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' nAmnAx (OP)—4RICIALF planes “item a constant vigil over the
waged C a n a d i a n destroyer
» “to” Tuesday as she struggled toward her home port here. The Huron, sailing back from the Mediterranean with a skele- C'I‘eW of 150, sprang a leak .‘nd began vibrating badly after ran into a gale and heavy “938 southeast of Newfoundland. The Weather moderated Tues- dlay afternoon. The wind‘dropped
l‘ about 20 miles an hour and A seas subsided to six-foot, Wells.
’ The Ship made about. 140 miles mg the daytime Tuesday and 4:30 pm. AST was reported “ miles east of here.
', HUPOH’s captain, Cmdr. William we, son of former trade min- ' r C. D. Howe of Port Arthur. 9‘ t-v Waited for the weathento r0ve further before sending ver t0 examine his ship’s mage.
MPARTMENT FLOODED She ll believed to have sprung plate near the bow. Water filled I ffirepeak compartment but "' rest of the ship was dry. the l“Miler said. ‘ e destroyer Saguenay and 11he frigate Buckingham were "em to the Huron's aid early “95(18)’. Saguenay sailed from Halifax after hastily roundin up Efrem The frigate, about 300 miles away on navy exercises. was diverted to the Huron's side. 11 air force Neptune Patrol Mane from the RCAF base at Greenwood. Ns, reached the
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Atlantic Fleet headquarters here said the Huron was in no immediate danger. The measures being taken were “purely pre- cautionary."
The destroyer left Toulon, France, for Halifax Dec. 13 and was due here Monday to give her men Christmas ashore. There
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1'18 for the great day has be— Street, Charlottetown. But then, mounting happiness, uoome something of a trim for as with almost all children, she stocking to be put in place be~| morrow.
RCAF And RCN Keep Vigil iOver Crippled Destroyer
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now was practically no chance they could get home for the holi- day. She was 600 miles east of Halifax when the Saguenay left to go to her aid.
The Huron was damaged dur- ing the NATO naval manoeuvres in the Mediterranean last month. She entered drydock at Toulon for temporary repairs before sail- in for home with a skeleton c-rew. About 100 of her men came home earlier on other ships.
Trap Flanders Mushroom Farmers In 9-Acre Maze '
TONIGRES. Belgium (AP‘~A cavieain sprang a deadly trap Tuesday on a group of mushroom farmers in a nine-acre maze of dark tunnels dug as bomtb shel- ters during the war.
Three persons were known dead and police reported 16 others—Abelieved to be both men and womeniwere still entomibed Tuesday night. by slides of rock and sand blocking the corridors through the mushroom beds.
“There is practically no hope of saving any of those." a rescue ' i or told reporters. “(Officials estimated that 100 or more persons W‘PI‘P working tin. depground when the tunnels roof. the started to give way. home es- caped V13 air exhausts and emer gency exits, MANY IIUR'I‘
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visit to the scene in the nearby Flanders village of Zichem Zus- sen Bolder on the Dutch border. The king went into the main gal— lery and talked with rescue work- ers.
Police said the underground mushroom farms were mostly family projects. making it diffi- cult to determine just how many were buried. Caves range in depth from 12 to 60 feet.
The network of tunnels—some man-made and exiended since the war~spreads in a crazy~quilt pattern around six miles. Most of the roof gave way.
PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
OTTAWA ICPl-eAhdullah Na]; jar Tuesday presented his cre— dentials to Governor - General Massey as Lebanon‘s ambassador to Canada. He has been minister here since last March The two governments recently raised their misstons to embasnes
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OPERATION SANTA CLAUS
ST. HUBERT. Que. tCPl— Air defence command of the RCAF announced Tuesday night all radar and jet - interceptor points have been put on thc alert to watch for a space sled.
Orders issued to DEW line. mid—Canada line and Pinetree radar sites said the space ve- travelling at supersonic
Eiicle. :giecd. will approach from the North Pole region.
Most likely time for sightings has been determined as mid- night Dec. 24.
Operations orders. based on intelligence reports compiled over the years. said the space sled should meet the following description:
Eight-engined. ski - equipped. single seat, large cargo com- partment. open cockpit. The ve-
hicle most likely will be snow '
covered. The pilot should be wearing
a large white oxygen mask and 3
red tuque. The engines prob- ably will be muffled for secrecy but should make a jingling noise.
The filial order said:
“The visitor is to be escorted in formation to ensure that the mission. believed to be highly secret. is carried out in all areas of Canada successfully."
Highest Tree Is At The CNE
TORONTO irpi .- New York‘s Rockefeller Centre usually can Pride itself on harm: the tallest Christmas trce in North America.
This Christmas, however, the centre": 64 foot»hi:h tree is top- ped by an. 82.0w balsam in TM- onlo's Canadian National Exhibi- tion grounds
CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1958
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“If shippers will back the ser- vice, there is every resaon to be- lieve that the northern Quebec ports hold a tremendous market potential for the agricultural pro ducts of this Province". said Hon. Dougald MacKinnon. mlnister of industry and natural resources yesterday.
Referring to the five voyages of the motor vessel Rexton Kent which were made this fall. Mr. MacKinnon said his department was convinced that dealers at Corner Brook. Nfld.. Seven Island and Baie Comeau. P.Q. would be only too happy to patronize this service. providing they can be assured the service will be re- gular, that Is on a weekly or 10 day basis.
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He said the three communities mentioned have a combined popu- lation of 40000. Looking farther afield. he noted that Gmse Bay, Labrador has a combined civilian and service personnel of 15,000.
OTTAWA rCI’l—It will be an on-the-job Christmas season for nearly half the federal cabinet this year, thanks to a last-minute rush of preparations for the at} proaching session of Parliament. Ten of the m cabinet ministers plan to remain in the capital for the holiday. Another eight will be within a few hours travelling time at their homes in Ontario and Quebec.
Governor-General Massey also has decided to remain at Govern- ment House here, instead of mak- ing his customary holiday trip to his home at Port Hope, Ont. But the three party leaders In the Commons are taking brief holidays away from Ottawa be. fore Parliament gets back to work Jan. 15.
Ten Cabinet Ministers Kept In Ottawa Christmas
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The minister said the service last fall was a his late In getting underway but sufficient has been learned to justify its continuance next. “The Government ls will— ing and anxious to see this export market expanded but we have the cooperation of dealers and shippers here. There is little use in our providing the service If It is not used". he added.
Onthefhstuipofmeflexton Kent, 1.025.910 lbs. of cargo were carried. On each of the Subse quem four trips an average of 500.000 lbs. were oar-riled. The ship has refrigeration space of 50.- 000 lbs of dressed meats.
While potatoes will no doubt form the bulk of any cargo ship- ped ln this service, Mr. Mac- Kinnon fol-sees the posslbillty of enlarging the astronauts to in- clude vegetable cups now be- coming popular on the Island. Dairy products. Including canned milkcouldwellformaportkmd each shipload.
when the usual number of minis- ters here at Christmas was around three or four. Most of the 10 have hometown: far from Ot- tawa. and the calling of cabinet meetings last Monday and next Monday left them little time for travel.
Revenue M i n i s t e r Nowlan. whose home is at Wolfvil-Ie, N.S.,
will spend Christina: at Van- couver visiting his son John Patrick.
External Affairs Minister Smllli left Monday night for Halifax to spend the holiday with his family there. Another eastbound minis- ter is Veterans Minister Brooks,
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FILM GOVERNOR
O’I'I‘AWA. —— A prominent Sum- merside Msinessman. J. Frank Arneot. 75, has been appointed to the nine-man board of governors of the National Film Board.
The announcement was made Tuesday by Hon. Ellen Fair- elough, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. who reports to Parliament for the NFB.
Two other new governors also were appointed Tuesday. they are Mrs. Margaret Stevens. of Flln Man. Man.. and IA. Col. Herve Baribeau. of Levis. Que.
Mr. Amett. former Mayor of Summerside, Is the proprietor of Rogers and Amett, grocery wholesalers.
FEWER BUS PASSENGERS
(YI'I‘AWA (CPL—The bureau of statistics reported Tuesday that the number of passengers using city and rural bus systems in Canada declined in the first 10 months of this year to 46.591375 from 49.088333 3 year ago. In Oc-
Pllgrims are thronzin; Bellilc~ lmm for Clirisimas services at the birthplace of the prince of peace amid international prayers for a world troubled by the spectre of war.
Up to 5.000 are expected to take part in today's Christmas Eve ceremonies.
Middle East tensions have tem- porarily eased and lhe atmos- phere of the bleak little .Iudcan hlll town. under Jordan's flag since division of the Holy Land by force of am 10 years ago. is relaxed.
JORDAN WARIJKE
Even so. a reminder of un- settled issum between Israel and the Arab world came from .lor- dan. King Hussein watched a twohnnr military demonstration Tuesday including tanks. artillery and planes described officially as preparation for "victory day."
A government statement said the troops pledged to "restore the usurped homeland" In Israell- occupied Palestine.
Bloodshed still goes on in such places as Algeria. Cuba and Que- moy. and Berliners are celebrat- ing the Yuletide named by fear that their divided city might be- come the flash point of an East- West explosion in the new year.
From Vatican City Pope John XXIII Tuesday broadcast a plea for Christian unity and peace. He said there must be vigilance against the insidiousness of the enemies of God—a clear refer- ence lo atheistlc communism. CALLS OFF SHOOTING .
On the other side of the world Gen. Wang Shu-ming. chief of Nationalist China's general staff. look heed of Christmas In an or- der to his offshore garrisons. He Instructed them not to retaliate against Communist Chinese shell. lng Christmas Day. Dec. 26 is odd - numbered. and the Reds lately have been bombanling the Qucmoys on those days while ab. staining on the even-numbered.
The United Nations troops
along the Israeli-Egyptian border
tober. 4.538.551 passengers used the transit systems against 4,660,-
who will be at his Sussex, N.B., home.
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rives in Saskatoon by train today ito spend Christmas with his so
fyear-old mother and brother. but’
.is due back in Ottawa for three days of cabinet meetings at the Istart of next week.
Liberal Leader Lester B. Pear- lson has been in Florida visiting ‘friends for the last eight days and will return shortly after New Year’s Day.
Hazen A r g u e, CCF House leader, has been travelling in Saskatchewan and will spend Christmas at Regina with his l‘mother.
In Mr. Diefenbaker's absence, Finance Minister Fleming IS act- ing prime minister.
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The lomember strength of the Christmas cabinet is unusually thigh. compared with recent years
No Paper Tomorrow
Tomorrow being Christ- 'mas, the next issue of the Guardian will be on Friday.
Stole From Poor Fund PIC’I‘OU. \S (CPI If they can find him residents of this
town have a candidate for the season‘s meancsi thief
RCMP said Tuesday lllcy were seeking a pcrson who stole a Salvation Army plastic_"cheer bubble“ from its position in front of a local stole The "bubble" contained ca.in donation: In he used in poor relief at Christmas.
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope John XXIII, in his first Christ- mas message 'I‘uesday, urged world peace but called for vigi- lance against atheistic commu- nism.
As did the tower of Babel, he suzzestcd. the bastions of world communism will crumble.
The 77-year-old leader of the world's 500,000.00 Roman Catho- lics, after speaking of the struggle of his church behind the Iron Curtain. said:
“Let our gestures, befitting men of good faith, contain noth- ing of war or violence. But it is necessary to be vigilant in the night of lengthening shadows. to be aware of the msidiousness of those who are the enemies of God. .
WORLD BROADCAST
His 2.30-word address. deliv- ered in Italian in response to 'Christmas greetings from the College of Cardinals. is being beamed by the Vatican radio around the world in 30 languages. Transmissions were also aimed at countries behind the Iron Cur- lalll.
But the Pope solemnly said.‘in an obvious reference to the Com- munist countries, that “in many parts of the world there is no car" for his Christmas message inviting the world to peace and Christian unity.
In those areas. the most sacred Christian. ideal "have been choked and extinguished.” B was
788 last year.
“a mournful duty to acknowledge the fact of the beginning of evils.’ the evidence for which is now common knowledge." “Even if we desire to be kindly in our judgments, in finding ex- cuse, in exercising indulgence to— ward tlie seriousness of the athe- Islic and materialistic condition In which certain nations have been and are subjected. and un-
der the weight of which they groan. the existence of slavery for the. indiv.dual and for the
masses. slavery in thought. slav- ery in working conditions, is now undeniable."
Communist China was the only Red-ruled country the Pope men- tioned by name. He recalled that he had devoted much of a speech at a consistory a week ago to the plizht of the church on the Chi- nese mainland. The situation
HERMETICALLY SEALED MEAL
DALLAS. TEX. tAI’t—Ti'oy Hill has 30 relatives coming for dinner Christmas Day. That isn't his problem, how» ever.
He had a 30-pound turkey in his refrigerator but the handle broke off two days ago and Ilill still couldn't open the door today.
, Hamilton. 1‘ \lai'ic. Out. and Moncton. 51.3., as far back as 1932.“ said Magis-
meanwhile prepared to celebrate Christmas with Secretary - Gen. eral Dan Hammarskjold. who or-
Pope Predicts Bastions 0t Communism‘Wil’I Crumble
there. he emphasized Tuesday. is “most serious.“
However, what "has for years been happening in countries he bind the Iron Curtain is too well known to make more elaborate commentary necessary."
The speech by the new pontiff. who succeeded the late Pius XII Oct. 28, had as its central theme a plea for peace. In this way, it was similar to the 19 Christmas messages delivered by Pius be- fore his death Oct. 9.
Jailed Again At Christmas
OTTAWA (CPI — Eric Null- meyer ' will eat his Christmas dinner in jail Dec. fi—for the
26th consecutive year.
Eric. 3 47-year-old native of Norway, pleaded guilty in court here Tuesday to waving a hunt~ in: knife in a downtown restau- rant. Hc admitted taking the hunting knife and some other articles from a parked car.
"You've been in jails at Christ~ mas time in Ottawa. Toronto, Montreal. Sault Ste.
trate Joachim Sauve.
“Thc least we can do is give you another Christmas dinner. One month in jail."
“Thank you, sir. Merry Christ
mas to you," rasped Eric.
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Amid World's Tensions
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5,000 Expected To Arrive Christmas Eve
rived in Gaza Tuesday with Mal. (ion. F. I.. M. Burns. Canadian chief of UNEF. Hammarskjold will hold talks with Middle East- ern leaders during this Christmas tour.
In Iraq. a countrywide curfew, imposed under the martial law which followal last July's revolt» tion. will be lifted for Christmas and New Year's festivities. Bagh. dad radio said. The lifting of the curfew will 0 n a bl e Christi-an churches to hold midnight masses on Christmas Eve which earlier had been cancelled because of the ban.
In troubled Cyprus. Britldl authorities announced that a but standing curwa on Greek Cypriot young men in Nicosia will be lifted at dawn Christmas morn— lng.
BRI’I‘ONS ARE GAY
Britons at Iian will celebrate With more gifts and food tin: ever before. And British Rally ways say It. looks like the heavi- es year for travel.
The Royal Family went to Samlringham Monday to spend their holidays. From this Irradi- tional vacation place the Queen will broadcast and televise her Christmas message to the Com montwealth. As in previous years people from around the Common- wealth will contribute to the pro- gram before the Queen speaks.
Pioneering will be the them. and the Canadian contribution will come from J. A. D. Mc- Curdy. former lieutenant-Hover; nor of Nova Scotla who was tho first British subject to fly on air plane.
Telerecordings of the program will be flown to Canada Christ- mas afternoon.
Flee Fog But Meet Squalls
mme (Reutersl The record number of Britons escap- ing their foggy island for the Christmas holidays ran smack into equally foul weather In many parts of the continent Tuesday nizht.
Rain and snow svept northern Italy. overflowing canals in Venice, while a whirlwind lore of! house roofs in Ostia, near Rome. Six deaths In Portugal were lamcd on the weather.
Brussels ~ boilnd flizhts from Ltndon had to land at Luxem- bourg, a four - hour train trip away. because of dense fog. Air traffic was hindered for the same reason in Germany.
Storms lashed southern France and North Africa Tuesday. At least one person drowned in France in floods. Thirty small ships sank at Mostaganem. in western Algiers. when strong winds mddenly whipped up the waters.
But the gloomy weather out- look isn't discouraging the exodus of Britons.
British railroad officials re- ported record bookings for Paris, Alpine ski resorts and other trad- itional holiday spots on the con- tinent. The planes were packed, but fog at London airport slowed departures.
Car, Truck, Bus In Collision
PULASKI, Tenn (AP) —— A Greyhound bus collided with two other vehicles and" burst into flames late T u e s d a y. Eight bodies have been recovered. and highway patrolmen said the death toll may run higher.
A dozen injured bus passengers have been brought to a hospital here.
The highway patrol said the bus, as muck and a car were in- volved In the collision. Detail-
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