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CPARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1938

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DISAS TR OUS

0EATN_T0ll NEARS 1,000

Relief Rushed ’To Homeless In Strick" en Area.

(A.P. By Guardian's Sipeclal Wire) ANKARA, Turkey, April 21-bit- s-lld almost continual rain the despe

and killed 1,000 pe e government tohed es physicians, nurses and re- lief workers to th distremed re- Ilims. Shi of blankets, tents, clothing, ood and medicine were hastened by air and road. THOUSANDS HOMELESS Thousands of persons saw their

homes levelled by a series of trem-

lng on the Aegean Sea accompan- ied the shocks. Gaping crevices ap- reared. The greatest damage and oss of life occurred about K rshehr, Tossed and Tchorlxm.

Premier

Point-blank refusal to table an ltemised statement of government Bliivnses incurred on “oonferencee" last year was made b Premier Campbell in the I ' ‘a ure yes- terda , in relply to a “creation on the rder aper- by . W. F. Alan Stewart, First District of Queens.

Refusing to accept the Premier's answer and insistin that his eon- stituents wanted mation. Mr. Stewart declared there was a feeling throughout the coun- try that delegations 1p Ottawa had been living "riotously" and at

TEACHERS NAME 0FF|0ERS AT FINAL SESSIBN

Address By Prof. Court And Presen- tation Of Reports Conclude Conven- tion.

Reginald MacDonald, St. Peter's was elected president of the Edward Island Teachers Federation vealerday other officers elected inclu ed: vice president. Jack Matthews. Alberton: recording secretory-E. Doucette. Sourls; sec- retary treasurer. Miss Mabel Muth- esom-Prince Street school.

001101101111! session of the three day convention yesterday mornin heard an address by Prof. l-iowa Court of the Prince of Wales Col- lege teacher training staff, reports of the finance committee by M1‘- [,_ , l principal of Streetfichool and of the Teachers’ Federation convention at Toronto by Miss Margaret Hunt- ley. Vernon.

Prof. J. H. Blanchard. vice-Will- cipai oi Prince of Wales Conege, Mr. James McConnell, principal or

more e than they were justified ‘moaning. Cls lng that Mr. Stewart was

“out of order" the Premier appeal- ed tn the S her, who gave his ruling acco ingly.

The Question

The clash occurred when the House met yesterday morning at 11:30. Mr. Stewart celled a ten- tion to the fact that a uestion he had placed on the Or er Pa r had been left unnumbered. It ol- lowed after No. t’! (answered on Wednesday) and read as follows:

"To the Hon. the Leader of the

. g for tn itemlaed sc- count to other wit uwceipted" lrilu and .ouc en, of the item awar- ing on pages 45-40 of the blio Accounts under the heading Con- ferences Miscellaneous."

The Reply

Premier campball repiied that the bill of these azcounts appeared in the Public Lemon's at the pages cited in the quzstlon.

Mr. Stewart: “Not the itemized ac": his."

l»: n . mu ’ ca} fihat the practice that s fixed sum is appropriated for each such conference. In gen- era‘ there is no such thlhghas an itzmlzed scccunt with voue era. A standard form has been fixsd for the exp-enses of ministers and of- ficinls who attend such confer- ences. ! think the amounts are lrs than under the previous ad- ministration."

Mr. stewart: -"I may say that there is a feeling throughout the country that these delegations to Ottawa have been living riotously. Private members have gone ,to

tho Georgetown School and Prof. George Patterson of the P- stsff spoke briefly.

The convention approved 0f a resolution urging the overumem- to establish a system of unior his schools in this proviiihcg lll croe:

m common schoois be relieved of the resbflllll- billty of teaching the higher grades- Teachers also requested in a. reso- lution that no radical change be ade in the curricula in this 1W0- vince without first fully 6160mm the matter with the executive o

the Maritime Pro-

qocurrioulgo in in

vines?’ the rneetlnl! decided regolgriions requested that ll"! ‘tfifilwllll W5.“ t‘; “S3330? 0 t t P ILLN-

(ooctinced on pose 9. 001- 0)

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Ottawa and their expenses are not

C. as much as the expenses charged

up against members of the Gov- ernment. There may have been a.

precedent for this. but thatdoes not explain why they should be unnecesra y high"

Premier Campbell: "If the mem- ber from Btrathgartney has any objections to make I may say that I. for one, am quite prepared to discontinue any further atten- dance at conferences."

Mr. Stewart: "That was not the point I took, at all."

Premier Campbell: “I think the

m member from Btrathgartney is out

of order. He has asked a question

and 1 have answered it." Mr. Stewart: "1 don't accept the

answer. It is not the answer my

constituents have asked me to

obtain."

“Mrbflpeaker: "What is the quea-

9 (Air. Stewart: "l want the vouch- ers."

the hon. me vouchers. If he ‘wan s , let him put it up by lution or in some such manner. 1 ask the of the chair, that thled hon. ma: 153cm lordeé-i" r. spec er: ‘ e ny e member is out of order. though I don't went-to exercise any die- tatmial power."

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Refuses

Answer In House To His Supporter

Mr. Stewart-Filed “Out Of Order” After Insisting On De- tailed Information Re “Con- ferences” Expenses.

Falconwood Tractor

Mr. Wright asked the Minister of Agriculture; (1) Was there a farm Tractor urchased for Falconwood Farm is Season? If so, from whom purchased? Give description of Tractor, What was the purchase price? Were tenders called for? Were bids received from any other Company?

Why was order ' lven to the firm.

from which the chased?

Hon. Mr. Dennis tabled the fol- lowing answer:

“Yes. there was a tractor bought for Falconwood. 1t was bought from H. S. Francis, Bay Fortune. This is a “F? 20 ty e international Tractor with ru r tires.

“Price of tractor $1315.00,

“Tenders were not called for.

“Bids were received from four different parties,

As the Acting Purchasing Com- mittee had not s. technical know- ledge of tractors, and their intricacies, we decided to have Mr. T. A. Campbell, technical expert at the Government Garage. advise us. We handed him the catalogue and pri-rs. with instructions. that he was to rrport in us. Hi: report

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factor was pur-

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his recormicncation. the mac ine was 'b0*‘ghi."

Mr. W-"bt asked the Minister of Public Wrr"s:

(l) "Has there been a petition re- ceived from the residents of Cape Traverse. Augustine Cove and Bor- den relrttlve tn the travelling and subgradlng of a rcad through that section preparatory in the hard

surfacini’ the Charlottetown- Borrlen Hlg-ltwav. "If so. what action does the

Government intend taking’! (2) “Has a ctltion been received frcm the resl ents of ‘Trvm. Crab-

(contlnued on page (l, Col 2)

CHARGED WITH smug nus

Arrest Follows Series Of Outbreaks In Antigonish.

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

ANTIGONTSH. N. 8., April 21-- A lll-year-lod laborer was llllfilf‘ arrest tonight charged with setting two fires in this cathedral town. Neil MacDonald was slated to ap- ear for preliminary hearing April '1 on char es of firing buildings owned lb? s. L. A. Whldden and Ral h irk.

C arges followed a series of fires in the last three, weeks. most of them believed of incendiary or- igin. Three of the i3 fires which occurred broke out over the week- end. A barn, owned by Kirk, Fed- eral member for Antlgonlsh-Gizys- boro, hurried Saturday. The some night fires broke out in other build s. Monday children found charre klndlin near an abandon- ed barn. The ire had aPPQ-Nfll-ly

burned itself

out before touching the barn eake led to emergency m of town council ‘and spec- ial patrols. Ap es to the wn were watch for sus- picio ‘ acDonaldu

dwitha visit by r0

e . .8. ht. l ti to g a Mvavrtigalb lfevgtm“ “out.

Investigation Into Guardians’ Management Of Quints Asked

s ehiidrlfs elector. and into his fellow guardians‘ m ement the ouiuts financial afl .

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INSIJROGENTS BUNSUHIJATE BUAST GAINS

Aerial Attacks Carried Out On Government Centres In Northern Catalonia.

(By The Associated Press)

IENDAYE, France April 21- Insurgent airplanes raided import- ant Government centres in north- ern Catalonia today while ground troops consolidated newly Aron po- sitions on the southern part Spain's eastern front.

Heaviest hit by the bombers was Puigcerda, railroad point and Py- renees gateway leading to the French border. where 22 civilians were known dead and 30 were in- lured.

Another aerial attack was dir- ected at 40-mile branch railroad between Piugcerda and Ripoll. in upper Gerona Province. Palmer-ca is on a rail line running to the French border at one of the three frontier passes still under Govern- ment control.

Tortosa Front Quiet

Comparative quiet was reported to have prevailed on the war front extending from the Pyrenees foot- hills ln the north to the Mediter- ranean Sea at Tortoss. in the south.

Insurgent consolidation operations were under way around Alboeacer. captured last night on the south- ern front. The VilitMZB is 26 miles north of Castellon De 1a Plane and for the last two weeks had been a field headquarters of Gov- ernment Spain.

General Jose Minis. meanwhile, nished plans to create a new cen- trsli army to, defend the Govern- hie trance ‘theflruer mint to the seaboard north of Castellon. a distance of more than 80 miles.

The rapid Insurgent advance prompted Misia to move many of his veteran Government units from the Madrid front to the zone 1B0 miles east.

Six weeks after Franco's swift drive eastward started. not only the war man but the distribution of troops has been completely chan ed.

Fst matte of forces on both sides along active fronts include:

The Pyrenees. from the French border to the Tramp sector. 16.000 Insurgents and 25.000 Government troops: the central zone from Tremp to Tarragona Province. 50.- 000 Insurgents and 75,000 Govem- merit.

Insurgent forces in Terra-gens. and on the Ccstellon front were estimated at 40.000. It was believed more than 30.000 Gov- ernment troops were on the Ebro front in Tcrraaona Province while l\ii:1_1'a‘s troops in Castellon Prov- ince were estimated at between 40,000 and 50.000.

Britain Renews Protest To Mexico

MEXICO CITY, April 2l—-(AP) —Great Britain sent Mexico a. second note tonight reiterating de- mgnds f0!- the rertilm of British- owned properties expropriated by the Mexican Government.

'I'-he Bfllsh note refused to ad- mit that the incorporatfon in lco of Alzuilo. subsidiary 01' British-controlled Royal Shell, debarred diplomatic vention in the company's behalf

Faces Charge Of Manslaughter

WOODBDXK. N. 8.. AWE (oPl-Prellirrldnary hearing of lism Dunlap on a elm-rim of slaughter was wt over i0 WYIOTWW afternoon when he appeared in court to day and he was released on ssooo ball.

The charge was laid after the deethofwilla Dow, 10. hit boa

from its Writ- hill and

truck which sii

in; . down

crushed bhe gill against a 111111111113- A coroner's iu-ry found that the

truck, ted by Dunlap. had

been igenilv parked and

defective brakes.

21- Wil- men-

t statement was made

llew Outbreak 0f _ Violence Sweeps Over Holy - land

(By The Canadian Press)

JERUSALEM, April 21—Mur- der of two British soldiers, ar- rest of 13 Jews for counter- attacks on Arabs, ounding of two Arabs by a bomb explosion In this capital, and Arab and Jewish hunger strikes occurred today as violence, swqpt over Palestine.

Privates Haves and Harris of the West Kent Regiment, were shot from ambush by Arab terrorists as they escorted water carriers to army barracks in the village of Ernm El Fahrn, near Jenin.

On the Safed-Roshplna road. three young Jews believed members of the Zionist Revis- ionist Party were arrested with arms and ammunition after shots were fired at an Arab autobus.

At Haifa, l0 Jews were ar- rested as a sequel to the bombing of an Arab cafe last

Sunday. Thirty Jews in a Jerusalem community centre ended a

four-day hunger strike tonight when they won their demand for issuance of immigration ermlts to members of their smilics living abroad. Most of the strikers entered Palestine illegally hut have lived here several years.

0 0 M M ITTEE ll NAMED BY 0NEMPi0YEO

Will Interview Gov- ernment To Urge Necessity For Pro- gram Of Work.

A committee was appointed to “urge upon the Provincial Govern- ment the necessity of cc-operating with the City in providing work or in putting out better relief." it was announced following a meeting in the L. P. U. Hall last night. Direct relief was scheduled to be discon- tinued after May 1 and there had been no program to provide work proposed. “There is no work in slight. and it is time something was done." speakers declared.

Protects mentioned as desirable from the viewpoint of the labor- ers included: extensive harbor im- provements. improvements to the railway wharf. the ferry wharf. work at Kensinwton rifle range. a.

rograim of street paving. work on he breastwork at Victoria Park.

The meeting. to which all un- employed laborers were invited was vary largely attended. The large Union Hall on Water Street was filled to capacity.

The committee appointed includ- ed representatives from the Can- adian Legion. Carpenters Union, and the Laborers‘ Protective Un- ion. and two members from unor- ganized city laborers.

Predict Release Of Rowell Shortly

EDMONTON. April 2i —-fCPl— The Edmonton Journal today says it is reported G. F. Powell. serving a. six months term in Fort Sac-irate Ian Jail for defamatory liibe‘. will released shortly and will leave Canada for his home in Blngland.

Mir. Powell. British adviser to the Alberta. Social Credit Board. will leave Canada within a month after his release, the Journal said. lvlir. Powell entered jail Feb. 10.

Transport Measure Discussed At Halifax

HALIFAX. NDfil 12--(CPl—-'I“he Council of the Maritime Board of

1mg Trade discussed the Transpoltatlon

Bill now before the House of Commons. at a meeting today with Minister of National Revenue Ils- isy, Premier Angus L. Macdonald of Nova Scotia, Mayor Walter Mit- chell of Halifax and G. B. Isnor, federal member for Halifax. No after the meeti

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llRGl STllllY or AIRPURT FACILITIES

Interesting R e p o r t Presented By Air Committee Of Board Of Trade At Quart- erly Meeting.

“Some definite steps should be taken forthwith to ensure the proper development of airport fa- cilities for the City of Charlotte- town, the air committee uf the Charlottetown Board of Trade. under the chairmanship of Mr. C. N. Bisseit. said in a report pre-

“‘."'i at the quarterly meeting of the Board last night. The volume n’ rife here was heavier than at any other Maritime oint and hcuvler than in most o her point". in the Dominion of Canada. the repsrt stated. This is also a proven log free area where the service has been maintained at practical- ly 100 r cent efficiency over a period of seven years.

Wade Through Mud

The report concluded with rei- crence to the “most unsatisfactory condition of the highway between our present airport and the City of Charlottetown." During the pest several weeks passengers arriving by airplane have had to wade through mud an automobile "which had to be attached to a tractor and hauled a considerable distance along the highway before it could proceed on its own power. For a time not even a tractor- hauled automobile could be moved alum a portion of the highway between the City and the port."

The committee felt that, it was

. _'-‘unyessonaiylo_.that_ this condition

should continue to extst for seven coruecutlvc years when for ap- roximately one month each spring he same condition prevails." Other members on the commit- tee included: Messrs. Walter Grant. R. L. Cotton and R. R. Bell. The Board accepted the report and instructed the committee follow up its recommendation that engineer: be brought to Charlotte-

towniorthwith for the purpose of (Continued on page 9, Col t)

URGES CANADA BE PR_E_PAREO

Brigadier-Gen- eral Boak Address- es Halifax Club.

HALIFAX. April 21 —(CP)— From what could be gathered from the European situation, war in- volving Canada might not be im- prdbable. Brigadier General H. E. Bock, district officer commanding military district No. 8 (Nova Sroiia and Prince Edward Islandl told the Halifax Red Cihevrons Club. a gran» war veterans organi- zation. tonight at their annual banquet.

"1 think ll. bohooves us in Can- ada in roalin this and prepare for the ivorsl." ho said after skctchlnq conditions in Gennany and Nazi hunger for expansion.

The dominion‘: defences now conslvod of ‘fancy’ armamerrs and weapons an average man never would use in the sense that he was not trained to their use. He urged an increase in militia training and more "young blood”

in the army.

Germany iorlnv was Just as ready cnzl hr'im' equipped for war {lrnn shc had been in 1914. Nazi Germany's one chance of securing a decent standard of livln-r was through fcrre.

Wlwn and if war came. Halifax would nlav a vital m1». as a ship- Ding depot and naval base and for the reason the enemy might seek to destroy the city. he said.

war fronts. Domel News Agency said and the War Minister would

DEMAND FURTHER CONTROL

The army was reported to have demanded further control in the wake of the setbacks ir. China and there were rumors of the Premier's impending resignation but Prince Konoye was stated to have refused the military demands and the ree- ignation reports were denied.

On his arrival today from his villa at Ogikubo. on the edEc of Tokyo, the Premier declared "there is no need to worry" about aclash between the government and mili- tarists.

PUSH SOUTHWARD

SHANGHAI. April 22—(Frlday)— Reinvlgorated Japanese troops ushed south from captured Lini odav for a sweeping flank attack on the Taierhcbweng-Yinsien sect- or of the Central China front, seek- ing to wipe out a major defeat at Taierhchwang early this month.

With the Japanese-in mu 1105535- sion of Uni after iive days of heavy bombardment which cumin- ated in intense street f1 hting, the Chinese sought new de ensive po- sitions in country south and south. west; of the ancient walled city.

Unable to endure continuous ar- tillery and aerial attacks on Open positions the Chinese were report- eci forming small mObiIe columns in order to take full advantage of nag. ural protection afforded by the rough terrain.

The Japanese were determined to break through the Chinese line~ not only to "redeem Taierhchwsllg," some 40 miles avzay but also in re- lieve 5.000 Japanese beleaguered nearly two weeks in the ivalled town town of Ylhslen, 24 miles northwest of Taierhchwang.

A renewed drive south aong tho Tientsin-Pulmw rallwav wward Su- chow. its junctlorr with the east- west Lunghai railway, was awaited as an important supplement to the renewed offensive. Buchow is some 70 miles southwest of Lini.

Nearly 300 miles west of Suchow the Chinese reported recapture c: Menghslen and Tsl an. important cities of northern onan province, across the Yellow River from the Lunghal railway.

Barbour‘ Indicted

(C.P. By Guardian's Special wire!

DALHOUSIE N. B., April 21 - Press and iliflu- were excluded this afternoon when Deputy Sheriff Na- poleon Lager testified at the pre- liminary hearing oi Robert. Barbour. charged with the murder of Mar- garet Harris. i

(Police previously said that on‘ the afternoon of March 30. when the girl was found unconscious ail Harbours home. the accused walk- ed to the Sheriff's OilICC. mode a statement and was arresied.)

The only other witness heard this afternoon before the nearins W“ adiourned until tomorrow was Mrs. Richard Barbour. who is a sister of Murgarci and who married a brother of Robert.