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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1958
A HANDICRAFT DISPLAY, the work of the patients of the Ge- eupational Therapy Department of the Provincial Sanatorimn, was opened 1 a s t
K'BICICk lvon' Reported ,Eased From Positi0n
LONDON (CP) — The Soviet Union announced Monday night die removal of Gen. Ivan Serov, security chief who served as a sort of super bodyguard and ad- vance agent for Premier Khrush- chev on his travels. Serov was chief of intelligence and counter- htelligence.
Moscow Radio said he had been assigned to other work but didn’t say what. In Soviet proce- dure this usually means demotion but not purging.
Serov was a in se- curity arrangements and on mass deportations.
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Israel Charges UAR Committed 'Act Of WCIrI
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (Ci?) Ianael Monday accused the
_ .United Arab Republic of “an act
of in last week’s artillery bombardment of Israeli villages
near the Syrian frontier.
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"The U.A.R. does not fear re- PNSal‘S—cand we are prepared to “Pulse any aggression," Loutfl isolated.
He accused Israel of having
brought its case to the council for "‘plopaganda purposes”
VANCOUVER (CPl - Vancou‘
Vet Monday was digging its way
W1 of a near-record snowfall that was responsible for at least three deaths,
Ten inches—the most since Jan- ‘uardy. 1950—er on the coast Sat- umay and Sunday, ‘
A followup storm. bringing “low and possibly rain. moved “to the district Monday.
The weight of the snow forch
boat houses down into the water at the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, causing 335.000 dam- }g‘r‘ 10 b3:'l..;.l yachts.
T“? (Mun; sluv'vu llmnpcrcd 31‘9W3 of six boats searching for the IlSthLil Centennial. missing W the west coast of Vancouver
night at the salnatorium by Hon. ids, deputy minister of health, Dr. M.L. Bonnell, minister of Miss Elizabeth Vessey, ,occupa- health. Attending the opening tional therapy aide, Dr. Margaret were, left to right, Dr. Owen Cur— Desroches of Miscouche, a patient
Ha ndicrait Display Opened
At Provincial Sanatorium
An impressive display of handi- crafts was opened last evening in the office section of the Provin- cial Sanatorium by Hon. Dr. M.L. Donnell minister of health.
All articles on display are the Work of patients in the Occup- ational Therapy Department under the direction of Miss Eliza- beth Vessey, an occupational therapy aide, Anson Pickering and Everett DesRoclles. The ex- hibits include leather work, cus- hion tops, embroidery, sewing, knitting, picture framing, paint- ing, igurines, stuffed animals, plastic novelties, woven cratt, and numerous others.
Questioned on the value of oc- cupational therapy, Dr. E. M. Found, director of hiberculosis «mind and swenintendenlt of the
Isanalmium, statedtbatoneofthe
most difficult problems in treat- ing any long illness is keeping the patients’ minds occupied so that they can endoy a measme of con-
tentment during the period neces- sary for treatment.
IMPORTANT ADJ UNCT
Dr. Found went on to say that, occupational therapy is consider- ed a most important adjunct to treatment and rehabilitation in any hospital; What all convalesc- ing patients most desire is to be creative, to show for their work.
From a psychological point of view, occupational therapy is the preventive treatment intended to take the patient’s mind off his illness, his anxieties and his pro- blems or emotional troubles, he said.
To improve and excite further endureiasm among the patients, thepubliscareinvitedtoviewthe outstanding exliilbits‘ union will be on display in the office sec- tion of the sanatoriurn on Tues- day from 2.00-5.00 run. and 7.00- 9.00 p.m.
well on her way to recovery; Mrs. Howard MacDonald, director of nurses and Dr. EM. Bound, dir- ector of tuberculosis control and superintendent of the Sanatorium.
Nuclear Talks Continue To Make Progress
GENEVA (Reuters) —- The United States, Britain and Russia Monday agreed in principle on establishing an international con- trol organization to police a ban on nuclear weapons tests.
They agreed on the text of a treaty article providing for a con- trol organization.
Western quarters said the con- ference now is showing “encour- aging progress” but still has long way to go.
The agreement cam at the end of a althour session - longest since the time nuclear powers began their talks Oct. 31. 2
The tinstbreak—throl uglh rat the conference came Saturday when agreement was reached on, article I of the WSW meaty; This said the three governments would pedge to prohibit tests on their own territories and would not participate in or encourage them elsewhere.
Proposed Bill Of Rights
Sparks Lively Dis cusSion
By ALAN HARVEY Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA (CPL—The first pub-
lic discussion of Canada’s pro- posed new Bill of Rights has re- sulted in an opinion that the con- stitution can be amended to guar- antee certain freedoms without prior approval by the provinces.
The consensus seemed to be that the bill is good as far as it gees, but that changes in florm and substance are needed.
Mr. Justice J . T. Thorson, pres- ident of the Exchequer Court of Canada, said freedoms such as those of speech, the press, asL semny and association are so fundamental that they ought to
be “embedded” in the constitu- tion by amendment of the Blri - is'h North America AICI; of 1867.
LIVELY REACTION SEEN
ln a statement likely to pro- duce lively provincial reactions, the former head of ,t-he interna- tional commission added:
“It would seem to follow . . . that Parliament could properly seek such an amendment without the prior apprt val of the prov- inces since the subject matter of the amendment is not within their legislative competence.”
Mr. Justice Thorson delivered the opening speech at a three- day national conference convened
Barefoot Girl Praised For Climblo Seek Aid
HOPE, B.C. (CPL—A lit-year— old Vancouver girl, Walline Mat. thews, struggled barefoot up a 1,th snow slope for help Sun- day after her father died in a spectacular auto crash on the Hope—Princeton Highway.
Dazed and bleeding, she was forced to crawl past the dead body of her father, Walter Nor- man Matthew‘s, 48, and her in. jured mother, a sister and a girl friend.
' Three Deaths Blamed On Snow Storm In Vancouver
Island with two men aboard.
A Vancouver man, Walter Nor- man Matthews, 443, was killed and his wife, two daughters and their girl friend injured when theircar slid off the Hope—Princeton High- way 100 miles east of here and rolled 1,000 feet down a snow- covered slope.
Firemen who had to buck deep snow arrived Sunday at the home of Dan Rhodes at Hammond. 15 miles east of here, too late to quell a blaze which took the lives of Rhodes’ wife Edna. 41. and her mother, Mrs. Olive Bells. 72.
Canadian Pacific Airlines and
Pacific Western Airlines can— celled flights because of the storm
She was taken to hospital in Chilliwaek with the other injured and was reported suffering a fractured left leg, frostbite in both feet, broken ribs, face lacer- ations and abrasions.
Her 41-year-old mother and 13- year-old sister, Roberta also suf— fered multiple injuries but all were reported in fair condition.
SLEIGH RESCUE
Two RCMP constables and a dozen volunteers w o rk ed 61/2 hours with a sleigh at the end of a long tow truck cable to get the dead man and the injured off the mountain.
The 1951~model car slid off the highway three miles east of Hope, just past a rock retaining wall. Hope is at the western end of the Fraser Canyon.
Police blamed loose snow for the accident.
The girl floundered through the snow for half an hour before she reached the top and flagged down a passing car.
Police said the five occupants of the car tumbled out one after another as the vehicle rolled crazin down the long bank.
They praised the girl’s heroic climb for help. It is believed she lost her shoes as the car crashed downward.
“I just don’t see how she made it to the top," an amazed RCMP
officer said
in condunction with the 10th anni- versary of the United Nations universal declaration of human rights.
Three of four opening - day briefs dealt with the federal gov- ermneut’s proposed Bill of Rights introduced in the Commons last Sept. 5 and left over for discus- sion at the next session starting in mid-January. The measure is regarded as a pet project of Prime Minister Diefenbaker.
AMENDMENT URGED
The Canadian Labor Congress and the Canadian Jewish Con- gress, in s similarly worded sub- missions, urged amendment of the EM Act to make sure free- dom set forth in the proposed legislation remain free from later enactments.
Human rights must be beyond any “capricious and inadvertent recall" by governmental author- ity, said the Jewish Congress brief.
Both the CLC. and the CJC, while urging constitutional am- endment to safeguard individual liberties, agreed that formidable constitutional and political diffi- culties would be encountered.
PROVINCIAL RIGHTS
On the tricky question of pro- vincial rights, the CLIC said the bill should not be passed with- out a reference to the Supreme Court on whether it could be ex- tend-ed to the provinces as well as to the federal authority.
This would involve an authori- tative interpretation of section 92 of the RNA Act.
The section gran-ts exclusive powers to provincial legislatures in relation to property and civil rights. Views have been expres- sed that “civil rights" do not in. clude freedom of worship and speech.
* On this point, Mr. Justice Thor- son said the fundamental free- doms “belong to every person in Canada" and are not “matters of property and civil rights within a province.” He said Supreme Court of Canada decisions had es- tablished this beyond dispute.
UNEASY FEELING
The National Council of Women of Canada agreed with Mr. Jus- tice Thorson that there is an un- easy feeling in Canada today that individual liberties may be lnl'l'lngcd, but said It doesn‘t think this is the time to intro- duce any constitutional amend-
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Recognition Of Red
WOOD‘S HARBOR, N.S. (C’P)—— A 19-year«old rabbit hunter lost in dense woods for more than two days in sub-freezing weather said here Monday night “I’ve had a good meal and I feel good.”
Allison Goreham hadn’t eaten since he went into the woods early Saturday morning, clad in a light cotton jacket and dun- garees. he wandered. more than 10 miles before a group of searchers came across him Monday after- noon 15 miles west of here.
“I’m in pretty good shape," he said in an interview at his par- ents’ home here. A recurring knee ailment slowed his walking in the snow, and 15-degree temperatures “numbed” his hands and feet.
About 100 searchers looked for the partitime lobster fisherman. An RC‘MP officer. said “it was pure luck they found him." three search parties combed woods near Wagner Lake and were satisv fied Goreham wasn’t in the area. A small group decided to go back again. “It’s a good thing they did”, the RCMP spokesman said.
They found Goreham stumbling toward an abandoned hunting cabin. He said he had been out side during the entire ordeal. His only injuries were slight burns on his hands suffered while he tried to light a fire.
He said he heard airplanes but couldn‘t see them. _ An RCAF Canso and a helicopter from Greenwood, N.S., took part in the search.
Goreham'said “I couldn't have lasted much longer."
Meanwhile, hope taded for the safety of three other hunters, one of them a teenager.
Stanpettipas, 21, of Dartmouth, N. S., and Eric Snare, 18, of Waverly, disappeared last Thurs- day while duck hunting near Dartmouth.
Hope is all but abandoned for Sgt. Gordon Stuart, 35, of Glace Bay, N.S., Stuart, father of 13, has been missing for nine days in woods north of Windsor, N.S.
Five Ships Call .
QUEBEC (CW—Five freighters called for icebreaker assistance Monday as near-zero tempera- tures began building heavy ice floes in the St. Lawrence River.
The Department of Transport sent the icebreakers D’llberville and Montcalm out to break a path for the Ships as ice cakes piled into the narrows near the Quebec Bridge, just upriver from the city.
At that point the full width of the river was covered by the heavy ice pans. The icebreakers
teamed to open the way and the
The promotion of Lt. John Rl- chard, C.D., to. the rank Weap- taln and uppointme'nt as pays master 2 Militia Group Head- quarters, was announced last night by Colonel A.W. Rogers. E.D., commanding officer of 2 Militia Group. '
Captain Richard was a member of the P.E.I. Highlanders, N.P. A.M. in 1938-39. In June of 1940 he joined the active force at the age of 17 and served as a sen geant in the Canadian Dental Corps for 5% years. He saw ser»
Kingdom.
Dicharged In November 1945, Captain Richard entered Prince of Wales College as a pre-med stu- dent and graduated in 1948. In
Regiment as a sergeant. He was named an officer cadet the same year and subsequently received his commission.
After receiving his early educa- tion at Queen Square School, Cap- tain Richard attended P.W.C. as a commerce student prior to the Second World War. He left P.W.C. to join the service.
Following his graduation from P.W.C. in 1948 he became em~ ployed as a technician with the Science Service Laboratories.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ar- inur Richard of Moneton, Captain Richard is married to the former Mary Cormier of Cape Tormen-
Two weeks ago today the Nor. wegian ship “Ebana” above dock- ed at Marine Wharf, Sumrncrside to unload 4,500 ton of sulpher phosphate. Unloading operations
ship was prepared to take on a cargo of potatoes for Jacksonville
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1951 he joined the 17th RECCE v
Promotion And Appointment Announced By 2 Militia C. O.
CAPTAIN J. RICHARD
tine. The couple have five child. ren - ‘all boys. ‘ Captain Richard’s parents pre- viously resided in Charlottetown for 28 years. Captain Richard is district scoutmaster for Queen’s County
were completed Friday and the.
and a member of the provincial training committee.
Macl‘arlane Produce. A small part of her potato cargo was put aboard but old man winter inter- fered over the weekend and load- ing operations have been at a standstill since Saturday. As well ‘ the freighter is frozen in. Another
hip is due today to take on pota-
Floridn. being shipped by Sim~ l toes from Canada Packers but she mom and MacFarlane Ltd. andlwill have to reamin outside the
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five freighters fell in line behind them.
PROGRESS SLO“
Progress was slow but ex- pected to speed up as the ships moved into wider stretches far- ther upriver.
The fireiglhter Mlaplebranch lS heading for Sorel, Que. The oth- ers :— Tenaco Wlarrior, Hastings, Kinmount and Willowbra-nch—are trying to reach Montreal.
The tnanéport ‘epnrtment’s sig- nals service said the ice-bucking convoy hoped to make Trials-Riv- ieres, 70 miles uprlver and about half the distance to Montreal, sometime Monday night.
A spokesman described the ice conditions near the bridge as “fairly serious" but said there seemed little chance of a real jam. The ice is enough to hamper ordinary ships but is be- ing broken up handily by the ice- breakers.
TEMPERATURFS PLUNGE
Ice built up in the during the weekend as temperatures plunged in the Quebec area and a foot of snow fell. Although a bright sun shone all day it did little to stop ice forming. The day’s high temperature was just five degrees above zero.
The weathemnan predicts the same thing today and the ice sit. nation could become more seri-
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Five more trelghters are to leave in convoy this morning if conditions permit. There are still five more in the river below Que- bec and they also are to try to make it to Montreal. ,
TRAPPED IN WATER
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (APl—qA woman clung to Life Monday after being trapped in a car in icy creek waters for more than 12 hours. The body tempera. ture of Mrs. Marie Louise Bar- nett, 40, was only 66 degrees—32 below normal — when she was brought to a hospital. She suf- fered multiple fractures, a dis- located hip and concussion in the accident Saturday.
SHIP FROZEN IN PORT
harbour until a government ice breaker is brought in to make a path for her. It is understood the agents are negotiating to get an ice breaker here as soon as pos- sible. However potatoes being a perishable commodity, loading op- erations will no doubt remain halt- ed untu the temperature modera- lee.
By DAVE McINTOSH
OTTAWA (OP) — External Af. fairs Minister Smith said late Monday Canadian recog 'tion of Communist China is und con. sideration. a
Asked at a press conference Whether the matter were under “active consideration," Mr. Smith said a thick dos‘sier had been prepared in the last six months.
In reply to another question, he said there is no divexibence of opinion on the matter between himself and Prime Minister Dief- enbaker.
The prime minister, recently in Asia on his world tour, gave rea- sons why there should be no Ca~ nadian recognition of Red China at this time, partieularly its im- pact on non-Communist countries in Asia.
RECOGNITION POLICY
Finance Minister Fleming was quoted last month in Tokyo as saying that Canada would not recognize Communist China. He said later he had been misquoted and that all he had said was that Canada had not recognized China up to this time.
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HOPE FADES FOR OTHERS
N.S. Rabbit Hunter Safe After Wandering 2 Days
External Affairs Minister Questioned At Conference
Asked whether consideration of recognition referred to diplomatic recognition by Canada or Canada favoring Red China’s entry into the United Nations, Mr. Smith said: “Either or both."
The minister indicated his con cern with a means whereby Red China could talk wi‘h Western nau tion-s. ' ' He said that if the Geneva talks on policing a ban on no- clear tests were successful it was not known whether Russia could bind China to such an agreement or use China as a site for nuclear test-s.
RETURNS FROM TOUR
Mr. Smith returned late last week from visits to South
America and Mexico. He will
leave Wednesday for the NATO council meeting Paris.
Mr. Smith said South America wants Canada to join the organi- zation of American states and contribute a development fund for South America.
He had promised to study to. matter. Asked whether Canada would join, Mr. Smith said: “We don’t know."
Ch’town Tax Assessment on
C.N.R. Property Raised $900
A new plan drawn up between the Canadian National Railway and the federal government will see local tax assessment on way property increased by $900 over the taxes offered the city in 1957.
The announcement came last night from Cmmcillor A. Walthenl
'Gaudet at the monthly
meeting of the City
Councillor Gaudet spent several days during the past month witlt a mpresentamive of the tax com- missioners office of the C.N.R. in Montreal and a federal govern- ment grants man from Ottawa who was in the province at the same time.
The amount oflered by, the C.N.R in 1957 was in the vicinity of $2600, a decrease of”; ,_ the previous year br ‘” bout by the demolition of the round house. The local' administration held out and the recent assess- ment survey indicated that the as- .sessed property is taxed at $3500. This amount will be paid by the federal government for both 1957 and 1958. ,
GETS REPRIMAND City Assessor E.F. Sellers came
Engineer Dies In Locomotive
SU'DBURY (CPl—A dying engi- neer sat slumped the cab of a diesel engine as an eastbound CPR passenger train rolled into the Sudbury yards Monday.
Victim of a heart attack, 60- ylea-rold Albert Mervyn of North Bay was dead before he could be removed from the locomotive.
The diesel had been operated 40 miles by fireman L. F. Mick, also of North P‘iy.
Melvyn and Mick boarded the train- at Cartier, last stop on the eastward run before Sudhury. “He wouldn't lie down," Zick said later.
He tried to st up on the left side of the cab—and he was talking to me about eight seconds before he died. He fell over when we got in the yards.”
in for a reprima‘ . nd by Mayor EC. Johnstone and several of the councillors when they were notifi- ed that the long awaited‘ tax no- tices for Spring Bark will finally arrive in the tax office this mom- mg.
Mayor Johnstone said that the negligence shown by this depart- ment is not fair to the people of Spring Park and does little to im- prove the public relationship with the new section of the city. RESOLUTIONS '
Resolutions dealt with during the meeting included:
('1) That the province be im- plimented in ordinance in council for the establishing of Daylight Saving Time in the province.
(2) That the assessment agreed upon by the city assessor and the spokesman for the commis- sioner’s office of the Canadian Na- tional Railway be accepted for 1957-58 and an agreement between the railway and the municipal government be drawn up by the (Continued on page 5 col. 5)
Ferry Carson Still At Sea
CAlPE NORTH, N.S. (C?) - The Newfoundland ferry William Carson returned to the shelter oi the Cape Breton coast today after high winds and heavy seas kept her from docking at Port aux Basques, Mild, tor the second day.
The Carson, carrying 48 pas- sengers and 40 carloads of freight left North Sydney, N.S., on a regular trip at 2 am. Sunday. Westerly winds gusting up to 45 miles an hour led her captain to decide against trying to enter enter Port aux Basques harbor.
The ferry hove to in the lee of the Cape Breton hills most of Sun- day. She left here today on a sec- ond attempt but returned again later without completing the trip.
The tie-up left the Toronto Op- era Festival Company stranded a‘, Port aux Basques, unable to fulfill an engagement tonight at Sydney.
MONTREAL (CPL-A second look gate hinge on the Lavchine Canal cracked under pressure of ice Monday as repair crews hustled feverishly to repair an- other one ahead of schedule.
The cracked hinges provided extra headaches for harnessed canal c r e w s, and lessened chances of escape for 33 freight- ers seeking to clear the canal be. fore they are trapped for the winter by fast-forming ice.
The repair job on lock No. 2, expected to take eight hours, was completed in seven and the first ship began moving through about
8 pm. But ships further up the canal were held stationary as ice
crusted about their hulls. waiting for other troubleshooters to finish patching up the cracked hinge at lock No. 4.
STEAM ICE AWAY
The second lock was thrown out of use at 4:40 pm, and repau's were expected to take five or six hours. Repair crews used steam jets to melt the icecoating away from the hinges before they could be fixed.
The struggle to get ships
New Gate Trouble Holds 'Up Shipping At Lachine Canal
through the canal system leading down from the Great Lakes at the tail end of the navigation sea- son is almost a yearly occur- rence. This year’s is one of the worst in memory—1934 was an: other bad year—and it’s expected to be the last.
Next year much of the diffi- culty is expected to be headed off by the streamlined locks sys tem and deeper channels of the St. Lawrence Sea-way. to com- mence oper tion next spring.
With unging temperatures rapidly turning the nine-mile La- c-hine Canal into a skinny skating rink, fears mounted that winter may imprison 10 ocean - bound vessels in the canal, trapping an other seven at the western en- trance in Lake St. 'ouis, 10 miles away. -
Another 16 Canadian canallers face a similar danger.
Temperatures were expected to plunge to about zero during the night, with no prospect of the cold snap ending for two or three
days. “The situation is bad." sold canal superintendent Paul St.
Germain. 57, after the hinge col-
lar on lock No. 2 gate snapped.