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denn Headed Shipbuilding Countries Of World In ‘5

LONDON (AP)—Japan topped the world in shipbuilding in 1958, Lioyd’s register of shipping ‘re-

West Germany went into sec- ond place as the world’s most active merchant ship builder, ahead of Britain and Northern Ireland by a narrow margin. In fourth position was Sweden, = ahead of the United

ported today.

ae ‘Lloyd’ s summary does not record shipbuilding in Russia and Communist China, from which data is not available. The report excludes sailing ships, non-pro- pelled craft, vessels built of wood or anything of less than ‘100 gross tons.

In 1958 the Japanese launched 416 vessels totalling 2,066,669

gross tons. They retained a com-

Higher Taxes Opposition Voiced By Manufacturers

OTTAWA (CP)—Opposition to higher taxes was voiced by the Canadian Manufacturers Associa- tion Monday as it called on the

Fieming.

Later at a Rotary Club lunch- eon, Mr. MaRae said maintenance of a stable dollar was Canada's top need. TWO MAJOR CAUSES

In its brief, the association mush” and federal deficit financ- were the two main causes of maintained that the “‘wage-cost ” and federal deficit financ- ’ were the two main causes of ation. The government has ast a record peacetime de- of $700,000,000 for the cur- fiscal

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year. i Immediate balancing of the

budget, would be unrealistic. the association added, but it was es- sential that the government make an immediate start on reducing the size of the deficit.

A royal commission or some

other independent agency should |

be set to scrutinize spending and administration in al! government departments.

The association urged also:

1. Special excise taxes be re- duced or abolished “‘as soon as revenue conditions permit.”

2. Exemption from the 10-per- cent sales tax of al! building materials and all raw materials and other items that enter into the cost of manufacturing goods.

3. Use of the wholesale price, rather than the manufacturer’s price, in determining sales and excise taxes.

4. An overhaul of all parts of the Canadian tariff structure not included in recent tariff board studies.

5. Tightening up of federal anti- dumping laws to include types of goods not made in Canada

Plan Atlantic Voyage In Sealed Water Tank

(CP) —. Three Montreal See eee plan to sail across the Atlantic this spring i % 3,000-gallon sealed water tank. @he craft, named the WT (for water tank) Diogenes will use the Labrador Current and the Gulf Stream as a means of pro- pulsion. “This is not some harebrained, e icity stunt,” says skipper’ Richard Melrsch, “but a seri-|

ous undertaking by three men| who know nothing about el

but love the sea.”

being adapted for the sea in a

mtreal construction yard. A atchway is being opened on top and cement ballast being poured into the bottom.

The hatch is to be made water- tight and a system of pipes at both ends will supply fresh air.

|The craft will. be stocked with

400 pounds of canned food, sleep- ing bags and other supplies. It will contain army surplus radio equipment.

The trio hope to ship the tank!’

to St. John’s, Nfld., by April’s

The other crewmembers are|end. There they'll need a tow Robert Frantz, 30. who will act} about 20 miles into the Labra- as cook, and Albert Barth, W,| dor Current.

who will be radio operator.

They .reason that the current

Melrsch said he got the idea| will carry them 300 miles south while working in the Arctic and|of the Gulf Stream which will in

reasoned that

ADAPTED FOR SEA The tank, 18 by six feet,

a landlubber would/ turn \sweep them to Europe. : be safest in a tank.

The trip will take an estimated two months and they don’t know

where they'll land—‘‘but Europe is'is big enough to hit.”

Berserk Man Held At Bay By Two Dogs; Man Wounded

SCHOMBERGN Ont., ~(CP)— Police said a berserk man shot a farmhand near this Toronto area cotmmunity early Monday then was held at dogs when he threatened a man and wife.

Police arrested the man shortly after the shooting and quoted him as saying: “I don’t know why Ff did it.”

Edward Pascoe, 26, was shot through the chest when he an-

swered a ‘knock on his bedroom)

door in a house on the farm of Ernest McDonald. He was taken to hospital with a bullet in his hung.

REMAINED WITHOUT PLEA Joe Aston, *. who lives in the same house as Pascoe, was

bay by two}

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charged with attempted murder and is being held under the Men- tal Health Act. He appeared in mazgistrate’s court and was re- manded without plea

After Pascoe was shot the man went to the nearby McDonald house when Pascoe’s wife pleaded with him to call an am- bulance. Instead the man point his rifle at Mr. and Mrs. Mec- Donaldn owners of the farm.

The two German shepherd dogs charged the man and held him at bay until the @ouple fled

| through a rear door.

Provincial police arrived soon after in response to a call for help from Mrs. Pascoe.

The man came out after dis-

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432,506 tons.

SENSATIONAL SPURT

Germany, on the other hand, made a sensational spurt in 1958. Germany launched 388 ships of 1,429,261 ‘tons. It was Germany's best year since the war. In 1957 Germany built more ships, 418, but their tonnage totalled only 12.198. ©

Britain and Northern Ireland maintained a steady pace in 1958, building '"282 ships of 1.401.980 tons, 11,721 tons less than in 1957.

Sweden launched 79 ships of 760,206 tons in 1958, a record for the country. The new tonnage is 99,583 more than in 1957.

The United States built 64 ships of 732,381 tons, a post-war record. The increase over 1957 was an imposing 373,375 tons.

The largest ship of the year was built by Japan, the tanker Universe Apollo, 69,100 tons. It becomes the third largest mer- chant vessel afloat, exceeded in size~only by the British passen- ger ships Queen Elizabeth, 83,- 673 tons and the Queen Mary, $1,237 tons.

Smallwood On Mat Call Is Rejected

OTTAWA (CP) Lester B. Pearson Monday refused an On- tario legislature member's re- quest that the Liberea] leader call Premier Smallwood of New- foundland before the National Libera! Advisory Council to ex- plain his attitude towards the International Woodworkers of America (CLC).

“Do not propose toe tak tion of the kind recommend your telegram,” Mr. Pearson.. wired Albert Wren, Liberal MLA for Kenora.

Mr. Wren said in a statement Sunday night that he had asked Mr. Pearson to call the provin- cial Liberal premier before the party’s national body “‘to show just cause why he should not be barred from the Léiberal party of Canada.”’

INVESTIGATE DANCE FIRE

KINGSTON, Ont. (CP)—A full investigation has been ordered into Friday- night’s dance hall fire in which 35 persons were burned, fire department officials

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HON. GEORGE MACKAY Minister Is In Hospital

The illness of Hon. J. George MacKay, Minister of Highways

ing any of the sessions of the

House yesterday by Premier A. W. Matheson. The duties of the Highways minister, while the Legislature is in session will be taken care of by Hon. Keir Clark, Minister of Education. The Premier said Mr. MacKay is a patient in hospital.

S-P To Boost Output Of Cars

HAMILTON (CP)—Stubebaker- Packard of Canada will begjn to) hire more men next week for a! gradual step-up in production that will boost the Hamilton plant's output 30 per cent by March 15.

Gordon E. Grundy, president, said the stepped-up manufactur- ing program will boost production of Larks and Silver Hawks from 32 to 4 per day.

Girls Charged With Car Theft

LONDON, Ont. (CP)—Two 18- year-old girls charged with car theft were remanded in custody Monday until Feb. 20.

Rosemary Lewis, formerly of Vancouver, and Joy Macdonald, formerly of Cape Breton Island, were arrested Sunday about 30 miles west of Stratford, Ont. after an accident.

They did not ask for bail and were not. asked to plead. Police said one of the girls is a member of the RCAF and the second was

saij Monday.

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Specialist Called In For Dulles

WASHINGTON cialist in cancer research was summoned Monday to consult on State Secretary Dulles’ illness.

currence of the cancer for which

hernia operation Friday. Monday afternoon Dulles got a report on current developments in world ‘affairs from who spent about 30 minutes with him at the hospital. Maj.-Gen, Leonard 2. Heaton.

said Dulles’ condition ‘‘continues satisfactory” and that he sat in a chair in his hospital quarters for about 30 minutes Monday.

MAC TO WASHINGTON LONDON (Reuters)—The ii- ness of U.S. State Secretary Dul- less touched off fresh speculation Monday

for talks with President Ejisen- hower after his forthcoming visit to Moscow.

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HALIFAX (CP)—Sweeping rec- ommendations for changes in the Nova Scotia Workmen's Compen- sation Act are contained in a royal commission report tabled in the legislature Monday night. Many of the proposals will be the basis of legislation forecast in the throne speech.

The report, compiled after a two-year study by county court Judge Alexander H. McKinnon of Antigonish, N.S., is a package with ‘something for everyone. It suggests a thorough revision of the present act but leaves basic principles untouched.

Major alterations would in- .crease payments to persons in jured in industrial accidents or to their dependants in case of death, boost the limit of liability per vessel in ship sinkings to $200,000 from $50,000, revise the system of payments to 75 per cent of average earnings from the present 70.

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P.C. LEADER GETS DESK

PLE . eee Conservative pin. see » es in the history of the Island legis- party leader ter R. Shaw, athesor o a to opposit rt will no longer be handicapped|be placed outside the railing of ae ee SP — and surre-|by a lack of a desk from which | the somone, room for Mr is the first time | House.

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Recommended In N.S. Compensation Act

Judge McKinnon also _ said “there would seem to be little doubt” that persons suffering neuroses are as eligible for com- pensation as those hurt physically at their jobs. The matter arose after many miners were trapped by a Springhill mine explosion in 1956.

The judge said present pension awards to widow of $50 a month and $20 for each child to a max- shimum of five are unrealistic in view of “current living costs, wage levels and personal. and family commitments.”

His suggestions would raise the, widow's. monthly pension to $60 | and each child’s monthly pay- ment to $22.50. Orphans’ pay- ments of $30 would be unchanged. The $150 limit placed on monthly payments to widows would be abolished.

However, the judge stipulated that the total should not exceed 7 per cent of the calculated earnings of the dead workmen.

UP MAXIMUM BASE

Im non-fatal cases, the commis- sioner suggested increasing the present maximum base on which! compensation is figered to $3,600 from $3,000.

Judge McKinnon said industry would not be expected to bear the costs of raising pensions and disability payments that began many years ago.

“If the’ people of Nova Scotia are prepared to make upward revisions then they must be pre- pared collectively to pay the We ir

While acknowledging ‘‘the near- desperate circumstances” of many older pensioners, the judge indicated government, not indus- try, should bear _ increases.

BROADEN COVERAGE

He said it “should be possible”’ to put volunteer firemen, hospital employees and men engaged in seal-hunting -under the act.

The three-man workmen's com- pensation board, headed by W. T. Hayden, asseses 6,000 Nova Sco- tia firms whose employees are eligible for compensation.

During 1957, the last year for which the board reported, $3,960,- 329 was paid in compensation. There were 19,598 industrial ac- cidents. Of the ; 9,483 disabled workers for five days or more,

‘tal Insurance Plan din Legislature

Premium Basis; - Not Compulsory

Little or no opposition greeted Hon. M.L. Bonnell’s resolution on Hospital Insurance presented to the Legislature yesterday after- noon as the Minister of Health un-

. Bonnell said the plan would

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kt is hoped, the minister as- serted, ‘that everyone in Prince Edward Island will be able to

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Premier

Premier Matheson adjourzed the debate on hospital resolu- tion yesterday after a dozen members had spoken to ‘he mo- tion. He to’d the House that considerable time and _ though should be given th2 plan. He expressed appreciation of t manner in which the minisie had presented the resolution.

He observed that while some members wanted to get th@ bill through right away, it could not become law until the Lieutenaat- Govérnor had given his assent to it at prorogation of the House.

Interpretation of x-rays and electrocardiographs however, will be paid for under the plan.

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Health and Welfare that ae two illnesses were being consid- ered and predicted that within the course of 23 years. they would also be included.

FINANCING

Referring to some of the. mat- ters to which thought should be)

solution on hospital house deali with a number of}

matters which bill %20 does not include. Three of these were the

passed at the last session of the | come,

outlay of approximately $1,250,- 000 and the rate would have to be 5 per cent instead of 2 per cent.

Continuing the minister pointed out if, according to the sugges- tion of some, children’s food and clothing were exempted, the gov- ernment would have find an additional $400,000 from some other source.

jutions Against Haste In’ Hospital Scheme

Reading from Hansard ef Ap- ril 4, 1957, he quoted from Dr. Blair, then the Opposition critie of the plan and, one of the things which the PC member stressed at that time wa: that depreciation costs should be al- lowed. The Premier said * was going to be very difficult for hospitals to go to the public for funds after the hospital plan was in effect.

He asked the members to take into consideration the matter of matching grants. “‘Beware of gifts because every gift you ac- cept puts a burden on our pro-

ven, Mr. Mathesca said the re-| Viacial revenue not only for the . ne a cernaes | present but on generations to

he added.

“It is almost two years since I was firmly convinced that we must have hospital insurance and

care of TB and menta: patients| mow since we are to have it, let

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FIVE PERSONS DEAD_TWO INJURED

ST. JOHN'S. Nfid. (CP}—Five People are known dead and two others are in hospital following Newfoundland’s worst blizzard in}

history. Four of the victims were crushed in a snowslide which

demolished two homes and dam- aged 10 others at Chain Rock near the entrance to St. John's Harbor.

Police said a teen-age girl. un- identified, died of carbon mon- oxide poisoning when the car in which she and three friends had sought shelter was buried in snow drifts stirred by 130-mile- an-hour winds.

The attorney-general’s depart- ment issued orders forbidding motorists to use narrow cuts made through 204eet-hich snow drifts which had blocked city streets. All schools are closed».

About 70,000 Newfoundlanders went without power most of the day. Telephone service was crip

pied, but now has bees restored.

Transportation is at a standstill.

“UNBELEIEVABLE”

George Perlin of The Daily News said “the whole thing is just unbelievable."

Nine other occupants were trapped in the snowslide, one of them for 12 hours.

A second slide in the same area trapped a family of 11 in their house all night but they were un- hurt.

GALE-FORCE WINDS

A gale that reached a peak of 135 miles an hour tore off roofs, smashed trees and caused other damage.

The “ avalanche vittims were Mr. ard Mrs. James Piercy, 42 and 38 respectively,.Mrs. S. Vin- cent, 76, who died in one house, and teen-ager Theodore Wells, whose body was found in the sec- ond one.

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bodies said they were crushed under debris and huge mounds of snow.

Sixteen-year-old Barbara Nose- worthy was pinned under snow and debris in the Piercey house for 12 hours. Frantic: diggers heard her cries and found her still conscious. A daughter of

Clarence Wells was trapped for! three hours when a hot sidve fell} occupants of nearby houses run-

on her. She was burned but is not believed seriously injured. NINE SAVED

Three were saved from the Piercey house and six from the

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‘the statutory waiting period be-| ang the matter of depreciatioa|us not rush it, all the points fore benefits can be claimed. costs. should .be Jiscussed,”” he said. . Blizzar orst AP,

ilies in another house. The house escaped severe damage but Il persons including four children were held prisoner. The Garlands said they spent the night huddled in prayer.

The Piercey and Wells homes were moved 50 feet by the slide. One was demolished, the second storey of the other sheared off.-

Fears of further slides sent the

ning for safety. Most spent the night out of the danger area.

St. John’s streets were deserted during the storm. Highways, lead- ing out of the city were littered with buried automobiles.

The CNR cancelled all trains

The avalanche roared déwn a/ out of the city. No trains moved rock cliff near the Cabot Tower,|in eastern Newfoundland after

a landmark at trance. KH struck at 10% a.m about an hour after the storm hit| St. John's.

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the storm struck.

The city’s fire department was snowbotnd. Fortunately no ser- ious fires occurred. Snow blowers

A second snowslide buried €yril| started opening main streets by

Garland, Harold Garland

and| mid-day but side streets were

Cyril Garland Jr. and their fam-' still blocked,