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ACBI D ENTAL EATH VERDICT S RETIIRNEIJ

djourned Inquest In‘ to Death Of Miss Bessie Purdy Held At Summerside.

Ag ma adjourned inquest held .. may at Brummereide on the ath of Miss Basie Purdy, the . returned the following ver- cl; “Tho.t, the deceased came to .. death in an automobile which .. was driving being struck by e wwtbound. evening train No. _ near Kensimrtoa-l on Monday." train men were fully exoner- lad from blame. The jury recom- ded the removal of certain -- which obstructed the view of 9 railway from the main high-

'!y'he_v also considered the eros- were not sufficiently marked, also recommended that the per authorities should receive I .. of the verdict. aigned——l'bre:rna.n WJ. Ilidetone. .. self and others. The inquest was adjourned from ly 26th, the Coron Dr. W. B.

ious. Dr. Simpson testified

' he was calleiihm the hospital

and other injuries. The in weresuflfclenttocausedlea.

Arthur Larkln. Knmsington, wh blessed the accident as his OW‘: was stalled a. few feet east of crossing. gave evidence that

saw and car up- chlng the crossing. He heard V train blow quite distinctly. The’ was two thirds over the cross- - when the train struck it. He

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njoyallle and Gonc.iirt,-. ast Night

or-lane Win: 1 t tful come as -. grounds of Government E03156. anged by His Honour Lieu en- t Governor DeBlois. large crowd strolled thr0l18\ll » beautifully kelpt. grounds dur- . the rendering of the various hers on the programme. Lieut- nt Governor Domain is honor- ’ Colonel of the P. E. I. Liim“

. Regiment. allowing is the programme:

YEOGRAM Canada. - -ch -- Gentry: 'I‘riuml>hn1—

le'ction-Laurentien lichoee-—

P. Laurandau. lection—-Old ‘Time Favorites- . D. Barnard. . ucll-01-eat Little Arm!-— neth J. Alfofld. t1on—Marita.nL-—W. V. Wal-

h—Anchore Awei¢h- 0*!”- ermalnn. = lecticn—Roee Marie-—mldolf . . >'mn—Abide With Me. in Save the King,

homing Events

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(By The cnudisir Press) August —spoken in come Eur- opean countries as the crucial month in the present "war of nerves"—was ushered in Tuesday with renewed ‘ ‘ _ between Poland and the Free City of Dan- zlg and border incidents between Hungary and Rumanla.

The Warsaw Goyernrnent launch- lu In

Id vartiol elsuzes withdrawing customs inspectors from a margarine plant in Dsnzig which produces largely for the Polish market. Similar measures were taken against herring caught by Danzig fishermen and market- ed across the border.

Germans in Danzig declared these moves were a "general at- tack" on the Free City’: vital

economy.

Exp:-eel “Astcniehmenf." Hungary expressed “astonish- ment" to Rumanie. over frontier clashes during the past» three days along the 'I‘ia-so River and aug- iested immediate establishment of a joint. commission to investigate at the scene of the incidents. The clashes are an outgrowth of the

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By ROBERT B. PARKER, Jr. Associated Press Foreign Staff KUPJ.-‘NEG, Yllgoslavia. Aug. 1— Dr. Vlndloo Machek today timeout- enedtopu1lCroatlaoutonYugo— alsvia-—even though 1‘it will prob- ably mean a world wa.r"—u.n people are quickly granted complete home rule.

leader said that 450,000 Croatian “Peasant Foot Guards" are sup- porting his demands already made on the Serb-conducted government at Belgrade.

M-achelc declared bluntly that Croaitia would secede from Yugo- slavia unless his autonomy demands were met. Asked if such la. move would mean revolution, he replied: “It will mean more-it. will prob-

.wold.. "‘-~- _ .,,. 'I‘b‘}l¥lio‘Peas:'nt ‘dinette. lw‘kno‘wl- edged that there probably would

Croats. This statement was made in response to a quer; whether he believed an independent Croatia could live apart from Serbia. Regarding the part Ger-many Yugos1a.vla's northwestern neighbor since the Nazi absorption of Aus- tria, miglhit pbsy in a Croat seces- sion, Much-ck commented:-—

"All rigllt—-Germany then—le! her come and make order. some- one must make order in Yugo- slavia. If Belgrade can not make order in Yugoslavia, Germany con. “'I‘hene is an analogy between our situation and that of Czecho- slovakia. The sslhléseifilneflts 3-70 present in both. .

"I hope there may yet be time to save us but I am afraid it is too late If it only depended on us. Croatia would have had her freedom long ago."

Refus_e-s‘To Deal With Lending Bill

WAB»Hl'.'NGTON. Aug. 1 -—(AP) --The House of Representatives re- fused today to consider the United States Administration's $1.D5D.000,- 000 lending bill, a decision which one member said killed the meas- ure for the session.

A coalition of Democrats and

Republlcium successfully fought adoption of a resolution setting forth procedure for formal con-

sideration of the bill. already pass- ed by the senate in a. somewhat different: form -

Refusal of the House to consider the measure came over the vpbement opposition of Majority

- for Notices in this column Loader Rayburn (Dem-Texas) :- ! cent: per word. goinst such arbitrary action Whether the leadcrship would at- 'l‘a1kies—Murray River Thurs-. tempt to obtain consideration ' I4°“3'3‘1‘3l- through other parliamentary tact- _ km_mdon md”_ ice In not immediately known. "'“3"“‘“' TREASURE onnm ems] B‘nd""""' _ ..:.__.... ~= l«m\‘7&ll9Yu ‘rllfil. L’ ymgl mbo: 1.-oar-1'-al-2. ,,, v,,

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‘Crucial Mfiolfth ’UsheredrIn- l'Vith Renewed Tension In Europe ’s ‘War Of Nerves’

Munich settlement along that port. of Ruthenla which was incorpor- ated into Hungary. Four Hungar- ians were reported wounded.

Madrid's newspapers asserted that Gibraltar was Spanish and drew upon history to prove what they claimed was the “.snstch" of the fortress by Great Britain.

A qualified British spokesmanin London said the Government would ignore these newspaper statements but that should the occasion de- mand it, Gibraltar would be thoroughly defended.

Great Britain. meanwhile, dis. closed new strides toward readiness for any emergency as Parliament approached its summer recess, Aug.

A British Military Mission pre- pared to leave for Moscow for joint British-French-Soviet Rus- sian military talks.

From the Soviet capital come an official declaration that the Brit- ish formula defining "indirect ag- gression" in the proposed Mutual Assistance Pact among the three powers left loopholes for potential

A lieutenant of the 60-year-old .

have to be a. protectorate over the ,

deserted house, a found 8815 in pound n stubby horse-hair choir.

With Opening

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0120.4 TS THREA TEN SECEDE FROM , YUGOSLAV STATE’

Will Visit Europe

CHARLES A. DUNNING

Minister of Finance and M.P. for Queen’: County who will visit. Europe on a health-seeking trip. His offer of resignation at Cabinet Council yesterday was rejected by Premier King.

lchinelie claim Japan

Evacuating F are es In Yangtse Valley

CHUNGKING. Am. 1-5 Chi‘ nese Army .sP0K'€5m?m 53-1‘? ‘"0533’ Japan is stripping its E34-‘fl50‘fl5 1“ the Ynngtse Valley to send rein- forcements northward toward Man- choukuo and the Soviet frontier. and‘lsoulhwlu'd toward Canton-

Foreign sources sald ltt. lcust. two divisions were observed coining down the Yangtse River to Pukowv raurwgy Lexjnlnus opposite Nun- king, and. entrainingz there for Tientsin. apparently for <lcstina.t- ions in Manchoukuo.

Heavy artillery accompanied fihe evacuating forces, The JaPan'€'3° A1; Force operating in this zone also was said to be depi€ir€d- The last few raids on Chunslflnil ha” been carried out. by exceptionally small fleets of bombers. compaml rtolgie mess flights Used in 09*“

At a press conference the Olli- -naae Army epokesrmm said that recent Japanese operations in southwestern Ilomn were undoubt- edly designed to cover huge With- drawals from the Yangtse Valley.

iDa,n1i'g Nazis Charge Poland

"Trade War”

and

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R E 8 IGNATI

Finance Plans

Health Trip.

OTTAWA, Aug. 1 ——(c p)_ Finance Minister Dunning, who is leaving at the end of this week on a health-seeking trip to Europe.

offered his resignation :0 Prime Minister Mackenzie King today but it was not accepted.

The Prime tMlinlste'r said to-

night, following Cabinet Council that Mr. Dunning had been order- ed to take a long rest as the only means of restoring his health, and had asked to be relieved of his portfolio.

"I told Mr. Dunning I was sure the people of Canada would want him to remain in the govern- ment. so that ‘when he is restored to health he may return to con- tinue to serve the country as he served so well in the past," the Prime Minister said.

UQIJIIJIGIO ICCII NOCCS5Ify

Mr. Dunning who was stricken at the close of the 1038 l§€33l0n of Parliament but recovered suffici- ently to carry on his duties during the 1939 session, has been advised -by plryslcilms that he may cvcpect fl. complete recovery if he separates himself completely from all of- “ 339:5 ‘_‘?L'l_l9l!81l‘.i'\i>eriod

(Continued on page 9. Col 2)

Trade Board Attitude Re Borden Highway

Regret that there has evidently been A misunderstlnidina of the Charlottetown Board _of '.l_‘l'lMie's re-

‘~' (1 the .:,eT%;d....s~

tween Cha.rlottetogvn - den -was expressed yesterday to B Guardian representative by Mr. . N. Bissett, p_residen.t of the Board. Mr. Bisset/t was interviewed with regard to a letter in Tuesday‘: Guardian, criticizing the Board’:

propmal.

Explaining tho situation. Mr. Blssett said that the members of the Board of Trade and Charlotte- town mer-ohants generally under- stood that a direct road was to be paved to Borden, and thy assum- ed it would be the shore road. The Board learned about. a fortnight ago that the direct route to be paved war. a road through Albany connecting with the present pave- ment to summerslde at ema.n's Comer. a distance of about four mlles west of Borden. This would Inean that citizells of Charlotte- town and the eastern end of the Province would be required to drive an extra. distance of over eisht miles in going to and from Bor- den.

When this was learned. the Board of Trade not in touch with memlbels of the Government to as- certain if it was possible to have the pzvementgoby ashontor route. They were informed that the mat- tcr wl1.s_set.tled definitely. beyond question of change. The pavement was to go through Albany to True- m:m‘r. corner. Consequently. in the

business interests cf Charlotte- town nnd the eastern part of the Province. the Board suggested

that a short cut of two and 0. half miles be paved. which would bring one out directly at Carleton and nlai-:2 the distance from Charlotte- town in B"l'{l9n approximately thirty-five miles.

Mr. Blssetl. anlplmsized that the Board of Trade lm no intention of falling slides with any section of the country as to the area through which ti‘: paved road should pass. All that they are emphasizing. he said, is the necessity for a reason.

ITS or lllllllll

_ Minister Indefinite Visit To Europe On

Loan ’l‘wEED.<l\ll'llr

tion that efforts retain

Minister Mackenzie King.

rLond 'I‘wcedsmu.l1-, whose five-year term expires next year.

"I have been very happy to have Lord Tweedsmuir here and would likze to see him stay tmothor term,“ the Prime MlnLst£r said. "I would consider seeking an extension of

is tierlm before I would llhink a- bout his successor."

The Livc‘vnn~.1 Pro today pub- lishled 8. despatch from a London cor-respondent saying the 44-year- old Duke of Devonwire, son of a former Ca.nadia.n Governor Gener- al, is being spoken of as a possible successor in Lord 'I‘wr*edsmlllr as Governor General of Canada.

The Duke hlls been llnCP‘-.<Pf‘.re- tary for the Dominions and chair- man of the Overseas Settlement Board since 1936. His father, the late Duke of D9VOl‘lSl‘i‘ll‘P. wllo died

1938. was Governor (‘r='1crs1l here from 1916 to 1921.

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Curfew Imposed At Bombay To Ell Violence.

(By The Associated Press) BOMBAY, India, Aug. l—'I'lle Bombay Government tonight im- posed a. 10 pm. curfew for 14 days in an effort to curb further vio- lence following riots in which 55 persons were lured in fighting over the new prohibition law.

Moslems on a. holiday parade stoned Hindu onlookers who, as followers of Mahatma Gandhi,have supported the dry law.

The Mosiems, although absinth- era by religion, were led by Par- sees. who control most of lllf‘ city's liquor trade and moreover fear that loss of city revcnllos will lead to higher taxes.

The police stopped in with their batons. but when these proved in- effective before the mtnb they (Imu-

wounded by bullets; others nln cuts and bruises from stlclcs and storm.

The injured included 21 special constables who volllntcered to hzlp enforce the law. zlnzl six rc-gulnr policemen,

Assembly of more than five rer- sons on any street in tho mo';t.d‘..<- turbcd areas of the 90-Sflllfilrl‘-nlllf‘ city was forbidden.

Crowds pmndlori in the rcn=llnw~ where Premier BillZl5fll’l"l1 (infra- dasr Kher dlerlarerl in n F.l)'.'l?(‘ll that “India will dcnlonstrnte to America how the cxperinicnt can succeed."

There were other processions of school children who «mg m'ollibl-

ably direct route between Char- l0l.l/5l0\l_l§_ and Borden.

tlon songs arid carried effigics of

. "demon nun

World News In Brief

'15, member of the British delegatio

here today.

mm bomb, pleaded nlny lode: of chants of $4.360 March 81- Thotnbnrg to 85 non in prison.

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MILAN, Italy, Aug. 1--Long lines of trucks loaded with troops and

Juan Blelunl J.

HINDI-IEAD, Surrey, England, Aug. l—Baron Howard of Penritil.

n to the peace conference in 1019

and British Ambassador to the United State: from 1024 to 1930. died

4’

juppugg rolled along with batteries of artillery tanks. ambulances.

motorcycle and bicycle troops across the Plllns of Lombardi today in preparation for the nation army‘: msnoeuvres neor the French frontier.

MANILA. Aug. 1-I-'orty_four Filipino! were believed to have per- ished in heavy sens today, the smell motor velul Peplto founller-in: and sinking of! the coast of Sum: Inland. Thirty-Ii: others . ched shore safely either on wreckui 0|‘ 5! "Uni"!-

LIAVINWORTII, Inc, Aug. !—JolIn 'l'hernburg. 20. human dyna-

robblng the" tint National Bulk of Belting sentenced

. . ———-——jIl LONDON. AI‘. l—A Itrih of $6.000 employees of Great Britain‘: kg, ‘uh nu“, gygtamg wu threatened telly an the country neared ol lie lllnllllf holiday tnvel. The attentive connnmoe of the Almanac agency of locomotive Ir-lglneere and - relncu announced it lniieulcoaupantnncrllraanctna dahvmlllbu rlrlednt-postal Jluutlngutobenalawllnlnchnnextdn: or In-

. A Second Term?

UITAWA, Aug. l—(OP)—Lnclica- will be made to Lord. Twoedsmulr for a sec- _ . .

and term as Governor Ge-neml of which the Government has completed negotiations.

4. Disclosure that plans have been made to assure that

Parliament will be able to remain in session during war-

Osmulo. was given tonight by Prime The Prirne Minister was asked if

any consideration had been given time_ to the selection of it successor to

R|llTOV!ER

lined In

strides towards readiness f Parliament approached its

1 ing wartime.

Commons.

LONDON. Aug. l—((IP)—-Great Britain disclosed new

or any emergency today as

Slll'lll'll€l' l'L'C(‘SS.

The new plans and accomplishments included:— 1. Disclosure that the Government had completed a comprehensive scheme for rationing oil and gasoline dur-

2. Introduction of a food defence blil to create a ‘food

ministry and to finance storage and trzlnsport of foods.

3. Announcement that a fleet soon would be formed

5. Announcement that th

families unable to buy them. Rapidly Producing Shelters

Sir John Anderson. Loni Privy Seal, gpld the House of Commons Lllat, a weekly production of 55,000 shelters was expected by Septem- lber and that 5,000 a week would lbe offered for sale at about £8 ($37) delivered.

The military mission to Ruxis prepared to leave tomorrow for lstnfi” talks with French and Rus- sian Army officers in Moscow. It will visit France fllrst.

The Foreign Afialrs Committee of the cabinet reviewed latest. re- ports on the long negotiations in {Moscow for an A:n<.;lo-French-sov- ,lct Russian mutual assistance sc- lcorcl and also discussed the For i Eastern situation,

Cabinet Meets Today

l The full cabinet will meet to- ,morl~ow for e _t', time Uefore the sr-.heliu1e<l‘bd*I , -0! Par-

,‘lia.rn<-nt Friday. Informed sources said instructions would be sent to ‘Sir Robert Cragie. Ambassador in ’Tokyo, on ds for

Japan's deman

,wlt.hdrau'al of British support from from heat and drought is difficult Head 01' R°Ch°53*’-T- New

China’: national currency.

5 In reply to a question in the

‘House of Commons, Sir John

Simon, Chancellor of the Excheq-

uer, declared that "the formula

agreed on in Tokyo (as B bisis for

still‘ -2 the 'I‘ierltsin episode) does

not imply any clllmgg of View of

His Majesty's Government as to

.the desirability of retaining uta~l Ibility of the Chinese currency in ‘ the interests or this country and l other countries which have impor— ' taut financial and trade interests

in China."

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Reassemblc In October

A Government motion p:rescz'ib— ing the length of Parliament‘s'r oess gives Oct. 3 as the date for r-easscmbling. The measure will be debated tomorrow when the oppo- sition will offer rm amendment to provide for fl brief meeting at the and of Allgust.

The situation in to the next general election has not yet ,clarlfi.<-d. Some observers believed -,that Parliament would have about tone month's work starting Oct. 3 izlnd than would be dissolved with in i!Pl‘.€Tl\l election in November.

The (}ol'cnlm<.=n-t has given no Irdlmtion. llowcver, of its plans in this l‘."'1I\"(l This Parliament was c‘vctc:i in 1935 zlrld can exist leg- nilv until the autumn of 1940.

Unofficial rommr-n_t mmtloncd Nov. 16 o-~ Nov. 23 as the possible ri.nrt.‘.nn rial‘.

, -lritisll Troops [ Kill Nine Arabs

JERUSALEM, Aug. l——lAP)—- British troops killed nine Arabs and wounded 20 others in an en- gugnnrcnt with it large rebel bond

prlvnto nnd wounding four others July 23

GRAPION 0nt.. Aug. l—'I'he theory of a double murder for rob- bery was one of several bei pur- sued by police tonifllt in e in- vestigation 01 the death of Mr. and Mrsl_ Thomas wounding of

seen com side the door by the Prestr nude from A

hend._

In rilffermt rooms metoll-s Mrs. Proetridgc was found barely breath- lnlz and Misc Mona hy nude and Se'fl1l~cO!lS0lOlfl with a. bullet wound in the focehqd. ll‘. Ind Mrs. ‘ Prestridlm. both end 40. fled in

snlllll of E(‘llll(‘ll€ln today. Several where hum-lr<-l-is of bllthcrs con- Dl‘lF0llf‘I“S wt-re taken, gregnle daily.

British officers believed the Returning. Mr. Jenkins swam band responsible for kl‘llng one out to meet the rescuers and ac-

Mystery Surrounds ' ‘Death Of Newly - married Couple

.-ma unoonscloui let wound in the fore-

nucleus of a merchant reserve by purchase of six vessels for

e Government had placed con-

tracts for 2,500,000 bomb shelters to be distributed free to

BRBPS Sfllllll FROM DRGUGHTJ

Harvest Well Under- way In The Prairie Provinces.

OTTAWA, Aug- 1 —-(CP)-A.l'l- other week of continuous and rapid depreciation of Prairie grain crops took place‘ under conditions of high temperatures and little or no relief by rain, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics said today in a -telegraphic crop report covering crag, conditions nbrnugnout Can- adli up to yesterday.

The harvest in Manitoba ceeded rapidly and the bulk of cutting will -be completed this week./The extent of the damage

pro-

to assess until threshing, but re- ports of light yields and shrunken samples are numerous

Further severe reductions in th£_'n_eApzjo5pcctsAin Suska:cllc-

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Quick Action Averts Near Tragedy Here

Quick aotknl yr-sterday on the part of Keith Rodd, Robeut Dickie and Robert Acorn, all of Char- lottetown. averted a possiib drowning nocidont in harbor wui.- ‘ era at Kcnsington beach, I

Four young Charlottetown boys Anthony Dowling, F‘. McKi.nnon Jslok Harper uni l)Cn Ferguson. ranging in age from 13 to 15 years set. out for a sail in a small can ‘ vns boat. When over la 100 yards i from shore the bout capsized and l the boys were thrown into the ‘ water. Dorwiing and McKinnorl l were unable to swim but ntanaged to grasp the boat and keep their heads above \v:1'.cl~ while Humor. and FCi‘2Il.“0'fl stl'uc‘.c out for short.