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TRUCK RAISED AFTER SIX HOURS
It was nearly six hours before of the Kildare River after it this truck containing the body of plunged through about 3 am. Bernard John Fitzgeer of St. yesterday morning. The nose of it Louis was brought to the surface can be seen on the right just
U. K. Conservatives In Optimistic Mood Today
I By KEN METHERAL , Canadian Press Staff Writer BLACKPOOL, Eng. (GP) — A
Hailshnm’s famous hell, would make an‘ appropriate chairman’s gavel for the Conservative party conference opening in th i s fam- ous seaside resort today.
The Conservatives are in an ex- uberant mood, a fact shown by the tenor of the 307 resolutions on the conference agenda. Even a casual run through the list is sufficient to establish that the 4,000 delegates will be ready to use almost any occasion to raise their voices in a hymn of praise to their government's policies and particularly the leadership of Prime Minister Macmillan.
The bubbling optimism th which the Tories are embark’ihg
. contrast to theirqestiye and mficaimood at their confer- ln Brighton 3 year ago. Then scams of resolutions were phrased in terms cry to the government; now they
Polio Deaths
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“view with pleasure” and support the “wisdom and courage of Her Majesty’s government.“
HOUSED FROM BLUES
Last year, Lord Hail’sham was forced to ring his chairman's bell in an effort to rouse his despond- cut followers from the effects of a series of byelection reverses and a sterling casts.
This year the bell has been run-g for him by public opinion polls which give the Tories rea- son to hope their party will be returned to office should Prime Minister Macmillan decide to call a general election.
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“Covers Prince; Edward lIsland Like The Dew” 'CHARIJOTTETOWN, CANADA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1958
breaking the surface. R.C.M.P. officers were aided by a number of volunteers in the search.
mood is the spectacular improve- ment in the last 12 months of the country’s economic position
At Brighton. worried delegates spoke about the possibility of de- valuing the pound. Since then. sterling has bounced back in such strength that the gold and dollar reserves have doubled to about $3,120,000.000.
Today’s opening session will be devoted to local government af- fairs with the conference proper starting W e d n esday. Delegates then can be counted on to‘a‘ffirm fair market value should be paid for property compulsorily pur- chased and to discuss ways of
One reason for the change in
The Council of the Charlotte- town Board of Trade has forward- ed a strongly, worded letter to
In Toronto '
TORONTO (OP) — Two men from nearby Richmond Hill died in the Toronto Isolation Hospital Monday, the first reported cases of polio in Toronto this yea-r, hos- pital officials said.
Robert Allen, 25, and Duncan Schwartz, 34, had not received any preventitive Salk vaccine.
KILLED IN COLLISION
MONOTOiN (OPl—Peter P. Gel- dart, 20, of ' n was killed Monday when the panel truck he was driving collided at a city in- tersection with a heavy dump truck. i I
Transport Minister George Hees
emphasizing Elli:1 immediate need 301' an additio carterry at Bor- en
This was disclosed yesterday by the Board Secretary A. Walthen Gaudet who- was speaking on be- half of the President William Hay- ward, at present in Boston.
The letter points out that due to the'-fact that the Board had strongly endorsed die building of a causeway it has avoided mak- ink requests for a ferry boat. The insistance of the second, it was thought, would lessen the chances for obtaining ‘the first.
RECENT HAPPENINGS However, in the light of recent
happenings regarding both the Prince Edward Island and the
Ch’town Board Urges, Additional Carl Ferry ~
home ownership easier.
Abegweit, the Charlottetown
Red Offer, Welcomed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United St ate s welcomed Red China’s ceasesfire offer Monday as a possible opening for peace- ful settlement of the Formosa Strait dispute.
Bled China offered Monday a one-week cease-fire provided the United States stop conveying Na- tionalist supply ships to the artil- lery-blockaded coastal islands. An official US. statement said the offer was welcome and would be carefully studied by the United States and Nationalist China. What the statement did not say was that this consultation would be even broader. British Ambas- sador Sir Harold Caccia was called to the state department quietly for a talk with acting State Secretary Christian A. Her- ter. Other Atlantic pact allies also were invited to give their views
Ask Pro‘yers For The Pope
ROME (AP) — Around the world, in tiny churches and great cathedrals, R o m a n Catholics prayed Monday night‘er the wel- fare of the Pope. .
As the Pontiff lay gravely ill in his summer residence of Castel Gandolfo south of Rome, the Vat-
worldwide prayers.
To the Vatican came news of Catholics everywhere responding to the appeal. Special prayers ’were said in Liverpool and Tokyo, Bogota and Vienna, New York, .Toronto and Paris and elsewhere. L111 Brussels, a mass was sung in the chapel of the Vatican’s ex- hibit at the world’s fair. Masses were 5 c h e d u 1 e d. in churches throughout Italy. . Italian P r e s i d e n t Giovanni Grouchi asked to be kept con- stantly informed of the Pontiff’s condition.
In Quebec City, the Roman Catholic primate of Canada, Arch- bishop Maurice Ray of the Que- bec diocese, called on Canadians to pray for the Pope‘s recoVery.
Oppose Hiring" Of Sub-Standard School Teachers
Board of Trade has reviewed it: thinking wishes to go on record as fully endorsing a’ previous re- solution forwarded by the Sum- merside Board of Trade and a- greed to by the Maritime Board of made.
i “The seriousness of the situation is pointed out in the fact that hundreds of cars were left walt- ing on the piers during the pet- iod in which the older boat was temporarily out of service.
It also states that should the Abegweit be obliged to go for re- fit, the second boat with its lim- ited capacity could not hope to keep the traffic moving,
The letter states that it is the hope of the Board that Otawa authorities will view with con- cern the situation ‘in which the
Province is placed at the present time. . '
Huge Deficit If No Rate
OTTAWA (CP)—.A CNR spokes- man said Monday that if the publicly-owned railway does not receive a freight rate increase, to cover the cost of a wage settle- ment with employees it will face an' unprecedented d e f i c it of $64,000,000 in 1958.
Gordon Ford, counsel for the railway, told the board of trans- port commissioners that the CNR will be so far in the red in 1958 that for the first time in 21) years it will have no funds to offset fixed charges. The highest deficit incurred by the ,CNR was $60,- 968,000 in 1931.
The CNR’s financial position for 1958 was outlined to the'board as it opened hearings on an- appli-
cation by Canadian railway-s for a general 19-per-cent freight rate increase. The increase would not
the railways about $60,000,000 in year.
ADVANCE PLAN
This is the first time the rail ways ever have asked the rail- regulating board to provide a freight rate increase in advance of actually paying out money 111 wage increases. The money would be used to effect a settlement of the railways’ dispute with 130,000 non - operating employees may! threatening a strike that could tie up the two transcontinental sys tems.
During Monday’s hearing W. T. Wilson, CNR vice - presvident personnel, said the employees will strike if they do not receive wage increases recommended by a fed- eral conciliation board. He sand a strike vote now is being taken
Thanksgiving Turkeys Will ‘ Cost More In The Mdritimes _
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
It'll look the same and it’ll taste the same. But that Th ks- giving turkey will cost some .lar- itime residents more than the rest of Canada.
A Canadian Press survey of Canada‘s major centres shows Nova Scotia and New Brunswick housewives will be paying around 69 cents a pound. compared with as low as 49 cents in Alberta.
Nova Scotia prices are 10 cents a pound less than in 1957. Five-
lO 13-bound turkeys. mast popularl
\"t‘ilel. Will your? for about liq
cents a pound Larger birds for.
donn to 45 ('t‘fll} New Brunswick has
lwill also cost more;
stocks of both fresh—killed and im— ported birds, retailing at 69 cents, the same price as last year. Heavier c h i c k e n s are selling around 6065 cents a pound. Few ducks and geese are expected to it available until later in the sea- son. U
Montrealers will have to pay a little higher" than last year 5 price of 49 cents a pound for tur- keys.
Ducks and roasting chickens frying chick-
ens and hams less. Supplies are
reported fairly good. With turkey mm} :11 demand. 7 Ontarzo turkey prices range
amplelfrom 51 to 65 cents 3 Pound-
Increase, Is C.N.R. Claim
with the ballots returnable Nov. 1 .
eight provinces—all except On-
board to reject the railway ap- plication on grounds the board had no jurisdiction to hear it. The provinces also argued that if the board did have jurisdiction it should exercise its right not to hear the case.
To HEAR APPLICATION
However, has jurisdiction to hear the ap plication. In rejecting the provin- cial application, Roderick Kerr, recently chief commissioner, said board has jurisdiction to hear the
“deems just and proper.”
He added that the railways would be permitted. to present evidence to enable the board to “determine just and reasonable rates for the next year or so,"
The eight provinces plan to lodge an appeal to the cabinet against the five-man board’s de- cision, probably today.
The provinces told the board that the railways in effect are asking the board to settle a wage dispute with their empl yees. They said they would take no part in aspects of the case concerning the railway demand for funds to cover a wage cost not yet in- curred.
As a result provincial counsel did not cross examine the first four witnesses produced by the CNR.
J. J. Frawley, counsel for Al- berta. said the board is “without jurisdiction to authorize an in. crease until the applicant has in—
curred an actual wage cost,"
'As Monday’s healing opened ‘ tario and Quebec — asked the
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ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. — (CP) -— The Newfoundland. Teachers As- sociation was host during the weekend to their counter parts from the Maritime Provinces at a conference to discuss mutual problems.
Miss Gene Morrison of Hall- fax, president ‘of the Ca‘nadion Teachers Federation, presided.
Despite a Shortage of teach- ers most provinces, the CTF and NTA opposed the hiring of teachers with omy grade 10 edu- cation. They said it was a “short sighted policy.”
A teacher with substandard qualifications “would turn out sub-standard s t u d e n t 5 who would —be unable to qualify for university training.”
BEADS AGENTS COUNCIL.
HALIFAX — (CP) — Joseph Flewelling of St. Stephen, N.B., was elected chairman of the At- lantic Provinces General Insur- ance Agents Council at the an ‘nual meeting here Monday: James F. Foster of Saint, John was re-elected ’secretary.
ican Radio broadcast a call for .
PM INDICATES PURSE STRINGS TIGHT
Federal Aid Asked For City Streets, Water & Sewers ?
Sl'side Mayor To Propose Government-Backed Fund
OTTAWSA, — (Speciall- —- A plea for a government—backed fund which would provide muni- cipalities with money for essen- tial services at a low—interest rate will be made to the federal- municipal conference here by Mayor W. A. Currie, of Sum-
. merside.
Mayor Currie is one of about 30 mayors from across Canada
trending the two-day meetings which opened Monday.
He said the fund he proposes is not a new idea. It has been suggested before. But it was worth renewing at this time, he added, in the hope that Ottawa might decide to act on it. The loans to municipalities would be made with an extended time to
Mayor Currie predicted the end result of the conference would result in increased help for the municipalities.
“But we don’t expect to get any immediate “money. We didn’t hope for that. We propose to put forward some ofaour prob- lems to inform the government of our plight. And over the long term, it should help acquaint the government with municipal needs." ‘
Towns such as Summerside,
he said, aren’t bothered by city fall
problems such as heavy traffic,
PROBE SUB REPORT
ST. JOHN’S leld., — (C'P) — The navy confirmed Monday it was investigating a report that an “unidentified object” was spotted off this port Tuesday by a The fisherman be- lievcd the object was a sub- marine. ,
pay under the plan he proposes.
multi-million dollar expenditur- es for sewer systems and other factors.
But even without these prob- lems, there is a need for sewer improvements, school additions, paving and street light instal- lation, .1 “To help finance these pro- jects when they are needed,
municipalities should be able to borrow from Ottawa,” he said.
He explained that the Federal Government is able to get money of “cheaper terms” than the municipalities from- normal lending agencies.
Mayor Currie is the only P.E. I. mayor attending the confer- ence.
Pope Suffers Stroke
But Is 'Now
By FRANK BRUTTD
GAS-TEL GANDOLFC. I l a I (Am-«Pope Pius was beheved to be rallying early today from his second grave illness in four years.
The last official word was en- couraging. Millions prayed for his life. ,The 82~year-old leader of the Roman Catholic Church suffered a stroke Monday. He lapsed into a coma, then rallied and was “appreciably improved” by night-
The Pontiff’s personal physi- cian, Prof. Riccardo Galeazzi- Llsi, told reporters at 10:5 pm. Monday: “The Pope is improv- ing." .
An‘ evening medical bulletin said the 82-year-old leader of the Roman Catholic Church mice more had shown we'remarkable stamina that brought him through a grave illness four years ago.
Vatican sources said-earlier the
Claims Reds And Capitalists- jWorship God Of The Machine
NlFJW DELI-III (-Reutersl—ll’l‘irne Minister Neh'ru Monday told hun- dreds of financial experts from 68 countries that the cold war is keeping the world on the edge of danger and utter disaster. ~ Opening the annual meeting of the World Bank and the Inter- national Monetary Fund, Nehru appealed for a chance for under- developed countries to pull them- selves out of their backwardness and poverty.
He said hundreds of millions of Asians lived at subsistence level, while “the gap between living standards of industrialized coun- tries and underdeveloped coun- tries widened.
Communist and capitalist coun- tries might have different political beliefs, he said, but “in the final analysis, they worship the same god—dt-he god of the machine, the god“ industrialization."
President Eisenhower, in [a
mass-go read by US. Treasury
Secretary Robert Anderson, urged an increase in the resources of the fund and bank “so that they may better serve the rising needs of our free world economy.”
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Anderson said the American government Was studying a pro- posal by Eisenhower for an inter- national development association —though, he said, “I i ve no blueprint to offer for suc an as. sociation at this time.”
He said the proposed associa- tion would be an affiliate of the international bank and would make longuterm loans for eco- nomic development, repayable in whole or part in the currency of the borrowing country. ‘
Finance Minister Fleming is representing Canada. ’
World Bank president Eugene R. Black said the bank had set records both in lend-ing and bor- rowing operations during the year ended June 30, 1958.
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of the Canadian National Rail- ways derailment ycs'terday near Coleman. An eight-car mixed No one
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injured. Heavy damage was caused to refrigerator (3am loaded with potatoes and In [all aids of roadbed. A wrecking crew worked throughout the
improved
Pontiff was partly paralyzed by the stroke. But it was not known whether this condition persisted. The medical bulletin made no ref-. erence to paralysis.
“Since the medical bhlletin ls- sued this morning." the night bul- letin said. “the condition of the Holy Father has appreciably im- proved insofar as it concerns the circulatory disturbances of tins morning.
GREAT RESISTANCE
“Most opportune and urgent treatment has been carried out. The constitution of the Holy Father has shown once again its great resistance. There is need for further observation before is- sue of a final prognosis."
Prof. Riccardo Galeani - Lisl, his personal physician. Signed the medical bulletin. Another signer was Prof. Antonio Gasbarrini, a stomach specialist from Bologne.
This morning, when things looked bleakest, Gasbarrini had come away from the Pontiff’s bedside and told waiting report- crs:
“All is in the hands of God."
There were reports the Pope had received extreme unction, the last rites of the Roman Catholic Church. These came from the Vatican press otfice which later said, hootever, that it could not confirm the report.
Normally such rites would be administered as a matter of course to a Catholic in danger of death.
HEARTENING NEWS The first heartening news came shortly after noon from Msgr. Angelo Dell’Acqua, Vatican sub- stitute state secretary. He said the Pope had shown a slight im- (Continued on page 2 col. 7)
Fifth Red Test Blast Detected
WASHINGTON (AP) —- Russia fired another weapon Sunday in their current testsvseries -— the fifth detected so far—the Atomic
Energy Corn-mission said Mom
day.
A brief statement by AEC chairman John A. McCone said the detonation took place north of the Arctic Circle, the same area where the other four were set off. .
The Russians began their nu- clear weapons tests Sept. 20, with two shots. The other two were fired Oct. 2.
Arrest Suspect In N.S. Break
HAMILTON (OP) — Hamilton detectives arrested a 26-year-old burglary suspect Monday on a warrant issued by Nova Scotia police.
Police said the suspect was wanted in connection with a bury giary in Guysborough, N.S., last month.
Charged with breaking, enter- ing and theft, is Harold Pitts, of Hamilton. ,
Lack Of Signals
Accident Cause
PORT HAWKESBURY, NS. (OF) —A coroner’s jury Mon- day decided that absence of a
" signalling device was respon-
sible for the deaths of two per- sons in a car-train collision at a Canadian National Railways level crossing at nearby Point Tupper Sept. 4.
Alex D. C. MacDonald. form- er lnverness County councillor and Donald Beaton of nearby Port Hood were killed when
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their car collided \llll’l 2 (AF. express bound from Halifax to Sydney.
WEATHER
Clear and cool, becoming
warmer this
evening; westerly winds 15. Low-high at Charlottean 30 and 50.
NOT MORE THAN
By AL DONNELLY Cdnadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA (OP) — New federal
aid for city streets, main trunk water and sewer lines. and slum clearance projects was requested Monday by representatives of Canada’s municipalities.
These proposals were talkel over behind closed doors on the first of a two-day “informal” con— ference between the federal gov- ernment and a 25-member dele— gation from the Canadian Feder- ption of Mayors and Municipali- lies.
Seven more specific municipal request-s are to be presented to day.
So far the central government has made no commitments.
At a press conference following Monday’s ’sessions, Justice Minis- ter Fulton, conference chairman, said the government has merely “undertaken to take all these points under consideration.”
MONEY NOT AVAILABLE
Prime Minister Diefenbaker, in a public statement at the confer- ence opening, indicated that his government doesn’t feel able to open its purse too widely.
The prime minister's speech emphasized the Ottawa govern. ment’s own financial problems, with twdthirdvs of federal spend- ing going to defence and social security and with its borrowing needs growths by an average of some $100,000,000 a month.”
Mayor William Hawrelak of Ed- monton, federation spokesman, outlined \to reporters the pro- posals presented Monday:
1. That arterial streets in mu- nicipalities, now carrying steadily increasing mm, 'c loads, be rec- ognized as and in- ternational routes of commerce and thus a matter of national, is- torrent.
2.. That main trunk sewer and water lines for new housing de- velopments be included among costs for which the central gov- ernment-makes a 754per-cent con- tribution in land assembly pro- grams. At present, cost of the smaller distribution mains is in-
FIVE CENTS
Seven More Requests To Be Made To Ottawa Today
cluded in such programs.
3. That the present Bil-percent federal share of acquiring and clearing slum areas for redevel: opment be boosted to 75 per cent.
CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE
The bid for federal aid to murl cipal roads raised squarely the constitutional issue of provincial authority under the constitution.
At the outset Mr. Diefenbalier ruled out any discussion of a re- vision of municipalities' fimaccial powers. This would be “presump- tuous as well as impractical."
And Mr. Fulton told reporters afterwards that the federal gov; ernment felt it would be difficult to come to any agreement with municipalities on roads concept through the provincial govern- ments.
But he said he sees no consti‘ tutional barrier to the other pro: posals for aid in slum clearance and sewer and water trunk lines.
TODAY’S AGENDA
Seven municipal proposals are. ‘-
on today’s agenda, including the major one of municipal financing and taxation trends and problems of municipal borrowing.
Other points: Costs of Mn railway is v e1 crossings, un- employment problems especially in the coming winter. payment of grants in lieu of municipal taxa- tion on federal Crown corpora- tions, exemption of the 10-per—‘cent sales tax for municipal purchases, inclusion of hospitals‘ debt inter- est in hospital insurance costs shared by the federal govern. ment, and civil defence.
The case for federal aid was presented at the conference start by Mayor_ Harry Mews of St. John’s, Nfld., federation presb dent, who said Canada’s cities towns are wearing out faster than they can be rebuilt. The ur- ban centres were obsolescent, out- moded and congested.
Municipalities could not make headqay against this trend “un- less additional tinancial supth is made available to them over and above their present financial rec
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TAIPEI (OE—The Nationalist Chinese poured a record quantity of supplies into Quemoy Monday under Communist guns quiet on the first day of a Red cease-fire. But early today the Nationalists denoim-ced the cease-fire as only a lull before a new storm.
As both sides held their fire. Sampson Chen, a Nationalist spokesman, called the vweekalong truce proclaimed by the Commu- nists early Monday a “diabolical peace offensive” and predicted the Reds would make more trouble soon. ,
He pledged again that theiNav tionalists would 5 t a n d firm against the Communist call for d'l- rect negotiation: of the Formosa Strait crisxs.
But the Nationalists demon strated they would accept a cease-fire even if opposed to talks with the Reds. Nationalist guns remained silent through-out Mon- day. Nationalist officials indicated
Nationalists 1399 Red Cease-fire Only Lull
they would not renew the firing unless fired open.
The massive supply convoy ess—
corted by US. ships ‘anded sup- plies on Qiu e m o y’s battered beaches six hours after the shell- ing of the offshore island stopped at 12:51 am. Monday.
PROVISO 0F CHASE-FIRE
One of the provisions of the Red ceasefire was that the United States stop escorting the Nation— alist convoys to the offshore islands.
Peiping lashed out at the United States again today. charging that eight American warships violated Communist territorial wazers and that US. planes flew 13 sortie; over the same areas Monday after the ceasefire. .
A Peiping broadcast said the Red Chinese government there— fore issued its 23rd serious warn
ing against such “naked military
provocations."
OTTAWA (OP) — Some Cana- dian mayors were reported a little hurt Monday by Prime Dief- enbaker’s seeming suggestion that perhaps the municipalities hadn’t squeezed the last possible dollar out of property taxes.
But sources close to the may3 ors’ federation said there seemed to be general agreement among the municipal Chieftains that Mr. Diefeuba‘ker painted a “realistic” picture of the Canadian financial situation in opening the two-day, federal-municipal conference.
And they believed that out of this meeting will come a new federal - provincial conference, perhaps within a matter of months, at which tax—sharing and other issues will be reviewed.
RAISES EYEBROWS The point in Mr. Diefenbaker’s speech that raised a few munici-
pal cye‘brows came when be. com pared Pl'fi~¢€nl proporlv late; with 1 [hos-c (14 ore-nay. cot maria: ins—2'
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taxes,” he said.
The mayors have been arguing that property taxes have risen steadily to the pomt where they
are causing a heavy burden on '
property owners Some of them maintained privately that Mr. Diefenbaker’s possrble lunt that perhaps these taxes could be in- creased was open to challenge. When the conference resumes today, some may argue that even if property taxes are raised to the pre-war 5.8qper-cent level, the increased revenue obtained might be only a pittance compared with the municipahties' heavy imam cial needs. And there would b? the danger of vi the induelv‘v be I4"
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