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.THE' GUARDIAN.

()HARI.0'l'l'ETOWN

MARCH 22. 1952

OUR NEWS Bu

MONDAY

A rush call from the Sourts Hospital for the rare type RH negative blood sent the local Red Cross into fast action yesterday. Two pints were quickly taken from the "blood bank”. but then the movement. stalled temporarily as there were no trains on Sun- day and the road to Souris was solidly blocked as a result of last week's snowstorm.

when Dr. Edward Kassncr, Souris. telephoned the Red Cross here he said the blood was urg- ently needed to save the life of a patient who was hemorrhaging following childbirth. A telephone call to Paul's Flying Service got Mr. Sharpe into action and on his way to the airport. There he found that last. weeks storm had also completely blocked the doors to the hangar and he was unable to get the plane out.

In the emergency two airpoit employees responded to Mr. SIIBTDC3 call for help and Messrs. Charles Mathieson and. Clifford Moore manned a bulldozer and cleared the snow away while the

pilot was fitting his plane with skiis. Underway shortly after. Mr. Sharpe reported that the

"mercy” flight was uneventful and he landed in a field near Souris harbor without incident. The R. C. M. P. were there waiting to receive the blood and rushed it to the hospital where the subsequent transfusions were successful in saving the life of the patient. Last night she was reported as being greatly improved.

The soil of this Province may

he considered good for the rul- Iivation of crops, but it needs careful management. said Mr. J. B. Whilesidc. agronomist for soil survey and soil fertility at the Expcrinicntal Farm.

Mr. White-side prepared the booklet, "Soll Survey of P.E.I.".

which was reviewed in Saturday's Guardian and which tells the re- sult of his efforts in determining the different types of soil in various parts of the Province. He came to this Province at the re- quest of the Provincial Govern- ment in 1943 and at the conclus- ion of his survey in 1945 remain- ed on the staff of the Experimen- ial Farm hcrc.

'Dvo big. cumbersome Govern- ment sriow plows last night. were waging a race with ilie stork along St. Mary's Road in King's County. Whether the caterpillar treads would win the battle with the flapping-winged bird or not was still in doubt at a late hour last night.

The race started as a result of a call from two King's County doct- ors. Dr. Preston Mclntyre. Mon- tague. and Dr. Lorne Bonnell. M. L. A.. Murray River. to this city asking assistance from the Pro- vincial Department of Public Works and Highways in getting Mrs. Aemes MacGulgan, St. Marys

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Road, to the hospital at Montague Mrs. Mcclulgan was "expecting.' but not so soon. and as a result. aid had to be received in an effort to get her to hospital in time.

Outcome of thefrantlc efforts to plow open the road had not been learned last night.

TUESDAY

The Trnns-Canada Highway can- not go over the hills of Strath- gortney because the grade is steeper than allowed under the agrcenicnt with the Federal nulli- orltics. l-lowevcr. Premier J. Whi- ter Jones, resuming his part in the debate on the Draft Address in the Legislature yesterday. re- fused to answer questions us to the exact route the highway will follow in this area.

The Premier said. in reply to a direct question from Mr. R. R. Bell. that he did not want to be responsiblc for any speculation in farm lnnds. Mr. Bell argued the information should be given to the House. it should not be kept sccret. Premier Jones said this Province was only one of the parties to the iiizrccnient and he could not and would not reveal the information requested. "When it was first mentioned I said I would carry the load of work iii- volved. and I liave.I knew I would not be here long." he udd- ed. lie said the Govcrnnicnt had practically forced the Canadian National Railway into giving the service in Southport lllld stated that yesterday morning El taxis were required to bring the pas- sengers to this city and most of them had to return for ll second load. Bill the Premier wns criti- cal of the iuilwny for taking the passengers to the station inslcod of to an uptoii ii depot which l:Q thought would he more convexi-

lent.

"i say it is a ridiculous situa- tion when they unload at the station instead of uptown." the

Premier rciiiarkcd. and added that though he did iioi know who was responsible for the ruling he hoped there were some railway- mcn present to hear his rcniarlts.

OTTAWA. March 17 .- tspeciall - Under the present government. Prince Edward Island and Queen's County in particular is forced to play second fiddle when it comes to Federal public works. W. Chester S McLure, Conservative member for Queens said in the House of Commons today.

He charged that the proposed federal building for Charlottetown has been little but an uiifuifilled election promise for the past six years. when it should be an ac- complished fact.

All that has been done since 1945 for this building, he said. was the acquisition of a site and the draw- ing of architects' sketches and plans.

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made cuts of the building and published them before the last Federal election in the press of Prince Edward Island. saying there is this wonderful '”'ng. but when I ask the Minister of Public Works when it will be built, I find that he does not know. I now sup- pose that this building will be held out as another promise to be made use of in the next Federal elec- tion."

Mr. McI..ur. reminded the Com- mons also thst the Government had promised a Naval Barracks for Charlottetown as far back as five years ago and that this bar- racks lias never materialized. There had been a promise of a new Arm- ory for Charlottetown. but this promise had been cancelled out by a Government statement that an armory had been promised to some other place first.

Stating his belief that Ministers of the Crown should rise early in the debate on the Draft Address in order to give the Opposition. and members of their own party. :1. chance to ask questions during the sitting of the Legislature. Hon. A.W. Matheson. Minister of Health and Welfare. yesterday followed Premier J. Walter Jones as Gov- ernment speaker.

Though Mr. Matheson confined his opening remarks to generalities he covered a wide range of depart- mental sctivities. He was still speaking when adjournment was taken at. the customary 8.00 p.m. closing hour last evening and will resume his part in the debate this afternoon when the Legislature meets at three o'clock.

While not apparently satisfied with the workings of the Senator- ium Commission. the Minister said iliat his department did not want to take over the admliiistration of the Sanatorium. He said that the large number of staff changes were a headache" and a real problem for the Commission.

A Canadian airman was killed yesterday afternoon in a shooting accident which occurred in the barracks at R.C.A.F. station. Sum- niersldc.

It is iindersiood that It fellow tiirnian in an adjoining room was handling it revolver when it accl- dentiilly discharged and the bul- lct tore through the thin insul- board walland into the next room entering the body of the airman on the right side. at or near the iop of the hip bone. At the time he was shot. the airman is lit- lieved to have been scaled at a table in his room busily occupied in writing a letter.

The shooting occurred about 12.15 p.m.. and after being given emergency treatment. he was rushed to the Prince County Hos- pital by ambulance. but was dead on arrival at the hospital about 'l.00 p.m.

Dr. E. S. Netting. former senior veterinarian. Dominion ' Deput- ment. of Agriculture. was honored recently by officials of the Pro- duction and Marketing Service of the Dominion Department of Ag- riculture on his retirement after thirty-three years with the De- partment. '

Messrs. L.W. Roper. H. W. Clay. F. M. Nash and Doctors R. S. MacDonald and M. I. Lowrie on behalf of the staff of the Depart- ment presented Dr. Netting with a Queen Anne table lighter and a silver cigarette box. A tray on which was inscribed the names of the entire staff of the Depart- ment was also given him by meni- bers of the Department.

WEDNESDAY

Definite word was received yes- terday by Mr. 3. Graham Rogers. local Director of Transportation, that both car ferries would oper- ate this year between Borden and Tonnentine from June 15 to Oc- tober l5. which is an extension of one month longer than in former years.

Negotiations have been under- way for some time asking for an extension of the time during

been arranged.

The extension will be of con- siderable beneflt to the people who transport agricultural and fisheries products as well as to the tourist business. Automobile traffic to and from Prince Ed-

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which both ferries would operate and finally through the efforts of Mr. J. Watson MacNaught. M.P.. the extension to October 15 has

ward Island is usually quite heavy during the Thanksgiving holiday period. This anniversary is expected to fall on Monday. Oct. 13. -

Mr. E.M. Robinson, manager of the Charlottetown Branch of the Bank of Nova scotla. was elected President of thee Charlottetown Board of Trade by aoclamaticn at the regular dinner meeting held at the Charlottetown Hotel last even- ing. .

Pkirmerly vice-president. Mr. Robinson succeeds Mr. M. Albiiii Farmer who recently retired from office following his election to the City Council. Replacing Mr. Rob- inson as vice-president is Mr. J. Gordon MacDonald who was also elected by acclaniaiion.

At the opening of the business meeting Mr. 3. Graham Rogers, Director of Transportation in the Provincial Department of Industry and Natural Resources, conveyed it message which had been given to him immediately prior to the meeting by Mr. R.E. tilutcli. Pres- ident of the Northumberland Fer- ries Ltd.

Also discussed and passed was a resolution ciidorsiiig the proposed visit of Mayor Stewart to Ottawa -for the purpose of cx-pediting public works projects. Wording of the resolution. which is being for- warded to the Mayor of Charlotte- town. the Premicr of Prince Ed- ward Island and the P.E.l. Fed- oral M.Pfs is as follows: ”R.ELSOLVED that The Char- lottetown Board of Trade heartily endorses the proposed visit of the Mayor of Charlottetown to Ol- tawa for the purpose of expedit- ing outstanding Public works Pro- jects for the City of Charlotte- town.

"BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Board provide His Wor- ship with all available data in its pouesslon concerning the projects in question. and wish lilm every; success in his effort." i

Severe criticism of the present!

method of returning death certif- icates to the registrar of Vital Statistics was voiced in the Leg- islature yesterday by Hon. A. W. Matheson. Minister of the De- partment of Health and Welfare. when he resumed his part in the debate on the Draft Address. Mr. Matheson was speaking of tuberculosis conditions in the Province and said that last year there were 20 deaths from that cause. However. there lnittlll. only be 19 as all the certificates had not been returned as yet. He said it would not be important if the deaths had occurred in the last month of the year, but when some of them occurred almost n year ago lie thought it represent- ed a serious situation and stated that ”Something must be done to improve the rccordhig of deaths in this Province."

Proposed legislation to be silh- mitted to the Legislature and for the Legislature to act on their be- half was discussed by the City Council-at a special nieeilns; last night. Mayor J. D. Stewart presided and all Councillors were present with the exception of Coun. Mac- Donald.

Some of ilie proposed legislation dealt with included an amendment whereby it would not be possible in the future for any Mayor of the City to remain in office after he had been named a candidate in ll Provincial election. Another pro- posed amendment was to permit the yearly salary of the Mavor to be lncrceascd to sl.000 following the election of 1954.

A request for nutliorizatioii of a bond issue of 3250.000 and also ani- endment to th act to provide for contribution to resurfacing of the City streets is presently being con- sidered by the Council.

A change in policy in connec- tion with the operation of the Wood Islands-Caribou service this year was announced last night by Mr. R. E. Mulch. president of Northumberland Ferries Lid.. fol- lowing a meeting of the company directors.

It has been decided that pus- sengcr automobiles will lie booked forty-eight hours in ndvance of the first and second sailings from each ierniinzil. Accommodation will be reserved on these sailings for automobiles so booked.

While not definitely decided. consideration is being given to the question of confining the priorities previously given to truck! with livestock and perish- able producis to the same two early aallings each day.

I-Ion. A. W. Matheson. Minister of Health and Welfare. told the Legislature yesterday that his dc- partmcnt had started the year 1951 with 3.109 receiving old age pensions and 129 blind pensions.

Durlnlz the year new npplIcn- ilons were received from 647 per- sons for nsslstance of this type. and at the end of the year the Department had 3,226 old age pen- sionsera and 125 blind pensioners. At the start of the year the pen- Iions were 334.44 and 838.20 re- spectively. At the end of the year the average pensions were 334.92 and 388.15.

Thole figures meant a total ex- penditure of 31,030,528 of which 342,919 was paid In blind pen- sions. The Federal Government contributed 75 percent of the lat- ter amount.

Prince Edward Island's well known swine authority. Mr. Har- old W. clay. senior Livestock Pieldn-tan with the Dominion De- partment of Agriculture was pre- sented wlth a certificate of ap-

preciation last night, at the an- nual meeting of the Prince Ed-

sociation. The presentation was made by the armor Premier. . at the

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THURSDAY

The sudden conversion of farm- ers to the use of silos was rapped on the head last night by Premier J. Walter Jones who spoke briefly at the annual meeting of the Prince Edward Island Dairyinen'a Assoc- lotion.

A user of silos for 35 years him- self, Premier Jones in no way con- demned the use of grass silage but he did caution about two much emphasis being placed upon it. "I have had good results from the silage but I always have to feed scme concentrates. This is espec- ially necessary if a person wishes to get any cows up to 800 pounds or over." he stated

The Premier stated that he had always been amazed about how slow the dairy farmers were in re- gard to the use of silos. "Now they are all going to run and get one. This is too great and two quick a conversion for their own good." he said.

"There is nothing wrong with hay if you can make it. right'. he stated. The Premier stated that he had bought a baier which cost him more than 81.900. "It was the best investment I ever made." he add- ed.

He advised farmers to 'use fert- il.zer on their grass in the spring and thus bring along their hay about two weeks quicker. Follow- ing the first cut he advised the use of more fertilizer so that a farmer might be able to get a second crop of hay.

The Premier was followed by Mr. Marius Larsen of Carleton Siding who refuted the former's remarks about griiss silage. Mr. Larsen poliited out the advantages he had found in using silage.

In conclusion Mr. Larsen. a Euro- pean. stated he came to this Prov- ince 22 years ago with only a- doi- lar in his pocket. a pair of overalls and a smock. ”I now oivn a nice little farm and ii home and I like i: fine," he added.

A pileup of 96 refrigerator cars and 152 carload of loaded freight in Cape Tonnentlne is caused. Railway officials said yesterday. by heavy ice in the Northumber- land strait. The ice is badly de- laying operation of the car ferry Abegwcit.

These cars are badly needed by Island producers to export their commodities to the mainland and until brought over will result in an increasing backlog of marketable goods here.

Railway officials expressed hope yesterday that the shortage of cars might soon be alleviated as it has been reported that ice conditions in the strait have eased somewhat.

Mr 3. Graham Rogers. Director of Transportation for the Province stated yesterday that the railway has been up against the worst whiter iii 25 years so -far as ice con- ditions arc concerned and that they have done everything possible to expedite railway shipments. Even with the present bad ice con- ditions the freight jam is not as serious as in former years. and if the condition does start to case of! -Ii-eiglit should soon be in normal operation.

FRIDAY

An oiiiario economist will visit the Province sometime in April to make a survey into the feasibility of erecting a killing plant and entering the chilled meat trade with Newfoundland. it was an- nounccd last night at a livelv meeting of the Federation of Agri- culture. A

The survey will be conducted by Mr. Morrison from Barrie. Ontario zit the insistence of one or more shiirpcrs. the Federation of Agri- culture and on the invitation of the Department of Industry and Natural Resources.

The proposed survey by Mr. Morrison appeared about the only certain factor in the lengthy and some times quite heated debate over the abbotoir question.

The discussion was ened hv a long time supporter of the killing plant proposition. Mr. Woodrow Wheaiiey of East Royalty who in- quired into the Federaiion'Istand on the matter and asked why they had not taken more forceful steps in pressing upon the gov- ernment the necessity of another plant.

It is reported that the will of the late Mrs. Goodwill. widow of the late Dr. V. L. Goodwill. pro- vides a bequest to the Provincial Treasury of &'l.000. the interest of whlch.la to provide a scholar- ship at Prince of Wales College to be known as "The .Victor Lyall Goodwill Scholarship."

Dr.iGoodwill. who died in 1935. had been Medical Superintendent st. Falcenwood Hospital for sev- eral ycars and was widely known throughout the Province. Mrs. Goodwill passed away in Char- lottetown last January.

Hunter River had considerable excitement. early thb morning af- ter burglars entersd the I-A G - age in the village and drove a sir truck out through the main doors.

A young man was captured by a village pose; shortly after and I search was being made for a com- panslon. Identity of the man found was not revealed. Reports from Hunter River sold the man was "not talking". i

Royal Canadian Mounted Police from Charlothtown detachment were on route to the some early this morning.

The excitement began about ll:4!l when Mr. Ivan Bowman. who lives near the I-A garage heard a re- sounding crash as a new De-4:; truck was driven through the clos- ed doors. He immediately sounded the alarm. and the wailing of the fire siren soon had some I. more men on the same. The in with the truck did not far Ite- foee they ahandaiad music. but the man was not learned h- mediahly. i

The I-A mass h p ted by Iulman and Anderatai. t was not learned who was the owner of the

ttluck, nor the else of the vehicle.

BIRTHS

nlty Hospital. Halifax, N. March 1st, 1952, to Mr. and Mrs. .1. Elmer Walker, nee Jessie Crockett. York, a daughter, Shar-

on Joan.

DOYLE-At the Charlottetown Hospital, Thursday. March 13, 1952. to Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Doyle. a son.