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I3 Accidental Deaths Reported To Last Night

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

Early, incomplete reports Ihowed 13 persons killed through- out Canada during the New _1"ear’s holiday.

A Canadian Press survey from 6 pm. local times‘Tuesday to 7 pm. Wednesday showed 10 per- sons killed ‘in traffic accidents, one accidentally shot to death and one struck by a train:

Ontario had four deaths, Brit- ish Columbia three, Alberta two, and Manitoba, Q n e b e c, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia one each.

' The New Year’s traffic toll brought to 86 the number killed in Canadian road mishaps since noon Dec. 24. The Canadian High- way Safety Conference had pre- dicted 53 would be killed in the 8% days ending Jan. 1. ‘

Forty - two Canadians were killed during the Christmas holi- day and 34 in the period between Christmas and New Year's.

During the whole period, Que- bec had 32 dead in traffic, On- _tario 26, Alberta 8, British Col-

Brunswlck 4, Manitoba 2 and Sas- katcliewan 1'. " No‘-. trat£i'c‘~‘d,ea‘tli‘s. were reported from Newfound- land or Prince Edward Island.

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“Covers Prince Edward IslandiLike The Dew”

CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1958

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IN THE PICTURE His Honor is seen on His Honor’s right.

is shaking hands with Major Or- rin Simonds. Mrs. Prowse

Montague.

Many Attend‘

The Levee, in Canada, begun by the early French colonial governors and continued by their English successors, has come down, as an unbroken tradition here to this day. Yes- terday, the citizens of this Province took full advantage of opportunity presented by this historic occasion to pay their respects to ’His Honour, Lieu- tenant Governor T. L. Prowse and Mrs. Prowse at Government House. '\

His Honour held a special. Entree for members of the Clergy Members of Parliament, Mem- hens of legislature, Judges, Senators, Deputy Ministers Mayors and distinguished of- ficers of the Army, Navy and Air Force, prior to his re- ception for the general public.

In attendance were his Aides- de-camp: Captain J. J. Con- nolly V.R.D., Colonel A. W. Rogers E.D. Wing Commander AG. .,Macmillan_, as well as his. private secretary Surgeon C€"L'L E: Prnw.ae= V- -From the glitter ‘of the gaily- lighted Christmas tree to the

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‘glose at midnight Jan. 1.

By THECANADIAN PRESS Puzzled police throughout Can- oda Wednesday reported one of the quietests New Year’s holidays in years. ~ Although most centres had vir- tually full forces patrolling the direct: New Year’s Eve they ton-nd few revellers to restrain. Traffic police said most drivers threaded through city streets or cruised the highways with cau- (lion. An unusually small number . of drink-befuddled motorists were ppsprelhended in most communi-

\Although figures from most areas were incomplete, it ap- peared the road death toll might be substantially lower than in past years, a Canadian Press sur- vey showed.

Perhaps wet,‘ raw weather damped some high spir-its. Gales lashed the coastal waters of

' northern British Columbia and

crackle from the inviting fire-

of Eastern Canada New Year’: Day.

WET IN EAST

Rain fell in many parts of the Maritimes during the afternoon and evening. Soft snow hushed the arrival of the new year in Quebec and driving snow-flurries whistled through Southern On- tario. _

It was more moderate in the Prairie provinces, with some light snow and fog in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

There was the usual crop of New Year’s baby reports. Ottawa and Montreal appeared -to be leading the delivery derby, each with reports of births a.t the stroke of midnight.

Montreal police reported not a single drunk driving charge laid during the holiday and credited the-clean sheet to a law which closes the city’s bars and clifbs

now squalls swept wide sect-ions

Expedition Crow-ls Slowly ln 28 Below Zero Weather’

WELLINGTON, N. Z. (Reuters) Edmund Hilla—ry’s Antarctic expedition fought to within 100 miles of the south pole Wednes- day with snow conditions so bad tractors had to be dug out and

come supplies dumped.

Moving in low gear, with the tempera-ture hovering at 28 de- grees below zero, the New Zealand team crawled painfully across -the polar plateau. Fuel for their three tractors was running low and only two of the four cargo sleds were still in the train.

In a radio message to Scott Base, headquarters of the New Zealand expedition. Hillary said at one time it appeared as if the tractor train had reached the end of the road. The deep snow proved too much for the trziclors. and they stalled again and ;n;;;11n_

But the co-conqueror oi Mount.‘ Everest was cheerful and confi- den‘. although he said the team was “just holding their own" \‘.'llll Incl. and l1nn(‘(l for better going- ahead

N0 WORD FROM Fl'('H.‘~' Nothing has been hoard since “cc ‘"1 In-|n Hm nllnn’ HMHH of the (‘om.non\\'c;.£.'n ll‘;lIlS1llli1ll'(‘ll(' expedition led by Bl’!lUll Dr. \‘i\‘-

early New Year’s Eve.

ian Fuchs, which is approaching the pole from the opposite side. Hillary has laid out supply de- pots for the two teams to use from the pole to Scott Base.

Until now Hillary has made _a daily average of 40 miles in his drive to the pole.

Tuesday Hillary left behind at a depot -two of his sleds, together with all the food, kerosene and other materials they could spa-re. A spokesman at Scott Base said the tractors were battling against heavy snow and loss of power due to altitude.

During the run the tractors were biting two feet deep into the snow before they were forced to hall and jettison supplies. The men were constantly using shov- els to clear the tracks.

Fuchs’ silence is believed due to diflivult radio conditions.

lie left South Ice base on his 500-mile trek to the pole at Christ- mas with two dog teams and motor \‘cl1iclbs. 3

The sciciuilic aims of the cxps-3 dition include meteorological re-“ search and tesiing the thickness of the ice cap to see whether the

is T. V. Grant of Montague. greeting Mayor Bruce Yeo' of L. G. Dewar of O’Leary is im- Capt. J-. J. Connolly mediately behind him.

Entering the doorway is Senator Dr..

Reception At

,Gov’t House Yesterday

places a warm and cheerful atmosphere greeted the guests as they entered the reception hall. carried through in the floral arrangements of _white chrys- anthemums and scarlet car- nations in green cedar, and was enhanced by the beauty of the traditional poinsettias.

The reception rooms‘ lbodied this prevailing in the Nativity Scene arranged on the mahtelpiece. The floral arrangements of deep red roses complimented the stately Georgian Rooms, where the Lieutenant Governor and .-Mrs. Prowse received their many guests during the after- noon.‘

Assisting them with their guests were: Senator Elsie Inman, Mrs. T.V. Grant, Mrs. Cyrus Macmillan, G. H. Barbour, Mrs.‘ G. J. Tweedy, Mrs. J. S. DesRoches, Mrs. .H. L. Palmer, Mrs. K. M. Mar- tin, Mrs; L. E. We1lner,. Mrs. A.-. -.(3._jv[acmillan, .Mrs'. J. J; ‘Connolly - A.W.: Rog- ers.

The guests were invited to the dining room by Mrs. L. E. Prowse. Here frosted pink and silver were used on the tea table where pink tapers in silver candelebra flanked a silver bas- ket of snowdrift chysanthemums and pink camations reflected in a mirror below, streawn with silver leaves and arrange- ments of deeper pink frosted glass. ‘

Presiding at the urns during the afternoon were: Mrs. Heath Macquarrie, Mrs. Dougald Mac- Klnnon. Mrs. Thane Campbell and Mrs. Mark McGuigan. As- slsting in the tea _room were:

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Mrs. B. E. MacDonald,. Mrs. Lorne Bonnell, Mrs. Eugene Cullen, Mrs Hamid Smith,

Mrs. Alex Mac.-Isaac, Mrs. L. G. Dewar, Mrs. F. A. Large, Mrs. L. H. Poole, Nllrs. B. B. Jones, Mrs. J. A. Likely, Mrs, J. N. Kenny, Misses Margaret Down Matheson, Nancy Hynd- man, Muriel Hurst, Jean Isabel MacDonald, Margaret Mac- Millan, Marjorie Hurst and Iphe- genie Arsenault.

Soft string music under the direction of Mr. Albert Blanch- ard lent a pleasing: background to this occasion.

Boy Loses Foot In Accident

GLACE BAY, N.S. (CP)— Eleven-y e a r-old Melvin Doug- las had his foot amputated early Wednesday after a gun he and his brother planned to use for new year’s noise-making accidentally discharged.

N. Y. Greets New Year

NEWLYORK (AP)—New York City, reprieved at -the last minute from a crippling subwayistrike, greeted the new year in its usual noisy fa-shion early Wednesday.

Times Square was the tradi- tional »m a g n e t for reveling crowds. The throngs were not so _m-assive _-as__in _forrr1_er years, but they still jzimmed the square from curb to curb. Police esti- mated those in the Times Square area at 350,000 persons.

Once again the signal for a midnight roar of welcome was a falling ball of light on a pole atop the New York Times tower.

Thia city's latest subway threat was settled before dawn Dec. 31.

Boy ls Killed By Playmate SYl).\l£Y MINES, l\-7.5. (CP)—

Earl Nelson J12, 12, was shot and killed Wednesday when a 16-year-

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old boy, playing with a gun he was empty. pointed the weapon at the victim and pulled the trigger

_' GeneralVincent Massey was feel-

The festive theme was.

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Gov.-General Is Feeling. Better

OTTAWA’ (CP) — Governor-

ing much better. Wed-nesd-ay but still is confined to bed with a chill, a Government H o u s e spokesman said.

The spokesman said Mr. Mas- sey’s temperature has dropped back to normal and he should be “up and aiboumt”-‘in a couple of days. » '

Mr. Mtassey, who will be 71 Feb. 20, cancelled his tnadit-ional New Year levee but his New Year's Eve radio and television broadcast, recorded some time ago, was presented as scheduled.

Dies Following Road Accident

AMHERST, N.'s. (CP);-John J. Haley, 38-year-old Amherst res- taurant owner died Wednesday

flu highway coll-ission new Spring-

Four persons were injured in the accident which occurred dur- ing the .$1’.000,000 fine w_hich.,hearv- Wily damaged the town’: ‘business. district. Mr. ’.s. ca): collided with one Moncton , newspaper’-men to the fire scene.

Emery Leblanc, editor-in-chief of the French language L’Ev-an- geline suffered broken ribs. Pho- tographer Delphin Richard is still in critical condition with head in- juries.

Queen Answers Red Greetings

LONDON (AP) — Queen Eliza- beth, who Tuesday received a" three - paragraph new year’s salutation from three top Soviet leaders, replied Wednesday with a two-line note to President Kle- men-ti Voroshilov.

“It affords me much pleasure to send to Your Excellency, and to the Soviet people my cordial new year greetings and good wishes,” the Queen's message said.

SPEED AND ACCURACY

LONDON (Reuters) — London stenographer Thelma Chalmers, 22, Wednesday won the British

from injuries received in a Dec. ,

A gum .

Revolt. Flares At Air‘ Base‘ In V

It has been announced by Dr. M.L. Bonnell, Provincial Minister of Health that free Salk Polio Vaccine will be made available for the adult age ‘group between 19-40 years by the Prince Edward Island and Federal Departments of Health. The vaccine will be distributed to physicians and the P. E. I. Polio Foundation. The latter will undertake to inoculate the adult group through the estab- lishment of special clinics and there will be no charge to’ the patients for the vaccine in either case. The Prince Edward Island Medical Society has given unani-

mous approval to the plan, the

Minister said.

Dr. Bonnell went on to say that one-third of all paralytic polio cases and one-half of all polio deaths occur in ‘people be- tween the ages of 19 and 40-yeérs. It was highly recommended by the Health authorities that this age group be included in a polio inoculation program. Up to the present time vaccine‘ has been made available to all children and teenagers up to nineteen years under the direction of the Division of Public Health Nurs- ing. There has been 90 per cent coverage of at least two doses for young people in the 1-19 age

HealthMinisterAnnounces Free Polio Vaccine Plan

group and for nursing personnel in the general hospitals. In all, over 35,000 doses of vaccine have been administered by the Depart- ment of Health in 1957. However, because of the lack of staff it is not considered advisable fo. the Department of Health to expand its polio program to include the adult population. Consequently the Dept. intends to distribute the vaccine to physicians _and the Polio Foundation who are in a more advantageous position to carry on this phase of the polio program.

Dr. Bonnell stated that the plan will go into effect immediately.

WEATHER -

Cloudy. Showers changing in the after- noon to snowflurries; southwest winds ‘5. Low-high at Charlottetown 30 & 35.

NOT MORE THAN

arcaray; enezuela,

FIVE CENTS

Rebel Mcinnecl Jet Planes

Make Passes

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -

President Gen. Marcos Perez Ji-

m i n e 2 announced Wednesday night four powerful columns are marching on M a ra c a y. He warned .air force rebels there to abandon their revolt or face an- nihilation.

The president said the govern- ment hopes to put down the re- bellion within a few hours. .

The government broadcast threats and appeals hour by hour in an obvious attempt to keep the uprising from spreading across the country. \

Jet planes ‘manned by rebel air- men made. menacing passes at Caracas, the capitalof th‘is oil- roducing nation, and were at- tacked by anti-aircraft fire.

The government announced one

‘A large number of visitors called on Premier‘ A. W. Mathe- son and Mrs. Matheson at their beautiful’ home on» Crestwood

J Drive yesterday afternoon: The

guests were introduced by Robert MacLeod, the premier’s execu- tive assistant. '

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I ECEPTION HELD BY PREMIER -

The picture shows Mrs. Mathe- son greeting R. C. Parent. The Premier is. shaking hands with W. R. LePage. In the doorway is Inspector E. L. Martin, R. C. M. P. Mr. MacLeod is on the Pre-- mier’s right. At the left of the picture are Bruce Hodgins and

Lieutenant Graham Jenkins who

is commanding 3 R. C. H. A.l

Signals Troop at Camp Gagetown. The guests were ushered into

the tastefully decorated dining

room by Mrs. A. E. Farquharson

and Miss Sandra Currie.

' Pouring were Mrs. J. H. Cerry,

LONDON (AP) —- Communist Albania announced Wednesday night that its Soviet-style jet war- planes forced a British cargo air- liner to land Tuesday at Vlone on the Albanian coast. ‘

typing championship, clattering out 118 words a minute with 99

‘The civilian plane, a DC-4 Sky- lmaster with six persons aboard,

w-as flying ma.chinery from Dues- seldorf, West Germany, to Singa- -pore by way of Damascus, Syria.

A broadcast from T-irana,,the Alba-nian capital, said the pri- vately-owned airliner entered Al- banian air spa.ce in the Seman

per cent accuracy.

By THE CANADIAN PRESS Peoples around the globe bade farewell to the year of the Sput- nik and welcomed 1958 with hopes it would bring an easing of world tensions.

Encouragement came from an exchange of friendly messages between President Eisenhower and Russian leaders. The Rus- sians sent new year greetings from the Kremlin to government leaders and chiefs of state around the world.

Queen Elizabeth, in her re- sponse to the Russians,‘ extended cordial greetings and good wishes to Soviet President Klementi Vor- oshilov and the Soviet people. The new year was welcomed in with revelry by some, such as the 350,000 persons gathered in New York’s Times Square. Others marked the occasion with rever- ence in places of worship.

At Vatican City, Pope Pius XII gave his New Year's blessing to Rome, of which he is bishop. He received members of Rome's city council. - JAPANESE PRAY

Emperor I-Iirohito of Japan was up at dawn, praying in.ceremon- ial robes while Japanese men. women and children thronged shrines and temples.

In Vienna, worshippers going to and from St. Stephans Cathedral were terrorized by leather-jack- etcd youths throwing, firecrack-

ers. I-_-lice dispersed aeveral latc-

l958 ls Welcomed With

Hopes For Easing Tension

Twelve bombs were exploded along main thoroughfares in Ha- vana, damaging the fronts of stores, movie houses and busi- ness buildings, but causing no di- rect injuries. Fidel Castro’s rebel followers had threatened to bomb big New Year's Eve parties, and many Cubans spent the occasion quietly at home.

In Italy, casualty figures still pouring into Italian police sta- tions showed at least 100 persons were hurt as citizens welcomed 1958 with a barrage of revolver and rifle shots, paper bombs. fireworks and showers of old crockery from windows.

Elsewhere, 1958 generally made its bow with a minimum of may- hem. Television got some of the credit in Western Europe, where it apparently kept a record num- ber of people at home and out of trouble.

STAT'JE_ THREATENED

Still, police had to protect the famed Eros statue in London's Piccadilly Circus from the merry crowds.

A Detroit woman put a bottle of whisky in an oven to thwart pre-party nippers, forgot about it

and started to bake a cake. The .

bottle exploded and the whisky caught fire and cascaded across the room. Fire damage: $2,000. From humble living rooms to swank hotels, parties were the or- der of the night and morning for

dred of the youths.

millions.

area and flew over Red territory \

The 21-year-old Aga Khan, who left Harvard University to lead 20,000,000 Ismaili Moslems, cele- brated with Patricia Rawlings, 18-year-old British socialite, and ‘Bunny Esterhazy, 17, another fledgling in the international set, at a gala dance in the Palace Hotel at Gstaad, Switzerland.

In Paris, New Year celebra- tions lasted until celebrants linked arms and set off home singing around 6 a.m.

SHOOTING IN GERMANY

West Germany’s observances, quieter than usual, were marred by two shooting incidents. ‘A Co- logne man fired six shots into a

Jet Planes Force British

DC—4 Down In Albania

for almost 30 minutes. The Seman River runs eastward into Albania from the Adriatic coast town of Libofshe.

“The plane was informed by the air force of the People’s Republic of Albania, using the established internatzional signals, that it had violated Albanian air space and was forced to land on an Albanian airfield,” Tirana radio said.

The broadcast said six persons were aboard the plane but did not say whether they were under ar- rest or interrogation.

A diplomatic source in Tirana told a reporter by telephone that “all members of the crew are in good health.” _

Britain, which has not had dip- lomatic represenatives‘ in Albania since 1946, asked Fran-ce to in- vestigate the incident through its Iegation in Tirana.

An executive of British Inde- pendent Air Travel Ltd., owners of the plane, said it left Diiessel- dorf at 6:18 am. Tuesday. Italian authorities notified the company about four hours later that it had been intercepted. by jet fighters from Albania.

SIGN SPOILS ROADBLOCK

crowd, wounding two persons. In Coblenz, a man died from gun-

brawl involving 60 persons.

Police were out Stockholm and were able to pre- vent a repetition of last year’s violent rioting by youths in the Swedish capital. ,-

In violence-torn Algeria most ‘communities were free of terror- ism. Algiers had its happiest cele- brations since the nationalist in- surrection began three years ago.

In the Czechoslovakian capital of Prague, Soviet-made cham- pagne flowed until dawn in res- taurants and nightclubs. there was unhappy news from Warsaw where six Poles were killed in a New Year’s Eve train

wreck.

shot wounds in the head after a

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But;

2‘ SAN BRUNO, Calif. (AP)—-

: Police set up a surprise road-

‘ block to Rap holiday cele-

brants and in four hours stop-

E ped 552 northbound automo- biles.

As they checked the cars and issued an occasional cita- tion the cops grew a little un- easy because all the -.motor- ists a p p e a r e d ‘consider- ably amused.

Officer Fred Freitas was further mystified as he found a trace of alcoholic breath on

, only five drivers.

‘, He drove a few blocks south and found the answer. Someone had painted a sign in large letters. It said:

Roadblock Lushers Turn Right

‘ in Venezuela

Mrs E. S. Matheson, Mrs. R‘. M. Farquharson and Mrs. Gordon Stedman.

Serving were Misses Austina

Kennedy, Margaret -Jardine, Margaret Matheson, Janet Cerry, Gail Jenkins, Janet Matheson, Ellen Matheson, Marge McGuire.