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French Report Ger- mans Pay Dearly For Thrusts In “Sa- vage” Fighting.

PARIS, Oct. 1-0 —(AP) -——All-a0k- mg behind t‘ ltlcldg squads" of hand grenade throwers, German troops were reported tonight striking at French advance lines on the west- ern iront with larger and lame!‘

its. unFrench military head uarters N- ported all German attac finally were repulsed.

However, they sold it was be- coming harder each day to stop the advance of German patrols which covered so ‘much territory that they almost gave the Im- pression of a coordinated feeicr attack along a 35-milo front.

The French communique describ- ed tile area of German activity in ozwd tcrrrc. B: between the Moselle and Saar Rivers, covering the line from the Luxembour frontier to the German industria city 0i Saar- aruecken. The Germans have llll'0\\'l\ their strongest. advance posts around the Saar region's main ‘ll

- l’ '1 1w, communique issued at 9 p. m. fVcrv great; activity of enemy re- wnnalssance units between the Mo- Iclle and the Saar (rivers). SURPRISE ATTACKS

“In this region we repulsed several Iurprise attacks, some of willch in-

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French Premier Makes Formal Re- ply To Hitler’s Reichstag Speech.

PARIS, Oct. 10—(CP)— Premier Daiadier tonight spurned Adolf Hitler's “peace proposals" by declaring that the “German peace” would not prevent preparation for new conquests.

In a nation-wide broadcast the French Premier made the first formal reply to the Friday Reichstag speech of Hitler by declaring France and Britain would “continue to fight” until they force Germany to give definite guar- antees of security for a “lasting peace in Europe.” He spoke after consulting his British allies.

Seated at his desk in the War Ministry, Daladier left no doubt that unsupported promises such as Hitler had given in the past would be unacceptable as a basis for peace negotiations.

l He characterized the peace offered by Hitler as one “which would only consecrate conquests by deceit or

Report Slight Improvement In Condition

BOSTON, Oct. l0—(CP)—- Slight improvement was observ- ed today in the condition of

E. MacLean, Liberal mem- ber of the Canadian House of Commons for Prince. Hospital officials said though, his con- dition_was_still poor.

What, in fact, did the latest speech before the Rcichstag amount to he demanded.

"This: I have annihilated Po- land, I am satisfied; let us stop the fight. Lei; us hold a conference to consccrate my conquests and arrange peace."

The Premier suggested that if France accepted Hitler's present proposals and demobilized under vain promises in a few months time she would have to face “ab- rupt aggression."

"It is said that the fate of Po- land concerns onlv two powers (Germany and Russia); we reply that it also concerns and primar- ily concerns the Poles," he declar- ed. adciing:—

“Attempts are being made to draw up a man of Europa without taking into account those living realities which are the their traditions, their reply that this would thereby lead Europe to revolutions and wars

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International

Situation At A Glance

LONDON- Grcat Britain an- nounces Empire-wide air force buil-

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"Dance in Miliview Hall Friday "IBM. October 13th. ililiplctés Vernon River Women's Institute.

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"Dance at Conan Bonn October llth. St. Avardb Orchestra. L-IIBT-IO-ll-li.

"Chicken Supper at North Wilt- lhire Hall, Thursday, October 12th. sllliber served at 5. Admission 35c Ind 20c. L-1lB7-i0-11-1i.

"Chicken Su _ d Bingo in lbt 65 1-lall Vygrlerxiesthrdy, October lit-h. Suppers 40c and 25c. Dance. 000d music. L-l122-10—9-8i.

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lecture. Dr. Creelman. Victoria. hall. October 12th. Program Tryon. Westmoreland. Crapaud, Victoria

Omerrs Institutes. Silver Collec- tion Tuberculosis League.

Friday, October 13th in aid of rink. »

ding program ccntrlng in Canada; Prime llllnister Chamberlain w nnscwor iiitlrr Thursday. OTTAWA-Mission from United Kingdom, headed by Lorri River- dalc, expected to meet with New Zmlnnti and Australian missions to discuss air force prollfilm Wm‘ _ Canadian authorities; Prime Min- Mayor Foster and n m“ Slam of lstr-r Kim! says fllm l5 l0 flchlfle icouncillors were present at the “by cooperative effort air forces of [memmg wmch was featured by ovorwlicimin strength." many heated arguments and lengthy _-i ldiscussions on the majority of res- PARlS-Daiarllcr rejects Ihrehrcr olutlons brought before the council. Hitler's peace formula: says France I Dr. P. A. Creelman. assistant Pub- nnrl Great Britain will "continue ‘llc Health Officer submitted the to fight" uniil assured of "lusting ‘monthly Public Health report. The ..,.,,,.,. h, Eurnpef’ German troops IMeat. and Milk report was read by reported striking continually hardir ‘big-l grolc§:.c§€l§2nremrts WW6 in s on wes - ‘ Y - “dun” I e leir. Stems Webster was appointed

temporarily on the city police force BERLIN-Adolf Illtier says Ger-

to fill a vacancy caused by the ab- mmy Wm "ma" u thmmh» 1; sence of Constable Gordon Storey pescr overtures are rebuffed by

who is on leave-of-absence for mil- western Allies; "no power on earth

The salaries of city officials were raised by $5 lo $10 a month at. a [lively sesson Oi the city council ’held here last night

prices. lie-l

ltarv duty.

m "M" M,“ Gem-n, h, m ‘Three names were submitted to {may he says. False rumors of Armistice cause short-lived 101011! celebrations in Berlin: Government attributes reports to Britain.

MOSCOW-Russia. nreiwflnl W receive Finnish delegation '01‘ he, ‘lations, masses hundreds of thousands of troops siong frontiers of Baltic nations: "armada c! bal- flgghlng” reported massed on Gilli 0f ‘Finland. Litbpnnia slvm C"! cl Vilnn.

IIELSYNGFORS —Thoussnds of women and children follow Gov- ernment's advice to leave capital for country as nation grows cou- oerned over possible demands by Russ“: Finns expected to rcoilt any Soviet demands for concessions such as granted b! 55"“ ‘m, Estonia.

W lsillNGTflN-President Roone- veit says no offers or overtures for pence in Europe have been receiv- ed hv Ilnlted States Government. Senate defeats move to separate

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embargo repeal and shinoln rela-

the meeting for the police vacancy, Sterns Webster, William Poole and Elmer Moore. The resolution for Webster's aplpointmant carried the vote; counc ors voting for it were. Holman mover. Blam srd, second- er, Mc ca, Dou n and Chandler, A ainst tho mot on were councillors

clintyre, Lapthorno and Hennes-

se .

The appointment of Mr. Ernest F. Seller as acting Police C011"- ciork was annnunoed by City Re- corder, K. M. Martin.

A number of unlcations war; read to the meeting by the c er .

Bills bofcre the council were listed and after o few obkctlonfl and alterations, it was decided to make the necessary payments

A hen argument took place over the lsmissal of a certain employee on the Victoria Park

project with His Worship, Coun- clllors McKee, l-fennesse , Holman and Chandler contributng to the fireworks H. A. Messervy. finai_ly_ir_'on;ed mat-

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violence and would not prevent preparation for new ones.” _

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New Conquest; HITIERMSAYS

False Peace- Rumors Send Berliners Into Transports 0f Joy.

By Etltwin Shanks Associated Press Staff writer

BERLIN Oct. 10 —(AP) —Adolf Hitler declared today that "Ger- many is determined o take up the battle and fight it through" if the western allies rebuff “our readiness for peace."

If the war goes on the western al- lies will be to blame. he said in o speech openin the Nazi winter re- lief campaign ut they never will any sort of German capitula-

on."

“We do not know what the fut- ure will bring." he said, "but we are clear about one thing-no power on earth will again bring Germany to its knees. Theytwill not defeat us militarily, nor destroy us economic- ally, nor break our spirit. Under no circumstances will they live to gee any sort of German capitulation."

SAYS DECISION WITH ALLIES

The decisi r gard coniinuationmrlf h... W215 peliigesaix "no longer lies with us, but with the other side."

"With us exists onl the grim de- terminal-on t0 abide by the decision

whatever it may be, and g0 fight lhrllllgll to the very end," he de- clared.

HLs 21-minute 5 ech, delivered in angry tones at t e huge Spgrfg- llalast. came at the end of a day during which false minors of an

armistice sent Berliners into manl- i-estntlons of Joy.

Many described the rumor as n “i918 false armistice in minia-

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City Council Votes Salaries

0f Officials Up

Sterns Webslzr-Named To Position On Police F orce— New Fire Equipment Decid- I ed On At Lively Session

War Briefs

LONDON. Oct. 10—-(CP)-— Sir Stafford Crlpps, dissident Labor Member of Parliament, today warn- ed the British people against turn- lng to an alliance with Japan as a counterweight to the Soviet-Ger- man pact.

LONDON, Oct. 10—lOP)——Ah 6X- ploslon which caused the crew of the lLOflS-ton British vessel Mai‘- warri to abandon ship off the coast of Wales was disclosed today.

Five of the crew of 91 were in- lured, but none seriously. The ship was taken in low by a Mill/BEE boat. Cause of the explosion was unknown.

GOTIIENBURG. Oct. l0 -—IAPl-— The Swedish News Agency report- ed today the small Swedish ship Vistuia. had been torpedoed 40 mile; northeast of the Shetland is- lands. Nine of her crew of l8 were reported rescued. The rest were r ng.

NEW YORK. Oct. 19 —(OP) —' The Associated grass report: that the British cruiser Achilles entered a South American harbor today 11"“ der special permission of that

country's Government and will re- main in port three days for repairs

LONDON. Oct. l0 —(OP Cable) —Si.anley Bruce, Ailstralian High Commissioner, was advised by cable today that the Australian t overnment has issued price re u- lations with a view to controllng rroflteerlng.

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Italian Press Galls Soviets. “Gangsters”

ROME. Oct. IMICW-Havasl; —ll'or the second time in two days In Italian newspaper today‘: criticised Russia in vigorous} tenns, and outsnok ‘y referrcds‘ to "the superiority of Latin cal-n‘: ture over the Nazi Nordio and Slavic ideologies."

Yesterday Air Marshal ltalo Baibo's newspaper the Corriere Padano spoke of the Russians as “buffoonsf “gangsters? and “models of gross bestiality."

To this picture of the Rus- Islans the Catholic newspaper "mus or Milan, today added acarefuliy-worded jibes at Italy's :naxis partner. Germany.

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Finland To “Resist” Soviet Concessions

HELISINGFORS, Uct iii-IA?) ' —Thousands of women and child- ren began leaving this capital of Finland for the less populous north- land country today as Soviet Rus- l sia massed thousands of troops and ‘ heavy naval forces on the from. tiers 0d neighboring Baltic States.

The whole of Finland, whence l roams the flying fleet of Paavo Nurml and the faster flying music of Jean Sibelius, concentrated its attention on the forthcoming con- versations between a. Finnish dele- gation and Soviet Russian officials in Moscow. The delegation, travel- ling by train. was expected in Mos- cow tomorrow.

Many Finns were asking whether the Russians, who ruled Finland in the days of the Czars. would dc mand military and economic con- ce loh such as they have gained from Estonia and Latvia

If so, one responsible Finnish source said, the nation would re- sist, reluctantly but. with determin- ation. Thus a nation whose popu- lation was estimated in 1937 at 3,- 8341362 persons would be arrayed against the estimated 170000.000 population oi‘ Russia.

The women and children crowd- ed. transportation lines in their ,l voluntary exodus. At the same l time. the interior Minister, Urho

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Soviets Gonclude Third Pact

MOSCOW. Oct. l0 -—(AP) —S0v- let Russia tonight concluded the third of a series of mutual assist- ‘I ance pacts with Baltic states, sign- ing a treaty wit-h Ldthunuia which gave the red army the right lo cs- tablish several garrisons at unspeci-

fied laces within the country to guar its frontiers. The Moscow overnment in turn

Iceded Vllna (W no) and the sur- ‘rounding area to Lithuania. Steady military and naval activity l?! Soviet forces indicated the . remlirfs program to revise its rel- ations with Baltic countries was lnot complete. Negotiations with .1-‘in1and are to begin in Moscow as ‘soon as a Finnish delegation. now eln mute to the Russian capital, ar- . r ves.

Maine Potato Growers See Good Prospects

PRESQUE ISLE, Me, Oct l0- (AP) — Growers and shippers in this Aroosiook potato centre pre- dicted today a federal crop report cutting Maine's production esil- , mate by nearly 7.000.000 bushels ' would result in immediate activity in table stock futures and a strong- er winter market.

Many farmers. informed sources I said, while optimistic over sales ' prospects, proposed to hold much I of their 1939 crop in storage uniil I winter in the hopes of commanding better prices than at present.

The federal report COmpWr" Maine's production at 40,800 0"" bushels as of Oct. i. com ared in

The national estimate a duced. from 361208.000 to 358,689,- l 000 bushels

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RUSSIA BABKS BAITIII IIRIVE III T H M I G HT

Unceasing Military And Naval Activity Reported — Finns Arrive In Moscow Today.

By wlgflfiicock Associated Press Staff Writer

MOSCOW, Oct. 10 —(A.P) —S0v- let Russia backed her intensive drive for domination in the Baltic tonight wi unceasing military and naval activ ty.

Hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops massed alongathe frontiers facing the Baltic s tcs. Dispatches from Kronstadt, the big naval base near Leningrad on the Gulf of Fin- land, said that "a whole armada of battleships" was concentrated there.

n RIEDOFl/s from the frontier said military trains go daily to the Bal- tic Sea."

Leningrad is about as miles from the Finnish border.

tluzvtlnlvdwr-irrn may”, STRENGTH The concentration of naval strength at Kronstadt, only a few miles from Finnish territorial wat- ers coincided with the impending arrivalhere tomorrow of a Finnish decgation to discuss unspecified w- onomlc and political problems,

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Nine Killed When Train Strikes Gar

By Ted Farah Canadian Press Staff Writer

TORONTO, Oct. 10-(CP)—On- tario's worst level-crossing calam- ity, which today lnflicted sudden death upon seven school-children and two women. appeared tonight to have shocked authorities into moving toward measures.

The lBcomotive of a Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train, sweeping over the crossing at Brown's Line near Islingt-on. west- ern suburb of Toronto, hit- a light sedan and continued travelling a quarter of a mile, scattering parts of the automobile, schoolbooks and bodies along the way.

Cause Jnknown

Tonight l-here was no official statement on the cause, but ro- vincial ailthorlties were determ ned that some action must arise from the tragedy to avert any recur- rcnce.

It was understood. flitliollllh 0i- iicials declined to be quoted that:

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Kings Gounty Trade Board Elects Slate

MONTAGUE, Oct. ill-Mr. A G. Parks, Montague. was elected King's County Board of Trade at the annual meeting of the organization held in this town last night.

Mr, Kler Clark also of Montague was elected vice-president and Mr. Allison Maclean. Montague. re- elected sccretary treasurer

Mr. L. H. Poole retiring presi- dent, presided. A banquet preceded the business session

Reports covezlng the year's IiC- tlviiles oi the board were heard and approved.

Councillors named tonight in- clude: Senator J. J. McDonald. Cardigan. R. P. Brooks. Murray Harbor; C. ll. Horton. Murray River; Murdock McGowan, Kil- mulr; E B. Mcbaren. Georszetown: Dr. Pwsicn Mclntvre. R. K. C mcnis. L, M, McKinnon, L H. Poole and Mayor George Molntyre '\l1 of Mosliwgile.

The hoard decided S0 077F056 Bl“ Increase l“ mics or rentals by the Island Telephone (‘fmpanv after

a Sept. i estimate of 4 ,800.000. 'hearing a rtbo-“li fffim Ml‘- A- ll 150 w” re- Purl-u who represented the board

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Unending Flow Of Men And Planes To Ensure Defeat Of Hitlerism Envisioned By Air

Minister Sir Kingsley Wood.

(By J. F. Sanderson, Canadian Press Staff Writer)

LONDON, Oct. lfl-(CP Cablfl-Canada will become the air centre of the British Empire where thousands of Canadians, Britons, Australians and New Zeaiandcrs will receive advanced training before joining allied squadrons in France.

Sir Kingsley Wood, Air Secretary, outlined the vast scheme to ihe House of Commons today while Prime Min- ister King was announcing it in Ottawa. Sir Kingsley also promised that Great Britain would double her own air- craft production.

At the same moment that Adolf Hitler was declaring that “nobody can overpower us,” ihe Air Secretary told the

OTTAWA, Oct. lik-(CH-Canadlan air fields will be the training grounds for the air forces of the Empire under a co- operative air training plan agreed upon by the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zeoiand and Canada.

The plan announced here by Prime Minister Mackenzie ning. simultaneously with a. similar nnounccment in London, calls for pilots. observers and gunners from four Empire countries to come to Canada for intermediate and advanced training.

"The undertaking is one of great magnitude," said Mr. Mac- kenzie King. “Its development would result in a great and rapid increase in the number of training schools, already large, and achieve l"! lllllfell-ifld lllllilut of first line pilots, observers and air gunners which, combined with the output in the United Kingdom, would en- sure the greatly increased requirements in trained personnel being fully met.

“The aim in short is to achieve forces of overwhelming strength."

by co-operaiive effort air

House the Empire is marshalling planes and fliers in a mighty plan to “beat the enemy and to ensure once and for all that aggression and tyranny are ended.”

Sir Kingsley has an enviable record as an administra- tor but is not regarded as much of an orator. Today, how- ever, he held the House almost spellbound as he outlined this broad and imaginative scheme designed to use Can- ada the training centre for thousands of men gathered together in the snfciy of the North American continent.

Behind the scheme is this gen-I ,ei'ai idea: No matter what. hap- Lpens f» aircraft production, fa-

cilities and training schools in

Great Britain the Reich will bc ‘ faced with a never-ending stream of trained men and planes from across the Atlantic. Eventually Germany may realize she cannot stop this flow of men and mater- ials. and cannot escape frmn their cumulative attack. no matter what she does to Britain.

Britain anrl each Dominion with the exception oi’ South Africa. which ls not joining the scheme, will provide its own primary training facilities but will use Canada for advanced

students. speed up

Each Dominion will plane production.

To complete the details with the Canadian Government and to in-

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Germans In

(Canadian Press) u n g a ry TORONTO, t . l0-—Minlmum and maximum temperatures:- Alarmed - ~ Vancouver 49 59 Edmonton 38 52 —~—-- Regina :19 51 BUDAPEST. Oct. 10—(AP)— wmmped 39 59 ,Large German settlements in l-iun- TUTOR“) 53 '13 ;gary viewed with considcrabic a- ‘ OlliW/a 54 '73 | larm tonight Adolf Hitler's gigantic , Alfilllleill 55 71 reparlflallon movement alrcadyl under way in the Baltic States. I FORECAST Hungarians, on the other hancL. were pleased with the Nazi Fuchr- Maritime East: Moderate to er's plans to bring back home sll fresh winds; cloudy with occa- Gcrman Nationals since it would slonal showers; somewhat cooler serve to ease one of Hilngnryks do- at night,