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14 PAGES " “3333n3‘1-'7. 53-? "" '°" °‘“" CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1953 N°$,,“,{§RE FIVE CENTS

REAR ADMIRAL Kenneth A. Kenny are shown in the cap- eAdams and Commander J. N. taiin’s cabin aboard H.M.C.S.

Sees New Naval Barracks Boosting Reserve Div. Here

The new Naval Barracks should give a tremendous boost to the Naval Reserve div-

ision here. Rear Admiral Ken- neth A. Adams. C.D., R.C.N. said last night before he com- pleted his final inspection of H.M.C.S. Queen Charlotte and bid farewell to the officers and men aboard. Rear Admiral Adams who has been in charge of the twenty-two reserve div- ,_isiona Canada for thgpgast tlive years, is going on retire- , ment in early April. Interviewed last evening the Rear Admiral was enthusiastic ' about the future of the division here. With the availability of adequate and modern equipment inethe new barracks, the train- ing will be of a higher standard than ever before. And_ he obser- , ved, the interest should natural- ill be much greater that it has been with the limited facilities ‘ that have been available in the old building. '_Commander J. N. Kenny, of- ticer commanding the division, also observed that the new building, which is expected to

be available this coming fall, would mean -a tremendous dif- ference to the Naval training in this Province.

In his final talk to the Divis- ion Admiral Adams noted that although the overall strength of the Reserve Divisions has been reduced, the standard will be higher. The Reserve Navy will in future be hard toget into, and easy to get‘ out of, which is as it should be, he

observed-.. ...--. — The Admiral also inspected

lqueen Charlotte.

commanded by Lieut,-Com.man- der R. LeClair, during his tour of inspection.

On his arrival here yesterday afternoon he was met by Com- mander Kenny, Lt. James Clap- ton, R.C.N. Staff Officer; Lt. Joseph Mahacr. R.C.N. (R) Staff Officer U.N.T.D.

Later Admiral Adams and Commander Kenny visited City Hall where he called on Mayor J. D. Stewart and Later paid his respects-to Premier A. W. "Mathe-

son and Lieutenant-Governor '1'.

the Sea Cadet Corps which is

W. L. Browse.

Expect Jorclcin And lrciq To Announce Federcitiori

I AMMAN, Jordan (AP)—Kings Hussein of Jordan and Faisal 11 of Iraq met Tuesday amid indi- cations they will announce federa- tion shortly to meet the challenge

of the Egyptian-Syrian union. Informed sources said merger of the two Hashemite kingdoms,

both aligned with the West, al-

Expect Labor Party To Win In U. K. Byeleclion Today

ROCHDALE, Eng. (Reuters)— Cameras closed in Tuesday night for final shots in a byelection °3ml>aign that has struck a new theatrical note in British politics.

Voters decide today among three candidates who have been V"°°i11g their support at public meetings, on door-to-door hand- shaking tours and—for the first time in Britain—on television.

_'I‘he Labor party is favored to win the Rochdale seat from the _C0nservatives but the political Implications of the byelection i1_3Ve been almost lost in the ex- citement of the television experi- ment.

The cameramen found a ready- made star in Moira Shearer, bal- lerina and lead in the movie Red Shoes .

Miss Shearer is the wife of Lib-

QTTAWA (CP)—ln a search for ‘Wings in his department, De- , “Ce Minister G. R. Pearkes, an “my major-general, has decided leave inviolate the expenditure

°‘ the navy’s daily rum ration.

,1”. Pearkes could have saved

5°99 $110,000 annually by elimin- “mg the daily tot to sailors, a Centuries-old practice.

But officials said Tuesday de- lei::c estimates for the 1958-5" fis- T Year‘ include the rum ration. 57he_Dublic aioiunts for the 1956-

iiscal year show that Cap'.ain

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tThe"° have i)t‘(‘ll 1‘lll)|fll‘f~ 11131.

W? §?0\‘ei‘n1neii( was going to do

r“ at Will] the daily grog. These ‘£03 all proved unfounded.

th V911 if the tradition were ’°_WIl overboard, a lower — deck

sh‘€i)’- A navy survey ‘I55 Owed only 50 per cent 0 he .13.

men 39091“ the daily issoe. '1‘,

eral candidate Ludovic Kennedy, who also has experience as a tel- evision newscaster. She has taken an ac-tive hand in the campaign, stumping through this industrial centre as “just Mrs. Kennedy,” outlining Liberal policy and urg- ing voters to support her hus- band.

ALSO USES WIFE

Labor candidate Jack McCann also has used the woman’s touch. keeping his pretty, blonde wife within camera range.

The third candidate is Conserv- ative J oh n E. Parkinson, a bachelor.

The prestige of both the _Con- servative and Labor P3-“ties 15 at stake in the contest for this seat, which has shuttled between the

M°1‘gan Rum Distillers Limited of ontrcal was awarded a $1ll.963?

main parties since 1900.

has to be 20 years old before hs is eligible-—and the remaining ?0 per cent took the $1.80 a month In lieu of the rum.

25.,’ OUNCES DAILY

A tot of rum—a tot is about 2% ounces—is issued to each ‘mail who wants it when “up SP11"1‘l5 is piped at 11:30 _a.m.

Chief Petty officers and ll-ilty

officers first class may drink the rum neat (the navy issue is 100 per cent proof). Sailors below these ranks must use _a max. either water or a soft (ll‘1I1l(. The minimum standard P€1‘m1“_Cd 15 gm~0 parts water or soft drink to ‘am: part. rum. ‘ ! ()ff1ccrs do not receive the ra- itinu. They have a Wa1‘dI'00m .‘\‘vhelue liquor lnay be_purchased. -j The sailors must mix the rum ion the spot and drink it under the icyc of the officer of the day. 1118 loo).-oxxain checks a list so tliv‘ iitr lbodv can 20 through We “"9 imorc than once.

I cent were too young~a sailorl The custom of the daily $08-

F miiilily would be L‘Xll‘CIlll‘i‘ un- l . l

ready has been largely worked out. They said the announce ‘lent may come today or Thursday. The biggest questions seem to be whether King Saud of Saudi

. Arabia will join Hussein and Fai-

sal and whether Iraq will with- draw from the Baghdad Pact.

Saud has refused to join unless Ir'aq leaves the _' pact, official sources said. Jordanian officials are reported trying to persuade the Iraqis to withdraw.

Iraq is the only Arab country in the a 1 li a n c e, which includes Turkey, Iran, Pakistan and Brit- ain. '

Child Hurleci. To Her Death

NEW YORK (AP) -- A seven- year-old girl was lured to the roof of a Bronx apartment house Tuesday and hurled 12 floors to her death by a teen-aged youth.

The victim, Kathaleen Heg- menn, accompanied her slayer he promised her 10 cents and a lollipop to help him bring down 3 boxy.

Police held for questioning ‘5- year-old Francis Medaille, a sus- pended high school boy. They said he admitted hiring the little girl to the roof, choking her and shov- ing her over the three-foot para-

pet.

Navy Rum Issue Is, Safe, After Pearkes' Decision

grog is rum mixed with water- originated several centuries ago when water on long voyages be- came foul. So did beer. Which W35 tried. Beer was also too bulky to carry.

On rare occasions. Such aS_ 3 naval review held in coimection with a coronation, sailorsare P6?- mitted to “splice the mall‘

rum instead of a single.

RATION AT SEA ONLY

The daily ration is issued only to sailors in ships and not to those assigned to shore duty. _

There have been periodic rumb- lings from the lower deck that the sailors be given the alternate clic-ice of a can of beer. ’

Officially, the navy doesnt 1001! with favor on newspapers ac- counts of the “up spirits “ou- tinc. Not because it frowns on the drinking of the daily tot but be- cause senior officers usually re- ceive a batch of protest letters from temperance groups.

brace.” All this means is a double \

Citizens Of Ch’town ,_ Vote Today

The returning officers for to- days civic election were sworn in yesterday afternoon by Allison M. Gillis, Charlottetown Barris- ter and returning officer, at City Hall.

After the swearing in cere- money Mr. Gillis addressed the returning officers, stating that a very complete list of eligible voters had been made and that no serious difficulty should arise. He then stated the conditions and qualifications which would allow a person to v-ote in this election.

At today’s election the city will elect a new mayor, eight council- lor_s and three water commis- sioners from a total field of 22 candidates.

The polls will open this morn- ing at 9 o’clock and remain open until 6 p. in. —

$100,000 Gift Made To Ml. A.

SACKVILLE, N.B. (CP) _-- Mount All is o n University an- nounced Tuesday a gift of $100,000 from retired sea captain R.V. Bennett of Sackville. ‘

Mr. Bennett, brother of former

Prime Minister R. B. Bennett, said he hopes the gift will prompt other donations. The money will be used toward a new men’s resi- deuce. The ‘university’ celebrates its centenary this year. Its original degree - granting charter was granted by the “New Brunswick legislature April 6, 1858.

Two Boys Die In Ontario Hunfing Tfip

BRACEBRIDGE, Ont. (CP)—- The bodies of two Toronto boys were brought out of the bitter- cold, wind-swept Muskoka Lakes

region Tuesday, the tragic end to a weekend hunting trip.

Two other boys and their church ‘leader are recuperating from a 53-hour ordeal in which they wandered aimlessly through a blizzard in temperatures as low as nine below zero.

Dead are Robert Pettersen, 13, and James Duffy. '14, friends who lived only a few doors from each other.

Tracks in the snow indicated Duffy died because he went back to try and help ‘iis pal, who had fallen through the ice into a fast- flowing creek and died_ of ex- posure.

Recovering in Bracebridge hos- pital are Andrew Morton, 29. group -leader at St. Stephen’s United Church, Toronto; Charles Douglas McCoy, 13; and George Farmer, 14, both of Toronto. All are suffering from frostbite. Dr.\F. Williamson said it will be a few days before it is known whether Morton or Farmer will lose toes.

He said McCoy is in satisfac- tory conditions and will probably return to Toronto today.

Jung Leaves Political Tour A

OTTAWA (CP) — Douglas Jung, president of the Young Progres- sive Conservatives of Canada, has started a four-week political tour of Canada.

Mr. Jung, first . Canadian of Chinese origin to be elected to Parliament, started his tour in

HALIFAX (CP)-—The possibil- ity of a sales tax loomed before the people of Nova Scotia as members of the provincial legis- lature gathered for the House opening here Wednesday. Political observers have been predicting for wee that the Pro- gressive Conservati e government led by Premier Robert L. Stan- field will introduce the tax scheme to finance the Nova Sco- tia share of the federal-provincial hospital insurance plan.

Premier Stanfield himself has said that the province is consider- ing new taxation or a premium on the head of every household to collect the necessary money. Dur- ing its first year of operation, the province will have to pay about $6,000,000 with the federal govern- ment picking up a $7,000,000 tab.

WORKING MAJORITY

Premier Stanfield has 24, mem- bers on the government side of the 43-member assembly. Henry D. Hicks, former premier, leads the 18 Liberals who made up the official opposition. There is one CCF member—Nova Scotia party leader Michael McDonald.

The second session of the 23rd general assembly has already been ‘dubbed “the partisan ses- sion” in some quarters. Members of all parties are expected to seize every opportunity to boost the political stock of candidates campaigning for election to Par- iliament March 31.

The House will probably sit a month, adjourning about_ March 14 to give members two weeks on the campaign trails before re- turning after the federal election.

Flood Threat

Follows. Snow In 5 Britain

LONDON (Reuters) Mild

weather and a rapid thaw brought serious flooding to some parts of Britain Tuesday after a weekend of snow and ice.

Hardest hit was western Eng- land, where the Severn River rose 12 feet above normal and spilled into low-lying farmland. Serious flooding also was re- ported in Yorkshire in northern England.

The deep snow that covered. most /of Scotland and Northern Ireland for the last few days fed rivers with tons of water. Gales lashed the western and southwestern English caost and huge waves battered ships in the English Cha 11 nel approaches. Trawlers were ripped from their -moorings at Newlyn in Cornwall. In West ‘Germany, floodwaters which rose over the Rhnie River banks ‘stopped just short of the rear entrance on the West Ger-' man Lower House of Parliament in Bonn.‘

Avalanche warnings were is- sued in the Alpine regions of Aus- -tria as a thaw loosened tons of

Brandon, Man., Monday.

SIIIOW.

There was a two-week recess for political campaigningiii I940. The House reconvened March 27, the day after the federal balloting.

FAVOR RECESS

Mr. Stanfield and Mr. Hicks fa- vor the recess but the Liberal leader wants the budgetbrought down first. The government can do that, or present interim esti- mates or spend half as much as the expenditures of 1956-57 to keep the province in business after the fiscal year ends March 31.

Three royal commission reports —on farm credit, the 1956 Spring- h-ill mine disaster and automobile insurance-—are expected to be dealt with during the session. Highway construction, depressed economies in some Nova Scotia

Sees Da

CALGARY (CP) — Unless do-

mestic and export markets are found, oil and natural gas under- lying Western Canada will not be produced, the Canadian Petro- leum Association said Tuesday. , It said nearly $2,000,000,000 was invested in Western Canada by oil and gas companies between 1951 and 1956. After total income was deducted a deficit of $935,-' .o00,000 remained. But, the association said, in- vestment was made in the belief that the resources could be pro- duced and sold “with a reason- able ,’dispat§:i1.” tllfuture expansion deeiiiided ..', _e,c,,.y on ;D_1L0.S;Pe¢*S_.,__. . for recovering the mdusfiyirpasr deficit and new investment.

The petroleum association, rep- resenting companies which pro- duce 97 per cent of .Canada’s oil and gas, drew these conclusions in a submission to the Borden commission investigating energy resources.

communities and provincial-muni- cipal financial arrangements are other major prospects for House study. .

Lieutenant-Governor E. C. Plow was the central figure in the col- orful House opening ceremony be- ginning at 3 p.m. AST Tuesday. The lieutenant-governor, retired ‘chief of the army's eastern com- mand, who succeeded Alistair Fraser as the Queen’s represent- ative J an. 15, will read the speech from the throne. '

The address in reply will be moved by John M. MacDonald (PC—Cape Breton North) and seconded by Hiram K. Thomas (PC——Kings West).

The House normally sits after- noons only. But during the last week or two, night sittings are held as well.

rl< Oil

Market Picture

Prairie provinces, British Colum- his and the Nbrthwest Territories there are possible reserves of 50,000,000,000 barrels of oil- and gas. These figures compare with last year’s known and probable 30,000,000,000,000 cubic feet of reserves of about 4,000,000,000 in oil and 30,000,000,000,000 in gas.

romrs UP BARRIERS

Obviously commenting on re- cent restrictions in oil market- ability, which last year resulted in Alberta producers operatiin 50 -per cent of potential and the in Alberta producers operating at current uncertainty oft govern- irients 'i!?.fiJ.e— 8.35. °XP.°!l- pic. m»

“The investment climate must be kept sufficiently appealing to foster reinvestment and to attract new risk capital . . . Prospects -for improvement in the marketing picture are :1 pr requisite to a continued high le el of activity in Western Canada oil and gas

It estimated that in the three

exploration.”

QUEBEC (CP) — Georges La- palme, Liberal opposition leader, said Tuesday Quebec's provincial government finances “are in a veritable state of anarchy.” Opening the budget speech de- bate in the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Lapalme said budgets “have become meaningless under the present regime” and parliament- ary controls “gravely comprom- ised.”

Text of his speech was released to the press in advance _of de- livery.

In the speech Mr. Lapalme said:

1. Since April 1, 1945, the gov- ernment has spent $540,142,535 above regular budgets approved by the legislature.

Approximately 75 books chosen from the 350 volumes recently donated to the P.E.I. Public Libraries by the Car- negie Foundation of New York are now on display at the Char- lottetown Public Library. In the photo above Miss Jean

A K DIPAY

Gill, the librarian, explains the idea behind this gift by the world-famous philanthropic in- stitution to lVl?.r. W. B. Creed ‘oi Winsloe. one of the many lib- rary clients to visit the display yesterday. In literature accom- panying the books, the American ;

instiutioii states that similar sets have been forwarded to a number of selected libraries tlirougliout the British Common- wealth in an attempt to portray contemporary American life and

Charges Quebec's Firicinces’ Are In $lcite,Of Anarchy

2. The government, increa's- ingly since 1950, is spending money that belongs to the next fiscal year.‘ In 1956-57 the govern- ment spent $36,475,110 belonging to the 1957-58 fiscal term.

3. Bptween April 1, 1945, and March 31, 1958, the government will have collected $3_,445,676,092 in revenue and spent $3,687,407,- §5;l. The over-all deficit: $241,731,-

6 . '

4. During the 1956-57 fiscal term -—the election year —- the govern- ment issued the “fantastic" total of $240,750,000 in promisory notes to the baiiks to “maintain itself in power.” When it could no longer borrow on a short - term basis it borrowed,$21,000,000 from the Quebec Hydro Electric Com mission and $3,000,000 from the Workmen’s Compensation Board.

5. In the 1956-57 Quebec public accounts no inforrwtion was given for expenditures totalling $47,620,- 995. This included amounts paid “to various persons” totalling $28,941,458. Discretionary grants totalled $$181,701,766.

6. The government claimed its- net debt was decreasing but debt charges were steadily rising.

Mr. Laplame’s speech was a re- ply to Finance Minister John Bourque’s budget speech Friday in which he forecast revenues of $504,775,000 and expenditures of $503,443,000 for the fiscal year tnding March 31.

PARIS (Wednesday) (AP) .—- Premier Felix Gaillard early to- day won a solid parliamentary vote of support for his North African policies after firmly backing French military forces for theirbombing of a Tunisian frontier village. 17'$l"he unofficial count was 339 to The vote was not one of formal confidence in the government but had it gone ‘the other way, Gail- lard’s government, , in p o w e 1'

step out. '

TUNIS (AP)—Tunisian national guardsmen were reported block- ing the land approaches to the big French naval base at Bizerte Tuesday night and threatening to fire on any French ships enter- ing.

The government, angry over the French bombing of a Tunisian village last Saturday, also threat- ened‘ to‘sink ferryboats in a nar- row harbor entrance and to fire on French airlifts.

French sources said their com- mand is sending several helicop- ters to French bases still main- tained in the Tunisian republic to run supplies by air if necessary.

The helicopters would be used to maintain liaison among the French Army posts and military camps manned by a French over- seas force estimated at 15,000. Tunisian sources said they had

WASHINGTON (AP) -— A New York psychiatrist told Congress Tuesday the development of tran- quillizing drugs can be likened to the harnessing of atomic energy ~—and may prove more important in the long run. ' ,

Dr. Nathan S. Kline, director of research for the New York state department of mental hygiene, gave tranquillizers a vote of con- fidenoe before a House of Repre- sentatives government operations sulbcommittee. .

A Baltimore psychiatrist, Dr. Frank J. Ayd, joined Dr. Kline in landing the new drugs and the pharmaceutical firms that make and market them.

Representative John Blatnik (Dem. Minii.), chairman of the subcommittee, said the hearings will check complaints by some physician-s that drug houses have cepitve sales promotion. Blatnik resorted to unscientific and de- ceptive sales promotion. Blatnik said almost one-third of all medi- cal pnescriptions "now include trauquillizers.

Both Dr. Ayd and Dr. Kline said misconceptions have sprung up around what they called these “Very important new medical tools.” ‘

MOST USE RESTRAINT

D15 Ayd Said “while a few of the so-called tranquillizers have been advertised unwisely, the majority of manufacturers have exercised admirable. caution and restraint in their promotion.” ,

Agreeing, Dr. Kline said there have been “occasional excesses” but these did not warrant drastic action.-He said a simple solution would bexto give the US. Food and Drug Administration supervi- sion over drug advertising and promotion. The agency now regu- lates labelling and application of new drugs.