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QUEBEC. Oct. 18—An uutivmobile In which six perwns were believed to have been riding swerved from a downtown street tonight and luurcd into the St. Lawrence alter. 1t viva-not known knurled- lately ivh-cther any passengers or"? drowned.

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Coming Events late for NOCIC-C-Sol-Il- this i cents per word.

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'_'Dance at MoMillanb. Stnnhoéac Friday night. L-li 7.

"Talkies-Canoe Cove Friday. L-1386-10-18-2l.

"Rummage sale East Royalty Institute. Saturday, 21st, 2 o'clock. Rankine McLaineZs. Grafton St.

"Hope River Bazaar and chicken 1119991‘ in Parish Hall, Oct. 24th. and 25th_ I..-l408-10-l'l-3i

Mzgfifserylert Wednesday. ‘October 01' goose supper n Cape ‘traverse Hall. L-l452-lO-19-24.

"Dance in St. Ignatius School Friday night. October 20th. L—1450-l0-1B-1l.

"Annual Chicken Supper, Dance, Si. James Hall, Summertield, Tues- dlli‘. October 24th. Orchestra.

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"Annual Meeting oi P. E. Island Jfl-"lf breeders Friday, 1.30 i’. M. i" Akricultural Hall. L-1422-10-18-2i.

' ‘ Reserve Nzigmber 1st. Trycn Pi" terion Goose Supper and B-Y/oiu- L-no-ro-ro-ri.

‘ Chicken Supper and Dance. Mllllil)‘ River Iiflll. Saturday, Oc- Wber 31st, i o'clock. 25 cents.

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."D°,n't forget Dance at Borden Thursday niig t. Music by O. K. pmebl’ and his Charlottetown Band.

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"Cattle-We require a quantity 0i cows and bulls for bologna Phmlc or write us for prices. 1s- lrnd cold Storage Co.

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"Come to Concert and Basket 5M1"! Mt. Herbert Orphanage Fri- doy. oncomi- 20th. ndminion 15¢. [idles with baskets free. Aid oi Blmbllry Institute. L-l453-10-19-1i.

"The Annual Meeting of the Bor- don Fox Show will be held on Pri- ilay. October 20th at a P. M. in the Town Hall. Borden. nu interested "it requested to attend. E. c. Boll. secretary. L-l4i3-10-l8-3i.

"Annual meeting of Hazelbrook Qooiierstive Buying Club will be held at. Haselbrook School, Tucs- ilfly Oct. 24th at 8 p. m. Rev. D. K- will address meeting. All interval-ed urged to attend. Russell Drlscoll, Secretar . L-i471.

"Livestock Marketing Board will ‘wept and amembic veal calves and fat. sheep at Charlottetown on Fri- dly and Saturday oi this week. "N! Monday next, for shipment to Montreal, Prices are ood and we “P53 l0 do fairly’ wel on the ex-

ment. We inv to you to join us

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Charlottetown Guardian Two (lens. “ . Founded its‘!

More than 1,300 warplanes were contracted for with United States plants by the two countries prior to the out- break of the war. Less than half had been delivered when the neutrality act went into effect. countries, Sweden. are anxious to obtain United States Sweden has a contract with one factory for pursuit planes. A Belgian mission is enroute to the United States to dis-

cuss the purchase of aircraft. “ Representatives

including Belgium and warplanes.

of the French Government ivant to buy 3,000 alr- plaiie engines here, though whe- ther these would be in addition to

ti? engines fitted to the warplanes ,

they hope to buy could not be

‘earned .

Favorlng acquisition of up-to- date warplanes by France and Great Britain ii’ the embargo is lifted was a decision reach- ed by a joint army and navy board within the last week that each exriort application would be considered on its merits. re-

gardless of the “age" of the “typo of aircraft involved.

Heretoiore. no type less than o. year old could be shipped. All ex- perts are still contingent on de- liverlcs of planes ordered by the American armed seryicm.

The French. it is loomed, are riuxlcus to buy three types oi Un- ited States planes-pursuits. ob- servction ships and tyre-engined bombers. The British want recon- naissance planes, single-engine at- tack planes and two-engine med- ium-weight bombers.

Rance has inriulred exhaustively into the ptssllfliiy of buying ad- ditional hundreds of Curtiss pur- suits. Two hintdred of thew ma- chines capable of “more titan 300 miles an hour" top speed. were de- livered prior to the start of the war.

Censored dispatches. plus private advices from Paris, re- lutc that the planes have per- formed exceptionally well a- gainst faster but less man- oeuvreable German pursuits.

ll-BMoaTliaptain Tells (if Sinking Royal Oak

BERLIN, Oct. l8—-(AP)—Com_ mandcr Guenther Prlen, who Ger. man officlrfs clnim sank the Royal Oak nt Scupa Flow-a performance which Winston Churchill described as “A remarkable exploit of skill rind dnrlng"—-vnis hailed as a. nat- ional hero in Nazi Germany today.

The 31-year-old submarine com- mander received from Adolf Hitler Germany's highest war decoration. the Grand Cross of the Iron Crms. The iiO-odd members of his crew. who yesterday were presented Iron Crosses by Grand Admiral Erich Rlreder. saw the ceremony in the Farmer's private study.

At n press conference in the pro- paganda ministry, where he met foreign correspondents, Prion told ni his raid la t Saturday and claim- ed “It was all over- in 30 seconds."

"We set. off two torpedoes." he related. "The Royal Oak disap- peared and i-he Repu‘se listed shnrnly forward."

(The British Admiralty has de- nied that the Repulse. a battle cruiser. was damaged. The Admir- nlty sold 20 minutes elapsed be- tweiiri the firing of the two torped- oes.

Saw It Through Periscope

Prion stuck slcndfosily to the German contention that the He- pulse was damaged seriously. He said he saw it nll through his per- iscope before he headed for the

nncn sen. successfully returning l-hrough the perilous mine fields oi Scapa IFlcw.

Otto Dietrich. press chief. told corrcsponden .. ‘Here's u man who can prove that Churchill (Prlfalns First. I'm-d oi the Admiralty) is witfhhcfdine some of the truth.”

Prden. l5 years a sailor, s<-'d his ambition has been to sink a British battlerhln. Ho claimed there was no trouble lrlentlfvlfl" the vii‘- sels silhouetted "iIPIIWt R SKY brightened by northern lights.

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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

cunneowarown, CANADA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1939

SIJVIETS ARE DISAPPIIINTED

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Turn Attention T0- wards Finland A- gaim- Send Troops Into Estonia Under Agreement.

MOSCOW, out. 18 —(AP) -s'ov_ let Russian officials, concealing any disappointment over failure to reach flfl fll-ifeemellt with Turkey, turned the; attention northward again to- night, preparing for a resumption of talks with Finland and sending lmQps into Estonia in accordance with the recent mutual aid pact concluded with that. country.

The Moscow press said troops leaving for Estonia were taking nu- merous Soviet books and films and even WWWW machines. Estonia iconceded three bases on her soil to

ussia.

Soviet officials have insisted the lndepfilfiflllce of Estonia. Latvia and Lithuzinza, three segments of me 031d Russian empire will be respect-

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Pravda, Communist. party organ, in tifldlSpfltoh from Leningrad, said the commanders used every free minute for political talks” prior to departure for Estonia.

Unofficial British circles W"? Salli i0 regard the incon- clusive result oi Russian-Turk.

15h talks as eatly strengthen- ~ lug Great ritaiu’: stand u. ‘Gennony. - "

Tire Russian ess bitterl tt k- Bd the French gbvernmentyfgr @811- tlnumg the war against Germany and rFrancesl treatment of the Fren Communist party.

T858. Soviet news agency announ- Ced that a German commission which arrived yesterday would n g- otiate for removal from Weston“ h)- kraine and Western White Prussia, (Darts of eastern Poland occupied‘ by the Russian armies) of Ger- mans desiring to migrate to Ger. many.

Gouin Says Quebec Near Revolution

OI-IICOUTIMI. &t. 18 —(CP)-— Paul Gouin. Action Liberale Na- tional lender, said today "Quebec is on the b;lnk of revolution and the situation will become hopeless unless tire people reaiize the grav- ity of the hour.”

(By J. F. Sanderson,

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in the immediate future.

The British Government, quali- fied sources in ed. regard the pact as ‘of pa: oun importance because oi 'I‘urkey's_ position in the Balkans. It also should influence italy touiard neutrality. these sour- oes said, and solidify the Balkan States against German economic and military penetration.

Informed sources indicated. how- ever. that Great Britain btlll hopes Russia and Turkey will reach aii cment because it would pro- . a diplomatic bridge between Britain and the Soviets and help restrain Joseph Stalin in any dir- ect rnlliary tie-up he may eon- tvmplate with Germany.

Progress Report

In his urcekiy war "progress re- part" NIT. Chamberlain announ- ced the British expeditionary force had taken over a sector of the

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War-—25 Years llgoloday

(By The Canadian Press)

"A change is absolutely‘ neces- sary," the 41-year-old ontreal lawyer told o. campaign rally in this Lake St. John centre. "And ii this change is not made on Oct. 25, in an ordinary manner with the Action Libeale Nationale. it will occur within a few years in disord- er and created by men of disorder."

Mr. Gouin repeated an earlier campaign charge that an A. L. N. Goveinment at Quebec would “put an ezrd to the confederation pact” if any government at Ottavza sought to impose conscription. “This is my attitude. clearcut and non-equivocal," he asserted.

The A L. N. leader said Pre- mier Dupicssls was right when he said Provincial autonomy was threatened and that Liberal lead- er Aclelard Gozibout was right in his assertion that the credit 0f the Province was in danger.

A "POLITICAL" MEETING

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(Canadian Press Stuff Writer)

ST. JEAN PORT-JOLY. Que. Oct. 1B —(CP)—A stormy, old fashioned French-Canadian con- tradictory meeting marked nomin- ntion day in the lower St Lawr- ence River division of L‘Islet here today.

With rival factions cheering and jeerirrg continually, Hon. Adelard Godbout. Provincial Liberal leadc", faced his two opponents in the Provincial Elections of Oct, 25- Hon. Joseph Bilodeau. Minister oi Municipal Affairs. Trade and Com- merce in the Union Notional Gov- ernment. and Phillas Oucllett. Action Liberale Nationale candidate and a veteran farmer from St. Perpctue.

Speeches mattered little as the three candidates confronted each other on the latfonn of u rickety wooden ban stand on a hillside overlooking the St. Lawrence Riv- er. Cheers and boos 0d rival vot- ers who came by csr, truck and buggyjrom all comers oi this country 8o miles below Quebec echoed from the rolling hills.

Mr. Biledeau and Mr. Ctodbout found a ready audience, but Mr. Ouellett could hardly be heard for r-atcalls. Jeers and laughter. He re- ‘irecl with complete good nature,

but other scheduled speakers re-

reached Flanders front. First but- tle of Ypres began. Monitors of the British fleet aided Belgians in re- pulslng German attacks from Nieuport to Dilrmude.

International Situation At A Glance

B Th C nadian Press)

L0(NI§0N—ePri?ne Minister C111!!- berlaln announces eight fillfml" planes downed in this weeks lr-aids. says Great Britain has made 80°11 beginning" in ivnrdinti 0" l" chi-outs; Sir John simon defends Britain's economic war.

WASllINGTON-lPrcsident Roose- velt burs belligerent submarines from United States ports and ter- ritorial waters.

PARIS- German troops clash with French line of resistance on IOO-mlle-long north wing of We!“ ern front in blg offensive.

BERLlN-Gennany fates com- mander and mcn who claim they gmfi Royal Oak: capital buoyant nvgf reports c! German submflfllw and air operations.

lSTANBUL-JTIIHW! exam-M i“ sign mutual assistance pacts with Britain and France in day or 1W0; German envoy leaves for home.

STOCKI-IOLM-Klnu of Norway, Sweden. Denmark and President of Finland meet in Protect neu- trality; crowd demonstrates solidar-

ity.

MOSCOW-Russia glans to pro- ceed with Finnish talks. sends troo into Estonia under agree- men

ROME-Pope Plus cites import- uncc of Christianity in Europe where “enemies of God" are outing "sinister sbodow."

OCT. l9, iBiIi-First Indifln units -

British Premier

Expresses Pride In R.A.E Acti vi ty,

Tells CommorTsBritish Fighters Took 25 Per Cent Toll Of Nazi Bombers — British - Turkish Agreement Expected Soon.

Canadian Press‘ Staff Writer) madlelolygolgrlyfil- CIIPIM-Great Britain has directad n°°_ eillmllllg In beating back German air raids _ 9 flllalllst her ports and naval depots, Prime Min- ister Chamberlain told the House of Commons today, Kill]? PTQI-Iilris were current in diplomatic circles that the ng 0- urkish pact would be signed within the next two

_ Pride and gratification i_n his voice, the Prime Min- ister described how Royal Air Force fighters and anti- zriicrzift gunners had taken a 25-per cent toll of German bombers which raided northern naval bases during the lust two days. Eight German planes out of 30 crashed to the sczi and others were damaged. There were no British

Meanwhile, due to the impasse in the Russian-Turkish negotiations, it was expected that Britain’s combined eco- nomzc and political agreement with Turkey will be signed

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French Active In Probing Nazi Lines T0 Learn Exact L0- cation.

By Taylor Henry

Associated Press Staff Writer

PARIS. Oct. l8 —(APJ French military observers re- ported tonight that German troops in their advance 1mg made contact with the French mriirr line of resistance at all points of the 100-mile-long northern flank of the western front.

The Germans were reported rushing up lclrnufcflmflfli! to support units which had gained B 10811011! in French territory on the extreme northern flank.

A semi-official explanation oi’ the German advance o1 the past two days froun French general headquarters presided W" b? General Maurice Gam- fllllh eoinmandcr-rn-ehlef of the Alllpd force‘. said operations (luring the (past few days had been carrie out just n 11m French high command had planned.

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British freighter Heronspool, Irish coast six days ago.

The President Harding's first dis- tress calls—one of the iew since the outbreak 0f the war that had nut. reflected an attack by explosives rather than the elements-asked

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Scnator) Abusc‘s Britain, France And Roosevelt

By C. R. Blackburn Canaman Press Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1B -—(CP)— Speaking in opposition to the Roose. velt administration's proposed re- peal of the United States arms em- bargo, Senator Rush Hint iDcino- croL-West. Virginia) today poured forth in the Senate o. torrent oi abuse directed at Great Britain. France and the administration oi President Roosevelt.

The West Virginian predict- ed that lifting of the arms em- bargo, as proposed in the ad- ministration's revised neutrality law, would lead the United States into the war.

If as he predicted, repeal should lead to war, Holt called for amend- ment to the United States draft law which would make congressional

members subject to military duty. Holt described United States am- bassadors in Europe as "tea. and cocktail hounds" and declared they had given assurances

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ihough they technically were “with- drawing.’

Al- mimy- points. these‘ orri explained, French tr00p5 which §§§f viously had withdrawn to new ad- Elli"? Sllfws in German territory

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Canada Puts Whole Energy Into Fight

LONDON. Oct. 18»- (CP) -Ca.n- iida "has thrown every ounce of her energy and resources into the strug- gle," Hon. Vincent Massey, Can- ada's high commissioner in London. said today in a broadcast to the empire in which he described the dominionls war effort.

"Canadian workmen and employ- ers and farmers are all harnessing their energies to the forms of pro- duction most likely to aid the com- mon cause." said Mr. Massey who told also of activities of the army and air force.

‘We in Canada have entered this

war in a spirit of loyalty and in a pirit of honest patriotism. We stand by the side of Britain, we believe in this war that the human decencies depends tire threatened and we believe it is our duty n; human beings to de- ICYiiZI_fIL~':ll'1."

ISTANBUL, Oct. lB-(APL- General Maxime Weygand, com- mnnder-in-chlef of French forces in the easiem Mediterranean. arrived here today, giving support to reports that Turkey would sign inutiuh assistance pacts with Great Britain and France Within a (lay or two,

Reports were current that the 72-year-old hero oi the first Great tvar and former commander oi the French army. would sign on behalf of his Government and then con- fer wlth Turkish army chiefs on lhe common military defence

plans.

Competent circles said they be- lieved the British-Turkish act would be signed at the same t e.

Franz Von Papen. former Ger- man Chancellor and now German Ambassador to Turkey. arrived irere from Ankara en route to Ber- iln when; he was said to have been summoned by his Govern- mont.

Turkey coupled her diplomatic activity with intensified military measures. A numibor of heavy trucks and other large vehicles were requisitioned.

or military measures includ-

cd blackout drills at Smyrna and

wing troops on the Bulgarian and R/iusian Caucasus frontiers.

General Weyrrand cs-me at a mo- mam. when the Turkish-Soviet Russian negotiations a ently were broken off. Foreign inister Suk-ru Sorucoglii was on route from Moscow where he spent al-

most a month of inconclusive con- sultation with Soviet leaders.

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Liner And Freighter Fall Prey To ll-Boats

LONDON, Oct. l8-(UP)—-Sirik- lug of the ’l.028-ton British freight- cr City of Mandalay and the ‘l0.- l83-ton British passenger liner Yorkshire, about 500 miles off the coast of France. ‘lay brought. Great Britain's total loss of ships to 40 since the war began.

The American steamship Inde- pciiclence Hall, bound for the Un- ited States, rescued 300 survivors oi the two ships. and notfled the United States Maritime Commis- sion she was returning them to Bordeaux. France. 1t gave no other details of the rescue and no in- dication oi the possible loss of life.

The latest sinkings brought the total destruction since the begin- ning of the war to '79 ships, with a total tonnage of 368.360. France has lost at l-east six vessels. Ger- many niirc. and neutrals. 34. in- cluding 1'1 Scandinavian ships.

Known loss oi life mounted to 1,618, with revised announcement by the British Admiralty that 810 officers rind men had been 10st in the sinking last week of the bat- ilcship Royal Oak bv a submarine

ior “splints and fracture supplies." As lire day wore on the picture was elaborated in a series 0f laconic messages from her skipper, Captain James S. Roberto»-

“At least 23 of the injured in ser-

ious conditiuir-waitci" Paul Johnson believed lcst over the slde- an em- ergency appendicitis operation upon Heirry i-lcismoih, an engine room storekeeper, at the height of the gale-urgently needed medical sup- plies snot aboard on a line by a coast. guard cutter which coulu not. come along side" While the 13.869—ton vessel was beuig curled, tile British SIBQJILTIID Bani-berg also was in trouble. She urgently asked help, ri porting her rudder chains hurl been carried 'a- way, but subsequently she reported she could go it alone to her unan- nounced destination.

Captain Roberts, in one of his early messages reporting “heavy >985 at. prose-lit," said lie might have to make Halifax." but later alter the brillkiflf‘ of medical supplies from the coast guard cutter disclosed he would head for New York.

Goldflliastens Preparations For Wingr

Prince Edward Islanders hastened preparations for winter Wsteldal‘ 55 the Province was blanketed in a £11111 coat of snow, first for the season.

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STORMS SWEEP ATLANTIC

Prepared To Bay l/Vhen Embargo Is Repealed

‘ (By Devon Francis, Associated Press Aviation Editor)

NEW YORK, Oct. 18—(AP)—The French and British Governments are ready to place additional orders for 4,- 750 American-made warplanes-cash on the line-if and when the United States Congress repeals the arms em- bargo. A French mission now in Washington is authorized to contract for 2,750 planes, and a British mission, now in Canada, for 3,000 planes, in United States factories.

With engines and accessories the total cost would

Calls A Waves Ships

Passengers Anci- Crew Of American Liner President Harding Injured — One Lost Overboard.

(By William S. White, Associated Press Staff Writer)

(AP)—The American liner

Presidcnbllarding, szivzigciy kicked about by a storm that injured 4b pzissengerszind 28 members of the crew and pre- sumzibly swept a cabin waiter overboard, struggled home- ward tonight through seas that still were running heavily