HUGE

SPO T DISR UP TS ill/IRE SER VICES

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MERE MAN

one side is wrong.

quarrels are short-lived when “my

7 cllurlottnnnwn Guindlun Two Cont; llurnlnl Uunnill l, Founded lllili.

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ilriury Partisan atchets For

War Duration ”

Necessity Of lSI-a-tional Gov-w ernment Stressed By Dr. Manion In I2i_1_1_e_1_l Appeal.

By Canadian Press Staff Writer

FORT WILLIAM, Ont., March 24 (CP‘)-In a final ap- peal for endorsement of his wartime National Government proposal, Conservative leader Manion Saturdaylnight called on the people of Canada to “do the big thing and bury our partisan hatehets at least until peace has been won.”

‘These who have no knowledee of war may say that polities is more important than preventing Hitler winning. l (‘illlliflt agree,” Dr. Manion asserted.

".‘\ National Government

can more effectively re-

fl'('I'.('.'l, can more successfully organize the nation for vol- li'li1ll')' service than can a group of party politicians pledg- (‘ll to serve their party first and the Nation second,” he

said. "If there was anything I was ready to do it.

could do for my country, I

If he was willing to take the initiative

in forming a National Government, I was ready to follow

hull." Dr. Manion said.

‘ Wlufii Dlflwll/Ifiillfiil saw that “lio- l » ha.» stilt very much iil tlle l

he decided he had to take

‘ - . Jd_ and announced his cle- .t : luillrltioll ho stand or fall m; ~ sue OI National Govern-

teen the opening of iris _ zgil at. Brockvllle, Ont... on l a. 8 and new. he had lald b:- .l.~ the people the policies he ‘be- xttl a Rational Government llil carry out,

t inc suiilmzirlze briefly what arc—- '

ulllllltazl‘ war

I7lit‘2'{lll.‘ll with ( . -

Ito i, New Zealand. India, South

l\.'_ Q1, and with our Alics.

t.) A lull in::b:llzr.t'on of Coil- l - nlatellal reources wi h \\','ir

' ' '.f|l\' for Canada n-d 0m‘?

‘Wlitlilffll and prrrtlasd Ln .l as far as poss;ble. lIlll lent of an oyy.

l a-ct in <'::-::p:~r;l:;<~,y1 _ ‘rs and kagp the g_-,-. Hamil’. in O'.towil fully inf rm d. ' ll I-Yilt"iiel'g"ire~t of v 1: iltqry " l' and p. 10ft of l‘t'.'.liC-' d.‘.l lls 1n the aurlcd

nr- ; ' ‘l’ Film"? lYs lbl-c ire oi the! l‘ 1 -< of veterilils of '11: lest. war.

No Political Prcfrrmcnt

"(tit Total elimination cf [Jfilllftlhl 1"‘ »‘r‘1ll'rl:.. pltr h1g9, end favor. ill iii flf‘l').lllim.‘lilfi and in the ‘l'~‘~~\'<ll-l1l: vi war contracts. "l7! Slamphg cut ef prctiteer- iis and exploitation of all km ‘s, "m Siiuuutns out of extrava- flwlvs and wtns-ie and the adop- pay-as-

..u I\$ far n: posszble of Mil-Po porcy for the nat on.

‘ fl» I'lill' and equitable treat- Yurt of all enlisted men and their dew- tents.

"(I'll Full co-oqaeravon w1th 111' tubers of the Commonwealth tn ti" trniilinq "plans and (VSDlTtCll of , 1Q‘ llvlilll‘! uiut ofthcltswl Cau- F ‘ll A"r ll. t separate fFTlll the "ll Azr Force but. worklrg will

"till Pruwr co-crrrnatrcn o’ tl-e Y‘ ""~"!‘»= of sver b""r‘=: full r-r-eu- n of the b "rtls under ill‘ re- i ‘F_\i_l-l__v__ol the: gov. llllklll aild '

Coming Events

Kala for Notli-es In this column __ I cents per word.

"Dance ill Afton Hall.’ Friday’ llizlieh tJlh. Ladies with cake ireel.’

_ (‘like Sale Basilica Altar Society. hi lirnay, March 30th at Prowsc Bill»- L-39-3-25-29-30.

West al- - L-5Z

'Col'ilwlill Pl-lilk t-f-tllgllt, {iitllliy Vs. Cornwall. Skate l‘ .

"Fox Meats-Liroilrld Meat 5c. Pltl-"se Meat 5c. Beet Trlpe Bloc. H08 lilllvks 2lic. Island Cold Storage Company,

River

"lilulter Club hues 'I‘ue.sday, March 26. L-240-3-2l-3l.

"fCome to 5.2.1.... in North lllltlltslllre hall on Easter Monrlcy

loading

t. Good time assured. Ad- ion: 20c. L-26-3-23-2l; ' Remember the Y, M. C. A. I

nl11-l1185e and Auction Sale. Sat-

",‘»-1.v. March 30th. 6.30 P. M- t '1 M. C. A. Building. L-50i

"illlvtnlz lire have n! Mhnnvl lY-vch 22in in-idny. March 29m at

Fvwmic. until noon. Signed

0 c. Given. ' i

boards when the war is over."

"I12! E tzlbrshnlenl o; an emf. geticbureau of ultcmxltloil and suibmssion to a Pflfllflmellléifv commit-tee cf the whole qucstzon of CHESOTSIPlp.

“I'- ll” been suseema that r am proposing a. National Gov.rnm.ni, as a cloak fcr conscription and railvray amalgamation. Both s.g- gestlcns of course arc ellt r.1y grolllltlless. I have denied them ugan and again,

Domestic l: sues

"To deal w.ih domesJc lssuzs Collateral to the war, we have of- fered the fcllolviilg peters:

“(ll Appotnznlellt of a minister of ycuth wehaie. ta be assist/xi by a voluntiry ccinmzitee.

“till cnlzyilg (ill. of most, if not all, of the PQCe-IHIIICILAALICIIS 01 the

l-urvS-ti/lcue cslialllson on uri- ptbjflll. m. “till Aggrcslve encntvagcnlcnt

of the louizsl. ltldllotfy. "t-l) AIRIELLLOII of ilcw captal to

‘ Canada.

"m Expalzson and (IICOUYGQQ-

iileill. cl lcfcd," trade, p.lrl‘.eul..lly ‘

lil South Aiu;r.can and Oriental. markets fxrillcrly held by Germany, and adequate protection o1 our market at. home.

"(til Ap-imnullcn-t of voluntary committee to plan for the post- war period.

"17) Appointment of a labor lczuter as IILILSIIEI‘ of labor.

“For agriculture. we propose:

"til Establishment of c live- stock board and full investigation of the iildutry.

“t2; Protcctzon of the Canadian farmer's hctme market. and estab- lishment. of export boards for Ill-l‘- plu‘; agrltultulnl products.

"(Iii Elstabllslunent Qt marketing boards in lac-operation with the provinces and ciapansion of distrib- utilg agencies overseas.

“(it Estabhshnlznt of machinery for the Cllllllliillfllls inve.t;ga.lo:l of price spreads and the correction theleof.

"t5! Stabzllzitfon of price levels by what-aver means may be found effective.

"to: Expansion of the lctlvilus of the Canadian Faun Loan Board ln close co-operatien with provinc-

ial agricultural development or farm loanbrgarlizauonl.

W!) stmulalion oi research into more eftlment and economic pro- duction. Aild expansion of the fa.cillt‘.es of the National Research COUII-Cll to discover lnflustf-Bl uses for farm products,

"(til Finally we intend to abolish the existing $2.50 radio license fee."

Australian . Lahorites ltote Against War

March 24

' A n‘ South Wale;

SYD (C? Gable) —'I‘he New

8 G I ' ' “M. °%i"°i§l‘§°l»‘litl‘€. i5“... b’ night voted to as inst Aus-

106 l8! ualtan participation in any war ov-

erseas or extension of the present gai- {nto a conflict against Soviet HES B. some speakers described the allied war a anlst Gcnnany as calmed, by "Briiisi imperinlistic mpitallsts. The resolution by the con-

pused , fcrcizce in effect. demanded immed-

into peace at. an! price.

Parliament, and abolition of th"sel

The People's Paper Covers Prince Edward 1 Island Like the Dew

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, MONDAY, MARCH 2s, 1940

Island Shivers As Bold And Wind Prevails

gWUl-Y 0f seasons for "ears. Early in the duv thetemilm-‘i _e was down to 11 degrees aibove zen: and was backed “l; a. JG-nnle-per-nour wind from

e wutlhweot. In the afternoon the rselippereltlaugo crawled to 21 agave 9 n -m1le-per- u: wLnd ep Blaster finlery of the

streets.

Br ht. sunshine aocom‘ nled the cold or hours yesterday.

All day Saturday and most of the night the heavy wind drove several iilohesclf new snow before it, piling up fresh drift-s to block recently Opened hrfihways and disrupt rall-

24 miles per hour and the barometer was rising rapidly.

Tile Cal-ferry C larlottetpwn had heavy going on two CIOSSLIIQ5 of the Strait Saturday. The poweriul itc- breoker lost five hours battering her way fronl the terminal at Borden to the mauliand p.01‘ at. Tormentiile while in me evening four hours were 109t- PBWFHIHG to the Prince Edward Island side.

The train with passengers and mall." from the mainland arrived in Charlottetown more Lhan six hours behind schedule Saturday lug-lit.

Ciligfldian National Railway offl- cialxexpected the ferry would have t u le today unlessa slllft of wind loosened ice durln the night.

The boat train id not. arrive at Summer-side until shortly after five oclock yesterday morning after bucking heavy snow drifts from Eln- erald wcst to Summerside.

All extra blow train went ahead of the passenger tram from Sumincl- cld€ to Tlgnish. The train arrived there at, 10.20 yesterday morning.

A hundred assengers for Iignlsh and statlcils a on: the line walled all night in the sununcrsldc stzulon for the. train.

'I‘l‘i\1.ls east to Soul-is and south to Murray Harbor were reported to have had little trouble with tile snow._'I‘hey left. Charlottetown in the ullkrlluou and were sold to hale been sowed up by tile lleu-vy truck

Dali. Ol/IIUYWISC LDC)’ “T311 110i. ilflefili‘ t -

HALIFAX, March 24-(CP)—— ‘ Easier came t0 the M:.r.t.liles tnday

rupted tilt! ll".l,_l.ohnl pfinde \}V€l‘_\'\\’ll€.6 and s.1w the til ee provmegs bhillgted in winter white.

N. B. Hard Hit

snow r-anghg lrcnl a tew irlzhrs in the scutheril ccu:ltl‘.s to rilore than a foot. everywhere in the Plot" rice, was swept lllto deep dl' its by ll gh wand . lwery snowplzlv in New Brunswck has been battling the drift; conillluousy sm-ce euixy SJ.- urday morning. said Chic. Hgll- way Engzneer C. B. Cloasdaie. From 400 to 500 men wee workulg the plows in shits. "The trotizo

tie-up is conlpete all over the province," said Mr. Croasdaie.

A chill wind follow-mg on the heels of n. silo/wstonn drove the

mercury down as low as eight, de- grees above zero 1:1 New Bruns- wick. Drifttng snow blocked roads in many dlSLLCi/E through the three provinces, In Nova SccllrFs Annap- olis Valley some rcacs w.i'e colu- plets-ly unpasszzble. Aitencllnce a: week end polLLcal rallies was cut

ed today that they were arrailgllg for horses and sleigh; to take Valley electors to the pails Tues- day. The southwest. gale dd heavy damage to lobster equipment along the wotern coast of Nova Scotia. Fishermen of the 5t. Mary's Bay area reported they expected then- losees to be the heaviest of the wmwn

ll. Y. - Montreal Train Stalled Nine Hours

coolers r-omr. n. Y.. Mflrflh 24 ._l,A_Pi --'I‘he Lourentian. the Belu- wure and Hudson's Montreal New York ex res.- train backed slow-Y W- wards cnltreal wntsht. freed after it. had been marooned nlm-I 1101111 l3’ huge snowdrifts near St. Ildotunr

2o ii r mu vii-I fifi‘ naeabgutthe mCilnalcrgil- United Slates horde

,, . l b 1cm h “ “Mfiiomlfl. tlr‘ét§“%”{"on§n

tr id. whxiggeaed up bybnj 0118 W11 m m

entree . 11

the train about 9:30 o. m. and bv . the train was backing toward the Canadian tennlnal. Passengers were served meals on the tram

dininfl (‘R-F-

a regular

Foilowlngis the text of a radio address delivered on Saturday ev- ening by Hon. George D. DeBIQis.

Province:

"when I had the pleasure of.’ ad- dressing you on Wednesday evening I did not expect to have the prl- vliege oi speaking to you again to- ilight but, being informed that a young ma.“ by the name of Riley, tn ills broadcast message of Thursday night, made reference w several matters touching upon my charac- ter, and although it. is my intention to take advantage of the right of

libeler to retract statements or tzlkc the consequollci‘.

come this opportunity of making

and Province certain matters which have been the subject of street gor-

es eclally when the storytn cl.r- character, It always reminds me of a snowball; the more you roll it. tho largcl‘ the lic becomes! ‘Uuiortilllaaclyj, as I have al- ready snlel. I did not hove the plcamrc of hezlriilg Riley. In fact. I. do not evsll know the young ma“ but I kilolv this much, the poor fei- low is but; the mouthpiece. not for 13;‘ gen, but m,» the inlscrupillous p: ‘i215 who are not men enouih to take the I“'8:l)3llSll)llllY for such staltnr. ts, and the some selfish,

- ain.d wind. HIUW and cod that d s- I

FREDERICTON, N. B , M 'I‘Cll 24 z

~lUI'l‘—Ev.ry' h glluay‘ .ii N w Brunswick ieiiulrled blrek d to- , night almost 48 hours alter the‘ worst b ' rd of the seas n. Tile ‘

down, and party olllclu-ls allirulle- mm“ "gmml mo

ulllzat. .. hulls chqlle who, in the 5Llll\ll"|(‘l of 1938, made an attempt ‘ ut. thank God, they did not not v with it- to pass a. Resolution mlllllg the thou Fknalloc Mil- r of Cllldflfl. illc Honourable

a A Dalllliiilg. for tlllfifililil? llitnlity 0i a Coilnervativc

ill

l! .1 kiiolv tile story. Tile Hon-

" iv came down to in health. lgyguglit on by out nli ill the. pub- .2 seriice ei Cs-llilt-fi. Hi5 (19990? lroln Montreal \\':ls of the opinion Lint tlli‘. salt sea air of the North Silcrc unis what Mr. Dunning ileed- ed, and I phdly placed my sum- mer hollle at Grand TIJICHCUC at his disposal. I am happy ves, and I um pl lltl to be able t0 u,’ ihflt h!» ex nleci xitsit to our North Shore Qgglgled him ger-eatly lil regaining ills health. Surely it was my privil- ege, not only as a close friend. but as Licutenrlzlt-Governoz" of this Province. to entertain a Mini-it" 0f tile Crown.

Low and Conteinpiible

‘Ladies and gentlelfwfl, 9mm my knowledge of the honour and intelligence of the people of Prince Edward Island, I do not believe that, apart from the little clique that I have referred to, the citizens of this City and Ploviltce who know me would countenance OI‘ endorse the low and contolnptlble cllufgt-S in the broad- Clot message referred to. Such u inc-oil and base estimate _of my character and of lily services uild loyalty to this province and coiultry could only emanate from a deprav- ed inindl Yes. a mind so corrupt that it has lost all sense of honour and of respect.

‘Al, many of you know, 1 was born in this City and have lived my entire life among you. Early ill Jailuary, 1934, I Was honoured Ln receiving the appointment to the high office of lieutenant-Gover- nor olf t.llls'Province. I did not seek the office nor did I want. it, but believing from my heart that it was a clear call to serve my Province, I accepted the office with but one thought in mind and one goal before me, namely. to be of useful service to our people and to put forth every effort to spread the spirit of Peace and Good-wilt among all classes and creeds. and. above all else. to strengthen that bond of friendship and loyalty that. binds as to the British Crown and all that the Crown stands for: love. Justice and Equal Rllzhts for all. That is the only reward 1 asked or.

‘My affection for the people of this Province is very real and sin- cere and I dearl love every inch of the old. red sol. when 1 became Governor, I retired from my own business and devoted my entire time and whatever little ability and money"! poss-essed to furthering the interests of this Province at home and abroad. I hesitate to be per- sonal. but. I am compelled to be in this case in order to protect. the honour and integrity of my family name. Personal abuse is very dis- tasteful and is. I believe. a sure sign of weakness and fear on the part

former Lieutenant Governor of the ‘ l‘

every British subject to compel the ‘ . his slanderous‘

in til-e meantime, I heartily web. clear to the citizens of this City‘ sip for some months. We all know , . new the idle tongue loves to gossip i

emotion is of a mean and malicious .

Everybody

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beuu

Mamie helps to fill the mind with Y.

MAXI M6

OFA

MERE lltAN

lulowll

thing lilsp;l.l;_i m llllkiilg

the truth, Expenditure in Office

1 us... l‘- y IllKl the p" GtWCYlilll

lenge to any or ilizercsted ])L‘..~'CII to excilizllc tlle books and if they fltld that in any one year I .L less than twelve s of my own money, ion the salary .ill:i doltlrs, in help- ing to uphold 111d maintain the dignity and - (‘Md standard of the office, tt.‘<.ll A lull glad y make a coiltribution of live hundred (lol- lars to the Prxzcc Eiwoll Island Ilos ital and five hundred dollars to e Charlottetown Hospital. This is I. definite challenge! And there need be no guesswork because the looks and bank vouchers are her to cover all prlyillrlzts made Le tile Edgar Brrleils collie to "we ' CtlillflllltlllllQ (.t ms \\‘ll'.(‘ll they put llllt) tilt-eunuch of the Libero. sl l‘, iii‘ _\!"1-'..l "Ev. the aililual paynl ,lv.ll for e.‘ d the llgilie men ' ed by me Mail". _vol.l I do not recrct hzll spent the nloiiey. Both NIrs. DcBlois and I shall always regziirl our years of service at Government House as a happy and. high privilege.

Refused Brief Extension

“Contrary to the opinion ex- pressed by some of my olllloilellls. I had no desire to rljlnaiil in of- vflre for another terni and I advis- ed mly f-riends in Oitnlva to this effect several months previous t0 my retirement. I did. however, ask to be allolved to remain in office linlil I had a home to move my family into. I gave uo a comfort-able home in order to oeruiw Govern- ment House and, after having giv- en of the very best I had to offer in time and mmley on behalf of the people of Canada. I did not think my request. for an extension was an tinretisonabie one. But, was it granted? No! For between the Pzcmier o! this Province and the Prime Minister of Canada. the privilege I asked for was denied me. A fine expression of gratitude and of loyalty to the Crown to com- pel the representative of His ivl-ij- esty The King to depart. lvltllout having even a. roof over ills head!

"rhcse are the men who today are going up and down the C<‘ll';\- try talking ‘Patriotism’ and ‘Can- adian Unit-y.‘ and yet in the midst of n war, they would not allow Ills Majesty's representative to remain In office for a. few extra mouths. You may well ask wilt.‘ the ha to in getiiunt me out? Was it been se I had dollo something ullwtlrrly of the office? No: I can aimvrr your question in two words. and you will always find these two words associated with anything that. the

of seven thou.

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of the attacker, but there ls $01110-

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Disturbance Worst In 3O Y e a r s

Tremendous Electrical

Disturbance Plays Hob With Wire Service.

NEW YORK, March 24—-(A.P) — A huge spot on the sun played hot: with communication today.

Disruption of telegraph and short wave radio service was the worst in 30 years, some experts said. Tile American Telephone and Teiegeph Company said it was the worm case of traffic impairment its engineer: could ru-lll.

Calble conunurlications between Europe and New York broke sud- denly at 1.20 A. M. AST. One channel was rest0Ied at 2.50 RM. and a second at 4.07. Service to Latin Anlerican countries was un- affected. lllfltfllllCli as it fo.lows a. north-south course. '

The direct cause. according to director William Barton ovf the

Hayden Planetarium, was ail “en- ‘

ermolls“ spot oil the sun, resulting

‘earth with a stream 0i’

l

l

‘ to llllllit.‘

v ‘oirliholle tllld

in severe earth currents. He said what happened was this: 9

The sun spot is caused by‘ a tremendous electrical disturbance

on the sun. The disturbance bomhards the electrical wales.

The earth's magnetic force de- flects this stream of waves to-,‘ wards north and south poles and l the . .eam, in heading towards the (totes, disrupts other electric cur- ‘wnts travelling at right angles, 11k» conflicting streams of traffic.

The force is so strong that ltl xvii“. sometililcs reverse the direction

t l

.-l' current in p. circuit.

The AllOYh Borealis, or Northern Yiullts, is a manifestation of this rush of particles to the mics. The ilurcrrl was not viisibie last night“ to‘ r. four hours and l0 minutes‘, -l t: at 11:30 A. M AST, L118‘ .'\. ..'lL‘.{ll€{l Press rletlvork 0f 9.85.- ‘ on miles of leased wires was out of

use. P. E. I. flit

Prince Edward Island users of ielrg l lines had 1