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Hon.B.W.lePage Dies In PEI Hospital At 82
Hon. Bradford William Le- page, former Lieutenant-Gover- nm- of Prince Edward Island and my many years representative of the Second District of Queen’s in the provincial legislature, died m the Prince Edward Island Hospital yesterday. He was in his 33rd year.
Mr. LePage was born at Rus- tico February 19, 1876, son of the late Christopher LePage and Millicent (Woolner) LeP‘age. Fol- lowing attendance at the public school in his district, he enter- ed his father’s business at the age of 14.
Three years later he took over the management of the business and developed it into one of the largest mercantile firms in the prowuce.
The packing of lobsters and ex- port of agricultural and fishery products came within the scope of his business. In 1908 Mr. Le- Page was instrumental in pro- moting and also managed the first Fishermen's Cooperative Lobster Packing Association in North America.
POLITICAL CAREER
After 28 years of successful business in Rusticoville, Mr. Le- Pago sold out his interests there 3nd moved to Charlottetown, where in 1920 he, with his son, W. Reu'e‘l LePalge, entered the
THE LATE HON. 'MR. LePAGE
Mr. LePlage’s first political suc- cess came in 1919 when he was elected as a Liberal to repres- ent the Second District of Queens in the legislhtlu‘e. Although de— feated in 1923, he was reelec- ted in the general elections of 1927, 1931 and 1935.
In the general election held in (Continued on page 10 col. 3)
UK. Miners Angry Over Mine Closings
LONDON (Reuters) — Angry coal mr-ner‘s Thursday discussed the national coal board’s decision to close 36 mines — a decision that threatens the jobs of 13,000 men.
Wednesd a y ' s announcement, which shocked union officials, came as the coal board agreed
. to give 300,000 miners wage in-
creases wort'h £10,000,000 a year. But, the board said, drastic cuts would have to be made to mee the nationalized industry’s mount- ing crisis. Then came the state- ment that 36 mines would be closed.
1, The coal board estimates that
miners will be forced out of the industry, which should be able to absorb the other 9,000 who will lose their jobs.
Mine union President Ernest Jones said after meeting of the uni-011’s executive: “the situation is perhaps the most grave we have been called upon to consider in the last 30 years and a good deal of feeling and anxiety pre- veils.”
OIL CONTRACTS
BUENOS AlRES (AP) — Affil- iates of Standard Oil Company (N .J.) and Royal Dutch - Shell have signed contracts with the Argentine government for de- velopment of oil resources. The oil is for use in Argentina and will not be sold abroad.
Province's Tourist Plans Are Called ‘lmagina’rive'
By CAROLYN WILLETT Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA (CP) — Prince Ed—
ward island’s newest tourist in- fiormatiou centre will be a light- house that may offer curb-service information.
A, A. Nicholson, director of P.E.I.’I travel bureau, Thursday told the federalme tourist conference the new centre will be opened at Albany this summer.
Delegates to the Way con- ference, which ends today, com- mended the island’s plans as “imaginative.”
The lighthouse has been built and landscaping will be ‘ "shed this spring. Plans call for icnic tables. fish nets, lobster traps, buoy m a. r k e r s and possibly "cunbaservice information” from trained staff.
ROTATING IJGHT
The lighthouse vdll have a ro- tating light on its dome. A por- tion of the lighthouse “cone” will be glassed in so tourists can clinib three flights of stairs to look at surrounding country.
“This is an authentic light- house.” Mr. Nicholson said.
it stands at a provincial cross- roads near Borden, the landing for the ferry from Cape Tormen- tine, N.B., and is visible from the ferry.
Dan Wallace, director of the Nova- Scotia tourist and informa- tion bureau, said his province is considering an addition to its
'mherst information centre.
The Amherst centre, set on nearly 30 acres of land near the New Brunswick border entrance in northwestern Nova Scotia, greets visitors with a kilted piper ‘on parade.
Mr. Wallace said there is 1
Earl Alexander leaves For UK
OTTAWA (CPL—Earl Alexan— tier of Tunis left Ottawa Thurs- day on the way back to Britain utter spending nearly six weeks ‘11 hospital here recovering from a heart attack. Before leaving he issued a statement saying his Illlllflid recovery was due to ex- c(illent medical care and $0041
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plan to light the centre as well as add to the existing building.
ENOUGH INCENTIVE NOW
“Last summer we thought of giving visitors a glass of Nova Scotia cider, but the congestion was already so great we didn’t want an additional incentive for visitors to stay.”
Earlier, Guy E. Moore, On- tario’s deputy minister of travel and publicity, was named chair- man of a special committee to study a GOO-(page economic sur— vey of Canada’s tourist industry.
The survey, sponsored by the Canadian Travel Association, with federal and provincial govern- ments, transportation companies and the bureau of statistics as contributors, was not presented
at the conference. ‘
Allan Field bureau director said school children often write to the bureau as a “writing pro- ject-n
He told the conference that if the bureau answered all the re- quests from children for tourist information ‘we would use up our entire list of publications.”
The bureau’s policy was to send literature to teachers if teachers wrote for it. ,
However, some provincial offi- cials said children’s inquiries shouldn’t be underestimated.
“Children have a definite influ ence on family holidays,” said W. E. Organ of Winnipeg, direc- tor of Manitoba’s travel and pub- licity bureau.
Quarter-Million Passengers Ferried In Tourist Months
OTTAWA (Special) —— Ferries that operate between Prince Ed- ward island and the Mainland carried about one-quarter mil- lion passengers du-ring the 1958 tourist season, the fed'eralnpro- vincial tourist conference here was told Thursday. The CNR and CPR, in a joint report to the three-day meeting, drew special attention to the Island ferries.
The report, in a section deal-'
ing with hotels and resorts, noted a substantial increase in tourist traffic to the Maritimes. This was reflect-ed in the great- er volume of registrations at the CNR-owned Charlottetown Hotel, in Charlottetown, and at the Nova Scotian, in Halifax. in its reference to ferries, the report said the new Wood Is— land, P.E.I.4Caribou, N.S., ferry
AIRLINE PACT
WASHINGTON (AiP)~'Ilhe Civil Aeronautics Board Thursday ten- tatively approved a pact among six airlines to share earnings if one is grounded by a strike. The agreement provides for monthly payments to the grounded airline by the lines still operating outof additional revenues they derive from traffic diverted to them.
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“Lord Selkirk,” had made a notable contribution to the Is- la-nd”s successful 1958 tourist season. The ferry has been in op- eration since early June.
“The ferry, along with the ONE-operated service between Borden and Cape Tormentine, carried a total of 246,542 pas- sensors for the period, May to September inclusive,” the re- port said.
Conditions In Canals Better
MONTREAL (CP)—Oonditions improved Thursday night on the ice-encrusted Lachine and Sou- llangevs Canals the St. Lawrence River and ships beg-an moving at the rate of one an hour.
Paul St. Germain, Lachine canal superintendent, said traffic was resumed after the ice-«bound freighter Wheaton was freed this afternoon from a slush trap near the centre of the nine-mile canal.
“Everything has improved a little since this morning,” he re- ported, enter surveying the canal route. , t
“if milder weather continues, wehopetogetalltheships through before winter sets in."
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One Death
Is Blamed 0n Storm
I-liALlF‘AX (OP) -- An Atlantic gale lashed the Maritimes with snow and rain Thursday, snarling highway traffic, holding up ocean linens and being an indirect cause of at least one death.
A 10-year<old boy died at Liver- pool on Nova Scotia’s south shore after he was struck by a car while crossing a street at dusk in a driving rain. Police said the boy was wearing a black raincoat and visibility was poor.
Seven persons were injured when a car skidded off an icy road at Lake Charlotte, 40 miles east of Halifax. Two men were hurt when a truck collided with a train in Dartmouth, N.S.
It was the first big storm of the season in the southern Mari- times, The gale reached a peak of 76 miles an hour at Shear- water airport on Halifax harbor. Elsewhere the ranged be- tween 25 and 40 miles an hour.
Govern menf Of‘ Finland Quits
HELSINKI, Finland (Reuters) Finland’s coalition government resigned Thursday after a crisis due mainly to the deterioration of relations with
Premier Karl - August Facet- holm, plagued with disputes with neighboring Russia since he took office Aug. 29, handed his gov- ernment’s resignation to Presi- dent Unho Keldconen.
Kelnkonen accepted the resigna- tion, but asked Eagerholm and other to at their posts until a new government can be formed.
RELATIONS WORSENED
There has been a marked de- terioration of rdlalioms between Finland and since Eager— helm, a Social Democrat, formed his coalition government cabinet after long negotiations fol-lowing a July general election.
Last month, Russia said it would have to stop goods from Finland unless the increased their punchases from Russia.
TORONTO (CH—Ontario law officers Thursday scrambled to plug a hole left in the province’s traffic laws by a ruling that care- less driving charges are invalid.
“There are more ways than one to skin a cat,” declared AlttorneyGeneral Roberts.
“For every change on the books there are a couple more that can be brought into play to cover a situation."
USE OTHER CHARGES
Crown attorneys throughout the province were told to proceed withprosecutionsonother
P.R. McCormac Passes Suddenly
Picton R. McCormac, a civic leader in Charlottetown for many years and proprietor of Stems Limited died suddenly at the Charlottetown Hospital Thurs- day month g. He was 57 years 0 .
He had been admitted to the hospital only one hour earlier, following a heart seizure at his home, 9 Iongworth Avenue.
The late Mr. McCormac was well known and respec- ted throughout the entire pro- vince. A public spirited man, he gave unstintingly of his time and energies to many causes. His capacity for work was amazing,r and despite his many hours of attention to hisown private bus-
iness, he always had time to
contribute his talents to a great many community enterprises.
The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George J. McCormac, he was born in Charlottetown in 1901. His parents moved shortly afterwards to Saint Georges in King’s County where he receiv- ed his early education. Later he attended Saint Dunstan‘s Univer— sity and the Agricultural College at Truro, NS.
BUSINESS CAREER
The late Mr. McCormac had a varied career in the bus- iness world. As a young man, he worked in Western Canada, num- bering almong his occupations that of schoolmaster in North- ern Manitoba. For nine years he was salesman for W.H. Schwartz in the Maritime Provinces. Later he moved to wafoumdland, where be operated a large dry cleaning establishment in Saint John’s. Hé' sold out his interest in this bus- iness in 1944 and moved to Chat- lottetown where he purchased Stems Laundry. Eire completely destroyed nus plant in 1946 but Mr. McCormac went to work and erected the fine establidlunent that now houses Stems IJtd.
Several years ago he purchas- ed the New Method Cleaners Plant on Longwonth Avenue.
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TORONTO (CP) - Stephen Ed- ourd Labrador, 43, a- onealeglged, one-armed cripple, was killed Wednesday night when his crutch slipped and he fell in the path of oncoming 1 traffic. Police said three cars passed over him on downtown Queen Street.
Ont. Officials Seek To Plug Go p In Highway Traffic Act
changes that could be laid under- the Highway Traffic Act incarc- less driving cases.
Police were ordered to con- tinue, laying careless driving charges—(but to issue summonses instead of making arrests. Crown attorneys were advised to seek adjournments of careless driving charges pending an appeal by the attorney-general.
Mean-while a flood of appeals from careless driving convictions was expected within the next 30 days, the time limit from date of conviction.
Four Charlottetown men ap- peared before Magistrate Gilbert A. Gaudet at a (special sitting of County Magistrate's ' Court in the law library of the
v courthouse last evening.
Two of the men appeared on separate charges of break, entry and theft, the third on a change of attempted theft and the fourth on a charge of possession of stolen goods.
John Herbert Shepherd is charged with breaking into the Gulf Potato Company in New Wiltshire on December 4th and unlawfully taking 126 50-«pound bags of potatoes valued at $1216. He was represented by R. R. Bell, Q.C.
John Francis MacDonald is charged with the attempted theft at Charlottetown on December 3rd of 50 'I‘Supound bags of pota- toes, the property of Jerome O’— Brien of Charlottetown. He was not represented. Two additional charges against MacDonald are pending.
Donald C. MacDonald is charg- ed with breaking into The Gulf 1 Potato Company at New Vl’flvtsllire ion December 3rd and unlawfully lak'wg 119 50epound bass of rota- toes valued at $119. A second
Charges Laid Against Four In Co. Magistrate’s Court
charge against the accused is that on December 4th, he again
broke into the Gulf Potato Com- pa'ny and unlawfully took 126 50- pound bags of potatoes valued at
$126. He was represented by J. Elmer Blanchard. John Henry Reid is
sission, on December 3rd, 119 50 ~pound bags of potatoes valued at
THE LATE MR. MoCORMAC
which he operated along with his laundry business.
Mr. McCormac sought the of- fice of mayor last February but was defeated by the pres ent incumbent, Mayor Edwin C. (Continued on page 10 co]. 5)
At the first meeting of the newly elected Board of Du‘ec' t- ors of the P.E.I. Tourist Associa- tion held last night at the Char- lottetown Hotel, a resolution was unanimously passed urging the adoption by the provincial gov— ernment of daylight saving time on a province-wide uniform basis for the summer of 1959. The re- solution endorsed the leadership being given in this direction by the Federation of P.E.I. Munici- palities.
A. B. LePa-ge, newly elected president of the organization pre- sided over the meeting, with re- presentatives present from throughout the province.
A publicity committee was set up for the year consisting of R. E. Taylor, A. B. LePage, and the secretary.
It was decided to try and ar- range for'Miss J. Swicker of the home economics section of the federal department of fisheries to give a one-day course in the preparation and cooking of fish for the benefit of the province’s tourist operators and restaurants during her forthcoming visit to the Island in January.
Mrs. Dora Campbell and Mrs. Sally Rodd were named-to look after details of such a course.
REVIEW INSURANCE
The subject of hospital health insurance was reviewed at some length including proposed finan- cing of the same and effect of the plan on the tourist industry in this province. A committee of Doug Hill. Gordon Shaw, R. E. Taylor, and Dr. J. A. MacMillan was named to further study this subject and gather necessary
charged with unlawfully having in his pos-
$119, the property of Gulf Potato I 1
Company, New Wiltshire knowing them to be stolen.
He is also charged with having in his possession on December 4th, 126 5041mqu 'balg'S of potatoes valued at $126. the property of the Gulf Potato Company, New Wiltshire, knowing them to be stolen. He was represented by Allison Gillis.
No pleas were taken last even- ing and each of the accused were remanded until Wednesday Dec- ember 10th at the regular sitting of the court.
Each of the accused were re- leased on a recognizance of $1,000 or one surety of $1,000.
The case was investigated by Sergeant Donald S. Davies and
Constable “'dliarn Wilson, of the ‘
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Rain Dampens Year's Second Snow Storm
Temperatures reached 33 de- grees in Charlottetown early last evening to put a damper on a snow storm that had been build- ing up early in the afternoon.
The snow began falling about 2:30 p.m. but by 7 o’clock was turning to rain as temperatures rose past the freezing point. By 8 o’clock some two inches of snow had fallen but a mixture of rain and freezing rain kept drifting to a
Five trucks equipped with plows were sent out from the Government Garage between five and six o’clock when the There were no reports of blocked roads last night although the precip- itation made driving hazardous.
Winds were from the east at 30 mph. with gusts to 40. The precipitation was expected to turn to a light drizzle at 2 am.
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ISLAND CANDIDATE
PARIS (Reuters)-—-Olaude Gilly, former ordnance officer of Gen. Charles de Gaulle and now a member of the French delegation to the Umted' Nations, is expected to be a candidate for the parhe' - mentary seat of St. Pierre et Miquelon, the Flrench islands off the southern coast of Newfound-
nd.
PEI lourist Directors Endorse Daylight lime
facts and figures in this connec- tion.
The association decided to again publish a tourist accom- modations map in 1959 as it did so successfully this past sum- mer. Mrs. Wallace Rodd, Mrs. Dora Campbell, Mrs. Gordon Shaw, Tom Lothian, (Marlee Hogan and Gilbert Clements were constituted the 1959 map conunittee in this regard. It will be the association's aim this year to have the maps ready for distribution by June lst.
Quite a bit of discussion ensued ln'i'egard to the status of the as- sociate members within the framework ‘of the association and J. W. Mutch, Wallace Rodd, Mrs. Lita Andrew, J. F. Arne’ot, Lt. Col. E. W. Johns-tone, and R. E. Taylor will fruther study this problem and bring in a recom- mendation to the semiannual meeting later.
COOK SHORTAGE
The shortage of qualified cooks to man the Island’s tourist estab- lishments drew real concern from the operators and one sug- gestion was for the three Mari- time Provinces to get together and jointly sponsor a short course for cooks for this pur- pose. Gordon Shaw, Bill Beer, and A. B. LePage will see Pre— mier A. W. Matheson to see if something along this line might be worked out.
Concern too was felt at this week's announcement of the in- creased passenger rates on the Borden-Tormentine ferries, with the action of Premier A. W. Ma- theson in this regard in strongly protesting same, being noted and thoroughly endorsed.
BERLEN (APL-An East Ger- man Communist leader said Thursday night commercial air- liners from the West have no legal right to fly into West Berlin.
His implied challenge came as West German Chancellor Aden- auer campaigned in the Berlin streets for an rantiaCommunist vic— tory in the city parliamentary election Sunday.
The air issue was raised by P0—
litburo member Hermann Matern at a Red election rally. Matern told 3,500 cheering Com- munists meeting in the heart of West Berlin that the Allied corn- mercial planes had no right to fly over the sovereign East Ger- man territory a n d declared: “This situation must be brought in order."
TIME NOT SPECIFIED
Matern did not mall-re clear whether the East Cements intend to begin interfeminag now with flights of Pan American Airways,
Air France and British European
LONDON (Reuters) —- has called for Western talks with RussiaouallaspectsoftheGer. man problem after NIATO con- sultations in Paris later this month.‘
Speaking Thursday in a for- eign attains Mote, Foreign Sec- retary Selim Hoyd told the House of Commons there ma
both on the German issue and the general problem of European security.
He received umnediate support for East-(west talks from Anemia Bevan, chief Labor party Spoka- man'onioreig' u affairs. » "*-
But Bevan differed sharply
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Statement Seen As Warning
Airways through three ah- corri- dors linking Berlin to West Ger- many about 100 miles away.
But his statement was regarded as an unmistakable warning that East Germany will try to disrupt commercial air traffic if the West refuses to accept a Soviet demand to turn West Berlin into a de- militanined neutral city.
While Matenn addressed the rally, Adenauer spoke at a rival Christian Democratic meetingattheothereudofme city.
Sixty hours before the elections, the82~year-oldWestGerma-n leader went into the streets of West Berlin in 0. personal cam- paign to rally its people against what he called a Russian attempt to rob them of their freedom.
East Germany pointed to the elections as a chance for West Berliners to Show their support for the Russian proposal to can vert this Western outpost, 110 miles behind the Iron Curtain, into an unarmed, neutral city.
Britain Calls For Talks 0n Aspects Of German Problem
with Lloyd over proposale for 3.- “disengagement” of Exact - West forces in central Europe.
The foreign minister said: “It maywellbethart,infact,lho worldisveuymuchsaferifin critical areas there is direct con-
be a full dismissiou mth' made
“Without NATO and without the US. troops in Europe, flier. would be no security at all.” Bevan agreed the Amemc' our forces should stay in Europe. but he called for a neutralized' ' ro- umted’ Germany outside-the
NAII‘O alliance.
Canada’s Cost
OTTAWA (CP)—Canad-a’s liv- ing costs have bounded to an all- time high, weakening consumer buying power and adding to in- flatlonary pressures.
The bureau of statistics re- ported Thursday that the con sumer price index - measuring stick for living costs—soared Nov. 1 to a record 1126.3, up three- tenths of a point from 1% on Oct. 1 and a three-point rise over Nov. 1, 1957.
It was the fourth straight monthly increase in the index.
And while all these Canadian increases were being recorded, the United States retail price scene were relatively calm. American living costs have re- mained unchanged for three con. secutive months.
MORE HURDLES AHEAD .
Still ahead in Canada are the implications of the 17-per-cent freight rate increase granted last week and higher telephone rates in some provinces, as well as a rise in wholesale prices. These may dig a bigger hole in the consumer’s pocket.
Increases were felt in virtually every sphere of consumer buying, from bananas to haircuts, the
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bureau reported.
Of Living
Soars To All Time Record
The Canadian price index re. cording of 126.3, based on 1949 prices equalling 100, compares with the U5. 123.7, based on 1047- 49 prices. The American index had remained unchanged for the August40ctober period.
SOME DIFFERENCES
There are differences, of course, in the two yardstick-s. Various products are given dif- fering emphasis in measuring price changes in the two coune tires.
Maine, N.H. Get Snowfall
BOSTON (0P) — A storm dropped up to five inches of snow in parts of Maine and New Hamp- shire Thursday.
Four to five inches were re- ported at Peterborough, Keene, Manchester and Concord in New Hampshire. The northern section of the state received only a trace.
In Maine, the heaviest fall, four inches, was at Bangor. About two inches fell at Portland and in most of southern Maine.
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