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1 ".3 v (CP) — Dr. Frank -Cam principal of Prince s College in Charlotte- became president of the lye Provinces Economic '1 -:-: succeeding R.

meeting of _until~ the reg-

, ,1’ y‘. _ .. following his appointment . National Harbors Board

esday. MacKinnon, APEC vice-

the’

~ has been head of Prince of ‘ — college since 1949.

recently completed a club- : -- speaking tour of most ‘ Atlantic area. He leaves aris Saturday‘ with a group Il§gIitl:lng-a_ special NATO confer-

’ 2.: Rankin, whose harbors. hgjnifi-.'appointment' becomes ef- been Feb. 1, said he will main- lnterest in APEC. -

* ‘expect ‘to remain in close con-

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DR. MacKINNON

the counci ,” he said.

The APEC president’: job car- ries no salary. The council is an organization of business, pro- fessional, labor‘ and education

~ fwith APEC and will con- 'to be a major booster for

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eson Thursday made a lea for agriculture in Can- ‘al1y,' but for agriculture ,_ Edward Island particu- said anyone could see ‘ m. was not doing too

the Atlantic area. He call- , for more Federal aid for V .‘(B) the need for free , Canada.

aI:heson’s symposium on p - ‘of Maritime agricul- ‘ir well received here at

celam the ony one ‘ Atlantic region who is to speak on the very " 'sub.'iect of agriculture yketlng, I believe I should - all four of the Atlantic .1 am sure you will not , , to place Prince Ed-

~..,‘ ~~-- last. I will not for at ''z' reasons-firstly, I am a ~‘Edward Islander and - Olllj small Provinceis agricultural area in the ‘’ R-eEl0n. The other pro- d° l18_Ve some outstanding » Sections but all the land ' Edward Island responds Cultivation methods. We

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fie}-lea“ (AP) — Rebel leader Sims band shot up the " WI! of Vcguitas ’l‘l1ursday

back to mountain after a battle \\1tIi gov- “: fvrces. Heavy casualties

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‘;igMiER MATHESON SPEAKS

led on both sides.

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leaders in the Atlantic Provinces

kes StrongAp ‘El Farming Inie

have an acreage area in this small Province of less than one- tenth of the area of Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, but these large provinces have slightly more than twice the number of

acres of land under cultivation. .

STEADY DEC INE

“There has been a steady decline in the number of farms in the Atlantic area in the past five years. This can be attributed to an amalgamation of small farms and general economic conditions. I know statistics are usually dull, but I must use some to illustrate my point. In the period from 1951 -1956, according to the census of 1956, the percentage change in the number of farms in Canada was 7.7

“Let me show you how the At- lantic Provinces fitted into this table. In_Prince Edward Island the decline was an even seven percent or point seven better than the Canadian average. In Nova Scotia the decline was 10.4 per- cent. In New Brunswick the de- cline was 16.3 percent and in Newfoundland the decline was 34.- 2 percent.

“In the same table the number of acres of farm lands in each province was listed. The Canadian average showed a decline of one- tenth of one percent. In Prince Edward Island the decline W35 2.7 percent. In Nova Scotia the decrease in number of acres was 1,2,5 percent. In New Brunswick the decrease in number of acres was 14.1 percent and in New- foundland it was 15.6 percent. Y0“ W111 see from these statistics that there has been a Very Sl1I3Sta1_1' tial decrease in all the Atlantic _T’i'0\'i1i('t‘$ \\‘ith the cxcCl7'I.I‘m °f P1111136 Ed\\ai‘d island wl1e're the reduction in nun‘-gbel‘ Of acres was near the Canadian avei‘a€€- 1“

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;.T1IAWA. — The three remain- the party’: fourth national - I for the Liberal lea- vention. At the far right is elli- M Vflcflted by I-01118 St gary’s mayor Don Mackay who III: on the platform at dropped out of the race Monday.

THE BALLOT I

The remaining candidates are left to right: Mayor Lloyd Hen- derson of Portage La Prairie, Man.. former Health Minister

Principal ‘Becomes illew President OIAPEC .

designed to promote the indus- trial and economic growth of the region. I ,

.Fl-encI1 I Premier Wins In Vote

. ‘ PARIS iAP1j7- Premier Felix‘

Gai1lard’s-~,y,;o_ It-‘ll -g, - government-

-Me OWN 3.I*91.'1l11ln the National ;-Assembly '.1‘-hursday. winning a «ma vote: of confidence‘ on a

minor but angry pensjon issue. The vote was 253 to 233.

Gillard refused to budge on his plan to hold up payments, to First World War veterans and prison- ers until Jan. 1 of next year. The pelnsions normally are paid quart- er y.

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NEW YORK (CP) - Earle 0. Peterson, advertising copywriter for James Lovick and Company Limited, Vancouver, has won $1,- 000 first prize in a professional copywriters’ contest sponsored by Time magazine, it was an- nounced Thursday.

peal For rests ~

fact, the position of Prince Ed-

other prov-ince in Canada except the province‘_of Manitoba, Sask- atchewan and Alberta where there was a slight increase in the num- ber of acres of farm lands.” “Anyone can readily see that the farming situation is not good in the Atlantic area. We must find ways and means to remedy the problems that present them- selves. Unfortunately, I cannot [speak with any knowldege the problems that beset the agri- cultural industry of ‘the other three Atlantic Provinces. but (Contirlued on page 11 .co1- 7) ————

Turks Nip ’ Plot To Oust Government

ISTANBUL, Turkey <I_ieul€1‘S"* Miutél~y authorities said Thurs- day night nine army offlcers, 111- cluing three colonels had_ been arrested here for attempting I0 overthrow the government. MORE . ,

One of the colonels involved is retired from the army-

Turkey, a republic of 24,000,000. is ruled by the Democratic party led by President Celal Bayar and Premier Adnan Mendei‘es-

The right-wing party won elec- tions in 150 and has remained in office since.

The government favors close re- lations with the West and is _a member of the North Aitlantlc Treaty Organization. the Bafllldad Fact and the Balkan Alliance (with Greece and Yugoslavia).

ward Island was better than any.

Paul Martin, former External Affairs Minister Lester Pearson. (CP Wirephoto)

Will Attempt To Reinstaie Section Men

Hon. J. Angus MacLean, Feder- al Minister of Fisheries, who ar- rived on the Island Wednesday for a four-day visit with his con- stituents, stated that the layoff of section men in Prince Edward Island has been brought to the attention of railway officials in

’ Montreal and every attempt will

be made to _have them reinstated as soon as possible.

The Ministersaid he was aware of the type‘ of roadbed which e_x,-“‘ lst_sf""o‘i"i the ’.['s‘I‘ai’i’i‘if' railway’ “dud felt that the safety of the trans- portation systemin the Province was being jeopardized by the move.

During his time on the Island Mr. MacLean visited his home in Lewis. “Contrary ‘to a press report which appeared recently. I have not purchased a home in Ottawa, Although my wife and family‘ are now ‘with me in Ot- tawa, we intend to move back to the Island in the Spring,” Mr. MacLean stated.

Drifis Block Highway In -Elmsdale Area

While yest erday’s storm brough high winds, drizzle and rain to much of Prince Edward Island, several inches of snow fell in the West Prince area early in the day. There was sufficient snow ‘to hold up a bus and sev- eral cars for a time in the Elms- dale area. A Department of Highways plow was despatched to the area and traffic was moving again by mid-morning.

At Charlottetown the Meteor- ological Station reported that .31 inches of rain had fallen during the storm. »_Gusts of more than 40 miles per hour were reported "at 10:00 p.m. last night.

At Summerside the Meteorolo- gical Service at RCAF» Station, Summerside, reported that -.60 inches of snow and .64 inches of rain had fallen during the easter- ly gales.

Will Discuss C. N. R. Layoffs With Mr. Hees

The three ‘P. E. 1. federal representatives now in Ottawa — John A. Macdonald, Dr. Orville Phillips, and Heath Macquarrie, are scheduled to meet with the Minister of Transport today to discuss Island grievances in connection with the recent layoff of twenty-one section men from the Island Division of the Cana- dian National Railways.

The Island MP’s intend to ‘stress to Mr. Hees the serious ef- fect this reduction in Main- tenance of Way employees will have on Island rail transport, in view of the constant difficu"ty experienced in maintaining a safe roadbcd.

BIGGIN HILL CLOSED

BIGGIN HILL. England (Reut- ers)—Biggin Hill. the most fam- ous wartime fighter station of them all, closed Thursday as an RAF operational base. In future, only trainee airmen will use its runways.

PIONEER POST The great explorer Simon Fra- ser in 1807 established a fur post about where the city, of Prince George, B.C.. now stands.

Expect Big Storm To Die Cut Today

HALIFAX (CP) — The weather office predicted Thursday night the Cape Cod storm that roared into the Maritimes Wednesday, dumping 16 inches of snow in northern New Brunswick and over two inches of rain in Nova Scotia, will begin to die out to- day.

to drop to 20 today, but more snow was forecast for the north- ern regions and more rain and drizzle elsewhere.

C a m p bellton, N.B., reported 16.3 inches of snow Thursday and three to six inches more was pre- dicted. Ten inches of snow fell on central New Brunswick. At Saint John rain washed away snow that fell Wednesday. Highway plows

ing.

Hardest hit by the storm were Nova Scotia lobster fishermen. It will probably be w e e k s before lobstermen along the south shore have an accurate estimate of equipment losses.

At Bear River, N.S., two wo- men and two children died Thurs- day when flames swept through their home. The fire broke out in a gale-driven rain storm. STORM HALTS DRAGGINGS

At Lunenburg, N.S., heavy seas and poor visibility forced RCMP to» call off dragging for -the body of 27-year-old duck hunter Regi- nald Keeping. The Lunenburg man drowned Wednesday when a small boat capsized in the storm.

A school bus collided with a loaded lumber truck at Clements-‘ vale, N.S., Thursday, but only one of the 55 children in the bus was injured. The accident was blamed on wet snow covering the highway.‘

A power failure occurred in Halifax when salt spray short circuited a 25,000 kilowatt gener- ator. Part of the downtown area was W, ‘ked tout for five minutes

Probe {New "I Threats To Derciil Train

SYDNEY (CP) — RCMP and railroad police investigated a new threat against the CNR’s Sydney express Thursday night, the third in four days. -

An anonymous telephone call told the CNR city ticket office about 2 p.m. Thursday the night express for Halifax, due to leave here at 8:45 p.m. AST, “won't reach its destination.” .

Police checked every car of the express before it left Sydney but apparently nothing was found. The train is due in Halifax at 8:35 a.m. today. '

A similar telephone threat was made at Truro, 60 miles north of Halifax, Wednesday night, it was reported. All trains on the Syd- ney-Halifax line ended their runs without incident so far as is known.

CNR officials and RCMP would say nothing about the latest threat.

Fourca-rs of a Sydney - bound freight train left the tracks at Christmas Island, 40 miles from Sydney, Thursday but there was no indication the derailment had any connection with t-he threats.

The line was cleared after a two-hour tie-up.

The first threat against the Sydney express came in two anonymous phone calls to the CNR telephone switchboard in Halifax Monday. '

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Winds that reached 50 miles an‘ . hour Thursday night are expected ‘

kept roads passable despite drift- ‘ I

‘the ‘Experimental Farm has

THE NEW LIBERAL LEADER

I struction of a combined machine building and carpenter ‘shop at

been awarded to M. F. Schin- man Co. Ltd. ofvsummerside. This information was released last night by Heath Macquarrle, M.P. ‘ Mr. Macquarrie said that work on this project was expected to commence immediately in line with the federal ‘government’: policy of providing as much additional employment as pos-

Contract Let For Building Ai.TIi‘e

‘used. throughout, be said.

‘The Queens member stated that he and his colleague, Hon: Angus Mat.-Lean, Minister Fisheries, had been pressing for a decision some tme.

'The farm superintendent, Mr. R. C. Parent said that the N x 50 structure would be built of pre-fabricated steel, and would be located near the farm’s pre- sent machine shed.

It would constitute the re-

sible during this season of the

Lot 65, Dies‘ In

The death occurred yesterday at the Edmonton General Hos- pital of Rev. Ralph F. ‘Malone, 53, formerly of Lot 65. Father Malone had been parish priest at Leduc, Alberta, for over twenty years.

Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Michael Malone, he was ordained priest in Edmonton in January 1927, and served in that diocese during the remainder of his life- time, with the exception of sev- eral years during World War Two when he served in Canada and overseas as a Captain in the Can- adian Chaplain Service.

He is survived by three sisters aud four brothers: Mary, Mrs,

PRODUCTION DROP VICTORIA (CP) — British Co- lumbia mineral production drop- ped $25,000,000 in 1957 from the record total of $190,084,000 set in

1956, Mines Minister Kernan’ an-

nounced.

EXPENSIVE BUSINESS

Some idea of the tremendous task of converting some 66 units of road building equipment into snowfighters was gathered by a representative of the Guardian as !he visited the huge Government garage on East Grafton Street yesterday afternoon.

As explained by the mechanical superintendent Gordon Lord, the Department of Highways in late October began to call in all their road building equipment from all [ over the Province.

I In addition to routine repairs, . each machine has to be complete- ly refitted. For example the bull- dozers have to have the blade removed and replaced by a plow. The same applies to the motor | graders payloaders etc.

WINTER OUTFITTING

These machines have to be fitted with a winter cab with

heaters installed. Defrosters are put in as well as block heaters, generators and lights, all of which are not needed for sum- mer operations. Mr. Lord said that 20,000 feet of cross chain had been purchased and assembled in the garage since last fall.

Of course while all this work is being done the general over- haul work on 25 heavy road grad- ing machines, 20 lighter machines and some 100 other pieces of equipment has to be done.

During the past summer the Walters company who make the well known Walters plows sent one of their experts to the Island. This man took a crew of men and gave them special instruction in the care operation and main- lcnance of Walters plows. Since that time this crew has been de- signated specifically to. this

phase of the work.

pair center for the farm, he said.

Rev. R. F. Malone, Native Of

. Alberta

J . T. McQuaid, Rivcrdale.Annie, Mrs. Albert Smith, Kelly's Cross; Marguerite, Mrs. Peter Murray, Green Bay; Aubrey, in Halifax; Elmer, in Windsor, Ontario; and Cecil and Harold, Green, Bay.

His remains will be brought to P. E. I. for burial.‘

U. S. Offers Aid To India

WASHINGTON (Reuters )—'l'he

‘United States '1“hursday offered

India an economic aid package of $20,000,000, chiefly in loans. to assist its second five-year devel- opment plan.

The state department said It is willing to discuss a loan program of about $225,000,000 from the de- velopment loan fund and the ex- port-import bank.

Snow Fighting Involves A Large Employment Force

Beyond the garage there is still a great amount of work to be done. The storage garages where the plows are housed during the winter have to be equipped and

‘provisioned. Fuel pumps have to

be installed.

It was stated that one of the larger machines working at full capacity uses about seven gal- lons of fuel per hour. Mr. Lord said it was not unusual during stormy weather for these machines to work round the clock.

Snow fighting, Mr. Lord ex- plained, is a very unpredictable business. That is tovsay, an area which experienced heavy snow last winter might well be free of snow this winter. So the pro- blem of where to station a ma- chine and what type of machine to place in a arises.

(Continued on page 11 col. 6)

: Alexander‘ Mackenzie, W il f rid ‘ Laurier, Mackenzie King and Mr.

their resolution , “in one oftlio ei-ullet acts of new ft:

of for ourselves but for ‘hir»,eoun- hi this matter for‘

particular area

LEADE

Ge-its I,O74 Votes On First

Biallot; Need

OTTAWA (CP) — Lester B. Pearson scored a first-ballot land- slide victory over Paul Martin Thursday night -to become the new Liberal party leader,

He immediately opened a sharp attack on the Progressive Con- servatives, charging them with fpolitical infanticide," and prom- ised to bring his party back into power “soon."

the 60 - year - old Nobel Peace Prize winner took 1,074 of the 1,- 380 ballots cast. The former health minister, Mr. Martin, got 305, and Mayor H. Lloyd Hender- son of Portage La Prairie, Man., just one.

Mr. Pearson got a tumultous cheer from a throng of more than 5,000 who jammed the Coliseum convention hall on the last even- mg of the three-day national Lib- eral convention. And the former external affairs minister also got a promise from Mr. Martin, a veteran politician, to work with the new leader-“the next leader of the government of Canada."

TRIBUTE FOR EX-PM

_ Mr. Pearson moved ii resolu- tion expressing esteem for the 75- year-old Louis St. Laurent, the re- tiring chieftain. He first posed in

with Mr. Martin and Mr. Hender- son aild then with Mr. St. Laur- cut.

The official announcement of is victory came at 9:12 p.m. EST. The Canadian Press made _the first unofficial report of it at 9:05 p.m. . 1 ~ Mike Pearson is the fifth leader

in Liberal history, successor to

St. Laurent. Mr. ,Pearson’s face was flushed as he heard the re- sults.

In his acceptance speech, he pledged himself to follow Liberal principles, charged the Conserva- tives wlth having “smothered"

. inlanfioidtin added:' ' _ , ’ ‘/

"With your help, I can and will ‘lead this new.‘ It1‘0I,!8 and great party, to victoi-y—-and soon — not

try.»

WINNER FROM START

Mr. Pearson, a one-time‘ Tor- onto history professor, was con- ceded by observers as a winner right from the convention's start. He had the support of the party’: brass, and Mr. Martin tried to exploit this, appealing directly to the grass roots. But apparently Mr. Pearson also had tremend- ous popularity in the grass.

There were no spoiled ballots. Balloting started shortly after 7:30 p.m. A total of 32 ballot boxes were collected. Thirty-

a handclasp with Mr. Martin; .

ed 69] To Win

along with 50 tellers. Duncan K. MacTavish of Ottawa announced the decision from the convention platform.

The official change in leader- ship may not take place until Mon- day. It is expected the winner will ask Mr. St. Laurent, to remain as Opposition leader until that day. Mr. St. Laurent then would inform the House of Commons of the changeoever.

As Opposition leader, the win- ner gets a salary boost to $27,000, compared with the $10,000 paid a private member. The prime min- ister gets $37,000.