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“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”

Taxpayers to Meet Coundl

'At a meeting of the Associa- tion of Charlottetown Taxpay-V' ers, held last night in the of

ices of the Charlottetown Cred~ it Union. it. was decided that ii delegation representing various 4

Authorised no sound Charm-u by the Post Office Dop-mnent. out". All for payment at post-n ]: on.

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Diet Withdraws Remarks Charged Affront To MP5 9

Potato Price level 8'°°°c"“*°"’ 1 Speech OutsideHouse

VOL. LXXVII. N0. 132 If

Lost In Blaze

I . , CANNI'NG. N.S. top) —~ Fire: busuiess groups will meet for l at Hillaton near this Annapol-l I an lfll’Jl‘VleW With the City. ',is Valley community earlyl Council. r Thursday destroyed 8,000 chick-1y The purpose Wm h, m dis. ens and caused an estimated I c s. ecent increases in tax as-, 530' mage '0 two large

sessmcnts relating to businer and professional mcnts

“mouse; 1 OTTAWA tCP) — Opposmon. would be cast on the principle. Leader Diefenbaker bowed to - “not that I love the Red Ensign r the ruling of Speaker Alan Mac- 1 less. but 918.000 more." naughion Thursday and with» " , ,

drew remarks which MPs coni- ‘ INTEGRITY 'MPUGNF‘D

"Named amounted to a cha‘gel Mr. Douglas said that. all but,

I_‘ Potatoes are bringing what. (it‘ll s have been affected b . .

establm Jone. eater said yesterday is _ bodp wcalhcr y: Owner John de Gran esmma'

ithe highest price in “seven or Prices ofislons' potatoes in the fed the poumy loss at “000 past few days were firm on Up- ‘ Egg“ 0f the blaze has "M

were per Canadian markets. n' n determmed'

t paying $3 per 75-pound bag.

The committee also decided: - ht .. that as many members of the lag years' ‘ committee as possible will a“, Charlottetown dealers

. , Montreal on 'l‘uesda P.E.I.i — the v r t bo ht n: ‘3 handful 0f members had tend all f g , .. . . . r y. 80 e nmen ug t cir , ' City CoungitluSidmfifiilzizeoéthgi . Provincial marketing .d‘ire'ct- 1 potatoes were. going wholesale‘ Manta ue Votes with last year's payl ‘f’md m" the increase 0‘ Pdf- cmzens to do likewise l?“ Reifd Saiigster staidth s (tihe at $3.50 to $4. compared to $3 to g . increase. ; llamenfry 1330030 ]$16.00" a ‘ . t 8W 0 Slippy an eman $3.25 for New Brunswick ota- ~ 7. 5year rom . . as year. It was felt that by attending iHe said “it looks like the mar tocs per 75-pcund bag. p l TeaCher Gets ' Mr. Dlefenbaker' demmg he i and Mr‘ Diefenbaker: remarks

imputed any motives to MP5.

the best interests of the city lke[ will said that since Speaker Mac-

. .. . stay stronI s and its Citizens Will be served moldings L a pmato‘

; were “a reflection on the integ- in Canada and

t rity of all members." The Up-

In Ottawa the. . PEI

a all-pound bag of potatoes brought al

P1P. Murnaghan. left. chalr- man of management at the Charlottetown Hospital. and Rev. Walter Reid look over Dorothy McNeill's shoulder at the valedictory

a . which she delivered last night

Maritimes’ Work Of UC

Has Declines, Increases

SACKVILLE. NB (CP) "Alarming decreases" in number of phases in the church's unl‘k in the Mortiimes were re- icalcd in statistics presented to 1hr Maritime Conference of the t'mtcd Church of Canada here

CITY HOSPITAL NURSES GRADUATE

at c hospital's nursing school graduation. She is from Alberton. Bisbvp M.A. Mac- Eachern presented diplomas to each of the 24 girls who had ended their last year of study. Father Reid gave the tradit-

opposition “to the principle of raising money or cause through gambling devices such as lotteries, oingos. or raffles."

The motion was presented by Mr. Murray. secretary of the committee evangelism and social service.

'l‘uu'stluy, . ‘1 turn: were marked declines In baptisms, professions of

inirh and Sunday school enrol- nicill. There was also a sharp

drop in the number of en pl‘t‘pdl’lng for the ministry. Baptisms were down more

than 300 below the 1963 figure. Sunday schools taught nearly 2.01:0 louver students than the pl‘i'llOUS year.

'l‘hcrc was a slight increase in the number of ministers em. ploycd in church work in the Maritimes. Congregational giv- iuzn. property values and cap- ital investments all showed in- (li’fifu‘S.

(‘lillMENDs «MA

The conference commended the Canadian Medical Associa- lion for in stand on cigarette smoking and called on all its nwmhcrs to “consider serious- l_\ " string up smoking cigarettes. The motion was part of the report of the conference com- murno on evangelism and social sciwr'e presented by Rev. Dori- ;ilrl Hoddinott vof Edmunston. '.P.. an ltev. Lewis Murray 0i lxcnsington, P EJ.

The conference reaffirmed its

Britain Faces Typhoid Threat

ABERDEEN (Reutersl-'lbc typhoid~strlcken Scottish city of Aberdeen braced for a third epidemic wave Thursday as the number of persons in hospital with the disease rose sharply.

The city's medical Offkcf, Dr. Ian MacQueen. called the situation “serious but not neces- sarily catastrophic."

By Thursday evening there were 334 persons in hospital here as typhoid patients or sus- pects—a rise of 33 in 24 hours Of these 292 were confirmco cases. I

Aberdeen‘s figure of con- firmed typhoid cascs was near- ain's last major outbreak in Croydon. southern England. in 1937 when there were 320 cascs.

Earlier Thursday. MacQueer. warned that Britain could be “on the verge of a national disaster" unless the Aberdeen epidemic was checked.

Defence Dept. Surplus

Will ‘Be Probed By Committee

OTTAWA tCPl—The defence department last year declared as surplus 2.600 groups of ma- terials and equipment that or- iginally cost the government 530500.000. the Commons public accounts. committee was told Thursday.

The committee declde mediater to investigate. asked Auditor-General Maxwel- chderson to in ' which will take about three weeks. Then the commit.- lee will call officials of the de- it‘llcc department and Crown Assets Disposal Corporation.

There was no immediate in- dication of what stocks were declared surplus or whether they were new or ii . or who price they fetched in the market sales by Crown Assets.

However. Douglas Harknesa. lormer Conservative defence ‘mmster. said he believed some 0f the surplus declarations were and and v a rt 0 u s supplies bought during the Second World War and Korean War -- I sDotted in the 1962 report of the Glassco royal commission on Rovernment organization.

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discovered cases of equipment being bought unnecessarily by government agencies. never be- used. then being sold by between 10 nd pe cent of the price originally paid by the federal treasury.

Mr. Henderson. Parliament's watchdog over public spending. said his office checked and found that in fiscal year 1962-63 ti. defence department de-

ing

-clsrcd as surplus the $39,500,000

worth of unused or usable ms~ terials.

In addition. he said. the dc- partment made other declar- ations of surplus for scrap and materials in need of repair. bringing its total number of declarations for the year to 8.500. One declaration can cover anything from one item to 1.000. In the whole. year. Crown As- sets had under review l2.000

declaration; from all depart- ments. Nicholas Msndziuk rec —

Marquette) said there is s gen~ ersl impression in Canada that

,might come from the refugees, ing the total reached in Brit-t

Misc. UNDERWEAR

ouse stools. the navy had emluizh suits of underwear—of nhe size-for 1,000 years, the "my bad s 97-year supply "voralls of one size. and the RCAF had enough of one kind 32:1me bulbs to lsst‘for 370

S.

The issue arose earlier this Week when Harold Winch (NO? I

INSIDE TODAY

Births. deaths . . . . .. 8. 13 Classified . . . . . . . . .. 12. 13 Finance. markets 6 Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11 Rural churches .. 1: national. 4 Km“! m“... CT” nu ' Women's 7

“Inconver last) said no till .

tonal address to the graduates during the ceremony. Dr. C.A. Coady. chief of medical staff. acted as chairman for the graduation, which was held be- fore a large audience at the Basiilica Recreation Centre.

A resolution asking support for “action taken to remove" obscene literature from store book shclvcs was referred back to a committee for a year‘s study by the United Church Maritime Conference Thursday. Dr. E. D. Murray of Sack- \'ille. editor of the. conference paper. the “United Churchman". questioned the resolution. He ainst censorship by individuals who would not answerable to any organized body "I believe there must be some censorship but I do not believe in‘puttlng ourselves in. the hands of self-appointed crit-t ics' Dr. Murray said Assistance to refugees Angola was recommended the conference to the church‘s board of world mission. The recommendation followed an appeal made Wednesday by Dr. Ian Gilchrist of the commit- ice for emergency relicf Angola. Dr. Gilchrist question- er mission work in Angola. when nothing was done for the refugees. He said later na- tional leadership in Angola

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The names of two P.E.I. man were presented to the confer- ence in the. e 'ening. along with eight others. and recommend for ordination. The island men were Frederick Russell Seller. of Charlottetown. and Henry Lane Douglas. of Mount Stew- art and Charlottetown.

Sales

government surplus material is being "given away for next to nothing.”

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The committee last night ex- pressed the opinion that unless a light rein is kept on all city expenditures, taxes in the fu- ture would eventually reach un- heard of heights. which could result in forcing businesses and private householders to move into the suburbs.

Discussions were held on the

lished assessments that

en made on business estab- lishment, and on single and multiple dwellings.

One member made reference '

to a new house costing 923.000 in another city comparable in.

size to Charlottetown which was 1

being assessed at $16.000 for

tax purposes. It. was felt that l

on this basis a considerable number of incorrect assess- ments had been made this year. i

It was also announced that! the committee will carry out,’

i they were

K at this time I year.

I He added that there have been

greduced plantings in the Caro- ;linas area of the United States; Virginia has smaller acreage planted and Maine's holdings are smaller titan last year. One Charlottetown dealer said

alleged. numerous iniquities and that no new canines are avail- inequitics of the newly eslar- able from the south as process- basting plants are takin

supply and in some areas

CAEN (Reuteml—Another in- vasion of France began Thurs-

D-Day Veterans I Invade France

rUnited States are smaller than 1 Wholesale price of from $2.55 laSlito $2.75, compared to $2.25 to

“2.45 -’or 1“: B. potatoes.

t The Toronto wholesale price SCh°lar5hip 0f $500, tenable {01"

for a 50pound bag of P.E.I.

i Teachers' Federation centennial 1

Scholarship

i The Prince Edward Islandi

l t

e 1964-65 accdemic year. as“

W013...” was lmm $2.40 ,0 $2.60. ibeen awarded to Eugene Mur-

1 compared to $2 to $2.10 for NE. .

potatoes. l Shipments of tonic and seed:

polalocs from the province;

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from Aug. 1 to June 2. weiet 11.162 carloads. compared to

I

g up the 9.630 ctirloads up to June 2 of t home- the i first year. i

The soldier returning to Nor- mandy found little of the debris

further studies on such sawed; ; day by men reliving "D-Day"—— of war. Instead of 9.000 houses as assessments parking p501, ; the storming of Hitler‘s Europe razed to the ground he found a l

ems, unfair competition a rid: taxes based on footage. etc. One instead of charging a business! ax on inesscs should pay a licence to

20 years ago. Former servicemen from Can-

member suggested that. l ada, the United States, Britain;

and France poured into this

the anniversary of the historic air-sea invasion of June 6, 1944

iiwo Men And Woman

Face Robbery Charge

HALIFAX (CPl —— Two men and a woman from Montreal appeared in police court Thurs- day on charges of armed rob- bery while police continued to search for another man be- lieved connected with the holdup of the North Gottingen Street branch of the Bank of Montreal here Tuesday.

Allen Rutter. 36, and James Jack Hortick, 36. pleaded guilty to the change and were re- manded to the city prison for seven days to await sentencing.

town police at Digby. N.S.. early W e (i il 9 s d a y morning, about 14 hours after the noon holdup. They were brought here Wednesday.

Tuesday's holdup was third in less than a year at the same branch. Last July a lone bandit. later arrested and con— victed. escaped with $12,000 that was never recovered. In September. two men. also later sentenced to prison terms for armed robbery. escaped with $10000. which was recovered.

; manaheld territory. a

the -

Mrs. Georgina Baird. 31. pleaded not guilty. and was remanded to June 11 for trial.

Meanwhile. police would. not. elaborate on their search for another suspec . The bank was robbed by three nmask in carrying pis- tols. They fled the bank with about 510.000 taken from a tel- ler's cash drawer.

Rutter. Horlick and Baird were arrested by RCMP and

:

, Student Revolt

Sweeps S. Korea

SEOUL (AP) —- The tide of opposition to President Chung Hee Park's regime swept across South Korea Thursday. About ‘ 10.000 students demonstrated in Leight major cities. demanding he resign.

‘ proud new town of wide streets.

. with orchards and gardens. There were only the cemete-

tries and memorials 'to remind

the present basis. bus- i town Thursday in advance of ‘ him of the bat-tie for the Nora ‘mandy coast which cost the in-t lvading force 2.132 lives on D-‘

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Day. Some 200.000 men storm

Delegations from the wartime

0n the sands at Hermanville-i Sur-Mer the West gained one of its first slender holds on Ger-l Today it is little holiday resort.

Gen. Omar Bradley heads the: U.S. delegation which today will. attend a service at the British: cemetery at Douvres-la-Deliv-‘i r l

Canada's representatives will} be led by Veterans Affairs Min-x ister Roger Teillet. while the; Minister of Defence for the? Navy. Earl Jellico. theads Brit-t ain's delegation. France will be‘ represented by Veteran Affairs Minister Jean Sainteny.

The cemetery at Douvires-lanj Delivrance is on the eastern} flank of the 50—mile assault area ! stretching from the foot of they Oherbourg Peninsula in liei west. where. U.S. troops landed,i to the Caen Canal area in the. east. where British and Cans-1 dian forces. with a group of; French commandoes. m a d e 1 their onslaught. 1

There also will be a ceremony ; this evening at the Canadian cemeterylat Beny - Sur . Mer, where Canadian troops landed

with British troops,

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS MEET HERE

in. Ross. left. Montreal. 11.1.. Bamford. Resins. DBL. Johnston. Vancouver and RD.

Thomas. Toronto are members of the executive of'tl'io Con- Idlan Institute of Cluttered Accountants meeting at Dal-

vay House this week. This is

the rug council meeting and the first time it was held in the Maritimos.

Some 40 accountants from across the. country are. attend- ing. Mr. Ross is president of

Saint Dunstan's University.

\

u ashore in this Normandy area. was .1 at the annual convention of the

,allies will remember the dead Canadian Federation of Mayors “all” 0“ the “NOW”! remarks i ‘late today in a search-light pa- and Municipalities Erade on the sands at Herman-l ’ ville-Sur-Mer. t

. centennial

(An organization.

phy, Sturgeon. Mr. Murph has been a member of the staff of the Montague Regional High School for the. past six years. and previous to that taught for two years at Cambridge near his

The. scholarship will be given annually, to a Prince Edward island teacher who in the opin- ion of the scholarship commis- sion and of the provincial ex- et'utivP. most clearly meets the conditions of eligibility set down by the Federation.

Mr. Murphy plans to study at

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Mayors Reiect Flag Issue Referendum

REGINA (CPI—A calling for a national referen- m on a new Canadian flag overwhelmingly defeated

Thursday. but only after hot discussion. Mayor C. H. Hewitt of North l Ba 0nt., who proposed final resolution. told delegates:

“One of our basic dcmocrai.c i rights is the right to choose; something acceptable to all t We feel Canadians as a whole i should choose.

Mayor . A. Campbell of i Pembroke. Ont.. who seconded‘ the resolution. said the CFMM} was a democratic bod with a; perfect right to discuss the frag ] question. :

At this point other delegates cried: "Oh, oh."

Alderman J. R. Braiilt Dor'al, Que, then rose and iuggested the delegates were acting like children in discuss- ing the flag issue.

“The federal government is a democratic government. they represent us. Let our govern. ment, our elected representa- tives, pick a flag of our choice "

In other business Thursday. the Canadian Federation

Mayors and Municipalities an- .

nual convention issued another call for redistribution of seats in provincial legislatures and the House of Commons on the basis of population. Peter Akroyd. director of spe- cial projects with the federal commission. toid‘. delegates they should use more imagination in planning ceiebra- tions for Canada's 100th birth

day in 1967. t ed

‘ that

resolution )

naughton believes they did con- tain such an imputation, “I withdraw." 1 Speaker Macnaughton said Mr. Diefenbaker used "very serious words" and applied 1 them to every MP in an address t Wednesday night to the York-l Scarborough Progressive Con-J servative Association. ' “I am going to make a per-

position Leader‘s speech "helps to feed the cheap cynicism "13% is all too prevalent regarding Parliament and its members." he added

It was open to anyone to call into question the judgment of a member of Parliament. but no one can reflect on his integrity. Mr. Douglas added.

Speaker Macnaughton said

sonal appeal to the leader of i Parliamentary precedents es-

the opposition to withdraw those l lablish

words or take steps whica amount to a withdrawal or ar. apology to the House." Speaker 1 Macnaughton said.

A few minutes earlicr. (‘oiin 1' Cameron tNDP -— Nanaimo-, Cowichan—The islands) ' told the Commons:

‘SLANDEROUS LIE'

“\I do not propose to quietly under a slanderous Ill‘. ‘ stated by a _ mountebank who will seize upon ‘1 anything in his desperation and ‘ a case of this kind oc« curs again outside the house It shall take the matter to the,» courts myself."

'1‘. C. Douglas. New Demo- cratic Party leader. made the original complaint about Mr Diefenbaker's words on a ques- tion of privilege as the Com‘ moiis opened its sitting.

Mr.

angrily

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by Mr. Diefenbaker as repoued in a Canadian Press article:

“The prime minister knows he stands in no danger from his allies . . . because of in.‘ increase in indemnity to $18,000 a year. . . . It had a wonderful effect on third-party support." The report also quoted Mr. Diefenbaker as saying that on he issue of a new Canadian

flag. the votes by some MPs . 000

New Wharf Is Planned For Machon's Point

CAPITAL BUREAU

OF THE f‘IUARDIAN OTTAWA — Approval of the construction of s new wharf at Machon's Point. P.E.I. was an~ nounced Thursday by John Mui~ . lally. MP for Kings.

The wharf will have s lalld-'

120 feet of rubble; approach. Subject to} site investigation and soil bor-; tngs. it is proposed to build a‘ pile work supported structure for the wharf itself. Final con-l struction plans are now being completed by the district engi-i neers office in CharlottetoWn.

Mr. Mullally said the estimat-

ipreposterous “gone too far.