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ALSO “The Mystery Trooper"

AND COMEDY

Vivid Story of a Girl

CMIBN in a Conflict Between Two Loves ' “ill: LOLA LANE

GUINN WILLIAMS STEPIN F ETCHYI‘ RALPH INLE

“THE BIG

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with

the screen's fascinating new favorite

GABLE CLARK and Ernest Torrance Madge Evans Marie Provost Lew Cody and “Tommy Boy"

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Tired oi’ punter limo-lad . society romances? 111m this l; what you crave — a story of humanity. '

THRILLS GALORE i

ALSO

BOBBY JONES AND ’

Silly Symphony

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BEIITIIAL "iilllillllllili

(munch 0i‘ SCOTLAND-JR-ov-i “on MacDougall will preach

‘Q30; Brooklyn at 2.30; and Billi- gor at 7. P. M-

m Point-The S. S. Gaspesia. Capt. George Caron, arrived yester- flgy moming about 11.30 with a cargo of flour from Montreal. She is expected to leavc early this morn- ing on return to Mmtrefll-

POWNAL ClltCUllfi-Services on the Pownal Circuit on October 18th ' will be as follows: Clifton 11 a. m. ,

i’! p. m. Rev. George Tllley of Port 5nigin, u. a, officiating. '

i SUNDAY seitvicas - Presby- terian Services Sunday 10th. Mt. Stewart at 11 a. m. I-llghfield at 3, p. m. 'I‘fy01l at 7 P- m-

TRYON PRESBYTERIAN church Dr. M. E. Genge will speak at the, '1‘ryon Presbyterian Church Sunday Evening at 7 o'clock.

CLINIC FOR CRIPPLED CIIILD- KEN at the Town Hall, Summer- side, Tuesday morning, October 20th and at the Red Cross, 59 Grafton ‘ Street, Charlottetown, on Wednes- day, October 2ist. 9283-10-i0-8i ‘

ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED.—‘ Mrs. L. B. Toombs, North Rusticdl wishes to announce the engagement of her daughter Myra to Louis Davis Moffatt, Mayfleld. Marriage to take place in October. 9375-10-15-11.

ISLANDER. PROMOTED-MT- James Foley formerly of Cardigan. P. 'E. I. ho has been employed in the Eng. Dept. of the Standard Oil Co., Richmond, Calif. has been

Sabbath 1am. at Murray Riv" s‘ '

‘Mt. Herbert 2.30 p. in. and Pownal ;'

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Pan-American Conference Ends

(Canadian Press)

WASHIGTUN, n. o. Oct. IL-ln an atmosphere of cordlality. "P" resentatives of 21 western 1'99"!!!“ yesterday slsned resolut‘ adop- ted only after heated controversies and the fourth Pan-Amefloon Commercial Conference was de- clared at an end.

Wage Reduction’ Affects 14,000

TM ififir qphrlpriflwfl?

(Canadian Press)

NEW YORK, N. Y. Oct. 14.—A reduction of 10 per cent effective Nov. 11, in this earnings of all 1mg line employes of the Wertem

souius

Miss Catherine MacLean, Junior ltcd Cross Organizer, spent a few days in Souris and Eastern Kings

OCTOBER’

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15. 1931 ._-;:_-_:.':=

Canadians _ Better Off vThan Ever Before

(Canadian Press)

OTTAWA, Ont., Oct. 12.—Canad- ians are better off today in many respects than they were in the gnl- den era which followed the turn o1 the century. They have $10,000,000 more in savings banks. today than at the same date in '192B, the Canadian people have sir: and a half billion of life insurance against $431,000,000 in 1910 and, in addition, they hold $3,600,000,000 worth 01 . ‘Dominion, Provincial and Municipal bonds. These factors give them rca. son. for celebration oi‘ Thanksgiving this year, despite the immediate condition of stress, said Mr. Grattrm O'Leary, well known Canadian writer, lu the course of a radio ad- dress, a feature of Sunday night‘: National Chain broadcast froir, Canadian National Railways and allied stations.

_, Union Telegraph Company’ 9X‘ last “Eek elusive of messsnflifl. W95 igilt.

Mr. George Clapp, of Fortune and “mmunced t” I Mr. Thomas Campbell, of Campbell's bsziztitazztgsfiilgegiha 1:33:13“; cqmspm Ffldwm our town‘ in the dividend for the last

quarter of 1931 to 1 1-2 per cent. The previous dividend was 2 per cent per quarter- ' ,» thew and McLean Ltd., after having Appwximately 50m‘) employ“ z enjoyed a very pleasant vacation‘ are affected. The messengers who with friends in the United States. ' n" e"°1“d°d- "limb" “hm” 14'°°°' ~

Miss Evelyn Johnson, of Bay For- tune, has resumed her duties in the oflice of the iii-m of Messrs. Mat-

Mr. T. A. Harris, oi Elmira, mo- ' torcd to our town on Saturday. Labor To Protec

.,.. l The Middle Aged!

,. Mr. Herbert McQuaid, of Char- i lottctown, spent the week end in Harmony, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. McAuiay. Mr. McQuaid also paid a short visit to Souris.

i (Canadian Press) l VANCOUVER. B. o. Oct. 14.-

The following Prince of Wales

Twenty years ago, Mr. O'I..cnr5

- continued, fivé percent of Canada‘:

population were living in one room Today, with a population‘ of about _ 10,000,000, less than two percent or: one room dwellers and upwards o1 00 percent of Canadian homes orf owned by the families who occupi tiicm.

As to unemployment, more pcopi. are gainfully employed in Cllllliuii today than in the peak employment season of 1026, according to il§ill'(‘S_ issued by ilic Dominion Bureau oi Statistics.

As compared with lllol/thcro a,» 10,000 more industries in Canada employing 300,000 more people and paying out annually $642,000,000 in wages, while laroclucing $3,000,000,-

mvnership °f “'a"°"p°wer' ‘has sflidllling Macxay’ Albany‘ M"- shemn selected and transferred to Morris i The American Federation of Labor ‘ 000 more in goods In every co r t ll-

_ . ' - C liege stud t liav returned to WINNIPEG. “an, 09.: H (B), We Wm appreciate if you Wm ‘m the State viould be willing to bearwcelntrlal Bedeque and Crail. Rock Cant This speaks won o: our‘ mzumc theirmlhsltles em Charlottej in convention here yesterday ccivablc Sphere or me national “re » Conn "i lu-os-i- noclstufls - the “hale cost of developing thevMdd etch‘ A reading me A“ Islanders abroad. Ho is a brothel‘ . turned its attention to those hope-_ , ‘h m“! dicate to Us respectively the points sovion The federal administrat- Around Woman" was iven by tow“ having elimyed B‘ few days there has been extraoldmary at‘ to which such relief traffic should ‘I ‘ ' g 0i M158 N- Foley. Cily- 1555 thimsands who at the 35° "f veiopment. more and better trans-

conignczl to Govui-uiiuiit recogniz- ed relic.‘ orgziiiiznliluis‘ in Saskat- chewan and Alberta will b: car- ried fric of charge by thc Canad- ian Pficiiic and Chadian Nation-

holidnv at their respective homes in ' t Souris: Blliic Acorn, Irving Fras-I 45 and themselves thrown on he

er, The Misses Doris MacDonald, Pauline Paquct, Olga ~White, Isa- bclla Mooney and Genevieve Pa-

ioii it is understood is also willing Mrs. Elliott Wright, Middleton and to pzy $100,000,000 for construction was much enjoyed. Miss Haszard begzfngcjgggog; gngolitittillwigktle 52:26:11; ‘Vi?!’ tlgzhlfnugtigzt 3:82:12: ideal October weather WiliCil pre-

, _ H ‘ "valled in this province last week, in the United States lies in thealso a demonstration on a kitchenlmd Sunday, suddenly changed

portation, more livestock, more pro- duce from farms, mines, forests and fisheries, more convenience and more creature comforts for Canad- ians today than ever before in their

be consigned and the individuals at these points ivho will look after the same.

“\Ve venture to call attention to

economic scrapheap marked “too old to work."

In a manner so casual that its

l’ significance escaped many in at-

THANKSGIVING DAY. — The

ai Rnilu-ziys. Prcsinlciiis of the Roilivays made a join: nIlilDllllUf- (jgmgrlg g, gonsldprible amour-lg of merit here tonight that they had vegetable, fruit and other products wired the offer to Pi‘"illii‘l‘ J. T. M. V, is gqjng t0 waste, and we thlnlr AHPIBYSOH 0i $fl‘=‘»ifl‘¢!l,@\\‘11ll and I that if some organized efforts were Prvmlf-‘r -7- E- BYWY-‘HIPO of l-Vbvllfl- mode’ to collect and load such

the fact that in certain parts of

power issue. Roosevelt is the mostjor saving steps," and many help~i likely Democratic candidate against ful hints. It was announced that President Hoover in the presiden-vthe date of the district Conven- tial election ncxt year. Mr. Hoov- lion. in the future would be the ers‘ unequivocal support of indiv- first week 0f Selitembéf- The he" idualism would indicate hs is for meeting f°u°wed m the evening-

through Sunday night, and Thanks- giving Day, it was decidedly cold with very high wind, and the first snow flurries of the fall. This inter- fered "with a number of trips plan-

quct tendance, the Federation's first

convention laid down the demand that if industry continued its years has been manager of Central , “Useless “ti?!” 45" policy, wages Crennlems, sour“, are sorry to must be increased sufficiently to

The many friends of Mr. 'I'heo-, dorc Ellis, who for the past, few

history. Canadians have one mo- tor car for every eight persons, half a million radio sets among ten mil- lion people and they have every reason to observe the national

‘ned to the country. A united relig- 18am that he has been transferred‘ allow workmen to retire on their

thanksgiving in its proper spirit. Central savings at that age. The state '

The message, sign-rd by Sir l-lcnry- produce a considerable amount private development of the Si,“ itrhe members 0g the different 1n-

Tluuflioll- C- N- R- illTsiflPy-t 11nd , could be collected with corrcspond- . 1 _ i ious service was held in St. James’ t u Ch 1 net

F. W. Bohtty. President of C. P. R1 lug relief. Lawrence pow” itotitezuglfgf glen tail-veg“; 3:112:12! lChurch at which Rev. Mr. Legato, ;reamgiles_ at o own organizations committee made the

rnwrl: I 0W0 beg that you accept this pro‘ Imututes m u‘: Han ’ lftev. Dr. Ramsay and Rev. J. B. M. ~ proposal; 1n the form of lrlgtrugt- B k T L 'd hpor the purpose of rssisting‘ p053], of our two railwly compan- The evening meeunk opened with Armour of Toronto, General Scc- The S. ‘S Lizbeth’ of British my 10m to state redemflons and local 0C o an

your Provinces in the mailer oi ics as an earnest and co-operativc relief, the Canadian Pacific and | desire on our part, to ctmtl-lbute to (Tanadian National Railways will i115 rollcf of your provinces."

move free of charge any food iuilsl sir Henry will confer hefg Tues- consigned to your provincial rclici; clay n-ith Premier Jghn Bfackpn of

organizations o‘: such similar oii-I Afanilolaa in COilll"Cti0l'1 tvith a sim-

ganizztions as you may designate,‘ liar undertaking by the mil com-.

iprinics in this Province.

St. Lawrence Power P-oject Materializing

By Ken Clark, Canadian Prc s Staff] little matter of the outbursts from Writer ‘New York State about the rights of the Stat:- ln negotiations. The WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct. 14- trc"ty making power lies with the Hon. W. D. Ilouiusc. the CfiiTd-iFcdcrnl Government and while fan Minister to Washington, l1as' Secretary of state Henry L, stim- returned from Ottawa where boson offers reassurance New York Cflflfcfmd With Prifnlivl‘ R. B. BPH- interests will be protected, it is in- nctt and l-Ion. Huufoi-d lifcNiclmg, (ligated the adjustment of ques- the-United Stairs Tviiliistot‘. \V:i.<li-§tl<;n~, between the state Md the lngton how expects Camila and tiny‘ fcdcrnl administration will be made Unlifd Slows will L's-f (i0\v\'l’l tflnftcr drafting of a treaty rather brass tacks nnrl formulaic a Si. than before, Ivwrcncc tvaiorivcr: frosty covering The difficulty between the Un- the whole ivntcrrlicd of the rl\'(‘1',ifcd States and New York State and including tho (gllF“il0liS of Chi- concerns tho 1,000,000 horsepower crigo (llvcrrlnn attcl preservation of‘ to be developed in the internation- Nluswl or nrrhuis mflmly 01'0"] oi section. New York State claims viding for the cnurvuuc-‘iou in the the power and it is reported Frank- imflm-"ililn"! "FTC SPW-"Ii. illn D. Roosevelt, Govemor of the 771° 5W0 l‘-'~'i>1"t1ucii‘~ mnlzos Slate and an advocate of public

leg. Trude Mach

Successful Fox Feeding

ls thc prolilrm of our Fox Ranchers today. flow to grow strung, vigorous foxes that will produce pelts of ilno texture and lustrous sliccn is uppermost in all minds. THE DIPERIAI. msciur cQuiraNv. LIMITED, have found

' the solution in their deservedly popular

Imperial Fox Biscuits anil imperial Puppy Food

Regular fcriliiu: nf these ls giving the desired results in our Canadian Ram-hrs. "IMPERIAL-FED FOXES" are in a class by themselves. They "Produce the goods."

Ensure success by liberal feeding of IMPEMALQ, For sale by lending island dealers or direct from factory.

BEDEQUE , e {the President Mrs. Horace Wright: lVLr. Ermmerson I-lucstis and lvfi-JL-ower Bedeque, presiding, Dr.‘ Austin Jardinc, students of AcadiajKeoping, gave an address on “The University, spent Thanksgiving at lsanitarium," giving s. very rdefinite their respective homes in Wilmot detail of its patients, its members Valley. I of the Institutes, also the entire‘ audience. A collection was taken,i which went for the benefit of the; Sanitarium. A solo was rendered by I Miss Winnlfred Wright, Lower: Bedeque. Dialogue by the Middle- ton Institute. Mr. Gordon Mac- Callum, rendered a solo. Followed vcntlon of the Women's Institute by harmonica harp music by Mr. of Ceneral Bcdeque, Lower Bede Hennegar of Aibanq. Dialogue by quo- Svavlowvu and Albany. Wflslthe Chelton Institute. Solo by Miss held in the Central Bcdcqué Hall Grace Deacon, of Freetown, which on Tuesday, aft9rnoon and evening, was mnct enjoyed. Dialogue by |Octobcr 6th. Delightful weather the Lower Freetown Institute, A 'prevailing a large number of mem- ‘DOTS and vistors gathered, despite the very busy potato digging time. Tlic afternoon session opened with ,thc President, Mrs. Horace Wright 10f Lower Bedeque, presiding, by singing “Its a good time to get ac- quainted,” and the repeating of the iclub Women's Creed in unison. lAddress of welcome by Mrs. John tral Bcdeque. The singing of the ‘Dawson, of Central Bedeque 1n- National Anthem, was the clo‘ Esiiiute and was responded to by number of a very successful con- iMixs. Sterling MacKay of Albany|vention and entertainment. The zfnstitute. The roll call of the In-‘hall was unable to seat the very istltute followed. The sccretaryqlargc crowd of people at the gvelr _Miss Florence Green. Central Bedflllng entertainment. ‘que, then read the minutes of 10515 —-—— year's meeting, which were adoptcdi Mr. and Mrs. John Dawson, of correct. The following Institutes Central Bedeque were visitors to gave very instructive and intcrcst- Kinkora on Sunday last,

Dr. A. D. and Mrs. Sharpe, who spent a holiday in Boston and oth- er American cities have returned to their Il0Ill6'll‘l Central Bcdcque.

The fourth annual District Con-

Miss Verna Schurman, from the‘

solo by Miss Olive Stavert, Frcewwn. "Moving Picture by the Lower Bedcque Institute. The piano accompanist; for the even- ing were Mrs. Walter Leard, Flem- wood and Mrs. Earle Leard, Cen-

ing reports of the year's work, ______ which dealt mainly with school M155 Mabel Clark a 1r h“ been improvements, programme plan- spenidng a few days in Hamilton,

ning for the meeting and gonaral community welfare work. The re- ports from the Institutes were ,givcn, as follows: Middleton Insti- 'tute, by Mrs. Wilfred Craig; Al- jbany Institute by lVLrs. Hammond |Gamblei Chelton Institute by Mrs. ‘Earle Pearson; Borden Institute by Mrs. Herring; Scarletown Institute by ll/Biss Sobey; Fernwood Institute by Mrs. Walter Leard; Central Bcdeque by Mrs. Riliph Callback. Mrs. H. Wright of Lower Bedcque suggested that a. book on "Tem- perance," be placed in the differ-

the guest of her cousin Mia, John Simpson.

A miscellaneous shower was honor of her approaching mar- riage, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Holland of Seurletown, on Wednesday even- ing October Tth. The parlour was tastefully and prettiiy (legorsteq, with pink and white streamers, the “bridal chair," was daintly trim-' med with pink and white decora- tbons. About sixty friends young

retary of the British and Foreign Bible Society in Canada took part. Mr. Armour preached an approp- riate sermon from the 67th psalm. Suitable hymns were sung and a solo was rendered by Mr. Ben. Acorn.

Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Holbrook, who have been visiting their son Mr. Harold S. Holbrook, of Toronto, Ont., returned home this week.

a “Wedding Cake," were carried in- to the room by Miss Doris Black’ and Miss Pearle Weeks, the gifts‘ were unwrapped by Mrs. l-lamp MacLean of Summcrside and Miss

duette by Miss Eileen Dawson and [Gladys Lowther of Searletown and‘

the accompanying humorous ver-,

Central Bedeque Institute. A pialw 19g were read by M155 Dorlg Mm»; tcr O'Donnell have returned to St. of my 0g gerltral Bedeque, the gifts Dunstans University, having spent

were displayed on a table beside‘ the brlde-to-bc. The glfm were very useful and beautiful and in- cluded, glassware, silverware, linemi chinswale, etc., which testifies the: popularity of lWLss Holland in the

community. Miss Holland in a few- well chosen words, thanked the

doners very gracefully, for their

lovely gifts and good wishes. All‘ joined in singing "For she's a] Jolly Good Fellow," Mrs. l-leber; Myers, then favored the guests with

some selections on the piono. Ice-

cream and cake were then served

by the assisting hostesses. After

which, all bid Miss Holland a pleas-

ant; "Goodnight," and dispersed f0!‘

their respective domielles, after

enjoying a. very pleasant cveninsl with Miss Holland.

Mir. and Mrs. Sutherland Header. .

tendered Miss Grace Holland. in son and little son, George of Char- week. wsmng relaflvem

lottgtgwn were visitors to Centre- ville Bedeque the guests of Mrs. George MacKay. ~ ____. v

Mrs. Charles MacNutt of Char-, lottetown has been spending g holi-‘ day in Freetown, the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Clifford Matthews. ‘

Mr. and “Mfrs. Harry Green and

cnt schools, this being made pos- "Yble through the Institutes. A very zicasant solo was rendered by ‘Jiss Wlnnlfred Wright of Lower jcdeque. Some very helpful hints were given by Miss Wright. The xccutiva for the coming year was {acted as follows: President, Mrs. ierling MacKay of Albany; secre- nry, Mrs. Earl Pearson of Chelton- The following committees were HP"

and 01d assembled at the home, to extend to the bride-to-bg a, "Host of Good Wishes." As the guests Were assembled in the parlour, Mrs. l-leber Myers of North .fl5l']¢fl)n played the wedding march on the, piano, as the bridc-to-be, acwrrl. pained by i101‘ friend Miss sellnp, Myers of Lower carleton, descend- ed the stairs to the crowded par-

l

llttl; son, of centraLBedeque, were

‘visiting friends in Klnkvra on Sun-

day. l

Th; many old friends in Kinkora, learned with deep regret of theI passing of D1‘. E. C. Dodge at his‘ homo in Boston, Mass on Sept. 30

Miss Marion Frizrell, student

lour and was seated in the bridal

spent ‘lhlnklfllllihg with her P81"

pointed: Demonstrating Committeeiohau. A "mock marriage" then cnil. Mr. and Mrs. John Prizzell.

IMPEPEEM. BISCUIT 00., LTil.

Phone 721. Box 446.

Charlottetown, P. E. l.

v

jMrs. Reginald Forbes, Lower Bede- ‘que, Mrs. Curtis of Middleton, Mrs. Ralph Cailbeclr, Central Bedeqlle land Mrs. mitts Cameron of Albany.

young couple in marriage and‘ which caused much laughter and"

Resolutions Committee, Mrs. Ster-

lmlwsmsnt- ‘Ilueo baskets of gift! business course at the

m)‘ P1599 which unltld a. fancyicmtral Bedeque.

‘ mii"'rie"isn"archiesia"is taking" a

iiaintly decorated in the form of Business College-B.

unions. It was adopted ‘ without

istiy, came into port on Monday“ b de ate.

but owing to the heavy sea it was impossible to dock until Tuesday af- ternoon. Work commenced on Tues- day afternoon of loading this steam- -

, , . er with potatoes by the Harris Ab- ,8 Repaft ‘ baton‘, of Charlottetown. The car-

Bzg Decrease!

go consists of barrels and bags o1 select potatoes, which were landed: at the frost proof house by train and also by teams during the past‘ few day's. Around seventy-five longshorcmcn are employed at the

| (Canadian Prais)

I LONDON,Oct. l4, (AP).—.-Lloyd’s , register reported todw that the “gadwgt §"“?3lm‘sth°”’°°‘°“ t° beg total tonnage of ships under con- c mp e e w‘ e next few daysV structlon at British yards at the end of September was 417,385, the lowest figure slnoe 1881 and a decrease of 62 1-2 per cent from last year. '

The total included 64,000 tons on i which work since has been sus- pended.

The six next largest shipbuilding countries, headed by the United States, reported an aggregate dc- crezisa of 17 1-2 per cent during the year.

Would End Textile Strike

Mr. George Lczird, Charlottetown, iillfllli. the week end at his home in Souris.

Messrs. Melvin McQuaid and Les-

Thanksgiving at their homes in Souris.

Mr. I. C. MacDonald, South Lake, was among the recent motorists to our town.

Mr. Wilfred Cheveric, Souris, was a passenger to Charlottetown on the express on Tuesday.

‘Last week the fishermen had very good hauls of mackerel, some get- ting as high as eight hundred. The cod and herring fishing at the pre- sent time is very dull.

(Canadian Press)

BOSTON, MASS, Oct. 14--— Striking Lawrence Textile Work- ers today volunteered to return to work at their old wages while Governor Joseph B. Ely attempts to bring about an arbitration of their wage dispute with their employers.