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“That's the gas tank that blew 55." Gerry Gormley points to the remains of the power boat's gas tank which exploded and burned last night sending three Charlotte- town girls to hospital with burns.‘

Ge1ry’s sister, Gail, 10 will probably be in the Charlottetown Hospitalfor a week with burns about the legs, despite the fact that she managed to jump into the water immediately after the ex-

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plosion. Another sister, Lorna, 8, was expected to be able to re- turn home last night, despite burns on her arms. Their father is James Gormley,of 22 Union Street, a widower.

Coleen Gormley, 9, a cousin of the others and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Gormley, 24 Union Street, was burned in the face but was expected to be al- lowed home last night.

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children put a match to the gas tank of a Department of Fisheries patrol boat whichxlgas been hauled up on the Fisheries wharf at the foot of Rochford Street, near where it is proposed to build a slip adjoining the new Naval Bar- racks. Employees of the Atlas Construction Company heard the explosion about 8:30 p.m. and were immediately on the scene. The fire department extinguished the blaze in a few minutes.

Gen. De Gaule Speeds To

Paris On Mystery Mission

PARIS (CP)——Gen. Charles lie GaullespedtoParis1m‘o!nlfisviI- lage home Monday night on 1 mission of mystery that may re- solve or darken the French di- lemma. . 2,-,.,,..-.,; .-

Insurgents in

jubilantly the Paris government- of Premier Pflimlin would col- lapse without a push. 5 A police comrnissionér standing guard at Pfli.mlin’s Matignon Palace, offices announced shortly before 11 p.m. local time thit de Gaulle had arrived on the out- skirts. But where de.Gan1le went from there was a mystery. I

There were rumors de Gaulle might be meeting Pfilimlin or his intermediaries in a suburb. But a spokesman for Pfli-mlin said the premier had retired for the night.

De Gaulle was provisional pres- ldent of the post - war republic and now has offered to return to power. But he has said he would have to be given extraordinary

». powers if he took over to deal

with France's problems at home and overseas.

De Gaulle drove off toward Paris after a member of Prem- ier Pfilimli~n’s staff had gone to the general’s home at Colormfoey les De Eglesis and talked with him 5 half an hour. The envoy, Marcel Diebolt, then drove back to Paris and reportel immedia-

tely to Premier Pflinilin.

Diebolt’s visit to de Gaulle fol- lowed a new bid set in motion by the powerful conservative party to bring the general back to power. The Communist - led General Confederation of Labor‘ reacted to the move immediately’, ordering its 2,000,000 members to strike today sitter noon to show their opposition to de Gaulle.-

The conservatives, a grouping of Independents and Peasant party members, control 101 seats in the 594-member assemlbly.

TIGHTEN G-RIP

Meanwhile, de ,G-arulle support- ers tightened their grip on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica and four French war- ships steamed mysteriously into Algeria amid rumors their offi- cers planned to join the commit- tees of public safety set up there to demand de Ga-u:lle’s return.

In the National Assembly, Pflimlin struck back at Pascal Arrighi, the leader of the Corsi- can takeover. He pushed through a bill suspending Arrigh-i from the assembly and depriving him of his parliamentary‘ immunity from arrest and prosecution.

But tension in government cir- cles mounted swiftly in the face of apparent right-wing moves to

desert Pf'lirmlin and throw their

Electrocuted On Hydro Job

WARREN, Ont. (CP) — Four men of a six-man hydro crew were electrocuted here Monday when their steel scaffold touched a live, 120,000-volt switch.

For a tense four hours Ontario hydro men and hospital attend- ants worked over the victims While the two survivors were

A .-taken to hospital in Sudbury, 40

miles west.

. The four were pronounced dead by Dr. J. A. Pidutti, Sudbury cor- °ne1‘. at 12:45 p.m. Earlier the Iast rites of the Roman Cat=h-(Mr church were administered by the

' -Parish. priest of Warren.

Dead are Aubrey Staples, 36, of Gatson, the foreman of the crew; 1’-_0Ius Villa, 36, of Sudbury; Mau- Tlfie P-aradis, 33, of Chelmsford. Ind Aurel Fournier, 30, also of Chelmsford.

, Kenneth. Sloat, 27, of Barrie, MM

‘Two Atomic Submarines Stay Under Water For 30 Days

GROTON, Conn. (AP) — Two atomic submarines -— the Skate “Id Seawolf-—-have set endurance records of 30 days under water, the naval chief of operations an- nounced l\/[onday_

‘Admiral Arleigh Burkey oirmed 1_t “a major breakthrough

1. thff first magnitude with im- pmatlons extending far beyond

9 realm of underseas warfare." He‘ added;

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and Clair Jodouin, 25, of Crys- tal Falls, 0=nt., were taken to hos- pital in Sudbury, suffering burns and shock. Their condition was described as not severe.

REPLACING TRANSFORMER

The crew, which worked out of Sudbury, was getting ready to F6- place a transformer at an Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commis- sion substation when the flash of power hit them.

G. 0. Armstrong of the North Bay hydro office said their steel scaffold touched the blade of a live switch. The men were held fast to the scaffold until a trans former if-use blew, breaking the circuit. _ _ ,

In Toronto, the commission 5 head office announced that a three-man investigating team was on the way to the scene.

160 men aboard, travellefl 8,000 statute miles during training OP- erations ended May 23- V

The previous under-water en-

-urance record was 16 days, Set last September by th-' Seawolf_.

Burke said the ‘men lived In confined quarters in an environ- ment completely sealed from sun- light and the earth’s natural at- mosphere.

Burke made his announcement just before the newest U.S. atomic submarine _—- the shark- shaped Skipjack——sl1d down the launching’ ways, the PI‘0t0tY'P‘3 0f

six more undersea fighters W1 COIHC.

support behind de Gaulle.

De Gaulle has stated twice since right-wing army and polit- ical leaders seized power in Al- geria May 13 that he is ready to head a new French _,overnment.

Pflimlin, weary and grim- faced, told the a-sosecmfbly Monday that “the danger facing us is civil war.” He said t-here was “no

-‘justification and-no excuse" for

the right-wing takeover in Cor- sica Saturday.

“It was an attack on the es- tablished order, an operation con- ceived and carried out for the purpose of overthrowing the leg- itimate powers," Pfltiiml-in said. SIGNS POWER “'.IPPING

But there Vere signs thatthe 51-year-old premier’s power over the assembly was slipping. When he called for unity against the budding revolt he was applauded by only the members of centre parties. Right-wingers and the Coamrmuni-s-ts remained silent.

The premier received another jolt when the conservatives de- cided to ask Coty to call ‘readers of -all par5ies except the Commu- nists to a meeting to consider asking de Gaulle to form a gov- ernment. 4

Their ministers ‘in Pfli~mlin's cabinet said they would resign if the premier refused to support the move. They also wanted Coty to ask de Gaulle to attend-the meeting.

The conservatives’ move was followed quickly by the strike call.

The Communist leaders of the union said that after seizing con- trol in Algiers and Aj-accio, the principal town of Corsica, “the plotters are organizing them- selves at the head of sedition- mongers.”

80 Homeless In Three-Hour Fire»

TROIS-R.IVI»EiRES, Que. (CP)- A three-hour fire Monday de- strayed a row of apartment houses here, making 30 PGFSOHS homeless.

Three firemen were slightly in- jured when a burning ceiling col- lapsed on them. ‘

Twelve families lived in the four wooden buildings, each three storeys tall. Dam-age was es- timated at $70,000.

Strike And Rain Add To Gloom

LONDON (AP) —- steady rain’ fell on London Monday. start of

the fourth week of the bus strike. third week of the meat strike and a day that lwlas supposed to be a happy hoi ay-

London's mood matched the weather on W-hitsuntide, with streets and highways practically deserted. This is a legal holiday in England, the day after the Pentecost feast.

The strike of London's 6,000 drivers and p0I‘t'e1‘S at the big Smithfield meat market, the city’s wholesale distributing cen- tre, coasted along without sign of .a settlement. But butchers have brought in their own meat deliveries in small trucks or the family car. Butchers said there ha.s been plenty of meat for everybody.

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“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew” CHARLOTTETOWN CA.NADA, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1958

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‘N ursing Home

Fire In Toronto

TORONTO (OP)—Four elderly patients died Monday after a bed- room fire sent deadly smoke swirling through a west-end nurs- ing home.

Two of the victims died in am- bulances en route to hospital, the others eight hours later of shock and smoke poisoning. They were Miss Tillie. Hewitt, 85, leg empu- tee William Cavanagh, 79, John Black, 75, and Frank Cooper, 71.

In hospital in critical condition are Hannah ollett, 81., Edward Hansford, 81, Amy Robertson, 82, Mary R e e v e s, 80, Catherine Walker, 85, and Walter Met-calfe, 87.

An arson squad immediately began an investigation into the blaze, the second fatal fire in two years at the Craig Nursing Home.

A fire in the nursing home in 1956 killed ont elderly man.

There were 64 patien‘: asleep when the fire broke out just be-

_ fore dawn in a second-floor room

in the north wing of the home, which comprises two three-storey buildings connected by a third- floor ramp.

Firemen said 20 patients were in the burning north wing where the smoke reached deadly den- sity. The others in the adjoining section were taken out before ‘ thick smoke reached their rooms.

MAJOR 'l‘.E. MACNUTT

Cornerstone To Be Laid June .3

The official opening and cor- ner-stone laying of Birchwood High School will take place on Tuesday, June 3, according to an. announcement made last night by Mr. K.A. Parker, Superintendent of City Schools. .

The corner - stone will be laid by Major T.E. MacNutt who for 33 years served as Secretary of the Charlottetown School Board. Mr. MacNutt retired a year ago last January. . .

Birchwood High School has been occupied since mid winter. Fol- lowing the ceremonies the public will have an opportunity to in- spect the building audits facili- ties.

P.E.I. Hosp. ‘Nurses Graduate Tonight

Ninteen nurses of the Prince Edward Island Hospital School of Nursing will receive diplomas at the annual graduating ceremonies , to be held tonight at Prince of; Wales College Auditorium. At the; same time two girls will receive qualifying certificates from the school of radiography.

Chairman of the graduation ex- ercises will be J. Andrew Likely, of the Hospital Board. The ad-I dress to the graduates will be giv- en by Dr. O.H. Curtis, deputy’ Minister of Health. Dr. T.A. Laid-‘ law will present the diplomas and. prizes and Miss B._Tweedy will present the graduation pins. The Florence Nightengale pledge will be given to the nurses by Rev. Marvel D. Dunbar. Valedictorian is Elizabeth Jean Roberts. Following the graduation, a re- ception will be held at the Cundal Home for the graduates and their immediate relatives and friends. The following are the gradu-3 ates: I Joyce Elaine Annear, Lower Montague; Elizabeth Chapman Atkinson, Charlottetown; Elinor Louise Bernard, Kensington; Eliz- abeth Jean Carruthers, Augustine Cove; Dorothy Ethel Marian Cof-I fin, Mt. Stewart; Joan Winnifred Cutcliffe, Augustine Cove; Joyce Isabella England, West Royalty; Norma Ellen Mildred MacFad- yen, Charlottetown; Janet Marina MacKenzie, Charlottetown; Anna Ruth MacPhai1, Argyle Shore; Sarah Belle MacQuar1e, Hamp- ton; Jeanne Ethel Pickard. C1131‘- lottetown; Elizabeth Jean R0-3 berts, Southport; Constance Mary. Ross, Flat River; Joan Lois Sha- ram, Charlottetown; Shirley Marie Taylor, Lower Montague; Greta Claire wigglngton. Monta- gue; Myra Joan Gertrude Wood, Cross Roads; Ruth Eleanor Youn- ker, Victoria.

SCHOOL OF RADIOGRAPHY Phyllis Jean Clark, Charlotte- town; Doris Catherine Dixon, For- tune.

DIES AFTER GPERATION

MADRID (A-P) Romanian Prince Constantine Cantacuzeno, 50, a famous aerobatics flyer. died Monday in a local clinic af- t-er a stomach operation. Prince Cantacuzeno had lived in erg’? ll]

$300,000 FOR PROJECT

The construction of a sewer- age and water system for the Village of Parkdale will begin in the very near future, accord. to a decision reached ata meeting, of the ratepayers last night.

The meeting gave unanimous endorsation, authorizing the commissioners to borrow up to $300.00 for this purpose.

The commissioners told the largely attended meeting that a Montreal Investment firm had given assurance that they were willing to buy debentures guar- anteed by the Government hear- ing a coupon of 4 3-4 per cent at a small discount. The firm also stated they were prepared to buy unsecured bonds from the Village at a 5 1-4 per cent rate, also at a small discount.

HIKE IN TAXES

It was revealed that the pre- sent tax rate would go from 45 cents per hundred to $1.55 per hundred. The extra $1.10 they

LONDON (CP) — H. Watson Jamer, the Atlantic provinces’ newly - appointed economic am- bassador here, Monday was eager to get working on “the very challenging" job of selling his area’s “great potentials." But he couldn’t find a key for his new office. Jamer arrived during the hol- ’day weekend when London was iirtually closed up and most of its residents were off to the coun- try. A contractor, renovating the new At]-an-tic provinces office, could not be reached and the new agent-general didn't get to see his new quarters.

explained would be sufficient to amortize the capital expenditure and look after incidental expen- ses such as wages for a service man, power and repairs in a period of'20 years. _

In addition to the general as- sessment householders will have to pay what is now estimated to be, a $30 per year service charge plus a frontage tax of 10 cents per foot.

The system will be bounded by the Mount Edward Road, St. Peters Road. Kenszington Road. Belv-ed-ere Avenue and Falcon- wood Road and will provide service for all. the built up areas within these boundaries. ,

Mr. W.H. Crandall of Mono- ton has been retained by the Village as consulting engineer and it was decided at last night’s meeting to let Mr. Crandall know of the decision, so that work can begin without delay.

OUTSIDE AREAS ‘ , Some discussion took place re-

who has a key,” he said after an afternoon search, “but I under stand the offices are not quite ready yet anyway.”

Premiers Matheson of Prince Edward Island and Smallwood of Newfoundland arrived Sunday to be present for the office’s official opening Thursday. Premier Flem- ming of New Brunswick arrived Monday night and Premier Stan- field of Nova Scotia is due today. FORMAL OPENING LATER

Jamer s-aid a n 0 th e r‘ formal opening likely will be held later when the co-operative office is finished.

The new agent-general, repre-

“I can't seem to find anyone

OTTAWA (CP) ——~N-RU-code name for Canada‘: most power- ful atomic reaotor—-is out of bus- iness while crews mop up after a rare uranium-metal fire that spread radioactive dust through the huge building housing it.

Atomic Energy of Canada Lim- ited, Crown company in charge of the Chalk River, 0nt., atomic project, said Monday no one was injured in the Saturday accident. The company also said the $57,- 000,000 research reactor was not damaged.

Radioactive dust spread through the 12-storey building when a small piece of a uranium fuel rod broke off and caught fire. The

flames were smothered with sand. Anti-Recession

Tax Cuts Out

WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- dent Eisenhower -Monday ruled out any anti-recession tax cut at this time, so far as the adminis- fration is concerned.

The White House announced zlso that Eisenhower is renewing his recommendation to Congress that corporation and excise taxes be maintained at ‘the current level.

They would be reduced about -‘3,000,000,000 July 1 without ex- tension of the present law.

The decision to renew the call for contin-uation at the going rate came after Treasury Secretary Robert Anderson had conferred with congressional leaders of both parties.

Anderson then met with Eisen- hower and the president notified Vice - President Richard Nixon, the Senate’s presiding officer, and House Speaker Sam Rayburn of the decision regarding corpora- tion and excise taxes.

EXPEL COMMIES

TEL AVIV (Reuters)——The su- preme body of Israel’s trade union movement Monday night expelled its Communist members for “having incited the Arab pop ulation of Israel to forcible resist.- ance against the authority of the 3* ‘:e.” The dzcisicn is the result

of May Day riots in Nazareth.

Atomic Fire At Chalk River Site

.type at Chalk River, but the

senting two Liberal and two Pro-

NRU likely will be out of ac- tion for three or four weeks while the interior of the building is thoroughly examined and the ra- dioactive dust cleaned up.

FIRST OF TYPE The accident was the first of its

third involving Canadian reac- tors. A smaller reacto., known by the code name NRX, was ser- iously damaged Dec. 12, 1952, and to a lesser extent July 25. 1955. However, NRX has been operat- ing without mishap since Septei..- ber, 1955.

Company officials at Chalk River described the Saturday ac- cident as minor. They said it would not cause any major set- back to current research on the reactor, especially experiments in the field of atomic power. Re- search reactors frequently were shut down for aweek or more in preparation for new experiments. The officials said there is no similarity between the Chalk River mishap and a major acci- dent to a rector at Cumberland, E-ng., last October in which radio- active iodine was spread over 200 square miles.

Crews of men will was‘ the in side of the building with a de- tergent until the contamination is eliminated. C o m p a n y officials hope this job won't take more than four weeks.

The contamination is entirely confined to the NRU building. The area surrounding the reactor building was not contaminated and work in other buildings was not affected.

Former N.S. Judge Dies

Parkdale WiI| Borrow Money For Sewers,Water

garding the servicing of house- holders immediately adpa-cent to the northern boundries of the Village. The Commissioners stat- ed they had no objection to making such service available providing a charge similar to that being made on the residents of the Village was extended to those making such a request.

One of the ratepayers suggest- ed that these areas which are thickly populated should be giv- en the opportunity of coming in- to the Village if they so desired. The commission said extension of the boundaries of the Village was a responsibility and that the matter has been discussed al- ready.

one of the ratepayers wanted to know whether connection with the system would become com- pulsory. It was pointed out that "Health officials have been urg- ing proper sewerage facilities for some time and would in all likelihood demand use of the sy- stem.

Jamer Anxious To Work.

But Office Key Missing

gressive Conservative, provincial governments, said «there “is a tre- mendous amount of work to be done for our provinces here, but it will be very challenging and I am looking forward to it."

While he begins the job of building up business between the two regions, the four premiers will be touring England and parts of Europe to see industrialists and keep abreas-t of economic de- velopments. -.

During their 10 days as guest of Lord Beaverbrook, they will meet many of the businessmen with whom J amer may later hold economic discussions. About four days will be spent at the Brus- sels World Fair, where they will fly with their Canadian-born host in a chartered aircraft.

/brought back in

WEATHER

Sunny with a. few cloudy intervals? 110.

much change in tom

peraturas fig!“

winds. Low-high at Charlottetown 40-63.

Exchange Of

JERUSALEM (CP) — Lt.-Col. George Flint, Canadian chairman of the UN Israel-Jordan Mixed Armistice Commission, and two Israeli policemen were killed in an exchange of gunfire on Mount Scopus Monday, an Israeli spok- esman said Monday night.

The spokesman said the Cana- dian officer was hit by Arab snip- ers when he tried to extricate three wounded Israelis who were lying in the line of fire.

The Jordanians contin-Led shoot- ing beyon~d\the 3:30 -p.m. cease- fire deadline that Flint, 47-year- old native of Ou-tremont, Que., and other truce officers had or- dered, the Israeli spokesman con- tinued. He bled to death from’ his wounds.