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"Remember the inter-church ‘mum-en's entertainment. St. Paul's mu, Thursday, April 8th. Silver wliection at door. Proceeds in aid or summer Camp for crippled chil- d,.en_ L-928-3-27-1i

"Ilarewcli skate. Onrlfllll rink “might. Good ice. L058.

"Zion Church Annual Easter cake Sale Saturday at Rogers Hardware Store. 14-875-3-25-21.

"carpenter's Union Meeting in Legion Rooms on Saturday 27th, at 1.30 P. M. » L-oai-a-zfl-u.

"south Granville present-l its comedy drama at Hope River Easter Monday. Dance follows.

L-848-3-24-3i.

"Dance in Vernon I-Iall, Mon- day, 29th. Vernon Women's Insti- tute. U951-

"Klnkora hall. Como to Kinkora Hall Easter Monday night. Bingo. Good music. Lunch served. D944.

"Auction and dance, Kelly's Cross Hull Monday, March 29. If not fine, Tuesday. L-941.

"C. G. I. T. Leader's Council rake sale at Holmanls Saturday, April 3. _ 11-952-

"Come to the Concert in Rusticc Hall Monday, March 29th in aid of church. If not fine Wednesday.

L-923-3-27-2i.

"Bounty on adult skunks in- creased from 50 cents to $1.00 ef- fective until May 15. Department of Agriculture. L-907-3-25-3i.

"Annual Meeting Cyde River Farmers’ Institute will be held in Kuigston I-lall, March 30th at 8 PM. Geo. Beer. Secretary. L-823-3-24-1i.

"St. Andrew's Hall-Easter Mon- ilay Nlght—Plav, Her Step-Hus- band. Dance with orchestra.

L-931-3-27-21.

"Buy your baking on Easter Set- urdny from the Ladies of St. Eliz- abeth's Aid in aid of St. Vincent's Orphanage at the Maritime Elec- triz. L-883-3-25-2i.

"Easter Monday Night 8 P. M. Salvation Anny Hall. Rummage Donations repeated. Other Easter items. Silver collection.

L-9i5-3-27-2i.

"Little Theatre Guild Hall Tuesday, April 18th, 8.15 p. m, Var- iety concert and Dramatics in aid of Y. M. C. A. Canoe Cove Cami).

11-949

"Come one and all to the dance in Emerald Hall Easter Monday night, March 29th four piece or- ehesim in attendance. '

L-948-3-27-2l.

"Livestock Marketing Board [Glfllllg hit-A lambs and calves at Railway stcck pens, Charlottetown. Tuesday, March 30 until 3 o'clock. Ship co-cperatlvely and win every time. L-959.

"Basket and Box Social and Dance, North Wiltshim Hall, Mon- day, March 29. Admission 25 and 15c. Ladies with baskets or boxes free. Proceeds for Women's Insti- tute. L-840-3-27-2i.

"Come to the S-act play. "A Southern Cinderella." presented by Binnfey players in Stanley Bridge Hall, Wednesday evening, March list. If not fine, Thursday eveninfl- Admission 15 and 25 cents.

11-960-3-27-31.

"Book our order for Fertilizer now. We will truck fertiizcr with!!! reasonable distance of Mlntflklifi ior small extra charge in 11118-1111‘ ill of full fruit loads. Clark Bros. Montague, L-83l-3-27-2i.

"special meeting Milk Producer: Ind Vendors Association. Tuesday. March 30th in Agricultural Hall. Directors meeting at 2 o'clock. Gen- Brnl meeting at 3 o'clock. 1411901181" that ail the Milk Producers and Vendors attend. 11874-345474!

"Eastern Kings ShipPiflB @111" Milking orders for another car of °°m~meal and cracked-corn List Your orders with C. D. MacKln- Mn. Souris, by Monday nisht- Orders for Elmira should be listed with John Pierce. Act quickly. Price some as last car. uov-a-zs-al.

"Livestock Mrr';:ting Bowl his been arsociated with the Ship- Pinc of ovoi- soo held of cattle du- "ns the put month or so. Hish- "i nrice in years paid for choice cattle. Every shipper satisfied. We "e not "blowing", just invitinB You to list your cattle with us for

tter marketing. L-959.

“Livcstock Marketing Board ‘Mina livestock mi-ougn local ship- Pins club during week of March

h-. as follows: Monday affor-

- "W" Miaccuche, Tuesday afternoon

Kmllnxton-cnorioiioiown, Friday ‘ilemocn. m". Elmira. Bmlfls,

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Monthly Meeting Of Charlottetown Branch Canadian Legion Held Thurs- day Night.

A largely attended monthly mastitis of the Charlottetown branch of the Canadian Legion was held on Thursday night, with vice president James Walker in the chair.

Delegates to the provincial con- vention were elected. Dr, H, 1), Johnson made a brief statement regarding the work of the War veterans Commission and the rec- ommendations which were being made by it with a view to cm. ployment of veterans.

During the meeting the following resolution, which was adopted at a recent meeting of the executive council of the Dominion Command °E "l? 3981011. was read by the vice president: ‘

"That the Dominion Executive Council of the Canadian Legion of the British Empire service L“. gue. having learned that a move- ment is afoot with a view to re- questing that parliament should provide for a cash bonus to veto- rans of the Great War, declares that it is unalterably opposed m the principle of any bonus for services rendered in the Great WM‘. conceiving it to be the ree- ponsibility of the Government of Canada adequately to provide only for those disabled as a. result of war service, their dependents, and the dependents of the fallen, and to ensure adequate assistance for those who saw service in a theatre of war and who are now, by reas- on ofeconomic conditions, tlfdlr disabilities-tangible and intan- gible, resulting from war service- unable, through no fault of their own. to secure employment."

During a discussion regarding the formation of a small fund for the assistance of indigent returned men wanting transportation to Camp Hill Hospital, Halifax, for treatment. surprise was expressed that while successive Dominion Governments had on occasions re- fused transportation for returned men to Camp Hill Hospital, that such excessive salaries and al- lowances could be paid to those employed in part time in the car- rying on of the work of the Farin-

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llope For Safety Ofliuchess Wanes

WOBURN, England. March 28- (CP-Havasl-With all hope virtu- ally abandoned, Flight Lieut. RD. Preston, personal pilot of the Duchess of Bedford, tonight ap- pealed to Easter weekend excur- sionists to join in the search for the 71-year-old “Flying Duchus" who disappeared last Monday.

Preston and other leaders o! searching parties that have comb- ed England for five days refused to give up i1 last hope the Duchess or the wreckage of her plans would be found.

An accomplished flier who made record flights to India and South Africa, the Duchess took off alone from her mate at nearby Woburn Abbey on Monday afternoon for what she expected to be a two- hour flight over the River Ousc flood region.

She was familiar with the dist- riot over which she was flyins. 811d this fact added mystery w h" disappearance.

(AP. by Guardian's special WW

WARSAW, Poland, March 26—A wave of anti-semitic ag ‘ 11.1w- companicd by bombiflll m" mm’ ed considerable property dismiss. swept over strike-beset Poland to- day.

The strikers-approximately 100.- 000 in number-demanded higher wages to meet risinl livifll’ W5"- In many cues the walkout-s were directed against Jewish employ"!-

An incendiary bomb was hurled at a Jewish shop at the city of Poznan. Furs valued at $80,000 were destroyed. A will”! V" injured when a Jewish will"! 111°!’ was bombed It Gflldlitfll.

(lovers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1931

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(By The Canadian Prue)

In more of s Christmas set- ting, Canadsfs eastern parad- era prepared to shiver and "take it" in the annual Spring fashion strut.

Except for the Maritimes, snow, rain and cold ushered in Good Friday with little hope for a summer-touched Sunday.

Bright sun and warm wea- ther greeted Halifax citizens yesterday, but in Quebec and Ontario it. was generally blus- my with some snow.

In the prairie sections the sun melted snow but the air was chill at 20 above zero.

Clouds hung over the Pacific coast and a light rain fell in Vancouver.

Easter Paraders Prepare

To Shiver And “Take It”

Cold, windy weather reduced attendances at Good Friday services in many cities and towns.

Snow scenery at Niagara. Falls drew a large umber of visitors.

A northwest gale oi! Lake Huron struck Samia but mod- erato temperatures prevailed. Five inches of snow covered the Stratford district.

In Eastern Ontario. Kings- ton recelved a light snowfall. In the northern part of the province, snow fell at North Bay, where temperatures ran- ged from 15 to 20 above.

Death of three persons inan auto-train crash at Gait mar- red the holiday in Ontario.

Editor Slain In Feud, Rival Held

(AI. By Guardian's Special Wire)

ALTURAB, CaiiL, Mai-ch 26 - A .ooroner's jury investigated tonight the gunshot death of Claude L. lilliaCi-acken, 46, newspaper editor who "covered" the story of his fatal wounding before he died in a hos- pital where his wife attended him as a nurse on duty.

Sheriff John Sharp, who said the shooting climaxed a long-drawn newspaper feud, held Harry French 30, state employee and son of a rival publisher, on an open charge pending formal notion.

McCracken published the Modoc Mail, a mimeographed periodical.

French, who surrendered voun- tarily is the son of Bard French, publisher of the Alturas weekly Plain Dealer. , ~ Jaws been- battling

back arid forth on every issue that has come up," said Sheriff Sharp. "I think the shooting was due to hardfeelings aroused by this rival-

McCracken was srot down in his home last night while dining with Miss Donna Conwell, his business partner, and a family friend, Miss Evelyn Olin.

The sheriff said the attacker en- tered the house unbirldui and started shooting.

Five bullets from a sinal pistol entered McCrackerfs body. He was carried to the Alturas hospital, where Mrs. MoCrscken, on regular duty, was assigned to his case.

McCrackenis last act was to dic- tate to the Associated Press in San Francisco. It said:

"Tonight about six thirty Harry French shot Claude L. MicCrncken, editor of the Modoc Mail. with an automatic pistol. Condition of Mc- Cracken serious.

“(Signem MoCracken."

MoCracken died as his wife as- sisted physicians who probed for the bullets.

Grew 0f lf'7:.’:ed Motorship Saved

(AI. by Guardian's Special Wire)

SAN FRANCISCO, March 26- The motorship Fijian, abandoned by its crew after it caught fire at sea, sank five miles from Aurhi Inland in the Marshall group,'the Chamber of Commerce marine ex- change reported today.

The crew of about 30 men took to boats when fire in the vessel's holdbroke out anew after it ap- parently was under control.

The lifeboat: tossed for zohours. some Lboomiles southwest of Haw- aii, before the crew was rescued by the Japanese freighter Kinshu

Maru.

Polish Strikes Aggravated By Anti-semitic Outburst

In Warsaw Jewish shop signs were smeared. Sit down- strikers who took over a metal factory here in February continued to hold their posts. while the city's newest coffee houses remained in the hands of strikers who have occu- pied thorn for a week.

Widespread Jewish boyocttsham- pared trade and brought protests from Jewish business men.

Hundreds of strikes were under way in the nation, with trouble impending in the textile mills oi tho Bialystok district. Workers there demand a 30 per cent in- crease in wages.

Clothing manufacturers and can-

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o'clock Borden Line at Albany-

Bhlp co-operatively and helP mlm‘ tam strengthening prices L-lil.

ning Mi “" felt the ef- fects of the strike wave,but heavy industries were relatively free of

Illkoutl.

BRITISH PilET DIES siiiinisiiiv

John Drinkwahter Passes In Sleep Of Heart Attack.

LONDON, Mar. 25—-John Drink- water, actor, poet and author who won fame for his dramatlzations of great historical characters, died in his sleep today of a heart at.- tack. He was 54. '

The sudden death of one of the playwrights best known to the English speaking world, silencing a voice that still was at. the peak of its poetic power and fer- tility, was widely mourned.

Drlnkwator, a tall, robust figure, apparently was in good health yesterday when he attended the Oxford-Cambridge crew race and later spent the evening with friends at the University Club. ,

iHe died at his home-once the residence of Diarist Samuel Pepys —w"here he lived with his wife, the former _Daisy Kennedy, the Australian violinist, and their daughter, Penelope Ann, born in 1930.

Won Wide Praise

Drinkwaiefls historical plays won wide acclaim in North America. particularly his “Abraham Lin- coln," produced in 1918, and his "Robert E. Lee."

The playwright, following in the footsteps of a. father who quit school teaching to become an act- or, abandoned a lucrative insur- ance business for the theatre.

He had just completed a motion picture, "TheKirig and his People" of which he was author and pro- ducer. Especially planned for cor- onation year, the film dealt in typical Drinkwater style with the throne from the reign of Queen Victoria to the present.

Drinkwater was versatile and in- dcfntignble. Besides his plays, some of them, like “Abraham Lincoln," written in prose that was almost blank verse, he wrote frequently

‘for newspapers "on literary and

political subjects and was particu- larly interested in the lecture plat-

Ilnillilii iiwiiiiis T0 isii Hill iiiWER TAXES

Messrs. B. H. Colwill, New Hav- en; T. L. Beaten, Bonshaw; lfrank Howard. Cornwall; Neil Campbell, Rose Valley; and Clive Bonner, Charlottetown, were appointed a committee to wait on the Provin- cial Government to discuss reduc- tion of motor truck taxes. at a meeting in Charlottetown Thurs- day, open to truck owners throwb- ont the province.

Mr. Charles Bentley was chair- man and w. C. E. MaoKenzfc secretary. J. J. Johnston,_,K.C., was present as acting attorney.

Mr. Angus MacPhee, MLA, New Haven, told the meeting that the matter of truck taxes had been taken up with members at a cau- cus meeting Wednesday night and the majority were in favor of lowering the rates.

Airliner Brash ls Investigated

PITTSBURGH, March 26-1‘!!! separate investigations today at- tributed the crash of the Trans- continental and Western Airlines plane in which 18 persons were killed to formation of ice on the sir lion's control equipment.

[i ll VERNMENT. RIIIJIS REBELS ATPUZDBLANBU

Claim “Second Guad-

hill position only 1‘,<.- miles from the Insurgent concentration point of Alcaracejos, abought eight miles

bitter fighting, preceded by heavy shelling.

infantry attacks.

troop train and part of a cavalry B‘ troop in bombardment of the area about Pozcblanco.

ajara"—(in that northern sector the Government last week drove back Insurgents to a point some 50 miles from Madridl-the offen- sive from Pozoblanoo was launch- ed in an efiort to recapture Alca- racejos.

jos, it was believed, would remove all danger to Poroblanco.

against the town of Motril today also, as gov- ernment troops General Francisco

back toward Malaga.

ivc over the Madrid sector, patrol- ling the sky against expected en- emy attacks which did not mater- ialize.

alajara” In Driving Back Italian - rein- forced Insurgents 0 n S o u t h w e s t Front.

(AP. by Guardian's Special Wire)

MADRID, March 26—’I'he Span- ish Government claimed tonight its second major victory within a week in a smashing drive against Insurgent positions outside Pozo- blanoo, 150 miles southwest of Ma- drid.

Jubilantly the Madrid Defence Junta announced Italian-reinfor- ced Insurgents were driven back five miles from the important gar- rison, key . to valuable mercury mines, and that 10,000 Italian sol- diers were among those put to rout.

(Insurgent headquarters reported their troops withstood the attacks- b and inflicted heavy losses among the Government fighters).

Occupy Coal Mine

Ofiicial reports said a Govern- ment column occupied the Can- tellano coal mine, an important

west of Pozoblanco. The mine was seized only after

Another Government column ad- vancing from Irlinojosa de Duquc pressed forward two more miles, making its total advance five miles l during the night and day.

Pavcwwa’; "For Advance

War-planes and artillery paved the way for repeated Government Pilots recounted

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destruction of a 30-oar Insurgent

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Government seizure of Alcarnce- Heavy pressure was brought Mediterranean coast

sought to push Franco's men;

Government warplanes were act-

Tucsday. ivas ma=ier of year-old freighter Bjerkli.

dozen liners and freighters their courses to seek the Bjerkli as she foundcrcd in a winter gnle 650 mile: east of Boston.

Crack oryrators of other vessels.

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Health Recovered

IION. J. A. MHCDONALD‘

Who returned fiiom Ottawa this

iveek accompanied by Mrs. Mac- Donald. Senator MacDonald's sud- dcn attack of illness while at 0t- tawri was the cause of serious con- cern to his many friends, who will

e pleased to know that he is now

satisfactorily recovering.

UWIETWES T0 SKIPPER

Captain Of Ill-fated

Freighter Learned Morse Just In Case.

A. P. by Guardian's Special Wire) BOSTON, March Zti-Sixteen

shipwrecked mariners landed here in safety today because a youthful skipper of a little. old Norwegian trrmp spent hour" off watch learn-

ig somcthin". about the science

of wireless telegraphy.

Her cnptaiirBJarne Sverdrup. 30, seafarei" since 18, who, until she

sank almost beneath his feet last

the 38- Capinin Sverdrup modestly ad-

"Iittvd. coming up the harbor to- day on the United Guard cutter Chelnn, he out the ragged dot= and dashes of

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Urge Tariff 0n Herring Restored

LUBEC, Me., March 26 -— More than 100 Grand Manan Island, N. B. fishermen had signed and sent to Washington -a petition asking restoration of the tariff on Cana- dian boneless smoked was reported here, tonight.

The action was taken, said, because Grand Manon pack- ers could undersell Eastport, Me., and Lubec packers of the smoked fish. The chief means of livelihood of the New Brunswick fishermen, aellng fresh herring to American packers, thus was being ruined it

Hopeful 0f Early Strike Settlement

LANSING, Mich, March 20 - Governor Prank Murphy of Michi- gan, "optimistic and hopeful" of a settlement ending the 1s day Chry- sler iuiiomcbiie strike, held Chry- sler Corporation executives and Un- ion leaders together in a prolonged conference behind closely-guarded

Seeking to mediate the major automotive labor dispute of the year he pointed the conferces toward an agreement which he ex- pected to provide a basis for settle- ment of at least two other strikes, those in Hudson and. Rec Motor Company plants.

Waiter P. Chrysler, chairman of the automobile concern, and John L. Lewis, whose committee for in- dustrial organization is supporting the striking United Automobile Workers of America,

OTTAWA, Mar. 26-—\CP)—C0l- lecting data which may be used in preparing any scheme for public hculth insurance, George l-Ioadley, former Alberta minlstoi‘ of health, has been in Ottawa this WEEK. The work is under the auspices of the Canadian National Committee for menial hygiene of which Sir Ed- Jvard Beatty is chairman and which covers all health information.

As he travelled over Canada he found in all parts, Mr. Hoadley said, a denmnd that rclicf be pro- videu for the person of small moans overtaken by illness. "The very poor get. treatment free, the rich do not mind the expense, but the plcrson with a moderate in- come or small saving is in greatest need of some form of protection," he said.

"We are not suggesting any method of procedure in providing protection. We are gathering the data which will be required when governments reach the point where they have to deal with."

Italy Cementing Alliances

To

..En"d Deadlock‘

‘Railway And Union Heads Agree . To Re — open Conferences In Wage Dispute At Montreal.

OTTAWA, Itlnrch 26—-((‘l’)-~ Labor Minister" Norman Rogers succeeded today in inducing rcprcseniziiivcs 0f the railways and ihc rziilrozid unions to resume direct wage negotiations at once, breaking the deadlock which choked off their wage negotiations lust Wcdnesdziy. Direct negot- I1lll0l1S will be resumed in Montreal tomorrow morning.

Today the Minister met separately ihc Ynion represen- tatives and ihc presidents of ihc l'llll\\'2i_\' companies, all of whom had come i0 Oiliiwzi zit ihc Nlinisicfis invitation in an effort t0 break the (lezidluck. _

Mr. Rogers conferred first for a considerable time with representatives of ihc 17 Unions cuncérned. After that, he conferred with S. J. Hungcrford, President of Canadian National Railways, and Sir Edward Bcatty, President of

the Canadian Pacific Railway.

SECOND CONFERENCE

The Union spokesmen then ai- tendcd a second conference with Ml‘. Rogers about four o'clock lll the afternoon, which terminated in half an hour with the announ- cement that negotiations would be resumed.

The statement issued by Mr. Rogers at the conclusion of tlic day's efforts follows:

"In view of the interruption on Wednesday of negotiations between the railway companies and the employee organizations in the pending wage dispute, the repres- entatives of the employee organiz- ations and the presidents of the railway companies were requested to confer with the Minister of Labor today.