V ,, j l l 1 /,/ /f}"\.""'“ %”" é that departeth from evil Covers Prince Edward Island Like. the Dew Mfznfis I I 1 I _ N.. ,0I§,,..,-M- ` A MAXIMS t lillllorllluwll fill Rom 1... ......rc. 1....; , I 52// I I I = 0 we \r>\\ ' » "__ -»~-*"3.`°f°"= "'"" _ The Peoples Paper .->- Read by Everybody \ ........ , .L L l I , , _ I . -_ ; _¢, -;_ =,. md” a !'. °“~ W Annual Subscription Delivered ,|,,-.|,_¢ aureus. nudes un ET , CANADA, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1937 B, mu C__~,_ _nd ,,_ ,_ ‘_ u, ‘EREA Tm B1`§i7T47 'T To 'D TREBLE AIR Fore CE sEME"`1v`i‘ 15'E1T4oR`E5' 11's'/'""'1e'..l1Z"" DISFUTE '_ l' S A” N 0 4 .1 llrsllillll cifl 2. ..,,..., lsllrllcr is Tabled At House Q. P. by duudlnlfl Special Wire) UITAWA. March 15-.Supple- msntary assistance for veterans living on local relief which is less msn the basic rate of the Depart- ment of Pensions and National Health is urged by a majority of me Veterans' Assistance Commis- sion in an interim report tabled in me House of Commons today by mn, C. G. Power, Minister of Pen- |ions and National Health. The proposal, designed to_re1ieve wnporarily the “acute distress” of mn-lg unemployed veteran: would js-cvlde not more than aio a month ,mc for a married/veteran, and $5 | month for an unmarried veteran, where their local unemployment ssslstance at Dlwent is less than me departments rate. Estimated total cost of this supplementary as- sistance is $1,028,138 per year. The colnmission makes no de- tailed recommerldations, .since the statistical data acquired in 32,000 questionnaires circulated last fall has not been completely tabulated is !°l~ CCMING ‘EVENTS y "Reserve Thl....._ay, April lst. lor Zion Christian Endeavour Con- iert. ` L-582. °"l‘hree-act Comedy, Emerald :IL St. Pe/tr1ck's night. Admission cents. Curtain at 8.15. . L-401-3-12-41. “Legion Dance, Belfast Hall, llamh 17th. Real old time music. Admission including lunch 25 cents. L-516-15-21 "Bt, Patricia Danoo.in'Frmoh River Hall on March 17th. Draw- ing for quilt. L-337-3-ill-Zi. "Borden Lino Club loading hogs. lambs, calves every Wednesday at Albany. Hours 12-8. ' L-6972-10-M T W t!._ "Buying, live hogs Albany Thurs- lby 18th, Emerald 19th until noon. G. C. Green. L-2022-1-W-t-t-w-t.-tf. "To Heartz Hall. East Royalty on Tuesday, March 16th at 8 p. m. are invited all interested in paving of the St. Peter; Road. L-473-3-13-Si. "Come to Crapaud Hall Wednes- day evening. Bt. Patricks Variety Uonoert, Women's Institute. L-555-16-Zi. "Dance cardigan Hall Easter Monday, March 29th. We‘.Jster's Orchestra. Also drawing for Rug. L-seo-a-is-zz. ‘*St. Pat.rick's Concert, Bonshaw March l'ith. Hear WR. Shaw speak. Program and lunchss. Admission lic and 101: at B o‘clock. L-431-3-12-16. "Comet to Cape Traverse I-fall March 1'lth for a good time. St. Patricks entertainment and party. Admission 15 cents. Lunch 10 cents. lf not fine, come following rushi- _ L-465-3-ld-li. “Concert in 0. M. B. A. Hall, Vernon R.ivar,» Wednesday. Mo-Wh lith, 8 o'clock, by Alberry Plains W. I. lf stormy Friday, March 19th. L-513-15-21. "Come to Borden Union Hall lliarch 17th for Variety Concert. Curtain at 8 P. M. Bale of P125 HM Ulindv. Proceeds in aid of Womerrs institute uid Girl Guides. Price lic and lilo. Is-55'!-3-16-Ii. “Farmers attention. Swift Can- ldian Company are now buying cattle on the Island and will have * representative permanently loc- ated here. Don‘t book ,your cnttlo at any pri" until you see Swiftfs buyer. Top prices being paid for Quality stock. List your stock with the Livestock Marketing Board and have this firm’s representative H11 upon you. 1.-4c'l~a-a-41. “We are advised that the price of com products will advance by the end of March if not earlier. We Wssest that fu-mera book their orders with ,local shipping club lecretary for a ccrlca\' at co-o‘pel'- “lle Prices' at once. nook your orders at our office for l. carlosd I0 be delivered at mlotwwwn. Dont postpone do it and save WU' feed bill. Livestock Msrketinl Board. 1.-asa-s-le-rl. "Stanley Bporting Club will hold s race on stanley River Wednes- ilov. March 11. All those startinl horses must hand entry into the *ffelhfy before the first heat in the mstened me between /imc gfudrfegdislnirneddhd M” Boy an umme owned by Oliver Campbell of Kon- fxlflaion. which starts at 2 o'clock ~ll’D. There will' positively be no “Ulu accepted after 2 o'clo£ki”8 Lobster Today. “Although I do not think there is as .much illegal lobster fishing in portions of Prince County as there was years ago, it is my opinion it will take an army ot R.. C. M. P. constables to stamp out the situ- ation there now, in fact it is al- most a hopeless task unless you have a. lot of men with a short shore patrol," declared S. T. Gal- lant, retired Supervisor of Fisheries on Prince Edward Island, to a Royal Commission conducting an I I I I investigation into the illegal fish- ing of lobsters and smelts in dis- tricts 8 and 9 here yesterday. f After sitting here since Wed- nesday of last week, the Commis- sion adjourned early yesterday af- ternoon and later proceeded to Summerside where Mr. Justice A. T~ I-€BlBnG. of the King's Bench Division of the New Brunswick Supreme Court. the commissioner, will commence hearings today. Seven witnesses were called by Commission counsel, Hon. H. F. G. Bridges before adjournment yester- dlll. While-.two othgu.were_l'e-olllr . the five day sitting here 28 wit- nesses were called. Mr. Gallant, who held the post of Supervisor for a period of 19 years and who retired on May 10, 1936, testified that he wou'd re- commend the protection work be done through the Department of Justice and the R. C. M. P. as he felt the guardian system was far from satisfactory in the majority of cases. He expressed the opinion that the situation in Prince County. WHS never as bad any place else on the Island, and said it mattered not what political party was in power. the “punching” was bad. and rc- marked that during the 19 Y€\1l`S he held the post of supervisor he luv' I n:\'er been asked to “soft pedal J any political party. Asked Lf, when he was in poli- tics. he had used his influenee ill assisting those illegally fishing. the witness replied. “H0 be°ausc in my lust election I was shy about 500 votes.” Twenty-eight Witnesses Called Mr. Gallant, was or the opinion that the amount of illegal fishing was dependent- on the SPYIUS ‘latch of lobsters by; the fishemltgites £9 pointed out t at n some ar - peclally in Prince county a :ood many persons fished for a livil18~ and if the spring catch W8-S lJ0°l'~ he felt it was an excuse for them to "peach" in the late season. Hc said that he could rece-ll bl!- forn he assumed his duties as sup- ervtsor, around 1911, that canner- ies operated in beth the 09°” ‘nd closed seasons and fishermen paid little attention io the resuiatlool- “It was e common occurrence to see farmers hauling `oads of lobster shells to their farms durinln N10 closed seasons in those doll. N' marked the witness. "A Difflclllt Tusk” Concerning Prince County, the witness said it would prove a dif- ficult task to stop illegal fishing here, as about twn~th1rds of P¢°P1° fished for a living, and it wouil tslre an exceptionally large force of ays rmy ee e To Stop Illegal Former Supervisor Gallant Was Chief Witness At Closing Ses-‘I sion Of Commission ‘Here Yes- terday. S’side Sittings Open Fishing" Asked if he was surprised when evidence was brought out in New Brunswick that a patrol boat cap- tain at. Tignish stated he was going to quit his job and go poa/chin the witness said he was not. In 1928 and 1924 the patrol boats did some effective work in the Prince County area., and gave In- spector Palmer considerable assist- ance, Mr. Gailant said, but added “the powers that be st the time would not let them stay there.” “The main problem insofar as this province is concerned, is the illegal canning. The bulk of lob- sters caught are canned, they are not sold alive," declared the wit- ness. He said he did not. know how the illegal ftshihl l1‘l18ht be stopped.. as during his term of office fines from $300 as high as $500 had been imposed and it had little effect on the situation. To commission coun- sel, the witness said that the greater portion of the imposed fines were collected, and oniy the odd thing of that nature. No Political Interference "Did you ever have any political interference when you were super- visor?" asked the Commissioner, "No, sir, I never had a politician interfere with my duties or tell me not to enforce the law." The witness expremed the opin- ion that the destruction of traps during the closed season by patrol boats, curtailed illegal fishing by at least 65 or 75 per cent. “While I was supervisor, hund- reds of canning plants were found in the woods, mostly in Prince County. They wou'd he in secret places, and the plants would not be Worth much,” said the witness. Concerning temporary guardians, the retired supervisor said the present method was not very sat- isfactory but he would not go so far as to say the system was use- less, but he felt if the system was to continue the guardians should be named for the life of the gov- ernment. "Has there been a decrease or an increase in smelt fishing in the province in recent years?" (Continued on page 9) “Relief” Winning .Play In Festival REGINA. March 15 - (CP) - Authores, directress and member of the cast of "Relief" prize piav of the Saskatchewan Regleiial Drama Festival, Minnie Evans Bicknell, gray-haired farm-wife. says "more credit .should go to ot.ber.s.” Selected Saturday light W Adjudlcator George de Warfaz to reprment Saskatchewan in thc Dominion Festival at Ottawa nfxt month, the play was produced by flour of the 10 members of the Dramatic Club of Marshall. Fami- ing centre of only '15 residents, ly- ing near the Alberta border direct- officers to stamp out the situation. ly west of Prince Albert. A `.fina wculllll>l° lv numerous D-ish districts and lever- al buses were marooned. One far- mer froae to death. A few mlln hyghwsys were open between Engi- imd and Scotland but heavysnow- drifts blocked mountain road! lo Wales. Belfast imported thousands of prone of milk from Scotland to wort s. shawn- 1'l°°4l W°°'~l\- ed in the llvlniand district of Cam long the dykes of the swollen f r Factory Blast IVIANILA. March 15-(AP)- An incessant crackle of ex- ploding flrecrackers popped u- round ilremen and soldiers to- nlxht as they searched the strewn wreckage of a. fireworks factory. explosion which killed at least 28 persons and left 20 to 50 others unaccounted for. Some of the victims, many of than Filipino women, were trapped as they jammed the lone door to flee from flames. Fireman found bodies piled in the doorway. Others leaped from windows, only to drown in a muddy swamp which surrounded the plant. The blast shook the area for I. radius of two miles and took workers unawares. Flames fol- lowed and swept. through the demolished factory before fire- men could reach the scene. Hill PURCHASE DEEP THERAPY E II U I P M ENT P. E. I. Hospital Trus- tees Reach Decision At Special Meeting. At a s ' eating of the tnis- tees of` .’MMfd"H1md Hospital last night it was defin- itely decided to purchase an X-ray machine for the treatment of deep- seated cancer. It will likely take several weeks after the order is placed before the equipment is in- stalled. As stated recently in the press, need of this equipment has been felt by the medical profession in the province for some time. At present patients requiring treat- ment for deep-seated cancer must gc to Halifax, Saint .lolm,or Mont- real at considerable expense. The type of machine required can de- liver 200,000 volts with safety to the patient and the technician in charge. The cost, it is understood, will be in the vicinity of $7,000 ln- stalled. In building the new Prince Ed- ward Island Hospital provision was made for the installation of deep therapy equipment. the walls, ceil- ing and doors all being lead lined to ensure safety. The fitting up of this room cost about $2,000 but funds did not permit of the pur- chase of the machine at that time A fund raising campaign for the purchase of the equipment is being launched, in the belief that its need will appeal to all interested in the work of the hospital, and that the present occasion is op- portune for acquiring this very necessary service. _ lllaims All Province Affected By Decision TORONTO, March 15-Premier Hepburn told the Ontario Legis- lature today a recent decision of the New Brunswick Supreme Court holding the Canada Temperance Act ultra vires of the Federal Par- liament was binding on all prov- inces unless and until an appeal is taken from this diclsion and it is upset. The Premier’s statement was in answer to a question from T. P. Lancaster (Cons. Peterborough) asking "having regard to recent decision: or the Privy Council, in how many municipalities in Cn- tario at the present time is the Canada Temperance Act in force and what are these municipalities?" Mr. 1-lepbum also called atten- tion to a decision in Peel County Court holding the Liquor Control Act more restrictive than the Can- ada Temperance Act. l1er2ll°.lr':.; .r:ll‘ Always Delicious river Cuse. Greenwich weather observers re- ll ported more rain had fallen during . the first three months of 1037 than I . in any similar period in 122 years. PARIS, March 15-(AP)-France counted five deaths tonight in the first of spring storms; Most of the dykes in live villages on Noirmoutier Island warelmasn lol ed and crops were destroyed. Th; Rhone, Boone and Loire rivers " RETAINED IH NEGDTIATIDNS Report Current Rail- waymen Will Be Asked' To Accept Compromise Wage Increase.. (C. P. by Guardiaifs Special Wire) MONTREAL, March 15-Railway Union leaders arriving here today to consider ballots of 117,000 mem- bers to empower n. strike order maintained silence pending return of their spokesman Howard B. Chase, chairman of the General Conference Committee of Railway Running Trades Union!- Chase was the only important figure in the railway dispute- miss- ing from Montreal today. Hon. Norman Mol.. Rogers, federal min- ister of labor, paid a visit. to the city. but he too refused to com- ment on a rumored settlement ef- fected at a conference in Ottawa Friday with Chase and the railway presidents, S. J. Hungerford and Sir Edward Beatty. “I cannot say anything because I do not wish to imperil the nego- tiations under way." said Mr. Rog- ers. Any statement I might make referring to one side or the other, might possibly do damage." Mr. Rogers addressed a luncheon meet- ing of the Canadian Club. Although today was set as the deadline for receipt of ballots from the railwaymen announcement of the Unions’ committee decision was not expected before Thursday when a meeting is scheduled. Chase is believed to have con- tinued on to Toronto following the Ottawa. conference. His office to- day reported “Mr. Chase is not in. town." He was expected to return tonight. _ Vice presidents of the 17 run- ning trades unions who threaten to remove their members from eul- ployment continued to arrive in the city and held informal meet- ings in strict secrecy. Confirmation was lacking of a consistent rumor that the Union heads would be asked to accept a compromise wage increase reducing the 10 per cent reduction to five per cent. The railways have already ac- cepted a. majority report of the MacLean Conciliation Board which recommended reduction of the cut in three one per cent stages tc a seven per cent level by Nov. i. llpposition lloiced To Trans|iort Bill (C. P. by Gua;dian’s Special Wire) HAL.I_l=‘AX, March 15-Harold Connolly (Lib. Halifax North) to- night urged the Nova Scotia Leg- islature to unanlmousl go on re- cord as opposed to Ihe proposed Federal Government Transport Bill under consideration in Ott- awa. The bill was not conducive to the best interests of the Maritimes, he said. "lf there is congestion in the Great Lakes' shipping then let the remedy be applied there." Mr. Connolly, youngest member of the House, replied in defence of the Government after G. Y. Thom- as (Cons. Colchester) had opened the debate on the budget address of Premier Angnw L. Macdonald who last week budgeted for a sur- Dlus of $104,000 for the present fiscal year. If a serious condition existed in the railways in the Maritimes, the matter should be adjusted without any undue hardships to the three Eastern Provinces, Mr. Connolly declared. !Written° By Dickens Secretary S 1 1° LONDON, March`15-(CP Trans-Atlantic flying, as a tate their entry.” cam-:T TRAIMNG wEl.co1\rEn The Govemment would welcome 1 adoption by Canada of a p1an` such as established in Australia 'where pilots are trained as cadets in the Royal Australian Air Force and then serve 10 years with thc ' Royal Air Force. A similar plan was being established in Newzea- | land. A plea that the Government consider trarlsatlantic service by airshlps was made by S. R. Wells, Conservative. Sir Phllllp’s outline of air plans included a new branch-the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve _ a. network of training schools,caclies of essential materials and plans for ocean flying. Four-motored, high speed land planes, Sir Philip announced, are almost ready for trans-Atlantic flights and experiments are under way with long-range flying boats and catapulted aircraft for ocean I service. ROOM FOR. 800 MEN Tile new branch of the Royal Air Force, he said, will be filled directly from civilian ranks and will have room for 800 men the first year. He emphasized the speedy expansion of Brita1n's air perscnrlel. Last year, he said, the quota ~of 1,200 short service officers and 235 airmen for training as pilots was surpassed and enlistments now are in anticipation of future require- ments. “During the coming year," Sir Philip told the House. “we intend to train 1.l'l5 pilots". For them training schools are to be set up for ground instruction at London and other centres. Courses will begin April 1 at 12 schools. New types of aircraft, Sir Philip declared, will increase Great Brit- aln’s aerial striking' power. Two newly developed guns will give combat ships fighting qualities su- perior to any the Government has ever had. He said the need for raw mate- rials hed been carefully gaugeci and arrangements made for the pur- chase of reserve stocks and for storing them-especially easily de- stroyed gasoline and oils - in places least accessible to air at- tack. Possessed Letters LEATI-IERHEAD. Eng., March 15 --(CP)-H. A. White, who died at Leatherhead in his 90th year, had in his possession about 90 letters written by Charles Dickens to John Leech, artist. Leech was one of Dickens' most intimate friends and illustrated for him “A Christmas Carol." The letters, never published, contain many references to the domestic adairs of Dickens and his wife. DukePlansEasterReunion QW Plans Ou tlzned In Commons For Speedy Expansion Volunteer Reserve Force Included In Program Announced By Air- Philip Sassoon. Cable)-Plans for a streng- thened Royal Air Force, virtually trehled in size, armed with the newest weapons and supplied with vast reserve materials, were disclosed to the House of Commons today by Sir Philip Sassoon, under-secretary for air. civil supplement to the alt ministry’s program, he said, was expected to be ready for experimental service before the end of 1937. Sir Philip said 100 young Canadians had come to Brit- ain of their own accord to train for the air force. “We welcome these pilots,” he said. men and we wish to do everything in our power to facili- >i= “They are first rate young THREE PLAYS PRESENTED DY THEATRE GIIIID Ca p a c i t y Audience Enjoys F i u e Per- formances At Stu-' dio Night. Three one-not plays were staged before lt full house in the Little Theatre last night. Casts in two ofthe plays 'wc-re from members of the local Guild and one was from the York Little Theatre Guild. First play presented was “When the Wife is Away," a comedyfarce with York players directed by Mr. Charles Jenkins. The scene was laid in rt modem living room' where a married man and an en- gaged mnn were planning to cele- brute during the absence of the t\\'o ladies. Plans were upset com- pletely by the unexpected arrival of Cleopatra, who turned out to an inmate in a medical hospi- be tal. "I-lenvcri On Earth," a satirical comedy, was the next play, direct- c-<1 by Miss Constance McFarlane. The story was that of a young girl from a respectable family an- (Continued on page 3) 7 No Quin. Q Colne on Ae Boo , As sue le / if. / 9 ;., te; . V C T; _.___/IIZQII; Y \ fm V; . /' . ‘J 1./ (Canadian Press) TORONTO. Mul'L‘h l5~Mi\limum and maximum t.cmperaturos:-- Dawson Zero 22 Victoria 40 54 Edmonton Regina. VJi_'lli;n~p, T.: ctli Ott. vm Montreal l-I 12 BB 23 lil 20 24 34 26 31 30 32 30 Saint John 42 fl 1 20 26 38 16 40 With Mrs. Simpson, Report I 3'l‘=`»5°’f»c<»~~ LONDON, March lt-An Easter meeting in France with Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson is being planned by the Duke of Windsor. trust- worthy Austrian advices reaching London said today. The former King. it was said. still is Planning to be married about April 27 or May 1. (Mrs. Si.mpson‘s divorce decree from Ernest Aldrich Simpson may be- come final April 27). other reports have indicated he may wait until after his bmther's coronation. The irlformliit said the Duke’s trip to France probably would be rcse.,|.nd suburbs of Avigaonwen flooded _ _ iammunced fran his lrazesfeid. -T. Austria retreat as a "three or four day Easter excursion, ‘ The Duke was reported planning to start t.lie'trip next week. with the reunion to be held in or near Paris. \ (At Mbnts, France, Herman L. Rogers, spokesman for Mrs. Simp- son, declared she knew noiiling of the reported reunion plans. (Summer D.' Parker of Bnlil- more, Md., asserted today at Cher- bourg, France. that hc ls negotiat- ing with the Duke of Windsor for sale to him oi a Brooklandvillo. Md., estate. He indicated the sale FORECAST itfnritimc East: Easterly willds. illcrvasilig in strong or moderate gales with some rain, probably fog near Nova. Scotia coat. High tide this afternoon at 12.55 and tomo:‘l'o\v morning at 1.55. Sun sous tlli' evening at 6.07 lmd rises tomorrow morning nt 6.10 First qlmrter morili Fririny. March 10. 6.40 rl ln. Slnntllorsitic iicin vilrllit-vll mill- utos later than Clnlrlotictown. "IIE (‘I\l1 YHRRI l.e»\\es liorrle-n leaves Tnrmnntlna ll E r .5 5 P was almost completed), ,, r F E r P Daily except Sunday. , M . f 1 ,. ~ .-»' _ - ""' .fll`gl` , ’ 1 » _ I I 2 I I a 3 I l I 1 I 1 ‘I I l I ' »; li I I I l. . \'. I' ; l I I l I . I ; I , V; 'I 3 I I I E . i I I ` . 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