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CLAIM INDIAN CROSSED

Four Adventurers plan To Begin" Raft Voyage Today

DARTMOUTH. N.S. (CP)-Four adventurous Frenchmen hope to be arming across the Atlantic tonight on a 30-foot raft of British Colum- bia cedar.

The fishing dragger Promise is expected to take the craft in tow mi-iy today and leave it about 20 miles beyond the mouth of the bar- bor. The szilors had hoped to leave Sunday but the trip was postponed while the dragger ieceived a new coat of paint.

Jose Martinez, cook and spokes- man, said Wednesday the men are hoping for a good north wind to carry the lfrton craft past the treacherous sand bars off Sable is- land, about 180 miles off Halifax.

iiartlnez and his companions, Henri Beaudot, Gaston Vanackere and Marc Modena, started work- ing on their raft March 1 and put lhe finishing touches on it about a week ago. It cost s5,000.

STURDY RAFT

Chrislened L'Egare (Lost Onel iI, it is sturdicr than L-Egare I uliich was wrecked in the New- foundland coast last year, 66 days after it left Montreal where the men live.

The huge cedar logs are strapped together with heavy rope. "There's not a nail in it," Martinez said. A smal canvas-covered cabin, big enough to sleep three, is raised above the main flooring of the raft to keep it dry.

"One man will work the bar rudder", Martenz said, "While the others .slee,." The cabin also houses a small radio transmitter, with a range of about 300 miles, which Modena will us. to keep in touch with mainland amateur Hams and ships at sea. it is pow- ered by a hand generator.

The craft .will be propelled by ocean, currents and a square can- vas.sail -suspended from a 27-foot mast where the flags of Nova Scotia, Canada, France and the Fleur de Lis have been raised.

LONG VOYAGE

Skipper - navigator Beaudot fl- gures it will take two or three months to make the ocean cross- ing. He believes he will land in England.

The raft carries enough food, tinned water and fruit juice to last 'About a month. The men will sup- pliment their supplies by catching fish and collecting rain water with

Rail Freight Trciffic Up

OTTAWA (CP)-Revenue freight traffic moved by Canadian rail- ways was up 15 per cent in 1955.

The bureau of statistics. in ad- vance figures released Wednes- day, said revenue railway freight totalled 167,656,542 tons, 15.3 per cent higher than the 145,418,055 ions moved by rail in 1954.

A total of 131,456,569 ions were loaded at Canadian stations. com- pared with 112,298,467 tons in 1954. Receipts from foreign connections increased 5.1 per cent to 18.730521 ions from 17,819,456 tons.

Mine products accounted for 43.1 per cent of the total 1955 houlage,

co and products for 25.6 per cent and ag- ricultural products for 16.7 per cent.

Coming Events

Bingo, Hope River tonight.

Elmwood Pantry Sale, Simpson and Sears. Friday 25th at 7 p.m.

Borden Players will present, "You Can't Beat The Irlsh", Sea- view. Thursday. May 24th.

Dance. St. Peter's Bay Holy Name Hall, Friday. Burns' Or- bhestrl.

Cake Sale, Moore and Macheod, Friday, 2230, May 25th. Alexandra Women's Institute.

For best results book your clover seeds with us. McGuigu 8: Doyle, Hunter River.

Smiling Bill Mcconnack. North Granville Hall, Thursday, May 24th. sponsored by Y.P.U.

Dan at South Rustlco every Friday Rollie MacKensio'I orchestra. Canteen service.

In stock clover seeds. Barb and Page Wire. Asphalt shingles. W. I. Bowman. Hunter River. P-E-L

.Dancd Cardigan Legion Hall.

Thursday May 24. Webster: Or-

chestra. P.A. 'ystom. Canteen ser- e.

Garden Seeds. Also man!” turnip and Kale. sum open "- Illht until I o'clock. Arthur Vosly. York.

Ibdlan River players present their play in Stella Maris Hall. North Rustico Friday, May Ilith It can. Jfmiulon so cents.

..lrni1in' Bill Moccornnclt. Kin- I Hall, Friday. June Isl. Iponsored by lflnkora Fire De- rtmont. certain time no.

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"If you don't catch fish you don't eat," Martinez said.

Beaudot plans to write a book about the trip and form in Cans- dlan explorer's club when he re- turns. Vanackere will take pic- tures of the voyage which Mar- tinez said is the second of its type.-

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Cl-IARIDTTETOWN. CANADA. THURSDAY MAY 24 1956 ARGUMENTS SPARK HOT-TEMPERED WORDS

dian made the crossing years be- fore Columbus discovered Amer- ica. The Indian was washed up on the shores of Portugal whcre he died. Undaunted by this gloomy ending, the Frenchmen hope to prove the feat can be duplicated.

L'Egare's standard, painted on it : white canvas sail, is an Indian head.

Prince of Wales Convocation

To Be Held Friday Morning

The annual convocation of Prince of Wales College will be held in the College auditorium on Friday morning at 10 o'clock. This will be the one hundred and twentieth such ceremony since the estab- lishmcnt of the College in 1835.

The chairman for the closing will be Premier A.W. Matheson, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the College. His Honour the Lieutenant Governor. Hon. T.W. L. Prowse, will present the prizes and diplomas as his predecessors have done since the days when Sir Aretus W. Young, the sixth governor of the Island. was com- missioned by King William IV as official visitor to the institution.

Dr. Frank MacKinnon, Principal of the College, will give his annual address. The Valedictorian of the

radualing class of 1956 will be

an MacLean.

The convocation address will be delivered this year by the Rt. Rev. Monsignor J.A. Murphy. Monsign- or Murphy began his disting- uished educational career as a member of the staff of Prince of Wales in I910 and taught there for six years before entering the priesthood.

He later became of the staff of St.

a member Dunstan's

MSGB. J. A. MURPHY

College and was for many years its Rector. He is now p'u'ish lprlest at Souris. He is one of the Island's best known educationists and clerics.

Official Opening Last Night

Of P.E.l. Drama

The annual Prince Edward Is- land Drama Festival under the patronage of Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. T. W. L. Prowse. Hon. A. W. and Mrs. Matheson and May- or J. D. snd Mrs. Stewart was open ed last evening at the Parkdale be-the Boa. president Dr. L.

In his remarks to the capacity audience Dr. Shaw said that the festival while not growing at a rap id pace had grown steadily and that it was a pleasure to find so many rural communities repres- ented. Thelr number was increas- ing each year, throughout the Prov- ince the groups were increasing to such an extent that it now re- quires three or four nights to run them off. Drama. said Dr. Shaw, as far as P. E. I. was concerned is fast becoming better known, and be extended the congratulations of the Association to the group which had so ably represented the Prov- ince at the recent festival held in Sherbrooke, Que.

ADJUDICATOR

He extended a special welcome to a new adjudicator to the Prov- ince P. ' Harold F. Sipper- eil, Drama Advisor of Acadia Uni- versity.

The first play to be presented "Come Out of the Kitchen" by A. E. Thomas presented by the Ind- ian River Players under the dir- ection of Rev. Louis Callaghan. Deplcated is an old Virginian fam- ily in somewhat strained financial straights who are forced to rent their home to a Yankee gentleman. A difficult situation arises when the staff of white servants fail to put in their appearance and the members of the family are placed in the position of taking on the position of domestics and at the same time preventing the new ten ant from discovering their ideal- ities.

Of the play Prof. Sipperell, said an adjudicator can only give his opinion. He said it was a difficult play not quite suited for festival purposes. While both the diction and voice production was good, the inflection in places was poor. The players have a need to watch for

Festival

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laughs. The adjudlcato said that he liked the building up to the clim- ax. "Visual aspects should be car- ried out better", he said. "but on the whole it was an enjoyable per- formance," with the comedy com- ing through quite nicely. SPECIAL MENTION

The players singled out for spec- ial mentlon were Etta MacDonald, as Elizabeth Dangerfield whom he described as a "disagreeable little brat" was portrayed very nicely; and Hilda Ramsay as Mrs. Falkner he praised as giving a real char- acterization. The adjudication of the cast was given to the group privately.

Other members of the cast were:

Seasonal Return To Work Almost 100 Per Cent

It is estimated by the Charlottetown National Employ- ment Offlce that eighty percent of the people who were unem- ployed during the winter months have now returned to work. They have been called back to work in fish plants, on the highways. in garages and service stations by the Federal Government ser- vices, by retail stores, by dairies and by farm owners.

The improvement has been general throughout the territory serviced by the Charlottetown Employment Office, which com- prises all of Kings and Queen's counties. The fishing alone is estimated to have ab-

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Continue To Block Gov'l

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Moves In Pipeline Debate

OTTAWA. (CF)-A determined Opposition Wednesday threw the Commons into a procedural tangle which effectively blocked any pro- gress on the government's contro- versial gas pipeline legislation.

Progressive Conservative and F .-i put up . , t d roadblocks during the abbreviated

Mr. Caldwell said he would so- peal the speaker's ruling "because I think we must be right occasion- ally."

Mr. Beaudoi ured words that the CCF leader "should leave no implication that the , i of the chair is not impartial."

of debate on the measure.

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the gas pipcline bill. Each time the ruling was upheld by a Housel Closure was applied during Tues. V010. idayls sitting to force a vote on

BY llle 6 p.m. adjournment the second reading-approval in prin-

Telllled in mcas- government still had not achieved ciple-of the bill. Under closurel ll a.m. to I a.m. Saturday.

llS aim of opening discussion in I rules the debate lasted until shortly committee of the whole House on l after 1 a.m and a weary (fom-i 115 bill. I mons adjourned at 3:17 am. Wed- I The procedural jockeying left the ; nesday morning.

and it is unlikely, the member said,

sorbed more than a thousand men Wednesday hamday Smlng and and women. and this is 8 con. forced three roll-call votes, two of servame esummeg them in appeals of rulings by

TEMPERS WORDS lgovcrnnient only 11 sitting days

The debate-limiting motion Ill

, ployed. It is believed these country

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Already skilled carpenters are becoming scarce in Charlottetown although some carpenters living in the rural areas are still uner-' tradesmen may not be available: for work until after seeding completed, since manv of them are farm owners. With a num- ber of building projects in, Charlottetown not yet started, it is possible that when constructinn' is in full swing tradesmen will be in short supply. Despite the unfavorable weather a beginning has been made on provincial high Way projects in some parts of "18 Province. As the weather im- proves the number of men em- ployed on the highways will in- crease.

Thus far lobster fishermen have made Very Hood catches when- ever the weather has permitted them to fish, and the price of Inb- sters has been very encouraging. The draggers at Souris have made good landings of cod and haddock, but the price of the latter fish has only been fair.

A recruiting agent for a British Columbia lumbcr company spent Tuesday at the Charlottetown Employment Office. More than twenty young men agreed to ac- ccpt employment in British Col- umbia and they will be leaving the Island during the next ten.

days.

Practically all the men' srol single, because the company did not favour the employment of married men. No applicant was accepted unless be weighed at least one hundred and fifty-five pounds, and unless he was able

Vancouver. The wages offered were attractive and the working ' The men will

Speaker Rene Beaudoln.

The arguments, often on obscure points of order, sparked hot-tem- pered words at times.

CCF leader Coidwcll, met with Liberal heckling at one point, said angrily that he wonders "whether we're in the Reichstag or in a Canadian Parliament."

Later the House grcw hushed and tense as he replied hotly after Speaker Beaurloin had ruled the CCF out of order on a procedural point.

Mr. Coldwell remained scaled a

words to say: ”I think you arc human like the rest of us and that you may err."

Finally he agreed to withclraw any reflection on the speaker which Mr. Beaudoin might liiink he had made.

The two appeals of speakcrk rul- ings brought tn eight the number of times the Opposition has chal- lenged rulings by Mr. BL-audoin or

bitter Commons battle began on

;before its June 7 deadline for pas- expected to be used twice more-l, sure of the bill to lend up to 880,- l (luring clause-by-clause study of

l.td. lo rconstruciion this year of the Alberta-Winnipeg leg of its 2,- 200-mile line east to Ontario and

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i if the bill is not passed by ”i4:n, ,

IT:-ans-Canada is freed from its aarceincnt to complete the western 1 lwz this year.

I POWERFUL WEAPON Twice so far the governmcni has

chairman W, A. Robinson since the nicldcd the powerful weapon of

closure to limit the first two stages

few m0m9l'll-5. "19" lcmllercrl his 000,000 loTrans-Canada Pipe Lines i the hill and again on final read-

ing. Reports arc that the govern-', ment sccks to clear the hill tin-rnigh -, the Commons and send it to the Senate by May 31.

An Opposition member said out- side the Commons after Wednes- day's sitting that the temporary blocking of the bill has prevented

. the government moving clo.-urc i this week during committee-of-the,

3 whole study of the mcasurc's clauses. One-day nolic of closure must be given before is apinied

that the government will seek to apply closure Friday, thus forcing a marathon sitti.rig that day from

ONCE IN COMMITTEE

Closure need only be applied once at the next stage of the bill's passage-in mittee-although the house will be dealing with the bill's seven clauses individually. It 15 possible the government, by re- pcatcd votes, will seek to have every clause considered at least briefly hcforc closure is imposed.

Wednesday's procedural road- blocks by the Opposition were in the form of motions instructing the committee to make c e r t 3 in changes in the bill.

Davie Fulton (PC - Kamloops) proposed that the committee be instructed not to approve the loan to 'l'rans-Canada unless the com- pany has a majority of Canadian shareholders.

No Chance in Alberta Brush Fire Situation

EDMONTON, (CF)-T. R. llam- mer, provincial superintendent of forest protection, said Wednesday

night that Alberta's brush fire situation is "critical" but no serious

outbreaks had occurred during the:

day.

The number of fires crept up- word from Tuesday's 62, however, with 72 burning throughout the province, 29 of them out of con-

Severe Earthquake In The South Pacific

BERKELEY, Callf,. (AP)-Dr. Dan Tocher, assistant selsmoio-

in pay his own transportation to gist of the University of Califor- l Marguerite Munn, Marshfield

nia. announced that a violent earthquake recorded here Wed- nesday occurred in, the Tonga- : ,i islands area,&g the South

scific, ' i -

The -.big qua started register-

T -Caves in Alabama are belelved log on the UL 3 selalno aph at 6 to-have been inhabited by primi- p.m. ADT and was stll showing, tlve man as long ago or 3,000 BC. .slightly an hour and a half later. Gerald Connors, Chizrlottetovn

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l FOURTH YEAR Honour Diplomas

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(Keir Adams, Conway

Sidney Campbell, Charlottetown

Douglas Cudmorc, Charlottetown

-Alan Douglas, Parkdale

Harold Kemp. Charlottetown

Harry Love, East Royalty

Gordon lliacBeth, St. Peter's

Brian MacCallum, Charlottetown

David MacDonald, Charlottetown

Ian MacLean, Charlottetown

Boyd Richards, Abney

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1 Graduating Diplomas (alphabetical)

Zoena Jordan, Murray Harbour ;Arnold MacLean, Borden ,Alan Massey, Charlottetown

:Elaine Murphy. Charlottetown Richard St. John. Charlottetown

lwilliam Sterns, Charlottetown

insvid Stewart, Montague

. Keith. Stickings. Charlottetown

Hlsnet Wood.--Central Royalty Euge 2 Wynne, Charlottetown

Pass Standing

ALGIERS (Reuters)-The sole, known survivor of a group of 22 French reservists massacred by insurgents last week was found wounded and exhausted in a cave in the lion Zegzs hills. southeast

naires Wednesday.

With the survivor they found the death toll of the ill-fated re-, servist patrol to 19. Two men are: still missing.

The Legionnaires were part of a 3,000-strong French force back-I ed by planes and tanks looking for the culprits who massacred and then mutilated the bodies of young reservists. Their deaths have aroused I wave of indignation in France.

The wounded Pierre Dumas, was flown to a military hospital here by helicop-

Donalda MacDonald (Olivia Dang- erfield); Thelma Cameron (Core Flknerlt Frances Doucette (Am- anda): Elmer Power (Burton Crane): Gerald Glover (Thomas Lcffartsi; Bernard MacLellan (Sol on Tuckcrl: Andi-cw Turner (Paul , Dangerfield): Davis Gillls (Ci1nrl- , es Danizcrfleldl and Reginald Pen dcrgast (Randolph Weeks).

ter.

Dumas said that during his capture he had been watched day and night by an armed guard.

As the troops moved into the wild hills in a bid to encircle and trap insurgents, reports came in of fierce clashes in the Constantine department farther east.

Bodies of 30 insurgents were

INCREASES GOV'T UNITY

Mendes-France Resigns

PARIS

mier launched France's "new deal" for North Africa two years ago, resigned Wednesday from the government of Premier Guy Mol- let because he disagrees with its Algeria policy.

No immediate changes or. ex-

pected in the composition of Mol- N

let's gove. f . and the resignation-up to a point-in creases the unity of tbomgovur ment and makes the act of policy easier for the premier.

in a letter to the socialist pre- mier, Mendes-France sold the gov- ernment had not been willing to follow in Altefll lll! Pollcy of mlll-' tgry-plclficltloll and simultaneous political reforms which be cudd- ered - WEAKINS cslmlf

He therefore thought his con- mud co in the cabinet

(Reuters)-Pierre Men-ipremier and minister without port- dcs-France, who as radical pro-ifollo.

Mendes - France announced his intention to leave the government in a private interview Tuesday night with President Rene Coty. Several meetings with the other radical party ministers and with the radical party members of the

' tauemhly were held to

. G .. . Certain radical ministers said it had been decided that Mendoc- France should resign alone and that the other radical party mem- bers In the cabinet should remain at their posts.

Several radical mlnlsle .. inclini- lng Maurice Bouges - Msunoury. minister for defence. are In full agreement with the policy pursued by Mallet of trying to suppress rebellion before attempting our thing in the way of negotiations.

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The government is believed on lla-

been critical of the government for practically the whole of the time

but he is also in disagreement with the government's financial policy which he considers has encouraged an i...'lstlona , tendency.

extremely put out by Mollet's fail-

ure to offer him the post of foreign minister.

usury without delay in Algeria. ii. advocates:

the nationalist news upon. 3. Recall of Fr-eh oiotalo h Algeria who oppose an polling

lpal authorities.

ties-France's withdrawal. He has

since it was formed at the begin- nin of last February.

His chief criticism is on Algeria.

He is also known to have been

Mendcs-France was understood In feel that hold measures are neo-

l. Freeing of political prisoners. 1. Allowing the puhlicuiog or

resorvist. Pie. '

local Reserve Army units at the

under the command of Capt. W. Peters. MM. CD. and Capt. W. Mncltinnon as Orderly Officer. r - Presenting all units of 2 Militia mun. along with the uni. (P.E.l.

WAVE OF INDIGNATION

Sole Survivor Of French Reservists Found In Cave