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P. E. I. Frosted Foods pcmpany at Sherwood is now impleung contracts with gro- wers throughout the province and it is reported that the acreage
, V ,ecured. The company is very ' 3 pleased with the response and ii general enthusiasm shown by the "growers.
ed acreage will be fior peas. The 3' balance will be for strawberries, "jspinach, green and wax beans, blnebenies, sweet corn, cauli- Ilidlower, broccolie, brussels spr-
I ~olltS,flIl1llbarb, etc. ’ total production planned the first season is consider- below plant capacity, so as ‘t both growers and the w to become accustomed ‘necessary procedure in to obtain full scale opera-
.< this first year operation :: it is anticipated that cooperation between the any, the growers and the
I The Provincial Treasurer yes- ’, I91‘{I§Y replied to previous Op- 3 position criticism r e g a r d 1 n g > leaks’’ in certain departments the Government. It had been . Previously reported in the press lint the Director‘ of the Duplicat- branch was wanted for de- the Government of
Iralidmg
~Tl1€ matter in question Mr. , MacDonald said, involved an em- ,I’10l'ee of his department. He said . that last May it was brought to c. the attention of the auditor that
§30Ineone was trying to cash a
mpany.
I . The bank manager, not know- -93 the Person called the ‘auditor .‘l1d.the investigation began. Mr. I 3_cDonald said that as soon as alolice found enough evidence, a _ Warrant was issued for the arrest , “W19 person involved but it was
»I°1"K1 that the person had left eProvince.
NOTHING TO BE GAINED
The Minister felt that to publish 9 details and‘ to broadcast the i‘ Olmation would only impede “ ‘apprehension of the wanted (Employee and cause further ‘I"‘I°ty to his family. he ~ MacDonald said, “I hope
Will be taken, or come back , 1 the province and stand trial
.;_ misdemeanor, if
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Th°APE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) We 11-3. Navy’s Vanguard . ‘;°I‘°t. a finely-tuned sip-ace grey- seémd, fired the Western world’s day°nd satellite into orbit Mon- - The I ljadi
o . Ihat
Vanguard hurled its tiny, “equipped aluminum moon "Em 93-E~shaiped orbit so ideal ». or fit may travel through space . 1V€_ to 10 years.
- Weighed only 31/4; pounds and 91113’ 6.4 inches in diameter’. I Was equipped to gather Of the information needed 9 {nanned vehicles could “Te 1Ill.0 space.
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“Covers Prince Eduzard Island Like) The Dew”
WEATHER
Cl d with a few sunny intervals and mi)llde¥; northerly Winds 15. Low-hlg_h at Charlottetown 25 and -40-
Dy the Post Office
CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA, TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1958
tes
NOT THAN
MORE FIVE CENTS
n Field For 263 Seats
AN EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE PLANT
~iFros’red Food Co. Has Most Of Contracts Filled
employees will be necessary. The Management states that everything is on schedule and that operation of the plant by mid-June is an almost certainty. Therefore Island strawberries should be rolling through this modern streamlined packing plant by the opening of the straw-
berry season. \
CONSTRUCTION WELL ALONG
The construction phase of the Prince Edward Island Fnosted Foods Limited plant is rapidly nearing completion. The General Contractors have completed their work with the exception of a few details. The electrical and mechanical trades are also near- ing completion of their work.
With the construction work over, the installation of process- ing equipment is being rushed.
_ . . ..;seasou,... -Dailaeralszivals by—-~-rail-..w0f« this e- anyofficial stated that
specialized equipment from all partsof Canada and United Sta- tes have assured the packers of being ready for the first crop. This specialized equipment is
HON. MR. MACDONALD proven guilty’’_. _
The Provincial Treasurer said it was a serious accusation for a member of the House to suggest that because of a minimum of dis- honesty, all departments _of the government “are worth investi- gating”. _
At the same time Mr. MacDon-
necessary for the efficient proces- sing of the wide variety of fruits and vegetables which will be packed in the new plant during the summer months. I
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STRAWBERRIES FIRST
The first equipment to be used will be fior processing and pack- ing stnawberries. We are advised that it will be ready for the strawberry harvest, the first ma- jor crop to be processed in the new plant. _
Equipment for the processing of peas has also arrived. Four railway cars were, required’ to bring the pea vining or thrashing equipment and their accessories to Sherwood. This ‘equipment which operates in the open has been placed in its’ permanent position and as soon as weather conditions permit, the final (ad- justixiierttss :,will.. be; completed:
The equipment for the process- ing of beans and other crops has been received. Also the‘ machines necessary to complete the proces- sing lines are arriving daily.
Nlr. MacDonald Explains Onfraud Case
condone the actions of a small
»minority who believe it is not
wrong to take from the Govern- ment. SALARIES
He said some people say that the employees have to do these
-things to augument their salaries.
“Well, I can only say they were never asked to take the jobs and never, as far as I am concerned, were they coaxed ‘to stay with- the Government if they could better themselves financially in any other position elsewhere”.
, Mr. MacDonald said he re- gretted that many of the Govern- ment employees were in a low wage bracket ($2,500 and under) but he reminded the House that each year the Government had had to budget for a deficit “We have few avenues of revenue and many speedways of expenditure”, he said.
Mr. MacDonald recalled the Opposition Leader’s criticism in which he ridiculed the Govern- ment for its inability to retrieve the million four hundred thousand over paid by the Federal Govern- ment.
STILL HAVE TO PAY
“I heard two of the Federal Candidates say before the last election that if they got in power
ald .made it clear that he did not
My STAY ALOFT 10 YEARS
New Yank Moonl
plorer, the first U.~S. satellite launched here Jan. 61 by the am-ny’5 Jupiter-C missile.
SPUTNIK II SILENT The third man-made moon n0*W orbiting in space. R|1SS_ia’5 d‘0g‘ carrying Sputnik II, is silent. The 1 120-pound Red satellite is losing altitude, and American scientists expect it to plunge to 8 fiery death in the world’s dense atmos- phere about April 14- . Sputnik 1, first of the Russian moons disintegrated Jan. 4. Dr :]0hn P_ Hagen, director of '7 d project, who was €:fi.]1‘51ngAI:?1II1e1rst, N.S.. said the heir?" Aineieican satellite is travel- f. 5}" a little better than 18.000 mfg; an hour in an orbit that 3,1,” ;j“,,-,,.. at as fai‘ as 2,500 miles in s7i§§cE.= and bring it as close
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Exiplorer -reaches a maximum distance of 1,575 miles from the earth. Sputnik II looped out 1,200 miles and Sputnik I only 580 miles.
FAILED TWICE BEFORE
Twice be-fore, Vanguard launch- ing attempts ended in failure. The first blew up last Dec. 6 after rising only four feet off its launching pad. The second broke apart Feb. 5 after climbing 20,000 feet.
Monday the slender g«re,v-green rocket made up for all past dis- appointments. .
Its smro-oth, t-rouble-free journey into the skies after the blastoff at 7:16 am. A‘ST brought wild cheers from personnel of the navy and the Martin Company, the rocket’s builder.
to the earth as 400 miles.
Two Youths Are Charged With Murder
SHELBURNE, N.S. (C=P)—Two teenaged youths were charged with murder here Monday in con- nection with the death of geolo- "gist - turner - sales-man Wilfred Crouse who failed to return home firom hisfirst selling trip Friday. The two, Robert Boudreau, 17, and Aubrey Eugene Blades, .18, ‘are in the county jail in this south shore Nova Scotia town.
Crouse, 25, was the father of a seven-«month-s-old baby. He was reported missing by his wife Fri- day when he failed to arrive here at t)heir;New-Minas, N.S. home.
His body was found on the out- skirts of town. Police said he had been beaten about the head with a blunt instrument. Later they reported finding‘ a rusty, un- loaded revolver several miles away.
'llhe assurance that two “senior participan ” will join the 33 stu- denrt-elected supporters of his Progressive Conservative govern- ment when it swings into action Wednesday evening should re- movethe threat of mlinority rule, Donald lVIacDoug1all, Prime Min- ister of SDU’s Model Parliament said lastnight. ‘
Mr. MacDougalI based his hope for a stronger parliamen- tary position on the fact that the local PC leader had promised to havetwo leading memberts of the party in their seats when the model parliaiinent opens, whereas the Opposition Leader, Liberal Faber MacDonald, Charlotte- town, has not yet received a similar committment from Pre- mier Matheson.
In setting up the Model Perils- meiit two seats were reserved for each of the Island’: two major political parties.
In addition to the 22 Liberals led by Mr. MacDonald, the Op- position in the student parlia- ment consists of 12 members of the National Reform Party, three C. C. F. representatives, and one Independent. TRADITIONAL POMP
Much of the traditional pomp and ceremony that normally sur- rounds the opening of Canada's Parliament will be carried out as the Model Parliament opens.
The Governor-General, Judge .1‘. S. Desftoclies, president of the Uniiversliitj‘ Alumni Association, will inspect a Guard" of Honor drawn from the College» military
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Immediately after President,
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unit; martial music will be sup- plied by the College band, and the
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Eisenhower announced the rocket had carried out the mission for which it was created, Vanguard spokesmen were talking of more- ambitious ventures in space.
MORE MOONS SOON
One more of the 3%-pound moons probably will be launched. The vehicle is at the missile test centre here and ready to go.
Then a 20 - inch, 201/2 - pound sphere with more elaborate in- struments to ta-bulate the secrets of space is -to be fired.
Hagen said the rocket tired Monday proved itself so well that “the next logicad step” would be to try to orbit a satellite as far out as the moon, 240,000 miles from the earth.
He made no prediction as to when such an attempt might be made.
SAYS PREMl‘ER’S CRITICISM UNFAIR
Dewar NotWorriedAI:>ouI GeI’ringTI1e Federal Gran’r
Assurances that the Provincial Government will in fact receive the .$2,500,000 Federal Gnant agreed upon following the Nov- ember Dominion-Provincial con- ference were given yesterday by L. G. Dewar (P.C. Second» Prince) who followed Premier‘ Matheson in the Debate on the Draft Address.
Quoting from Hansard, Mr. Dewar showed that the bill agree- ing to the measure had been read a third time and stated, “If laws of Canada are not a guarantee of what we are going to get, then what guarantee should we look for.”
FELT CRITICISM UNFAIR
The member from 0’Leary felt that Premier Matheson had been unfair in his criticism of the Fed- enal grant. He said he was in agreement with the Premier, when in presenting his brief to the Federal Government, he ask- ed for five million. “I would be inclined to ask for more.”
‘fIn'fig.uring the Island’s share on an economic and social basis I had often felt we should he get-
Thermal Power Obsolete In 10 Yrs., Says Premier
DR. DEWAR
ting 25 million from the Federal treasury. However, the fact re- mains that we received $2,500,-
000 over and above what we were able to obtain from the former administration and for this rea- son I believe the Government Lead-er’s attitude is most unfair,” said 'Dr. Dewar.
WRONG COMPARISONS
The c-ompa-ri-sons made, Dr. Dewar claimed, shouldhiave been the difference between what we would ordinarily received for the coming yearand what will actually be paid. The Premier, he said was using a comparison of what the provinces received in 1956 as against what will act- ually be received during this coming fiscal year under the terms of the last Federal-Pro- vincial conference.
The Second Prince member denied that the stabilization grant had been d-iscamded under the new agreement. He said this had been inferred frequently in the pol-i-tical speeches of the pres- ent election campaign but as- serted, “We still have the sta- bilization grant to keep our share up to wh-at it was ‘in 1955.”
Speaking of the manner in
“The rapid development of in- dustrial theromo-nuclear power which is particularly evident in the United Kingdom will in ten
years make the proposed ther- mal power development in the
5 Ready To Open Wednesday
usual Speech from the Throne will be read in the Senate Cham- ber.
Counterparts of all major Ot- tawa officials have been named. Mr. Speaker will be Judge C; St. Clair Trainor, whose appointment is to be moved by Mr. MacDon- gall and seconded by Mr. Mac- Donald. Lieut. Gerald. Arsenault of Matapoedia, P. Q., has been named Gentleman Usher of the Black Red, and A. F. Mclnnis, Charlottetown, Clerk of the House.
The Governor-General will be accompanied by two aides-de- camp: Lieutenants « Clair Callag- han (Azrmy), and A. J.MacAdam (Navy). /
The Model Parliament will hold three sessions each of which are open to the public. These will take place Wednesday evening at 7:30, and Thursday at 2;00 p. m. and 7:30 p. m. _ I
The Parliament itself will be seated in the central area of the College Auditorium and galleries sufficient to hold 600 persons have been arranged.
. A running commentary on the various procedures will be carri- ed out by‘ one of the students, and copies of the Speech from the throne - together with mimeo- graphed layouts of the seating plan will be available to visitors.
The public are urged to be on hand in plenty of time for Wed- nesday night’s opening ceremon- ies since if they arrive late, they may be excluded while the Spegch from the Throne is being rea .
Maritimes as out of date as the horse and buggy”. This was,,the opinion expressed by Premier A. W.‘ Matheson when he resumed the debate of the Draft Address in the Legislature yesterday.
The Premier read experts from a letter he received from Mr. J. A. Clark ofsuinmerside who was .a member of the Canadain Trade vComi’nissioii which \visited the United Kingdom last year.
«In his letter Mr. Clark describ- lng his visits to themo-nuclear plants in Great Britain asserted that the establishment of a nu- clear power plant would bring the same recognition to this area as it has to a smaller portion of England.
A BIG MISTAKE The Premier said he had no
political affiliations whatsoever with Clark but he was ap-
'pI'2ice“ ‘i'n*tli'e’ United"'Kingdorn and‘
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vancements taking place~in this field, the Premier felt that it would be a mistake to pour mil- lions into thermal power plants that ‘in a few years would become. obsolete.
Rapid expansion of thermio-.' nuclear plants, he said, is taking
' .Fohii’s ‘Ea-st. —
I Have 265 In
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
Progressive Conservatives and Liberals nominated candidates for every seat Monday to head the list of 836 men and women form- ally entered in the March 31 elec- tion race. ’
N oininations were held in 242 of Canada.’s 263 constituencies, two of which elect two members apiece‘. Nominations in 2.1 other constituencies, where extra time is needed toprepare for the elec- tion, were held March 3. ‘
Apart from the last - minute entry of more than a score of in- dependent and CCF candidates in Quebec and the nomination of a Liberal in Ontario’s Lanark con- stituency_ where a Progressive Conservative aiccla-mation ha (1 been expected, the official list- ings corresponded closely with advance compilations.
The final figure of 836 candi- dates was the lowest since 1940 when there were 672 contestants
HALIFAX (OP)-Seventy-nine candidates were in the running for 33 Atlantic provinces seats when nominations for the March 31 federal election closed Mon- day. » -
Nomination pro ceedinge brought few surprises. An un- expected CCF candidate ap- peared in York-Sunlbury. in New Brunswick; an announirced CCF nominee failed to file in Victori-a- Carleton in the same province; an independent entered in St.
Otherwise the 2 p.m. deadline brought no changes in the ex- pected lineup.
All told 33 Progressive Conserv- atives, 33 Liberals, nine. CCF candidates, three Social Credit
s Both P.C.’s And Liloercils
The Field
for 245 seats. The. 1957 election last June 10 drew a fiel~d_of 862. The record high was 954 in 1945.
LINEUP OF CANDIDATE.“
This was the dominion - wide lineup of candidates, with the 1957 figures in. brackets:
Progressive Conservative 265 (256); Liberals 265 (265); CCF 169 (162); Social Credit 82 (114); independents and others 55 (65).
The Lclberal total last year in- cluded one’ member elected by acclamation, Chesley W. Carter in Bu-rin-B-urgeo, Newfoundland. Mr, Carter has a Progressive Conservative opponent this time.
Standing of the House at divs- solution Feb. 1 was: Progressive Conservatives 113; Liberals 106; CCF 25; Social Credit 19; inde- pendents 2. There were no vanan- cies.
CABINET NOMINATED
The entire Progressive Con-
servative cabinet, headed by (Continued on page 5 col. 2)
79 Candidates In Running For 33 Atlantic Prov. Seats
tered the contest for 33 Atlantic seats in the Commons. N0 WOMEN CANDIDATES .
The list is exclusively male. Not a ingle woman was nomi- nated. \
. In New Brunswick R. Lawrence Bright entered as a liast-minute CCF candidate in York-Sunbury, where he faces a Conservative and a Liberal, I-n Victoria-Carle- ton COFer Thomas Williams, an announced entrant, failed to file with the returning ofliicer before the deadline.
The lone independent is D. I. Jaclcman, former labor union president at Bell Islan-d, Nfld. He entered in St. John’s East against {lonservative and Liberal oppo- nents.
men and a single independent en-
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cangh;Igies..Nom.inaied. v
many coun-tnies have been study- ing the British power develop- ment program.
RENEWS ATTACK
spurred by the remarks of 0p- position member L. G. Dewar made at an O’Leary political meeting on Saturday night, Pre- mier Matheson renewed his at- tack‘ on the inadequancy of the $2,500,000 Federal grant which the Province receives from the Diefenbaker grant. The Second Prince member was quoted as saying at the O’Leary
preciative of his advice. With ad-
PEI,PoIaIo Prices Move. 2.50 Per 75 Ibs.—
The price of potatoes to farm- ers on P.E.I. took a substantial jump over the week-e d with the price moving up to 2.50 per 75-lb bag, the cost, of the bag included, delivered at the deal- er’s warehouse. The rise iuprice followed the release on Friday oil‘ the United States storage holdings at March list which show the following figures: 1958, 47,430,000 cwt.; 1957, 58,930,000; 1956, 48,730,000. The figures show a decline in storage holdings at this time as compared with that of last year which was approx- imately 10,000,000' in excess.
The Canadian figures released Wednesdiay show ‘the following holdings at March 1st: 1958, 9,- 223,000 cwt as compared with 8,601,000 cwt at the corresponding
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time in 1957. This represents in- creased holdings of over half a million hundrediweigh-t.»
NOT ENOUGH CAR5 _
With due consid-oration being given the holding reports and the upswing in the price offer- ed to farmers, it is considered expedient to move as many po- tatoes as possible during the next month or "two. This, however, presents two problems, the first to get the potatoes from the farmer’s storage to the dealer’s warehouse, and the second from there to the market. The first is the result of poor road conditions,
and the second the result of in- sufficient. reefer cars, a-ccord- —
ing to ’a statement made la. evening by an official. ‘
LOADS PULP FOR ITALY
The M. V. Sur, seen at the The M. V. Sur, is under the com- The cargo has been supplied by whanf in Souris, sailed l-‘mm mand of Captain Jose Graiida, the P. E. I. Produce, under the Souris at 4:30 p. in. Monday with a crew of 19 men. She is re- direction of J. Arthur afternoon for La Specia, Italy, gistercd in P“-'i:2;na. The ship is local agent. The ship clocked at with 800 cords of peeled pulp. a 524 not and 924 gross tonnage. Souris Saturday.
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A straight two party.” fight Kings and Queens Ciiunties with a three-party scramble in Prince -County looms up as a result of nine candidates filing nomination papers yesterday for the flour Is- land seats in the coming general election. .
In Queens County J. O. C. Campbell, Charlottetown, barris- ter, and Ernest D. Reid, East Royalty, produce dealer, will re- present the Liberal Party, looking
’ Board in the matter, wasthiat
for the two seats won in the last
“The main problem at the present time," he said, “is the lack of sufficient reefer cars to take care of the present offer- ings and demands at the con- sumer end. It must be remem- bered that, there are more po- tatoesin P.E.I. at this date than at any time in our history, and we can look forward to a good demand during the next two months, and an even greater demand tha we enjoyed the last two years because of -the adverse weather which has delay- ed _and seriously reduced the available supply of new potatoes from the ‘growing areas in the Southern States.”
The following release on the potato marketing» -situation was issued Monday by the P. E. 1. Potato Marketing Board(:
BOARD STATEMENT“ '
“We are now about three quarters of the way through the
1957-58 marketing season. There-
has been considerable gues-sing and predictions about the mar- keting conditions as at differ- ent times, up to the present time of this season.
“The feeling of the Marketing
at all times up to the present our potatoes have been sold at less than their actual value. The market price as at the pres- ent time, is at a level that can be considered profitable to the grower and still not priced too high for consumption. We there- fore would consider it a fair mar- ket value for the product.
“As supply and demand rules this commodity (potatoes) more than an un=pei'isha=ble product, it (Continued on page 13 col. 7)
N0 SIGHTINGS CONFIRMED
CANBERRA (Reuters) — None of the reported sightings of Rus- sian submarines in Australian wa- ters during the last two years has been confirmed, Navy Minister‘
Charles Davidson said Monday.
,/ Pnince Streets at
In P.[E.i Islcmcl Yesteirday
election by Progressive Conserva- tives. Last year’s winners also nominated. They are J. Angus MacLean, Bieaton’s Mills, far- mer, and Heath Macquarrie, Victoria, political scientist.
I-ii Kings County the two nom-I inees are last year’s opponents, John A. Macdonald, Merchant, Cardigan, Progressive Conserva- tive, and Thomas J. Kickham, farmer, Souris, Liberal. THREE-WAY FIGHT
The three-way fight in Prince County has Dr. Orville Phillips, Progressive Conservative; Watson MaicNaught, Summerside lawyer, Liberal; and Cyrus F. Gallant,
' Wellington, farmer, C. C. F.
The two Queens County Liberal candidates have as their agent H. L. Sear, insurance broker, Char- lottetown; while the Progressive Conservatives have A. Walthen Gaudet, barrister, Charlottetown.
Among those signing the nomin- ation,papers for J. O. C. Camp- bell, Charlottetown barrister, and Ernest D. Reid, produce dealer, were: Benjamin Rogers, P. R. Maccormac, F. L. Robertson,
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Four Vehicles _ Involved In City Accident
Two men were lodged in Jail yesterday afternoon and will ap- pear .111 City Police Court this morning following an accident at the intersection of Kent and approximately 3.00 p.m.
One will appear on a charge of being drunk and incapable and the other on a charge of posses- sion of liquor in a place other than his residence.
The Police report indicated that a 1956 Chevrolet owned by the Sisters of St. Martha, and driven by Margaret MacCardle,, Nurses Residence, City Hospital was travelling South on Prince and was going through the inter- section on the green light when it was struck by .a 1956 Dodge, owned by Wendell MacPherson, travelling East on Kent and going through red light. The driver of the second vehicle is not known.
Following the accident, three men jumped out of the Dodge and fled from the scene.
Sergeant, Major D. R. George,
.a member of the R.C.M.P., in
Nelson’s Barbar Shop at the time, hearing the crash, promptly sprang into action and was suc- cessful in capturing one of the men. The other two escaped by running down Clarke Street and jumping over a fence.
A fourth occupant in the Dodge was found curled up in the back seat by Csts. Hillier and Mac- Kinnon of the City Police. He was taken to hospital by an ambulance from the Hennessey Funeral Home where he was found to he uninjured.