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crossing. In the right foreground is the wreckage of the caboose from the freight train.

Caboose Wrecked But No One Hurt In Collision

A mixed freight and passenger train rammed into the rear of a 22-car freight train about a quar- of a mile west of Travellers Rest crossing yesterday afternoon about four o'clock. Although fair-

ly heavy damage was sustained by the trains, luckily no one was injured.

The trains involved, both of which were proceeding towards summerside, were the regular freight and passenger train from Borden to Summerside and a 22- car freight train running from Charlottetown to Tignish and which probably had stopped to effect repairs shortly after leav- ing Travellers Rest crossing.

- It is reported-that the men in the caboose of the freight, realiz-

ed that an accident was immim-

t, jumped dear only seconds

Sees Findings In Coastal Trade Probe Disappointing

~TORON'I‘O (CP)—Capt. R. B. Aims. president of the Dominion

Association. said Thurs- day the findings of the royal commission on Canada’s coastal

trade were disappointing — espe-

eially as the commission recog- nized there .‘.'as reason for con- oern for the future of Canadian- Nfiistervd lake ships competing with foreign vessels. -

commission's report was tabled Wednesday in the House If Commons.

"1": is difficult for the in- ‘l‘*5l17 _to understand,” Capt. An- !“ Said. “why the commission lzitcynle to 'a_ further conclusion

competition may force the

before the engine of the passenger train plowed into the caboose, tossing it into the air and down over the side of the track where it ended up a splintered wreck.

The freight car next to the ca- boose was also torn free and top- pled down over the fairly steep embankment. The remains of the freight later proceeded on to Sum- merside.

The diesel engine of the rear train suffered heavy damage as well and it is believed the crew jumped to safety before the col- lision occurred, which no doubt prevented serious injury.

The track is expected to be cleared during the night after the auxiliary railway crane rerails the diesel engine of the train.

This was the second C.N.R. collision within a period of one month. On April 28th two double-

Canadian operators‘ to arrange in future for the seasonal chartering of suitable United Kingdom ves- sels built for the purpose.’ " |

“Chartered operations! are nor- mally conducted by those having control of the goods to be ship- ped, either as shippers or con- signees,” he said.

The comm-ission’s findings rec- ommended basically that Can- ada's existing coastal trading’ laws stay as they are.

SAD ENDING Meindert Hobbema, the great Dutch land-scrape painter, died in

poverty and obscurity at Amster- dam in 1709.

header freight trains collided about one-half mile east of Emer- ald Junction with, considerable damage to two of the diesel en- glues.

Lebanon Will Complain To - United Nations

BEIRUT, Lebanon (CP) Lebanon decided Thursday to lodge a complaint at the United Nations against the United Arab Republic.

President Camille C 1: a m (mo and the cabinet to Premier Sami el Solh decided after lengthy deliberations t press charges against “massive inter-

fercnce" of Egypt and Syria in Lebanon’s internal affairs.

CITES POTATO PROBLEM

CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA. FRIDAY. MAY 23, 1958

Evelyn MacLure of Montague leads the graduating class of Prince of Wales College. Out of a class of 21, seven will receive honour certificates; 13 will be awarded graduating diplomas and one has a pass standing.

The convocation exercises will take place this morning at 10 o'clock. Prize winners will be announced at that time. The class v-aledictorian for the 1958 graduation exercises is Miss Jean MacPher.son of Charlottetown.

Leading the third year class is Barbara Worth of Charlotte- town. Miss Worth was a schol-

CANADIANS ON BBC

LONDON (CP) Canadian stars are among those featured in a special Empire Day radio show on the BBC May 24. Those appearing include Libby Morris of Winnipeg, Barbara Kelly of Vancouver and Robert -‘-Beatty of Hamilton. The program is called Toast of The Town.

BIG PRODUCER Natal in South Africa has be- come a major world producer of

sulphuric acid.

Emphasizes Importance Of Speeding Causeway

OTTAWA (Special) — A Con- servative MP from Prince Ed-

-ward Island yesterday called on

the government to lose, no time in "collstruction of the long- awaited causeway between the Island and New Brunswick.

Heath Macquarrie, the junior

MP for Queens, said in the‘

Commons that “part of the understanding” when P. E. I. joined Con-federation in 1873 was hat a causeway with the main- .-and would be built.

Speaking in the Throne Speech debate, he said the “inadequacy of transportation between P.E. I. and the rest of Canada had a serious economic effect on the island because it curtailed de- Jelopment. Mir. MacQua.rr-ie also said:

1. The causeway should be constructed between Borden and Cape Jourmaine, New Bruns- wick.

2. The government should ex- tend its agricultural prices

stabilization legislation to cover potatoes because of the “great uncertainty and wide fluctuations

LUNG HIS registration as lleclallst in Histopathology, (M-U dward J. Gillis, B.Sc., be 0f the P.E.I. Division of “al°r1eS, last night was pre-

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P.E.I. Laboratory Technicians HOICI Meeting At City Hospital

nigalrllleellflg of laboratory techn- ovins from all points of the the“ ‘gas held in the solarium hst night harlottetown Hospital

gtlhllfueg the leadership of Sister med :0. a short period was de- legislat e discussion of trends

9 possigigl for technicians and and ~cenS_1 mes 01° r.eglstratlon; llborato mg for 3“ ‘IDES Of 3 1'57 Dersonnell, especiallyl

sented with a gift on behalf of the P. E. I. Branch of the Cana- dian Society of Laboratory Tec- hnologists. The presentation Was made by Mrs. Shirley Wood

in view of the expected National Health Insurance plans.

Mr. Edward J. Glllls, B. S_C.. was presented with a gift making his registration as a Specialist in Histopathology. The P1‘€_59n' ration was made by Mrs. Shirley Wood. on behalf of the P. E_. I. Branch of the Canadian ‘Society of Laboratory Techllolo8’1SlS-

Mr. Gillis has been very cap- able and valued member of the

(center) Mr. Albert Aitken, lab technician at the P. E. I. Hos- pital, looks on. The presentation took place in the solarium at the City Hospital.

staff of the Provincial Division of Laboratories since its organi- zation ten years ago, and has always been appreciated as a good friend and guide to the students of the course in labora- tory technology.

The technicians heard an ex- cellent address by NLII‘. Russell M. Ewing, M. A., who spoke on “Child Pshychology”. He was in- troduced by Sister Mary Ursula and thanked by Mr. Gillis.

Two films were shown illustrat- ing the service that technicians can provide in the prevention and management of fluid and electrolyte imbal-aince.

HEATH MACQUARRIE, M.P.

in price" growers have experien- ced over the years.

3. Prince Edward Island had enjoyed considerable progress since a Conservative -govern- ment was elected last June 10, although “all our needs have not yet been met."

Mr. Macquarrie was in elo- quent form as he touched brief- ly on the history of Canada’s smallest province, the contribu- tion it has made to the rest of the country, and the many problems it has had to cope with over the years.

CITES DISPARITY

“The construction of wealth and population in the Central Provinces, adverse tariff poli-‘ cies, inadequate and costly transportation," he emphasized, “have added to the burdens and increased the disparity.”

The people of P.E.I. and the island’s land were the “finest” to be found anywhere in Can- ada,” he said, yet many found it necessary to leave for other parts of Canada and the U.S. because of economic conditions. In 1881, he pointed out, the popu- lation of P.E.I. was 108,900, while British Columbia had 49,459 people. Today the Island’s population has hit “an unnatural decline” and there are less than 100,000 in the province, but in B.C. there are more than 1,-

000,000 people. . “Happily our outlook is better today,” he said. “There is a

new spirit abroad in the old pro- vince by the sea. A new feeling of hope, a new sense of purpose and direction are abroad.” But be emphasized that while there has been improvement in the Maritimes it shouldn’t be taken to mean that “milk and honey flows gushingly. That is still not the case.”

TRANSPORTATION NEEDS Noting that fishing was. the second industry of the Province, Mr. Macquarrie said the 1390916 of the Island “felt confident”

about its future since it was under the responsibilityof the‘ senior MP for Queens, Flsllerles ‘ Minister J. Angus MacLean. I

Turning to the need for_ a, causeway, he said the question! of “transportation” is of the ut- I most important." The Island. 11¢ ‘

said flatly, >“must have better transportation facilities so that our products of the farms and the sea may be moved ex- peditiously to the markets we have developed."

Mr. Macquarrie said the people of P.E.I. rejoice “that the Diefenbaker Government has taken steps toward construction of a causeway. An exhaustive survey of the possibility has al- ready been started in all its aspects.

“We look forward to the day when a Conservative government will establish the most irp-to- date transportation link between our historic province and the rest of Canada,” he said» It was the Conservative government of Sir Robert Borden that gave P. E.I. its first car ferry. “We look forward to the day when another Conservative adminis- tration will give us the cause- way which, sortie of my more chauvinistic followers would say, will join Canada with P.E.I.” MECCA FOR TOURISTS

The Island was a mecca f_or tourists, he pointed out, and improved transportation faci- lities would facilitate the inflow of even more tourists and the movement of products from the farms.

Dealing with agriculture, Mr. Macquarrie noted that prairie farmers had received consider- able assistance from Ottawa un- der the Diefenbaker govern- ment. “We in P.E.I. rejoiced in the legislation, providing cash advances on farm stored prairie grain,” he continued, “and we were interested -in the Agricul- tural Prices Stazilization Act, and the assistance given in "reight rates. “But the Island also has a vital commodity, namely the potato. We feel that the producers of the potato shouldn’t be in any more pre- carious position than wheat growers.”

Potato prices have fluctuated from $2.50 to 50 cents a bushel, he pointed out. He though the government should bring this product under the stabilization legislation to provide “stability and security for our producers".

13 Children Die In Indian Hospital Fire

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. (CP)- Thirteen children died '11-ursday when fire engulfed an Indian hos- pital and school at the Anahim Reserve, 60 miles west of Wil- liams Lake, in British Columbia's cariboo country. Eleven of the victims were babies.

The Sister Superior of the Roman C a t h o 1 i c institutions, housed under one roof, was seri- ously burned in a vain attempt to save the children, all of whom were in the hospital.

She was being flown to Wil- liams Lake for treatment.

Names of the Sister Superior and of the victims were not im- mediately available.

Hull in Yorkshire has been a

to Prince of Wales and has con- sistentlyv headed her class in the ensuing years.

Second year honours go to a

Lean who returned to college af- ter three years service in the Royal Canadian Ail-force.

Winifred Ann MacMillan of Char- lotttown.

Premer A.W. Matheson will act as chairman at the Convocation. The diplomas and prizes will be given by His Honour, Lieutenant Govenor The address to the graduates will be delivered by Mr. R.C. Parent.

Leading the Normal school graduates is Norma Robertson of Mt. Mell-ick. Fay Smith, Ver- non heads the commerce grad. uates.

FOURTH YEAR

Merit): Evelyn MacLure, Montague Joyce MacKinnon, Charlottetown

Mr. Edmond J. Arsenault, who Wednesday was elected as one of the two Ward Six represen- tatives on the City Council, yes- terday received the degree of Doctor in Social Science at con- vocation exercises held at St. Joseph’s University, N. B.

Born in Abrams Village, Mr.

mary education "there, and _in 1933 entered Prince of Wales College where he obtained a first class teacher’s licence in 1935.

Following four years spent in -the teaching profession, he en- tered Laval University Agricul- tural College in 1940, graduating in 1944 with the degree of Bache- lor of Science in Agriculture (B. Sc.A.).

Prior to his appointment in 1947 as Territory Manager for Niagara Brand Chemicals, Mr. Arsenault was for three years employed with the provincial government as soil analyst.

Organizations in which Mr. Arsenault plays an active role include: the Agricultural In- stitute of Canada; the Entomolo- gical Society of Canada; the Potato Association of America, and the Acadian Entomological

Standing first in first year is‘

P. W. C. Graduating Class

arship winner at Matriculation Florence Douglas, Spring Park

J c a ll MacPherson, Charlotte- town lNorman Slleidow, Millview

resident of Morell, Allison Mac—lB°“ila Smaumani Spring Park

I . I Fourth Year Graduating Di lplomas (Order of Merit):

Margaret Mac Neill, Clyde Rivel-,

*Alexandl'a MacLeall, Charlotte- town

[Alfred Tait, Ch-arlottetown

F. Walter Hynd-mans

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Arsenault completed his pro-, "

*Ruth MacPhail, 1\-lcdow Bank *Robert Lund, Charlottetown "1‘Lincoln MacLeod, Beach Point "*‘Gordon Brown, Wood Islands East

?=Frank Burke, Spring Park Ralph Kennedy. Charlottetown Kenneth Maclntyre, Montague }arth Mac Lennan. Alexandra ‘Carl MacDonald, Winsloe ‘Orville Wood, Alexandra

Fourth Year Pass Standing: -“Robert Seaman, Parkdale

Honour Diplomas (Order of THIRD YEAR

Honour Certificates (Order of ‘"lerit): ‘arbara Worth, Charlottetown

Austina Kennedy, Central Royalty; «Continued on page 9 Col. 4)

New Councillor In Ward Six Is Honored By Univers

ity

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COUNCILLOR ARSENAULT

Thomas d’Aquin" since 1947, he is also the current president of “La Convention Acadienne de L’Ile-du-Prince-Edourard” and was chairman of the Village Commissioners administring Spring Park from the time of its incorporation in 1953, until its

Association of Canada.

Secretary of .“La Societe

Sees Report As Favorable

MONCTON (CP) — Executive Manager Howard A. Mann of the Maritimes Transportation Com- mission said Thursday he c-on- siders the report of the royal commission on Canada’s coa.sting trade “generally favorable” to

the Atlantic Provinces. He said it appeared the report, tabled in the Commons Wednes-

busy English east coast port for more than 700 years.

day, approved of recommenda-

tions made by the MTC.

THE RUINS of his comfort-lpresent an unwelcome sight to able farm home destroyed in an‘owncr Jack MacEachel‘n. In ad- early afternoon fire yesterd.ay‘dition the York Point farmer

amalgamation this year with the City of Charlottetown.

WEATHER

Cloudy with showers, clearing site!‘ noon; southwest winds 15 shifting 130 northwest 20. Low-high 40 and 58.

Nogggn FIVE CENTS

Guided Missile Blast Kills

Group In New Jersey Town

Montague Girl Heads The Sevén K-1°Wn Dead And

Three Others Are Missing "

MIDDLETOWN, N.J. (APl- ~A 3Nike guided missile blew up on the ground Thursday and ex- ‘lplod-ed seven others in a blast :that killed seven persons.

, From the scattered human ‘fragments, it was impossible to "set the death toll. Maj. - Gen. Charles B. Duff of the Army Air Defence Command said it is seen and could be 10. ‘ Three others were injured. Vic- tims included civilians and serv- iicemen. I Quick work by an army officer 'may have prevented five other I missiles from going up in the ex- f plosion. Lt. Robert F. Daly. 30, of ‘Flint, Mic'h., saw the first Ajax ; explode from a building aibout 200 lfeet away. He said: I “I yelled and directed other personnel at adjacent launching sites to lower five other missiles by elevator into their 20-foot-deep pits.”

One warhead from an exploded missile was found intact at Bel- ford, about three miles north of the base.

Mayor Frank F. Blaisdell of Middletown, went to the scelle to join investigators. He said:

“This was something horrible that none of us could have ex- pected. We had been assured this could never happen."

A great orange ball of fire mushroomed above the missile pads in an atomic - like cloud. However, the missiles did not have atomic warheads. They had conventional ones with sharp- nel and high explosives.

One of the rockets launched it- self during the explosion and curved for two miles over pop- ulated areas before it spent itself harmlessly in open terrain.

The missiles. known as the Ajax type, exploded at about 2:30

.French and Tunisian troops

lost

p.m. ADT. Residents of the area protested in vain against erection of the ‘installaltions here several

years ago. ARCH ACROSS SKY Eyewitnesses said flaming

pieces from other missiles arched across the skies above the rolling countryside near here.

For a mile or more around the explosion scene, windows were shattered, doors blown in and pieces of jagged missile debris hit the earth. One woman was blown out of a chair in the living room of her home.

Women shoppers in a super- market a mile from the base were terrified by the blast. Chil- iren answered a fire drillalarm and conducted an orderly evacua- tion of their school 11/.» miles away.

“I thought it was the whole world was going up," said Vin- cent Meyers, who lives across the street from the base.

The missiles are not supposed to explode except by manual di- rection. However, a team of experts were working on the missiles at the time. They were to be replaced next year by Her- cules missiles capable of carry- ing atomic warheads.

LAST MISI-[AP

The last serious mishap with a

Nike Ajax occurred at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland April 14, 1955, when a missile was fired accidently during a practice drill. It landed four miles away on a busy highway but did little damage. / The Ajax is about 32 feet long and a foot in diameter. It weighs about a ton and is designed to bring down enemy aircraft at altitudes of up to 60,000 feet. It has a range of about 15 miles.

All ar-my spokesman said five civilians were working as an ord- nance team at the launching site o,f:one"-of,the.missl1es at.the time of the explosion.

New Threat To

Pflimlin Looms '

PARIIS (AP)—Fightin-g between‘

in, Tunisia Thursday saddled Pre- mier Pierre Pflimlin with a new crisis in North Africa.

President Haibib Bo-ur-gui-ba of Tunisia broadcast news of the fighting as Pflimlin struggled to, regain control of Algeria from] righ-tists who demand a govern-: ment headed by General Charles! de Gaulle.

Former premier Antoine Pinay drove to de Gaulle’s country

in the blaze his main barn,

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two other outbuildings, a large

York Point Farmer Loses His Dwelling And Barns By Fire

Fire yesterday of undetermin- ed origin completely wiped out the homestead of John Mac- Eachern, York Point. The blaze was discovered. by Mrs. Mac- Eachern about 2.45 p. in. Only a half hour previous to her dis- covery she had been -to the barn and foulld cvcrytlllllg in order. The blaze spread so quickly that it was evident from the begin- ning that the main barn 60 x 30 was doomed.

Lost in the barn were 23 head of cattle some of which were re- gistered stock. A sudden shift in the wind fanned the blaze in -the direction of the house and in spite of the efforts of the Park- dale fire department and a large group of volunteer firefigllters the dwelling was levelled.

Most of the furniture was sav- ed from the house. Two smaller outbuildings also went up in smoke.

home to try to get him to persu- ade the Algerian nightists to accept Paris rule. Apparently he failed‘;

Pflimlin’s cabinet approved a series of proposed constitu- tional amendments intended to strengthen the government's ex- ecutive branch.

French military headquarters in Algeria reported Tunisia was trying to provoke clashes. They ordered an alert alom the fron- tier.

herd of cattle, and some mach inery, grain and fertiizer.

The loss which is partly cover- ed by insurance included a rub

ber tired farm Waggon, a turnip pulper, 400 bushel of oats, five ton of fertilizer, quantity of baled hay a quantity of seed potatoes.