ringl- G1 rlnan

"The Salvation Army

hi0

"Ca Saturday; Group of

at. ilimeeds in aid of Red Cross. L-402-1-23~3i.

Uiilg Club loading hogs regular January

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MAXlMfi

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MERE MAN

u" with all your might.

_ _ a chnrlottelll“ II uurnlnl i‘ m’

uuflllan, Two Cents, rillan. Founded llill‘!

i000 BASUALTIES la

Ezhada Provide

. May

4O

Air Squadrons‘

Aviation authorities Weigh» creation of formidable ‘Canadian Air Force.

Selassie returns

l0 Ethiopia

i m), Jan. 23'— (AH- phi]... liailc Selassie has been inside Ethiopia. since Jan. l5. it was officially disclosed

tonight.

The Ethiopian Emperor, an exile for fivc years since the ltalians invaded his country, previously was reported at lthartouln, A n g l o - Egyptian Sudan.

There at an improvised court he received Ethiopian chief- tains who slipped across the border tn meet h_im.

A British mission has been rieep in the interior of Eth- iopia for months raising a black army and drilling It de- ipiie efforts by the Italians to locate tile group.

Wearing the uniform of a. Field hlarsllal of the Ethiopian may, the Negus drove across the Sudan border into Eth- iopis and ls somewhere In the heart oi his country co-ordin- sting the activities of its pa- triots with the work of the British military mission.

Weather grounds llerman Bombers

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LONDON, Jan. 24 --(F‘rlday) -- (CP) ~ London early today seem- lld due for the fourth night in suc- cession ivithout an air raid, with illicit weather over the Dover Btrnlt. apparently holding German bombers i0 the ground.

NAZIS REPORT ATTACK BERLIN. Jan.

The crews of the Nazi planes were quoted ‘as saying that sailors on the two ships were taking to liieb at; is the piailcs flew awakv.

Coming Events

ioi

R _ annual aluilllhflllle bale, Friday, January ti» l-tv um. L-336—l~20—3i. sfcflkj‘ Sale — Rogers Hardware Acre, biltllfdhv 25th. Notre Dame “limes L-368-l-22-24. ‘ Southern Queens Club loading

mil-i ltitndliy afternoon. January lh- btcuarl. Ross. 14-437-1-24-11.

' ‘LOB . A. e

January the Baptist Church.

L-441-1-24-2l.

and Dance in Vernon Part

Auction Mono-av. January 27th.

"iifhly afternoon, h‘ W. D. Ross, Secretary.

L~437-l-24-1l.

lllgllhgecretéiryf Cgvealgead . its a or o - d“ “Iicnmoll. January 27th. ‘ n ' L-437-1-24-ll.

trv Sale t M uiid'5—Corilwall a 00m a;

v ' ——Yclrk Poi t W. I. “iuidfll. January 25th n

12-422-1-24-21. urdaFor sale by auction. 2 RM. 8st-

l- “mun 25m. at New ca» m” flail!“ hill’. 300 stocks

"Pan

quantity 0f straw. ‘if storm , "l" day. w. w. Murphy. y L-4l2-1-23-2l.

LONDON, Jan. 23——(CP CABLE)

der the Empire Training Scheme. in when the R.C.A.F'. will provide

service in the air.

Under the new plans the Royal Canadian _Alr Force would retain its identity and all graduating under the Empire plan would remain a part of the Do- minion unit.

been spread among the R.C.A.F. in

the R.A.F., or other units.

These developments. which are reported on good authority. being discussed with British air

pleted a series of conferences and visits t: Canadian squadrons in the United Kingdom.

Similar questions were discussed with Canada's defence Minister, Hon. J. L. Ralstcn, now returned to the Dominion, and Hon. C.D. Howe, Supply l.\ mister. at conferences at which British officials were reput- ed to have been given assurance the Empire air plan will be self- supporting in relation to training and equipment.

Britain offered to provide 60 Hur- ricanes for training proposes-they are the same type oi plane used b the R.C.A.F. fighter squadrons-an the RAF‘. Canadian squadron-but the Canadians volunteered to provide their own mEBhUlGS and it was sug- gested the Dominion may oven

_ 23—(AP)-Naz:l sources claimed tonight time 1 n3- bmobels attacked illhehil“ west hf Ireland and as- figiifd “their loss must be assum-

manufacture its own engines

Vice-Marshal Breadner visited Canadan and Royal Air Force squadrons in the United Kingdom to pain assurance there is nothfng included in BntiFh training that might be lacking in that given un- der the Empire plan in Canada

He also paid imrticular attention

the w.rk oi recently-unwed ground crew's whom he- fcund able to take over duties immediately upon arrival in Britain.

It Wits suggested the Empire plan might be broadened to provide for more technical training cf ground crews with the pllfpflfip c: dcvelcp- ing "super-technicians."

Six-ycar-oid Starts alarm

_ Rum-mags Sale at Emile Lotti; Rooms. Saturday a ' L440.

k" h-lll‘ "it A- MacDonald's 25 by DOPCBS

a unutwfiu‘ uwauuuumru. .. .. .-

SPECIAL NEWS REEL

‘ at gRINciz EDWARD

“hi? 6t Tomorrow “ROOSEVELT

l INAUGURATION"

T0 take Nazi

AN EAST COAST CANADIAN PORT, Jan. 23 r10?) - Anpala-Hn started by a six-year-olcl girl lcd today to the recaptuie of the sec- ond of two German prisoners who escaped late ycsterda while under transfer to a train 130m the ship that brought them from Britain.

Marguerite Lit-tie, who hasn't yet started going to school, had been warned by her mother to watch out for tramps at. a reservoir near her home. So. when she saw a man chr-lging hi: clothes near the res- ervoir this afternoon, she ran and told her mother.

Tipped off immediately by Mrs. J. E. Little, City Police in a radio

‘cruiser quickly rounded up Peter Schierliinc,

SD-y-cm-old German airman. l-lis fellow-r ; nce, l-Ielmnth Brueckmann. was t .cn early to- day when. unofficial reports said, he aroused suspicion at a rooming house when he sought a night's lodging.

Fascists Surrender T0 llewsman

By EDWARD KENNEDY Associated Press Staff Writer

TOBRUK. Libya. Jan. 22.- iDe- Iayedl-(AP) -So n;.lny Italian prisoners have been taken in the British capture of Toloruk that-as in other battles oi the desert cam- patgn-haildling them is an annoy- ance not only to the British army. but to correspondents.

1 am the oni American covering the campaign. ut irl o. war corres- pondent/s imlfol-m I am mistaken for a British officer. Consequently dozens of Italians have surrendere

to me. most. of them in this last b: tie.

s a uestion as to whether under t laws oi his

couptry as: American ts allowed to ca ure or BODIETI.

sually I have solved this prota- lem by turning hem over to a British colleague or directing. them

th tnrothoylnovlleof- sum we

l0 . ..ticial1y cent

—Canadan air authorities and Bri- tish aviation leaders are believed

be weighing the creation of a formidable Canadian air f.rce un-

more than 40 squadrons for active Canadians

Up to the present Canadians have Britain. the Canadian squadron of

BIG.

officials by Air Vice-Marshal L. S. Breadner of Ottawa who has com-

‘International

f. _ Www.

iFamous Dublin Castle damaged By flames

ll. S. t0 send Special envoy To iihina soon

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23-tAP)— In a parallel move to Harry Hop- kins’ special mission to Great Bri- tain. it was announced today that Lauchlin Currie, administrative as- sistant t: President Rorsevelt and native cit West Dublin, N.S.. will visit China soon to make an eccn- omic survey, Apparently he is to help determine what aid that country Should receive if the pend- lng leasc-lind bill is passed by the United States Congress.

Emphasizing- the uzllil.nist"ation's interest alike in Chzntcse and Bri- tish resistance to Germany Italy and Japan, Currie will g0 to Citullg- king at the vitation f tile Chinese gCV\.l‘lllll(‘llt and w'll bear n special messaire of grcetLng to Gan. Ciliang Kai-Slick.

Known as President» Rocsevelts personal oconcnli: advisct", Cilrrif. 3H, and with an extenswo back- ground will bc acccmpa zed by Emile Desires. rcnior cczucinit if the federal rc. erve board. Eflliflhifitl at, Harvard and the London School of Fconomcs, Currie also “acid a

sitian with ill: reserve h 1rd bc-

re he brcnlue ail-min Si!" zvc as-v sfstallt. to the; President 1:1 Jilly. 1939. ‘

DUBLIN, Jim. 24—-tl"rlday- (ClU-A fierce fire broke out early today in Dublin‘ Castle, where the Eire censorship oi’- fices are located.

A Dublin newspa, messen- ger gave the alrrm upon dis- covering the blaze while taklnl’ copy to the censor for approv- al

Fire-fighting brigades worked feverishly to prevent the "M115 from spreading to a congested residential area nearby.

The offices of’ the Ministry of Commerce in the castle were destroyed before the tire was controlled two hours after it was discovered.

Dublin Castle is the nucleus from which the City of Dublin is said to have developed. Ai- thcilgh part of the same was built in the first two decades of the 13th century, the bulld- lng is mostly 16th century or later,

Pattiilio says B. 0. Press is ‘llery extreme’

NEW YORK. Jan. 23 -—tCP) - = _ a . 1 . Pzclnlcr T. D. Psttulio of British ll-alalpkins ls behevcd d.il.g in Gieatwcoluqlbia who as in New York on

r a n. . ‘ ' . .

V_ be _ _ , bu mess follctvim tre Ottawa pro- pifilrliég loflCilsliiit lviucial conferiencaci whiiclkhtl-gllttl-‘Etgtl

f k_ t l y; 151 5'0, last week. to ay ssue s.a - 390830 vlifiniliifh$alif liliuli afilgdltjlliPlli. through his secretary:- and a $50,000.000curl11lcy Sta-DlLZn-i "Mr. Pettugg aimed taifdav that “m ‘can, he had rcceiv c pp.n".s rom sec-

Chinese QUihOJitltBS, contending ‘gilmlilfliirl-he ilrefilxgrnegiilgfii; that China: nee s or wnr mater- f_l_\Vl u were ' V. t‘ lals are as urgent as B1'itai1l‘s,l1avc ("Jlbfifilll of hi‘ not: r1 at trhe re- encouiltervd difficulties in purchas- cent Dominion-Provincial con-creme

He is expected to make iln lncn- - slve study 3f China's econ inc struc- l ture to determine most effective‘ means of helping that crzuntry mi an economic and financial way. l As a close adviser to the Pres-i iricnit, he is expected also to study‘ Chinas war nerds gcimrally and

strength -f Chlle=e reSiYtanCe to

Japan, nulch the some thing that.

lng planes and Oii"i_"~l‘ 0qllpf1tl0lli-_b€-‘.lt~ O tlWii. Ml‘. Pattuliopsaizl. that cause of the pluorztirs -.f Brztisllnlct only had the pcsirinn .a“\l by him not been pi-operlv roac-

and American orders.

...._i_-_--_--_-__ Muted tn p, wide section 0f the Brit-

Tish Columbia press but had been vcrv much misrepresented.

"The Premier stated that the mat- ter would be fully discussed on his return and prophesied that critic! m now so vitriolic would look as fool- ish as the critics of his attitude to- ward the greater Vancouver wot" =uoply and of the bridge at New Westminster. now known as the By The Canadian Press ‘lpathlno Brldwf.

canto-British desert. patrols ‘ rangc out west of captured Tobruk; R.A.F. blasts Nazi bases in Sicily-

SOFIIL-Bucharest radio claims '

At A Glance.

offensive against Valona; Intense lighting reported north of Itlisura. I

CAIRO-Disclosure made thlt Emperor‘ Bails Selassie has been in l Ethiopia since Jan. l5.

VlCHdL-Pctain government ac- cepts Japanese mediation in dis-, pute between French lndo-Chinak and Thailand (Siam). "

LONDON-RULE‘. bombs steel. oil and munitions works at Duesacl- dorf; war office acts against com- murder who criticised officers of ‘working class origin.

oTrAwrm-Canndlan airmen who T are trained under Empire lchQlM-t may be grouped overseas into lit-i Canadian sqlmdrons. |

DUBLllL-Firo breaks out in.‘ Dublin Castle; may spread to near- by congested ares-

A director i r the Mnrlvme Pro- vincrs will be appointed M". it was said.

he want; neither side to old to Britain.

WASHINGTON-Lindbergh says‘ win th war; opens

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

ciiaarorrrrowa, ca" C11 ADA]:

There's half a ton of devastation wrapped up in this Nazi mine. Hicse navy men have the jzzb of desensitiz- ing it. For their work the lieutenant-commander has been awarded the D.S.0. and the men the l).b.M. This mine, washed up on Britain's west coast. was one of their biggest

second while they give thclr treatment tn the instru merit of destruction. -

1°58. They must be alert every

Will consider Revision of Training scheme

By Edwin Johnson Canadian i-ress ltliiitarv Correspondent

OTTAWA, Jan. 23 -—tCPl ~r’l~o- posed revision o1 011a compulsory nulitary training scheme uncle: the national resources and mobilization a_ct. will be among the inalor ques- tions Delcnce MllllsiCl‘ Ralston will discuss with its tdbill€t colleague's on his return to Ottawa tomorrow from the flrltlsh 151e,,

Long before i..i.‘ ivllnlster departed on his overseas mission there were reports the government was giving consideration to extending the pres- ent 30-day training period to three or four months. Spukcsnlen at. dc- tence lléiltlqlillllilS tonight salzl, however, that any announcement of 0111mm mut avail; Mr. Raistonls report to the war committee of i-he cacinet, scheduled to meet late to- morrow.

Meantime, shotlld an extension of the training period be decided upon, the national war services depart- ment. which calls the men for the defence‘ department, is prepared to issue tfe llffXii comptlls-c-ry‘ call — Canadas fourth of this war -for any length of titre.

Ailllflllgil l; is generally believed recommendations favoring length- _en:n.: oi lite framing period W111 0e atrlolzted, nliiitazy aulhorrties have indicated that pos ible extension will delTJlld on a number of flypOilleil- cal factors.

These they listed as follows:-

l. supply of essential equipment available.

2. Degree oi’ traini i - deslwble. mg com dated '3. The needs of industry.

4- The disposition of divisions now in traininz in Canada.

In manv o.‘ hi‘ rcwnt speeches Col. Ralston has stressed that the» 30-03)’ trainin-z period could be chawred, He has take-n the stand that it is essential to the complet-

(Continuedf 111;;

PRESIDENT OF DAIRY FARMERS

__ g. Romanian rebels have agreed to Jag. as“ (OHS? gem hostilities; dmd estimated at ‘ ggmirsqmgigratléeéifl ‘zany 1g , . ATllENS.-Greeks resume their‘ o; Tor-mm as President for i941

;British raid liazi base ;0n Sicily

CAIRO, Egypt. Jan. 23 —iAPl-—

lltoyal All‘ Force bcnlbcrs atlncked , the ‘where German dive bombers are

llil'.il'l}lll€ a2 Clrailia, Sicily. iza ed. last night, and heavy explo- sions and fires occurred near the runway and hangars, a communique said today.

‘ nvunced the election cf R. J. Scott ‘This tlmh in °l>eliliai°li5 °i “Si

night and early lozlav. the British bombers hit airdromes at four points in Sicily, including the main Ger- man dive bombers base at Catania.

Outstandingly Qggi

"SALAK

TEA

RIDAli, JANUARY 24, 1941

UUTBREAli

l. i

Tllnidentifieii Man found Unconscious

was found unconscious In the rall- way tracks on the city approach of the l-liilsborougll Bridge — approxi- mately 26 yards from tile steel work. ii. was zinllounceti by City Police. Vernon Gay of Souihgcrt told po- police he found the man headfirst ln a snow bank about nine o'clock. Mr. Gay who was accompanied b"; his son. continued cu his way home and called police. from L. O. Kelly's store ill Southport. He told them 0f the man lying on the tracks. Members of the city police force tvent to the sCGne immediately and picked tire man up and took him to the city hospital. There was no outward sign of injury but tvllen the lza - of his .k11il was touched it i cod a sliilht reaction. . .~ai:l that a search of his pr. -.\. .s producvd no identifying pilpers. With the exception oi a ltlalldkorrllief, tile pockets were eenp~ y

Chief A. Blrlxvhistle said thcie WU‘? no 11st‘ c signs of llljlll‘) He. said tile man wa tikcn to tile hos- pilal at 9.40 by Constables Stems

Webster and Augustus Dowilng. He}

added that. there was no sign liquor about the man.

_Tlle man hail not regained con- SCIOU-sncss at an early hour this morning.

Police isilcd the following cies- cription of the man: Height, 5 it. or 10 inches; weight. about 175 pounds‘ age, approximately 35 years colltpic ion, fall"; i18ii"i)l'OWll and curiypcieon silaven. He was wear- ing hl l black laced boots, riding “ . a lllilc brilshed wool sweat- er w ll zipper. also two others un- der illl5- one brown and the other blue, black gloves. He was‘ in his bare head. There were no marks on his body except a scab-from an ap- penzlicitLs operation,

of

E’ .- -.

l Six-man crew

Last night an unidentified man

MAXIMS

‘OF A

MERE MAN

Each day is a little life.

Annual fluhscrlptluu Delivered. $72.00 B] Mull: l‘. E. L, $1.00; (fullutin uliti l. .5. '

To

Rebels Zgree l.

Lay Down Arms; Reports Conflict

SOFIA Bill" ,' dllvi- VIAPI - .. maid

lll '\ ill‘

Air training Schools opens At Moncton

MUNCTON. N.1i.. Jail. 23.~tCP) —'l‘llc Ali- ‘Irainulg school here, a link 1n 111v British Colnlnonwcaltii ‘raining plan. \‘.;1s ope-null ul-

dcr rep: 2.000 ill.‘ covtailihs It \t'n,\ nii-t t‘ inq ]l.:d (‘l t . ' Ii)(‘i\\l‘\‘ll tilt’ lists and the um lthe Rilmnlliazl a1 l _ tlisilatclles said nroccecliilc o

iluclteti border s.

" _\ today by lion. W. G. Clark. no 111111‘ in

"It l.» 11 ‘ ll ' 1c All n‘? zplun ls .. _. l" lulu," he s . _ ale , tha: Llle 11.111 “Hi1 be in lull opera- } tlOll by September of 41, .1i" ‘ tnouull oiiuinui plans calm-cl ;llr_

ltllat {leak to 1 biJYilllI Qt 1942.‘ The Llciiicllallt-Govorllul‘

catnital in the hundreds Other reports said there \"‘i‘t‘ more "nan V ‘was ‘.‘ Ir’ t l ill llllidizli‘ t marshes, lIliFUJlILULi by r\ll'C1JllllllO(iOl‘L‘ f, . int-‘llilinzi llliillV Ji'\\'u 1 l, ‘mm Me ‘ on, oiilcur (Jllliliilililiiilit; Nu. 3 their homes and ltiilt-ti zlirlilfl u 1th training command, itoyzll Canouian All‘ Force. Montreal. More than} 3,000 persons ilad their first view of,‘ the bis: training wntrc.

RAF. resumes Wintcrjlfensive

LONDON, Jan. 23.~-(CPi - 'l"llc' Royal All" Iikorcc ha i‘L‘hLllli(‘([ lilei Wlllttll‘ attack on Clo l‘ centres, the All" Ministry dtscloscdl today, bombing stool, oil and nluili~ i‘ tiolls targets at Duessclclorf through l cluuti galls for Zia ilours overnight.

This “toncelitratetl iilOlllIll medl- nlll" luliti, illudc in bad uvelltilcl" as the 21st on the Dilessclciori are

Despite the clouds. offlcialsoilic- e5 said, the pilots could. 5st; the spread of fires set lay their llll isn- . diary and high expiosive bombs.

be: IUilCllfli 111 the .

nts broke ‘of a rebel

Iron Gllllltiifl ili'0"i(ll‘;l.%f ll.-. i sr-nt out i‘ll'l" -.11i1l11lr- 11w an appeal l>v Prclnint‘ l.‘ ' (‘i1 for zl (‘Ohvliitlll (if ‘at . riloilsil the ltilnlanian l». Sofia lssilcrl a st tonescil was "alas e broadcasts were taken ls an indi- - revolt xvn not ulicilorl

(it

.r s- a o4

LOEF. Lodge Officer retires llftcr lib years

,0f motor vessel

illeaches safety

CANSO, N. S.. Jan. 23 -—(CPI -

The slx-lnrln crew of the motor ves- sel Ba tian 01 Biirgeo, Nfid., roach- cd here today in a lifeboat and re- ported the 95-1011 craft was a t0- tailos. after striking rocks at White Point, seven miles south of here, l last night. ‘ Capt. Archibald Afatthclvs said he lrlcil t0 make Callso alter the Bas- tian floated ircc but she ilQlYLi rap- idly and the engines stc-lapcrl. The vessel was filed and abandon , Ice conditions were bad and vi ibility Wfls p001‘, he said.

The crciv, all of Biirgeo, were sld- l "FY HfllTlS. mate; George Skinner. contsxvam; Edward Anderson and Ronald Hiscock, seamen; and Clar- f once Billard, cook, i

The Bastian was bound from I, Burgco to Shelhllnlc, N. 8., to pick ' llpa cargo of lllmllcr for the Nest i

I'll: 10s.

ifirading of hogs

‘ozl o1 iiliYOIillClllg the

Ontario Farmers Protest rail

TORONTO, Jail. 2a -tCPl ‘ Farlllezs adrnitililg L18 annual C0ll~ vcliilunntiile Canadian FCKiUPBLinIl , of llgnciilt-ulc hole toting.‘ protcat- l ccl tile Federal Government's. 1ne'l1- " ccmpilisorv -| ‘Yltiiihtl of was and ilrgcd the vcznlnent to consult prndugerg r0 iiiakrilg turvher changes m ltyllilll .1 imllclcs.

1e rxctcsl. was in the form of “OM-lull. P‘ cert vy delegates i'Ol.l.St‘lliil‘if,' farm organizations in all parts of the Dominion follow- hiil o I'm: debate on the mrrlts

l .- ~

F

0i‘ iilc urndfrg and ‘Ing. The l‘L‘:Ollliit‘ll szaid m. Doom had the support oi Ltglljvrinf.

o ‘ p‘ 3""? mllhriiy 0f bog producers.