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Railways Will Ask For General Freight Rafe Hike

OTTAWA (CP)-An application for a general increase in freight rules will be made this week tot the board of transport commission-l (:15 by Canadian railways to ofiseti ltzlge boosts to 150,000 non-operat- inc employees.

K. D. M. Spence. CPR counsel, made the announcement Tuesday al a board hearing of a railway application seeking a six-per-cent increase in western lumber rates

Mr. Spence did not specify the; amount of the general increaseu. saying only that it will be "for xi per cent.'' .

However,- the railways estimate that the wage boosts. plus fringe benefits. will total 830,000,000 an- nus"; if extended to all railway employees. The amount to be re- ceived by non-operating workers is estimated at 300.000.0110 I Y”?-

DECIDE LUMBER CASE

Mr. Spence was asked by Chief Justice John Kearney whether the lumber case could be resolved in a general revenue case which. he understood was eat. The cheif commissioner suggested that the lumber matter could be decided at that time.

Mr. Spence said an application will be filed with the board this week by the railways for a general rate increase. The application would state an increase was neces- sary to enable the railways to pay for age boosts recommended in the April 13 majority report of a federal conciliation. board.

The last general freight rpte in- crease-a boost of seven per cent Cw” received by the railways in March, 1053. This followed a nine- percent increase effective Jan. 1.

I953. ,

The railways and the non-operat- ing unions both have accepted the majority report of the conciliation board. The report proposes a two- year contract under which the em- ployees would receIve'an 11-pep cent v ge increase spread over the next 14 months.

UNION DEMANDS

Current average wage for the non - operating group, covering many categories. is 31.46 an hour. The unions had sought an 1S-per- cent boost plus an eight-cents-am

Representatives of the railways and the unions still are holding contract meetings in Montreal based on the majority reportl The next meeting, today: will be de- voted to discussion of a health andl welfare program that would form' part of the new contract.

The railway application for a six-per-cent boost in western lum- ber rates was taken under advise- ment by the transport commis- sioners. It forms part of the com- modity rate phase of the equaliza. tion of freight rates ordered sev-

leral ye.rs ago by Parliament.

CHARLOTTETOWN.

CANADA, WEDNESDAY, MAY, 16 1956

OTTAWA (CP)-Fifty-three per- sons died or were listed missing after a flaming jet fighter ex- ploded Tuesday night into a con-

HEAVY DEATH TOLL

R.C.A.F.

structure was demolished.

a restaurant near the convent. retired at a ovcloc said the plane swooped over her

k.

The nu ll ' I h d h fl , ' -

M". Mum Flora, Operator M the Mcidflesma oczvgfedn Teleywhga sehcgnngriesotozv B:lSd:;(:lil'llI1E aflamel Mrs. Marie Flora. who operates Mr. Ayhnrt said the screens on

the windows of the convent ham-

RAMMED CHAPEL

(Special to the Guardian) SACKVILLE, N.B., May 15th- John Herbert G lis, farmer, of Flat River, P.E.I., and his wife,

.1 Island Grandmother Sees hildren Through College Then Graduates Herself!

vent at the Riverside community home and restaurant in flames of Orleans, about seven miles east and crashed into the three-Storey of here. convent near the second top floor.

Fifty-one nuns, some recovering The" W” 3 big "P1990"-

The jet aircraft

l convent before

body was recovered and another vent were taken by car to thelrl Ea.-tview were called. died about three hours after the order's mother house on Sussexl The crash in a hospital in the capital. Street In 038W!-

An RCAF jet fighter was seen One of the nuns was sent in Si in the area before the flaming Louis de Montfort Hospital at plane rammed the three-storey, Eastvlew, Ont.. with a hack in- brick building on the banks ufthe.jury. Several others were report- Ottawa river. A tremendous ex- ed ill serious condition in Ottawa

Prince Edward Island's veteran physican. Dr. Roderick MacDon- al. of St. Peter's Bay, today cele-, brates his 90th birthday. He plans to observe the occasion in his usual quiet manner, receiv- ing the congratulations from rel- atives and the host of friends he

neighbors to reach the

I If? T51 In E d 1 he smashed in one screen through the chapel adlommg the helped pull out two of the nuns. hitting the main

convent is in Hiawatha. for the nuns,

Park in Gloucester county about about 31,009,000

2'-. miles west of Orleans. ' Vcrn Ayhart. Lorne Barber and cupergtlng

John Crete were among the first I opllrafinns, ,

Th H d lh b d I .'l'h(:) bi1i(iIdirtl)g stogsd alonle on the l sly II c awa e o o a river an a o w ' ' - -

priest pwllo had jyiimped frdm the Orleans. The pllane I1(ltl!t"si1ilafrre(lyri1. 82;-llgglnsleporls and msldems 0'

pered escape or rescue. He said and

"I can still hear the screams

. W in the Ville St. Louis convent (They never had a chance."'building. vet.” he said two hours later 98 from operations. were reported She 5310. F1I'eH1erI from RCAF Rock- The brick building was demol- : dead or missing. One priest's SIIPVIVIDK meml-?9l”5 Of We C0n'.0ll”9 311" Station. Ottawa and p lshed. Value of the building.

.used as n convalescent hospital

There were about 20 nuns re- in the convent from

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was estimated at

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Jet Crashes Info Convent Al Orleans, Ont.

a small restaurant within sight of the convent, said the fighter swooped over her home in flames, fThey never had a chance," she sald. An RCAF official arrived on the , scene shortly after the crash. Gen eral ambulance a I a r m s were I bulance operators in Hull, Que.. - I- sounded for army units and am.

Canital. and here. , The highway, part of the Trans- Canzlda highway linking Ottawa and Montreal. soon was jammed Willi rescue workers, the cars of those attracted to the scene by

i

across the Ottawa river from thl I I

the former Annie Laura Martin of Valleyfleld. P.E.I.. hoped that all their three children would become well educated. When he died and- denly in 1946 his son, John, 17, was a student at the Truro Agri- culture College.

John, who had never farmed before, returned home and became a specialist in raising turkeys, four years ago he decided to con- tinue his education t a k in g up medicine and he is now complet- ing the second year at Dalhousle University, a father of a two-year- old son David. Helping him get through medical wife. the former Edna Nicholson, a nurse on the staff of the Vic- toria General Hospital in Halifax.

A MOTHER'S AMBITION.

But the main reason that John Glllis is studying medicine at Dal- housle is his mother who went back to school teaching -four years at Plnctte. P.E.i., then one year as principal at St. Eleanors' School in Summerside. finally prglclpal for two years at Tryon.

DUTIES four summers she at- tended summer school here at Mount Allison and for four years she studied under the Mount Al- lison Extension Department. Dur- ing- this last year she has been a full-time student at Mount Al-

mother Gillis received Mount Al-

college is his De

I . J. ILIGILLIS

gree. When Mrs. Gillis' husband died, her son, Bert was 13 and her daughter, Janet, 9. He attended Prince of Wales College and then for two years Mount Allison Uni- versity. He is now working in the field of idustrlal chemistry in Toronto, He and a fellow student at Mount Allison, Carolyn Hart of Richmond Hill, N.Y. are to be ilgarried in New York in Septem-

r. cial course on which his company sent him in Philadelphia.

Mrs. Glllis' daughter, Janet. fin- ished High School in Summerside and Charlottetown and is now em-

Sears in Halifax. Mrs. Gulls is joining the staff of

re. .. John Herbert Glllis wishes are

He has just finished a spe-

ployed in the office of Simpson-

B kfll lison and this afternoon Grsnd- Tgiio ivdsmm mg). school he”

lhas made during his lifelong career. both within and without the Province.

The oldest practicing physic- ian in North America, Dr. Mac- Donald's appearance and phy- sique are often a source of amazement to those who meet him. Still very active around his loffice, be frequently finds time to apply his expert touch to his vegetable garden, .a long-time hobby. ' octor Roddle" was born at Maple Hills near Mount Stewart on May 16, 1858. Educated at lPrince of Wales and St. Dunstan's lcolleges he taught school for Iseveral years at Mount Stewart land Rollo Bay West. After which he enrolled at Trinity Medical College, Toronto. graduating from that school of learning in 1888.

The same year he opened an office at St. Peter's Bay. and af- ter 68 years of toll, Doctor Rod- die is still working out of the same office. with no apparent intention of retiring.

In 1953 Pope Pius XII honoured Dr. MacDonald in bestowing upon him the order of Knight of St-

plosion followed the crash and the General Hospital.

Independence For Singapore Talks Collapse

LONDON, (CP)-- Negotiations for Singapore's ' ” dents within the Commonwealth ended in failure Tuesday and the crown colony's chief minister, David Marshall. said he was go- ing home to resign. g

in Singapore, some residents were reported fearful that viol- ence comparable to what is happening in Cyprus might fol- low the failure of the London talks.

”This is a great victory for communism," said Marshall at a press conference after the nego- Liatlons collapsed over inability ternal security in tha Southeasl Asian bastion.

Gregory.

Closure Action

Is Applied To

to agree on responsibility for in Ecalled soft approach may exhibit

smsssss rilssp For CAUTI

ON

OTTAWA. (CF)-The announ- ced Russian designed to remove fears and thus unity, External Affairs Minister ible. Men could Pearson said Tuesday.

He said that even before thalli- U.S.S.R. announced that it will: cut its armed forces by 1.200.000 men there was some evidence that new Soviet tactics were. weakening NATO unity.

But be tossed out the ity that the Soviet Union's

will.

be welcomed by

so.

a genuine desire by the Kremlin to reach a better understandingl with the West. Testifying before mons external affairs tee, Mr. Pearson said eign ministers at

the Corn- conlmit-

NATO . for- l

the Russian forces or discharge

Pearson Sees Soviet Arms Cut Hiliing NATO Unify

He didn't believe any definite.Atlantic arms reduction is conclusions could be reached nowlwhlcb

westernlon the Russian move. Soviet pol- Minister Lange of Norway and weaken NATO lcv on manpower could be flex- Foreign Minister Martino of Italy be called into.were appointed a committee to dl.recommend methods for strength-

However, any move to reducelflelds. lnrms and men under arms should

all.

Most of the committ 's ques- a hard time to keep NATO going tions dealt with the recent North at all," Mr. Pearson said.

lAnnuaI Inspection of Ch'iown Sea Cadet Corps Carried Out

The annual inspection of the their Parisl Charlottetown Sea Cadet Corps, R.

meeting at Foreign I

Council Pearson,

.enlng NATO in non-military ''If we don't do something in:

lthe non-military field well have

orders cheerfully. aiding a lad to become a leading and reliable citizen.

GOLD MEDALISTI

Alasdair Maclean Sinclair, not of the Rev. D. M. Sinclair, Hali- flx. who has been awarded till Governor GeneraI's Gold Medal at do" much 1,, the leading First Class Honors gu . duate in Arts and Science at uni, housle University. Mr.

Sinclair,

lison University's Bachelo of Arts

being well carried out.

meeting earlier this month sgreed'C. S. C. C. "i of last -

that whatever the ' ' ., b Quinn. D. S.

End Stage In Pipeline Debate

hour contribution by the ' to a health and welfare plan in a one-year . This would have cost the, railways. about 870,000,000 a year.

Coming Events

Dance Fortune Hall every Fri- day night.

Dance. Forest Hill. Wednesday night, May 16th.

Pantry sale, Ho1man's, Friday afternoon. Milton A.Y.P.A.

Dance in Iona East School. Mon- day, May 81st. Good music.

Dance Cardross School, Friday, May 1!. Wabstars orchestra.

Dance Grandvlew loll Thurs- day, May 17.

Dance, Belfast I-fall, Saturday. May 10th. Point Prim Women's Institute.

Regular weekly dande St. Mary's Hall. Souris, Wednesday. Cliff Peters' orchestra.

Weekly Dance. Fort Augustus Hall every Wednesday night. Burkes Orchestra.

Film show in Brookfield Thursday, May 11.

Farmers - cleaning t i in oft b y daily. MacGulgan and Doyle. Hunter River, P.E.I.

For best results book your clover seeds with us. McGulgan ll Boyle, Hunter River.

Hall

Card party and box social Dun-.

siaffnage school Saturday. May 10. Admission free.

Dance West Royalty Hall. Wed- nesday. Rollie McKansls's Orches- irs. Cantaso service. 0.30 to 12.30.

Wellington players p r e s e n t. "Maid of Money." in Kelly's Cross gall, Thursday, May 17th. Curtain

.30.

Don'i miss a very special en- tertainment tonight. Music, drama,

dancing and songs in Victoria Hall. Dance Cardigan Legion Hall

Thursday, May 17. Websters or- chestra. P.A. system and canteen service.

See the Sllur-Gain Stars at North Rustlco Hall, Thursday night 8 o'clock: also final presen- tation of prizes.

See "You Can't Beat The Irish"

resented by Borden players in

t to Hall wedaoodm May 10. Dance after.

Crapaud District Scarlet Chait- ter to meet in Lorne Lodge. May lath. at 5 p.m. All members please attend.

Irlshtown variety concert In trench River Hall Wednesday, May ms Proceeds in aid of St.

Whsatley River Drama Festival ay in Covehead-Stanhope Com- unity Hall. tonight. 0:30. New 0lIIsow. mms.

Atteotha Parnass- aadelevcssedslastocls. Oct aow.P. L. had Service.

adlun

the new Rllsildn approach to the West there must be no relaxat-

Kent was carried out y F e . L. C., C. D., Chief of

ThrNavy. he said is very inter- seeing good Sea Cadets bars of

who receives his Bachelor of Arts Degree at Dalhousle'a spring cm. vocation May 11. will proceed ts Oxford in the autumn as N

.. News

DENVER. ..(AP)-4ohn Gilbert Graham, 24, was sentenced today to die the week of,Aug. 26 for the bombing of an airliner which exploded near Longmont, Colo., last Nov. 1 killing 44 persons.

MONEY FOR. QUODDY

WASHINGTON. (AP)- Presi- dent Eisenhower Tuesday asked Congress for 3935.000 to start a survey to determine the cost and economic feasibility of plans to produce electric power from the w waters of Passamaquoddy

FESTIVAL AT EDMONTON

SHERBROOKE. Que., (CPl -- The 1957 Dominion Drama Fes- tival finals will be held in Ed- monton, it was decided Tuesday.

500 SAIL ON LINER

snursucsp so our .- 1.

TALK! BOG DOWN"

MONTREAL, '(CP)- Negotiat- ions to end I Great Lakes ship- ping strike went on the rocks temporarily Tuesday when union representatives staged a walk- out. But a federal ,medistor promised that the opposing part- ies would meet again before the week is ended.

WILDLIFE CONVENTION

SHEDIAC, N.l3., (CP) - The two-day annual convention of the Maritime Wildlife Federation will open here May 26, president A.J.

Hicks of Moncton, announced Tuesday. TIBET IN REVOLT

KALIMPONG. India (AP) --A Tibetan monk told newspaper men Tuesday eastern Tibet is in open rebellion against the ruling Chinese Communists.

(GP)-Opening debate in on c ons pipeline in tie and Tuesday toward a sudden and after a solid Lib al lnaloritv backed la govsrnment;move forc- ing a quick vote on the first stage of its pipeline legislation.

A vote of 122 to 73-Liberals against the rest of the Comm ns --carried Trade Minister Ho motion of closure in the seco d day of debate on the resolution for a huge treasury loan to the cross-Canada natural gas pl eline. Use of the powerful coaure device. last employed here in 1923, forces a vote on the resolu- tion by 1 a.m. Wednesday-three hours beyond normal adjournment time of the sitting. Its adoption was greeted by opposition cries of "shame" and "the gullotine."

PARTY SPLIT SEEN

The ensuing debate split wide open the policy difference be- tween the Progressive Conserv- ative party, which pposes the pipeline pl ', and party mem- ber Carl Nickle. Calgary South. Mr. Nickle accused his party of

0'l'TAW

g June 7. In the face of bitter Con-

volved is federal-Ontario financ- ing of the sua.ooo,oo0 nonhers Ontario acetic: marl: orgy; om ny w on case - :01"! on to gins-Canada.

lonof

ductlon of a government bill to curren

ment deadline for its passage is their servative and CCF opposition. it. appears closure will be employed at least three more times if the gu- measure is to be passed in time. fir

Mr. Nickle and Social Credll

members, though supporting the bonu 01

pipeline pi ', opposed the

closure motion.

tlia al1iance's strength. This was still of prime

f'it”"”..'”."i ...... "::'.l”” "3 Th ltio . d intro ".3 ely , I hem 9 "M" " t leve1s,f-lpartioularly with implement that plan. The govern- many countries tryins to raise living standards.

TEMPTATION T0 NATO

Russia's announced intention to reduce its armed forces was a Action to NATO to weaken

"'y. "Fear is often the strongest unity and we have got to find something to supplementl it," he said.

staff to the Flag Officer Atlantic

military Coast

In his runsrks to the cadets at the conclusion of the inspection, he iaid be was very much impress-. ed with what he had seen and con- gratulated them on their appear ance. marching and bearing. Corn- modore Quinn said that having been associated with the Naval Re- serve for a number of years he could well appreciate the amount of work that goes into building a good corps. The training a cadet receives in the developement of the use of hands and resourceful- ness coupled with the discipline in the learning to both take and give

Reports Large Increase In Central Farmers Co-op Sales

Gross sales of 31.021.266.46 were1 for the coming year.

Mr. Callbeck reported the com-l

0: pe!1nanen..

them that the training they are now receiving gives them a defin- ite advantage over thou-who have nsverihad cadet experience.

To the parents who attended the inspection, Commodore Quinn, said, "for every ounce of effort you give in encouraging your sons tobe members of one of these corps, it pays off in pounds against the danger of juvenile delinquen- cy". By their efforts along this line parents are helping to make good citizens. and doing a service to the community.

The inspection opened with a review of the corps lined up on King Square. they then march via Kent. Queen and Grafton Streets to the saluting base in front of the War Memorial returning to Queen Charlotte via Prince Street. The- Commodore then lnspected the lads under various phases of in- struction.

Accompanying him were Lleut.

Fit.

known.

PURCHASE REBATES The President reported the dir-

Karry Myers, C. D., assistant Area Officer Sea Cadets. President of .the Naval League. Charles Hogan, lsummerside, Secretary, Gordon

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Scotia Rhodes Scholar for 195S.qEa' is a native of Vaileyfleld, P. E. 1.

Jet Pilot Killed Near Chcltham

CHATEAM, N.B.. (CP) -. An RCAF pilot a killed Toad” when his Sabr'e 'Jet fighter crash- ed into the woods about a mile west of the airport hare. ,

The victim was identified 7;

Lt. 1). II. Atharton of wal- lnnd. 0nt.. and Newcastle, His wife -and two if Newcastle.

Officials bored Sabre was H flight whal it crashed. Cause of the accident was not immediately " ' '

said the Chatha-nu routine

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MONTREAL. (CP)-The Cana- dian Pacific Steamshlp liner Em- press of Scotland sailed for Liv- erpool Tuesday with more than 500 passengers aboard.

TOW DISABLED VESSEL

HALIFAX. (CP)-RCAF , search and rescue said Tuesday the dis- abled fishing vessel Sarah Mor- ton is being towed to Glace Bay, N.S. by the fisheries department vesel Cygnas after floating help-

northeast of St. Paul's island.

SEOUL,

WAR ON CIV ILIANS

NICOSIA. Cyprus. Fears mounted that Cyprus terrorists may be ex- tending their anti-British "war" to British civilians shooting attacks in 24 hours.