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BRLTIlSH PVARSHIP TORPED OED OFF SPAIN?

TRANS-A TLAN TIC FLIERS,

MERRIlT AND [AMBIE SFK

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VFacing Head Winds

-_ Most Of Crossing.

- Carry Coronation Pictures.

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s'r. JOHN'S, Nfld., my 13 _. Weather here tonight was summer. ‘like after a day of brilliant sun- shine and scarcely any wind. De- spite forecasts of strong southwest winds with some showers, and pfgh- ably some fog tonight and Friday. there was little indication of such change.

SYDNEY, N. 5.. May l3-—l'ossihll. "l! that Dick Merrill and Jack Lambie, American airmen lfliilillll") a return flight to New York from Souibport, England, might, hind n; "w Sydney flying field cnfmrte w... teen tonight.

ltxtra asoline was ordered sent to the field hy representatives oi tllerrlll who arrived ilere by uir- plane from Boston yesterday. If lid. verse flying conditions were ell- countered by the transatlantic fly- eis they would rcfucl here, it was believed. Ifrthey still had sufficient. fuel they would fly on to New York in their attempt to establish a two- way transatlantic record.

Speed Westward

SOUTHPOBT, Eng., May 13 _ Henry T. (Dck) Merrill and John S. Lambie sped westward tonight in their silver, twin-engined nlono- 918110. hoping to complete their transatlantic round-trip in New Y°Tk early tomorrow afternoon.

While 10.000 persons cheered on the Southport sands, tho plane roared along the beach, clilnbcd in- io the air at 9.13 p. m. 15.13 p. 111. ADT) and disappeared over tlle Irish Sea.

At 10.40 p. m. (6.40 p. m. ADT) it passed h gll over Eallinasloc, illl western Irclantl. moving rapidly.

Although the sun had been shin- ing from ciollciless skies before (lurk at Southport, Merrill. who had made three previous Atlantic air crossings within a ycnr, appeared disturbed by weather reports.

Winds Unfavorable

"We're likely to encounter head winds all the way." he said before the takeoff. "It probaby wll trike us 2i hours or so to get to New York.

"We've put s. full load of 1.300 gallons of gasoline into the ma- chine."

lln New York, Dr. James 1-1. Kim- ball, government aviation weather expert. said Merrill and Lamble should have reasonably favorable conditions, although they might have to fly “b1lnd" much of the way because of “the usual amount of cloudiness over the Atlantic")

It took them 20 hours and 59 minutes to fly from Floyd Bennett Field, New York, to Croydon Air- iimme, near Inndon.

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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

Sees Increased Potato Exports

FREDEBICTON. N. 8., May l3—tCI')—Bright prospects [or increased potato exports to South America were reported today by G. C. Cunningh gfler u“; Potato market wpresentative of the New Brunswick Department of Agriculture returned from a trip to that continent.

Even it’ there were consider- able inerease in acreage this province could market all its surplus high quality potatoes, both table stock and seed. in South America, he said. Argen- "ne Erowers were enthusiastic regarding New Brunswick seed stock.

Ebels Drive Near Bilbao

GUERNICA. Spain, May.13 —The Bilbao-bound northern insurgent army rolled ahead over a 15-mile battlefront to- day and pushed to within five miles of the besieged Basque capital at some points. Wlr~

.planes paved the way.

General Emilio Mola’: men sells-d the heights north and just east of the town of Mun- gula, seven miles north of Bil- bao. Insurgent artillery and aircraft harassed the militia- men ns they fled into that town. Then gunners began to shell Munguia. '

The insurgent line, starting north of Mungula. was strung southeastward across Mount

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"Come to (till-MEG in Tracyadle Brass school Monday, May 17th. L-432-0-14-1l.

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"Come to the play "Hired Hus- bands" at Heartz I-lall, East Roy'- vtv. May 19th. 1.451.

"Hunter River W. M. S. present elr Imsesnt in Wiltshire Church Sunday. May 16th at 1.30. Special llnslns. L-m.

"Don't bake tomorrow. buy from lion Church Oubs at Moore and acieodb. L441.

"Pantry Sale in aid of Bascilica Um Society Saturday afternoon, 5- A- McDonaldb store.

114-277-5-10-61.

'_"B&rn dance concert. Crapaud.

"do, my 14th. as lfld 1s,

"Wilma Young People. Ir4W-5-13-2i.

"The monthly meeting of the ladies Anxirary. P. E. 1. Protestant mllhanage has been postponed llnlll Friday the 21st. L-417-5-14-1l.

k\"Live.siock Marketing Board mmu“! hols. lambs and calves ' mush local shlpp ng cubs during Week of May 1'ltll as follows: Friday "mml-"B Kenslngton, Charlottetown. Afternoon Miliview, Baltic. 5011118, 5t. Peters. Monti. Wednesday nlorn-

“W till train time Mt. Stewart. Bcdford, Hunter River.

Afternoon

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Biscargi almost to [Arraluuaa -five miles east of Bilbao- and their along the edge of Amorehicta, eight miles east of B‘lh:io.

In the Amort-bieta sci-tor. the struggle had become a series of insurgent attacks by day with air bombs. artillery shells, and rifle bullets-and Gnvom- mcnl counter-attacks hy Illgllt -wlth hand grenades.

ilome Improvement Loans To Farmers

OTTAWA, May l3 -— (C?) — Loans to farmers under the Home Improvement plan reached a total of $416,763 on April 15. Hon. J. L. Ilsley, acting minister of. finance, announced, today. ‘This. was an increase of $127,069 from Miimh 15.

Loans to farmers by provinces up to April 15 were as follows: Prince Edward Island $7,688, Nova Scotin $39,108, New Brunswick 320.536. Quebec $45,677, Ontario $160,438. Manitoba $14,245. Bos- katchewan 812.473. Alberta $80.- 986 and British Columbia ‘$5.606.

Open Hearings In Buotouche Today

. . ..MONC'I1.0N.. NB... Maydflwtflkl -The Royal Commission investi-

gating illegal lobster and smelt fishing will meet at Buctouche w- morrow for a one or two day ses- sion before bringing the long in- quiry to a. close at Trscadie later this month. according to an an- nouncement tonight. Sittings in Prince Edward Island ended Mon-

day.

‘LandingManoeuvreAccident’ Said Cause Of Air Disaster

LAKfl-IURST. N. J., May lit-A membc of the United StatelCom- meme Department of Inquiry said tonight "undoubtedly a landing manoeuvre accident" led to deli- tructlon of the German zeppelin Hindenburg a. week ago.

Major R. W. Schroeder. assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Air Commerce. made the state- ment lifter three days of testimony on the air disaster which cost 35 lives.

Members of the crew of the dir- lgible during the day told publicly for the first time their stories of what they saw and heard aboard the ship before and during the flaming plunge to the ground.

Apparently previous testimony of

persons on the ground supplied the basis for breeder’: expressed

GERMANY BUSY} iollilri I ll o llillllc ulilsl

Workers Rush Com- pletion Of Vast Net- work Of Defences At Every Border.

LONDON, May lii-Gerfnany is

l constructing great new fortificat- ions along the Baltic coast, it was ' disclosed tonight, to speed comple- tion of a vast network of defences at every border.

The new line centres about Lu- bec Bay north of Hamburg and looks northward toward the Nordic countries. _

Building of the fortifications was revealed by Germans who related that workers had jammed 'I‘rave- muende, popular Spa. near Ham- burg, and moms were at a. prem- ium for that reason. -

They recounted:

" The prlwall. a. section of Trave- rnuende where there are both sea and land plane facilities. has been designated a submarine harbor.

Fortifications have been erected east and west from Travemuende,

A seaplane harbor has been con- structed at Schlutop; an airdrome near Alt-Gsrtz.

Coast batteries have been im- bedded 0n the heights overlooking the bay eastward from Trave- muende.

Summer dwellers at Eckernfoerds have been refused further lease of their little shacks, but the shacks

have been left standing. Cannons lurk behind them, residetllts of the district say.

Fortifications on the Island of Fehmam, flanked by Kiel and Lubec bays, can dominate the belt of Langeland which is Danish wa- ter, one reliable informant said.

Ge any has been busy fortify- lng her borders since Chancellor Hitler voided the Locamo Security Pact by marching troops illto the demllltarized Rhincland zone in 1936.

Advices in past months have told of "pill box" defences on thc west along Franco-Belgian bor- ders; reconstruetion of the marine harbor at Heligoland, destroyed by order cf the Allies aftorthe Great War; of gun Clll laceme itsonthnt North Sea Island; of eastern em- plaicements, particularly‘ lllollg tho Czechoslovakian frontier.

Surrenders To Police Voluntarily

VANCOUVER. May 13—(CP>—- Russell E. Barker, former presi- dent of Hadley Amalgamated Gold Mines Ltd.. today surrendered vol- untarily to Vancouver City Police who held a warrant for his arrest on a charge of conspiracy to de- fraud in connection with his ad- ministration of the mining coin- puny.

Barker walked into the Vancou-

ver police station this afternoon and gave himself up. The charge was laid and he was lodged in the city jail. ...l-Ie is charged jointly. with W11- llam Cox, former I-Iedley mine su- perinteudent, and Jack ‘Fraser, for- mer mine foreman. Warrants for arrest of the three men followed submission to the British Colum- bis Government of a report by G. 1.. Fraser. snpolnted by the sov- ernment to investigate the Hedley Cflfijpflny. Fraser and. Cox were arrested last week.

conviction as to the cause.

Discussing the day's hearing which brought out testimony about airplanes flying near the zeppelin, Schroeder said the Board had no information that planes had cross- ed above the Hlndenburg but it was following up every possible angle, "even to the dropping of a bomb or the firing of an incen- diary buIlet".

He added quickly ho did not con- cider theories of an outside cause meritorious.

Meanwhile, the German commis- sion to investigate the disaster was to arrive in New York tonight on the Europa. Its chairman, Dr. Hugo lllckener. veteran airship dc- slgner. will be asked to testify as an expert, the Commerce Depart- ment Board announced.

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1937

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winging their way across the Atlantic on a return flight with films of the Coronation are illvo United States trans-Atlantic fliers. Dick Merrill The pair left New York for London May 9 and are now enroute home in an effort to capture the round-trip record. flight is successful the Coronation pictures will be the first original pic- Merrill is shown here just before the take-off

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Defence And Foreign Policy Will Be Main Subjects Of Discus-

l sion.

LONDON, May l3—1CPl—Can- adlts delegation to the Imperial Conference was busy tonight putting the finishing touches on its preparations for the meetings which bcain tomorrow.

Prime Minister MacKenzT King conferred with Hon. Vincent Mas- sey, Canadian High Commissioner in London. Most of the Dominion delegates spent the afternoon at their hotels or at Canada House. go‘ng over reports and other papers prepared in connection with the conference.

The conference will be called to order in Si. Jamess Palace at 10 a.m. tomorlmv. Prime Minister Baldwin will be elected chairman. the following the adoption of a loyal address to the King and statements by heads of dele- gations. the conference will ap- point committees and adjourn 1111- til Wednesday.

It was lcamed tonight that no attempt will be made to formulate defence policy for the Empire. which. ii adopted by a. majority would be bindzng on the minority.

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EzghlsliiZnbers of Crew Killed And

Score A If Injured

Destroyer Hunter, On Patrol Duty_

Wrecked By

plosion.

(C. P. By Guardia LONDON, May 14-—( destroyer Hunter- eight of than a score injured- lay while investigation was p off the coast of civil war sank the year-old craft-

line while she was cruisin

ment stated-

unit in the European Non-I patrol of Spanish waters-

belief the destroyer had b

plane- ~ DEAFENING EXPLOSION

It was emphasized that the eon- ference is made up o! autonomous govenlments and each will eon- tlnlie. as in the past, to determine its own policies.

Defence and foreign policy, how- evcr. will be in the main subjects. of discussion, and an attenlpt Willi be made to sccune the greatest‘ possible amount of harmony b:- tilvcn the policies of the Unitcd_ Kinfidnln and the dominions.

The conference will continue, it, ls expected, until the middle of June. Trade and currency questions. will b discussed but it is not pro-l posed to attempt a general re-l

vision of the Ottawa. agreements. This work is being carried on by' bilateral negotiations.

Graduate Xarses = ReceiveDiplomas

Dr. Donald cafibell Addresses’

Graduating Class. Large Attend-ll ance AtSt. Paul’s Parish Hall.?

“You will be spurred on to

greater endeavour, to o. more colli- plete living. to nobler service, as you go from sick room. if you constantly remember ‘I shall not pass this way again?‘ Dr. Prince medical staff. told graduates of the Prince Edward Island Hospital Training School for graduation exercises inst night.

room to sick

Donald Campbell. of the Edwin-d Island Hospital

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‘The Flore" ~ Nightingale Pledge to the gm... was given by Rev. H." D. ltly-lnond. Diplomas

were presented by Dr. I-1.D. John- son. member of the hospital med- fcal staff, in the unavoidable ab- sence of the Premier, lion. T. A. Campbell.

Following were the graduates: Margaret Louise Cox, Souris. Austins Helen Mllicll, Rocky Pt. Verna Grant, Darrlicil. tVfllCdlC-

toriiin). Ell‘?! Royalty.

Annie Gertrude Boll, Klngsboro. Marion Etta Bernard. Kingston. Doris Katherine Mscdonald,

Souris.

Mae Warburton Hearts, East

Royalty.

Gertrude Adele Buntaln, Ken-

sington.

The following was the delightful

program held at St. Paul's Parish Mr. WK. Rogers, chairman of the Board of Trustees. presided.

Vocal solo: "The Old Refrain"-

Arthur G. Bruce.

Reading: "A Scot Indccd"—-Mary

Miller.

Florence Nightingale Pledge to

graduating nurses by Rev. H. D. Raymond.

Presentation of diplomas to gra-

duates by Dr. H. D. Johnson. Address to graduating nurses- Dr. D. Campbell.

Vocol solo: "May-Day lit Isllng-

tonK-Gwynncth F‘r_v.

Valedictorian-Miss Vcrlln G

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Piano solo: Bill Rogers.

Vocal solos: (a) “Who is Sylvia", (b) "An Open Secret" — Margaret Stems.

Piano duct: tana"—Robei-ta Full MacKcnzie.

God Save the King.

Acconlpanisls: Lllllnll MrlrKon- zie, Mus. 38.0.; Roberta Full.

“First Arbesque" -

“Overture to Niall- and Lillian

CLASS VALEDICTORY '37

Dr. Johnson, Mr. Chairman. mcm- bers of the mediclll andwnursing

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Charlottetown Boy Injured By “Bud” Rocket

Robert Gallagher. 15. was in the Prince Edward Island hospital last night after a "dud" rocket which he found and ignited at Victoria Park exploded and blew the tops oil two of his fingers on his left hand. His condition was reported not serious. _

He resides with Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Holzg. Brighton Road.

The rocket was believed to be one which foiled to rise during a fireworks display in connection with coronation celebrations at the park Wednesday night, Softball players who were practicing near- by heard the loud explosion and found the youth lying on the ground. He was rushed to hospital ill an automobile by West Storey. one of the players and a well-

Bandits Pursued By 00p Drop Loot

MONTREAL, May 13 — (OP)- TWO bandits racing from the scene of their sinned robbery of a Cun- llda Bread Limited Cashier today dropped it satchel containing pal-t of the $2,700 loot when an unsus- pecting moiorcylclc policeman start- cd in pursuit after they drove through n traffic light.

Announcing they had spread n. province-wide not for the pair of robbers. police said the $2.300 the fugitives threw from their auto- mobile was turned over to author- ities by a street cleaner.

The man told them he found tllc snlr-Elcl in a lane through which lilo nloiorcyclc officer chas- ed the bandits‘ cur just before los- ing it ill ilcmy traffic. The auto- mobile. stolen from its parking place, wlls found on a city street about all hour later.

GIVEN SECOND READING

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

DUBLIN. May 13—The Dali Elftftlllll tonight gave second read- ing to the draft bill of the new Irish constitution on a. vote of 69 to 43 afiel- three amendments which would have deferred consid- eration were rejected.

(C. l‘. by Guardian's Special Wire)

ROME. May iii-Count Gale- azzo Clsno, Italian Foreign Min- Ylster, warned today that a prxs "campaign" against Italv is "grave- ly dangerous." ‘

He did not. mention Great Britain by name when h:- brought up -press relations in a foreign policy discussion before the Cham- ber of Deputies. but sold:

"I believe it my duty to call at- tention to the grave danger rep- resented by the periodical offen- sive of a certain lntemiiuonal press which with regard to Fits- cist Italy. continues to be inspir- ed only by resentment, hatred and fnl olinod."

Italy recalled llcr correspondents

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1mm London last weekend and

She was in sight of the Spanish coast when the deafening cxlalostnn l spread death nud destruction

through the 1,400 ton craft. ltlllflCll~ l

ed 1n February 1936 and built undcr

the 1034 naval progvnln.

In the lack of authoritative in-l formation. it was at first reported; by the Spanish press agency than the Brilish submmine H33 was nt- tacked and badly dzlmriiivd but Tllllr‘ report was quickly denied.

A despatch to the ilavas News

Agency from Almeria said first hasty examination convinced in- vestigators a torpedo mlffhl 11-1" passed through the Hunter's bows. possibly touching off all explosion of the lluntcrk owl! torpedoes. zého is equipped with eight 21-inch torpedo fillies in addition to four 4.7 inch £11115 and seven smaller guns. There was no confirmation in British circles of this theory.

Valencia, temporary (‘flltllill 012 Spain, was not sure \\’ll(‘tlii‘1' n lllillt‘ I or a torpedo was TCSpOflhlblC. 110-, port: reaching there from Alnlcrlnl suggested a submarine might have‘ torpedocd the war-croft. ‘

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The Hunter tool; u-nicl" but, twis- quickly renrllcd by l. punish government. lvarcrnlt including the battleship Jaime 1 which look oil‘ the wounded and rushed tllcm wj an Almeria hospital. The Hunter. was lowed to port by tho Sllhllbh destroyer Lnzngrt. 1

The British ilestroyw-r ilypcr- l ion arrived off Almeria during last night and the cruiser Arc- thusa set out from Bari-clonal.

Gibraltar reported wrirsillps

there got up sit-am in prr-plir-

ation for illllninl-lll ilcpiirturc should orders he issui-il.

. probably uollld l»- lll.£l‘11 u. inn‘. rock-fortress dzlrlrlg lO(l.1_\ llz" lit!‘ destroyer Hardy uhivll ai-o lhlccd for Almeria. p

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stroyer Flotilla in 111i! Mm»

can fleet. Sim carries n

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over-all longlh. 33 fc-rl.

draws 8 1-‘2 loci.

The explosion tnok llllifl‘ at 3.15 p.m. and lllf‘ lillntcr n-lil-ii- ed Almeria at ~i p. .-.i.

Gibraltar lcpumll llil’ t'tl.\llilll‘.l‘S

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Says Press ‘Campaign’ Against Italy “Gravely Dangerous"

follosvcd the action by

only a brief. one-lim-

ment of the Coronation. The Folcign hllnlsier rciicrntcd

carrying announce-

ish Insurgent warcraft. Cf _ damage might have been caused by a bombing

depdnmcnt.

Off Southeastern Spanish Coast,

Niysterious Ex-

n's Special Wire) Thursciay)-Tile British her crew killed and more in Almeria harbor today ressed into the explosion torn Spain that all but

The Admiralty was reticent- All explosion yles- terday tore a hole in the warship near the water-

g five miles off Almeria.

on the southeast coast of Spain, its brief announce-

From some sources came reports the vessel struck amine as she went about her duties as a.

nterventiorl Committee's

But Spanish government sources expressed

een torpedoed by a Span- lbraltar heard reports the

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lJail Breakers Are Held At Quebec

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