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CHARDOTTETOWN,‘CANADA, THURSDAY,‘ FEBRUARY 23, 1939

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Unconfirmed Reports Tell Of Fighting

Allerll. Feb. ‘ 22- oi France's armed rice met hi extraord- today fol- o! Italian

ALGIEil-S.

[An-Chiefs in Af

hry conference here lowing reinforcement

poops in Libya. General August

irdlnstor of French African for- “ which nrnnbee some 100,000

nmplannedtoilytohrbirn- ureetingte

nediately like‘ the veport to Premier Daladlet,

The urgent meeting was a ‘sequel

to persistent reporte of l

between French and Italian troops Tunisia. Both the

in southwestern

French Resident General,

claih

Erik

Labonne, and the Italian Consul- lie General in Tunis denied that

any clash occurred. the military conference was illlered highly significant.

(i-teports received in Paris by through

diplomatic eirvclu end

Nevertheless

00!!-

private channels from Tunis said

t0 Italians and four

Frenchmen

were killed last Frlikiy on the mists-Libyan border when it- mulch

ltilli troops _. etra/ted territory from Iiiiyya

ilrlven back.) Other border imidmrts

have

been reported in recent weeks, but

llime WES

confirmed officially.

One was that an Italian airplane

had been shot anti-aircraft gunners flew over Tunisian territory. Reinforcement of Italian

downbyPrbmn whim it

“hi?

in Libya to a total of some 00. v

coupled with the presence ol Marshal Pietro Badosiio." o! the Italian General

there chief BN8!

brought precautionary measuresilvi;

the French army in’ Timing,

“was throusbout the pmtectlir- all‘, which has ‘been an object of

Fascist colonial agitation,

WWW/ed to have been confined to de

W613

thcir barracks, ready to march at

it moments notice. Several illlflents were said w have

00h- been

vmt to the fortified zone near the

Libyan frontier.

Leo F. Gillespie

lies At Parrshoro g

loin/lee rngiiii" Bi" rub-min T "m 1st his e’ pmcoiifii‘

erland

E3 of t town. died suddenly here today o

Elecart attack. He was 0i. Mr

to suffered tlhe attack just m ved at his house from the

re. Native oi Parrsboro,

lllsspie. .

gr of the late Mr. and ids. mo: g‘ film“? ‘*5

‘as he (“"18

Mr. Gillespie was Mayor of Pairs-

Nro in 1922. For the lest two e was a member ‘of the

YGBJ‘! BGHOOX

"l He was presid at f Parr!- léaero District beret” negotiation-

W Ro He “f; gumgeatn bCeth lic.

o his id w. th ‘zlhorlottce

Eson. Lawrence. tn Bear Rver, N. ‘iveélmi three soils in the Boston

mineral IIiIIlfiEIHEIii-l have not

been comraleled.

KOMING {virus

Rate for Notices in this crniumn 3‘ cents_pe_r__wol1|

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Bradelbane Halt,

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The Prince Edward Island lulgagl and mAmociattozr in m-n session day "stronkly endors- ed the action taken by the Char- lottetown Board of Trade in con- nection with the rates and char- 895 011 m0 "Wood h- lands ferry". The msolutiommov by Mr. H. L Machon. Murray Har- secondrxi by Mr. E. C.

hearted “operation in bringing

' this matter to a. satisfactory ad-

ushurent." Copies of the resolu- on would be sent. to the Premier. Island members of the House

Commons and Senaitors, it was de-

cided. The question discussed at

was m4 ‘gfgwthfl evening session of the 26th

annual meeting of the Amociattcn

ymnerdlavy. Mr. J, A. Thom . Kenslngton, retiring preside of the organization ded.

Mr. R. E. Mutch. Charlottetown member of the Maritime nuns- pox-tattoo: commission told the meeti he had been info “on

‘the q ct” by e Mealtime Oommimlon

of the

lest session that the be le of tilts noe should "watch eir "

n connection wit: mien on e

The meow:

the speaker understood. but not beenmcde public. How- ever the local en was en- woiming to rooted, the speaker said, but asked for the resolution to strengthen the ‘hand oi both Government and

‘local Trade Board. _, Mr. J. O. Hyndman, Charlotte-t town, snot-her m A oi the

Maritime sidn also spake urging pmduceisho give more attention to transports- tton problems.

Mr. JJI. Myers, I-lamptoruspeak- lng in support of the resolution declared a reference to proposed rates at Wood islands in the press yaterday came “B5 a surprise and disappointment"

All three speakers paid tribute to i-he address of m. R. A. Profit/t. Freetown, president of the Central Farmers‘ Institute at the open-ink of the “Farmers” Parliament"

Tuesday. The meeting of the Co-opmttve and Poultry Annotation open- ternoon and re- surned in the evening to adjourn M» last night

SHIP

included Mr. W. Minister- of Agri ure; Mr. Dominion

Nash, . Agriculture floldznan; and Mir. A

Shaw, Dep

01 ess trad-

F. Donnell.

tug. who gave a lecture and dem-

onstration on 68B Starling. election of dir-

Just M01’ t0 11118 west comer oi the city. Because “W! Ml‘- Mililm Wine”. film-ll“ the- area lies outside the pennan- man of the resolutions corrnnlttee en; getflgvfngnt ~ - -,,_,, how. glfifllifid hi! 1990"’- ofll" mfim- ever, the action was regarded as

°i u“ wmmmii-‘e "Wilda! not, constituting an invasion of Edwin Reid. Rollo Bey and u» the International Settlement it- Praughrb, Grand River. L J Se];

Text of resolutions pa fol- A; the ,1; 511955 entered the

1W5“ area, the Its ans withdrew igto e.

Urge Market Control

Whereas in the farm products often s very considerable fluctuation in prices, due not so much to tine law

as to unfair

of sutpply and. demand prim oes and manipulation by

some parties And whereas

fair business rilethorls are now in operation in Australia and in oer- tetn other coarntrles and“ are now of Canada especially Lu the

parts large and prugresiverrovince of

Onmmri , Rcsoiired that this OODVCIIUODaOé n

the Prince Edward Island m:

Poultry Association plgxge itseléfiol:

record asthmfmgelvwht m“ measures

rect and restrain mess unfair business

Fin-thea- resolvgd that a commit- tee be appointed by this meetlln n the Government a outline ‘a plan whom)’ 711989 lb‘ t... Isieui . tlon was moved % D- d seoorlded by C- Lyn

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' The‘ rest)!

P =8 “i. “is i 5 a E §

Mlilltn worlced out the

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“Largo ilumhar At Antigonish For

, Bum- Ne uevornmenvor, usrbysat»

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Anglo l- French Recognition ffggFrairoo Likely Saturday ‘ A when I. Superb

“W F. M. i‘ "1 istratton. of

marketing of is

certs-tn g to control these un-

Oerinin especl lly the International Set- a

n to cor- ‘Japanesc Consul General, Yoshiaki

explained details would be -~ ; “w”

T TORPED OED 70H? AZORES

11235.0 '7 FREWFH cillfin 1N” AFRIFF rBack ' Board In A Stand ‘For Fair Rates On Ferry

Resolution Of -S-1_1pport Passed At 25th Annual Meeting Of Egg And Poultry Ass0c_i_a_t;on' Yesterday.

(iiseusston followed tabllng of each rlzpvort and s. summary appears be-

- At the evening meeting speakers

DEMANDS IiALT T0 TERRBRISM IN SETTLEMENT

Japan Steaks Greater

tration of Foreign Areas at Shanghai.

BHLANO , . 22 —(AP)— Japanese armed forces tightened their pressure against Shanghai's foreign-controlled areas today by using the terrorism that has swe t those areas as a basisfordeman - mg a greater voice in the admin- the International ‘Set- ~ tlernent.

Japanese marines, said to num- ber 100, wok over a part the Italian defence secicrtn thenorth-

the romaininl! part of .. fence sector within the settlemetgtl

6 with Italian officials and was designed to suppress shooting and robber- ies that occur regularly in the district.

Seek Greater Control

Japanese military and diplo- matic authorities opened a cam- paign tn obtain a greater voice in tiho administration of foreign areas,

tlement». which is istiered by 'nn.a.rmually-elected council, now

made up of five Bri , two merlcans, five Chinese and Japanese.

general, a rear a

Miura, called upon Cornell Franklin, chairman of the coun- cll, with a. “request for are coun- cils assent to the adoption of effective assures to cope with the present situation."

(Ja anese Foreign Minister

hgo instructed Miure to present a virtual ultimatum to the council demanding that the terror-lion be stopped immediately. The Tokyo newspaper Asahl said Japan demanded the prompt ar- rest of terrorists, greater represent- ation on the council, and reorgani- zation oi the International Bet-

The sla yesizrda of Ll Kuo-Chieh, sa d to have con- nected wlth the Japanese-spon- sored Nanklng Reformed Govern- ment, brought to 58 the number 0! llttcal assassinations in the past i? months in or near the inter- national ‘ it. Two police- men wem killed by gunmen today in the settlement.

Burns Fatal To

had plans to attend the annual awards dinner oi the academy 0f midi"! picture arts and sciences tomor-

mlgosngtul. attendants n described

‘ Voice In Adminis- "‘

in m .r ese, ‘led b a major . a “pm dmiralya d the

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Dy Ilfl-I.

Annnal lubseeiptlon Delivered IBJI

I-I-U-WrUIIMIQIIILI-UM

Entente liations United 0n Views As Parlay Gloss: ~

ttlANiBERtAtN BIBS run NAZI FRIElii SHIP

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mental objects of the entente.

first was the preservation of the "Balkans for the Balkans" and resistance to political inter- ference from the outside. Thesec- and was the retention of the present boundaries within the Balkan Peninsula.

The avowal of unity was mar- red only by Bulgarian desires for territorial revision, but a com. munique said that the mtentc was "open to Bulgarian cooper- ation ‘on a basis of absolute equality and mutual observance of the inviolabillty of borders." The conference ended without yielding tpt Bulgaria's claims for more ter- l‘ OTY.

BIAGKEURN, Eng, Feb, fl- (OPF-Prlme Minister C“ ‘ - lain, using Shah n verges to erqaress his confidence, tonight offered to win Germany's friend- ship with trade, but warned that Great Britain is strong enough "to maintain her rights and libgf. ttes Bdfllnst any who might be rash enough to aittaok them."

519085118 1D Conservative Party members in this Lancashtre cot-- ton-mill town, the Prime Minister said war materials now are “pour- lns" out of British facboriee and added "we may well feel that, t0 quote from our own Shakeflpeareo-

“Come thetluee corners oi th

Sheep Breeders“ m- "a w» M M Elect Slate At qvoaaae“a"r°“sas ‘from. W- Annual Session

ever, vrlflh the remark: “I do not

spleak these words in any boast-

‘illl, still lg in, my gggiyg, Mr. E. C. H o l m Named New Presi- dent Of Association

spirit. “Our armaments threaten no Yesterday. Holm Dwable

one, nor have we any irhoumt of anything but friendliness to any Mr. Ernest C. was elected p. " t of the Prince

people in the worl ." Mly Be Solution Pointing out that. Oliver vstnn- Edward Island Sheep Breeders’ As- sociation at the annual meetiniof the organization rfisterday. ‘ex

best and quickest way of bringing about a. better understanding be- tween our two countries."

Armed with his gold-knobbed umbrella and a little red copy of M K ?.““‘i?i”“§i,,‘¥° Phil” wiPéZi- ,_ urr no or spe a gdafihevgglwr ems county‘ 5g a cabinet meeting in which re- J mm“ o, BQK“, m. “m, liable sources said he decided to Cbunw‘ and mfg Undemw o; recognize Nationalist General we “d: liil°";l“it.““.fi.tl‘

Report 0f Secretary His speech foreshadowed “speedy

some 18,406 pound had been termination" of the Spanish war shipped last year which was a wn- and he hold his audience that that l from eviolgifl prospeyt, coupled with Chancellor

W» Board of Trade. is going to Berlin as head of a British Trade Mission, M1‘. Hamilton, New Pe was named vtce- resident and W. R. Show.

Chamberlain suggested "the way

of trade may tin-n out to be the Chazr ottetown, Secrets -treasurer. New directors for e ensuing

stderab o decrease Pl’ ears. Mr. W R. e Assocl: the wool snipped good qualifi and standard ' routfhuut the It was purchased on a. basis at 10 cents. ‘Iihe financial statement also pre-

(Continued on page 9, Col B)

was pretty we rovince i at rate

Governor Barrows

sented by Mr. Show, showed the - ' flllnfiufingfwlgfijtmflfswliiw" w - LDQIIIBS Report 0i

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Com ehensive reports. coverlns Westvrlle Man ffiwmd in" “time °§megk_ ___.__

‘mitt "imiistiitii WA "Fiddle-W" ———- imody-mriesvgited 103- 0* 34° 511*" d<§t‘€?.§.“r%wt‘°ii.% “Fdhfifiifi ‘.22. bpeiiriirv m the hoard of dlr- c _om“Tshff;td§eds-akfzl°b-igg mrw omsdgvvevétu- Si. lleliblofg for which srlllgaawgs vgeld mafia sued an emphatic denidi of reports °°"°““- W‘ “Y M" “ma” MW delesflm from ti" Mmiinwmm“ fitvdirfeloygan. died’ ti. yhosllltai oiriiittiiirtgri‘ for writer? Sdligowafi bani m" “WY- e “We “med "Y Donald. manager oi the organiz- “ma. Quebec Newmmdmng and hm w“), 1mm burns received m mmpensatvon m 19w Th“ ,e_ lack of Jltamin c, was prevalent in “m” The m“ 0! the reports Mall“ Hill-nae“ “d” “s me m’ yesterday when a. lantern ignited presented a. sluable reduction, he amgefigrcflf,“ go! Pedmuml‘ d 5mm m. appears in another article in this u‘, “wmklm gfiryool of gt. 1.313102 mm” mm; from n. gasoline mrverl, s“ tfirhreeélog ta: ‘m? put pom mtslmm 5% $120M” pa” issue» - , n . rs on year - ’

mm"! “MM 3"“ W“ u“ laggxiladeilnrm‘ "Hm i!" ""4"" blgvveelét a truck driver at-a Pictou usogriirgler "OWMY- m" “m” it“; iiiriigtehiixeb? mtgzlfinwg mam‘: “puma tut “mm 1m 181111455 I" 9x °"°w' Oountydumber camp. hid 915°“ “h” m‘? °d °i “nun” “mum disease Barrows said in a. Pfvpared elude: Queen»; county, Austin new,“ dun“ m, wggk-lqng m, 1mm“, m, me ground about used, favoring a system sim tar stawmént:_

L"'“'d' mvendw“: E‘ o‘ Hum’ De- wllfflflll“ Wm imam“ hi" him“? 30 feet from the barrel while he to that now tn use for land talk 1 "There probably is not a solitary 22bi- u "flexed mngfséount: and lnciples of ccoperotlflll-t W‘ filled the tank. The blsstb gyurned Pfeildellgngeig°ldmlffliff&w e“; case of scurvy. as such, in the whole

"°- ‘i - a vs lav-alum we" "1 -"' all his clothes from his o . , and g we -

u. . sou lake; J- 5- creattonal rogrun sudy club forth by he Govemme“ m “Un o , oases of malnutrit- .M pone . Little Pond: 0- B- l-b , obleuls -_ Millie waisted "h" ° m‘ _ on, or ltwk of a theoretically well digit. véradu- we z awe“ owitriiiivlenidibolfortitbmpianuna Norma Shearer gagging green lilélutrgngggfg] ggéardlzeiiindéggiyexisliislmiglfiasilfolé‘:

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K°iib direc u. ‘rxrinetwoom . ,~;,I;*§;§::;,g¢ "“""° '1” “‘ "“‘ Enters Hospital Lhei wwgrgeésgglégzitly $133; gig’, United 53g $3 igghérefiang John I‘. lAf-eenault. Mount Carmel _ _‘ ;_ “ugly-mun _____ “m” annoim A ue l"! w- B- Mtlwhll- Mm“- "- birding.» u. s. is director of nomvwooua. Feb. 22 -(AP)— i“ “m- ggytrggysgmxgflo, o, a, from w m the effect that

Alli l ' i, 14,0 9 W" carloads oi orangm and evaporated °1°°°°d 5M ° “m” n» ouu“ the school. e Fiedxsl depart- Sheerer, Mon res m ‘ t‘ m m“ a, wo- - - m... om who are» we». m» "A be». ~m b» a» uk..sssss "fihiitdthfia

mreotorimwould probably Inert representatives fromthe mritinm Oedars simplest today for mat- p,“ w” great between the “nnmwy, m" "m" ‘i4 95¢‘ - and the Magdalena. The Prime ment of a streptococclc infection m, received b the members for “mm ., ed “h” lt-lh 1 m pa“ e can u Barrows,

Wee-President and -tree.- Edna mud’; Agricultural De- oi’ the throat. otr wool and t whdh ey Mm “fled w “m, m, o, i,‘ mm sures. iii-wee uid- pertinent has sent a larluemwup nfloresmsn for ideu-o-qolrl- to th Can ool Growe As- c, and we m Mum, me

The session opened with the ro- Bnd the Newfoundland 0c ton syer studio said her con- sociatton for manufactured iarig- m m mama“

m g‘! ‘tau directors followed W ei Government is bearing the vll- xivtiitm was not slertous, tzutatlixioaeti ducts‘. 115s m $51 t xiétsobrgiemad; Dn Get?“ K coombsealghmcw

A manager. gun nerlbifl-penss oi its tatives. she been orc omlnv u b“ L)" hm “mm m m, M, arrange stoke? gfigmfitge wiuyueg:

a § a mtmgiew believed the

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BUGHARA§L Ffih. 33 —(AP)—- foreign 11;: tern of the eluded gor- midi-hi 0t this; Off I ~ In O e "ldgntity of vimnn all inter- er! m pr Q v e d ion". questions affecting the TrfldC R€latl0n5-— mmedphguege admit; 1.21%.. en- Warns Britain Pre- .. ‘mm PM‘ F" Am’ Em- prcblenrs, emphasized two funds.- ergency.

heel that arrived there last Friday

Identify

CHATHAM, Mass, Feb.

struggled to solve the mystery

a British oil tanker. “Have been torpedoed by

age picked up by the Radio

Marine observers who

Efforts to identify a, ship “Pecc” proved fruitless.

Posiilonlisllieo

The Footsie, bruit to oer-by roleum in bulk, was last reported Fldb. 19 about 1,550 indies south- west of 1mm End, Eng, which would put it at about the report- ed position of the stricken vessel.

Efforts to rear-h the Pecten by toniBht. that

i

was aboard and he might have

been asleep.

Radio wuiflpg- rndghtbethePectomsalditwould continue to try to contact the

tlon u" amnion.

was drue in Soruthanl/Piflll. England next Monday).

lighted Submarines

Stripping wuionlties at Herbs. the Azores, said officers oi a ves-

med.

The Canadian Pacific liner Rn- puess of Australia, arriving at the position given in the message. radioed she had. sighted neither the vessel nor any wreck-age.

later, she advised she was pro- ceeding and t-umed over the search to bhe Greek steamship Mount Pelton, which reported she was mar the "Pace" position and was making rarpid headway under for-

ced .

Meanwhile, Portuguese navel authorities said they had not dis- patched rescue ships from the Azores because they believed other stripping was much nearer.

Believed Genuine

Because the 50S was not re-

, o officials expressed

the view that if the call was gen-

torpedped vessel bed bottom.

The S08 gave a latitude and longitude that would have placed the vessel less than 1.000 miles 2mm the African coast and al- most diue south of the Azores.

This route would be followed by a vemel bound from the Mediter- ranean to the Panama. Canal, but would 155i ills“ shlp__fer to

(Continued on page 9, Col B)

the Portuguese Navy Department at Lisbon, It was signed with the unlisted call letters “Pece.” said they believed the ship might be the Pecten_ based their belief on the suspicion the SOS sent out by the ship was garbled or misread. Radio operators pointed out the letter “C” in contin- ental code was the same as Ten,” except for spacing.

said the w

St. for the Marittmes.

Efforts Wade Tot

tVessel

Prove g Frguitless Possibility-field Distress Call May Have Come From British Oil Tanker ‘redeem

l-Sfi-IJ

22—(AP)—Gover-nment o0

ficlals and shipping men of tvvo continents tonight

of a baffling SOS from ll rpedool

unnamed vessel, which reported she had been to and was sinking 360 miles south of the Radiiomen pondered the possibility it might have bo-

Asores.

unknown submarine. Hole

below water line. Sinking. UrgentP-was the radio mesa- MarineStation here and by.

Portugal.

with the radio call letter!

wiluehec Again Bears Brunt 0f Blizzard

the city tum rurei a were Montreal sent out exfin

shovellers, although

storm already had. given wort be 4,000 men. 'I‘ra.ns

Lines planes’ were delayed, Ire mail shiptakingofithroe hail, rate after attendants cleared eff

Hilbert Airport's runaway.

The storm was believed beald

reported sighting two submarines “M”

oi unidentified nation-alloy boom “ms ‘“____‘u“

of Faye-l Island. in the general krmapoizis ROYAL, u. rub. ares. from which the 50S eman- n -(CPl-Daniel Owen. 0.-

L5. a F: 5 i

ibflndfflflflfl’ IBQC

this tcwndiedheretodayalevv hours after he returned from a vacation iL 111011112. He was l0.