;. or r s More Men Ntmnum my Ire done willingly. M? ss 1-some Democrats At Helm that Congress Opens, 2 S . O . WASHINGTON (AP)-The tldth congress gets under way at noon (EST) today with Democrats tak- ing over the rains and Rlpubllcans soft-padalilng differences in nor- genising themselves as the minor- ity party. In a pre-session meeting Tues- day. Republican tors unan- imously chose Semtor William F. Knowlend of Ca ornla as their floor leader. No opposition de- veloped in the wake of Knowlend's public differences on foreign policy with the Eisenhower administra- tlon. Democrats picked. also unan- imously. Sam Rayburn of Texas to be speaker of the House and John W. ' Mccormack of Muse- chusetts to be majority leader. Democratic senators were called into session to elect Sen. Lyndon .lohnson of Texas majority leader. Republican house members sched- uled a meeting later to name Jos- eph W. Martin. Jr.. of Massachus- etts. who was speaker in the lard Congresl. minority leader. N0 BASIC DIFFERENCES Looking ahead, Senator Walter George (Dem. - Ga.) predicted Democrats will have no basic dis- agreements with President Eisen- howcr over foreign. national de- fence and world trade policies in the new Congress. - At the White House. Eisenhower and his advisers were putting into final form the 45-minute State of the Union address which the pres- ident will deliver to a joint ses- sion Thursday. Robbery Charge HALIFAX (CP) - Police said Tuesday a charge of robbery with violence will be laid against naval rating Frederick G. Taylor of Saint John, N.B.. who is accused of striking a naval surgeon. Taylor entered no pics. to an or- ,dlna-ry theft charge when he ap- peared in police court. here Tucs- day morning. He was remanded intil Jail. l0 and detective inspec- tor Joiner Baker said the more serious count will be substituted in ;he meantime. ' Police said Taylor struck Sur- geon Lieut. James Cook a. blow in b the face while riding in Cook's car along a Halifax street. The car went out of control and hit a tree and Dr. Cook wound up in nu. pltal. The doctor told police when he rcgnimd consciousness that his Today informed sources said the pres- ldentiel message will contain few enhower will stress I new concept calling for manpower cuts in the armed forces. balanced by U. S. allies. No. Announcement Following lsong Cabinet Meeting , UITAWA (GP) - The cabinet met Tuesday for four hours to polish its legislative program for the session of Parliament opening Friday. Ag '.l.'hers-were no announcements at the close of the meeting, last scheduled full meeting of the min- lstors before they face the Com- mons. Prime Minister St. Laurent sent word to reporters after the sitting that he had nothing to make pub- lic. Earlier, the only information he gave out was that the agenda contained proposals for renewing federal subsidies to Canada's gold mines. Mlstdkes, Furnace For Washing Machine VANCOUVER. (CF) - Mrs. Joan Kcnnon oi North van- couver mistook the furnace for the washing machine. The mistake cost her an arm- ful of laundry and earned her the title of "Muddlehead Cham- pion of 1954." annual award of the British Columbia Humor Society, a two-year-old organ- ization comprising about we members. In her winning story Mrs. Kennon related: . . Laugh? But I could have cried...after realizing I had thrown clothing. and pillow slips into the fur- nace instead of the washing hlne." SAILOR INJURED , N. B. (C?) - John . of Kingston. ont., and and at 111108 Stadacona in Hall- fax. suffered a broken arm Tues- day when a car skidded on icy Pavement end went into a ditch near Sussex. He was transferred to the military hospital at Len- caster. '!'he driven. Duncan Bell of Saint John, escaped with hand BU Neaid. l wallet had been tdkdfl. ' cuts, Hammarskiold Nears End Of Long Journey To Peiping HONG KONG (Reuters) - Dag I-Iammarskjold neared the and of hi! ions Journey to Peiping Tucs- dllf night. as he stopped over in the central Chinese city of Han- kow before the final flight to the Communist capital. The United Nations secretary- KEHCIBI. en route to discuss the vase of ii imprisoned U. S. airmen with Premier Chou En-lei. arrived in Hankow Tuesday afternoon from Canton. . I-lammarskjold and his party of six will fly the last 000 miles of their long trip today, It was thought at first that Hammerskiold would complete his ml! across China from Canton to Palnins Tuesday. A 'Communist ""3 lkency report gave no ex- planation of why the party i ,, d -hort of its final destination. LITTLE runners! The Communist radio and press have given little publicity-to. Hun- mN'akio1sl's mission. while con- tinuing in the last few days their nroplklnda barrage against the I-"GIN American "spies." Ham- rn old has been authorised by the nitsd Nations General As- m..........:m....:... Coming Events "Dance in Mliiview Hall every as-my night. ' . "Dance Mount Stewart Memor- is! Hell Thursday. Burns orches- ra. "I-one Creek Hall. Rovers Hockey sembly to seek the release of the 11 American sirmen shot down during the Korean War and all other Korean War prisoners still held by the Communists. On his historic journey from New York, the Swedish diplomatic expert stopped over in Britain, France andrlndla for consulta- tions with prominent statesmen. In New Delhi, he had a 2 l-2 hour talk with Prime Minister Nehru. who was reported to have urged him to try to "keep the door open" between Peiping and the United Nations. Chou had discouraged Ham- msrslrjold's mission in advance, notifying the United Nations it had no right to interfere lnithc case of the 11 imprisoned airmen. - BONN (Reuters) -Mrs. Daisy Schlltter. one-time German beauty queen who raised a diplomatic scandal in Britain by a slip of the tongue. is "genuinely ill," hcr doc- tor laid at a Bed Oodcsberg hos- tel Tuesday right. Mrs. Schlitter'a faux pas at a London Christmas party forced her husband. Oskar. to return to Bonn. She collapsed when she ar- rived in Bonn. But her condition is not "diplomatic tunes." her doctor said. She is "genuinely but '5 -. mun R'l1''lhl3U'W- 3145!. -'lllI- not dangerously ill." and her heart H-rt 'Iih-- i V is being on . "Dundee Y. t.- artety The tters made headlines cost. Annsndale January in .31-ltsln after the former movie t l.l0. star stood in for her charge d'uf- "Dancs. Mount Ryan Hell. W . nesday, January sta. Don Orchestra. '- "commonly! I Dingo at not-on cash prises. Also tonight. Toe Jackpot ssaoo. V , "Meeting of Vernon Driving Clubat home. of Dennis Doelsus Saturday, Jan. 8. I o'clock. , ' Wat C! if husband and made a speech ch she called Britain "on any country." 2' somebody at the embassy party leaked the story to report- ers. Westgoermen Chancellor Kon- rad Adeneuer recalled Scblltter from lnflb sin. Foreign office sources here said Tuesday he rte- finltely will not be sent back to his laaden post. ornan aazsronas-non The diplomat has offered his resihetlea. but it was understood the will i I be done I.,"t, it until international. stem bio avor editors flfre in ,of the X ' HIV!” Dilly Sketch .n..t-l-.”"i'7.ri"':..'3"'" ...:: iii" .: a surprises. They said. howev r. Els- & efence ;' new weapons and closer links with 4 , . I l Pictured above is the architect's model of the proposed monastery of the Sisters of the Precious" Blood to be erected in Charlottetown next summer. It is understood that tenders will be called at an early date in order to have the building started by May 1. The last Mon- astery designed and built for this Order was in Manchester. N. H. some years A30. The building will be divided into three distinct units; the clolster, the public entry and the chapel. and is designed to reflect the Chatham Child Killed By Car .CHA'l'l-IAM. N. 3.. (GP)--Foulh year-old Frances Russell was killed Tuesday afternoon when struck by a car near her home at Chatham Head. The car was driven by Allen Harding of Tabuslntac. No im- mediate decision was made regard- ing an inquest. Five Years For Theft And Fraud TORONTO (OP) - Neiffe M. Stephen. 43. descrlbed,ln..aul:L.by, a crown counsel as "a past Insa- ter at the art of corruption and fraud." was sentenced to five years in penitentiary Tuesday. He pleaded guilty to if of to charges of theft and fraud involv- ing a total of tissue. Police said Stephen was involved in such fictitious deals as: Belling fly-catching equipment to the Dominion government to keep civil services offices free of files- at a, supposed profit of 3! to 010 A fly-catcher; Cashing sso.ooo of Second World War victory bonds which Stephen said he could lay his hands on in Nova Bcotia: , ' "Facilitating" a government per- mit for too tons of scarce steel: Shipping a truckload of nickel to Cleveland, Ohio. I-lALlFAX,(CP)-The tirty fish- ing vessel Jed-Bec-M capsized Tuesday off the southwest coast of Nova Scotia and the air force here reported one of the two men aboard perished in the sea. Search and rescue officials said the victim was an employee of Elias Smith, the owner of the boat. who reached shore safely. The Jed-Dec-M was smashed to pieces on the rocks of Seal island The dead man's name is being withheld until his family has been notified. German Woman Author Of Diplomatic Storm is ill business parties will have a cer- tain sympsthy with Herr Schlit- ter." . The Labor party's Daily Herald says: "It is some test of dip- lomacy to keep a woman quiet." The West German government announced that Mrs. Schlltte: simply got nervous and mixed up her words. What she really meant to say. the iatement said. ii: that Germans had to be careful in for- eign countries where the horrors of the Second World War are not forgotten. . . oansns. wszmvssnsr. JANUARY 5. ms. illlAllA-ll.S. mscusslons All 0F-FEEWOLllllADE REATY 'simplicity of the life of the Sisters who live therein. A simple bearing wall structure is indicated with modesty in window design, and an expression of freedom is seen in- the design of the entrance into the public areas, which include the chapel and bursar'.s office, in con- trast to the modesty of the clolster. The exterior of the chapel re- flects the contemporary attitude towards church design. Tradition- ally, stained "glass windows played a more or less decorative role in the exterior appearance and inter- ior beauty of churches. Today the abstract approach to color results OTTAWA (OP) Fisheries scientists told Tuesday how they hope to build up Canada's 8600,- o00-a-year scallop industry on the east coast with discovery of new grounds and development of new gear. They also told of steps to try to revive the salt cod fishery on the Grand Banks by modernizing the 01 d- cdor which now it, "allililulggdiilalggtdfegl from”th?'i3'ran Banks. . The reports were made" at the opening session of the four-day annual meeting of the fisheries re- search board attended by directors of the board's seven research sta- tions on the east and west coasts and in Winnipeg. NEW BED FOUND The scientists reported that a new scallop bed on the northern part of St. Pierre bank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. discovered in 1953. yielded 060.000 worth of scallops in the first six months of last year. Another promising area for s lim- ited fishery has been found on the southeast part of Browns Bank off southern Nova acctls. Prior to these finds the main commercial scallop fishery was in the Day of Fundy around Digby, not only in atmosphere and beauty. but alo serves as a point of accent for aesthetic design. The planning of such a building. demanding segregation of the cloistered sisters from the public, posed some unusual difficulties. For example a common altar is used both by the sisters and the public for Mass and other.services.Thi.s ne- cessitales obscuring thcsislers from the View of the public by means of a louvered partition. which is a series of vertical slats in front of the sister's chapel. so designed as to have their focal point on the altar. The structure was designed by A. 'Plan To Boost Scallop Industry N.S. Scientists there called in naval divers to make underwater obser- vations. The divers confirmed the scient.lsts' belief that the drags used to catch the scallops actually collect only a small proportion of the bivalves in their path. The board now plans experi- ments with new deslgns of drags, fmaports ogheffoglttts to revive dory la. o.r..,.e..s. ..o.od tr! .9 said men" lb deserted the ioareqd dor- les for more comfortable berths aboard modern trawlers and drag- gcrs. These scoop fish from the ocean floor in cone-shaped nets and bring the catch quickly to port for the more lucrative fresh fish trade. Scientists tried small motorized craft equipped with mechanical winches to replace the old dory in which fishermen spent long hours handling lines by hand. Four 23- foot powered boats were built and placed on movesbls cradles aboard a schooner for a. trial run. However, difficulty was experi- enced with the equipment used to lift' the boats off and on the schooner": deck. particularly in rough weather. The scientists de- cided improvements are required before. the 'new method can be recommended. 3 0'l'l'AWA. Jan. 4 - (Special) - Members of the Commons repre- senting ridlngs where dairy farm- ing is a leading industry will be heard from in the forthcoming Session. it is confidently forecast here today. Butter feel that they are Police Probing Woodsman's Death WOLFVILLE. N. 5.. (GP)-The RCMP searched a. nearby wood- land Tuesday for an explanation of how a Melanson district woods- man came to die of savage head injuriu while out chopping logs. A son despatched by his worried mother found John Reid late Mon- day lying fatally injured and un- conscious on a road. He died on route to hospital. Ooroncr H. 0. Lindsay empanel- led a jury but adjourned the in- quest until Jan. 11 so that and cheese producers getting far Winter Count Has Surprises i Bird Watchers Report Invaders By '1'!!! CANADIAN PRESS Canada's bird watchers this year discovered unwelcome invaders in Irltlah columblg and Newfound- land and social parasites in Nova Sootla. The annual winter bird eount set officials in Vancouver and New- foundland munnuring with concern over increased numbers of lure- pean starllnlglrr a shiny black bird slightly svns than a robin. in , lnto' southern Ontario in! .- IltNailfex.aflookbf'fIoow- blresnascounted.'l'beaaalaaibars .,ce:iva ix-asmfretnsts futile total oreoaaestte as .1'hey :reoznon.taos'nsdadurlngthe summer but are rarely found north of New logland states in winter, Cowbirds have the parasitic habit of laying Oil! in nests of other birds which -hatch there and act ea. foster parents. REPORTED BY AUDUBON llesulta of the Christmas bird count throughout North America are crime a WWOUNUM ' first gnu sauoiasuqla-u rlola VaaMuWrl'IIIUOIIMistde- tings oofaperedtoulaatyear only gaottwoa and threlinf ewf dials!-bod 1 l:u0.bIGtJ meatless ! rare. yeast, . Iiorontoand police could dig deeper into the mystery. To Protest Importation Of New Zealand Cheese from a fair deal from the Federal Department of Agriculture and have told this to their elected rep- resentatives in no uncertain terms. Latest complaint on the, treat- ment meted out to dairy farmers, emanates from the Stormont Cheese Producers Association and the Federation of Agriculture. Dairy farmers in the Stormnnt area some 60 mites from Ottawa are up in arms over the Federal Government decision to permit 2.225.000 pounds of cheese to be Zealand at a time when they are unable to roll their own large cheese, lurplusses at a reasonable price. Surplus of cheese in all Canada at the present time is estimated at 15 million pounds. in the last Parliament, the On- tario County of Stormont was represented in the Commons by Transport Minister Chevrler, new chairman of the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority. ready waged determined pslgna against them. The count was made between Dec. as and Jan. 2. At least four areas counted the first day, New- foundland was checked Dec. 2'! and Halifax area Jan. 2. There were no counts-in Ma bs. Prince Ed- ward Island and Alberta, Saskat- cam- Covors, I Prince Edwerdtlslendri Like The Dow. ' " Q ' lo lIll0.I . 5 AV osclnf. n ma. -. ....e .... .;.;.,.g :4- UITAWA (CP) - do has decided to launch I 2,. , . or :3 last-ditch appeal to the Uni ed States to support a reduc- tion of import restrictions and thus prevent a possible col- lapse of the Free World's trade pact, the General Agree- ment on Tariffs and Trade. - Trade Minister Howe, accompanied by External Af- fairs Minister Pearson and' Finance Minister Harris, will fly to Washington Thursday to place the appeal before U- S. State Secretary Dulles, Treasury Secretary umphrelf. and Agricultural Secretary Benson. A WW 3""””"c9mem by the ex" we? confined to a general discus- lmported into Canada from New. Proposed New Monastery -Building .1. l-lennessey. a senior student in the Architectural School at the University of Manitoba, in Winni- peg. Mr. l-lcnneuey, who won an award last year from the Atlas As- bestos Company of Canada, in a design competition, was employed during the summer months in the Architectural department of M. F. Schurman Co. Limited, in Sum- merslde. He designed the triangular glass gables and contributed to the overall plan of the recently com- pleted church at Hope River. Mr. Hennessey is the son of Wil- liam J. Hennesscy. well-known ro- tired Oharlottetown contractor. U. S. Unyeils Jet Seaplane WASHINGTON (AP) - The U. 5. Navy Tuesday unveiled "the world's first multl-jet-sea- plane." the Martin XPGM-l Seamaster. The plane. powered by four jet engines. is as big as a com- mercial a'irliner and the first large seaplane capable of matching the performance of large land-based jet aircraft. It can operate from waterways virtually anywhere in the world Although performance details are secret. it has a. speed of morethan W0 miles.-an houri” cruises above 40,000 feet. and can carry a. load of 80,000 pounds. Jess W. Swoetser. Martin vice-president or sales, said the craft has not yet been flown. ternal affairs departemnt gave no - details other than that discussions will centre on several problems arising out of the Geneva confer- ence to revise and tighten GATT. However. it is understood that on the Washington talks may hinge the fate not only of the Geneva negotiations but possibly the fu- ture of the 3'1-country pact set up seven years ago to boost world trade by a network of tariff cuts and agreements among countries to abide by fair trade rules. PLUG LOOP HOLES Member countries at Geneva are attempting to reach agreement on plugging GATI” loopholes to reduce escape clauses under which coun- tries could breach their tariff agreements and to get countries to reduce the use of import restric- tions. The U. s.. it is understood. sup- ports a reduction of imports but only in a way that does not sf- fect her own restriction policies. she wants countries to reduce the use of curbs imposed because dollar and other exchange short- ages. That would affect Britain and most. of the sterling area. But she wants to increase rath- er than reduce the powers of coun- tries to impose curbs when they have internal production surplus problems. Because of heavy sur- pluses, the U. S. has imposed im- port. restrictions on grains and dairy products, Canada and some other countries have charged that these curbs are breaches of US. agreements under GA'1'r. The US. has shown no indications that she will reduce them. BEADED F0 DIADLODK Thus ensva. negotiation appear esdehter-av-deadlock un- less attempts to get the U. S. to change attltude' and policy are” successful. The Geneva negotiations have reached the second phase; actual consideration of proposed amend- ments to GATT. The first phase but will enter the flight testing stage this spring. NEW YORK (AP)-A roaring fire swept two Erie Railroad piers along the Hudson river on Mall- hattan's lower west side late Tues- day. Twenty employces fled for their lives from the blaze which i was declared under control 50 ml- nutcs after it broke out at 4:10 p. m. Two firemen were injured. More than 100 men fought the savage fire as it crackled through the up- per part of two three-storey piers that jut 750 feet into the river. There was no estimate of dam- age. Great balls of smoke exploded from the piers. A west wind drove the smoke across lower Manhattan in a sky-darkening curtain. FIIIEMEN IN MASKS K Firemen worked in masks to check the flames. Fireboats moved LONDON (Reuters) -- Driving hlizzards Tuesday hammered most. of western Europe for the fourth straight day piling up anowdrlfts, cutting, communications, stagger- ing transportation and isolating outlying villages. One of the hardest hit areas was southern England where the heaviest snow.since 1947 - over the six-inch mark -- fell during the day.ond into the night. In 3.600 in Newfoundland. The count in Toronto was made by ion persons in as parties. Ot- tawa had 39 persons out. St. John's 15. Vancouver as and Halifax seven in the first count ever held there. Unusual finds for certain areas included I gaahawk and robin-at Ottawa. Ibsen had seven robins held in November and F Fire Sweeps Two New York Piers" in from the river to play water by the ton on the piers. Nine coast guard vessels lent a hand when it appeared for a time that the wind-driven blaze might men- ace a long stretch of waterfront. Five alarms were sounded. Tnat is only one less than the maximum summons for New York tire fight- ing equipment. More than 50 pieces of apparatus responded. Motor traffic on the busy. west side highway was slowed to a crawl-and halted for a while- wl-.o.re the elevated roadway fronts the burning piers. The fire apparently began on pier 20. near a fruit auctioning room. it burst through the roof and swept along a connecting building to pier 21. The two piers are between Duane and Cham- bers ttreeis. Blizzards Hammer Europe For Fourth Straight Day the western part, of England roads were blocked, wires down and drills up to 12 feet were reported in some places. Several villages were isolated in the southeastern coastal region and Dartmoor prison was cut off. More than half the country's roads were reported Blocked by drifting snow. SHIPS SEEK SIIRLTEI shi'ps.scurrled to shelter all around the, coast. and air travel was reduced to almost zero al- though Londnr. airport said its transatlantic flights were still leellling for New York and Mom.- rea. London had a four-Inch crown of white over its dark, grimy hulldlngs. Down below in the streets traffic crawled along in slush. slides. jams. snapped temp- era and horn-blowing. The snow moved in after swirl- ins across Europe for three days. In hard-hit F nee. huge drifts We" reported at many areas and the snow kept coming down. sion on a. means of tlghtenias 9110 agreement. Mr. Howe. on his recent return from the first phase, told a press conference that negotiations were olng badly. He could not rule out the possibility that GA'I'r might collapse. EISENHOWEII PROPOSAL While in Washington. the cans- dian ministers also will attempt to find out the chances for pas- sage in Congress this year of presi- dent Eisenhwer's proposal to re- duce tariffs by 15 per cent dur- ing a three-year period. With the Democrats in control of the new Congress. there has been speculation that the Republi- can president may find it easier to obtain congressional approval tariff reductions. Tariff reductions reached under GATT run until mid-lolill. I-'-our Children ”' Burn To Death NORTH BA . Sask. (CP)-ROMP said todsy four chil- dren aro believed to have died in a fire which destroyed their home Monday night at the isolated northern settlement of Green Lake. 100 miles north of here. One child escaped when the home of Mrs. occlls Ross. a widow, caught fire. Reports reaching here said Mrs. Cecile Ross was not at home whenthe fire broke out. Presumed dead are Murray. 11;. Linton. 9: Patsy, 6: and Wuliun, 4. Thirteen-year-old Jackie noes is in Meadow Lake Hospital. 36 miles gum .Grsen Isll0,.,.IllHltlIg' severe urns. Details of the fire were lacking. have sent an officer to in- vestigate. r A l'r.u.ow who MADE A coco Ftasotuflo 'Is LlABLE:(fol ' ' MAKE.v.' A'..BM),. , BREAK,SROR?fl-)l; roaonro (C!)--Minimum and maximum temperatures: in. Max. Dawson -.--......... 4b 4b Vancouver 84 40 Victoria 7... . 38 -M, Edmonton 13 27 Calgary .. . 24 35 Saskatoon . lb 20 Regina . 7b 27 Winnipeg . . "lb 13 Toronto .. 33 .34 Ottawa 20 23 Montreal - 21 25 Quebec : . . . . .. . 18 22 Fredericton . . . . 22 27 Saint John 21 28 Moncton 24 30 Halifax . . .. . 28 31 Charlottetown 20 .30 Sydney 27 30 Yarmouth .. 27 32 St. John's ...... 25 cal HALIFAX (CP) - The weather office says an 'Atlantic storm is moving slowly northcastward, but little change in the weather of the Maritirnes will result during the night or Wednesday. In some parts of Prince Edward Islarli. Cape Breton. eastern New Bruns- wick and northern Nova Scotia, where the winds blow directly in inches of snow is expected in the next 24 hours; but in most parts of the district the snowflurries will pol: produce any sigldfioaat snow- a . Forecasts: Lower-i St. Cloudy with scattered saawflurries Wednesday: Mild: North winds Iii: low-high at Fredericton 10 and so. Saint John and 80. l1 s reportsd . r a mm . :1-llyw tires of is paints”. rm "1 u u allT:o'r1-;v"rrrl:"l.lro'sTa'.' mm "' rm" " m""" ”'”"' . roaarax mg-g,ux mu." u, n d ' N. 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