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St JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND,        SATURDAY, JAN. 22/1955 ;. .
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Thc mere announcement
by Bowater's Mitt Managei
Gerald Penney yesterday
had tlie effect of creating
jot--? for hundreds of Newfoundlanders, and it has
been described as more
beneficial than any of the
industrial enterprises which
have come into being during thc past few years.
Averting that the. demand for
•••■■-rrint has increased so much
during thc past lew months, Mr.
r-nr.cy said that the Bowater Com-
■A-ry have decided to operate i
•rr-.-.-.numis operation of seven
•;■*, per week.
Up stated lhat this will provide
:v new johs in thc Corner Brook
"IT;*, and in addition will bring
about many promotions and extra
pay for permanent workers.
The extra working day will increase annual production of newsprint by 35,000 tons, which in turn
will require an increase in the annual cut of pulpwood by approximately 50,000 cords. This will mean
that several hundreds of Newfoundland loggers will have to bc
engaged in order to supply thc
necessary raw materials.
In his notice to employees Mr.
Penny-stated that the new arrangement will mean that working hours
will have to be increased from 40
hours per week to 42 hours per
week, with the majority of employees working an average of five
days. He said that lt is the hope
of the Company that a two-year
agreement on the proposition will
be reached in early Spring and he
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Newsprint Production
Is Jumped; Mill
On7-DayWeek
BOWATER
suggested that all employees give
it serious consideration,
Mr. Penney pointed out that a
schedule had bcen worked at
whereby employees would be cn*
ablcd to attend their church services regularly and at the same
time ensure lhat thc Paper Mill operations were carried out as a continuous operation.
Costa  Rica
Rebels  Are
Claims
Tra
pped
SAN JOSE, Costa Bica—
AP—The Costa Rican general staff said Friday government troops have closed
a trap on rebel forces in the
northwest after toppling
•heir stronghold of La Cruz
ar.d the nearby Pacific har-
h-r town of Puerto Solcy.
Jubilant staff officers said this
R*r;nt the position ot most of the
rrbrls was hopeless, since they
r.-'v could only surrender or flee
-str- internment in Nicaragua.
A sovcmmenl statement said
(vmrr Casta Rican president. Raf
ael Calderon Guard!a, a leader of
the rebels, may be among those
trapped. He was seen in the area
Thursday, thc statement added.
The secret rebel radio fell silent
not even carrying the martial
music which it had featured between the announcements on the
fighting.
KEY POINT
Capture of La Cruz, considered a
key point in-the government effort In the northwest,.came on the
10th day of the uprising against thc
regime of President Jose Figueres.
The rebels seized Puerto Solcy and
La Cruz in-the early stages.
Figueres has accused the government n[ President Anastasio So*
moza in neighboring Nicaragua of
aiding the rebels, Nicaragua denied it.
The Organization of American
States, asked to intercede in the
situation, established a neutral buffer zone over 18 miles of the Nlcar-
aguan-Costa Rican frontier in the
northwest sector in an attempt to
keep thc rebellion from flaring into
warfare between the two Central
American neighbors. ---."•   •'
American - supplied f 1 ft h tor
planes—C(wta.Rica has four—tnnk
off frnm San Jose Friday to join
in. what the government forces
hopes would he a quick mopup ol
Uic rebels.
Too Big For
"P.C. Claims
Convicts
Manitoba
Gels The Sulks
WINNIPEG (CP) — Manitoba**
f Mings have been hurt.
When Ceylon arranged delivery
■*■! five diesel engines from Canada
■.■r.der the Colombo Flan, the Cey-
hv.ttt announced they were going
to call them British Columbia, Al-
--"Ma. Saskatchewan, Manitoba and
C»r,*iflrin,
Wednesday, il was learned the
•iic-els had arrived In the Far
■.-•tern country and name plates
* frr installed. They read Van-
reiver. Alberta, Saskatchewan,
•"iir-bec and Montreal,
Th« department o* externa^ af*
iTr* was asked for an explanation,
■iv-iv were Montreal, Quebec and
Vancouver substituted fnr Mani-
'"'*->-*, Ontario and British Columbia?
'We don't know," said a depart*
ment spokesman.
"Certainlyc a disappointment,"
Hid Winnipeg's Mayor George
Sharpe.
"These   things   matter,   you
Doggie Heaven
DURHAM, Ont. (CP)-Each
Durham dog will have his own
personal fire hydrant this year.
Town clerk George Drew an
Ttounced he will Issue 200 dog
tags In the shape of fire hydrants and painted bright red.
The regular monthly meeting of
the University Women's club of St
Jnhn's, will1 be held at Memorial
University on Monday evening,
January 24th at 8.15.
know," said Evan McCormlck, sec*
retary of thc Chamber of Commerce, "Wc don't want to get In
a fight with Montreal and Quebec
but we just can't let this stuff gu
on."
"It's a. dirty deal r cried a
spokesman for Lhe Manitoba travel
and publicity bureau. "Why anybody would want to ditch that beautiful, beautiful word Manitoba. I
just ean't understand it. Of course,
I can see them ditching Ontario,
but Manitoba. ... I can't understand it."
Greek Ship
Driven Ashore
HAMILTON, Bermuda (CP)-A
Greek freighter went aground nere
early Friday less than a mile from
the spot where a second freighter
went on the rocks a week ago as
heavy gales continue to pound Ber*
muda.
The 7,200-ton Greek ship, the Sy-
ros, broke hcr anchor chains while
riding out a gale in Murray's anchorage, near Hamilton, and went
ashore. The 9,100-ton Honduran
freighter Cenlauro was aground for
four days before tugs managed to
free her.
Five ships have been reported in
distress at various limes off Bermuda in throe weeks of stormy
weather and unusually heavy seas.
The present gule, which has been
lashing the resort island lor two
days, has disrupted telephone and
electricity services, in many places
just days after they.had been repaired from previous storm dam-
age.
Eskimo
Hunters
Are   Safe
SURVIVE 1G-DAY
ORDEAL
Three hours after thc
RCAF called off a search
for thorn, nine Eskimo, seal
hunters missing 18 days on
a gale swept, sub-zero cold,
snowstorm held cake of ice
made it safely back to their
village ' at Povungnetuk in
Northern Ontario.
The search had been called off,
RCAF said on the advice of RCMP
Headquarters in Ottawa.
* A plane from Torbay Airport
with five Newfoundlanders aboard
had started search operations for
the men. Five Newfoundlanders
are members of the planes crew.
A radio message from Port Harrison said simply "Received word
all lost relatives returned Povungnetuk safely. Discontinue search.
Thanks anii:regards."
All Wrist      ?
In Hcr MM
HAMILTON, Onl. (CP) -
During lhe last year, live*
year-old Gay Cottinghnm, ol
Uniniltnn has swallowed:
Three buttons, three dimes,
three safety pins", one thimble
and one bullet.
The bullet was.removed in
an emergency operation the
other day.
Her distraught mother commented:
"She'll swallow anything. I
don't know what to do."
Guilty Of Assault
On Local Girl
TORONTO (CP)-John T. Ivany,
35, Friday was convicted of as*
saulting a girl he had met earlier
in Newfoundland.
Marie Adam, 22, said Ivany followed hcr when she got off a streetcar. She knew the man in Newfoundland, she said.
* Ivany said he wanted to talk to
hcr but the girl reinsert.
Slit- said Ivany Hum grabbed her
around the throat and said:
"I'll kill you, I havc a revolver;"
Her throat was bruised, she said.
Ivany was remanded to Jan, 28
for sentence.
Surrender
No Deal
Is Made
BOSTON — AP — Four
long-term convicts, who held'
five guards hostage in Massachusetts state prison for
V/i days in a desperate bid
for freedom, surrendered
meekly Friday to a seven-
man civilian committee.
The committee, through its spokesman, Erwin D.-Canham, editor
of thc Christian Science Monitor,
said no "bargain ordeal" was
made. ■ ■
The convicts were promised only
that everything will be done to
work with state officials "to get
something so that these convicts
would have some hope for the future."
NONE HARMED
The four, who had offered to
trade the lives of their hostages
for a getaway car and a clear
path to freedom, gave up their
pistols and knives and released the
guards and six other prisoners who
were held against their wishes in
Meekly
Blasts
Tax  Plan
"BLOW TO NATIONAL.
,    UNITY"
Rakes   Govt   For
Grandiose   Ideas
OTTAWA—CP — A Quebec Progressive Conservative has suggested that Canada is "getting too big
for its breeches" in world affairs.
Leon  Balcer,  Trois - Rivieres,
OTTAWA — CP The federal government's tax-reduction plan for Quebec will be
a serious blow to national
unity, CCF Leader Cold-
well said Friday night.
He said that.a departure from
the principle that federal income
tax should apply equally to aU
Canadians ,ls "dangerous to national unity."
"Just as soon as this is done in
one province, it is entirely possible
that for some other reason it may
be done in another," Mr. Coldwell
said in a speech on the CBC's political free-time series.
His statements were contained
the text of a speech issued to
thc solitary cell block of the antl- the prcss beEore delivery,
qua ted  150-year-old prison. None
was harmed.
The men arc Theodore (Tccdy)
10 PER CENT CUT
Prime Minister St. Laurent an-
Green,   bank   robber   and  jail n0unced Monday the federal gov-
breaker; Walter Balbcn, robber-
gunman; rapist Joseph Flaherty,
and cop kilior Fritz Swenson.;
Green had warned during thc
siege that for "every shot fired at
up, a guard dioR."
FOOD FOR HOSTACJES
The homages were served lint
meals daily with lhc acquiescence
nf their captors and under the
stipulation ttie convicts would not
touch the food. The chaplains saw
thai the food went only to Uic hostages. The prisoners had a limited
amount of food in the solitary cell
block kitchen.
Serving  with Canham  on  the
committee were Rcv. Edward F.
Hartigan,   Roman  Catholic  chaplain; Rcv. Howard Kcllelt, Protestant  chaplain;   Dr. Samuel A,!
Merlin; Sumner H. Babcock, pros-]
ident ot the Boston Bar Associa \
Hon; governor's councillor Patrick
J. McDonough, and Rev. John J.
Grant,  associate editor of    The
Pilot,   Catholic   archdiocesan
weekly in Boston.
The siege ended just short of 82
hours. The outburst started early
Tuesday morning when thc four
convicts sawed their way out of
their cells and seized the guards
after failing to escape with the aid
of it makeshiFL ladder.
The rcbul-i made things quite
eomri.rlablij fur the eimi'mille*- during the negotiations. Cuhham aaid:
"We found a most amazing scene—
11 chairs in a neal circle with a
table in the centre and a pad and
pencils —facilities for a well-organized conference."
ernment has decided on a two-year
10-perccnt   personal . income —tax
cut for Quebec, which now has a
provincial income tax anjl has no; better able it will be to bargainl
lax agreement with Ottawa. Thc J wilh the East. ■
arrangement will bc available io! SUPPORT RATIFICATION
asked Friday whether the govern
mont is letting itself be carried
away by its ideas of grandeur and
whether this might load the country into economy-draining rcspon
sibilities.
He was one of several speakers
In the.continuing Commons debate
on ratification of the Paris agreements for entry of a rearmed West
Germany into thc North Atlantic
Treaty Organization. The agreements limit German arms and military manpower.
VOTE NEXT WEEK
France, the United Kingdom,
Belgium, Italy, Greece, Iceland
and Norway all have ratified the
agreements, which still must be
approved by the other seven NATO
members—including Canada— and
West Germany before German admittance to t-he alliance. A vote,
originally expected Friday, now is
not likely before next week.
Two CCF members said Friday
they will not vote for the resolution. Joseph W. Noseworthy (CCF-
York South) said he will oppose
ratification because he believes it
will hinder negotiations with the
Russians. Alistair Stewart (CCF—
Winnipeg North) said hc will abstain from voting.
The  main  point   advanced  by
those favoring ratification, including Health Minister   Martin, was! a da's  United
lhat Ihc ..stronger, the West is the i said there is
ail other provinces if Ihey want lo
Rob Savin sis
- u
Of Immigrant
Canada   wanting   Io   rearm   th*
West Germans and at the name
lime pushing through.* resolution
AU Liberal, Progressive Conwn**! in the UN for further tftlks with
at ive and Social Credit member*; Russia on disarmament..
who entered the debate supported     Russia had accepted thf. UN dis-
ralificalinn. armament   resolution  because  it
Mr. Balcer said he favors Ger-j felt it was dealing with a group
man rearmament as an additionali ot nations bargaining  from
guarantee   of   a n I i * Communist! strength.
Charged Willi
Killing Babies
tallation Officers Leaning Lodge
TORONTO (CP)-Gunlher Pelcrs
23, a German immigrant who said
he didn't even buy clothes because
he wanted to save up for a stake
in his new country, Friday toldi
police two men swindled him oul| EDMONTON1 (CP>-C1iar"c*; of
of his $1,500 savings. j mans*lau;iltt;P" an(- infanticide wi-re
Policu said it was one of the, ,ai(1 Fridav     -iB5l nn EdmontMI
biggest swindles reported to them! |vofflan foIlowing discorery 0c hVo
babies' bodies in the cellar of a
downtown rooming house. Police
said thc babies had been dead five
or six years.
Anne Drobot, also known as
Anne Devon, appeared in court on
the charges and was remanded
without plea to Jan. 27.
The rooming-house landlady, ln-
vesligatlng an odor from the basement, found the two budiex in a
curdbuurtl box. Police said b"lh infants died soun alter birth.
Police said out* child was believed bum between February and
August, 1LMS, and tint ulher between
August 'and November, IU ■111.
-BO
in six months.
Peters said he was approached
by a man who appeared friendly.
He said the man told him hc was
from Sudbury,.Ont,, and wanted a
good time. He asked Peters to go
along with him.
On the way they met another
man and soon Peters was induced
to get his $1,500 from the bank to
prove he had the bigger bankroll.
Tlie men took the money and fled,
Peters told police.
Police said Ihimsunilx »f dullars
have been stolen by gangs who
frequent Union .station and the bus
terminal ami oilier places where
they can meet new Canadian-*.
Union Chiefs Blame
For Falling Coal Demand
OFFICERS of Lecming Lodge. L.O.A., 12*32, installed during'ceremonies held on Thursday night last, are
shown here. Front row, left to right:—N. Hollett, Financial Secretary; E. While, Recording Secrefary;
J. Baker, Chaplain; Lee King, Immediate P.G.M,; C. Whitlen, W.M.; R. Clarke. D.G.; L. Baker, Treasurer.
Back row, left.to right:-^J.-Norman, Immediate Past Master; W. Sheppard. Auditor; J, Cook, .Tyler; F,
White-way, Committee; M. Llttlejohn, Committee;. J. Badcock, Committee: E. Tuttle, 2nd Lecturer: J, Raines,
Marshal.   Absent when;pho(-o waa  taken  were:  A.  LeDrew, Committee, and Past Master F. Baker, First
Lecturer,
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HALIFAX (CP)-Angry union |
chieftains fighting the inexorable,
advance of oil into thp. traditional
markets of Nova Scotia coal,
blamed the federal government |
Thursday for many of their
troubles.
Two locals of thc 11,000-mcmbcr
United Mine Workers (CCL) district. 26 turned their attention to
the-dwindling-markets that have
forced the closure of three pits this
month, idling about 2,200 pit workers, and brought the Maritimes'!
biggest industry face to face with;
its worst post-war crisis. ,   j
'John H. Delaney, a UMW inter-1
national board member, assailed■
thc government in an address to*
members of-the "union's 1-B local
al Glace Bay for failing lo introd-'*
uce- a national-fuel policy. He ac-j
eused Ottawa of:laxity in dealing!
with the problem and'said it had i
not taken Hi* steps necessary to;
ensure- a healthy coal industry in:
the event of war.   -
ATTACK On, BURNERS
Delaney aud'Michael Higgins,
UMW district secR'tary-treasur*.'.*,
.appeared'^ at a 'meeting of llie
mechanics local lhe same nighl.to
attack ■ business * and professional
figures who depend on the coal In-
dt'wtry.-fr*r „a living, but burn oil
in their "furnace*;.' '■ •." '
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The members voted- to draw up
a list of offender-; as the first step
toward unspecified retaliatory action.
Two thousand miner? were pul
out of work earlier this week when
Glace Bay's two biggest  mines.
Caledonia No. 4 and No. 20, were
closed  completely  for one  week
and faced the prospect or a sharply
curtailed work week thereafter until the St. Lawrence shipping season reopens in mid-April.
LOSS OF MARKETS
. Both the UMW and the Dominion.
Sleel and Coal Corp., which mines
about 0,000,000 tons of coal a year i *otla> ™-
in Nova Scotia, blame the loss ot;
markets on oil.      .. |
The Franklin, mine joined Cale-;
donia and No. 20 in idleness Thurs- j
day and the company said the* fu- j
ture was "unpredictable" because
of the market picture.
The Franklin pit employed less
than 200 miners but it was lhc first
completely mechanized colliery in
Cape Breton and for that 'reason
enjoyed a special "show-window";
status."
KlIFI.I.n'.S HLOtiUKKS
impose an income tax as an alternative tu existing tax rental agree-
ments.
Mr. .Coldwell said it has bcen
calculated the plan will cost tho
federal government $M,9W,O0Q.but
the Quebec'provincial government
will rolled* only 125,000.000 from.
its las, leaving a "direct bonus".
of ^oon.OOO for some Qu?bec tax*-"
pavers." :.
' "This is another unilateral decision hy the federal governmci.*..,
following a unilateral decision of
Fremicr Duplessis. This type ."of,
decision. . .is not good for the welfare of Canada."-
WEATHER   ;
Rain, snow, colder tonight.   High;.
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Winnipeg
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strength but believes the govMB-
ment  is  foisting an  international ."
role on Canada which may.be tw
big for thc country's resource**,
"Undoubtedly", it is a good Uitnf
that Canada has not a reputation
for-shirking its responsibilities. But .
why not limit our efforts to those
of other countries and above all
lo our means as a country of 15,-
000,000 people?
NO PRIOR CLAIM
"We can ask ourselves what
business the minister (External
Affairs Minister Pearson) had to
attend the London conference,
There is even a rumor. . .That he
was not even invited and had to
insist to be permitted to attend.,."
Mr. Balcer said Canada has interests to preserve in Europe but
had no more claim to be represented at the conference than
Greece, another NATO nation
which had no representative there.
Yet Greece had a frontier on the
Iron Curtain and was invaded by
both Germany and Italy in tlie
Second World War.
(The London conference ln September evolved the Western European Union which includes West
Germany. At the Paris conference
in October, Germany was admitted to NATO.)
DEAL WITH STRENGTH
Mr. Martin, deputy chief of Can-
Nations- dclegatuyi,.
nothing-illogical in
Paratroopers
Are Injured
KINGSTON1. Ont. (CP) -Four
soldiers were injured Friday dur-
ins a jump of 3fi men in a training
exercise at thc Norman Rogers airport.
The exercise was a rchc.ir.*al fnr
Exercise Bull Dog III to be held
at Yellowknife, N.W.T., later this
winter.
Signalman J. V. McDonald nif-
fcred a broken leg. Signalmen D.
C. Russell, J. Rooney and V7. Rogers were less severely hurt.    •
Members of the 1st alrbonw
squadron of the Royal Canadian
School of Signals staged lhe jump,
in co-opera lion with Uic RCAF station at Tmittm, Ont., which pro.-,
vldftl it Clti. "Flying Box Car'T
plant*.
The jump was made fr*nn about
I^IM) feel.
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