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Charles Hutton & Sons
Vol. 62.   No.. 294
ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND,  SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1955
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from His Honour,  The
lieutenant   Governor
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:r.e Honourable Sir Leonard Outerbridge,
Kt., C.B.E., D.S.O.
.'.    ic representative of Hcr Majesty the Queen
i'..'\-ince of Newfoundland. I gladly accept the
■-■< :\ to send to all readers of the end of the year
:: 'he Daily News my warmest wishes for a
i id prosperous Ncw Year.
. ■■* ;car 1955 has been notable for the meeting
s  s ummit'' held in Geneva last August, attended
•'. ■■ rresident of the United States, the Prime Min-
■ Britain, and the Premiers of France and the
;       '  .:',u,   Hopes wcre held by some that as a
v.e "cold war" might change inlo a "warm
.  -*1 hopes hr ve now been dashed to the ground
'    ;i -coding meeting of Foreign Ministers held
•   : and November made no progress on any
■    rtcrs discussed, and   the   Soviet  Foreign
- vx.de it abundantly clear that Russia was
■":;v*.i!bic.    Therefore,   we   must expect the
" io continue as before.
:- : 'f'.'u has revealed one all important aspect
'i: side.   It does seem as if all the Powers,
*., i-.'.issia. w;;nt at all costs to avoid an all-out
vi r w.ih ihc prospect of universal destruction.
■ -." u>:r:(\ we havc had another year of prosperity
. :->f,KMniv employment and good markets for
'»ris of fir-n. paper and fnincrals.
■'■   ' c do well lo remember  that  prosperity
-I.*!. foiemoM and always on thc results of
» /.dividual labours.   If we are to maintain
"'ci our standard of living, our goal must be to
:■* more and still more.   All able-bodied Newsier* mus. be workers nol passengers.
A   healthy   snd   prosperous   nation   comprises
*:i> who arc self-reliant, thrifty, courageous, and
'   a deep religious faith.
-". aft we enter lhe New Year, let us remember
-;:-.iitudc our happy lot as members of the great
-   ':.-;. Commonwealth and Empire—our young and
■ u: Queen whose high sense of duty and love of
-iv life may well serve as a pattern to us all—our
'.   v.:r--.mvcaUh. which is a real family of nations
r>xx/i -.-ommon ideals of peace and good will—
-.-: dominion so richly endowed with nature's
'■'■" -*i:d our native land where thc simple virtues
■ x:: huspiialiiy,. good manners and deep failh
'-■■■ membering these blessings, I am able to send a
-c of cheer and encouragement to you all. I
v.< c thc future is bright and fruitful, provided we
-x-i our heritage, practice thrift and industry, and
• " i-lcd that each one of us is determined to work
' ■ '.r common good of Newfoundland.
So. once again I offer you, one antf all, my warmest
--tt:in5s  and   heartfelt  wishes  for a  happy and
"■:nt; New Year.
LEONARD OUTERBRIDGE.
Lieutenant Governor.
;' ".tir.'icnt House,
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Member 2ath, 1955.
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JtoNTO fCP)-The province
* program to give free Saik
(jWio  injections   lo   1.500,'JOS
JS"« has  bcen   delayed   two
*•*  «*" mr* safctv lw!s CJn
^wmpliied, it was reported Fri-
f i»\/* T' p^air, depuly mlnlslc;
».:;J«. said ihc firsl inoculations
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liven March 1, instead of
early in January. The extra tests
wcre made necessary by precau
tions taken in lhe United States
after some shipments of the serum
became contaminated,
Dr. Phalr aald there was nothing
"to be disturbed aboul" in the de
lay.
He said 20 samples in every 100.
000 lots of Canadian serum, madu
at Cbnnaught Laboratories In Toronto, are usually tested/Because
of the American precautions, loo
to 200 tots In every 100,000 will te
tested, he said.   .      .
Seven By-Elections
Popularity Of British Govts.
"Much To Be Thankful C„m.«fI
For" St. Laurent Says
OTTAWA—CP—Prime Minister St. Laurent in a
Hew Year's message issued Friday said Canadians havt
much to be thankful for.   There were problems ahead,
but they had surmounted far greater ones before.
His message:
We have reached the close oi
anolher year. On the eve of the
new year, as we look back over
1933, we Canadians have many
blessings (or which to thank dlvhw
Providence.
While il is true that we are still
living in a troubled world, it i.
also true that another year has
passed without mankind being
plunged Into the unimaginable horror and destruction of universal
war.
Here In Canada, our people have
remained united and steadfast In
the resolve to do our part to hetp
save the world from war and
meanwhile the constructive work
for peace itlll goes on.
ECONOMY ACTIVE
Our Canadian economy has bcen
particularly active in 1035. Employment and production nave increased and our trade has reachcl
record levels.
As wc look ahead to bring prospects (or 1956 we havc problems-
some of,them perhaps diffieu'i
problems—to lace. But tne Canadian people have surmounted far
greater difficulties in the past. T*>
face thc future, wc have more
people and greater resources,
more skills and greater know-how
Canada Is growing and is strong*:
than ever before.
With unity of purpose, with courage, with enterprise, wc Canadian,
have the best of reasons to tool-
forward to a happy and prosperous new year, and that is my wish
for all my fellow Canadians.
Happy New Year!
Peace Comes To
Dionne   Family
NORTH BAY, Ont. (CP)-An old-
fashioned family talk.around the
dinner table fas brought peace to
the Dionnes of Callander.
Three of the four surviving quintuplets sat down with thcir parents
to talk over a squabble aired for
thc lasl four days in public.
After their talk the parents and
thc quints said in a statement their
differences were the result o( a
misunderstanding which now "ha*
bcen ironed out,"
The statement added:  "Everybody (eels happy about the reconciliation."
BLAMED "INTRUDERS"
The first inkling of a rift came
when the four quintuplets did not
show up for Christmas at home for
the first time since they were born.
A reporter inquired of Mr. and
Mrs. Dionne whether they were
disappointed that their daughters,
now 21 and free to go their own
way, did not come home to nearby
Callander for the holiday.
"We were not surprised when
they did not come home," replied
Mr. Dionne.
"We have realized, for some
months," he said, "that they have
been drifting away from us.
He went on to blame "Intruders'
as the cause for the Quints' drifting away from the parents and
"treating their brothers and sisters
almost with .contempt."
"IT'S NOT TRUE"
News of the father'i statement
was conveyed to Montreal, where
the four Quints are living.
"Dont believe it, it's not true,'
sobbed Yvonne at the hospital
where she and Cccile are training
lo be nurses.
Then L. M. Edwards of Montreal, an executive of the Guaranty
Trust Co., (he firm which admlni.l
ers lhe sisters' money, said he
was authorized to speak for them.
He said the Quints love their
parents, not just from a sense nl
duty, but with a deep affection.
Three ol them would go to Callander to seek peace with their
parents.
"They are making the trip to
stop things from growing worse
and /nagnifying the whole affair
out o( proportion," he said.
Thursday night Yvonne, Ccc:'e
and Annette loft Montreal with
their brother, Oliva, Jr., an RCAF
aircraftman, and two of his friends
and drove through a sleet storm
350 miles to Callander.
ALL SETTLED NOW
Marie was left behind because
she didn't feel wcll enough to matte
the trip. She left a Quebec City
convent last November and underwent treatment for anemia in thc
hospital where Yvonne and Cccile
are training.
The travellers, tired from an
all-night drive, went to bed immediately after breakfast when
they arrived at the IB-room stone
mansion.
Said Mr. Dionne: "This afternoon
we all discussed this trouble wi
have been having and .we now feel
it was all due to a misunderstand
ing. There was a misunderstanding somewhere and It has been
Ironed out. We all seem to undei*
stand each other much better now.
Everybody feels happy about tbe
reconciliation. We are also sure
there will be no further misunderstanding such as had taken place
recently."
Manufacturers
See High Level
Of Trade In 1956
House Building
By HAROLD MORRISON
Canadian Press Staff Writer
OTTAWA (CP)-Canada's record
house-building program may #1
an added spurt with a federal decision to scale up lending valuos
for mortgage loans, the first rise
in three ycars. The maximum loan
of $12,800 remains unchanged.
The scale-up results from an
over-all upward revision in basic
house appraisal rates for lending
purposes. The government s Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, which announced the move
Friday, sets lending values for
loans whicii can be insured under
thc National Housing Act.
In most cases the move will affect low. and medium ■ priced
homes. In some areas it may lead
to lower down payments, opening
up house buying to Canadians with
smaller amounts of available cash*
In other areas It may mean Uie
down payment will remain unchanged while- higher costs force
the contractor to charge more tor
his house.  .
CMHC president Stewart Bate-,
said thc rise in apprisal rates follows Increases In residential building costs.
Voter Interest
Makes Close Contest
LONDON—CP — British voters early in the new,
year will get their first opportunity to pass judgment on
recent top-level changes in both the Conservative government and the Opposition Labor party.
Seven  by-elections   are   in  the]	
offing and more are expected to he   Clement Attlee.
added when the Queen announce*   LIBERALS ANXIOUS
the New Year's honors list. The! And the Liberal party under'
resultant activity on the hustings! Clement Davies hopes to halt U«|
has some political observers refer-! downward trend in ils political j
ring to the drive lo woo the clec-i fortunes that has seen it tumb'ci
Hope To Settle
Differences Among
Western P.C's
VANCOUVER (CP)-Two three-
man teams are to meet here Jan.
10 to settle differences which have
split thc Progressive Conservative
party in British Columbia, a
spokesman for the B. C. federal
council said Friday.
Leon Ladner, president of the
Conservative federal council of
B. C. will head -the federal lean
and Stuart Harrison Smith of Kelowna, president of the B, C. Conservative Association, will lead the
provincial group.
They will attempt to erase quai-
rcls that have developed bet we on
followers of Deane Finlayson, pn
vincial party leader, and George
Drew, national leader.
Thc meeting will be the first
peace parley since the provincial
association passed a vote of no confidence in Mr. Drew in Vernon in
1934.
In Ottawa last summer Mr. Finlayson was expelled from an executive meeting of the National
Progressive Conservative Association.
In rate  as   a  small-scale   general
election.
The political temperature is unusually high for by-elections i.i
which none of the seven vacant
seats—four Conservative, two Labor and one United Ulster—can
really be called marginal. For
both Conservatives and Laborites
have special reasons for enhanc
ing party prestige with a strong
showing at the polls.
Conservatives are anxious to
show that Prime Minister Eden's
cabinet, given a major reshuffle
hst week, still retains the. confidence of the electorate. The Labor party is equally anxious to
pull a heavy vote to demonstrate
party solidarity behind Hugh Gaitskell, elevated to party leadership
following the Dec. 7 retirement of
from its dominating position at the!
time of the First World Wat to it<!
present status of only six members in the 630-scat House of Commons.
Davies says his party is "full of
a more buoyant confidence than in
any new year for a long Ume."
Liberals are particularly heartened by an increase in their vo*e
at recent by-election in Torquay.
Four of the outstanding by-ele.-
Uons have been caused by the
government reshuffle last week in
which Capt; Harry F. C. Crook-
shank, Henry Hopkinson, Osbert
Peake and J. P. L. Thomas went
to the House of Lords. The two
Labor vacancies resulted from A'.-'.
tlee's acceptance of an earldom
following his retirement a.i party
leader and the death of William
Whiteley', MP from the Durham
riding of B lay don.
Of the six, the most interesting
races are expected from Thom-iV
old riding of Hereford and at Taunton, where Hopkinson has been the
sitting member.
At the general election last May
in Hereford Liberal candidate
.'rank Owen forced Uie Labor cai-
didate into third place despite a
last-minute campaign. The flguxvs
were: Conservative 18,058; Libera.
8,653; Labor 8,154.
LIBERALS TO RUN?
At Taunton last May Hopkinson
polled 22,962 votes to 17,420 (or hi.
Labor opponent. The Liberal candidate gained only 3,684 votes and
the party may not run a candidate
again' which could result in most
of the Liberal votes swinging tu
the Labor candidate.
Tlie Lincolnshire riding of Gala*
borough, which Crookshank represented (or 30 years, and Iicds
North-East where Peake had a
majority of 9,279 over Labor last
May are both considered sale Conservative seats. Labor is not ex-
pected to have difficulty in retaining Blaydon or Attlee's old riding
of Wallhamstow.West.
TORONTO (CP) - Barring any
radical change ln the international
political or trading scene, Canadian
manufacturers can anticipate it
good Level of business and the
maintenance of a strong economic
position In 1958, T. A. Rice of Ham-
flton, president of the Canadian
Manufacturers' Association, said
Friday.
Even If the good crop production
of 1955 was not repeated in 1956,
the non-agricultural section of the
economy should witness a production expansion, at least as high as
that recorded this year.
The domestic market is and mu.;t
continue to be the paramount interest of most Canadian manufacturers, said Mr. Rice.
However, the persistent promotion of Canada's exports was alio
important, particularly in view of
the continuing deficit balance in
foreign merchandise trade.
Confuting papulation growth .accompanied hy. increasing purchasing power per capita was tbe greyest stimulant rr the economy as a
whole'and td industrialization In
particular. It ensured, among oilier
things, expansion of existing industries and the;creation of completely new-ones. I   -
Mr. Rice said 1955 had been from
almostevery aspect thfe most prosperous in Canada's history. Canada was a richly-endowed counlry
with an assured And enviable future.
Britain To Give
Financial Aid
To Jordan
LONDON (Saturday) (AP)-Brit
aih today announced an expanded
program of financial aid for Jor
dan, where riots last week upset
plans for the lilLle Arab kingdom
to join the British-sponsored Bagn
dad defence pact.
A government statement div
closed that Britain will give Jor
dan at least £3,350,000 in loans
and grants during the coming.'financial year to develop, its backward economy, British' economic'
help during 1955 totalled £2,500.-
000.
The increased British contribu
tion appeared aimed at strengthening the political and military
ties between the two countries.
Jordan, once part of Palestine,
has been regarded as one of Britain's most dependable Mide_->i
allies. But its relations with Britain suffered a severe setback earlier this- month.
Britain' sought- vainly -to persuade Jordan to join 'the' new
Baghdad grouping of Britain,.Iraq,
Irani Turkey and Pakistan In. a defence, alliance * a 1 on g Russia's
southern borders.
- Gen. Sir Gerald Tempter, chief
of the Imperial general staff, ,od
Britain's' effort to bring Jordan
Into the pact. British officials say
Templet- went to explain the advantages of treaty membership a<
Jordan's request—nnt witb the idea
of- Wishing 'Jbtilan into' new commitments.
Planes   Collide,
All  Crew Saved
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man.—CP — Two RCAF
T-33 jet training planes collided in mid-air Friday, 14
miles northwest of here and the air force said three crew
members parachuted to safety.
The planes, from Macdonald air
base, were in a three-plane formation about two miles west of the
base when the dual-controlled lead
aircraft and one solo jet flying
alongside  collided.
All three men involved, whose
names have not been released,
bailed out.
One crew member landed on a
highway (ive miles southwesi of thj
air base and was picked up by an
RCAF bus travelling from Portace
La Prairie to Macdonald. The other
two came down in farm fields
about .seven miles north of the
base. An air force ambulance was
to pick them up later.
It was not immediately known
where the planes crashed.
The ice-breaker Cornwallis has
done its job in.the Port of Botwood
where a number of ships was icebound) it was reported lost night.
One of the ships, the M.V. Trepassey, under charter to the CNR,
soon will undergo permanent repairs to her bow. She had to be
beached after she sprang a leak off
Botwood, recently.
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WEATHER
Overcast with drizzle. High 33.
Nfld. Skies
SATURDAY, December 31 it.
Sunrise 7:49 a.m.
Sunset 4:18 p.m.
TIDES
High .. .. '. 8:41 a.m.   9:21 p.m.
Low .... .2:51 a.m.   3:22 p.m.
SUNDAY; January 1st.
.. .. .. 7:4D a.m.
,.  ..  .. 4:19 p.m.
TIDES
9:32 a.m. 10:09 p.m.
3:50 a.m.   4:15 p.m.
Sunrise
Sunset
High .. .
Low ., .
MONDAY, January 2nd.
Sunrise 7:48 a.m.
Sunset 4:20 p.m.
TIDES
High 10:20 a.m. 10:56 p.m.
Low 4:50 a.m.   5:12 p.m.
Await Plane To
Rescue Man, Wife
Trapped By Ice
TOFINO, B. C. (CP>—Arrival j.
an RCAF rescue plane and crash
boat was anxiously awaited Friday
at this remote Vancouver island
centre where a miner and his wife
have been trapped by ice for the
last two days.   -
Mr. and Mis. Buss Hansen are
locked in at their camp at the
head of Tofino inlet by a steadily
increasing barrier of ice.
Harold Arnet who unsuccessfully
attempted' to crash through with
his boat to reach the strandeo
couple, said most of the surface ol
the 12-mile-long inlet is covered by
inch-thick ice.
The Hansens were due to return
here Wednesday from their camr
on Clear creek but apparently
could not break through the thick
ening ice with their 18-foot powei
boat.
A sudden cold wave and calm
waters caused the freeze-up.
A telegram was sent Thursday
to the RCAF learch and rescue
unit In Vancouver for aid. The air
force said it would dispatch it
crash boat immediately and said
a Dakota plane would take off as
soon as heavy fog cleared in Van-
couver.
WILL DROP FOOD
The plane was to drop food and
other supplies to the stranded pair,
believed lo be without food since
Wednesday.
Build  Atomic  Research
Centre   li
mes
WASHINGTON — Reuters—The United Stales is
negotiating with the Philippines to build the Colombo
plan atomic research centrt
tn Manila, an official source
said Friday.
The substantial running costs n:
the centre, many of which the host
nation will be. expected to sustain,
are understood to be among the
subjects of current talks here.
Although agreement In principle
has been reached that Manila w.ll
be the site there still is a big segment of. official opinion her« that
the centre should be established ir
Ceylon, rather than the.-Pbiliu
pines.        •■■''-.
The.basis of this opinion is'thdt-
because Ceylon is not so closely
ii
aligned politically wilh the United
States as the Philippines, the people of southeast Asia would prob-.
ably appreciate the American gesture more if Colombo were the
site, lt would then be, it was
argued, a project of a more truly
independent Asian flavor.
John Holl is ter, who as director
of the international co-operation
administration is the American
foreign aid chief, first made the
offer of -the Asan atomic research centre on Oct. 20 at tne
Colombo .Plan meeting in Singa
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ONUS ON ASIANS
The burden of setting up th*
centre, staffing it and carrying it
forward would rest with the Asian
members of the Colombo Plan. $o
would all the fruits, of the effort
belong to Asia. „ \
The understanding was that the,
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U. S. would be ready to pus.*
ahead with the project early in
,1956. Also, as soon as power reactors became available for export,' the U. S. was expected to
attach one lo the centre to produce its electricity and to provide
experience for Asian industrialists
and government scientists in the
handling of an atomic power plant
and its components.
It was leared the factor of security was the one which weighed
most heavily in "Washington1! decision to place the centre tn
Manila, The Philippines comes
wlhin the U.. S. defensive perimeter and Ceylon does not.
One if the problems now beta*,
worked out is how, to.dispose of
one of the re re tor's end products.
-Plutonium. All-reactors produce-
plutonium the fissionable mater,
ial used in nuclear-weapons.
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