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Views 0n Conference I Prospects Vary Sharply Deadlock Reached At Ottawa Conference

D'Arcy O'Donnell

, 1-<CP)—Diacus- aiona of the minim-Provincial Conference became deadlocked to- y, with Federal authorities Ind ovi-ncial Premiers the positions they have taken dur- ing the current public meetings. There was no indication at ent whether the cen-

lliewellange From Pessinplsm lo Strong Nope

I DOUGLAS HOW ovrraw .Mav 1 - CPl-Out- surely at least. the men who left the main table of the Dominion- Prqvlncial Conference late today wereumuchinthedarkaatoits future as the rebvmiffl W110 110W"- ed them in the corridors outside. Faccd by the continuing variance

views between: the Dominion '

and several of the Provinces. not- ably Ontario and Qllfibw- N50‘ {ions sarong several Premise

ranged from cautious pessimism '

w sustained hope that agreement could be reached through a. re- newal of closed

sessions. One Premier admitted it “would .. .3

moment aiter a week of closed ind open passions did not It»!!!

"too .

But another Premier refused to see the situation as "hopelus" and predicted a return to closed aes- sions in an attempt to reconcile the rema conflicts in view.

Genes-oil . o attitude was one of “wait and see."

The fact that Prime Minister Mackenzie King and his aides cai- led iii Dr. W. CJClas-k. DODIIW Minister of Finance. after lcavinz the Conference indicated that the Dominion was at least going back over the familiar ground to seek snv possible new steps that might break the deadlock.

The noliov of "wait and see" was nowhere more evident than in Premies: Maurice Dupiessls of Quebec. u

A humorous. quick-wltted show- man. he was beslesed by rt- era la a corridor outside the n- ate. gave them well-spiced. re- plies that boiled down to the fact be would be in his seat again to-

niorning. that he would Amoc t meet toda Em?» ales-scrub: of the Do- $011 the i Whig’ th minlon attitude. the _~if itgfailed fir". ,3: , N neuron r h ‘ esfibiintosi " thorsyurmimeoeses. wiilbedfi bit. “would you leave?" oided at s ' meetint "wen" he “m”. u; m. ‘ “W. Amherst June i we n " .' - buiiilmai" ' fir“ big: bit?“ former secretary-gins. er A. .‘§,.{f’h',"'§,.. m“ ormbeiimie County giigisiuon at Mr m lessia. reporter‘; thought, (WW0 N3» W" W '11 we

was ‘defiriitcly playing poker.

New Trial Ordered in Murder 0m

‘IDRDNTV. May b-(OP) --On- tsrlo Court of Ap al today order- ed a new triaiu-gdr Lorne Cecil 50PM. 21, viousiy convicted on a charge o murder in he slaying

last Nov. 10 of Mrs. Au ey one.

as. in her home at Ajax, Ont. or- Yls was sentenced o be hanged May 33. '

Mrs. Lyons‘. wife of an airman auctioned in Newfoundland at‘ the time. was found strangled with liar! of her pyjamas in the bed- room of the cottage in which she lrlovvfd with her two young child-

Cominii Events

“Movies at Victoria tonight.

w‘ I . __ . _ ..___ shorts wail?“ Nfaxubrgigultiutghiinrfgg;

"of etown. '1': sda i ~ our ‘xiii. iioard. ‘iliaund ayoo “H”.

a-af-s i103!

llonorsd For Work I

e

"csoeeleasTFi u. , m. Mwfifi’ ‘ a ane ‘£1;-

OI ’ 535 rfirifitmm’ 3'3 W“ 11934.‘

us. M. u. coanv N. a May '1-<cr>--

SYDNEY. ., Msgr. Ildebrondo Antoniuttl, s-

tolic Delegate to Canada and ew- foundiand, announced toda that Rev. P. D. Nicholson. presl on: of 8t. Francis Xavier Universit . An- tlgoni-sh. N. 5.. and Rev. . M. Goldy. head of the University’! Extension Department. had been elevated to Monsignor by the Pope.

Msgr. Antoniuttl said the eleve- tiou was in mcogniticn of their

work in the co-operstive move;

ment which i-s centred in the An- tlgonish University.

Maritime Winter Fairlie. Resume

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AMflfiflrNfinMed-(UP) b

—-'Ihe Btocir Breeders

poted tcry-msnagerofthewinterhlr

succeed A.W. Mackenzie, Novd Bcgtgb time Mirtister. ‘ elected to: hawk“ * Rose one‘

Handing. vei- Gilbert Hcbmson. I! Station N.B.. 1b.]. C. . Bos- well Marshfleid. P.E.!., and Allison Preim. sreetmm

. - . . and DP. iilaoPhaii, New Raven. 9.11.1.

Clear Field For i ‘illothlpg Brivs

MONTREAL. May 1- (CPl-A clear field for Canada's aeccmd na- tional clothing collection has been assured by the Dominion Govern- ment with the announcement here today that no other agenc is to collect clothing in Cmada or for- eign relief ‘until after Aug. i, so that everything can be forwarded to the collection. The campaign. to take place , from June l? to 30 is sponsored b the Cana-

belnf y ,dian_A1 led Relief on ehalf of the Db e of Re-

It d Nations Reli and hpbilitltlbli Administration.

asconaaoa ; sneer aassnmo

LABCGWN. Qua. v l- _ reedinr

Underground War Plants lionsidersd‘!

—'I‘hc United states

he made by either side. Premier Maurice Duplessia of Quebec announced ready to go home unless the -Federal Government was p

quarters underground eventually tin thins Gazette attach in a possible future eonlnlttee of the Masai underground sites for weeks. The work has included poni usefulness caverns at blalnmoth Cave. Ky. vane. NM. Bo- yond that hint nselnhen of the

cup ansiiant on whaehasbeen oneormsyhe undertake/n.

The deadlock was reached after Finance Minister I on behalf of the Federal Govern- ment it could go no farther in its proposals to meet the demands as put forward by the Provinces. be- heavy increase in move would

isley announced

commitments such a

speech. in the words of Pre- mier George Drew of Ontario. was a "bald declaration" to the Prov- or leave it" as far as the Federal

concerned. Mr. rew went on to say that while o Ontario was not adopting an arbit- rary attitude lt was not prepared to accept the Federal offers as they s

Mr. Du lessls said that so far of Confederation een overlooked in the pro- the Dominion Govern- ment. If the Government was not

Bishop Landry is lionseorated

Y N B. Ah Acedcilan priest. Bis op George

brated poutifical _ d Heart Church here

where he was consecrated earlier “m” ‘m t ° rulwcnhn ‘*9 u,‘

ields which were compatible with ma“ ‘eguned ‘s mlhw" he Principles of Confederation he was going home.

He reiterated at

His congre ation was made up of the l's-soc qpeaking poo le of

m“ m, adjournment l of the Knights of C

ate to Canada and w Wll Qllldotltm‘

l

. w curate f"? a" “nah i’. l or 0 years. _. To Continue Today

ulster Mackenzie King 15"“) uld put a mo- mment oftlie

nee. but nonewaa- immed- ao u...» iiaris llonisrenee E Igniting: “tensors-ova at . . . . : IJILA. .'1‘.)’ left the conference room. Duplessls said he would be on miirfvw’! meeting. O. Manning of A1. conference fail-

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Founder» 0i Mother's" iill tion for the adieu

WU!‘ CHIIQTUR. a. (AP) -- Blind and in Miss in i006. celebrated

9°": started the Mother's Day move- first ahniveraarvdgf

is observed in o‘ has been confin

berta said if the

sibility would fail on tho 1_ Government because of do of “uncornoromisi

Fe ersi he rigidity"

Gar Not Unbridgesble

Former ilatcheck iiirl Loses Bass

CHICAGO. May Iris Gardner today lost a $500 breach of contract suit Charles W. Wrigley. 7S. when a court directed a jury to ii favor of Mr. Wrigley. 01-year-old widow tcheck girl asked $523,130 .Wrl lay. brother of the

gum mamate. alleg an "oral contract" he had promised

her $1.000 a month for life bliah a 0360.000 trust fund in event of h a death.

- Maodon id Sligmdthe gap between We not liilbfidfltwblg m4 frt to ogntainlsodfb" the up 5m) f Blsk- in

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Wflivt to work out an (Continued on Page 5 Col. B)

Bigiflll Business In The Far North

gibiihiiiin of fugi h! the IIIWTY 0f Montreal Window

Gleaner: nit-Ike

MONTRIAL. May l ‘About 200 Montreal win " are of the Bulidlri o ees Internationa

ttr i‘ today in a demand for a ll our wage. A spokes- the Window Oidllii:

Assert: Goal Strike Wrecking The ILS.

WASHINGTON. May l—(AP)

- —Charles O'Neill, spokesmen for the operators. tonight us- serted the month-old soft coal strike la wrecking the coun-

try.

It la the costliest strike in United States history and has led it to “the brink of disaster greater than anything since Pearl Harbor.” Mr. O'Neill said in a speech prepared for (ABC) broadcast.

Blaming “this desperate alt- uation” on John L. Lewis. chief of the United Mine Workers (AJLLJ, Mr. O'Neill asserted the walkout hld coat the work- era 01.00.000.000 in wages in April. ’

Ia assorted “the complete stop e of essential public se ces now is in eight.’

WINS AIR AWARDmmtw. 0.- MsConeehie, q _ ‘ manager of Can- adian Pacific Air Lines for westcrn li sea, and a pioneer ID Fer North aviation, who has been awarded the McKee ‘hoaby for 1045, for his putatanddng con 'bution to commercial lying in Canada.

Senator Sinclair Opposes Margarine Importation Bill

UITAWA lvlay 1 -_ (op) _ A {Julius legalize the Lmportaiion, sale

mam-ufactirre of olemnargarlne

s ‘ "$...Z“"8Zi3...""“i "”° B

09000011 by three others. n was

The debate wok place on d "M11118 of the bill widen W200i‘;-

choice was owned

tonight by genator Jflmflafiiiiiflodi

coir: r a Irwin-fa ‘i355 . ue

and ‘ lfirrmuin Paterson (I..-

qgerflglui- types aim): .

T

Department. Oenad

Italian peace treaty.

tonic-showed signs of diminish- g.

Are Announced a

i oirrsws.‘ May 1—<OPl—Pi-@ti"*- merit of two senior Royal Cana- dian Mounted Police officials. As- sistant Commissioner K. D0300". 60. and Superintendent Donovan c, Saul, 52, was announced today by Commissioner S. T. W006-

greateat dls- Superintendent Se l's successor FIA°11B¢ as adiutant at head Iiarier! h!" °° will be Inspector J. F. Thrlahrr-

No appointment has been made yet to fill the nost of liaison of- ficer with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington DY"- ieualy held by Assistant Commis- sioner Duncan.

Both men. natives of England. joined the B. C. M. P.

WI!‘

will reside at Bfldgewatcrybl. B.

Sale At Montreal

MONTREAL. May i-(Bceciwl- The Canadian Fur auction’ Sole; 0., Ltd. l ver ox an

ive an unmlatakea..le manna“ pa; gate‘ yeuerday Md

"Eililesdafi lasatagloris dnveragfii: , , f, , . j LIBS ey W r~'*"sl-.e'"y".'.."az=s.l“~tir.zz; thtifiilnIil nu n ‘Y- - i“ “

Federal Goveninggnt’: finratimivgfetr: “e ‘d m“ mud“ 3nd m" and he had interpreted it to be a final offer-he was going to return

88 to . Selected fullsilvers aver- ggod 342,79, one-half to three- bec and stay there until the qua-iii" "wk" ave“ ed ‘Dwain " stiori wiil i‘ '°‘"“' sup his iiiy" in. all. s. Call- {so . manager of the r Mar- " sting d Na- tional Silver Fox Breeders’ Rssoc-

d PARIS. MAY 14-(0? Cablel-ITM i? to h - . l Mini t r C nference s ow- Te" Rkreement the rea on grail?" to 531G211‘ 020d“ ‘gum ‘m; n. g _ g our ng o rea e a u agreement on an Allied inspector- Mqnln" ate for Italy, which had been cori- sidered one of the lenat controver- sial issues in connection with an

This was the second CDnflECuo-IE meeting in which difficulties have . arisen and the optimism raised by the Provinces Monday's progressive session-in ef- which Russia withdrew her de- be mands for trustceship of Tripoli-

in their

eens. — Superintendent Saul. a veteran of more than 5 years with the R. C. M. P.. first joined in 101i. After u M gidedexpzrl-ence in] meelhyznpetrkt; of * av ~ an: a e was nae IQ n‘ “iiiortumom is of the Alien Enemies Section naval service after shortly after the outbreak of more than six veers of duty. it was and became adiutant in it“. No today

Discuss Education In Federal House a

(By George Kitchen)

OTTAWA. Mai! 1-(0?) —I& I quiet session, the Commons t ay discussed the advantages and dil- advanteges which could fell!" from Federal financial assistance to the Provinces (or educational pur es.

T e debate arose during consid- eration of a resolution by Frank Zaplitn (COF-Dauphln) calling upon t e Government to consider ways and meanaof "equaiizina education opportunity across Can- ada and granting financial assist- iance for this purpose to the Prov- niiiée. French-s eakinfr members _Bona Arsena t ( B ture). Benoit Michaud (L-Rcsti- gouche-Madaweaka) and J. A. Dion

on the " ground such assistance might lead to infrlngment on prov‘ iriclialldautonomy in the education- u e .

While agreeing that education was a matter of provincial juris- diction, Goidon Graydon (PC- Peel) and I". D. Shaw (BC-Red Deer) supported the principle of the motion.

The early roccedings were cn- livened by t a first division in several weeks when the House vot-

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Missing Girl Found With Bullet In ilead

PEMBROKE, Ont.. MAY 1 - Brought to hospital hero from Waitham, Que. Pansy (Pat-i Splnks, 21. was described as bo- ing in "very weak condition? as a result of a bullet wound m the head and exposure after being missing in the bush near Waltham since Sunday.

Following a four-day search by

olice and volunteers from nearby

gentler: County communities, she was found at 12:15 p.m. today by her farmer employer, Reginald Libby, and James Perry. both of Waltham. She was lying o a wooden hillside two miles gem Waltham and scarcely 100 yards from a field which searchers had combed three times. Her I cali- bre revolver was beside her.

The lrl, who visited a doctor in Fort ulogne. Que» la week after compia nlng to friends of not feeling well. left the Libby ferns on Sunday afternoon, apparently to hunt rabbits, Her sister, Lil- lian, said she was a crack revolver shot and hunting small game on weekends was her favorite pas- time.

She was unconscious wvhon found today, but when whisky was forcfid into herurvragluth, revived ‘eg- oug to ga z at are you - lng me." all. first aid treatment. she was brought here by ambul- once.

(Canadian Press) Millions of workers around the globe pended or demonstrated Wednesday with fanfare and some- times disorders in celebrations of

i l f l kl lutill‘? firtfatoereaxai" avid-oest- iiegaidentia c .

‘In Trieste. more than 00.000 Yuogslavea marched through streets of the disrupted city. ‘shout- in "viva Tito. viva Stalin.’

ciat dl drama-fanatical 3i; at‘; e dsegnllu headquarters of Comm allat news in

(L-Lak Si. J h_ - _ vielirex» "peessecie Fiibposltliionn - "

tive J1}. Sirloin-Ir (IF-Pris: d Iehnzd) and Senator Chiiarlcs a3’... senator Sinclair said the whole he nsldered

matter should V co in the glght o1 the world situation. e

News Briefs

UITAWA. May 1 — (C?) — Time lost duo to strikes and look- outs in March increased consid- erably over the previous month, with as strikes involving 5,916

I and a timrfliss of 40.088 man-days ‘compared with strikes nvolving 3.582 workers and 12.408 roan-days in February. La- bor Minister Mitchell announced

today. p OTTAWA, May 1 — ICP) -C0al oiies in Canadian industries are

steadily dwindling as a. result of

nee of L10 American strike of soft coal miners and a serious situation is likely to develop "with- in a few weeks." l. J. Brunning. coal controller. said today.

TOKYO. May 1 - (AP) — Org- asrizedwigbor todav grhelatcned i: nan a parsl g gen strike unless the right-wing Bhidc- hora Government was suoc by one of leftist Social

Despite

en-cy said Enaperor Hirohitc would ask Literal Party president Ichiro Bamyaml. one-time Axis sympath- gdea". in form a new government

Jmusamu. May 1 -_ (or) _ The Arab higher committee called tonight for a general strike of all Arabs in Palestine Friday arfci moved to tie up the entire Middle East by asking other Arab coun- tries to join the walkout.

Muskox Expedition Nearing Last Lap

mlzviixizimbs exploded in Madrid, R46

‘Von-id's Workers Observe May Day

vinena". their outlawed hymn. from l record they brought with them. Italian workers held as- semblies to celebrate labors gains.

In Moscow. s and shril- lane paraded for six hours through Square pest Cleneraliasimo Stalin on the reviewing stand, in

l the country's greatest peacetime

show of strength.

In ‘Tokyo. lome 600.000 Japanese celebrated May Day for the first time in 1i years. and Socialist Janlu Kato declared labor might ataxia a enerai strike if’ a sinkie pa y c inet walforrned W the rl litlat berala.

New York. thousands of féaber

" ' chad U“ n “wkmnrismfveam s33’; a Day parade in

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1g xovernmcnt, the favored areas be-

Deiiveredlkl.

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Premier Jones’ Appeal Falls 0n Deaf Ears

._._- _ _ crrrswa. May i-fisiLA his speech of rebuttal to the rep- resentotions made by the nine Provinces since Monday. ' Minister Ilsley today virtually turned down Prince Edward Island Premier J. Walter Jones’ appeal that the Dominion Government 83g a minimum subsidy of 88,000,- yenrly to the Island.

Mr. Ilsley recognized the strength of Mr. Jones’ a peel but said: ‘We have gone qu to far 3'11 attempting to meet the Province

of Prince Edward Island. and I do -

not think the Dominion Govern,- ment would be justified in in. creasing the offer to that Prov-

ince.

"I listened very carefully to Mr. Jones who made a very strong plea." he continued. "but with rc-

s Rard to Prince Edward Island may

I point out we have given the moat careful consideration to its claims." .

“Special Consideration” '

Special consideration ‘had beell given Prince Edward Island by Dominion authorities Mr. Ilsley said. who had taken kito account us relatively smell populotio

compared to those of the other

provinces, and the fact the mini- mum fixed charges of ovincial government are necessari y higher per capita than those of the ethos provinces. . "This has been recognized in "l? Special provisi for a guar- anteed minimum w ich is about 50 per cent greater per capite.

than the general average." The I

subsidies. he said. will be about double the amount which is rais- by Prince Edward Island from it! own sources ofrevenue. Ha added that P. E. I. under the Dominion proposals would get about 50 per cent more per ceplta in health llrants than the other Provinces. In a plea for the Provinces to “C8D! the Ottawa formula, Mr. Ililey declared that fairness re- quires national taxation of income;

If the major taxes that can be levied by any Government, those on income and rofitavare levied

by the_lo al an ~prq ‘ugh...

oritics- re er than ‘by the national

come mom favored and the less fortunate ones face greater dlffl. culty." He said. the surest way to wreck the constitution is to but gifiewglgieizi-Ogrovincea in an impug-

Did Not Reply

Although afforded opgortunltv to reply to Mr. Ilsley ms ohm 0.; us province. Premier Jones re. mained seated until the conclus- im "Y the dlyb session.

Asked b The Guardian's Ottawa correspon ent if he propgggfl g4 re-introduce Prince Edward Is- land's roblems at the confer- ence-ta le tormorrow. Mr. Jone! said: I don't think so. Our peel. tlon has already been clearly our.

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‘IORONID. May b-“nimum and maximum temperatures:-

Vancouver .. s’! Q Edmonton B0 d! . 40 b8

M 82

44 64

B0 5'7

. 4i 5d

Quebec . . fi b2 iialnt John . 38 50 Moncton . .. . 35 5B Halifax . .. . 37 ' Charlottetown . 37 54 Sydney , . .. _ __ 43

Yarmouih... ,_ ,3 .1

HALIFAX. May l OP) I

_. ( _. Weather syn is issued by the Dominion Pu llc Weather Office at Halifax t ll-fl p.01. ADJ‘, Wednesday. i. _