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lmlslNG-FORB. Dec. 3 -—-\AP) — m“; lines of sod-faced Finnish women and children movfll 11100 the rocky interior 0f Finland Willi-y iliile workers boarded up buildings ind piled sand bags. Drflliiflfigg lleltlnglors for what i119}! 9i"

would beicrrifiic soviet Russian air

Itiocks.

Finnish military authorities to- night siilil Russian troops suffered 5mm’. losses when they crashed through thin ice on the many lakes tolling the Finnish border.

A communique said Finnish troops were “ever active" north of lake Ladoga and had inflict- ed mnny casualties on the ov- iet soldiers attempting to cross ti"; lulu‘! where they were "eas- ily set-n" and mowed down by shurp- shooters and machine guns on shore. ‘

The airthoritlea lilo pointed outtvrsely that “thin ice fro- qucntiy breaks."

Heavy snowfalls from Helsingfors to. riIlIO on the Arctic Ocean

Tribute From riots" Lieutenant Governor

Hi: Honor. Licut Governor 1B. W. MPnge sent the following mes- sage last. night: The Honorable State, Ottawa. The sod message of the death of Princess Lmrlse. The Duchess of Argyle, will be learned with deep lorrow throughout the Province.

the ‘Secretary cf

Please tender t0 the Royal Family in their great grief the mos‘. heartfelt sympathy of the people of Prince Elclward Island.

(BBL) . Bradford W. IAPage. Y Lieutcnunt-Goramor. ommg vents C ' E _o_

I-ato for Notices ln this column l cents per word.

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may. Wodnnsda . Dec. 20th. for Ioiigcrecir Schoo Concert-w

i‘ ii "'89s Belle River Play. Mlllvletw m“ iuesdfly. December 5th at. 8.

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"(linlmud school Christmas con- tort, December 20th. 11-68-12-441.

"Paying highest ices for rgjfswd IWII-ry- D. M. {iracfiinnonf urml’ RIVH‘. 11-51-13-441.

flgllBQililcdend ldélncefi ieauvlevz Hm n t. . . no line 1113i} Iiyno night, L-ai-iz-z- . "Geo. Lughtiw c ., wom- firg? buying dressed pgrultry all I‘ - Tim orioeo. Try us.

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itlltiritsiki ‘tztuiiiii Ts:- . _ _ _ 5 - vltceis. Every-body come.

11-54-12-441.

"Pmiltry. We are buying live “d ililkileed Poultry daily. ying

‘it’ market rices, also u ing glfee and bflogna cattle. IsIIand “d Swim. L-ll24-11-29-tf. "Strawberries:

Bu our fresh from strawberries. hwy are de- ‘10115. Island 001d Storage.

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-. . ximgiiflml Concert Pownal Hall, oiplmqQv "Ikht. December 4th at 8 Ammu-q Vocal and instrumental.

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the light of eternity we ihail so, that what we desired would have and what we would

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iiuiis SEEK SETTLEMENT iiioiiiiiostiiii

otlon 1n Moscow to consult, the Kr on the bility of a. ml sottlemon of thcir

the

this connection, reports were cirrrent here that Juhu Kusti Pa- asikivl chief of the delegation which ed valhly with Joseph Stalin over Russia's - emands on and, hasgonetcMoscow agoinfor s. parley. There was no o flcial con- firmation of the rumors, however. (In his first press conference on taking office as foreign minister FTidey. Val-no ‘runner, fomicr fixi- ance minister and a member of the delegation to Moscow said Fin- land would try to reach an agree- ment with Russia "if possible” but our aim ls to defend our lfldepgnq. ence and our safety") Before the official announcement in Heilintfors. re ts received in

ham ed mill perations the Flnfigftsald, exgiytin the u!“ u»

500ml‘.

e German liner Donvm took a- board some 500Germans,a.‘few Rus- sians and about 90 Italians for re,- moval to Tallinn, Elswnia, and Finns believed that its ipresence in the harbor was the only circum- stance which held off attacks Sat- urdcy and today.

Signal For Attach The vessel was due to leave w-

morrow morning and thehear was general its selling would be the sli-

nal for renewed bombardment 0i London and stoc olm told of the the wpliel. . The London advice; said the

The British Amfifibw 16811340115 dec lon wasreached at a cabinet gerguhclpingflllo remove their na- meTeltln%1n i

o srom ecoun. e nshnews enc an

President Kyosti Kalllo moved amicable settlement“ we: fight lwm hlspolflce to a. residence on “without violating the independence the outskirts of the '

City pelieved to be safer while his wife went into the ulterior.

Many luloilns Killed

An unofficial report wculated that many thousands of Russians had been killed near Ilerljokl when they advanced over mined ground when Finnish forces withdrew.

and vital interests of Finland."

Great Aunt 0f King George Dies ~ln London

LONDON. Dec. ll-(CEU-Princess Louise. Duchess of Argyll, great aunt of tho King and widow of a former governor-general of Canada, died today at her hcme, Kenslng- ton Palace, She was 91.

The Princess was the oldest of the .three survivors of Queen Vic- . torlols family. She is survived by

mum her brothenhthe IBG-year-old Duke

_ of Cunnaug t, orrner governor- Qfifffipfiedwfi,‘ fifififgfiéinxi. general of Canada, and the 82-year- 100. old Princess Beatrice, widow of Tho terror of the first day of wax Prince Henyy o; Bottoms“; and

IEELSINGFURS, Deo_ 3-—(Al'l —-Women were dlcloud todayto be fighting with Soviet Russian forces ln the invasion of Flu- land.

Among the bodies of members of tho crow of a bombing plane which crashed la Friday's raid 0n lielslngfora was that of a woman flier.

le mixces at the some time

51mm’ be?“ w “m” whim“ as r°' mother of former Queen Victoria Y. I18 d bide!“ oiltmqlpawrxixrxffiixgee gt:- ‘4 59¢“-

Princess Louise had been in 1.11 health for a long time. She remain- ed in seclusion in her apartment in the palace, attended by her veteran servants. So comiplets hazi been her retirement from public life that few Londoners who strolled throuflh the Remington Grounds realized that within the palace walls lived a daughter of the Great Qilten-

tlons on route to one interior. One woman told of running from her apartment and seeing n. man whose arms had been blOWXl off while a f stqi-s farther was an- other who lost his I888. Parents in many instances fell upon their children to protect them from bomb fragments and flyinl

o ' t in th southern ne apartmen e

smecdtaign o: m“ ‘my m“ w“ “a Ottawa knew Princess Iiculse as A light snow has 18-11611 for two Chatelaine at Rideou Hall from days over the picturesque 1818 to 1883 when her husband, cogitrysidg. creating a Christmas m, “aqua” o; mm,’ w“ gov- a . b. Bum mmuihout Hemmgxo" worm enact-General. The Marquess su

aequently succeeded his father as Duke of Argwll and died in 1014.

The Princess was 30 when she wont to Ottawa. She always main- tained grcat interest in the Domin- 1011.

men were boarding lip window.

many of which contained Christmas

cfigxxrations, candy and Bantu. Ola/us urea.

bombed area but the was . owing Tiho Province of Alberta was lqtl;lit!l‘d wtniafiéiifiéfd m. cum named after her. "not W118 0M 0f I mm a n“ 25 n her christian names_ k h “u” c ' She was bcrn in Buc ing am Lilltn ir ea I to Flnllnd had ‘Qmfanm gain“,- "m Palace lMhrch 21. 11358.1 hand‘ rear-cg rinninr uou. Officials gave "M" ti" "i!" d P ° mm" M 1mm i; nfir-mauon of by the Prince (‘ADMIN who died the rqort- when the was 1S. Thereafter she

we: for many years the close oom- panion of her bereaved mother. She married the Marquess of Lorne in 1871, the wedding to the Scottish nobleman being most pop- ular in Britain when it was regard-

Bir Herbert Ramsay, a Finnish shipper who hill a Eitish knighthood, smtd an attem would be made to carry on comm a with

the west. Euas llkko, forma- f...- mints-

"r- w" "Wmd m mm 5w‘*' ed as a happy reversal of the usual gin’; Ygeafflcmgm? fianm order of royal unions which stow so

-many British princesses marry con- tinental royalty. The Duke and Duchess were childless.

lard Bsaoondiold-Dtsraolb-ps- Iuufod the young couple to go to - Canada where 10rd Lorna was the fourth governor-general after Con- federation, holding offlcc during lost 24 airplanes in bombing oper- the second administration of 5i: atiom in the first two days of the John A. Macdonald. war compared to tzwo Finnish lols- '

Insane Trunk Murderess In Second Escape

PHOENIX, Aria, Dec. S—(AP)— Winnie Ruth Judd, insane trunk

mgaister to Swedhereib troops with wit» homer to “w....“'..‘%i“"°il.l““ tutti: villages, nniilitary annmlneed. after inflicting "healzlyu 1008c!" 0n

th Russ . f; “firs... spokesman said Russia

es

‘when asked u» estimate Fninlsh casualties so for in the war, this pokcsman merely said they were "not large." The Finns hailed the snow as an aid to their cause. They Mid they had several well trained ski-divis- ions stationed along the northern border and that their soldiers are more skillful operating in thesnow than are the invaders.

SAINT JOHN HAD RECORD

“"1 Proceeds for Credit Union. L-i-li-i-d.

i...‘3°.'.‘.2“.§’.’ 333 {longish ‘flit?’ 55m‘! 01m, n. B.. Dec. a —- - Q m e s. 135i; mnnlgi Saint John has the He added. however. that she had “mum Novmbe, 5mm ‘my, n. been gone from the grounds for cords were first kept in 1917. l-loura only a. short time and that hos- o; mnahm, m m, 30 -dny period pltal offlcis‘: hot-ed she would be totalled 1M. apprehended shortly.

The People's - ~ Covers Prince Edwardllsland Like the Dew

' CHARLUPTETOWN, CANADA, MONDAY, DEC-EMBER 4, 1939

jug" $8"

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scat: ofluLu Arctic Ocean e; 0 ioo no _ “Y _ t O Ionian‘ flying NQRWAY am II fin mi . " c?” ...'r.: . . i ' use I - 3,661,081 pop. Lumber, papal, " i’ ‘TISITIQZITI’ l ‘H. .. , // Jf/ "r ml , /u/. .. SWEDEN? too M» i Archangel i“ .,..,,. u.s.s.n. \\ man Johnna on (,0 eastern border nose i/ % - FlmmGermonl Tumm o I dll'OV&RI|gIWbflflk ‘Mk’ or c1 . ‘battles have “h” Vi r 111m ' I a k gs" 0's j] g ronsttmf Finnis an?“ flan hon 44 I Baltic Sea

' Item the invading Bed Army 5N1“ outbreak of wru- a Soviet force of small epublic.

Lakes, furerto and barren tundra are natural Allies in aiding the Finns

Russia. Observers said plifll‘ i0 m9 1,000,000 lined the frontier: of the

Western

IDNDOIN. Dec. 8—(CP CABLE) -Dlplomotlc circles, profoundly impressed by ‘Finland's appeal to the League cf Nations for settle- ment cf its dispute with Russia,- advanced the theory ‘tonight lhflt Joseph Stalin sent his Red Army into the little Baltic country be- cause, for one thing, he wants its vest nickel resources.

These resour ’ only to Canada's In size and importance-

would make Russia independent of the rest of the world in this indis- pensable raw product for munitions manufacture, these sources said. It would give Russian industry a big advantage in world markets, they lldded.

Tho International Nickel Oomp- any of Cnnpda has an interest in some of these deposits which are Only ln the development stage.

(Reports reaching New York Saturday said that the develop- ments being carried out by Inter- national Nickel Company of Can- ada in the Petsamo corridor of Finland had suffered no d at the hands of the Russian forces up to tho present.)

A auggestlon made In the lclndlnavfan Press that Russia's lnvulon of Finland should lead to a truce between Ger- many and the Allies that all nation: may face their common foe, Communism, went without official comment here.

(Oontluuodonpagamooll)

ti. S. . Gas Station Operator

YARMOUTH, N. 8., Dec. 6- Wlllls Boin. gasoline station oper- ator hare, was ted ear

y while on hia way home turdayb p Just as he

Although stunned, Mr. Bain hit the mln in the cheat and knocked h n. lie. Boin called ice the assailant

escaped. short. y

u ld with ut n Percy 2i. who said Irsugvgu a native of Bel-var River.

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Soviet Aims:-

Stalin Fearful Of

Combine

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School Boy invents New Type Bomb

LONDON, Dee. 3—Inventl0n o1 . nuv-typc aerial bomb by a 13-year-old schoolboy. 30h" disclosed today.

ma“ n - ary inspection by the gciQhf-ilifl research section of the sup ly mlnll‘ y, one member desc b- it u a “first class idel." nlwara that the Mvei lam he submitted have been aimed over m ex em for lerloul oonslde Alon, he 01m!

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Th0 bomb

u usual with his fellow- purl]; of ltydal Junior School, Co Wyn Bay. Ills home ll at Utley, near Krighifly- YWII‘ lhlre.

Titmt Mlwéimyiz’ .733’ $3.111“

e . 12' ti‘ lilo idea dur-

theirufrea timalilt‘ lohooL Qll Q Pill!

at the rnlnll i of supply thea aroused nee interw- wan d from hand to hand among ministry “Peril. one of whom commented: ‘The Ian: they submitted are beautl ully executed. ll"! u"! must have put in nil-II! 11°11" work."

Soviet Press

By Witt Hancock Associated Press‘ staff Writer

B. B. H. (Haves news 08111101’ "Oiled "he Soviet newspaper Prav a as charg- ln Finns with employing poi- son gas against invading Russian troops. Haves sd-id the charge was immediately denied at Helslngfors government said it would nvesti atton by a neutral conunlttce. ushing of troops and sntpl-aif of civilians were other oh 1 d against the. Finns by the viet press. Hevu sold.)

Up to early afternoon there was I10 report on the Rusian- mnnidi

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Read by Everybody

BRITISH ATTACK NAZI BASE

7i. ls ingfo rs Being Prepared i ForNewéttacks

Finns Expect Fierce Air Assaults On Capital When Refugee Shipiaves Port

PRIIFESSIIII IN HALIFAX IS ARRESTED

Charged With At- tempting T0 Convey Military Informa- tion To Person In Denmark.

HALIFAX Dec .

3—(GP)—AlIan Findlay. brilliant ounrg university lecturer and

oirmer Maritime amateur I011 champion,

hearing tonight on a charge of attempting to convey military in- formation to a person 1n Don- mark.

The 25-year-old teacher was w when in court Friday to answer angular? of taiolatlonlnog then dc-

05113 5- N8“ (ms. i1 flllesfifl to have tried to 001111118111- cete to Bodil Kulnlff of COpe- haven, Denmark. . . . . a letter containing information with re. flibect to the disposition and move. ments of his Majesty's Iotcgg, y“. sels and sir forces."

Findley. who lives in Halifax,

was arrested st d‘,

Canadian MnuntZeduxPolIIcePy C. M. P.. who lodged the Informs. tion, claimed the alleged offence it°°k Place on or about Oct. 29.

Magistrate R. E. Inglis from Fi-Ildlfly on $5,000 bail pending his wpeflrance.

Now a. lecturer at Dalhousie Uni. "emit? MW 3671001. Findlay was {E6 ggiogggnschylzzr for Notéqdsfo.

v w ears at Oxford University. 5 u y n8

Three year bef tti stihvlilrshlp. hse WUgrQI-Iige figritlgll: Amateur Golf Championship Charlottetown at the age cf 19, He was the youngest ever to wln the title.

He had a brilliant scholastic career. He won distinctions as a ybuth at Owen Sound. Ont, and in 1934 won the only bachelor of arts degree with high honors a. worded by Dalhousle-Kings_

He tflllkht at Klntfs Collegiate School after finishing his first year at Dnlhousie Law school.

Findley ls a native of Watson, Sask. His family moved u) Nova Scotis. in 1929 His father was a bank manager in Sydney, N. 5,, where young Findlay led his graduating class at Sydney Academy.

Galls League To Arbitrate

By Charles S. Folio Associated rresn surf Writer

GENEVA, Dec. 3 —-(A.P) — ‘llhe League of Nations today was sum- moned t0 consider an appeal from Finland for orthtration of the flnxiish-Rilsslan war.

Invoking the league's machinery for settling international disputes, rinland asked that the League be called into session immediately as a result of the Soviet invasion which started Nov. 30

Orders were issued quickly by the league secretariat for the council. guiding body of the league .10 con- vene Dec. 9 and for the assembly oi all league menmers to meet Dec. 11.

‘Ilhe council was summoned dir- ectly by Joseph Avendoi, secreuuy-

general of the league, but Euncn e Valera of Eire. dent of the assemb a 14r-

, was t0 mal call to member: for an Dec. l1 assembly session.

Finland's appeal asked the league to "take necessary measures to put

811d

reaction in the United Stem Scandinavia.

Seek To

Justify Finnish Invasion

fighting beyond an early morning communique on Saturday's activi- ties which said soviet troops were continuln their advance having penetrate 22 miles info kimono av. some points. Newspapers hailed the new oom- mulilst- sponsored ‘tpeoplds regime or Finland. which yesterday agreed to give Russia tar-mortal conces- slons in a quick mutual assistance pact. and denounced the Helslng- 101's government as of "reactionary beasts." “They were always ready to foil into the power of any hostile coun- tiéya including Britain," the press The communist rty newspaper. Pravda declared "i was neeemary to take Finland out of the orbit of

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M aeoorillng tn the great clnncl pater. Lincoln. a country cannot endure half llave and ball free, no life cannot be sustained half secular and half sacred.

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Score Direct Hits By Heavy

Bombs On Ships

German Plane-Shot Down In Raid On Heligoland-—U-Boat Destroyed In _S_1_1_rprise Attack.

(By J. F. Sanderson, Canadian Press Stuff Writer)

LONDON, Dec. 3—CP Goblet-Royal Air Force planol today attacked German warships in the vicinity of tho strongly fortified island of Hellgoland scoring direct hltl with heavy bombs.

A German cruiser which was lying close to a fIOUIIII of six or seven destroyers was one of the vessels hit, it wag authoritatively revealed.

The British planes swept down on the warships from a gap in the clouds. Two cruisers and a flotilla of destroy» ers were anchored at the base but apparently only one o! the big ships was hit.

One of Germany’s crack fighting planes, a Messeni

schmldt, which attempted to drive off the British mai- chines, was shot down with machine gun bullets. Despit/I driving rain and anti-aircraft fire the British bombers r0 turned home safely across the North Sea.

(In Berlin the German news agency, admitting the raid. claimed all the British planes were driven off.)

An air ministry communique made no attempt OI assess the damage 0n the German ships beyond emphasis- ing that heavy bombs were used and that direct hits were scored. " ~

The air force also destroyed a German submarine l1 the North Bea which it surprised on the surface. A com- munique said “a direct hit was obtained on the base of ihl

War—25 Years Ago Today

(By The Canadian Preps)

DEC. 4, mitt-Attacking Britlll lines Ln Belgium, German troops attempted to cross the River Ysef on rafts. French progress 1n. Alsace caused Germans to inuka preparations for defence of city t!

Straabough . siioopin“

I8 DAYs

‘flu: Bifftkssf i Nouns ARE fut ones _ ‘NE ARE roncriu 4o EM Y

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rvaorrro, Dec. a-(cio-Mirn.“ mum and maximum tempcrnturcs; i

This show of air strength occurred as the navy was preparing to impose the Al- lied two-way blockade of German trade carried In neutral vessels, which goes into effect tomorrow.

An authoritative account said the patrol plane sank the submarine with i1 single bomb hit. The pilot could see the bomb rip the U-boat apart, throwing wreckage in all directions.

“There were no surviv- ors,” the account said.

“The pilot climbed Into a cloudbank and stalked his quarry from there. When the U-boat crew heardihe engines of the aircraft, they made frantic attempts to close the conning tower hatch and crash-dive, but it was too lute.

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Send Gables 0f Sympathy To King George

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OTTAWA. Dec. 3—Informed of Dawson 5 the death of Princess Louise, Gov- Vancouver 4g 54 emor General 10rd Tweedsmulr Edmonton 30 31 and Prime Minister Mackenzie ma 21 4,; King tcnlghbscnt cables to the wmmpeg 12 4o King, expressing sympathy in the Tormw 36 46 bereavement the Royal Family has Ottawa 32 M WHQPIKL Montreal (iii 4S