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Charlottetown Y.M.C.A. secre- tary John Evans presents a set of “bagpipes” to psychologist Reg Bandy of Toronto at the “Y” lea-

Suspect And Bystander Are Wounded

MONTREAL (CP) ,— A hold-up

suspect and a bystander were struck by flying bullets drilling a blazing gunba-ttle late Friday when Ville Lasalle police cor- nered two men under a porch after a $6,000 bank holdup. ; Fourteen shots were fired within a few minutes. One man was hit three times—in the arm, leg and abdomen. The wounded men were taken to Verdun gen- eral hospital. »

Police said two holdup sus- pects were trapped beneath a house porch minutes after five men escaped from the Notre Dame de Sacre C‘oeur Calm Popu'ire (credit union) in sub- urban Ville Lasalle. A third sus- pect was captured nearby. '

OTTAWA, —- (Special) — Sur- plus potatoes from Prince Ed- ward Island for Ireland —— that was the proposal made today by John A. Macdonald, Conservative MP for Kings.

Mr. Macdonald, a potato deal- er and grower, noted that Ire- land was facing a potato famine and suggested that representat- ions be made by the P.E.I. Mar- keting Board'to the Federal Stab- lization Board to see if it would be possible to ship some Cana- dian potatoes to that country.

“I realize that transportation costs would be big " he observ-

the Southern States. It shouldn’t

london Is Hard Hit As'

LONDON . (Reuters) —-. Storms fished much of Western Europe May, bringing torrential rains Ind heads from Britain to Italy.

Docenrs of vacationers slipped and slid their way over a muddy mule track out of the isolated hurrah alpine resort of Bog? lance, out ofifforrthrree days by huge landslides.

The Italian Alpine area has been the hardest hit by the tor- rential downpourrs and at least 14 deaths have been reported since Wednesday. Thirteen of them Were in the hamlet of San Gi- mni, near the blocked Simplon

In France. storms lashed the Riviera, floods threatened part of Germany, and Britain had its Worst storms in 50 years.

An air ministry official here Bid that a “complex low pres- In‘e system" stretching from

tormslash W. Europe

Iceland to West Germany was thecauseofallthetmubleand another low pressure area en- gulfed the Mediterranean area.

LONDON HARD HIT The hardest hit spot in Britain was London and the surrounding

area.

Two hundred houses in the London suburb of Edmonton were flooded and 48 families were ma-rooned in their”ap'art- ments of Hendon in north Lon- don.

Part of the subunban nail serv- ice out of London was put out of action.

Thunderstorms racked south- west England and the Cornwall

village of Stratton had several tal

feetofwaterinthemainstreet. Inflllenlou'th,thenlrainraillink between Manchester and Crewe was blocked.

i *Admirs Crown Jewels Theft

Score Was His Idea OfrTest

By EDDY GILMORE LONDON (AP)—The boss at lheTower of London confessed I0 Scotland Yard Friday he set 95‘ llhe burglar alarm to see how

well the Crown jewels are being

guarded. ' “I’m delighted with the test,” Hid Bug. Leslie Frederick Ethel- bel't Wieler. “It wonked ex- tremely well." Brig. Wieler is resident gov- ernor 0f the ancient Tower and man responsible for safe- tllarding one of the world’s most hlllllous collections of jewels.- “Why didn't you warn us, Sir. “Hit it was only practice," asked | Scotland Yard sleuth.

"What’s the use of having a test." snapped the brigadier, “if '8 not carried out properly?” figlitwas carried out properly, all

IECORDING ALERTS YARD

Shortly after breakfast the rec- "ded an automatic

voice on . burglar alarm boomed out in) Scotland Yard:

“Intruders have entered the

kWEI house at the Tower of Lon-

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At the Tower itself. alarm longs clanged like engines racing l0 8 lhrcc-a‘wm fire.

Scots Guards jumped to action M It the toner . . . scores 0f

Yeoman Wanders lumbered to emergency stations . . . the fly-

ing squad roared out of Scotland Yard . . . radio cars dashed to the Tower police boats churned down the Thames , . . hobbies cordoned off Tower Hill . a l6-ton steel cage clanged down around the jewels. .

It was the biggest scare smce Capt. Peter Blood stole the royal ice from the Tower nearly 300 years ago.

LEAKS SECURITY DATA

All the jewels—which include the priceless Cullinan diamonds and the Koh-I-Nor diamond—- were safe, of course. But, in re- vealing what happened, the gov- ernor let out a secret of the security arrangements surround- ing the gem collection, VlSlled annually by more than 300,000 persons.

When Brig. Wieler broke an electric eye beam, the burglar alarm went off at the Tower and in Scotland Yard. '

The recorded voice booming through the Yard was similar to hundreds of others in London. Instead of just clanging. it an- nounces the address of the alarm.

Back at the Tower the governor was happy. '

“It’s been a perfect morning,

aid. “Now excuse me. please, Ileniust show a party of Middle East sheikh‘s the jewels."

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ed, "brew: Ship potatoes to "

dership camp at Holland Oove.lwa~ also addressed by Maritime Mr. Bandy was the principal in- structor during the course which

secretaries including Mr, Evans, The camp concludes today.’

Proposes PEI Surplus Potatoes For-Ireland -

be any more expensive shipping them from P.E.I. to Ireland.”

The Conservative MP pointed out that P.E.I. had a surplus of potatoes last year and probably would again this year. The Is- land was in a position to export some to Ireland. However, he added, it was a matter that should be initiated by the Mathe- son Government and taken up with Ottawa.

Nurses' ‘ Home

An additional grant for $12,006 has been approvedby Dr. M. Lorne Bonnell, Minister of Health for Prince Edward Island, to- wards the construction of the Charlottetown Hospital Nurses Residence. This brings the total amount contributed by the Pro- vincial Government to $123,836 and it is expected an equal am- ount will be contributed by the Federal Government.

The residence will accommo-

The Rocky Point Ferry, as. Fairview, be back in service this morning after an absence of one week. The Department of Highways has succeeded in secur- ing the services of Capt. William Burke, who will replace Capt. Joe Campbell as sldprper of the ferry.

Capt. Campbell, former skipper on the Newport Ferry, was op- erating the Fairview this season until last week when he became ill and had t be taken to hospi-

The Department of Highways in- tends to continue operation of the vessel for the balance of this season and possibly part of next year pending paving of the roads in the Roeky Point area so that it may be reached by Highway over the new West River Bridgeand causeway.

It costs the Provincial Govern- ment approximately $45,000 per

SEEK 30-HOUR WEEK

.SAN FRANCHSCO (AP) —— The International Typographical Un- ion has called for a 30-hour week for printers. The ITU’s centennial convention voted Thursday to in- stnuct its locals to seek the shor- ter work Week.

LANCASTER, N.B. (OP) o—Po- lice were on the alert thmughou-t New Brunswick Friday night and road bloaks were set up at numerous points alter a con- victed murderer escaped from the provincial hospital for mental cases in this city adjoining Saint John.

Police said the escapee is John Stewart Simpkius, 33, who was convicted of murdering a young girl at Saint John in 1947. He was transferred to the hospital last October from Dorchersrter Pen- itentiary. where he had been serving a life sentence. .

Escaping with him at the time was another inmate. James Lon- don, 40, not regarded as danger-

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“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew” CHARIDTTETOWN, CANADA SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1958

British Fire H-Bomb From High Balloon

LONDON (AP) — Britain ell- pl‘oded a mall balloon - borne H-lbomb high over the Pacific Friday. She also joined the United States in an offer to sus- pend nuclear weapons tests.

The blast over Christmas Is land in Britain’s Pacific test area was termed successful. The sup- ply ministry said the nuclear de- vice—term for a hydrogen bomb —was in the kiloton range. That meant it was equivalent to 1,000 tons of TNT compared with past meg'alton blasts ranging from 1,000,000 torn up.

Britain’s offer to stop paral- leled the proposal announced by President Eisenhower in Wash-

I-nrfomnants said the British de- eisionyon suspending tests was made scone time Thursday or The Christmas island blast had been scheduled long before.

In announcing the test suspen sion offer, Pauline Minister Mac- mnlllan' ’s government said the se ries that began Friday would continue but would be completed as soon as possible.

TOWNSEND AT WORK

BRUSSELS (Ineutens) — Group Cant. Peter Townsend, former slnltor' of Princess Margaret, has started shooting scenes here for afilmofhisrecentlB-month

round-illier jeep tour, Belgian newspapers reported Friday.

Additional Grant For,

Approved ' ‘ date 127 nurses and will provide an area for facilities, fioes, two classrooms, demonstra- tion room, laboratory, library and assembly room.

The new building will be. of

completed in the fall off 1959 at which time the present Nurses residence, which is regarded as obsolete, will be torn down.

Ferry Foirview Slated TO. Resume Regular Run Today

yeartoruntheferry.'l‘hefares on the ferry are not large add even on the budest days would not pay the salaries of the crew.

Homamrskiold Leaves Monday

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (CP) —Secrretaay Dag Ham- manskjold will leave Monday for the Middle East to set up United Nations arrangements aimed to fadlitate early withdrawal of U.S. troops from Lebanon and British troops from Pordan.

He told a press conference Fri- day he had made tentative travel plain lmder the General Assem- bly’s resolution asking him to consult the government’s con- cerned in making such arrange-

ments.

He said the assembly had made an “invaluable contribution” to the cause of peace Thursday night when it passed the all-Aarb resolution 80 to 0 to finish its two-week emergency session on

the Middle East.

It was learned the two men made their escape at about 6:30 pm. by climbing down an eleva- tor shaft.

The public, warned by radio and television that may be dangerous, was asked to re- port to police anyone answering his description, given as hollows:

Five feet nine inches, weight 147, brown hair, blue eyes. wear- ing blue pants, grey shirt and black shoes. -

His companion, aged 40. is five feet eight inches, weighs 180, has reddish hair and brown eyes and wore a blue shirt and dark trousers.

Simploinrs. a native of Turner.- Valley, Alta, took up residence

in Saint John alter Second World

WASHINGTON (AP) The United States and Britain offered Friday to join Russia in a one- year ban on nuclear weapons tests beginning ‘Oct. 31—provided the Russians begin negotiating then on an international control netWork.

President Eisenhower, formally announcing the U.S. govern- ment’s decision, stressed such a ban would be significant only if it leads to limiting manufacture of atomic - hydrogen bombs and other far-reaching disarmament steps. ‘

Britain joined in the move. Prime Minister Macmillan’s gov- ernment announced, however, that Britain would go ahead with nuclear test blasts already sched- uled to begin soon in the Pacific, presumably confident they will be completed by Oct. 31.

“This (series) will be com- pleted as soon as possible," said the British announcement.

AEC HEAD BACKS IKE Chairman John A1 McCone of

sion said he supports completely the position announced by Eisen- hower. McCone, who replaced Lewis L. Strauss as AEC head in midyear, said the commission is making plans to complete by Oct. 31 the tests it has scheduled. Britain, in a clear bid to hasten negotiations, proposed New York as a site for working out prac- tical arrangements for a world wide network of na- tions which. would detect

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France did not promise to join in pledging any test suspension. Premier Charles de Gaulle’s gov- ernment was consulted in ad- vance but was reported deter- mined to press ahead with plans to explode France’s first atomic bomb.

ACT FOLLOWS U.S.S.R

The American and British announcements came some 4% months after Russia voluntarfily announced its own ban on tests, just after completing a lengthy series.

The U.S. - British announce- ments made no mention of Bus- sia's prior move. Both govern- ments tied their decision to the successful end in Geneva Thurs- day of East-West scientific talks which concluded it is feasible to set up a control network to police

A halt to American atomic- hydrogen test explosions Oct. 31 would mark the end of tests which have continued period- ically since the world’s first atomic bomb was exploded more than 13 years ago. This test ex- plosion occurred in Alamagordo, N. M. July 16, 1946 in secret. It convinced scientists an atomic bomb was possible and led to the dropping of the first such weapon on Hiroshima in Japan.

SET TWO CONDITIONS

The United States and Britain pinned two conditions on their readiness to stop tests:

1. That Russia continue its ban on neucler weapons tests. 2. That formal talks begin Oct. 31 to set up the global control network along the lines recom- mended by E-ast-West scientists. Details of this have been kept secret but they are reported to include up to 170 observation out- posts on land and sea. '

U.S. officials emphasized that Eisenhower’s announcement cov-

Murde‘rer Escapes From Men’raIHospitaI In N.B.

Wlar service. Alt his trial in 1946 he was convicted of murdering an infant girl and identified in evidence as her father. The baby was born to Beatrice Gander, then 20, formerly of Sydney, N.S.

The mother was acquitted of the same murder charge. The body of the child, who met death by drowning, was found in Saint John harbor.

Simpkin-s fell] unconscious from the witness stand at his trial after describing the death of the three-week-old baby.

He had been kept in a ward at the provincial hospital and was sometimes employed in the hos- pital kitchen. It was unknown how he made his way out of the ward to the elevator shaft.

the U.S. Atomic Energy Commis- y

ers only nuclear weapons tests They said the government in- tends to continue tests for peace- ful purposes in order to further scientific advances for tends to continue tests for peace- ful purposes in order to make further scientific advances for humanitarian needs.

However, they said, the United States is willing to have United Nations observers watch such blasts to vouch for their non-mil- itary nature.

Eisenhower’s 400 - word an- nounrcement was cable to Amer- ican A m b a s s a dor Llewellyn Thompson in Moscow to relay it formally to the Soviet govern- ment. The British announcement was in the form of a note sent to the Soviet foreign office.

Eisenhower made clear country would be willing to ban nuclear weapons tests indefin- itely if a control system could be set up which would function ade- quately.

NewDeputy Minister 1 Of Education Is Named

Mr. Malcolm MacKenzie has been named deputy minister. and director of Education succeeding Dr. L.W. Shaw whose retirement becanTe effective June 30 this

car.

Mr. MacKenzie’s appointment was announced yesterday by Pre- mier A.W. Matheson.

The new Deputy Minister and Director of Education has been assistant director of education

and director of curriculum and , since Dr. Shaw’s retirement has .

been acting director.

All of Mr. M-acKenzie’s service ”

in education has been spent in

thiaProw'nce with the e‘xcepti' ‘on ‘ of‘flveyears with ,epanadian ;

Amy Where he OVERSEAS SERVICE

During' his army career which new service in the United King- dom and North Western Europe, he held the rank of Major.

Following his early education at Rose Valley District School, Mr. MacKenzie attended Prince of Wales College,. Dalhousie Uni- versity and Toronto University. During this time he acquired the degrees of Bachelor of Education and Master of Arts.

After several years teaching in rural schools, Mr. Mackenzie was appointed school inspector in 1935. He held this position until his en- listment for active service. On his return from active service, he

MALCOLM MACKENZIE

inted assistant director of tion and director of cur- riculum.

In addition to his professional work, Mr. MacKenu‘e is active in many civic and community or- ganizations. -

srx PLANTS OPERATING

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In Full Swing

Within a week five asphalt plants and one concrete mixing plant will be in operation in one of the most extensive road building programs seen hence- forth in the Province.

Hon. J. George MacKay. Min- ister of Highways said Yester- day a new plant is‘being assemb- led by Curran and Briggs at Mil- ton Station. From this plant, as- phalt will be prepared for paving from Cornwall to Afton Hall and Long Creek; to Brackley and Keppoch and from Milton to Cav- endish through the Rustico Road.

Another plant of Curran and Briggs now operating in the Emerald area will be used to supply asphalt for the road from Wilmot Corner to Summerside. POPULAR CHOICE

Mr. MacKay said yesterday the matter of whether to pave this road with asphalt or con- crete has been settled for once and for all. He said a petition from a large body of farmers east of Summerside had settled the matter. Previously there had been requests for the surfacing of the road with concrete.

The paving of the road from

BRING YOUR OWN ROCKS

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP)- Feel like throwing rocks?

Come on out then to the aerating building at Rockville sewage treatment plan. The building is being torn down and among the unsalvageable items are 1,000 panes of glass.

Acting city manager Milton Millon invited all frustrated rock-throwers to break a few.

Bring your own rocks.

Tignish to Alberton has commen- ced and on the first day of pav- ing one mile was laid. The Min- ister said more of this road might have been paved by now had it not been for a hold up in the gravel supply caused by a break- down in the old carferry. This work is being done by Haye Con- struction Cok .

The shore road from the County line road to Mur- ray River is reported to be pro- gressing favorably. The Island Construction Company is in charge of this paving job. OTHER JOBS

The paving from Corran Ban to the National Park and five miles on the York road has been finished. The hard surfacing with concrete from Cross Roads to the Hillsboro Bridge is going \vell. County Construction Com- pany is doing this pob.

Warren Pavmg Company has completed a section if the lower Malpeque Road from the Queens Aims to the Nu-Inn. They have also completed several streets in Parkdale and part of Kensington Road.

At present, Warren's are pav- ing on the Bunbury Road from the Orphanage to Charlottetown. this is completed they will re- turn to the paving of the Ken- sington Road.

iNSURANCE MAN DIES

SAINT JOHN, N. B. (CP)—-Well -known Maritime insurance sales- man Oharles J. Callaghan, 76, died in hospital here Friday after a lengthy illness. He had been active in Maritime insurance cir- cles for more than 40 years.

A native of St. George, N. B., he attended Provincial Teachers College at Fredericton, taught school for a time at St. George and sold insurance in Saint John and Amherst

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OTTAWA, — (OP) — All three parties in the Commons Friday welcomed the Anglo-American announcement on nuclear tests as heralding a possible break in international storm clouds.

Prime Minister Difenbakeq' in- terrupted routine House business to hail the readiness of Britain and the United States to suspend tests for one year as signalling “new hope to all maan .”

He said the government will be glad to cooperate by allowing control stations and inspection teams on Canadian soil. Canada has agreed “lmreservedly” to make her northern and Arctic regions available for inspection.

Opposition leader Pearson foresaw a possible lifting of the ‘shadow of fear" overhanging the world. He said, however, it is only a first step, and the next mint be to move from decisions by individual nations to interna- tional agreements.