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Battle Follows British Security Patrol T o Curb Mine Laying.

wNDON. Dec. 14. -(O'P) —The Royal Air Force, in the course of mm; {qr German warships and submarines over the North Sea. wdgy fought p, big aerial battle over Heligoland Bigkt, it. was an- nounced tonight.

Four German Messerschmldts and three British fighters were shot 0WD. dThe Alr Ministry, which earlier this neck announced it had es- tablished a security patrol over German air bases in the North Sea, yQYMlfCl that many of its planes have been on this duty. and that of seeking German naval craft.

"Throughout the last 24 hours considerable forces of the B. A. F have been operating over the North Sea." said its communique. “These operations have inciuded

ready response in the hearts of all true Christians, is an

11y BA TTLE Cf Needy

List Crows, More Pals Needed

Look Over Names of Children and Send Yofiift Now.

“We wish that we could send a gift To every needy case, For each deserves a mighty lift, A loving act of grace.”

The response to the Santa Pal list to date has been very encouraging but Christmas is little more than a week away and the list of'cllildren’s names grows steadily from day to day. We sincerely ask you to be generous and assist the Santa Pal Department in this charitable work. In order that these little ones may be assured of a Happy Christmas, it is_ necessary that you act at once. Send your contributionsright away and be a real Santa Pal.

The following touching appeal, which should find a

extract from a letter written by a distracted mother who fours that her poor children may not see Santa this year:

wide seal-ch for enemy surface craft and submarines and close reconnaissance of the estuaries and fortified Islands of northwest GFfllilIl)‘. '

"One formation of our aircraft eiizaced strong enemy fighter forc- es in Hcligoland PPM. In the cilslliiig encounter intense fightirrr; developed. in the course of which fcur Messcrschmltits fighters and time of our aircraft were shot doivn. All our other formations re- tllrlicd ivithout loss." _

n‘. Berlin dis-patch said German authorities claimed six British bombers and one German fighter were shot downalnsm air battle oolicllivest 0f Heligoland.)

Pr-lne Minister Chamberlain. speaking in the Hoigse 0f Com- moi-s. called the feat of the two six-inch run cruisers Achilles and Ajax 1n driving the Graf Spee to shellci- a "gallant action" esneciivlv since the feat was accomtvishcrl after lice more powerful B"if.lsh C’lll‘-"" Exeter had been forest! out oi action,

He slid the result probably would free fllc South Atlanitc from dc- oielialions of the Graf Spee.

Deny German Charges

he'll the Prime Minister and the Adlniraltv rienk "=rm'in charves that the British cruiser used must- er‘ was .=“5"l5.

‘Th/- Prime Minister listed total British casualties for me first three months of war us 210" as ("lfllllfllWl with 1°50" fer the first two mouths of flu jest o'er.

u. Chemhcrwliy c't“l"‘!"" fly" Fi"l(‘l"Z of the Div-discs as “col a

in“ in action bllt an acmdcr‘ v‘"'-‘i ove must expect as lflnicst =::-:———~i—~———-——~ A

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Rate for Notices In this column ____k 3 cents per word. _

"We buy goose and duck feath- EF. not mixed. Henry IVIBCFQAHGJIB 6i Co. L-204-l2-l-if.

"Help Saint Vincent's Orphanage Bill‘ your i-lolly from the lnu cs Fr - day and Saturday. L-BQ-i-IZ-lé-Zi.

"Emerald Hall-School ‘Ilnlrsdilyi, December 21st. L-436-12-16—200.

"Reserve December 10th, School Concert, Mayneia Hall. L-4B5-12-15-1l.

"Central Royfllty School Christ- mas Concert, Wednesday, December 2011i, L-421-i2-15-11.

CODCCTL,

"E885 are scarce and high. Feed Purina special La Ing Mash. $2.60 P" hundred lbs. nluon do s tllett. L-432-1 45-21.

"Rice Point Concert. Afton Hall.

Jlldiill Stewart.

"‘I am not placed in a position to represent dear Santa, in any way no matter how small. as even life’s necessities are beyond my means. They ask a lot, but any little thing with some Christmas eats of nuts and candy will suffice. Please send something if possible.”

Surely this genuine, heartfelt plea from the heart of a poor mother will not fall on deaf ears. Can’t you picture the‘ disappointment of her- dear children. the anguish of their loving mother, if dear old St. Nicholas missed her borne on Christmas Eve? Spare her the discomfort and pain of having to face her tearful children, on this day when joy is supposed to envelop the won-iii, and have to exlllfllu Why good. kind. Old Santa forgot-to call. You can do this by becoming a Santa Pal.

The Santa Pal Department at the Guardian Office is ivorking day and night to ensure prompt delivery 0f the children's gifts. Please assist us by sending your con- tributions early. vasrannars saura PALS

Miss Audrey Birch, Miss Annie Smith. Mrs, J. Daniel Stewart and Miss

Ell To Upon 0n January 25

ivl-cssrs. Moore 8c McLeod Ltd.

Cape Traverse Y P U. per Elf-C yii Bell, Secyn-‘Preas.

Mls. T. W. L. Prowsz.

lvliss Fairie Provvse.

Mr. Isaac Curler

Miss Agnes McQuuid.

Mrs Roland Coady.

lvlrs, W. E. Scantlebury.

llliss Dorothy Shirley MucL-eod.

OTTAWA, Dec. 14—'l‘lie sixth and piTlhlthly lust scsslcn

To»: Skiff cl Eastern Trust Co. of Canada's 13th Parllu-‘Ylfiul bliss ltfnruiirt. Mchcnnaii. since Confederation has been Miss Helen Chappeil, celled to meet Jan. 25. Prlmc firs. Craivfod. Minister Mackenzie Kin: R"- Mlster Stanlqv McNafr. ncuriced tonlfllll-

Miss Rena Yolmkciq wlnglce, This is two ivecks later than

h“ generally been expected. It was expirtned at the Prlm? Minister's office that the KIW-

Mrs G-"orgia L-sard. lllrs, W. B Prowsc. Mrs. Pcicv Moi‘ ' c

Mcreside.

Master Bill ernmcnl lvld lire" H’ Pm“ M55; Hale,‘ Golgi occupied with matters concern- E R Ban-ch m“ the war, including the lam- Mss Mary H. Hunt, St El-ea- plre ali- trninlnl Scheme. lllfll zicls. It had been immflilllle l0 8e‘

ready for an cnrlicr otwlllllg-

Um“; pmgress of the war and public opinion in Cainida leads to some other alternative this will be the last session before n general election. It ls believed a general election on party lines will be held no!‘

Miss Hclrn Agri-sw.

Miss Jfssfe Fullrrton.

Miss Thelma Burns.

Rev. R. MedKenzie. S.D.U. Chcskr Vsrilderstine.

Miss Lorraine Lowtllcr. Victoria. Master Donald Marlin,

Miss hlarllarst Martin.

Miss E‘ mbcth Martin. summer. 5°01! "m" pron” . _.___c._ . .. _ gatlon. . 1n 50mg quarters there l5

“p; 0| a Union Government such as was formed when a general elflctlon occurred dur- In; the ill-st Great War. But opinion in l¢¢m§ u‘ point to a flufmll Wlll-lwl ugmpllfn when the tlml comes.

Tim preflcnt Parliament will elected in October. 1935 and. counting the special emufllllluy war session of last September. this will be the sixth formal o cning.

pAccordlng to statute each Pal‘- llnmcnt may remain in nfficl! n", "a" with six months extra for election of I- MI’ Parliament. This m”!!! "ml if it desires tile ore-PM Pl“-

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island Born Antiquarian flies In Boston

BOSTON, Dec. ll-Louls A. Hol- man, 73, well-known antiquarian and authority on Keats, died to- day.

His antiquarian interest led to the discovery in England of Lionel

ccmbcr 19th, Dance after. de Jersey Harvard, the Only de- llament could delay l!" 11"‘ L-431-i2—i5-1t. attendant of John Harvard, f0!‘ tion until April 1941.

,, whom Harvard University was But it has been the practice Bovine live we dressed named. Holman interested nesl- to go to “ll! country all" "u" glmlirl’ daily Bowmam Store. dent A. Lawrence Lowell in you years in office and on the oc- llntei- River. Harvard. who came to the Unl Qgglflllg when a Government L-i080-1i-28-12-1-5-B-12-16 slates and was graduated from h“ ,,_.,,,,|n,¢ h, m, m“ flve

,, Harvard. ' sessions the general Wanted! Dressed geese, ducks. Holman was rated as one ot the “melon n" been called n

llukeyi. chickens and 1 wl r. a. “lulld- 14-2971-12-9-61. "Unloading Albion Nut Coal t witch Thursday and Friday. a. h. ebytor. L-420-i2-l4-2f.

mrGeo. Lelghtizer 00,, Water °- buying dressed poultry all - Ton prices.

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"Mt Flfiflfl’. are buying Pa 10nd dressed Poultry deity. “Sig? hlllhest market prices See co m selllnc. swift Canadian

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"Richard Bollrne Holman of New

foremost Keats collectors. and in

138 m n H m k t 3° boon an convenient after the 9 sco ec on. ewor 0

lust parliamentary session.

years was Pxhlbllsd m the John Canada's war GHOH. will be Keats Memorial House at Hamp- u,‘ ‘hem, o; m, (pflhcomin; slew’ mlslan¢ session gnd It In expected much

Holman was a native of Sum-

I mcrslde‘ R E) attention wll be ill to the

contracts which m: Govern- inent ls expected to table lin- . mcdlately utter the opening.

I. He, leaves o. son. York.

STEAMSIIIP AGROUND

SAN FRANCIWO» P" 14- KILLED IN CRASH

one. Wireless said tonight. it in- tercepted a distress call from the

5,581-ton Yugoslavian freighter

Vldovdan swun the, elllv W“ aA-Inuasr. N. a. Dec. u —(C- aground near r e Poo Laut 1s- P) -Edmund Daley, 41, was killed lust night when a tire blew out and island is of the north coast of his au omobtle crashed into a cul- BMneO. G10 said $118 GIG-MIN V011. I160!‘ his hOITIE it TUIIBOD. NO ‘w, M demos, inquest will be held.

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Nazis (flier Spee Bottled. Up In Neutral Harbor

Ceaseless WatcF-Iiept To Pre- vent Raider Escaping T o “ea -— Uruguay Grants Time For Germans Toliepair Battleship.

(By Harold K. Milks, Associated Press Staff Writer)

MONTEVIDEO, Dec. l4—(AP)—Tlie shell-battered German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spec, which u gathering British fleet is determIncd to keep off the sells, tonight won Uruguayan permission to remain in this neu- tral port until she can repair the damage suffered in the war’s first great sea fight.

The Uruguayan Foreign Minister. Alberto Guzmi, zill- nounccd that. “in accordance with the Uruguayan neutral- ity lziw and international law,’ the Graf Spee could stay in Montevideo harbor, on request of the (lcrmiln Government, pending repairs.

The announcement was made shortly before the 2i- hour time limit, normally permitted for the stay of zi bol-

. Downed by an R_A.F. fighter pilot somuwherg behind the Allied lines in France, this Nazi plane tells its

awry of inc efficiency of British fliers. lets, sent home with grim precision on the

frantically agile target.

The Nazi machine is riddled by dozens of machine gun bul-'

Neivsman Gives Eye _ Story Of Dramatic‘ Sea

Witness §lillll E X P E I. l E l]

REM LEAGUE

U. S S. R. Condemned A s Aggressor In War With Finland.

GENEVA. Dec. 14 —-tAP) -Sov- lct itusski, Mlliml All years past used tile Dengue or Nations ' B. forum ior blleLcllS agenns. iigypesnon Jpdlil hill} bheillU-biufita-lill, W85 uirunn out of tiic League today 1.. fier LHQHMOKEU attack on i-iiiiond. Seven of the l4 niemuers oi the League ctnuilcii town w €NQ€A U. a. S. it. government after assembly condemned the Soviet a. an asgicssor and urged all League, K116514015 to give Fniiand all pcss ale lilqwihjj help. 1‘0lU'—-l'll]li.]lu, China! LUQOSIHYQ} i-illLi Greece, abstained] iiiitc ucie absent.

The Job was done in a day, after less than a wcck of INMLJCWI pre- [MHMJJH licre in Gene-n. It was the League‘. first expulsion of a member. "tonight a telegram iri- lornling Russia of the action was sent L0 the Arcmlln.

Abstiiin From Voting

Ntnc of the 39 states present ab- stained iioin voting in tile assembly on the preliminary resolution mark- ing the soviet as an aggressor. They were the three Scandinavian count- ries, Norway, Sweden and Denmark; three Baltic countries, Lithuania, Latvia and Etstoiiia; Switzerland, China and Bulgaria.

Thc text of the council resolution said that body as belated itself with the assembly in condemnation o1 the Soviet for its invasion of Fin- land, and therefore, under article XVI of the covenant "finds that by its act the U. S. S. R. has placed itself outside the Iieague of Na- tions. It follows that the U. S. S. R.

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4o,o_oo Acres Are Burned In Prairie Firo

PINHORN, Alta., Dec. 14-(6?) ~More than 40,000 acres of valu- able range grass in southeastern Alberta was burned by a Prairie fire that spread i2 miles before be- lng brought under control today by more than 300 fire fighters.

The fire. started in Montana yea- tcrday by small boys. sdlorcad rapid- ly before a high win and swept over the intematlonal border lnw the Ptlzghorn ldbistrict 5S0 Tllébh west o eA era-ass ewan boundary. The blackened area ly- ing south of the Milk River was intended for winter pasture.

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(Edouard Legris, new director of the Havas News Agency Bureau at. Montevideo. was enroute to his new] post aboard the French steam- hip Fbrmose and wrote the followiig eyewitness account of tiic. dramatic naval battle between the German pocket battleship Graf‘; Slpee and the British cruisers Ajaxy‘ Achilles and Exeter of! the South, American coats.)

By Edouard Legris Copyright, 1939. By The Havas News Agency

MONTEVIDEO, Dec. 14—(CP- HAVAm- 1 witnessed the drama‘.- ic battle in which three speedy British cruisers using all the im- plements of modern warfare ended the raiding career of the pzyverfiil German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee.

I'll day yesterday my fellmv- r | mgers and I stood on the dc,k of the French steamship Forrnose and saw the light British cruisers with their six- inch guns darting in and out

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deadly 11-inch guns of the German battleship But not until we arrived in

Montevideo did we learn that the gallant action Oil the British cruis- ers qved our ship from capture and probable destruction by German sea raider-met we had been the original quarry of

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BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 14—(AP)-Official Ar- gentine sources said tonight they llpnderstood" that. the 26,500-ton French battleship Dunkerqiie is steam- ing toward the River Plato i0 join the British walr- ship watch ihcre over the Admiral Graf Spec.

The Dunkerque is rated by naval experts as one of the five British and French warships capable of dealing alone with a German pocket battleship.

Carrying eight 13-inch guns as main armament, she has a speed of 29.5 knots and is protected by 1i- inch armor.

The official sources who gave the information would gvntliqgimit themselves i0 be quoted and said

By Yves Duguerny liiivzis Stuff Writer HHJSLNGFORS. Dec. l4—tCP- HAVAS)—~'l'he Finnish lilgh com- mand said tonight the Finns had ocateii oif a iiiaJor Russian attack .n the Koreliaii Isthmus

A communique issued by the com. mand said that at one poml. Soviet artillery shelled i-ts own troops.

Minor R/usian advances were ad- mitted by the Finns, the communi- que saying that on the Karelan front "a company which held 11D the enemy advance fcr a week is now regaining its base, followed closely by Soviet troops."

luiszpatches received in Oslo from tile Finnish-Norwegian frontier said the Ru» stalls were or: ing rapidly .n the north against bitter Pinnlfill resistance. Eve Finnish viliagsts were reported in flames. Salmil- beryl, near the border, where the developments of the International Nickel Company of Canada are situated, was rePOTY-ed heal/ll? bombed by the invaders and re- fugees said Finnish troops aband- oned the town in IO-below-zero weather.

(Dispatches received at BerGP-‘Yl tonight from the finnish border said two violent explosifns were heard at Salmijaervi at 9 dclock (3 PM. AST). 1t was presumed the Finns had blow-n up the nickel mines preparatory to abandoning the region.)

Major Attack

"Yesterday the enemy undertook

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Pocket Battleship Myth Destroyed

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Fight

By Kirke L. Simpson. ‘ -‘ Press Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, Dec. l4 —-(AP)—- The battle her-yuan cieiiiihnys Alf- mlral Graf Spec and the Britsh cruisers that gorceu her into a neu- tra-l refuge destroyer at g, blow the pocket-battleship myth built up abonoualy by Nazi propagmldisis.

Betting aside conflicting stories as to what happened, eye ivftncs. a.- czunls by neutral omervers make l". c ar.

lhrfled Out Of Action

‘The Graf Spec was. finally har- ried out of action by a pair of ligh. out faster British cruisers ii..i~..i, more formidable than glorified dc - troyers. Unawcd by ill r ll-al. . gum, the Ajax and Achilles darted through smoke gcfécns to spray her with six-inch shells. To be effective

be fired within a tew thousand

yards of their target. That would be

virtually point blank range for Naz.

11-inch weapons. ‘Riot-

agalnat the Graf specs side armory, six-inch projectiles would have to

out of the tight early caused the greatest dmilage aboard the Grai Spec is almose cerialii. They would penetrate her heaviest armor at 9.000 y'a.l'ds. Damage to the Exeler or casualties pbourd il(‘.l‘ were a snmll price to PM’ for results 00-‘ iained.

Tactic-ally. a swlftcr eight- lnvli gun (371115!!! proved itself almost a match for a boasted Nazi poi-kci baiticsii p. u. c\\.1\ greater importance, however, was the fact that the two iigni British ships, ouiraiiged and outguiined by the iii-iii‘ Spec, lurked in her smoke screen as she fled and darted like spar- rows dcfcnbln their nest from a marauuing awk to drive hel- to neutral sanctuary.

Accounts of the battle confirm the belief that the royal navy had spread aynde not in li-ir waiters u.

cal with the German ii- iicli gun venues. The Graf Spec r.sked at- lnck oua merchant vessel conveyed by a single light cruter. Before she could break off and make a-

the t-inoh t tn cruiser, mug? which ‘In? (iorced

they could give no details.

ligerent ship. would have expired at midnight, Uruguayan time, 0r 11:30 p. m. AST, _ Guani declined to say how long this extension of the time would run. but explained that the German captain would be given sufficient time to make his‘ craft sell- worthy.

Close inspection of the need of extensive repairs.

Meanwhile, the British cruiser Exeter, damaged and forced out of the battle which drove the Admiral Graf Spec to refuge here last night, vras approaching the Argentine niivzil base at

crippled ship indicated the

PARIS, Dec. 14—F‘or the third successive day German patrols‘ ir. increasing numbers struck today at French advance lines in the centre of the northern flunk of the western front.

Puerto Belgrzino. seeking t0 drydock for repairs. One hundred hospital beds were prepared there for her wounded.

The Uruguayan decision meant that the Graf Spee. still at anchor in the bziy/ with her 36 dead a nd 6fl wounded on board, need not immediately go out i0 face the reinforced British war- ship pzitrol outside the liar- bor, a patrol eager to avenge the loss of a group of frcighters sunk by the Nazi raider.

Diplomatic sources indi- cafed that the lfkllflfl-ion cruiser Cumberland had joined the Ajax and Achil- les outside the harbor. They added that it was “very like-

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TORONTO. Dec. 14—lCPl—.\/illil- mum and maximum f€m'_1<.‘l‘.’llill‘€‘§.'

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ly” the 32~(l(l0-ton cruiser Vailcouver 4i s2 Renown rind the aircraft gfgfyllgglw“ carrier Ark Royal would wflmlpeg 9 1;; rush here from South Toronto 11 African waters. gligggia, 9 l; The Cunlberland mounts eight Quebec 14 '¢’l eight-inch guns and makes 31.5 galllilrt John kngtsl B BX ‘ Already, the light cruisers Ajax CllRYlOilPlMYH 27 37

and Achilles, \\‘l‘llCll drove the Graf Elpec int-o this harbor after MARITIME EAST: Strnnz hurlll- a dlvv-loiitz battle yoslcrday, were west winds, decreasing at night:

on lvalcll. along with the crippled cruiser Fowler.

Reports from tlic Ajax and Achilles said that thcy had m dead and only a few wounded. There were unconfirmed rc- pnrt; of some dead aboard thc Excicr.

The Graf Spec reported 36 dead and (.0 ivounded.

partly cloudy and colder with scul- tered snowflurrles. Saturday tnir.