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" w-mxud flflm 0 C Elli‘ -~ outside and listened , m, ‘metinp which encncled . glohs.

m, brmdcllt T ’ in I-qndon _B1g Ben boomed out two oclock .. the afternoon. That made it l0 aloft Ln the iiimnoon on the At- - m wast, nine o'clock in Quebw .. mmrlo, eight oclock in Win~ .. , seven oblot further west .. six olclgck on the Pacific

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liegrudlen of the hour. U18 Y!" were tuned in for ths Impe- gesture. Th0 hbldcsst sta.rted ... the vnribm centres of the mu xmgdorn. The Bnpire was haw Iondcnas were spendlna r. - Wold pictures were K"- .. of the holiday celebrations by

r I13. . <= lfast. the Iblllded sections o! the ighlandl, and an isolated lizhl- house on the coast of Northimiber- d. Snstchn from the Ca riSl-mflfi service in the famous Cathedrals and snail covmtry churches were

i0 the pom-m of s welsh coal mirw lf arnile under ground and to the will d the broadcasting tower at Rugby. '

A Christmas massage from the United Klnldiln and the toast to

ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING EVEN TS. MEETINGS. ETC

"Announcements an inserted In llll fO|I—I ll I cents par word "m"! Dlilblo ll ndvuaoo.

"Hockey n. but Eoyaity tomggcé

"Christmas concert at Marsh- fltla Church postponed until De- cember 27th, 3853

"School concert in Cornwall Hall Thilfldly night, 7.30. Admis- 10 5nd 15 cents. 3923

cadie Hall, Wednesday, Dec- emberflth. 3805

"H0618! It lla-rshfleld Rink to- liiaht. One hour's skate alter game- 3927

"Hockey at Highfield tonight, Wlnsloe Huskies m Buckley A11- lmrts. Skate after. 3919

“Isu- '11» Ina of Illa-tide" i! Cornwall playars at Kingston “w!!! night st a.

Mount Friday $21

Kings vs. Isl-owl. Carnival

batter Christmas present than an Insurance

mpire Greetings losecl By King’s oqdwill Message

a ceails, Continjr-i-ts Bridged By Christmas Empire -Wide Broadcast.

b) coast heard Dublin. Here the greetings cf the Ultra tod-aymxulrishrreestato were addeduid A .5; uojestyu voice the message relayed to Bermuda. broadcut over a trans-Canada Together with the best wishes of

bgginnifl if. 10 a. m. Standard 11:12. It camels-age then went to Ottawa. Hem and clear to the listeners iCnnadzfs greetings ware added and

»wor1d. ‘may again the people

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“Absent Prism!" then went to

the British West mdim, tho mes-

lrelayed to New Zealand. Ottawa ‘relayed as follows:

CANADA'S MESAGI

"Good-bye, Bermuda, and thank ,you. Ottawa calling Wellington. Christmas greeting! to the 1700916 {of New Zealand from the people jof canada. ‘Ilo these we ndd greet- ings from the e of the (blon- es. of the fish Free State and of lthe United Kingdom, which we re- ceived Lva minutm ago by radio- gror the second Christmas in suc- cession, the peoples 0f the British Empire join voices over the seven sous and the five continents, and await a message from his laaiwty the Kng. We, 1n Ottawa, peaking from Canada's capitol. are proud to take part in this Impeisl chsili oi greetings. We rcmembu that it was in our City thst the rtstclnm of the Empire aaemhled in 1932 to devise ways and means of closer Imperial eoonoumc unity. We meek also for the Maritime Provinces of Nova Scctta, New B-irnswick end

population add a greeting of their own. "

"Les Canadians-Francois trans- mettent leura vceux dc Noel au peuple de Unnpire et renffrme ileur loyautc envets Ba Majcate le Roi

"men. passing westward, we send you greetings in the names d! the Provinces of Ontario, Monltobo. Saskatchewan, Alberta and of the North-west Territories and the Yukon, until puasing the Roch Mountains. we reach Bratish 00l- trmbla, on our Pacific coast.

“In Ottawa, Christmas day has only Just begun. The clock has not yet struck ten. T ‘ weather here is fine and cold. and our Christ- mas celebrations lie before us. 1n the name of the peopilc of Canada. whose bells are even now summon- ing them to Christmas celebrations we send the season's gr tings to the people of New Zcaland, acoal two hemiqiherea, autos nearly 8,000 miles of the Pacific Ocean. from the snows of the North American winter to the sun of the Anti-po- denn summer.

“Good-bye Wellington.”

So the m went on until it was back in London and the lim- plre awaited the words of King George which followed immediate-

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Mr. Justice C. P. Ful- l e r t o n to Head Board - Dominion- Provincial Confer- ence Called.

(Canadian Press)

OTTAWA, Dec 34--The Govern- mr-ht wound up a comparativaly busy Christmas week by appoint- ing the long awaited Board of Trusteu for the Canadian Nation- nl Railways and calling a Dominion Provincial Conference to meet in Ottawa on January l1. Neither the personnel of the new board of three trustees to replace the Canadian National Directcrate. nor the 1n- vltation to the provincial Govern- ments caused any surprise. It had been expected that some oi the 13 vacancies in the Senate would be filled before Christmas but this was not done.

Selected l“. sldenl

As bad been frequently forecast, the Chairman of the Canadian National ‘Trustees will he Mr. Jus- tice C. P. Fulertcn, a native of Nova Scotia, long a reeident of Winnipeg where be sat on the Manitoba Appeal Court Bench, and since 193i a resident of Ottawa where he was Chairman of the Board cf Railway Commissioners.

The two other members of the bOIId will be F. K. Morrow. 4'7 yea; old business man of Toronto who will act without salary at his surest. 1w! I. .MmuS~I-I~~ belle. also 41 years old, Montreal lawyer, descendant of a family not- able in the history of Quebec.

The three trustees will assume their duties on January one. They will replace the present bulk board of Director's of the Canadian Nnt- ional and the legalation creating them, passed after n stormy session through Parliament last spring. directs them to co-opernte with the Canadian Pacific in bringing about methods of economy and avoidance cf duplication of services and facilities

Tribunal to Settle Disputes

The Board of Railway Commis- sioners Chairman, whoever is ap- pointed in place of Mr. Justice Fullerton, will act as Chairman of a tribunal with a. nominee from eech Railway, f0 svttle any dis- putes that may arise as to methods of co-operatlon.

Mr. Justice Dysart of Winnipeg has been mentioned as a. possible successor to the Chairmanship of the Board of Railway Commission- ers, also Mr. Justice MacGilllvray of Edmonton, Sir Henry Draytcn, and Hon, Hugh Guthrie, present Minister of Justice.

Will Hold Conference ' The calling of n. Dominion-Prov-

l-IL; Majesty's massage was as fol-

"Once ugan at this season it is} my pleasure and privilege to speak‘ directly to all members of our-l world-wide family. I do so with profound emotion. as well as grat- itude for the unbroken chain of your royal greetings this moment delivered u; me-

“In spite of rnauy uplnavala uid uncertainties this past year bar shown sober prcgrem toward recov-

eryaridtheaettinghiordsrofmir rmpective communitin '.‘l‘hil is not

in the future. "Now that adence hns-gxsetically abolished time and space in dealing: with each other width of the world, we an out there is neither time for the old habits action, which their use in

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incial Conference as a prelude t0 the parliamentary session cf 1934. has long been held inrvitable by observers rec. It was believed in some quarters that the recent eon- ferenoe of provincial government officials cared by lion. R. J. Man- lon to discuss the subject of high- way bus and truck competition with the railways. would be en- largrd info a full fledged Domin- lon-Prnvrclal confrrcnce to deal with the many subjects of mutual interest. This did not materialize. Unemployment relief. unemploy-

ment insurance, province finances, the companies act, and numerous

lemm- pxoblems and interests will fonn the ngenda of the forthcom- ing conference which will open first two weeks before Parliament is assernblcd on Jan 25.

PontiffCarries Out Cen ta ry Old Custom

VATIC CITY. Dec. 25.-(A.P.l 4mm s, recited in the in- timncy of his private chapel at mid- night, marked the climax of Pope Pius‘ Christmas ave celebration. The intimacy and quiet of his devo- tims followed a custom of near”

qnlrkt of a century.

‘Th; 70-year-old Pontiff svailcd himself of the privilege accorded my on Christmas to every parish

in thus aayinl three male!

News Fl ash es WorldlOver

(Canadian Press) FLASHEB 0!’ ‘I'll JOY AND TI! SOBBOW THAT WAS CHRISTMAS

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.,-With eyes that all his life before had been alghtlssa, seven-year-old Loren Iockhart of Polk, Mo, saw the twinkling lights of a Christ-ruse tree today for the first time.

Of all the gifts. laden liked but ht; colored crayons. Color is still a noveltyto Loren. He has seen so little of it.

Loren was in Springfield for Christina as the guest, of nurses in a hospital where, by a series of operations lasting more than two years, he was given s been born blind.

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SAN FRANCISCO-Cl fluffy party dress, Mrs Rnuch of Denver, comely mot of two children, jumped l2 storeys to her death from a. hotel. Frielifl said She was despondent because. in her struggle for cr tencc, she found it imnos-uble to buy Christ- mas presents for her children.

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PARIS, fiance-worshippers, an- gry because they were required t!’ have tickets, rushed the main deed of the famous Mon Parnassl Church. “Our Lady 0f the Fields’. to attend Christmas midnight mass. 'I‘hey re finally dispersed from tre en! ance to the alreedy packed church by scores of hastily summontd police

The prlfsts and choir- continued mass without ‘interruption. '

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VERMILLION, Ohio. — The Christmas reunion of the Henry Wiechel family became a bitter tragedy when four were killed and two other; injured serloudy in a train-automobile collision. The six were returning to the farnil horns ---sftcr attending mid-sigh mass when their-automobile was struck by a fast train at a grade erasing.

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MARSHALL, Ark. Ike. 8-03. PJ-Natlonal Guardsnen patrolled this small mountain town today as officials sought to make peace be- tween two families in a-feud which broke out afresh C istmas Eve w.th shots menacing on Main Street. The feud has claimed two lives in recent years.

The gun battle in which City Marshal J. H. Burnett, 60, was wounded slightly, followed the re- portmi return on furlough of Le- land Henley. r9, sentenced to pris- orl .\r life about a year Q0 for the slaying of W. W. Findley, well known merchant. He was shot down as he was walking along the street with Balmett by bullets gen- erally beleved to have been in- tended for Barnett.

For several rrrimrtea Barnett and bwp sons, Rupert 20, and Omar, 30. bombard-ed a restaurant qieratcd by Henley! cousin, Ralph, scene of another slaying less than two weeks ago. Lelandb two brothers, Nobe and Jack, and his sister. Mrs. Ben- nie Matthews, were reported to have bee-n in the restaurant from whlch~ numerous shots were fired bod: at the Barnetfs.

Provider: ce Pol- icemen ShotDown

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Providence policemen were

The r-our of guns attracted e cob driver who went to the street to find. neck a police box, Patrolman Plfld

roimm Iidwnrd H. Kelly dyimr Kllly 6104 shortly after being ad- ruitrnd to tar

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Man And Three Child- ren C r u s h e d to Death — Transpor- tation Held Up In Washington State.

SEATTLE, Dec. I.-—(A.P.)-—Fbur names today were added to the list ‘gf dead in the storm-ridden Pacific northwest as flood water's, pent up -by a natural dam, were uhlooaed in sudden fury in a. small creek

rid his three children were crushed death, their residence buried in mass of mud, rocks and logs. The Christmas day tragedy was the most serious reported during the holiday in the flooded and ‘storm-swept area. Milo Allen, 45, his son. George, 20, and two small children were the victims. Mrs. A1- ‘len and another child were visiting a neighbor.

Wain-a Itecede

Transportation lines were limping hack to normal ‘iedulu in western Washington today as receding wat- ers from swollen streams bared tracks and highways, but in cast- em Washington, and along the C0- lumbia River in Oregon floods reached new heights.

Snow flurries and cooler weather were welcomed in western Washing- ton and flood waters dropped rap- idly... Thousands were homeless, however, and Red cross workers were providing emergency relief.

Submerged

Peaceful Valley, s Spokane suburb of several hundred homes, was al- most entlrely covered by the high wafer and in downtown sections firemen were busy pumping water out of the baseme is of stores and hotels.

The situation lrrwsllace and Kel_

logg, Idaho. still was desperate. with zero temperatures and a shortage of‘ fresh food adding to flood discom- foris. Highways. railroad tracks and communication lines were still out. although large crews of re- pairman were attempting to restore order. Arrangements were made to fly urgently needed supplies to Wal- lace and Kellogg. The death total for the floods in the Pacific northwest states stood at 19. with possibility it might be in- creased when debris ia cleared in numerous slides.

Prime Minister Spends Christmas In S a c k v i I le

SACKVILLE, N. B., Dec. 25- Prime Minister R. B. Bennett was in his native New Brunswick to- night for the Christmas holiday. A paniad by his brother-in-law Hon» W. D. Hcrridge, and M“, Herridge, he arrived her-a Sunday evening in his private railway car and spent a quiet Christmas Day a: the home of his brother, Ronald v. Bennett. They listened in u» the Emlilfe Radio Broadcast this morning

w. rrérridac. Canadian Minister f0 Wlshlngfon, left town tonight, bu; the Prime Minister and his sis- ter will remain hen urn-ll early tomorrow afternoon.

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Weekend I News In Brief

(Anafilod Prep)

LARAOHE. 5981b. Dec. U-The Spanish fishing boat Juan Niego crushed into locks near her. yes- terday, killing at least six of her crew. Several others were missing. The boat was home-ward bound from Casa Blanca. m enable the men to visit their families for Christmas.

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PASADENA, Cal. Dec. 25-(01!) --With a 72-hole total of 282, Paul Rumqm, 25-year-old White Plains N. Y, profeslonal, Sunday captur- ed first place and $1.000 in the Pasadena $4.000 open golf cham- plonship.

MacDonald Smith IlfllhllCd sec- ond with 285, and Her-Ion Smith of Chicago was third with 286. Denny Shute, the British open champion, had 288 in fourth place.

Runyans winning scores were 136-75171 —28‘.!. .

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OTTAWA, Dec. 25—'I‘he calling of a Dominion-provincial confer- ence to meet in Ottawa 0n Janu- ary ll is announced by the gov- ernment. The calling of the con- ference as a prelude to thg parlia- mentary session of 1934 has long been held inevitable by observers hero. Unemployment relief, unem- ployment insurance. provincial fin- Iwes- the Companies Act, and numerous lesser problems and in- terests will form the agenda.

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PRINCE RUPERT. B. O. Dec. 25 -fC.P.)-Sxty residents of tiny Wales Island at the mouth of Ob- servawry Inlet have been reprovi- sicned and are reported in good 119111"! by the crew of’ the British Cfllumbia- P0l1ce patrol boat which investigated their condition.

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slfmniu, are. 25-—(A.P.\-Pru5_ l1 D0 ce ave 0rd , _ ffscation of the wui-tegov? m! Quiet on the Western Front" by D101’! Maria. Rfinnrqug, Other German states wor- rvecwa to follow surf. . . .

NORTH BAY. Ont. Dec. 25 ...rc_ P.)—Js.mes McLmn. 49. whn said his home was in Novn Scot» was "emvflln! today from the (‘flvrfx of Poison. consumed. he said. wnrlr-r ma impression it was salts". in, blfim- lvb was Pumped out by rlnr: w. and he was lodged in jail on a nominal (918119 Pending an investigation.

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Cave In Of C.N.R. Road Bed Delays Traffic

(Canadian Presu ANTIGONISH, N. S., D41‘. 25—A Bilvb-in 0f the Canadian National Railways roadbed between Brlley Brook and James River stations held up traffic for several hours to- day. Some time ago a change was noted in lhls section of the mad and a watchman was put on girnrd. Hc rcportxd the cave-in early this morning, and section men were called out to make repairs. An aux- iliary wrecking train was sent from Stellarton. . Sufficient repairs have been made for nilway conchvs and cars to Pllfl over, locomotives rccezvlng them after- they cross the damaged lmk- It probably will be several days bcforv the bed is filled suffi- cionily for locomotives to pass over, officials slut». ‘The cavo-in is believcd to have been caused by action of subterran- ean lakes on the exwnslvc deposit! of plnter or gypsum.

Foulrldeported Lost At Sea

ST. JOHN'S” Nfld.. Doc. %-_!A.

, nasm to the macabre murder of

PJ-Meagre rvpofls reaching horn today told of the dcath at sea of a cwptnin and hs newly sum-d crew of four, who diowned when the schooner Monica Haruzry of 9t. John's turnmi over in a rough sea.

The llpturnrd hull of lllr‘ schoon- er, which was proceeding from Port All! Basques to B! John's in wulnand of Captain lr-vl Bnttrm, wI-l lllhbld off Rose-blanche- Point Sntunhy. 'I‘hrw> bodies were recovq cred. y The crlli, Wm laden with ma- chinery and r-mpf. ol drums. The new shipped at Port Aux Basques 0n Friday.

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(Annotated Pram! NEW YORK, Dec- 26—Pbur men wen held in m1 an char-sea of homicide tonight as police scoured Armenian neifliborr-wii for wit-

Amhhishop Leon Tourisn. the pre- sldhg prelatn c! the Armenian National Apostolic Church.

The prisoners admitted they were in the Holy Cross Armenian Church on West 187th ltrect Bun- day when the stabbed in the launch with a bulky butcher knife as ha walked uptheaislea-rlmocaaional to the altar. Th1! denied l!!! D011 in the kilng.

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Express At Lagny

Fear Death T51" Will Exceed

200 — Engineer And Fire-

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The speeding Strasbourg

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Can Smashed

The wooden can were smashed to splinters and steel car beams were twisted like wire.

Most of the dead are French and it is believed there were no Cun- adians or Americana among them

Reflecting the grief of the entire nation, President Albert Lebrun, bureheaded and pale with emotion. passed before 160 caskets in the basement of the east Pmrla station. Ha also visited hospitals, leaning over each bed to speak words of sympathy and comfort to the 1n- hired.

Some smiled or painfully lifted a hand in a gesture 01' thanks, but many were unable to see or hear tlrvlr President.

Claim Signsk Clea:

Lucien Daudigrry, engineer of the flyer, and Henry Charpentier, the fireman. both badly shocked by the disaster. continued to insist the sig- nal WILs for a clear track ahead and that they heard no warning tor- pvduc-s, left by the drew of the Nancy train.

A protest against their "illegal and arbitrary“ arrest and imprison- ment was made by Deputy Louis Ilollin. Other deputies insisted a lhorough investigation of railroad

safety mes-sures be made, claiming the French system may be out or date.