rteeeerin I MAXIMS OIA MERE MAN mdustry pays debts, despair lu- creases them- (Jhlrlottoluwu Guuldlun Two Cantu. llornllll Uunrdil i , Founded 1M1. / “HA Unprecedented Liabilities; Huge Deficit’ Orgy Of Election-year Extravagances Exposed In Public Accounts Tabled Yesterday. A deficit on ordinary account of $154,667.08, and a debt increase of $1,768,985 for the year 1939 is revealed in the Public Accounts tabled by Premier Campbell in thc Legislature yesterd The debt 8 the history of the Province. The year’s financing brings the total liabilities of the Province for Dec. 31, 1939, up to $8,807,910.10. Following is the general financial statementi ORDINAR incregiie is the greatest for any year in Y REVENUE for the year ending December Si, 1989 1. DOMINION GOVERNMENT (A) Subsidies $647,181.88 (B) Old A89 P81151011! 190,215.81 (C) Direct Relief 28,086,77 (D) Flshermens Relief 17,560.27 (E) Blind Pensions 12,935.73 $895,980.26 I. TAXES (A) Land Tax 53550553 (B) Personal Hoperily Tax 8,620.84 (C) Income ‘Ihx 56,927.31 (D) R0641 TAX 37,627.30 (E) Dog ‘Iiax 1,233.25 (F) Corporation Taxes (1) Banks $31,213.22 (2) Chain Stores 9,693.57 (It) llledrie Light Companies 3,718.76 (4) Acceptance Corporations 200-00 (5) Fire Insurance Oomlpazlies 13,699.63 (6) Steamship Companies 375.00 ('7) Telegraph Company 800.00 (8) Telephone Company 1817-13 (B) Trust & Loan Companies 3,550.10 (l0) we Insurance Companies 13.55593 (11) Accident lie Guarantee Cos. 1227-08 (lo) nuniciled Companies 80961-51 131,812.93 (G) Canadian National Railways-Property Tax 40.00000 (H) Amuseme t ‘Tax - 9165533 (I) Gasoline ‘lax 334339-51 (J) Succession Duties 75311-79 833,226.73 u. LICENSES, P MITS, AND FEES (s) Motor tiiiiilieie Licenses 8158-88391 (B) Pedlars Licenses 731-50 (c) Protllonotarys ml 111112-45 (p) County Court Flees 1961-22 (E) Ismd ‘Titles and Registry Office Fees 0410-95 (F) Letters Pate-ht 415°" (G) Se=siona1 and Examination Res-Prince 0i’ Wales College 730636 (u) Brokers and Salesman 153791 (I) Insurance Registrations, etc. 404-00 (J) Marriage Licenses ‘501-75 (x) Vital Statistics 658-4“ (L) Documents under Great seal 45-00 (M) Private Bills 41°-°° (u) Flerry Flees 1466-9“ (O) Faiconwood Hospital and Infirmary J-wii-za (P) Wholesale Oil and GflS lxatrlbuwn. 1-°5°-°° 194933.80 (- ADMINISTRATION or PROIIIBITION ACT 105-81115 s. ‘FINES am) PENALTIES 1071-” lcheduie ~ I. saw AND RENTAL or SUNDRY COMMODITIES (945.23 i. OTHER REVENUES AND REFUNDS (a) Public Health "-1500" (B) Old Aize and Blind Pension Refunds from Other Provinces 955-37 Colllingh hi0 for Notices in this column I cents per word. "Hunter River Club will load Albany, Albany, Becy. h W951i“ at n H vii? "Car {immig- t m RlRLBociety. Cards ill‘ fibril '3!‘ Meats-Ground Meat bu. Meat 6c. Beef Trlpe litre. Hog ks 2v. BN1)’. "Buying 8th, Fid “lleeerrlllid. lululrngoyn. lgned G (Continued on (Mlle 9- C01 ve ts l-Ql- April a: Keith L-327-4-17-1i. o. Island Cold Storage P rt '1 l n l 18th iii liliivofalgilriiiiea startdat 8.15 L-Ifio-i-lll-ii. live hugs lit Albany. A rii ‘iiitll 5t ititiol. Strong -0i S’si(le Gets Appointment- EALIFAX, April I'I—(CP)— NDG city; Edison. City; Doris |15-inch weapons of thc }W4/// )//' The People’s Paper inancial S Covers Prince Edward :- M. S. Warspite, 3o,000_-ton battleship which took part in the brilliant Naval action against the Ger- ans at Narvlk, resulting lll the destruction of seven German destroyers. Big guns, probably similar to the ‘ veteran Renown, hurled high explosives at the German air base at Stavanger . in an 80-minute Naval bombardment early yesterday. Major Paton’s Appointment Major J. It. Paton, 1110., for- merly A.D.G., to thc Ilil-ulenzlllt Governor, has been appointed Recruiting Officer for tile Pro- vince. Major Paton served overseas in the last Great War witll the 26th (New Brullswik) Battalion and was wounded ilt the battle of Amirns ill Alizllst. lllili, where he won the billitilry Cross. is well and favorably He. known throughout the city and Province. and his appointment as Ribcrlliiinz (iffil-er will meet with general approval. Death Last Night 0f Mr. L. P. Tanton The death occurred at llis llclllc last lligllt oi iVli‘. Lewis L‘. ‘lkllholi, alter all illness 0i. till-cc IIIOIItAI-‘a I-le “L45 a highly respected tiillLCli n: Ctiflfliltltfihvll and was o, iol-lll- er City COUIICIIIOI ill 1893. Born ill Cllariottewwil 78 years ago, tile deceased spent nu oi his hie here. .Lll his cally illc he (Leil- clucicd a wholesale egg illlslilcss and later (lpcrilled a glucely store on tile corner m Kelli. and Grout ueolge streets. lie was a. strong advocate of the principles uluallllcss to a.) and BePOCI-tlly wlulllg w assist tile oppressed. ill politics he was a strong sup- porter 0i tile UUHSCAMILAVU pulty tiOtAiJfl oil lllluly ocuaSlullb ill lull (marge of tile committee roollls mid sllowlilg all aolllt_v equal w rule best ill his kllolvltnue oi the political alien's ol the (lily. A strong Sll])pu1lCl' of tile teln- pcluillcc cause, lie ilelu tile posi- uon of Grand worthy Yiilfiikltiil oi the National UIVISIUII ior sev- eral years, and greatly assisted ll‘. prepallng scille of the tclllper- slice laws ill lorcc in i410 Plotlllce Ll-(illy. Tile deceased was Wortlly Conductor of tioilai Division of Llle ‘temperance of North 1916-17. 'l‘lle late Mr. Tanicn was ll noted correspondent and a gifted writer. He was a great contributor to tile Press. He was the second eldest son of the late Jolill Pllllkill ‘Palltoll and Mrs. Tanloli (nee Mix Pamela Dueheniin). _ 1-le is survived by a sister, Mrs. B, Lowman Coombs. Two brothels uledeceosed illm. Arthur Wnl. in 1lil4 mid Prci. H. A. Tallinn. Sept. 1938. He leaves to mourn besides a ggrfgwlglg \vl.".0w (i168 Add 'I‘ttilLOll) thc follow-lug children who were present with him at the time oi his death: Eleic (Mrs. Theo. Bell- wn) Bonsilalv; Muriel (Ml-e, Har- old Smith), City; Gladys (Mr!- william Benton), Wnltelieid, M11584 com (Mrs. Ernest McNcvln), City; Mildred. (Mrs. Milton Bfttllahlt), rs. Duncan MClPhflil) City; Willard) City and lizitanor (Mrs. Harry m‘ wards). City. They are left to moum the 108$ 1111.0 Must the Nu- Solls of Anlcricu. LieuL-Col. E. n. some. Con» R9- serva o! Officers of Edward island i-iiiihianders been appointed officer in charge of surnmersid armouries, accord- ing to an announcement from tile Natfonal Defence Headquarters Ottawa. lie will succeed Vice-Captain h. R. Crue, elevated to staff captain, sucoeednlg Vice-Captain J. 11‘. Morris oi’ the Prince Edwnli Island Light Horse, who in t.-r;l has been appointed Bngade Major in Mrtwssfiommand. Svdney. N. 8., the podtian bgld by Vce-Mojor "Load! l1 i. tl Wilt- imre “Plltilfy, ‘Aepiiiiflaliflhnflldili lo.ao f“ ~ Rev Begun-ll, Mervcn Bu‘- Ir-ZM-i-N-Zi. .1. S. Desitochcs of the Prince Ed- ward Island Highlanders. the Plznce . has - of o, loving and generous iatllci". There sic also l5 grandchildren surviving, OTTAWA, April 17~-~-(CP)—Wilil tllc United Kiligdnlll the best Oilfi- tomer, Cannons (livllllflsiitt cxpolis rose to $82,719,395 i; Miirvll (will- pa-red with $69,269,525 in the same month last ysnr, the Dominion Bur-sail of Stalislics reported today. 'I‘.‘:e Ullilcil Kingdom illlpuzis of $40,412,921 from Canada Cl-lllilllffiti with $26,076.005. Tile United Stzlics was iii second place with a total of $25.58l.49l computed with $24,707.- 401 followed by South Africa with $997,684 compared with $1,857,- ) iBriiis/l Member N EA Telephoto Read by Everybody - Island Like the Dew nnlnnrrrrown; CANADA. THURSDAY, APRIL 1s, 1940 10 PAGES British Turn Heavy Naval Guns On Elle- my Airdrome (By J. F. Sanderson, Cana- dian Press Staff Writer) LONDON, April 17-(CP Cable)—The Royal Navy to- day made a daring attack on Germany's air headquarters at Slavanger, N0rw'a_v, where naval vessels hurled hun- dreds of shells into an air- port which already is pock- marked by successive Royal Gov’t Blasts Italian Press Calls Tone “rToEiill-i", De- clares If Italy Neutral State Should Behave As One. (By J. F. Sandersrll, Canadian Press Staff Writer) next month to obtain her sources of must be ready to help herself." to be taken by surprise, adding: "We are ready to help her but Ilis references to Italy were regarded in London as significant because of the anti-British tone of the Italian press this (vcck. lie described this tone as “hostile? 11059057. April 17-(0? Cabin-Ronald Cross, Minister of Economic -- ‘Wlriiire, tonight called attention to the "hostile" tone of the prrss luid declared in u speech at Sheffield that if Italy wishes to be lleatcd lls a neutral she should behave as one. Italian SWEDEN MAY BE NEXT -l‘lle 43-year-old Minister. who directs the blockade m Germany, expressed the opinion that Germany might attack Sweden within the iron ore. He urged the Swedes not she particularly WHAT OF 1TALY'S POSITION? "That makes us reflect upon the attitude of Italy toward us,” Mr. , (frossr said. “We have no quarrel with Italy. We have every wish to be ‘ friends.- § should like to know whcre we stand London has looked with concern- uuon ltolue curing the last few days llull the lllllllstursspeecil may have (llplolllatlc repercussions. Brita-in llils been ailxlous to detcrmule wil ‘ller the 1011i: oi the Italian |)l't. ‘reflected the viewpoint 0f Pfe- illll-l- lvlussollllrs adilulllstrallon or whether Italy had something else (ill 1L5 miild and was using the con- trolled press 0t the nation as a. cloak. May Influence Italians It is believed here that realization of two facts bv Mussolini and the Italian people may act as l; restrain- ullz influence, the extent of the British naval victory Over German seapower and, secondly, the inability of the German air tolce to combat Britain's sea, supremacy. 1t- is sug posted that when these facts are realized in Italy, the tone of the 1t- ‘lllfifl press may be changed ‘Illere are mall diplomatic obser- vers here who bel eve that Mussolini has been flirting with the idea of entering the war on the Gemini) side. Il Duce has never forgotten Britain's part in the imposition of sanctions against Italv over the Abyssinian conquest and in ad - tloh he apparently believes the over- throw of Nazism in German might endanger the Fascist setup in Itay. Mussolini Planning Raid But we are a plain-dealing and plain-speaking people. Another theory held here is that i *Try These For Flavour We v with Italy.” ( Mussolini has something else up his sleeve. uosslblv a uick raid on Cor- iu or one of Yugos nvia‘s northern Adriatic ports WhlClI, with Albania, would give llim complete control o the Adriatic. Those wllo hold this theory suggest Mussollili is (vorking 9“l3_1@_§1.1l2il°$1i-i°11_1.1.€°_°i11d 891.0115‘! (Continued on page i), col s) Italians Gall lip Four Glasses ROME, April 17--(CP)—-'Ihe of- ficial Gazette tonight published a decree empoiwelng the calling lip of Italians oi’ four military classes who previously were rejected for service or received only partial training. Some of the men are of the classes 0i’ 1911, 1912, 1918 and 1914, who were once rejected but proved on le-examinaiion to be "fit for service.‘ Men of these classes who previously had been exempted for reasons of stature or ability also were summon ‘ for additional training. l "sailor -* TEA BAGS Air Force bombing raids, Liflng off the jagged Nor- wegian coast in the early morning, ships rained shells on the seaside airport for 80 minutes in a determined at‘ tempt to destroy it as a base for German fighters and bombers. An R. A. F. plane was over the airport just before the naval force, of undisclosed strength, opened fire, and assisted the fleet gunnery experts in getting the range. The pilot said later there was “just a hint of daylight." so he dropped a flare and a number of incendiary bombs on German aircraft. “Fires resulted." “I could see numerous flaisllesii soon as the guns i (Continued 0n pfige 9. col 2) _,__.._ s FF” U. s. WA ROYAL luvvi conceriEa 0v...» bilMBAlilliiStatus Quo Gf N Milli S E; Dutch island's he said. - ituation Revealed H1211 cheat without scrapie ivh-flli (llent “iiiifllli fl-ur. MAXI M“ OPA MERE MAN l\ Ill] ill-ll in Mill \\'.‘\Sl’il.\‘(}'I‘(f)j\', April i7 —(AP)-——Tlle Yliili-(l Quilts‘ tonight cnilwl on (wile-r ilminns. pzlrliculzll'lv _l.'ll)f‘ll_ it) respect- tile sizlius (i110 oi tile Nether- lrmds East Irriies rqgar-llt-ss of wllnt happens t0 the Nether-l lands. l Cordell iiilll, §ecrr~iziry oil State, issued a iOflllfil slate-f ment saying 2- x “Intervention in the domestic) affairs of the Nrlllc-rizlnlls ln-I dies 0r any stains quo lly ()ili('i' lllfili pence-i illl processes (vilillvl be, prciiuli- rial to the cause ni sialliliiygl [lance and security nrli only in‘) the region of the .\l("tll(’l'l-'l'lrl<l indie: but in the entire Pzi-"ific arch." SHANGHAI, Aprillfi-Vihurs-l dilyil-(Aif) ——i1llihuriii(;§ of tilt‘ lirltlsh. 1’l'l‘li(‘li llllll i llitcd ibinics I-‘lrcis sllid tmlilv tllnt it l Japanese llitl-lllpt i0 seize lllv" Dutch East Illilies in tile elelli." of a German illvasioil of tllcj gsii-llgltlgrlilnlls is a "serious pus-I‘ Tile British and French forces! in the fur east were said to hi‘ prepare-d for ilnv evvllillrllilyu I If Japan could be certnln‘, tint Russia lvnulll not jump oll‘ Crack Nazi = Battleship I is Aground LONDON, April 17 -(CP)— Reuters News Agency reported tonight in a dispatch from Stockholm that. the 2fi,000-tou German battleship Scharnllorst had bccll sighted aground ill ltissn Creek ncll: Trondheim. Tile Reuters dispatch said that a trustworthy person who recently arrived ill tilc Swedish Capital from Norway said he had seen the German battle- ship near Trondheim, with it: stern underwater. A German cruiser also was reported aground in Trondheim Harbor and three Nazi (ii-sirny- crs were said to be ill port there. The ScharnhorsPapd its sis- icrsllip, the Gnclsenau, were the only capital ships in the German Navy at thc outbreak of (var. The Glleiseilau was rc- portcd to have llrcn sunk by Norwegian coastal batteries ill Oslo Fjord last week. _Lllst Friday Winston Churchill. First Lord of the Admiralty, nounrcd the Schrnhorst in l battle with the 32.00()-t0n battle cruiser Renown north of Narvik. The Renown is one of the Royal Navy's "old-timers." Pro- vided for in the 1914 na estimates she was complete in 191B. She was refitted in 1919-20, and again in 1921-"2. Between 1936 and 1939 she was roronstructed. and her armor considerably increased. She carries six 15-inch Kilns, eight 4.5-inch guns, 12 four- inch. and i8 smnlle; guns. The Scharnhorst, a much more recent ship, oomph-ted in 1936 was heavily armored and carried nine 11-inch guns, 12 5.9-inch guns. 14 4.1-inch guns Ilitl 1B M-IVIM, with four air- craft as against the single plans of the Renown. The German ship, despite its inferior tonnage to the veteran British battle cruiser. was thus s formidable opponent. War- 25 Years Ago Today (By The Canadian Press) APRIL l8, 19l5——Bi';l.lSl1 advance at Hill 60 on Ypres iroilt succes- sful, new lines (lominat-ing coull- try to the north and- northwest; German counter-attack beaten off. Turkish torpedo boat destroyed after attacking Britsh transport Mhrllwu in Aegean Bea. her back. it is llizll i that the Jllyinnese li-lmllilniziiilf said one neutral naval flllfi1'l'\‘t"l'. "A Jilpzlllcsi) thrust solltllnq-iri] probably (vnulli rl-‘eilit in Japan cilia-rill): tile (var on the siilo oi‘) t _ ,_. l ‘ Iiulls Silitvllltllll) Wit-ii itldefrlnwré. i SPUIISC t4.) a telliellt by tilt- Jap- Gcrnlrlny." 111111111051: (‘oillment TOKYO, April lii—('l‘ilurs¢iu_v)_. lAPi-(Jonullallilcl- '1‘. Iiuuoe, an- i 111g us a spokesman for till: Jupoll- "so Admiralty. siml [Milly illllt Japan's ('0lI(‘(‘l'fI as to the status quo of thc Nirillvrlzllllis [alibi ill- dies is slnlllur to illc Lnm-(i States‘ llltcrrst in uPlWlillllld put that Japan has "lnmil nloi-e vital" interest ill the Dutch rlltiiit‘ pos- sessions. , Ilc claimed ti~nt “(levelopllleilt of ‘ the natural I‘t‘~((lII‘l'('S of tlil- l-“at Indies Iilllhl iii‘ ,..ll(i(- l); rli liit is but. Jilpllll llils lli) it‘il'llill'i,ll (ic- siglls there.“ Kanoe (ierliilt-(l, lil1\\('\'i‘i', to comment directly on the statement of illc United Stun".- $(‘(‘i‘l‘i.'\I‘_\' oi‘ Stilt-c. (‘nrllell Ililil, “lit! lust IliKlIi-l ("illicit oll .i:i|:.lil lilill other llzt-i tiulls to l'l‘.\]ii‘('i. ilu- ~t.llll~ (lilo ini the Dlltt-ll |‘.ll\i lilliu». le','.ll-(ll(-w_ of (vllat Hilly transpire ill tilef Netherlands. international At A Glance By Tile (‘iinlilillil Press IrONDUN-iirlilsll AWN. bolllbilrds. Stzlvllllgcr; Itollillu fro»; blockade“ believed on ill nouns. ili-uvy gunfire heard; Canadians of ltuyill 22nd Rrglnlt-nt on gilaril duly iii. Rllylll palaces, ROME --I'ru-Gcl1lliln sweeps ed to c ed. SHANGHAI --1nt('rll:ltinlln.l fleit authorities see ‘serious [Illhflblilly of Japanese scizll - oi 1)ill,( ll 11ml Indies if Reich ill lill‘§ Netherlands. IVASIIINGTON — United States tells nil nations, pllriitllliirlv Japan, status quo of Xetlu-linluis MINI, Ili- dies must be flfl‘\t‘|'\‘(‘i|, l"(‘fli4i'(il(‘\$l of what illlllpells ill Nriill-rlailiis. (YANBICIKRA -—.\lli(-s must win it iimall nations nrr to survive, Alin- tralinn Parliament told us it roas- scmblcs. sentiment. sress; governnllfllt empower- l up men previously reject.- s'r()("l<ll()l§m:k_lli.~.i llmi Nuf- Iiritish nnll Russian naval units manoeuvre near liarclnnolles; Yugo- alicrnii-ui (‘vi their i 0,, vjr-r-iiiv signed here Dev. ‘ nlld (lOlliiIIlCIiF slavia may recognize Soviet regime. 9.05 P, M. Subscription Delivered $5.00 l-—l‘.lC.l. $10K]; (‘unilliu ufld U-S. $5M) Pacific Possessioils Of The Netherlands In Danger Of Seizure By Japan Is Belief In Some Quarters. anese illililster ionic-reign afilirs iOfl Nlmltlfiv expressing ule cull ' .n of the Japanese governlllellt it:- ills flllailll ce oi tile slatus run, oi lili- ‘ illnrls lll(l.-.-.<. "ill 711g!) lll tile status n: till! Nitllt-lhlllds Indies (voillii " try affect the interests of manv Quill)- tries," Hull said. He pointed cut-- Importaut In Pacific . The islands tend fora distance of ap roxi 3.200 miles east and we: astr < ti the equate from the Ilifiihil ".11 On the v. far into the PllClllC l m: the vast. are iii. u all iniporzzint i’ or in he commerce of (he w world. 'l‘he_v l7l‘O('lil(‘-(‘ c4): portions 0i the worldks illlportzillt essential comil such as rlliaheifl (an. cull vie. blunt" countries, l‘i)'lr=(l String, (lrllcnd sill ill. wiliiill illPfll for some of 111051: c .. Jllclrlliivs." i llnil based his status quo rio-rrl-ln on tun airrcemenis. One was, 1a said, the note» t'XV3l121i‘l'IC(i Nov, It) i003, lJOYVVFPI‘. the [Ynlirll Stains anti .1. n “in which rnrll ivo oil's i-lcied ‘ Y‘ ‘ tn lllt‘ » f " VTHHS q 0 . thc Pnclilc O(‘('Z‘.ll,' The second (was the notes w tile United States. Grout i 'l-‘rance and Jal)nil—partirsmt niillz tn their insular i) t0 the bJl-iiierlzlrllls novel-nu '7 ~i. iii-Q... Efiffll of the four Roverllnleilt-i (‘r-- clzlrccl "it is firnllv resolved spec: the ricilis o.’ the Neil in relation to their insilla. stops ill the rnzion of .. Ocean " l l-lofl-iil-l c. %ERiOUS due"? Sprawl Q,_ AY J7 Sl/iL/(i/ 7 y, r. ill t 7 wit). _ iliil l('l‘.i_' WYVRONTO, Aiilliililliil (tint lll‘.\\l.i‘. lllYPSI minister ill speech rails oll lilliy (o, clarify its lllrl-llilons; air-sea ilnitle- Diltvson 4i Vazlcouvd‘ 4" Ellimnntml 51 Itesjllla "f Winnipeg P ‘Poioluo "l Ottawa 4?) hiolliretlll 51 Quebec 4'3 Saint John ‘ll ill]. ilX 3i) Charlottetown 3 IURECAST 1 bIal-iilnlc East: Moderate vort- alilr- winds: partly cloudy and (‘comparatively mild. ! Synopsis: Rain L< omiirnnlz (x)- ‘lliflili. i:l the bower Lake mson. ‘illlt the weather in OllIfiYiO hm- bern grnei-illly lair and (‘Ollllldfll- lirvely lllll(i, mid it contiililcs i.\:r mid iniitl in the Prairie Provinces. ; ‘High tide illiF morning at 12.! ~mld tonight at 7.16, l , Sllll sols tins P'\'(‘ill‘ii.’f n1’ vfllVi rL-(‘s i’)lll(\i'l'0'.\‘ nlorlzillr . 5.10. ii 4f) ii l i Full moon April 2'2. 1237 am. I Sililllriwqie (‘do lfl ln‘l\i!‘f“~ illi- wo-glzlu torus (‘i-gilt (rlflllfll); lil1~l‘.l" ("r i't.lil ("I :l"!(»""'<.\\ l. Art-tic firth‘. . lillCilAR l-Vliiilkllns lltrlsivlfi T1111 C11" FERRY 5-"1-71-“5 (left-noes; ltu (n, i-‘rrllrll, ’l‘urkish.i | llenvcs Border. 9 4.5 A.M.. 100 i' M Leaves Tormelltlno ll 0t) A M- NS.