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OTTAWA (CP)-The navy's it new destroyer escorts will cost Ipps 'mately 3322,(l00,000, nearly three times the original 1950 esti- mate.

Defence Minister Campney Thursday informed the Commons the anti - submarine destroyers- nnly two have been commissioned so far-will cost an average of 817,000,000 each plus mother S6,- 000,000 apiece for armament and electronic equipment.

When the destroyer program was laid down six years ago, the cost of each warship was esti- mated at 38.000,000 apiece in cluding gear. This estimate has gone up a eadily. When the first of the cla , the St. Laurent, was comissioned last fall, the navy estimated her cost at 15,000,000 nut this did not include all arma- ncnt and electronic equipment.

RE-EQUIPPING COSTS

Mr. Campney gave the new esti- mate during the Commons defence debate in reply to a question by Lt.-Col. Douglas I-iarkness (PC- Calgary North).

Col. Harkness and Lt. - Cmdr. Wallace Nesbitt (PC - Oxford) questioned the value of spending 33,500,000 each to convert and re- equlp 20 Second World War km- ates.

They said they don't believe the frigates could catch the lat-

est Russian submarines. The mll- fifl

itary chiefs of the North Atlantic Alliance have estimated Russia has 450 submarines. 890 more than Germany had at the start of the Second World War.

"If you can't catch them, you can't shoot them," said Ray Thomas. (SC - Wetasklwin), Sec- ond World War petty officer.

CAN BE CAUGRT Mr. Campney declined to give

the speed of the frigates on secur- ity grounds or disclose what In-

telligenoo reports say about the

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speed of Russian submarines.

However, he said Canadian Navy frigate: could catch existing submarines. But they probably would be unable to master the speed of future undersea craft.

Experiments were being carried out now to see if speed of the frigates could be increased.

Mr. Campney. said the frigates had to be rofit quickly to meet Canada's commi cuts to NATO. There was insufficient time to wait for the new destroyer escorts last of which is Uxliected I-0 80 into operation.in 1950.

Mr. Campney estimated effec- tive service life of the frlgates at six to eight years after con- version. Their originsl wartime cost was t2,000,000 each.

NOTHING TO ssdonr

Thomas Bell (PC-St. .lohn-Al- bert), a merchant seaman during the Second World War, said he can't understand why Canada is building up a large number of es-

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cort ships when "we haven't got a bloody ship to escort.” lie was referring to the Canadian merch- ant fleet, now down to about a dozen ships.

At another point, Mr. Campney

said the navy with labs to the fr ates.

is experimenting put helicopters on

Col. Harkness said that if this

could be done the money spent

on frigate conversion would be jus-

ed.

Maj.-Gen. G. R. Pearkes, VC. (PC - Esqulmalt Saanich) ques- tioned whcther all 21 coastal es- cort ships now in reserve should be maintained. They were costly to keep and were unlikely ever to be used again.

Mr. Campney said the question of disposing of some of them now is under study.

He also said the cruiser On- tario, which makes three training voyages a year. costs 32,533,000 annually to operate, including pay of its 000-man complement.

Yanks Withdraw

Offer To

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States cracked down on Ilgpwrhnrsday night by succi- ling a previous offer to h p fin-, once the 81.000.000.000 Aswan hill! dam on the Nile River.

The sudden action left the way clear for Russia to step in-if it can and desires-to aid President Gamsl Abdel Nasser's govern- ment in launching the huge irri- gation-power project.

The state department, in an- nouncing the decision. said "lt is not feasible" any longer for the U.S. to go ahead with the after extended last December. It said "developments" within the past seven months have rendered un- certain Egypt's ability to carry her share of the financial I 'en.

The statement did not say so but the United States had been growing cooler toward the dam project as it studied Nasser's friendliness with Russia and his big .anns purchases from the Com- munist bloc. w

CZECIIS HOLD MORTGAGE Dispatches from London Thurs- day said Nssser's government is believed to have mortgaged its important cotton crop for some years to come to pay for the jet

Egypt

his government.

In withdrawing the offer, the American government offered to hell) E1313! and othsr Middle East cosntrlu develop some new plan later for using Nile River waters.

WILL CONTINUE AID

Further. the state department proclaimed its readiness to con- tinue foreign aid to Egypt.

"The United Sites remains Nady to assist Egypt in its effort to improve the economic condi- tions of its people and is prepared through its appropriate agencies. to discuss these matters within the context of funds appropriated by the Congress," the department sn- nouncemsnt .

Responsible officials said one of the critical store in the Ameri- can decision was Egypt's move in more than doubling weapons pur- chases from the Communists dur- ing the past six months.

The formal announcement said:

"Developments within the suc- ceeding seven months (since the Us offer in December) have not been favorable to the success of th project. -and the United States government has concluded that it is not feasible in , sent circum- stances to participate in the pro-

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bombers, fighters. tanks and guns ice

It is getting from Red Czechoslo- vakls. Cotton is the basis of the Egyptian economy.

The London dispatches said the foreign office had some doubts about Egypt's ability to pay for its share of harnessing the Nile.

State Secretary Dulles person- ally informed Egypt”: ambassa- dor, Ahmed llussefn. of slon to cancel the Amerl '- fa. He did so in a 50-minute , lag at the state department. lins- scin giumly declined to comment to reporters afterwards. saying he

would have to cable the news to

"Agreement by the riparian states has not been achieved. and the ability of Egypt todevote ade quste resources to assure the pro- ject's success has become more uncertain than at "lg time tho offer was made." ,

The United States offered Egypt a grant of 354,000,000 last Decem- bsu to help meet part of the cost of the ll.&)0.000.(IX) project. Brit- bin. at the same time, joined in the deal. ofbrtng 400.000.

The world hank pledged a 8200. (I35!) loan. All three promised tr consider more financial help later

Afraid Of Lightning? Not Too Much To Worry About

HAMILTON. Ont. of llghtnin Don't fre The odds are sssooo to 1 against getting beaned by a bolt this gar. or course if you are. the na- q'iha;tn:esfingh(;use Company said sy. you earthly r us- lilitles will come -to ane&pi

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Coming Events Dance Elllotvale School. July I.

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2. , d thus- maybe "all": one bang. 1 an good survive I. Wwgnouso said. lisbtaiag nrikes somewhere on" the costi- aelt about once every second. it still six times as many people as floods and for times as many as hurricanes.

A III)! The fin said lightning can be "CI ly destructive" but ill

NEW RECTOR

Returning to the parish of his first assignment as Curate, 10 years ago. Very Rev. C. H. Moreau, C. Ss. R, arrived in Charlottetown yesterday to assume the duties of Rector of the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, in succession to Very Rev. Gregory Murphy, C. SI. 11., transferred to Toronto.

Rev. Father Moreau recalls with pleasure his former ministry here and noted the changes in the par- ish. particularly the erection of Holy Redeemer Community Cent- re, which has acquired commend- able popularity as a social and fraternal centre.

After serving under Rev. Father Fleming, C. Ss. R, from 1937-1930, Father Moreau next served as Chaplain in thegsnoyal Canadian Na :1 V . .

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DANGEROUS AND

CCF Wants R.C.A.F. To Drop Formation Flying

IMPRACTICABLE

0'l'l'AWA (CP) A CCF mem- urged the elimination of duplica-

ber Thlnsday called for a halt to formation flying in the RCAF. Owen L. Jones, 0kanagan-Boun- dary, a soldier in both World Wars, said tight formation flying is folly because it risks life.s He referred i the Commons de- bate to an acci ent in France ear- lier this year in which four RCAF Sabre jets flying in formation crashed, killing the pilots. "Formation flying is very pretty very spectacular but it is danger- ours and impracticable," he said. Fliers, would not use such forms- tions in a future war because they would present ten good a target. F ' M ster F

tion.

For instance, be said, there are six chaplain administrations, one Protestant and one Roman Cath- oiic for each service, to look after 140 h ' t These ” could be reduced to two.

Maj.-Gen. G. R. Pearkes, VC (PC-Esquimalt-Saanich) said the military police in the three ser- vices could be combined into one branch.

NOT SO EASY

Mr. Campney replied that crea- tion of trl-service groups is not as easy as it sounds. Studies were

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being made on the possibility of combining medical services.

On other subjects. Mr. Camp- '

ney told Gen. Pearkes the depart- ment ls getting ready to "phase into" development and. "we hope

r J tlnn" of the supersonic CF-105 jet intercepter. There were n o "permanent" stockpiles of the CF-100 jet, now in quadron ser- vice.

He informed Lt. - Col. Gordon Churchill (PC - Winni eg South Centre) that the 824,000, 'cut in the army appropiation this year is attributable to completion of stockpiling ammunition and ve- hicles.

lni . I airman in the First World War. made no immediate reply.

DEFENCE DEBATE

This was only one of many top- ics introduced as the Commons got down to detailed study of the 1066-57 defence estimates of 81,- 775,000,000.

Ray Thomas (SC-Wetaskiwin) Second World War sailor. again Inged that the defence department request news media not to refer to fatal military accidents until the names of the victims out be given at the same time, Next-of- kln were always worried when they heard of military accidents and the names were not given

immediately. Lt.-Col.,Douglao Harkaess (PC.-

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Violoii Russian

WASHINGTON (AP) -3- The United States Thursday night de- nied Soviet charges that American medium bombe . from Western Germany had flown hundreds of miles over Russian territory early this month. ' '

A tsrse note saying the charges were "ln error" was delivered to the Soviet embassy here. It was then made public by the state de- partment after the embassy had time to transmit it to Moscow.

The denial left a mystery as to what it was the Soviets were com- plslning about if in fact th al- leged "gross violations" of us- :iuan territory never occurred at

State department officials said the charges appeared of a Moscow propaganda carn- pslgu aimed at fixing responsibil- ity for the Poznan riot in Poland on the US. According to this view the Soviets were seeking to show that U.S. aircraft, which might drop propaganda material. were penetrating deeply into territory behind the Iron Curtain.

"A thorough inquiry has been conducted," the note to Russia said, "and it has been determined that no United States milit p'.1nes based, or flying, in or s - jacent to the European area at the time of the alleged overfligbts could possibly have stayed, as

" J so far from their known night plans, which carefully ex- clude such over-flights as the So- viet note alleges. Therefore, the statement of the government of the Soviet Union is in error."

in the new style of Soviet-Amen lcan diplomatic relations, the U.S.

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note was softly worded. nmsuvs protest had contained some rough wording but -on the whole lacked any violent or belligu-eat tons.

EDMONTON (cpl-John nom- iniuk, 30, was shot and killed Thursday while working on the roof of a house he was g to the city's -south-side. -

Police are holding an 11-year-old

youth for questioning and have seised s 2-calibre automatic

Arthur Bitzcr. working on the roof beside liominiuk. said Hom- reelcd backward and exclaimed "Pm shot." .

He lowered the wounded sons to the roof where as died later. The bullet I H" , under the arm and in chest - t -

Police traced the, of tilt bulleftosrowofhoazihahioolg away, where they ram an if- year-old boy hiding h tears.

The dead man, his and two children. had planned Q move into the new R was building,

CARNIVAL PAT

ROCHESTER. N.Y. (AI!)-Wilt ism Cowan. 42. s carnivalfat man who weighed us pounds, died Wednesday in his room at -a hotel,

Re . ms.'roI:yoThur'I- I ports acn

mung the remains of soldiers

New British Am

named Sir Harold Anthony Cac- cia-an old friend of President Eisenhower - ambassador to the United States. He will succeed Sir Roger Maklns.

Caccia, who pronounces his name "Catcheh," takes over what is regarded as the top job in Britain's overseas diplomatic service.

A career--diplomat since 193, with a reputation as a brilliant

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'l'hel50-yang-old in at was 'a member of isenhowcr's staff at supreme headquarters during the second World War. From June, 1050, to November, 1054, he was British high commissioner amf minister to Austria and had a leading role in tlnenogotieuon of a treaty of independence for "Ill country by the four occupation powers. ' . -

lie accompanied Prime Minister Eden to the Bit Pour Summit conference in Geneva last yell”- and has attended ths' main inter- national conference in which Brit- ain was represented since that time.

IAKINS RETURNS , He was an assistant private sec- to that in Hub and had ehsrge of administration of the hefgn office in 1949 Described the foreign office a "an enth antic samll player"

IIGWVI Causes Trouble

Totafo (Reuters)-The "ghost" of a Japanese soldier who rises nightly to man a rusted anti-air-. craft gun on the -New Guinea beaches, has so tsrrifled natives they have asked a Japanese war graves commission as "appease- the angry ghosts."

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U.S. is Old Friend Of Ike's

LONDON (AP) - Britain todayhe played cricket for Eton and

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rugby for Oxford University, lie is married and has a son and two daughters,

Makins, 52-year-old present am- bassador in Washington. returns to London to take a major role in the Eden government's battle to strengthen the national economy. He will be chairman of the na- tional economic planning board and head of the home and over-

: Wis anointed ambas- aador to ill! U.S. in 1952.

To Have Separate Postage Stamps .

LONDON (AP) -- Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are to have their own postage stamps. the House of Commons was told Wednesday. So are the channel Hands and the Isle of Man. The bank design. said Postmaster- Ouoral Charles Bill. will be sim- ilar to that now used throughout Irltaln, with the head of the Q3 the main feature.

Widowed Mother Gofs 5100 Weekly

TORONTO (GP)-A mother of 10, widowed Tuesday when her husband was crushed beneath a ton of bricks, is to receive a weekly income of almost 3100 as compensation.

Mrs. Gertrude Priebc. 35. of Ay- ton, 0nt,, said Wednesday the family had no money and she didn't know how she could keep her childrm together.

The payments, :75 monthly for herself and 85 for each child. will come from the Workrnen's Com- ponsstlon Board of Ontario and

departments of mTmce

Acclaimed as one of the great poets in the English language, Wilson MacDonald, is not as well known to his fellow Canadians as he is abroad.

Also a popular lecturer, he will address the Association of Nurses of Prince Edward Island at Cav- endish on Tuesday. lie is expect- ed to arrive in the Province on Friday and will stay at a cottage at Stanhope.

liammanskiold llesumes Mid-East

BEIRUT. Lebanon (Reuters)- Dll Hammarskjold flew into the Middle East Thursday for the sec-

' of Cyprus by a majority of 73.

.' which Aneurin Bevan, L a bot

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LONDON (Reuters-The House of Commons Thursday night en-lg dorsed the government's policy lni the troubled Mediterranean colony

By 819 votes to 246 it rejected a Labor motion seeking to reduce the money supplies of the colon- ial olice as a means of protest- ing the Cyprus policy.

The vote followed a debate in

party spokesman, pleaded with in- habitants of Cyprus and Greece to refrain from further violence in order to force the British gov- ernment to adopt a "sensible" policy.

HURT BY LABOR POLICY

lie was answered by Colonial Secretary Alan Lennox-Boyd who said the government finds it hard to get understanding in Cyprus. berause Cypriots believe a future Labor government in Britain would grant self-determination to the island since this is the policy at present advocated by the La- bor party.

The government's case was pre- sented earlier by Foriegn Secre- tary Selwyn Lloyd who charged that the Greek Orthodox Church is backing terrorism in Cyprus ..e- cause it is afraid of losing its political power there.

”The terrorists, aided and abet- ted by the Orthodox Church in Cyprus, have created a state of affairs in which it requires great courage for any individual Greek Cypriot not to toe the Enosis

line." Lloyd say the charellvdms-not want to ow the normal process

of” secret ballot because it might

WEATHER

Clear with a few cloudy infer- vols. Not much change in fem- porcturo. low-high of Charlot- tetown S0 and 77.

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rges Greek Church is On Cyprus

Says Afraid Of

. Losing Power

ment's handling of the terrorll campaign for union with Greece which is raging on the Mediter- ranean island.

A statement by the foreign sec- retary-that application of self- determination for the people of Cyprus was "a very different matter" from accepting the prin- ciplwwas attacked by Aneurin Bevan. Labor party spokesman for colonial affairs.

The leftwing Laborite said the Conservative government's hedg- ing on the principle of sclf4ie- termination would raise the cry of ”perfidious Albion" in Cyprus.

Lloyd said application of the principle would be against the interests of Turkey, which is nearer to Cyprus than Greece. though Greeks on the island out- number Turks four to one.

TURKS FRIENDS

Of the Turks. he said: "They are our staunch friends in NATO and the Baghdad Pact and their alliance and continued friendship is something we value very much."

Earlier he had said that Greece's conduct had made an agreed solution of the Cyprus problem more difficult.

"It cannot but raise doubts in the minds of Greece's allies about her future attitude even if a set- tlement were obtained," he said.

A NATO base on a Greek- owned Cyprus would not satisfy Britain's needs because "we can- not accept any doubt about the availability of facilities in Cyprus as and when we need them. '

thereby lose its political power. BEVAN ATTACKS

ud time in three months to face a renewal of the war of nerves which has been threatening the uneasy armistice between Israel and the Arab states.

The United Nations secretary general will find that the peace be helped to achieve on his mis- sion last April. with unconditional cease - fire pledges from both camps. has become even more precarious.

A Western diplomat said here Thursday the current nerve war is "as dangerous as anything I have seen in the Mlddlg East for the past year or so."

TRADE CHARGES

During the last four weeks, the situation along the explosive truce lines has deteriorated sharply, with charges and counter-charges oil! war preparations hurled across

em,

cease-fire agreements last April, more than 100 incidents have been reported along thq Israeli-Jordan demarcation lines.