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flonour thy father and mother l. o.

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The People's Paper

Covers Prince Edwardflsland Like the Dew

No longer Vlflllfbllg no longer frcc. Is true of the lndi the commonwealth.

MAXI M6

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MERE MAN

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 111% I

Aunull Hnbucrlpflnn llrllrrrefl $5.1M! B1 “fl||-l' F]

Ilflnl- lnniulu mm rs $500

FlNNS-IREDIS T0 END W

IFS. Deficit $193,791 For Fiscal Year

MHIAX, March 13—(OP)— M; pectin. had l. deficit of 8193.- 191 for the fiscal year endinir last M, 30, compared with a surplus “norm for the previous fiscal r. Premier Angus L. Maodonaid npovlod today. Revenue of $12,- 317 and expenditure of $12,- mm reached an ail-time high.

rile Province showed l. revenue miliiq 0f $264,810 before charging linking fund instalments which mounted i0 $458,601. The deficit us the first to be announced sincc

sbv ihc Premier. who as Prov- mml sm-rctary had remrtcd throc poctssivc surpluses linili this

ir.

The Premier budgeted for a. dc. ' 511F000 The actual revenue n; rough. _$i'll.0O0 more than rs- imiited ivliiie the expenditure ex- mcd the estimate bv $012000. ‘the Provinces filndcd dcbt in- [eased to $104,911,513 from $102,- [6380 reported lust year.

illiil ll. not been for un- npecterl increase in relief costs. lllc Premier said, the Province lnuid almost have been iiblc to blame the budget. Expenditure for direct relief and relief work lecls ind laecn EStiMDtECI at 10.000 in round figures tiic act-

Ml

pi cost was $438,000

n; George Ieseriheii is Ileal Airman

IIONDON, March 12 —(CP) - 'liis Majesty is a ieaJ. flying man; i: knows his stuff."

ffnls homely tribute was paid the King by Jack Sturgcss, 69, a vct- no aircinft superintendent, fol- itrlnga Royal tour of a plant inning out Lysander piancs for the loyal Air Force.

As he ivalkcd around the shop lint nuns out the two-sealer gcn- n1 iiH-ly planes used for army zui on duties, the King suid riics nie back t0 Qruiiw-eli." fut ricaiied that he was ot- htlied to Cranwcell Air Fcrcc Staff tilege in i917 and qualified as a. plot in i019. He has ki-pt abreast Iilr nfiais since that time.

llieie were many women work- lltiii lilo plant anti the King told litln they were doing flnc work Ivrtlivn" country. He icniwri orcr throwing machine on which Mls. l. J. Piu-ry wo-ks l0 1-2 hours tiliy linking airplane engine cov- tis. Siic won a royiii snillc witii comment that "this befits sewing It home."

T0 nab ciwss rosr

TORONTO. March 12 -—(OP} — WI ficirie Na mith. officcr llvmmnnduig the Canadian Mobile Iaboriitorv with the fourth Brill-sin 1'11)‘ in inc first Great War. has been appointed deputy national Wlliflllrfifill‘? of tiic Canadian Rcd Oust socictv for duty ovcmens it n: aniniunced yesterday’ bv Dr. mil W, ltoutiey. national commis- ne

f. Cvlonvi Nasmith expects to leave

Ulllndn to nssumc his office within mt mitt fcw weeks.

Coming Events

PU-' We for Notices in this column 3 cent: per word.

"coE-invivzi Rink tonignifriiiwfoii we cornwoll vs. Clyde rtivcr. l0 utter. 14-4-3-14-11.

"Loading live Hoks at Emerald gTiiiilbtilly afternoon, March 14th. thur lliislam, L-iil-Jl-lil-Qi.

BWIQK Meats-Ground Meat lc. Pllrse Meat 5c. Beef Trait)? 31bit. Hog 1110c zuo. Island id storaoe Wmpany.

"Buyln live hogs at Albany.

14th, Friday March 15th at M51141- until noon. signed G_ C.

"Monthly meeting of Ladies rational.“ tie-

D06 O ill] _ Way. March 20th. l

ggflflncert at Wheatley River

11- March istii, by Oyster Bed 8 Women's Institute. L-zz-a-ia-ai.

"The st James Dramatic Club "mgleifllétilt. (gbenawwkivergkd in

t EDI‘ , , . “"11 15111. 8' L-‘Ies-a-riifiivi.

7'3“ 1oz live Hons u in Wilt- are iIIiroi. 15th, 10.30 AIRI-l PM.

m‘ Bflflnall, Mervin Bulmnn. L-16-3-13-2i

“To arrive about April 1st two “galls of lzooil well broken m-hfi. Have a Lew island horses and. A. M. Wright. Montague. L-299-3-l1-3i.

“Iamflrnid 557cm... Mark-h uD..-h"_1 Ices B. I. B. "Nora Wake hm i Inkora Players. Good spec-

ll. Admilllfln 35c and 20c

Turks Report Reds Dlear 0il Port

ANKARA. Turk t lhreh ll —(AP)- Reportl Turkey’! Caucasus frontier tonight luld the Itussi have removed women and children from Botum, Block Sea port and main outlet for Russlts molt important oli producing re on.

Batum l: u few miles rom the Turkish frontier 1nd with- in range of Turkish artillery. The port In considered a pou- ibie object of attack should war spread to this port of the world.

Persons arrlvin from the frontier region nl the report! come from Turks living on the Russian side of the border ivhere there is a considerable Turkish population.

$597,105 Profit From

Liquor in ll. S.

HALIFAX, ll/Iil-rch 12—(CP)-- Profit of $1,691,705 for the NW9 Scotio Liquor Commission for the fiscal year ending Nov. 30 last was rcpsrtcd in the public accounts tabled in the Provincial Letzlsia. ture today. The profit in the prev- ious _vear was $1,337,458.

Sales for 1938-39 totalled $5.463“ 011 us cOmpnred with. sales of I4.- ti84.405 in the DNVIOIB year,

Fines, beer tax and miscellan- eous earnings brought flhe com- mission's income to 85.575012. From this were deducted 83.800568 for the cast of goods sold, $418.- 857 operation! bicpenaes and other expenditures totalling $164,780.

EasternBakeries Destroyed

SAINT JOHN. N. 3., March 12_ (OH-Loss caused by a. fire which destroyed a wagon-shod 0f Easwm Bakeries Limited on Douglas Aven- ue this afternoon was estimated tonight at betwee $25,000 and $30,. 000. Origin of the fire was un. known,

The loss included complete win- Ier sleigh equipment of 22 pieces, three wallow‘. two trucks, flour and about $10,000 worth of paper wrap- ping stock. screens and awnings.

N. B. Soldier Killed lit- lildershot

By Sam Robertson Canadian Press Stuff‘ Writer

ALDETRS-PIOT. March 12—(OP CABl.E\—".‘he body of Lieutenant H. R, Carr of the Carleton and York Rclfinrnt whcxsc military service was cut short. by an ac- cident on the rifle ranges started the Journey home from this army area tonight on n Bren gun carrier that rumbled slowly to the beat of muffled drums.

The 27-year-old Bubaitem from Woodstock, ii. B" was fatally in- jured by ilie discharge of o cart- ridge that jammed in a rifle in the hands of another man. He wll given a military funeral service mt 8t. Andrew's Garrison Chumh u I final t'-'“"te from the men he ee- compzii‘*l overseas.

His New Brunswick regiment turned out in full strength and there were officers an other nnks in attendance reprwentlnx almost every other unit in the Hmtflm- adlan Division.

Colonel G. R. Tumor. zeneral staff officer. first grade. “P11989119-

ed Major-General A. G. L. Mc- Naughton, general officer com- manding the Canadian Active

Service Force, and tho headquarters s ff

Captain W. T. R. Fleminlwn- former hcadlnaster of Mount Ali- lson Academy, Sackvliie, N. 1-1., conducted the service for this first Coiiiinidsiwfwd 011106!‘ OI’ N10 Flflt Division to die overseas.

Reading tho lemon, Lieutenant- Colonel H. L. Ganong of the Corio- ton and York Regiment intoned: "Let not your heart be troubled. . then busier; standing at the need and foot of the flag-draped cu- ket sent notes of the Lat Post em The Reveille, the latter aymgollr- in! the rlalnl of the mtrlt, ecnotnu through the church.

Marching at slow time to the hollow beat of drums. a omnpany carrying its arms reversed escorted the casket to a funeral chapel. There it was to be prepared for its

Comb.

14-2-0-13-31.

return to

Manion

CORNWALL, Ont, March 12- (CPi-Conseiwatlve leader Manlon to accused Transport Minis. for owe of telling a "common garden variety of iie" by suggest- 1m: that Dr. Manion was assoc- iative in his caiwoailm with a lnoup of proflteers eager to re- peat their conduct of the First Great War.

“While were discussing such people," Dr. Manlon said. with whom are the financial interests linked ulp in this election any- way ..

Seeks Common Welfare

The National Conservative party wsa not. getting much support from financial groups because Dr. Man- lon had declared when he became leader he would work for the wel- fare of the common people,

“I said then our system couldn't last unless we provided work and wages. I believe in the system and I love the common people, too. Be- ca_us_e_l_dared_say_that, the !in_

Nails

Howe ’s Statement

On Profi tee rs

Big Interests ICIo-t-Linked With- National Government Party ' In Campaigngider Says.

auclai interests said: ‘Vlihither is he loading us?’ I believe they are suppoitnm the King Government, pnegauisc they are not supporting

Dr. Manion addressed a crowd of more than 3.000 in Cornwall Armory.

“American-Born Genius"

_He asked Mr. Howe-"thls Am- erican-bom genlus"—to tell how much of his fortune had been 11111410 irom cost-Plus lfovernment contracts,

“Is is because of his experience with this kind of contract that he 1S now in charge cf the War Supply Board?" Dr. Manion asked.

He added he never had made any charges against that board as Mr. Howe said, although there was “so much interference with the board in the early days that some members were on the verge of leaving the board."

Leading

GUYSBORQ, March l2_-1)¢- ciarlnfl his firm conviction that in these days of national crisis cvcry citizen is called upon to do his or he!‘ Dart In whatever field is oncn to them, W. E. Lanriiiv. Mnvcr of AnU-lltlnish and for many years a well-known member of the LlI)_ eral Party. today accepted the nomination as a National Govm-n. ment candidate in Antigonisii- Guysboro.

Notion Comes First

"In my opinion," declared Mr, Llhdry. “this is a time when all party considerations should be and must be submerged so that the Will‘ effort of this great coiuitry may be efficient. expressive and uiiitcd.

"Thefeflilf. 1L5 a Canadian vlho

puts love of coiuitry before poli- lval, party. 1 have flied mv ironi- ination papers and I will Contest this election as a Liberal who be- lieves in and supports the Na- tional Government policy of tiic paity led by Hon. R. J. ManiOn."

Text of Statement

Mayor Landry issued the follow. in; statement to the press follow- ing his official nomination:

‘I have today filed mv nomin- ation papers es a candidate 1p tho

Lon :-

By J. F. Sanderson I Clnlolan Press Staff Writer

IDNDON, March 12 -(OP Cable) —I>teports from Berlin that a peace

treat between Finland and Russia had n signed were reeled with mixed eeiings tonight this bei-

il rent capital. ~ ere wasdellght at the indicated end of a bloody and unequal struz- gle, but resentment at another ex- gmple or an aggressor nation gett- tnl away with e 590118 from B boatively small and defenseless

r.

the day Joseph Stalin order- e hla Red army into Finland the a; mthy and active support of the i people have been on the ride of the Finns. In the first ex- citement of the reported end of the etrul le there remained a full meas- um o sympathy for the Finns in ‘°“ ‘t’. ti‘. “rétiéiii 23bit? ctggp Britain and France had e

I191

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to eiimltinbutl-rmlnath

f<jc<irinnnedinfbéfe

Liberal

Is National Govt. Candidate In NS.

MayorW. E. LaBIiYy Of Antigonish Declares Party Considerations Shquld Be Dropped. .

constituency of Antigoniah-Guys- imro

"This step iias been taken after the iiiost (JiIIXJILII consideration and 1 have pliiccd my name in nom-

rcason alone-because I hold the firm conviction that in these days of national crisis every citizen is coiled upon to do his and her part as they interpret their duty in whatever livid is open to them.

"It is well known that I am a Liberal in politics. I have support- ed the Libciol party for many Iivars and I am still a Liberal but. above everything else I am a Canadian,

“As a Canadian I have viewed with alarm the extent to which tiic present Government of Con- ilftfl, Ilus allowed inefficiency and pan-ounce 10 (Zxist in these days of imtlonnl crisis.

"I have waited for some indi- cotwn from the Mackenzie King Government that. political and party considcrzttioiis were to be put. aside during the war but I have not bccil able to feel that Canada's war effort l; the para- mount consideration of the present KDl/ClilfliCTlI. at Ottawa.

“In my opinion. this ls a, time when oil party considerations

(Continued on..page l, O01 1)

Mixed Feelings

Greet Peace

fsh forces with supplies of munitions f war.

Preliminary reports of the terms of the peace treaty indicated Russia had demanded, fulfilment of most of the terms which Britain considered too onerous and repressive to pose on to Finland when ambassador Iv- an Malsky alifilrgachlgfid the British foreign office t Fe . 22. -

Releaau Busch As for as the blazer conflict with

Germany is concerned, Russia now is free to concentrate upon economic

‘help to the Reich But Russia. for

more than three months of inten- aive warfare against n atuhborn and resourceful foe must he in a semi- exhaustcd state. She must have LuXISIUIIECI eat quantities of muni- tlona gaso inc and other vital pro- ducts which Germany would like to buy and so it isquite ibie she will

illiiIi0l1 for one i.\‘ri£Oil and for one ~

bull. c<>mrarai1ve1s'_1_t¢1s_1\flo__i9, ooo

MIISTVITIII IIIINIEST IN TIIIS DIIBIIIRY

Provincial Conserva- tive Leader I)r. W. J. P. MacMilIan Ur- ges Women To Take Active Part.

“The forthcoming Wdcral clcc- tion is the most vital conlcsl, over held in tiii, "ililii'\' ZliilI tiic “'9- men should uke on actzve lwjl 111 it" . Dr. W. J. i’. Mziclviiikm.

_Dlli'l.y icu ‘or. in an enthin, '11; mccting of‘ tiic W0- nieifs Notional Coiiscrvutiie As. in tiic ivicLurc

hlucdoniiid. ' Associa- nid lil-

tion, occupied the for

troduced the 5P6 the social nit-fill. held in the Odoiirlicivs clay were complciieti. business matters wcie c cu. 1n hi5 Qpelliilll remark. lion. Dr. Maclvlillan pilidiiibllii‘? to 1 . men's Qilgilliizflthiii and awoke the splendid work done by‘ the, association during the PwW-wl-ll elect-ion - ,

He icad an article written by Hon. Di‘. Biuce, former Dicutciiiint Governor of Ontario, uuiiiih paid tribute to Hon. Dr. iticiiiion as a soldier and statesman of the infill- cst order.

Familiar with Problem

1n referring to the record of Dr. Manion, the speaker said that tiic louder of the Conservuilv? 051W had been a former Minister of Railways and was lhoroiurlllv fa»- miliai- with the ruilwav bwblvl" °I this country. This is 011B 0 C011" adds greatest problem-i. Dwhiiic- Mliion continued, and there 15 no- body more qualified to deal with it than Dr. Munion. “Half the no- tional debt oi Canada l5 flue to the railways," he pointed Out. T110 conservative loader was PillYlflTI to the policy oi ziinzilgnmaiiuii, of:- cailse it would mciiii tiiot (nons- ands orl mien would be thiown out f emioymcn .

oThelspcz-kcr paid tribute to D1‘- M31119“ a5 a "Siiilttlillliill whose loyalty ls not (iUliDiCfi.

Under Mackenzie Kim!

biwflys came out on ilic ios ~- of every ‘mile zigrccmciit signed by M1‘, King.

King's Two Ideas

Tile Libcrai Prime NlIIlLwtCi‘ ol- wriys had two ldcos in mind be»

(Cdntiznicci o-n 3. "C01 6) U. S. iylaii Seizures Were Profitable

HAMILTON. Bermuda. itforch 12 —tAP)—Seizurc of several ioticis addressed to Adolf Hitoer, addi- tions to Britiilirs "blud;l.st“ 0i [ii-ms which traxle with Germany and. the uncovering of 0011111111 agents have l‘135ilII.'l‘d from tiic iiri. tlsii censorship of Pair-American clip >er mall here, acoordiin! 10 1'6“ co of the chief censor.

Altogether 21,750 pounds of mall 435,000 leticrs and pncka-ics, or morc-Jiuvc bccvi ri-minyu east and west bound cilvbers 1 inspection by tiic p.-,iii.iiic.i_ . of 38 censors since (IPHSQiLIHD 11-5 instituted Jun. 18.

Letcst scizure was _ day when 24 boos wcirgiiino 900 pounds were mmovcd from 111v American cliplx-r allcr its arrival from Baltimore, the censor dis- closed today. _

Most of the letters to Hitler. ti" censor said. were from persons who believed they had invented something which might help him win the war.

Much propaganda, consisting mostly of photographs. also was intercepted. he said.

made Satur-

International At

A Glance

(By The Canadian Press)

MOSCOW-Russia and Finland lign peace treaty giving Russia more than she naked lust. foil bc- fore the war; hostilities to stop at noon.

HELSINKI-Parliament meets in secret session, no official report on peace treaty; Finnish filmy reports slight Russian advances northwest of Vllpurl, 15 Russian bombers downed.

LONDON-Russian victory incl-n ll another example of bloody. unequal struggle in which iuzgrcssor ngtlvm wing spoll! from dcfcnccicss nglghbor; lloilsc votes “token

army estimates as war secretary teiil of army's strcnlllh-

French Chamber of ilrputleu 50,- Britlnh and French troops

{Continued on pace 8. O0! l)

,I2“‘li.ii.‘°vi‘;l.'..i“o“i‘él"‘i3‘m-i"

PARTS-Premier Dnlndlcr will ‘,1;

v I I I

Go To Russians

UnderAgreement

Must Be Ratifi-e-(‘l-By Parlia- ment——Finns Shocked At

Severity Of Moscow Terms.

MOSCOW, hlurch lii-(Wedncsdzrv) -—(.\P)-— Soviet

Russia early totkrv announced signing of a peace treaty with Finland which wrests as the spoils of ill/z months of invasion Finland's defence bzistions on Baltic and Arctic Sous and makes part of the vast territory of the II.S.S.R. the whole fortified Karciizin Isthmus, where uucounted Russian and [Finnish dead lie beneath the trampled snows.

MUST BE RATIFIED

The treaty must be ratified within three days, but

hostilities will cease, under its terms, at noon today-S a.

m. AST.

lily Lynn Iicinzeriiilg. Associatcd Press Staff Writer)» III*'.I.SI.\‘KI, .\‘I:\rcIi I3——(\\’c<Iiicsrl:iy)—(.»\Pl-Jihc Iiiiiiitf of Finland's sccoiiil war of iiidi-pciiriciice apparently lily in iIic Iiiiilds of the FIIIIIISI] Diet (Parliziiilciit) early IIJLIII)’, although an announcement at 2 a, m. (8 p, m. AST Ihicsday) said the delegation in Moscoiv had not yet con» firmed signing of a peace treaty with Russia. It was indicated the treaty would not be Iillifiiilg on Finland until the Diet had ratified it, The severity of the terms, heard here over the Mos- cow radio, brought shock and bewilderment to the Finns. 'I‘Ilc_v' had felt that If hioscoiv was seeking pcacc it would Ive willing to lighten tiic heavy dcinonds which resulted in the wcir. Instead. the new terms as understood here were con

and evacuation of the Petszimo

siIIcrnIiI_v' worse than the original proposals.

m

Finland obtains pcacc, a yearly payment of 8,000,000

marks (about $120,000) in return for a Bing/ear lease on her

Hzinko “Gibraltar” at the mouth of the Gulf of Finland Arctic district by Soviet troops.

FINLANWS SACRIFICE

She gives up:—

1. ’I‘hc entire Karciian Isthmus and its Soviet-pene-

trated hliinnerhcim line.

2. The shciiuvrcckcd city of Viipuri, third metropolis, and thc islands in its hay.

3. Ail the shores of Luke Iizidoga, largest lake in Eur- ope, and three towns. Both on the iake’s western isthmus shore and on its northern coasts thousands of Russian troops have been slain.

once Finiand’s

RED'S NAVAL BASE

.1. Iinnko, naval Imse on the southwest, and the silrronndiilg

])\‘liIll<itI1i, on a jll-yviii‘ lciisc. This zirco will Iorui Fovict naval- lilIIIi'.'ii‘_\‘ IJIISUS_

5. Purl of tiic Srcdin and Ryhnchi pcninsnlus In lIiL‘. I111‘ north, on tiic Arctic (kczin.

7. Certain islziniis In the Gulf of FinIiiiuI.

S, .\ grcnt slice oi nnrihcostcrii Finland, including KililIfi- jlicrvi.

i). .-\ riiilrivzui, to Iic IJIIIII during 11140, which

Finluiiil. the rniimiy IlISCCIIiig Finland .'lI)l.l\'L‘ Iicr narrow “hist- Illn-

lo. Free triiiisit for Russian goods across the Petsanio Arctic

urcu from Russia to Norivay, duly frcc.

i1. Tile right to ul.'iiiit.'iiii ally Iiinnish \\'(il‘,~IlIl\$, sulmizirincs

or warplnncs in its Arctic waters, with the of small

coast guard vCsscIs.

cxccpiion

FINNS SHOCKED

(ln llcisinki last night, shocked Finns said the fatc of tiic war still it hmd rail-

was up to the Finnish Diet and then was no indication fled the treaty.)

llowcver, under the pact, at 10 a. rn. on March 15 (3a.m. AST) Flu- nlsh and Soviet troops arc to begin to withdraw to their new frontiers,

a map of which was appended to the treaty.

MOSCOW SATISFIED

The lrcuty was (Icscribcd inf gtrflwgig Qnnccfigiqllg

Hi9 *\I“»""'“"' Cmilllmniiillc nsItitJlilli, Latvia, Liilii Liliiiixlnizi.) one winch will “crczitc lll1l-_ tuaIIy siziblc (illlI nnilliaIIyI, ])L‘.'i(‘i‘IiiI rciziiions." IliLiClI or. prccisc conditions 0i “enduring mutual sccurity"——cs xrciall ' for tiic Soviet cities of lIifiliIllygfiiiLy atone end of the Iinrvslimi‘ a Isthmus: hliirilirinsk, in tiic Arctic, and tiic railroad which cumiccts thcm. (i'\CiiiiiII)',

tlfvy ‘lin- (lanuluin Priss. MARCH i3. 191.3 _ Baillie Ncuve Chuprllc rndcrl. irsops coiisolzdulzng posiixins all npturing prnciiciillv "'

hi

its terms gave

the northern Baltic. II tuna vauquom suawmc invaded Finland Nov. 30, Rus- position. '