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Charlottetown Guardian Two Cello Morning Guardian, Founded 1331

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Pope Suffers

HEAVY Tliil

At Least 100 Persons i Killed As Fascists Renew Bombing Of Madrid.

(Copyright 1937 by the liavas News Agency)

BRUNETE, Spain, Jan, 4.4m». Bevan-Insurgent troops tonight seized positions on the vital Mad- rid-La Coruna road after

forces from Nlnjadahonda, Vilhn. ueva dei Pilfflilio and Lag llouuu Moroccan cavalry, infantry rqu. hrs. tanks and planes overwhelm- ed the opposln

A three-quarter circle of fire closed in around Escorial when an- other section of General Jose Var- lwlisrins army attacked in

° Glladflmlmil. Peguerinos and lliobledo do Chavela sectorg,

The defenders’ losses were heavy ls they retreated after bitter but unsvaiiing resistance. .

. A new phase of the major In-

_ Il-Iflent offensive west oi’ Madrid lilplrflitiy had the objective of shattering Cevernmen bfllWfln Madrid and Esq; encircling the latter positi

Pope Pius ,

VATICAN cnv, Jan. Pius XI, completing a. {u ill bed. suffered increased the legs ‘tonight and hi5 condition was increased no a Vatican source said.

o was able to take only liquid nourishment throughout the day. I Wrecknge of cnunbled . lie did. however. read the first

budding; may never be known. l official medlcnl communique of his

Between 20g and 300 were ailments.

_\ wounded by the insurgent bombs! The report listed a formidable rgighthwreclfed houses and spread ‘ 25:23 ‘éflseigfisies twllzlich included: ougi a widespread r . l 9-‘ "ll v6 disturb-

Eighieen planes dropped 30 mini‘; l ulilllcegs and insufficient blood cir- mountcd sieuull u, ¢ l1 1°". prvduc ng the local dis-

mpmufifgm illglunci’: i: both legs. clinics and hospitals." ‘f °ll IFS “cardiacal condi-‘ Scores of dead or injured were Fons" the “WW1 bulletin "id- buried under debris scattered counsel certain prudence of judg- throughout the no longer safe "will. owing to the nature itself neutral zone and in other pal-lg of‘ 0f his fillies: and his age.”

4--Popo ll month pain in nervous ticeably,

rial and on.

_____ MADRID. Jan. ii-Insurgent war- Dishes killed at least 100 citizens

the city where heaps of bomb l This wills illieipreted to mean the wreckage were becoming a famm ~ Pope never will return to the act- i-Bi‘ sight. 1V9 life he led before he was Fbrty dead and wounded were stricken with partial paralysis of extricated from one hull c. n»... e less u month use. l in the gumm- neutml zone‘ made The bulletin did not mention so by mum,“ nanny _ . _ V‘ the asthma which has bothered the insurgents and Madrid de_ the Ponuiff in the past and was fenders. ifllllllllb’ WDOPtBCi to be troubling SUBWAY HIT m" 5"“-

loéghtldlietlsbrcason to hope the into u, E _ ur anccs can continue e s lffldllfllly t0 be battered, and per- iiups completely removed.“ the edical report said,

The arteriosclerosis affecting his

One bomb crashed trecho subway station entrance us panic-stricken men, Women and I crowded down seeking m

(Qomu, d , left its began also to affect his ‘i, u” °“ m!“ 7) gijgleglljtcgilhttlie official bulletin stat. U i "i . '_ Vatican circles were apprehen- c svc that ‘the uczompaliylng heart I ‘lrozzble lnlsllt increase in serious- ness. ‘ "It l; evident, the Avvcnire "berg ll.e.,,....Z.-r 00., (next i _:: :1. -.-.-- n, f.‘ 3"§i2s.§‘;.3...‘£.‘l.l¥l,"l§ ‘M ~11 u» w L-954-12-2-tf.

ilutario House To

"Poultry — Buying Poultry all

‘ kinds, daily. Paying highest market prices. Island Cold storage Co., _ I

j .. . i-ltet January 9

"Ummung ‘mm N“ ‘M TORONTO, Jan. 4-(0?) - ‘the h Sprlnghill coal at Milton this week. onmflo Legislature Wm meet may i. B. C. Webster. L-l908-1-5-3i. I day‘ Jim. w, Framer Hepburn am

nounced today after a meeting of the cabinet. First business to be considered will be legislation re- garding the power contract situat- ion, he said. The session is being called earlier than usual as it cus-

“Reserve Tuesday, Feb. l6 for the Serenudels Radial, St. PnulU. Parish hail in nld of the Y.M. C. A. Girls Work Board. 11-1994.

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BREISH NA

j pMNEs T A K E! Increased Pain

VY PA TR 2L5 __._S‘PANISH

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Duke Photographed In Austria

Federal Agents Asked To Curtail Activities As Climax Nears In Case.

TACOMA, WasiL, Jan. 4—(AP)—- Dr. W. W. Mattson asked officers to curtail activities tonight as a climax seemed impending in the eight-day search for h IO-year-old son, Charles.

The physician issued his public appeal to all law enforcement ag- encies a short time after appear- ance of a newspaper personal dd. wrtlsement which convinced ob. servers contact has been establish- ed with the kidnapper, who is cle. 1118116111: $281100 ransom.

Charles was abducted a week 18° Sunday 11181111 by an armed, masked man who smashed his way into the pretentious Mattson home and seized "l6 boy while threaten- ing Charles‘ brother, sister, and the latters girl chum with a gun,

Ad Confirms Contact?

The “d, appearing in the Seattle Times, which carried previous com. munications attributed to the fem. ily. said:

"Mable—We have received your communications. Police have not intercepted them. Channels are

entirely clear. You i t t will be followed. We: or]: Ann."

Less than an hour later, Dr,

Mllttwn save newslmpcrmen his Statement appealing for restraint °l activity by Justice Department agents, state and local police. He‘ said: . “My son was kidnapped a week 58° Slllldliy night. He has not yet been returned. I desire to appeal to all law enforcement agencies to abstain from any action which would in any manner interfere ivlil: the full and free opportunity which I wish the kidnappenm have to return the child. I .“As a father, I desire the safe return of my son. I wish that all efforts might first be concentrated upon that issue."

Abandon Manhunt

The statement found hundreds - of state officers abandoning with- out result a widespread manhunt through the wooded Shelton area for two men who lost night ac- caswd G. H. Grubbe, a mill watch- man, told him to "tell Dr. Muttson everything is well," and then fled.

Wild Life Finley iillelirSessionsToday

OTTAWA. Jan. 4-<CP)-Gov- emment Officials and others inter-

ested in the protection of wild life

will meet here tomorrow in the

Provincial-Dominion Wild Life

conference. The last meeting of

the conference was in i932 and

problems relating to the game

birds and animals of Canada will

be reviewed in sessions lasting two], days.

Legislation present and proposed. i closed seasons, open seasons, law- f enforcement and other topics are on the agenda.

Hon. '12s. 0mm. Minlslor 0i Mines and Resources, will address the opening session of the confer-

nte lessons, Apply Mrs, A, J, How- ‘ tomnrily begins the first week in

enoe and most of the sessions will

liii MATTSUNPG KIIINAPPING

is kidnapped ,

Hands behind ha back the Duke of Windsor faces the firing squad oi’ cameramen who accepted his invitation to a press conference at

Castle Enzesfeld in Austria. lle

poses docilcly, unsmlilngiy for tcn

minutes while newsreei and still i camera-r clicked.

5m] F A M | l Yflleicl Ghinese Bhief

llNEMPlilYEll

Investigators Compile Statistics Re Char- l0ttet0wn’s Unem- ployment Situation.

Five hundred heads of families. representing some 2500 individuals. have registered as unemployed in Charlottetown it was learned yes- terday. The registration, demand- ed by Fcdcral and Provincial Gov- ernments before relief contribu-

|tions would be made, began fol-

lowing the December City Council meeting.

Two investigators, Messrs. Ivan Recldin and James Robinson, are at present employed by the city to make a. complete inquiry into tile unemployment situation in Char- lottetown. They arc compiling an immense volume of clan revealing the days irl the past- year that each individual applying for relief was employed, the amount of money earned and the relief re- ceived from City, church. or wel- far: organization. It is tlic first » sy tematlc attempt made to pit- pure statistics that Wiii gll‘; u somewhat true picture of nctunl condiiions in Charlottetown, Mayor Turner said.

The invcsllgntlon. which has, bccn under way for some weeks, is not complete but some startling] flizts have been discovered by Mo srs. Reddin and Robinson, joint investigators. They stated that they found a man, the support of a wife and family oi eigh-t, who had since early lrst spring earned but $67. That particular man is not eligible for civic relief as the. relief by-law demands that a man must have resided in Charlotte-I town two years. In the case ve- ferred to the family removed to

ARE lieceiillardon

4—(AP)—~Mal--

NANKING, Jan.

Sllfll Chang Hsueh-Iriang, pardoned

by his

the highest civil authority for recent rebellion in Northwest

China. tonight (remained “subject to severe military discipline to bc

decided by the

military affairs

commission." the Government an-

nounced.

This came a few hours after the council of state had granted n par-

don cancelling the 10 years’ prison sentence handed down last week by

the military alfalrs commission sit-

ting as a oourt martial. Officials interpreted the

all-i

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Great Brtain A n d France Ma Halt War.”

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(AP. by Guardian's Special Wire} PARIS, dim. 4 —— France Greet But-um may sock to halt the "undcclurecl war" between Gcriilan_l' and Spanish Bllsqucs

“Undeclared

Ch

' Spanish mcrcha ul for capture freighter Pnlos. ed:

_ of the one official declar-

many wishes to fin

whether she inten for hcr own particular interests." LEAGUE APPEAL

A Spanish Socialist spokesman said his Govemmellt might appeal to the League of Na- tion against Germany.

The appeal, he sazd, would he made under article XI of the Cov. cnant which calls for League action in case of “war or threat of war."

“The Spanish Government." the spokesman asserted, "as yet has taken no forrllal decision regarding the steps to be adopted. but you can slate this definitely: The Guy- crnmellt considers the situat on created by events in the last few days to be a mutter for the League rather than .or the International Committees for Non-Intervention

Well-informed diplomatic sources said they hnd confirmed that 4,000 Italians were landed Jan. 1 in Cadiz, Spain, from the transport Lombardia.

They declared this action would be referred to the Noll-Intervention {Committee in London as quickly as poxible, "probably by the Valencia

(Spanish) Government." nouncement to mean that WIIUC’ (Aumomabive British sources m

under discipline-not

his military superiors.

REPFESBEBNTS HUVERNMENTM yllulliwi

Mr. Harry Cox, M. L. A., Attends F i s h And Game Confer- ence At Dominion

Capital.

Mr. Harry H. Cox, of Morcll, member of the Provincial Legislat-

‘I ure, is in Ottawa representing the i Govcmment of Prince Edward Is- of the fish and game conference which opened yes-

land at sessions

tcrday.

The Fish and Game Association l of Prince Edward Island met with Mr. Cox before his departure Sat-

imprison- ment-the Marshal will be imablo l to hold nlilitary posts and his move- ments will be subject to approval of

London earlier stated they had lcamcd 4.000 Italians were landed at Cadiz on New Years Day. l

DENY REPORT

('l'lle Press Ministry in Rome branded this information as “un- qualliiedly false”)

French official sources said they. suw the reported Italian action and " Germany's action aganst Spanish; stcamships as meaning both Premier l

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Find Frozen Bodiesl 0f Indian Boys “

VANDERHOOF, B. C., Jan. 4-,

(CB-Investigation of the deaths of four Indian boys was under wlly ilcrc tonight as Coroner C. Pitts prepared to hold an inquest on the frozen bodies found on the icy surface of Fraser Lake.

only three-quarters of a. mile froln Nautlcy Reserve, their goal, the youngsters’ bodies were discovered Saturday night. Only today did word of the tragedy roach Vander- lloof. 300 milesrnorth-east of Van- eouver.

y Seek To

and

along the i

Manifesting increasing alarm over ‘ ancellcr Hitler's declared intent l0 pursue, search and seizure o; l" Ships in repris- German

"Thc question is whether Ger- d a satisfactory settlement of the Palos incident or ds to exploit it

Embassy .

Huddled together in slllsh ice}

All able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions; he is neither hot nor timid.

Annnul Subscription liy Mull Cullililil Int]

Wiflzks‘

I Safeguard Q Shipping Against urther Attacks

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Made To Burgos Insurgent Government. British ‘Cruiser Halted By Nazi ‘Cruiser.

‘ (By The Associated Press) Europe rode last night toward a swift climax at sea to the dangers evolving from the Spanish civil conflict."

German warships patrolled ihc lizly 0f Biscay off the ~ northern Spanish coast and Berlin zinnounccd they would ‘ continue i0 halt Spanish Socialist merchant ships in re- prisul for the capture of the Nuzi freighter Pains.

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Delivered 85.00 U. S. A. $5.00

liorlhcln coast of Spain, sources] _ _

“ill-W t0 the Foreign Office said to-. Basques at Bilbao uncovered heavy coastal artillery for i

night. “practice” firing today-the range of fire to encompass the ' .

patrol rouic of the (lei-mun cruiser Kocnigsberg and the ‘ battleship Admiral Grnf Spec. i Great Britain ordered ire-r wuirships in Spanish wafers ' .‘ l to protect Empire merchnnimcn after the steamship Etrib y. was halted oiT Europa and the steamship Illnckhill shelled

l in the Bay of Biscay by insurgent crufi.

l “UNDECLAlhED was" <

French observers asserted “undeclared war" prevailed between Ger- many and the Bilbao officials and sources close to the foreign office said Great Britain and France might scek to force arbitration.

A Spanish Enlbassy spokesman in Paris said his government was considering an appeal against Germany to the League of Nations.

In Madrid itself Insurgent planes killed at least 100 citizens, wound< ed between 200 and 300, ivrcckcd houses and spread flres throughout I widespread arcs. Thc bombardment caused damage in the hitherto neutral zone. and in other purts of the city heilps of bomb wreckage j. were a familiar sight. l The Berlin Govornmrrlt confirmed oificinlly capture of the Spanish ‘ ship Marta Juquera, in addition tn the Arngon. i Unless the German demand for release of the Spanish passcngel and cargo of the freighter Pnlos is complied with, attacks ugainsl Spanish ships will continue, n Berlin spokesman said.

Berlin was angered by reports the (it-mirth freighter Pluto had bee»

Ii halted by Spanish trawlcrs oil Bilbao late last month. LONDON, Jail. 4—Bl"lli.sll naval '- ~-

i forces in Spanish waters conccn- ‘ i tinted tonight on the lnsk 0i plo- s ilies In London

ltcciing British merchant shipping lagnlnst new attacks. J Official protests were directed to . the Burgos Insurgent Junta and to! Spanish Insurgent naval authorities i at Cadiz over the halting of !hl~§ _ British freighter Blackhlll ln lllc ‘ LONDON. Jam 4_D,._ Dang Bay of Biscay‘ l‘r."lsltl'—filll'lns filiillfl‘ and scientist, dlod ln.. night ill l Landon nur- ' home Ho was 65. '_ Fl" lW-linrrls “h; ccrctary of the Faculty cf Medicine of the Blrlnlnqhnln and

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There were no indications [Olllllili the British Foreign Oifco had ro- celved replies as to a new rlzlliqcl" developed along the northern Spun- lsll coast. . , . .

Basque officials‘ zit Bilbao advised Unuflgn-Y r “i f I w. 1 H" British shipping to navigate with, former pxofftoiko . p}??? 0°’ s; care and announced longqange‘ Dzlllioilslr L.‘l\.l .l\. l .l l . . coastal batteries were set for s"

"practice" fire into the patrol course of two Gcrlnan warships,

ABouf ALL some Guvs ctr our 0F COLLEGE ls A PENNANT AND A DlsfASfrl-‘QR wens r 1

To Protect lilcrchnntmon

British men-of-war. London in- fominnus said, will give prolccnon to all Elnplre morcllnlltlllcll blll im- val authorities will reserve the rlgh; to investigate any ship suspected of carrying arms or munitions to

Spain.

While Britain does not recognize either Socialists or Fascists in the civil war as belllgercnts, she 11m indicated unofficial recognition of the insurgent. right to control Span- ish waters within a three-mile lim- it-—lf the Insurgents also control territory bordering those waters.

This does not include, ll0\\'(‘ll(‘l‘. recognition of the right to search British vessels within those lorri- » forial wawrs, official sources add- ed-end any British warship sight- ing such an incident would be authorized to intervene,

Ddivns Prom“ Southwest and south ‘Finds. ll"

creasing tn strong or moderate galcs at night: partly cloudy with moder- ate temperature, followed by some light snow or rain by WH-rinesday-

' The British destrofvcr Grafton called at Cadiz u) protest hating

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~-' ronosrro, Jan. 4 - Minimum

“h m Havuund st- Ldgw- February. take PM“ Mhmdscl_%fl{°:€___ the city within two years. Other urday and recommended he sup- Thoonance m Turantum school .. . "' ' ''''' “_“' ‘ ‘fl-tights; Vxlxfgfitlfigilfléiiflrzgllfgilzf; ertz; mtgzegzllitgiéiilsis dealing with fish . . flflllgiqslgfglxililllllm temperngiggs. 4B ursday, January 7th. If not fine D k W d E it i ' . r. D b O A I I l V‘ W‘ . 35 4g gagin- Mmulun 2138593151126; ll 8 m 801' 8801788 $3,333,; 51W ,g§l{g*=-mlf§n,ywg§ » mf=;u';;f_g°§fg$;j,,ng~‘;,;; '31,’) l1 10118 U81‘ ng 0- ta l an cllliif; 2a 3r» . ' ' ' ' ' a a t four, a man and rig-ville ling tax sent two-season system ior troutbe 0t t gltllllzlfgnl . ' children. to exls not ve- laboilshed and that the season for " --s....... us. e... us... m. In ary In Cal Acczden . Med: erranean Agreemen cube n ll hlmbs’ only“. every Wednesday M’ J wgugfiegulgltsfaggnrtlsotacggélete but I g gout fishing officially Open Ap- Sltlllt John g0 flblll . H001’! 124. , ' -—i-_-. H iii ‘i y L-6972-10-MTW tf. (or. By Guardian's Special Wire) percol- of the English Church, dls- }f,_,{§,°§,l;,i“,§§f§§‘ "}:,“L',‘x",,f§ I Th’ “h? "f§,f"t"h°“d““°“ Y“ IONDON. Jan. 5—(T1le6dBy)--5lgp‘p0rf, (or u", 5mm“, Insnm olinrilirelown 31' 3B ‘l °°““°°‘°“ " ° “Mme” "l? (or curler-marshy Muir, disiin- enfs.)

closed he had been asked by Angli- can Church officiaLs why he did not ask advice before he allowed the

Maritime West and East: South- west and south Winds, increasing to strong or moderate lzales at night:

ENZESFELD, Austria, Jan. 4--An outomo‘ le accident at the foot of

year's figure which for the month

of January w” n00 In mber of the goose and duckseasons. The

I gulshed historian and president of Association recommended the sea j r

the National Liberal Federation, is

"Without foreign help General Franco's rebellion would probably

"Annual Meeting Wiltshire

Dairying C0,, will be held in the semme m; Mountain yesterday left n y 1500

h ll . a l1 h, i u haloe b t l to f 1°35 m” “m” °“ “l ° w“ so be xtended w at least the _ .

i2 hiil’s.ril"'isel...f‘ tam. s: l". zszmsiifit‘i°ri°é‘iiulih“llifc sister“ siirllcflrlr: l» Bee-me». can. = plasmas; "Lu:..‘;"::.lr"'::=.::"’: lem- ' ___ eew ear. . __‘ ' , ' t .fll'db lisht I'm“ I 2 u‘ “y” ' chmtm“ d” “wk,” amount of relief issued is much mans; mnthlzofiaummlligaga ‘it in his article published today in dednite defeat for the Fascist §’,‘;’,§,‘§,‘§,°,,fl, ‘Q,°w,d,{,§uf’§'}'f

. the Liberal news-letter.

"Too much confidence should no‘. be given to agreements with a gov- ernment which has shown that it - does not hold itself bound by any l agreements, however sfiemnll‘ I made," he wrote.

y "But if, as is hoped, this agree- ment leads to the withdrawal of Italian troops from the Bale-arias it

caur which Hitler would find dif- iicult to stoma-oh.

"Yet if he goes on pouring troops into Spain, a German conquest of Qmin will be in sight nnd Franco cannot be expected to look qlliPiiV on that.

“It is to be hoped the French and Belgian Governments will sily-gri in their present endeavors to dill"

A report published in Paris that the Duke and Mn. Wallis Simpson would be married in Rev. Mr. Grimu‘ church in May was denied at Vienna and at the Chateau here.

" lng of even a singie de- tail of such a ceremony now would be evidence of collusion which all per-tin are seeking to avoid." the chaplain said. (Mrs. Simpson's di- voice from Ernest Simpson of Inn- . es