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MAY o. "1941 7 iilSTERN GliARDlAll Revocation 0f ‘*- u I

leulagzl-lgggergg “i?!” ~33; 4 Examination tnmiid name Major d, A. Mac- R

Jcntild, Cardigan.

llr. Steel Discusses 6.8.0. Problems At llotary Yesterday

m, o. D. Steel, Maritime mem- ber of the Board of Governors of m; Canadian Broadcasting Cor-i poration was guest spea-ker at Rotary luncheon yesterday. Dr. steel told of the problems of broadcasting \vhich brought about tlie formation of our present radio system. Private enterprise could M; cope with our comparatively 5mg“ population separated by great distances and divided slung

regional and racial lines. Tho Aird Commission found that un- p55 corrective measures were adopted, broadcasting in this

country would be confined to the ilefl\'liy populated areas to the‘ exclusion of a large portion of the rural areas, and that the airways would he left inviti-ngly open to programmes originating in the United States.

The Aird report was reviewed committee

by a parliamentary during 1932 and the Canadliln Radio Broadcasting Company

termed. Difficulties due to mari-

Frfiggmglliiill! on the . r . lotions issued zfésiinsii‘ otrhe zlreegncso ffiSpectlng the grumble lin privileges to Grade 10 Pupils in Charlottetown and Siam- merslde, Di‘. I-J. YET), chginman of E.°.2i“'l“‘ For» “n” i" Jlldlment." M “mm m The regulations i5 Y°° 811111- would liaise liizafeedd‘ Grade 10 students of Charlottetown and Summei-side to enter Prirwg o1 x5121“ Ciliiele without writing the Md 11W Exams provided they m lrmade 65 Per cent or over tin 1°) 1110511118 school examinations. l r. You said he was of tihe opin- on that the academic standing of the pupiu suffered seriously dur- ing the time ii"! Yesulations were in effect. The knowledge that they “mid 1111i be Obllseci to write their 51111111111» papers had resulted in s let dovim on uhe Dart of the City Grade 10 pupils. the added.

Parliament At A Glance

By The Canadian Press

revocation

agement and policy being in the same hands led to the formation in 1936 of tile present system whereby management is in charge iii ii general manager and assist- my’ willie the policy Ls directed. by sn independent Board of Guy- Qflifii’! consisting of nine members The speaker said the Board would be grateful fc-r letters from . the listening public expressing their opinion of the programmes. it, was too often the case that programmes generally considered second rate by the programme directors brought the largest num- hi-r of appreciative letters

The nominating committee brought in the following slate of officers for the ensuing year which was unanimously approved by the meeting.

President, E. O. Johnstone.

Vlcr President, D. M. llfcGu-lt. Secretary’. Gordon Footer. 'l‘reasurer. G. M. Avard.

Directors, A. V. Chester E. Shaw, and Fred M_ Moore.

Aitnsvrorth. '

Rssourcss Minister Glen estimat- ed thiat 3,500 Chinese-Canadians Would be eligible to bring their lvivvs and families to Canada from (X11118. _

Siisafliiqns were made that the Qvverumoot appoint a hill-time Cabinet Minister in charge o: 1m. migration.

Fisheries Minister Bridges report. ed that a shortage of Canadian and United States dollars had led Sweden to impose a tem-poeary im. port licensing system against can- ned lobsters.

Labor Minister Mitchell deniixl

Published sugizestihohs that them had been “Nazi sympathirers" emoniz Polish troops brought 1° Canada. i Reconstruction Minister Howe sairl a recent increase grantt-d in ‘the. prlce of British Columbia liim- i511‘ iris tT-‘ibected in brim: about 1 better halanc- in lilmhev suivplie

T‘llP$f‘ia'\'

I The Oolnmonl will consider ‘Government legislation. The Senate ill sit.

in‘

WESTERN GDARDIANlTD Stand Trial ‘For Murder

-—FIRE AT BIDOMFIELD — Late Thursday nlgiht and early Fri. day morning the residence of Mr. Keith Pratt, Bloomfield, together , with a warehouse and pacing station were destroyed gzftre. Thei b‘!"gl9h”figiw°w“' general store which is locatedi ‘straw x M ha?“ ansmg‘ across the road and the house ofi mm, ‘to “bu, m l tytie’ y Mr. George Palmer wen in danger “memo! m s a a “ext and would likely have gone but for, ‘i. c a aprem‘ mu“ b’ the fact tihat rain‘ and sleet were Que” f ‘fizzy “"9"” ‘° m" falling at iihe time. The fire start- fifggivaw J31‘: gruflsfimlgziwxfi:

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edlnthee grdin sttin nd'- . was discovegd ailouf 11300 rim, lsrggikgfllmliiziittgom; on Sunday

Thehuseisvr clos aindthe warehcguse is aitgchedeand there‘ a‘ R‘ Hmnms’ K C" “Ppeuw was no possibility ‘if savitns either. "1" ‘he 9"" 1" Vlml“ WW1!“- of them. The inmates of title house "'7 hm“? y°‘i°"¢ay- R- 3- 5°“- had to be aroused and only escaped K C" represmlied ‘he amused-

in time. There were about sixtyf "WY-i mm i111‘ ihe 11111111” 0i c3595 of eggs destroyed in the egg the like MTS. Gallant‘ IOIIOWQG hi!

grading swim, and a blueberfyivOiilfliilfy sunciirdm and statement cleaner in the warehouse. The to the P411339 Bl 3J5 511114183’ 1110f!)- origln of the fire is unknown. 1118. April 27. vrhen he walked into The” w“ “We 1n5urwwg_-S_ polkte station and informed.

‘Sggomvggtion I-liSSins: “I’ve ldlled At the inquest the following day Goncert Ass’n Dinner Held

eleven witnesses were heard but nothing resulted from the evidence ‘which would giive any indication re- specting the inotive of the crime.

Vlssey in his statement to the police gave no reason for his self- eonfesaed slaying of the age woman. He said he Woke up iii bed alongside of the late Mrs. Gallant ' with his hands around her throat.

The annual dinner meeting in-, At yesterday's hearinfl T0111’ wit‘ auguratlng the campaign for nessea were hoard. 58i- waiw" membership in the Community l-IEgsln-S. Dr. T-‘Jarold Show. 58i- Concert. Association was held in Duncan McPhail. and freeman Leo Coyle's Restaurant, Bummer-wiser. their 81111191109 b91118 the 5111111 side, last evening with the presl- H! they Ell/e 111i the i11q“°5t°“ Am“ dent, Rev. Charles Carnegy pre- 23"‘ siding. Mrs. Mal-ion Slstaire of the Community Concert As-i

f.‘.’f.‘§“i‘.’.2' Newly Elected Boys Scout Commissioner

present. ..........._...._,.,

Mr. Carnegy in his opening re-i marks introduced Acting Mayor Henry Wedge. Him-Lt. and Mrs. Wright who represented the com- mandillg officer of the airport and Mr. Allison McDonald and Miss Anna Hewitt representing the,

Students’ Council of the Summer-l side Academy. .

Mr. Carnegy said ile was pleas-z ed to see so many present and he said that this was the result of work on the part of somebody.

GGNFIREREPDRT

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and gear taken by lobster fisher- men. and world prices of carliied lobster. Fishermen and represen- tatives of the fish canning and ‘processing industries. it is under- ‘stood, will be consulted by the , board prior to actual price fixing.

Msy Affect mesh W. Chester S. Mcliure

GENTRAI. GUARDIAN

This column ls reserved for new: of local interest. hilt advertising of a any nature may b; flue-ted 1U five cents a word strictly psy- sble In advance.

CALLING ALL North Novas. Reunion Amherst. August 16th. Forward name Stewart Motors,‘ Box 155. Charlottetown.

whose

MARRIED 61. YEABS - Con-' question in the Commons on Fri- Bratulstiotis are being extended day precipitated Mr. Bridger’ will)’ 1° M11 1nd MFS- 301111 B. statement. said today that accord-

Bpenice. Hunter River who are cele- brating the 61st ainmivemary of tiheir wedding. Tlhe event will be observed quietly with their family.

RETURN T0 THE WEST -- Mrs.‘ VC. H. Warren of Prinioe Alberta, ‘Saskatoon. and Mrs. John Gibbons, Edmonton. have retumed home ‘after spending an enloyaible two months vacation on the island. tihe ‘guests of their brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Edouard Sellick.i Bracklety. They also visited friends tend realtives in different pant; of jibe Island. While in Charlottetown ithey were guests of honor at t.he_ lhiomes of lvirs. Harry Williams; Mrs.‘ Samuel Kennedy, and Mrs. Mialcom ,Gillis. when old friendships were JBHQWBG. It was twenty-six years lib! MB. Gibbons last visited her fair llkne.

in; to his informants. action of the Swedish Government will tend ‘to lower Canadian canned lob- ster prices. ,

"I hope that it does nothing of the kind," Mr. McLure said, "and if there i-s heavy demand for Prince Elcliward Island canned lub- ster in the domestic and United States markets. effect of" the Swedish imiport licensing may not be serious

“On the other hand. it ‘is m)‘ understanding that. our exporters were depending on the European market to absorb -at lea-st a pro- portion of the 19417 pack. If they do not do so. or if they take less than originally calculated, it will certainly mean our exporters tvlll have to find another market. Finding new markets is not li- ways easy and is not something that as a rule can be done in a week or even s month."

GIVES REASONS

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Nurses’ Day At 0h’tovm Hospital

cents a pound for the cocoa beans. On April 2 the Government an- nounced thal: future shipments of cocoa beans would be charged at 23 1-2 cents per pound. On stocks ‘.011 hand April 2 the manufactur- ers were debited l3 1-2 cents fol- lowing inventory by Government _audltors, he stated. On this item alone. one company absorbed a In the 111N111"! 1111 ellwyabi“ bill for $626,546.

5UppBI"WBS held in the Victorian’ In 1939) when bars were five 300m 5P me Que“ aw?‘ Wm‘ cents each. the price of cocoa thirty-six members present. At beans w” 6M um‘ a poumi

U19 91°" ‘if u” meal m‘) pluki Also adding to increased costs

Nurses’ Day was fittingly ob-- served by the members of the Charlottetown Hospital Nurses‘ Guild on Sunday, May 4th.

At 8.30 a. m. a. special mass was offered fol“ their intention in the Hospital Chapel by Rev. M. E. Francis.

P1134113 Biflnchilrd- M 73° p- m-‘ditlonal labor costs. Mr. Ganona about 60 nurses attended benedic- Said‘

i118 §°i°5 W3" ‘Endfied by Mi” were rising sugar prices and ad-i

"The great deal of work that has been done in preparation for this dinner and campaign was mostly the work of Mr. L. W. Hancock. he said. and but for his enthus- iasm toriigilvs gathering would ‘lint he :ii good and the prospects ‘would not be so bright. His co- chairinan. Mrs. Creelman MacAr- thur had given him great assis-

tton given in the Hospital Chapel by ruv. x. MaoMillan. ehaPiflin of the Guild. who also preached an inspiring sermon on the nurs- ing profession.

Rumors Allan

In i939 sugar cost 5.13 cents a

mortar board and gown after rcce of Laws at Capetown University,

CAPETOWFN. SO. AFRICA-Em

0i the University (left) and Field Marshal Jan Chris 51111118 the ceremonies at Jameson Memorial Hall

£31113; Queen Elizabeth is shown ll

“m3 ‘he 3011911123’ Defiree of Doctor

She is shoirn with the Chancellor

tian Smuts fright)

land other Baltic countries.

i Mr. Mutch said the need for im- ‘migrants was urgent. despite the ‘difficulties of transport and hous- ius- and suizsested that for the lmoment the government bring ipeople to Canada aboard the “five [or l0 empty boats" which pm- bobiv would arrive at the Hudson 1BR)’ Port of Churchill, Man" (his isurnmer from overseas.

i Mr. Mulch said he did not -thlnlr the immigration of Canad- ians to the United States had any- .‘thing to do with immigration into Canada and expressed belief there

would be more opportunities for Canadians if the population we; allowed to grow

‘pound and since decontroi on ‘April 2 the price was eight centsl Substantial increases also had oc-i .f‘l rrr. . c - zmlwtsi‘ xlggifxlsxliis? ‘arsmzwiaggiw Objects To Discrimination ihoxes rind wrtmnings amounting ito more than 60 per cent. i Labor cost increases in the in- ‘dustrv iveri- between 90 and 100 iper cent over wages paid in i930.

Mr. Nicholson objected to legis- ilation which contained one law -for the Asiatics, one for the 5mg. iillsh. one for Europeans and one for the Scotch. There should be

The sympathy of the club wavw

expro5sed to the family and part-i ncrs of the late M-r. Wells of the, firm Matthew and Wells which. ‘is: recently offered a new market

lo PEI. farmers. . i i

Too Late To Ciasify § insults-fish's strain,‘ housekeeper. Plain cooking. Four ,

adults. Good wages. Apply "L"i Guardian. i

WANTED T0 RENT —HOUSEi or flat. Apply D. F. MacDonaldfl; manager Swift Canadian Co.| Ltd. or phone 1027

FOR SALE-SEBAGO SEED P03 tatoes Foundation A. clear read-i‘ inc. Also one registered York- ihlre host- 0 mos. old. J. Emer- son Murray, Fredericton.

lRTlIS. MARRIAGES.

DEATHS 50c Per insertion

BIRTH!

WYAND-At the Prince Edward W111i Hospital. May s, to Mr. slid :41: Herbert Wysnd. Cavendish,

on.

ACORN-At the Bouris Hospital °11 April 110th. 1947. to Mr. and Mrs. Riymond Aconl. Dunldss Centre. u ion. Meet" Carl, 7 lbs. 5 ozs.

Discuss Social Security Plans

OTTAWA. May 5 -—(CP)—W1t.h 5

negotiations for taxation agree- ments proceeding with the last three Provinces-Ontario. Quebec and Nova Scotis-—t.he spotlight on Dominion - Provincial relations swung to title Federal social security Proposals today with simultaneous visits by two provincial premiers.

Botih signed to taxation pacts, Premiers Hart of British Columbia and Douglas of Saskatchewan made their ihotel headquarters a. fetw rooms apart as they headed separ- ately inito a series of Ottawa con- ferences, including what they call- ed courtesy calls on Prime Minist- er Mackenzie King.

Social security. the field that in- cludes heaitih insurance and grants, old age and blind pensions. unem- ployment insurance and other soc- ial welfare measures. bulked large in both their briefcasea. Tihat is the great field that was forgotten | temporarily with collapse of last

year's Dccnlnlon-Provtrleiall conifer- ence and concentration on indi- vidual taxation agreements which so for have embraced six of ll" nine Prom-ices.

The recalcitrant tihree. Ontario. i Quebec and Nova Scotia are report- l ed in negotiation with Ottawa for’ , tax pacts. Tihe Hart and Donal“ y visits indicated that the otiher Prov-

l

l-IPAGE - At \\‘i"iitman Mass - ‘ ' "-1 e ushin rl into the April 30th. 104i. to Mr. and Mrs, {,’;‘;a§,e§,"’,,§d enfisfged by iii,

Fred B. LePage. Frederick. MCOLLFs-At the King's County limits]. Montague. 0n April 20th. U41. to Mr. and Mrs. Arnold hicollc. white Sands. a daughter. Gloria Irene Weight 8 lbs. 11 oz. UCONNOII-At Western Hospital. 111w m, 1047, to Mr. and Mrs. Rel-

a son. Donald

irialcl O'Connor (nee Stella Handray

D111) s daughter, Mary Brenda. 7 Bounds.

DEATHS

icons .- at. Mount Stewart on ’

liiurdav. May a. r-l-eeman L088" ii his 30th. year. His remains litre transferred yesterday after- fiocn from the A. A. lfennessey Ftineral Home to the residence °i his parents. Mr, and Mrs‘. Ed- ward Logan, Fort Augustus. from there the funeral will take place "111 (Tuesday) morning at 9 o'- clock to s. Patrick's Church. Fort Aevgustus. Interment church ceme- Gii-LIS - At the Charlottetown iliiiplial on Monday, May 5. Mrs. ‘iii-pit Gillia of at. Pam's my in be" 58th. year. Her remains will ‘h transferred this afternoon from , ° 5- A. Herlnesse Funeral Home y‘ her late reslden e from where -l funeral will take place on

“"111! moraine n o s. m. to

minim“! Church. Interment in

Church Cemetery.

ll. D. illrclsan

UNDERTAKER EMIALMER

Charlottetown and North Wiilehlre hone tl

Dominion proPO-‘iais- i Interested in a iionorul <=°11i°1' .en:e on social 5891-11“? m°“5“'°" .Preznier Hart indicated that man! ‘tot the social _=°°111'1iy 111=11‘1111‘°l' icould only be dscussed onlairiiin: ' isiiai basis and. therefore. im

dividudi conferences pow could ex- l pact no great achievements.

Assert Rockviood Trial impartial

tance.

Mr, Hancock explained the regulations to the campaign work- ers and Mrs. Slstaire explained certain matters in connection with Mr. Jazkson Dooda the work and enumerated the ' concerts that will be available this Juli-Wu 131111113. C~ 13- Ill. 0i MOM- year, The campaign headquarters‘ "wil-rZri-tcu l7c-iiiinicn Oc-ln- will be in the itirhiiilre depart-i @111“ Roy scout 11love- ment of Brace McKay Co. Ltd. fwlilvilatetl i7\’_ zfte Chief rind the phone number is 2Y7.- icr Ciiliatli- Ii11~ 5231191191163’

Scott-I Vuooili-it ltlexandirr of Tun s, Mr. Doddg “'11s elr-Jird DilliliIliOn Coim- 111i5"i0il\°l‘ tit. the itrliitiiii mcoiing of

Gtinrrwl Ooiiricil of uis f 'n.;' ‘icii at the .-.ib. P. Q.. late in April

Segniory C. He succeeds J. F‘ M. Stewart. of Toronto.

For eh; past 25 ,\'en.i‘s_ Mr. Dcddr. y been an active suppcrte: of

Federal Tax

has ..the Boy Scout Movement. From 11922 until 102a he served on the

Payments Dn I B ' Winnipeg District and the Manitoba .__.._. Provincial Scout Council and was

OTTAWA, Mgy 5 __(¢p)_pw. then-cred with a Thanks Badge from mm“ to ms Prqvime. 1m“.- ngw Winnipeg Scouts in i925 for his taxation ggrggmgnt; now bging efforts cs District Treasurer. The negotiated with iihs dominion will first Gaul-dish P11111111?! 1111 "W" l be made 0n a quarterly basis. with Is Scoutingflwas written by the first scheduled to start next Doods in 1927 and hoe r1111 i0 11 Bepterlaber. it was learned today distribution of 30.000 copies to date

‘ i spontaneous

Shaft May Nave To Be Sealed

BTEILLAR-TON. N. 5..

' Manufacturers were not “gain- ing“ through the increase. s merely helping to offset many ad- iditional costs with which they had ito contend.

MBYS

iCP)—- n. i til i; A di C-i‘ ,Company‘s.ep°rsStrik:-bou§l: EAllb; 8'

{Shaft may have to be sealed be-

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icause of a shortage of coal for, - maintenance purposes will be i Weshihstvn 111 l-Hiidliliivii 0f dealt, with by a mp company cg- fresh requests from the French

ficial in a statement tomorrow. 1o solve their food. fuel and in- ;Alex Sample, Acadia. superlnten- i dlistirial Problema- dem‘ 5nd here tonight ‘ This source added that a fieci5~ i He said the statement “dmld be’ i\'e_ factor in readiness of the issued by Hiram Gordorh genera-l . United States to throw her weight imariager for coal of Dominion m“ 3 new bulwark “BT11” 9°11“ Steel and Coal Corporation of‘ mgn-‘ihm i“ ‘he we“ mall P9 which the Acadia Company is an g e‘ e1’ f“ Ffencif smmhisi associated enterprise. ! am“ "s pan)’ “am w- ;.t.§i‘i° slfiliiifif. ilifiifiilii‘ 325i gggtgggng; w =~-=111=1 "T11- l ‘cause coal supplies for the Allan - Shaft power house which supplies, m pumps and “n5 in m” p“ ha" i maintain the current daily bead bee“ runmng i°w~ ration of 250 grams. The Ufiiiddl The “w” i5 a 335W ‘me "mfistates has promised to advance _‘ "Fmbl-"i-wn "ndeifiwheilt shipments originally slat- iground is a characteristic unless‘ ed (or Jun,’ but the French “y, [air supplies are shut off.

be- 1

French officials said their im- ediate need is for wheat to

come a vehicle for i; new lnlole-i

‘no racial discrimination. The Chi- nese should be placed on the lsame basis as all other nations.

Mr, Potriiot agreed that race ‘should not enter into the immi- iitration question. The sole ques- ‘ltion should be whether the im-

migrant would be an asset to Ca- ‘nada. All Canadians were descen_ _dant of immigrants and there was nothing to be ashamed of it -in that. It was the same in the other parts of the Commonwealth.

He said he was not opposed to Oriental immigration but believed ,lt would be a mistake to “open the Idoor" too wide to these people because their mode of living was entirely different and they might. lfind themselves worse off in Can- ada.

Mr. Gillie said he suppssisa the suggestion that Canada should have a full-time minister of im- migration.

He added that to hear some people talk one might be led to believe that no immigrants came

{to Canada in 194B. Tile director

from Finance Department officials.‘

Governments for ratification

ures, put into legal for-in moat of the details made public during the Dominion-Provincial

six of the niine Provinces. Edward Island. New Brunswick. Msn-itoba. Britiah Columbia. berth and Saskatchewan have s1 ready indicated their intention of entering new agreements.

Some sources close to the ernmcnt indicated during the Welt-and that it will not be long before Nova Scotia. Ontario and Quebec settle their differences and enter agrelments.

Under the agreements the annual quarterly instalments would paid Sept, 30. Dec. 31. March and J1me so. The pawn-Hits We provinces were entitled to lmder specified formulae.

TORONTO. May 5—<°P1—V"' ious ministers of the T011111" iPreabytery of the Presbyterian Church of Canada today denied charges by Clive Thomson. F01’- Q1110 lawyer and church lsymao. that the Halifax and Lunenburgs

resb ter conducted a "m iti-iuriy when it cenlured Rev-

Perry Rockwood for. preaching a "divisive course" in his church l1 Tl-uro. N. S. Mr. Rockwood sub- sequently ruiliifli 71°") m‘ church and his Wflch" l‘ "P? lous places including Toronto.

l Mr. Thomson yesterday in a statement called on Church mem- bers to withhold contributions

‘from the general fund 0i

;Chiirch until the General Assem-

‘biy. meeting at oiilury in {um-

ihu given "an impartial trial‘ to the Rookwood cue.

i One of the Toronto clei-gymen.

180v. J. P. McLeod. said: "It cer- tainly wasn't a mock trial There