Hotels Often Operate At loss In East
. . . (By ms IBEIBANIIJI)
(Canadian Prou staff Writer)
SAINT JOHN, N. B. (CP) --Rail. way summer resorts and exclusive pi-ovincially - owned tourist hotels may have a reputation for high prices and wealthy clientele, but many are non-profit investments. often operating at a considerable loss. That's the concensus of tour- iat officials in the Atlantic prov- ince.
some resort hotels barely make axpen and. conaide ed on a sea- aonnl basis. they are ”white ele- phants." It is heir "hidden" money - making qualities that change them from liabilities to ong-term investments that pay ;ome dividends. transportation of- 'iciala said.
For instance. one of Canada's argest railway summer hotels loses money every day it stays open. yet the income it attracts through train fares, berths and meals. more than compensates for the loss. '
MAKES IAILWAY HAPPY
When a business man from Mon- treal takes his family for a three- weelc vacation to a resort in the Rockies; he makes the railway company happy. by travelling the 3,000-odd miles by train and at the same time gets more than his money's worth by staying at the super-service hotels.
The same applies to governrnent- owned summer resorts. A popular hotel in Nova Scotia shows a small operational profit and an actual loss on the initial capital invest- ment. But the fact that incoming tourists have to spend four to six days and a tidy sum of money while travelling through the prov- -.nce turns the loss into a wide- rpread benefit.
Generally speaking, high Cana- rllan railway and government stan- darda are the reasons for their financial difficulty.
PRICES BELATIVELY LOW
Considering the quality of the iotels. the prices are relatively ow. Since the 1920's, rates have barely shown an increase while the general cost of living has sky- rocketted. Single accommodation ranges from 312 to 517 a day. in- rludlng meals.
The fancy summer hotels do not ittract only the extremely rich. as la often thought. but a generous Jortion of the upper middle class. The very wealthy. as a rule. pre- fer to build their own summer cot- tages. Msritime hotels report that most of their Canadian customers are middle class business men from Ontario and Quebec.
How are low-priced motels af- fecting the business of the exclu- sive resorts? Not a bit. The man- ager of one of the finest hotels in Nova Scotia says motels and tour- ist cabins don't affect his busi- ness. He maintains that the people who like to stay in summer hotels will come regardless of the num- her of cabins they pass on the road.
new destroyer escorts are being redesigned to accommodate better armament and more asdic. the senior service said Wednesday.
the escorts to probe for enemy sub- marines much the range will beincreased is secret. the Navy said.
are going on all the time to pro- vide sailors with the available. The Navy said.
every. circumstance," it added.
a published report that changes in design of new minesweepers stem from secret data obtained about Russia's latest developments in magnetic and acoustic mines.
confirmed nor denied by the tra- ditionally silent service. No BIG CHANGES
arise from hard work and hard thought," the navy said.
hull design of the destroyer es- corts and no change in their over-
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a . The royal ya:-ht Britannia. shown sailing under Jacques Cartier Bridge. came to Montreal on a courtesy visit before taking the Duke of Edinburgh back to Britain at the end of his Canadian tour. The sleek. 56.000000. craft will pick up the Duke at Goose Bay, Labrador, Aug. 17.-(CP Photo). -
Navy Confirms New Destroyer Escorts Being Redesigned For Better Armament
have been placed for six more. Other mlnesiveepcrs are also being built and their design is being c h a n g e d to accommodate new equipment.
patch from Ottawa. said the new minesweepcr design is the result of secret information obtained from behind the Iron Curtain.
dication how Canada obtained this secret data.
Ordeislidease Of Man Serving 199-Year Term
John P. Barnes has ordered the release (The victed kidnapper and prohibition- era gangster serving 199 years in Statevllle Prison.
said that. for one thing, Touhy had
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Duke Drives Car During Tour
VIIIJIR -The Duke of lldinburgh was at iliewhealwhenhiscaresiteredthe Royal Canadhn School of Mil- itary higtnearing here Wedneadny.
Bo mottrod the 05 mils from Vancouver 3 the Fraser val- ley. and at times followed the sa- mile-an-hoir set by the lead-
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accommodate changes ment. COSTS HIGHER
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to befmade for it.
Seven of the.l4 escorts on order have been launched but the first of these seven is not expected to be completed until next year. The last seven. not yet launched. will have more equipment and will be strengthened in certain places to
The escorts are behind the orig- a c h e cl u 1 e and costing more than first plan- ned, partly because new equipment has been designed for them since the keela were laid and room had
Six minesweepers have been or are being transferred to North At- lantic Treaty allies and orders
to them. The Duke was greeted by Lt.- See 1): 313; uigkieering hool dd ' sc . as: he inooeted a. parade of zoo 'teeai- h;0:u0IOOU kiln Oh! Bfitllh 001- .......''”H .... . ........... ...- NATO System Wmmmhnmmh Ti. mum" 133' . B J. M. IODEBTI. J . I” 5” hmdl kl 95. 0"l”'" Auooyiated Press News Aiialyat
The P3! will return; to Ven- WIVC I Wbkiesday or a civic Bullion.
BOIIBAY. India (Reuters) - A Virtual state of siege exists on the border between the Portuguese col- on! of Goa and Bombay state.-rm Porta from here said Monday. as Nationalists us their de- mands that the colony be turned Wnlrzto India.
ll Plsaengsrs . aching In-war. H lambs state. from Goa re- ported the the frontier was barri- caded with stones and barbed wire.
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done what the Western were unable to do directly. ting strong army to a unified defence system in
against the post-war which Soviet troops the Stettin-Adriatic tempted to ontinua under "inde- pendent communism" tated to Join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
began trying. two yea: ago. to obtain a formal military alliance closing the gap in the anti-Com- muniat defence llrie being estab- lished in Europe. First came a treaty of fr endship. now extended to a mutua
does not commit Yugoslavia to military dctiort in case of action on other NATO members. the com- mitment to Greece and Turkey
Europe and the eastern lleditar- ranean.
These forces will defend a line I rapruentatlvel in it Canadian centres. ,
a shore of the Black sea. and clear across the northern to Uwnorttiweataen ti with Pakistan and also in alliance. this leaves Iran. which may join . and Afghanistan. for which nuns a is making a big play.
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Greece and Turkey now have wers 1 let- Yugoslavia to commit her
utheaatern Europe.
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the army could go to war with a large variety of weapons. a lot of ammunition and a standard of liv- lng behind it. are drawing in a close," War Minister Antony Read said Wednesday.
of action and provide real battle mobility and flexibility." he slid.
not been afforded proper counsel. He released Touhy subject. to the raising of a 510,000 individual bond
by members of the Touhy family, expected later Monday.
The government is seeking to appeal the ruling.
Touhy was convicted originally for the kldnaping of John (Jake the Barber) Factor July 1. i933. His sentence was 99 years. He was sentenced to 199 years for his part in it 1954 outbreak from the pentientlary.
Touhy and his brother Tommy headed a gang which operated from South Carolina to California and whose exploits reputedly in- cluded murder, mail and bank robbery in addition to kidnapping. Touhy contended that Factor had wanted to appear as a victim of a kidnapping "to avoid returning to Great Britain to face charges of having swlndied British inves-
tors of minions of dollars."
Factor avoided extradition later
and in 1930 settled civil claims ol nearly sl.300.000 in the
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Attending 20th CIJNA Anniversary
ESTES PARK. Colo. - J. G. Dennis of ll Lapthorn Ave.. Char- lottetown. is one of the outstand- ing credit union leaders gathered liere this week for the 20th" an- niversary of the Credit Union Na- tional Assoclation (CUNA).
The celebration is being held in conjunction with the quarterly board meeting of CUNA and its affiliate; the CUNA Supply Co- openatlve, which provides oredit unions with uniform operating ma- terials.
Mr. Dennis is treasurer of CUNA supply Cooperative, and a direc- tor of its parent organization, CUNA. He is active in the Char- lottetown Credit. Union and man- aging director of the P.E.l. Credit Union League.
Climax of CUNA's anniversary observance will be the unveiling of a bronac plaque Friday afternoon at the Estes Park YMCA meeting camp. It was there that leaders of the credit union movement met in August. 1934. to organize the national association as s non-pro- fll. central agency that would en- courage the growth of new credit unions. offer special services to those already established. and im- prove standards of credit union operation.
Credit unions were introduced to North America by way of Can- ada in 1000. At the time CUNA was formed. there were about 2.000 credit unions on the continent. Today, there are more than 19.000 of these self-help, member-owned
and operated thrift associations in the Western Hemisphere. with some -nine million members and combined assets of close to 1.190.-
CUNA's member leagues now re- present credit unions in the pro- vinces and states of Canada and the U.8., and in Hawaii, Puerto Rico. Jamaica, the Dominican Re- public and British Guiana.
The 63 credit. unions in Prince Edward Island have a total of some 11,300 members.
Duchess Of Kent To Arrive Aug. 21
OTTAWA (CP) - The Canadian visit of the duchess of Kent and her daughter. Princess Alexandra. will begin with a four day stay in Quebec City Aug 21.
Federal officials coordinating the tour of eastern Canada an- nounced the ienative itinerary Wednesday night. They said the duchess and the princess will leave
. take a train for Fredericton. stop-
ly PAMELA KATTHEWS LONDON (Reuters) - The five Colombo powers have notified Brit- ain they fully support the Geneva ttlement on Indo-China and re- gard it as a "notable contr'L inn"
crating station of the Ontario Hy- dro Commission.
The party will also visit Chat- ham and Windsor. The royal vis- itors will tour London. Ont.. Sept. 1 and the following day will fly from the RCAF station at Centralia to Dartmouth N. S.
RECEPTION PLANNED
They will have dimer that night in Halifax and will attend a re- ception at the legislature buildings there the following day.
From Halifax Sept. 5 they will
ping briefly at Moncton and Saint John. NE. on the way. They leave for Montreal the next day. arriving there Sept. 8.
The duchess and her party will spend from Sept. 10 until Sept. 13 on a private visit to the Lau- rentians. returning to Montreal that evening for a civic dinner in the Windsor'Hotel. The duchess will speak at the dinner.
The duchess will leave by air Sept. 14 for New York. From there she later" will return to England
Colombo 1 Powers Support Of lndo-Cliina Reached At Geneva
Settlement
for keeping peace in Southeast Asia.
At the same time Wednesday India replied to a British commu- nication asking her views on the ya ” ” tb -0 Asia d' pact. An informed source here said the reply was "negative."
Britain has been awaiting the outcome of consultations with the Colombo powers on the Indo-China settlement and a Southeast Asia pact before completing arrange- ,ments with the United States for a conference to establish the defence organization.
The Colombo powers-India, Pa- kistan. Ceylon, Burma. and Indo- nesia-are reported divided on the defence pact. Britain now is await- ing replies from Pakistan. Ceylon. Burma and Indonesia on their at- titudes toward the proposed organ- ization.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden was delighted with the Colombo powers' full approval of the Indo- China cease-fire agreements nego- tiated in Geneva last month. A foreign office spokesman said the declaration from the five prime ministers was "w a r m I y wel- comed."
SEEK PACT SUPPORT The spokesman added Britain
by sea.
London in the ECAF'a C-5 luxury aircraft Aug. 21, arriving in Que- bec at 11 am. EDT.
They will be met by Governor- General Vincent Massey. Premier Duplessis. Lieutenant - Governor Fauteaux and other officials.
WILL OPEN CNE
From Quebec. the duchess am her party will leave by train AuL' 25 for Toronto. The duchess wil open the Canadian National Exhioi tion Aug. 27.
The duchess and her party wlli .leave Toronto Aug. 29 for Niagar. Falls. where on the following day she will take part in opening core monies at the Sir Adam Beck ger
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the British view. the huh j pose of the pact is to Iadarwsia the Indo-China settlement.
None of the Colombo pawns bu been invited to attend the pact oat ferance, expected to be held month in Manila. The Forein fice spokesman said that nae d them has been invited to join my pact.
Nations considered here cerieli to attend the conference are In United States. France. Britain, Australia. New Zealimd. and the Philippines.
INDIA OPPOSED
India has expressed her debr- mination to remain outside to pact. Pakistan was reported to be advocating that the Colombo - ers attend the conference wi t making prior commitments.
Prime Minister Sir John Koala- wala of Ceylon disclosed in Cal- ombo Tuesday that Indian Prime Minister Nehru was proposing an alternative pact but did not say what it was. He said the alter- native may be discussed at a pro- posed conference of the Colombo powers in Rangoon in the next few weeks.
Kotelawala told his parliament that both India and Indonesia are opposed to the defence p. , 1. He said he did not want to com- mit Ceylon until after the Colombo
powers discussed N'ehru'a plea.
would welcome a "positive" at- titude toward the ... r ” defence
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