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PAQElEN. _

Society Opens 96th Annual

Sessions Of The Society To Continue Today At Anglican C h u rc h e s Here.

The executive meeting nection with the 90th

in con- annual

mgoting of die Diocesan Churclfisinclali" Society

in St. Peter's yesterday after- "k wiili the Vener- s ii presid- . the til)" C.£'l‘g_‘,' there ut Rev, Sidney; Davies of Albuliilll, Rev. A. H. Hart- m Port Hill, Rev. Ben]. Frenni, Kcnsingioii liIKl Rev. W. J.

was held

Phillips All on. Considerable mu- mm- b 'i\'.i>' llf'Ct'lIlpl1§lI’-‘(l. It was, n 111.11 the celebra- t-icii c; the Centn "v of the S0-

ciety would coinnic c with a com- bineti service in Si. Pauls Church on Sunday‘ morning the 14th July _ Eleiiiioi-‘s in the even- SPITlCCS bot) Arch- ‘ ‘\ <1

.1. Ci. be pftkcili. ’l‘iie church sch > coruiection iiitli the D. C. S., and W. A., Zlllflllfll 111i tings took plate in st. Peters Cathedral last even- ing at 7:30, \\'lllll n very l-irge con- -. 1391i up, ‘Pill 1X10 Rev. k the ripening . The Rev. J. T. Payne o1 ,,‘F.‘ii'.‘\\'ll rend the first lesson and the Rev, A. LeDrew Gardner. -_ Patti's Church, read

of hymn no. . Archdeacon merside took the g prayer and gave the bless-

SIIORE CAME BACK

PHILADIILIPPILA. Ririrch 6 —-'A- pi _-Att ' tin lntcrviil of nine y-tvirs c played hockey" _. n . httfping Springficld In- t-iim hr- conquer in an In- gue liockP)‘

in this u.

flirt.’

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Swans Down docs make cake-baking i’

easier and more certain. Milled only

from sclcctcil (Innadiiin winter wheat, ‘ Swans Down is nspccizil flour for culzc- -

linking. Ground and rc-grounil, sifted

iintl rc-Siltctl lll’()ll[.',ll silk, it hns yust ‘

tho proper quality Zlnil tcxturc.'l'hait‘s

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flinggsan Church The Central Guardian

Hits column is reserved for new: e1 local interest but advertising of a newsy nature may hi: inserted at 5 cents 1 word strictly pay- able in advance.

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CONFEDERATION LIFE INSUR- ANCE. L-9789n-Zl-3ll.

RANGERS novelty ooncert Zion all, 14:15 tonight. silver Cbllfitilétafli. L- .

LEAVE FOR OTTAWA-LL-Col. C. L. MncKay and Hon. JohnE. left yesterday morniritl for Toronto and Ottawa on busi- ness in the interest of Bruce Stew- art and Co. Ltd.

ELECTRIC CURRENT OFF- A breakdown of an automatic stokei" at the local electric power plant cut oiff cuirent on many circuits yesterday for more than an hour. Th9 reduced power out- put lzistcd while a spire boiler was being put into full operation, ot- flcial; oi the company said. The trouble developed about l0 o'clock yesterday morning.

ON EXTENDED HOLIDAY-Mr. Ebby Boultci" of Victoria, who has be mpioycd with Fowler's i. Rothcsav Ave., St. John.

ting in Boston, Mass. with his istcrs for a week. Liter he plans visiting each following states for a few days. New York. Tenr a. Hollywood. and Nonli- erii Cr fornia and will then bro- coed to St. Petersburg. Florida, to visit. his mother who will return home with hlm next June.

III-Y GRADS MEET-Hi-Y Grads held their monthly business meeting Inst night. Pr-esicienr. Cliff Iilzvcntmzild occupied the chulr 9nd the sing-sent: Wis led bv bill Tl'illli0l'. Andy Likely. 8 former member of the club who is visit- ing the Citv while on his vacation. was welcomed back to the club and spoke a few words to the mem. burs. Final DliIIIS \ re discussi-il for tii" bridge pa. k‘ to be held tit Oci ‘elloivs Hiill tonight. The lClllflillilvl‘ of the meeting was taken up with the reports of the various committees.

COVEHEAD Y. P. S.-'I'lie regular meeting of the COVJICIIU Y. P. S was held in the Muiise on Friday evening, March l.-.t The president. Mi‘. Allison hluchlinui presiding. Devotional period opened with Mrs. F. B. Add, Jr. at. the piano. Script- ure reading by Mrs. Ramsay Auld. Rm‘. Mr. Wilson gave a very inter- esting address on Lessons of Life; after ilie lJi-‘Jtmoiiiii pcixud closed the btlrllli‘. ' il"l.‘ls‘d.t‘l..l

Cann, iind Mr. Hogralntiie —\ Mr, Wilfred Donald and . Allison iWliiiNIi . .1. Recreation-Miss Smith, Mrs, Frankie Auid. and Miss

Clayton Matthew. .5 Edith MacEwen,

' Gertie Bovyer. It, was decided to hold

a. COIIIIIIUIIILy concert and basket- social proceed: in aid of Community Hall. Also ii play proceeds to g0 to Y. P. S. The chairman of the pro- gram CilllllllltiCL‘, Ali's. Clayton w then Look ilic chair and a debate was carried out illSiCfl-{l o1 the regular programme. Subject under discussion was: “Resolved Thai, A Tidy Cranky Husband ' more to be desired than an Untidy Good-natured Husband". The Ai- firmative side was supported by — Miss Edith MacEwen Leader, Miss Smith and Miss Gertie Bsvyei‘. The

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negative 5l(i€! by Miss Erma lVIncMl lnn Miss Jenn MzicMillan and Mus Doris Brown, The Judges were-Mrs. F. B. Auld Si'.. Mrs James S Allan and Mrg Hlbbert rlughes. After n very intvrcsting tiiscussion which was thoroughly enjoyed by till '1he Judges gave their (icciisioii in favor 01' the Negative side. Much credit is due these six young ladies tor the masterful way in which they handled this subject and also Mrs. Frankie Atild who organized the dc- batc. MI‘. ivilfrcd J. MacDonald then gang two beautiful solos which were mun-h iippr ;nte:l by all. Lunch WlIS then served- lifter which the singing of the National Anthem brought a very successful meeting to n clo:e.

Gilbert A. Cautlet Admitted To Bar

HAJLLPAX March 6 "Gilbert A. Gaudet. of Charlottetown. yester- (liiy ivzis admitted to the Novo Sco- tiayBar before Mr. Justice J. S. Smiley, of the province's Supreme Cotirt. Motion for his admission was mails by J. W. Godfrey, K. 0..

vlce-nrcsirleut (if lhe Nova Scotin Barristers‘ Society, _ A graduate 01' Prince of Wales

College and Dnlhousie University,

vi-liy Swans Down assists so many he will practice 1n Charlottetown.

women to make those fine grain, tender cakes nf which they may wcll be pruud.

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Fascist Heads Take Cautious Stand In Dispute

ROME, March 6-—(AP)—I~‘aacist offczals t'ck a cautmus stand to- night ln the British-Italian dis- ptre over Gomr-in cral.

Police rc-n nents guarded y ‘ii Rorrc nf'cr rm nlrrt vc nit n pt. at dcmoivtrn- I'--f"re the Brtih

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lllérds. Ma ion Makes First Public Address

(By Canadian Press Stisf Writer)

SHIZRBROOKE, Quin. March 6- (CP)—Mrs. R. J. Manioni, French- Cmnadlan wife of the National Conservative leader, stepped to D1‘. Minions side in the election battle tonight with a quartsr-houi‘ brcadcast of her own over 9, Que- bec radio network.

‘Ilhe broadcast was not only Hi1 Man:on's first active participation ln tlhe present campaign-although she hnd been accompanying her husband throughout his tour-but, was her first public addre s. ‘Since my husband is the leader of a great party which ls submitt- ing its plans to the people of all Canada 1n this coming election, tiiid sicice I rim n nntlve of the Province cf Quebec, it has D9611 suflflested that 1 should makeafcw brief remarks to you in our mother tongue,” she explained,

"I wzll not presume to tell any- one in the IJTOVIIIOG of Quebec- or €lS‘3\1'lli€l'€—'l10M' he or she should vote. But I think I may solely say flint I kuciv something o1 my hus- band's mind, having lived wzth lum lcr more than 30 ‘years, and naturally knowing intimately his whole career."

Mrs. Manzon reviewed generally the issues being placed befcre the

- electorate by her husband. stress-

ing particularly the need for ac- tion to meet the youth problr-m. "I am sure all mot-hers in Que- bec will agree with me. a mother in Ontario although a. French- Cnnadlan, 1n the statement that we must do eveijvthng we can to solve the problem of gzviitg op- portunity t-o cur boys and girl: to earn a living and remain decent. law-abiding citizens of Canada," she said. Under the MacK-enre King government no real. effc-rt had bcrn made to solve the pro- blem.

N. Sillpptisition Sees Little ln Throne Speech

HALIFAX. March 6—(CP) - Oppositicn members in the Nova Scotia Lcgslalure said today the Speech from the Throne contain- ed nothlng “constructive or pro- gressive" in the way of proposed Legislation and it foiled lo men- tion “the wages and conditions" of some of the Provinces ivorkers.

Premier Angus L. Mlictlonnld. who adjourned the debate on the sncech after Conservative Leader Fred Blois a'"d Douglas MacDon- ald (C. C. F‘ Cape Breton Cen- ri. declared that “the Gov-riiiiihif ' F?! has not bean lnitiard in mzikii known in the proper quartets" what Nova Scotln has to offer to- wards Canada's war effort.

The Prvmler is expected to deal with points raised bv the previous sncsikers when he continues the de- bnt-e_.tomn'.row The debate leegan as the House opened its 1940 ses-

21 EFElIiiiZIie Escape As Dutch Sub ls Rammed

DELHELDER. The Netherlands. Majijh 5 ._rAP) Three men were trapped and 2'1 others matte a dmnmtlc escape today from the Netherlands submarine 0-11 when she was rammed and sunk by a Dutch tugboat in the Nicuwe Diep, Netherlands Naval Harbor.

Two sergeants and a cook were trapped in the vessel lying nose down in 20 feet of water with her stern above the surface. No sig- nals were heard from within the cmft but .on n slight posslbllitv they mught be safe in a watertight. tminedri chamber, derrlcks were ordered 11cm Amsterdam for fii- ture rescue attempts.

Leaving the harbor with two other submarines for exercises to in filmed in n movie of mriblllm- tion activities. the submarine. with hatches open. we‘; "rimmed as she icrulsed on the surface

“no/in sonoot,

Florence.

ir- howevr. cair-

s agnirst any ex- ... s.

‘the '2" They evrit-‘ssed n tend- i-ncv to nw-lt cl*"ii'c‘t‘"ii of "the ccnfitsion ln the situation."

llne Fatally Wounded In Shooting Aflray

OUTBFC‘. March 6_(CPi-0ne nvrsi-n wri: wriimd d fatally ant two others aw; fn hospital as a re- "ult r1’ n woo-fl"! vrstrrciay’ ivhrn a bnlllff Mtrrvptcd to m-ke n seiz- ure at Ml'r.t. ln the Luke- St. John dldrlct. .'t'-""“"‘i; to wod rciicn- '11‘? here tonight.

Detail: pf thr- slhoortie. wli'ch. ‘t was lcarnrd, cam»; nficr a fight titted. tv"rn n"t nv'i\l'ih'c hero "n-l names of i-‘ie vctlms were no‘. l"“f*'"ll. P‘!7Vll‘f‘.'.'ll p"l1"c nr‘ in- \'f"l'Q-'li“l’!f! and li oft-robot's nqucst

The following is the Graham's Road Sclio month of February:

Grade X: 1. Ai-mel MecICnnon. 2. David Mncfmod. 3. Jcseph Wlizmore.

Grade VIII: 1 Lo-ul- Campbell. 2. "lalllllfd Wlgmore. 3. Elaine Camp-

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Grade VII: 1. Laura MacKay. 2. Ltll’: Mat-Klnnon. - Grade V: 1. Vernon Ferizumn. 2. Gordon Cempbell. 3. Ralph Wlmnoi-o Grade IV: 1. John nrmoiwil. 2. Ixiuis Manhood R. Davin Met-Gregor. Grade III: 1. Darrach Mutt-av. 2. Brvco MacGro-qor. a, Jami Wnrd. Grade II: 1. Ii/lalcolm Campbell. Grade Y-ahv-nt. Teach". Blanche MacPherson. (Patriot please copy.)

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WANTED -MAID. APPLY 231 Mliejlkél- l~.:?.1.'7;3:.'7.'1l

Agents Wanted A

AGENT. WANTED T0 SELL BABY Chicks. Sexed is Btarte est. Hatchery in Msrltlmes.

standing of o1 for the

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d thzrrniwhly considered."

_ THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Members are requested

attend the funeral of our Chappell.

REPORT 0F SPECIAL FINANCE COMMITTEE

Shortly after Canada declared war. l special Red Cross meeting was held at Charlottetown and l. Finance Committee was appointed. This Committee was composed of Messrs. A, ‘.1. Hyndman, A. B. Fish-er, C. N. Bissett, A. B. Belcher, J. P. Gordon, R. L. Cot- ton, D. J. Riley and the under- signed. We were given power to add

used lo great advantage, quite a few additions being made.

The Committee had a great manv meetings. After careful con- sidezation, the Committee decided to conduct. the campaign by adopt- ing each polling division as a

separate unit. r. Harry '1‘. Holman of Sum- merslde kindly consented to take

charge of the campaign in Prince County, so this report, will exclude the conduct of the campaign in Prince County.

As there are five electoral dis- irlcts 1n each County, we appoint- ed the following persons to take charge of each electoral district: 1st Kings-Harry D. McLean. 2nd Kings —Hon. H. H. Cox. 3rd Kings-John A. Mustard. bath Kings-Hon. J. A. Camp- e

5th Kings-His Worship Mayor Condon.

1st Queeiis- W F. Alan Stew- rl

n . 2nd Queens -FI_ C. lfiPtige and

Edward A Currie. /

3rd Queens-Russell C. Clark.

4th Queens-Hon. Dougnld Mac-

Kinnon.

5th Queens-Georze J. Tweedy.

House to house canvass, clty of

Clinrlottetowm-Mrs. J. M. Mc-

Fadyen.

The returns to date are as fol-

lows:

Prince County, Including Summer- side Cash — - — — — — —$4200.00 Pledges - — — - - - 325.00 Total - - _ _ - - 44526.00 Kings County Cash - — — — —- — —6?011.00 Total — _ _ _ _ - ~$2011.00

Queens County Chin‘ tetown Special names:

Cnsh — — ~ — — — —-$5625.00 Pledeies — — _ - - -- 242.00 Tots! - — — ~ - _ _ssas7.no House to house - — - $1864.00 Rural Queens - - - --$2608.00 Total for Queens - __ $10,339.00 Grand total to dale - $16,87600

It is pleasing to pole that every district ln Kings Counfv has r9. spcndcd. and every collector has made his returns.

_With the exception of 10 dis- l-"ICIS. we have heard from every district ln Queens County and we expect _to hear from these in a show time.

Your Committee is qrenllv 1n- (Wblcd i0 M1" A. B. Belg-hey; Manager of the Bank of Montreal, for the great amount of work he fins done in receiving these con_ tiibutlons and acting as Treasurer of the Committee.

‘(our Committee had formerlv decided to publish the names of all contributors. However, we soon realized that it was too expensive to publish the recelnt of any a- mounts less than $1.00. Your Com- miller felt that ln manv cases a contributor of less than $1 0o one“ made a greater sacrifice than are ‘V110 Rave more than that amount. Hfivpvvi’. we also fell that. such n contributor would rather haw the P101191’ used to further our war. We nrozram rather uiiiri to have riltziut) 50 per cent of such con- blhclaililOll used in advertising pur-

This campaign is not by divans over, and anv contribu- ivcn rltlier from an Indil/‘(IIIQI m- orparvzations will be gratefully re- ce ved.

any

GEORGE .7. TWI-IEDY. Chifirman.

British Seize Cargoes 0fEight Italian Ships

LONDON. March 6—(C'P)_ Ci-uii Britain's economic warfare command seized the Gennan cost cargoes of eigiht Italian Ahlpl w. day as prizes of war,

Gem-an coal from eight of the l5 or more Italian colliers rolling in the swells of the Downs-inur- oented ln their Voyngag from an. tcrrdiim~was ordered unloaded by contraband control aubhonties. The ships were the Liana. Rapido, 0r- sta, Feloe. Caterina, Abrertia. Ern- esto and Numldla. The ninth, me Loiisso, was reizased by the m. emy exports committee after it was e=tnb1'sh¢d she had nailed from Holland March 1 prior to the or. der blcckading German coal sn~p_ ments to Italy.

During the evening six more Il-flllfln collfers were escort-ed into the Downs, ‘they were the Puzzi-oli, the Isvhlri. the Integritas, the Pe- m‘n. the Semien and the Sen Duigi. The procedure was to exsmne all shine swiftly: than. on ieespt of seizure orders, to direct tihem to part for unlcadlnc. After that the ships may proceed to their port of call, empty. Two of the ships flying the red, white and green Italian eintgn were shephei-ded in- to the Downs today by British patrol boats. ‘may were the Liana amt Rapido.

Foreign Office sources indicated they considered that Italy, who protested est-aibllulnent of the control, had done everything Bri- tain expected her to do.

“The protest will be answered s! new as its many points have b:en

1d a Ital- our

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spokesman. "Mesnvfhllethe inn government must await. answer."

it Knights Cf Columbus Funeral Notice

nessey's Funeral Home on Friday morning at 8:40 to

to meet at Frank Hen-

late brother, J. Alfred

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Navy Becomes Formitlahle

PARIS. March 6—(CP)—Anzlo- French naval co-cperatzcn, q vital tome ln the war nt. sca, promises to become an even more tonnid- sble weapon. while Britain pro- ceeds with her tremendous naval

to this Committee, which power we ewanskm prcgrmn Ftrenm my,» yards also are busy.

'I‘he republic has nearly 300,000 tons of ivarsliips und:r construc- tion. They include four 35.000—tcn

capital chips. two aircraft carriers,

three light cruisers, four smaller cruisers, 26 destroyers, 24 submar- ines, 26 escort vesses, 53 submarine

chasers and torpedo bcats and nine

large ollers. This year the capital ship Rich-

elieu six large destroyers and a number of submarines and escort

vessels already undergoing trials will be commissioned, swelling s fleet that; is already sewiid on‘y to Britain iii Eurtpo. _

‘Phe Freitc-h naval force has been strengthened by addition of fruit carriers and the i=tro:igly-bu'lt trwwlers which fish off the grnnd banks. The fruit carriers, with l speed 01 1'1 knots, m‘? suztzible to conversitn into tlllll(‘(l CFUIFGIT’: ivlille the travelers can no used its

auxiliary patrol ves=c1s.

Pound Anti‘ Dollar Rally After New Low

NEW YORK. March 6—iAP) A rally today- stctnmed pressure that forced the pound sterling to the lowest price 0f the year Tues- rlav in the foreign exclizingg moi"-

et

Ovcrcomiii a morning weak strain. the British cutr-cncy came back for a final gain of one cent

$3 91 3-8 in terms of the Unit- ed States dollar.

Many foreign exchange traders held recent dccines in sterling had been overdone. dcspltc pro- spects of stricter‘ Biilish exchange regulations.

The Canadian dollar, which also moved down to touch a new 1940 low. milled in close unchanged at. a discount. of 14 3-8 nrr cent. 10t- tawa Foreign Exchange Control Board rziic 909-0 91 yicr cent dis- count).

The French frnnc wiped out this week's losses with a gain of .00 3-4 cent to 2 22. The Nether- lanci guildei- slipped back a trif'e Znxiiitl the Swiss frtiiic ivus iuichang-

Nazi Raids Enter New 24-hour Phase

LONDON, March 7—f'l‘hur.'iday) *—(CP)——GEI'IIISIZI xiii" attacks on British coastal shipping apparent- ly entered a new "round-the-clock" ‘xllilfié with the fist night bomb- ings off England and Scottish ccists.

Two German planes bombed and machine-gunned the 695-tcn Brit- ish tanker Shelbcrt II off the ncilhenst coast of Scotland last night. Two of the crew were in- jurzd.

Earlier radio listeners heard a British llghtship off the Norfolk coast brcadcast an SOS saying she was bombed and sprayed with nia- chine-giiu fire.

At the time of the broadcast thee bsnilis hurl been dropped ‘aut nciie hit the slilp.

The attacks suggested the Ger- mans were expanding their air wnriarc in the improved ilveathcr to include tilght as well as day-

light attacks

A “Bl report or another 151i tniikcr sunk by sub- marine nction was relayed from Amsterdam. where the news-pa r 501110111! was quoted us saying lige Srm Frirciitlnn, 12.842 tons, had brcn for (1.41 off Lands Ends T""=dnv. Offlclnls ivltliheld com- msnt on this report. The tanker 1-1 ‘me 0f thfi ltirfirst in the world.

BrlllJéllWl Changes Mind 0n White Paper

LONDON, March 6—(CP) —Au'- llicrltatlve political citcles said io- nrtit. France and Great Britain decided against. publication of rlccumenL-t on negotiations with Soviet Russia before the outbreak of war because they reveal em- barrassing differences of opinion between the Allies and Poland.