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CHARLOTTETOWN,‘ CANADA,‘ THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1935

New FlgzzPr-ocess Tests Successful f

Anxious Family Awaits

Industry Reaction a “Zero Hour” In $200,000

To Supreme Court

Ruling

Seek To Salvage, P a r t s O f NewDeal

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(A. P. By Gulrdlah’! Special Wire)

WABl-IINCHION, May flt-Pres- ident Roosevelt closely scrutinized the reaction oi industry and the public tonight as, with scores of advisers, he strove to reduce the chaotic aftermath of NRNs de- struction to an orderly plan of procedure. _

Breaking his silence for the first time since the supreme court of the United States killed the Blue Eagle. he told newspaper correspondents that far more im- portant than what is happening in Washington were the immediate consequences, cf the decision throuahcutdlldlllilrr.

Fear “Out-thread Tactics

0n his desk, he said. were nu- merous assertions by various code groups and trade associations of an intention to stick by the codes until new legislation could be formulated. He added, however. that cut-throat tactics by a minor- ity in those industries could dis- rupt the whole scheme.

Of more than ‘l5 businessmen, lawyers and editors. whom the President said he had consulted, one of the outstanding was Gen- eral Hugh B. Johnson, the Blue Eagle's first champion.

The doughty General, whose vig- orous personality and biting epi- their boosted NRA i.o its once high position of popular prestige, hast- ened to Washington at Mr. Roose- velt's invitation, with, it was said, a scheme already formulated.

rclix Frankfurter, of the Har- vard law school, and often a

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ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING EVENTS. MEETINGS. ETC

"Talkies-Canoe Cove Friday. L-7526-5-28-8i.

"Talkies-Mt. Stewart Saturday. L-1626-5-28-3i.

"Guide Concert. Flat River Hall, Saturday, June 1st. L-7540-5-29-3l. _.._....

"Cake Sale at Holmans, Satur- dll. June 1st.

"Reserve Baturdlo’. June 8th for Nurses Cake Bale at Holmans. b7004-6-30-ll.

"Dance and Western Picture at Murray River Thursday night

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"Ila-st Royalty Players North Wiiishire my 30th. Proceeds in aid oi riall. If not fins following night.

Also dance. L-Nll-Ii-Qfl-BI.

"Bil Depressto Show at Mon- “Rilfl Saturday flight. Admission only l5 cents. ls-‘lfiiil-b-Iifi-Zi.

_ "Bee the three act comedy

Aunt lhnma Bees It Through‘ in Breadalbane Ball, Friday, May 31st, 8 o'clock.

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"Scuria-Do not fail to hear the hlenicd MscDui! Kenneth Dufl I! 8t. Patrick's Hall "l! 31st. Bale of pies and candy. Admission U Ind 10 cents.

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Niche on Brae. Hunter River up "II noon Friday, May Si. H. 8. Mc- lwm. oum- Campbell.

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"Annual meet or the King's “wit: aizhisnioiwsucsissisn will

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Prices Slashed, Labour Hours Increased

(By Gardner Bridge Assume Press Staff Writer)

NEW YORK, May 2B—Scattei‘ed breaks appeared today in the ranks oi the NRA army oi iuuusn-y and birsinw-rnustered out by the Supreme Courir-but re-en-llsted on

a voluntary basis continued the general rule. Whale great corporations and

trade asociatious added Pledges to a mounting uilc of Dmmlses that NRA standards would not be precipitatcly dis- carded, several defections oocuned in isolated sections.

Prim cutting in New York was Wllbled w.t.h a charge that virtual- ly the entire fur industry here had. abandoned the 35-hour week and was working unlimited overtime

their

Wage Reduction

‘Ibree southern plants informed their employees o! changes in wage and hour schedules. The Piedmont Shift Company of Greenvllle, B. C., eyipoylng 250 workers, announced a wage reduction averaging 25 per cent and an increase m working hourstofrornlifitoio audits week. The lvbcNutt Battery Com- pany of Knoxville, 'l_2enn., cut the pay of its five employees and m. creased their hours, and the Bogor and Crawford Spinning Mill a. Gaatonla, N. C., was notified - by Phii-Bdelphiii headquarters that a minimum wage of s16 a week and 50-hour shifts would go mto effect next week.

Price Cuttirig

With the removal of code re- strictions, prloe cutting spread from New York to Kansas City, where cigarettes were being sold at 10 cents a package 0f 20- "ind to Los Angeles, where W. H. Loughry, executive secretary of the fond and grocery code authority, said some prices had been slashed as much as 50 per cent. ,

Loughry warned that “price cut- ting will result in wage reductions and an increase, in the hours for labor."

In New York the retail cigarette market fluctuated as nervously as an active stock exchange listing. Lines formed 500 deep In big de- pariment stores as thrifty custom- ers sought to take advantage of prices that dipped as low as 77 cents a carton. -

Second Quak

Rocks Formosa

(A. P. By Guardian's Special Wire)

LONDON, May 29—-An exchari8¢ telegraph dispatch said tonight the east side of the Island of Formosa. rocked by a. disastrous earthquake in April, was slightly damaged early Thursday by another quake but that no casualties were report

The dispatch. from ‘Ibiliohu. cav- ital of the Japanese-owned island, rted the shook was centred in the city of Taichu.

When the Island of Formosa was shaken by a heavy earthquake on

IIEPIITIES

Exodus of Bullion Con- tinues — Flandin’s Resignation Predic-

(By John Evans) (Copyright. 198$, By The Associated Press

)

(By Guardian's Special Wire)

PARIS, May 20—A steady golden stream, uninterrupind despite stren- uous efforts in halt the flight from the franc, flowed out from the Bank of France's vaults today as Premier Pierre-Etienne Flandln suffPred the first major seilback in his battle for dictatorial financial powers.

The Chamber of Deputies finance committee voted 26 to l5 against his bill requesting far-reaching authority to balance the budget, and defend the franc. emphasizinghos- tility developing in parliament to the government's program. some quarters said they relieved lylaridln might have to resign.

u nmaOr Arrest.

Unlmpressed, however. Handln said he would carry his appeal dir- ectly to the Gha/mber tomorrow. Proiccntlon of prcsons speculating against the franc is contemplated, he announced, and evidence gath- ered has been sent to the Minister of Justice.

Meanwhile the Bank oi F.an:e's gold losses continued to average

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Belief that the kidnnpper of George ‘neyerhaeuser, 9. above, son 0! I- TIMm-I, Wash. millionaire, Is mad. and w‘il iriii the boy should his plans to extort $200,000 fall,

TACOMA, Wash" M»! N-The

Ransom Kidnapping

and seclusion tonight the “were hour" in the $200,000 tans/om

I has led to police ceasing all nctiv ii-y in order that the parents may pay the ransom and recover their son, ' i

(A. P. By Guardian's Special Wire;

Weyerhrgcuscr family met Ln silence kidnappfiig

of its curly-haired little scion, George. The ransom note, delivered about six hours after the nine-ycar-old captive was abducted shortly before noon last Friday, threatened "harm"

unless the money we“; pflfl within HELD FIVE DAYS At noon today, the boy had been

about 1,000,000,000 francs ($65,800.- 000) daily, with total losses since the movement began late in March es- (almost sriaooiiooo). ' .. 1.-

The bank succeeded. however. in keeping the French currency unit pegged at around 15.19 to the dol- lar (8.58 cents to the franc) by selling dollars to all comers. Offic- ials expressed confidence gold buy- ing soon would halt because francs were becoming scarce.

WOULD PROSECUTE SPECULATORS

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After rejecting Flandirrs demand for dictatozial financial powers, the chamber committee asked the gov- ernment to prosecute speculators and take other measures to (‘nfend "the integrity of ti‘: franc" against them.

The vote was interpreted in the Chamber lobbies as representin: the majority parliamentary opinion

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J ap a n es e Would Control North China

By Glenn Babb, Associated Press Foreign Staff (By Guardian's Special Wire)

TOKYO, May ia-Japanese milit- ary domination of all North China today apparently was foreshadowed in Rengo (Japanese) news agency dispatches from Peiping, which said Japanese army officers there had demanded China's immediate settle- ment of l4 didmlted points.

The list of demands was said to have been presented in connection with stern protests against alleged anti-Japanese movements in the Peiping and Tientsin regions and warning that such activity must

cease.

(Dispatches from shanghai quoted Rcngo as saying Chinese authorities had been advised that "the Japan- ese may be obliged to place Peiping and Tiantsin within the da- militarined cone as most anti-Jap-

April 2i. more than 3.000 persons were killed and 10.000 injured.

(CI. P. Cable By Guardian's Special WIN)

51-. JOHN'S, Nfid., Nay as-m score French seamen were soilht with waning hope tonight over the oundland, and

hanh schooner Marechsl d: ror 11 théY l ’ re w: since the‘ three- mesicd schooner. A101?- Wlfl "I" othstship May ldthatlhewll to make 8t. John's. And for

aneae activities in North China are originating in the two cities")

Fear French Schooner Foundered With All Hands

cams into port expressing belief sh: had found- eaed with all hands. Captain Guer- tlnt of the trawler Joseph Duba- rnel. bringing his r. earner in for applies, declared he feared for the

~ It was schooner-u plight to reach New- foundland. but the Captain could add few details. About all he knew was that the Soil-ton schooner had reported herself leaking for some ‘igseupiained reason and limping

wudehe scapital. ‘lhevilie ninhar-boretlt PierreJIiq-Jmttoeeaasasonas

timated at some 11.000.000.000 francs ;

in the kidnappers‘ hands five days, but authorities were not in agree- ment on whether the time limit setex-pired then or tonight at 6.36

note was delivered to the boy's lum- ber-wealthy parents.

J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr., father of the victim. and J. Rpdman Tit/comb, uncle of the boy. were believed at- tempting to complete negotiations for George's safe return.

A clilssiiied advertisement saying “we are ready. Percy Minnie," pub- llshecl apparently as a notice to the abductors that the lumber mag- nate was ready to negotiate. was withdrawn from a newspaper after appearing through one day's edit- ions.

Two wealthy ‘members of the family. Roderick Wcyerliaeuser of St. Paul and Rudolph Weyerhaeus- er of Cloquet, Minn. arrived here today. No member of IITP family would discuss their arrival and some sources said they might have come primarily for the annual stockholders meeting of the Weyier- haeuser Timber company tomorrow.

DRAMATIB HEARING IN niniliirv

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

LC-DTDSN. May 29-40. P. Cable) —’I‘he picture of a youth infatuated with a. woman 30 years his senior, crazed by‘ Jealousy and addicted to drugs. was drawn by counsel for the defence as the swift-moving Bournemouth triangle murder case progressed today.

A fashionable throng crowding the Old Bailey. which rarely has heard a more dramatic recital. lis- tened to Mrs. Al-ma Rattenbury in low tones admit improper relation- ship with George stouer. her 18- year-old chauffeur. and assert the first she knew of the fatal wound- ing ed her elderly husband was when Stoner told her that he had "hurt Rats."

Mrs. Rattenburiv. 38, and Sinner areontrialforthemiuder of 6'1- year-old Francis Mhweon Batten- hury, architect who lived in Canada for many years.

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five days.

IBRIMINAI c6

FIIIIM AIIAIIIA

105 Students Receive Degrees and Certif- icates at Convoca- tion.

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

womnvnmis, N. s, May 29- Whlle 105 students received de- grees and certificates from Acadia Ilniversity at its convocation cere- monies today, four Canadians and a Czecho-Slovaklan were presented with honorary degrees.

Urhe degree "Doctor of Divinity" was conferred on Rev. Brice David Knott of Saint John for faithful and efficient service as a pastor: Rev. Miles Fl‘fllll(l.l'l McCuicheon of Montreal for his great contribu- tion to the religious life of to- day; Rev. Joseph Novotny. profes- sor in the International Baptist Seminary at East Orange. N. J.. for "his scholarly attainments, hLs not- able service as pastor, seczetary. organizer, author and teacher, and his contribution to the cause of civil and religious liberty among his own countrymen," and to Rev. Gordon Payzarit Barss oi‘ Wolf- ville, N. 3., for his great service in the missionary field in India.

Earl Gordon Bill, Dean 0i Dart- mouth College, Hanover, N. H.. re- ceived a. degree in "Dwtor oi’ Civil Law"

Professor Novotny is a son of the leader of Protestantism in Citccho Slovakia and a close friend of the President of that country.

Degrees ivere conferred by Pre- sident F. W. Patterson, who de-

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AMENDMENTS IIHAIIENGEI]

Heated D e b a t e In House - Two Meas- ures Based on Price Spreads R e p 0 r t Passed.

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

OTTAWA, May 20~Volces were raised in angry debate as the first battle over the report of the Price Spreads Commission broke today in the House of Commons. It de- veloped when W. W. Kennedy (Coris. Winnipeg South-Centre), chairman of the Commission, came to the defence of amendments to the criminal code based on the commission's findings after Liberal members demanded their with- drawal because Minister of Justice Hugh Guthrie said they were of doubtful constitutional validity.

The battle started just before the six o'clock adjournment and will likely continue next week. Be- fore that the House approved without much discussion two meas- ures based on the price spreads report. One amended the Weights and Measures Act and the other the Industrial Disputes Investiga- tion Act.

Bone cf Content-iv"

The Criminal Code amendments under fire provided penalties for paying employees less than the minimum wage or working them longer than the maximum hours and for discriminatory discounts ~or allowances in trade and com- -meroc or price cutting to destroy competition.

Mr. Guthrie said the officers of the Department of Justice and two eminent counsel celled in in ad- vise them, W. N. Tilley, K.C-. of Toronto, and Aime Geoffrlon. K0,, of Montreal, had come tn (he conclusion the sections were of doubtful validity as far as the con- stitutional powers of the ‘Domin- ion Parliament were concerned. Ha also gave it as his opinion it

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I . Salads Qrenge Pekce

Blend wiII prove e slicer delight to lovers of Einc tee.

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livcred an address to his students, ‘ and the registrar, Dr. W. L. Archi- bald. Dr. S- S Poole of Saint I John, N’? ’B.,' offered the convoc- I ation prayer. I In his address. Dr. Patterson told ‘ the graduates he was concerned more about the attitude with which they were entering the world than with the condition of the world it- self.

"To say the limes are bad is slander," hp said, “for clays and. years are not capable of crime. ‘Tis not the times are bad and out of jolni, but tho men and women who make them. The greed, the jealousies and the injustices of which so much is written are qual- ities of the human spirit."

He urged i" ""l{l‘."ii'.‘5 not to hide away from the present I iroinic and s..:...i Snvrllls like "the spirit of the rec use who builds himself a. lodge in the wilderness."

“Your place." he charged, “is not on I.Il(‘ grandstand, but. if I

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Huge French L i n e r Se e ks Speed Honors

(C. P. By Guardian's Sptclul Wire)

LE HAVRE. May 29—(C. P.-Ha— vasl-The gigantic liner Norniandie. pride of the French Merchant Mar- ine. ciiioiwl the North Atlantic shipping lanes tonight zmd pointed her trim prow toward New York in an effort i0 give Fmnce the trans- atlantic speed honors on her maid- en voyage.

As the huge ship steamed majes- Ilcnlly out of the harbour here. ihousands of Frenchmen. lining the writcrfiwiiit. cheered and waved flags and pennants. Scores oi ship's sirens soun ed a noisy- salute.

A total of 1.070 passengers were nbnarcl the 79.280-i/on ship, includ- ing France's first lady. the wife of Prriidont Albert Lehun; William Bertrand, French Minister of Mer- chant Marinc; Rsar Admiral bebig-

In Lancashire Manager Of L-e-fi-fling Firm En- "

thusiastic Over Possibilities Of ,

Discovery By Franklin E. Smith. .. (C. P. By Guardian’s Special Wire) I l

LONDON, May Zil-Triais in Lancasliire of processing of Canadian-grown flax straw into a fibre that will work over existing cotton textile machinery have proved “en- tirely successful,” it was learned today. ,

The tests were conducted by Frariklin E. Smith, in- ventor of the process and native of Charlottetown. In col- laboration with Plait Brothers and Company, manufac- turers of textile machinery in Oldham, Lancasliire. Can-p adian green flax fibre straw, the test revealed, can be treated to work over existing machinery when mixed with

cotton, and will also blend with wool and artificial silk. l

EARLY BIIISING.

Many Enquiries

Lancashire spinners are eager to proceed to develop their products among these lines and there are many enquiries for this fibre from Canada.

Until a substantial amount of the flax fibre is available however the full possibilities of these dis- coveries are necessarily hampered.

It is difficult in estimate The

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~ P. E. I. at the time the Charlotte-

exact quantities required but the mills of Lancashire run into many hundreds and from the most im- portant of these there have been enquiries for quantities ranging from one-half w three tons week- 1y-

The manager of one of the big- gest firms in Lancashire wrote to Smith, after inspecting the result of his discoveries.

Wonderful Yarn

"It is undoubtedly a wonderful yarn. The sheen and lustre ap- pearing on the cloth after being woven is to say the least magnifi- cent. and the cover that can be obtained on the cloth is marvel- lous.”

The Prince Edward Island Agri- cultural Department is watching developments with the greatest interest, seeing in perfection of the process the possibility of a new industry for the province. Flax- growlng was well-established in

town inventor left his native prov- ince to become a British Govern- ment consultant.

Rush _ Troops To Curb Fierce Native Riots

(A. P, By Guardian's Special Wire) BULAWAYO, Southern Rhod- esia, May Zil-l-Iundreds of troops were rushed to the copper belt in Northern Rhodesia today to pro- tect whites in the wake of fierce riots in which six natives were killed and many wounded in the strike-torn Ron Antelope mine.

Some of the troops were dis- patched to the scene in four Royal Air Force planes to stave off a pos- sible uprising of the natives.

The mine manager's staff and their families were reported safe for the time being, according to word received here. but the fear that disorders would spread led to

the mobilization of Europeans as special Constables. It was believed agitators were

active. The strikers are demanding increased wages on the ground, that the government had raised, the poll tax by five shillings-

The strikers wrecked the corn-

ot and a host of international not- nblos. Two members of (he Acad- cmle Franchise. Claude Fan-are and Andre Chevrillon. are on board.

ISN'T. AIM

Commons to Sit In The Afternoon of King's . Birthday.

(C. P. By Guardian's Special Wire), OTTAWA, May 29.—An early clos- ing of Parliament will be facilitated '7, ' by the Government, Prime Minister R. B. Bennett fold the House of Commons today in announcing the House would sit in the afternoon o Monday the King's birthday, call it s six o'clock early, and sit again in tli evening. He said he knew of no new legis-

y_ . . Liberal leader Mackenzie King

asked Mr. Bennett about the gov- emments’ intentions and said . believed the people were more in- ' ' (crested in an early election than I having the members enact legisla- tion at such a late stage in the liia of Parliament. '

The Prime Minister said the gov- ernment was just as anxious as Mr. King to bring the session to an end As to the election if those who h come of age during the year were to‘ be allowed to vote the election cools

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