If it's Good For The Island .The Guardian Is For It

With (doorman

“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”

VOL. LXXVII. N0. 136

.. . .l . t Mayor A. Waithen Gander of Charlottetown welcomes

of Canada to the city at a civic reception given for the

the members of the Royal Society

Authorised u Department. Ottawa.

GAUDET WELCOMES ROYAL SOCIETY

last at

Hall.

society night

gomery

and Mayor Gaudef. Dr. Lebel

Mont- Shown above left to right are Mrs. Maurice Lebel. Dr. Maurice Label, pre- sident of the Royal Society

loos—d Class III] by in. Post Office ml in paw-nu of

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was presented with a gift on behalf of the city by Mayor Gaudet. Following the recep- tion. the members attended a dinner sponsored by the Pro- vincial Government.

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1964.

l Parliament 3At A Glance

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

TUESDAY. June 9, 1964

Liquor Reported Involved

In Much Marital Discord

By BRENDA LARGE

a chief cause of discord in many of the 1.000 troubled marriages studied by the Metropolitan Tot onto family court. says a report submitted by the court to the

Canadian Conference on: the.

Fami

The research paper myriad: p nicohobm'inmmf-mi " cent of the

from June. 1962 to May. 196'}.

William '1'. Little. social set v- ices director for the family court. said in the report that it could not be determined n many cases whether alcoholism bred the marital problem or vice versa.

“This would be worthy of a separate study in view of the high incidence of alcohol re- lated to marital discord.

"But whatever the reason 10! drinking. there is ample e dence to show that alcohol is precipitating an inordinate amount of disharmony and un- happiness in those families com- Ing lo the court for a solution to their domestic ills."

The Toronto Family Court was set up in 1929. Its domestic counsellors now deal with a- many as 400 new family prob- lems every month.

350 GATHERED

At the family conference. sponsored by the Governor General and Mme. Vanier. 350 delegates from across Canada

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are studying

fare of the fvmlly. The Toronto Family Court

-found in its study that other“ major causes of family'discord ‘are non-support, inyolv g 25.)

The study said that the ma jority of marital partners in trouble were not young. inex- perienced teen-agcrs.

mafer and wrves

l aged 31.

Typhoid Cases Drop Sharply

hospital Tuesday in this phoid-stricken Scottish the lowest day's total since the epidemic's second wave started two weeks ago.

The city now has 416 persons in hospital—345 confirmed cases

(I 67 sus The city's chief medical offl- cer. . Ian MacQueen. warned: "We are not necessar- ily out of the woods. There are plenty of danger points."

Memorial Ceremony

VIMY. France (CPI—A Ca- nadian memorial ceremony was held Tuesday for the 59.544 Ca- nadians who died fighting in the First World War that began '50 years ago this year.

It unfolded under I blistering Gun in front of the giant stone Monument at Vimy Ridge. Can- ada‘s memorial to the men who lost their lives on French soil during the war and have no known graves.

Veteran Affairs Minister Tell- “ of Canada led the official "Fly ‘in placing Canadian and

"inch wreaths at the base of “39 memorial that overlook the my 0i i s of {much countryside dotted with

ears of coal-mining rubble.

AllIons: the too onlookers. gully from Canada. were seven

elerans of the Vimy assault of master Monday. 1917. Canada's

Witt dramatic victory of the

lit"! are: 70.

Held At Vimy Ridge .

Marcel Lambert. veterans' min- ister in the former Conservative government, and Jules Leger. C a n a d i a n ambassador to France.

A group of 44 Royal Canadian Legion members. now touring Second World War battlefields, .stood behind the official party.

Telliet spoke briefly, recalling the Canadian sacrifices of the First World War and especially the' Vimy Ridge campaign in which about 5.000 Canadians ed.

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“These were not professional soldiers." he said. “They were citizens from every part of our country. They matched and bet- tered the finest professional sol- diers of central Europe. then Went to become citizens again."

This region was the centre of most of the war's major battles. If is dotted with Allied and Ger- man cemeteries

reports from a, OTTAWA ICPl—Alcohol was variety of organizations and ill-5 dividuals dealing with the Wei-i

percent of the in gas; as- 5mm" :01; cent. 1. - . 14.3 per" .r, desertion. 16.3, and infidelity. 3.6 per cent.

The marriages studied lasted an average of 7.7 years and in- volved husbands aged approx-

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, Fredericton: ' . ancouver: Percy M5310. 70. Detroit. and C. H- m". ell. 67. St. Cataliarines.

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INSIDE TODAY

Births. deaths . . . . .. 3. i: Classified .. 12. in Comics . . . . . . . . . . . .. ii Finance. marke-‘s . . . . .. ll Editorials . . . . . . . . . . 4 Kings. Queens. City I Summersi . 3 Prince Co. . z Women's . 1

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The Toronto marriage coun scllors agreed that in

incompatibility. The‘ r e p o r t recommended

more extensive research into

couples could get help in soiv~ ing their marital problems oe-

fore court action was necessary.

30 per cent to 50 per cent of troubled l marriages. couples had serious. lunresolved problems of sexual

The Commons paid tribute to Lord Beaverbrook. who died in Britain.

Supplementary spending es- flmalcs totalling “1.173.134 were tabled by Privy Council President Mcllraith.

Opposition Leader Diefen- baker called for a one-man royal commission to investi- gate immigration department detention procedures.

The Commons passed measure amending the tional Housing Act.

pproval in principle was given to a bill increasing the lending capacity of the. m Cmdst‘ ' ' aiionq.‘

l ' River Wercaiy Ilia-Hurde for trite first time into the Senate. WEDNESDAY. June 10

The Commons meets at 2:30 pm. EDT.

a Na-

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Variable cloudiness.

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a few showers In af=

tel-noon and evening; southerly winds 15 increasing to 25. Low-hlgh 42 and 75.

Maggy,“ SEVEN CENTS

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Flood Damage In Alberta

Defence Planning Mistake

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said Tuesday it woul be

“terrible mistake" to d

‘ armed forces.

f The former RCAF chief of lstaff. who will retire June. 30 ‘ as vice-chairman of the Hawker- ‘

OTTAWA (CP) —— Retired I RCAF Air Marshal W. A. Curtis a

o away} Ewith the chiefs of staff of t‘he‘

ESlddeIey group, was testifying ybefore the Commons defence committee on the government‘s

bill to eliminate Ilhe three chiefs of staff and create a single de ‘

fence chief.

l mo l flhe lwho could speak for them.

| Air Marshal Curtis propo! l ilhat ffhe [chiefs of staff committee lgiven command over 0h ‘ e ‘ ‘ s a p

board to assist him.

He also said it will requirel to .000l

a reduction of closer .military personnel ‘ planned

than la . s announced by De- : fence Minister Hellyer.

lAT A DISADVANTAGE l He said an integrated slaf ’would put Canada at a grea

I , I Air Marshall Curtis said libel ? services will go downhill in tale and spirit if they lose} 1 tr chiefs. the

only persons ed present chairman of the

e three‘ fanning .

yistrative savings of $100.000.0f‘.fi

f i Prelel‘ Walter t‘half of railway president Don-

and embarrassing disadvantlge

i in ..military dealings Ailisdl

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Diefenbaker Blamed

For Que... Discontent

O O in this period, FrencIl-Cana-

By JACK PICKETTS

belief ln Canadianism" responsible for much of the “present discontent" in French- Can a, a university professor said here Tuesday.

I Dr. P. B. Waite. speaking lto the Royal Society of Canada :du-ring its annual meeting. said lmuch of French-Canada's pres- lent discontent. “while it began {much earlier. really developed i after the failure of the Diefen- 'baker regime to appoint a strong and representative group of cabinet ministers from Que- bee."

He said this failure stemmed from the former Prime Minis- te 'V prairie background d from his characteristic western belief in “unhyph rated Cana- dianism.”

Dr. Waite. of the Dalhousie University. indicated this west- ern belief was the result of an ‘ "increasineg

istic western

aggressive Ca-

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John Diefenbaker's p r a i r i e‘ dians had hapes more persons were admitted to} background and his “character-lldentity in Canada than their ‘ un- 1 traditionally '

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or.a anger Quebec posuion. hoping to establish cultural and linguistic links with French minorities already existing in New Brunswick and more sp cially in the West.

With this establishment. they ho ed to knit a viable French, Catholic culture on something like a national basis, Dr. Waite said in a paper.

Sir Wilfred Laurier tried to break this view of the Canadian future, but the times made it difficult. “In short. French- Canadian expectations of na- tional existence outside Quebec

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were never reallz .

However, no single group or party can be held responsible. Dr. Waite said, The immigra- tion pattern of the 19th century, prejudices of English Protes- tants against. Catholicism and the belief that the West should

tholicism" that developed in the l Spy:

18705 and produced a growing were can elm-be a m opposition from Protestantism. of swiftncss and light."

be a new Canada. not another eastern Canada. were all re-

aible. is "idle to believe that

l Erhard Greeting Is Cordial i

From Canadian. Government

OTTAWA ICPI -— West Ger- man Chancellor Ludwig Erhard arrived, in humid heat here Tuesday and was accorded the most cordial meeting any Ger- man has received from a Cana- dian government in more than three decades.

Prime Minister Pearson in an airport. welcome referred to the new Germany as “democratrc and peace - loving" and said Canada greeted the chancellor "very. very cordially indeed."

The two leaders. with Exter- nal Affairs Minister Martin and German Foreign Minister Ger- hard Schroeder presenf. later conferred In Dr. Erhard‘s hotel suite for 47 minutes.

Informant: said the subjects touched on were Canadian-Ger- man relations, including th.‘ possibilities of increaed trade: cooperation by the two coun tries in NATO: German reuu lfication; the "Kennedy rouml' of tariff negotiations at Geneva and an inlet, national peacekeeping force.

re will be further discus

sion of German reunification and all problems "affecting ll. and sympathy for ear son's plan for a peacekeep..lg force which would be held in readiness for United Nations duty anywhere in the world

RCMP Inspector Dies In Ontario

NORTH an. Ont. lCPl—ln-y spector Donald Fraser Fitzger-y aid. 48. a well-known law en-l forcemeni officer in northern; Ontario. died In‘hospltal heroI Monday after a long illness. Hei

ad been suffering from cancer. i

inspector Fitzgerald was the officer commanding the North Bay subdivision of the RCMP.

He was born in Moore's Set- tlement, Que, and received his education in New Brunswick. He joined the RCMP at Halifax in March. 940.

Inspector Fitzgerald served number of postings in Nova Scotla.

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cau. they're going.

looking forward to integration. i land,v ; Gerald I nIeI — '

not see 0 e. situation can be as bad as Air tis put it.

I Collapses

PARKERSBURG. W.Va. (AP) ree - storey brick building n.

A collapsed with a roar in dow town Parkersburg Tuesday but

warning to clear the area.

think they got everybody out." said patrolman R. F Smith. The building was being rent»

'the morning on a scaffold In front of the structure. Ti, shouted to passers—hy and oI/cu- pants of the building to stand clear when the cracking began.

Earlier if was feared the

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warning had come too late for some occupants.

.Police said about four per- sons suffered minor injuries.

LORD BEAVERBROOK is nhown here with his wife. the former Lady Dunn. whom ha

y with the: iUnifed States and Britain, Anl naval conference would‘ require thefiaencgrof g Cana- i was cur-'5‘. . son

He said the troops in the meld j matter between the railway and are very upset and that officers of the navy and RCAF are very W35 COHClUded ThUI‘SdaY- l disturbed about integration be-‘j Island Development Company ,‘ the past few weeks one rumor; levels at the mountain sources they don't know Whelrelleited was formed last .lulyfiuggested that the hotel I

Marshal Cur-l those forming the company as

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valed and workmen had spent; horn

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John Lloyd fL—Halifaxl saidl that in his Clly se'l‘VlCeme" "'9 ' velopment of Prince Edward Is la price of $3.000.

’ riam Walton and Victoria Heus-

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police said there was enough. r

“it started cracking. and we:

D. MARGISON President

SOLD TO LOCAL FIRM

A.

E, T. ALBERTS Vice-President

lransfer Set Nov. 1

I Transfer of ownership of the, A member of the provincial: Charlottetown Hotel by Canan government said yesterday that. dian National Railways to Is-‘ Mr. Margison. a partner in the

she ‘ land Devolopment Company Li? A. D. Margison and Associateaj “mm to make admin. mited will take place on Nov.‘| Limited firm of. consulting and‘.

[professional engineers of Don Announcement of the sale ofles‘ om". and Edgar T' A1. . . rbcrls preSldent of a large To- the llO-ro‘om, 34-year~old sfruc-l mmo' insurance film we Slur" was madeR principal shareholders in island ' ‘ Development Company Limit- ed. Mr. Alberts is vice-president

l o hhis year.

laid Gordon and Arthur D. Mar- , gison. Toronto, president of the ggnismnd Delempment

development company.

not dlSClOSEd. MY. .D’lal‘gl- of the company to bring in more said it was "a confidential 151mm shareholders. the hotel."

He said the

salelrumors that have lient in Charlottetown durin

and one of its aims is “to study. ‘ been sold to the Halifax firm plan and participate in the de- l 01’ Franklin and

Herschorn at 000. Addressing hotel

The Royal Gazette “s” that. after Oct. 31. bhe "Char-l

Alan Scales. K. M. Martin. Min employees “will no longer ap-l tis. all of Charlottetown.

Exceeds $1 Million Mark ; Officials Confident ‘

Water Peak is Past

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

Heavy weekend rains touched off a series of violent floods in southwestern Alberta, forcing hundreds from their homes and

causing more than $1,000,000

v damage.

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_ The government member saidl co Purchase price of the hotelhnwever, that it is the intentionlfunds . . . ) flood vrctlms until the damage

;Blood Indian tribe and an employees known number of Hutterltes

hammssa‘beny‘ said he Egggs'l COMPANY PERSONNEL yesterday. M... Margison said: near Standoff, 20 miles south of

The rains. which totalled

more than six inches In some.

districts, also disrupted road and telegraph communications. Hardest hit areas were Water

5 ton Lakes National Park. Stand-

off. Cardston and rancnlanos south and southwest of Leth- bridge. Some districts of soutn- eastern British Columbia were also affected.

Floods also hit the Yukon communities of Mayo and Daw-

City.

There was no Ioss of life in

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r the Canadian floods, but 30 pet ~sons died and dozens were re-

ported missing in floods that smashed Montana state centres near the Canadian border.

Included in the Montana fatal- ities was Stanford Creighton. 35. of Cardston. He died when his car plunged off a road nea Babb. Mont.. a few miles south of the international boundary.

At Ottawa. Resources Minis- ter La'mg told the Commons federal officials at the flood scene have been authorized to take whatever steps necessary to meet emergencies in the wake of“ the floods.

N0 COMMENT ON FUNDS

He said he did not want to mment on whether federal would. be available to

fhad been assessed.

Announcement of the sale endsl 'Qffi'cials in all Communities been preva-i StrICken by the floods believed I

the worst had passed. Wale.

hadl of the flooding rivers were re- lported down Tuesday.

About 250 members the

Ll‘n

of

Fort Macleod. Alta, were

Innemwn~ will m longer be a forced to flee to higher ground; Th railway hotel and existing rail-‘ TueSda‘V‘ way union arrangements among Bally Elven

t h e rampaging

Jack Tully,

Beaverbrook Died Peacefully In Midst Of Family In Surrey

{peacefully surrounded by Ills ICPI — Canadian- mi y ‘ Lord Beaverbrook. the 1 His son Max Altken. who wrll‘; millionaire p u h l is b er whose . carry on as head of the- Beaver- y newspapers became part of the: brook newspaper empire. saio British way of life. died Tlles- the “Beaver,” as he was uni-. day at his home near Leather-y versally known, had been ser- i head in Surrey. He was 85. liously ill for the last week. i One of the most famous ] Time and place of the funerall Canadians fo settle in Britain. 1 was not -expected to be an-i the Presbyterian minister's son pounced until today. . from the Ontario manse, who. Death came only two weeksl after a memorable birthday an- niversary dinner at London‘sl

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boyhood in the Maritimes. died

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married after a Beaverbrook viii to picture was made at Fr. or. New Brunswick where he ictm. N.B. as the couple left Ipent his boyhood.

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Dorchester Hotel given for him y a fellow Canadian-born pub- lisher, Lord Thomson.

Once penniless, Beaverbrook built up a fortune in the cement business in Canada and left at the age of 28 to start a new career in Britain. After First World War he bought the Daily Express and from lowly beginnings created one of the most famous and controversial papers on London‘s famed Fleet Street.

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Beaverbrook”: death followed by little more that of another Canadian who made a name for himself or. Fleet Street. Sir Beverley Bax- ter. who died April 26 at 7.1

Baxter joined Beaverbrook; Daily Express in 1920 and ac- came. first. edltor of the Sun- day Express and. later. editor in-clhlef of the Daily Express. He left the Beaverbrook paper's (Continued on page 2. col. 1‘

Premier Shaw Sends Message

Premier Walter

on behalf of the Prince Edward Island

in the telegram the Prcmicr liritics is being exammed.‘

‘ card

of the dcafl of Lord Beaver- . brook. one o Canada's m osf outstanding native sons Your

. l assed through the city without Indlan agent aw p ‘. (Continued on page 3. col. 6) ‘. Cardston, 60 miles southwest ofl causm‘ damage Tuesday'

than a montn‘

(In learning of the death of Lord .Beaverbr'ook sent a message of sympathy to Lady Beaverbrook Maori” people of

Lethbridge. said special relief assistance was given the dis placed lndians.

Mrs. Allan Smith. wife of a general store operator at Stand- off, said Tuesday morning all 700 Blood Indians and an un- known number of the 100 Hilt‘ terite colony residents at Sland- off had been forced out of homes by flood.

l Mr. ’l‘ulley said only lndlans living near the river had to evacuate homes. The others were safe “if the river doesn't rise any higher and it appeals { the worst is over as long as if I doesn’t rain again."

At Waterton Park. about 150 residents force from then .‘ homes found refuge in the posh Prince of Wales Hotel on high ground.