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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, APRIL 18. 1939

12 PAGES

Avarice has always been a pre- cursor of discontent.

Annual lubscrlptloa Dallvosel “.00 By Mall-P. E. I. $4.00; Canada and U. I. ".00.

i aw President

rm Swept Belt. ‘ - nocx Arr ' ‘W511i

tes sas,,'hardesthit area In flip from Bur-

beltyreceived notice » ited Sta/tee Weather

h dreds of lowland moved

weekend series of rapid-fire 8 snsas. seven dead and 38 - in. lahoma, seven dead other casualties in Louis- ix fatalities and 86 inJln-ies B8. one dead and at least red in Alabama.

asses reported tornado dun- 1 one community but no

9 t0 913100.000.

RECORD RAINFALL INNATT, April 1'1 4am- rd April rainfall drove low- : from their homes along ddlcuieaches oi the Ohio “night. with a. drtst of l0 lsht ‘above flood love -cf- forecast for Cincnna .

ng theOhio, llientucky irglnia. borders, whers on for the last three r‘ 4 1-2 inches. Skies \'. the alilternoon in Ohio . ,: showers wecw predicted today. . _.._......_.__ "AX-Rial value cf fll, property in Nova Bcotia in

and

ill;

s $2,515.82! according a l

i th mi ial ‘L... ‘i 350$. sigmoid

he 1901 figures.

i. »t_4--- m mus. m can comm 8_cc_n _ rd.

h Anxiety Grips

left 24 dead and 233 hint

clear-

enlJnsCl _ hogs I

‘manhood that a uni

es. _ 0o rty dsmfl-ae wls estimated

was _ I‘ ilmnigplit the meeting he.

id-May Election Rumors etermine _ Con servatives o Call Early Conventions

'.P. Turner Elected President Of Queen’s County Association And Provincial Organ- ization At Enthusiastic Meeting Last 'Night. Mr. George A.’ MacDougall

i District conventions for the nom- ination Oonservativeucandidatas

prlnging the provincial test on May lii next. declared ' Dr. W. J. P. scMiils-n 1 m degtivcnleader. largey a n -pa moo the Oddiellows Hall nltihlf _ Enthusiastic applause gr Dr. Mactlilislfs statement that the Conservatives were determined not to be taken by surprise and that all they wanted was an opportun- ity ofpresenting ‘the issues square- ly before the people. . ‘Ifhe mee . which was for-Con- servative p0 oi Charlottetown and Rnyalty and at which there was a full attendance of ‘elegates. received the L, ations oi Messrs. Samuel Kennedy and R. R. Bell, resident and secretary respective- § of tho Queen's County Conser- vative Association and the Provin-

~ cisl organization, and oi electing ‘ their successors. ’

The election n lied ‘in the un- animous choice of Mr. Percy W.

Tumor as esldaut and Mr. mus A. acDougsll as secre- ui- 2.1m Holman. who also

. was bomlnated as president. in a

which lirouaht reusin pp- front flldfitll-L Add. thflfl H. C!’

. . turn down Rt. Hon. 11.13‘. Ben-

A ‘-‘~’°i‘““2l?.""Z'“’ hgcMliy Jon. new! mention o! sivins ever!

‘nuns Ifl-mfl- y“ , party mprogentaticn on the Howell and Bell. whose recent 00111818613. ‘m ha“ “My

n as candidates tated their retirement from oflicisl positions in the Association, and v years past had de- voted themselves untiringlyto the work cf the organization.

Mr; Turner's nomination was mo!“ gr goal Desglois. see- cn . . .

Mr. grt

president the sung Conservative Association. Mr. W. A. Stewart. ‘Mr. Kennedy. Mr. Bell and others. '

Financial situation Unknown

Regarding rumors f a May l5 election, Dr. Maclidilfln said the

vq-nmsnt was reported to be desirous of obtaining a sna ver- dict. The only thins the user- vatives cwantsd was an opportunity cf presenting their case to the people. "Unfortunately." be added. ‘we are not able to tell the people the exact condition the Province is in toda. We do not know bow many t ousands or hundreds tho of dollars of un bills have been carried over s cc Dec. b1 of last year. We have n0 record oi that. The Public Ac- counts Committoc nude their xe-

g of the Legis- mm slid ignored their duty t0 give to the public the amount of un bills which are outstand- ililv ecancnlyasunlsthatthe

other ID! '

gratulatcd- Home.

on their _'

Turner cation tonig- ' w can

W»

Elected Secretary.

- a

Wll w lltbd 101' 0f M5520?

Mother un

time to complete our rearmsment programme," he said. "but we have a Just cause; we have the public in our favour; we have energetic workers, and we also have able as- sistance in the record of the Lib- eral party during the past three and a. half years.

"In the fedeni field an election is contemplated in September, I believe. and there too we sh0uld not have any difficulty in achiev- ing a victory."

Mr. Turner reviewed briefly the history oi our tariff relations with ' the United States, pointing out that under the new trade treaty the Atlantic seaports are already being penalized, owing to the abo- lition of the 5 cents per bushel preferential on wheat leaving Can- adian pourts. In the first three rt of Saint John reports less

han one-third of the amount of grain shipped in comparison with last year and revious years.

He expre his a preclation of the honour conferred siépon him. and oi the sportsman shown by his good friend Mr. H an.

M1, J, H. Myers, on behalf oi Mr. McLure and himself, assured tha meetln cf their determination

gcarry e federal contest suc- °...s..s°'"““’. it “mifliiflitr it? of" nion-Provi-n-

an the partisan

medias cial s relations, Government in

action of the Kill!

1...... s. t l?“ d” t ua on, e e lslgilrgtiicn pQvai-iing in Toron l8 well as in this Province.

"Wait ‘fill They Starve"

Ono he lesentsd very much, M. yers said amid loud up elwudfiyxivisgomlavoy it; cf liltis Lib? ai members oi our hegislaturato the eflect that before the Govern- ment gives any more unernpl - moot relief they should wait un i the recipients are pretty yearly sun-vac. "mum is legion-l. mi Mr. Myers, why not more logical and wait until that’ are starverL-then they wont need an relief."

' enthetimeccmcsfordsel- ing with the political issues onthe public platform, we are unfortun- ately well supplied with ammuni- tion," said Mr. H. F. lttacPheittht next speaker. "I soy unfortunate- ly, because the a ments that we halve to use are relation to a set of conditions which have aris- en within the ls. four years. which we view with anythiéiig but

leasurc. It ls too bi’! 111d‘! "l" e very thing which will brig: us bggfq into power has crea in this Province s. condition of aiiairs that is going to make it wt dill;- ficult for Dr. lgchdigln o! oeélloeg again assumes e re be l! k

Mr. Donald Grant. 0n he 0 the Young Mens Conservative As; sociation, pledged 100 DB1‘ W" "supfirt andicrgoperation in the com camps g .

Mr. ‘in. A. Stewart spoke enthus- of the prospects in the

ottawa,’ had missed their oppor- tunlt of doing goat thin s for mo vince- ' o m I ex};

r M" h.’ gedfydgglmhlgll." he

| , "for which they d0 11°‘ ueh t

conservatives were in 90W!‘ would have had that dock foda . andnthe Rios and Queen WWI! have a _ place at which to {only w en they visit Charlotte- ll

Mr. l-lyndman referred to the

t; g ma; McMillan» ‘cmummt small tldlnendclslhan-

fi ~isint§u

ma. was which W"?

Wéifiii... " " m” againanivsd for,

. vs. admisistn

a little-gram the

Why didn't ' ' ttetown

linen srucn |s Nilll sum: run APRIL 25

Dunning Announces Change In Date And New System Of Presentation

orrawa. Aux-u 1r -(0r)_. Finance Minister Dunning will y. liver a shortened budget address in the House of Commons iuesdsy April 25. Announcing he had I/bflagoneél‘ tlgedéraditicn of pre- sen e u on l ‘Ihursds the hamster slsoetdeacribed a no;

Wltem of pmsentat . Advlvting a practice followed in Gfflfi Britain and Australia

statistical and accounting iriiorm- ation, heretofore making up a lame part of the long speech, mu be contained in a s amlts "white PM»? and publish ss an ap- pendix to the budget.

Zlhis edure. the Ministcr said, “wli not" only relieve me V811 sreutly but. I am quite sure, will relieve the House since it will

q te imposlbl f mm m husmien i or anyone to So far as could be ascertained

from an examination oi the rec- ords the budget has always been delivered on Thursday one reason ls probably to give members

cpporfnmity to studhy it over the week-end before c debate 1g

open .

Jig had been the Minister's in- ten ion to deliver the budget next IPhursdB-y but he said today that my hopes in that regard cannot be realized." Because of the de- sire to expedite business it was not considered feasible to delay presentation until a week from

Iluirsday. we

" rowan . emu-ac, m t Tuesday ls rather an tmulaual daly. Thursday hams th merit - pennittlng tweak-end

thI/t the apposition m have Dmlmlty to study the” documggt and all that it may imply.

“For that reason may I say at once that the Government willnot Oblect to any . scone/bis adjourn. merit which may be requested with lellpwt to the budget debate.

Air Escorts Planned For Royal Party

OTPAWA. Alpfll 17-Ma- Royal Co.

ncdisn be furnished ths King een on their arrival in and at various C nsda, it was

B. reaches these May i3. They will continue until the Royal gusty diselnbarks ‘twiiimaibsung 11 ‘first u:

en ya n passes e R. O. A. I". area at ‘Brenton, Ont. on Ma 11. a further escort will be ma nisined from Belilcville to ‘Brenton

An escort will be provided be- tween Vancouver and Victoria on May 20. during the passage of the

land Queen between these gills: , and laflin on return May

On June 1i from Ca/pe Tomah- tinc m Charlottetown an escort will be furnished, and from Char- ldottetlown to Pictou on the same

a .

The" Royal party will depart from Hal ax June it. and an es- cort from the Dartmouth station will accompany the royfll Ihiil until it is well out to sea and out of sight oi Canadian territory. Postpone Visit To

Northern Ireland nursed‘. Awfl ll-Thv Duke and Duchess oi Kant’ for the sed- postponed their trip to

and time

rth i ind tcda ailta the. ‘iiusimccltt-mt ‘was’. “it would be lei-able ii ‘an

I M ‘ ut memtoftillqdisoumion in order 9d

M\"- resented "

i URKEY i0 JOIN ANTI - A c

Civic lleht Mounts As Property Values Shrink Report Show‘:

, A/prll l7 -(CP)-— Relief costs increasing civic debt throughout the Dominion

whil ro y values are gradual- it was indicated to-

£ in a survey by the Canadian f oration of mayors and munici- polities.

Bent to all municipalities, mem- bers of tlhe parliament and legis- lative assemblies. the survey dis- closes Montreal has spent almost £87,000 000 on direct relief in the 080-84 ptricd. Similar amounts were M

b? . and lgrelcmlver during the same

peri or the total for Mlontreal. the report said. the city Provided $33.- 233,lS2, while provlnc sl and feder- a-i fights accounted for the re- ma er. The city raised themon- sy-all but Q1.000.000-by borrow- er cities have covered costs of direct relief by extra taxation, notably Vancouver which raised the whole of the $7,099,932 re- fiuired for its share of direct re- ef by taxes. Ilororlto raised s4,- 661360-4 little better than one- gltuiarter its total share-by tax-

on.

_I.IBERAI. M. P.

IIIES SUBDENLY

J. Vital Mallette Suc- cumbs In Montreal. MO

NTREAI-a. out short today Vital Malfette, ml member

April ll-Death

the career of J.

50-year-old Lib- the House of

Death came a few hours‘ before Mr. Msilette was to hive retuméd to Ottawa.

Trbutes to Mr. Mailette, descen- dant of a French- Causdien family and native oi nos-thy Points Claire. cams quick- l. In the House of Commons e Minister Mackenzie termed it a great loss. Mr. had been “gli and promise" and would have made a fins coilmbutilon to public life.

Canada in the in ~ he has interpreted the einm and cd the race he rep-

His death left without sponsor a bill before Parliament t; legalize

Before reaching Iiederal poli- tics, Mr. Mallette was prominent ‘ijndrgvunicipai circles of Points

Women's Vote In Quebec‘ Promised

MONTREAL. April ll-Quebec women have the assurance oi Rt. Federal

be permitted in this province as soon as the Liberal

Party re- turns to power.

’ 1._ members oi the Sir Wilfrid Laurie: Women's Saturday n t. Mr. LaPolnte said: "Women i soon have the right to vote in this province; as soon as the Liberal Party is in power in Quebec. In all countries. in times of crisis. it is the women who have dictated w men the course of their conduct. "Letushopethattimtimewill M" n" s“ "u. ""1 r mom provncc as they are in other provinces of this country." '

n will

TOO MUCH GUNNEBY

Llrnroegfie Ellllggl: — L-ydforéi‘ ‘HDHIH v, .. . . the realm" ideal can be carried loo far. flley are vigorously protest- i WarOflies proposals to use

pm th jccted visit of ‘Phelr mya nesses did not take place dur "i=9 EQiillLi-JFII" "-

[f t.

nearby acres for gunn y prac-

i100;

911515"

. ritory in an attemipt to show how oped

“Roosevelt's communication as a

M» War Veterans

Ciu-b C B Lindsa

mum clus REIBHSTAG T0 up lgml 2s

Reported Displeased Roosevelt’s ‘Appeal, Published Before Reaching Him.

BEELLIN, April l4 —(AP)-- Reichsiuehrer Hitler, in a public reply toPresident Roosevelt's peace proposals, ls expected to defend his tlpolicies bedcre the Relchstag Alp as coupling them with a

denunciation of methods acquirlrm ter- ritory.

'1lhe Fuehrer’; sudden summons oi the Reichstag today started a corps oi Foreign Office workers delving into historical data for what. it was believed, will be a lengthy "no" citing historical arguments supporting past and futuxeNazi policies,

He was believed to be planning to call tho United States, Great Britain and France to account fo their methods of acquiring ter-

others in

empires have deve .

The summoning of the legislat- ure was following by an increase in bitter press attacks on Presi- dent Roosevelt who asked Hitler and Premier Mussolini on Satur- day to pledge at least l0 years of non-aggression to 3i nations and participa/te in world conferences looking tc peace. disarmament and better trade relations.

Hitler was represented as dis- pleased that the President's Rip- peal was published before he had mod it and his call to the Reich- stag-so sudden tilat even senior odiicials were caught, by 5urpy15@_ was interpreted as a sign that his Relchstag speegh would be his only ~answer to Washington.

an diplomatic sources said the Fuehrcr refused to treat,

‘direct message to him because it was published in Paris, London and Moscow before it reached him."

"That is why he chose to call the Reichstdg and give a public wpLv rather ‘than go about it diplomalticalév." a Wllhanstrasse in- 10m!!!“ sfli . "It was not a diplo- matic document. but (>1 public advertising."

Considerable mvstery sun-qum-L ed reasons whv Hitler did not re- ceive President Roosevelt's mes- sass before it was pilblished,

Officials said it reached the mehrer Saturday afternoon-that is. between 13 and 15 hours after it apparently had been dispatched from Washington The time oi the disco/ooh from Washington was given here as 10:15 l-‘LM. As’? Friday Oi’ 3.15 A M. Berlin time Saturday.

Officials said they could not ex- levglln why the telesram was delay-

s piece

Stand Ready For Guard Duty

TORO , April l7--iCP)— Hundreds oi war veterans were sanding by across Ontarlo tonight ready to take over guard duty at key buildings or public utilities on a few hours notice.

The call was issued by the Veter- ans‘ Security Conlmittee of Ontar- io, a, voluntary association of lead- ers of veterans’ groups, and Major

. . y, D. S. 0., committee chairman. expressed iltrmeli as “amazed" at tne response evoked. 0fllclfllsl0f both

Attorney-Generals department d0- nied that plans are being laid to send the veterans into immediate action at power plants through the

province,

Hydro officials said the had ask- ed or the enrolment of he guards merel, as a precautionary measure. At Queen's Park officials raid close touch is being kept with Ottawa but no word has yet been received

_ we ‘ Brit

nations. Premier Mussolini of Italy.

Greece and Rurnania.

Tension Eased

Progress of negotiations with Turkey and Russia and Hitler's Reichst/sg call eased EuIOIW-i crisis feyer somewhat, although ominous signs still clouded the situation

At the other end of the Rome- Berlin Axis Italy made an addi- tional annual appropriation oi $25,000,000 available for the Fas-

would turn a cold shoulder to Mr. Roosevelt's proposal for s. 10-year

non-aggression pledge and sub- sequent disarmament and B00- nmnic consultations. The ess of both countries t up t eu- ai- tacks on the Pres dent. Reaction in U S. ‘mic Washington administration

reported with obvious pleasure that the President's appeal was crystal- lining world opinion in favor of peace. ‘These was a swelling tide of demands Ln Congress that the United States refrain from mix- sffairs, come

ips took over the naval defence of Gibraltar, Bri- tain's vital Mediterranean gate. y, apparently to release the lsh fleet for duty in other strategic centres 0i that sea.

The Gonna: fleet got up steam to sail today from Kell and Wil- helmslmven for 30 days of mun- ocuvms in the Atlantic off the Spanish coast.

The future of Danzig remained a. big question mark. with troop reinforcements main reported on the Polish and German sides oi the border.

Berlin apparently squelched

plans to present the Free City to Hitler for a "birthday present" on his 50th birthday Friday. There still was the prospect it sooner or later would be placed under Hit- ler's wing. Britain announced plans for dis- tribution of food in war-time under which profiteering would be elim- inated and "breadlines" made un- necessary.

Crosses Harbor On “Ice Bridge”

prgpou, N. s., Alpril ‘l7 4C9) ._J0hn R. Christie, mail carrier, had the unusual experience today of crossing Pic-Lou Harbor to Pictcu Landing over a mile-long "ice bridge" which formed last nlBht.

A northwest. wind last night pil- ed the ice up into a bridge across the harbor. Christie made three trips over the bridge but achang-

Oh the placing of guards 0n gov- ernment property.

GER-ALTAR. A-Dfll l7-(A.P)—- French w ips took er the nav- tifiih‘. .4’; '2“... y i“

HG fl l in? ulk

a tcglc Med tenant vanes ea-rlv Sunday _ cnch war- havc been steammg in singly anchor off i e

a h . ‘tonight 16 were assembled off the Rock of Gib- raltar, while only, baa Britkh war- p: p-Atle destroyer iahsrt-was in

biik of mum's six-cull mu- be l-

iterr lice i, d l ...".::.=*”:'Z:‘Ir'~.i.-'°:::.";: an (g1 an‘ ‘Pcfslailirsvfllfllr-a mmualblguy " command- akgum , > division mains ca: with the

ing wind tonight caused practical- Ly all the ice to disappear

French Warships Take Over Naval Defence Of Gibraltar