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The contract for the construc-
I I - not the new wing of the Prince . ‘Edward Island Hospital has been ’ awarded to the Ouellon Construc- ‘ my of Canipbellton, N. B. , 05¢ tender of $l,089.000. was lowest received.
me following tenders were also I: . waived; Kenny Construction Co. yd” $1,110,000; County Construc- ",i;,n.Co. Ltd., $1,117,670.; Cam- Contract Ltd., $1,120,333; M. pschurman Co. Ltd., $1,146,800 Easgern- Woodworkers Ltd., $1,-
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A shabby deal to Prince Ed- ls1and” was the term used ‘y Premier A. W. Matheson in Legislature yesterday in de- cing the inadequacy of the , 90,000. awarded to this “Pro- se for the next four years as share in the Maritime Pro- es adjustment grant. The mount represents 10 per cent the total grant, the three other Provinces receiving 30 per cent etch. Sharp crossfire developed be- tween the Premier and Opposi-
CONTACT MADE
ARLNE SEAWOLF, March 11 layed) (AP)—This submarine searching the depths for sus- Soviet Undersea prowlers the United States» east coast- ’ ‘me the U.S. Navy has fan atomic submersible
yutine training opera- radioed order, flashed minutes ‘after the Seawolf rom an east coast port, things. . . «the Iseawolf is looking , unidentified submarine-— . arines-Joelieved to have ' hted in this area. , _ -, the presence of a Rus- ‘ “.. ‘rine out here, well be- the three-mile limit, would an act of hostility. For decade, there’ have been ~. of unidentified subs off Masts. STING QUESTIONS tinterests the navy are
L Recording Of use Sitting
inier Matheson said in the lame yesterday that the re- ‘I1113 machine has not been put _ this year because previous rience has shown that i-t was wit to transcribe any kind of curate. report from it.
ion from R. R. Bell, M.L.A., W° Wanted to know whether it *3‘-9 the intention of the Govern- Bill to use the machine.- “ ti”. Matheson said an employee — he Government last year had ' given the task of transcrib- «find editing the House pro- ‘ Es as contained on the ma- 9 belts. He said the job had a_bai_idoned because of dif- 0' in interpretation. .; Matheson assured the Op- Leader that the machine put into operation if the .. wanted it. He said it’was “H1018 matter to hook up the
Phones and have it in use first of the week.
in re
NDON (CP)—British news- S Friday hail the choice of year-old Canadian as assis- PFESS‘ secretary to the Queen Imaginative” and one likely “dd “much-needed zest” to . T ‘Dress relations. ~But’1*: appointment of Esmond
df 1'. assistant to the seretary Ma
S °V€I:nor - General Vinuent in 595'’ “greeted with approv- mfiiniments by columnists and mess iisw I‘ 1 t e r s alike. They
ll hi: 30061 looks and bachelor sta-
, loillhe Daily Express. in an edi- ' pom ayigmaginative a - 3 man £5 the first time an Empire 3 ; F35 filled this vital post and ‘ pelfsli time that a man with -_ “ence as a reporter will deal mess relations. It is a fine .,h*“1'9 and a timely one. It will ’ Strengthen the lies be-
to “W Mlaoo‘ and the peoples
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The above tenders did not in- clude installation of two new (elevators. necessary alternations :11 the present building, or furni- ure and equipment all of which
will be the subjects of separate contracts.
It is anticipated that the formal contract for the building will be signed in the course of the next two weeks. .
As outlined by the board chair- man Dr. J. W. MacKenzie at the recent annual meeting of the Hospital, the new building plan consists of a basement for power -house and laundry, and four
tion Leader R. R. Bell during Mr. Mathes0n’s two and a half
hour speech in the Draft Address debate.
The Federal_ Government, he _claim_ed,_ had sidestepped its re- sponsibility in allowing the four Atlantic Provinces to divide the grant as they did. “This division”, he said, “shouldhave been made at Ottawa." /
He claimed that when the other Provinces got their share, “Prince Edward Island had to take what was left."
American Sub
these factors: _ What is the mission of such a submarine, what information is it gathering? How do the Russians operate. their submersi-bles? * And what kind of a submarine
kind? ‘ ' For days the Seawolf has roamed up high and down deep in‘ the ocean, never coming nearer the surface then enough to poke up radar antenna and a periscope tip. Since—the search started there have been investi- gation of a number of possible “contacts.” Most of them were “soft,” the definition of vague electronic images. ‘
But it was different the other night.
The Seawolf had her whip an- tenna up to hold radio talk with the other searchers. From a plane came the radioed voice of a pilot, telling of a suspected presence in the water below’ him.
Pownn INCREASED
The telegraph on the control room board had read “one-third ahead.” The bell janvgled as it moved up to full power, then to “flank” speed. The velvet-smooth power of atomic energy increased underwater speed.
At first, the suspected pres- ence "is far away. B-ut,the dis- tance closes.
What does the echo seem like on the sound gear, what telltale noise is there?
Is “he” out there? Or a big fish, or whale? ”
Sonar tries to say, that is “he,” that he has a steel hide because theecho comes back so sharply-
And what then? ,
In the interests of security, this account must end without an an- swer. ‘
There apparently was no un— '
usual concern over the Seawolf mission in C a n a d i a 11 Navy
circles. A spokesman said in Hal- ’
ifax that all ships of the Atlantic
journalistic experience, her
Command are in port.
I .itish Papers Hail Choice I Canadian By The Queen
of the Commonwealth.”
Several newspapers suggest that Butler, who leaves Canada Monday to take up his new ap- pointment, came to the Queens attention during her Visit to Can- ada.last year. 2 _
The Daily Telzegrapli columnist, Peterbor-o«i1g1'l. Says Butler at“ tracted “much favorable com- ment from visiting American and
royal visit to Ottawa last Novem- The Daily Mirror said:
“The Queen no t i C e d how smoothly Butler handled l3I‘€SS arrangements there. They F9‘ gulted in the royal couple chal- ting informally with I“e‘P0I‘l3€F~5'—3 thing that has never happened in E1-11‘-%:ndj\-Jews Chronicle quotes Butler as sayingi ‘Tm “Of buy‘ ing 3 Smpped pants and coal. out- fit‘ 1 want to be as l‘i'le.nd1y and
i1 by the Post omee
British correspondents during the ‘
For New PEI HospitaIWing
floors providing respectively for kitchens, obstretic department operating units and general nurs- ing beds. The new wing will ex- tend from the east end of the main building. In addition, the present wards ond rooms of West Second in the main building will be remodelled for a modern ped- iatric department. The northern half of the first floor of the main building will also be remodelled to take care of enlarged X-ray and out--patient departments, to- gether with increased office space. This plan will provide for sixty—four new patient beds.
Premier Says P. E. I. Got Shabby Deal In TaxGrant
NOT AT MEETING
Questioning from Mr. Bell re- vealed that Premier Matheson was _not present at at Halifax meeting where’ agreement was reached regarding the distribu-
-tion of the $25,000,000 grant. In
reading the list of those attend- ing it was seen that none of the other Premiers was present. Mr. William Massey. and Robert Mac- Leod represented P.E.I.
The Premier told the House that he has received no official con-
(Continued on page 3 col. 4)
' Premier Speaks
On Causeway '
A $200,000 engineering survey of a proposed causeway across the Northumberland Strait was described yesterday by Premier Matheson as “election bait”.
I The Federal Government an- nounced the new survey several weeks ago as part of its public works program to create jobs. Mr. Matheson said the only ones to be employed are engineers “and engineers were not out of work anyway.”
Preliminary surveys on the" proposed nine-mile link with New Brunswick started several years
’“-iigo.- ‘ The Preniier~-~'said- ‘the last,
survey started by ‘the Liberal Federal Government finished last August and the new Conservative Government did‘ not continue it. “And now ,it’s dragged up as election bait. It’s just an effort to bluff Prince Edward Island.”
He said there is enough infor- mation on hand‘ in Ottawa now to tell whether a causeway is feasible. This government has been absolutely lax in its cause- way policy.” A The Premier said a Halifax firm tried to get the contract for this new survey and was turned down. Now, he said, he under- stands a Vancouver firm has got the job. He added: “Howard Green,_the Public Works Minis- ter,,is from Vancouver."
Nuclecir Tests Held By Reds
WASHINGTON ZAP) — The Russians have conducted two nuclear weapons tests in differ- ent locations, the atomic energy commission r e p or t e d Friday night.
One of the tests took place north of the Arctic Circle, the AEC said, and the other was at
“Covers Prince Edward Island Like‘ The Dew”
CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA. SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1958
Bandits Get
Haul In Gems
MONTREAL (CP) Th-ree armed men Friday escaped with $100,000 worth of gems from a sixth-floor diamond importer’s of- fice in downtown Montreal, police said.
They entered the office of Spiitz and Remer Company with guns drawn, tied up three em- ployees and cleared the gems- mostly diamonds—from the safe. They also stole $500 in cash.
Two Airmen I Are Killed Off Halifax
‘ HALIFAX (CP)—A spokesman for the British home fleet said Friday two airmen were killed Wednesday night when a Sea Venom fighter plane crashed into the sea at-ter’taking off from the carrier Bulwark, -
He said names of the British airmen would be released after relatives were notified. The crash occurred as the Bulwark, with 28 other British and Canadian ships, steamed. toward Halifax and the end of the first phase of opera- tion Maple Leaf Royal.
Details of ‘the mishap were sketchy. The British naval Spokesman said only that the crash occurred about a mile from the carrier in the Atlantic.
I0-Year Term For Robbery ,
MONTREAL (CP)-—Peter Dick- son,-23,‘of Halifax, and Terrence Milton, 22 of London, O.nt., Fri- day were sentenced to 10 years each in penitentiary for stealing $19 fro a man after giving him a brute beating on a downtown Montreal street March 3. .
«Giuseppe Mezzai, 28, a kitchen helper, told police he suffered a fractured jaw and had to spend considerable -time in hospital after the two men left him lying on the street. '
Dickson and Milton pleaded guilty to assault charges at their arraignment March 5.
Exports Down _For Joinuciry;
OTTAWA (CP) Canadian exports in J anuarydeclined more than three per cent in value from the corresponding month a year ago despite larger shipments to the United States and all Com- monwealth countries except Bri- tain. , _
The bureau. of statistics said Friday that gains to these coun- treis were more than offset by declines in shipments to Britain, Latin America,’ European coun- tries and other foreign countries.
Exports declined to $382,600,- 000 from 396,200;000, down'3.4 per cent. At the same time ne- exports of foreign products eased to $6,937,000 from $7,201,000.
Sales to the U.S. rose five per cent to $224,439,000 from $212,- 909,000,
Substan-tial decreases in sales of agricultural and vegetable products was the main reason for exports to Britain dropping to $61,088,000 from $63,420,000.
Shipments to the rest of the Commonwealth rose to $22,625,- 000 from $20,744,000‘ but exports. to Latin America dropped to $19,- 489,000 from $21,416,000. Sales to European countries fell to $41,- $00,000 from $52,423,000 and to other foreign countries dropped to $11,968,000 from $22,865,000.
SOMEWHERE IN THE PACI- FIC - H.M.C.S. Margaree, one of Canada’s new destroyer es-
J=IT XERCISES WIN PACIFIC
corts, makes a smoke screen during exercises of the second Canadian escort squadron with
U.S. Navy units in the Pacific. (CP Wirephoto).
HALIFAX (CP) —— This old port city braced Friday as 10,000 British and Canadian sailors
started shore leave after three
' weeks at sea taking part in the
first phase of Operation Maple Royal.
At daylight Friday 15 ships of the British. -Home Fleet and 14 units of the Canadian Navy’s At-
through the ro§.gy““‘no’riaor’ “"e'i’i-
Canadciir Went After Big Order
MONTREAL (CP) —- Can-adair Ltd. of-Montreal made a “vigor- ous business approach” to the federal government to win an or- der for Canadian-‘built turbo-prop transport planes rather than let the contra-ct slip outside'Can-ada, a company spokesman said Fri- day. I
The spokesman was comment- Globe and Mail that the govern- ment recently cancelled plans to ing on a report in the Toronto purchase a fleet of British Vick- ers Viscount turbo-prop craft.
“We needed the business badly to consolidate and strengthen our employment‘ picture,” the spokes- man said. “We demonstrated to both the government and the RCAF that our airplane was com- petitive a n d comparable and would fulfill the very important transport role the air force had in mind.” '
“the usual Siberian testing site.”
the System Safety Award for the Atlantic Region for" the second
year in a row. I). V. Gender 3- Balmermans
informal as P€Issible.”
la.
The lowest regional accident general manager of the winning rate ever recorded on the Cana- region accepts the trophy from dian National Railways has won 5_ F_ Dingle. V1ce_p1-esident ope.
ration, at Montreal. At left is J. superintendent
(center), vice-president and of safety for the system. This
C.N.R. ATLANTIC REGION WINS TROPHY
achievement required a deter- mined effort by all employees
in the region which includes New- foundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Bruns-
wick. (CNR Photo)-
lantic ‘.copgrpand began -steaming.
, phase of’ the largest joint Cana-
trance. [
Three hours later, a white- helmeted Royal Marine guard of honor clicked ' smartly through the traditional ceremony as Rear Admira1“H. F. Pullen boarded the submarine depot ship Maid- stone to welcome Admiral Sir William Davis.
Finer, PHASE’ I , .—I'Adrrniral~=Davis;f.1“e1‘iief:>.":oif the Home Fleet, directed the first
dian-U.K. manoeuvres since the Second World War. The comlbiiied fleets gathered‘ at Bermuda last weekend for. anti submarine exercises.
Admiral Davis told reporters on arrival he was pleased with the waythe task forces “inte- grated.”
“The exercise exceeded our hopes and expectations,” he said. “I‘ hope it will be the forerunner of periodic joint operations of Canadian and British ships?’
The fleet puts to sea Tuesday to begin the second phase of Maple Royal off Nova Scotia. Commodore J. V. Brock, senior Canadian naval officer afloat, will direct one of the forces and Admiral Pullen the other. It ends Mar-c-h 222 The Canadian ships
10,000 Sailors And 29 Ships Arrive In Halifax
will steam home. The U.K. task force represents about half of the Home Fleet. . , Halifax storekeeipers dug out items stored after last summer’: tourist season. Novelties and sou- venirs are expected to get ii big play from the 5,300 British tars. A navy spokesman said about 3,- -000 British and an equal number of ,:Ca,na5i-ians ,W111.,.§3t-5111!”. ‘at the siiidie/?=tlirri'e;-"l'l‘-i‘$‘y"t"*tfilil»‘~‘—‘§‘i“ ternate with those keeping duty watch. -
Miss Outdoors Girl Is Named
TORONTO (CP) Brown- -haired Ann Kov-alchuk, 19, of Sudbuiry was named Miss Out- doors Girl of Canada at Friday night’s opening of the Canadian National‘ Sportsmen’-s Show.
Miss Kovalchuk, a stenc- grapher with am-btiions to be- come a doctor, won over seven other finalists from Ontario and New Brunswick. Her prizes in- clude 500, a televison set and a modeling contract. -
Donna Cadman, Moncton, N.B., was the eighth finalist.
Miss Outdoors is five foot, fve
return here and the British fleet
nches, 126 pounds and 36-24-36.
West Told To Keep Hands
Off Communist Nations
MOS C O W (AP) -— Nikita Khrushchevtold the West Friday night any attempt to change the status of Eastern Communist na- tions by force would bring Soviet intervention.
In an election speech, the Com- I munist p a r t y secretary de-
‘ nounced as “insulting” the pro- ‘ posal of President Eise..‘ :wer ; that a summit conference should
include the question of the East-
ern European states. Khrushchev said the Soviet
Union not only rejects’ the pro-
: posal but “in the event of‘any
new attempt from‘ abroad to change the status of the socialist (Communist) nations by force,’ we will not remain ordinary on- lockers and we will not leave our ‘friends in the lurch.
Winter Hits I New Blow At Eastern U.S.
I NEW YORK (AP)—-One of the worst winters in years hurled a dying blow at the weather-weary northeastern United States Fri- day. More than a foot of wet snow blanketed some areas only a week before spring. .
Sixteen inches of snow fell in the Catskill 1\/lwountains north of here. Northeastern New Jersey had 131/2 inches that overbur- dened and toppled telegraph poles and knocked out an esti- mated 10,000 telephones.
Gale warnings were up along the seacoast and the weather bureau issued a heavy snow warning for the Boston area, where up to eight inches was forecast.
Air, rail and highway traffic was disrupted over a wide area as far north as Portland. MC.
“We are true to our responsi- bilities and to our international duties, and we would not like
anyone to test our patience anew." ‘ROAR/ APPROVAL
An audience of 14,000 in Mos- cow’s sports palace roared its approval as Khrushchev asserted the Soviet Union has interconti- nental ballistic m i s sile s and everything else needed “to crush
general strike.
WEATHER
Snow changing about noon to rain: 635* winds shifting ;to southwest 20. LOW-
high 25-35. Outlook
NOT
Russia Rules Out Fuwrther U.N. Disarmament Talks
Charges West Is Using U.N. As Arms Race Shield
MOSCOW (Rieuters) -— Russia Friday ruled out any further at- tempts within the United Nations to settle the disarmament dead.- lock, at least until the issue is discussed at an East-West sum- mit meeting.
A Soviet foreign ministry state- ment declared that Western ef- forts to resume disarmament ne- gotiations at the UN seek “to dis- tract public attention” from prep- arations for a summit confer- ence.
The statement pointed to West- ern press reports that the West- ern powers are planning to con- vene the 25-nation UN disarma- ment commission created last December. This commission re- -placed the former group com- posed of the 11 UN Security Council m-em-bers plus Canada.
The statement accused the Western powers of using the UN “as a shield behind which they would carry on the arms race”.
Sees No Effect
Announcement that the United States Department of Agriculture is terminating this week the, potato diversion program to starch, flour and livestock‘ feed will have no effect on the price of potatoes here, Donald A. Mac- Donald, manager of -the Produc- fers Cooperative Association said yesterday.
He based this opinion on the fact that the program had slowed to a walk sometime ago and only culls were being delivered under the program. The market price
for Sunday, cloudy.
MORE ’
FIVE CENTS
It repeated previous criticism that the Western-spon- sored disarmament commission includes 16 powers aligned with “various Western-led blocs” and recalled the Sovet proposal to form a commission of all 32 UN members.
After the Soviet-proposal was rejected, Russia indicated it would boycott the 25-member commission. »
The Soviet statem-en_t referred to Russia’s proposals for a for- eign ministers’ preparatory meet- ing in April and summit talks in June. .
Leonid Ilyichev,’ foreign min- istry spokesman, said the “card- inal” disarmament questions for summit talks are a ban on nu- clear tests, cessation of produc- tion, destruction of stockpiles and reduction of armed forces. He added that Russia is prepared to
was high enough to keep any of
A plug for the much-criticized one-room school was voiced Eri- day by R. Alex Sim, chief liai- son officer, Department of Citi- zenship and Iiruriigration. Speaking during the panel dis- cussion held in the afternoon at Prince of Wales College, Mr. Sim said that he had moved his family from Ottawa to a nearby
Violence In Cuba Subsides
HAVANA, Cuba (AIP) — Tight gun r-ule was enforced through- -out this island Friday night. An unprecedented w_ave of violence subsided, at least for the mo- ment. _
Only one bomb explosion was reported near Havana -—- Con- tiiasted to the usual daily menu of burning. kidnapping and kill- ings. Q ,
President Fulg-encio‘ Batista kept the national police, and the army, navy and air forces in a state of alert. ,
Rebel Leader Fidel Castro, ap- parently convinced his guerrilla fighters c annot even dent Batista’s military forces, pegged his hopes of toppling the govern- ment on widespread sabotage. He aga-in threatened to call a
CONQUER CHILEAN PEAK
SANTIAGO, Chile (Reutersl - A team of Chilean and Japanese climbers have conquered for the first time the 11,180-foot Cerro Arenales peak in the desolate
any aggressor who tries to attack our country.”
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discuss “step by step” disarma- ment. -
Here From
End Of U.S. Potato Diversion
the marketable potatoes from being diverted, he explained.
The program had been effec-' tive m Washington, 0 r e g o n, northern California, Idaho, Color- ado,’ North Dakota, Minnesota,‘ Maine -and three counties in Mon- tana.
In terminating the diversion program the American depart- ment of agriculture said the sup- ply situation was now existing is such that the areas should be able to dispose of the remaining 1957 fall c-rop without encountering any marketing difficulties.
Plug Is Given One-Room School B Ottawa S
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countiry, district in order that his chiild-ren might have the benefit of attending a ‘one-room school.
Mr. Sim contended that child- ren who attend a classroom in company with other age groups develop a better personality and community spirit than those for- ced to enroll in the big city schools. ‘
In the one-room school small children were often offered pro! tection instead of “bullying” of- ten prevalent in larger units he said.
Questioned by delegates pres- ent. Mr. Sim said that. the schools his children lrad attend- ed comprised only the first eight grades, and were staffed by “ex- cellent” teachers.
Coldwell To Have Medical . Checkup To-day
OTTAWA (CP) — CCF Leader M. J. C-oldwell will receive a medical examination in Ottawa Saturday, CCF headquarters said Friday. ' .
The 69-year-old party leader re- turned to the capital by air Fri- day for a rest after complaining of being tired during recent elec- tion campaign meetingsin West- ern Canada.
An official at CCF headquar- ters said Mr. Coldwell will be examined by Dr. T. L. Fisher, Ottawa h e a r t specialist. Dr. Fisher was Mr. Coldwell’s phy- sician when he suffered a mild heart attack prior to last June’s
southern‘ region of Chile.
federal election.
One Of Biggest Maritime
Construction Firms Folds
HALIFAX (CP) — Brookfield Construction Company Limited of Halifax was working on 11,000,- 000 in contracts when it went into b.ankrupt~cy, a company official said Friday.
He said about 250 men were on jobs here and at Camp Gage- town,,N.B. Brookfield’s was one of the biggest and oldest in the construction field in the Atlantic profinces.
The official said the collapse came because the company “had exhausted its financial resources tracts.” He declined to elaborate,. There was no immediate state-
. by losing money on con- ment from President and Manag- ing Director H. L. Roper.
The Eastern Trust Company are trustees. C. B. Havey, Hali- fax manager of Eastern Trust, said Brookfield’s filed an assign- ment at the county court house
A meeting of creditors has been called for March 28 at the Halifax court house.
Work was suspended Thursday on all projects, the largest being the Canadian Army’s divisional training cen t r e a.t Gagetown where the contract called for building of 255 houses for army personnel at a cost of about ‘$6,000,000.
Two other projects were worth upwards of $5,000,000.
They included the federal gov- ernment Ralston contract at Hal- ifax, a 10-sto-rey building within two weeks of completion; and a n w treatment centre for the Nova Scotia Mental Hospital at Dartmouth, just begun. '
Brookfield workmen were put- ting the finishing touches to the Gagetown operation which is un- der the auspices of Central Mort- gage and Housing Corporation.
Thursday with Charles Lamb.
bankruptcy receiver.
CMHC INVESTIGATES
Smith and CMHC General Coun- sel A. D. Wilson, both of Ottawa, were at amp Gagetown Friday and the ‘vcorporation’s action’ to get work resumed would depend on their report.
Meantime, only maintenance men will be retained until the creditors, chiefly banks and sub- contractors, decide what should
A spokesman said earlier lay- offs of “several .men” at the be done. .
A spokesman said earlier lay- offs of ‘several men” at the companyfs plant here ‘‘had noth- ing to do” with the folding. “We were just nearing completion of the larger contracts and there was no work in sight.’ He did not say how many men had been released.
The company has constructed some of the largest buildings in the Maritimes including the 15-
storey Victoria General
CMH-C chief engineer A. J. E. berm
Soviet ‘