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PARIS. Jan. 4 -tAP 111111161! Milo Ereiicii 4i uorman 501011815 lOLlgliL E dawn-LQ-qlmk iklfml-“ll 011 inc western il-olit Loony I§BHL5D a co-Kswunu of heavy fu- "18 1mm 00th Sldce, nulitary sour- (Jto Tcpofwfl |;Q1|‘gl)L_

‘The Mi-lwty these sources 581d ex- tended will; a lilo-mile- front be- ‘Ween (the Mo elle River and the Willis as Colman patrols abandon- Ed their night scouting forays for a Brgtes of oayrlgnt raids.

ihe French responded with a ser-

ies Of Datroi rill-lists, and between l,z0u and 1.300 men on eakh side were drawn into tile righting. _ rile skirmishes. iii wh ch the 1a““118_l131'll9$ (‘lllillflyfd iiaiiu gren- mes, “as iwcompanied by steady 3159311119 Bull. trench mortar and artillery tire.

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_0ne French patrol military ad- Vlfll. P€ll8~i‘i9.l46d nearly two mills m.” enemy territory and returned Willi valuable iniolmiit on. Another Pfllml 1h the Vosges mountains was said to have engaged two German detachments totalling about 2C0 I119“. and although greatly Ullllllllir- tiered met the Naziswitii a wither- 1118 cross fire that forced them to retire with “heavy losses."

. Aerlll Activity ,

Clear weather brought a resump. Lion of aerial activity by both sides‘. Four French air force units were reported to have iiOWn 250 miles be- Yfind the border into western uerrllany, while several Nnzi soon.- ilrtgmplanes approached the Paris

The evening communique or the French high command took note cf the skirmishes 2110113, the western front by reporting “several encoun- ters between patrols in the rcglcll west of the Saar," but sa d there were no other incidents of import- once.

Premier Daladlel" and General Wladyslaw Sikorski. prcmlcl‘ of the Polish government. in France. today signed all argrecmclrt lecolistlllllirlg the Polish iirirly on French soil.

The announcement sairl tlillt general Victor Denali. former lllr minister, had been ‘EQPOiHDEd ch e1 of the French mllitay mi sion with the Polish army in France. He will supervise relations between French Ind Polish commanders fight rig to-

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ll. S. To Send Representatives 0n Seaway Plan

OTTAWA. Juli. 4 —(CP) —Can- ada and the United States w" l take ll further step in their pro racled negotiations for a St. Lawrence wat- erway trcaty ncxt week when three representatives of the United States government come to Ottawa. ior conferences with Canadian officials.

In announcing the meeting department oi external affairs said today the pullpose was ‘an informal dLCUSSlOn to clarify a nimber of questions of detail prelinLna-ry to a consideration of the broader ques- tion 0i’ policy irlisvolved in the United

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The ni ed States representatives in next. week's discussions will be Adolph Eerie, niirwtant secretary of slate; Leland Olcis, chairman of the iederlli power commi sioii. and John D. Hickcrscn. assistant cliief of the division of European affairs. "

Canadian representatives were not named. ‘they will be officials of the oloarirneiits of external affairs, transport and mines and resources.

Basis of the discussion will be the draft treaty (prepared by the Uri l.- ed States an submitted to Canada ui May, i938. Last, week the Canad- ian government suggested a mcei- ing oi‘ officials of the two countries m Ottawa to discuss detaJs of the draft and acceptance of the invita- tion foilowcd promptly.

so. while in other parts 0f the world nations are locked ilr a death struggle. Canada and the United States draw closer to agreement on the largest co-operabve undertak- llig ever pFOJOC-[Cd between two na- tiOllS.

Woulq Open Lakes

If completed the waterway would permit ocean-going vessels to travel to the hciirt of North America, up w the tip of Lake Superior. It wll involve the cutting or n {hlp

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British Ambassador

Sees Terrific Nazi Drive In Spring

CHICAGO. Jan. 4—'I'iie Mar- ques; of Lcthian said in a speecn tonight that in the British view "everything iCdGV points to the probability Germany will attempt early this spring to train a decision against Enlzland and France bv a terrific attack bv land. all" and sen in which she will use every weapon in her armory." .

In his addres to tile cllleiuzo council on fol-elm relations the British Ambassador to wRSillW-l- ton said the allies were rezidv to meet the attack.

Coming Events

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y e roslicc i" he s . " e l, iIn he ritlsli Conimgnwea h are prepared for it as France is. morally and phystcnlly. We believe that we shfll success- fully. rcpci the German attack and that lf lt. is rebelled as It was in i918 it will not be long

hcfolc Hillel-ism itself goes down in defeat. Bnt we vg; no illusions l5 to Di l6

o nature of the clash if and w on it comes“ . "

If Hitler wins. all the societies which are tryiniz to think out how the present catastrophe can be prevented from recurrinlt con "shut, up sliOD at once.‘ Lord Lothlan said.

Wonderful Century

He believed that in some form the four foundations 0f the "W n" derful century" from 1815 to 1 15 iii which there were some local wars but no devastailniz World war. would have to be restored.

in that century nation aftfil nation achieved freedom and oros- pellgitry. tThewd IOUrIgIEUOHS upon

c :— Alli {use mil: currencies We" based on gold and. therefore. were interchangeable on a stable basis-

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Reds Believed Angry 0 v e r Assistance Given Finland.

UDNDON, Jan. 4 —tCP Cable) — 'l‘he_ British government is main- taining an extremely close watch on diplomatic repercussions of the RlIS-l-‘nu-Fiiiiifsh war particularly as it touches Sweden.

Brixiii let it be known today that Sweden could place armament, ord-, ers in this country which would be, tilled. with due regard to Britain's own requirements. British firms al- ready are filling orders for Finland. There is no doubt in the minds oi qualified observers here that Russ a l6 MISTY With Britain for sending

LONDON, Jan. l-(CP) —The

‘newspaper lrlvening Standard sflld tonight that. British arms plants have started shipment nf arms and munitions in Finland, The Standard said that Brit.- ish coIIYOYB Wflllld assure their safe arrival a; Finnish ports. The newspa er also reported ,that the Brltls Government in- i tends to make the granting of ' licences for export of armg to Finland us flexible as possible.

. supplies to Finland. Where U115 wlj] lead is a matter of wide specula- tion. If Britain starts sending sup- Dlles to Sweden. either Russo. or GeTmfl-lly 0i‘ both of them might twist. ii. into an excuse to “take measures" against Sweden for u“- neutral actions.

The British government is watch. m8 b11958 diplomatic moves with ex- ( twine viizllinucc. 'ilie poLcy be ng followed. qualified sources said,

Hawkins

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socliited Press

lJl y r .‘ . WITH FINNISH FORCES ON “l m ~ e me‘ Jan. l-Specdv Finnish ski pa-

tirne doing _every.hing_ Qongmlepl; with neutrality, and hula n5 W“ m-llifiry requirements. to send the Fllllis what they needed,

lrols. have cut deeply into Russia at several points to encircle for- ces oi’ the iced Army lieelnt! frorp rlieirut administered to tiiem six clays i120 on the shores of this l-‘ilinL-h lake. ' tUnconllrln-ed reports in Con- enhzigcn said the Finns had sur- rounded a second Russian division ili_ central Finland between Lttlze Klania aiirl tlio border. The div- lslon was olirolite to the aid of the Red Army's 163rd division. which was trapped and wiped out by the Finns in the areal-est battle of thewar.)

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Cuttlnrz of Russlzfs vital Mur- mansli railrtttad not 011C‘: but vsdev- BERGEN’ Norway“ Jam 4___ eral rmes y flyiniz si ralcrs (at?) _ Unidentified bombing was reported reliably. . bani-c were said in re ri fr ~ Lllnahamarl. Flhlllfiflljo sllrcfll? Gucrma Fighting "v" occupied by the Bus-firm Hzind-to-hand guerrilla flilhtini! "Wflders. to have raldcd the between opposing ski soldiers is ll“? today inr- thc second time. > occurrliia frequently. Small num-

bers of Russian ski troops arcin actloll~most~ly on the Russian side of the border-in attelnlpis to stem the advance of elusive Fin-

Tlley were described as planes n; a tvpe heretofore not used in t v- Flnnlsh Anny.

S'“9CII'B"III_I over the identity

l h tr ls. 351$‘? ,{‘,‘1'Z°',f.,,,,',€§, tgnvmzzf‘? nédlentilillfltijll lginnish force in crin- " ‘ ' i t 1 Fnla , meantime. as k ‘hum’ m" “my mm“ be sigenrrthcnedn and consolidated its

Bri lsh. rim-rating from an alr- craft carrier. The mlvlcr-s rllrl not sav whe-

llwr flvr-rn v-‘crp nwv I"I§\|:~I|7n5

positions within five miles of the border and ls continuln mopplna- llp operations against {Being RUS- silins of the routed i63rd division.

"' '.""““"" """‘ """‘"" "WM" H (Reports received at Borden. w‘ flvcv 1'“ wit. the Lllnaliamarl , Norway. sriid unidentified bomb- wlvloz-ll said. t hi2 planes boml:":d_ the Finnish q,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,“ Arctic port of Llinahamnrl. for

the second time todav. Tile port has been in the ‘hands of Rilssialis since eliiiv in the war. Til-B aircraft. of a type not used hitherto bv the Finns. vanished over the sea. leadlniz to rumors that sea-based British planes hall participated. Damages or casual- ties were not; cited bv the 1'8- ports.

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Earlkldggillfl New Canadian

v tThe newspaper Social Demo- , .k.raten ll Stockholm claimed rin- .. ." . . .. I nish Dlanes flew over Leninflfllfl yesterday. dropblnrz thousands of

i.- leaflcts in the Russian language

declaring the Finns were fllzhtlnlz only to defend their independence. The new-paper said pamphlets also were scatter-ed over Soviet lines on the the Kai-alien Isthmus.

—J8.n. 5 —(CP Cable) Exgress said today that Earl Elgin as eon mentioned as a possible st ssor to Lord Tweed- slguir, tgeovernor-l gentegial of Ca-mica w ose mi ex res s year. (Prime Minigtsr Mackenzie King said at Oitayva Wednesday that the dom‘nion government, because of the war. plans no early step; with regard to appomuncnt of Lord Pyteedsmuirs sucoeslsog. Thed prtesa en governor-genera as in ica e {ice wtiuld not consider a. second rm.

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Finnish Bombers Mtack

(Press dispatches at Copen-

FIND GIRUS BODY

ELDMUNSTON, N. B., Jan. 4- iUPh-"Fhe body of Geraldine Plourde, 19. was found today. nine days after she drowned with Lewis and Minnie Magoon’ when they broke through the foe of the Mada- waska River. Bodies of the brother and sister were located a few days alter the accident.

All three boclie; were found by Alfred Ouellette, who stubbornly continued the grim selrch after,

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others, including divers, had given l‘ FW- ' . . .

Just cast of the Finnish village of Lieksa. Finn frontier to carryvfhe war into Russian soil for the first time.

Ski Patrols Deep Into Russia

Vital Red Mur-m-Tainsk Railroad Cut In Several Places By Elusive Finnish Patrols.

i As- {hagterl reported further that Fin-

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inish bombers attacked and partly destroyed new Russian arr bases on the islands of Davoe andDesel. off the coast of Estonia near the southern side of the entrance to the Gulf of Finland. Estonia last fall gave the U._S. S. R. the rilzhl to fortify these islands. The hows- pliper Aftenlivis speculated that the Finns might have used new English and Italian Diaries-in these

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l-Icisinafors officials said Red armv planes bombed Hunger.» tHa-nko). Finlands “Gibraltar oi the Baltic." twice today. Two bombers inflicted sliizht dalnafit‘ (Illflilt! the mornlitz and a lam liumlLcr- of raiders dropped between 40 and 50 incendiary bombs in the afternoon No loss of life vyas re- Dorted.

Today's raids follotved air at- taclg which a general staff oom- m-unlque said the Russian airmen direct/ed yesterday at the south- western naval basepnd the neai-m Also tTurku) district. _

On other fronts. the C0lllmllfii— due said that Finnish troops re- pulsed a Red army attempt to re- capture a strong “Osition north- east of Lake Ladorza while activ-

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ity was reported “quiet" 0n tho Kai-chap isthmus. _

“In the Kuhmo section the enemy attacked. supported by

artillery and tanks." the communi- que said. "The attacks were re- pulsed. At Suoniussa mi 1B9 pris- oners were taken durliuz the day in the course of continued moi)- ping up 0D9filtl0lls in this urea.‘

Russian iuitboat was aband-

onocl near Fort Koivlsto in H14 Finland. the Finnish military dispatch said. when de- fending zuns opened fire. The tug lat/er sank.

The main battle theatre of the war appeared to be on this cen- tral front where the victorious Finns advanced about 12 miles against _ no effective reslstancc yesterday.

RAISE >AUTOMOBILE

LAMDQUE. N. B., Jan. 4-(0?) -'I'he automobile in which John Home); drowned ycsterday was raised from the bottom of Shippe- gan Harbor tdday but. his body was not ln the car. A swift. current runs at the scene of the accident. Four others who were with Hachey es- oaped.

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Where Fins Bring War Home to Russia

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By Louis P. Lnchner Associated Press Staff Writer

BERLIN, Jiflh. 4—(AP)—F.e1d Marshal Hermann Goeririg has as- sumed supreme re ponsibility for the conduct of Germany's economy in wartime, becoming for the dur- ation of the war what he was in peacetime under the four-year plan for self-sufficiency.

Henoeforth the Field Marshal will be the "supreme trait-economic au- thorny."

According to the National Zeit- ung of Essen whlcnhos close con- nections with Gocrlng, one of the most important features of the new ctr-ordination plan is the inclusion of Limb-General Georg Thomas. chief of the economic section of the ‘supreme command, in a new "gen- ieral council."

Goering at the same time heads the ministerial defence council, the other members of which arc Colonel General Wilhelm Keitel. ch‘ef of the high command oi’ the armed forcei; Dr. Waiter Funk, president of the Reich bank and minister of rconmlcs; Wlhcim FrPk, minister .of interior; Ru folf Hess, deputy

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fllumania Strengthens East Frontier

BUCHAREFT‘, Jnn. 5—fAl'i-— Rumania ivitliin the past wcck has intensified ivork on forti- fications in the region adjacent. k the Soviet Russian frontier.

This action coincided with Premier George Talon-sou n:- scrtlon Inst Monday that Ru- rnania would dcfcnd “to the last mun" the Provinces of Bcsszirabia and Bucovina which borders Russia.

"oi-tied n few months ago over the cnnsr-qucnccs of a Russian attack, Rummla. moved most of her troops out of Ilcssiiralila and established her first rczll line of defence along the River Prufh. some 60 miles hcliind lhc frontier.

But since scclug the results of the recon! Finnish resist-

ance the Bucharest Govern- ment has moved some troops back info Bcssnrabla and of-

fgclals hcre exhibit greater con- fdencc in asscrtinrz that Ru- inanla will not ylcld an inch of territory.

Brssarabla, like Finland, bo- longeri to Czarist Russia before the first Great War.

Romanian ‘ ‘sm born of Russian reverses In Finland is Pmpered by realization that In case of a Sovlct attack RIIYW“YIIFI would have no Arr-V» weather or glacial snows to licln hcr. BI-ssarabiil is an cx- icnslnil of the Russlr-n sicnncs. easy to invade and difficult lo rlefrnrl.

More lmnnrlani ls the nonl- hllllv of slmuflnncnus attacks by Hungary and Ilulzarla to regain territories they claim from Ilumanls.

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All ca}; And Passenger Craft To Be Included

Effective First Of Feb. Plan Aimed At Increasing Facilities

For Moving Necessary Goods.

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

LONDON, Jzm. 4—(CP Cable)—The British Govern- ment will izike full control on Feb. 1 of the world’s big- gest merchant fleet-every ocean-going liner and cargo vessel 0n British and colonial registers.

Shipping circles were divided over the move. One prominent figure called it “red tape", adding that the “whole thing is a scandal and does not make for greater efficiency.” Another said the plan would help keep down the cost of living and improve efficiency in handling val-t consignments of goods.

H. M. (Ileminson, general manager of the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom said the announcement would cause questioning if not concern. He asked whether Government control would be as effective as control by owners and on what terms the ships would be requis- iiioned.

The decision. announced by Sir John Gilmour, Min- ister of Shipping, reflects the Governmenfs viewpoint that all shipping must be under its control to ensure efficient conduct of the war and to maintain a steady flow of essential products to the United Kingdom.

Ships of Canada and the other Dominions, India and Burma lire excluded from

I Canadian Soldiers’

. . , _ the gcncrlil requisitioning Wlves 01k“ bid“ of bottoms. The merchant T

fleet over svhich Britain AIDERSHOQ‘. Elli-gland. Jim. +- takes control numbers some (GP CABLEJ-Jllhe fold control

committee today granted a lcense to the wives of two Canadian sol.l.cr.; to open a coffee stall in Alcir-rlral. The Canadian troops can have the

7,000 vessels, large and small, with a total tonnage 0f 17,500,000.

Further emphasizing the rfglelrlitie made in the C.l'.i;~..:.:iLi totalitarian nzllure of this In that alppluutvm“, MN‘ M

war, the treasury announ- ced zl new restriction on the transfer 0i‘ sterling or ster- ling securities effective next lllondziyn it is design-

smith and Mrs. M. Grilyson, wrote hero

"these mcn, yvlio came over voluntarily f0 lcilrl Llltul‘ would so apprccizil“ it if lil."_ occasionally ei.\. a clip of made in the lll.l!lL'i‘ to trill-h

ed to protect the pound are accustomed" sterling and conserve the {English coffee is llunnrgl- mice nation's credit for its war mm will}? V _ y _ _ effort. The order prohibits the trans-

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fer of star-line or sterling ities from Britain to any dual or company oiltside the Bri-y fish Empire. and in addition to Canada, Newfoundland and Hone Kong, without DCl'l1‘ll.~SlOll cl the treasury.

The reason for including Carl-l adli in the trniisricr ban is the tact that the Dominion is on dollar currency which is at ll prclllillm over sterling. Britain's dollar posi- tion is onc of her weakest points in fllililiCllliZ llic ivrir. lilirtzcularlv because of the necessity of pay‘- i.'"Y cash for pill-chases iii inc United States with which nation ‘c in hassn adverse trade bril-