satisfies

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CI-IARLOTTEIDWN. CANADA. ISATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1939

$1,249,857 INCREASE WITH ORDINAR Y A ccouzvr DEFICIT 0F INCURRED LAST YEAR B Y CAMPBELL

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Fall Of Madrid May Bring New Franco- Italian Crisis.

By The Canadian Pren

Th Bplnilh Civil heedgd " ite 103111.; pated end todly 15811111181).

ntileion

mmsldpkubmalr a 3'

rom m- os, e Natio capital‘ with eneral Frame‘: terms , or a Republican surrender and the Madri line met Immediately to

lniumed sources raid t tione were still in

Nd

ports that Franco A rid today. There was no wnilrlnation oi’ the

e negotiations in Bur or where t was said the Natio let; were ready to launch an endwhe-war oiieneive against Madri unllese the ltqauhiioalia lurrend uncondit- hllllbt "

‘me sudden turn or events in EDI-in shoved into the ‘bu: d ior the moment the bockwse from Rel rer Hitler's latest gains and brought to the lore the French- Itallap terr torlal quarrel.

“Prkermler Mussolinti waqberrriatliérg

z ow some on s in a speech Bow!

Con, ‘ , Service?

Greet Britain. meanwhile was eonironted with mountin conser- vative pressure (or comp f)’ mil- itary service, ‘and an sl -ps.rty ov- ernmont in t a lace oi Prime in- kter Chamberlain's thus iar only partly successful eiiorts to raise e ‘halt Hitler" iront in Europe.

Tho British plan (or s. iour 90W" anti-Hitler declaration by Britain. France, Soviet Russia and Poland struck a snag when Warsaw balked.

The Warsaw newspaper Empress Poranny. considered a mouthlil!“ oi the Polish Fbreign Office, said Poland woulginot permit herseli to be dragged to any bloc-presum- ablv against Gennany—a,nd would retrain from iorming any blocs on hor own hook.

Warsaw political circles codisider- eu this as tantamount to rejection oi the British sponsored plan.

Returns To Berlin

Hitler rounded out 10 days of ichlevement unparslled ln his car- cer when he returned to Berlin ei- ier ivﬁliﬂfl Memei under his snared-

no , . The “ﬁlm! Regime slapped on. Germans a new “excess income lax a high ilnance oiiiclol Paid additional revenue sources must be found to finance the instead oi borrowing! Fighting oontinu it.“ ' %“"““‘l’ ' "i“mp.'“‘“” dusts ere un ran , igtgjlcimkq: terrlto to ac uire

COQISSIIVWB

te lor- Noticee in this _ ml“!!! 8 cents peryword-i l usntlt oi well re ure a ‘ﬁrm ﬁr“ 28M ‘ffiizsi-a-os-‘u.

00w lleshe cat le. island Cold Btcrage

e e p, ties, 11:02 NONI! 56th.

one wt pla . ID901111- ni hi.

m" (assets...

I!

r1 rmmqe Bale Christal-an oisureh Sohooimoru th 451M11- (lly) afternoon. , 9337'

some for three

Oomem hours skate with music Wll h‘ Rlngjpnﬂht, n-isss.

"Hogﬂgknila when...» a- made» aoebmxigenuntgighgft m?” hmﬁiuamlﬁldﬁiéwtd. "lily ,~ m idﬁies-s-as-df “mm-uni or mam hon soar-v» ﬁrst

errive,_, snow

A

. “my ﬁkis-si. to eternity} of

... “a...

only one

l ‘us-nut

_ly to deiending his administration of the Prohibition Act) was made

E

contained for the ﬁrst time the of Prohibition edm‘ ‘ oration.

His comments wen received with applause from Govermnexit bench- es but in etolid silence by several non-government meniaers.

"lihere has been Iduri the past

an abnormal , or

ment in the administration oi the Prohibition Act," Premier Camp- bell said "We allicnow how Herr

Hitler, when he wishes to make a which

might not otherwise oi his

very convenient habit oi stirring up a bogey. lli he wishes to ex- tend his own dictatorial power in his own countr or other countries, he raises the ey oi Bolshevism or oi the iniquity oi the Jews. I think in a very simila

certain parties in

"have sought to raise in the public

mind the bogey oi secrecy and concealment in the administration oi the Prohibition Act.

“It is expressed, among other ways, by alleging ‘the Premier's reiusal to give an account oi hie administration‘. lmnicali enough the principal blast oi th insinu- ation arose as a consequence oimy appearance before the annual meeting oi the Tigmperance Feder- ation. 1 wee invited to attend one oi the sesaio of that meeting. went there voluntarily and made a frank statement oi what I consid-

to be some

which I ere Mr. Ben published a letter in The Gun- n which was ioil on

the same auiihor, one oi the most venomous, scurrilous and abusive letters which was ever. I believe. written against a public man in the history o! this province. This. lmustconiemcsmetomeese real blow beneath the belt. because ii there is one branch oi’ the pub- lic service oi this Province to which I have devoted time and eﬂort and ergy and ﬁrmness-i! there is 011a department oi admin- istration in which I have r ' ‘ ‘ every plea and every request to go

A two-hour speech devoted ohiai- '

World News In Brief

Disclaims Being The “Hitler” Of

Prohibition Act

Premier Contrasts In- efficient Prohibition Com- missions With 'His Own Re-

requests were made on

iltical groimds, in ord enforcement oi vigorous and thorough-going eﬂlcienih~it is the branch oi hibition enforcement.

"Worse Than Hitler” that it was almost

kind, but the charge ted

n he adm

hlbition Act. Dr. M its less pe venom charge, but he made the

‘worse ilhan Hitler‘

that is that there was under vious administrations s

ond is that the present tration has

pplied in the

edr

is true that during the dation oi Hie proceeding in

i‘ (

Continued on e 9 Col S)

or to slow up. whether such perennial or er that the the Act should be and Pm- 1 think ev- ery memlber oi’ this Legisiatureand

tons ass goods, tor the turn trim of eivhteen miles the t would be $42.65, which woigg» be

"I should be inclined to think

beneath the

gyigzilty oi this House to reply to a- urrllous newspaper article o! this N

who.

political accusation in the terms that I was

“What is this alleged secrecyout oi which a. bogey is being made? In order to constitute such s damning accusation the charge must involve two elements. The

Q. s o . an e soc-

lmsdard i pirbliclt dug“ w y adminis- sizppressed publicity grossly beneath the iormer stan-

dard.

"Mr. Bentley justifies his imitat- ment by this statement: that he “usual oiiioes or sources of iniormation to ilnd out ii any returrtsor reports were pub-

ihe . uh ration oi the Pro- been

1037, two years ago. when consoli- Prohibition Act was this House, I called

TRUCK urns AT BURDEN Alli PllilTESTEli

Board Of Trade To Interview L 0 c al Government With Nominal Rates In View.

markable Achievement In Law ghgﬁpéxgez‘ Enforcement ..-. trftsmlt siesta. htéw; in Q16 OOIWCYiDQ 0f M0001‘ VChlCiﬂ

to and from the Province, which is a. restraint oi trade," tihe Coun- cil o! the Charlottetown Board oi ‘Trade declared in a resolution de- clared in a resolution passed at s special session yesterday afternoon. ‘Ilhc resolution was aimed per- ticulariy at rate-s on motor truck traiiic. As an illustration oi "ittie

every member oi the RCMP. and , Pl s" <3»- MM or w» new ""°'&‘."°§‘.l.i""%’m.§3lit%° ‘ii-w etwlihﬁ“.lt’a“df..iitna "‘~"“=="*"==>l"“"e“"* Mt ma“, ‘Emma n m“ th e motor truck carrying iive

“V 3 ° - of third cl bear me out in this statement.

noun-sperm ions bring Italian-girth“

equivalent to travelling "gas" miles at three cents per mile. or ten miles to the gallon of soline.

President oi the Board. Mr. C . Bissett with the council would presenting

the . resolution esterda- no. i» -

bring he matter to the sbten ion oi’ Ilederslauttrorities and that the Federal Government in turn instruct the Canadian National Rail/ways among otheridiings to "make such nominal may charges as will iuliill the terms oi Con- iederotion, as expressed by the Sen ‘ Tourist Committee. so that the industrial and ommrercial liie oi Prince Edward Island shall be given the {iillest opportunity (or

devedopmen . v

Mr. J. 0. Hyndmen rrievea the resolution. full text oi which D051! M; the end of this ‘artice while the seoondcrwss Mr. R. E. Mulch. In addition Lieut. Col. G. E. Full and 1th‘. E. '1‘. Riggs took part in discussion. Other members oi the council premit were Secre- tary W. L. l-llggins, Donald and Arthur Wrighrt. It was pointed out the Bummer- slde and Montague Board oi Trade

lr_sd evimislyjlidoreed the reso- (Continued on page O. Col i)

European Tension lleprosses Prices At London Fur Auction

LONDON. March M-(CP Cable) —Eur an tension depressed pri- ces resulted in sales 0t

cent oi a record March o ier-

s oi 50.841 silver iox skins-

l majority oi’ which were Canadian

at ih dson‘e Bay Company's (lit end .

compet lion in the bid-

mited there was a steady

demand r full sti skins at

l

ver ‘l lﬁﬂ per cent decline camper

economic relations."

a country.”

(ll p. It. A81‘) “Millie

WASHINGTON, March Zl-State ‘Secretary Cordell Hull, declaring Chancellor Hitler's latest moves had threatened the peace oi the world» called today for “the support o! all nations for law and order and sound

FORT ERIE, 01st,, March M-lnlnigntion officials here tonight they had reduced admittance to Canada to Vera llruba, Creche- Slovekian figure-skating liar, on the ground she is a peoaoasfwithout

CHAWAMuelsM-‘Ihehanl-Cauada Air-Una plane one goodwill ﬂight to Vancouver and return tarlane,‘ Maritime Government oiiieiale reprltnlﬂivﬂ w»: jun" mm Uplauda Airport an at 1o

eanyingagroopatparilamen- andlontrealandTorontooivio null‘!

. _--- OTTAWA, March ld-Conservaiive leader Mani-on tonight I?‘

w y r s. There was no demand ior o er colors and the iew soles showed a l2 1-2 cent loss while low grades -d ed 10 P0!’ (‘.811 Ave

as. ver 64s, : hree quarto

odes 36s

id: . . th ord : 100s, m, 46s. 206s, ebagwlthd

MONTREAL PUB AUCTION Maids 24 -

oithn at the was

arter- silver.

y...

Hlef

declines vmcel in bid hu- auction here, t (on ht by the e

ioxee i ll or! in compared with

wait on the Provincial Government with

' rle (in illings no Griz 55nd eﬁhtignstiil/er, w” ‘nub

international’ Developments At A Glance

(By The Canadian Prone)

iat- spule

e an in Sunday

io tore; Musolini nounoe future p

speech.

LONDON-Growing agitation ior compulsory military service and oil iﬁiiivdlilitmair" ‘inst; ‘hi?

n. France and in in anti-Hitler declaration.

BERLIN — Hitler returns irom Meme], approves plans for launch- ing rmanyb second ammo-ton arrangements tor celebration his 50th birth-

Government im- inoome tax."

BRATISLAViL- Fighting contin- {ics along Hungarian-Slovak iront- er.

RUN

BUDAPEST — German minister believed to have asked explanation Slovak encounters during two visim (‘o Hungarian foreign o ice.

BUCHARESW Prospective for- eign exchange shortage looms as result Ituntaulels new trade pact

_ Germany.

‘ seasonal-a warships W! _ 5°11" 9°‘! .. _ ‘ reagg m“ n“ lg

e59 landing.

Sudden Death 0f Mrs. Andrew Maollair Yesterday

'.l‘he many friends and acquaint- ’ oi Mm. Andrew MaoNair-yrili

demise at her home in Rtchmo Street yesterday Mirs. Maori had been laid as sometime with

complete recovery, and was able to be up part oi the day. Yester- day afternoon alter luncheon she

with and on

pmeessmiataeoemmmwuenweaieenseuurerusoiiaene-WNMYIM '3" 0W» V‘ pertinent to peanut the creams-lea er osmium ermnnda Wﬁgldﬁawdﬁi 5. “hi: mreurhmmuemus-rairpeumenwmnvieeaaaeeeeiu ore-in mic htwmviag-éatgaii-a " ' . 10ml A. uloo-eperatlvecemnomvealthrederatten-eheeiuawereeppoeelr- w”, '.v¢1|.‘ . qr ' page; Rhﬂgolﬂlarehlde-Ptliyotflﬂﬂlltllillﬂl-Yllﬁﬂ‘ Iflllil- i _ _, m" whom ca. Joanne:- eeusuaapuoueuorwieirur-Iileenmrwnsavelfmkﬂ- TabIeStockTubers~ '9'. “mm” '-._ » ’ two ........__....._........~ weuieaeudrqnnmeruummmtiﬁ -~ r N . t- ah usnvhmm ma“ I ‘ v‘ Vi‘ - I.’ I Eti- I'll“)

AIIVENTIIRERS llnuml room (om: su llllP

Bostonians Tell Of Thrilling Exper- iences On 7,000-mile South Sea Voyage.

YORK. Match 24—(A.P)— d, broke but happy, three adventurous young Bimtonians who sailed the il-foot brigantrne mor- ence C. Robinson on a 7.000-miie V" Ilse to the South Seas returned w ay aboard the Japanese Liner Kinks. Mai-u

Bringing tales oi’ hurricane, iiro and near-death at sea-counter- pointed by memories o! glamorous girls in Tahiti “so beautiful you couldn't believe it"-—the happy-go lucky trio had just one idea: ‘We can't w go

raw ﬁsh and loved said "the O‘Toole"—red-

mace O'Toole, 30. an a: t. the girls with their long jet hair. beautiful teeth an —"

"Anc umphl" interrupted Arthur Hansen, a Boston Herald hom- gmpher who grew e, iull-i owing, beard" radiantlv red, on the four- months expedition

"50 Hours 0i Nightmare"

The (hind member oi the grou was Eddie Buggies, a. cartoonis . with e ht others, all bachelors, under - e command 0i Capt. Ster- ling Hayden oi Moniclair N. J., 22-

ear-old Skiper oi the oicnoe C. Q1 set sail 22

$- iors the brig couldbe

. Miners Injured

. ' a e hrough "50 hours oi nightmare" when a. hurricane struck their cumbersome little Windjammer in the Gull Stream

‘Incn tire broke out in the gall , midway on a MOO-mile stretch which they sighted neither land nor sail. Hansen was credi with saving the brigantlne by crawling under the sink in the flaming galley and smothering the blaze with a ‘mm?’ E hut. t m1 ta

' en our par-m , ee whomwsshswlear 1 mat “m: foul wee er n e r g, go gown oveiiilroagg." O'Toole recount-

Kenneth Butler oi Mt. Vernon, N. Y., one oi the party, jumped overboard in the high Sea; to rescue lolseta and was nearlyndrowned be-

ought about

to gigk him up.

' e parrot was still alive and still cussing ieebly, but she died and we buried her with iuil cere-

mqlzil‘- .'_T9_l¢_.sai(! (Continued on page 9, Col B)

Four Springhili

In Rake Accident

SPRINGHHaL, N. 8., March 24- (OP)—1"our miners were injured-

Nova scotia colliery town.

Joseph Stephenhari; suiiered ab- dominal in uriee and a pomiblo broken b . His recove L; doubt- iul. Jack McDonald ho his arm broken. Jim Thompson suliercd bruises and Amos Ross injuries to his back and i

ace. The accident occurred at the 400- ioot level on the ianwsv slope when the riding ra a string oi cars- wa; ascending. Btephenhart was caught against the roof. Before An- Blhli ham chain ruzﬁngruln c rge o e e, signs e e hoist engineer the train ceded upward a considerable d anee. . Btephenhart was crushed a. sinst ( McDonald, ‘mom n an Boss below him. MbDona d and Stephen- Aiart ere in hospital. t.

24-—(AP)

WELL. Wyo, March Dur ah -haired

closing in to the hiding Io-year-oi raw meet es pen .

John Cawthrop, Inn-and used as a shot his way atlon-

ai gavel: Wut%%n‘ E cities; gist." ozﬁrawe“"“‘h replied ' ba

was be- e otdthe

Came J ~ druggiet, who the bank a: t’ um 80m across

. Ga . throp went 'i‘li'e

think

sed on Wednesday night Premier Campbell wee able yes- terday to bring down the public accounts for the Fhlll year ending December 31, 1938. As will be seen ‘from I following statements thedeticit on ordinary account was -

$80,113.49, and the increase in '

with the Federal Governme ments, the (will of the public accounts this year i! we'll“ W5"

cnt from that o! past years. _ the Government presented likewise a copy o! the accents aceeelill v ,

to the old set-up, to enable members

Insurance Murder

one so sslrglonixily Blake msyélérottrelcgdver PHIL“) M

— a r r o ac en ay -

in the Cumbe 1 nu co l company's (APl-Jll e H!" S MQDCIli-i- PEN \ $ number two rxniane at ‘this northern Wm) W981 5d 8t B recent lXI-illl- c L AND m

shoe-murder trial which resulted in the oonvictiom-wlth the death pen- slt —-oi Merman Petrlllo, declared

to believe upwards oi met (poison) deaths phia

are chec ing “sooics" 0i Pennsy Jersey w

ment 0i .~50.000 to $100,000 in quest- iomsbl$ c

.ANTIGONISH. N. 8-, March %— OP)--Rev. O. C. later oi St. James United Church here, died in hospital today irom infiuenn. He was 62

‘Desperate Fug yin Attempted Bank Hold-up

beak and killed himself with one oi his six-shooters. lot into bank president b- Durimd ad

ﬂﬂe shot late the he la

e possemen hrs and S7 millimetre mine iormed a on Sawtooth Noun amend slowlgbﬁloeed Mm P ﬂﬂﬂ W Dim! 20 i cl k atrial wheneIie Irodiﬁve slipped mince and orced in M)

nine deputy

"g “am... t... ,..rr.r.~s .

Annual lubeerlpﬂol lleltvdol UM " 1 B1IILI—P-I-LII.X|UIIQII’IIIIU-I-I§ ‘

DEB? ’ GO V’T,

OPublic Accounts‘ Show Staggering

‘Economy/Record Another Heat?‘ Deficit Year

In Place Of Promised “Balanced

Budget”, With Total Debt In-

crease Of Over $2,000,000 Since

Last Election The debate on the Speech having unexpectedly ediﬁ-

llabllltles $1,249,856.32.

Itmnybestaiedthatinaoomdanoewiihﬂsean-alﬂmﬂil'$“ I'll lllil "10 other Clﬂh‘ W197i!‘ Hui

But m» the oonvenlﬂsomo! the mambo“ to make commas-isms. ORDINARY BIVINUI

For, the fiscal year ended 31st. Decenrbm’, 1080. l. DOMINION GOVERNMENT

(A) Subsidies 06411313! (B) 01d Age Pensions . 115,701.56 . (c) nsrectneliﬂ- V , 10.40am (D) Mmerniesaﬂrﬂeliéi“ " " " ‘ (E) Blind. Pensions 7828.18 ii. TAXES (A) mud ‘m: $89,411.36 (B) Personal Proper-try ‘liar 13,656.!!! (C) Income Tax 50,701.?! (D) Road Tax 88,731.42 (E) Dog Tex 3.40158 (F) Corporation Taxes , (1) Banks more» (i) Chain Btoree 0,201.00 (3) Electric Paws Oomlpmies 8,036.21 (4) Acceptance Corporations 850.00 (5) I-‘lre Insurance Vs u! Companies 13,441.76 (ii) Steamship Companies 400.00 (7) Teleﬂﬂilih Co. 800

(8) Telephone Co. 2,857.63 ‘ (9) Trust 6: Loan

Companies 3,084.42

(lo) Lite msumnoe

Companies 12.90235

(ii) Accident and

Guarantee Cos. 1.0mm

(12) Dorniciied Cm. 50,354.21 126,821.61

(G) C. N. R. Tax 409mm l

§9E§i£‘.‘°§-£P;i!'.". new‘ F‘? 1-_-__-_-_-_.=-,

Racket Probed

I (lie _ ’ fnrric. OFT-‘(CER s

Tamper. ARE 80TH

v “We have every ocd reason o0 persons

in Philadel- alone." j

ators have reported they

deaths in lv-mia, New York and New iich resulted in the pay-

aims on insurance. REV. C. C. MACINTOSH DIES

Macintosh, Min-

itive Killed w»

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if

eogA

ti)? euasnsié

After Durand had tired the bul- ‘ hk tread Bob Nelle picked

n, the up the rifle upped man's on the bank

m n d ﬂoor. with trench inor-

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hunted ior a

days, aiffher m‘ to ' avoid 20$ sentence tor

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