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Japs And Chinese “Resume _F'igh ting

Many Killed And Wounded In p Battle For Bridge-.-Further Clashes In Prospect. '

REMEMBRANBE DAY A PllBllt H0iiBAY

November 11th Shall Be Observed In The Same Way As Ar- mistice Has Been In The Past. '

OTTAWA, Ont., Nov. 5- (By th Canadian Hem-Remembrance Day stands in the same position as tho lst of July, Labor Day, Christ- mas Day or New Year's Day- As it is a. holiday established by legis- lation, there ls no necessity for His Excellency the Governor General to proclaim the day as a holiday. Neither is it necessary forany pro- vincial or municipal authority to proclaim a. holiday. The intention is that Remembrance Day shall be observed in the same way as Arm- istice Day has been in the past- Thc desire of the Government is that Rememb nut-u Day "be ob- served and honored throughout the

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OUNCEMENTS. comma EVENTS. MEETINGS, ETC "Montague zit-urn“, Talkies. ‘Three Girls Lost. 9830-11-4-8l.

"Pantry Sale Saturday afternoon. Moor dz McLeods, Catholic Women's League. 9887-11-8-21.

"Rummage Sale Christian Church. school. Room" Saturday, November 7th, 7 P. M. 9801-11-6-21.

"Dance tonight at Newstead Inn, Winsloe. Excellent music. Good ﬂoor. " 9886-11-6-11.

"Masquerade and Dance in St. Patrick's Hall, Souris, November i7th. 9863-11-5-31.

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"Old-time dancing in Lyceum l-lall tonight. Good music and good floor. _ 9905-11-6-11

"We will be buying Dressed Hogs, Organs out, on Tuesday and Wed- nesday. NOVEHIDcA l0th and 11th. Peter MlwNiitt 8t Son. 9902-11-6-81

"Baker's Repair Shop, Corner Hillsbol-o and Clarke Streets. Furni- ture repairing, Cabinet Work, Saw- llling. Moderate charges.

_ 9856-11-5-21.

"Loyal Orange Association. Final Competition for Maclean Trophy will be held at Kenslngton on Mon- day. Nov. 9th at 7.30 p. m. sharp. All members invited. 9875-11-5-21

"Buying Live Hogs and lambs, Tuesday, November 10th, till 11 a. m. Everett Haslam. Emerald; Alden Mouse. Kensington buying same date. Everett wedlock. 9904-11-8-31

"Chicken Supper and gaaaar in Stanley Bridge Hall, Wednesday, Nov. llth. Supper served from 4 un- til l0 dclgck. Tickets, 30 cents. If not fine, come Friday. 08003114141

.“The Prodigal Son in song. as pleeented in Fairvlew Baptist Church, will be repeated in Wheat-i loy, River Hall, Sunday, Nov. 8th at 7.30 p. m. 9918-11-8-21

"will be buying dressed hogs, nlosdoy all day, November 10th, and - Wemlesday, November llth until l! A. M. Paying top market prices.‘ A. B. Cutcliﬂe. Hunter River. 9895-11-6-31.

._ "The ladies oi Vernon River I‘ Parish will hold their annual Arm- istice Chicken Supper in C. M. B. A. Hall, Vernon River, on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 10th and

llth. Bauer, Bingo, etc. 0036-11-4-31.

' "Mink for sale-ﬁne, Dark, Bllky mink. full-blooded Quebec strain. almost black when prime, the kind that command the highest pelt antes, also offer few pairs of Pen- "cd Silver Badgers and four Perl-

‘(Canadisn Pres!) l“

TOKYO,» Nov. 5.—-Manchurlan Pelee was postponed indeﬁnitely today by a battle between Japanese and Chinese troops for possession of a dynamite wrecked bridge. The Japanese rushed reinforcements to the scene, whole the Taonan-Ang- anchi railway crosses the Ncnni River and further fighting was in prospect.

The war Otlice here announced fifteen Japanese and an undeter- mined number of Chinese, soldiers had been killed and many wounded, and said. "positive and effective measures" had been decided upon by the Japanese to meet the "threatening" situation facing them on the Nollni river.

W. Cameron Forbes, U. S. Am- bassador who has been on leave in the United States, arrived at Yo- kohama and immediately arranged to confer with Baron Kijuro [Shid- ehara, the Foreign Minister, con- cerning Manchurla, where Japan- ese troops have been in control of the southern part of the country since Jelnber 18.

CAUSE 0F BATTLE

The immediate cause of the bat- tle after which the two armies "dug in" on either side of the riv- er, was not quite clear. The Chin- ese troops were those of General Mah Chang-Shah, supporter of the absent Nationalist Government of

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LOWRATE

(Canadian Press)

MONTREAL, Que, Nov. 5.-Re- ductions in steamship rrtcs for winter cruises to tho Wusl Indies were announced today by the Call- adian Paciiic Steanlsllips Company.

The passage rate on the Empress of Australia. cruise of l9 days from New York, sailing December 2. was reduced 27 per cent. The Christmas-New Year cruise of tho same vessel was reduced 22 p:r cent in fare. The same reduction was made for the third cruise, lcavinil New York January l3. -

Fare on the Duchess of Bedfol-d. sailing March 12 for a twelve-day cruise, was reduced 26 1-2 per cent. The second cruise of the same ves- sel will bring a 28 2-5 per cent reduction.

DIVOR CES o

(Canadian Press)

=F'R.EDERICTON, N. 13., Nov. 5-- In the New Brunswick court of di- vorco and matrimonial causes this Qﬂgfngon Mr. Justice Crockett granted divorcee in Elizabeth M- M‘! Ewen vs Frederick McEwen, a Sus- sex- case, and in Arthur MacKen- ale vs Margaret Mackenzie, the plaintiff residing in Devon, N. B.

DUMPING

OTTAWA, Ont” Nov. 5. (By the

‘rld Dark Male Fishers for immedi- * dolive _ . Ferguson Mink Ranch l ~~ ~ aeu-ll-a-ai

Canadian Freon-Explaining the operation of the dumping duty ap-

plied to commodities imported from '

countries whose rate of oxchanse is adverse to Canada and when these commodities are subject to valuat- ions iixed for duty P1100800, the Department of National Revenue today issued a bulletin to all ap- praisers. A ncreile illustration oi hop tho regulation works out is

given.

Three elements enter into the operation:

(A) The sellln! price in the country oi orllln-

(B) The valuation lmlioled in

Canada for dub pumom- (0) The rate of exchanlo-

eople's Paper o Covers Prince Edward

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loss as‘ menus “Henry Ford of France?‘

‘ lNGUlbhltU LEFT TO RIGHT: Andre Citroen, the Italy, the head oi the Iialuln delegation to Robertson, formerly chief of the British Imperial general staff; and anese statesman and member of the Diet honor of those who have

[Faous Men Gather‘ At Peace Banque“

‘i121’. Read by Everybody

' Island Like the Dew

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1931

11*

1r 1mm Eli-Premier Vittorio Orlando, oi

the peace conference at Paris; Field Marshal Sir William

the Hon. Yukio Ozakl, noted Jail-

slnce its inception, photographed at the friendship dinner in “negotiated or advanced peace." The function was given in New York city.

Big Increase In Dairy Production

‘Market Progress In Dairy Output Shown By, 1930 Figures

The average of the three Prairie Provinces was approximately fif- teen million pounds each, at a. DTlCe level ranging from 28.04 cents a. pound in Alberta. to 30.95 cents in Saskatchewan.

(Canadian Press) QTTAWA, Ont., Nov. l-canodusi Itotal output of dairy producg in (1930 had a value of $126,623,532, ac- Icflfdlli! to a report issued today

by the Dominion Bureau of Statist- ics. or this amount the sum of $56. i670,504 was contributed by creamer! butter, $18,089,870 by factory cheese, $10,040,176 by concentrated milk

butter produced 185,751,061 pounds last year, an increase of nearly "15,000,000 pounds from 1929.

Canadian makers of creamery "

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OTTAWA, 0nt., Nov. kill)’ the Canadian PNSﬂ-Thﬂ sturdy advance which bar sli- ver made in world markets t0- day was good news for Canada- Tho while metal ramped along to around 35 cents an ounce, which ls some 7 cents an ounce above the September average and nearly 9 cents above the year's low. It sent the stocks o! silver mine; up in Toronto and

* Montreal exchanges. Canada ls the third greatest silver ‘pro- ducer ln the world and should

products. and $4,112: ca: by mis- ‘cellaneous factory products, milk :and cream sold as such, ice cream (etc.

i Ontario was the largest creamery fbutter producing Province, being re jspcrlsiblc for 84,898,291 pounds, valu led at $30,593,397, which was an in- crease ill production of over five llllllllﬁtl pounds.

i Quebec's increase was nearer sev- len million pounds, and came next ‘to um of Ontario at 00,740,665, ‘valued at $17,851,545,

Passenger Plane Crashes 5 tDie

Pilots, Sensing Disaster Throw Mail Overboard-Intense Heat Foils All Attempts At Rescue.

(Cilnadian Press) ‘oﬂcr an explanation as to how the CAMDEN. N_ ,1“ Nov, 5__Cf35h1ng plane caught fire. The entire ship to earth on a golf course as it nt-‘secnled to catch fire at once, wit- tempted to land at the nearby alr- ncsses said, and neither passenge port, a Washington bound pa5senger'n0r pilot had time to leap to safety, plane early tonight burst into 118d they tried- mmes, mung n” pgfgong, The would-be rescuers said the dead plane had lcit Newark at 5.48 p. m. were either killed or knocked un- Those killed, all burned beyond conscious by the fail as they uttered recognition were Floyd Cox, Wash-bio screams. John Jennctte, station ington pilot; Elmer Smith, advertis- master It the airport. save the first mg manager ~of the Washington eye-witness story of the crash. Herald; Vernon Lucas, Washington; " I was standing near the terminal

Cheese production was about half a million pounds over the figures for 1929, being m 1930, 119,105,203 pounds as against 118,746,282 pounds for the previous year. The 1930 value was $18,089,870, or an average price of 15.19 cents per lb.

Ontario's production increased from 79,904,131 pounds to 81,322,611 pounds, while that of British Colum bfa rose from 39,452 pounds to 564,- 833 pounds. In other provinces the variations were slight.

George B. Taylor, of the Washing- ton l-Ierald and Francis R. Ellie, Riv- erton, N. J., President oi the Inter- l Resistance C- mpany, oi Philadelphia.

The plane, a high speed Lockheed Vela monoplaslo which is owned by the New Ycrk-Philadelphia-Wash- ington airways corporation, appar- ently was gliding to a saie landing when it suddenly nosed to the ground on the Copper Creek golf course.

Motorists on a highway and at- tendants of the airport hurried to the scene but were unable to rescue any of the passengers because oi the intense heat. The Pennsuaken Fire Department extinguished tho fire. Other fire ompanies arrived coon after. '

Oiﬂciais of the airport refused to

building," he said, "when I saw the ship circle the field. It was flying rather low, between 100 and 200 feet as it came from the northwest. "Suddenly I saw its landing 1181“ as it came from the northwest and I saw it suddenly dive downward. lt disappeared behind some trees and

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MONDA Y

(Canadian Press)

ROME, Nov. o. (Arm-Premier Mussolinlb long awaited visit l0 Pops Pius X! has been fixed for Monday, it was announced tonight by a high authority.

benefit materially it recent ad- ; vnttoes are continued.

' NEW PRES o

HALIFAX, N. 8., Nov. 5.—Fred M. Guilford was elected president of the North British Society, oldest Scottish organization in Canada, at the one hundred and sixty third annual meeting of the society to- night A. S. Maclvlillan, member of the provincial legislature for Dig- by, was chosen senior vice-prmid- ent.

‘SCARFA ca"

(Canadian Press),

CHICAGO, Ill», Nov. 5.—R.alPh Capone surrendered to tile federal authorities today i0 SW1"- Sell/in! his three year sentence for violat- ing income tax laws. He appeared just ﬁve minutes before the dead line set by the U. S. circuit court of appeals for forfeiture of his bond.

“GE T OUT”

(Canadian Press)

BOSTON’, Mass., Nov. Si-Repre- sentative Innis T. McFadden, chair- man of the House Committee on banking and -~ rrency. today told the institute v- cslrrent internat- ional problems of the United stat- cs that the only course for this country was to salvage what lg could of its investments in Europe and Bet out. He vigorously attacked debt revision or cancellation.

BIG ORDER

(Canaalalr hell) SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. it-Re- Ports from Valparaiso today said Japanese lent: had closed a deal f" 10913991000 busheh of wheat in Australia and were considering ad-

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LAYSBARE INNERMUST SECRETS

Trial of Alleged Com- munists Continues At Toronto.

(By Jack llambleion, Canadian Press Staff Writer)

TORONTO, 0nt., Nov. 5.--With the reading of l1. mass of evidence compiled over a period of seven years by Sergeant John Leopold, of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, while acting as Secretary of the Re- gina Branch, Communist Party of

The New

Exchequer.

LONDON, Nov. 5—The tonight. of the Exchequer.

rotary.

Sir Walter Runciman, of the Board of Trade.

Canada, and seized in a series of spectacular raids last August, the Crown today built up its case against nine alleged Communist leaders who have been on trial since Monday.

Tonight, according to Norman Sommervillc, K. C., Crown prosecu- tor, the Crown case was nearly com- pleted. Only a few more hours oi

chequer, was made Lord his elevation to the Peerag

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5 YEARS

[Canadian Press)

BATHURST, N- 8., Nov. 5.- Found guilty oi theft last Septem- ber Irom a Bathurst showroom of an automobile and a typewriter. Harold McDonald, giving his place of residence us Montreal, wm sen- tenced today to serve five years in the Maritime Penitentiary at Dor-

relary.

derry, Air Minister. LONDON. Nov. 5—The

Hon. J. H. Thomas who wil

most immediately and fro

Dominions Office.

Neville Chamber Snowden As Chancellor Of The

Neville ‘Chamberlain was selected

Annual s-w-criptlonl Delivered ‘L00- By linll Canada and U. S. A. H.80-

Cabinet

ls Announced

lain Will Succeed

(Special to the Guardian)

reorganized Cabinet form-

ed by Premier Ramsay MacDonald was announced

as Chancellor

Sir John Simon, Liberal, was made Foreign Sec-

Liberal, becomes’ President

Philip Snowden, retiring Chancellor of the Ex-

Privy Seal, foreshadowing

Stanley Baldwin, leader of the Conservative party, is Lord President of the Council. ‘

Sir Herbert Samuel, successor to David Lloyd George as leader of the Parliamentary Liberal party, is given the important post of Home Secretary.

Sir Samuel Hoare, Conservative. remains as Sec- reiary of State for India and J. H. Thomas, National Laborite, as Dominions Secretary.

Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister was made Colonial Sec-

Lord Hailsham, War Secretary and Lord London-

Daily Mail today said Rt. I remain Secretary for Do-

minions in the new Government, will go to Canada al-

m there to Australia and‘

New Zezlland to prepare the ground for Imperial trade agreements. Mr. Thomas. the newspaper said, will not hold the Colonial Secretaryship as he did in the last government, but will confine his attentions to the

chestcr, N. B.. by Judge H. F. Mc- Latchy, presiding at the Glouces- ter County Court, sitting here.

The Light

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Investigation At Moncton

(Canadian Press)

SAINT JOHN, N. B., Nov. 5.- Practically all of the two sessions today at the investigation being held, into the electric light rates at Moncton, before the N. B. Board of Public Utilities here, was taken up with the testimony of Harry E. Car- ver, Vice-president of the, Moncton Tramways, Electricity and Gas Co., Ltd. The only other witness was J. M. Robinson, investment banker of Saint John, who was on the stand a short while in the afternoon and testified in regard to the financing of a company, such as the Moncton one. The city is seeking lower rates from tho Tramway Company.

The testimony of Mr. Carver con- cerned the maklng up of a rate base, amount of working capital needed and how arrived at, comparison of rates with other towns of the Pro- vince and similar evidence. The in-

(Canadla Press)

obstacles with strong public sup- port.

Independent of securities markets holding the lead ill what had been widely heralded as the "return to prosperity," foodstuffs the world ov er spurted sensotionally and then weathered the usual technical re- action to close ut substantially higher prices.

The grain pits of Chicago held the key position again and seeth- ed with activity in one of the bus- iest sesslons of the year. Wheat closed from 7 l-2 to 1 3-8 cents high er, corn from 1 5-8 to 2 1-5 cents 11D.

It, was Just one month after the low prices for the season had been recorded. In that month wheat con tracts had gained about 22 cents, ______________________

vestigation will be continued tomor-

row, er or not on income tax will he

proposed. It will be necessary, he declared. to have the whole picture at hand before any decision can be made.

ELECTED

Continued on page 1o

Grain Continues

To‘ Clim L Higher

corn about 14. The value to the

9510-490. Ills, Nov. 5—-Grain farmers svas estimated as high as continued a. stubborn ‘climb to'$400,000.000. higher prices today, overcoming all

'I'll£‘l‘g were drought reports from

l Russia, stories of a similar menace iin southwest America, lack of moist ‘ure in Canada. and s. fair export ‘demand. But there appeared to be little need for bullish news. As the (professional trades put it, it was ‘public’ market, almost entirely speculative and paying little at- tention to the usual news. Solnc ‘cables from abroad said “the mark kct is running away froﬁl the con- ‘diticn on tile continent." f Trade was so heavy that the ‘large futures pits on the Chicago board of trade could hardly hold all the waving, yelling brokers. Yes- Qterdays total trades. 95,608,000 bush els, were the largest since August 12, 1930, and the brokers said they were sure wdﬂys V01ilme was still ‘greater.

From all sections G." the globe ,came word that the Winnipeg and Chicago gran markets were watch- ed eagcrly by the depression rid- ‘dcn world, that producers were fig- liiln‘; up their 881115, most oi them holding on in hopes of still more.

I l

(Canadian Proﬂa) LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 5.-Cir- cult Judge Ruby Lafioon, Democrat, was elected Governor over Mayor

Record & Forecast. of the Weather

William B. Harrison, Louisville Re- publican, on the face o.’ returns from nearly the entire state to-

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day. He cal-ried all his state ticket MINIMUM ~\-\'iI IHXI-uluu TEM- wlth him and the Democrats re- Hmnwmc” , Dawson . . . . . . . . . .. 5:0 tained control of the house and vnmmwp, m, SQIIBYQ. Edmonton 4|; - llnnff 5| (‘nllzrlry | Hnslllllotln l llogilm . 7 ncome ax - 'l‘nronin minwn ___ ‘ Montreal (gut-hm- . . .. . . . . (Canadian Press) guilt}; John .' is . __ n nx . . . . .. as H) EDMOIVIONI Mm" No" 5 N°,Cbnrl0iioimvn 11g 4'"

FOR A . . . Ollnwn nml l gnu-r Si. Lawrence Vul- Ieys-Frosh nl-rllnn-sl winds; pnrlly cloudy nml quiu- mo] Lower Ni. Ilnn-rl-nc-e Tuliryw-Slrllng northwest winds; pnrtly vlolldy null quite mo]; probably srnltr-l-oli snow- flllrrios. Gulf nnll Norih ﬁlllnrr--Sirnng nnrlh- wont wllllls; portly clnlllly’ null cool; llrnhnllly SCIIIIPPFII nnnwflllrrlos. Maritime- Prnvlnees-Sirony: wont to northwest winds: manly PIOIIIIV null IWOPIIIIHI! snlnowhllt cools-r wiill sunl- lererl shower-f.

. ~ w being Thuroueh lnqum 1s no Ilillll iille this nlnrlling lit 6.4!» nnrl lonlllht nt 7.45.

decision has yet been reached by the Alberta Government to intro- duce legislation at the next session of the legislature for the illlIﬂEWV-ln of a provincial income tax. Prem- ier Brownies stated todny l" 5115' wer to remarks in a speed) bl’ 31° Liberal oppmition leader. W. R- Howson.

ditlonel wheat purchases in south ier said. Upon the results oi such

made into every phase of the DIW- mo- loot-o PM» slats’.- £‘.'.'¥;i‘.?f.‘".?‘..‘.lT‘ New moon Monday. Nov. l). 8.55 p.m.

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