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clliTiioniiowii T0 60 AHEAD wmi UNOFFICIAL DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

myilght saving time will be in- troduced unofficially in this city effective midnight Saturday. June 19 when all citizens will be re- quested to set their clocks ahead one hour. The decision was an- nnunted at the regular monthly meeting of the City Council last

; ht. "ii...-or J. D. Stewart stated this was not an attempt to circumvent “1_\' law. but simply an effort to gl\'F an extra hour of daylight to vrbhn dwellers “whose summer H -hnrt enough." He will speci- fritilly ask everyone living in in» city to fully co-operate. There was little discussion on the measure which had been be- fore the Council at a previous meeting. Nor was mention made 1...: night of the Provincial Time imforniity Act which provides that there shall be one standard un.form official time in use throughout Prince Edward island with the exception of Mr. Ed- \\'n C. Johnstone, who was ab« usnt lrnm the Province. all Coun- .-Iilnrs were present. Fluoridation Considerable discussion was yuirl on the matter of fluoridation

Coming Events

"Dance. Fortune Hall, 'mesdsy night.

"Clyde River Play at Afton to- night.

"St. Andrew's Indian River Play.

"Regular Dance Crapaud Rink. Wednesday night.

"Dance, Kozy I-fall, Georgetown, \l'rdne5dliy_ June ldth.

"l<lamptoi'i Variety Kingston l-fall, June lath.

"Reserve Wednesday, July 14th. lnr vemon River Tea Party. 1 0

"Pantry Sale. Simpaons - Scars. l',lllP. 19th. Kingston W. I. in aid of school.

"Dance, Little Pond Hall. Wed- nesday, June ldth. Chaiseon's Orch- estrh.

Hall tonight.

. Concert.

"Rt-serve .lune 19 for rummage sale at Beaten‘: Auction Rooms at 2 o'clock.

"Dance at Gordon Lodge every Friday night. Music by the wee- therbie Trio.

"Kingston hall, Harrington pre- unis "Uncle Josh Perkins". Tues- ds_\'. June 15th. '

"Hear Clyde River Play "Uncle Jnsli Perkins", Canoe Cove, Mon- dh_\', June aist.

"Weekly Dance Wlnsioe station l-lall tonight. Doiron Bros. Orch- estra. Canteen.

"See Bedeque Players present "The Calamity Kids". Cavendish hall tonight. June 15th.

"Dance in st. Andrew's 1-fail, Mt, Stewart. every Thursday. Good music. Canteen service.

"All taxes due New Haven school must be paid before June Jaih. By order of Trustees.

"Dance, Fort Augustus Hall. Wednesday. Burke's orchestra. gin; leaving 1. M. T. for dance at

I "See the Georgetown Players in ‘Br.tt.y the Girl 0' My Heart" in :l1r6ilra l-fall. June lath. Curtain

"Fee "Feminine Touch" by -‘lflnlnsue players at St. Theresa's l~’1,*l. Wednesday. June 16. Dance ?IlF‘l'.

"lusula‘i- Dance, Stanley Bridge Rink I-{ail every Tuesday night Mime. Rollie MacKenzie's orch- OS Tl.

"institute convention of South- “‘"‘l Queen‘: will be held in Cornwall Hall. Thursday. June 17, Al 2 p.m,

"Arriving today. carload N. B. Foriar. 4 and 5 inch. Cheaper off Mr. Lee Mallett, Freetown. Phone “~13. Bedeque.

"Rummage Sale. at Grafton Street. Tuesday. June ibth 2.30 g. m. in aid of w. A. and w. is. s. church of Scotland. '

"All interested in New Glasgow “ink and parents of community Dime attend meeting at risk “wider. June lath, at no.

"Now in stock-Peed Molasses. Gt?» your ‘supply now for your grass "Mile. The price is right. Beaten ‘V MICE“. Winsioe, P. I. ‘I.

"attend the Annual M. R. I. C. Syndu School Convention of the Vernon District at Powhsl United Church. June ibth. Sessions 8.00 shnciédand 1.80 p. In. Box lunches

"The Grand Division sons of Ttmberance of P. E. 1.. will meet in Staten at Wiimot Valley on satur- Piiy evening, June iflth, at ‘I p. in.

ibiic meeting at 3.80 p, hi. oumt

inenker. Mr. Harold Nicksrson of ialifax.

"District Convention in ii Bwtist Hail. Wednnday, June th, women's Institutes of Albany. éuflutlne cove. cs i. verse, m"DI|Id. Carleton, hie, Hamp- "(Ti K€lly's Cress, - lady Pane. ,,,c',lf* ‘Mon. south iseiviiie. ‘n-yon. ria. westmoreland. Afternoon

"4-lo sosveaiagss

of the city water supply. Recom- mended by Dr. Wendell MacDon- ald. City Health Officer. and strongly supported by Mr. F. G. Hutcheson. City Councillor, it ran into opposition led.by Councillor P. R. McCormac who said the matter was being discussed at Vancouver this week by the Can- adian Medical Association and he moved that the matter be left for the ifext general meeting. On a standing vote he was supported by Councillors A. W. Gaudet, G. R Keefe, Elmer MacDonald. and George Rogers.

The nuisance to nearby resi- dents from powder dust from the powdered milk plant on Fitzroy street was pointed out by s dele- gation of citizens who filed a complaint with the Mayor anti Council. They stated they were unable to open their windows or everything would be covered and automobiles left for any time collected a residue of the powder and had to be washed with soap and water.

Presenting the complaint were Messrs. K. Burhne. W. Henry sn'l J’. McLure. Mayor Stewart assured them of the co-operation of the Council and said he would again discuss the matter with the man- agement of the plant.

Motorcycle Nuisance

The nuisance to citizens caused by motorcycles racing around the city and creating a discturbance was again brought up and the

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WN. CANADA. TUESDAY. JUNE 15; 1954

Civil Service And Armed Forces Benefits Bill Passes Commons

WASHINGTON (AP)——-I"fai‘i- cls P. Carr, the “strong, silent man" of the McCarthy-army hearings, broke his silence Monday and gave in detailed, sworn endorsement oi “blackmall" charges levelled by Senator Joseph McCarthy (Rep. Wis.) against high army officials.

The 31-year-old Carr, executive director of McCarthy's senate in- V(Ԥl.lg8.llOl"iS sub-committee, testi- fied army counsellor John B. Ad- ams persistently dangled favors for Pic. G. David Bchlne as "bait" to lure off the McCarthy investigation oi alleged subversion in the army.

He acknowledged under cross- exnminatlon at the afternoon's tele- vised sesslon, however, he knew of no action taken against schine when McCarthy disregarded pleas by Adams and by Army secretary Robert Stevens that the probe bc called off.

Sllenl Man Carr Al McCarthy-Army Probe Endorses Blackmail Charges

quiry wound up in another heated exchange between McCarthy and Senator Stuart symlngton (Deni. Mo.)

"SLOPPY FILES"

Symlngton, a former secretary of the air force, declared Carr's testi- mony proves the McCarthy sub- committee's handling of its files is “the slopplest and most danger- ous" to security he has ever seen. Mccarthy accused the Missourian of making a Communist-type “dis- honest smear" of the sub-committee staff.

The army side. and Adams in pni'tlcular,Carr said‘ started "black- mail" tactics as early as last Oc- tober. Adams continually referred to Schine as “the hostage."

Time after time, Carr said, Ad- ams “baited" Cohn with such aug- gestlons as:

The 33rd day of the waning iii-

"What‘s in it for us if we do something for Schinc‘!' ‘

FEWEB HOLES THAN ANTICIPATED

By DAVE MCINTOSH Canadian Press Staff Writer

ARNPRIOR. Ont. (CP)—A mock atomic attack theoretically killed hundreds of thousands of Cana- dians Monday.

Blx major cities, Halifax, Mon- treal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmon- ton and Vancouver—wcre suppos- edly A-bombed into almost com- plete paralysis and two others — Windsor and Fort Erie, Ont.-— were affected by simulated attacks on Detroit and Buffalo, respec- tiveiy.

Operation Alert. held in conjunc- tion with the United-states. was the biggest civil defence exercise ever held in North America with 5: American and Canadian cities under theoretical attack by bomb- ers. Arnprior, site of the national civil defence college. was control centre for Canada. '

Mai.-Gen. Prank Worthington, Canadian civil defence director said snags were encountered throughout the exercise but there were not as many holes as he had anticipated.

ENCOURAGING "I'm agreeably surprised,” he said.

Health Minister Martin. the min- ister responsible for Canada's éivil defence. thanked‘ the 5,000 persons who partlcipa.ted_

"We haven't got what we need yet but we hope to build up the kind of civil defence organization we must have." he said.

Besides the theoretical atomic attacks. there were simulated raids with conventional weapons on Arvida and Chlcoutiml, Que. and with bacteriological and chemical weapons in Saskatchewan.

Three or four hours after the aaumed bombing. requests for aid began to pour in from the stricken cities. Most of the requests were for medical supplies, including blood.

WAIHINGTON —(AP) — North America was sccurged by the fury of make-believe atom bombs Mon- day in the first continental air raid drill.

Millions would have died in the twinkling of an eye had the bombs been real -— including 2,175,000 in New York City alone. Many would have paid with their lives for their own stubborn carelessness.

For lo minutes, be American and Canadian cities halted activity and hsrkened to the unearthly wail of sirens that signalled mock enemy air fleets overhead.

At the end of this tiny fraction of time. such cities as Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Wlnnlpes. Ed- monton. Vancouver, Windsor, ont., Doulsviile. Milwaukee. San Fran- cisco, San Dogs and Fort Worth were theoretically destroyed. nos- ton. New York, Chicago and Phila- delphia were choked in their own mun rubble.

In Washington. the government went underground at the sirens‘ signal.

All DEFENCE TESTED

In addition to the show of public discipline, the mock air raid was intended to test defences There was no estimate of what it cost the raiding enemy to force its way past. the continent's defencu. But

TRAFFIC llAI.1‘liD

QUEBNEL B.C. (CP)—All high- way traffic to northern Brits Columbia and the Yukon was, cu of! Sunday night when a bridge buckled under the weight of e 40- ton rock crusher. Witnesses said the span "folded like an accor- dion" when the crusher. towed by a public works truck. started across. The truck driver, Frank Nerrod. escaped injury.

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the toll. presumably would not have been light.

In the Us. the public response to the drill was generally satis- factory and earned is "well done” citation from civil defence of- ficlals.

But there were wide areas of spotty response. Fort Worth‘; resi- dents ignored the whole thing. In

Huge Civil Defence Test

New York's Harlem. a disgusted defence worker watched people dawdle along the streets and mut- tered:

"Sometimes I think they don't care."

one of the most. spectacular tests was at Mobile, Ala., where 28,000 persons evacuated the main bus- iness district of 450 blocks.

By EON EVANS Canadian Press Staff Writer‘

WINDSOR, Eng. (CPI —- Queen Elizabeth, with the help of Earl Alexander and the Marquis of sal- iabury. buckled a jewel - studded garter around Sir Winston Churc- hill's left knee and installed the prime minister as ii Knight Com- panlon of the Noble Order of the Garter.

Queen Elizabelh Installs Churchill’ As The 913th Knighl Of The Garler

At a service in St. George's Chapel of Windsor Castle, Chur- chill, wearing a blue velvet mantle and feather —- topped Tudo cap, joined England's oldest and most exalted order of chivalry. He be- came the 913th Knight to join the order, founded by Edward 111 in 1348.

The 79-year-old statesman was

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TRENTON. N.J. (AP)--A start- ling account of how former Gov- ernor Harold G. Hoffman of New Jersey embezzled $300,000 to fin- ance his political campaigns and meet blackmail demands was told Monday at a press conference.

Democratic Governor Robert B. Meyncr and other state officials announced that Hoffman had writ- ten an “open-after-death" letter. admitting the years-old embezzle- ment from a hometown bank he headed.

The announcement came 10 days after the death of Hoffman. a 58- yefll‘-Old Republican who was un- der suspension as fllrectnr of the N.J. division of employment secur-

Meyner said Hoffman —— under fire from the state and ill with heart trouble—wroie the confession to his daughter, with the request that she read it after his death and destroy it.

The daughter. Mrs, Ada Leon- ard. destroyed the letter but gave an affidavit to state officials, giv- ing hor recollection of the contents.

FIRST TIME IN TROIIBLE

Hoffman wrote her that he first got into‘ financial trouble in his successful race for Congress in 1027 “as a very young man and a very poor man."

To cover himself. the letter went on, he drew from inactive accounts in the Smith Amboy Trust Com-

Slariling llevelalion of'Embezz|emenl By Former New Jersey Gov. Hoffman

pahy. which he had helped organ- ize in 1919.

“A certain wealthy elder candi- date, who is now deceased" had failed to live up to his promise to give Hoffman $17,500 for stump- ing his district.

Later Hoffman said. “the high cost of Washington living" and many disappointments suffered at the hands of friends" ran him further into debt.

After serving as congressman, Hoffman later became governor from 1935 to 1937-—a period in

for his intervention in the hand- ling of the Lindbergh baby kidnap case.

$300,000 INVOLVED

"Things got deeper and deeper until. in 1938, I found myself in- volved to the extent of $300,000," his letter was quoted as saying.

At one point, it continued, “l was obliged to go to a certain state official, unnamed but dead. explain my whole situation and plead for his help.

“He helped-—but from that timi- he ‘borrowed’ money from me to lavish on certain gambling opera-

tions of his own . . . I was op- posed to this scheme . . . How- ever this ‘friehd' insisted and fur-

thermore threatened to expose me and he blackmailed me into giv-

ivhich he gained national httcntlom

Legislation implementing

present form.

Both proposals were made by J. M. Macdonnell (Toronto Green- wood» on the ground that not enough time was given for consul- tation among those who will come under the plan and that many of the 230,000 civil servants, espec- ially women and single men, ob- jectcd to universal coverage. Some civil servants. including women and unmarried men, ob- jected tn the compulsory feature of the plan, whereby civil servants and members of the armed forces contribute 40 cents a month per $1,000 of yearly salary.

$5.000 MAXIMUM

The death benefit will equal the salary of the civil servants up to a maximum of $5,000. The govern- ment will contribute two months‘ gnlary to the fund, the amount it now pays to dependents of civil servants who die. A 10-per-cent de- crease ln the benefit due for each year between 60 and 70 will elimi- nate all benefits if death occurs after 70.

Solon Low, Social Credit leader. also objected to the way the bill was handled and the poor selling job the government did in attempt- ing to obtain employees support.

Stanley Knowles (CCI-‘-Winnipeg Northl, while recognizing the lack of civil servants’ support. said the m e a s u r e is advantageous. He asked what are the chances that coverage might be extended to other Canadians.

Finance Minister Abbott said he takes personal responsibility for not taking more pains in do a good public relations job on the plan.

MUST BE COMPULSORY

Mr. Abbott said that after study ith government insurance experts the conclusion was that no plan could be operated as cheaply if it was on an elective basis. It must be compulsory to be workable.

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Spot icebergs In Belle Isle Strait

QUEBEC (CF) — The Roy- ernment lcebreaker d'Ibei-ville arrived here Monday and re- ported spotting icebergs in the Strait of Belle Isle during the week-end.

Large masses of ice fines were reported endangering ves-

_ aels in the Giiif of st. Law- rence. A warm spell started them floating away from big- ger ice masses off Labrador.

The big vessel is scheduled to sail to Arctic outposts Au!- s with supplies.

The supply ships C. D. Howe and H. B. McLean will move north this month. Howe sails from Montreal June 25, the McLean from Quebec June 26.

Chances Of 'l00th Birthday Improve

VANCOUVER (CP) — What are your chances of celebrating your 100th birl.hday7

"Getting better every day,“ was the answer given Monday by Dr. Harold N. Scgall of Montreal.

"The average life span of cans- dians is increasing steadily as a result of medical research," said Dr. Segall, assistant professor of medicine at McGiil University, in an interview at the Canadian Medical Association convention.

Dr. Segell said that 20 years have been added to the average life span of Cnnoriisns in the last 50 years. He predicted that within 40 years. so many Canadians will be celebrating their 100th birthday that the event will be considered "commonplace."

He added that "any death before ‘I0 now can be regarded as a pre-

ingdhim something like $150,000, all to . . . ."

mature death."

the Progressive Conservative party first _ z-ite compulsory features and then to kill the bill in its

OTTAWA, ’(CP)—'f'he Commons Monday approved a plan to provide death benefits of a maximum of $5,000 for the civil service and the armed forces.

the scheme was passed after tried to elimin-

The attempt to give the bill a six months‘ holst—ln effect killing the measure—was defeated by a formal vote of 114 to 32, with two Quebec independents, Raoul Poulln lBesucel and Fernand Girard (La- polntel supporting the Progressive Conservative and Social Crctiii parties. The division on third read- ing, asked by Finance Minisicr

Abbott, resulted in is similar vote of 14 to 32. During clause-by~clause study,

the Commons defeated by A stand- ing vote of 64 to 20 an attempt to strike nut the cnnipulsory features

The CCF party supported the

Liberals on all votes.

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To Resume Wage

OTTAWA, fCP>—Contract ne- gotiations between the major i-iiiliva_vs and their non-operating eniployc-es, broken off months ago. will be resumed this week while the unions go ahead with prepara- tions for R strike vote.

Labor Minister Gregg announced Monday to the Commons that the disputanis are getting together rgsin,nt. the request of the cab- inet, with a view to a settlement by collective bargaiiiiinz.

Later, Frank }<l_ Hall of Mon- lrchl, chairman of the negotiating committee of unions representing l45,000 workers, said the talks lli'(‘ sriii-diilcd to open Tliursdny at Montreal. ‘

N0 DELAY IN VOTE

But he said the new negotiations will not menu ii delay in getting the strike vole under way among nicnibersliips of 14 unions.

"There's plenty of time'for s settlement before that. There will be no postponement of plans for the vote."

The strike ballots are due to be relurned for tabulation Aug. 2 with results to be made known

lDeFeat Move To Delay Highway Bill

OTTAWA (GP) —- The Commons Monday defeated a Progressive Conservative attempt to have ii House committee study government legislation to transfer to the pro- vinces Parliament‘: newly-estab- llshed authority over highway traf- fic crosslng provincial borders.

Transport Minister Chevrier said such a move would kill the mea- sure for this session of Parliament —due to end in the next fortnight -but opposition leader Drew said that was not his intention in pro- posing the committee study.

The House defeated, on an un- recorded voice vote. Mr. Drew‘: motion that second reading be de- ferred pending committee consid- oration.

later. 1'» live the bill second reading - approval in principle.

Mr. Drew contended that the

lqlsletion was being brought in

late in the session and pushed through too hastily.

The CO!’ also wanted the bill studied by a committee but did not suggest second reading be deferred.

The social credit wanted quick action on the measure, without its going to committee.

CONTIOI. POI. PROVINCE!

Mr. Chevrler‘s measure would vest in provincial transport boards jurisdiction over international and inter-provincial highway transport which that aritieh Privy Council in February declared to be under

Pbrliainent. The province: new control traffic within their own borders.

Mr. Chevrier said Monday the principle of the legislation has been assented to by all provinces repre- sented st the conference except

... "was Newfoundland, whose highway traffic is negligible.

Quebec is understood to be. agree- able to taking over control of the traffic, but through an amendment to the British North American Act that would vest this power prema- nently in the provinces.

Under the Commons bill, the fer-

ral government would preserve n over-riding power to make ex- ceptions to provincial control of the trans-border traffic. Mr. Chev- rier said Monday this was for use in cases of unforeseen circum- stances, or In the event of need for nationnl defence.

N0 AOIIIMBNT

Mr. Drew said the legislation showed no evidence of common ground having been reached amonl the provinces on methods of super-

tion and settling tolls.

He called it strange that the fed- eral government—sfier fighting for years against provincial attempts to have the courts give them juris- diction-—now should hand author- ity io the provinces. although he said, "it. might be the best solu- tion."

Mr. Drew also look exception to the provision giving the cabinet power to make exceptions to pro- vincial jurisdiction.