Maniacs MAXlMS

0F A OI A “ ‘ near: MAN MERE MAN ~ f‘ '

Far dearer the grave illnmkaed by one pat-riots name, than the troph. log of those risen to Tune on lib- erty's ruins,

Deep lounds malts lesser noise than shallow pools. and sorrow ebbs with wind of words.

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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew cuanborrnrowu, CANADA, THURSDAY, APRIL 1o, 1941 ,

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Charlottetown Guardian. Two Cents. Morning Guardian, Founded 1881.

CONFERENCE FAILSTO SETTLE COAL

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STRIKE

Former Liberal Speaker Blasts Jones G0v’t Bill Re County Court Judges

Mr. S. S. Hessian, K_C.

'l‘lll‘.1' LITE LONG nti-YUIH hate been kElOWll to nve more than 30 ye;irs.

Coming Events

"Dancing toiiirlit. llir ers, ("ountijv Clix‘). i

iitiiiiied all iu-d, Soziris.

11in \ and Entertain- n.1,’, April 11th.

"llaii '0 in \\1'l1-J1l llall, Monday. A'})‘1‘i‘l l-iili.

"Parkdnln Puinzuzige Sale . at Ives Show It’ ans, Saiuxday, April 12th, fit 3 P. .~ .

"Linloadizxg liziyi-iodayi at‘ Char- lottetown. It. A, Ale-Phat], NFW Ilavcn.

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"Loading 1101s ior Canada Pack- ers Lid, ciah Tuesday at Vernon River. f‘..l.cu.

"Loading l-lof‘ tioii each 'l‘liii Packers Lid-v

at Pcalzes Sta- i_\' for (Ianada Aicrlin Dcvine. "loading Hogs at Montague Station each Thursday for Canada Pitchers Ltd. S. ‘ ‘McLean. Phone

"To ltlllti‘, cleaned Pm-zc Iiiimr oats. McGuigan 8a Boyle.

"Just arrived,

t no ice double ru- Book.

suiall shipment

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. ... l"i\‘C c- 11.1 on & Splllctt.

"Landing Hogs at Cardigan sta-

iftloii each Thursday for (fanada Packers Lid. Norman lticifenzie, Cardigan.

“Now in S! liuze‘ ll iind Jiovci" Scrds, U can and . ‘ax Seed Oats, ’i‘ui'nip and Alillltgifl Secds.

Dillon & Splileif

"Lmitiiiig iio i‘ (idlldfiti Pack-

(‘rs at m. the ‘h ‘Fiicsdnyi lllilil train i1: i roads closed to trucks. Si; Jay.

"Conic! I. liiverdnlc School. " > Fiitlay. April 11th. Wliyl‘ Weighing Party and Dance.

"Loading [lugs for Canada Pack- ers at Vernon Bridge each ‘Tuesday afternoon. While truck road closed. W. Crane.

"iordliig Hugs for Canada Pack- ers at St. Peters each Tuesday until train time. while roads closed to trucks. signed David Pratt.

"Notice to Farmers - From now on 1 ivll] be loading hogs for Crin- adn Packers, Ltd, on Thursday of eacth week until further notice. G. C. Green. Emerald.

"Just received, limited quantity of Hog Cottcentrate. Also on hand Chick Starter Growery Ho: and

Dairy Feed, Shavings by tho bundle. Hay, etc. Livestock Feed AS60109.

"Collecting l-logs for Canada Packers Ltd. every Priday- 50"?“- Rollo Bay. Fortune Bridge. Bay

Fortune. Annandsle, Dundas. Bridgetown. Btrathconn. 000118 Din gwrli.

"There will be a mectinl "f the Prirkdnio Branch Canadian Legion in the Fire Hull at 8 P.m.. tonight.

"Reserve Monday. 5171'“ 14 for- Box Social and~ Dance in Covehead (immunity Hell in aid A1

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'1 notice Mr.

A strong blast issued out of King's County yesterday in the form of s circular letter address- ed to the members of the Legis- lature. roundly condemning the proposals contained in the Gov- crnment bl1l—now in committee of the whole House-to amend the County Court Jildgcs Act, The letter is from IVLr. S. B. H95- clan. K.0.. a former Liberal Speaker of the Legislature. It is dated from his law office at Mon- tague. April ‘i, and reads as fol- lows:

“Dear Sir:

"I notice in the press that ltfr. Morley Bell has introduced s Bill on behalf of the Government to abolish the Queens County Judge- snip, which the County has hold since Confederation.

“If you remember a few years ego. Hon. Thane Campbell. then Attorney-General tried to do the same thing with the Kings County Judgest-iip. and he telephoned me tu-icc to go into Charlottetown and speak at a caucus of ttic Liberal ltfcinbers. requcstiugtlitiiii to do away with it. I refused, stating I was not a Quisling, with the result that he withdrew the Bill. Now it is coming up in an- other form. which means doing away with the resident Judge for Kings County. who ivlll move to (Iharlotteioum to reside.

A Smoke Screen?

"I may point out to you that all this tall: about an Appeal Court is iucrcly u smoke Screen. Bell stated iiie Bnr Society requests iiie change. Where does he get this liii0l'll‘\-

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iliieiiiplayediiii ‘A P.E.l. iirop From 1,700 To 1,000

The unemployment situation in the Province is much improved over that. of u year ago. officials of the loeiii Unemployment 1n- suraiice Office informed The Guardian yesterday.

‘Twelve months ago claims ap-

proximaiing 1,700 were being handled by their ofTicc. The num- br-v has now (‘imppeti to about 1.000.

Reason: given by the officials for the improvement were that many of the returned men nrc

going either on farms or into the fishing business. Those Wilt) pre- fer in go into other liiics of work are looking forward. the officials said, to much local construction being begun soon.

When the iOllr-milliOh-dfilltll’ construction job for ihc Bordon tr-rminals begins this spring, of-

"Tobouiiuéa $1.‘ ‘régtfa 0351715“ i‘

N. B. Teachers Want $1,200 Minimum Salary

FREDER-ICTON, April 9 ~- iuect rising costs of education and living, the New Brunswick 'I‘eaciiers‘ Association passed two important resolutions today. The Aloclatlon iviil petition the gov- ernment to assume 50 percent, of teachers‘ salaries throughout New Brunswick, and it set $1,200 as the minimum basic salary for first class teachers.

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Death 0f Anglican Archbishop 0f Toronto Yesterday

Most Rev. D. T. Owen

TORONTO. April 9~Most Rev. I)L‘1‘\\'_\‘|i Trevor Owen, Archbishop ef ‘Toronto und the Church of England's primate of all Canada. died today.

‘The Archbishop was working at his desk as usual this morning when ovorconic by a heart at- tuck. Rushed to hospital he lived only a fow hours but long enough that Mrs. Owen could be at his bedside at the end.

Aiselibfstici) Owen. “"110 held that a coininoii communion rather iiuin physical union should bethe first step toward union of the churches. was '70, a silver-haired. kindly man who lived simply and ever enjoyed his association with the little people of his Dgnlnloti- wide "parish."

Ho ivasu-cvercd far beyond the

Anglican communion and won not only respect but aflectlon with his unassuming sincerity

and winning personality.

‘T-lic girimute held his last. con- llllllfllltlll service Fob. 16 and only last Sunday’ celebrated commun- ion at St. James’ Cathedral here. Last autumn 11c presided over the General Synod which welcomed

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Tribute From Cardinal McGuigan

TORONTO. Ant-n o _ (OP) - James Caidiiial McGuigai-i, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto. said today that Most Rev. Derwyn 'l‘. Owen, Anglican Archbishop of ‘Toronto, ivas a “true Christian gentleman."

Shortly after Arohbishop Owen's death from a heart attack, Cardinal. l\ICGuigRAn issued a statement say- ing:

"I deeply regret the passing of ills Urucl‘, Archbishop Owen. and express my sincerest sympathy to all who have been so sorely be- reaved by his death. He was ever a true Christian gentleman and an exemplary Canadian citizen, shar- ing iill ctidenvors for the common good. _

“l-lc was a gracious personality, filled with the milk of human kindness and ever anxious to use his labors and his influence for ihc pYOgfISS and development o! Canada and advancement of Chrht- inn ideals.

"I will ever remember with grati- tilde the many courtesies and £11811? of kindness l’ received from l m.’

New Crop 0S Rumors ) Re Butter Controls

By GEORGE KITCHEN

OTTAWA. A11!‘- 9--(0P)—<5piling has brought with it recurrent rumors and speculation that but- ter rationing is to be abolished and, at the same time. recurrent official denials.

But if the ration is to be drop- ped this year. ssy those close to the supply situation, It must be done this aummei" during the peak period of production when the dairy herds are on the pastures and milk output takes its uiPwiifli climtb. '

The ‘high point of production is reached in June and contrlues through July and August before beginglng a seasonal decline which accompanies the return of cattle to the wintering stables. .

Some sources say June would be l likely time for the abolition of the ration, stressing that if It was not taken of! t-lien ii must

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be continued through the low production months of the fail. winter and next spring into sn- other siuntner.

Linked closely to the ration, now established at one-half pound a person each week. is s subsidy of approximately 10 cents on milk going into butter production.

If this ‘subsidy is retrieved-and official sources have indicated it likely will be-it will mean an increase In retail butter prices with possibly a slight lift in the price ceilings and a consequent better financial return for the producer.

The over-ail effect of this would be to increase t-hc flow of milk going into butter production and a general improvement in the

- Dominica's butter supply position.

The factor then to be determined would be whether the supply po-

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Buyers Threaten Strike In Winnipeg

WHVNIPEG, April i) — (GP) - M11. Anne Ross, president of the Manitoba Housewives Consumers’ Association, said today that the Association will launch a buyers’ strike in protest against the I-‘cd-

eral Government's decontrol of rentwl and foodstuffs prices.

The organization claims s. membership of about 1.000 in greater Winnipeg.

Mrs. Ross said the strike will

not be directed against the small businessman or corner grocery but against the wholesaler and nmnufaeturer.

"We feel that the Government 1| cynically disregarding the “c9415 of the people and catering to big business Whose profits have been greatest in 1940," she said.

ll. S. ilotelkeepers To Attend Short Course

HALIFAX, April '9 — (C?) -- Hotelkeepers and resort operators of Nova Scotlo will gather here April 15 for the anniual (“AWE-day hotel short course sponsored by the Provincial Department of industry and Publicity, it was announced today. Industry Minister Harold Connolly will open the course.

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Aquitaknia Docks

HALIFAX. April t>-—The liner Aqultania, with ihc first conting- ent of displaced persons from western Europe among her 2.000 passengers, docked here late to-i night.

Because of the late hour of her arrival. newspapcrmen were not allowed aboard the ship and iiie nationality or destination of the 50-odd displaced persons could

Fears. ti. S., Russia Heading For War

LONDON. April 9—(APl-—-l>leni'y A. Wallace declared today that “World War III is inevitable" un- less the United States and Russia reach an understanding, and said Europeans are watching the two; countries "getting ready M“ death struggle."

Wallace ci .lzed bitterly Pie- sident 'I‘rumaii's proposed aid to Greece and Turkey. Hr.- expressed fear that a policy of lending i1lOfi€y "for the political purpose of stop- ping Russian expansion" would e5- iabiish "during the next -li1l‘(‘C months a pattern which if liitfsllf“! might, lead to war."

8.000 SEAL PELTS

SI‘. JOHN'S. NflcL, A-pi". 0—($7 -l"irst of the scaling flcct to re- iur from the iceflelds, iiie Linda Ma docked here tonight with about 8,000 pelts taken in the main Wpatch" oft‘ the Labrador coast. The sealer may make a second voyage to the fields viiicre heavy ice is reported drifting

Opposition Protest More Retroactive Taxation in Guise (if Fees & Licenses

Opposition efforts to give the "six months hoist" to a, Gowerii- merit bill imposing a 5 per cent Corporation income tax were ile- feated in the Legislature yesterday on a straight party vote of 17-0 and the bill was given third read- lrig and passed on the same div- Isl-on.

Another standing vote was call- ed by the Opposition Wil0llr- the House was ill committee on the bill to provide retroactive licensing ca" registration of certain corpora- tlons and persons. The imposition of these fees is to cover the per- iod of suspension of corporation taxes under the new Doiniiiioil- Provincial agreement. The bill is similar to one passed under the wartime tax agreement and dc- slgnates a. long list of business enterprises from which ieesacr licenses in varying amounts up to $250 may he LYOIiEFICTl by the Pi 3- viiicizil Treasurer.

New Tax Clause

To the original clauses, which provoked considerable Opposition criticism, Hon. Mr. Hughes moved yesterday 1o add. by way of amendment. authority to levy "up- on all other companies and cor- porations not herein before speci- fied which not being incorporated under the laws of this Province and having their head offices or chief places of ililSillCSs located outside this Province t-ziriy oii business in Prince Edward Island. the sum of twenty dollars."

Mr. Hunter, Third King's, ob- jected that the Legislature should he encouraging the establishment of business enterprises here, not trying to drive them away with additional taxes. The same applied to distribution points; it was bet-

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Tornadoes

drifting south from Labrador.

‘Vacuum Packed

Western States

CANADIAN. Tex, April 9-(APJ -The nearby community of Glazier was reported to have been levelled by a tornado, with fou: persons killed. Sixteen persons were in hn-spitzil here. -

OKLAHOMA CITY, April i? - (AP)—'I‘iie Oklahoma state high- way patrol said tonight that

Trooper Jim Holland, stationed at Woodward, 0111s.. advised that a

tornado struck the iiorthei I‘ Oklahoma City about £1130 ii-m lei-oiling npproxiiinately- half tin.

town.

Says Shortage 0f Stout Good Thing

CORK. Eire, April ll -- (Reut- ers) ~-- The present s-iiorioge of stout in Eire is one of the best liliilgb that evci- happened, Judge J. l\'. (TCCillllOY said in circuit court crft-nimil srsslcais today. "Ti is iill ill wind illlll blc-vs uoborly good and i:c:"t:iiiily' ihc scarcity oi tirink will have the cffcct of further ivfiiCiilillg the amount. of crime iilizit comes here befcre me."

lBuilgei Friday Says Premier

‘ It i-s hoped to bring down $0 iBlurlgei on Friday (tomorrow), the Legislature was informed yester. ‘it'll’ 1W Premier J. Walter Jones. [The Premier made the statement. iin reply to n query from Hon. Dr. xMat-Millau, leader of the Oppogi. ‘ iron.

No hour for the Budget delivery was mentioned, but it has been lcustcmaryt under the present Gov- ernment for the Provincial Trans. iirer, Iloii. William Iluglics, to in- troduce it. with a short speech at the afternoon session. Previously it We! a mucli more formal affair, starting st 8 o'clock in the even- inn before crowded galleries wi-tli the Premier giving a lengthy rc- vicw of the finances.

If recent past sessions are a guide, there will be lengthy 41¢- bate on the motion to go 11110 Supply, with most of the members on both sides taking part before the Iriuuso finally goes into coni- iilliltif‘.

Yesterday Di‘. lyiucMilian urged that ivlieu this takes place, dis- cussion on the Estimates be start- ed in the mornilng and not at 10 or 11 tfclock at nisiit and con- tinued until 3 or 4 o'clock the folluivnig iiioi"iiiiig_ He also point. ed out that there were several questions on the order pa-pec which should be answered before the Budget is brought down.

Teachers’ In Session

Measure Iodine In Maritimers Food

HALIFAX. April 9 -- (UP) ._ Maritbnors eat more iodine chm any other group in Canada, and lust how much more now is be. lug determined by Dr. E1}, Ytlllllg, head of ihc biochemistry dfiDert-mcnt of Dallioiislc Univer- 5 y. '

Easterners, of course, don't go for the bottled variety, which lg poisonous, but Dr. Young said today that fruit. and vegetables K111“!!! in the sail air of the east were considered to have a higher iodine content than those grown inlanid or in fresh wafer areal. The luliillg content is required to prevent goltrc. for instance.

Dr. Young iund his assistant, Miss Roberta B. Campbell 0i‘ Woodstock, ., have been cun- ducting a ‘ rvey into the iodine content of ruits and vegetables for the last two years and results will determine what amount of of iodine required liy the human system is supplied by them.

The survey was first, requested by ihc Prince Edward [timid div- Tsion of the Dominion Depart- ment cl Agriculturc and the aci- ual work W215 started ,t Dililllililt: uuiicr the authority c1‘ the Can- atiizim council r-n nutrition.

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5,311.

N B, April ll _ Richard Newton 'l‘liump- ‘ fvuiid suffering Frcm head s iii iu< home ni nearby Lnihcusic Jii iciiozi- i-isi night, died v, R C M i‘. laicr arrested ili Bluis. 3:1. of Rlchardville, N B , on a charge of stealing $61

LIFE

TAKES 0“ HAMBURG, April 9—tREtil€l's)-—- Carmen Mary. "Black Angel" of the Rsvensbruck concentration camp and former international stiy, iodnyi committed suicide iii her Hamburg death cell without know- Fng that a stay of f‘.\Cl‘tlli0l1 of her sentence had been granted.

-Always Fresh!

fi. l the new uinn.

(By lillchuebbiiilara)‘ STANMORE. hiidiiiescx, England. April o _- (CF) _ Tho n. a. a.

to the (lay when military aircraft operate iit speeds miles on hour, and laying its plans accordingly. In a former Priory. once the rcntiezvous of poets and statesmen, and later the nerve centre oi the R.A.F.‘s fight against the Luft- waffe, an exhibition demonstrating 20 yiears of development in lterial defence RH‘! shown to reporters with the ls not a museum."

"We are not living in the "Mi;

Command

military aviciti-on"-which

levels. "It remains to

find out wit:

For 700 Miles An Hour Speeds

exceeding 700i

soon he in service use, he said. ins-t. year the aircraft set a world‘: air- speed record of 616 mile: an hour in teats largely conducted at low

Fears Ganuck “Moh”

i Iiizi Koykc,

Japanese star from iiie U. 15.. was tcri-ifiedi at the prospects of her reception

opera

in Vancouver, u-lierc, she was told. she would be "mobbed and hurt and Possibly killed" if she zippciircti on tlic streets of the ell)". S-hc went tlici-c to sing the iitli: role in “ltiiidzime Butterfly." The maiiagemcnt- assured her there was no hostility and that people were flocking to buy tic- kets.

Federation Yesterday

The second day of the Prince Edward Island Teachers’ Feder- ation convention closed last night with a banquet st the Charlotte- town Hotel. m‘. Daniel MacDon- ald. president; of the Federation. presided.

Contrary to the usual custom of the Federation on such occas- iens, there were no speeches by clillei‘ Government or educational officials.

In the only address made at the dinner, His Honour Lieut- Governor Bernard congratulated the Federation on its large repre- sentation and expressed the hope that much good for the teachers would come out of their deliber- ations during their-present con- vention.

His Honour said the teachers wielded a tremendous influence on the youth of the Province and that they deserved the fullest amount of praise for their work

children placed in their charge. Theirs was a task, His Honour said, which was being well done and though there was little doubt that minty of them were labou-r-

_t*e'.;135..?a",.$i%;;;'si ctr}? Eiillglitanliig Reply To Landlord's Query

UYPAWA. April 9—-(CPi —Elig:- i-bio for any record of the purple prose surrounding Canada's com- plicated rental regulations was the jrcmarl: today of n Prices Board ‘clerk to an inquiring landlord:- _"1lei"c‘s a copy of the l‘[‘jZlll€lll(lil>. iYou won't understand thcm--- I tdoirt either."

More than 500 landlords, anxious to raise their rents, lined up at .1119 regional rentals office itohy.

happens at the operating heights of the future-45,000 feet ans‘ above," said Sir James. “We want

liaviour of the pressure cabin, vis- ibllily distances, the type of arm.-

in moulding the character oi’ tlic/

here I1

Situationgls Unchanged, ls Report

' By JOHN LEBLANG

U'I"I‘.A\'VA, April 9 —- (C?) -_.. ‘v conference o! Union and Federal Uoveijiimleiit officials ioda-y left the marttime strike of 13,000 eogi min. ers no closer. to g solution, 011M913 0f the United Mine Workers of Aimerica lCLJ-in) declared after tho 1310011113‘.

"Tiliestrike situation 1.5 unclmng. ed." said rieeman Jenkins, District ‘J6 (MBHUXUGS) president of the U. M, W., as he and two representa- tives of the union's international office in Washington emerged from the conference with officials of the llOillilllOll Labor Department.

"There were no new develop- ments," added Thomas Kennedy of Washington, international secre. tarry-treasurer of the U. M. W., who ,('kltllC here with John Owein, Ohio ,presidcnt of the coal union and. ‘ oi representative of Joilin L.