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Threat To Rome-Eer- lin Axis Seen In Austrian Cabinet Shake-up.

w. P. ivy Guardian's Special Wire)

VIENNA. Feb. iii-The Cabinet oi (‘llnncelior Kurt Von Srhuseh- “p; “as revised tonight with the idiiiiion of two ministers sym- pliiitfiit’ tnlvarzl Nazi Germany.

- Dr. Arthur Von Bevz-Inquafl. who enjoys the contidencc oi’ Chancellor Hitler of Germany was united Minister of Interior. u

tin which he will control Aus-

s’; police forces.

A" exponent o! pun-German [tells-clam union of the two German-speaking penples—l‘rot‘rs- tor itrdamnrilcil, was made Min- ktcr oi’ Justice. _

A third (tel-mull symnathlzcr, 0r. Edmund (iiaisc-llorstcilau. nus reappointed to the revised czlinuct ll Ziliuistel- without portfolio.

Another newrelnel‘ to the cabinet vi: Ludlvl: ilsiab, llRlilPti Mulls- ier 0t Cnnlnlercc. A long-lilac’ friend of the late Chancellor Eng- elbert Doilfuss.

Raabs flmleiniillellt was consid- ered in a measure to counter-bal- ance Nazi influence in the nelv.‘ tabled.

More Conservative

lhe rcallgiled cabinet. whi‘e representing a conceishl to Ger- many. was described as more eon- uryiativo than had been expected enter. , it was particularly noted that} Chancellor Von Schuschnigg him-l sell retained the defence portfolio, which sonic sources reported Hit- ler had demanded for a pro-Nazi. Till‘ Chancellor gave up the iorcizn affairs portfolio to Dr. Guido Schmidt. whom he promot- ed to iui‘. ministerial rank. Dr. Schmidt previously served as sec- "iiiry of‘ state for foreign affairs. llthough ill practice he carried on a: main duties of the foreign of- e

The new cabinet was accepted by President Wilhelm Mlklas after long coilfercnccs with Von Schus- tfhnigg and his ministers.

Outcome of Parley

‘File drnnlatic move carried out Dians illnde bv the Austrian Chall- cellor and llitler in a talk they had Saturday at Der Fuchrcrs Berchiesgariril retreat. just across

time “egotist- toured:

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"Borden rink tonight. Tip T011 Tlflsue, Cape Traverse Three Stars‘ Yo. Terrnillililes, skate aitcr. L-GO.

"Junior league hockey at New ("Meow tonight, Maple Leafs vs. Junior Inlperials: l-lope Rlvcr vs. South Rllstico, doubleheader. L-50.

"l-lockey tonight at Marsllfield. DiiIYWInaae Red Wings vs. York "Btrs. league game. Carnival Friday. February 1s. 14-58.

"Hist. Royalty Rink tonight list Royalty Royals vs. Charlotte- town Bruins; Royal Sisters vs. Married Men. Skate after. 11-54.

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OTTAWA. Feb. 15-—Chankes 1r); election laws zicsiizned to curb cor- ruption will be made this year. it was announced by Prime Minister Mackenzie Kinz today durini: the storlnust sitting the House of Com- mons tias seen this session.

Charlies and counter-charities flew across tho green-carpeted chamber and the zalleryltes saw party lead- ers drown into n heated discussion with the buttons off the fofls.

Tile debate started when the youngest nlember o! the House. Rene Pcllcticl- (SC-Peace River) proposed u. motion to establish a special colnnlitlcc to invesntzatc statements ulodc earlier in the ses- sion bv Conservative leader Bell- nett tint: political orzutlizers were inokinc levies on government con- tractors. _

1t ended with Mr. Pcllctlel" with- (ii'ti'»\'i‘iiZ ills nlotion because he did not realise it involved want-oi- cniliitiflllif‘ ill tile izovcrlllnent and Liberal nleinbels could not sliDbort it il‘ they wanted t0 retain tile MZUJRCHZIC King administration in uolvi r. ' _

Before the debate finished how- ever. the social (Jretliters were ac- ('.=l$C(i of ofierilll: the bieilest. elec- tion bribe in Catiadab political his- i0i‘\'——i‘ilOlliiliV dividends of $25.

Premier Mackenzie Kind circled the Conservative leader or any other member a House committee investigation it he would stand up and make definite charges ot elec- wral corruption. not vague rumors.

Prime Minister Promises Change‘ In Election Laws “.To Curb Corruption.”

The Prime Minister said Com- munists and Fascists were attempt- inlz to undermine parliament's 1n- fluence in Canada and substitute a dictatorship and no member should aid them by besmlrchlnz democracy and its institutions. _

No member. the Prime Minister stated "has the courage to make aizainst any member of this govern- ment or this l-Iouse....until mem- bers are prepared‘ to make a specific charlie they should cease maklnu izeneral allezatiotls which they are not brave enough or have not suf- ficient knowledze. to substantiate in any shape oriorm."

The Conservative leader said he had llotllinz to subtract from what. he said originally but he wlvilt-d to make it clear he did not. refer to anv member of the House.

“Iii” suicl Mr. Bennett. "there has been anv bosmircliini: of the llenor of lmrlianlcnt and ii the Yeuuizltlon of Dtlfiiflliifllli- has been lowered in tile public mind. it had its 0112111 in the Beaullarnols scandal as ev- crvolle knows."

Finance Minister entered the stormy _ Pcilctici" motion was “a. liOiliiCtli dodtze to force Liberals to vote nuninst an investilration into politi- cal corruption or force the zovern- mcnt to resign." he said.

‘The Conservative leader. Mr. Dunning said. made his accusations "to rehabilitate the falcn forces of his party by the same old method.

Dullnimz also cicbatc. _Tilc

throwing mud at everyone else."

iiungirls Are Convicted By , All Male Jury

NEWARK. N. J1. Feb. i5 —(AP) --Mr-.. Ethel Strouse Sohl. police- malrs daughter. and Geneweve owc-ns. her companion in a $2.10 holdup dllrinq which a bus driver lvas slain. were convicted of first desrrce murder tonight by an all- male jury which recommended mercy.

The verdict. reached after three hours and 44 minutes deliberation, makes life terms mandatory for both the girls.

Mrs. S0111, 20, based her defence on all insanity pica in that she was under the dnfiuence oi’ marihuana during her brief crime career.

Mim Owens. 18. testified during the eloht-diw trial that she re- mained in an automobile while "Bunny" sohl shot and robbed Wil- l‘nm Bnrhorst as he stopped his bus in suburban Bclieville Dec. 21.

Polar Party Rescue Appears Imminent

MOSCOW, Feb. 15—(AP)—-'I‘v1o icobreakers. one of which was ill sight of thc ire rice refuge of four Russian scicntbis. prepared tonight for the take-off of planes to res- cue the stranded men of! the coast o1’ Greenland.

The iccbrcaker Murman. which the scientists wirelessed was clear- ly visible. pushed huge fioes apart with her plow in carving a sea- plane base out of the Arctic wat- ers. The Murmarfs captain ad- vised he was within 12 miles of the drifting floe.

The Soviet ship Talmyr, some 1t miles fiom the floe. fought her way through thick ice to a posi- tion where her land planes could be assembled and flown from an ice field.

i The Taimvr reported that both the Murmalvs searchlight and the explorers‘ bonfire were visible.

France Launches Liner Louis Pasteur

ST. NAZAIRE. France, Feb. 15- The flOJJOO-ton liner Louis Pasteur

was launched here today. It re- places the Atiantique. ties toyed by fire in the. English Channel 1n January. 1058. ‘

The Louis Pasteur ts built less for luxury than for sneed- It

Barbers Linked In Lottery Chain

..__... (UP. By Guardian‘: Special Wlni MONTREAL. Fieb. iii-Names 0t 1.050 Ontario barber} said by pm- yincla‘ mil-e to e diatributlnc limits for lottery tickets. were M0- dnc-d in court tmlav when Rover aria" in; ". Jr" "" ' “m” f] , . oflrohtnu. remanded on ball of eooo for nretneinarv hoe m1 fr!‘ 2'1. was arrested then omit-e any,‘ a house when they seized c e

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Flying Bluh- 13%, Fourth Mercy Flight;

(By The Canadian Press)

SYDNEY. N.S., Feb. l5—Mui-ray MocKcnzic. Baddeok. N. S.. youth who was flown to hospital here to- day on the fourth “mercy flight" made by Cape Breton Flying Club planes this winter. was reported tonight as resting comfortably Hospital authorities did not dis- close the nature of the youth's ill-

ness.

The flight was made by Pilot Bob Smuck, formerly of Branlford. Ont. who a month ago flew to isolated Bay St. Lawrence, on the island's northern tip. to bring Mrs. James MacNell to hospital here after she had been seriously. ill for a week. Despite medical care Mrs. MacNeil died the next day. Last week Slnuck brought two more persons to hospital at North Sydney. N. S.. from distant Neil's Harbor.

Struggle Looms In India Government

PATNA. India, Feb, l5—(CP)— Resignation oi two Congress Party provincial ministries that took of- rice lust. summer under tile new constitulon tonight precipitated a struggle between the_ R1ght_ and Left wings of Ihdias dominant Nationalist Party.

Previously M. K. Gandhi, re- garded by many Indians as their spiritual leader. made conciliatory efforts to have the party attempt to put its program into effect with- in the framework of the new con- stitution.

Today. however. he was under- stood to have directed the resigna- tions of Premier Goblnd Pant of the United Provinces and I Strl Krishna Singh, Premier of Biliar-

They resigned because the gov- ernors of their provinces invoked “carol-warding" powers to veto pro- posals for the immediate release of all political prisoners.

Plan Legislation Re War Veterans

OTTAWA Rob. 15 -—(CP)—- {legislation based on the W90" 0! the Veteran.“ Assistance commis- sion, relating to unemployment a- mong an servicemen, will be intro- duced this session, Pension Min- inter Power told the House of Com- mons tonight.

HQ dootihed t0 lly when tho bills would be introduced but. said they would b9 within 10 da s or two weeks but 1n the mean line he did not think the Veterans’ Assistance

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Balanced Budget

‘IORONID. Nb. 15--tOP)- hunter Hmhum today told tho Qntario Agricultural Oomcil suf- ficient money had been collected in succession duties since last. De- cember out o guarantee a. blu- oneed budget for the fiscal ye next March 3i. The Pro

not enlarge on his state- tinancea but turned to a discussion oi’ farm weblwis- H9 disclosed he is tfyintl i0 Pmdilce M‘

Idaho type o! potato on his form our 8t.

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N ipponese Refused Entry Into U. S. De- fence Sector At Shanghai.

LONDON, Ont... Feb. 15-0nc Londoner, Grace Gibbs-rd. was with the band oi’ (lanadians who escaped injury when the bombing of Chengchow, China, caused many casualties today.

With a Miss Less of Nova Scotia Miss Gibbcrd was in a mission building next to a building that was destroyed. ' '

-i__ (By The Associated Press)

SHANGHAI, Feb. 1fi-_(\Vednes- duyJ—-_Japanese sought to settle new cilliiculties with foreigners ill Shanghai's International Settle- ment today while their armies in northern Honan Province continu- cd_iheii' drive to bottle up 400.000 CillHPSC defending the important Lllnzliai Railway.

All international incident arose when Japanese patrols tried to eli- lcr the Unit-ed States defence sec- tor of the Settlement to “exercise supervision evcr Japanese, both civilian and military. who inform- ally enter the American sector." JaDanese snokeslnall explained.

lvlarlnes turned the patrols back twice, marine officers indicating they felt. callable of patrolling the area without Japanese assistance. They said tile Japanese were in- fornlcd of their attitude and they exgccted the issue to be settled by 0 3S’.

Jcopardizlng Retreat

The Japanese said their (irive in north Hanan was "jeopardizing tne cXDmLed retreat westward" of the Chinese forces defcndin: Suehow. _lllllt‘iiOl‘t of the cast-west Ilungllai and the niortil-south‘ Ticntsin- Pukow ltallways. north of Nan- king.

As a result of Japanese successes in this sector the newspaper Nip- po. organ of the Japanese Com- mand in Shanghai, predicted Chi- nese troops soon would abandon both {Suchow and Hankow, provis- ional Cllincse capital. and retreat to southern provinces for a. last stand. 4

In north Honan, one Japanese column was reported attacking Slnslarog, 45 miles north of Cheng- cllow. junction of the Lunghal and Peiping-I-Iailkow Railways. The Chinese were retreating slowly down the latter line. tearing up tracks, destroying bridges ancl op- cniing canals to flood the country- s e.

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POREIGNERS KILLED

HANKOW. Feb. lti-twednesday) —Word that more than 200 civil-

ians, including several foreigners.’

were killed by Japanese air raid- ers at Chengchow cast a pull to- day over elation raised in Chinese Government circles by reports oi’ Chinese successes along the north- ern part of the Tlentsfn-Pukow railway.

About 15 British subjects, most of them attached to the Canadian Mission. were believed to be in Chenaellow when enemy bombers attacked that juncture of the Peiping-Hankolv and Lunghai rail- ways on Monday. Available infor- mation indicated that Frenchmen and Netherlands wcrc the only foreign casualties.

A- Central (Chinese) News Ag- ency dispatch reported Chinese troopsr ecilntured Wenshaug and were besleging Tsinlng.

Congress Asked For Added Relief Funds

WASHINGTON. Feb. 15-—(AP)— A request that Congress appropri- ate $250,000,000 immediately to meet increasing demands for relief in the United States came today from the House of Representat- ives appropriations committee.

The committee said there had been a “drastic" decrease in ri- vate employment since Septem r. There is no indication, it added. of u. business improvement outlie- lent to "Justify a lesser amount."

President Roosevelt ropooed the appropriation last . saylnil in a letter to Speaker Bankhead that available funds were insufficient. The $350.000.000 would be in addi- tion to 01.500.000.000 appropriated last June for the present fiomi

year.

Aubrey Williams, acting admin- istrator of the works progress od- miniatration. told the committee that 1.000.000 raons lost their jobs last mon and 3.000.000 pad been thrown out of work sinoo

Boptelnb ITALIAN LABORERB FOR GI!- MANY

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BONE. Ebb. 15-(0? Haves -- The mlguard of 30900 Italian laborers who will do to Gemieny to aid in agricultural work will leave March 1a. it was annmmoed ,. The Italians will wear arms 5.21m alurtc and trey-gnu tul-

lting George To Visit iiominions

(C.P. by Guardian's Special Vvircli

LONDON, Feb. l6--(Wedilcs- j

tlay)—The Daily Mail (lndc- 1 pendent) today said King

George and Queen Elizabeth

planned to visit each of Dominion: in turn dur- ing the next few years to open each Dominion Parliament in state according to the West- minster tradition.

Canada would probably be the first. visited, owing to its comparative ncarness. the pa- per said in its newspage story.

Ai-angements are tentative and are being discussed by court officials and the Domin- ions. the Mall said.

The newspaper added that possibly l’ r in c es s Elizabeth Inéight go to Ottawa with the

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Editorially. the Mail said there will be rejoicing over- soas at the news. The“per.=ollal ' touch’ which successive visilq

0t the King and Queen “iii zive to rrlatllnls i)t‘i\l't‘l'It the home‘. countries and the Brit- uius beyond tile seas cannot he nvicrvaiuctl." the editorial arid- et. i

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Inqu -31: Into Dc 1th 0f] Head (if Iiortlluei Woman 'i‘0day. |

A coroner's jury today wl-l quire illto ille (Path of Mrs. . lialn Dmlnvell oi lead of FbltllilL, 12 miles from S31 ', a SCliil~illl-T\— lld who was bur ed to death ‘ll her bed sometime Monday ill’ l t. Royal Ciuladinn Mounwd Police announced lost night. l

Details 0f the womunls licaiili were iackng. Police slliti they were informed ycstcrtllzrv that Mrs. Dlngwcl], arlltxsc age was not. avail- able immediately. had been burned in death while in her pod sometime . (luring Manda. flight. Part of tilel bed clothing ihiifi hccn ccnr-ninorll ivy the flames, it wa: bdld.

The inquest will be c. l1(i.lt"tt‘(i by Coroner Daniel hi-tu-Flacliern oi‘ Souris. It was considered likclv last night that an autopsy xvculi b: held today,

Posthumous Medal Awarded Newspaper Man

(A. P. by Guardian's Special it'll-e)

“bravery and fortitude"

newspaper man with the Italian arm in Ethiopia. the late Ed- wnr J. Neil, Jr.. was alvardcd to- day tlle bronze medal for tile march on Addis Ababa and lhe

campaign cross by the llaliail Government.

The ciceoratiulls with eitzfliml was presented by conunendnforc Italian Corlsui Genera‘. Gaetano Vecchiotti to Mrs. Helen Nolan

Neil, the widow of Tile Ascciated Press war correspondent and sports writer. _

Neil, killed while covcnllrz tlic Spanish civil war front. was bllr- ied last Jan. 21 in his hometown, Methuen. Mass.

New Rate Scale For Annuities

(YPTAWA. Feb. l5~—(CP)—A new scale oi’ rates on Dominion Gov- ernment annuities ranzins from eight to 1B per cent higher than the rate existinn prior i0 R V"? avo has been broutzllt into effect, W. M. Dickson. deputy minister of labor. announced today before the Rowell Commission

The new schedule. taking the place oi’ the general 15 per cent Increase applied temporarily a veer mo, recommended by Prof. M. A. MacKenIie of the University of Toronto after astudy of the government's annuities ox- patience.

Government To Amend FCA Act

UPPAWA. Feb. l5 --tCPl-» Formal notice of a bill to emcnd

iiho Fanncrs‘ Creditors Arrancre- ment Act was given in the House oi’ Commons todaymby unlanv» Min- ister Dunning. e bll! will proWdc for more than one board or review in any pTOViHCP nd that no new goposals r adushnente be em- hl-tained after a date to be fixed floolatmflm.

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First Year Program Completed —- U. S. Naval Plans Secret.

(By Tile Associated Press) LONDON. Feb. l5-—Grcat Britain

‘ tonight ended the first year of a

liUtLUOOJJUO ($7,500.U00,000) five- _\ n rcarmalncnt program and planned a. hcavy increase in dc-

fcnuc c-Yllrnditures in the second

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During the 1937-38 fiscal year, ‘illritniit has‘ spent il?1tiii,739.000 (S1.- a.

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' i>oo~iillg 0i the Royal il!'St' line years. lyils" promised l.,t line -i ' . ir l\l'lll nlaict: the pres- .,(J3l nlacilincs.

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‘in the lnicrcst 0t the public welfare."

Pcriodi.:ii|v. in the past, the Navy had ilialde public UBiTJOIILH-Llf.‘ fissures cilfill i; how much prog- ress; had been made with the hull and maclllilerv of ships under cou- mrut-lirln. Delays in construction were ehnxvll

'l'he llltliliili‘! lcport iszsucd to- iinl". and (Icahn: with Linea-score lll"il of lval" new being‘ built. 0- llliitOtl these details. Observers unzierslotwci the oillission was part of a lrcneral tightening up on in- formation.

Largcr Battleships?

T‘ ~ possibility has bccn tiiscuss- ed that the United States may join other powers in buildlnl: bat- iii05ilii)ii lalgcr than the present "treaty lilllit of 35.000 ions.

(Japan has refused to comply willl u request from the United States and Great Britain that she ciise =e wilcthel" she is building shirts iflT-IOI‘ than 35.000 tons.)