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Italian Threat Taken Lightly, But Pre- cautionary Meas- ures Continue.

PARIS. Dec. IU-hlnoo upper- ed to double her military and navel forces in Somaliiand to- day with orders for new reinforce- ments to face any threats from ltlAllitn finest Airiohsl.

leoo wan p was aaei ed to the ‘East African Doltmol D named tn ltllhn agita-

Frelloh while proceeded from Bel gyrln, at: Italian-Ethiopian war. ' °

The terranean Fleet. She

tion for the IJN-ton dilpe ville, mounting three ‘LI-inch s Ill u. Dlibouti. hQI base. second vessel was the 2.441- ton dertro E er f th Meal-i! iiervi o e

booted to one Iort before the slower Uiberville. pun-i Situation

the aliternoon Navy Min- Oempimhi conferred

Italy any hope o territor al gains France's expense and said the Fascists had no intention of in- “$5.?” him J hid o se er s ps were e

at Marseilienfio carry 1,000 ne- Faleae sharpshcoters to and to bolster e. garrison cf 1.500 troops already there. Djibouti, be- tween the Red Sea and the Ind- is the terminus totha Ethiopia.

and British officials, to put a

French meanwhile. undertook

damper on a scare stirred up by reports of Italian troops con- centrations around Somililand.

French editors received the GW- srnmentb recommendations not h: emphasise unduly reports of French-Italian tension. The Brit- ish nnbassy made a. similar rc- quest to English newspaper cor- respondents in Paris.

Invasion Held Remote

Colonial ministry officials said frankly that "the eventuality of Italian invasion of Fremh Somali- land has not been envisaged" the inference was left that any Italian dernlinde or actions in this direct- ion were part oi a campaign to win c ‘ ' l concessions when Prime Minister Chamberlain of great Britain visits Rome Jan.

Several Conservative newspapers printed a communique denying reports of Italian troops con- eentrations in Eritrea and Ethi- ‘ibla. near the borders of French Somaliland, but others wam-d the Government against capitulafion to Italiandemands. which have been unofficiol and mdoe thrcugh zhe controlled Italian press.

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Prince

ver foo: pelt show completed second stage of its existence yes- places in the prize list. the championships the pgrand charmpionshi and the tic y winners were eclded. The udges. Col. U.’ G. Dawson Charlottetown and

Rogers of Summer ‘-' ceasingly from 9.30 a. m. until 430 . m. with a very brief intermission for lunch so as to have their part of the program completed on schedule. General satisfaction was expremed at their placings and the consensus of opinion was that a better ir eoud not have been sel to handle the VMZ) re- sponsible position of arbitra rs of awards,

It was rather ideal dav for iudsing as the lie t was sood and clear for the most part and only the afternoon. By that time all the classes bad been completed and only championships and matched- paira remained to be finished. Both Musrs. Dawson and Rog- ers. who are responsible heads of large consignment houses and have handled thousands of pelts %r prelugflietlhd! qyigriiety b?“ ht

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of the exhibits. -

The Provincial Government Pbx eldman. W. Fred Burke, had set a very high standard of quality

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reached by a very large number of pelts. In some of the classes ccm- mtion was very keen. particularly B1 the pale silver pup classes and it was difficult for the judges to make placings in many cases -sc much quality was in evidence. For years the holding 0d a pelt show had been advocated as it was felt that good and useful as were live fox shows. yet they could be supplemented with great benefit with pelt exhibitions. After this week's display in the Canadian National Hotel dining room few of those who see it will hold an ad- verse opinion regarding the bene- ills of a fox pelt show.

It was predicted in this paper Tuesday there would be some sur- prizes when prime winners were announced and that some ranch- ers v/ho had been ‘unrecognized previously as producers of quality foxes would spring into fame be- cause of their achievements at the Provincial pelt show. ‘Pills has happened and Mr. Wilfred J. MacDonald of West Covehead was acclaimed to have the grand cham- pion silver fox pelt oi’ the show. which carries with it the Lieuten- ant Governor DeBloLs trophy. Mr. Mac-Donald was winner also oi the Premier Campbell trophy for the champion adult silver fox pelt of the show as well as other a- wards. Mr. MacDonald told a be quot of foxmen last night his ranch consisted of l8 females. He had s few registered animals but the winning pelt was not from a registered animal althou h it was rzom stock which had n kept registered until about six years ago Mr. ‘MacDonald had exhibited two animals at the live fox show at Charlottetown last season. he said. Mr. H. W. Davison oi Montague winner of the champion silver

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Winners

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Att Pelt Show

Judges Praise Quality Of Ex- hibits -— Open To Public Today.

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kets. TOdiS be visitors’ day, and those attenriln8 will see the lip with ribbons placed on the wnn- ers and names shown. Also each trophy will bear a card indicating the holder. No doubt there will be a. large attendance to view this glemier collection of Prince Edward and silver fox peltries. Doors will be open until 10 o'clock in the evening. -

Many complimentary references were hcaxrd yesterday concerning the splendid organization work done by Lowell W. Hancock of summerside. chairman of i-‘hc com- mittee in charge of the show and originator oi the idea. He is de-

serving of ovary bit of praise he '-

receives. Immediately at the conclusion of the exhibition this evening the its will be taken to "the ware-

Ol muse of the Charlottetown

Fur Sales Company where they will be made read-y for shipment to O. M, lee in London, to be Prince Edward is- land show pelts, It will be inter- esting to watch‘ the rece tion ac- corded them by the fur yers in that great centre.

As stated yesterday ernp" __ of- fers were being made for parts of the collection but these could notbe considered owing in the ‘decision made at the start to ship the col- leciion in tcto to the London Auc-

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Munich Agreement

Strengthened‘ Hand

(if Britain, Claim

(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire) TORONTO, Dec. QB-Gfeat Bl‘!- tain. gained several

“important things" as a result oi the recent Munich Aifreemarut on

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o-Slovakla. . Chalmers. editor of the Financial Post. told the annual mectins the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federaticn here tonight.

"Most important 0i these gains. I think. is that Britain now is in a position to give new direction and force to her foreign policy. to liquidate the mistakes of the post-Versailles period that in- volved her in _an innmssible and critical relationship with the countries of central Dizmpe." said

Mr. Chalmers.

"Whitehall is no ionizer merely the diplomatic appendage of the Qua! (YO-say. France's policy V ringing Germany about with bands of diplomatic steel brought no peace to Europe. It made Bri- tain the ruarantor of the bound- aries of Europe. of an unhappy ‘status qua,‘ It established British might as o barrier in peaceful change. This nclicy threatened the security of Britain."

Will PresentFou . Plays At Festival

KENTVILLE. N‘. 8., bee. 28-- (CPP-Four plays will be present- ed at the r ionai drama festival in Kentville an. 9 and 10, it was announced today when an entry was received fro Yarmouth. Ad- udicator George Bklllan of Lon- on, ling" will udge plays also b the Knntviiio eatre Arts Gull , the Halifax ‘flieatre Arts Guild and the Companions of

Q- mum.

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Marksmanship ‘Of Av- iators ' Vastly Im- proves As War Pro- grosses.

BY LLOYD LEIIRBAS Associated Press Foreign Staff SHANGHAI, Dec. 28 -(A.P)--

Japanese aviators have developed from among the world's worst to among the best bombers through daily practice during 1B months of the Chinese-Japanese war, neutral observers say.

There is general agreement a- mong the military experts who have watched Japanese aerial pro- gross up the Yangtse Valley that the Japanese have changed from third-rate neophytes-:s shownby their record in the earl fighting around Shanghai-to estructive marksmen from the air.

Reserve Judgement

‘rho observers. however. reserve Judgment on Just how good Jap- anese pursuit pilots are when it comes to actual combat in the air. ‘ Military observers say that in ad- dition to improving their marks- manship and technique through continual practice on “live tar- gets," Japanese have:

1. Develo ecl a greatly-improv- ed bomb sig t: , _

2 Improved plane construction to provide greater manoeuvrabil- ity and increase the speed their engines:

.‘3. Improved the manufacture of their aerial bombs, reducing d from ~an t in Shanghai an one per along the

estimated 30 per cen operations to less th cent in recent bombings Canton-Hankow railroad.

For years foreign airmen had mharacterized the Japanese as poor liots. and their performance dur- ng the shanghai fighting in the fall of 1937 tended to confirm that opinion.

By the time the reached Nnnking they some improvement over their Shanghai bombing record and scored a. number of direct hits against important military ob- jectives. Blasting their way up the Yangtsc Riventhe Japanese showed further gains in technique and marksmanship.

At Hanknw, which fell on Oct. 26,1038. Japanese showed they had improved their bombing by 75 pcr cent. Repeatedly they struck at military objectives from high altitudes with destructive results.

Foreign observers there watched Japanese planes bomb General Chiang Kai-Shows headquarters and several important railway points from an estimated 12.000 fest. and hit their targets.

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Time Will Test Peace Of Munich

LONDON, Doc. zs-ic. r. Haven-Safely out but not forseltinz Europe's gravest war scare in 20 yearn. Greet Britain spreads sail for tllc uncharted seas of 1939 under the double flag of "appeasement" and

between Prime Minister Chamberlain and price was paid for the peace of Munich. Whatever the decision, Britain's history of 1988 undoubtedly wee wrltton on the day last Septembu- when Mr. Chamberlain,

to announce convocation of the Four-Power Munich Conference, des- tined to sate Germany's bayonet-toothed appetite with "a large slice

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Little llopc, nus For Entombed Pair

KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont" Dec, Z5—(CP)—- Hope faded late to- "ll-y that two miners, trapped more than iii hours in thc lake Bhflra [old mine here during an ‘"1’ BPIWIW. would be rescued

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would be dead waZ. “ldsfiiiffi "M!!! reaches them. No sound had been heard from them,

Liquor Base At Halifax Adjourned

HALIFAX. Dec. 2B —(CP>-— Trial of William Babineau of

cnoton. N. B.. and Thomas Battery of Saint John, Jointly with conspiracy as a suit of the seizure of s. liquor- laden truck near here last Septem- ber, was adjourned by Magistrate B. W. Russell today until Jan. l0.

Captain James Bellman. former skipper of the Schooner Admiral Beatty, main crown witness, testi- fied today under Jotcction of the court. He was sentenced to a Jail term in New Brunswick for an in- fraction oi the Liquor Act oi that province after the Admiral Beatty was seized off the southern coast of New Brunswick.

Captain Bellman was brought from. Saint John last ni ht toglvo

,'.an order of e Nova Scc a 'Bupreme Court’ being necessary to bring about his tom- porary release from jail.

Joseph Leo Leblanc of Stc. Anne de Kent, N. 13.. charged with Slattery and Eabincau and at present a. fugiuvo from Justicc. was named by Captain Bellman as the man ‘who provided the money for the purchase of the Admiral Beatiy. LeBlano jumped llmil while awaiting trial. ps

lie Valera Will Visit Roosevelt

DUBLLN. Dec. 38-_(AP)--Pr1me Minister De Valera. it was an- nounced. has accepted President Roosevelt's invitation to visit him at the White House next spring and will arrive in the Uni ed States

May 8.

Mr. De Valera also is expected to Open the Eire Pavilion at the New York World's run. The President's invitation was exicnded Oct. i9 through the United States Minister John Oudahy.

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W. Chester S. McLure Urges Exploitation Of New Outlets For Furs.

Prince Edward Island fur mar- keting organizations should begin to reach out for new markets making “our furs known in new places." Mr. w. Chester s. Mc- Lure. prominent Charlottetown ioxman, declared at a foxmen's dinner at the Canadian National Hotel last evening. "Our furs are unknown in South Africa." Mr. McLure continued. Many might say people there wouldn't buy furs but where there were women who dressed in the latest fashion there furs could be sold. The south African areas were wealthy and had the money to spend. and the speaker saw there a potentially rich market. South America was another virgin ter-‘ ritory almost totally unexplored as a. possible outlet for this Prov- inces silver fox skins, the speaker said. In the course of his address

our own great industry."

Mr. McLure was one of the speakers at a dinner held in con- nections with what has been des- cribed as the first Provincial sil- ver fox pelt show. ‘rheexhibiticn olpened Tuesda and will con- cude this eve g.

Other speakers at last night's dinner included Deputy Mayor B. Roy Holman. representing the City-of Charlottetown. Hon. W.- TI. Dennis. Minister of Agriculture representing the Provincial Gov- ernment, W. R. Shaw. deputy min- istor of agriculture. Col. U. G. Dawson, Charlottetown and Clif- ford B. Rogers. Summersidc. c0- judgcs at the show.

Mr. B. Graham Rogers of Sum- mersidc. one of the members of the show committee presided

A featuri- of, the evening was the presentation by Hon. Mr. Dcnnis of trophies to successful ranchers.

Peitg identified

_l’t was the first tim in the long history or the fur in ustry in the Dominion ihat pelts were identified for quality and marked by a pro- vinrlal departlncnt of agriculture, or Pvsovbkltjede£el~12sWim§1L§°

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Camp Training For Youth Urged

' TORONTO, Dec. Z8 —(UP)) -

in an interview today he would favor any scheme of camp training which would adequately equip Canadian youth for the dual re- sponsibilities of war and peace.

“i believe our young men should be trained to do skilled work —- work that could be useful at any time in the history of this grow- ing Donlimon," he said. “Youth wants and needs action. Any pro- gram ihat can provide youths with useful work teach them a gainful occupation and cnabic them to take pride in development of their homeland, is good business for all of us."

Fatally Injured _ Near Antigonish

MALIGNANT COVE, N. S.. Dec. 28—(OP)—l=‘raucis MacDonald. 44, suffered fatal injuries today when struck on the head by a piece of an iron pulley today while work-

The rest of the year lafscly 1'?- presenhd an in uction or epil- ab; September crisis. with issues incvitabl following e graphed b inlternationa ‘ develoments. In another year each historic in itself.- onl pieces to be

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Heavy Damage

To Ontario By

Wintry Blast Five DeathsTX-ttributed To

Worst Storm In Many Years—Services Return

To Normal.

A cold-numbed Canada looked for relief today front plunging temperatures following fast in the wake of Tug. days ‘country-wide blizzard of near-gale velocity.

Hit severely by the storm and freezing cold; Ontario reported prospects of higher temperatures after counting as its casualty toil ‘five deaths, scores of accidents, many injuries and extensive property damage.

Near-zero weather continued last night throughout most of tho Province, but the howling winds of Monday flight and Tuesday had blown themselves out. Orangevllle district, isolated from food supplies after the storm swept

over the countryside, spnt a

Suffer Heavily

Niagara Rivals sunrimr waters added to the destruction and Fort Erie cottages suffered heavily from the floods. which also swept over a retaining wall carried off tons of earth filler at perk construction site.

Quebec and the Marittmcs ee- caped with minimum dam-axe. but biting cold was the fare of both last night. Transportation and communication svsbofns returned quickly to normal.

Transcontinental trains reaching Montreal yesterday were well be- hind eclliiediulle kand ‘rural Quebec

remain -s= - points in the Province reported

tamper- atures slightly below the urc rn-ark.

Shipping liampered

0n! the Nova Scotia coast high seas hammered shipping. At Cape Breton last nizfht a heavy le and rain cleared up. while noe Edam-rd Island and a number of Nova. Scotia. points had clear. cold weather with slight snowflurries. 1t was fair and (‘aid at Saint John at Munoton s. strong west wind blew.

In Western it remained “decidedly 001d" dav torrrbcratures ranged from Winnipeg's 15 below to36beiow a/t'I‘hcPas.Al0wod 52 below for the Yulcan was re- corded at Dawson. and Alberta also was held in an iov grip.

Headed for Sable Island to pick with a fractured log. _n Government vessel Lady Laurler ploughed through heavy seas last night i00 miles off the Nova Scotia. coast.

It was impossible yesterday to launch a. boat in the rough sea and fog over the Isl-and held back a Royal Canadian Air Force air- plane which was on hand to aid in the rescue attempts. The Laur- let's crew hoped to laud today. bring the injured man aboard and carry him to the mainland for treatment.

TORONTO, Dec. 28-—Onts.ri0 coiutin/ued to recover tonight from effects cf the worst winter storm in many years which blew over most parts of the Province Mon- day night and all day Tues-day.

The wind blew itself out to- day, but sub-zero or near zero tesnrperatures continued with lino weatherman promising some relief by way of rising thermometers t0- moi-row.

A trail of destruction snrw- blocked h-ighw-avs and chiDDled communications resulted from the blizzard. Mos/t communications had been restored tonight but many roads-still were in treach- erous shone o g to their ice- oovered condition. Flcodwaiera subsided in line Fbrt Eric reuion c! the Niagara Peninsula when the wind died clown today.