31 Outlet: Charlottetown. lulunrddo 315.00 per Annum. lllaswberc ' In IE1. 89.00. other Provinces and U.B.A. 11.00 per Annum. - Covers Prince Edward Island Like" the De? CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY; JANUARY 26, 1954 Wire And Cable Firms, Face Court: Action To Build Treatment Centre At Falconwood This Year Island M. P.'S In Level Crossing Accident OTTAWA. Jan. 25- rspecigp- J. Watson MacNaug'l-it, parliam- entary assistant to Fisheries Min- ister Sinclair and Neil A. Math- eson. Liberal member for Queens, were Aboard the C.N.R. Toronto- Montreal flyer which crashed into A passenger automobile at Napa- noe. Ont., killing eight persons on Saturday evening. "We felt the bump quite notice- ably", Mr. MacNaught said today. 'The train braked sharply arm- thc crash and came to A stop. shortly afterwards we booked up And passed the scene. It was I terrible sight. We could see some of the bodies on the ground, and there were several ambulances and doctors trying to do something for the victims". Mr. MacNa.ught and Mr. Math- sson were with A group of mem- bers of the House of Commons who were guests of Tom Ross. Lib- erAl member for Hamilton East. The purity vloitedlths Firestone Aboard Train Rubber Company, the United steel of Canada. plant. and other major industries of that city. "I was greatly interested in the modern techniques of tire-mak- ing." Mr. MacNaught told The Guardian. "It brolight back nos- talgic memories of the days in 1927 when I worked for the Con- verse Rubber Company at Maiden, Massachusetts. There have been vast improvements in the industry since that time. It was most in- teresting too to see the manufac- ture of steel at the giant steel plant in Hamilton. It's only by actually visiting plants of this type that one can realize the vast iii- dustrial developments in Canada in the past decade." Mr. MacNaught played on 9. House of Commons rink in a curl- ing match against the Victoria Curling Club of Hamilton. The politicians. skipped by veteran Henry B. Moculloch, Liberal MP. for Picwu, N. 5.. vanquished the Hamilton rink by A score of 13-6. Mr. Justice Kellock Named Conciliator In Rail Dispute OTTAWA. (GP)-The Federal government for the third time has Asked Mr. Justice R. L. Kellock of the Supreme Court of Canada to lmlp work out 3. settlement. in Canada's biggest rccurring labor dispute. Labor Minister 0 r e g g an- nounced Monday the 60-year-old jurist, A veteran of labor-manage- merit conciliation, has taken on the job of chairman of the con- ciliation board dealing with the dispute between the railways and their 150,000 non-operating em- ployees. Mr. Justice Kcilock, who acted in the last two deadlocks between these disputants, was chosen by the minister after union and coni- pany nominees on the board fail- ed to agree on A.chairman. The other board members Are A. J. Wickens, lawyer of Moose Jaw. Sask.. selected by the 11 national and international unions. and M. M. Porter, Calgary law- yer nominated by the railways. Nominal Period The board is expected to go to work in the next few days. hold- ing hearings At Montreal with the disputsnts and trying to work out settlement terms with them. If it cannot do this, it will make settle- ment recommendatlons to the labor minister. A nominal period of a fortnight is allowed for A report to Gregg. but it customarily is ex- tended in A dispute of this size. 1119 conciliation board was re- quested by the unions after they and the major railways became deadlocked on terms of A contract to replace one that expired last Dec. 1. The unions are not asking a gru- eral wa-ge incrense--for the first 'Coming Events "Drxnaklng and alterations. Dial 4767. "Auction and Dance. Vernon Hall, Thursday, January 29th. ”OArnli1l in Sour-is Rank. Wed- nesday. February 3rd. cash prizes. Judging At 0 p. m. skane after. "Card Party and Dance. Curran Be: Hall, Wednesday. January 2'! . "Race on Miilvnle. ice on Wed- nasdoy. if not line. Thursday. Class- H for all horses. Starting at 1.30. "Hockey in Crapaud Rink to- night: Milton Hornets vs. Nine Mile creek Bulldogs. Game 5:30 pm. ”Ora.pAud Rink. Tuesday. Jan- usry nth. Milton Hornets vs. Nine Mile Creek Bulldogs. Game 830 map a&: "Dance in new hall Mt. Ryan Tuoday. Jan. as. Burke's Orches- tn. Luncba served. "CArd rty And dance at Sandy's. ednesday, Jan. 21th. Sponsored by Dunstaifnage Wo- men's Institute. Commence 8:15. "Double header A! North River Rink tonight, Duristoffnage vs. whdoo. 7:80; York vs. North River. 0.40. KAI INC. Mr. An auto crashed onto the roof of time since the war-but are pro- posing "fringe" benefits such as longer paid vacations. triple pay for statutory holidays that are worked, allowance of 18 days for sickness, and more overtime pay for Sundays. Railway spokesmen say these changes could mean additional expenses of close to 360,000,000 a year for the companies. The unions say that figure is much too high, but have not made public their estimate. Employecs engaged in the cur- rent dispute are those not actually engaged in running the trains. They include station employees, maintenance of way workers, shop craftsmen and the like. When parliament legislated an end to the economy-crippling gen- eral rail strike of August. 1950, it named Mr. Justice Kcllock as arbitrator to lay down the final settlement terms on a compulsory basis. After the resulting two-ycnr con- tract rnn out, he headed the 1952i conciliation board that made rec- ommendations for new contract terms. I Auto Crashes Into Roof of House GRAND RAPLDS, Mich., (AP)- John Dc-wcy's home Sunday. The only injury was a brokc-n jaw for the driver of the car. John W. Frcns. 37, of Grand Rapids. who had to be cut out of the wreckage. Prens told officers he lost con- trol of his car. It started across lots, knocked over a mail box and allot up 8. 2'5-foot. embimkmr-nt in front of Dcwcy's home, From the top of the embank- mcnt, tho car sallcd into spacc, Gov'l ToPiess Charges For Price Filing 0fI'rAWA. (CIP) -The govern. ment has decided to press price- fixing charges against portions of C a n a d a's s124,ooo.ooo electrical wire and cable manufacturing in- dustry. Tcn companies-including the lndustryts "big four"-were named in A combines report last Novem- ber whlch charged them with making a "mockery" of competit- ive bidding. Justice Minister Gcrson An- nounced the move in the Com- nions Monday and said the exact parties to be prosecuted will be determined later when evidence is examined in preparation for trial. J. D. Arnup. Toronto lawyer who advised Mr. Garson on the move. will be retained as the gov- ernment's prosecutor Mi. Arnup advised that prosecutions were warranted against some or all of the manufacturers involved. Trials likely will take place in Toronto. The 18-month combines inquiry was initiated in l952 when the government received complaints by local hydro groups that aims were making identical and non-compe- litive bids on tenders for electrical equipment. Nearly Entire Industry Special coinblnes commissioner l-l.Carl Gcldenberg. in naming the 10 companies-virtually the entire industry-said the alleged com- bine had been established for some 41 years. He charged that the companies, by agreeing and arranging to sub- mit identical bids on tenders. "have vitiated and made A mock- cry of the system of competitive bidding which has long been es-r ta-blished for the express purpose of protecting the public interest." He said evidence showed that the companies tried to "conceal" their price-fixing arrangements and made an attempt to "dis- guise" the fact that net prices were identical. Named in the report were: (Continued on page 5, col. 4) Hemingways l.oconEtViEEngineeri Races Royal Party DUNEDIN. Ni-w Zcnland, (AP) A New Zcaland locomotive engin- oer, apparcntly determined to let passengers on his train get A good look at Queen Elizaibctli. raced the Monarchs car for 30 miles to- day lnto Dunedin. Clouds of black smoke from the spccding engine at times enveloped the royal pu-t;I. The race began when the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. driving to Dunedin aft:-r A two-day rest in a private home at Longbcnch, near Ashburton. hit the main road that runs parallel to the railroad nnd only in few yards away. The Ohi-istdhurch - Dunedin express roared down the track at the samc time. Although New Zealbndls trains arc not built for spccd. the loco- leaping 16 fret across Dewey's driveway to sink its front whcels in the roof above the doorway niotlvc engineer poured on the coal to keep pace with the speeding car Battle Police MADRID. (Routers)-More than 8.000 anti-British students battlcd sword-swinging Spanish police for three hours Monday in front of the British embassy in Madrid. Thlrly students And is policemen were reported injured. The rioting students shouting: "We want Gibraltar." mode 20 charges Against 300 police wedged against the embassy building. hurling rocks ll they advanced. The police fired blank revolver cartridges into the lll' to warn off demonstrators, and during one en- counter drew their swords And clubbed students with, the flat sides. The students were incensed be- cause Britain last week again re- jected A Spanish government pro- test AgAlnAt the scheduled visit to Gibraltar next Ml! 01 Que!!! lllsaboth. one of the slogan: they shouted was: "Be careful. Queen llinbeth" In laridon. the foreign office said Irltaln will take A "serious view" of any hostile demonstra- ugm against an Queen when she Anti-British Students In Madrid visits the British fortress on the last stop of her Commonwealth four. After the police finally drove the students Away from the embassy. one band of youths broke the win- dow: of A newspaper store where Queen Elizabeth's picture was dis- played on the front page of A Bri- tish magazine. Heavy guards surrounded the embassy Monday night and police cars patrolled central Medrld. it was the first time since Gen. Franco became dictator that pol- ice have had to repress I public demonstration in the capital. Po- litical -epercuuiona Ars expec " sincs- the demonstrations Appar- ently were organised by univer- sity Panngllts-8pAin'u single pol- lticsl party, which supports the Franco regime. Many of the students were ar- rested. but estinutea of how many were not Available. "This is ridiculous." one student said. "The offlcibl ltudontr Un- ion orderl us to demonstrate at the crnbauy-And the police but us up because we do it.” Hurt In Zilane "crashes Falconwood Treatment Centre. Ideslgned to bring to the people of this Province many of the recognized methods for the suc- cessful treatment of var oils mon- tnl illnesses will be added to the Falconwood area before next fall. according to Departmental offi- cials working on the project. Close co-operation between the Deputy Ministers and their assoc- iates In the Department of Health and Welfare and that of Public Works has resulted in the design of a building capable of meeting all the requirements of the Health Department at A maximum esti- mated cost of half a million dol- lars which is regarded as eco- nomical. Tenders for the building will be called within A short. time. The concrete base for the build- ing has already been laid and is located between the male and female buildings now in use. Ap- proximate length of the new structure will be 270 feet facing the river with three wings ap- proximately 100 feet long by -40 feet wide extending fhcrcfrom. Opening Of British Near End of Food Rationing LONDON. (Reuters) - Britonsi came within sight of the end of food rationing Monday with an- nouncement that butter. cheese and mortenlng will be off the ccupon list May 8. This leiw-s only fresh meat and bacon still rationed. In the House of Commons. Dr Charles Hill, parliamentary secre- tary to the minister of food said he hoped to anounce shortly the date for the end of meat rationing. Only Slightly ENTEBBE. Uganda, tCP)-Nov- clist Ernest Hemingway returned to civilization Monday night with only slight cuts and burns to show for two plane crackups in the wild East African bush. But Mus. Hem- ingway had two rib fractures. The Hemingway party arrived from a 125-mile motor trip over jungle and mountain roads After spending the night near the Al- bert Nile. tributary of the Victoria Nils river. After the second crack- up, all they had to worry about was the herds of elephants and other unidentified wild beasts that howled around them and the swarms of mosquitoes from the river. A camp fire kept the beasts and insects at bay. "I feel wonderful." Hemingway said as he arrived. "but my wife has to rest as she has two cracked ribs. "There has been no heroism, no hardship, no lack of direction at any time." Coming from a man who has described death on Italy's First World War battlefields. in the mountains of civil war Spain, and in the Chicago gang wars, that Appeared to be a conservative account of his latest i-eAl-life Ad- venture. Hemingway even objected to the word "Adventure" II A des- cription of the events. "Don't describe this experience as an adventure-I don't deal in adventures." he said. llghldeelng Trip The first crlckup occurred sat- urday when the Hemingways were flying in A chartered sightseeing plane near Murchison Pails, noted Uganda beAut-3' wot. After spending A night by the river. with A hard of elcphAnts moving uneasily nearby. they And their pilot.IRoy March. were taken by launch to Butll I, miles any on Lake Albert. "very impressed" At the quantity of big guns there. but he did not see why it should All gather Around his camp. one wing Broke The second orackup came there when moth: piano failed to negotiate A takeoff. Hemingway and All Aboard had braced them- IOPVQ for the shock. one wing broko into flames originating in Hemingway quipped that he was it continued on page ivcol. 1) The whole structure is 1200 feet around the foundations. The centre area will be two storeys high and the two and wings one storey. with provision for extensions. The whole build- ing will he of fireproof brick ex- terior. Provislon has been made for A central kitchen for the en- tire Faiconwnod Hospital area with conveyors to the various buildings which will DP laid part- ly underground as will also he the heating system from the new boiler building and the wafer and sewer units which are all new. Equipment in the Treatment Centre will include new electro shock trcaimcnt units. and insulinl shock method of thcrnpliy will; nlsn be avnilalilt-. Provision Is. made for extensive treatment in' X-ray. and the necessary lah lec-I fure rooms. A spacious dining hall and a library are also planned. I An operating room suflicienllvt large to dciil with minor surgeryl and the application of plaster Casi.-x. efc.. is also in the design. Dcpiify Mlnislcr of Health Dr. -tcoihtin-iii-diin"paize"s7coifisi." Legislature Scheduled For March 2nd The Legislative Assembly of this Province will open its regular ses- sion on March 2 at 3 o'clock. Itl will be the fourth session of the! 47th Assembly and the first regu- lar session to be presided over by Premier A. W. Mntheson. The ses- sion last spring sazv Premie'rJones as leader just prior to his resigns- tion to take a seat in the Canad- ian Senate. - There is only one change in the makeup of the House this year. Premier Jones represented Fourth Queens and in A by-election there last year the seat was retained for the Liberal Party by Mr. Her- ltmd Esklmm I'M old Smith of Powztai. Annoi t. of this year's opening was made yesterday by Premier Matheson and it means the session will begin one day earlier than last year. At the present time there are 24 Liberals led by Premier Math- omn and six Progressive Conserv- atives under leadership of Mr. R. R. Bell, Q.C.. Leader of the Oppo- sltion. Falhersenlenced To 10 Years In Aqualolllealh MIAMI. F'la.. (AP) Russell, Tongay. burly father-teacher of: the famed child swimming starsf "the Aquatots," was convicted of manslaughter Monday for the death of his five-year-old dough-l ter, Kathy, and was sentenced to: 10 years in hard labor- i The six-man jury, which dellbcr-I and 54 minutes. upheld the states contention that Toiigay scnt Kathy, to her death by forcing her to dive from dangerous heights. Thai child died last May 6 after diving- from a 33-foot tower at Miami! Beach pool. ' Tcngay,,a former coast guArdA- man, showed no emotion when the, verdict was read nnr when Judge Ben C. Willard passed Aentencel He did not take the stand in his own defence. His wife, Betty, A slender blonds teacher who had wept on the stand as she described Kathy": ill- ncss and death. Illo received the verdict calmly. Judge Willard do- nled A motion for A new trial and set bond at 35.000 when defence counsel Louis Jepewsy said he would Appeal. Second To Die Kathy And her sight-year-old brother. Bubbs. As the "Aqua- tots." received wide publicity in 1051. when their father announced they would swim the English chan- nel. French and British Authori- ties refused to let the ohlldrdn try Kathy was the second Tongay child to die A violent deAth. Russ- ell Jr., died In convulsions in limb At the age of in months. An autopsy showed his death was caused by A hnemorrhnge brought on by A head injury And An in- quest was held. but no charges were filed. Several witnesses reutiriel nee- lng Kathy cry And plead with her father not to make her flll high dives. Old Cha-Ees Repealed In 44-Minulegtpeech By DAN'E!.'L DE LUOE BERLIN. iAP)- Russia's V. M. Molotov fired his heaviest propa- gandn guns at the Unit:-d States in the opening session of fine Big Four foreign minister's conference Monday and battered Western hopes of a European settlement with the Kremlin. Offering no concessions. fiho Sovlnt foreign minister attack!-cl It prepares I for Another. HAXIMS or A MERE MAN Ovlfnhhldfwho 12 PAGES MOLOTOV DASHES HOPES OF AGREEMENT WITH KREMLIN The Gnu-dlnn. Fin Cum Homing Duly .oIndml llI'l. Latest Repor B. C. Has Blizzard; Cold Wave 0n Prairies Continues By The Canadian Press American policy from the Yalu to the Rhine as endangering wor'.dlci'a.w-led out of A blizzard Mondayiholdmzs an. estimated at Mnlritrv while the prairie provlncss batilecljm mmmn bushels- peace. In 44 minutes. spoke nearly 5,000 words of of:-I Southwes tern British Columbia lloldings In U. t On Potato S. &Canada Stocks of morchantable potatoes held by growers and dealers As of Jinllary 1. 1954. in the United 5551-98. total some 130,210,000 bush- 618 compared with 113,370,000 last Year. an increase of 6,340,000 bush. e1-M femrts Mr. s.c-. Peppin. tech- nical l.dVlSDi' to the RE I. Potato Marketing Board. Of this Amount some 3.7 million bushels is listed as being in the eastern late states with most of it in Maine where nearly tlic worst cold wave in years. I (;,.m g -. - ,- heard charges. Ti.venv.y-t.liiree persons have lostImedmeergt;;esU;:,,g::etI;gl; ilgxliy The Russian attack followed 1 their lives in western Canada dill"-mans to mam thigyem. It 11” 000 opening add:-emu by Franltvisylllll thc wintry blast. Carbon nlflll-tacres or -I per cent less ma'n inst Georges Bidault and Britain's An- v oxide. domestic gas and over exer-i veal. In the ,ogCa1,ed late st” thony man in which me;-; !Il0n were high on the list of coldfme ',mennOnS"m WAN I 10 ” 1- Urged Russia A0 5”” miwmher Mums" icent down In the. earl rues cl ID? start rriinificntlon of Germnnyl Swecpllltz in on the fi-imze of RI1.5p:.m., 5.3195 the acrcagye 13 ugh? with frge (daemons, lixlaslran storm. the blizzard slrui-kl d 3: bmr dm. 21 q 2, Refused go Comidsr ,-my-;thc B. C. mainland and nniwtlicm. I A2 ” per cem- nbnndonment of tho Atlantic do-I fciice system or European Army with German manpower, less of Soviet fears. 3. called for tho iin-mod-ate granting of Austria's lndepcii-l denc , nnw nine ycars oi-crdnz. rcgard- Dull:-I Walls U. S State Secrcfary John F-is-A tcr Dulles, who presided over the Initial session. postponed his rrvnl address until today so he poulill revise it to answer Molotov's as- sault directly. "Thc problem now is to get the conference back on tho tracks of; its main purpose-Germany andl Austria." D u ll e s remarked to aides later. The meeting lasted three hour.-. 53 minutes in the Allied control authority ihiiildine: in the American sector. Dulles frmkly adiniltcd--aitc-: Molotov stopped talkingAtliat he (Continued nniipriizeb, col.vT5)i-.T News In Brief men OTTAWA. (CPI-The health de-1 partment estimates that the tuber- culosis death rate among Indians becn reduced fivefold in the last 20 years. WASHINGTON, (AP)-The dc-, fcnce department Monday ordered the army to give dishonorable dis-E charges to the 21 Americans who have refused to come home from Communist captivity in Korea. -- i WABHINGTON, (AP) - Prcsl-. dent Eisenhower called Monday. for an overhaul of the housing program, putting chief reliance on private enterprise but asking 140.-, 000 new public housing unlls in the next four years. ' I TAIPEH. Formosa, (AP)--Ncarlyy 5000 former soldiers of Red China Arrived by sea from Korea Mon- day, joining the side of the Na- tionalists and calling for the rlown-; fall of their former masters. Ships nrc due to bring another 4.491 to- day. Police Find Flaws In New Nylonr Parka (YITAWA, (CPI .. The nylon parka, slated to rcpiacc vthr-I shaggy, thrcc-quarter length cont of buffalo hidc. worn in winter by. mcnibc-rs of Mounted Police since 1931, has. been rcturncd to the manulac-, furer. A spokesman said Monday; that the parka has to be perfccf before it will be adopted by the Irorce and the manufacturer hlljcllllrcll of St, Urbain. scans of A bccn points. Asked to fix A few weak, the Royal Canadian.- sections of Vancouver island iril lull fury. I Tl'alis.po:'tation was sr:ai'lcd by: drills four in six feet deep. trains were l'uiiiilil;: five hours. late from the Easi and plane services in , C. were delayed or cancelled. I Flows and flame-blowers kept the main airstrip opened at Vail-I cauvers international airport and schedules to eastern Canada were maintainccl. (told Fnntlmics 1 There was no sign of a let. lip of the cold wave on the prairles.l Temperatures in Alberta. Saskat-i cliewan and Manitoba Monday af-; . moon ranged from 10 lo 20 belcrwl ZCF . I An all-time endurance record was lset for liethbrldge. At 1:31 p. m.' lMoridny there was A reading of 26; below. The mercury had been on' the uiicierside of zero since ll:30- ,p.m. Jan. 13, A total of 278 hours' and min minute. The previous rec- ord was 278 hours. established in January. i943. or;-gurplus In anifoba Down WINNIPEG. 4CPi - Provincial, ircasurcr Ron D. Turner Monday. announced a surplus of s5d2.'l03' for Manitoba's fiscal year which cudcri last March 31. The surplus was lowest since 1938. Total rev- enue was 553,383,290 and expendi- tures s52,820.58'7. Throughout the Sccond World War and post-war ycnrs, tho Manifnba surplus each year until now has topped 51.000.- 000. The high was 84,724,476 in 1946. Fire Destroy? Catholic Church ST, CYPRIEN. Que. (OP)-Fire of unknrrwn origin Sunday de- stroyed thc Roman Catholic parish chuich in this Rivierc du Doup cmlnty town. causing damage cs- tim-ilcd ht T-200.000. No one was injured. but several liomns nearby were damaged slightly. st. Cyprian is about iao miles down the St. Lawrence river from Gucbec. on the south shore. The wnmlcn c-hurcfh. acrving 13.- 000 parishioners was built in 1908 and recently underwent 871.000 unrth of inferior repairs. Volunfeor st. Gym-icn firemen, with reinforcements from Cabano. l is-Pisfnlcs and St. Joan oe- Dir-it. trlcd vainly to save the Clllll'(.'ll Th.s is the second time in twi ';.cr-ks that fire has destroyed in church in the provincc. The parish msastroiia ll.500.00o blame in l032. was destroyed Jan. ll. One Killed, Damage In Ontario Fires b2,250,000. TVORONTO. fOPl-One man was glued, at least four persons were injured and fotol damage amount- ed to more than 02,250,000 in five fires in southern 0ntArio ainday night, and Monday. The fires: Aur-on: one man killed. 31.000.- ooo damage: Toronto: Msachinuy And 100.000 auto tires datroycd in rubber oom- pAny; 01,000,000 damage: one fire- man hurt; Hamilton: Two Sunday night blazes in which two firemen were hurt. damage hundreds of thous- ands of dollars; London: R children forced from rural adhool by fire Monday basement of London wwnrhip school. The blaze at the National Rub- ber Company n northwest Toronto Monday destroyed rnme than 100.- 000 tubes and tires And 3250.000 in machinery, said Jules Gram. son of the owner. The blaze, which burned on well in r into hhe night am: being brought. under con-trdi dairing the Altar- noon. blanketed the Toronto Area with heavy snake. The fire broke out from undeter- mined oousos shortly before noon. The company! 130 Inployosl fled the plant. some without their costs. The Aurora firs mgod out (1 oontrol for three hours Alta" III ciqplosion in the Coronet grill blew A C-iiln:-be restuirant Amployes out of the window of his Apartment above. - The restaurant worker. waiter Ho. 40, was killed. Ohlsf Hurry Jones of the Aurora firs depart- ment Attributed the fire to An ex- ' "' oil furnace in the base- rrcnt of An Adjoining furniture wire. The oil furnace heated both establishments. the chief AAld. Flames mread to three Adjoin- store and sale was deltraycd be- fore firemen hour: later. so other ing buildings. Thue. the furnlhire I the blue out of: none California and Alibam..a both are down 2.3 per cent, North Carolina 23 pcr cent and South Carolina 22 Per cent. 1-izsiings District of Florida down 15 per cent. In Canada the holdings of po- tatoes as of January ist, 1954. is placed at 29.936000 bushels com- pared with 17,561,000 :1 year ago; this represents a difference of 2.- 375000 bushels. Two million bush- els of this amount is in New Brunswick. Holdings in Prince Edward Island is listed as down 240.000 bushels compared with this date a year ago. Nothing has been issued to date as to Canadian grower5' intentions to plant in 1054 but the pl'0bubll- ity is that they will follow the trend of growers in the United States. Last year in spite of re- peated warnings potato growers in Canada increased their acreage by 3 per cent. This year it should be down twice that amount. I -rue sun can no n".s STUFF lF' GIVEN A CHANCE A - Tl 4R0 (CF) - Minimum And maximum temperatures: Vancouver .. 20 Victoria 29 30 Edmonton 27b 24b Calgary 33b 19b Regina ash run Winnipeg 28b 9b Toronto 33 3! Ottawa 10 31 Montreal 29 3! Quebec .. 21 30 Saint John 11 30 Moncton 24 3d Hailiifax 32 39 Charlottetown -25 84 Sydney .... .. 25 34 Yarmouth 32 38 St. John's 18 38 HALIFAX, (CF) ---The weather office here says A disturbance developing southwest of the Great Lakes is expected to cause in- creasing cloudiness in the Marl- timu Tuesday. followed by occa- sinnal snow or rain in most region: late in the day. Milder air wll return to the district with the lpv proach of the disturbance. Prince Edward ldandz Clear with A few cloudy Intervals ho coming ovorout in Afternoon: oc- nlslonnl light snow by evening; not much change in lopllienturr. light winds. Low-high At Char- ..SdAnd 82. Eastern NB. counties. lower at. John river valley: Overcast with occasional snow by evenlnl: not much change in cermernturm Light winds; low-high at Moncton and Fredericton 20 And 00, Saint John I0 And 32. Upper St. John river valley, Bay of chaleur: Olsar with a few cloudy intervals becoming over- cast in Afternoon: snow bedinnlnl in the evening: colder with light winds increasing to Ioutheut is by avenlru. bow-high At Edmund- ston 10 And lo pampbellwn 1! And 20. ' lay of Fundy: Light winds: cloudy with A few snowflurriu; vi.-ibllity 10 miles lowering to we miles in flurrlu: tsmpsratirro in the 30s. High tide today M. (Int-lottuowl At 3.07 A. In. and 1.00 p. m. sunnnsnide tide em-item min- utes later than Ginlofbelown were damaged in wow And make. sunrlsscfodayatuosm. senAk.b.lIp.II. . kn.