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Balked On Oihg‘ Fronts.

(By Sarn Robertson) (Canadian Press Staff Writer) LONDON. Feb. I3—-(CP) —

Chief; of the Royal Air Force are convinced the war will not end without large-scale day and night bombing raids on the United King- dom-nerve centre of the Empire's effort to wipe out Hitlerism.

When they may come is some- thing no competent, authority will attempt guess. However, the general feline is that if Chan- cellor Hitler finds his forces balk- ed on other fronts he may be ex- pected to gamble on an aeri-rl blitrkrleg.

Because the air force chiefs consider the problem of Nazi rzilds is not ll they will come but rather when they will come. Fey are anxious that tho- nublic be not led into u feeling of incautlous security by the luct livc riontlis of war linve riot brought concerted zv-risl activity over civilian cen- frcs.

Sonic persons seek comfort from the low percentage of casualties Riissiwn airmen have inflicted on the Finns. Arr ‘answer to this is that the much Smaller population". of Finland is not lam-parked the mmc way the oeonle of Encland Swcfnnd and Ireland are in the "tight. lltt‘e isles." Also Russian bombers are notoriously bad marks- mcn

A senior R A. F. officer “"110 finds it difficult to bclicve in- activity in the air will gn on much immer, summed up his view of the

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"Concert and Dance in Crupaud flail Thursday, February 15th. Ll'291'~'14‘21-

"S. P. C. A. benefit skate Forum Wcdhesda/y night 8 oclock. L-29b-2-l3-2l.

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"Cake Sale Saturday, February 17th. Holmans. Ausplces Bnsiirui Altar Society. L-BIO-Z-lq-ér.

' ‘ East Royalty Rink tonight. York Rangers vs. Royals. Ska tc after. L-337.

"Cornwall ring tonight, Corn- wall C. C. vs. Clyde River. League ﬂfllllﬁ, skate after. L-333.

_”All school taxes due Hopefleld District must be paid

A bloodhound was used by

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111L125.- ~ British Sure . 0f Blitzkrieg

Doomed To Fail Sure Hitler will Take

Finds Forces

“When 300 or 400 enemy mu- chines come over to drop bombs we shall succeed in ‘ W g n large percentage of them but some will get through. Ii’ the Dwllle are too optimistic and expect too much morale is ii- able to be rudely shaken when the first air raids take place. "We expect to be able to make

German losses on their raids so heavy that they will be compelled to discontinue them after a time." The officer stressed that the Al- lies do not intend to start wido- spread bombing warfare. However. any such Nazi campaign will bring instantaneous retaliation.

Con Repay Ilitler

Another officer high in Councils of Britain's armed vices told the Canadian Press: “If Hitler strikes through the air we can repay him 10 for one. We have the equipment to do it and we know our aircraft Ere s11- perior to his I1’ he didn't know that, too, we likclv would have had mass air attacks before riqw."

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MONTREAL. Feb l3-—(CP) — The memory of Lord Tweedsmuir lingered tonight in this sorrow- ing city which saw his body tak- en sway to Ottawa amid military honors and the slient tribute of thousands who lincd the streets. Perhaps the thoughts of the peo- plc/iilong the way were best ex- pressed by a French-Canadian taxi-driver who was overheard to say as the casket passed:

“He was one good man. Not keep his head too much in the air; just plain man like you and mo. Yes, Sir, he was one‘ good

the ser-

man " , A fcw minutes later a special train pulled out of downtown

Bonaventure Station. bearing the body of the 64-year-old Governor-

(Coniinued on page 7. Col 2)

11.0. M.P. llse Bloodhound In Futile Search

SYDNEY. N. 5.. Feb. 13 —(CP)-— Rxiyal

CHARLOTTETOVFN. CANADA. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1940

General

By Frank Fliiherty Canadian Press staff Writer

OTTAWA. F‘eb. 13—(CP)—'I‘lie King's rcprc entative lay dsnd at the fcot of the throne tonzght and the Kings subjccls of law and high degree walked by Willi bcwcd heads. '

Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsficld, the first Governor-General of Can- ada t.o die in office, loy in state in the Senate Chamber, the scene of the exercise of the plent. t.;de of hi;

vice-regal pwvers little more than 1y

two weeks ago_

Then he opcned a one-day ses- sion of Parliament and sat on the throne occupied by the K ng him- self last May. Tonight hFs body lay 1n a, flag-crayon casket in the cen- tire of a wide expanse of rcd car- De“-

Bimplicity Marks Arrival

Dignity and simplicity marked the arrival cftiic body and the lying in stale. The slnrpucity con- trasted sharply with the splendor and the brightness of the visits of the living Governor-General to the same chamber fir the opening and closing of Parliament.

The casket rested on a simple wooden stoile. At each corner was a Pghtcd cnndfe and it was guard-

“ Once‘ B) ed by (our uniformed oifccrs who

stocd with bowed heads and hands crossed on the hilts of their drown swords. Every 15 minutes the guard changed.

Into this scene of official mourn-

Caiiadian Mounted Police tode in _i.__ an_urisucces_iul search for Wirism "R0vcrs vs. Hornets. Milton rink P1111115. who disappeared 1M1 night. toﬂluhfh Admlsslon 15 00mg, Balns automobile was found L446, this morning outside the wholesale

grocery concern where he worked.

order of Trustees. L-Z9'l~2-l3-2l.

"Hocke , ovehe Rink '1‘1iurs- The dviz led searchers twice from mg came a domestic touch when 111W hlghty tltlinsloemdvs. Cuvclicnd. U"? CB1‘ l0 B» 5P1“ "9" the 7187b" Lieut. Alastair Buchan. Lord Carnival and Ice Sports Saturday 111ml. but. police said the ice was $00 Tweedsrriuirs youhgmt son. took night. L-32Z-2-14-1l. thickfvr B8111 w "it"; tgmkﬁ‘; his turn in the guard wmi his

_ """"'- ‘hmugh had l“ “Lump d wan fellow officers.

‘Buying live hogs at Albany "° if)‘: milme" Mm” “Mm The body was brought from February 5111. Wm!" 1W1 11$ 3111"" “r r‘ ___ Montreal at noon by special train.

The Governor-General died there Sunday night as a result of ahead injury suffered in a. fall at Rldeau

aid until noon. signed G. C. Green M. W T t1

"Pownal Rink Wednesday. Feb. H u l week u“ I11. Pownal vs. m, Albion in DEF- ‘Ema pm“, Mngwn membm o; {m1 t" “n” "amt 1°’ “m” “lmt the Cabinet, Sir Lyman Duff. cmer “ p“Y°“‘- L433‘ Justice of Canada. and acting Gov- “Borden ﬁnk tonight Tm Tm, ernor-Genernl, members of the

SERVICE

A short service will be held this afternoon in St

dlpimiiitlc corps and 111x11 olflws of the armed service met the body st the Union station and followed it ss it moved with a mrlitefi’ 98- cort to the Parliament Buildings. In the afternoon came thie time for unofficial Canadians t0 P115’ their tribute. In three hours some

MEI-we, Cape Traverse 'I‘hi'ee Stars vs._Borden Zephyrs. L-343.

"Come to variety concert Bori- llmw hall Friday night, February . 10th, excellent program and

"IMF Iborts and camlval 1n James Church, Cburlotte- @900 mell- “"15" m“ “hum” Graham’; rink Wednesday t - N | -" riled past the b-er- night. M11516. Fﬂffe-thmﬁnls. Pm- l 9V": "m" ‘MQPMY l" ‘ The coffin was not opened, They coeds for Red Cross. Admission 10 l tbs funeral service for the saw only the closed casket draped “m- 1-"27‘1'3'12"2l- lute Governor-General in 1n "W "m" ‘mt? “","‘°“““}}', P’, _.___ h (10 rnor- eneras o ca "Loadl rive hogs Thursday. Si. Andrew's Church, Ot- geﬂdmmgf m, 5mm, and , mm- Fcbriia _ nlith as follows: Kenslnlgl- {gym ion bearing his medal; 5nd decor- mriltitll P. M. Summerside 1% . s u b 3 3° “mm d . M. Mervyn Bu man on M‘ e ‘cg v/ Q '1! GI’ . . d Wfvﬂth 0f N Biiilnall. Hunter River Friday till W’ ' 9| an‘? 32%;“ “Yﬁﬁtfgn, 1mm m‘

n .ME 8L0 bell. mm c we“ amE-MIO-R-li-li.

“The meeting of the Ladies‘ Aid I of the P. E. I. Hospital to have bven hefd this afternoon has been postponed until Wednesday. Feb 21st. owing to the united service in ‘ memory of Loni Tweedsmulr. I

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The public on invited to attend.

A pew will be reserved for the ministers of the various churches.

Ledv ‘Iweedsmuir, at the other e ﬂoral tribute from Mrs. GQOPBQ Pope. iaoy-ln-wiiiimﬂ w L"? Tweedimuin

Busy attendants

listed 01116!‘ score from Eﬁi/Fmlr-“lls- 0'8"!!!" tions and individuals and placed ‘them in tho lﬂlllb IBM-YO“! ll

floral tributes which arrived by the c

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Led by n Finnish officer, some of the thousands of captured Russian soldier-s square of a military prison camp in central Finland.

Read by Everybody Covers Prince Edward Island Likethe Dew

plod around the exerciso

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State fAtrOttawa"

Thousands Of-S-o-rrowing Can- adians File Past F lag- draped "Casket In Senate Chamber.

the crowds walked through, Cross-Section Oi’ Canadians

It was e cross-section of the Can- adian people which moved past the bier in the adtcriioon and again in tire evening for two hours. Whether they came from respect to the of- iice hold by the dead man or to his long .ervice in public lite or to his eminence in literature. each made his humble gesture of tribute to a man who carried high honors simp-

Women and girls outnumbered the boys and men. Elderly women walking with sticks were there. School girls uhclcr the guidance of their teachers and girls from the nonvents wTtn the nuns contributed to the long line of unofficial mourn- ers.

Tonsured monks and priests in their cossack-s, lawyers with their oricf cnscs, women in fur cOats and

(Continued on page 7. Col 3)

Deep Sorrow At Death 0f Goun. llennessey

Special Session 0f City Council Passes Resolution Of Sym- pathy.

A special meeting of the City Council was held yesterday after- noon with His Worship, Mayor E. A Foster in the ohair_

High tributa of esteem were paid to the late Councillor Andrew A. l-Iennesscy, who died suddenly early yesterday morning on his way home from the annual Council meeting. “Councillor rlenriessey has always given good and faithful ser- vice during the ten years he set in the Council ahd be will be greatly missed at the Board. I have found him outspoken and upright in s11 his ways," the Mayor said.

The following resolution was adopted: Resolved that the City Council of Charlottetown assembled at a special meeting Tuesday Ebb. 13th., 1940 deriree to place upon the records of the City it's deep sen» of the loss sustained by the City and citizens in the untimely pals- lng of the late Councillor Andrew A. Henneswy. and to exixess to his deeply bereaved family the sincere syrnpnthy of this Council, and of each and every individual member. Moved by Councillor B. Roy Hol- man end seconded by Councillor F. . Dolmen.

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sitions Lost Are Recaptured.

HELSINGFOK‘S. Feb. l3 —(A.P)— The Finnish hiya command tonight declared that Finn sh resistance re- mained unbroken in Mannerhclm line battles comparable to the bit- terérst of the first great war but ad-

e :

“We really rely on the civilized notions of the world to relieve us in this situation."

Soviet Russia's air force late to- day resumed savage raids on Finn- Lsh cities and towns behind the line,- dropping bot-h high explosive and incendiary bombs.

Picture que Poi-voo, summer resort and literary and cultural centre northeast of Helsingfors was wreck- ed rind Laati, Heinoln and other communltes damaged. Twenty- eight buildings in Porvooﬁs business district were burning tonight and

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Newsffiefs

LONDON. Feb. I3-—tCP) -Tho Admlnlty confirmed tonight that an SOS had been picked up from the 3.3854011 British freighter Broadwali. The freightcfs position was given as ncar the Azores. De- tails were not given.

LONDON. Fob." l3—(CI‘) —i\ labor motion criticizing the Gov- crnmcnl's rcccnt agreement with the four main British railroads and calling for outright government control of ell transportation sys- tems for the duration of the war

wls rejected by the House of Commons ‘ ' ‘ ‘by a vote of 186 to I19.

MOSCOW, Feb. 14 —(\Vednes- daﬂ-(AP) -'l'he Soviet Military Commend early today clnlmcd the capture of 23 more ‘Finnish forts in the Munnerhrim Linc, or n total of 8| of these positions in the last five ilsys.

CAPE TOWN. Feb. 13 —(CP) - The South African House of As- sembly tdnight passed on second reading by n vote of 79 to 59 the wnr measures bill supporting the Empire's war effort after a rec- ord non-stop debate lasting Z4 hours, 48 minutw. The previous record session, which followed in- dustrial disturbances in 1914. was 22 minutes shorter.

LONDON. Febl lft-Kllﬂ-Thr Princess Roynl, who is suffering from o slight cold, is making sat- isfsotory progress. it was announ- ced tonight.

SUEZ, F-rvpt, Feb. 13-(0?) - Units of the second Australian Im- nerinl Force wr-re shifted to near- by Palestine today from Sues where yesterday u big oonvnv brought on estimated 30.000 Australian and New Zeallrid soldiers to the near east. The Australians in full mm- noign kit poured into Jnffn. Pales- tine, from troops trains and took buses to their conrp where they were warmly welcomed by n Scott- ish regiment which had pre red

nest lines of white tents for hem.

Prepare ‘

In Near

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Feb military preparations in conc

began arrriving in Palestine.

were shown by the arrival of Caucasus.

landers.

DISPUTE

regarded as reflecting views Office.

That paper alleged that arrested and tortured by Tcmisozira is in Transylvania inzinia after the First Great 000,000 of the province's 3,500,

Pester Lloyd’s charge fol- lowed an editorial in the Bucharest newspaper, Cur- entul, which called upon the Romanian Government to “beat all Hungarians who live in Transylvania” and to “crush the Magyar min- ority once and for all.”

Accompanying this news- paper “war” was the official Hungarian news agency an- nouncement that all army reservists must report to military authorities for “checking purposes” within one month from today.

LONDON, Feb. l3——(CP)—The Air Muiistry announced three spit- fire fighters made “effective hits" on a. German Heinkel bomber at

despite fading 11in today in a.

t 14,000-foot dive attack

The communique said:

“Daylight Wu already fading when three British fighters sight- ed a raider 1.000 feet above them.

"when the raider saw them he at once begun a long twisting divs towards a patch of clouds for be- hind him.

"Three Spitfires followed. firing ln turn as they dived. As fast as the raider eluded the fire of one. another was ready to take up the attack several bursts of fire took effect."

The communique said the Ger- man plane "was last seen heading eastward into the clouds and dark- ma"

Scout Vulnerable Spots

The report came u Great Bri- tain se t more planes to scout vulncrabe soot-s in German ten-i- torv and called for 10.000 fisher- men volunteers to combat. Gor- mnnrs mlneliiying camps. ,

From French bases British scout- ing planes droned deep into north- 1

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War Spreading

Anthony Eden-Expected To G0 To Turkey For Talks —— Australian

Troops Reach Palestine. (By Edward Kennedy, Associated Press Start Writer)

French and British Allies today. Australian troops, the vanguard of 30,000 Australian and New Zealand soldiers who landed in Egypt yesterday,

Reliable quarters reported that British and French officers, with the aid 0f Turkish military authorities, have made a thorough survey of roads, railways, food supplies and other conditions in readiness for the contingency of a movement of British-French forces into Turkey.

TURKEY PREPARED

The thoroughness of Turkey’s

an unnamed Turkish port with 1,000 Missouri mules for army use. They will be useful in the mountainous terrain which characterizes the Turkish-Russian frontier in the Anthony Eden, Dominions Secretary, soon may visit

Ankara, Turkey's capital, it was reported. He flew to Suez yesterday to greet the arriving Australians and New Zea-

A Romanian-Hungarian newspaper battle over Hun- gzirysasserted right to the Rumanian Province of Tran- sylvania meanwhile reached new heights in Pester Lloyd,

Romanian police at Temisoara.

F..—Sc0r“es:— British Spitfires Greet Heinkel

west Germany despite frigid flvlnnl

Th wont h I 1' t-h t- tract: the moa Stegtion.‘ u" a

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. 13—(AP)—Turkey pushed ert with the armies of lier

military preparations a United States freighter at

RIGHTS

of the Hungarian Foreign

36 Hungarian youths were

, territory annexed by Ru- War. Hungarians assert 1,- 000 population are Magyars. _'—*'€~—**——

The order included enlisted men up t0 51. and officers up to 60.

Hungary Takes Precautiong

The Hungarian army also order- ed military precautions through- out the oountrv as the result of o series of mysterious fires in Hun- garian factories working for n4. tional defence.

The latest fire destroyed an oil storage tank in Standard Oil's Llspe field.

Police said the blaze, which was brought under control only after several hours which threatened to spread to the wells, was "evidently of incendiary origin."

Incendiary Fires

They said several fires in other parts of the country also were in- cendiary.

pursuit planes. A11 the British eir- craft were reported to have re- turned safely.

The Adoairaltyb call for 10.000 fishermen volunteers was tied in with Britain's nuval expansion Dro- gram. Since the war started 10,000 fishermen have entered the navy to help fight, the German com- palszh against British shipping.

Dispatches from Newfoundland end New Zealsnd said additional fishermen were being enlisted those widely separated parts of the

Empire.

Latest British marine casualty listed was the 290-ton British trawler 'I‘ogimo, whose 11 survivors reached the Irish coast after ".8 hours in iin open boot and report- ed a German submarine sank their ship with more than a. score o shells. One man was killed and three wounded.

Another of the fishing fleet _on which the British relv to simme- ment their imported meat. supplies -the 226-ton trawler Garth-was wrecked on the east. coast. Hei- crew or nine was saved.

Ot-hcr victims of the German at- tcmot to isolate Britain by under- sens boats. mines. surface raiders and nerinl bombings were:-

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B. B. 0. Will Broadcast Funeral Service

OTTAWA. Feb. 13—(OP)--Tho state funeral service for Governor- Gcneral Lord Tweedsmuir will b0 heard throughout the Ennpire.

'1‘ne Canadian Broadcasting Cor- poration announced tonight a:- [JHEHHCHLS had been made w cjeur all C.B.C. stations from 2:45 p. m. AST to 4:45 p. m, for broad- casting of the funeral services which will be relayed to the Bri-

networks of

poration will relay broadcast to the Empire,

From! D.m.A3Ttn'l p. m.. the CBC has cancelled all ris- tional commercial DFDZTB-Ifis and. except for the time when the act- ual funeral ceremonies sre berm! broadcast, appropriate musical programs have been substituted.

The service from St, JLDUXTHVS Presbyterian Church will be pre- ceded by oumde sound broadcasts describinz the scene as the fun- eral procession draws near from Parliament Hill.

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Thermometer Extremes Low

High

TORONTO, Ibis. l3—(OP)—Mbl- mum Ind maximum temperatures!

Dawson '33 7 Vancouver 35 Calgary 9 43 Regine 15 35 Winnipeg 13 Toronto 15 l1 Ottawa 4B 13 Montreal 3 14 Quebec 1B l1 Saint John 4 33 Halifax 1'1 3° Charlottetown 5 l5

Maritime East: Fresh to stronl

northwest winds: M09"? N" "14 cold

General Synopsis: The wenthvr has been fair and comparatively mild in the Western Provinces and cold in Otario.

High tide this afternoon at 2 14. and tomorrow morning at 2.55.

Sun sets this afternoon at 5.25 and rises tomorrow morning at

7 03. First. quarter moon. Feb- 16. 56 A

. . M. Summerside tide eighteen min- utes later than Charlottetown.

Yesterdays highest end lowﬂt thermometer rczdlnn are lmll- clteil shove.

THE CAR FERRY HAILINGS

leaves ‘Pormentine 11.00

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