ' hool. Thursday. Bee. 3.

Come to St. Mary's School Ghristmas Concert tonight.

Bellevue Christmas concert in lrsndview Hall. December 2:.

Mord! School Concert Thurs- (tly. Dec. 22nd. Curtain at I.

llcaiherdale Christmas Concert "idly. December 23 at 8 pm.

Dance uncalled at West Royalty ""- Wednesday. Dec am, only.

Ilsrtsvilla School Concert Doe. I. Dance after.

New Pu-th School Christmas ncert in New Perth HAllTliura- - y. December I at IN pan.

Christmas Concert Ifarshfiald gt Wednesday. Dee. mt. s.oo

u:'l"';3 ukhitolnariatinas con- - e an Wedn . DR. 11 at I p,m,.l' ad”:

lNew Year's eve dance Mount 5"" Memorial Hall. Friday. 0- 30 Burns Orchestra.

N”. Haven Christmas Coneert pf; ""'- Thursday. Dec. as. at

('ltri.xinu-is Concert, Illrll all. Q-'orth Rll.lti0O. Thursday.

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.V. Dec. 21 in omr. 7.30 o'clock.

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KEll.V's Cross Christmas Om- rt. Thursday. Dec. :2. curtain insane after.

Prnieat G. hanage Christ- as Concert. Thursday evening. ' - 12nd. at 7:!) p.m.

Dance, Cardigan Legion Hall. "day. Webster's orchestra. -4- Iystem. canteen service.

The Christmas Concert of Nor- " School will N held in Nor- " School Ftidlio DOC. 33rd.

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aral price support board. Mr. Gar- diner said he had not seen the presentation as yet but probably would bring it later before the cabinet for discussion and deci- sion.

The Maritime delegation was led by Agriculture Minister Sher- wood of N. B. and Agriculture Minister Cullen of.P. E. I. The

I ” s declined to disclose de- tails of their proposals, but Mr. Sherwood said Monday the situa- tion was critical. Farmers were getting 40 cents a bushel for pota- toes that cost them 70 cents a bushel to produce.

SUGGEST SUBSIDIES

The delegation suggested that through federal subsidies, farmers may be encouraged to divert some of their surpluses into starch fac- tories thus easing the food market glut. Canada this year produced about 6S.000.000 bushels of potatoes, up 23 per cent from 1954. Large crops also have been produced in the United States.

Maritime officials said they re ceived a courteous hearing from

Cold Wave

(By The Canadian Press)

The severest cold snap of the winter sent temperatures skidding across Canada overnight and the weatherman called for more of the same today.

Although the almanac says win- ter officially starts Thursday, cold Arctic air descended Tuesday on shivering Canadians with the coldest temperature readings of the season.

In Ontario. predicting a low of 40-below for White River. and 10 below for Toronto for tonight. the weatherman says there is no sign of any appreciable warming trend for the province. '

Sub-zero weather hit the Mari-

Yugoslavia Wins U.N. Seat

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (AP) Yugoslavia finally won a UN Sec- urity Council seat Tuesday through an unprecedented lottery deal to split its two-year term with the Philippines.

The Yugoslavs. reported to have handed the Philippines a written promise to resign from the council in Manila'a favor after serving one year. were given 43 votes to 11 for the Philippines. The Belgrade delegation on Jan. I will take the neat now held by Turkey.

The decision, carefully prepared through hours of lobbying since it was sprung on the Assembly last Friday. came on the lone ballot of the day. It was the sour round In the deadlock going back to Oct. 14 and it was over in a few mi- nutes. There was no debate.

federal authorities. They were hopeful that favorable considera- tion would bc given to their re- quest.

At the annual federal-provtrlial agricultural conference earlier this month Nova Scotia accused On- tario of thwarting federal aid for N. 3 apple growers and of trying to squeeze eastern producers out of the market. Ontario denied the charge.

Nova Scotia proposed 31,000,000 in federal aid to dispose of some 2.000.000 bushels of surplus apples. STILL UNDER REVIEW

From Mr. Gardiner's remark; it appeared that the proposal may still be under federal considera- tion. Mr. Gardiner said at the con- ference that he may step in with some help if the various apple- producing provinces-N. 5.. on. tario. Quebec and British Colum- bia-got together to co-operate in some production. handling and marketing arrangement.

Mr. Gardiner said he did not know just what could be done about the present situistlon but he hoped something could be worked

out for the future.

Grips All

Canada; 61 Below In Y.T.

time provinces 'with Edmundston. N.B. reporting ll below tempera- ture Friday. The mercury drop- ped to five below at Chatham. N. B. and one below at Charlotte- town.

"N0 LET UP"

On the Prairies "no let up" was forecast in cold weather 3) to 25 degrees below normal Tuesday ni

ght.

Even balmy British Columbia got snow in the southwest over- night Tuesday which turned to slush and made driving danger- ous.

Quebec forecasters said the cold weather will continue for at least

crating trend can be expected.

Temperatures elsewhere ranged from 61 degrees below zero at Mayo. Y.T.. to 44 below at White River. Windsor. 0nt.. had eight above and St. Johns. Nfld., had 16 above.

Montreal and the Eastern Town- ships were told to look for con- tinued cold weather with wind gusts today. At Montreal the mercury was expected to go to five below Tuesday night. At Ot- tawa 22 below.

The Quebec weatherman pre dicted 26 below zero temperatures 'at Chicoutlmi would be the low- eat in the province.

Tuesday's cold weather strand- ed hundreds of Toronto motorists with dead batteries and jammed the doors of the Yonge Street subway.

City police. reporting little crime and few accidents. said was too cold even in get into

trouble.

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Four Aircraft Reach Am-crcricc

WELLINGTON. N. Z. (Reuters) The terse message "aircraft on ice” snapped out of a radio speake aboard the icebreaker Ar- eb Tuesday and signalled the aucessfui completion of a 2.300- mile flight from New Zealand to Antarctica.

Four American planes shared the honor of being the first to fly from an outside land mass to the icy wilderness.

The planes, two Neptune naval patrol bombers and two Skymas- ter transports, landed on at flag- marked. 2.700-yard airstrip cut out of the frozen wastes of McMurdo Soungl. 000 miles south of the Ant- arctic Circle.

Toronto-Monmia Trip in 52 Minutes

MONTREAL (CF) - Britain's new jetliner Comet ill sped a silver bullet from Toronto to Montreal Tuesday. "coasting" on only two of its four engines part the way. I

Sleek and glinting in a clear. wintry sky. the world - circling Comet made the 337-mile hop in 52 minutes at an average speed of 336 miles an hour.

"Actually. we took our time- thcre was no attempt at a record" said Pilot John (Cat's Eyes) Cun- ningham. war ace and chief test pilot for de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited.

ronto, Cunningham cut back two of the Comet's engines and the 60-

passenger plane hurtled along without apparent effort on the other g two.

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CGS BRANT SHOWS

Proving that life at sea is not is shown by crewman of the CGS structure of the coating of ice. col- all sunshine at this time of year, Brant working to clear the super- lected on her recent tour of duty

Aid Sought In Case Of Ch'town Harbor Freeze-Up

the Irvingbrook has been lightenedywith weather screens to prevent ias much as possible the possibility -of the cargo becoming frostbftten.

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Shipping interests locally are greatly concerned about ice con- ditions resulting from the present cold spell, which is the worst ex- perienced here at this season since 1942 when the thcremometer reg- lstered eleven below zero on the 20th of December.

Yesterday Mr. Neil Matheson. M.P., wired the Deputy Minister of Transport at Ottawa for ap- proval to retain thepgovernmedt ships Saurel and Brant at Charl- ottetown for the purpose of assist- ing shipping in and out of the bar- bour. Officials of the Irving Oil Company also wired Ottawa for the same purpose. they having ships arriving to discharge petroleum products to their new bulk storage plant

SCH!-1I)UI.I'J CHANGED

Ice conditions coupled with the heavy lading and deep draft have made it necessary for changes in the scheduled entry of the Irving Company's tanker Irvingbrook. The information obtained form the company is that the ship will lie off Fitzroy Rock. and the smaller tanker Seekonk which is arriving from Pictou will load from the Irvingbrook and transport to the Railway wharf.

Also if repairs are completed in time to the Irvinglake. which today was on the slip at Pictou. she will

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to some extent and if ice con- ditions permit. she will then enter the harbour and discharge the re- mainder of her cargo at the Rail- way wharf.

Mr. K.C. Irving yesterday flew to New Glasgow to join the See- konk at Pictou and will eventually board the Irvingbrook to supervise the unloading operations.

WILL LOAD” POTK'l'UF.'S

Two other vessels are in the harbour. The Mexico. unloading fertilizer, is being pushed to the

cleaned out is scheduled to take on a full cargo of potatoes. The second ship,the Seagull. which earlier arrived from Souris to complete her cartzo of potatoes is being readied to start loading. Escalators are being rigged fitted

Biuenose At

YARMOUTI-I. N. S. (CP)eThc inew Yarmouth-Bar Harbor, Me.. ferry Biuenose, encrusted with ice slipped out of an offshore blizzard

and docked here Tuesday. t Canadian National Railways offi-

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SIGNS OF FRIGID WEATHER

in the Northumberland Straits. Barter'a Film Lb.

The CGS Saurel arrived at 12.30 yesterday morning from Pictou where she had been bunkering. At noon she slipped from her berth and proceeded out of the harbour to pick up the buoys in Hlllsboro Bay. This job was completed in short order and the vessel returned to harbour about mid-afternoon. The CGS Brant arrived in port after completing her buoy recov- ery work in the Northumberland Straits. Both ships will remain at

utmost, and as soon as she is Charlottetown pending instructions

, Despite the heavy going the -Rocky Point ferry Fsirview, man- iaged fairly frequent schedule yes- ;tcrday. It was not known how long lshc would be able to carry on. with ice conditions getting stead- -ily worse.

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Following Stormy Voyage

Fundy's mouth to Bar Harbor Jan. 4. returning two days later. H. A. Pickering. CNR divisional superintendent. said no trial runs will be made and that the 000 ship would lay over exh -weekend here Originally it was planned to have the ship remain at Bar Harbor COMES IN WITHOUT PILOT Capt. K. L Crump brought the ship into harbor of a rising tide without the use of a pilot boat. It was only the second time the captain had made the tedious run down the narrow harbor channel. The Biuenose rode at anchor outside Cape Forchu at the bar- bor entrance four hours awaiting .I1cr scheduled welcome. p A rrnwd of about 300 braved the ciehi-degree temperatures to greet the lnng-waited ferry but the biting cold and snow took much of the spirit out of the welcoming ceremonies. -

Capt Crump described the stormy VOYIIKC from Lauzon, Que. as ”tha worst in his expe- rience."

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KEY POST FOR BUTLER

R A. Butler, 58. moves from the chancellorship of the excha- quer to become lord privy seal. I non-departmental post which frees him for duties as the prime mm- isterls right-hand man. He also becomes leader of the House of Commons. making him .esponsible for carrying through the government's program of leg- islation. This puts Butler in line for Sue- cession to the premiership al- though no appointment of a dep- uty prime minister was an- nouuced. With more changes in the lower ranks of the government. the re- construction is the most. sweeping since the Second World War. It realizes Eden's aim to stream- line his government so that it can stand without further mayor changes during the Conservatives four years of office still ahead. No previous prime minister since the war has at one slash changed his three key lieuten- antsechant-ellor of the exchequer. foreign secretary and defence min- ister.

MONCKTON BACK

The big surprise of the re- shuffle was the appointment to the defence portfolio of Monckton. who had been expected by many to re- tire from politics.

A notable promotion was that of Iain Macleod, formerly minister of health. to the ministry of labor and national service. At 4; he be- comes the youngest member of the cabinet.

Six ministers in the old govern- ment, which Eden formed when he took over from Sir Winston Churchill last April, disappear from the administration.

Drowned When Aerial Chair Cable Breaks

HALIFAX (CF) One man drowned but a second escaped with injuries Tuesday when -an aerial chair carrying them across a wind-tossed stretch of water be- tween two lonely islands off north- ern Cape Breton plunged into Ca- bot strait after the cables sepa- rated.

J. C. Thcakston. district marine agent for the transport depart- ment here. identified the victim as George E. Gatza. 29. of New Vic- toria, N.S.. assistant lightkeeper on northeast St. Paul's island.

Second assistant keeper Marlin L. Baker of Jeddorc. N.S., was able to save himself. His injuries were not serious.

SEARCH FOR BODY

Mr. Theakston said Gatsa was reported carried away by the tide. The CGS Edward Cornwallis. in the area at the time. started searching for Gatza's body.

Gatza was married but had no children. He hd worked at St. Paul's for two years.

The men were travelling be- tween the islands to bring bark Christmas supplia discharged by the Edward Cornwallis.

Baker said he saw Gatza. still clinging to the aerial chair, dis- appear beneath the water. The sea was rough with waves 19 in 15 feet high. Baker. badly bruised. said he could do nothing to save

his companion.

HNEWS IN BRIEF

BANK DIRECTOR DIES OTTAWA (CF)-Russall Black- burn. tll. senior director of the Bank of Nova Srotia, died here Monday night after a short ill- ness.

BIGGEST BUYING SPREE LONDON (Reuters) - Britons are on their biggest Christmas buying spree of all time. Present expectation is that about 000 pounds will be spent on beer. wines and liquor alone.

CAR THEFT SENTENCE

BOSTON (AP)-Jervis Jennings. 3. of Halifax and East Boston was sentenc d Tuesday in federal court to three years' imprison- ment for transporting a stolen automobile. The federal prosecutor said Jennings stole a car in Somer- ville last April and drove It to Hal- ifax.

OUT OF MOTHDAI.l.S

HALIFAX (CF) The navy said Tuesday two frigates will be taken out of mothballa to offset the loss of three ships being loaned to Norway from the Atlantic fleet as part of a NATO eat. A spokesman said the park and

Fort Erie. now in Sydney. will be returned to service.

IIIROIIITO AT MOVIE

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese emperor Tuesday attended a pub- lic movie theatre for the first time. Hlrnhito. with three other

embers of the imperial family. attended a charity showing of ”Cinerama Holiday."

NAMED AMBASSADOR

OTTAWA (CPI - Montreal-born Leon Mayrand. 50. has been ap- pointed C s" ambassador to Spain. replacing Lt.-Gen. Maurice Pope. 86. who is retiring. External Affairs Minister Pearson an- ounced Tuesday.

l STOVE BURN!

STELLARTON. N. 5. (CP) Fire destroyed a local branch of Sobey's Food Stores Tuesday oft- ernoon with loss estimated at more than 320.000.

uims: HIGHWAY PROGRAM OTTAWA (cri - The federal government was urged Tue-ad to adopt a bold new program III highway development in Canada and back it with the resources of the federal treasury. The ion was made by the 41.000-mnr ber Canadian Automobile Associ-

ETMCHANGE

New Men For

op Posts

LONDON. (Reuters)-Prime Minister Eden announced a major reshuffle of his cabinet, naming new ministers for the three top poem I ,

Defence Minister Selwyn Lloyd, 51, becomes foreign secretary and Harold Macmillan, 61, former secretary for the last four months, becomes chancellor of the ex-

The new defence minister is Sir Walter llllonckftqn. 64, who has earned wide praise for his handling of in- dustrial relations as minister of labor over the last our

Chief of these is Lord Wooltoa, 72, who was chancellor of the duchy ol Lancaster, a ainecure polt which allowed him to under- take special aasignments. The earl of Selkirk succeeds Woolton.

The prime minister dispelled speculation that Butler. away from the treasury. might -continue to hold an overlordship in the as- tion's economic affairs.

It was made known Tuesday night that Macmillan. under the prime minister. will co-ordinaul all aspects of economic policy, both internal and external. in ad- dition to discharging the chancel- lor's normal responsibility for economic affairs.

Parliamentarians had been ex- pecting Butler to have his present load lightened by relief from the treasury job. But there was doubt up to the last minute whether the prime minister would at the same time switch Macmillan than gha foreign office.

STORMY TENURE

Macmillan had been foreign see- retary only since Eden assumed the premiership last April-a pe- riod which has coincided with some of the most significant de- velopments in foreign policy. These included the world Big Four conference at Geneva h summer. the eubsequnt failure 1 the Big Four rndnlaters' Geneva meeting in October. the develop- ment of the critical situation h the Middle East. and the upsurge of terrorism in Britain's Medita-

Ttlesday night began with a list of ministers who had resigned. They were Lord Woolton: Harry CsO0kSII8Dk, 04, who was lord privy seal; Lord do Plate and Dudley, 46, air minister; Geoffrey Lloyd. za irsliinistar

colonial affairs.

TORONTO (CPU Temperature! issued by the public weather officet

Min Max.

Night Day Dawson . . . . .. 55b 46b Vancouver 34 42 Victoria . 38 H Edmonton . lib 7b Calgary . 12b Rh Regina ... . .. . Tb '.'h Winnipeg .. .. .. lfiit 1b Toronto . Rb 5 Ottawa .. . . . inn Montreal . . . . 7 Quebec . .. . . lob Fredericton . . 5b lb Saint John . . . db zero Halifax . . ll 12 Charlottetown .. .. .. lb I Sydney .. ...13 I9 Yarmouth .. .. 9 9 St. Johns .18 12

HALIFAX. (CP)-The weather office here reports a large high pressure area over the central part of the continent is moving slowly. and there is no indication of a break in the cold wave. The weather will remain fine except for some sections where winds are blowing off the sea.