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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1938

BRITISH TR OOP§ BA TTLE ARAB TERR ORIS TS JSEEK PilllERlTWv licsnital

tENElilil 0F llliiililillil IN HillY lIiNli

Reinforcemen ts Rushed To Relieve Ambushed Patrol In Kenin Area.

w, y, by Guardian's Special Wire)

JERUSALEM, Feb. 1—'l‘l1e lec- inrl major punitive operation by iiritlrh soldiers against Arab ter- rorists within the pant year was underway the Kenin area,‘ rbolrt 20 miles northeast of Na- iiilsil. tonight.

Battalions of the Ulcterfllliflos rod the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, aided by five military planes attempted to wipe clt a strong band of terrorists in tho mountains.

With two British soldiers dead rad two WIYIIIUIPQ. as well as an grtlmnir-il 1.7 Arabs slain since irst night. the fighting threaten- td to taL-e- 0n the proportions of that iwrrrirt out‘ by 801i British loitiicrs afrri hundreds of Arabs in Grlilee inst December, during which marathon so men were tilled.

Frontier Disorders

Sudden outbursts of terrorism elsewhere in the Holy Land. es- pecially olont! the Lebanon- Syricn frontier, keDt pther army

detachments active and caused one casualty. . Determined to stamp out Arab

coilino {veins

"Jilliorrilrrllrr. uri- inserirrl in this cnlrrnilr nt 2 routs prr wnrfl _riricily pnynlrie ln advance.

without! _J1cr_c_r=; l

"Remember Social Pleasant Grove Hall, Thursday, Icebruory 3rd. L-3324-2-2-2i.

"BIIWO and Dance, Mount Stewart Iegnm l-iall Friday, Feb- ruary 4th, 8.00 P. M. L-3325-2-2-2t.

"Buying dressed chicken and fowl dnilv. Correct grading. Too prices. Island Cold Storage Com- lllll- L-475-l2-30-tf.

"Borden Rink. Wednesday, Fob- iuory 2nd. Ladies hockey, Kensing- ton vs. Borden. Skate utter. Admis- rion 20 cents. . L-3291-2-1-21.

"Dont forget the lecture and dance in Wiltshire Hall February iih. Sole of lunches.

. L-3330-2-2-1t.

‘file-ii Royalty rink tonight. 511i- Riynltjv Vs. Contra‘. Royalty. tkme oftcr, 1,3342

"l-lockry at Marshficld lonlcht Dunstntfnngc Vs. York, league 53ml‘. skate aftcr. L-3343

"Wiishirt- 1T1 Sports Vs. King lion Crystals, Wiltshire rink to- “iiht l-"nouc Game. L-azwz

"Cflkr- sole Trin‘tv Young Pea- illrs Uninn, Moorc uvd MucL-eocfs Boturrltiy nftrrnoon, February 5th.

L-ZZBZ-l-Bl-Si.

“Fflflcy dross carnival and Val- ailiinc skate at Montague Tires- “Y. February 15th. Prizes award- ‘d- ' Ir-22i5-l-29-3i.

"R- C. N V R v= Murray llorbc v11 '_ ' =' " ' _ ma“); 15 bigotry night Ad

L-2279-1-3l-3l.

"fire r. u. r. Hospital c" ke Balsa ‘m begin February 12th ngt Flebru- ll‘! 5th as originally planned.

L-3315-2-2-11.

"Hockey at Btilfllti writ no Sea “"1 Vs. Dairy Kiiwgs; g Friday

flight Fr ch Km“ B" River Vs. LDgaiiy

" Hocke at New Glasgow to- night Rust co Rangers Vs. Wheat- y River stars, game start; 3.15.

14-3388

"Elvin-v at French River Rink iétsfliiilzht Graham's Road Monarchs

- Mich River Nationals. 15-3339

"Haven Mile Bay C nl Parties mlgiitmartsdlzfrsmoitc/l‘ fir’? my- ' . l ‘l 00!] B.

"my. Friday It Seven Mile my. h-liflli-i-fl-Ii.

"FWM races on New Gl sgow “if; Baytlainyfhrrebnarv of» 2 {My welcome. ee clauses. Every-

" L-sair-n-a-zi

mxficecin aeneral meeting of the tends? ctcwn Mitt: re ducerl and r.r"v=.vr;.i2;'*.. or"

-. - cry faggot fioclock. 1m mint busi-

flfl-l-i-t-Il. "coder. Cora ii run: Mvnlty Bear ‘gets vs. netting; League

d. ga vs. Skating after 11-8882-2-2-11.

o o hmablrkiible mwal

Groundhog 0n “ThcSpot” Today

GOBBLEIPS KINOB, Punxsutarvney, Pa" Feb 1 —lAPl~G_roundltag da to. morrow hrrngs the "fart fui" ‘to two self-d esignatgd

wcatlrcrworks of the Unit. ed States" to hear the wood- chuck‘s forecasts for the nut six weeks.

Tradition has it that ii‘ the seer of Gobblers Knob, or a rival progncstrcator at the slumboring groundbog lodge across the state in Quarry- vliic, soc their shadows there will be stormy weather for another six we:ks. If tlrere are no shadows. there will ho balmy weather-so thp "faithful" believe.

No one has yet figured out what the werthcr might be it’ the Gobbici-‘s Knob Krnundhcg sees his shadow and ilro Quurryvilie wood-

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Nine T 0 w n s Elect Mayors In Elections Held Yesterday.

HALIFAX, Fob. 1 —(CP)-—Feat- urcti by the victory of P. G. (Pu/d- dy) Mulsc. , Committee fcr ‘In- dutqirrl Organization Orglnzcf. in Nz-w Waterford, mayors were elected in nine Nova Scotia. towns today.

Contests were unneccsary in 3i other tovrns where the mayoraliy candidates hndbeen returned bi’ occlamntiun when no opponents were nominated. One, Glace Bay. holds its civic election later in the winter. In t-hc other two, Looke- pm-t, rind Clark's Harbor, no one offered for the chelf magistrates yoositicn illifl, so for at lca t. they ' are mrycr‘ <' ~~~~ -~ r

More du- lxi w. J. Hlnchcy. * mayor c-f the Cop: Breton minim! town of ‘icw Wntcrcml for thc last eight vcrrs, by 634 rtofcs, poli- I

in"; 1.558 to liinchcytc 1.495.

In Plctou 'I‘hcrn:rs R. Htv-ncr rlrfeutrd fcrmrr police chief David Morrison. 800-190. Mcrr son is the father-p’ Ea M"r“" '1 WhO "Tm i! name for herself in the Boston ‘ight. uvtnL

John A. MrcG-rccor d~feoted Mayor J"ni(‘s Saunders to become Wvrctvlllcs chief magistrate. The vote was 882-514.

AWthr-r forinrr mnvor. Willie!‘ Mariner, was dafroted in Dart- mouth. The Huhfax Harbor town's election went to couc-"ilhtr L. J- Isncvr bv r mn'criiy of 130.

Mrv~r M‘. J. Kaufman omen-slid victorious in Amherst. d‘*'f8i"n1§' hi, r\nv\'\ssr-<a§ y) Ryvgevfll ‘IIIAYQIITL 1qi'-.q7g_ In uphill"! Cumberland (‘~~~v1‘" tr-"rtr A. W. “ovdsrn won from Mayor A. J. Moron, by El 344 mniorltv

G. R. Benin topped 1". B. A - our by '73 votes in Middleton. Mrrvflr J, M’, Wflker lost in Yar- rnouth to Trio Folnney. pclling l.- ita votes to l'~8l r-e-t for the new | chief mcclstrate. Walker had been , mo-vor for lfl years. But at I Mahone Bay. the present chief magistrate, A. C. Zvwcker won ‘ILQITI his Oitflljgili by 104 votes.

(A. ‘l’. by Guardian's Special Wire)

BARCELONA. eb. 1—Premler Juan Ncgrin told the Spanish Cortes (Parlialuent) today i116 Government would never agree t0 any compromise with the Insur-

gents. ~

Due to danger of air raids. "l! Cortes. first session this year we! held in the amine Mm °1 l massive monasfmy. perched hi!!! in the lofty Montserrat Moun- ‘teins about 35 miles from Ber- celona. ‘

The Premier addressed 000 5°-

ti u clslist and Comrnutiiatrfikh’

izgltiwgihfcbygvedish and YHIO- slavien Parliament members es-

pecially invited here ernment. Telegrams

by the 01W- were reed from groups of Caaaggai

mentart-rm and oongrcssnrcn.

Local Business Men .Dzscuss Civic Affairs

Prominent Citi-Zehs Interviewed In Effort To Obtain Cross-section Of Public Opinion On Pressing ‘Civic Problems.

What is the opinion of our business and professional men with "Kn-d to Charlottetown’: financial situation, and the prospects for

improvement in the near future? ed to gather a 5y

The Guardian yesterday attempt-

posium of such views in a series of interviews

with leading citizens not personally concerned with civic politics, “c9111 B5 h!!! ilXPflyers. Iu over-y case, those approached were eager to discuss the situation, and the majority favored two s l" Pflfiifllllflr, namely, increased taxation and strict economy. Others,

however, discounted ‘

“on increases and stressed the need of de-

"lolllll: our harbour and transportation facilities in conjunction with canning factories for the manufacture of Island products.

In the hope that it will interest pros,.

well as ‘the public generally, the presented:

Taxes and Economy

“When the Council increased the taxes to 2 l-t per cent, why didnt they g0 farther and make it 2 1-2 per cent. and live within their income? asked one prominent merchant. The incoming Council, he believed, should make greater" efforts at tax collection. An effi- cient policy in this connection was absolutely necessary. he insisted.

Furthermore. the Council should refuse to embark on large expen- ditures. "Keep what we have in 800d r air-our streets. sidewalks and cl o property. That will give eutrpioymen-t without resorting to further borrowing. The streets last year were neglected until July or August, and in the meantime the holes were becoming larger and more expensive to repair. There is no economy in that."

As an example of “what not to do" this merchant-cited the re- cent purchase of a civic snow- plow. “Was that necessary?" he asked. “In view of the financial situation as revealed in the press, there was no excuse for such ex- penditure. What we want just now is an administration that will keep civic property in good con- dition. raise the taxes to 2 1-2 per cent and live rigidly within their income."

The Public To Blame

"I blame the public themselves." said another merchant when asked for his opinion. “Primarily the res- ponsibility is theirs for a good deal of the trouble, because of their lack of interest in civic af-

S.

“Also. of course. there is the re- ilefmproblem. We cannot blame the City Council for that. The amount of work available is not. at all in proportion to those seek- ing work. Many. of the unemploy- cd have come in from the coun- try. because of the poor prospects ior making a living on the farm under present conditions. The City has to support them and what are we going to do about it?

"It scents to me utterly inipos- sible to balance the budget with the tax rate at the present fig- ure. And there is not much usc

. raising the taxes unless the Coun- ~

oil can see where they can cut their expenses."

“What do you think the tax should be?” the reporter asked.

“I would think, if they had raised it to2 l-2 per ccnt and practiced economy, and cut out this buying of snowplcws and other extruvagances until the fin- ances were in better shape, there would be a. better story to tell." was the reply.

"What is‘ your remedy for the

on ..

"Frankly. I think there are a lot gettt relief who are not. en- titled tot ." the merchant answer- ed. "There should be a stricter system of relief administration, FULWQJQQQ_QLYI1EPI\RW1Y_W°IZ

(Continued on page ‘I, Col. d)

Spanish Premier Warns N0 Compromise With Insurgents

"Pence with com romiso will never be our peace,’ Dr. N98?!" declared. "We mid so when our victory was doubtful. We affirm the some now “when man éorelgn countries regs our v ry as

ible or probable-but we know t is certain."

"The war may rage on for a. half year, or a fir: or two years more," Negrln so , "but it will not end unless with a Republican vic-

torgdmittlng the Government faces a serious food problem, ho said it. would be "merciless with protlteers.” - The Cortes voted confidence in tho Government after Dr. Negrin rted it. had created an arm

‘cable of winnin victories such r5 Belchltc and cruel, reestab- o-ud preserved

lished euthorii»! wit.

ivc civic candidates ll opinions thus gathered are here

WAR run SING iron

Naval Base F o r c e Awaits Enemy “At- tack.”

SINGAPORE. Jidb. 1-(CP)~ Britain's grout . naval base here, constructed to watch over sm lanes to Australia and the Ear East. was wormed tonight for an “attnclfl from the China Sea by the fleet of “Bluelandfl

The “aiitack" will begin Wednes- day with vice-AdmimlSlrAlcxsnder Ramsay. commandgr-‘In-chief of the East Indies Station, in control. Col. J. J. Irlrwelltn. civil Kurd of the Atdrniéalély, came from London 1o o” n re games.

Alert gunners manned Snort-pores IB-in/‘h court dcfmre gurs and romeo nren lav in wait. at strategic points along the count, ready to repel any landing party. Mnnizorve syrmrrrs mrrvkl: natural barriers along much of the coast.

At down tomorrow squadrons of planes will take off from land bases in starch of the "enemy? fiort monocuvring from "Blue- land." decimated in bh". mimic de- ifencc prc-blcm ns the colony of a foiicim ‘pager FOUIIIH?! lifalngrtno

iverny- ve wars. rs an

‘planes will take nort in the Frames. of which the principal nrrpnse 1."- to test defentfve strength art-d the speed in w‘"fcl1 reinforcement: can be entwined. The ships are from tho East Tndics Fitwt flir Royal ‘Indian Nnvv and the China Schad- vrott. Aircrnf‘ rrrwlrr Air Vire- vmurnhal W. Ttvldrr, rain" largely rfrom udn cud Irv‘. lixrlflr-Gen: im‘ W. n. S. Dabble command- "onrl forcms.

The nmnorrrvrp. orv-"rlz- opening cf thc huqe new dryrlock Feb. l4.

Was Native Of This Province

TORONTO. Feb. 1 —-(CP) — Funeral of Fred L, Munroe, 48,

Canadian National Railways fire- man who dleri unexpectedly at his homo here Saturday. was held t0- ilay. Native of Charlottetown, Mr Mruiroc had lived in Toronto for more than 30 years. I-le was with ‘the Rafwoy Company for 2i

years.

A widow and two sons, Lawr- ence and Douglas Munroe. both of Toronto, survive. Mr William L. Munroe of Charlottetown. is a brother.

Mr. Munroe was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Munroe of this City. He entered the em- ploy of the Railways in his na- tive city when e young man and 30 years ago left for Western Can- ada where for a time he worked with the Canadian Pacific Rail- way. He resided at Brandon. Mani- toba. for a number of years. Lat- er he entered the cmplov of the Canadian National Railways and moved to Toronto.

Roweil Commission Arrives In Halifax

HALIFAX, Feb. 1- (GP) -- Members of the Roweil Commis- sion on Dominion - Interprovlncial affairs arrived hcre tonight from Ottawa for Nova Bcotia hearintu. scheduled to begin Tlrursdnv. Briefs to be presented the Com- mitsion include ones from the Nova Scotia Government. the Halifax Board o; ‘Trade. Union of Nova Boarder municipalities and the a

cityhof x.

e Oommiroionera were met by Premier A. L. Macdonald and Attorney-General J. H. - no. Nova Bowie.

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Bill Introduced I n Parliament To A m e n d Shipping Act.

OTTAWA. Feb. 1 —(0tP)-Pow- er to prohibit by ordcr-in-czuncil‘ the export of war materials from Canada in ships registered in this country would be conferred upon the Government. by a biil intro- duced in the House of . Commons today by Transport Minister Howe and given first reading,

By amendment to tnc Sh‘ Act the Government prc-p take power to control ancl 1.x p. ultras, and take confiscor - pow- ers to prevent any maickltlls cop- able of being used for wur pru- poses reaching a belligerent nation.

Mr. Howe said it. was intcndcd to obtain this authority from Pur- liament so that it might be

come effective by proclamation in zhe Canada Gazette.

Act Amendment

The amendment would provide that war materials may not be "discharged at any port or place in any territory designated by the Goverrnor-in-Council or within thc territorial waters adjacent to such territory, from a ship registered in, Canada. and no such article stroll be tronshippcd on the high seas from any such shl into any vessel bound-for tDy.&il(ig--pt>1\ir or place."

The amendment would furihrr provide that such war motcrnls may-not be taken on board any Canadian registered vessel con- si ned or destined for any pro- hi ited area.

The Governor-in-Council would be empowered to, from time to time. “designate any territory or territories in which there state of war or

which the provisions would arrly, to name the articles to be pro- hibitcd and to fix the time during which prohibition would rrmnln effective.‘

Articles Affected

Articles mentioned 1n the bill include arms, antmunition‘, imple- ments on" munitions of war, mil- itary, naval or air stores, or any articles ‘cemed capable oi being converted thereinto or made use- ful in the production thereof or provisions or any sort of vi: al which may be used as food by man 0r _ ..

Owners, chartercrs or mo. tors of vessels violating the regulation | would be considered guilty of on t indictable offence and goods con- ccrnodlnsuch contravention would be subject to seizure and snlc by the Exchequer Court. .

Failure on the port of o ship- msrster to halt and otherwise con- form with the rtrmrlaiicns would render him liable to a tine not ex- ceeding 500.

January Was Sunshine Month Records Show

rum sunshine for January II 113 hours,,21 hours more than the 28 year average, Dr. J. A. Clark oi the Charlottetown Expe-nnictrtnl Station announcsd yesterday. Menu temperature for the mcnth was 18.2 degrees, slightly above the 30 year average. Total precipitation zfor the month was 2.45 trrhe; lowwt since 1920, and one and one half inoheiksstha-ns thirty eight your a . Two fifths of the total precip tation fell in rain and grlrotw on Monday evening. January

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Very fewatormsocourredthe total wind mileage being 8762 miles, or an average of 11.7 mile". ss than average. The two weeks from tlw lecrrth to the ‘twenty-fourth were vary fine and frosty. with no rain and only one and one half inches of snow. The tomperatue, dropped below per-o six Vmcs during the mouth. tire coldest being four bzzl-ww on the 23rd. Highest temperature for fore month was 4B on the 31s’.-

wow is Oamllemas Day whrn. accruing to folk lorc. the gr. rind hog comes cautiourvy frrm its ram winter quarters for r. ptrp n: thc weather. If he sees his rlijdow at noon he gallops back into "- c'r's'nn. lndltfltiitg that. six more wr-ks ri winte remain.

Ear today amnicur urzilliPi‘ forecasters studying thc clear stur- lit sky shook their heads rnorniuliy‘. There was every Nusrcct that. thc little "Bfllhfillfiblltfl: t.- lrctrlonutr " would have g Rlimps“ or the .= ~: at high noon today. Ofik-Jni. weal‘:- er forccast said "Modira-te winch

air and cold". euportirag the worst. icon of the Gmnrlbiog fem.

T‘ flm'r"r'"fir'~nwwrwt~ver ~...

is a , nrmcd conflict: civil or otherwise" in reoiwct of.

used i when and if considered advisable i by the Government. It would bc- r

, 0 ases Flown llere Yesterday

Sh; passengers. two of them hospital cases, were carried on a round flight to the Magdalen Islands by a Canadian Airways

, plane yesterda/y. Mr. C. L. Per-

kins of Woodstock, N. 13., was the ony passenger on the outward ihglat on which 600 pounds of mall were carried. On the return flight passengers included Mrs. A.

Boudreau, patient for hospital treatment here, 1Vl’.r. J. J. Le- Bounlols, Mrs. Peter Arsenuult, stretcher case en route to the Charlottetown Hospital. accom-

pillllCti by Miss Arsciiault, "R. N., a Mr. Arseuzrult was the fifth pas- mngrr, all of whom were from the Magdalcncs.

Vlcnthcr was "pretty wild" at the Gulf Islnntls yesterday Pilot ii. S. Jones snirl. Heavy tmrth

i xiith snow iiilldi‘ v sibli- nilil thc flight \\‘.'t.\ rnutie of rho hormitul cases A rarlzcrlulcd flight was cau-

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concur! culled. Two round trips will bc made today it‘ wwatirr-r" tOlldliiQnS

J s raid. Flying

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SHANHWAIfFrh. LL-(Wccines- dwyi~dnj. we fm-ocs northwest. of Nnirkinrz ii‘i0lt'(.l forward today toward Srrchorv, strategic rail junction. oflcr being held at a

satzrndstill for nearly a month by stubborn Chinese resistance.

A Jomirczc army sixrkcsman said thc Jntitmcsc occupied lrinh- Wuikivan on the Ticntsiir-Prtkow railway uud were about 101i miles- frcm Suohow an". within striking distance of Pcnrprr, next major objective in their northward drive.

“Strategic Withdrawal"

This report was borne out por- tinliy by a. Chinese announcement that. they gave ground on this front after several days of close combat. 'l‘hc Chinese reported "a --strut-e'ric withdrawal" to the west lxrnk of n river at Mingkwong. 25 titties southcnst of Liinhwoikwan.

The Japanese army attempting to (lose in on Suchow from the north nptoarrnily was being held back. Chinese advices said the Jnpanrsc nmde on air raid on Suchow, but caused little damage. Fighting continued along the Yangtr-t: River above Nanking. Ciiinrsc reported Jrtpanesc, -for the first time since the war began, aticnrntcd to land forces rvcst Wulru.

Landing Frustrated

The landing party was "forced to return to the ships," however. by heavy Chinese counter-fire. these reports stated.

Chinese reported guerllla war- fare continued to harass Japanese

in thc conquered areas of North Chino.

Jnponcsc announced they made an rrir raid on Ningpo, 100 miles south of Shanghai. but; there was no report on damage.

A missionary, arriving in Shanghai from liangchow, 75 miles west of Ningpo. sold condi- tions thrrc were "improving." He said Hnngchoo: was quiet f-‘XCEDK for occasional Chinese air raids. but that when new Japanese troops arrived officers had diffi-