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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1959 14 PAGES “roms FIVE CENTS
HON. J. A. D. McCURDY, 72,; 1909, tests controls of the 1959] Lionel G. MacCaffery of the the pilot ef the Silver Dart in|replica, which was built by Lac.
Flight Today Will Mark Golden Jubilee In Canada
By SANDY CAMPEELL. cetien Press Staff Writer BADDECK, N.S. (CP)—A rec-
reation of the Silver Dart will take to the skies here today watched by the first Canadian to achieve powered flight in the British Commonwealth on Fen 23, 1909.
, Fifty years ago today on the same frozen Baddeck Bay, J. A. D. McCurdy soared aloft in his bulky aircraft on a one-half mile flight that; wrote the first page of Canadian ‘aviation history.
McCurdy, a native of Baideck who served as Nova Scotia lieu- tenant-governor from 1947 to 1953, arrived here Friday. He watched a final trial flight Saturday of the Silver Dart I, built by the RCAF.
His flight from the ice of Bad-
deck Bay a half century ago made him the eighth man any- where to get into the air in powered and controlled flight.
FIRST CANUCK IN AIR
The first Canadian.to fly-was F.-W. (Casey) Baldwin of Tor- onto, a paftner with McCurdy and others in the pioneering Aer- ial Experimesit Association set up here in 1907’ by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell ‘‘to get a man into the air.”
Baldwin soloed at Hammonds- port, N.Y.. March 12, 1908. Mc- Curdy flew a few months later, also at Hammondsport, where
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built and test - flown at Ham- mondsport. It was taken apart and brought here to make his- tory.
The other members of the asso- ciation were Dr. Bell and Lieut. Thomas Selfridge of the United States Army. Selfridge was killed in 1908 in the crash of a plane piloted by Orville Wright.
DAY’S CLIMAX
The replica-of the Dart will cli- max today’s celebrations. It was built at the RCAF station in Tren- ton, Ont., and is a faithful copy
| Of the original except for a few iminor modifications including a
another Association member, | 6 horsepower engine, similar. to
Glenn Curtiss, had a motor-cycle
engine factory.
The original Silver Dart was
Britain Not
Satisfied
With Canadian Efforts
OTTAWA (CP)—Britain is not completely satisfied with Cane- dian government efforts so far in aiding a speed-up in the flow of British goods to this country.
Sir David Excles, Britain's trade boss, appears to be search- ing for some extra - Canadian help in this field. On moves that Canada may take may well de- pend how fast Britain moves to eliminate remaining restrictiogs against Canadian goods.
Sir David told a London lun- cheon earlier this month: “In this country we have by govern- ment action helped Canada to sell more to us; we look for matching action on your side.”
Just how the Canadian govern-
ment can help has nob been fully| But Mr. McGregor observed | disclosed, but Kenneth Mc-jthat Canada’s surplus in U-K. Gregor, Britain's senior trade|trade widened as Britain's pur
commissioner in Canada, sug-|chases from this country rose to gests that Canadian Crown agen- | $781,000,000 from $742,700,900
cies might do more 9 purchase | Canadian surolus in Ano'o’ 5
goods from Britain instead ofjdian trade -nse te $251,000/9 elsewhere. from $220,700,000.
In 1958, amid a recession, Can- ada’s imports from Britain did increase slightly. The trend, said Mr. McGregor in an interview, appears to be ‘“‘in the right di- rection but we would like to see
‘'the-pace stepped un
Mr. McGregor came from Brit- ain to take up his new job last July and since then has toured most of Canada, finding that ‘Canada has enormous potential. You’ve got everything except people and capital.”
In 1958 Canada’s imports from
| Britain edged ahead to $527,000,-
800 from $522,000,000 ig 1957 while Canadian purchases from the United States dropped to $3,- 577,900,00 from $3,998.500,000
that used in some modern light
| Planes. The original was powered by a water-cooled engine, optimis-
tically rated at 40 horsepower.
Victoria County Drama Society members plan to attend today’s ceremonies dressed in turn-of4he century costumes. Members tak- ing the parts of Dr. Bell, Bald- win, Curtiss and Selfridge will cheer as the Silver Dart takes to the airways again.
Officials in charge of celebrat- ing are banking on the. weather- man for co-operation. Latest fore- casts indicate fine, clear weather. The flimsy. biplane is difficult to control in strong winds and an alternate program has been set up for indoors in case the weather is bad. Wing-Cmdr. Paul Hartman will pilot the Dart. ORIGINAL WRECKED
The original Dart was wrecked five months after-the Feb. 2 flight. It crashed at Petawawa, Ont., during a demonstration for the Canadian defence department. McCurdy’s nose was broken in the crash, the only serious injury of his flying career.
NEW GRAF SPEE
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Letters To Mark Flight
Queen Elizabeth and the heads of the British, French and United States governments will be aboard the commemorative flight today of the model Silver Dart at Baddeck, N.S. :
postage stamp issued to mark the 50th anniversary of powered flight in Canada.
Government House - addressed the letter to the Queen and Prime Minister Diefenbaker sent letters Prime Minister Macmillan,
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event, a replica of that aeroplane, constructed so faithfully that it
new Canadian eakt ‘stamp,
blazed by. Mr. McCurdy and other aviation pioneers. Their endeav- ors led to the development of a new and faster means of com- munication which contributed much towards the development of Canada.
It is- therefore with pride that I send you greetings from the government and people of Can- ada, coupled with an expression of the hope that even as the new science of aviation was a -spark to Canadian development 30 years aigo, the scientific genius of man today will continue to be used in peaceful pursuits in tne future, bringing to our countries awpnws-ed unity of purpose and strength in the wider sphere of international affairs.
LIFT EDUCATION BAN
CAIRO (Reuters)—The United Arab Republic education ministry Sunday lifted a requisition order imposed last month on all Jesuit colleges here. Ail books at the colleges were examined by the authorities and those described as anti-national were withdrawn.
By VINCENT BUIST MOSCOW (Reuters) — Prime Minister Macmillan and Premier Khrushchev spent more than three hours Sunday discussing world affairs in an informal fire- side talk at a country villa out- side Moscow.
send two hours with 38 other at a typical Russian lunch in the villa—followed by a musi- cal interlude. Snow fell throughout most of the day. With the leaders. were their foreign ministers—Selwyn Lloyd and Andrei Gromyko—the Brit- ish=ambassador in Moscow, Sir Patrick Reilly, and the Soviet ambessador in Lonion, Jakob sf. ‘ik
V FED ALL SUBJECTS
TORONTO (OP)—Union leaders van aircraft workers Saturday con- gidered a march on Ottawa in protest against the federal gov- ernment’s decision to stop the Avro Arrow jet interceptor pro- gram.
The aircraft industry's joint union stabilization committee,
hurriedly after 14,000 workers were sacked at the Avro and Orenda plants, also con- sidered a mass protest meeting over the government’s stunning policy change.
The committee wired opposi- tion leaders in Ottawa for an im- mediate “‘no confidence” motion in the Diefenbaker government.
The committee said a genera) election should be called imme- diately to see if the people are “prepared to go along with a de- cision which has such serious military, political and economic implications.”
A statement released after the meeting by Peter Podger, bus iness agent for the Machinists Union (CLC), sald:
WILL DOMINATE DEFENCE?
“Politically the government has virtually erased the border in favor of United States domination in defence. Complete servitude will inevitathly follow.”
Avro union officials branded the government with economic treason and “moral prostitution.”
Meanwhile, the dismissed work-
ers and their families prepared a: hunt for other jobs, register for unemployment benefits and
announcement Friday if an im- mediate halt to the costly defence
Prime Minister Diefenbaker’s |
OPPOSES PACT WITH U.S.
To Send Aircraft Union March On Ottawa Considered
said company officials, workers and union representatives.
Avro Aircraft and Orenda En- gines, subsidiary companies of the giant A.V. Roe Canada Lim-
all their economic eggs in a one- contract government basket.
A.V. Roe started studying ‘‘dis- aster program” projects when the first warnings of the Arrow’s fate came last September, but Avro President John Plant said all the experimental projects on the company’s drawing boards are still in the visionary stage.
The only jobs to be continued at-the Avro and Orenda Toronto- area plants will be on replace- ment orders for jet engines and a special project for the United States Air Force.
A commercial jet transport, stemming from Avro’s former experiments with a four-engine jetliner, is one future project that has been mentioned by aircraft industry officials.
They've indicated* that they think there is a market for a jet transport in the 1,000 - mile - an- hour range, able to make 600— mile hops from city to city at reasonable cost.
FOUR YEARS AWAY
However, production of on | mew plane at the Avro plant | would be at least four years | away. The time involved from drawing board to first flight would be at least three years. Then production lines would take | time to gear up.
“Who is going to put up money for « whole nev develop- ment program?” asked Mr. Plant. “We don't know.
“We have to be certain we 4 not duplicating any similar stud- | jes —. conducted in this field
project came as a numbing shock | elsewhere
The CNR carferry Prince Ed- ward Island was less than 70 miles off Souris last night and with her escort, the C.G.S. Lab- — battling very heavy
"The ferry left Port aux Bas- ques, Nfid., Saturday at‘ dawn en route to Borden, P.E.I.
At 5 o'clock last evening the ships reported they were 91 miles out of Port aux Basques. They still were some 160 miles from Borden.
The master of the ferry, Capt. S. K. Kean, said ice up to 25 feet
thick was encountered the first day out. Sunday ice was being | encountered up to 35 feet in | thickness.
The most likely looking leads. were being spotted by a heli-| copter from the Labrador.
It is the intention of the ships to try to reach Borden by way of Northumberland Strait. But if conditions are too difficult that way. then the longer voy- age will be attempted via North Cape.
The vessels lay to each night and sail only during daylight hours.
Slow progress was reported Sunday morning but conditions were somewhat better later in
They interrupted their talks to| the
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the day.
of mutual interest,”’ a British spokesman said.
Macmillan then finished off the second day of his 10-day visit to Russia by driving back to Mos- cow to spend the night at a gov- ernment guest house.
Formal talks will be held in Kremlin today with Khrush- chev and other Russian leaders.
All visitors were barred from the wooden two - storey dacha (villa)—built in 1939 for Joseph Stalin — at Semeonovskaya 530 miles south of here: INCREASED FRIENDSHIP
Macmillan, replying to a toast) by Khrushchev, said he hopes his| visit will result in increased) friendship between Britain ard Russia and serye the cause of wer'd peere
th ft” 2 Gxt Ge eS éiderasie time snould be a..o.icd
Ferry Off East Pt. Last Night
A couple of weeks ago a heavy pressure ridge of ice was report- ed running from Cape Breton Is- land to Prince Edward Island in the vicinity of East Point. It is expéted the vessels will reach this section some time today.
The Prince Edward Island ran into heavy ice en route from dry- dock at Halifax recently. She put into Port tux Basques to await an escort.
The ferry does not have bunk- er space to take on fuel oil suf- ficient to battle heavy ice for the time it would take to. make the voyage alone.
Fishing Vessel _ hebsrt Trouble
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston fishing vessel Flying Cloud with 17 men aboard Sunday reported she had lost a rudder and was
| disabled off Sable Island, south
of Nova Scotia.
The U.S. Coast Guard dis- patched the weathership Barata- ria, based at Portland, Me., to take the 124-foot Flying Cloud in tow. The fishing vessel was in no immediate danger.
Cordial Atmosphere Seen » At British-Russian Talks
to serious discussion of world Is- sues—as well as purely Anglo- Soviet topics—is shown in the final timetable for the visit.
This now provides two o¢- casions for across-the-table ex- changes between Macmillan and Soviet leaders.
Saturday's harmonious atmos- phere at a Kremlin banquet and at Vnukovo Airport when the British party arrived all have contributed toward the impres- sion of great cordiality, combined with earnestness, from the Rus- Sians. | DELIGHTS MUSCOVITES
Macmillan whose white fur hat clearly delighted the welcom- ‘ng Muscovites — was grected warnr'y hy Khevschchev and both
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900 Cypriot - Prisoners : Are Freed
NICOSIA, Cyprus (Reuters)— Some 900 Greek Cypriot political prisoners Sunday trooped out of detention camps and into tumul- tuous welcomes in the wake of an agreement making this strife- torn island an independent re-
Most of the others h been released in recent weeks follow- ing a truce declared by EOKA. The new releases came after the return of Governor Sir Hugh ‘oot from London where the agreement to make Cyprus a re- public was signed last Thursday.
CROWDS IN STREETS
As a long line of cars and trucks bearing the detainees en- tered the city crowds rushed into the streets to cheer them and) display Greek flags. i
In the main street, dubbed “murder mile” during the height of four years of anti-British viol- ence, women made the sign of the cross and wiped away tears
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of joy while youths chanted “EOKA” and “Enosis” — union with Greece.
Million Lost In . Ont. Fire
LONDON, Ont. (CP)—A mil. lion-dollar fire, believed to be the costliest in this city’s history, gutted the Dixon Van Lines ware- house and two adjoining firms in the downtown section Sunday. More than 7.000 power lawn- mowers valued at more than $500,000 were destroyed in the part of the warehouse rented by Power Lawnmoers Ltd. Sales Also burned out were two other firms in the U-shaped building, Hobart Manufacturing Co. and the Turnbull Elevator Co.
LOSING BATTLE
Firemen fought a losing battle from the start and Chief Milton Mathers said furniture, mowers and other goods packed to the roof of the warehouse made fire-
ting difficult. When firemen windows to get at the
blaze they often were confronted with stacked furniture and ma-
Thousands of cardboard cart- ons burned four hours as more than 80 firemen and all available pieces of equipment sought to control the blaze.
Burning rubber lawnmowers: made
tires. on the the smoke
thick and nauseating.
TORONTO (OP) —.- Premier Frost said Sunday night he plans to call a conference of leaders in industry and labor to discuss ways of maintaining employment at Avro Aircraft Limited and Orenda Engines Limited plant in nearby Malton.
Most of the plants’ work force of nearly 14,000 men was laid off | ada Friday when the federal govern- ment announced cancellation of | the Avro Arrow jet interceptor | program.
Mr. Frost said may be pos: | sible to salvage the industries by changing over to non. - military production, not necessarily in the aviation field
FROST’S STATEMENT
He said in a statement: “The Avro plant is a great United Kingdom<Canadian enter- prise and I mean to do the best I can. The cancellation of the federal government's contract to make the Arrow is not in my field. Any matter of national de- fence is the question for the Cana- dian government.
“But it is my concern that such n “d0r‘am establishment of uc g-eat scientific, industrial
| aad technological value should!
Tehran
Rejects
"Moscow Threat .
TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters)—Rus- sia was reported Sunday to have threatened to occupy Iran if this sountry signs a new defence al- liance with the United States.
Informed sources said the threat was _made by Soviet Am-
Sunday with Iranian Foreign Min-
ister Ali Asgar Hekmat. Iranian government officials re-
jected the threat and Premier
the lower house of parliament: “We will defend ourselves with the last drop of blood.”
The reported Soviet threat came as authoritative sources at
Pakistani and Turkish envoys called at the Iranian foreign min istry for talks before signing the new pacts. All three countries are members of the Baghdad Pact Middle East defence alliance.
The shah of Iran said Satur- day that his country would enter into a bilateral agreement with the United States as a precaution ary measure. But, he added, “we will not allow missiles or foreign bases, and have not been asked to do so ‘ei
He said the defence agreement would be invoked only if Iran were attacked.
Talks between Iran and Russia for a 50-year non - aggression
treaty broke down here earlier ~
this month, with the Russians ac- cusing Iran of double-dealing by negotiating an agreement with the United States.
P.E.I. Telashone Workers Receive Retroactive Raise
Under the terms of a one year contract signed Saturday
Elec- trical Workers, Local 1811 and the Island Telephone Company. Charlottetown Saturday morn- Was reached in
Commenting on the finaliza- tion of negotiations, Mr. J. E. Richardson, assistant to the president of the Company said, “This is conciliation at the
such a peak of understanding.”
He said’ he was also pleased with the manner in which the Union officials conducted them-
Local 1811 said the union mem- bers were well ‘pleased with the
STARTS LONG VOYAGE
SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP)—A movable oil platform, resembling a square floating fac- tery with four chimneys, headed down the English Channel Sun- day on a 9,200-mile tow to Bor- neo. The platform, the first to be built in Britain, will be used in drilling for oil off the Borneo coast. .
Frost To Call Conference On Aviation Workers’ Plight
continue to'serve our province and our country.”
He said the conference would “see what we can do by our joint efforts to ensure that the facilities of this great undertak- ing and the skill of its technicians and workers should play a ‘proper _ in the development of Can-
Dr. O’Grady to act as concilia-
tor.
For Dr. O’Grady * was the ~ second time he’ has acted as conciliator in a labor dispute, In October last year he pre sided and brought about a wage agreement between the employ- ees of ‘the City Water and Sewerage Commission _and the Commission.
Representing the company ‘aa the negotiations at the meétings were J. E. Richardson; A. G. Archibald, general manager; Alex MacKinnon, chief account- ant. Halifax; D. M. Gass, manager; E. G. Cameron, plant superintendent, Charlottetown. :
Union representatives were: Richard Caroll, president of
Local 1811; Roy Livingstone, =" and Kenneth Camp-
’ MISSION CANCELLED
BERLIN (Reuters)—Ag exiled Spanish writer who planned to go Moscow to Nobel prize winner Boris Paster- nak to tour Britain and the United States said Sunday the Soviet Em- bassy has cancelled his visa. Jose-Luis de Vilallonga who # in Paris, said Soviet official: cancelled the Soviet visa British wife.
Stubborn Car Motor Possibly Saved Lives Of Two Women
TORONTO (CP) A crude bomb made of five sticks of dynamite, which police said could have killed two persons and in- jured a number of others, was found Saturday hidden under the front seat of a car.
The bomb was wired to the ignition system but the owner of the car could not start it, either because it had been standing idle for two weeks or because of the cold weather.
Police spent two hours gingerly * ‘using the bomb in a park.
JULDN’T START
Mrs. Aida Cody, owner of the
car, said she tried for 15 minutes to start the car in a garage near the five-storey east-end apart- ment building where she lives.
Her mother, Mrs. Grace Ander- son, was in the car at the time and police said if the dynamite had exploded the two women would have been killed, the garage demolished and a num- ber of people might have bees injured.
Mrs. Cody, manager of the Gray Coach Lines travel bureag here, saii she had no idea whe was attempting to hurt ber or her mother, _-- V