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CHARLOFFFETOWN," CANADA, FRIDAILHFEBRUARY a, 1939

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Government Move To Play Politics With C. N. _R. Threatens Its Destruction,

Claim.

OTTAWA, Feb. 2 —(CP)-But for economies initiated by him as Minister cf Raf/ways from 1930 to 1985 the Canadian National Rail- way deficit would be $20,000,000 a ear greater than it 1B. Conservat- ive Leader Manion "told the Home of Commons tonight. The C. NJ! deficit in 1997 was $42,000,000.

Providing an citing climax to the debate on t e address in xe- ly to the Speech from the Throne ihe Opposition Leader crossed gwoi-ds with another former miti- later of. Railways. Finance Min- ister Dunning, who declared _"the acdlriinistration of a great public

£351.15? {vim

"Moccasin dance at Marahfleld Rink Saturday night. . L-73.

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E. 11-6-2-1-81.

"Skating Saturday Victoria Rink. 3'. i isoiierl. sat. Jan. a0 to Mar. 1a.

"ligature linwigrnie velllhcy Hall for ' 10D , nary l . Irfil-Q-eil-ll.

evening,

—<,j——a> . , "Hockey tonlfmt Mike's Taxi . West Covehcadfat West Cove- end Rink at one. L-ao "Hockey tonight at NW "G188" .~- Junior Impcrlale vs. Junior " gets. . L88

"Hospital ca-Be l 5t. PC0918 __ W.‘

Ladies

ioterininatlon "3? all leremcrs Parasites 11:6 Cooper's r i-Kil. Livestock Markegn ,§0§i-T2dl.

"Thrilling hockey at lllilton ink tcnluht. Mount Stewart vs. omets. skate after. L-

"Hcckey Borden Rink taillight. . ddletcn Juniors vs, Cane ‘Ilireo tors, skate after. L-‘ll-

"Hunter Royals _ Zlftsvliie Manic Leafs. Wlllsliiro ink loniizht. a league game. L-82.

"Doublehe-z or Ekist Rloyultv 11111111. Cornwall vs. Royals: Jim- r Beavers vs. Junior. Royals.”

River vs.

"H key at Giuliani's ‘Road ‘ Nationals vs. Monarchs.

uiiii league doubleheader Mon-

av vlliilli. "Blatclifcrdb Y. O. min E for foxes. 35 6.75 f. o. b. Chariot da Packers Ltd.

key, Vimcria Rink. Flidfly. y 3rd. Borden Nationals vs. _ Unions. League game. Ad- ission 29c and 156. 14-57-2-3-11.

"Pan u, secure . your week end

lies or cakes. etc, from ladies of

= . iers Church at Holmanu. Sat- ‘dny. February 4th.

p-az-z-s-al. "Delicious home made bread. kes, 118.51% eto, at Hospital Cake le Salli y. February 4th at oinians. i ' 11-52-2-3-21. "The di tors ‘or Eastern xuig-s hlrlvliii-o ub Will lino a maeilnz - dglloQuxxilds Hag’, Eoui-iiihon Bat- " eve , .

y “a I ruaryL-GZ-i-li-ll.

"Concert and Basket Social 1n t. Cailierlnes Hal. Monday. Fab- uary 61h, Ladies with Razkets free. l Stormy. first fine nlg ‘ H u

"nus u the timc u» it... your orses for bots an tliar lntc l visits». lglllllqwlgtfithtl-h .. c . W0 c a 1.111%: Mqrkeilragdzsofid.

with Vit-

--which led to confederation.

"Hard Wheat Flour two twanty- ' cGuigan dc Boyl

78_ he had lost his temper and show-ed

Citizens of Charlottetown, call. ed by Premier Thane A. Campbell, met in the province house yester- day to cons der details of the celebration this summer of the 75th anniversary of the meeting Yea- tcrdayb meeting was held in the Confederation Chamber, the same room where the Fathers of Con- federation first discussed the un- on 1n 1864. I

The celebratl is scheduled in begin Sunday, July l6, and will

through the week. The

I Governor General of Canaia a-

long with the Prime Minister and mombe of his government, leads er of the opposition, and lieuten- ant governors and premiers-from every province in the lnion will be invited ct attend. French, British and Canadian warships will be ln Cha-rlofiewwn harbor the week cf tlie festivities.

Tablets To Be Unveiled

Seven tablets ccmmemcratiii the Fathers cf Confederation wi be unveiled while the entertain- ment side of ‘he program calls for parades, \ quatic sports, golf tournament. horse races, open air concerts. fireworks. and many

Belgian Premier Follding Stonny Chamber Session

‘K. .' Y ; 1L gr ' o dpvetaeiga and slighty injured Premier Pa l k as he was returning to ha home from the Belgian Chamber cf Deputies tonight. - ‘ ‘lha incident occurred alter S oak had left a heated session o he Chamber of Deputies during Whoh

"shut u l" at a deputy. The reader's forehead was hurt by his assailants and he had in be

carried to his home.

The storm in the chamber cen- tred around the personality of Dr. . Martens, who in 1920 was sen- tenced to deafih for treazon during the var but later amnestied. Today Spam‘; sponsored his election ic the Belgian Academ of Medicine and finally ciggried e issue by a vote o

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War veterans and other nwtlcnai- ists holly opcsed eiecdon oi‘ 3:. tens to the Academy. and the mn- imoslty of okesmen for these e1- ements reac ed a boiling point iii the chamber. '

January Summary Bank 0f Canada

OTTAWA. Feb, 2 —-(CP) -tm- der the heading of Jublic Finance the January summary of the Bank of Canada showed the Dominion and Maritime Provipcial direct guaranteed bonds uu- tsndlfil on Dec. 31. as follows: .

Dominion direct 53.217.400.010. not including treasury bllls. A- gainst this was a sinking fund of $670,000,000. Bonds outstanding guaranteed bv t“ Donvrlrr other 03am Canadian National. $30,600.- Canadian National Bonds guar- Qlnieetiby- Domlzicrl ' 01.004.900.000;

Guaranteed bv Provinces $07,100.‘ 000 with '

$500,000 in sinking funds; Unguarantaod 173,800,000.

Prince Dillard-Island Bonds 00,- 700.000 against which were sinking fund investments of $1,300,000.

Nova Bootleg direct $102,700,000. sinking funds $0,400.00; Guaran- teed $1,500,000.

on“. .

other activities.

Charlottetown will be decorated or the ccctsion. Business houses and public" ulldlngs will be il- luminated and the whole city will take on festive attire.

The following would be in charge of various sub-com- mittees it was decided.

R. L. Cotton, Advertising and Publicity.

Lt. -Col. C- C. Thompson, Mili-

LL-Commander J. J. Connolly, Naval. ' IPrcd D. Morris, Yacht Racing and Acquatlc sports. ; Chief Angus MacEachei-n Fire- ame . I). A. MacKinnon. Horse Racing. J. W. Boulter. Fireworks, James E. Harris. Decorations. V. A. Alnswcrth. Illumination. Walter Grant, viaticn X‘ geanfs. J. M. Murle

men's TUILA Lt. Col.

Mona Wilson. Girl Guides. Gordon McDonald, Bush-ms

men. _ E. W. MacKinnOn. Transporta- ticu.

Meeting will be held each Thurs- dav afternoon, it was announced.

miisiiliiiici 1111 SERVIBE

Qwmiia, .

I O ‘__‘-.__ ‘ British Pave Way For

Early Ocean Flying

By United States. “w‘io‘ilrii‘o“£it“"dlt‘i°“'ifl~iii lend-talked of trains-Atlantic air

service between Great Britain and the United Slates may become an

actuahty within a mat/tor cf weeks.

‘rhis possibility was raised to- day when the British Government

waived a 1035 agreement that 11o American company should start such service until a British coni- oanv also was ready.

Previously. 1t had a-upearcd brdbalble this Mrraement might de- lay the service until June t the earliest because Imoerial A ays.

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Exchange Of Military Information Made For Defence 0f Con- tinent.

OTTAWA, Feb; I —-(Cl‘)— Ex- change of inf between ihe military authorities o! Canada and United Slates for the defence of the North American confluent was moat desirable and no donbtpuch or-

e

Mim- r c. Wuhllllhn new: dispatch that ia-d "quietly without need of treaty oi- negotiation, the Uulten states and Canada

1c defend

llld of both working together by definite P-an." J. S. oousworth, C. . F. leader, asked “whether this state- ment ls correct and whether there are any commitments involved."

Important Question

The question-was of such import- ance. the Prime Minister said, that he would not like to answer it off hand. He should like to see the statement and rec-d it, _ “I gather. however," d, ‘that the purpose the question is this: Are there any commitments on the part of the _ nt govern- ment wirh the government of the United States in respect of the de- fence of the Pacific coast? If that is the question 1 answer there are no commitments that I am aware 0f and I think‘ I should be aware of any i! there were."

Mr. Woodsvworth asked if there was an agreement to defend this continent from invasion. involving clni: cc-operative action and to to what extent the’ ‘despotch was

correct.

“I should think." Mr. Madrelizia Kin replied, "that an arrangement wou d be in ilio nature of a com- mitment and I re at that there is I10 commitment. . have not; the least doubt that there. has been an

h.

cern and in any event that would be most desirable. but beyond mg ex. change of information on matterg of common concern I think 1 can 0551119 my honorable friend that there has been nothing that would have tlie semblance of c. commit- ment oi any kind."

Amendment To Fisheries Act efore House

OTTAWA, Feb. 2 —tCP)—A total of 41 life imlrance com- panies operated actively in Can- ada during i037. the annual report

the B _ Planning bans-Atlantic service. be ready before then. although Pan- Ameidcan Airways is expected to

be‘ in a position to start service late in Mach. ‘Nothlnz Definite

There was no immediate an- nouncement today. however. as to whether Pan-American actually would take- advantaac cf Britain's action and launch service next month, or soon the .

‘Ilhe British" note. answering an American inoulry. came two weeks after the State Department nego- tiated a six in “‘ with France for an air ti"! country. _

It had been honed in official

an en service to

circles he that the French nem- tiatlona would have the effect of citing Brit into a an.

intention in _ n2 130C110 with France was to the southern route. via the Azores.

The Brltiai-rncte said material's route would be Bouiiharnpton,

gland. . Eire: Boimood. Newfoundland. Montreal: New York Citv."I‘he service would be one: weekly 1n each direction. and might be stabbed up

the agree- be able

to a

weerly.

The United States is not ob- luamd to follow the same-route as tli . Officials it

e British said New Brunswick; agent WM» was likely to make lust one stoo. 0000, sinking uii perhaps at Bot . can - Guaranteed bonds $1.000. . elnk- and: between the Unltnd States iillpflllldo i100. .1 . terminal nd Boutbumtorl.

1 1.1 l,

dlnccrauc states of" mrooeiw

Roosevelt's l Foreign’ , Policy Raises storms

Of, Criticism

1 9 8 8 air service along“ i037. "Taken together. lapses

for that year of the Dominion superintendent of Insurance saysn The report was tabled today the House of Commons.

Of these 28 were Canadian,flve British and eight foreign com- panies. In addition there were seven British and five foreign concerns registered, bu-t they have "practically ceased to write new business," the report said.

New business written amounted to $871,957,904 compared nvlth $18,384,619 the preceding year.

oath claims in 1037 totalled M4.- iflalfigéla compared with $43,895,325 n

Comparative statistics showed a general improvement inthelifa insurance business during 1087. The value of lapsed policies was $205,800,344 compared with $230,- 134,818 the previous year.

~A the same time there was a decrease in value of policies sur-

rendered from $859,576,425 in to $328,211,416 . in’ an

surrenders in i037 were 63.33 cent of the new business writ whereas in 1986 these reached the extent of 70.05 per cent, the re- port indicated.

Escapes Injury In Car» Accident

Notice 0f Intentions To Increase Navy

nutLlN. Feb. fr-lflfl-‘Iflfi German Government issued u formal statement ' o! Ill intentions to build u to P8P"! with Great Britain submar- ines and to arm two new 10 00o- fon cruisers with eight-inch Kilns. It had notified Britain of its glans on Dec. 30.

'1‘ e aubmarin decision mun! that ‘Germany will lbout double the tcnnlle of hei- U-llglt fleet. The eight-nob Inna for the two cnuera compare with previous Pllms for six-inch guns.

vised.

(BY J- F. SANDERSON) (Canadian Press Staff Writer) LONDON. Fob

fence adm nlstratlon.

pending to civil Governors,

arson, Lord PIVY Seal

which area will be one. each region will be

duty will be to act as lla

of the Government.

Shadow I nizatlou

‘organiuation which" 5W0

eak""'war.-'I‘here b?

partments concerned with civil d

fence.

‘I'm: duties of regional missioners will be dictatorial times 0f war. ‘Illa idea be to clothe one man of Government, could be used only 11f the were decimated by air attack

G-ovemment.‘ In everything but name

from a. resurrected “D0ra" fence of l-he Realm Act.)

cording to the extent to communications may have

trcl .

sinners will have no admin

keep in close touch with of the latter officials will ion and through a measure

local schemes for civil defence.

Second Fur Auction Held At Edmonto

EDMONTON. Feb .

the season's second auction

Auction Sales representing eastern Now York and ponies were pre nt

fox. white fox. otter and belts were sold. ‘En-mine. lynx and wild mink were de to prices. Wolf, red fox, cross

W790i; . 1W2‘. u-ow=i°§=r%'3£uoi.uli_i LQIEGP~_'_.BQ\QQ4_BIJAQQ_ZB"--

In peace the Regilylnal Cométnis-

ra- tive. duties but will be expected to affairs through regional officers. The work avoid governmental" red tape and confifi; delegated authority will pass on

Program 14511111411111: sits in n.» ilIllllMllTEE To Commemorate Historical Event

75th Annivefsa-ry Of Meeting Which Led T 0 Confeder- ation Will Be Marked By_ Big Cel_e_b_ration. I

u» WARTIME RiiLE

FUR BRITAIN iS iiliTliNEii

Givil Governors Would Function Under De- fence Scheme De-

. 2 -(CP Cable»- A zoning s stem for the civil de- which will include wartime positions corres- was announced bode. by Sir John And-

Engiand. Scotland and Wales will be divided into l2 regions. of

metropolitan In peace time l m “°‘i“""".€'i“ by a. regions. o cer. wiose an lson of- ficer between the local authorities and the civil defence departments

The scheme incllldfil auéhadow

exchange cf information bet en igikwéf“ i” s“ “*' our“ t“ t mat so, common cm- ‘reizlonal commissioner and a war staff which Will be dflifllalled im- mediately ami will include repre-

sentatives of all Government De" m

Mk0

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region

01‘

isolated from the headquarters o!

the commissioners will be Civil Gover- nors with absolute power deiirveéd

The degree of control to be ex- ercised ln time of war by the Re- gional Oommlssioners will vary ac- which

been affected. But a region in case of need could function as a self-con- tained unit under his absolute con-

l1

2 -—(O P)—- Ra-w furs worth more than $175,- 000 were offered for sale today at COD- ducted ' by the Edmonton I-‘ilr Limited. Buyers Canadian. ndon sales com-

Martyn, cross foxdailver fox. red

X

Mo , in chief mend by buyers. advancing .10 so per cent over previous gale 0X. silver for: and ranch mink moved

slowly. Ithere were no offers‘ for

white fox.

MDIQBDYIL§€ISW tafioial- __.._____._____.___ . - . B. TO . ' nioiitlrnap lstn till-log, cancels; ‘Mn’ ‘r-“jififi means‘; Y ° “m” -- NIREAL, Feb. z "ram- an “B152.” w..." m, ’ 5mm" Gross revenues of the Canadian fimmh the Mun.’ ur atlonal Railway; system for the w... aims 33f us» ‘gfiwuw 733g; 3-1; new , . , in O o until it was remoagd“ a‘?! we’ the ‘QSWJM f” the "m!

. sold might result n recognition 0!

ié-‘ranco in Burton in the next few

Til SEEK Nizil RELIEF iSSliE

Speakers E xpress Dissatisfaction With Present Direct Re- lief In City.

A committee of three from the would. “be

relief lists

to act with the city relief com- mittee to draw up a relief issue. the meeting to take place at once.‘ a. meeting of unemployed and re- lied recipients in the Charlotte- town Sporting Club last nlirnt

decided Mr. Rush, president of

from actual amounts issued. that avemac quani/lf/y would mean 1W0 cents oer meal per person for those on relief. . "Iiiere was not a thing on the relief lists which they were aet- ting enough cf." one sneaker de-

familles were relief in Char- lottetcwn and not able to v a o. let alone something to go on bhe e. Speakers at last night's session eluded. Hon. T. W. L. Pr . representing the Provincial Gov-

ernment. Arthur King. represent- ing the Canadian Initlori. Wil 11am Somers. remesenbing the Canscnfers’ Union. Arthur Gonn- ley. treasurer of the Laborers Pro- tective Unlon and a member of the relief mmlttee of that cr- uanizat/lon. Co-un. A. A.

of the relief cem- the City Council. (genial

Zlilrh Hon Mr Pifléfié Clagfrmlan object in calling the meetinz. deal with the relief situation. as it exists at present.” The splendid _Ei7l£'l'ldQlIlC8 showed the dissatisfac- coi existing. ‘more was a great deal of suffering. because of the “misvnamaaomeuit of relief." he declared. The unemployed and re- cipients of relief were. “not get- ting their lust dues." Even

ness men aarecd that relief had “reached ouch a rildiculmis eit-

uatimi scmethinlt must be done. _ Hon. Mr. Prowse told the meet-

he the reason he had been invited was to hear com- nlainis concerning‘ distribution of relief bv the clfv council. _.Wh _o___

(continued on page 8. Col 4)

Halifax To Welcome Returning Members 0f Mac-Pap Battalion

HALIFAX, Feb. 2 ~40?) -Pre- paraticns were completed tonight in this old Garrison City where many Canadians returned from the Great War to welcome the remnants of another army - sdiang returning from fighting with the Mackenzie - Paplneau Battalion in the Spanish war.

The chess of Richmond will bring 369 veterans, commanded by Major Cecil-Smith of Toronto, here tomorrow mornin . Rev. R. H. ‘Thomas of Tcron . chairman of a National Committee named ‘by friends of that Battalion to wel- come them, said ey would be Riven a brief welcome aboard the boat and hustled on a train for

Montreal and ‘Ind-onto

. Steamship authorities expected the Duchess to dock about 7 a. m. AST and the puma-rivers to disem- bark an lion-r later.

. Thomas said the committee had brought along necess cloth- ing for the soldiers. He “faded 39 of the veterans had to be left be- hind in hospital‘ in lmgiand.

The group wil acatlcr to many part1 of Canada. Montreal veterans will leave the train when it arrives at their home city. The rest will

Hon. Dr. W. J. P. MacMlllan was

Edward Island division cf l-he Red Cross Society last night at the an- nual meeting of the organization. Next annual meeting e division would be held in Septem- belr or October while i-he financial yea: would end Aug, 31 it was de-

cided.

Mr. H. H. Rogers. who moved that the changes be adopted, said that when the annual meetings were held this time of your, mem- bers. of the Socleyt from outl n: districts did not get an o po un- ity to attend because of e con- dition cf the roads.

Nova Scotia and New Brunswick held their annual meetings in the early autumn and 1W. Rogers be- _lieved that Prince Fdward Island should fall in line. ‘Fhis fall main- bers of the Toronto Council would attend the annual meeting of the Maritime Provinces divisions of the Society.

‘The speaker was Miss Catherine n of Charlottetown. direc- tor of the New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island Divisions. She told of her experiences while doing organization work in New- foundland nnd New Brunswick. Newfoundland had no senior Red Oross Society but in 1986 Miss Mlaclean visited there and or- ganized B80 junior Rcd Cross Bands. ‘Ilie junior Safety there was a branch of the Canadian one she sold, and the members wotrc the same buttons used in the Dom- inion. Bhe believed the next gen- eration of Newfoundinnders Wbllg’!