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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRlDAY, MAY 7, 1937

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MANVWCARfiED TO DEATH IN FLXWMWING

INTERESTING ADDRESS HEARD AT MEETING

Illajor T. E. MacNutt Elected President Of Free Dispensary.

llfajor '1‘. E. MacNutt was elected prIL-‘ltlvllli of the Charlottetown Ffvv Dispensary at the annual met-ting last night, replacing Mr. W. F. Tldmarsh whose retirement axis regretfully accepted by the w. uive. Mr. Tidmarsh was the first pieidwt of the organization \\‘l1t‘l'l it. was formed in 1909 and hrid served as chief officer for tltcllt‘ YPRFF- He Was elected lion- orarv president at last night's meeting. Other officers were: 1st vice-president. Dr. W. J. P. Mac. Milan; 2nd vice-president, Mr. D. Vvilliams; secretary-treasurer. Mrs. R. L. Cotton; members of the ex- ecutive: Mrs. J. J. Johnston, Mrs. S. R. Jenkln’. Mrs. E. T. Hlogs, llirr. Gavan Duffy, Miss Eleanor Hell, lifrs. W. W. Clarke, Miss Dor- sey. Mrs. Charles Lyons, Mrs. James Harris, Mrs Cotton, Mrs. Louis Sadler, Mrs. D. A. MacKln- non. Mr. John McKenna and Miss AlllV Earle.

R.,lf>l‘lS coveriii". lhc ycai": work were submitted by Mr. W. F. Tid- mfifrll, retiring president. Mrs. R. L. Cotton. secretary-treasurer; and Miss Amy Earle. Till‘ reports £l}l}l0l‘l‘ this i-sue.

’l‘licre were 170 families in Prince Eduard Island in which tubercul-

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"Come and i.. ,.i over “A Fam- ily Affair" at Clyde River, Muy 7th.

"Don't miss the Coronation Danrc in Graham's Road Hall. Wrdiicsciuy, Muy 12th. 14-208-5-7-11.

“(i W. L. dance in Auburn School Friday night, May 7th.

14-82-5-5-6.

""l<llred Husbands", Harrington hall, postponed until Monday the 17th. L-2l6.

"Dance C. M. B. A. Hall. Vern- on fiiver Friday night. May ‘llh. Orchestra. Admission 25cts. LllllCll.

L-l22-5-(i-2l.

"Woman's Institute" Coronation

Dance Suffolk School, May 11th. Admission 25c. Free lunch. L-200-5-7-1l.

"See "George ‘n a Jam“ in St. Charles Hall by Si. Charles Drama- tic Club on Coronation l chi.

' 11-253-5-7-8-11.

“Come to Plnyettds, Pic Social and Dance at Hope River, Monday 10th. 1f not fine on next nllzht»

L-lliS-5-7-3i.

“lndhn liver Dramatic Club W111 pre-cnt- "His Irish Friend" in NEW London Hall Friday, May 7.

14-215.

"Come to the Coronation Con- cert in Bradalbanc Hall, FY1003! 0V- "llllfl. May 7th, in aid‘ of Library- Lunch, Auction. Admission 25c and 15c. L-19-E-5-7.

“Hazelgrovc Dramatic Club will Wmllt "Up the Hill to Pnrediae" l" Masonic Hall. Hunter River Fri- fiflv. May i4. n not fine Monday, the 17th. Dance after.

L-217-5-7-3l.

“Cream Route beginning Mon- dale May 10th. New Haven, Trvon ROM. Baltic, West River Bridge, Clyde River. Bannockbum. Kinsl- Wl- Cornwall, York point. NOT"! River to Central Creamer-lea Ltd» Charlottetown, one trip each WHE- Keneth Docherty, hauler.

11-80-5-5-31.

"Livestock Marketing Board "ladies hogs, lambs and calves ‘ilmuzh local shipping clubs week “l May 10th. as follows: Monday afternoon, Alma; Tuesday fore- "Wn. Kensington, Charlottetown; afternoon, Ulgg, Elmira. Bouris. Milmfillle. Cardigan; Wednesdav Mam till train time, York. Win- ‘he. Wlltshlre, unmi- River. Bfadalbane; afternoon ill-iii Al- bany. Please list stock with Llncnl

district nurse. '

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Places Death Toll At 33

(A. P. by Guardian's Special Wire)

LAKEHURST, N. 1,, May 7_. (Friday) — An announcement at 12:05 a. m. EDT today by "a"? Bruno, press olde for the Amerioomzeppelixi Trgng- m“ Corporation, laid that s3 out _of 97 persons aboard the dlriglblc llindenburg we“; I05], in the disaster. l

Bruno said there were 3C DllSSehgers aboard the airship on the flight from Germany, 0g whom 20 were caved. Forty- four of the crew of 61, he said, also were saved-a total of 64 survivors.

LAKEHURST, N. J., May 6- An official announcement lo- night listed as having survived the I-lindenburg disaster 20 of 44 passengers aboard and 44 out of the 61 members of the crew. ihus leaving a total of 41 unaccounted for.

Twenty-four bodies were counted in two places, l3 were at the Naval Sick Bay and 11 l" 1h!‘ lfreat hangar itself.

EVllllllllTlllN or REFIICEES uinriwiv

(By Robert B. Parker. Jr.. Assoc- iated Press Foreign Staff)

BILBAO, Spllin, May 6--Pr0ud Baques sped their women and children from the danger of bottle and starvation tonight under the Protecting guns of British war- ‘shlps, and mode ready to stand ‘defiant siege against the insurgent nrmy.

Five thousand toddllng young- ‘sters and women of Bilbao left for France this morning aboard the 1 Spanish Government ships Habona and Izarra. The French liner Chal- amare was designated to carry the second refugee contingent to Bor- deaux tonight.

To the children It was u. lurk. They scampered over the deck: 'aml dashed all through the ships, even while insurgent worcraft slipped through the morning mists ‘and threatened brlefly to attack.

But many of the women wept. - They felt they might never again ;see their native Basque country. i Some left husbands and fathers in ;the trenches; others already were widowed by war.

A iveeping old lady carried a faded wedding dres. Some bal- anced bales of bed linen and p1c~ turcs atop their heads as they climbed the gangplanks. There were no cheery whitles or happy goodbyes.

The Habana and lzarra slipped into the Bay of Biscay for the dash to Bordeaux finally, in the misty dawn, to face the threat of the insurgent cruiser Almlrante Cervera and the destroyer Velasco.‘

Quickly, however, the corivoyinfl British battleship Royal Oak and two British destroyers formed I protecting flank. The Almirante Cervera apparently made a futile effort to cross the Hanna's bows.

But the insurgent wanshlp with- drew at right of the British war craft, and the destroyer Velasco turned also back into the mists after hovering for a. time in the distance.

munou. my 8—(OPcable)-— The British Government 11190951 today proposals for peezetime nationalization’ of a l‘ m a m ant s factories or for more rigid wnifll of private manufacture.

A Government white paper held that s ,.' ,, changes now mllht disrupt the svoomwttwfl defence pgogrhm and would be unwise concentration of an "isolated l8- peot" of a problem which should be settled by international agree- ment.

'I‘here would. however. be qlllc! action in the event of war. "His Majestyk Government reoogntzc.” the whim paper said. "that if ever this country shou‘d again become involved in a major war, a much I

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Bodies Of All Victims E x ce pt Engineer Burned Almost Be- yond Recognition.

(OP. by Guardian's Special Wire)

SPRINGIHLL JUNCTION. N.S-. May 6—((.‘P)—Body of an uniden- tified man found tonight in the wreckage of what had been the llIontreal-llallfax Exlprcss, set thc death toll in the wreck at seven.

Four men, including the driver and an express messenger were known to have been killed a. few hours after the crash between the express and a string of runaway coal cars last night. Two bodies, so badly burned identification was impossible, were recovered today.

A coroner's inquest was sum- muned today and after viewing the bodies of some of the victims, ud- journcd until May 13.

SPRINGl-IILL JUNCTION, N.S.. May (i-Railumy workers went grimly about their task tonight of clearing away the twisted wreck- age of a Canadian National Rall- ways locomotive and three of its coaches from which the bodies of six victims had been recovered.

The torn steel, scattered at the bottom of a 40-foot embankment. marked the spot where the flying Halifax bound Ocean Limited

crashed last night into a string of runaway coal-cars that had broken away from the railway yard hero and careeued down-grade with ever increasing momentum into the ap- proaching train.

The six bodies recovered from the wreckage Included those of all the known dead. but it was ‘ought not impossible that others a card had met death. Several hoboes were noticed "riding the rods" some time before the accl- dent.

Will llold Investigation

An investigation into the acci- dent was to open at Truro, 50 miles east from here, tonight.

The dead were: Clarence Bauer of Moncton. N.B., engine driver; Camille LeBlanc. Moncton, express messenger; Alfred Legere, 17, Moc- can ,N,S.; Ernest Long, 22. Mac- canf and two others who have not been identified.

Engineer Bauer was found un- der his engine after it lincl plung- cd over the high embankment. Eye witnesses of the accident said it had reared in the air from the terrific impact of the collision, and then toppled over, dragging with it the mail car and two baggage cars immediately behind. _

Inifiammable materials in the baggage cnrs burst into flames after thc crash and the bodies of the other five victims were burned almost beyond recognition. Le- Blanc was identified by a jack- knife he carried with him.

Pasaenge a Joutled

The rest of the lo-car train which had come from Montreal remained on the tracks, but the passengers from end to end were jostled by the terrific shock. Cooks and waiters in the dining car gal- ley were scolded by fat. and 10

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Britain Rejects Munitions Nationalization Proposal

industry would be needed than in peace time."

The cabinet pronouncement ac- oepwd in part tho conclusions ofa royal mmJniSSlOD which held 80V- emmem, monopoly of armaments plants undesirable.

It rejected, however. the com»- missions recomnvadation for "a system of collaboration betweéll government and private lndtldtfy 0f the country in the 511M111’ °f "m! and munllonl."

‘lihll mwmmc.‘ tion envisaged I controlling bcdy headed by a government minister to 118015“ profits. manufacture flllfi exports. The Government demurrcd thll

Bf: 1110mm InslCp ns coordinator sufficient

of defence provided ohm;

Germany Stunned By Disaster

(A. P. Guardian's Special Wire) BERLIN, May 7—(Fflday)-_ Word of the lllndenborg dis- aster spread consternation ear- ly today through a shocked and at first disbelieving Germany.

The shock was all the greater because the country, so many years free from airship c“- astrophes, almost had begun to believe it was Immune.

Officials at the zeppelin's home port of Frankfort at first refused to believe the news.

"We just got radiograms from the lllndcnburg at seven P. M. and eight P. M. (one P. M. and two P. M., EST) saying all was Well.” one said. "There must be some mistake."

Dismayed Berlin officials ex- pressed the quick hope the ex- tent of the disaster would be less than first reports indicated.

lsiifihfi PRESENTED AT illlllkl

Canadian women were presented to Their Majesties tonight in the

second court“ reception of the reign. Mrs. Ronald Mears, presented

by her mother, Mrs. Ieonard Til- lcy, wife of Mr. Justice Tilley, former Premier of New Brunswick, wore a wedding dress of ivory moire with silver embroidery and train and carried a bouquet of pink roses. Mrs. Tilley’: dress was of ivhite chiffon satin with a train embroidered with silver. She ear- ried an emerald fan.

Mrs. Massey. who presented the remaining Canadian ladies to ‘Their Majesties, wore gold brocade with a train of amber velvet and a diamond tiara. _

Mrs. Allison Dysart, wife of the

Premier of New Brunswick who was presented with her daughter, Miss Mary Dysart. and her niece, Mi"s Mary McDcugall. wore silver lame with a train lined with pink chiffon and pearls. Miss Dysart wore white satin with a train lin- ed with blue and a diamante cor- onet. She carried a bouquet of large lilies. Miss McDougall wore silver lame with a train of white velvet and carried a white feather fan. Mrs. George DeBlois. wife of the Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island, who was presented with her daughter, Miss Helen De- Blols, was attired in gold embossed lame with a train lined with blue. Her jewels were diamonds and she carried a blue fan. Miss DeBlois wore white and silver with a train lined with pink chiffon and trim- med with pearls. She carried a bouquet of roses and forsetrmc- nots.

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Will Be In Cttawa 0n Coronation Week

OTTAWA, May 6—(CP)—Acting Prime Minister Raoul Dandurand will return from Montreal early next week w be ln Ottawa on cor- onation day and on ursdny will hold the regular wee y meeting of cabinet council. On Wednesday evening he and other officials will be guests at the coronation dinner given by the Governor General.

Wins By A Claw

ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. May 0 -(AP)—Winning by B bl! claw. Crawford C. Noble of Jonesboro, Ark., stood today adjudged the champion Lobster- eater of these parts

He ate l5 whole lobsters in the fourth annual contest staged by the New Jersey Hotelmews As- sociation to amuse-and stuff-

visiting hotelmen from other

i500 EXPECTED‘ m CllRtlNATlllii nu PARADE

Final Details Of Local ProgramlTo Be De- cided At Committee Meeting Tonight.

Final plans for Coronation Day observance in Charlottetown will be decided at a, meeting of all Coronation Day program commit- tees in the City Hall tonight.

A tentative program provides for a parade on the afternoon of May 12th,of between twelve and fifteen hundred persons, representing mil- itie and naval units, war veterans, fraternal societies and other orga- nizations to the Forum where short addresses will be heard. His Wor- ship Mayor P .W. Turner will pre- side. Speakers will include the. Administrator of the Government, the Hon. J. A. Mathieson, K.C., Chief Justice of the Province; the Premier, the Hon. 'I'hane A. Camp- bell, KC; a. representative of thc Ministerial Association; His Excel- lency, Rt. Rev. J. A. O‘Sul1ivan. Bishop of Charlottetown. or llll; representative; and Hon. Dr. W. J. P. MacMillan.

The parade will form up in Vic- toria Park and march to the Forum dorthe program there and then re-form and return to the Park. It‘ had been expected that the proceedings at the Forum would begin at sharp 3.15 but it is posible that the time may be changed slightly to enable those

taking part in the parade and the spectators to hear King George speak to the peoples of the Empire after the coronation ceremony in London.

The following organizations have signified their intention of having representative in the parade. The. Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve; the Prince Edward Island Light Horse; the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; the 2nd and 8th Medium Seige Batteries; the Prince Edward Island Highlanders; the 21st Field Ambulance; the Canad- ian Legion, B.E.S.L.; the Boy Scouts; the Girl Guides; the Sons of Exigland; the Independent. Or- der of Odd Fellows; the Loyal Orange Association; the Caledon- lan Club: the Benevolent Irish Society; the Knights of Pythias; the Knights of Columbus; and the Charlottetown Firemen .

Col. U. G. Dawson will be in command of the parade.

Elaborate preparations are being made for a display of fireworks at Victoria Park in the evening of Coronation Day.

The decorating of public build- ings. business houses and private residences in Charlottetown is be- ginning to get well under way and a City in gala attire _on Corona- tion Day is assured.

Rain lleartens Fire Fighters

HALlFAX M86’ ti-KJPF-Fimt rain since April 28 was falling 1n Halifax County and other sections of Nova. Scotia. tonight to the joy of farmers and forest Rangers.

The fall definitely ended a. brush fire danger. which although under control, was still threatening, for- esters said. Farmers said it would do their land and crops untold good. ~

Coronation - Medals For Canadians

UITAWA, May $—(OP)—Sllver coronation medals, along thesamc general lines as the jubilee med- alovof George V. will be distributed to 10.000 Canadians, it was an- nounced today by Secretary of Stalls Rinfret. They will be sou- venirs direct from the King. .

‘A list of men and women to re- ceive the medals is being prepared by the department and will follow the jubilee list which included members of parliament, senators, Mayors and Officers oi repnesent-

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(Associated Press Staff Writer) (A- P- By Guardian's Special Wire) LAlxtHUl-fol} N. J.» May o-Her silvery bulk E shattered by a terrific explosion» the German air llll‘ -.. fr... storm m clour to permit

in flames at the United

hours afterward, estimates of the death toll were conflicting and duplicating-

Harry A- Bruno. press relations counsel for the Zeppelin Company which operated the luxurious min-vi- modern dirigible. said that 64 of the persons aboard

her on her maiden 1937 voyage here had been re-; ported saved. He listed 20 passengers and 44 of the l

crew as survivors-

with the injured- killed-

disaster by State Aviation

cape-

crew and spectators alike.

(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire) OTTAWA, May 6—(OP)—Part of the drive to get employment‘ for workless veterans of the Great i War. the Government today de- cided to establish a scheme for the probational training of ex- servicc men. The $260,000 voted by parliament for this purpose wiilbe applied to a project by which vet- erans are to be reconditioned in the industries with which they are

familiar.

The plan contemplates co-opcr- atlon between the War Veterans Assistance Committee, jointly with the employment service of Can- ada. and Canadian employers of labor. Basically it provides for the Government paying a portion oi thc salary or wage of the man re- lcnrning his job pencil d three months. The Cid!-

Timothy W- Margerum, there were already 40 corpses in the naval station's l garage which had been hurriedly transformed into a morgue- Many of the dead were horribly burned by the oil-fed f|ames- Margerum reported others were dying. Hospitals for miles around were filled

The United States Navy Department inWash- ington said it was advised at least 48 persons were

An explosion of the No- 2 gas cell toward the stern of the ship was named as the cause of the

Wilson, who called the blast “strange? The high- ly-inflammable hydrogen gas biilowed into fierce flame as the explosion plummeted the ship to the airfield- Ground spectators said crew members in the stern of the ship “never had a chance" to es-

DISASTER STRUCK WITHOYT WARNING

The (llSll.\lCl' struck without the least warning. ship had angled her blunt nose toward the mooring mast, the spider-like landing lines had been snaked down from her belly and the ground crew had grasped the ropes from the nose, when the explosion roared out scattering ground

The passengers, who were waving gaily a minute before fi'om__ihe_obs_ervation windowsdhai. slit. the belly of the

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Government Reveals Plan

To Aicl Jobless Veterans

GARAGE TRANSFORMED INTO MORGUE

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Commissioner Gill Robb

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Blast Rentsjeppelin ‘In Point Of Landing lOn 1937__Maiden Voyage,

Panic Grips Spectators As Screams E e _ WitnESSeS Of Terror Replace Laughter Of \/ [vi d | y Happily Waving Passengers ()f D 55a Ste r Seen On Observation Platform

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giant iiirigililc lliiitlciiliurg burst

lllLU flames uiirl sunk lo the ground

u livislerl, blaring wrerk early w-

iiiglit us it this iii-lining; the ground

Jireparulory‘ to mooring with ap-

proximately 100 persons on board. llie big ship hurl cruised over-

liiurl more than an hour nailing

prepurifig to suddenly there

a iiiurfriiig uiid was ‘come douii \\llf‘ll

States naval air station here tonight, with indica- we» a u-rrlllc explosion and bum tions at least one-third of the 99 aboard perished.

As minor explosions continued to tear her g twisted aluminum skeleton and ribboned fabric lcii n. witness

of flames. linmeiliiitvly ii. telcscoped Ind rink quickly to the ground zunid llie shriek» of many persons gather- llie arrival of the liugi- Jll'\lll[\ on the ll\‘<l. of her l8 trips to the ljnilml suites planned for llie, your. llow many were killed or injured could not he. immediately deter-

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Several hundred spectators gatin- ercd on llie fir-id had watched the cruising and waited mpec-tantlwfor the mooring.

'l‘lie big ship had fussed her nose t lilies to the ground in a light show- er for a mooring when a terrific ex- plosion and outburst of flames 0c- curred.

’l‘ivo stewards and a little oabln ho), who refused to girl.‘ their “films (xrgpvfl. They said the ex- plush)“ came from the stern of tho sliip and they saved themselves b)’ jumping from the windows.

Watchers near tho mooring tow- er said the ship was only a tow hundred feet. from the ground and passengers were laughing and wav- ing from llie observation windows when the bomb-like explosion sent out clouds nf red and black billow- ing smoke.

RAN FOR THEIR LIVES

Harry Wellbrcok. of Toms River. a mciniici" of the RfOlillfl crew di- rcctlv under the stern, waiting I01 the landinu i nes to be thrown. said he and the men m the crew ran .21" lives to keep ziivay from