Western Star (Corner Brook, N.L.), 1948-10-01

              The Western Star [ 49th Year-Number 2522 Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Friday, October 1, 1948 Price Five Cents Bevin Sees New Threat To World Peace Says United Nations Doomed Unless Russia Co-operates Rejects Soviet Disarmament Proposals PARIS, Sept. 27 (CP)—Foreign Secretary Bevin today told the United Nations Assembly in impassioned tones that only Russia will be to blame if the "black fury" of atomic warfare descends on mankind. Mr. Bevin spoke against the backdrop of the Security Council preparations to debate the Berlin crisis with the very life of the United Nations and perhaps peace at stake. Indicating he see the end of U. N. unless the east-west conflict can be solved, Bevin said: "If we cannot proceed on a world basis as we had hoped, we must proceed on a regional basis. We must work with those whom we can work with." QHancing directly at Andrei Vychinsky, Russian deputy foreign minister, Bevin then said unequivocally, Britain has no signs on Soviet territory. He added: "On the other hand, if having obtained assured security in their own Soviet teritory they then use the territory of other states and the people of other states to prepare attacks upon us a very different situation will be created in which we can look only to our defence. We are responsible for the safety of our own people and we must accept that responsibility." Mr. Bevin's criticism of attitude on atomic energy was understood to hew closely to the line Prime Minister Mackenzie King is expected to follow in his speech tomorrow. It is learned Canada is sharply interested in "getting the true facts abroad" concerning international control of atomic energy.The Canadian position, it is understood, will not be merely to slam the Russians but to inform other countries a "real plan" for controlling atomic energy has been worked out. So far only 17 countries, including Canada, have been involved in the work of the Atomic Energy Commission. Canada would like to acquaint the other 41 members of the General Assembly with the true situation. The Berlin crisis rumbled around the world. In Moscow foreign diplomats were asking whether Russia would withdraw .from the United Nations or whether U. N. itr self would flounder on the issue. The first real head-on collision of the Western Powers against Russia in the Security Council is expected when the debates begin within a week. British, American and French experts worked throughout the day on the text of identical notes to the Council charging Russia with endangering the peace of the world through her Berlin blockade. French officials said the notes will be handed to the Council tomorrow. The Iron Curtain PARIS, Sept. 27 (Reuters)- In his address to the U. N. General Assembly today, ForeignForeign Minister Bevin, in speaking on the disarmament proposals put forward by Andrei Vychinsky, the Soviet delegate to the General Assembly, said: "We must be forgiven if we are suspicious. As you all know, his country is a sealed book, but in my country we have a free press. What person can say what is happening inside the Soviet Union ? Have we got to put our security in the pool with a nation which will not, and is determinted not to reveal to the world what it is doing? This looks to me like a proposal to the Assembly to disarm the rest of the world while the Soviet Union maintains secrecy about their own military strength. It is not a situation conducive to confidence or to collective security. "It is difficult, if not impossible, to have any useful exchanges between Governments when there is not even the possibility of normal contact l>etween the individual citizens of the countries concerned. M. Vychinsky claimed that the contacts existing between friendly nations in the west were all part of a cold war against the Soviet Union. This is nonsense. What about the Soviet war of nerves which has been carried on against Turkey for  compelling her to keep herself mobilized ? Why the perpetual war of nerves, involving in this case actual fighting, against the lawfully elected Greek Government and the Tractor Driver Killed Instantly Edgar Martin, aged 24, a resident ol Deer Lake, and as a tractor driver pon the Pinchgut Road, was the victim of a most unusual accident on Saturday morning. Martin was felling a tree in a • road building project when the tree broke off and fell across' the tractor, crushing the driver against the framework of the machine. Death was almost instantaneous and his body was brought to Corner Brook morgue shortly afterwards and prepared for burial. The funeral took place at Deer Lake where his widow and two children reside. Cycle Accident Claims One Life A tragic accident occurred on the Corner Brook-Deer Lake highroad on Friday evening resulting in the death of Robert Trapnell while his wife is a patient at the Corner Brook General Hospital on the seriously ill list. The Trapnell's, who live at Steady Brook, had beon visiting here and left for their home at approximately 9:15 p. m., travelling by motor cycle. When they were between the Humbermouth boom and a sawmill situated just east of the boom, the motor cycle, it seems, turned from its regular path to avoid hitting a parked truck. In doing this, the cycle overturned, throwing Mr. and Mrs. Trapnell to the ground. Both victims were taken to the Corner Brook General Hospital where it was learned that Mr. Trapnell was suffering from a fracture of the base of the skull and he succombed shortly after midnight. Mrs. Trapnell also sustained injuries, but latest reports are that she is resting comfortably at that institution.Robert Trapnell is the only son of Dr. and Mrs. Karl Trapnell, and is the father of three children, all of whom live at Steady Brook. Mrs. Stan O'Leary of Corner Brook, and Mrs. T. Reed of Sasset, Que., are sisters of the deceased.The funeral of the late Robert Trapnell took place from his sister's residence, Armstrong Avenue to the U. C. Cemetery, Corner Brook, and .was attended by members of the Great War Veterans' Association of which he was a member, as well as many i friends and relatives. Herring Packers Agree On Price For Scotch Cure The export price of the Fall herring pack was agreed upon this week, when representatives of the Newfoundland Fisheries Board met a group of Bay of Islands Herring packers, in St. Patrick's Hall, Curling. Messrs. Bradley and Bradbury of the Fisheries Board told the Star that the new prices were: Large, Medium and Matt, $20.00 per Bbl.; and Small, $19.00 per Bbl. Mr. Bradley stated that the Board has been in contact with several American Buyers and after considerable negotiation, they decided to conclude a contract with Vita Foods, Who had made the best offer. He thought that about 20,000 barrels of fish would be contracted for and of the amount, approximately 12,000 barrels would be packed in the Bay of Islands. Regarding the packing of filletted and dressed herring, Mr. Bradley informed the Star, that though the Board has assisted in the marketing of this particular type of product, it has largely been a matter for private enterprise. He said that they would keep a close watch on the situation and if requested by the packers they would undertake to give the same assistance as heretofore. When asked if there was any possibility of obtaining a large contract for the supply of nerving to Europe, Both Messrs. Bradley and Bradbury declined to say more than that the prospects for the coming season were "fair". Twenty Extra Concert Tickets Now Available There only remain twenty tickets to be sold, the Star was informed by the president of the Community Concerts Association on Wednesday. It was stated that while the quota for this year had been obtained, there remained sufficient space to seat another twenty persons and the Association decided to increase the membership by that number.These tickets may be obtained by telephoning A. C. Bradbury at 598 during office hours or at his residence telephone number 5847. There will be four concerts this year and the first of these is scheduled to take place on October 13. Continue Talks On Railway Wage Dispute There were no new developments in the wage dispute between the management of the Newfoundland Railway and the various Railway Unions, up to the time of going to press yesterday afternoon. The strike ballots which were distributed to employees throughout the system have been returned to St. John's and counted, but so far no official statement on the result of the ballot has l>een released.Meanwhile discussions between the officials of the International Unions and the Railway Co-operative Board are continuing and it is not likely that further action in the matter will be taken until these discussions have been concluded. THE CORNER BROOK SANATORIUM THE NEW Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Corner Brook. The construction of this building is progressing rapidly, and is expected to be completed early next year. Nurses' Home is located at left. —Western Star Staff Photo. Police Inspector Sues American Base Commanders ST. JOHN'S (From our correspondent) Customs preventive officer Michael Evans and district inspector Cahill of the C. I. D. have entered court action against the officers commanding at the United States bases at Fort Pepperrell and Argentia, on the grounds that they were interfered with whilst performing their official duties near the base at Argentia last July. The Western Star carried an item telling of the incident but it was not until Wednesday afternoon of this week that the Lawyers for the Plaintiffs entered suit in the Supreme Court for damages. According to the papers submitted in court the plaintiffs were with two other police officers and were engaged in searching motor cars for contraband when they were stopped by the base police. Evans was placed under arrest and was detained for one hour. Cahill objected to the arrest and was at the point of revolver told not to interfere. The matter, we understand, was reported to the Justice Department but the action taken in court is done |)ersonally by the plaintiffs. Evans is seeking twenty thousand .dollars and Cahill is claiming fifteen thousand dollars. Fatal Accident Near Gallant's Percy McKay, aged 27, married, of Stephenville Crossing, was instantly killed when a van which he was driving left the highway and overturned, near Gallant's, on Wednesday afternoon. As far as can l>e learned the unfortunate young man came to Corner Brook on Tuesday and on Wednesday afternoon left on the return trip to Stephenville Crossing. On Ixjard of the van at the time were four other passen gers as well as a part load of building materials. While no official statement has been released by the Hanger Force, it is understood that the van hit a soft spot in the road and after skidding some distance it overturned When the four passengers, who were uninjured, got out of the van, they discovered the body of Percy McKay, lying on the-road. It is thought that he was thrown from the truck before it overturned. The deceased man is the son of Notman McKay of Stephenville Crossing and he operated a Taxi business at that place. He is survived by his wife and one child. As far as is known, this is the first fatal accident to take place on the Stephenville- Corner Brook highway. Lieut-Col. Turner Dies Suddenly At Ottawa Lt.-Col Jack Turner, 0.8. E., M.C., Director of the Forestry Division of the Department of Natural Resources, died in his sleep on Sunday night at the Lord Elgin Hotel, Ottawa, according to a message received Monday afternoon by the Secretary for Natural Resources. Lt.-Col. Turner left St. John's recently to attend meetings with Canadian Government officials to study the effect of confederation on the work of his department. Deceased joined the staff of the Department of Natural Resources in 1931 as Director of the Forestry Division. which position—with the exception of six years of service in World War ll—he held at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Blanche Ireland of Grand Falls, who resides at No. 8 Prince of Wales street, and three brothers, George, Frank and Donald, residing in Canada. Ottawa Appoints Customs Appraiser At St. John's The High Commissioner for Canada, Charles J. Burchell, announced on Tuesday that Andrew J. Brown, Chief appraiser at Ottawa, is to l>e attached to his oflice at St. John's for the purpose of answering enquiries and giving information on Canadian Customs and excise matters. It is expected that Mr. Brown will arrive at St. John's on Octol>er 4. The office of High Commissioner will l>e removed to the Stott building adjoining the Fast Fnd Post Oflice on Water Street, early next month. As soon as the necessary renovations have l>een made Mr. Brown will occupy offices in this building and the Commercial Secretary, Mr. Campl>ell Smith, will have offices in the same building. The offices presently occupied by the High Commissioner at-74 Circular Koad will then l>e closed. Petries Resident Missing From Home Stanley Parsons, aged al>out forty years, a resident of Petries. has l>een missing from his home, Allen's Lane, since Monday evening of this week. The missing man is married and has six children and was in apparent good health up to that time. He was last seen, according to the police at Curling, leaving Cook's Pond Siding walking toward the west via the railway track. Despite radio messages and continual searching since Monday, no news has been received, up to the time of going to press, of the wherealxmt of the man. Poor Returns From Inshore Cod Fishery BADGER QUAY (From our Correspondent)— The inshore fishery here is just about completed for this season and up to this date the total returns to the fishermen are far below those of last year. Lack of adequate supplies of bait and strong Northerly gales, wftich prevented boats from reaching the fishing grounds are the reasons given for the low catch. The Local Labrador fleet however, fared much better and according to reports from the Captains of schooners which have returned home, the majority of the fleet will have a successful voyage. It is expected that many of the inshore fishermen will he leaving their homes to seek employment at the logging camps, as soon as their fish has been cured and marketed. Seven-Day-Week For Grand Falls Paper Mill It was announced this week that the Paper Mill at Grand Falls will shortly l>e operated on a seven-day-week schedule. It was stated that this arrangement is expected to continue in ,force for at least two months. According to reports from Grand Falls, this new schedule was put into operation to assist the Anglo Newfoundland Development Company Limited in the various markets. More Newsprint For Britain LONDON (CP)—The Newsprint Supply Company announced on Wednesday that it hopes under Government authorization the total newsprint imports from Canada and Newfoundland in 1949 will reach 100,000 long tons. That was the figure reached in 1947 and 1948. The Company already has been told by the Board of Trade that permitted imports from Canada and Newfoundland in 1949 will be a minimum ot 80,000 tons. The Company may import up to 60,000 tons during the first half of the year. "This leaves'a minimum of 20,000 tons to be imported in the second half, but Canadian and Newfoundland mills have been asked by the Newsprint Supplv Company to reserve a further 20,000 tons which they hope to have authority to import if the dollar situation permits," the announcement said. Government sources said there has been hope that newsprint imports will be slightly higher in 1949 with the assistance of the European Recovpiv Programme. Nfld. Delegation Ends Local Investigations Brief For Ottawa Talks Now Nearly Completed i Party Will Leave For Ottawa, Sunday, October 3 ST. JOHN'S (From our correspondent)— Tuesday marked the last official meeting of the Ottawa delegation in the series of talks, preliminary to their preparation of the brief to l>e used at the Ottawa negotiations. During the next two days the members will take a brief rest before leaving for Ottawa. Two members, viz. Philip Grouchy Esq., and F. G. Bradley Esq., K.C., are now at their respective homes in Grand Falls and Bonavista. They will join the other members of the delegation at Gander on Sunday. It is fully expected thai when the delegation meets the Canadian Government Committee to finalize this country's entry into Confederation they will ask for terms which will be over and above the present proposed arrangements for union between Newfoundland and Canada as offered to the delegation from the National Convention which visited Canada last year. A private news source in Ottawa states that the Canadian Government fully exacts Newfoundland to make these requests because since the proposed arrangements were presented new problems have presented themselves and old problems have been intensified. Ottawa expects, says the news source, that the delegation requests will be along the line of higher financial terms and ensure the Newfoundland as a province will l>e able to balance her budget. ThereHs no official confirmation of -theee Canadian expectations here, but it is unofficially pointed out that the delegation will request that the Canadian Government make the necessary exchange available to enable Newfoundland to continue selling her salt fish to Europe under the present sterling bloc which, is expected to remain in force until 1952 at the earliest. Important Problems One of the biggest headaches which the delegation has had was the determining of Newfoundland's financial future. Among the things discussed were: (1) What is the minimum amount of money required to run Newfoundland as a province? (2) What is the maximum-amount of money which is likely to be forthcoming without adding any new taxation? (3) If necessary, what new forms of taxation can be applied without putting extra strain on the people? In other words, what will be the saving to the people when customs tariffs come off, and can some of this saving be collected by the government in a different sort of taxation? (An independent fiim of auditors Macdonald and Currie of Montreal—have estimated the saving when customs duties come off at $11,000,000 annually.) Itight now the answers to these questions have not been officially released, but the delegation's financial advisor, Mr. Thompson, has been working on them for the past few days, and Monday he held a discussion with the delegation members. Brigus Honours Capt. "Bob" Unveiling of a memorial to Captain Bob Bartlett yesterday was an occasion which will long be remembered by the people of Brigus. Conception Bay, a memorial which will stand for all time as a tribute to one of this country's most famous sons and one of the greatest explorers ever known. Standing high over the town of Brigus and overlooking the harbour which had been so familiar to Captain Bob during his many voyages aboard his beloved vessel the Effie M. Mordssey, the memorial was unveiled by two former members of the galant vessel in a solemn but impressive ceremony. The memorial, designed from a block of rough hewn Newfoundland granite, weighs nearly a ton and a half, is four feet in height and about eight inches thick. Recessed in the stone, approximately a foot from the top, is a bas relief in bronze of Captain Bartlett under which is the inscription : Robert Abram Bartlett. Master Mariner, born Brigus August 15, 1875, died New York. April 28, 1916. It. B. Herder, director of the Evening Telegram at St. John's, which paper sponsored the memorial, gave an address at the unveiling and an address which had been prepared by Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor of Washington, D.C.. President of the National Geographic Society, and for many years a close friend of the late Captain, was also read. It will be remembered that Cpatain Bob had made many expeditions of exploration for the National Geographic Society during his colourful career on the high seas. Hundreds of citizens were present for the unveiling ceremony yesterday and all admired the beautiful memorial which has been hewn out of Newfoundland stone by Newfoundland craftsmen. The mould for bas relief was made by the skilled hands of James It. Ewing, the bas relief by the United Nail and Foundry Company and the stone work by Muir's Marble Works Limited, all of St. John's. Clarenville Returns From Far North With Captain Eli Davis as master, the M.V. Clarenville has just returned to St. John's from the longest voyage of her career—a 5,650 mile trip to the Far North for the Hudson's Bay Company. The ves-. sel had been on a supply visit to the north carrying out the work which had been done by S.S. Xascopie, which ship was lost last year. The ship's last port of call after visiting Arctic Bay. Pond's Inlet, Baffin, Land, Clyde River and Pangnirtung and Frobisher Bay for the; Hudson's Bay Company, was Cartwright, which port was reached on Friday last The Clarenville is now enroute to Sydney, N.S. where she will take on general cargo for Corner Brook, after which she will begin a series of trips from Corner Brook to Battle Harbour and return. (Continued on page 5) ANOTHER SHIPMENT Ladies' Coats and Dresses —the ladies' shop ioodyear & House Ltd. AGAIN THIS YEAR! 'Alpacama' Overcoats ■ it SAME PRICE AS LAST YEAR IOODYEAR & House Ltd. In This Issue By The Way Page 2 - Star Dust n 2 Letters to the Editor " 2 News About People " t Newsy Briefs " 8 Harmon Shorts " 8 Church Services " 4 Sports Page " 6 Bonavista South Notes " 7 Rev. W. LeGallais " 9 Mill Page " 10 Women's Page " 12 Woods Page n 14 News of Fisheries " 17 Agricultural Page " 18 Fiction Story " 19 A.N.D. Co. 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