B Prince Rnix'rt Dally News Monday, January 4, 1954 Today to Wednesday Evenings 7:-9; p m I M ' Ail-Time Grain Export Mark Set By A. B. GAIIKET WINNIPEG (CP)-Canada exported an all-time .record of tnn IUUI lUin ki.Unla r: t Extra "HOMEWORK" TOTEM "ftDinicnki nm iatwc MOLa rLAf Hl- CARTOON lti'u Hoar flHalPAHero horn mm r V Last Show 8.30 On The Same Program "AIR CADET" WITH STEPHEN McNALLY GAIL RUSSELL TODAY to WEDNESDAY CAPITOL Famous Players Thnin iicai ly qu,ovai.uui oiancia ui j grain in the 1952-53 crop year through her complex marketing system which Involves government, private and co-operative agencies. But there are huse stocks still on hand at the year end after the third successive bumper crop and there are important new : factors In the world market. i High-gra e milling wheat is Canada's major grain export, but there has been no trading in wheat futures on the exchange sm,;c Sepiemoer 1913. The Canadian wheut board make. all wheat purchases and controls ali sales. s Since 1949 it also has handled oats and barley purchases but sells these grains through the Winnipeg futures market. Fiax and rye trade Is open. DAILY ANNOUNCEMENT The board announces daily its prices for wheat sold under the -iuei -national Wneal Agreement cmside the agreement (claso two', and to domestic custcmers. it either sells the wheat itself or approves sales throujn exporters and shippers. Stanley Jcnets, president of the Winnipeg gru.ln exchange, terms this pricing tystcni "artificial" and "monopolistic." He says it has 'failed to move atoundant production Into use. History recorded other attempts to control prices artificially and the augury of failure usually was a large unsold surplus. New Year's Specials GOOD JAN. 5 AND 6 m pit'- v w-Jf .-.-1 v) . " J' 'juliAZlm,taWti .. Baaifc -V-s a. r .-'i' 1 , t - In the Royal Canadian Navy, 1953 was a year of development, fleet expansion, training and travel. Ships of the fleet sailed thousands of miles, In the fulfillment of training and special assignments. Photographs above reflect a small portion of the RCN's activities during the year, (li The destroyer HMCS Athabaskan, veteran of the Korean war, which returned ,to Esquimau, December 11 to complete her third tour of operations in the Far East. (2) Training of personnel has been a keynote of the year's program. Two members of a gun crew are seen in action on board HMCS Portage during a training cruise to Bermuda. 3 The skyline of Manhattan forms the background in this picture of the ship's company of the aircraft carrier HMCS Magnificent at Divine Service during a visit to New York. (4i HMCS Algonquin, former destroyer converted and rebuilt as an anti-submarine destroyed escort, was commissioned during the year. (5) An Avenger anti-submarine aircraft about to make a roaring take-off from the flight deck of the Magnificent. (6) One of the most spectatcular sights of the Coronation was 'the illumination of the fleet following the Naval Review at Spithead. (7) Personnel of HMCS Quebec give a rousing cheer as the Royal Yacht carrying Queen Elizabeth passes the cruiser during the Naval Review. (8) The Korean truce was signed last July, but Canadian destroyers still serve in the Far East. The vigilance they are helping to maintain is depicted hen by AB William T. Ross, of Saskatoon, on lookout duty on board the HMCS Crusader. BRAZILIAN STEEL Steel made in Brazil compares; favorably with that produced In j North America and Britain. ! PEACHES vol.., 2 39d 1 CORN DC.kis, 2 ' 27c J E LL0Puddin9 Powders 3 Pkfs 29( TEA White Lobc1, B9s' 60 ' pcr pkti 69c COFFEE MALKINS, Per lb 97( CATSUP AYLMER, per borrle . ... 22c BEANS win jiff . 2',t" 25( Canada's fine paper industry, produces more than 500 different, types of paper. ! New Refinery Nears Completion at Aden Rene Coty, France's New President Unable to Dired Policy of Nation tor a ADEN The An?;o-I.r.inian torate, gave all guarantees Oil Companys new refinery at British investment "Little Aden" is nearing completion. The 50.000,000 i$140,000.000) installation will, in a year's time, produce 5,000.000 tons of refined oil a year, company officials said. The officials explained plans for the refinery were under way -before the dispute with Iran in By his summing up of arguments, his suggestions for com-1 premising various views, " and( possibly by private talks wi'.h ministers to list possible means of action, he might have more influence than any Individual minister. PRESIDENT'S DUTIES By HARVEY HUDSON PARIS When Rene Coty moves into the Elysee Palace as France's new president, he will find himself a prisoner of protocol, dedicated to representing the nation without speaking for it. . He must preside over policymaking bodies' without openly cred abolishing the office. Al- mast all actual power was co.'i- j cent-rated in the National Assom- bly, the lower house of Parliament, j COl'M) 1M LI KM E EI)C I Although the French president cannot direct policy, occasion- I ally his conciliation can give it a nudge. j Dutch and British concerns united under the name of "Joint Dredging Co." are in charge of dredging of the new port being built for the refinery. 293 Killed In Traffic Accidents KEEP YOUR CAR UP TO PAR Cold weather's no excu.se for poor car performance! See us NOW for a general check-up and tune up . . . and we'll winterize your car too. You'll be pleased with our service. YOUR INDEPENDENT FOOD STORES Briefly, here are ihe duties of i moving to help make policy. He On the European army ques- must spend most of his working J.ion, for example, the president 0 lop jioiRil tftjj orcmicrs. hours on political problems, yet has nc say on when it should be ihe Naiimal Assembly may not I i "' c must " vnea up ior rauncauon, wnai a nomination i 'v r , accept and, by . e- T-. v g CHICAGO Light by con- to the opinions of every political action should be taken, or howl fusing leave 'it'll iAi Ei Dres-trast with the appalling slaugn- party,, yet refrain from express- the government should conduct' jdent to name a new man. Last j 1951 and the evacuation of the Persian refineries at Abadan. Construction of the refinery, they said, was due to two main : factors: , '. '--. s Aden, where numerous1' ships put in every year, needs a large amount of marine fuel. At present the fuel is imported from the United Kingdom where Persian gulf oil is refined. The new refinery will cut unnecessary ex- penditure of carrying the oil all the way from the gulf to Britain I and back to Aden. ' Aden, being a British protec tci ui muic ictt-iii jfcais, iuc mg anyopmion oi nis own. i ltseil. But when the cabinet toil oi a.ciurn.-i during me New At one time the drafters of the makes its decision, the president Year's week-end was still only 1946 French constitution consul- will hp chairman nf the mpntincf May and June, In 37 days of crisis, President Vincent Auriol had to name five men before T 'A U cCoMFORTABLf Superior Auto Service Limited sii.Tuy suuri.oi.-fne recora ior .'vV Joseph "Larrtel 'was -fcwepteo i To preside over "councils fc oi i ministers," the mast Important ..Vt x. With W B E Goodrich Important Freight Rate Decision Expected Soon Sit su.'h a three-day period. During the 78-hour period from (i p.m. Thursday to midnight Sunday, 293 died in traffic accidents, 33 m fires and 70 in a variety of mishaps, for a toial of 402. ; The record for a three-day j New Year's week-end was set at j I type of cabinet meeting. Preside over the council of I the supreme maglstrature, the ' top policy-making body of the j At present, the board estab- By JOHN LEBLtNC Canadian Presfl Staff Writer 424 in 1949-50 and equalled the OTTAWA. One of the most L FOOTWEAR following year; the record Of important freight rate decisions traffic deaths for such a period in Canada's history will be dc j lishes rate levels from time to I lime on the basis of 'the cur- ipnt financial requirements of I the CPR. which it designates , the "yardstick" line for this ( purpose. j j Now the CPR wants the board to switch to the so-called "rate base and rate of return'' method j used for some public utilities. KEEP YOUR FEET WARM IN '54 WITH I LEE( E-LINED OVERBOOTS Zlppered or Laced Men's Rubber or Leather Tops Ladies' Fur-Trimmed iet in 1949-50 is 304. There appeared little prospect the U.S. National Safety Council's first estimate that 360 would die on the highways and streets during that period would livered by the Board of Transport Commissioners early this year. An entirely new concept oi Canadian rate-setting Is at issue. A board decision favoring From : ALL OF US To : ALL OF YOU E Children's, Ladies' or Men's Pullover Fleece-Lined Boots This would give it a set annual be fulfilled. New Year's accident records f a railway' proposal would add j return on a net investment . Very Dressy judicial system. PRESIDES OVER COMMITTEE Preside over the committee of national defence. Preside over meetings of the high council of the French Union. In addition to being president of the French Republic, Coty will hold the title of president of the French Union. Receive all foreign ambassadors when they present their credentials. Sign all laws and treaties after they have been approved by Parliament. He may send messages to the National Assembly on other subjects, but President Aurlol never has. He receives and entertains visiting chiefs of state and visits foreign countries on state visits. He must make numerous public appearances and lay countless wreaths. many millions of dollars to Can ada's annual freight bill Because of its potential ef FASHION FOOTWEAR feet on the economy, the board were set in the last two years during four-day week-ends, a on i via iv i i ;i - au -0-traffic deaths in 1952-53. The 1953 Christmas week-end saw 717 persons die in accidents, 523 in traffic mishaps. n it H has spent months drafting Its judgment, due this month and expected to be one of the long WALLACE'S DEPT. STORE est in years. It will embody the n .. 1 I 1 .4 1,. wait l UHLS . r.narilan parifl- R.aiiwav ae- J ,7 riimuE. ftLtstrti, Ea5K.iri cmints base, with the railways having permission to hoist or lower rates within that celling. The company has asked, the board to desienite Its investment base as $1,100 000,000 and allcw it a 6V2-per-cent yield on that amount. Estimates made by opponents of the proposal, which include all provincial "overnments except Quebec and Ontario, have been that this would mean a rate-increase potential of up to 30 per cent. The government-owned Canadian National Railways has taken a neutral stand on the Reneral question of a rate-base system. But it his told the board it will accept a nine-percent increase if it should be granted. ihe biggest winter ivolf control PRINCE RUPERT . TO prc;ram ever attempted by the CPR PROPOSAL Saskatchewan game branch will! The CPR is the chief advocale bt in full swing by Jan. 1st. arou- of the proposed new system, n, 200 poison bait stations will which calls for Canada's great-be- set up in the northern part of est change In rate-making in a the province. ' ' i half-century. inede KKT( II I KAN $15.00 i i tame mm I rT K i . . . ! L MUyV it th. m. USEFUL HINT No. 26 1 1l?r I i I To Pick Out Thot CHOP SUEY . . . ...CHOWMEIN Open 6 p.m. 3:30 a.m. Hollywood Cafe For Outside Orders Pbone Mi ; SASKATOON (CP) - Tile latest estimate of Saskatoon's population is 60.000, according to the post office and the city tax collector. The official 1951 census figure was 53,268. 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