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Urges Substantial. SECRET TALKS Force Be Sent RUUSEINTEREST To Aid Finns IN ITMY

Member Of CFIHIIIOIIS Gives Leadership To Growing Agitation—Reduced Home Consumption Advocated.

Enemy Planes Are Sidewalk Show lniParis

PARIS. Feb. 28-(UP)-Burstlng anti-aircraft shells 1n skies crim- omssed by searchiighfs brought out thousands oi’ Parisians tonieht to watch two German reconnaissance planes being driven from the en- lrons of the French capital.

People hlmg out oi’ uparament house windows or stood on boule- Vlfli pavements to watch the show.

No air raid alarm was sounded in the city and no bombs were re- ported.

HQQO-OPOO-VVO-OQFO-O-O

PARIS. Feb. 2’l—(‘l‘uesdn¥l— (CFl-Parislans who retired 1M! night mel- wsocmn; the vinyl lll searchlightc and the burst of lnii-aircilft fire chase two Get- ilan reconniassance planes a- way from tlrn capital. W9", routed out of bed and into air, rlld shelters I few hours In!" 12w their firlt. alarm since NOV- 3

‘rile alarm lasted s1 minute" (No bombs were dropped on‘ Paris, it was believed.)

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Through all the firing traffic policemen stayed at their posts and ept buses and taxis moving.

Many of those thtongilig side- walk cafes in the spring-like won- ther continued to sit and drink their aperitlfs as they watched the display 1n the skies.

The anti-aircraft llnits kept no their firing from B145 P M un- iil9P M. (3:45 to4 P. M. ASTl.‘

The clnnonadfng was heard first east of Perla. The panes were fly», lnv very high.

Then the firing increased in voi- llme around the citv and French radio stations promptly shut down 'or about 20 mYnutes until the thud ll the Kilns faded into silence.

The evening war communiouc in-

ed that comparative ca'm had etumed to the westem Font after l weekend flare-rm between the thine and the Moselle marked by llflllrr and more numerous Ger- Mil p1ll‘0lS and one sharp Nani ttack on a French nost in Alsace.

Ulstermen Resnond In (‘all T0 Arms

BELFXAST. Feb. 20—<CPl—'1‘he gluing sous of Ulster have answer- l the call to arms 100.000 otrong fer less than 51X months, of war_ Ailo one e are vcllmtu srs Just as on e Flrsl. Great War when the men Northern Ireland ctstinglllsiled missiles on the Somme, at Al- rt. Mcssllles, Cambrai and in the lai advance ol i918. For the "Eruption Bill passed by Parlia- znl. rlcc; not apply to the six ulltc. ill the northeastern cor- ’! 0f Faun. known oifctsiiy since 1 -° is Northern Ireland. mo; Ulster]: most distinguish- soldler-sons with the British Dedlllcnllry forces one Sir Jolm ll. commander of the 1st Army

PP‘- nnd Lfeut-General Alan °°llh commander o! the 2nd my Corps.

Ioming Events t-U-

10 for Notlcec in this column l cents on word. ‘midi my Rliechwliv. iliillulllflllsdam’ 11-592-2-37-11.

0B '__'__ Febiuamngtllntlil u!‘ aslam. L-BQI- 47-31.

'"°W Qleesow tonight. Royals VI. “Eli's second of finals 8 P M

L-lllo-i-lll-ii. ‘N ti c“ °"*"- not" some‘

Borden ll Wednesday. 29th. L-SBGJ-TI-fli.

B J. F. Sanderso p Canadian Prcis Staff Writer

LONDON, Feb. 26 —-(CP Cable)-

Commander will ur e the British

the ouse of Commons to send a "substantial force" of soldier-volun- teers to Finland to fight against the red army.

Oliver Locker-Lampson government

The retired naval officer. Conser-

vative member of Parliament for a Birmingham seat. is mentarv leadership o which has been growinlz in intensity of late to 56nd men tions to help the Finns.

iving Parlia- agitation

as well as muni-

Those who argue in favor of

such steps believe that the de- gilftlll‘? of civilian-volunteers to

inland for training will he 100

small a trickle and too slow to give the Finns effective aid.

Commander

Locker- Lampson

lzavn notice today of thefollowing

motion:

"That in view of the loss ol Po-

land and Creche-Slovakia and imminent neril nl F'inland‘s

the over-

throw, and in view of the fact the

allies’ armies remain intact despite siY months n!

War. the rlevernmcnt

lv‘ll free a substantial force for in-

stant service i» Wlnland under ‘lemma n? Nrlfifils and committee or members drawn from

oll

the nnnoii-l a

n-lrtles in this l1fil"F in take ac-

tion forwarding this purpose."

unmum- n“ fly"; pa.- (lle-tlulm m H14 moPrm ls uncertain

Grmvlnz Agitation

l-nverrvmenl finds

but it remains Fl"Y‘llil"Rl'ii-

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ll. Vote Mr. Chips Best ’39 Picture

S. Papers

MENIPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 26-—(AP)

-F1lm critics _ newspapers in the United States lluve voted "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" the outstanding motion picutre for 1939, Robert Donat the best. actor and Bette Davis, the screen's best actress.

The here tomgilt. by Halli’ Mflrltlll. We lvlcln ph Ls amusements president of t-he clitics of America. Lion

Donut was pickzd for formance in "Good/bye, Mr. Chlpfi." and Miss Davis ic-r "Dark Victory."

Tue picture to Washington" was second choice of Hcigills" third. Others wele "Dark Victory". otchlzll." coach." Wizard of Oz". ordcij

of the principa;

announcement was made

commercial appeals editor and acting- ncu-spapel‘ film an orltaniza- of 800 ilf.'\llkp.\p(.‘1‘ writers.

his Der-

iler DH-rt in

"Mr. Smith Goes

the critics and "Wutnering

"Love Affair." "Nin-

"Pygmniion." “$14186- “The Women." Mid “T09 chosen in that

Among the actors, Jaznrs Stew-

ll

art was second for his oeflvrlnelwl’ in "Mr. smith Goes to Washiml- ion". and Spencer Tracv third I01‘ p15 work in "Stanley and Living- stone." Greta Garbo. for her part

"Ninoichka." ranked second

among actresses and Rosalind Rus- sell. eta: of "The Women", third.

For his work in Thomas Mitchell was chosen the pest male supporting player of the ar. Greer Garsons

"Stagecoach."

perform ance

n "Goodbye, lVLr. Chips". won for

her the same honor among act- lesses.

Roosevelt Third Term Plans Vague

WASHINGTON, no. 26-(AP)—

Despite the pleas of baffled Dem- corals that President state his attitudo toward s. third term. there ls a. strong feeling here that h-e will not do s0 until two things have happened.

The firs of Sumner Welles, Under-Secretary of Stave. from his European "mis- sion of inquiry," and the other is the adjournment of Congress,

Roosevelt

l: of obese is the return

__.._.___._._______ INDUSTRIAL PIONEERS

'—-—— rlimzwl Ytcinxkrlllgiiolfiliublal}; ‘Pll-‘l-Dillied scotch concert and le if.“ m‘ 0 n ts didstrlllslslld- 5:‘ social. Wood Islands llnl. llclftilemffil-dnllild oivllle Wilda. Y- March l0, L-Ml. s; "modem pioneers of the front ers .umuel c————- ol industry" was announced today "i" alvqnhliiinelhfifiuldfi? iilurltllileacllillmmllhefivtiliabrnplegf El all Thm-flgy mnmon my ented ell"- ellvn- WM-uca at a din-

U. S. Envoy Has Ses- sion With Mussolini and Foreign Minis- ter Ciano.

(By Charles H. Guptiil) (Associated Press Stall Writer)

ROME, Feb. 26 -—(AP) —-Tile inquiry" of Sumner Welles, United States Under-Secre- tary of State. 317173181 today to have met initial success in Wefles‘ conferences with Premier Mussolini and Foreign Minister Count Ciano.

scepticism with which alltho ita- tlve Italians originallv erected an- nouncement of the American en- voy’s visit melted noticeably alter his hour-and-s-quartcr talk with Clano this morning and still more after he stayed with Mussolini an hOll" this afternoon.

Accompanied on both visits by the United States Ambrnasrldor. Wi‘liam Phillips, Welles made the most of his first dav in Rome and prepared to leave tomorrow at mid- nilrht for Berlin. next objective on his trln throuqh European capitals survevinz the wav- silurltion for Pesident. Roosevelt

A communique on the visit is- sued toniszht said Welles lzave Pre- mier ltlllswlilni a slmcri message from President Roosevelt.

"their conversaiion was most- cordial. lastlcq an hour," the com- munique said.

Another rlelvlv-arrived American Envoy. Mvron C. Tnvvlr. the P Psi- dcntfsnersonal representative to Pane Plus XIT prepared for his first audience with the Poullfr to- morrow at 10:30 A M. (5:30 A.

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Welles demonstrated his slit-is- fec‘ion glib his call on Clano by observinsz that the meetlnlz had been "very gratifyinz and help- fill."

Clllnn reported m1 it lmnlodlqlwlyl

in his fether-ln-lon‘ and the Fasc- ist nress Devan to lake ll sudden interest in Welles activWes all/er pr""ilf‘a'lv lnlcrlnlr ills visit. Sllbiect of the talks was lzuard-

ed ffBl"‘Ill“v bill fnrelvu observers believed they must have exceed- ed the. "m": of mere "incl-flirti- "w" (m ‘Irpqbs m" n 'T'\\ -.. r'\f1Q'H‘\_ ed that (‘taco would no‘ hove "on" l" glvvh mo.» t». lame... Mon-uni merclv of m» extent of the Ani- erlcarfs curlnsitv

Best Pictures 0f Enemy Areas In lllar

(By Bernard Lacoste, liuvas Stuff Writer]

WITH THE BRITISH FORCES m FRANCE, rep. Zil—t(,l? naval» ._A British plane recently came back from a 2 i-Z-hour flight bl"- yond the Westwall with the lines’. photographs of the German bar. der defences made by any Rovnl Air Force crew since the war be- gan. military authorities disclosed tonight

Not s single German plane or anti-aircraft battery at- tacked the craft during the flight. The 23-year-old pilni. who w“ m. m; first recon-

naissance assignment. Rnll Ill-S

sergeant-observers were taken

to ilelldqunrtrrs immediately

Nazi Troops Are Reported 0n The Move

LUXEMBOURG, Feb, (APb-Great German port activity was night across the this grand duchy.

’l‘l‘ains were numerous and

qiong columns of trucks. infan- ‘lry and cavalry could be seen.

There were report; that Field Marshal Hermann Goerlng and foul- general; visited the for-

2 3

trans- reported to- border from

Saturday.

Rumania To Increase Rail Export Rate

BUCIIAREST‘. Feb. 26-—(-'\P) --Runl:lnl'.-l tonight announced an increase o1’ l2 to 40 per cont on railway freight rates on most exports, including oil consigned lo Germany.

The action raised at once the probability of a. German protest when Dr. Karl Clollius, G(‘i‘lllilfl economic negotiator, arrives this wet-k for negotia- tions nn the acute controversy over Rulnanilln oil.

. the effect

llitd

of ' dsil the charges which fnrcilrn buyers must pay for ilnmrlrlinn products ship- ped lly roll. Germany is lllsnost wholly dependent upon rail transport for her Romanian oil supplies as long as the Danube River remains frozen.

Only grains were excluded

from the list of exports on which freight rates were raised.

Tweedsmuifls Ashes Return To England

LONDON. Feb 26 —(CP) —- Great Britain sorzowlully‘ welcom- czl back today the ashes of John Bllf’l‘_'lll, Baron Twcedsmuir, who left Britain ill 1935 to achieve out- standing success as Governor-Gen- eral of Canada.

The urn containing Lord Tlveeds- lnlliris ashes rctllrllcrl to England in a clliser that formed part of the escort. of the 110th army coop- f‘l‘A‘lf7ll squadron of the Royal rlian Air Force. The ashes will ‘n at Ffsiied Church. Oxford- uniil a date for interment l.» l‘."il‘."(‘(l.

The brrge of the senior naval officer of the port brought the ashes ashore. Covered with a Un- ion Jack. they were carried be- tween two liros of naval ratings sllllflll"? at attention with reversed tlflllF. owl lllzlrrd on a train bound for London.

Hon. Vincent Massey. Canadian HliIll Commissioner". was present at the port.

Soviets Claim Huge Supplies

upon their return and con-

gratulated by the staff. ,

Officers have commented on the l fact. that although British planes have lately made flights over Ger- many as for as Berlin and Vienna. no Nazi machines have flown Over the British sector. Photographs taken by the British fliers show hundreds of miles 0f Gflmflfl highways and railroads devoid of activity.

Tile young pilot and his com. panlon flew at a height of about 15.000 feet. Cloudless weather per- mitted them to take portlwlnrlv line shots, They stopped only when their supply of film had run out.

The luachine ziszesaed over most of the fortified area. plwtvsrerlllns among other thinlls camoufloifeil airdronles behind the actual de~ fence line. They flow for 20 min- utes over one airdrome where a ‘quadron of Mescrscllmitts was stationed, Nut one machine took olf to attack them.

"We flew for hull ll-Ii hour W91‘

m important railway centre which I knew from previous flights lo studded with batteries of ill types. the obsergr !l‘l.‘(l0lil'illlt.‘d.ng'm“lle hotogmp rom a a . 2 shot was fired at us durlnlif PM entire flight. Not a sinille 92ml?" attempted to stop us. There was a slight hale on the around but we unquestionably were 590N911 hundreds of times."

llavalullu. RESIDENTS

‘non, _ _ s, F h. 26 —(A- p)“: miilgltprganliisllcllte Havel-hill residents were held for the Gland Jury {Qdav in $5.000 bond each on charges of rapt! brollillll bl’ B 15' year-school lzirl. Defendants are Al- dennan 090189 F» Ram“? 533 El’

more H. Prescott. 39 and Alfred C. Richardson. 32.

Are Captured

M$>SCOW. Fcb. 27-(Tuesday)- (AP -'I‘he Soviet high command announced today that more than 5.000.000 cartridges and 10.000 shells had been captured from m- trea/tlrlg Finns 1n the Koivlsto fort. N55.

The Island of Koivisto. the Rus- sians declared, also yielded 26 F111- nish defensive fortifications, in- dudlng 15 iron and concrete mil- lery forts, and two cnsomatq and

foul- stores of ammunition and provisions.

(At Helsinki the Finnish com- munique admitted the Koivisfo

area had b€0n lost.)

Five Finnish tanks were de- stroyed durinlz futile counter- attncks Monday. the Soviet com- munique said. and additional for- tifications were smashed.

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William Address.

KAKABEKA out, Feb.

lic man in Canada ls Lo keep this country together and conscrlpoon would splzt it down the lnlcldle, Conservative loader Mdnlon as- serted hrre today, slxiliung 1n his own Fort William constituency. "It's no ue trying to put 1n something that would break Can- ada into pieces, for we nerd a (m- iteci Canada now more than ever," ne told a supporter‘ who aclvccafcci conscription.

Frcm i115 observations Oli an elcctzon tour oi Western Canada ill the last two wiseks he cnnclldcd. he said. that "conscription would De beaten on a voll- ill \V""'(‘i‘il Canada as lll 501110 other pizl ”

D1‘. Nirllllon (iscillrlll lle u‘; p001 to f'(l!lFCl'l})il(1ll all) been e, it was bolh llllirc cszrlii: amt nil-1- fectivc. Ill the ill: Grvlll tl/nr Canada enlisted 000.0170 m. fl ill the aimed forces but only 100110 were conscripted. he tillil. qu , ]0l‘-G(‘li(‘l'.'li A. G. L. Arr. all; as author y_ The Nlltonal Ccnsc" er quoted Qlubcc pr speeches by 1.: r istcrs in tile lilrt e 4 - .-.- (ifclflr- mg C{1‘l)0.'~.l.()ll tn (Julia. n [llll‘l'(‘- 113111.011 lll extra-lull u. ~. u" ;<-.l1 plcd s, he slut, had horn tor- sal . .

He chsrffcd Plxlnc hiillzstcr Mac- KY-‘llzlfl 14111.’; and Jlls hlllnsicr Lapozlltc with trllkrnl: national unify while trying to stir up (i15- unity bctvsven Quebec and the rest of Canada "for potty political pur- poses."

The consrrzptaln issue \\'."\' rais- ed again wllcll file m-cctlllg was tlzrolvn open to questions and a war veteran "challenged" Dr.

Munich or the Pmuc Mini-tor t0 muse more than 200,000 soldiers without ccnsclzlntioll.

"I have a scn and I won't let him g0 lo wnl" uatllo: t conscription. We want lml- play and Cflllilllf-y," the veteran said.

Dr. Manznn explruncd the effect or conscription in the last ivar.

The treatment of nlcll who vac-re first accepted, alter gllwng up their Jobs, and llr-ll (l2'~‘"il!il"('(i t r incli- lcal reasons. the handling: (l! zll- lcnvllllees, the lack of preparation. all hell-ed discourage elllstnlcrlt, Dr. Manfon said.

If there were not. onnlllrh men in the forces, it was not l)"Cilll c men were not olierliq illTlll.‘*i‘i\"L‘S but. because they were bmrsr discour- aged from enlzstmg. he qdrlcd.

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International At l A Glance

By The Canadian l‘

BERGEN Allied uilrslllps rc-

purlul l0 have slink lull" \lll'lliilil vessels near llililiblhbtiffllil border.

LONIMN-Govcrnlnent to he urg- ed lo send “substantial furl-c" [0 Finland.

BUCliAREST-Ruuinlliu inure‘ fililllfly lrclgilt rates oll export. , I - ciulllng oll shipped to (icrnnllly.

rams -'rIdu.=~l watch French nil-l .1.

and ilussilln pnlruls llati n samo arm Finn-sh nirllllft sci-ll ill

Arctic act 0n for first time since war.

HELSINKI — Finnish command admits 10's of Knivisio lslilll s;

Koivlsto fortress believed in ilu. . n hands.

LUXEMBOURG —0lls0rvers note columns of (ii-mum llllfllllfydiflflli- ry, trains, trucks. on move.

ROME-United State; undersec- retary _nf state \l'l-lll-s talks with Mus nllnl. foreign minister Claim; goes to Berlin next for talk with Hitler.

MOSCOW :Russinns claim munltlon booty in fortress,

vast seized Koivisio

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Charges Liberal Leaders With Sowing Seeds 0f llisunity

Dr. Manion Reaffirms Opposition To Con- scription In Fort

Z6—-(CP)—-Tii6 first duty of a pub-

Haul AiErzcstl To Blockading Allied Warships

Sunken Enemy Ships N 0t Identified As F reighters Or Warships. Latest Naval Exploit

Located Off Norwegian "Coast.

BERGEN, Norway. Feb. g6_. (AP) -.-\llicd warships, which lust wcck begun an Arctic rktidl: to ilalt (jl-rmnn-ltus. {inn seal tr ‘lie afoul: Nilf'\\'i\)"S lrrl-ulllilr coast. ‘cert,- rl-purlk-d ‘(llllbill to llilvl- sunk tire (ll-r- nlunyl-sscls in zll-tlily; "g1"- lhg Fiunlsil shore

R£Qfil'f-$_il‘flill Vardoe, Nonvegian port of) lllllCS l10I'i_ll\\'OS[ of Fllliands l".".S(il1ll) l _r(l which now is occupi- (‘ii bl‘ SlJVIPl fol-cos, flifl not say

\\il' lllllr l l~ slllikrll (Icr ‘lllll vessels were as or tr ghtcrs,

Th’ i-lon Llnrrnan steamship O! hlch Fllii i\'1'i'0l.lll(i today

,.l"vo_v. near Hdnlmerfest. 175

, llt b l lvcst of Vzlrlloe. was reported

l' :0 have s ‘lore was no 11m. ._ 1m that w nctzon hzul fig-

urvl ill her silllrlliz. A l~ l) pllslsllll: the vicinity said

,ll""'<' \\ ‘no swn of the orixrlbd ex- . ..pt ' mo. dlbris. The crew lvzls lrvlvlrivf‘ rvrl.

l The (lr':7:ll~~. was one of six Nazi

lmrri-ilnlltlllcll reported on Feb. 13

Y0

Finns

Retreatz-

tier-u s lallllxlll lo .‘

‘i “ml; Press re- ports said I lull- inns 11nd JOill(’(i the l .

The Will‘ lcrlk lltl fir. stffillll ‘ ‘ ' ll! ~

uays "irli-itvtwlvl prrmitlilll; ‘ N l ;llOllllf‘f‘Il (‘ill ml-zl ll. llrlkcn In put a ~.'.»~> lfl ‘ lo I Vnrdol‘ is u" l lATCllC l)'l'l of F Ilnrflc !‘lll'l'l"“ n! lmr-n fr» f- ivzlr. T‘ damn. . |1ll"lll(‘ ‘ Slfi!‘ Norur .1

Important Fort

HELSINKI, Feb. Zii-(APL-The Filmlsil i. n_v, now holding second-

lille po oils in the Afanllcrhelm LllllE, fought ackndll‘ “ed it had "gwen up" the Koivlszo Islands, a.- arollnci which tile Russian often- :~:ve ha; sllljgcd ior svccks.

'I‘ir:.-c l ands. Just oll the town of Krnvzslfo in the Gulf of Finland, qllrlrll thr- cnt-rance to Vllpuri Elly, at. the ilead of Wilffil’) lies the de- cried. ghost-like city of Viipllrz, immediate goal of the Rled foras.

The iFillllfis contain the lnllpurt- rm.’ Koivislo coastal fortifications. lllllit as llll important strategic \‘.'(‘.‘~'-l"l'll nncilm‘ of tile Mnnnerhclm Lille its-oil’. T0fiil_\"s army commun- ique (llfl not mention the fortifi- cations thmesolvos. but it was be- lieved lfllev nmv are in the hands of iii-l‘ Rcll Army.

tile.» Tlllssllllls claimed to have tzlkc-ll bath clty and fortrc-s‘ some liars agoh

Tile story was told in a terse ODVTYUL’ sentence of today's high cilmllland (‘f‘llll‘lllllllqll0,

“On ' (of Karelial ' c elven up the K01- dlllls." 1t rlald. N0 lllrt-ilcr lkuilll. \‘.'(‘!‘i.‘ given.

(Rllssnn occupation of these ‘islands pivsllnlahiv eales the way for nllilrk upon Viilluri over the l‘ . lnv, ‘The city now is under

' nod lnlld fire. On Sat- lllihl ill-e RIFSYHTS announc-

ed cr‘l'll'v:"'"l~ lilo KOlVISiQ Isl- Illlfim‘ (ll 'i'.ll'."ll' 1121f anll PlFfiflTi, \\'1l"sc hes the Finns acknowledged