if Maxims of if

More Man

"Democracy means not '1 am as good as you are'. You an as good as I am'."

10 PAGII

Wood Alcohol Blamed

but

47 Sailors From Carrier Poisoned

IAIJFAX (CF)-A dozen weary naval doctors and teams of nurses Sunday night continued their round-the-clock efforts to aid 47 sailors who drank dupllcatln ma-

chine fluid at a party riday night aboard the aircraft carrier Magnificent. -

The fluid contained a large per- centage of deadly methyl alcohol.

Seven of the men were on the danger list and seven were listed as seriously ill. The other 33 re- mained in liiapital.

A naval doctor has been quoted as saying that as little as an ounce of methyl. or wood. alcohol could have "serious conse- quences."

No IIJNDNESS REPORTED

Traditionally a ny o n e drinking methyl alcohol went blind, if he lived.

However doctors at the hospital at Stadacona naval base here. where the men are being treated. said late Sunday there has been no cases of blindness. They said if there were none within as hours after the party. believed to have started about 10 p. m. Friday. there probably would be no loss of eyesight.

The II naval doctors worked in eonsultation with Dr. D. H. Ton- ning. a Halifax specialist in inter- nal medicine. They fought the ef- feats of the poisonous cocktails by injecting acids into the veins of the stricken sailors.

158 Ill ITATEMENT

Sunday afternoon they issued the Inllowing statement:

”Naval doctors said at I230 this afternoon that they are encouraged by the fact that the patients are showing some improvement, but it is. of course. still too early to say any more."

Naval sources said there was no apparent reason for the party. but it was reported that some of the sailors were under stoppage of leave and confined to ship.

DETAILS ICA NTY

Details of the actual fling are scanty ending a ship's investiga- tion te made by officers of the Magnificent this morning.

Some repoitrltsbsaig the lzongigctlon was prepare ggulflo; mg: V who 1 me.

no 0 e ttl a :1 . fluid used for :i..i'ii".":?-ol.w3ii stencils for duplicating mschlneg.

Th! navy said most of the sailors Ilinarently did not know what they

whether the cocktails were con- tained to one mess or distributed

WN, CANADA, MONDAY, JANUARY 1956

EISENHOWER wiii ASK TODAYFOR us: or AMERICAN FORCES AT FORMOSA

about the ship.

ALL WATCHES KEPT

TWO Petty officers were involved but the rest of the victims were in the lower ratings.

-All watches were kept Friday night and early Saturday. The first case was not reported until about 10 a. .m. The first symptom was drowsiness.

About 40 of the men were Wlmdad UP by early Saturday af- ternoon and the remaining seven came in following appeals broad- cast by radio stations.

The 18.000-ton Magnificent re- 2lh months training cruise to Van- couver.

Partial List Of Sailors On Carrier Poisoned

HALIFAX (CP)AFollowing is a partial list of sailors poisoned aboard the aircraft carrier Mag- nificent Friday night by drinking punch containing methyl alcohol. Next of kin have been notified.

Dangerously ill:

S Douglas Brukholder, Stouffville Ont: P0 Mnynard Johnson, Vic- toria: LS Fraser Way. Colchester, 0nt.: AB Robert Mur hy, Athens, 0nt.: AB Raymond arry, Duo- glastown. N. B.: AB Clarence Res- sor. Toronto; AB John MacDonald, Beaverton. Ont.

Seriously ill:

OS Allan Mcl(ellar. Plaster Rock N. 3.: AB Francis Peppiatt. Kings- 10'1- 01'"--G A3 BOY Labnmbarde. Chatham. Ont; AB Pierre Freeh- ette. Quebec city; LS James Fri. ars, Saint John. N. B.; PO George Brown. Dartmouth, N. S.

In hospital:

08 Robert Patterson, Montreal; LS Joseph Lees. Springhill. N. 3; AB Ronald A. Shamess. Sudbury. 0ni.: OS Allister Arnold. Grand Falls. Nf1d.: OS Ian Hamilton. Fruitland. Ont; OS Garnet Knight. Orllli-. Ont-; AB John Mclntnsb.

Urges Hearing Be Postponed

Support of Prince Edward Island Premier-Matbeson's stand on post- poning the CNR hearing on dis- continuance of the railway's pas- senger service in the Province is given by Neil A. Matheson. Liberal MP for Queen's.

here today that he is forwarding a l""'9d W Hmf” D9C- 4 from I recommendation to the Board of Transport Commissioner- accede to the Premier's request for deferment of the hearings until the session of the P. E. I. Legislature has risen. He feels that the . , t on the part of the provincial gov- ernment ls very that the matter is of too much im- portance to be dealt with hurried- Is!

the hearing was February 14 and lb. It is believed that the Railway would not oppose a suggestion that

national employment office said Saturday the employment pic- ture is brighter than it was this time-last year.

surance through the

last year.

500 River for. six-year-old Harold New-

OTTAWA, Jan. 23. (Special) -

Mr. Matheson told The Guardian

that it

reasonable and Date suggested by the CNR for

it be postponed until May or June. Nfld. Employment Picture Brighter

ST. JOHN'S Nfld. (CF) -The

here

Figures showed there were H.390 people drawing unemployment in- nffice .com-

pared to 13,000 at the same time

Child Missing.- Neor Yormouih

YARMOUTH, N. S.. (CF;-Some vnlunieers Sunday searched

the winds around nearby Lillie

ell. lost since Saturday in freez-

Express

SUTTON COLDFIELD. England (Reuters) -At least I4 persons were killed and more than 30 in- jured when an express train ran off the rails here Sunday. Six per- sons were still trapped in the wreckage Sunday night.

The train. from York to Bristol. was diverted from its normal route through nearby Tamworth because the line was being re- paired there.

As it went through the station here, the engine left the rails and took nine of its 10 coaches with it. Police said the train was "al- most fuli."

Six of the coaches were over- turned and some were telescoped

LONDON. (AP)--Like an old war horse, Prime Minister Churchill Sunday sniffed the smoke of a new political battle arising from Bri- tain's expensive and slow-moving defence program.

In recent weeks Britons have be- gun to wonder whether something basically wrong exists in this coun- try's arms planning. Doubts have taken root among Churchill's own Conservatives as well as in the ranks of the opposition Labor party.

The whole question is expected to explode soon after Parliament reconvenes from its long Christ- mas recess next Tuesday. It is an issue full of political dynamite for the 80-year-old prime minister and he knows it.

14 Lose Lives In

Wreck

or hurled onto the platform. Part. of the station roof was torn off.

Three hours after the detail- ment, rescue workers were still cutting through the wreckage to free trapped passengers.

IIALTS SECOND TRAIN

Another accident was averted when an express coming in the opposite direction was stopped only 200 yadrs from the wreckage by a woman in blue jeans waving her arms. It would have plowed right into the derailed train.

As soon as the oncoming express halted. an appeal was made to all servicemen and people with medi- cal knowledge aboard to help form emergency rescue squads.

Churchill Sniffs Battle Over British Arms Program

In recent years Britain has con-

Uneosy Peace Settles Over Central America

By CARLOS EBCUDEBO

TEGUCIGALPA. Honduras (AP) Uncertain peace settled over ex- plosive Central America Sunday with blondy revolts apparently crushed in Costa Rica and Guate- mala. In troubled Panama. a National Assembly commission started the final week of an investigation into charges that impeached ex-presi- dent Jose Ramon Guizado was im- pljcated in the machine-gun assas- sination of his predessor. President Jose Antonio Remon. three weeks ago.

In Costa Rica the government was mopping up the few remain- ing pockets of rebel hoidouts in the rebellion that broke out Jan. 4 and which President Jose Figuercs claimed was sparked from Nicar-

agua. Gen. Anastasix) Somoza, Nicaragua's dictor-president. has denied the c h a r g e. Observers

looked nervously toward his Pacific port of Corinto where 25 F-511 Mustang fighter planes pur- chased from Sweden were being uncrated. Those planes. constitut- ing the most powerful air force in

Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew i

By JOHN M..ll1Gl!'.lOWEB WASHINGTON (AP) - President Eisenhower will ask Congress today for authority to use American armed forces in the defence of Formosa and its military approaolies. y The wording'of a resolution, prepared for introduction in House of Representatives and Senate following the presi- dent's request, is broad enough to cover: 1. The use of American wardiipe and . in evan- uating the division of 12,000 or more Nationalist troops from the Red-menaced Tacben islands. ' l 2. The use of American warships and planes. If U19 PFP-SP dent should later decide this is necessary, in helping General- issimo Chiang Kai-shek's forces defend the key approach is- lands of Quemoy and Matsu, which face the Communist har-

bors of Amoy and Foochow.

This in effect would set up two defence lines-one outer line of Nationalist-held islands including Quemoy and Maisu for which the United States might or might not fight. depending on conditions at the moment. and a primary inner line which the U. 5. would be com- mitied to defend under a treaty now awaiting Senate ratification. LINE DRAWN IN 1950

The inner line runs roughly through the middle of the Formosa strait. That is the line drawn by former president Truman back in June. 1950 when he. assigned the U. S. 7th Fleet to prevent the Reds from seizing Formosa while the United States was engaged in Ko- rea. The defence pact signed by State Secretary Dulles and Foreign Minister George Yeh last month

resolution. On the other hand he

The key islands of the forward might not. although the thinking in official quarters at the moment is that he would do so.

The proposed congressional reso- lution is based on the recognition that the Chinese Communist regime has declared its intention of invad- ing and conquering Formosa and that continuation of this outpost in friendly hands is vital to U. 5. sea- urlty in the Pacific.

China Rebuffs Cease-Fire Move: Warns The U. S.

gratulated herself on research she Central America, couid gm-ow in. has done in military aircraft-ow region's delicate political equilib- ticularly swept-wing and delta- 1-gum mic chaos,

LONDON (AP!--Thieves Friday sinle several hundred pounds worth of jewelry from the home of Chief Superintendent R o b e rt Stevens. head of Scotland Yard's fraud squad.

wing fighters.

But the Spectator. a Conserva- tive jnurnal of opinion. complained that these new fighters "have been so long in development they have become obsolcscent even before they have become operational."

Peace In Formosa Area

dangerously narrow waters of For-

Ily SPENCER. MOOSA moss strait in sailing from Manila.

Hope New Moves'Will Mean.

will confirm that line. when it is ratified. by committing the United States to the defence of Formosa and the nearby Pescadores islands.

The outer defence line is that which runs through Nationalist- held islands on the western side of the Formosa strait near the Red China coast. I

The United States has never stat- ed precisely whether it would help Chiang Kai-shek's troops defend any of these islands. LET TACIIENS G0

The administration decided about a week ago that the Tachens were not worth fighting for. Hence the

HONG KONG (Reuiers)-Com- munist China rebuffed Western suggestions for a United Nations-

ed cease-fire in the For- mosa etraits and warned the United States to pull her forces out of the area if she wants peace in the Far East.

Peiping Radio. giving the first authoritative Communist comment on mounting Far East tension. said Western cease-fire moves were "an attempt at interference in the dom- estic affairs of China and at ex- panding a g g re s s i o a under the United Nations flag." It was quot- ing th e Communist newspaper Peiping People's Daily

I his punch bowl.-

Smith Falls. Ont.; 05 Murray Ur- quhart, Hamilton. Ont; A3 Ray Middleton. London. Oht.; AB Ron. VIM, Bawtlnhaimer, Toronto; .05. ' Mltro. Ottawa; AB John lrlinbridge. Montreal, AB Gaston Fortin. Quebec City; AB Donald Blair. Embro. Ont: AB Ernest Jarvis, London. 0nt.; iAB Ray Longpre. Windsor. Oni.; Ls John

W911 drinking. It was not known

Six Killed In Two R. C.A. F. - Plane Crashes On Saturday

EDMONTON (OP)-Six persons were killed Saturday in two RCAF plane crashes. one in Alberta and the other in Manitoba.

A Mitchell bomber crashed 28 miles southwest of Edmonton after witnesses said. it struck a ferry eable strung across the north sas- katehewan river. The three oc- Wnants were killed.

men Saturday night as: F0. Dou. llas Merrill Ward of Edmonton, the pilot; F0. Richard Grant Of- ficer of Vancouver. engineer. and F0. John Kutyn of Edmonton. navigator.

Seine Floods Of Acres In,

PARIS. (AP)--The normally peaceful seine bucked and tore at brldlizes and parapets Sunday. It flooded tens of thousands of acres around this city.

In some. places the water raced '10"! two feet or more above street level. held in check by bsrrlcadea of steel and concrete erected in past years and now be- Olns raised to inset still further increases in the river level ex- pected today. .

Paris' great buildings are not in dlnser but water has flooded into the Palace of Justice. in one tower

Coming Events

"Skatln to Rink . an 10' g night Crapaud

CO I-fall.”-lceii?:ryu1iAt.ll. ' V”-Mn enters the Seine below Paris. has aeD.nc. In Form" - ml .4 also over-flowed its banks. "Me! tum. svscvs-rs: iussinsm-s "Rumsn essie. Trinitiw 03113031 Police barred all rsons from M-Ir. I o' act. the Seine river near the

to;'iC;:d party Dunstaffnage school I I:N tonilht. West

"Card party

R0i'aity ball. Everybaiy welcome. "Reserve March as-so-so. Kins-

men Greatest Variety !how,P.W.C.

"N85 arrived. mixed. car of Him: I! Grower. area. and B-rl-v is W. l. lowmsa.

"Variety Concert. Millview Hall. Wettneed . January sun. all. six- cellent teem. Iponsored by selli- view W. I.

at time meat blend, was flooded.

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F0. Officer was on active serv- ice. The other two were air force reserve members.

Early Saturday morning. three airmen died when an RCAF Beech- craft Expediter crashed in in field 20 miles south of Winnipeg.

The pilot of the plane was iden- tified as F0. C. R. Jones, 22,

. C. The others were a NATO student identified as acting PO. Edward Erich Nash of London, England. and another student. be- lieved to be from France. whose name was withheld pending nn- tlfication of next-of-kin.

of which Queen Antoinette was imprisoned. A few bridges had to be closed to traffic.

The river rose about 10 inches during the night and was expected to go up another several inches by morning. it is already the highest water since 1924.

Streets of hundreds of villages and towns In France are full of water, for the flood is not con- fined to the Seine itself. There is high water on every major river system. from north to south. An estimated 200 factories. with a total of 50,000 workers. will not be able to open today because of flood conditions.

The Marne.whlch pours into the Seine above Paris. has spilled over its banks, spreading over thousands of acres of lowland and forcing thousands of villagers out of their homes. The Oise, which

ions service corps have been cail- h ed in to help move people an: 1, an n

F and a group of missing from the group when it came out at noon.

ians. Yarmouih

vale aircraft from Yarmuuth Fly-, ing Club.

Church At Milton. N. S. Destroyed

wooden frame Baptist church at nearby Milton fire a few gr:-izaiinii was due to arrive Sun- day morning.

the furnace room. The church had recently been s2.500 , I was expected in cover part of the Th. no”. he" kkmmed the vavhosef father lives in Chilliwatk. 1055. -

TwoT)rowned In N. S. Lake

ans .Jr.. 21. pulled his father and uncle from a gaping hole in the

5 ice of a nearby lake Sunday. then watched in helpless horror as his brother and a Ll

in 87 feet of frigid water.

Plains. about 18 miles from here. were taking a shortcut across his; Pockwock lake to the lumber camp where they worked.

pound supply sled smashed through the thin ice when they were about 300 yards from shore. All but Garvey were plung- ed into the wateo.

an improvised lifeline. threw it to the his 55-year-old father and 42-year- old uncle Wesley to solid ice.

Carl Smith. 29. were drowned and their bodies were not recovered.

through the W;-inch-thick ice and

begin dragging operations Mon- day.

Seek Sanctuary In So. Viet Nam ' Ragged Refugees Flee Communists

ing weather. The child entered the woods ' ' I .wmi hie. mac!

other boys but 'was

include RCMP. civil- firemen and re- serve soldiers. assisted by a pri-

Searchers

LIVERPOOL, N. S.. (CP) - A

was destroyed by hours before the con- Fircmcii said the fire slaricd in

and a insurance

renovated organ installed.

HALIFAX (CP) -Garvey Rom-

panion drowned

The five men. all of Hammonds

Their weight and that of a 200- they hauled

He tied his jacket and shirt into

struggling men. and pulled Perry John Romans. Iii. and

Men in boats will cut their way

HEAVY CRITICISM lgtrfgur. ears -Britain ffarhpent ” " E 000.000.000 ou--de- fence. Churtililliv ha been is power three years and three months of that time.

On public platforms and in the press. critics have begun hammer- ing away at this theme: For all that money Britain has a cut down navy lwith a large part of its per- sonne shore bound. an army with no clear sense of what sort of war- fare to prepare for and. worst of all. in air force burdened with old- fashioned planes.

Admiral Sir Louis Hamilton. chairman of the navy league. re- cently callleld ii: aeaiag building program. e c arg e govern- ment has allowed thel navy "to run down to an ebb ower than ever before in living memory."

QUESTIONED NAVY FUTURE Field Marshal Viscount Montgo- mery has questioned whether nav- les have any future in the world of atomic and hydrogen bombs.

TORONTO (CP) - A hotelman "has to be a diplomat 24 hours a day and still retain enough vitality to instill the personal element in his operations." says Jack J. Jonh- son. who ran the biggest hotel in the Commonwealth for 20 years. He retired Jan. I as manager of Toronto's Royal York.

Halifax Man

PHOENIX. Arlz. (AP) - Mrs. Patricia Jane Milavec. 22. Phoe- nix. also known as Jatrlcia Jane McGinn. was in Jail here Sunday for investigation of assault with a deadly weapon after a reported "double life" shooting.

Joseph S. Tremblay, 40, Halifax, a uranium prospector. was the in- tended vlctim. police said. He suf- fered only powder burns although the gun was held next to his chest. investigating officers said posi- tion of the gun prevented Tremb- lay from being killed. in piecing together the story. officers said Tremblay and Mrs. Milavec had dated several times but the wealthy Canadian did not know she was married.

ly CORLEY SMITH

HAIPHONG. Indochina (Rin-

ters)--Ragged refugees from Viet- minh Communist rule have -told

ow near-starvation. forccl labor nd constant pressure of prop- ganda and brsl washing drove

around floor -p-rtmeim in WI them to leave their villages and seek sanctuary in nonCommunist

some parts of Paris downstream souu-, vm Nun.

irons the Eiffel are at; (set or below high water. it would em has a lake. use lease

tnrdli the cathedral. itself oh any

two IOIIOIIS

Litre most of the 000.000 refugees

if the who already have fled the Commu- turl nist - dominated north. men and women messed at this northern down- evacuation post new are chiefly Notre Dune tventout poor people--peasants. summon.

and the base- coolles and small storelreepe

rs. Nearly all the refugees fled They were so

TAIPEH. Formosa (AP)-Three U. carriens and other warships ay 'steasned"toward the invas; ,lon neced Tachen u islands to ewa orders in cover the evacua- tlon of the Nationalist Chinese gar- rison.

The evacuation is to be carried out as part of a deal by which the United States will help to de- fend some other offshore National- lst islands. a reliable source said.

The informant added that the U.S. warships. now all within a days sailing time of the Tacbens. 200 miles north of Formosa. are ready for action in the event the Communists try to interfere.

The perilous nature of the waters into which the warships are mov- ing was emphasized by a report of an attempted landing by a small Communist Chinese force on the Matsu island group northwest of Formosa.