MAXIMG 01A MERE MAN waymguolllhdv” W. m“; more than he have. the , >:7/W//’ The People's Paper Covers Prince Edward us" Q‘*' ’_____,I1"~N_____m_ Island Like the Dew Read by Everybody The eflect of our deeds extends to the renotest generations. MAXIMS 017A MERE MAN i '”"' ' Z H". Guardian. Two cum, Innis? fund“... Ioandcd 1H7 jPANESE MINISTER ADMITS NIPPUNIS AM CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, Tnuasplxv, FEBRUARY 20, 1941 Urges Divorce [or W...- Effort From Politics Conservative Leader denounces Government’s failurezto rise. to present grave emergency. a i Rumored Nazis ilay loose 600 iuhs in spring LONDON, Feb. 19 —(CP) -- A German undersea offensive, loosing 600 submarines on Brit- ish shipping, was predicted to- . (by for the spring by a neutral naral source who declared the mnpal n would be either in preparision or a momentary substitute for Hitler's promised invasion. A5 a result of the Germain building program "the deciding battle of the war more likely will he fought in the north- western approaehes to Britain then on the beaches of Brit- ain." the source declared. The campaign would seek two reults, he said: first, to choke the flow oi United States sup- i plies and empire reinforce- ments; and, second. to exhaust ' the Royal Navy's already over- , worked anti-submarine forces. ‘Three airmen fatally injured it St._lltihert 5'1‘. i-IUBEYRT. Que. Feb. 19 — (OP) — Three airmen were injured frtsily tod ' iii-hen a Lockheed air- craft - u cribed officially as a lninin! irlzine --craslred and burst into flames at the St. Hubert alr- Wt. 15 miles from Montrvnl. Pilot Christopher George, 3'1, New Yolk. and radio operator Sherman lilizh hirCnnglian, 35. of St. l-lu- bert, l\'f‘l‘_t‘ killed instantly. A second 13c lnieli Allyn Jackum, 23, of Glendale. CaliL, died in hospital gigontrcal several b01112; after the George was killed when thrown from tire plane, a Lockheed air- craft. while McCaughan wins burned to death within ‘the ship. Officials said the plane crashed hit was taking ofi from the sir- md- T7161’ said it “seemed to lo e all"! speed" after rearing 50 or m feet in tire air. The big craft _en nosed down to the ground, ounce and burst into flames. Ear- m today. an official said, the plane dmadc a three-hour training fllrht and in-nctlcned perfectly. Bhockheed Bomber Crashes (APURBANK, Calif, Feb. 19 mo]; jimkheed Aircraft Corpor- ‘n-r Sfilfi today a Hudson bomber, gm for delivery to the Royal do’ atriil §.§“§"$ef“d~.i’fi“3°“ im- mwo 1h“. . .., w ie .oss announcement by Robert president of bockhccd said m! cniot. Merino Gnlielmetti, and -pilot, Robert. McKee, 110th mimfl-l fluolorccs. were killed 115 PAM‘. desrendini! for a land- 0m. the in clear we tho- . med l or . apparentll _ m,“ "t; clear n radio mast two m (‘rte El Paso airport. DIES IN MINE ACCIDENT IYDNEY MINES ns Feb 1o ofptihzliéirv Gordon 3i. president m“ lllilflli Mine Workers of dkd ‘Amoco at Princess colllery, 10mm 1v of iniurics suffered on “we; b2‘: mine accident. I-fc was ‘m, the me cen a moving coal box Li? of the m ne, Coming Events h“ lo ‘- rs Notices in this column ‘ i "Talkies-Semis Thursday. ' 14-45-2-18-31. . I -—{ . “MES-Montague Saturda . L-fi-Z- 84H. - w Bonshaw Hall Valentine Part ‘wiliiiiild until Friday, Fern-ire’? n _-——— gal; Frozen strawberries. , aocook gircgtiega, gully diilllverg i ' Ur ay, l in . “Blouse L-t59-1-2l5-tf. n '-—-i 10min Win l‘ "W hoes as a1 t gm "mm"! Albany iilursdg; m°° “Emerald Friday until 1i < C Greem- Albany. erald. live hogs Murray $33271 Monday. February randwll River Wednesday r SW Thursday for Dsvll ~ W. E. J nkl OTTAWA. Iiieb. 10—(CP) -—- De- scribing the Government's record for the past 1B months as "an a11- tlme high in futility," Opposition Leader Hanson today charged in the House of commons that the measure of Canada's war effort had been “governed by political expediency." speaking in the debate on the $l,300,000,000 war a. ropriations measure, Mr. Hanson tterl eon- damned the Government, c arged wasteful extravagance and de- mended the immediate. "non-par- tisan” strengthening of the ad- ministration. "The situation is so bad that the ople are now aroused, and re- entless criticism of the Govern- mfélt is nationwide," Mr. Hanson sa . Warning that the opposition would carefully watch everv ex- penditure by the Government, Mr. Hanson declared that "evidences of wasteful extravagance are to found on every hand.” M. J. Coldwell, acting House leader of the C.C_'F. party. follow- ed Mr. Hanson in the debate and moved an amendment calling for a compulsory interest-free loan to be subscribed to by those able to contribute, and Government con- trol of the entire financial system. Amendment Ruled out This amendment was ruled out of order by Speaker" Glen who told the mover he could put it forward again when the House was dealing with the resolution itself. The mo- tion today was to go into commit- tee on the resolution preliminary m introducing the war appropria- tion bill. It was the regular Wednesday short sitting and the House ad- journed after Victor Quelch (N.D. Acadia), third speaker in the de- bate, had presented an argument for financing the war by the issue of debt free money. T. l... Church (Con. Toronto- Broadview; adjourned Lire debate and will be first speaker when the House resumes tomorrow after- noon. Although he assailed the Gov- ernment's performance since the war started and before, Mr. Han- son said the opposition would not take advantage of “this failure of the Government" to serve the na- tion according to its needs. (Continued on page 7, Col 'i) Might throw l li. S, docks open To Royal Navy By J. F. Sanderson Canadian Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON. Feb. 19 — (OP) -—R.eports that United States naval repair docks will be thrown open to the British fleet under the wide terms of the lend-lease bill. now under consideration by the Senate, are current“ in Washington. There apparently is no official blocking for the reports beyond President Roosevelt‘. broad poaioy of all-out. aid to Britain and the suggestion of Wendell Willkie that destroyers be sent to Britain at the rate of five to l0 a month. It has been suggested in the press that one way open to the President to u. sist Britain's hard-pressed na- vy would be to loan United states destroyers while British ships were repaired in American navy yards This would have the effect of main- taining the strength of the British navy. Particularly its destroyer un- it; which are undergoing the most severe strain in blockade convoy and anti-submarine work. ll. S. made 1,036 planes In January WASHINGTON. llleb. if) --(AP) - William s. Knudsen, director of the office of production manait!‘ ment. said today that during Jan- uary 1,036 airplanes were delivered by United States manufacturers, of which 951 went. to the United States army and navy and to the British forces. He did not say what the proportion was to each. Knudsen told a iess conference that he expected t e rate of pro- duction to “pick up a little" next summer. ‘ lie said that an airplane output of 18.0‘ in be expected this year. Knudsen ecllned to disclose the numbers of various types of planes produced during January but he commercial e Ill. L-M-Q-II-fl-MBS.‘ craft. said that only flower-e J P TAlberton flier Slightly injured In forced landing TORONTO. Feb. 1Q —(OP) - Lac. O. B. lefurgey of Pflncg m- ward wand suffered slight lnjurls when the training plane he was fer- rylrii ‘home from Windsor, Ont., g ttawa crashed near Cambeile- ville, Ont... lest night. Five other planes in the fonnatton accompany- lne Lefurgey’: e were also forced down bed weather aver Western On o but they all made safe landings. Lefurgey suffered a bruised knee and had two teeth knocked out. His machine was only slightly damaged. He said he was flying l.ri format- ion with the other five when his fuel pressure began to drop. He us- ed the hand pump to bring the pres- sure up but he fell behind the oth- er planes and became lost. "The fuel was very low and I saw hilly country below." he said. “I Just had to find a place to land and was sorry to crack up, u I had a. forced landing, turning over. a week ago." Three of the planes landed safe- ly at the Toronto island airport. in the dark. A fourth reached Malton airport outside Toronto and the fifth landed in a field south of Guelph. R.C.A.F. officials described the landings as “very good flying." Lac. O. B. Icfurgolf. slightly in- be jured today when a training plane crashed near Belleville, Ontario, was a resident of Alberton, P. E. I., be- fore he enlisted in the Royal Can- adian Alr Force, it was believed last night. His wife and three chil- dren reside at the North Prince County village now. Lefurgey. a native of Prince Co. played hockey with the Summerside Crystals some years ago, it was re- called. Later he moved to Alberton and when he enlisted was opcraling a motor transport company in the village. Singapore is strong British Base By The Canadian Press Singapore, Just above the equator the far east, like its European counterpart, Gibraltar, 1s reputed to be one oi‘ the strange t fortresses in the w'or1d. Guarded by giant 8-inch and 16- inch guns, by many lesser rifles and machine-gun posts, by anti-air- craft batteries. by hundreds of planes and scores of thousand.- of less imports most of the food for its 727.000 population. Even the production of the adjoining Malaya Peninsula. is in ufficent for it. The island. where thousands of Australian troops landed Tuesday, is about 2'1 miles long and 14 miles wide, with the city on the south facing tlte ocean. Hidden deep on Johore Straits to the north. which eut- the island from the mainland, is the naval base with its huge dry dock, Circle of Strong Points Guarding the island. the city and the base is a circle of fortified strong points, including the islands of Blakang Matt and Brant to the south. Changl on the east. of the iland, Palau Ubin Island at the Eastern entfgnce fir; {the straits, and ozens o o crs a ortified and all with carefully calculated fields of firs intended to destroy any attack- gg itlfmlfidfl before If). crlituld get with- s r ng range or s own guns. ' In the interior of the island is the big air base, with upplcmen- tar-y fields scattered northward a- long the Malay Peninsula. 450 miles of which is controlled by Britain. LmMotor-tgrsiévn hcawltafiqrs- heavy ar- ery, n an o er modem arms are part of the equipment of m; Austltralisai, Indian, British and ay oops. Work began at the naval ba e in 1926 and ultimately involved an glmeneliliytum 05d Sllgfltitliwtk It was orma o en . .133. The dry dock, gargest in the world. can accommodate a battleship of 55,000 tons. larger than any afloat in the world today. It was built in Britain gird towed around the world to ngapore. siéthmif“ °’ imimliflt‘ “"° r e ence sc eme con- golhofutiée gtritrits diielween the e-er n s as In e: and Mal- aya passageway from eastern Asia to India. War—25 Years Ago Today (By The Canadian Press) FEB. 20. ISIS-German seaplane! bombed Lawestoft and Walmer on English east coast. Russians R t- edoopmmqllflltfifilrksinf ht- ing southeast of in the Caucasus. Brllialhalrmecilcirgstroyed enemy power s on It emna. east o! luel. troops, Singapore Island nevertlie- - before Australian tiov’t reviews Defence system MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. l9 —(CP) — A. W. Fadden, acting Prime Minister ,said tonight that the cabinet had reviewed Austra- lia's defence system and taken “ad- ded precautions agalnst any sudden emergency." "No action will be taken, no word spoken which would shatter peace in the Pacific," Mr. Fadden contin- ued. “If war comes to our front door, it will not be of our choosing. "But let. nobody think we are helple s and unfitted for such a su- preme test." Japs excited liver latest British moves By FRANK L. MARTIN- Associnted Press Staff Writer SAIGON, French Indo-China. Feb. 20.-(Thursda.v) -— (AP)-Jai>- anese sailors at this south China sea base stayed close to their posts and Japanese officials rushed about in an atmosphere of excitement today. despite professions that nothing was known here about heavy Australian reinforcement of the Singapore base. (In Shanghai. Mai. Kunlo Aklya- ma. spokesman for the Japanese expeditionary forces in Chlnauterm ed the British reinforcement belli- gerent action." designed pressure on Thailand which “is cc- oberatinrz with Japan in bringing a new order into East Asia." The Aus- tralian forces are taking up prepar- SlNGi-IPORE, Feb. 19.— (AP) -—llritish, Australian. Malayan and lnilian regiments stood in strength in Malaya tonight. manning the mighty bastion of Singapore to meet. any spread of the war in the Pacific, and by bringing in heavy reinforce- ments of aircraft. Britain an- peared also to have seized the balance of air power in south- eastern Asia. Maj. Gen. Gordon Bennett. the Australian commander. who brought a wholly-equipped force dependent upon Malaya only for food and fuel. told the people here that his men were trained shock troops. and added: “Your war is our war. Shwlld any enemy come this way. Aus- tralia will be there!" Sir Shenton Thomas. Govern- , or of the Straits Settlements. sa "ff attacked we shall 1m: against a Japanese land thrust at Singapore through Thailand). For hours. mi ltaiy. naval and civilian officials have been dashing about between hotels where they are living and the Saigon airpcrt. which the Japanese have taken ov- er: the Japanese consulate and the 5.l70-tcn Japanese cruiser Nat-Kara. which anchored here following two sister ships. In responsible circles reports per- sisted of the operations of Japanese naval units in the Gulf of Siam. (It was announced at Bangkok that one Japanese destroyer was at the mouth of the river on which Bangkok is siuated. and that two others were on their wav there. to take on water and supplies") J Meanwhile. the Jana i" ed peace conference between Thai- land and French Indo-China was snagged on the question of eesslcn of the Iaos section of Indo-Ohins. As for the reinforcements at Singapore, a Japanese military of- fifil in Saigon merely stated pre- l y. c "We are not informed that the Australians have arrived at Sinne- pore.’ ed defence posts ln Malaya. rluai-zm. May Besiege Addis Ababa Within Month‘ ‘British forces and Ethiopian Warriors drive Fascists _them. By ERIC BIGIO Associated Press Staff Writer 0513p, Feb, I9.—(AP)—Ethlopl- an warriors of untamed GOJJB-m province were described in Brill-fill dispatches today as revolting against their Italian rulers while Britami soldiers drove forward in an offen- sive which mav beslege A0015 A1!- abo. the capital. within a month- A communique said trlbesmcn trained bv the British forces lilld captured Njabara. south of Lake Tana, and occupied Piccolo Abbai in the same region. Njabara. is 140 miles inside Ethio- pia from the western frontier and about 180 Iniles northwest of Ad- dis Ababa. to the north on Piccolo Abbai YIVLI‘ which flows into Lake Tana. Brit- ish sources said several hundred prisoners were captured at Nlabara. It is the wild, insect-infested highlands south of Lake Tana where army hid when the emperor, now back to lead his tribesmen, fled the country in 1936. British officials describe it as a hot-bed of revolt. never completely conquered. now onlv awaiting an influx of British-made rifles for the natives to rally in a joint Brit- ish-Ethioplan attack on Addis Ab- aba. Informed Britons said it would able to distribute the guns. L British troops now are engagedin clearing the Italians out of METH- tory north of Lake Tana in a drive toward Gondar. Another British force is driving east from the Sudannrlmlng at the 311mm rebel territory south of the e. Informed sources said it was “matter of hours, rather than days." before the British troops north cf the lake can “clasp hands" with tie "patriots" to the south. A thousand miles south of Lake Tana. in Italian Somaliland. re- ports indicated another bitter battle was developing in the region of Gelib on the Juba river. north of D lmalo. After waves of dive-bombers had attacked Italians holding Gelib on the east bank 0f the stream. a coin- ‘munique from Nairobi. south Atri- w brim! ‘can headquarters. said an Italian ‘ i yTurkish radio Protests to Axis ‘counter-attack had been repulsed. t i 1 ISTANBUL. Feb. 19 -(AP) —Th6 ‘official Turkish radio protested to- tnlght that "the axis, in reporting ‘the Turkish-Bulgarian (iron-aggres- sion) declaration. has taken advan- tage of it for it... own propaganda purposes." The radio added: "England. on (the other side. has not taken this attitude, but has said she was fully ‘informed of the negotiations and in Vull agreement with them." iflne way of ;Beating censor SAINT JOHN. N. 8.. Heb. l9 — 4GP) - In a letter received here l’ ;from Farinington, Conn. Miss Mai- ,zie Trite". formerly of Saint John. (tells about a letter received at New i Britain, Conn, from a former New Britain resident now living in Ger- many. Conditions in Germany were fine, ,snid the writer. 'I‘here was plenty of food, and Germany was winning th-e war. A censor blacked out some sen- tences but a postscript remained. It said, "I wish I was in Fnlrview." Fairview is New Pgltaink largest cemetery. ILS. MARKETS CLOSED SATURDAY NEW YORK. Feb. —-(AP)— Saturday, Washington's Birthday. United States securities and corn- modlty exchanges will be closed. 1TER 2°“ “E LU§$0 CANADA I-"LCIIJII BAKING P4 U3! , Piccolo Abbai is u post, the fragments of Hslle Selassieks: not be long before they would l:e' the British-captured port of Chisy Canadian and European markets $1 .. will be 098:1 as usual. iBonuses on For Ontario Throne Speech Fore- casts Special Legis- lation for Farmers Of Ontario. ‘TORONIO. Feb. 19--OP _ . islatlon to aid the farmrgr vdth Ibgi. uses on cheese and hogs-the hog bonus be at least 50 cents per head on B-I grades and at least s1 per head on A RTndes-—was ‘forecast today in the Speech from the Throne read by lieutenant-Govern- or Albert Matthews at the opening of the sixth session of the 20th On- tarlo Legislature, The speech also forecast legiglg- tlion to amend the income Tax Act bV_lnC1'€flS1I1Q exemptions for pat. rlotic purposes" and a bill to im- plement some of the recommenda- tions of the report recently brought down ‘bv the select committee which Investigated Ontario iudicial admin- i5tration. _'I‘he speech also forecast legisla- tion t0 make compulsory hospital trcatmtfnt f0!‘ Dcrsuiis in an infecti- ous stare‘ of pulmonnrv tuberculosis and t0 permit supervision bv the Department of Health of any non- profit insunrnce scheme for medical and hcsxiitnl care. The lcngtliv SIlPOCh reviewed the eovernmcnt dcnartmfilltfi. YIOiEd the “very satisfactory" state the province's finances arid the im- urovemcnbin the financial affairs 0f the municipalities. and touched brlfiflv _0n the Sirois Report; Premier Hepburn previqugfjr had announced the bonus on onrnrio- manufactured Cheddar cheese \ if two cents a DGllnd. and the interi- ticn to pav a bonus on hogs. i extent of the hog bonus, however. lind not been known until im- wmunccd in the Speech from the Throne. The farmers. the speech said. be. Forecast of A Provincial F Finances i OTTAWA. Feb. 19.—-(CP)— Pre- |iilllllli\1'V figures lor 1940 indicate that Cauniufls national income ivas $554,000,000 higher than the 1939 national in mic of $4,039.GO0,000.lt r ' ociav in statistics de- b g up to date the fin- basis ci the Sirois Report on urn-Provincial reations. inc statistics were tabled in the ~ o1 Commons by Finance r Ilslcy. s PAGES V Cheese and Hogs work in the past 5Y0!‘ of the various s . the same applies to Great Britain. By J. C. Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—(AP)—-!treeelng that Jaye-n h loelhfl "economic expansion" by peaceful means, but retiring to rule out a r0 sort to force, Admiral Kiehisaburo Nomura, new ' Washington, said today there would be no American-Japanese war rmn less the United States took the "initiative? The Admiral told his first press conference in Washington that one Annual Iubsertyiion Delivered, IQAIO B) llnili P I. L. ".00; Canllll lad U. l. U-Q |T|0N$t War InM-Facific Would Be U.S. Choice, Warns’ Japan seeks expansion in French Indo-China, Thailand and other are as southward. STARK 4 Ambassador t] Japan "will expand southward peacefully and economically" to obi-ah necessary supplies nearer home. he said. . 1 "1 can not say with absolute definiteness that Japan will not resorl to force. but sire is doing her utmost to avoid this." He mentioned as areas for “economic expansion" French lurid-Chin‘ and Thailand. where Japanese influence already is strong, and the rich Netherlands East indies, with which negotiations for increased oil an‘ {other supplies are in progress. "l believe there can not be any cause that should bring our t/wq countries (the United States and Japan) into war." the Ambassador said. f ‘Japan has treaty obligations to t he Axis powers-German and Italy-q y anrl will “observe them faithfully." Nomura asserted. . But he went on to say that “I believe America will not go into the’ war openly‘ and declare war against, Germany, so that situation lune treaty obligations) will not arise." implying that Japan felt obll- gMecl to enter the conflict only in thexevcnt of a formal United Stat- es (mclaratlon of war against Ger- many‘ he said was largely a interpretation 011-535“ "question of treaty." _ tend n‘ “When Jillian 9Y1 _ .r.9 ee- ment. (last slept-Emmi" trig “Rm. bassador contlitillfffi,‘ “it was her in. teniion to prcsifive‘ the peace of the Pacific. Sire did not envisage war" ivit-h tire United States. She WfliliCd to avoid it." Japan likewise, he said. wants to stay out of the war in Europe and glprvcvcnt its extension to the Prwi- t c . ilcinforcement of Singapore} Brituius naval stronghold in the South Pacific, by the arrival of Australian troops and the mining of the sea approaches brou ht only comment from Amgassador Nomura that "Singapore is an Eng- lish base and they can do as they please with it." “That doesn't us," he added. Admiral Nomurs said he hopes to improve relations with the Unl- Lcd states but "in the present sit:- uatlcn it will not be easy to ac- rtomplish.” COIICGIII c: and compilers of the statistics nnncic the iul..'_>\\'iiig ciivision by bro- ‘VlllCflS of their $<l.50~i,200. total ‘0511111009 for the Dominion:- , Ontario, 81.005.900.000: Quebec. ,$l.l-i»i,li0ii,0titii Alberta $286,500,000; llvlisli Columbia $382,500,000: Muri- $28‘..~i0l).0tl0; Saskatchewan. 00.000; Nova Scotia, 8190.300 Brunswick. 5127,4000 The statistics also forecast fr!’ .1940 liniirovciriciit in current _ ac- count tuiniuiizi: of eight provinces. (only Alberta slioiviiig a bigger defi- icii ilian in 191.0, A surplus was ‘to 1st for seven provinces. com- wlth three in the precedinit Vl p 49.000; surplus cf $4 co mired with $3,524,000; ‘ l 1t) Q x c unlit’, $76,05:l.000: ex- ~bav~r lure. sitlfifl-LOOO; surplus of .000 compared with $10,688,000 f. in 1030. llwil Columbia -- revenue $34.- ' expenditure $30,284,000; of $4,215,000 compared with 0001 of $f.'l1)3.000 compared with $5.194.- 000 deficit in 19219. Abcrtn-rcvenue $l8.650.000: ear- pinriiture $20,146,000: deficit of $1.- 4961100 compared with $39,000 defi- cit in 1939;. Manitoba --revenue 816.101.0001 (‘Dliitllidllllfe $15,509,000: surplus $592,000 compared with $456000 sur- ous in 1939. Nova Sculls-Revenue $12,210,000: expenditure $11.342.000: surplus of $803,000 compared with $330.000sur- plus in 1939. New Brunswick —revenuc $9.937.- 000: expenditure 38.854000: surplus 000 deficit in 1939. Prince Edward Island- revenue. 083.000; expenditure $I,6'10.00o: ‘surplus of $13,000 compared wi'h $14,000 deficit in 1939. U, S. House passes Bill for new bases WASHINGTON Feb. 1i! —(AP)- lxgislatlon to nuthorirc a $242.11».- 000 program lor development. of United States naval base. including Guam. Samoa and the new Arian- t‘c island outposts received from Ilritain. was passed by the ‘rlousc 0t. . turn. Prince Edward island $21,200,- O , st was made as follows for ‘ icuue. $96.508,000; ex- i I l of‘ of 51383000 compared with $529,» , He sold he could not. answer when asked ivhcther he brought from Tokyo any concrete proposals for an improvement. Jrainees pay ds increased OTTAWA. Feb. lih-(CP) - National Defence Headquarters announced tonight an increase of 10 cents n dav ill Dav of re. srrlc recruits training under the four-month compniso _v plan. _ Tlic same increase brings re- 097"" “mil nav to $1.30 a (lay. ihefiflml‘ BR Drivates in the Ca- f nadinn (active) annv receive. The statement said that de- flenrlcnts‘ allowances will be paid at the same rate as those of the aetlie army, contingent upon the recruit assigning not less than i5 days‘ pay monthly to the support of the flenendcnt. In the raise of ninrrierl men, p, mofltlllv allowance of S35 a month for the wife and $12 a month for each dcncnrirnt chug "D to two, will he paid. In the case of a dependent relative other than a wife, of whom the recruit is the sole n!‘ partial sironort. siieh as a wid- owed mother, or sister below the age nf l7. or hroihnr below the age oi’ lfi. the rfllnrrnnce does not exceed S20 monthly, Killed in oar, Train crash SUSSEX. N.B.. Feb. l9.-—(CP) - Robert Elwood Beith, 52. 0f West- mount, Que. anri Saint John. super- visor of civliair engineering protects at. Camp Sussex. was killed 1n- stnntlv lodnv ivhen n ear he was ,di'iviniz collided with a Canadian National passenger trniii en route from Moireton to Saint John. The accident occurred at the Mable Avenue crossing here. Bolth was the onlv occupant of the car. winch was carried more than 1.000 it: t. before the train could be stxp- illOi'i'0\\' Dominion Department of Public Works for 32 years. He was loaned to the Department of National De- Of RB-lIN-‘fmaflve-A W“? and Sfililience to supervise engineering con- all ito the Senate. 501110.101} 9b C8810 l r ned. An inquest will be held toy BOiLiII has been employed bv the! _- STNIIBS Canadian tiffioial attitude 1 A . ~ =l "“ ,_ _ V,‘__Ont.. Feb. Ii. - (cm-ooim iviiwoonfiafv-lilrfgln? ton correspondent of the New IE0! Times, said in an interview hare today that "the Dominion o1 Unn- ada is in a position to ulzzv an 1m» portant part as an inter eoiarvbev tween the United States fir... LIYCII: Britain. but she is verv strikingb not doing it." “Canada is . . . eservingadeep and impenetrable si enee at the very ime when future relations between the two halves of the English- speaklniz world are being determin- gciuby debate over the lend-lease i ." He said lsolatlonlsts 1n the Uni states were making a talking poin of that part of Canadian policy by the statement of Britain's dollar rc- sources in America did not include Canada's holdings. He said Ottawa. had “muzzled" Canada's offlclalre- presentatlves "to the benefit of the American isolatlonists rather than the lntcrventionlsts." ~\ the iCE Man Ano fin: COAL DEALER wu_r_ g Never AGREE on i WHAT IS Tm: loam. WEATHER TORONTO, Rib, i9--—(CP)_M1n- imuim and malilluln temperatures: Dawson 15B _ Victoria 31 51. Edmonton 5B — Regina 36B _ Winnpag 27B 14B Toronto l’! 24 Ottawa SB 13 Montreal 3 l4 Qucbcc 5 l3 Saint. John l8 25 alifax 19 25 Charlottetown l5 l8 FORECAST Maritime East: Fresh to stron winds; partly cloudy with scatter snowflurries; not much Change ln temperature. Synopsis: The weather has been col in Ontario with light snow in some dbtrlcts, and fair and de- cidedly cold in Manitoba and Sas- katchewan. i, Hi h tide this morning at 3.41 1 and his afternoon at 5.15. t Sun scis this aft/ems n at 534 tomorrow morning at I . New moon. libb, 25, ll 02 p.ni. t Summerside tifig 18 minutes lat.- ei- than Charlotieuwn. CAR FERRY SAILINGS -- Leaves Borden 9.45 AM. 1.00 PM. lflgVti Tormentine 11.00 AM.