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reception was held at H. M. 5. Queen Charlotte on Satur- y evening to honor Lieutenant es Clapton who after nearly _ years of service at the local val Division is scheduled to
Antlmtlzeo no
Depart! ent. Ottawa
for Halifax where he will join the frigate H. M. C. S. Lanark for sea duty.
On Saturday evening games were played followed by the pre- sentation of a coffee table and two beer mugs, to Lt.—.Olapton.
Second Class Mail by cu. pan gm,
LOCAL NAVAL OFFICER ONORED
Coffee table and a suitably en- graved beer mug were presented by Lieutenant Commander W. N. Black in behalf of the Active Re- serve of H. M. C. S. Queen Char- lotte while the other mug was presented by Lt. A. A. MacLeod,
hp Guardian
"Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew" CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA, MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1958‘
acting for the Naval Officers As- sociation of Canada. In the above picture, Lt. Clampton at far left is seen receiving the coffee table
ve Charlottetown on April 7th
’. VANA. Cuba (AP) —- Fidel stro’s rebels passed out arms ong civilians in Havana and .- here in Cuba during the ekend and said “the hour is r” for their big blow ag..i. Jli government. Cuba appeared be facing its most critical r.
resident Fulgencio B-atista— get of the_,i;ebels—,asl<ed Con- ss for extra‘6i‘d’1Yi7ar§'"'° sh any am-ned uprising or al strike. He was certain to
. 2 was the first time the Batista ‘_ e showed alanm over the sibility of a general uprising. -- to has given him unti' April it resign or face “total war,” luding a general strike.
atista, guarded by machine- mo in his sandba-gged fort-
arty Standings .t Dissolution
y THE CANADIAN PRESS rogressive Conservative and eral parties increased their resentation in the 265 - seat use of Commons between the _~ election last June 10 and dis- ution Feb. 1.
The Conservatives won 112 ts in the election, including a » erred vote in Wellington South d a second vote in the Yukon red when its ‘me 10 vote was Vded. They had 113 members at solution, through acquisition of ueb.-c Independent - Progres- e Conservative who joined the ty’s caucus. . he Liberals increased their ngth by two to 106 when two ebec Independent-Liberals be- ’I e straight Liberals.
landing by provinces at dis- ution:
PC L CCF Others 2 5 o o 4 o 0 o 10 2 0 0 5 5 o o 9 64 o 2-Ind 61 21 3 — o 3 1 5‘ o 3 4 10 o 3 1 o 13.sc 7 2 7 sec- o 1 o o ' 1 o 0 o 113 106 25 19
e powers at a_ special ses— .
ress-like palace, has ignored re- cent demands of the iiation’s lead- ing civic, religious, cultural and professional organizations that he resign to prevent anarchy and chaos.
The army, navy and air forces were on thealert for immediate action in,.all. six provinces.
.ments_,_>public buildings, transport and communication ‘centres were heavily guarded. Street patrols were intensified.
The usual crowds of tourists vanished frommost of the swank hotels. “Te Havana Hilton had only 44 guests in its *630 rooms. SHOPKEEPERS’ DILEMMA
Police were ordering shops and
stores to stay open once the strike is called. Rebels threaten to destroy business houses that stay open. - Rebel sympathizers were re- ported watching all -military and private air fields. They claimed Batista and some of ‘his li' uten- ants had already prepared planes to flee the country. But the rebels vowed none would leave alive.
Brig.-Gen. Alberto del Rio Cha- viano, army commander in San- tiago de Cuba, said “troops, will
Begins To Hike 12,000 Miles
CHIIJAGO (AP) — Robert Koc- nig, 21, went for a walk Satur- day-—-a 12,000-mile walk, he says.
He set off from Chicago north- westerly towards Manitoba.
From th-ere, he pla.n~s to stroll westward to Alaska, then south along the Pacific coast to Death Valley, Calif, and back east to Chicago.
He estimates the hike will take 21.12 years. Koenig said he figures he can log 25 to 30 miles a..dtay. He thinks winter will catch him somewhere in UppervA-lberta and hc’l=l have‘to spend some tune holed up.
Carrying a pack. a bow and’? quiver of anrows, he said hell hu.nt game for his food in $986011- He said he also hopes to bag
beans and finance his trill‘ I0 some extent by selling their skins.
His sliepherd-collie dog, Shane is making the hike with him.
onadian Elec
N (CP)——The Canadian s attracting more atten- he British newspapers ‘ 3' similar poll in Years- II the election date was an- , most papers and the in- ,j“ w e e kl i e s carried 3» I0’ commentaries. S i n c e ’ The Daily Express and The . and such weekly newspa- °'1‘5 35 The Observer, Sunday is “'3 Plmday Express, have lishcd regular I-e,pm.,ts_ hte most eye - catching treat- ‘S .3l°€°1‘ded by The Daily , which sent Don Iddon from . Y_0I‘k to Ottawa to cover the éllalgn. lddon’s reports Some, ’ S °‘°Ve““g half 3 page, stress ' elmirgence °f 3 growing na- Vahstic. sentiment in Canada, .‘ Famed by criticism of ‘the States. VORABLE PRESS
tion Attracts
ention In British Papers
ref-lects na awareness here of Canada’s promlsms future and growing influence in world af- fairs. Until the recent spell of un- employment in Canada. the COW’ try received an almost unanim- ously favorable press. ._ _
The principal person_,alitie-s‘ in the election, Prime Minister Diet- en-baker and Liberal Leader Peal‘- son, are both well known in Brit- tain, adding extra spice I01‘ the British newspapers-
Most commentators forecast victory for the Progressive Con- servative government but head- lines in Sunday's P'3Pe1‘5 ‘how varying views.
The Sunday Times, WET 3“ OI" gawa dispatch by Robert Taylor, says; “Canadian poll 1118)’ end 1"
stalemate.” V I The Observers st.0l‘I.V._b.Y R013??? Duffy_ is headed; Diefenbakei
All banks, military establish-.
uloan Rebels Distribute rms, Say Hiour Is Near
resort to extreme repression" if
Castro’~s rebellion fl ar e s into bloody street fighting in that reb- el stronghold iu Eastern Cuba. Castro has warned all Cubans except those fighting the govern- ment to stay off the streets in all towns and cities st'artin~g April 1. His 1,000 guerrilla fighters and roving terrorist bands are under orders to ‘fire v\’itI1._9:lLl,_l..l,,»\7L,’a_l;;t_l."in,gv goon all moving vehit;"les"6?i'iliat“ ay. '
Sussex Woman Killed Saturday
SUSSEX," N. S. tCP)—— Mrs. Lynn J. Phillips, 40, of Sussex was killed Saturday night when the car she was driving plunged over a 50-foot embankment three miles from here. She was alone in the car.
_Based on cross country inter- Vlewlllg up to last Wednesday the Canadian Institute of public opin- ions (Gallaup poll) —— final elec- tion report shows national poli- tical preferences to be as fol- lows:-
Conservatives 51 per cent, Liberals 30 per cent. C-'C- F. 7 per cent. Social Credit 2 per cent. Others ' *
Undecided 10 per cent.
If it is‘ assumed that the ten per cent undecided either are_ largely non-voters, or will make up their minds in line with nat- ional preferences, the above figures would be as follows:
Conservatives 56 per cent. Liberals 33 per cent. C. C. F. 8 per cent.
_ Social Credit 3 per cent. Others "
Conservative gains reflected in the above figures when compared with the outcome last year, were found in virtuallyevery area in Canada, including traditionally Liberal Quebec. Here the fer- ment lias been intense. The pat- tern of Institute surveys in Que- bec up to mid-week is shown be-
low:- QUEBEC ONLY
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., E’
. L: 0
0 .4 O D
Late Feb. 47 39 4 10 Mid March 49 33 2 Latest 44 41 2 13 Support for Independent Con-
servative aiid Liberal candidates has been assigned to the party. The unsettled condition in Que- bec, plus the fact the regional figures are subject to a greater margin of error because of sample size, makes it inadvisable to assess the possible behavior
REFUSE LEARN ENGLISH
KOTA BAHRU, Malaya (R_e1l- ters) - C e - Wl9ld..lllg‘pOllCe broke up a emonstratioii Sunday by '70 striking Malayan school- children who were l31‘0l6S'llng
' ltish interest in the election
gains likely."
against being taught in E11€1iSh-
and mug from Lt.-Cmdr. Black while Mrs. Clampton, left and Mrs. Black look on.
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Five More _
O Minesweepers
Go To Turkey \
SYDNEY (CP)——Five Canadian Navy minesweepers were turned
over to the Turkish Navy here Saturday.
The ships, along with five turn- ed over to Turkey last Novem- «ber, are conducting trials off Sydney harbor. They are ex- pected to sail for Turkey within three weeks, along with four other navy vessels to be put in Turkish hands under NATO agree- ments ,iri,Ha_l_ifa\x_}. W . .
ncl were brought to-
V Nova Scotia to manthe ships. ' ~
SHIP REPORTS DISASTER
MANILA (AP) — RCA com- munications’ marine station here reported Sunday it had intercep- ted a distress call saying “all hands are mortally sick” on a vaguely identified shi-p in the middle of the Indian Ocean. The station said neither the ship’s call sign BEHV nor its name is
listed in its records.
of the comparatively large unde- cided.
In Ontario, Conservatives have greatly strengthened their posi- tion since the last election. Here is the division found by the In- stitute in mid-week, taking only those nine in every ten voters
, ' These include: MacGillivray, C. D., Lieutenant. ’: Commander Douglas H. Saund-
mfilmotaol‘ , .*r.igZphisl1»eu’a vy- person-f.
APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED
This afternoon at 3.30 Hon. F. Walter Hyiidman ,will be sworn in as Lieutenant ,- Governor of
appointee to this office since Con- federation.
Held in the historic Chamber
will be conducted by Chief Jug. tice Thane A. Campbell_
‘Senior appointments to the new Lieutenant — Governor's persona] staff were announced last night. Major Roy D.
ens, C. and Flying Officer Ian R 8 11 k 1 11. aides-de-camp; and Thomas N- Rogers, private sec- retary. ‘
Major MacGillivray is a native of Cardigan. Now local manager for the Imperial Life Insurance Company, he served with the Canadian Army overseas during the last war, and is at present commanding officer of “B" Squadron of the P.E.I. Regiment (l7t-h Reece.)
Lieut. - Cmdr. Saunders was born in Charlottetown. During World War Two he spent six years on active service with the Royal Canadian Navy. Also in the insurance field, Lieu-t.-Cmdr. Saunders maintains offices on Richmond Street.
F/O Rankin is a native of Toronto but has lived in Char- lottetown for the past ten years. Manager of t-he Island Fertilizer Company, he joined the Air Force in 1943,'and is now in the, Air Force Reserve.
Mr. Rogers is a native of Char- lottetown. A graduate of Kings College in Halifax, he is secret- ary-«éreasurer \~_of' the Hat; ware,_,Cor;ip,any~,;Liniited,,r I 4-=-tse--si$oéiat:asn.~nerHomwr;?;\tr; Hyndman, vice-president of the
man and Company, was announ- ced in_Ottawa, January 28. --He
PLANT TROUT
WINNIPEG (CP) —-About 400,000 yearling trout are to be planted in sports:men’s lakes in Manitoba this spring, Fisher-ies Director S. Sigurdson said Satur- day. Most of these will be lake trout with about 40,000 divided
— into speckled and rainbow trout.
Gallup Poll Shows P.C.'s
Favored By, Electorate
twho stated a preference: [ONTARIO ONLY
Conservatives 63 per cent. Liberals 29 per cent. C. C. F. 8 per ‘cent. Others *
Prince Edward Island, the 18th’
of Confederation, the ceremony‘
Rogers 1
‘insurance firm’ known ‘Pas? Hyi1cl- .
history. . At the same time, despite this
NEW LIEUT.-GOVERNOR
succeeds Hon. T. W. L. Prowse who has held the vice-regal post since October 4, 1950.
Late last fall Dr. W. J. P. Mac-
SNARE mo DRIVERS
PETERBOROUGH (CP)-City police said Saturday more than 100 motorists were caught Friday in a speed trap on a main street near the centre of the city travel- ling at speeds of 40 to 70 miles an hour. They will be summoned on charges of violating the 3t‘:- m.p.h. speed limit.
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New Lieutenant-Governor To§Be Sworn In Here Today
}Millan, former Conservative Pre- {mier of P. E. L was named as liiext Lieutenant -Governor of the Province, but the 76-year-old physician died before assuming office. ’
German Ship , Opens Season At. Montreal
MONTREAL (CP)—A cheering crowd of 2,500 greeted the 5,000- tou German freighter Valeria as she docked here at 4:10 pm. EST Sunday, opening the 1958 shipping season.
Capt. H. Wille, skipper of the four - month - old Hamburg-Chi-’ cago Line freight-er, won the headed cane, Montreal’s traditional award to the skipper of the first ship to reach here each spring. It will be presented later this week.
The first arrival, one of the earliest in history, was less than five hours behind the record set by the Manchester Spinner when she arrived here March 30, 1954,
g, at 11:30 a.m.
Meanwhile the 5,600-ton Bnitish freighter -Woodford opened the port of Quebec Sunday.
The Manchester Mariner, the British freighter which opened the port last year, was an early contender this year but with a‘ speed of 14 to’ 15 knots fell behind the 16-knot Valeria and the 17- knot Woodford. She is exp cted here today at noon.
WASHINGTON (CP) —- Cana- dians -vote today with a broad segment of’ informed Americans awaiting the outcome with an in- terest rarely displayed south of the border.
It can safely be said that this Canadian election, because of its possible effects on Canada-U.Sv. relations and the personalities in- volved, has drawn more attention in the United States than any other vote in Canada's 90-year
growing-awareness that Canadian’ politics can produce influences felt here, it must be recognized’ that the interest is concentiiated largely in a body of responsible Americans who, for one reason or aiiother, realize the US. has a big stake in its northern neigh- bur.
The average American is only dimly aware that Canadians are going to the polls for the second
time in less than a year—if he is- aware of it at all.
ern Essex County, often referred
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*Less than one per‘ cent.
PLANTING BEGINS ‘IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO
LEAMINGTON, 0NT.. ~South- is living up to -its reputation this planting. Here Mrs. Irene Mas-
spring. Farmers
already are troiiardi and Mario Baltazar are was the sun parlor of Canada, busy outdoors with their spring transplanting head lettuce.
,,taking Keen Interest In ‘cnanaeliun A Vote.
Congress has displayed less than passing interest in the Ca- nadian vote, though the scattered handful of congressmen familiar with Canada likely know a cam- paign has been under way and have a vague idea of the issues involved.
ALIVE TO GRIEVANCES
Government circles are keenly alive to the growing list of Cana- dian grievances over such things as trade imbalance, agricultural surplus disposal policies and US. control of Canadian industry. To them, the policies of the new. Ottawa government are of prime importance.
There will be great interest in the steps taken by Canada’s new government o deal with the re- cession. In erins of unemploy- ment, with nearly 10 per cent of the labor force out, the Canadian recession is considerably more acute than the slump here, where the jobless total is only six per cent .of.t-he work force.
Commercial I
Traveller Dies
LOWER FIVE ISLANDS, N. S. ——- (CP) -— Oscar Carlton, retired Maritime commercial traveller, died Saturday at his home after a lengthy illness. He was 79.
Until his retirement several years ago he was employed with the hardware firm of Emnierson- Fisher of Saint John,"N.'—_B.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at'9.30 am. from the chapel of Smith’s Funeral Home, Parrsboro. The remains will be sent to Sussex for interment.
Urges Early. , Session ’ Of
Parliament
BEAUSEJOUR, Man. (CP)— Stanley Knowles, d e p u t y CCF leader, urged Saturday night that the new Parliament after the gen- eral election be called iiito ses- sion with the least pos ible de- lay.
stituency.
ada,” said Mr. Knowles.
right away." ‘
ployment;
liameut Feb. .1."
M1‘. Knowles was speaking in . support of Jake Schulz, seeking re-election in the Springfield con-
“The parties have made their promises to the people of Can- “Let Parliament meet and take action
“This must be done immedi- ately to enable Parliament to deal with steps to provide em- measures to improve the position of agriculture and other p r e s s I n g problems left hanging in the air when Mr. Die- fen‘ iker dissolved the last Par-
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CandiclatesHad Their Say, Now It's The Voters’ Turn
Weather OutlookIGood All
Across- The Co
By DON PEACOCK Canadian Press Staff Writer The candidates have had their
final say. Today the voters de- cide.
The weather promised to be fair in most of the country as Canadians elect their new House of Commons and establish which party forms the new government.
The fair weather, unusually -high public interest during the seven—week campaign and fact there is a record of 9,165,986 eli- g-ible voters are expected to draw more Canadians to the polls than ever before. The previous record vote tunnout was 6,699,532, last June. ’ ‘
Polls are open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time in all 263 con- stituencies. There are 831 candi- dates for t-he 265 Commons seats. Two constituencies return two members each.
NFLD STARTS OFF
First to ballot are Newfound- landers. Polls close latest in the Yukon because 6 p.m. local time there is 5% hours later than 6 pm. in Newfoundland.
Last shots of the campaign were ‘fired in Quebec Sunday. In other parts of the country. silence fell on the hustings Saturday night. “
/The four party leaders have gone‘ to different places to await the election outcome.
Prime Minister Diefenbaker, 62, is in his home constituency of Prince Albert, Sask., where he has a residence, and planned to vote there. He will later fly to Saskatoon for a television ap- pearance. , Liberal Leader Lester B. Pear- son, 60, is in Ottawa, where he has his home. Without a resi- dence in h-is northern Ontario coristit-uency_of Algoma East, he planned to vote in Ottawa East. Neither CCF Leader ‘M. J,
manent residencies iii the capi- tal. Mr. Cold-well was to be in Regina and Mr. Low in Edmon- ton. ' ‘
PM FLIES HOME
Mr. Diefenbaker. who seeks a iiew.mand-ate for the Progressive Conservative administration that governed since last June without an over - all majority in the House, ended his campaign with a series of receptions in Ottawa Saturday and then flew to Prince Albert.
Mr. Pearson did his final cam- paigning in the Ottawa Valley, then returned to the capital. Mr.’ Ooldwell made his ‘last speech at Rosetown, in his Sas- katchew-an riding of Rosetown- Biggar. Mr. Low finished his vote-seeking at Grimshaw, in his northern Alberta riding of Peace River before travelling south to Edmonton.
Except in British Columbia and Saskatchevvan, the election - day weather picture appeared gener- ally favorable.
A Sunday evening forecast from the_ public forecaster in To- ronto indicated sunny skies in
LONDON (AP)-—-Princess Mar- garet, her cheeks-flushed,‘ flew back from Germany Sunday and hurried off to see the Queen at Windsor castle.
Some British press reports say the Queen and her younger sister appear ready for a family show- down over Margaret’s tete-a-tete last week with Group .Ca.=pt. Peter Townsend while the ‘Queen was visiting the Netherlands.
Townsend went into a self-im- posed exile for 21/2 years after Margaret put fait-If and country
October, 1955, not to marry him."
The princess is an anglica-n and the church frowns on di- vorccd p e r s 0 11 s remarrying. Townsend had “two children by his wife who since has remar- ried.
Margaret's pale complexion ac- cented red flushes high on her chec“ as she stepped out of the royal Viking airliner on reaching London Airport.
‘AVOIDS REPORTERS
She shook hands with the air- port commandant and then climbed into a limousine that had been driven right up to the air-
smiled faintly as she sped away.
Coidwell,‘ 69.. jnoiwseeial I__.e/gadetrv Solon ‘Low, 59, will be ' able *to...—v»ote. ‘Both have their per-
‘above romance and announced in “I have decided
liner -— away from the crowd of photographers and reporters. She
The 27-year-old princess danced into the early hours of the morn- ing with young officers of a Brit-
M°“ FIVE I CENTS
untry Today
the M-aritimes, Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba; partly cloudy weather in Newfoundland and cloud in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia with pos- sible showers in Saskatchewan and B.C.
Temperatures were expected to range from the mid-30s in New- foundland to the 505 in southern Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia. -
TWO MAJOR ISSUES
During the c a m p a i g 11 that started with dissolution of Parlia- ment Feb. 1, the two major is- sues were business recession and unemployment. It was the first time since the general elections of 1930 and 1935, in the depres- sion, that economic dif-ficulties dominated. \
Mr. Diefenbaker. o f f e r e d a $1,185,000,000 public works pro- gram to provide jobs and in his speeches emplhasized Progressive Conservative national develop- ment plans. He said this winter's higher - than - usual unemploy- ment was an inheritance from “tigihrt-money” policies of the for-, mer Liberal administration.
Mr. Peanson countered that the Conservatives did not act fast enough to combat recession and that their trade policies aggra- vated unemployment. I-le prom- ised $400,000,000 in tax cuts, with an income tax holiday of six or seven weeks beginning J une.»1 for most Canadians.
Mr. Coldwell said the Liberals and Conservatives were so busy blaming each other for unem- ployment that the economic facts of the situation were being ig- nored. The country needed a “new approach” through a “bold program of public investment” and other state planning against periodiic booms and busts in the economy. and, he said, the CCF would provide it.
J_lgir.. I;o_w_,sa-id‘ election promises of the Progressive
and V" lzibenalsfé had developed
a “box-social auction sale.’ He
urged voters to support the Social Credit program: issuance of new‘ money in the form of consumer
dividends to keep a balance be-
tween production and the market
for items produced.
FEWER. CANDIDATES
The 831 candidlaltes this eleo tion, including 21 women, com- pare with 862 last ‘June 10 and I record high of 954 in 1945. The voting“ is being done in some 4-i.000'po1ls acrossitiie country. The Progressive Conservatives and Liberals each have 2.65 can-
_ didates, a full slate. The GOP‘ is
running 169 and Social Credit 82 —-not enough to form a‘ majority government even i if all were elected. Mi ii i mu m' numlber -of seats for a majority is 133. _ , Independents and others out- side the four man parties num- ber '50, inctludring 18 Labor-Pro- gressive (Commurnist) party can- didates. ’
When the 23rd Parliament was dissolved, the p a r ty standing was: Progressive‘ Conservative 113; Liberal 106; CCF 25; Social Credit 19; ‘independet 2.
Princess Margaret Returns, Then Hurries To See Queen
Saturday the Princess told the British troops at a parade in Muenster she was “very sad” be- cause she was addressing them for the last time as the unit',l colonel-in-chief.
ROYAL SALUTE .
-A 30-m-an band in trad" oual black ceremonial dress and bear- skins gave the royal salute with cavalry trumpets as the princess ,arrived at the barracks
Wearing a shorter skirt than usual — it was about 18‘ inches from the ground —- she took the salute at a 42 - tank parade watched by a crowd of more than 1,000 including two German generals.
The Queen was reported by some court sources as angry at the tea-time date Margaret made with Townsend last Wednesday.
Young Sisters’ Are Rescued
TORONTO (CP) —- Two young sisters were rescued from a sec- ond-floor window of their burning apartment in s u b u r b a 1i'New Toronto Friday night by a neigh- bor perched with one foot n the roof next door and the other on their window sill.
Jack ThOl’IlJ1)SOIl lifted Carol Chipman, 7, a n d her sister Patricia, 8, from the window and
up atwo-day official visit.
ish cavalry regiment in Muenster, West Germany. She was windingtrescucrs on the El‘0l1Ud- Carol‘!
dropped them into the arms of
jhair was singed by the fire.