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SECOND World War! '

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.."NEW HAMMER MILL IN- STALLED. - Crushing only. Rates reasonable. Bros.. Mills, Selkirk. L-01B-i-27-31.

Daily War Survey

By The Canadian Press

Only a few of the many tricks for WhiCh the air forces oi the warr- ing nations are trained have been displayed in the war so far.

Saturday a, German plane attack- Od fl 0011mm of French trucks with machine gun fire. This is one of the Jobs the army co-operation squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force is being trained to erlornl.

THEATRE ‘CHAIRS AND ELECTRICAL FIXTURES FOR SALE!

Owners of small theatres or country hails throuflhout the Island will be glad of the opportunity to procure. at low cost. excellent theatre chairs and electrical fixtures in 80H! condition. I Tile Capitol Theatre chairs and Prince Edward Tllefll" electrical fixtures ore for immediate sale -- delivery is i105- iiible in about two weeks. Amiicntlon should be made quickly as only 500 chairs and a I ited number of fixtures are available.

Apply by phone or letter to

THE MANAGER _ Prince Edward and Capitol 1110M"!!-

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_ éTltlNlTy ' UNlTEIfiIlURCHfi In Metnorlarn The Sacrament of Holy Com- MRS. EDMUND ILCROSBY

munion was dispensed fli- the

morning service of Trlnltv Ullitfll

chi-grisly; to a rlliirygo congrcgaélontlog

Mrs‘ Ed 1 wol- ppef5_ e serlnon. ' M

53mg SL521??? fidfwmgf-Qflflfl theme _I“Sacrament of thc Loltlvs

Crogbyoycalmnaverseand norm“ supper, was delivelcd bv RP!- P- E- I. died Thursday, January ii, 194° uilci‘ a. years’ illness at the Wino of her daughter, Olga, (Mrs.

I-Iugh Millar. In this address. hi.‘

showed the great spiritual insight will. Armltage) Kirkland Lake. Funeral servle and burial took

and power ilvhlcli is 00581010

tilrough Jesus. C011 001v 00"“? 11% at sllerbrooke. Que, Sunday. “Willy 14. The service we con-

Almost daily for the pas week the pilo:s and gunners of the .quadl'on have practised their aims by firing at targets on the ice of Lake Des- chenes, Just west of Ottawa.

Aircraft. as a weapon against ground troops, artlcularly their supply columns. came a factor of some importance towards the end oi the first great war. The Germans u ed their air force with effect in

this way during the Polish cam- paign. ‘The fact that Saturday's attack

is thc first oi its kind reported on the western front is just another indication of the defensive charac-

ter of tho war being waged there. When and if an offensive Starts both sides will use their aircraft

extensively in this kind of fighting. It is one of the prime functions of army co-operaton uluadrons.

N0 damage was dolic by the lone German plane and it escaped three British p anes which rose to attack it. But aircraft attacking columns of trucks in this war will be enact-tins in a risky business. Mobile anti-air- crnft units will travel with the col- umns and in order to make their fire effective the airmen will have in come down within range oi’ the anti- aircraft guns. mounted. on trucks in the column and manned by skilled marlcsmen.

PRESS CABLE RATE DOWN TORONTO. Jan. 28—tCP) —-A

press cable rate of 4 1-2 cents a word between all cable and tele-

when we are willing to begin with the knowledge and faith thflt “f possess and to g0 on. in the nonvi- “Nd bl’ the Rev. Fred Wii lams of Iriniiy United Church at. the Sher- orooke Undertaking pal-lo s

of our Master to qualify for ltlizhcl" rigs. A feat/ore of the illornlna sur- r She is survlvlecl by her daughter, m5» W H. Armltage and grand-

vlcc was a vex-v beautiful solo llv

Miss Audrey Gillis. The selection; “ulillter Judith. nd one brother m3"? 5min . Mohtreal, Que. '

was “The Stranger of Galilee "l (Summorsl

The Offertorv was "O 'I‘l1e Bitter e papers please copy.)

Shame and Sorrow". was sung bV.

the choir. The evening anthem‘ "Just As I Am" was also sulfllfilib i 1y rendered and a solo "Thyvl WlF l

H s s $001?“ we; fllxintfiy blfenldltrifid ‘and olsteln Meeting we“ mm

The evening sermon. delivered bv v. L. M. Munav. was on the theme "The Drink Traffic". In ll the minister pointed out. that ill the light of economic. medical. and moral knowledge. strong drink

All Holstein Exhibitors at Class 1r! are urgently requested to d a meeting at the Agricul- Nlilall on Frills , Feb. 2nd at

A - . to dl l ii i t tands condemned He expressed a lalra. This sifiatlngni: GRIEINDgEIAIIIN Atronir disapproval of the policy of Pi‘- direcior attend; annual giving strong liquors to those men

""11": t i, iii who hav ol-unt e ed in th a..- In Torontg. a ed hunk" we“ felnco ofeltlieir mceohgtrv and fér CECIL J. ST '1', w ose we are o ovemment s Ema,“ He laid the responsib-

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duff!’ the Dment deploratljlle COD ODS UDOII UTOQS. AC 1r°°39-1-I°-31-|oovsrninent, the gediudfl frater-

grllpll offices in Canada and those ill Great Britain and Ireland was announced tcday to be effective Feb. I.

The ieduclion amounts to one- llalf cent a word and brings the Clinton-Great Britain mic into lino xyllh that. prevailing between Britain and the other Donlinlcms.

Sometimes the man who “says what. ho thinks" is forced to pause and think what he_says.__

ulld the citicns of the coun- try; nlizl rllarecri all Christians tn 11w 111) lo their task hi stamping out this llWilt cvil.

T00 Lille To (Iiasify

NOTICE-WILL Till-I TWO men who stole the hens on the night of January 25th, please put back Within two days and

In Bankruptcy: Tenders For Assets

Iii the matter of the Bankruptcy of Daniel E. Ncollau. of Bedeoue. iil Prince County, Prince Edward Island. Authorized Assicnor.

Scaled tenders will be received by the undersigned up till twelve o'clock noon on Saturday the 3rd dav cf February. 1940 for the fol- lowing assets of the above Author-

ized asailznor.

Parcel No. 1. Groceries at in- voice nriccs——$?l6.50. V

Parcel N0. 2, Drutls at invoice prlccs-SGIJG. _

Parcel No. 3. Drv Goods at in- voice pi-iccs—$64.46. '

Parcel No. 4. Stationery at in- voice pr . — 12.03.

Parcel N0. Hardcore at in- voice ])l'if:t?5—$154.39.

Palcel No. 6. Crockery and

Chinairare at invoice prices-Slow. Parcel N0. 7. Scaling Machine. Parcel No. 8. Platform Scales

<Capaeit_y' G00 lbs).

Parcel No. 0. Ice Chest. Parcel N0. l0. MUCAFKQY

(Newt 100st $125.00). Parcel No. ll Nash sedan 1030

Model.

Parcel No. i2. Automobile Trailer. Parcel No. 13. Fixtures valued at

Safe

$62.45. Parcel No. Iii-About 2 l-4 thous- and spruce sllimlss: About 15

hundred feet of hoards: About 3 cords 0f split hard and soft wood.

Parcel N0. l5. About ll acres of land with barn siluzlic in Centres-

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Tcntlei-s may he made for the [whole or any ll.lri oi the above parcels 5f‘l)lll'lllt“l_\', the highest or any tender not necessarily ac- cepted.

A deposit of ten per cont on the amount of the trndrr will be ic- qulred to accompany each tender.

itemized inycnln cs of the above stock and n dc ltloil of the above mentioned I Estate may be seen at the office of DeBlols Bros, Charlottetown. at the stores of William Callhrck and Walter Bovmess. Bedeqilc. and at the sheriff's Office. Law Cilurts Bunti- ine. Summerside

Inspection of the stock may he made on Thursday lllc lst. day Of Fcbrilarv i940 lit-tween the hours of 2 and 4:30 p. nl.

Dated at Summerside. this 27th

day of January A. D.. 1940. FREDERICK J. E. WRIGHT. Trustee. L-93T-I-29-3i.

N. B. Rhodes Scholar Chosen

SAINT JOHN. N. B.. Jail. 28— (CP)——Jil.ll"i‘£‘S Owen Dineell. 10. fourth your clrclrlcal engineering student at the Ullivcrsilv of New Brunswick. WIIK cllrlsrn Nrw Lirulis- vyickls 1940 Rhodes Scholar satur- day by the provincial selection cdllnmiilcc of the Rhodes Scholar- ship trilst. He. “as selected from a comparatively small group of seven applicants.

A son of Mrs. and inc laie James R_ Dineen. hr was brmllzht. no on the family's fnrlll neor llzllnnton. attended Halnlltxln Consolidated School and went to U. N. B. on a Beaverllrook scholarship.

Owing to l.hc war lhcl-c is doubt whether any Rilrulcs Scholars will be nllowcd to no to Enclalld. and a possibility exists that no scholar- ship courses will be undertaken until after the ivar.

save further trouble. (Sismedl John Stewart. L488.

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ANNUAL masquerade ball Sport- int! Club Monday. Feb. 5th. a 7 ' L- 4 .

CONFEDERATsUn LIFE INSUR- ANCE. L-9789-7—2l-3ll.

KENT BEAUTY Shoppe Jan- uary Slbeciais. also student work. L-944-1-29-Zl.

IMPORTANT ineetirur of the Women's National Conservative Association tonight at 8 p. m. in the McLure BuildLng. L-ME.

FIRE ALARM-Firemen respond- eci to a. general alarm about 3.30 yesterday aftemoon. in answer to a. call from the residence o1 Alex p1- 116811. 80 Richmond St. in the City. The blaze which was centred a- round the ilue, did not cause much damage,

FALLS DOWN COMPANION- WAX -—A.s the ear ferry “Charlotte- town‘ was about leaving the pier at Tormentine Saturday, a passenger who had first boarded the steamer fell down a companionway and was pickled up unconscious. He was tak- en ashore and a doctor summoned who found his injuries were not serious. He crossed to Borden on a

ter trip.

SNOW THREATENS TRAFFIC —Sn:w which started falling early yesterday afternoon continued most of the night and threatened to hamper motor traffic on the Island highways. Motor traffic in the City although somewhat heavier than usual last. night, was not seriously affected by the snow- all.

"SANKATIV BEACHES HALI- FAX--Mr. D. F. Archibald, Secre- tary a: the Northumberland Ferries Limited, received a. telegram from Capt E. K. Hartling of the car fer- ry "Sankaty" Saturday night stat- ing that the boat had arrived in Halifax. He reported rough weather was encountered 0n the trip but that the ferry proved to be an able sea boat. The "Sankaty” is to be used on the Wood Island-Caribou route and it is expected that the

[service will commence May 1st. 1940.

SUCCESSFUL TEA -The annual Wo-I-Ie-Lo Tea. was held at. the Cundall Home with 9, large attend- ance. The visitors were received by the Hon. President, Miss Anna Mair and Mrs. George Millar, while Mrs. George Tweedy had the pleasant duty of ushering to the tea room. The tea. table was most effective and was presided over by Mrs. Arthur Dewar. Mrs. Theodore Bayer and Mrs. George Thompson. Members of the club served the daint and abundant refreshments whlc were ‘enjoyed by everyone.

YOUNG PEOPLE'S SONG SER- VlCE-Miss Grace Gibbard. Sec- retary for the national office roo- resenting the missionary and rep- resenting the Student's Ciuistian movement. was the special sneaker at the regular Young People's Sun-

nigh-t at the Salvation Army cita- del. Mr. Norvilic E. Luck. General Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. pre- sided at the lareeiv attended meet- ing. Special selections bv the choir. which was under the direction of Mrs Frances Holl 'I‘ra.inor. and a solo by Miss Marguerite Cuclmore was greatly enioved bv the stud- ents. Miss Gibbard, who was for some years a Missionary in China. chose as her subiect. "Student Life ill China." Her talk was based on her experience ill the missions cf that country. Earlier in the dav she also addressed an executive meeting of the Student's Chris- tian Movement in the Y. M. C. A. Adjutant Lynch of the Salvation Armv took the prayers at last night's session. Dean Robinson. President of the S. C. M.. expres- sed appreciation for the fine ad- dress by Miss Gibbard and also thanked the halvatlon Army for the use of their hall.

ST. JAMES CHURCH

There were 200d congregations at St. Janles Church yesterday, In the morning Rev. Dr. R. Moor- head Legato preached 0n Faith and Prayer-there cannot be one without the other. His text". was Hebrews 11:6 "l-le that cometh to God milst believe that he is. and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." In the evening Dr. Legato spoke of the need of confessing sin. It is im- possibie t0 free ourselves from sin unless we first acknowledge that we have sinned. To realize our sin and confess it throwing ourselves on the mercy of God is to know the 10v and peace of his forgive- ness The text was from the first general enistle of St. John 1:9. At the mornlnfl Aervice Mrs. N. D. MacLean sang as a solo "Thv Wil‘ Be Done"-Wolcott. The evening anthem was “Father in Heaven"- Handel.

Aged Citizen Passes Away

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Charlottetown lost one oi’ it's oldest and most respected citizens in the person of Mr. John Daizle’. who died yesterday at i2 Upper Queen st,

The late Mr. Dalzlel was bOlIl in this city on Jan. 29th. 1845 and spent the greater part of his life here. He would have been 95 years old today if he had lived. lie mar- rled Fannie Smith of Summerside. by whom he is survived. Sne is 01 Years of axe.

The deceased was well krlown in the City where he conducted a general store and later :1 iflKlIl€Ty_ After nis retirement from business he Durchased a farm at Stllithport where he spent a number 0i years in agricultural pursuits. He return-

day evening song service held last

Merry Minstrels i940 Edition Tues. And Wed.

The Merry Minstrels with their 1940 Edition will occupy the stage at the Holy Name Hall for one aftcrnoon matinee and t/we eve- ning performances Tuesday and Wednesday of this week with s Minstrel circle made up of over 60 people four black face comed- ians, orchestra, singers and danc- ers the public will enjoy two hours of good clean minstrel sine-tain- merit. The show will be paged under the direction of J. Austin Trainer C. D. A.. veteran per- former and director who will play an end on the stage. Old favorites also holding down end chairs are Billy Morgan. Clarence Howatt and Frank Bradley who is making his second appearance with the Min- strels, Al Blanchard is the capable musical director and he has s. splendid line up of musicians. The ticket committee report a big ad- vance sale of tickets. weather conditions the Band will not parade at 11.45. but will give a free concert each eve- nine outside the hall at 7.30 n. m. The safety valves of minstrelsy will be turned on each evening st 815 p. m. sharp and st the mat- inee at 3.15 sham. Join in the fun. you will be made merry by THE MERRY MINSTRELS.

Annual Meeting 0f Ladies Aid To Can. Legion

The 13th annual meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Charlotte- town Branch of the Canadian Leil- ion. B.E.S.L.. was held Friday eve- ning, Jail. 26th. at the 1482101’! Rooms. when the following offi- cers were appointed for the en- su n8 YER-Tl

Hon. President: Mrs. W. S. Stew- art; President. Mrs. G. E Sherren (re-elected); ist Vice President. Mrs. I. E. C oken; 2nd Vice Presi- dent. Mrs. dison Sterne: Secre- tary. Mrs. P. E. Palmer; Treasurer. Mrs. Arthur Coffin.

Executive: Mrs. A. B. Cosh. Mrs. Gordon Worth. Mrs. A. G. Bruce. Mrs, Wylie Allan. Mrs. N. W. Low- ther. Mrs. Frank Walker. Mrs. G A. MacDonald. _

The usual routine of business was conducted and notice Rive!‘- tl-iat two new members would be received lntc the Auxiliary at the next meeting.

The matter of the forthcoming campaign for raising funds for Canadian legion War Services Inc. for Educational purposes and personal services to the troobo in training was brought nefore the meeting and a letter in this connection from Major T. E. Mao- Nutt was read, asklnlz the support of the Ladies Auxiliary. After cor.- sideration a resolution was based offering the services of the Aux- Lliary. in any way that they may be required.

The following is the President's report for the year:

President's

Report

Another year has passed in the life of the Ladies’ Auxiliary t0 the Charlottetown Branch of the Can- adian Legion and is the second year since vou elected me your

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[HE MERRY MINSTRELS of 1 9 4 0 Under ihe direction of J. AUSTIN TRAINOR, C.D.A.

IN THE NCLY NAME NALL

Admission 35c

Children's Matinee, Tuesday 3.15

Trinity United Church

MONDAY:-- 3:30—-Cilbs. Social llall. 7:45-—Wiliing Circle of King's Daughters. East Parlor.

Nope River Credit llnion Elects Slate

The annual meeting of the Hope River Credit Union. Ltd, was held on January 25th with a large at- tendance of members. Aftcl- calllntg the meeting to order the presiden Mr. J. Leeming Murphy reviewed the work done durin the year. In the course of ress he stress- ed the necessit of study the only true meduim rough which the members may ain a thorough un- derstanding o the principas Credit Union and so be properly Lttcd to discharge their duties. He complimented the members on the keen interest they manifested during the past year and exoroed them to continue the good work. The treasurer then gave his re- port. Totalbusiness for the year was $2,128.46 with a membership of 81. A dividend of 3 per cent on shares was paid. 20 per cent of net profits was placed to Guaranty fund and 5 per cent to Educational fund with a balance to undivided earnings. The report of the Credit Commit- tee showed the amount loaned was $1,010.50. amount paid back was $727. making a cote loan business .737.50. The number of loans made during the year was 44. The report of the supervisory committee showed the work of the Credit Un- ion was carried on in a satisfactory

manner. proposed

The new officers were by a. nominatin committee under the chairmahsh p of Ml‘. Alexis

wvhv.

The following officers were elect- edz-Directors. J. Leemine Murphy. President. (re-elected); Floront Doi- ron, vice-president; John O'Connor. treasurer. (re-elected): Angus Doi- ron Emmett McGuigan. Harold Redmond and Alphonse Doiron. Credit Committee. Joseph D. Plneau

President.

During the past year the Aux- iliary has been very active. The attendance at our regular meet- ings was very satisfactory and a good amount was realized from collections taken up at the meet- ings. The members all continue to show much interest in the work.

some of our activities were:

The undertaking of the members to hold DYICUIG parties in their homes in the interest of the Aux- iliary. from which the sum of $115.00 was realized.

A cake sale was held on June 3rd. at the Rogers Hardware Com- pany's Store. which netted $88.60. as shown the Treasurer's Rc-

port

You will also see by the Treas- urer's Report that the Member- ship Dues for the year were paid up in an excellent manner.

‘Tile largest. part of our expendi- ture was for socks and knitting wool. our members having under- taken to knit for the comfort of the soldiers.

We were called upon in Sen- tember to subblv socks for the Artillery Units. as they could not get an issue at that time and were yery badly ill need. We were glad to be able m let them have 120 pairs for which they were very grateful. as shown in letters of an-

reclation from the Commanding

fficers to the Auxiliary,

We have also forwarded twenty- threc pairs of mitts to the detach- meal of Island signallers now ill training in Aldershot. Nova Scotia and hone to send more in a few days time.

You W111 be glad to know that we have on hand: Socks 117 ors: Sweaters 7: Scarves 2.

In cO-operation with the Queen Marv Needlework Guild. we sun- plied games to No. 2 Battery. R. C. A.. for their entertainment durinfl their voyage overseas.

This Battery entrained this morning and we pray will reach their destination in England safely.