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Report Drive Cn Moscow falls Off

Only local attacks on all but one sector; ‘Situation

not so

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Seek cause of lir Liner crash

l7 Passengers And Three Crew Mem- bers Dead In On- tario Accident.

(By Jack Sullivan)

‘(Canadian Press Stuff Write

5'1‘, THOMAS. Ont“ Oct. 3i _— (CH-United States and Canadian rrlatlon experts probed into the pmrred wreckage of an American Airlines transport plane, seeking the cause of - 1 ash that sent the. big ship noseiirst. into a farm ‘1-2 i ud 20 people to their deaths. 1 Ahslf-duzcn officials of the Ur- fltd States civil aeronautics boar , rldrd bv Col. Douglas Joy, Inspector oi Aviation for Toronto district, 1nd other Canadian officials, ivv-a ncharge of the investigation, chore res little cf the plant shin left t‘ J them to examine-only the port ring and the tail were left an;- vheie nenr" intact. i The plane, in cirnrue of Capt, Da- vid I. Cocoar. 34, cf Plundome. N.

l, crashed to the ground through the rain and fog about 11.12 A, P

‘l‘. last night. It fell on the oaiflefd oiThomoson Rowe's farm 14 nules mt oi here and burst into flames!

Burned Two Hours

Angry flames licking out from th~ ' machine prevented any chance rl ue for the i.‘l passengers and new of three. It was two hours be- fore anyone could get close euomxh t1 start pouring water on the llunes, described by Rev. A f1. I‘:1_\'- hr, pastor of the United Churn at

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llow London papers tplashed sinking

IDNDON, Nov. 1—(Sa.turday)— (CPI-Front-page bannerlincs on linking oi the Reuben James--

Dilly Mllll—:'U. S. are on the lass 1

mile into wa

Dolly Herald-“Nazls glad U. S nrship sunk."

News Chronlcle-"U- S. destroyer V-llli; but. policy remains 581119."

Coming Events

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MOSCOW, Nov. l-(sagur. lllyl-(APF-Flghtlng up and down the bnlire front from Leningrad to the Sea of Azov Will! Iellorted by the Soviet ln- formation bureau early today.

"During Oct. ill-our troops [ought the enemy on all fronts", said the unusually brief enm-

munlque broadcast by the

Moscow radio.

LONDON. Oct. 31 _(CP) —So- viet dispatches reported tonight

ilat Hitler's suorenre offensive on Moscow had fallen off today- the 30511 llllY 0f the grand campaign when he said was to bring a great decision at the Russian centre-tn mere ‘oval attacks in all sectors save one.

In tlrs sinzle region of present active menace-Aunt llmitPd on its northern vxlrcmuvr hv Kalinin, 95 m‘les riortlnvcst of Moscow. and ex-

Bitter row in Congress over Torpedoing

Charge Mr. Roosevelt Responsible F o r Lives Lost Brings Heated Reply.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31—(A.P)- The torpedolng of the United State: destroyer Reuben James Produced B bitter row today in the senate. where majority leader Alben 33.2‘!- ley angrily disputed a statement that. President Roosevelt was "ner- isoncally responsible" for any lives os . The charge of presidential rewbll- sibility was made y Senator George Aiken (Rep-Vt) during de- bate on the question of lifting r-he Neutrality Act's restrictions nil shipping. Barkley declared that the accusation was ‘unfa.lr.“

Reading in n loud voice from a prepared statement. Aiken charged that Mr. Roosevelt, "without the knowledge or consent of Congress." had given orders to the navy “hunt down and sink shins of =11".- othcr nation with which we are not. legally at. war.“

This was done. Aiken said, de~ spite the fact that CODEWSS "ll/ll been given assurances that. the navy

tending m [he South mmowhere i“ " would not engage in conveying.

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LONDON. Nov. 1—tSuturdav). —-((‘l')—.'\tivircs reaching here early today suld a stile of" sheer‘ has been declared ut. Tula, roll junction 100 miles south of‘ Mos- cow.

The advices said a serious sil- uutlon ls developing around the town, under attack by the Ger mans for several days.

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bout Vol Okolarnsk. udriu. is 55 miles zuovq the cap1ta.—t!1e infan. by was declared suu beating tire-

ssly at the Red line with infantry 1nd tank charges,

In spte 0i llilllllrently great im- llrovenicnt in the Russian situation at the centre, however, Soviet sil- ence suggested that matters mm going badly for the defenders in the south and more especially in the Crimea. .

Asupplcment to torlnys com. muurque did r-‘port, however. that on an uusated sector of ti . south- ern frcnt. Red cwainry Ind an- nihilated two German remnants 1n a battle for a town identified on- ly us “Z"

Says report of Big wheat sale ls Cincorreet”

OTTAWA, Oct. 31—(CP)—P1‘lme Minister lvlncKlnnon said tonight he would soon be in a position to make an announcement on wheat sales but described as “wholly in- correct" a newspaper report. to the effect Canada has sold 150,000,030 bushels ta the British government.

"I will Pave something interesting on the siujeet very soon," said the minister but he (icclined to go fur- ther. '

“It is entirely incorrect." he said after reading a newspaper story which stated the large sale ha? been made at a price between 85 and ill) cents a bushel,

Early this year the British gov- ernment contracted for l2(l(l00 00o bushels of wheat from Canada am. it. is not _v6t known how much of it- has been shlppcrl.

Yesterday an authoritative gov- ernmental source indicated some

Canadian ivhcat previously nitr- chased bv (‘h-wt Britain had been shipped to Russia.

41 burned in Factory fire

HUDDERSFIELD, Yorkshire, Oct. 31—(CP)—Fort.y-0ne persons, most- l girl workers lost their lives 1o-

ay when fire swept through

a clothing factory here. It was the largest. tire death toll lu Britain m years. Most of the iris were trapped on upper floors oil the birrnin in: and weoe killed when trey al- tempted to Jump to safety. An eye- witness described anem as “shout- illfl and screaming" as they jumped from windows.

"I heard thuds as the bodies struck the ground,“ the eye-int.- nesg sold, "A ran over but some were nlread dead."

Ono wor er rtn outwith nls cloths: in flames and, after she has. been given assistance. returned l0 the building in an attempt to save others.

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GREEK V. C. FOR KING

LONDON - (cc) - The Greek cabinet awarded the Greek Military Cross-equivalent of the Victoria Cross-to the exiled King George rf the Hellenes "for his unspfifi"! "- orts to render the Greek army ef- flclent . . and for the higll; example

set dur-

Duuqf- Royal Canadian

‘than Aiken cited the torpedoing of the destroyer Kcarny. with Arr: lcss of ll lives. and the shaking o. the Reuben James.

"Had the. President of the Unit- ed. States and members 0f his cah- inet kept their promises.‘ Aiken went on deliberately’. “tilt! men 0i the United States navy aboard Yh- =e ships would not lle rotting on the ocean floor today."

In reply, Barkley said Mr. Roose- velt had “more right: to outline a defence area around the Wesem Hemisphere than Hitler did to take a pencil and draw a line 1.500 mllfis our. in thc Atlantic."

"Whether it. ls the senator from Vermont or any other senator.’ Barklev continued, "it is unfair to charge the president with personal

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Minimum butter Price expires

OTTAWA. Oct. 3i —(CP)'—'I'l"e minimum price for butter set by order-in-councii last May at the suggestion of the dairy products hoard expired today and in future the board will buy butter if neces- snry 1o protect the market instead of renewing the minimum Price. The Carlad nu Press was informed tonight.

The minimum price in effect this month was 32 cents a pound to the purchaser" in the aiaritlmcs. Que- bec. Ontario 30 cents in Mauitolaa and Alberta and 2i) cents in Saskatchewan. The price of crenmery prints was one cent. a pound lzltrher in each case.

An agriculture department spokesman sold it would be for llle dairy products board t-o decide when to step in and support the nmrker by buying. but. he thought such action ivouid be taken ii but- ter prices went below 32 Cfillls ill Montreal.

indiscriminate Warfare against ll. 8., London says

LONDON. Oct. 3t - (OP) ~ The sinking oi the United States th- struycr ltrubeu James, following at.- tucks on the American destroyers Greer and Kearny, was described- by an authoritative British swim- man tonight as a clear lndlociion that. Germany already is waging "indiscriminate warfare BBB-Amt the

United States." Furthermore, this ‘esman ob- served, “The United dtates can ek-

pect heavier and heavier attacks against. her shipping west of Ice-

nd.

‘lhe German submarines. he said, have supply ships witch can op- erate in the vic nity of Baffin Bay, which lies above the Arctic Circe between the west 60M?’ 0i’ 6R9!!- mig Blldtcllnfldl- k m h i, m

(tOtaWaas esa-i e

Tile/y declined to comment on this conjecture-l

llemobilizerl ships Join demonstration

ALEXANDRIA. Oct. ill-MP)- Demobili-red French warships here oined the British fleet today in omage to French hostages execut- ed by the Germans.

Under orders of Vice Admiral ll. E. Godfrey the Wench vessels drop- ped the tricolor to hall mast at. 4 . m., the hour set. by the Free

ench for a sympathy demonstra- gom and kept t t re until sunset.

Action bv the interned French force here, which nomlnuli at least. is under the orders of ony. was on invitation of the British no- vol lutiioritiel.

and British Columbia.‘

Expresses

Oil Exists

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Church boys Assemble for Conference

“Boys And a Better World,” T h e m e. Rev. E. R. MacLean, Toronto, Leads Dis- cussions.

Seventy-five boys, representative oi every area of lnce Edward Island, met in the opening session of the Provincial Boys’ Conference last night. The boys assembled at the Baptist Church for registraaon and to hear Rev. E, R. Madman, Toronto, speak to them on ‘Boys and a. Better World." The director reminded the conference that

being held across the nation, follow- ing the same programme.

The following conference officers were elected:

Sresldent, Heath McQuarrfe, Vic-

to a.

Vice President, Wilmot Robertson, Hunter River. wSecretary, Jack Proud, Charlotte-

twenty othe1- such conferences yew: .

wn. Rev. I. J. Levy, Provincial Boys Work secretary and Rev. Donald

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Give population Figures for four Island towns

OTTAWA. Oct. 3|. -(CP) — The Dominion Bureau of Statistics to- day issued the fourth list. of popu- lation figures which the bureau saio was subject to revision. It contain- cd the populations of some cities. towns and incorporated villages not previously announced.

They included:

Prince Edward Island:

Towns.‘ Albcrton 544 (590); 301-. den 507 (385); Kensington. ‘I52 (612); Summerslde, 4.908 (3.759).

Price ceiling Details expected

Sunday night

OTTAWA. Oct. 3l—1CP)—De'.alls of the order-in-couircll under which the government is setting up a ceil- lng over the prices and commodities and rates charged for various s1 1-- vices will be made public late Suu-, Cay night it was learned tonight.

Terms 0i the order-in-councll: were understood to have been ao-f proved at a late afternoon stoning ot the cabinet. but the official an-i nounoement will not be mode until, Sunday alter signature of the order by the Governor-General. i

The announcement will be made by the Wartime Prices and Trade, Board which today announced key appointments tn the administrative organization being formed to carry out. the government order.

ment of Hon J. G. Taggart, Shani-- chewnn Minister of Agriculture and Bacon Board chairman, as food ul- ministrator.

Interpreting The War

(By Klrko L. Simpson)

(Associated Press Sh! Writer)

The torpedo-mangled hull of the destroyer Reuben James nu gone to the cold sea-floor of the North Atlantic somewhere west of Iceland a grim Nmlnder to the United States that an old world conflict s in has cross- ed the eastern reshold of the

new.

Iceland, with its British-Am- erican garrison, is l rampart o! new world defence. Westward of that outpost American worcroft of sea and air one shepherding vital we: cargoes for Britain or supplies for he Iceland. garri-

flson. ‘They an under orders lo shoot on sight at mnrnuding Axis raiders. The Reuben mes i; the third American naval craft attacked in that. defence

“Twenty do ago British naval authorities n Iceland revealed! tn from the hour when the ‘Wt’... é...““i‘i"°-ll"iil‘$ .ro Elm . gig war or commerce had been

Belief

Here

Mr. J. M. Corbett of Tulsa, Oklahoma sayi

on oil here”.

"In my opinion there isn't much question but that there is oil in this Island." Mr. J. M. Corbett, well- known oil man of Tulsa, Oklahoma. said last night while in the City enroube to his home after spending a few days visiting Dr. and Mrs. A. Kennedy, Georgetown. Drilling to a depth of between 9.000 and 12.000 feet. will be necessary. however, be- fore oil wlll be reached. here, he added.

“You are sitting 0n oll here" was his confident prediction when dis- cussing the matter further. He bas- ed his Judgment on n, personal tom of inspection to the I-Ililsborough Bay area several years ago. At that time he visited Governor's Island. where drilling had been carried on several years before, and studied the geology of the coast line. He has also heard the opinion of au- thorities in the business regarding the possibility of oil being discover- ed here and their ideas were in a- greement with his own.

Mr. Corbett said that this Island might become a “valuable reser- voir" for England if oil was struck and he has no doubt of ‘its exist- ence h°l"@-

A native of Summer-ville. Mass.

he has been tn the oll business for, W. S. Grant and P. W. Turner. 111-‘

many years and operates someut the finest wells in the Osage Natlon are; in the heart of the oll produc- lng area of United states. His wells are situated in the countrY of the Osage Indians. who possess "the highest morals of any tribe in the world."

He has visited the province on many different occasions in his Illi- vate plane, being an ardent en- thusiast of aviation.

Mr. Corbett is not connected in any way with the Cities Service Oil Company o! New York which is at. present; developing the oil possibili- ties of the province. Nor is he con- nected with the Selsmogruph Stif- vlce Corporation of Tulsa. which 1s conducting the geophysical survey or the Island to determine whether or not the rock structure is suitable to the production of the valuable fuel, The opinions he eXPNSWIl ‘Ml night were purely his own and quite impartial. He aid tribute to botn lite cities Servoe C mpnny and r-hc Seismograph Corpo ation as well as Mr. Hugh McKay. ‘Filled. who son- trols the oll riallts here. ‘Ibev all stood at the top of the list in the oll industry, he said.

He expects to leave the province today by‘ plane.

Canadian Air crashes

(By The Canadian Press)

dlan l1istory_ was the crash of an American Airlines transport , near St. Thomas. Ont... last. ilignl in which 20 persons were killed- 1‘l passengers and the crew Ol

three. , Following is a ilislhg; meior 0M1- ' ‘- l r 1 “d§:§._a'1l§), allilgll-c-i-‘ive killed at St. Oal-harmes. Ont, 1n crash of sifllll- l . llallltlaIil-wflve killed in crash

‘The hoard gave out the appoint-f

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or monopltine at Hamilton air meet May 23, lulu-Pilot, mechnnieand five passengrers killed in crasir of‘; General Airways Dlfllli! mll!‘ Den’, netnidyellllgillgsb-Four killed in crushl or passenger plane at Zeballos. B. 9-’ Nov, 2i], 1939—Three iiot ofiioersi and alrcrnftinan of R. . A. F. kill- ed when plane crushed after 1111b. spin at. ’i‘rcuton, Ont. l M“ 17‘ lgqo-Fout- members of . C. A. F, killed when plane :rash-, ed nefiar Edrgstéone, 15 miles north . n- - “Jigeolib? HMO-Defence Mintster‘ Rogers and three R. C. A. F. ‘men killed in crash near Newton/ll e.

01%;. 11, l940~—-Five killed who; s; 1 AZ

O. A. F. lane crashed on between lifogl eBay, B. 0., and "“1§‘;‘§.“1§?“.’81o_' R11- airmen killed

when two R. c A. n. planes plum:- ed into Luke Muskoka, Ont.

Jan, 6, lMl-Five airmen killed in crash of n. c. A. F. plane ll Rivers. Man.

pep s, lint-Nine passengers.

crush

threecrew members killed in plane

of Trans-Canada Air b11168

near Armstrong, Ont. Oct 30, UNI-Seventeen passen-

gers and crew of three killed in crash of American Airlines grams-

port plane near 8t. Thomas- _______--——-

War-ZS Years Ago Today

(By The Clnndlnn Pres!)

NOV. 1, mid-Italians made big drive on the Oar-so plateau an drove onem from heights east. of Gorizin; 4.00 Austrians c tuned. British forces in Macedon a cap- tured three villages on the Strum

NOV, 3, fold-Gannon; evacuat- 0d Fort. Vaux non Verdun. Rus- sian warships bombarded Con-

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Worst aviation disaster in Cane; planet

[Name local men For Regional Labor Board

Local Board 0f Trade Informed Inquiry To Be Held Into Sink- ing Of S. S. Char- lottetownt

The Council of the Charlottetown 1309.111 of ‘Trade met at 5 p. m. yes- berday ht The Charlottetown to deal with the matter of a communi- cation received from the Secretary of the Canadian Chamber oi‘ Com- merce which requested the selection 0f representatives of employers for the Regional Labour Board. A led- ter rcgardlnu the inquiry into the 1055 0i the S. S. Charlottetown car TBYPY was also read.

Present at the meeting were: Lt. Col. K. S. Ropers, President. Lt. Col. G. E. Full, Messrs_ R. E. Mutgh, V. A. Atnsworih and W. L. Higgins.

Following a discussion on the du- tics winch would probably be re- quired from the men appointed as representatives for the Regional Board the following names were submitted: lvfessrs. J. M. Hunter,

struclions uiere given to the Secre- i lary. Mr. Higgins. to find out 11 these men were willing to act. lf called upon to do so.

The wire received from the Sec- retary of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Mr D.L. Morrell read as follows: “Chambers representa- tive on National Labour Supply

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Few details on, llow Frenchmen Observed standstill

VICKY. 00b. 31 -- (AP) - The Frenchmen of Petaln and the Nazi new order turned their backs today on Gen. Charles de Gaulle‘s pica for a five-minute standstill protest against the execution of French hostugcs by the Germans. but the extent of tire response by lather Frenclunen in the unoccupied zone could not. be Judged impartially. The occupied zone was. as usual, n dead spot. in independent commun- lcatlons.

(A Free French s kesman tn London. where Gen. e Gaulle and his staff stood solemnly at attention for the allotted five minutes, said some days would elapse before do Oaulles reports through secret channels fill in the picture of how Germun-donunated Frenchmen re- sponded.