The Daily News (St. John's, N.L.), 1959-12-10

              \ USED CARS AND_
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Hova Motors Ltd.
Vol. 66.   No. 266
THE DAILY NEWS. ST. JOHN'S, NFLD., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1959 (Price 7 Cents)
idia Engulfs Ike In Emotional Welcome
u Dedicated
To Neutrality
^Npwffwryy;
He soon was drawn into the In-1
,1 popu- dep-idence ■ movement, Turning j
a ni nn his back on Inherited position and;
conn- wealth, hc Joined the All-India
National Congress party. He rose'
ii* ihc steadily through the ranks of;
.-in_. president.
.     His  activities  against' British*
•rule cost him prison sentences;
jo. nip and no totalling 14 years. But his leader-j
■'irt_i|_ onlv camp -hip   proved   so   effective   that
■*?7. be ii' i> Hie Gandhi—llie  creative   force  be- j
jjj -ood .ill"      hind passive   resistance—design-;
!L'ra__ Hiai I'c i" ated him his political heir.        i
La»t in anything LOGICAL CHOICE
";, underdeveloped    When Britain withdrew and the
■ w.iXHi.OOO Indian nation came into bebg,
Nehru became the logical choice I
■.-fjE as its first prime minister.
■_n!R-wdoiis popu-;   To fight India's poverty, Nehru
■ to' Millions; adore  favors  a  mixed  economy,  with
■.0^,1,0-hip him'Ihe state assuming management
■ ■-„ ol Vishnu, of   key   Industries   but  leaving
room for private enterprise.
riJibabod Nov.   H. ■   "I do not at all prefer the state
Iii. m of onp of In- controlling everything because I
Lb* Mst influential attach a value to Individual free-
educated .it Har--dom." he says.
;e and studied In India's relations with other
countries, Nehru clings to the
lnd">a in 1912.; principles of non-alignment and
jkiu-I «ith sn do-. coexistence. "We shall hold on to
ii (. ihe K nglish thorn even ir lhe whole world \
s 'no' to them,'' he declared.
AP' -  ■'
Klil'j n'0:'
:,Ca*id!ii. ii
'-.-.'ittj'-xxl hl
>JS1 democracy
Lripendcnc. l'-.\
Cpir-old Nehru r.i
Em *>'■ }
ssjj | "Terrifying "
By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITn somewhat bewildered.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Asia's, Nehru too seemed moved and
j greatest democracy engulfed even puzzled at tim.?. by thc roar
. President Eisenhower Wednesday ' and sweep of the crow*d s.
| night in an emotional welcome.; People jammed along the
iAt one stage secret service .trecl. throw flowers unlil they
! guards rushed into the car be- wer. two feet de.p in some cars
■ side the American leader as wel- of the motorcade. The welcomcrs
j comers pressed against it in :i ran«   bells,   blew   hoVns  and
■ display that was at once joyous  .homed in a ceaseless din.
■ " EiS?came throu. h it all' ™*L?KS "f ?» „ hallwl
weary but smiling. He told Prime  X       "Tl     c     d       v
*^-S,S^^'WaS ■•COmpkrS.'-P,l,*Icd £ _^k.fi3
il ?^«TTe__f IM ^^U .SYhP cars i-o hours and
" th_. -?-,nWC Zl __ _ "ifivo minutes to mak, lhe journey
VS,.,.n n" *-?_-,!, !'» thc presid-ntial palace more
I   The  thrones   crumpled   po.ic.   . '.     .,   . .   •   ,
'lines. repeat.dly halting .he blue  "^    .'%;   '^fs""Sat   Asian
that given Soviet   l.ader  Nikita
Khrushchev four years ago.
It was sunny and th.? tem.era-
lure was fin decrees when Eisenhower arrived at tha airport-
hour b?hind scliedub be-
Sometimes tha crowd pressed forward in frightening waves. At the
Connaught Circus shopping centre
Eisenhower and Nehru were surrounded by a sca of cheering
peopl0 for more than 15 minutes.
LEADERS SEPARATE
au.e ot delays from crowds of-
mgarian Question
ROME—President Eisenhower, right, and Italy's Presi-cut Giovanni Gronchi review an honor guard on the
former's arrival at Rome's Clamping Airport Dec. 4th. Rome was the first stop on President Eisenhower's goodwill tour.-(UPI Radiophoto).
Pt Aiive in un j$torm  Batters  Continent
For  Five  Successive  Days
Finally, a police jeep rr -...-.
lo back through the crowd aid flc'allv  .sumat.d   at   500,000   h
Nehru left  Eisenhower's car to Kabul, the Afghanistan capital
ride ahead in th» v-ap Darkness had fallen w'len the
Two US   secret" -".vice men motorcade, escorted by a troop of
-ot  in beside  l-iscnhow.,- while President Rajendra Prasad's
Nehru    standing   in   the   ieep h<™? <">' horseback, ended Us
ahead, led the way waving to ,*:-. ■"'•»** J(>-"''«y from the airport,
crowd to stand back. Later, as li'iendly   a
ihe motorcade   reached   a   loss. IS. secret s
crowded    spot    Nehru   rejoined dia's security forces had a
Eisenhower. ,in'°-
At the end of the 11-mile ride Polity and trooos carrying pa-
from airport (o India's pre.iden- i-.*o*. sticks strugnlcd to kc-;p the
tial    palace    Eisenhower   stood, people   hack.    Sometimes   thcy
ankle deep in flower petals. He smacked their duhs against shins
was   rumpled   and   seemingly'and shoulders,
and In-
m MacSWKI-V !" continue his work and called
■SIHONS, NA'. 'CP' nn Moscow and Budapest to coll.'ms urged 'he operale wilh him,
pin and Communist Last year a considerably
n more Wednesday. sharper resolution condemning |
. | Russia and Hungary for repres-
_ lighters of sion of the anti-Communist reb-
[els was approved by the as-
,' i sembly by a vote of 54 to 10 with
> 11ST abstentions, '
■ MILD RESOLUTION
f While-Wednesday's resolution
; was mild, its sponsors made
. clear that they hope It will keep j
; the Hungarian question alive In-1
t definitely at the UN. Voting
• against the resolution were the
s nine-nation Soviet bloc and Yugoslavia. The abstentions in-
. eluded Arab nations, Israel, In-
1 dia, Indonesia, Ceylon, Ghana,
, I Guinea and Finland.
htery Ship
W MacNl.ll. Wedn .sday lhe Atlas and Eco-
m Correspondent   numic Shi p Stores. Limited, ef
^'-Circumstances Rotterdam, obtained writ against
** ••!.   ot   thc the ship for $10,000 worth of sup-
A. reniain?d a plies obtained in Rotterdam be-
i)' while var- fore the vessel left on the voyage
«d marine a:ent. that brought her here. The writ,
jJ"M« contact with obtained by Sydney lawyer C. M.
h^P, 'Rosenblum, was served Wednes-
^" vessel, carrying * day afternoon by the sheriff.
**j« steel plates \   Shipping officials reported Wed-
*wr Company, j nesday that U cost a minimum of
B Sydney Harbor!$i,ooo a day to keep the ship tied
j up here. She carries a crew of
.->ii _ , _ - *32 Greek wamen,
J**H the following; Sydney shipping agent C. R.
J?***- damage.JLorway, who obtained the port;
J? % has been | charges against the ship, said1
,Z>™ Sydney Har- j Wednesday he has been unable
^."y the sheriff's Mo locate her owners.
Port charges    "If,, just one big mystery," he
said. "We can't get any informa-
«• Should Export
lus Newsprint
S"_ ix!-T,V«B' part of the foreign aid pro
V WT," Pa-iaimed at winning the cold '
I iii J. "orlt- sa».
*Rv, "ARSON
Mr. Meyer, In an address to
lhe Rock Hill Chambe. of Commerce, said Soviet Russia is using newsprint a5 a primary
weapon, selling it at cut rates or
giving it away, to get a favorable!
press. In the Far East particularly, he stated, editors "are
succumbing to the lur« by
spreading Red propaganda,"
He added that editors in paper-
Poor countries "admt It is distasteful to hew to tb« Red-line
la exchange for newsprint, but
My the swap U necessary for
their livelihood.
"Facts prove," he said, "that,
Russia is getting far more for
her small-scale aid policy than Is
the U.S. with an elaborate giveaway program."  .       :   .
He suggested a carefully supervised program of newsprlng distribution to counteract Russian
gifts.''        ''  '' '
.■■'"' A .
By TOM OCHILTREE
LONDON (AP)-A Norwegian
freighter sank, other ships were
disabled and the death toll
mounted to 109 Wednesday
one of the worst winter storms
in 23 yeara battered the British
Isles and the Continent for Um
fifth day.,-,,,
Mountainous seas threatened
scores of ships along the coasts,
and radios crackled with appeals
for aid, reports of seemingly
hopeless searches and occasionally with news of a rescue or of
a ship that had reached safety.
Worst o{ the disasters was loss
of the 1,719 - ton Norwegian
freighter Elfrlda, She capsized
near Lista lighthouse off the
south coast -of Norway. All of
her crew of 20 were believed to
have   died,   As   their   troubles
Gets Trip
Back Home
SAINT JOHN, N.B. (CP) - A
small woman with a big smile
boarded the Canadian Pacific
Steamships' Empress of France ■
Wednesday for her first trip to i
hcr homeland since she come to
Canada just after the Second
World War.
Mrs. Joan Landry of Elang du
Nord, a community on the Mag-    OTTAWA (Cpi - Post office  _  .._„..,   _ _ ....	
Dalen Islands in the Gulf of St. officials said Wednesday they are: the wallowing Merkur but found
Lawrence, is the wife of a: unaware of the existence ot an- j no one. The Britons scrambled
disabled  war  veteran  and   the other batch of misprinted Seaway : off the eerie ship.
Find Stamp
Misprints
mounted they radioed:
"We are going down. Thanks
for all assistance. We have|
launched our starboard lifeboat
and will try to leave the ship."
RSH AID
Other vessels laboring in the
storm sped to the scene, The
motorship Buffalo of Oslo found
six bodies in the water. The Norwegian liner Oslofjord, with 3151
passengers aboard, sighted the
Elfrida floating keel up, and reported-. "Now running before
wind searching for survivors."
But the liner's search was In
vain.
A hunt for survivors by four
planes sent out by the Norwegian
air force's air-sea rescue service
was called off at nightfall.
Seven other men were lost on
the 995-ton German ship Merkur
in the same area. Crew from the
British trawler Benclla boarded
houri of disaster. The missing!
700 • ton Norwegian freighter I
Crete Solheim made it into the!
western Nor w e g i a n harbor of
Utsira. Her deck cargo had been'
washed overboard but all nine
hands were safe.
Give Junior A
Punching Bag
ered rocket to children under
B.v ARCH MACKENZIE
Canadian Press Staff Writer     ...
OTTAWA iCPl — A Christmas-     She advocated three things to
Two battles were fought off the I shopping tip to parents: Makc keep .such sales under control-
coasts of the British Isles, where junior's next gift a punching bag federal legislation, prompt action
23 seamen have lost their lives! instead of a toy gun or missile.1 to bar dangerous toy imports and
in the last few days. j    ]t's  a  better  buy  all  round, common   sense   by   parents   in
Capt. John Vuoria finally aban-. savs Mrs Evc Kassirer. pres- selecting toys for their, children,
oned the 1,045 - ton Finnish; jdent of 'the toy testing com- "If they won't sell, they won't
freighter Anna, hard aground offi mittee, a non-profit organization be, manufactured." she said,
Aberdeena h i r e. Coast guards. which' keeps tabs nationally on "since childrsn ham from play-
took the other 17 crew members! the Canadian toy scene, ing. you can oniy expect that
off by breeches buoy Tuesday I The committee feels there ciildren who play with the war-
but the 62-year-old captain re- probably are too many guns mis-! like toy will becom3 morc war-
fused to leave the ship he had kjles and rocket toys on sale any-j like." she said. There are so
skippered for 24 years. | wav Mrs. Kassirer said W.dnes- many more valuab1. alternatives
.„„„... nvv                        'dav'in an interview. But things in sports goods, building toys and
Vuoria stayed e- •»-  "-'*|U M tt0ISc m t"indda
when Ihe \
mother of nine children. I stamps said to have been discov-
Her trip abroad is the direct j ered by Winnipeg dealer Kasi
result of reading a note contained in a bottle brought to her
by some boys who found it
washed up on th*'beach near
her home.
ANNIVERSARY GIMMICK
The note, one of several set
afloat in bottles by a laTge British brewery in observance of its
200th anniversary, asked the
finder to write the company)
giving Information about himself and his home.
Mrs. Landry apparently wrote |
such a vivid story of her London
home, her marriage at 17 to a
Canadian soldier, her trip to Canada and her new French-Cana-j
dian home, that the company |
offered her a trip to her parents'
home for Christmas.
' Her children range in age from
14 to just a few months. Neighbors on Mrs. Landry's Island
home will help to take care of
the family while she is away.
Mr. Landry was wounded In
France during the Second World
War He began fishing on his return' but was forced to give it
up. A disability pension is the
family's main source of income.
11 Die
In Crash
BERLIN (Reuters) - Eleven
persons were killed and 50 injured Wednesday when a streetcar was derailed and hit a concrete pole in Dresden, the East
German aews agency ADN reported. v
About half the injured were al-
loted to go home after hospital
treatment, the agency said,
Others were in serious condition,
The accident happened, ADN
■aid, when Ihe rear part of the
streetcar was derated on a
curve. It lipped over and crashed
into a concrete pole Nine~i>er-
soils died immediately and two
more on the way te hospital.
Bileski.
Mr. Bileski sjft in Toronlo
Tuesday night tflstamps, worth
perhaps $100 each, apparently
went through .he press twice. He
termed them "double seaway"
stamps. Some months ago a numbed of "Inverted seaway" stamps
were discovered wheh brought
about $500 on the collector's market.
The post office said nothing
had been seen or heard here sug-1
gesting there had been another
misprint. The possibility of a
batch having gone through the
press twice was termed 'extremely remote as all stocks had |
been checked for flaws at the
time the first misprint was discovered.
However one authority said it
aas possible that a sheet ofl
stamps had slipped while going
through the press, resulting in a
blurred impression that might
suggest a double Illustration.
FOILS
ROBBER
TORONTO (CP)-A hammer-
lock applied by a former paratrooper foiled a would-be bank
robber-Wednesday.
Teller Edward Copp, 24, used
the wrestling hold to subdue *
suspect after chasing him from a
Toronto-Dominion Bank branch.
Joseph O'Neill, .32, of Glace
Bay, N.S., was charged with attempted robbery.
Injured
In Storm
OTTAWA (CP) - Lt, Carl
Hortie, 41, supply of icer of the
destroyer I r o q uo i-s, has been
taken to hospital at Ponta Del-
gada the Azores, with Internal1
injuries received when thrown
against the ship's superstructure
during a severe Atlantic storm.
Naval headquarters reported
Wednesday that Hortie, a jmtlve
of porcupine, Ont., who now lives!
at Cole Harbor, N.S. was taken!
to hospital Tuesday a ter the Iroquois put into port to refuel.
The Iroquois was one of five
Canadian navy warships which
received considerable damage In
the gale early this week. The
other ships were the aircraft car-1
rler . Bonaventure and the de-1
stroyers Algonquin, Sioux and
Athabaskan, All flve are scheduled te reach Halifax Sunday.    1
TOLL MONTS
Bul at nightfall, when the death
toll appeared headed for 118,
there was good news after grim
.   ._    ,    _,-,-,   n,._.    missile field under the influence     ".. child who wants a loy gun.
seas  swept  the   foiem. st jver-, .. mi_sil_ ,.., llosll,_ un>,
board.   Then   orders   from   the .,.,   wol|1()   bcnc[il   :wre
owners were put in a water-tight Q'« '• f]. m .        hi     b    .. she *,;.
tin and hauled across to the ship. ■   Mj.. K^m. wi|. (,)lllmcntil,g ,csle(1.
Vuoria, almost in tears, gave in'op   .* Washingt-„   lepoi*t   that     She   said   the   spring-motored
police a^  checking  store   sales, windup toy has the lowest value
the surf. As the coast guards
helped him to dry land he said:
"I slept fine in the ship and
had plenty to eat. I made coffee
and sandwiches and even had a
fire in th galley. My ship is
finished. Now I'll probably retire."
y and
Where's
The Dog?
GLASGOW (Reuters)-
W hi sky distiller Alexander
Grant Wednesday night offered £500 and a crate of
whisky to anyone finding his
wife's poodle dog.
Meet Legal Snarl
In Extradition
BANGOR, Me. (AP) - Canadian authorities ran into a legal
snarl Wednesday in their attempts to extradite two men
on the RCMP's 10 most-wanted
list.
sign extradition papers.
A further delay came when
they pleaded not guilty in superior court to charges of being
fugitives from justice. Justice
Abraham Rudman continued the
case for trial to Dec, 18.
. , , Constable Earl MacDougal and
Economy. N.S.. refused to;Inspeeter Donald A. , Nicol
brought warrants from Ontario
charging Madison and Durning
with three counts of robbery and
two counts of kidnapping.
Penobscot County attorney Or-
man G. Twitchell said that even
if the pair is found guilty on the
fugitive charges it may take a
presidential order to extradite
them.
Strong
Silent
Type
NORFOLK, Va.-Sam the monkey, still in the couch lie
rode in while in Project Mercury-type space capsule,
peers out of the biopack while technicians try to release
him. Sam was fired Dec. 4th from Wallops Island, Va..
200 miles out over the Atlantic 55xmiles above the earth.
(UPI Telephoto).
LONDON (AP) - Albert H.
Robinson was divorced by Mrs. I Madison,
Olive Robinson Wednesday for | aid Shay,
overdoing that strong, silent ! — - '"■
stuff.
Mrs. Robinson said her husband began not talking to her
when he was in the army in
the Second World War. Hc spent
one three ■ week leave at home
without saying a word.
After the war, she testified,
he formed the habit of never
speaking to her on weekends.
Finally he went a whole year
without addressing or replying
lo her. She had her lawyer
write Robinson a letter suggesting that hc leave their home.
Robinson left — in silence.
Granting Mrs. Robinson her
decree, the judge commented:
"Nothing can be-more devastating in a matrimonial
home than for one party to be
silent for week after week."
also known as Ron-
.-as the youngest man
The two men are being held in
$50,000 bail each on the fugitive
charges.
Weather
Cloudy with sunny intervals and showers. High to-
% day 42 .
L Sydney   31
¥ Halifax  34
. Moncton     26
P Montreal   31
i St. John's   38
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