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OUR TELEPHONES For Examiner Want Ads Trio bane PA MAIL The telephone number to call for the Business or Editorial Dept is PA 66537 LOCAL WEATHER Snowflurries clearing increas Ing cloud snow Sunday Low tonight high tomorrow is For full summary turn to page two the Titanic Exominrr 98th YourNo SHACK WIRED LIKE WIRELESS SHACK Left winger Eddie Shock of Toronto Maple Leafs is being wired for sound as part of television essay on Cana dian hockey Shack has been wired around his waist with portable microphone sitting on his chest Soupds from the icewill be relayed by shortwave radio to techni cinlu in the gondola over the ice of Torontos Maple Leaf Gardens The microphone will pick up Shacks conversa tion and heartbeat pucks rc bouoding sticks clashing and officials whistles The idea still has to be approved by Leaf directors In this mock up photo Shack is shown hold ing his chest microphone and technician sits beside equip ment in the Gardens gondola CF Wirephotot Newspapers In Canada More Honest Than UK 01 15 EditorAsserts TORONTO CP Canada on the whole has more hon est press then that of the United Kingdom the United States or France Grattan DLeary pres ident of the Ottawa Journal said Friday night in discus 1siion of The Press and the Pub Speaking on television program presented by the Ca nadian Institute on Public Af fairs and the CBC Mr OLcary added Today the Ottawa Journal or the Ottawa Citizen will carry more world news than the even ing papers of England or New York When Canadians speak of the excellence of British newspa papers he commented they speak of select few PAPERS FARE WELL Most of the speakers were newspaper men and in positive statements newspapers fared rather well even while coming under considerable criticism by the newspaper men themselves The questions asked however had the effect of calling their integrity into doubt The moderator John Say well assistant professor of his tory University of Toronto pre sented the questions and he ap peared to indicate that he doubted some of the newspaper mens disclaimers Particularly he cited instances which he ap parently felt indicated adver tiser influence on newspapers 0n the question of advertis ing influence Mr OLeary said It does not exist in Canada have written editorials for more than 40 years and not once has an advertiser directly or indirectly or by any sugges tion ever questioned what wrote The advertiser simply buys space for his advertisement be cause he wants it Stuart Keate publisher of the Victoria Times stated For all of our sins most of which arise from haste think we do fair job the press of North America is free honest and independent ITS OWN FAULT Jean Louis Gagnon vicepres ident and editorincbief of Le Nonveau Journal Montreal said that if newspapers are not playing the role they used to it is their own fault In the past he cemented editors had something to say and they said it Louls Lyons curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journal ism Howard University said newspapers held by fabseniee owners tend to lack commu nity responsibility to cover the whole market as merchand izer to offend no one and to have less inclination for crus ades or keeping any eye on city hall In discussionsof wire ser vices Mr OLeary commented As member of The Cana dian Press if we see something that we question we question it This goes on all the time Mr Keate felt there was sinister implication in ques tions concerning possible distor tion of news by wire services When The Canadian Press sends man to Washington or London or elsewhere he stated they send him as Ca nadian to write an honest re port Reporters lire Top Men In Daily Paper Business QUEBEC CPJJean Louis Gagnon editor in chief of Le Nouveau Journal said Fri day newspaper is only as good as its editorial staff He had found in launching the five month old Montreal daily that good newspaper depends more on its reporters than an the circulation advertising or other departments Mr Gagnnn told delegates to the Canadian Managing Editors Conference 95 to 30 topmen had given up secure jobs to join the new venture But generally there was se vere shortage of experienced newspaper men in French speaking Canada where there are fewer outlets for training reporters Inexperienced men had to be hired and trained to put facts before opinion Earlier Leo McCaffrey cir culation director of the Ottawa Citizen urged more communi cation between various new paper departments Charles Fenn advertising manager of the London Free HERES ONE WAMEGO Kan AP Harry Knostrnen 90 ac cepted cheque for $113647 Friday becoming one of the few men fortunate enough to collect his own life insur ance An agent of the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Com pany said Inotsman was the first man to beat their actuarial calculations in 75 years The cheque repre sented the face value of $1000policy Plus interest Knotsman took out the pol icy in 1809 and paid the last premium in 1919 Press said the prestige of news papers can only be maintained by honesty in news columns and advertising Once people stop believing in advertising were out of busi ness he said The conference ends Sunday Angry Son 18 Kills Parents STAMFORD Con APlA Stamford man was shot to death and his wife injured Friday night Their assailant was then killed by the couples enraged 15yearold son police said The shootings took place at the home of Mr and Mrs Ed word Chernuchkin Police iden tified the man who shot them as Albert Shipley 53 The violence erupted just as the Chernuchkin family was about to start birthday party for one of their six children Police gave this account Shipley stranger to the Chernuchkin came to the house and demanded to see one oftheir guests Mrs Alice Hill 54 When she refused to speak to Shipley Chernuchkin ordered him toleavc shipley became angry and pulled out sEcali bre revolver He shot the 311 yearold Chernuchkin in the sta mach killing him Shipley then fired at Cher nuchkins wife Veronica 40 wounding her in the stomach At this point the couples two eldest sons Edward 1a and Jack 16 rin the shots came downstairs which described as big for his age wrested the weapon from Shipleys hand clubbedhim on the head with it and shot him in the stomach Police were holding the youth for questioning IN NUTSHELL Firebug Blamed By Police TORONTO CP Police said firebug tried to burn down threestorey rooming houso today while more than dozen tenants were sleepinng Twisters Werent Chicken Carloads of police from three dowritown TORONTO GP stations were called to break up disturbance early today in cutrate department combined twist dance storc The cause and sale of chickens police said was Barrie Ontario Ca ode Saturday February I7 196 Not More Than per Copy12 Psgu ORGYOF PLUNDER RAGES IN GUIANA Raging North Sea Breaks Dykes Like Toys ThousandsHomeless HAMBURG Germany raging winter storm sent the icy North Sea pounding at the Ger man coast to smashing dikes like sand castles and rout ing thousands of Germans from their homes At least 11 deaths were re ported in Britain and six in Ger many Authorities feared more deaths nmong Germans who were believed caught in their beds by one of the worst flood storms to butter northern Eu rope in the century Wcstcrn soldiers joined Ger mans ln sandbogging breaches in the dikes in this seaport and in Bremerhaven Communications were badly hit Telephone operators said lines were down There were no civilian telephone connections with Brcmerhavcn No bodies had been recov ered in Hamburg but Ham burg police spokesman said it was believed the floods claimed other llves SHIP IN DISTRESS The 7275ton Greek freighter Freisicarchai was reported in distress off the Danish west coast The Dirkzwager shipping eg ency in Rotterdam said the freighter radioed We are in very dangerous position The ship was reported then about 100 miles northwest of Esbjerg in Danish Judland THrfrrlcansféffeFwiiids lisshcd most of northern Europe Fri dny Britain property damage was estimated up to $8500000 In GermanY Preliminary estim ates placed damago at more than one billion marks 3250 000000 Dikes gave way first In the port city of Bremerhaven Hun dreds of men including Western soldiers worked through the night to close the breaks with sandbags Ships in trouble on the high seas included British Dutch Greek Norwegian Danish and Icelandic vessels BATTERS SHETLANDS The shrieking winds which reached 175 miles an hour in the Shetland Islandsbattered two holes in the dikes circling Schiermonikoog Island off north ern Holland and the Dutch gov ernment sent out general alarm for patrols of the sea walls But several hours after mid night the 20 foot wide holes were plugged with sandbags and as the winds dropped the alarm was called off In Germany air raid sirens were sounded in Cuxhaven on the Elbe River estuary when Treasurer Given Months Term OTTAWA CF Mrs Adri enne Laroche former treasurer of Eastvievl was sentencedFri day to nine months in reformat ory for converting to her own use and thereby stealing $10790 in town funds Judge Bruce Macdonald of Windsor sentenced the 52year old woman after an all male jury deliberated 10 minutes to reach verdict of guilty highlight of the nine day trial was the testimony Thurs day by former Eastview Mayor Gordon Lavergne Progressive Conservative member of the On tario 1e gi ture for Russell who told the court he had drawn about $10000 from the town treasury between 1057 and 1900 to help needy families Defence Roydon Hughes contended the treasurer had only followed orders from Mr Lavergne and had no knowl edge of doing anything wrong When she heard the verdict Mrs Laroche broke down and subbed She quickly regained her composure and leaned over to ask policeman whether she had heard the verdict correctly In charging the jury Judge Macdonnld warned Jurors dont lets get into any Robin Hood attitude BAY TAXES T00 HIGH OTTAWA CPlThe Domin ion Brewerst Association said Friday in submission to Fi nance Minister Fleming that taxes are forcing up the price of beer Mr Fleming is hear ing various submissions from interested groups before bring ing down iircjedaral budget the high water swept over the dikes and flooded thousands of basements In the Emslund near the Dutch border dike was re ported to have breached on length of almost 900 yards Soon there were more re ports of breaches multiplied and special disaster alert was sounded for police fire bri gades and the army along the whole of tho NortiL Sea court In driving rain thousands of people waited on roofs or in the top floors of their houses to be evacuated by rubber rafts In some regions rescucrs reported shortage of boats The refugees some only in their night clothes were taken to temporary shelters in town halls schools or hospitals in highlying areas CITY HIT HARD Hamburg city of 2000000 population appeared worst hit by the floods which in some parts brought the high tide level to 12 feet above normal Residential and industrial areas along the Elbe River sec tion of the city were submerged In downtown Hamburg the wa ters reached the city hall The floods also entered the Elbe River tunnel vital link for motor traffic Evacuated people carrying their belongings in suitcases were seen rushing through the streets as the waters advanced Tbescencs recalled the nights following the devastating air raids on the city during the Second World War Death Advocates Drop Below 50 OTTAWA CBAdvocates of capital punishment have dropped below 50 per cent of the public for the first time in Ca nadian history Frank McGee PC York Scarborough said Friday Mr McGee leading Com mons advocate of abolition of the death penalty said more and more governments around the world are abolishing the death penalty and be hoped and expected that before too many years Canada would follow suit He was introducing private bill to substitute life imprison ment for the death penalty It is similar to one be sponsored unsuccessfully last year British Troops Converge On Battered Georgetown GEORGETOWNIt state of emergency was proclaimed in hritish Guiana today after is bloody day of riots and footing in which at least six persons were killed and an estimated 20000000 West Indian dollars in goods and property destroyed Flrcs still were smouldering in many parts of the city and the situation was BritlEh troops converged on the blazing capital by truck frigate and piano to man power stations and other key installa tions as well or to guard the homes of leftist Prime Minister Cheddie Jagan and his minis ters Striking city workers are demanding they should resign The strike which began five days ago to protest Jagans austerity budget proposals is continuing but the Trades Un ion Council bas scheduled an emergency meeting to consider plan to end it In wave of arson and looting Friday hundreds roamed the streets in an orgy of plunder At least Ihrce persons wcro shot dcad by troops who had orders to shoot on sight At least 30 persons have been arrested Radio reports received in neighboring Dutch Guiana said most of Gcorgctnwns business section was destroyed in the fires and rioting AbouIisovBritishsoldiers normally stationed in Jamaica poured ashore Friday night from two frlgntcs Efforts to quench fires blazing in the cone ire of the city were hampered because water supplies have been cut to trickle by the strike Meanwhile 170 British rein forcements were flying in from England The anti Jagan demonstra tions took on racist character as looting and burning crowds mostly composed of Negroes Friday stnrck at stores owned by East Indian supporters of Canada Promises To Curb Swings In Rate 0i Exchaenge For Dollar WASHINGTON OP Can adn has indicated to the Inter national Monetary Fund she will use financial resources to prevent major swings in the Cn nadian dollar exchange rate The fund welcoming this as surance said however it still wants Canada to rcpeg her dol lar But the fund set no dead line The fund cannot of course give up its objective of having an effective par value estab lished in accordance with the articles of gre on spokesman said In threahour closed door consultation with the funds 10 member executive Louis Ras minsky govmnor of the Bank of Canada Friday defended Canadas currency policy em pbasing that official reserves of However eight countries in gold and US dollars are being used to moderate rate fluctua tions instead of producing ma jor new shifts However eight countries in cluding Britain the United States France West Germany and India criticized Canadian policy and urged Canada to re turn in due course to fixed rate as pledged under the fund agreement The fund tries to stabilize exchange rates to pre vent ratecutting war such as wrecked many economies in the 19105 WAS SET FREE The Canadian dollar once pegged at 909 cents in terms of US currency was set free in 1950 to find its own value in the marketplace Canada at that time said this was tempor nry move and some fund di rectors have complained that 11 years is long time for tem porary situation Concern over Canadian policy increased when the Canadian government last June an nounced policy of keeping the dollar at substantial dis count The dollar which had remained at premium for sev eral years fell to about 977 cents after the governments decision and currently is at discount of almost five per cent in terms of 115 funds armorraisins Laotian ms our Kriuhf Jomo Kenyatta left presi dentof the Kenya African National Unionaond ink is once in London Wednesday kenboto Kinnaird Jagans Peoples Progressive Party Police attempting to check the lootcrs said the crowds opened fire and wounded po lice superintendent Police re turned the fire wounding about 150 persons Several other po ilccmcn including the assistant rimmissioner were hit Official sources denied reports three persons were killed SPARKED BY STRIKE The chaos was sparked by strike called Tuesday by the Trades Union Congress against an austerity budgct introduced by the dragon government The included compulsory savings deducted from salaries and heavy import levies The anti government fever has been fanned by series of giant public mectings and has not abated despite budget modi fications offered by Jagan The troops from Jamaica steamed into Georgetown har bor Friday afternoon They were sent to reinforce regi ment stationed at Atkinson Field 25 miles from George town which was called to the capital to maintain order The governor of British Guiana Sir Ralph er Friday night broadcast call to the citizens of the colony to help British troops keep order WILL MEET LEADERS Radio reports reaching Pa ramaribo capital of neighbor ing Dutch Guiana quoted Grey as saying he would meet with political leaders In midnight broadcast monitored in Paramaribo Ja gan said Friday was tragic day which we will remember with feelings of sorrow and shame Hc appealed to the citizens to return to their homes and resist the temptation of hur giary and stealing and warned that these crimes would be sev erely punished The general strike has spread from the capital to New Am sterdam about 60 miles away where civil servants municipal workers clerks transport and harbor staff and post office em ployees all stopped work White collar workers in Brit ish Guiana form much of the opposition to the austerity bud get Union opposition to the bud get also has been backed by political opponents of Jagan OPPDSE PREMIER Chief antiJagan group is the Peoples National Congress of Forbes Burnham This is backed by 170000 persons mostly Negroes out of popu lation of 500000 The political strength of the flyearold Jagan rests mainly on the colonys East Indians who form roughly half the pop ulation He is himself of East Indian descent Jagans party got 42 per cent of the popular vote in elections last March and has 19 seats in the ssseot legislature British Guiana was granted selfgovernment last August when Jagan former dentist and selfproclaimed Marxist became its first premier Car Blast Kills Son Of Freedom NELSON CIDA Sons of Freedom noukhobor was killed and at least three others were injured when their car was ripped apa in bomb blast about 30 mrlessouthwest of here Friday night RCMP said five Freedomites were in the car when the ex plosive device went off inthe rear seat as they travelled along sideroad near the village of motorist whosaw the ox plosion said the car roof was torn off All four doors were blown clear and the vehicle skidded for 200 feet Names of the victims were not immediately available An RCMP tracking dog was put into action and roadblocks set up in the area after police were told fifthman was seen runningfrom the wrecked car They believe he was injured Another man who leftth scene returnedand was taken to hospital with two other free dmltes one reported in orlfl no condition