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Military Stolen

Fear Valuable Documents Spirited Out Of Country--

German Espionage Involved,

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PARIS. nec. 21.-cor.

Cables)-Pear that the

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dicate may have asc gn. France since yesterda ;a::?;d mm

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Premier MacMillan Reports Substantial Progress Made At Ottawa Conference.

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tion being by weight, in others by The vast scope of the police probe _-- une power, in others asain by was shown ln the lwlllls 0! #bout MONTREAL nee 21-snlpmen

qheeilbasc. It il the intention, be- 1.000 demands for information from of (ygnwdian IQ-“in main fvre any lelislatiim is enacted, that banks, tourist agencies, and hotels Large Volurne fg,-,mul u-egtmmt in an”

custody with eight others on chu- KGS 01 being mcmbe or _ dicate. n me ‘yn Tonlsht. 1-'tobert swits, en smug.

can who is held along with his wif, ‘denied Dfllica accusations gmt 1,; lilly be connected with the gyndlc- ate which authorities believed would lead directly to "Gei'|nl.ny’s master organisation."

Leadsrslscape

Fear that the leaders may hnvg

“upped U'“'°l-‘Sh s widespread net inspired police to feverish activity in an effort tc run down 40 mem. bers of what was described gs the French section of the spy ring,

Activities oi' the band wars cloud.

ed ln a haze of mystery, as more remained to be sifted a vast quan- tity of documents which were seized along with clandestine wireless sets,

Pf°5¢“l°d “Y , b00ka. large sums of money, and

with the Mlm photographic sets from the 10 per~

lm n-

sons taken into custody.

Police were groping to find a thread that they hoped would lead

the unravelling of a tangle of in-

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against Ger- completed. equally mysteriolll.

authorities to Jem to

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Authorities expressed the fear that

|¢;m¢`,m,,'. QM, ynmiéf Mgelurlllan highly valuable documents contain- Post O ffi ce

at the conference returned a few ‘WI ll

ing closely-guarded French military

trenches along the frontier had al-

°_ ' secrets and sketches of the line of #_

Few people realize the amount of

hom 1 -

ANNOUNCEMENTS- fx” 'DMM °“' ° m' °°“” work involved in the distribution

t mu. f fu Md of the Christmas mails from the

polite mp ofessgd mtg have piggy? Post Office. The procedure follow-

E Q mm yegglml gn Bu- ed is an excellent example of sys-

threats o ev ce lin Communist documents taken

tem and division of labour, as the

ni:Af:ii.\i.‘.’°':|.'°i :-1. `i:&"°:»:3 from the bassaze °f the persons led lame volume 3; letters and parcels

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oi.i¢~i\y penal. in uvmee. to the belief at first that soviet es are handled t mat ¢Xl>¢d ll

picnage was involved, but the the-

and efficiency.

"Tag nays friday and Saturday ery was later advanced that these The stamp sales made thus far lor st viuoanifs orpiimase- 2111- pope;-s muy nrve been designed to are sligntly in esvnnoe or more or

......_-_ becioud the trails. last year. The volume of letters

"Concert and Danes Millvalo 0i!lcia.|.s said the Beroowitss and handled yesterday was larger than lchool Friday, December 22nd. Ml' the other foreigners might be de- that ever handled as one day's mission N edits. 3189. ported unless dangerous evldsncs mall on any one day previously. A

were uncovered against thsm.

staff of 33 men including ten extra

"Hockey tmight st Milton, Sec- The names or others held were employees is working at top

ven as Mins Lidla Tchekaloff

and expects to have last nights

ond l-Iornsh vs. Glasgow Road gi . Maple Lash, gist; gfcer. S841 Btahl, 48, a Russian; Louis Martin. :ali sorted by 5 o'c1ock this morn-

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48, a translator in the French Min

"N tics ... Hu-ta lil Christmas iatry of Marine! Mile , Madeline Th letter carriers are on duty concert postponed M saturday. Hurmt. 23. a Bomb teacher: Mello dulye accompanied by n delivery Dec. 23rd. 380 Ulllllw. 36. and his wife, Ghana. fl- vehicle for carrying parcels. Due to

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pressure of work the postmen have bam forced cf! their time schedule.

SCIIOONIB. AGIDUND

ST. JOHNS, Nfld-. DCC. Il.--Hlrd

and fut aground on a rocky ledge. tha auxiliary a:hooner Humcrhtwas pounding to pieces tcnkht under tha bstiermg of Atlantic surf near Argentina, mi the Newfoundland coast.

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......_ .. ....t....e.-...o-.- ...-......... -... ... VVheat Shipped V ia U.S. able discrepancy in provincial leg- accused of espionage activities.

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pre- Brit-

ain even though routed via Buffalo and New York, it appeared today followed reports from New York that W- G. Mott, Secretary of the North American Export Association, had announced one shipment had already been made and others would b¢ made “soon."

The fact that the wheat had been

sold before it lef the Dominion, according to Mr. biott, was respons- ible for the granting of the prefer- ence. Customs authcrltiss at Lon- don and Liverpool refused to con- firm or deny the r-sport qf the shipment.

Wheat shipped from one Empire.

Point to another is granted the gg. cent-per-bushel preference provid- ing it is nOt passed through a for- ¢l8l'1 Port in transit. unless it is

definitely shown the shipment oi; 801118 direct from seller to buyer

through consignment. '

Through incomplete documentary

evidence, two previous test ship- ments had failed to receive the pre- ference.

Ottawa authorities deelru-ad in °l1ler to comply with tne provnioeu of the Canada-United Kingdom aareement. the grain must be pur- chased and all partoulsra of the tlinlwtlbn wmvletsd, in Canada.

Qualifled for free admis-

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HAVANA, Dec. 21 -_ President

Gran Ban )lartfn's efforts to units Cuba behind him under the banner of nadimalhn bore fruit todly ill a mammoth demonstration in which a crowd estimated at 40.000 carried hundreds ci' banners ursivl “American recognition. comvlbfb Cuban freedom. and independence or death."

A motley throng jammed the

vicinity of the Presidential Palace for nearly four hours and steadily cheered Jefferson Oaffery, who re- cently arrived as President Roose- velt's representative in Cuba

Ncblans-don

, Whilg no disorders attended this aftcr'ncon's demomti-ation the dty’s quiet was broken tonight with the explosion of four bombs in quick succession in the centre of Havana.

One exploded under a bench on

the Prado in front of the Amaricsn Club,a aecondin trontcf the Spanish Casino, ons block away,

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Son Of Famous Novelist Passes

fDl0tll,Dac.3.--lir Henry

Diobana, U. sau of tha novelist, Charles Diokans, diod,today from injuries racaivsdsavaral days ago when hawashitbyamotcrcyola

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The _Internation-

al Agreement Re the Upward Re-valua- tion of Silver, Sup- ported.

inyrnmumsuvunoaspeu- more-nsteriwr-noel

edBf4tssClovsrnment mints coinsilvarmabo-nobads producnn.

provideq that half of the ann production 'cf 24,000,000 ounces silver shall bl returned in do

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it §§§i§§ gisirifig eggeii

ual of

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'rraasury in reserve. va a price, estimated

of 64% cents

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considenb cur-ren

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ratio in wcidit and ftneness of t

for the purposes of this proclam- ation, bs maintained until chan by further adsl' or proclamation The presidential proclamation

accordance with the four-year

-vision of the Loadm agreement India already has ratified

London silver pact. and tba

ident said: “I understand oth

nations concerned ans about act.” Canada, Australia, Ile and Peru ara the other silver ducing nations which agreed to ab- sorb ths total annual 35,000 ounces of silver produced in the countries.

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iiHt0’liliFFY SEVEN FREEIIUM

(Anaclatod Press)

DUBLIN, Dec 2!-To the wild

aclaim of his followers, Genera loin 0'Duffy, leach: of the United

the

Prison

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Ireland Party °DPOsing the Gov Q-nment was released from

gloomy walled Arbour Hill

barracks tonight

l-Iis freedom after five days

decision today that detention the Blue Shirt head and his fol lower Captain John Sullivan was illegal.

A crowd of gmpathizers of the

Blue _Shirt garb-declared ill by the Government of President Eamon Dc Valera-rushed to the gates of the barracks and waited impatiently upon Justice Osbornes' order in high court for their lead- er's release.

Once the gates swung backward

the crowd swarmed around 0’Duffy and Sullivan, hoisted them on their shoulders and carried them to an automobile. Then followed a long procession to a hotel, when s brief reception was held.

Supporters of O'Duffy whose

cans has gripped all of Ireland claimed he had won a triumph dnt the Government.

Meanwhile, counsel for Oom-

mandant ll. J. Cronin, an 0'Duffy Lieutenant, entered a plea of not guilty before a military tribunal to charges of uttering scdltious words in connection with a raid on the Young Irelavd Aaaocfetiori head-

wrwrs, a Blua Shirt crganisr

Youth/lrrestedln Connection With Y.1\l.C.A. Break

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"Flash" MacDonald, 21, under arrest last even- Oity Police. A descrip- youth provided by a tal- Bank of Novva Scotia tal- that of the mum. from ics shea, a ccxiasdon has ived.

ce to the Y. ll.

¢l&hd by opening a wi' the building.

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stocking on Christmas morning

Each year there has been a large

who in the past have been made hlvny by santa Pals instead

anclnowcn thslastday ofths

adopted. What does this state of* affairs mean? Simply this, that if

eagerhandsonChristma.smorning a limp unfilled stocking and will havaapreciousillusionshsttsred.

Baader! Perhaps you have not

tofboeo aBantaPa.l.

ticallyal.lthsforxnei°Ba.ntaPa.isars back with us this year, as well as many new ones. The Christmas happiness of s large nimibar of childrenrertsintlishsndsofyou

this responsibility. Is it possible thnt you will stand idly by and lst

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children eagerly race ents before the tire is lit. With whoops ct Joy they grasp those little stockings, and-_. But stop. What is the matter? Why those astoun- ded child faces! Why those quiv-

tears those choking nobs? 'Die stockings are empty.

If you would help prevunt such a

sceiie,_1f you would rnaka some &ild

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Mason Maintains Kromhout Was Outs ide Limit

(Canadian Ptell)

HALIFAX, Dec. 21.-Captain R40!!

Mason of the motor-vessel Krem- hout clung today to his first ac- count of the rum-laden ships' seis- ure of! Cape Breton-that ahs was outside the 12-mile limit when hal- ted by the preventive cutter Stum-

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On Needy List

Last Day lv*/I-list See Many

“Adopte_d”, If Little Ones Are

To Enjoy Christmas - come `A Santa-Pal TODAY;

body grea

which come into the life of a young

His proclamation, formally ntl child is the influence of Christmas

fymg mg Igmggn gilvu- agreement, Are we not constantly reminded of

tha fact by the hallowed memories surrounding that glad season? Think of the joy which the child derives from receiving those myster foul gifts, which he finds in his

the number of children whom Santa (Canadian Press)

gn 0u;w¢_.uid Claus is almost sure to miss, and NEW YORK, Dec 31--Rletilnhl

the

todayfromafivsweisvisitioln 'United Kingdom, Hon H H BWV

gggulu This year the number is larger sus Canadian Minister cf.'rrads ; “The pre* t than ever, well over the 500 mank and Commerce, radiated optimism

concerning the cconomimoutlook in

silver dons: to the gold dollar snuli, csmnelsn 150 children remain w be the m°t-her evlllltfy.

Mr. stevens arrived on the lm-

press of Britain, enroute to Odawa.

_.. g 1;;-ge number of peoiis do not' He said the employment situation is ` cpm up their hearts, the majority in the United Kingdom was bright-

gffoctm ,mm _"Mgr, 1 mg, ny ca time children will find in their enlns ui>.lnduStflllwtivlf-y llrosmb

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sing at a favorable rate and the lin..- ancial outlook much improved.

While there might be some case:

of individual dissatisfaction with the Ottawa. agreements. Mr Steven!

thO\lKh ming

3 0008161.61' the matter Seriously. PXIC Bm- SGHGYIDY "WY WN Wofulll

well.

The Minister had as a fellow pas-

senger Rohert W. Bingham. Unitbd States Ambassador to the Court d

Bt James. The latter, duriéngté an

life is mu.: than sstfm and

WAS!-!ING’l.0N, Dec. 1l-Presid- drinking. Even the youngut child

,nt nocasvelt tonight ordered Unit- requires something more than just

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” who have never previously assumed i1\.f»¢\'Vl¢W. ¥€fm°d 5° ML _,Jem

by telling the newspapermen ere iaaiintclnss xnanaboardsndyou had better sec him." Mr. Bingham also praised Em.

Bn B. Bound, aedlting Bm Quad- ian Prime Minister with bein! QI motivating force behind internation- sl oo-operittiml in the World Wheat Conference at London.

Touching on disarmament hs said

the United States has dons “every-v thing in its power to brinl lbdlll I pact.” The ambassador Aid he had been “strongly critlcimd from mano

es" for remarking in s recuit

I ering lips, those eyes flllixig with Wu” mn' ,om mu

london Q; “.5 prepared to go further than _ had ever gona to promote the suc- cess of the “Disarmament Confer- ence." _ “That was what I meant 91011. he added, "and ft is what I think now"

custody was gained on a Justices » . ,lie mb my M wwe the prom

lem gd war, Bmgham asserted, is by reduction ol armament-

'np solution of the disarmament

problem, iid the ambassador, "rests upon the abolition of offensive wea- ptlil llich al big guns, big tankl and bombing nlflllcs-"

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ble Inn.

The Lunenburg skipper, freed

temporarily with his crew pending trial im theft charges, said through his counsel toda he was tive

had taken place about 81 miles off shore.

That was the beginning of a aer-

ies of occurrences which brought the Kromhout`s crew into Halifax yesterday on charges of stealing their own ship. After the seizure the Kmmhout broke away in a storm and headed for St. Pierre with is prix onw of ooastguards a- board. Thay were captured at the ranch port. but left there volun- tarily this week, ready to stand trial in Canada.

On reaching here, Mason and

Ivan sailormwerw arrested, arraign- sdsndallowedoutmibailfresto qiend Christmas with the folks in Lunenburg. They must be back here Jan. 4 for prellmmary hear-

mlfeanwhlle, their vssasl lies on the Halifax waterfront, its cargo of choice Dcmerara rum unloaded and in the hands of canadian Customs officers. There are about 1.500 mal- lms.

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