deretood 'benefitthewbols rnnritimes. The conference is expected

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EDEN is CONVALESCING . I orfAwA

Appearing in good health Sir. Anthony Eden arrived in Ottawa Monday for a 23-day rest. Sir Anthony, 59. was operated on April 18 in a Boston hospital

for a bile duct obstruction. Meet- ing the British Prime Minister and his wife were Lionel Massey, (left) secretary to Governor-Gem nrel Massey. and Trade Minister-

Howe (right). Sir Anthony and Lady Eden will be guests of Governor-General Massey. (CP Wir totol

Atlantic Premiers Discuss Problems

HALIFAX (CP)-Power, trade and transportation problems in Canada's Atlantic region will he dlscussel at e 'erence of pro- vincial rcmlers here today.

Pro ers Flemming of New Matheson of Prince

Edw

Newfoundland with soars of their cabinet ministers and government officials were here Tuesday to join Premier Stanfield oi Nova Booth and members of his gov- ernment.

The one-day conference is the second ofltr kind. The first was held last July in Fredericton.

Electric power is expected to be a big discussion subject. The premiers and their advisers are expected to'exchange views on the federal government's recent offer to build thermal power sta- tions in the Meritimes and trans- mission lines to connect provincial di-.u'butlon systems.

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE The question of Atlantic region t-.-ado representation abroad is an- other likely topic. The Atlantic Provinces Economic council re-

tl eyed an 253.”.-'.i's'." unaui.""?'fi'.-'f.ia.a

Kingdom. , . Prince Edward I of e n it due dscnsion. -h mak-

'l'he

causeway is

The p in a survey of the poposel Northumberland ltral crossinl that would Join the island province

to New Brunswick.

Disputes Claim LWO Will Die

LONDON (CPu)d- The British

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consider the status of interprovin- cial educational institutions. The Dalhousie medical school and schools for the blind and deaf in Halifax draw students from all four provinces. Increasing enroll- ment has raised the question of how to finance expansion.

noun ADDRESSES

The conference will be held in the legislature chamber at Prov- lnc Heouse. It will open at 9:30 a.m. with addresses by the four Prcmlers at a public session. Later meetings will be closed to the public.

The New Brunswick delegation was the last to arrive. Besides Premier Metheson it includes Health Minister Mclncrney. Edu- cation Minister Taylor. Provincial Secretary Patterson and Edgar Fourniar. chairman of the New zrunewick ' 4 power commis-

on.

Accompanying Premier Mathe- soa from Prince Edward Island were P. ' lei Secretary Mac- Donald, Industry Minister Mac- linnon. and Education Minister Clark.

Will Today

Premier Smaliwood, Education Minister Rowe and Economic Di- lr-closer Pushie represent Newfound-

STANFIELD CHAIRMAN

Premier Stanfield will be chair man of the meeting. Nova Scotia representatives include Highways Minister Smith. Health Minister Donahoe. Municipal Affairs Min- ister Levy, Labor Minister Pyke and Agriculture Minister Halibub ton.

Lieutenant - Governor Alistair Fraser of Nova Scotia will enter- tain delegates at a Government House linner Wednesday night.

Premier Stanfield will be attend- ing his first such conference. For- mer Liberal premier Hicks. whose government was defeated in last fall's provincial election. headed the Nova Scotle delegation to Fred- ericton last year.

The political complexion of the ihlegates. is pretty evently hal- anced. Premiers Stanfield and Flemming head Progressive Con- servative governments. Premiers Madtl'I.eson and Smallwood are Ub- at

Sydney Ice Blockade --Eases . it 1 But Other Parts Are Clogged

wsntootiaharweke. Theore carric madebss-way into here.

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on the Ca Breton coast.

Capt. on Pamroy of tile Mary Ruth relayed his call for help through marine radio at North Sydney. The number of men aboard the vessel sees not given.

M. Glace Bay. Perry Cndegan of P. J. Cadegen. Ltd.. one of Nova -seotia's leading fish packing and exporting firms. said only one or two boats were successful in dodg- ing hioe since December to nnload

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From A His Ministers In Halitdx

Monday.

During the Premier's absence. Hon. George Macxay, Minister of Highways. will be acting Premier;

'23 Forest Fires

Reported In N.S.

forest fires were reported in Nova Scotla Tuesday. All were believed under control. The province's chief forest ranger, R. H. Burgess. said Tues- day night complete information on the outbreaks was not available "because they are coming so fast rangers haveI'1"t got time to com-

ported in Queen's county near Lake Major where 15 acres was burned. There was another out- break near Liverpool in an area closed to the public. and officials said they suspect arson.

The outbreaks came as temper- atures ciimbed close to 70, and with more fine weather predicted for today. Mr. Burgess said it may be necessary to ban burning permits. Continued dry weather would result in the woods being closed to all travel.

Forest Fire Damage In Ont. Mounts

TIMMINS. Ont. C? -A chain of vicious forest fires flared Tues- day across the bone-dry and wind- swept northern Ontario timber- land. Property damage mounted and two communities were feared in danger.

The worst outbreaks were near Matheson. a farming and mining community of about 750 persons 50 miles-east of here. and at

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land's Bay area on Lake Wan- pitsi in a desperate effort to belt the " '

advance. An Ontario department of lands and forests spokesman said "thousand of acres of forest" were going up in smoke there after two 300-acre fires were linked 5! M81! winds. Dense smoke covering the area flrenghtlng planes from getting a clear picture but first reports said six houses were en- gulfed. Oommunlcatlons were cut off except through the lands and forests station.

their catches at that port.

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HALIFAX (CP) - At least 23 i

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also PATIENTS ARE EVACUATED.

ll1&fl&i&1ll1 "Coven Prince Island Lilze The Dew" Wnpgnsnav, MAY 8.

URBAN LAUC-HLIN

Urban Laughlin of Sherbrooke and Garth Coffin of Head of Hills- boro have been selected by the Provincial Department of Agric- ulture to represent the Province in a debate between two Junior Farmers of Ontario.

The debate will be recorded. Al- ready die affirmative of the resol- ution. "Resolve that voluntary charity be discontinued nad re- placed by contributions from gen- eral taxes”. has arrived on the island and the first speeches of the island boys will leave here for

GARTH COFFIN

To Represent The Province In Inter-Provincial Debate

Ontario today.

Each team will have two rebut- tals. the last of these must be completed by the and of May. The debate will be heard and judged at the National Farm Forum Con- ference to be held at Shediac. N.B. in June.

Mr. Laughlin was a member of the 1952 4-H championship team for P.E.I. and last yeer Mr. Coffin was a member of the Junior Farmers' team from Head of Hlllsboro. who were the runners up in the island Championship.

REGINA (cw - Reporters at Regina's airport Tuesday asked Prime Minister St. Laurent to comment on what they described as recent reports that the 75-year- old Liberal leader will retire after the fcleral election June 10.

fT'9inmyrai'C..;St. Laurent Says”? J, when Queried Re Retirement

Reporters also asked whether he thought the Liberal would get an increase in seats.

"I'm quite as optimistic as I was in 158. I can't speak for all parts of the country since I have not yet visited all of the country.

"'l'ommyrot." replied Mr. St. But the parts I have visited Laurent. I I: there will be Liberal in-

"Pm wearing the hat I wore in creases." thsl958 ' lotit ' t ofr.."

tthe

s for this one. And I'm going to send it back and have it cleaned for the next one."

At ill Liberals held res of 165 seats; The Progressive C o n s e r vatives 50; CC! 22; Social Credit 15: inde- t three; ' seven. So far Mr. St. Laurent has vis- ited the four Western provinces. Of the 70 Western seats. the Lib- as-als held 21.

:.M..M...?n.m. AIICRAIT OVER KIDEAST TEL AVIV, Israel (Reuters)-

'lhe Israeli newspaper Meariv

said Tuesday feat Soviet aircraft

are making regular nights over the Middle East area. Aircraft flying at 70,000 feet have been ob- served over a number of Middle

East countries. including lsrael.

the paper said. apparently en-

gaged in air photography.

Moscow (AP).-Nikita Khrush-

to "transfer the centre of gravity" of the Russian economy.

"There are entirely too many mpervlsors employed by every fac- hry.” the.Co.mmuniat party first

.n

secretary ”0urJoblstoencouragathe

it

Fire Causes Damage To Dwelling

considerable damage to the in. terior of the residence of Fred G. Kelly at 89 Green Street. Firemen used a booster hose to extinguish the blaze but were at the scene almost an hour.

The outbreak is believed to have originated around an electric refrigerator. firemen said.

Mr. Kelly. I retired tailor. dis- covered the flre himself about 12:30.

For a time it was thought that a woman and child were still in the UP stairs section of the dwell- lllil but they made their way out without assistance and were not harmed.

POPULAR WRITER

Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) was one of the first seven men elected to the American ilt9co:demy of Arts and Letters in

Six Children Escape Death; Uncle - Charged

TORONTO (CP)-Six children ranging in age from two to 13 nar- l'0Wly escaped death by asphyxia-

the house.

Wood'-

iice and a man told him the Annie was filled with gas and on the verge of blowing EP-

iighted coal stove-while the other two policemen minded up the children and bundled than into the street. - The children were Eleanor. 13, Barbara. 7. Bruce. 6. Susan, 4. Patrick 3 and Edna 1. None suf-

were taken by police to a Chil- dren's Aid Society shelter.

turned from Osnewe early Tues- day they found a note pidded to the door of their rundown tw..- ciorey brick home. It read: "Fam- ily is o.k. Contact No. 3 police re children."

The uncle was arrested by po- lice when he showed up at the Annls home with the brother-in- law who phoned police. Norman Lockwood.

inspector Adolphus Payne said he was amazed that the fire in the coal stove didn't trigger an explosion.

Khrushchev Lashes Out At Soviet Bureaucracy

money. Khrushchev roared:

"The bourgeois peoples cannot understand that Soviet peoples. reared with a Communist con- science. glve in their usvernment of their own free will because they know it is for their own good."

Khrushchev asserted the plan nnrst be put into effect "ln the interest of further development of

Ieeconomy." HeproposedtIatmin' mast tehetotellyaholbbedbensoved

lion and police charged their uncle early Tuesday with attempt- ing to murder them by turning on a gass burner before quitting

William A. Wood. the 31-year- nld uncle, was remanded to May is whenhe appeared on the at-l

WEATHER

Mainly sunny; sentln NWII 45 and 70.

l Hospital Authorities

No Fatalities

QUEBEC (CP) -Fire swept

piion of 350 patients, many of them stretcher cases.

Crews of police, army. Red Cross and hospital workers car- ried or helped the patients to wait- ing buses. ambulances and private cars. hastily recruited when the blaze broke out at the top of the seven-storey wing-

Hospital authorities said there were no fatalities or injuries. The cause of the blaze was unknown.

As some of the more serious stretcher cases were carried to safety. hospital workers followed. carrying oxygen tanks. A mother who gave birth to a child earlier Tuesday walked pale and unstead- lly. a nurse at her elbow carrying the infant wrapped in an over- coat.

HISTORIC iNsTlTUTl0N

The instutlon is one of the most historic in ancient Quebec. it was established in 1839. The wing where the fire started was built only 26 years ago. however.

Fire damage was restricted to flu roof area but water damage was reported heavy on the top floors. There was no immediately available estimate of the losses resulting from the hour-long blase.

Patients, wearing topcoats over their hospital shirts, were out- wardly calm. -

The only incident occurred in the stalrcse of the wing when a man

pital tried to reach one of the top floors. A hospital blocked his way and assured him there was no danger.

. uiag vsrrwnnm west winds 15. Lew-high at Charlotte-

who seid his son was in the hos- ttendant firmly

Most of the patients were taken to four hospitals, two of them sub-

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Report Or lniuries

patients were moved to s new

ilhrough a wing of the Hotel Dieu wing of the Hotel Dieu Hospital. Fl?! early this morning caused Hospital Tuesday, forcing evacua- HOSE! IN POSITION

Waieratill poured down Palace Hill long after the last jet had been turned off. Two hoses were left in position out the roof in case tire should break out again.

The blaze started about 4 pm. and three alarms were sounded im- medlatcl,. Huge clouds of smoke rose in the air and moved over Quebec old Latin quarter nearby. A brisk wind blowing towards

flames. Firemen placed three high lad- ders to reach the roof no test from ground level. From than three hoses doused the "amen. Meanwhile, construction workup at the new wing hauled up firemen by means of ropes and swung them on to the roof. There, with axes and picks. they hopped away part of the root to upose the heart of the fire.

uunnn. CONTROL H V .

A little more than an hour left the fire chief said the blue was under control.

The hospital is operated by the women's religious order of Lu 1 i do in Missricoeda do Jesus.

The historic institution, which with Montreal's Hotel Dleu an the oldest institutions of their type in

bec provincial pollen and takui U the Quebec provincial museum. The t. asures. moved from land during the Second World War have been kept here evd

nrbaa military institutions. some

daspiterepeatedreoumtsibomts Polfshgoverasnd.

twin appeal to

bermen, John Diefenbaker Tune st. day charged the Liberal govern- President

ment has given agriculture a ride and has "struck a deadly blow” to the linnber industry.

heavy imports from the United states of farm products grown in

fund prolonged ill-effects. 'l'lI'cy Canada. the Progressive Cousarv- an mi. Maud. 1. aaumu

ative leader said. The government's tight - money

When Annie and his wife no policy had reduced house building in 193,

and lumber surpluses were build- ing up.

The government had been asked in Parliament what it would do about. agriculture. Trade Minister Howe wouldn't say. Agriculture Minister Gardiner merely had

spoken of riding a golf cart last fall with President Eisenhower when the president had expressed surprise at Canada's adverse trade balance with the 11.5.

"The ride the Canadian farm-

ber of industrial establishments from a single ministry or adminis- ir'niion.'

else. the centrallael laden-

lead Asriculture had been hurt bysonsinthisvillageofowpopuh attention

ridek nttliehandsol isenhow."Mr.Dief-

tion. directed much of his to farming and forestry-two ol

constituency which has elected Liberals since it was eetblimed

He said potato imports from the U.S. last year totalled td,7!7.WI: imports of chickens and fowl io- tailed 12,717,000 and turkey impure I eched SS.31.0N.

not but depreciate the home mar- kets of Canadian farmers.

VMED AGAINST PROPIIAL

in the last session of Parliament every Liberal member had voted ., l t the Conservative proposal for flexible price supports for ferns products-a program requested by farm organisations themselves. Dealing with the government's policy of restricting credit. Mr. Diefenbaker said he agrees action should be taken ngainn ioilatiu. But the tint step should be to

Mr. Diefenbeker drove on a warm. sunny day to this commun-

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the St. Lawrence River fanned the t.

Fire Sweeps Wing Of Big Hospital In Quebec C

n:;r:.b.i:.. Aims His lAppoalh' '. At Farmers And Fishermen

KAZABAZUA. Que. (CP)-in e are are getting n-om this governs farmers and lum- meat is nothing like the

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