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Stronger Market Prospect For P.E.|. Potatoes Is Seen

“liiiring the past week two of- ficial reports were issued by the lv 3 Department of Agriculture loll. of which have given a stron- ieeling in the potato market

'|'()\S the country." reports Col-

.- L; Elliot I-‘ull. president of e P I-2. I. Potato alers . iation in a statement released ‘l(‘l‘d8Y-

The Association statement

I s on to I

"The final crop report for 1957 ghou ed as follows: 1956 crop- gogootiooo. bushels; 1957 crop- gi3.0<KJ,000 bushels.

“The distribution of the crop

mild reflect much more to our advantage than the figures show. .5 the late fall crop which is all that (‘mints now shows the Eas- tern states with eleven million bushels less than a year ago. and the Central States with thirteen million bushell I068. 0|’ I I-0‘-Il of ‘.’-l.000.000 bushels or 15 per cent less in the area Where P- E- l_ pnial0CS can go.

. S. HOLDINGS

"The U. S. holdings. re diouing the stocks M nd December

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above report. show in the Central and 1!: States 20,0(X).000 bushels less t hst year. "For this area the supply is the some as for the crop 1955

when the market gradually

Heavy Winds, Rain In N.

.\I-lw YORK (AP) — Heavy rain and winds wit gusts I to miles an hour hit the New York area and sections of Long island and upstate Thursday.

Telephone wires in parts of arooklyn and Queens were torn down by steady hammering from Smile-an-hour winds.

Iii‘-‘.l‘ll snow flurries were pre- dicted for the northern and west- erntral parts of the state.

Report 225 Traffic Deaths

In United States ciiit.-\c.o‘ (Krill The heavy loss of life In U.S. traffic during (‘hristmas prompted an appeal‘

Tlllll'\lld_\' to check accidents dur- ing: the New Year celebration.

this bring about sober thinking I-hit may hold the New Year toll to a

strengthened from January to a high point when the U.S. crop cleared up early in May 1956.

“The result of these reports has been a rise in the price in Maine and New Brunswick and for the first time this fall we in P. E. I. have seen a stronger mar- ket in prospect.

“The P.E.I. movement to date to points outside the ' Provinces has been 5,446 cars of which 2.927 went to domestic markets, and 2.519 went to ex- port markets. Last year at the same date a total of 4.660 cars had been moved-with the Cana- dian demand up 16 per cent.’

P. E. I. CROP "The P. E. I. crop is larger

than iast year and it is figured that almost half of the crop has

By THE CANADIAN PRESS ‘ A heavy strinz “I traffic deaths has marred Christmas ceiebra-- tions throughout Canada. Other accidaital fatalities b ght the toil to 43 at 7 p.m. AST sdsy.

A Canadian Press survey. be- gun at noon local time Tuesday and ending at midnight Thursday, Illtht. showed that only two prov- inces—Manltioba and ward I

Weather In Europe Varied

LONDON (Reuters)-Europe's poat - holiday wea er was as varied as the contents of a child's Christmas stocking.

“A cold wave hit northern

Nearly all parts of The Nether- lands were covered by fog.

In France. this weather Thurs-~

succeeded the storms that

swept the central and sections of the country over

Maritime the

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“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew" CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1957

‘Entire Town Of Springhill

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been moved and almost half the extra is now marketed. b I65 the Maine price is now much stronger than here or N. B. and our growers. if they are willing to market a proportion of their holdings each month for the next six months, should re- ceive better prices this winter n the market has n able to pay when t has been a case ooking for a home rather than the customer

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O 0 Decision Is Due » e Today On Rail O

Freight Rates OTTAWA (CP)—-The board of transport commissioners today will issue a decision on a rail- way application for a general 10- pcr-cent freight rate increase.

The judgment will be delivered at 10 a.m. EST (11 em AST‘.

The decision will be the windiip of a case that started last year. when the railways initially asked for 15 per cent to cover higher material prices and the cost of a wage settlement. ' The board in 1956 granted them two increases totalling 11 per cent, leaving the other four in abeyance. Last fall. they asked that the remaining four be

Is Threatene

WEATHER

scattered showers dealing milder: norihweetwinb Ch’town35and4i0.

Cloudy with in the evening: 20. Low-high at

"°T,;g:" FIVE CENTS

d By Huge Fire

French Politicians Agree

looking for P. E. I. potatoe “There has been a noticeable lack of speculative interest on the part of the large Canadian receivers. If we here hold for the little gains that she now expected we should gradually strengthen the buyers‘ ideas 0

boosted to lo per cent.

The board's decision will deal with the 10-per-cent application and review the two previous in- creases.

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Heavy~Holiday Traffic Toll

. skatic Vl”. wick and Newfoundland each re- ln. Med Only

British Praise Queen’: Speech

LONDON (Reuters) — British newspapers, after a two - day Christmas holiday, today report Q u e e n Elizabeth's Christmas splaecli in glowing terms of appro- v

f the value of P. E. 1. potatoes."

“Simple, direct and human. she was all that the royal critics had called for." aid. “.

accidental deaths. ffic accidents caused most of the fatalities. with 36 persons killed on the country's roads. The traffic toll alone exceeded half the total of 53 predicted by the Canadian Iilfliwiay Safety Conference I or the combined Christmas and New Year’: boll: day. Last year 51 of the 73 Christ- mas-holiday deaths were in traf- fic mishaps. However. this was over a longer five—day period.

ics cold." says the Daily Sketch. "She has become a TV star The Daily Mail comments: "She presented herself and her role with greater frankness and clarity than ever before. deed, than any British has ever chose to do."

ONTARKL A writer in the Daily Express QUEBEC LEAD complains of the r production

°'*l"l° and Quebec lead the by the BBC butmzlids that the llstlil-follztulhislseason. Ontario Queen’ fine personality "tri- a s. I on the roads. umplled over ll .ll_--

Qiiebec had 14 deaths. 13 in traf- Winds Cut Phone Lines

VANCOUVER (CPl—’l‘elephone communications from Vancouver to the Prairies and eastern Can-

were sever by breaks in B.C. Tolepbao Com- pany lines on the l-lope-Princeton Highway. ioo miles east of here.

and. n- monarch

Nova Sootia included a hunting death in its toll of five. Britidi Columbia had four and Alberta throe hewan, New Bruns-

one accidental death. dflih by fire was reported Ontario. which also included a nine-rno:t‘h-old boy who suffo- ‘Il°‘l "I clflialll while h’ ting: was . A man choked to death in New lonndland. .

Christmas. some central France roads re-

threatened

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Britons enjoyed the Boxing Day

new low," stated Ned H. boin, president of the N Safety Council. ’ . Fatalities during the 30-hourl tiirtstmas holiday period-—fromi Up in. Tuesday to midnight Wed |esday—included 225 in traffic. 27 n fires and 26 in accidents of Other types for an over-all total 278. The traffic toll fell short of the N('<|l‘d for a oneday Christmas period since the Second World War The high mark of 253 was set ~n I946. The 1957 Christmas toll went well beyond the I80 predicted by .‘\'St‘ and it was more than 2% times larger than the total for a Inn - holiday period of similar lenizth. To provide a figure for com- Plrison the Associated Press kept count of traffic fatalities during the 30 hours ‘from 6 p.m. Tues- l)ec. 10 to midnight Wednes- Dec. ii. That total was M.

SAD CHRISTMAS COLUMBUS. Ohio (AP) — For Fred Steitz. 76. Christmas Day prohahly turned out to be the sad- dest day in his life. He told po- llre he apparently dropped his hick savings—five 81.000 bills-— llnwn a sewer Wednesday.

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holiday-—-named for the old. post- Christmas custom of giving serv- ts presents in.boxes. The day was marked by gray skies and non-freezing temperatures.

Heater Blast E Wrecks Home

‘l VANCOUVER <CP\—An east- Iend home was demolished Thurs-

'day when a faulty water heater exploded. ripping off the roof and blowing down two walls.

l Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Merritt ‘escaped uninjured as the walls lcrashed around their bedroom.

l The heater, bursting because lot accumulated steam, tore lthrough the roof of the house I landed almost two blocks laway. narrowly missing a car at ‘an intersection.

HOME DELIVERY

TORONTO (CF) —A suburban Scarborough father. assisted by instructions given by a octor over the telephone. helped deliver his w’ e's baby Christmas Day. "We didn't have time to get to the hospital." said Jack Dia- mond. "Someone had to do some- lthing so I did."

Sir Edmund Hi Surprise Dash

WI-”.l.l.INGTON. New Zealand llieuters)—-Sir Fished to within 825 miles of the louth Pole Thursday in his drive in linkup with a British expedi- attempting the first crossing 0' Antarctica.

iiillary. the unpredictable con- Wror of Mount Everest. star- his New Zcaland sponsors '_llh I radio message announcing tprther into the

Q ledlitionlicd by I}. Vivian Fuchs. ‘Wins to cross the continent from 3* other dds

Edmund Hillaryl

llary Makes For So. Pole

l tive

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coring the New Zealand expedi- ‘tion, was taken by surprise lHlllary‘s decision to trek onward. ‘Committee chalrrnan C Ii a r I e s Bowden said he had still not re- ‘eeived official notice from Hill ry of the change in plans. ; Bowden said the rangernents probably are the suit of radio talks between

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lfiari of the froaen con ‘and Fuchs. ‘W9 are heading hell-bent forl But. he said. "in no sense is :9; South Pole. and there to be race between them." \-'I\. " rsdi "mm" mm’ alrniii CONDITIONS The New Zeal Hillary's radio message Thurs- Iteiisciied tostopataboseday "trosnendonslin- 50 lmiles gnu " in plateau .

“The march two nights ago was he first time we had not fallen into crevaaaes."

sa . British party apparently is difficult condi-

The Ross Sea Committee. spoii- '

Trees. uprooted by high winds. crashed across the lines. Two circuits to Toronto and

REPORTED FOR DUTY IN ERROR

SINGAPORE (Reuters)- Kafan bin Sabet reported for duty with the Singapore Vol- unteer Forces here Thursday ——two days after his wife gave birth to quads—vbccause he thought a letter of congratu- lations from Queen Elizabeth on Christmas Day was a re- call to service. The quads—-all boys — er. rived Christmas Eve.

t calls were de-l

ere set up. layed from three to six hours.

Rain and heavy wind. reaching hurricane velocity in places. bat- tered parts of the Pacific North-

some damage and blackouts. l

MENACE OYSTERS I

There are about 60 species‘ of starfish in Canadian waters,; some of them considered ii men-' ace to oyster

Montreal via the United Statesl w

On Constitutional Changes

PARIS <Reutersi —— Leaders of r‘rance's political parties bar- ring the extremes of left and right—are backing changes in the constitution to make the fourth

the cabinet Thursday that lead- ers of most of the'parlies repr!- sented in parliament had reached an accord on proposed constitu- tional changes.

Lacourt presided over several round-table conferences where all parties except the Communists and the anti-tax Poujadists were represented.

They agreed unanimously on three major points:

1. The method for votes of con-

. fidence shouflbe altered to make

CAIRO. Egypt (Reuters?-—-Col. Anwar Sadat of Egypt pleaded for moderation from the 500 del- egates of 47 countries at the open- tug of an Afro-Asian “solidar'ity" conference Thursday.

“We have to visualize the prob- lems facing us in their tnie light, avoiding exaggeration, which makes solutions difficult," be de-

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Sadat said Afro-Asians rose as one man to Egypt's support in

. Toronto ‘Counts Holiday Toll

i TORONTO lCPl—Police Thurs- iday counted the results of To- ronto's twoday Christmas cele- bration. The fig

A total of H0

EIIIICSS

Sixteen motorists left the scene'poHtical_ report proposed that a ,0 mi west Wednesday night, causinglof accidents in which they were “'°l'l‘l ‘llsafmflmem ¢°nl9I'9"¢‘9 bf‘ H

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ures: persons were ar-. _ rested and charged with drunk- W031?" Ind Cl"ld1"¢‘“-

it more difficult to overthrow a existence for l8 months. premier. To depose the govern-l And even then, it has to be de- ment the assembly would have to cided by the government. This pass a vote of censure by an ab- solute majority (half the mem- tiers of the assembly plus one‘ instead of refusing to Pass a bill which the government had made a confidence issue.

2. it should be made easier for the president of the republic to dissolve parliament either at the request of the premier or in the case of a prolonged cabinet crisis on his own initiative.

Under the present rules. dissol- ution of parliament only becomes possible after two governments have been dfposed °n °°"f"le'lce The present government is tiii V°l°5 by ‘ll ‘ll’-5°l“l¢ "'3-l°l'llY 24th in France since the libera after the legislature has been in tion in 1944

merit of Edgar Faure in 1955.

3. Individual members should not be permitted to propose fresh government expenditure. The de putles already have waived this perogative for 1958.

Political leaders have stressed more and more the need for a reform of the constitution to; strengthen the executive and di- minish ministerial instability.

Critics of the present parlia- mentary rules say they make a government the "slave" of the National Assembly.

Moderation Is Urged By Egyptian At Conference

the Suez. invasion of 1956 and held immediately.

“made the aggressors feel they; He supported a recent plea by were attacking not one city but the Indian Prime'Minisier Nehru ‘W0 Cofltlneflls-" HE Dresided at’tio President Eisenhower and Rus- the first session of the week-longjjan Premier Marshal Nikolai conference. .Bu1gatiin for an immediate sus- ‘uTII:(i!IS8IldS of cheelilingi lyouths pension of nuclear tests.

in out to greet t e eegatesi ~ ~- as they arrived at Cairo Univer-l ‘nsllngh - “tacked '"‘l‘§.§'i‘;’e,,,§’,f'v$:,”,

, ted t the my‘ The ‘lelegmes Passed “"‘_l"l' doctrinemfor thoe Middle East as

triumphal arches with welcoming one examp e_ He urged negotiations between-:

slogans in English. Chinese. Rus- sian, Arabic and other Languages. France and Algeria and expres_ -sed "deep concern at the con- Cyp is the only area outside ltinued Dutch ooeupa ‘ d Asia and Africa represented. Guinea." Turkey originally was includedi but was omitted from the official‘ list Thursday.

Subjects to be dealt with by in-, dividual delegations included im-‘ perialism. racial discrimination. nuclear weapons. economics and culture and the social status of

Two Drowned Near Dartmout

DARTMOUTH. N.S. lCP\ — A partially - crippled grandmother . . . d d ‘ t th ‘ ' t Anup Singh. presentlnz lnflla 5 ;:le?s Llzllkg no; lllgre“'l§hIiIf'ssday st one of the survivors of

clause was utilized by the govern-‘

f ma's Hat Shop. Gillis Hardware

Blaze ls Fanned By Strong - Winds; Amherst Dept. Aids

SPRINGHILL. N.S. (CPl— lilowever. sparks from the mail Mayor Ralph Gilroy annoIinc- street fire was threatening homer ed at 2:02 .m AST today in other sections of the town. Tws that a million-dollar fire minor fires were extinguished is which burned out the busi- the west en . _ less middle of this hard- l The fire is believed to have luck coal town was under started in the basement of Sted

man’s store around 10:4 . AST. At first it was tho ght un 5PRlNGllll-l-- “-5- ‘CP' ' A der control but cans of paint ig million - dollar fire swept the ‘med causlng lg to 3-¢.fl3r¢_ business district of this hard-luck‘ All-llng local firemen were unlts ¢08l WW" Tl""‘Sd3.V nlgl“ and from neighboring Amherst and early 10<l3y- lVl8>’0T Ralph Gllmy Oxford. Andres said there was no said at 1:32 am. AST the blazellacll of wage,-_ Ippeared 10 be Under °°"”°l- l An unidentified elderly man The mayor said the fire "is all was reported go have mffel-ed a this town needs. The worst thing heart allack when guegtg wen is that l'm almld ll Wlll ""97 evacuated from the Carleton

be built up. ‘ lloie1_ While firemen blocked the fire The enllre population of the from spreading up 1h? Sl“‘¢“- town crowded the fire area caus-

there was more danger for ['95- mg some confusion idential areas on both sides of the main district. ONLY ASHES LEFT Two houses belonging to Mor- Andres said the blackened area ris Saffron, whose clothing store was -lnolhlng but gshes," He sai

iwas wiped out earlier. and John me grmy firemen were unable to

Murray. ‘"9" l°V°ll°d- Flreme" answer calls for minor fires and curtained the other With a Pre- that citizens in many instances cautionary sprinkle of water. ‘were appgrently tackling the Talking over one of t e few names lllemsell,-e5_ long-distance phone lines operat- Thls gg-my town of dlgcour-aged ing Out Of this YOWIL ‘ -“"' miners viewed today's windswept

dres. managing-editor of The fil-9 ",3; has all-egdy sacked the |NeWS in n€‘igl1b0Flni1 A_ml“‘r5l- main business section with a re ‘s notes by candlehizht he- grim realization. It was just '13

cause the big fire had cut off the town's power supply. i He said there was no panic and no . was across the street and firemen were attacking it from spots on blackened ruins on the area al- ready destroyed l Possibility of general evacua- tion was still not being ruled out. ‘Mayor Gilroy said police will carry warnings from house to house if the‘ fire gets worse. Fifteen business firms and five aparunen ' the

months ago that a mine explo- sion killed 39 and caused numeri- ous layoffs and crippled the town's economy.

And a few months ago a fed- eral government grant offset a threatening layoff in the town's only producing pit at No. 2.

PM Leaves Today For The Bahamas

OTTAWA icpi # Prime Minis-

P355 5l‘°° 5l°l'°v -l‘lY'5 Lgadles ter Diefenbaker flies todly to thi Wear. Stedman's Variety .tore. k- ll lld.y_

. S. Terris Insurance. Kayleen's-Bahémafi. forhfirevlelelld‘ H; prim.

Photo Shop. T. Eaton order of-: l‘lli5tgrl‘l'°e.ves hi. ome in

-. _ Al. min 5 _

fice' McLeod 5 Barber Shop Prince Albert. Sask.. this evening

and is flying to Nassau. He will

be accompanied by Mrs. Diefen-

aw The firms included Agnew Sur-

Ryan's G r o c e r y. Leadbettc-r's Men's Wear. Springhill Record

~ ' 3; - -. . b k r. involved. Nine "rests have been fwgiofiiiéi: accident that cl med ghich alsrpearirigtllisitifisréggrtuleeakllll anley plan to return -ll“. 1. m _ Mrs. Annie Muise. 59. told Rushtons Grocery. leaviliil the w9$l.l“dl°' “‘ "I. Seventy eight persons were S struggling 1) 3 V g Nicholson to morning and arriving at Ottawa s lnjrlired in traffic accidents. "hold on sonnv. hold your cour- SECOND FIRE STARTS Uplands Airportdat‘d7 |:.m.tEyST.. orty rsons were charged '~ l ‘ll lllcd ll‘ l _ fl _ e ' in t But they may cc (3 o _sa with drinking while driving. ‘go as g C P“ ‘m 0 ga ey soathmellied aI\(:I(?yP(lt'll2I‘(‘(\‘\'\'u\(tlf30T little longer the office said. F . . . .

V - six cars belonging to‘ drinking drivers were impounded.

Guards Foil Prison Break—

Plot In 50-Foot S

WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP)- Warderi Bob Rhay said Thursday the discovery of a tunnel under a Washington State Prison wall Wednesday thwarted an elabor- ate escape plot which would have cleaned out" a prison wing hous- lold him through I D999 hole that in 2” men’ llulatl-d Virgil Perry was being

Five unarmed guards on I rou- 9 ‘ _ tine security check found a group The wallle“ demanded P€‘''T.V -5 of convicts digging in the 50-foot shaft. in a brief underground: battle, two of the guards were mauled. The convicts. their heads

ed by flour sacks. bac to their cells in wing No. 7. start- ing point of the tunnel.

Nine suspects. tentatively iden- tified as among the diggers by dirt in their ears and fingernails.

15 hours. Rhay said.

Prisoners in wing No. 7 seized a guard as hostage after the es cape attempt failed. _

Rhay. unarmed. had raced to the front door of the wing but found it locked. A hooded convict

eight convicts were surprised by the guard detail. The prisoners were working with homemade shovels. knives. sticks and spoons. CLOSE TO WALL

Another 15 feet would have put