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CHARL°T"FET0V_V.§..A CANADA. TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1939

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Discuss Dispute

On Basis Of Local,

Issues. Talks Post- poned.

LONDON, Jul 1'7’-—Prlme Min- ister Chamber today told the House of Counuona Great Britain “would not and could not alter its loreign policy in the Far East at the demand of another was-,’.’ but indicated Japan in rail to discuss the Tlentain dillllle on th basis of local issues. _

The Prime Minister’ aid that preliminary talks in Tokyo over the weeks’-long Tlentsln blockade had been marked by the Tokyo Gov ernmsnI’l n to .co.IIIider these local issues rather than the wider question of Britain'a'policy in China.

Mr. Chamberlain’: I merit came during another busy any at home and abroad in the Govern- ment's preparedness campaign. Prince-Regent Paul of Yugoslavia_ arrived in Iondon with Princess Olga to be guests of’ the King and Queen and to confer with govern- ment leaders.

General sir Edmund Ir-onslde, In- soector-General of British over- seas forces. left for Warsaw. to con- fer with Lab leaders on co- ordinating Poland‘; military strength with that of Great Bri.

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Broad Issues Discussed

Mr. Chamberlain said the British Ambassador. Sir Robert Leslie C1‘ai<.'1l‘. and Foreign Minister Hoc- hiro Arita had aonrover brood imies in their talk Saturday but that Japan had not "suggested that discussions or settlement or this general oilestion should be 0. condition of negotiations." » .

Mr. Chamberlain denied also that Japan demanded any rever- sal of British policy in the Far East although Japan did want

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Coming Events

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Five Killed When Busdnd Train collided-

JOIJET. Il.L, July 11..(u-) -«rive persons were killed go. day when the Altons train No. 1. “The Max Glory”, struck I seven passenger bus near El- wood, nine miles south of here.

The only victim whose ident. "Y mas known was A. J. Gali- iI°|'|'y. . driver of the bus which operated between Jolie: and Wilmington, 18 rnileaaouth ofPJollie¢.m”

0 do they believed the other victims to be Galiben'y’s W119. another woman and a man and a child.

D°]l98lziaes who attended thems- "Birth

Stalled. The pageant part i the festivities wmmgggrgung the met! 01 the Fbrth-em of Con- federa. on in Charlotieown 75

years ago. . aolggld act the Ebrhibition Grounds.

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Historical Parade is Huge Success

Charlottetown turned out in thousands yesterday afternoon to see the big parade, part of the celebration commemorating a meeting in 1364 in Charlottetown which led to Confederation.

More than 2.000 some were in the parade, one of e longestever to be staged in Charlottetown. R. C. M. P.. Soldiers, ‘sailors, men and women dressed in period coa- tumes. pl bands and brass bands, Girl Gui es, boy scouts, and old time carriages, all went into the composition of the parade.

Ten floats were in the parade. representing 5, historical incident of each of the nine provinces and one representing the Dominion of

C d . ma 3 floats boat."

One of the most. elaborate was the Dominion "swan The nine provinces were repre- mented by women bearing a shield with the -crest of each prov- moe,.At. the rear of the float Princess. Canada was throned. - The Prince Edwr-i Island float represented the landing of. Jac- ques Cartier and his men in 1534. Cartier himself and four‘ 01’ men along with four Indian brav- es and two Indian squaws wereon board. They stood in front of a replica of Caz-tier's vessel. The neighboring province Nova Bcotla was r float showing the Assembly in 1758. Illustrating‘ the interior of so Le lalrlve am- ber. eight men so about a table in costumes of the.per1od. » New Brunswick’: contribution showed Sir Guy Carleton. Govern- or of Canada, meeting with the United llnnpire Loyalisis in the year 1783. The air Guy, five men in Loyalist: costume and five women in cos- tume, packs and heavy foliage formed the background. . Quebec’ was re esented in the parade with the eroic defence of a fort by 14-year-old Madeleine De Vercheres and her two small brothers. - Two Indian braves crouch outside the fort built on the as they were‘ repelled by e ro. _, The Ontario float Nfiesented the building of a fort 1793. Characters were John Graves Bim- coe, two soldiers. three women of which one was the daughter of ‘Simone. workmen were wn building of the

completing the E ' . Manitobws contribution showed the arrival of the first white man in the southern portion of the

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and As- alni-bolne River. De. la Verendrye there were two hmppers. and Indian chief offering the pipe of! pgace. two Indian braves and II. es . . pfritle of the Alberta. float -was the "low rider west." it represented

, the period, seven Indians. and plone and women. The ncencdepicted the hanging of a original outside the police bar- ra .»

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town. theme of the

WM when the Goddess of

1'5-31119 Gppeared in her temple and

lat Oa.nad.inns forget their ob-

lisaibions to the pioneers and to

inspire than with the will in do

future service. she recalled one

post and those who made possible

the Oarioda. of today.

'Ilhe Fathers of Confederation, men

tabled.-ux, recitatioris, songs and choruses illustraocd the develop- ment and amcteristlcs the Gansxiian provinces. Striking ; effects enhanced the stage

In the background there living picture of the confederation. grouped as they appear in the famous panning by Robert Harris. th

actors.

Included in the cast along with the Goddess of mania were the Snow. ueen. Herald, and Britannia, All pages. ,

Each province was repraented by 9. young woman accom led by two or more notables from the his of Canada. Each repre-

speech

aunts ve gave a. brief touch- ing on the history, itbe resources. and. of the prov-

other characters in the presenta- tion included the pioneer family, nursing sister,

The climax was reached when Britannia crowned the pioneer

Smith And Three Others Are Indicted

NEW ORLEANS, July Federal Grand Jury today indicted sleymair Weiss. New Orleans Doll- t an and hotel owner. Dr James Monroe smith. former president of Louisiana State University, and three others on charges of using the United States mail to defraud.

The others no. _ed were Monte E. Hart,‘ New Oreans contractor whose firm has done much work for the state gr-i university in re- cent years. J. ory Adams. neph- cw of Mrs. James M. smith and Louise C. Lesage. of New Orleans

Will celebrate Birthday June 13

IONDON, July 17 —-—(CP)—'I‘he K ‘s birthday in 1940 will be oele rated in Intndon and at military stations at .home abroad on Thursday. June 13. lnthe case of customs officers the Royal_,bi:t~a:‘r:’ will be observed

p.z.....i Views Visit 5? “0Fficer»»As Expression Of

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mother as the most..womt.h to . me the homage citfau ycwfi. The chorus was ccinpoeed of 30 Voices and 20 pieces ‘co ma orchestra. The oretii5,4;t:a. was cu. Twwd by IVLSS Vqra. Malcolm Campbell and the chpms by A1.

bert Dinnisndvgth fig-an wood

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lottotown. 5”" °' Ch" Members 0; cu;

Me ‘ of the cast in the

Pageant included:— The Goddess of Fame-Berxiadette T§.*““'i-'22; ‘ o s-«Barbi .- Phyllis enunhoe. H E Qumey ma Th9 Show Qubsm—-ilviarguentle Cudmore TWO P8«ges—-Roberta Sutherland and Frances Rossiter. Herald—Willia.m Brown Jr. ’ G‘uh-"d1fln—€tDlrit.s—-Roberta run

and Barbara -«her. Britannla—iPear1 inewell. PBRes—'.l‘he Burke ' Twins.

The Fathers ofi Confederation Sir John A. " 1d

Bean. Mgcbona -—George 5l§Ng£3__rles Tuppm-—R.ev. Carlyle Hon. E“Brown—Fzederick

Large. 511‘ G€°l‘8e Ca.rtrlsr—Bur1eigh Tay-

lcr. Sir Leonard Tllley-43eorge Hort. 001 John Hamilflin Grey. c_ M. G.— Alister Midbeod.

E. Palmgl“-Phili".> Palmer.

G. Coles—A1exauder McNevin.

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J. Cha.nals—Wil'liam Reddin.

A. Camnbell——Dr'.. G. D. steel.

A. C. Archl.bald—--Arthur Roper. Sir I-I. Langevdm—8ylverc Dea-

Roches.

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Blame Sliiit llown 0f liue. lleiiinl Projects on Federal Gov’t

. . QUEBEC. ‘ July 1’! -—(CP)—— Abandonment 1 f Quebec Province’: unemployment- elief projects was laid attheDo nion Government's door-ste today. in separate state- y Premier Duplesais and Labor Minister William Tremblay. Charging thalt federal authorit- ies had “full to act". Tremblay in Montreal that

“-hundreds" project; had been halted and thzut approximately 84,- 000 men had been i of

thrown on

"Ottawa couiil do something a- bout lt," he raid. “According to the present a zreement, we must first look aft: ' all direct-relicfre- qulrements erg‘, if there is any money left ov , that may be used

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At a press conference here. the Premier said , ebeo preferred “-productive p hlc works" rather than direct.-re ‘tef, but it was "in- possible" to Man relief projects without kno mg "how much money will be.‘ available for them."

OTTAWA, July 1'1 —(CP)-—'I‘he Dominion Department of Labor

authority of .nbor Min erg declaring llhe Quebec Govern- ment had fallrd to take full ad- vantage of FJ'iminion Government assistance for unemploymentworks and denying responsibility for closing down, ‘of Quebec's works projects as snriounced today by Hon. William rremblay. provinc- ial labor m’b1ister.

chiifnliishes In _iGranary Blaze

for unemployment-relief projects".

issued 3 sta ‘ment toni ht under‘ er Rog- ‘

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Starts. From Fire Hall} At 10 a. In. With 155 Units Participating.

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Keen inzterest centres on t.he"‘bi'g‘ parade this morning of the Fire Brlelrdes representing the three Maritime Provinces and made up ‘of units from Moncton, Glace Bay 5W°l<V111e. Dartmouth, Lunenburg, New Waterford, Truro, Amherst, Falrvllle. Bprmshlii and Dalhousie as well as Charlottetown, sum- meirside, Mount t and Mon. to-true. About 240 firemen from the mainland are participating along ‘with the Island brigades and the l.lI'.l10l1t this morning promises u) be one of the finest fi.remen's pay- sides ever seen in the Mnritimes.

The parade. which starts from V110 Fire Station at 10 a. m., will be headed by the Band of the P. E- 1. Light Horse. Other bands DEN-k:ipa.ti.rig will be the P. rs. 1. mg 95- the League or the Cross. and the orange Lodge sev. 91111 Boy scouts will also be on

e.

The route will be from the pure 5'-Wan along Queen Street to Richmond. from Richmond to Mar- w Street. thence along Grai-ion The Guardian corner and up P"1“°° *4’ Kent 3¢l‘8et. and along

Kent to Victoria pair-k. M *3“? Park. where the parade will arrive at 10.30, the stand used 8-tom ays unveiling cere. glm 1;‘: gt flhenggrhitlgtion gnoimds house. 130151 , e caretakers Chief Angus McEa,chem of the gharlottebow-h Brigade will preside, ddresses of w win be given Irv Premier Campbell and Mayor E. A. Foster. The latter will pre- svtant the keys of the City to W. . Duffy. Moncton. President of the Maritime Fireman's Aggocm. lion. who will make 3 3110;‘ ad- dress. He"Will be followed by City Councillor James ’W.r\I{ep_ ‘cp.,{,_

anniversary of the meeting

five years ago at which was conceived the visionrof a united Dominion of Canada from scattered colonies

North America. The program yesterday,

livities, opened with unveiling of seven tablets in honor of Fathers of Confederation from this Province. The cere- mony was held at the Provincial Exhibition grounds.

In the afternoon a mammoth parade was held in which 4 2,000 persons, including more than 1,000 soldiers partici- pated. Thousands lined the route of procession and cheer- ed the marching throng. Floats representing the Provinces and the Dominion and individuals dressed in period cos- tume featured the procession.

Route of march was from Victoria Park where the parade Issernb bled along Kent Street to Queen, then by Richmond, Market, Grafton to Prince Street then to Kent, Great George, Euston, Queen, Kent and

back to the Park. Last night 8,000 _,

20 and a chorus of 80 assisted.

man of the Fire Committee The fu ti ‘ fi?r1::%‘0Ah*3?gnClm“E with the Na.

t s emoo th - lug df the M‘i;.z-tu:n:n.n¥'i;e:i1::tn Association will be held. and of- ficers elected for the ensuing year.

Murderer ls Granted Stay Of Execution

QUEBEC. July l'1—(CP) ——A stay of execution until Nov. 17 was -

1 I

tied today in the case of Achilie Cvrondin, farmhand from St. Methode, Que., who was to be next Friday for the of Vlllemond Brochu whose widow ‘he married after Brochu died two

yea.

shortly is ago.

The reprieve was granted in Superior Court by Mr. Justice wil- frid Iailberle to permit hearing of Ci4'ond.in's appeal. entered only a few weeks ago after the Court of Appeals had upheld the conviction of Mrs. Gmndin on the joint charge of slsalylhg her first husband.

Mystery Surrounds Stabbings

IDS ANGl!‘.'l.uE. July 17 —(AP) —Twoohiidren were seriously slashed and stabbed today while locked in a. room with their in- vfin father who had nailed down

fear that "Nazi spies" would

an airplane motor he was designing.

victims are Hamid Massey. 10. and Ms dst2er,'Do¢-leen May agnine. Police said the girl

stabbing

ildren. mounting only: ‘'1 law aomwody with a knife."

occurred at the home of a friend. J. L. Rhodes. while Q-yearoltl Alice Mas-

Today's program will be featur- ed by a. mammoth fi.remen's par- ade as fire fighters from all parts of the Maritime; prepare to hold their annuai sports tomorrow. The parade will be in the morn- ing. It will be followed by aquatic sports at Victoria Park and yacht races in the afternoon.

In the evening a. baseball will be held and at night a. ing match.

Music lovers will flock to the Provincial Exhibition Grounds where a grand concert. will be given by disciples of the Massenen choir of Montreal. Tonight, too, will see the fire- men‘s dance when 300 visiting fireman will be guests of the local fire laddies. The ceremonies yesterday morn- ing when plaques commemorating the Prince Edward Island Fathers of Confederation were unveiled marked the formal opening of a week-long celebration of the meet- ing in Charlottetown in Septem- ber, l88«i. which led to the format- ion of Canada. Speakers included represent- atives of Ontario. Quebec, New Brunswick. Nova Scotla and Prince Edward l_sland.'I'hey were Hon. '1‘. A. Crerar, Federal Minister of Mines and Resources. Hon. Colin Campbell. Ontario Minister of Public Works and Mines. Hon. Onesime Gagnon. Quebec Min- ister of Mines and Fisheries, Prem- ier A A, Dysart of New Bruns- wick, and Premier Angus L. Mac- rlonn‘(l of Nova Scotla. The dis- iingiiisliecl visitors to the Island wrro welcomed by Lleut -Governor George D DcB1ols and introduced by Premier Thane A, Campbell of Prince Edward Island. Professor D.C. Harvey of Halifax, a native of Prince Edward Island who con- ducted the unveiling ceremonies. spoke as a representative of the Historic sites and Monuments Board. ' Where possible, the tablets com- memorating the Prince Edward Island Confederation Fathers were unveiled by their immediate des- cendents. As .the flag c mg tablet was drawn back,

game box-

each

Danzur tonight. The I)

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in uniform

8.000 SEE PAGEANT

saw a stupendous production mance of Canada" staged at the Provincial Exhibition grounds. The story of Canada. was unfolded by a cast of 19 persons while a band of

Brilliant fireworks followed the pageant.

The day's events were cllmaxed by a dance at Government Home when Ills Honour Lleut.-Governor DeBlols and Mrs. I)eBlois enfor- talncd in honor of visiting naval officers,

here in September seventy-

F|liE' BR|liAIiE$iTh0usands €11-owd Streets 0N PARADE And Exhibition Grounds THIS MIIRNING For Feature Attggctions

‘City En Fete A-TCIonfederation "Celebration Event Enters Third Day—Firem'en ‘Converge For Annual Tournament.

The spirit of 1864 lived again in Charlottetown yester- day as thousands of Prince Edward Islanders, joined by hundreds of visitors from sister Provinces celebrated the

Bodies 0f

Miners Taken

To Surface

PROVIDENCE. Ky., July 1'!- One by one. the canvas-shrouded. bodies of as mine e)€D1°S10n victims —nine of whom were found dead. early today—-were being brought to the surface tonight by iescue workers.

of British Late in the day the bodies of 10

miners who died in Friday night's

, blast deep in the workings of the

second day of a weeks fes- Duvin coal company were brought

"The im-

rockeis were fired and flags denoting the nationality each leader descended slowly to the

ground, suspended from a para- chiite.

First tablet to be unveiled was that of Colonel the Hon. John Hamilton Crmy. chairman‘ of the historic meeting here. His daught- er, 94-year-old Mrs. Artemaa Lord of souris, P. E. I., who accom- nanied him to Quebec for t,hecon-

Edward Palmer was unveiled by -his grandson, Judge Harold L. Palmer of Charlottetown

Mr. C H. B. Lcngworth of Charlottetown. drew back the flag covering the tablet commemorating his grandfather, Hon. George Coles.

Dr. E. J. Muilally of the Irish Historic Society of Canada unveiled the tablet in memory of Hon. Ed- ward Whelan. A‘so present were three members of the Benevolent Irish society of Charloirtown. the organization of which Mr. Whelan was president for many years.

r. J. H. MacDonald of Georgetown unveiled the tablet in memory of his grandfather, Hon. A. A MacDonald: Thomas De- Blois of Charlottetown that of great-great uncle Hon Thomas Heath Haviland; and H. R.5tew- art, Ottawa, formerly of Charlotte- town. that of his grandfather. Hon. W. H. Pope.

A brief descriptive sketch of each Statesman was given by Professor

Harvey at the conclusion of the spcechmaking. After brief 0 ning remarks.

Premier Campbel called upon the Lieutenant Governor of the Prov- lnce.

PREMIER. CAMPBELL

"Your Honours. Your Iordships. Dbtlngulshed Guests and citizens assembled at Charlottetown in the Province of Prince Edw-ard Island.

No Comment On Rumored “Definite Plan” Of Nazi Annexation Of Danzig

(By Alvin sielnkopf, Associated rmrn eonderenca with Chancellor Press Foreign staff) Hltiiler at Munich and Berchtes- a en. -

DANZIG, July 17-lbrty mili- ‘Forster hurried to his home tuy simply from East without. commen" on report: he Prussia entered the Free City of had brouaht black in "deilnllle Dill!’

gray vans—-locked tight the city in close for- Prussia

The machines. accurately count.-

obaarv “IO ie - m 0“. wontutgrllllir The vision-s in brown shirts and known d Free bled: urorts for a ‘DOD O"?l‘i i V Dllili fin sq mafia: xhcrtiv before arrival here of Mr: Joseph Goebbels. a month a an-' notmced that ‘Dansig