' ment was made in Ottawa follow-

' lion. Johircherlee Alexander Ca-

.ideni Eisenhower called Wednes-

Mexlms of a

More Man

Gilltlren pick ii. words

as pigeons peas.

no cause

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Senate Defeats .

Divorce Bill

OTTAWA (CP)-The Senate de- leafed by a vote 87 to 1) Wednes- day a bill which would have wid- gmid the grounds for divorce in Canadian courts.

The nice: . introduced in the Ienate : month a o by Senator Walter Aseltine .( latche- wan). would have added cruelty. desertion for three year: and in'- curable insanity as ground: for di- vorce. At present. adultery is the gale ground inlall province: ea- eapl Nova Scotia where cruelty also is recognised.

The vote saw two of the seven Progressive Conservative members oppose the bill-Senator Arthur Marcotte. S skatchewan. and Senator Felix Quinn. Nova Scotia. -

The four of the Senate's five women senator: present when the vote was taken split. Senators Ma-

riana Jodoln (L-Quebec) mg mg. rial Fersusson (L-New Bruns- wick) voted against the bill while senator: Nancy Hodges (L-Drit- ish Columbia) and Cairlne Wilson (L-Ontario) au ported it. - MoN'riu)oNo linear: , All but one of the senator: from Quebec. which along with New- foundland lacks its own divorce courts and send: divorce titles: to parliament..voted t the bill. The bill would not have upset the procedure of parliamentary di-

. votes: for residents of these two

provinces.

The vote ended a debate which started Feb. 28 and continued with few interruptions.

The lone Quebec senator who supported the bill was Senator Adrian Knatchbull l-Iugessen. a Liberal from Montreal who is a member of the Anglican church.

N.B. Barrister Appointed Exchequer Court Judge

IAINT JOHN. NB. (CP)-L. M. Ritchie. QC. of Saint John,” for many years a leading member of the legal profession in New Bruns- wirk. Wednesday was appointed a judge of the Exchequer Court of

Canada. Announcement of the appoint-

Eg a meeting of the federal cab- t. lily. Justice Ritchie is the first

member of the court to be named from New Brunswick since Hon.

take to his new position a wide- ranging. experience gained not only in the field of law but in the business and industrial life of New Brunswick.

He served in both world wars- in the first with saint John's fa- mous mth Battalion. later trans- ferring to the Royal Flying Corps. and in the second as judge advo- cate general of military district No. 7 in New Brunswick.

The new Justice has been active in the various associations of his

George W. Burbidge cl Saint John ,5; was appointed Oct. 1. 1837, when I11:-eofesl:i:t1'JI:,o1,lndln1g,.wus';,l,:je: fml:

the Exchequer Court was estab- llshed as a separate unit. distinct from the Supreme Court of Can- sds. He succeeds Mr. Justice W. T. Potter. formerly of Lunenburg. N.s.. who died last week.

Mr. Justice Ritchie will leave saint John shortly to take his place on the five-man court which has jurisdiction over claims by ' against the crown. including in- come tsx appeals. it also has lur- isdiction in admiralty. patent and trade mark cases.

IIT AT OTTAWA President of the court is lion. .7 h Thorarinn Thorson and sr-judges. in addition to Hon. loiiis Mcoorakery Ritchie. are

nuroa. Hon. John Doher Kear- ney and Hon. Alphonse ourniar. All members reside in Ottawa. where tile court sits twice weekly. It also sltl at other centre: in Can- ads at times and places as deter-' mined by special ch umstauces. Senior member of the Saint Jo law firm of Ritchie. Mclfelvey an Mackay, Mr. Justice Ritchie will

Eisenhower Asks Explanatory Talks On Pence ay JOHN at. snoirrowaa wnsumcron (AP) - Pres-

illy for "exploratory talks" on Peace issue: between Russia and the Western powers in the next few nionths-once treaties for "GFHIIIIE West Germany are fin- IIIV ratified. lie challenged the Soviets. in these talks or otherwise. to de- monstrate "deeds tlllt would "low the flood faith of Russia" inward negotiation! to ease world tensions. He said that if such ltvitlenre became available a top- tlel meetins of the Big Four lmlllll he held. GSt-nalor waiter George (Dem.- ln said the view: expressed by Eisenhower at a preu con. ferenoe weg;-. cl .9 in. own. The influential c man of mg 59"” Milli! relations com- Khadmstarx debate on a W

mm "M B: tlnent Sunday

c who played a part in the Moose river mine rescue in April. 1936. died Wednesday.

Barristersl Society of New ritua- wlck and the Canadian Bar As- sociation. He is a membercf the councils of all three groups. a for- mer president of the Saint John Law Society and served for two years as a VIC.-ya ”ent of the Canadian Bar tion. He was named a master of the Supreme

'3' Court in 1936 and appointed a

King's counsel in 1046.

Attlee Steps Bevan From

By FRASER WIGHTON LONDON (Reuters) Labor party leader Clement Attiee step- ped in at the last minute Wed- nesday to save left-wing rebel

Island Tariff

OTTAWA (Special) - Through the tariff: it pay: on exported potatoes. Prince Edward Island contributes from two to three million dollars annually to the United States treasury. J. Angus MacI.ean. Conservative MP for Queens, told the Commons here Wednesday.

Speaking on the unemployment issue, Mr. MacLean said that one way'in which the Federal Gov- ernment could reduce unemploy- ment ln the Maritime Provinces and bring a larger measure of prosperity to the farmers is to pay more attention to the tariffs. Under existing tariff structures, the Queens member said. the po- tato-grower of the Marltimes is at a great disadvantage as com- pared to his opposite number in the state of Maine.

Unemployment. Mr. ItIacLean told the House. is less apparent in the Maritimes than in Central Canada. but is none the less real. For many years. he cominued. the Marltimes have suffered from chronic unemployment and have been forced to solve that problem by cmigration to other parts of Canada and to the United States. It is perhaps a good thing. he said. that Maritlmers go to other parts of Canada to which they give added strength and leader- ship. At the same time. it is most

people of the Marltimes leave

In To Save Expulsion

before a general election. expect- ed this summer. p But Bevan's future still is in

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Queens Member Reviews

In Speech In Parliament

unfortunate that many of the best '

doubt. Labor riahtwlnger: said... .

Handicap

permanently for New England or other parts of the United States.

Proof of this continued emigra- tion from the Maritime: is strik- ingly evident in Prince Edward Island. Mr. MacLean said. In 1901. population of the Province was 5.&”)0 greater,than it was in 1951. The Island Province. like its two neighboring units of the Marltimes has never been able to find job: for the natural in- crease in the labor force. At the same time. he noted. residents of the Marltimes have been will- ing to accept lower wage rates when in their native provinces than those paid In other parts of the country. This was made clear in the fact that , ' income

of the Marltimes in 1958 was 33 per cent below that of the na- (Contlnued on Page .2 col. 2)

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I Mr. J Angus Maclsesa

expulsion from the party for da- fylng order: in a parlia'mentary debate early this month.

The 28-member national execu- tive commlttee accepted Attlee': olive-t ” , al to give the 57-year-old Welshman a hearing before an eight-member special sub-committee next Tuesday.

Unless Bevan promises the sub- committee to toe the line he faces expulsion. The sub-committ re- ports back to the national execu- tive Wednesday.

SQUEEZED THROUGH

Bevan gained the one-week re- prieve by a vote of 14 to 18. Party chairman Dr. Edith Sum- mersklll did not vote.

Attlee': move was just in time to save the leftwinger. A motion for Bevan': immediate expulsion had been yl ented and undoubt- edly would have gone through had Attiee not offered his pro- poaal.

Attlee's action was obviously an attempt to close party ranks

Took Part In Famous Rescue

GUELPH (CP) -.George Mit- Ilell. 56. former Timmins miner

He was one of four Mclniyre

Four Deaths

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

Four persons are known to have

perished in a violent wind and snowstorm which lashed through southern Ontario and into Quebec and the Marltimes Tuesday and '.'.'ednesd y. Damage was esti- mated at 5l0.000.000. Elsewhere in Canada cold Arctic air sent temperatures below zero delaying spring for a day or two. Heavy winds drifted snowbanks abross roads' in "askatchewau and part of Manitoba.

A fisherman was swept over- bogrd to his death in Lake Erie as giant Waves washed over the founderlng tug Clsco, 40 miles out from shore. Four of his fellow crew members were rescued late Wednesday after the tug. ran aground off Clear creek. a tiny vil- lage I0 miles southeast of London.

nt. A five-year-old girl was blown from a bridge into a flooded creek and drowned at Port Credit. just west of Toronto.

TWO DIE

Two persons died in the Ottawa valley in traffic accidents which resulted from poor visibility in heavy snowstorms.

Friendly Bock Rub

Storm; Damage 10 Million I

In Ontario

Two men reported missing in the storm turned up safe Wednesday.

Leo Lauzon. a muskrat trapper. was missing for a time off Mitch- ell's boy on Lake St. Clair. He was rescued by two men in B Point marsh near Mitchell's Bay. a village 15 miles northwest of Chatham. Ont. Word of the rescue was delayed by disruption of com- munications. h

An unidentified cottager. be- lieved to have been drowned" off-

Another Foot of Snow Fells In Northern N.B.

BATHURST. N. 3.. (CP) - An already heavy layer of now ever northern New Brunswick a foot thicker Wednesday. result- gitg in more headaches for motor-

8

Crew: had been plowing lanes

along steep-banked highway. .1. ter a heavy downfall last week, and narrow patsage way: again filled in. Light wind left the situation less serious than in the previous storm. when a gale forced huge drifts. The snow stopped falling early Wednesday night and the temper- ature was mild.

Southern New Brunswisk had some snow, a deluge of rain and wind up to 48 miles an hour. Sev- eral store windows at Saint John were smashed.

Parliament I All A Glance

B! THE CANADIAN PRESS Wednesd

The Senate defeated, by a vote of 3'7 to 1) a bill which would have- widened g'rounds for divorce in Canadian courts.

Trade Minister Howe said Can-

” ada has urged the United States

to exempt It from proposed U.S. restrictions on import: of foreign crude oil

Transport Minister Marler tab- led a royal commission report pro-'

v posing greater freedom for rail-

w a in, setting agreed charge fre ght rates.

!'r S. Zaplitny (CCT- Dsuphin) asked the government to build the trans-Canada natural gas pipeline as a public utility to help ease unemployment.

Thursday

The Commons debates foreign

Policy. The Senate will sit.

New P,ulp.Mill. Planned In Nfld.

ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP) - The Newfoundland legislature opened Wednesday with predictions of a third paper mill for Newfoundland and assurance that the govern- msnt will not give up its respon- sibility in fish marketing.

The formal opening of the leg- islature was ushered In with 100- year-old tradition. Lieutenant-Gov- ernor Outerbridge read from the

3.

lg throne speech that the government

was "taking all necessary steps" to bring a third pulp and paper mill into existence at "the earliest possible moment."

Premier Smailwood said later in a speech that "that mill is coming in Newfoundland. We will see that

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it is built."

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PORT BURWELL. Ont. (CP)- Four fishermen, half dead from 35 hours' exposure to the cold and the constant pounding of raging seas. were rescued Wednesday from their foundering tug 75 feet off shore at Clear creek. 40 miles southwest of London. Ont.

They were the remaining crew member. of the 50-foot tug, Cisco. which ran aground on a sand bar after fighting the fury of Lake Erie for more than a day.

The fifth crew member. John Wilson of Port Dover. Ont., had been washed overboard to his death the night before.

Rescued were the skipper. Har- old Young, and crew membe . John Siskovich. Gordon Rockefel- ler and Gordon Messecar.

The rescue ended an epic three- hour battle by rescue crew: to reach the stricken vessel. They stood on shore. across 75 feet of boiling. angry water. helpless. at first. to do anything.

SWIMMERS FAIL

Two of the rescue party, Jack Sutherland, 25. Port Burwell light- house keeper. and reporter John MacLean of Toronto. plunged 15- feet from the frozen bank into the water and tried to swim to the tug. They were pulled out ex- lfiautsted before they had gone 1)

ee .

Then, as a crowd of 500. includ- ing the wives and children of the stranded fishermen. looked on. Bud Smith. a Port Burwell fisher- man. set out in his tiny skiff.

The little boat, tossing like a cork. slowly edged toward the tug. It pulled along side and waited.

There was only room for one man. .-

John Messecar. a father of six children, was helped over the side. He stumbled into the skiff and Smith pulled for shore.

BOAT IWAMPED g Water spilled into" the tiny boat as waves splashed all around. Sud- denly. just 20 feet from shore. the boat lurched sideways and tossed both men into the water. Messecar, in a life jacket. strug- gled against the treacherous un- dertow. Smith, Jacket. was swept out to sea. Messecar was grabbed from the

IT. LAWRENCE CONTRACT

NEW YORK (AP) - The New York state power authority an- nounced Wednesday the Allis- Chslmers Manufacturing Company bidder to supply ll transformer: of Milwaukee was the apprent low for the St. Lawrence river power project. They will be in the Barn- hart island powerhouse. Allis-Chal- mers. one of eight bidders. bid

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Canada Protests U .S. Plan To Restrict Crude Oil Imports

OTTAWA (CP)-Trade Minister Howe said Wednesday Canada has protested to the United States gov- ernment against proposed restric- tliiins on imports of Canadian crude o .

Mr. Howe read to the Commons the protest note delivered to the U. S. state department March it by Arnold Heeney. Canadian am- bassador to the U. S.

"The ..Canadian government is greatly concerned about legis tion being considered in the United States to restrict imports of crude oil." the note said.

Both economic and strategic fac- tors point to the desirability of in-

' pipeline and refinery capacity to enable Canadian crude tokfind markets in the U. 8.. it so .

IMPORTANT rda. DEFENCE "From the point of view of strategic considerations, it should be borne in mind that western 1” ” oil field: are internal to

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The scientist: investigate the snt:'lee' ability to see Ilwllht and crawling targets. 'l'apa-re- Itdad bettl.e":ouada such as me-

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the North Arnreican continent. Nothing could be more discourag- ing to exploration for oil and de- v opment of this strategic indus- try in western Canada than t adoptilorii by htnhgailmterl states of a reetr ct ve cy."

The note said "The Pacino northwest is at present served by

Back In Berlin After 22 Years

IERLIN. iAP)- Otto strasser. once Hitler's right-hand man. re- turned to Berlin Wednesday night after 23 year: in exile and said with a smile: "The fuehror is dead."

The 58-year-old charter member of the Nest party who later fell

pipelines from Canada. the exist- ing alternative belng to transport crude to that area by tanker. whether from United States sources or from overseas.

"Tanker ships and port: are so much more vulnerable in wartime than overland transport that the Canadian government would be unable to understand any decision by the United States to restrict Imports from Canada for reasons of defence."

The note said Canada doubt: the U. 5. oil Industry would gain any additional markets, by restricting Canadian imports. A great deal

would be lost. however. "if both

countries were to develop their re- spective oil industries along purely national lines." o NO ANSWER YET

Later told Common: questioner: there has been no formal reply kom Washington.

He said he approached R. B.

Acquit Former Baroness .. In Bogus Money Trial

MONTREAL (CP)-Mrs. Harry Pursey. wife of a member of the British Parliament Wednesday night was acquitted on a charge of possessing counterfeit United

Btatea currency. - The all-male lug deliberated for about an hour a 0 minutes be- fore returning the verdict of "act guilty through lack Bf evidence." Mrs. Pursey and he husband showed no etioa when the decl- aion was announced. A woman friend of the former Hungarian baronea: babe into how-

ever. Chief Justice W. I. Scott who

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41-year-old woman was ae-

Jennings, president of Socony- Vacuum Oil Co. Ltd.. about a re- port that Mr. Jennings had said his company would voluntarily re- duce Canadian oil imports for the Socony refinery at Ferndale. Wash.

Mr. Howe read a reply from Mr. Jennings saying the report was er- I neous and that the company plans no reduction at Ferndale, which is supplied by Canada's Trans-Mountain oil pipeline. Mr. Jennings said any reductions in Canadian oil imports would be east of the Rocky mountains.

Donald Fleming (PC-Toronto Egllnton) said all Commons mem- bera welcome the Canadian pro- test. In the light of recent deci- sions to alter the General Agree- ment on Tariffs and Trade in fa- vor of U. S. import restrictions. the present U. S. proposal would shake Canadian confideng in U.S. trading pqicles.

rested here last Sept. DJ in a down- town furrierhhfter ne tiating for purchase of t fur c ts with a combined price of 81.100.

: American money. 87!! is non e U. 8. cash and iewalry worth 825.000 to her handbag. The defence did not deny Mrs. was in of the bogus cash but denied she knew the money was counterfeit. Taking the witness box in her own de-

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the money among the pa : b':m:eeo:d husband eta his

in in. eIIl'::cOn the jury Chief Justice Icett lared "In order to

fence. Mrs. Pursey said she found W

Four Fishermen Rescued After 35-Hour Battle With Seas In Lake Erie

water and carried up the sleep bank. Several men went after Smith and pulled him, half drowned, to safety.

Messecar was taken to hospital in a "state of stupor” from shock. exposure and injuries.