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pees “a8 pre ats : ; “Cover _,.ce Edward Island Like The, Dew” ‘ VOL. LXXII NO. 222 Antharaed ag Second Clams Mail bw x orem, _.SOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1959 14 PAGES : nor MORE FIVE CENTS

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Old Age Pension Increas Seen Probable In 3 Years

Will Not Be Released

Wholesale replacement of pro- vincial public servants is not contemplated by the Island’s new Progressive Conservative | government, Premier Walter R. Shaw said yesterday.

Mr. Shaw said that he and the | eight other new ministers in the | local Cabinet would continue to} examine the operation of the var- | ious government departments in | an effort to improve the over- all efficiency of each.

“Our aim is to establish a) government service that will op- erate with the greatest amount

cies presently in effect would be maintained on much the same basis as in the past. Most high- way contracts now let would be completed either this year or next, and maintenance work would be continued as soon as it (Continued en page2 cel. 9)

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Tobacco Crop Is Promising

ganization “doing a good job” | day. would be continued in office. Mr. Shaw said that should the The Island Premier declared experiment prove to show pro-

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ge in the new Cabinet’s irst meetings. | ; j : . | Possible within reason. However, public service _poli- Tobacco, Mr. Shaw observed.

: ; ‘jis a long-range proposition and Air Bubbles

support the industry in any way’

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it might be years before the soil was conditioned to produce a top quality.

The Minister- of Agriculture concluded by saying the success of the tebacco experiments here |

Good Public Servants |

} age of 18 to 25.0 ‘Gracie Grows ‘To Hurricane

By. KEN KELLY | Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA (GP) — The govern-

ment hopes to expand the current

old age pension program, prob- ably by the end of 1962, it was learned Tuesday.

Following detailed study of the

Clark report which surveyed the

United States’ contributory pen-

sion plan, it is understood the

aim is to tack onto the present

Canadian plan a contributory fea-

ture that would give participants—

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HOSTESS

senter’ at this conference with four delegates from Canada Mrs. Macmillan was chosen by

to switch the present Canadian plan to a wholly-contributory one like that of the US. would be

ments in this country which must raise through-taxation the mill- ions of dollars required annually +e-pay-pensions to al! 70 and over and to those between 65 and 69!

MIAMI, Fila. (AP) — Tropical

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Contributory Basis Suggested Io Gov't.

who earn less than $25 a month.

The Canadian -plan is’ financed through a special tax on personal © and corporation. incomes and on commodity sales. This has re- sulted in large deficits in the old age security fund from which pen- sions are paid.

RECORD DEFICIT..

In the fiscal year ended last March 31, the deficit reached a record $183.979,162 compared

with-deficits—of-$103,907,896-inthe——

ici j ite thg discoura a- q ts ate Oe ant a eee pee: iar Sele he — "he more than the current maximum previous year and $56,012,857 in gust, Prince Edward Island’s oe ger gs 2 any tae of $5 a month for all at age 70. 1956-57. The deficits are covered GOOD PERSONNEL irst. ° returned last Thursday from repo , uy loans from general revenue Noting that, in the main, the |at Greenfield appears to be| cueravaca, Mexico, where she p.cfesoe Robert M. Clark of the which later are written off as personnel of the local civil ser-|satisfactory, Premier and Min-| 2ttended a World Association University of British Columbia at !08ses. vice was good, Mr. Shaw said jister of Agriculture, W.R. Shaw whe _— o oung Adults. the request of Prime Minister| ‘An increase this year in the that all members of that or-|stated in an interview yester- fre were * Countries repre- ‘Diefenbakcr. made it clear that tax rate for this fund~from two

per cent to three per cent has improved the state of the fund. In the first fouf° months of the

that he and his Cabinet were |,.; oo | World Committee Association : =s faced with a great amount’ of oat. = em uality TS 1 Girl -Guides—and-—Girl Scouts. omy os cause oe ree: current a ya phy t — minor work, so .much so that | indicated commercial prospects, 28 hostess for Canada. The + ut the aad ek — penag tom tis corrennaal many major issues were left um-|the provincial government would, Zitls enrolled were from the 548 ® Spécial appta err Lee ee

period last year. The overnment is bankin on the increased tax collections radually makin the fund self-supportin.

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‘HEADS OF GOVERNMENT’

storm Gracie became a hurricane Tuesday 100 miles east-southeast of San Salvador in the Bahamas. Its 100-miles-an-hour peak winds

Informed sourcé at Greenfield | Whistled northward over the At- : and Charlottetown have intimat-| antic. im part of the Quebec Harbor,|ed that officials of a national! That will be operated again this year. | Tobacco Company are due to ar- would Keep the hurr'rane travel- ‘ Captair G. E. Geudreault, re-|rive in the province within the ling about parallel to Florida . gional agent for the department, | next week or so to assess with a span of about 400 miles be- said so far he has not received | value of the experiment. ltween the storm and land

any requests from ship owners | The weather bureau described

that the system be operated this | Gracie as “a severe hurricane”

on said the three ships nen [POSS iS RIGHT ca tena shipping = . SOMETIMES extreme caution.

mark’s J. Lauritzen Line \plans | between Quebec and European] SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico p { | E FES Ask

would depend “on the quality of | the product produced. Second | |rate tobacco would not be of in- | |terest to the buyers he said.

MARITIME’S TOP GOLFER

QUEBEC (CP) — A transport department spokesman said Tucs- day it is uncertain whether an air, bubble system, inaugurated last year to prevent ice forming

Slayer Says Was Mistake

NEW YORK (AP)—A teen-ager accused of fatally shooting an- other in a street gang fracas on the front steps of a high school said Tuesday he had become ex- cited and ‘it was all a mistake.”

Edward Peres, 16, made the statement to reporters after being es and fingerprinted

t police headquarters in the death of John Guzman, 16.

‘I had the gun in my pocket and something went wrong with it because when I pulled it out it

deB. Oland of Halifax. At the , for the third successive year: presentation, Brigadier Oland | Mr. Dowling had 218 with a announced that the trophy will | 54—hole total. He also received remain permanently with Mr. | $429 in prize money. The tourna- Dowling, since he has won it | ment was at Moncton.

Cecil (Bubby) Dowling (right) three-time winner of the Mari- time Open Golf Championship, is shown receiving the Oland Trophy from Brigadier Victor

Canadian Troops Hostess Starts Grand Canada Tour

By DAVE OANCIA . Canadian Press Staff Writer

More Visiting Urged ~-By Russian Premier

heads of governments.

course, if maintained,J

DES MOINES, Iowa (‘AP)— Soviet Premier Khrushchev, warmly welcomed in the heart of the U.S. farm belt, plugged Tues- day for regular visits between the

of personal diplomeer, welcoming erowd:

“It is always better to niet and talk than te exchange mess- ages which are not alwaye very friendly. A couple of meetings a year would be fine.”

That was im reply to a reporter

to operate throughout the winter

ports will be docking at the edge| (AP) — Sometimes the boss is of the river rather than in inner} right.

basin where coasters normally El Commandan

After a lifetime of public serv-|when grandma denounced: "Now |

ice, ranging from duties as aj that the St. Lawrence Seaway has ti R Track e Race Trac

\went off,” said Peres. ‘It was| LONDON (CP) — Gwendolen, |county councillor to those of a/been opened, I shall sail to Van- ti Scie 3 h

all a mistake, I never wanted to|Lady Benn, the individualistic|juvenile cgurt chairman, she|couver’,” Elizabeth -said, pe bng Ponaarg lh seldom forms | "alice tone tee who’ asked whether once-year

shoot anyone.” hostess of many Canadian troops|found retir€ment dull. “So in order to stop her sailing — because of the action of the | er mary Anna Delia Garcia visits between heads of govern current, winds and tides. was selecting horses for a pool ment would advance the cause of

during the Second World War, has! ‘She has always been terribly |over waving corn and rocky | : decided that at 78 it’s time to!restless,” said her 2-year - old| mountains, I was detailed off to|_7%¢ aif bubble system—where | make the “grand tour” of Can-| granddaughter, a women's maga-|act as a travelling companion.” |" '8 forced through holes in| ada zine staff writer. The travel arrangements for plastic pipe laid along the harbor |

“lishe sits at hombe and does |the cross - Canada tour were bottom—prevents ice from form- nothing she gets awfully mopish.| made by Lady Benn’s son, Glan- | "8 by carryieg warmer water

Earlier, when asked why he pulled the gun, the tall, slim youth said:

“Well, everybody was swing- ‘ing. I guess I got excited. I

bet. Her boss, attorney Edrulfo Astacio, also at the track, told her she needed more selections —and offered to split the cost if she bet on more horses. The combined selections

peace.

For the first time on hie Amer- ican tour, the Soviet leader ate a hot dog and asked for a see- ‘ond. “It's excellent—don’t change

For Bargaining Rights

Ce eee At their national convention

WINNIPEG (CP)—Postal em-

A¢ tracked armored carrier being

beth, she sails. today from Liver-| pool and arrives in Quebec City | Sept. 29. } rl

DISARMAMENT IS ‘WONDERFUL’ |

thought he had a knife, so I pulled the gun to scare him and it went off.”

West German Minister Shares Nikitas Opinion

OTTAWA (CP) — Dr. Franz{disarmament proposal to the

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‘disarmament proposal is a ‘‘won-| played a role in mankind but has know whether Mr. Khrushchev ml ing Canadian military equipment the Bobcat, an amphibious,| (Canadian Press Staff Writer nis government is not interested) ..1 ting it quite difficult not te MEETS PEARKES ae ad

Josef Strauss, West German de-| United Nations General Assembly derful, excellent idea and I share|never been achieved. his opinion.” ‘ 8 a “@ convinced pacificist.” if ncess | Dr. Strauss arrived by air, for, and bases. : He left directly from the’ air-

: OTTAWA (CP)—The slim, sil- developed for the Canadian army. | yer haired woman glanced around in ‘buying Canadian military | : 2 oe kia equipment though it is interested | feel I'm mistress here,” Princess

She laughed with a hearty, in- He told reporters. he wants to} talk with Defence Minister, : WHERE-TO-FIND-IT

fence minister, said Tuesday Rus-| Friday, Dr. Strauss said the idea He added: “This is the credo of an 11-day Canadian visit er AtGovernm port for the army be: ae Dr. Strauss made clear at ®/4 pleasant sitting room at Gov- in. standardization of weapons| Alice, wife of a former governor- Pearkes about air defence prob- ; = 4

sian Premier Khrushchev’s total|of total disarmament has always -@ convinced pacifist but I don’t

will be chiefly given over to see-

grounds to see a demonstration of By CAROLYN WILLETT press conference, however, that! ernment House.

among the NATO aes general, told a small cluster of lems, army equipment and anti-

submarine warfare. His depart-| Annountements, notices

ment needed some technical ad-| Births, deaths, etc., .. 2, 13 vice on such problems Classified section 12, 13, 14 A sprightly, chatty grand-| Comics, features ........ 11 mother who appears interested in} Charlottetown news ...... a3 everything around her, she said; Editorials ... cudestes © that after a chat with a long-| Finance, markets ........ 14 Dr. -Strauss, accompanied by; Island news ............ 2, 3 Gen. Joseph Kammbhuber, chief of} Sports .......... eS the Luftwaffe, was. met at Up-| Women’s page 6,7 lands airport by Mr. Pearkes, a Late reports from Guardiaa

news bureaus in Summer- side, Montague, Alberton and

17-gun salute, a guard of honor and ia band which played Deut-

schland Uber Alles ‘Germany; Souris, and from special cor- Over All), the German national] respondents now’ appear om anthem. the Island News Page.

Asked about Mr. Khrushchev's

|two years ago, served as gover-|Canadian finance minister made

| nor - general | 1946, during the war years “whet. be done ‘in a matter of months,

SEAWAY STARTED IT ivill, head of a British publishing |

“The grand tour ail . started | firm.

“She has been across to the | United States several times,” said | ABenn. “But this will be her first | j “ip to Canada and she’s tre

«nendously thrilled about the pros- pect.” / :

The rail tour across Canada from Quebec will take the pair to Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Re- gina, Banff and Vancouver. Lady Benn and Elizabeth plan to spend about 10 days on the west coast renewing acquaintances of war- time friends, many of whom

One important part of the prob-|served in Britain with the Sea-| lem was that of control and in- forth Highlanders.

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from the bottom of the harbor to the surface. It can be operated only in the inner harbor where there is no current.

made $30,673.75 for the boss

and the secretary, the track said.

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spection: Control could not start} From Vancouver they fly Khrushchev had proposed, but/ton to visit Lady Benn’s eldest must accompany disarmament. | Mrs. Paul Shinkman, who has been living in the United States since her marriage in 1935. The late Sir Ernest Benn and : Canadians when they threw open ; the doors of their home in Oxted, ent ouse area during the war years. fectious laugh and added: ‘Free Dollar It has been more than 13 years | husband, the Earl of Athlone, | made the stately greystone man-| LONDON (CP) — Canada Tues- Princess Alice is the guest un-|ners she could no longer see any til Friday of Canada’s newly-in- justification for dollar, area trade and his wife. In a speech at the opening ses- : be jmic Consultative Council, Fi- Since her time, she said, she | nance Minister Fleming called on nized, but otherwise there is nO these trade barriers as soon as difference, | possible.

after disarmament, as Mr-|across the’continent to Washing- | daughter, (e Is Back OPENED HOME TO TROOPS Lady Benn came to know many Surrey, to troops billeted in the ‘I’m feeling at home again.” || ; since Princess Alige and her late | Use Is Urged sien their home. day told her Commonwealth part- stalled Governor-General Vanier |Testrictions. 6 sion of the Commonwealth Econo- MORE MODERN finds the house somewhat moder- | sterling area countries to remove The Earl of Athlone, who died | A conference source said the

between 1940. anit clear that he hoped this would

we could only travel to places |aot years.”

where there were troops or war| ‘There restrictions are being

factories.” maintained under a guise we no This time, on the Canadian end | longer consider justified,” Flem-

of a tour that started in Aus-|ing was quoted as saying.

tralia in February, Princess Alice} Britain gave some indication

is travelling by train to see the |that she would move toward fur-

country—and—visit—friends,_After|ther relaxation of trade barriers

visits to Montreal yard Quebec | but it was not considered likely

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Lemieux of Ottawa as they at- tended high mass at the Roman Catholic. Basilica. kt was their

Canada’s new governor-gen- eral, Major-General George P: Vanier, and Mrs. Vanier are

City, she expects to’ be home Oct. | that any step would be taken. be- 13. fore the Oct. 6 general election.

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greeted by Archbishop M4. | first publie appearance toget-

ployees Tuesday. voted to take jlegal steps to battle for bargain- ing rights with the federal gov- ernment. ?

here, the 260 delegates of the; Canadian Postal Employees’ As sociation said they would “‘prose- cute this case through the courts

the formula.”” Khrushchev gaid with a satisfied grin. The premier, clad im a bine smock for sanitary

FIRST APPEARANCE

if necessary.” They said they would deter-

government can legally deprive one class of Canadian citizen of their right to negotiations, con- ciliation and bargaining proce-

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At \present are not al- lowed any ¢Wil serv under the Indust Relations and Disputes

Investigation . Act.

The resolutions to seek legal counsel and the possibility of tak- ing the fight into court split the convention ranks. It passed only after argument and then by a nar- row margin.

Another resolution said-the as- sociation would request from_ the

bargaining rights as applied to private industry. *

MUST PAY DUES

Delegates also yresolved that post office employees should pay union dues whether or not they belonged to the postal associa- tion, a Canadian Labor Congress affiliate.

The association represents 10, 000 of 12,000 postal workers. Let- ter carriers and mail clerks are separately organized.

Drowned In

. Mieh, (AP)— Eleven persons — including ea mother and her nine children— were drowned Tuesday in McKee- ver Lake when their 12-foot boat swamped. Only the children’s father survived.

The father’g brother was one of the victims?

Leonard Larson, 42, the father, told state police the family had started across the lake, in the upper Michigan peninsula's Hia- watha national forest, to pick cranberries.

When he started a five-horse- ‘power outboard rthotor on the heavily loaded boat, shortly after — p

het since Mr. Vanier was io- stalled ag governor-general. * _ €P. Wirepliote)

mine through legal counsel, ‘‘if|

sampled his frankfurter (with mustard) as he toured the Des Moines Packing Company plant,

WARM WELCOME Khrushchev’s welcome {fn this

centre of the greatest

ducing area in the United States

was wWarm—not ae warm, per-

federal government full collective '

haps, as the one which delighted him in San Francisco, his last previous stop.

However, the greeting he got ,here could help further to clear ‘away the bad feeling Khrushchev jhad after his Los Angeles visit llast weekend when he got angry with Mayor Norris Poulson and the movie industry.

Shere was nothing but serenity in the official exchange of greet- ings. Governor Herschel Loveless of Iowa told Khrushchev:

‘‘We know your great interest in agriculture and in modera methods of production. We stand ready to show you our farms, our factories, our laboratories and machines.”

Khrushchev said:

“We know that so far as corn is concerned you are the first in the United ‘States. We are ecom- peting with you there, and we

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pushing off from shore, the boat swamped and went down quickly in 18 feet of water.

All the victims were from Skandia, Mich., a small commun- ity near Marquette. , rd

Drowned were Dora Larson, 41, the mother; Harry Larson, ‘44, her brother-in-law, and all of Mrs. Larson's -children: Arthur, _ 16; Shirley, 13: Harry, 10: Mar- ilene, 9; Freddie, 8; Carol, 7; |Mary Ann, 5; Melody, 8, and |Terry Lee, five months.

State police said all hut twee bodies were recovered within a few hours,

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