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SW--,A. ■;'■ '. -.'•'. '.". -."Vr '■ »■ i,.. . .■.;».'.»'■-■ r.-zr:-,^^-^. Ic - v II If Vol, 62. No.:101 ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND,: MONDAY, MAY 9, 1955 (Price 5 Cents) SYMPHONY OF PSALMS available at Charles Hutton & Sons V Canada's Program Saturday morning two members of the Alpha chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority went to the .office.of the Sunshine Camp Association for the purpose of passing ov or some money to the president of the association/; This money is to buy theraputic equipment for the camp. Pic ture shows left to right: Miss Louise Morgan, representing th*^service committee of the Sorority, Mr. H.K.iWyatt, president of the Sunshine Camp Association, and Miss Florence Constantine, president of the: chapter, Miss Morgan is looking at a special crutch and Mr. Wyatt holds the cheque for $100. , ■ Son-in-law Is Held Elderly Montreal Couple Murdered Flood Waters REGINA, (CP.) -vFlood waters spread out across some sections, of eastern Saskatchewan"' Sunday as they teemed down the giant catch basin of the Qu'Applle river valley towards." the Manitoba border. Aftermath of: a disastrous storm which struck the province six days ag<J> the flood waters poured Into the 200-mile-long valley and surged eastward. * Water levels were reported rising steadily In some eastern Saskatchewan communities, but In the wi-st the level was falling quickly. - Families were being evacuated at the small farm -town of Tantal 3rn. 125 air miles east of Regina mi lhe Qu'Appelle river, .and at Kipling, 90 miles southeast ot Re- i'jnr, and' 35 miles south of thc Qu'Appelte river. THROW UP DIKES Provincial civil defence crews were working in Tantallon to throw ii| dikes as the water rose. The river was reported In full flood, water rising at the'rate of ibout a halt-inch.an hour. By Sunday afternoon'It had risen six Inches above the Saturday night high. Many communities on each side ol the valley reported llood problems. " , Heavy rains on saturated ground built up into a 24 square-mile lake in 9 marsh, north of Kipling, cutting oft farm homes, . FARMS ISOLATED J 0. Probel, Saskatchewan civil defence coordinator, reported Suv day that'there has been a modest evacuation, of families In Kipling. He saidJ the main problem In the district Is Isolation of farmers. Mr. Probe said no "material" flood crest has been noticed yet on the Qu'Appelle, a tributary ff the lengthy Asstniboine river which drains off into southern Manitoba. * Manitoba officials were working to build up dikes along the Assinl* boine as water moved from'tbe weit. Tbe river, flooded Brandt* ■mlier this spring and was thrwt-. enlng again. Civil defence crews went Into.action Friday after the Saskatchewan cabinet in an order-In*councll de cured the Qu'Appelle valley a disaster area, a move made to give tlvil^defence and municipal authorities the power to take needed precautions. Late Thursday, Premier Douglas, had asked the federal government U< declare, all Saskatchewan a disaster area as the storm-one" of a aeries which has,prevented .seed' ■in* In thc province—brought prospects of a possible crop failure t'fe'ain this year.. MONTREAL (CP.)—An elderly couple were shot to death Saturday in their two-slorey home at suburban Lach- ine, and police said they are holding the couple's 30-year- old son-in-law for questioning in the spectacular shooting Laurent Roy, 77, was shot through the heart as he stood in tho doorway of'his home. His 62- ycar-old wife was found mortally wounded in.the hall. She died In an ambulance 'en route, to. hospital. Inspector Lambert Cbarro n, hfttd of the Lachlnt detective. office,., said Henri Latonde, the couple's diminutive sun-ln-law,, Is beingiheld on :■* warrant issued bl*, oUstrict;/cojoner T Pr,iA*-p-B» Clement ' - ' .' >' ' . An inquest has been, scheduled for this morning, but Inspector Charron said-It .will probably be adjourned until Thursday .or Friday after-identification of the vie- Urns,'. to 'allow, police. to 'complete their Investigation;' • • ' - - Ir.' Quebec province, no-charge is laid in homicide cases until after a verdict has been handed down by wroner's court. L&londe, his wife and their child had, been living with ■ the'" Roy couple. Mrs. .Lalonde was thc daughter of Mrs.'Roy* by "a'previous marriage to a man named Porte) a nee. Says Destroyers Will Have Atomic Power BATH, Me; (AP) - Admiral Robert' Carney said Saturday that American destroyers will soon be armed with guided missiles and ultimately will be atomic-powered. Carney, chief United States naval operations, said in remarks prepared for the launching of a destroyer that1 In "the no-too-djst- ant future these versatile craft Will be 'adding guided missiles to their armament?' • ■ And when scientists "can devise a nuclear plant for destroyers," he was sure such vessels would be so equipped.- ' ', NFID. SKIES MONDAY) May ■th. ,' ■ Sunrise ...... .. .. .4.32 a.m: " Sunset ,. ,V .'.*,,. 7.23'p.m. The Moon rises ^.. .10.18 p.m. and rides low.-; ,. : .'.,/,■-: L:st Quarter '.. .. .; May 14 '"/ TIDES, Uhh ;....:.,9.00 a.m. ».»B pirn; Low ..• ;,s:t51wn. ,-2.4Bp.m; erln High Society In Britain ; LONDON, AF-The hamburger, was officially introduced to ,tbe British palate Sunday In the high clan company of French chant Pigne.' ' > One of Europe's biggest restaur ant chains.opened a plush hamburger, house In the heart of London; midway betwen Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square. # "Actually", said Guy Preston, spokesman for the chain, 'Actually, you know, hamburgers were' served here during the war to American troops, but this, old' hoy, is really the first lime thai abtg British firm has dedicated Itself to the;;American art ol; cooking hamburgers," " iter Conviction In Stabbing Case - HALIFAX,;- Cplr'Audrey Flint, ^yett-oW.Nef^U'Wreir^sA-oon-. victed* Saturday of •'■ a reduced' charge.,of manslaughter ari^inn from'the Sept. 2 stabbing of 'James Nicholson of Halifax. -' • — -,' . ■ •• \' Chief'Justice^ J./L., Ilsley remanded Flint, of suburban Afric- vllle, until Tuesday for sentencing.. ,The verdict'was "returned 78 minutes after the jury had retired. Flint was charged with murder after Nicholson's body was found in a north end yard here Sept. 3. Testimony, in the case was completed Friday. The crown's chief witness, Wennlson ByeYs, told the Court that alter a drinking party In his sister's home he found Flinl holding a knife and examining a watch. Rift Widens Gets 20 Years ForKillihg Policeman EL1ZABETHTOWN, N.Y., CAP) —James A. Call, a Korean Warair combat veteran who turned deserter, pleaded guilty Saturday to second-degree murder In the killing *f ■ Like Placid policeman and was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison. - That was the minimum.sentence on the reduced'charge. / Call <had .'been..Indicted on a charge of.'.•' first-degree murder, which carries, the death penalty. The-29-year-old former air force major shot Patrolman Richard E. Pelkey; 32, when surprised in an unoccupied' cabin near Lake Placid last Aug." 5. NEW DELHI (0*)-; Western" diplomats heire.are concerned over^he'^iiSen:: ing breach-between'PaHstan*' ^ m,__ ____ ■gest,..™ _,...-.__....„ ..T-„,,,, b.ors halt-.their -'namc'-'callMg; and quarreling.''.'; ,, . / ""The quarrel, which has.brought t^kistan and'its western "hclshbor to the verge of 'Suspending diplomatic relations/'involves Afghan domands fortfie creation of an'hv pendent tribal, state, usually called Pushtoonistari.' . Western diplomats here say they icli any move halting the normal How of imports and ,exports.-to and fiom Afghanistan across Pakistan would have "most serious consequences." Pakistan lies astride land-locked Afghanistan's only easy trade route '/> the sea. This route bus been regularly troubled by trade barriers, MmiL' real anil some imaginary. Bui 'until the present Viam-l arose, there had. been a steady improvement in the movement or Afghan goods. MIGHT TURN TO RUSSIA Should. Pakistan decide, to close Its frontier as the result of alleged Insults to Pakistan's flag and its diplomats in Afghanistan the latter nation has only one way to turn—to Soviet Russia, its neighbor to the north. . Most of northern Afghanistan'.1; trade is ^witli Russia because of the.towering Hindu'-Rush mountain ranga which shuts off northern Afghan province from the rest of the country.' But lhe great bulk of Afghan commerce still flows through the Khyber.pass arid across Pakistan.' . • .'-■■-. . No specific program:for easing relations' between the two Moslem neighbors .has-emerged'from con- .versatlons.' But It appears that firitain'and the "United States are rc£dy to -step in with convincing arguments to both that it is time to end the quarrel before it gets out of hand. Injections No Read<^s OTTAWA' (C.P.):—A fast federal survey of th&-prpvT" ince's ."showed. Saturday ihat. some.500,000'Canadian chil- ;dren have.,..been ■..inoculated with Salk polio vaccine without a single case oj unfavorable reaction. "This record convinced' federal amt provincial health authorities lo make no change in the countrywide Immunization program to pro- • Kiev the ■ youngsters •. against the ..crippling and killing, disease. ■ The survey, conducted' by longdistance telephone,'-followed the Washington announcement by thc United States, government that '< recommended; a.' halt;df inocula:. tions in "the U.S. pending a Sunday .report on the.safet'v of the'.vaccine. HAS DOUBLE CHECK "tbe. recnmmenda[ion by U.S. surgeon-general Leonard, ' Schccle cn'me at * a.m. -EDT-'Saturday •alter a day-and-night .session of ex- PRrts investigating the "manufac 'turcand testing'^of- Salk vaccine. Ir,. tlie U.S., som'e batches of vac- : cine.' produced commercially had proven faulty. About ■40 cases of polio were renorted .amon^ the er-. '.tlmatcd. 5;000,000 or 5,000,000 chi!- drcn: inoculated^' So far;VCanadian'production' is concentrated at the Univefslly of Toronto''. Connaught,. Labor-atorics ' ntid' undergoes, ra double, check, for safety;^ Once.-at the Toronto pro- ^uctlo'n'xehtreVand ;.,then'^gain ;>t Street Fighting In Saigon (NEA Telephoto) Some of the first wounded In bitter street fighting at Sainon. IndoChina, arc helped from ambulance■. Tht forces ef VeJt Nam Premier Ngo Diem Dinh drove rebel Binh Xuyen troops from Saigon, en April 19, when the above t)hoto Mas taken. '. ^—^ "- ; ■ ' *-» For Criticising Drew B.C. Conservatives son Out Becomes Of PtUqn,-,lie moved.'irito acuon htm- sell,- presslrig:'.Washington 'for. de- toiU and then calling nil provincial deputy health..ministers' by tele- pljone to get .their" figyfes and opinions on -the' safety of: the Canadian vaccine.; . ; ■ * RESULTS.' REASSURING Tbe results were reassuring. He Was ableto speak to all provincial deputies except those from Prince Edward, Island and Newfoundland. All agreed there should be no slow- down b the*" Canadian immunlza- tinn program. ■"■ Health Minister Martin said later in a statement "that about 5OO.U00 children have received-llie vaccine,'some have been given two doses, and "there has been nu tvi- tlt'iiee-whatever of tiufavoraUle re- .aeliuii,'' • . ■ , ■ ■ "Qn the'basis of tlils-.exlensive experience in tlie-'ifse of the vav- tine' and tlie,safeguards provided by • the safety checking, it is the unanimous feeling of the provincial health authorities with whom we have been in touch lhat vaccine is safe and no changes In thc immunization program are contemplated," he said. "Wc will, of-coiirse^continue to keep in close touch with authorities in. Washington so that we may keep the provincial departments of health advised of any further de- velopments "in the ■U.S."' The wind shitted the ice,out of the Tickle Crossing between Bell Island and Portugal Cove j yesterday; As a result,, the/.two- ferries, the Maneco and the ipawo were able to make several trips. Asks Coastal Tr^eBann^tp ':-.'HAT;r^AX. ,'CP—The; Jlaritini Marfhe*"Workers -Federalisn''- CCL. in'a'brief presented to the^royal commission on. coastal shipping. calls for legislation- restricting coastal trade to ship's built and registered in Canada. , The brief said "it is in the national interest, of Canada and in future development of one of her b:asic industries .that the flow of Canada's goods not.be" dependent on foreign carriers." The three-man royal commission was established to study problems of. Canada's coastal, shipping. . The brief also<urged construction on'tlie Chlgnecln canal as a means uf cneiMira^Ing greater shipping activity hlnng the east ciu.^l. It'said a canal llirough llie Islh- mus ..Joining New KnuiAwiek and Nova Scotia "will gifatly encour- .age >ater transportation of agriculture, fisheries, forest" and mineral * resources of the Maritime provinces." , > . OTTAWA (CP.)—British Columbia's . Progressive! Conservative leader has been ousled from a meeting of the party's national executive with' its "strongest possibly condemnation for attacks on national party leader Georgt Drew." Plan Entry In Trade Fair Newfoundland will again.be an exhibitor at the Canadian International Trade Fairfi to be-Held in Toronto later on this month. Full details of Newfoundland's participation: are not known but it is'understood that girls from the provincial ..civil service- will again serve as hostesses. Lpane- Flnlayson,' 35 - year - old provincial leader, was censured Saturday -ih" a--'strongly-worded resolution arid was asked to leave the cIoscd-dDors meeting. The executive, meeting Sunday without Mr. Finlayson passed a unanimous motion of .confidence in Mr Drew. iralso endorsed the establishment last year of a separate federal organization in British Columbia. The organization, set up after the B.C. party association voted non- .confidence in Mr. Drew's leadership, has been one of the 'main cr.uses of intra-party dissension in the province, SOLE RIGHTS The resolution of emlovsatiim declared Hie federal c>rguntoalu»ii there—The tuK'alled H, t\ coum-il i'l the parly—has ".side jurisdiction i vei federal party al'taii';' in Hint IHi'Vtiuv ami sole OiWcr Ut al)[tuinl esetiiltvtj membfrs I'm in BrilWi l-'iiliimbia tu llie ProgreHMVe Cun* st.rvalive Assufialion uf (.'aiiaila, (leorgc Hees, jireiiden! of the p.irly's national assiicialion, said later that (he resolutioit does tint apply to Mr. Finlayson, who is an executive member by virtue of being provincial leader. He said the ouster order applied only to his wcokend's meeting.. Mr. Finlayson walked nut of Saturday's meeting without having presented ' his demands for a national leadership convention. lit said in an interview later he will ask Tom McDonald of (Van: couver, president of the parly's B.C. association, to call an association meeting to report the national executive's decision- Mr. Hees, asked .by reporters about the separate federal:. and provincial organizations in'B- C., suid the executive is "looking forward to the time when harmony can be formed." Party headquarters Sunday released the. text of Saturday's cen- " 'sure 'motion-*nvhlch-*detsiied\thi grounds of^ the executive's action. It said Mr; Finlayson has "mad« a'scrics of malicious and unjustV [icr attacks on the leader of the Conservative party oE Canada, th*j tliree federal members of the party i:i British Columbia and the officials of tile national association." I* added that tlie provincial leader had declared' "open wai> fere on the national party" 'by saying his provincial association's candidates will oppose all official candidates of the national party'ia B.C. in the next federal election, including the three present Com- limits members. The resolution said the executive "ixpresses the strongest |«t.ssibl« repudiation of Mr. riiibynon'S nUions unit a t-.imiil.-tf reinitiation (fli his hilsc ;tllr;: ;lt:i!is ;;!nl rl:ite* lUflltS," TliETKimiiS^ NOTE* THEM' There's presently a great deal of nattering going on about ob* serving Ihc 21th. of May holiday on May 23nl. As one protestua( group so originally remark*, "Waltonlans" would rather have ft week-end holiday, In any case, ft fishing trip probably will mea-i great-exertion, what with choj* ping holes in tbe ice and Uur.rinf; out the supplies. Uncle GarM says he doesn't see that It ftiafc tcrs. He doesn't know any pcopit named IValIonian, he says, but h* figures that fishermen can tell just as big lies on Tuesday is tnjgr can on Monday. Draft Agreement Of Labor Merger rfltures Edmonton Winnipeg Toronto ., "Montreal' Halifax .. Sydney'..; Si. John'i »• .#» •• ..42. 48 *\. 24 ^■M ,..46 — ;. M' ' B4, .; 39' 4ft .. "32 31 t. 30' 37 '.: . ■ *By^PRESTON-*GROVER - - PARIS (AP.)—The North Atlantic treaty ministers meet here today to' bring Germany formally into the organization. Their discussions;are expected to range far from the North Atlantic—perhaps to Indochina and Formosa; lnstejt'd of an brgariization'for the defence of Europe, NATO has become virtually a. world organization because mete and more Its numbers recognize that what affects one of them affects all. Formosa la only] Informally' on the list of subject up for discussion In-the three-day. meeting but that an'l the dangerous-developments in Indochina seemt'likely to; occupy more time of the members than the process of .bringing Germany Into .NATO.;',. " " " '■'"'■ • ■ Germany isfexpected.lo be intro- dured'aa NATO's 15th member at one ,of the Very first ceremonies ti'day. HKAMATIC. OCCASION. Although 'this is a formality ecu eluding* -agreements already reached, it will be .a dramatic occa ,sicn. For the first-time in more than a-century German'delegates .will participate intimately-r-unlike Ucanio end the League of'Natfons —in tlie councils ot countries she bur; fmighi so often. . External Affairs Minister Pear; Sim; who arrived by air, Saturday Irom Ottawa, will- represent Can aua at the conference.. Questions put .to delegates of countries which were overrun' by Germany, in previous, wars have indicated ihafmuth ot the!old,enmityhas disappeared. But there is still distrust. By' JOHN LEBLANC OTTAWA /(C;P.)—Union chiefs negotiating for a merger of-Canada's two biggest, labour* congresses are expected tqhave before them Monday.a complete,draft of an amalgamation agreement. Seme congress officials said during the weekend-they hope their joint "unity" coriimittce can adopt an agreement in a single day and thus clear one of the few remaining hurdles before;the consolldar Hon of'some 1,000,000' workersTin one body* TIJb largest, labor> wedding in "Canadian history would bring4to- gelher-the-BW.OOO-membcr Trades i.nd.'Labor CongressVof Canada arid the Canadian Congress of Labor, which -has >boU| 400,000. - ,: CLEAR UP TERMS ! <■■' / ■ Top TLC and CCL officers arc ajreed -ron*"* merger,- andron- its tnalfi:'priMpIest"lnie'cmiy-.'tincer- U'inty Is on details of terms.; \ Leaders look for-Monday?B com- mittee meeting to clear up the3e]:ag_reement. to the extent that a merger "document will be ready for submission to conventions of the two congresses this year. Tlie first convention will be thc ILC's at Windsor, Ont., starting May 30. The CCL's convention will 'a,? in Toronto, starting Oct. 10. The individual conventions, assuming tiiat \cach ratifies the merger, are-to be followed by a joint founding convention of the amalgamated congress, ^expected In early 1956. SiaL FEW DIFFERENCES •'Vyhile the unity -committee has agreed, on most major points; officials Said sume,dlfferences remain tn.be ironed- oUt'Monilay. "■ -One. is the'resolving of-widely. vMryin£ financial-operatirms of the TLC- .and; CCL. Another involves jurisdictional .disputes" over membership and the reluctance of a few unions to; bury 1heir membership ' ambitions '• In favor of general amity, . . t. - • - -4 ■ informants said ■ tentative . solutions to these, problems and others have been worked out in the draft The amalgamation agreement, it was understood, has been drafted ur-der major headings that in' elude: 1. A la-point "statement of principles" for the enlarged congress which -will serve as the basis for writing ,a constitution 'after thc TLC and CCL conventions. Thc c.mmittec already has agreed on this. .2 Proposals* for tlie general structure, government anu officer sntup of the big congress, on'which tlie negotiators also are in* general agreement. . FINANCES NOT SETTLED r *}* Finance, still be cleared up. {} Continuance and extension of the TLC-CCL no-raidina agreement, vytoich calls for bringing ■ rnie unions into. line. v5. Procedure for the merger, on which there is no major disagreement: .'■'•. One point on which* there h ngreemant among the leader:-, it wai. learned, is on a name for the new congress..In the United States lr:»i week, merger plans of the AFL and CIO hit a snag on ttuj hsuc, with the AFL holding out for perpetuation of the American Federation of Labor name. INSIDE ' "—Grand Bank Newa. 3—5millwood DUcuuei Pottle Resignation. 4—Harbour Grace Ntwi. ; 6—"Fish Sales to Jamaica" Editorial. ;- 8—Women'« Nsws. .10.11—World of Sport,- 12—Movia Review*. 13—Comics. fe^' Sis I ^-: V «
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Title | The Daily News (St. John's, N.L.), 1955-05-09 |
Date | 1955-05-09 |
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 |
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SW--,A. ■;'■
'. -.'•'. '.". -."Vr '■ »■ i,.. . .■.;».'.»'■-■ r.-zr:-,^^-^.
Ic - v
II
If
Vol, 62. No.:101
ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND,: MONDAY, MAY 9, 1955
(Price 5 Cents)
SYMPHONY OF PSALMS
available at
Charles Hutton & Sons
V
Canada's
Program
Saturday morning two members of the Alpha chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority went to the .office.of the
Sunshine Camp Association for the purpose of passing ov or some money to the president of the association/; This
money is to buy theraputic equipment for the camp. Pic ture shows left to right: Miss Louise Morgan, representing
th*^service committee of the Sorority, Mr. H.K.iWyatt, president of the Sunshine Camp Association, and Miss
Florence Constantine, president of the: chapter, Miss Morgan is looking at a special crutch and Mr. Wyatt
holds the cheque for $100. , ■
Son-in-law Is Held
Elderly Montreal Couple Murdered
Flood
Waters
REGINA, (CP.) -vFlood
waters spread out across
some sections, of eastern
Saskatchewan"' Sunday as
they teemed down the giant
catch basin of the Qu'Applle
river valley towards." the
Manitoba border.
Aftermath of: a disastrous storm
which struck the province six days
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CONTENTdm file name | 3799.jp2 |