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Supreme Court Cpens today

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The January sitting of the Su- preme Court opens at 11 am. todiiy at. the Court House. There are seven criminal cases. rang from theft to murder. on the doc et. as well as eight appeals. _

Following are the indictments: The King 1's. Joseph B. Arscnuult linanslaugliierl; the King vs, John Jcreiiiiiih Giilant and Ivan Luiid (their. of liutainobllel; the King _\s. Patrick Cairns (issuing ioriled in- strunienis); the King vs. Jeremiiih Doucette (murder); the King vs. Jeremiah Doucette (causing griev- 011s bodily harm with intent): 1116 King vs. Roderick Steele (obtain- lng 11101193’ under false pretense).

Icilcvllnz are tl1e appeals: The King 11s, Veronica Shepliard; the King: vs. Leigh Chappelc: the King vs. Lillian Hopkins; the King vs. itlciiarci Quinn; the K1112 1's. W111- 11, lllacKenzie: the Kink ve- V6111 ft U11‘ King vs. Uruce 311111.11;

- 1.‘ Ilcine vs, PYOVIII-

. 1 linvc been stiiiiiiiou- .. id Jury: Daniel J. 1te1o11‘1i3 Percv Noyc. 111'; Jcliii A, lvIacDona ti, : J.’l11(‘.'~ P.Crockett.Cha1.-

11- " 1C. MdfFllVibil. Clilir-

Hilllllfln. l; 1111:. 11.11111:- ] .1 .\l-.lii\1.'i1.li.<. N111‘ E, Mac-Leod. Ver-

‘vlll i‘ 4' 1111011; Samuel D011.

hiax Schmellng With Nazi ltrmy

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Storm brings 13-inch Snowfall To Province

Sicatdily dropping temperatures last night followed a weekend storm which brought a total of l3 inches oi fresh snowfall to this province. The storm was accompanied by mild weather. the temperature hovering near the freezing mark for almost 24 hours, Early yesterday the weath- er turned cold and last night. it was 13 degrees above zero and go- ing down steadily.

Mr, Warren Burns. weather obser-

ver at the Cnarloitctmvn Experi- niiiital Station said from local in- dications the cold \\'l\'1'C might last longer tiiaii usual, and probably see the first sub-zero weather ‘his win- ter chalked up. The barometer rend- ing was quite low last night, he said, and as it went up the temperature would gi-o 1 colder. A gfi-lillifl-ltil-llfilil‘ wind from the west inst niiziit wiis causing a heavy retina drift iii rural areas, it was earned.

All iI1ill1\\'21_\'5 were bkacked to mot- or traffic. ("xi-mi those to the Beach Grsvl- Inn 11 training camp .1li1l 1.11 llif‘

. I tlic \Vc c1111 Queen's coini- e (Iguiii-y- reported orni than that ex- llt C 11101101011111,

_ trains were running i111‘ .>11 b air-u of heavy 1. ' 1:1 11.1. illcrl. railway t a‘ s: ‘File trail: from the inliiivriiiri arrived hrrc more than

two rind a half hours late. Part o? the delay was because of mainland crutirctions and sortie time WI‘! ‘ost two-lite of tiic storm

‘fzizlk li-vlltner iii 17c Nortiulm- i~11"111'i S‘! lit slowed the car ferrv

U, W, l 1 w,“ h‘, hm,“ Crumb ( ‘()I!t‘lfi\\‘ll on the nine-mile P1011 min 11 ‘in; his title “Qsmg- 13'1" '1" ""“"1~’ “gm” l ” .\'. n. ROADS BLOCKED _- . _ W, W FRLDERICTON, Jtlll. llF-(CP) 1’ "LMW ‘ -"Not 1111111)‘ roiids, evcn the dir- 1.01 lfilliks, were open m

ry oici‘ Pt‘ ‘- ' licaton under inter- 1l.~:i 11.11 Lxiriu 111111711 rules for Srliircling to uefcnd his iiile before 1.111. 1T1

111(- aiuiv explained i-lla‘, Sl-limel- 1111:‘, who 1.o.iii11er1.'c1l ill 1h: D1110‘ 2111110 corps in July, 1939, had reach- ed a sWgc in lils training that dc- 1111111 '1 ‘ "~“(‘li"flilt‘ exertion and the 11,051 in‘ ' concentration." , crvcrwi from an ac- 1 11v 1 i! 111d 111-l October. the "lure o; his loft leg 111 a practice llllllll.

Anny Ondra. Schmelingh actress vlfe. commented:-

"Max will fuiht soon ~ but not in "-1110 boxing ring.“

'I‘li1- .. ills of Schmeliiigis title if??? 11111 l5 deadline has not vet been s d

"l 111:1

conxtv. .. 101m n. txsrrrrln:

T11.- January meeting o1 the Corn- l\ ‘ York Pt. Institute “'11s l1(‘l(l at ll home 01 Ms. Iiazcn Howard, tjcrnnuli, 011 Jun. 6th W111) 9181“ members and one visitor present. Th1,- meeting opened 11111.11 singtnif "O" followed bv repeating Club 12ml; n‘. Cfevd. ‘The roll call was » .11’_i€d to by naming a Vitamin

s ciiicf source of supply. .\i..1;. 1127.011 Howard reported the l(‘ill,ll_'(‘ quilt. had been coin lcicd - , overseas. It was c1061 1d I0

11.19 cards o1 rnlii shut ins remembered at l~. sz-vcrnl D1115 were pFgS- 1i on m0 ion 01d icd pad. . - 11 ,3 111211.13 for a pantry sale

z- h... on JfllllltifV 18:11. Ccmin- s \\'~i'eap1,101rl',e(l10 select mat- for a Varlciv Concert 111 CCYIHXHll hall. 'I'ii1~ Quest-

1<~ ('11 Public Health and twlililo wi fillrd in ‘Jv M S. l The program

1.1: by Mis. Muc. 1i. Howaid invited bt s fol the next meeting

. will be answered by c1 c nic V.i'..nt.i1ii1, VicI-zvrson anti Mrs. 1. "r11 11c c appointed to 1)l‘()‘l"til1‘l 1P1’ TIFXl. lllCiWlllfi. . u.» lunch was served by the

.11‘. ladl s and meeting closed

as have 119011 in-

Brarus

- A’ liit‘ PET. 112s '

1' 111 1111-. 1-111 on Jan. 1."-. l‘l1l .1 .1111 rr- 11.111111 111 ilci‘ 11.111"- M». .1. B fiuudoi. 118 “Jllliclniiiia Gltutlet, Fiiiicrlii Wednesday

.\I \ it f ll f! ‘i .\' K—Ai Travellers’

.' 1111.1" 1'1. 1.011. Mrs. Rob-

. ,1 l..k Furcral Wednes-

2 p.111. irlun iicr late resi-

n‘. 'l‘1‘1l-.v1l111‘s' Rest to North rtiwliie Cvinclvljl.

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l-I(|-Z\'\‘\ - A" the (Iiiarlottlifiovvn "i 111.1941 Mrs 11111111- ‘onv 11f ‘i111 1am Pat-

1“1‘ ' 11.111 11kt‘ 111:1 of licr MrCarron. 7R .'1‘l11u"~day morning Dilnsialrs Basilica ‘. (‘cnvtcrv

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In 11111111: mi-yniory‘ of Jnlin J. Brut-c, .\lillt'111I1 (Toss, who ilepart- ml this llic Jzimiliry l4, 1938. Our tlmugllts g0 liar-k t0 that sud

ti l\ “lit-n ‘f. (her (Ivar 11111.11 r-allcrl aunv Ills fr-‘l- in (ind 1111s‘ strong and 1u11.

31:1)‘ 111- uni llvc as lie taught us to.

_ Inserted by Ilaughtcr. 12-1-14-11.

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N. D. MacLean

UNDERTAKER

EM BALMER

Charlottetown and North Wlltuhln Phone I19

n the Niiticrlzlnda ‘lands New Guinea. U

])l‘O\'ll1C(‘ iiiis afternoon, and with the high winds 11nd increased drifting. conditions are probably worse tonight." reported C._ B. Croasdale. chief highway engineer for New Brunsrvlck.

Ellitcts of 1l1(‘ weekend snow- storm were felt 1111 over the prov- ince, he said. and were especially bad in the eastern SCCl/01‘~—MODC- ton, Kent County and the north shore. All snow-removing equip- ment of the Provincial Govern- nient was llPd up and little clear- ance could bc attentpted until to- riorrolv.

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Montreal to points farther east, pro- vided lhc Maritime Provinces agreed to meet lllé other half.

The meetings proceeded today

with ilie Agriculture Minister's sug- gestion as a basis of discussion. A1; the suggestion of the ministers from the Maritime Provinces, all the pro- vinces were invited to attend

Last month Dean A. M. Shaw,

Director of Marketing Services for

the Dominion Agricultural Depart- ment, conducted a survey of feed grain supplies in Western Canada to ascertain if stocks were sufficient to cover substantial movement to Eastern Canada.

It is understood the survey srow- ed there were no large supplies of

coarse grains-mats. barley and rye- but ample stores of wheat.

However. lflSl» year's 111110111, crop was ei-lldt-li so high that supplies be-

low milling quality are correspond- ingly small. It was said it intim- be necessary to ship the lowest mill- lnc grades to provide adequate sup- to bc plies.

No Foreign War Committee Head Called to Court

NEW YORK. Jan. 111 —(AP) - Verlie Marshall, chaimilrn of the M: Ftllfiigll 1111.1" Comnilitcc, was

112ml today to 21111103.‘ iii - 111 t:.m " 11' before a S11 (is ieu grand Jury

iniesllgululg campaign c-xlsenses. Almost simultaneously with ser- vice of the subpoena here, 0. K. Arnisiroiig. a committee incorpor- nttr, lililiollllCfd in wflSlllllilltlll he iiiid rrsugliru’ as a coinini ‘111-l 11:1,. its i “.- 1.11‘ tilileimllos 1 ill lvlarshail. AFIIISEYOQQ said 111 .11 ])L'L‘:.\ coli- fcrence that he b1.l11.. unfavor- able publicity" hat. g lllei "public

:;ii.1p1ci1>1i"o1 the c.l..,....l‘,t-'; 2111:111- (rizll i>.i.1l.in<_;.

lifuzshtlll 1111s not tiiaiiubie for cuuinil-lit 1111 Al nigh rc.,lg.1c.t- loll. The coniniiii ‘ ofiico mic

Mun-hail was believed on his way to “Risliiugjou.

'l‘licrc had lXitfll "public criticism" of tili- ccnlinllicc. Armstrong .1. fl. “as a rcsiil.‘ oi Mr. 31111111111111’ ‘lies.

z 111 Witshlilgto weeks n, . At llilil cciil 1rl1:1-.1~, shall siiid W. R. Davis. New cliy oil man, brought an "agenda" tor peace from Berlin and had of- lsllvd to help finance 1hr (‘uninit- lee.

Aslrifld if he had Davis in mind 11.111211 sleaking of “public suspicion" co1111erl1i.ig finances. Armstrong said ht- l1(‘ld "no brief for or against Mr. Davis.

Armstrong asserted that "every- one connected with the No Foreign Will‘ Commiilcia" except Marshall 11.1.11 .1';r(c:l wlln him 0:". three "os- scnlials Mcreation o1 a governing cmimitire of “wcil-knoivn. unim- l)l'llf‘lllil)lt" chin-us." financial sup- port "ligniitst which there can arise

1 ': lllrlilFltill or mistrust" and - tr-iiiiiic aims. and :1 con- iram of action." in disclosing iierc that lie had berli silbpoenilt-ri, Marshall said b" 1111i no! know why, but “assumed" l’ was because he was the commit» (cc clillirlrxail.

Armstrong said he had made ar- rang-rnr-ws for Col. Charles A. Lindbergh in speak in Si. Inuls last Dec. l7 as the ooeriinlz speech un‘er the ziusplcrs cf the No Foreign War movelncni bilt that the meeting had been posmcned.

lie declined to express any opin- ion as in 1vi~ciher Lindbergh was ai- so at odds with the committee.

ZTILLJAIIG Thrl ‘(Ilasifyfi

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HNUNNHJQHISNFB

Guardian. L-258-1-14-3t.

the "

Tile Central Guardian

Thll column ll reserved for nah of local interest, but advertising of a newly anon mo! 3o Inserted n. l cont-l a word. strictly pay- lble In advance.

CBASWELL for monographs

CONFEDERATION LIFE [NSUB ANCE. lrililll-I-Zl-Zll

SUCCESSFUL DANCE — A very successful dance was held last n.ght at the Sporting Club by the Charlottetown Kii.g.:l.s of Pyilhias. Hundreds of dancers wendect their way to the Club far an enjoyable evenings fun. The pr are in aid (f the K. 01f P. unbulance fund. Muse was supplied by Dori M€SSCT$ orchestra.

BREAK AT HOLMANS-City Police announced early today they had arrested Louis Nlckerson of Charlottetown and were holding him on charges of breaking and entering a store with intent to commit theft. The man was ar- rested following discovery of a break at the store of R. T. Hol- niun's Limited on Grafton street. Entrance to the building was made by breaking a window in the front door, police said. Police said Nick- erson was arrested as he was coming oilt of the Chief of Police A. Birtwistle said the break was discovered by Con- stable Gordon Poole who heard glass breaking as lie was on pa- trol duty on the block.

Personals

Ellilfl‘ Jay of the It. C. N. V. R. arrived lzccne last night on a visit

us Jay of Charlottetown.

_Drummers Lewis Ward and Al- lisch Young of the PEI High- landers arrived last week and will

spend their furlough at their homes in Charlottetown.

HANSON SAYS

(Continued from page 1)

whutcver sphere they

red. “We who have enjoyed the d- vantages 11nd prospered under he privileges of democracy now tire called upon to profess our faith and if need be to die for it. "No class, no group is excludfd. The _ responslbilitv for the v11- dication of our way of life must be shared by all."

Canada's

may be re-

Mr. Hanson said that "vast resources" and all the abil- ities and energies of all Caitadians niust be “mobilized and made

“We know that Canada don the full armor of her faith n our institutions and must utilize and coordinate her whole struc- ture. physical. economic. politic 1 and spiritual to the end that rigit (ind justice shall triumph over might and the law of the jungle," he said

"Throughout this Doinlniori, every government official. eveii high executive. every worker i

industry. every farmer on his land every fisherman, the clerk in 1h

store or in the counting-house, cacti has a measure of responsibil-

mu t

__1‘HE 47111111

Holman store. d

~. . . .._ held in the United. Kingdom. to his palents, Const. and Mrs. C31 did not EDD“, m the rest of British Empire. where at least $1.-

:. . .. _ or ilfi- cull to action in C

Provinces held a _ niectitrtilz in gvionictondbeforeat (égmilii , .- - ., O wa. iit ssue no so mer a‘ “name to Bmam‘ dgflninag their attitude. It is tinder"- stood. tiiev generally favor the re- commendatlons

been given spacious quarters in

Large Transfer

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LOTTETOWN

GUARDlAV

CRITICISM

(Continued from page i)

(Continued from Egg i)

that he had 16 companled lined 11D with him, and that they had total assets of nearly 8700000000. Neither Morgenthau nor Schen- ecker was able to describe the Dro- pertles which may be involved in the huge transactions. but they in- dicated that all United Kingdom in. vestments in the United States. ex- cept for stocks and bonds which have a ready market on organized exchanges. were ‘involved. This meant that Britain might sell man large industries country, wh ch are wholly or primarily Brt - ish-owned. also apparently included in the transactions were real estate holdings. Moipenthau and Schenecker did not exclude the possibility that the investment trusts might buy soire of the readily marketable securities now in British hands. but said that since the sale of these securities presented no particular difficulties. discussions had been centred on “direct" investments. Morgenthau said the administra- tion ‘has no fix policy" on the question of requlr Britain to dis- Egse of United States investments fore taking advantage of Presi- eii.'s "lease-ending" bll in order to obtain munitions in this country. Ho declined to (liscum the possi- bility. being studied in some admin-

istration quarters. of requiring Brit-

ain to post as collateral under the lease-lending plan those invest- ments which prove unsaieable in the current transactions.

The secretary said today's negoti-

ations dealt only with investmcnts

and the

more United States pro-

perty is owned.

EIGHT PREMIERS

(Continued from page I)

with the report in war-time. and much interest attaches to what he wi‘l sav tomorrow.

Premier Aberhart, whose Social ieciit government advocates 11110111

and untried monetary system, will also be heard with particular inter- est when he speaks tomorrow.

. Premier T. D. Pattullo. of British Cc, urnbia has said he does not agree with all the recommendations the Rowell-Sirois Commission, but is ready to cO-Operate for the well- belng of the dominion as long as there are reasonable safeguards for the interests of his province.

of

The delegations from the Maritime ore-conference

Quebec is traditionauy careful to

safeguard all provincial rights guar- anteed bv the British North Ameri- ca Act, but Premier Adelard God-

bout is reported to be ready to co-

operate and to believe that manv of

the Commission's suggestions can be carried out without sacrifice of provincial autonomy.

Each provincial delegation House of Commons. where all the deliberations will take place. Conservative House Leader Han-

ity. Each must be ready and will-i

son 111111 be present-not as a dele-

ing to give of his service, hisl means and his influence. The one‘ must not fail the other."

Mr. Hanson pointed to the ex- ample given bv the people of Bri- tain. “Their firm and united de- termination to face the future fearlesslv has been and is our in- spiration."

"In this hour," urged Mr. Han- sorn “we must dispiav the true spirit of a living. liealthv demo- CF-“Ciflbv freely and voluntarily imposing upon ourselves such sac-

Mussolini Given hot time By Cartoonists

By ELMER DULMAGE Canadian Press Staff Writer

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—-(CP) —At the hands of‘ United States news- paper cartoonists who depict him. in brief. as a deflated wlnribag. Bcnito Mussolini suffers indignities r11 days comparable to those inflic in Africa by Britain's armies and in Albania bv the Greeks.

_F_‘<>I‘ Years. Mussolini has been i'1(llC1tl9(l by the cartoonists. He was a_ bullv during the Ethiopian inva-t sioil. a burglar when his troops went int.» Albania. a trcaclieroils back- stabbcr when he elite ed the 111.111‘ ligalnst tottering France.

_ Now he is simplv a ludricrous vic- iini of his oivn ambitions; no coli- ntit-rnr but. a leadcn weight that his Axis pa‘, Hitler must carry. 111e, CJftCOlllSlS til. not sure u-ltetiiei" or, not Hitler is surprised at what has happened to Mussolini.

Iii the opinion of cartonist Elinor R. Messner. of the Rochester (NY) Times-Union, the debacc was for lroni a surprise to Hitler. Messners cartoon shows Mussolini going to war astride a Nazi tig-ei‘ and the llccr returning with a tumliiyful of »weli. maybe Benito, Mcssner re- produces that. old limerick:—

"There was a young lady o_f Niger,

Who smiled as she rode on a tiger,

They returned from the ride with the lady inside.

And ‘the smile on the 111cc of the tiger." '

In man U. S. cartoons. Mussolini wears spi ed track shoes. the bet- ter to make a fast retreat. There is usually a look of consternation on his face. In this week's cartoons it is customary to mark Benltds face with sticking plaster. He is bruis- ed and beaten. but the cartoonists are without sympathy.

C. C. Hugcrford. in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. shows Hallo Selassie, seated atop an African sand dune. enjoying the spectacle of Mussolini being kicked out of Egypt bv the British lion. In Svobodats cartoon in the Brooklyn Eagle. even the Sphynx chuck es "Ha. Ha." as Brit- lsh tanks sweep into Libya.

John Bull is holding Benito and a Greek soldier is pouring Castor oil down his throat in a Talburt car- toon in the New York World-Tele- gram. entitied '11‘ dose of his own

States editorial writers and cartoonists alike are convinced the Ita'i.'1.n troops have no stomach for fighting Greece or Great Brim 11in. As the New Orleans States pills it: "I1 Ducels falfed ‘Suicide Squads‘ in Bardin can be led to the slaughtering pens but thev can't he icrcrd to spll their blood . . . It. cannot be siipW-sed that the Itali- ans are cowards or incompetent fighters or poorly icd or equipped. Itiseulelrtolupposglant they

gate, but as a member of parlia- ment for whom seats will be D10- vlded at the foot of the chamber. Tomorrow's plenary session wi‘l be open to the public and Dress. a1- though there will be only a limited numb-er of gallery seats to the gen-

eral public, since a large space is reserved for invited. Euests. includ- ing wives of the delegates. the Judi- ciary. and the diplomatic corps.

After the speeches, which may or

may not be csncluded tomorrow. the conference will select provincialic-

rifices as may temporarily be ne- pr-zsentatives to act on the four cessnry to remove forever the bnr- main committees. Dominion re- bariszn which now threatens civ- presentatives already have been ill-ZHHOII." namgd,

Before these committees take 1.11)

their tasks there will be a. general conference discussion on matters of prcuedure and on the question opening their deriberltions to the press.

of

111-iv acc- QUALITY UP

I11 slDltO of the natural rise in egg quality with the coming of winter. it is still neces y to guard quality. Batches of low grade eggs are ire- quently encountered and. are :0- bablv the result of keepfng t em in a. hot kitchen in an e fort to ' place where they won't freeze

The‘ sOIUtIOII of this 11101110111,- i"

gwintir as wzl) as in summe, is B- ‘basrment egg room where the tem-

perritu e is about 5t) to 60 de tees. At this time of year there s ould be no trouble in keeping the tem- perature below 68 degeei. the lfivfil at which embryo development bc- 1111:», nor should ihcre be any dan- ger of the temperature gnizigtoo low because the ground provdes