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Fisherman's Boat Race ‘vzgl-“hieii-d‘ on the beautiful Mill Rivgf was sponsored b! the AI- berton and West Prince Boards of Trade. The classes consisted of d,‘ cylinder and eight cylinder qngine boats plus a Free For All. “ca, The first two races provid- gl lots of excitement but the Free yo, All really contained the thrills.

The races started from Pates’ shore to Maxflelds' Beach and re- turn. In the close Free For All the boats came around the mark- “ boats almost bow to bow and 1t took real seamanship to avoid bump! and to gain a few feet In distance. From the last marker boat to Pates’ Shore the boats were side by side with each own- M.- trying his best to get the last ounce of speed out of his engine. Finally just before the finish line alaurice Perry's boat edged a few fact ahead of the others to win the race by an extremely close margin.

A large crowd lined the shores and had a full view of the races practically the whole distance. It it definitely planned to make these races an annual event from now (in, The prizes will be presented at a meeting of the Alberion and West Prince Boards of Trade to he hold in O'Leary Hall, Monday evening September 26th. An in- ritation is being extended to Gov- ernor Bernard and Premier Jones to be present and p ent the prizcs. There may possibly be another boat race that afternoon as this one has created so much interest.

in the six cylinder race Sam Fraser was first and Ivan Smith was second. The eight cylinder race was won by Maurice Perry, second Mont Hutt, and third Wil- bur Fraser. The Free For All was won by Maurice Perry, second Brydcn Smith. third Mont Hutt, fourth Sam Fraser.

Starter was W. E. Darby, K.C. Th:- judgcs were Joseph Wedge, Waldo Matthews, Howard Clark, Harvey Hutt, Harold Botts, Keith Mathleson and William E. Arsen- suit. The championship cup was donated by .1’. Watson MacNaught for the Free For All Race.

The other prizes were donated by P. W. Turner, Physical Fit- ness Department by Brig. W. W. Reid, Claud MacNeill, Harold A. Jelly, MacWilliams and Turner. Pate and Co., Don Campbell, Lloyd Silllker. Alberton Co-op- erative.

Among the interested spectators present were Mr. Hector Richards, lii.L.A., Mr. B. Graham Rogers of Charlottetown, and Mr, David Hol- land of O‘Leary, all of whom vol- unteered prizes for the next race. At the Alberton and West Prince Board of Trade meeting on Sep- tember 26th at which the prizes for this race will be presented, Mr. Ralph Rawsthorne of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce will be one of the guest speakers.

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SEPTEMBER 1a. 1949

Says He Convinced l‘. D. it Britain Could Hold Nazis

(Editor's note: In September, 1039, the Second World War be- gan. France's collapse 10 months later made many Americans des- pair that Britain could continue fighting against Germany. The late President Roosevelt, however. we: convinced Britain could hold ou.

(An answer to the question of how the President was convinced is given by French Count Rene de Chambrun in the following ar- tlcle. AP reporter Mel Most ob- tained the story from De Cham- brun in Paris in 1945 on condition it remained unpublished until a

later time. This permission has just been granted by De Cham- brun.)

By Mel Moat

PARIS, Sept. l2 —(AP) — A tight-lipped courier has shared the secret of his mission" from France to the late President Roosevelt during the French debacle of June, 1940.

Count Rene De Chambrun, son- in-law of Pierre Laval, said hate that Roosevelt told him at one point:

"Rene, the show is over. I don't think Britain can hold out."

De Chambrun said the Presi- dent voiced his despair in a con- ference June 14 aboard the presi- dential yacht Potomac, interrupted by news that Hitler's armies had reached the Loire River.

(De Chambrun held up release of this story, originally scheduled for early 1948, when Presidential adviser Harry Hopkins died in January that year.)

The Count's mission. he said, was to give Roosevelt information to show Britain could hold out.

De Chambrun was sent to Wash- ington in one of the last acts of the Third Republic. after he es- caped from Dunkerque with im- portant military information he acquired as a French liaison ot- ficer.

De Chambrun says this infor- mation included decisive military intelligence from Germany and German prisoners on the size and losses of the German air fleet.

He says the figures showed the Luftwaffe! rate of loss was too rapid for it to last through an immediate invasion attempt on Britain that summer. Germany would have to fill up the gaps in her air force first -— and leave Britain a breathing spell to or- ganize her defences.

The Count said he delivered these figures to Roosevelt June l4, 1940.

To back his account De Cham- brun produced a batch of letters and notes.’

One letter signed with the name of Lord Lothian. then British Am- bassador in Washington, said De Chambrun had "convinced the highest authorities in the land" in favor of the British cause.

IIHIEF BIRTWISTLE

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Constabulary. The Boer War tem- porarily interrupted his cereer as a policeman and he left the force to do some four years with the Scots Guards Brigade.

In 1906 he came to Canada and joined the Royal North West Mounted Police which was com- posed of only a few hundred men at that time. Most of his service was done in Saskatchewan which was being invaded by thousands of settlers from Europe and the U. S. A.'He patrolled an area ap- proximately as large as this Island on his only means of transporta- tlon-a horse.

With Guard ‘of Honor

. A compensation for this work however. was his trip to England as part of the guard of honor' at the Coronation of King George V and as a member of the R.N.W.M. P. contingent at the Quebec City tercentenarv in 1908. In i925 he was sergeant of the Police contingent which policed the Canadian pavil- ion at Wembley, lmgland, and participated in the show. He was also a member of the guard of honor at the Coronation of Ed- ward VII.

Wartime service

In World War I he saw service

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District Governor Heard At Rotary

Diotriot Governor Iii-ed A. sheen of Houlton. Maine. was the s

at the weekly luncheon of the Char- lottetown Rotary Club yesterday. Rotarian R. C. Parent presided with Rotarian Bill Rowe as co- chairman,

District Governor Sheen said the Charlottetown Club had the reputation of being one of tho most. efficient clubs of the district. “Not only that, but you are most foriun- ate in the place you have to hold your meetings, and I am itfraid that if this dinner today is what you regularly get you had better not come to our meetings in Aroostnols or you will be hungry. 1n view of your record What I have to say is not so applicable to you as to other clubs." The assembly in New York, much emphasis upon integrity. “Not one of us has an attendance re-

counts. No one manber can be ob- sent without hurting all the other members."

The speaker referred to the in-

creasing cost of publishing The Ro- tarlan which he said if read thor- ougly would almost wipe out the need for Rotary International. He described the Fundatlon Fund which encouraged the exchange of stu- dents between the notions, one of the important achievements of Rot- ary. About three hundred thousand dollars each year will be used- to pay the expenses of one hundred students who wish to study in a. country other than their own. He advised members to think o! the world as a. globe, and the other countries as neighbors rather than foreigners. Pence can never he cer- taln as long as there ls a balance of power such as eight nations lin- cd up on either side, but if we con- centrate out efforts upon making friends with two of the opposing powers it changes the balance of power from 8-8 to 10-6, a prepond- erance which will ensure against attack. After speaking about Vocational, Community, and International Ser- vice, Mr. Shean said that the Pres- ident of Rotary was elected as the choice of men from all nations. I-ie is but one of 25 or 30 who might possibly be chosen. These men are again screened for their willingness to tackle the job and about eight names finally go on the ballot. The President this year is Percy Hodg- son, a most powerful man with great zeal’ and force of character.

Rotarian Shean concluded by asking each Rotarian to determine the port. he had to do in helping to make a. better world. and to do it now.

Last: evening a club assembly was held at. which chaintnen of the var- ious committees gave their reports.

Guests at the luncheon were Mr. Fred champion, Amherst, and Mr. J. W. C. MacDonald, Monctom.

with the Mounted Police Squadron in France, Germany and Belgium. when the R.N.W.NI.P. force was changed to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police he was transferr- ed to Windsor, Ont.

At Windsor he distinguished himself by solving the origin of a series of fires in London, Ont. The R.C.M.P. report for 1923 states that he cleared up a mys- tery regarding the setting of 25 fires which had previously defied solution for four years.

After six years in Windsor as acting sergeant he was transferred to Niagara. Two years later he re- ceived his superannuation and ap- pointment as Chief of Police for Charlottetown in which capacity he has served continuously ever since.

In addition to his war service decorations. Chief Birtwistle was awarded the M.B.E. following the tour of Their Majesties to this country in 1939.

WINNIPEG, Sept. 12 — (CP) -— Oats and barley today registered new seasonal highs for the third successive day under good com- merclal buying in trading on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange.

Rye gained in sympathy with the other grains. .

Hedging sales were fair in oats but only light in barley and rye. In export trade, allocation of 1.- 600.000 bushels of Canadian wheat to the United Kingdom was an- nounced. Iran received 550,000 bus- hels While Turkey was the recipi- ent of 820,000 bushels. Prices of class two wheat, for export. to countries other than the United Kingdom, were unchanged. Closing quotations:

Oats: Oct. 78 1-8; Dec. 74 3-4-A; May ‘l3 3-8. __ .

Barley: Oct. 1.35 1-4; Dec. 1.29 1-8-1-4; May 1.24 7-85. Rye: Oct. 1.31 1-8; Dec. 1.88 B-BA; \ May 1.45 1-2.

Flax: Oct. 3.278; Dec. 3.71.

Gash prices:

Oats: No. 2 C.W, 77 5-8; Ex. 3 C.W. 75 7-8; 3 C.W. 75 1-8; Ex. 1 feed 75 1-8; feed 73 3-4; 2 feed 72 1-8; 3 feed 70 7-8; track 73 1-8. Barley: No. 1 C.W. Q-row 1.49 1-4; No. I C.W. d-row 1.49 1-4; No. 1 C.W. Z-row 1.41 1-4; No. 2 C.W. 2-row 1.41 1-4; No. 3 C.W. G-row 1.47 1-4; No. 1 feed 1.35 1-4; No. 2 feed 1.34 1-4; No. 8 feed 1.32 1-4; track 1.31 1-4; No. 2 C.W. yellow 1.85 1-4; No. 8 C.W. yellow 1.35 -4

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Rye: No. 1,C.W. 1.3 1-8; No. 2 C.W. 1.38 1-8 . No. 3 C.W. 1.32 5-8: mi. o c.w. as 1-8; No. 4 c.w. 1.27 1-8; trac 1.8 .\

Flax: No. 1 C.W. 3.72; No. 2 C.W. 3.87; No. 3 C.W. 3.47; No. 4 C.W. 3.42; track 3.72.

COUNTY LIEUTENANT

WINCRBTHR. Ia-igland —(0Pi -- The Duke of Wellington, 04, has been appointed Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, in succession to the late Viscount Portal. Field Mar- shal Earl Waveil. 08, succeeds the Duke of Wellington as Lord Lieu-

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cord at our meetings but the club has and it is the club's record that

THE GUARDIAN.

Legion To launch Fall Aciiviiiesi Al Funciion__Tonighl

‘the Charlottetown Branch of the Canadian Legion, B.E.S.L., under its newly elected Branch President l-LR. Vessey. will launch its fall activities at the legion Home tonight when the first oi’ their Tuesday night auction fort?- flvo card parties is held there. The card parties have been s. regular feature of Legion activities for the past number of years and are cle- viscd to help raise funds for buy- lng fruit, cigarettes etoi, for hos- pitalized veterana in the two City Hospitals and the Provincial Sani- torlum and at the same time pro- vide entertainment for Legion members.

Prusidcnt Vessey. who has been n. consistent driving force behind Legion activities for a number of years. stated yesterday that. many other new features of entertain- ment are being considered for this

CHARLOTTETOWN

winter. including monthly bridge parties and dances. The dances will be special ones for mesnbers to be run on a non profit basis in ad- dition to the regular weekly Clover Ohio dances.

Mr. Vessey also said that the various committees such as the Poppy Committee, sick and visiting committee etc, are drs-ftinl up their policies for their special work, and in connection with the former committee. corsideratlons are being made to have special speakers visit and speak to the various service clubs in view o! the poppy campaign on Remembecren Day. The regular monthly Legion meetings will be re- inmenced. with the first being held bhls month on September 29th.

efforts should be made by division commanders and teem captains particularly when it is realized that the Campaign was of neces- slty begun earlier than usual this year and a number of regular work- ers were absent. . . .

Mr. Fletcher Troop manager of the Bank of Montreal, who is chairman of the special Names Division. reported that although

money raised spent locally, the Major. sold. campaigner, Mr. T. called upon urged fellow

A veteran Roy Cudmorc, when by the Chairman workers to rally round the Chair- man who has been untlring in his efforts ho form a live organization for the campaign. He stated that the Salvation Army was well known for its humanitarian work and was second to none as an organization in this field. Some enthusiastic workers are cit-service men of two wars. who remember “Sally Ann." who min- istered to their comfort and needs in perilous war day!- Mr. Cudmore urg go out on thusiasm.

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Divisional Commanders in the campaign are: Andrew Likely, Bill Rix. Harod Bohaker, Major George

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