MAXIMS OVA v MERE MAN Poetry is truth in its Sunday Eve MAXIMS OIA. MERE MAN Every woman is wrong until he clothes. mu, Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew .'3.'-Ii. 'sai.7o'.i?"l'f.'i.?3'."'”.-..'..'i.'.':";;"'.'.?.i '.i?i3'?i?”i.;.3.?"l.”..”i'::'.l:.Tf CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY. JANUARY 27, 1953 12 PAGES ”" ”""”""' "" ””'"' 3 Morning Daily rounded rm. NEW HOPE CANADA-WIDE RAIL STRIKE CAN BE A Probe Possibility OF Sabotage In Liner Fire Geoiogicai.Survey To Be Commenced This Summer A comprehensive geological sur- vey of Prince Edward Island will be begun this summer. according to information received yesterday ii'0m Hon. Eugene Cullen, Minis- Inc of Industry and Natural Re- sources. Word to that effect was l”C8iVed by him from Mr. George Prudham, of the Ministry of Mines and Technical Surveys, mlawa. This survey will , include geo- logical mapping and investigations not only of bedrock. but also of the unconsolidated drift and Pleistocene deposits. Previous studies of the latter were started here in 1948 but ended in 1950 due to the difficulties encounter- :-d in obtaining and retaining the services of qualified geologists. In his letter to Hon. Mr. Cul- lcn Mr. Prudham stated the work unuld be undertaken this sum- mt-r as a result of consultations lmtween Mr. 8. Graham Rogers of this city and Doctors Bell and Hanson. Ottawa. Last year during the course of the debates in the Provincial Leg- islature the need for such a sur- voy was stressed by Hon. Mr. W. E. Darby. Attorney General and Provincial Treasurer. Enrolment in Secondary Schools To DoubleSoon OTTAWA. Jan. 26 -(CP) -En- rolment. in secondary schools in all provinces except Quebec is expect- cd to double in the next 12 years. the Bureau of statistics reported today. The Bureau based its estimate on the number of births, post-war im- migration and the increasing pro- portion of children remaining in school beyond the compulsory age. The number of students in sec- ondary schools last year is estim- ated at between 298,300 and 305.- 200 compared with 296,900 in 1951. This year the enrolment is expect- ed to between 305,200 and 313.- 800 increasing to between 333,000 and 345,900 in 1955, between 438,- 800 and 484,900 in 1960 and between 569.000 and 611.500 in 1964. The Bureau said this rise will be principally due to the higher birth rate during and since the second World War. Lord Lovot Making Good Recovery EDINBURGH. Jan. 26 -(Reul.- ers)-The condition of Lord Lovat, 4!. wartime commando leader who collapsed with a heart. attack 10 days ago, was described today as "very satisfactory." He is at hii home.,Besuford Castle in Inver- ness. Coming Events "Hampton Hail, January 28th, Variety Concert. Aid of Hall. "Come to show in Fredericton hall, Jan. 27. 8 p.m. "Try our Purina Finance plan. for feeding your hogs and chicks. Dillon dz Splllett. "Hockey. Graham's Road Rink duzsday. Breadalbane vs. Caven- lS . - "Card party. social evening. drawing for blankets, North Gran- Wilr. Thursday. January 29. "Farmers. ask about the Shun IF-ain Feed Finance Plan. For part. lculars contact your local Iced mill "Young Adult Social club pro- gram for Tuesday. Square dancing 9 P. M. Lunch and modern dancing 10 P. M. at the Y. M. C. A. "See the Dunstaffnage Bomb- "! meet the York Rangers at the Vfirum. Wednesday evening at 10 oclock. "Victoria Rink tonlghi.' Tues- 'i'i-l'- league game. Crapsud Heart- breakers vs. Victoria Unions. Wed- "Elder night. league game, Mt. Triton Ramblers vs. Tryon Arrows. f'Double header at North River Rink. Tuesday. Jan. 2?. North "')"'r Vs. Winsloe 7.30 sharp. Nine Creek vs. Covehead. skate "Dom miss "Harmony I-lotsl'f the laugh hit of the season, pre- Wited by Liguorlan Dramatic soc- iely. St. Mary's Hall. Bouril. Wed- gminv. January ma. Curtain aso - M. Admission so cents. ll-oyal children To Appear On Saving Stamps Prince Charles and Princess Anne are to feature in a. govern.- ment drive to step up national savings this year in England. Por- traits of the royal youngsters will grace souvenir "national savings stamps" - peacetime counterparts of war saving stamps-to commem- orate the June 2 coronation of their mother, the Queen. who chose photographs. Charles' like- ness alone will beam from the half- crown (35-cent.) stamp, replacing the present reddish-brown squir- rel. A sepia portrait of Anne. top, bordered in dark green, will re- place I. green Britannia on the six-penny (seven-cent) stamp. This will mark the first time any stamps -have borne pictures of the royal children. Quebec liberal Senator Dies MONTREAL, Jan. 26 -(CP) - Senator Louis Athanase David. '10. prominent figure in Quebec politics bcford he was appointed to the Senate in 1910, died in hospital here today. He was a Liberal and represented Sorel division in the Upper House. He served 20 years in the Quebec Legislature-from 1919 to 1930- and was Quebec provincial secret- ary for many years. By profession. he was an advocate. By Ernest B. Vaccaro KAN5As CITY. Jan. as -(AP) Negotiations are under way for the publication of Harry S. Tru- man's memoirs at a. figure that will enable him to pursue a life of complete freedom as the Demo- cratic Party's elder statesman. A New York publishing firm has offered to pay more than 3600.000 over aqperlod of several years for the memoirs, and Truman also will be assured substantial extra income by king carcfully-se- lected lecture cnxagementa on topics of his own chocoing. Friends of the former President arslattcmptlng to work out ar- rangements for publication of the Truman memoirl. Truman himlolf is having no part in any negotiations, consider- ing that it h beneath the dignity of the high office he left last week to do so. Whenever a contract is 0f P. E. l. Britainkhlop Arson Expert At Liverpool LIVERPOOL. Jan. 28 -(CPt '3 Brltainls top arson expert. probed today for possible sabotage itn the rans- fire which destroyed the Atlantic liner Empress of Canada. Superintendent 84. head of the Home formerly proud 20.135-Mm lay toppled and though half ship at by fire within a week. Fires Still Burning Small fires continued binning in- side the Canadian Pacific liner, believed to be insured for 555,600,000. Weary firemen continued to play their hoses on the section where the 25-year-old ship's 1,200 tons of fuel oil are stored. Officials said it may be two days before the fire is completely ex- tinguished and longer before the remains are coolgenough for the investigation into sabotage to begin on the liner itself. Firth, meanwhile, prepared (0 question workers aboard the vessel when the fire began Sunday after- noon. He wants to know how the flames got hold so quickly. racing through the ship from the area of the dispensary and engulfing three decks in five hours. Herbert Balmer. chief superin- tendent of the C.I.D., who sent Firth on the job said "we cannot rule'out sabotage. Heavy Salvag ocost least. 2100.000 and will take a year, Capt. J. R. Colbeck, .marine sur- veyor of the Port. Harbor adian Pacific officials. mud, her decks the pier. After the fires are all structions. Colbeclc said a section of the shipping. ll.,B. Potato Shippers To Pay License, Assessment ANDOVER. N. B.. Jan. 26- (OP)- Effective Feb. 1 New- Brunswlck potato shippers will pay :1 am licence fee and an assessment of half a cent per 100 pounds of all potatoes shipped. The funds will he used by the New Brunswick Potato Marketing Board to promote the industry, the board and 26 shippers decided at. a meeting today. No proposal was advanced for a minimum floor price to growers. INJURED IN FALL SYDNEY. Jan. 26 -(CP)- Ralston Johnston, 32, suffered a leg fracture, cuts and bruises to- day when he fell three stories down an elevator shaft on a con- struction project here. He fell a- bout 30 feet. TrumanTo GetMoreThan S500,000 For Memoirs But. it is known that he has promised friends he will write his memoirs and undertake the lec- ture engagements in which he will emphasize his belief that national co-operation through the United Nations offers the world's only hope for future peace in an atomic age. It. also became known that the former President: 1. will make no public speaking engagements for the next. few months to avoid raising any un- necessary political strife until he has an opportunity to observe the Republican - Eisenhower adminis- tration in operation. 2. Truman will not go abroad at any time in the near future to avoid any possibility of embarras- sing the new administration by anything he might say or do. 3. He is not going to undertake anything other than personal correspondence for the next few today made, he, of course, will have the final say. . months. until he can get away for a complete rest. James B. Firth. Office's science laboratory. looked over the luxury liner from the dockside where she still smouldering submerged, the third iverpool docks to be hit salvage of the vessel will cost at Board, said after a conference with Can- With thick piles of dense smoke still curling up, the liner is lylni! on her port side in the docklaud vertical 'and her huge yellow funnel crushed against out the vessel will be raised. Divers will go below while other workers cut off the masks, funnels and other ob- Gladstone Dock in which the crip- pled llncr lies is useieu no other Union Hea-ds "There are still many possibili- ties for Island resources and in- dustry which can be developed by more research and by more un- dcrstanding of what goes on in other Provinces,” Dr. Frank Mac- Kinnon, Principal of Prince of Wales College, told the Summer- side Board of Trade at the annual meeting of that organization last. evening. In particular the speaker emphasized the population problem as "the biggest and most funda- mentally serious” one facing the Province today. "Among the most useful organ- izations in Canada are the Boards of Trade and Chambers of Com- merce, and the Boards in Prince Edward Island are no exception," said Dr. MacKinnon. "This Board and its associate organizations are doing great work in studying the business and industrial problems and in encouraging progress. Com- munity projects of all kinds have been carried out. The provision of transportation facilities, so vital to the Island, has been promoted continuously. The basic industries of agriculture and fishing, upon Stresses Need Of Research into PEI Population Problem everything else here depends, have been of great interst to all our Boards. and the Boards have been associating in many ways with organizations interested in these industries. For all such activities the citizens of this Province may well be grateful to men like your- selves who have given freely '0! their time and energy to the pub- lic welfare. - "Our Island Boards have every reason to continue their interest in this Province for they should be proud of it. The conditions of living are excellent, Few places in Canada are so well endowed with natural beauty which means so much in the lives of men and with the basic institutions of nature, the soil and the sea, upon which great. races for long have been founded. Rural life, sea-bathing. and fishing, for cxamplc, are ex- pensive rich men's privileges among the teeming millions crowded in great cities; here, they are at the command of every- one. Undoubtedly, Prince Edward Island does not lack the natural facilities for the enjoyment of the good life. Let me emphasize at which the welfare of just about S-(&tiuuSeEfaiT PEEeS11'c'oI, '4 7 Confirmed As Defence Sec'y J. WASHINGTON, Jan. M -(AP) The senate today confirmed Pre- sident Eisenhoweris nomination of Charles E. Wilson (above) to be secretary of defence. The vote capped 10 days of sharp controversy and an after- noon of rousing Senate debate which brought spectators crowd- ing lnto the chamber's galleries. senator Wayne Morse (Ind. Ore.) made a one-hour. 45-minute speech against the appointment. contending the former General Motors president "does not pass- ess the nth degree of ethical standards I believe necemary." Four-injured PP Furnace Explosion MONCTON, Jan. 26 -(CF)-An explosion in a coal furnace scnt sections of a boiler hurtling through a brick wall in the base- ment of Church Street Academy today and injured four men. Nearly 500 public school stu- dents in 16 classrooms above the scene of the blast. were evacuated from the building without trouble. The building served as a com- blncd school and recreation centre. The injured were playing billiards near the furnace, which is used to heat. water for a swimming pool. They are Fred Breau. Leopold Bourquc, Louis Bourque and Don- ald Cummings. all of Moncion. Report 31.100 Stolen From Sofa EDMUNDSTON. N. 5, Jan. 26 -(cP)- Police reported today that Il.loo was stolen from a safe in the G. E: Barbour Company warehouse here early Saturday. The sale was pried open with tools found on the premises. Attempts to open a strong box inside the saie "wore unsuccosful. New Phase Of Row Over Currie Report T o B egin OTTAWA. Jan. 26--ICPt--A new phase of the parliamentary row over the Currie Report starts to- morrow. The 26-man Commons committee on defence expenditures megts then to organize for the battles ahead. ' It is expected in name Col. David Croll (L-Toronto Spadina) chairman for another year and to make arrangements to call as a witness George S. Currie. Mont- real accountant. whose name is attached to the most controver- sial report Parliament has tackled in recent years. It is the 'report on the Army Works Services which described "general breakdown” in control of that army branch, an indiffer- ence to administration, serious security flaws and other weak- masses. The House agreed last week to send the report to the committee for further study and recommen- dations, climaxing days of hot de- hate. The Liberal majority rejected at the same time an Opposition proposal that Mr. Currie, a form- er deputy defence minister, be assigned to make a far-wider in- quiry into the defence effort. The hope now is that Mr. Cur- rie can appear before the com- mittee late this week or early next in answer questions arising from his 74-page report. Prime Minister St. Laurent suggested before Christmas that Lt.-Gen. G. G. Simonds, chief of the General Staff, might want to appear before the committee in connection with his objections to certain parts of the report. However, there is now doubt that he will be called. The Government. does not seem anxious to establish a precedent by propelling an army chief into a hot poliiicnl squabble. The Op- position parties do not scent par- ticularly eager to call him either. However, if any members presses SOIHP seriously for Gen. Slmonds' ap- pearance the issue would he re- considered. No Developments In Missing Mun Probe SHEDIAC. N. B., Jan. 26 -(CF) Police said tonight there was "no- thing to report." in a renewed in- vestigation of the two-year-old disappearance of :1 Quebec wax salesman. A cloak of official silence still shrouded police activities. but residents of this Northumbcrland strait town report indications that police have been searching for something in the area. presum- ably a clue in the disappearance of Laurent Dube of Quebec City. lie has been missing since his aban- doncd car was found ditched on the outskirts of this town. ' CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER SYDNEY. Jan. 26 (CF)- Thomas MacKenzie. 39. was char- red with manslaughter today in connection with the highway death of two women Saturday night. Mrs. Sidney Lewis, of. and Miss Margaret Morrison, 00, were kilied when hit. by a car as they walked home from a card game. James Macswecn. 51. broken leg and other injuries. su ffcred a To Meet With Rail Presidents MONTREAL, Jan. 26 - (OP)- Hope that a railway tie-up can be averted came late tonight with annonr it. that the presidents of the two big Canadian roads will meet with heads of the Broth- erhood of Railroad Trainmcn to- morrow. The announcement. came less than six hours after negotia- tions -- at the vice-president level in morning and afternoon VERTED Mr Alan Holman was elected president of the summersidc Board of Trade last evening at the 53rd annual meeting. other of- ficers elected were, Mr. William Hayward, vice president and Mr. H R. Rodd as secretary (reel- eciedi. The auditors for the coming year are Mr. R. T. Dodds and J. M. Logan. Mr. A. S. Hopkins, the retiring president, presided and submitted his report on the discussions - had collapsed and the railroads had started preparations to close down completely Feb. 2. First indication of the new move to bring about a settlement was a statement by Prime Minister St. Laurent in Ottawa that presidents Donald Gordon of the Canadian National Railways and W. A. Mather of the Canadian Pacific Railway had asked the BRT men for a meeting. A. J, Kelly, BRT vice-president, immediately confirmed'receipt. of the invitation and said his ne- gotiating committee has accepted. The meeting will be held at 11 am. Mr. Kelly said his committee has always been ready to meet with railway authorities and is ”'looking for grounds for a set- tlement.” Following today's meetings there was no indication on what points the parties had reached a dead- lock-wages or working rules or both. Psychological Strategy Bd. For Cold War Named was:-rmoiuou. Jan. in -(AP) President Eisenhower f.odaygap- pointed a cold war psychological strategy board. A White House announcement said. "the committee will survey and evaluate the government's information and related policies and activities with particular re- ference to international relations and the national security." The eight-man committee is composed of William H. Jackson of New York, investment firm ex- ecutive; C. D. Jackson, of New York, publisher of Fortune Mag- azinc; Sigurd Larmon, New York advertising agency executive; Gor- don Gray, president of the Uni- versity of North Carolina; Barklie McKee Henry, Princeton, N. J., in- dustrialist: John 0. Hughes, New York textile industry executive, and Abbott Washburn, Minne- apolis. Mlnn., formerly associated with General Mills, Inc. William ll. Jackson was desig- nated as chairman. An eighth member of the com- mittee will be Robert Cutler, who is an adminisi.rative assistant to Elsenhmvcr. In a statement. Eisenhower said: "It has long been my conviction that unified and dynamic effort in this field is essential to the secur- ity of the United States and of the :other peoples in the community of free nations." Record Wet Weather At Vancouver VANCOUVER, Jan. 26 -iCP) - 'Vancouver has been all wet for 2i days. The Weather Bureau said to- day the city had had rain for the last. 21 consecutive days, a record since weather data was first. com- nctlvities of the board during the past. year. in his report he referred to the passing of two of board members, Mr. M. F. Schurman and Mir. Ernest Wright. and a minute's ail- ence was observed in respect to their memory. . Present at the head table last night. were, Wing Commender Grant, chief administration offic- er who in the absence of the com- manding officer. A. G. Kenyon, represented the R. C. A. F. stat- ion. Mr. Donald Baker, past presi- dent of the board, Dr. Frank Mac- Kinnon, the principal of Prince of Wales College, the guest speakcr;f Mr. Gordon MacDonald, the president of the Charlottetown Board, and Mr. Mlax Thompson, president of the Crapaud-Victoria Board. The guest speaker. Dr. MacKin- non, was introduced by Mr. Mac- Donald of the Charlottetown Board who said that it was with a great. deal of pleasure that he performed this agreeable dut-y. He said that Dr. MacKinnon was very outstanding Islander and one who had brought great credit to this Province. (see text of Dr. MacKinnon's address elsewhere.) At the conclusion of the election of officers, Mr. William Hayward, the new vice president took the chair, in the absence of Mr. Alan ”(ckKi'tix?iScd”F'rTlzeSTc:3lS'2)" Former Ch'town Man Electrocuied in Hamilton. Ont. The sad news was received last evening by Mrs. J. A. Weir, 50 Cumberland Street, that her son, Robert Michael Weir. had been clectrocuted while working yester- day on a hydro-electric power pro- ject. in Hamilton, Ontario. Associ- ates worked for two and one-half hours over the injured youth in a vain effort to revive him. Mr,Weir was twenty years of age and left Charlottetown about five months ago for employment in Hamilton. He was married four months ago to Miss Mary M.-.Lure, formerly of Murray Harbour. According to a press despatch from Hamilton. Mr. Weir came in contact with a wire carrying 4,000 volts while climbing a pole in his duties as a hydro lineman. A fire department inhalator squad worked Mr. Alan Holman Sussex Mon Dies After Accident SAINT JOHN, N. 3. Jan 38 -- (CP)- William B. Pearce, 2'7. of Sussex, died in the saint Joh General Hospital early toda shortly after his car went out 0 control and crashed into a tree at Hsymarket square here. Born at. Halifax, a son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Pearce, he was associated with his father in business at Sussex. He attended Sussex schools, Rothesay Colleg- ate School and Dalhousis Univer- slty. Lira is sciioar :31 Son: W5 or waste rr 9 d TORONTO, Jan. 28 - (UP) -. Observedg temperatures bulletin is. 51194 tonight at the Toronto Public Weather Office. Min. Max. Dawwn 293 l.?:.l”if.””.i?.L'.”. r”::..;v:.::;..':::; g;;;g;;; 2; Mr. Weir was about 35 feet up the Regina 19 3 pole when he touched the wire. wmmp 20 Another lineman who was higher Tommoeg 13 22 up, looped a rope around him, low- Ottawa 9 35 ering him to the ground. Momreai 5 "' The deceased had attended 11 13 Queen Square School and .was well Quel?” City 3 7-7 and favorably known in Char- saint John H 25 lottetown. Manolo" 22 23 After leaving school he worked Hamax ' ' T i” with the Maritime Electric Co. in ch"bnet'own 24 35 the city for more than three years. gydmy t" " ' 37 Besides hLs mother. and his wife. he Erma” 5” is survived by one brother. John. 5' Mm” '- 44 dI'.ii.-..l an 11:, - ' an R0 9.5915 mm an 0T0 ll HALIFAX. Jung 28 : (CF) ( piled here a half-century ago. ..j.. LONDON, Jan. 26 -fReutersi- Supply Minister Duncan sandys said today atomic energy should soon provide Britain with a "use- ful additional source of industrial power." He also reported "further en- couraging progrea" on guided missiles in reply to questions in the House of Commons about Britain's progress in atomic en- ergy -and jet. propulsion fields. "There can be no doubt that the guided rocket is one of the de- cisive instruments of war that are going to dominate the military scene in the none toodlstant. fu- turc." sandy: said in asking for an extra .i:16.000.000 in tradition in the budgeted r1ea,ooo,ooo for his supply Ministry. Weapons travelling at several times the speed of sound are being successfully evolved for use in the defensive and offensive roles,” he Expects Atomic Power In United Kingdom Soon Charlottetown. His father. Mr. , . Angus Weir, died here about three omcm f0”C35i-5 NW9d tonight by ymrs mm. the Dominion Pub';; weather of. fice here and valldtuntil midnight Tuesday. synopsis: The weather was clear in New Brunswick and Eastern Quebec dur- ing till! night but skies were cloudy and there were snowflurries in Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. The snowflurrios developed -Diigai-gill? PE” ”:5;l- S5”); in a strong northerly current of cold said a small experimental ”breed- M-r mowing ave, the gm! of st. or reactor" is being built at the Harwell Reseach Centre and should be completed within a few m0ni.hs. Breeder reactors are the latest. advanced types of atomic power plants which actually pro- duce more fissionable material than they burn. At the same time work was go- ing on also to build a full-scale breeder reactor. he said. "The most certain method of generating power from atomic en- ergy,” the Minister said. "Would be to build an improved type of natural uranium reactor enclosed in a pressure shell. the heat pro- duced being transferred by a gas under pressure through a heat ex- changer to a conventional electric power generator." sandys said it is too early to say exactly when electricity in amounts sufficient for industrial Lawrence and then moving over the land. A high pressure area over the Province of Quebec is moving to- wards the Marltlmes. It arrival will bring lighter winds and gradually improving weather in Prince P.d-- ward Island and Nova scotla. whilt in New Brunswick and Eastm- Quebec the weather will .cont.inuc clear and cold. Regional forecasts: Prince Edward Island: - Cloudy. snowflurries becoming widely scat- tered by afternoon. Colder. N0r'tli winds 20, with gusts to 30 and dim- inishing by afternoon to light winds. Low and high Tuesday at Charlottetown 12 and 18. High iode today at Charlottetown at 9.42 A. M. and 8.28 P. M. High tide on the North Shore at 4.50 A. M. and 3.57 P. M. added. He declined to clarify this reference. sun rises today at 7.40 A. M. and sets at 5.12 P. M. use can he produced from atomic ionergy. Alan Holman Elected President Of Summerside Board Of Trade i it