MAXIMS OIL MERE MAN --:-1-- No gains without pains. By Carrier: Charlottetown. llslmasdda 815.00 per assnusn. liuwhero in P.l.l. 80.00. Othu Provinces and U.S.A. 12.00 per annum. Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew Cl-IARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, MONDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1953,. DRAMATIC ORTH ATLANTIC RESCUE SAVES I Russia Seelcsl,Postponemeni: Of Big Four C F rancels Sorry Plight” Seen In Political, Labor And Economic Matters PARIS. (AP)-Frenchmen say- ing "merry Christmas" or "happy New Year" during this holiday season are doing so a little hol- lowly. There is nothing very merry about the political. eco- nomic and labor headaches they have suffered in the past weeks. For one thing, a strike of com- munications workers has swept the sky clear of all commercial air transporttaion at a time when thousands of persons normally come to Paris to see the old year out and the new one in. Only one plane took off from Orly airport here. It was bound for Indo-China to help in the French war effort there. l Most airlines. including Ameri- can and British. continued to div- ert their planes to Brussels, shuttling passengers to Paris by train. There was little hope the strike of 2.000 control tower. radio and radar operators would end before Jan. l. A strike of postal letter scrters has reduced holiday mail deliver- ies-usually at their peak-to a trickle. More than 100.000 bags of mail from all over the world are piled high in the big Paris railroad stations. Even if the strike should and now. and there is no sign it will, it would take two weeks before deliveries could catch up. Strikes After Election The strikes hit the French Just as they had begun to sigh with relief over the election of a new president. French morale. which is already low. suffered a tremendous beat- lbontinued on page 5. col. 0) Volcano Eruption, Cause Of N. 7. Train Disgier By J. C. Graham Canadian Press Cva sporndent AUCKLAND. (CP)- An eruption of the 9.000-foot volcano Ruapehu in the centre of New Zealand'a North,1sland has been established as the cause of a Christmas Eve railway disaster which took ltd lives. Mountaineers who examined the summit of the mountain Sunday found evidence of a volcanic up- hoaval which sent a vast volume of water from Crater lake rushing in an inuistablo flood down the mountainside. The lake. which normally covers 14 acres. is in the crater of the volcano. Several times in living memory it has been dispersed by eruptions. Usually the water runs down the many streams which have thlohir source on slopes of the moun- a . Sweeps Away Bridge This time the upheaval appears to have forced a tremendous vol- ume of water over the southeast edge of the crater carrying an avalanche of ice, snow and volcanic ash down the mountainside into the narrow Wangeahu rlvsr, swell- ing, it to 25 feet above normal level and sweeping away the railroad arldge on the plain below. Thousands of tons of ice were carved out of the glacier and swept down with the debris. Coming Events "Dance in alanroy School to- night. Good music. "Dance in Kelly's Cross school Wednesday, Dec. filth. mi. 11' m ' Mu ",0 I I mm, soul. M” James . Dac- w"Daaec. an .:ugustus Hall. . . Burke's Cr- ahastra ”Croklnole Party. North River Hall. Tuesday. I run. Miniuidn loo. lvoryono welcome. "Dance, Nrtuna Hall. Tuesday. gooiaber I. Molwura Orches- ”Variety Concert and Dance at Lot at Hall, December nth. I o'clock. "Dance South Ruatlco l-lall Monday. Dec. 3. Alex Macuan new four piece orchestra. Canteen service. "Annual meeting 1.. O. L. and 1.. 0, B. A. Monday. December ma All members both Lodges are re- duasted to attend. War In Indo- China Carries On Iy Larry Allen HANOI. lndo-China, (AP) Communist-led Vletminh troops dug in near the border of jittery Thailand Sunday to meet expected French counter-measures following the lightning Red thrust across Laos which sliced Indo-China in two. The rebels. who launched their four-day. 100-mile drive from the Annam coast, completed the push Saturday, rumbling into the Lao- tian border town of Thakhek on the heels of retreating French troops. The French pulled out oi Thak- hek in the face oi the overwhelm- ing Red pressure and began oalling in reinforcements for a. counter- attack which observers predicted would come swiftly. This is the first time in -the eight years of the Indo-China. war that the Vietmlnh have reached the Thailand frontier on the Mekong river. The Reds came within 30 miles oi the Mekong last April in their invasion oi Laos --one of the three French-assocb ated states in Indo-china. But, after threatening the Laotian cap- ital of Luangprabang. they quit with the approach of the rainy Spiin Predicts first Surplus Since Civil War MADRID. (AP)- Spanish tax- payers will have to dig deeper next year to meet the highest budget in Spain's history. But there .is good news for the national economy: Generalisslmo Franco's government predicts a surplus in its funds for the first time since the civil war. The Cortes Parliament unani- mously approved last week a budget for 1954 of 25.020.77.835 pesetas--13 per cent higher than 1963-aimed to leave a surplus of 53,422,164 pesetas. At a valuation of 2 U2 cents for the peseta. that is a budget of about S650.519.000 and a sur- plus of 31,335,000. Defence costs will account for a little less than 30 per cent of the money. That is a drop of about 10 per cent from this year. The United States is supplying Spain s226.000.000 by next June 30 under the 20-year aid-for-bases agreement signed here Sept. Of this. 5141.000.000 will lo for military equipment and the rest for defence support. meaning use in some way in the development of military strength. Queen Replies To CanadiaL Message OTTAWA. (OP)-The Queen's re-t ply to the Christmas message sent her by Governor-General Vincent Massey on behalf of the Canadian people. states: , "Please convey to the people of Canada the sincere thanks of my husband and myself for their kind Wants Alleasi Three More Weeks for Preparation WASHINGTON. (OP) - Russia moved Saturday to postpone for at least three weeks the Big Four for- eign mlnlsters' conference in Bar- lin on the German and Austrian problems. The Russians. in notes to Britain, the United States and France, pro- posed that the conference be set back from Jan. 4.-the date sug- gested earlier by the West-to Jan. 25, "or any subsequent date.” The U. S. state department and British diplomatic quarters indi- cated the date change would be accepted by the Western powers. French sources welcomed the pro- posal because the delay may pro- vide enough time for a new govern- ment to be chosen. Premier Jos- eph Laniel's government must re- sign when the new president, Rene Ooty, is installed Jan. 11. In a statement accompanying re- lease of the Soviet note, the state department hers administered a mild reproof, but appeared resigned to the delay. Waiting Since July ”The soviet note would appear to delay for three weeks but not to prevent this meeting. which the three Western powers have long sought and in which they attach high importance," the statement said. - Citing the Russlans' assertion that more time is need "for ap- propriate preparatlon." the state department commented: "This seems somewhat curious in light of the fact. that the three- power invitation to the soviet Un- ion has been outstanding since last- July.” It added: "In suggesting a postponement, the Soviet Union refers to the neo- essity of assuring conditions for all four governments. The Soviet Union presumably has solicitude for other participating governments and assumes that it is better quali- fied than the governments of France, the United Kingdom and the United States to decide what best suits their own interests." The Russian note said the Soviet - (Continued on page 5 col. or Urges World Atom Pool NEW YORK. (AP) -David E. Lilienthnl. first chairman of the U. S. atomic energy commission. Saturday night urged prompt im- plcmentation of President Eisen- hower's plan for a world atom ponL Any long delay may well be fatal to the plan and world peace, he told a national radio audience "NBC Lecture Hnll". The pool can be operating in a modest way "within six to eight months from today." he said. In his prepared speech. Linen- thal suggested Belgium as a site for an experimental atomic power plant and Geneva as the home oi the international research organ- ization outlined by Eisenhower. The former 11.8. ntnm chief, who once headed the vast Ten- nessee Valley authority hailed the Eisenhower proposal as an "elec- trifying . . . gift of peace on earth" and "a courageous ef- fort. to establish a basis for some degree of confidence and mutual faith." "After years of exposure to un- disguised atomic lingo-lam by les- ser man, this country has at last put its case before the world on the highest level of moral leader- ship," he declared. and loyal message of good wishes" WINNIPIG. (C?) - Pour per- sons maroonod in a anowbound bruh piano in northeastern Mani- toba wero rescued Sunday after a six-day ordeal in frosting weather which saw his and death come to In Indian baby. The child was born Tuesday to Mrs. Annanias Harper of Therese Point. Man.. the day after the piano carrying her homo became lost and was forced down no miles northeast of Winnipeg. The plane. piloted by Paul Rickey. 87. of Win- nipeg. also carried Mrs. Harper's children. lflisabsth. 0. and Joseph. All were safe when an RCA! Iaaroh piano tted the craft. A radio raaagtbrought one of the plane's ski-equipped sister ships from Central Northern Airways to the scene. and the four were flown Four Persons Rescued After Six Days In Bush .E.....:mM.....M....m. so miles south to island lake hoa- pltal. Rickey said he become lost about dusk last Monday after taking off from Bigstorle like for a 86-mile flight. to Island laks. I-is landed in a clearing. , He had plenty of gasoline but heavy anow prevented a takeoff the next morning. A few hours later. Mrs. Harper gave birth to the child. Then it began to snow, cutting off any hope of early search or rescue From Tuesday to Saturday. the group huddled around the plane. which was well equipped with emergency rations" heaters and sleeping bags. With the temperature falling to il below at one point. the new- born baby died Saturday. Condi- tion of the four at hospital was not immediately known. OIIFEPEIICG An Entire Family Of Five Lost In Tragic New Zealand Disaster WELLINGTON. (Reuters)- Bun- day's casualty list of New Zea- land'a Christmas Eve rail disaster included a.n entire family of five. The list. fourth to be issued, raised the total identified dead to 73. Rescue teams now have re- covered ll-f bodies of the 166 per- sons killed when the Wellington- Auckland express thundered from a broken bridge to destruction in am the Wangaehu river-"River of Death." The train caried 267 per- sons. Many were injured. The Benton family of Norm Is- land township was wiped out. Searchers have found the bodies of Mrs. Florence Benton and her three daughters, Glenis. 9. Bever- lay. 6, and Roselyn, 3. They are still looking for the body of the father. E. R. Benton. a former garage attendant. . Search parties Sunday combed an 80-mile stretch of the Wangaehu from the disaster scene at Tang- lwae to the sea coast. for the fifth time. Many of the victims. some of them naked, were found washed up on the wild. rubble-strewn banks of the river. Others were dug up from the grey slit of the river bed. Bound For Holiday Fifty-two bodies still are mis- g. Many of the victims were young woman and teenaged girls, bound for a. holiday in Auckland. Prime Minister Sidney Holland has ordered a public inquiry into the rail disaster. New Zealand's worst in history. Government ex- perts will investigate whether it was a steaming sulphur lake in a volcanic crater north of Welling- ton or a cloudburst which caused the floods that wrecked the brirlizo, The span collapsed when a wall of water loosed an avalanche of ice and snow into he narrow river. swelling it to 25 feet. above nor- mal level i Ike Orders Reduction Of Ground Forces In Korea By Marvin L. Arrowunith aucusra. Ga. (AP)-President Eisenhower Saturday ordered a progressive reduction of American ground force strength in Korea. But he solemnly declared any new aggression there will be opposed "with even greater effect" than be- fore. As an initial step in the reduc- tion of United States forces. the president announced "two army divisions will soon be withdrawn and returned to the United states." Eisenhower cautioned that U. S. combat strength n Korea still will be maintained at a. leval calculated to discourage new aggression. The forces staying on, he said, will be highly-mobile naval. air and am- phibious units. The units being withdrawn from Korea were not identified. but an Eisenhower aide who asked not to be named said they are manned by upwards oi 32.000 combat troops. Units Unknown An army spokesman at Washing- ton said no decision has been reached on which of the six army divisions in Korea will be with- drawn. ' The army's eight divisions in the Far East-including two in Japan -number about 140,000 men. Two marine divisions have about 20,000 and an airborne regiment is es- timatod at 3.000. s in Ottawa. a defence department spokesman, commenting on the announcement. said the United Na- tions hav given no indication that it wants Canada to reduce her ground forces in Korea, The spokes- man added that Canada hasn't asked to withdraw any troops. At present Canada. has about 1.000 ground troops in Korea. Gives Meaning In his statement. Eisenhower said the reduction of American forces in Korea means: "We move forward in pursuance of our broad policy to make evi- dent to all the world that we our- selves have no aggressive inten- tions and that we are resourceful and vigilant to find ways to reduce the burden of armament and to promote a climate of peace." Word of Eisenhower's decision was given to President Srngman Rt-re: of south Korea earlier last wee . Lose ISFcondIChild By Drowning DRUM!-IIZLLER. Alta. (cry .. Mr. and Mrs. James Tuckwood of Bali: Coulee have lost their second child by drowning in two years. Lawrence George Tuckwood. 1. was drowned Christmas Eve near his home when, the ice gave way while he was skating on the Red Deer river. His six-year-old sister was drowned hear the same spot two yoars.sgo. ARTIST? I-IOAX OXFORD. Ingiand 4GP)-A stu- dent hoax went undiscovered by crowdt visiting a university stu- dent art display. The new college art committee snnourlced that a much - admired "conventlonai” painting called "descent" was a poster-paint product of three stu- dents who turned it out in less than half an hour. Death of Veteran Newspaper Man BRAN-DON. Man. LOP)-William Noakes. B2. dean of western news- paper men and veteran editor of the Brandon Daily Sun, died Sun- day. one of Canada's oldest working editors, Mr, Noakes had been with The Sun since 1921. Despite his years. he worked daily at the sun office. and on Wednesday prepared editorials for next days paper. He enjoyed good health through- out Christmas holiday. spent with most of his family who still live here. He died in his sleep. Mr. Noakes was the author of "Sun Gleama." a column of pithy. Springhlily humor which brought chuckles to readers throughout Canada. He was often called the country's most. quoted paragrapher. Born at Bunvash, Sussex, Eng- land. Aug. 20. 1871, William Bill Noakes entered the publishing bus- iness as an artist and engraver. Later. his wanderlust took him to Ireland. the United States and Canada as a. reporter, feature writ- er. desk man. press bureau editor and newspaper editor. u. S A. Limits Imports Of Non- Canadian Oats AUGUSTA. Ga., (AP)-President Eisenhower. ncting to protect Am- erican producers. has decided to limit imports of onts into the United States from non - Canadian sources to 2.500.000 bushels from Dec, 23. 1953. to Sept. 30. 1954. The move. announced Sunday. supplements an earlier agrcvment which restricts shipments of oats from Canada to 23,000,000 bushels during the period Dec. I0, 1953. to next Sept. 30. - Argentina is the biggest exporter of oats to the U. S. aside from Canada. Eisenhower's action limiting oats imports from non-Canadian sources was based on studies by the United States tariff commission made in accordance with the Agricultural Adjustme t Act. That law provides for import restrictions when such shipments are interfering with or threaten to interfere with domestic price supports or marketing pro- grams. Equitable Basis A White House statamml: said that Canada. in agreeing earlier to a simlliar limitation. did so "with the expectation that substantial quantities of oats would not enter the United States from other sources and thus dlsplacp the com- petitive. position of Canada, which has traditionally supplied almost the whole of United States imports of oats." The statement added: "Accordingly. today's action by the president in limiting imports from other sources is supplement- ary is) the Canadian decislon.'rakcn together. the two actions will have the effect of treating import: of cats from all sources on an equit- able basis." Queen And Duke Leave Auckland For Maori Grounds WAJTANGI, New zealsnd. (Reu- ters)-The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh leave Auckland by air today for the Maori treaty grounds here, the first stop in a. 2.250-mile air, train and car tour of New zealand. At Waitangi-Maori for ing waters"-the Queen greeted by descendants of the Maori chiefs, who, in the same place in I840, submitted to Britain's rule. During the ceremonial welcome, she will be asked to stand on Waitangi's sacred mat-the first British sovereign to do so. Her plane will land at Kalkohe. on the narrow North Island penin- sula jutting out into the Pacific. From there she and the duke will- drive to Waitangi, in the lovely Bay of Islands. The couple will lunch and spend the night at Whangarel. a short drive from the old Maori treaty ground. Then they will continue their tour of New Zealand. covering 700 miles by air. 800 by train and nearly 950 by car. 'I'hiri.y-three days later they will rejoin the royal yacht Gothic at Bluff. New Zea- land's southernmost point . "weep- will be To Present Colon Before leaving Auckland this morning in a specially-equipped air force C-1'1, Elizabeth was sched- uled to present colors to the Royal New zealand Air Force. A large crowd lining Auckland's streets gave an impromptu three cheers for the Queen Sunday as she drove bank from morning ser- vice at St. Mary's Cathedral. Dur- ing the service. a silent prayer mourned the 166 persons killed in the Christmas Eve train wreck. .m..m..1.:.j-J Czechs Hall News On Xmas Train Wreck VIENNA. (AP: - Czech railway and police authorities prevented any further leakage of informa- tion Sunday on the Christmas eve train wreck in Moravia which is reported to have killed more than 100 persons. Czech officials. evidently acting on orders from higher authorities, rebuffed all enquiries on the sub- ject made by telephone from Vienna. However. the Prague newspaper Rude Pravo, organ of the Czech Communist party. said by telephone it would carry the following re- port on the accident today: "A mllway disaster occurred on Dec. 91 one hour after midnight when the Bratislava-bound Balkan expra-a ran into a passenger train near Sakvloe. The collision caused I. large number of casualties. The Czech deputy traffic ministers Ri- chard Urx and Andrej Gerec, as well as the Czech vice minister for the interior. Jindrlch Kotal. and other top ranking personali- ties, arrived at Sakvice." MAXIMS OFA rm-ms MAN What is well begun is half done. 10 PAGES NEW YORK, (AP)--A dramatic night rescue in the stormy North Atlantic saved 43 persons early Sunday after their ship broke in two off Newfoundland. All appar- ently were unharmed. However, one of the rescue ves- sels. the U. S. military sea trans- port ship Bluejackct carrying 36 of the 43 survivors, reported late Sunday she was making little progress. ”l-love to due in mountainous seas and severe storm", a mess- age from the Bluejacket said. The entire crew of the Swedish freighter Oklahoma. 42 men and g woman, were hauled from four lifeboat: some 400 miles off New- foundland after the ship cracked up. ThP)' spent 10 hours or more in llleboats on the icy. windswept ocean before their rescue by the B1U9.lacket and the Finnish freighter, which carried the other seven survivors. ldui. a coast guard spokesman Sflld that since the seven were rescued about the same time 3; the others, and the Orion pro. ceeded on her course toward Eur. 0De. it could be assumed the sev- en also were unhurt. The message from the Blupjac. ket said the 36 survivors were (Continued on page 5, col. 2) 56 Killed In Canada During Holiday Week-End By THE CANADIAN PRESS Death, by accident or violence. came to 56 persons in Canada over thn long Christmas week-end. Traffic was the big killer. A tabulation by The Canadian Press showed 38 deaths in highway ac- cidnnts from Christmas Eve. Thurs- day. until Sunday night. There were two slayings. both in Ontario, Eight deaths were 3:. tributed to falls. burns or suffoca- tion. There was one drovwninga in Alberta. PopeWl5iEF Gives Au-daience VATICAN CITY. (Reuters)-Tho Pope gave audience Sunday to nearly 10,000 Christmas pilgrims from all over the world. The 77-year-old pontiff was car- ried on his portable throne through the cheering crowds of pilgrims. massed in the halls of the Vatican Palace. From a golden throne in the Hall of Benedictiorns he later spoke to the pilgrims in six different lang- uages, giving izhem his blessing DELICATE STUFF MELBOURNE (OP) -Individual bales of Victoria state's famous lamb's wool have sold as high as 33.30 a pound this month. Th- wool. of superfine quality, is to be used for making ekin-tight costumes for ballerina: abroad. one correspondent reported. OTTAWA. (CP)- Labor Minis- ter Gregg said in a year-end mess- age Sunday that measured by any standard 1953 was a good year for the working people and in- dustries of Canada. Industrial output is expected to be 324.000.000.060 compared with 323.000.000.000 in 1952 and the labor force in industries other than agriculture totalled 4,451,000 in August-latest month available -compared with 4,3&,iXi0 a year ago. Personal incomes rose although wage increases averaging 10 cows an hour were smaller than in some years since the Second World War. However, the cost of living levelled off allowing the working man a greater return for his work in terms of goods and services. "Not only was the average worker able to obtain more goods and services with the money he spent but by and large he was able to save more money." Mr. Gregg said. Treml Continues The steady trend towards shor- ler working hours. lrmgrr vaca- tions and mnrr p.-mi statutory holiclnys in mnnufacturing indus- Gregg Says 1953 Good Year For Working People tries continued. The proportion of factory workers on A 40-hour week almost doubled since 1909 and the percentage on a 48-hour week was reduced by half. The five-day week in industry has be- come more common in plants and offices. Mr. Gregg said the collective bargaining system has served well employment. The third makes money avail- able to the provinces full-mi government for rohahllltnlinn programs medical personnel training, piirrhngr all equipment and hiring of staff. from the includlnil The Guardian. Five Cents Morning Daily Founded 1381. 43 LIVES Swedish Ship Cracks Up In Storm 400 Miles Off Newfoundland Coast Displeased With Ike's Decision SEOUL. (AP)--President mach- hower's announced plan to reduce U. 5. military forces in Korea. with two divisions In be withdrawn "soon". was received with undis- ,guised displeasure today by south A Korean officials. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor. com- mander of the U. S. army forces in Korea. said tit may be safely as- sumed” that the departure of these divisions will not affect men with considerable time to serve in Kr)- rea. Such men will be lmnsferrcd from the designated divisions to other outfits in favor of men whose tours are about over. Officials in the government of South Korean President Syngman Rhee. who frowns on the current truce and favors resumption of the war against the Reds. criticized Eisenhower's plan, Foreign Minister Pyun Tung Tsl said it would weaken the repub- lic's position and indicated he felt. South Korean troops were not ready to step into the gap. ”We do not welcome any UN di- visions being withdrawn. especially when their replacements have nn' been built with Korean personnel," he told newspaper men. Claim Not Notified Both Pyun and the south Korean prime nunister, Pail: Too Chin. said they had not been notified of the plan. President Eisenhower said in his announcement Saturday that the South Korean government had been informed. The U. 5. has eight ground di- Vvislons in Korea. There was sper- ulatlon that the 25th division would be one of those pulled out. IRATE DRIVER LEEDS. England, (GP)-Bus run- ductor Xavene Arratoon. 20. lost his temper with two passengers and offered them his equipment if they thought they could do the job better. Arratoon then caught. an- other bus back to his depot to re- wfii Foot-R-oils THREE. ibci-its Lent: 9 A HALIFAX. (CPI---The Dominion Public Weather Office here sayr temperatures fell rapidly il1r'0HKl1- out the Maritlmes Sunday as a strong current of cold air flawed in from the northwest. 1n the evening skies were mostly clear but there were a few snnwflur- ries where the air was cnminx over the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The clear, cold weather will not last long. An area of snow is an- proarhing from Ontario and ll forecast tn' reach the )Tr'lTltlIT1”S Monday afternoon. Regional forecasts: Prince Edward island: Sunny becoming overcast in the morning with snow beginning in fIrlf'F4 noon: much colder: light u-indn Increasing in afternoon in smith- east 15. Low-high at Charloitm town were and 30. TORONTO. rOPi-Minimum and maximum temperatures: in keeping production going while Min Mr-.1 industrial disputes are settled. Dawson .i0b -- strlke activity increased during Vancouver . 35 al the latter part of the year but Victoria 41 431 time. lost through industrial dls- Edmonton 23 M miles in the first months of the Calgary 1'7 43 year was below average. Regina 1 27 in the field of rehabilitation of Winnipeg 6 ii the disabled, three federal-provim Toronto 20 35 clsi schemes were placed in the Ottawa 0 ll. hands of provincial authorities Montreal 9 if! during the year. The first-when Quebec . 7 10 signed-will provide for sppoInt- Saint John ZR - ment of co-ordlnatora of rehabil- Halifax . 33 11 liailnn in each province. The see- Charlottetown 23 ill nnd would provide free. training Sydney 31 in for all seriously disabled men and Ysrmouth . .. . .. 29 7!! women unable to find suitable St. John's Nild. . 33 :15 High tide today at Charlottetown 3.38 A. M. and 3.03 P. M. summe aids: tide eighteen ml-is utcs later than Charlottetown. sun rises today at Ml A. M. and isels at 4.38 P. M.