2:“ render MERE MAN The braver, finer cIhBIS- mcn toil for fTf ——' "W ‘f wn Guardian ’l‘w0 Con“. fihligfitilguliunrtiisn, Fciunded IIWI Es, 000 Prepare >;/'///’ The People's Paper ’// ’/// Covers Prince Edward claw ma! ,-...----1"---...________ Island Like the Dew ke 0f Aosta Seeks Termsq qy_1ito r_~_Sur Read by Everybody itlil: _____ __ __________ W“ _______, _ _ MAXIMI 01A MERE MAN Virtue is its own reward and vlrc its own scourge. Italians To Be British Prisoners Axis planes ET in raid on Suez Canal area. c5130, May 10—(Monill.y)—tAP)—Britlsh terms for the w. tithe Italian troops of the Duke ncrfhrrn Ethiopia have been given here early today- Brimn inst month demanded ndor of Aosta trapped at Arnbs Aleji in the Duke's emissaries. it was reported unconditional surrender of the Duke -Vicemy of Ethiopia-but the terms now given st the request of the Duke were not immediately divuig ___r_~-_ - -;::- 750,000 cn in Canadian lirmy possible IS a three years, izicr said figures obtain- l registration last Au}:- ulo has some be lcft. This n: together with some 4.000.000 pa cns over 35. could be crimp .1 keep Canadian indus- tr.» moi 1.- ut top speed. he said. Bw. sent Will‘. Canada fut 14:0 munitions. equip- nmcliincs x the minister added. "We have 237.000 men in our forcrs nniv.‘ ho said. “We now axe calling for 32.000 more. "SCIIIC tiluik our war effort up to lllf‘ present ll.i5 not been spectacu- lar. Bu: 1 sni- the war so far has been more cffc i1 than spectacu- lar from thc B1 tlsh point of view.“ d Coming Events __Q_- Isle for Notices in this column 3 cents per word. if 1i. Tu cozy. o e e Lfll00-li-l7-ili. "Blic-iv-St. Peters, Wedriesda . 14-100-5-1 -2l. "l-liiiilcr River Starch Factory lttflilllu; IlJlill0€5 only by a point- "mi- L-HZO-g-lli-‘ii. "Danie C. M. B. A. Hall, Vernon Flier. Mai.‘ 1011i. Webster's Orch- mm- 14-96-5-15-21. "l-Ofldinxhogs every Tuesday 1P3. '11". lziug service. Write or chose mo. MilCKlly, Albany. L-94-5-l9—2l. "The Borden play, to have been Presented 1n Cape ‘Iraverse Hall (m the lillli, postponed. L-l70. 90w 11w Hunter River plny in Kingston Hull. Monday night, May 1W1. Procculs for war work. IrBOB-S-ll-Si. "Belfast hull Tuesday night, {"2001 0t Fl p-m. “Eyes of Love". Um i111? by Cherry Valley play- ‘- I..—l36-5-17-2i. "gliraulilliziiio Hall, Milton Play- Bmgflfflrl Allflht Bessie Beats the yo]. Rid Cm S. {vofiy 20th. Proceeds L-U2-5-l7-2i. "Amiliwl meeting Mt- Albion §?§l‘“"“-" C». will he held in Mt. {pm ljlll. ivvdnesday. May 21st. ‘m- L H- Myers. President. I 14-186-5-10-31. "Emci-nlzl iiail, Wednesday light. Jutu- 21. llirce act comedy firrespoiirlciico Cou tshi " . ill . - I P by I11 i112? m" Players. Dance after ‘ L-IBI-b-IQ-Si ., —-—--- on Bordon Dramatic society, on,“ t“! 0f lhc Albany Pleasant A m nstuuley will present "The cm TMiiidcd Bridegroom" in um m,“ "muss Hall on Monday ev- llm l9 at a p, m_ L 140-5-17-2! m,,?,"‘,]l1“~" l"‘f°~ lvfondirv, at Fred- grlp l‘, ,;"‘|1'l\ lli_:i.|n. New (Tus- llco, 2 ‘ "- |'1‘|l‘l‘:. Store in Rus- qymhmlxl-Ill. l\l‘ll'l((il Square in north wnirtllllllllvlh/lkllIlPSdHY l0 rim. 8mm Rom, . um. Carmglicrs (is s (lross. 3 p.m. Ben lltuafrfis,'?l°- Roar valley. '7 ixm. h, 1i s Store. Emerald. Psy- . pa f . ML xnuérJéwlige Digs over 22 lbs 1150K‘ possibility Hon. lnilstcr of Nation- .- said Saturday oe- (‘l No. 6 convention ition of Kinsmen Club ed. (By Edward Kennedy, Associated Press Staff Writer) CAIRO. May 18—-(AP) —- The Duke of Aosta, Italian vlceroy in Ethiopia, has given up and has sent an emissary to seek terms of sur- render for is force of 38.000 troops surrounded at Amba Alija, man point of resistance in his stand in East Africa, British headquarters announced today. The Italian commander withdrew his forces to the mountain strong- Ababrl, after tlhe fall of the capital. Coupled with this announcement. todayfls war bulletin attacking Australians at Tcbruk had recaptured a number of strong- points in the outer defences of the beleaguered Libyan port, and took 25 German prisoners in the pro- cess. It added that British mechaniz- ed patrols are continuing active 1n the Snlum and Fort Capiizzo areas along the Libyan-Egyptian border. The statement that the Duke 0t Aosts was seeking terms of sur- render for his forces-at the 9.000- foot mountain fortrcs of Amba Alija followed within less than a month his rejection of a. British demand for his unconditional sur- render. The Italians announced on April 23 that the Duke had turned down (Continued on page 9, Col 6) Inspector named For this Province u. FREDERICTON. May 18 —(CPJ -Ma.1or Silas C. Wright, South Devon, and W. M. Kesson, Norm Devon, near here, have received word from Ottawa of their appoint- ments as inspectors under the na- tional unemployment insurance plan. Major Wright is Inspector of New Brunswick, with headquarters at Saint John, and Mr. Kcsson is in- spector for Prince Edward Island, with headquarters at; Charlottetown. R. P. Hartley, K. 0.. Saint John, is maritime superintendent of the commission. P-owcrs of iiairy -Board extended I OTTAWA. May 18—(CP) —~Pow- i crs of the dary products board have ibecn extended by order-in-council in a move descrl ed by agriculture officials u intended to guarantee adequate supplies of dairy products to meet Canada's wartime commit- ments m ll c United Kingom. Cwrlglnally the board was empow- ered to regulate exports of rlniry products to Britain. Under 0118 or- dcr-in-council published tonight, in an extra edition of the Caucda. Cia- MW‘. lt- now may:- "l. Regulate the export 0f dairy products to nny country. "2. Require any dairy Product to l be delivered or diverted or monu- 1 lecture as the board may deem [necessary and to limit or restrict the quanbty of my dairy product that may be accepted. purchased, manufac ured or processed by any person." hold. 280 miles northeast 0f Addli‘ said ccuntcr- " 2W? A Way”, Hull State Secretary says U. S. own_ interest tied up in seeing British get needed supplies. CHARLOTFETOWN, CANADA MONDAY, MAY 19, 1941 ins. IJESTRCYS 22 ENEM! PLANES m NAZIS CLAIM S O VIE T VOL UN IN [BA Q Huge Fires In "iic - affirms Conservative Co - operation lHanson Warns‘ Will Not Tolerate In- efficiency In War Effort. (YITAWA. May 18—(CP)--'I‘he Conservative Party will "continue, insofar es the, war is concerned," to co-operetc with the Govern- ment but "never shell we tolerate retrogression, inefficiency or halt‘- heartedness" in the war effort, Conservative House Leader Hanson said Saturday night. In the first of a. series of talks by opposition leaders In the House of Commons to be broadcast over a national network of the Canadian Broadcastin Corporation, Mr. Hanson criticized Government pol- icies and appealed for more active ltesdership from the administra- on. "Prime Minister Mackenzie King, surely, cannot fall to recognize that, Ls leader of a belligerent 11a- tlon, his first duty i5 to give lead- ership." he said. “He must initiate policy, take his place at the council table of the Empire. and have Canada's mlstakablc terms." (Continued on page 9, col 4) News Briefs MOSCOW. May 18- (AD-Soviet RusJa. and the pro-Axis coup d’- etat government of Iraq have es- tablished diplomatic, trade and consular relations, 1t was announc- ed here Saturday and the Com- munist, party organ Pravda tonight remarked that the Iraq picture “un- doubtedly complicates the situation in the near east for Britain." VICTORIA, May iB-(CPF-Fi- nanoe Minister John Hart Saturday, announced the one per cent wage: tax on British Columbia. incomes would be abolished June so. 1041. l The following dry July, I, in- creases in the Federal National Defence Tax gn into effect. NEW YORK. May 18-40?)- Rudolf Hess’ fli lit to Britain was} described as n ramatxc Nazi de- fenbby Ralph Iiigcvaoll New Yorki publisher and editor of the news-l paper PM when he spoke in the‘. Canadian Broadcastng COTPOXB-g tion's "we haile been there" series; tonight. | IIEIRUT. Lebanon, May l (AW-The Iraq high cnmman to-| day claimed destruction of eight British planes in n raid on C Eli Dcbanc airdrome 50 miles west of Baghdad. on the shores of Lake Habimniyrii, and the British Dfllrllls with heavy imper- ial losses in clashes on the western Irma front. t hese claims were not confirm- ed in Cain. 18- WASi-IINCVIUN. Msy 1km?)- Declsring that a paramount pur- Dosc of he Axis is to obtain con- trol of the seas for purposes of "world domination", State Secre- tary cordell Hull asserted tonight that the United States‘ own de- fence and safety "requires that we see to it that Great Britain re- celves adequate supplies for her successful resistance." And, he snld in a. broadcast address, "we will find a way!" ’I‘iie Secretary of stats mention- ed no methods, but he made clear his own view that whatever steps are necessary must be taken. "Either the spread of lawlessness in the world must be brought to a halt." he said. “or we shall soon find ourselves surrounded by ag- gressor; and compelled to fight. virtually alone and against great (IIlIlS, for our own national exis- tours." H!) made a piunmu cement on foreign 1i0‘ioy and the first enun- clatlon of principles which the ad- ministration feels should guide the world in the pence following the Cologne By Pat Ussher Canadian Press Staff Writer LONDON. May 18 —(CP Cable) -‘I'he Air Ministry said today that. British bombers, striking at Cologne Saturday night for the second con- secutive raid on that centre of Nazi industry, hurled a "constant rain of bombs" on the city and left huge fires blazing among many bulld- ings. (Berlin authorities acknowledged damage to railway facilities, de- struction of buildings and claimed many civilians in western Ger- many, particularly in Cologne. were killed and injured.) Unfavorable weather failed to stop the strong force of aircraft flying against Cologne on Friday and Saturday nights, the Air Min- istry news service said, and the VIIKlS were carried out "successful- voice ring out. in clear and uu—._..4.. "Reports by the crews show how concentrated and violent was the (Saturday night) attack," the news service said. “They scarcely had begun to bomb before large fires sprang up to use: the constant rain of bombs. There was one particularly large fire in (Continued on page 9, Col 5) Entire crew is saved AN EAST COAST CANADIAN PORT. Ivfny l8--- I CP) --Members of the crew of a British freighter ieached here today reporting all the ship's complement had been saved when she was torpcdocd off the coast of Ireland. The men said they were in the boats only about 20 minutes after their vessel was fatally damaged. They were picked up by another vessel, ivhicli landed them at an- other east coast Canadian port. Their ship. wliosc name was ivlthheld, was bound for New York from Britain. Itwcnrrled a large consignment of whiskey. Many of the crew were Chinese. island Students lire successful At Mount A. repulse oi‘- SACKVILLE. N. 13-. May 18 - (CP) - Degrees and certificates to be presented to students of Mount Allison University at the annual convocation Tuesday number 101. Seventy-nine diplomas and certifi- cates will be conferred at the clos- ing exercises of the academy and commercial college, and 1i students will graduate from tlzc schools for girls. The list includes: Bachelor of srts: Alden Douglas Leard, Bedeque, P. E. L; Olars Jean Moore, Summeraids. Bachelor of Science: Ivan Iome Bell, Carleton Siding. P.E.I. Master of Arts: John Hamid Hoo- kin, B.A., Sourls. P.E.I. " Licentiate of Music: Helen Milli- cent Callbeck. Charlottetown. Matriculation in Arts: Ede Well:- or Jsrdine, Kensington, PEI; Wil- llam Alexander MacGregor. Mount Stewart. P.E.‘I. Secretarial Diplo it: Ada Lewis sudsbury. summers de. Stsnogrephio: Pauline Dixon Richards. sour-is, P. 1:, I. School for rls: Joy Elisabeth Fraser. Char ottewwni Jeanette Louis MacQuarrls, Sour s. War—-25 Years . Ago Today (By The Canadian Press) MAY l0. wills-Small Russian cavalry force broke through from Persia t9 join Brl troops on the River Tigris; Gen. r C. Gorringes (Continued on page 0, Col l) s...‘ _ British Bombing Constant rain-of-bombs hurled on big German industrial center.‘ 10 Follow ‘Rev. ii. H. Stavcrt Passes in P. E. i. Hospital here REV. R, H. STAVERT, MA» BD.‘ Rev- R. Hensley Stavert, M.A.,. B.D.. well known Presbyterian mm-‘ nster in this province, died ycstm- uay morning in the Prince Ediv-eud Island Hospital following an illness of several months. I-Io underwent an operation 1n January oi this your and failed to make a recovery". lie was born at \VilillOL Vullcv G7. years ago. I-lls early education was received at the district school and later at Prince of Wales College,‘ Charlottetown. Pursiung his sludus. ne attended Dalhousic University‘ and later Pine Hill Divinity College. hoiioiving his ordination as u Presbyterian minister, the deceased held several charges in New Bruns- wick. Froni Stiilllcy_ N. 13.. he cane to Prince Edward Island about 22 years ago and assumed charge of Hunter RIVCI‘, Brookfield and Harts- ville churches. hi limo iic uent 1o Wood Islands, lie had charge of the church thereand at Murray; Harbor south until a year ago when ill health forced him to resign. Thel fire destroyed his home and he‘ movcci t0 l(clisiiip,'t(i1i ivlicrc lic rev mnlned until entering the hospital.- The deceased was a very active member of the Sons of TYEIIIDQIWJIICG‘ this province and for several years was Grand Worthy Patriarch of the organization. He was also, at one time, moderator of inc Synru of Presbyterian Churches in the‘ Maritime Provinces. This wns in the year 1030-31. , Surviving are two sisters, May and Annie at Kensingtmi and Ollel brother Erskine in Sydney, N. S. - The funeral will take place from Kensington Presbyterian Church zit 2 m. (Standard Time) Tuesday. In rment North Bedeque Cemetery, London in Carnival dress By Harold Fair Canadian Press Staff Writer IDNDON. May 18 -(CP Cable) ~Batfered London today forgot its troubles in the first carnival-like display since the start of ch war u a campaign was tnaugura "d to‘ raise $446,000,000 to buy planes, shl s tanks and guns. fftcially called ‘Lwor weapons week" it opened Saturday with pars. s and speech making in moat, of the 62 participating boroughs of the metropolitan area. Heroes of the home fronwfire- men, wardens and ambulance par- ties-marched with servicemen through flag-bedecked streets past many, s. ruined b ng. GLIMBED T0 HONOR N t-(Oln- Sergt. C. -.l\ccident victim iiad brother . Allcgc Pilots, Technicians to Fight British May 18-(AP)—- Gennari quarters claimed today that Russian "volunteers" already‘ Me m Iygq-dgplte previous Sov- iet denials-and expressed un- concealed satisfaction over A the prospects of joint Russian-Axis 1n- tgrvonfl'jn against Britain ‘in the lvfirlrllc Eastern bittle for 0.1- Tlu- Gcminris contended th"i n-. mom: Soviet volunteers pennltted by Moscow to go to Iraq were pilots to join the Iraq air force. already announced by the British command to have been augmented by AXIS planes and tccliriicliians fl".\\'i’i a- crrrs French-ruled syru- (Tass, soviet news and propa- ganda agency, last Friday brflfldw cd‘ as "fabrications" Iraqrieivspzipcr reports that Russian pilots were joining the Iraq air IOTPP- But 0Y1 Saturday" Russia ‘ cschafltlfli 110i“) with Iraq establishing (hplomatlc. trririe and consular relations) supporting Nazi suggestions that Russia might join Germany and ISTANBUL. (Continued 0n page i1. C01 3) in Charlottetown i? “if; ii1rils"2ii4a<¥i liltin- C .) -,- ml 1 B. . ' iauftou, NBS; ‘was killcd and three others injured wduy W119“ the auto- mobile in which they were riding left; the Hallfax-Truro highway and crashed into a ditch two miles from here. Barrie J. Munro of Three Brooks. N.S., driver of the cor, George Mac- Kay of Pictuu, and Bsllen Gal-an of Pictou were taken to 1x05111191- Aldcn Grant of Scotch Hill east. fifth occupant of the machine, es- caped ilninjiired Gollgm suffered a possible fract- m-e 0f Ills left arm and remained in hospital. bluriro, who suffcrcrl fractuwl fll)S.flI\(l lacerations, and Mn¢1{;-.\~,wh0 suffered a 10-inch scalp wound, were released from hospital tonight. A brokcri tie-rod was believed to have caused the cm‘ to leave the lilglitvay. lllllls is. survived by his father. Rod Innis. two sisltvrs, Jean, Pic- tnu, and Arabellc. Ilulliax, and 1W0 brothers, Clarke. Charlottetown, and Charles, in Newfoundland. (Clarke Innis, employee of Harry Annual Subscription Delivered, 80.00 try llnllr P It. L, H.001 Canada Ind U. S. 85.00 L_E_-EAST Qnly Three British Lost‘ In Ufferlsive Bombs rained on enemy vehic- les; 20 reported destroyed. (By Eric Bigio, Associated Press Staff Writer) CAIRO, May 18-(AP)-The Royal Air Force took the offensive on all fronts in the Middle East today, destroy- ing 22 Axis aircraft and damaging a score of others while losing only three of its own, the Middle East command announced. Heavy British bombers raided principal Axis bases in (Ivrcnziiczi iviiilc fighters supported ground troops haras- sing columns of convoys, destroying at least 20 vehicles and damaging others on the Tobruk-Bardla road. PAGES ' I Six German planes were destroyed in attacks on bales in Greece 21nd at least a score were damaged, a communi- quc said. The Germans lost another eight aircraft in raids over Crete and three more in the Suez Canal area. ’l‘w0 British Gladiator fighters, tangling with two blcsscrsclimitt fighters over Camp Raschid, near Baghdad in the second day of clashes with German planes over _lraq downed both of the opposing craft without a scratch to themselves. From this brush, the communique said, the Gladiators went on to machine-gun Iraq motor transports on a near- by road. Other R. A. F. units bovmbcd airdromes at Mosul, in northern Iraq. and Camp Itzishid, near Baghdad. At Mosul returning pilots said one big plane was burned out and others badly damaged. The situation at Basra and Iiabhaniyamin Axis-sided Iraq, wad described as remaining calm. Amplification was lacking im- mediately on Saturday's aerial warfare over Ir in which Ger- man bombers an lighters attack- ed British positions and the R. A. F, aided by the fleet air arm, lash- ed buck with llCflVv blows against Iraq air bases. , A Imiclon report, supplementing. the brief reference by today's com- munique to the situation in Iraq. said that British troops lust Wed- nesday occupied police posts 25, miles south of Basra, port at the? head of the Persian Gulf. "with- out imidunt." ‘ On Saturdzvv German fiianes, both fighters mid bombers. raced over Iraq and attacked British positions. EIRIPS ‘PEA RATION DUBLDI --(Ol’)— The bee. ra- tion in Eire has been reduced W one ounce per person lately dug to the paucity of imports and ship. Ding. \ Guess fiiosi: APRIL SHOWERS WILL TAKE THE Caron‘ FOR THE$E Dmsuzs, Explosion Om Boat l(ills Seven LITTLE RIVER, S. 0.. Ma ' 18- Aii explosion today; aboar the [,\;Clil‘SlOll bout, the Nightingale, .-\. lVInrDougnll, Mimi's Clothing Store, City. is a brother of the ac- 1 rident victim. He. lcft yesterday‘ accompanied by his wife, for Pic- mi; 1| o deceased was known in: late Mr. Stnvcrt men ivcnt to Wll-l Clinrloticloivii having visited liirrel her, both‘ of Salisbury, N. C., and. mot Valley to live Slinftlv after a’ nn several occasions. llc planned on ‘I2. R. Griffin and n mun named i, coming in the Island for a visit ‘ this summer.) l F rencwft-Ameirican Relations Vichy makes number-moi semi- official statements aimed at clearing air. ‘V ._.__._ (By Taylor Henry. Associated Press Staff Writer) VICKY. May lB—(AP)—FI'eIiCl'l- American relations which reached the point of tension Friday after statements by President Roosevelt and Marshal Petaln. seemed today to have relaxed. at least frnm the French standpoint, as the result of s series of semi-official Vichy Government statements. In Vichy the situation is claim- ed to be simply this»- 1. fiance is negotiating with Germany the details of extended collaboration in what t-hc Nazis call a new European order. 2. The United states. through Mr. Roosevelt's statement of Thursday evening. has advised situation as a result of the armis- Frcnch position is modified by the such a way as to direct French co- operation; evcntunlly against the United states, the Ii‘. S. Govern- ment. will, llilili‘ to reconsider its position. LOINDO _ Blgland of _ Salford Iii-e Briti- ade. was aw ed the British Em- troops captured Duiailar Redoubt pire Medal for climbing 70 feet near Kirl-cl-Amnra. British gun- and ppm out, s, fire which ners shelled Gerrnen positions nser thrgqtgugfl 1- m m ammuni- nem. vr- time aim 3. ViclvJGoveriiiiicnt spokesmen .lnsist tlir% negotiations up to the i France asp friend that the French ‘ tice is understood, but that if the l present German negotiations in '1 lprcscrit r ate only to affairs con- out with a fishing party of 39 perq sons, killed seven of the passeng- CIS. 1 Four bodies recovered were those ‘ of T. W. COi-lllllfl and G. A. Bar- Blirficlzi, boili of Rocky Mountp. N. C. t TORONTO. .\'l.'l_\’ l8 ——tCl"l—-».\’llll- imum and‘ maximum temperatures Dawson 30 Victoria 44 f Edmonton 45 64 g a, 5T 72 W‘ niiipcg fifl 00 Tdronlo 3'7 59 e ax Montreal 39 51 Quebec 41 51 Saint John 45 50 Halifax 42 53 Chzirl Wctown 53 54 FORECAST Gulf, Bay (Xialour and North Shore: Strong winds or moderate gnlcs; cloudy and cool: scattered slioivers at first, ‘Puecday. 5011' find cool. lihriflme West: Strong winds: (‘lCiUlIlg with s little higher tem- perature Tuesday. fair and n lime warmer. Niririiimc East: Strong winds o! moderate gnies; cloudy and onnl with scattered showers. 1 esdny. fair and a little warmer. Synopsis: The weather hes been fair and decided] worm in MAXI!» t/‘bn and som at cooler farther mung nlrmcii mndc n forced land- wegg F81;- wegbhei- with modern.“ llir: in ilicii- flnipliibinll yilmie in tnc temperature has prevailed in on. Atlantic 100 miles off the coast of tarp) lThrce Airmen Turn warpianc Into sailboat LONDON. fvfny l3 lC-I‘) _ Three Africa . they turned their nia- , (‘lllilP him n . llboat nsinc piirn- High tide today at 5.96 am. and - Pllllif‘; for Sfillfi... .lllf‘_V paddled 529 p,m_ more than '14 hours in their rubber dinghy‘ finally they were picked "in by n fishing bout. Here is their story:- 'Il :- cruiscr Birmingham was off lliv African coast when her walrus amphibian aircraft was catapaulted off for a dawn patrol. Aboard it \Vl‘i'l‘ p pilot, ODSCYVPI‘ and nirgim- iii-r. The ()l)Sf‘i"\'t'r (ll‘St'l‘\lii'i| what. ll1l]\]It‘i\i'\l. Alli-r completing their iiritroi. they ivcrc unable to find the Bir- mingham and wireless signals we're Sun sets this evening at ‘TM and rises tomorrow morning st 42d. New IIIOOn May 26, 1.18 am. Siunmersida tld 1B minutes lat.- er than Giarlotte wn CAR FERRY R\ ILING! Imavcs Bordon 9.35 AM. 1.00 P-M. l 45 PM Iimn-ves. Tnnnentine 11.00 A. M. 3.15 i". M. 6.210 PM. daily elcellt Sunday. . (Continued on page l, Col I), l l 1.