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CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1958 DEATH TOLL MOUNTS
“ Cuban ArmedForces Put Down Attempted Uprising
AT TEACHERS FEDERATION BANQUET
George L. Roberts, of Oshawa, President of the Canadian Teach- ers’ Federation. is shown with
Education and Mabel Matheson,
H°“' Keir Clarkv left’ Minister °fI Island Teachers’ Federation. Mr. '
president of the Prince Edward R059?‘-‘3 W35 guest Speakel‘ at the
Gov't Leases Souris,Fish Plant To Boston Company
‘The Girififiii Filletiiig plant and the Souris By The Sea By-products fish meal plant has been leased by 0’Donnel1 Usen Fish Company of Bos- ton, Mass, who will operate the plant for the coming season.
The announcement, which has been expected for some time, was made in the Legisla- ture last night by Hon. Eugene Cullen just before the House adjourned at 10.15. Mr. Cullen is chairman of the Industrial
Establishment Loan Board. Questioned by Leo Rossiter (P.C. 2nd Kings) as to how long the lease would run, Mr. Cullen said the details had not been worked out as. yet and would in all likelihood be made known before the House closes. When the House met at eight o’clock last evening George E. Saville (Liberal 5th Kings) had the floor. He was followed in the budget debate by Frank MacNutt_ (Liberal 3rd Prince);
Daylight Time
Is Called
,”Curse” To Farmers OI P.E.I.“
"A curse to the farmers of Prince Edward Island,” was the term used yesterday by Colin Waugh. President of the Feder- ation of Agriculture in describing Daylight Saving Time.
Mr. Waugh who presented a 23 point brief to the Legislature at 1:30 yesterday was replying to a question asked by Premier Math- eson who pointed out that the brief in one place referred to “a uniform time act” while in an- other place the reference was made to "a uniform standard time.”
The premier asked the Federa- tion President at the close of the presentation to clarify the matter -~ in other words, were they sat- isfied with a uniform time whe- ther daylight saving or.standa»:‘d or did they insist on standard time’?
MOST EMPHATIC Mr. Waugh said he wanted no
doubt left in the minds of the
members of the Legislature re- garding the Federation's view- point on the matter. He pointed out that the organization has been opposing daylight time for the past number of years and no change in attitude was evident at the present time.
R.R. Boll, Leader of the Op- position said he could not see how the institution of daylight saving time could make r much difference to rural residents. He said everybody was agreed on a uniform time but whether it was Atlantic Standard or Atlantic Daylight time would not greatly affect anybody.
Mr. Bell said he was speaking from a personal viewpoint on the matter. He said he had a lot of association with farming and farm problems and he had yet to meet anyone who was seriously opposed to a uniform time that would ge one hour earlier than standard time.
N. Y. Experts Otter To Save N. S. Million Dollars Yearly
HALIFAX (CP) Premier Stanfield said in his budget speech in the Nova Sctoia legis- lature Wednesday a team of New
sured him, they can save the 3.0V- ernnicnt more than $1,000,000 a fear in war-zfe by S-il'.(;‘aI'l'1vIl'lllllg its operations.
Jerome Barnum Associates of New Ynok were hired by the Progressive Conservative gov- ernment last fall to make a sur- vey of government operations. .\li'. Stanfield said Wednesday the survey was completed “and it has confirmed previous indica- (ions that a thorough overhaul is desirable.”
The government of Nova Sco- tia has become virtually a $100.- 000,000 - a - year business. Mr. Stanfield said.
A complete overhaul would be a big job, the premier said. It would include a position-and-sab ary evaluation. an enlarged role
for the civil service commission
in the field of personnel, an ana- 13-sis oi‘ operations and methods of each department.
PROCEEDING CAUTIOUSLY
The government didn’t commit itself to the whole job. Mr. Stan- ficld said a number of nmiects will be done and “if we are satis- fierl with results . . . we will be prepared to go on with the whole job.”
Two of the DI‘0J9Ci«5 MW U009" way are a study of space utiliza- tion and records disposal.’
Mr. Stanfield said the firm is “confident that savings exceed- ing $1,000,000 a year can be ef- fected without layoffs and a-ftetl‘ allowance for salary Increases were indicated.” _
The premier emphasized that “this firm is here only_to sug- gest and advise . . . It IS not a question of discharging emphy- ees, but rather of making‘ the best use of employees “I 3 c°“' stantly growing g0Vemmen’t 09”‘ ation.”
Frank Myers (P.C. 1st Queens); Harold Smith (Liberal 4th Queens); Leo Rossiter (P.C. 2nd Kings). ,
MR. SAVILLE
Mr. Saville wished the new Government at Ottawa the “Very Best”. He felt they had a difficult time ahead, noting that good times and bad times had run in cycles.
Comparing education expendi- tures in 1935 with
$344,000 was spent ago compared to $1,725,662 bud- geted for in this year's esti- mates. -~
Speaking of roads, Mr. Saville said, “if someone 25 years ago were to tell us that we would have the kind of roads we now have and the amount of revenue this province has realized we would say he was fit for the asylum”
He lauded the Department of fisheries for the help given to fishermen in Kings County. He
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those of . the present day, he said only‘ «23 years,
Federation's banquet held last night at the Charlottetown Hotel.
Seek Escaped Prisoner In Ont. Slaying
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. A bush-y-haired laborer for questioning in the bludgeon slaying of two elderly sisters was sought by police across Ontario Wednesday.
Police said Albert Joseph Le- noir, 35, who escaped custody on his way to Kingston Penitentiary six weeks ago, is wanted by in- vestigators checking on the slay- ing of Nancy Beamer, 81, and her 76-year-old sister Clara.
The women were beaten about the head with a blunt instrument as they slept in separate bed- rooms of their brick farmhouse in nearby Thorold Township Tues- day morning. Clara died shortly after she was found; her sister -Wednesday.’ ». - ~
Lenoir was on his way to serve a five-year term for a se- ries of cottage breakins wht he escaped Feb. 21 from a sheriff’s car. .
(CP)~— wa ited savage
l IN VICINITY
Police said a man answering Leno~ir’s description was seen at nearby Port Colborne the day before the attack on the beamer sisters.
Two Big Problems Face Teachers Today, Is Claim
“We must have opinions of our own, then we must be able to ex- press them," George L. Roberts, National President of the Can- adian Teachers’ Federation, told the Prince Edward Island Teach- ers Federation last night. Mr. Ro- berts was the guest speaker at a banquet held last night at the Charlottetown Hotel in con- junction with the three-day pro- vincial Federation being held in Charlottetown this week.
His topic for the evening was the “Teaching Profession and Problems in Education." He was referring, to the criticisms that the public in general are throw- ing at the profession.
‘ we let everybody else cot’ demn the profession and have little to say ourselves. We only confirm that we are not compet- ent.”
Mr. Roberts said that the teach- ing profession must prepare in- telligent recommendations that are going to enhance the teach- ing profession in the eyes of the public.
TWO BIG PROBLEMS
Mr. Roberts said that two big problems are facing the profess- ion today. First, is the practical side of it; and second, what should be taught and why.
In the former, he said that ade- quate services must be found for the children that are coming into the schools across the country in the next two years.
He said that one - third of the Canadian populace are under 15 years of age and that in the last six years, the number of citizens
in that age limit have increased
by 28 percent. In 1965 he expects that the high school attendance across the country will be doubl- ed and in 1975, trebled.
Within the next 10 years ap- proximately 38,000 more class- rooms be available. In that time the teaching profession must find 75,000 new teachers. To maintain the present teachers, especially with the turnover that is so pre- valent in the business today, nearly 100,000 young teachers must be trained in that time.
The most difficult problem fac- hig the teaching profession today is the unequal educational facili- ties between the provinces. Un- less more money is found to at- tract the more qualified persons in the country, Canada will fail to give the opportunities that could be readily available.
In concluding, Mr. Roberts ask- ed the teachers present two ques- tions. “Are we prepared to make recommendations for educational improvements to the public? Are the people of Prince Edward Is- land ready to listen? Whose fault is it? ‘
He said that unless these ques- tions are answered in the near future the salvation of education and society as a whole will be at stake.
Improvements At S'side
Ancl Fishing Cove Slated
(Canada Gazette.
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Pl‘0\'E‘l1l€lliS to the CNR Railway , . Wharf at Summcrside and to the 1nll?1'0V91‘l‘)e‘t‘l'r5eerE°$531500 “haalié b“€«'*k“‘at€1‘ 8‘ Fishing CW9‘ 17‘ mi” cost de t“ the breakwater E. I.. are to be carried out this $70,000. 3“_003 nd $100 00O_ summer by the Public Works De- between $7.), r fde whai-f and partnient, l-Ion. Howard Green.» The Summes
. . be hardsurfac- minister. announced VlednesdaY~l3PPr°3°h are to
. , ,- .‘ h asphalt-com Tenders for the mo pl-OJECIS have ed vsith a three inc t of “ready been advel-used in the‘ crete cover. About 3.300 0115
In each caselasphalt - concrete and 6,500 gal- llons of prime coat tar will be
used. Six different areas are to be finished.
The Fishing Cove breakwater is to be extended by about 300 feet and the top by 10 feet. The sides will be sloped. The work will involve the use of 4,000 cubic yards of stone and rock.
Some solution for the problems
‘3 of the potato growers of Prince
Edward Island is seen in an announcement made by Agricul- ture Minister Eugene Cullen who told members of the Federation of Agriculture he would call a meeting on April 21 at Prince of Wales College for the purpose of setting up some sort of associa- tion.
Mr. Cullen said he was calling the meeting at the request of a number of potato growers in the Province. He said he would have no official part in the meeting except to convene it. “Whenever a chairman is named, I will step, out of the picture”, he said.
The M i n i s t e r expressed the hope that potato growers would show their interest by attending the meeting and that a solution to their problems could be found
in the proposed organization.
The only organization givinglgive them the same training at V rebel uP1‘i5in§ and general Strike
representation to the p o ta to growers,
cite last October. Since that time the Board has functioned in name only.
The Agriculture Minister told the Federation that their brief in- dicated that serious thought had been given tog its presentation.
Dealing with the recommenda- tion that government assistance be given to students attending the farm course at Truro, Mr. Cullen said short courses which are offered free have gone beg- ging for want of students during the past three or four years.
He explained that the Federal Government pays for such courses within the province but no provision is made for students attending courses outside the province. "I cannot see why we should pay out money to send students to Truro when we can
the Potato Marketing 5 Board was voted out in a plebis-l
Potato Growers Given Opportunity To Organize
home for nothing”. he said.
Several of the private members of the House spoke on the brief. All had high praise for it. Leo Rossiter (P. C. 2nd Kings) said he was in agreement with the recommendation for increased storage facilities for potatoes, the control of disease and potato market reports.
Harvey Douglas (Liberal 2nd Kings) termed the brief, “All good common sense”. He said the brief offered encouragement to potato growers and he was happy to see the items which referred to rural beautification.
Harold Smith (L i b e r a 1 4th Queens) made reference to the item on poultry improvement. He said the poultry industry pro- vided 12 per cent of the farm in- come and today had become a highly specialized industry. Mr. Smith agreed with the suggestion (Continued on page 11 C01. 1)
I Physician Dies
Dr. R.D. MacNeill, well-known Charlottetown physician, died at the Prince Edward Island Hospi- tal last night following a short illness. He was 59 years old.
From 1945 to the time of his death Dr. MacNeill was Pensions Medical Examiner for the Can- adian Pension Commision.
A veteran of both World Wars, Dr. MacNeill served ‘overseas with the Royal Canadian Artill- ery during the Great War, and was with the Canadian Medical Corps for six years during World War Two.
‘ On demobilization ln“19-t5~ he held therank of Lieutenant-‘Cob ‘onel. ‘
Shortly after retiring from the Active Army, Dr. MacNeill join- ed the Reserve Army, and was attached to the 28th Lt. A.A. Bat- tery as Medical Officer, later transferring to the P.E.I. Regi- ment (17th Reece.) in a similar capacity.
President of the United Services Officers Club,-the late Dr. Mac- Neill was a former Secret.ary of the now defunct Defense Medical Association of P.E.I. I
Survivors include: his wife, the former Hazel A. MacLellan of Tatamfgouclie, N.S.,; two sons: James C., studying medicine at Queens University, Kingston, On- tario; and Donald J., studying pharmacy at ‘ Dalhousie Univer- sity, Halifax. N.S.
He is also survived by his mo- ther, Mrs. Harriet MacNeill, Sus- sex, N.B.; three sisters: Vivian, Sussex, N.B.; Louise, teaching with the RCAF in Germany: and Nane, Ph.D., teaching in Bran- don, Manitoba and three brothers
Two Kiddies Diel In Refrigerator
MONTREAL (C P) —- Ricky Asbinall and Teddy Glawdecki, three-year-old playmates, were found dead in a refrigerator Wed- resday night 10 hours after they strayed from their yards in search of adventure.
Their bodies were discovered in an eiglit-cubic-~"'oot refrigerator in the basement of a neighbor's duplex home in suburban La- chine.
A small army of searchers had probed every culvert and well in the city of Lachine and scoured the shore of Lake St. Louis and the Lachiiie Canal after the boys‘ frantic mothers called police shortly after noon.
Well Known Charlottetown In Hospital
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THE LATE DR. MACNEILL
John and Robert, both of whom reside in Ottawa; and Dr. Clifford Toronto.
A brother, Norman. killed in
' ltaly'in the Second World War.
and a sister, Isabelle. predecased him.
The funeral will be held Fri- day at 2 o’clock from the Char- lottetown Baptist Church. Burial will be in Sherwood Cemetery.
Sir Winston Cancels Trip
LONDON (Reuters) Sir Winston C h u r c h if‘ announced Wednesday night he has cancel- led his planned North American
visit because it is “considered inadvisable” that he make the journey. The trip would have taken him to Toronto and Wash- ington.
A statement issued by the for- mer prime minister from Chart- well, his home in West rha 1, Kent, said: “Sir Winston Chur- chill lias informed President Ei- senhower that with much regret 11: has felt obliged to cancel his visit.
“Sir Winston is well but it is considered inadvisable that he should undertake the journey at present.”
Churchill returned to London,
last week after recovering from an attack of pneumonia on the French Riviera.
BUDGET DEBATE SPEAKERS LAST NIGHT
3 More Cabinet Ministers From
Que. Province
HAMILTON. Bermuda (CP)—- Prime Minister Diefenbaker said Wednesday th at Quebec will have three additional min‘ rs- for a total of six—in his new calo- inet.
The prime minister, vacation-
further comment at present on the composition of the cabinet. He declined to say what per- sons or portfolios woul“ be in- volved in the cabinet changes.
INGOT OUTPUT DOWN
OTTAWA (CP) -_— Steel ingots production dropped by 14 P90‘ Ceflt in the first quarter of the year to 1,150,272 tons from 1.333.766 last year, the bureau of statistics said Wednesday. Output_ of pig iron was down 18 per cent to 761,285 tons from 9311347.
Delayed over an hour’ in start- ing due to receiving the annual presentations of the Federation of Agriculture, the Legislature got little done yesterday after- noon.
However, they did increase the maximum Mothers’ Allowance from $50 to $75 monthly. Premier Matheson told the members, in discussing a proposed amendment to the Mothers Allowance Act, that it was unfair to expect a mother with a large family I0 live today on $50 a month.
His proposal met with approval from all members.
Another in c r e a s e passed through the committee stage as an amendment raises pensions to blind persons from $46 monthly to $55. This brings it in line with other pension payments shared in by the Federal Government.
However, an amendment to the Water and Sewage Act ran into considerable trouble and finally was left in the committee stage by the chairman reporting pro- gress to the Speaker.
The main difficulty appeared to rise from the proposal to have all authority vested in the Public Utilities Commission. Many of the speakers felt this was likely 0 cause innumerable delays to
owns and villages needing im- ‘, mediate action.
ing here, said he would make no.
WEATHER
Sunny with it few cloudy intervals and milder; westerly winds 15. Low-high at Charlottetown 25 and 40.
NOT MORE THAN
National Pol
rive CENTS
ice Pressing
Search For Hideaways
i HAVANA iforces struck down an attempted
.in Havana Wednesday.
‘ Thirty or more rebels were be- lieved killed. Two were mowed ,down by a bodyguard in an ap- ‘parent attempt to assassinate Education M i ll i s t e r Vincento Cauce.
National police pressed a re- lentless search through the day and night for rebel hideaw ys’ all over Havana. They cut down some rebels in running gun- fights. .
The rebel toll is expected to mount steadily beyond the esti- In ‘rd 30 dead by early eve- ninig.
TOLL MOUNTS
Eight rebels had been re- ported killed up to 3:30 p.m. The count reached 17 by 7 p.m. and more bodies were being brought into r-iorgues.
A police lieutenant was re- ported killed in a running fight. The government of President Fulgencio Batista said three po- licemen were wounded.
Fighting centred at the port district of old Havana.
Rebels seized and held briefly Cuba’s biggest radio and TV sta- tions in Havana and played rec- ords telling Cubans that rebel leader Fidel Castro's threatened general strike was in effect. They gave the word for Cubans to rise up in arms against "Batista.
Workens at some factories and in the telephone, electric and gas companies left their jobs. Com- munications and electric power were out in sections of the city for a time. But the strikes were only temporary.
‘COMMUNIST DIRECTED? A government declaration said‘. the fighting was carried out un- der the direction of the Commu- nist party. It said “the alertness of the
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public forces and the responsible
PROMISES ENGINEER
Premier Martheson assured the speakers that he was willing to support, and indeed actually pro- mise to start. a move to have; qualified engineer takecharge of the work needed.
He said the "problem of water and sewage had been placed un- der the Public Utilities Commis- sion by Order in Council in 1950. At that time a problem existed in Parkdale area and now they were proposing to do someth1.ng about it. The Premier added it was not his intention to interfere with anyone but he could forsee existing problems becoming ser- ious in the near future.
He thought the time to do some- thing about them was now and not when it was almost to late to rectify mistakes. 1
Hon. B. Earle MacDonald ex- pressed his opinion that the Pub- lic Utilities Board is not qualified to handle a matter such as water and sewerage in Parkdale. How- ever, if a qualified engineer were put on the job he would be in favor. He said he wanted the people he represented to have good protection and quick ser- vice.
A. A. Maclsaac, Fifth Queens, said he had discussed the bill with residents of the area mainly af- fected. They had thought was
attitude of its citizens” quickly
smashed an attempt to turn
Havana into a battleground. Probably not more than 100
rebels were involved in the in-itial Havana shooting spree. Rebel lead s known to many
Cubans ret rned to their hiding places. Su.ppo~se=dly well - laid plans for a block-to—block upris- ing had gone astray.
Castro’s chief Havana aides went into session at a secrc. ren- dezvous Wednesday night to pick up the pieces and try to restore rebel prestige.
They blamed hot - headed young rebel captains for misfit- ing of what most called a trial manoeuvre. ‘
The government declaration that the Communist party di- rected the fight was amended later to say that Castro and ex- president Carlos Prio Socarras. an exile in Miami, shared the blame.
The attempt to start a show- down, poorly timed and badly co-ordinvate-:1, was the first out- burst in Havana since Castro de- clared-'his so-called total, implac- able war agavinlst the government ‘last Saturday.
CALL STRIKE AT LUNCH
The strike call came at 11:30 a.m. as Havana workers started their three-hour lunch period.
The rebels opened small-arms and machine-gun fire on police in the port district, using an arms shop as a base.
At the same time, a band of young rebels invaded three ra- dio statiqns, bombing out one of them. They issued their recorded calls a-tthe other two, then fled after three or four minutes.
By the time the lunch period was: over, the fighting died and
' the workers were coming /back , to their jobs. Government troops
had‘ been standing by to force shops to reopen if they had to. After the fighting, Batista h-im- self toured Havana. “C o m pl e t e order exists throughout the city,” he said.
Amendments To Existing Legis|ationAreConsidered
good but their main worry was whether there would be a holdup in service because of the Com- mission. ’
Leo Rossiter said he was hot in favor of seeing this power vest- ed in the Commission; he would rather see it under the Town Planning Act. He thought the Pub- lic Utilities always, seemed to have: backlog of work‘ and giv- ing them this power might slow progress.
MENTIONS RUMOR
M.M. Bell, Summerside, asked if the people of Parkdale were in favor of the bill. He said he had heard a rumor that it was a squeeze put on .- them to force them to come into Charlottetown.
Mr. C.C. Baker thought the bill gave the Commission too much power and wondered if the pro- posed engineer would make the decisions or would the Commis- sion. '
Hon. Dougald MacKinnon had attended a meeting with residents of Parkdale and had found fear of delay in their project. .
William Acorn, Fifth Kings, asked the Premier if there was a qualified engineer available and was told there was. Premier Matheson thought the matter could safely be left in the hands of one of the better engineering firms in one of Canada’s larger cities. '
The Premier also said all the trouble seems to stem from fear of delay but he did not anticipate any. He said the bill was design- ed as a protection. not a hin- drance. “As sure as we leave the situation as it exists today we are in for a peck of trouble,” he added.
Hollywood Set Ignores Funeral
WOODSTOCK. .l. I.-ii’) Johnny Stompanato was buried Wednesday without an iota of final homage from the Hol- lywood set in which he mingled.
Only relatives and a few friends of the family ucro on hand for the funeral and burial ‘of the handsome, 32-year-old boy
friend of film actress Lana Tur- ner. The coffin was banked by 24
' . I ‘floral pieces. All were twin GEORGE E. SA_VILLE FRANK MACNIJTT FRANK MYERS HAROLD SMITH LEO ROSSITER Woodstock folk, none from Hol- Liberal 5th Kings Liberal 3rd Prince PC 1st Queens Liberal 4th Queens PC znd King; 1y“-00d_