Daily News, 1955-09-06

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11.15 p.m.—This is the Story.
Vol. 62.    No. 188
ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND,   TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1955
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First   Super Sonic  Speed  Record
822 M.P.H.
Cocked By
Sabre Jet
i
PHILADELPHIA-AP-
Thc U.S, Air Force anncun*
-.■cd Monday tlie world's first
off \x i a I faster-than-sound
speed record, 822.135 miJei;
an hour.
Ti'c -exact altitude was not dis*
cli-cd, but Coi, Horace A. Hancs,
pilot, .said he flew the F-100C
Saliir jet fishier at about 40,000
(prt \\X, Aug. 20 over an 18-kito-
mttro course about 11 miles ivoar
raliiuhle, Calif. An air force
spr-fcesman said that at 822 miles
an hour, Hancs, 39, would have
been flying about 1.2 times the
-pc-il of sound. The fact a record
u-j- *ct was revealed last month
but the time was not disclosed
■jr.lii .Monday.
Tn.- speed of sound varies from
•■}) mill's an hour at sea level
[i alumi MS miles an hour nt
•TTiTs above 35(lH)u leet,
yr.\\ ti:st i^iu'MKNT
Tiie N;itional Aeronautics Asso-
rUi-m, official timet' of speed
w--*, recently developed and set
up near Pnlmdale.  Calif., equip-
Wholesale Death
LABOR DAY TRAFFIC TOLL
RECORD HIGH IN U.S
TWELVE Junior Red Cross members of thc Eastern provinces attended the Junior
Reel Cross Study Centre at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, recently. During their Mopover in Montreal on their return journey, tliey were ihe guests of
Miss Marcelle Delage, director of the permanent Blood Donor Clinic in the metropolis. After vsiiliny the clinic and having their blood "typed" three of them are
seen enjoying their'cold buffet. From left to right are:—Arthur Batstone, New-
Brunswick; Doris Moss, Nfld.. and Fred Waters, New Brunswick.
Hundreds Die In
Clashing Autos
All-Time Traffic Jams, Terrific Speeds
Spell Human Destruction
CHICAGO—AP—The Labor Day week-end traffic
loll in the United States pushed relentless toward a
record high Monday night, boosted by pressure of what
might be the country's biggest traffic jam.
later was more than TOO miles an|
hour
, feel.
-unit for measuring high-altitude  t,_„     .        h-.,.,-,,   ( itm ■   -nr,
l!i:!«i al supersonic speeds. ' hDUr at an alUtt,dc of "00 lo '00
Because of thc lack of such
rfimpmcnt, the official record had!
ton only 755 miles an hour sell
k U.-Col, !■'. K. Everscl in n North
American K-100A, Oct. 29, 1033. .let
plane* have fitfwn lasisr lhan
-■-.md many limes, and the fastest
known speed of any aircraft is
abut l.fiOO miles an hour, twice
thc speed of sound, made by Maj.
Charles Ycager in the B**ll XlA
experimental rocket ship.
Immediately afler the announcement of the record attho National
Aircraft Show hare, Hanes flew
the F-100C past the reviewing
stand at a speed which he said
Hancs landed* Ihe plane before ■
the estimated crowd (if l0i),U0tf and|
came to lhc reviewing stand lo;
receive thc Thompson, Trophy,!
emblematic of the first official
supersonic record. i
Hancs' record waa based on two
flights over the course within a
half-hour .period, one a speed
average of 870.627 miles an hcur,
and th: other at 773.644 miles an
hour.
High
Low
TIDES
9:46 a.m, 10:12 p.m.
, 3:42 a.m   4*:27 p.pi.
First Full Scale
Tests CJO
Are Big Succe
lwu\ Station Reports Wide Reception
By working ail day Saturday and Sunday, CJON-TV
firincors and RCA engineers were able to put thc first
full power test patterns on the air Sunday evening at 8.30.
Response was immediate: set owners in every Conception
Bay town, on Bell Island, Ferryland, Clarenville Heart's
Content, Bonavista, and other points wired and phoned
in that they were, receiving good and clear pictures. In
E|.nninrd*s Bay a sot -owner using only rabbit's ears reporlcd perfect reception.
All over St, John's reception
was excellent. Some people whose
**T were not properly adjusted
h*' -lilficulty, bul this will be cor*
rfc'fd when servicemen are able
in chock the sets now/ with pro-
cramming on the air*
'in Monday night thc second test
Marted at 8:00 and ran until 10:00.
Wat or street appliance dealers
turned their sets on in the win*
dftw> aud crowds of people elust*
itimI around each window watch-
in*- Hie progrums, Monday night
pio**ranii Included n western pro*
Et?m, part of a symphony concert,
basketball highlights,, wrestling•
lit Eh lights, n horseshow in Madison
Sr}u:.re Gardens, and highlights of
lhc championship Madison Square
Car-lens trad; meet, and a college
basketball game In New York.
Thi* was followed by half an hour
situation comedy.
At the end of the text transmission, it was announced by
CJON-TV that for the balance of
Ihis week test programs would be
shown from 5—7 each evening.
Next week this schedule will be
extended. From 5—6 this evening,
and every evening this week chll*
fit-ens' programs will be put on*
ami from 6-7 variety prugrams.
The Dominion Bridge Co, also
forked over the three day week-
i-wl erecting the final piece «f
"quipment needed'hi put CJON-TV
"n the air with full power. This
was llie passive reflector which
n-ighi iivcr 5,000 pounds, and was
Hown from Montreal .Saturday
morning, By Sunday at lunch hour
this had been erected and adjusted. On Sunday afternoon. RCA en*'
tinoers and WON's Oscar Hierlthy
a nil Harold Squires luboured at
the CJON-TV transmitter making
adjustments, thereby, making It possible to put tests on Sunday night.
■IMON's President, Geoff Still-
ins, announced late last night that days a week.
Says Russia Has Plan
To Conquer Australia
■ Set Up Submarine Bases In Antarctic
WASHINGTON—AP —- An anonymous writer, described as 'a former military attache" in Moscow who
regularly makes intelligence analyses of Soviet strategy
for one of the Western governments," says Russia has a
long-rang plan to conquer Australia.
In  a  copyright article  In  the
Death had claimed 345 persons
in tho awesome cross-currents of
auto trafficc streams from 6 p;m.
local time Friday, when the count
sl'.u-ted, ti C p.m. ADT Monday.
At least 58 drownings and 70
violent deaths in all other types of
accidents, combined with the auto
Loll for an overall 474.
Approximately three-quarters of
the accident fatalities came with
ihc shock of automobiles, burst ex-
prosivcly, mashed, bounced, burned
Timber Survey
At National
Park Site
Ike Said Ready
For Re-Election
Friends Claim McCarthy Finished As
Political Threat
DENVER, Colo—AP — Vice-President Nixon said
Monday that those closest to President Eisenhower art
"more optimistic than, ever" that he will run "for reelection.
A survey   of available   timber
resources on thc site of thc   pro
posed National Park,
Nova area is to he c
Nixon made the statement to
newspaper men after a Labor Day
conference with the president on
national security problems,
The vice-president also said at
his press conference at the summer White House that he believes
Senator McCarthy is "through"
as a political threat to Eisenhower
and as "a major decisive force \
within the Republican party."
IKK ESSENTIAL
The vice-president said he wai
talking about those closest tq
Eisenhower, but he also declared
"the overwhelming majority of
ItepubHcan le/dars" throughout
the country—some ot whom an
not on close personal terms wilh
the   president—"bejiieve   that   h<
! will run, and they are fixing their
campaigns on the assumption that
; he will run."
xNixon said McCarthy was such;    Askcd about (he basij for ftaf
of the   pro-   a force -ast year at the lime nfi
, in thc Terra   t|10  io:,.]  elerlions-when the Re I    «■}.£'Nation    I
:arricd nut he-; publicans lost control of Congress! am- dnmeslicallv is
internationally
and domestically is such that lh>
and pounded into yielding flesh and ; fore work on Ihe park begins, the ; to tlie Democrats. ,.,-.. president is needed. Also, tha pres
bone. \ Honourable    J.    W.    Pickersgill j     ^    J..11-!"!.^^'^/"""..^^!!1!if1ctlt himself is a man with a very
ic, i Honouranic    j.     ">.    < luftL-^^m ; ,    ■■     .      .. ■■. .     . HiL-ni niiiiavu is a Jii«tn \\nn a vwj
wii vr nn M P tl \ staled here during a brief weekend | ^ [V*™* ^t^n'to^S- hish so"sc of duly and^lc5Pitc lh"
Abll AT M M.P.H.      • I , Nix m  said.  wi» be in  the  field  fart hc is      v       1]l|mMe man_
n som-a cases   he human rte-i "•' • _ . or "economic thinking. : wi„ iM lhat hc is nc-ded
Lictinn.was  wholesale,   terrific     ^ wule to Ottawa allcrspcmi . ,
weekly magazine "U.S. News and
World Hcport," tho writer   says
Kussia plans to set up a screen
of submarine bases in \\\s Ant-
urctice and use Southeast Asia as
a military stepping stone to Australia.
Thi' author, whose nationality Is
not disclosed, says Russia's goal
I i.s based nn the geopolitical theory
; that world domination depenus un, ,,-.«,        . n   ,   ,    .
control of both tho land massi "on at Mount Pleasant Protcalant
1 wnlrcd nn Moscow and the "world'Cemetery yesterday, and beautiful
! ocean" centred at Sydney, Aus*'weather'prevailed lo make the
| Irali-i, ; solemn service a most impressive
1 MANY LONtMlANOK SIMS lonr' TlicCitadd liquid of The Sal-
i    The writer says thr Soviet UnionT'Mion Anuy, hy permission of Coi.
s imw has more lhan .15(1 submarine-. Dalziel. asMstcd.
Commemoration
Service. At
Mt Pleasant
A' large" -congregation -attended
thc annual service of Commcmora-
CR
In
slructi..,.   —   	
speed figured in at least two such
cascs-a head-on crash near Warsaw, Ky., whicii killed four and
maimed two jammed the speedom-
cter of one wreck at 90 miles an
hour. Near Fulton, Tenn., a car
containing seven en route to a
family reunion was parted jaggedly
by an Iron utility pole, killing five
occupants.
The country.-widc picture could
only be assessed immediately in
accounting terms and by comparison with earlier traffic experience,
In   such   terms,   the   three-day
Labor Hay weekend actually 7.H.
hours from R p.m.. Friday to in id*
'night Monday  formed  Uw  linw
frame.
ing several weeks in his Federal
Riding of Bonavista-Twillingatc,
Mr. Pickersgill said that while it
was his greatest desire to sec thc
Newfoundland section of the Trans-
Canada highway, completed without too much further delay, and
the beginning of the National Park
would assist this somewhat,
nevertheless, he agreed with those
wbo wanted to make sure that the
establishment of the Park would
not deprive the proposed third
paper mill of valuable timber resources. - And for this reason a
thormigji siirvpy of lhe area ls to
be umlerluktMi imnu'diulely.
If it ts decided to go ahead with
the park, then the Federal gov-
LAST RECORD IN filiil ernment will assume tho rcspon*
For that period last year, there; sibility for that section    of    the
SUPPORT FREE ENTERPRISE      a#-*«-
He   said   lhc   Republicans   will1    Nixon  said Eisenhower s    con-
continue to advocate lhat govern-; *-»*ltc'l leadership is essential   (or
ment step aside for free enterprise
in all cases where a government
role is not essential. He assumes
thc Democrates will advocate a
greater role for government.
Tha farm issue likely will bc
the "most difficult" one for the
Republicans because farm prices
have been falling, he said.
As to whether Eisenhower will
seek another term, Nixon said:
"Among the people who know |
(he president—ami want him loj
run—Ihey are mure lijitimistie lhan;
I hey lia,L' bt*e» yl any linit1 -.inetT
hrj was inaugurated tfiat he will \
run again."
completion of-his program.
Takes New
Teat-bins' Post
In England
0
many lnn-ran*irt ocean • goui*-
lypes, and is increasing lhc number constantly, In addition, all Russian shipyards arc busy producing
naval craft with oil tankers the
only type of merchant vessels now
being built in the country.
Oil tankers "are considered to
be of strategic importance for the
fueling of naval vessels operating
•in foreign waters'."
Tlie new estimates of Soviet in
The service Marled at 3 p.m.,
with Jiic Call lo Worship by Rcv,
F. E. Vipond ,the presiding Minister.
Following congregational singing of thc hymn "When This Passing World is Done," thc congregation joined in the responsive reading of thc beautiful passage Irom
John M'i-,-14 . . . "Let not your
heart bc troubled.""
lonllons also is based, the writer,    T|]C scripturc Lesson was read
r. "   ■',„,„   r-e \„ lo-ii vivtv ibc construction    nf    a    siwahlf-
, Dnv period was fwR in in.ii wn..n-  .........
: lhc traffic'record for the holiday stretch of thc highway rniiiiccling
also was set at 4fil. i (Jamho with Port Blandford.
' The National Safely Council harlj	
climalcd   last   week   that   the-
auto toll for the present weekend OA   1 rrocfc
would reach 400. £v iUl'1-M?-
As  a comparison  with non-holiday weekend experience, the Associated Press survey of accident
dr-nths in  the 78-hour period  of Anpiflpnltj
Aug.    10-22   counted   385   traffic fi-tl-IUC'lIW
deaths, 67 drownings and 85 miscellaneous fatalities for a total or
537.
i    A big factor in the heavy death
No Serious
Newfoundland was the luckiest
part of Canada in so f:ir as serious automobile accidents arc con-
GEOFFREY STIRLING,
President of CJON-TV
th&e tests would continue for tho
next seven days,, but that they
were not expected to interfere with
the 5-7 daily programming now
planned for the balance' of this
week. Mr. Stirling told ^the News
that as a' result ot Sunday's' test
It was found necessary to' remove'
the .guard rails from the top of
tbe 300-foot'TV-antenna .on the
Kenmount Road, as lt was discovered that, these were causing slight
interference with the signal:; * .*
Reb'earsals are now going * for*
ward'full speed, in the'TV studios
undcr vice-president Don.- Jajhlc*
soli's supervision, and everything
is being made .ready as fast as
possible for tlie start of'commer-.
clal operation.
; In the meantime, from how un*.
til full scute cfinmiereiui ' opera*
tion stmts, unless-* unforsocn adjustments art; necessary, viewers
will 'be getting several hours ' »f
programming   every   day,   seven
Antarctic and back.
SIX WEEKS EACH WAY
The submarine travelled under
water for 14'hours a'day on a trip
that took six weeks each way. It
was followed at some distance by
an auxiliary vessel and was mel
in the Antarctic by the Soviet whaling flotilla "Slavs."
Tlie Russians are described as
building far-ranging fishing fleets,
cnulopcd with radar and planes,
' "There is little doubt that it is
only a question of time before the
U.S.S.R. demands the right to
establish a permanent base in thc
Antarctic for her whaling and
research activities," thc writer
says.
! tolls  was thc expanding number "rned  during  the    Labor    Da
'of motor  v'hiclcs  on  a  national j holiday.   While   the   dcatn   toll
road network not planned to handle mounted in other provinces, police
The address was given by Rev.
Jlr. Goldsmith, and the service
closed with the Hymn "Abide With
Mc," followed by the Benediction
and thc National Anthem.
Spehcer Attends
Highway Meeting
Having denied   •published- re*
ports that the Trans-Canada high
way would be completed . early-
next year, Works Minister Spencer headed for   the    Mainland,
the volume.
where lie will be one of thc speakers at a conference of tbe Eastern
Highways Association which opens
at St. Andrew's, New Brunswick
today.
During the three-day conference,
tbe progress of the Trans-Canada
highway in the Atlantic provinces
will be reviewed. Other important
matters on the agenda will include the menace of level crossing
and what steps are to be taken to
reduce the danger therefrom; and
the increasing death toll from
highway traffic accidents.
here reported that apart ftom a
few collisions'which involved only
minor personal injuries in one or
two instances, there was nothing
of a serious nature brought to
their attention.
On tbe local scene a trial of
20 arrests were made. Two uf these
were for drunken driving and a
third Tor reckless driving. T.w>
women were brought in for being
drunk on the street, while another
Arrest  Follows
Manhunt
Intense
KDMONTON—CP —One
of the most'intense manhunts in' western Canada
came to a quiet end Monday with the arrest in" a
downtown rooming house of
John Petlock, 35, wanted on
a murder eharire.
DK.  ALLAN  G,  GILLINGHAM
Aiming   the   passengers   from
' Boston, en route to Rugby. England,   on   H.M.S.    Newfoundland
1 were Dr. Allan G. Gillingham, his
I wife and three children.
! Dr. Glllingliain is on his way
to Kugby School where* he has accepted the position of masler for
a year under the Fulbright Exchange Program.   ,
During this period a Hugby
master will fill Dr, GiUinghamJ
position in the Classics Department at Phillips Academy,- And-
over, Ma*-**.
Het'L'iillv   Dr.   fiillingliam   was
Russian F
rr-i
lour
.ussian
Anti-Red Demonstrations Called
"Deplorable"
. OTTAWA-CP —A federal official said Monday the
[Canadian tour of the Russian
farm experts has become "a
bit botched up?' But there
were opposing' views as to
where thc responsibility lay!
'Diplomats blamed the agriculture department which handled the
trip, Agriculture, officials said they ]
took over the arrangements only
because the external affairs department did not want to handle them,
One informant said handling of
■liie'toUr .was a top-level decision
'between External Affairs Minister
Pearson arid Agriculture Minister
Gardiner, He said Mr, Gardiner
asked tn have the taur handled by
liis department, S. J. Chagnon,
assistant deputy minister of agriculture,- was placed In charge.
DEPLtmK INCIDENTS      -
Meanwhile, the:external affairs
department issued a statement say:
ing.the anti-Ited demonstrations
department Issued a statement saying the anti-Red demonstrations
against the visitors at Montreal,
Winnipeg and London were "dc-
plnrable."
But a department official said
the statement could not be taken
as an official government apology
because the incidents were not sufficiently serious to warrant such
action.
The statement said:
"These visitors are guests of tlie
government and the unruly demonstrations arc deplorable. One can
understand that the emotions of
thc new Canadians are fairly strong
owing to thsir personal experiences
in some.eases. However, this does
not justify any action against
individuals which reflects on our
liiispltafity.-'v-
ML'CH CONFUSION
Federal officials, .were generally
in agreement ihat'lhsre had been
a great-deal of confusion and misunderstanding in handling the tour.
Police Chief Robert Taft of Winnipeg, passing through Ottawa on
route to the Maritimes for a holiday, told reporters Monday that
tha Russians' arrival plans at Winnipeg were "the best-kept secret
since the war."
The first nf. tlie two federal
planes, carrying thc Russian group
from Swift Current, Sask., to Winnipeg arrived at Winnipeg's Stevenson airport at 8:20 p.m. last
Wednesday. Chief Taft. said his
force was first informed of the
arrival time at 8:10 p.m. The
planes were'in tha air about three
hours,   ■'
"Wc kept a man near a telephone all day to get. thc arrival
time from tlie HCMP just as soon
as it was known," he said. "We
got it just a few minutss. before
the arrival/'  .
If be had been given more time
to prepare, lit* said, lie could, have
had.the planes land-on a military
strip adjoining the civilian airfield
and had taxis wisk thc Russians
away without the demonstrators
getting a chance to come near
them. , . ...,..'
Pel lock, .sought since last Mmi-j
day when five uf his relatives, iii-! . ,    .,    .^.^ of phiI.
ending  his   mu her,  went  found ■ ,«»rt!„-
slaiu ?,„ a  farm  near  the  small i-U*  Aeademy,  with  Uc a po nt-
    -. , community of Kenwood, 80 miles; meiil tu the Jutm Charles Phillips
was arrested for shoplifting. Other I northeast or Regina, gave up with*; foundation Ior the   teaching   of
arrests were for ordinary drunk- ■ out a struggle. Lalin, a singular honour confer
ness and disturbing the peace.    !    RCMP and city police arrested
All offend*, will-appear in tiie   ^^o^^^
Magistrates Court this evening.     ,he  ^^ had notmed-ncMP
earlier in tiie day that one of her
roomers was tlie wanted man.
Police said the man readily ad.
mitted he was Petlock. He is in
RCMP   barracks,   awaiting   only
formal identification before he is
returned to Saskatchewan.
■PED DISPLAY WORST
Winnipeg was the' scene of the
worst of the three demonstrations.
About 300 anti-Com munist Ukrainians turned out at the airport
equipped with placards, pamphlets
and even a big wreath dedicated
to "brothers murdered by the Bob
shaviks." Four RCMP plainclothes
FIVE FOUND SLAIN
The search for Petlock- was
launched after lhe bodies of five
persons were found at his brother's
farm.
Shot three  times each  with  a
ferrcd in recognition of his oul-
standing services and his distinguished teaching.
Dr. Gillingham was a Jubilee
and a Rhodes Scholar, he was a
student at Memorial University
when the late Mr. J. L. Paton was
Fre=ident. He later taught there
for a number of years. Rugby
School to which Dr.'Gillingham is
now going is one of the three
great public schools of England.
Air. Paton attended and also
taught at Rugby School.
Dr.- Gillingham  is the  son of
men, apparently niistaken**for Rus-j Michael Petlock, John's 34-ycar*
sians, were punched,, kicked and j old brother; John's 72-year-old
spat at, Demonstrators cursed the  widowed mother, Mrs. Mary Pet
anoi   inrce   umvs   vavti   »*ui   a\ . ,       ,.„„_,,_   «,-   rn
single-shot   .22.c-.Hhrc   rifle  were  Mr. and the late George 1-. Gil*
lingham, St. John's.
Russians as they were taken from
the airfield in a police-protected
motorcade.
-As Chief Taft spoke to reporters'in an Ottawa hotel lobby,
Vlaidmir. Matskevich, Soviet delegation leader, pand some of his
colleagues happened by. The chief
and Mr. Matskevich shook/hands.
WEATHER
Cloudy, with a few sunny pei<
iods. ...Showers this afternoon,
clearing this evening. High -today
TUKSDAY, September filh.
Sunrise" .. .. .. .. 5:25 a.m.
Sunset .. .» .. .. 6;33 p.m.
lock; Michael's wife, Angcline, 21;
and their two young daughters, the
oldest about three.
Ten thousand dollars, the family
savings, was missing from thc Pel-
lock homestead.
Two RCMP and two Edmonton
detectives, all in plain clothes,
made the arrest of the .man who
had been staying* at the rooming
house since early lasl week..
The landlady beeam-a suspicious
because he seldom left-"his room
and gave her few chances to get
a good look at him. After his
picture appeared in au Edmonton
ncwiTpap^r, shc felt shc was pos-
itive Petlock, who carried no bag*
gacc, had rented (ha room by the
week.
3—Rescue crew stranded
Steamer.
5—Trinity News.
6—"There's A Crisis In
Education"—Editorial..
7—Gerald S. Doy'fB report*
.on annual trip.
10, 11-Sport.
13-1B-5QHI, Anniversary
John Clouston Lid.
19—Women's   New«.
20—Movie  Reviews.   -
21—Comics.
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