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BLAGK ROD AWAITS

Two Trawlers Tides

With 47 Men On Board

HALIFAX (CP) — Two fishing , trawlers with 47 men were miss- ing off the east coast Tuesday and it was feared all aboard them may have perished. The 657-ton Juli, an Icelandic ship, had not been heard from since captain reported her in

The Blue Wave, a 289-ton New- foundiland vessel, disappeared Monday with 16 mea after send- a distress message

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The Juli was last reported 180 miles northeast of Gander, Nfld. The Blué Wave vanished about 6 miles from Cape St. Marys on the Newfoundland south east coast.

The Iceland trawler was the fourth fishing boat in trouble off Newfoundland this week.

SPRANG A LEAK

The 179-ton Nova Scotia trawler Cape Dauphin sprang a leak and sank Sunday near the Grand Banks but her crew of 12 were saved. Another Iceland trawler, the 722-ton Thorkell Mani, re ported she had to cut loose her lifeboats Sunday to prevent cap- sizing from a heavy load of ice

formed by high seas and blowing spray. :

Sub-zero coupled with north- west gales to create the winter's worst weather in the western At- lantic during the weekend.

RCAF rescue headquarters here said snow and sleet would prevent a search for the Juli get- ting started before noon today The weather also forced’ planes hunting for the Blue Wave to sus- pend the search temporarily.

Before it flew back to base an RCAF plane reported sighting an

overturned dory in the area

Old Ferry Heads For Nfld.

Tremendously thick ice in the | Gulf of St. Lawrence has forced | the car ferry S.S. Prince Ed. ward Island to give up, at least momentarily, in her attempt to | get to Borden via North Cape | and head back for Port aux Basques.

It is not known how long the ferry will remam in the New-

Danish Freighter Seeks Passage Through Gulf

QUEBEC (CP) — The Danish freighter Helga Dan, making a bid to becdme the first ocean vessel to navigate the St. Law- rence River during winter, was reported Tuesday ‘proceeding very,, very ‘slowly” through the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

The 5,050-ton ship, speeially re- *inforced for bucking ice, was due here this afternoon but Guy Ca- ron, of the Industrial and Trade Bureau of Greater Quebec, said she is not now expected unfil Thursday or possibly Friday.

;The transport department's sig- mals ‘service said their last report from the Helga Dan came. Mon-

day night when she was off New- foundland’s Cape Race. HEAVY ICE : |

“She is proceeding very, very slowly because of heavy ice con- ditions,” a department spokes- man said.

The Helga Dan left Aalborg, Denmark, Jan. 29. If her ryn to Quebec is successful it will be the first time this harbor has been unlocked by an ocean-going vessel during winter.

For the past two seasons coastal vessels have successfully operated between Quebec and

lower St. Lawrence ports through

| shift in the wind which they say

| worst. in years’. There is also

|a crane from Moncton to get it | driving theacherous in parts of

the winter months.

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zGISLATURE OPENS

OTTAWA, (Special) Heath Macquarrie, PC, Queen’s Tuesday staked out a claim on Canada’s northiand.

Not that he wanted to aitach any of it to Prince Edward Is- land, but he reminded the House of Commons that the Maritimes must have a share in the 2orth’s expansion.

He recalled that the govern- ment of Sir Robert Borden, at the time when large parts of the Northwest Territories were handed over to the young Prairie Provinces, had been aware that the Maritimes had some claim on northern resources.

Mr. Macquarrie spoke in the debate on a Liberal motion criticizing the government for not calling a dominion-provincial conference. Mr. Martin had said that failure to call a ,conference was “an insult to the province.

The Maritimes entered Con- federation in prosperous times “but our golden age, it seems, has long since passed behind us. Too often, as the country pro- gressed, the Maritimes were left behind,”* he said.

When the Liberals were in power, P.E.I. appealed constan- tly for greater aid and many of the appeals were turned back, be said.

“On one accasion, instead of getting aid, the Prince Edward Island Government received a bill for $1,132,000 as a result of the the 1952 tax agreement, where a miscalculation of the pepsiation projection had been

"ee 1957 election brought “‘new | hope for the Maritimes, especial- !ly for Prince Edward Island. Grants were up to a point where they amount to one third of the provincial budget, the largest amount received since confedera- tion. In addition, this year’s esti- mates provide $$11,000,000 in | spending on capital works in the province, he said.

“Has Prince Edward Island been insulted by the way in which ‘this government has handled dominion-porvincial relations! I

where the iiteiatiieil trawler disappeared.

The Life Saving Association of Iceland reported the last. mes- sage from the Juli Feb. 7 said “Grave danger; heavy icing; se vere weather.”’ It was picked up by a Keflavik shore station.

The latest distress came from a Spanish vessel broadcasting a ““Mayday” call—a voice S.0.S.— in the early afternoon.

The U.S. Coast Guard said the vessel's name was not heard clearly bit tentatively listed it as the Meletia.

Port

foundland , port, and CNR offi- leials could not say* last night whether it would remain there or steam for Cape Breton. She was due to arrive at Port aux Basques late last night. Officials are hoping for a

might relieve the ice situation in the gulf described as “the

a possibility that a heavier ice breaker may be.called upon to help the ferry through the com- |

gested gulf.

The ice is reported stretching | ‘Central Canada neatly from shoreline to shore- °

line. A heavy ridge between Said Hard Hit Cape Breton Island and East j

Point. P-E.L. is believed chiet By Ice Storm

ly responsible for the ferry

inability to make headway By THE CANADIAN PRESS ee oe oe | Central Canada, hit by the An accident occurred on the | t ‘o ‘of the winter Abegweit. about 9:15 Monday worst ice storm

evening when a big trailer truck | Moday night and Tuesday ex- left the ramp while backing off | |Pected more of the same today. This necessitated the calling of | The ice storm, which made

righted again. |Ontario and Quebec Tuesday, The Abegweit seiled again |was to be- replaced by another

about six o'clock yesterday | weather system that would bring

morning. More snow and freezing rain.

M.V. Abegweit is also encoun- tering the most strenuous ice conditions in many years on its run between Borden and N.B. Although running only slightly behind schedule, the \ Abegweit is meeting ‘“‘pan’ ice in the Strait up to 11 feet in thickness. It is making five runs per day and occasional special trips with freight.

The Maritimes today expects falling temperatures and up to} six inches of snow as well as rain and sleet.

The West was to remain mostly cold and clear.

QUIET BIRTHDAY

LONDON (Reuters) — Prime Minister Macmillan spent his 65th birthday Tuesday doing a normal day’s work. Hé just does not cele- brate his birthdays, a member of his staff said. Macmillan pre. sided over a cabinet meeting be- fore going to the House of Com. -Imons to answer questions about his trip next week to Moscow.

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Tuesday and left a patchwork of death and destruction in the pre- dawn.

the city’s worst torhado in 32

‘warning

need hardly say that such is not|a sense of realism and a sense |

the case,” he told the House. “None of us will say to this

id deietedt tanaie eo ae Ga is in this field the government |

governmem that it has heard the| has moved, and moved with con-| last of the Maritime claims. But sideration of the province”’.

Wheat Boost Protested In Atlantic Provinces

MONCTON (CP) — The Mari- times Transportation Commission said Tuesday a Jan. 30 wheat price increase granted , Prairie growers will cost Atlantic prov- inces consumers of flour and feéd grain more than a half million dollars in additional! freight charges.

Commission executive manager Howard A. Mann said the federal government has been asked to re- scind the boost of 5% cents a bushel approved by the Canadian Wheat Board.

Justifying the increase, the/ pa board announced it was passing back to western grain growers transportation savings expected to materialize with the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway.

Neither wheat nor flour shipped into the Atlantic provitices is ex- pected to come via the seaway. Mr. Mant said as a result of the

position of an unwarranted bur- den on users of feed grain and consumers of flour in the four

Minister Churchill, the transpor- tation commission said there . be serious objection when wheat on which no shipping is ad- vanced in price and when this price increase is reflected in the cost of flour on which also no transportation cost savings can expected.”

mee ss charges will be saved

be

ple of the Atlantic provinces who,

like other Canadians, have helped in the construction of the St. Law- . are having to

pay more for some of their es- sential commodities as a result

rence Seaway . .

of that construction.”

New Brunswick Premier Flem-

ming, in a wire to Mr. Charchill,

said he is ‘‘very disturbed at the suggestion that the price of flour

is to be increased... .”

Similarly, Nova Scotia Premier Stanfield told the minister in a wheat board action “is the im-|telegram that he endorses the representations of the Maritimes Transportation Commission and urges “that the effect of the new wheat board pricing policy on the

eastern provinces.” In a letter to Federal Trade

Atlantic provinces be rescinded.”

“We are ‘confronted with the paradoxical situation that the peo-

Queens Member Stresses. {Iwo Votes Claim On Northern Lands

Are Won By Govt

OTTAWA (CP) — Two Opposi- tion motions of want-of-confi dence, both based on demands for a new féderal-provincial fis-

[ca] conference, were defeated in

the Commons Tuésday night by the big Progressive Conservative majority.

A Liberal motion calling for an immediate conference to deal with unemployment and tax-shar- ing was defeated by a vote of 171 to 50.

Minutes earlier a vote of 171 to 49 rejected a CCF amendment presented by Erhart Regier, Burnaby-Coquitlam, in proposing a multi-point program including higher federal spending on a wide range of welfare measures.

The votes came just before the close of. the session's first two- day supply motion.

CCF AMENDMENT

The CCF amendment, ruled in order by Speaker Roland Mich- ener despite claims to the con- trary by Finance Minister Flem- ing, said the government should consider the advisability of pre- senting to such a conference fed- eral proposals to ,

1. Assume complete responsibil- ity for the welfare of employable unemployed.

2. Ensure employment oppor- tupities for all Canadians willing and able to work,

3. Reduce the burden of inter- est rates on provincial and muni-

cipal borrowings.

Killer Tornado Is Worst In Sf. Louis In 32 Years

ST. LOUIS (AP)—A killer tor- nado caught St. Louis asleep

Nineteen were known dead in

years. Almost 300 others were in- jured. The tornado took the same path as a 1927 twister which killed 78.

Searchers picked through the rubble of smashed homes and apartments throughout the day for more bodies and others who might still have been trapped.

Seven persons were reported missing.

*B. G. Gregory, executive sec- retary of the insurance board of St. Louis, estimated the property* damage at $12,000,000.

The tornado came without and with tremendous speed. Just as suddenly it was gone, leaving behind silence.

CUTS DIAGONAL PATH

It crumpled a radio tower, then a television tower built to stand winds of more than 100 miles an hour, cutting a diagonal path northeast from the suburbs of Brentwood and Crestwood south- west of St. Louis across the heart

of the city.

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Most of the victims had been in bed for hours when the tornado hit at 2:12 a.m. CST. It was pre- ceded by hours of torrential rains which flooded scores of base- ments.

Hardest hit were a section of tenement houses occupied mostly by Negroes. But a block of brick

Floods Put

Two Cities On Alert

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)—Flood waters put two Ohio cities in a state of emergency Tuesday and threatened two others with simi- lar situations today.

Minor flooding struck several other areas and one section in the southern part of the state was hit by a small tornado which in- jured at least five persons.

In the emergency class were Findlay, where the Blanchard

River passed the- Jan. 21 crest

which inundated one-fourth of the city, and Van Wert, where town creek flood waters covered one- fifth of that city of 12,000 persons.

THE LADIES HAVE REFRESHIDIEN?’S READY

apartments in the fashionable | j}dence for mentally

west end also was ripped open.

Police and firemen coming to the scene were stunned by the destruction. Tragedy was on -all sides. A father was pulled from the ruins, his dead son still hang- ing to his back

SILENT CROWDS

Crowds gathered in the dark- ness behind floodlights and watched silently amid debris and deadly broken electrical lines. Immediately after the tornado hit, persons rushed into collaps- ing buildings. to rescue trapped persons. Then they quickly re- alized the danger from sagging tenements and their excitement gave way to caution.

Mayor “Raymond.Tucker called upon President Eisenhower to de- clare St. Louis a disaster area, making it eligible for relief funds.

The Red Cross estimated 1,725 structures were damaged, includ- ing 41 destroyed.

ospital Scheme, | Residence Announced

Few Surprises

‘less than a year age

lature yesterday Hon Edward P.

Are Revealed

Implemetatio. of the hospital insurance scheme in Prince Ed- ward Island was assured in the Speech from the Throne read yesterday at the opening of the Legislature by His Honor , Lieu- tenant Governor Hyndman, who performed this official duty for the first time since taking office

Streamlining of the Department of Agriculture is seen in the legis- lative forecast which outlines as- sistance to young farmers and aditional scientific aid especially in the field of processing and marketing.

His Honour in the speech noted the danger of inflation evidenced by rising prices in time of de- pression and the resulting hard- ships imposed on pensioners and those of other fixed incomes. The speech also noted the effect which the present tight money policy is having on the bond market, mak- ing it difficult for provinces and municipalities to finance capital projects and maintain public ser-

ices.

PUSH FOR FERRY

» The need for a new ice breaker carferry operating between Bor- den and Cape Tormentine was strongly emphasized in the throne The precarious condition present boats was one of — made in

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outlying districts will be propos- ed and, it is the intention of the athe ah to provide a school for the deaf and to erect a resi-

retarded

children.

The speech stated that the abut- ments -for the Hillsboro bridge would be completed this year and the work commenced on _ the bridge proper. CROWDED GALLERY

A crowded gallery greeted His Honour and members of the legis-

Foley was. selected Speaker of the House. Premier A.W. Matheson named a committee to bring in a select standing committees. Head- ed by Hon Eugene Cullen the committee will have as its mem- bers Hon. Prosper Arsenault, Dr. George Dewar, George Kit- son and Frank Myers

The premier announced that Hon. A. A. MaclIsaac. minister of welfare and labor was at pre- sent a patient in hospital and it was unlikely that he would be able to attend any of the sessions of the House. During his absence,

the premier said, Hon. B. Earle

spect the guard, and the all members of the P.E.I. ment (RCAF).

spection of the band, the director, Lieut. C.E. MacGregor accom- panied him.

Also with the official vice- regal party were His Honor’s pri- vate secretary, T.N. Rogers, and the gentleman usher of the black rod, Major Victor Travers.

ARTILLERY SALUTE

J. E. Creeper, DFC, 14.-Col. E.K. Kenedy, CD, Lt.-Col. K.M. Johns- ton, CD, Lt.Col. F.S. Jenkins, CD, and Inspector E.L. Martin, officer commanding the local division of the R.C.M.P.

Following his departure from the Provincial Building Lieuten- ant Governor Hyndman took the salute from guard as it marched past orn Richmond Street.

The full text .of the throne

speech appears on page 3.

Fox Breeders Elect Officers

MONTREAL (CP)—The once

| popular fox skin has slipped from

its high perch but will stay om the fur market as a prestige item, the Canadian National Sil- ver Fox Breeders’ Association re- ported Tuesday.

The association, meeting here, said only 1,000 to 1,500 pelts? will be offered by Canadian breeders during 1959. Most pelts would go to the United States.

This was a decline of about one- third of last year’s production, the association said, but prices

have risen to make up for the -

drop in demand.

While inspecting _

Dr.-W. E. Russell of Kitchener, ; Ont.,-was elected president of the.

organization, succeeding B. B.

Jones of Charlottetown, P.E.I. eC er Re

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