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“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”

VOL. LXXII NO. 43

Autherined es Second Class Mall by the Post Office Departmeal. Ottawa

BUT WINNIPEG’S NOT SO WARM

In a gag shot, Winnipeg Tri-}Calvert who is obviously better-

bune reporter Frank Jones, who|dressed for the 24-below weather recently returned to Winnipeg| Winnipeg is experiencing. A 23- from the sub-Arctic climate of|year record was equalled Thurs- Churchill, Man., tries to appear|day when temperatures remain- honchlant as he inspects the buf-jed below the freezing mark for ~ fala coat of Constable Richard/the 92nd consecutive day. Over-

POULTRY INDUSTRY SLUMP

night low was 24 below zero. The | weatherman said the last record | freezing spell of the 1935-36 win- ter will probably be broken to- day. In the winter of 1874-75 the below-freezing period lasted 123 | days.

Farm Establishment Act

\

_ Early presentation of a reso-

‘ution that will, pave the way |

_ er introduction of the farm es- | ablishment act was promi

in the Legislature yesterday by Agriculture Minister Cullen wij’ concluded his draft address.

The bill which is referred to in the speech from the Throne will be designed to assist young

_farmers who wish to become

established in agriculture. Cullen said the resolution will be brought before the House in two or three days.

“ir. Cullen” said the -live poultry industry at the present time was in a “distressing stete’’ across the nation. He said a number of buyers now

PRIEST SENTENCED.

WARSAW (AP) A Roman Catholic priest was sentenced Thursday to eight months in jail

burial of members of the Greek

Orthodox faith in his partSh cem- |

etery. He is Rev. Ireneusz Nowak. Witnesses disorders resulted when Father Nowak barred the burials, in Oct-

ober, 1957.

speech on the

Mr. |

| sentation has been testified that)

| find | which

selves with poultry for

paid 40 cents a Ib. i fall, while the top price for live chicken in Toronto and | Montreal is now 22 cents. Evis- | cerated broilers are being re- | tailed at 33 cents.

'east for 1959 showed little en- |couragement and even integ- rated producers, he _ thought, would have a hard time to | make ends meet.

the situation has become more complicated with the recent | importation of at least a car-

The minister said the fore-

On the Island scene, he said _

To Be Presented Shortly

—_ of fowl, turkeys and broil-

ANSWERS CRITICISM‘

Turning to general criticisms | raised by the first Queens | member (Frank Myers’, the Minister wondered whether the! Crapaud member was opposed | to everything “or did he just) want to talk about all govern. | ment measures in a slighting manner.”

“It would be interesting | | know, and I am sure the peop who intend to vote for | | (Continued on page 11 col.5)

Island MP’s Return Of Old Carferry

for twice refusing to permit the |

OTTAWA, (Special: — Repie- made by P.E.I’s four MP's to the trans- port Department in an effort to speed the return of the car ferry

Prince Edward Island to her reg-

Press For

| improvements -has

’ CHARLOTT™TOWN, FANADA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1959

2? \ ;

ined

“7 ‘gonial

way

The need for Federal Govern- ment controls on certain public|” services eand consumer commo- dities was emphasized by Hon. B. Earle MacDonald, Provincial Treastrer, speaking on the draft address yesterday. »

Mr. MacDonald adjourned the debate at 5:30 after speaking; briefly. He will continue when) the House meets this morning! at 10.30.

The Provincial Treasurer said he was not opposed to railway workers getting adequate wazes, neither was he opposed to the raHroads securing enough re- venue to pay sufficient wages — “what I am opposed to, are rates increases which apply to only a part of railway freight traffic—the part into which the larger portion of our traffic

Provincial Treasurer Sees Need For reaerel Controls

Mr. MacDonald as describing the people outside the rail of the House as the “‘unemployed’’. Mr. MacDonald said he shared the Premier's satisfaction seeing such a large number of people attending the House scs- sions but he never referred to them as the “Unemployed.”’ He claimed what he said was “there's a lot of unemployment.”

OUT OF HIS SEAT

Mr. MacDonald said Mr. My- vincial Teeasurer were out of the House at the‘time attending a funeral. “‘So he picks this time to say his little Sunday school (Continued on page 5 Col. 2)

Loggers Suspend Vice-President

ST. JOHN’S, Nfid. ‘CP)—The Newfoundland Federation of La-

falls,” said Mr. MacDonald.

PRICE JUMP | The Minister said’ a second

grievance in connection with HON. MR. MacDONALD

freight rate increases was the

fact that the percentage of in-| there were places in Charlotte-

crease was only a minor part of| town for which people were pay-

the total imposed by the manu-| ing $30— $90 a month when they,

facturer on commodities. were “not worth nearly that

Mr. MacDonald felt there; amount.’ should be some control on rents which he claimed were going all)

out of proportion.

City Firm Awarded Contract For Warhouse Improvements |

bor Thursday suspended president Stirling Thomas of ‘Grand Falls for supporting Pre- mier Smallwood’s proposal to

The Provincial Treasurer said kick the International Woodwork- he would like to clarify an im-|ers of America (CLC) out of the He claimed! pression formed by the PC mem- | province.

In a prepared release, the ex- ecutive said Mr. Thomas made} a public statement that he would | support Premier Smaliwood's ef- forts to form a new, independent —

. . is in contravention ‘to by principals and policies of ‘the Newfoundland Federation of Labor and the Canadian Labor ress."’ Both bodies have pyb- lly batked the IWA in their asthe against the Anglo-New- foundland Development Company in Grand Falls.

MacLean and Heath~ Macquarrie | ly. i (PC, Queens). The company subrait‘ed 24d

lowest bid on the project. Specified completion date is March 15. jThis work involves supplying and installation of a new refrigeration plant. It Will consist of two compressors, and condensers, and forced-circula/ tion air coolers to supply cold)

air and distribute it through- out the potato shed. All connecting piping anc

ducting required for the coic a: ir] distribution and returns wil! be supplied and installed.

The plant will have a capa- city to maintaia a ternperature of 38 degrees F: during April,

LEGISLATURE | TO SIT TODAY

The Island legislature will sit today for its first morn- ing session since the House opened on February 10. Pre- mier Matheson announced be- fore adjournment last even-

A strong appeal to revive the seal industry on the eastern sea- board was voiced in the Legis- lature yesterday by J. Brenton St. Joha ‘Lib. Ist Kings’.

Mr. St. John said that 100 years ago there were 400 ves- sels with 2.000 men working in the industry. Today there are only ten boats in the sealing in- dustry in the whole Atlantic area, he said.

The Souris member ses | ened his plea by citing two very good reasons why sealing should be revived. The first was for its economic value and the second

; was because of the predatory ing that ane — habits of seals and the long open at sags reaching effect they would have

journ for the weekend at 12.30 p.m.

on the fishing industry in the

area.

ular winter.berth in Borden

The MP's, in a irint announce- ment Thursday ~aid they have been informed that an_ aerial

survey was carried wt between ‘Borden and Port aux Basques.

Debbie Reynolds Divorce “Granted In Brief Hearing

By BOB THOMAS

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a five-minute court hearing Thurs- day actress Debbie Reynolds won a divorce and a possible $750,000 from singer Eddie Fisher.

“My husband became inter- ested in another woman,”’ she téstified simply and tearlessly, mever mentioning the name of Elizabeth Taylor.

The end to the once-idyllic mar- riize came so swiftly that Fish- er’s lawyer and manager arrived afier it was all over. The singer had said earlier that he would no' attend the hearing personally.

Sedately dressed in a black suit with velvet collar, Miss Rey- nolds strede into the county court- house be‘ore starting her work day at 20th Century-Fox Studios.

QUESTIONED BY LAWYER

Replying calmly and quietly to be- lawyer, Frank Belcher, the

actress told of her husband's in-

—"

terest in “another woman” be-

ginning last September.

She was followed on the stand by her chilhood friend, Camille Williams, who testified Debbie was ‘deeply shocked by the whole ;thing and very, very up- set about it.”

“Divorce is granted,” Roger A. Pfaff decreed.

Fisher estimates he'll $1,000,000 to Debbie ir 10 years. The complicated property agree- ment indicates that he'll pay at least three quarters of that amount. Among the Provisions for Debbie:

a

LOSING POPULARITY Ownership of their $125,000 house; a $100,000. insurance pol- icy on Fisher's life; alimony as high as $41,000. depending on his earnings; ~ for Carrie Fisher, 2, and Todd Fisher, 1, starting at $4,500 a year and ris- ing to $6,000 in three years; cer-

judge

!

give | lor

tain securities.

Even if Debbie -remarries she'll continue to get $10,000 an-

nual alimony from Fisher. She is 26, he is 29. The singer's television show}

has been cancelled and his rec- ord sales are waning. But he ac-) ceded to Debbie's financial de- mands to get freedom for his ted marriage to Miss Tay- Under California law, they cannot marry for a year.

When and if Liz and Eddie, marry, the completion of Holly- wood's most noted recent triangle will be reached. The whole story has been told in headlines... . The Fishers’ wedding in the Cat- skill Mountains Sept. 26, 1955... Their presence at the marriage of their good friends, Liz and Mike Todd. . Eddie's consoling of the widow Todd after the

showman’s air crash death. .. The burst of scandal when Ed- die’s interest in Liz proved more than friendly.

Bank Bandits

‘Get $10,000

TORONTO (CP) — Two armed and masked men held up a bank of Montr@al branch in suburban North York Township Thursday, escaping with $10,000 after dis- arming a police constable who answered an alarm.

There were no customers in’ the building when the bandits en- tered. An accountant set off an alarm before the staff was herded into a corner and covered by a man holding a shotgun.

Constable Thomas James, rush- ing in after the alarm, was dis- armed and held with the em- ployees as the second man rifled two teller’s cages.

-AFOUR MILLION

He said it is estimated that 4 million seals come into the eastern area each season during which time: they “‘Gonsume as) much fish as all the draggers both Canadian and foreign as) well as long liners and other boats can catch in 7-10 years.

He felt that under proper con- ditions a Souris sealing vessel the “Orel” could be fitted out for the trade. He thought also that draggers which are tied up during the winter months could be similarly employed.

One disadvantage under which Canadian boats have to work was the lack of an ice breaker which could a@t as a mother | ship and guide the boats to the | sealing grounds.

Mr. St. John said Norwegian fishermen have icebreaker¢ in| \ their fleet and while Canadian

| Storm Signals Show Trouble Ahead For Seafarers Union

OTTAWA (CP)—Storm signals were indicating trouble ahead Thursday for the Seafarers Inter- national Union.

Hard-boiled Hal ‘Banks’ contro- versial union was faced with rough seas fore and aft, in these

.| directions:

1. The SIU got a jolt Thursday from the Canada Labor Relations Board for raiding another union

2. A move is under way to have the swashbuskling seafarers

‘| dropped from the 1,000,000-mem-

ber Cariadian Labor Congress. And another set of breakers may be ahead when the seafarers

come to grips soon with the old and recently - toughed Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Trans- port and General Workers.

Both unions are members of the Canadian Labor Congress. So is the smaller. National Associa- tion of Marine Emgineers, with which Mr. Banks’ union has grappling for the last few years. BATTLE IN SIGHT

The CBRT. whose 35.000 mem- bers outnumbered SIU men by about six to one, has decided to slug it opt with the sailors. A jong and bitter fight is in pros- pect.

Urges Revival Of The Seal ishing Industry

ber from Ist Queens who quoted |

ers knew the Premier and Pro-|

vice- |

Macmillan | May Visit US. Next

LONDON ‘(AP)—Prime Minis- ter Macmillan said Thursday night he may travel to Washing- ton on his return from Moscow with a view to developing a united Western strategy.

Macmillan emphasized that the visit te Moscow was not for direct | 2egotiations, but “‘to try to break he ice and get some feeling of the general situation before the next stages.”

The prime minister foreign affairs debate House of Commons:

“The next stages must be a visit to Bonn, to Paris and per- haps to Washington with a view to formation of the Western al- lied policy.”’

Dave Beck | Convicted Of | Tax Evasion

told in

a the

| TACOMA, Wash. ‘AP'—Dave Beck, former presikient of the Inter national rhood of Teamsters, was convicted of tax- evasion Thursday by a federal court jury.

Beck had been accused of

evading $200,000 in income taxes for the years 1933. He was convicted on all six counts in two | government i

The government put on 115 witnesses and filled 1}.000 pages

By Bri

Handsh 4-Year

LTNDON (Reuters) — Britain Thursday night signed away her colonial hold on Cyprus in a pact to turn the bloodstained Mediter- ranean island into an independent | Fepublic.

Nearly four years of communal strife ended with handshakes around a London conference ta- ble. Leaders of Britain, Greece, Turkey and the Greek and Turk- ish communities of Cyprus signed an agreement expected to start the transfer of power within three months.

A long and bitier guerrilla struggle against British rule died with the stroke of a pen under a erystal chandelier. It had cost 663 lives.

DETAILS MONDAY

ment will not be announced until Monday, but its leading points began leaking out shortly after the three-day conference wound up in a 70-minute session.

Detailed terms of the azgree-;

akesEnd - Strife

ernment service. The first president is likely te be bearded, 45-year-old Arch-

bishop Makarios, leader of tre 400.000 Greek Cypriots. The arch- bishop. who has been ‘exiled by British authorities from the is- land for three years, told repotr- ers tonight he hopes to return te Cyprus in a few days.

The vice-president of the is land republic, according to the agreement, will be a Turkish Cypriot, representing the minor- ity community of about 100,000. This post is expected to go te Turkish Cypriot leader Fadil Kutchuk.

| SEPARATE GARRISONS According to the informant, Greece and Turkey will estab- lish separate garrisons on the is- land, but there will be a joint headquarters.

There will be separate munic- ipal governments for Greek and Turkish Cypriots in the five main

An authoritative informant said the transfer of power will start within three months and that in about a year the island republic will come into being.

Britain wil] retain sovereignty ever its military bases and, to gether with Greece and Turkey. will guarantee the island's in- dependent status.

towns—nicosia, Famagusta, Lar- naca, Limassol and Paphos. Prime Minister Macmillan, who | signed the agreement at the final conference session, later told the House of Commons Britain in- tends to end the state of emer- gency in Cyprus as soon as pos- sible. This would mean the re lease of hundreds of detainees.

| Whether Cyprus will join the!

Commonwea!th or not will be jeft| SIGNS IN HOSPITAL

up to the Cypriots themselves.| After Macmillan and Greek There will be two communal; Premier Constantine Karamanilis

assemblies and one over-all leg-| signed the agreement at the con-

islature in which the majority| ference table, they took it to a

Greek community will hold *70| London hospital for Turkish Pre-

per ent ‘of the seais’ an” The) Turkish community 30 per cent.

This same proportion will be followed in the cabinet and gov-

mier Aduaa-Menderes‘e sign: - Menderes is confined there ag

the result of an air crash as he

was arriving here on Tuesday.

of transcript in its effort to prove tax cheating by Beck, who now | is retired on $50,600 annual pay by the union.

Beck could be sentenced to 30 years in prison and be fined

000.

Beck's lawyers announced they would appeal.

U.S. dfstriect court judge | George Boldt did not set a date | for sentencing.

The government Beck *‘‘swelled the. coffers’ of the teamsters union while “about a million dollars stuck to his avaricious hands.”

The defence claimed Beck bor. rowed the money and therefore the funds were not taxable.

Beck already is under sentence of not more than 15 years for conviction of a grand farceny charge. He has appealed.

cane MALTA BILL

LONDON (Reuters)—A bill to remove Malta's constitution and give the governor power of direct rule with the aid of a nominated council was given final approval by Parliament Thursday night

635 ST. JOHN ‘boats are tied up for days in the

ice these ships of another nat- jon can go right in and reap their harvest.

BOAT HAULER

The First Kings member, who lives in a fishing area, also ap- pealed for assistance in secur- ing a boat hauler for Souris. He said \it took 20-30 mea to haul a boat up on shore. He would also like to see a hoist installed (Continued on page 5 col. 4)

Supermarkets

Cause Trance

MONTREAL (CP) — The aver- age housewife goes into a kind of hypnotic trance when she enters a supermarket, a trance only dispelled when she reaches cash register, says a prominent Ver- dun doctor.

In an address on human mo- tivation, Dr. H. E. Lehmann, clinical director of the Verdun Protestant Hospital, told the Mon-

treal Board of Trade Associates:

Wednesday that the housewife buys much more than she in- tended to buy and then is shocked by the amount rung up on the cash register.

He said motivation for actions arises from three sourcs — in- stincts, habits and conscious de- cision. In modern advertising people were influenced through motivations that were not | always conscious,

to buy|

Las

Fog Grips Half Europe,

Crams Hospital Wards

LONDON (Reuters) Thick fog gripped half of western Eu- rope Thursday gand crammed hospital wards in Britain with tens of thousands of sufferers from respiratory illnesses and

flu. Road, rail and air traffic was disrupted in Britain. France,

West Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium. Only southern Eu- rop@ and Scandinavia enjoyed sunshine.

British hospitals are in a crit- ical situation with almost every | bed full.

The health ministry said that

— the past week there have | any more cases’’ of flu;

Fas rise. Scotland Thursday

ported that last week was the worst for deaths ever recorded— 1,146 or 23 per thousand) of the population.

London airport was shut down until noon, when some traffie was able to move. Shipping was at a standstill in the English 'Channe] and the ports of South-

ampton and Portsmouth were shut tight. cs In France, both Le Bourget

and Orly airfield outswie Paris were closed by fog, although Orly | managed to open in the after- | noon,

The Netherlands still was grip- | ped in the longest spell of fog in memory—l4 days. Shipping at |Rotterdam and neighboring An-

and the death rate is expected | twerp in Belgium is at a stand- re-| still.

New Storm Brings Floods

ST. JOHN’S Nfld. (CP)—Floods brought new headaches Thursday to St. John’s citizens stil digging out from a record blizzard and hurricane Monday.

Heavy raing melted mountain- ous snow drifts and turned the marrow ‘passageways plowed through downtown streets into rushing rivers.

Pedestrians had w& wade through water kneedeep in places. Buses, among the few vehicles permitted on snow-clog- ged streets, crawled at. snail's pace through the flood areas.

The new storm moved. into Newfoundland after raking the Maritime provinces with rain,

sleet and heavy snow. Winds reached 80 miles an hour in west- ern New‘oundiand.

COMMUNICATIONS CUT

Telegraph and telephone con- nections with the mainland were cut much of the day after lines tailed between Corner Brook and Port Aux Basques, Nfld.

About 21 inches of snow fell in St. John's Sunday night and Mon- day. Winds up to 135 miles an hour piled drifis as high as 20 feet.

Plows and blowers have most streets opened but tons of snow |

have yet to be cleared away. The |

mcial aliorney - general's

To Newfoundland Capital

department and Mayor H. G. R.' dicted the continuous rain woul@ .Mews ordered cars to stay off turn te intermittent snowflurries the streets so work can continue | Thursday night. unhampercd. Temperatures at St. John's To meet the flood threat the| were forecast to fall overnight mayor urged residents to clear|from 48 to 25 by daybreak. snow from sidewalks, foundations! In. the Maritimes, Nova Scotia, and coal chutes. {was deluged with rain that left The rain aided the mop-up pro- oid ad roads a glare of ice. cess but was a curse for residents ere S$ no serious interference unable to use their cars. Taxis | with trafic on main highways. were allowed to travel only in : limited sections of the city. The MORE SNOW city’s transportation service was| In New Brunswick, however the limited to a few diesel operated| northern counties got up to 18 buses. Most had to walk to work.| inches of fresh snow. Traffic was slowed to a crawl on many routes

BASEMENTS FLOODED laa some secondary roads were Numerous residents reported | blocked by drifting. flooded basements. Others had''a| A _ scaffolding blew down im more unique problem. Winds|front of a Halifax building from Monday's storm had blown| damaging two cars parked below all the tar and waterproofing} A boat carrying three men go gravel from their roofs, Rain| caught in ice in St. Peter's Ba} water and melting snow leaked | 0m the south coast of Cape Bretoa through, soaking plaster and/| Island. A fishing trawler rescues furniture. the trio after a helicopter hae Poor travelling conditions since | been sent to help them. the storm have prompted people The CNR car ferry Prince Ed to eat downtown at noon rather | Ward Island, bound from Halifa:

than walk home. The restaurant;‘o her home port of Borden business is booming. Many who|P.E.1I., stayed in Port aw live a long way from work booked | Basques, Nfld., waiting for th

storm to go down. A governmen icebreaker was to escort he should be cleared and transporta- | through icefields In the Gulf « tion facilities restored by the St. Lawrence, described ag th ‘weekend, The weatherman‘ pre-' worst in years,

hotel rooms. Barring another storm, streets