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(AP) — U.S.to back up

hopes for building a defence|missile missile against the intercontinental bal-/ velopment listic missile were brightened] Without saying how Thursday by the announced suc-|also said explosion of the cess of; a series of high-altitude|relatively small ‘Fhe hitherto secret launching of| Atlantic will likewise three rockets bearing nr lear| offensive weapons. Warheads into space late last} Quarles and summer was described by the de.|sistants said. : fence department as having ‘“‘ad-| which threw a curtain of ra- vanced the basis of knowledge re-|diation around the earth for siort | BEFORE SUSPENSION quired to develop anti - missile] periods, produced resuljs that will} The officials emphasized that missiles.” be used in perfecting the radar|this was about a month before Donald Quarles, deputy secre-| systems needed to put 4n anti-|the Oct. 1 start of a one-year aa hla heme abet ileal bane alee ee beara nis ‘| suspension on nuclear explosions rence “the national secur- ~~ _..j pending negotiations with Russia ity had been helped by these ex-| FIND-TRACK PROBLEM ~*''lfor the halting of all such tests. periments.” These systems must be highly| The defence depértment said Ricks UP . effective in their ability to find|the tests general scientific pur

PROGRAM and track an onrushing enemy/|pose was to add to knowledge He said the test biasts — the| weapon in time to knock it out.|about the extent, shape and ef- first known nuclear explosions in| Officials, while jealously guard- fects upon electronic communica- @pace—had provided information ing the precise military effects of tion of the earth’s magnetic field.

12-ACRE EXPERIMENT Tobacco To Be Grown On The Island This Summer

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After his appearance before the committee, Mr

thermal plants, and where. He said the plan has not been thought out fully

Pany got approval to boost its capitalization from 5,000,000 te 10,000,000 shares of common sto” at $ par.

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POTATO MARKETING

Reviewing potato marketing Mr. Cullen recalled he had told

a tense ride at gunpoint.

Cpl. M. S. Hofstetter said troopers in two. patrol cruisers finally closed in on Payne near

GRAND FALIS, Nfld. (CP)—A western Newfoundland logger was charged Thursday wita murder

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1959 .

the House last year that the Potato Marketing Board would be discontinued after June 30.

Hofstetter said Mrs. John H. Baldwin, 29, and tie children were’tired and hungry but see not harmed. Mrs. Bal ‘old him they had spent the time “just riding around.” Payne seemed to have no destination, she said.

Released along with Mrs. ald- win were her five - year - old daughter Susan and two sons, Danny, 7, and Kenneth, 10.

Payne, whom state police de- scribed as an “extremely danger- ous mental case,”” had kidnapped the mother and children from their home and left the fataer

ICEBREAKER MAY COME HERE

By JOHN SCALI WASHINGTON (AP) — Prime Minister Macmillan expressed confidence Thursday that Rus- sia’s leaders want to negotiate rather than go to war over Berlin. Arriving here from Ottawa for talks with President Eisenhower, he called on the Western Allies

guide them in foreign ministers and summit conferences with So viet leaders.

“I am persuaded that the So- viet leaders realize that they and we have a common interest in avoiding war,” he said.

The Britisa leader was seen off at Ottawa's Uplands Airport by Prime Minister Diefenbaker and some 50 officials.

AGREED ON PRINCIPLES

In a brief communique, Mac- millan said he and Diefenbaker agreed ‘‘on the basic principles by which the West should be guided, and also the which we ought now to follow’ in the Berlin situation.

Vice - President Richard Nixon and acting’ state secretary Chris- tian A. Herter led the delegation that greeted Macmillan and For- eign Secretary Lloyd when they arrived here aboard a Comet jet airliner.

Macmillan went directly to the Britisa Embassy to prepare for four days of talks with Eisen- hower beginning today. The two, each assisted by four aides, will survey mainly the Berlin, Ger man and European disarmament problems in the privacy of Eisen- hower’s camp David mountain lodge about 65 miles north of the capital.

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Western Nfld. Logger ls Charged With Murder

man he saw carrying a stick . “Other Mounties broke ranks to

Macmillan and Lloyd will make

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foundiand Brotherhood of Woods- Workers. Tiere have been at- tacks on IWA offices at nearby Windsor and Bishop's Falls, 10 er northeast of here.

credited to the IWA,”’ Mr. Lane said. Don't let incidents such as those™ at Windsor and Bishop’

a & on State Secretary Dulles at Walter Reed Army Hospital

today.

BACKS™AGE SPLIT Macmillan hopes to heal a backstage Anglo-American split

to ease tensions over Berlin.

any conflicting views in his air- port British-U.S. partnership, saying:

“I believe I can truly say that

closer than today.” Nixon, in welcoming Macmil- lan, sought to dispel reports that

leaders in Moscow. Nixon mentioned to Macmillan

are doing in the interests of unity of the free world.”

By DAVE McINTOSH

Canadian Press Staff Writer . OTTAWA (CP)—Under a warm and cheerful spring sun, External Affairs Minister Sidney Smith late Thursday was borne away on his last melancholy journey to his native Nova Scotia.

After the simple and quiet United Church funeral service, the body of the 62-year-old minis- ter who died Tuesday during an after-lunch nap was taken to Up- lands Ainport where it was placed aboard an RCAF plane.

At the slow march, an RCAF band preceded the state funeral cortege from Ohalmers United Church on downtown O'Connor Street as it headed toward the airport.

The plane bearing Mr. Smith’s body and another aircraft carry- ing his family were to arrive at Halifax Thursday night. Another service will be held at Windsor,

U.K. Tories Retain Seats

LONDON (Reuters) — The rul- ing Conservative party Thursday retained its seats in two byelec- tions, one in England and the other in Northern Ireland, but both by reduced majorities.

In England's East Harrow con- stituency, Cmdr, Anthony Court- ney with 17,776 votes won aggainst Laborite Merlyn Rees, 15.546 votes, and Thomas Lynch, Na- tional Union of Small Shopkeep- ers, who got M8 votes.

In the Nortnern Ireland con stituency of East Belfast, Con- servative-Allied Ulster Unionist Stanley McMaster obtained 19,524 votes against 14,264 for Laborite James Gardner. \

The Conservatives majority in

over the kind of concessions that should be offered the Russians,

Macmillan msde no mention of remarks. He lauded“*the

tais partnership has never been

British PM Feels Reds Wish To Avoid Conflict

In reply, Macmillan ‘indirectly answered critics who have ac- cused him of moving too fast to- ward a summit meeting.

“To agree to negotiate is not to abandon one's principles,” Macmillan said.

A short time after Macmilian’s arrival, the US. state depart- ment commented on Soviet Pre- mier Khrushchev's apparent softer tone at a press conference in Moscow Thursday.

INDUSTRY DEAN DIES

PHOENIX, Arix. (AP)—Paul Weeks Litchfield, 83, dean of the

'American rubber industry and U.S. officials are upset at the honorary chairman of the board British leader’s talks with Soviet|of Goodyear Tire and Rubber

Company, died in hospital Wed-

inesday night. Litchfield retired the “very. dedicated work you/|last October as board chairman

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Tribute Paid Dr. Smith At Services In Ottawa

and chief executive officer of Goodyear.

N.S., where burial will take place in the family plot.

EAMILY FRIEND

The sermon was preached by Rev. Dr. Ernest M. Howse of Bloor Street United Church, Tor- onto, who for 20 years in Winni- peg and Toronto had Mr. Smith and his family as parishioners.

Rev. A. Leonard Griffith, min- ister of Chalmers United, said two prayers and gave the Bible readings. The congregation sang two of Mr. Smith's favorite hymns, Unto The Hills and 0 God our Help in Ages Past. The

‘benediction Was given by Dr.

Howse who years ago ordaihed Mr. Smith an elder in the churih.

The big church was filled with the leaders of the nation and regular members of the church where Mr. Smit worshipped. There were cabinet ministers and university heads, senators and members of the Commons, judges and the chiefs of staff of the armed forces, diplomats and civil servants.

The family and close friends occupied the front pews of the church immediately before the closed coffin.

SURVIVING FAMILY

Mr. Smith is survived by ms wife and three daughters, Mrs. Shelagh Rand Davenport of Bris- tol, England, Mrs. A. F. M. Mac- Kinnon of Nobel, Ont., and Heather, attending school in Tor- onto, All attended the service.

The family’s red roses on top,of the coffin and were 12”other baskets of flow

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Premier Matheson said yesterday the House will like- ly prorogue either Tuesday or Wednesday according to hhow the business of the Leg- islature progresses.

>Hon. Eugene Cullen report-

ed that after consultations with Federal Minister Hark-

act with federal legislation due to the great divergence in the various provincial

A building owned by 0.K. Rub- ber Welders Ltd., at ‘64 St. Pet- er’s Road in Parkdale was des- troyed ‘by fire early this morn- ing.

A small building adjoining Was saved.

There was no immediate esti- mate of the amount of the loss.

Men and equipment from the Charlottetown Fire Department assisted the Parkdale firemen in fighting the blaze.

A service station, operated by Fred Hickox, adjoined the burn- ed_ building on one side. Immedi- ately behind was a body shop operated by Horace Smith. None of these buildings were damaged. Equipment was cleared from the body shop as a precautionary

Fire Destroys Tire Building

Legislat

Political barriers were drop- ped yesterday as the Islana Leg-

was termed an emergency situa-

ing Committee on Transportation emphasizing “‘the desperate need for a new and modern ice break-

committee of the whole House by William Acorn (L—list. Kings) and was seconded by Opposition Leader R.R. Bell.

A resolution embodying the re- port will go forward from the Legislature to Ottawa and will be presented by a _ delegation headed by Premier Matheson to- ward the end of April. In the meantime, copies of the resolu- tion will be sent to the Prime Minister, the Minister of Public Works, the Minister of Transport

along with all Maritime members|’

of the Commons and Senate.

The full text of the Transporta- tion Committee report appears elsewhere in this issue.

Mr. Acorn said the committee had taken into consideration the |precarious situation in which the jprovince had been placed this |winter by the difficult voyage of jand resultant damage to \the SS. Prince Edward Island. “If j}something would have happened 'to the Abegweit during the old iferry’s trip from Halifax we 'would perhaps now~be experien- | cing a second Berlin airlift,” he said.

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the rubber welders building would be saved, but it flared up and finally destroyed the build- ing. f

The alarme was turned shortly before 1 a.m.

Press Ottawa

islature sought to deal with what E

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MR. ACORN

The chairman said investiga- — tions had been made and it wag found that since the State of Michigan had built a seven-mile bridge at Mackinac Strait, it now has five unused ferry boats. One of thesé about the size of the Abegweit was built in 1952 and remodelled in 1955 and he believed that with some slight al- terations in the piers it could be used on the Island-New Bruns- wick run. The boat cost $5,000,- 000 when new.

Premier Matheson said he had known of these boats for some time. The one referred to by Mr. Acorn was called the ““Vaca- tionland”. This boat is for sale the Premier said and he heard the asking price. w2s -$3,225,002. Mr. reported that

ober, he made an effort through Hon. J. Angus MacLean to Transport Minister Hees but unable to get an interview him. ONLY ONE PROBLEM . In company with Mr. Mac- Lean, the Premier later talked

with Deputy Transport Minister (Continued on page 2 Col. 5)

MONTREAL (CP) — W. E. Gamble of the firemen's union said Thursday that a strike against the CNR is a “definite

measure. Kt was thought for a time that

Khrushchev In.

MOSCOW (AP)—Nikita Kbrush- chev said Thursday he is willing to agree to a foreign ministers conferende on Germany opening May 11 but insisted that only a summit meeting can brush away the threatening clouds of war.

“I am convinced there will be meetings of both the foreign min- isters and heads of state,” the Soviet premier told a press con- ference. He said he is waiting for the. West to; make concrete proposals.

In a conciliatory mood, Khrush- chev said yes to tae Western suggested date for a foreign min. isters. meeting although the West- ern proposal has not yet been forwarded to Moscow through of- ficial channels.

Asked a' out Western rights in Berlin, he conceded: i

“Yes, I do believe the United States, French and British do have lawful rights for the de ployment. of their troops in Ber- lin as occupiers. ‘This right stems

Soldier Dies In Accident

OTTAWA (CP) Lance- Corporal George Edward Bout- lier, 21, of the Second Canadian Guards stationed at Soest, Ger- many, died Thursday in a Soest hospital 13 hours after his car hit a tree in the city’s outskirts.

But Insists On Summit Meet

possibility.”

Mellow Mood

from ” the capitulation of Ger- many.

SHC LD BE ENDED

“We recognize they have these rights. But we also believe that 14 years have passed, that tiat is quite sufficient and that this should be ended . . . and that is why we say let us have a peace treaty and cease these occupa- tion rights.”

Khrushchev had some praise for President Eisenhower's speech on Germany and for Democratic senators J. W. Ful- bright and Mike Mansfield. But he denounced Admiral Arleigh A. Burke and Gen. Maxwell D. T: y-

Strike On CNR

Seen Possible

He made the comment after the CNR accepted the findings of a federal conciliation board on the railway’s year-old contract .dis- pute with the firemen’s union.

The board proposed higher wages for firemen and said fire- men no longer need be hired for use on diesel yard and freight en- gines, although present firemen should be protected.

“I see no reason for being op- timistic,” said Mr. Gamble whea asked in an interview whether the union would call a strike over the findings of a federal concilia- tion board. SOUND OUT MEMBERS

He made it plain, however, that before any .strike decision w made, the feelings of the union members wil] be sounded out in § series of meetings across Canada.

The union has 68 lodges repre- senting ONR firemen on the local level. Mr. Gamble said. Each one will call a meeting “as soon as possible” to discuss the federal report. \

“The members can do one of two things,” he’said. “They can either accept or reject the re-

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port.”

OTTAWA (°%P) — Investment dealers and chartered banks showed less interest Thursday_in government treasury bills, push- ing the Bank of Canada interest rate to a new peak.

In the third greatest rise in re- cent months the rate climbed to 4.47 per cent, up .17 per cent from last week. The previous rec- ord of 4.33 ;or cent was set Augl 21, 1957.

The central bank resists any suggestion that the new rate, pegged at one-quarter of one per cent above the rate for short- term, 9l<day treasury bills, re. flects anything more taag that bidders of treasury bills had less money available for short-term investment.

They argue there \s nothing to indicate- a connection between

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and hence the bark rate—and recent lack of interest in goverm ment bonds, particularly longer term bonds, as an investment.

BANK’S POSITION The bank's position is that the factors tiiat influenced the bids of various financial houses cam not be determined with any cer tainty. ; Each week the central banks seeks bids from investmen: houses and chartered banks o# government treasury bills, in ef fect asking for a 91-day loan fron taese sources against the security of the treasury note. The amoun. put up for bids is $115,000,000. This week's bidding ranged be tween a low of $98.944 and a hig of $98.976 for an average bid

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