Daily News, 1955-09-07

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Vol. 62.   No, 189
SL JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND,  WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1955
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\AC D. E. Craig, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earle of the Magdalene Islands, and LAC A.
Nardini of Slephonville Crossing, Nfld., stand beside the tail of a Sabre jet to discus the CNE Air Display with pilot Flying Officer CSG deNancredo and LAC
K P Dillon, son of Mr. and Mrs, P. J. DiUon, 125 Hamilton Avenue, St. John's,
Nfld. The four based at Chatham with the RCAFs jet Operational Training Unit
will journev to Trenton, Ontario, one week before taking part.in the big CNE Air
Display on Sept. 9th and 10th. Altogether over fifty jets will participate including
RAF Canberra jet bombers.
ARBITRATION
Facing
Wilbert
Execution,
Coffin Has
OTTAWA — CP — Man-
r^menl and employees of
Canadian Overseas Tele-
lommuniealion Corporation
have agreed'lo refer a dispute ovcr \va»e increases to
v.\ n-bih-altu' for a final and
rii-c'in'i decision.
This was lhe chief feat-are nt a
Hr.-il liibnr department pro^snl
cci-rtcil Tuesday by the crown
civiicd t-orpnrallon and the Cana*
-'inn Overseas . Tclocommu*
mentions Union (CIO-CCL). Ac*
c'lusiu'c of the proposal ended thc
I'lrcat oi a strike by 150 employees
j-liotlulcd for 8 p. m. Wednesday.
Both parlies agraod to negotiate
a now labor contract terminating
ii-in. 30. iHaG.-Thcy also accepted
? federal suggestion that the night
('if.iTcntial be increased to 75
l.'om 30 cents a shift.
Ciiibr terms nf the proposal lhc
arbitrator will decide whether employees should receive a five*pcr*
cent salary increase effective from
Ust. 1. IOjI, to Sept. HO. 1D5B, or
v.*li«tlicr thc baost should he flvfl
p:r cent from Ocl.'l, 1554, to'Oct.
1, 1035, with a further three per
c*nt effective until Sept, 30, 1356.
Tho former wane proposal was
made by the company* and thc
b'.tcr by thc -union.Aug. 25, the
tUt* negotiations on a new con*
tv.ict hrok-; oif. In making his
d 2d'lon the arbitrator will decide
upon an increase within thc limits
ot the company anil union pro*
pr-sals.
Thc arbitrator will be jointly
--elected by Hid two parties. In thc
evam llicy fail lo agree on a
nominee by next Tuesday, the
arbitrator will he appointed by
Labor Minister Gregg.
The two parties also agreed thai
nan-economic issues in dispute will
b negotiated on the understand*
ing that lick of settlement will
m constitute a bar to the signing
of an agreement.
A strike would havc involved
worker in branches in Quebec,
*"-ev,-i\--midland, British Columbia
ar.il Nova S?olia, It would have
brsaly tied up the corporation's
overseas transmission.
Last  Freedom Bid
Breaks Jail, Is Later Recaptured
QUEBEC—CP—Wilbert Coffin, convicted murderer
facing execution this month, made a successful break for
shortlived freedom early today after locking up five jail
guards and terrorizing fellow prisoners with a make-
believe gun fashioned from soap.
Gaspe
Rowe Praises
Grand Falls
Exhibition
Back from a visit to Grand Falls
where hc took part In the opening
ceremonies ot the Grand Falls
Exhibition, said the effort cf the'
Grand Falls Gardening Association was "one of the- greatest exhibitions l have even seen." He
was impressed with the complete
display ot wildlife exhibits, the
agricultural exhibits and the display of trees by the Newfoundland
Forest Protection Association.
CONFIRMS REPORT
Mr. Rowe confirmed yesterday's
report of Mr. Pickersgill, Minister
°t Immigration, that a mirvey
would be mad of the timer re*
sources ori'the proposed National
Park at Newman's Sound. He added that a complete survey of all
limber on Crown. lands In this
Province vvill be carried out dur*
ing the next few weeks.
The -14-year-old Gaspe prospec
(or wns back in Ids coll at Quebec
jail an hour and a half later, fol
lowing a meeting with his lawyer
who advised him to return or lose
all chances of reprieve.
Later in the day Coffin left here
by car under police escort for
Montreal's Bordeaux jail where he
is scheduled to he hanged Sept.
23 for the murder in 1953 of Richard Lindsey, a 17-year-olJl Ameri-
can bear hunter,
SMOOTH ESCAPE
The break, described by Deputy
Attorney-General C. E. Contin as
"a smooth piece of work", began
when Coffin complained of a stom*
ach acta.
A guard was sent to the prison
pharmacy for medication and
when he returned Coffin forced
him into his cell at gunpoint where
he had already herded another
prison employee.
Brandishing the black-painted
soap gun, Corf in forced three-more
guards into lhe cell of Gerard
Abel, confined nearby in a special
section reserved for murder con*
victs.
Abel, sentenced to death for lhe
murder of a rival for the affection
oE a young Shawinigan Falls, Que.,
girl, was ordered to tic up the
throe guards .with strips of bedding.
Mr. Cantin said Coffin did nol
offer lo release Abel and described
the youth as being "terror-
stricken."
After  leaving   the   grey   stone
prison Coffin ' hailed a taxi, and
aslrad lo be driven to the Quebec
bridge, about seven miles west.
GETS LAWYER'S ADDRESS
The driver, Gaston Lkbrecque,
told police later he was first suspicious because of Coffin's prison
garb. At the bridge, he said, Coffin identified himself and ordered
liim to hand over thc keys to the
car.
"Then ho asked .mc whether 1
knew certain psoplc in Quebec
nnd when he mentioned his lawyer
Raymond Maher, I spoke to my
office on thc radio and got his address. "■■ ......
Mr, Maher, awakened at his
uppcrlown apartment house by* the
driver, said "it was a-last desperate try by Coffin to show that h?
Is not guilty of murder." After,
talking with Mr. Maher for a few
minutes, Coffin agreed lo-return
to jail, the lawyer said.   .'
Since Mr. Justice Douglas Abbolt of the Supreme Court turned
down Coffin's motion for laave to
ap.'eal last week, Coffin chances
of a reprieve have dwindled. :
TWO POSSIBILITIES
- There are still two courses ot
action. A new motion for appeal
can be presented to a full^bench,
or thc fedcr/ -""-st can -""■nt
a commutation of .sentence. The
next step in Coffin's legal fight has
not yet been decided.
Coffin was brought to trial-approximately .a year after the
young Lindsey's bear-chewed body
along with those o/ his father,
Eugene, 47, and Albert Claar wore
found In Gaspe bushland. All were
from Hollldayaburg, Pa,
Since his conviction. Coffin had
bcen held in Quebec jail where
he has been described as a ."model
prisoner." A few hours before his
escape he presented jail governor
Gene Letourneau with a painting
hc had done while in prison. In
return, Letourneau gave him two
apples which he took, along with
a guard's lunch-box of sandwiches
when he fled.
Letourneau fftld Coffin did not
give a reason for the escape after
he returned and later began crying. Less than two hours later,
however, he was asleep.
Coffin reached Montreal's Bordeaux jail Tuesday night without
incident.
Speed Up 'Carson'
Discharge
At Argenlia
According to a report from Argentia, the work of discharging
the new Gulf Ferry "William Carson", has been, greatly speeded up
since the temporary docking facilities were completed last week.
Some 50 additional dock workers have been engaged by the Can*
adian National Railways to take
care of the extra freight passing
through lhat port since the Ferry
began operajing there three weeks
ago.
It Is understood that the operation is meeting with approval by
St. John's businessmen who are
now receiving shipments of fruit
etc from thc Mainland several
days earlier than Jhcy did when
shipments were routed through
Port Aux Basques. This situation
will eventually end, however, as
thc Ferry will operate from Sydney to Port Aux Basques as soon
as port facilities at the West
Coast terminal have been made
suitable for the "William Carson"
lo dock there,
Catches,Boat
Load Codfish
With Plastic Coat
Hugcnc Philpot of Bell Island
is-minus-his red plastic coat but
has proved that" sucli a coat has
more uses than keeping thc rain of
its owner.    ■
,. .Yesterday-Mr.., Philpot decided
-to-spend a few hours trawling for
codfish .off. Bell. Island, but he
was -handicapped through lack of
bail.
.-Not wishing to return without
any fish he decided to bait his
hooks with -pieces from his plastic
coat. To liis' amazement thc codfish dlspalyed a'.decided interest
in the red halt, and by the time
that he had used the last remaining j-Jiecic of his coat, hc had a boat
load of fish. -
LuekHy the value of the fish
when marketed far exceeded the
cost of the. coat and In addition,
Mr. Philpott has proved that there
need bc no* further bait shortage
as long as plastic.coasts, of the
right colour are.available.
Brownies will do less crumbling If you let' them cool "before
cutting liUo squares.
'ANTI-PROTESTANT   ANTI-BRITISH"
Canada'
Policy On Immigration
RUSSIAN  FARMERS  MIFFED
Govt. Attempts Soothe
Feelings   Red   Visitors
OTTAWA — CP — Canada's top diplomat, will play
host lo the leader of the Soviet agricultural .delegation
today in what appears to be
a Canadian government
move to soothe the ruffled
feelings of the farm experts.
External Affairs Minister Pearson returned to his office Tuesday
following a two - week visit in
western Canada and immediately
agreed to hold a private lunch-eon
for delegation leader Vladimir
Matskevich, acting Soviet agriculture "minister.
At the luncheon will be S, J.
Chagnon, assistant deputy minister of agriculture who was in
charge of the Russians' Canadian
lour, and lhe ambassadors of thc
two countries: Dmitri Chuvahin of
Russia and "John Watkins of Can
ada.
The 32 Russian farm authorities
are In Ottawa inspecting the 1,100-
acre Central Experimental Farm
as a conclusion to a 4,000-mile tour
of farmlands in four provinces.
KEPT CLEAR OF TORONTO
During the first 11 of the scheduled 16-day tour, they were met
by anti - Red demonstrations in
three Canadian cities. They decided to hy -pass Toronto altogether because of fear of further
demonstrations and because of a
newspaper report that the city
would officially ignore their visit.
The external affairs department
issued a statement Monday calling
the outbursts "deplorable," but an
official said the statement could
not be called an official apology
because thc incidents were not
sufficiently serious to warrant
onc.
The Russians appeared to be
intensely interested in the statement and thc circumstances sur
rounding its issuance. A representative of the Russian news agency
Tass, called a Canadian Press
reporter late Monday night to get
all details.
In Ottawa, the visit of the Russians has excited no great interest Thera were no demonstralion5
and no crowds of curious spectators.
TWO DEPART EARLY
The Russians' inspected the experimental farm in small groups
to make a more detailed study.
Mr. Matskevich made the trip
to tha farm but before lunch said
he had an appointment and left,
accompanied by Eugene Litochko,
Pravda's correspondent in thc
United States. The two men did
not return.
The delegates are scheduled to
hold • a press conference here
Friday to give their impressions
on Canadian farming. They likely
will leave for the Soviet "Union
Saturday.
Speed   Limits   Not
Effective - Spencer
Wld. Public Works Minister At
■Highways Conference
ST. ANDREW'S, N. B.-CP - Speed limits don't
accomplish much, says the man in-charge of Newfoundland's -highways.
"It has been my experience,"
said Hon. E. S. Spencer of St.
John's, "that when the limit on a
good road is set at 50, people
travel '70. When it is 30, they *go
50."
Newfoundland's public works
minister and a former president
of the Canadian Good Roads Association, Mr. Spencer is in St.
Andrews for a conference of the
Eastern Canada Association of
Highway Officials.
Drivers should be controlled by
highway conditions, Mr. Spencer
said in an interview Tuesday,
"A driver should know what degree of caution to exercise. He
should bc educated for the situation .he is going to meet."
TOUGH JOB
As boss of Newfoundland's highways, the 62*ycar-61d construction
and mining engineer may well
have one of the toughest jobs of
its kind in the country.
Tha island province has more
lhan 6,000 miles of roads, but less
than 150 miles are paved.. With a
population of 400,000, it had a
"tremendous job" ahead in high
way construction, Mr. Spencer
said.
More than $40,000,000 had been
spent since 1949 on new construe
tion, rebuilding and maintenance.
This year more than' $14,000,000
was allocated for highway work,
including f>2 millions for bridges.
Motor vehicle population of Newfoundland, where the first auto
road was built In 1925, will go past
30,000 this year, well in excess of
lhe 25,000 registered in 1954. Mr,
Spencer said it had more than
trebled within lhe last decade.
Lake Ontario Swim
Starts 4 A.M. Today
Swimmers Compete In CNE Marathon
TORONTO (CP)-The Canadian
National Exhibition Tuesday night
announced its cross-Lake-Ontario
marathon swim will start at 4 a.m.
ADT today.
CNE president William A. Harris announced here that weather
conditions wore improving rapidly
this evening and the swimmers
would definitely leave Niagara-on*
thc-Lake today.
However, he said there was
some possibility of delaying the
start beyond 3 a. m, if the weather
did not improve as rapidly as
forecast.
Mr. Harris made the announce
ment at 8 p. m. ADT Tuesday,
He said a simultaneous announcement was being made to the 35
entrants who have been waiting
since Monday at the port on the
mouth of the Niagara river.
WINDS TO ABATE
Stiff winds were blowing across
the laka at the time of the announcement but Mr. Harris said
forecasts indicated they would
abate sufficiently to start thc swim
early in the morning.
Local
Navy Man
Drowned
PORT ALBERNI B. C.~
CP—Herbert Churchill, 23
of Trinity Bay, Nfld.,,-cook
aboard HMCS Oriole, was
■drowned Sunday in the Nah-
mint river about nine miles
from here.
RCMP said the able-bodied
seaman was drowned in
about four feet of water
while swimming with another member of the crew
of the RCN training vessel.
Oriole is a schooner-rigged sailing ship.
AB. Churchill- is survived
by his wife in.Victoria.
Medical Men
Meet Monday
The annual meeting of thc Newfoundland Branch of the Canadian
Medical Association will be held
in St. John's, next week, beginning
on Monday, September 12 and ending on Wednesday, September 14.
The Convention, which will be
addressed by a number of prominent Mainland medical men,' will
be presided over by Doctor R. J.
Simms, President of the Newfoundland Branch. He will bc assisted by Doctor LcGrow, Vice
President of the Branch.
No Encouragement
Given   To   Britons
Ask Government Provide Financial Aid
EDMONTON—CP — Canada's immigration policy
was described Tuesday at the general synod of the Anglican Church of Canada as "anti-Protestant anti-British
and'pro-Roman Catholic.'*
The statement was made in a
discussion of immigration policy
by lay delegate Col. T. A. Kidd
of Kingston, Ont. Hc said two of
every three persons' who come to
Canada are not British.
Col. Kidd said about 250,000 persons Icaro Britain annually and of
these only 50,000 came to Canada.
The balance goes to South Africa,
New Zealand and Australia. Hc
urged an assistance policy to
induce, more Britons to come to
this country.
The synod adopted a resolution
World
News Briefs
POSTPONE CHURCH BILL
'BUENOS   AIRES,   AP—A   bill
authorizing President   Peroit   lo
postpone*-*-ntit mid-1956 the touchy
requesting thc federal governmentl que5tiort °f separaUng  the state'
to provide financial assistance and fl„d ihe Rman catholic Church
more adequate planning for immigrants, and to allow a greater
number of immigrants from Uk
British West Indies.
MORE NEEDED
Tbe resolution said "the synod is
''firmly of the opinion that a
continued generous policy of immi
gration is both wise and necessary."
Thc federal government was
urged to strengthen the appeal to
prospective settlers by "instituting
morc adequate planning" for their
reception at ports of entry and
their absorption in industry,
their absorption in industry.
Canon W. W. Judd, retiring
general secretary of the church's
council for social services, introducing thc motion, said "a great
many immigrants are not adequa
tely looked after by employment
agencies.
The resolution also recommended
that "specific measures of assistance" be extended to help meet
passagct and settlement costs of
settlers "from the United Kingdom.
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Princess Wilhelmina, Holland's queen
for 50 years before abdicating in
favor of hcr daughter Queen Juliana, has influenza, her private secretary announced Friday. She was
75 last Wednesday.
Polio Rises In
New England
BOSTON (AP)—Sixty-four new
cases of polio were reported Tuesday in Massachusetts—centre of a
New England-wide outbreak.
The Massachusetts total for thc
year jiow is 2,338, compared to
345 a year ago.
The total for thc six New England states mounted lo 3,1813 cases
(G77 last year) with. Connecticut
running second to Massachusetts
with 351 cases to date compared
to 163 last year.
More than 100 public schools
have postponed their fall opening
two weeks, although the state
health department has not favored
thc measure as a polio preventive.
Ninety-eight persons have died
of polio this year in New England;
75 of them in Massachusetts.
Tuna Not Biting
WEDGEPORT, N.S. (CP)-A pall
of gloom hung over this tiny fishing
village on tha' southern tip of Nova
Scotia'Tuesday as lhe world's top
big-fish anglers, here for the 12th
■international tuna tournament,
heard the fish ivcre not biting.
As in 1934, seven* icams representing 12 countries will bc in the
running for the Alton B. Sharp
last two ycars.
in Argentina became law Tuesday/
About 00 per cent of the Aroeu-
lines arc Cathokis.
ARABS BACK UNION
■ CAIRO (Reuters) — The Arab
League will back the unification of
Cyprus with Greece if the problem
of thc British colonial island is
raised in the United Nations, an
Arab League spokesman said Wednesday. The statement followed a
meeting with the League of a delegation of Greek Cypriots residing
in Greece.
FIND NAIL IN HEAD
TOULON, France AP — A
Freticfi surgeon worked for three
hours Sunday to remove a three-
inch-nail from thc head of Eueiyne
Plot!', 20, who was injured in crt
explosion in a fireworks store. The
nail probably entered 1/troy-jh the
left eye socket without iuji^'iitg
the eye and teas lodged between
the brain and the bone. She had
complained of constant headaches.
RICKEY ON TRIP
"frORTH BAY, Ont. (CP)-Branch
Rfck-3}*. president and general manager of Pittsburgh Pirates of the
National Baseball League left here
Tuesday night for Moosonee on
James Bay with two United States
chemists. Tha unidentified chemists arc believed on an expedition
seeking crystalline gypsum along
the Moose river and Mr, Rickey
was accompanying them on a-holiday trip.
WOULD DELAY UN VOTE-
SYDNEY, Reuters — Australian
aAemal affairs minister Richard
Casey said Tuesday the Australian
people would not be ready to see
the government of Formosa pass
into Communist hands. Casey, who
icas leaofng on a diplomatic jour,
ney round thc world, told reporters hc believed the vote on Chinese representation in the United
Nations should again be postponed at this •monlfi's session of
the general assembly.
STAR HAS EYE TROUBLE
NEW YORK (AP>-Paul Muni,
star of the Broadway stage hit,
"Inherit the Wind," has left the
play because of an eye ailment
Producer Herman Shumlln said a
specialist will make a diagnosis
Thursday to determine how serious
the ailment is. Thc New York Post
said it "may be necessary for him
to undergo lhe removal of one
;ye."
MILLIONS  AW  EDVCAT101S
WEATHER
Sunny.   Little change In .temperature.   High today 65.
WEDNESDAY,:September 7th. '
Sunrise .5:26 a.m.
Sunset ..  6:31 p.m,
TIDES
High 10:30 a.m. 10:59 p.m.
Low., ,. ','.g:35 a.m.   5:29 p.m.
Temperatures
TORONTO (CPV-Mmimum and
maximum temperatures:
' Mln.  Max.
Dawson     391     59
Vancouver     53      78
Edmonton     44      74
Regina     34   -  68 -
Toronto      52      81
Montreal     53       76
Halifax        58     . 75
Sydney    -.      57      72
St. John's.;     54      67
History's Biggest Scholarship Plan
■ CHICAGO — AP — A
multi-million dollar scholarship program to finance the
college education of the most
talented high" school seniors
in the United States was
announced Tuesday. Sponsors said it was the biggest
undertaking of its kind in
history. 	
A $20,500,000 corporation, financed largely by the Ford
Foundation, has been founded to
handle the program.. If, expected
contributions from private industry* materialize, . the corporation
expects' to award 1,000 to 5,000
scholarships, a year within five
ycars.
In the first year, beginning in
the fall of. 195G. the corporation's
own funds and contributions from
industry will -provide about 350
scholarships, worth approximately
$2,000,000.
Details of iho program were
told at a press conference by officers of the newly-founded National
Merit Scholarship Corporation of
Evans ton, Rl.
HUGE TALENT HUNT
'"It is a talent search on a
large scale," said Laird Bell, a
Chicago lawyer who is* chairman
of ihc. corporation's board of directors.
"About one-half of the superior
students in our high schools do not
.go to college." This seems to be a
national waste. Several foundations have been'studying lhe problem. The Ford Foundation finally
crystallzed its ideas into this corporation," "
Of its capital, BcU said thc cor-
v-
poralion will, spend $9,000,000. a
year for 10 years on four-year
scholarships for talented students
and payments to the colleges they
choo s z to attend.
BIG FIRMS CONTRIBUTE
An additional 58,000,000 is available as -matching funds for .contributions by private industry.
Another $2,500,000 for administrative expenses was given by
the Ford Foundation ,and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.*
T. V. Houser chairman of the
board * of Sears, Roebuck and
Company, said th* Sears Founda
tion would give $150,000 the first
year for 100 scholarships' to stu
dents interested in .business. He
said Sears intends to add another
100 scholarships each year for the
second, third and fourth ycars of
ths program.
Time Inc., has. made a,grant of
$30,000 to provide
scholarships.   '
five four-year
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