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“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”

VOL. LXXVII. N0. 37

MAYOR A. Walthen Gau- dcl administered the oath of office to five councillors fol- lowing Wednesday's civic el- ection. Shown here are four

Anlberhed at loosed Clue Department. Ottawa. and for

councillors taking the oath as

property owners while Frank left. Mrs. Dorothy Corrlgan.

Zakem. watches _ from the rear after previously being sworn on rental qualifications.

Taking the oath, from

sun is on We omu payment of postage In olnl.

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1961

the Gorniley. Dr. and El-

are Arthur

Douglas MacDonald

mer MacRae.

5 Councillors Take Oath

lDief Opposes

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.BurIdrng Tax

OTTAWA (OP) — Opposition Leader Dicfenbaker called Fri- day for removal of the sales tax imposed in the last budget on building materials an pro- duction machinery.

Progressive Conserva- 1

WEATHER

Sunny and colder; northwest winds 25. becoming light. Low-high 10 and 20. Sun- day; cloudy and milder.

~07...-gr;-I SEVEN cams

Io Senate

three new senators — Nelson Rattenbury, N.B., businessman; Eric Cook, 54. a lawyer in St. John's. Nfld., and Daniel Lang. 44, a Toronto lawyer.

The new Senate lineup is 63 Liberals. 33 Conservatives. two .independents and one independ- ;ent-Liberal. Three seats still .are vacant in the 102-seat cham- ber.

Mr. Lang. a native of Tor-.

;onto..was the Liberal campaign Jchairman for the federal elec- tions of 1962 and 1963

1 He ‘Toronto law firm since

City Native Appointed.

OTTAWA (OP)—.Prime Minis- ter Pearson Friday appointed

56. a Saint John“

live leader said in an interview jchairman of the board of Can_

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From N-.B.

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‘DUMMY’ IS

DETECTIVE

LONDON tAPI —— Detec- tives of Scotland Yard's Flying Squad pounced on a four-man gang as it raided a clothing store Thursday night. The signal for the cops to move in was given by a detective standing in the store window posing as a tailor's dummy.

Io Probe

By NEIL MATHESON The probability of establishing .a central grading establishment Ito improve the quality and uni- iformitty of the Island's turnip

pack will be explored by a six-

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Education Commission " Appointed

yman committee named yester- iclay at a meeting which discus-

sed marketing rproblems at Birch ‘ Court h A Farm. ' We can double our turnip bus- ‘in s in four years. if we can

provide the quality and unifor- lmity of turnip this province can

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Experimental

12 PAEES

Meeting Plans For Revival. OI Island Turnip Industry

Six-Man Committee

Problems

lproduce. it was suggested at one ‘stage. if the buyers there could ‘be assured of “the kind of tur- ‘nips they want when they want . them." ' ‘ The idea gained acceptance . from many others — Will Mac-

Leod. former district fruit and {vegetable said ‘-'1 ‘ proposed ' ’

years ago when we were ship‘

ping 2.000 carloads annually from ‘this province." The shipments yihave dropped to less than 500 .cars now, it was revealed by

()'1‘T_Aw_A tcpt_Appointment I produce. it was stated by Jerome I Garth Harrison, present district f 3 commission to study thel0‘Brien. Charlottetown sliipperjlnspcclor.

financing of higher education in

anada was announced today by the Canadian Universities Foundation.

:one of the men vmo proposed ;the central grading outlet. I The committee named includes

lStanley Willis. Cornwall for the

To Start New Civic Year

Medicine and business. house- ‘mas and lawyers, sat down together yesterday afternoon 00 start a new year of civic 80V- oriiment after Mayor A. Wal- tlicn Gaudet swore in five coun-

manvship of committees they tender: D .

had formerly l .

Mayor A. W. Gvaudet. relations: Dr. Douglas

Once again finance will be MacDonald. rin-k.

headed by H. E. I-Iyndman and re-elected Elmer MacRae wiilyt be in charge of streets. Otllerlz

V]. D. Corfison.

Members of the labor reia-

lparliamentary ssion. whic Jgets under way Tuesday. w Id

cal with government taxation policy

and the cabinet reorgan-

lha‘ his “Deni” 5p‘.3°°h °‘ the lada Coal Corporation. president

‘-of Junior Frood Mines Limited-

; kind in Canada. will be headed

The commission. first of itslcharlottetown area: Drake, Pownal for that

.mland a director of several other-

-‘ companies.

I Mr. Rattenbury has been an

I MR. RATTENBURY

-ization carried out since the-executive officer of the NewlS€('0ll(I World War with the‘

ions board a-re A. M. Giiitsqlast 595510“-

J., J. Butler

:3°“‘““"t:f..°'“l‘;‘l:::.:'° .W- X‘ l:‘.r.“...*;.: ' ‘ i 5, . . y u with ' ba°l°gm"".d Mh me G3,’;-}n.1ey_ pubiiic property; W. are Frank MacDonald. J. F, gepllca, dwfifiwctgmng am; R MacNeil.l. police; J. P.-Tuombs. Walter P. desrilva. “‘ ' . r - . . - McG‘ll’ . Cl‘ Stew» s°l°m"'ty M lhe occaswn‘ two ldleveilopnielhlcz Hamid Rbrcatiir. .I.1Ee: Arsen-~ "h'a'“'g°r‘ ll" Clty Cmmcl Chain‘ ' '~ ' irlt. .lack BO0mI‘.'flWC'I'. The

Lieutenant - Govern MacDonald Mirs. MacDonald. graced the cere- mony with their presence.

Following the brief swearing- in ceremonies. performed first for Mr. Zakcrm as the only one entering Council on qualification. all councillors took the oath in unison. The others were Mrs. Dorothy Corrrlgan. Arthur Gormley and Elmer l\-I.'acRae.

COMMITTEES NAMED 1

After the brief formal proce-; dure a short emergency ses-y sion was held to confirm ap-‘ pointrnents to the various coun- cil committees.

Few changes were noted as Mayor Ga-udct remarked senior- nty generally prevailed and mint instances the councillors preferred to hold the chair-’

Ruby Trial Set Monday

DALLAS fAPl District Judge Joe B. Brown ruled Fri- day that lawyers must “.:gin selecting a Dallas jury Monday for .lack Ruby's murder trial.

The judge withheld final de- cision on a defence motion to transfer the trial to another.

'ly.

He could still order it movedl if an impartial jury cannot be; on at charge of killing President Ken- I nedy‘s accused assassin. Leel Oswald. l

Police In Four Provinces Seek Two Robber-Slayers

-r four women employees and a

., longshoreman who '.’ during the robbery to collect his . pa

SAINT JOHN. N.B. (GP) Police in the Atlantic provinces and Quebec were on the alert Friday. night for the robber-I slayer: of a prominent Saint John businessman. .

Shot through the stomach and

hip by a .32-calibre bullet.‘ --

H Hugh s Gregory. 65. died In

hospitahearly Friday. He wast. - president of HS. Gregory and; ‘ a stevedoring firm. \

ns Ltd..

Police Chief Wesley J. Van- Wart of Saint John Friday an- nounced the company had of- fered a 05.000 reward for in- formation leading to the arrest- snd conviction of men involved‘ in the holdup. .

Unofficial estimates of the cash taken in the payroll rob- bery Thursday , Pally’: Prince William Streel offices ranged up to 816.1130. The I bandits missed a box contalnind ;

another $15.01!). . the m

Two men. each carrying I‘ Distol. entered the offices just: before closing time. One II II llsht stocldag pulled down over. his face. The other were I cov-I Find over his eyes. with rest of his face ‘hare.

Alexander P. (Bandy) Greg-

F

are rigan.

n n tional peace -

A. M Gillis, light: M. D. Col‘-I-8

welfare; Frank Zakcm.‘

CP from AP-Reuters NICOSIA — . _ tary of State George W. Hall

was reported. ‘ S. Undersecre- jthe U.S., British and Greek gov- . at the home or Dame] G855, s rernments that urgent steps must ‘ cm.m..a11_

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j.Makarios Iurns Down I International Force

to have warned;

effort to sell President Makar-lbe taken to restore Security-

ios of Cyprus a British-U.S.. peace plan collapsed Friday. ‘

Diplomats said Makarios wiiil

United Nations Security Coun- ci.

The bearded chief of state- who has said that "when 1' have certain ideas I will not'.F compromise"—rejecled lhe_ 01'0-

posal for landing of an Intel‘-{W

keeping army outside UN control.

. - . .. .- . , by Ba“ bald me Sea-uh “M um “'which we found very critical." I said.

tinue for a solution to bring

I invasion tal . I

'was one headline.

There were persistent but un-I

official reports of Turkish armyluammon has been named and nav _ _ land within striking distance of! present the Cyprus crisis to the ycypr

al activity on the main-. London newspapers played up? k

Invasion I-‘ears."l “C y p r u s y ears lnvasion." said anotheru Landing in Ankara for t lk

ilh lnonu and Foreign Minis-

‘Turkish

the situation on Cyprus.,

night fro . secretary

‘reported rejection of the pro. 1“... Feridun cemay 1,-kin_ Ba1lll)I)5a!l and “will seek clarifica- ‘told reporters he was grievedlllml OH 0'-he!‘ DOIMS I‘eSD0Cl-

Beet Ass’n To Contest ARDA Ruling

Directors of the P.E.I. Beef Producers Association will contest the ruling of the fedel al ARDA people rejecting the

kciing yards. and the argument

will revolve for the most part lice until he joined the Canadian.

on the reas giv that "It does not fall within a designat- cd area". it was learned last m J. Lincoln Dew-ar, of the association l'ol lowing a meeting of directors

A fivc-rnan committee headed by President Lloyd Lockerby, to meet Monday with Agricultur Minister Andrew MacRac. was learned. Smith MacFar- lane, president of the P.E.I. Federation of Agriculture will

..,. us

be asked to support the com-‘ . C _.

mrttc

Thelgroup will discuss the

ing the proposal." Mr. Dewar

peace and order out of the com- munal fighting between Greek- and Turkish-Cypriots. Three Turkish-Cypriots reported shot dead Friday Then Bali flew off in a U.S. Air Force jet plane to brief gov- ’ ernment officials of Turkey and Greece. uneasy allies in North Atlantic Treaty Organi- zation, on the outcome of three days of discussions which e; and a special British envoy _Cy-3 ril Pickard conducted in Nico- sia.

were

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nearby lieved by police to have been Both US_ and British dtp10.;solved when they disclosed Hi-

TURKEY WAITS y

mats strongly urged _ Turkey I day‘ that the h u s be n d had a ainst independent interven- s k IP D ed $200 ball on live mm charges of fraud

Turkish Premier lsmet lnonu

‘lery of a missing family

MONTREAL (CPl—'l‘he mys- in Chomedey was

Nervous neighbors who had

I to CII

HUGH S. GREGORY of the mmpany‘Illo medium

ory, M. son president. grappled Wm‘. °“° °l en Sandy GI‘9fi0|'y- Com‘

pany secretary. was struck on the head. The wound redulfed six stitches. STAFF ON IIAND

Also in the offices were Vice‘

_ freed himself immediately after ’ the assailants fled to a getaway ‘ ar. End the hospital notified police.

E names of the employees and

er ,not get eye-witness accounts. A I description ‘broadcast to police forces but not made

of the two wanted men.

,inches‘ to six II

lmmplexlon "Id hair and ‘ugh: son in which he made it known lfawn lcoal, grey soft hat and sharply ‘cut half-wellington boots

roldrehr. is five bet seven stockily built with I fall hold of dark brown or black wavy hair. lfle wore a navy blue overcoat President C. Grant Gregorlmnnd bluish-grey soft hat. --

walked in

y. ‘ All were tied. Sandy Gregory’

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He called an ambulance

Authorities w i t h h e l d the

ngshoreman. saying the ban- ts were still "potential kill- s." As a result. reporters did of car was public Police did release descriptions

no. 25 . is five feet I0 feet with

wore or beige burberry-typo

other. about 10. years

“.5 made

Polite See Solution lo Family ‘Mystery’

not seen Kuman Bonafacius. 32. or his wife and daughter since Jan. 24 called police. officers found the house furnishings in- t.act and the family car parked outside with the key in the la- nition.

Neither Mr. Bonafaclus not his 32-year-old wife. Dorottiy. had asked for time off front wor

Police said lihe husband ap- peared in court Jan. 21 and was remanded until . He failed to show up to answer charges concerning five bogus checks totalling $244 made out to a local department store.

Mr. Bonafacius has been em- ployed by Encyclopedia Canadl ana since 1961 and came man- ager of the firm‘s Montreal of {ice last October. His wife is a lawyer's secretary.

Over Canada

TORONTO t(‘.P\ Premier Robarls expressed grave mis- givings with the revised Can- ada Penslon Plan Friday and called for a public inquiry into its provisions.

Mr. Robarts tabled In the On- tario Legislature the text of a letter to Prime lnister Pear-

thnt the province regards the plan as completely unaccep- ta le

"Whlle changes have been (In the original plant." said, "they are lit- with the represen- have made."

Roberts’ main

Mr. Roberts tie in accord tstlons that we

One of Mr

complaints was that the Can-

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:Brunswick Liberal Association

‘and president of the Saint John- N H“

lAlbert Liberal executive.

EXTENSIVE INTERESTS

c has extensive business in- in the Atlantic prov- inces and is president of Indus- itrial Insulators Limited. North- jern Roofing and Metalworkers ‘Limited, two Saint John firms, land president 0 A Cum- mings Limited. Halifax,

'-I Mr Rattenburv was born in

lcharlottetown and joined the

jproposal of the livestock max-'Canadiaii Merchant Service in wate

.1923. He continued in that serv- ’|_Navy. i-eti:ing.at~fhe and of the

rank of commander. , is the son of Mrs. Johnl and the late Mr. Ratten-|

’ Char- l l

ybury. of 27 Water Street. I Iottctown.

. Cook. president of the ‘Newfoundland Liberal Associa-l ition. has been a lawyer in St.l i.lohn's since 1932. He is a na-I tive of that city. ,‘

e is chairman of the board] of the Avalon Telephone Com-{ pany. president of T. NICMUFCIOI and Company. and a director off

several firms, including Bo-; r Power. Maritime Lifej "and the Bank of Montreal. are appointed for

llife and receive $15,000 a year.

_lFO-RD MARKS MEETING HERE

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TORONTO (CPi _ A $10,000 lscholarship program encourag- ing young Canadians to partial pate in the performing arts was announced jointly Thursday night by Ford Motor Company of Canada and the Performing Arts in Canada. a quarterly magazine devoted to the per- forming arts.

Senator Donald Cameron. di- rector of the Banff School of Fine Arts. said the grant was the first advanced by private business to recognize Canada's 1967 centennial year through scholarships.

If the annual scholarship fund tincreases interest in the enter- tainment field, Karl E. Scott. president of Ford of Canada. assured the performing arts group the amount could be In- rrcase .

“This is a minimal amount, Mr. Scott said during a press ‘conference to announce the fscliolarship program.

I He said this was Ford‘s con- tribution to the 100th anniver-

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lRobarts Shows Misgivings

Pension Plan

ada Pension Plan could not be integrated with existing private pension plans. government ap- parently felt integratlbn could be accomplished. yet had made- no suggestions as to how this could be worked out. CRITICIZE MATURITY Ontario also felt that the fed- eral plan did not provide for I long enough period to reach ma- turity——l0 years. instead of 20 asked by the province-and that it did not establish a satisfac-

tory relatlo - trlbutlons and benefits. In Ottawa. Prime Minister

Pearson took Mr. Robnrtirs lat- ter under personal study.

Grant Aids Youth In Performing Arts

sary of the Charlottetown con fercnce and also to celebrate the company's 60 years of pro- duction in Canada this year. Awards will be made annu- ally, at least until 1967, to Cana- dians in the 16-to-26-year - old

group who show outslandilig promise in dancing. instru- merits. voice and drama.

Fifty grants of $100 each will be made each year to artists between 16 and 18 years of age while 20 a n II u at scholarship grants of $250 each will be pres-I ented to the 19-to-26-year — old group.

The awards will be divided equally within five zones —- Bril- ish Columbia and Alberta; Sas- kalchewan and Manitoba: On- tario: Quebec: and the Atlantic provinces. i

by Vincent Bladen. dean of the faculty of arts and science at

the University of Toronto. other tfor that region and Jack Howalt, w.c. Limpert

commissioners are to be named later.

The foundation said it was undertaking the project. because rider the British North Amer- ca Act, no federal government

study is considered possible.

CLC Begins Drive To Win SIU Members

OTTAWA tCPr—-The Canadian . . launched an organizing drive to win Great

Labor Congress has

akes and Atlantic coast sea- men away from the Seafarers‘ International Union of Canada.

C sources said Friday.

The campaign opened about 10 days ago on a hush-bush basis aimed at signing up _a majority of SIU members in selected shipping companies.

e CLC is spearheading the campaign on behalf of the Ca- nadian Maritime Union — one of the five maritime unions un- _ government trusteeship since October.

If the CLC-CMU drive suc- ceeds. applications for certifica- tion are to be made to the Can- ada Labor Relations Board.

The trustees have been try.

ing lo preserve a truce in the maritime labor field. ' A spokesman for the trustees in Montreal said Friday that the move appeared to violate the status quo which the trustees want to maintain.

VIOLATES INTEREST

As such. the spokesman said. the drive to shift SIU members into the CMU -could not be re- garded as being in the general interest of marine workers.

However. he noted that the CLC was sponsoring the organ; zational drive. and said the CLC is not under the control of the trustees.

rms MACHINE designed and btdlt lad you to prwerly apply a band of Hqitacblor or Alain for control of Tin-- nip Root Maggots was on display yesterday at the tor.

nrlp production and market- ingmeetingatfinohoourt hereltisberlngexiamined here bvy.leltto rmtt..I)arvid Pracocirwbopresidodatthe

Lloyd I-‘urness. Vernon for his area; Charles Thomas. Tryon

jBrook-field for the North Wilt- *shire area. Co-ordinator of the committee is David Peacock, provincial department of agri- culture fieldman who presided let the afternoon session.

; Mr. O‘Brien said the grading outlet would cost 575.000 at the least, but insisted that some- thing must be done to improve [the uniformity and quality of lthe pack if the Island is to re- ltain its top markets.

[nos'roN COULD TAKE ALL

i Boston alone could take all :tlie turniips the province could

; “Our turnips still stand big, bigger than any other. There .wouldn‘t be an Ontario turnip

lin Boston. one buyer said, if

the biggest kick—couvld be .relied on. it was s I There were suggestions tram . ood products of- ficer for the Atlantic Provinces illconomic Council. that Ontario I has grabbed the big share of line lUnited States market because of its advanced packaging features. In 1961-62. for example. P.E.I. ‘exported 160,000 bushels of plain yturnips. Ontario shipped 400.000 ‘bushels plain turnips and 1.400.- 000 pounds waxed turnlps. he said. 1 There was a difference of opinion. though, on a -fi:ve-man ;panel as to the need of waxing. ‘Mr. O'Brien suggested the plain tlurnip was what is wanted on I “Continued on Page 2 Col. 3)

New Variety Of Turnips Resistant To Club Root

A variety of turnips that lhighly resistant to Club Root ‘ will be available in limited qual- ity to Island growers in 1965 and

by 1966, Research Officer George Aycrs told a meeting of turnip producers and dealers yesterday at Birch Court on the Experimental Farm.

Researchers at the Farm have been working on the variety for the past eight years, Mr. Ayers told the Guardian.