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BALD WIN SOUNDS

mmi'Tiiniv TENTATIVELY ACCEPTED

Spanish Government And Insurgent Re- gime Each P l a e e Responsibility On The Other.

(AP. By Guardian's Special Wire)

GIBRALTAR, May 14 — British naval authorities tonight tentatively accepted the explanation that a floating mine caused the explosion which badly damaged the destroyer limiter of! Spain's southern boost yesterday while two British inquir- ies continued efforts to fix respon- ilbility.

At least eight of the warships crew were killed and l4 injured in the blast off" government-held Al- meria. '

While the Admiralty tried to de- termine who laid the mine, tiie Spanish government and the In- surgent regime each placed respon- sibility on the other.

DETAILS WITHHELD

An official British announcement raid early investigations ‘suggested’ the destroyer struck a mine, but further details were ivlthheld untl. the ship could be docked. Arrange- ments were being made to tow her here. ,

The Hunter, one of the newest and fastest units in the Mediter- ranean fleet, had a large hole torn in her prow while taking part in the international "Hands-Off- Spaln" patrol of waters around the lbcrian Peninsula.

The British lnestigators faced a

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Art Association Elects flfficers

(CI. By Guardian's Special Wire) ‘ HALIFAX, Mali 14 — John R. Mcagher of Halifax was elected . president of the Maritime Art As- sociation at the concluding session of the society's first annual con. veiition here today.

Other officers elected included A. L. Wright of Charlottetown, vice- president for Prince Edward Island, Stanley Royle of Saokvllle, vice- president for New Brunswick, and Harry Piers of Halifax, vice-presi- dent for Nova Scotia; Miss violet; Gillet. Saint John, N. 13., secretary; GPEEOW MfrGrilth. Halifax,‘ treasur- er: Edith Smith, Hlalifax, Donald McKay, Halifax and Dr. A. G. Bailey.

A review of the year's work of the association was given by the retiring president, Professor Walter H. Abeil of Wolfvliie, N. S. The

ed the various exhibitions sponsored by the association and spoke of "encouraging attendances" at the exhibits.

WILL MEET HERE

HALIFAX, May 14 -—- The 193B meeting of the Maritime Art Asso- ciation would be held in Charlotte- town. probably in May, it was an- nounced tonight at a banquet given delegates to this year's convention by the four Halifax art units.

Harold Brownhill, president of the Nova Scotia Society of Arts presided.

GEDRGETBWN FHHERMAN tango illST

Constable Edwards of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in charge of a group of residents continued dragging operations yesterday for. the body of 20 year old Lester Ra- fuse, lobster fisherman of George- town, who was believed to have

"Postponed drama by Stanchel Players tonight in Rose Valley Hall. L-40l.

"‘Don‘t bake today, buy from Zion Church Cubs at Moore and Macleods. L-441.

"See "Hired Husbands" in ‘ Harrington Hail, Monday, May 1'7.

ll ll p. m. L-507-5-l5-2i. l

"Play "Family Affairs," in Milkililfild Hall postponed until TLLCSGBY. May 18th. ’ L-490.

‘ Reserve Tuesday. May 18th for Cure Traverse Hnll. slhzichel play- PF- present “The Poor Married Alon." L-4G0-5-l5-ll.

‘Postponcci play, “A Southern Cinderella" will be put on by the Blzinlcy Player‘, Saturday, May lo m New Glasgow Hull. L402.

"Pantry Stile in aid of Bascllicu Altar Society Saturday afternoon, l- A- McDonald's store.

L-277-5-10-6l.

“Hazel Grove Dramatic Club Dresrut "Up the l-llll to Pliradie" in Hartsvllle Hall Wednesday eve- "ms. May 10th. L-506-5-l5-2l.

"A quantity of Kenora Mixed. Seed Wheat and Cracked Com on ' hm“ Gel your requirements before l‘ l5 "11 gone. Uigg Institute pcr W. D- RM- L-4B3-5-l5-1l.

"Lemuel craswell, Hunter River buying live hogs Tuesday, May 18th. Everett Hashim, Emerald, Alden Moose, Kensington buying Monday-

L-452-5-15-2l.

"Come to the Concert and one "i Dlly in Central Royalty School by the Women's Institute on Tues- da-v- Mil’ 18th at 8 o‘clock. Adms- sion 25c and 16c. Sale of home made "Indy. 14-456-5-15-21.

"If you want bargains in blood ‘tiled government approved chicks [Tflln one day to five weeks old ‘Ml- Wrlte, or phone, P. E. l. Co- lflcratlve Hatchery. Wcymouth "feet. for prices. L-505-5-l5-7l

"Seven Mile Bay, Tuesday. May ~ Bee Wellington Dramatic Club comedy drama. "The old New ihmllshire Home." Specialties ex- “'°"'°"i\"i’ fine. Dance after.

Wflliozwn Orchestra. 14-503-5-15-81.

drowned after his motor boat was found drifted up on Burnt Pont

i bench Thursday.

Belief was expressed that the youthful fisherman fell overboard Wllflll his boat was in motion. When tho craft was discovered up on the bench the ignition was still turned on but the gasoline supply was ex- liaustcd.

It was Refuses first seasons: a fisherman, it was learned. He had

[left with his bout for the fishing I grounds at Boughton Island to haul

his traps and bring in the catch- Hls employer was Howard J. Mac- Donald of Georgetown.

Refuse was the only support ot his widowed mother, Mrs. George Refuse. Six brothers and. four sis- ters also survive.

Rebels Release Correspondent

GIBRALTAR. May 14—(OP-Ha- vas)—Arthur Koestler, Hungarian- born correspondent of the London‘ News-Chronicle, imprisoned b!‘ l Spanish Insurgents after the fall of Moltiga, was released today and arrived here.

Fear Spread Of Anti -MSemitic Violence Throughout Poland

WARSAW May 14—(AP)--Police took special precautions through- out Poland tonight to prevent a nationwide outburst of anti- semitlc violence following yester- day's wild rioting at Brass-tho- wsr-tlme Brest-Lotovak.

Authorities expreued fear the critical moment would come to- morrow, with the burial of a policeman whose stabbing by I Jew precipitated the Braes dia- orders in which Jewfsh-owned stores were wreaked and plunder- ed. Latest accounts said 53 Jews vrcre injured. three of them criti- cillyzPrnpi-i-ty damage was put utiofficfiilly at $500,000.’

The attackers destroyed and stole contents of shops they de- molished. Police recovered much of the loot. some d which had

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INEW SERIES’ 0F CANADIAN illliNS ISSUED

Obverse Of All Coins Bears Effigy Of King George, But Reverse D e s i g n Varies.

(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire) OTTAWA, May 14-—A new ser- ies of Canadian coins. bearing the effigy of King George VI was is- sued today by the Canadian Gov- ‘ ernment. The denominations range i from one cent to one dollar.

The new coins represent the col- laboration of Canadian, British and French mints. Due to the pressure of work on the Royal Mint in Lmidon, it was found necessary for the Canadian auth- orities fo enlist the cooperation of the Paris mint in preparation of some of the dies.

The obverse of all the coins bears King George's effigy, but the reverse varies. A list of re- verse design: follows:

One dollar-a canoe manned by an Indian and a Voyageur, an is- let in the background, above, the word "Canada" with the northern lights; below the word “dollar” and the date of the year, with a gralning upon the edge.

Fifty oents-betivecn supporters the emigns armorial of Canada in s shield surmounted by the Royal Crown. “50 cents" above and "Can- ada" below, with the date of the

year and a graining upon the edge. Twenty-five cents-a Caribou

head. "25 cents" between the ant-

Somewhcre down that bomb- City," lies this mongrcPs home, maybe his master. roars inexplicably out of the skies, the forlorn pup waits, lonely, be- wildered desolate while buildings tumble about that the reniorseiess air raid over Guernica, with its death-toll of hun- dreds of civilians including omen and children, was the work of Ger- man bombe a aiding Spanish rebels.

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Merrill And Lambie‘ Land At Floyd Ben- nett Field A f t e r S h o r t S t 0 p A t Squantum. Mass.

(A. P. by Guardian's Special Wire)

NEW YORK, May 14—First fliers ever to complete a round 1 trip airplane crossing of the North Atlantic without mishap, Dick Merrill and Jack Lamhie set their l twin-motored mouoplane down at l l=1oyd Bennett field late today after 24 hours of flying through rain and fog.

Several thousand rain-drenched spectators, excited by reports the veteran transport pilots were un- able to find an opening in the low- hanging clouds, saw the big plane appear suddenly out of the mist at 5:32 p. m. ADT.

The silver ship tobogganned down toward a long concrete run- ‘ ivay and came to a smooth land- ‘ ing three minutes later, complet- ‘, ing a. flight from Southport, Eng.. iii the total elapsed time of 24'. hours, 22 minutes.

lers. and surrounded by the word

“Canada? and the date of thr- your, 5 with a grainlnlg iinon the edge.

Ten cents-a fishing schooner I under sell, "Canada" above and 1 "l0 cent” below, with the dhtc of | the year, and a gralning upon the l “lee. l

Five cenis—n beaver; above "5 .' cents" betivcen two Maple Leaves, ,3 and below "Camida“ and the date l of the year, with a plain Prize.

One cent-a two-leaved twig of maple. “l cont" above. and "Can- ada" below. with the date of the year. and a plain edge.

Alaskan Dity is lnundate

degrees below freezing today. causing the flood waters which inundated half the city to dr;p six inches.

The temperature was only 20 degrees at noon, after a 27-degree minimum, and the forecast was for continued chilly weather.

Ice jams which followed spring breakups on the frozen Chena and Tanana rivers sent the waters into the city yesterday.

Bourdotighs said the inundation is the worst since May 12, i911, when a similar ice jam five miles downstream flooded the entire city. For several days, until the loe broke and the flood receded. all Fairbanks travelled its flooded streets in rowboats.

been distributed to needy families.

Officials expressed hope that 1.! widespread violence could be pre- vented tomorrow anti-Sam i t,i c passion would subside.

A national radical port-v mani- festo was circulated throughout the country despite a Government prohibition. demandlm "revenge" on the Jews.

Jews at Bmes barricaded them- selves in their homes and would not even venture to talk by tele- phone.

Half the 60.000 inhabitants of Brzes are Jews. Although it has been destroyed in war three time: since it: founding in the lith century. the city is known for peace. It was there the minute peace treaty between Russia and the Central powers was negotiated in 101i.

B rillia nt At Buckingham Palace

Li. Governor And Mrs. DeBlois Among Quests At Spectacular Coronation Function

State

Ball

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McGee, Canadian Press Correspondent)

LONDON. May taozzlzir of the formal Coronation fiuietlons. a court ball was held at Buckingham Palace tended by royalty, nobility and from every part of the

took place in the gold ,and wlihe ball room lit by huge

FAIRBANKS-Ska Ma H gcrystal chandeliers that shone on . . S’ -— nieii in gold

(AP)-—Th0 mfifcllfy dYODDCd 11W ‘dress and women beautifully gown- ed in shimmering let-mes and love- iy brocades with dazzling jcwelled tuiras and ticcklnces. Guests from the Indian Empire were particu- larly striking in their oriental cos- tumes.

The Queen was gowned in ivory lace with flornl emblems broidered in silver paillettes. also wore ifhigh diamond tiara flood ‘ and a. diamond necklace with sev- eral Jewellccl orders. wore the full dress uniform of an Admiral.

Members of the Royal Family present “CY! Queen of Norway, the Duke and Duchess of Kent, and the and Duchess of Gloucester.

The Canadians present included:

Prime Minister Mackenzie King.

Hon. T. A. Crerar, Minister of Mines and Resources. Crezar who wore a gown of rose lace with pearls.

Hon. C. A. Dunning, Finance Minister, and Mrs. Dunning, who clnse a gown of brocaded silver lame with a tiara of brilliant; and

Queen

Hon. Ian Minister.

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tonight at-

a diamante bandehu. Mackenzie, Defence

Murray Loren of New Brunswick and Miss Margaret MucLaren who wore a gown of silver lame with a diam- ante tiara and pearl necklace. Lieut-Governor George

Mac-

DcBlois

of Prince Edward Island and Mrs.

embroidered court

tiara. of Quebec and

re- em- She

of British The King white feather fan. Mary, the Duke

Hon. F. B.

and Mrs. pearls.

Lapointe, Justice Dysart of New Mrs. Dysart.

Mrs .

Columbia

DeBloi; who selected an ivory and gold brocade gown with a diamond tiara, pearls and a biuc feather I f

an. ‘Limit-Governor H. A. Bruce of .

Liehl-Govcrnor E. L. Patcnnude Pateitaude who chose silver lathe with maple leaves embroidered in pearls the shoulder and n pearl necklace.

Lieut-Governor E. W. Hnmber and Mrs. l-lainber who was gowned in silver , lame with a (llamond tiara, neck- lace and cur rings and

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carried a

Opposition leader B. B. Bennett and his sister, Mrs. W. D. Her- rldge, who wore a Victorian pic- ture gown of white net over satin with a girdle of diamante and a diamond tiara and necklace. McCurdy, Halifax, and Mrs. McCurdy who wore deep ivory brocaded on gold lame, and

Senator W. E. Foster. Saint John. and Mrs. Foster who chose a gown of silver, brocaded in pastel shades and a diamante tiara.

Another court ball will be held May 26. Among Canadians invited to be present are Premier A. A. Brunswick and

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Ontario and Mrs. Bruce who wore r white satin with a pearl belt and

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. I The fliers were long overdue.

having been forced to make a. 22-minute stopover at the Squan- tum naval air base in Mass- aohusctt: to recheck their boar-l lugs and fuel supply. g

“The weather was bad," said‘ Merrill, "we cilclift see anything] all the way back but fog and rain." l‘

He appeared tired from the strain of his second round trip crossing of the Atlantic within a. year.—the first ending in a crack- up in Newfoundland-but declar- ed he wtis ready to return to his regular job on the New York- Miami run of Eastern Air Lines.

Lamble, his oo-pllot on the transport route as well as on the transatlantic venture which be- gan at Floyd Bennett last Sun- day. was spruce and smiling.

“I am awfully glad to be back." he said. "We are pretty tired. It was a long trip."

Captain Eddie Rickerbacker, Great Wai- ace and now general manager of Eastern Air Lines, hugged them with a bear-like grip and predicted establishment of regular airplane service across the Atlantic within the near future.

In Germany

HAMBURG. Germany, May 14- (AP)-—~Mfk=(‘0\\‘ on the radio dlnl put h number of former members of the German Communist Party behind P115011 bars for terms of froiu two to six years today. The court then warned all radio fans in (icrinony to tune their sets carefully away from the Moscow number.

Defendants were convicted of high treason because they gather- ed in small groups to listen to Moscow broadcast-s.

l Long overdue i democracy and

mier said the late Sovereigns es-

dispatched to King George VI and a reply, signed by l-Iis Majesty's own hand, soon claring he would follow the delib-

confldent hope that they will ad- vance the happiness and prosper-

Flig/'f

A true friend believes in spite of appearances.

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WARNING A T CONFERENCE

IEmpire-‘iecurity cnussmc |sA""' of Brill?" GOUGYflmiHEPOIICy

Gravity Of International Situation

Emphasized By

British Prime

Minister.

LONDON, bin)" ll- (('i’ Conference of the new reign

i‘zihle)-'l‘ht- iil1~i Imperial adjourned for the Whitsun-

tide holidays tonight after tiussint: a motion of loyalty to

the Throne and hearing" the Empires Prime Ministers. Stanley Baldwin called up iheyieould towards the “dimi causes of present llilt‘l'llilllflllil

opening declarations of the

on the delegates to do what nuiion m‘ removal" of tht I unrest; Mackenzie King of

Canada, reserving" comment on international ziilziirs, sail

the Empire should seek “to lcs the barriers to international i

sen in every practicable way rude"; und Joseph Lyons of

Australia demanded the formulation of u “consistent, uni-

iied Empire policy”.

The Empire's Prime lhiinisters will meet again on Wed-

nesday when a start will be questions of foreign policy a

made on consideration of nd defence. "it will be our

task”, Baldwin told the delegates today. “in examine the

causes of the present internal

ional unrest. exchange views

upon them and consider whether there is any contribution which we, cooperating together, could make to their diml-

nution or removal“.

This view was echoed by IVl-ac- , kenzie King who recalled tliziyl through the past. three centuries] rBritain had given the world an example and challenge in political lndiVfllllill liberty achieved within its border.» It, should be the aim of members of

of Nations. he said, to build upon ,‘ that foundation and so ilfdfTillPll‘

relations and coordinate their pnl- ‘ icies that they in turn might eon- i tribute iii the peaceful ordering of ' international relations something i of equal value to stock of mankind.

Tribute to Late King

Both Baldwin and Mackenzie King paid tribute to the late King George V. hlany of those at the conference, Baldwin know, "knew the value of his wise counsel and quiet courage in times of difiicul- iy and stress". The Canadian Pre-

sential humanity “brought. us all together as members of a great family".

A message of loyal greetings was

came back, dc-

erations of the conference “in the

ity of all my peoples".

Referring to thecoronatiomlvlac- kenzie King said that. “for the first. time, in this great ceremony it was recognized that. the relation- ship between the King and his people of Canada is direct and immediate.“ Tlir- oath taken by the King, he said. "embodies in simple fashion nui- IioIuit-hl faith nnd mirrors the structure of thLs group of free. oquni. autonomous states known as tlir- Brinsli Com- monwealth of Notions"

Economic Problems In a brief reference in the Dn- '_'l iii, 3,‘. .. _’__.‘

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Revolt Within In University

MADRID, May 1t—(AP)——Heavy fire broke out tonight between two sections of the Insurgents besieged in University City, reported Gen- eral Jose Miaja, Madrid defence commander who said it appeared there was a. revolt within the In- surgent ranks.

One part of the 3.000 Insurg- enLs out of! for weokl in the Mad- rid suburb apparently hhd decided io surrender, General Miaja said. These were in the Santa Cristina hospital.

Other Insurgents. determined to hold out in spite of hunger and shortage of munitions, appeared to have learned of this. From the Clinic Hospital, General Miaja reported, they opened fire on San-

Govemment troops maintained

ta Cristina at five p.m., using‘ rifles. machine guns and even‘ mortars.

Rebel City Sector

their cordon nrnunci the University City garrison. turning back at- tempts to get supplies to them. _

GUERNICA. Spain, May l4 —— (APJ-Jnsurgeni troops captured one strategic mountain tonight and drcw their lines about another as they pressed toward Bilbao. Bas-

il All mote Atari.

‘Ship in“ llistrcssw At iluotitiy iicad

BOSTON, Mziy l4—-t AP)-—C0ast

'the wider British Commomvcnlili ‘ Gmufl “cudquarLm-S m.” wmgm;

reported a schooner in difltrest about. u mile oil shore at shoddy lit-ad. Me.

The iiame of the ‘vessel was not learnt-d. Coast. Gilzird headquar- tmrs said flares were sighted by the

U19 Comma" icrew of Lin: Qilorlcly’ Head Coast l Guard station.

A patrol boat sta- zlonod a". Easipoix’, .\ie., was or- tiered to the scone.

Henry surf prevented the crew

nt the Quoddy Head station from liillllflllllg Guard liradquarters said.

their suribont, Coast

INCORPORATIONS

OTTAWA, M1;- it-r 0P1 ——N0f,lCl

of incorporation of Qttorburn klcourities Ltd. $1,000. Charlotte. ‘town. was given in the issue of the Canada Gazette.

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