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Covers Prince Edward

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ANADA: MONDAY, AUGUST 7,

‘Island Like the Dow

1939

Read by Everybody

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MERE MAN

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Ann H1 M|ll—P.

unl lubefirlptlon Delivered I030

. I. $4.00: Canada III‘ E. I. 80.00.

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VISIT HALIFAX 0N SEA TRIP

WAsHfNC‘r'DON‘, Aug, 6 _(cp) -—President Roosevelt may need an overcoat as well as his well-worn IIGVY CBP and fishing sweater for the flrst leg of his 10,000 miles of post-Congress traveling.

A sea trip that may touch asru north as Newfoundland, with I. possible brief stop at Halifax, pro- vidcd there is sufficient time, 15 on a tentative itinerary that eventual. ly will take him southward and to the west coast of the United states.

The President. anxious to get away from Washington's sultry weather. kept open house at 1600

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Coming Events

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"’ralkies—Ma.lpeque Wednesday. -

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L-949-8-5-2i. "Tfiikies and Dance Bradalbane lwday. L-949-8-5-21.

"Tea in Btanhope Hall Thurs- day, August 10th. Proceeds in aid of Hall. L-979-8-5-3i.

"Dance Vernon Hall Monday. August 7th. Five Piece Orchestra.

L-958-8-5-21.

“Reserve Wednesdayl 9th

That World Looks Mighty Big

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A diplomatic orphan of three countries. Haimc Flufrman, above. is a modern “man without a country”. Shown looking at a globe of the world in a Miami Fla._ jail where he has been placed until the ship which has shuttled him betwccn Havana and Florida is freed by strikers, Flukman probably wonders what country on that globe will accept him. He lost his Russian citizenship by entering Cuba and then forfeited all chance of becoming an American citizen when he made an illegal entry into the lirrited States.

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RAIDERS BOMB IBR|l|Sll___8H|PS

U-".V The Canadian Press)

._Jap.rrrcse air raiders bombed two British river vessels in China. Sun- QEIY while Japanese auuhoritles V-imitcizecl the Tienlsin blockade.

In far flung places over the rest of the world a. theme of conflict ran through the events of the day~\v.rr' annrvevrsarics observed and miiilarv rnanoeuvres conducted on it great scule.

Poland <-elebr'a:ed the start ot her lfili light for lndcpencience—- with Marshal Edward snugly- RN12. _n:_‘r' miiibzrry wrnmander, c-rnpnnsrzrng that she would fight over her riglrw in Danzlgz if she hart to and would match actions with the "other side".

_Ti‘.c B1'i?.i:-lr press recalled ‘the first days of rlr-.2 Great War, and rrnaninicurly coirmrstcd Britain's urrreadiness than to her prepared--

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ltrrnzuia exultcd over her army's work agairrst the Japanese at Ch kuferrg Hill ll. year ago.

G: rttnirr made ready to put navy and arrforce ~ games this week on ‘ known before; It- alran troops out on 3. sirsnr battle. and svull.eu‘Lcr'rr Europe prepared its la1‘r_, st 1:eaceLi:r‘.e mon- ocuvrc.-'. with six rratlons expected to lmve 2.000.000 men under arms by next inonrlh.

BflZl.:‘l] naval reports said Briton piklillfl

one was. injured when Japanese {ed-uccd two Yarrqbse River ' e lo burned out imllcs g. about 405 miles up- s.i'L.\:ir from H'.lri‘,l{0W. A strong

protest Io J:rpu.ri's navul com- nramicr followed promptly. The 'I‘l'entzin' " bioclcade was

tightened so severely that the Bri- Lislr G 1-‘rcirch concessions faced

TAWIIIESETIRI"

I

John C. Macgiriivary,

I l.ar1:u1i:'..n lmde Commissioner to (icrnrany,

is being moved to the Union of 5°‘-‘"1 Africa. the trzrrrsfcr to take place early in the f:Ill_ .\lr. .\lru-- K“"V3|’)' is the son of Mrs. John MWKAIAIVHYY Of Montreal and hits a brother Malcolm, also of .\1on¢_ real. He succeeds George llcasman who was home on furlough in 1937. Mr. Macgllllvary is :1 Quccn's graduate who has served with distinction in Europe for some years. His fluent knowledge of Gemian has made him a valuable man in the Reich for We past few years. Prior to that ho was in Holland.

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IN A lli_lIRATEIl

PORT WASHINGTON. N, Y.. Aug. ii-—'I‘l\r-. British flying boat C£l.‘ll)l)|.l, inungumting British trans-Atlantic air mail service, er. rived here tonight after a last- leg flight of two hours and 20 minutes from Brouchc ville, Que, the Montreal seaplane base.

£By Ross Munro, Canadian Page Staff Writer)

BUUCHEICVILLE, Quc., Aug. 6- Brilain entered the race for At- lanti-: commercial air supremacy today as the flying boat caribou landed at this French-Canadian town on the St. Lawrence River 33 hours after leaving Soullrarnpton, . Errgluird.

lrruufiuratirrg the rcgular sched- uled aur mail service from Eng- land to Currada via Foynes, Eire, and I;‘ml.wu0d, r\'fld., the 21-ton lmprriul Airways plane was de- luycd three hours by headwinds_ over llrc ocean. After remaining here an hour to refuel and land some of the 25.000 letters carried, the Caribou took off for Port Waslringlun, N. Y., and will make the rvturn hop via. Boucherville next Wednesday,

Rcccive Welcome A crowd of 1.000 persons jam- rncri the airway

L LONHON, Aug. 6 —(CP) - ‘ The American Clinger arrived - in Soutlrurnpion today only a little more tlutn 24 hours after leaving New York to se -gnaw rccord for"a"'tr.msatlan opos- scngcr flight. Carrying 22 pos- sengers and It crew of 12, the

The victims were Mrs.

the larger of the twp feet deep and 50 feet wide.

Temporary Bridge

A temporary bridge had been built beside the big hole as a de- tour. Flagmen were posted at each end of the cavity and cedar posts were driven two and a hall feet high on the pavements as another means of attracting motorists’ at- tention to the detour.

Flagman Armand Martin said he had flagged the driver of the Taylor car. prooeedirrg towards. Eclrnundston. when the car was 80 feet from the washout. The auto- continued

ISeven Killed In New Brunswick And Nova Scotia

Four Die In E Plunge Into Washout Near Edmundst0n— Level "Crossing Tragedy Near Middleton Claims Three Lives.

ED.\Ii.'.\'i)STON. N. B., Aug. 6—(CP)—Two men and

two women were killed Saturday afternoon when an auto- mobile crushcd into one of the deep wnshouts caused by recent heavy rains in this district. George Taylor_ Aroostook Junction, N. B.; Charles Rock, N, li.; Antorfkr Pelletier, about 42, Quebec City, and Mrs. lVl2ll'i.{:ll‘(‘l. Doucct, -ll_ Jacquet River, N. B.

The lrugedy occurred about 17 miles from Edmund- ston and one mile from the washout where Hon. Dr. P. H. Laporte, New Brunswick Minister of Health and Labor, and a woman hitch hiker, Mrs. Helen Hornby Mitchell, New Westminster, B. C.. were fatally injured in a similar accident the preceding Saturday.

The car owned by Mrs. Tayior’s husband crashed into washouts--a huge excavation 40

about 37, Trafton, 67, Plaster

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Says Government By commission In Newfoundland

Failure

ST. JOHN'S Nfld., (CP Cable) —The people of Bri- tain's oldest colony deliberated to-

night on A flat. assertion by a for- mer Newfoundlimd cabrnet min-

for the Cavendish Tea. L-1000-8-5-4i.

"Institute Ice Cream Festival. Albany Village school Monday ev- Willie. August 7th. If not fine Tues- day. L-1026-8-’l-ll.

“st. John's Church Picnic. Crap- aud. Wednesday. Au ust Btlr. If wet first flnue day fo lowing,

L-983-8-'7-Zl.

“The Annual Tea. and Bazaar of

islet and leader of t.l1e‘legi.siative council that the Commi.ssio.n of Government had “failed complete- ly” to solve the Islands problems.

In B. bmadcast address on "The Constitution of Newfoundland- What’s the Matter, What's the Cure." Sir Alfred Marine, who has been Newfoundland Colonial Sec- retary. Minister Finance and Customs, of Justice and Attorney- General of the Island, advocated restoration of responsible govern- ment in the Colony.

mobile, traveling fast,

:rr - . ‘ "W """'° "“' °‘’‘"‘ °‘’'’‘‘" at undiminished speed and he had

the crst food slrortargc since the barriers were established June 14. Flair, mczrt and vege-ta-bios were entirely laoiurrg. although milk supplies were increased.

Poland's army chief. told a re- sponsive crowd of 150.000 at Kra- kow that “violence inflicted by fcrce must be resisted by force." and said "our conduct as regards Danziu will be aci_1u_o:ed to the conduct of the other side."

hop from llolwood. Newfound- land.

Manion Scores

Failure To Deal With Rgul Issues

to Foyncs, Ireland, in ll',«1

SESSIONS or couvtvrrov

Closing session of the llfol. Mari- time convention of the Chur'clre..'

MIDDLETO.N, N. S., Aug I -—(CP) —Three persons were killed and four others injured, two critically. today when I Dominion Atlantic railway Yar- mouth-Hnlifax express crashed into an automobile at a level crossing three miles from this Annapolis Valley town.

The dead are Louis Francis,

plane I me down and anchowd in mid tr urn, Captain .1. C. Kelly ltcgorz. urrd his crew of four came 31.’:-liOi'C ll) 8. launch and were con- ;,r‘n1.:1l:rlc(i on their flight by Tums port Mrmrxlcr Howe and S. J. Hun- gcrford. Presrclcnt of ’I‘rans-Can- ado Air Lines with which Imperial

er. John's Presbyterian Church l3ei- of Christ was held here last. night ,0 opefqtga mm d M5.‘ Wm be he” on wednégda ' _ . u when delegates heard Rev‘ Paul . - r 25. ur Stevenson, 18, sn_ A oornmitiiee of five was named “"3"” 9”‘ 1“ °h° °h‘“'°" 3‘°""‘ Y Conservative Leader Challenges I e y 0 0- Prfstonv .1“<“*‘m‘Dv“5- 111- MONTREAL Aug 6—Arrival of the §:‘:rl§l';mr‘éu.l:rHt:“rAA’rlr lit}-idle oor(§id1<]?j: irlémess

L-1°34-3-7-it “”“‘8- in 3“ ‘“bP“'i“8 $“'m”“- Hymns; boar czmbou today brouszht or the other five in tire’ auto- msalythat a. movement be mail:

were the two seriously injured. funds raised by the corrporatlan 1:,

——- - - I Rev. Mr- Preston. mirresent-ed the .\ror~u-mr within a day of London rm tak t h Ital ed uswp 9 V H Id h oh ' ' ‘ D I D t wed t. b, h I M _ _ -_ I . ‘ _. me (2 were on o osp immediately for its restoration rm‘-‘cmclezilippe. Prime Minister 1 0 DISCUSS Ivu e a e airs. .5-’.:°..'.".°...*.‘;" 5;: .‘z.‘c:;:°:.r~:-...:::‘rm: sis. is‘. "owe W “W The We Government we mn‘l-h- L-1035-8-7-ii. , . 1631)’. aria in direct. almiail gmitact ‘with Xllrlglgllilt‘. 3e..".lr‘§$m°°"dm°"' fisrdumgatrllliinmnmmluiglrtlriqlldtwnal Ilfm __ . Th r -d r , ii‘ h - -‘ - 01% 8- "Open .r. .r..... Upper Queen Election Date. of E|gct|on ......§.. %“r.'..;‘..’...“’:f.:’.‘.‘r§.. Elm ‘iI$‘”l’.:..$:i‘..5°ir“.”.?.§.'.“W” -”M"'°'* S'“"“°"-25-M‘ mam“ *0 d°v°i°° Wom- 3”""l M03431)’ night. L-1050. :—u—- h we Central Cmbua“ A-dd ml S_mX_L1~n the we at her three-year-old daughter lands Natural Resources with

"Dance at St. Peters Wednesday hum 9th. Percy Groom's orchestra. I.-1054-8-'7-2i.

, .".0!>9nins dance at Irlshtcwn -'i“Imi'sduy Aug. om. r.._1o4o-s-7-21.

Him cream festival and dance. C..\v.rn Brae School Tuesday, AUP.r.-st 8Lh_ 1,1044

T"Un1cadi-ng Wednesday and hill‘-W33’. Souris. Canadian Live- ?‘ K Cdoperative Supplies. Mill "W flour. No. 1-2-3 Balanced M3 13110115, oat mid . g‘, pulver- s_ W . feed oats, thoroughbred St-5-CE QQ;i€ker lfiallff meal. " -- 5. u..er a me, 9”“ SWCIU Prices at car. L-1038-8-7-3i.

"H0? Drices were lower last.

"“f5’k I-‘AV 75c-$1.00 par cwt_ Hope {flit least steady values this ~ Do not get panicky; ship “Wily for the market. and H ca-nneratively. for better re- lms. Livestock Marketing Board. L-1055.

"Peat: Our warehouse is well |‘°ck_ed with 9. wide range of live. H . feed: of highest quulity. and fl: Drices drop consistently with °‘;‘lV1°r{,i&¢z rwfiliuee. We invite you to W M W-.ru:

to T We load hogs and other live- - than 26 different Prince Edward 0’ mi. and are thin within reach in igrraotlc.-ally every farmer. We ml’ 9 you to co-operate with us (M°“i' efforts to 31-at better prices. sh in touch our nearest wlpplnd ch!) secretory when ready Uh-lb. uvestoa MW

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(By CARL REINKE)

(Canadian Press Staff Writer) FORT WILLIAM, Or1t.. Aug. 6- (CP) ——Prlme Minister Mackenzie King has l)ClDI£) him today a chal- lenge from Conservative Leader R. J. Manlcn to tell the country this week whrthzr there is to be a gur- ernl election In the 01-1. _

"I’d like to hear Mr Kmr ex- plain next Tuesday why no leader- ship has b:: pzivfn this country 1“ Ihe inst. four yen-'13." asserted Dr. Munlon Szhrrfnv as ii? 8CF’3Ti1*9d the unanimous ricniinntlon of Fort Wili‘nm Cansrervntvives for the next. election.

He considered Tuesday night. an opportunity for the Prime Minister to announce the cl“-cl-ion date On that night Mr. ii/izrckenzie King is to be guest of honor in Toronto at a banqrvt mtrrkimz the 20th an- niversary or his e‘ec'ion to the Liberal nnrty leadership.

[71 Mn.n‘0Yl said he thought the Prime Mln‘st."r was afraid of til‘-e resu‘t of an election but if there was to be no eicrtiorr in the near future. the cc-ur.tr_v should know it. since a byi€lx°‘Cll0n In London. Ont... a year ago D1‘. Manicn has repnrsent/ad that constituency in the House of commons but from 1917 to 1935 he represented Fort William, his home town

Canada First

The Conservative Leader om- tdridedthet Canadian oondiliom

BY JACK BELL

Auocieted Prue Staff Writer

WASI-IINGTON, Aug. ll -(AP) -—Preaident Roosevelt was describ- ed today by his United States senate Leudcr. Senator Barkley of Kentuck“ as being confident that when congress returned to Wash- ington after its vocation it would «neat most of the edminiotretion legislative mtu.une_m-shelved in "s .r*:.....- ...... .

or to e. a Sunday afternoon llll'IflI:0_l_lf with

»the- President and

. nu. rotary Kobkiris. tint‘ -tb! ufizlfldnt

pllehmen‘ of the congress, which ad:

Vest ' "“IwI'ln'n£_‘°"u .a.’.‘u'iu“’:r

adjourned Saturday elite

-rather than the international situ- ation should be the (’.-SffJrmll1C'r1«gfEA!- rcr in deciding the tune of sin el?~2:LrIr?'or' the great troubles with Mr King is that he 5p:‘.lds so much tlni? worryirrw about Euro- pcnn affairs that he se-ems to be ignorant of our own Cnnzrd:an pro- blrms," he said.

He saw rim: prospect of the in- irr-naticml picture Iml!i"0VIn8 85 long as Hil‘o: was in Control in

-. n Glgliiflllllylrloii sa‘d the Prime Min- _I to l1."u',- l:'t the p::wcr to say s or no lo any question nnd seemed to have no lhowiedae of the urgency of cmoloyiflfmv Mid eacirritv for the people

He had, tco, promised to bring? about Provirrci:-rl co-c1)€ral.i0n 17111 there was never so much dis- ha'rirr,n_v l*°l\v$'en H16 Dflmlnlim and Prr.v,'r~isil Governments as right now. The Prime Minister did not 5-rem to be able to get along over“ with some p‘.‘r.v1n"Ial mem- bw: of his own party, Dr. Manlon '5 id.

Chlding (the government for in- activity, he noted successive de- lays in the report. of the Royal Conn-nls§‘(yn an DomInlon-Pmv_ln- clal Rz€lat.ions. Now the Prime Min- Icier said the earliest date when the ri-po't would be readv would a_- Oct. l2—"A suormuvv date in- asmuch as if there shozrhi be an election this veer it would be held ,2: ,_

Confident C 0 n g re s s Eventually Pass

eppeend on on who's to no (air; 15' well satisfied with tin scrum-v

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Measures

the most rebellious sefllvn 811100 the new deal came into power. The senate Leader indicsted that the President did not intend to abandon any of hLs major legislstive objtctlves, including proposed revision of the Neutrality law. which was stymied in the 8enete_ and enactment of s land- lngvprourarn, killed by the House of Representatives days two. Barkley said the president ep- penrcd to hold the same view as that rxpreuea by many of his ‘legislative lieutenants, that ‘when recalcitrant congress members tot bum home nnd made I personal check of Jbntiment, thdr nttltudd on resistance to some administrat-

ion rhoesuru was likely to under- noeduneg

O'I"I‘AW'A. AM. 6 —(CP) —'I‘W0 outsisrrdlng items on the political program fcr this week are the Lib- rrai rally in Toronto Tuesday night ‘ honoring Prime Minister Mac-r kcirzie King-,'s 20th anniversary as ‘, national pa...ty leader. and Tours- day’s interview here bslwwn the Federal Government and Quebec provincial and municipal officials

rn relief work and kindred pro- ‘alums. For the moment all L‘bc-ral

tlioughls. and the llll(‘i'E‘Sl. of the electors at la.‘-gr. corrtrc upon Tues- day nipzhvs banquet. when the Prime Minister is expected to malre some furtzher announcement on election prospects even if he does not state dcfiniiely whether an election will be called this year.

Among many Liberal works-ns Il'v!‘l‘o is conviction .t"no.t the Prime Ministers speech will contain some dltect or indirect. indication as to lwheiher or not they should pro- cred with prepctrations for a cam- paign in September and October.

watching Europe

Mr. Mackenzie King has not made any public statment beyond that of several weeks ago when he said It watt not possible to reach aldecision on dissolution of Parlia- memt until there was some more definite indication of how the European war thmal, would de- vclop.

It is bellewd the bulk of the

(Continued on pure 9. Col '1)

Island Potato crop Outlook is Bright

of bright are beginn-

Small si in: to me its appearance in Is- land potato crops, Mr. 0

Pepplm chief of Seed Potato In- spection stated last night. indica- tions of the blight HOWEWT. ii-We been found in a section MM’ Charlottetown. another section at Bummotside and one at Western

ints of the island. There has men notne reported from the east- ern sec ion.

The crop is lookin. very 800d now, Mr. Peppin sta ed. althou not dimerina very much from

nun.

Qnfned regurdinit inspection dung; Mr. Peppin stated that the imam Inspection was not com- pinnr-nieu had been Idvlsed to spray with Bandeau militia.

Cabinet Ministers have. no 1nfor- ‘

eld. in Church. Charlottetown and nr.ar'k- ed the first tirrcc-Province con- ventlori of Christian Cliur<"u.cs in eastern Canada. Place of next

es.r's convention was not decided t was announced.

Services yesterday opened with prayer service at '1 a. ll‘. ctirrdircmd. by the my. Wililum Bllson of Saint John. Bible School follow- ed at 10 o'clock with Mr_ Preston Beck. Charlottetown. superinten- dent in charge of the services.

Large number's or" (l€l.“g1JlCS at- tended the ll o'clock W0l‘Slll|i sor- vlce when the lllQ‘ll right \l'.1.3 ilw convention scrrmon. an li‘._<pir1ri:I, message on the theme. “lire glory and dignity of the Cliiistian re. ligion" by the Rev. W. H. l-l:rrd- mg of Surnmelrslde.

Christianity periraps should not be termed a religion the voter-nr; preacher, who first spoke at a con- venlion in this Province 50 501115 ago this summer at Cross 11-.) told hire congregation. It. \V.rs no so called in the New Tcstzrrrrerri. It virus a way of life. The ilolllllt‘ today was too many clillrrhcs, (on many religions and not enough Christianity.

Seeds of Comrnunlan and Fas- cism were bei sown in Canada. Rev. Mr. Hnrrdng declared. The seed was here but the soil would not be suitable where the funda- mental teachings of Jesus Christ were emphasized.

Thorrsands of oung people in Canada. and the _r'_i1ui1rrl_‘:gr.s_ _wer_e_

(continued on page 9. Col 5)

New Glasgow Woman Hurt In Accident

Mn. Jules Bnlmm. 80. of New G w, I’. 1-1. I. today Is in the I Island Hospital here suffering from scalp wound: and shock received In a motor occid- end yeet4mley- when two anio- moblles crashed bead-on. The col- lleou occurred on n etctp turn nur New Glasgow, to miles from

Charlottetown.

Mrs. Dolmen was it Ker in I car driven by her daughter-lm low, Mrs. M Bulmen of New

mail rvrce between Southamlpton Foyrrcs. Eire. Botwood, Nfld, Mon- lrc-ul and New York. now_ gives Czrriaclrirns a two-rnontm chance to speed mail to all comers of the Empire, India, Africa and Aus- tralrw.

Next your Imperial Airways. llall(llCl|l\pCd for several years by shortage of nl1'ci'aft and difficulty in obtairring their delivery, hopes to resume operat.ion.s with flying boats 1 1-2 times as as the (iurrbou and Cabot. which are fly- ing the service this summer. \VirL~'.lrcr |)£lSS(‘llg&l‘s will be carried rrrxt your is not certain but they (li‘lIllll(‘lV will not be carried this _\'f‘{ll‘.