» On Pallet Valuation Action OTTAWA, (CP)—All panties land transaction Liberal Lionel Chevrier said the Toronto-area MP said he had been “condemmed” by the Ex- @hequer Court of Canada for his involvement im a transport de- partment ation case a Ship Handled In 49 Minutes MONTREAL (CP)—Ships have moved through the eastern gate- way of the St. Lawrence Seaway Om an average of one vessel waterway an average figure out on the basis of 1,375 vessels going through the St. Lambert Lock in the first 47 days of seaway operation. It shows that the lock—first of seven in the seaway route to Lake Ontario—handied an _ average of 29 ships every day since the new deep-water route opened for business April 25. The locks are big enough to handle two smaller vessels at one time. won his ¢hird triumph st the polls in Ontario. The government’s Majority was reduced_but Frost inferences—“T will not call it MoCarthyism”—for which they would not take responsibility, Transport Minister Hees charged “smear” and “witch- a0 a3) ’ om the part of the Lib- ERROR OF JUDGMENT in turn, Mr. Hees, who was ta cent decision of the Exchequer Court of Canada in the expre- priation case, with the court say- ing Mr. Herter Denies Threat To Take Plane To US. GENEVA, (Friday). (CP) — A United States spokesman called a midnight briefing here Thurs- day to put into perspective a re- that a plane was standing on ro hours’ notice to fly State Secretary Herter back to Washington, Reuters said. The spokesman denied that Herter told Russian Foreign Min- Kings’ M.P. Goes To Camp OTTAWA (Special)—John A. ister Gromyko Thursday that he had a plane ready to fly him home. The spokesman said the Ameri- can plane was put on an alert basis earlier in the week. He added: “I assume that with all the pessimism of the last few days, Mr. Herter decided to tell the boys to get his plane ready to take him home if necessary.” He pointed out that Herter’s plane was not in Geneva but in the’ United States. DENIES RUMORS At the briefing, the spokesman denied rumors which he said ap- parently were circulated by Rus- sian sources. He denied that Herter gave Gromyko an ultimatum and told him that he would talk for only; three more days, and that Herter and Gromyko would meet again this weekend. The spokesman confirmed that Gromyko told Herter the Russian proposals for Berlin were not an MacDonald, leave the Island Gaturday to spend one week at Gagetown. ultimatum, [z Victoria. Soins Big Guns Turned aaa Prince Edward Island Like The Dew” CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1060 14 PAGES emerged triumphant with a whop- ping majority in his own riding iFrost’s PC Government 31d Party Is lermed ueln Nfld. ST. JOHN’S, Nfld. (CP)—Steve Neary, secretary of the New- foundland Federation of Labor (CLC) said Thursday direct steps will be taken before the end of the year to form a third political party in Newfoundland. He said a meeting of 21 labor action committee officials in Gander, Nfid., Wednesday de- cided steps should be taken to form such a party or affiliate with a third party. Lawyer J.B. McVoy announced here Wednes- day he is considering forming a third party to oppose Liberals and Progressive Conservatives. Thursday, injuring 37 persone. The blast, likened to that of a 500-pound high explosive shell hurled heavy beams to the street below, littered the area for a hun- dred yards around with rubble and shattered windows on the By ADRIAN BALL COWES, England (Reuters)— Britain’s Flying Saucer—possible forerunner of a craft one mile long and weighing 100,000 tons— made its maiden public _ flights Col. A. J. Brooks, Minister of Veterans Affairs, will be invited as guest speaker at the annual reunion of the 105th Battalion to be held here August 19. Veterans of the famous Island unit of the First World War met in Summerside last year but Hon. Mr. Brooks was unable+to attend due to pressure of Parliamentary business. However, he said he ee attempt to be present this Decision to hold the reunion was taken at an executive meet- ing Wednesday night of the 105th Battalion Association when offi- cials said they expected upwardg of 125 veterans'to attend the dinner at the Clover Club. A parade led by the Recce Regi- ment Band will precede the din- ner. Attending the meeting Wednes- Mt. A. Plans . On Expansion SACKVILLE, N.B. (CP — An i Veterans Minister Will Speak To IOoth HON. MR. BROOKS day were C. R. Palmer, presi_ dent, E. D. MacPhail, Ira Brown, J. M. Lee, P. E. MacNutt, William Wadman and J. &. Walker. WH ERE-TO-FIND-IT eeeeee events ... +eeeee eeetere Finance, markets .......- Saucer Seen Forerunner Of Mile-Long Flying Craft over land and sea Thursday. The two successful tests ap- peared to mark the beginning of a new era in land and sea trans- port. The four ton, oval-shaped Saunders Roe Hovercraft first gave a 15-minute land display of its ability to ride on a curhion of air forced down by an engine- driven fan. The silver-and-blue craft hovered about a foot off the ground and moved slowly in turn in all directions. Later the Hovercraft’s two-man crew made their first flight over water off this yachting centre. SAILS OVER SEA |. Hundreds of vacationers saw the c hover stationary for several minutes above a slightly choppy sea. Then it went skim- ming over the water at speeds of up to 20 miles an hour, throwing up a mass of spray. flight testing this week. A long research and development gram still lies ahead. Weather Slows Crop Seeding OTTAWA (CP) — GUARD FOR QUEEN Canadian and British warships | shows approximate positions of will take up stations in the At-|the four Canadian and three Bri- lantic along the 2,000-mile route|tish ships assigned to guard duty of the Queen’s plane when he| along the flight path from Shan- flies 6 Newfoundland June 18 to. non, Ireland, to Torbay, Nfld. start her Canadian tour. Map| (CP Newsmap) [Rapid Transit Station Blast after the blast to remove several men who had been blown across the platform and into submerged tracks which contain a live third rail. LIKE AN ATOM BOMB Samuel Cutler, co - owner of a restaurant just below the elevated structure, said “it sounded like an atom bomb.” “I ran outdoors and, believe me, when I looked inte the res taurant again ...tI1 know I would have been killed if I hadn't got out. “There were about six persons in the restauarnt, ixicluding a po- liceman. All of them were in- jured, none geriously.” Building inspector Thomas Hughes said the blast was so vio- lent it knocked off heavy beams at the base of the elevated struc- ture. The Metropolitan Transit Au- thority, which operates the rapid transit system, said no one was killed. ! Shortly after the accident the Massachusetts General Hospital reported that 20 persons had been brought in and others were still _}likely, at least in the foreseeable Highway Link Seen To Reds OTTAWA (CP) — A linkup be- tween Soviet and North American highways would be an excellent thing for international relations, CCF House Leader Hazen Argue suggested Thursday. _-| He asked Gordon Robertson, deputy minister of northern af- fairs, whether any study has been made of Russian plans for a trans Siberian highway and whether any thought has been given to building up Canada’s road network to mesh with Rus- sia. Cars then could drive to Asia via the Bering Strait route. Mr. Robertson, questioned dur- ing a meeting of the Commons mines committee, said no Soviet “peer ToRONTO (CP) — Ontario re- ™ \elected its Progressive Conserva- *|tive government . Thursday. It trimmed’ Premier Leslie Frost’s heavy House majority but left him with a thumping margin of 44 seats over Liberals and CCF combined. The Progressive Conservatives rolied easily to their sixth straight election victory since 1943, winning 71 of the 98 seats. Liberals took 22 and the CCF five. Opposition strength was almost doubled from the 11 Liberal and three CCF seats in the last legis- lature. The Conservatives, with 83 seats at dissolution and one Conservative vacancy, lost 11 to the Liberals and two to the CCF. CABINET INTACT Premier Frost—who said in a victory statement that he had ex- pected to lose some party strength—won an overwhelming personal victory in Victoria and saw his 20-man cabinet returned intact. Both opposition party leaders were re-elected handily, Liber! John Wintermeyer held Waterloo North and CCFer Donald C. Mac- Donald swamped three opponents Hin—¥York South. With all but 110 of the 13,998 polls reported the Conservatives had 46 per cent of the total vote as compared with 49 per cent in the 1955 election. Liberals drew 37 per cent, up from 31 per cent Is Returned In Ontario | Majority Is Cut But Win Is Easy in 1955, and the CCF 17 per cent as against 19 per cent. Early returns put the Progres- sive Conservatives into a quick lead that was never in doubt. Premier Frost won an over whelming personal victory in his home riding of Victoria. Speaking from the balcony of his campaign headquarters in Lindsay, he said the victory was “a mandate from the people to - continue on to greater things m the days to come.” Mr. Wintermeyer, who received the returns_at a party rally in a Kitchener Hotel, conceded the victory to the Progressive Con- servatives at 10.25 pm. EDT. CONGRATULATES PREMIER He congratulated the premier and Pledged the Liberal party work to get the government to enact at least some of the leg- islation we proposed in our elec- tion program.” CCF Leader Donald Macdonald future. STANDING 1959 1955 Prog: Gon, 7 8 Liberals 22 11 CCF 5 63 Ind. PC 6 1 Total % $8 OTTAWA (CP) — Estimates of| the cost of the proposed Chignecto | Canal run between $90,000,000 and coming. & A emiling mint ieadie Seonik’ ie, $140,000,000, Tronapest Minister | Princess Margaret sere ie Se ee es ee The Princess, |beth to June 7, hag ~ Efi 3 ahead ty r Hees informed the Commons Thursday. The minister said Ou engineering and ecouomac sites the President of Portugal, is om|sonal message from Queen Eliza- Thomaz. The Princess of Ambassador Sir country, delivered a private per-lies .Stirling. Fi Chignecto Canal Costs Estimates May Run As High As $140 Million on the feasibility of the waterway between the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of St. Lawrence should b mission estimated in 1931 the with a canal has been given con- sideration, and thus far it wouia appear that engineering opiniou is generally agreed that the two tik gs i Fe i F Hi gf > ®