MARCH 19. 19.31 j THF. CH A R LOTTETOWN GU ARDIAN PAGF THREE Next For Public goiiowing is reproduced frozrfunother suit on Sunday. dropped y's iOnt.) Journal-Argus. test during which will reveal whether or not, Can- in this n top of the response v appeal for regular Th: u, st. Mar will be mot-her milnwoni-h of Mdrfih 0h?’ w, Right 0 q, me Februar q-sr saviniis. supply daily aim gwgy from More than five tilted bill bl cinad salvation Army. e Y to the __4__.*--- (I A t.» iiaieleinetatioil- Fred Maciiurray milk“ IIIKJfiIIHH-IIIOIIM4IMIII PRHIBE EQWARD: Tlilllh-Fhlr-SAT. ‘Tiuuii BET Fora FINE ENTERTAINMTfiT s-~—-“"'* 81G AS THE HEART OF DIXIE *2 SHOWS DAILY — hav l tions to carry ifiihiciitsirtiiiih? The money wlll he went directly ‘on 019g Silyldhlzlg gy {fie ' L o e . . . .. e m“ e“ “the Knights drool- CJL. and the 1.0. mnblll. th 1., ac D h fish tin iii.‘ saorif kills individual. filled tdl wureliens man bombers grows u overhead. over-inoreaslnfl pocketbooks. to pay for the equin- nent. and upkeep of our who have volunteered to our lights zolng and our land free t0 BGIN PRINCE EDWARD-Last Showing Today SHOWS —- 3.15 —- 7.00 — 9.00 BETTE DAVIS -— HERBERT MARSHALL “THE m LETTER ” AND JUST AS EXCITING! ll Technicolor Can To i e their hearts ting as agents for the folks onu. “gnu Canada has elected to take hgf place beside Great Britain I g "all out" against the would- 1d conquerors. very few people country will escape the inevi- demandod from the a may not be com- srope around at night in n1 darkness. We may not have to dish for bomb shelters and shiver lvely as the drone of Ger- louder and loud- we shall have 0111' But. demands on from the invader. Canada cannot carry out her war uilori on the I adopted. without the ev ‘Ml’! g tho soldier at whcss task it will be direct requests for this five million dollars should get s good. reception one insnclallv to s. point where the con riimtlon really hurls. But. whatever commitments most, mole will have on the home @00- nomis front, no one is thefits tcmak from the public. Our young soldier deliberately cut himself off from the life in which l» took his girl to s. movie. put hi! foot under his motheri table miwed home oooklnir. charmed hi5 to when he wanted to. stepped int» tonal-ls and u.s.a.~ai.sz m. 2553 n ito 10.00 pm.) 49.10 m i030 phi.) Western Canaoiu-fllibil (from 10.45 pm.) 31.32 (from 11.00 RADIO NORTH-AMERICAN TRANSMISSION Intern Daylight Saving Tins Throughout WAVELENGTH WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 b12450. ST. i120 pm-‘London Calling’. 8.25 llllir-PROGRAWME FOR XggFOUNDLAND AND LAB~ R H5 pm .—'1‘HE NEWS. 1.00 pm-‘Questlcns of the Hour‘. Talk by Captain CYRIL FALLS 7.15 pmftftidguvays Late Joyst- 4. Midnight Matinee from thc Basement. Shelter of the Play- ers‘ Theatre, London (under the dinctlon c4 Leonard Sachs). pm-THE NEWS IN FRENCH M pair-THE NEW l-li ll-llL-‘CANADA c LONDON‘ with 0pc). iii: Jean Baptiste -—- am ya lien UQTTE. ill: ‘British Sketchbook.‘ Bound- pictures of veryday Great Brltaien. Pnsented by 50 .Im B (in Rooney Peiletier. Talk M e “l P-lll-—"I‘he Last Coach’ Play R- Rail-idler. Produced ance Slcveking. - flm-Jlfinight We Present... "maul and his Orchestra. fn-wfiEMOCkACY MARCH liis ' . "n gm. ,7 M Ms lit) a‘? ll» .uQ|_m_ ldoG ‘A W Isl Johnsfomxt) l’. o. by 1. Talk I Ill :5 pnh-insrrinruo POST‘. r.m.~'1.ond:n Calling‘. pfnr-Talk: ‘The People of rltnln‘ '15 timf- ‘Starllghtz’ gfltonzior. Oompere, clerry Wil- "l iim-‘sniratw srnaxsa morass nrzws AND JI\B~ "l" o.m.--'ihe'uusic of Britain‘: (Maurice Cava by Lt. Corn. WOODHOOFFE, rm. pm .-HEADLINE S Commentator: (m? Rhapsody’ —‘At Your Bequest‘. -m-~RA'DYO NEWS-REEL. The Daily Service, n" am.- iuierirde. a.m.»'BRlTAIN swans‘. MAS hy Lt. Ccm. Ooprmorr-v R N, l-“PHE NEWS ~Clcsc down. Opportunity citizens are being ln- the funds neededlb life of Canadian sol- home. million dollars will required to enable Canada's War on in on: men elp keep unis she has substantial help cry individual in the country. be soon contributing t0 for- and (fnm Aims FROM c . llabora tlm life in . BBC Northern Or- Qlira. Ooriducted by the Ccm~ adian Help into a comfortable chair to hear h.s favorite radio program, went "where he liked when he liked. Now he does what he ls told, when KENNY FRANCIS BAKEE "i “BHCOS ROY ROGERS GFYDRCiE HAY’! Plus_- Junior G Men l! Comedy — Sport. And Cartoon HUGH - LANGIOBD — HERBERT -- PLU! lllifilll) SHORTS _ FINAL SHOWING TODAY - “HIT PARADE OF 1941 MARY ANN ROLAND — MILLER- The Eastern Guardian .,*'1‘bis column is reserved for news of local interest, but adver- iisin 0| g uewsy nature may be iliiitlfifid at Z cents a word. strictly payable in advance. , . ‘INJURED coasrnvct- Little Miss Christina MacPhee. Yilllnll daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald iviserhoe. Heatherda-le. is in howl- tal at Montague with a fractured leg. She was injured in a coastifll accident near her home. five miles from here. It i; expected she W111 return to her home shortly. Personals ..'Miss Irma Gaudet. RI» 011m- iague, was u visitor to the City on Saturday. -I... ..'Mi.ss Ruby Bears, Montague. was a visitor m the City over the he is told. His hours of leisure. his “free" hours are few. They rnust, be spent for the most part within military boundaries. And it ls in this situation that the- War service organizations su vital need. placed strategically in Canadian military comps throughout theflDo- mlnion. in Iceland and in Great Britain. an important lob is bolus clone in providing these young sol- diers with a few of the civilian com- forts and entertainment they gave up for military routine. Repair Work (Continued from page i) Mr. Howe said his department was studying the situation at Syd- ney, NB, and believed lomething should be done there in the way of repair work. At Saint John. lt WM not a Question of expanding facili- ties, but of getting enough men to operate present faculties. At Hall- fax a. new floatimt dry dock was under construction and machine shops had been enlarged. The department had finished blacq would not be delivered until the end of the year. The mlnesweeper pro- gram was still under way and addi- tional orders would be placed. Con- struction of both these types - ships would be concentrated on the iGreat Lakes while larger vessels, were built on the sea. coasts. He said orders had been plllced for so cargo ships of 10.000 tons ul coast and St. Lawrence yards. all forwhich berths were readily avail- able. Steel was beinz asembled and work proceeding. In connection with steel plflte manufacture fur ship construction. Opposition Leader Hanson asked if a plant was not. available at New Glasgow. N.S. Mr. Howe said if there was he was surmised someone was not operat- ing it. He added that a steel plate plant was installed at Sydney dur- ing the first Great War. blll? r11"!!! then. some of the equipment had been used for other purpoes. and 1t $8,000,000 to put the glgnt in operation. "The difficulty there was the shortage of primary steel." he said. “Contracts had been made for the export to England cf all surplus ingot capacity of that rnlll- "We opened up the question with Great. Britain to see Whether‘ they would take steel plates produced by the mill, but they said it would be mom useful for their purpose toob- tsin ingots than ingots converted into plate and as they had wrltlwt- ed for the output before the war we did not feel that we should inter- fere with that. contract again ttheir wishes." Will request Alberta give Balance sheet OTTAWA. March iih-(dru-rn x seeking renown] of treasury bill gm- $1,946,000 due on April l5. 1941. Albcrta will be roqulrrd i» Kl" it‘ close an estimate as PQ-‘Slhle 07mg financial position at the end If 8 {ma} qgflr, corrcsnflnddnm tabled in the Commons today showed- In writing to Hun. S. ‘ill. Low. Provincial Treasurer, on March 15. Finnricn ‘Minister Ilsley stated that the diniysition of any surplus sllvuld stated. bcwhen the Alberta maturity of $2.448.000 canes dur- on June 1. the Dmvince wm b; required, unless a substantial retiaymsnt tliltrsvf hi" been made. to DTCVidp other state- ments dealing with final figures for the fiscal yellli The Minister said that with this information he vrouki be able to give his cllcaquos in council all the facts in support of application for these renewals. __________.___.. GER-HANS CLAIM 3 1'0 ONE ' BERLIN. March le--fAP)-'I‘he German commentary Dienat Ans Deutsclfand claimed Nazi nir stronvih today at three times that or-Brltsin. Dlenst also contended that. an American production of 15,000 planes riurinv ">41 “would be n re- cord" and estimated that of this number only 7.500 would be avail- able for e800"- Tl I pply a; 1n scores of buildimzs L 111g orders for corvettcs, but the last‘!- Olson of Mrs. Mabel Fraser. -L. weekenci-L. .,'Mrs, James Collins and Mrs. Joseph Lanigan. Montague, were visitors to the City on Saturday.» .,'Billie Nicholson, Petawanra, is 0n furlough and visiting his home in Milltown. ~—L. ..'Miss Alva Brehaut, Montague is making an extended visit in Silmmerside. -L. ..'Pte. Alfred Stewart. is homel on leave and visiting his parents, ‘ One Dead, 62 (Continued from page l) by search-light, were loom b?- neath piles of rubble in the s rcets around the plant on the chance that someone might have been pinned beneath. flhroughout the afternoon as they fought a fierce blaze that came right after the blast. the fire-fighters had been unable to search the wreckage for any who might have been tra/pped. Iour Oritiesl Four of the injured were in critical condition in hospital while the condition of 20 others was said to be serious. Most severely injured were John Moza, 46. Romeo Poisson, 37, Louis Dunn, and seraphim Bergeron. All suffcred- extensive burns of the head and. body. An unofficial estimate placed damage to the plant at $200,000. Officials of the company—A. Hollander and Sons. Limited-and police conducted a painstaking check five hospitals where the injured were taken and of employees homes in an effort to account for all the workers. Their check revealed that Paul Bergeron, cleaning department employee earlier unaccounted for. had been located in hospital. And they also sought to locate J. L. Lavigne, appraiser for the depart- Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Stewart, Com- mercial Cross. . ."I‘he many friends of Mr. Mont. Wright, Montague. are pleased t0 sea him around again and looking so well after an operation in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreab- L. ..'Ml5s Helen Gordon of Regina. Sasls, has been spending a few weeks in Roseneath at the old homestead. She is a daughter of the late Mrs. Fade Gordon who nursed rnvay a. short time ago. —~ ..'Arthur i-"mser of the Nova Scotlo, Highlanders is on furlough at his home in Montague. He is a ..'Miss Edith Macheod, Bridge- town. is enjoying a pleasant wgek in Montague. the guest of Mrs. Cal- um Bruce and her sister Mrs. N. Gay. —L. .,'Miss Edna Daley, R.N., Mon- tague, was a visitor to the City on Saturday, -L. interpreting The War - By KIRKE L. SIMISON Associated Press Stuff Writer Sporadic U-bqat. raiding in the Weswrn Atlantic is not only pos- sible but, probable", yet it is on Brit.- ain’s vulnerable sea bottlenecks at home that Germany must concen- trate if she has any hope of achiev- ling the 194i vlciorv Hitler has re- peatedly promised his people. Whatever the source of accurary of reported orders to lOTlE-rllllile ‘Nazi bbmarlnes to prowl off Amer- luau coasts and ports in search of victims, the obvious fact is that Ber- lin cannot well spare impi-lllllllt units oi the under-sea fleet f0!‘ that purpose, Tliev could probably achieve grcutoi- results D01‘ ship in writers oif the coasts of Ireland. Prime Minister Churchill's dis- clo ure that. both German submar- ines and hehvv cruisers have al- ready struck "on the American side of the Atlantic" does not change the situation. He located the western- most sea. inciticnt as on the 42nd. meridian of longitude. 'I'hat is 1.500 miles or so east of New York. It ls 1.200 miles outside the 300-mile-wide :o-ca11cd pan-American neutrality belt fringing the western hemis- phere. t German raiders penetrating that belt are subject to spotting by Am- erican air and sea patrols. Word o! [their location would be almost cer- ttin to reach Brlti h ears and. set (British sen-hunters on their trail. |Yet if they stay outside the patrol area. and far at. sea, their 0118110880! ‘intercepting more than an occasion- al cargo craft would be small. Had Berlin stratesrisis deemed it possible to sway United States ac- ftion on the nid-for-Brltain program. the time for senmuz U-bosta to llurk off New York or Otllfll‘ Ulllitd States ports would have been while ‘the Aid Bill was before Degrees. ‘not after it has been enac . 1f sea attack on British shipping does come. a; it may. ln American wat- ers. its main purpose would be for German home constimpti i. It is not impossible that the re- ported Nazi order t0 a biit U-boat to head westward for that purpose was "pianted” by Berlin. OTTAWA. March l6.-(OP)-F‘in- once Minister Ilslev will brln down the budget only‘ after the bi cov- ering the war ppropriation of ti..- for financial year be- ginning April 1, and a supplement- ary war appropriations bil eoverin expenditures in the present flsoa merit of national revenue, who was “stationed in the plant. Because of the large number of workers whose homes are all over the city and the confusion caused by the explosion, the whereabouts of all could not be established im- mediatcly. Firemen ‘who surveyed the wreckage said it would be a "mir- acle" if none had been pinned be- neath and kifled. The blast, shortly after noon. was believed to have occurred in a new, third-floor drying room. a SAYS NAZI SUBS d__i'rcm_ page, 1) __ have sunk ships as far west as the 42nd meridian of longitude (some 1,500 miles east of New York). (The 42nd meridian passes roughly 500 miles east. of st. John's. Nfld.. and some 1,000 miles east oi’ Halifax.) "it is my rule, as you know, not to conceal the gravity of our dangers from our people and therefore l have the right to be believed when X also pro- claim our confidence that we shall overcome them. "But anyone can see how bitter is the need of Hitler and his gang to cut the sea roads between Great Britain and the United states and. having divided these mighty pow- ers, to destroy them one by one. . Will Share Victory "The day will come when the British Empire and the United States will share together the sol- emn but spiemhd duties which are the crown of victory." Mr. Wlnant told the Pilgrims that. "the American people have now girded themselves" to give to Britain the greatest weapons of war “with the utmost. speed, in the reatest volume and with all ihe skill at their command"-ships. rlanes, guns. munitions and food. The promise was supported, al- most coincidentally. by W. Averill Harriman, President Roosevelt's special representative, who told re- porters he had "already given spe- for Britain since his arrival last Saturday. The newest British figures on shipping losses continued to under- line the official viewpoint that much help is needed in that direc- tion. The Admiralty announced that British and allied merchant shipping losses for the week ended March 0 were 98.233 tons and that revised figures for the previous week showed losses of 141.314 tons. ‘Ihosc figures were contrnswd with week‘y losses averaging 75.000 inns in February and 53.000 tons in January. “We must be prepared to face losses until the battle cf the At- lantic is won." an authoritative source remarked. “Figures over a large period will determine the issue." The food ministry. disclosing that cheese will be rationed soon, announced that. for the first lime some persons would receive bigger allotments than others, specifical- ly farm workers and miners who mqulre a heavier than average et. Message from King George Prime Minister Churchill's speech was sccom anled by a message from the Kng in which f-fis Majesty spoke of Mr. Roose- velt as a "great statesman." In his address Mr. Churchill re- ferred to Britain as “a community which has been tried and proved before mankind and history. . . a degree, on a. scale and under conditions which have not prev- iously been known to human ex- 8 year have been passed, 1t we: leorn- Derlelwh" ed today officially. This may rle- "We are here s free socict gov- lsy the budget until next month. slrned tbroillh a. Par ament iThe Central Guardian clal attention to the questions of l ‘shipping and food" ..___ This column la reserved for new: of l a i local Interest, but advertising of Jo AI i s newly nature my be insert-vii Held yesterday st 5 cents s word. strlflly ill!- able in advance. COOK'S for Photographs. -—-- L-l0-3-l8-121. Funeral services were held here yesterday for Mr. James A. MacMii- APIERNOON TEA AND BAZAAR. lan, 57, who died in Montreal last Baptist Church Hall. Thursday. Friday. A short private service was March 20th. 3.30 to B. L-a~3-18-3l. held at the residence. 32 Brighton __._._.. -Rnad. then tha- body was taken to CONFEDERATION LIFE TNSUW iZion Presbyterian church for ser- Aucz, L-9789 vice there. The Rev. G. Carlyle ___.. ‘Webster officiated _ ARRIVE 1N EyGLANp ._ gm; A united choir sang the familiar Fred Currie, 28 Weymouth 5t, nas received a telegram that her son Francis arrived safely ln England. THE WHITE 0R Arctic Owl is destroying our Partridge. Shoot him. Send his head to Mr. J. 0.! Jenkins. 119 Grafton street. and get $1.00 up to May lst. L-IQI-B-lll-Zi. CARRY MAILS, PASSENGERS -A Canadian Airways plane took a passenger and 300 pounds of mall from here to the Magdalen Islands yesterday. One passenger made the return flight. Pilot H. s. Jones flew the plane. SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND.- The Save the Children Fund ac- knowledge with grateful thanks a subscription of Five Dollars from the pupils of Grades VII and V111 of the Montague Memorial school for aid of needy children in the British 5. HOLD ENJOYABLE DANCE — The regular" Tuesday night dance 0f the Canadian Legion War Ser- vices under the direction of Mr. Arthur G. Bruce was held in the Legion Home last. l pr; With rep- resentatives of the l. . .y, Army and A11‘ Force present tie dance ivns 1189-111 a huge success with every- one cnjoying iheniseges immense- ly‘ Mus“: m" the “ca-Sum was 5"?" Islands. was a civic employee for 40 gfleodlgmmi- 5- B- C°5h M"! Mm ylegrs. His death followed a short Mrs. A. H. Roper sang the beautiful 's0.0 “Crossing the ." j The high esteem in which theiaie Mr. Mach/Lilian was held wasshown by the large attendance of citizens at the funeral, members of the City Council and civic employees being present in a y. Also present in a body were mem- bers of the I.O.D.E., of which Mrs. Mach/Lilian is an 80TH‘! member, Members of the Police Department followed the remains from the hou e to the church. when they went on patrol duty along the route of the funeral procession. The lhourners were: The four sons of the deceased, Alan, Fraser. Donald and George, Hon. Cyrus MacMillan, M.P., C. G. Hughes, J.A. Lawson. A. ft. Gillie, Geo. Medford (Amherst). Rev. Dr. J. Keir Fraser, George A. Hughes _His Worship Mayor B. Rnv Holman. the three Water and Sewers Commissioners, J. A. WebJer, W. D. Glllis and G. D. Wright. Stanley Matheson, J. O. Hyndman and E. T. l-Iiizgs. The ball-bearers were: J. Lewis, W. A. Gaudet, L. B. MlwMilian. K. M_ Martin. A. C. Sinclair and Ernest Cudmore. Interment was in Sherwood cemetery, the service at the grave being conducted by Rev. G. Carlyle Webster. Mr. MacMlll-an, ‘a native of Wood ENJOYABLE SOCIAL-The Zion Church Young Peoples Society held a Si. Patrick's social Monday night lllld the young Debbie from ‘Trinity, ' gctilirtgglgsChristlrzfii 12nd 111g Tlgaptlst were e EH85 - B de- ( on lnued r a votional period was presided over by Reglnald McNutt and was featured and 1mm, by the rendition of a acred sclec- is ‘ tion by a group oi’ young ladies. An entertainment program which icl- lowed included musical selections, ‘then the young peope adjourned to the Lower Hall. where games and 513M391 . contests were enjoyed. The social Blltlsh llllllbl’! susssstrd that was held in Zion Hall. Quite “few the cost to Germany in destroyed college students were included among fllve-hflmhsrs in the attack on the the some 200 in attendance. aircraft carrier Illustrious Jan. 10 "bomb alleys." some ax- planes flew nearby, then rocket- cd stray WLLYIOUL dropping a single m . No ltailm surface ships were fwparently had discouraged mass WEDDING BELLS — A very llttem is to attack warships from pretty wedding was solemnized on the ar. (Allen witnessed that January 2. 1941. at the Church of spectacular battle as a passenger tug Epiphany in Dorchester, Mass. aboard the Illustrious. In it, and y! cn ftlrav. T. T. Marshal, united in ansuixsequent attack on the f1- J1 tnanage, Marion Ruth, younger lustrious Wil1i43§il€ was borihcri at I aughter of ‘W. E. and Mrs. Thom- Malta, the Nazis lost 90 planes) ,3? ‘lfdchlllliiei-Owll. P. E. I., and The free movement of these con- MY/m C» °ll1y 5°“ of Clyde and "W's served as a new and striking 1S. Smith of Brighton. Mass. The illustration of Britaink: determina- lvlllle wow a very becoming dress uon to keep open her chsnnersbr °l blue with lame Picture hat 0f transport and communicatiorr in beige and accessories to match and these narrow waters despibg ' “L; was attended by her friend, Miss threats, ' ‘ Helen Judrey of somervllle. Mass. - The groom was ably suillborted by Mr. R0 er Jodrey also- of Somer. ville. r. and Mrs. Smith have taken an apartment and will re- BELIEVE CSS. ' ‘Funeral of Workers make Ready for ‘zero Hour’ Monday Lieut. Gov. B. W. M9840 made an appeal over the air from C.F'.C.Y. last evening to the people of Prince Edward Island, on behalf of the Canadian War Savings campaign. The local headquarters of ‘the Ca- nadian War Services campaign yes- terday received a telegram from I Maj.-Gen. A. D. McRae. stating that he would be unable to visit the Island next Thursday, as he had to meet in Toronto Mr. Wendell Will- kie. of New York, who has agreed‘ to open the Ontario campaign. Ari enthusiastic meeting of the Provincial Committee was field at headquarters of the Canadian War Services last. evening, with M1‘. D. J. 'Bonnell, Provincial Organizer, pre- iidln . ll stated that all was about ready for "‘zero hour" next Monday morning, stated that organization counties was well under As this campaign is a great It was also m the three l way. ,and united drive across the Domin- l ion iservlng in the armed forces, it As hoped that not only ln the city. but in every town and village and over Captain N. W. Lowther for the benefit of those who are t— I Foot Troubles PoinlesslyTreoied p-y :1 Foot SPWiaiist-Fhone 14" l i n. J. A. BROWN i Chiropodisf - Podiatrist 14S Gr. Geo. Si. Charlottetown. Ii i i. Jrinity United Church MARCH 10th ‘Affi- i WEDNESDAY. 7.30-—Prayi=r Service-Heart: 8.3il—l)istrict Eldersv-Ladies YUGOSLAVIA ’__ (Continued Wfrom _page__1) ma river, on which the British and Greeks are said to be basing their firt defence line. A dispatch from Rome said it every school in the Province the ‘"15 Svllvrillly bcllsvvfl in the Union Jack will be flown. The ob- Itallan capital that, “any arm- ijectlve for the Island is $30,500.00. ed intervention by Germany in Islanders will .ee to it that their] Greece would come only ufier ,_Prov1nce will again go over the top successful i-nmmcncemcni of an .in this great find united appeal cn jialian offensive" flnll ‘Inn jbehalf of their sons and diruizhiers .Sf.‘i'\’li1l;' the Empire. fFiremen answer Two calls; House Badly gutted Cliarlottetovnfs fire fighters ans- wered two culls yesterday, the fir-t in the curly afternoon for a serious blaze which bacilv gutted a dwelling on Bayfleld Street. and the second about 7.30 last night. fur n fire in the basement of E A. Foster's drug stoic cn Grafton Street. The drug store fire ivas only sllzht. A line of small hose was used and the blaze quenched without much damage. , But at the earlier fire the dwell» ing. occupied by Mrs. William Dolr-i on and family, was a complete wreck. ‘The fire was well midi; wav when the firemen arrived, and ‘nothing could be done to salvage furniture or other 8.111819‘. ‘Two streams of water were laid to fight the outbreak. Origin of the fire is unknown. firemen said. but it apparently started in the upper por- tion of the frame structure. | ‘The building is owned by Major. James Walker Charlottetowni Royalty. ' Mr. Doiron ls serving with s rnili-i lary unit on the mainland. Firemen said they were delayed in answering the call because of insuf- ficient direction given when the‘ damn was turned in. They said a. person called the fire hall. and, shouted, "fire," then hung up with-t out giving the location. By the time the call was traced some time of (Continued 75m page 1) side at. Lorraine Ten-is, Alisum, -—i"'" ""_""* ‘ “i Mag. Their many friends Join in TWO possible alternatives were wishing the bride and groom many advanced in some qilai"t-crs:- ‘ years of happy wedded life. The transfer of- more destroy. iil-m "5 lllld Plmlbly cruisers to Great e s Britain s0 that they could be man- p r onals éigcltgvith British crews and assign- Rev. Phelan McKe-nna, Morel] convoy sew ca‘ ' visited Emerald on Monday. neflfifffifiniigfifl‘ Egstgezltfigtfitattg: ____ N - » , _ . Rh or also“. sit." .’.‘J§3"§§.“"..ii§%£ stators. Grove spent the ivcekend in the Qonvgys on me American Shh Mr. Churchill's emphasis on German raiding activities on the American side and his rel- erence to the United States llfislrvyers transferred to ‘Bri- tain lust autumn in the de- stroyer-bacle exchange, were in- terpreted lrore as a virtual plea Miss Audrey Burdett. teacher of tEglington School, spent the week»- end with her mother, Mrs. Henry Burdett, Dundas. Rev. M. J. Rooney ivas a passen- Ear to Palmer Road on the 17th Father Rooney celebrated High for immediate measu c: to Mass on St. Joseph's Dav in Pal- strengthen convoy protection. mcr Road Church and delivered a Another indication that Britain Frvnch sermon to a large congre- is expecting some form of Ameri- ghtion. —D. can help in this respect came from Viscount Halifax. the British Am-l bussador. when he called at the State Department yesterday with the submarine report. \ He expressed confidence that, me intensified German sea campaigni, would make no substantial differ-‘ Mr. Danie-l Noonan, of Bedequc. accompanied by his sister: Miss iBlanch Nnonan. spent an enjoyable nteekenri in the City. the Euesis of Mr. and Mrs. Lorne L. Noonau. , once in the flow of American sup- Pigtgu ma" for ‘flirt? disogsrsvihi; ihgaiih‘; that a m..- i Ottawa hank man submarine had been sent m American waters, Sumner Welles, MONTREAL, March lB—iCPl- John A. Nconan, manager of the acting secretary of State, said he learned from the British Ambassa- dor thut the information had been transmitted from British i0 United 1 Slates naval authorities. l-le said Royal Bank of cnnadws was, and he did not know the basis of the lbrancli in London. England. has been appointed manager of the main branch at Ottawa, it. was an- nounced today. lie succeeds C. A. Gray who is retiring. report. Whllt Precautionary steps were Born at Pictou. N. 8.. Mr. Noon- an joined the Royal Bank there in 906 taken on the basis of the warning were not revealed by the navy but, it was presumed that American neutrality pntrol ships utcre put on the alert against the approggh of any submarines. Mr. Gray, manager at Ottawa ‘for 28 years, started his banking career with the Union Bank cf ‘Halifax in 1893. serving at Windsor, N. saint John, N. 5., and Mon- res. OTTAWA. March l8. — (CP) Wartime Prices and Trade Board. of- ficials today said a reasonably early spring might result in Canada avoiding any butter shortage before "urns butter” started to boost. the Showdown near in N. Y. bus strike New York City's nlnc-day-old bu: strike tonight moved tovirnrd a surplus. The Board will stand by showdown ordered by Mayor La its present maximum price for but- Gnardia, t" 0f 35 vents l! pound whole~ale The Mayor climaxod previous until there is a better idea of what kind of sprinrl the dalrv sections will have. an official said. Then 1t will decide when the maximum will unsuccessful efforts to bring about peaceful negotiation of the dis- pute. which has tied up 95 per cent of Manhattan's surface transpor- be mwd- j tation, with an ultlmaiiun to the wmch res“ upon universal sub transport workers union and the fragc and upon the public opinion t“ ‘WWW! “Oluvmlrs m“ o; me whole mflon,» m, Sam settlement of the strike as s. mat- sswe are bomg subjected u, ter of public miorosl. would be m,“ albmks whlch u not “rev placed boforc a fact-finding hoard “VJ; waisted and repelled would if the disputants failed to accept. arbitration. LESS SPRING WHEAT 1N U. S. WASHINGTON. March lil-(APD —-’I‘iie United States Agriculture [l0- partmcnt announmd today that in- terpretation of reports of farmr-rs’ soon prove mort . "We have to call our wholé peo- ple-men, women and children alike-to stand up with fortitude and composure to the fire of the enemy and accept increasing priv- laum“ while ‘nakm increasing intentions for planting this year's ggxmbeggaghlng “ke t is h“ bee“ crops indlcalcd a corn acreage cf BTOSBAKW. or 99.4 per cent. of inst. year's planted acreage. The arm to bo planted to spring wheat is 17.131000 acres. or 92.14pm cent. of the reu planted lai your. (‘DAL rdifififiisv | “We have our faults. and our so- .clal system has its faults, but we hope that. with God's hel we shall be able to prove for a! tin-re. or at nily rate for a ion/g time, that "a state or commonwealth or na- tions founded upon Ions-en Oyed -_-_- northeast coastal town with nlch freedom and steadily evolv de~ rams -—lCPt ~0ccuplod France explosive bombs. Some were Charlottetown and mOCTMY 11059959?!» llmid the contains oral mines that will pro- caught under the wreckage of North Wilisliire sharpest shocks. the lflcillty Ol duco 30.000000 tons annually for buildings. A man, woman and child mum. 149 survival in high and honoreblmGuunan disposal (ilililiq the and indeed glorious, debate." mainder of the Owlwetiors, isible soon to get Halifax and Saint lfrom many ,0! experts. had decided that i NEW YORK. March l8»—(APl-‘ had elapsed. 'I‘he delav was pro- bably responsible for the loea of the building, firemen said. When they’ arrived the entire house was ini flames. ivith holes already burnedin the roof and walls of the buildingw HOWE CLASHES 1) jiucfiltllillllim“ P35 so far as it could be carried out without interfering with freighter building. Maritime Drydocka He said he hoped to find it pos- Jvhrl. N.B.. drydocks on s 24-hour a day basis to assist in overhaul and repair work. and that he aimed at having much greater fa- cilities at those ports before the next freeze-up on the St. Law- rence river. Opening of navigation on the st. Lawrence would relieve the pressure on seaboard ship over- haul facilltles, the minister said. Mr- Maybsnk charged that heads of Allied War Supplies cm- Porflllvh. a Government-created company with Hon. Charles ‘Dun- nlng as chairman of the board and Harold Crabtree as president. were disregarding the Government's porlilcy loaf: ecegnomy. h ec m they adinslsted on their decision to burn bituminous movcmcnl of Suzi troops (11 the Greek fronlicr from garia would ilcpcucl nu "lu- .1 developments of i'_li:\n-(l:vi~ls military operations.‘ Military reports luulcfiiif: Bel- grade from the Albmln ironrier, however, indicated ‘hat liic 11:11- inns were being repulsed along the entire line with tnany casualties Wild reports spread through this nervous capital again today -— as they have for more than n work- -—th_at Yugoslav/id's premier nnd foreign minister iwz-c nlmw‘. in gfl to Berlin to fiPgIill-Jlt‘ on 11:; uii~ dcrstrtndlzig trlth the Rash. At the same time. the newspapers printed a Berlin statement, rlni “it is not expected Yugoslavia will add anything to what has flilfiafi)‘ bten said." Many riiplocnais saw in this stale- mcnt indications that Cornwall mes- sure on Yugoslavia nrpy be weak- ening. untriis g hlacUrtLLUhL-In Prince Rupert, B. C., on March 12, 1941, to Mr. and Mrs Kenneth MacCnliitin. (Mary MacEaclicrii, Mount (Stow- art), a Liuglzwr. hlcDONALD - Sflihidehly at new. ton Center, Mass... Miss Jessie Mc- Donald, éor§nerlyxof Upper Monta- , . MacPHERSON-At the Provincial Séllhigillllllll. March 15. 1941, Mrs. Minnie MaicPherson. aged 31 years. Funeral from the United Church, Malpeque, Wednesday at. z p.31, STEELE-At her residence. 322 Kent Street, 0n March 18, 1941. Mr . Daniel Steele. aged 83 years, Funer- al will take place from her late re- sidence, Thursday morning at 8.40 |to St. Dunstans Basilica, thence to the Roman Catholic cemetery. NORTH-At 212 Kent Street, Tues- day. March 18, 1940. Mrs. Carolina Alice North, aged 77 years. The remains are resting at the McLean Funeral Home until today when they will be taken to the resi- dence of her niece Mrs. Arthur McDonald, New Dominion. Funeral takes place on Thursday with ser- vice in New Dominion church at 2 o'clock. Interment New Dominion Cemetery. Carr! Of Thanks Mrs. Duncan McGillivary and family wish to thank their friends and neighbours for many acts of kindness shown them. to the United Church Choir. Bonshaw, and for for iessages cf sympathy and floral tn- butes received during their recent sad bereavement. In Memo riam coal in the Winnipeg plant instead 0f “Brill/e. although representations sources had proved that llgnite would be cheaper and "lllle Pfactlfifil for many reasons. The minister" said every con- sideration had been given rep- mesentatlons to use the lignlte pro- iduct. He had consulted with Mr. flrablroo and silsscsted that every mossibiiity of using iignite be ex- plored. But Mr. Crabtree. on the advice from .the standpoint of safety in m‘, ex- mlosive plant, and for other refl- sons. llgnlte should not be 115M except. possibly to a limit-ed de- ree. ~ Opposition leader Hanson ques- tioned Mr. Howe as to why the plant had been located so far from the seaboard, and suggested that Mr. Howe had himself insisted on {the plant being placed in Winni- g. 3 Mr. Howe said it was ilic tiolicir ,t0 spread industrial plants as twldely as possible and agreed [hPYQ would be some additional OXpCnsA‘ ‘in Winnipcv, but said he had not made the decision. iNazi planes Return to Attack Britain LONDON, March l9 ——iWcdnr~s- day) -iCP) — Anti-aircraft oni- ierics flung u-p a heavy barrage at German pianos which bombed the London area early today. Raiders were over various cast coast towns last night. A numboi- i of persons were klllcd and injured ‘lwhen Nazi planes showered a re- wc-re taken from the wreckage of building _ JTANAHAN -_In loving memory of Jiarry Ranahan. who departed this Fllfc March 19. 1940. Silent thoughts bring many a tear To the one we miss and love s0 dcar. i Father, Mother, Brothers and l Sisters. l i In Memoriam In loving memory" of DOCTOR. CHARLES KENNEDY oi‘ New York and Prince Eduard lslaiul _wh0 pa sod away ten years iigu today May he always be remembered b1 his rs-luiivt-s and irirniis on thi- Island and at linmr. L-6-3-19-l1. In Memoriam In loving memory of nut ill-air Mother, Mrs. l-‘rod Noni-rm, uhl passed away Dlarvh l9, lililil. In our homo hangs f: lmruiilul picture. Worth more than silver and gold. ‘Tly a nlrfurr of nnr flrill‘ Mnihri‘. Wyhnse mcnmry will hover grow old. Inserted by lluslmnd and Family. L-l36-3-l9-li. ' N. D. MacLean UNDERTAKER EMBALMER i