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MERE MAN

The evll-doer needs more than the sufferer.

our prayers

Read by Ev Covers Prince Edward" Island Like the Dew

erybody

Slit-m, synrpathy is uflen most ap- propriate and efficient.

MAXI MS. or A

MERE ltiAN

Inrnlnl Uunrdli i, Founded Ill‘).

The P. E. I. Swine Breeders As- peiation in annual session in Charlottetown yesterday forward- gd ll. night letter to Hon, W. H. Dennis, Minister of Agriculture, who is at present attending s, w... ferencc in Ottawa. in connection with Maritime freight. sates on feed for dogs, a. ‘ng that. measures be taken by e Federal Department 6 Agriculture to have s reduction

rule in the freight rates on feed.

1t s» felt that there will be an iiicr <0 of 25 per cent in the hog production in this Province this your and a decrease of 25 per‘ cent in ‘the rwailabls fecd, It is expect- ed tiiat farmers in the Province will require about 200 earloads of grain to properly feed and finish this hog crop In view of these con- ilitions a reduction of 50 cents a. liuruircd in the present price of iced lccds was asked. The letter Kils siirircd by the president (pro tcnil iiiid was in the form of a resolution from the Association,

\l‘ v important‘. problems were .\~(‘(l at the meeting and a attendance oi members was ‘. In the absence of the nt and vice-president, Mr. D. N. MacKay, lri.i...A., occupied tire i-liziii‘. An AIIACFQSUIH! address ‘n "lira Cholera" was delivered by Dr. l-I. S. Netting, from the Iced- irat-Dcqmrtnient oi Agriculture.

The recent snow storm caused

iis ‘arse

Charlottetown Gandh- ‘lwo Con».

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADAYWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY C23,

194B"

1o Pas-es

Annnu llnbserlmlnn Delivered $5.00 lIy Mull-IEILI. SHIU; (‘iuiuilu unrl l s

many Orf the roads in the muntry to be blocked and prevented the attendance or many interested farmers and swine breeders. The members present, however, had several lively discussions on mat. ters relevant to the swine industry on the Island

Directors appointed for the com- ing year were: King's County, Mr. Frank McAulay, souris; Queen's County, Mr, Ernest Houston, Hun- tcr River; Prince County, Mir. W. J. Reid, Kinkora. These oircct/ors were all re-elected to the pmition.

Dr. E. S. Netting welcomed the farmer's on behalf of the Federal Department oi.’ Agriculture,

In referring to the swine in- dustry. he stated that it ivas worth over $500,000 to this Province and should be safeguarded against disease.

Hog cholera is one cl‘ the greet- est bugbears to s/wine breeders, the speaker declared, but this province had been very fortunate in this re- spcct as titer-e has been no out- break here. The other two Marl- i.inie Provinces have had outbreaks recently and there is no guarantee that there will be none here, he added.

Ilosz cholera is a very contagious disease and docs not appear to

he cies of“ livestock,

(Continued on page 9, Col 3)

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tirtown Man ls Appointed To Advisory Board

OTTAWA. mo. 2'1 —(CP)-Fish- mes tuinister Michnud tonight an- iioiincrti appointment Of Harry ‘hdmarsli. fish packer anti exporter 9f Charlottetown. as o member cf he wartime filieries advisory board.

K‘ llvw n polntmont increased to l2 the morn crsliip of the board. iumuvi Feb. 1 to formulate plans wherein‘ the fishing industry will llffliiut‘ ilic ordcrlv supply of fisli to llritish markets and at the some time maintain exi-tliuz market con- ticts. J. J. Cowie. nctnq dfillliv minister of iliairtnaii of the board.

Coming Events

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iiate for Notices in this column 3 cents r word. _____.

."H°\'kt=v wright Bayvicw vs. "tn-‘vv. I 1,021.

"Rovers vs, Maple Leafs, Mll- °li milk tonight. L-623.

"Billing live hogs at Emerald

£5-12“

‘lav afternoo , February ma. "ihur Hashim. n L-59l-2-27-2l.

"Cornwall m x tonight final "l" <11 league hedule, Cdrnvégll ‘- Glide River, 1.- ‘l. “Hunter- River Stripping Club aadlnz hORs ‘Thursday, February Jiiffltst Houston, Secretary. 14-526. t, Royals Infill. Irdlil. layoff rink postponed 28th. L-OBUJ-fl-ii.

"it to th Les. Dance l N , 9 D Year m, fllllhuldliilotiihlre Hall February

5444-21-25. Amalia: live hogs st Albany. Malay 29 - any March m at mm - until noon. signed c, o. mwmu

“New or l. Rdilgersflgfindtg?‘

"Natl ' latch 31%;,“ 0mm‘ ntll Wednesday

lug our liberties and our

l-oatlin 11 rim", ve lions Thursday. mun’; as follows: Reusing- a; p MP- M. Summerside ro A. M. gnarl, figinelqyynflglgp A1111? Kelli \ Ewen a Cum u.’ i l.- zo-r-zs-ii.

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LONDON, Feb. 27 —(CP) —'I'he government cilciosed tonight that it ls considering closina one leak .n the blockade of Germany by check- ing shipments to the Reich through the Russian Pacific port. of Vlaoi- voslok.

Ronald Cross. minister for econ- omic warfare, was asked by R. A. Cary Conservative, regarding “hoics" iii tin- blockade, particular- 1y through which goods from the United States, Ru sin. Norway, Italy the Netherlands and Belizlllm might reach the Reich-

"I can assure my honorable friend," the minister’ snid. “that the possibliiics of evasion of our contraband control are constantly under review‘, but such informa- t"'nn as I have does not lead me to suspect that there is serious leakage, as frrr as the European countries referred to are concerned. If hi‘ has any evidence to the contrary I FllOllldt be glad to receive and con- si i

er .

"The possibility of checking such Shlpllllliz via Vladivmtok is being considered."

A series 0i questions was put ro- tzardinv Swedish irnii ore shipments to Germany. Mr. Cross said the al- les have not vet found any wav of stopping these shipments.

Declares Records 0f Parliament Were falsified

MacPherson Cit e s '0 Convincing Reasons

TORONTO. Rb. 2'1 --(O'P) —M. A. MocPhcrson, former attorney- ewan. in In -

general oi Baskatch ress before the Conservative Busi- ness men's club here today, charg- ed that the Canadian government had forced s British admiral

move from un office on Canadian soil to a goeicht in an eastern Can-

r.

The admiral was forced to do his iai work from the yacht. he Mr. MscPherson gave no de-

"vvnne we may be s. sore-rote M- tion and have o. measure of auton- omy we didn't have.25 to ego. everything wave eras-r‘ ‘ ect us snd nothlnl more,‘ Mr. MacPherson sold.

He sold that National R0110"!- ment as advoca d by conservative leader Manion is "looming u" l

uestion o of major importance in

nnads. efact tihat Prime Minis- ter Kin! was a D0 Y1 ‘ k iti us, b t S8i“i?'€ié"2l.saa.°l. $1 lgfmilegt

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Island Swine

Breeders Urged

LowerFeedPrices

Urge Action (Tin-Ion. W. H. Dennis In Resolution -— Fore- cast Need For 200 Carloads Of Imported £e_e_d This Year.

39TH ANNUAL M EETINB

Mrs. J. A. lVlathieson

Re - Elected Regent O f Royal Edward Chapter.

Mrs. J. A. Mathieson was re- elected Regent of the Royal Ed- Iward Chapter, Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, here yes- terday at the 39th annual meet- ing oii the organization. Mrs. B. W. LePage was anode honorary vice- president.

Mrs. R. H. Rogers was named First Vice-Regent and Mrs, A. E. Morrison second Vice-Regent, Mrs. William M, Brehaut was re-elected secretary,

tary, Miss Jessie Fullerton; Echoes secretary. Mrs. W. A. Hucstis: standard bearer, Mrs. E_ G. Stems. Councillors include, Mrs. Sartnders, Mrs. A. G. Putnam, Ali's. T. B. Woodman. Mrs. W. A. Miller‘. M.vs_ H. J. Gordon.

Five new members were receiv- ed into the chapter today. 'I‘i1<‘.V were, Mrs. G. D. Steel, Mrs. J. A. Fraser, Mrs. T. G. Ives, Ali's. George Hardie and Miss E<l1l11 Roger's.

Reports presented included a review of the year's activities by the Regent, lvirs. J. A. Mflilll’. . The text appears below‘. In a . lion reports were read by the sec- retary and by several other of- iicers.

TIIE nisonwrts uproar

"In looking over the year which began for us on Miirch 1. 1939. it scours longer than tubal!‘ Ml". J- A. Malliiesoil, resent 0f the Chari- ter said llI lrci‘ illIlllLll r/sirorl. “lire first six itionilis iverit. very lrzipgiilv,‘ sire (roni-iiiireri. “for we had a icic- iv summer and so many merits 0i interest. Out. Lindini! “K15 111C V15“ of Their Royal iMajcsiivs ‘ill-p Ktitl and Quocen lo'our sir: “s. Never neicre was such an event thought possible.

"We had read and heard so much of ‘Their Majestics’ visit else- where so looked forward eagerly for our turn. Evervilviiu iviis done to make their l)l‘i(‘f VYSLI tneiiior- able. The L1(‘lll(’llillll.-G()\'(‘illiiI‘

(Continued on page 8, Col 5)

FICCEAS Crivo Californians From Homes

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 2'7 —-(AP) —Waler\vays, turned to tUlTCllLs by cloudbursts mid melting snow, drove es many as 3.000 persons from Hkll’

homes toclnv in a scnfr‘ or more northern California cities. Ahnust nine .l'lCllL‘S or rain fell

in 24 hours at several points.

The storm, in its tliirtl (lay, left river‘ conditions critical. More raiii ivas in prospect and flood condition. equalling the mvaues of December. i937. were predicted by the wcailici- bureau.

In the town of Nana 35 miles north of Sen Frirnelsco, some 50C

rsons were rescued iron-r flooded

omes by boats. The Nana r-ivrr llflLl bur-died its banks, floodlit‘: hun- dreds of acres. and the c ty was confronted with another danger —o high tide tonight,

At Winters. 15 miles southwest: of Woodland. 300 persons in n. federal migrant camp were isolated marooned after two feet of water swept through their temporary shel- ters. enother mlrrratorv camp near Marysvllle, 450 persons were removed w higher round.

The 500 persons n Pescadero, 50 miles south of San Francisco, found their town under water at the dawn

of the wet, fray day. Highways n he flood area were in many instances.

imlgéissable

spite the grave danger to hun- dreds of persons, and the peril of the rescues, no loss or life had been

re rted.

15% one could count the damage but great destruction tq crops and some livestock. was lnevi le.

Three Bouthem Pacific Railway lines were blocked. temporal-ll ing rail service between Cal fornle and the Pacific Nort , d crl plin service to Bantu Cruz. Calif. N ne trains were held up by s slide at Pollock.

A number of towns were without

power or light service the greater

gut of the day due to failure of ensmission systems.

mss or surrooariorv

CHEPICAMP. N. 5.. Heb. 2'! - Josepli A. Poirier, 21. of Cheticamu- died of suffocation in a fire st l! mountain cabin five miles from the north Cape Breton village yesterday, a coroner's jury found ton ght.

The cabin cauubt flrn mp1s pop-- lei- and a companion were camping it. Poirler entered the buildlgggtg

in A try to halt the fire and failed out.

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Warplanes t. Fly Cver Amsterdam

P AMSTERDAM, Feb. 28—(Wed- nestlay)— (AP) -— Anti-aircraft ‘batteries guarding this neutral I Netherlands (‘ity blazed sporadic- sally from l0 Elli. (6 IKM. AST) elasl night until 3 A. M. (I1 P. M. llSTt today when they were still firing at unidentified For- P elgn, warplanes.

About 2 A. M. an unexploded shell fell on the roof of n house in the southern quarter of the city and penetrated three flours to the cellar, but no one was in- Jured.

z It was the second successive nisrlit that Dutch anti-aircraft . x batteries about Amsterdam wont into action to drive away ’ foreign planes.

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CELEBRAIED

Boer War Veterans

Honored (iuests 0f Canadian Legion Al; Enjoyable Banquet.

South African war veleriiris were guests of ilic Cliarlotii unvn branch of the Canadian Leziorr at n most > enjoyiriblc Paazdcberg anniversary re-union and dinner last evening. Capt. N W. LOWUHEI‘, .‘.I. M , I18- ion ]ll‘(‘.~'(l*'lli, pri=> led and wel- comed i'i‘-‘,):'c:srriiit'vi‘s of Catiar‘. ‘s

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h. . cred to do honour to Lite vt-icmiis of liritititils war of forty YNIFS ago on the South Airi-

ton Churchill today

iiort of lllS department and reach- ed an unexpectedly.‘ Stcllfilliimllll

Other officers named include. H. B-‘lilsiflflf- Stfcretarl’. MT5- 690m’? cagfitfiflronourin" the toast The M11131"? hicasumr- 313-1 H‘ l Kin" two nriiiiitifs‘ s1 enwo was cb- t Smi ; ac i112 provincin c uca. P‘ - ., ,.-, ' _ - Mon secretary» Me» J» A- We $3222“ T‘i‘.."i°.lii$lfr.~i’-‘ ti“ i‘ $11M" Millan; chapter education secre- ' ‘ " ‘

then proposed and ably rtsjioinii-d‘ to‘

livjgzlii. when he told lire Home that rirv (iilVvflllllfilt is "getiiiigz rather‘ ilvvti" of the fact neutrals seeni to (i-{Tflllflll brutality for glfllllVfid n. tie orcgiercling strict O!.‘S{‘I‘\'.'llC(3 of llic rules by the Allies.

llc challenged the (lernuin

‘.‘Can:'ri'i and the Empire" Mr. . J Re. iier,

cum-w ' “own.” .

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, . - . . here yesterday.

F .. soeiation. 1 MI‘. E. C. limit of Do Sabin was A, re-elccied ])I'( i"lll o1‘ ’ p~ wet

t, 5y yer mcviirr: of rlro Ange

iii Prince of W;

I , r £11109 of do! ~ _ w l‘r r for jvenr" (l e pi-iticrnivlv Wzla lit-- llCVPll, to Eificiriiv of il'll\‘1‘li.l\" ("i coirntrw‘ roads btrcnusc of driiirxi

BL'(‘II.\IIES’I‘. Feb. 27- (AP) ——(‘ "Tllilll anger‘ and liumaniun '- ilie Reich's next

iserl tonight as u to reports- oi ilirrc secret rnis by which PRINCE l urine divs to supp.y Runrariia

T01R15‘ llTtIll l'("(’lli SAUYIIIS.

Yr- im ‘ afternoon's nit-cling op- . es of anritirtl sessions of provincial farm ov-"aiiiziitioiis sclrcdurrl to finish fOlil‘ iii.

(lrmtci- iiiioi =t was lriiir; mani- fest iii ilip sheen industry .lnccf last Scntcrubir Mi". S. l). Irvltun, slircp fielrimoii for the province ,from the rlomiiiioit department oi inurlculiuretclrl breeders". Stronger ,\vuril prices, l(\’.!I‘lll(‘l‘ with l‘l‘l.‘lil\'i‘l" H41 i>~r~('i01'.\‘ l>I""i‘~ on contort-real ilain g in ill!‘ lain fall. combined in rouse prettier‘ interest. ‘

Mr. T, .l. Inmarr of Bvrloqiie pave‘,

iiutli large quantities of war- planes, machine guns mid other Weapons.

Tlli! reported agreement was the LVPUINA blow in as marry days lo (Lvrinzinfs cause in this n.1- rirli land. lt crime oiplhc lir-cls

l‘ rail rates on all ("\-

ports rtxr-i-pt grain. The l2 to ~10 n report 0i tlii! annual llli't‘illl£_' of y per‘ cent All('l\'i\\ s‘ thus included the Canadian Ctr-operative Wool i

, urgently _ the Grower's Association, ‘slit-re he To- , ~‘ .uu \\lll‘ mar-lime. [)i'(‘*'f‘llf"(i ilie ll l\'lI(‘l1ll.~l\l‘.‘!‘ll!\"l‘l. i of the ilayb devclup- (lilier k1" yo ‘ci‘r'.'ii‘ itvlitrl-l

""- ed: Mess ‘. . M. I. .,i

r r..- i l. l) insure that Britain

lind lllllrlll)‘ iltnvn (i0 warplanes i tn Illhilléllllil, the consignment ‘ consisting of llcct Spitilrc pur- i

suit s ,,~ and fur- ranging Rpadfi Report, Bristol Blenheim bombers. §

i 2. ‘lire rvpi-ri that flir- Brlt- Mr. S. (‘ Wr-vgbt, moi~io~iw1 r‘r'-‘ ‘ lfiillliilll" riiiivrry mill the tt"l'llllf‘lll of nuriiiulture lli"illll.'lll French muuitioirs agreement. _>__ , _ _ hail fulltnveil upon liurniinlaifs " -

promise that she would not luv- ur (icrniuuy in oil exports.

3. Launching of COIIVCrsEtADIIS with an Italian trade dclels- tion. Informs-d quarters said it appeared Italy, with the advan- tages of ncu ral shipping, was anxious bargain for Ger- many's share oi‘ Rumanian pro- duets and resell them in world markets for Fill

(Continued on p120 3, Col 4)

llr. Manion Speaks In Charlottetown 0n March 8th

FORT WILLIAM, Fob. 26- After Conservative Leader Mtinio completes five sine-cries in his own district. licre today, his campaign schedule calls for five speeches in Ontario bciorc spending 9, week.‘ Swinging through the Maritimes ,1 and Quebec. ,

From here, he goes to Sault Ste. l Marie for a night meetiniz Feb. 27. Then he addresses o Toronto luu. cheon Feb. 29 and a Niagara Falls meetintz that night, On March 2; ire speaks in Oshawa in the aller- noon and Bellevilie at nizlit. Pro-

Boy Writes Letter, Skips Court Charge

KFETPVTIJLE, N. 5., Feb. 21- tCPi-Insicad of appearing in County Court here today for sent-

at Saint Joliu night of March 7, Charlottetown night of March 8. Halifax night of March B. Quebec March ll, at night, Montreal, March 12 at, rii it,

He plans to spend the lost two weeks of his campaign in Ontario.

Lyons was convicted on s. bicycle theft charge but sentence was re- served nnd a home was found for

but. he ran away.

Today when he was due to court s Kentviile Clerpymaan appeared instead with a ‘otter from the boy. It said in part: "Tell the Judge I am beiniz a good boy and am gelling clan}! He closed with a suggestion that police let him alone.

The Judge adjourned tl~e case until Mnicli l9 and lnstructecd ,tlie Crown prosecutor to take "im- imediate action." _ r

, N. 13.. Feb. 2'1 — slates co. st guard up ice in the 8t. time out this after-

ST. SPEPI-IEN (OP)—A United cutter hreakln Croitt river too noon to rescue of Calais. Mo. who found hlmsclt ‘adrift on s cake of ice after trying to get g close view oi the cutter.

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foreigners in quest of about the Reich.

flvr-i in com-rye from hitting and lu- fll‘>'ll‘0_\'f.‘l|, rcvenlcrl that. Ilrrilbli shipyards ivill work at vapwily throughout the Slim- inr-r. that five new battleships will go into service, and that iii» lllfi('kl\ll(' of Germany is being steadily liglitericrl.

Til"ll lie informed tliv House iliai two veieran battleships, Bitriimir and Nelson, were damaged in iiocomrlavr, and that the Scapa lFi/uv naval base in the Orkiievs .s not bceri available since the bzritioiiir) Rqvzil Oak was sunk

there lll the early days of the war. ,

Til‘? Nelson and Barlrzim, Mr. (‘llllffhlll said, reached mrt under tinir own power and have been l‘r:"i{‘iiT‘(l.

At tire conclusion 0f his address, A. V. Alexander, former Labor‘

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‘PAAR rant‘ Tells Commons i rmiivrrsiiail 0/ Growin lBritish Might

Government Getting; ‘tldatlrer ‘ired” Of Attitude Of Neutral States. Naval Head Declares.

LONDON. liveb. 2'l-(CPt-Wins- asked the . - Ilouse ol Commons for "a few men, some 51111)» and a little money" to ‘Jean

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run the R0_\'iil Navy for the next _vi-:ir and ])l'(‘.“.(‘llL(‘d e. picture the tremendous “seap0\vet‘ which we live."

His speech began in the quiet vein of an ordinary progress re-

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The I-‘irst Loni placed Ger- mill! Slllllllill‘ll!l‘ basses at 35, at “(iris

lPilfil. (luring 15w

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nvt British ship ' unis‘ li'\\ ilian

n1‘ n liiliil of .. .

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br-tiver-ii l. image sunk and lon- , nape put llilil r-nmrriis~-iriii, crip- i turrd nr bought.

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George V c‘. . l.".it . Pd inst year. flfociriffs sat. r first (Continued on page 3, Col 7)

Range Far fiver

lBy'I’at Iissher, Canadian Press Stuff‘ Writer) IDNIJON, rob. 27—iCP)——Undt-r‘