Would Have PubIisIiers' Story In Newsprint Probe
uttN'1'RI-EAL (CPl .- Presideutunited States senate last week.
n. M. Fowler of the Canadian gen-sprint Association has sug- gested that a United States Senate committee investigating newsprint
tslnee Feb. i. the committee has .been looking Into newsprint,
rromlmd by I 84-a-ton increase
- effective March t which raised the
might determine how hard up, New York price to 3134 g tog,
American publishers are.
1.. a personal statement flied ulth the committee at its request. Mr, Fowler says Canadian mill owpers would like to know more about its U.S. custome . - "this kind of iniormation is almost to tally lacking" p 1., pay is a vital economic factor.
tI'What we hear and what the
Mr. Fowler said his duties as chairman of the royal commission on broadcasting made it impos- -ible for him to appear before the .ommittee at this time.
He said I956 purchases of high- -ost newsprint from sources other
- because abilityt than Canada amounted to more
than 3l0.000.0fl) in the U.S. last year. "which might perhaps be
pttblisltct-s say and do themselves; taken to indicate that U.S. pub-
llolllfl seem to indicate that the us, publishing industry is not in
any tinancial distress or depres-I
stop. UNABLE TO APPEAR
His l7 - point statement was He also said that since Canadai rent to the committee an inter- is the best U.. scustomer
lishers could afford to pay some thing more than the prevailing market prices and found it profit- able to dos."
CANADA'S BEST CUSTOMER.
and
state and foreign commerce of the since her newsprint exports ac-
Need For Professional People In Agriculture Pointed Out
tftttttattsr. N.S. (Special) -An alarming situation is developing ttom the growing shortage of trained professional personnel in the agriculture industry D.C. Fos- ier, Winnipeg. told the Canadian Council on -i-H Clubs in the an- nual presidential addncss Tues- day. The problem is acute it is a challenge and we the Canadian Council should accept our share
of leadership and responsibility in n
meeting the challenge.
Mr. Foster was giving his clos- lng message as retiring president and at the afternoon session Frank ll Wolff of Toronto. Canadian Pac- ific Railway agricultural agent. has named new head of the Can sdian Council. Charles A. Douglas of Truro. head of the Nova Scotia Extension Department, was ap- pointed vice - president while James D. Moore of Ottawa was attain given the post as secre- tary manager. The three day can- ft-cettce ends today with meetings of the new committees and board of directors.
EXODUS TO URBAN CENTRES
Continuing his annual report ilr. Foster said In Western Can- ada officials are concerned with the Exodus of young farm peo- pie to towns and cities. He men- tioned that in 1931 there were 670.993 occupied farms in Canada and in 1951 it has dropped to 621.- 330, adding that a further reduc- tion is certain when the 1956 fig- ures are available. The farm popu- lation is also going down and fig- ures show that 20 per cent of Can- sdlan population is expected to produce the food and fibre for Can- adI's rapidly increasing require ments.
gut 4-H Club programs must ta e note of this changing condi- tion. Mr. Foster added. "There will be fewer clubs in areas with depicted population and progress invagriculture will languish as a result The self reliance and deter- mination of our early settlers than mastered many and difficult pnblcms to lay a lasting founda- IlOfl for a dynamic development excelled by few countries. in this tradition. though under much
YMCA Campaign Reaches 514,500
Thelreturns in the Y.M.C.A's financial campaign held in Febru- IFY. now totals 814.54!) and contri- butions are still coming in.
This was the gratifying news re- W,l'ted to the Board of Directors, at III monthly meeting on Tuesday "mint; by Campaign cochairmen Bun; E. Rogers and James 0 Mac-
it
Mr. Rogers on behalf of the Clrnpalgn Leaders. commended blipness firms and print. dug," for their generous rcapongg to m. meal for 815.000. to take care of s increased budget necessary for
ed improvements in the local program and also to reduce the ngncipal payment on the man. gage.
Mr. Rogers pointed out that more than 821110.00 had been con- lbbuted by various Clubs within the "Y". including the Women's Mtxtltary which had contributed I magnificent sum of 81000.11),
Auxiliary is an organization of Mott-d and energetic women osc Income is mainly derlvgd I tn catering to supper meetings of Clubs of the "V". For many Yhrs it has been a dependable Kcnerous supporter of the with
of the.Y.M.C.A.
” II View of the favorable outcome
the campaign. the Directors Ilve decided to pay the balance Mn: on the principal payment on
stun"-mortedstttninuou
Httuinberofpa-sonshadsm
mortgage which fell due in " r
more fortuitous conditions men and women of vision conceived a plan to aid rural Canadian youth when the established the Canad- ian council in 1931. I toss ACTIVITIES I Revelwing the activities of 1956 he felt he could state with confl- dcnce that the plan to delete judg- ing contests from National 4-H Club Week had met with approv-p
Mr. Foster paid tribute to the many who had played a part in making 1956 one of the moat suc- cessful years in the history of the 0I'8anization. This success was achieved through joint responsibil- ity and cooperation.
Another feature report present- ed yesterday was that of secre- tary manager James. D. Moore who gave details of the Council's activities. He said. he had spent about 40 percent of his time in the provinces and met with sup- ervisors and a large number of people assisting the 4-H move- ment. He said he had noted a marked development in certain phases such as local leadership exchange visits. safety publicity. new projects and other items which were mentioned in commit- tee reports. -
The presentation of the commit tee reports brought yesterday's business meeting to a conclusion. The Tuesday session ' J ” with a banquet tendered by the Canadian Council and with the new president. Mr. Wolff. presid- lng.
Re-affiliation I Service Is Held I
The Explorers of Trinity Unit- ed Church. Charlottetown held their second affiliation service with the Afternoon Auxiliary of the Women's Missionary Society on Thursday afternoon. March 7. in the Hearts Memorial Hall.
The service was opened by singing the Explorer theme hymn "This is my Fatheris World." followed by declaring the Explor- er purpose. A report of the Mis- sionary Exploration was given by the Keeper of the Log. Heather Beaton. who told about the new study book for this year "Bright Pathways." after which several of the story book children appear- ed. Nancy George. was dressed to represent Faro's sister from Jap- an. Carol MacLure. Kamla from India. Glenda Stewart. Fak Chan. a Chinese girl from the leproaar- lum in Hong Kong.. and Pat Jay. Clarita from the Philllplnea. Each girl told the story of how she came to hear about Jesus in that
distant land where she lived. .
The Treasure Chest was present- ed by the Keeper of the Treasure. Marilyn Darracli. to Mrs. A. ll. president of the after- noon W.M.8. who in turn present- ed the certificate of Affiliation to Chief Explorer. Gall storey.
Following prayer by Mrs. -'
nail. the Explorers than Dru!!!-, ed a brief program in which they shared what they had learned dttr- ' ing the Missionary Exploratioa.' on display was handwork. scrap books. charts. etc. that had beeal made by the children during this
POI'l0(I. I The following is the program: Round
to God." Heather Jenkins. Jay. and Margaret Bell. Recitatlons. ''In His Service",
Patsy Doherty. Korean. solo "Koitak". Lyn ohnston. orean game. "Old Farm: Jsanalo W t. . Exercise. "God's Missionaries.” a Kennedy, Dslslsl.
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to
cout for 22 per cent of all dollars earmarked for U.S. imports. "it s perhaps unfortunate that other lmericans who have a direct in- erest in the newsprint trade have to one to speak for them." Nor. he added. is there any one o speak for Canadians who riodicaily are faced with in-
creased prices by American sell- -
ers." "An enquiry such as this in Ot-
tawa into the prices charged by I U.S. sellers of coal. oil. steel. ma- ' ”Ilil'le tools or motor cars would '
te unthinkable." rto SHORTAGE EXPECTED He raised these other points: No newsprint shortage exist sin North America and none is an-
ticipated barring "some calam-M
ity" during the next three years.
Publishers. Canadian and U.S.I newsprint producers seriously un- dercstlmated the market future in 1954, invoking a scramble to meet demand.
Nearly all Canada's production -
expansion since 1946 has been ” r we capacity." increasing; from the newsprint capacity costl in the ms and 30s of about 335,000; per daily ton to Si00.000-Sl;5,000i per daily ton in a new mill. E
Increased costs of labor, raw material and transport have morel than exceeded price increases -- upped from si06 a tonvln 1950 to the present S134.
Statistics showed that the recent Si increase adds three per cent to the newsprint price and "amounts to an increase of less than three- fifths of one per cent in operating cost of most newspapers. . . ."
Mr. Large On Press Report
On a question of privilege in the Legislature yesterday Mr. F. A.' Large. Liberal, First Queens. said he had been quoted in the Prestt as saying there were no mainland universities offering courses in edu- . cation below the graduate level. Mr. Large said his statement was: "No mainland university has a course granting an ordinary tea- cher's license in one year."
in another quotation attributed to Mr. Large in yesterday's paper. it was stated: "In granting this privilege to St. Dunstan's. the De partment of Education had com- mitted a direct violation of the cherished rights of the church and the people." Mr. Large said his. statement on this subject was: "Saint Dunstan's teacher training plan is a direct violation if the cherished principle of equal rights of all the branches 0 fthe church and at the same time an invasion , of the public school " I
On another question regarding
I I
tthe School Act the Press report
said "He said the Public Schooli Act has been re-enacted each year I and the act has remained the . same." Mr. Large stated that I what he said was, "Section 147 on I non-sectarian schools has been re- enacted in the School Act each year it has come before the,Legis- lature." At. the same time Mr. , Large said a couple of statements
. TAKE
A three-wcck short course in egg grading is being conducted at Birch Court by the Provincial Vo- cational School. in the course, wlticlt began March 12. students receive instructions in the grading of cggs and in Government regu- lations.
EGG GRADING COURSE
Instructors. all members of the Federal Department of Agricul- ture. are F.M. Nash, E. Holland and B. Araenault.
Pictured is B. Arsenault with
Malcolm Bcll, Alberton. Rudolph Betscma. Union Road. Lloydl
Brown. Clement Doiron. Clarence Gallant and Francis Murray, all of Charlottetown. Gerald Mclsaac, Rocky Point. David MacNelll. Ver- non River and Francis Chaisson. Morell
Guardian Pltoia
Young Adult Group Met At Zion Church
The regular meeting of Zion Church Young Adult Groups was held on Sunday evening March 10. The meeting opened with Prayer by Rev. Brown followed by a sing song of favorite hymns.
The theme for the evening's dis- cussion was "What is the Differ- ence?" and this was very well carried out in playette form by Doris and Lloyd MacDonald and Davida and Russell Stewart, and a very interesting discussion follow- ed with all members taking part.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved and plans were made for a Church Family Fun Nite which is to be held on Saturday evening March lsth. from 5 p.m. until 8 pm. with a Pot Luck Supper and entertain- ment for all ages, with Commit- tees appointed to look after the details.
A silver collection was taken and a committee appointed to look after next Sunday's discussion. There being no further business. the meeting closed by singing ”Blest Be the Tie that Binds. "fol- lowed by the Benediction.
Negro Student Beaten To Death
CHICAGO (APl-Alvin Palmer. a 17-year-old Negro high school student. was beaten to death by a pack of white teenagers. He died Tuesday of a fractured skull.
A passer-by gave this account to detectives: Palmer was wait-
mPd' by mm had be” "mbmed ing for a bus Monday night when I” ' ML Chrki ithe gang of eight aauntered past Mr. Large claimed that thelhtm,
newspaper report ommitted to I stress the lack of explanation on the part of the Minister of Educa- tion for the educational crisis and the lack of a plan for the future. i
They returned. surrounded him, and one of tltem smashed his head with a single blow. The wit- ness told the officers that not a word was spoken.
6-Month Term In Stolen Goods Case
A resident of Spring Park pre- viously convicted in Queen": Coun- ly Magistrate's Court on a charge of unlawful possession of stolen, goods. appeared before Magistrate! Gilbert Gaudet this morning andt was sentenced to six months ml the Queen's County Jail. l
The trial of at Charlottetown res- I ident in the charge of breaking. entering and theft at the repair garage of County Construction; Company located in Central Royal- l ty was further remanded until Fri-,3 day.
A similar remand was given in
of operating a motor vehicle with- out numbcr plates was v-given a fine of five dollars and costs or five days.
Again Directing
. swing of 000.01: In employment
. steep decline in Job; in January. . 63,190,000,
i r partments
Employment In
WASHINGTON, (AP i-An up
llstrlgsrstiss
Repair-s'I'oAllMaltea
last month in the United States. offsetting in apart a surprisingly
was reported Tuesday by the gov- ernment.
Employment rose to a total of the highest February level in history and about WOMI) higher than a year ago.
The commerce and labor de- said in a joint an- nouncement that unemplo ssauaaa dropped by !23,000 to a ottal of S,l2i.fl)0. or 4.1 per cent of the
APPLIANCES SALES 8 SERVICE
MOTORS
Rewinding and Repairs
ljbor force. Because of the adoption by the census bureau of a new definition RPPP-I-'5
of unemployum... the jobless total was 240,000 larger than it would have been under old stand- ards. Similarly. the employment figure was about that much smal-
Palnter Electric
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. Thurs. March 14. 1957- U.S. On Upgrade T1" .G"'"”'" -P'-'-'-i-
ler.
St. Patrick's Play
I
J. Pius Callaghan. above, Pre-I sident of the Benevolent lrish; Society. will again direct the. Society's St. Patrick's play at.' the Community Centre. Marchi l6 and ill. I
For Mr. Callaghan it will mark 20 years of association with St. Patrick's plays. This year's vehicle ”CindrelIa 0'RellIy" is, in his opinion. the finest Irish comedy ever offered.
A talented cast has worked hard and long to assure you of something very special in the way of Irish entertainment.
Tickets are going very fast. Each year many folks are dis-I appointed. Dont let that happen to you.
Get yours now-today-at Red-. din Bros. Foster's Drug Store.I Cantwell's Pharmacy. K. and RA Store. Stesd's Pharmacy and Tlseji
Medical Pharmacy. I .
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two other cases. one being that of a Charlottetown resident accus- ed of the possession of intoxicating liquor in a place other than his residence and the second case in- volved another clty resident charg- ed with operating a motor vehicle without number plates. t
The case of a Charlottetown wo- man previously remanded. charg- ed with the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor in a public place was further remanded until March 27.
A Southport resident convicted
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