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IS "■•v» ■*'.*.*• !-^ II h\-*-**« ?*.■-■■ -* ■■,>'■"*• V.\*-*' rll m m m *■ .v.v. >:>>:-»: t-v.v.v ?•'•■-*"*■'• *• -•■•*.".-. l-'-'-V.V IV.-.W II m& ■ m •'■-■>-x Ji -insur hous*. damage hcr*. I t5oa *-.* £ Heir the latest locil and National N«wa Dally 7.30 a.m., 7.55 a.m., 8.35 a.m, 10.00 a.m., 10.55 a.m., 11.55 a.m, 12,30 p.m., 1.30 p.m., 2.55 p.m, 4.00 p.m., 4.55 p.m., 0.00 p.m, 6.45 pm., 9.45 p.m., 10.45 p.m,. midnight, 12.30 a.m., 1.00 a.m. THE DAILY Vol. 62. No. 132 ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1955 (Price'5 cents) : PRESENTS MATTIWILDA DOBBS, Soprano available at Charles Hutton & Sons On Argentia Run: "Carson" In Service CNR, Transport Dept. Shuffling Blame For Terminal Docks Flop Govt Admits Should Have Heeded Warnings Of Local Seafarer? The ferry "William Carson" will be turned over to the C.N.R. next week lo start operation on the run from North Sydney in Argentia, It was announced lasl night from Ottawa. Meanwhile, John R. Baldwin, deputy transport minister, said thc docks at Port aux Basques, which Tiie ferry cannot use, were built according to C.N.R. requirements, but the transport department also had responsibility in the matter. Captains in ihe C.N.R. coastal service around Newfoundland had expressed belief the Carson could he affected while using the new docks. But dredging lusting about $1,000,000 was completed before this became apparent. ! :*;>n.<port Minister Marlcr said ■•: :i:'ay in an interview that new Tckiiatcrs arc to be built near * ■ harbor month and until these .*■*.■ c'linplelcd the $11,243,000 ferry . ;.l rim between North Sydney, "■• **.. nnd Argentia, Nfld. This is :M miles longer than tho North Sidney-Port Aus Basques run, SECOND DELAY The change in plans marks the *c--.>nd time; the Carson's entry into 'ic North Sydney-Port Aux Basques run has been held up. She was due originally to go Into *rrvice in 1954. But last year an tn-jinc-room mishap during her builders' trials resulted in her (oing back to Canadian Vickers' ihipyard at Montreal for repairs. The latest delay, officials here said Monday, resulted from second •.huushts on how the Carson would w affected at her dock by thc surge. i.f ihe Atlantic coming.through a j (iTtxt channel cut into thc Port t Aux Basques harbor to give ihe Jtrry a straight run to the new •'..wo.ooo dock built to accommo t:.ac her. The channel was dredged through Halihvin shoal near the harbor ■nmuh and through a shoal further ;*i between Bardy's and Pike's 1s- Tm's. each ot which originally af •nrded nalural breakwaters. It opened a clear path lo the point where the new dock-* were located. LITE APPEARING Later, Mr. Baldwin said, cap- t \.ins in the CNR coastal steam- \ •■'ips service around Newfoundland "■ rxpressed belief Uic Carson could hi affected while she was.docked **>■ lhe swell o[ lhc sea coming -iraislu down the channel in'heavy 'u.iiher. It was felt damage lo Te vessel could rasiilt and there n-'ild be difficulty in unloading. • This, hc said, did not become ap- p-ircnl until tlie docks had been ■.iriually completed and dredging wat finished. Thc dredging cost almut 51,000,000. l-ast spring, Mr. Baldwin said, tne CNR expressed thc view thc jelinn of the sea couid result'in t 'lie breaking ol the Carson's pro* poked schedule of onc round trip fact* 24 hours between North Sydney and Port Aux Basques. "It turned out the harbor was ''Higher than had been foreseen," hr said. Officials ol the works department -in charge of dredging—the trans I port department and the CNR have been consulting. I NEW BREAKWATERS The favored plan now, Mr. Bald v. in said, is to build, a pair of stag- •"*rcd breakwaters near the mouth "f tlie harbor, utilize tho already- dredged main channel and dredge a* short channel that will link the 1 channel through Baldwin shoal lo ' 'he new harbor mouth between the breakwaters. . He said a "very early decision" j i< expected on how to proceed. ' The work could bo finished .by | spring. I The deputy minister said he be- boves the CNR feels there will be na time lag in getting thc serving soing between North Sydney and Argentia once the Carson is turned over to the railway. °r the hitch generally, he said: "We had our engineers on the project The CNR had Its experts on the docking and loading facill tics, and thc public works depart ""nt had its technicians. The host "Available people worked on It and .• ve thought that what was being ft done would work out all right. "We didn't reali-te what was going to happen until thc work had hecn completed." DEEP ENOUGH In the Commons Monday, Mr, Marler was asked by J. M. Mao donneli (PC—Toronto Greenwood) about a Canadian Press rcport quoting a public works department official as saying the channel is two feet too shallow for the Carson. Mr. Marlcr said he docs not he licve the report that tho channel j Is .not deep enough is correct. ■i can understand that may bc speculation on the part of somebody," he added, "but I do not think it has any relation to the facts." He said later in an interview that'the problem is to be met by the breakwater system. Meanwhile," the Carson will travel 300 miles between Norlh Sydney and Argentia, against the 110 miles belween the Cape Breton port and Port Aux Basques. Thc existing smaller ferry makes a round trip in 24 hours. The North Sydney-Argenlia run will take 18 hours each way, NOT FULLY USED Officials here said the Carson's facilities would not bc utilized fully at Argentia, though a temporary ramp and perhaps temporary derricks would enable it to discharge cargo, satisfactorily. The Carson has been built to synchronize with new construction of docks at North Sydney and Port Aux Basques, Automobiles can run aboard her—the. present ferry can't handle them this way. She would be able to lift cargo In huge containers from tho dock- side at North Sydney that would bc derricked directly inlo the narrow- gauge freight cars of the CNR's Newfoundland division al Port Aux Basques. The CNR's line ut Port Aux Basques has been shifted to bring ils trains to shipside, The Carson, designed for 18 knots, is to carry 650 tons of cargo, 75 automobiles, six trucks, two trailers, 50 caltlc and 300 passengers. Dr. E. J. Pratt Is Honoured By Authors Government House Reception BSTEHDAY AFTERNOON **, U» «*» ■■ G.—„^^SX^^^"^ KINGSTON, • Ont. (CP) - E. J. Pratt, former professor of English at the University of Toronto, Monday was elected honorary president of lhc Canadian Authors' Association. Dr. Pratt was elected to fill the post made vacant by the death of B. K. Sandwell, the well-known Canadian journalist About 77 Canadian authors gathered here Monday for tlie annual convention of the association at Queens' University. They heard association president Dr. Frank Stiling, of the University .of Western Ontario in London, describe thc, function of the association as the protection of authors, Tn a talk on the importance of ideas, H. Gordon Green, literary editor of. the Family Herald and Weekly Star,, told delegates the word is no longer worshipped as it once was, "In our generation tlie Idea Is sacred. It must he presented quickly, concisely and clearly. If it Is not good enough tno language can save il," he said. Ha also said young writers should put moro emphasis on the concept of struggle in Iheir writing ano spend more linio developing their story ideas in their heads be- fore committing them to paper. Tito Accepts Return Bid To Visit Moscow First Visit To Kremlin Since His 1948 Ouster BELGRADE (AP)—President Tito' has accepted an invitation to visit'Moscow, returning the recent Khrush- chev-B.ulganin visit to Yugoslavia. This announcement was made Monday by thc semi-official Yugo- press, immediately after Yugoslavia and the western Big Three had pledged "continued co-operation." Ambassadors of Britain, the United States nnd France have been meeting with Yugoslavia's acting for eign minister, Srdjan Pri en. , Thc invitation lo Tito was extended June 2 at the conclusion of the visit here by Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin and Soviet Com- munist party boss Niklla S.Khrushchev. ' It will be Tito's first Visit to Moscow since thc Russian-dominated comlnform. ousted his .Communist party in 1948 for "nationalist tendencies." S Ince* Stalin's death, Russia .has been trying to restore norma" relations with Yugoslavia. NEHRU TO VISIT THo Is expecting a visit in July from India's Prime"Minister Nehru, himself returning from a vist to Moscow. It Is not likely that the Yugoslav leader will go to Russia' until after that visit It' will probably be even later, since Bulganin Is to bo In Geheya for thc Big Four summit meeting July IB*. A joint communique on tho Yugoslav-Big Three talks paid special tribute to "the fruitful co-operation being developed in. all fields in. thc Balkan Alliance as "an Important contribution to peace and stability in this part of tho World." The alliance is generally regarded as NATO's bridge to Yugoslavia, since it includes Greece ahd Turkey, both NATO members, as well as Yugoslavia, Thc western natons were represented in the ■ talks by British ambassador Sir Frank Roberts, U.S. ambassador James W, Rlddlcber- ger ond French ambassador Fran cols Coulct. The conference was Initiated by Yugoslavia before, thc visit of Bulganin 'and Khrushchev was announced. PLEDGE COOPERATION Thc communique expressed what It called a firm conviction of the four countries "that thc existence of n strong and independent Yu goslavia and continued co-operation between them (the four countries) under conditions of full equality arc a' contribution to poaco and stability." Thc communiqua did not specify matters'discussed by.tye representatives of the four countries, confining itself to the general terms and not-mentioning (any disagreements. • It is understood that the main topics Included Germany, disarmament, and tho forthcoming summit meeting of the Big Four. Formosa Fighting Flares Reds Charged With Air Attacks .TAIPEI, Formosa (AP) —Communist MiG jet fighters shot down a Nationalist jet trainer Monday and attacked an unarmed amphibious commercial plane in a flareup of warfare over the Formosa strait. Chinese Nationalist air force headquarters said today intercepted intercom conversations between the MIGs indicated the pilots were Russians. The air force asserted also that fluent Russian was overheard in tbe directions from lhe ground to the attacking MiGs. "The Chine&a Communist air force is controlled by the Russians," tho Nationalists said. * Thc defence ministry assailed the incidents as "unprovoked attacks by Communist jets on unarmed Chinese aircraft over international waters." It said the pilot was killed in the crash of his flaming jet when it plunged into tlie sea north of the Matsus.' The other trainer escaped. AMPHIBIAN ATTACKED The minlslry reported a two-engine PBY Catallna amphibian owned by the Foshlng Airlines was attacked by two MiGs about 12:30 p.m. while bound for Matsu, Aboard were four Chinese crew members and Lieut. John J. Goodrich, 20, Rayne, La., medical corp member of'thc U.S. military assistance advisory group. Tho attack occurred off Tung- chuan, 11 miles soulh of Matsu and about 14 miles off the mainland. Thc pilot, Chen Khu-Min, 43, said the Red-starred jets made four firing passes, hitting thc Catalina on thc first one. Tho pilot landed near the island, checked the plane, waited for dark and returned to Taipei's pinchill airport Monday night. . He said no one aboard was hurt, contrary to earlier reports hy the airline that the American officer was-wounded slightly. Thc Catalina took bullet holes in the left wing and float and a spar was damaged. High-F!ying Triplets; GANDER, Nfld. (CP) - "Four children under two will be quite an armload" mused Gordon Keith as he killed time around the hospital here Monday waiting for his wife to recover from having triplets. She almost had them in mid-air. After a few false alarms in an airliner above thc Atlantic, however, she managed to wait until she was on the ground. When she is stronger lhc Keiths will visit their throe latest offsprings in St, John's before going home to Windom, Minn., without them. The babies were flown from Gander by the United States Air Force and put in incubators at the Peppercll air base hospital. They will have to remain therc a monlh or two. The Keith's three-year-old girl and year-old boy were returning from a visit with their grandparents in Oslo with their mother. They will return home with their parents. When Mr. Keith wasn't with his Keiths Planning To Visit Children At St, John's- wife Monday he spent his lime shadow boxing with paternal reactions to three children he hasn't seen yet, He arrived Sunday night. Mr, Keith says his wife is -"very happy and very pleased." "There's really not much she can say. It's a fact now and you can't change fads. But it's quite a family to have all ofj a sudden." He had known for "about a month" that he would soon be thc father of triplets, but *thc babies weren't due until August. H-j had been preparing to %o- to work on the weekly paper he publishes when he first heard of his wife's predicament Friday morning. She had. been taken off thc plane at Gander, but he didn't know whether thc babies had been born, would be born then, or whether his wife could continue on to New York. He finally got away Saturday morning. "I was a little concerned," he said. "I wanted to get here as quickly as possible." SAME PILOT After a few nerve-wracking delays he was set to leave Idlewild airport in New York when hc discovered his pilot was the same Capt. Bill Whitfield of Scandana- vian Airlines who had flown across the Atlantic with his wife. Whitfield told him his composure had been shattered by Ruth Keith's calm announcement that she was about to have three children. He was 1,000 miles from Scotland and BOO from Gander, so he gunned his motors and kept coming. He sent a radio message to doctors in Prestwick, Scotland. They recommended a sedative. He had Mrs. Keith in Gander 10 hours before the first baby was born. Doctors in St, John's say two of the triplets look like identical twins, but the other has different features. Gordon Keith says he and his wife and two older children "plan to go back to the states as soon as wc can." "The other children will have to remain a month or two. They're being .taken care of at the hospital. "People have been very kind to us, very fine, I'm very grateful." Nfld. Not Taking Part In Civil Defence Test HALIFAX (IP)-Nearty 15,000 civilian volunteers of tiie RCAF ground observer corps in the Maritimes and Gaspe peninsula will bc on the alert Wednesday as Exer cise June Bug gets underway. Twenty-eight planes from RCAF stations at Greenwood, N.S,, and Chatham, N.B., will simulate, a sneak attack starting.at 10 a.m. When they return to base 'at 8 p.m. They will have covered 20,000 miles. t Tho exercise was originally scheduled for June 8 but was delayed 'by bad wsather. Newfoundland will not be included in thc air defence test hut will hold a separate exorcise later. The observers in some 750 posts scattered throughout tha area will telephone plane spotting- to filter stations' a Truro- and Moncon where speed and direcion will be Govt. 0-K's. I/jriis For Fishermen OTTAWA (CP)-Thc Commons Mundaypassed a bill enabling the government to guarantee bank and credit union loans lo fishermen up to $4,000. Thc legislation was given quick and final approval after thc gov- ernment, acting on thc recommendation of the Commons banking committee, amended it to permit credit unions as well as banks to make the loans to fishermen. . The' loans will be for improvement of equipment. Both the banks Temperatures Dawson -•• <•}' ™ Vancouver 54 ™ Winnipeg 6° « Toronto g si Ottawa •-• 5S °t Montreal S3 79 Halifax' ..•• 5L Jj Sydney 5° « St. John's Nfld 50 68 and credit unions will be permitted to have outstanding $10,000,0001 in government-guaranteed loans. The measure applies to inland-waters fishermen as well as to those on thc coasts. Takes Six Salmon From S.E. Placentia Word came yesterday that Ed Cox, south-east Placcntia's mosl famous salmon fisher, has made it six in a row. On June 24th he caught the first salmon to be taken from the river, a 4-poundcr, repeating his performance of thc previous 5 years. Ed is a terrific angler and is always out early to get the first one. Steel Strike Seen As Certain PITTSBURGH -(AP) - The United Steelworkers CI 0 wage policy committee Monday authorized a country-wide strike. The 170-member, committee voted unanimously, to gfrc McDonald, authority to call a strike in the basic steel industry at midnight Thursday if an agreement is not reached on union demands for a substantial wage incrca&e. McDonald told newspaper men he expects to resume negotiations with U.S. Steel Corporation, the world's biggest steel producer, today. The company said its negotiations are available for a meeting "at any time." The wage policy members also approved rejection of Big Steel's offer to increase wages an average of 10 cents an hour and an offer by Inland Steel Company to increase wages about 1014 cents an hour. McDonald called both offers "completely inadequate in a year when the steel industry is making record prof ils," STILL OPTIMISTIC At.a press conference following lhe wage policy committee meet- ins. McDonald said: '*I am still optimistic. There is still time for a peaceful wage settlement." Then thc labor leader, who never has called a strike in his three year.-; as head of thc union said he would - not' necessarily strike all sleel companies at once 'if such action is required.' Pressed on the point, McDonald said "it is possible that the union would make tha services of its members available to some companies and not others even though agreement is reached with none." McDonald said hc is still pressing for a substantial wage increase and added he has never used a cenis-per-hour figure "even in negotiations with companies." PREPARE TO CLOSE Inland Steel said earlier Monday it was making preparations to begin closing its steel mills down today if a satisfactory agreement is not reached by then. U.S. Steel said it is giving consideration to similar action. Closing down the mills is a costly and Umc-consuming business. The furnaces must be permitted to cool gradually or suffer millions of dollars damage. McDonald gave Inland Sleel assurance that the union would cooperate in an "orderly closing down of tlie mills in event of a strike." The' workers now earn an average of $2.33 an hour. The union is seeking wage increases for employ- ces in 06 basic steel companies and iron ore mining firms. None of Hie other firms lias submitted an offer. But.they usually wait for U.S. Sleel to settle and then adopt those terms as a pattern. Most observers also believe U.S. Steel will improve its offer before Thursday midnight. WEATHER MOSTLY SUNNY. Scattered showers late today. High: 63. Nfld. Skies TUESDAY, JUNE 28 Sunrise 4.0S a.m. Sunset ...8.03 p.m. TIDES High 1.28 a.m. 8*.20 a.m. I Low .. .. ..2.01p.m. 8.09 p.m. Earl Roive Says: Liberals Make Senate "Laughing Stock" OTTAWA (CP) — Hon. Earl Rowe, veteran Progressive Conservative frontbencher, said Monday that Liberal government have turned the Senate into a laughing stock. His demand that the government reform the upper chamber so it can more effectively dischargcthc constitutional function it wag, intended to serve was supported by other opposition groups during a Commons debate on the status^ bf the 102-scat Senate, "It'neverwas intended that the Senate should be allowed to develop into "a red rubber stamp for the Liberal government," Mr. Rowe said; "... It never was .-intended as an institution to be fill(Nl with ward- heelers ,,. that'the chief qualification should be blind allegiance to anv goveAment." , PARTY DEMAND • Mr,. Rowe, former Conservative, cabinet minister who has repre senled th° .Ontario constituency of Dufferin-Simcoa since 1925, put for ward his party's demand for Senate reform in a motion which was technically one of non-confidence In the government. It was an amendment, to a formal government supply motion. The motion was. supported by CCF and Social Credit parties although tha CCF spokesman said his party would prefer to have the Senate abolished. The government's position was not made known immediately. Prime Minister St. Laurent. was present for the first part of.the debate-and then left. , Senators now are appointed ior life. The debate produced a hatful of proposals for reform including election of some, senators, provincial appointment of part of the upper chamber, an age limit, naming of non-political members. There^are 22 vacancies in the chamber, whose membership now consists of 73 Liberals and seven Progressive Conservatives. Senate appointees are chosen by the prime minister. Tbe last one was named in 1053. SHOULD FILL AIMS Mr. Rowe said the Senate should fulfil the main alms of thc fathers of Confederation as a protector of minorily and provincial rights and .as a restraining influence on hasty, ra.sh decisions of- the Commons. He said'the need for a check on the Commons has never been greater than in recent years. There was a trend to give everyone what they asked. Tha Liberal party was respon sible for, the "disintegration" of thc Senate and its decline in public opinion. The late Liberal Prime Minister Mackenzie King had made it a laughing stock. Mr, Rowe said the government could* reform the-Senate'by conferring with it and getting agreement on changes. Or it could continue the present system of-not filling, vacancies; p ■ _ In the present ages of senators, he said, "it is possible the lord of tho Liberal party can abolish the Senate by natural means." 1 INSIDE 2— Archbishop Berry's Ser- . mon. 4, 5-Rcport 61 NHd. Tuber-. culosls Assoc. 6—"Traffic Police" (editorial). 7—Spaniard's Bay News. 8—Trinity News. 11—Arts, Letters Contest. 12—Women's News. 13—World of Sport, ■ 17—Comics. 18—Stock Markets. *#•--.. >in I i i *! '■•-.- r***S8s^-,'-
Object Description
Title | Daily News, 1955-06-28 |
Place of Publication | St. John's (N.L.) |
Date | 1955-06-28 |
Description | The Daily News was published in St. John's from 15 February 1894 to 4 June 1984, daily except Sunday. |
Subject | Canadian newspapers--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's--20th century |
Location | Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Avalon Peninsula--St. John's |
Time Period | 20th Century |
Type | Text |
Resource type | Newspaper |
Format | image/jpeg; application/pdf |
Language | eng |
Relation | Unrelated to the St. John's Daily News, 1860-1870. |
Collection | Daily News |
Sponsor | Centre for Newfoundland Studies |
Source | Microfilm held in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies. |
Repository | Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Centre for Newfoundland Studies |
Rights | Creative Commons |
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Title | 001 |
Place of Publication | St. John's (N.L.) |
Description | The Daily News (St. John's, N.L.), 1955-06-28 |
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12,30 p.m., 1.30 p.m., 2.55 p.m,
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THE DAILY
Vol. 62. No. 132
ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1955
(Price'5 cents)
: PRESENTS
MATTIWILDA DOBBS, Soprano
available at
Charles Hutton & Sons
On Argentia Run:
"Carson" In Service
CNR, Transport Dept.
Shuffling Blame For
Terminal Docks Flop
Govt Admits Should
Have Heeded Warnings
Of Local Seafarer?
The ferry "William Carson" will be turned over
to the C.N.R. next week lo start operation on the run
from North Sydney in Argentia, It was announced
lasl night from Ottawa.
Meanwhile, John R. Baldwin, deputy transport
minister, said thc docks at Port aux Basques, which
Tiie ferry cannot use, were built according to C.N.R.
requirements, but the transport department also had
responsibility in the matter.
Captains in ihe C.N.R. coastal service around
Newfoundland had expressed belief the Carson could
he affected while using the new docks. But dredging
lusting about $1,000,000 was completed before this
became apparent.
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