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l Cloudy with snewflurrlea beginning h' . i the afternoon. High - low as Chg;-up Iowa 30 and 43. U . l 7"Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew" 4 '- 15 PAGES . CANADA WEDNESDAY. MAY 1. 1957 mm 5,

LOBSTER FISHING STARTED

Minister Fires Cannon To

Mark The Officia

At his stroke of noon yesterday. Hon. Dougald Maclfinnon. Minis-

ter of Fiahrles. pulled the Iany- I” ha",

ard of a ceremonial cannon at Rus-

tico to mark the official opening of the ' T fishing" season in Prince Edward Island.

with head beared in a down port of rain. Hon. Mr. lldacKlnnon rr peated its words. "May Divine Providence bring all our fisher- men safely though a successful fishing season." The firing of the

King Hussein Announces Crisis In Jordan is Over

AMMAN. Jordan (AP) - King Hussein said Tuesday "the crisis in Jordan is ended."

The 21-year-old monarch. appar- ently feeling in Erin control after three weeks of touch-and-go ten- sion which threatened the peace of the whole Middle East. rejected a Russian complaint that the United States is interfering in Jor- dan affairs.

At the same time be told a crowded press conference that Jordan is not interested in the El- senhower doctrine, the American plan to defend the Middle East against Communist aggression.

"But if it is a matter of com- hatting communism. this we are doing. ' the king said. "The spread of communism is a threat to our uational and spiritual wellbeing."

DNAGI8 NOT OVEB The danger is not over. despite the surface calm. Military law re mains in effect and political part- ies conth to be banned. king said he declined a visit from President Eisenhower's spe-

cial en , James P. Richards. because ordau has interest in the Eisenhower trine.

Despite attacks from the Syrian and Egyptian radios. the king spoke softly with regard to pair Arab ambitions. Asked what he might of those attacks. Russda

' "Whoever trl”? to attack 0!” lltnvlbi . assassin; that country wom the one I blame for anything that might af-

cannon and the intonation of the Minister of Fisheries over. the sputter of the motor boats could as they headed for the

sea

Present for the occason was a Guard of Honour drawn from the Rustlco detachment of the Prince Edward island 17 recee) Regi- melu. The men equipped with an. clent intage muakets fired a vol- ley as the boats went by.

Only a small number of fish- l ermen at Rustico braved the rough

tries together."

WILL NEVER QUIT ARAB! Jordan. the king said, "will never depart from the principles of Arab nationalism laid down on Feb. 21 at the Arab big four con- ference in Cairo." At that mcctinl the rulers of Egypt. Syria. Saudi Arabia and Jordan agreed to re- ject pact swlth non-Arab states and to strengthen Arab military cooperation against the "com- mon enemy." meaning Israel. Saudi Arabia. with troops in Jor- dan since the Suez fighting last llll. strongly supported Hussein is the current crisis. King Hussein brushed aside So- viet allegatlons of U.S. interfer- ence in Jordan. "Everything that took place in Jordan.” he said. "was of our own doing. and it was what we believe and still believe was right for the interests of this country." Hussein's new government is ready to accept a U.S. offer of uo.ooo.ooo in scononic aid, pro- vided the aid does Jordan to the Eisenhower doc- trina. PROBLEM Poll ALL The king said the Israeli situa- tion is a problem for the entire Arab world. "Unless the right of people is live in thdr own country and K is restored." the big

king was .4... whether he most soon with

feet the relations of he Arab none

Fannedbo alsalofIraq.hlsoousln.or-wi

Diefenbaker Promises New

System Of Old

ANTIGONISR. ms. (CP-John Dlefenbaher said Wednesday that a Progressive Conservative gov- Us . if elected June 10. would aonsider expanding the present old age pension system by the addition of an insurance system similar in that in the United States.

Speaking at the first Nova sco- tla election meeting of his carn- palgn, he also heaped sarcastic remarks on the Liberal govern- ment's proposals to expand the Maritime provinces' power gener- ation resources.

Mr. Diefenbak said the Lila oral proposals to link Nova Bcotia and New Brunswick power grids and build thermal generating plants coma nine years after the

ise in the less Liberal inan- to develop Maritime power.

"What

retirement of I76 for single work- ers. sun for aged married couples without dependents and ass for aged widows.

person was 827.00. not much more than the average contribution by Canadians of 821.70 for the lid

would consider implementing such a plan "in addition to” the present pensions system. The U.S. plan was "worthy oi the highest com- rnendatlon."

of eastern Nova lcotia by the Cl- yaar-old leader look in two con- stituencies which have not elected Progressive Conservatives in

the present Liberal candidate. .1. R. ltlrk, shcs mo.

ARIA "IIDISWVIIID"

not commit .

Opening

weather and heavy seas runnlll yesterday. The season opened V09 terday applies to the area from

North Polnt around the Nortilll

and Eastern shores of the Province and as far in the strait as Vietn- is. It will last from May 1 until June 30.

While reports are not complete from all the fishing areas of tho Province. it is believed the south weather prevented the grater ma- iority of island fishermen from setting their traps.

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the leaders of Egypt or Syria. He said that "when I find it neces- sary to meet any Arab slats state, I will do so."

Sherif Nasser. King l-lusscln's uncle and adviser. flew into Bagh- dad Tuesday for a one-day con- ference with King Fnlsal of Iraq. His visit raised speculation Jor- dan might be seeking Iraqi finan- cial aid in addition to that offered by the United States.

Jordan had been promised a sub- sidy irom Egypt. Syria and Saudi Arabia to replace the more than S!l.000.000 a year that Britain no longer contributes, but little has been forthcoming from Cairo or Damascus. A meeting between the two kings Is believed imminent- perhaps this weekend.

S'side Captain is Appoiniedp

MONCTON (CP) - The CNR Tuesday announced the appoint- ment of Capt. Douglas Maclx.-an of Sumrnerslde. P.E.l.. as super- visor of the rallway's marine ser- 'vices in the Maritimes.

Capt. Mnclieap joined the CNS fleet in I944 on the West indies services. Later he became cap- tain on the P.E.i.-N.ll. farriu,

Of May Day Are Planned

LONDON (Reuters) - slogana

parades and beauty w

Ago Pnsions

posal.

Ra said the U-S. plan of dd age and survivor insurance pm- vldes average monthly benefits on

The average contribution per

age pension.

A Conservative government

The first day of a three-day tour

One 24 Escape in Hotel

4 Fire At Corner

Brook, Nfld.

iii gr 3'. l -E tlrri

Po

..l'”'” mark the celebration May Day today in the Free and Communist worlds.

Depending on local not ltlcs or just plain joy that spring is here, May I will mean a day off for millions of workers.

For Britons. the day will pass with Msypoie dances and the elec- tlon of local beauty-queens but not as a day.otf.

in Moscow. Palping and the can on European sateultes. Illa! Will be massive workers parades and the shouting of slogans dsnou lng "imperialist w ."

In Moscow's Red Square. Sovl leaders will review the traditional big parade from the top of the Lenin-Stalin mausoleum

ILEICING l'IOM POPE l Ital . May Day will be colt braltad glib the of the

. The Roman Nllllfi wiraddrass Catholic workers at-a gaperai audience in st. Peter's la-

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TRAVEL GRANT

MONTREAL CP)-Dr. F. Mc-

Klnnon. principal of Prince of Wales College. Charlottetown, has received a travel grant from the Nuffield Foundation for advanced study in the United Kingdom, it was announced Tuesday night by G. V. Ferguson. chairman of the Canadian Nuffield liaison commit- tee.

Key Witness In Murder Case

DALHOUSIE, N.B. (CP)-A key crown witness, Mrs. Andre Rouen, began her testimony Tuesday at the trial of Joseph Pierre Richard. :1). charged with murdering Kath- erine De Laperrelle, 13.

The forensic chemist at the RCMP crime laboratory in Ottawa identified numerous articles she has anaylyzed but has yet to de- scribe most of her findings-

She said a ligature used to strangle the victim was made from a section torn from the girl's un- derwear. a

Mrs. Roucn mentioned hairs and two pieces of fun found on a sta- tlon wagon cont identified in pre- vious evidcnce as belonging to Richard. She also said she found a hair on a suit coat said to have been worn by Richard.

RCMP Cpl. Harold w. Burk- holder, who described using a garden rake and steam snow-mclt- ers in probing for clues where the snow-covered body was found. said he found small hairs and. a little farther away. a single strand of ' H . - - ,a tton.

rt.

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'. fr.-.. p gag cllasio River ice rso feet RlclIards' home.

from

Small Boy Dies After 60-ft. Fell

SYDNEY CP)-Kcvln Gerardf O'Brien. 4, of nearby New Aber- deen, N.S., died in hospital Mon- day after falling from a 60-foot cliff near his home.

THIRD SQUADRON DUE BAGOTVILLE. Que. CF)-The third of four CF-100 jet interceptor squadrons assigned to the lt.;AF's air division in Europe is scrednlcd to leave here early next month. The official sendoff is May 9.

es .. 19!. .dw:.:.ts. wk. Instill!-

sinn which first proposed the li- mcm-bcr body six years ago. ,

Liberal defence minister and the councils chairman. said only right that with

breath the council recognize its

ceptod. saying:

this llruu entous occasion. i do not think that I could very well dis- guiso the fact that I am exceed-

WANT SIMILAR CONCESSION FROM THE U.S.

USSR Offers To Open Part V Olv Union For Sky Patrol 7

Prime Minister And Finance Minister To Visit Province

Prime Minister Louis St- Laur- ent will make I four or five hour stop over on Prince Edward island nn his return from New-

foundland nn May (list. This was announ ed yesterday by Mr. Ben-

HON. WALTER E. HARRIS

jamin Rogers. President of the

Prince Edward island Liberal As-l

sociation. The Prime Minister will arrive at noon. On May 17 Finance Minister Harris will arrive In the Province to address an evening meeting. i

0T'i'AW.l ICP)-The Canadian Council. armed with a Sl0fl.ll00,000 bank account for promotion of the arts, humanities and social scien- 's first meeting-in a Senate committee room in Parliament's centre block was officially d by Governor - General who headed a commis-

Nlassey

Hon. Brooke Claxton, lnrmcr it was

its first

Canadian Council Begins lis Work

Nineteen of the 21 council mem- bers were on hand for the first meeting and heard addresses of welcome by Mr. Claxion and Very lievl Georges-Henri Levesque. 54- year-old Laval University profes- sor who ls vicwchairman.

AHEAD OF SCHEDULE p

After the council's first day of closed sessions. Mr. Claxton saldi It wa ahead of schedule in get. ting organized. appointing staff to serve under permanent director

Dr. A. w. Truemuh former M. isier St. Laurent said Tuesday where

tinnal film board commissioner

Postpone Decision On Suez Canal

1 LONDON Reuters! (country Suez Canal Users Asso- lmauon Tuesday postponed a de-

.nsion on vihether to accept l-Igyp-I

nan President Nasser's terms for Eoperaiing the Suez Canal.

Prime Minister Macmillan and his cabinet are reported to want ll” give British shipping a green light to resume passage.

But a French foreign office spokesman said in Paris that Franc:-is decision not to use the Suez Canal remains unchanged.

The United States already has recommended a trial acceptance of Nasser's terms and it had been generally expected that the users association would follow its lead Tuesday. But the council ad- journed until Thursday.

NATO Meeting In . Bonn This Week

- BONN CPmThi.s old univer- lsity town in the Rhineland. some- times called the dullcst capital in ithc world. plays host to Western lstatesmcn this uoek.

Starling Thursday. ministers of the 15 North Atlantic Treaty Or- ganization nations will meet for three days. Nuclear arms, Brit- sin's new defence strategy and the Middle East situation will be among the main items of discus-

sion. l

The deliberations take place against a background of what ap- pears to be a reduction in inter- national tension. NATO meetings always tend to be colored by the particular mood of the moment.

land there is a possibility min-

lsters will tell about hat some are calling the "spring thaw" in world affairs.

. Says Liberal Party's Success i

- The 15-!

DR. ROSS PARKER

Slated For The Polyclinic Staff

Dr. Ross Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs. K.A. Parker, Charlottetown. has been awarded a fellowship by the American Paediatric Society for two years training in paedia- irlt's at the Hospital for Sick Child- ren. Toronto. Dr. Parker graduat- ed from Dalbousie University in 1956. and at present is interning

Following the period of training provided by the fellowship. Dr. Parker will join the staff of the Polyclinic. lie istmarried to Vodln. daughter of Mr. end Mrs. Arthur MacKay. Albany. and has one daughter.

OLD NAVIGATOR

The Dutch navigator Abcl Tas- man discovered New Zcniand in 1642. about ll years before its shores were explored by Cgptain Cook.

at the Children's Hospital. Halifax. cl

European Russia Is Not Included

LONDON -AP)-Russia offered Tuesday night to open up pan of the Soviet Union to President Eisenhower's sky patrol plan in exchange for Soviet photo surveys of Alaska and possibly all the United States west of the. Missis- sippi River.

The plan was laid before the United Nations disarmament sub- committee and was plugged beav- ily by Moscow radio.

The U.S. delegation declined ta comment and other sub-commit- tee members reacted variously. Some thought the Soviet plan slightly encouraging. other reac- tion was unfavorable.

in return for Soviet photo re- connaissance of Alaska and an area that might embrace the 22 states west of the Mississippi. the Russians offered to open up about

. one-third of the Soviet Union.

MOSCOW NOT INCLUDED

The Russian area would em- brace eastern Siberia. an unspec- ifled area in Europe. the Kam- chatka Peninsula west of A' t Islands. and Sakhalin, the big island north of Japan. But apparently European Russia in- cluding Moscow would not be in-

The.U.S. delegation. headed by Harold Stassen. would not com- ment lrnmediately. The British

lender and veteran of UN disarm- ament talks. said. "This Russian proposal leave much to be de- sired because it opens ice and wasteland of Siberia in return for opening up a huge part of the in-

to laspee The Canadian delegation. fifth

a.

is Result Of Its Philosophy

night in a French radio broadcast

"I greatly appreciate the priv- lcge of forcfnthcring with you on

Other squadrons left last Novem- ber and February. respectively.

ingly happy to see this body in being."

father. He thereupon invited Mr. and in making banking and ojthseir lb9,l-459531ol:;;W;:y'"3:f",,;:;'”Ef: Mu"), to L P H puma "H A I , u ' attachm nt to a social ”' T and the governor - general so nels1srwo:llt:xl:nclr:lr:iedJltr: H which sesame. an muomy of.

there would not be enough rev- enue to meet al the demands and the council would need insight and perception to get the best value for its money. There prob-

ably woulrt be criticism. too. of its choice of causes to aid.

ysaid in 1877 that he was a Liberal

I OTTAWA C?) v Prime Min- thought that always and every-

in human affairs there were abuses to be corrected. new horizons to be explored and new forces to be developed.

The -I ' were

a IJJ

Canadians."

He said the party's philosophy is based on principles which Sir Wilfrid Lauricr once said "are as old as the world." Sir Wilfrid had

because he was one of those who

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Abod one hundred guests includ- ing Ills Honour. l-leatansrn Gov- Pswwsa

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Distinguished Guests Attend The Provincial Bank Opening

were heard from His Honour the Governor: Mayor Stewart; Bishop MacEacb- era and Canon E. If. Ilalone.

assistant general manager. thank- ed the people of Charlottetown for the support they have given In bank since it flru started business

contractors who carried out the

I

Premier Matheson;

in his remarks. Mr. styles. the

Lt. Governor Prowse. Mr. A. E. styles, Bishop sul. Maelachcrn.

said the Bank was pleased to mnkew my it

a modest contribution to its dc- velopmenl. He noted the growth

5

in the bank stating that in 1951 it had I86 branches and ZN agon- clcs while today it has 157 as and in agencies.

FURTIIII PROGI E83 1

branch -

As a further Indication of me of the Bank he stated

in l&...an increue of 5! percent in five years. miles the same

He paid a special tribute to the III rsrllllos

adi-tdlallone in the

Premier Richley.

A.W. Malheson. W1-

Body of Missing Chatham Man Found

cuarum, N 3. (cm e Tlse' body of John Kitchen. 2.5. missing! from nearby Newcastle since Oct. Ii. was found hresday in the Min- amlchi River here. When he disap- peared it was believed he had fal- len from a bridge at Newcastle. An autopsy will be performed so- day.

SECRET EQUIPMENT

MOSCOW AP) - The Soviet announce:

. so "interesting" that he had the ' group. the effect of which Mr.

' Referring to the singing heard in i this class Mr.

in the text of a 15-minute recorded speech issued to the press before delivery. scheduled for if p.m. EDT over lire CBC's French-lan- guage radio network originating in Montreal.

The prime minister's office said the same speech will be repeated in film on the CBC Frencb-lan- guage television network tonight. Referring to increases at the last session in family allowance payments and pensions. he said:

"I grant that there are some who are of the opinion that the increases announced in the last budget did not appear as consid- ernblc as they might have wished. I will say, however. that they inl- low pretty closely the increase in the cost of living of the last few l years."

comment on the it There was no indication in the lan of including Canada..Jylag won the United States i- asha in the surveys. - The Russian ilrlwosala rue de- scribed by Moscow radio as I basis for "a partial saasrnant" on disarmament. The that than be a ban on

Dons. but suuosted no immediate prohibition of the manufacture d such devices.

Eisenhower first

proposed the "open skies" patrol plan at the Big Four summit meeting in Gan- CV!

in 155. Ttwaspresentadasalrstatap

is disarrnnmeot and as a token United States and Russia be the first to exchange such sauce. with other cormiries join- in

good faith by letting Aiha

later. its declared objective was to

avert surprise attach by spoding land. air or sea concentration and nuclear buildups.

HUMBLE START Millard Fillmore. United States president who died in 1876. was apprenticed to a dyer in his youth.

Varied Classes

At the Mime Festival session in'

yesterday morning. the adjudicat- or. Mr. George A. Srnslc. Brant- ford. Ontario. found the singing in the first class he adjudicated

winners sing the lest-piece as a

Smale pronounced "delightful". Smale said ”The standards are up to anything is have ever heard at festivals." This was Class 83. Girls Soio.i l.'l years and under. which was won by Nancy Thompson. North Milton. who scored as marks. in second place came Lelgba Jamie- son. Charlottetown. H: and in third place was Faye Edwards. Char- lottetown. and Beverley Macinnis. Ml. Edward Rd. each of whom scored 83 marks, ' At this session Mr Gordon lien- netl was presiding officer and Mrs. VJ. Andrew. platform secretary. Winners of the additional corn- petitlons adjudicated by Ifr. Smale at Notre Dame Academy yester-