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CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1939

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last Whips aiiew England, t Upper Canada

‘By The Canadian Press;

. litter winter weather w 12h

Ilsrupied communications In

‘eenlral Canadaandtookadeath Mo! more than 30 in the Un- ited States spread to the M

Jtimes Monday‘. " A [ale reac lug a vclooltg in "some pieces of 80 ea an our hinted Nova scotla's mainland Ind Cane Breton island at ' . Halifax, a M-miio a up snow on cit 31:15 were ooaaplctcly Jpulay. Hirghway ‘some parts o ‘he province was

at s stnndstll. Coastal shl - ‘ping was forced to rennin pin

Traffic Delayed

A 10-inch snowfall brought minor . ys in rall a d t!’ l

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learner was moderately cold in ~ Brunswick. Them was no i vy mow in Saint John or Mono-

:0ne of the heaviest March snows the century blocked highways pin in the New

were

i British M. P. ’s Taken Into Army's Confidence

These pictures were taken on

, = h c was ~ worst since the historic blizzard

‘ironic: l‘ EMiiSl liIlPE

crrr. marl ld-A

from the hlst c ceremonies ofhls loronaiion.

One of the first acts after his Nlvnetlon yesterday. 1t was dis- “Mi Mel’. was to pronounce an allocation before the cardinals rc- Ifffilifls his desire for peace.

W! msp with our hands the iiiier o! st. Peter's shi with the intention of guldmg 1; the p011

Ptweacrocs so many waves an Nilwsts’. cardinals quoted him as

'15s Pcntlff told them he had lfli-ierescen his elect! to the and had not wished it.but be had bowed to the will of

Pete Plus received eight foreign mo: today- c granted aud- Hn ‘l7 the envoys of Great Bri- H »PPru. China, Hungary. Yugo- .‘ Bulaarls and Luxembourg. W" as the United Sthies Am- *1‘ t0 Irondcn-

onmc rvruu

311d fer Notices in this Wlllmn a cents__per_\_vord_.

“Canadian Trio, Prince of Wales l. March 20.11. la-lliIi-Zi-lt-Si.

‘Borden Linc Club loading hogs he. calves every Tuesday. Hours .- "l 8 L-Ssll-la-M-il-t-ti

"ml Royalty Royals vs. Hor- a Milton Rink tonight. 1155414456

"PM miss the é-act mm Com- ‘ n B‘ 1- 5- Hill. Emerald Jot. We ma, L-Ii 41-14-41.

“York Rink ‘muddy Mil n ts ' . cur-to’: a ‘r L-IEIN-i-l-t-li. 11 ' t Alba guide magi’- r8611. a-rcr-z-rwt-n.

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l!“ we?‘ emit‘ Elfiira‘??? 7mm Panda.‘ 16C r l‘ 0 1-1110-3-15-21.

‘We Ole Act Plays. Hearts “l Marsh as

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fu- Jenkins at mrahfiovl: “blim-

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the occasion, a few days ago,

of the “vestpocket manoeuvres" staged at. Aldershot by

British Army authorities for the benefit of members of Parliament. New weapons and equipment were put on ex- hibition and the Army's general efficiency demonstrated. The upper picture shows the absorbed audience at the ex- planation of the workings of a new Swedish anti-aircraft

gun. This gun can fire shells,

of the type seen in the hands

of the spectator in the centre, at the rate of 120 rounds per minute. Below, a private is shown in the Army’s new

battle uniforms. The high-waisted loosely fitting pants 1 and short tunic are designed to allow greater freedom of . I movement, in conditioner under which that freedom is of, .. y the greatest possible importance. ’

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Submit Resolution To City Council Urging “Clean - up” Cam- paign.

The recently organised Junior Board of That! ot Charlottetown met ln the Board Rooms ln the Market Building last night. The meeting was a special one called at. the request of the civic aflsirs oommitwe lo deal with a rewin- tion which was later presented at the meeting of the tfty (Muncll. An invitation from His Worship Mayor Plea-er had been extended to the entire membership to at- tend the City Council ln a bcdy. In til-e absence oi Mr. George Ives. president of the Junior Board of ‘Irade, Mr. mrle MacDonaldmhsir- man of the civic affairs commit- tee, presided.

A great deal of progress has a.l- ready been made by the young men of the new Junior Board oi Trade. and several committees have been formed to act as study aroups deal- lu: with various cubiects. Among these groups are those studying such subjecie as agriculture, tour- ist traffic. radio ,.roblems. provin- cial affairs, unemployment, public- ity, membership, and civic alalrs.

At a recon-t m-setlnlr of the civic affalrs group a "via-committee was form-ed to take up the matter of a concerted "dean uo" canvpaign for the oily and province. This com- psign committee met with the un-

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11.8. Budgets For Deficit 0f $182572

HALIFAX. March 13 —- Premier Aug-us L. Macdlonald of Nova Sco- tla in his budget speech in the legislature ism-right estimated a dc- flcit o1 $182,572.01! for the fiscal year ending next Nov. 30. ‘Phi-l compares with a. surplus of 8146.- 197-40 for the last fiscal

The Prem'er estimat of $2,126,106.44 and expenditure o! llfitliYio-Jvotlu exceeding the “d? .3311’ “in CEEMCC‘ w an - - imoted.

disappeared with m1 for sinkl" fund,

grehter than the Imount Rt aside Last year. ,Mr. Mscdonald. also provincial

treuureu, estimated a revenue in- crease of $321,000 over last year's 511.804.383.40. The highways de- partment is expe d to bring in the major share, 77.000. His ex- penditure estimate exceeds the

1087-88 0i 811.296.601.34 by #668,000 s of that total 8317.000 iserrpected tobespent bythe highways department. .

All departments except labor were estimated to be 1n for greater expenditure. Relic-f, which comes under the labor department will cost more. ho said. but the reduc- tion in departmental expenditure is accounted for ma'niv by the 8W- "mmentls proposed removal of the bonus on dried fish. Last year it cost me province $141000. said the main item of increase in highways rev- enue would be the Gasoline lax. expected to bring in 8212.000 111019 than last year. The increase is partly due to an increase in num- ber of cars and partly because (he

ill-cents-a-galion tel! Wes in 9R8“ for only part of last veer.

Independent

Probe Into

Cost Of Terminal Urged

laid before the cabinet. 8i: Edward wrote he was satis- ncd the report of ti"; independent engineers "would support my opin- lon-aa the whole tandency 1n the on world is towards

conso tion rather strtciaed corn t

. revenue '

‘final Plan” 0n Palestine ls Prepared

(By The Associated Press)

LONDON. March 13 - Colonial score y Malcolm MacDonald con- ferred informally today with m‘!!! leaders while British deiéfiotes t0 the Palestine Peace Conference put the finishing r r on Greet Britain's "final plan" for i-he fut- ure of the Holy Land.

‘file Governments lfrorposal. N- poricd to halve recqved Prime Mlnmsr Chamber-lama approval durlna the day. nlobably wlll be submitted to the Arab and Jewish delegations Wednesday or Thurs- day after being considered at a full carbine-t session.

Full details or the British plen- outlln-sd 9J1 closed conferences with the two delegations. were not made public but ll; was clméqied 5'11 E911" eral. to follow the orig 118.1 suzcce- ticnsrejected by the Jews on Feb. 2'7

Tho previously discussed proposal call-ed far an independent Arab state in Palestine with Jews con- stimting a permanent minority.

Retired Banker Dies In Halifax

HALIFAX. March lit-WP)- Arth-ur B. Nash. 73, retired super- intendent of the Maritime branch. cs of the Bank ol Montreal. died here tcrdey at the home of a niece. Miss Honor Nash. He had remixed in July. 1080.

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Japanese Columns Advance southward Along llan River

(By The Alsocilicd Press)

SHANGHAI, March lit-Japanese columns swerving southward along the Han River 100 miles wmt of Hankuw reported capture o: two towns today and the sinking o! most of a small fleet of iunks in which Chinese troops were at- tenvptlng to flee westward across the river. -

The novms reported captur- were lohanas/u. on the cast bank of the river opposite Shayanz. and Ilikiawan, also on the seat bank, 16 mllu north of lohanssu.

The Japanese said that as a re- sult of today's operations theynuw had wiped out all Chinese forces on the east bank of the Han and were in a pOcitiOn to advance to- ward Shansl and lchang.

It was announced in Shanghai that a Japanese-backed daily air- plane service linking Shanghai.

replacing the service fvrmcrlv run by the Chi- nese Government.

‘A 7M E N DMENTS T ll DCMINICN

Fl IiICNS ACT

Dr. Manion Supports Move In Commons

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UITAWA. March 13—(CP)—-1£&$

redistributing NDICSCDoBeLIOU in the house or Ocsnmona are me object- ives of propmals ouumea in the douse 0s Commons today by Hon. U G. Power, Minister-oi’ Pensions and National ricslnn.

He movea to set uo the

we which nes worked on el- ection machinery and legislation for ms pas» two sessions.

1111c motion was passed alter a denote and adoption o1 a C. C. F. amendment instructing ‘one commit- ~ee t0 consider method; or enabling rumba-men, nrinci-s. fishermen and seamen away nom the e con- stituencies on election day to cast their votes.

Grant MacNeii (C. 0. D. Vancou- ver North) ulrvded the House on an ln the speascfs ruling and lost no to 28. Tue speaker rul- orismal proposal be- use con-form to the mules and after the vote the motion was redrailea and named unanim-

ousry.

Mr. Power revived. in slightly dif- ferent iorm, rhe plan contained in lhe electron ezcpandltums c111 which d last £€S5fOIl but which

rhat thtrproblcm o: ca sign ex- pence; be dealt. with by amendments to the nonunion Elections Act, passed last session.

Sngesta Method

"The way to avoid the tendency in extravagant expenditure is, I_be-

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Second Probe Will Open Next Monday

(By The Canadian Press)

HALIFAX, March IS-Mr. Isla- tlce M. B. Archibald Nova. Sco- tia Bu cmc Court announced to- night ls probe under the Public Inquiries Act into the Queen Hotel fire of March 2 would begin here next Monday. He was appointed Saturday to inquire into irhe dis- aster which police have estimated took a death ton of m.

First witnesses will be members .01’ the hotel atafl. Mr. Justice Ar- chibald said their examination would occupy the first day and om c! the second. A number of other witnesses have been sunl- m"ned to testify

ma u. Fleldins of mum will be commission counsel.

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MEETING 0F CITY CCUNCIL LAST NICHT

Routine Business Is Discussed ~ Jun- ior Board Attends In Body.

Little more than routine busi- nua was transacted at the regular monthly meeting 10f» Charlotte- town's City Council last night. His Worship Mayor E. A. Foster urc- sided and except, 1c: Coun. Heath McIntyre all Councillors were pre- sent. "

Before the session

opened for business His Worship welcomed members of the Junior Board of Trude. which attended 1n s. body- Durimz the evenln individual Councillors expresse words

welcome and congratulated the young men on their initiative.

‘Total cost, of direct relief, ac- cording to bills paid in February amounted to $10,117.89. Coun. R.C. Chandler. chairman of the finance committee sa‘d. He pointed out. however, the swcks of groceries. coal, etc. had in some cases n sufficient for a longer period. Ex- penddi/uro included groceries, $4,- 022; milk. $902; coal. $5.192.

Later in the meeting Counlien- ry Iapthom, chairmen of the em- oloymmlt and relief committee told the Council at present there were 516 heads of families. or $34 1n- dlviduals on the direct relief list of the City. ‘Phat was a reduction of 51 individuals over the peak of February. No civ"c projects em- ployed labor during the month under review. the. Councillor sol . ,

A ntwncnt of» ltusscll

to operate automotive equipment and perform ouher duties as auth- orized by the Street Department at a salary of $90.00 per month drew some discussion. Obposltlon was voiced by Coun. Chandler. backed by His Worship and Coun. Henncsscyv to the met-bod of pro- oedrure, although all three told the meeting the-y were not Ollbosing Mr. Abbott-‘s appointment. They contended the appointment should have come as a recommendation

the Street Committee, Coun. Hcnnessey maintained it should have been included in the year's estimates when the time came t0 make them up.

Coun. l". C. Dourrsn. who moved the resolution pointed out Mr. Ab- bott had been employed by the City for 14 years as n. day laborer. and if he were made permanent it would not mean increased expen- ditum. rather the reverse as he

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Will Tow Ship To Baltimore

HALIFAX. March 13-—(CiP)— Foundation Maritime, IrLm-idcd, of- ficials said wnlmt their sea-going i/ug Foundation Fuurlldln was on its way back Halifax and the Norwegian f er Gro. to whose aid she had gone, would be towed Baltimore by the United

day after reoeisri of a ing the Gvro had dropped her der 550 miles east of Halifax and that high seas prevented her crew from rigging a. jury one. she reached the helpless freigh-ter late Saturday.

Supply Ship Will Sail For England

UITAWA, March 13-—(CP)-—-The S. S._Nascople, Hudson's Bay Com- Pimy Slimilv ship, will sail from Hal- fax March I6 for England to un-

of its regular inspect- ions as required by Marine law. The vessel makes a 10.000 mile journey thro h the Arctic each summer carry supplies to various Government an company outposts.

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CZECHO - SL 0 VAKIIA

Genna? Troops

Ready To Swoop On Small State

Orders Specie-ll Session Of Slovak Parliament Today

T 0 Consider

Independence

(By Louis P. Lochner_ Associated Press Foreign Staff) BERLIN, March 13-(AP)-Chancellor Hitlefia order to the deposed Slovak Premier to have the Slovak Par-

liament meet tomorrow morni

ng has temporarily held in

abeyance plans for possible occupation of Czecho-Slovakia,

it was learned tonight.

The information came from a confidential

BOIITCQ

which usually has proved to he right.

If tomorrow's session does not bring a complete vie tory for the viewpoint of the deposed Slovak Premier, Dr. Joseph Tlso, and if the Czechs do not give satisfactory guarantees that German rights and demands will be ra- spected, troops will begin to move in an estimated strength

up to 14 divisions. Reservists of the class of l ly called upon on short notice

913 in Munich were sudden- today. Several troop trains’

left Munich for Vienna and authorities took the unusual move of commandeering a number of automobiles.

The lawns presumably will was PB-rt in dmrumstratlools scheduled to be held in- Viennq. Wednesday the met anniversary of Germany's union with Austria. The number or soldiers involved Wes not disclosed.

Plan 0f Campaign

‘rheplansfortroopsiomovairl- to Croatia-Slovakia are remrned to halve hem made in detail.

One army group may proceed by way of Dresden and Ausslg to Prague, and another group from RAPIAG b!’ v

way of Chemnltz to . accord-i t0

ha, p r .. Vienna to Erunn and a. from Vienna to Bratislava.

Prague Regime Gapitulates To llazi Demands

(By T110 mhg) arm of its territory w

The advance thus would befmm ertrwrddrlary sesion today t0 all sides of Creche-Slovakia. elder 1M 1111611“ 1'0"‘ 5"“ m gmm V6110“, p814‘ of when the rman Fuehror, wlhos

R5110 the country irldicatcd extensive troop movements

were ready _ much into the ll Motorists driving near Meoklen- Bwrvlwd into the

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berg reported a congestion ofroads Emily quarrel and _ parliamentary semlon , d“ i‘? “mm” ‘mm of wild scenes in Bratislava, 51o- Road Conguted vek whim!-

Tho road between Berlin and lnipdg also was reported crowded. and around Munich there was much military activity.

A ly Gcnnany was deter mined to back with orce i!

man property was s. series of bomb explosions in which

were killed. It was recs ed German newspapers ro- cently had published inis that. German in Slovakia.

might have to be protected.) Talks With Tiso

Chancellor Hitler talked ith Dr. ‘rlao for four hours after t e dc- poscd Slovak leader had flown here from Ozecho-slavalda. As the talks pl _, * word was received that Field Marshal Hermann Gearing suddenly broke his Italian holiday and was on his wav back to Ber- iin

Dr. J ‘Piso. deposed Slovak j Premier, here to lay his case before the Fhlehrer as the German press silent/ed that drastic action

t be necessary soon to set in order the "chaotic? house of her

little neighbor.

Led to Crisis

‘The (macho-Slovak domestic cri- sis-Aarvught to a head Ffidaywltiil dismissal by the Prague Govern- ment of 115v and tvm other minis- ters of autonomous Slovakia be- cause of Slovak independence agi- tatlon-Jwas regarded as an open- ing wedge throuch which Gcnnany i might pres forward in penetrat-

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HALIFAX. The Bureaus Colliery "was pct wcventahle", W. A. D. Gurm, who probed the fatal scol- dent, said 1n a report released to-

. He found "no neglect on the rnrt of time Coal Company.

Match 18-40?)- disaster

Ltd. (Nova Scotia. Bee] and Cool Ozmlpany. mim operators) . . .. or any cf its employees "

A rurqany mine train in the Sydney Mines, N. 6., coal mine bmueziht death to 21 miners. and lnyurlcs to more um: a score last Dec. 6 when a haulage rope brcizc.

“I find the cause of the accl- dent was illc love breaking," Ctunn rflported. “What Oflllfied the mp9 m break? Then is no defin- ite evidence as tar the cause of the me bmakinx." He probed the ia-

ity under Nova’ Bernie's Coal‘ Mines Rregull/Ufln Ant.

Find Colliery Disaster “Was Not Preventable”

"In my opinion otter hearing me cvidcnce I came to the mwrlclus- lon that the plt is being run loose- ly and a more rigorous su ion should be made by the of icinis in charlie." Gunn said. "Although there may have been minor viola- tions of the Coal Mines 11681111:- tlon Act. still tlhose violations did not cause or contribute to the fetal accident. From the evidence submitted it Ls impossible to point to any one man or men and say he or they are guilty of culpable ncqzliacnce causing the fatal soci- dent."

Goran's finding was concurred in by Dr. Alan E. Cameron, Deputy Mines Minister. who conducted a probe cflnoidem‘. with that of

ler alloyed, temporarily

Dr. macho’; mpltulation so Hit- at leae the Nazi dhiefitaixfs reported M possible occupation c! Candide Slovakia as a result of the precipitated by Slovakia! chm for independence. But 1t did not remove entire the three/t of Hitlm": heavy hain

Two Deaalnda

German troops were moving flu wand the OwchO-Siuvak border to! action in the event, today's Purim malt session failed 1o do own

. a ccsnpe m1 its victory sq . ‘lliao, Blank PIIQUO more srrmsh the separatist movemuyt. gcailwi-iccslgflgwiag

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M: ' l-‘Avux skrlxfou USUALLY WEAR$ for: . FAMM ‘DIRTY Linen’ _

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TORONTO, March lit-Jilin ti and maximum temperatures: Dawson 14b

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rprecrsis: Maritime an: Btrond nos-we'll to northwest galcs with snow.

a tide this momma at Ml and ls afternoon air 4.80. Sun sets this morning at 6.04am rise-s lunar-row momiu at 6.14- New moon March M9 DJ"- _ Slmmersidc tide mhr utes later than Char we». run can mlmv amoral