“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”
CHARLOTTETOWN,
CANADA, FRIDAY,
APRIL 3, 1959
Grim Years Seen Ahead
Eisenhower Tells NATO
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ee to anahe “eengeete end reeh- istic” proposals for disarmament, for a just solution to the German problem, for European security
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realm of outer space.
“We shall continue to strive
Hospitals Bar Visitors As Flu Epidemic Rages
HALIFAX (CP) — Maritime health officials started to throw wp new defences Thursday against an influenza virus that has been on the rampage for More than a month. Thousands of citizens have been stricken.
Officials closed hospitals to visiiors in Summerside, P.E.I. Lancaster, N.B., and Sydney in an effort to check the fast-strik- ing disease. Others in Nova Sco- tia and New Brunswick were @losed earlier. Doctors in some areas said ‘flu had reached epi- demic ions. ~
The Nova Scotia health depart- ment said it couldn’t estimate the number sick in the province, but ok Sydney alone 1,500 cases had “péen reported.
Deputy Health Minister Dr. J. $. “obertson said the principal virus had been identified as type B, a relatively mild variety. ““We aren’t worried in a major way,” Dr. Robertson said. “It knocks
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Premier A. W. Mathé joined the ranks of have become victims rent wave of influenza
people out but it isn’t killing any- body.” However, some pneumo- nia deaths have been reported.
EASES EIN HALIFAX
Health and school spokesmen here said the disease appears to be slackening in the Halifax area.
The attacks being with high fever. Recovery usually takes about a
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ainst colorful backdrop of the four-pointed NATO star and the flags of the 15 nations that make up the alliance—the US., Britain, France, Canada, Bel- gium, The Netherlands, Norway. Denmark, Portugal, Luxembourg, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Iceland and West Germany.
Seated in a semi-circle on the
with Defence Minister George R. Pea: representing Canada. NOTE*SMITH’S DEATH
The recent leath of External Affairs Minister Sidney Smith, who ordinarily would have rep- resented Canada, was noted by the il president in one of the opening addresses.
Luns suggested the council give “renewed” attention to a progres- sive implementation of NATO treaty provisions for a closer economic co - operation between the member states.
Eisenhower, first supreme com- mander of the alliance’s military forces, promised the West never would abandon its attempt to per- suade Russia to foresake its goal
week.
of 2 Militia . Group. Colonel MacDonald's becomes effective immediately. LT.-COL. MACDONALD
of world domination.
Commanding Officer Change Is Announced For Regiment
province of Nova Scotia, told the Prince Edward Island Teach- ers’ Federation yesterday.
Mr. Gilchrist in speaking of the allied youth program said there is no doubt that the pro- gram has proven its value with- in the high. schools. He also stated that the guided course on alcohol education given in grades seven, eight, and nine has developed a greater inter- est in the true facts about al- cohol education.
He reported that in a recent survey conducted among high school students of Nova Scotia, of those who said it was not smart to drink, 52 per cer ad- mitted they had used alcohol at some time or another be- cause they were forced into it
Lime Subsidy Is Increased
The subsidy on limestone has been increased from $3.00 a ton to $3.60 per ton, according to an announcement made yesterday - Hon. Eugene Cullen, Minister
of Agriculture.
The Minister said the increase in subsidy will be enough to take care of the recent freight rate hike which is 40 cents at Moncton and 60 cents from other Mari- time points from which lime stone is procured.
Limestone..costs the farmer about $8.80 ‘per-ton bulk and
, |from $5.25 to $6.25 per ton bag-
ged. Mr. Cullen said the subsidy applies to limestone imported to ae by truck as well as by
“No communication to the ef- fect that Ottawa has not accept- ed the Island Hospital Insurance plan has-been received by me” said Hon. M. L. Bonnell yester- day, commenting on an, earlier press report that the Federal Government had turned down the proposal.
Health Minister Bonnell said the Island plan is not yet pre- pared and will not’ be presented in Ottawa until he goes there at the end of this month. “I can hardly see how Ottawa can turn down a plan which they have not seen’, he added.
Dr. Bonnell felt that if the inference was that the Federal Govérnment had not accepted the act passed by the Island Leg-
WASHINGTON (CP) — Britain was described by a NATO spokes- man_Thursday night as standing firmly with the other Atlantic treaty nations in the Berlin crisis.
Britain’s solid front stand was stressed by Foreign Secretary Selwyn LlL..d at a closed session of the full 15-nation Atlantic pact council a few hours after Pres- ident Eisenhower addressed the opening 10th anniversary meet- ing.
Lioyd put Britain on record as viewing any plan for neutralizing or demilitarizing Gern.any as the worst possible solution of the Ger- man problem.
He also said Britain would not advocate any troop and arms freeze plan in central Europe un- less # was linked with the goal of German reunification. CLOSED DOOR § ON
Lloyd's remarks at the closed door afternoon session were re-
layed to reporters by the NATO spokesman. They were clearly
fiaimed at dispelling reports that
the British favored making more concessions to the Soviets than do the United States, France, West
Germany and other Atlantic pact
Alcohol Program" Reported Popular
ae the opinion of society.
. Gilehrist said the program “a temperance education in Nova’ Scotia had been approved and is well received by all de nominations, both Protestant and Roman Catholic.
Mr. Gilchrist works as an official of the department of education in the province. ‘The program which he administers with the help of an office sec- retary was set up 10 years ago. The main text “book used is the “Manitoba Manual on Alcohol Education”’
While it is the duty of the director to co-ordinate the work done by the T ance Fed- eration, the act work of in- struction is done by the teacher in the schools. The work is ar- ranged according to grades.
NOT SMART TO DR
Briefly, Mr. Gilchrist said, what is taught to the students is, “‘It is smarter for teenagers not to drink”. To assist them in following this idea, Allied Youth posts have been set up in the schools.
He said the motto of this or- ganization is, “To learn the facts concerning beverage alcoh- ol and how best to conduct my life in relation to. these facts’’.
Mr. Gilchrist said schools of alcohol and narcotic education are conducted from time to time and are attended by the clergy, teachers and laymen working with alcoholics. The best author- ities in North America are brought to these schools to give instruction.
The Temperance Federation also conducts schools or short courses. These courses held at various points throughout the province have at times attracted an attendance of 52 people, Mr. Gilchrist said.
Island s Hospital Plan HasNotBeenRejected
islature, this too was far from correct, since the only way in which the act could be contest- ed would be through the Sup reme Court of the Province or the Supreme Court of Canada.
Continuing, Dr. Bonnell stated that Ottawa has never stipulated the percentage .of the population which plan. I feel confident that Federal Government will accept our plan and I shall be surpris- ed if they don’t’, he said.
In the meantime, Dr. Bonnell said plans, are going ahead and he has every reason to believe that hospital insurance, as pro- mised to the people of Prince Edward Island, will be in effect by the first of October.
Solid Front Stand ls Story On Berlin
partners.
Conference spokesman sought].
to picture the four Western Allies as firmly united in their determ- ination to withstand Russian pres- sure for important concessions.
French Foreign Minister Maur- ice Couve de Murville was re- ported to have endorsed Lioyd’s remarks, saying:
“If Berlin goes, who will go next?”
Couve de Murville also was fe- ported to have stressed the im- portance of agreement on emer- gency military measures the Al- lies must be ready to invoke if need be to save West Berlin.
MUST PRESERVE FREEDOM
Lloyd, Couverde Murville and acting U.S, State Secretary Chris- tian Herter agreed tat the free- dom of 2,250,000 West Berliners must be preserved.
The French leader also empha- sized that the Allies must avoid formal recognition of ‘the East German Communist puppet reg- ime, saying this vould perpetuate the East-West division’ of Ger- many
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LT.-COL, KENNEDY
Hospital Job Appointment [=
lA. Colonel E. K. Kennedy, chief clerk in the Department of Public Works, has resigned his position to become employed with the Prince Edward Island Hospital Commission. He left yesterday for Ottawa where he will take a course in hospital ad- ministration and other related work before returning to his duties here.
Succeeding Colonel Kennedy will be Joseph Shelfoon who has been accountant with the De- partmert for a number of years. Succeeding Mr. Shelfoon is Roy Matheson who until now has
By PETER JACKSON
NEW DELHI (Reuters) — The Dalai Lama, after successfully eluding 50,000 Chinese Commu- nist troops, has escaped to free- dom in India, and now may head a delegation to put the plight of Tibet before the United Nations, diplomatic sources said Thursday night.
The sources said Tibet’s god- king probably would be accom- panied to New York by members
him. Like him, they also are secking political asylum in India. it is almost certain that India will grant political asylum to him. He was reported to have survived his long trek over the Himalaya Mountains “in good
—~y Communist New China News Agency reported earlier that the Dalai Lama reached In- dian soil two days ago. It said Indian officers at Tawang, As- sam, 18 miles south of the Tibe- tan border, had gone to meet him.
Prime Minister Nehru Thurs- day night called a meeting of the central parliamentary board of his ruling Congress party to dis- cuss delicate issues regarding Ti- bet. Political observers took this to mean the Dalai Lama.
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Tibet's God-Like King Survives Rough Trip
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when the time comes. But at this’ last few days. Nehru wanted te make it clear that while India ~ believed the Indian government | felt bound to give at least tem —
stage is is still top secret.” Diplomatic sources said they
learned of the Dalai Lama’s ar- | porary
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The sources — New Delhi an unfriendly act.
By JOHN LeBLANC
OTTAWA. (CP)--A royal com- mission: will conduct the federal government's promised long- range inquiry into freight rates and allied problems of the rail- ways and their users.
Prime Minister Diefenbaker, making this known Thursday, in- dicated to reporters that the com; mission setup might be an- nounced in more detail today.
It was the first firm announce ment that a full-<dress royal com- mission — the first general in quiry into railway matters in about 10 years — would inquire — the So of freight
their impact on var-
| . Poaching during the closed sea-
during the open season, so far as the Prince Edward Island lobster industry was concerned, were the two most troublesome problems facing the federal fisheries de- parment, Loran E. Baker, dir- ector of fisheries for the mari- time district, said in Charlotte town last aight.
Guest speaker at a Queen Hotel banquet held in conjunction with
since his retirement from federal politics in 1949, said that such practices, if continued indefinitely would eventually result in the dis- appearance of the lobster industry
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through the pressure of economic
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Poaching, Small Lobsters Termed Major Problems
Despite the fact that the lob- ster larvae count off Miminigash might be 1,000 times as great at any given time as that obtained off the southwest Nova Scotia port of Yarmouth, the lobster in- dustry in the latter area and ad- joining districts was still a lucrative, and was worth six to
.| seven million dallars annually.
because the had years
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fous sections of Canada.
Previously, cabinet members had stated only that there would be an inquiry aimed largely at redressing freight rate ‘‘discrim- ination” against the western and Atlantic sections of Canada on a long-term basis, while short-term measures are put into effect ia the meantime.
SHORT-TERM STEPS
Short - term steps already a nounced:
1. A $20,000,000 federal subsidy to the railways for one year, to be used to soften the impact of a 17-per-cent general rate in
ment to block any further gea-
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Commission Will Study. Freight Rate Problems
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Recess Taken
To Meet Yvon
FREDERICTON (CP) — The New Brunswick Legislature took a brief recess Thursday afternoog to meet a distinguished visitor—
*| Yvon Durelie—the fighting fisher
man from Baie Ste. Anne, NB.
Prior to the recess, both Pre mier Flemming and Liberal Op- position Leader Louis J. Robi- chaud paid tribute to the British Empire light-heavyweight champ.