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crash-landed Monday on of Baddeck Bay, N. S., a walf-mile flight. Here the

WING CMDR. Paul Hartman/G. aits at the controls of the Dart/Dart, and other Air Force per-

minutes before take-off on Bad-|sonnel are gathered deck Bay Monday. Lac Lionel| These pictures were taken by|The Evening Patriot.

Silver Dart Makes Flight But Was Damaged Landing

\By SANDY CAMPBELL

Canadian Press Staff Writer

BADDECK, N.S. ‘CP) — The Silver Dart Tl crashed Monday during a flight climaxing cere- monies marking the 50th anniver- sary of the first powered flight in the Commonweaith by a Brit- ish subject.

J. A. D. McCurdy. who piloted

the original. Dart Feb. 23, 1909, said he “wasn't at all disap-| pointed.”

The pilot, RCAF Wing Com-} mander Paul Hartman, 40, es- caped uninjured when gusting northerly winds tipped the flimsy craft and hurled it sideways to the ice on Baddeck Ray. The plane’s \left wing and tricycle landing gear were damaged.

Blue smoke billowed from the exhaust of the 65-horse en- gine as the Dart warmed up for several minutes before take-off

The wings of the Dart wobbled precariously as she lifted into the sky. A ‘sudden updraft lifted the craft 20 feet to a maximum al- titude of 100 feet. Wing-Cmdr. Hartman managed to level out but another updraft twisted the Dart sideways and her left wing- tip crumpled on the frozen sur-

Informed sources said that up almost until take-off time it was uncertain whether the flight would be made. It had earlier been decided, an informant said, to fly the bulky plane only if the wind was below 17 miles an hour. There were gusts of 25 during the flight of one-half mile. about the

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therefore tricky to fly in.”

5,000 raved the chill wind and near-zero temperatures to watch the ceremonies. Thousands more watched a live telecast over the CBC’s Maritime network. About 100 Canadian and United States newspaper men, and radio and TV representatives covered celebra- tions which started with the ar- rival of Mr. McCurdy in a heli- | copter.

COLORFUL CONTRAST

Dozens of light private planes, most of them from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, brought parties to attend the colorful dis- play. The trim modern planes made a striking contrast with the ungainly Silver Dart replica.

Members of the local Victoria Players drama group provided an additional touch of realism to the backward glace into history by appearing in costumes worn when the original Silver Dart made its historic flight in 1909.

Records indicate the first flight within the Commonwealth hy anyone was made by an Ameri- can Col. S. F. Cody, who got a British-built plane into the air on Oct. 16, 1996, near Farahor ough, England.

Orville Wright made the world’s first heavier - than - air flight Dec. 17, 19038. at Kitty) Hawk, N.C. ;

The celebrations ended with a flypast of RCAF jets and air force and navy bombers.

Later at a reception, Air Mar- sha! Hugh Campbell announced Mr. McCurdy had been made an

honorary air commodore of the RCAF. The packed Legion Hall rocked with -cheers for > the

same distance flown by Mr. Me- Curdy a half century ago.

Mr. McCurdy. who saw the crash from the official stand about one-half mile away, said “it was a marvellous flight and | 2 ng Cmdr. Hariman is a very

ful pilot

“It takes me back to the days of 3 years azo when this was the sort of thing a pilot faced on every flight. Perhaps if he had staved a ‘itt lower, but thea |” you never know. A northerly wind le always very puffy here, and

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doughty, 72-year-old pioneer pilot.

stands behind the Dart| skidded sideways as spectators mill about. In the|pilot was not

is an ambulance} craft's Wing Cmdr. Paul Hart-| which sped to the scene with wing were

MacCaffery, who built the| William E. Taylor,

A crowd of between 4,000 and}

to the ice. The

injured but the

landing gear and the left damaged.

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of informal talks with Soviet Pre-

FEDERATION TO PRESENT BRIEF

The Federation of Agricu- ture will present its annual brief to the Legislature this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Bills receiving first reading yes- terday were: “An Act To | Amend the Workman's Com. | pensation Act’—‘“‘The Equa! Pay Act”’—*‘Wonten's Mini- mum Wage Act’ and “The Civil Service Superanuation - Act”. :

Macmillan Jugales Itinerary

MOSCOW (Reuters) — Prime Minister Mac millaa Po for an unscheduled round

mier Khrushchev in the relaxed setting of a Russian country house.

Macmillan’s event-filled itiner- ary was juggied at his own re- quest, cutting out a Wednesday hunting trip to enable him to re- ceive Khrushchev in the dacha put at his disposal outside of Moscow.

The surprise switch in program strengthened reports that the two leaders were making progress in their series of ‘‘summit - level” discussions since Macmillan ar- rived Saturday.

Monday night, the prime min- isters toasted each other at a four-hour stag dinner in the Brit- ish Embassy and both expressed regret at the weakening of the wartime alliance between the two

Feb. 23, 1909, as “bright and | cheery, but very crispy.’

“The scene here today theas | joy to my heart and takes me back exactly 30 years.”

An RCAF plane flew Mr. Mc- Curdy to Montreal to attend a dinner Monday night of the aer- onautical Institute of Canada. Governor \ General Massey was special speaker.

LIVES IN MONTREAL

Mr. McCurdy, a native of Bad- deck who served as Nova Sco tia’s lieutenant - governor from 1947 to 1953, now lives in Mont- real. He is the only surviving member of the Aerial Experi- ment Association set up here in 1907 by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell ‘to get a man into the air.” other members were F. W. (Casey) Baldwin of Toronto, Glenn Curtiss of Hammoendsport, N.Y., and Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge of the United States Army.

It was not known immediately what would happen to the dam- aged Silver Dart Hl. An RCAF spokesman said it could easily be repaired.

An informed source here said Monday it may be housed in the Alexander Graham Bell Museum here.

Winnipeg Breaks Weather Record

WINNIPEG (CP)—A_ 66-year- old record for continuous freezing weather in Winnipeg was broken Monday, but Winnipeggers were happily basking in rare above-

zero temperatures Monday's forecast high was & degrees above zero

TESTIMONIAL DINNER Saturday night Mr. McCurdy

was given a testimonial dinner | winter by townspeople here. In ‘is ‘brief |

remarks Monday he said he ex- erjenced * ‘a feeling of warmth affection at the dinner, which "doa think I have ever ex enced befcre. He described the weatlier on

remained below -for 9

Temperatures 132 degrces—freezing point-

jconsecutive days during the of 1892-92. Monday was Winnipeg's 96th below-freezing

day of the current winter But the city has.a long way to

countries.

Breweries Deny Combines Charge

TORONTO (CP) — Canadian Breweries Limited Monday pleaded not guilty te a charge of operating a combine consisting of a merger, trust or monopoly under the Combires Investigation Act. Mr. Justice G. A. Gale set the trial date as Oct. ‘13.

NORSTAD IN HOSPITAL

PARIS (AP) — Gen. Lauris Norstad, NATO Supreme Com- mander in Europe, is in the hos- pital with a skin ailment and what his headquarters calls a mild inflammation of a vein in

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Under the federal-provincial hospital insurance plan as opera- ted im the province of Ontario, commercial insurance companies no longer are legally able to sell or renew policies underwriting standard hospital ward care for citizens of that province, Dr.

Malcolm informed the members of the P.E.l. Legisla- ture yesterday.

| began at 2:00 p.m. and lasted one

| and one-half hours, Dr. Taylor | was introduced by Premier A.W.

. who acted as chairman

special meeting. and thank-

Following Dr. Taylor's one half | hour address, several members questioned the political economist

| and Canadian hospital insurance |

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'NOT UNHAPPY

In answer to the second in a

| Dr. Taylor observed that the m- | surance companies were not “‘too

unhappy” with the restriction

Wrth the federal government as-

suming 50 per cent of the cos? it| was obviously impossible for such

companies to continue direct increased medical care, semi-pri- vate and private rooms. and other | complimentary services. Instead they were offering their customers such added benefits as competition in this field in Pro-| vinces where the insurance scheme was in force, Dr. Taylor stated.

In addition the government in- | surance scheme does not require |

Replying to a question asked by Dr. Bonnell, Dr. Taylor said that

in Ontario, the regulations al-

Ont. Hospital Insurance Explained In Legislature

lowed the commercial companies to sell“ “income loss” policies, only if the rates of reimburse- ment were the seme for home er hospital care.

In Ontario the entire Blue Cross set-up-building staff and (Continued on page 2 col. 3)

Red Cross

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Cost $60,0

Red Cross services in Prince Edward nies “cone cost over $60,000 each year, Miss Iphigenie Arsenault, provincial Red Cross commissioner, point- ed out in delivering her annual report at the annual meeting of the society held at the Char- lottetown Hotel last evening.

The day-long meeting was op- ened at Red Cross Headquarters yesterday afternoon by the pres- ident Walter R. Shaw. Reports beard during’ this session were national commissioner's present- ed by Dr. W. Stuart Stanbury: women's work, Mrs. E.E. Claw-

Services 00 Yearly

son; nursing, Donald; campaign, +. Hayward; blood donor, Free- mont Archer; H.L. Palmer; don MacDonald.

first aid, Dr. WR. Stewart handicapped children, Dr. JH. O'Hanley; corps, Mrs. Benjamin Rogers; Junior Red Cross, K. A. Parker and water safety, Keith Lapp. LESS THAN HALF

Miss Arsenault went on to say that P.E.I. raises less than half (Continued on Page 10, Col. 1)

Federal Financial Expert

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| To Make Cross-Country Tour

| OTTAWA (CP) — The govern- ment is Sending one of its \financiat experts on a cross- country mission next week that jmay start the ball rolling on ex- amination of new federal-provinc- \ial tax-sharing problems.

Montague Judge Is Elected

President Of T

Judge J.S. DesRoches of Mon: tague was elected president of the P.E.I. Division of the Can- adian Red Cross Society at the annual meeting on Monday. Other officers are:

Honorary President, The Lieu- tenant Governor Hon. F. Wal- ter Hyndman.

Hon. Vive-presidents, Miss Gladys Holman, Summerside, Mrs. Allison MacMillan, view, Mayor Edwin. C. John- stone. Charfotte‘own and J.F Arnett, Summerside.

Past President Walter R. Shaw, St. Catherine's.

Vice-President, J. Gordon MacDonald, Charlottetown.

Vice-Presidents, Queen’s Mrs. Basil MacDonald, Tracadie | Cross; King's, James Innes,

Souris; Prince, Mrs: A.C. Green, |

Alberton.

Hon. Secretary. Earle C. Ba-

r, Charlottetown.

Hon. Treasurer. H.R. Carru- thers, Charlottetown.

Chairmen* of standing com- mittees: Junior Red Cross, Ken- neth A. Parker; Handicapped | Children, Dr. J.P.O’Hanley: Wo- | men’s Work, Mrs. E.S. Clawson; Nursing, Mrs. Lois MacDonald; Blood Donor F.AS. Jones: First Aid, Dr. W.R. Stewart: Volunteers, Mrs. H.L. -Palmer Campaign, William Hayward: Disaster, Robert Younker; Wa

his left leg.

ter Safety, Keith Lapp.

Fair- |

he Red Cross

Divisionel Council members: |

Mrs. Lloyd Wilkie, Pres.,- P. E.I. Women’s Institutes, Alber- ton; Mrs. Joseph A. MacDon- ald, Pres., P.E.I. Catholic Wo- men’s League, Ti ; Mrs. B. | Earl MacDonald, | Charlottetown; John Hughes. Pres., P.E.I. Teacher’s Feder- | ation, Montague; J.J. Maslsaac, roe Provincial Command, Can. Legion, Borden: Mrs. Ar- thur Allen, Summerside; Mrs. Cecil McCarthy, Morell: G.G. | Bennett, Alberton: Alban Bro- thers, Cardigan; Mrs. H.J. Mac- Williams, O'Leary; Mrs. Wal- ter Beer, Montague; Hector Buote, Tignish; Mrs. Sterling | Clark, Mt. Stewart; Bert Blac- | quiere, North Rustico: Mrs r J. DeLory, Georgetown: Davison, Kensington: Bruce Stewart, Souris: Clarence McGuigan, pate RL ver: | Peter's. :

Representatives to Central ; Council: Judge J.S. DesRoches, | J._Gordon MacDonald and Keith

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| Lapp.

Alternates: F.A.S. Jones, H. |R. Carruthers and Mrs. Basil | MacDonald. | Auditors:—H.R. Doane and | Co

Meinbers of the nominating | committee were Judge C. St. | Glair Trainor, Mrs. G.G. Hous- ton and Frederick A: Large

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Time Ripe To Press For Causeway, Says M M. Bell

The completion of the St. Law- rence Seaway this summer should give the Atlantic Provin- ces a greater lever to press for construction of the Borden-Tor- mentine causeway, Morley M. Bell (5th. Prince) told the Is- land -legislature yesterday.

Mr. Bell had noted the spirit of co-operation that was evident among the four provinces a-d the gratifying results that had been achieved from their com- bined efforts.

He noted that ‘he four pro- vinces together had only 30 re- presentatives in the House of Commons but when these thirty spoke as one voice; the effect was much greater than wher the members of one province such as PEI spoke on their own.

The Summerside member. felt that with thé seaway now anout completed, the eastern provinces should be entitled ‘to a compara- tive amount of federal expendi-

ture “i Electricity he «aid coula be

go to beat the winter of 1974-75 whys 'ow-lreezing wea'her was nooied for 123 consecutive days.

brought from the mainiand easily after the causeway was built.

MR. MORLEY M. BELL

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Premier: ‘Perhaps

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row jet engines to develop cheap power.”

|| AGRICULTURE

to agriculture, Mr. said he was disappoinied with the’ price of potatoes last year and noted that “‘the price

Turning

than nothing”.

He said the price of beef at the present time was the high- est on record during normal times. He could not give the fed- eral goverament any credii for the high price which he said was due to a shortage created

by drought and floods in the Uni- ted States He cautioned how- éver that Canada might sell too}

much feed to the Siates and thus) deplete their own herds. Farming, said Mr. Bell is get- ting more highly epecialized all the time and more capital is re- quired. He estimated that in his buildings, ‘machinery and live. stock the average farmer has between $20,000—$40,000 tied up.

be able to get some ef those Ar-

Many of the small farmers, Se

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Dr. J.H. MacLellan, St. |

paid for surplus was little better!

Indications are the mission will lead to an Ottawa conference of finance ministers in May, fol- lowed by a number of sunmer meetings of deputy finance min- isters.

R. M. Burns, 49-year-old head of the finance department's pro- mincial relations division, has been selected for the job. He will sound out the finance ministers on their attitude to such an Ot- tawa conference and what they would like to see on the agenda.

Over a period of four or five | weeks, he first will tour the west- ern provincial capitals, then talk over the situation in Toronto and Quebec City and then scout the | Atlantic area.

Some of the provinces have been hammering at the federal administration for bigger cuts of the Canadian tax pie. But with the federal treasury’s shortage of funds, there doesn't seem to be any likelihood of major new fed- eral tax concessions’ for some time to come.

‘Ferry 28 Miles | Off East Point Monday Evening

The ferry Prince Edward Is- land and ther escort, the CGS La- brador were 28 miles off East Point at 4:45 yesterday afternoon, it was learned from C.N.R. au- | thorities in Moncton. They said it was expected the ships would enter Northumber- land Strait today, leaving some | 80 miles to go in the voyage from | Port Aux Basques, Nfid. to Bor- den, P.E.I.

The ships were “encountering very heavy ice conditions,”’ a re- port said. There ts fo open water in sight. The captains have no idea how long it will take to com- plete the 250-mile voyage which began at dawn Saturday.

However, # average progress continues for the remainder of the voyage, the ships should be | at Borden some time Wednesday.

A helicopter from the Labrador ‘is beingu sed to pick out what looks like, the best track through the ice.

Two Firemen Are Missing

MONTREAL (CP) — At least two firemen. were reported miss- ing Monday night after the roof of a burning midtown building collapsed under them.

They were fighting a blaze that broke out in the American Spaghetti House which occupies the top two fleors of the three- storey building at the intersec- ij tion of St. Catherine Street east | amd Berger St.

The blaze. one of two fires {within two blocks of each other, | Was reported stil out of control at 10:30\p.m. EST and spreading to a four- “storey building.

One of the’ firemen reported missing was identified as Edouard Normoile, an officer. His wife was at the scene.

| by the government to pay three volunteers, Mrs. | weeks’ severance pay to its work- disaster, J. Gor- ers.

Other reports presented were | |the company before March 31 in

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pecial Debate In Commons x M Chncaliion Of Arrow ..

OTTAWA (CP)—Prime Minis- ter Diefenbaker said Monday night A.V. Roe (Canada) Limited laid off 14,000 workers Friday to embarrass the government ovér its decision to cancel the Arrow jet interceptor program.

Speaking in an emergency Commons debate arising out of the cancellation of the. multi-mil- lion-dollar Avro development pro- gram, Mr. Diefenbaker said the company's attitude in letting out its employees ‘‘was so cavalier, so unreasonable that the only conclusion that any fair-minded person can come to is that it was done for the purpose of em- barrassing the government.”

UNJUSTIFIED ACTION

He described the company’s ac- tion as “‘unjustified and unjustifi- able” because the heads of the company knew that millions of dollars would be made available

This money would be paid to

termination of the contract to de- velop the Arrow.

Mr. Diefetibaker said he hopes to meet today with officials of A.V. Roe.and repeated at least three times that if they come up with any practical suggestions for @ new project these will be given immediate and serious considera- tion.

ASKS FOR PROPOSALS

“I hope,” Mr. Diefenbaker said, ‘that this company will Place ‘before the government)

alternatives such as have not yet been placed.

“If they are realistic .. . every consideration will be given to the maintenance of this industry. .Nex government can be expected to provide every opportunity for every business.”

He said one would have ex- pected that since September— when he had given an indication that the Arrow program might be cancélled—A.V. Roe would have made some provision to cushion the government’s deci- sion to scrap the project.

Mr. Diefenbaker quoted from various newspaper reports which purported to show that the gov- ernment’s decision, eventually

would be to discontinue the Am row program.

Since September, . Mr. Diefen- baker said, that there had been evidence of pressure to cause the government to reconsider “ celar and prospective decision.”

The debate began on a motios by Paul Hellyer (L — Toronte Trinity), former associate de- fence minister, that House bus- iness scheduled for Monday be set aside to debate “‘the crisis in the aircraft industry involving mass layoffs and threatened disintegra- tion’’ of the industry. Mr. Diefen- baker said the government wel-- comed the debate.

Mr. Pearson said Mr. Diefen- baker,last fall indicated that pre- duction of the Bomare would be undertaken in Canada. However, now it was apparent from his Friday statement that the actual missiles were to be produced and paid for by the U.S.

With the U.S. paying for the missiles, he questioned whether the U.S. ever would agree to pre- duction of them in Canada. MUTUAL AID?

The effect seemed to be that Canada was accepting mutual aid, from the U.S., something this country had not even done dur- ing the Second World War.

Mr. Argue said the prime min- ister’s statement Friday about Canada-U.S. defence production sharing sounded like satisfaction.

“This government ig satisfied with what I consider to be shabby treatment by the United States.”

| REFERS TO SILVER DART

Mr. Hellyer, only Liberal MP from the Toronto area where the Avro layoffs took place, re- ferred to Monday’s 50th anniver

in Canada — the flight of the Silver Dart at Baddeck, NS. ~

The sun rose in the east 538 years ago for the Canadian air craft industry, he said. But # went down Friday.

Mr. Pearkes’ reply to this was that “SO years from today we will be soaring to much greater heights than ever dreamed of to- day.” Fifty years ago, wheel- rights and carriage makers were lamenting the advent of the automobile. As the world pre- gressed, hardships were caused by triumphs achieved from time to time.

To Progress

MONTREAL (CP) — Governor- General Massey, speaking at a dinner commemorating the 50th anniversary of powered flight in Canada, paid tribute Monday night to the part played by avia- tion in national development.

“The aircraft came to Canada as a Godsend,” he said. |

“It probably has meant more

to us than it .has to any other country. I think it is true to say that nowhere else did pioneer fly- ing play such a part in national development... .”

Mr. Massey spoke at a Cana-| dian Aeronautical Institute dinner |

Smallwood Sees Strike Ending Soon

ST. JOHN’S, Nfld. (€P)—Pre- mier Smallwood of Newfoundland predicted Monday night in a that a strike of 1,200 loggers will be over within the next two weeks. UNANIMOUS SUPPORT

Earlier Monday, Premier Smallweod won unanimous sup- port of the Newfoundland legisla- ture for a resolution unging the province’s loggers to withdraw support from the International Woodworkers of America ‘CLC).

The IWA called 1,200 A.N.D. loggers out on strike Dec. 31. The loggers want a 17-cent package owp’o) that will raise their basic hourly rate to $1.22. It would be made up of a five-cent hourly pay boost over two years and reduction of the work week to

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54 hours from 60 with no loss of take-home pay.

Attorney-General Leslie Curtis | arrm@@unced in the legislature Mon- day his intentions of introducing three bills to prevent the strike from spreading. They would pre- vent a general strike or a second- ary boycott and amend the Labor Relations Act. The amendments

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Aircraft Seen Godsend

In Canada

on the anniversary of the flight of the Silver Dart from the ice of Baddeck Bay, N.S., Feb. 23, 1909.

|SHOULD BE PROUD

The governor-general said Can- ada should be proud of its achievements.

“We shouldn't sound our trum- pets too stridently: but they should not stay silent.”

The speech included tributes te early Canadian flyers such as the late W. A. (Billy) Bishop, to the spirit which provided the impetus

‘for the RCAF and to pioneer bush

pilots such as Wop May and Vie Horner. Mr. Massey said the first bush

| silats had few instruments, the

fuel gauge never worked properly and gasoline consumption had te be measured by the pilot’s wate.

PRIMITIVE METHODS

“The quality of fuel found In a@ cache could be ascertained, not by any’*precise information painted on the drum, but by dip- ping one’s finger into the fluid and using one’s sense of smell.

“After the fuel had been checked, it would then be filtered through. the pilot’s felt hat!”

Compasses were so treacherous in those early days that one pilot, a Fit. Lt. D. A. Harding, had pre- ferred to chart*his course py fol- lowing a flock of migratory birds.

Referring to a reproduction of the Silver Dart—‘‘this aeronaut- fecal ghost’? — Mr. Massey mar- velled at the comparison with the sleek aircraft of today.

“Modern man who takes pro gress in his stride and is not eas ily moved to profess enthusiasm, cannot but admire the genius of thoSe who, over the last 50 years, have transformed what at first were oversize kites into the re liable and speedy craft of te day."’

PRINCESS AILING

LONDON (Reuters) — Princess Arthur of Connaught, 67-year-old second cousin of the Queen and 17th.in line of succession to the throne, has pneumonia, it was am pounced Monday.