* Q Ol-‘A _ .~ 27// ///~ ~ ww \\\\\\\ ' Q _""` _ .nc .::.,::: -"°'"°~ °' $523 / The Peoples Paper 1”” ‘~1f;_i“1 Read by Everybody \ £5-?>` "" ' ll . ‘I . _ 0 I '°" W Covers Prlnce Edward Island Like the Dew ‘Q 5 YA-‘-17 W Z. - M ».:'.-_.L ' '__ -.1 _f _ '--A _____§- Y _ ' _*___ _ _ #_ Wg , __ _v,___`__i_ __ _ - Y_,_, “_____¢_~_y.:r‘¢;~':|Ii‘l-‘¢l'|YrI|'ll,(lf‘l:nl:ilI»_~d lm" Canto 16, .tziynn;l____s|1|_m_:i:;:||:_r:___ lr;-|_i\_:r».-u_ _ s_._'r_;l:::_ 5/T ""'__' 7' ’ ~ f ----=-- - IIS- _ _ ,____ "_ --~ _,__1 __ _vw __ __ __ _ _ A.. __ _;_._ ___ __ ___ NALKI Q Dig'/l Tok REPQR TED As As 1 A TED _-1 == ==`_=IM1;°l_Ll MIL] TIA REORGANIZA TION PLANS ANNOUNCEDE ar la . aw -. S S -QW ----_- -_ "E I ‘I Tl'allS|l0l'IlPI3ll0 I P i :Iam Counting on Your IR FERRY IIRRIIVEMENT ransport M i n i s t er Finds l‘lan To In- crease (`ar (`arrying Capacity Impracti- cable. luilway authorities regard as lm- pnctlcilble the suggestion mootcd lnt sulnlllt r. to increase the auto- ile cal'l'_ving capacity of the car fm "Cll.n'Zottetowll," accordingto md receivcd from Hon. C. D. e, Minister' of Transport.. Mr. Howes statement to tllis cf- igt, received in reply to represe- ntations from the Charlottetown Board of 'l‘l'ade, was _ read at it lohncil meeting of the Board last night, and provoked the comlnent titlt the Board was not satisfied to kt the matter rest there. The communication from the Tnnsport Minister, which was left lobe dealt with by the transpor- lltlon colnlnittce of the Board, read ilfvllolvs: “Office of Minister of Trallsport, tawa, Nov. 2, 1036. Dear Mr. Higgins: ' “With furtller reference to your letter of the 19th of Scptcmbcr re- ktlre to the suggestion that the tiitomoblle c;n'ryi`1lg capacity of the ’ :ir ferry .stczllncr "Charlottcto\vn“ .I telllcrcllscd. 1 have had a thor- Zltlontlllued on Vpagc_:12l I .| , Uncertain When Re- l _ Long 0verdue - SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. l.'i-4.-\l’l-lilondc Gladys Witt, the skylvay stkwnnlesi whose romance made the front page. four passengers and two pilots \-:ere missing tonight in the trcacllcrous terrain of Cen- tral Utah -their transport plane many hours overdue. ~Alvin Adams, president of 'the \\'cstern Air Express, said ha believed the Los Angeles- Salt Lake City airliner was down at an isolated airport in the snow-rimn~ied arm, its ra- dio not working. The first report possibly con- nceted with tile missing ship came from Ray Spor, airport manager at Delta. lic said he heard a. plane before six A.M. EST. The ship was due in Salt Luke at 6.10 A.l\I. At 5.27 A.l\I., Pilot SJ. Sam- son rallioed he was nt an al- titude of 10,000 feet \vith“high overcast" nczlr Milford, 00 miles soutiln'est of Delia.. This last direct word from thc 10 passenger, twin motored plane said it was rocketlng rnorthward toward Utah‘s capi- , tal at ‘.200 miles an hour. i lief Office Will Open Council H e a r s - "Rescrtc, l\lo:.o:~,y. Dec, Zlst, . Xmas collccrl., Riverdale school. R o u t 1 n e Business L-1313-12-la-2i. _ T 1, a n S 3 c t e d ‘Postponed meeting of Milton R’!e_?tlng-_ I1F\0FL\fl.!1ic will be held ill mile itiday nl_,ll.. 4 L-1391, “Help St. Vincc:i.'s Czpllnllagc iyl>'.ty.llg llolly 'l`liur.\day und Fri- lll. L-lain-12-lu-zl. "Chrislnlilii Concert ill Hllrling- I°°I'Il\II. Lllsenlbcr 21st. L-1318-11!-iii-li. "Dance at Ncrth River Hall Dec- lmbe: llth. Haymakers Orcile,tra. Ulimslrec. Bus .eaves Sunnyside N5- L-lzsi-iz-lo-2|. "Tilt sale of fuzniture of le I Announccmfllt \\'a‘ made by Colin. Mclead. chairman of the relief ccznlnittce. at the regular mcnthl_\~ lure in: of the city coun- ,cil last lligllt that although the relief cffice was not yct open and no tiefillite date as to its opening, could be given. the rcgis‘ration of , tho c scrk.n;r relief \\'ou‘d brgin at once. No pc:'Scn collld go on re- `lief until he had filled in the iprcper application forms for that relief. It is 'likely that the regis- ,tratitn office will oprn today, the ‘com:llit.ec eharman announced. tl ble Mrs, Euphclniit Lylld; will , Rc_f.;;ftl';ltioll oi' llllcnlaloycd who tonlillue today. L-1300. ' are applying for relief Ls demand- ____‘_‘Fs;r'.ie\v Sciloi Concert E.lic.tL II, Dtccnlbcr 22nd. L-1352-12-1 -21. "loading live hogs at Elnlira and :gilt Dee.-mbcl' 21st and '.2nd ¢~f1slB0. the 00n- “ ln£_l;_mitie,~;_ of l;_l_¢_le.ag__e__-was undeg gestion of the Pope! °I"°“I°f°l'y Chr-ht ,st 'o ave n ought on system °h“Nh.N:`v:sg?;x;:,§tol,l,1gg:,;lfsI;2 `his increased exertions today. licials ia have improved, as the re- Ilth. If stormy ssh"-an mghc Dr. Amantl Milani, hi gphystc'n.n. I suit ot his remaining quiet most ot L-1818-12-16-li, gave him n heart stimulant and His the time. "___ -*_ Holiness rallied somewhat, but Pius was ratginoyeg on" reading Yde _ 'even then he seemed to feel great lengthy repo 0 's ness n U! Schoo|R"‘£;}:r15?,,e:lEy";;r¢:,!c1e,§tu!g],, fatigue' Vatlclm inlorrnants de- Europscn newspapers' rs he hnd ,5I‘“"¢h. Thursday, Dwember yhh `c!ared. ,given lrstruoticna that his sink- qmmy following night, Admls. Tonight h`e was still depressed, ness rc krpt quiet, la. well-Informed °“2~'Sc and lee. L-lals-12-le-ll..nn¢l nr. lvlilnnl and other mend- ,source declared. L _ __ i _ _ _ BIIIIS MISIEIIIJ BUYING PUBLIC Complaint From Mon- treal Purchaser Re- veals Inferior Pro- duct Sold On Repu- tation Of Island Pot- "Green Mountain Canada No. 1 Prince Edward Island Potatoes" are being used to sell inferior potatoes, not grown here, and that such practice is not only a. fraud land product. is made tn a letter from Mr. H. G. Cleck of Bt. Lambert is suburb of Montreal. Mr. Clack’s letter, which was re- ceived by His Worship Mayor Tur- H0I`» was referred to the Charlotte- town Board of Trade, and came up for discussion at a. council meet- ing or the Board last night. The letter, which is dated Nov. 21 lust, refers to a purchase at a. chain store in St. Lambert made by Mr. Clack on the preceding Monday. l The store had advertised the arrival of Prince Edward Island potatoes, ,and the writer, who for years had `al\\'ays purchased Island potatoes, phoned and purchased a sample bag. Finding them to be genuine i he ordered two more bags. Those he discovered were not Prince Ed- ward Island potatoes although so I stated on the container. He return- I cd the potatoes to the store, and nt. the managers request examined the seventy bags he had left. Nob one of them held Island potatoes atoes. ` I complnlnr. that bags stlunpea I on the purchasers but is very detrl- 'l mental to the reputation of the Is- I I iv l I 1 I I 1 I -.-I children will be deprived of their an Be-A§c-into Pal, The spirit of Santa Claus, peering rnto the heart of every boy and girl, knows that without the response of more fortunate persons, many cient right to complete hmppiness on this one momentous occasion. Santa Claus is nominating you for a role in his great pageant. But the part is simple. He asks you only to con- tribute to the Guardian Santa. Pnl fund. ' .. ___;_. .. ._ _ _ _Ltr _.-m_____ __.___ ____ W0n’tY0u? t`fT“°i`f"`“;“i.“5 t§"°é“°“' ."3*‘; Make Your Choice Today Ciflg Ugg() Y 6 OO},)t!I` V Federee dc Quebec. My object in writing is to advise that packing these pmfitoes under me name °1 lchrisimes is coming, the geese are ' thinking the matter over u hy not Pmlce Ehwurd IS and is truly dc'I nice and fat' Iect now and make sure that solve Cvchmg H30 public' and show? Yc5Plez;se put a penny in the S3nta_liitle child is made happy. .Y-ll’il SPP-P°d F” ‘““°§;,' ' I hm the p‘F““1l Pals hai- and the list of children for wnnln ule of living e.,ht months in your | _ _ '_ ha, _si h yet been made at city and I have a very warm spoil ,in my heart for the pzcple of the! I Island. I t “I may add that, the manager ` admitted to me that they were not ,'P. E. I. pctatoes ln the bugs. al-_ though the printing cn the ouisidc Inf the bag claimed they were." I Colonel Full stat/ed at last night'.='. 'meeting that the same thing was , happening in Boston and New Yolk I"The bags that go from here," he Iexplninccl. "arc empty. They arc, (Continued on page 12) ,fllaynalllt Elected' I . Mayor llf Montreal I I (C. 1'. by Guardians Special Wire) I MONTREAL, Dec. 15-J. A. tRaynault, former Montreal Alder- I man and Uriill Nationale member of thc Quebec Legislature for L‘As.eomptlon, was elected Mayor cf Montreal tonight with a ma- jori.y of 3.849 over ex-Mayor Calli- lllien lloude, his nearest oppon- _ ent. , First complete count. of returns _ from the 1,041 polls gave Rnynault I ‘ 56,395 votes. Houde 52,548 and the ` third candidate. Candide Roche- `fort, Union National liegislaiive t nssenlblyman for Montreal St.' I Mary's, 10,089. , L Victory for R,aynlw.lt followed lone of the mot bitterly contested ‘campaigns in Montreal; history. He is 42 years old and for the past 2 1-2 years held an aldernlanlc scat in the Montreal City Conn- 5 cil. If you haxcnt got a penny, a penny will do, If you havcn`t got. a ha’ penny, God bless you! Yesterday saw a splcnd’d re- sponse by Santa Pals to an urgent appeal and thfse in cllurrje of the Santa Pal department were de- lighted. Tilltt is one side of thei picture. On the other hand the list of clli1dl'en`s names increasedl Inu prov on as Ithe end of th"s article, I YESTERDAY’S SANTA PALS Dorothy MacDonald, Milton. .loan Large. Donald Large. Mrs. Frank Currie. < Mr. Harry G. Rogers, Mrs. Frank Auld, West Cove- by more than fifty. So, afl would-y h€¢ld~ be Santa Pais, there is still i:rgent| need for your assistance. I Tile names of children whose Christian names only are published each day are sent in by clergyman; who pick out the needy in their parish. You may be satsfied, there- fore, that you are helping bring a bit of glaclness to children to wh-cm almost ccr.r.Illly Christmas other- \visc would be a day of great dis- appointment and black despair which only clrldhood can know, And now a. word to those who are already Santa Pals. While it is not the intention o` those in charge of the Santa Pai Depart- ment to cause inconvenience to any- one kind enough to bc ll Santa Pal _ still if they could co-operate by sending thcll' parcels at once it would certainly be apprcoaied. This appeal appiles particularly to those who have talken names from the‘ first lvvo hundred ‘ll thc l_st. The amount of wort.: cnriied in keeping the parcels in order, seeing that. they are grouped according t0 families and so placed that delivery will be easy is very considerable. The work for those in charge IS I labor of love but it can be made much more pleasant, if Santa Pals who have co-operated so kindly in taking names of cllldren for whom welcome news to foxmen was sa’d by Vatican of- - ceived lust evening from the Hud- Further throughout the province was re- .fon's Bay Company silver fix sale. London, by their local representa- tives McLure and MacKinnon. ca le follows A Friend. William Dawson Ives. Barbara Doyle. Master Irving Prauizht. Sonya Jane Prauglll. Paul Cudmcre. Mrs. J. R. Starrett. Mr. Gordon Szaluullt, Margaret Anil H:rllc, Red Point Sewing Club. Joyce Gillis. Bennett Gillis. Phemie Gillis. Joan Gillis. Miriam Gillis. _".\'J. L., Charlottetolvn sub-dlvi- sion. tContinucd on page 12> IIIBSTERMEN MEET III IRURII Problems Will Be Dis- cussed At Conven- tion Today. (C.P. By' Guardians Special Wire) TRURO, N, S, Dec. la-Having as 1 their objective the cohscrvatioll and advancement of the lobster indus- ‘ try, 20 delegates rcpreseliting 10.000 lobster fishermen gathered ill pre- liminary meeting tonight to prc- ~'pure'for't'he opening of' a convcn- tion here tomorrow. Tile convention will be presided over by Holi. W. A. Found. Deputy Minister of Fisher- ies, Ottawa, _ 'Delegates represent fisheries dis- trict N0. 7, colnprlsing Prince Ed- ward Island, pulls of New Bruns- wick and the Strait section of No- va Scotia. Shortening of the fishing sexsoi ,and elimination from the mar.ke.:, _ of small-sized lobsters will be con- sidered during the convention. Las ‘year the 10,000 fishermen repr.» isented had a total output of abou; I 2,000,000 pounds of lobsters. Dr. A. I-I. Lein of the Biologirn The ll ' 1 "Today competition rather strong- cr particularly for full sliver skins. Total results to date: 95 per cent 'od at '1 1-2 per cent advance. Hudson‘s Bay Company, London, England." Board of Gaspe. D. H. Sutherlanl, ‘ Halifax, Maritime chic( supervisio of fisheries J. J. Larabee~of Char- tlotteiown, K. L. Berry, Newcastle. I N, B., and E. D. Fraser of Picton. N. S.. will address the delegates. MIIINTIIINEII Problem Of Adjusting Non-Permanent Ac- tive Forces Finally Completed. _ BY \\'. W. MURRAY (fanedirin Press Staff Writer I _,__ (;'l"r/lwa. nee. 1s-tCPi_-Reor- I r ,,' _` ‘ ganillation of (‘anada‘s non-perm- _ "'»». _ I _ _:_ gif! am-nt active militia has been com- I _ _ga ‘af ' ‘ ‘_,;'l . _ .., _ ._ , T 1 _ . , , _ ,., \ > ? pleted, and as it emerges from the crux-ibie the new form of the Do minian's citizen soldiers is greatly rlwaricd in respect of units but stuvdily consistent so ,far as per- sonnel is concerned. Tonight lion. Ian Mnckenzimt Minister of National Defence, re-I leased the whole plan lnvolvingI thc- reorganization of the non-I permanent active forces. Thesel contemplate restriction cf units, but are compensated by compact- nos in efficiency. They also ele- vate the militia from the prospec- tive to the actual. In brief, the militia is cut down with respect to paper units. Regi- ments which previously existed in the mi'itia list only on paper en- tirely dis-lppczir. Those which per- severed strongly in the piping times ni’ peace remain, some of 'rem a|n;\":um:|ted with others. it is true, hut _still with enough pre- served in their new name to iden- tify them with their former lustre. 'The list thing to complete the rcorgalli'/ation was thc Ending of a ll:>.ln~ i<~r the anlalganlatsd Royal Grem\r‘l‘:'s of Toronto and the Toronto lftegilllelit. A c;\lnpl'onlise was established in re-llalniug the new unit"The Royal Rcginiclit cf Toronto Grcnadiers.” I BIG l'ROBLE.‘~I So far as units are concerned, the Mack:-llzic System is drastic,- and has been in process of organi- ZMIUH IDI' it Near. Reorganization of the non-perlnanent. active forces Proclalmccl in Chinese Qrisis » ._ . .. 1 i".,<.'.-fffiifr S e~ ,.1 if ,_ _ .' ,'~- » ""f. ff' if 1-. f -1 ~ =._= ~ ' 5: , ' - _ - lei; --. ; _ __ f ->~ - ,_ -tru, _._,.,\9v@< P ""»*'-~"., --¢ wr-' -. ...= 1, -/z.»f.,-r-.--. _,_ _\,_ - -1' "'~ xiii 4 `.'. -»>.- v-" _ sc ~_ ,L , "#95 1,-, . . .-‘ ‘.‘,..' ~l"' 4 “rf ` 1-.;~"5(t"'--’°’5\l "1" so ’ U z-»»,, YQ' -_3 .,_\_- _,_' I, >‘ _ <1 <, A V M ,. » ws- -,ap 2 _ _ fi - "1 *fir ="`<5», '.1 -» ' 5 ,.»”»§% _,:~.' vs_ ¢_,,,:-,. .;,> -1;. I . .1‘<;=_2e _-f~: '~ / ' - , . .5 7 on ~t elitist 4 at 1 3 at it cw "‘ 1 " ' _ ` -I Q *Q .ans ~’ ` . - '-, _.iw -5?-lf-" 7' "¢` ,'-.~', »'¥ 5 .ff--.-I' .*-,,.>,. '» -. ,. _, -r.!_§===-1;:;»?f;__ _,_.- §i_§_'y;__,_,/,_ ,,,__'_§}; _ _ `- "5=.;ii‘f ."-'re ""1.>." 2'-’-""¥’= .= , _ , _ , _ ~ ~‘ <. - X "' f" in all odd effort to bring about an amalgamation of (‘l1incsc mii- itary forces to lvalrc a campaign for the recovery of I\ianchuri;l from Japan, I\`l\nkinl:'s general- isimo Chiang Kai-slick llc-ft), was _ -.f I kidnapped and slain ln u mutiny at Sianfu hy Marshal Chang lifaenll-iiang. General Feng Yu- lisialg lriglltl, lung known as the "(`hrisiian general". was given command of the Nankillg armivl in the emergency. NAKING. Dec. lli-(\\`ednesda_v)-(AP)-Confronted by a national crisis growing the death of General Chiang out of the announcement of Kai-l~ihek_ the Government of China proclaimed martial law throughout the republic to- day._ ' A “grave .situation arising' from multiple assassinzltions* was the reason for this swecpi nl: action, officials said. Thcyt rei`erred to the hrozldeast announcement of .\l:ll'shal (Thang Hsueh-ltianl: that his prisoners. the Nzlnkilllr dictator anti several of his rankine; Generals. had been killed at Siano Fu. Shcnsi l’l'ovincc. . The Government prohibitc I tical nlovenlents. Regardless of the fate of reg-imc made known its detel d all demonstrations or poilvt General Chiang the Nzlnkillj 'mination to crush the rellei-3 lion in Shensi. led hy Mrlrshal Chang. I' “ " ‘ TAKES OVER OFFICE I By luianinlolls vote the execnt-I ive Yuan meeting iasi lllght lllidcr A cllairnlansllip of Dr. li. li. Hull: temporarily civilian llc:-ld of the Government. clccitietl "l;cver tl relax" opcratitms agaillsi. subvers- ive clements in the llo:'til'.w‘st and was the one big problem which confronted the Ministlr when hc, assumed office last your, and since then the entire department llasi been WOYKIHE to effect the adjust- ments annolmced by Mr. Mncken-I zle tonight. I (Continued on page 13m Germany In ili;ed t I to continue General t‘.1l;.\ng's dom- estic and foreign p:.lic;cs. In keepillu with its decision the Governrlnent colllinued L0 move powerful loyal forces on Sian-Fu. centre of the rebellion. l’ani<'ky lfllrcst SHANGHAI, Dec. 16--tWcdne.- dayt-IA. P.l-Execution of Gen- crali.ssimo Chiang Kai-Slick. all- . , _nounceci in a broadens", bf: his 0f Colonies, Glalml (A. I'. by (ium'dia.n's Special Wire) LONDON, Dec. 15-Joachim Von Ribbentrop, German Ambassador to London, declared Germany was , determined to scrap "the discrim- ` innting putt of the Vc:~sail1esI Treaty" in a. .-pccch tonight cln- I phasizing Gcrlnnnys need tal' col- , onial possessions. "One thing is ecrtaill." lie said. "and this I cannot help .'tatin_e: "Germany has matic up her mind io get rid of that discrimin- ating part of thc Versailles Treaty which no gl-cat nation could have tolerated for-e\'el'. “To attain thi.: aim by agree- t men", Del' Fuehrcr and Chancellor made his offer to the world, but the world. still blind and wrapped vp in mclltality which is generally known today as the _-plrit of Ver- sailles did not respond." I-ie was speakirg for the first time before an English audience sinre ln: appointment as Am- , ba.ssadol‘. Captor the rcvolting war lord Marshal Chang, sprr_~.l\'ll'ai of his generals broutzllt fcar nf renelled _ 'l‘0K\"0. Dee. ll;-|\\'¢-(h,r~_a_ da_v)-l.’\l‘l-Reports reaching hcrc indicate General (liialllr Kal-Shck, China`s strong nliln, may be still alive, ilu- pri.~om~l' at Si:\ll»Fu, Shcusi l’l-on lr:-_ of his vellcllious slllurrrlinutc, Klar- shal Chang Hsucii-Liar _ Serious doubts that and several nf his (Generals were executed at sian-i`ll, as Mar- shal Chang was reported to have told (.'|\in:\ in n ln-unllca:\t. were raised today by later nis- patchcs reaching 'l'ok_vo. :E _._ civil wal' and cllal.. in the ab- sence ol fcrecflll lvallel' i;lp_ For :l decade Chinnuz had bein the b;; man and main l'e!ialll<- of llis countr_v ln its sr-ll gh ltr plat.- I __ (Continued on page lill Duke Of Win dsorReported Disheartened And A og _ 53 ‘IQ i BT A. D. STA!-‘I-'ERUD . Associated Press Foreign Staff I ENZEEPELD' Austria. Dec. ls- ’<»w ‘.et\\'c(l\ tile ¢\\'c'~"' :el".:li;Cs .;|id_ "and Edward 1-:il the lcozn ds- traught." Another .ilm. re;lortepcnks v’l"l for the patzencc and illclllstry oi tliose rr5',nrnl5lble, It lvolllrl not be ian- to colnmf.-ni .7 lrforztilllled on pn".“ 121 5, “ r I l t I l»___ o M035 . p|N(» I ~ Q QSHYYUAYS .7 7 ,.e,,_;_`_ , T. 'lathes 'THAT aut: \ Easn' fo c.l~;'r Ann 0FfEN HARD ‘fo GET Rio or ~ \‘»_ 2*-\` X / Q - ; _(5,. ,,-' , \,_'\\_\ i.‘f\','»//\ '& *_ ._ I ~'\ __ ~l.'_D l _,p-B”` In-.~ll m.rili\\c.~t and nc i willtls: lnrstly fair and n Ltlic rolrlcr. 'l’Oll.<).\"l'O. l)l-c l.. - Minlnlnln .nad lllllxillllllil :elllpcx':lt:lre.~. r