. ty i If it's Good for the Island © «+ _ The Guardian is For it _ Gttaws. ane te payment @ gestege & aoe flames, start to appear through See” THE LARGE PILE of burn- . result of a fire last evening. ing material on the left is all | Here the firemen concentrate | the roof. The end of the 32 by that remains of a 28 by 45- | 110i, offorts on saving the | 65 foot structure is hidden by the farm of Earl hie | eet Herbert as the | adjoining barn on the right as | smoke. 2 Cattle, 24 Pigs Perish sii ssn) In Mt. Herbert Barn Fire caught fire, but through the ef- | enced when the Parkdale pump- forts of firemen, who appeared er ran dry, resulting m neigh- many times to be fighting a‘los- bors and firemen getting ing battle, the barn was only |.buckets of water from puddles partially burned. _-\ amd a nearby brook and throw- The fire broke out about 5.15 | ing it on the fire. and was first noticed by Mr.| However, it was beginning to Herbert. An adjoining barn also Heavy Snowfall | Ings, .who was going ‘out to do |look as if the firemen’s efforts the evening chores. When he | had been in vain when the Char- Predicted Here | opened the barn doors he was | met by a mass of flames. HALIFAX (CP) The wea- . | This gave firemen the upper ther office said Friday night a —— CALLED - te | hand again, but when this water snow-packed storm is expected | e alarm was turned in to) sunoiy was exhausted it again to move into the Maritimes to- the Parkdale Fire Department | pecan to look like a hopeless day bringing heavy snow and |*' 5.30 and they were on battle. This time help came strong winds to many areas, | Scene at 5.45 but the fire was | with the arrival of an Irving Prince Edward Island, north- ready beyond control. | Oil truck carrying 1,500 gai- ern Nova Scotia and eastern; The Parkdale firemen were |jons of water, which was sent New Brunswick are expect@#-to | *Tedited with doing @ “marvel- | py J. J. Connolly, through the get [ror five to 10 inches of | US joh as they concentrated | courtesy of the Charlottetown snow. Southern’ areas wil! get their efforts on saving the ad-/| Fire Department, This enabled | mostly fain, t ng building. A few members | to control the »dlaze | ad 2 2. the department fought — the the Parkdale pumper was The precipitation is expected fire from inside the building but | refilled. to begin this morning and | wete forced out by heat and! ‘he fire chief of the Park- continue for six ipJg hours. smoke. They continued -their| dale Fire Department, J. D. fight by chopping holes through | (Continued om Page 3 Col. 6). The Radio Range at the Char- the roof in an effort to get at | Sao lottetown Airport reported this | the source of the blaze. Morning at 1.30 that ‘ight snow | had started to fall in Summer, | side at 1 a.m. Winds were re- | ported to be 32 m.p.h. At Charlottetown it was 2% degrees with winds NNE at 20 m.p.h. Snow had not begun to fall at that time. . Special Pensions Planned For War Service Civilians MASHINGTON TAP) = The OTTAWA (CP) — More than | pensions and allowances act of 'ency chief said Friday new in- “$677,000 a year will be paid in 1946. Their claims will be ad- (formation on “the 1961 Soviet judicated and administered by | atomic tests in the at Two yearling cattle and 24 young pigs were lost last night when fire levelled a large barn on the farm of Earl Ings, Mount rived with 1,300 gallons of water. joined together by means of a lean-to which was filled with hay and straw, which created a real hazard for firemen. WATER SHORTAGE A water shortage was experi- By LEWIS GULICK special pensions and allowances 14. war Veterans Allowance shows the .F i ‘ A fe ee Board anc egion uthorities. other such “Series ies, might First and Second World Wars The. benefits to be paid the pass the Wards the nuclear | hazard itions but can- ‘Civilian ve «jbeir survive jabetssrace.stialexs the, West, also, Sy te teed “vet rank ors aad ts, fo ete ae” ’ .,,/aame as are paid under the war Agency Director William -C. in- : the armed forces, Veterans Min- Veterans Allowance Act. It cov- Foster expressed particular ister Churchill said in the Com- ers needy veterans at the age misgivings that the Soviet Un- mons Friday. of 60, allowing them $84 a month jon might come. up first with an He said the groups to be cov- for single recipients with an- atomic - id missile able ered were: . jnual incomes not greater than to shoot down attacking inter- . 1. First and Second World War “$1,296, and $144 a month for continental ‘mi Q merchant seamen who served married recipients with annual! ‘The develé t of such an | at sea six months and made incomes not greater than $2,088. anti - intercontinental ballistic missile by the Soviet Union at least one voyage through } without a comparable Western dangerous waters. EARLY PAY | 2. The Second World Wat | aan of Civilian Canadian Fire- | of ghters in'the United Kingdom. | CA .3. The First World War vol- ASSISTS RRIER unteer aid detachment of the St. Ambulance Brigade which served at British hospi- | tals in the United Kingdom and | on the Continent. 4. The Second World War overseas welfare workers serv ing the Red Cross, the St. | John's Ambulance Brigade, and the Scottish ministry of healtb. 5. The Second World War Can- | adian civilian crews of the Royal Air Force Transport Command. 6. The Second World War Newfoundland Overseas Fores try Unit. They wif become eligible for benefits under the civilian war + many . Western strategists, greatly alter the power balance in favor of the Communists. rf al : ‘from the city police station. lottetown water sprinkler ar- ’ advance could, in thee opinion | ~ ate . ictwied os toad Gam tal Ge fan Ome Deere CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, | “Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew” 1 ARY 10, 1962. Red Air Corr Rekindles Crisis In Berlin WEATHER at ee Ae reine to fuarcion east winds 25, gusts to 40. Low-high and 32, Sunday: sunny , idor Dema 12 PAGES: nd day, — | After a rowdy sitting Thurs- day night, a neaf-empty Com- jmons was quietly debating ir- |ereased pensions for the blind, disabled and old people when three University of Montreal students sang and flung leaflets down into the chamber. The leaflets, printed in French and English, urged MPs to adopt a distinctive national flag. The students, in the north gal- lery above and behind the spea- ker’s throne, began to sing O Canada in French but didn’t manage to finish the first line before they were hustled out by members of the protective staff. AGAINST RULES Parliamentary rules: do not }permit demonstrations of an kind, even applause, in the pub- Former Constable Gets 3-Year Term MEDICINE HAT, Alta. (CP) sentenced to three years at hard labor in penitentiary for theft in connection with the dis- appearance of a box containing '$44,000 in cash and cheques James Gehring, 28, another former constable; last week re- ceived a one-year sentence on the same charge. Both were members of the po- jlice force when the cash box disappeared last Oct. 31. The’ box had been placed in the po- lice station for weekend safe- keeping by a store manager. Gehring’s. confession broke the case. |out delay. U.S. Conducts Harold Winch (CCF -» Van- | Nuclear Test lcouver East) was the only mem- ber to comment, and then no WASHINGTON (AP) — The) nore than obliquely. He said United States Friday conducted |the Commons was conducting another ‘iuclear underground | the country’s business. test in Nevada. | Pages gathered up the leaf- The .Atomic: Energy Commis- jets which fluttered down near sion déscribed*it- as a tow-yield\the speaker's . A few test, as it did one conducted | MPs. including ans Minis- Thursday. This means the deé-|ter Churchill, government house vice had an explosive power Jjeader. glanced briefly at the less than the equivalent of 20,-\ two or three which were passed 1000 tons of TNTS# around. ' lic galleries. Friday’s incident was the first in nearly two years. On the last occasion a woman spectator was marched ing Prime Minister Diefenhbaker unparliamentary names in- a loud voice. MPs paid little or no atten- jtion to Friday’s demonstration and the, debate continued with- The two large barns had been’ NUCLEAR TEST ISSUE BOIiS U.S. Sees Danger West May Lose In Arms-Race ministers meeting. It said the | Mdy has said he has not made conference starting Geneva has indicated he will give a go- March 14, in which France is ahead order shortly. a listed participant, shows little In London, Conservative news- mosphere promise of bringing about “a papers generally agreed, though tance, making “a terrible scr: thur Western atmospheric tests jament.”’ have long main- seem negessary for a free ‘vorid ament~sécurity in the face of the So- come not through a halt viet testing. Meanwhile some to testing nuclear devices, but 1,000 demonstrators on the other through a ban on the weapons side of the issue marched. on themselves and the means to the U.S, Embassy, some chant- deliver them. 2 ing “‘No more tests on Christ- The Japanese government mas Island." Macmillan Thurs- Said it would protest to Wash- day announced permission for ington if the United States re--U.S. use of the British held sumes atmospheric testing. Ken- island. for testing. lem of The from the south gallery for call- STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE Commons Is Enlivened By Incident In Gallery OTTAWA (CP) — Commons _ The Commons passed through liveliness shifted from the house all stages bills increasing old {Moor to the -public_gallery Fri- maximum pensions for disabled persons by $10 to $65 a month, age ~assistance and blind pen; cleared all but the final Com- sions “fo ‘a ‘maximum of $65 a month from $55. The increases are retroactive to Feb. 1, but the provinces must first approve them be- cause they will have to. carry half the amount of the increase or $5. HOPES ALL WILL JOIN Health Minister Monteith said he hopes all provinces will ac- cept the legislation. A third measure, to increase mons stage — third and :final reading. All these bills must go to the Senate for passage before re- ceiving royal assent and becom- ing law. Near the end of the day, Mr. Churchill introduced a _ resolu- tion to make more persons eligi- ble for benefits under the Civi- lian War Pensions and Allow- ances Act of 1946. The payments will total more than $677,000 a year. Emergency By GEORGE FRAJKOR AND LAURENT CHIASSON MONTREAL (CP) — A four- engined Trans Canada Air Lines Viscount, carrying 45 pas- sengers made a safe emergency one-wheel-up landing at Mont- real International Airport Fri- day night. The plane was diverted to Montreal on a flight from Tor- onto to Ottawa and hit te tar- mac at Montreal Airport just after 10:30 p.m. , TCA originally reported the plane had made a belly-lancding but passengers told reporters the plane had landed with. one wheel up and veered slightly be- fore one wing scraped the ground as it came to a stop. There ‘were no injuries among the passengers and four crew | members. Landing Called Safe And Easy ;ger,. told reporters afterward’ that ‘everyone took it calmly.” Stewardess Cynthia Davis, of suburban Beaconsfield, a flight attendant only a week, said the landing was so smooth she only realized the left landing gear was defective when the plane tilted to the left side as it came to a stop. N.B. MAN ABOARD ‘Frank Logan of Saint John, N.B., said “the pilot deserves a pat on the back and the stewardesses were wonderful.” Dale Fenton. a defence de- partment employee in Ottawa, said the landing ‘‘was fantastic. It was the most. interesting ex- perience [ ever had because everything worked so well. “Discipline and conduct of the , crew was wonderful. The whole thing couldn't have been handled any better. | “My chief concern was fric- tion when the plane touched BRITISH PEERS PONDER PLAN LONDON (Reuters) — Brit- ain’s politically-minded peers are pondering a‘possible break with tradition that would allow hereditary title- holders to sit in the House of | Commons. The government is setting up an all-party committee of both Houses of-Parliament to study a number of House of . Lords. problems—notably the question whether or not a peer can relinquish a heredi- tary title to sit in the Com- mons. The issue recently was spot- lighted by Britain's ‘“‘relue- tant peer,” former Labor leg- islator Anthony Wedgewood Benn. He fought against his “relegation” to the upper house when he inherited the title, Viscount Stansgate. It is often inconvenient now for peers to serve as key min- isters and thus be unavailable to answer for their polices in the lower house. There was a strong Labor opposition outcry when the Earl of Home was chosen as foreign secretary. A deputy, Edward Heath, had to be ap- pointed to handle the day-to- day foreign poticy matters in the Commons. ‘ The joint committee will consider ‘whether any, and if so, what’changes should be made in the rights of peers . to sit in either House of Parliament or vote in a par- liamentary election.” Murder Hearing Adjourned Week MONCTON (CP) Herbert George Harris, %, of Camp Gagetown, N.B., was remanded for one week by Magistrate P.A. Steeves when he appeared in court here Friday on a capital murder charge. Harris is charged with the murder of Arthur James Casey, 23, of Port Felix, N.S Harris, absent without leave from the army camp, was pick- Captain Chuck Kenworthy. 40". This might have caused ed up in Saint John last week ;brought the big turbo - prop 'plane into the airport in what was described as a ‘‘safe and easy” landing. TIPPED TO LEFT D. H. Fogg of Montreal, a passenger returning home from a business trip to Toronto, said the landing was an extremely WASHINGTON (AP) — The 18-nation general disarmament a final decision to do so but | good one and felt like a normal | touchdown until the plane tipped over slightly to the left, the wing hitting the ground for some dis- But Fogg said the pilot was able to hold direction and there was no panic among the pas- sengers. All passengers cheered when the aircraft came to a stop, he said. * The passengers were in- formed of the difficulty while the aircraft was over Ottawa. Keith Sproule of suburban ‘Pointe Claire, another passen- a fire.” Hamilton | Improving OTTAWA (CP) — Agriculture Minister Alvin Hamilton is feel- ing better but no date has been set for his return to his office, it was indicated Friday. _Prime Minister Diefenbaker _ referred to the illness in the Commons when he noted the minister has been “laid up .. . for a period of almost three weeks now and is confined to his bed at home.” The - original medica! report ‘said Mr. Hamilton suffered a severe chill at the mid-January funeral in Saskatchewan of for- mer Liberal Agriculture Minis- ter James G. Gardiner. inflam- {mation had settled in his face. Parliament ‘At A Glance By THE CANADIAN PRESS Finance Minister Fleming said charges that the dollar exchange rate is being manip- ulated by the government are unfair The Commons gave final approval to bills raising old age assistance and blind pen- sions to a maximum $65 monthly from $55. A third welfare. measure, granting a similar increase in cleared all but the final stage + of approval. Veterans Minister Churchill announced that civilian war pensions, paid to those > did hazardous service, will extended to additional . MONDAY, Feb. 12° The Commons meets at 2:30 pm. to debate government legislation. The Senate meets at 8 p.m. WHERE-TO-FIND-IT Announcements, notices 10 Births, deaths, ete.,.... 3, 11 Classified .......... # Il Finance, markets ..... | Comies, features ..... 9 ee ee eedeees 8 Primoe Ce., ..--ce-seeeee- 2 Sammerside .3 5 Co., ... a | pensions for disabled persons, — and charged with murder here Saturday afternoon. Casey's bo- dy was found in a ditch Jan. 29 beside a highway one mile west of Petitcodiac, N.B Harris was not represented hy a lawyer Friday Prince Philip Visits Caracas ~CARACAS (Reuiers)—Pritve Philip flew into this Venezuelan ° capital Friday to open an offi- cial tour of 10 Latin American republics aimed at increasing British trade with South Amer- ica. Efforts Blocked By Allies BERLIN (‘AP)—The Westera | Allies blocked a Soviet bid for ‘a partial take - over of the air corridors that link isolated West Berlin to West Germany, it was | disclosed Friday Inside the divided city itself Col. Andrei J. Solovyev, the Se viet commander, failed to break a ban on his entering the United States sector. He turned back without a word when an Ameri- can military policeman at the Communist wall asked him: “Are- you Col. Solovyev?” The two incidents threatened to heat up the atmosphere in Berlin, which has been rela- tively relaxed since the start of the New Year. They occurred | Just as U.S. Ambassador Llewel- lyn Thompson and Soviet For- eign Minister Andrei Gromyko met once more in Moscow in an attempt to make some pro | gress on the problem. Planes flying to and from West Berlin cross 110 miles of Communist East German terri- tory through one of three cor- ridors. Use of the corridors is regulated by the Berlin Air Safety Centre, one of the last places in Berlin where Soviet officers still work with Ameri- can British and French repres- entatives. The centre has been operating im West Berlin since the end of the Second World War. WANTED SPACE Wednesday, a Soviet officer at the centre startled American, British and French officers with the request to reserve the Frankfurt - Berlin Corridor up to an altitude of 7,000 feet for three hours and 20 minutes on the folowing morning. The space was needed, he said, for Soviet military transports. No, said the Western Allies. The rules call for all flights is the corridors to be announced separately no booking of “blocks of altitade.”’ | On Thursday the Soviet offt- cer came back with another re quest. He wanted the Berlin- Hanover and the Berlin-Ham- burg corridors reserved for four hours: this mornifig, up to 7,000 “feet No, said the Western Allies again Both times the Western con- trollers served notice Westers commercial and military planes would be flying the corridors as usual Big British Troop Carriers Move To Patrol One Corridor BONN (Reuters) -- Four-en |gined troop transports have been flown to West Germany from Britain to patrol one of the air corriders to Berlin in which Russia’, sought: to reserve a special section for Soviet milit- ary aircraft, an RAF spokesman disclosed today. The transports their number was not disclosed—have been operating with other Allied mil- Resignation Repo Of Senator OTTAWA (CP)—The tion of Senator John T. Haiz. §4-year-old Conservative {rom Winnipeg. was reported Friday Word of the resignation handed in to Governor-General! Vanier late in January, was re ‘ceived by Senate officials Thurs day. Senator Walter Aseltine. zov ernment leader in the Senate said Senator Haig has been in poor heath: during recent months and gave this as the reason for his action There now are eight vacancies in the 102seat Upper Howse. The standing is Liberal 7: resigna- Conservatives 24, Independent | - Liberal 1; was appointed nn ithe Senaie Aus 4. 1935. and itarv aircraft in the air corri- dor between Hamburg and Ber- lin The spokesman said the Brif- ish panes took part in 18 extra flights made by Allied military aircraft along the Berlin air corridors since the Soviet con- troller in the Berlin Air Safety Centre tried to reserve space up to 7,000 feet in the air lanes Thursday and Friday ported JT. Haig 10 years Jater was named Op position leader. He was ap. pointed minister without port. folio in the Diefenbaker cabinet and government leader in the Senate Oct. 9, 1957, He resigned both posts seven months tater and was not replaced A native of Colborne, Ont., Senator Haig was educated Winnipeg and called to the bar there in 1904. He served five term in the Manitoba legis. lature Senator Haig is one of Can- ada's best-known curling enth- usiasts. He is a former presi dent and honorary life ‘member of the Dominion Curling Agsoe- ation He also is chairman of the Dominion Brier Curling Trophy committee, 4 ‘