pow-r puss m» Baptist Bchoolroom Tuegday. sap- lilrr. 35- L-vlo.

NEW GLASGOW CHARGE- N"? Gil-wow Christian Church Sunday. January 2i: New n m Brlsltialfbami’! 1"°‘1"1§%ai - -: ne . ,

Rev. 1. Cayepder. p m

0N HOSPITAL STAFF — Miss Jean Thonpson, R, N.. leaves by train this morning for Halifax ‘where she will report ior duty at

1.114s. _

TUE CIiARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

JANUARY 20, 1940

Oddities Df lleutrality Act Revealed

(By Andrus BCHIIIII; Associated Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON, Jan. iD—(AP)-— The United Stalos neutrality pct is a pretty dull. legalistic document. but it has given rise to a number of oddities and curiosities. For exarnp :- American arms. ammunition and ‘ ~ s of war can't be ship- ped any onger to China 0n Am- erican shoe. but they can be to

n onl ports through

is so because the

Camp Hill Military Hospital. Miss Thompson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Thompson. Mount Herbert, and is a graduate oi the P. E. I. Hospital. She Inducted in i934,

CORRECTION —~An error was in- advertently made in a heading over an article yesterday describin the IIIMTZIIEB of Miss Hilda gecllia Richardson to Mr. Frank Alfred Johnson of Charlottetown. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Hubert Lyle. North St. Eleanor: and the heading read Johnson-Lyle instead of Johnson-Richardson.

D ATTEND consumers -

of entry to Chine are now French

of title to the ship and then‘ (with some assistance) push it across. set in and fly it to its destination in Canada

Indo-Chinai and British

Emma-Japan having occupied all the Chinese parts-and the neu- trality act says oannot carry arms to belligerent

American ships ports anywhere.

An American pilot can fly an American airplane up to the Can-

adian border but he isn't allowed

to fly across it. He can get out at the border. arrange for transfer to a Canadian.

The same American pilot could

test out planes for Canada in Can- ada. but he could not test planes for Canada in France. Why

ou t

w- R- Shawi 1399"" M10198!‘ 0f not? Because an American is ior-

Agriculture for the Province is to bidden to travel

on bcllhzerent

leave ior Ottawa today to repre- vessels in the combat area. France sent the Provincial Government at is‘ in the combat area. 8nd an air- several conferences. it was learned. D-flne is refflfded as a vessel.

last night Included in the meet- ings he will attend are a two day Youth Training Conference. a For- estry Conference and a meeting of the Canadian Chamber of Com-

merce The Right Rev. J.A. Mur- state

phy. Rector of st. Dunstanfls Uni- versity is already enroute to Ot- tawa and will attend the training conference with Mr. Shaw.

Personals

Pfiiends in the City will be sorry to hear that Mrs. (Dr) C. H. Beer is seriously ill in the P. E. I. Hospital.

Miss Joy Siahl. has returned to Mount. Stewart after spending a very pleasant four months with her

parents. Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Btahl. Allslon, Mass.

BIRTHS srswTar-At' the City Hospital Jan. 18. 1940 to Mr and Mrs.

Wm. Stewart, Bediord, g daughter.

MORRISON-At the City Hospital Jan. 16. 19-10. to Mr. a"d Mrs. Herbert Morrison, Pleasant Grove. a son. '

DeROCI-IES-At the City Hospital Jan. 13. 1940. to Mr. and Mrs. Sylvere DeRoches. City e. son.

An Amer can can go into Can-

ada carrying a rifle. ostensibly for hunting. permit for the rifle. But if he ex-

uucl not have an export presses the rifle to himself in Canada he must apply to the

“Department ior an export rm

n John Smith oi Buffalo. N. y-

-v°uih enlists in the Canadian army while

in Buffalo. he can be sent to iail. But if he gocs across the border into Canada and enlists he has committed no wrrong under the neutrality act.

If a secretary of the British Embassy 6851195 a personal cheque nn a British bunk at a Wnshiro- ton bank. the bank violates the neutrality act. Cashing of such a cheque is regarded as credit The bank is in the clear if. be- fore cashing the cheque. it waits until the cheque has been hon- ored in London and the cash sent to the bank.

Soldiers In

Aldcrshot

Speak To Folks

OTTAWA. Jan. 19—(CP)—Sev-

SMITH-At the City Hospital Jan.’ eral Canatiiorrsoldiers 1n Alder- 12. 1940. to Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose shot. England. yvuh the First Di-

Smith Malpeque Road a daughter.

vision of the Canadian Active Ser- _ .-. vice Force spoke to the folks back MARRIAGE$ home in Canada tonight.

‘Their voices were carried acres?

JARDINE-IIARRIOTT - At the the S“ b? the Calla-ill?“ Emil‘ Anglican Church. Windsor, N. 3.. castmg Cmlmmuq“ 1111 111311. 121111111‘ Jam 15‘ 1940‘ by the Re“ w_ w_ ties oi’ the British Bromcast rig

Clarkson. Harriett. R.N.. of Windsor, NS. to Rev. John Austin Jard-ine. BA. B. D.. of Kingston. NS. Mr. Jardine was formerly of Wilmot Valley, PEI.

wanna;

COX-BELL-At the BElJi-‘lst Church Charlottetown, on Jan. 19. i940. by Rev. H. L._Dentoh. Walter John Cox to Annie (Keri-rude Bell. of Chariottctouui.

ROBERTS-At Middleton. Jan 19. Y? Weir "WW5 m‘

1040. Mrs. John Roberts. age 62. Funeral from her late residence Monday. Jan. 22. at 8 a. m, to St. Maiachlks Church.

WALSH-At the Sacred Hear: FOmP- Jim. 19. 1940. Jane Walsh. are B7 veal-s. Remains will be for- vrarded from the Sacred Heart

diers were announced. regiments and their home wcre not divulged. Cont. James S. P. Armstrong. who introduced fivc other Canadian soldiers, Dominion troops hearty welcome upon their arrival 1n the United Kingdom. and that it was common for Britons

C both chat. with ihcm_

heroi~ deeds of

sprrfts and c

x4155 Cor oration and transmitted over i Kathleen Edith mepnamonal networln

The names of the Canadian sol- but their towns

said the had received a

to stop anadiati soldiers on the street and

Many had invited the Canadians weekend Vl5lI5. England has not forgotten the the Canadians in the First Great War." said Capt-am Armstrong. The officer found the English per-pic ill high ent ql 111111111110

VIVIOH’ in th; \\ . Private Fred Bushman dscribsd the overland Journey by train to an

Home mi; afternoon by grain to eastern Canadian port. Some sol- Georszetown. Funeral at 9 (Tclodr diers slept in the luggage racks oi’

Monday morning.

LAlRD-At. Kenzington. Jan. 19. 1940. J Melbourn Laird. aged 69. Funeral from the United Church Kenslngton. Monday. Jan. 22. at 2 b. m. Interment at Kensington.

In Memoriam

In IOvinI mull"?! 0f Mrs. Thomas W. Johnston who entered into rest, Jlnuery 20th. 193s.

5110 was always so true, unselfish and kind

Fewnin tflis world her equal you'll

II -

A beautiful life that came to an en

lhefgigliidd-u lite lived everyone‘:

by her

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Lovingly remembered ausbanu and family.

In Memoriam

flail’: §E?:{Ea'i1n§1r,":vyii: elfittttlnflglillii: There is some one who mum you Ana n31.2911- time no; sin“ ,0‘,

ere is some one who thlnke of

you d ly vfllld files l0 be brave and content.

_ "(glint my heart just aches with sad.

neu f-My eyes shed te 3100s! alone chaff; Illliiilg you

1 t-At the dawn oi another year.

Bull missed by " [hm]

1 J 5i Ddsiaglugleas, am: ca l. .

1-19-11. s!

N. D. MacLean

UNDERTAKER EMBALMER

Charlottetown and North Wlltuhlre

it Phone [l9

. %\¥f Too Late To Clasify

wanton-Imus!" ‘CERF: n; perienoed Protestant male teacher

for York School. Louis Vernon

the coaches. he said. and were was generally an cnloyublc iournflv. H's outfit crossed tho Atlantic, nc 1e- latcd. on a "fkrnner south seas lux- ury line complete with original crew from captain clown to cabin bojy.’ Private David Mcltityre, a sen. l! years in Canada. told of visiting has birthplace in Scotland on hls first leave and watchrng Hzgliiurd troops drilling W111 all the command; in Gaelic beehive they did not under- stand English.

Private Raymond Ponstord de- scribed the daily routine in an Eng- lish training camp, The Canadian boys got. up at fiilo a.rn.. he mid. oreaklastcd an hour 1.1101‘ and lur- adeu for the (lays work at 8:30. They finished at 4:30 p.m.. but there were occasional lectures in the even- ing. There were sports every Wed- nesday aftcrnoon and plenty of rest ovcr the weekend. The food was good. but it was a quiet lifc. he said, “They roll the sifewalk. up ltorc at 9:30 p,m." he joked.

_ Corporsl Fred White recalled that this W85 the second war he had tak. en part in, but declared that

"every bit as good" a. the Canad- slue 25 years ago.

MT. BUCHANAN INOMENE INSTITUTE

John Nicholson on January 0th will

opened by singing "it's A

by roll call answered by a hot sup Der til-h. C0ll1l11lLt€B5 gave School has been treated and members treated an itivnlld Ill tn district during the holiday season.

Mrs. Angus Nicholson is on th sick committee for next

Donald MacKitinou [or sick mittcc and Miss Matilda MncDoual for programme.

home p Miss Florence MaOPhe Roll Cal to be answered by change of Valentines.

contests put on by Mrs.

all. Wilmer-s of contests were Mi MacPhee and Joan Nicholson. next meeting members (ieoulctl look answers to Dr. contes. The meeti closed

sold he I

the Canadians oi this first divi=ion were

ians who fought at Great. Britain's

The regular monthly meeting of the Mt. Buchanan Women's ll1sil— tutc was held at the hctuc of lvlrs.

cight members and five visitors present. The Prcsuicnt. Mrs. John Morrison presided. The mcctmg

_ Good 'I'-me To Get Acquainted" followed

1'!‘ [JOY L5-

mo tl . Miss Florence MacPhce and com-

It was decided io have a bumm- Of articles up t0 25 cents at the ncxt 511521;"! B1111 115° t0 Dill’ 5 cents lor

Next meeting a to be held at the (m- Bean naming and bean gucssln Donal MacKinnon were much enjoyed by Fill’ Chase's

with recitations by Eliza orrison. Edna. flchollm and llliret

MILI TAR Y

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(Continued from page l.)

TFTinTT" military-w view- point the Finnish front ls even more important. The Finns have immobilized Russia as Germany’s eco- nomic partner. They have shown up Russia as a sec- ond rate military power which should impress the Balkans and the Near East. They have stiffened the backs of Sweden and Nor- way, particularly Sweden which has iron deposits which if taken by Germany might prolong her war with the Allies as much as two years.

It is agreed here that F’inland's cri- s Will come in May, an,“ me sue-u; mclt and the ground. l5 firm again. Then Joseph Stalin will be ablc to use the Red Army which is impotent now because of Fin. land's ski forces and the bitter cold of_ the Arctic regions. But it 15,C°I15ide1'ed here that Finland without a large force of volun.’ iAPrs from other countries. but l1 a liberal supply of mlmhlnq Hurts. planes and ammunition, wuid indefinitely be. 01 her geographical advan.

30.000 Sufficient

‘Thirty thousand men l;

be trained to work withwtlge nlsli army providin they had plenty of arms woud be suffl. clent. in the opinion o; mlllgm-y exports here.

‘ Even ll1 slimmer Firfandjs Qasy .0 tut-cud lgct-ause’ of the difficultv fr!" uuacllng forces to work through a country of heavy 1w- est; (lulled with myriad lakes. though many countrleg m- Sponded to the appeal of the lffiflile of Nations to Jhelpbl-"inland “.211 l1‘.lll'.i1.l'\_' and financial 511p- 0011. the otxmon ls growing here that not enough attention l5 being puld to the vital necessity of geg. ting men. planes and guns there before May,

Britain and’ France. although they are fighting a‘ Wal‘ of thall- ouu. and have their own prob- lrllls of supply. are alive to the importance of the time fagtm- in Finland. and are msltlitg their rllgilrlbutlons as speedily as p05- s .e.

Alabama Has Gold Snap

NEW YORK, Jan. 19—(AP)— There were icicles in Alabama to- day as the coldest weather in four years left the (‘tilted States middle we? at: nmfl deeper yinto the eats an sou . l W11]! Its i109? irrgress s‘nce as 1 Saturday was marked by at least "ll deaths Ln 21 states. Txventy-four persons, mcst of them children. died in fires inside their homes. Eighteen succumbed to exposure, the same number died 1n traffic accident,- attiibuted to the weather. and 11 were killed in coast- 11112 accwicnb and 5111111211‘ MlSllBDB. Weather records. some of many vc-ars sta ndlng. were shattered front

Death Ends Dareer 0f Senator Bcrah a.

Jan. 18-(AP)

$1111 "Sa1°“'mh z Idaho — Hm 83-!‘ 0 . ‘l4. dean o1’ the United States Ben- ate. died at ms D. m. AST w- night

Hie death followed a cerebral hemorrhage, with which the vet- eran statesman was stricken about the time he suffered a fall in his apartment here Tuesday morning. It was not known whether the hemorrhage caused the fall or re- was

511% unoo Oils when Mrs. Borah found hlfl on the floor oi his bathroom. t He regained consciousnes only rarely thereafter. sometimes call- ing for “Mary? his wife. who was constantly in attendance. Visitors to his bedside said his final hours seemed to be free 0i Palm H" breathed easily and rested well. News of the gravity of his con- dition did not become known for many hours after he wfls stricken- Tlie first word given out Tuesday morning had antici ted his re- covery. Yesterday Cora Rub- in. his secretary ior 30 years. an- nounced that he was critically i11-

minion Government related only

of Westminster, the obstacles have

d p1 t, b effect to legislation for oblects

35301514111: ‘b,§°v1v11§1.,§1 19.1mm: held within its powers affecting the m‘ o o; m; mc°v¢ry_ appeal to His Majesty in council. “it m. death one of the 10 - there is now fullh authority under

_ Parliament

(Continued from pale i) Peal d. nwindor: Par

ment of the Uni Prior to the Statute

in held unconstitution- . r the passage the Statute of Westminster the ludi-

cial committee held that statute was valid.

the committee al Afte

Civil Cares Included

Consequently the bill before iihe court on a. erence from the Do-

to appeals in civil cases, The ma- jority of the judges held the Statute of Wostmirtster operated in the same way with regard to peals in civil oases as it did with regard to appeals in criminal

Sir Lyman Duff

"My opinion is: “First. that since by the Statute

e British North

est and most colorful careers American politics calm to an end. An uncompromising foe trusts and monopolies from the time of President Theodore Roosevelt, he was famous. too. as a staunch champlOn of complete United 5pm“ lndependiili-Ce in foreign affairs.

He shared with Senator Hiram Johnson. Republican colleague from California. and the late Sen- ator Henry Cabot Lodge, the leadership in ‘the successful fight against President Wilsons PTO-

osal to have the United States

ecome a member of the League of Nations.

Despite the fact that some of 11L; last years were handicapped by illness. he remained vuntil re- cent days an active participant in Senate affairs.

Borah took his seat as a fled-R- ling Senator on March 4. 1907. He would have completed 33 years 0i service next March 4.

Born in Wayne County, 111.. June 29. 1865. he made his home in Boise. Idaho. but spent most of his senate years in W Jlton. He and Mrs. Borah lived m an

here. They had no ohlldre

nS-enators only close rela-

eral judge in New Orleans.

ln the Bcinh apartment as the Senator died were his widow and three member's of his secre- tarial staff.

A nurse. in attendance. hurried- ly called the Borah physician but the Senator was dead when the doctor reached the apartment

The senator died 1n the PM‘ fflunddcoma ingo Whig} he had s D09 many ours ore.

'I‘h0se at his bedside said death apparently occurred “as if it hap- pened while he was aslefllt.‘ with- out pfliu. _

Four hours befo"e his death the physician reported that the Senéators pulse was greatly weak- ene .

ers generally are figures from the i Dominion Dept. of Agriculture esti- mate of potatoes in storage in Canada at January 2. just released

‘Nev! York to Texas by the sub-rem temperatures. A readhg of 10 qe. grces below zero at Jamestown. N’

Y.. was the lowest in fcur years. Nlcmphis. Tenn. thermometers registered -3, the cnldc-"t uwrther

iiw city had ex-pcxzcnced since 1018.

at Ottawa. The report estimates total pota- to holdings in Canada at the start of 1940 as 162.281 tons as compar- ed with 174.944 tons a yvear ago, a decrease of 12.603 tons Included in the above arc

Ncar Huntsville. Ala- the native-s shivers-d in a temperature of eight below. while the rest of the southland was colder than l; has ‘been since 1936. Cleveland's reading | ‘of -ll was the cnidest Jan. 19 there I

N111 weather bureau hlstotjv.

its eastern invasion was accomp- anied bl‘ a flitting snowstorm in western New York Schools were closed and traffic blocked in many

Areas. PCHIIgVlVZiTllEI. temperatures W“ d to low"; 0f 10 below near ‘ "am-amt and SIX below 5t

‘Potatoes In

Storage Are ‘Down Slightly

Illnri-‘nnd N. B. Observer) Ol inricri. l1: fnrn 1's and road-

following estimates for the Mari- committee. said Mr, Justice time Provinces: Crccket in his dissenting Judi!- 1939 1940 mcnt. Tons Tons The Statute of Westminster in P. E. I. 74.842 66.237 mnfcrring extra-territorial luris- New Brunsuick 58.098 51,603 row“ lnrerogaum bgdqmgnt legal: to anpea from Can inn cour . 136995 1211842 was not intended to confer any

A decrease of 14.753 tons isnot- ed in the holdings in the Maritime t Provinces. While this situation is favorable, it is sound business and in the interests of all to keep a few cars of potatoes moving out ..

steadily and to take advantage of {ion by the British Norih America Act. It would position of all litigation in Can- ada. n0 matter how impofiant the

present prices which last week reached $2 per barrel.

Farmers and all those interested

in the potato industry would do COWEKYlUl-iOYl-"ll and “W11 W81] to keep in mind the hundreds rolled my bf’-

of cars of Maine potatoes which ‘ came into Canada. duty free in c April. May and June of last year. These imports had the effect. of re- ducing the price from a high of $2.85 per barrel to 90 cents. If no

OUR OUR WAY

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price improvement develops in Maine. there Ls no assurance last year's situation may}? repeated.

— — By J.

HAVE TO GIVE- HIS WORK AN‘

section 101 0f Alnerica Act irelati lislunent of a general court of ap- peal for Canada) to enact the bill referred to us

roaative power of admit courts. nor the exercise oi power nor the Jurisdiction of tot-y tribunal. iudi mlttee of the Privy respect of such appeals or pcals of right. is sitbicct for the legislative ‘ the provinces as one of the local

America Act)

cellencv in council is that the bill tlrety vested i.n _ Parliament or the Provincial Leil- islatures the Dower to abolish ap-

peals must be found in either one or the other. said Ivir. Justice Rin-

The _ fret. It could not be found in the , ' " v _ ' th Bri is or Amerca c ew‘ 111111118 G‘ Bomb‘ “no 15 a‘ fed sh ltemust, belong to Parliament.

for both Ontario and British Col- umbia had argued that the right to regulate to the Provinces because oi’ pie-Con- federation would be in the some position.

words." he said. "It could surely not have been intended that in a. matter of this ces should . power denied to the others.”