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Dwellers on toast report Sound of guns

1m Battle Be- Wéilnliiiiiasy And Continued On Sat- urday.

By E. M. Castro Associated Press Staff WING!‘

MARACrOGY. Alagoas State. Bra- m Oct. 5 ——(AP) -—Cannonading M Sea, accompanied by e dlSbIB-y 0g searclillglits last nIBhi W115 P6-

md today by fishermen near Macelo, some 60 miles south of here, indicating possible continua- tion of a battle believed to have gflfliéd between unldentiied ships late Frillziy-

Fishermen at Pajussara Beach, near Miicelo, said the rolling thun- der oi what sounded like big guns tame in from far out in the At- laiiilc.

m, movie of this coastal town pom firmly convinced that two unidentified ships encased 1n a half-hour brittle, exchanging some no cannon shots about 20 miles

slightest doubt

ping. "1 haven't the combat gs

that this W's-S “EVE-I

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Shoots rapids In small punti

CORNWALL, Ont., Oct. 5-40?)- Toni Vallaiice, 67 year old Croils island resident, accidentally snot the Loiigue Sault Rapids of the St. Iiawrence River a 16-foot punt yesterday, and was rescued little the worse for ivear after the boat was capsized by a 10-foot wave.

Vallancc told interviewers alter- wards he “"115 being towed by a motorboat from Messena, N. ., to Croils island, some distance above the rapds. He said he fell asleep and the motorboat not knowing he was asleep, cui him loose near his

home.

"iiie first thing I knew, mv boat was being dashed about like a rork,‘

southeast of here, last Friday eve- u

Guardian, Two Cents,

The above picture was taken

waterfront.

Red i Army Heat On

rolling Invaders back By Henry C. Cassldy

he said. "I hung on to the sides but iinally it capsized and i was: thlrown lill0 the water.

The current carried me down, and I swam towards Barnhart Isl-‘ llid. i yelled. for help and when i‘. llrucii shallow vrater 1 collapsed."

Omy two other men are known in nave shot the rapids in small boats SlllCg i934-John Smith, Pe- WIIWFWBIM Ont., canoeist who was Biiemllllns to cross the Atlantic in his canoe and was drowned off the 9M1» consi; ulid Owen Jones, p o- iessionnl paddier who piloted -iis l8 loot canoe solely through the ~11,- lris. Both iiicse men uses the nor’. I channel, uliiie Vsllances beat irif.- “I ‘Illmlsii the more dangers szuth channel.

Coming Events

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"Show-St Peters Wednesday, L-835-1D-d-2i.

“Wanted u. puv Chicken, Fowl island Cold Storage L-219-7-0-'i

"St. Columba‘ Chicken 8 October 7th andaDance. unpu- L-9-i0-3--i~6.

"Concert. Bu per and Raffle In Rolo Bey ha i. Friday Oct. l0th. L-IQO-IOJ-Iii,

"Dance. Lorne Valley, Tuesday. October 7th. Webster's Orchesrn. L-116-10-4-2I.

"Collecting Hogs every Tuesda end Friday. Geo Din w ll, For tune Bridge. L-lIMr-se-lb- Jlghurs-tl

"Tuesd u Ham. 118%‘ night Iriehwwa dance

you there, some- "Ym- urea. "Chicken supper and Dance

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"Reserve November 5th Church‘ Aid Chicken Blip-

Kali. S $981‘ 11-13340‘: -1i.

"56s Bench Grove talent at AM" HBII. Oct. I. Dana under "when Rice Point Institute. Pro- Wd-l wer work. 1P‘“'1M.u.

"Chicken no i- Iln "mo: hi Lot inn ficiiasy October 0th. no int see d rec’.

m on L-Mf-‘IIO-Li-Oi.

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Associated Press Staff Writ"

MOSCOW. Oct. 5 —(AP) — 'I>'I1’i Red army, getfng its second wind after 15 weeks of attempts to break the German sweep, reported today that its rising tide of counter-av.- tncks rolled back the German lines on both flanks of the long eastern front-on the bloody approaches to Leningrad and in the fields of the Ukraine.

In another pitched battle for Lon- lngrud in which the ground was said to have been shaken by Gel‘- man bombardment. the Rusfllnns said they pushed the Natls back two to three miles at 50m? TWINS-

On tlie soutlnvestern front where the Germans have moved throuzzh the rolling plains 0f the Ukraine a: far as" the gates oi the Crlhiea. R06 army un‘ts were said to have ad~- vanccd as much as 21 miles in oxide-open fighting.

The sinrt of the 16th week of war found Alexander Shcherbakov. director of the Soviet information bureau. announcing these 0010551“ Red army losses: 1.128.000 men k‘ll- ed, wounded and missing, and 7,001 tanks, 8,900 guns and 5,316 planes destroyed. .

He ridiculed Hitler's claims of 2.501000 Red casualties, and declar- ed the Germans have suffered a 1000.020 loss in their mannowef- 01'

almost as much in i5 weeks as the

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R.A.l-'. crew Sings praises 0f Americans

HAMILTON. Ont., Oct. 5 -(OP‘ —A Royal Air Iibroe b01115" TTIII" No. 33 aerial navigation sohOOI. R- A. in, n. Mount Hope. which 1111111- ed near Willlamsport. Pa. 899m‘ day, was beck in its home base to- day and the four crew mem“ s. all young nrgiishmen. were closing the praises of the American PWPIQ-

Tho big machine encountered bad weather on a flight yesterday. The landed and communicated with local officials, eeekinl 1min“- tionl after reporting on weather conditions. They were told w re- main than until the weather clear- ed. They took off late today and completed the round trlP 0! 39°

from s. Blenheim bomber,

Turns Germans

Rising tide of Soviet counter-attacks reported

91g guzllauks- T .

MOSCOW. Oct.

declared Saturday now raised in the United in the U.

over religion

vale matter ior lls c as a basic policy

ilgious propaganda.

IaOZQVSI-KY asserted stltution guarantees dc1n~but "assumes religion will not be

religious that freedom of‘ utilized loif the: overthrow of the prevailing regime.’

- Rotterdam Takes 75th Pounding

to those which probably took part in lost night's raids by the Royal Air Force. In this picture the planes were in a daylight attack on shipping in the harbor and on Nazi-operated factories. The bombers swooped as low as 60 feet over their targets to make sure there were no misses. Already fires can be seen springing up along the

Religion “private Matter” in Russia

I Lord ilaw llaw

ln mysterious

l l Goings-on ____

BER-LIN, Oct.

over the air. announced ruled from his case in a talk was Banned From the 9.30 p.m. AB.T. Tuesday.

Saturday in

been banned.

"Haw Haw"

until ‘Ifiiesday next when be allowed

—W8l 0h

cess on the eastern front.

sequence of events.

CBS said with a

it can be

just another Berlin ' ed t0 call can IIBWMPI to stone.”

The German short wave today that he had been the air but would state entitled "wily i

5~(AP)—-S. A. Lozovsky. Soviet press s ckesiiian,

"the bg rumpus‘ States" _ s. s. a came from opponents of aid to Rus-I

sin. The Soviet state, he told ccrr sporidents, considers religion a. p.- ‘ itluns and has freedom of relig- ion as well as freedom of anti-ie-

the soviet con- free-

5-(A.P)--"I.ord anti-

flaw new". German's star British radio commentator, is the centre or mysterious goings-on

radio

AII,BI

to state his aide."

That was heard at 8:30 un., NBC said, but neither “Haw Ham" himself or a roasonably satisfactory double-it sounded like l. mooring air one hour later in a series of news items. co on Hitler's speech of Frid the chances of early German sup.

B6’

Berlin there was only denial of‘ a report he had

m this sunday announcement. u recorded in New York by the short wave speaker said

had bee

RX that

n banned from the air and will not speak he will

D1391!

is and

On Saturday than wu a similar "Haw Haw". whose real name is William JOEPO, is a 85-year-old former Bri editor with a pronounced Omani accent and a Fascist tum oi m

assumed

gOOd deal of certainty that the ‘banning’ of Lord Haw New ls

stunt‘ design the attention of Ameri- Borlln tr nunil

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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

cnaaborrarovviv, ICANADA, MONDAY, ocToBaR

‘sag BATTLE EQUGHT OFF BRAZIL?

foiifn FL RlllA IN PATH or TROPI

British Coast Shakes; RAF. In night action

LONDON, Oct. 6—\Monday)— lC1’)——H,U§'llI. Air Force bombers pounded the Boulogne area early today and the British south coast was rocked by the force of the at-

Freneh Society Holds annual tionvention-

Hon. Marin Gallant, Urbanvili , was elected rs " of the As- Iumptlon Society at the annual convention held in Charlottetown yesterday. Other officers elected were: Vice President, Mr. Jean F. Arseriault, Mont Carmel; Sec.- Treaa. Mr. Ulric Poirier. Mont Car- mel.

The following were named to the Executive Committee: Messrs. Flor- iri Doiron, Hope River, Andre Gall- ant, Rustlco, Fred Gallant, Sum- merside, J. H. Blanchard, Char- lottetown, Jean Richard, Mont Car- mel, Aiyre Arsenault. Egmont Bay Arsene Arsenault, Bloomfield, E F. Gallant, Wellington and ‘Theo-

6, 1941

MIAMI, Iilrr, Oct. 5-—(.\I’) l —Fuli force of the ioo-niiIe-aii- I Iiour hurricane Iicuded iuwar the lower Florida peninsula is expected to Izisli this resort nic- iropoiis early tomorrow.

The storm winds swept our Nassau, the Uziliziihzis, tonight

dore DesRoches, Mlscouche.

The annual convention of branches-opened with the delegates who came from distant parts of the province, attending High Mass a: 10.30 at the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, where s. French sermon was preached by Rev. Al- deric Melansori. Shediac, N. 15.. Chaplain of the Society.

At 2.30 p. m. a meeting of the delegates was held in the Knights oi Columbus Hall which was pre-

the l

.sided over by Mr. Charles M. Ar-

senault, Abrams Village. Mr. Fred Gallant. Summerside, acted as sec- retary. Reports from the branches at Bloomfield. Wellington, Egmont Bay, Mont Carmel, Summerside, Rustico and Charlottetown, were presented. An interesting discussion on these reports followed. Short addresses were given by Dr. Albert Sornumy, Edmundstori. N. B., Gen- eral President of the Society. Rev. Father Melanson, Mr. Justice Ar- senault, Hon. Marin Gallant and others. Resolutions of thanks to Rev. A. MacDonald, Rector of Holy Redeemer Parish and to the K. of C. were adopted.

Despite a heavy downpour of rain all of the delegates and many Acad- lans of the City assembled for the evening session which-was a de- cided success. Again Mr. Charles Arsenault presided. Interesting ad- dresses were glven by Mr. Justice Arsenault, Prof. J. H. Blanchard. Hon. Mr. Gallant. Dr. A. Sormany, Father Melanson and Dr. Albert Sormany.

A very interesting film showing the progress made by the Assump- tion Society since its organization in 1903 was shown by Dr. Alphonse

tack.

‘lire Boulogne assault came after British raiders sprinkled bombs up and down me rrciicii coiisi. short- ly before midnight last. night.

British fighters tangled with German raiders Sunnsy high over the southeast coast out low-hang- ing clouds hid the combatants from vlcw of ground observers.

Late Friday and early Saturday Royal Air i-‘orce vantage of bright moonlight to lash at shipping centres 0i‘ the four ticrm-nn-occupied countries across the channel from England.

Rotterdam, still bearing the scars of Germany's invasion of the Netherlands, took its 75th ncrinl pOilllfilllg since the Nazis captured it. Tllf! nlr ministry gave iio de- tniis on the damage but an auth- oi-ltatlu: source indicated the raid was not on a large scale.

Usher raids rcpoiued by the air

miilILlW‘ acre nude against Ant- werp, in conquered Belgium, air. un....‘ 'iili uscle; at iialborg in

Liriiii. nipicd Denmark, an RLTCIIJOIIIC ii norinvrn France and Brest and Dunkerque.

stir??? Teachers in N. B.

FREDERICTON. Oct. 5-—(CP)— A serious shortage of teacher; in New Brunswick was revealed in a statement Saturday; by Education Minister C. H. Blakeny, who ap- pealed for applications to fill p951. lions in about 75 school districts where schools were unable to start (all term.

Many vacancies had been caused by enlistment of male teachers in the armed forces, he explained Hi3 Particularly requested applic- ations from former teachers-mar- ried women and older men.

The department is attempting to meet the shortage at prepent 11," burns wrworw. local mil-c c gas licences.

flycrs took INL;

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Sormany assisted by Mr. Leo Ar- senault of Moncton.

interpreting The War News

By Kirke L. Simpson Associated Press Staff Writer

Implicit in conflicting Lon- don and Rome accounts of re- cent sea-air battles in the Medi- terranean Is the obvious fact that heavy British reinforce- ments in men and fighting gear are being rushed eastward through those dangerous wat- ers.

They may be destined to join battle with their Nazi foes, “Sitting beside Russian troops in defence of the Caucasus. Cer. thinly they are designed to in- crease substantially the strength 0i British defence lines that now reach 2.000 miles or more, unbroken. from India to the ESYDt-ian-Libyan frontier in the western desert.

0r they may be taking post. for offensive action during ine winter fighting season in the North African desert, providing events on the Russian-Nazi battle line warrant another British counter stroke against axis foes in Libya. Prime Min. inter Churchill's recent intima. tion that his government has weighed unfavorably coun ter-in- vaslon proposals as a means of relieving pressure on Russia

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‘posed Keys souih of lIlL‘ main-

does not rule out that possi.

and roared toward the Florida cast coast resort arczi, the ex-

lziiid and \’(l5i Luke Okeechobee.

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in; nun

Report Winds Reaching I00 Miles Pei Hour

The Bahamas and Florida warn- ed Well in advance; N0 serious damage reported ‘from Nassau,

IGets contract

0i eight ciiiistm. railing $135,000 1 night by iIll“ ply dcpartiiiczif.

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' ‘ system, imiiic Power Bros. .1 DQ150115- UzFt agamst the bImYQ Ltn., Lniirnhii 5- A IJIImD is cXDPotcd to arrive from t1 a l0 p.111. ildusOry, tilt? G(‘l'l(‘l'llI ssaiicn SCIlflOI, l Akron, 0,, Wednesday to ab-I)mr)t weather bureau re-eihphasizecl CII“"I°II"I°“' W’- mpm" “PT?” ‘*1 "WIIP- TIWIII $"<*l<"rs offs-rm in-

lts periodical warnings, but said that the storm had passed Nas- sau. .

At 9 p.m., It saiil, the hurri- canes centre was 35 miles west of the Bzihaman capital, and that the wind had dropped to

45 miles an hour in Nassau. As the blow approached the Florida coast, it progressed at a speed oi 20 miles an hour, un. usually fast for a. tropical disturb- ance lri this part of the world. At 10 pm, there was no sign of approaching high winds. In Miami, the skies were overcast but little or no rain hzid fallen and onlv light breezes blcw over the city] from the Atlantic. All precautions ‘were taken. Rieri 1, Cross officials, with the backing of

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Ineuieu u. s. Supreme iiourt IJudge passes

5——(AP)— retired

I WASHINGTON. Oct, ILouls Dambitz Brandeis,

United States supreme Court Jus-

tice who was celebrated for his

liberal views, died tonight at the . we _

Brandeis, who was ullliolnied ito the court by President Wilson i-and served for 23 years. suffered 'a severe heart attack at his home here last. Wednesday.

Hi5 condition became steadily worse and physicians losl hope of ‘saving his llie when he fell into

a coma Saturday night.

His death resulted from a re- currence of the hcurt trouble which prompted his retirement Feb. l3. 1.939

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[By Robert E. iiuiincilc) (Associated Press Staff Writer)

LONDON. Oct. 5—iAP)—Neu:r.il observers said today the entire iu- ture course oi the yolnt British-A 611C311 Will‘ DPOKAI-ICIIOH pfOgflilll ill‘ be affected by a illiiilll0lll'i.‘l‘_ti0liii to take place shortly Lil Parliiiiiu-ih, perhaps this vizcek. ,

These sources said production ea- perts are wondering whether the United States can best help Brliani by concentrating on sending her all the machinery she wants, or by keeping it at ing on manufacturing the bulk oi war material there.

Key to the solution was said u. be the uses to which Britain ex- pects to ut her manpower.

Politics sources said that the

overnments case in statements by

time Minister Churchill and Labor Minister Ernest Bevin probably would be secret so as not to diiuigi- exact fl urea on production which would alow Germany io,calculaie the number of tanks and planes Britain is able to build.

The newly-arrived United States

minister to London. John D Big-

s, who is in charge of syncuiuil- zlng and no-nrdlnatlng British and American defence production, soon will make a quick trip to Wasiii-ijl- ton to regt recommendations to President osevelt. He is known 1c be studying curcfuiiy the avallno. ‘iv of manpower to Britain's ITidllSiflPS

in view of the drains which nrive

been made by the services. One school of thought, led by Mr.

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soil, lmmcrlzn liig rmrl Con".

eastern Canadian port" says that

Eli-nits of Belle isle, and that two‘ ¢OI

were inward hound to St. Law-

nrea of

hundred feet of

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p Keyettisoluiion said to Iv.‘ British piilllx"

home and coiicoiurzn-v

.\'I1.lllIK‘I)RI Sl)!.l\ - l . ,, _ I H“. nunieiable suziestions (bitliliin-j and

ihtiulflii of how to get Hopkins

down.

But getting off the cylindrical shaped Ybck was like trying to climb down a skyscraper. Around. it the wind Shifts craziiy, To d95- cend from i‘. by parachute is coiisicl. ered impossible. It's dangerous for airplanes to fly close. Sides of flhQ tower are jagged and slant outrwirci from the peak, making a descent by rope dangerous.

"This started out as a pubbclzy stunt, but it backfired, {lien wild- fired," said Earl three ships are piled up on the RBI-lid CIIY. B. D. “I'm worried s- "ocks off the Labrador coast in the bout Grvrgc.“

BFWKIPFILV made the, \\",l‘.Il‘I' with, Hopkins. The (laredevll hm ill-elm- 0d to attract aYiC!iI'.I_0f1 r0 a. toith. coming attempt to set a record fol the number of mirachufe jumps made in one day.

Wariiglears llgo Today

Report thifee Ships aground Off Labrador

MONTREAL Oct. 5 - l.CP)-A story in the Afoiiircnl Standard last night, (late-lined from “an

liicm are a total loss. The Standard story said that all

rcrice ports and were blown in- shore in a terrific storm which lashed the coastline and the lower the St. Lawrence somel

Y5 ago.

“All three ships ran on the rocks within a few minutes of each other and within several the same spot." the standard said. adding: