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School Plebisciie

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Large Maiority

Against

In the plebiscite held Saturday afternoon and evening. in con- nection with School Unit No. 1. the results shows substantial major- ity in favour of having the Unit discontinued. The vote was 350- 1!). The only school district that was in favour of retaining the Unit was Central Royalty where the vote was 03-11. Parkdale show- ed the sctrongest oppositi with a vote 161-27.

The question on which the vot-

Unit 1

ers were salted to decide were: 1. "Do you want School Unit No. 1 broken up. Yea--No." Unit No. I is continued.

of the (b) by annual or special

of the annual or special schoo

meetings in the district?" The following are (Continued on Page 2 col. 4)

Pope Appears Vigorous In

Palm Sunday

VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Pope, appearing fit and vigorous after last winter's illness. made his first Palm Sunday appearance in two years Sunday. The Pontiff. 79. took part in ceremonies open- ing Holy Week. held an audience for 1.000 persons and made a long address.

In the traditional Palm Sunday rite. the Pope was presented with two fronds prepared by the Cam- aldolite nuns from, palms of the Bresca family in Genoa. Since the 16th century, the family has been charged with selecting palms to signify on this day the presenta- tion ot palms to Christ on his en- try into Jerusalem. Three hundred of the artistic fronds created by the Camaldoliies were used to decorate Vatican City and

Appearance

churches throughout Rome.

Last year on Palm Sunday. the Pope was recovering from an ill- ness and was chambers. Sunday.

again con-

valesclng from -his grave illness .of

last December but stronger. he

met for nearly an hour with 1,000

delegates to the World Congress on Prevention of Work Accidents.

Next Sunday the Pope will ap- pear on the central alcony of St. Peter's Basilica to give his Easter blessing to Rome and the world. He also is expected to deliver an address. Thousands of pilgrims, many of them already assembling in Rome. will flock into St. Peter's square to greet him. A mass will be celebrated for them on the broad stone steps and approach to the bailica.

Still Seeking-

Amicable

Solution To Arbitrary U.S. Potato Restrictions

The C a n a cl i a n Horticultural Council is keeping in close con- tact with problems affecting its vegetable interests and particu- larly those of potatoes. stated Mr. W. R. Show. chairman of the act- ive national potato committee of the Council on Saturday. Prompt action was taken by the chairman of the committee on the announce- ment of the recent U. S. restrict- ive measurrs against Canadia

.1iiiato imports and after Mr. Shaw had conferred with Ottawa officiuls and leading potato inter- ests in this and other provinces. Strong representations were ac- cordingly mado through - Council channels to Federal authorities.

Postponement of the time of up- plicalion of the order was no doubt due to contacts madc with Wzislililulon and strengthened by a difficult problem involved in quite a number of carloads of potatoes that were ready for shipment in 100 pound sacks at export points. and which would have had to be irnnsfcrrcd under the order to nthcr sized sacks.

Tliv Iuissilillity of restrictions unifcr thc U. S. Agricultural Ad- justnicnl Act was discussed at twain committee meetings last fall. Mr. Shaw stated. but it was not expected that any action would havc been taken at this time par- tirularly in view of the generous supplies of U. S. potatoes entering Canadian markets under a duty free arrangement. "The time has arrived." Mr. Shaw said. "when very frank discussions at the in- dustry level between Canadian

Nationalists Forecast Air

War For Strait Su

aerial battle of Britain years ago was for England.

sy onxaan JENKIND

TAIPEI. Formosa (Reuters)-An ailout air war for sky supremacy over the Formosa straits will prob- Iblv break out soon between Na- u0l..'Zllst and Communist Chinese forccs. authoritative Nationalist Efednae ministry aouroes predicted

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They said the outcome of the hlvendfng air combat would proh- ybly be as important for General- issimo Chiang Kai - shek's em- battled Formosa stronghold as the

Coming Events

months the Communists will have completed work on two big air- fieldg, one gt Foochow opposite POOR COMMUNICATIONS the Matsus and anothe 00 miles northwest of Chienou. These are along the mainland coast have being prepared to handle Russian- bulll MiG let fighters and light ing their forces effectively ovrmov-

and U. S. operators would desirable so that this whole mat- ter of trade and tariff onzpotatoes may be more clearly understood.

and mutual plans he initiated and

presented at Government levels in order to change a lopsided and obviously unfair trading arrange- ment."

Referring to the results of the Geneva Conference. Mr. Shaw ex- pressed dlssp ' trrion).

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ice Jam Stops First Freighter

TROIS-RIVIERES. Que. (CF)- An ice jam at Sorel Sunday pre- vented the M '- H Spinner. first ocean freighter to travel up the St. Lawrence this season. from making the 80-mile trip to Mont- real.

The transport department ice- breaker N. B. McLean will make another try at breaking loose the tightly-packed ice today.

The 7.850-ton Spinner. which left Manchester. England, March 24. is bidding for Montreal's gold- headed cane. presented annually to the skipper of the first over- seas vessel to reach the city. She won the race last year.

However. she has a fight on her hands this year. A second ship. the German vessel Ophelia. was re- gtlitigted in the vicinity of Quebec

that

locked German invasion plans 15

The battle is likely to be pre-

cipitated in about three months if entire Formosa straits area. the C munis pro- jected island-hopping drive along the seven-island Matsu group held to use the two new airfields to by the Nationalists off the shore provide air cover for a drive on of Communist China. the sources a

launch a

They said that within three

Pllhel M tho lntlclplled Ilr Mme tlons problem. making necessary

"Rummage Idle. Salvation bombers. ,A'.','.”f.,,.l'1'"t T"'””'' A'”'" 5"” DECISIVE courns-r

"C w M Participation by U. 8. Navy llroo Hall Wednesday IUI1. over the Matsua will depend on April as o'elo'ei:. ' whether the United sum accepts

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games. door priII- sources said. " l I , nhinaeaiats - - con:o3u'3l''r.l'h'a. wont-st: Used Cam For 89

Thanksgiving hall. April III Ilth.

"R gniar nieafin(V ..... 31...... '&”..'.'."a'E. .3-T be-held at Legion Hall. .

Nationalist arguments that the is-

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Cents in Vancouver

. . Sunday 1 VANCOUVER (CP)-A market amid reports that Fornwsa'a air

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money may be voted, (sit as at present by the trustees with the approval Minister of Education. Or school meeting as provided elsewhere in the Act. "Do you wish restoration;

the results

confined to his

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pain over. the new International Trading decis- IOIIS. The general agreement still

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The estimated revenue for the City of Charlottetown for the year 1955 was set at S959.083.23 and the estimated expenditure at S956,9l0.29 by the City Council at a special meeting in the Council Chambers on Saturday afternoon. The estimated surplus is 32,172.94. Every member of the Council was present and went into com- mittee with Mayor J. D. Stewart presiding. As each department item was presented and moved for adoption by Councillor E. C. Jobnstone. the respective chair- men of committees seconded the motion. and the whole budget was approved without a dissenting voice.

The by-laws levying and speci- fying the rate of assessm A on real estate and personal property and business occupancy and the amount of educational taxes were also read and approved.

The rate of assessment on per- sonal property and business oc- cupancy valuation for such civic purposes for the year commenc- ing January. 1955. and ending the 31st day of December. 1955. was fixed at 2.75 per cent of the value of personal property and business tlcciipancy as nsscssed by the As- scs-stir of the city.

The amount of educational tax 'r- be paid by every male person clurned by the assessor in the Assessment Book for the year has fixed at the sum of 525.00. 'and for every female thus llnfed

W. I. Ferry Drawings Not Yet Ready

PICTOU. N.S. (CPI-Amid re. ports of layoffs at the shipbuilding firm of Ferguson. Industries here, company and union officials dur- Inf; the..waekentL. contract calling for hourly increases.

The agreement also calls for two lstatutory holidays with pay, a (group insurance plan. and a 40- glinu" week replacing a system of -six months of 44-hour weeks and six months'of 40-hour weeks each )'Q::''. It was effective April 1.

g the new basic rate for laborers is SL2!) an hour and skilled work- crs get up to S170.

Last week the company said it planned to lay off more than 20 per cent of its staff in the next two weeks. A refit of the mine- sweeper Wallaceburg is nearly completed and work on the new Prince Edward Island ferry is be- ing held up because design draw- ings had not arrived.

The firm employs about 350 at present but this will be cut to 275. The yards still have several re- pair contracts.

Ferguson Industries blsgest employer.

A recently formed industrial do. velnpment committee has decided to scnd telegrams to the federal. and provincial government. in an effort to get help for the increas- ing unemployment in this area.

is Pictou's

They maintain that a full-scale battle for control of the air over the Matsus would be a decisive contest for air supremacy in the

Defence ministry sources are convinced the Communists intend

the Malsus. They say 110.000 Com- munist troops already are deployed in the Fnochow area for this cam- palgn.

So far. poor communication lines kept the Communists from supply-

ing in Russian heavy artillery for such an attack. the sources . Nationalist planes have hampered attempts to solve the communica-

a strong Communist air buildup.

If Nationalist planes can keep their present air control over the area. the sources said they are confident the Communists would

through with the W a s.

'”' if amp bious drive on the

The Associated Press ..'....i that U.8. Army Secre Stevens arrived in T

-as new five cent

City Council Bullgetsl For 02,173. Surplus Next Year

at 312.00.

in lots "uclng the educational tax items. Councillor oJhnsione said it was "pretty high." to which Mayor Stewart agreed. ad- ding: players in collecting the poll tax will be necessary to meet the es- timated expenditure and to avoid an increase in the property tax."

NEW PROWL CAR

Councillor Gormley. Chairman of Police Committee, said that a rented prowl car operating at night with plaincluthcs men has been doing good won. in ..me weeks past and it was the inten- tion to buy a car for this purpose in addition to the patrol car. Coun. Mccormat. Chairman of Street Committee, aid that his estimates provided tor chip seal

understood that such yearly at- tention would, with a few appli- cations, bring the pavement to a substantial state of preservation. Coun. MacDonald. Chairman of Light Committee. madc provision

of .58 mercury Vapor lamps to provide such imprmc.. lighting for every block in tlic main part (Continued on Page 5 col. 4)

U. S. COURTS CLOSING BONN. Germany (AP) - The U. S. court system in Germany has virtually closed shop after al- most seven years of existence. Jurisdiction over U. S. civilians in Germany has been handed over to -German authorities. A high com- mission spokesman said Saturday only three U. S. judges remain in Germany. in a restitution court in Nuernbcrg. U. S. military person- nel. their dependents and civilian employees of the armed forces are tried by military tribunals.

310,500,000. (C? Photo). By GERRY MARTIN Ceaadlas Press Staff Writer DARTMOUTH. N.B. (CP) ---As

"The co-operation of em-.

coverage on every street in the, city already so treated. it being,

in his estimates for the placing-

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April 4. special m-km price here for cars Friday when . us i t be h ed here. one "We will be unloading a car of '3' an” "M W” P" V" lqllIdFi::c:l' 2: U.s.nSabre lets lm shclnu.-as Tuesday Ann-tl"”""""""'""'””' beeh i Fbrary "F I DI - - are snce 8 ll . so-. "'9 would , into M mmm":'d ”"-'""'”"5 Tile AP quoted Stevens as say; (ef."' your im ate supplies. n". g". y W ' lag he had "no special I s ' you csa arrange it. a 1...” h x no my in his visit to Formosa. ever. V!" cm a com stock of all RH.” m Brig.-Gen. Harold Grant. deputy fee-"no-iir Aalranoucusthsrs. H tlIIlrIIme.I oftha .s.ltaAtr ms.--v'ylnnu nu. mug MD” . MI I lit "1 ft Pom: is-I-cg ogdmaoy-hm v.....V.".5”;, ;f3','..cpm..n.""""' um. The autos were of use and im out an Forces. is due . f

as d red over and iieek pianos un em . melrzv . .

navy ships gl ed L. Macdonald bridge Halifax and Dartmouth was ially opened Saturday.

The widow of the late premier Macdonaid cut the ribbon to ad!!! the first traffic across the Il0.IU,- coo. nearly mile-long suapatlaba

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'l'h'eesecond longest in the BI!- lsh Empire. su Lions Gate M1086 in V3550" v

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Philippines Quake Death Toll Now 432

MANILA (AP) - The death toll from the worst quake of the century in the Philippines reached 432 Sundlyt the Phil- ippine news service reported.

The Philippine Red Cross said 12,000 were homeless. ll estimated 300 injured. But Philippine news (service said the number had risen to 2.- 000 as fresh reports came in ITOHI remote districts.

Hardest hit in Friday's great quake was the Lake Lanao lllSl.I'iCt in northern Minuanao.

By FRASER WIGI-ITON

LONDON (Reuters) Sir Winston Churchill, expected this week to hand over the premier- ship to Foreign Secretary Sir An- thony Eden, Sunday put the final touches to his retirement plans in the relaxed and peaceful atmos- phere of his private country home.

At Chartwell in nearby Kent county. wearing his favorite chalk- strlped blue siren suit and a pair of gold-embroidered velvet carpet

scconu largest island of the Jhilippines.

Most of the casualties conic .rom this region, where thi- earth cracked open, stone ouildlngs came crashing down and sleeping villagers were swept to their deaths by a .idal wave. i

Properly uamage was in the millions. The Philippine Red Cross hurried food. clothing.

medicine and tents to -the ' :tricken areas. .Two Killed In

Jet Plane Crash

LONDON. 0nt.. (CP)- A T-33 twin jet aircraft of RCAF Squad- ,ron No. 420 crashed and exploded Saturday in an abandoned golf course just east of the city limits. killing the pilot and a cadet pas- senger.

The victims were identified by air force officials as F0. John A. Smith. 20 of London township and William H. Cuuldrldge. 19. cadet stationed at RCAF Ceatralla. 25 miles northwest of here.

The plane came down about 500 yards from the home of the pilot's father. The aircraft was based at RCAF station Hamilton. and was on

abutment to abutment. The total length of the Vancouver bridge is 5.978 feet. ,

Mrs.,Macdonald called the bridge "a dream come true." she was referring to the many occa- sions when premier Macdonald visualized the bridge and its many 5 '” in his speechel. CAP AND GOWN

slippers. the 80-year-old states- man shaped up the official an- nouncement of his resignation as prime minister. Unless he has a last-minute change of mind. this will be issued officially Tuesday evening.

Churchill Puts Final Touches On His Plans To Hand Over Premiership

' As he worked. the latest results

55 Are Iniured In Train Wreck

ALBANY. N. Y. IAPJAA New York C en tr al iasscnger train bound for Chicago from New York city smashed into a rock slide and hurtled from the tracks beside the Hudson river lust before dusk Saturday.

More than 35 persons were in- Jured.

The combination Pacemaker and advance Commodore Vander- bilt was speeding through a 70- mile-an-hour zone about 15 miles south of Albany when boulders and shale suddenly slid from the high embankment on the east side of the main line.

Fassenge s said the engineer. W. T. Kelly. 62. of Tarrytown. N. Y.. slammed on the brakes but couldn't stop in time.

FLIPPED END-OVER-END The leading unit of the double-

were crossing and the lights of automobiles and yellow bridge lights cast a glorious reflection upon calm harbor waters. Premier Henry Hicks paid trib- ute to tho foresight of premier Mncdonnld in his opening speech and said: "The bridge was a fine symbol of engineering achieve- ment coming at a time when many

The premier once said: "This of our ideas are for destructive structure will cap sad oae purposes." of the 's t " He figured the cost represented crowd of 8.000 both ":9 to as for a man. woman the bridge in brilliant sun- and child in Nova tia."

ends .

shine. surging across is the wake

of the official motorcade. lath Into levels all

The bridge was hailed by all the speakers as a great economic eat. the worth of which

of country-wide municipal elec- tions showed a decided swing in favor of his Conservative party. Conservatives consider this a heartening indication that they will fare well in a general parliament- ary election expccted to follow shortly after the premier's res- lgnation.

The swing towarv atives in local clc vls became more evident Sund.,x as votes were counted for the West riding district of Yorkshire county coun-

ic Conscri-

cil. LOSE MAJORITY The West riding--uhich includes the industrial centres of Bradford. Leeds and Sheffield. as well as the south Yorkshire coalfield- voted Saturday in the current round of (Continued on Page 2 col. 4)

diesel locomotive flipped end-over-. end across the eastbound tracks and plunged down a l0-foot em- bankment. it came to rest on its side, facing in the opposite direc- tion. in about four feet of water in a river hay known as Schodack creek. A member of the crew pulled the critically injured en- gineer from the water.

Twenty-five of the injured were treated in hospital but only 10 re- mained ovcrnight. All of those hurt had home addresses in the United States.

Ten cars of the 14-car train jumped the tracks but stayed on the roadbed. strewn at crazy angles. The railroad reported that about 2,000 feet of one track were ripped up and about 500 feet of the second track. Traffic was re- routed.

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would be repaid many times over in the years to come.

The first sod from the bridge was turned by premier Macdonald on March I. I952. The provincial government paid most of the cost assisted by Halifax city. hart- mouth and the county.

It is the third bridge to span the waters of the harbor and ac- cording to an old Indian legend is the last of three bridges sup- posed to collapse.

The legend has an old Indian chief cursing the waters of Hall- fsx harbor when he caught his pretty oung wife with a British aaval The first two bridges

Drearh Comes True Opening Oi Halilax Bridge

Mrs. Angus L. Macdonald receives good natured advice from other dignitaries as she cuts the ribbon officially opening the new bridge spanning Halifax harbor and named after her late husband. Premier Macdonald. Among those looking on are Lieut.-Governor Alistair Fraser of Nova Sootia, left; Mrs. Henry Hicks and Premier Hicks. The bridge. that joins Halifax and Dartmouth. was three years in the making and cost

Covers Prince Edward Island

Like The

SCLESSIN. Belgium, (Reuters)-Tliirty-nine pecsorl -20 of them children-died here Sunday when a fire in a small movie theatre touched off a terror-stricken rush to-

ward a lone exit.

Late Sunday night, police battled to hold back more than 1.500 frantic persons, many of them weeping rela- tives, wbo tried to enter a school where the bodies lay.

The little Rio Theatre in this in- dustrial town was crowded for a children's matinee when flames burst out near the screen and spread rapidly through the build- ing.

”Panic sccms to have caused most of thc tit-:-lhs." said a civic