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Last night at the regular bi- monthly dinner meeting’ of the Charlottetown Lions Club, Lou Bagnall, (left) chairman of the Club’s Sight Conservation Com- mittee, presented a cheque for ten dollars to Miss Josephine Dunn. Fort Augustus schoolgirl
unlmrluu "as second C}: Vllail by the Pan other
DBPII’?-I uni. Ottawa
“Care of the Eyes" essay com- petition sponsored annually by ‘the local service Club. A-t right is Miss Dunn’s teacher, Rev. Sis- ter Raymond Frances, C. S. M., -who also received a gift from the
Club in appreciation of her who won first prize in this year’s forts in connection with contest Dan Stevenson, Queen Chalotte
GETS PRIZE F0 WINNIG ESSAY
organization in her department. The school principal, Rev. Sister Clair Theresa, C.S.M. was also a guest at the Club dinner. Other
winners to whom prizes will be forwarded include: Carol Anne Rooney, Rochford Square ‘and\
Big Three Would Iniclude. 'Other Partners In Talks
COPENHAGEN (Reuters)-The
, NATO foreign ministers Wednes-
day night proclaimed their ap- proval of a summit conference providing it is properly prepared and takes place in a “favorable atmos-phere.”
A final communique issued af-
Wood Islands Contract Let
,OTT’AWA — The Federal De- partment of Public Works has awarded a contract in ,_ amount. of approximately $19,4‘04'.00" to Morrison and McRae Limited, Summerside, P.E.l., for improve- ments to the Ferry terminal at Wood Islands, P.E.I. Specified completion date for these llfll - provemen-ts is November 5, 1958.
Work includes the construction I
of an unreinforced paxvetment -of air-entrained Portland cement concrete, of seven inch uniform thickness, over the ferry termin- al area and a concrete curb with sidewalk to the waiting room on the east side of the road. This will be adjacent to the waiting room or tourist information building.‘
Four thousand-six hundred bags} of cement will be required to complete the project.
Plans and specifications were prepared by the Harbours and Rivers Engineering Bia-nch of the Department of Public Works in Ottawa.
p mnurrlion
"Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”
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High (tied for second); and Hilda
Dixon, Clyde River, Elizabeth Cameron, Clyde River, Ralph Blakeney, P-arkdale, and Mar-
garet Corrigan, Notre Dame Con- vent (tied for third). The con- test was open to all Grade seven pupils in Queens County.
Byelection In Quebec Called
QUEBEC (‘C-P) -— Premier Du- plessis Wednesday announced a vbyele tion -for Matane , constitu-
ency July 2, -a move that ca-ught ter a three-day conference here, be controlled disarmament. Thelthe Quebec Liberal party without
Said “the NATO g0VeI'I1'men'ts will 1 foreign ministers expressed the a leader.
not be ‘ discouraged” _ d e s p i t e hope that Russia, despite repeated] doubts and disappointments cre-‘ refusals, would accept the West‘s W
ated by Ru-ssi-a’s attitude.
ended, the United States, Britain
ilingness to have other Western‘
Ipowers‘ participate in a summit conference. They said th-at ‘ffor instance” Ital-y might be included
I both in a preliminary meeting of
’ foreign ministers and the top-level talks.
The foreign ministers held an unexpected. afternoon session. be; I cause of Can-ada’s insistence on inserting a clause in the commu- nique text which emphasized- NATO’s determination to seek a summit meeting. Norway and Denmark fully backed the Cana- dian move. , . In the compromise. wording, the NATO ministers declared:
“Despite the and doubts to which the Soviet attitude -‘gives rise, the NATO gov- ernments will not be discoura-ged~ nor give up their attachment to the principle of negotiation.”
The communique added that conterences at the summit are
(not the only way or necessarily
the best way of reducing interna- tional tension. '
“In any event,” it said, “such conferences mu-st be properly pre-§ pared and take place in a favor-I able atmosphere."
- One of the main topics at a=
Lord Selkirk 0
summit meeting, it said, should
n Trial Run
To Wood Islands Yesterday
The Lord Selkirk yesterdayf made a trial run to Wood Islands)
. _ :0 Where she ‘led “P at he’ bmhfpubiic Works said last night that
. the dredge has been on the scene;
long enough to have certain last minute fittings made. The cross-
ing was made at high tide and the ship did not carry any pass- engers or vehicles.
In the meantime ’a Department of Public Works dredge was be- ing readied yesterday for mov- ing a sand bar which had accu- mulated at the harbour, month during the winter. It was expct- ed that the equipment would be, set up last night and dredging
commneced. _ ‘ District engineer Clive Curr1e= the Federal Department of,
since last Saturday but the tu-gf
Captain C.R. Hunter of North- umberland Ferries Ltd. stated yesterday he could not predict] when the ship would go on the, run but felt it would be at least; a couple of days before she; would commence Scheduled W055‘; ings. %
disappointment
dressed in vivid yellow, flew into ?London airport Wednesday night -after an 11,000-mile tour of the
Another subject for summit! talks, the ministers said, should‘ be “the German problem" which was studied at the 1955 Geneva conference of heads of govern- ment. _ '
NATO accused Russia of “ag- gravating international tension" by vetoingin the United Nations Security Council an . ‘American plan to reduce the risks of a sur- prise attack over the Arctic. -.
Princess Home E 1
‘(From The B.W.|.
LONDON (Reuters) - Princess‘ Margaret, su-ntanned, smiling and
British West Indies. ,
Gay and pretty, she won an un- conventional tribute —— a male spectator greeted her with per- sistent wolf whistles.
Princess Margaret flew to the West Indies for a two-week tour that included her inauguration of} the Commonwealth newest Par-‘F liament. ' 3
She flew across the Atlantic‘ from the Caribbean via _Gander, Nfld., where she made a brief stop. ,
The Queen was at London air- port to greet her, as well as ai (large party of government offi-I cials and other dignitaries. l
Queen Mother Elizabeth was} unable to attend because she was’
ideparting from Liverpool on the;
royal yacht Britannia for a visit: to Northern Ireland.
GRASS FIRE FATALITY
Mr. and Mrs. Armand Cyr at St. Basile, died in hopsital here early Wednesday of burns suf- fered in a grass fire. Firemen supervised the grass-burning and warned several children to. go home but young Jean was, unnoticed until found with his‘ clothing afire.
Maritime Coal Industry Lays Fears Before Gov't
OTTAWA (Cl")—-The Maritime coal industry Wednesday laid be- fore the federal government its fears about diminishing markets.
A delegation from the Maritime Coal Bureau, formed in 1954 of operators, miners and represent- atives of the Nova Scotia and New B r u n s wick governments, said it had been “very greatly impressed” by its 1%-hour recep- tion.
It was received by Mines Min- ister Comtois. Revenue Minis- ter Nowlan, Veterans Minister Brooks and members of the Dom- inion Coal Board.
Mines Minister Manson of Nova Scotia said the delegation —— first from the bureau since the Pro- gressive C o n s e rvative govern- meni came to power — had ex- pressed thanks for measures al- “’3d.V taken in the form of ther- mal P0“’€l‘ assiszalice and 6081
subventions. DRAWBACK TO PLAN But, he said, a drawback
to federal assistance_P1'0mi59d for thermal power station cons fective for from three to five years.
delegation h competition natural gas, mg federal g-over and aspects 05 i Seaway as they_m affect the Maritimes. > The seaway» Ml“ M"?“5°“.5a”I‘ is welcomed in the national intel- est but the N[a<1‘ltll'IleS should be protected from any of its detri- m§Ii‘1?11\‘/rilfaiflreigifii. said he hoped that some agency—perha-ps the Marx-
time Transportation Commission 128,000 persons are d.ircctIy.loacls.
or a new bod)’-90”“ keep Chew“
C031 usage in heat-(
I
[miners in New Brunswick and in March 1958
on potentially adx-'e“rse effects and obtain a solution before they oc- ) curred. 5 The sea-way would be of spe- Icial interest, he said, at future
I quarterly. . The delegation included A. M.
the United Mine Workers
(10,500 of Nova Scotla‘s 11,500 miners. :
I I WIDESPREAD EFFECT
Mr. Manson said 20 ‘per cent of
~ par
The polling date is about five _ eeks after the provincial Lib- IP1‘0P°Sa1 to Sta“ technical talks eral org-anization’s convention Shortly before the conference on disarmament control meas-‘here May 31 to chose 3 leader to‘
111‘eS~ - ' isucceed Geor es La al-me. and France announced their wil-| g D
CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1958
OTTAWA (CP) —- Canadian ur-
anium producers Wednesday re- ,ceived government authority for the first time to sell small quan- tities of surplus uranium to for- éei-gn countries for testing and re- ? search purposes. ' Trade Minister Gdrdon Church- ill announced that such sales will ,be subject “to the condition that jexport permits be obtained from ]the atomic energy control board and the department of trade and commerce."
Up to now all Canadian-pro- -duced uranium has been pur chased by the Crown company, Eldorado Mining and Refining Limited. This company also has been the s-ole seller of Canadian uranium to other countries, in- cluding the United. States and Britain. . '
The announcement was the first
gressive Conservative, govern- ment to Canada’s uranium policy formulated by the former Liberal administration.
Mr. Churchill said he hopes the change in policy will help to de- velop new markets for Canadian .-uranium.
ONLY FOR FRIENDS
Canadian uranium being sold to
No ‘producer will be able to ship uranium unless the board and the
Saint John Man
Public Works Has Not Been Asked‘ To Heat Library
ment of Public Works in regard to the heating of the Public Lib- rary, according to Hon. J. George MacKay, Minister of Public Works. ‘
Mr. MacKay said it had been inferred that the Department had been asked to supply heat from
.the old Post Office Building to
the Librarybut that no formal or
‘informal overtures have as ‘yet
been made to his Department by the City Council or any member
1 of the Council.
The Public Library was left without heat when fire destroyed
the Market Building which con- ,tained the heating plant for both
buildings. Since the Market fire
last week, the Library, has been
closed. L MODERN ‘METHOD
New British-built radar equip- ment will be installed for con- stant observations covering the big harbor of Hamburg, West Germany.
SAINT JOHN, N.B. (CP)-Ed-I ward Travis, 62, died in hospital‘
men rescued him from a third storey flat on Paradise Row. Th
V‘ 'No-approach has been made. by fire. of unknown cause, gutted. the City-~Council-.to.-..the Depart-Jcthe. second and-. third floors of- the three-storey wooden _house._ I
It had only two other occupants at the time.
Firemen found the victim where
conscious when rushed to hos- pital he died about 11 o‘clock.
Firemen Donald J. Ryan, suf- fered a laceration of the right wrist when struck by flying glass.
Dr. R.M. Pendrigh, corner, has ordered an autopsy. The fire was} discovered shortly after 10 o'clock‘ by John Alchorn, a service sta- tion attendance. It spread quick- ly between the second and third floors of the house and within minutes the top floor was an inferno. Rescued from the build- ing were Mrs. Cary Kemp, 67,; and her son, Edward Kemp, who, resided on the second floor. Other: occupants, Mrs. Michael Smith; and George Shonoman, who liv-‘ ed on the third floor, were ab- sent at the time. The first floor vwas vacant.
Tidal Survey Will Have Bearing On P.E.l. Causeway
OTTAWA, (Special) —The Ca-
nadian Hydrographic Service will3 ‘carry out studies this summer on. hauling the Don-toons for the suc-I IEDMUNDSTONI N-Bu KCP) — the effect tidal movements may‘, tion equipment met with head.Four-year-old Jean Cyr, son of have on cohstrucfion of a pm; ,wind’s which delayed its arrival.
posed causeway between New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. The mines and technical surveys department
)
I ‘'3 members of the government’s
tidal survey division, will head the party.
The government, near the close of the last parliament, announc- ed it was making available $200,- 000 to investigate the feasibility of such a causeway. Public Works Minister Howard Green said the
_ announced government would undertake a (Wednesday 3 tldal Md 5“1'VeY drilling program to examine the,
W will undertake “an in-ten-_ type of rock which could be ob-‘ sive study" of the characterist- ‘
tained from Cape Tormentinef
iics of the present tidal situation for use in the causeway This;
Ithroughout the N0rthU‘ITlbe1'Iand ' would have a bearing on the cost
strait.
The purpose of this would be of into a contract with Canadian changes” that would result from_British engineering consultants, building a causeway between the'of Halifax. to survey the rock
to permit “an evaluation
two provinces. W.I. Farquharson,
of Ottawa-for the causeway.
lof such a project. 3 Since then, Ottawa has entered
land to propose a suitable site
Rail Trattic At
Greater In March Than In '57
Prince Edward Islanders im- bir“';'i1‘;°31db“m‘31‘:i ’;“:e““§1z5' ‘vhiclll I“: ported 86 more carloads of goods [ion was mat it would not e e-1 ope wou a'e p ace a eas -
comparision with 890 . brought into the Province in 1057.
On the other hand Island.ex- ‘porters sent out of the Province There are an estimated 1,000 1,803 carloads of various typeS_ in comparison; with 1401 during the same monthi The largest decrease in exports
into the province via the Tor- mentine route in March 1958 than
Matters raised generally by the Tooke of Minto. N.B., represent- they did in the same month last ad included poten-tialjing New Brunswick coal cpera- year. _
from “dumping” ofltors, Tom McLaughlin, head of ; The C.N.R. monthly statistical of report released recently indicat- ment buildings! America for the Maritimes, and es that a total of 979 carloads of e St. Lawrenceofficials of Dominion Steel and various types of goods We1e_ Im- ight adverselylcoal Corporation which employs ported during March of 19;;8 (1111 car oa s
Borden Was
crease in imports were the foll- owing classes of goods with the 1957 figure in brackets. Flour. and Feed 140 (106); Less Carloads 271 (248); Fertilizer 39 (16); Eur- lap 21 (3); Railway materials 22 (11).
Some imports also showed a decrease, such as Coal 76 (120); Autos 59 (69); Cans 0 (5).
Potatoes accounted for most of‘ the increase in exports with 1379- carloads being shipped compared; with 1065 carloads last year, ant, increase of 314. Some of the other: goods accounting for the increase‘ were: 29 (19). ‘ .
Nova Scotia’s population —- about of 1957.--An increase of 402 car-iW3S miscellaneous aliicles which
I
touched by the -coal industry.
Accounting for most of the in-
- i
:sbowecl a decrease of 33 over; ‘last years figure.
major change by the new Pro-y
A government official said the export permit control will prevent-
other than friendly countries.‘
, i Fatally Burned V
Wednesday night soon after fire-~“
1
Turnips 205 (71); Meats”
department. has assurance that‘, the uranium will be used only for. peaceful purposes.
Under the arrangement permits, will restrict individual sales toi 250 pounds, with the uranium be-I, ing used only for testing and re-I search. The total of such sales: to any one country must not ex-; ceed 2,500 pounds, unless the gov-i, ernment of the recipient countryi has entered into an agreement with the Canadian governmentl
ROADS ARE the chief concern
ister ofllighways who -examines a map of the Island as he plans his program for the coming sea-
Uranium Producers Told May Sell Product Abroad
for cooperation in peaceful uses of atomic energy.
“Permits for sales of larger quantities will normally be issred for export to countries with which Canada has such an agreement,” Mr. Churchill said.
Canada now has signed such agreements with West Germany and Switzerland. However, con- tracts under the agreements for the sale of uranium still are be- ing negotiated.
son. With Spring coming a month
he fen into an open tmnk ,m_ of Hon J_ George MacKay_ Min. earlier this year, the Minister
has been able to get a head start on what will eventually be one of the biggest years of road building in the Province.
Highways Department Gets
Early Start On
Quick to take advantage of an distance of_1 3-4 miles. This road}
extra month of good‘ weather, Hon J. George MacKay who dir- ects the largest spending depart-l ment of the Government has af considerable portion of his road‘ and bridge building program ac-‘ tually underway. I.
With, a budget of $5,700,000, Highways spend more than twice the amount of any other depart- ment in the Government and it is the job of the Minister to see that this work gets underway early so as to satisfy what might be termed, the unsatiable de- mands placed upon him by citi- zens throughout the Province. SPRING CHANGE OVER
One of the first big jobs of the _ department is to re-convert road‘ building machines from snow fighting equipment to their form- er status and the early breakup of winter this year has been de- cided-ly in its favour.
Already underway is the re- building of the road from Wil-
Program
was paved in 1934 but will be widened to Trans Canada Stand- ards. The contract calls for com- pletion of the rebuilding by June 30 and paving will be laid shortly thereafter. Mr. MacKay said there is apossibility traffic may have to be diverted by Sher- brooke during part of the" con- struction project. ’ ‘
Preparations are being made for the paving of the last section of the highway between Borden and the National.Park. This sec- tion about five -miles, lies be- tween Stanley Bridge, and Caven- dish.
ALBERTON——-TIGNISH
The Minister announced that the contract has be let for the
paving of a 13' mile stretch of5
road between Alberton and Tig- nish. The pavement will follow
jthe existing pavement and work
on this project is about ready to start.
WEATHER
Rain; little change In temperature;
southeast winds 25. Iottetown 38 and 45.
NOT MORE THAN
Prime Minister And Rail Union Resume TaIksTodaY
C.-P.R. (Head Says Strike Won’.t Tie Up The Railway
OTTAWA (CP)_—Union officers, ,will meet Prime Minister Diefen-i ibaker this morning for the second? time in two days in an attempt, to find a solution to the strike- threatening dispute between the CPR and its firemen.
The meeting that will include president Claude Jodoin of the 1,000,000 - member Canadian La- bor Congress will take place less than, three days before a strike deadline of 6 a.m. local time Sun- day set by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine- men (CLC). ‘
As a union committee of high- ranking officers held a. first and apparently inconclusive meeting ‘with Mr- Diefenbaker Wednes- day, C-PR president N. R. Crump said at Montreal the company would c ontinue rail service should a strike develop.
“Your company does not intend to allow the firemen’s union again by strike action to prevent its employees from working,” he told the annual meeting of com- pany shareholders.
The fi-remen’s union, which in- cludes 3,000 of the CPR’s 80,000 employees, caused a nine-day tieu-p of the company’s rail oper- ations in January, 1957, to protest against a company proposal to remove -firemen from diesel locomotives on freight and yard service.
sAMn ISSUE
The same issue is at stake now, and the company has announced it will begin laying off diesel firemen with low seniority—aIbout 75 of them—on Sunday.
A-fter Wednesday's meeting in Mr. Diefenbaker’s office on Par- liament Hill, both he and Mr. Jodoin were n-on-committal about the results in talking to report- ers.
And-. ‘Mr; , Diefenbaker said he _ hadjné present plans for asking ‘pi-*esident'-'{:Trmnp'to"“‘codaé to ‘or: tawa for government-union-com- .pany discussions of the ty-pe that have averted previous rail strike
‘threats.
With the prime minister were
—Labor Minister Starr and Trans-
Low-high at Char-
FIVE CENTS
port Minister llees.
_Mr. Jod-oin was accompanied by members of a committee set up at Montreal Tuesday by 49 top officers of 16 unions including the railway labor groups.
OTHER PERSONNEL
A In o 11 g its personnel were Frank H. Hall of Montreal, nego- tiating chief for 130,000 nonoper- ating rail workers and a congress vice-president; W. E. Gamble of Montreal, Canadian head of the firemen’s union; CLC secretary- treasurer Donald MacDonald and CLC executive vice - presidents Stanley Knowles and William Dodge.
.After the meeting, Mr. Diefen- -baker would say no more to re- porters than:
“We have met and discussed matters in general and have adjourned until tomorrow mor- ningf’,
He had no plans “as yet” to call on Mr. Crump, who was re- ported to have told a group of the unio:n men at a closed meet- ing in Montreal Tuesday night, that he was making no conces- sions.
Mr. Diefenbaker was whether he considered‘ progress was made Wednesday.
“I will say only that we dis- cussed the matter at length," he replied.
President Jodoin was equally non-committal on this point..Ho . merely called the 21/2-hour talk “interesting.” I
He was asked’ whether Mr. Crump might be in on today’: talks.
“The 10 a.m. meeting is for our committee,” he said.
Meanwhile, a. firemen’s union ~ spokesman here said Wednesday
instructions are being sent to key regional officials of the union to organize strike arrangements Sunday morning.
Nine---chie-f~ officers were as-'
signed to various areas to make arrangements, inciuding the set- ting up‘ of picket lines.
“We’re going ahead with our strike preparations," the spokes- man said.
(US. Nuclear Tests Begin
1 WASHINGTON (CP) The, Atomic Energy Commission an-‘ nounced Wednesday that the first nuclear explosion of the current
‘tests was held at the Eniwetok Pacific proving grounds April 28,
the day Britain exploded a nu- clear device in the Pacific. Eni-3
lwetok is about 3,000 miles from, the base at Christmas Island,j headquarters for Britain’s testing» operations. - The AEC confirmed that an ex- plosion was set off April 28 after the test. was reported by Dem-
ocratic Congressman Charles 0.
iPorter of Oregon in a speech in-
3 the House of Representatives. He‘ ‘returned only Tuesday from the "scene.
confirm Porter's statement that
' ;the explosion was the first of 30 was set during-Augu-st-November, mot Bridge to Summerside, a (Continued on page 17 col. 5) nuclear test explosions sched-.1955, when 3211 inches fell.
‘during-any similar period since
The AEC would give no details: except to say the date was Eni-I totalled 27.71 inches, compared wetck ti_e and April 27 U.s.| time. The commission would noti
uled. ‘ Porter revealed the blast in a speech renewing his demand for an end to nuclear testing. ‘
Boston Reports Record Rainfall .
BOSTON (AP) —- The weather bureau sa.id Wednesday more rain has fallen in the Greater Boston area in the last six months than
it started keeping records in 1872. The bureau said the six-month total was 41.82 inches. The normal . fall for the entire year is 38.76.
Since the beginning of this year, the bureau said, rain has
to a normal 13.92. This year’: total is the second highest four- month total on record. The record
McGill Graduates Society, P.; E. I. Branch, met in the Char-it Iottetown Hotel last evening.‘ Mr. Lorne Gales, general secre-(N tary. Montreal. addressed -the‘:
‘meeting, which was presidedidon-ald College held last
McGlLI. GRADUATES HOLD MEETING
0V61‘ by Mr. L.C. Callbeck Mr. ;mer. The officers for the com-
Gales showed films of the 3 ing year are: Dr. Frank A. Mac?’- Q 1! e e n ’ s visit to McGill Millan (left) president Walter‘ and a film of the bi-cen- ‘:Mathes‘on. member of )the ex- tenial celebrations of Mac- , ecutive; T, T), DQBl()is Vice-
i tr
suin- ; president‘, L.
C.
Callbeck. past
asked ‘I
for ‘
-s
:president;‘ Brian Cudmore
ecutivc members George Wright of Charlottcloun and Wanda W‘;-all. of S(.nm11m':-ide.
member" of the executive. Mis; sing from the picture are ex‘
Miss