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- VOL LXXHI NO. 39
-_PREMIER MOVES OFFICE
-_ Smallwood. Is Threatefied - With Two Union Lawsuits
GRAND FALLS, Nfld.
(CLC) said Saturday night law- Suits will be launched against Premier Smallwood of Newfound- land as a result of a radio and television speech the premier made last Thursday. Mr. Ladd said in a province- eee that the prem- for $100,000 for tises and defa-
st
correspondent Saturday night that both lawsuits will be filed today.
PREMIER’S SPEECH At one point in his speech cay Fo ml er Seatweet
“How dare these outsiders . Come into this decent, Christian Province, and by such desperate, ' Such terrible methods, try to seize control of our province’s main industry.
“How dare they come in here
PE. Labor Leader Is ritical Of Nfld. Premier
-|Province. Now the Premier
(CP)— fearing people and let loose the
dirt and filth and poison of the
Mr. Ladd said Saturday night
“people in high places cannot be allowed to use their offices to abuse others.”
. He mentioned outsiders. which can only be myself and = of my staff," Mr. Ladd said.
The IWA was certified-to rep- resent Newfoundland loggers about two years ago, after three applications to the provincial la- bor relations board. The loggers formerly belonged to small, inde- pendent unions.
1,200 ON STRIKE
About 1,200 FWA loggers, em- ployed “by the Anglo-Newfound. land Development Company here. struck Dec. 31 to back demands for higher pay and shorter hours. The strike was marked by sev- eral incidents, climaxed by the arrest of about 70 strikers 10 days ago after they allegedly raided two wood camps near here and drove non - striking loggers out into a howling blizzard. The strik- ers are ree trial on charges of creating mischief.
WASHINGTON (AP)—The pos- sibility of a surprise Russian sub- marine attack on the United States is very great and is caus- ing the navy great concern, Ad- miral Arieigh A. Burke says.
In a censored version of secret testimony made public Saturday night, Burke, chief of naval operations, ‘said “‘we have forces
pointed by the Smallwood gov- ernment and includes one repre- sentative of the Company, one from the Union along with an impartial chairman, who handed down a unanimous decision, which the Company did not ac- cept. This recommendation was a strictly Provincial one with no outside influence.”’
His own Province’s Labour Relations Act states that ‘“‘No person shall seek by intimidation or. coercion to compel an em- ployee to become or refrain from becoming or cease to be a
. “The loggers have lived up to the law of their
makes statements which are in
Red Shbmati Cause Concern
every sense of the word contrary | *
The board unanimously recom- mended a increase over a two-year in the basic
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This conciliation board is a Jocal Newfoundland board ap-
to and against the law.”
Dead, Injured, Homeless.
_Left By Week- End Fires
SHERBROOKE, Que. (CP) — Fifteen families were evacuated from their homes Sunday as a
building in downtown Sherbrooke |“
Was G@estroyed by fire and an adjoining one damaged by smoke and water. °
The fire broke out about 1:30 p.m. in the Souaide Brothers dry goods store on King Street. The
- Building also accommodated a paint store and five apartments upstairs. The fire was r con- trol by 3:30. p.m.
The 10 families evacuated from apartments in the building next door were expected to thove back in shortly.
Assessed value of both build- ings was $100,000.
The fire was discovered by four passing youths.
Sixty firemen, both shifts of Sherbrooke’s fire department, fought the blaze with nine en- gines. They were hampered by dense smoke.
TWO DEAD MONTREAL ‘(CP)—A searing blaze tore through 2 36 - unit
apartment block northeast Montreal early‘ ene killing two persons, injuring 11 and send- ‘more than; 400 panic - stricken tenants into the street in their hightclothes.
Three of the injured were burt in frenzied leaps frotn the upper floors of the three-storey brick building. Firemen rescued five or
. Six with aerial ladders and others madé their way,to safety through smoke-choked hallways and down a fire escape at-the rear
Thick grey smoke and acrid fumes were still billowing from the debris when firemen found the bodies of Arthur Hpmel, 4,
jlene torch.
and Giselle Crousset,'24, in apart- LF
SEE on the top floor of the St. Andre Street building.
YOUNGSTERS, FOUND
At one point it “was feared two youngsters had also perished. They . became separated from their parents in the frantic rush to escape but. were found safe in the homes of neighbors.
The two deaths brought the fire death toll to four in the Montreal district within a 24-hour period. Friday Mrs. James Bithell, 37, a bed-ridden woman, died in a blaze in suburban Lachine, and Mrs. J. Stack, 35, was fatally burned in another house fire at nearby Laval West.
In each case cause of the fire has not been determined.
ELEVEN DIE IN THEATRE ASHLAND, Ky. (AP)—An old vaudeville theatre, converted into apartments, burst into flames that took 11 lives and injured eight other persons Saturday. The fire, worst in the cify’s his- tory, ate through the interior ol the stone structure like an acety
Two patrolmen acting as ho- man cushions managed to break the fall of some occupants who leaped from second - floor win. dows.
Among them was Mrs. Jack McKenzie, 28, who gave birth to a stillborn child before she died. Her husband and their three sons also perished
“DEAD” MAN TURNS UP
A man listed among the dead turned up in Wayne, W. Va., leav- ing police with one body not iden- tified.
“People were jumping so fast one man hit me and I never saw him,” said patrolman Kenne'' Craft. He and another officer Curtis Keeton, were the first to
reach the Quilding after a taxi driver spotted the blaze.
Both officers managed to catch two men who heeded their pleas to jump~
Seven of the other 20 occupants were trapped near the windows when the ceiling fell.
PANIC AT DANCE
KINGSTON, Ont. (CP)—A rock ‘n’ roll dance turned into a panic Friday night when an oil stove was knocked over during a scuffle and set fire to the hall.
Thirty-five dancers, 10 of them girls, were burned, three crit- ically. Eighteen were detained in hospital.
Witnesses said some of the panic-stricken dancers, most of them youngsters, were turned into human torches. People were seen writhing in agony outside the blazing one - storey frame Cirele dine and dance hall in the city’s west end.
Reported in serious condition in hospital were: William Flesk, %,.; Samue? Turner, 25, and Geraldine Burke, 25, all of Kingston.
STARTED DURING FIGHT
Vern. Jackson, 29, of Toronto said the stove was toppled by two scuffing men. He said there was a small blaze and nobody paid much attention to if&\
“Then the oil started to spread and it really began to go. Every- body. rushed to the door.”
Fire Chief V. C. Brighton said the trouble was that the teen- agers remained to watch the fight instead of clearing the hall.
As the fire spread hysteria gripped them. Two exits were jamme immediately. Some dived -or were pushed through windows. The fire: become vo ho that seme were Sutned without being touched by the flames.
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Cub Bobby Kerr of Smiths Falls; Ont., presents a Boy Scout statuette to Prime Minister Die-
Glace Bay Couple Die Of Monoxide
SYDNEY (CP)—The bodies of two teen-agers were found in a parked truck at nearby Sydny Airport Sunday.
Police said Douglas Turner, 17, and Sandra Bennett, 17, both of Glace Bay died of carbon monox- ide poisoning.
The bodies were discovered by an airport attendant late Sunday morning.
Coroner A. D. Muggah ordered an inquest.
Flu Epidemic Sweeps Europe
LONDON (Reuters)—Influenza agai. is sweeping Europe but the outbreaks are reported as normal seasonal rises and according to the World Health Organization there has been no evidence so far of any widespread epidemic such as last year’s Asian flu.
Only in Britain and Russia have there been any reports of Asian viruses and these have been larg- ely scattered, the W.H.O. said.
In Britain the \milder four-day flu is cutting school attendance in half in many places and leaving hospitals, business, industry and transport services short-staffed. ° There were 144 deaths from in- fluenza and influenza pneumonia in England and Wales in the first week of this month, officials re- ported.
Death Sentence Is Commuted To Life In Prison
OTTAWA (CP) — The govern- ment Saturday commuted to life imprisonment ‘the death sentence passed on John Jacob Vollmann, 20, of Madawaska, Me., for the knife-slaying of Marie Gaetanne Helen Bouchard, 16, Edmund- ston, N.B., high school girl, last May. . Volimann was to have been hanged Wednesday. He will be kept in penitentiary at Dor- chester, N.B.
The girl’s body was found in‘a gravel pit near the border town of Edmundston last May 14 and Vollmann was arrested that same day. ’
He was convicted of murdér last Nov. 3. The jury recom- mended mercy. No appeal was made.
This is the 18th commutation of sentence to life imprisonment ordered by the cabinet since the Progressive Conservative govern- ment took office in June, 1957 There have been four hangings in the 72 e--°s 0° eonital punish
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gales of up to 60 m.p.h. in the Summerside area and 54 in Charlottetown brought on most Prince Edward roads virtually to a halt yester- day. ; Tne heaviest snowfall of the winter - seven inches - blanketed
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more was reported in the eastern part of the province.
Traffic on main roads in West- ern Prince County was moving at
of the province, motorists who ventured outside of urban areas found visibility near zero and progress slow and hazardous. However, the storm had no great effect on other mnvine of transportation. FIFTEEN PLOWS Fifteen plows operating out of Charlottetown worked through the day until near 11 p.m., but had little success because the fluffy snow driven by gale winds
-A sneak snowstorm that rode into the Maritimes early Sunday on northeast winds gusting to 50 miles, blanketed the area with from four to ‘15 inches of snow, slowing highway traffic and con- tributing to a score of minor ac- cidents.
Cape Breton was hardest hit Fifteen inches of snow blocked highways in the industrial area around Sydney. Traffic came to a standstill when weary snow- plow crews gave up the losing fight against gale-force winds that piled mountainous drifts on highways.
The plows are scheduled to be- gin bucking the drifts today when the .wind abates.
ALARM SYSTEM KAYOED
In Sydney the wind and snow knocked out the city’s fire alarm system. Police cars, about the only vehicles moving, were kept busy ferrying doctors on emer- gency calls. The weather office in Sydney said it was the worst snowstorm since the early 4s. Halifax had six inches of snow by noon. More was forecast. City trolleys kept cper ra bul many were fa> “a etordwte W lines reported no major delays
filled in cuttings almost as soon as they were opened.
Plow operators repo#ted work- ing conditions at their worst. - | Many had difficulty with road clearing operations because of the heavy ground drift, which made visibility poor. Plowmen were forced to travel slowly for fear of colliding with other vehicles on: the highways, or ditching their plows.
The plow despatcher in Char- lottetown said four plows would operate through the night and all 15 would be back on the job at 6 a.m. this morning. Main roads would get preference when the job began of opening highways for travel.
The despatcher advised that only when travel was absolutely necessary should motorists ven- out on the snow-clogged highways.
BUSES BEHIND
Afternoon and evening buses out \of..ahd to Charlottetown were operating well behind schedule. The bus from Souris arrived in the city 1% hours late. Island Motor Transport officials were fearful that the storm would
Cape Breton |s Buried Under 15 Inches Snow
By THE CANADIAN PRESS and trains operated on time. Poor visibility and heavy seas |
delayed arrival in Halifax of the freighter Olga Maersk and the passenger liner Stockholm. The freighter docked six hours late, the Stockholm four hours.
Saint John, N.B., reported six inches of snow and high winds. Drifting slowed traffic in most parts of the province, but roads were still passable Sunday night.
Moncton also got six inches, the first heavy snow of the winter. Airlines reported flights back to normal Sunday night after slight delays when the storm. was at its height in the afternoon.
The weather office in Halifax said conditions should gradually improve today and temperatures are expected to drop fo near zero in most regions. The wind will probably remain high enough to- day to cause drifting.
Fishermen in coastal appeared to have, heeded tle: storm morning. There, were no reports of fishing boats damaged, or in trouble.
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Suriday Snowstorm Halts’ Traffic On Island Roads
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force cancellations of several of the night runs.
M.V. Abegweit made four of |
five runs between Borden and Tormentine yesterday, but was behind schedule. One of the sche- duled crossings was cancelled - the late afternoon run - to enable the big ferry to get back on schedule for the next crossing. Winds in the strait were exceed- ingly high.
No major damage to power lines was reported by the Island Telephone Company and Mari- time Electric pany. FLIGHTS AS USUAL
Flights to and from Charlotte- town by Maritime Central Air- ways were reported moving as usual. The gale winds kept the runway at the Charlottetown air- port clear.
The snow began falling in the Charlottetown area about 5 a.m. and as it cleared at 6:30 p.m. temperatures began to fall rapid- ly and a low of about five below zero Was expected to be reached during the night. The high winds were expected to continue throug e night.
Traffic on highways was light and no major accidents were reported by either the RCMP, Summerside or city poliee. How- ever a number of vehicles were reported in ditches. and stuck in drifts.
The winds reached their height at 5 p.m. with a steady blow of 40 m.p.h. and gusts to 44 at Cherlottetown. Afterwards they abated to 35 m.p.h. steady and 50 in gusts.
QUEEN'S DOG BITES COP
LONDON (AP) Susan the Corgi, scourge of Buckingham Palace, has struck again.
This time she sank her sharp teeth in the pants of a young policeman patrolling the Royal Family's fences. Previous vic- tims include a seniry, a detec- tive and the royal clock winder
Susan is the oldest and pesk- iest of the Queen's personal pack of Corgis — tough little Welsh hunting dogs. Veterans in the royal service know how to handle her—stand still and pat her.
But last week a new police- man was sent to the palace to help out because flu has cut the staff. As he walked along the terrace, friends re- @orted, the Queen was opening the French windows to give the dogs their daily airing.
Susan took oné@ look at the Wemiliar face and zip—teeth n pants. The Queen hurried
it to apologize '
_Cyprus
By FRASER WIGHTON
LONDON (Reuters) Thou- sands of Greek Cypriots roared a welcome Sunday at London Air- port as Archbishop Makarios ar- rived “with an open mind” for talks expected to settle the future of Cyprus.
More than 5,000 Greeks chanted “Makarios” and waved flags as the Greek Orthodox churchman’s plane touched down on its flight from Athens. Police kept specta- tors off the field, drew a tight ring around the main airport building and guarded every air- port entrance.
Dressed in his flowing robes and stovepipe hat, the black- bearded Greek Cypriot leader, exiled from Cyprus by Britain three years ago, told reporters:
“I have no doubt that the Brit- ish government desires a settle- ment which will ensure the free- dom and welfare of the people of Cyprus and which will terminate a state of affairs on the island 7. has been unpleasant to
600 KILLED
More than 600 persons, includ- ing 142 Britons, have died by vio- lence since 1955 on Cyprus.
The conference, which will open Tuesday, is expected to agree to Cyprug becoming a republic within the Commonwealth and Britain maintaining enclave bases on the east Mediterranean island.
Prime Minister Macmillan, Foreign Secretary Lioyd and Cyp- rus Governor Sir Hugh Foot held Paget hac during the weekend on. Gree’. Premier Constantine Karamanlis.and Turkish Premier Adnan Menderes.
Both Karamanlis and Menderes are expected later this week. British negotiators will include Colonial Secretary Alan Lennox-
ROME ‘Reuters) Antonio Segni, 68-year-old Sardinian gen- tleman farmer and land re- former, Sunday became [Italy's prime minister for the second time in what was regarded as a Political shift to the right.
All of Segni’s cabinet members were drawn from the Catholic Christian Democrat party—guar- anteed a safe majority by the support of the generally conserv- ative Liberal party and the right- wing Monarchists.
The neo-fascists said they ap- proved the new government in principle but made their ap- proval conditional on the meas- ures it puts ‘before the legisla- turem THEY RESIGNED
The Social Democrats, part. ners with the Christian Dem-
As Greek Cleric Arrives
Talks
Open Tuesday
Boyd, who flew_in late Sunday from the Red Sea port of Aden. Makarios will represent the Greek Cypriots and Fadhil Kut- chuk, who left Cyprus Sunday, the minority Turkish Cypriots.
PREPARED STATEMENT
Makarios, in a prepared state- ment, said:
“1 hope the solution is on the way to be achieved. The goodwill and understanding that prevailed between Greece and Turkey at Zurich has been a'great step for- ward .
“T go to the conference with an _ open mind and with the utmost goodwill and friendliness toward all and particularly toward. those with whom good relations had been temporarily disturbed.” :
Makarios parried any attempts to question him about the confer- ence. and the position he would take in it, including the propesal for British bases.
Makarios was exiled from Cyp- rus in 1956 and for one year was held in detention in the Seychelle
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ocrats in the government which resigned 20 days ago, said they would not support Segni’s regime | on the grounds it Poe: rightist shift.
hind epgeciig Sines Gal ment are the mall Republicant ment are the, small Republican party, the left - wing Socialists — and the Communists.
Segni was premier for “ months in 1957-58 when he headed > the last of a series of party coalitions which had gov erned Italy for 10 post-war years,
The colaition under which he ruled then included Social Dem- — = the left and Liberals
right. It followed the model set by the late Alcide dg Gasperi after the war—a balance of all moderate democratic opin- ion in Italy.
To Retai
By GEORGE KITCHEN Canadian Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON (CP) — State
Secretary John Foster Dulles has beenestricken with a recurrence of cancer and the outlook appears grave.
The 70-year-old secretary's ill- ness, coming at a time when West and East are approaching crucial negotiations \on the Ger- man problem, may have far- reaching effects on American for- eign policy. Dulles has been its chief architect, and-one of the driving forces behind Western cold war strategy, since he took office six years ago.
The cancer diagnosis was an- nounced Saturday by President Eisenhower shortly after paying a 37-minute call on his state sec- retary at Walter Reed Army Hos- pital, where Dulles underwent a hernia operation Friday.
“FREE” CANCER CELLS
A medical bulletin Which ac- companied the presidential state. ment said the surgeons removed a cancereus implant from the hernia sac amd found free cancer cells in bédy fluids removed for
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is contemplated, the bulletia added but radiation therapy will be started “in the immediate fu- ture.”’
Dulles underwent surgery, then thought to be successful, for im testinal cancer two years ago. The declaration in Saturday’g medica] bulletin that no further surgery is contemplated was taken by some observers to indi- cate the condition now is inoper- able. -
A medical bulletin issued by the state department Sunday said Dulles spent a very comfortable night and that his condition “‘con- tinues satisfactory.’’ His pulse, temperature and blood pressure were described as stable.
OTHER GROWTHS?
The New York Times quoted 8 doctor familiar with the 1956 oper ation as saying the finding of as implant on the hernia sac ind cates that cancer growths exist elsewhere in the abdomen.
Other private physicians were quoted as saying Dultes has 8 — of cancer that js highly mak
gnant but canbe controlled fe sousaal years through radiaties
examination. Ne further surgery
and chemical treatment.