The Sun Times from Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada • 1

THE WEATHER Georgian Fair and cold tonight and early Sunday then moderating LAST EDITION tb aim st run tbb timei nth tu OWEN SOUND ONTARIO SATURDAY MARCH 18 1939 Three a Copy Rumania Rejects Nazi Trade Demands British French Notes Will Be Sent Berlin Chamberlain Caustic Arena Beautifully Decked for Skating Carnival CARNIVAL ENTRANCES HUGE CROWD Exclusive Trade Security Price Named by Nazis Absorption of Czechoslovak Republic Legal HITLER RETURNS Toronto Skating Club Members Delight Audience Here Friday 100 PERFORM Kitchener Germans Returning to Reich KITCHENER Ont March 18 (CP) Five young Kitchener men and a girl who will leave tomorrow for Germany will be given a send-off party tonight by the DeuUehcr Bund German club here One of the Kitchener group wK enter the German air force while the other are understood to have been offered positions as overseers on large German collective farms The Kitchener group is composed of Russian Mennonite Immigrants of German extraction All are Canadian dll-xens It was rrported here that bonuses of $500 were offered the Kitchener residents fur reluming to Germany In addition lo the promise of Jobs on their Chamberlain Scorns Further Assurances from Adolf Hitler CALLS CABINET Will Resist to Utmost Any Attempt to Dominate by Force LONDON March The British Government acting in concert with nance directed it ambassador in Berlin today to deliver a formal note to the German Government saying the invasion of Czecho-Slovakia represented complete repudiation of the Munich The Foreign Office announced also that the note which the ambassador Sir Nevile Henderson was instructed to present would state that Majesty's Government regard as without legal basis the changes effected by Germany's military action in The French Government announced in Paris that a similar nale would be presented by the Frencn unoastador in Berlin The British announcement outlining the nature of the note to oc presented said that event in Central Europe represent a complete repudiation of the Munich agreement and the undertakings of peaceful cooperation exchanged at that time by the parties to Prime Minister Chamberlain called a meeting of the Cabinet tor tonight in an unusual move to give immediate consideration to tne European situation Mr Chamberlain who had planned to spend a week-end In Birmingham where last night he bitterly criticized the German Government and Chancellor Hitler for invading Czecho-Slovakia hurried back to London to consult his ministers The Cabinet seldom holds weekend meeting a Saturday meeting (Conuriurd uri Page Six) CZECH CABINET TO REORGANIZE INTO NAZI STATE Constitution Will Be Changed With All Deputies Members of One Party arrival Stewart Raeburn Sonja Partner Among Those Taking Part (By Dorothea Deans) You can only see the Toronto Skating Carnival for the first time I After that you would be ac-! clime tlzed you would know a llt- tie bn whai to expect and some of the magic would be gone Friday niglu we saw it for the first Ume ana on the home ice For us had ik sides ueauor and ejKeixuce as a staling p-rformance that precious quaiy ol a tuipruie line tiie opinng ol a piece ox mu-Sic or the lust chapters of a romance Tile programme consumed of twenty numbers There were ensembles and comedy features duos of extraordinary grace ana solos so swill and audacious light and liery they came and passed like something not quite real it was a play upon the law of gravitation a pkee of ce- lestissl drollery As a spectator you hold your breath As before on Former Foreign MiniVer gre't ballet flancer- gou uimer rureign minister iave the feeUng thBt this is too Is Appointed Protector much that it can not be done And nf tlien it is done lightly as in Jest uj an the heavy limitations of man dissolved Nothing remains but mu- UTT and movement swift and silvery 111 1 lUAJoL VjL I as a star suddenly changing its course In the heavens wpttiii la Owen sound's new civic auditori- BERIJN March Baron um-arena welcomed the Toronto Konstantin von Neurath president skating Club on its first visit to the of the Secret Cabinet Council and city With the addition of several fanner Foreign minister today was row of improvised seats the arena named German protector of Bohe-1 was practically to capacity mia and Moravia The ice surface larger than that of the The ice painted in great green and white squares and the sides artistically finished in colorful designs the local Auditorium Arena was a place of beauty for Friday evening's big carnival presented by the Toronto Skating Club Those in charge of decoration worked all Thursday night starting right after the hockey game and were kept busy almost until Carnival time The Toronto skaters expressed themselves as being well pleased with Sun-Times Staff Photo Hungary Has Occupied Over Half Carpathia the strength of the forces Hungary was sending into the mountainous regions' The Hungarians were far superior in numbers and equipment but the Ukranlan guardsmen had the advantage of intimate kriowl-edge of the almost trackless countryside Retreating Ukrainian guardsmen took Hungarian hostages with them the Hungarian military command announced These reports caused pursuit of a Ukrainian band which the Hungarian Army drove from Chust last night GRASSHOPPER PLAGUE TO BE WORSE IN WEST Agriculture Minister Tells House More Land Infested FIGHT MENACE Tariff Items in Trade Treaty With US Are Discussed OTTAWA March Owing to a material Increase in the infested area the grasshopper outbreak on the Canadian prairies this year is expected to be "much worse' than in 1938 according to reaching Agriculture Minister Gar' diner In the House of Commons yesterday the Minister said tha infested area in 1938 was S2000000 acres and this year It was estimated to be 97000000 a mere thorough organiza- Toronto arena gardens used by His official residence will be I the skaters for their 1939 carnival Prague and he will have wide pow- but week was painted in great la-era of veto over measures by the mon 01 trem and white with a Coming Back to Berlin to Supervise Drive to the East BERLIN March 18 (AP) The German Foreign Office spokesman today declared Germany would meet with British and French notes denouncing the absorption ol Czecho-Slovakia as illegal With Chancellor Hitler on his way home from Vienna and the pace of his Drang Nach Oaten march to the east quickening at the threshold of Rumanian oil and wheat fields Berlin officialdom stood its ground and declared that annexation ol the Czecho-Slorak republic was YUGOSLAVIA NEXT ON LIST PAPERCLA1MS Report Italian and Ger man Troops Being Concentrated FEAR COUP Italy and Yugoslavia meet Italian troops are concentrating at Venezia Giulia between Treste and tne Yugoslav border Hungarian troops on a hint from Bernu are oonccnmung near Msgyar-lnhaolted I territory taken over by Yugoslavia alter the Great War Italian troops havs been quietly sent into Aioania whim tuough independent has lor years been largely under Italian oonuoL may be that tbs threat against Yugoslavia is not immediate out that tha first objective thero parts is Alnanta itself ana that tne preparations at the Yugoslav bor-aer are merely designed to keep her quiet while her small southern neighbor is dealt with may weU prove that the next move will remove King Zog (of Albania) and arrange xar a 1939 model appeal to Premier Mussolini to become the protector of Albania would gratify Dues vanity restore Italy rather wilted prestige distract Italian untim from that rather embarrassing business about Nice and Corsica and provide a useful strategic position lor the next steps against GR003IIXG AIR TALKERS IS VERY SLOW PROCESS OTTAWA March The discovery and grooming of an acceptable radio Is a painfully alow process General Manager Gladstone Murray of the Chnadiac Broadcasting Corporation told tiu Commons radio committee The Hungarian rtiinmed the" lceiheir heavy artillery blades etching milky lines in the green pattern the illusion of mar- with Ukrainian guarts-ble was intensified March men had completed more than half Demands Were Made by Germany on Trade Mission NOT ULTIMATUM Germany Wanted Rumania to Export Only to Reich LONDON March AP) A spokesman of the Rumanian legation said today that his Government had received and rejected sweeping demands by Germany lor complete economic co-operation as the price of guarantees ol Rumanian territorial security It was disclosed that the Rumanian minister to Greet Britain Tiles called on Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax last night wnen it was understood he outlined Urr-msny's economic proposals The minister was said to have told Lord Halifax there was "quite no likelihood of his country accepting the German proposals He also was understood to hove voiced Rumanian concern over possible Goman aggression Diplomat hoe understood that Dr Helmut Wohlthat made demands while on a trade mission to the Rumanian capital These proposals were said to be that Germany would guarantee territorial Integrity and Independence to the Rumanian people if Rumania would export exclusively to Germany (grain oil lumber cat- tto and foodstuffaj Rumania would be expected to cease building up her industries and turn Instead to agriculture The Rumanian legation spokesman in London said presentation of (Continued on Page Sixi BRITAIN UNITED BEHIND LEADER RESULT OF TALK Abandonment of Appeasement Policy Prevents Government Split 9 a (By Sanderson Canadian Press SUIT Writer) LONDON March (CP-Cttble) Minister Chamberlain had a united nation behind him today in his condemnation of Chancellor Hitler's ruthlessness In southeast Europe Tricing its cue from the 70-year-old Prime Minister's Birmingham speech the nation turned it back at least temporarily on the European appeasement policy and watched Hitler's eastward march through stricken CMcho-Slovakia MT Chamberlain united the Government forces behind him in a scathing denunciation of Hitler's lnvasio nofCsecho-elovakia the Fuehrer's repudiation of the Munich settlement and all it stood for and his patent breaking of signed prom- Before the Prime Minister spoke then wen signs cleavage in the Goevrnment ranks because some members of Parliament believed that Mr Chamberlain despite the events in Csecho-fflovakia was still wedded to appeasement He disillusioned tim quickly and brought them rallying to his political standard MAKES LONG HIKE ORANGEVILLE March (CP) along at a brisk four-Diilr-an-hour gait Charles Priest-man 73-year-old Toronto businessman and three members of the Morning Glory Chib arrived in Oakville at I okiock yesterday afternoon after walking from Toronto 24 miles in tlx hours LOCAL MARKET Attendance of buyers at the local Saturday morning market was not as large as usual and blocked country roads kept many aeliers from the market In the dairy produce line egg prices ranged from II to 2S cents per doeen depending upon the grade Butter was selling at 24 and 26 cents per pound Chickens were bringing 20 cents per pound Vegetables were not plentiful Turnips were cents each Fota- LONDON March (CP-Havai) Dally Herald Labor newspaper today said Italian German and Hungarian troops on near the border at Yugoslavia to preparation for an Italian ooup to Albania which may comclae with German action in Croatia gross in Yugoslavia that toe country may be the next big objective of the Fascist the paper said is reported at Belgrade that preparations lor a coup already are underway as follows: German troops and air squad- Crete found it rons are concentrating around their state organization he fim fS IS? Prague March (AP) The Czech cabinet meets today to reorganize the government of Bohemia and Moravia under the mn protectorate It was the second time within six months the near Thousands of Soldiers Are Pouring Into An- nexed Region REACH POLAND Ukrainian Guardsmen Being Pushed Into Southeast Corner 6ATORAUA UGHELY Hungary 1 (At ITie Carpathian the occupation of Carpatho-Ukraine reached Dolhat almost in the geographic centre of the province Advance guards previously had pushed through to the Polish border et two point The Ukrainians were surprised by administration of the new protectorate part of the former Caecho-81ovkia He is to retain his functions as president of the Secret Council set up Feb 12 1938 shortly before the annexation of Austria (Baron von Neurath was born Feb 2 1873 and was educated In the Rcnowed Solo Skaters Besides the appearance of about carnival performers of the To- poured in'to tte ronto Skating Club the fig- former Czecho-Slovakia and pushed ur skaters included several stars the Ukrainian guardsmen and universities of TTiebingen and Ber- whose visit to Owen sound and par-iemnants of the CSech Army into lin He served with distinction in the Apollon in the programme was a the southeast earner of the prov-Great War His political and pro- KKiri honor These included Mr nee fessional career Included diplo- Stewrt Raeburn recently on tour A general staff report said that matlc posts in London Copenhagen SonJ Henie partner who gave detachments were movng up the and Istanbul: he a brief demonstration with MY TOl River valley north of Ungvar dor to London in 1930 and was nam- OmM A Suckling as his Partner had ed foreign minister June 2 1932- nd Mrs Constance Wilson Samuel I Et ttons mov- sioht numttia hfon w- -iten times champion Canadian la- eastward from Munkacs had eight months before the Nazis if Uns champion Canadian la (Ruthenia) today Thousands of Hungarian soldiers OR WOULD YOU RATHER WALK? You wouldn't enjoy a silent movie in this day of streamline Neither would you like to travel via horse end buggy when you can hop in an automobile and make the trip in a mere fraction of the time it would take rid Dobbin But rome of you are still driving antiquated models when you ean easily afford a better one And that brings us up to the fact that Want Ad page has many unusual buys in thoroughly reconditioned transportation Turn now and choose tha car you want was offer Munich and the loss of Sudetenlend The cabinet of Rudolf Be ran remains at least for the present and Dr Emil Hocha still bears the title tlon of control activities in gasket- of President under the Nasi auper- sumed power He was replaced as dies' nur skater and eight times ehewan is expected to reduce the lasses M2 Gardiner said Inst year the lasses surprisingly in Manitoba Alberta and British Columbia due to preventive work but Saskatchewan suffered severely Discussion of grasshoppers cams under an item in the agriculture estimates which were taken up late yesterday Increase in grasshopper infestation in 1939 over 1938 in Manitoba was from 1800 square miles to 10- Diminutive Carnival Queen foreign minister by Joachim Rlbbentrop Feb 10 1938) Ilila at Koosevelt Morning newspapers in Germany did not print this address in which Prime Minister chamberlain attacked Hitler as a breaker of promises last night The Deutsche Allgem elne Zeitung however curtly commented on President Roosevelt announcement of the need for new neutrality legislation because of European devriopements The so-called ideals of the American prentdent (Woodrow) the newspper said the end have led the Czech people as is known into misfortune and the LINDSAY Ont March fCP Cbecha kno wthat the misguided Hughes the widow of Hr Prague policy of the last 30 yean rested on misdirection through of defence in the Borden falsely understood and falsely ap- MWnet- died here today von North American champion who eubftiimed for one of the soloists Miss Nora McCarthy who was un-(Oontlnnrd on page Five) LADY HDGHE5 DIES AT LINDSAY HOME Wife of Wartime Minister of Defence in Borden Cabinet Passes died here 000 Mr Gardiner acid In Basket-' passes after demonstrating urgent chewsn it was from 55000 to iSAOO necessity Czech citizens however equaremlles In Alberta from 39000 even after tomorrow win have to to 4fl0ro Provincial authorities had the situation weU in hand and the Dominion Government waa co-operating The provinces also ware worit-(Corrirued on pege Twelve) PRESS COVERAGE rislon The Cabinet woe called to set up a new regime by changing the constitution abolishing the Senate and delegating the Chamber of Deputies to legislate with all its members belonging to one the National Unity Party The frontier will be opened again on Sunday to everyone not wanted by the German secret police Since Wednesday they had been chut to general traffic although a few foreigners got in and out with special SAID INADEQUATE Parliament Might Just Well Meet in Private Church Claims as OTTAWA March 18 So far as adequate prero coverage of parliament is concerned the seasons might a well be held in private TL Church (Cbn Tbrocto-B rood view) told the House of Cbm- mans last night the course of a speech moving house and partlamentary Institutions generally In this country have not been treated fairly by (he prase at far as recording the proceed In of parliament Is Mr Church said might just as wen turn (he key in the doer and hold (he sittings in private The prose has a du'y to the public which with three or four except Ians it is not cany tog Lady Hughes was the former MUy Burk She was Sir second wife Sir Sam who had a great deal to do with the preparation of the Canadian expeditionary force that went overseas during the Great War died here In 1921 Lady Hughes had been 111 for rome time at her home here She was the daughter of a pioneer Bow-rranville family her father having represented that constituency hi the House of Commons in the early days of Confederation Surviving are two daughters Mrs Byron Green of Toronto and Mrs Clarke of Boston The late General Garnet Hughes of Toronto was a son WEATHER NEW AIR COMMAND FORMED BY NAZIS Air Force for Eastern Part of Greater Germany Is Announced BEStUN March 18 (AP) Field Marshal Herman Goering announc- ed today formation of a new sir Idled American catchwords The attempt of Roosevelt to bring these methods back gives evidence of imperfect knowledge of history and can make no impression in central TELEPHONE TOLL REDUCTION ASKED Church Asks for Probe Into Bell Telephone Tolls OTTAWA March IS Re- quest that Transport Minister Howe institute an enquiry into tolls of the' Bell Telephone Co of Canada will be made by Church (Coil To- force command for Gennanyle new second reading of his bin on Dlebl-eastern Domains non officially (rx rapped tbeVra described as a tremendous i ju Mienl but paid tribute strengthening of the German alrjQ jfccuikgh publisher of tha niiTijn i Toronto Globe and Mail whose pa- In official quyteia It vai Mid hjj "re-mkened and this step meant all plana hitherto made for building the Reich's already powerful military awernment The CBC this year has put on al- moat 80 per cent more than 1 last year and those talks an gradually becoming easier to listen to even If a great proportion et our talks art yet of the great problems which we have to face Is to put on throe talks to a way which will be acceptable to the public and still not sc offend the speaker that he will refuse to go to the Mr Murray raid Georgia Fair and raid tonight and catty Sunday the moderating Lake Saperior: Fair and cold San-day fresh snath and sonthwest winds: partly rhmdy and becoming wmewhat milder with scattered snewflnnW I Western Provinces Fresh sr strong sostheriy to westerly winds: partly dandy today and Banda and hemming milderi probably acallaf ej aoewflarriet aviation Goering as air minister announced the new command would be known as number four and would embrace Austria Bohemia Moravia and porta of the Sudenteland and VERA VIRGINIA SMITH Silesia Tiny km of the Toronto Skating Club who charmed the great crowd in Lieut-General Alexander Loehr tha local arena on Friday night with her brilliant performance on figure until now in charge cf the air force skates A real star In the making Vera had a Mg smile for the camera of Ortmark (Austria) woe promoted befero she went out on the ice to do her solo nurnfanv-un-Tlinee Staff to be general of aviation and ptoced Photo to command cf tha now unit oes were 23 cents per basket or Broadview) and notice of the SIjOO per bag lettuce home grown xequeet appears In House was iFlllng at 5 cents per bunch 'votes and proceedings Applet good choice spies were 25 ceuta per basket S12S for domestics per bushel and 81-80 for Na I per buftheL Honey prices remained unchanged from last Saturday's market pound for 80 cents 4 pounds for cento and a pounds for 27 cento Mr Church asks the probe be conducted hy the Transport Com- mission -with a view to securing an immediate reduction of rates and tolls In view of the earnings and re- serves of the company and the coo- in operation the company! MAYOR'S MOTHER DIES I QR2LZAA Mhich 18 Mayra Harry mother Mr Wil- Ham nek died at her heme beet0 loot night In her ninety -hird year after an Ones of three (tajK 1 C-n-J "TIT.