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Feb. 10th Set As Date For Opening Of House

Th, fourth session of the 48th General Assembly of Prince Ed- ward Island will commence on 1959. one month earlier than the opening date of me third session which got under way last March 11.

An announcement to this effect was made by Premier A. W. Motheson yesterday.

The Speech from the Throne will be read by His Honor, Lieu- tenant-Governor Hyndman, of- ﬁciating for the first time at a House opening since his appoint- ment as vice-regal representative in unis province last March 31. STANDING

Present standing in the 30-

memtber House is 26 Liberals and

@1118 Emmott

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WEATHER

Cloudy with snowflurries, clearing this

afternoon; northwesterly winds 30. liminishing. Low-high 13 and 23. u a 3‘ . r~ _-V s, . ‘ Covers Prince Edward Island sze The Dew” “ Authorized -- Secongegigeﬁfuogﬁe m: omce CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3,1958 14 PAGES “lull?” FIVE GEN“ Borden Tram

four Conservatives. Premier Matheson leads the large Liberal bloc while the relatively small op- pos1tion is led in the House by R. R. Bell, Q.C., who represents 2nd Queens.

Provincial PC leader W. R. Shaw does not hold a seat in the legislature. -

Ways and means of a l in the federalprovincilal surance plan to this province is expected to be one of the major items considered at this session which may be the last for this particular Assembly.

Premier Matheson intimated art a recent party gathering that a provrncilal general election was “not far off.”

Is Stranded On Mainland

At midnight last night the Borden train which normally arrives in the city between 9 and 9.30 p.m. had still not left Cape Tormentine, N.B.

High Winds, at times reach- ing gale force, kept the M.V. Abegweit in port at Borden fol- lowing its third run yesterday at 2.21 p.m. and it was not able to make a crossing to carry the train to the Island last night.

It was not known when the tram would get to the city, al- though it was thought likely it would arrive sometime during the morning hours.

The Abegweit, now on a win- ter schedule, normally n’iakes five trips per day.

Freight Rate Hike Hits Island Farmers,"Shippers

Though in the main still pro- tected by the Agreed Charges established some years a g 0 through the efforts of the P.E.I. Potato Marketing Board, Island

potato gram and shippers will '

not remain entirely una'ﬁfeclted by the‘17 per cent general increase in freight rates that became ef- fective December 1.

In the first place all shipments to the United States, Western Canada, and to any point within the Atlantic Provinces will cost 17 per cent more now than prior to December 1.

Some dealers estimate that pos- Iible20percentof the annual crop will be thus directly affect- ed.

OTHER CHARGES

In addition the railway has hiked the heat charge on refrig-

-gmtorcarstotlu‘eeandouebalf

cents per mile, an increase of onehalfaceutpermileoverthe former mine. Shipping a car under heat to Montreal will now cost $3.55 more than formerly, while the Toronto cost for this service

‘wﬂl be greater by $5.20.

Though demurrage charges Were not increased, diversion charges were upped by a ping $1.12; from $6.60 to $7.72.

Export rates for shipments to Halifax and Saint John went up ﬁve cents p‘er hundred pounds on December 1. This means that trelglrtwill cost shippers using alum-port $25 extra on each car tromnowon.

NO PROTECTION

Time shipping turnips or other field crops, none of which are under any type of protection, mud: bear the full burden of these increased barges. For instance, inland a car of turnips on the Montreal market will cost ship- pers in freight alone, $63 more than it did one week ago.

The new railway tariffs put '11! effect December 1 indicate that no. changes in the basic established under the Agreed Charges are contemplat- ed at this time. ’ In addition officials of the P. AE.I. Potato Marketing Board stated that as yet the railroads had not signified in any way that they intended to upset the

agreement.

The Board Chairman, W. A. Maclennan said several days ago that the agreement between the Board and the railroad could not be discontinued

Sputnik III Rocket Near ‘ End Of Flight

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP)-— me Smithsonian Astrophysical Qbservatory predicted Tuesday night that the final—stage rocket

1 that fired Sputnik Ell into orbit [Wt May 15 would burn up around ' L 10 am. AST today.

The rocket might begin glowing

' over the midwest about 9:30 a.m. AST, «the scientists said. If death-

,”Wl‘s as predicted about 10 ‘gmu the rocket might come WWII anywhere from central E-“mpe to the Michile East.

The dying rocket was tracked

a giant radar telescope as it Ol‘bited over the northeast late Tuesday.

SCientilstsat the Millstone Hill l‘j‘dk'il' station, Westford, Mass, plcked up two successive pas— sages of the hurtling rocket with their 90-ton long-range radar.

9W computations by [h e Smithsonian indicated that the satellite will be making a series 0f passages over or near the east- ern half of the continent near its Predicted death time.

he satellites next passage about 9:25 a.m. today would croSS western Texas. Kansas lAbout 9:27. Minneapolis about 9330 and move on into Canada.

If there is another passer—’0 the Satellite would be between San- Francis-c0 and 1,05 Angele at 1 155. over Helena, Mont. at 10:57 and then swing on into Can- “A over western Europe and the

amended mtilthree months af- ter formal notification had been filed by either party.

MITIGATED SOMEWHAT

’llhe over-all effect of this change in the freight rate struc- ture is somewhat mitigated by the-provisions of the Maritime Freight Rates Act which re- duces by 20 per cent the freight otherwise payable on shipments originating in the Atlantic Pro-

BERIIJJIN (Reuters) — Russia Tuesday denounced in advance a suggested East-West conference of the four powers to discuss Ger- man reunification. '

Moscow Radio described the suggestion as “an attempt to tor- pedo” the Soviet plan for handing East Berlin over to East Ger- many and converting West Berlin into a demilitarized free city.

But Chancellor Konrad Ade-

WW Claims Red

Missile Went Past Moon

PITTSBURGH (‘AIPb—IELI‘lk Ber- slants, Rockets magamine, says that within the last two weeks Russia sent a missile past the moon and

for three days.

defence department, asked if the military had confirmed such a launching, ally no.” Scientists associated with space programs also said they knew of no Soviet moon rocket launching.

SAINT JIO‘HIN, N.B. Criticism of the city’s street clearing operations Tuesday fol- lowed the first major storm of the season when 7.2 inches of snow fell on ice-coated streets Monday night causing seven minor accidents, dozens of traf- fic snarls and driving and walk- ing hazards. .

Mayor D. L. Macharen was critical of the way traffic tie-ups developed on city streets. Cars inched along and two trucks went out of control on hills in differ- ent sections of the city and

was hurt. Police Chief Wesley Van Wart

CHIJCAGO (AP) — An expert

that a cigaret —— thoughtlessly flipped into a waste basket—~may

that killed 90 in Our Lady .of the Angels school.

Sgt. Drew Brown, head of the police arson squad, stated that

aret, tossed into a waste basket by a sneak smoker.”

He emphasized t h a t “strictly a theory."

it

was deliberately touched off.

the tragedy.

NINETY DEAD Plans were made for a mas

‘editdrranean .

burial of the young victims of the

editor of Missiles and

Bengaust told the Ad Club of Pittsburgh Tuesday U.S. scien- tists tracked the missile by raldio

However, a spokesman of the

“Emphartic-

crashed into buildings. No one

Tuesday 'came up with a theory

have started the disastrous fire

the best theory about 'the case was “a carelessly discarded'ag- is

But investigator's did not elim- inate the possibility that the blaze

The FBI turned its attention to

vinces and a certain portion of Eastern Quebec and destined to. points within the borders of this select territory.

0n ‘outbound shipments the reduced rate does not apply be- yond Levis, Quebec.

Indirectly local potato inter- ests will also suffer an addit- ional burden from extra costs reflected in the price of bags, tertilizer, etc.

Suggested Talks On Berlin , Denounced By Soviet Union

nauer predicted in Bonn that “i! the West r e m a. i n s absolutely firm,” Russia would postpone its Berlin plan and negotiate a Ger- man settlement with the West. He was addressing a parli-amentéry group of his Christian Democratic party. '

N0 OVERTURES

So far, the United States, Brit- ain, Finance and West Germany have made no overtures to Mos cow for ElastJWest talks on Ger« man reunification. At present, the {our Western powers are planning a meeting of their foreign min- isters in Paris in two weeks when a threeday NIA’I‘O conference takes place there.

There have been how- ever, that the foreign ministers might seek East-West talks be- fore the Soviet plan on Berlin, due to take etfect June 1, leftm- plementedl.

Iowa Doctor Is Top Physician

MlllNlNEElAPOIUJB (Am—An Iowa doctor who delivered 2,000 babies in their own homes was chosen Tuesday the outstanding U.S. family physician of the year.

Dr. Lonnie A. Coffin, 08, Farm-

by the American Medical As- sociation.

Street Clearing Operations Criticized At Saint John

(GP)—

said every available policeman was on the streets early Tuesday to help get traffic moving. His men did all they could but there was little evidence of sanding or salting on the streets until mid- morning.

Sanitation director R. D. Munro ’said his department had trucks on the street at 10 p.m. Monday. He later brought out snow plows and 14 remain-ed on the job until 7 a.m. Tuesday.

Some 'merchants complained sidewalks were not plowed, en- trances to driveways and build- ings were blocked and their em- ployees had difficulty getting to work.

third worst U.S. school fire in 100 years.

The flames in the 40-year-old building Monday snuffed out the lives of 87 children and three nuns. Still in h05pitals were 78 others—75 youngsters. a fireman, the school janitor and a nun.

Brown, who made a minute in- spection of the charred building, said his theory was based on these circumstances:

Every day, about 2:30 p.m., boys bring waste baskets to the basement. The material is burned later in a boiler by the janitor.

Near this disposal point is a boys‘ washroom where a lad; might steal a smoke.

The area is in the northeast corner of the brick building The lfirc been there and gushed up a \\....1.211 suitcase

ington, was awarded the honor

ANOTHER RATE INCREASE, Premier Protests Boost

» In Fares On CNR Ferries

? Bush Fires Raging ‘In California

Flames fanned by hot desert

southern California resort Tues- day when two fires broke out on the inland slope of the Santa Monica mountains and raced to- ward the sea. _

Thousands of residents were evacuated. S e v e r a 1 expensive homes were reported burned.

' There were no reported injur- les.

By late afternoon 10,000 acres were charred.

The bu‘ushy, oak-dotted slopes are five miles inland from here and 30 miles west of downtown Los Angeles.

Flames burned 8,000 acres in the first three hours.

The holocaust is just to the east of the Malibu fire that started Dec. 25. 1956, and in five days char-red 42,000 acres and 90 homes.

Winds up to 50 miles an hour made early control unlikely. One of the many ranches in the fire’s path belongs to actor Renald Reagan. Bob Hope’s White Oak Ranch- also was imperilled.

Lakes’ Freezé Threatens To

Trap 38 Ships

MONTREAL (.CIP) — Some 38 ships are in danger of being from in for the winter between Montreal and the Great Lakes. a. spokesman tor the Utederial transport depamunent’s signal service reported Tuesday night.

Ice in the locks of the Laschine Canal which knifes through Mout- reall Island had trapped 18 east- bound vessels in geariby bake St. Louis.

Another eight east-bound ships are tied up at Cascades Point at the eastern entrance of the Son— langes Canal, 40 miles west of Montreal, because of frown locks in the

Ilce began forming dining the weekend and is getting thicker, the spokesman said.

Twelve of the trapped ships are oceamagolng.

East-bound ships got through the Luchine Canal Tuesday but one had to break ice with her an- chor to do it.

Among the ocean Ships caught in the lakes canal system are the Monica Smith, Loholun, Heinrich, Gretefjell, Udo selnllrte, Ingrid Weide, Auguste Schulte, Cresten Wide, Pn'ns Willem 11V, Prins Willem II, waldemar Peter and Manchester Prospector.

Twelve west-bound ships are caught in Montreal hambor, un- able to get back through the canal back to the lakes.

Downriver from Montreal in the swiftly-flowing parts of the St. Lawrence River that do not ﬁreeze early, certain marker buoys have been displaced by ice. Summer buoys between Sorel and Quebec City are now being taken out and winter markers put in.

PM Arrives, In Australia

DARWIN, Australia (Reuters) Prime Minister Diefenbaker ar- rived here early today from Ja- karta on his way to Canberra.

Experts Push Search For Caluse Of Chicago Blaze '

Brown said two boys were in the area, emptying waste bas- kets, as late as 2:40 p.m. That was two minutes before the first alarm was sounded. The boys told Brown they smelled something like a smouldering substance.

N0 POSITIVE EVIDENCE

Earlier, Fire Commissioner Robert J. Quinn said arson had not been stricken from the last of possibilities although no posi- tive evidence along that line had been found.

“We always suspect arson where there is loss of life. par- ticularly in a public place. and we cannot establish the cause of the fire,” he said.

The FBI said it is “maintain- ing liaison with Chicago officials to see if there is any way we can aSsist "

MALIIBU BEACH, Cali-f. (AP) 5

winds swept the bills near this :.

WAR VETERANS 'CREMATLED'

Universal carriers, battle-test- ed veterans of the Second World War, have been out to pieces and are no more. One hundred and 10 of the tracked vehicles which ‘truVelled many rugged miles during the campaign in

Sicily" , Italy and Northwest Europe met a fiery death at the haunts of German tordh-wielders and will now be erema ted in a steel mill’s blast furnace.

Here one of the carriers used by the 4th Canadian Infantry

Brigade in Germany is seen pas- SIDS though a German village on exercise prior to being taken out of service". The carriers are being replaced temporarily with Wheeled three-quarter-ttm trucks.

Snow And' Yesterday

The season’s ﬁrst snow storm

accomppmed by gale force winds (limped seven inches of snow on Prince Edward Island yesterday, tied up ferries at both Wood Islands and Borden, grounded several scheduled air ﬂights and brought highway traffic in West Prince to a virtual standstill.

The area west of Summer- side was by far the handed hit section of the province. Snow fell steadily all day and as the wind picked up heavy brought almost all traffic to a halt.

The swirling ground drift fill- edincutti-ngsalnmstasfastas government plows could open them, and although some vehi- cles continued to move, visibil-

l'ity was reduced to only a few

feet by the blizzard.

Plows worked into the night to get highways clear but the strong winds continued to pile up high drifts.

CLOSED EARLY

v In West Prince the main high- way between Albertom and Elms- dale was closed early in the day and by mid-afternoon most cross made were impassable. Busses failed to reach Alberton last night.

In sharp contrast no roads were reported closed in the Sum- merside area and no plows had been dispatched in the East Prince Area.

Government dispatcher Charlottetown reported ro

in s in

Queen’s County generally open and travelling good last night, al- though drifting was causing pro-

Gale Disrupt Iratlic

hroughoul

blems. A total of 30 plows were reported fighting the snow.

Main roads in King’s County were reported open for traffic.

The snow bean to fall early Tuesday morning but no ser- ious trouble was experienced until winds began to pick up about noon. By 12 o’clock winds were hitting 25 mph. in guests and by two p.m. had reached a peak of 57 mph. in gusts. Last evening they were being clocked at up to 45 mph. in Charlotte- 46 in Summer-side.

FERRIES TIED UP

The strong winds caused heavy seas in the Northumber- land Strait and tied up ferry servibe. The Abegweit made only three of its scheduled five trips and was kept in dock af- ter making its third trip at 2:20 p.m. The regular train from Bor- den rto Charlottetown was run- ning many hours behind sche- dule.

Ferry service between Wood Islands and Caribou, N.S. was cut curtailed to only one trip by the high winds. Ferries left from both terminals on their only run at 1 p.m.

Maritime Central Airways re- ported cancellation of flights to the Magdalen Islands, the Hali- fax flight last evening and one of the Moncton flights. The Mom- ton to Charlottetown ﬂight ar- rived on schedule last night.

BUS DELAYED

In the eastern end of the pro» Vince heaviest snow was repen- ed between Mount Stewant and St. Peter’s. The bus to Souris

was 1 1-2 hours late in arriving

Province

last night. However,- roads werepassable. ~ .

The winds of gale force were causing most trouble in Souris where one of eight dressers tied up in port. the Ear G. broke four of its ﬁve ropes and almost was set adrift. It was later seemed to the dock by cab- les. .

Two-man emergency crews kept a steady vigil on each of the draggers as the tide was still rising and sewing freez- ing sea water onto the docks and ships.

Telephone service was inter- rupted in Souris and lights blink- edonandofffornbalf-bour period in some homes, but did not go out. Telephone and Maritime Electric otfioial, how- ever reported no lines were down.

Tug Has Tanker In Tow Off N.S.

(OP) — The ocean tug Foundation Vigilant took a lame German tanker in tow Tues day alter pushing through nearly 500 miles of rough Atlantic seas.

A spokesman for Foundation Maritime Limited said Thursday night is the earliest the Vigilant and Marie Louise Haltenmarnn will arrive in pout here.

The Marie Louise Haltenmann messaged for help early Monday after developing engine trouble 480 miles off the Nova Scotia coast.

Built in 1953, the 890-ton tanker sails out of Hamburg.

ATTEND ELECTRIC LEAGUE DINNER

Those seated at the head table during a dinner meeting of the

Electric Service League of PE. I. held at the Charlottetown

Hotel last evening were, left to Bu-rbury;

right, W.ll. Poole, P.E.I. electri— Seal home owner on Union Road;

cal inspector: J. W. Kirby, elec- trical inspector; A.D. Cameron, Stuart Mac- Kay, Red Seal home owner in Red

Maritime Electric;

James Miller,

Willard Burke of Burke Electric; Barry Bugden, league secretary treasurer; A. E. MacLean, of MacLean Electric; P.E. Palmer of Palmer Electric; and G. D. Murchison of Rogers Hardware.

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Described by\ Premier Mathe- son as “unwarranted, unrealistic and unfair", passenger charges on the Boaden-Tomnentmc’ fer- ries have been increased by the Canadian National Railway: as of December 1.

Smc‘ e that day passengers

3 using this service have been re-

quiredtopaySOcentsfora single ﬂame or 90 cents tor the na- turn trip, an Increase of five and ten cents respectively in the fares previously in edfect.

First intimation of the increase, which will total more than $20,- 000 annually on the basis of cur-

.- rent passenger traffic, was re-

ceived yesterday by the Provin- cial Government.

PREMIER’S REACTION

Commenting on the situation last evening Premier Matheson said the increases were unwar- ranted in that they exceeded the chargeable per mile maximum laid down by the Board of Trans- port —- 4.4 cents intbecaseofilirstclasspas— sensors, and 3.67 cents in the case of second class; unrealistic in that they would fall to In- crease t h e CNR proﬁt by as much as one cent, but would simply have the effect of de creasing the deficit normally un- derwritten by the Dominion Gov- ermmt; and unfair in that so far as could be ascertained, no other rates in the unmodiateb adjacent areas were affected.

SECOND LINK UNAFII‘ECTED

Inquiry had mottled dial: the‘ n lien-leg which

operate the Oaml'bou service had not increas-

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Oyster F

O'I'I‘AW-A, (Special) — Prince Edward Island oyster farmers yesterday were cautioned against over-fishing their stocks lest they fish themselves out of business.

The warning was sounded by J. C. Medcof, a researcher at the federal biological station at St. Andrews, N.B., who said Island oystercnen were fishing their stocks. “hard” to meet the “heaviest market danands they have ever experienced."

The new customer was the Federal Department of Fisheries which was purchasing P. E. I. oyters to be used as brood stock to reestablish the devastated‘ Nova Scotia and New Brunswick populations. ~ Mr. Medcof, In a circular letter to oyster fishermen. explained that an epidemic disease—ham. less to human- ‘ s—three years ago had struck oyster populations in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick “and is still raging." The 1957 oyster harvest in these two pro- vinces was down to 30 percent of its pre-epidemic level.

NEED GREAT CARE

P. E. I. oysters were immune to the disease, he said, and Is- land oysterafarmers were fish- ing their stocks harder than ever before. This could be dangerous if overdone.

“For the next few years oys- ter-farmers must work with the greatest care," he added. “Is- land men must improve .their oyster farming methods and boost production or continued heavy harvesting may reduce stocks and lead to a long-term depression from over-fishing."

Federal ﬁsheries authorities were winning the fight against the blight in Maritime oyster beds, but to speed the victory they need much more assistance from fishermen themselves. 1n this connection, all three Mari- time Provinces have an import- ant role to play.

The devastating disease which infected oyster fields in New

Montreal Fire A

Takes 3 Lives

MONTREAL (CP)—A mother and her two children died Tues- day when fire ripped. through their apartment in the city's east- end.

Police identified the Idead as Mrs. Alice Cardinal, 37; her daughter, Madeleine, 4, and a young baby.

Further details were not imme-

Borden Service Passengers Will Pay An Extra $20,000

were biterchangealble with those issued by the CNR.

This farcical situation led him to believe that the Board’s de- cision of October 28 was not in-

tended to apply on the Bord”.

Tormentinc route, the Premier observed.

In 1957 the Borden-Tonnentim ferries carried a total of 375,308 passengers, he noted. Allowing for the normal increase of 10 per cent, next year better than 400,000 people would pay the increased rates and thus add more than $20,000 to railroad re- venue.

“Every cent of this will come out of the pockets of Island citi- zens, summer visitors, or peoplt doing business in this Province. without adding materially to the assets of the railroad," be said.

SEES ADDED DANGER

Recallml' 3 that the previoul rates in effect at Borden had only been establidhed some twenty years ago after a long. hard, struggle. Premier Mathe- son viewed this recent action of the CNR with great alarm.

“Since this increase was gumb- ed and eﬁected without prior consultation with any outside body that might be directly or indirectly interested, what’s to stop them 0mm going further and demanding increases in both auto and tend: fares?” he in- qulred.

“The run to the mainland via Borden is not only part of our Trans-Canada Highway system, W dim Part of the ‘contimm: oomunicatiou’ warmed this Province at the firm of Con. federation. A. such, the CNR not own these boats, it merely operates them as agents of the federal govermnent.”

armers

Given Warning

Brunswick and Nova Scotla’l’ Nortbmnberland Strait " region three years ago would be beaten “with luck" by 1965. But much more than look was required.

Mr. Med-cot said Nova Scotia and New Brunswick fishermen must preserve and make the best possible use of the brood stocks they are given by the Fisheries Depamnent.

“All will have to collect seed oysters and rear them by the most edficieut wl’mre methods if they are to stay in business.

ASK COOPERATION

“The department and the Fish- eries Research Board are worle ing hard to relieve the disaster, but unless oyster men exert themselves as never before, re- covery will be slow," notes Mr. Medcof.

Experience gleaned in the oys- ter disaster in P. E. L’s Malpe- que Bay (1915-35) indicated that rebuilding takes not less than 20 years “unless special efforts are made at rehabilitation.”

The "special efforts" referred to by the fisheries scientists in- clude transplanting of P.E.I.’s now disease-resistant seedlings into such areas as New Bruns- wick‘s Shippegan, Richibucto River mouth, and the north and south .shores of Miramichi Bay, where mortality rates — the re- sult of the 1955 outbreak — ran as high as 98 per cent.

Transplantings are also being made in Nova Scotia in such re- gions as Wallace and Malagash, across Northumberland Strait (mom P.E.I. Over a three—year period the Department of Fisher- 1es hopes to plant 10,000 barrels of Island species in the affected areas of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

Boy Dies 'On TCA Aircraft

(CP)—~Two—year-old Kenneth Paul Mullins of Gander. Nfld., died Tuesday on a TCA plane «taking him to the Lohey Clinic at Boston for treatment. He was believed to have been suffer- ing from cancer.

His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Mullins. were travel- ling to Boston with him.

The boy died while the plane was. in the air between Gander and Halifax. His body was taken off here and his parents will ac-

diately available.

company it back to Gander.

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