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m $ ■W*\}lf •*»» ^^^S^-^^^^^^^^r^^^^^^^^^^^T^n^^^^ AT &;<? I y^ 9.15 a.m.—Tht Man from Yejterday 9.45 a.m.—The Dark God 6.00 p.m.-H,F,C, N*w>, 8.13 p.m.—Hockey , Vol. 62. No. 33 ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND; FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1955 (Price 5 Cents) AVAILABLE AT Charles Hutton & Sons Red Cross Home Nursing Graduates Sixteen graduates of the Red Cross Home Nursing class which concluded February 2 were awarded certificates last night at Red Cross Headquarters. (Four of the graduates are absent—Mrs. Clari* b«l Lindsay, Mrs. Myrtle Pelley, Mm. Irif Kendall' and Miss Hilda Thorne). Shown in top photo ahnve, left to right, back row: Mrs. Marguerite Davis; Mr*. Carolyn Kendricks: Mra. Shirley Tilley; Mrs. Millie Dawe; Mr*. Veronica Williams; Mrs. Grace Slowe; Miss Doris "Butler. Middle row: . Miss Elizabeth Scolt; Miss llowena Adams; Miss Lottie Adams; Mrs. Ella Pynn; Miss Doris Foote. Front row: David G, Decker, Commissioner; Mn. .H..P. Carter, R.N., instructor; Miss" Isobel Sutton, R.N., Nursing Director; Mrs. J. M. Herder, R.N., Instructor; W. S. Perlin, President, Red Cross, Newfoundland Division. Bottom Photo: Eighteen ol the nineteen graduates (Miss Carmel Walsh was absent) of the Red Cross Home Nursing class who wrote lheir examinations'January 26 are shown in the bottom photo. Left to right, back row: Mrs. Annie Ryall;, Mrs.,J3dna-.Jtowc; Mrs. Alice Murphy; Mrs. Anna McGrath; Miss Mary Jackman; Mrs. Catherine Graham. Third row: Mrs. Kathleen Nurse; Miss Genevieve Merner; Miss Agnes Crowdclt; Mrs. Mary Cantwell; Miss Helen Clancy; Miss Hannah Connolly. Second row; Mrs. Carmel Mahoney; Mrs. Therijdta Williams; Miss Olive *Dinn; Mrs. Grace Harris; Mrs, Josephine Mooney; Mrs. Joan Driscoll. First row: W, S. Perlin, President, .Red Cross? Newfoundland Division; Mrs. J. Parker, R.N., instructor; Miss Isobel Sutton, R.N., Red Cross Director of Nursing;; Mrs. Peter Outerbridge, R.N., instructor; David G. Decker, Commissioner, Red Cross, Newfoundland Division. Attempts Form New French Govt. After Pinay Up Would-Be Premier Supports Rearmament PARIS—AP—Pierre Pflimlin, a 48-year-old Strasbourg lawyer and cabinet veteran who supports West Herman erormameiU, agreed-Thursday night to try to form a uew French government. A member of llie Catholic Mouv eiiifid Republloulu- Pnpulalre, he tiHik up.the task at tbe request of Pifsideiil Rene Coly allar lmle* puiident Republican Antolne Pinay jiave up in the face of strong opposition in the National Assembly. Thc assembly, irritated and divided ovcr many Issues, brought on lhc crisis last Saturday hy toppling Ticrrc Mendcs-Francc's government, the nation's ZOth since it* liberation in 1341. Pflimlln told president Coly he "ill found out political parties in the assembly today, then return by Saturday with an estimate on his chances ol succeeding. GIVEN GOOD CHANCE In the assembly lobbies, the immediate reaction to the Fflimlin candidacy* was friendly. He was given a better than even chance of rallying enough support to bc inted in.. ' Pflimlin has been mentioned frequently lately as a possibility for the premiership. At first this mam- Princess Relaxes In Barbados BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) Princess'Margaret Thursday donned a oncpiccc silver grey bathing suit and relaxed in the blue green Caribbean. The princess was taking a free afternoon and evening as a break [rem thc exacting duties of her royal tour of the British east Indie*. She paddled In the cool water at While: Coral beach, ijenr Hole*, l»wrf . »-.«■,':■* Oh'" her drive fram Bridgetown, iht princess stopped at * ejte*** field for a.brief chat with the Ihibado* a nil British <■«!».■» teams now engaged In trial games tit pick the West Indies team for an Australian tour. • Cheering crowds -st-axl along the roadside as the princess motored to Hdletown and into a local •»• ^.■XmrX,'XX:r bershlp in llie MRP, which competes w'itli the Socialist party for leftist votes, was believed lo lm loo great a handicap. By evening, the atmosphere had cleared and his chances were considered'much belter. Pflimlin has neon a miunber of no less lhan 13 of thc post-war cabinets. He was minister nf agriculture in eight successive governments. Almost all his other cabinet posts dealt strictly with domestic matters. .He was a minister charged with relatione with the .Council of Europe in the Edgar, Faure government in 1952, but that government was voted out of office after a month and a half. Speaking to reporters Thursday' night, Pflimlin said he hopes to form a government supported by all'non-Communists. He quickly added, however, he is not seeking a government in which conflicting interests would nullify all possibll* itics for action. Former Minister Queen's Dies It was learned with rdfirct yesterday that the Rcv. Edward J. Simpson, one-lime principal of Queen's' College, this city, had been found dead Wednesday night in the vestry of Holy Trinity Church, Darlington, Durham, England. Cause of death has not as yet been established. ■.' The late Rev. Mr. Simpson served here as principal of Queen's College, having come here from England. Senator Slates U. S. Policy In Formosa OTTAWA—CP—A former Liberal cabinet minister said Thursday the Formosan policy of the United Stales may result in fl. third world war. Senator William Euler (L~Ou. tate where police'.guard* flopped all but special guests. • , Police also Stood guard several hundred yards up the beach and a 'police ■ boat circled off -shore. tn give tha princess a quiet after- nooil. lariu) said during the Senate throne speech debate' it is "far-fetched" to say control of Formosa is necessary lor U. S. defence. "... I fear that out of this policy of the United States there h a risk of gelling into another war,", he -said. H was nol'worth tile risk of war ty challenge China's claim to Formosa and other islands off the China coast. These islands, including Formosa, "inherently belong to China." .■ "If we support the policy proposed by tlie United States, we are literally playing withf Ire." he said. URGES RECOGNITION Senator Euler, a member of the Mackenzie King cabinet from 1926 to 1930 and from 1935 lo 1940, reiterated an opinion hc expressed previously in.thc Upper Chamber that* Communist China should .>c rscognlzed by Canada and- the United Nations. A Ihird world war in the atomic age would mean destruction of Subs For Canada's Navy . HALIFAX fCF)-Kear Admiral G. B. H. Fawkes, flag officer of tile Royal Navy submarine Fleet, said Thursday Canadian officers •likely will in time command the three subs Britain is loaning this country. He told a press conference that British - trained Canadian sailors will at first constitute "not more than a third" of the crews of the vessels. About 250 Canadian sailors arc currently taking courses in England and training in British submarines. The croup whicii will senator said, "we should iwold even the slightest risk of getting into-a holocaust whicii would de- stroy the worlfl." . Tha former trade minister said that in "foreign policy matters Canada is too' prone to follow the lead oi the U. S. "I think that Canada's influence upon United' States' policies and actions is prnciieally negligible." Canada would have followed the example of th? United Kingdom and recognized Communist China "tf it had not bePn that she feared the displeasure of ■ the United States;" If (lie U. S. should become involved in a war with1 China, arid a general war. resulted, Canada- Inevitably woujd have to take pari. However, Canada's declaration of CHURCHILL FAVORS TALKS WITH REDS, BUT INSISTS ON REARMAMENT ISSUE Traffic Deaths Decline In 1954 From 21 To 13 In Neivf oundland OTTAWA—CP—Motor vehicle accidents killed and injured fewer residents of provinces and territories other lhan Quebec in the first nine months of last year compared with a similar period of 1.953, Tho bureau of statistics reported I Thursday- thai 1,288 persons were killed and 32,585 injured in 100,557 accidents reported lo police in nine provinces and Uie Yukon and Northwest Territories, This compared wilh 1,316 killed, and 34,058 injured in . 102,703 reported accidents in the nine-month pariod of 1953. Deaths declined in all produces except Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Manitoba while injuries dipped in all except New Brunswick. Manitoba and the Territories, Quebec makes n0 report to the bureau. In Newfoundland deaths fell to 13 from 21, in Prince Edward Island to four from 10, in Ontario to 713 from 736, in Saskatchewan to 33 from 77, in Alberta to 121 from 124, in British Columbia to 134 from 136, and in the Yukon and Northwest Territories to three from sis. In Nova Scotia deaths climbed to 110 from 77, in New Brunswick to 76 from 72 and in Manitoba to 81 from 57. In Newfoundland the number injured declined to 402 from 414, in Prince Edward Island to 103 from 165, in Nova Scotia to 1,801 from 1,842, in Ontario to 17,380 from 17,- 668, in .Saskatchewan to 1,828 from 2,275, in Alberta to 2,627 from 2,938. and in British, Columbia lo 4,937 from 5,454. In New Brunswick thc number injured increased to 1,251 from 1.074,,.in Manitoba to 2,165 from 2,153, and in the Yukon and Northwest Territories to 91 from 75. here will havc had about six months training. Tho "A" class submarine Astute Is expected ht Halifax in mid- March, the Ambush in mid-May and thc Alderney sometime' in July. The group wilt havc headquar ters here undar* Cmdr. \V. T, J. Fox, a Royal Navy officer respon sible to Rear Admiral Roger E. S. nidwell, flag officer Atlantic coast. Admiral Fawkes said eventually T war* might he delayed for as long as twn years. • . "The China of today is united ns never before; shc feels her power and thinks she is hacked up hy Russia. . . . Whether wc like it or not, we have lo reckon with that situation." This is a high school yearbook photo of Ann Yarrow, 25-year-old Ncw York University F'tudcnt who was found murdered In a friend's Ncw York apartment. Canoe Rate On ■ Frozen St. Lawrence River QUEBEC (CP) —St. Lawrence river islanders, who are staging a "canoe race" in the ice-packed river channel between 'Quebec and Levis Feb. 20 don't want any help from icebreakers. Capt. Raymond Duval, one of the national harbors board.-said Thursday an Icebreaker will stand by at a precautionary measure during thc two-mile race—from Levis to Quebec and back—but will not cut a pathf or the hardy contestants. Organizers of the race say'giant ice floes that often hurl' 1,200-ton ferry boats four" and five miles off course don't bother the islanders. Their -"canoes" are 18 feet long, about thc size of a small lifeboat,' and are equipped with sled run- nsrs. at the earliest, in 18 months*- about two-thirds of lhe subs' crews will ba Canadians. Some of the Canadians training In Britain will remain tttere on loan to tlie Royal Navy. Others "will'be sent/rom Canada for-submarine training on rotation. PAID BY CANADA Britons on the three' submarines to be loaned tu Canada, tlie Royal Navy's 6lh Submarine Squadron, will he paid by Canada at Royal Navy rates but Uic men will receive bonuses-tn^-bring their pay up to Canadian levels. - One-Pound Baby Dies MONTREAL (CP)—A one-pound girl, perfectly formed in every respect but only the size of an adult's hand, died in hospital Thursday after holding shakily nn to life for; seven days. Officials at the Children's Mcm-| orial Hospital listed thc cause of; death as "prematurity." Marie, as sha was named by nurses who kept vigil over her incubator since Friday, was born to Mrs. Yvon Gohier at her suburban Cote St. Luc homc. Tha baby was three months premature. The infant was transferred hastily to hospital and was in an incubator 45. minutes after birth. Montreal doctors said it was the first instance they knew of a child her size livinig for any length of time. Marie measured only 11 inches long and her arms were the size of an adult's little finger. Shc weighed one pound three ounces at birth. - During .the last few days -Marie was fed a milk formula by a tube inserted through hcr. mouth and into, thc stomach. Shoots Two Children, Tries End Own Life STREAMSTOWN, Alta, (CP)-A station agent was undcr police guard in critical condition in hospital at nearby Lloydminstcr Thursday and his two children were dead as results of shootings which police described as a double murder and a suicide attempt. Chester Matson, the 30-year-old father, suffered ,22-calibre bullet wounds iu his chest and head. Christine, a lwo-year-ol<l -laughter, and a son, identified only as being iiinMinmllis-oliI, were shut tn death in their cribs in an upsltiirs room of thi' Klreutnstoivii .station. An iuiiuehl is In be hfld. Nu cl in i* {{us have been laid in cornier* tion wilh the shooting. The tragedy w a s discovered early Thursday by Stcva Saykc- wich, a scction foreman, who was to meet the morning train from Lloydminster. Hc was uriablo to enter lhc station Irom the front door and broke down a rear door afler scain? Matson's body lying I on the flnor. - .; The mother was nol home, hav-1 ing left the station living quarters I during the night to stay with a! neighbor. • j Streamstnwn is about 175 miles j east of Edmonton. Four»Poiver Conference Might Settle Formosa Issue LONDON—AP — Prime Minister Churchill said Thursday hc still favors top-level Big Four talks with the Russians, but made clear that Britain intends to push ahead with rearming West Germany first. He spoke in the House of Commons as the British ambassador ir Moscow, Sir William Hayter, car ried out secret negotiations aimed at a Formoca cease-fire Responding to labor demands that he invite the new Sovie premier, Marshal Nikolai Bulganin. to join in Big Four talks soon, Churchill declared: "The policy nf the government is io seek a four-powcr conference at a lime when it seems likely to yield genuine results, but" thai occasion is not likely to occur until after lhe ratification of the London-Paris agreements." The Churchill government hopes the accords to free and rearm the Wept Gerjnans will be through the parliamentary mills of all nine na archy has undermined hii hope* that a Big Four meeting ean b» arranged. Earlier, Foreign Secretary Edeb sidestepped a Labor demand that he call for a Geneva-type parley to end the China fighting. •lames Hudson asked Eden: "Is view of the 'refusal of (Red Chl»* cse Premier) Chou En-Ial to me*t the United Nations, will you undertake immediate steps to summon an international conference . . . ta which both China and the United States will be invited, with a view to obtaining a cease-fire in the Fon mosa strait?" cease-fire sought The foreign secretary replied is a written statement: "Thc cnnsis- tions involved within a couple of quencccs of the Chinese refusal months. are being studied by Hcr Majesty's VIEWS UNCHANGED government in close con suit ation The Kremlin shakeup th'is weok with the Commonwealth and other wa* accompanied by a renewed. friendly governments." declaration from Soviet Koicig-'i; Minister Molotov that ratification of the Paris accords would doom hopes of fruitful East-West talks'. The tough Molotov speech lad some Labor MPs to proclaim Churchill lost his chance for Big Four talks with the ouster of Georgi Malenkov as premier. Churchill gave no indication that the reshuffle in thc Soviet hier- British informants said thp Wc stem powers are in touch with Russia through the British envoy In Moscow in efforts to get agreement on a cease-fire formula. Hayter is said to have already told Molotov tliat Britain is opposed to. the Russian suggestion for a conference outside of the United Nations without the participation of Nationalist China. Strike Talks Halted OTTAWA (CP) - Strike - threatened negotiations between the CBC and its technicians' union broke down Thursday bul informants said Thursday night thc labor department likely will bring the disputants together again. Indications arc that thc department will have thc government- owned corporalion and thc negotiating representatives of -V5 key radio-TV personnel back in discussions today, probably in thc afternoon. Thc union—the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (CIO-CCL)—has .empowered its national executive to call a strike by next Wednesday barring a satisfactory settlement of its waye demands in the meantime. ! AfU'r-Thursday's brief talks be-; twtT-Ji the NAISKT-C1SC n'pre.st'ut-j tilivt's, Marled Wednesday nl thej nitwit of Ijalwr Minister Gre&ij following a l"Hg dt-udhu'k, the; union charged the corporation t'<j- fused to engage in any "real" collective bargaining. The CBC issued no, reply. It has slated that, in Ihc event of a strike, it is prepared to carry on with a reorganized part-time service with radio and TV. NOT ANXIOUS TO STItlKE Information from top sources here Thursday night was that tfie union is not anxious to pull Canada's first country-wide radio-TV} strike and hopes to avoid it U CBC: will yield some on tlie issues, j Neutral informanUon touch withi the negotiations said—confirming a' Drew Recovers From Illness OITAWA (CP) - Opposition L?ader Drew is expected to be io his old Commons seat next Thursday. Mr. Drew, who is reported fully recovered from meningitis contracted last fall, will return lo the capital sometime Wednesday and be fetad at a private dinner that night. The Long Climb At 4 o'clock this morning Ihe tempera.'urt was 24 degrees, but wai reported to be struggling manfully upwards, and tl li expected tfl reach a high of 24 sometime today. The Torbayman ■«•• cloudi In your future alio* and these will bring ■ ctr- tain amount of »now, which Is expected to turn Itself off •t noon. The Dominion Pub. lie Weathe." Offict r«porti a disturbance ever Iht Graat Uke», and local poile*. report a dlshirbanc* ovtr en New Gower SI. NABET statement-tliat the CBC so far has offered no concessions to ihc union. The union, it wa.s learned after Ihe afternoon breakup of negotiations, has quietly indicalPd to ttw labor department it would like to see Labor Minister Gregg call oo' the disputants for resumed negotiations. ' The department probably ^111 get a similar request from the CBC this morning, informants said. H the CEC r=que;t didn't come through, the department probably would" take action on its own to set up new talki. Flaring Fires Mark Tachen Withdrawal TAIPEI.. Formosa — Reu- j ters — Fierce flames from demolition fires flickered high.above the East China sea early today, consuming the ; Chinese Nationalists1 last defences in the now almost-deserted Tachen islands. ' The light blazing from the islands was so brilliant that Communist troops waiting on thc mainland and nearby Islands to take over the Tachens could clearly see their waiting priie. . , Meantime, the bulk oE the 15,000 Nationdllsl troops to be evacuated from- the Tachens moved southward on' lhe high seas toward Formosa*, in unmolested convoys. Tlirea American transports ennydpd. with Nationalist troops wsre.t'uc 'at about dawn at the North Pnmiftsan purl of Keelung. Warships and plants escorted thc convoy. - *\ "! Gen. Li , Sun Jen, Nationalist army chief of staff, flew over thc 1 Tachens Thursday lo ensure Gen. , Chiang Kai-shek's scorched earth . policy was being carried out. | LAST TO LEAVE I The last man to bc evacuated j from the Tachens is expected to I be the islands' commander, Gen. ] Liu Lion Yi. ! Evacuation of the Tachcn garrison is expected to be completed Saturday, leaving the way clear for Communist Chinese forces to lake ovcr die rocky islands 200 miles north of Formosa. Nationalist leaders, however, are expected to leave guerrilla units behind on tlie lonely Tachens to make sure the Communist'invaders will pay a price for the island's capture. Tlie massive evacuation operation, shielded and largely conducted by thc U. S: 7th Fleet, will have moved 18.00(1 civilians and 15,000 soldiers within a. week .when H ends. - Nationalist sourws said 42 persons described as "Communis! agents" had becn left behind locked in a school on Upper T*. etien to await "liberation by tht Communists." INSIDE PAGE 2—Heart disease article (series). . 3—Report on 51. Mary's Church fund drlvt. / 6—"Bridgin* the Cap" — editorial. /—Brigus d«fta^ Unlcorm tiporti. 9—Women's News ta-11— Ontrevilte "—Comics. '—.Finance* ■:il,.< y-.t m \k am ■ • t, xl] .: Vi 4 4 1 m '* 11 I I'm te •:■■>«
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Title | The Daily News (St. John's, N.L.), 1955-02-11 |
Date | 1955-02-11 |
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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9.15 a.m.—Tht Man from
Yejterday
9.45 a.m.—The Dark God
6.00 p.m.-H,F,C, N*w>,
8.13 p.m.—Hockey
, Vol. 62. No. 33
ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND; FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1955
(Price 5 Cents)
AVAILABLE AT
Charles Hutton & Sons
Red Cross Home Nursing Graduates
Sixteen graduates of the Red
Cross Home Nursing class which
concluded February 2 were awarded certificates last night at Red
Cross Headquarters. (Four of the
graduates are absent—Mrs. Clari*
b«l Lindsay, Mrs. Myrtle Pelley,
Mm. Irif Kendall' and Miss Hilda
Thorne). Shown in top photo
ahnve, left to right, back row: Mrs.
Marguerite Davis; Mr*. Carolyn
Kendricks: Mra. Shirley Tilley;
Mrs. Millie Dawe; Mr*. Veronica
Williams; Mrs. Grace Slowe; Miss
Doris "Butler. Middle row: . Miss
Elizabeth Scolt; Miss llowena
Adams; Miss Lottie Adams; Mrs.
Ella Pynn; Miss Doris Foote. Front
row: David G, Decker, Commissioner; Mn. .H..P. Carter, R.N., instructor; Miss" Isobel Sutton, R.N.,
Nursing Director; Mrs. J. M. Herder, R.N., Instructor; W. S. Perlin, President, Red Cross, Newfoundland Division.
Bottom Photo: Eighteen ol the
nineteen graduates (Miss Carmel
Walsh was absent) of the Red
Cross Home Nursing class who
wrote lheir examinations'January
26 are shown in the bottom photo.
Left to right, back row: Mrs. Annie Ryall;, Mrs.,J3dna-.Jtowc; Mrs.
Alice Murphy; Mrs. Anna McGrath; Miss Mary Jackman; Mrs.
Catherine Graham. Third row: Mrs.
Kathleen Nurse; Miss Genevieve
Merner; Miss Agnes Crowdclt; Mrs.
Mary Cantwell; Miss Helen Clancy;
Miss Hannah Connolly. Second
row; Mrs. Carmel Mahoney; Mrs.
Therijdta Williams; Miss Olive
*Dinn; Mrs. Grace Harris; Mrs,
Josephine Mooney; Mrs. Joan
Driscoll. First row: W, S. Perlin,
President, .Red Cross? Newfoundland Division; Mrs. J. Parker, R.N.,
instructor; Miss Isobel Sutton,
R.N., Red Cross Director of Nursing;; Mrs. Peter Outerbridge, R.N.,
instructor; David G. Decker, Commissioner, Red Cross, Newfoundland Division.
Attempts Form New French
Govt. After Pinay
Up
Would-Be Premier Supports
Rearmament
PARIS—AP—Pierre Pflimlin, a 48-year-old Strasbourg lawyer and cabinet veteran who supports West
Herman erormameiU, agreed-Thursday night to try
to form a uew French government.
A member of llie Catholic Mouv
eiiifid Republloulu- Pnpulalre, he
tiHik up.the task at tbe request of
Pifsideiil Rene Coly allar lmle*
puiident Republican Antolne Pinay
jiave up in the face of strong opposition in the National Assembly.
Thc assembly, irritated and divided ovcr many Issues, brought
on lhc crisis last Saturday hy toppling Ticrrc Mendcs-Francc's government, the nation's ZOth since
it* liberation in 1341.
Pflimlln told president Coly he
"ill found out political parties in
the assembly today, then return
by Saturday with an estimate on
his chances ol succeeding.
GIVEN GOOD CHANCE
In the assembly lobbies, the immediate reaction to the Fflimlin
candidacy* was friendly. He was
given a better than even chance
of rallying enough support to bc
inted in.. '
Pflimlin has been mentioned frequently lately as a possibility for
the premiership. At first this mam-
Princess Relaxes
In Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP)
Princess'Margaret Thursday donned a oncpiccc silver grey bathing suit and relaxed in the blue
green Caribbean.
The princess was taking a free
afternoon and evening as a break
[rem thc exacting duties of her
royal tour of the British east Indie*. She paddled In the cool water
at While: Coral beach, ijenr Hole*,
l»wrf . »-.«■,':■*
Oh'" her drive fram Bridgetown,
iht princess stopped at * ejte***
field for a.brief chat with the
Ihibado* a nil British <■«!».■»
teams now engaged In trial games
tit pick the West Indies team for
an Australian tour. •
Cheering crowds -st-axl along the
roadside as the princess motored
to Hdletown and into a local •»•
^.■XmrX,'XX:r
bershlp in llie MRP, which competes w'itli the Socialist party for
leftist votes, was believed lo lm
loo great a handicap. By evening,
the atmosphere had cleared and
his chances were considered'much
belter.
Pflimlin has neon a miunber of
no less lhan 13 of thc post-war
cabinets. He was minister nf agriculture in eight successive governments. Almost all his other cabinet
posts dealt strictly with domestic
matters. .He was a minister
charged with relatione with the
.Council of Europe in the Edgar,
Faure government in 1952, but that
government was voted out of office
after a month and a half.
Speaking to reporters Thursday'
night, Pflimlin said he hopes to
form a government supported by
all'non-Communists. He quickly
added, however, he is not seeking
a government in which conflicting
interests would nullify all possibll*
itics for action.
Former Minister
Queen's Dies
It was learned with rdfirct yesterday that the Rcv. Edward J.
Simpson, one-lime principal of
Queen's' College, this city, had
been found dead Wednesday night
in the vestry of Holy Trinity
Church, Darlington, Durham, England. Cause of death has not as yet
been established. ■.'
The late Rev. Mr. Simpson served here as principal of Queen's
College, having come here from
England.
Senator Slates U. S.
Policy In Formosa
OTTAWA—CP—A former Liberal cabinet minister
said Thursday the Formosan policy of the United Stales
may result in fl. third world war.
Senator William Euler (L~Ou.
tate where police'.guard* flopped
all but special guests. • ,
Police also Stood guard several
hundred yards up the beach and a
'police ■ boat circled off -shore. tn
give tha princess a quiet after-
nooil.
lariu) said during the Senate throne
speech debate' it is "far-fetched"
to say control of Formosa is necessary lor U. S. defence.
"... I fear that out of this
policy of the United States there
h a risk of gelling into another
war,", he -said.
H was nol'worth tile risk of war
ty challenge China's claim to Formosa and other islands off the
China coast. These islands, including Formosa, "inherently belong
to China."
.■ "If we support the policy proposed by tlie United States, we
are literally playing withf Ire." he
said.
URGES RECOGNITION
Senator Euler, a member of the
Mackenzie King cabinet from 1926
to 1930 and from 1935 lo 1940, reiterated an opinion hc expressed
previously in.thc Upper Chamber
that* Communist China should .>c
rscognlzed by Canada and- the
United Nations.
A Ihird world war in the atomic
age would mean destruction of
Subs For
Canada's
Navy .
HALIFAX fCF)-Kear Admiral
G. B. H. Fawkes, flag officer of
tile Royal Navy submarine Fleet,
said Thursday Canadian officers
•likely will in time command the
three subs Britain is loaning this
country.
He told a press conference that
British - trained Canadian sailors
will at first constitute "not more
than a third" of the crews of the
vessels.
About 250 Canadian sailors arc
currently taking courses in England and training in British submarines. The croup whicii will
senator said, "we should iwold
even the slightest risk of getting
into-a holocaust whicii would de-
stroy the worlfl." .
Tha former trade minister said
that in "foreign policy matters Canada is too' prone to follow the lead
oi the U. S.
"I think that Canada's influence
upon United' States' policies and
actions is prnciieally negligible."
Canada would have followed the
example of th? United Kingdom
and recognized Communist China
"tf it had not bePn that she feared
the displeasure of ■ the United
States;"
If (lie U. S. should become involved in a war with1 China, arid a
general war. resulted, Canada- Inevitably woujd have to take pari.
However, Canada's declaration of
CHURCHILL FAVORS TALKS
WITH REDS, BUT INSISTS
ON REARMAMENT ISSUE
Traffic Deaths
Decline In 1954
From 21 To 13 In Neivf oundland
OTTAWA—CP—Motor vehicle accidents killed and
injured fewer residents of provinces and territories other
lhan Quebec in the first nine months of last year compared with a similar period of 1.953,
Tho bureau of statistics reported I
Thursday- thai 1,288 persons were
killed and 32,585 injured in 100,557
accidents reported lo police in nine
provinces and Uie Yukon and
Northwest Territories, This compared wilh 1,316 killed, and 34,058
injured in . 102,703 reported accidents in the nine-month pariod of
1953.
Deaths declined in all produces
except Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Manitoba while injuries
dipped in all except New Brunswick. Manitoba and the Territories, Quebec makes n0 report to the
bureau.
In Newfoundland deaths fell to
13 from 21, in Prince Edward Island to four from 10, in Ontario to
713 from 736, in Saskatchewan to
33 from 77, in Alberta to 121 from
124, in British Columbia to 134 from
136, and in the Yukon and Northwest Territories to three from sis.
In Nova Scotia deaths climbed to
110 from 77, in New Brunswick to
76 from 72 and in Manitoba to 81
from 57.
In Newfoundland the number injured declined to 402 from 414, in
Prince Edward Island to 103 from
165, in Nova Scotia to 1,801 from
1,842, in Ontario to 17,380 from 17,-
668, in .Saskatchewan to 1,828 from
2,275, in Alberta to 2,627 from 2,938.
and in British, Columbia lo 4,937
from 5,454.
In New Brunswick thc number
injured increased to 1,251 from
1.074,,.in Manitoba to 2,165 from
2,153, and in the Yukon and Northwest Territories to 91 from 75.
here will havc had about six
months training.
Tho "A" class submarine Astute
Is expected ht Halifax in mid-
March, the Ambush in mid-May
and thc Alderney sometime' in
July.
The group wilt havc headquar
ters here undar* Cmdr. \V. T, J.
Fox, a Royal Navy officer respon
sible to Rear Admiral Roger E. S.
nidwell, flag officer Atlantic coast.
Admiral Fawkes said eventually T
war* might he delayed for as long
as twn years. •
. "The China of today is united
ns never before; shc feels her
power and thinks she is hacked up
hy Russia. . . . Whether wc like
it or not, we have lo reckon with
that situation."
This is a high school yearbook
photo of Ann Yarrow, 25-year-old
Ncw York University F'tudcnt who
was found murdered In a friend's
Ncw York apartment.
Canoe Rate On
■
Frozen St.
Lawrence River
QUEBEC (CP) —St. Lawrence
river islanders, who are staging a
"canoe race" in the ice-packed
river channel between 'Quebec and
Levis Feb. 20 don't want any help
from icebreakers.
Capt. Raymond Duval, one of the
national harbors board.-said Thursday an Icebreaker will stand by
at a precautionary measure during
thc two-mile race—from Levis to
Quebec and back—but will not cut
a pathf or the hardy contestants.
Organizers of the race say'giant
ice floes that often hurl' 1,200-ton
ferry boats four" and five miles off
course don't bother the islanders.
Their -"canoes" are 18 feet long,
about thc size of a small lifeboat,'
and are equipped with sled run-
nsrs.
at the earliest, in 18 months*-
about two-thirds of lhe subs' crews
will ba Canadians.
Some of the Canadians training
In Britain will remain tttere on
loan to tlie Royal Navy. Others
"will'be sent/rom Canada for-submarine training on rotation.
PAID BY CANADA
Britons on the three' submarines
to be loaned tu Canada, tlie Royal
Navy's 6lh Submarine Squadron,
will he paid by Canada at Royal
Navy rates but Uic men will receive bonuses-tn^-bring their pay
up to Canadian levels. -
One-Pound
Baby Dies
MONTREAL (CP)—A one-pound
girl, perfectly formed in every respect but only the size of an adult's
hand, died in hospital Thursday
after holding shakily nn to life for;
seven days.
Officials at the Children's Mcm-|
orial Hospital listed thc cause of;
death as "prematurity."
Marie, as sha was named by
nurses who kept vigil over her incubator since Friday, was born to
Mrs. Yvon Gohier at her suburban
Cote St. Luc homc. Tha baby was
three months premature.
The infant was transferred hastily to hospital and was in an incubator 45. minutes after birth.
Montreal doctors said it was the
first instance they knew of a child
her size livinig for any length of
time. Marie measured only 11
inches long and her arms were the
size of an adult's little finger. Shc
weighed one pound three ounces at
birth.
- During .the last few days -Marie
was fed a milk formula by a tube
inserted through hcr. mouth and
into, thc stomach.
Shoots Two
Children, Tries
End Own Life
STREAMSTOWN, Alta, (CP)-A
station agent was undcr police
guard in critical condition in hospital at nearby Lloydminstcr
Thursday and his two children
were dead as results of shootings
which police described as a double
murder and a suicide attempt.
Chester Matson, the 30-year-old
father, suffered ,22-calibre bullet
wounds iu his chest and head.
Christine, a lwo-year-ol |
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