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Storm Walls Of Strategic I Railway City

Fall 0f City Will Give Invaders Control Of Central China.

(Bv The Associated Press) HLANGHAT. May 19—(Thursdayi -.ispanese assault troops launched their fl attach early today against the walla of Suohow. lunc- lion of China's central railways, Jar-these dispatches reported.

Tire mening attack came at the southeast corner of the west wall sill-r long hours of heavy Iilastinl iiv Japanese artillery mounted on Pairs-ngshan Mountain command- inr the besieged city.

Japanese reported almost a down eeniirltte forces were encircling the eiiv for a concerted thrust against iii" walls. .

Assault forces dashed un Paw- snpsban late yesterday under cover oi artillery fire and dug in only two miles from iluchow waiting gnu-ht to begin the attack-

(Ofiiclai Japanese dispatches to Tnkvo said the west wells of Su- rhnw were captured at 0 a-m-l (By Elmer W. retersoit. Aimi-

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SHANGHAI, May ia-iThurs- dsy>~Btubborn Chinese defenders mu nus Japan's infantry too I" from suchow today for an assault on the walls of the city, com-

munications centre of China's re- llstnnca on the central front. Despite the constant

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walls by Japanese rtiilery and a steadily circle

oi Suchowk planes and a tightenin troops, hlnese uapared to make

lghi for tho city.

A Japanese infantry column ro- poried capture of Chanizchwang, a village four miles from Suchows

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ILGI H.001 Canada and U. I. 85.01

OTTAWA. May lib-Attacks on the Farmers’ Creditors’ Arrange- ment Act were made in the donate today ‘is second reading was given a. government measure m sev- eml changes. Ono rovldee that any province may thdraw from operation of the Act and this course was 51188 by several Senators to the older provinces. A return to “soun . sane debtor morale" was urged b itio Leader Melghen who e criti-

. Injustices had taken place in settlement under the legislation so far u the creditors were con- cerned and the measure had un- dmnined the fanning communit- ies. The legislation had spread a loss oi confidence in the value of any security.

‘ Vicious legislation" was the term applied bv Senator Creelxnan Mao- Arthur (Lib. Prime Edward nuns) to the operation of the Act in his EEOVIIICO. He prophesi ce

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Sweep Towards Val-i iencla On Two Fronts.

(By The Associated Press) 124m DAVE, France, May 18- Spanlsir Insurgent shock troops smashed Y Ilhrough Govern- ment defence lines in Cestelion and Teruel Provinces.

Bitter fighting swept the Insuri- ents forward toward Valencia and

_ the sea from both ends of their

east-wast line and ave them heights for the jump-o of a gen- eral attack on the Government's strong defences on the Valencia highway lo the south.

Mountain units on Insurgent General Franco's right wing fought through the hills around lofty Penarroye Peak. east of Teruel. On one side they threatened the village of Valdeiinares, still a Gov- ernment dent in their ragged line. On the other they menaced the Government's main defence point ardinll the road to More de Ru- ielos, 20 miles southeast of Ter- uel on the line to the Mediterran-

can.

Insurgents at zaragoes. 8min, Franco's eastern field headquart- e . said General Jose Varela’: co and had pushed beyond Vei- dellnares. drlvina south of lilPobo and Ailcpuz toward the More do Rubielos road.

Government ‘ attacks on newly-won Insurgent positions at Mosqueruela to the east. were said to have been repulsed with heavy Governrmnt losses.

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PARTS. May ivcs circuia $11811 the Bourse

0f Crisis Rumors m

first provimes to proclaim its withdrawal. “It was never intend- ed for a province like Prince ind- ward Island." he said. the farmers found there was a. lantiClaus bill a racket developed and he whole province was stam-

Unbelievable things had occur- the board of review oper- ing in his province,

all three members had fought for

the gal-trust's "from the drop of the ‘I _.. Government Leader Raoul Dan- durand said experience indicated the legislation brought into oper- ation in 198i. had proved har ul in the eastern provinces. The n - ber of applications made in Onta- rio and Quebec to come under the Act was surprising. He understood Ontario contemplated its with- drawai on July 1 next and Quebec‘ probably would follow that course. The western provincu were not in

ed Prin one of_t_he agrimentjs to a repeal.

ilovi Dominion Loan ls ‘Oversuhscribod In. iialf An v iioiir

is-Finance tonight an- the new

OITAWA. May Minister Dunnln pounced alctmen s of Dominion of Canada $140,000000 oan which was oversubscr bed mall an hour after it was placed on the market today.

a result of the allotments the new bonds will be outstand- ing in the following amounts: six-year two per cent bonds $90,-

825,000; 20 gears three per cent bonds $49.20 .000. The offer of conversion to hold-

ers of the outstanding two er cent bonds which mature Octo r lb next was "very successful." the Minister announced. Of the total

of maturing converted

maturities of the new issue.

The loan was for a maximum of $140,000,000 of which $90,000,000 was conversion and the rest cash subscriptions.

It took the form of six-year. two-per cent bonds due June 1. i944, priced at 90.275 and accrued interest, to yield a ‘proximately 2.11 per cent to matu y; and 20-

ar, three-per cent bonds due

une l, 1958, priced at 98 and ac- crued interest. to ieid a proxi- mately 3.0’l per cen to ma. urlty.

Escape Injury In Airplane Mishap HALIFAX, May l8-Two Royal Canadian Air Force members who

came here from Ottawa 10 days ago to assist in a topographical

STAINS IIRIIEII IIN BASIS III FISBALNEEII

Failure To" Implement Duncan Commission Report Stressed By N.B. Government.

(By GAIL BBINKI. Clnsgigir Press Staff Writer)

at , financial aid must be given by the Dominion to those provinces in ob- vious need, the New Brunswick Government submitted today before the opening session here of the Roweii Commission.

ldllsstment merely on a per ca ta basis or on somf other rel- at ve basis would not solve the present difficulties, W. P. Jones. Government Counsel. contended. The claims of New Brunswick had never yet been considered on the primnfiie of fiscal need, he solid.

New Brunswick was um

advocating a redistribution of the national wealth o,- a uniform stand- ard of living or housi throughout the country, it did feel e provinces should be enabled to provide a certain standard of sooial_services to all Canadian citizens, w New Brunswick had not been able to do for lack of revenue. The province sug ested the Dom.- inion rhould contr ute to buch services on the same has on which it had aided old fie pe one, with- out any constitu anal amendment being necessary.

Great emphasis was placed by Mr. Jones and by Premier A. A.‘ iiayearr, in his introductory remarks upon the i bility of annual Dominion- . ‘aL I-Jmianonceei its a Plfimftlng closer 000-‘ opeoabi fl-aitizunv. mgianding be-

en an

proposed restoration par ment of state, for the rovlnces at Ottawa as a practice means that end.

The New Brunswick hearing op- encd in an atmosphere of marked genislity, with Premier Dysart and acting clmirman Dr. Joseph Sirois exchanging felicitatlons.

The Premier recognized that the Commission was purely a fact- flndlng bod and would be exposi- ed to su t recommendations. However, differenoas bet/ween Dom- inl and Provinces in the last an- al s "must continue to be the su. Ject of negotiations."

Regardless of what oglnions had been expressed outside e province, the Premier_aeeilred the commis- lon the pmvlnce was neither react- ions not parochial. Moreover. its ccnfl ence in Confederation had not. been dest’ but it was as loyal now as w en it entered the union.

Since the partial decline of any one or more of the provinces would definitely affect the whole union, it was of the greatest importance that the economic cause of appar-f

and syfn-pathetlcaily, h: suggeste .

Dr. Sirois asked the Premier to express- an opinion, before the com- mission concludes its sittings here.

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toda ireetioued a hum-Eer- of opmteroEbmttIaor-_ --- iglnofrumorsofaninin MUN! .mlny-Ma$.lt- crisis. ‘Phase rumors wan (Alrl- n . nimble W'- for s. decline in routes (Government lea tor ferried the would over bonds) yesterday and todlo. for portrayals of Christ in the

Poilcsseidcomotcreporiswm biiiorie ss-amaergau Psalm regs to the Min of Plumes. mast! ‘a a Mimich hospital w ich will decide whether to at t at age of so. H5 was the Justice Ministry to i&e 16.9" %rate‘d on for a stomach Q2], .

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VANCOUVER. May 18—(OP)— On the tree-shadedslopes of Mount- ain View Oerueicrv Mrs. w. n. nsr- ridge was buried today beside the grave of her sisicr. it was Mrs. Her-ridge! own request that she be brought back after death to Van- couver wirerc slheltved durin GNIt w§TcEg'T' the r u mp

orig, uner co wound from Down draws - Wesley ted Church thro h residential districts to the hiilsi e cemetery. overlooking the city and the mountains items Van- couver's harbor to the north.

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iiumor Parliament May Adjourn lintil Treaty Negotiated

UITAWA, May l8—(OP)-—Rum- or that Parliament ma" adjourn early in June and return to deal with the new Canada-United Btates Trade Agreements being negotiated in Washington when it is completed Owlflrlues to be anxlo dismissed in the corridors of Par ament al-

ough the Government has given no indication it. l5 considering such a cont y,

with the hope the nego would soon be sufficiently advanced l0 oil-Bible him to make certain tar- iff changes without jeopardlsixrg Canada's bargaining position in tlic nezotiatlons.

With the uncertainty as to the progress of the negotiations, many private memlbcrs have rcssed

elves as concerned aver the possibility of an adjournment.

Britain Guards Against Slump

Government P I a n s Housing And Road Building Program.

(By John W. Culmer, Associated Press Staff Writer)

LONDON, May iii-Fearing a slump when the rearmamcnt pro- gam ends, the Goverment already

mapping a 15500000000 is 000.000) housing and prmgram to keep workers busy an

a a moving.

The Ministry 0i’ Health, which must sanction such Iaovernment yenturse wants local authorities ‘jhroughdut’ the country a. pie-

‘i -year pr ms of eon- plst work, an revise them each year.

The p‘s.n to rebuild Great Bri- tain, as some experts call it,

robably will not be in operation

fore 1940. But the Government

is looking ahead. Settln a pre- cedent in official proc ure, the Health Ministry will approve

loans for immediate purchase of land that may not be needed for two or three years. This way it hopes to prevent roflteering by real estate specuia rs It's the first time the ministry has per- mitted local authorities to pur- chase land in advance of immed- iate requirements.

Suggests Policy T0 Aid Canadian Farmer

OTTAWA. May l8—(CP)-—Ca.n- ada. should take a lesson from the little kingdom of Denmark in de- voloph-ig ‘ncreased trade with Great Britain in farm products, Danton Massey (Con. Toronto-Greenwood» advised the House of Commons today.

The Toronto member laid down

a two-w Jiolicy to help the Can- adian miter-an eduaotlonal

cB-mpllin $0 raise the quality of agricultural products and legislation to stabilize 00$.

"It must obvious to the Gov- ernment.” he said, "that some arti- ficial means through legislation or otherwise will have to be em- ployed to stabilise rdccs."

Later in the d5 ate Agriculture Minister Gardiner said there had been no concerted action to man- tain farm prices other than under the Natural Products Marketing Act which had been declared un- constitutional. Indirectly, mere were various factor; looking toward price

Seeks To Curb Fear Of Mexican Revolt

s to of San Luis Potosl today to end rumors the state was ready to rebel against him under the banner of his goiltical foe, Genera1 Sat- umino ediilo. It was‘ stated semi-ofiidciclly oh: bably wool rema

stag}: stronghold of Cedlllog

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Last Minute Amend- ment By Senator Hughes Is Turned Down.

(C. P. by Guardian's S iai Wire) OTTAWA, May 18- y a bare majority of four the Senate today can-led third reading of the bill lsgcnsored by Hon. Lendrum Mc- cans (Con. Winnipeg) to broad- en the grqoimds for divorce in Canada. e vote was 33 to 29. The measure now goes to th House of Commons, where its course is uncertain. As a. private bill li; is subiect to the restrictions of time wh ch now govem such measures at this stage of the ses- sion. At present only two hours a week are alloted to consideration of private bills, unless a special concession is accorded by which the Government would be willing to surrender some portion of its own time in favor of this meas-

ure. Today's Senate vote cut-tl-irough party lines. Eleven Liberal Sen- ators apprcvad the bill; 12 were opposed. Conservatives in favor numbered 22, with 1'7 against. All the Roman Catholic members of the senate present when the vote was taken registered themselves in ogpositlon. They were support- ed y four non-Oatholics-Sir Allen Aylesworih (Lib. North Yuk), William Duff (Lib. Lunch- burg). George Gordon (Con. r28; . King ( .

issing) and J. K Kootenay East).

Adhering closely to the bill sp- proved in the British Parliament last year, the measure s to add to adultery. t present the sole grounds for vorce, a num- ber of others. These include deser-

tfon for six ears, cruelt "as in- tor reted an determin by the hig court of England in dvorce and matrimonial causes?’ incur-

able insanity over a period of five years and extreme immorality on the part of the husband.

In addition, provision is maids for the vooidance of marriage on grounds of refusal to consummate the union, or 0n discovery that at the‘ time of the marriage one oi tre parties was suffering from s. spgci lo; dxiseaseih “g1 L

par rom e.re 011s M1180 of the discussion which threaded the whole course of tho bill in the Upper House. considerable atten- tion was devoted by its ie a.l mem- bers to the clauses daa int?‘ with voidance of marriage. In e or- iginal these were captioned "nullity", a. term which gave rise to a great deal of ccntrover .

Today the discussion on reading was brief. Senator J. J. Hughes (Lib. P. E. I.) a correla- tent opponent of the bill, re.- sentcd an amendment w ich sought to prohibit divorced per- sons from re-marrying during the lifetime of tho former spouse. This was defeated and third read- in was called.

Places Second At Musical Festival

HALIF two very difficult songs, The An- gels Song" by Elgar and "Jenny Jones" by Gibbz. contraitc soloists did good work with selections that none but consummate artists could really do justice to Adjudlcator Ar- thur Colilngwood said of this group at musical festival hem today. Jean Zlnck of Lunsnbui; won in this group with a some of 8'1. 84. Second was Pearle Bin-us. Char- lotlciown, wth B3 .84. who chewed technical ability but lost marks because oi‘ "tremor".

AX- May 18-(0 EPV-With

Rift

Britain ’s

peace with Italy.

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Long Held Cll-Ims

Italy long has sought to retain permanently Italian citizenship’, schools and courts for the 91.0‘ Italian settlers in ‘Punisia. France has hoped these rights might be abandoned.

lililusaollnfs tacit demand

that France get away from the

Government's side of the

civil war “barricades” was an even

more important stumbling block b0 a. Rome- handshake.

Officially. Britain was in a P08- ition of b01118 to offer he!‘ a1 France or a settlement o! the Spanish wsue and thus facil- ltatirlg a French-Italian Asreement-

Uncfficially. there were dico- tions that Britain would press France for an early non-intervent- ion agreement that would close the Pyrenees border to passage of arm fdi- Government Spam and would

France to recall French vol- unteers when Mussolini withdraw! his troops.

Mussolini was not willing to tilko 3mm troops out of Spain or in make an agreement with Franco until he was assured France would not continue to helip stiffen Spanish Government resistance to Insur-

gents.

Officials said the Earl ol’ Perth. British Ambassador to Rome, was given no instruction". to intervene in the Italian-French affair from the Home end. It was understood. however, that he was left free t0 use his own {ludgment in seekins a. more ooncl awry Italian tone toward France.

In Paris, French-Italian nego- tiations were said to have approach- ed a breakdown for two reasons- Italian pressure on Tunisiaand Sov- iet Russia's pres-sure on France to let supplies pass to Government 5115111-

CONFERS WITH CIANO

ROME, May lit-Great Britain's Ambassador, the Earl of Perth. conferred with Fkireirrn Minister Count Clano today as the stale- mate in Franco-Italian conversat- ions developed into a threat to effectiveness of the rcccnllv con- cluded accord between ltniy and Britain. While the government prepared for newly announced militarv man- oeuvres in western Libya. near the French Tunisian frontier, the Fas- cist press blamed France for the hitch in negotiations for an agree- ment with Frrince similar to that with Britain. The press also made new charges that France was s. the Spanish Government forces in the Spanish civil war.

The Anglo-Italian accord l= “of

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LATE NEWS FLASH ES

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BERLIN, May l8-lCP)—The German Government, which has stated ofliclaliy that participation by Germans in the forthcoming 34th Eucharistic Conn-en at Budapest k "undesirable." today announced German cit-hens rmllt have visas to'travel to Hungary between May 20-”. Thetfiongienwllibeheldblaylltoltl.

CAPE TOWN. May lL-(‘rhuredefl-Prime Minister Ilertsofs Gov- errunent won ll of the B! seats reported early today from Wednesday's ‘ election in the Union of Bodh Africa and appeared headed for

a mashing victory whn counting is resumed later in the morning.

SHANGHAI, May ll-(Thurlhfl-Dumei, official Japanese new! agency, dispatches today lald Japanese troops had battled into the heart of lichen, the by oily of China's vast central agricultural region.

Ildjo be going on in the city's