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KEEP P E A B E FUR ilNE YEAR

German Dictator In- tervenes‘ In Ap- peasement Talks - Chamberlain Visits Pope Pius.

BY RICHARD G. MASSOOK Associated Press Foreign Staff

ROME, Jan. 18 -—-(AP)—Prime Minister Chamberlain’: diplomatic "draw" with "Premier Mussolini‘ overshadowed momentarily rewrts Chan- cellor llitier advised ll Duos to a- void war during 1939 in seeking to achieve Italy's "natural aspir- ations" for colonies.

The vlsitin Prime Minister meanwhile pad a cordial visit to l the Vatican, canvassing hopes for peace and the thorny refugee problem with Pope Pius XI.

Hitler's views were said by per- sons close Germans to have been conveyed to his axis partner, Mussolini. through the German , Ambassador in Rome, llans- ' George Von Mackensen. -‘

Von MacKensen conferred wlthl Foreign Minister Count Ciano for i the second time since Mr. Cham- beriain arrived Wednesday. it was Clano who used the phrase “nat- ural aspirations" in a Chamber oi Deputies address Nov. 30, touch- ing off Fascist clamor against France for colonial concessions.

WANTS NO WAR.

Many who have watchewdevelop- ctst claims on France expressed belief Mussolini wanted to keen out oi war. some Italians have said their differences with

France could be settled amicably.

An Italian communique said the the conversations between Mr. Chamberlain and Ii Ducc reaf- firmed their intention "to develop relations existing between thetwo countries in the spirit of friend- ship" oi the Anglo-Italian accord signed last Easter

tend to pursue a policy directed "toward the effective mainten- ance of peace."

‘rhe British delegation was un-

gerstood to havg_‘aryglo_ved___tlie

COMING {visit

“Carnival at Maisllileld Rink ic- nlclit. , b-BG-l-lii-li. "Mada Do 1 Readin . Puk- er I-lousaulyieen/t B-Ireet. Iriﬁl-lii-Iil.

"Bkat at vlclcrlo. Rink Sat- urday men . L-5l4-l-l3-2l.-

"Hockey Graham's Road Tin! tonight Nationals vs. Monarchs. First game. 1:99

"Buying dress poultry daiiaoiantll uleritisor grmlix-‘gé-ﬂ-ﬂ-EZ

"Maple leafs vs. Hornets, Milton Rink tonigh

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"mi"... Judged "Best In Drama Festival

Splendid PerfoIrm-ances Given By Four Competing Troups In Subregional Contest At Prince Edward Theatre. l

The Charlottetown Little‘ ‘Ilhoatre Guild, winners last ear the Prince Edward Isand Drama festival, again canted e11 the honour at last night's festival, the adjudication being made by Mr. George Skillaii, distinguished lBngllxh actor.

Best periformsncesioi male and female chars ers also were a- ward to Charlottetown players- Mrs. uncles Hltltisl gratin.» 1n the winning y “ u umn Now.’ 011d m. Flank O'Neil as “Benson" in “Season oi Celebration" by the Brl hton Players, which the ad- Ju cater rated as the next best

uction.

‘Iihero was a very large attend- ance at the festival, which was held in the Prince Edward Theatre under the auspices of His Honour Lieutenant Governor Deﬂlois arid Mrs. Premier Campbell and Mrs. Campbell. and Foster and Mrs. Foster.

Ibllowitpg the performances and adjudics , Mr. Skillan was guest of honour at a reception tendered by His Honour and Mrs. DeBiois at Government House.

Four Plays in. all were entered

estival. three from

Adiudioator

Mayor

sincerity, pointing out chief difference in respec“ to mer- it was due to some having more experience than others in bring- ing out the dramatic value of their material.

Introducing the adjudicator, Judge H. L. Palmer. chairman oi the Festival committee, exPlained that again this year the Island groups were.i competition with New Brunswic for the regional award which will entitle ifhe winning players to compete in the Dominion Festival at Ottawa. Mr. Bkillan leaves on Monday ior Saint John. where the New Brunswick festival will be held.

Excellent music was furnished at last evening's entertainment

by the string orchestra oi the Charlottetown Little Theatre, directed by Miss Vera Malcolm Campbell.

The Winning Play

In giving first choice to “its Autumn Now," oduced by the Charlottetown Little Theatre Guild, Mr. Sicilian said the play was acted "practically 100 r cent as it should have been a ed.” .

"My difficulty," he continued, "was that I had to balance dif- ferences in the value between _ this one and the first"

Bren Gun Report Tabled In Commons Recommends Defence Purchasing Board

i Urges Future Contracts For War Supplies Be Con- trolled By A Competent Board Of Business Men-No Blame Attached Officials. i - ‘%ﬁl’tl'.“3‘.‘l.‘.‘“{‘£t°.‘3;?.‘L‘".°1 hilt". 3i 5.2%“... m°°‘°.....“°°..."$ tracts ior war subvlies should be anything in the nature of cor- giwrirtzmlled by a bcarghoi OH." we n business men ra er an e ma“ the of National De- substantial almond could T; . Mr. Jus H. H. Davis re- taken to the contract under which commended in his report on the John Inglis Co. Limi qm-onw lirsngunconltrsct tabled in the istoswoclvth House of Commons today. Bren light Concerning officials oi the Na- tional Defence Department. Mr. ohlltioe Davis wrote: "I think it b" risiittosavthortuiereisnoevl- con ure.

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E_Leaders Pay Tribute- ".To Deceased Members

l. Jan. i8 --'(OP)--

reports f their rsri ‘ manual m‘ M mgwlalong wimmdlalaemaa . I ~ of retro-occlusion on.

. ‘Hie Bren was among ‘the Prime" mnister. a question from Oonservstiv r header Mslilon told tbe House it the‘ Goveranuntb inteu

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HUNGARY Til t: PARTNER m ANTHlll PACT

Move Lends French Impetus To Ger- many’s March To The East.

(By Innis P. hlohntl‘.

Press Foreign- Staff) EERIJN, Jim. l ’e

Pact, in which Germany. Italy and

Japan are linined.

Au official announcemen said Csakv Hun-

The Rome-Berlin odds. the It- aiian-German working bilreement. has gained suuwrt Hungary following the extension of Ger- many's influence in Czecho-S-lov- akia aftber the letters dismember- merit. In other wor . inﬂuence

central Eli-cutie to llllcmlnian wheat and o .

_ to Romanian

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Emphasis was ' laid in official German circles on the

niiitlcance. rtlscmatteroigesteralknow- ledge in informed circles here that Germany ls anxious to help avert a Medltannneoin conflict. at least at this time. Hitler was represented who may be considered

his feelings as convinced concerted airlock

assurances of swprpo fact that Hungary. Poland's special Timid. 15 Jtlllllrlﬂ the anti-Comin- tern Pact may make Beck more willing to Join Germany.

Arab Rebel Chiefs Flee " T o 8 y r i a

1B —-(AP) — Two Ara/b Rebel chieitains to Syria today as Great Britain's

military forces apparently broke the back oi the Arab revolt after 31 months of almost continuous

Abd j Moharamod. “commander oi Arab forces in the Jenln die- en t0 Damascus and Ale! Razzak. leader oi the Jerusalem. Ramallah and dulkarln areas, took refuge in Beirut, where the exiled Grand Mufti of Jerusalem fled

months ago. The two leaders. both of claimed suprenée ‘n

Arab r oe Jewish settlement, loft the

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HASINARRU ESCAPE mm I1EATH__A_T SEA

Yarmouth S e am a n Swept Overboard In Fundy Storm — Second Ship Blown Off Course.

B%'ION. Jan. l3 —(OP)—-A narrow escape from death at sea during a howling gale ivas experi- enced by Clarence Lct-teney. 63. of Ynrmoulh. N. S.. one oi a crew of seven on the Canadian motor boat Accuracy which arrived here today with part oi her lumber cargo.

The Accuracy had loft Apple River. N. S.. for Boston when she struck a storm in the Bay oi Fundy Tuesday. Her piled high with lumber. mostly 6x8 timbers, held on deck with heavy chains.

After dark Tuesday night. as the vessel W215 being tossed about in the, storm that linri reached mile force. Lcttvney went on deck

The man who put (hponc in loll

and lwho set the tra for Bruno ‘

llauptmann now i s 80.990 U- S. Treasury employee in a spy hunt. He's Elmer Lincoln Irey. above, enforcement agencies.

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WINS PRAISE

Britons Applaud Chamberlain's Visit To Rome.

LONDON. Jon. 18 —(.AP) -- Britons of all ies applauded to: day Prime ter Chamberlains apparent finnness in bcckin! Ilkanoe t Italy in Rome and vie-wed tn suapiclo Chancellor Hitler's reported counsel of a

a peace in the Mediterranean-

The general feeling here as the visit healed the end w” $11M M1‘- oh lain had streosthened his position at home by tumlns c doc! ear to Italian claims for French

territory. Hitler's rted advice '00 P"- ' to keep force in the background for a year was looked upon in diplomatic and tical quarters as a further at-

m lull the democracies into_ utures. mm“, M

slscttening their rear-moment pace.

Mr. Chamberlain has called the first cabinet meeting since the

liamen Christmas recess for

edmesday hear his RPQPl 0" the Home conversations .

Official British quarters said the greatest, value of the Rome meet- ings lay in the fact they gave Mr. Chamberlain an vPllomlﬂli-Y w know Ii Duoe better. dicated that henceforth

t coonmunicaficns from Britain to Italy will 8° from the Prime Minister to Mus- sollni.

76 Per Gent 0f Offerings Sold

LONDON. Jan. 13—(CP Cable)- mo Hudson's Boy company's live- day gale o1 fox skins ended today wm. 7s per cent of 56.594 pelts dis- mi oi_ Prices were slightly 88-919’! lest year.

clear colors W101; lvllzwhlnlc-lfaxlligi cam, ver e cc o - ed, wlIilegorcoloi-s weredown five

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to tighten the chains when one of them gave way. K Swept Overboard

Lctteney was swept". overboard with about 67.000 feet of heavy timber, helpless under the force of the terrific load.

The men in the crew hurried on deck when they heard the crash, and one man with a flash light found Lettenyo floundering in the water among the mass of lumber.

Ictbeiiey managed‘ to grasp it. l-le was hauled back on board. after

ever spent.

His legs and body were bruised and cut. He sold today it was the closest escape he had experienced in his 45 years at sen.

at the dock and two dory DIM;-

llam Grouse lnicr managed pick up tho two riories.

The vcssol had shipped with 137. 000 foot of lumber.

Another Canclaian motor boat, which arrived licre today. the O. K. Service II. also raii into the same storm and was blown '75 miles off her course.

She had sailed from La- have. N. S.. with 270 crates oi lobsters. baneled herring, snelts and eels and had changed her booking iromjoston because of the truck strike here.

Ca/ptain Norman H. Pentz said the weather was so severe he could not head into Gloucester and was off Highland Light, Cape Cod. be- fore he could bring the vessel a- bout. He said the gale was ac- companied by bitter cold temper- oontinuing on to Gloucester on the way up from the Cape, he headed into Boston and discharged his cargo here.

Gang Leader Slain In Attempted Break At Alcatraz Prison

The Jllstlro Department announced tonight ilim [gang lBi1(l0l'_ who

Alcatraz prison. died

ignored (ff-lflmlillilS

halt. . Wurdcii James M.

Barker's death.

and sought w escape into

hill, Oklahoma wounded. Barker was shot through the llsad..c.tl<i,_lesu

deck was j

A line was iihrown to him and

iﬂie "longest l0 minutes" he had

The mainmast was snapped off

forms were swept overboard by ed 1 t ﬂ n . ghters. the falling timber. Captain Witt; Mgggheﬁg “tench was made

to Gloucester l musbt by the ﬂemeﬁ

WASHINGTON, Jan. l3——(AP)—

Arlhui‘ (Doc) Banker, sought to esmpe tonight of gunshot wounds inflicted when he of guards to

Johnston oi Alcatraz notified the Department of

Barker was one oi five convicts who sawed their way out oi air-ell A total of 27,455 new Canadians pg- botmd Son Francisco Bay early to- day. A second convict. Dale Stamp- kidnapper, was

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W0 O5 ISLABNDS FARMERI PERMISIEJMES IN FIRE

WARlBlaze iestroys

tFour Barns And

, Mr. I

farmer, was burned to death

head of cattle, two horses and

unknown.

River decided an inquest was

Mrs. Martin told Mounted PO-l -lice from the Montague Detach- l merit, who investigated the trag- lying on a l 2.30 in noticed; 1 window

edy, that she was couch in the house about the afternoon when she

through a frost covered an unusual appearance of the out

of doors. Believing at first it was

s. squall coming up she went w the

door where rolling clouds of smoke

and flames shooting from one oi

four barns grouped close together

met her horrified craze. Running

over to the flaming structure she

called repeatedly to her husband

but received no answer.

Turning away she rushed to the country school house nearby and children hurried to notify neigh- bors. When help arrived. however. it was impossible to get hear ‘the buildings as flames spread with great rapidity fanned by Northwest wind.

Bucket Brig-axle Formed

A bucket brigade was formed and after a fight the house, directly east oi the barns was saved. A shift in the wind around to the north during the height 0i the fire aid-

for Mr. Martin, for whose safety fears grew momentarily as he con- tinued missing in the excitement which swept through the neighbor- hood. Finally anxious neighbors saw in the ruins what they believ- ed was a body, Two hours later what remained of Mr. Martin. burned beyond recognition. was re- covered. From the position in the ruins it was believed he might have been in the hay 111W W119"-

Origin of Fire a Mystery

Origin of the fire was a baffling mystery, Police said. They were informed that Martin did not smoke. Neither did o son. Lloyd Martin, Z1, who resides at home but was at Belle River some miles away when the fire occurred.

Her husband was iii the habit of going to the hay mow to throw out, hay for the cattle each after- noon, Mfrs. Martin told police.

Besides his wife before her mar- riage Annie McKenzie of Wood Islands North. Mr Martin is sur- vived by a son. Lloyd at homo, an- other son. Norman in Masse- chusetts. and a. daughter. Mrs. Lloyd MaoMlllan of Homflcld.

The sympathy of the whole Province will go out to the lwreav- ed family in their tragic loss.

Naturalization

Mr. John J. Martin, 67-year-old Wood Islands

Numerous Stock

John J. M575... Was Victim Tragedy Yesterday After- noon. Origin g Fire Unknown.

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yesterday afternoon in a

fire which destroyed four liarns on his farm. Fourteen

forty hens also perished in

the conflagration. Origin of the blaze, discovered by his wife who was alone in the house nearby at the time was

After viewing the body, recovered from the ruins two hours after the outbreak of the flames, and burned be- yond recognition, Coroner Dr.

Lester Brehaut of Murray unnecessary.

Amount of the loss was unknown last night but was believed to be probably in excess of $2,000. It included he- sides cattle and horses, crop and Vffarmﬁrnachin/ery:

Mrs. J.J. Enman Dies Suddenly At Summersido

Mrs. J, J liinman, wife of Nix. Enman, editor of the Summerside

Journal died suddenly last ni t

after a fall on the sidewalk in western capital. .

With her husband she new to s. picture show and we on home alone a. portion of the disb- ance while Mr. Enman went to his ‘office in the newspaper building ior a short time. A few minutes later Mr. C. B. Jelley and Rev. William Vex-Wolfe found Mrs, En.- man‘ lying unconscious face down on the sidewalk. She was rushed to the Prince County Hospital by Dr. J. C. Simpson but died a short time later without reg-alnirg consciousness.

The unfortunate lady had a c-Q on her llOse and forehead. she had fallen on an ice coveted sidu walk on Summer Street at the c0!‘- ncr of Church Street

Besides her husband Mrs. En- man is survived by one daughter, Nora Enman at home. and the fol.- lowlng brothers and sisters: Dr. 1'. J. Yeo, and H _ Yeo, prin- cipal 0i West Kent School Chor- lottetown. Dr. H. E. Yeo, St. Ewen Martin. Tea l-lill. Mrs. Mabel Jones. Halifax; Mrs. W T. McVie. Mont-real. Mixes. Alma and Helen Yec o! Charlottetown.

Funeral arrangements were not announced last night.

P0ter'$. lyﬂs

SUCCUMBS T0 INJURIES

(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire!‘ TH, N. B.. Jan. 13-41mm Stevenson. 6. died in hospital hers as a malt oi on accident yester- day near his home at urctre when a sled coasted into the nth of an ailwmobilo. His brohci", Bennett. 8, who also was riding on lhenlesi._wsa..bndlit_hurt- _.__.

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Figures Down =

OTTAWA. Jan l3-——(C‘P!—N8illl‘— allmtioii figures in Canada ior the fiscal “year ended March 3i. i938. show a. slight declini- from the previous year. ilﬂﬂlfliilit: to the on- nual report of the secretary oi in Parllnmont todoy

obtained naturalization righ-iis in the year under review compared with 31,744 in the preceding your.

Greatest number of the newly- naturalized citizens gave Poland as Lhaerif country oi origin. totalling

SPANISH CIVIL WA R:-

YE, France, Jan. lit-MP)

l) tral Army . aja unleashed s. the long-dormant area the swiftly-moving Insurgent drive on Barcelona.

The action was in south oi Excorlal in the Brunoic

Government Madrid Front Opened

Cen- under General Jose Mi- furious attack in

wes oi Madrid today in an effort to halt

the plains

Drive On

_er delta town oi Tortosa and launched a march northeastward up the icrrancan coast toward Tnrrogona and Barcelona.

sid the Moroccaris. wli , had swep

‘rortosa and closed in on the moun-

taln hamlet of Mas de Oamagrosa. Meanwhile General moncos mot-

ieglon. 15 miles west f Madrid. ap- oiined infant en bowled up the Kerc-niily directed word inward coast mod an laid siege to Perello, 1 oyalcarﬁcro. The fighting started alwtoﬁn oi Sﬁslloowiilchadvices said, n c co ed g

ma] otlaclfmwﬁmdoslniodm ma» m; g5». 5% m. 31:113..“ trio gixhil vcr . e a n u n i m been _ (loner-oi Franco from his ldaieive CeovLei-nmentb deungrnai front ltgrtggclgvcotlnmliaidﬁe lnsgiigcnis ofifexiveaw: cgecl: this sweepclrég oavalrymcn captured the giroR-iv- ‘it’; thin liliﬁoeliﬂl, 1N7, .

o Ibrtosa t beyond Perello to a point 1'1 miles oi oh

Maritime Inst: Strong shifting to north and

MEPEO SEIRVICE. TOR/ONTO, Jan ll -t'(7P) Mini- snrl maldlman tempera

mum - tures: Dawson e i0 VictOris. U 4d Edmonton 10 40 w. l“ ‘i’ i‘; l!!! Del Toronto I) 25 Ottawa 2 16 Montreal 6 l9 uc I i6 Saint John B 20 ‘aliiax 12 32 or‘ the l6

morning at 5.40 and this afternoon at 5.35. Bun sets this afternoon at 4.42 ‘tarsus rises morning at New moon .7 30. 8.11 A. M. Bumrneeside e ekirtaan min- utcs later than Charlottetown.

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