‘has been closed to such shipments, o!‘ A ens MAN M Charlottetown Guardian ‘lwe Outl- Iornlnl’ , Founded Ill‘!- __. _.. _._r PEI’ Read by Everybody " Covers Prince Edwardllslalid Like tliellew CHARIDTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1939 10 PAGES Aland humble; linnllifl g syiniu-mnnsueicsssuiinsmnld or, i DO SHAKEUP 11v ICERMAN OFFICIALD 0M R UMORED c0i7Z:*k*NME*N'§'”Rusii*E§ TROOPS ifiwairnidivlnieoei-iii? Slated... FURCETABESA A PERIUIUS SEA lllllRNEY Insurgents Claim New Successes In Drive Toward Barcelona, Yl. Hrs-nee, Inn. B Spanish Goren-um was reported tonight to have ord- ered 00,000 soldiers shifted from the Madrid front to the defence of Catalonia -a move involving a perilous lourn by sea to skirt In- Gen Med- , French . we T5133 ‘z’ uui afi“? Valencia when! they embarzgd ‘f: e ' d In liihvgllgillpment. closoWoteh Kept Franc? was concentrating fleet of the coast of Catalonia and increasing his air patrol coastal waters, heighbenim threat to tra rta on of At "git Gen l 111808. era. Staff Headquarters charged .226 ions of war materials entered his the ‘ Gov-- frontier ‘The Insurgents the cap- ture oi Pens, northern uhey tonn- "celonsvs defencefils well as. ins and ~ ‘sou Catalonia. Possession of to have yen the Insu nts a road 0f stack t0- waid e fro er. The left writs: column was fight- ing up the road from Artcsa do Segre, eight es southwest cf along the central irontin Pons was said _Pons, toward e Jrontier town of lnilggerda in an attempt to cut communi has “hi? Nuiesi‘: 1min i iii urgen oops ng n e ioothills of the Pyrenees ‘in th sector are the northern wing of an of more than 300.000 with (Continued 011 D886 9. m] 0) CQMING fVfNll oaion lines. The road one of Barcelona's main "Pownsl zii-nk. Aleumnclria vs‘. Pownsii ‘nun-sow. Jan. ill. L494. "B dress diii until Marolllymgorreot pom Loightizer O0. L- 6-12-22- . "East Royalty rink tonight. Royals vs. ooveiiesiasn/h iinsr. 40w. iniiucrlals vs. Sta-is. game. v ‘boned until Monday. Janus-r! 28rd. tannin ' i bu)‘ ate," lie sad. ' twentieth‘; " ' "Hooker tmiiinhit at New Glas- leagmu: --s..i..i. ma; card psi-iv misc- " lflaltRivfll-Iallllfldfi? in GITrOiItiIJGOIARLI/uiidi "Kinkome Hall. Bingo and Dance Friday evening, y ' " “ L-IOI-I-lli-N.‘ "Ohnrlollteiiflwn Heart . . to Rifl i0- i2"~=:..§.':'=:.ei-..i......-.. wmllfiilliissl°i§iiisii"m' as“. 00:?’ Ir I ' cert 0f Ill.‘ ‘ 11-172-1-10-21. "skate iii. Mai-sinus i-iiiirw night, Door price. Don't forget m ' dance Saturday night. " fiiiigirydaoisi. Wfilnnd oieiiutu. i “"“.‘.‘, _ vn-ias-i ‘it aiaimlwiiflmfia: "tsih"... "c"- .-. i " - il-iai-i-iio-si. 0e. "‘ firema- tn Elwood»: Island -w-i-an-@ .lliliisliiiiin L400. I can QCNBBJ ‘ l” Foreign Staff) Jen. l8—Tliiis NEW Oven the disabled tank with a b . One of the Iranians. a sergeant 20 years old. said he arrived in Scam with a group o! mher tech- nicians on Dec. 22, th Insiuuent Another was a old. three months nhd__h_c_was__“heie_io._- _ BIHIPERATE WITH BRITAIN dun-and In Lively Debate On Defence In Senate. OTTAWA, Jan. 18 ~—(CP) — (Io-operation oi Canada. ‘with Great Britain in defence mea- sures was urged vigorous! on the Government by Opnservat ve Iiead- er Meighen. in the Senate today. Scouting the suggestion of Gov- 15 eminent Leader Dahdurand that such cooperation ‘might entail difficulties arising out oi the fre- quency wiih which the policies of succeeding British Governments changed, Senator Meighen declared the repea administration ted changes oi France's had not interfered with the co-o eraiicn between the United Kin om and Francs in the matter of defence. The debate evoked from Senator Dandursnd the ooinion thatGreat Britain might "not necessarily" in the case of Canada being required to defend her neutrality l.’ the Unit- £01130 tSta and Japan were in con- Buch a condition was unthink- able to Senator Ml en The Government Leader's suggestion would sound terrible in the ears of this co . ‘The die nation of Great Britain to maintain her integrity never charmes and with that de- atlon we canaliwaysco-cper- Semtor Meighcnis speech was in answer Q one delivered €__B.1ll_&_!‘_llg (Continued on D3410 3. Col 8) lion. W. ll. lleniiis‘ “Spout Good-Day” ' captain. 3'1 years. in S His Melghen Scores Dan- side wiui Canada in the event o l‘ Hen 0V8!‘ _ entente powers Barcelona Rejoices Over Exploits Of ‘ (B! Robert Okin, Associated Press ‘Dinam itero ” shevlnn and Dial! dominate the route." He said he knew ‘like and was “a. soldier and nothing more." Tlhfi . ‘mil who abandoned “German Plan To Expand U-Boat Fleet- Causes Anxiety In Great Britain BY J. I‘. BANDERSON Canadian Press Writer LONDON, Jan. 18 --(CP)— Germany's determination to in- crease its submarine fleet 1808115- ing public anxiety in Great Brit- ain, which remembers vivichy the U-boat campaign of war daili- Ln naval circles the German roposal to increase submarine nnage to the combined total cl the British Empire has resulted in a demand for more destroyers, "i.i'...*""."' so. "c" ‘as - 91' i? via-ii i... be ..%‘é‘°a £90 this demand reflected in the Ad- mlraltys construction program for 1989. ' Only a Maritime nation, espec- ially~one dependt on sea lanes for its food su lies. could, un- derstand how ccse Germany: U- boat campaign came to winning the Great War. For instance in. April, 1917, German subs tor- pedoed 155 British merchanimen of 516,394 tons. From beginning 153,000 ton oi merchant shipping Britain's 105s being 6.533.000 T10115- Yet in August, 1914. Germany had only 28 submarines ready for service and 12 under construction. The Austrian flotilla numbered 12. COEIgSTGwlZtIACSB figures with presen - sy s: - Germanyz-Buiit - and building ‘ll; projected 10. l. Italyt- Built and projected 0, Total 123. ‘ Jammie-Built and building '10; projected 0, Total '10. Grand Totals .. .. .. .. .114 This armada is distributed all the world, particularly in areas which are of vital imperial -inter_est in wartime. Many of them have a cniising range u! 12.000 miles. In the last war the sub- marine campaign was may localized in the Mediterranean and British coastal waters. In a fuz- ure struggle it may become world- wide with no part of ' the , mile‘ trade routes 0d the empire unmolested. Both in 1914 and todflly. the destroyer is the navyb chief reply to a submarine campaign. sin the figures are dis- turbing. In 1014 Britain had 285 effective torpedo craft. TOQX‘ there are 199, of which '10 are considered obsolete dating from Great War days. France, Britain's TOSDgCtlVgMBtllBYbOUOI-lld eméiysiertlg: o c c . 11s u n . m” .. “all. "y only 292 s ag su - marines of t e Rmne-Berlin-Tokyo ---—' - . small m m. -- i-i-a-m ca? waster ....... “'1 - , "‘"“"°'l m“? might be effective. But his Brit- “nmmhfl u” ‘so? w?“ ish cargo-ca n8 1169i. l!“ was: ' w’ f" t‘: "f: sqlweiliiloooliiitihg’ xtlllliuxlh “iflslnwluli fit ill wiiiisiisivuoiiia.” (commissions-acorn French‘ .Cabinet "Risks Life 0n: “Islands- off ~ Spain Polio): to end, the U-boats destroyed ll,-. HENRY llllll YESTERDAY Deceased Was Prom- inent Contractor In This City For Many Years. Born Charlottetown in 1849, he was e son of William Lowe, of Norfolk England, who country when 21 nry Lowe received his early ed/uoatlcn at Mrs. Hubbard's priv- ate school at the Central Academy hich Ls now known 8s Prince iii Wales Ooucse. Mr. Lowe was the last survl pupil of mo. Hib band's Bohoo He was a graduate of St. Dunsiarfs University. When a young man he became associated with his brother, Sam- uel. who predeceased him 12 years ago, and the contracting firm of H. d S. e was formed. The i erected by them in Charlottetown included the Prince of Wales C01- lege b ' (destroyed by - fire several years ago). St. ’ Church, Rectory and Parish Hall the Central Christian Church th Heartz Memorial Hall, lihQ Davis the Protesgnt n. m. . l flie-wisay- mock. the Cameron Block, the Hodgson Memorial Chapel in connection with St. Peter's Cathedralb the Connaught Apartments, and . A. MacDonald/s store. Inst summer Mr. Mm. Henry Lowe. the former Elisabeth Mortimer o_f Charlotte town, celebrated their 62nd wed- ding annlfversary. uhgeoicceivedan: inasage mm nge Queen- Elizabeth conveying eon- gratulations. In politics Mr. Iowa was s. Lib- eral. Although his Judgement, ad- vice and intelligence were often used by the party, he never sought political honors for himself. He was usually a delegate at Liberal conventions. A life-long member oil St. Paul's Anglican Church. he was a vesizry- man for many years. Besides his widow, Mr, Lowe is vied by three daughters, Mrs. Ritchie, Mrs. Earle and was Elsie o! Char- town, and two sons, 101115 B. of Winn! and T. Weston of Charlotte wn. New Brunswick Legislature To Meet Feb. 16 N, 18—-(0P)— ERJUIO gen. y t F _ auds who forecast legia a ’e.sties i... u m 0f Stricken Freighter nosnou. Jan. lit-MP) lgp tugs and a coast gizaxd cu - tar plunged through heavy 598-8 W‘ night to aid the Freighter Black Condor, propellerless in a freshen- ing rim-m 75 miles southeast of Sable An east by ed. the North Atlantic. and I8 tbismiallei vessel rolled toward the l‘ recssts of Hm» a . - "i “.222... vim...» w. a»- ~ - w» ~- fwm, poi-ma file tug new h w“? fir“. northward out of NQW 0r . Canadian Salvage vessel Founda- tion Frimlclln was bearing down from Halfiax, and the service wt- ter oavvea was he “P ""1 New England coast. The oevuaa was expected at t!" Black Condoris side sometime to- moi-iow. but the exact Position 01 the other vessels were not known. Her ts-iil shaft broken and he}; propeller gone, the B1501! DIE-mm _ Linc rrsigiioei- was reported drift ing in a southeasterly direction. The 5,300 ton veisel was bound m Rotterdam and. New York when the accident oc- curred. She carries a crew of 4-5 un&r Philip J. Prener- gast of Hartford. Conn. lluehec llpposes Any Amendment To Constitution —(QP) —— Th8 IIEBEO. Jan. l8 Quqobeo Government's outrtirhf- 2g; tion to any» 1- W- Constitution was reaf- firmed. wdav at the onenlna of “he Provincial ature. In the Tlhrone Speech read bl’ Lieutenant-Governor E. L. Paten- latlveiq Inside-5- uimito bette ublic healt . u- and 50115 conditions besides "archer development of the Prov- 0106's basic industries, pointed re- r-erenoe was made to the filuebeo stand against a constitutional a- EECEODLLKIOWC last Ye?" bl’ on es. r eau the Union Nat- oft/Quebec stood awe. ‘Gaoaeyerntgielvivtalifi agdiymprotleeot of "Beg? tlfitihbhl-fii..-»mfi'.'és“iiffitallll administration recently had outlin- sfiig the Roweltlhcozrmus- ding 6 gilqcllliieas, chad availed“ the Union rights and to affirm it aPDfiITflm-fi neither to tho majority oi the pro- vince nor to inc Ottawa Govern- ment to mains in the Can- adian constitution." ‘Ilhe Quebec Govemment had ln-_ slated mi-tner if any constitutional sdiustmeiwt or reform was needed it could be carried out "within the Bcdpe of mgigregsent Constitution, The Lileutenant-Governcr, re- splendent in a Windsor uniform, siarted speaking shortly after three o'clock P, M.. whae a battery 1mm the heights oi Quebec Cltys an- cient (‘ALEKIQL a quarier-mile away t th forthco to means gnu auebec of Their M81- iumrs VERDICT Norman Smith, 19; Came To Death By Drowning, Evidence At Inquest Reveals. Norman _Smith. IQ-year-oldchsr- lottetown youth came to his death by "accidental drownin ' a cor- oner's Jury headed by Mr. Walter Matheson, foreman, decided yester- day after hearing the evidence o! sixteen wltuemes. Coroner Dr. I. J. Yeo presided at the inquest held in N, D. Maicliean’; Funeral Home. Body of Smith missing sinceSun- day morning, January 15, was re- covered by grappling off Pooh's wharf Tuesday afternoon. At yesterday's hearing Dr. A. L. Smith and Dr. I~_‘-,.S. Glddings who conducted a post mortem ex- amination testified the deceased had come to his death by dmwn- ing. There was no marks of viol- ence on the body. Theboyhad leftteRnyalHo- tel, on Richmond met. where his mother, Mrs. Grace Smith is proprietress at 1.10 a. m. Suzi-day. and was believed by members of the family to be going to Milton where he stayed most of the time with an aunt and grandmother. No explanation could be given by witnesses yesterday as to why the young man would go down to the waterfront. He was perfectly sober. apparently, and in the best of spirits during the evening. There had been no quarrel. it was said. Those giving evidence at the hearing inchidied, in addition b0 the two medical practitioners al- ready mentloned. Ernest Mclnnls, Watchman on the C. G. S. Watson Higgins. Mclnnls, and Con- . City Po- lice Force, George McCaJlum, Her- bert Ca on. Hubert Gallant. James M ntyre, Betty Morrisseiy, Margaret Smith, twin sister oi the dead boy, Muriel Smith. another sister. Mrs Grace Smith, the mother and Douglas Smith a bro- ther oi Norman's. First witness yesterdagl was Er- nest Mclnnis, Rocky Po t, watch- man on the C. G. S. Cartier moor- ed at the Marine Wharf. About 10 mlnutm to 2 Sunday morning he heard the call quite distinctly three times. There was only one voice he believed. He thought it was at the oind Street, about 500 yards away, Station at once and officers answer- AccunurAfFm‘ POSitiOn Qf g E A T" | 3 Vice - Chancellor Propaganda Minister Goebbels Likely To Be Ousted From Post In Pending Ehanges, Report. BERLIN, Jan. l&-Propa Goebbels returned to his desk today after an several weeks, but persistent ganda Minister Paul Joseph illness o! rumors said he would leave it soon for a new posh-perhaps that of chief Nazi district leader-in a general re-shuff ling of senior officials. (Late in December critics of Di’. Goebbels’ tactics in the November anti-Jewish campaign said that he failed be avert foreign criticism and that a change was coming whereby he would be divested of his propaganda func- tions.) The rumors, which official sources declined to con» firm or deny_ also were that become Vice Chancellor and Field Marshal Goering would War Minister, positions that would enhance his place as Chancellor Hitlefs chief aide. Dr. Wilhelm Frick, Interior Minister who will be 62 in‘ March, will be retired on a pension, according to these re- ports, and perhaps given the status of an “elder states- man” with regard to domesti Himmler, chief of German p Would Keep Balance see 1n such moves. if made. a con- tinuation of l-litleii-‘s policy of sncinz radicals and moderates. 1f the Goering anoointment could be mzardedasavicioryiorthemod- crows. Yfiumnlerh slurs/lion would please the more radical Nazis. Goebbels was away from his oi- fice since shortly before Christmas. Goebbels obese-ride. Ministrv into a position as c-‘ber- Egglerteir. which him the , in: his status as caibiniu. minister. Dietrich To Post The Propaganda Ministry. which hohasheadedslncet-helinzisas- sumed Dower Jan. 30. i933. would be attached directly to the Fed- eral Chancellery. it was said. with Otto Dietrich. Chancellor Hitler's personal press chief. charge. Foreign Office men then would conduct relation with the foreign mess representatives and would assume the direction o! . motion pictures and 8d and in est ted. The ice was bad, he said. as next- momln he tried towalls near where the body was later found and t ed back. The pace must have been alisgstéwpen water Saturday night. his hiiiiipsy on the body was the next witness. the body was a small abrasion on flvimsLqdhahqhlzii-ndihmipl! (Continued on page 3. Col B) Defence Fund For Home Ilse Senate Told um- . L Smith. who conducted Ewdenm sign oi external injuries on been radio. now in Goebbels hands. General Gee-ring is heed oi the four-year economic self-sufficiency ulan and air minister. other since Franz Von n was made Special am- to Austria in 1934. The Dosi- tion of war minister became va- cant when i Field Marshal Von 1988 resigned in February. (On Dee. 3i the report. was heard ithatt Hitler contemplated nounolniz on Jan. 30. the sixth anniversary of his assumption of Dower. fair-reachinil changes by which Goebbels would be divested of his propaganda functions and eidsthur state governments would be abolished in favor of divldim! the country into about 36 admin- J curt-h 1 .. - - “i: £i?'i%?“i‘§ii"°“‘“ ~ .. airiieiifmmafigig. __. some... ‘3‘2“Ze...$.‘1f.‘.‘. uni- i blc but an election may be BWENIEns navemem nggvrwm be (c. r. by Guardian's Special ‘Wlrcl _________ ‘wilfiigiéf gialirne mover and seconds: glabgllcmllaflmelifinfi eln 01111941191‘ fflwtgflflylilllxllllfil malfiiiiiéié} Gardlner To , . - °’ “‘° mtdmd. ha... is"; ‘.22 53451- ill’. $1231.? iiidqlfiitai.’ Wit?‘ Speak Today ‘to be N SWTQ Adopt imncmnr military erpeainonii ——--— 111a first duty of the 1939-8688100 ° i , i overseas. Hon. Raoul Dandun-nd. (C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire) will be lection oi Bream- in _ Government 1 d m ui scrim. crrrswa. .1 . l8—AKI'1Cli1t ~"~.-i..*~;.~ "-...P-...‘<>ix.wr~' 3"“ Gmdmg was“ .31’... .123 ‘m. . ' "—'*" was sue n e e c e on ress n v “after e t wig EAUIMAX, Jan. 10 --(OP) — on the address in reolv to the to the Speech from the llllflflllgnlll. vemment . Hamid ha Announcement that M!» WIN 11° Sneedh from his Tlhmoine. his mo- his House of Conunons tomorrow would alt as an 1mm singing the B8 W” tlon for whose was later The debate. which has been on dissolution or the p - 0- luvs off grading of butter in ma. The Senate iiusii took a since Monday. wiu have Drfloedellw H. swoncton. and W- W- V- Bmtia was the an- long holiday. adjoirmilnz until uiiitu a vote is reached. possibly in tor. “bi-W nual commotion of the Nova Bco- Tuegdgy m, 14 g week, unofficially as possible successors. any...“ _w_ ;_ ' m ' swig-wiles Ur es New Air Bases And - ‘"- ‘Fim’ mwtnjf, he m with dealers be- Tm m“ “f 01°“ m“ the decision. Nova ' with u» neivuii- at 1°" m“ mm ' p s | golfihneertflwillfgxrmxlebmflm- 5333mm“, ,,, C...“ Extension anama ana ‘a. i i oak“ "an - ' 4 ' ,Jan.10—(AP) uicsilimeulri fiellfl-Ugxfilfll‘ ‘hi. col m l: m; into iii oil» continental that “an ' made it ne- United . convpietointwoyesrs Inaddiiticnioexipanslonofthe the $00,000,000 Alr Corps cx- Air. the Army 1119s! nit-fared pa n ed byPresi-thatthelmnamamo cs am mom“ llillimui m set aw Major-General H. H. Arnold mmmwwd w up “at P"?! ‘gnaw “my emmoormmm a: movements the waterway flzmmtgeognua lam commufi; aid ruinimlae the danger of I . - i- --‘i<-“‘“‘-- - i’~‘°“'--’- cuisines-mars ‘with “ammo an’ pm‘ recommended that they be instal- Wm- _ lod some fllilillltl min m exist- wiisii pies-m by Rflptlbliclfi m, ° ° members oi the ccmmittoe for de- m. ‘p; m“ "m", in ,1. tallsashtoilgaiatuieofutheemeg; ' ‘ -y“.»___.m £1"!- n° "H1194 . "l" tome channel th rtim e questions in mnblh- - gins i; restricted “sonar-a; if; Olli’ Iabieiocarwoirtiisdeienconb-issed ‘the. c policy. It was said Heinrich‘ olice, might succeed llll_\_'i>.____ ‘Wliisiiiiii u: RETAIN . m samurai ered In London Raids - Disbanded I. R. A. Blamed.. (C. P. by Guardian's Special IDNDON an. 1118114’: held '14‘, men con with a scrim bind-IS. Miria- bu to s of the outlawed Renub ently intended country's e1 wizard is ~ bower stations and miblic . inns to prevent further attic-nuts. Seven Irlshsneoi appeared ab Bow Street Court in London and: were reunandod in custody until Jan. 26. Three were charred with ill ion of fireainrns and: four with possession of Seven Iidsthmen were remanded in custody for meek. charged with on explosives. KeeIQooeOhnck Continuing their close chock power lines. police seized s. suvhtitvmafnzvsvloslvelqgg-{laulelsrlg __(_@Tlililllll?d_illl_bfldle___ii._@l_g REMEMBER lfl €0N\lER$i\Tl0H $\\ENCE vs Almoxs ¢ Maritime hat: Northeeduw winds; strong or moderate run near Nova. Scott: coast; portly cloudy and cold with light snow over east portion. MEICDO SERVICE. 1003011160. Jan. 1i ——(C'P) Min)- mirm an iiiii temperatures! Dawson Zero Victoria 44 wn l} Regina 4.8 Winnipeg 14B Toronto I 0 ll to 6B 1 Montreal 2B 8B Saint John Zero 1 Halifax B i Charlottetown 0 l! ‘ii- High tide this morning at 108i and tonight at 9.5. Sun sets afternoon st 4 ll g morning at New moon J I0. Olin-In. Bummersioe ti eighteen min- utes ister than Charlottetown. ‘I'll! CA3 I'll!!! SAILING‘ loan _ Mi m. i p. l linin- gi. Arms Caches Uncov-i 1' 1°‘ .-- .- siw-Q- "4 i \ E