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PBOMINENI Prince Island Liberia on hand to the liar. Walter E. Harris (rldtt) Canadian Mislster of Finance on

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(Iurloitetown at noon yesterday included Mr. Benjamh Rogers, (left) Char- lottetown. President of the P.E.I.

ab Liberal Association, and Hon A.W.

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Financial Adjustment For PEI Possible, Harris Says

The possibility that this Prov- ince may receive additional bene- lts aprt been the present five- year tax rental agreements with the Federal Govarslnent was in- dicated in a speech delivered last night by Hon. Walter I. Harris. Canadian Minister of Finance. Mr. Horus was guest apealoer at a weu attended Liberal rally held in the Comnuplty Centre. Claudette- town.

The meeting by the P.E.I. Liberal Assoclatl . was chaired by Mr. W.I't. MacNeil. Prior to the commencement of the address by the Finance Minister. the audience were entertained with a number of selections by two well - known Charlottetown groups; the Notre Dame Girls Choir. under the direction of Sis- ter St. Mary Honoria. and the Otleen Charlotte High School r.--id, directed by Bandmuter R. ll :1 Cudmore.

that the

apart from Its basis of these agreements.

The establldtment of a nation- wide "Canadian standard of ser- vices and the provision of "resour- ces adequate to establish this standard" was the principle under- lying the new tax-rental agree- ments with the Provinces. Mr. Harris maintained.

The Minister said that the var- ious "floors" laid down in the

'” agreements would bene- fit the Provinces. "it means a great deal to the Provinces to know that their income (under the taxcental agreements) will not fall below a certain level, "Mr. Harris said.

OVEIIPAYMENT

Referring to the overpayment received by this Province under the last agreement. Mr. Harris

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said. "It was no one's fault, but our own miscahlfulatiobzl; Cert:i; arran cments ve uscpould, but I. nllnibl lnjuredilast one of the characteristics of Liber-

ister. addinz that on his return to the Dorrunion Capital he intended to make a further study of all representations made by Premier Matheeon and his colleagues both in Ottawa and during his present visit to this Province.

Mr. Harris noted that the Con- servative leader had recently re- treated from the strong stand he had taken on the need for s new Dominion - Provincial conference in campaign speeches delivered here and in the Province oi Ontar- io. w ere he gained support from

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"Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew" w. CANADA SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1957

ll.S. iQuoto Cut is Action On The Agreement

hthmmentgsgmu the Associated I NPO yesterday's press. headed "Elsenhowe Cuts Potato Qllota". Mr. E. W. Campbell. Hillier of the P.E.I. Potato Marketing Board said: "This is merely an announcement that the United Sf-lies has taken the action agreed upon when the Canadian Tariff was negotiated.

"The quota year begins' on September 15th so the fact that the reduction of quota will apply to the 1957 potato crop.

"At the time that our tariff was announced it was not known whether or not the United States would immediately enforce the re- duced quotas to apply to the 1956, crop movement, and in any case it appeared that our exports would not come up to even the reduced quotas."

Bishop Of Gospe Killed

GASPE. Que. OP)-Mot Rev. Albini Leblanc. 63. Roman Cath- die bishop of Gaspe, was killed early Friday night when a car in which he was riding left the high- way slx mll'es west of here and crashed into a ditch.

Provincial police said Bishop Leblanc was riding with his sec- retary, Rev. Laurent Roy, when the accident occurred near St. Mariorique. Father Roy escaped serious injury but is reported suf- fering from shock. ..

Authorities suggested the sun may have blinded Father Roy. causing hlrn to lose control of the car.

Bishop Leblanc was born in Buctouche. N-B. and was ordained in May, l9l5. He was named head of the Hearst. 0nt.. diocese in De- cember. 1940. and was officially elevated to the blshoprlt. two months later.

Bishop Leblanc took over the Gllte Peninsula diocese Dec. 22. 1015.

Under Wheels

Nine-year-old Cool Norman

order to distribute the revenu psrently fell . from tax rental field in up sens sis is that wesrenotlingexilirav , slut-aIl.n-IIAIIMI-t hm manner in all provinces. Adding wearealways prepuedto sags. Issued .g'- 5 ' . .- that the federal government rec- if necessary." wilber-t' of rd. The ambeaa at the my sse Alton ogniscd met local-problenirwould "The whole matter is not yet accident occurred u' two wages loultc. via Harris. arise requiring consideration solved." stated the Finance Mln- loads of fertiilssr were being haul- Oowaa Wallace. Gaor MacDon- - eddown thensalssneetofhslldt loll-Ilranf. od lhsw. village! and! a scan: of" be”): Alvah Jeiiagyu. sl oIfu0'laaryM . d 0 - 0 were umpng oa lilldu PIN! . 1'. an Expect Helicopter Wlll Puck man. on ma In. em mo-I me -or

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WANTS DICE TO SETTLE ESTATE

BASINGSTOKE. England IAP) - Norman N. Mcad's will. made public Thursday. directed that his five brothers and sisters roll one hand of poker dice for his estate. High roll takes it all.

Mead. a 29-year-old bach- elor. was killed in a car crash three months ago at Bahrain. The size of his estate can't be determined until foreign mssets are sold. but it is be- lleved to be small.

The will also asked that his body be cremated and my ashes put in the nearest dust bin."

"He was a great joker," corn- manted his mother.

IIGTHHSEIAVY

ST. CATHARINES. Ont. (OP)- Some farmers in the Niagara pen- luula fruit belt said frost and be- low-freezlng temperatures Thurs- day night wiped out 50 per cent oi their grape and urawberry

KING SAUD of Saudi Arabia. left. and King Faisal of Iraq chat in the royal tent at Baghdad alr-

LONDON (Reuters)-King Saud oi Saudi Arabia's just - concluded visit to King Faisal of Iraq ap- pears to signal the end of a sav- age quarrel between their two families that split up the Arab world for generations.

It could lead to an entirely new political alignment oi Arab states.

The 55-pear-old Saudi Arabian monarch is the son of the late war- rior-klng Ibn Sand. who drove Fal- sal's great grandfather out of Arabia in NM after a 10-year war.

Ibn Sand was leader of the Whabi, a strict Moslem sect ' ” J in the 18th century. Fal- saiirgrandfatber. Sharif Hussein of Mecca. headed the rival Hashe- mite dynasty.

The importance to the Arab world of ending the bitter feud was stressed in Baghdad this week by King Saud. He told the mayor of Baghdad that "solid unity be- tween the Saudi and liashcmite

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To Investigate

IDNDON (AP)-A British naval vessel was ordered Friday night

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North Sea to the position of a marker buoy possibly used as a dlnress signal by a stricken sub- marine. g

A Danish ship. the Mary North. reported sighting the flashing buoy no miles northwest of the Dutch island of Tcrachelling. The captain

leased from a submarine.

British sir ministry officials at first said they were "virtually sat- isfied" that the object, reported giving off flashing signals and emit- ting smoke. was a marker dropped by an ocean survey plane.

But later the officials said they were "no longer certain" oi this explana ' . Naval authorities ord- ered the fisheries protection ves- sel Bramble to head for the srcnc. The Bramble was expected In reach the area early this morn-

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The Danish ship had reported it was standing by the buoy after hearing "knocking in the engine room." The message was not clar- ified further.

Naval spokesmen in London said no British or American submar- lnes had been reported missing or overdue In the area. The Dutch navy issued a similar statement. I

Kings' Talks May Signal End To Savage Arabian Quorrel

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good of and the interests of Arabs everywhere."

The Hashemlte dynasty now rules tow thrones-Iraq and Jor-

21-year-old great grandson of the former sherlf.

The two main protagonists oi the family feud are dead. The sherlf. driven out of his kingdom by Ibn Saud, died a broknc man in 1931, Ibn Sand died four years ago.

Now the sher-tf's great grand- sons-the two "boy kings" Hus- sein and Faisal-look with friend- ship to Ibn 8aud's oi-I-rich son. A Hussein in particular needs it- saaeial aid law that he has over- powered a leftist government which had been flirting with Mos- now. He was invited to Join the talks in Iraq but politely turned them down, possibly so as not to antagonize Egypt and Syria.

The historic family feud had led Saudi Arabia to turn to Egypt for a friend. Now Saud's hatchet- burylng mission to Baghdad for bring a major Arab . 'lgnrnent.

ATTACH! IN SWEDEN

OTTAWA (CF)-Col. George M. (Spike) Sprung, 44. of Winnipeg. is to becom Canadian military attache in Sweden and Finland. the army announced Friday. The posting is effective in July. Col. Sprung. director oi staff duties at army headquarters. succeeds Lt.- Col. Cedric P. Haynes. 44. of Tor- onto. being transferred to No. 26

Central Ordnance Depot. Cobourg. Ont

i Gov't Grants Temperance

At a recent meeting of the Gov- ernment. the sum of 35.000 was set aside to he allicaled the Temper- ance Federation for the purpose of seeing that snmronrhr appoint- ed in lrnrh lhc iricnls a nd

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y "We are prepared to go along lwilh this grant but the Federation ' is to see that a fit and proper per- son takes over the lob." Premier lMlllIf:S0fI said yesterday. "It is lmy firm opinion that a good Jolt lcan be done in this field. if the proper person is in charge.

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MANORVILLE, .'V.l'. (AP)--. Seven-year-old Benjamin Houperi Jr. was taken alive Friday nightl from a 24-foot well where he had been entombed for 73': hours.

oi his blue eyes signalled the mir- aculous survival of the youngster. for whom hope had been all but abandoned hours earlier.

He tumbled into a newly - dug well , in the backyard oi his father's Long Island home at 7:30 p.fn. Thursday night. It was 7:10 p.m. Friday when rescuers-hearh breaklngly frustrated through most of the day by landslidesefinally

rescue shaft.

In a few more minutes. Benny was taken from the dark, cramped well bottom by Sam Woodson. a Negro rescue worker. Said Wood- aon. beside himself joy:

"I was the happiest boy alive when I saw his blue eyes."

COLOR GOOD

Benny. his color good and his eyes open. was taken by ambulance to a hospital at nearby Mastic Beach. N.Y.

There a doctor said he was con- scious and "called for his mommy."

"He's doing all right." the phy- sician added. "I think he'll be all right."

The boy was suffering some- what from exposure. He was put in an oxygen tent for the night. Dr. Joseph F. Kris put an oxy- gen mask over the boy's face as he was brought out. A reporter

"Is he still alive"

"Yes. thank god," the physician replied. Then, forgetful of every- thing else, Dr. Kris grabbed the reporter's hand and wrung it in elation.

Several hundred persons looked on at the climax to a- feverish night and day of rescue efforts. From their throats came a hoarse half-shriek. half-sob of exultatlon as it dawned on them that Benny had survived.

"It's a miracle. it's a miracle." subbed one unidentified bystander over and over again.

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point of the horizontal rescue shaft

as they forced toward the well.

About 5:30 p.m. they reported they were within three feet of the

But now their working quarters were so u amped that shovels were useless. With bare hands, in relays they scooped out the stand, Lack of oxygen forced them out of the pit at intervals.

EIGHT INCHES AWAY

Shortly before 7 p.m. they were only eight inches away from the

Y- . Then su d d en l y they broke through-. .

From 2 am. on Friday. there was no sign of life from the bot- tom of the well. Hooper pleaded in vain for same response that would indicate his only son was still alive.

Dr. Kris fed oxygen through a tube to the bottom of the well for hours. determined to give the en- tombed lad every chance for sur-. vlval. But even he grew despond- ent toward mid - afternoon and said:

"Its possl'b1e but very improb- able that the boy is still alive.”

Still there was no giving up. There was nothing to do but forge ahead with the rescue task. hope- less as it appeared.

Hooper joined more than 100

and volunteers until he collapsed. The workers toiled on towards his son throngs the chill of night beneath the glare of 50 sea-rchllghts. with dawn. bright spring sunshine outdazded the searchllghts gleam and made l.r bearm pallid.

KEPT VIGII.

Benny's mother. Betty. 80. kept vigil in the house or,by the well. A switchboard operator, she leaned of her boys plight whn she heard a detective talking-"to police headquarters.

She and ha husband has: an- other dtild. Wendy. I. They live In a modem much surle house In this tiny community in the middle of Lona Island about 70 nice east of New York City.

Benny's father. who had worked with rescuers until he collapsed. then came back to keep vigil be- side the well. shouted almost in- coherently:

"He's alive. he's alive."

DASIIED FOR HOUSE Then the elder Hooper dashed

ing hopelessness.

out. a rescue worker had reached

he said: "I believe he is dead." The father had taken this news

the rescue pit: " "The boy is opening his eyes.

of hope that had nsgged rescuers as they toiled toward the trapped boy. Sand had drifted down on him and at one po

hand was visible to rescue workers from the top of the well.

STRONG PUMPS But strong suction pumps thrcwl out some of the sand. and mo hand . became visible again. I Originally, resellers had dug all parallel shaft 12 feet away from, the well. Then they tried to cut; across horizintally at a level with the lad's body. 1 But when landslides repeatedly. blocked their progress. they con- sidered abandoning the shaft and- attacklng the well directly, a man! oeuvre of utter desperation that: might well have cost the boy his life. ' At the last moment, however. they reverted to their original tac- tics, with the aid of an ingenious device furnished by the US. atomic l qsergy commission ,

The nearby Brookhaven national- laborstory sent four gamma ray shields. each about 1 feet long” These were scaled to fit nearly' one Inside the other. They couldl be expanded and contracted like as old-fashioned collsplbie metal lrllllnl clllt.

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the by one. in descending order of their site. the schields were forced through the sand iron; the bottom of the rescue shaft toward the well.

..As the workers toiled. there was every indication that death had outpaced them.

There had been no sign of move- meatf soul the well bottom is lots. Irony lay wedged in el- lsest total immobility in the damp pit. with only the thin rays of a flashlight from above as a beacon of hope against Inca belrntng tr- ror

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The wonder of the rescue was on his stomach shining a flash- enhanced bp the almost utter lack light into the well.

won't be afraid down there." said Fydlsh. voicing the anguish in on- mg not even the be. lookcrs' hearts for seechlng tip of an upward thrust plight of the eniombed boy.

Llttle 'Bcnny's plight recalled the tragic case of Cathy Flacll at San Merino. calm. in ms. The three-year-old girl fell 100 feet down an abandoned well casing and was found dead after a fre- zsendous 52-hour rescue opera-

on.

After Benny fumbled loo he

wildly for his house to tell the well. the danger of a landna news to Benny's mother. almost made it lmpoadble to dig dis-only . prostrate with grief and a grow- towards him. And the shat! was

far too narrow for an adult to h

Just before the boy was brought lowered into it.

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him and touched him. But when parallel shaft about 12 feet away " the man emerged from the well. from the well.

IIELD LIGHT

Mindful of the terror that must

with a sober nod of the head. But have beset little Benny. alone in almost before Hooper had felt the darkness shock of it. a voice rang out from 1113131 flours. unable to move. his an S

through the dreadful

above his head. George Fydish, a fireman. lay all night "If Ben can see the light. he

the lonely

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with the lad in his agony. His