Daily News, 1955-08-19

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Vol. 62.   No. "174
5T. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNRLAND, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1955
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Keeping Public In
The Dark On Policy
IN  NEW  ENGLAND
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Deaths Total
Polio   Rate
BOSTON—AP—New England polio cases continue to
rise and deaths—mostly in Massachusetts — reached an
unofficial 72 Thursday.
72 As
Rising
sMassachusetts hsalth authorities
however, saw a flattcning-out of
the upward case lod in thc site
and possibiliy oi rapid drop in
weeks not far ahead,
■Massachusetts health authorities
sachusetts' division of communicable diseases said a paculiar case-
pattern in this state this year apparently brought polio to a peak
here ahead of other areas. Dr.
Boy F. Feemster said it is possible thai other regions of tha
country may find their polio cases
increasing in weeks ahead while
those in Massachusetts decline.
TREND REVERSED
Thc reason:.Normally Massach-
MEMBERS of the crew of thc raft "l'Efiare" are shown looking at a. map of lhe South Coast of Newfoundland,
where their home-built craft was washed ashore af ler an ill-starred attempt to cross tlie Atlantic .by ocean currents. Crews members of "Tlie Lost. One" shown here aro, left to right:—F.aul A. LaPointe, Gaston Vanackere,
md Jicnri Beaudout.   (Story on Page Three). .
Defence ^Stret^uTHits
Destroyer Programme But
Navy "Not Too Concerned"
World ISews
_ Briefs	
82 HUKT IN SUBWAY
HAMBURG, Germany (AP)—A
jimmed subway train rammed into another train in Hamburg's
main railway station Thursday, injuring 82 persons, J<i of them
seriously.
HEAD-HUNTERS REVOLT
NEW DELHI (Rcutcrs)-Indian
Thc reason:.formally -■»«««;;; troops are being scnt to put down
usetts polio outbreaks have starLdj ^^ a formcf J]ea{,.hunt.
m  ess populous parts of (he   tale-        N       tribesmen   in   India's
nnd have moved to thc cenlics of  n*rlheast frontier agcncyi  prime
P.C. Leader Says
Picture Is Vague
Outlines Plans For All-Province Tour
This Autumn
OTTAWA—CP—A charge that tfce government hai
left Parliament and the public in the dark on its policies.
on natural gas pipelines, uranium purchases and other
matters was made Thursday by Hon. George Drew, Progressive Conservative leader.
He said at a press conference
May Take Three Years To Complete
Building Sub-Chasers
OTTAWA—CP—The government's defence 'stretchout'' has embraced Canada's $210,000,000 destroyer escort
shipbuilding program. It was learned Thursday that it
may take another three years or more before the last oi
the 14 submarine, chasers are in the navy's hands.
But the navy appears to be none
too concerned. An authority said
highly-trained crews will be required to man the new radar-
loaded ships and this training
rmild not be completed in* a short
time.
Each ship, 3GG feel long and with
a 2,000-lon displacement, will have
a crfiw of 270 officers and men.
Thc first, the St. Laurent, now is
under-going builder's trials (Vlck-
cn of Montreal) and may be commissioned in October.
MANY PRODUCTION DELAYS
The last of them, whicii tbe
navy had anticipated might be in
their hands by 1957, will not be
rwdy for commissioning until possibly late in 1958. The new target
ij on the basis there will be no
further major changes in the ships
which have been plagued hy persistent production delays and
mounting costs.
The original estimate of $8,000,-
000 each was boosted last year to
$15,000,000. Defence production officials said this Is the current cost
for each ship. Thc-estimate will
remain at that figure unless there
arc some major building changes.
The original target was* lo dc
liver six of the ships hy 1956 and
the other eight bv 1957. Now the! news   in   connection with a
on both coasts #and along the St.
Lawrence river.' ,
Last March Production Minister
Howe .disclosed it was official
policy to reduce the production
tlow "of some defence items to extend deliveries over longer periods
and thus keep plants busy for pc*
rlods longer than might otherwise
bc possible.
But thc rate of production of
such other items as radar equip-
ment for the.. "Mid-Canada" early
warning system is being speeded.
Overall defence production outlays dropped in the 193*1 calendar
year by $200,000,000 to 51,009,200,*
000. This year there may be a
slight rise, mostly because of
higher outlays for the radar dc*
fence network in the north.
Atom Experts Say'
Girl Athlele
On Carpet For
Ad Promotion
MONTREAL (CP) - Another of
Canada's girl athletes is in* the
navy docs not expect to get morc
than about three or four by J956
another four or five by 1957 and
the remainder by 195S.
An informant said lha key to
production is in delivery of the en*
sines and gearboxes to the Canadian shipyards producing thc craft.
If pressed, the John Inglis plant
at Toronto could step up production of the power units by putting
workers on a round-the-clock work
schedule.
WORLD SITUATION BETTER
But world tensions had eased.
Informants said there Is not the
■lame urgent need fur trie emit an
there was In previous years. Costs
might Increase still further If producers had to go into overtime to
speed up deliveries.
Tbe sub hunters, lo bfi equipped
with improved mortaMype shell
launcher* and long-range underground radar,.are being produced
newspaper advertisement of cool
drinks.
Ella Lindcll of Montreal, a 20*
year-old blonde beauty who has
won International and Canadian
ornamental amateur swim championships, is the' latest lady reported In distress. i
Officials expressed shock to find
a picture of the. glamorous swimmer ,ln a brewery advertisement
Thursday.
The photo appeared at a time
when Montreal Is host to the top
swimming brass, here' to ■ attend
the Canadian swimming and diving championships. Mins l.indell,
however, a syehnmized swim performer, is not lakng part ia lha
current competition.
President Albert Ford of the
Canadian Amateur Swimming Association said "the matter will
likely be discussed at our meeting.
It't bound to come .u**-."
RADIOACTIVE PILLS
WILL HELP DOCTORS
TO MAKE DIAGNOSIS
GENEVA—Reulers—An American atom expert forecast Thursday that Doctors of the future will hand out
radioactive pills instead of medicine boitles when their
patients come lo them with'aches and pains. ,
The  pill,  containing  a  minute" " '
amount of radioactivity, will enable- physicians to diagnose far
morc accurately than now thc exact cause of pains and prescribe
correct tratment,. Dr. Willard F.
Libby said.'
Libby, commissioner of the U.S.
Atomic Energy Commission, made
the prophecy ■ at the atoms-for*
peace conference. He was discussing the development of radioactive isotopes—by-products of nuclear fission—at a press confer-
ISOTOPES SAVE MILLIONS
These "atomic pills" may be a
future development in the use of
isotopes, Ubby said, Even now, In
industry alone, Isotopes are saving
"hundreds of millions of dollars—
perhaps billions," throughout the
world, he said.
But before thc family doctor
could use the pills easily as "tracers" in his patient's system, scientists and engineers mustjnvent
more-sensitive in " —sits to de
test r*.:lloactivlty, Libby nxnl-* \.
Those instruments would hr**e to
ccst a lot less thr esent detectors, so th* sral,practitioners
could afford to buy them.
"This problem will be overcome
before long," Libby predicted.
Libby spoke as the conference
drew toward Us close this weekend. By then, scientists from .2
nations, will have spent two weeks
fn an' unprecedented free exchange
:of non-military atomic Information
much of It (up-secret up to tmw.
U. S. WILL (JIVE AH>
Present at thf* conference Thurs-
day was.a-party of eight congressmen from the joint U, S. con-
gresslonal committee on atomic
energy.
Their leader, Senator Clinton* V,.
Anderson (Dem. N. M.),'iaid his
committee would J>e prepared to
grant large appropriations for thc
pcacelul development of hydrogen
power.
Scientists were engaged in specialized sessions Thursday, on subjects including advanced types of
nuclear reactors and radioisotopes.
The Soviet Union disclosed tech'
meal details of its investigations
into the'construction  of nuclaar
. power reactors well in advance of
any yet built.
Two Russian scientists, L. I.
Tsiiprun and M. I. Tartina, delivered a paper discussing the possibilities of using liquid metals as
cooling-agents to control the white-
hot power released by splitting thc
atom in a reactor.
The U. S. and Russia exchanged
detailed information, in "high-technical terms,-on the use of molten
mfclal in an advanced type of mi-
clonj* reactor, •
RUSSIA GIVES NERVE DATA '
Western scientists also had an
informal exchange of views with
Soviet specialists, who appeared fr
bc leading the world with research
into thc ejfects of atomic radia-
.tion on thcWvous system.
The basic fact emerging from a
paper by Prof. A. V. Lcbcdinsky
.appeared to be that radiation def-
inltely had a primary effect on the
nervous system.
Development of "eye applicators" for the treatment of eye diseases witli arlificlal radioactive
materials as a siibstitntp for ra*
dium was reported by British .scientist Dr. P. E, Carter.
licavv population. This year, the
pattern was reversed. The polio
wava beqan in the eastern region
around Boston where most of the
state's population is concentrated.
It has fanned out into the morc
thinly settled sections..
Dr. Feemster said there was an
-abnormally rapid rise simply be-
causa the large population centres
suffered first.
Boston health commissioner Dr.
John H. Cauley reported active
CAses-mw 275 in-Boston-"are
slowly declining."
Massachusetts has had L5-H reported cases.this year, compared
with 137 in 1954. *•'„,.
Figures in other New England
states—compared with last year-
were: Connecticut ■ 206-117 New
Hampshire 85*21 Vermont. 30-8
Hhode Island 84-17, and Maine
51-25.   .
Repi
' Considerable-repair work has
been done mT'Whiteway Street,
one of .thr longest streets in the
Churchill'Park area. .-
ort Airmen
Forced To Serve
As Flunkeys
LONDON (Reuters) - The air
ministry has promised to mves-
tlgate a complaint that RAF men
were ordered' to dress up in
powdered wigs, lace cravats, silk
stockings and buckled shoes to
serve as flunkeys at an officers'
ball.
An air ministry spokesman said
Thursday the ministry will also look
into allegations' that the airmen
have been used to do household
chores for. officers' wives.
Denis Howell, Labor member of
Parliament, announced Wednesday
night that he was pressing the air
ministry for an immediate investigation into why the airmen were
ordered to "dress up looking like
silly fools."
FROM FORMER AIRMAN
The story of the ball, he said,
came to him from a newly demobilized airman, Britan Holland, 22,
who bad promised his fellow airmen
at the Halton training camp in
Buckinghamshire to seek an investigation.
The airman alleged that thc
party went on from S p.m. until
after < a.m., and that they were
constantly at the call of the officers,, their wives, girl friends and
guests.
Holland also said that some of
the officers' batmen—military servants supposed to look after the
officers' personal needs—had also
■been expected to dress the officers*
children and take them to school.
atures
TORONTO .(CPJ— Minimum and
■maximum temperatures:"
B ■    ( Min   Max.
Dawson .....'.......... '50  -   53
Vancouver  52
Victoria  ............*    54
Edmonton •• •     56
Calgary    ,. 44
Regina ■  50
Winnipeg............ C-l
Toronto .;...v  71
Ottawa   ..-.:.■  70
Quebec  6'1
Fredericton...-*..•■■•- S3
Saint John.-...,;...1.-..' SB
Halifax  60
Charl(gtetown    58
Sydncv .' ...'... 54.
SI."John's '..'.".../.v.. 44
io ■
«i .
76
S3  ■
89
"93
87
88
71
73" •
73
73
67 ,
63.
'65
Minister Nehru announced Thurs
day. Nehru told Parliament thai
36 persons, including five soldiers,
have so fnr been killed in the area
near the Burmese border.
FLOOD HITS JAP AX
SAPPARO, Jipan (AP) - Thc
heaviest rainfall in 67 ycars
swept away seven houses here
today, flooded 1,818 others and
left four people dead and six
misting. Police said 2fi bridges
had been'washed away, there were
two minor landslides and rtiihvnu
beds were damaged. In all 10
towns hit in Hokkaido, Japan';-
northernmost isfatid.
EX-TEACHER NOW IM
'kinGSBIUDGE, England (API-
Mrs. Sarah Green, 1°6 and believed
to be Britain's oldest.' schnol
teacher, diad Thursday, She
started teaching at 14 and later
married a village school master,
a widower with six children. Mrs.
Grecri survived them all.
REDS NAME OFFICER
TOKYO, (Reuters) — The Japanese Communist party announced Thursday that 63-year-ola\Samo
Nosaka, who reappeared last week
after five years underground.' has
been appointed the first sccre*
tary of the party.
HITLER'S LAST DAYS
EDINHUIUm (Renters) - An
Austrian movie depicting tlie last
days of Hitter will open the uiiihi:*)
lil in festival which stints here on
Sunday. Written by Erich Maria
Remarque, "The Last Act" is
based on documents submitted at
the Nuernberg war crimes trial-
CHILD BORN, SISTER DIES
..LOUISVILLE, Ky„ (AP) — An
lt-months-old j/irl, ove of triplets,
apparently died of straugulaltou
Thursday only hours. after her
mother gave, birth to (mother
child. The dead infant was Janice
Lee Theifer, who presumably he*
came entangled m n string attached to a toy in her crib. Mrs.
Thetter gave birth to a daughter
Wednesday night, the couple's
fifth child.
NO RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The
Vatican - published 1'Osservatore
Romano declared Thursday therc
is no religious liberty in Poland,
despite "more or less convivial
declarations." The newspaper,
which reflects'Vatican views, said
it was referring to a recent
declaration ..of Polish President
Jozof Cyrankicwicz that Poland
enjoys religious liberty.
that cabinet members themselves
apparently do not know what the
policy is on how Trans-Canada
Pipa Lines Ltd., will bring Alberta
gas to eastern Canada.
On government policy for Its
purchases of uranium, he said,
Prime Minister St. Laurent, Trade
Minister Howe and an anonymous
official have made a series of conflicting statements which left the
picture vague and resulted only in
market fluctuations of uranium
stocks.
OUTLINED ITINERARY .  3 _
Mr.  Drew  spoke  on  those  and  act's  wjde powers. But the gov-
subsidl2lng of butter ialM te Communist Czechoslovakia and iti
backing of a 90-per-ccnt loan on
wheat sales to Poland,- the government h^d shown complete irresponsibility. Parliament had nat
bcen advised, and members still
did not know details of the deals.
Mr. Drew said his party's extended filibuster against the government's defence production act
had focused press and public opinion on thc issue and resulted in
Ihe government yielding to demands  for  a   time   limit on  the
other topics at an hour-long press
conference at which he outlined
plans for a two-month, 15,000-mile
tour across Canada this fall.
Much of his trawls from Sept.
16 to Nov. 14 will be on party
work, conferring with local anil
district organizers and workers.
Special "second century" dinners,
marking the start of the Conservative party's second century of
existence, will be held at Winnipeg. Charlottetown and Trois-Riv-
icrcs, Que., on Oct. 14, Nov. 5 and
Nov. 12, respectively.
"The major issue in thi? country is , the return of responsible
government." hc said. The last
:-ps"-ion of Parliament had shown
"some striking exaniples of disregard for Parliament."
The uranium and gas pipeline
policies were examples.
Late in the session, the prime
minister had said the cabinet was
t'onsiderin*- three alternative pipeline projects. But later Mr. Howe
had said he did not know of them.
The divergence be t w e e n their
statements was -contrary to the
concept of responsible government.'
In another matter,  government
ernment should have adopted that
course in the first place.
COVERED WIDE RANGE
Dealing with other matters In
the wide-ranging press.conference,
thc opposition leader s*id:
1. An early start on a national
health insurance plan depends on
the amount of preliminary work
done before the Oct. 3" federal-
provincial conference here. Health
was a provincial responsibility un*
der the constitution but the federal
govsrnment should take the initiative in getting the problem dis*
cussed.
2. There were some good "choices
among the '13 recently appointed
:-enalors* but their addition to thc
Upper Chamber would not end the
need for Senate reform.
3. A permanent committee to review government spending ind efficiency should be set up. Otherwise Parliament would not hav«
the information necessary for well-
informed opinions.
4. The annual meeting of thi
Conservative party's national association, planned for November,.li
being.set back to some tins* to
January.
Business Spotlight
WEATHER
«
Sunny,  becoming    cloudy  this
afternoon.   High' to-day: 68.
Md. Skies
FRIDAY, AUGUST 19
(Standard Time)
Sunrise .. .
Sunset .. .
HiEh
'8.1fi a.m.
8.32 p.m.
TIDES
..'5.00. a.m.
. ,7.07 p.m.
Low
2.17 a.m.
2.43. p.m.
Federal Economist Warns Wages And
Prices Cannot Get Ont Of line
GENKVA PARK, Ont.-CP~J. V. Parkinson, direc--
tor of economic policy in the federal finance department, '
said'Thursday night that markets can be lost and unemployment can rise when prices and wages are allowed-1
to get out of line with market requirements.
Moreover, inflation and. instabil-
ity can threaten if countries which
spend too much are afraid to discipline themselves, he added in a
speech before the Lake Couchich-
ine conference on public affairs.
the Western world, he observed,
ha? swing into an economic boom,
inspired mostly by increased consumer demand for good&'and increased consumer spending.
INSTABILITY DANGER
An expansion in consumer credit
can have benefits, but it also can
create instabilities.
"In some countries tha increase
'in' total personal and public expenditures is beginning to produce
fresh economic strains, tending to
push prices up. and to create difficulties with thc balance of international payments.
"Tho recent restrictions imposed
by thc chancellor of thc exchequer
in Britain on thc use of credit is
evidence of the danger, and of
course we are not entirely free
from such problems in "North America."       ,' .
His statements were contained in
thc text of his address released
tn the press-in advance of delivery.
HIGH EMPLOYMENT
The Canadian economy, be said,
has recovered all of tlie ground
lost in W54 "and some more besides." The number of person*,
■'looking fur work In Canada was
less than three per cent of the
working force—"fairly close to a
condition of high employment in a
country like Canada."
But Prairie wheat growers still
faced., marketing problems some
aircraft plants were slack, because
on* phase of the defence pro*rra*m"
had been completed some see*'
ondary industries, such is ttt"
tiles, electrical goods, farm ma*
chinery and railway equipment,,
faced difficulties. The coal industry was suffering from competition
from od and gas.
"Then, too, ve still'need to find
vavs and means ef mitigating the
heavy slump in employment whicii
we always have in the winter
months. But these are all special,
understandable situations some of
them are probably unavoidable In
a dynamic and competitive economy. The important thing is that
they arc not chronic problems and
not common to most industries.'*
He said governments and peoplt
had to ensure that domestic ccon*
ics did not get out of step with
thc world economy,	
INSIDE
3—Stqry   of   "The   Lost
Qne".   '
5—Harbour Grace News,
6_"Canada Needs More
Peppie"—editorial.
7—Carbonear News.
8—Centreville. X
12,.13—Women's News and
Cliit-Chat.
14*15-All*Xt1d.   Baseball.
16—Movie Reviews.
17—Comics.
IB—Stock Markets.
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