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LONDON. (AP)-Britain's big. gest airborne mercy mission seat so helicopters swirling over a desolate "white hell" in northern Scotland Wedneaiay. dropping mod and medical aid for thousands or isolated villagers.

Ellwbesns across the continent battle snowdrifts, floods and land. slides caused by the lug; ween bliazards. storms and floods took at least 20 lives, and piled up property damage running into the millions.

U.s. airmen in "Mae West" life- jackets pushed rubber ran. through chill floodwatcrs to rgg. cue stranded Germans from homes in the zen district. Sweden had a rash of hit-and-run accidents-i on roads reduced to ribbons be- tweeni 12-foot anowbanks.

British air force transports joined navy helicopters and eh. 13,000-ton aircraft carrier Glory in Scotland's giant "Operation Snowdrop". By dusk Wedneday night they had dropped food for It. villages, plus tons of hay for sheep and cattle.

CALLS POUR IN

Helicopters brought out at least six sick "persons from anowbound homeateads. among them two ma. temity cases and an ll-year-old boy with pneumonia,

Police at Wick. the nerve centre of the operation, said:

"We are getting distress calls practically every minute from wide)y scattered areas-almost too mlatrlty for the helicopters to cope w ."

In f" .., headquarters of Care, the privately financed Am- ei'ican aid group. sent nearly 200 2!-pound food packages into the north's "front line." I

A freak smog cloud brought central London a "false nightfall" for the second time this week.

The cloud slowed traffic to a crawl. Birds roasted in Hyde park trees. then broke out into a chorus

Tear Gas Brings Jail Rioters Under Control

at -gas brniiizlii. a group of rlotln prison- er: under control Wednesday after lhr',)' became trapped in the food slorcroom of the provincial jail at Fort Saskatchewan. 20 miles north- west of Edmonton.

The sioreroom was wrecked and set on fire by the prisoners who also smashed all the windows in the prison's kitchen. The distur- bance was brought under control within a half hour.

Reporters. refused entry to the iall. were told by deputy warden

when the cloud lifted. The smoke made breathing difficult and re- vived memories of the i952 smog that health authorities said was a contributing factor in the death of 4,000 people. But lss than two miles from the city's murky cen- tre an Italy-England soccer match was played out under the bright winter .sun.

A slight thaw helped Scottish rescue efforts and improved road conditions. But Wednesday night the big freeu came back and all British roads were reported dan- gerous except in southern Eng- land.

Weather Data For Recent Years

There has been considerable speculation among citizens'as to the mildness of the present winter and how it compares with those that have preceded it. Major D. Pg Tierney of the Marine Section. Department of Transport reports that in 1049 theiharbour froze up for the winter. on the 26th of January; so that the weather will have to remain mild for al- most another week before that record will be surpassed.

,The Major keeps a log book for every day of the week and itshows that previous to that date in Jan- uary 1949. the temperatures ranged from 40 to 4 degrees above zero but on the 26th when the ther- mometer took a drop to zero all harbour activity including the crossing of the Rocky Point ferry ceased.

His book shows that on Jan. 18. not a fertilizer boat arrived in port and two days later a tanker discharged its cargo. in 1950 the ferry stopped running on the 18th of January and stopped on the same date in 1054. Another item in the log shows that there was a. heavy thunder and lightning storm on January 13, i950. There is a. possibility that i955 will exceed other years in milllness but there are a few days to go yet.

Bing Crosby Has Operation

SANTA MONICA. Calif., (AP)- Blng Crosby had a kidney stone removed Wednesday and he came through the operation in "excellent condition."

The 50-yaarold crooner was un- der surgery for two hours and 15 minutes at St. Johns hospital. Dr. Frederick C. Schulmberger told reporters he removed a stone and performed "certain reconstructive procedures" to prevent more stories from being formed. Crosby

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Liner United States ; Has Rough Voyage

s0U'I'i-IAMPTON. Eng., (AP) -The liner United states ar- rived Wednesday 24 hours be- hind schedule and Capt. John Anderson said he had "one of the roughest crossings on the Atlantic I've ever known."

Anderson. who has spent 41 years at sea. said the 53,000- ton United states have to for 16 hours last Friday and sat- urdsy in a. hurricane that whipped up waves 40 feet high.

Discuss Plans For Bus. Travel Bureau Offices

Members of the, City Council met yesterday morning with Mr. George Fraser of the Travel Bur- eau and Mr. Ernest Lord of the Island Motor Transport Ltd. to consider plans for the alternations in the Market Building for the convenience of the Bus company and the, Travel Bureau.

A tentatliie planisu-bmitted by Architect .1. F. Toomhs was ap- proved in principal and the Coun- cil indicated that they were sul- iiciently interested for Mr. Toombs to draw up a more detailed plan andh to authorize the calling of tenders. The proposed changes call for the acquisition of a little over half of the Market build- ing floor space with the both offices to be situated in the west side of the building.

Empress Of France Delayed 24 Hours

LIVERPOOL. Eng, (Reuters)... The Canadian Pacific liner Em- press of France. with 160 passen- gers, 'haa been delayed 24 hours by high her Atlantic crossing.

She was due at Liverpool from Saint John, NgB.,. today. but now is not scheduled to berth until Friday morning.

Potato Storage Holdings In US.

W rd was received yesterday by the, . E. I. Potato Marketing Board that potato storage holdings in the United States as of January lat,

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125 business men were ,given a cordial welcome by W. C. Macl.eod, president of the Charlottetown Re- tail Merchant's Association in his opening remarks at a banquet held in the Charlottetown hotel last night.

"Our purpose is to honour all our business firms which have been in business in our city for over fifty years as is Centennial ' event .in which we are pleased to co-operate with the City and Centennial Com.- mittee," Mr. MscLeod said.

"All of us are aware of the tremendous contribution made by these firms to our city over half a century and tonight we thank them sincerely and wish them con- tinued prosperity."

In proposing a toast to the hon- oured guests, Mr. Ben Rogers, manager of the Bank oi Montreal. referred to the record of more than forty firms in business here for more than fifty years. "fifteen of these have functioned for over

Older Business Firms In City Honored. At Banquet

been in business for a century or more,-this is an enviable record", Mr. Rogers said. ”lt is not diffi- cult to visualize the progress that has been made in the hundred years since Charlottetown was in- corporated. The citizens of the Centennial year are proud of our city, our facilities for worship, edu- cation, health and recreation and the excellent way in which we live and work together in harmony."

Mr. Rogers touched on the debt of gratitude owed to those who down through the years have given of their time and services in lead- ership in the upbuilding of the city." I believe our guests will en- joy a good measure of comfort in reflecting on the contribution they have made to the spiritual. business, professional and political life of the community," he said.

Mr. J. O. I-lyndman in responding to the toast, described the difficult- ies with which the city and prov- ince were faced for many

seventy five years and three have

Hearing CNR

The Board of Transport Com- missioners propose to hold a two- day hearing in Charlottetown on February is and 15, in connection with the application of the Cana- dian National Railways for auth- ority to discontinue its local pas- senger services in Prince Edward Island.

Notice to this effect has been received by Premier Matheson. As the Legislature opens on February 3 and government and legislative members generally will be 'fully occupied during the session. the Premier has written the Transport Commission asking for anm ad- cum I , ntr "ttrrhearing 1: lift mazesuitatigi time." He not also contacted Railway offici is and they have intimated that they would not oppose this request. No specific date was suggested by the Premier in his communication to the Board. as he' preferred to leave it to the Commission's con- venience provided the hearing would not interfere with legislat- ive business.

The Railway filed its applica- tion for the hearing on December 29 last. at which time it intim- ated that it proposed to discon- tinue the operation of all sched-

uled local passenger train services

Federal Cabinet

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Urges Two Prices

OTTAWA (CP)-Joe Phelps. out- spoken prairie farm union leader. Wednesday held what he described as a "rational" discussion. with cabinet ministers on the merits of a two-price system for Canada's farm products. He said the min- isters didn't favor it.

"The meeting was one of the best we ever had and we had a rational discussion on parity prices but I wouldn't want to leave the iidpression the ministers favored ii." the vice-chairman of the 200.- 000-membsr lnterprovincial Farm Union Council said.

His ii-man delegation met a cabinet group including Agricul- ture Minister Gardiner. Trade Minister Howe and Finance Min- ister Harris.

Later. the council delegation members met with Liberal mem- bers of Parliament to discuss the plan again. The delegation will hold taftrs with opposition mem- bers today.

HA3 LABOR BACKING The council plan is to sell farm oducts'on the domestic market at one price and on the foreign mar at at another. Domestic price , would be adjusted in ac-

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this plan might increase Canadian consumer prices. but argued that it would eliminate most of Can- ada's urban unemployment. Mil- lions of dollars in new ui-chas- ing power would flow nto the hands of farmers who in turn would increase the demand for consumer goods.

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meetings. Prime Minister St. Lau- rent had rejected the idea because it would boost consumer prices and organized labor would oppose it. But now it had the support of labor.

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from mid-April to mid-December, the services to be restored during the winter months. The existing through trains with connections between Charlottetown and the mainland would not be affected by the application and would con- tintia to operate on a year-round basis.

Bus schedules of that Island Motor Transport were cited in the railway application to show that passenger highway services were available to all areas on the Is- land served by the railway.

OT(rAWA. (OP)-Rising UM-m' ployment was reported Wednesday by the government, and labor lead- ers immediately demanded federal action to check it.

In its monthly report on jobs, the government issued these fig- ures:

1. A bureau of statistics es- timate-based on a sampling sur- vey-that at Dec. 11 there were 247.000 Canadians without work and. looking for jobs. up 33,000 from three weeks earlier and up 57.00 from the same time in 1953.

2. A report from National Em- ployment Service that at Dec. 9 the number registered for jobs with that government agency was 362.678. This was an increase of 64,103 in three weeks. and was up 24,812 from the same time a. year earlier.

Claude Jodoin. president of the 580,000-member Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. said the bu- rcau figures showing a 30-per-cent increase over a year "leave no doubt unemployment has reached

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Says Ottawa Surrendered To Quebec Premier

OTTAWA. (CP) - The federal government's proposed solution to the Ottawa-Quebec tax dispute is a "complete surrender" to Premier Dupleasis of Quebec. Hazen Argue said Wednesday in the commons.

Mr. Argue. CCF member for Assiniboia, was the first to com- ment in the Commons on the formula announced Monday by Prime Minister St. Laurent.

"it was a disservice to Cpnads." he said.

Mr. Argueisaid he was disap- pointed that the federal govern- ment had conceded the issue to Mr. Duplessis.

The rest of Canada would suffer from the policy because it showed the government denounced the principles set down at federal-pro- vincial conferences shortly after the second World War.

The proposals "are an almost unconditional surrender" to Mr. Duplessis. not only on the tax is- sue but to the premler's "ultra nationalist ideas" on education.

Fog Continues In Newfoundland

ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP) -No relief from Newfoundland's l6-day fog was in sight Wednesday as weather forecasts predicted con- tinued fog and drizzle.

The unseasonable damp spell clamped over the area Jan. 4 and since then only three commercial aircraft have landed at nearby Torbay airport.

Hundreds of waiting air passen- gers have left here by train and boat since the fog settled, and few are making air reservations until the weather shows signs of clear- mg.

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merit. "now is confronted with in- creasing seasonal unemployment coupled with chronic unemploy- merit.

"This congress can only urge the government to take these facts into consideration and take imme- diate measures to stimulate con- structive activity throughout our Canadian economy."

Donald MacDonald. secretary- treasurer of the 375.000-member Canadian Congress of Labor, said an "extremely conservative" es- timate of current unemployment is

550,000 and predicted it will go much beyond 000.000 during the winter.

Cruiser Quebec Off Bermuda

HALIFAX (CF) - The cruiser Quebec arrived of! Bermuda Wed- nesday to land a seriously ill sailor who earlier in the day un- dcrwent emergency shipboard aur- gcry.

The navy 'hi-re said it had not yet received confirmation that the man had been taken ashore.

Ordinary seamen Jean - Louis Boulay of Montreal was operated on Tuesday for acute appendicitis and the navy said his condition was serious although satisfactory.

The Quebec was stearnlng south- ward on the first leg of a three- months cruise that will take her around the continent of Africa when she diverted course to lend Boulay.

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The priest said "the men are still determined to hold out” but he added they also talke,d a-bout "injustices" in the state criminal code by which men are "sentenced for very long terms which take from their hearts any hope."

Previously. the convicts - bar- ricaded in s cellblock section of the prison since 5 a.m. Tuesday after a jailbreak failed-Wind stat- ed flatly their only demand was "out."-The state answered "no deal."

Father uni-tinn. weary and tense from sleepless nights and several trips into the rebel cell- block, said the convicts were "very courteous, respectful and talkative, indicating a desire to lay bar:-. their problerns."

He said the hostage guards. one of whom is ill, "have been given every consideration and courtesy. No officer has been mistreated."

six additional convicts remained in the cell block after the rebels began their stand. Prison officials still are not certain whether the six have joined the revolt or are held as hostages. too.

Earlier, brunette Barbara (Toby) Green, l'i-year-old daughter of the acknowledged revolt ringlead- er, Theodore (Teddy) Green. 39- year-old bank robber and prison escapel expert. pleaded with her father through a steel-barred window to "do the right thing."

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Rev. Edward I". l-iartigan. 36- year-old Catholic chaplain lot the prison, tried persuasion again.

And state public safety commis- sloner Otis M. Whitney paraded a national guard M-41 Walker bull- dog ,tank from Fort g Devan: in front of the prison windows -as a show of force. . I-f - the rebels were' impressed they gave no sign.

There are 15 men penn cell block-the four rebels. the five guard hostages. and the six

Nautilus Trials Said Satisfactory

WASHINGTON (AP)-The navy said Wednesday initial trials of the Nautilus "have thus far been satisfactory" and the atomic-pow- cred submarine may make her first dive today.

The Nautilus returned to Greton. Conn.. Wednesday after so hours of surface trials.

move into Long Island sound again today for further surface and sub- merged trials.

Sunspot Hits Communications

LONDON (Reuters) - Failing radio conditions played havoc with trsnsalantlc communications Tuesday night and Wednesday.

By early evening Tuesday many. Europeanlcentres were fighting a losing battle against the elements to maintain touch with the North American continent and American transmissions to Europe faded in proportion.

Later in the evening. the radio blackout became complete, and

Jails In N. S.

HALIFAX. (OP)-A Nova Scotla supreme Court justice said Tues- day the provinces jails have de- generated into a "shocking" state that all but precludes the re-

" Mr.dJus,tlce Lzrimer hlfall de- vere t e cr tic rn wile ad- dreuing the grand jury at the opening of the supreme Court January term. Bis waaJhe latest in a long series of attacks on the jail getemt age sarierial years by em r ,

mm. Jiisllce tall, sai:dut,he public should be made aware of condi- tions in the jails but he offered no method by which this might be brought about.

Premier Hicks declined to com- ment on the iiurlatfs remarks, At- torney-Genera Malcolm A. Patte - eon could not be reached lllll John Arnott. secretary of the pro. vincial John Roward society for the rehabilitation of srbntnab. was out of the city.

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Parliament At A Glance

By THE CANADIAN PRESS - Wednesday ,