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GHARIAOVITETOWN. CANADA. sarunnay, .JANUARY 7, 1955

OV'TAlD FOR POTATOES, APPLES

Heavy Damage Is Caused By Sleet Storm Yesterday

The sleet storm which began to Uta effect on the pole lines of the Hforeat services throughout the Inland shortly before daylight yes- sarday continued to take its toll Iroughout the day.

By the moor weight of the ac- sarnulated ice. poles were snapped cl pad with their release. the wningback levelled the lines in long stretches.

The greatest damage centered tom Summerside west to Tignish although details were not avail- able '

Telephone Company officials re- ported that poles were snapping off faster than the full emergent crews could replace them between Charlottetown and Tiguish. East to Souris and Georgetown and South to Montague, the service has been maintained to a degree with the pole lines standing up well to a more moderate accumulation of ice on the wires.

At midnight the Island Tele- phone Company reported that due to continued sleet. a total of silo poles were down between Charlottetown and Tignish. Con- ditions were not serious cast of Charlottetown.

Heavy construction crews of the Martimo Telephone C o rn p a n y were reported on the way to the Island late last night to assist in restoring communications.

Mr. D. M. Gass, manager of the Island Telephone Company said that the crews were expected to arrive early this morning apd tr cations where it was believed they could work most effectively towards restoration of the west- ern lines.

Twenty-seven poles of the Mari- time Electric Co., between Sum- merside and the R.C.A.F. station indicated the ravages of the sleet in that area which continued with slight improvement to the west and of Prince County. Forty or fifty poles of the Summerslde feed lines and seven of the Maritime Electric Company were checked so down just west of the Airport rs-ca. - . . .. u

The power lines to Montague were out si cs noon yester ay and had not it restored up to a into hour laot nidrt. Every available man has been put on the Job of restoring the lines.

Both the Maritime Electric and the Island Telephone officials said

to aoksd 100 miles east of Qrhtoy.

The Halifax tug Foundation Frances, which left to take her : low. returned to port hero

sign.

nssnwcrrvs FRONT

UITAWA (CP) -A picture of the parliament buildings adorns the cover of Ottawa's new tele- phone book. replacing the usual cable-wrapped figure of the "Spirit of Communication." With new exchanges in operation, sub- scribers now are dialling seven letters and figures instead of five.

Coming Events

Home at Norboro School. Mon- on. Jan. 0. at I o'clock.

Auction and Dance at Vernon Hall. Monday. Jan 0th.

Ststhalbyn District L.0.L.. meets at I-iartsvillc. Tuesday. Jan nary 10th. at I p.m.

no farilpaud District Oranac Lodge meet h Lorna Lodge- room, Jan 10th. at twothlrfv P- I-

Danco West loyalty Ilall. Wad neulay. Rollie Mcxaaaws Orchss trn. Cllhdl larvics 0:3 to lltl.

Org: than It. Andrew's Hall

that be situation was "WOW - indicating that many stretches 0! p;'a lino escaped the effects of III sleet. while a few miles away 919 situation was definitely altered and the damage great.

The Canadian Nation) Tole- graphs reported the lilies bedtim- lng to show the effects of "19 weight of ice at 7 o'clock yesterday morning with bad stretches of

Wiltshlro. Emerald and Kenning- tpa b Summersidu. No

was available as to ndltlons west of Summerside. The trouble was attributed entirely to the weight of accumulated ice on the wires. There was practically no wind as a contributing factm to cause swinging. The lines of the comp- any were working without inter- ruption to Sour-is, Georgetown

More Money For Provinces In New Formula

OTTAWA (CP)-A bigger share of the direct far field along with federal equalization revenue may boost Quebec's revenue by some 160000.000 a year under the new federal .tax-sharing for- mula with the provinces. it was learned Friday.

Infor-manta estimated roughly Quebec's revenue may rise to about Il50.000.000 a year from the Sl00.000,000 or so she current- ly obtains through direct tax

LONDON (Rulers) - Britain's first big "killer smog” of the win- ter lifted Friday. leaving aci-

entists with valuable samples they believe may set them on the way to ending the annual smog menace to life and property. '

For the last three days. while smog broughtt traffic chaos to southern England, experts hav been out in the shadowy London streets "bottling" specimens of the chocking mixture of smoke and fog similar to that which led to the deaths of thousands of Britons with lung ailments in 1953.

The fog over London lifted Fri- day but weather experts predicted that it would return at night. It was considered unlikely. however. that the fog would be heavy enough to upset traffic.

A British Overseas Airways Cor- poration argnnaut Friday was the first airliner to land at London air- port since tthc fog reduced visibil-

HALIFAX (CP) - Rising flood- waters from s three-day January thaw cut two main highways be- tween Halifax snd Moncton Fri- day. At the same time heavy snow slowed road ) traffic in: New Bnrnswick and increased the se- riousness of a water shortage. Freezing rain disrupted wirs communications near the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick line.

No i mediate improvement in the hoduc-podge weather was el- pected. The Halifax weather officc ssid the thaw would continue for at least one more day.

' MINIATURE VENICE

Truro, central Nova Scotia rail and highway hub, was a minature Venice. Highway routes 2 and it were blocked by the flooding Sal- mon and North rivers at the town's western and northern outskirts.

Heavy rain and temperatures which soared to 50 degree from 10 below pushed the Salmon river

"'5 seven feet above normal. Water

dammed by chunks of ice began flowing over bridges instead of under them.

RCMP officers barricaded bridges at the western and north- ern exits of the town. re-routing traffic to New Bnmswick via Pictou.

Some homes in low-lying areas near Truro were inaccessible. Floodwaters crept across a marsh to within eight feet of a north west residential area.

FAMILIES ISOLATED

Sixty families were isolated at nearby Upper 0nslow.Suburban Bible Hill was also faced with isolation as the water continued to

rise. Observcrs said it would be impossible to stem fast-moving

Salmon river with sandbags. it had ovcrflowed its dykes and was

flooding marrhland surrounding thetown. Acsdlan Lines cancelled bus

service to Amherst from Halifax because of highway conditions

.near Truro. A spokesman said the

only scrvice Friday night would be to eastern and western Nova Scotia,

Rain Hooded some roads into fogbound Ilaliiax.h-easing rain interrupted wire communications near Moncton. Heavy snow in- creased ths seriousness of a water shortage in many New Brunswick taming areas.

Motorists entering I-lalifaa from

Smog Lifts In.Britains Leaving Scientists Busy

ity to zero three days ago.

But most incomin nights were diverted to nearby airfields be- cause of the possibility the fog might close in quickly at a London airport.

The fog shifted to the centre and north of England and it is likely to stay there today the weather office said.

BUSES I-IIT. .20 HURT. . . ..

At Bradford. Y 0 r k s h i r e, two buscs collided, injuring more than 20 passengers as well as the driv- ers of both buses. The fog was so thick that people who heard the crash and rushed to give aid could not see the buses until within a few yards of them.

Shipping was brought to a stand- still in the River Humber and the River Tees on the east coast.

The oil tanker Esso Appalacheo collided with a jetty at Imming- ham in the Humber and cut it it two, leaving a 50-foot gap.

Floods Cut Two Main Highways In Nova Scotia

the west drove flooded roads where water gouged out foot-deep potholes.

WATER SHORTAGE . p

A Thursday snowfall reaching-a depth of 18 inches added to the problems of New Brunswick farm- ers. They found it almost impos- sible to drive stock to creeks and streams furnishing the only avail- able water.

Water was pumped from stream into a reservoir at Wels- ford. 45 miles from Saint John, where it families were without water.

Many families in New Bruns- wick's Queens and Sunbury coun- ties carried water from neighbors' drilled wells and melted snow for washing purposes.

Water shortages in the Stcwi- acke and Shubenac Jlu areas of Nova Scotia were described as "considerably eased" by the rain- fall.

All transportation facilities were disrupted for the second day. Planes were grounded throughout the Maritimes. Trains from Mont- real wcre hctwccn thrcc and four hours late reaching Halifax. Nova Scotia busllnes curtailed service.

FOG BLANKET'S HALIFAX

Ships entering and leaving Hall fax harbor were delayed by dense fog. which scudded over the ocean before a 20-mile-an-hour wind. In- termittent heavy rain slowed up work on the docks.

The Cunard liner lvernia left for New York 20 hours late. Two other liners sailed after shorter delays.

Heavy) seas and fog started two Halifax harbor pilots on an un- planned voyage to New York when pilot boats were unable to come alongside a pair of passengm liners

William Crook of Dartmouth was stranded aboard the lnvernia and Carl liimmelman of Halifax was unable to leave the Ryndam when the vessels reached the harbor pilot station.

Capt. Charlcs Waterhouse, su- perintendent of pilots. said the sea was "as big as we've seen run- ning off the harbor in a nod many years and the tors as thick as tar."

In Prince Edward Island sleet snapped power and communica- tiin lines in many parts of the province. At Summerside a power

carefully over bad

failure forced cancellation of a

hockey game.

"M "F 'hi"”"h”i': N. B. Takes Over Control ””itl..':..".ia"t..':t"wu”.t'.-': Of .Trans-Border Traffic - iiilt. an. sun 0"" um ' on-Aws (cr) - New amp, mm. wick has become its -

lhowiagatIitt.ItowartlItW-me.

day night. Pickup on South Street- This is a real spy thriller. starr- ill Richard Wldrnark and dull hters.

'0 N ltoodayl 1 Fred- ericton. 1.13., hroohfl:-id I a. In: . llilton. ' rah

bills

The legislation becomes effec- tive in a province only when pro- claimed by the federal governm in-council to be in effect in that

wires down in the vicinity of North and Mcuitague. ieviet on ggroration,-nd gfiressonai Under the formula, w h i c h

Prime Minister St. Laurent will But before the provincial premiers in a letter this week-end, On- lario's revenue may increase by about s3o.ooo,ooo to some 3170.- 000.000

Ontario currently gets about Si-i0,000,000 in annual payments in return for renting our her cor- Dpration and personal income tax fields to the central government.

OTHERS HIGHER T00

It is understood that all other provinces, parties to federal-prov- incial tax rental pacts which expire in 1957, will get revenues higher than those obtained through the annual payments.

Terms of the new federal pro- pose) are still a closely-guarded secret. But it is becoming in- creasingly apparent that the fed- eral admlnistration has decided to bow to provincial demands and reduce its share of the direct taxes.

Monaco Happy Over Match

MONTE CARLO (AP) - The principality of Monaco banked Fri- day in sunshine, champagne and celebrations and a black market price was asked for pictures of movie star Grace Kelly "who is to marry Prince Rainier Ill. News of the engagement brought on a wave of what the country likes best-celebration. The happi- ness covered almost every one of

0II8Ctl'8 370-acres. ' ' s” ..School children were given a hol- iday. cafe owners popped for an occasional free Champagne. and the red and white national colors were draped everywhere.

Holiday Doing President Good

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) --Pres- ident Eisenhowe 's doctor said Friday the president is getting "a world of good" out of a Florida visit intended to condition him for resumption of a full work load. President plans call for the pres- ident to rcturn to Washington next Sunday by plane.

NEW OVERTURE

LONDON (CP)-Sir Arthur Bliss. the Master of the Quccn's Musick has been commissioned to write an overture to be played on open- ing night of the Edinburgh fes- tival next year. "Being bom south of the border I am not presuming to make the music in any way characteristically Scottish."

Latest Item

OTTAWA (CF) -Fish broad in the latest thing on the scientific menu.

Scientists attending the annual meetins of the Fisheries Research Council were told Friday that Can- adians may some day be eating bread made from flour enriched with proteins from the products of the sea.

PF HEIIFY Fougere of Halifax. chief of the Atlantic fisheries ox- perimental station. reported that his staff already has made small amounts of such fiah protein. Mixed with ordinary flour in labor- atory tests. it produced bread of 800d iililiearance and taste." Th. protein product, made at. the Halifax station from fish flesh. was white, odorless and tasteless. A Sample left exposed to light nnd air for six weeks showed no change in taste or color

P13 Fiiiizere said bread baked with flour containing 10 to N per cent of fish protein has an agree- able odor.

The questmn now was the cost of production. This was being evaluated in pilot plant assays.

KEEPING TIIENI FRESH Dr. Fougc-rc also reported on the

Fish Bread Is Reported

work his scientists are doing to

For Menu

assuu Canadians of sea products as fresh as the day they were taken from the ocean thousands of miles away.

Among other things scientists went to sea aboard fishing vessels to offer advice and try out new ways of handling and storing fish on vessels. They had devised ways to grade haddock and had studied use of antibiotics as an aid in per- mitting longer storage.

The latest machine brought into use is an automatic salt fish wash- or developed at the Atlantic nat- ion. Three now sre in use and a fourth is under construction.

Dr. H. L. A. Tarr, acting dirgc. tor of the Pacific experimental station at Vncouver, told of tn 9 of station at Vancouver. told of the use of the drug aureomycin in re- tarding spoilage of whale rar- casses. It was found the drug add. ed considerably to the keeping time, always a major problem in the whaling industry. Whalc nu-at is used almost entirely for animal feed. 2

Oppose Inn On British In Coastal Trade

OTTAWA 'CPl Transporta- Lion costs on the Atlantic aoaboa d would be increased by bgn-jug Usllied Kingdom ships from Can- a es coastal trade, the royal com. mpion on coastal shipping heard Friday.

The i'8D)'cscntat.ions came from the Maritimas Transportation Commission, the Newfoundland E0Ve"""011l. Dominion Steel and C031 CDYII. the British-owned ship- "DE line of Furness, Withy and C0mP3Iiy and a group of firms Siggfliolgf-dBP)' K. C. Irving of Saint

In final argument before the C0mml5Si0n.pthey took sharp issue with contentions of some organiza- tions that Brilish shipping in rjana. dian waters should be restrict:-d 358 means of helping Qanarlws shlipping and shipbuilding indus- res. .

HISTORIC SITE

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dow

S1 Per 1

For Starch

UPPAWA. (OP)-The govommont Friday mmounp oodhiloadatdlorliarifdmoagzplousdpotaoogrovvolo. Agrim1tan'oMisilotorGardineroat;imat.odltwiltoostIao

treasury about s700,000.

Answering an appeal of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island potato growers, the government announ- osdilttwlpartidpatoina prograrniao rlvort lupin potatoes into starch factories, thereby preventrtng aun- rerrt low prices from further decline.

The starch diversion program will cover about 1,000,000 bushels and will assure growers of a min- imum return of 81 for a 15-pound barrel - about No bushels - for Canada No. 1 grade potatoes.

Mr. Gardiner said the starch diversion payments will amount to about 25 cents a bushel, with a ceiling of 3500000 placed on fed- eral outlays. The diverslon pro- gram will end May 1.

"We figure we've got 200.000

MONTREAL .cP,.dM..,e ..,,,,,p

bushels of potatoes more than can be sold on the market," Mr. Gard-

Anhough tests of the drug sh.,wgI:l0.000 visitors toured Moniru;il's)iner said in an interview at Re-

ed considerable promise in pmlliistoric Chateau de Ramezay migina The

announce IICIILS were

servation of various kinds of right 1955. an increase of 4,450 over rm,-imade from his office here follow- lt cannot be used in foods intended i”'9V10u5 V9311 The Stone Chateau l"lE EPPTOVPL at Thl”'5d'5Y 5 cabimi for humans. This is prohibited by Hi the home 0i 8 I-Iovernnr of meeting-

the Canadianl-Food and Drug Act.

ylusturic New France.

Potato prices areioff again at fer an unexpected demand and price increase over the holidays. reports Mr. Elric Campbell, man- ager of the P. E. I. Potato Mar- keting Board. Best reports today indicate that growers are receiv- ing 60 cents - 65 cents net per 75 pound bag at loading point. Movement to date has been good with the total to the end of the yar about 1.000 carlots in excess of the 1954 movement. "Explanation of the price fluctua- tions in the Mo minaret! "says e er." is about ss.difficuIt to deter

- d.. Toro i d imanla?)

mine as that of the prices being paid in U. S. which have recent- ly moved up substantially.

"Our total exports to U. S. A. to December 17th amount to about 800.000 bushels of seed and table stock. our total quota is 3.500.000 bushels.

"Notable, is the very good pre mium being paid for Island pota- toes, which in the Canadian mar- kt varies from 10 cents -- 20 cents per 75 pound bag on the Boston market a full 1 cent per pound.

"American. obs? lists . ve re corny" suggested at, ”w'iile they have diverted a lot of potatoes to

HALIFAX (CP) -Officials of the Maritime apple and potato in- dustries greeted a Friday an- nouncement of limited federal aid with reservation.

R. D. Sutton of Port Williams. N. S., secretary of the Nova Sco- tia Fruit Growers Association, said the governments offer to provide apple growers with a minimum price of 45 cents a bushel is "very little assistance." Nova Scotia had sought 50 cents a bushel to clear a 2.000.000- bushel surplus.

Elric Campbell of Charlottetown manager of the Prince Edward island potato marketing board. said provincial producers will benefit only indirectly through a starch factory diversion program. Mr. Sutton said the plan "will certainly be studied by growers to see if it will be of any use to

them."

Comments On Apple And Potato Assistance Program

Mr. Campbell said he didn't know if the program guarantee- ing potato producers a minimum price of S1 for a 165-pound barrel will be enough to attract a 2.- 000.000-bushei surplus to starch factories before May 1 end of the assistance program.

Growers had asked the federal government for a SL20 guarantee.

Mr. Campbell said Prince Ed- ward Island will benefit through a reduction in the quantity of po- tatoes shipped by New Bruns- wick to markets in Toronto. Ot- tawa and Montreal which are now shared by the two prov- inces.

The island has no starch plants in operation.

"This may solve part of our problem" said Mr. Campbell. "But if further reductions in the surplus are necessary we'll still look for a British marke "

Further Fluctuations In Potato Prices Noted

starch. feed. etc. - especially in Maine -- this has not been suf- ficient to reduce their January 1st holdings to a satisfactory level. On top of this the Maine movement to the market is still below normal, and despite the fact that distribu- tion of Maine stocks has recently been on a wider range than usual. the January 1st holdings report, due to be issued about the 20th, is expected to show stocks of pota- toes on hand too high for even A asonably good prices.

..--.eg.ha. Canadian marlut. unpro- tected as it is from U. S. exports cannot be expected to rise beyond the equivalent of what is being of- fered in U. S. A. In other words, if the Canadian market rises above that of the U. S., duty free Ameri- can potatoes will enter so long as it remains at that level. What actu- ally will happen is that the impact of U. S. potatoes on our market will immediately depress Canadian prices."

Mr. Campbell states that word has just been received that a Starch diversion program for New Bruns- wick was approved Thursday by the Federal Cabinet and will pay the grower a gross amount of S100 per barrel I165 pounds). This payment will be made on a spot grade basis.

MOVING ALONG

GARDSTON. Alta. (CP) -The rod and gun club here invited hunters to shoot at about 3.000 ducks clustered on-the St. Mary's river reservoir. fzo encourage them to move south. Last winter hun- dreds of birds stayed on the re- servoir and club membe 3 had 00 help out by toting feed.