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._I.NTERM_EDIATE PLAY OFI-‘S in the lxensington Rink Monday, Fcbl"l1:'.l‘y lulu, 1040, at 8 P. M. Bor- tirii l1". isCildiilgtOli. lstgame of 9, l\\l) paint- total goals series. Skating lull-i" liiulch. Adinissicn 15c and 25c.

L-42i-2-17-2l. -ll0CKEY at Bedeque rink, , rcoruary 19. Cape Trav- Freetown Admis- 11-442.

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-—T.\KES POSITION IN CIVIL slllnucll-Niiss Florence Dalton, (l.ill‘.~,'llit‘i‘ of Mr. and Mrs, J. E. Dillon. Sulilnierside, left on Sat- ullily fcl" Ottawa where she has luktzi a position in the Civil Ser- tilxn-S.

-SOClAL EVENING-The sen- ior girls brailch oi the W. A.. of s1. i\iai"y's Church, summerside, iicid a very pleasant social even- iuc Oil Friday in St. Mary's hall \\'.ll‘ii they entertained the young iii"n oi the congregation to a bili- |.;o plllty, R€'il‘f?5l"lillflll5 were serv- ed lit the conclusion of the games. slTl-HWELLING IIAULED TO NEW

Mr. George Key has pur-' colilmodlous

a dwelling ll.ili i<"k and has hauled it on to lll-a it clvll<d by him m, the east Bud Pf Sllnlmcrside. The east end is 2rlilluii1ly' being built up, several illCl‘ lulu cs have becnl-rected in re- {Tilt lrrrs. Mr. Earle Corneyks il(ill:(‘ \\'ii.Ci'l is nearmg completion L. the latest ardztzcp on [[19 snore adopt Wulel‘ fiircet Erl t alid is one a} llli‘ ifliGSli hsrscs in that part ol tiic town. 5,

-libh'l‘ll 0F MRS. GEORGE \\ luff-Friends in the western l": til the Province learned with i :l""rrt of the passing of Mrs.

G > Rayner at her hcme in G mount on Friday last Mrs. F... r had been ill for about twelve mcnths. She was the

dailrzhtcr of Mrs. Dunbar oi’ Alma te Benlamin Dunbar. She affectionate \l'ife and . l" mid much sympathy is ex- " l to her b6ZC1VCd husband and llircc small children; also to her IHTLIICI‘ who is left to mourn. S.

PERSONALS

-_\Ir Dmaid Baker is visiting in l-l.il;f~.ix.-S,

-—.\il's. J. G. Bennett of Char- lcttclcivn was s reccnt visitor to

Suninvrsnfe. s, -<y."r. Cloud; Ltdstrne of Cape “W! rout the weekend in Sum- mcrsgde, 5_ ~Mr. Frank Woodslde oi Cape

"l: was fn srmmcrside on bus- uzcFs cu Saturday S,

"MW lvfory Dorlzan, teach-er at Cal» Wcll spent the weekend in Summer ide. 5

Edzllr Brown has return- ' home in Summerside

—.\ir, T 1,‘; ‘scn. where he had been

0ft ti]

sslrwls ci Charlottetown is ill slririm-rrslde the guest of

responsible for deliveries on your route,

irclll the ranch cf Mr. Lowell go

‘The UMA

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Harvard’ Street - m. rauvcz couNry o“ m

should be left with M“, you;

Gourlieg Dru g Mari Gaudeif-Bgrabrysvrivtlelie 5:!

h in houoemfiii (Olsrillalilmlefillce

"BABY LAXATIVE for infants gievngirxllgtggc at Taylor Drug p0,,

—OWING

w the special skate gy lthe Summerside Young People

memes m Bedeque on Tuesday “f; Bgieque ‘school child- Thursday afternoogfls poned

—-GUIDES CHURCH PARADE- —Members of the three Summer. 31GB Guide Companies attended s e13 various churches in a body oli Pun ay in honour of Lady Baden- ,,%W°u5 blYthQf-Y- Sunday was

hlnklns Day in cm Guido annals. The Rangers attended the I’ ptist Church. 5_

—RED CROSS ACTIVITIES- The Red Cross unit of_the North B-dfque Cvnlmunlt-v C-lll). met m. m“ Mmise- MONEY the 12th, with sixteen members in attendance. The convenor reported tlm; tw-eenty-flve pairs of socks and one sweater had beenknittedand turn- ed in to the Red cross also eleven pneumonia jackets ulid thug“ has, $211,, vbafgn ggavns ujere donated. _ " - ' “W104i were dis- gilgllllfid and at the c.0512 of a prof. B" 9 8nd pleasant afternoon tee. W35 5611/96 by the ilustess, Mrs, 1), F‘, Hoddin-stt. The next meeting ‘will Ibo held at the hcllie of Mrs as. t. Macdonaid the at e" ' March uth'_sv t lllooli of —I'RODUCE ADVANCES [N PlJCE —Aith0ugh there is not much produce on the move to the Prince County Capital it is fetch. 1H8 a much higher price than for some time. Good barley, buck- wheat and wheat is in great dc- mand. Wheat is fetching from 70c t0 $1.00 s bushel according to the quality. Barley is 70c and buckwheat 60c bushel. Oats are 40 45c a bushel. Pointers are new quoted at 60c for Mountains mil 55c a bushel of Cobblers. H‘dcs have advanced from 5 to 8c. Calf skins 45c each: sheen pelts 35c Wool unwashed 20c lb Washed 30c. Straw is $7.00 and hay $12 "(l a ton. s,

Dark Horse Wins Handicap

LOS ANGELES. Feb. l8 -<APi._ Leavl the highly favored enti

of Sea iscuft and Kayak II to trol in dismal defeat. A. A. Bnronrs Specify triumphed ill the $10.09‘) added Sun Carlos handicap satur-

ay. Completing the picture of striking upset iii form for the edtilcot-lcil if‘

33,000 turf fans. two dark hcrs: contenders, Walter G. McCarthvs La siltor and Valdina Farms Vis- county, roared in for second and third place money.

Charles S. Howard's Seubiscllit trailed in sixth and his siublcnlatc. Kayak II, ran eighth, out of the

money for the first time in his car- eer.

Electric Fences Prevent Damage

In many sections of the Annap- olis Valley in Nova Scotia. deer have become a serious menace to fl"uit trees. gardens and other crops Young frllit trees are favoured particularly by the deer and some- times damaged severely. In some areas the planting of young trees has become impractical because of this. Ordinary fences are of no avail against deer since they crawl through very small openings. Strange as it may seem, they sci- dom jump fences unless startled. Experiments on the use of circ-

Meanwhile consideration will be giv-

enAto Norway's protest which is a

stxzctlv The

s ing on details ven in a communi- que earlier in told of the darin prisoners from the 12.000-tnn Ger- man shi

Altmark was armed with “two poms and four m disclosed that German seamen op- eiled fire from a h which they cross the ce thehshiifs ste .

in blamed the grounding Al mark largely on her efforts to break free from Gjesslngfjord despite British niaiids and on an attempt to ram the British destroyer Cossack as she pulled alongside.

grappling irons aboard the Altmai- and

sides and J. J. F‘. Sml . charge of one of the boar ics. was severely wounded,” the com- mulikllle silid.

the captain of the Altmark from colitlcl of the ship.

locked in shell rooms and in an empty oil tank.

released a number of German crin- ed guard , put on Graf Spec, esca of the ship an , across the ice reached an eminence 011 shore from which they fire with

British and two Germans who were scrambling across the ice to 10in those illrcady on shore were hit.

fell into the water amidst the brok-

en ice. Two of the Cos acks olflc-

grs plunged overboard and l

mark was armed with two pom-Dorm (anti-aircraft guns) and fcur chine guns.

she had tvilice been visited Win19 lll Norlvegian waters but had not been searched. T fact _ _ board who were Ciflmfifllig tor re- lcll c were not notced."

tliculrlr prisoners, gave those of them able to return _ uelcsnie. Iii Liverpool, where sev- crul livsd. the sunnien were escoited to liIClr utilizing-draped homes cheering thrcligs.

ed tlii. WCILOHICZ "Tlierell b: all Eligullnl."

erilniclit lelt , for the Norwegian internment the Altmark.

the Norwegian authorities in don, the British government stress- ed lts point of "completely justified in taking the law into its own to a diplomatic source close to the government.

that Briton had acted "like a poi- iceman in entering p, house without a warrant when he knows a crime is being committed."

of most press comment. hailed the action a. showuig would "no longer tolerate the fav-

HELL SHIP l

(Cflntinuéd from page l)

legal complaint. Admiralty Saturday nilht is- ued a second communique enlarg-

e day which first g release of

D. Altmsrk Armed

This communique charged the

achine guns’ and F‘

day at which Han. A. C. Taylo“, inister oi agriculture for New

MacDon-

m

lllock on shore reached by dashing a- after ciambering over

r

T e naval agcount of the board- of the

of Norway} com-

the

The Cosack answered by iiinginlg‘ w carding her. "Firing then broke o on both gunner in lng part-

Li H

"The Britsh prisoners were found rooms and store

“While these captives were beih!

board by U19 d over the stern making thlir way opened

ifle . firre was returned by the

"A the some time another German

saved m.

“It was (Fscovered that the Alt- ina-

"One of the officers stated that

the on

his would explain that 300 British prisoners

as Britons Jubilant

Britons, Jubilant over the spec- re case of the Altmarks

to their homes n heros W

b)’

Ill the stuticli alvnitiniz their ar- W

.

A total oi ill-i of the seamen were

released .ater.

of

During weekend discussions wit Lon-

vlew that it was

hand", according The oiiiclol attitude was said to be Di closure of Britain's official

attitude was in line with the more outspoken views of the

Brunswick, Hon. J. A. 81d. minister of agriculture for Nova Smtia, and W. Dennis. minister oi agriculture for Prince Edward Island. attended a- long with the three deputy mints- ters and several members of the various provincial agricultural dc- partments,

J. K. King, for New Brunswick, F. W. Walsli, deputy minister for Nova Scotia,

Transportation the Maritime Board of Trade, were named a committee to assist in the

m. clal ministers of acrlculture. three denutv ministers as well as Howard McKlchan. president of the Canadian TivosiockCo - Olvrritlvc

(CP)-—The meet ended today wlm- a _.'__ unofficial _.i\1"\131"E lewd "ltd “l; 13.11 Christensen, New Denmar. N_ 3,, 5,3 1940 Maritime ski cham-

pm‘ a 0f Dalhousie. riifiliiefigfi igilhfit 1m’ i. trial lum» before tile Official _ longest jump. also made by Ful- lottie, was 151

To Seek Feed Gust Adjustment By Government

bMONUION. N. Esleb. l8- A the tfilef. seeking an adjustment

in

e prices oi mill feeds to the

farmers oif the Marltimes, is i.o be prepared and presented to the Dominion government as 50ml as, possible by agriculture of the three provinces, it v.1: decided at a. meeting here

the departments o:

H

Hon.

deputy minister

. R. Shaw, deputy minister for

Prince Edward Island, W. H, Mc- Ewan, manager of the

Canadian vestock (to-operative, and Rand . Matheson, manager of the Commission of

T“k° 3'36" lpzfpraration and presentation of the "The Brltsh boarding arty r e ' i» w w“ ...“°.'.'.l'.§"?£.t"t.';‘.fi'.l?“ w. as

would be commenced at once and would be carried on as speedily as possible,

Friday's meeting was called for the purpose oi fully discussing the increase in mill feeds during re- cent months, with a view of arriv- ing at a definite policy preach. After going into the mat- ter at considerable detail it was decided to prepare the brief seek- ing an adjustmuut, it being that the increase in feeds was too much, in view or‘ the set price of bacon, and unless an adjustment is made it wi'l not be possible to prod paid

of ap-

felt

uce p0.k at the current prices

To (Io-operate

The three provinclaldeplrtments cf B"1‘iCllltl.iI‘P will work in junction in an ef’ort to Wt the ad- justment so that pricss may lowered.

It was revealed at the meeting that since the price of bacon wls set some months ago feed had in- creased in some instances as much

C011-

b1‘-

s!) and $10 p1‘? ton.

Those nttslidin": the evervinfs "ethic include.“ the three DTOVIiIYI- 1e

. H. M"EW‘H. I"?.I1q"(.'l‘ of i-‘ic

'cral branch. Ilav Grant. asfistllil‘ l~1'l_nfl"(‘l‘. Rand H.

ywithcsdn, J.

G sham. 'V[(7'1('i"‘1. J H

11ml, v.0 crowd sang 505, channes Klrig. Stanley Wood. Fredericton. and when the train pulled in roar- Graham I-on-Iley. of til-o Viva Sco- alwa_,s_¢‘a dtwflmcnt Qt‘ agriculture and E. A. Wheaten. , Prc-tucr" of nuliiiqilu to t\\_'0 Eilinbllreh ili.‘5|)il&L5 Maritime pfnvJ-vwwis a", (“ac-i will, alter the landing at Lcith and a l1. halt 0f tllclil were

livestock ili thc

the ne-rafidtv oi absorbing freight rates which‘ are aooroximatrlv Si

qlneye were said to be in "pretty iair a ton greater than on 5mm; 513 - . _. ' . i L, Britain's comlllalnt to Norway. 5hlpmgptfieégssgstarlglntirznn,g Sign lcoged Saturday but onlv_ 4dlSCi0e€rl are. w dmwéd (“thin-mt m today, listicu tiiuvtnc lsrltsn gol- 011M295 l\_ ,~>(- v H s amt”, iuslihcd in "pressing their rinelllhml . h" l1 »-~

out after the meeting.

Dminousia. N. 13.. Feb 1B- annual Maritime ski new but

contest. The

feet. Christensen won the meet cham-

pionshib with 466 points I°r f"

B ‘tl h press which termed the . 1 oun- dvegnmcnfs decision to rescue ltillflyfidoexgliliffii ‘ilnngtflgqgmcjflfirlc val. {he Altmarlp; prisoners uflll- ditgn Damousie. was runner up, toric." Melvin l-lorquail, Dalhousie, and

One dispatch, striking the tenor

that Britain

Sgt?‘ se-Jcgmenund third to Fur-

lotte lu jumllinl;

New Denmark.

competitors were

f tie Mo“ o 1 and New Den-

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Sailors Tell 0f “Awful” Conditions y

Barred Backliouse Cunud n Press Stall Writer

LONDON. Feb. 18-(0? Cable)- Britisli prisoners froln the Aitmark arriving in London totiight told oi "awful" living conditions beneath the hatches of the Nazi "hell ship."

A threat of further humiliation awaiting the men upon their arrival in Germany caused them to attempt to mutiny, 1t was related.

A young sctllllan from the Ashlee. a victim of the scutztcd pocket bat- tleship Admiral Graf Spec, saili the attack on ‘the Altmark IPrida night by the British destroyer o/ssack just saved the prisoners from a "ter- rible fate.” He said:-

"Wc were to have been landed at. Hamburg 0n Saturday night and marched through the streets on par- ade. We vvuuldrhave been just like slaves dragged in procession for the crowds to jecr at. The Nazis threat- ened us with this several times. It vvu. the thing ‘we dreaded most oi rill from the uiuiueilt we were told."

‘fried To Mutiny

"Then in the last two days thing: got s0 bull a lelv 0f Us tried to stage a mlultlliy and make a dash for it.

"We thcuslht if the 300 of uscouid have gut above-clocks we could eas- ily have got control of the ship. The Gcvlillliis; soon got wind of it. how- ever, mill llilit finished our chances of a bI‘Ul1l(L1\\'ki§'. We were put on nothing but bread and water for the lust two rial-s we were aboard."

A1 Williams of London said he was liilljfi (ilillll iii a small compart- ment with 45 uthl-rs.

"It was u. iillh place with no fre.»h -' lie suizl. "Tile Germans s miserable ris possible. we lived illcstly on black bread and tee. without in 1k or sugar."

Jchu Qlligley, London. a survivor of thc T .1 which wits sunk by the t fore that, 1'fl1(i('l‘ was ‘cc Brit‘ h cruisers '

bci d the first the prisoiiersknew oi their rescue was a voice crying:-

The Navy's Here "hmrn down there?" hi 0d

." h-cre" We all cheered like

Ailfflili‘! scnmngl (lcscribed on at- tenint bv the til" tolls to attract at- tcliti fl "_< from Norlvcgian o boarded the Alt- lilili l)l'iOl' in the cu- ‘ llriiish (il“‘.ll'0"€!‘S.

bored a hole .li\vuv and the second mate of the A=hlm grabbed an iron

bar, shclltcd: "Crmc on. boys. this is wll " we'll not out." and tried u» vl~-- l1f“f‘il.

"W~ crr-rlll l "inc whi ties and

sholliill". mid i" ("r1 rl Fir" kl iilde throllch the l

Jzrk

. Iluinn VII‘ in the hatch." the scamzln sold. ""I‘licvi we n11 battered

zit ill- lmtclirw with whatever we \vnu‘d cclfld lziv our hands on thc (‘oz-mam turned on us.

it”! the sttwm \',‘fl‘i“'1(‘S gains! ‘will tn rlrmvn the lloi e we mode "n4 In fllrc ct‘ nll that we were defeated."

K. O. Morgan Is Suspended

DETROIT, Feb. l8—(AP)—John J Hrttc-Eie, Slate Boxing Com- missioner, ycslcrday suspended aiid filled K.,O Morgan and Bonny Godbcrlz. lrinclpals in a boxing mulch stopped by the rei- eree here last This-slay night for lack of action. Each fghter must pay a flue of $250, Hettche ruled ii rcicnrill: thc purses held up during the investigation.

Hot-tulle said he did not believe the flj-"llt was "dishonest" but de- clawed it was an "unfortunate mis- match."

C._N. R. CALL TENDERS

MONTREAL, 1B — (UP) — Tenders for approximately $1,500,000 worth 0f iicvv equipment have been called for by Canadian National Railways. it was announced tonight.

ljvt Tho" fli‘l

Jimmy wade lias Success As Trapper

pilot Jimmy Wade snared. axl- other rabbit on. Oakfleld Lake yes- terday morning, it was learned from, engineer L. H. Power, maili- tenance superintendent oi the Cali- adian Airways, who ,a.l‘rl\'9d in Charlottetown yesterday afternoon with Pilot Joe Anderson, This last rabbit was more fortunate than the bunny captured by Wade when he was stranded on the like M191‘ last week's plane crash, however", as the pilot was only demonstrat- ing his trapping ability, and im- mediately set his prisoner free.

Pilot Wade and his passenevr. Mr. James A. Noonan returning to his home in Halifax from his na- tive Prince Edward Island. cracked up in g forced landing on Oakfield Lake, 35 miles from Halifax, dur- invig a blizzard on Thursday last. A ter a, 38 hour search the men were sighted by an R. C. A. F. ob- server. Pilot H. S. Jones and en- glneer L. H. Power in one plane and Pilot Joe Anderson and eli- glneer Garnet Godfrey in another immediately flew to the rescue and took the men back lo Halifax.

Yesterday Pilots Wade and Alid- ersori with Engineers Godfrey and Tom Houghton returned to thc damaged mactune and removed

CHECK/

The “weiproof"

paper on Player's “MILD" cigarettes does not stick i0

the lips.

014.4110 / PM

mixture should eonsiat of approxi-

mately 60 per cent carbohydrate grains, preferably home-grolvn, to 40 pcr cent protein-rich concen- trates. An example of a irielll mix- ture for use with legume hay is as follows: Ground oats, 3 parts; ground barley 2 parts; bran, 2 parts; and oil cake meal. 1 pal-t, A simple rule used in feeding is to zlllow 1 pound 0t meal mixture fur every 3 to 4 pounds of milk pro- duced daily. Cows giving mi. rich in blitlerfat require more meal in proportion to the pounds of

some mail which W115 being takcll to Halifax at the time of the acci- dent. Wlllle there Pilot Wilde ex- hibited with pridc his skill as a trapper. He snared a rabbit vvlth some wire from the wrecked ma- chine while marooned. He intend- ed t0 cook the animal 1f a food shortage occurred before a rescue was effected.

An amusing part of the story is that when the flycrs returned to Mlmcmfl yefviefdfly afternoon they were beslellfld by the citizens for rabbit paws, as a "lucky" souvenir of the adventure.

Salvage work on the wrcckcrl lflfllle will get undervvaay as soon as the Inspector. who is expcczcd from Ottawa today. visits the scene of the accident, If possible the Diane will be taken to Halifax on runners and falling this it will be dismantled and the carts taken out b!’ fllrblane. L. H. Polvcr said lust ILighi.

Winter Milk Supply Value of Good Feed

The progressive daily filrmor is realizing more and more thc value of properly feedin’: his m1 king held during the winter months. The additional returns obtained through increased or more economical pro- duction mid the lmnrovclliont of the health of the cows, states C.D. IVIacKelizie, Division of Animal Husbandry, Central Experimrnlal Farm, Ottawa, make this subject one of extreme importance to all those enraged in dairy forming.