The Daily News (St. John's, N.L.), 1955-05-09

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ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND,: MONDAY, MAY 9, 1955
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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;
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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,"     "
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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.      -'   • —
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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*'
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■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.
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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
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'.: . ■     *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.
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