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APPRECIATION DINN-ER

Mayor Stew.art last night. ‘Mr. Stewart (centre)' and Dr. Frank MacKinnon seem to enter into

,The'appreciation of some 250 citizens representing the business »and‘professional people of the , Citydalong with members from . “and*i§tatéf’w‘as tendered «git. Colonel J. D. Stewart D. S. 0.,

E. D. and Mrs.

C di1‘n1er*held in their honour at the Charlottetown Hotel_

light.

A fitting climax to a formal , gathering which Mr. through his homey reminiscences,

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E’. C. Johnstone. Follow- 9... was heard in two delight- I’31‘1I30.1Ie solos, “Some En-

Evening" This Rose”. Mr. Royston , “=§_f_ord was , accompanist mnrtrtided dinnermusic on the I‘_‘ )rief remarks Gov-

glérsday asked France to.

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. »‘;S‘5°T?Iary - General Dag 2 a’_Skl01d told a press con-

,5u§he world can trust V *_ Ilberal and humanitar- ltion. . I ‘as

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Stewart at a

last

Stewart; into one of informality, singing of “For He’s A

the general sentiments

Curtis, G. E. Hartlen, John Simmonds,

camera. Little

Hogan, five-year-old Of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur resented Mrs. Stewart.

Governor Prowse, A.‘ W. Matheson and

dinner Mr. Raoul Rey-

and “Take

iiyear - old Arab girl

l5~'*l'Ii:eyed Jamila Bou- ronvicetd by a French llllllnal in Algiers last Wllllllcity in a bomb- litack on an Algiers

011p of. Algerian reb- ‘1’e.1‘$0n‘was killed and hurt. ‘ ‘

In New York Thursday

°P°1'I8d many messages en received from Soviet 3951 from abroad asking

“It. Lebanon, hundreds of tud 9 11 t s’ demonstrated‘ -Iam1la’s death sentence, of almost daily demon- lhmughout the Arab favor of the girl.

advises President Rene 3Pl>eals for clemc. y. It

Stewart And Mrs.

ernor Prowse said three impor- tant things stood out in the life of “Dave” Stewart. The first was his splendid war record which saw him rise’ £1-'rom"the ranks to command a regiment and bring to himself and to his native pro- vince_glory and honour. .

The second thing noted by His Honour was the appointment of Mr. Stewart as president- of the Federation of Mayors and Munici- palities. ‘.‘This in itself is a strong argument - that Prince Edward Island stands some where in the rest of Canada when one of our citizens is picked for such an important post,” said Prowse. .

The third point recalled by th Governor was the manner in which the then Mayor conducted the Centennial celebrations. “Never has there been so much done to, advertise the Island as though these‘ celebrationsfi’ said His Honor.

FUTURE PUBLIC SERVICE

Premier Matheson spoke of the cordial relations_which had ex- isted betweenjliim as Premier and Mr. Stewart as Mayor. “Dave has done an excellent Job,‘ not only as Mayor of Charlotte- town, but in the larger field of national municipal affairs. I predict that he will continue to hold a prominent place in the public affairs of this Province”. said the Premier. . ' I

Mr. Curtis recalled his first meeting with the .ex-mayor in 1931 while the two were employ- ed by a construction company. He reviewed the early life and military career of Mr. Stewart in-

“as rapidly; as possible," officials said. _ _ .

The French minister for Al- geria, Robert .Lacoste, recom- mended a reprieve shortly after J amila was sentenced‘, it was an- nounced Wednesday night-

Four other women besides Ja- mila are under death sentence in Algiers for rebel activities.

French authorities so far have executed 127 alleged rebels, all men _. a small number compared with losses in the fight1n8- A13‘ other 201 men sentenced to death are still in iS0n-

Since Janua y this year ‘French authorities have commuted 89 death sentences. bringing I30 354 the total number of relfirieves since the rebellion be8'aY1- _

Even in France there have been voices raised in defence of Ja- mllglir trial was widley regarded as irregular and it has loeen'tI‘:+ pm-ted also that Jamila was 0 - lured. She was held for two weeks by French parachute troops Algiers. Her sul3P0I‘Ie1‘_S Sal’ 5. is still in need of medical atten- tion. , . .

Al, hor trial. Jamila dcxiicd 11%: tolic.-ation in the bomb atta1c)l.\,tw1 ; which she was charged a en

the spirit of the occasion as re- gistered by the smiles on their faces.

Citizens Honor Ex-Mayor 1

Stewart

,cluding the citation which accom- panied his award of the Distin- ,guished Service Order.

He further reviewed his activi-

ties in civic, life -and ventured. the ~—

opinion that “Dave, restless

soul that he is will not be content

to remain in retirement for long

and that in the near future he would soon be found serving his similar

community in

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Mr. Curtis made fitting tribute Stewart played in her husband’s success. ‘fNo little part of his achieve- ments have been realized with- out the devotion and assistance

to the role which Mrs.

of his wife,” he added.

DEEPLY MOVED

Colonel Stewart said he was deeply grateful for the kind and generous gesture which was his and Mrs. Stewart’s to enjoy. He noted that in his lengthy civic service his task was made the more easy through the kind un- derstanding of the citizens but particularly through the coopera- tion and inspiration of his wife. He also spoke feelingly of the fine assistance given him by the staff of City Hall, including Mr.

Fullerton and Mrs. McQuaid.

After engaging "1 some humur- our recollections of his military of laughter and applause from his hearers, the former Mayor re- minded the guests that they live “in one of the finest little cities

career brought r o u n cl s

in Canada.” SAME PROBLEM

He said he had trevelled through most of the larger, cities of Canada and noted, “They have exactly the same problems that we, have -only they are bigger

problems.”

He concluded his remarks by citing what he termed a-simple philosophy by which he lived, “De the best I can, take a lesson from the mistakes I have made much about

and don’t worry too the future.“

, Besides telegrams of congratu- lati-ons from Mayors across Can- ada a humourous note was inject- ed when messages were read suggesting that Mr. Stewart take the position of Liberal poll chair- man at Traveller’s Rest, signed one from Charlotte Whitton asking him to be chief organizer for her; one from General Motors asking him to sell Cadillacs and one from Minards Linament offering a job as salesman for their product which they recommended as a healing Mayors’

by Lester Pearson;

remedy for (mares’) bruises.

Shell Oil Tanks Fired By Gunboats

MANILA (Reuters)—The Man- ila Daily Bulletin reported today that two Indonesian government gunboats Thursday bombarded Menado in the North Celebes, set- ting oil tanks of the United States- owned Shell Oil Company on fire.

The newspaper, quoting its cor- respondent in Menado, said one person was killed and six wounded in the half-hour shelling of the rebel—held city.

The report added that rebel gunfire drove the gunboats away.

The North Celebes was the first area in the multi-i-sland republic to back a rebel government pro- claimed on Central Sumatra last month.

5,000 NfIcI. Hbmelsy Still Without ‘Power

ST. JOHN’S, Nfld. (‘C1’)-About 5,000 homes were still without electricity Thursday night, six days after freezing ran-i coated wines and poles and sent -them crashing to the ground.

United Towns Electric Com-

/ pany reported that about 20 per

cent of their 20,000 customers on the Avalon peninsula were not re- ceiving electricity and the New- foundland Light and Power Com- pany said from 500 to 1,000 city dwellers were still cut off.

Most services will be restored by the weekend but some re- ‘pairs will take longer. Mean- while, those without power are substituting‘ electric heat with coal ‘and fire Places and’.replac- ing lights with candles and kero- sene lanterns.

NAME ARAB CABINET

CAIRO (Reuters) -— President Nasser Thursday announced the formation of the new joint cab- inet of the United Arab Republic of Egypt and Syria. Deputy pres- idents are: Abdel Latif Boguhd-adi, speaker of the Egyptian national assembly, Marshal Albdel Hakim Amer, E-gyrptian minister of war, Aloram I-loura-ni, speaker of the Syrian parliament and Sabri el Assali, Syrian prime minister.

WASHINGTON (AP)_ — The United States challenged Russia Thursday to demonstrate it wants a decision-making summit confer- ence instead of a “spectacle.”

It called on the Russians to do thisby agreeing to an adequate foreign ministers’ meeting to pave the way to the summit.

In, a bluritly-worded’ note, the state department rejected a So- viet proposal for an April foreign

“strictly limited” to drafting an agenda and deciding the time and place of the parley.

DIPLOMATIC MAN OEUVRES

The American turndown was made public near the end of a day of fast - moving diplomatic manoeuvring which included:

1. A new letter by Soviet Pre- mier Bulgan-in backing up the Kremlin’s demand for a heads-o~.n- government conference “in- the nearest future.” ‘ ‘

2. A formal address by Mikhail Menshikov, new Soviet ambassa- dor, calling a summit meeting “the most important step today” for easing dangerous tensions.

Menshikov also urged a Soviet- American friendship treaty, more cultural exchanges and elimina- tion of “artificial barriers and dis- crimination” which limit trade with Russia.

3. Publication by the state de- partment of Russia's Feb. 28 dip- omatic note that proposed either a 29 - power foreign ministers’ meeting or an 11-country confer- ence to lay the groundwork for the later summit talks.

This suggested an 11 - point agenda including “conclusion of a German peace treaty” but turned down any talk of German unifica- tion and conditions in East Eur- ope. «

PREPARATORY WORK

The new U.S. note called for Russia to allow “substantive pre- paratory work" before a summit meeting. either by foreign minist- ers or via diplomatic channels. It said:

Festival P'IcmnecI May. 30-June 2

KENTVILLE, N.S. (CPt—Sign of spring: The annual Annapolis Valley Apple ‘Blossom Festival will be held May 30-June 2, presi- dent M. S. I-Iorsburgh announced

Thursday.

"’"s"r’on7i:’s"si'j"£iT1\'ioi€r:"_ 0'1"l‘AWA (CF) - Chain store sales‘ in January rose 13 per cent

‘ .‘ ll roclaimed her sup- thfiliosrtlgge $33815’ who have been E293.-mg a oucrrilla war against

“X-imined closely and

France for more than tlirefi, years’

to $211,215,000 from $187,656,000 a yeai‘ earlier, the bureau of sta-

tlstics reported Thursday.

“A meeting of heads of govern- ment that was merely ceremonial or social, or which merely re- peated promises already given or hopes already eiopressedvwould not, in tl'ie‘opinion of the govern- ment of the United States, be war- ranted.” '

The note added that Russia's conditions for a pre-summit con- ference “fall short of what would be required” if a summit confer- ence is to reduce iiiternational tensions.

It posed this question:

“What is the purpose for which ‘a summit meeting would be held? Is it the purpose merely to stage a spectacle? Or is the Durposfl £0

minis-ters’ meeting that would be’

ASJSIAS-SINATION PLOTS CHARGED

Tunisia

f Break Off WitI1Egypt

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MONTREAL (CIP) -- A three- -man federal conciliation board Thursday helped settle one point in the big contract dispute be- tween the major railways and 15 unions representing 130,000 non- operating railway employees.

Meeting privately with the two

interim agreement on improve- ments to h e a 1 th and welfare plans. The un i o n s originally sought a monthly, contribution of $8.50 per employee from the rail- ways, but it was understood that some concessions were made.

Terms of the settlement —- still to be formally d.rafted—wcre not disclosed when the board resumed public hearings here after the pri- vate negotiations.

MORE’ PRIVATE TALKS

* It was indicatedtliat the board plans to switch to private discus- sions with both sides whenever agreement on particular points in the union ‘demands seems likely. But the big issue in dispute is the unions’ demand for a 35-cent- an-‘hour wage‘ hike. 'llhe employ- ees—-workers who do not actually run trains——-also are seeking sev- ereance pay, an extra statutory holiday and changes in the vaca- tion arrangements. _ A union spokesman estimated that the total cost of these de- mands is about $96,000,000 ‘a year if granted in a two-year contract. Representatives. of the two ma-

—began their cross - examination of union officials 'I‘hur'sday,iand will’ continue Monday when the public -conciliation hearing re-

yYanI<s Send RussiaBIunt Note On Summit Parley

take meaningful decisions?”-

SEE N0 AGREEMENT

As the cold war now stands, the note said, the United States sees no “probability, of agreemen ” on any significant East-West differ- ences. I

The U:S. note assailed Russia’s refusal to allow discussions of

sides, theboard brought about an

-sented the C. C. F.

jor railways-—the‘ CNR and CPR 45

pledge by Soviet leaders. at the

sumes. COMPANY POSITION

Later, they will summon witnes- ses to explain the company posi- tion in the dispute. The railways argue that the union wage de- mands are founded on an im- proper wage comparison, and they are to introduce a new sta- dard ba.sed on wages in outside industry with comparable occupa-

Qne PointSaid Settled In Rail, Union Dispute

tional skills.

The conciliation hearings were ordered by the federal govern- ment after negotiations between the railways and unions broke down last year. The contract was to expire last December, and the unions originélly sought a one- year agreement to replace it.

A two-year contract is consid- ered more likely niw.

C. F. Gallant Nominated By V

C.C.F. Party In

Mr. C. F. Gallant Wellington farmer was nominated. last even- ing as the C. C. F. Candidate in Prince County. Following the nominating convention, Stanley Knowles, C .C. F. Deputy leader, spoke to a public meeting of about 100 persons.

The Prince County C. C. F. candidate, M.r. Gallant, is a past provincial president of the party, operates a farm at Wellington, and owns his own feed mill bus- iness, and is also manager of Acadian Producers Co-operative.

Mr.» Gallant, 65, has been active in C. C. F. leadership in P. E. 1. since the party was first organiz- ed here.

He was a candidate in a provin- cial election in 1943, and repre- in Prince ‘County in a Federal election in 19-

Born in Egmontt Bay he has re- sided in Wellington since 1920. For many years he was manager of the Wellington Co-operative,

German uni’-fication despite the

July 1955 summit meeting to move forward on this problem. They, were accused of seeking a “veto” over the subjects that could be discussed. A- “reasonable give-and-take” -must be shown by both sides, said the note, in decid-

ing points to be talked about.

Prince County

president of the local credit un- ion for some 10 years, and is choir director (if the Roman Catholic Church in Wellington.

The nominating convention was under the chair-manship of the provincial president, Douglas MacFarla;ne of Bedcque.

Mrs. Muriel Maclnnis, provin- cial secretary, of Borden», and‘ Federal candidate in the previous election, was re-nominated as a candidate at the convention last evening, but declined because of recent illness.

The nomination of Mr. Gallant wa.s moved by Mrs. Maclnnis, and seconded by Mr. Harrison Mac- Farlane of Bedeque.

Prior to his acceppance address Mr. Gallant introduced to the meeting Mr. and Mrs. Donat Arsenault, pioneers in the C. C. F. party in P. E. I., and on whose farm drilling explorations are lieiing conducted by Imperial Oil

Mr. I_<nowles, whose), remarks are reported? elsewhere in“ issue, was introduced by the pro- vincial secretary, Mrs. Maclnnis.

His address was one of the fine-

st political talks heard in Sum-

metside in many years. .

Atthe conclusion of, his talk Mr. Knowles replied to questions from the audience in regard to the national hospitalization pro- gram. and the exclusion of pota- toes at the present time from the Farm Parity Price Act.

HISTORIC AREA

The Jesuit missionary, Poncet, is believed the first white man to have seen the Thousand Is- lands ‘St. Lawrence area, in

. 1653.

Old and new “ships of the des- ert” provide a striking contrast as they meet at the United Nat- ,ions Emergency Force airfield in ‘El Arish, Egypt. The RCAF Da-

.DESERT SHIPS —- NEW AND OLD

kota, which flies between desert outposts in the Sinai peninsula for the UNEF, would thus seem to qualify as the modern successor to the title which the camel has

I held for centuries. The aircraft i. piloted by Flying Officer R. N. Patton of Winnipeg, Man.

(National Defence)

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TUNIS (AP)——Presiden~t Habib Bourguiba Thursday threatened to break off relations with Egypt, charging that a plot against his life was masterminded‘ in Cairo.

At the same time he asserted his independence of Eastern Arab leadership, and declared his own plan to unite Wes-tern Arabs of Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco is making progress.

He said he believes his own troubles with France over the rebellion in Algeria will be clar- ified wlthin a week.

The Tunisian president’s state- ments were made in his weekly broadcast to his people as Egypt- ians and‘ Syrians aired charges of an assassination plot against President Nasser of their United Arab Reupubli-c.

ASSASSINATION PAYOFF

Nasser said “oi1 money” from Saudi Arabia had been passed to bring about his a'ss«a-ssinat-ion and prevent forniatlion‘ of the UAR. The charges appeared to some observers in the Middle East to be part of a cam-paign to unseat regimes opposing expansion of the'UAR.

Bourguiba said that unless Nas- ser gave a “serious explanation” of the reported plot against the Tunisian president “we no longer have any need of diplomatic re- lations with Egypt.”

The Tunisian government an- nounced Wednesday that lt had caught an agent from Cairo cross- ing the border from Libya with a pistol, grenade and letters urging the assassination of Bourgu-iba as an’ “act of holy war.”

_ The letters accused Bourguiba of turning away from his “A”rab brothers’? — A reference to his pro-Western sympathies. vLE’l‘TER:S- FROM

Interior Minister Taleb Mehiri said the letters were from Salah Ben Youssef, a political team- mate of Bourgilibals in the Tu- nisia-n independence .movement who broke with the president two years ago. He went into exile in Cairo, ‘‘

Ben You-ssesf wanted a com- plete break with France, while

Preisident Bourguibci Has ‘Own Plan For Arab Union‘

course of att-ain-ing independence by gradual steps. One of the points on which they disputed was Bourguibafs willingness to permit France to keep troops here — tr-oops Bounguiba now is demanding be withdrawn. B»en'Yousse1f, after going into exile, was tried here in absentia

legedly stirring up terrorist pol- itical opposition.

In Cairo he declared the al- leged plot had been fabricated. He said’ Bourguilba was trying to present himself as a “potential martyr” to quiet pressure to join Nasser’s UAR. He also denied knowing Salah Hamdan Enha- jan, his alleged agent.

,Peorson,Hasn't V Voted For Years

MONTREAL (CP) iber-al Leader Lester B. Pearson said Thursday that he hasn’t voted since 1925 or 1926 but that he will be casting his ballot March 31.

Politics and diplomatic duties a-broad combined to produce the big gap, Mr. Pearson said in an interview Thursday. ‘