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' at Sourls yes- terkdacyynirdiilfiil rial. William Lutz. Little River, between lo p.m-. Mary n; 1o gm,’ May at or near R0110 ay, came to his death by drowltllng ‘under mknown cir-

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“$.12, a. llclnlian. or. amid- 3d over the uty which included 1,, Doucette, orman- Henry Wt" ers; Alphonsus Mcbonald; John fleagle; John Doucette; and Joe- gph MoAuiay. all of R0119 Bay. _

Witnesses at yesterdays hearing "minded, Victor, Elmer, and Ken- neih Biaokett, brothers, and all of Lime River; Capt. Lawrence Lalinigan Sourls est; Alex G11- 1m, Sourls; and Lester Johnson, of Fortune Bridge.

The evidence of Victor Biackett which was corroborated for the most art by his brothers, was that tiiey, the three brothers and Lutz had been drinking in Sourls 5nd had been quarreiling among themselves. Witness said after the qusrrelling was over. all four got

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iiisastrous Floods In Northern Anatolia

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ISTANBUL. July 30—-(R.eutsrs) _Three hundred persons are fear- ed dead. 500 were iniursd and thousanrb made homeless by - estrous floodlit after torrential rain in aaric tural districts of Amssla Samsun. near the Black Sea coast of northern Anatolia, it was learned today.

Rivers still were rising Wei‘!- ehere in the region.

Headwaters inundated thous- ands oi acres of fields. dcstroylhl the harvest.

Coming Events

"rails-res - ‘phi-id. Thursday. "ltlovies so ‘r5281. tonirlw- "Talkies - c-JSZ Cove Friday. "Talkies — Cjpzud. Saturday- daalTnlklos — $1.0m Wednes-

d"l‘alkles—Cepe Traverse. Tm!"- ay.

"Pleasant valley Ios Cesm Fes- tival, July 31st.

"Kelly's cmss Picnic Wednes- day, July 31st. a i

“Dance, I-‘rench River Thursday, Alwust 1st.

"Dance. Fortune‘ Hall Thursday. August 1st. Burke's Orolieotfa-

"Dance. Lyndale School. Thurs- dsy_ August 1st. Lunches.

"Dance. St. Peter's I-Isll, Thurs- ‘ day. August 1st. Rollie Mackenzie‘: Orchestra.

, "Box Social in Covehead Com- ‘ mllnliv Hall, Wednesday. July 31st.

"Kings County Plowa Match Ind Horse Show, Wedn ay, Sept. lh. Over $600.00 in Prizes.

“Come to the Ice Oream and Dance in Indian _R.ivsr School Friday. Aug. 2nd» Bale oi lunches.

"Ice Cream ‘Festival and Dance,‘ l Upper Belle River School, Frids

August 2nd. Eff-l

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"Don't miss Danes h ml. ei-aesiey Point, Friday.

“Unload car 3 C. W. Oltl, Tlmdav an Wednesday. Bring KS- Dillon l Spillltti

“Dance. Credit Union

Hail. gggleigipl, August 1st. Webster's "Orientation Meet - Oyster fls ltliiiikirhhdi.’ trawl?" Pgtziigzilitckir 8 50 D. D. '1‘. y for Dmon &- gfilxeoo! new‘, n stock. "In ma: oats an Mn. blrl areal’ t. M - M , gm.- ..m _ . 0L. l-“in ffim . . Jog-tut.‘ “fall and reo-eslnnsn in std of _' I i" "i “h-‘Elx- ' “M or d.“ c. “it-fi- "Inim "Ti-T ' ’ - QOTMm. wit’ I u. "" '" so." ._ _.

“Uukuown Qirculnstiiiices” Figure In Finding Of Souris Coroners Jury

.Douglas Heath, R.C,M.P,

y, Union supported Vice-Premier Ed-

into Capt. Gardner's fishing smack and started for Little Riv- er about 7.30 ‘pm. ay 25. The smack was tow rig Elmer Blackews boat and the boat belonging to William Lutz. After running for some time. the engine in the smack broke down and Lutz and the witness 0t out of the smack and started or home in Lutz's boat. Witness said the Lutz boat ran some dis- tance and the engine then stopped. The had a case of beer onboard. Whi e the boat was stopped. E1- mer and Kenneth Blackett left the smack. got into their boat and came alongside of the Lutz boat and took the beer from the Lutz bost. Witness went back to the smack with his two brothers and left Lutz alone in his boat. The three brothers witness claimed, then went back to Souris ilblhe smack with Capt. Gardner and did not see Lutz any more. The Crown was represented by S. S. Hessian, KC, and Cpl Souris.

liarmony Marks Second Day 0f Conference

Publicity For All Conference Deliberat- ions Approved.

(By The Associated Prom)

PARIS. July 80—Primsp;Minlstcr Atties and stats Bears Byrnes uf the United States eac had a hand today in strengthening iinc voice of the small powers 1n the 2i-power European peace confer- ence.

Mr. Aitiee said the Big Four powers “should not be unrespons- ive to the ideas of the nations. especially those nations who hove contributed so much to vlciflflh"

North America. Asia. Austral- asia and Africa had been drawn iii-to two wars caused by the failure of the peoples of Europe to live together." and “it is theft?- iore only right that those who Live on those continents should loin the European representatives in seeking to make an enduring peace."

Mr. Byrnes piedued United States support for any chimges in the Big Four treaty drafts, sought by a two-thirds vote of all 2i powers.

I-Ils declaration. plainly stating the American 005131011 fliiflinit BY"; hitrary rejection oi smaller coun-, tries‘ recommendations for thi nnal treaty drafts. came after tho powerful rules committee approved the principle oi compiele piibllfl- 1t_v for all conference deliberat- ions.

The four-power ooiuicil of for- eign ministers. which drew the treaty drafts submitted to this conference, invited the l7 other countries to express their view-i- The four powers. however. did not bind themselves to accept Bnv W‘ visions which might be suscesird by the smaller powtrfi-

The second day of the confer- iiri "i will”: b” ‘ "M

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giltll Henri 5058K 0i 3915mm was elected permanent chairman of this rules committee by l1 13' to-‘i vote after s rotflwied 5'5"‘ ment during wh ch the Soviet

- i . "b3. “fiiiiil. °’...?Zi“""di3" “van-e states promptly supported“?- Klrdell‘) for bvice-ciltgimrflnfin t °

l3 C OICH Y SOC " WA moment later Russlas titli-

‘Breakwaters At

llgiiish To Be Reconstructed

UPPAWA, July U —(6peclai)- Tenders for the reconstruction and repair of the breakwater: at TignlshJ-larbor. Prince County. close om August 7. it was stated today by engineers of the Public Works Department. Both north and south breakwaters. it is ed- mittod. are in badly run-down condition and (putting them in serviceable con ition will necessit- ate an outlay of about s45,000ac- cording to departmental estimat- es. . _

Pressure to have the work under- taken this summer rand fall has been placed on Works Minister Alphonse Fournier and senior of- ficials of the department by J. Watson MacNaught, Liberal mam- ber for Prince. He represented that in their present condition the breakwaters are unserviceable and a detriment to shipping and fish- ing activities in the region.

It is understood that if tenders are notgoo far above the govern- ment estimate and materials are z-n view. Mr. MacNaughVs repre- sentations will he considered fav- orably. Harbor improvements Tignish include reconstruction of some 545 feet of the south break- water together with replacement of end blocks. and repairs to 230 feet of the north breakwater to-

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gate accepted the Unmd '5"‘“” plea for free access to conference sealant. ‘orhdxlstzgrlgolgiriiil. was

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nether with reconstruction. of an-

_i.ot1icr 96-foot section. ,1 The successful contractor must

engage to give job priority towar veterans of Prince Edward Island and to keep o list, of veterans of the district who have applied for work. Minimum wages on tha- contracl are fixed at from 4D cents an hour for watchmen to 30

cents an hour for hl-ghly skilled workers and foreman. Specifications for the Tlgnish

job call for belt quality tlmbcr treated so as to withstand ravages of insect pests and the wear and tear oi weather conditions.

Sllediac May ,

Be Evacuated

MONCTON. N. 3.. July 30 - A change in wind today brought new worries to an estimated 1.000 fire-fighters battling a menacing forest fire which has burned vii-- iously for three days and brought special trains to the northeastern summer resort town of Shediac for possible evacuation.

The wind shift. brought new dangerfin the Wlsener Road area ivhcrc it threatened to cons the flames into new timber and slat-n and endanger residences Ln the Cooks Brook and Harrisville sect-

Canners Unco

000,000 order for Canadian

the Maritime banner or fisherman. an official of a prominent Char- lottetown canned-fish exporting firm told the Guardian yesterday.

According to the official, canned

the

Canadian packer has to offer.

Unrra’s Cancellation Of 3O Million Dollar Order

I UNR-RAs cancellation of a $30.- canned fish will not adversely affect either

fish have been s scarce commodity on the shelves of the Canadian retailer for the past few years and domestic demmr-ti today can easily absorb all canned fish the

As a matter oi fact, LINRRA] price for canned mackerel. her- ring and chicken huddle was ai- wuys below that of the domestic market, the Guardian's informant said. He could not understand why

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any Msrithne cannery. putting up

a. article, would have to switc

it? fresh and smoked fish produc- on.

At present the export of canned mackerel, herring or chicken had- die to the United States is not per- mitted. UNRRNs cancellation ll such a large order might induce Otbaiwa to relax its regulations so that in the event of Maritime pr..- duction exceeding Canadian con- sum tiorl». there would be an cu;- let the United States for the surplus product. However. there is believed to b9 no caiuse tor anx-

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WEST, July 30—At lelfi five persons were killed in crash of a two-engined airplane near here today.

At Vaidosts, Ga., Dr. Frank Bird said he had» communicated with an airbase at Enid, Okla., and was advised that an army plane en route from Maxwell Field, Ala, to Enid was nus-sing.

Dr. Bird sat-d his son, BlliyBird, a prisoner of the Japanese dur- iniz the war. was a passenger a- board the plan-e.

ieetg respectin the rice of can- n fish for he n yen or two at least.-

‘liungary To As Price 0f

PARIS. four leading Allied powers pro- posed tonight to assess Hunzary $300,000,000 in reparations as one price for eace.

The Uni ed States. the United Kingdom and France, however, split sharply with Russia over the rights o1’ foreign business to op- erate in Hungary, which quit the war as a German satellite six months before the Allied victory.

The United States also reserved the right to fight against mpos- ing a bI-g debt on the countiyv. which virtually has collapsed economically in a wave oi inflat- ion.

The four major powers agreed .unanirnou‘a1irl-te - crush . to ~ - once the military power of tho stair’.

0n the economic state of the c; fry, Russian and the tiree western powers prepared for a

peace-conference duel before the i7 smaller fighting powers they summoned to help write the treat- ies.

In the draft of a pro osed trouty with Hungary, the nlted States took a stand fc-r the privi- leges oi business mon of the Unit- ed Nations and won the support of the United Kingdom and France.

All four countries agreed that business firms of the Unitel Flat- ions should get. "most-favored- nation" treatment in Hungary in all businesses except those which have become state monopolies, but

ion. In other sections it was re- ported to have provided {ESXIllOi for weary fighters.

Although the hlnze had reduce-i. the hc-autl-ful Calssie Cape colony tn ruins, levelling over 20 suln-' .121“ homes, no casualties were ro-s ported. Thirty-five girl campers from the Y.M.C.A. camp Y's Acres had to be evacuated by motor launch.

Meanwhile. more favorable re- ports flowed in from the scone of Now Brunsw1ck’s other major fire-embattled area. L.D. Binck._ district forester, in charge of fighting the fire which at: one stage threatened the town Richibucto, reported that although it was still burning "fiercely" to-

day the situation was regarded as “fairly favorable and under control."

Fire-fighters in both centers

said that a two or three-day rain- fall would he required to halt the flames from spreading.

Moncton itself was given a practical indication of thé fires’ uearnoss today as winds carried pails of smoke over the city. The fires in the Shedlac region ore a~ little over 12 miles from here.

Chief Forrester Ci. L. Miller of Fredericton inspected the burning arca from the air, bringing back information to fire-fighting crews. He estimated the area covered by active and near-dormant fires at 50 square miles.

Gilbert Orossman, deputy fire chief of a crew from Backvillo, was reported in a serious condit-

Mr. Molotov will b! m‘ m“ speaker tomorrow-

‘ 1 pggag Wlllflll Ill‘. AHJM 111195 ‘the mu“ o‘

nun‘ stio gmahmxtévstgni-flca on , Atties ‘ cautioned: "l-M "l

never iorset “m”? “d ‘hall -=- ii‘»“u"'°.i?;.."‘.$.aiir§"l~-g;g ends if ascension i‘ ..

I ‘o m]; (h; AlllGd Nltltlfll. “in; Minister Went! told the delegates they 1W“ P“ mm!‘ . tenna which would foster ti; r - mm “Olfifl t“ use.‘ n‘

11110194 l5 "WM than‘ v iicc-i in Moncton hospital toirght there had Ne" tiftifligle dalQfQflfit with one leg crushed, The accid- giluglltsgzi“ awn ’ J a m k b-‘llllhen lctl l] lilo"

er s u ozer-a on ra er conference "all" mm“ “mm which ran over his leg, it was re- the situation. rted. '

For many of the workers-regu- isrJorest firefighters and 11nd- reds of men recruited from the district-it has been eleven weary days of almost constant struggle. The fires first broke out eleven days ago. were later brought indel- contr , but flared up anew din-- ing the weekend.

Efforts of the crews new are mainly directed toward _utt1n; flrebrealts u out off the flames’ advance.

Olilli —(@) - ovsrnmsnt has loans for war veter- ia has been

trim may have been. there is not a nation represented hers that

Russia asked for special treatment for "neighboring countries."

Hungary ls bounded hy Russia. Romania. Yugoslavia, Austria and

zechoslovakia.

Russia claimed $200,300,000 worth of Hungarian commodities. with another $100,000,000 worth going to Czechoslovakia and Yugo- slavia. But _the proposed trcaty's only major footnote stated that the United States "reserves the

right to reopen this question at the peace conference." Hungary's armed forces, mics

large enough to~contribute 700000 men to Hitler's cause. Will be shrunk to i-l0th of their pre-war size under the treaty's military provisions. Of these 70,000 men, the treaty specifies 5.000 as the maximum personnel for an alr- force of 90 planes.

The treaty specifically forbids Hungary's new airforce to include bombers. but the 5,000 limit set. o1 airforce ersonnci represents is 500-man ncreasc over the estim- ated strength of Hungary's re- war air corps. Only '10 of 90 a lot-

ted planes may be combat type aircraft.

Another treaty clause assures the continued presence of Rus-

sian troo s. blamed by the foreign secretarlc of the United States and Britain as contributing to Hungary's economic chaos. Pro- claiming Russia's right to protect her communication lines to the Soviet-occupied zone of Austria, the treaty specifics that Russia may keep "such armed fones as it may need" in Hungary. Other Allied forces are to be withdrawn within D0 days of the signing of the treaty.

Hungary's frontiers will rovcrt

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could alone have indefinitely held out against the Axis tyranny."

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Millions In Reparations

i July 30 -—(APl-—-Tht‘ t0

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k pre-war dimensions. with Hungary returning to Ro-rtnnia half of Transylvania it received in the German redistribution of European territory nearly six years ago.

Transylvania To Be Returned ‘l’ o Romania

"Soviet Russia To Receive $300,000,000 In Reparat- ions.

PARIS, July so _ (API — T"? 131g Four povzers agreed unani- mously tonight to return ‘Prat:- sylvonia to Romania from l-Iung- qry and charge the oil-rich Ger- man ally $3000f0.000 ill rfii-iflffl" ticrr. to be paid in Rlusslu

The treaty draft disclosed a split, with Russ-la and the Unite‘- states dissenting from a British proposal over restoration .\f dam- age to Romania's nil lndufltli’;

Britain Dropovd this DTQVBW" in the treaty:

"The complete restoration and replacement of oamsized or des- troyed property belonging in Un- lted Nations engaged in tne petro- leum, industry l’i R/emanic. shall recelvg priority over the reestora- of other property in. Jtonlania," and falling this within one year. ‘m9 RI]- manisn government undertakes ‘w pay. convertible currency equx- alent to the assessed value of the property" _

(British interests owned consid- erable interests in the Romanian oil fields.)

Great Britain proposed further- that Romania should compensate United Nations oeroleum interests for the expense o.‘ provisional re- pairs and should undertake "to make the necessary alterations An the labor law to allow ail employ- vees selected byJhe United Nations nationals to enltr Romania arri to exercise their respective pro- ixslons in the petroleum industry of Romania without let or hinder- ance "

The United States and Russia, in notes incorporated in 1.18 drafz. said the subject was covered in‘ general clauses dealing with tho restoration of Allied property in Romania and that they saw no reason to include arw special pro- visions for oil.

Drafts of terms for considera- tion by the lifum een peace con- ference discloaed i at Romania like other Balkan enemy countries, will be required to cut her navy and sirforoes to a fraction of pro-war levels.

Figures proposed by the foreign mnistcrs council are:

An army of 120,000 personnel

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Declares War 0n Montreal Underworld

MONTREAL, Juiy 30 -— (CPI- Less than 24 hours after his a0- pointment to head the police de- partment’; morality squad. Lieut Gabriel Piche today declared open war 0n the Montreal underworld as the resignation cf the man vthom he succee-ied, Capt. Arthur, Tache. awaited the ruling tixnor- row of the DOli-we bureaps discip-_ ilnaqay board.

“ e gambling dens and under- world hests will stav closed once Tald€<i—3.'ie'l for keeps." he said “Our Objective is to hit them again and. again, making surc always that they are knocked on: of bu.- iness with no hope of reopening after our raids "

He said s plan of action he was studying would be put into force soon by the 43-17157! morality squad.

At the same ‘ime Deputy Dir- eotor Alfred Swinger. reversing his decision of icsterday. said he would not take the responsibility for dccfpllng Capt. Taches resigns tinn. handed m soon after his sus- pension yesterday on orders of Pa. lice Direct-or Ferriand Dufresne, Deputy Director Belzng-er i5 actlp

lng Director Dufrcsnes vacattikon,

Au orltativc our 1d i that should ihesrllsgiglinsilrv of hlah 1I>0llce qiflclals refuse the YF-‘Signation several charges. one 1r.- ‘Qjggllilig gleie acceptance of a bribe. Tache llessed against Capt Another charge was said to oe film on e detailed plan allegedly left behind by Capt, Tune be“), eiving for a two-week vacation for raids to be carried out "at i; specific hour nrd a specify,- date '- MA minor occurrence today 4., ontrcals unfolding tale

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Commons Committee To Meet Union Representatives

OTTAWA. JlllY 30 - i The Commons lndustria‘ Rela- tions Commtitea today authorizei its steering commitee to mac; a delegation oi five or six oi tho union representatives scheduled to arrive in Ottawa tomorrow ,‘ Arrangements for rum: and-flir-

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8o to Ottawa were made inst week by the Canadian Congress o: Labor, urice ualonde iL-Labelie) committee chairman, informed the committee today the union repre- sentatives would oe assembled in n park near the patliameni iziiil:lin--. and members would have en opportunity to meet. them there.

France In Grip 0f cillilllllltflllll§ Strike

(By The Associated Prod) PARIS. July 30—Frnnce today was held in the grip of a 10-hour internal communications strike by 200,000 postal, telegraph and is“. phone workers just as Put; peace conference was getting down to business. - The strike. called for l0 houn, ended on schedule at 2 pm.

The workers walked out at 4 am. to bring pressure on the gov- ernment for higher wages and appeared 100 per cent effective wherever the unions celled out their members.

The strikers left workers at ol- ficss to give emergency service. Emergency service included sc- ceptance of telegrams to or from the peace conference delegates. the Foreign Ministry, health eer~ vices and in distress cases.

Press wireless and agencieswith direct leased wires running out oi the country were allowed to func-