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ii ns reject

ilS. warning

mpg Nov. lk-(Wed- “uyy- (AP) — The Ftnnlsh i. rejected today the ‘n ted Slates’ warning to stop if] ling Russia or; risk loss o! ' fr" “ ‘ "

m a note to Washington, dls- abled today, the Helsinki re- gime asserted Finland dlfl 110i Int to continue the fight any Ion lien not

er than her vitnl security landed. but that she could agree to expose herself to lat re peril by interrupting military operations before her at) olive was wholly realized.

is message was in response lg he warning which Cordell lflll. United States Secretary of Slate. disclosed in Washington to Nov. 3.

loyal Canadian iiyal College to it on west coast

OTTAWA. Nov. ll-(CPL-Sclcct- ion oi students for the Royal Lan- iiun Naval Gollczzc, to be opened‘ ailhe Pacific coast late next year. viii be on similar lilies t0 that cl‘ tlrRoyai Military College at Kin -<

stqHNavy‘ Minister Mlicdoriaid i0 f1 the. ouse of Commons today. _ lha navol stildents. who will timber 100. are to be representative olali provinces and cadclships will lilfl ioilou‘ a provincial division.

Answering questions directed wrist the floor he disclosed that no‘, anther construction progmm WAS uiiilned in Canada at iarcscnt and ilui naval recruiting ls continuing lithe ralc of 1.000 a month.

itilians hold“ 150 hostages

ROME, Nov. ll--lAP)—'I‘hc Ital- itlimliliaigv held 150 hostages to- Illiiit in the Dalmatian section of oil Yugoslavia on orders of llliisso- iinlwhile lrcops searched for men lilo tilrew three bombs at an 15.11- illi army band and tired a machine Iiill at a truckload of troops.

Ono soldier was killed, more than two dozen wounded and 25 civilians rue hurt in the guerilla attacks. Ihlllh were the most serious since lheltolian annexation of Dalmatia.

Libyan gain;- lost through iiiscalculation

raw DEHLI Nov. ll—(CiP)- Intern Libya was lost n» the Ger- Iflllls inst spring because the British mimand mlscalculatcd by a month “mile of the Axis counter-offen-

“bu. Sir Archibald Wnvell, who “willie of the Libyan oper- fi Jmlde this revelation vestei- 8g B Speech to the .Council rf le- Gen. Wnvell since the Libyan Kill“!!! has been transferred from Middle East to the supremO in ‘Ilndis. bed f 1 - ave ncce ul res n- Ilhllilvnmr the British PGVQIBEPOHOi at after the Italian ariry “torn destroyed, most of the ‘ 011s British and Imperial for Nd been sent to Greece.

Cflming Events

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olemn Ceremony t The Monument

rgely attended services held n Charlottetown, Summer- sde and 'other_

Island centres.

Thousands of oitlserns mod under sunny skies at the war memorial on Queen Square yes- terday morning in observance oi.’ Remembrance Day. The occasion was also fittlngly observed in other parts of the province by impressive ceremonies, At Sum- mereide. Montague, Wheatley River and other centres people gathered to honor the memory of those who gave their lives in the

defence of freedom in the last war. The services at the various

monuments throughout the prov- ince were arranged by the local branches of the Canadian Legion and the chief feature of each was the observance of a two-minute silence following the first stroke of the Eleventh Hour.

Returned men of all wars as- sembled st the Legion Home. Charlottetown, wearing their berets and medals at 10:15 am, and left there about 25 minutes later head- ed by the Light Horse Band. They were accompanied on the march by members of the Royal Cana- dian Mounted Police. The parade was iii charge of Mr. James Rob- isOn, vice prdsident cf the local branch of the Legion. They arriv- ed at the monument at 10:50 just as the fire bell started to toil. At intervals of twentv seconds, it continued to toll until the start of the two-minute silence.

A detachment of 250 men from No. 62 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre at Beach Grove, headed by Milltir A. S, Robertson, took part. in the ceremony. At the

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Bomb-carrying R.A.F. Fighters Raid Continent

IONDON, Nov. ll—(CPl—B0mb- curryzing R- A. F. fighters blasted rail lines. an nirrlrome and a inci- ory’ in Gcrinan-occilpicd France t0- day and cmisinl command bombers sunk a sinull Nazi supply shin olf the Netherlands coast. the Air Min- istry announced tonight.

Four fighters were lost in the. davliwiil operations. Weather coli- dillons cancelled activity last night.

Local Youth ls killed by Falling timbers

James Oliver Refuse. l6, died at the Prince Edward Island Hospital last night from injuries received earlier in the dav when he was struck by fnlling timbers in a bulld- lng he was helping to demolish. He lived several hours after the ac- cident. Injuries were principally to his head, it was learned

No inquest would be held, it was announced. The case was investi- gated bv Coroner Dr. I. J, Yco.

The boy was n son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver R. Refuse. 13'! Hlilsboro Street. He was working with ‘abor- "rs demol‘ Ping an old bllildiflrv on Clark Street when n lwrtlon of the roof collapsed.

His father is serving with the Roval Canadian Navy.

Funeral arrangements were not complete lest night.

international At A Glance

By The Canadian Press

LONDON-Russian armies de- fending Moscow throw blelr Ger- mans in southwestern sector and surround enemy forces ln north- vvee . -

BERLIN-Cerium; claim pro- gress toward cutting Russia's Are-

tio communications and supply lines. LONDON-Four axle trooplhlpe

or ppl chi nd tw nellln ves- uelameun; in lwedlterniiean by'Brlt- ten sulnnarl . other axle shipping seriously damaged. ~

TOKYO-Japan silent officially on Churchill warning. but one newspaper declares the Japanese people are "burning with anger."

ROME -- Italians seize I50 hm- taln in occupied Yugoslavia after irregular: attack occupation troupe.

WASHINGTON -- President Roosevelt, In armistice d: address.

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Private Mmbers Continue pleas For conscription

Conservative M e m - bers Hold The Floor For Most 0f After- noon.

(YITAWA, Nov. 1l—(CP)—I-‘riv- ate members, for the second straight day. addressed to the government in the House of Com- mons today their personal views on selective service and more dir- ection in the war effort.

For most of the afternoon alt- ting Conservative members held the floor with the House in com- mittee of the whole.

Josrph -Ha.rrls (Con. Toronto Danfortli) and G. s. white (Con. Hasiings-Petcrborougli) urged that conscription be put into effect. Another Conservative. K a rl Homuth who represents Waterloo South, criticized the resent sys- tem of obtaining recru ts for over- seas and asked for o. government statement of pulicv on recruiting.

On the other hand Jean-Fran- cois Poullot lLib, Tcmiscouata) spoke against. conscription of men for overseas and held they should be used only to defend Canada.

NlWy Minister Macclonald was questioned on the work of his cic- parimcnt as the afternoon sitting drew t0 its close and the House. after hearing demands for greater use of manpower, considered the situation in the navy where there is n waiting list of 4.000.

Mi‘. White asked Prime Minister Mackenzie King for a statement on what was expected from Can- ada for the making of a total war effort and lio-w this would be

done. l

Ml‘. King said everything he saw and heard in England made him feel a “grvatcij pride in Can- ada's war effort than would have been possible” had lie not gone to Britain.

As to whether or not Crgada is making a. total war effort. Mr. King said: “I can say Canada ls making a lllilgllilidilli eiiorl." It would compare favorably with that of any other country in the

war.

Mr. While said voluntary en- listment had produced many men "but in my opinion this form of enlistment is not sufficient"

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S’side Woman Informed her husband missing

Sunk, Four More Badly Qamaged

Latest success in Mediterranean scored by British Submarines —— Italian losses in Sunday action raised bLAdmiralty.

LONDON, Nov. 11-(CP)—Hard upon Prime statement that Briton: "are still masters" in the Admiralty announced tonight that four Axis

Minister Churchill's Mediterranean, the troop ships or supply

ships and two sailing vessels had been sunk there and two armed mer- chant cruisers und two supply ships seriously damaged in a series of

British submarine successes.

This report from Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Commander" ln-Chief of the British Mediterranean fleet, came only two days after smashing naval action against two Italian convoys off Taranfo, ltal_v—

an engagement, incidentally, in which the Axis loss-vs

were raised bv

the Admiralty today to three Italian destroyers sunk and two seriously.‘

damaged.

Still considering

leadership offer

TORONTO, Nov. ll — (OP)- Leadcrship of the National Con- servative Party icmainrd in doubt i-onlgiit as Rt. Hon. Arthur lvfeiglien took more tme to con- sider the rcqilesi. that he under- tatrc the task.

Mr. Mciglien had a long confer-

ence today with the three-man committee selected at last wcelcs National Consrvzitive conference in Ottawa to tender an unani- mous invitation to him to step down from the Senate into the I-fouse of Commons and assume the role of leader of the opposi- imi, ' "We 110.08 t0 have an ansivcr soon bilt none today," Wits the 0111.‘! statement. which issued from the conference. 1t, was made by Jenn R. MacNicol, president of the Dominion Conservative As- sociation and Senator A. D. Mc- Rne, The third member of the cunimillre was Dr. Herbert Bruce. mc-mbci‘ of the llmisc of Commons tor Toronto-Parkdale.

While members of the commit- tce expressed hope senator .\'ll’iiZllL‘l1 would make his decision known tonorrc-zv‘ llicy admitted it might be delayed for a day or

Mrs. Cayilv Wilson of Suinmer- ~ Ade has been informed her hus- band, Sgt. Pilot Cnyley Wilson is "missing aficr nir operations" over Eilraiw. The message contained no details.

But. Wilson is a native of Toron- to, l-l‘s wife is a daughter‘ of Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Arnett of Sum-

merside and has h,“ rcsidiiic M her old home since her llllf-bflnd went overseas. _

'I'he airman received his wings 133i’, Mav at No. 9 Service Flying Training School at snmmcrsidc. Two R. C. A. F.

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Members killed

SAINT JOHN, N. 1a., Nov. 11-

(CP)—Two Royal Canadian Air Force officers from Western Can- ada. lost their lives today in a plane crash at the Millidgcvlile air orb here.

ic dead were Flt, Lt. A. B. Jobln, identification number CA- 50, Winnipeg. and PO. J. W. W006. J-4556. Saskatoon.

A statement issued by Sqdn. Lclr. O. Vedboncoeur, officer com- manding the R.C.A.F. station here, gave few details of the accident.

The crash occurred at 10.15 a m. near e runway of the airport while the plane was on A r011- tirie flight." It was the first fatal accide v at this R. C A. F. sta- tion. Jobln and wood were the only occupants of the wrecked

lane.

p Pilot Officer Wood's mother live! at (s41 Temperance 5w Saskatoon. He came to the R- C- A, Rs eastern air command from a, training school ‘Nov. 1, ‘We! stationed at Dartmouth. N. 6.. i0!’ a few da s and then u-ansferred

to Saint ohn.

Finnish Freighter Taken by British

mow roux. Nov. u-uiri-rne out-ion Finnish freighter Anne- berg has been tempted and eno- tured by British warships mulne circles ma today. They 1am that

uvo.

"He is makint: a big sacrifice, He has many things to consider," one of i.il€l’ll stated.

If anything they appeared e little more confident the Senator would accept the offer than they had been an the eve of the meet-

Scnator llfciglicn himself mode no staicmrnt.

Injured in Car accident

Mr. Jack Stewart. Charlottetown was a patient in the Prince Ed- ward Island Hospital last night with a broken leg as the result oi a cor collision near Rollo Boy yes. tcrdny afternoon. His wife was also a mtlcnt there as a result of lnjur cs to the face icceivcd in the same accident. Occupants of the other car involved escaped serious injury.

Mr. Cyril McGregor, the driver of the cnr in which Mr. and Mrs. Bteevart were passengers, and Mrs. McCiregor, the other occupant, es- caped with a shaking up. Mr. Lyman Dunsford, Cornwall. was driving the other car, police said. Other occupants or the latter vehicle were Mrs. H. Frluell and her two children oi Charlottetown. They received minor cuts.

A horse running out of a lane caused Mr. McGregor to swerve his machine to avoid striking it and caused the coflaion with the Dunsford auto. 'I\‘ car was side- wlped. Both machines were dum- mrd but the Dunsford car was almost a total wreck after the collision, The accident occurred at 3.50 pm. when the McGregor car was going towards Smurfs and the other heading in the direction N Charlottetown,

the ship would mbebiy be oozi-

deolaru Americana wou d “light eternity" to retain their libertine. q

damned by l Brit prim court Lucind-

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Senator Meighen

‘There was no immcdiatc rcpor’ on how many Axis ll'00])\ miull‘ have gone down in the submarine actions announced tolilslil. The Mediterranean fleet has been con- centrating since spring on trying to prevent men and supplies from reaching the Axis forces in North

Africa.

Three of the four ships sunk went down under torpedo expos- lons, the Admiralty said. ivliile the fourth was sunk by gunfire. One shin was described as of

large tonnage and the orhcr three medium-sized, Of the two Stililllt; vessels sunk.

Acimiralhvs fillnOllllCrllllfili. said.

The armed merchant cruisers, bot-h Iiflilfl§_ were escorting con- voys wlicn the undersea craft came upon them, the Atinlirolty said. One was of about 8,000 tons, the other of more than 5.000.

Oiic of the two filllllflqfid supply ships described as of medium tonnage, was left m flames after being subjected to gunfire. while the other. a tanker, was hit by a torpedo, the Admiralty said.

Prior to totiayls announcement that tlircc Italian destroyers were slink in SllllfiflWS action, ilic Ad- miralty had stalrd that. only one destroyer had gone (i()\\'ll along with l0 merchant sliip- of the ltro convoys-all the merchant ships‘ in them.

Killer goes

lng with the man of their choice. _

Cn rampage

‘in London

Two Killed 6 Wound- ed Before Polic e

Round-up Gunman. .

By Louis llunter Canadian Press Staff Writer

LONDON. Nov. 11-rCP Cubicl- On ths wartime Armistice Day a motofist with a shotgun raced through three London suburbs for three hours shooting into streets. doorways and gardens, killing t/wo psirsons and wounding six others before police caught him.

All but one of his vieims in this strange melcdnamo of wartime London were women.

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Gen. Marshall warns ll. S. of sabotage

WASHINGTON. Nov. ll-(AP) —Gen. George C. Marshall surn- moned the United states tonight to be on guard against a “sudden and widespread attempt" by the Axis powers to sabotage the conn- try's munitions, utility and trans- portation industries.

Already, he declared. the Axis has unleashed a propaganda at- tedr designed to disrupt army morale. The "clever methods" used. he added. have succeeded in upsetting the families of soldiers

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LT.-GE.\'. A. G. L, MiNAUGHTON

01"l‘.\\\'.\, Nor. ll—((‘l')-—~Nat~' ional iii-fence Headquarters an- nounced tonight that LL-Gen. A. G L. hfi-Naugiiton, commander of the Canadian corps in the United King- dom. is iil and that it is expectrd t0 be “a fcvl‘ weeks" before he is completely recovered,

“rut-Gen, (i. li- cum- nililillrr of the 1st (‘aria an Divis- iuii. is lfllllltifltliiy in Htlllllltlllfl of the corps, and Brig. A. l5, Putts of iaskntoun, ll-nilcr of the recent

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filing 1st (Yiv on i-oinmanrli-r.

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one was flying the Nazi flag. Lhei

(YlTrlllh-l. Nov, 11-10?)- l~‘inuncc Jvlillistcr llshyv announ- ced in tilc llonsc of (‘unimoiis tonight that on tile recommen- dation of the 'i'.ll".imc Prices and Trade Board the gnvcrn- nlriit has ilrridvrl lo posiporlt- the effrl-iiiw‘ flillf‘ of iii.‘ nnlxi- liium prices rcpuiatilvns from Nov. l7 to Dec. l.

“The reason for the post- ponement is to ensure the most effective pllfisllllt‘ lltlfllllllStfilllflll and enforcement of the regula- tions from ti-i- rivinii-iii they (“lune into 0 lion." Mr, llsiey said in a l(‘lll released in eoiriniiclieii nitil his Commons aiiriliuiirrincili‘.

".\'n change in policy is In- velvet."

'l‘lic minister's statement said lllt‘ board‘ nus nn "nus to have .1 roinpetriit organization equip- pNl nnrl ' ly i0 deal with any ki rebiem l.r difficulty lit arise when the inilcv goes into effect. lllit‘ lll'l"-I-‘('§R had al- rrn-ly‘ iii-mi rnzilic but some im- par-tam, npgiviivitmrnls cf neces- sarv commodity‘ administrators have yet to be made and staff organization is not yet complete.

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Judging

Interest keen as Judge

Beautiful wvather grrcicfl the fox exhibitors ycsterrlny‘ morning: and coiltinllcci iill izliullt llze ria "nabiing jllclitc G1 " ‘ , o almost (rcinplclc

cs ‘scs 0f res" cred slivers. Tiles“ were inlduriiiiv gm in fact tin.- whoie of the esliib are away zl- bovc most other years in quality as well ns being lhc larizost entry list in recent yctirs. Actually there are about 565 foxes rntclctl in the var- ious classes and color sections

Although the first judging day is usually not n big day from the visitors standpoint yet yesterday saw a lot of them with many ranrlz- ers attending from New Brunswick and Nova Scoiia. Prominent nmoiin llic New Bnlnswlckers was C. F‘. Bailey, superintendent Experimen- tal Farms, Fredericton who is him- self a fox breeder. specializing in pearl platlnums and most inter- estcd onlooker was Stephen Taylor who was connected n‘it.li the Mari- time Fur Pool Limited, Moncton. for several years.

Mr. Taylor ls a grandson of the co-founder of the silver fox indus- fry in this Province. the late Rob- ert Oulton.

Classification wok up the time of the morning session until about 10.30, then class onc, medium silver adults was called, followed by other sections of this coloring.

‘H7250 classes were what might be termed average in entries as was also cinss two, light medium silvers. Quite a chnnue from a few veers ago when those classes were the biggest at the show. This change has been due to the iionulnrizlni: of the slouan “Bright Willi Silver." by manufacturers and rclnilers in the United States. Canadians caught the trend and in fact ii has travelled very much farther afield

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Canadians Pay Tribute ToHeroes

Citizens turn f

rom Work

and armed forces pause t0

remember war

By The Canadian Press i i Ciliiad-‘rs citizens turned iron: their dirk and the nation's arm- ed low-s took time oil from prc- pz-iriiig for the present war 'I‘ul:sday to pay tribute to the Dominica's 60,000 heroes who lost their lives in .1 c first great war which finished with an armistice 23 years ago. Services of I‘i'ill(‘!lli)!‘illl(2€ were i. ' all cities, toivilr. and villa d lg the morning: with a two miiiiltls’ silence bflll‘! observed b3.‘ all (‘Llllhlls wherever

ev happened i0 bi‘. Workers in ceased

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. .1 war industry‘ plants ‘Eicir work at 11 on

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