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CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1953

HEAVY DEATH TOLL FROM FLOODS IN ENGLAND, HOLLAN

Business Bl-oclc Levellecl By Fire A! Collingvvoocl, Ont.

133 Lives Lost When Sea-Going Ferry Sinks Offnlrveland

DONAGKADEE, Northern fre- land, (GP)-The sea-going ferry Princess Victoria. crippled by hur- ricane-iashed waves, ro1ied'over and sank Saturday about five miles off this little Irish port with a loss of 133 lives.

Coast guardemen Sunday aban- doned hope of finding any more survivors. only 44 persons were saved when the 2,694-ton ship sank during I rregular 36-mile trip from Stranraer. Scotland to Lame, Northern Ireland. ,

An official of the nationalized nritlsh Railways. which operated the Princess Victoria, said there were no women or children among the survivors. The firs tiifeboat to leave the ship carried 30 women and children, but it capsized. The 44 dared survivors praised Captain James Ferguson, who fought the cruel seas to the last trying to save his passengers. Still clinging to tiie bridge he saluted the instant be- fore his stricken vessel sank He was not seen again.

Contributed To Loss

The 10 crew members among the survivors and sailors on rescue ves- seis said these three factors con- tributed to the loss of life:

1. The Princess Vlctorials ille- boats were secured to the davits by wire cables instead of ropes. Sea- men lost precious seconds hacking away at these wires to launch the boats.

2. The ferry took a 35-degree list as her hold rapidly filled with water. This spilled the cars out of he boats that eventually were .aunched. Those who reached the lifeboals watched in agony as wom- en and children drifted by them in the-mains lellc-Whbrhlutstrould not be manoeuvred to reach them.

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Coming Events

"Seedsl Send for Free Catalogue. Arthur Vesey. York.

"See "Mark of the Renegade", North Rustlco tonight at 8 p.m.

"Come to show in Fredericton hail. Tuesday, Feb. 3rd, 8 p.m.

"Emerald variety concert, Sav- on Mile Bay hall, Tuesday, Feb. 3rd.

"Reserve Monday. Feb. 2nd for 'Harmony Hotel" in Corran Benn llsll. Curtain 8:30. i

"Our Store will be closed Monday. February 2nd. for stock taking. Macouigan and Boyle.

"Monthly Meeting I-lope River Eredit Union Tuesday, February

"Reserve February 13th for South Shore schools variety con- CPH. Tryon Baptist hall. '

"Hockey match, Long River to- Hllht. Seaview vs. French River. Game starts at 8.00 sharp.

"Unloading car bulk cats at Colvllle Station. Monday and Tues- Id(l"l"l. February 2nd and 3rd. George

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'"Card party and dance Hope River Credit Union Hall, Wednes- dlly. February 4th. If not rfine Thursday.

"Victoria Rink tonight; league "MG. Crapaud Heartbreakera vs. Tryon Arrows. Skate " after. But absolutely no skating before or between periods.

"Master reeds - Another car has arrived Reidts Feed service. Smiley Bridge. Also grinding and mine service. Feeders who keep records use Master

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71st Birthday

OTTAWA; (OP)-Prime Minister St. Laurent observed his 71st birth- day Sunday in good health and well into the fifth year of his career as prime minister.

lie spent the day attending mass in Brantford, Onl:., and returned to Ottawa by train with Mrs. St. Laurent. .

Mr. st. Laurent was born in Compton. Que.

Police Probe Halifax , Fire

we 9:343: -;,.,-aM::;rw-,-c-om.-s . - KAlIi&'AX.'fGP) --"Poiic are continuing an investigation into a , i luv blaze whicl. destroyed two garages here Saturday night. The fire. of undetermined origin, destroyed tools and tires in the re- pair shop of Acadlan Bus Lines. Damage was heavier in an adjoin- ing service station which housed several new and used cars. Officials of both companies de- clined to estimate the total damage.

Wholesale Price Index lower

OITAWA. (OP) - Lower whole- sale prices drove the bureau of stat- iatics wholesale price index into lower ground in December, contin- uing an almost-steady decline dur- ing 1952, the bureau report.

Declines in fibres. textiles and textile products. vegetable products, wood and wood products offset in- creases in the price of animal prod- udis, non-metallic minerals and non-ferrous metals.

The index stood at 221.2 in Dec- ember, down from 221.9 in Novem- ber.

BETTE DAVIS ILL

NEW YORK, (AP)-Bette Davis. stage and screen star, was forced to cancel her performance in the

3500.000-l.tiSS Reported; No One injured a

OOLLINGWOOD. Ont. OP Fire, whipped by gale-force winds. destroyed one of Colilngwood's biggest business blocks Sunday and left only a brick wall standing when it was brought under-con- trol Loss was estimated at s500.000.

Below-aeto weather

No one was 'hurt although two families dashed from apartments over one of the stores into five- below-zero weather and driving mow just before dawn.

The fire was under control four hours after it is believed to have started in Foley's furniture store. at the south end of the block on Hurontarlo street, the town's main thoroughfare. At least 10 stores were levelled and firemen said few of the firms were insured.

On hundred firefighters from every district within a 30-mile radius of Colllngwood, '10 miles north of Toronto, answered the three alarms turned in.

lihnergency Calls

The first alarm was sounded at B a. in. EST. within two hours emergency calls went out for every available man of the town's 'i,o00 population.

Fire Chief Roy Elliott said he had no idea how the fire broke out.

The block. running about 300 feet along the main street. com- prised two-storey buildings of stone and brick. There were only two apartments The other space was used for storage.

Firemen dodged tumbling stone and mortar as walls crumbled in- to the inferno.

Sf. Luiirent Gives Election Views

BEANTFORD. Ont., (CF)-Prim! Minister st. Laurent believes that if Canada has a federal election this year, it will likely be in the fall. . ”Had it not been for the Coron- ation Jirne 2, we probably would have had a summer election," he told reporters Saturday on his ar- rival here with Mrs. St. Laurent to attend a testimonial dinner for

One of Canada's oldest tele- graphers passed away yesterday morning when Mr. Albert E. Mor- rison died at his home here. Mr. Morrison, who was born January 1, i862, Joined the Anglo American Telegraph Company in 1881 and remained with it until it was merged with the Western Union Company in 1913 when he became manager.

He had been an intimate of all the famous figures of the early days of wireless telegraphy and was known throughout the world. At one time he received the highest commendation from the London, England, headquarters of his com- pany for his feat in splicing the cable stretching across the Strait of Nortliumberland when it be- came broken in the winter.

Mr. Morrison saw many honors come to him during his lifetime. He was an Associate of the Insti- tute of Electrical Engineers, a member of the Maritime Electric Association, Member of the so- ciety of Arts. Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute and was award- ed a Fellowship in the Imperial Institute in 1893.

Community interests

Locally he was one of the early members of th Board of Trade, Rotary. Club, and had been an

Death Yesterday Of Mr. Albert E. Morrison

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Aerial Battles in K0 ca.

. was i"! ,., SEOUL, (AP) ,- Allied planes struck hard at the Communists be- hind the sub-zero Korean front Sunday. Sabre jets. battled twice with Miss near the Manchurian border and crippled one. .

It was the 14th straight day of aerial com-bat over northwest Korea.

A cold snap with temperatures dropping to around is-degrees be- low zero for the third day. held the ground front in an icy grip. Only two minor Communist probes and scattered Putrol contacts were re-

Speaker Rog Macdonald of the

ported.

HALIFAX, (GP) - The RCAF said Sunday night a Lancaster air- craft with a nine-man crew is missing on a flight between Goose Bay. Labrador and Torbay. Nfld.

"The Lancaster. engaged in search for a civilian United States plane missing since Friday. was last heard from Sunday afternoon when the captain reported to the Goose Bay control tower that two of the air rafts four engines had failed and he was returning to the Labrador base. .

The Lancaster had originally been returning from a routine training flight from Keflavlk, Ice-

Broadway revue, "Two's Company.' Saturday night because of illness.

land. to its base at Greenwood, N. 8. It was diverted to Goose

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LONDON. (AP) -- A revitalized pound sterling has climbed to within a hairsbreadth of its offic- ial ceiling on the London foreign exchange market-and any minute now may start bumping its head, On Dec. 17, 1951, the chancellor of the exchequsr. R.A. Butler, to British bankers they could reeu e private trad g in pounds against fa.-ehn min for the first time in lzyeers -- but on steictl coi-itmliad tn-moi - Sterling is allowed to fluctuate between 32.70 and 02.82 to the pound. Parity la I230, It will have taken, on present form. just more thin a year for the British cur- rency to goth enough strength in fight its way up to the 02.82 mark. The climb has been slow and

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he aims to make the pound pro- eriimdnt controls to keep the pound

scorn &.'lI-1.02 be-(tot so that a strong- 3 n- pound has more room for man- oeuvre. Then in Butler may do In.

This new strength poses two questions. Why has the pound found its new vigor? And what hap- pens neict if it shows signs of I strength that would carry it high- er than the official limit-assuming re. latioiis made that possible?

Nobody knows for sure just how to answer the first question. some London financiers reckon much of the 11.3. buylni. which must be behind stegrliafa new strength vis- a-vls dollars. stems from specula- tive purchases in New York. But thly find-it hard to guess why there should be a rush of speculation in sterling at this time.

nations that New Yorkers may lieve nritain is nearly ready to make the pcaind freely convert- ible are greeted here with skept- igisni. '

Butler has frequently stated that

gresslvely freer as Britain's econ- omic poeition improves. There to no long-term advantage in using gov-

in a straight jacket if it shows a tendency to rise.

Loglcally. the ultimate step would to be to widen the present

speculation that

Lancaster Aircraft With. Nine Aboard Missing

Bay to hunt for the U. S. plane. Names of the men on board the Lancaster were withheld pending notification of next of kin. The air force said a search for the Lancaster will start at dawn

ll Monday.

Meanwhile there was no trace of the twin-engined civilian uBeech- craft which disappeared with its two occupants while flying from Goose Bay to Greenland on the second lap of a flight to Thailand.

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Dulles Arrives Al FrenclLCapiial

PARIS, (AP) -- State Secretary John Foster Dulles of the United states arrived in Paris Sunday and left no doubt aubout what he want- ed to hear most -- that France will help speed the approach toward European unity,

He reminded the French that their leaders had inspired the two great European unity plans, the Sohuman Plan for the European coal and steel community and the Plcven Plan for c European de- fence community.-

Three Children ”Are Burned To Death

RODNEY, 0nf.. (CP)-Three children were burned to death early Saturday when fire swept through ll farm home near this Western Ontario village.

Dead are Edward Mccoif, ii, and Susan McColl,. 2, and Deborah Clark 4.

The children were trapped in an upper bedroom of the 1 U2 storey frame house.

FIRE CHIEFS HOME BURNS

i wnrrasvnia. Ky., (AP)-The fire chief's home binned to the ground Saturday, and his firefight-

Gfs didn't lift 5 finger. Fire Chief Md

arvey nnbry said that because the nearest fke hydrant was 0.000

State-Of-Union Address Today By Eisenhower

WASHINGTON. (AP) -- Presi- dent Eisenhowcr goes before the us. Congres Mondr - io unveil the new administrations program for peace in the world and sound pros-

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generally agree that if Eisenhower delivers a forceful Svtate-of-the- Union message on a well-rounded program he can bring squabbling Republican factions together and solidify some wavering Democratic support.

Too Much Advice? ,

, Some -Republican leaders think the president has been getting too much inexperienced and conflicting advice.

The result. they believe, has shown the winners of the Novem- ber election have somewhat less unity and purpose than the Demo- crats who lost it. Democratic lead- ers at least have agreed to lie low for a While on public criticism, at the same time stcrriiig up ammun- ition for the 1954 and 1958 elec- tions.

The U. S, and the world will study the message for indications of what will be done to end the war in Kor- ea. and for answers to a host of other foreign and domestic issues that hang critically over the free world. ,

Would Support President

In Congress there are a number of southern and border state Demo- crafs who want to give their active support to the president in the fateful days ahead.

They haven't been reassured. however, by the new administra- tion's 'irou.bies over the defence de- partment appointments, its mixed- signals approach to government reorganization. its public conflict over cutting taxes and the lack of a imified decision about how to end price and wage controls,

. Mother. Children Burned To Death

VICTORIAVILLE. Que. (GP)- A mother and her two children were burned to death Sunday when fire swept their farm house and an adjacent upholstery shop near here. i

Dead are Mrs. Romeo Poirier and her children. Dianne. 3. and Micheline, one month.-

Mayor Wilfrid Labbe of nearby Ste. Vlctolre said a passerby. Al- fred Beaudoin. saw smoke rising from the house and warned Poir- ier who, was in his shop

Thick smoke and fla es came through a. door as they attempted to enter.

The bodies of the woman and one child were found near the door. i

HALIFAX. (CP)-Buffeled by high winds, the 2,166-ton Norwa- ian freighter Congo dragged anchor in Halifax harbor Sunday and grounded on the Dartmouth shore. Attempts to i-efloat the vonel were useless as she lay broadside on the steel and wooden slip. but tugs will try again i: high tide. Her agents, Pick! rd and Black. .. said damage to the freighter is slight but they are ism con- cerned with dunno to the slip.

feet away the city fire truck could

not I)! used.

The oongo was walti to load

Parliament Begins Drive For Adioummeni

OITAWA. OP - Parliament has begun its drive for an early ad- journment-target date is May 1- so government leaders and others can attend the Coronation in Lon- don June 2.

With the controversial Currie report on the army works services sent to a committee, the govern- ment has scaled down time aiiotedv to private members' business and has started legislation through the

Commons. some of this already has Senate approval. And Finance Minister Abbott,

has tabled his estimates of gov-i eminent spending for the' 1963-54 financial year-a document that precedes presentation of the bud- get by only a few weeks.

The motion to give government business precedence on Mondays and Wednesday-originaly de- voted to private members early in the smsion-was approved last week. Private members” time now is cut io'two hours a week-an hour on Tuesday and an hour Pri- day.

When lhis action was taken Donald Fleming PC-Toronto Eg- linton asked Prime Minister st. Laurent if it was still hoped. to wind up the session by the end of Apriivor the first of May.

Two Toronlo Couples Jiisappear

TORONTO, (C?) -- Two men and two women disappeared from Tor- onto during the week-end. They went to, do some shopping .and nsivaa:c:.he'en -aeaa-.--inee.- .

They left a roast cooking in the oven and guests arriving for 2 din- ner ceiebration Sunday.

Missing are Mr. and Mrs. Dun- can Donovan and their daughter and son-in-law. Key and Norman Belt. They were last seen driving away from the Donovan home win Norman Bett's car at about 7 p. m. Saturday.

Norman Bett, 22, and his wife. 21. drove to the DOl'lUVI.nS for a dinner celebrating the engagement of Paul Donovan, Mrs. Bet't's elder broth- er. I

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PRESIDENT JOINS CHURCH

WASHINGTON, (AP)i- Presi- dent and Mrs. Eisenhower. were among 50 new members who joined the National Presbyterian church Simday, "So far as I know," said Rev, Edward L.R. Elson, "this is the first time a president of the United States has joined a church

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The Guardian. HID Could I! ' , Dally Founded 1381.

Miles Of East Coast

Of England To Be Und

Reported er Water

LONDON, (CP)-Terrifying storms sweeping ac:-on

land and sea brought Western Europe's

known death toll

in a iveeis:-end of disaster to more than 400.

Tidal thousands of coastal towns

seas-churned by hurricane

winds-flooded in England, the Netherlands

and Belgium. It was feared the death toll would go even higher when the complete story of flood and shipwreck is

finally fold. In England the known de waters is 129 with unofficial In the Netherlands the there too unofficial estimates

Eight were killed in Belgium and two in Germany when a wa- ter-weakened wall collapsed.

To this mounting death toll is added 132 persons drowned in the Irish Sea Saturday wheny gaies sank the car ferry Princess- Vic-

Wen ther Looks Better

Storm-wary Britons had hope- ful word from the weatherman Sunday night, Forecasts for Men- day said the big blow would be re- duced to light or moderate winds with clearing skies.

Tides along England's battered East coast washed well past the normal high-water mark Sunday night but observers said they were much lower than the previous high tide.

At Hunstanton, Norfolk, swirling waters crushed and swept away houses. The bodies of 12 United States Air Force men were re- covered and 28 others were posted as "missing, believed drowned." In addition. American wives and chil-

dren were believed among the missing in the town. The rising waters threatened

London itself before receding. The Thames river spilled over its banks in central London.v flooding. more than -1.000 families foutaof. their homes in the West Ham district. Hundreds of victims are being tak- en care of in emergency centres.

Thousands Trapped '

Thousands of men, women and

children still were trapped by swirling floods on rooftops and in trees as darkness fell after a day of terror. , Towering waves smashed down houses. wrecked ships at sea and in harbor and flooded thousands of acres of rich farmland. The property damage is '

A trawler with 15 men vanished off the Hebrides. The 2,709-ton French ship Carthage radioed an SOS Sunday night from off the Dutch coast.