MAXIMS

OFA

MERE MAN

Wmnw ; _ m; n e sosmn ht l tzilchahszcrs the num- moi",

chsrlntuluwo Guudlnn Two (lento. Morning Utllfdhh. Fuundod IIIT.

‘NAZI

gocial Crecliters Leading As Final StanclingInDoabt

Complicated "S_ys'tem Of Voting Slows £2181 Returns.

EDMONTON. March 22—(OP)- Am ‘s political, leaders com- ... Zllélfdfllly tonight as re- lllnlllg officers rushed repara- mus lor further counts ballots lu the tightest. fine-ml election of lflr Province’; h tory.

"e of Alberta's complicated stem, —propo.tlonal repre-

: -only Social . hlcmbers and 10 Indpcnd- . (l laeen elected more than ~ alter closing of the polls. . summaries showed M q...‘ vrltlitrrs, 10 Independents and who." ndldatc leading. A m so '19 of tho rldihgs from nlnlclale headlng the p01 to .cr down was possible. E. C. Manning. Provincial Jly in the Social Credit "lllflll. o! Premier

g5:'—.~¢=-.-,.».

to continue its policies

n}... ICAUHTI pmgrcnl. Pool Resources

hlnvor Andrew Davison. Calvary. ~ ul {he lenders in the 111d)?" '. Movement unri-rr wh'ch Conservative and Unity

uxlt wcrkes oval-ed

being elected on the ft"st

ncng wlfh Premier Wtllslm art.

"r lead-rrs remained sllent.

or Aborhart announced from

that h-e urclcrrrrl not, to

nv stnwmcnt until the re-

. l ovc (l9."l*:l\'9 A s‘mll1r at-

tnlcczl by A Ronn-

o‘ the Co-Ocemrbre

vmltll Fc-zlc ntlnn. Not one

C. C. F‘ cfvwlltlutos had

led or was in h lending

' . ovncrtrd Ilwt FPPfllld roll“: ‘ ‘v new v iu some 30 rld-

P Coming Events -U_ Rule fur Nllllrt‘! In this column 3 cents pcr word. "l-‘ ‘ Mrnts-4Jround Meat- 5c.

"IL bc. Beer‘ Trlpo 3'40. Hug c. Island Uuld Stornge

‘ Rivet Club kind-int; hf. ~duy, March 26. 14-2494-21-31.

"'\.'-‘f‘t the Ludes with s smile WIPE ll: ll S l. L’. . l I My 0'“ a urfi-yzzo-s-zl-zs.

Annual s15... Clllif‘ Sale P. M, Maritime Electric. L~1-8~23-1l.

Annual Easter Cake Sale P. M. Murltlmc Electric. L~l-3-23~ll.

Ill

r vour nloucv ready for B‘ nrrlny and send 4e t_V ffljflwlllpl, L-220-3-2l-2J. I we Lorne Valley Ho] Wed-

. March 27th. Goccl music. L-170~3-l9-23.

hunter Saturday P. E. l. Hospital Full’. my. Be ready to hells) n 200d Clubs. L-Sl 4-20-23.

"lllficllllfll Cake Sale by ladies cf ‘lruuty Gllulcll Saturday March sozh. 5-265‘ '

41-13-11.

"Fluvrnld Hbll -. mo. Monday 1112111. Variety concert and Dance- Aushu-es of Catholic Women's imbue. L-26~3-2-20~28.

"Llvrslock Marketing Board load- lz at Hunter River Easter Monday “Will-Ill: and at York lmn insipid of ‘ruesdayhus, us

3-11.

Poems to the dance In North Wlllshlre hall on Easter Monday llzcht. Good time assured. Ad- P’ nllsslon; m, pqa-a-za-Zi

_"(‘.:\nllvo.l Cornwall rink tonight. "mi urizes for different clafiiréi

, —-—-- wlhlc t b m started r‘ variety Concert. and Dance. when gag“ ‘$31K ”p;,'§,¢_,° gym; _ ltl Hull. Easter Monday rather low. were attacked by pix m‘ T‘ lunch. Auspices Catholic Wo- seven German croft. ‘may wars un- nmfs League. L32 (‘$115136 We‘; lggttllleallltl lélgxtrn _.__ o er - fvllbfl-y entertainment. In Trac- 90 - _ IR filial]. Thursday evenlnfl’. i %9az€gfl"tkedgfinfge§fidmhglfeg" em s ea o n nor weut - i; . ll lsu Ed. ‘rugfllllll’ to Bl. Temsas Hall Eas- 1v flared 33$; m“, a _. o nay nzghl. for 3 act filmy norm", “m,” “mud on, ‘<““1w-' W Brltlsh m». which Wis brought .. , -———~ m... 13v.» oemnh t hmver. o K rkom Hall Bingo and w”, "on u. 1| g make rut-tat ,:‘l}§‘<‘-(§9rgg;y nlght. March twenty Mm a blg Nest nlsns was cellsvod

L41 4484i

1118b. In some of tbs 13 constituen- cies where there were tore-candidate fight-s, a, be needed

in the last Alberta election and on some of them, completed unttl more than s week after election day. The 1935 elec- tlon took place ln cllltating the gathering boxes. which must second count Is be so easy because of heavy snow.

his Cablnet Ministers were conced-

ed election In the closest ballotllng . since Alberta. was form 1905 One Cabinet Minister, ‘Ireasurer Solon bow, was defeated

lllTTR n m , ulrlwlrun e r l s»vnlt lll£ l

ll. Il. F. Plane Crashes 0n Butch Soil

Monday aller- -.A

not. cralsheu in tlsmss on NQLhQIIIIYZC-F sol be above tho German lrouncr.

soldlors, because of the nature the terrain, were unable to me wreckage Immediately.

members of the cr w wero kllled-

Read by Covers Prince Edwardllsland Like the Dew

Everybody

MAXI M6

OFA

MERE MAN

"God expccts from men . . . . that their Easier devotions would some up to their Eastm- dress."

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, MARCH ‘is, 1940

14 PAG

Annuos Subscription Lullvvrrll sum ll! Ilnll-—~I'.|'Z.l. filllil; lunllslu and LIA. $5.00

ES

UL TIMA TUM T0 R UMANIA R (mom's?

straight recount may

Several second counts were made

the counts were not.

August, fa- of ballot This year the collection, be mlde

started, will not

Aberhsrt Elected Premier Aberhurt and mu: of d

ed In . Provincial

(Continued on page 10. col b)

OTTAWA. March 21-Nov- lnf from the federal tressury in o the Maritime Provinces fishing districts Is npproximste-

Iy l. (gull-tor of s million dollars, ‘fr-lawn the Clty hospital curly Ulli nlorlllzlu (‘time Rs a. shock to his ‘uanv friends

payable to fishermen on the eve of federal voting,

Voted. by Parliament at its 1939 session and due the fisher- men many months ago, the money would seem to bu spQciI-l election halt and actu lly Gov- ernment politicians here declare l arrival of the long-awaited pay- ments will be moat "opportune". slnco the shore areas into whlch thcy go have been depressed for yeurs.

Payments to individual fish- ermen vr-ry‘ with their catch. being rated at. so much a quin- lal for cod, so much s bsrrel for salt mawkcrcl, 1nd on other varieties n well. The average , ls well over s dollar a qulntrl g and goes both to vcsscl fisher- men and to the tbcusomfs of mcn who operate ln small float!

In the shore flshcricl.

Handling of the fonds woo tamed over by leglslntlon to the Salt Fl-rh Board. This or- ganisation nil not send out Ila forms to fznu-mcn l.n.lly to dclvrmlne the cllch until De- ccmbc, It is understood here. | In previous years, when Nova Scolla subsidized the Indust y directly, allowances were given utmost as soon ls fishing ecol- cl].

As a result of the late flling of claims for the “deflxlency”. as it is termed, pryments have been deferred untlll the present- Now they are going out In rulh order and. from Information gleaned here. it ls believed that most will be pold before vol-ml takes place on March l0.

K

AMSTERDAM. lvlnrch 22 -—(AP) Royal Air Force pursuit P18"?

today after an home

German and Bfll-ibhjljfiffl R

tween marsh about

‘The e I ll l mllepvlagt o‘; 141%‘! her: th e o Ketherlsng?

huh-s Holland.

It was presumed. howavor. that Ill

The Chamber ment would "arouse assemble and direct all Wench energies to fight

be! 156 vote 0f confirlwwo °'° u“ Dfilmtim abstained from voting,

was s "patchwork job" cluslon of soclshst members mlght mike the Government dqpserously to the left.

members might, ileigtnt lean too dangerously m m;

B30 but has llved in lh many years where he was a succ " lultouctlontor, Dt-ruh come 3.; n su

son Pte. John Bowers and

Isabel alo survive:

Vernon, Frank 1n Boston. and Mrs. David MacDonald. Charlottetown.

Isle: to minded by Secretary of state e ll Hull for

“w” ll soon $2123’. would announce his enn- dldacy for the democratic senatorial nomination In New Jersey.

King And Queen _ Attend Easter Service

_ I Kl §§§§anls§l§y Pr names Elisabeth

Friday church Roy“ Chapel here today. In the afternoon The Royal Fanny, who "e apgndlnfi the Easter holiday ht Windsor t!» c

luwrumcu PREMIERTU BARRYUN

Plcdged T0 Wage

“Total War” gamst Germany.

PARJI-B, March 22—(O P Haws)

A.

-Premler Poul Reynlaudks day-old Cabinet, pledged to wage war” against Germany, nl ht to carry on desp vo

o! Depult

"total

decided to-

the a, slim

of cionflderlce in the Chamber e

S. The new Premier, after telling that his Govern-

rmd conquer" iVRs given a 21.8 to

\\"1l*'o lll

T118 thin margin I0.(‘;."l.'lu;\v_d n

Possible new Cabinet crisis .n the Ml!‘

future.

Chief criticism from rightist Eplitles were that. the Cablnot and that tn-

lelm D00

FPMWB Elmer-ted a. war Cabinet it lot zésvmnrt patch; or thciscclsusts. make the Govern-

DIR-SCUM

"Fmwc QXDQI-‘lcd s war Cablnet

(Continued on page 10, g0; 7) ___________________

"till Early “mhy or Mr. J. A. Macllonaltl

The news of

th d t MacDonald, e m)‘ M Mr J

Charlottetown. uel auctioneer Whlull occurred at

He was born at. Vernon 67 years

c- or llfiCtllllOflla. He had mm n1 few days.

He is survived bv his Wife and a MacDonald two daughters, htsrgzuwet; uncl

‘rhefollowlnq brothers and slarcrs Josvuh 2nd '.Vllll'£lm at

Funeral arrangements will be an-

nounced later.

Former Island Banker Dies

‘IOROWIU. March 22~—(CP)-

George William Storm, ‘ll, rctlred banker and native o! Prince m- wztrd Island, died at his home here today.

He received hLs education In lngfls Colleglolc. Windsor, N, 5,,

and began his bustnrss comer w.t.h the old Halifax Baulrng Ccmpnny, later Jolnlng the staff of the Carl- ‘(inn Bunk of Commzrcc. He re- tirrd in 192B.

Stems, o member of the Angll-

can Church. lmd tended in Toron- to for several years. Surviving are two sisters. Margaret, and Anna, and s brolher. Henry.

Predicts Resignation 0f Cromwell

WASHINGTON. March M -(A-

A t. h is tn close touch 3th gfrglgfir mfgtrs predicted to- dqy the resignation of James H.

ted States Mint-

_ Cromwell, Unl wss 1e-

CansdB. W110 making s pro-

Alhes address In Toronto

t , h kedlthot hls m‘ §““.?lll.l'.’.l3.” sold u.»

aftqr resigning.

R. liln land. March 22 wmnso 8 and Queon m-

‘R , tte dcd Go d “d Mariam‘ aisrlvlceb‘ In The

Castle, walked In

__\

Public Still Awaits Answers To Charges

iii-

The Financial Post (Independent) Issue o; Mfllch g3 my‘,

"lt l: on sunning foot that ft should bs possiblc In Canada for proved charges of favoritism and lnnefflclmcy In government to 5° ""3""! llllnst the Ministers of the Crown, and that tho Pflmg Minister of Canada should take the attitude that such matters are °f "0 "Illwrtance. that the-y do not. coll for correction 0r punish- ‘Wm- u"! "l" "l" P001110 0f Canada. src not even entltlcd to o public invutlgotlon by their elected representatives In Parliament, Yet that h the situation.”

The Post docs not profess to know the facts of of] the charge; of corruption and of ill-equlpment of the "0095 and similar matters that have been malls by others during the electlnn. But, it vqnwhgg (u, u“, facts In regard t0 the following "specific, detailed and evhaustlvt-ly dfi(u< mmwd" fihlfkcs with respect to contracts governing the expenditure of more than $11,380,000 0f the taxpayers’ money;._.

Awarding n series of defense department orders to n Ill-m m which s secretary of n cabinet minister was o partner,

Granting $1,200,000 of defense contracts to s company wlm $10,300 capital.

Awarding n controct on n. "tender" basis when the only two “competitive bids" were from companies that were twin hgcnch-g of , one lndivldunl. l

Letting s. contract. on the basis of n bld which wng lows-red three days alter the closing of tenders to the Identical figure uf the prev- lous lowest tender, which had been disallowed.

Awarding s. contract to s company with $603 capital opmttlng F from a plant owned by a oompln, which was controlled by a mnmber of Parliament.

Paying “extras” on oontrlctl to favored contractors when the contracts had been awarded on o fl-Wfl-Prlcc bnsls.

Carrying as a f “ " employee of the Defense Department o mun who was president of l. local political association,

Letting s. “one-tender” contrsct‘ to g company owned by a. pers- ons! friend of the Minister‘ of Defense.

Amudlng “nb-oclllnx" out-pl construction cnntncts without

Elvslllll ‘CERTAIN’ or WARUIITIIUME

Foreign Minister Ari- ta Tells Diet Japan Will Not Oppose Reich.

By Rclman Morin ASaUUil-IUEU Press Sta-if Writer

TOKYO, ltlarch 22 —-(APl > MCIILDQL; 01 Japan's Diet, posmg the question us to whether _ snou_u not Lame some pusltlve rule 1n aLLppOfb o1‘ "Conn-any allu Italy", Vt " lulorlucd iclllgllt b; {orelgll l\ ' 1:1" f uluro Arlla that Japan y is "serum? oi the way the mu would come out.

The much‘ he undo-d. ls too (Ith- cullc w lull. ubullt lull-Luci‘. liolvexcr, llc (ltd sly run; "Jspazl whl no; l_\u'v any Ulhimbtltc.» m Licrlnaxlyls wuv by juilllllt; llullus WlLll Britain or menus‘ omzns; the comllct m the west, ttianoutzzl Japan's entry 1n the tlesh. l “or l5 nluuvlsuble 51.1106 snc ‘ solely with the oon~ ol a. "new order“ in Asia.

Arno. mo; _ baugerccl with Such leflkltllj, quastlons us tht-sez-—

"uont you tlllllk Jan-an should discard her pOllCy of unlnvolvement. lulu openly sloo with Germany and ll-Llly?“

"why, while ulouthlnz phrases u- bout unlnvolvelnctlt, has Japan pro~ mlstd Britain not to transport Gob lllflll lliltlillltll5 O1‘ flflllitlflrifli. D0 ucrlnzlny?"

"Sllltle both Germ-tn"; and Italy appear t0 have recognized Japan's anus in East Asia, suoulcbwe take solue DOSXINE measures to

U O rr

60v

wlompetltlon to contractors knownfln be personally frlcndly to c Minister. i

Authorizing, In cost-plus contract/s held by favored contractors, “doublo" and "trlplc” daily machinery rentals at. rates which would pay for the machinery outright ln flve or slx months,

Awarding contracts to n. firm In which the controlling Interest was held by a man who also got o key appointment in the Depart- ment of National Defense,

Placing cost-plus aircraft contracts which provided no “ccillng" to costs and no llmlt to flgifffilifltc profits. I

Failing lo supply otherwise completed military aircraft with the propellers and engines necessary to fly thcm.

Misrepresentation by the Minister of the rate of delivery of military aircraft. ,

Tnbllrlg of documents by the ltliulstcr which "grossly nllsln- i formed" the House of Commons on a matter Involving the expendi- ture of mllllons of public money.

Leasing for 10 years at n total rental of $237,000 n bulldlng which had just been bought by the owner for $62,500.

Awarding a defense contract to o tlrm consist‘ g of three In- surance agents who had no plant. at l. price one cent per unlt below the lowest bld of a bons flde producer, one of the three agents l being a former president of s, Liberal riding nssoclatlon. i

Exproprlating a private estate In British Columbia for use as an i officers‘ mess nt a cost of $94,000, when undeveloped land was avail- able.

Buying s. building In Montreal for $18,000 seven months after It had been sold for $12,000,

Awarding a cost-plus aims contract without competition to o group consisting of a stock broker, the brother of n mclnbc. of Par- llnmcnt, and a promoter who had neither experience In the produc- . tlon of small orms nor tbs equipment to produce them. l

Glvlng this promoter the Inside truck to the British War Office , and pressing his case persistently vrhilc declining to ,. ate with l other industrialists seeking to get ready for possible war ‘omzmds. I.

Sulmurtlng and defending these actions when exposed, instead ‘ of Investigating nnd correcting them. ’

Retaining on the public payroll the parties responsible and glv- Ing them new and Important appointments.

Hod Parliament continued 1n session when It met in January lost. l says tho Post, all these charges would have been brought to the floor ul‘ ‘ the House. Opportunity would necessarily have been provided for ques- tions knd for thorough investigation,

lWllEN MACKENKIE KING SCUTTLED PARLIAMENT [IE DID S0 TO AVOID A RECKONING UNTIL AFTER. THE ELEUIION

British Say ‘No Truth’ In Nazi Reports

BERLIN. March 22 (AP) —D. N.

~ B“ tho German news allency, clnlm~

LONDON _- British submarine m‘ m“ ‘ swadgsh W553; and my“;

torpedoes German freighter: lirl- slcnlnsnun hon been a1-

taln accuses Germany of borpednlh: tacked by Royal Air Force blunts

without Wlrnlng seven neutral the Inst few days, said tonluht.

"my; "M", 5mm. Prgmffl that Great. Britain apparently hm Berlin-bound m puny with Nuw- W?“

cted her pilots to bomb un- LmonrF-“Mmicm Lealue hood

International At

A Glance

(By The Clnldhn Press)

PARlS-Premler Reynamfs new government decides to flght for its ltfs after obtaining slender major- lty In chamber.

armed mcrchcnt-nlcn. '_l‘he news agency sold all the at-

ticks were unsllccflsslul. It, idenilfied says congress party governmmtl A 3, _ without nl-mh. would ma to clvll "m§,§"°“““ “m” '“ m“ B“ m‘. 1m In lndh- LONDON. ‘Mun-h 22 4c!» An‘

nlr ministry official said tonLlll: "there ls no truth In the story" I wt

TOKYO-—l‘0f£lfl\ Minister Al‘!!! BrttLsh blames had combed German

tells Diet Jspsn ls "certain" of the _ winner o! flu Allied wsr splnst and other mercmmtmen near Gor-

151d

opcruie with them?"

“were not the expnnslon of l the Unwed Slates navy and the recent tour of Litre-be by the United SlmBS unttcrsecrctury‘ state, Sunni-cl" llVellcs, predicated on the asmlllp-

. '. .. Kat-by. Jll still ‘ as 2,000,000 Clu- l.c_l- socnlg lll 11h.- held.

lfrltisllzr

Nazi Freighter

Royal Navy St-l-b-r-‘narine Sinks First Merchant Craft In War.

XDNDON, March 22-(CP)-'1‘hc first. Gcrlnzln lnrrcllzllltnlztzl w De sunk by ct British sllbnlnrlne suit-e the start 0i‘ the War was added LO- 3 day l0 illllifl sch conquests wlulv Britain accused Germany of tor~ 1xauczng wnhout wurnlng one Nor-

pvcglnn and 5.x Dnnull vessel, dur-

ing 1.110 lJsl. ~18 hours. The Admiralty thht the 4.9474021 Nazi tzelghler; l-letldurxlhmn had boon torycdzledl elghr unit's of) the Duusn coast was lnclmntlvo or Brlus-h dlCi-IOII‘ to cut oll‘ Scandlnavlan ore ship- menls to Germany, nnd thus stop another leak in the Alled block-

annouucrmeu b

e. The Admiralty slnhgaly gave the g IOJLLIOXI of the sinking an elght nhles oft the Danish econ, but un- l official reports said it occurred in l the Knttcgzlt. entrance to the Bal- . tic Sea, shortly before last midnight. l In Denmark 35 members of the German merchant-man's crew. res- cued by a Dunlsh coast guard cut- wr, 531d bhey had been given 15 minutes to leave the ship before the British torpedo was launched. T)“. 95,171.31!) flipped into one 01 the bouts mid the other Crewmell told tho British officers he was dead; thereupon. the crew soul the lledtlcrnhcurrs first eng.nerr| was tukm aboard the Sllhllim-Yl-he- j

On lop of those cevcloomrnls came word from Antstcrdam that a Royal Air Force plane, appamntlv allcmpuzlg to make a forced lmld- l tug nltcr n battle with several Gcr- 1 man planes over the élennan f fronting had crashed in flames in a Netherlands’ flooded deience area.

1'21: plane's crow DNflllllflblY was klllcd. ‘three other Britl=h machines accompanying it were rrported w have rclurned to their bases.

drlvn ncninst Brltnluls food surillly melon-ml to l3 the nflll-Pfll 01' BT1- Psh s7‘. n sunk or damaged with n Lllrcc drLVS.

Tho llcnvle=t neutral losmr was Donnmrk, from which Brltln lm- ports lax-z;- quantities of food. Dan- ish s-xmvrlv to Brltaln in 1938. 00n-

Gornun!» lmt doesn't nuns him. "Bl-l-

ststlng mostly of bacon, beef, butter,

Japan I l

A“

l l F

'0qlllt'lili‘l‘lt of

lx-lllunvzlrs l .l.~. Lil lllc last two clays, all n uulod to (human torpedoes, lllllf n‘. m npproxllllutoly ‘l3,l61 tons of sluppazg and more Alum 50 ll\’(‘5.

IncluW-n those lo scs are the . C1111» 31:71) ions. one lllc lml; , :00 tons, clot-la». 7,11» ul - Agcr, 1.5.34 Iona,‘ lour u and a V\‘()ll‘flll mss- | 1311201‘ l " \[ll‘~l{, 1.229 tons, ll m \ . ll.» llill, 2,109 l ls, 15

l l would hnvv n.»

Intcnslflcatlon of the Gil-man.‘

itllllllfihllllll. Bvnrhsuus

._ Wilma?‘ “My

{DUBJ 8.1101‘ all M11055 Ul SEVBYBLE

llnolhlls. he “us; 0-1.

(Former Minister 0f fisheries Passes

l

U1"I‘A\"-'\. Mar; ll All s‘;

Ur. ranl... l..- 1 as flmlzltv nun-! _- v llster 0i r-mhlu l L/\"~--l1u'.‘l' 1:138] F0rmatl0n GOV‘ taller II. lulccl (Jmltjlltt-lr,‘ met