MANIMG or A

MERE MAN

fight. no ‘ gcrown.

$1?

[using Gull"! 1*. Fllllnllod 1M7.

(By I. F. Sanderson) lCsnadian Press Staff Writer)

enough gasoline destined for Ger

a hall This was one of the

eminent economic experts whet

upon Germanys war effort.

Judging from Germany's clandestine attempts to im- port certain goods through

neutral countries. It is believed here the Nails are getting short of several primary commodities especially gasoline. fate. copper, alno and cotton.

of conjecture bu

them through

dewsits. estimates oi the extent of believed here-that she has

ollczsive by land. sea and air. Tconomic experts believe.

lew machines.

British Superiority

British fighter planes over 1mm bcmaers and

rents over Britain.

British fighter has been down in these combats. The c

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Trans-Atlantic Passenger Flight Planned Today

Allfllltc and Dixie cli "rs ‘Callie trvo huge flyingpboats h“; Lrbon. Portugal, ‘m’ gafreach other fcr New h 111114110. said Capt.

Wl

‘ llljlglntle division.

be enemy fl ; u ma“, 3:10PM if ‘xiii: vlgtloryf

.RED Fuel ' Shortage

Seen Keeping Planes Grounded

Lack Of Othfissential " Materials Seen From Recent Developments.

LONDON, Dec. 21—((CP Cable) ante Royal Navy has confiscated

many to provide power for 50 Nazi twin engined bombers to raid this wintry every clay for a year and

computa- “B11011 lions made today by British gov-

ernphaslzing the serious effect the Allied two-way blockade is having

l-low short the' are is a matter in recent weeks they have been making repeated ittxipis to replenish their stocks oi those goods-and usuaJy fail- the

f. !_pl'O(lllCL2 more important than fascime and Germanv is one oi the few ma or powers without oil ere have been many Ger- mints reserves of this vital pro- llllfll- 1110111111118 one~whlch is not. only fllvuzn for one sustained tnajor

how- ever. that Germany is definitely sitort oi gasolne and that this is llfliralrly one oi’ the reasons why the German alr armada has not mace an appearance over Britain. r There are other reasons why Adolf Hitler has ordered only drsuliory raids on this country, and with

One is the proven superiority of Ger- reconnaissance uiachlnes. Since the war broke out Lere have been 51 aerial engage- GC At least 21 .rman planes have been destroy- ed over British soil and not onr forced

BALTul/toan Dec. 2i —(AP) - gljlctviirst "double-header" trans-At- Mmlc 111155911201‘ il ght w ll be made

rrow by Pan American arway s‘

Wlllllil an Yor: Po , Arthur he. operations manager 9i the

uulattntllll Gnmllu Two cents.

"casualty was one British pilot who was unded by tracer bullets.

Two other reasons have been _ suggested why Germany is keeping her air fleet at home. One, and this may be the most Important of all. u the cer- tainty that the British and would retaliate by bombing Germany's congested 1 industrial area which is easily reached from French soil.

Finally there is Germany's pro- Lem of either ‘building more for- tnida/ble bombers or finding some means of sending fighters with them on raids over Britain. Ger- many already has learned she will 1c": 50 per cent oi the bombers she

by tighter craft. But fighters can- not stay in the air that long be- causc oi their "asollne consump- i"n and the necessity of over-

(Continued on Daze 9. Col ti) _____________

International At A Glance

f By The Canadian Pressl

LONDON-Navy confiscated e- nough gasoline to provide power for 50 Nazi twin-engined bombers to raid Britain every day for yerr and half, economic experts say; Ad- miralty movrs to stop Nazi air at- tacks on fishing vessels.

l-IELSINGFORS - 30 civilian dead listed alter Russ'an mass bombing raids on Finrfsh towns and Helsingfurs hospital area; Finn- ish troops reported holdlng fast on Karelinn Isthmus; Finns may have entered Russia on Eastern front.

AMSTERDAM —- Netherlands air fighters drive off foreign planer. be- lieved to be German_

met by gunfire of Nazi planes.

MOSCOW-Russian populace cel- ebrates Stal’n's birthday as press plays down Finnish war: wounded reported rr-rlvlng from Finnish front because Leningrad hospitals over- crowded.

OSLO-Dlspatches from Northern Norway say Russian retreat toward Arctic Ocean is growing.

BERLIN-Germany prot-rts s- galnst lntemmcnt of Grsf Spec‘! crew.

l BllCliAREST-New German-Ru- manlan trade p ct signed.

PARIS-New aerlee of arrests for subversive activities; government "yellow book" tells of I-‘renoh diplo-

lf‘ “WO- section" flight wrs . eaur. mac n eve of war. Nuts renew Cllblgéirgyschectifilae? m we Anamic air nyctlvlty over western front. MARITIME EAST: Fresh or strong southwest to west winds; C ’ E partly cloudy and a little colder; probably scattered snowflurrlei.

Raf "0- ° 1°! Notices in this column 8 >cent|__ per _word.

SYNOPSIS: The weather has be- come colder in Ontario with light to moderate snow in many districts. It has been fair and moderately

"TWVQ buy 5g and dunk gum. cold in Manitoba with snowfall; in £62“ 111191 Henry MacFartane some parts of Saskatchewan and - L-204-l2-7-tf Alba-gm "liar an that. rosin. straw" .

L-isas-ia-zi-si A t H h d F13?“ wai us an mukeli Prices. Island doltiiyfixtig log F H °°~~ W1- L-Bil-IZ-lii-‘tg-f. a er!

"A sacred ic 1* elven in i$§ia3ué’““°““‘ Wm

Christian filly/nary. Dec. 24th at ans.

mbe _ u not niitgiiiriioyieirtriailgnerchesu l L-3l-12-23-26.

"Fleece note t, —- all livestock ship- Baléflz‘ clubs will load one day later , m Ncllfllmnarv durlnit Christmas wed“ t: Year weeks. Tuesday and mead" BY infield of Monday and “Y. Livestock Marketln - ‘ - L-e-iz-ri- .

Dféfllvw Ind Dance. Cardigan Hall

llis Death

IUNDON. Dec. 2I—fOP)--A wife and six children standing at the Ohelrhsford rallrway station tfnlght waiting to greet Lance Corporal Henry Gibson. 38, due on Christ- mas leave from France, were told thnt lie had been killed.

Finding that he was on the wrong train, Corpcrnl Gibson tried to Jump, and fell beneath the plat- fomn-under the train! wheell.

"ends over unless they are escorted-

ItvRUSSELS-Be-lgmm protests l0. Germany after her air patrols are‘

>‘W/// The People's Paper Covers Prince Edwardllsland Like the Dew

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA. FRIDAY, naoauoali Z2. 1939

Former Premier Urges Buying From Britain

mnonro, Dec. no --(CP) -1t is of the utmost importance today for Canadians to buy British

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goods whenever sslhle and provide Brit.- ain with imsdian exchange for war purchases m anacia, Rt. Hon. R. B. #1111“ 10m" nrlme minister said “e18 BY! ‘innit-er addressto a luncheon o a anadlan . pliiitceiubeh al tad ' i and m: D8 Oll l‘ e u} was “n- derstood in the t, tpday was a thin? 0f the pas . Now it was com- mod ty tor commodity, Britain's purchases in Canada and the Unit- ed States must be financed by goods sold to them.

Beware of people who tell you peaceuls not far off." said Mr. Ben- nett. That is propaganda and 1 could tell you where it originates.”

There were men who desired to set Canada. out of the conflict be- gmrlyt Blwtasuatgeortgih “American

- a enge to Christian civilization in the present war were not met Canada, would be left without self-respect.

Mr. Bennett Justified the British blockade of Germany as an historic ti‘; “on: lfééiiiflmié“ °‘.. W" “lie; he“ z vo e an ges-

Everv now and then I find mic 111111611111: person mine why should W°111911 811d children be oeprtvcd oi .0011. lt is one of the means of war _.u oroer that the people will “M5;

on surrender."

_The wot of Christian civilization “a5 "1 "8 NSDOHSQW the challenge from Russia and Germany. ‘the Bl‘ Wmallvfi to war was the abandon- ment of the Christian ideal.

A; a Canadian he aomired the Brttisn conscription system, a 5y5. fem that made no distinction be- P119611 Deer and peasant." sud Mr. fiehmtt- . nary service act "m" m 10106 1n Great Britain was a reversion to the time oi Cromwell, 111110115 obeyed the lB-w with pleas- l-lfe and pr-de. There was equality 0f slew-comma sacrifice.

“ wou ‘emind statute bookls 0f Cittylgdatglanticgn $192 days o1 confederation there m; b.0611 a. law for a levee en 1115559‘ 131M131 1116f‘! by _Sl.r George Carter Who paid the price of hs extort,’ 1A levee en ntasse would be equi. Vfllent to conscription under a 5e}. 96,110“ by lot system.)

U16 fimplfe ai-r training agree- ment recently cunsummgigd w“ a 9T9" 819D forward and a blow to Germany. said Mr. Bennett. It w.s of first impotaance that a COnLm- 110115 tlow oi trained airmen from Canada should be availahhg

The speaker said he hm ream“ u, belle" that Within the next, few WBYS- the next few months maybe -—Canadas enemies might become capable 0i flvmg the Atlantic Ocean

Chinese Forces Bottle llp Japs

Ci-IUNGKING, Dec. 21-Chinese forces have practically bottled up. VJaire-nese troops in Nanning after entering the suburbs of the Kwangsi capital in a counter- drive, a Chinese military mokes- man announced tonight.

Expressing belief that recapture

of the city is imminent, the

spokesman said Chinese flying columns seized all strategic points lying between Nanning and the

Gulf of Thngklng. about 100 miles

south. thus cutting the line of

I retreat. y The spokesman claimed Chinese vauguards were in the suburbs of Nannlng, another co‘umn advan- cing from the south was only 10 miles away and a third. approach- lng from the northwest, about 12 miles away,

The drive is of extreme impor- tance to the Chinese. since hhe ca ture of Nanning by Japanese ccumrts which debarked at Pak- lioi recently cut across communi- cations with French Indo-China.

Resumption 0f Air Activity

PARIS. Dec. 2l—(CP-HAVAB)—- Aerial activity over the western front was intensified today. with Milled pursuit craft seeking to check extensive enemy reconnaissance flights over Alsace and Iorraine.

Reviving tactics employed dur- lug November, the German airmen again flew over Belgium and the Netherlands to reach the North- eastern and Northern parts of France and survey the front, French military sources said. some 0f the planes folio-wed the Meuse and sombre River line, via Liege. Ns- mur and Charieroi, whilo others sped along the coasts of die Neth- erlands and Belgium

Tonight's high command oommun. iqlle said: "There was marked re- 511-1111111011 of l-lr activity in Lorraine and Alsace." This morning's com-

mllnlllflc Mid: "There wee patrol

activity-om either std; of no, soar,"

‘RMIEs N RE

After Russian bombers paid a. visit to Helsinki. Flnllnd-Tho who 0f rescue workers rush in wake of initial Russian bombing raid.

ringing in their can.

This Is Last For

Today Our List Closes, and the not Taken ——hWell,

1-.‘ n‘.

Little Ones What of 771cm?

_ Christmas is the cheeriest time

0f all the year we say; To friends, a present we

To make them happy, make them gay

‘Round the Christmas tree we find Presents large and small:

As Orient Kings brough

To Christ — Do you recall?

Let us pretend, we're Wisemen,

Our gifts tho’ small, en

The love- that makes one Th0’ we lack, incense, myrrh and gold.

The above lines are not poetry but were written by a little girl and express the true

ing. And surely to iest time of the year, when gifts-toys that. will make

event takes place, and we

young lives, if it were broken. happening by sending your co Department today.

For weeks now the little best behaviour. They have be anticipation of the coming of have been hoping that-Santa they have wanted. the ground.

despair of a disappointed Christmas every little counts, and the con-

butlon need not be large,

centration of contributions from many mean the difference between a sad

Christmas and a happy one. the last appeal.

Send your contributions today to the Santa Pals care of the Guardian- as parcels mus

tomorrow Saturday. Tasman/firs sarzra PALS

Miss Cynthia Kendall. ' Master Paul Cudmore.

Mrs. W. L. Weir.

. L. W. MaciKay.

Grade VII W. K. School. Ferric Bell. Mrs. Lewis Turner.

Lillian, Helen and Billy Mclmn. luotrise Avarcl and Arthur Gordon

Avard.

Klinty Taylor.

Mrs. John Andrews.

Church of Scotland India Aid. Cape ‘naverse. Mrs Iceman Mac- Willlams. ry.

Miss Brenda Gallant.

Mrs. W. E. Lodge.

Nancy and Howard Maclilarlnne.

Dr. and Mrs. L. i. Duffy.

Benevolent Irisrh Society.

Dorothy and Angus McLaren.

Mrs. Ed. Robertson.

Verna Wood.

Flerne Bhanm.

The Hill Family. '

Mrs, Edward Norton. Orapaud.

Miss Vera Cannon. Hampton.

John J. Robinson. B. B. Ohm’-

(Oootlmedmpegemooll)

their young lives happy. Only a few short days are left before this wonderful hope that no little girl or boy

in this city will be disappointed. Their faith in Santa Claus . is so strong that it would be more than

Do not lct their Do not allow them to awake

MAXIMS

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MERE MAN

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No reproof or denunciation la so potent a; the silent influence of a good flample.

Annual Subscription Delivered $5.00 B! MIll—l'.E.l. $4.00; Clllldla lnll U-S. ".00

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bursting Soviet bombs still

to aid of victims trapped in burning auto and other injured

il-Pope Pius xu Receives Italian King And llueen

VATICAN CITY. Dec. 2i -(OP-- l-favas) -Pope Pius XIf. receiving King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Elena for the first lime since he ascended the pacpal throne, today called for dlVlllB guidance to keep Italy put of the war and aid it in restoring a lasting peace.

The pontiff. w o next Thirrsday will visit the King and Queen in Rome in the first call made by a pope in 69 years, commended the

l and Queen and their govern-

Appeal Santa Pals

will give, 1159;-

sibp; n’! the Ilalzan peope so clo dear to us and

he recstnlalishment of an honorable

t present and lasting peace amo peoples,” lie pont ii said during e recep- tion in the throne room.

Announcement that the pontiff

would call on the King and Queen text week added significance to the impressive ceremonies which atten- ded the royal visit. Since 1870 the vatican secretary oi state has made any necessary visits to the royal

fa lv. Today's visit was the second paid to the vatlcan bv a reigning Italian

fold merry,

meaning of Christmas giv- mmmch 5mm, the kmgdom was

the children it ought to be the cheer- , lolpltfd- rope 12:5 x1. afterds the - s v ll o e _

Santa Claus comes laden with l veivedgthe Kfng angmaljlggfirat- {fie

va-tican Dcc. 5, 1929.

King George Visits Farmers

a tragedy in their ‘ You can-prevent this from ntribution to the Santa Pal

children have been on their

_ _ H _ And Fishermen en walking on air, living in

“Pig wlmderful My‘ Th“ torment. Doc. 2l'—(CP)—King will bring them the things George was mid [Oiiily that the b01398 be crushed t0 strafing tac-tzcs of G;rman war- to the bitter planes are giving British fishermen monh Your Conn-L a difficult. time as they pursue heir ra .

Visiting the Ministry of Agrrlcul- ture and Fisheries with Sir Regi- nald Dorman-Smith, the Mirustor of Agriculitire. the King talked at

Santa Pals may and disappointed Do your part now-this is Dun Hillman, oi the fishing section of the transport and general work- ers unlon said afterward:-

t all be ready for delivery . _ "I told the King we fishermen are

llazisf Protest To Argentina

BERLIN. Dec. 2l— (AP) — Ger- msnv today sent a "sharp protest" to the Argentine government a- gainst, internment 0f the officers and crew oi the scuttled pocket bat- tleship Admiral Graf Spec, and while awaiting a reply armed her- self with gieoedonts.

The pro t. was telcirrflpti Buenos Alres after foreign , legal experts claimed that Argen- "16 11811811118115 tina acted contrary to iniematlouial l-lillman and T. Williamson, custom in decreeln internment. for the more than 1. men.

Both in 1914 and during the prea- elnt war. the Germans maintained

of the present tactics of the enemy.

did he nlmseli.

all tihat was taking place."

the crews of sunken war vessel. _ _ wewreclleased when they lmded in a worig 0111101‘ train illllllCll lie iillfi also, DB1! a oou . hm been rtld‘c.'1 with machine 1-1"; (~14 [Ff-‘YKHY F \Ii INN’;

Specifically, the Gomian news ar- Wm, RECORD Rim iirc. ' l ency D. N . cited as a precedent "Vi/hon our lruzn Wills lill," h<~ [raves Borden i143 r\ M lffil PM m“ me Nemefllmds Wvemmenle NEW YORK. D90. 21 —(AP) -— shill. "ill" alarm \\'.\‘< cli-tn Illll loan-s Tuinimiliiit: 114)!) A. hi in 19ml! rgleasedasxudrvgors ofmntfig Trllie ‘New York post office now h0lds tlu‘ ])i\\‘~‘t‘lll>1f'l‘:; look t.» llit- \\‘l\\rl 105i‘ M. Ahou , ress tie t lied t t .. .. . ,- . . -. . “mm-E whicg were moi! olemalh halimiskllfitmlnfgflll; Wiggle illiemtotitlu. l<lly slirwjl l» iiinl, Jll- I .\.\TlrliIl.-\l.\ ()‘-l.\ Quin “if Wm‘ “ 1°“ "i mm’ 17933933 PM“- Tlwt W118 veater- " ’ , ' ' ‘ l‘ [moves 1mm.“ no I’. M.

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(By Thomas F.

l 'l‘urku-Hclsin_uftirs

length with fishermen and farmers.

having a hcll of a time on account

I described in detail one incident of oi whom had been taken from an- a Scottish trawler attacked by Ger- man planes with bombs and mach- lne guns. and told the King that. in the fishing industry we had to deal with even greater problems than

"The King rcpllied that he quite understood and appreciated the sit- uation and had full knowledge of

His Majesty expressed indigna- at the attaclq on defenceless Bri- llsh fishing fleets. He also reminded representative». that dtrrirf his recent visit to Plymouth he met fishermen who are working on mine sweepers, and emphasized the need of wenn clothing for such

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Qbservers In

Norway Report‘ Reds Fall Back’

Warplanes Bl-zts-t-Hospitals In Finland’s Capital As Great

Aerial Activity Continues.

Hawkins, Associated Press Staff Writer) HELSINGFORS, Dec. 2l—(AP>—Repulse of a heavy

Russian attack in the Lake Pielinen sector on the eastern front was reported tonight in a hinted at fighting" on Soviet soil for the first titree-yveeks-old war.

Finnish communique which time in the

Destruction of an entire battalion of Russians in the

bitter cold of the lake country svns reported after a day in which the Soviet. air armada staged a series of bomb- ing attacks on Helsingiors and a score of nearby towns, with the heaviest destruction caused t0 Helsingfors’ hos- pital area.

MAJOR RETREAT

(Reports from northern Norway said a. Russian re-

treat in the Arctic apparently was reaching major pro- portions. The Russians were said to have fallen back to a. point 12 miles behind the lines they established two days ago near the rich nickel-mining lwhere developments of the

centre of Saimijaervi- International Nickel Contpziny of Canada are located.)

The Finnish communique said one Russian battalion had been destroyed in a battle between Lieska and Repola, which lies approximately 16 miles inside the Soviet border.

The communique did not make clear how far the Finns had gone in the direction of Repola, but wording of the statement made it appear possible they had reached Rus- sian soil.

Lieska is about 45 miles southwest of Repola, 20 miles from the border and 25 miles north of Lake Imdogzi. The frontier elbows sharply into Finland at the point where the battle took place

FIERCE FIGHTING

Fierce fighting also was reported on the Karellan Isthmus further south as the Russians launched a_ strong offensive, but at the end of the day the Finns said their

lines still were “holding fast.” Finns listed 30 civilians

among the dead as a result nmawflrfi LOAD of Russian widespread air raids.

Only two persons were in- jured and none was killed

POR -'I‘wclve ships. the 121i"? in Portland harbor n’. a months, promised t0< Christmas '

in the capital, but numcr- mnvsliore official.- H L ‘- ~

.. '. . ' t an to time lie o“? deaths “me ihfud .1“ gisariiiarginggsand loading jobs. raids on other citics-in- -__----—- cluding 16 at Jzinisjoki.

five at Matkvisclkzi, two at Sortztvztla and one at Kon- tiomztki. The attackers were beaten off by Finnish pur- suit planes and anti-ain‘, craft fire.

Two passengers were re- ported killed when Russian: war birds swooped downl. BKEAD f zind machine gunned the: \

cxpresgl one of two passenger trains said to have been so at- lacked.