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CHMARLOTTETOWNW CANADA, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1953
NOT MORE THAN
FIVE CENTS
Mayor E.C. Johnstone and his Charlottetown City Council are setting the pace for the citizens of Charlottetown in their competi- tion with Summerside. Pictured here are His Worship and Coun-
cillors A.J. Haslam, Waltlien Gaud_et, William Boyles, Frank O'Neill. H.E. Hyndman, Arthur Gormley and Gerald Foster. It is hoped that the example set by the City Fathers will inspire the
A PRACTICAL PRES-ERVATIVE
Radiation For Potatoes Commercially Feasible
OTTAWA, (Special) — Use of radiation to preserve potatoes is now ‘I practical . commercial possibility the Canadian Fed- eration of Agriculture disclosed monday. .. 5; .- ’~
Experiments with other food products have been under way for some time in the laboratories of Atomic Energy of Canada e‘ here. Not generally" known to producers and farm or- ganizations, the Federation said, is that these tests “have produc- ed some impressive results."
Technicians have concentrat- ed mainly on potatoes, but ex- periments also are proceeding with other vegetables as well
«- as meat and fish.
The cost of applying radiation for the preservation of potatoes has now been reduced to be- tween : quarter and one-half cent per pound. This makes It commercially feasible, the Fed- eration and Agriculture Institute of Canada recently visited the Atomic Energy laboratories and were shown two potatoes, both of which had been kept at con- trolled temperatures. One -had been subjected to very light treatment of radiation, the other not treated at all. The treated potato had no sprouts and was so firm as to appear almost as a freshly dug potato. The other
Dirty Bombs Wanted In U. S., Claims
WASHINGTON ( AP)-Senator
Clinton Anderson says U.S. mil-‘
itary leaders “want dirty bombs” and have “pulled bombs out of the stockpile and inserted some- thing that makes them dirtier."
The New Mexico Democrat, ranking member of the l0i11t Atomic E n e 1' g y Commission, made the statement on television Sunday in discussing a report that there is a long-standing dis- agreement between the state de- Partment and defence chiefs over the issue of clean versus dirty bombs.
A clean bomb is a device which produces a relatively small or negligible amount of dangerous radioactive fallout.
He said the military “want dirty bombs . . . we talk clean
on the one side and stockpile, The‘
H
dirty on the other side. state department, he indicated, has backed moves totdevelop cleaner bombs.
A defence department spokes- man said later that he had made I check of department officials and said “no one was aware Of
My program to make our bombs‘
dirtier.” When asked why milit-awry
People want dirty bombs, Ander-I
son replied:
“We wan‘. them effective. You; don‘t have bombs in order to;
ha\'e Fourth of July explosions. YOU have them for destruction.”
ACE DIRECTS INQUIRY
MUNICH, West Germany <Reu-
1‘Sl—-Formcr I\'a':l air ace Wal- ter Sllmpsl, Wm ,13-_. .v‘~,-.~ inqnxiry “amllg today in llxc l-‘ch. 6 csasli ‘ff 8 British airliner that cost Vile V95 Of 23 l):‘l‘S.“.‘.S. iucluditwg 9131‘-L Tlanchcs-fer United soccer Pllyers.
long and was soft and rubbery
from treated food products.
had sprouts eight or nine inches known it would be glad to work with any public or privatevcon
The. Federationwas told there cern which would be interested is no danger of radioactivity in providing funds necessary to , set up a unit for thetreatment Atomic Energy has let it be of potatoes.
MAYOR ANDCOUNCILISET BLOOD DONOR PACE
citizens of Charlottetown to pa- tronize to the fullest extent, the Blood Donor Clinics now in pro- gress. Charlottetown obtained 50 per cent of its objective at yes-
OTTAWA, = (Special) A Charlottetown company, Marl- time Dredging Limited, has been awarded a contract for
dredging operations on Dingwell Harbor, in Cape Breton.
Contract In Cape Breton To Clftown“
ficial, day. said the work would start
ject, he said; a firm figure as
A federal public works .ot- in disclosing this Mon-
“shortly.” In view of the type of pro
to its cost could not be given.
MONCTON (Special) — It was announced ‘in Moncton Monday eveing by Nelson
Mann, executive manager of the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council, that APEC president, Doctor Frank MacKinnon of Charlottetown, has accepted an invitation from’ Lord Beaver- brook to attend the opening of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces House in London this month.
verbrook asked Doctor MacKin-
It was learned that Lord Bea-'
Dr. F. Mc|cKinnon Accepts Invitation To London
non to be his guest in London
Summerside's Mayor Currie has challenged the capital -- and it has been accept- ed -- to a blood donor contest on a population basis.
terday’s clinics.
Vessel Grounds But Has Lakes Pilot Aboard I
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
A second foreign vessel ran aground in the Great Lakes wa- terway system Monday as a dis- pute between Great Lakes pilots and representatives of foreign shipping moved into its second week. ~
The Danish. motorship Sker was reported, however, to have a pilot aboard when she went aground near Grosse Isle in the Detroit River. Saturday the Ger- man freighter Cisa-ndra, with no pilot alboard, drove onto a sand- bar in the St. Clair River, about 75- .1ni1°:s..-n<u=.¢.l1..,’°f— .M9fi<iwT§ mist-
hop.
1
Vote Recount
Is Cancelled
MONTREAL (CP)-—A j-udicial recount of votes cast March 31 in Montreal Cartier was cancelled Monday at the request of lawyers acting for Hyman Brock, de- feated Progressive Conservative Conservative candidate.
Mr. Brock lost the election by 247 votes to Liberal Leon Cres- tohl.
Th_e recount was to have re-
along with, the four Atlantic Provinces provincial premiers.
Official open-ing of the Can adian Atlantic Provinces House has been set for May 27th, to which top govermnent officials: and senior business men from the United Kingdom have been invited.
H. Watson Jamer of Saint John, newly appointed agent gen- eral for the Canadian Atlantic Provinces. sails for London May 17th.
City by-laws re-licensing of taxis are valid, the City Coun- cil was informed yesterday. Mayor Edwin C. Johnstone read a letter from Allison Gillis stating that judgment had been given by the full bench of the Supreme Court of Prince Ed- ward Island on the reference made to it concerning the valid- ity of by-laws governing the licensing of taxis and taxi oper- ators. The Court found that the by-laws are not ultra vi-res.
POLICE CARS _ The emergency meeting Te‘
city with one panel delivery ‘at $1,700 and trade 111 of the present police P5/0'01 be 3°‘ éepted. It was decided also to accept the tender of the Same firm to supply a coach at $2.~ 275.
Coun. Boyles in moving ac- ceptance of the tenders, second- ed by Coun. Gorml€y- n0t9d
that these were by 8 Wide mar gin the lowest tenders. Coun. Gormley explained that the Pi" llice committee had come to thfi ‘conclusion that a light coac cuulld do most of the ‘pa rol- :1ing of the streets which al- -eady amounts to about 150 miles per daY-- The Panel V.a“ {would be on call at the police ’ t ion. Szltl was also decided to pro- cure two units of the two-way radio system to fit in the new ways, The unit now in use in the police patrol is only ten‘. csflla-iclil. The SCI -‘rollrc ya-.ion is 'iowc\er, being 35 Per Cent 9f" .i:"c11t. 11 “as
in the.
solved that the tender of_ W. G.§ Barbour Ltd for supplymg the-
50 Del .
I l
satisfactory, ,
1
Taxi By-laws Are Va-lid City Council Is Assured
for tenders for 21 pairs of police boots.
WELFARE COSTS
At the suggestion of Coun. Baker the Mayor appointed a committee consisting of Couns. Baker, O’Neil and Haslem to take up with the Provincial Government a proposal that a change be made in the method of financing wel~far_e work. Pay- ment of the city’s 25 per cent and the government’s 75 per cent would be made solely on allowable claims submitted by the welfare bureaus. This would end the system of paying over a lump sum to the bureaus and would~ leave assistance not strictly in accordance with pro- vincial regulations to be financ- ed out of funds subscribed by the public.
BLOOD DONORS
At the opening of the meeting His Worship congratulated the councillors on their participa- tion in the Blood Donor Clinic, seven out of the eight having given blood during the after- noon prior to the meeting.
Coun. Hyndman gave notice to bring in an amendment to the zoning by-law. He raised the question of allowing over-curb parking in a particular area. Coun. Gaudet suggested instead that the police committee should make a study and recommend- ations on parking beween curb and sidewalk generally.
HISTORIC ARTERY
sumed Monday after a two-week suspension, but Mr. Brock’s law- yers asked that further. counting be stopped. ' ’
-tined for Clharlotxtetown.
G. Ford Turn Down Union Plan
DETROIT (AP) General Motors Corporation and Ford Motor Company Monday night re- jected Walter P. Reuther’s pro- posal for a three-month extension of present contracts with the United Auto Workers Union.
Both proposed instead that the present contracts be renewed for two years. 1
Chrysler had no immediate re- ply to the UAW proposal submit- ted to the big three simultane-‘ ously Monday but is expected to follow suit.
Harlow H. Curtice, president of ‘WI, and Henry Ford II, pres- ...-ell-L of Ford Motor Co., de- manded long-term contarcts, con- tinuing provisions that give work- ers an annual productivity in- crease and cost of living allow- ances.
Five new scholarships vakled at $200 each are to be given by the Government of Prince Ed- ward Island through the Depart- ment of Education to students standing highest in Grade XII entering the Provincial Normal School at Prince of Wales College for teacher training, it was an- nounced yesterday by Hon. Keir Clark, minister of Education.
The scholarships will be awar- ded to students passing either the Grade XII (Second Year) ex- aminations at Prince of Wales College, or the examinations of the Atlantic Provinces Examin- ing Board which are written by
the pupils of the senior high schools tlirouglmul the province.
These SCIlOI£Ll‘SlllDS will be granted in addition to the sum of five hundred dollars now avail- able to Normal Training students at Prince of Wales College by combined grant and loan from the Department.
The Minister of Education sta- tes the purpose of
ther interest in Normal Training among the students of higher standing in order to encourage more of the better students to enter the teaching profession. , The selection board will be com-
A head-on collision between two double-engine. diesel power- ed freight trains, about half I mile east of Emerald junction on the main C. N. R. line to Char- lottetown, about 5.25 p.m.. yes- terday, derailed three of the four locomotive units, causing extensive damage to two, and resulting in minor injuries to two crew members.
Trainman Paul Jenkins on the Walt bound train suffered a sprained ankle and a minor ab- rasion on his forehead, while an unidentified fireman on the east bound train also escaped with only inJ‘uries- ..... ‘The trainis involved’ ’ ‘re extra‘, freight trains, one *' en route to the mainland and the other des-
The accident tied up traffic on the line, preventing passage of scheduled trains No. 251 from Charlottetown to Tignish, and No. 40 from Borden to Charlotte- town.
The two trains which collided were extra freight trains and carried no ‘railway passengers. However, Railway Superinten- dent George R. Greenough who, with other railway officials, ‘came to the scene of the collis- ion, said that because of the temporary tie-up of passenger service on the line, arrange- ments had been made to trans- port passengers from the regular
train service to their destination
with as little delay as possible.
Even as local repair crews worked to restore about 80 feet of damaged track where the col- llsion occurred, a special crew with an auxiliary railway crane was -en route to the scene to lift the three heavy engines back on the track to be towed to Char- lottetown.
Mr. Greenough expressed hope that the line would be cleared during the night.
Leaving its load at Breadal- bane the engine of train No. 251 arrived at the collision scene about 7 p.m. and hooked on to
. the. fi:eigh_t__cars of the- damaged , mainland-bound freight and re-
turned them‘. to Charlottetown where veterinarian inspection for possible injuries was to be made on cattle in at least one of the cars. '
The number 2 engine on the east bound train in the collision was the only one of the four engines involved which was not derailed, and it was able to push its load of freight cars back to a railway siding at Emerald Junction station.
There was no immediate ex- planation for the cause of the collision which occurred on a sloping curve where visibility was restricted by tall spruce trees which bordered the railway right of way on either side of the track at an eastward point, just beyond sight of Emerald
Prices Hearing Debates Packaging And Pretty Girls
FREDERICTON lC[P) In some ways, ca-kes and bread are like pretty girls, says bread ex- pert Arthur May of Ottawa. The more attractive the package, the more likely it will be taken out.
“But I’m not sure," countered favrm expert W. Malcolm Drum- mond of Guelph, On.t., “that the attractive package will mean more girls will be taken more often.”
As he understood it, added Mr. Drummond, a member of the royal commission on price spreads, packaging and advertis- ing were weapons of competition. Their tendency was not so much to increase total sales as to shift customers from one competitive product to another.
The argument over packaging ~—and gv'1rls—develo-ped Monday as the National Council of the Baking Industry—spokesma-n for Canada’s bakers——argued before the commission that as far as wheat growers, mi-llers and bakers are concerned, the widen- ing prri-ce spread in bakery pro- ducts is not so important as the urgent need to retain and expand markets.
SEVERE COMPETITION
. Competition among bakers is “very severe and vicious,” said Mr. May, the council’s managing director. Bakers were operating on slender and dangerously-low profit margins. High packaging and labor costs were taking big slices out of the spread between producer and consumer prices.
But M1". May and council chair- mvan G. G. Anglin of Saint Jhon, N.B., argued that the more at- tra=cti»v~e packaging tended to in- crease sales.
Farm economists maintained that over the years-Canadians and Americans would eat less
The Parsnip River, a tributary,
also decided to au- of the Mackenzie, was discovered sumption of b a k e ry prc’-"1. lthorize the City Clerk to calllby Alexander Mackenzie in 1793. could be increased. Farmers a
bread but bakers believed cc“-
-
m-ilvlers should join with them in a crusade to fight the “food fad- dist-s” and “cranks” who crit- icized bread as a food.
HAS HIS DOUBTS
Still, Mr. Drummond had his doubts. There were limitations to the human stomach. Various sales promotions might shift cus- tomers from one cereal pro- duct to another, but he doubted whether customers would in- crease their total consumption of such products.
Council spokesmen made these other points:
1. Housewives are still squeez- ing the loaf to decide whether it is fresh. This led bakers to pro- duce a softer loaf. Higher dis- tributoin costs resulted. New wire baskets had to He developed to ship the softer loaves.
2. The door-to-door sales of bread is declining. Bakers are finding this too expensive. They would rather sell wholesale lots to the store.
3. Cake mixes have had their hey-day. More customers were going back to the baker for cakes. Quality had to be kept high to retain the customer.
4. The wrapper on a loaf of bread costs the baker about 1 1-10 cents—addin.g to the price spread. Though over-a.l-l sales of bakery products had increased, the balk- ing industry as a whole got only 2.01 per cent of the sales dollar as net profit in 1955, down from 3.27 per cent in 1948.
Commission m e mb e r Cileve Kidd of Toronto, president of the Ontario Labor Federation, took issue with the council’s conten- tion that labor is taking a bigger share of the sales dollar.
The industry’s wages and sal- aries bill took 30.56 per cent of the sales dollar in 1956 compared with 27.55 in 1955. But had not
his
labor become more productive?
Did not Mr. May consider the in-
crease justified?
WON'T JUDGE QUESTION
Mr. May said he would not sit in judgment as to whether wages are reasonable. It was true wages paid in the bakery indus- try was Iess than -the average in manufacturing ind u stries gen- erally. But employees had year- round employment.
All he could say was that in the 1935-56 period, the increase in the proportion of the sales dollar going to labor was larger than the industry's over-all net profit.
Was it reasonable, asked Mr. Kidd, to assess the industry’s net profti by including “marginal producers” who lost money on operations?
“These are not marginal pru- ducers." replied .\-‘lr. l\lay. “Their
profits are marginal, not their;
open‘-ations. " ONE-THIRD IN RED
He was referring to the coun- cil’s statement that each year about one out of every three Ca- nadian bakeries showed a loss. Those which went into the red, he explained, either improved their management tecrhn-iques and got more customers or went i.-no receivership. Bankruptcies were high in the baking industry.
Mr. Kidd questioned whether bread prices were uniform. Not across the country, but they were locally, Mr. May said. Local prices tended to be uniform be- tween chain store and chain store and among those who sold from door-to-door. The reason for this uniformity was because of "perfect competition” in the in- dustry.
Mr. May read from the evid- ence of a 1948 prices inquiry in which Kenneth Taylor. lhen pr-ices board chairman nad now -federal deputy finance minister, stated that price uniformity usu-
Two Freight Trains Collide Near Emerald Junction
village.
It was unofficially reported that the east bound train had been doing some shunting work at this railway junction while awaiting the arrival of the west bound freight, and that it was getting in position to back onto a siding to make way for the freight expected from the east when the collision occurred.
The crew of the westbound train included Conductor, Godkln and engineer L. Cameron, while the crew of the east bound train included Conductor E. Lavers and engineer F. Lappln.
- 0LDs.BE.SERVEs,- ’ Reservations were set aside for the Indians in New Brunswick as eearly as 1780.
MR. MacRAE
PC’s Nominate
The Progressive Conservati-I ves of Third Queens last night nominated Andrew B. MacRae of East Royalty and J. Russell Driscoll of Mount Herbert to re- present them iin the next pro- vincial election.
Both men are prominent farm- ers and each of them conducts a feed mill service. Mr. MacRae specializes in Ayrshire cattle and Mr. Driscoll specializes in the raising of hogs.
Mr. MacRae, 39, enlisted in World War II as a private and served overseas with the Lake Superior Regiment. He was dis- charged with the rank of Cap- tain. In 1950 he rejoined the Canadian Army and went to
‘Korea with the Royal Canadian
Regiment with the rank of Major He served for two years ‘on they Korean from. He is married and, has one son. '
SECOND ATTEMPT
Mr. Driscoll along with Mr. MacRae represented the third district of Queens in the last pro-‘ vincial election both were dc-‘ feated. Mr. Driscoll is married with a family of five. He is 49 years of age.
Also n-ominated for assembly- man with Mr. MacRae was Hammond Douglas of Mount Stewart. In the resulting vote MacRae received 63 of the 75 votes while Douglas received 12. Drisco1l’s nomination was unani- mous.
the new, scholarships is to stimulate fur-v
FOR NORMAL SCHOOL ENTRANTS 5 Five New Scholiarships Announced By Minister
posed of - Dr. L.W Shaw, Deputy Minister of Education, Mr. Gor- don Bennett, Registrar of Prince of Wales College, and Miss Helen Yco of the Normal Training De- partment ‘at Prince of Wales Col- lege.
U. S. Fails To Launch Satellite
WASHINGTON (AP)-The U.S. Navy’s attempt to place a second Vanguard satellite into orbit Mon- day ntght apparently failed when the third of three rocket stages did not fire.
The navy announced in Wash- ington 20 minutes after the rocket was launched from Cape Canav- eral, Fla., that “the vehicle did not attain the speed required to send an object into orbit around the earth."
A statement issued at the Pen- tagon, based upon preliminary readingspf data received by the naval research laboratory said that “test range instruments in- dicated successful operation of the rockets first two stages. How- .ever, the third stage did not fire."
The navy said that information gained from Monday night's flight, whgnv the first stage left the launching pad successfully
and the second stage rocket ap- parently frired, will be used in the launching of additional scientific earth satellite rockets during the remainder of the International Geophysical Year.
MR. prcrscou. ,
A. ‘B. MacRae,
J. R. Driscoll In 3rd Queens
ed by Walter MacDonald.
CHANCES NEVER BETTER.
In his acceptance speech Mr. MacRae noted that the chances of the Conservative Party on the Island were “never better”. He
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Railways Give Quarter Report '
MONTREAL (CP) — Canadian ‘National Railways Monday re- ported net operating deficit of $15,435,000 in the first quarter of this year, compared with net op- erating income of $5,436,000 in the corresponding peirod of 1957. Operating revenues for the 1958 period totalled $162,788,000, against $196,667,000 alst year. MONTREAL (CP) -1 Canadian! Pacific Railway Monday reported; revenue of $111,859,522 and ex-‘. penses of $105,784,897 for the first. quarter of 1958, leaving net earn-‘- ings of $6,074,625, compa-red with,
months of 1957.
British Nuclear Device Is
Fired High Over Pacific
Indications Are Fallout To Be Light
nuclear device—-assumed to be 3 hydrogen bomb -— was exploded successfully high over the central Pacific Monday.
A statement from the ministry of supply Monday night said early indications were that fallout would “again be negligible."
The ministry would not confirm that it was an explosion in the megaton range--the equivalent of 1,000,000 tons of TNT—but observ- ers said they believe this was the case.
The belief is that Britain tested A reliable, fairly cheap and rela- tively olean hydrogen weapon.
If so, it was Britain’: fifth hydrogen bomb explosion within about 12 months in the Christmas Island area of the Pacific.
TERSE ANNOUNCEMENT
The British announcement said only:
“The British nuclear device was successfully exploded at a high altitude over the central Pacific.
“Scientific measurements are being collected for accurate eval- uation. ‘
“Early indications are that the fallout will again be negligible."
Last year, Britain set off four hydrogen bombs in the Christmas Island area.
ADMIRALTY WARNING
The explosion was foreshadowed last week by a warning to ship- ping from the admiralty.
This said that from April 26, I 37,000 - square - mile area of the Pacific would be dangerous to shipping becuase of a test of 3 British nuclear weapon.
‘me, plane which dropped. an bomb was a wihite-painted RAF Valiant jet bomber. Fallout tests were made immediately by high- flying Canberra jet bormberl wing special equipment.
BREAKS SILENCE
By exploding the weapon, Brit- ain became the first country to break the nuclear silence since the Russian decision to ter- minate hydrogen and atomic weapon tests. Monday's explosion came 28 days after the Supreme Soviet adopted a resolution on unilateral termination of tests. The Russian announcement ex- pressed the hope that “the parlia- ments of other states possessing atomic and hydrogen weapons will do everything to terminate test explosions of these weapons by their countries as well.”
Search Missing Man In Nfld.
CORINEE-R BIROOK (CP)—«R:Cl\/DP continued an all out search Mon- day for John Lemonie, 25, of Corner Brook, last seen by a corn- panion in the woods near Lake George Saturday.
He and Bryon Matthews, 24, a Corner Brook teacher, were fish- ing on the lake when their boat capsized. Both managed to reach shore.
Matthews walked about 25 miles barefoot before reaching a high- way, where he flagged down a passing bus. He said he was forced to leave Lemoine in the woods after his companion col- lapsed from exhaustion.
The weather was below freez- ing. Both men were without matches and unable to dry their clothing.
The teacher was taken to West- ern Memorial Hospital here, where he is being treated for frostbite and exposure. An attend- ant said Monday his condition Is only “fair-" and he may lose two toes.
$2,463,190 in the first three,
SEMENOV BETTER
BONN, West Germany (Reu- ters) — Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Semenov, who suffered a heart attack Saturday, was reported better Monday. He accompanied First Deputy Pre- mier Anastas Mikoyan on a trip
[to West Germany.
Soviet Veto Is
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP)
J. D. MacDonald of Johnston's River moved Andrew MacRae’s nomination which was seconded by Lowell Younker, Brackley. Mr. Douglas‘ nomination was moved by Charles McGuirk of Fort Augustus and seconded by
ally reflected perfect competi- tion.
Louis Bradley. r. Driscoll’s nom- ‘ination was moved by M. W. Wood, Cross Roads, and second-
Possible In
U. S. Arctic Inspection Plan
ing for immediate international
The United states appeared as- talks on technical arrangements sured Monday of overwhelming
for regional aerial inspection. This would amount to a start toward
for its Arctic aerial inspcctionlment deadlock.
\s"‘pp°rt in the Security C°““°n*,reso1ving the East-West. disarma-
was a possibility of a Soviet veto
plan aimed at preventing mas-1 ‘ sive surprise attack. But there‘ say what position his country will
A Soviet spokesman dccllncrl In
.‘ take in the 11-nation council, but
The council meets this morning indicated Ambassador Arkadj A. to take up a U.S. resolution ask-I Sobolev likely will attend.
LONDON (Reuters)—A British I .‘