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' GANADA. rntmsgnv runs 14 1956 is oiscuss WORLD FEDERATION

Fear Of.Red Influence ls Cause Of Split, In Legion

VANCOUVER (CP)-Fear of ......

Iihle Communist lnf..ience in the World Veterans' Federation caused

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erationis Brussels meetinl I WEEK speech delivered Tuesday by Lt.- tlons l neith d' f" d t :;.i Ind. mentioning Yugoslavia. Gen. Guy Simonds were heard in 5 er lgm le nor In said the convention Wednesday.

. . g p I through the press that we reconi- keeping with the traditions of theimend conscription at the age of forebearers of the people in Can- 16. When questions were asked

the first wide split Wednesday in the 16th convention of the Cana- dian Legion.

The question of the legion Join- ing the '3deration took over from conscription as the key issue at the convention.

Delegates voted 75 per cent Ignlnat the recommendation of their retiring president, Very Rev, J,,0. Anderson of Ottawa, that the

"We 've toilearn to live in the world I these people."

ISSUE SHELVED Bob McNichol of Gibson. B.C., candidate for the ynesidenc . disa-

e .

"Don't get mixed up in trying to clean up Europe's backyard." he said as delegates cheered. Ossie Howe of Ottawa. Dominion command legal adviser, tipped the

The former chief of general staff, retired after outspoken criticism of Canadian defence policies. called 0" the lesion t crusade through 31? C0llml'Y for national selective service. b e gin n i n g with youth- camps for physically-fit 16-year-old schoolboys.

QUEBEC SUPPORT

Quebec delegates dispelled any. fears the French-Canadian legion-

Ida's own security from attack , , ,

Ida, nor in the final analysis even after Geri. Simonds' speech, the III 8del'lU8l-E guarantee ot Can- press was conspicuous by its empti- ness. I think we should request up of Canada's the press be requested to accur- youth to serve the nation would Itely report the proceedings of this mi Wily bridge 3 59Fi0US sap in convention."

The calling

Canada's forces but would immea.

surebly benefit most of the indi- cheers and applause.

viduais concerned. "

Earlier. . the convention ordered gess of St. Thomas. 0nt., supportec its resolution favoring conscription Mr, cannon;

rewritten to embody some of the

The suggestion was greeted um

”ominion chairman Erie Bur

"The only matter at the age ov

scales against affiliation when he Said: "I am not anxious to see Can- Ida become comrades with any' Communlstdominated country and I refer to Yugoslavia." '

His amendment. asking the mat- ter be shelved for two years. was passed in I standing vote.

naires were against endorsatlon of Gen. Simonds' proposal when they brought down a resolution which was incorporated in the conven- tion's main resolution. it said in part:

"A policy of contributing mater- ials rather than manpower to com- mon defence effort of the Bi-itldh Commonwealth and the United Ne-

legion affiliate with thc federation. ” W” S check "6 3 medic?

The world group comprises 129 organizations from 34 countries. - including Yugoslavia.

lc " J-P-I-ant. ld t fth P.E.I " 8 5 ”"3.'"""l5t '. Federatloii Sir-iii, rill. !i...W.e Shaw: Dean Anderson "M we did".

1. Deputy Minister of Education. and "

remarks of Gen. Simonds, - examination."

CRITICIZE REPORTS There was no rcfcrcnce to re

Before til? now resolution ua5' ' V passed, Earle Cannon of Summer- '.ll.'l.'.lf5..by..(.3de"..S.,';'.l,'.'L'.i'5.213” 33"". side. P.E.l.. delivered a criticism pres! conferen, d , of what hr aid was misreporting ".3" "”?”l”d ml?" of "w.convemmn' and radio intrvieus that

"Mothers and parents of this 13'Ye8l"0ldS 8010 youth camps to country have been in form ed learn discipline.

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(ho evening, session of yesterday's Associations. Left to right. Mr. son Parker. Inspector of Schools

ABOVE ARE the ..i-incipsn It Federation of Home and School Charlottetown Schools. Dr- Ne1- I annual meeting of the P. E. I. K.A. Parker. superintendent of lmcolchester County. N.S-'. MI!-

PENGUlN'S -SPAN Emperor penguins - largest of penguin species-may live for 35 years in the germ-free air of the Antarctic.. I

C oming Events

Bingo. Hope River tonight. ,

Unloading car shavings. Russell Driscoll. Mt. Herbert.

Reserve Wednesday June 27th for chicken supper in York llliir

Dsnce in Fanning Brook school June 15. Burke's Orchestra.

Dance Grandview Hall. Thurs- day June 14th.

Reserve Wednesday. June 27th for Crapaud United Church In- nual cold turkey supper.

Dance tonight Garfield Mec- Phce's. Brookfleld. Canteen ser- vice. Burns Orchestra.

Dancing Earnscliffe School ev- ery Thursday night commencing June 14.

Recital in Stanley Bridge Hall by school pupils Thursday. June it. 0.15 pm. . .. .. ......--,

Lobster supper Morell Village Parish Hall. Wedneeday. June 1!. starting 5 p.m.

Dancing at the White Spot.Duii- itaffnage, every Friday night. Rollie Mscl(enzie'a Orchestra.

Miss M.

PEI Home And School Federation Meeting

Mrs. J. P. Lantz was yesterday re-elected president of the P. E. l. Federation of Home and School It the annual meeting held in Prince of Wales auditorium. Other offic- ere elected were: Vice-presidents. Queen's. Judge C. St. Clair 'l'rain- or; Prince. Allison MacLean: King's. Mrs. Ruth MacLeod- Tre- asurer. Lieut. Col. Leo F. Mac- Donald. E. D.; Recording secret- ary. Rev. Eric Robin. Correspond- ing secretary, Mrs. Doris MICKEY-

The remainder of the afternoon

session was taken up with the pres-.

entatlon of reports by the parent education, school education. iichol srship and public relations com- mittees. The matter of holding I regional Home and School confer- ence was discussed extensively and sppmved. with a recommend- ation that it he held at Moncton. N. B. during mid October.

A panel discussion under the chairmanship of Dr. L. W. Shaw. Deputy Minister of Education. was held on the subject of , i ' groups in education. Those speak- ing dur the discussion were aiyble, who dealt with remedial classes: Miss. sue Hol- lett on retarded pupils: Miss Haz- el Hunter spoke on the cerebral palsy classes, and Mr. K. A. Parker discussed the child with the high I. Q.

EVENING SESSION

introduced by Mr Parker.

titudes Towards our Schools".

native Province. This was set Departmeii

The committee comprised three

conslstin ree majo

committee was set u of professors in the

resulted. t .

Committee is ' ” infor thin that Home and School k u may consider and study and which

spe.-lker Dr. Nelson MIcLeod. of Truro. N. S. Inspector of Schools in Colchester County, N. S. t;')ll

r. Maclieod took as his subject. the Joint Committee on "Public At-

whlch conducted an Inquiry in his committee by the Nova Scotla of Education after I brief was received from the Nova Scotla Federation of Home and School Associations. regarding the critical shortage of teacher supply.

members from each of the four major bodies concerned about the matter. the Department of Educat- ion, the Nova Scotla Federation of Home and School. the Union of Nova Scotla Municipalities and the Nova Scotla Teachers Union along with Mr. H. H. Simpson of the Federation of Home and School as chairman and Mrs. C. L. Trav- is I member of Home and School at Halifax. A three men survei

universities in Nova Scotia and from whose findings the booklet "Nova Scotla Looks at its Schools"

Dr. Maclieod closed by saying that in the reports of the Joint

Lcist British Soldier Quits. Canal Zone

PORT SAID. Egypt (ReuterIi- The last British soldier Wednesday left the Suez Canal zone. the mighty base Britain took 50 years to build into the world's biggest overseas military garrison.

The reargusrd echelon at the base-11 officers and 68 men-left five days before the expiration of I 20-month evacuation period set in the Anglo-Egyptian agreement signed in 1954 for the withdrawal of all British forces.

A British army sgokesman said the troops sailed for Cyprus from the Suez canal zone "quietly and with dignity." .

But there were rousing cheers from Egyptian crowds who gath- ered It navy headquart-.-... in Port Said. last administrative headquar- ters of the British a the Egyptian flag hols . 00 min- utes after the Britons left. -

EGYPT T0 CELEBRATE

'nlclena will remain in the zone for seven years to help the Egyptians operate the base. British forces will return in the event of aggres- sion, - ' t any ” 5 Aflb league or Turkey.

The Egyptian government has

Some 4.0M British civilian tecti-I

Eight Missing In Tug Sinking the 60-foot tug Maydce out

New Orleans sank off the Missis alppl coast Wednesday.

missing.

had picked up seven survivors.

Want Cyprus Issue Debaled. Al U.N. Session

76 member states.

-ninn of the Cyprus prob lcm "in order to preserve freedom

He spoke on his visit to the fed-

”GULFPORT. Miss. (APl-The coast guard said Wednesday night of

Eight of the 15 persons aboard were still

The tugboat. Conrad radioed it

UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. (Reu- ters)-Greece said Wednesday the "deteriorating situation" in Cyprus constitutes a threat to international peace and should be dealt with by as United Nations general Issem-

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y 0 we Backing up the formal Greek re- quest of March 18 that the question he placed on the Issemblyle pro- visional agenda. Mr. Christian X. Palamas. permanent Greek repre

s ' ,subnilttcd In explanatory ....:...orIndum. for ' ulation to all

in it he declared that Greece had decided to request assembly

Repercussions from the fighting V.

ROYAL NAVY TE

ST AREA

SOUTHAMPTON England (AP the giant liner United States Wed- nesday and startled its 740 pas- sengers as the pride of the Ameri-i can merchant marine approached muthampton.

mines and depth charges. derson. told ship reporters:

away before letting off these things."

N0 PROTEST i Anderson said. iii. explosion canned "quite lj'eVgerbel'ItlO:li-" He did not plan In official protest. He added: "Some of the passen-

in the engine room were pulziefl At first they thought we had hit - something." I

- Admiralty officials estimated the

The blast came as the 53.000- ton ship was passing I proving ground where the Royal Navy tests

The ship did not slow speed and never was in any danger. But her master. Commodore John W. An-

"! think the British Navy boys

ought to give some prior notifica- tion or wait until.a ship is further

gets noticed I shudder and men lit!

Explosionln Sea Jolfs Huge Liner United States

said Anderson. British pilots on

explosion was three miles from the about A loud explosion in the sea shook ship. "I wouldn't quarrel with that." was one of the passengers.

board, however put the distance at said. "It was distinct all right."

a mile. Silent film star Mary ”Pickford

"There was I heavy thud." she

MEXICAN DESERT AIR

TORONTO (CP) - superheated air from the Mexican desert boiled Jnto. central Canada Wednesday. driving the temperature to record highs in eouthe n Ontario and ush- Irliig in the first major water short- of the season.

The Dominion public weather of- fice predlcted I record June 13 high of 95 for the city. which less than two weeks ago Ihivered in

Heat Records In Onfario Broken

showers in northern Ontario did not relieve the fire litujioii-but the

llgfstsiing whicin. accompanied the- atom numerous new out- breaks.

Elsewhere across the country. conditions were moderate. The west and east coasts experienced show- ers and cloud for I time but it was clear and balmy on the Prair- iee and in Quebec although the heat

Cook On Raff Reported Sick

HALIFAX (CF)-A seasick mcm-X ber of the raft l'Egare Wednesday

the cook for the North Atlantic ex-' pedition.

Martinez. one of four men at- tempting to drift to Europe. was reported feeling much better. Noth- ing more was said of his leaving the raft on the first passing ship. Contact was made with the raft and its four French adventurers Wediiesdsy by amateur radio op- erators It nearby Dartmouth. The rail radioed the day had been overcast and no position sight had been made. its last reported position was 275-miles east of Hal- ifax. This was radioed Tuesday and showed the raft about 30 miles west of Monday's position

Last Friday the raft reported be- ing S90-mlles east of here. The ad. venturers left Dartmouth. N.S.. about 16 days ago.

MOSCOW VISIT PLANNED - iitusssis (Reuters) .. Prim llniater .

ill Minflter. Phil -i Henri ek of Belgium have accepted In invitation to visit Moscow next fall, I government source said here Wednesday. The same source said that several Belgian ministers will visit Moscow before the prime minister.

was identified as Jose Martinez...-

vAclilil.e vnn--Asher anti

readings below freezing. The same was forecast for London. Hamilton and Windsor.

The de Havlllend Aircraft Com- pany near Toronto sent 3,400 work- ere home for the day when the supply from the municipality's ov-

pocket was spreading outward from Ontario.

may be used Is a basis for the advancement of educational aims.

Dancing at South Buatlco every Thursday night. Rollie Macken- ile'i Orchestra. Centeeeikerviee.

Commencing June 20 will close on Wednesday It 12.!) noon. G.

arranged elaborate eva tin-1 day celebrations for next Monday. Pre- mler Gamal Abdel Nasser will re- view I military parade at which Irma obtained from Communist countries will be shown.

assembly meets Nov. 12.

The Greek memorandum charged Britain with having transformed Cyprus into "a huge concentration camp.” of having adopted all the repressive measures used by the

At the evening session the guest

peace and security.” The general lllllv Humid tie. cliitv. A

Presbyterian: Have Blti IIEADED Moll

C.N.R. Brukeman Trapped Two

K. Wigmore. Bradalbene.

Dance in Mount Ryan Hall ev- ery, Monday. Rollie Maci(enzle'I orchestra. Dancing 9 - 12.

Dance Cardross School every Monday night. Webster's Orch- eitra. '

Kingston Branch Canadian Log- lon monthly meeting It Charlotte- lown. Thursday. June 14.

Dance at St. Georg' Hall. Fri- day night. Good music. and can- teen service.

Come to Long Creek Hall. June 15th. and see. "Here comes Char- lie" by Wheetley River Players.

Dance Cardigan Legion Hall Thursday night. Webster's orch- estrs. P. A. system and canteen service.

Pantry sale It R. T. HolmiIn's store. Charlottetown. Thursday. June itlh at 4 pm. Ausplcea of Victoria women's institute.

--All arrears of taxes due St. Margaret; School district No. ll including Clear Springs No. 180 which remains unpeld after June

.950. will be handed in for giollectiun. By order of Trustees.

f Wlnsloe Road Hall. Doors open tonight Iweltlng Trinity-Players present their three not play "Song W my Heart" sale of cake and ice Ci-Sam by south Wlneloe v.r.u. Curtain Sm pm. Come early for E soon seat. '

"Showing at Morel! . Pere- Eiuunt Pictures "Those luihaedi From Seattle." Techni- Eor. starring Rhonda Flemining.

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Hours In Toppled Locomotive

VALLEYFIELD. Que (CP- Pain-killing drugs were adminis- tered to I -year-old brakeman Wednesday while emergency crews with acetylene torches worked for more than two hours to free him from a toppled diesel locomotive.

Brakemau Herb Dillon of Brock- ville. 0nt.. was trapped by the legs in the diesel when I Cana- dian National Railways freight train struck I truck trailer l0 miles south of here.

The diesel unit and 11 cars of the (Gear train were derailed. The train. known as Boston No. 91. was en route from St. Alhens. Vt.. to Brockville. g

Dillon was brought to hospital in Velleyfield suffering from fracture

of the left and also from shock. BUFFER SHOCK

Engineer B. W. Andress. 57. and firemen Richard Bra-lfleld. 41. suffered shock. Conductor Robert Home, 37. was uninjured. All are from Brockville.

Rene Messier. driving the trailer truck for the Valleyfleld Paving Company. suffered minor injuries and shock. The truck was demol- ished.

The line is used only by freithl trains and CNR officials said wreck trains" from Ottawa and Montreal would require about 24 hours to clear the line. About 500 feet of track was damaged. The diesel was thrown over and the derailed cars were left lucked

across thg tracks. k

Eisenhower Thinner But Quite Chipper; Will See Adenciuer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi- dent Eisenhower, reported I little union or but "quite cbliiner." worked for I while Wednesday on official papers.

Hf; doctors said his progress to: ward recovery was "satisfactory and .'ave their approval for West German chancellor Knnriid Aden- Iuer to drop in on the in id?" this morning.

Physicians continue: having Eli-

nhower fed throul 8 V9" " gough they said last Saturday they expected he could begin tlkinl flu- nids by mouth about Wcdnudll -ro on pmiaonci on ten relief. ggmvu-. they remov for several periods the uncomfortable drilli- ege tube which has been inserted through an nuetrlls to his tomecb ever since his oII0flll0'l-

ggimmcgr gpent I half hour gmfori-in with chief side Sherman Adams and other staff members nu glwing I little iilmmn to ill personal secmary. ii course is these telkii he signed 57 bills othu officill PIP!"-

bed twice this mornl..g for In Ig- gregete of B) minutes.

White house press secretary James Hagerty said the president. in light tan pyjamas. was sitting almost completely upright in bed when he met Adams and the other staff memb-.s.

Hagerty said this was "a fairly routine” day of paper work for the president.

A3 (gr thte p.k:ldent'e appear- llce. II! V ll 1 . "He looked and sounded suite cuppa...

WI UNDER THE COLLAR rp

legerw blew up at some repo - me who pressed for the length of tune Iideaeuer. who Will H I9N"" pulled by State secretary 011110! on his 11 I.ni. Am courtesy CI" today. will remain with the lll"ll' dent

"way the hell don't you "It until :0 7" the rm! "'3'" tery em .

Hg.”-1y glgo new I little ROI under the collar over questions about just how forcefully the l!f!Pl' that expressed himself on the dis; comfort of the ”docotnPr9IIl0" use which runs an ill! nostril-

nI- Hotlieetuina

II.

wiil be the first MP MIR Eisenhower has re- eeivd outside members of his own family Ind close Iuecletll from the

"my louse. htuhnme IIIOIRIIQIIWIIIY

Dmitri Shepllov. the new Rus- sian foreign minister. will be pres- ent among delegations from for- eign countries.

Nazis and Fascists during the Sec

Cyprus.

Investment Dea

By FORBES RHUDE Canadian Press Staff Writer

ST. ANDREW'S BY-THE-SEA. N.B. (CP)-Full speed ahead for Canada. at least until the year-end was predicted Wednesday by J. R. Hughes of Montreal, president of the Investment DeIlers' Associa- tion of Canada.

''I can't see anything but full employrnent.Aor the rest of the year." he said in In interview with newspaper men attending the asso- ciation's annual meeting.

Mr. Hughes. vice - president of Royal Securities Corporation. spoke from observations made in some 10.000 miles of travell across the country during his year in the asso- ciation's presidency. Perhaps not everything planned would be done. he commented-men-power. money and material might not be avail- able for that. But there would be enough to do the necessary things. Measures to control money Ind credit were the most striking de- velopments in the investment field In the III year. Mr. Hughes stated. Re approved of the principle of what lied been done. though there might be differences of opinion on its timing and extent.

HAY ll CREDIT IAIWG ugeopdgzlilz "When you 0:t";sltiiI enipliiyineii .

dnntion virtuetllry ueknftl limit. E 55354 IN! . have the inehhge -inflation control can be I use

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credit tightening

peek about three weeks . that from here in there gradual easing-uiileII there was I lcw threat of laflatiu. ' Mr. Hughes said that in tin cam- his year the eaaecletlon would con. tlnue lte odueI"onIl efforts to of more and more CI -my . vest in the country's future. .

CIYLON FAX DROUGHT '

lers Are Given

Optimistic Forecast For Year

However much Canadians might invest. he added. the growth de- mands of the country are so graet that foreign capital is needed.

he said. "that United States cap- ital is not wanted. Anything that would discourage i would be I great mistake."

meetings and in enjoyment of the St. Androws' sunshine. Gem-ral meetings will be held today and Friday.

CONSECRATE STATUE BELGRADE (AP) - A nine-foot

lfestrovic to his native Yugoslavia. was consecrated Wednesday before thousands of Roman Catholics. hlestrovic created the statue for the new Roman Catholic Church of St. Anton, in Belgrade.

ond World War. and of waging war against the Greek population in