TELEPHONE 2505 Buyer meets Want Ads. seller Dial 3506 as with G1: ardian k . tied ad taker, for quick res.,1t§_" class" 7”’ 12 ‘PAGES ____ A “‘“°''1l°d 1- Second Class Ottawa —-"’ The Prince Edward Island Regiment (17th Reece) yesterday afternoon we: officially handed Iver hits new commanding offi- oet.’IICgr'Col. Earle K. Kennedy, 9-1?» 5! the retiring command- I. Lt.'¢Cnl. A. H. Peake, C. D. Top: Lt.-Col. Peake (on dais), takes final salute from his former command as the regiment led by t.-Col. Kennedy, carries out the ditional “March Past” at the .E.|; GETS RECCE REG'T CHANGES COMMAND over ceremonies held -at the Arm. ories. K,‘ At Lt."-Col. Peake’: left stands W. O. 1 R. E. Trainor. Summer- side, who is retiring as R. S. M. of the regiment. His successor, W. 0. 1 Charles Ryan appears at the extreme right of the line of march. Other officers present at the saluting base were, left to right: Lt.-Col. J. T. Davies, E. D., 2 conclusion of official handing- hr finootdinn Departn enhuafl by an Po‘ om” Militia Group: Colonel 1'. up '1' Clifford, ,0. B. E., C. D., GSO -Headquarters CE a.:.t:er ni mand; Lt.-CoL J. M. Billings, _C. D., Command Signals officer, Eastern Command; and Colonel A. W. Rogers, E.D., Officer Commanding 2 Militia Group. Standing in the left background in civilian clothes are: Brigadien G. G. K. Peake, D. S. 0., E.D., (retired), and Lt.-Col. J. D. Stewart, D. S. 0., E.D., Mayor Guess April 14 As Date Of Next General Election °TTA_WA (CP)—The only man 'h° m18ht—or does — know the lllte of the next general election ll Prime Minister Diefenbaker. And he isn't talking apparently Etiéteven to his cabinet colleagues . lfllere are some pretty firm ' atlons that the election may §, . ; this spring. Most popular _ at the moment is April 14. ;:§.‘°lller guessw are March 31- .1,, _ the earliest date possible- 9 and sometime in Septem- All speculated dates fall on Q! Monday, fixed by law as the Fly-_0n which federal general eP1°ch.ons must be held. {av Sflne of the signposts pointing 5 an early general vote: 2 1. Diefenbaker’s remark in . ;_Commons Friday that an ~, will not be “too long de- .1-‘V9.11-" In Victoria a few weeks 98°» Defence Minister Pearkes, °_lIe;of the prime minister’s chief “t°n81ItS. said an e 1 e e tio n “"111! come “early this year.” ANNOUNCE ASSISTANCE 3- Saturday’: announcement by !‘.o 81‘ e s s i v e Conserva- V9 Eovernment that it is provid- _On an “interim” basis an ad- “Dual $62,000,000 to all prov- inces under tall - sharing agree- ments pending another federal- provincial fiscal conference, and special grants to the four Atlan- tic provinces totalling $100,000,- 000 in the next four fiscal years. All this federal financial assist- ance would start April 1. 3._-Another announcement Sat- urday of major increases in the federal program of grants for‘ hospital construction. , 4. The prime minister’s action in suspending scheduled in- creases in telephone rates in On- tario and Quebec and in freight rates across Canada until at least March 1 so opposing prov- inces and municipalities can pre- pare appeals to the cabinet. It is not inconceivable that a further postponement of this knotty prob- lem could be ordered, if election matters were given precedence. 5. Virtual cleanup of most ma- jor Progressive Conservative leg- islation — much of it based on promises made during the last election campaign — placed be- fore the Commons at the current parliamentary session, and the government's expressed hope the session will end late this week. 6. The cabinet held three long Queen Mother To ,aeginTourToday LONDON (Reuters) -— Queen ‘a _el‘ Elizabeth will fly Tues- My on a “meet the people” tour Australia ,and New Zealand giwylll lack pomp and show. ‘muslness suits and sports coats lgltnulmber stiff shirts among 9096 who chat with the “$31 Visitor. wflfifiad of slate banquets, there inn 0l>en-air parties. Exclusive l:5,31‘e “ouL"—a-L the Queen In 1'8 request. rsfead, she will get out of e 110' sunny spots where peo- car. 3* and enjoy lllf‘ - — gay 6'05 Mal and the l'acc:;. lease let the tour be infor- “W315 and Surdcn DLll'll(‘S. ro—" with the people,” the Queen Mother told Sir Allen Brown, head of the Australian prime minister’s department. Who planned the tour. She has been taken at her word. She will see sheep farmers at work, sip morning tea with house- wives,’ listen to school children singing, and chat with hospital patients. And she will speak over the radio to people who can’t get into town. N0 RAISED EYEBROWS There will be no raised eye- brows if someone arrives at the stair‘ reception in Melbourne in «.p()1‘1_5 jacket. Guests without. excnlng dress will be welcomed meetings Wednesday, Thursday and Friday—and in the afternoon which is unusual. PM VISITS MASSEY 7. Mr. Diefenbaker paid a visit Friday to Governor-General Mas- sey. He said later this was mer- ely of a periodic courtesy nature, but there was speculation he might have taken advantage of this visit to discuss his future plans with Mr. Massey. It is understood that in the cabinet there is some feeling that an election should be held as soon as possible. Chief Of The Israeli Armed ' Forces Resigns JERUSALEM (Reuters) —- The Israeli cabinet Sunday accepted the resignation of Gen. Moshe Dayan, the dashing, one - eyed chief of the armed forces who led Israel’s campaign against Egypt in 1956. Friends said he will study at Hebrew University here. He will be succeeded by Ox- ford-educated Brig. Haim Laskow 39, who commanded the Israeli armored corps during the 1956 campaign in Sinai. _ Laskow will be raised to the rank of major - general while Dayan will be returned to the rank of brigadier. Dr. Fuchs 80 Miles On Road WELLINGTON (Reuters)—The British Commonwealth trans-a_nt- arctic team, led by DT- V1V1a3 Fuchs. said Sunday it has °°V‘ ercd 80 of the 500 miles on the way from the South Pole to its next main base—d€P0t 700- lt is at depot 700 that Fuchs will link up again with exP10I'£‘l' Sir Edmund Hillary, co-conqueror of Mount Everest, for the final 700-mile crossing of the Antarctic continent. Fuchs and 11] others be» gan their ('O}lS'l, to - coast. 2.100- mile trek just over two months 3 I want to meet and talk in a business suit or sports coat. ago. “Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew" CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA,‘ MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1958 \ of Charlottetown. In addition to the unit inspec- fion."the=events-wloc‘n‘oook'“plaoe* within the Armories included the Presentation of a number of gifts; (BOTTOM LEFT): Major D. J. Maccormack, C. D., sec- ond-in-command of The Reece Regiment gpresents a gift on be- half of the Regiment to Lt.-Col. Peake, while (RIGHT): Mrs. Peake is presented with a basket of flowers by Lieut. Gordon Kerr. FINDS ROBINS EGG SHERBROOKE, Que. (CP)--A robin’s egg unmistakably newly- laid was discovered here this week by Sonia Boryk, 6. The robin, either confused or forget- ful, had deposited the egg on snow by Sonia’s house. It was fresh but frozen solid. , Frank Andrew of Charlotte- town, who has been associated with Canada Packers for twelve years, leaves this morning for Saint John where he is taking over as plant manager for the company. The promotion was announced here last night by G. H. Hartlen, manager of the Charlottetown plant. Mr. Andrew joined the comp- any's office staff here in 1945. He was manager of the provision department here at the time of his transfer. Making the announcement Mr. Hartlen noted that “Mr. Andrew has done a particularly fine job with us in our plant here. We plant but of course we would not want to stand in the way of his promotion." Mr. Andrew has taken a keen interest in matters af?ecting the City and Province. He has been a valued member of the Char- lottetown Board of Trade and was a member of the Board’s council here for several years. are sorry to lose him from this . BIGGER SL We have asked the Federal Government to approve under the general program of Public Health Grants a hospital survey of Prince Edward Island, Hon. M. Lorne Bonnell, Minister of Health said last night. As we are‘committed to under- take a scheme of health insur- ance involving hospital treat- ment and diagnostic care in 19- 59, the Minister observed that one of the things we need to know is how many more hospital beds we need in this province to undertake such a scheme and where we need them. So, he stressed, we hope that the Fed- eral government will approve our proposal for a hospital survey. (Asked for his comment on the increases in health grants for hospital construction announced by National Health Minister “Waldo Monteith, Dr. Bonnell said “I am very pleased to see the grants increased” but I had hop- ed that the “increases would be transferable”, so that available money not required for construc- tion could be used for other health purposes. (A spokesman for the Health Department here explained the world “transferable” by noting that in the past this province has been able to take some of the money made available for cancer care and treatment, for example, and use it for other measures under the health grants program.) Hon. Dr.‘ Bonnell noted that the Health Planning Commis- sion which is responsible for ex- amining suggestions and re- quests and recommending pro- grams to be undertaken under the general health grants, are also greatly interested in such a . hospital survey. It would be of tremendous benefit to them to have such information available as they approach the task of as- sessing further developments here to improve health facilities, New wavaoi Tension In Venezuela CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezue1a’s'ruling Junta met sud- denly in an extraordinary ses- sion Sunday night and a new wave of tension swept through this capital city. Fears were aroused that sup- porters of ousted dictator Marcos Perez Jiminez might be on the verge of attempting a counter coup. Local Man Is Appointed Saint John Plant Manager FRANK ANDREW Isabel Sinclair, daughter of Mrs. Peter Sinclair and the late Peter Sinclair, M. P. They have three He is married to the former NEW YORK (AP) — A brain stimulan-L to make normal people sharper and help pull many mentally ill back to reality was reported by a Georgia doctor Saturday. It may be available by pre- scription in about three months . The stimulant, kin to a chem- ical called choline found in fishy foods and fish egg preparations, WaS_ reported by Dr. Carl C. Pfelffer, a 49-year-old researcher from Emory University, Emory, Ga. H2, presentedhis findings to a confcronce of the Brain Re- search Foundation Effective against schizophren- sons and one daughter. borderline mental or anxiety cases such as disturbed or delin- quent children, he said. Dr. Pfeiffer believes the stim- ulant, called dimenthylaminoeth-i arm] or DMAE, exists naturally in normal brains. But some mentally ill persons may lack enough. He told of one patient who had been in a trancelike state for about three years. TALKED 10 HOURS After four months of treatment the patient improved. He sud- dcnly broke into talk, continuing from 6 o’clock one evening until 4 o’clock the next morning. Dr. Bonnell said. If it were not for the introduc- is concerned. Dr. ister of Health that this OTTAWA (CP)—In a drive on three fronts. the federal govern- ment has virtuall doubled its hospital-constructio grants pro- gram. Set for five years, the new scale is retroactive to Jan. 1. The increase. which in the fis- cal year beginning April 1 will see federal outlays toward hos- pital building more than double the $6,500,000 budgeted for the current fiscal year, was an- nounced in the Commons Satur- day by Health Minister J . Waldo Monteith. The grants, matched by the provinces—which submit applica- tions on behalf of hospitals they consider to qualify under the scheme—were started in 1948 by the former Liberal administra- tion. Mr. Monteith told the Commons the expanded program is to stim- ulate employment and is in rec- ognition of the increased cost of hospital building. He also hoped it will help provinces committed to the hospital insurance scheme to meet the increased demand they would face for hospital ac- commodation. INDUCE OTHERS Outside the House. he said an- other _aspect_ of the stepped-up program is to serve as an induce-' ment to provinces still outside the hospital insurance scheme to join “Should Make The increases in the health grants for hospital construction should make a great difference to us, N. D. MacLean, adminis- trator of the Prince Edward Hospital, said last night. Mr. MacLean did not have detailed figures available, as he was not at his office when hewas talk- ing, but he suggested that the difference in the money receiv- able from the Federal Govern- ment could be as much as $100,- 000 The Prince Edward Island Hos- pital new construction program is expected to get underway as soon as the frost is out of the ground. We expect to call for tenders by the last of the week or the week following, Mr. Mac- Lean stated. The increases announced by the National Minister of Health, Hon. Waldo Monteith, provide $2,000 per bed for acute cases which is double the former amount and $1,500 for chronic beds which is one and one-half times the for- mer amount of $1,000. The new announcement regard- Fire Destroys Liverpool Plant LIVERPOOL, N.S. (CP)—Fire early‘ Sunday destroyed the only laundry and dry cleaning plant here. Damage in the fire of undeter- ics. the stimulant also may help In a test of normal men-med mined origin was estimated at $80,000. The plant which normally employs 20 persons, is owned by Frank M. Trainor. New Pill Sharpens Brain Cures Many (Mentally Ill ical students at the university- Dr. Pfeiffer reported these re- sults from use of DMAE: Many said they needed less sleep. Some said they slept sounder, woke earlier and more clear-headed. The test was continued and many of the students noted def- inite brain slimulation. They re- | tion of the scheme of health in- ‘the surance it is probable that this showed that Saskatchewan led Province might very well be close all other Canadian provinces with to the maximum so far as the ‘an average of 7.2 beds per one provision of hospital bed space thousand population. When P.E.l. Gov't Asks Ottawa For Hospital Survey Here ces in the provision of hospital beds. The 1956 national report, last one available here, the construction program now being It was learned last night from planned at the Prince Edward Is- Owen Curtis, Deputy Min-,land Hospital is completed, this por- province will have an average of vince appears to be very near the .7.6 hospital beds per one thou- top among the Canadian provin-lsand of population. Federal Gov’t Boosts Its Hospital Construction Grants The new scale of grants, with the former fig-ure bracketed: 1. For acute-case hospital ‘-beds, $2,000 ($1,000). 2. For chronic - case hospital beds, including mental and tuber- cular patients, $2,000 ($1,500). 3. Nurses. residence beds, $750 ($500). 4. Interns’_quarters beds, ($750) a new pI'0VlSl0I1. 5. Bed equivalents (three ma- ternity ward nursery bassinettes, or 300 squ-are feet of floor area devoted to community health ser- vices. are rated as a bed). $2,000. ($1,000). HELP RENOVATION 6. Major renovations and alter- _ations to existing bed or equiva- lent facilities will be considered eligible for assistance at the same rates. That also is a new provis- ion, and Mr. Monteith said out- side the House it is expected to be the factor which will carry the outlay to well beyond the $14,- 000,000 mark in the new fiscal year. He told the Commons supple- mentary estimates will be intro- duced to cover construction undertaken between Jan. 1 and March 31. . Hospi~tals_wit_.h, construction al- ready "under way willbe able to- apply for grants at the new rate for that part of their building pro- gram not ‘completed by Jan. 1. Big Difference, Hospital Spokesmen’si View ding hospital construction was not immediately understandable to Mr. MacLean nor to other local health authorities contacted here last night. _It states that “Major renovations and ~ alternations to existing bed or equivalent facili- ties will be considered eligible for assistance." It is the words “or equivalent" which are not immediately under- standable. The new construction at the P. E. Island Hospital will provide laundry and central s u p p 1 y (sterilizing services) in the base- ment and sub basement. On the ground floor there will be kitchen and dining room facili- ties. On the next floor there will be the maternity facilities. The third floor will provide operating facilities and the fourth floor will be given over to patients. All of this will be provided in the new addition to the building. . In the present building X-ray facilities "will be enlarged, there will be enlarged laboratory facili- ties including pathology and there will be increased office space. (There is no provision for patho- logy in the existing building). There will also be a new boiler house and new boilers provided, Mr. MacLean added. PARLIAMENT AT A GLANCE By THE -CANADIAN PRESS Saturday Finance Minister Donald Flem- ing announced the government plans to give the provinces 13 per cent of the federal personal income tax field, instead of 10 as now. at a cost of $62,000,000 to Ot- tawa. « Mr. Fleming also announced special assistance grants totalling $25,000,000 annually to the four Atlantic provinces for each of the next four fiscal years. The government’s new farm price supports bill received final commons approval after a flurry of government and opposition moves to amend it. Health Minister J. Waldo Mon- teith announced the government's hospital grants program is being doubled to more than $14,000,000 annually, retroactive to Jan. 1. Works Minister Howard Green, ported greater day-Lime energy. attentiveness at l e c t u r e s bu’. government House Leader, said the government still hopes the current parliamentary s e s s i o 11 greater intolerance of p oor lec- will end by Friday, _]’an_ 31_4 tures, less apprehension. said they were able to quit smok- in: without difficulty. made by Riker Laboratories, Los Angeles. TW" Monday The Commons meets at 2:30 ‘pm. EST to debate increased ‘ Dr. Pfeiffer said DMAE will box federal financial aid to the prov- inces. The Senate is adjourned until 8 p.m. Tuesday .-inces asked at the last federal- last, at Charlottetown 30 and WEATHER Overcast; occasional rain; little C118-[139 in temperature; east winds 15. Low-Infill 32. N°T,.l,§g§E FIVE CENTS‘ cE or TAXES Seven Million Is Seen As’ Province’s Share This Year OTTAWA (CP)—The provinces have won a bigger slice of the federal tax pie in sudden action ‘by the Progressive Conservative zovernmen-t which gave emphasis ;o speculation that a general election is imminent. For the next fiscal year start- ing April 1, the provinces will get 13 per cent of the federal per- sonal income tax instead of the present 10. Special extra pay- ments will go to the handicapped Atlantic provinces. This was announced by Finance Minister Fleming in the Com- mons Saturday and conveyed to the provinces in special telegrams sent by Prime Minister Diefen- baker Friday night. Mr. Fleming plans to proceed Monday with proposed legislation. Involved is a federal annual outlay of $87,206,000—$44,982,000 covering the income - tax hand- over in c r e a s e, $17,226,000 in higher share-the-wealth equaliza- tion payments and 25,000,000 in special extra grants to the At- lantic provinces. MIXED REACTION The bigger tax slice is an "in- terim” measure for one year only. The special Atlantic grant, for each of the next four fiscal years starting April 1, will see Nov-a Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland each receive $7,- 500,000 in an nu al payments, Prince Edward Island $2,500,000. The three-percentage-point in- crease in the tax hand-over is only a fraction of what the prov- provincial fiscal conference in November. Reaction was mixed. Conservative Premier Frost of Ontario said the new federal pro- posal is a “triumph for Commons sense.” P r e m i e r Stanfield of Nova Scotia,-also ruled by a Con- servative government, said he is “very pleased.” However, Liberal Premier Campbell of Manitoba said he is disappointed “in that itlfallsso far short of what, Man- itoba proposed." ‘ Mr.‘ Diefeiibaker emphasized in his telegram that the increase is essentially only a stop-gap meas- ure to help the provinces prepare their budgets for the forthcoming fiscal year and ‘to meet current unemployment and other prob- lems. CONFERENCE OUT NOW Both he and Mr. Fleming said the government wanted to have a new federal-provincial conference this month to reach a fiscal set- tlement but “the “protracted”. parliamentary session now made this impossible. The conference is to be called later but Mr. Diefenbaker did not say when. Tax-sharing has been one of the most controversial i s s u e s in Canadian political history. Under the Constitution the provinces and the central administration have equal rights in the direct tax fiold,—personal income tax, cor- poration income tax and succes- sion duties. But because of political risks, most provinces have steered away from levying their own in- come -taxes atop the federal ones, campaigning instead to have the federal government move over and allow the provinces a bigger share of the pot without double taxation. Under the previous Liberal ad- ministration, a new five-year tax- fore the provinces on a rake-1t-o_-r- leave-it basis. This formula, bit- terly condemned by some prov- inces, allowed the provincial gov- ernments 10 per cent of the fed- eral personal income tax, nine per cent of the taxable corpora- tion income and 50 per cent of the federal inheritance tax. ONLY TWO‘ DON'T Provinces could levy the equi- valent of these yields without burdening residents with double taxes, or they could rent out the fields to the central government in return for annual payments equivalent to the yields. All provinces except Ontario -and Quebec rent to Ottawa. In addition to the tax conces- sions, the provinces also were granted share-the - wealth equal- ization payments to bring their per capita direct tax yields up to the aver-age of the two wealthiest —Ontario and British Columbia. Mr. Frost was the most bitter of the provincia1‘critics. At the November fiscal meeting here, he suggested that the provinces be granted 15 per cent of the per- sonal income tax, 15 per cent of the taxable corporation income as well as 50 per cent of the suc- cession duties. A group of other provinces sided with him. “VERY PROUD” OF PLAN Some federal officials have es- timated the O n t a r i o proposal would have cost an extra $250,- 000,000 or so a year. But Mr. Diefenbaker had p 1 e d g e d in- creases for the provinces. At Winnipeg Saturday he told a press conference of the proposed three-percentage-point increase: “I am very proud of this plan because it is just one more step along the way towards fulfilling the promises we made. It is one of the most important pieces of legislation during this session." He said the short-term plan re- sulted becailse his minority ad- ministration lacked freedom of action to carry out long-term pro- grams necessary for the country. "Later on there will be that meeting of dominion and provin- cial representatives that I hope tlement of this problem." The tax-sharing increase would make Quebec’s yield climb by $17,780,000 to about $197,700,000. Likely yields for other prov- inces with the increase in brack- ets, not including the special At- lantic grants: New Brunswick $24,200,000 ($2,111,000); Nova S c o t i a $29,500,000 ($2,627,000): Prince Edward Island $4,500,000 (370,000); Newfoundland $18,- 100,000 ($1,595,000). Is Pleased‘ TORONTO (CP)—Premier Stan- field of Nova Scotia said Satur- /day he is “very pleased" with the federal governrnent’s new fiscal tax-sharing offer to the ‘provinces. “It looks like it will provide Nova Scotia more than $10,000.- 000 in the next fiscal year which the province can use to good ad- vantage.” As for the direct cash grants proposed for the Atlantic prov- ’ inces, he said: “The Atlantic provinces had agreed on a formula on which a special grant to the Atlantic prov- inces could be based and it ap- pears the government of Canada has been able to accept that for- sharing program was placed be- mula. Vickers Viscou LONDON (Reuters) Air France, British European Air- ways and the Irish airline Aer Lingus Saturday night withdrew a total of 21 Vickers Viscount 701 airliners from service follow- ing reports of corrosion and cracks in the wing of h model owned by Air France. The trouble was first noticed as the Air France plane was about to take off from London for Paris. Passengers were transferred to a BEA Viscount 800-a larger model —and sent on without delay. The 701, which inaugurated the world’s first turboprop passenger service in the summer of 1952, is .a best-selling passenger airliner in the United States and Canada. After its introduction, Capital Airlines and Trans - Canada Air Lines ordered more than 100. Of the airliners affected Satur- day night, 10 belong to BEA, nine to Air France and two to Aer Lingus. A spokesman for Aer Lingus said two of its four 707s—a mod- -ified version of the 701 — have undergone n e c e s s a r y modif- ications to correct the trouble and that work will be done im- mediately on the other two. WING SKIN RUBBED A spokesman maker of the 701, said: l “The wing skin, f. o r Vickers. Find Wing Cracks, Ground 2] nt Airliners wing, has been fretting or rub hing and has caused some cracks at the edges of certain bolt holes in the spar. “We have been consulting with the air registration board for sev- eral days on this and as a result of the consultations and the tech- nical discussions as to whether the cracks would conceivably spread, it was decided today to have this particular group of planes withdrawn from service until this bit of the main spar could be replaced.“ The spokesman added that this particular group of aircraft had a different design of the main spar from later types of Vis counts. MONTREAL (CP) — A Trans Canada Air Lines spokesman said Saturday night Viscount aircraft used in Canada are of a later model than those grounded Satur- day by Air France, Aerlingus and British European Airlines because of suspected wing trouble. ' He said TCA. which uses the later Viscount 754. would not be affected. The 7015 were withdrawn fol- lowing reports of corrosion and cracks in the wing of a 701 owned by Air France. It was de- lcided to withdraw the aircraft from service until part of the where it main wing spar could be re- tooches the main spar of the placed. will bring about a permanent set- _