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CITY INDULGES IN WATER ORGY TO SET RECORD Today's Consumption Promises to Ba Highest 1 In 10 Years. CHLORINE DOSE IS CUT SHARPLY Water of Exceptionally Good Quality, So Engineer Slates. Filtered water has gone to th heads Um people of Ottawa. Perhaps It la the novelty getting rWar and aporkling wafer ia place, al tha old muddy kind, maybe it ta because today tha traditional wash day of tha week; but whatever tha cauaa tha indicators of the control apparatus at tha ew purification plant at Lemleux bland danced, up and down tl dizzy pact thia atoning. Ta Sa Now Peak.

Bitwaan I e-m. and noon they registered a paak load pumpege at tha rata of JMOO.OOO gallons day, tha highest recorded la 18 years. Thai haa mrmiitatod constant su perrlaion at the plant, although tha city waterworks officials are sot objecting. They tealiaa that the consumption Is bound to be much graatsr until the public fet used te the fact that from now on pure water can be obtained from the taps. Variance SUgbt.

So doatly la the supply being watch-ad aa bsiwen the intake from the river and the outgo from the filtered water reservoir that the level in the Uttar only varied in depth to the extent of aevan inches since Friday noon. during which time Waterworks Engl- feJsT We eaW Mar Dona Id eel una tod the city had taken gallons of ftl- larva water. Mr. MacDonald Believes the tremendous water consumption today la partly accounted for by house holds flushing out their hot water systems a aa to have pipes and tanks thoroughly cleansed. Not all the apparatus at the new plant ia la eperauon as yet and will not.

be until the formal opening ea Saturday, April Jt. Some of the operations are being carried eur manually rather than- through the automatic electrical devices, this being tor the purpose of careful ebeerveUone. Mr. MacDonald emphasised today that during the nest la days the plant, while supplying Altered water to the public will be, under operation so sa experimental basis, Otbrta Ki imtiL P. 8 lock well, the plant chemist, la constantly ea the ob watching the effect of the chemical dosage and aa result the introduction of chlorine -eras reduced.

to sis pounds per Bullion gallons' today as earn pa red with 8 pounds per million gsDons before. There will be continued reduction the quantity of chlorine until the asaina have been completely sterilized. The water Is of exceptionally fine quality," commented Mr. MacDonald. "It ia every bit as good aa we were able ta produce after three yews' Operation of the trial nitration plant." (See Alee Page 13).

Believes Russia Exp lecting Clash Tokyo Expert Says Nine Diyisions on Manchur-ian Border. A mot 1st eg Press Cable. TOKYO, April preparations of Soviet Russia on the north Manchur lan border are taken by Japanese military experts as clear indication that Russia expects clash with Japan, a spokesman for the Foreign Office said today. "Our military experts estimate that the Soviet forces on the Maneharisn frontier, between Vladivostok and Manchull, now number nine divisions, total of TO.000 men." tha spokesman said, "with the strongest concentrations in the Pogranlchnaya and Man chull districts, where there ere two divisions each. The experts assert the dispositions clearly Indicate the Russians are expecting a clash with Japan.

Although they are of defensive nature, they are capable also of assuming tat offensive. Goes Back to Hot Water pottle in His Little Crib KANSAS CITY. April, li. John ia almost Charles Bernard St. John ia two-pound baby now.

The infant, whoaa weisht when he was born April estimated bv a nhvsictan at II ounces. 'weighed 1 T-l pounds on his first trio to the scales today. He was weighed by Dr. Albert J. Welch.

Then Ma parents, Mr. and Mrs. William St. John, hastily replaced him beside the hot watet bottle ia hia crib. Well-Dressed Man Of Suits to Sundry This Slimmer Makers of Styles Predict That TheV WHl be Great Demand fof.Wash Suits of Linen.

faneithia Iteaa by lrert Ware. KEW YORK. April UThe well-dressed man will send most of hb suits to the bundry thb summer. A great demand for wash suits of linen, seersucker and Palm Beach fsbries predicted. The wash suit eeml -conservative In style, the two-button, notch bpel coat favored, with uoueorg modeled on the alack Idea, higher the wsbt.

roomiet about the thigh, aad a little wider around the bottoms. Ottawa The Tuesday: Fair and CooL EVENING HOME EDITION VOL. XLVn. No. 110L.

OTTAWA. MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1932 TWENTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. nn if slm mm JOURNAL PlITi STIiliffi OKI IPyCwillr' Vailing the verdict in the avid-west was a second wife who mortgageo ber property to furnish funds for hb defence. Freed of the murder charge, be still faced the perplexing problem of which wife shall claim the re.

maining years ef hb life. "I just dont know what Fm going to do." he said. 'Both the women I tamed are fine women, I dont know how Fm going te straighten thb thing out I've got te do something, but I wont decide exactly what for several days. Breadner Named Take Command 01 Trenton Port Acting Director of R.C.! AJ. a Popular Ottawa Resident for Number of Tears.

Wing Commander S. Breadner. acting director ef the Royal Canadian Air Force, haa been appointed officer commanding the new airport. at. Trepton.

Ontario. It was learned thb morning. The new ap pointment thought te foreshadow many. Important chaaaee in the personnel of the Royal Canadian Air Force." Wing Commander Breadner and his rife have lived In Ottawa for uraber of years aad here- enjoyed exceptional popularity not only with the Air Force but In military circles generally. -Wing Conwnsnder Lloyd Samuel Breadner saw active service la France and Belgium, both with the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Air Force.

He wss decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross for gal-bntry, Trenton, though bi lb early stages of development, looms up prominently ss sn airport possessing facilities both for airplanes and seaplanes, and considered by. many to be the future "Croydon" of Canadian uoo, To Know Detective By Their "Qubr Ameebted Free by tlrert Wire. CHICAGO. A aril ll-By their rlaba Ckicage detective are going to kaew one another. They're geiag to carry eight-sticks so they won't be aghting amawg thcssselvc.

The order for the clubs want eat today a a result ef experience the police had la several recent miner riots ia which detectives, Bet leceeedtlng each ether, came ta blew. Uniformed pallcrmca have been carrying nightsticks right sloag, hot net the detectives. Sergeants will beve brae taaaeb ea theirs aad the Heuteaaata will have red Painting of 'The Red Boy' Is Withdrawn From Sale DURHAM. IngUnd, April H-The famous painting, "The Red Boy." by Lawrence, wss withdrawn at K.00Q in aa suction st Lsmbton Castle, the home of the Karl of Durham, today. Some years sgo it wss reported there was an offer of 180,000 (about 1671,000) for the picture.

Submit Memoranda For Meeting Here LONDON, April MacDonald. son of the Prime Minister and Under-Secretary of Sute for Dominion Affairs, today received a deputation representing the National Food Canning Council and asked them to submit further1 memoranda In connection with discussions st the Imperial Economic Conference at Ottawa. Headed by Sir Edgar Jones, chairman, the deputation submitted the council's views on the development of the food canning industry in Britain with psruculsr. reference to the Ottawa conference. The Under-Secretary-prombed careful coneider-alion of the representation.

FIRST OVERSEAS VESSEL. MONTREAL, April lt-Her hold loaded with Welsh coal the Canadian Padfle freighter Beaver burn steamed slowly Into Montreal harbor today from London. The Beaver burn was the first vessel Ibom overs to dock here this season, and A. Landy, her master, will be pie recipient ef a gold-beaded cane presented annually by the Harbor Commissioners to the first ocean vessel ta make port Deaths. CLARK Oa Monday.

April It. at the resloenee of her daughter. Mr. O. A.

Cummlnss, lit Main Wsatboro. Annie Luker, be-: loveg wife of Andrew Clark, of til Klnc Bdward svenu. In ber 7Vb ruaeral notice later. OFFER FIVE- YEAR PLAN FOR FEDERAL Famous Lawyer Here Perkta eWO. K.C IXA, weO-a taisra seises! agare, of Lest- doa, Eawtaad.

who wtU Bis woe aad aaa are ss Ottawa teday. johnhTeft whole estate to his family His Widortand Daughter Inherit $118,605 Un-der His WilL $27,177 INSURANCE GOES, TO THEM ALSO By the win of John Bain, financial broker, customs expert and well-known, businasa sAsa of the Capital. who died on February 2f last, an es tate valued at disposed ef. Under the will, died (or probate with the clerk of the Surrogate Court this afternoon, legacy of flt.OOS left to his daughter. Mrs.

L. E. May- Divided tS-ts. After thb and certain other legacies amounting to $7. have been taken ef the whole estate left to hb widow, who residee at in Jamas street, and hb daughter in propor- ef percent and percent respectively.

Ia addition to the estate there $27,1 T7 IT life Insurance parable to hb widow and daughter. Mrs. Bala bequeathed the family residence at Iff James street, and all the furniture and household effects. while In addition to the legacy of 118.000 hb daughter receives her father's private automobile. Frbsetpal Assets.

Principal assets In the estate are pronuasory notes, S2.M0; realty. cash in bank. 703.12: book debts. (5.000: life insurance payable to estate. S2g.WQ.T3; bonds.

29.32.07: stocks. I31.le1.i4: mortgages. fSJUJa and miscellaneous. $5,017 JS. Administrators of the estate are the Toronto General Trusts Corporation.

Will Continue Rockcliffe Service To End of Month The bias service operated by the OtUws Electric Railway between Ottawa and Rockcliffe Park, which was to have been discontinued on Wednesday, will be continued until the end of April. Major F. D. Burpee, general manager of the O.EJL. stated today.

In the interval it expected that negotiations will be resumed by the Rockcliffe authorities in aa effort to give aeivbi to the people in the district who wilt be affected by the discontinuance of the buses. 1 Inherited $75,000 Keeps on Dancing lf-Tcmr-Old Bv McGuin-neM Say Sh Will Untie Her Career. aweriateg Prese by Direct vTh-e. LOS ANGELES. April U.

Elva i. McCulasess. It. ceeumaed daacmg as a chsros girl in a cafe teday. despite aotlVatkm that she bad hsat inherited Minea Golden, ber attorney, aa-aaaaeed the Inheritance was rem the estate ef the saucer's grandfather.

Jamas J. MrGoianess. who died receathr la Debits, Isebad. -The Interna from the traat feed will sssae it easier for me te coa-thrae say career aa daaaer," Mho McGataassa said. aU It ii mi to ass.

i ril keep right ea to Send Most The seersucker suit, already popular In' tha south and, middle west will be seen irtore in 'the-east ex ports say. and Palm Beach In weaves that greatly Tees mole regular suit inga. as conservative pettermv win appeal. i Tropical worsteds, ralsedT vsves. and simulated tweeds and fine will be noted thb btter Held.

Colors are mostly subdued greys, blues and tana, though white and creamy tan will be popular. I a KILLER OF GIRL IS LYNCHED BY MOB OF MEN Prisoner Was Taken From Cell and Hanged From Tret. OFFICERS FAILED TQ HOLD PRISONER Man Made Confession That He Killed Little Kansas Girl. tuarlated rreee br Direct Wire. SAINT FRANCIS.

Kansas. April A mob of Northwest Kansas clti-aana earl today lynched, Richard Bead, S3-year-old bachelor farmer and ex-coavlct, who cohfeaaad ha abducted, attacked and slew t-year-old Dorothy Hunter, of Seldeo. Kansas. From the ranches aad towns ef thb prairie land, desolate In many sections, the mob converged ea Sala Francis, where the prisoner bad been taken for safe keeping. Its members seised.

Sheriff- A. A. Bacon, made him a prisoner, took hia keys, brked Read from hb cell, took him east nearly to Atwood and banged him to a tree. After the hanging a member of the mo telephoned Dr. Charles E.

Haa-nanberger. Rawlins County coroner at Atwood. to came and view the body. The coroner departed. It was Dr.

Hstmeeiberger who Saturday examined the body of the tiny victim, asid she bad been attacked and then killed by blow which fractured her skua Unexpected Actieav Only few miles away. In Atwood. was Governor Harry H. Wdbdring of Kansas, who arrived today ea a politi cal campaign tour. Police officers of Rawlins County, of which Atwood at the county seat, tailed to intercept the mob when the caravan left the mala highway.

The aeisure of Read. bachelor tanner, aad former Colorado convict, was not entirely unexpected but startled the little county seat town wKh tu suddenness. Reed was hurried to Saint Franc 1 Csswreafag ass Pass Cel. I. Cumberland Men In Rockland Court 4 On Murder Charge Larocque and Larictoire Have Preliminary Hearing Next Monday Crowd Breaks in Door.

By a Staff Reporter. ROCXXAZTD, OnL. April U-W3-Ham J. Larocque and Emmanuel Lavictoire; of Cumberland Township, appeared on separate murder charges arising out of the death of Leo Ber geron, 27-year-old farm hand, before Magistrate O. Russell Boucher Police Court here thb morning, and were remanded until next Monday morning at 10 o'clock, when' their preliminary hearings will be proceed ed with.

Bergeron died on Larocque 's farm one month ago today. Thb morning's appearance of Larocque and Lavic toire was merely formality. Despite the fact that It waa generally known that the case would not proceed today several hundred person from RockUnd and, district gathered about the Town Kali and swarmed into the court room. Just as court was opened the front door was burst open by tha crowd and many literally fell into the room. They were quickly called to order.

Wilfrid Geuvreau. Ottawa lawyer. appeared as associate counsel with Aurele Chartrand for Larictoire. Mr, Chartrand also acting for Larocque. Magistrate Boucher was told by defence counsel as aa by C.

W. A. Marion, Crown Attorney for the United Counties of Pfeecott and Rua-aelL that the case would protssd next Monday morning. Thirty-three witnesses have been called and proceedings will last several days. Charges of having defrauded Felix Lamarche of also bid against Larocque and Lavictoire were bid over until next Monday.

It not expected that the cases will proceed before the murder charges have been disposed of. The two men were brought to Rock-land from L'Orlgnsl County Jsil. 30 miles from here, in separate cars, and were returned to the jail immediately after the brief court appearance. ENTICING ITE MS, Fra rsfeY Clmnifiti Ait A 1MI Studebaker eoupe for sab -at a price reduction. gtt the rent for a room house.

All makes of sewing machine repaired by expert. tt buys a Ruud gaa water beater. MS la the" rent for a room apart-, ment with eieetrb stove. Keetrlc washer reoalra by factory e-perta, at lam eoat. Complete! equipped dairy business In city, operauag at Profit, is for sale.

A etrmmer home sei river front It McKauar Town It is for sale. Acquitted of a Charge of Murder Man Faces Sadly Mixed Situation Two Wives Wait for Him and He Doesn't Know Just i What He is Going to do About it. Assoc bted Press by Direct Wire. BAKERS VILLE. N.

C. April IL-His flight from the North Carolina mountains in 1K2 after slaying a neighbor left George PreancU. 10-year-old coal mine operator of Columbia. Mo, in the sadly mixed situation today of a man with two wives who had evaded for 21 years facing charges tor a Justifbbb homicide, Whib the mountain girl be married ia hb youth, now a gray-haired woman, sat beside him. Preens 11 was acquitted in Superior Court here of a charge of murder for killing Lewi Buchanan, hb next door neighbor, in not r.

He pleaded self-defence and said he subbed Quchanaa in a quarrel hich followed Improper advances Buchanan made to Mrs. Preanell. Mast Do Bemothmg wNepean Fire Chief a Csalsal starry Haider, aewabr starry bee ef tha Ciaaly aellre feree. baa beea rheaea aa raksf ef the Keaeea Fkm DeparUsewt. (See aba Page 4j.

Six Are Elected To Rotary Board R. J. C. Stead Likely to Be Named as New Club President. It was announced at the Rotary Club luncheon today that the fallowing six members bad been elected directors for a term of two years: W.

M. Connor, Norman C. Faster. W. Arthur Perry.

S. F. Smith, P. Ken-ney and John A. Stiles.

These member with L. F. Burrows. Fraser Elliott, F. D.

Laurie. Ken neth McDonald. Welter L. Murray. aad J.

Stead, who have another year ta aerve, win form the 1VB-J3 directorate. Election of president and vice-president will take place at next Mon day's meeting. It expected that J. 8taad, the present vice-president. will be elected hresident to succeed Howard S.

Porter. The new officers will take over their duties on July W. Perkins Bull Ottawa Visitor Weil-Known Internation al Lawyer and Financier Here. W. Parkins Bull K.C, of London.

Eng. well-known international figure, with hb wife and son, are visi tor ia Ottawa today, having motored, to the Capital yesterday from Toronto. They are registered at the Chateau Laurier. When asked about hb visit to Ot tawa. Mr, Bull replied that he was here on prlvste mission about which it wss possible he might be able to say something "You may my that thb the first occasion for me to visit Ottawa since I moved from London in Hit," (aid Mr.

Bull "I will be in Ottawa for two dsJkt bast, and may be abb to discus my mission with you then." WaUting with a alight limp and ling a cane. Mr. Bull wss a most conspicuous figure in the Chateau rotunda. The limp is the result of a motor ear accident in which he figured bat year while- motoring to Toronto. Mr.

Bull for many years had of- ses in London. He founded the law firm of Bull Holli at Wilson, barrister, Toronto, and succeeded hb father far ten vears aa htat nf B. H. Bull fit Son. Jersey cattle Im porters and breeders of Brampton.

Ont, He founded many business enterprise and I artlll on numerous directorates. He wa for several rears director of the Canadian Lumberman's Association. Organization formed and controlled by him settled- upwards of 50.000 acres of bnd in tha Canadian north wast He la a jnember of the Empire Settlement Committee of the Royal Colonial Institute. 1 Returned soldier will recall that he founded and operated the Perkins auu ssospital for Canadian officers at Putney Heath. London, which wa carried on throughout the war.

He cnatrman of the Overs Detriment of the British Empire PUPPIES AND KITTENS. Dr. A. E. James, ef Wertboro, has three puppies sod four kittens to give sway.

Telephone call or written communication are not considered. (READY TO HOLD rniiniTTrr LO.lUiilMllltr TILLSEPTElEf Members Engage in Long Discussion on Rules of Procedure. THREAT TO CALL DETAILED FILES Probe of Individual Cases Meets Strong Ob- jection. By 8. T.

Journal Stag Writer. The threat of E. R. E. Chev- rier.

Liberal member of Parlia ment for Ottawa, to call for 20 files each, from A to of the Civil Secvice Commission, and "to sit here until September if necessary, to wade through them." rather terrified the members of the select, special committee' of Parliament investigating the operation of the Civil Service Act, at their morning session. J. L. Bowman (Dauphin. vice-chairman of the committee, who presided, ruled out of order a motion of Mr.

Chevrier to that effect. The motion had been seconded by John VsUsnce. Liberal member for South Battbford. Mr. Bowman said Mr.

Chevrier would be In order In calling for any particular flies he wanted, and Mr. Chevrier asked for 20 fibs each from B. and Liverpool Caretaker. The discussion on thb point followed Investigation Into the appointment by the Civil Service Commission of a caretaker at Liverpool. N.

S. J. Emita Trembby. member of the Commission, waa ea the witness etand in rsapect to thb case sod admitted that according to the file, to one man whom he had ruled against in 1V aa not entitled to the 'disability preference' for returned soldiers, he had conceded preference in 1931. W.

Ernst IQueena-LunehbuT Questioned the commissioner ease and suggested to the commission er a would admit it waa a "roinct-genes" that the candidate' bad been a nominee of a defeated Liberal can-aidate. Mr. Trembby aald he knew nothing Cearfadad ea Page Cel. Says No Change In Church Rule a Archbishop Forbes Com ments on Situation as to Mixed Marriages. Providing promises, ss set out In church instructions, are obtained from the non-Catholic party that children of these' marriages will be reared in the Roman Catholic dispensation for mixed marrlaars will be granted in the diocese of Ottawa.

There has been no change in the church attitude here, said Mgr. J. G. Forbes. Archbishop of Ottawa, in commenting en a despatch from Saint John which stated no dispensation for mixed marriage would be granted there by Bishop E.

A. LeBbnc. Bishop LeBbne said he had been given kgal advice that these promises were not binding in civil bw in Canada. Thb vbw not taken by the Archbishop of Ottawa. The prom be are held by Mgr.

Forbes to be binding from both a canonical and bgal viewpoint end he says the recent in struction from the Vatican in no -wy change the position maintained in the Catholic Church here. Archbishop Forbes holds that the promises, a a result of a test case here some year ago, are binding hi civil bw. (Sea also Pag i). All Northern New York In Grip of Winter Again ALBANY. April lL-Northern New York had mid-winter snow conditions today after 24-hour four to 25-Inch fall over the week-end.

High wind piled it into deep drifts and only the principal highways in the Adirondack were open. The Ms lone community was hit hardest, with 22 to 25 Inches and deep drifts. Moat of the road were closed. Give Theatre Admission For Two Dozen Eggs ST, THOMAS, Ont. April IS.

A local theatre has evolved a novel idea. -Present two doten eggs as sd-mission fee at the ticket window and you can see any show. The egg will then be donated to relief work. Presence of Mind Saves Lives of Two TORONTO. April 1S Presence of mmd of a telephone operator saved Mrs.

M. Semple, 28. and J. T. Clarke.

from death today. Mrs. Semple and Clarke were nearly asphyxiated an gas fumes emanating front a defective heater. The woman stag gerad to the telephone but colls peed after lifting the receiver. The telephone operator celled police official.

They arrived in time. TWO CRASH VICTIMS. UVERMORR Me. April It-Two men were killed today, when a small aeroplane in which they were riding cracked upon the bank of the Androscoggin River and. burst into flame.

RADIO SYSTEM To Trenton Command i Wktg Commondci a. Brradaer. WILL PROBABLY START TUESDAY Are Enlarging Scope Probe Under Mr. Justice Orde. of AIRD'S PAYMENT UP FOR HEARING rsaadlaa Press by IMrert Wire.

TORONTO, April 18. The Roysl Commission investigation into certain affairs of the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission will probably resume tomorrow, Mr. Justice J. F. Orde.

commissioner, informed the Canadian Press today. The Hydro investigation ws sd. Joumed after a one-day ait ting whea Mr. Justice W. E.

Middleton. then commissioner, was taken ilL Since that time. Mr. Justice Middbtpa has returned hb commission and the new rommbaloner appointed. Esuargtag lee.

Ulrica. Originally, the Investigation covered the purchase of the Dominion Power Transmission. Limited, Hamilton, for $22,000,100 by "the Hydro Commission aad the peyment of OOt to John Aird Jr, by Hydro for hb pert In the -Madawaika purchase. Friday however. the Government, through Hon.

W. Price, Attorney General, announced the peyment of 1125,000 to Mr. Aird by the Beauhar-nob Power Corporation would also be Invest! (a led. Piomtar Henry had 'announced in Legislature that Lf the Royal Com-missioo under Mr. Justice Middleton recommended widening the investigation to include the payment, the Government would give serious consideration to the matter.

Before forwarding hb resignation, Mr. Justice Ceacladed ea Psg 2. CeH. YOUNG CANCER VICTIM. PEA BODY.

Mess. April ear-old Doris Oataprhuk died today of cancer. The child was operated upon two years ago for the disease and she had appeared to be recovering. Medical men said her youth made the case very unusual. HYDRO INQUIRY Record and Forecast of the Weather The Journal standard thermometer ranadlan rrrts br Direct It Ire.

TORONTO. April It. A storm off the Atbntic Coast which haa caused high' winds with rain or snow in many part of Quebec and the Maritime now over NoV4 Scotia. In other parts of the Dominion the weather haa been generally fain cold from Ontario eastward and moderately -warm in the Wast, but it becoming cooler with showers in Northern Districts of Alberta." Pressure high ever the Great Lake and in the Lower Mackenzie Vglby. with a trough ef low pressure extending southward from Saskatchewan to Texas.

FORECASTS. Ottawa aad Upper St. Lawrence Valleys? Moderate northerly winds; fslr aad cool tonight and Taeadayi Northern Ontario: Northwesterly wind: fair today and Tuesday; cool tonight. Saskatchewan and Alberts- Mod erate to fresh winds; unsettled and mild. Tuesday Fresh winds shifting to northerly; cool with showers or snowflurriea la northern districts.

Tpsaperalaree. Lowest Hlg'st During I a m. Yead'y Night Dawaon sa 3 ia to 44 40 34 40 3 Aklevik 12 go 24 14 gg 44 tg 40 33 3 4S 44 lg Ft. Slmnaon 41 43 US KI 4 63 B4 ft. Smith Churchill Prince Rupert Victoria Kamloope Jasper Calsary Edmonton it eg Saskatoon Prince Albert Brandon Winnipeg Kenora 60 40 aault Ste.

Marie 12 NEW PLANS OF; RADIO LEAGUE FOR BIG SYSTEM I Mr. Spry Tells Committee Not Cent of Public Money Needed. I PLAN ALLOWS FOR -SMALLER STATIONS Claims U.S. Interests Are Behind Opposition to National Chain Here. The vision of the Canadian Radio Lragur.

of a nationally owned Canadian radio broadcasting company to commence operation with Dominion Day broadcast on July first ef thb year, was bid in detailed form before the House of Commons Radio Committee thb morning -by Graham Spry, chairman of tha league. The plan aa outlined would be followed in three aUge. the first of which would see Immediate action by Par i liament to establish the controlling body which would work with exist-. ing stations. I The second state, occupying one or I two year, would see the establish-ment by the national company, ef high-powered key stations and appropriation ef necessary existing station, with fair compensation to present owners but no value for goodwill.

Thb stage would aba see the recatr ing set license fee raised to H-M. Third stage would see the full carrying out of the Aird report in its general aspects, appointsnent of fed eral and provincial advisory boards, exchange ef programs between Carat da and Europe and the United Ota tea. complete day and night coverage for sll parts of Csnarta. forma lion of National Symphony Orchestra ether permanent entertainment organ-izations. and the development ef edu cations! and cultural programs.

The enure at heme could be carried out with no additional burden est the Canadian tax -payer. Mr. Spry eon tended: A feature of the aubmbalon was the reservation of tha rishl for small low- power stations catering to local in-terswts, to -operate under private ea- narieasa ea rage s.as, e. British Bonds Up To Highest Level Strength at New York Feature of Market for Two Weeks. 1 1 A sr la tea Press by Direct Wire.

NEW YORK. April It-Great Britain and Ireland 1-2 percent, bonds of 1S3T. the moat important British bond bsue listed, la the Rew York market, established a new high price for the year today in moderately active buying. Strength of Britbh Government bonds has been a feature of the market during the pest two weeks. The Britbh 1-2 percenb.

sold as low aa Saw per (1,000 unit on September 131. when Britain suspended the gold standard. They moved up to their $1,000 par bat week and fat carry trading today went to a new high price above bit week top figure of 11,001 JO. FIRST GRASS FIRE. 2 The first grass fire of the season In the City of Ottawa broke out at one o'clock thb afternoon in a vacant Acid near the cornier of Young street and Bayswater avenue.

The slight blaze wa extinguished by Ottawa Fire Department in a few minute. at aeoa teday registered 4C degrees. A Wf or Iter Polo Poky 0 Toronto 80 46 Kingston 44 4 Ottawa 4t rt Montreal 43 34 Quebec 34 0 83 St. John. N.B.

34 88 S3 Moneum 34 43 St i Predertcton 8 38 Msllfair. 84 88 88 Charlotte town 34- 43 S3 St. Johns, UM. 43 ftl 40 Detroit 3 SO 84 New fork 43 44 St 8un rose 8 18 am. Bun seta 4.S3 p.m.

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