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, Vol. 62.   No. 33
ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND;     FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1955
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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*,
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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 •»•
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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
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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. -
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"! 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."
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