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ABANDDN HOPE OF RESCUI

Local Roaming-House Operator ls Killed

larder Balls At Pelloo

Station And Tells liffieer

lie Strangled 10-year-old Woman.

Retired Minister liies At Woifviile

(By The Canadian Press)

OLPVIILE, N. 8., April 21- Rev, A. J. Reynolds, a native of cogmagun River, NS, and retired minister of the United Church died here today. Ordained in 1914 he held various charges including one at Bedeque, P.E.I. He re- tired seven years ago.

Mr. Reynolds wrote numerous religious articles and poems and was a contributor to the New Yillk Christian Herald.

Survivors include two eons. Ai- frcd John, Sydney, N.S.; Burton, Toronto, and a brother, Maurice A, Reynolds, Ipswich, Mass.

fttleral services will be held Tuesday.

Coming Events

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"C. C. F. broadcast CFC Y 3.30.

tonight

"NOW in stock. choice Peace River oats. McOulgan and Boyle.

“Concert in Fredericton, Friday, Nit! 311d. by Rose Valley Y. P. U.

"Dance. K. of C. Hall. Sourls, Tucsdayz April 29th.

"Loading Hogs for Canada Pack- "s Ifldn each Tuesday at vcmon ltzvtr. G. Lea,

"Reserve Thursday, May 15th for “Uncle Josh Perkins", a-act comedy, North Milton Hall.

r_"f‘.cceiving Hogs at Crapaud for tnnutlit Packer; Ltd., every Tuesday until i1 _A. M. R. N. Dawson.

“See Canoe Cove play, “Danny Bttl". Thursday. May 1st, Dance. Lzlnches. If not tine, Friday,

"Lottdlng ilogs for Canada Pack- ers at Vernon Bridge each Tuesday afternoon. while truck road closed. W. Crane.

“Dance, Odd Fellows Hall, .\i0lll.:‘.gll0. Monday. April 28. Spnltsoved by All Stars hockcy team. i

"Loading Hogs for Canada Peck- m at Mt. Stewart each Tuesday unil train time, wthile roads closed to trucks. Signed Earl Jay.

"Loading Hogs for Canada Peck- Pfs at St. Peters each Tuesday until train time, while roads closed to fYIICRS. Signed David Pratt.

"The Dance you have waited for, Wis Creek Hall, Wednesday, April Rfttlt, Sale of lunches. If not fine. lhursday.

"Brookiield grain-cleaning plant is now running every day until .\iny loth. IIave your grain clean- ed. Please bring empty bags.

"Belting of all widths, new and

1153i Rubber Traces complete. Ntcklc mounted driving Home l"! loam Harness. Estate o

Clinton Morrison, per W. R. Mor- rison. ,

“Just arrived. mixed car of "Anny Feeds including Pig Starter. "us: Grower. Sow Ration, Laying “Mb. Chick Grower. Special prices.

. I. Bowman. Hunter River.

"Cornwall Y. P. U. will present their one act plays “Mrs. Murphy‘! Chowder" and “When halter Goes on a Diet‘ in Cornwall Hall, May 7th and 8th, ‘

"Collecting Hogs for Canada Packers Ltd. every Iridsy. Sourls, Rollo Bay. Fortune Bridge. Bey Fortune. Annandale, Dundee. Bridgetown. Strethcona. George Dingwell.

u "$9 Powrisi Players present Shes My Daisy" in Broohfleid gall, Wednesday. April Nth. un- vy- the‘ auspices of the‘ Sprlngvsle (battens Institute. Ssle of lun-

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"We have m‘ odd oer of begged ghole whelt. also bulk out; fran "Titian Bsyports, and assorted élfioeda made of Whole Oats. round Oats. C pd Oats. Whole "W. Barley Meal. Whole Wheat "Ki Ground Wheat. for fairly ‘ilmbt shipment. The Atlas Grain M°mi>lfll2 801M 0! Trade Building, ontresl. Qug,

‘Al? 8.6 yesterday morning peter Via-toy. Jr. i1. cf 133 Kent Street Charlottetown, walked into u... City Police Station and confessed to 38f. Watson H-(Bflhe that he had killed Mrs. Mary JAHQ Gallant, age NVmf-Yflix 0f the Mme address only a short time before.

After being given the statutory "M1118 by S81. Higgins. Vlssey made a statement in which he said he lied choked the aged woman to death. He gave no reasons for the action. He was booked on a charge of homicide. _

Accompanied by Vissey, Sgts. Higgins and McPheil went to tho rooming house at 138 Kent and "Pitelrs found the white-haired woman lying on a, bed, She unas dead and there was some blood about one ear. The officers spent about an hour and a half at tho house sealing up the room in which lay the body of the deceased. They icok those precautions to prevent anyone entering the rcom- until a jury had had the opportunity o! viewing the body.

Police Chief Biriwistle described the case as “the most unusual" in Prince Edward Island police en- nels and said officers had not been able to uncover any motive for the death of the woman, at whose house Vlssey had lived since last October.

‘the Chief quoted the accused as saving as he led officers to the woman's bedroom: "There she is. I did it. It's no use saying I didn't." Vlsscy also was quoted by the Chief as saying he ltacl gone to his room. above the woman's, end dressed bcforereporting to police. Police said when he came into the station he appeared to have been drinking.

Yesterday morning nt 11 o'clock a coroner's jury under the direction of Dr. I.J. Yeo viewed the body 711g inqufst will be at lilo City P0- llce Court at 8 o'clock this evening. The jury comprises: William Flynn, foreman; William Hughes; W.M Fbrsylhe; Harry Hardy: George Bmlsott: Major MacKenzio; and Ira Brown.

The deceased nvas formerly; the wife of the late Mr. J O Arsenault anti lntcr lncrrlcd Capt. Emman- i181 Gallo-lit of Tignisli. 'I‘h€1‘e were no children by the second mar- riage. Children surviving the de- ceased nrc Louise, a registered nurse in Jerscy City. N.J.: Bernice (Mrs. Drydctli. City; Camille, Mon- treal; Eric, Windsor, Ont.; Arthur and Louis, City. Three children. Wilfred, Elzear. and Zilla prede- ceased her.

For the past few years the late Mrs. Culiant conducted a. rooming house at 133 Kmt Street.

visscy, a married mun with four children is a veteran o!’ the last World War. Originally from the Bonshaw district, he has lived in the City for the past several years and is a telephone lineman.

WORKMEN INJURED

HALIFAX. April 27—(CP)-—Fpur workmen were hurt when scaf- folding, set up for painting the ceiling, collapsed Saturday in the downtown Blank of Montreal building.

Robert Bobbitt, carpenter, fell 22 feet to the bank floor, breaking a leg. The other falling planks, were only slight-y injured.

Souvenir hunters took advan- tags of low water in the Niagara river to search its banks for relics of pioneer dens lllre the French bayonet held by Beth Richmond

Niagara ilnoovers Banladian Relics

and the musket ball shown by Margaret Kirk. found in the vlc» in-ilty of the hlstnrlc old For. E e.

Owner Of Evil-Omened Hope Diamond Dies At 60

P.E.i. Appeal Sass At Ottawa A.

The appeal case of Robert C. Auid. appellant. vs. Austin A. Scales, respondent, was heard in the Supreme Court. Ottawa on Thursday and Friday. This was for possession of a plot of land near Freetown Railway station.

Mr. W. E. Bentley, K.C.. and Mr. M. M. McIntyre, K. C. Sackvllle, appeared for the ap- pellant and Mr. H. F. MacPhee, K. C. for the respondent. Avlzandum was made of the case. Mr. W. E. Bentley, K.C., who was lln Ottawa in connect- ion with an appeal case return- cd yesterday. ' ‘

Ban Magazines With Food Advertisements

SAINT JOHN. N. 3., April 27- (CPI-The Canadian steamship Marchcape is at this port loading her fourth cargo cf UNRRA sup- plies for continental ports Her chief officer. H. Hlbbard. reveal- ed today that when the March- cape unloads at. the-Russlan-zone port of Gdansk. Poland, the Rus- sians see that no magazines are landed, especially those with large advertisements of certain foods and other ccmmoebiies either scarce or unknown in Russia.

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Declares Partition 0f India ‘Utter Madness’

NEW DELHI. April 27- (Rcu- ters) - Suggested partition of Indie into separate Moslem and Hindu states was described as "utter madness" by an influential member of the Congress Party hi-gh command here Saturday.

This member, in close touch with vice-regal circles, admitted. however, that the possibility of the division of the country into separate states could not be rul- ed out, "as long as Jinnah (Mo- hammed All Jinnah, Moslem Lea- gue president) insists on Pakis- tan." s separate Moelem state.

woeful significance was attach- ed to his view. expressed at s time when it is widely believed that Pakistan in some form is as good as conceded by Congress.

Mohandas Gandhi. who nu Lord Mountbatten half-e-dozen‘ times recently. is expected bsclr in Delhi this week from hie tour of Blher Province.

News of his return increased speculation about the possibility of, s. round-table conference es a sequel to the talks which the Viceroy has had in past wake

with lndlen leaders

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Jinnah. who had eevm inter- views with lord Mountbatten be- fore the Vlceroi/‘s sari-es of talks with Gandhi, had his eighth meeting with the Viceroy Satur- day night.

Earlier Jinnah lied conferred with the Newab of Bhopal. char:- cellor of the Chamber of Princes, who played an ouutandins "art in earlier attempts to bridge the gulf between the Moslern League and Congress.

A: the various aspects of Iri- dlals problems are becoming cry- stallized, other difficulties besides the mador issue between Congress and the Moelem League are com- ing to the fore.

Frank Anthony, president of the Anglo-Indian Association. yester- day warned 130.000 members of the mixed race net to register as Europeans as "such redflration will forfeit the right to any form of employment or normal rights of citizenship It the India of the future."

Women's signatures predomin- ated In g petition started in Rew- elpindi, in the Punjab. ‘urging Britain to remain in India.

WASHINGTON. April 2'1 -— (AP) -- Mrs. Evelyn Walsh McLean-Jab‘- "will 1011151 “Sure who wore ma. evil-omened Hope diamond for a luck aha-mi. died Saturday night at the age oi’ 00.

She spent lie-r first years in a two-room log cabin and a good pal-t. of her later years in a mansion designed to entertain royalty. Death came prosaically ct 6:15 pm. EST. from pneumonia. at her Georgetown rttstjdencc. where she had been ill for several clays,

Hers was a life of contrasts;

She collected gems by the hand- ful and pawned them often.

She had the great 44 1-2 kamt Hope diamonrkblessed by a priest

llsley Touted As Prospective Liberal Leader

OTTAWA, April 2'7 —— tSpcclal) —Returl1 to Ottawa yesterday of, Prime MllilSlCl‘ King has rc yod ‘in most cciivc form i110 report itnd belief that he wvill shortly retire from political life and call a na- tional Llberal convention to choose a successor.

Moreover, members of Pa:'lia-' mcnt from all parts of Canada my it is “more than possible" that. the mantle of Liberal leadership will fall cin- the shoulders of a Miri- timer. Jam-w Lorimer Ilslty, Min- ister of Justice.

This correspondent was with the group df cabinet ministers, Seltutcrs and membe:s who greeted Mi‘. King at Ottawa Union Station yesterday on his return from Virginia Beach. and williamsburg. While hi5 health‘ is undoubtedly better than when‘ he left Ottawa for a. rest cure, he, is far from his former kobust and Vl80f€li13 self. 3

Mr. King failed to acquire a tan‘

from the Virginia sun, and while‘, in excellent spirits, his voice lack-l ed that vitality so nvell knotwn in. the chamber and at all public gath- erings. Should he make a complete recovery, it is altogether probable he will continue to lead llle party in the House until the next elec- tion. should he fail to do so, its‘, liipment went forward from the “"11 ‘nu °" uberals a“ 59K‘)? u?! Jcperllnental Station at Ohar- twmhflfl" ‘P 591"“ a bfiw"! utttetown to Rejkjavik, Iocland.‘?r1“°°' ‘l This chi ' Barred glnyllrerfbtutliunlifdftnghlftihfxgg Trend T°w'rd‘ rd” eggs and 90 White Leghorn hat- ching eggs, was consigned to Magnus Stefansson of Reykjavik. In his initial inquiry Mr. Stef- onsson intimated that high repu- tation of the Experimental Stat- ioh flock was well known to Ice- land and that he was desirous of introducing this strain to Iceland. Al. the same time, llc was llllX- ious to secure a srllail number of White Leghorn eggs to test tho value of this breed under "far north" conditions.

The Rock eggs wcrc froln the best matings of the Station flock,

if]. on; latching Eggs To Iceland

On April 25th an interesting

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For months past whenever the question of Liberal leadership has been discussed, thenlnnto of E1:- crnal Affairs Minister Louis St Laurent has been to the fore. In the last few weeks, however, trend of public opinion in the Liberal camp has been swinging in favor of Justice Minister llslmv.

On Pal-liaaneltt Hill and in (lowli- town Ott-anva it is stated that itcveifl has a man changed character sol speedily and so completely n5 has, Mr. Ilsley. Clone is the scolding‘ and complaining attitude he oi n

and claimed it brought her good fortune. but never would let her Children toucl‘, it.

She entertained the world's not- rvbles at lavish parties at the fem-i lly's “frienciship" estate, and bought sandwiches for bonus marchers of- tcr the first world war.

She event $104,000 and travellcdt half way across the country in an effort to ransom the kidnapped Lindiberg baby. only to learn she, had been the victim of a, hoax.

She . covered itivice from nar- cotics addiction.

Pneumonia was the only cause of her death. She had been crit- ically ill for two days.

The value of the Hope diamond has been estimated unofficially all i-he way from $300.00‘) to $2,000,000. Mrs. McLean wore it on any and all occasions when the fancy struck her. l

She was the widcty of Edward: Beale McLean. heir to the W251i" lngtcn Post and the C.“‘i‘l"3hl Enquirer, and the dang of Thoivus Walzh who fou..d.d a huge‘ fortune on the free milling gold cf’ the Camp Bird mine in Colorado.

Plan Buyers’ Strike In Gaps Breton Area

SYDNEY. NS. April 37 -(CP) —’I'he Cape Breton Labor Council. representative of 15,000 workers effiii-a-ted with the Canadian Coli- gress of Labor in this industrial ares. decided today to organize a "buyerv strike" ln Cape Breton.

Th, Council decided to propose to affiliated unions that families of their m ‘ . refrain from pur- -chese of itnruries and P01111158 sparingly of necessities ln an ef- fort to discourage high prices and halt inflationary tendencies.

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Some difficulty was experienced in arranging for a rapid yet tcasdnubly inexpensive means of forwarding these eggs. Final de- spatch was by parcel post, in vcven separate parcels at a total cost of twenty dollars and ninety- five cents.

The reputation of high-quality products apparently goes far n- field. It is hoped that Mr. Stef- nnsson enjoys every success in this venture.

Sandy Bar Strike Begins In West

ngtiilwitttt. Still In Nfid. y

ST. JOHN'S, Nf1d.. April 2‘i—Au exceptionally late winter has for- l ced the temporary closing cf the l big palper mills at Corncrbrook on Ncwfoundlancls west coast and rotary snow plows still are fight- ing drifts in the central part of , the island. t

The Bowafer-Lloyrl mills closet! y during the week-end for a wool; t when stockpiles of pulpwood ltlli out as frozen lakes and rivers t prevented driving logs down from cutting areas.

At. Gaff Topsail, where the Newfoundland Government rati- way passes over a plateau L500 feet iii-git, rotary plows still are in use in the 15-foot deep cut- tlngs. After the plctvs pass the cuts fill up again with drifting snow.

VANCOUVER, April 27 -7-(CP) -Pcssibility of ta Dominion-wide ‘candy bar" strke was seen here tonight as the boy-ION, started in the Vancouver Island town of Chemalnus, spread to ihc main- land.

Vancoliver candy stores, prom- inently displaying eight cent bars. 'n'crc cliain-pickctcd Saturday as members or the National Federa- lion of Labor Youth, carrying, undwlch boards and placards. par- aded ihe business streets. l

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manna/rue. Que. April 2'!- ttlPl-Reecue workers who risked their lives each time they went underground in desperate cflorts to reach the 11 hard-rock miners trapped in the East Mrtlartlc mine were only one hour from success at one time, mine superintendent V, Mcthery said today,

With hope abandoned and,thc mine being flooded today, the mine superintendent said "it wits lust sheer guts. There is no other expression for it." workers‘ hopes of success were dashed when the airline to -the imprisoned men strapped at the 10th level early Saturday.

Heat of the tire was believed to have melted s metal joining in the airline as the fire broke out anew shortly after the rescue workers reached the collar of No. 4 death-shaft.

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mmmucToN, April 21-40?» --A group of Fredericton young ‘teen-ogcrs, starting a buyers’ strike against eight-cent chocolate bars, has visited a. number of merchants, asked the price and then declined to make purchases. e a substitute. they are saving t elr sugar coupons, gathering in homes and making fudge. when rations arc short they pop corn and add a thin sugar syrup.

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in see them bring up the men," said Mr. Methery.

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LONDON, April 27-111 —t he i Parliamentary Opposition, carried his \\'Hi' of. words with Printc‘ hfiltlsiel" Aiilcc a stage further io- a tiny in u sizttcnic-ift ls-ynczl t:_v the ;. Ciillé€l‘\‘illx\‘t.' wtnlrztl oiiiix‘, ‘ He was replying to a speech lty Attlee to the Scottish Trades Un- icn Council Friday which was ll- self a reply to an attack on the l

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Government ntcttlc by Gltttrcltill a wct-l: uurllcn Aillct- llzid. (‘LillCil Cliilbtlllll lltc

“most diSEiSlTOLl; Chancellor of titt- uentury" and today the Commu- ‘uL-ve loader quoted facts which lie , said showed that “then he was at '

t-lilicd wililt» mnnty vvugcs rcltzilill- vtl stable, the ujgc al which p n- slcxis could be received was lo\'.-~. cred, ihc tax on tea abolished and ‘ the rate of income tax success- ively icdticeti.

As for ltultizlg the uotmtw haul: on the gold sLundAl-d, which Atl- lcc ‘Cfliilillfifl, Churchill said tlzd 5o on tile advice 01' a comm tee appointed by the Socialist Government of which Aitlcc nut.- sclf was a member.

Clttlrrhill concluded: "Mi". lee must fcel himself very lini- pressed to have to go back ncxily ‘ u quarter of a century to find r-.\- ' cuses for the mismanagement and blunders of which he evidently fccls his Government guilty?’

Buys Junk, Gets $7,800

SEAIPILE, April 27—Mrs. Lil- lian Irene Nelson, a Seattle room-, ing house operator, has found a} £7,800 pot; of gold after pursuingy mi “auctlon" rainbow for 20 Year?» t -but she faces n. court battle to‘ ltcep the money. ‘

hire". Nelson said Saturday alto‘ discovered the currency in tam} tans that were part of odds alidi ends she purchased for $1.90 at the liquidation of the estate of» George Lee Bnbcr.

Shc id the money was stuffed! in so lightiv it had to be pried out with a fork.

Baber, who lived alone in a‘ trailer, signed a will on his death- bed. leaving all his belongings and holdings to a crippled broth- er. Grover C, BllbCl‘, Richmond,

(l, Litigation was started by coun- sel for the executor of the estate y necking to force ‘ii/Li's. Nelson tot return her "find." She was served‘ with a court order to appear May | 7 to show cause why site should! not be compelled to return the; money and be restrained from i hiding or spending any part of it, .

Ms, Nelson said she had been, an fiilCtlOil "fan" for '10 ycar. ‘ and had bccn going to lhrm cvc since she moved to Scctiilc.

Still Searching For Martin Bormann -

u- tRrutcvsi — _ 1's Scotland Yarcl has sci Egyptian police search-

‘ing hotels and watching airdrontes —Weather synopsis

tnr Martin Bonmnntl. Hitler's dep-y uiv fuclircr, a senior security of-j lieln sin tonitzilt. ,

Bcrmann was reported dcrtd fill tn- time of the‘ fall c! Beriin in! 19-15, but the Nuem-bcrg “Yer CTlIllCs y Tribunal did not accent the ovi<i~ ence of his death ns being con-l ciildve. ~ t