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I NY Stocks Surge lo New High

NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market surged to another record high Monday, adding an esti— mated $2,000,000,000 to the value of all stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Gains of a few cents to $2 or more were scattered throughout the list as the year-end rally which started on Christmas Eve picked up steam. Trading again wasst a rapid pace with 3,790,000 shares changing hands compared ,p with 3,050,000 in the last trading ggssion last Wednesday. t:;The Associated Press average 2 60 stocks, on which the dollar some estimate is based, rose _ .70 to $212.30, an all-time record atop llheprevhous one set Wellness day. lndwtrials rose $2.70 to a while rails advanced 3) WI and utilities $1.10, both lam highs.

Dow Jones average of 30 . manuals climbed 4.58 to 577.31, .hpping the previous high of

573.17 established Dec. 19.

131410 chirps set a fast pace as - deal, rubber, electronic, nonfer- m metal, electrical equipment and tobacco snares rolled ahead.

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’1' 'The year just past has once _. 3 proven to be a very ac- , 1V0 one for the provincial de- Pm‘tmeut of health, Dr. M. lame Bonnell, minister of

hSalt-h. said yesterday in a flair-6nd statement. The acti- 2 “lies of the department were 15 line with those of the pre- !10us year, he said, however, {.me changes were made and 5, 6w trends noted. i: One of the chief items on the

5el‘et'l around the proposed ,_ vital insurance plan to be introduced in the province. In '5 regard. Dr. 0. H. Curtis. PHI—y minister of health as executiVe director 9‘ file interim hospital insur- services commission and $150 administers the federal

Dr. Burton promoted fmm t1! officer to assistant de— M minister and as such. is lam responsible for the de- " 0‘1 administration of the flGillalt‘tmeut. Dr. Howabt is also 'ng-director of the divismn

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"‘By THE CANADIAN PRESS The 4‘é-day Christmas holiday in Canada resuhted in 57 accidven- . ‘ deaths. There were 40 traffic ‘ "talities—the exact number Pre- Fted by the Canadian Highway 5‘ny Conference.

,A Canadian Pl‘CsS survey. COV- " the period between noon " ' Wednesday and midnight “ “day showed 22 deaths in On- 131'“), half of them in traffic ac- ,. ‘ , far greater than any “he? province.

(.1 Three persons diter by drown— ;lhs: five died in {ms and nlne Unclassified causes _

t' This Was the toll for provmces . 'pfihe!‘ than Ontario. All were traf—

.‘ c deaths except for .\'c\\lt>LUhl‘ Amid: British ('oium'gm fl Alberta 2’ Saskatcheum I ‘ “abec 10. New Brunswick 2, ' vova Scotia 3. Newfoundland 1. PM!“ Mustard island was the

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eotor _of the Canadian Assocraltion, arrived in the pro- vmce yesterday to visit his pro- ther Dr. George Fisher, who is director of veterinary services P.E.I. department of agriculture: Mr. Fisher entertained some of

JOHN FISHER. executive dir- his

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Island friends at an informal

Tourist gathering at the Charlottetown

Hotel last evening. Left to right are, Al. Nicholson, director of the P.E.I. Travel Bureau; Mr. Fisher, Hon. B. E a 1-] e Mac- Donald, provincial secretary and treasurer; and George Fisher.

Need Is Seen For Better Facilities, More Diversions

“Prince Edward Island has not even reached the threshould of tourist development”, J o h n Fisher, executive director of the Canadian Association, said last evening.

.Mr. Fisher arrived in the pro- vmce yesterday to visth his bro- ther Dr. George C. Fislher, dir- ector of veterinary services, P. E.I. department of agriculture, and to renew old acquaintances.

Mr. Fisher spent yesterday afternoon visiting Mayor John- stone, Lieutenant Governor-Hymn!- man, Premier Maltlheson, Hon. B. Earle MacDonald, provincial sec- retary and treasurer, A1 Nichol- son, direotor of P.E.I. Travel Bureau, A. Walsthen Gaudet, and Mr. Justice A. E. Arsenault.

He was also the guest of the Charlottetown Rotary Club at its weekly dinner meeting, and was taken on a tour of the Stratifi- gartney Park.

RED CLAY

One of Mr. Fisher's main rea- sons for coming to the Island was “I wanted to put my foot on some red clay—abut I couldn’t find any.”

He went on to'say that the Is- land couldn’t miss if it would pro- vide the facilities and diversions,

HON. M. L. BONNELL

Commenting further on work being done in the setting

. 4,. sanitary engineering. . "EIP.E.I. Was Only Provmce I Fatality-Free Over Hqucon

e to go fatalityafree.

only provinc . ver a shorter Christ-

Last year 0 ' _ mas holiday, 53 persons died V'l- Olenltly, 33, of them in traffic ac- cidents.

IN THE U. S. I >

CHICAGO tAf’l—-’l'1'aflic acm-

s the United States 594 persons during Christmas holiday

dents acres killed at least the flour—day ' ‘ Ill', - nfigure compared With 341 (1 during a recent hour non . holiday

" when fewer cars were on Ijlfelzlof‘load. The National Safetzyt; Council had estu. ated that 6h lives would be lost during te Ion: Christmas “cckcnd. “3

[,1 addition m Il‘aIIlt‘ (loath: I died lll Inca, anu 91in accidents t Ill 5 an ' over—all US.

102

)E‘! 2011.; miscellaneous cm-istmaS for total of 734.

which the modem tourist de- mands.

“You must give the tourist something to do and above all you must give his children an op- portunity to expand their ener- gies.”

Mr. Fisher noted that if a causeway was built at Rustico Bay and with the proper facilities such as water skiing, surf boa‘- ing, etc, the Is‘and would have a “wonderful” tourist trade.

“One weakness of the North Shore,” he said,” that you can‘t drive motor crafts there as you can in bays.

“You have to give the people something to do in addition to running in sand and water, you must give them water sports in delightful bays.

REMOVE ROYAL CAST

KING’S LYNN. England (Reut- ers)—The plaster cast on the Prince of Wales’ ankle, which he injured at school recently, was removed at a hospital here Mon- day. Prince C ha r1 es motored here for an x-ray from Sandringo ham, where he has been spend- ing the Christmas holiday with the Royal Family.

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{Saw Changes, New Trends

up of a hospitalization plan, the minister pointed out that a hospital survey had been completed by a Toronto firm this yea-r, which studied the provision of hospital services in the province and made re~

‘ oommendations for meeting pre-

sent and future needs. The re- port is now being studied by the government.

CONFERENCES HELD

The meeting of the interpro- vincial health planning com— mittee of the Atlantic Provin— ces was also held in Charlotte-

: town this year during which

matters relating to public health and hospital insurance in the Atlantic Provinces were stud- ied by health officials from Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland.

The New Brunswick-Prince Edward Island Branch of the Canadian Public Health Asso- ciation also held its conference in Charlottetown, which prov- ed to be quite successful and informative.

Turning to the within the department

activities itself,

Dr. Bonnell pointed out that Dr. John Graig, formerly of Glasgow, Scotland, was ' ap-

pointed director of the division of laboratories. The laborator- ies in the Health Center were also enlarged greatly so as to supply more adequate service (Continued on page 3 Col. 5) ______________.’_.__

Blood Bank ls Depleted

HALIFAX (CPI A Red Cross official said Monday that the blood bank for 50 hOSpitals

in Nova Scotia and Prince Ed- ward Island is “dangerously low."

Robert Whyle, director of the society’s transfusion bank here, said only two days‘ supply of blood remains. An emergency clinic here Monday produced only 100 hotllcs of blood. An— other clinic was. schedulc‘d to- day to get 500 more bottles

nceded to replenish the bank’s supply.

“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”

Water Plant Contract Let

WASHINGTON (AP) — Carrier Corporation of Syracuse, N.Y., Monday was awarded a $150,000 contract to build a pilot plant for converting salt water to fresh by a direct-freeze process.

Fred. G. Aandahl, assistant

United States secretary of the in- terior, said the process developed by Carrier under the govern~ ment’s saline water conversion program is the first freezing method to reach the stage where pilot plant testing is warranted. Laboratory work had shown its technical feasibility and econo- mic promise.

Successful performance of the planned pilot plant would permit consideration of the process for a full - size demonstration plant with a capacity of up to 1,000,000 gallons of water a day.

The pilot plant is expected to be in operation by next summer.

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1958

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Frenchmen will have to pay! more for cigarets, wine, some

foodstuffs, electricity. gas, coal, rail travel, postal and telephone services under the new budget, which comes into force on Thurs-

Monday. however, there was little panic buying, although a few tobacco stores reported sales slightly above average. With Christmas just over, most Frenchmen hadn’t any surplus

Pinay, at a press conference clear that Frenchmen must dig deeply to meet a whole series of higher taxes and higher prices.

REVOLTING WORD

He explained that his 1959 budget of 6,189,000,000,000 francs (about $378,000,000) expenditure and 5,6o2,ooo,ooo,ow francs in- come left a 587,000,000.l)00-‘franc (about $1,174,000.000) “The last time I shall use this revolting word."

As Pinay was speaking, the American dollar was quoted in unofficial dealings on the Paris Bourse at a figure below the of- ficial rate for the first time in history. One dollar was bringing

deficit —

Provi-ncial PC leader W. R. Shaw last night accused High- ways Minister MacKay of try- ing to deceive the public in an- nouncements relative to the stepped—up program of road con- struction in the Province.

i' to the PC electors of the 5th District of Queens at their annual meeting held in the Community Centre, Mr. Shaw said that the Hon. J. George MlacKay was not “sticking to the exact truth” in his attempt to make voters believe that the cost of the proposed highway ex- tension program was being borne solely by the provincial treasury.

Though willing to admit that provincial revenues had increas- ed to some extent through the imposition of additional taxes on gasoline and the continued growth of a “lucrative liquor trade”, Mr. Shaw asserted that the Liberal government would not have embarked on a pro- gram of increased public ser- vices had it not been for the additional funds granted to the Province by the Diefenbaker government since its return to power last March.

The $17,000,000 additional fed- eral assistance provided by the special grant to the Atlantic Pro— vinces and the “roads-to-resour— ces" program, was being used to

GLASGOW (AP)—A Yank with a yen for a wee piece of Scotland has bought up tiny Holy Island in the Firth of Clyde—and started an unholy row by proposing to change its name to St. Molaise.

Stewart Huston, who lives in Coatesville, P-a., but is of Stewart ancestry, snapped up the craggy dot of less than four square miles for “a nominal price," his Edin- burgh solicitor said Sunday night.

The lawyer said Huston intends changing the island’s name to St. Molaise after the Celtic monk

the sixth century.

HISTORICALLY PROPER

Amateur archaeologist Huston believes St. Molaise “is histori- cally the proper designation for a place which became known as Holy isle only in comparatively rcccnr ciz-nlLu‘lcs,“ solicllor D 5. Wuka i‘cpo'lcd

But the people on nearby Arran Isle—Holy Isle is inhabited only

by a couple of lighthouse keepers

declared.

from Ireland who colonized it in,

bears in

land."

W. R. SHAW foster this expansion, Mr. Shaw

10 CONTRACTS LET

He said that though Mr. Mac- Kay made much of the fact that the “roads-w-rcsources" ment was not yet signed, never- theless contracts for 10 projects coming under this program had already been let and some were

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He said the new owner expects to take frequent vacations in the one habitable house on the island which Arran‘ {armerfhlé‘isle figgglonahy [or wm-Ior improvements to the island ermg ' s .

and

Road Policy Misleads, PC leader Declares

agree-

—will keep on calling it by its present name.

Sna-pped councilman James Bone: “It's a retrograde step. I resent the notion that any American can wipe out with a wave of his hand one of the most famous spots on the Clyde."

Walker said it is for a land owner to decide what to call his own real estate, and he added the government mapping author- ity had indicated it would be de- lighted to rester local maps in accordance with Huston's \sishes

FAMILY FROM ARRAN

Walker added Huston had forc- “always wanted to own a wee bit of Scot-

American

492 of the new devalued francs,

493.7. Under the new budget there a drastic subsidy cuts on food and for nationalized industries. plus economies on pensions and social insurance.

PAY OWN WAY

1 "Frenchmen will have to pay 3, the full cost of what they buy," Pmay said. “A man who does not

@Concern

LONDON (AP) —— Concern

mounted Monday night for the safety of the British balloon Small World, missing in an at- tempt to span the Atlantic.

The London Daily Mail, sponsor of the aerial expedition, refuses to give up hope but has had an appeal broadcast to ships along the trade routes to keep an eye out for the floating plastic gas- bag.

“It is anybody’s guess what has happened," said a Daily Mail spokesman who has been at- tempting to chart the flight. “With no definite news it is quite impossible to speculate.”

The tiny balloon. carrying a

crew of four. including one woman, took off from the Canary Islands 17 days ago in hopes of completing the 3,000-mlle cross- ing within three Weeks. in The West Indies was the desti- nation. The Small World—if still aloft— has set a floating record for a free balloon, that is for one with- out an auxiliary engine. The long- est any other stayed up was 87 hours. a record set by a German in 1913.

LAST CLEAR MESSAGE

Eleven days ago a clear radio message was heard reporting all going well aboard. Over the Christmas holiday garbled mes- sages were reported picked up in The West Indies indicating that the balloon was still hovering over the Atlantic.

Venezuelan officials said a message late last week reporting the balloon down in the Venezue- lan jungles was a hoax.

The Small World is equipped with pedal operated propeller: designed to stop rise-and-fall mo- tion. Even if-forced down, the crew would have a good chance

Packing Plant Suffers Do mags

NEW GLASGOW (CF) - Fire caused an estimated 850,000 dam- age early Monday to the Eastern Meat Packers’ plant here.

A company official said insur- ance would cover only part of the loss.

Ken Ross. a former Amherst resident. jumped from his apart- ment in the building to the ground. He suffered a minor foot injury.

Cause of the blaze has not been determined.

Yank Buys Scottish Isle And Touches Off Ho’r Row

executive, said he didn't want to create “an international inci- dent“ when he announced plans to change the island's name.

The 60-year-old vice-president and secretary of the Luke-m Steel Company said he paid less than $15,000 for the four square miles—“that's about the price of a small American bungalow." He said he purchased the island for “sentimental” reasons —- his family once lived in the area.

"I don't wan-t the Scots'm think I‘m barging in and rearraiging their geography. And I‘d cer- tainly agree to call it Holy ls— land to avoid an international in- cidcnt. but I think the name should be $1. Molaise."

Huston said he had talked with his agent in Scotland this morn- ing and authorized him to make a statement assuring that there

“III be no changes, developments

(“uncut approval of the islands

in Coatesville. Huston. a atccllcovcrninn body.

eat chocolate will not have to pay for someone who does." Old age pensions are increased, but pensions for ex-soldiers who fought in the two world wars are abolished except for the aged, in- tvalids and those in need.

Premier de Gaulle's Sunday night call for “pride, courage a hope" in meeting the sacrifices to put France's financial house in order was generally received winh approval.

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For Balloonis’rs

to survive, for the balloon is equipped with an underslung 15- by-ll4foot plastic gondola which can be used as a boat.

Arnold Eiloart, leader of the expedition, and the three others riding with him are all experi- enced yachtsmen. They were well

equipped with food and water on taking off.

With .a round your in In tourist mdustry behind. Prince Edward Island on the eve of 1950

paring for the greatest influx of visitors to the himory of the pro vmce.

Hon. B. Earle MacDonald, pro- vincial secretary, under who”

Bureau is adrmn‘. isuered. said yes- terday that inquiries to the local bureau during the past you would indicate a bumper trade for the Island's third most im. portant industry,

Charlottetown's two motels will be enlarged. One of these has added 25 new units and the other plans a 20—th addition. A new motel unit with sample room display rooms in die basemem is now under construction. it will be a 20-unlt conamction. Additions are also being made to an oxide ing motel in Summer-side" .

ALL FIGURES UP

Figures in all departments dun- ing 1958 exceeded those of 1957. During the months of July and August there were 7,417 more cars transported at Borden and corresponding increases are not- ed at Wood Islands where the ad- dition of the new fen-y, Lord Sel- kirk brought the total to an all- time high.

A check on the number of visit- ors to the Island during the same months, glows that 17,322 more people visited here. Visitors to the National Park indicates an increase of some 13,260. There were 4.000 more campers than during the previous year.

Aside from its natural beauty

’ONE DRINK' EDICT BEGINS

MOSC OW (API — Nikita Khrushchev‘s edict of one drink to a customer appears to be having a sobering effect on Moscow's tipplers. Russian win. ter is helping out, too.

The Soviet prerm'er's order to restaurants to serve customers only one drink—and a small one at that—went into effect Saturday. The expenmen' t ap. peared to foreshadow a com- plete overhaul of the liquor lavvs in line with Khrushchev: lectures on the evils of drink.

Thirsty Russians received a relatively tiny serving of 100 grams—about a shot gIASs full. Waiters insisted there were no repeat servings.

Khrushchev had seen the Zoophole in his ruling — deter- mined drinkers could grab a shot at one restaurant and hop ’ on to the next for another. But

he noted that "the fresh air . should sober them up on the ' way." I It was hard to determine just i how many restaurant-hoppers

there were, but the extreme cold probably did just what Khrushchev predicted. On the first day of the new ruling Mos. cow shivered in temperatures ranging down to 30 degrees be- low xri'o.

IooksForBumpfierYear In lourist Industry

is already in the process of pre-

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