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5; Prairie liusi NaHonaI Prosperity;

OTTAWA (GP) - Losses from the atria rust epidemic. destroy- in. go parts at the western wheat crop. have affected national They may have a par- ueularly worrisome impact on the federal treaaui'V-

The bureau of statistics esti- mgtgd Monday that Canada's gross national product. which has in- creased all through the post-war years. declined to an annual rate of 323.900.000.000 in the first half of 1954. The drop was attributed almost entirely to smaller farm

t.

ouifputhis trend continues. it will mean an over-all decline for the year of S400.000.000 in national pro- duction from the all-time high of 524.300.000.000 in 1053. A decline of this proportion would be four times the drop of 3l00.000.000 in 1945.

The gross national product is used by federal budget planners in Iguglng the country's potential tax vield. Last April when he brought down his 10th and final budget. fnrmer finance miniser Abbott es- ..M.M.m.m.MML..........

Coming Events

"Dance at Gordon Lodze EV"? Friday night-

uguying and cleaning timothy dgily. McGuigan J: Boyle-

upuuiar Dance Crapaud Rink. Wednesday night-

--Dgnce. Fortune ruoeday night.

"Dance, Fort wednosdaY- Burk”

"Dance, Kozy 3811. George?-OWE. Wednesday. September 15th

--not 05 Parish Chicken Supper. gmgo and Dance. Thursday. septa rmber ldth. Meals served from 5.

"Dance Harrington hall. Thurs- lay. Sept. 16. in aid of the Iron ,,un'g,F.und. Special music-

shawm t Mt. Stewart. Mon- day. and Tugaday. 13th and lath. "The Titanic". Time 3.30.

uguying young pigs; also feeder cattle. Paying market price. Pius MacDonald. Mt. Stewart.

"puree Lorne Valley Hall. Tuesday. Sept. 14th. Websters Or- cliestra.

"Ross valley United Church. chicken supper in Rose valley Hall. Wednesday, September 15th.

"Visitation. other 1-- 0- 1-- Lgdges. in Grapaud District. visit at Lorne. this Thursday evening.

Supper. of sep-

Hsll. every

Augustus I-lall. Orchestra.

--st. Teresa's Chicken september 20th, ' stead tember sand

"Hope Rlvar Credit Union Meet- ing. Tuesday. September 14th. Last before Annual Meeting.

"Dance South: Rustico Hall every Thursday night. music Rol- lls Macl(cnzle's Orchestra.

"Greenwich Church Hot Chicken puma;-, Legion Hall. at. Peters Bay. September Rind.

"Regular Dance, Stanley Bridge Rink Hall every Tuesday night. Music. Rollie MacKenzie's orch- estra.

"Owing to a death, there will he no dance in Wlnsloa Station iall tonight. Dancing next week as usual.

"Provincial Plowing Match and Fair. Dundas. September lilth and lath. Two full days of competition and entertainment.

"Marketing Timothy seed. Con- test your local (30-01: or Island Co- op Services. to iritn-av Street. Cher- lottsiown, Prince Edward Island.

"We are buying Timothy seed daily at highest market prices. Boston and Maonae. shur-Gain Feed Service. Wlnsloe. Dial 9514.

"Raymond Wadmsn and his

Augustine Cove Skyliners will be.

in Borden Town Hall. Wednesday. Sept. 15 at 8:30 p.m. Saly of candy. Admission 40 and 25.

"Chicken Supper in the Central Royalty Hall. Wednesday, Septem- ber lath. supper starting at 5. Daylight saving Time. Bponsoud by central Royalty W. I.

"We hava inquiries for an un- limited quantity of good quail!-1 train either mixed or straight. Contact us before selling. Boston and Msofus. Winsloe. Dial Dim.

"Step dancing and fiddlers con- tent in Emerald hall. Friday. Sep- tember 17. Please send applica- tions to Ivan Claw. Emerald. Dance after.

"Poultry. Buying live and dress- ed at our plant on Clark street. Charlottetown. Monday. Tuesday. W a, each week. Phone 0010. M and A. Pours.

"P. e. r. rl'owina- Match and Exhibition. All classes of live stock. including cattle. sheep, swina and 90""-FY. to be shown on Wednes- ilir. Draft and general purpose horses clsusd on Thursday. Roots and vegetables.

"Rural Youth Fair September 16. It a o'clock. nines of Wales college. Public grating Competition and Home using. taanbar ma at ' 0'ci0&. towns oalvls. soul . Vtaetabiu, sewing and grain. In be afternoon. fashion psradag and

Losses Hiiiing C Ottawa Worried

timated that the national product in 1054 "will be at least equal to 1008 and probably higher."

REVENUE! COULD DROP

He concluded that an upswing in the second half of the year would more than compensate for the de- clines evident in certain branches of industry last spring. On that basis. he estimated revenues at 34.464.000.000 for the l954-55 fiscal year. This would give him a sur- plus of 54,000,000 aver expendi- tures.

However. federal officials agree that revenues could decline with a drop in prosperity. thus increasing the possibility of a budgetary deficit-unless. of course. the gov- ernment trims its spending.

Some declines in spending have already taken place. The bureau will have no firm figures until some time later this week. but it estimated in its preliminary report that federal defence spending was down 10 per cent in the first half of 1954 from the rate in the simi- lar 1953 period.

The gross national product-the total value of all goods and ser-

New Substances May Upset Soil Fertility

LONDON. (Rautsrsl-Sir John Russell. internationally k n o w n agricultural scientist. warned blo- loglsts Monday that many new substances now used in farming might upset fertility of the soil over a long period.

Russell, former president of the International Society of Soil Sci- ence. told 400 scientists attending the conference of applied biolog- ists that nature's equilibrium of

plants, insects and other small animals was in danger of being disturbed.

.

Speaking of insecticides. fungi- cides. and plant hormones. the the one-time chairman of an agri- culture subcommittee of the Un- ited Nations relief association. said they gave great powers of control but raised many new problems.

"These drastically potent new agents may disturb the equili- brium with consequences that cannot yet. he forecast."

EDMONTON (OP) - The Cana-

dian Educatlon As-ocistlon swings B

vlcu produced-was unchanged in the second quarter of 1954 from (Continued on page 15. col. 5)

OTTAWA (CP) - The Canadian Federation of Agriculture says that higher tariffs on British textiles would weaken the ability of the United Kingdom to buy Canadian farm products.

The warning is contained in a brief submitted to the Canadian tariff board which is investigating the impact of British preferential tariffs on this country's textile in- dustry. The investigation was or-f dered by the government after the domestic industry demanded a tar- iff increase against competing Brit-

Discuss Agenda T For Economic Council Meeting

MONCTON (CP) - Agenda for the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council meetings in Halifax Sept. 2! was discussed Monday by the executive council of the Maritime Provinces Board of Trade. It was agreed to place the matter in the hands of a special committee for the meeting called by Nova Bootlah acting premier. Hon. Har- old Connolly.

Left with the same committee was the naming of Board of Trade delegates to attend the economic council session.

The session Monday was under chairmanship of George W. Wilson. Truro. president of the board.

Also discussed during the session were plans for the annual board meeting to be held at Halifax Oct. 3 in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.

FAIR MAKING PLANS-

TORONTO (CP3 - The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair will open Nov. 12 for an eight-day run, it was announced Monday. Arrange- ments are being made for exhibits of farm produce. livestock. mach- inery and e1uipment. a horse show and a variety of entertainment and competitions. The fair is expected to attract exhibits from all 10 prov- inces.

Father In Depths of

LONDON. (Reuters) Brian Fawcett. a .9-ycer-old London artist. is planning to plunge into the heart of the Amazon jungle next year in search of his flthor and brother who disappeared 29 years ago.

Fawcettls hopes of finding some trace of them have been whetterl by recurrent reports. rumors and tales of a white king ruling n primitive tribe somewhere in Brazil's vast interior.

He said Monday he has little hope of finding his father. ox- plorer Col. Percey Fawcett. alive. I-la now would be over 80.

BBOTHEB MAY SUIIVIVE

But Fawcett has high hopes that his brother. Jack. who was only 22 at the time of the dis- appearance. may still be alive and living with an Indian tribe.

Fawceti. is busy sorting ihrnuifll

two trunks of papers belonging to his father in the hopes that they will narrow down the search area. They were found in his mo- ther's room after her death last week. When -he arrives In Brasli next. March. Fawcott plans to fly over some 28.000 square miles of swamps, jungles and grasslands in the area where his father and his brother vanished with another Englishman. Raleigh Rlmell.

DISAPPIAIANCE IIAll'Fl.l'N0 The legends of a white chief

into the opening sessions of its 31st annual convention here today following preliminary executive

Founded 1812 I

5 Planes Search For Helicopter

HALIFAX fCPl - Five planes searched unsuccessfully Monday for a commercial helicopter that disappeared Saturday with two men aboard in the wilds of Labra- dor.

The copter, owned by Canadian Helicopters. Ltd.. of Toronto. had five hours fuel when it took off from an exploration campsite 100 miles south - southeast of Goose

ay.

Although it is radio-equipped. there has been no word from it since. The search was slated to

meetings and registrations.

FEDERATION or AGRICULTURE owns vucws

Oppose Textil

ish textiles. "Any move by the Canadian gov- ernment to increase tariffs against

continue today.

OEABLO'.l.'l.'Hl.'OWN. CANADA. "IUESDAY. SEPIEDIBER 14, 1954

ROME. (Reuters)-Foreign Secretary Eden flew here Monday on the next-to-last stage of a swift diplomatic tour aimed at finding a new method of rearming West

Germany.

With him, the British statesman is bringing West Germany into the

carrying blue-prints for

1948 Brussels pat':t-originally man aggression-as a prelude to giving her

believed to be

intended as a bar to Ger- membership

in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Italian officials hailed reports of the Eden proposal. which also would .bring Italy into the Brussels pact of Britain. France. Belgium. Holland and Luxembourg. Britain thus would be firmly linked with the Continental nations in the new plan for West German rearma- merit.

MAKES PROGRESS

Eden arrived here in an RAF bomber after talks with West Gor-

e Tariffs Boost

textiles would further seriously im-

lthe entry into Canada of British pair the already weakened ability

The possibility of having all power and telephone lines placed on one side of the street only was told last night by Coun. Elmer MacDonald at the regular meeting of the City Council. He said the matter was under discussion by the companies involved and if they are in agreement than a joint

details according to the wishes of the Council. I Coun. MacDonald said the plan involved Council deciding on ivhlch side of the streets the lines would

meeting will be held to arrangel

TO DISCUSS CHANGE IN PLACING OF POWER LINES ON CITY STREETS

Ign and then removing the trees on that side to avoid service disturb- ances through falling trees and broken branches. However. he pointed out that the beauty of the City would not be destroyed as where trees were removed from ithe lines' side new ones would be planted on the opposite side.

The matter is under considera- tion by the companies individually ias a long-range proposition which probably would be carried through on a 10-year plan. Results of their

(Continued on page 15, col. 4)

Two Commilled For Of Theft From N. S.

ST. PETl!lR.'S. N.S. (OP) - Two fired employees of the local branch of the provincial liquor commission were committed for trial Monday after stories of after-hours drink- Ing parties at the store were placed on the records.

Former clerk Albert Morrison, 34. will appear with manager Har- old Gibson. 30. at the next. term of the Supreme Court. They are charged separately and have de- nied charges of theft of money and goods in excess of 5200.

Both were suspended May id af- ter liquor commission inspect 'lB uncovered shortages amounting to 52,815.

PARTIES AT STORE

Highlight of hearings Monday was a statement made by Morri- son which claimed Gibson"througll some contacts" found out when the store was to be inspected and was able to get accounts into shape.

This statement. Sgt. F. H. Flnney.

read by RCMP said parties

British Artist Plans To Seek Missing

Amazon Jungle

near Ciiiahn. capital of Mnnto Grasso state.

The Fswceit disappearance was

nno of the biggest mysteries of modern times. Repeated efforts have been

made to find the party since 1925. Brian Fawcett. who trekked the jungles for months In 1952 trying to find out what happened to his father and brother, believes the previous searchers have gone In the wrong direction.

Brazilian exploration IFRVQIINI westward from the source of the Tapaios river in search of the Fawcett party. Brian thinks the party went east- ward.

teams

Trial On Charges Liquor Store

were held at the store after hours and that "the majority of men of St. Peter's at one tllne or another" were present.

It also claimed Gibson had cleaned out rum cases and put empty cases back in the pile. The liquor was sold over the counter and the money used to cover short- ages. Gibson admitted this.

He said that at. one time he learned that "four or five" extra store keys were circulating in the community.

Agree To General Terms of Reference

MONTREAL (CP)- Representa- tives of the railways and unions Monday agreed to general terms of reference to govern an arbitration hearing into their contract dispute.

The agreement was announced after closed hearings here pre- sided over by deputy federal labor minister Arthur Brown and assis- tant deputy labor minister M. M. Macuan.

The deputies. announcing agree- ment on the terms of reference- llmits Within which talks under a federal arbitrator will be held-did not disclose whether there had been any changes in terms set earlier by the labor department.

other sources disclosed, how- ever. that "no substantial change" had been made in the labor de- partment's set of rules governing the forthcoming arbitration talks.

Officials said the terms of refer- ence will be signed by both sides before the arbitration hearings commence. They said the name of the arbitrator to deal with the miilti-million dollar dispute over "fringe" benefits will probably be allude public by the government to- sy.

No date for the start of arbitra- tion hearings hss been announced.

of the United Kingdom to make purchases of Canadian farm prod- ucts," the federation said Monday in a statement.

Not only would the result be a further lessening of British pur- chases from Canada but would also bring about an increase in the cost of Canadian textiles to Canadian consumers and would therefore of- fer only a very temporary relief to the textile industry.”

Ten E-lecfrical Companies To Stand Trial

TORONTO (CF) --Ten companies comprising virtually all the sl24,- O00.000 Canadian electrical wire and cable manufacturing industry will go on trial late this year on charges of conspiring to operate a price-fixing combine.

They were named in a true bill returnod by a grand jury Monday at a sitting presided over by Mr. Justice G. A. Gale of the Ontario Supreme Court.

The trial is not expected to start before December.

Gaspe Area Reports Heavy Storm Damage

CAMPBELLTON. N. B. (CP) - Hesvy rains accompanying hurri- cane Edna on its wild ride Satur- day through the Maritime prov- inces caused damage estimated at more than 31,000,000 in Quebec's adjacent Gaspe peninsula.

Telephone and telegraph com- munication: were disrupted and had not yet been completely re stored. Seventy-five per cent of the district's fishing fleet and equip- ment was reported swamped or de- stroyed.

A Canadian National Railways freight train was derailed at Maria. a few miles from here on the Que- bec side of the border. when the flooding Matapedia river washed out sections of track. No one was injured. Traffic has not yet been restored on the spur line between Gaspe, Que.. and the Matapedla valley to the west.

A small mill a few miles from

Maria was flooded and damage-

there was said to be 350.000.

Elsewhere. houses were floated off their foundations by rampaging waters and undermined telephone and telegraph poles were toppled by high winds. Several roads were closed to traffic.

BURMA NAMES DELEGATE

RANGOO. Burma fReutersl7-U Tun Sheln. permanent secretary at the Burmese foreign office will lead his country's delegation to the Colombo p I a n n in g consultative

meeting in Ottawa Sept. 20. it was officially announced Monday night.

man Chancellor Konrad Adennuer. During these talks. they agreed on a joint goal of "Europen unity in which the United Kingdom can play a full part”-a clear hint of possible enlarged British participa- tion in a new continental defence sysem.

Eden's tour of West European capitals is aimed at finding an ac- ceptable framework for West Ger- man rearmameni: and restoration of sovereignty to replace the Euro- pean Defence Community treaty. rejected by the French parliament last month.

One reason for defeat of the treaty, the only previous plan for bringing West Germany into a Western ci e f e n c e system. was French feeling that Britain had not committed herself sufficiently in the pact to counter-balance pos- sible West German dominance over other members. Britain declined to join the six-nation EDC pact. 'al- though she promised to maintain a close association with it.

ON TO PARIS LATER

Eden already has conferred with Adenauer and the Dutch. Belgian and Luxembourg foreign ministers, with whom he reached "full agree- ment" at Brussels last week. He leaves here Wednesday for talks with French P r s m l e r Mendes- France.

The Brussels pact contains a hard commitment for the signator- ies to come to each other's aid if any. of them is the victim of an armed attack in Europe.

It would need some amending to provide for West German mem- bership. however. Another disad- vantage is that it makes no pro- visio for limiting West German rear sment. one of the main prob- lems to be solved in bringing West Germany into the Western defence network.

ADENACEE AGREES

Eden was reported to have won agreement from Adenauer Sunday that West Germany will accept armament limitations set by the NATO council'if she becomes a member of the organization.

I ta l l a n government officials hailed the Eden plan as showing a vital transformation in Britain's attitude by expressing her willing- ness to commit herself on Euro- pcan defence to the same extent as Continental nations.

In Paris. the influential indepen- dent newspaper Le Monde said re- vival of the dormant Brussels pact "would create close links between Britain and the Continent which undoubtedly correspond in the wishes of the French government.”

BERLIN (Reutersi-Canada has bought all East German -sport boats exhibited at the Leipzig in- dustry fair. the Communist East German news agency ADN rc- portcd Monday. It gave no figures

Covers

Prince Edward Island Like The Dew

PRICE 56 i ,

Eden . Makes Progress Onl

Plan For Arming Germany

ii-l.TGHT SITUATION REPORTS MINISTER

Following a meeting of the Potato Promotional Committee held yesterday afternoon. Hon. C.

C. Baker. Minister of Agriculture said the blight situation was pretty well in hand and he did not antic- ipate it would affect the yield much. Tuber rot is drying up, ac- cording to his observation and from reports received. The potato tops look as if they had taken a bad beating. which will have llI.Il9, if any effect on the tubers.

Blight is not developing as fast as was anticipated. the Minister said. While most fields have been infected. the situation is far from serious. Root magot in turnips had made it practically impossible to ship any quantity of turnips from the Province. Unfortunately the worst is expected in this direct- ion.

Touching on the overall situa- tion as a result of the storm. Mr. Baker said that in conversation wtih farmers from Carleton. Kin- kora. York, Bedford and other more distant parts, it was evident that the yield of grain was considerably below that of last year. regardless of the adverse conditions in har- vesting. The fact that the grain was badly broken. contributed to additional wasteage in harvesting and threshing.

Island farmers have learned to take reverses in good part. and I imagine they will measure up to the present situation as usual. Mr Baker said.

ORCHARDS HARD KIT

Mr. W. P. Macheod. Federal Fruit and Vegetable Department. said that reports reaching him in- dicated no damage to, -the root

Results Of Maine Voting

PORTLAND. Me. (AP) - Tile minority Democrats' youthful can- didate for governor held grimly onto Republican Governor Burton M. Cross' heels Monday night as tabulation of M a l n e's election neared the one-third mark.

Senator Margaret Chase Smith. Republican. and three Republican congressmen had comfort- able leads.