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Organized Search For Craft Which Flash- ed Di-stress Call A- bandoned.

CHATHAM, Mala, Feb. 23—(AP) .4 United States Navy opinion that r. straying mine from the Spanish war zonewas responsible (a; the frantic call "SOS-J-orped- bed" from an unnuned vessel south oi the Azores, tonight left unsolved the strange mystery of the ships identity and the fate of her crew.

Orgnnized search for the vessel m abandoned during the day by two ships which rushed to the mire-the Canadian Pacific's. Em-

of Australia and the Greek [teunshlp Mount Pelion. Neither sighted as much as a bit cf float- ing wreckage-

Tw days of search over the bonsniilantic radio lanes for some hint oi the name of the vessel rmch signed its "sOsf-iorfloedoed by unknown submarine’ wiyh the unlisted call letters "PEP? also- come to a fruitless standstill. Some shipping men held the opinion that. another famous mystery of the sea had been written into the

records.

Captain 6.5. Bryan. chief oi the Navy hydrographic oﬂice in Wash~ , in advancing his opinion that ii floating e was respons- ible for the sudden distress call, apparently felt those on board pre~ rumed n submarine was responsible when the explosion was felt.

Supporting his theory. Captain Bryan raid his office was advised Jen. 27 that a mini; had be? sighted by t-ho oil tanlker Callfo - uiii Standard abovl 800 miles southwest of the Azores. Oﬂiclals of the department i-elt wind and tide might have carried the mine to the position given in the d tress message, 360 miles south oii the Azores.

’i'h-sy discounted the Possibility ii Great War mine migh have sur- vlved more than two decades.

Guam Naval Outpost Plan Rejected by United States House

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ilblish a base or navy sco es on the far away Pacific rlrigl Gum’ r th as re - passage o e me u . integral port or President veils emergency defence rogram. mine after the House cont rmed b7 l roll call vote of 205-168 an earlier Wit to eliminate the 8.000.000 project.

LEAVES FOR HOME

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Close-Up of Loyalist Lost Stands

CityofMAD ID New shelled by Rebels; besieged since October, i936; Franco soy: one million lnsur snt troops wiiimorchorit is keyclty.

Imoria

Gibraltar

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

An area approximately the size of the state of Virginia, some 42,000 square miles, remains to the Loyallsts as civil war in Spain

nears climax. On above map, ll provinces designated in bold

shading. Insurgent General Franco announces he will follow bomb- ing of Madrid with mass march on the city. Meanwhile loyalist ﬂeet, massed at Curtagena to protect Miidrid-Vslencla-Allcente. zone, plans to challenge Insurgent control o!

‘Dairymen. Annual Session interesting Di/sc-i-i-s-gions Feature Meetings Of Dairy Associatiml

Yesterday -— Mr. J. J. Mc- Donald. Elected President.

Donald. 618M111‘ J Mtgcd president of thy Isian Doirymw-B

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OTTAWA, Feb. 2s —H .w. n; . ‘ anizati . esided Dennis. Minister of Aogxlieulture f“ °I mi. orrlzieetinmmin ‘lire ab- ior Prince Edward Island. lett to- m,“ or m in]; president Mr. W, lily for his home in Chorlotte- N_ 5mm“, Bedeque who Iwelsnnig

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Cl of VALYNCIA Loyalist capitol, target for Insurgent bombs.

Ci of CAITAGINA Bose or Loyalist fleet, this

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Mr. Alex Hamilton Named President --Lively Session Yesterday Morning.

Mr. Aleor l-lamiltiooi, New Pertlnwas elected o1 the Prince Ed- ward Island Horse Breeders Aso- ciation at the annual meeting OI m‘, o ﬂan yesberda . Retir- ing pres-idem Mr. C. J. wart. of Hampshire presided.

Vice-presidents named were Wil- lard Kelly, soutbport. and Myron McArthur. Keruirrzion. While MY- W. R. Shaw, Charlottetown. was welected secretary.

Directors elected for the ensuins year were: Willard Kelly, South- m, pe-e ; T. J. Kickham. gum-is, R. A. Proﬁt/c. Mee- iuiirliness rei-irins rmeidcni said that u» Department

culture was to be

imported in satiety w“

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Ontario Mayors Critical 0t llevi

the lus louttar 6m

." Earlier in iihe meet- ' in: Mr. n. A. norm spoke eir- nﬁllﬁf System sinst. the 1 sl-ronk n. stand in ruvorin; in;

l‘ mriorvm. mo. 23—(CP)—May- iiu.“r.“l'.u 1'“ rmlcmm" o» H- R °°“.>..‘F.‘..i§“.i‘;’i..‘-”°ilf pound more for hitter fat tor d9“ M meld in y m”. “w” llld losemumti who?’ #3610“. s“ ‘m m they wo more n wmldm 33B‘ m; Otto. in: the milk foo- rise on the ‘the merino: and rhunicipolizles

W513i. resolution carried wit-hwy cnlpostiion when the vote was to en.

Um lridhtou Bridge men cc . "time - d m! w iii-ion uﬁebg; u, . ernirn in I0 on Wiiihnndtize and llﬂh est

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Province has in-in-aid to munici. calendar year t

to 85 r cant over with Jet recipients iio 40 nor cent. '

set 1m lties for per cent.

B’ p! seniority six cardinal bishops in

Bette Davis And Spencer Tracy Win Awards For Acting

Fob. 23 —T(‘J.:P) —Be v an c t were dec ers o}; e annual awards of the Motion Picture Academy o! Arts and sciences tor the best performances during the past year o1. a film actress and actor li/Iiss Davis’ award was on the basis of her performance ‘Jezebef’ and 'I‘raiey's for hiswork in "Boys! Town." "You Can't 'I‘ake It with You," produced by Columbia Studios was given the award for the most out- standing fihn of the year. It was the third time a Frank Cobra-directed picture took the academy award. The Italian-hem director won previously with ‘It Happened One Night" and “Mr. Deeds Goes To Town." 1i? W“ the second time Tracy had beenhonored, arole in "Capt- ains Courageous" having previous- ly iwon him the honor. It was also the second time Miss Davis won the award. In 1935. she won the honor for her work in "Dangerous."

IELEBTIUN 0F NEW PUNTIFF

Pro- Secret Opening

Arrangements ceed A For Conclave March 1.

(By The Annotated )

VATIOAN CITY, F'eb. Ki-Prep- arm/clowns for the secret conclave of the College cf Cardinals at which the next. Pope will be selected. opening March 1, proceed-ed today among the Cardinals and work-

Tho induces of idle church checked over arrangements a on o! six mibers

supply oommissi

received Commendation Pius Men- iza, master of the Apostolic House- hold. to outline the menus b0 be

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porary $ll be passed through a revolving box which will permit. tlnse within the "oonclave city” to receive the food without having contact with any- one outside. r

Canopies Placed

workmen in tih Sistine Chapel, where the cardinas will vote. were attaching the canopies which will cover each cardinal’; chair. when a candidate receives the two/thirds majority required for naming the new pontlﬁ, all the canopies ex- cept the one over his chair will be lowered.

‘The canopy beneath which Ach- il Cardinal Ratti sat in the lust

Pope was placed over the 38rd chair.

lit, bears in Italian the legend woven into its material: "Pope Pius XI February sixth 1922- twelrth row on right."

The 33rd chair will be occu led this time by Maurilio Card nal Fbsoti, Archbishop of Turin.

_ Seats were to be assigned to the members of the conclave in order.

the dea-

the first p ca, followed

_ b cdrdinal priests and cardinal

Halifax Seeks Winter Fair

on a resolution oﬂering

time Winter Fair authoritiu. who hold their annual fair at. - heist, use of the exhibition plant equipment for holding the fair buyer Walter Michell of Hali- fax, vice-president o! the Commis- si rurlutiion dc-

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f i r m s Statement Made By Premier Chamberlain In Qommons.

IDNDON, Fab. 23-30. P. Haves) lace/unit Hull! Foretim

_..v a,“ - rotary. in the House of Lords to- day started it would be a. "profound error" to believe that Prime Min.- ister Chamberlain made mental reservations in his recent. declar- ation that Great Britain would give aid to France in case of war. “That declaration was clear and unmistakable" he said. ‘ The Foreign Secretary also de- nied rciports curreriit recently that Prime Minister Chamberlain is lrroooriniz to serve as media/tor of- terriwrial claims Its-ill is making on France omd added Britain coulo not make any move me - “and until both

equivocal tiement

solidarity with France was made in response to a cirection from Lord Addison. Labor, who asked the Foreign Secretary for a. clear explanation of Mr. Chamberlain's Wﬁfdﬂ,

Completn Cu- ‘ion (The Prints hiinisier. ﬂiealniril before the House of Commons rob‘. 6. said that immediate British co- oper-at! follow in the

Lord Halifax Beat--

on would event both _count_.ries were involv-

ed in war) _, _..

today sadd "mis- representations in certain quar- ters" compelled the British Gov- ernment to state in “progressively more emphatic and unambiguous terms what has long been 8000m- ed as truth by the peoples of both ntries.” "It is not only our geographical situation that draws us closer to lira/nee." he continued, “but also an identity oi’ interests and com- pletcnes of understanding."

He warned, however, aﬁlnst constmilughmmiglo-Frenich so dar- cyst o

ioyasa. atotunysortagol

o. third party. declaring that. dispute over 1- ly's colonial claims on France does not "primer-ﬂy" concern Britain"

Not Primarily Concerned

"In one sense. it is the case that whatever might b“ ltalo-Fhench differences. they c‘ not primar- ily and I emphasize the word

primarily, concern this country." e said. "But in mother sense. they con-

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61 Minors Stage Stay-down Strike In liazclton, Pa.

HAZLEIUN, Pa... Feb. 23 -- (AlU-Sixty-one hard-coal miners declared tonight they would stay deep in their mountainside mine until their demands are met-or i116)’ are carried out on stretchers.

Voluntary prisoners since they finished work yesterday, the min- e" feleoted offers of the Wolfe ~Collieries Company i0 settle the dispute by immediate payment of cuddly; dwehleehdm lfebﬂglllllo tn

an “ a o , ey claim is due since before the com- wpa was reorganized in bunk-

Y in 1087. » Bundled in blankets sent down 500

ambulances ready near the mine

entrance. One of the o: striking miners

FORECASTS '7 c0 VERNMENT DEFEA 1*

FaiIurePTo Aid PrimaryProducer

Scored In House

Western L-i-bzral Member Cautions Against Holding Election This Year On Basis 0f Trade Agreement

OTTAWA, Feb. 23—(CP)-'-H. R. H. Fleming (Lib. Hum- boldt) warned the Government in the Commons tonight

that unless it did something to gasoline prices and increase p

reduce farm implement and rices of primary products

there would be a “revolt” when the Government goes to

the country. The Government. also was

cautioned against holding

an election this year. Mr. Fleming recalled defeat of Lib-

eral Governments in 1911 on

reciprocal trade with the

United States and in 1930 after the Dunning Budget, and‘ suggested waiting until results of the Canada-United. States trade agreement were shown.

If the Government could combines causing high prices

gasoline “the Government should be smashed,”

clared.

Forecasts Defeat

The conceit-ion was norecusitlng defeat ed’ the Government oin the Weaning said. we have done n8 this prediction. We tried a dwth blow at ‘Ibryism vldilrur for a reduction of t about. ur months

NI Denounces Government

not. smash international for farm implements and he de-

B. Liberal

on the tihat what we .I"eb. 28-h‘ _ uensetiiao-iol Qeeoh in the NW‘. 1<§r*vr°:ro%°wv“iw"iu3’ l iBrunswhtJ-BIUIMR Auburn. we point to the results M the JhG-ﬁ liLnFiemingsaidhe badre-fromtholeedezshipotnunier Diysa t last maimed

pea-teddy stressed that prices 0f tbs L!!!“ d

gasoline and farm implements were too high. "The Minister of Agri- culture has told us there were in- tema onal combines and should smash them." he

W0 added. Do 0r Die

"Well, I say to the Government than. if we cannot simash those in.- tiemztional combines reduce prices of farm implements and

line. the Government should smashed.

"I say to the Liberal Govern- ment slitting here for the fourth session of this Parliament. that if they do not do something for the people c! Western Canada by IB- duciniz the prices o! fann imple-

ments a gasoline. and increas- ing the Dries products. there wi be such a revolt when

the Crovernrnent goes to the coun- w_. Speak Casgmin ntxeru-pted at this poldt to my "the honorable member has exhaust and Mr. Fileoruinu d-id the sentence.

Should Face Realities

lihrlier in the debate M. J. Cold-

well (CUF Rxmetown-Biggar), in a peech whic

should had declared that "this and those who prize should face the realities 0d i116 ONSET" situation" proceed Without further delay with "consideration oif the weigh, domestic Wobiems us"

that confront .

Mr. Caldwell supported the new Canada-Unwed States brade agree- ment which was under discussion all day, because it was "a step toward better international re- lations." He declared democracy was on trial and would be replac- cd by another system unless it quickly brought better conditions to

"rhere are threats irom many cihuarters today.” he said. "All across t e country one win find incl lent IMscism as well u: Fascism o the blatant European ype.

"And then we have the growl propaganda for a so-called natlona ‘ overnmenb which in my opinion. I

o those

1' tor-med, would be formed who desire solely in protect the vest- . i

came up the shaft after the first night. He required treatment for exposure.

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ed interes of e coun ry. He said he believed “our demo- ‘ go inItiWt-lgmtknifaigiiig

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Secrecy‘ Shrouds Launching Of New Russian >Warship

loiuurmamentsrucecorrlodmby animus will mi

predicted Rlllsil‘! fleet would be-

"Doeenii " pioaioen eouioment. tor it and this won o lertmu c» neciiiy of creation this

merits’ cannot mad

Biritwi North American Act with- out the unanimous consent. of provinces. Mr_ Bridges

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Paterson)!’ He dimounced the Islam's com» of Condederation and

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erotic " and “more constitutional claw tram."

DEATH 110R TREASON

DUBLIN. Fiab. Zﬁi-The Govern. merit cif Kim's measure aimed aii the outlawed Dish Republican Army today was given sec reading in the Dali (Parliament) bv a vote o! 79-10.

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