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Corporal D. J. Bernard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bernard, 9 Upper Queen Street, Charlotte- town, is shown holding the Arm- ed Services Division trophy which he won at the National Truck Roadeo held at the Nat- Ional Exhibition Building in Tor- onto last.week.
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‘ Service "Back To Normal"
Following Eight Hour Tleup
service between Borden and Cape Tormentine was report- od “back to normal” last night following an eight-hour holdup in traffic caused by a derailment of two reefer cars on the 5.8. Prince Edward Island at Tormentine yes- terday morning.
Charles Greenouglh. Superinten- dent C.N.R., Island Division, said Inst night that wrecking crews from Moncton had the cars clear- ed at Tormentine and the ferries were back in service at 5.30 pm. At about 7.30 he said, all waiting trailfic, passenger and freight, had been “taken care of". x
The accident occurred on the bridge which connects the pier Proper with the apron leading to the ferry. The derailer cars lying against the bridge, created a sit- uation in which the Prince Ed- ward Island could not move for
. fear that the cars would slip into the water.
Damage to the bridge was not
P. E. I. Tourist PrOSpec’rs Are Reported Encouraging
O’I'I‘AWA (Special) — Prince Edward Island‘s tourist business this year was up 15 percent, and Prospects for an even greater in- crease in 1959 are encouraging.
This is tlhe View of A.A. Nichol- lnn, of Charlottetown, director of the P. E. I. Travel Bureau, in a Mort to the 13th federal—provin-
heavy, it was reported and was expected to be corrected by crews working last night.
It was explained that the Prince Edward Island makes one trip per day. The Abegweit works around the clock, when necesary, al- though only five trips per day are scheduled during the winter months.
The accident left both ferries unable to operate from 9.40 in the morning until crews cleared the derailed cars. Tuesday’s storm kept the M.V. Abegweit srtill op- erating on three propell-ors, in dock until well into Wednesday morning.
The Borden train to Charlotte- town was stranded in Tormentine while the Abegwelt was in Borden and did not arrive in the city un- til 7.05 this morning.
Yesterday tpains between Char- lottetown and Moncton were runn-
ing nine hours behind schedule.
In a summary of improvements for tourists, he said that 40 new motel units were added to the Is- land‘s accommodation facilities this year. too, highway construc- tion consisted of 85 miles of new pavement, 150 miles of new gravelled roads and 35 new bridges built. about 4.9 miles of the Gulf Shore Road in P.E.I. National Park, from Daluay to Coveheald, was completed. In the Rustico - Cavendish section of the highway 7.67 miles are under con- struction.
The province's advenhising bud-
'Poo;r Man’s Vacaton Land’
ft, dd Cial tourist conference which . n w' Opened here Wednesday. lit will I i continue until Friday. P. E. l. mu wl‘ National Park attracted 206,245 . 1.1mm“, Vlsl'lms between April 1 and Sept. fwd 30. an increase of 5.497 over the flu! Denied in 1957. arge p . indium" I sndms‘ ls Y k View . Md an 5 By CAROLYN WILLETT riot I: Canadian Press Staff Writer . ""9 OTTAWA (or) — A Canadian a, 1must official in New York said ‘0“, 5‘ WEane-sday the American tourist . ‘9‘“ If tending to view Canada as a 0““ Poor man's vacation lan _ D’ ‘ Lance Connery, manager of the Vapie NW York oflflice of the Canadian . Homo” rnment Travel Bureau, told 5M“, Mug sessions of a three—day P, Literal-provincial tourist confer- no t e: . Wm“ 00 “Canada as a vacation spot is in?!“ a somewhat less than deluxe J label] to drop in conversationi’ If”: 2‘ Among secretaries planning 3‘ holidays and talking about Euro—
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In the midsi of jet-age adver- hiSfllments, the American tourist tends to get the impression that Canada is only an automobile cou‘nltl‘l’, he said.
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only neighboring country where travel by car is easy and where travel distance can be controlled easily. ' .
He said identifying Canada With major events, so ch as the Queen’s opening of the St. Law- rence Seaway, could tend to off- set the “image of Canada as a poor man’s vacation land.” I
Prestige advertilSinlg—in influ- eutial, prestige - laden American magazines —— would also help counteract the impression.
Allan Field, director of the Ca- nadian Government Travel Blu- reau, earlier told the conference the Bureau's 1959 program is con— centrating on ads in 52 American magazines, two Of them in the “prestige” bracket.
Mr. Connery said the New York office mama to Canada House on busy Flitth Avenue in his opinion has done more than anything else to focus an attrac- live image of Canada on New York.
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Million Dollar Coal Plan Outlined By N.S. Premier
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (OP) — Detection of a mysterious signal from space was reported Tues- day night, following a report that
weeks hired a rocket past the .moon and on out toward Mars.
However, the U.S. defence de- partment said it knows nothing of the signals, and denied any knowledge of the reported rocket launching. .
The signals were reported by a missile tracking station oper— ated here by the Lockheed Silos System division. Station chief C. Roger Moe said the sig- nals definitely came from a man- made instrument and were not caused by any natural phen- omena.
LIKE SPUTNIK SIGNALS
A spokesman said the signals could not be explained at thsi time.
"There were similar to but not the same as the telemeter sig- nals from Sputnik I in its earlier stages.
They were picked up on the
20.003 megacycle band and con- tinued for 10 or 15 minutes, he said. The information was handed over to the U.S. Air Force. _ The report of the rocket launch- mlg came from Erik Berglaust, editor of Missiles and Rockets magazine. He told the Advertis- ing Club in Pittsburgh that U.S. scientists tracked the missile by radio for three days.
Scientists associated with the U.S. space programs joined the defence department in denying any knowledge of the rocket.
Foreign Trade Deficit Reduced
.OTTAIWA (CP)—Canada's for- eign trade deficit was shacply reduced in the first 10 months of 1958, the bureau of statistics re ported Wednesday. "
Imports were valued at $4,318,- 400,000 compared with exports of $070,800,000.
Thus the 10month deficit—ex- cess of imports over exports— was $241,600,000, down sharply from $703,300,000 in the compar-
Russia has within the last twol
Te ac h ers qualifications in Prince Edward Island have be- come more rigid following a full implementation of the recom- mendations of the Prince Edward Island Board of Teachers and Education Standards. The an- nouncement was made by Hon. Keir Clark, minister of educat- ion, yesterday.
The once top licence in the province, the Superior First Class. has been broken down into four separate classifications. Superior 1 licence holders must have qualifications equal to one full university year; similar qualifications as were required in the Superior First Class license.
Holders of Superior 2 require two full university years; Super- ior 3, three full university years and Superior 4, four full univer- sity years. Each full university year is relegated by the com- pletion of five approved full year university degree credit course. Twenty courses will be required in order to acquire a Superior 4 license and a degree in either arts or science.
TWO SUBJECTS
Qualifications for a First Class A license have also been made more rigid. Instead of just the required Grade 12 standing and a full year of successful teaching in the field, a teacher will also require two academic subjects; English 1 and either mathe- matics 1, French 1 or science.
It is likely that since addi- tional moneys are being paid to holders of Superior First Class licences, it is expected that the classification of licences may be subject to further remunerations paid to teachers in accordance with their qualifications.
Follong is a section of the text dealing with the new Super- ior classifications in teachers licences:
“The electives offered as quali-
able period of 1957.
OTTAWA (CP) — A special committee of seven cabinet min- isters is studying “all possibili- ties" of relieving inequities in the railway freight rate structure.
get for tourist promotion this year mounted. to $10,000 for news- papers and $5,000 for magazine advertisments. About 65 percent was spent on U.S. media and the remaining 35 percent in Canada.
One percent of the budget was used in February, 28.6 percent in March, 31.2 percent in April, 28.6 percent in May and 10.6 percent in June.
The 1959' advertising expendi- ture will be roughly the same for both newspaper and magazine aldl- vertisements as in 1958. The per- centage of distribution between the U.S. and Canadian media also will be about the same.
The Isla: ’s tourist theme this year was the “cream of your vacation is at tlhe top." a 1959 theme has not yet been decided.
Tourist promotion was also aid- ed by travel films of Island re- sorts and sites distributed in the U. S. and Canada by the National Film Board. Island films also were used on television. A booth was operated at the Canadian Tourist Association convention in Quebec City.
In addition, some 350,000 copies of P.E.I. publications and maps, and 50,000 pieces of material supplied from outside organiza- tions, were distributed this year. About $30,000 was spent for book- lets and maps, $500 for new photo- graphs. A new publication, “bond
of friendship," was produced.
SEEK PLANNING JOB
HALIFAX (C‘Pl — Thirteen ap- plications have been filed for the job of town planner here. Seven of them are from Great Britain. City manager A. J. DeBard told a planning board committee Tuesday night that the applicants from Great Britain had “the best
fiication-s for a Superior Licence
Cabinet Studies Rates Problem
Veterans Mini 5 t e r Brooks, chairman of the committee, gave this reply Wednesday when asked for comment on newspaper re- ports that the committee is con- sidering special temporary sulb- sidies for the Maritimeis and Western provinces.
These provinces claim they are the most seriously affected by a 17-per-‘cent increase in railway freight rates authorized by the cabinet last Wednesday.
The increase went into effect Monday after the cabinet re- iected an appeal by eight prov- inces —- all except Quebec and Ontario — against it.
At the time, acting prime min-
ister Green said the special cab- inet committee was being set up and that a broader study of rail- way problems would be under- taken by another body. Mr. Brooks said Wednesday the cabinet committee is planning to hear evidence from experts. These meetings would be held in private.
“It's a big problem,” he said. "And the more you get into it the bigger it gets."
Baby Dies In Sackville Fire
SAICKVILLE, N.B. (CP) —— A threemont'hs-old baby died Wed- nesday when fire swept tl cough 3 one-storey frame home in the west en-d‘of Salclwille. Three oth west end of Sackville. Three other children were saved. The victim was Anne Marie MacDonald, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Mac-Donald.
A highway snowlow crew pass- ing the house helped save three- year—old George, Edward 4, and Hugh 3.
Mrs. MacDonald said she had gone next door to her mother’s home to draw drinking water from a well. When she returned the house was in flames. Clause of the blaze has not been deter- mined.
TRAIN HI’I‘S WORKMEN
ROrTI‘WlEllL, West Germany (Reuters) —- An express train ploughed into a party Of “301‘ workers Wednesday, killing SE‘Vell of them near this south German
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.More Rigid Qualifications For Teachers Announced
shall be approved by the director of education, and shall be con- fined to academic courses offer- ed in the faculties of arts or science, common to all or most Canadian universities. Excluded are the professional courses in law, medicine, dentistry, engine- ering. theology, business admin- istration, commerce , music or those of a vocational nature. Ex- ception may be made in the is- suing of Special Licences to tea- chers engaged in teaching relat- ed specialized or vocational sub- jects.
MEET REQUIREMENTS
A Superior 1 Licence shall be granted to those who meet the
Contrary to information pub- lished in yesterday's issue, the new freight rate tarrifs which be- came effective on December lst, do not provide for any increase in freight on goods or produce des- tined for points in the United Sta- tes.
This means that potatoes or
other shipments forwarded by rail to consignees in the U. S. will be canted at the same rates that were in effect formerly. Increases in incidental charges such as heat will apply to that portion of the haul that lies on the Canadian side of the border. I The correct rims-particiuar application of the lreiglht rate structure w a 5 brought to the attention of this newspaper by a M spokesman yesterday morning.
UNDER U. S. CONTROL
requirementsfor a First Class A Licence, and in addition have ob- tained pass standing in each of five academic subjects normally taken in the first year of study in the faculties of arts and sci~ ence at Canadian universities; the selection to be made as fol-
lows: (1) English, (2) 8 lan- guage other than English. (3) mathematics or a science. (4)
an elective, (5) another elective in a field of study different from that chosen in (4). Notwithstanding the above re- quirements in respect to the courses prescribed for the Sup- erior 1 Licence, those now en- gaged in the teaching profession
Freight Hike Not To Affect Shipments To United States
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the American Interstate Com- merce Commission regulates freigh rates on all shipments go- ing south of the border.
If that body authorized an in- crease on that portion of the through route located in U. S. territory, an equal hi'ke would be automatically put in effect by the connecting line in this country ef- fective in the reverse direction.
Increases of freight rates au- tlhoriraed by the Canadian Board of Transpont Oonmnisstiloners ap- plied only to shipments within Canada and have no effect on through rates to the U.S.A.
For instance. neighbor: car- ldad of'tilmlps shipped the Boston market from Charlotte- town is calculated on the basis of 98 cents per hundred pounds to- day. Thn's is exactly the same rate in effect before the general Cana-
It was explained that in effect,
TWO DEER RUN before flames spreading across a hillside on
Ca noI Ice Threatens Freighters
MONTREAL (C‘Pl — Veteran lockmasters on the Lachine and Soulanges canals in the St. Law- rence River today fought a fast- forming ice barricade that threat- ens to imprison some 34 ocean— bound freighters in a winter-long trap.
Canal officials were still confi- dent that they would get all. vessels through the two old wa- terways—unless they are caught by a sudden sub—zero lip in tem. peratures or a real snowstorm.
“We'll get the ships out a1- right,” said Paul St. Germain. Lachine C a n a l superintendent. whose office overlooks the en- trance to the nine—mile canal in the heart of Montreal‘s downtown waterfront.
“We may have to keep the canal open after Saturday‘s clos- ing deadline to do it. though."
Conditions on the Soulanges Ca- nal were described as “very bad by canal superintendent Denancy Bertrand.
It is the last time the Lachine
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Bob Hope's White Oak ranch as a rash of brush fires broke out in
MA‘LIlBU BEACH. Calif. (AP)— Ei-remen Wednesday claimed 50 per cent control of a brush fire that overran miles of home- and ranch—dotted hills behind this re- sort area.
But, with winds expected to continue, they declined to predict when complete control is likely.
But this afternoon, 24 hours after the fire started, it had blackened more than 17,000 acres of brush, destroyed an estimated 29 homes and routed hundreds of families. There were more than 1,500 men fighting ilt along a 42- mile perimeter.
Much of the fire was burning over the same ground covered by a huge blaze that charred 42,000 acres and ruined 99 homes two years ago.
Officials, noting the unfavor- able forecast of continued winds, high temperatures and low hu- midity, would not venture to say
or Soulange canals will tie . up shipping in a December contest with tho “with”
.when control might be possible. I The fire broke out Tuesday—- arson is suspect-and lashed by
Huge Fire Devastates California Resort Area
May Invite Premiers To Rates Parley
VICTORIA (OP) -— Attorney- General Bonner said Wednesday the British Columbia government may still propose a meeting of provincial premiers to protest new freight rate hikes.
He said a 17-percen/t increase approved last week by the teder calbinet “is only half the applica- tion before the Board of Trans- port Commissioners.”
“This is only an interim judge. ment,” he said.
The railways argue they are not making an allowable rate of return, he added, and are “ex- pected to press for the further increase duriné the first quarter of 1959."
Double
By DON HOYT Canadian Press Staff Writer HALIFAX (CP)—-.A plan to en- courage industry and promote coal in one fedenalllly—subsidized package was set in motion here Wednesday by Premier Robert L. Stanfield.
The premier outlined at a press conference the program to dis- tribute federal subventions of 1,000,000 a year to Nova Scotia industry dependent on coal for electric power.
He said the subvention scheme,
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OTTAWA (CH—Canadian auth- orities Wednesday mopressed grat- ification over the six - country
European plan to reduce their ianiffis by 10 per cent and ex- ~nd the reduction to all members of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GA'I'l‘).
BRUSSELS (Reutersl—Ihe six- country European common mar- ket Wednesday headed off a threatened economic crisis by ex- tending loaperdcen-t tariff cuts to all other member states of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. '
The” tariff out! go into effect between connnon marketwmma ties Jan. 1. ~
Sources said the decision was reached at a meeting here of the market’s ministerial council dur- ing discussions on th’e stalemated negotiations for a 17 - country
The tariff cuts should stave off a trade war threatening to split Europe between the six market countries -— Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg — and the 11 other countries of the Omganiza- tion for European Economic Co- Operation.
STUDY BRITISH PLAN
The council met later to con- sider a British suggestion that the 174power committee negotiat- ing a European freetrade area should hold another round of talks in Paris Tuesday.
Britain, omnibus to avoid being shut out of the slx-cmmtry (20011! mon market," had produced a plan to include members of the OEEC. Protracted negotiation-s ended in failure last month largely because of Anglo-French
European freedradxe area.
the canyons and slopes of the Santa Monica mountains near
hot desert winds up to 60 miles an hour raced quickly from the inland slopes of the Santa Mou- ica Mountains to the sea.
FIERY SWATH
It cut a swath five miles long and eight miles wide, charting nanchlands and roaring down sev- eral canyons lined with homes.
This morning flames were only a quanta-mile from the famed Malibu film colony. a strip of sea- side homes where film figures diwell. But a massed array of firemen and p u m p e r trucks checked the blaze before it could do damage.
Wind along the ocean were only around 15 miles an hour to- day, enabling firemen to check the flames along most of the per- imeler.
The fire for a time threatened the ranches of Bob Hope, Ronald Reagan and Glen Ford. The 20th CemmlFY-Fox ranch was scorched.
In the back country, near the Mlarlibu Lake resort, half a dozen
ditferelnces.
Malibu Beach. California Tues- day.
Rules Careless Driving Law In Ont. Invalid
TORONTO (ClP) — Ontario’s careless driving law was ruled in- valid Wednesday in a written judgment by Chief Justice J. C. McRuer of the Supreme Court of Ontario.
An official of the attorney- general’s department said an ap- peal would be launched and et- forts were being made to have the Ontario count of appeal hear the appeal in a few days.
W. C. Bowman, director of pub- lic prosecutions, called it “a mat- ter of utmost significance. If this judgment stands, the offence of careless driving no longer ex- ists."
PROVOCATIVE MAN OEU V RES
FRANKFURT, Germany (APl —:Czec1hoslovakia Wednesday ac- cused the U.S. Air Force of pro- vocative manoeuvres West German-Czech border.
hydrogen bombs.”
expensive homes were burned.
yak territory Tuesday.
over the A note to the American Embassy at Prague said the American planes "often carry atom and The foreign ministry also said two jet fight- ers flew 20 miles into Czechoslo-
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and ratified by the provincial leg islature this year, ‘ ‘ improve the competitive position of Nova Scotia industry and give coal an advantageous spot in thermal power production.
“It will be of substantial bene- fit to industrial users in areas of Nova Scotia where power is de- veloped from coal," Mr. Stanfield said. “I hope the subsidy will en- able coal to maintain a morn favorable position when in com petition willh oil."
Sixteen per cent of all power users in the province qualify for subsidies. Domestic and commer- cial consumers will not benefit. The agreement provides an average subvention of $1.50 a ton for “industrial consumers en- gaged in the manufacturing, con vex-ting or processing of goods and other products from raw materials. . . ."
BRING PRICE IN LINE
This is aimed to bring the prince of Nova Scotia coal for electric power in line with the cost in southern Ontario, the heart of Canadian industrial production. The biggest benefactor will be the Dominion Steel and Coal Coo poration. Its annual maidies Wm probably amount to abmrt $400,- 000 and new markets may bu found for Dosco coal as industries l—new and old—take advantage of subsidized thermal power, the penmier said.
Sixty per cent of Nova Scolia power is now produced by 500,000 tonsofcoalayear.109eroent of the animal dooco coal output.
Premier Stanfield and he hopes the sulbvemt‘ions will “encourage existing industries to expan ” and further accelerate the market for coal.
The plan is retroactive to 'Dec. 1, 1957. Back payments cleaned by the es’uma' ted 500 Nova Scotia. industries involved will be made this month. After Jan. 1, claims will be credited on power bills. It is estimated the average sav- ing will be one-half cent per killo- watt hour.
The Nova Scotila Power corn- mission estimates savings to in- dustries will range from 7.7 per cent monthly for an industry us- ing 50 hours of power to 5.3 per cent for 700 hours.
SHARE IN PROSPERITY
A statement issued prior to the press conference and read in part by the premier said the subven- tion is a means of assisting the Marin-mes to share in Canada’s prosperity.
“Its primary purpose is to re- duce the price . . . where it will make the greatest possible con- tribution to economic growth by reducing power costs and by im— proving the competitive position of coal used for power pur- poses.”
The province set down a list of industrial power users excluded from the subsidies. They include service stations and garages, some phases of construction work hospitals, schools, hotels, welfare institutions, power—producing util- ities, government operations, de- fence installations, radio and tele- vision stations and telephone and telegraph companies. Newspapers will receive payments if they use coal power.
The government-operated Nova Scotia Power Commission, chosen to distribute the subsidies for the dominion coal board, will make payments direct qualifying in- dustries.
Power-supplying utilities retain none of the money, Industry Min— ister E. A. Manson said.
MAY SEEK EXTENSION
While the agreement with the federal government ends officially in 1962, there were indications that an extension will be sought.
“We hope this will become a permanent feature as long as it’s required,” Premier Stanfield said. “We have no assurance of that but we hope we will be able to demonstnate over five years that it's been beneficial.”
N.B. ALSO
FREDEIRKTDON (GP) —- Ar- rangements for administration of the Atlantic Provinces Power Development Act have been com- pleted for a five-year period be- tween the federal government and New Brunswick Electric Power Commission, P r e m i e r Flemming announced Wednesday.
The act was passed at the last session of Parliament to encour- age development of new indus- tries in the Atlantic area by pay. ment of a federal subsidy on “eastern” coal used to generato electric power.