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'■"■ ' • ' ■■ ,•: sv;.i -■ • ROaiN&ON & COMPANY UMITO &-^K-**>-' 30- 19- iDflljl ___■ t;. Bcrtrr Sunday Listening y#00 o.m.-Conada at Work |00 o.m.-Ave Maria Hour* 3 30 p.m.-Strange Wills. -*X cm.-Obsession. THE DAILY NEWS j^d^1&fffe PRMENTI IRISH FESTIVAL SINGERS «rtlUM0'«. Charles Hutton & Sons Vol. 62. No.. 294 ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1955 (Price 20 cents) l -. SftW Y63F MflSS_lgfi!^lfeerqfe ffiP8 y° Halt Plunge from His Honour, The lieutenant Governor • v.- . _.*: :> *jJ '.:c. ■ <. r* - ;f - - :ks PORUB :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, '• Jonns, Member 2ath, 1955. h\ accine - ___. I ^"Delayed ED 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 *!* 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. • 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 ppr#. - 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, •.'■■"'■ 'r A' ' ■ J 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. ■ \a 'v I t '■{
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Title | The Daily News (St. John's, N.L.), 1955-12-31 |
Date | 1955-12-31 |
Description | The Daily News was published in St. John's from 15 February 1894 to 4 June 1984, daily except Sunday. |
Subject | Canadian newspapers--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's--20th century |
Location | Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Avalon Peninsula--St. John's |
Time Period | 20th Century |
Language | eng |
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Transcript | '■"■ ' • ' ■■ ,•: sv;.i -■ • ROaiN&ON & COMPANY UMITO &-^K-**>-' 30- 19- iDflljl ___■ t;. Bcrtrr Sunday Listening y#00 o.m.-Conada at Work |00 o.m.-Ave Maria Hour* 3 30 p.m.-Strange Wills. -*X cm.-Obsession. THE DAILY NEWS j^d^1&fffe PRMENTI IRISH FESTIVAL SINGERS «rtlUM0'«. Charles Hutton & Sons Vol. 62. No.. 294 ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1955 (Price 20 cents) l -. SftW Y63F MflSS_lgfi!^lfeerqfe ffiP8 y° Halt Plunge from His Honour, The lieutenant Governor • v.- . _.*: :> *jJ '.:c. ■ <. r* - ;f - - :ks PORUB :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, '• Jonns, Member 2ath, 1955. h\ accine - ___. I ^"Delayed ED 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 *!* 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 iti 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. • 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 ppr#. - 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, •.'■■"'■ 'r A' ' ■ J 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. ■ \a 'v I t '■{ |
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