, MAXIMS i’ OI A MERE MAN, MERE MAN ——- a 3y woollfll we dispI-ee eu- wrst-lusnd tunes thmlshtiu hosrtlikeestreesn. ' A carelessness as to pes-eosul ep- poersnce is becoming only w. m, book worm. \ Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew I" ohsrlottotovvn Guardian. Two Cont. 50min; Guardian. Pounded llfl. Subscription Delivered 80.00. 2o PAGES arse e200. other Provinces s. u. a. s. no t - oil u; foundation into the street. LABOR PARTY APPROVES BEVIN FOREIGN (H? CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, my}, 1941 F38 Killed, 10 Injured In U. S. Plane Crash Mine Strike Resumes ‘Big Four-Engined Says Canada Turned lluwn British Textiles EJARGATE. Kent. England, May 20—(CPJ—B. C. ertchlngsr, s textile export agent from Saffron liulrlon. Essex. today told dele- gtlirs attending the 40th annual torenre of the British Labor that Canada had "slammed tho door” at attempts to sell Brt- fish textiles in Canada. spanking in support of e reso- lutzoll for more trade with Russia. 5 rcsnlililon later approved by the coufrrvllce, Bertchivnger said Bri- mul should seek to trade with rountries with a planned economy unulor to the United Kingdom's under the Labor administration. "Atthe start of this year I went to the United States and also sp- proachetl the Canadians t0 ask if they would take some of our pro- duction st the end o! this year. "They slammed the door more politely than did ti“ U!!!“ states." Record llalnstorla in N. Y. Ara (By The Associated Press) l.’ IIRLIN l!!! “i; , m i; mgmggglgjlstl gram that ' use of violation of_ ' ” - t- - ~ s» ww- use ‘ed ._ - ' t _. . area between utooadroes, n. Y-rw hi» scalar-d I" w" cm "v- snd Montreal early fnililhl. caus- inc thousands of dollars of dam- use as power and communication lines were toppled and market gardens washed out. A total of .51 inches of rainfall was reported in the Burlington arcs during the 25 minutes elec- trlcol storm. which started at 0:05 PM. (BUR) The sky wee so black and the rein so hesvv that lt was impossible to sea more than two feet. One inch of water was reported in the Burlington City Hail bese- ment and scores of cellars were inundated. One street was washed out Cement sidewalks caved in. Many buildings were undermined. s! Joseph's Catholic Church simple was struck by lightning. A special meeting of city offic- ials was called to take emergency lrtion, in st. Albans. trees were top- picd and streets and cellars flood- m. A house was damaged by fall- tnc trees. A garage was flooded flcsldents were ordered from an t-cht-family apartment house in Bllllincton when the foundation nus washed out and the building threatened to cave in. Coming Events "Talkies - Malpeque, Tuesday. “T __*_ NorthlMmhyi Murray Harbour are: m .,,..,....,"-=~ PM Cross Play, Wilt- "Bee Kelly's w: HP"- FWIIJ. May 23rd. Deuce Whltcr c. MecKenete. m. ' "Minn: Pleasant emu mu- W Variety concert. lep- u“ Hui-mil". My i0, l-dl p.m. d;""‘.‘..“‘l.f.t‘-"§i'.%a°f;.t£ Wm c. Msekqfle. "iitlflvfleturder us: st u n‘ l l n Rim’? lodeltty pantry eels. $141111» Harbour lterch Iso- ‘m g" h ma to receive pote- m, "mi-Pink. commencing 1'11 , "Bee Mesdowbeuk n“ s!!! 0011\- “m-"t N!!! in semi-flue! “Mutton. York Hell ma . 01mm a” ‘bu’. ‘ ' l7 Hell, Ifldsg, Rey 2%“ Milton A. Y. '1'. A. present Amman L. ow L. e M‘ “A -_... h. Everyone some to But Officials Hopeful M Tuesday there have been dismissals _-tl0ns have been changed. hr from Harold Gordon. Dosco‘s coal mining chief. but Jenkins feds oration: to cease work immediate- taln coliiertes." that the current deadlock would be n brief one. l would probably be resumed Dcece when Thomas Kennedy. the Union's tnamrer in Washington. and John Owens. s trouble-shooter for in» G-LACE BAY. us, May g9 _ (OP) The buck-to-xork move- ment in Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation ccllleries went into re- verse today and 12.000 miners who ended their l4-\\'et~ks strike car- iier this week were called out of the pits by mine union leaders. After a two-day respite the strike was on again in all but the small independently-owned ccllirries as freeman Jenkins. president Dis- trict 30. United Mine Workers, de- clared that negotiations with Dascn had been “temporarily broken off" and th, men had been advised “to cease work immediately, until guy- ther instructions." GLACE BAY. N. S., May 29 Maintenance men were with- drawn from one Dominion Steel end Coal Corporation pit tonight and picket lines formed around another after Union leaders celled 12.000 men out, of the mines again a few days after they had ended their li-weeks strike. The first. miners returned to their jobs Tuesday after the U.M.W. esnberliip had accepted a settle- ment granting an immediate wage increesg of s1 a day over pro-strike basic rates of $5.84. The Union charged that since end displacement of the working force and certain working condi- There has been no comment so president advised him by tele- iy. Men will be provided to maln- There was some hope, however, Mr. Jenkins said negotiations with international secretary- tematlonal president Jchn L. Lewis. arrive here later in the week. Mrs. Goering To Go 0n Trial" MUNICH, May 20 -(AP)— Dr. Alfred Lorlts, Bavarian deneslflc " minister. sn- ouneed today the arrest of Mrs. Goening to face trial as s, Nest member. fle-ssid he would dflmllsd l0 years in jail for the formor actress. Lorlta asserted he had had "mug difficulties" in bringing Mrs. Goering to trial as a Nazi. The difficulties were raised “not only by Germans, but by others ea well." Re declined to elaborate. Mrs. Goerlng became e mam- bq- of the Nazi Party in 1085. She told e reporter recently that her membership was con- ferred on her by Hitler without her knowledge. m s. Plane Burns At La Guardia Field NEW YORK. May m_(_q_p)__A bl-g four-engined United States Airlines plane. taking oLf in a. rainstorm, crashed and burned near La Guardla Field tonight with 38 persons killed. according to several sources, and 10 11mg. ed-tha greatest death to11 in g commercial plane disaster in the United States. The casualty figures came from police and rescue workers at La Guardl-a Field. where bodies were placed in a temporary morgue arranged at a vacant building of the Academy of Aeronautics, s private aviation school. There were conflicting reports as io the actual‘ crash. which cc. cured lust a. moment after the biz DC-d bound for Cleveland zoomed into the air. One account was that the plane struck s, fence or other obstruction at the edge of the field. One of those who escaped death was the pilot, Capt. B. R. Baldwin of New York. Baldwin, who was thrown clear of the plane. end nine-others were reported in hos- pital. Baldwln was believed not seriously hurt but condition oftthe others was not known. Names of the dead and others injured were likewise not known immediately. The burning plane made s fiery (Continued on rag, s 00L s) Hearing On Parliament . At A Glance (By The Csusdisn Press; Reconstruction Minister Howe said the Government was not closing the door on suggestions for state-subsidized housing to end e shortage of accommodation. Opposition members joined ranks to criticize the Government's housing policy and to ofler sug- gestions ranging from lifting of controls to finance. External Affairs Minister St. Laurent denied the United States had said it would apply an em- bargo against Canadlan mink pelts. Labor Minister Mitchell dis- closed that. a movement is under way of 1,400 European displaced ersons to work in Ontario's lum- r industry. Speaker Gaspard Deutesu: leo- tured members on the evils of reading speeches. Justice Minister Ilsiey said he could give no assurance the R. C. M.P. would not be used in strikes. Friday: ‘ The Commons will discuss Gov- ernment legislation. The Senate will not sit. Backward Spring Delaying Seeding OTTAWA. May 29 —(CP)—On'e of the most backward springs in the history of Eastern Canada has ' held up seeding drastically, but the situation la "not hopeless by any means," P. O. Ripley, Dominion husbandman, stated today. Recommending sowing of barley and oats even as late as June 15, Dr. Ripley said late sowing in other late springs indicated it was a good idea. to maintain a large proportion of the corase grains acreages previously planned. This spring has been abnormally unfavorable to seeding, according to records taken at the Central Ex- perlrmenttai‘ Farm. where Dr. Ripley works. Records for the months of March. April. and up to May 28 total 14.22._lnches rain. whicih is higher than for the same three months in any year on record. Temperature in April was five degrees below the erage and this, together with abnormally cloudy weal-her, haaresirlted irn reduced evaporation. leaving the soil in a highly-saturated condition Frost Throat Troubles Farmers ln_0_ntarlo TORONTO. May 29 — (OP) - The possibility of five cr six de- pusg of frost tonight was Phdiolr cd today to further pidilie Ontario farmers. already harassed by cool weather and rainfall which have (ly The Osnedien Press) EAMIIIJION, Bermuda. May 28- A Lancaster plane of British genus American Airwsvl llflfi“ et Kindle! Field here st 0 s-m. DDT. today after a flight from “M” during which the bll plehe tested elr refuellinl 0110!‘!- tions over Bante Marie. in the Asores. flaking the" flight in i0 hourl- ths pleas was the first to make I grog-stop flight from London t0 Iermude. She landed exactly on “h . edule. The pleas left London with in- sufficient gasoline to make the flight but took on 1,000 sail?" over the Asores in less than 20 minutes. The fuel was transfer- red to the Lancaster throush a tube hsnslnl from I "Ml!" plans” flying overhead. Mr Allen Oobhsm, who was s con the plane st the ra- ll. 'i\tllei.flmssrd.leie delayed seeding operations. Trans - Atlantic Plane Refuels While In Air Civil Aviation. seld sir refuelling would revolu“ ' Atlantic pas- senger s.ir transport. treble the payloads and out , rational costs in half. He said the refuelling principle would be applied on e yet un- specified B.S.A.A. sir routs in the near future. . There was absolutely no dan- ger in sir refuelling. he seld. To the contrary it reduced one of the chief reasons of elr accidents ._Qgkln[ off and lending with too heavy e load. Air Vice Marshall Doueid C. Bennett. lenersl manager of south American Airwfll who piloted the plane. seid the line may shortly start s "proving night" from tngland to lfont- 1. "The flight today was one of a series of weekly non-std! flilbts curing which Ila line will quest of the British Ministry of the refitelling plan. ' ‘ (By The Canadian Press) SAINT JOHN. N. B», May 29— Negotiations which will result in an extensive exploration for oil in New Brunswick and at the same timt assure residents of the Moncton area a greater supply of natural gas were completed st s conference held here today. Following the conference, at- tended by oll executives. finan- ciers and lawyers. it was announ- ced that New Brunswiek Oil Fields, Ltd. had acquired the property of New Brunswick Gas and Oil Fields Ltd, whose head office ls at Moncton. and that Shell Exploration New Brunswick. Ltd.. had been granted a lease of 3.000.000 acres. or about 0.000 square miles. This is approxim- ately one half of the acreage. ac- quired by New Brunswick Oil Fields Ltd. The area. conveyed to Shell srx- ploration is exclusive of Hlllsboro parish, west of the Petitcodlac River. which also includes the Stoney Creek field. This field. in Albert County. is reserved for operations by New Brunswick Oil Fields, Shell Exploration New Bruns- wick, Ltd.. a wholly-owned aub- sidiary of the Shell Oil Co. of Canada Lid. in acquiring the 3,- 000,000 acres. will make an inten- sive exploration for oil and‘ gas. Shell Exploration plans call for immediate geological work to he carried out, and the company ai- ready has a number of geologists actively working in the field. ills- der the directlon of Dr. W. C. Gusson. Shell Oil Company's chief geologist for Eastern Canada. 1n a statement following the conference. Harold W. Wilson of Toronto. vice-president of Shell Oil Co. of Canada and also vice- president and a director of Shell Exploration New Brunswick, Ltd, said "Shell hopes that the results of the ‘present geological work will be sufficiently encouraging to warrant a more extensive pro- gram being undertaken. including plans for actual drilling" for oll. HUN... England — (CH-After en experiment with nylon fishksg nets, fishermen decided they were too expensive to be used cosnsne v- isily immediately. Blosso L fxNtlD/l FLOUR Local Stage All Set For Transportation Commission ' ' ~i i .. will. = rbttr-‘tirecnonii’ l r Freight. Rates With the arrival last night of the members of the Board of Transport Commission. the stage is all set for the opening hearing in the Law Courts Building at 10 o'clock this morning 0f the Railways applic- ation for a 30 per cent freight rate increase. The aren't-bore of the Commission arrived last night. They are: Mecca's, LA. Cross. KC. chief commissioner; Armand Sylvestre. deputy-chief commissioner; and J. A. Stoneman. commissioner. Messrs. J. C. Lessard. director of transportation for economics for the Commission. and W. E. Camp- bell. director of traffic for the Commission; and Charles W. Rtunp. assistant secretaw ancl registrar for the Conmrission, also arrived. Counsel for tihe Canadian Nation- sl Railways at the hearing will be M; Hugh O'Donnell. Montreal (chief counsel), and Mr, _A; K- Dysart. associate general solicitor. ______-_-—~ (Continued on Page 6 001- i" Premier Jones i Interviewed In i Federal Bapital OTTAWA, May 29- (Speclalb- Ill Ottawa today on provincial business, Prince Edward Island Premier J. Walter Jones predicted in speaking‘ with The Guardian's correspondent here‘ an early end to butter rationing. "There's a psychological time to end butter rationing," Premier Jones explained, “and in my opin- ion that time will be very soon when production of butter all over Canada is being stepped up." The Premier said he did not care to commit himself on the pre- sent prlce of butter under the Potato ilay To Be Feature 0f Fair (By The Canadian Press) AMHERST. N.S-. May 2S- A potato day will he one of the features of the next Mar- itimc Winter Fair. officials of the Maritime Stock Breeders Association. sponsors of the annual event, decided at. a meeting here today. Only Foundation A and cer- _ tlfled stock will be accepted with championships being of- fered for each province as well as a grand championship for the Maritlmes. Prizes for the Fair total 518.000. Miss Vimy Jones of Char- lottrtown was added to the (Continued on Page 5 C013“ horse show committee under Dr. J. T. Atkln, chairman. Survey Shows Maritime, Women Lightest Smokers‘ June 9 Will Be Report Improvements At Moncton Airport MONUIDN. N. 3-. M0)’ 30-. (Fkidayfl-(OPL- The Times said in a newsPBBe story today a $3.- Qgopoo Federal public works pro- thst will make Monctern Air- pq-g tho “largest and best equip- ‘rhe newspaper said, it had been informed by a Department of Transport official that the in- itial phase of the airport. exten- sion program calls for expendi- ture of $650,000 on the construc- tion of a 8.000-foot concrete run- away, administration building and high intensity lighting. Additional work. to be done 1M" will include repiaclnB the iW° Te‘ malnilng 4.0004001; runways with 6.000-foot concrete Iandinfl S1111" similar to the one to b8 fifmitriwi" ed this summer. the Times said. Modified ll-2 German llocket Crashes in Mexico (By The Associated Press) EL PASO, Tex., May 20 — A modified V-2 German rocket ex- ploded in Tepeyac Cemetery, a- bout six miles south of Juarez. Mexico. tonight. shortly after it had been fired from the United States Army's White Sands prov- ing grounds, 35 miles north of here. First reports were that there no casualties. The cemetery is in a sparsely inhabited, desert region. Juarez adjoins ElPnso. with onlv the Rio Grande, which forms the inter- national border. separpting the cities. The blast shock both Juarez and El Peso. Liz-Col. Harold R. Turner. at White Sands. said by ififphfillt‘ that a modified rocket had been fired at 8:30 PM. (CST) but would not comment further. The explosion occurred about three minutes later. ‘Several residents of El Peso reported seeing e vapor trail, such as those left by the rockets. sec- onds later. they heard a heavy explosion and saw its smoke to the south. Some persons hpre expressed belief that the rocket had failed to reach its maximum height. and that the explosion was from its unexhsusted fuel. The captured German weapons. modified by army scientists, have reached heights of more than 100 miles in tests at White Sands. WMM. t sstlene in Canada to be the tools of Statutory Holiday UITAWA. May 29 - (OP) —-Of- flcials of the Secretary o! state's Department said tonight that June B has been proclaimed by the gov. ernment as the day of celebration of the King's birthday and will be a statutory holiday throughout Canada. Rio!" F0ain!.i'il!i_8 Ocean Limited HALIFAX. May g9 ._(¢p)_ Hundreds of curious Hallgotnians and scores of amateur ‘phgtg- graphers jammed Union station here tonight to catch a gllnypsg of the first streamlined diesel low- MHY N -—(CP)—— TORONTO. Maritime women smoke less than women elsewhere in Canada and maybe theres a. reason for it. 1t could be it’; because they spend more time n: the kitchen doing housawlfely chores. Women there bake more bread for home con- sumption than am’ other group in the country. 'I‘-his inforunaticn was culled from a consumer survey made by the Canadian Daily Newspapers As- sociation which made s thorough study of tho buying habits of Mr. and Mrs. Canada The complete survey, a neatly bound book of 200 pages, gives a composite ‘picture of btrvimg trends and rlecloees many interesting fsots. . Tests were conducted in 60 Con, sdlaar cities wlththe aid" of newe- boy-s, who distributed question- naires to their customers. and the response was dacrfbed as “phenomenal? Main question groups-there were seven-dealt with the whys and whereforee of housewife marketing and family buying habits. Mr. Canada, generally speaking. gets paid on Saturday. From his motive. which brought Canadian National Railways’ Ocean Limit0d| from Montreal Orr loan to the C.N.R. for testing l purposes, the engine came into Halifax with engineer Roy McAulcy of Mcncton, N.B.. at the controls and Wesley Drillon, also of Mono- tcn, in the fir-omens seat. ' On the return trip tomorrow en- gineer A.B. Betta of Truro. N.S.. will be in charge. The 4.5O0-l1crsc-powcr engine has been on a demonstration tour on western roads in the United States. This was its initial trip in Canada. Hospital tlfficials Meet At Saint John SAINT JOHN. N, B., May 29- (CFO-Sessions of the first annual Maritime Institute for Hnspl-tzll Administrators, spohsored hy the Maritime Hospital Association untl salary he preserves enough to buy his cigatrctg because the average Canadian male is addicted to the weed. Sixty-eight per con-t of all urban Iruales puff comeottediy and their vvlvcs usually join them. Six- ty per cent of women questioned smoke. I Charlottetown. 1.111.. has the lowest per capite number of women smokers with only 31.2. but the women in Victoria. B. (7.. make up for the dcficih There 74 of every 100 indulge. Most Canadians prefer dogs to cats for pets, the survey shows. Only 35.7 per cent of Canadians oun automobiles. The old straight razor has fallen from favor with only 8.8 per cent of shavers using them. Safely raz- ors are tthe overwhelming favorite. Straight razors are most popular in Quebec. ‘ Ancl in case you are interested. t-hcrc arc more high-priced cars pcr cnplta. in MOHMOH. NB» 11101‘- ln {my other city in CB-llfldfl. Th0 the American College of Hospital Administrators. opened today with . more than 60 delegates present. t Dr. J. A. Clark. Churioticioirll, president of the Maritime Hos- ' pital Association, was chairman. The sessions will conclude Tues- i day. i Dr. Hervey Agnew, Toronto. secretary of the Canadian Hospital Council. pare a lcvture m1 llns- f pi-txll utlmirlistratiou and staff or- ' ganizatlon. l survey doesn't say why. Four Shaman liold up uarltng Brewery “FATERLOO, Ont, May li9- Four gunmen held up two office employees ni. tho Carling Bren/cry here at closing time tonight and cst-rqrcrl with about $1.000 in cash from the rcttlil store ullachI-rl to the plant. l. 0. D. E. Pledges! To‘ Oppose Co By Kay Rex TORONTO. May 29 —(CP)-— Canadian Communists now know where t-hey stand with the Imper- ial Order Daughters of the Empire which today pledged itself to watcth with “utmost vigilance" for the activity of any Communist agents‘ in the Dominion, Speaking for its more than 60,000 members from coast-to-coast, the society became the first national wommfs organization to challenge Cormmmist dealings in Canada. Dolciam. dtxrine’ closing ' of the annual convention, approv- ed a resolution urgimg that mem- bers strive in every way to "pac- vent the exploitation of Canadian women/a organisations and pro- grams by the ermtssaries of alien tyranny." ". . . .i.n the pursuit of a world- wide conspiracy of Communist revolution. tthe COIl1fllilflisls somlst to set up women's have organi- ‘ C ors of Communist propaganda." road the resolution. "Be it rosoivcd that we . . . reiterate our primary loyalty to tho principles of British freedom: the Empire, and to Can- ada; that we picdse ourselves to watch with the utmost vigilance for the activity of such Communist agents in our cOmmum-itles . . Canada's immigration polidy and the new Canadian passports, also came up in resolutions approved during the meeting. Careful distribution of future im- migrants was urged as delegates decided to petition the Federal Government to embody in its im- migration policy. regulationswhkh would sec to it that newcomers did not settle in "social biotic," but were "aashmtlated and Canadian",- ed." There were objections that the now (‘anadlon passport was issued by authority and over the signat- ure of the secretary of State for Conunlunist policy and the purvey- (Continued on Peer l @781’ British Foreign Minister Gives Frank Statement (By The Canadian Press) I ltfARG-AJPE. Kent: England, May tEO-Bluut Ernest Bevin, in one 0' Lthe most forthright speeches of lllS career as Britain's foreign secretary. scored s resounding triumph today when the 46th conference of the British Labor Party voted unconditional sup- port of his policies. He circled the globe in a 1%- hour talk which dealt with Brit.- ain's problems in the veteran trade union leader's pleineat "takc-lt-or -lenve -it" presentation to date, "All I ask this conference to do is to be quite straight with me," he began. "Either support the policy or reject it. Either I am doing right, and the Government is doing fright, or we are both doing wrong." That told. It was unconditional support. Every one of the numerous reso- lutions proposed against British foreign policy in Greece, in Ger- many, with Russia. with the Un- ited States and elsewhere, wee rejected. Bevink remarks were trcsflent in every reference. Forgetting Ade People are forgetting Asie, he said. "Koren. is a. very grave dan- (“Contkiised on Page t col. s) NO‘! ‘Q e A New oosr o caooueas on ‘ fr: Raolo vuu. DRM: flu: Famuvy Pnaton 9 i TORONTO, May 20 - (Q)- Minimuln and maximum temper- atures: Dawson 49, 76; Vancouver 56' 66; Jasper 33. 77; Edmonton 30, '73; Regina 28, 5'1; Winnipeg 2i. 49; Port Churchill 2'1, 31; Port Arthur 33. 43; White River 1|, as; North Bay 39. 55; Toronto i0, 06: Ottawa 48, 69; Montreal 5i. 6'1" Quebec 40, 55; Saint John 49, Moflcion 42. 55; , Halifax 42. Charlottetown 39. 50; Sydney 52; Yarmouth 49. 68 61',- a2: so. HALIFAX, May 30-(l"rid.ay)— tOPl-Avcathcr‘ synopsis and offl- c-iul inland forecasts issucd by the Domlnron Public Weather Office at, Halifax at 12.15 a.m. Friday. Synopsis: There were showers Thursday morning over much of the Mari- timcs but in the afternoon lhc skit-s‘ cleared nnd the weather was sunny and con-i. Cloud began t0 spread into the western regions late ln tho afternoon due to a dis~ turhnncr- vontrcd north of Mont- real. By cvcnlng it was clou y in lall except tlvc cxtronte eastern pznt or tho district and showers hurl begun 1n the Gaspe region. fThumlershou-r-rs are reported from New Erlglaud and can be ex- ‘pct-tcd to with the Marltlmcs lrillrinz the night. Warm moist grinds from the south will favor thc formation of coastal for. Forecast valid until Friday mid- night: Prince Edward Island: Cloudy with scattered showers or thun- rlorshowr-rs during the night. end- 111g hy noon, Clearing and warrncr Friday afternoon. Light winds’ in- creasing to southeast 15 by morn- ing and shifting im the afternoon to west 15. High Friday at Char- lottetown T0. High tide this morning at 7,28 and tonight at 7.05. Sun sets this evening st 7.8‘! and rises tomorrow mornirq er. 4.16. Full rnoon June 3rd. 2.27 P. M. CAR PERI! "PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND‘ Dally Except Sunday. Leave Borden at. 8.40 A.M., 1 PM“ 4.30 P. M - Leave Torvnentine at 10.05 A. M, 2.40 l’. M.. 7.30 P. M. SUNDAY Leave Borden 6.45 P. M. ' Leave Torrnentine 8.00 P. M. . POLICY