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None tell how to avoid nature's Inverse square law of dissipation oi’ energy.

which includes rays of all kinds whatsoever, when travelling in

space.

This law was explained today‘ by Dr. All: N. Goldsmith of ew York, widely known radlo authority and engineer. l-le described exactly the ray whicn would br.ng down warplanes and the prcsalc handl- fflpsmwhlch would render it imprac- lCii E

Under the inverse square law en- ergy decreases in inteniiy in in- veise proportion to the distance it travels. 1t is like gravitation.

The commonest example is the sin. On the planet Mercury sunrays would melt lead on earth; at about three times Mercury's distance irom the sun, only butter. Yet rays reach- ing the earth are individually ax- actly as strong as on Mercury. or as at the in.tant of leaving the sun.

They spread as they travel. and that accounts. for.. their evergrowing weakness with dis- tance. When distance doubles ray; must spread over four

cs more space: when it triples, through nine times as much.

Rays Spread And Weaken

This is true also when light or heat is focussed in a, beam. Beam rays are never parallel, never the endless pencil-shape or comic thril- lers. They travel in always wlden. 11% ccnes.

_ m5 C0118 1s true of all other kinds of iays. whether x-rays, ultra- violet, infra-red. radio, electron cr less well known varieties. The pm- blem. then is to find what rays can be DFOJCCLGG a military distance.

Immediately all rays, except a narrow band of radio, are ruled out by two other conditions, One is the a orption, or blanketing effect of air on all the short wave rays, which means all kinds except radio.

Air does not stop radio w: ves. But the huge u'a_,_ve lengths of all but the shcrtfisf. radio ivavcs iiiiiile it iiii- géaciicable to convert them into

ams. A reflector would have to be miles in diameter to focus many oi the common radio waves.

In the micro radio range which is one millimetre to one me re were lengths, reflectors are possible, with diameters of two feet to 200. A beam 0f these Cwld be projected against a distant plane.

Terrific Power Needed

The beam would have to be strong enough to cause sparks or to melt lgnitnn wires. It would have to do this alter passing throu h shielding already common on moans.

Assume a reasonable thickness of shielding, of one-eighth of an inch of aluminum. Make it effective on a plane distant 21.000 feet,

Under the losacs of the inverse square law this ray would have to start with almost incredible power, The necessary power would enough to penetrate 400 feet of a]- uminum 100 feet away.

1S apparently means several Ni- Bllflrfls of power to produce a single flfefitlve ray to a good military distance.

Leaving out the question of where t0 Obtain such power. ihe ray would still be lmpraciicable because some °f the Dower would penetrate whatever rotective shielding sur- rounded e generator and make it xilmposdble for men to be anywhere

ear.

Cbanccs 0f U. C. Peace Move Ruled Out

WASHINGTON. Oct, l3 -(APi— Any possibility of the United States intervening in the war with a peace plea. on its own initiative, appeared definitely ruled out tonight, despite the renewed hints from Berlin that the German government would wel- come such anion.

When rcpcrtcrs brought up the SIIOJECI. at hi,-; press conference to- day. President Roosevelt observed that he had not et received any word direct from erlln as to peace move suggestions that have been made unofficially. He said he 1rd nothing to stay about the possibility of cease moves from here.

Stat/e Secretary H.111 Said no phase of the uestion of mediation

had been brought ur) with the Uni-H E

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BISSETT-At the P. E. I. Hospital. Oct. 13111.. 1939. to N. Blssett, City, a son.

PETERSON-At the Boston-i Oiiy Hospital on August 30. 1889. to Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Peterson (Ruth H.3m°lf.l;_!‘~_§?1i¥lll€1' llvvLAlkelhi.»

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DOUCETTE-GALLANT-At Oyster Bed Bridge. Sept. 28, 1939, 11v Rey. Father Peters. Edna Gallant in

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Nsrw YORK, Oct ll —(AP) - silfimwsltifiitiiflifi Iiondon and Psris have reports Si? ‘Road. 11-1801-10-14-11. 'FWITgE'P% y M“ Hm“ “and ' 3i wdeatg l- can-near. PAD-IS! iober th l” ‘"14 é°m°il -<-*P> "Tm 5m" airplane engines-an 0c 15 . “my y us" ma comb nv story is revived in the United Nine MileCreeh ii u. Qnoedjen‘ mhmwngfi m “m, o, States. ut none of these reports .00“ a P. M. Churchill no P. M. m '9“ e‘ f"! t mm now or in the past, has mentioned ‘Rev. T. W. UOOGWUI D D ‘mgrgu fglomg- ;ogg,',‘ ha‘; wmch

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Harvest music and song. Subject: B ble School!

l There are 158.000 British troops French soil. While thb Runs are silent, this highly qnechanised force continue; to pour troops, mu-

.-i.l-..ct.”‘i%°“;" 39's.“? 5%? fffifp“: ,”°""§.. t: ~ - - - - ere or o es °“"“d°" 34339- Itirucdksw ‘gill! themrogds, It‘ would be -——— or eve a wnerenear You‘ "N"!!! UIARGE-RW- mhese lessant fields there ls f ht- J. A. NICPIOJSUII. Minister. EOPVIDG-M mg, poppigs blow “rgngly q»; New Glslsézow _ Christian Chuéugli under tne blue French sky.

: ll a.- in., Church: 2:30. Pleasant Grove; 7:30 York. . 1,4340,

HIGH PRICES MAKE TROUBLE — to capltaiize on the ad- vanc g price o metals due to the ,Wai' landed a cou le of youngsters into the arms o1 t e law yesterda . They will appear in the juvenis court today on a charge of steal- ing copper spouting from the Court House and St. Paul's Cliurch when ariiested they were wearing sheath

n ves.

IN ‘AIL, PASSES RUBBER CIIEQUE-When a prisoner who was serving a sentence for non- payment of a fine, had a cheque for $.25. cashed at a local drug;

, Police decided to invesiiga the matter. It was dircovered that the cheque was worthless and a paper was served on the man in custody.

KINSMEN MEET-At the - 1a: meeting of the Kinsmenb C ub at the Charlottetown Hotel Thurs- day night. Mr. Gil Henry of the Gyro Club was the guest speaker. Chairman Bro. Ncholson on behalf of the club tendered hearty thanks- Pinal preparations were made for Peanut Day. A feature of the eve- ning wes the vocal solo. very force- fully t rendered. by Kinsman .. 1, .. y_..

SEED 65c; TURNIPS DOWN-y seed potatoes were quoted at 65C to the farmer yesterday but the, buying is not active yet. Table‘ stock was steady at 50c. Prices on turnips slmkcncd slightly over last vvczlfs quczations with not ‘MUCH demand on the markets. l1‘ farin-, c-rs Wish to have their LUWIIPS’ marketed in New York ihcv W111 have to cane down to about 12c a bushel according to the state- ment of a local shipper. A profit of $4.95 on five carloads of _ was related by one Island oealcr.

ARRIVES HOME --Rev. R. Hen- sley Stavert. Wood Islands. who has been attend

motored to the Island from Sydney in one of the two cars driven by Rev. G. C. Webster. Charlottetown, and Rev. J. C. MacNeill of Marsh- field. They drove over the Cabot. trail visiting Baddeck before the Synod opened. After it closed Mr. Stavert stayed over in Sydney the‘ guest of his brother. E. P. Stavert, Manager of the Confederation Life. On Sunday he was the preacher in the

Rev. D. G. Glllis is Pastor at North; River. C. B. On Monday afternoon: he also attended s. social held in‘ that church.

TRINITY YOUNG PEOPLE'S‘ UNION-The Trinity" Y o u n g People's Union held their regular meetng last night. beginning with a Devotional period led by Miss Ruth Sinclair. The Scripture, Mark 12-28-34 was read by Mr. Robinson. uiiile the gathering was led in prayer by Mr. Ralph Mc-, Lean. The offering virus received, and three hymns sung. This part of the service was closed with‘ benediction by Rev. Lewis Murray] The business period was 111811‘ opened with the President, Mr. Hazen Wigmore, in the chair. The minutes were rend by Mus Marionl Thomrpson, the Secretary, and sev-l eral items of business discussed! An interesti and descriptive ad- dress "Rambes in England" was delivered by Dr. John Andrew. of East Royalty, This discourse was! highly appreciated by the mem-' hers of the Society. 'I"I1e social pro- gram of the evening was greatly enjoyed by the young people. in one gmup by Toombs assisted by Mtss Marlon Hume. while other P-"ojiivs engaged in friendly com- petition in games of badminton, mug-pong and Chinese checkers. ’I‘he meeting closed with a sing- song led by Rev. Lewis Murray.

Personals

Miss Helen McGuigan. who is £01118 t0 P. W. C., spent an enjoy- able Thanksgiving at the home of 110T pit-Penis. Mr. and ltlrs. Emmett MoGlllimn. Hope River.

"is Hilda Movnsaii. P. w. 0.. student, spent an enjoyable‘ Thziukmnving at the home of hgr parents. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Moynagh. Dnerald Jot.

Mr, Walter O'Brien. Bristol re. turned Wednesday night from a 1W0 weeks vacation in Boston and New York C-‘ty. Mr. O'Brien re. riorts business on the ulpirnnd

The many Island friends of Mp Albert E. Peterson of Boston. are pleased to hear he is recovering

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Cinrenc» Yxucette, both of Oyster Bed Bridge.

SMlTH-STEAD--At the Manse. Hunter River, P. E. 1.. on Wednes- day. oot. 11. was, by Rev, w. A.

uariie, B. A., B. D, Richard

daughter of Nelson and Mrs. . of Wheatley River, P. E. I.

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UNDERTAKER EMBALMER

Charlottetown and North Wiltshire

after a serious operation

Roll. and Mrs. A. MacKcnzie. Plctou. are in the city for the Wonk end renewing old friendships in Trinity Church.

Partner 0f Sir Robert Bordon lead At Toronto

TORONTO, Oct, l&—(CP)—l~Iar- cld J. Clark. 4-7, native of Halifax. died here today. He was a son of late Howard Clark. who was a member of the law firm of the late Blr Robert Borden.

Clark entered the employ of the

Phone 14C

Car~dian Bank of Commerce at l6 and in 1913 was transferred to l0 was besides-rd to

lumips no such confined inavian prcblcms arising out the war,

lFriday, 13th

y lion millions

_Pool Elevator. On Sept. ‘l within

" French Women Wave

l French women bringing in the harvests with old men and boys as their onlg help wave to truckx rltlsh drivers eat their lunches on the edge of the fields.

It is such a highly mechanized army that in two days of travel through France I have not seen a horse being used for military pur- poses. The tinkling spurs oi’ French gelggeign CflVflltgyltllegll inb one‘ goal;

as ou a as reasp .

No one knows when the first

German pu h will come, but every- one seems to accept it as a fact. Germanys easy triumph in Poland and memories o: early German successes in i914 have created the impression that before the winter comes down on northern and north.

leastem France. Germany will strike

At resent. the general military situationcn this and other fronts may be likened to two boxers in the eiiarly rounds of an fight. Neither wants to punch go until he has felt out the Stmizth and weaknesses of his ponent. It is sparring of s, dc y

lWriterls Impressions With British Army _ On Western Front “Two Allied 8min

important let his beet port

sort and it may continue until the weather and marching armies churn the fields and roaus 1o mud.

Morale llllh

The morals of the army seems nigh. Then is a noticeable abxnce JI "professionalism" in the relations between men and officers. One oifi- oer said. "when a sentry salutes you. feel as though he wanted to you. The old feeling of caste, which was deep in 1914 is m... Men and of s seem to feel that we're all in it together."

The work of training goes on. Ar- tillerymen drill lnterininably at the motions of loading and firing. In- tantlllmen march long miles on roads. Day and night, trucks rumble toward flie front past fields which ilfillyfe-rs ago were blood-stained. ere ls a. quiet satisfaction with men and machines noticeable a- They feel they

my

more coingftent with cal tools an they ha/ve ever been.

The trip to France by troopship is like a journey in a disturbing dream

Where's The War?

From lthemmomerLiLtsh that anchhor sue; up n e - or, d little sieamshlpmgovesp 1mg“ e

in a murky world.

All lights are out on the decks and cabins are curtained to prevent any gleam shining out.

Passageways are thick with smoke and air breathed 12y s. thousand men. ‘Ihey sleep hu dlecl in lounges and cabins, play cards 0r talk of things far away from war.

_At dawn the troops have tea and biscuits and watch a bank of clouds dissolve into the coast of France. Later the boat ties up in a French . A French marine shouts from shore, and a Cockney hails him:-

"Here we ale again, Where's the war?"

Sweden,

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A Finnish delegation is now in Moscow for conversations at the Kremlin with Soviet leaders. |

Because King Gustaf already had be"! bugscsied in some quarters as a possfiiile mediator in the pres- ent ivnr. there has been some spec- ulation uvr" the likelihood of a

general pence move by the ncrth- |

ern countries. It was recalled, however, that a

meeting of the three northern

in December, 1914, developed ,

move, the conference being

to a ditcussion of Scand- l of | The situation today, however, l

Four Minor Accidents,

No less than four minor car ac- cidents occurred in the city yester- day. maybe the calendar had some- thing to do vrith it-Friday the 13th. Fortunately, however. none of them were serioua. In the morn- ing a little girl was knocked to the street when she dashed in front of an out of town car at the corner of Kent and Prince Street. She was the daughter of Mr. Harvey Mc- Pherson of this city. She was tak- en to the Polyclinic nearby by the driver of the car and it was found that she was noi- seriously injured.

A Shepherd boy had his ankle badly skinned when he was struck by an auto proceeding up Queen Street. The car was driven by s lady and she did not see the boy when he rushed in front of her car from the Market Square.

A couple of trucks were in a slight collision on m- Market Square in the afternoon. Nobody was hurt.

Miss Agnes Mahar- was slightly infused when she was thrown a- gainst the windshield when the v"il‘l"lf‘l rnr she wes sitting in was struck by another ma chine proceed- ing east on Sydney Street-

Citv Police arrested the driver of i-he car that struck Miss Malwr. ‘The occupant. was charged with flvvv-sl-nfl n-iv-‘m- unfl we; “Hr-vivid

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Denmark

far different from 1914. Finland then belonged to the Russian Em- plre, although with the status of an automate grand duchy. In post- war years, after Finland won her independence. she was drawn clos- er to her Scandinavian neighbors. She was regarded as one of the "Northern Countries." (Norway. Sweden. Denmark. Iceland and Finland) bound together by a com- mon destiny and common ideals.

This was emphasized when Den- mark, Norway and Sweden yester- day made representgtions at Mos- cow in behalf of Fin and and com- ments in the Scandnavian press stressed brotherly feeling and com- mon anxiety.

!

Canadians 25 Years Ago

The Canadian Press

Twergyv-iive years B80 islllllrdPy) wqgy me streets of an old English seaport rang with cheers as Canaa- ian soldiers marched through 0Y1 meg,- way to solisbury Plain and the battlefields of France. lt W85 it Plymouth crowd that. “‘°1°°m°d_ U“ dominion's first contingent when disernbarkation was made from 32 ghjpg aétfgl an 11-day voyage from

3.; “I1.

Aspethe great fleet sailed up R111- mouth Sound thronils 0f Pileem“! CltlZBnS lined the hills that encircle, the port and ships in harbor W618‘ gay with bunting. The Armada Con- vbyed by four cruisers, carried 33.- 000 men and 7.000 horses. Dlsem- barkatlon of sucna large farce wok several days but finally all were @11- ciimped on the Wiitshli-e Plains.

Tile vanguard of 600.000 Canadians l who went to the aid of the mother- lands in the first Great War was commanded by Brig-Gen. Victor Williams who recently retired as commissioner of Ontario police.

The hazardous journey was made without incident but the squadrons destination was changed three times Originally Liverpool was set as the point oi disembarkation. This was changed to Southampton. then Dev- on rt and finally Plymouth.

l month's eat welcome reflect- ed e enthu: asm which hailed the

out on 350 hall. The accklerit 00w!‘- -- rival of the Canadians all over the

red about 6.30 last evening-

Amazing Coincidence ln Grain Cars

WINNIPEG, Man. Oct. l3— p 3g Mr, Ripley, Believe It Or Not. Here's a train handling story for the book. It occurred at Dauphin. Manitoba. where a heavy grain crop is ‘Joinfl Sh! "W" the district and the 0d 8891115‘- the incident were thirty ""94! mil‘ ~ one; 0n August 20 four Canon... National Rail- ways grain cars were loaded at Dauphin and routed to the Lake- head elevators by the Maiiitobfl

ion days. the same four cars were back under the spouts of the Dauphin elevator for a second load of grain. Records show O. N. ears numbered 504601, 500946. 507934 and 501113 took part in this amaz- i-ng coincidence. One of the statis- ciil exports in the Canadian Na- tlonnl car service department delved into figures and work-ed it out that the odds against such s quick re- petition of the some four cars

urning up at the same elevator ithin ten days worked out at 3B.- aco =il9.1-16.502 to one. believe it or n

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Amherst. N. 5.. two years later and remained five rs beforegoing in Kingston.

He retired from the bank and moved to Ohathsm. Ont, to enter the brokerage business in 100B and later was connected with Mclnan Publishing Company and the Can- adian Pirbllshlng y.

His , a ile-

wldow. two oh deter silent. I

Jnlted Kingdom.

Finland Greets Conference Plan With Delight

By Lynn Ileinzerllng Associated Press Staff Writer

HblL-SENGFORB, Oct. —l='lnland greeted with enthusi- asm today, news that Sweden had called s conference of non-hem European States, while President Kyoesti Kalllo. working for the preservation of Finnish neutrality and independence, broadened the makeup of his cabinet.

The President by decree also or- dered Finnish civilians to hold themselves ready for non-military pursuits ifre uired by the prewsnt emergency. gulaiions providing for wartime emergencies were ut into effect by the decree. All c u- zens may be r uired to work di- rectly or lndirecty for the National Defence.

Crews of volunteer workers al- ready were going through the city clearing attics and alleyways of in- flammable materials as a. precau- tion against air raids.

The second of the Soviet Russian- I-‘innlsh conferences in Moscow was pos ned today and observers were stil without clues as to thy nature of the proposals the U.. S. S. R. may have made. I

Kaillo's addition of two members to i-he cabinet increased the gov- ernment's parliamentary majority. through thier foPowers, from 145 to 183 out of 196 seats.

Dr. J. O. soederhulm, Helslngfors ettrvmey. was named Minister of Justice succeeding E. E. Rauiava- ~r=i and Ernest Von Born. second W" Chairman of hhe Diet. (Par- ll' pent) was named Minister with- c. portfolio.

THE CHARLQITQIQWN GUARDIAN

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