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Tilenfinnan Man Named

Member

The lone Island vacancy in the

senate of Canada was filled yes. ‘ '

terday with the announcement from Ottawa that 67-year-old John J. MacDonald, Glenfi....an, had been selected as the fourth Is- land representative in the Red Chamber.

The Queens County farmer, war

veteran, and long-time Conserva- tive campaigner, was born at Glenfinnan, 27 September, 1890 the son of the late Donald J. and Mrs. MacDonald. Educated at Glenfinnan district school, he re- mained on his father's farm until 1911, when in common with many other Island youths he answered the call of the West, w‘ are he re- mained until enlisting in 1916 with the 8th Canadian Railway Troop.

AWARDED D.S.M.

During service in the field, Mr. MacDonald was promoted suc- cessfully sergeant and W02, and, following the Battle of Passchen- daele, where he won the D.S.M., he was coimnissioned Lieutenant.

Demobilized in April, 1919, the new Senator resumed farmingin his native district of Prince Ed- ward Island. Where he has contin- ued to reside since that time.

World War Two again found Mr.

PARLIAMENT AT A GLANCE

By THE CANADIAN PRESS Thursday Works Minister Howard Green, government House leader, said "it now is fairly evident” the Commons won’t be able to finish its business'Friday.

The Commons cleaned up its sessional business except for most of the spending estimates and the prime minister's motion to repeal the debate - limiting closure rule.

Acting Citizenship Minister Davie Fulton said all cases in- volving loss of citizenship by nat- uralized Canadians are being held. in abeyance pending new legislation.

The Commons passed a bill making it impossible for Indians or their descendants who ac- eepted half-breed lands or money scrip to be stricken from ban rolls.

Finance Minister Donald Flem- lng said the 1957-58 federal bud- get will show a “respectable sur- plus" when the year ends March

Senator Salter A. Hayden (L-—- Ontario) called for a return to double taxation by the federal, and provincial governments as the Senate passed the tax-shar- Ins bill. _ Friday .

The Commons meets at 11 a.m. EST to debate departmental spending estimates. The Senate sits at 3 pin.

Swindler Gets 35 Toronto Banks

TORONTO (CP)—A whirlwind Iwindler tapped the funds of 35 Toronto banks over the last few days, police said Thursday.

They reported that the ingen- cous cheque artit may have taken as much as $25,000 but the exact a-mount was not known.

The swindler began months ago by opening sm-all accounts in more than 30 downtown banks, making small deposits in each.

After establishing his identity,

began passin g worthless I‘-heques’ which averaged about $470 each, police said.

Of The

SENATOR MACDONALD

MacDonald in the service of his country, first as Training Officer at the Beach Grove, P.E.I. basic training centre, and later in a similar cap ity at the Yarmouth base. Joini g the Army in 1940, Mr. MacDonald was not released from service until 1945.

Senate

The new Senator has twice con- tested the 3rd Queens seat for the local c nservatives; first in the general election of 1947, and again in 1951.

PROMINENT FARMER

_Always a firm supporter of any- thing he saw as benefiting the farmer, Mr. MacDonald has play- ed a prominent part in local Agri- culture circles for many years. A past president (1938-39) of the local Dairymen’s Association, he was at one time a director of the Federation of Agriculture for four years, and is at present one of the directors of the Central Farm- er’s Co-operative, better-known fiictally as “The Co-op Supermar-

e .

In 1920, Mr. MacDonald, marri- ed Mary C. MacDonald, formerly of Little Pond, who at that time was on the staff of the Auditor General’s department in Ottawa.

To this mion . three children were born: John D., the eldest, married, with two children, oper- ates the ho e farm; Mary Rita, R.N., now living in Sudbury, Ont., practiced nursing in Montreal for several years prior to her mar- riage to James J . Maclntyre; and Rev. Allan, who, ordained priest in 1950, is now taking a post grad- uate course at the University of Washington.

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MacDonald Clan Now Leads In Commons-Senate Members

OTTAWA, (Special)— With the appointment Thursday of John J . MacDonald of Glenfinnan as a member of the Senate, the Mac- Donald Clan has more members of Commons and Senate than any other name group. In the House ofCommonsarefiveMac- Donalds spelling their names three different ways and the Glenfinnan Senator’s appointment brings the strength of the clan in the Senate up to three.

Runner-up to the MacDonald group in the House is the Gau- thier family which has four mem-

bers in the Commons.

The four Conservative members of the Commons representing Prince Edward Island expressed themselves as highly gratified -over the appointment.

J .A. Macdonald, M. P. Kings. told the Guardian:

“This is the first Conservative appointment to the Senate since my father went to the Upper I-I_ouse during the Bennett re,- gime." !’,,‘,g__,,_ ‘_ _

Also appointed to the Senate Thursday was Gunnar S.'Thorv- aldson of Winnipeg.

for ‘‘

CHARLOTTETOWN ADA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1958

Queens Member

NATO Ass’n

for Queens was elected on Thurs

Buildings. His election to this

tary democracy.

IO Killed, 80 Injured In Wreck

LONDON (Reuters)

injuring 80 others.

train collision

90 lives.

urban stations.

By midnight, about two dozen persons trapped in wreckage had been freed. The crash derailed a coach and an engine on the line between Dagenham and Heathway.

On Executive Of

OTTAWA, (Special) — Heath Macquarrie, Conservative M. P.

day as a member of the executive

committee of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association at a meeting held in the Parliament

executive post makes recognition of Mr. Macquarrie’s intensive knowledge of Canadian constitutional history and of the subject of, parliamen-

One packed commuter train crashed into another in dense fog Thurs- day night, killing 10 persons and Q

The wreck at Dagenham, Es- sex, came a month after a two- in thick fog at Lewisham, South London claimed

Police said '30 injured were sent to hospitals and another 50. were treated on the scene after one train roared out of the fog and slammed into the back of an- other standing between two sub-

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City firemen battle a stubborn | blaze which, broke out at approx- Lmately 3:45 p.m. yesterday after- noon and completely destroyed a barn which was situated to the

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rear of the residence of Mr. Gor- don Batt, 9 Kent Street. The barn had previously been used as a storehouse and at the time of the fire contained a number of ar-

@hc finotrdinn

"Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”

FIRE DESTROYS BARN IN CITY

ticles such as bicycles and other equipment. It is not known whe- ther the barn was covered by in-

surance.

WEATHER

Overcast; intermittent snow beginnillfi

this afternoon; continuing very mild- Low-high at Charlottetown 28 and 33-

OTTAWA (CP)-—Nervous po- litical tension rose another notch in the capital Thursday.

The government again declined to tip its hand on its plans,\if any, for dissolution of Parlia- ment and calling of a general election.

Nothing firm was expected to emerge Thursday in this regard because Prime Minister Diefen- baker was in Halifax.

But this didn't deter the oppo- sition in the Commons from try- ing to pry out of cabinet minis- ters an indication of an election date. ,

The ministers, however, were non-committal. Apparent minis- terial hints cancelled each other out. .

TODAY :

For instance, Justice Minister Fulton said at one point: “The target date for the end of the

which time we hope to be fin- ished with all the business." Later on,‘ Labor Minister Starr was asked for the latest unem- ployment figures. 4 He said he'd give them to the

bureau’s figures‘ were “usually released at some time between the 17th and the 20th of each month."

leader, asked whether the gov-‘ ernment would fail the commitment” that tho Commons would deal at this ses- sion with all estimates of admin- istration spending for the fiscal year ending March 31.

destiny," replied Finance Minis- ter Fleming.

CONSIDER ESTIMATES

ment House leader.

these estimates considered," Mr. ‘

couple of ‘weeks. The Common: turned to estimates late Thurs-

session was set at Jan. 31 by Leader John T. Haig when ques-

schedule today's business.

any eventuality, named Senator Commons when ‘the bureau of John J. Connolly,

statistics published them. The

committee m e m b e r s will be Stanley Knowles, deputy CCF'Inamed soon.

Truckers Present Brief

The crash came when a train from Fenchurch Street Station in London, bound for Shoeburyness, plowed into the rear of a train that had left the same station for Southend 15 minutes earlier.

Mr. Keith MacKinnon, Presi- dent of the Maritime Motor Trans-

‘LUNG CANCER WORST

cer o f f i c i al statistics show

men of every age.

EISEN HOWER FACES FIGHT

- Requests Extension Of

Reciprocal Trade Act

WASHINGTON (CP) — Presi- dent Eisenhower Thursday asked Oongress to extend the Recipro- cal Trade Agreements Act for five years.

His request faces a stiff battle next month in a Congress-grown increasingly hostile to the idea of giving foreign merchants a bet- ter break in the American mar- ket.

Eisenhower’s program contem- plates authority to reduce tariffs by five per cent each year during the next five years.

The ,president sent a special message to Congress saying the United States cannot afford to ig- nore the challenge presented by Russian trade and aid programs. He added

“The assured future of the re- ciprocal trade program is neces- sary for our national security and for our entire foreign policy.” _

But, with protectionist senti- ment developing in the country and particularly within his own Republican party, Eisenhower’s

chances of getting such far-reach- ing concessions are remote.

Eisenhower gave three reasons for adoption "of the program. “It will strengthen our economy which is the foundation of our na- tional security. It will enhance the economic health and strength of the free world. It will pI‘0vide.a powerful force in waging total peace."

He also cited creation of the six- nation European Economic Com- munity as “a further and very

specific factor necessitating a

years.”

“Such an extension, with the tariff reduction authority to be requested,” he said, “is neces- sary to carry the trade agree- ments‘ program through the early formative years of the European Economic Community and streng- then our ability to further vital American interests there and elsewhere in the world.”

The European g. )up—Belg'ium,

minimum extension of five

The Provincial

Yesterday afternoon the Ex- ecutive of the Prince Edward Island Teachers Federation

waited on the Executive Council of the Prince Edward Island Leg- islature.

Miss Mabel Matheson, Pre-

Baghdad Pact Concludes Conference With Warning

Auxana, Turkey (AP) — The Iaghdad Alliance concluded itsl

such move. U.S. PARTICIPATION

ibined military staff training exer- lcises be held soon.

Decisions to expand further sci-

unference here Thursday “ml al Although a sponsor of the Bagh- entific co-operation and joint eco-

Warning that “Communist imP€1”" léllism” is putting more steam be-I hind its efforts to gain control the Middle East and its oil riches.| It proposed to fight the Red of- fensive by exposing Communist I’1‘0DBganda and subversion. aid- 1'18 the Middle East's economy Ind tightening military team- work. The fourth conference of min- Islets of Pakistan. Turkey. Iran. ' all and Britain failed, however. I0 Win two main objectives of the P3?!-area members—-all-out Am- °1‘lCan partnership in the alliance ‘Dd massive U.S. and British eco-, mimic aid. The fact thal US. Sl:ilC Secre- Dullcs attended the confer- ence as an observer had raised 11098: that he would make some

dad Pact before it actually was formed in 1955, the United States

of i has joined only its economic, anti-‘I

subversion and military commit- tees. _

Dulles said in a closing state- ment the United States “partici- pates wholeheartedly in the com- mitment of the Baghdad Pact to co-operate for security and de- fence.”

A communique listcd these main accomplishments of the con- fc1'ence:_ . ‘

Expansion of the military com- mittee into a combined military planning staff-which nuclcus of an eventual unified

1958. A recommendation that com-

may be the l

nomic development programs. FOLLOW UN ‘

The conference threaded through a maze of conflicting na- tional demands by declaring situa-

tions which Communists try to ex-'

ploit should be solved in accord with “the principles of justice and

the United Nations charter."

l These situations included; Pak- istan’s demands against India con- cerning Kashmir; the demands of

‘Iraq, the only Arab member of

‘the pact, for a settlement with

Israel that would slash the Jew-

.ish state's frontiers back to the

limits recommended by the UN

‘in 1947; the British-Turkish-Greek

l geria.

of American goods ’1sat year.

Teachers Present Brief To

Government

sident of the Teacher’s Federa- tion led the delegation. In her preombee Miss Matheson thank- ed the Premier and the mem-

vilege of discussing educational problems with them.

Topics discussed at consider- able length were the establish- ing of a Certification Board for the licensing of teachers, sal-

Superannuation.

All Council members showed keen interest during the dis- cussion and at the conclusion the Premier assured the dele- gation that consideration would be given the various topics ‘brought before the Council.

LONDON (Reuters)——Lung can- cer is killing more men in-'Brit- ain than _any other form of can-

Healtlr ministry.-figures" show that

in the.-last two decades cancer has been killing more and more

France, Germany, Italy, Luxem- bourg and The Netherlands- bought nearly $3.000,000,000 worth

bers of his Counsil for the pri-

aries, cumulative sick leave; and

port Association, on behalf of the organization waited on the Gov- ernment to present is brief re- garding the closing of the Trans Canada Highways to truck travel during the mildwinter weather. .. M,a,cK,-innon repprts that he was favorably received by the Cabinet who told him they would like to take some time to study the points brought forth in the brief. Hon. George MacKay. Min- ister of Highways was not present at the meeting» of the Executive Council and was therefore not in a position to comment.

The Government of P.E.I. Charlottetown, P..E.I. Dear Sirs:

I do not wish to bother you about a trivial affair, but I feel that this has reached serious proportions, and affects the ec- onomy of Prince Edward Island.

As ‘you know there has been practically a Rail monopoly on

Edward Island for forty years or more, andlit has been only in recent years that trucks have been able to operate on regular routes and give the Railways some competition, thus improv- ing the service for P.E. Island ‘consumers and shippers.

This truck service has been instrumental in opening up mar- kets for fresh and frozen fish, turnips, potatoes, meat and poul- try products in Upper Canadian and American markets, besides giving an overnight delivery ser- vice for Island producers and consumers to all Maritime-points. Nearly one hundred percent of the fresh fruits, bread, tobacco, and foodstuffs of every descrip-

P; C. Wins In Ont. Byelection ,

ST. THOMAS, Ont. (CP) — Pro- gressive Conservative Ron McNeil retained the Ontario legislature seat of Elgin for his party in a byelection Thursday, with a ma- jority reduced from the 1955 gen- eral election.

Mr. McNeil, 38-year-old bache- lor farmer and a former Liberal, led from the start of counting in the four - way race. His closest opponent was Ralph Auckland, Liberal. Dr. A. A. Monteith, in- dependent, and Lyle Tait, CCF, ran far. behind.

Big Trucking Firm Bought

Thursday. -

board. A statement by D. S. Thomson CPR vice-president said:

Holdings

The purchase has been app proved by the Quebec transportl

“The Canadian Pacific has re- trol of all the iceived a copy of the order of the command-~-will} Turkish Lt.-Gen. trouble over Cyprus:_ and the dc-‘Quebec.t1‘ansp0rt board issued to- Ekrcm Akalin as director for mands of Arab nationalists thatyday authorizing the transfer of a, :France grant independence to Al-lmajority of shares of Smithsons]

Limited to Canadian ,

Out By The Canadian Pacific

MONTREAL (CP)-—-Control of Pacific. ‘; Smith Transport Ltd., one of Can- -ada’s largest trucking firms, is ahead with arrangements to pur- to be purchased by Canadian chase shares in Smithsons as au-_ Pacific Railway, it was announced thorized by the board’s order."', Smithsons owns Smith Trans-§

port Ltd., which has 2,000 vchic-1

jthe suicides Thursday of two Jap-

lcs operating over 5.000 miles on

transportation to and from Prince e

tion, travels by truck.

TRANS CANADA

Within the last few years the Trans Canada Highway has been built, with Federal assistance, making a wonderful connection between Borden, Charlottetown,. 3l1d..W.09d _ .,f . -,5l?h,Is_._r9ad was designed as an‘ “ weather High- way to withstand an axle load of 18,000 lbs.

It is the policy of your De- partment of Highways, in the spring of the year, to close the roads to all vehicles over 6,000 lbs. gross weight, or a 3,000 lb. axle load, thereby barring from

P. M. Says

Prospects Look Better

. HALIFAX (CP) — Prime Min- ister Diefenbaker said Thursday night there are “brightening” prospects for Canada’s economic advance in 1958 and the Atlantic provinces should be right in step

The outlook all across Canada is bright, he told the Halifax board of trade, and Canadians everywhere are "eager" to see the Atlantic provinces share in the development of the country’: resources.

There had been “a turndown in the business cycle” but “there is no panic. There never has been panic. And the outlook for 1958 is brightening.”

Mr. Diefenbaker’told the 207th annual meeting of the board-old est in North America—there is a new unified spirit in Canada, with realization everywhere that all parts of the country must share equally in the country's wealth.

Famous Man In Germany's I ' O 0 Aviation Dies

STUTTGART, Germany (Reut- ers)—Dr. Ernst Heinkel, 70, om of the most favmous'names in German aviation, died in hospital Thursday.

Heinkel, credited with develop- ing the world’s first jet aircraft and first aircraft catapult founded his firm after the First World War and saw it grow in the Second World War into Hit- ler’s biggest producer of fighting aircraft. '

His death came on the heels

of reports that he and Willi Mes- serschmidt, another of the war’s

Reassuring Figures On

Re Closing Of Highways

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the Highways everything but one half ton and one ton trucks. When these small trucks are loaded with possibly one ton or more the greater part of the load is on the rear axle, and with the

There are fewer people draw- ing Unemployment benefits in Charlottetown at the present time than at the same date one year ago. To be exact, the local National Em- ployment Office gives the figures at the present time as 918 as of . Thursday, January 30th, against 967 a year ago, a differ- ence of 49. Officials of the local office state that such a develop-

;;I'I1 The Bahamas Ends

leading hotels remained closed The big hotels

now are “faced with the questio

before they can reopen even on limited basis.”

the Bahamas $112,000 a- day.

forced to cancel

ands of dollars.

NASSUA, Bahamas (CP)L—'I‘he general strike in this island re- sort ended Thursday but the four

-- ' Emerald Beach, Fort Montag", Royal Victoria and British Colonial- said in a joint statement they

-of obtaining sufficient business

Twelve smaller hotels, however already have gone back into busi- ness as the island began a sl-ow recovery from the 17-day strike that officials estimated had cost

The four major hotels said they “have been severely hit by the illegal walkout” and had been reservations amounting to hundreds of thous-

ment is very unusual. even more unusual is the fact that the figure of 918 is a re- duction in one week of 25. Last week 943 people were drawing

Local Employment Problem

Insurance

as

Perhaps

I Opposition Fails To Get Gov’t To Tip Its Hand

“honor without

“I cannot control the course of

Walter Tucker(L — Rosthern) directed the same question to Works Minister Green, govern-

“We are doing our best to gel

Green said.

The point is that if the esti- mates were discussed fully the session might go on for another