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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, beautician 11, 1940

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LONDON, Dec. l6.—(CPi — The influential German ncwri- mm- Fmnklurter Zcitunit- 5 pondering the possibility "H" "Italy may collailhe ilk" "M"? of cords.“ the British Bros - gusting Corporation reported t0-

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The non-scarier was said t0 have expressed the none "m" italy would resist but held out no promise of’ direct Germ-III lsslstiirlce should her nllilhl be" come nlore intense.

“The only way we will rellcvc ltalv from British pressure is by means of constant attacks on England." the newfllllilm‘ ‘"5 quoted as shying.

PRELATE RESIGNS

EDMONTON. Dec. iii-WP)- iit. Rev. Arthur E. Burcctt. Ansli- can Bishop of Edmonton, announc- ed ills res nratlon today. The P1‘?- lsie, 7i y: s old Saturday, has been ill fol‘ several months.

Coming Events

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n-alo-li-il-ii. "Reserve December 19th for

Central Royalty school Concert. L-389-l2-l4-17.

"Orwell Cove Christmas Concert. “Wrsdov. December 19th. ounce liter. L-463-12-l7-li.

"Come to North Granville School Concert Monday evening, December Zlfll- Admission 10 cents.

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"Come to Christmas Concert in Fredericton Hall Thursday. D66- "llber 19th. L-464-12-17-2i.

Gauze Lelghtimer

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L-lbl-li-Zllto Dec. 31.

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“Come to the Christmas Con-

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l By J. WEI. Gallagher Associated Press Staff Wrllgr

WITH 'I'H.E GREEK ARMY IN ALBANIA. Dec. 16-—(AP)—Greek artillery hurled captured Italzan shells into Italian emplacements high on a motultain northeast, of Pvllrsdetz today while Greek tn- fantry struggled forward through snow iour feet deep.

I stood on a snowy mountain pass 2.000 feet above the southern tip of Lake Orchids while the Greek cannon lobbcd shells over my heacl across the end of the lake and info the mountains several kilo- metres beyond.

The Greek forces have advanced beyond Pogradetz but one Italian

Four killed When Swiss Town bombed

BASIL, switnrlaud. Dec. l! —(Tuesday)—(AP)—Fonr per- sons were killed and widespread damage was done when l0 aerial bombs exploded in the heart of Basel just before mid- night last night.

The bombs were believed to have been dropped by Brltilh raiders mill-akin this blushed- out city on the German border for one of their Nazi objectives.

One bomb ripped through the central railway station but ex- ploded without casualties.

Another fell in Winkelricd Square, behind the ‘atlon, killing a. woman. Three persons were killed in the suburb of Dtnlnger. a mile from the ceri- lrc of the city, second largest in Switzerland.

The bombs caught Basel by surprise. The sudden drone of airplane motors was followed immediately by the blasting of high explosives and a spatter of anti-aircraft fire from German guns across the Rhllll-

Several minutes later an alarm sounded. and the all- clear did not come for more than an hour afterward.

Some oi the streets where the bombs fell were littered

stronghold remains on a smell‘ mountain-top plateau several thous- and feet above the lake. The Itaran position there is aided by the weather, for Greek foot soldiers hlWe to flounder through srlowdrifts armpit deep in many places. "

A bearded young captain ex- plained the situation as he tink- ered with a trench mortar in a nearby famlhouse.

"Wq must do everything on foot." he said. “and that takes time. pin-- tlgularly with weather conditions as they are now."

The Greeks admitted the are not accustomed to the terrl lc snow and cold being encountered here, but there has been no apparent slackening of their morale.

The colonel of one regiment walked into a first-aid station with a four-day-old wound over one eye. He refused to consider the doc- tor's older that he go back to a hospital, but got an emergency

dressing and left 0n foot to re- join his troops. While the infantry Jesses on.

the Greek artillery is keeping up a steady fire on the Italian positions. One artillery officer told me four- fifths of the shells being fired by his imttcry were captured frcm the Italians.

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War — 25 Years

. with debris.

War risk Insurance Is resumed to some Mediterranean ports

new YORK, Dee. l6 --(AP) '- Bfltish and Greek victories in the Mediterranean brought resumption today of war risk insurance rates on limited types of cargoes some to or coming from a. number 0i’ southern European and North Af- rican destinations.

Marine underwriters announced ihat on shipments not in extras-s of $500.00!) a vessel they were DYE???- ed to cover under open 9011MB the risks of capture except by the British authorities or their B11185- Shipmcnts on which such cover- age now will be written include those to or from Greece. 'I‘ur-.tev. Egypt, Syria. Palestine arid Black Sea ports excluding Russian ports where shipments are via. Suez.

The "possibility of improved shit’)- ping conditions in the Mediterran- ean due to the recent Italian rever- ses on both land and sea was 81V- en gs the reason for resumption of policies.

Underwriters also announced sham reductions in rates on shio- memis via Sue-r. tn amd from '31‘ Qggfgrn owl oi the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

Ago Today

(By The C midian Press)

DEC. 1'1. INS-Gannon light cruiser Bremen sunk by subimarne in the Baltic sea. Hamadan oc- cupied by Russians in Pars an ad- vmlce. F1=sn~h guns silenced several German batteries east of Muss 895 in Champagne.

MQWTWPAL. Dec. The Cifv of Montreal failed t0 "We. nrvnunm hgvnrpfll. 0f I. $3.- 045090 rim-r- new cent loan wh‘cl1 mpture,‘ vasysyuqrv, if was an- ~r\--"“nnr‘ not.“ m-ici of defaulted .\_1».1..p~.~=_ (W1 ‘which lrit"""" l5

our; paid. now stands at $10333.- 500.

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Urgency’ For US.

Roosevelt returns to Washington to tackle speed-up pglhlem.

WASHINGTON. Dec. l6.—-(AP_)— President Roosevelt. Tétllllltfid “lag-Bel a Caribbean cruise today 0U “ed the problem of snecdlnil "D “u States rte-armament in a sit“! 011 duel-med, by wiiilanr B. Knudsen as of “terrible urlclwib’ w

The chief executive caune home find the capital absorbed in h8g9“; latlon as to whether he mint l! the chairmanship of the Defence Commission. 1m with it substslcil- tlal powers over industry. W Kim '

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t chi f th De- fiiglwcentirgdneéiiissigriil. e kgrrrgléy in c mun- ilsitewfllloghisnyacturcrsqrld their m ov s. e geclnrinr that nothing was more vital to the country's welfare ust now than to hasten the umduc ion of machine tools "desperately need-

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(By Russ Munro, Canadian Press staff Writer)

SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND, Dec. 1’l—('I‘i.iesday)-(CP Cable)- A detachment of a tunnelling com- pony of the Royal Canadian En- gineers, composed of hard-rock miners from every province in can- ada. is now engaged in tunnelling work on the rock of Gibraltar.

First Canadian unit ever sent to Gibraltar for duty there, the en- gineers are doing a vital job in connection with the defence of the stronghold guarding the entrance to the Mediterranean.

The unit went to Gibraltar some time ago under Mal. Colin Cam - bell, former Ontario Public Wor s Minister. now commander of the tunnelling company. He has re- turned to the Canadian army in England now that. operations are under way, along with Capt. Perry I-lall of Vancouver, who was work- ing at Port Arthur, Ont, up to the time he joined the army.

“Our men down there are min- ers from Nova Scotie and every mining camp in. uebec and On- W110." Mfll- Cami! ll said today. "We have others from Manitoba. from the Northwest territories, two from British Columbia and a scat- tering from the remaining prov- inces. All we are doing is simply gutting in operation for the army

e regular mining practices fol- lowed in Canada and adopted from civil occupations.

is the biggest individual job undertaken by the company which for many months past has been doing special work in the defence lines of Britain. The Canadians are the first to use diamond drills in tunnelling on Gibraltar and 24 hours a clay. seven days a week. the suppers keep at work.

Lt.-Gen. Sir Clive Iliddell. Gov- ernor and Commander in chief of Gibraltar, inspected the suppers while they were at work and said he was happy to have the Cana- dians there. sir Clive is an old friend of Lit-Gen. A. G. L. Mc- Naughton, Canadian corps com- mander.

All the tunnels in the rock bear names and one of the first to be carved out by the hard rock min- ers, along with a large chamber. was named" Maple.

Other tunnels will be named for Canadian provinces.

Ships semi out Distress calls; Fate llnknown

NEW YORK. Dcc- 16 —‘1\P> — MsicKay Radio said the 5.0464011 It- alian freighter Istrla calico ‘for "ulgsilt assistance" llcur Kingston. Jarilslca. l-ate today.

The MucKay station at Amalia"- sett N. Y., reported l5 minutes lat- er, at 6:30 p. m. AST that it was still in touch with the Istriu which gave her position as between Ja- maica ivi/i Cuba.

No details of the cause of distress were immediately available.

The Istria is owned by the Ital- ian line and traded between Italy.- Unlted States ports and the West Indies before the war. She reached Italian waters three days before Italy entered the conflict.

l-ler distress message was the first indication that she had left the Mediterranean although shipping circles here had heard that she was scheduled to sail from Lisbon. Portuoal. m Cubi-

Itnllan line officials said they had rrceived no information from Italy on recent movements of their ves- sels and that “there must be a mis- take some llllw"

The call from the Istria was the ‘second heard today by MacKay ‘from ships in distress. At 7:23 a m. AST the Bic Island a. former Italian freighter seized by a Can anion warship after the crew ol- tempted to scuttle her in the St Lawrence River wirelessed that she w“ “being bombed bv enemy alr- cmft" off Inland. The 2.604% “on, mlginallly was the Munson Line Milnardan. In i934 she was pgnnm " the Capo N011 and placed in the Italian trade.

Lest J1me 10 the tiny Italy en- tered the war hel- crewmn the ves- .-ei ashore in the St. Lawrence River near Bic Island from which her new name derived. Reflected. she was declared a prim of the crown.

YORK. Dec. l6—(A'Pl--Ex- r-(gutors of the estate of the late M”, Maaoleine Force Astor Dck. mother oi Jdirn Jacob Ashr. todav o-(yerpied a compromise offer of #250,000 from her second husband. wing», K trek. in settlement of

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Provinces of Canada tunnel tio nces at Gibraltar

Miners

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llitler’s Envoy - To study mood 0f llichy Gov’t

Total Ogcil-pation of France by Germans May be Outcome.

Weather cuts Short raids 0n Britain

LONDON, Dec. lklfll-lan- don had brief alarms tonight as German raids. cut short by heavy mist. dwindled to solitary attacks by single bombers.

The capital had been prepared for reprlsal raids follovsung the Royal Air Force's attack on Ber-

alert did not come until unusually late and it was followed quickly by the all-clear.

Shortly thereafter the sirens screamed u second ivamillg and after another interval of inactivity there was a second all-clear.

A raider which slipped in with motors roaring during a non-alert period dropped one light bomb which landed in a lnridon street near a nurses’ home. but it; did little damage. A heavier bomb fell some distance away.

The raiders concentrated their BUHdHY-MODdRY overnight assault. under brilliant; mooillgllll. on shei- field. British steel rrnlre. for the second time in less than a week but the number of (lend was said to be fewer than expected from an attack of such proportions.

The new raid came as air raid precaution workers were still dig-

(By Charles ll. Guptlii. Associated Press Staff Writer) BERNE. Switzerland, Dec. l6- (AP)——Hlt!8l‘ sent Otto Abetz. his] Paris representative, to Vichy to- day for conferences with Marshal l Petain and foreign observers here 1 believed the visit might mean life 1 or death for the re-organizeri" French Government-possibly even

total Nazi occupation of France What the future holds for the‘ old Marshal's regime, these 0b- scrvers said, hinges on what ex- Blanation he gives Abetz regarding e sudden dismissal of Pierre

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Associated Press Staff Writer VlCl-lY, France. Dec. (APl —Rigidl_v disciplined Nazi troops. efickinz heels and with rifles at the ready. swept into this little provisional canilaltn- , night io guard Ambassador 0ft l l

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Abctz on a visit that nlzly France on a nPw course dictat-

. 0179000 cw". nll-vedlv dve the quite on four promissory hotel.

ed by the Axis.

(Some observers outside o! France suggested that the Alietz visit might foreshndow total German occupation of lirnnnel. I

was the first time since France capilulafed inst June that such a German party of mi ltnrv boating hurl come from across the Demarcntinn line into unoccupied France. although German nfiz-rrs have been sewn about Vichy in tlic past. !

Laval as Vice-Prentiel" and For- eign Minister.

Berlin sources claimed the Cab- inet upheaval at Vichy came as a surprise. They said also that not until Germany has obtained full information concerning the purpose. intentions and effects of the change

gin»; out persons alive who had been buried in Sheffield air raid shelters.

The Germans flciv sporadically against Britain Monday and were over East Anglia and :1 west mid- lsnd town as night lcll.

While Sheffield marshallecl all available food stocks and electrical cooking apparatus to feed the homeless from last night's ruld. itlls- Nazis tllrentrncd Liverpool for la short time; dropped n dozen {bombs on the outskirts of London ‘and machine-gunned a town and a passenger train in East Anglia.

éiilaims Nazi mines lWere intended for Liner tlueen Mary

NEW YORK I?" l6 —lAP> — The Japanese m g n a broadcast

heurrl touigitt he Columbia Brcerlcasllng S 1 claimed tili- Jainllrse liner Cont) la Marti. just retiil-iliilq from Au". ‘alia. had sight- ed German float g mire; “on the way lo Melbourne" which were “presumably intended for the Queen Maw."

It said the Queen Mary‘ big Brit- Esli liner ivas 5901i iu S_\'flllf‘_\'. ,

How the mines welc identified as Gu-mzin was not mentioned.

Lower llog prices

tvculd the Nazi press even be per- .

mitted to pubrsh the of Lavals dismissal. __

The special reason for Germany's reserve, these informant." claimed. lies in the fact that France has merely reached a truce with Ger- many ancl that pence has not yet been established. They. said also that France is a country largely occupied by German troops and that any change ill the Vichy For- | eign Ministry "naturally consti- tutes u milestone in French con- temporary history."

German-French relations may or

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Says plot Was planned Against Petain

LONDON. Dec. l6—(Cl' Reu- tcrsl-The Free French MW! agency said today that there had been a plot to stage a coup aunt against Marshal Petain Premier oi‘ thi- Vichy Govern- ment. by entlcin, him to Paris for the reremnnies connected with the moving oi’ the remain! of Napoleon's sou from Vienna to the German-held French capitol.

The. news agency said the plot against Petain was aimed at forming a Government un- der Pierre Laval. ousted Vice- Premler, and containing friends of Otto Abetr. llitler’s roll- resentnti... in Paris.

P. ii. Wodehouse in internment camp

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NEW YORK. Dec. i6 —(Al’l — P. G. Wodehouse. 80. British hu- morist and writer. is "ln an in- ternment camp i-n Silesia" accord- ing to ll letter received here today from his daughter. Mrs. Leonora Cazeiet of Tonbricige. Kent, Ens- land.

Wodehouse was captured by the advancing Germcn forces l".<t Juno

llot asking too Much-Gardiner

5ASKAZIKJON. W156. 16.—tCP) -— null. o. y... uuruillcl". rcderai Agri- ciliture iviiliistu. tUuuy loiu ii iiilnl uoliiclelici: liOlt‘ that one uiiilutuull kUt/Cililllelli. inlci 011M511 Kurefilillillli. lllfll. ivas lJ-Ebditifl to tune ti. liHNtJi‘ price for its uueon ll biitiiiii Wullld take inc uoinlliicns entire surplus,

Linc lsntish klYVCllhillLlll. LVAF. Gur- diner saiu. lei-turned bacon as itll ex- Densive uav to est pork and had placed it well uoivll on its use oi ioou leQlllfCiilltiltn. ‘int- lllilli5l€l‘ their OULAHJGQ ilegotiorloils he lllKi OLHCI‘ llfiliuilituit.‘ Uilitlti. 1S CQllLl UCLCQ in bfibblill recently ouch one lieu bacon agreement was drawn up.

The oonlerellce was collect by Mr. Gardiner to review prouuctloll and

Provinces in the light of recent. food agreements with the Ullllcci Klug- dcm. Tile conference. which will continue todav lulu Tuesday’. ivasui- tended by the ministers of ugricul. ture of the Prairie Brovinces. mem- bers of their departments. and re- presentatives of thriller" (lruaniza- tlons and the packing cumixmics.

Tile British otiiclnls. he said. had indicated tllttt they llad $l0.0(i0.000 more this year to Dav tor bacon than they had last year. ‘they had stated that. if Canada was prepared to sell all her bacon silrpius to Brit- ain on that basis the British rov- ernment was prepared to buv it.

“I had a statement prepared to show what the lower uricc “lilllltl briniz to the producer of hogs. sell- inu them on the various markets of the cast. and west. That statement showed that, if conditions in Can- ada were similar to last year it should net the DPOGUBGJ‘ on average of 50 cents oer 100 pounds loss than last year throughout the vcar.

"I considered and still consider that. under the circumstances, that is not asking the people of Canada to do too much."

seven/ms rosmulirumrr: BRITISH

CAIRO. Flyllt. Dec. i6—(APi- Amidst prolonged cheering from all parties in the Hnilsc. Dmllmevl Mailer Pasha. president of the Chamber of Deputies. nllllminrvtl today he was sending congratula- tions to the speaker oi ire Bri- Fsh "misc of Commons. Capt E

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in the western desert.

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Creeks Hurling

Captured Shells At Fascist Army

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