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Violent Storm Hits Churchill

CHURCHILL Man. (CP)—Tele- phone and ay in repair rene ‘were restoring cel after a eae cee storm Monday

that played havoe with this north-! ern town

Power lines. were pulled dow Toof tops were torn away and | »yoats were tossed about on the

waterfront as winds of . miles!

an hour struck Sunday and con- tinued Monday, gusting to 4

Late Tuesday crews still. were Canada and the United States de-} ada and the US

working to restore 34 tripid poles and nine miles of army signal |

corps cable. Telegram lines were years ago because of a dollar! itions have long been maintained | discriminatory

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¢-ITETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1959

oF with a few showers, warm, southwest

ceattining. winds 15. Low-

high at Charlottetown 60 and 75,

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“WATSON JAMER AT S'SIDE

Watson Jamer, centre, was

guest speaker yesterday at the |

noon luncheon of the Summer, side Rotary Club, John Wright,

» left, is vice-president and Re ' his office 's trying to do in E. Ellis- is the president. Jam- | London for the Atlantic provin-

| er told the club members what | ces. (Story on page 3)

End To Sterling Import Ban Is Sought By Canada, Yanks

By HAROLD MORRISON - Canadian Pres& Staff Writer WASHINGTON (CP) — Britam

|made'a bid for time Tuesday as

manded an end to sterling area import restrictions imposed 14

shortage Sir Roser Makirs. ' Britain's |

Housing Act Backing . Sought For Shelters

By KEN KELLY Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA (‘CP)—The govern

ment’s civil defence planners are) considering ways to bring cor

struction of fallout shelters under | it was)

the National Housing Act, learned Tuesday. No decision is likely to be made

litial blast and radiation of an ‘atomic explosion. But they say that effective and | shelters can he constructed to pro-

tect people from the deadly ra-

dioactive dust that settles over a

wide area after the explosion. Federal financial aid for con-

on the matter until after the fed-!struction of fallout shelters is pot

eral-provincial civil defence con under way | here Thursday

The conference will consider a

being contemplated at

the mo

ment by the government, it is bunderstood But one proposal—on which a

wide range of civil defence prob-|firm decision has not been miade

lems, including the policy evacuation of major centres population and on shelter for the

of

on! - | Act he used to make it easier for |fallnitchelters’ tq he built

civilian population against the ra-!

that the National Housing

is

Provincial representatives will

dioactive fallout that would fol-|he given a look at a new fallout

low a nuclear explosion Authorities concede that

trated populations against the in

> little | . @an be done. to protect concen-'savs can be built for as-little as Hurricane Gracie

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Pearkes, conference chairman, '

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Gift Coupon Blast |

Levelled

_By CAROLYN WILLETT \ Canadian Press Staff Writer

_OTTAWA (CP) —The 25,000- member Canadian Association of | Consumers Tuesday declared an ell-out war on gift coupons gi iven | with purchases, popularly known

ading stamps.

This time the) association, long opposed to the use of the stamps/| now widespread in Ontario and Quebec, is going after a new law. The association contends that the} stamps contravene sections of the Criminal‘ Code. |

At opening sessions of_a three

association annual meeting | > gome 70 members—55 of them | voting delegates — gave unani- mouse support to an interim com-| mittee report urging co-ordinated | action to get the existing law! covering trading stamps strength- ened.

Mrs. H. EF. Vautelet of Mont-| real, an association past pres-; ident and chairman of the two-| member interim .committee, said | the committee wil] draft plans to} “intensify the battle’ against the! coupons.

INTENSIFY BATTLE Delegates representing associa- | tion branches from Prince Fd- ward Island to British Columbia) @poke qut against the use of the The concensus was that

coupons. , they increase food prices and} complaints.

that worth

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premiums

By CAC

about two per cent of the value) lof goods

purchased, not. bargains,

The campaign to oust coupons from supermarkets and other |

stores will include gathering proof | of infractions of the law for legal action against violators, petitions, delegations and letters as well as a stepped-up attempt to state the association's position and get # across to the general public.

With provincial governments | |charged with enforcing the Crim- ; inal Code, the association cam- | paign is aimed at catching the) ‘attention of provincial attorneys- | general and the federal justice de partment.

really are

NO OPINION Justice Minister Fulton and On- jtario Attorney - General Kelso

Roberts said recently they have! formed no opinion about weather | new legislation is needed on trad- |

ing stamps used to promote re- tail sales.

The meeting-also heard a panel of provincial representatives out- | lining association work in every- thing from programs to publicity.

Mrs. J. A. Lawson of Charlotte- town said that looking after local complaints successfully gathers members ‘bod CAC work spreads “Tike dew in the grass.”

The association is in some ways getting away a dealing with one

which Defence Minister |

of its original

permanent treasury secretary,;members to remove swiftly this argued his country has come a unhappy relic of the past.” long way in removing discrimin- ation agaist goods from Cam-jert Anderson agreed

While he was gratified that how. 'sterling area countries had made

“Jt must he saeet

ever, that discriminatory restrie-| Substantial progress in eliminat- trade curbs ‘and many member countries will against North America, “di oer

require a reasonable timé to dealjimation against the trade with the political, social and eco-| dollar countries is still sibstan-' |nomic problems associated with! Itial. especially the freedom of itheir removal.” he said ‘tourists to obtain funds ta travel | “There is an important ques- | wherever they wish.”

tion of timing.”’ he added in de-| ‘We consider that it is most fending Britain's position before. important for the fund to declare the annual meeting of the 68-coun-|its position on this matter clearly try International Monetary Fund. | forcefully

h France and West Ger- NO JUSTIFICATION many agreed discrimination

Finance Minister Donald Flem-jshould he ended quickly. But ing of Canada maintained “‘there| Wilfrid Baumgartner, governor is no longer any balance - of-jof the Bank of France, observed. ‘payments justification for dis-|that his country had to reconcile crimination and we are very/|its external policies with those of strongly of the opinion that the|the new European common ‘mar-

inexpensive |fund should take early action to} ket, of which France is a mem-! atrocities”

lregister this fact and urge its! ber

U.S. Treasury Secretary Roh |

|| CAUSEWAY REPORT DELAYED

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By RONALD FARQUHAR PEKING (Reuters) — Soviet to join in Communist China's 10th janniversary celebrations,

success of his American visit. Chinese newspaper ~ editorials |

with President Eisenhower and | qther American leaders would help to ease world tension. They declared that China = awaited Khrushchev's arrival “with eag-

timents.”

But they said that the sincerity of the United States’ expressed desire for peace would be proven only if it followed up words by deeds—withdrawing troops from abroad and halting “armed inter- ;¥ention” against other countries. |

HAIL SUCCESS OF TRIP

Many Communist leaders from | abroad, hail Snslov, hailed the -success | of Khrushchev's US. trip in} speeches at a two-day mass rally | lending Tuesday in honor of the 119th anniversary of Communist rule.

Chinese Communist chiefs, per- haps headed by party chairman Mao Tse-tung, are expected to turn out in strength to welcome Khrushchev

Other world Communist ers already

Premier Khrushchev arrives here | Novotny of Czechoslovakia, Alek-

with! Peking cautiously welcoming the

Tuesday said Khrushchev’'s talks |stay in China.

erness and the most friendly sen-

including Russia's Mik- |

lead- |

Chi - minh, and three eastern European heads of state—Antonin

lsander Zawadzki of Poland and Istvan Dobi of Hungary.

Details of Khrushchev's pro- \gram were not available and it was not known how long he will

| The Soviet leadér is expected to attend a big. Chinese govern- ment reception tonight tradition- jally held on the eve of. national day.

| OTTAWA TRIP Labor nals | Dep stvor A Cae

a | for Ottawa for meetings of the Laid To Rest

National Capital Commission OTTAWA (CP)-—

' on which he is the Island's -Hundreds of} representative. A. feature of officials of government and labor| the meetings will be the open- turned out Tuesday at funeral | ing on Friday of Pink Lakes iservices for A. R. Mosher, vet-| and Kingsmore section of the eran labor leader Gathineau Parkway in the Gat- Labor Minister Starr led a| ineau Park by Prime Minister group from the federal labor de} -Diefenbaker.. Mr. Gaudet will jpartment. and there was heavy/ be accompanied on his trip jrepresentation from among top) by Mrs. Gaudet. They will lofficers of the 1,100,000-member! return to Charlottetown on Canadian Labor Congress and af-| wonday. filiated unions - In semi-retirement for the ‘last few years, Mr. Mosher had re mained a member of the Cont

‘Weatherman ada Labor Relations Board and the mational employmnt advis- Retires Today

jory committee At a brief service, he was euloe

TORONTO ‘CP’ — A scientist

likely to be present. They include jtenacity of purpose in behalf of who has scanned the skies from

North Viet Nam's president,

in Peking also fe as a man of strength and

Ho the worker

the South Pacific to the North}

“ Soviet Bloc Units ::

AngrilyL

By JOSEPH MACSWEEN Canadian Press Staff Writer UNITED NATIONS, NY. (CP)

|All Soviet bloc delegations stalked out of the United Nations | general assembly Tuesday rather than listen to charges of “‘tragie | committed by Red

_140-MILE WINDS

CHARLESTON. § C. (AP)— struck a smashing blow at the coast here

winds at Beaufort, S.C.

Gracie’s swirling winds

mobile was upended by violent;

China in Tibet. \ ? \

Gracie Strikes Smashing Blow; | Starts Devastating Move Inland

| NC., then North ‘Carolina in a northwesterly di- irection into Virginia.

lotte, across

i Pole retires today as Canada’s) top » catherman Dr. Andrew Thomson. 65 direc Rng of the meteorological branch [Toa the transport department since leaves the post after BR res m public service Born in the little village of Dob | eave leas in Ontario's Grey County, | Dr iwhich took him to the jungles of | The mass walkout of the So (Brazil, New Zealand. the South iviet and eight satellite delega- | Pacific island of Samoa and the; tions came as Nationalist China’s orthern regior& of Norway T. F. Tsiang was preparing to| After graduation from the Uni-| \eceide and after Ireland and Ma-|Versity of Toronto and Harvard,

'Dr. Thomson's first job was with’ et coe debate = oe the Carnegie Institution in Wash-

ington. That was in 1917 and the}

In one sense,” Tsiang jumped | oins scientist soon enlisted in ithe gun on what is sure to be &|ihe United States army where he isuper-heated issue when it’ i8 | found himself assigned to work as formally debated, first by the as- /personal aide to Thomas Edison, | sembly’s 21-nation steering com- | wh} was working on defence pro- Said Tsiang:

mittee Friday. jects. “From this rostrum, as repre-| ‘Edison, you know, was almost sentative of China. | declare that |a Canadian.’ says Dr.. Thomson

free China condemns the Com- munist atrocities in Tibet and welcomes any proposal tp exam ine them in the Present session | of the assembly.’

fought in the rebellion of ‘1837. I | got very high marks with him | simply

} | The

Thomson has led a career!

‘His father was born heré and |

because I was a Cana- |

2 Bridges

OTTAWA BUREAU OF THE GUARDIAN

department of transport jwill issue a call for tenders for ithe new ferry for Prince Ed- |ward Island in mid-October. Heath Macquarrie the mem- ber for Queen’s County, made the announcement here while ‘in the capital for a few days | in between terms of duty, ih New York at the United tions.

| Mr. Macquarrie added that the new ferry will be an‘ ice- breaker and is planned to be in service by 1961: Further details and dimensions of the vessel | are expected shortly.

He said he had received as- surances from the department | {of national resources there will | be a stepped up winter works | program in the P.E.I. national | ‘park this winter to keep facili-

‘ties up to the pace of the in-|

|erease in tourist traffic. ‘ Mr. Macquarrie made his re

Tenders For New Ferry Are Due By Mid-October

World Tension Eased ls Comment In China

Proposed

For Strait Land Link

;marks on the Causeway after a conference with deouty pub- lic works minister Hugh A. Young.

_He quoted Mr. Young as saying ithe full report on the Causeway ‘will be ready to be presented to the cabinet for consideration by the end of this year, which is somewhat more flexible than the estimate given to the Guard- ian earlier of “at least a couple of months.”

Mr. Macquarrie confirmed that the major problem now facing the government depart- ments who are studying- the

causeway project is that of min- fimizing the effects upon ~ tides jand fisheries.

2 BRIDGES?

The possibility is now being mooted that to lessen the effect | Of constructing a causeway more | than one bridge may have to be built to allow-a free flow | through the Northumberland ' Strait.

Queens MP. Is Beaten Y InUN.CommitteeVote

OTTAWA BUREAU

OF THE GUARDIAN Canada has figured as the es witting victim in a demonstration of strength on the part of the Af- ro-Asian bloc at the United Sta- tes, with Heath Macquarrie, MP \for Queens, as the direct target lof the attack

The news came out in Ottawa while the Island was in the capital for a few days on constituency business, before re- | turing to New York where he ts serving as third member of the Canadian UN delegation.

The incident developed after | the Queen’s member had beer | chosen as Canada’s candidate for ithe vice-chairmanship of the

beria, at the last minute proposed that the delegate from Cube he Aected vick&ei

This proposal won strong sup- port from many African and Asian countries, along with the Com- munist bloc and the Latin Ameri can nations. There was talk of withdrawing the ‘“‘Canadian nom- ination to avoid public wrangling but the Western nations decided ito press ahead

SECRET BALLOT

In another unprecedented move, the vote for the vice-chairmanship jwas taken by secret ballot, ap- parently to give the Latin Ameri- (Continued on page 5 Col. 4)

fourth UN committee dealing with trustee territories, on which Mr. | Macquarrie served as a member | jlast year. | In the*usual manner of such) public bodies, nominations for ex- j ectitive posts are normally agreed upon by the various delegates beforehand and QGanada’s choice received general approval. However, in an unprecedented imove the African country of Li-

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Ireland and Malaya said In a} jcommunication to UN Secretary- General Dag Hammarskjold ; “prima facie evidence of lan attempt to destroy the tradi- tional way of fife of the Tibetan people’ and their ancient religi- | ous and cultural autonomy. |

| Tuesday, then started a wallow-|dumped torrents of. water as she. “In such circumstances the | jing devastating inland move-|jsmashed inland over Walterboro, | One colsolation was that most |tnited Nations has both a moral! | ment {Orangeburg and Columbia, theiof the Carolinas multi - million) jobligation and a legal right to}

‘With peak winds of 140 miles |South Carolina capitol. The storm | |dollar tobacco crop has been har-'discuss the situation,’ the sale | LONDON Soviet Pre an hour, the violent storm un- | was expected to pass over Char-| vested. ment said. mier Nikita Khrushchev declared ~|leashed her full fury on Charles-| —~ — — * ~ ¥ - ton, Rain, winds and flooding | ? ee rae at De Be eo ae ee arene eee gp Se were felt along the; coast ‘from)|} Fa Savannah, Ga., north to Myrtle Beach, S.C. lf sete |

The torrential rains and winds, +’ ° > which caused \havoe along the! e

coast, subsided some as the hurr- | icane :cut a 100-mile swath over |. iSouth Carolina lowland farming areas. The deluge of wates threa- |:

tened floods on a dozen rivers and quick floods on countless streams. | National guardsmen were, pressed into service at battered cities and communities where |damage likely will run into the | milljons of dollars. The guards- ‘men sought to prevent looting}! and to assist in ——- opera- i tions. 2 ONE DEATH

The only storm death reported was that of a man whose auto-

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aims, she said.

WESTERN HOSPITAL AT ALBERTON

above. Work on the new wing which is expected to cost in the —— of $250,000 started last

week. The new building will he between: the present main hos- pital building end the surees

residence, and: connect the two structures.

West Berlin Problem \s Stressed By Nikita

that negotiations for a of the Berlin crisis be delayed indefi-

Tuesday settlement “must not \\nitely = oe ' At the same time the Soviét jleader said there was no ques- tion of an ultimatum.

“No time limit should be set for them ‘the negctiations),” heade- clared

Khrushchev made his state- ment in an interview with Tass news agency which was reported

by Moscow Radio.

The Soviet leader thus re- affirmed the statement President Eisenhower made at his: press

conference Monday about the out- come of the talks the two world leaders had on the Berlin ques- tion

lin has been broken and there is no longer any. Russian threat to try to force the — garrison out of Berlin

NO THREAT

“No party is under any sort .of threat.” said Eisenhower. “Mr. Khrushchev made an emphatic point that he had never intended a threat.” as

Eisenhower said Khrushchev had agreed that new papetlations on the fate of Berlin should have no fixed time limit but should not be prolonged indefinitely

“President Eisenhower gave a correct account of .he agreement we reached,”’ Khrushchev told the Tass correspondent.

“We have indeed agreed that the negotiations on the Berlin question must be resumed—that no time limit should be set for them, but that they must not be

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Eisenhower said he believed | the East-West deadlock over Ber- | that |

Hannah Storm Carries Peril

MTAMI, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Hannah whirled steadily west- ward across the Atlantic Tues- day on a course that mjght send her, smashing into the U.S. main-- land behind hurricane Gracie.

The season's eighth tropical storm boiled up to W0-miles-an- hor peak winds by 7 pm.’ADT and was plunging westward at 15 miles an hour from a _ remote ocean position plotted at 26.2 de- grees north latitude, 62.2 degrees west longitude. That was 425 miles south - southeast of Ber- muda

Hannah was travelling approx- imately toward Miami. — more than 1,100 miles away—but was expected to veer toward the northwest and move roughly into the same path as Gracie, which hit the South Carolina coast Tues- day. : %

Residence

Plan Probe Proposed

A meeting between the trustees of Prince of Wales College and department of education officials will be held Thursday evening ‘to discuss plans for the new college residence, Dr. L.G. Dewar, min- ister of education, said last night.

Dr. Dewar stated that until the meeting was held no information was available, but following it he expected to have a definite an- nouncement regarding the struc- ture.

The residence is to be erected on government-owned land on the northeast corner of Cumberland and Kent Streets. Dismantling of * the old residence has been under way thie week. It was once owned by the late Premier J.D. Stewart, father of J. Dawid Stewart, pre vincial secretary,