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Churchill Giv Of Plans For

By JAMES F. KING

LONDON (AP) - Sir Winston Cliurchill celebrated his with birth- 111'. Tuesday with I tear and I .m',;e - and nary a hint that he ,-..g any immediate intention.of ,-i ling. He said, in fact, "I hope 1 s'lll have some services to ren- .lrr”

A surge of emotion swept Britain ,h tributes to the prime minister

even overshadowing the royal pngealllry Iccompanylng Q u e e n Fl:z.abetii'I opening of a new ses- POM of Parliameiit. which, by co- .:. idriice. fell on the same day. And friends ovcrseas. even some r or the Iron Curtain, poured in for a birthday fund ivhich .".-mis said may well top a mil- pounds. Presented with I Hm-que for ci50,000 as "a token on unt,” the prime minister an- unced the money will be used found the "Winston Churchill . 'lirlay trust” for museum and ziaixtaible purposes.

Po the Old Man who has gained -- --ii.'. of the world's greatest hon- iw tlic day was "the most me-

--n;-able occasion of my public

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t.llliI?TEI) EVERYVVHERE

l yuliwre Churchill went on ..io inriiiday iuunds he was greeted i i'hCPl'lIlg crowds of various pol- frclings - many as visibly 1': lilnisclf. --i his i-iilleiigiics in lwllilit! he has served 52 (”liurciiill confessed: "I am

"Ti 5-. .-.ri-iiliciincd by two emotions ji':ilO and humility - and I can't wii which dominates.

And its political friend and ice row in v..sli him health and many ll -EP )l'.'llS. the old Conserv.t:ve in, llll'.”(l up and iiimle one of .i.s iarr icfcreiices to his age.

"Larl,n.-2 and gcntlcmcii." he said xll.ll l(”llS glistening in. his blue Pins, "'1 am ncx nearing the end my ,lOliIill(l.l. I hope I still have

Slmlff 51' IO liCIldPl'. However iiia' ma, and whatever may befall. I am sure I shall never

forget the rmrition of this day." Fol mill.oi:r. of Britons it was I real l.iIllil'. ll.l'lilflll)' party-a day of iciiiiiiisi ..crs, .1 day of pride ll!t')' slinrril lliill the man who led

IllN'll to victory in the Second World ll'.ii. SIGN AGAIN

The lllli.'llPfl um bent sounding

'hc iln:-ch"-ilfvt-d:isli victnry slgiiallnic

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-. -iii-or ria;.s ccliond again 'ii:n.i:iivi.ii thc lniirl. And Churchill ii mcrt giving his two-finger "V" sirzr.

ii as a typical Englisli day for

Poet Laureate Pays Tribute To Churchill

"'-flit, inriitcivu - The Times ' it i iiiiblisiicrl a norm by John 1' irirld. britaiifs poet laureate, . 'lltl”:' of Sir Wiiistou Churchlll's' i-Vii bii-tlitlav. l

I The poem, entitled: "On They V"'ll Of a Great Man," reads: :: iiimi. in zlrirkncss. saw; ill ilniihiings. led; . in (l.'lll'.”"l', did; in uttermost rlrwpair It

snniio, uilh a hope that made the midnight fair. The world he saved "Inc on his head."

calls blesa- I

Reports Plans To Make

South Africa

. 1' R ET 0 it I A, South Africa- Tlruierst-Joliannes Strildom. in s first public appearance as i'.mF' minister. said Tuesday night pic iillimate object of his National- lmtv is to make the union fl - '-'ililic. : 3'i'i,ldom. chosen by Natinnallstl .:s. lcadcrs as prime ministeiyl Fiirsdny to succeed retiring 80- mr-old Daniel Malan, spoke at a imtv function. South Africa now has dominion

-znriia within the British oom- iwiiiiealth, Sirlldomga 61-year-old former

Ostrich farmer and Nationalist l'"'.v "strong man". was chosen

Coming Events

"Reserve I December 3rd. Fireman's Ball. It Montague.

"D . llvi 1-Il mdufice Mi aw at every

for

"Unloading our of coal Tuesday and Wednesday. Milton station. Norris Kitaon.

"Dance Mount Stewart Memor- lj.l Hall tonight. canteen. Burns l ccheatra.

"'Your Saturday night Jamboree. -Win wiitshire. Thursday, Dec- fmber 2nd. .

"Come to the Carleton Siding School Concert in Auditorium, lggrrmber 22nd. Admlssio we and

f'DInce. Nest Royalty Hall ll '4nudav- Rollie Mackenzie-a' lgglliutra. Canteen service. no to

"We will load chicken Ind ,'Wl it my yard Thursday. Dec. -- larger lot: can arrange pick up. KP Drlccr paid, Joe Grant. hourla.

as No Hint Retirement

the anniversary of the man hailed by orItorI u "the greatest living linglishman"-overcast and i-Iiny with the sun peeping through It times.

Debonair in I frock eoIt and bow tie, Churchill went with other members of the House of Commons to the House of Lords.

Founded 1872 WN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1954

Maritime Provinces

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In that regal setting he heard the Queen outline his government's program for the next 1: months in the speech from the throne.

KEEPS UP FAST PACE

Showing no signs of tiring, Churchill kept going at I flst pace (Continued on Page 3 col. 3)

Pai'lia- R

RepodsSPr-o-grless On Trans-Canada Highway Good

,0TTAWA (CF)-Federal-provfm cisl tourist officials were told Tuesday that although the 5.000-

mile trans-Canada. highway is only oiie-third completed. good pro- gress is being made and Canada

of road for its money.

A report on progress of the highway was made to the federal- provinclal tourist conference by . M. Bullock of the trsns-Can- ridn liigliway division of the pub- ilic works dcpzirlmciit.

He said most being made on the Prairie prov- inces but construction in moun- tslnous British Columbia and some parts of Ontario and the

limit and slower.

Ho said,54 miles of 74 miles of road in Prince Edward Island has been paved. Nova Scotia has graded six of 370 miles and was surveying; New Brunswick hart gradcd 58 and paved 51 miles of 1308 milcs of road and Ontario hail paved a good number of miles of

H'I)'.

Man Missing In N. B. Woods

led a scarch Tuesday for John

day afternoon. When he left other hunters It I camp, Rice wore heavy clothlng and carried mat- clics and A rifle but no food.

is gelling the best possible kind

rapid progress is

Allfinlie provinces was more dil-

'lt-i 1.400-mile share of the hlgll-'

FREDEIRICTON (CF) -- RCMP for service in the Z4-storey

Shown left to right as

Club.

Tallest Vancouver Building Damaged

VANCOUVER. rcpt .- A two- nlarm fire Tuesday caused an as- :imatcd 5100.000 damage to an ele- vator shaft and three floors of the Marine Building, Vancouvei-'s tall- est.

The blaze knocked out all cler- s 5'-

scrapper. namperlng firemen who

y c, middle-aged resident of Wlr-i were forced to clamber up 15 flights ral who has been lost in woods; of stairs to battle the blaze. About north of Half Moon lake since Mon-i 1.500 office

workers also were forced to trudge up flights of stairs to their jobs.

The fire started in shaft on the 15th floor.

an elevator

"An estimated total of six hund- red poles were snapped off during the storm of soft snow wind on Monday night.” Mr. Don Gass. manager of the Island Tele- Dholl" Company said last. night. "We lost 389 poles between the city nnd Summcrside on the Malpeque Road i-oute and 28 between the same points via Borden. Fourteen poles were levelled between the city and Montague but only one pole on the Soul-is route. The dam-

as new prime minister when Malan sent his resignation to the gover- nor-general. He is an advocate of race segregation.

HAVENGA RETIIIES

N. C. Havenga. moderate rival to Strildom. announced after his de- feat Tuesday that he would quit and retire to his farm.

strijdom said the problems of South Africa are increasing and he

realizes that the responsibility which rests on his shoulders is great-.

Among these problems the native question is one of the most import- ant. he said.

The Nationalist party always pur- sued in policy of justice and fair- nels toward all sections of the population - English - speaking. Afrikaans-Speaking. Africans and other non-whites. he said.

He gave an assurance that this policy would continue to be ap- plied Ind would continue when south Africa becomes I republic.

TO FORM GOVIINMINT

Earlier 'niudIy Clovernor-Clam eral Ir-nest Janun officially In- nounced the resignation of Malan after six years of office Ind said he had summoned Strljdom to form A government.

Havenga, finance minister, who '

was MIlIn'I persoml preference for premier. told reporters: "I Im finished-my task is finished."

only seven minutes were spent on atrl,ldom'I election It the NI- tionalist caucua meeting Imr HI- vengI's withdrawal. The rest of the meeting was devoted to tributes to both candidates.

Observers consider south Africa's politlcIl future under Btrildom may be more resolute than under Melon. although basically with the lame racial aegregltlon and republican

Prince Edward Island in the wake

Telephone Company Estimates 600 Poles Down After Monday's Storm

ago on the Wood islands. Kinkora and New London circuits have not

and high been assessed. nor has there been a

check.up on the rural lines. which

it is believed have Ilso suffered extensive damage. - Special equipped trucks with

trained linemen arrived last even- ing on loan -from the Maritime Tcleplione and Telegraph Co. at Halifax to assist. the local skilled personnel in restoring the service at the earliest possible moment. The local men and also those on loan will continue on a rourid-tlie- clock schedule until the work is completed. .

In addition to the pole loss, there is great wire damage and also damaged phones which will have to be replaced.

In the city more than two hund- red phones are out of order and an equal number at Summerslde. It is feared that the same condition exists in the rural areas.

Communication was maintained all day yesterday by microwave from Charlottetown to all Mainland points. Communication with sum- merslde is expected to be restored on I temporary basis early today.

The Maritime Electric Company mobile equipment force although not confronted with the pole loss and wire confusion experienced by

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ian Club; Lieutenant Governor T. W. L. Prowse; Prince Edward Island; Hon. D. L. MacLaren, Lieutenant Governor and special speaker at the banquet; Mr. Blair MacDonald, Chief of the Calcdonian

they attended the Saint Andrew's Day banquet at the Cha'r- lottetown Hotel last night, are Hon. Dougald MacKinnon, vice-president of the Caledon-l

Scolsmen Honor Memory of Patron Saint Al Enjoyabe Dinner Function

"The Dal and 'A Wha Honor 1!" was iiitingiy observed by the Calc- doiilaii Club when their 130th ali- iiivcrsary of Saint Andrew ecle- bratloii took place last night at the Cliarlottetowii Hotel. A Scottish ai- mosplicrc made prevalent. by thc skirt of the pipes and the aroiiin oi iiaggis was augumeiitcd further by .1 stirring speech from tho Licutcn- :.llL Governor of New Bruiiswick. Hon. D. L. MacLaren who rcplicii to the toast proposed in "The Dayh

”A Saint Andrews night is no ordiiiiii-y affair," said Goveriior MacLai'cii, who pointed out that although Scotland 15 only la mort- speck on the map of the world, thc lxlllgdoln of Scotland which is :n the hearts of her sons extends all over the earth." Alid on this Saint Andrew night in every quarter of the xzlobe, her children and llICll' desendiints pay loving tribute to their mother country and all she means to them," he said. ,

l-Ion. Dougald MacKinnoii was toastmastcii for the occasion and had seated with him at the head table: Lt. Governor and Mrs. T. W. L. Prowse: Premier A. W. Mathe- son and Mrs. Mathcson: Lt. Gov- smor of New Brunswick. Hon. D. L. MacLaren; Mr. and Mrs. Blair MacDonald; Dr. 1.. W. Shaw; Rcv. Harold Brown and Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Dougald Macklnnon: Dr. W. .l.P. MacMllian; Mr. and Mn, wu. fred MscLeod.

GREETINGS READ

DUNHK the banquet. Dr. L W. Shaw read greetings from several other Clubs including the North British Society atl-lallfax: the Calcdonian Society. Cape Brrton; the College of St. Annes. Blacks H3Fb0UI3 N.B.: Saint Andrew's Soc- iety; and from the Saint Andrew's and Caledonian Societies of wt... NI)!-'8. Montreal. VEIICOlil'flll. Pei- roila, Ont., Toronto, Charlestown. South Carolina: Quebec City, He. Rina. st. John, N. B.. FliedClilf'lOll. N. B., LaPlatte, Argentina, flari- mouth, N.S.

Hon. A. W. Matheson, Premier of

At St. Andrews Banquet Last Night

of New Brunswick

Barter's Film Lab.

tho lmiqu.-t hall l.)l' Mr. Neil A. Mallicsnii. M.P., was piped in by Piper Bruce MacLaren.

Di”. L. W. Show gave the address to the hacgls from the immortal words of the Poet Burns. Previous to glvliiiz the actual address DY. Shaw gate a very interesting rte..- cripiion of how this crremony ori- giiiatccl. The story told is that Burns while visiting with R neigh-

Prince

OTTAWA, (CP)-The Maritime provinces have urged in new examination of Canada's transport problems as a first step in the development of a national transpogtation policy. '

The Maritime Transportation Commission made the recommendation to a royal commission investigating agreed charge contracts between Canadian railways and shippers. Agreed charges are special low contract rates given by the railways in return for a guaranteed percentage of a

shippei"s business.

Rand H. Matheson. executive manager of the commission, said Canada's transportation picture has changed since the last investigation by I royal commission between 1948 and 1951. The changes included in- creased competition between the railways and trucks. the bid of the! railways for greater freedom in setting rates. actual rate wars be- tween carrlers and the delegation. to the provinces of control over in-1 ter-provincial motor vehicle trans- port.

ANOTHER COMMISSION

Th investigation. Mr. Matheson said,' could be carried out by an- other royal commission or some. other investigating body It was al matter of studying the transports-l tion picture in order to decide a proper transportation policy whichi would be equitable in all parts of. the country.

”it appears to this commission that changed conditions...tvill re-i quire very soon a more searching analysis than that which appears

erence of this royal Mr. Matheson said.

commission,"

proposals for a great relaxation of control and the highly competitive situation which has been develop- ing with its actual rate wars and clisturblnc consequences emphasize the need for a most careful study in the public. interest.

STUDY DATA

Such a study rvqllll'9.l velopment and assembling of all the relevant statistical data pos- sible to asist in understanding and more coiiiplctcly assessing the ef- fects oi i-air: increases and rrduct-

the ac-

rected to more balanced conditions

bowing familv of Monisons was sop in relation to transportation than

. H 1 d .m me mg L Served) that which obtains today." - . rho,” ",,:ai';, Lawn md pegnimd mc;gMr. Matlieson said the Maritime

words that since the rcremnny be- can have hccn used at Saint And- i'cu"s dinners. Dr. Shaw observed flint Burns in all probability did not. realize that so much import- ancc would be attached to this one or lils poems.

During the banquet and lll'Il1lf'dl- atcly following I delightful pro- gramme of piping dancing and singing was carried out. It consist- cd of pipe selections by Georgie Fraser and Barry MacGllllvray: vocal selection by Mr. Charles Craig. Seanii Thuibhas by Evclyii

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Solvcidyslery Distress Call

HALIFAX (CF)-A niystery ship reported in distress off Newfound- land Tuesdiiy has turned out to be si British freighter which sank huii-- dreds of miles away earlier in the dai.

RCAF search and rexciio centre here said the mistakeii position oc-

Expect Rccml Finals Today

WINDSOR, N.S. (CPI---Election officials said Tuesday they prob- ably will have completed by early Wednesday a recount of ballots cast in the Nov. 18 Hsnts Elast provinc- ial by-clcctinn which ended with two candidates tied.

The recount was begun Tuesday hcforr-. Hants county court Judgr B. W. Roscoe. It was requested by Progressive Conservative Ernest Ettinger who lost out when the re- turning officcr gave his tie-break- ing vote in Liberal Alfred Reid.

Officials said Mr. Reid held it one-vote load at the close of count- ing Tuesday but the figure was not regarded as indicative of the out- come.

The two wound up deadlocked with 2.26!) Votes each. The CCF candidate trailed far behind.

to be dii'ect.ed by the terms of ref-l

l . ” ''Moi'eovei', the rallways' general

ions and thus lead to measures di-l

provinces do not oppose agreed charge contracts as a temporary measure to assist the railways to increase their revenues. However. no agreed charge contract should be allowed to adversely affect the ability of the Marltimcs to com.- pete for markets in other arcas of Canada.

Missingnlhinlcr Is Found Safe

HALIFAX (CF)-A naval chief petty officer who had been miss- ing on a hunting trip since Mon- day morning was found Tuesday alive and unharmed in woods at nearby Mooscland.

John Butters, 32, of Selmah, N.S.. was found by three civilian search- ers.

The RCMP, ta 19-man naval party and a naval helicopter had hunted for Butters.

Has Epidemic 0f " Whooping Cough

1 l-IORNI-JPAYNE, oni., tCPl--Di". yit. H. Malcolm, medical officcr of licalth, snirl Tuesday an epidemic of u'll.Ol'IplIlK (tough in this town 175 miles north of Sault. Ste.

VCl3versi- Edward Island

Like The Dow,

" PRICE as

uggest New eview OF Transport Problems

Six Wire Fence Firms Accused Of Fixing Prices

OTTAWA (CPI -- The restric- tive trade practices commission charged Tuesday that wire fencv prices were fixed illegally for aboir 20 years and accused six compan- ies, virtually the entire industry. of having participated in the al legcd combine.

The three - man anti-combines body. in a report to Justice Min- ister Garsnn. said it appears that the combine was formally dis- solved in mid-1952. but that some: of its characteristics have contin- ued. becoming imbedded as a trade custom.

lt suggeatcrl ri court order be oh. tamed, barring the companies, in- cluding two of Canada's top steel companies. from exchanging in- I'xlI'I'I'IFlil0l'i or engaging in other Ic- tivities which might in any way lead to a resumption of the restric- tive practices. Mr. Garson said he will announce the governments de- cision later. ,

Named in the 116-page report, product of some four years of in- vestigation ancl study. were:

The Steel Company of Canaiin. Ltd. of Hamilton and Montreal, anrl its subsidiary. Frost Steel and. Wire Co. Ltd, Hamilton: Domin- ion Steel and Coal Corporation Ltd. of Sydney. N S . and Montreal. and its subsidiary. Canadian Steel Coi- pnration Ltd. of Ojibway, Ont: New Brunswick Wire Fence Co. Ltd. of Monclon; and Lundy Fencn Co. Ltd. of Toronto.

The commission said the six companies controlled almost the. entire Canadian production of wira fence, used extensively by farmeit: and substantially by schools and.

iMaric has reached the Ff'll.lCv'Il. utago, ; Si-liool llilsofls anti tlieatrrs lvric, li'l0SI'fl and Christina: parties and Sunday schools cancelled. Dr. Malcolm is lhc only physician in tho 1.800-person community. p 1 No deaths have occurred bllll Dr. Mrilrnlni said the epidemic iii out of proportion to other ,vI'ni'.-. lie sairl there are 150 cases of uhooping cough, many complicat- ed by chicken pox. liver infer-I tion and yellow jaundice. There was aim an outbreak of nioaslo;

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autumn, lack of works and poor lfor the trouble.

proper water-I sewage. facilities-

Continue To Drop

flex for wholesale prices in Canada dropped a point in October to its lovmst level since July, 1950.

The bureau of statistics reported

riecl.ned to 214.3 from 2l5.3 in September, continuing a steady drop which begaln the first of the year. The index, a mid-month figure taken as the month's aver- age, is based in 1935-39 prices equalling 100. i

curred because of an error in radio- nicssages giving the ships posltionl

The ship really vias the 7.373-tonl Trcslillinii. v i i- t i in of hiirricanei winds in the Irish sc.-i. '

But earlier in the day ships and! planes were alerted to look for tlicl ”.lulien". reported in distress 260 miles east of Newfoundland

The ".liilieii" was at thr saiiie north position as the Ti-csilllaii but

The Haggis which was borne to

her west position was jumbled anrll thus placed her off Newfoundland.

FREAK STORM PLASTERS SOME AREAS WITH SNOW

Hurricane ' Winds

s-r. JOHN'S. Nfld.. (GP)-A freezln north Atlantic snow storm born off the Non scotlI coast slammed into southern Newfound- iiina late mieedav and m-rlne areas reported Isles raachlnl 95 miles an n ur. i

The frea hurricane-force' dis- turbance plastered st. Johns and

Gander, in central Newfoundland. C

with swirling clouds of snow. Ar- gentia, on the south coast, reported skies clear.

The weather office It Halifax said the galas were expected to in- crease in intensity-

MO POLPZS DOWN

The storm made I boa-HM Icron the Gulf of St. Lawrence after chewing through communica- tions in the mainland Atlantic provinces. An estimated 400 tele- phone poles were reported down in