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BRTSiI FLIERS n1 on

British, German Long-range. Cans

In Fierci Duel

Major W. C. Thackeray of Ot- tawa, who commands four picked

crews in the first division, will gnamong the first, Canadians to contact. the enemy and give them a hot reception if they try to invade Britain. Mayor Thackeray was in the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in the last war.

20B Dairymen, Farmers Strike J In Sydney

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SYDNEY. N5. Oct. 25--(CP)— More ziian 200 dairymeci and farm- ers ref cd today to delfeve-r milk

‘ bufing plants vtrhich have 1 to agree to pav the eight C6111: per quart wholesale prior.- askcd bv the Cane Breton Milk Pro- dlircrs‘ msociation.

The milk “strike" affected six large distributing plant-s in this area, but no immediate shortage was fclt through the (Fgtrtpt ‘m- mecizately’. Several of tile disfrfiui- tors hrituz in the larger part. of their aupplies from the Nova. scuba man» 9.111 .

Comingi venl; 1-9- late for NOIIcI-s in this columi flint: per word.

m- ‘i.______i_, "Talkies-Mt. Stewart saturd y. L-616-10-24-..i.

"Ttiikics-Crapaud Tuesday. 11-017- 10-26-21.

"TaIkies—French River Monday. L-616-1i)~24-(ii.

"Zion Cake Sale today 2 o'clock lilaruime Electric. L-784-10-26-l1.

"Tfllkies and Dance Bradalbauc Wrdnvsdov- L-6l7-10-2G-2i.

‘ffinok’: cannery will be canning clllfritli u-cck of October 25th. Tlicn closed for season.

14-‘703-10-24-31.

“Pnutv sale, Holmans. Saturday Octcbcr 2 tli by Mermaid Red Crors Unit. 11-763-10-25-21

an Church home cocking inzurduv‘ aflcrnrtzti. S. A ‘ L-rna-1u-2n-u.~

fiicst-rve November 6th Hunter Rim" Atmuai Supper. L-80fi-10-26-li.

"Yiurrnage snic, Trinity Social, “'1! Siurdflv. oct. ‘to. n (Yclnrlk.

14-7651-10-25-21.

"Chit-ken Suppctb, Graham's R"'_"i llull, Wcdncsdav. October 3m“- L-803-l0-26-2i.

. tvt-‘cn Chicken Sutzprr at. Pcv Strhool on Oclt lift for \\‘iil‘ purpggog

"flittice. StimTcrTstVs. Micsdov. (‘Flutter 29th. Webster's Orchestra. L-799-10-2tl-2i.

"Pflrlor Boclal for" our Scltiicrs Dvrracas in Cavendish Matist‘. 'I‘11cs- do. October 2on1. L-27-l0-26-li.

, "Chicken Sllimer in Lot as hall A Postponed to Monday, Oct 28th. l‘ "of fine. Tuesday. L-778-10-25-3i. "Chicken Sup r and Bazaar, Wood Island ciulreeh Hall, Tuesday, Ofllbe-r zeta. Special music. L-64B-10-2B-ii.

"Reserve November 13th Tfyflfl

nlted Church annual Chicken

"PD" and Bazaar. L-79l-l0-26-ll-i2.

G"Cake Bale, ‘lth Company. Girl Gcliltles (Trinity Churchl. Moore

Mfl-fiod s. this afternoon. 111-822.

u NT H ‘Social Service Rummage Sale. b: v Name Hall. Saturday, Novem- F 9nd. afternoon and evening. 11-626-10-22-26-11-1-21.

"Delicious Supper at Halloween y". St. James Hall 31st. Pumpkin 1})?- Candy and Fancy Work Sale. 50 f 0i 800d things to eat. Tickets

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Ru Queen Marv Needlework Guild "llllflile Sale. Proceeds war work. SM Peters cathedral Schoolrootn. 1111i11v. November 2nd, 'l P. M. L-78Ii-10-26-li.

vnzigltarlottetown Male Chorus

“an {wllrfilrlim at Wheatley River

m A leader 29111 inst. at ans D- ‘ "M"?! Women's Institute.

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g-hheldmlfrench Coast.

Island-born Cleric Passes At Toronto

TORONTO, Oct. B5 --(CP) —Dr. Robert Laird, treasurer of the Unit- ed Church of Canada since its es- tablishment in i026, died here to- night. lie was 69 years old.

Dr. Laird had been active in the affairs of both the Presbyterian and United Churches and previously had been treasurer of the Presby- terian Church before church union.

Born at Malpeqttc, P. E. 1., Dr. Laird was educated at Pictou Ac- ademy, Pictou, N. 8., Kingston Col- legiate Institute and Queen's Uni- versity, Kingston. Ont. He also at- tended the University of Berlin.

He was ordained in the Presby- terian Church Oct. 1, 1895 and his first charge was in St. Andrew's Church, Cnmpb-clliord, Ont. Late": he was minister at. the first church firockvillc, OnL. and St. John's Church. Vancouver. _

In 1905 Dr. Laird was appointed financial agent and professor of practical theology at Queen's Um- verslty’, Kingston. Ont, a position he held until i913 when he became secretary of the board oi finance of the Presbyterian Church in Can- ada. He filled that position during the next. seven years and in addi- tion was secretary and organircr of the for1va:d mzvtinciit of tile clung-h 1918-20.

Dr. Laird brcamc treasurer of the

Airmen From “flown llnder” Arrive Here

By Herbert L. Jones Canadian Press Staff WritQ

A WET COAST CANADIAN PORT, Oct. 15 —(CP) -Bronzed airmen from New Zealand and Au- stralia —the southern Dominions’ latest contribution to the empires vast air training plan — arrived at this fa: west port today and let their foot on the shores of Canada

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vicnvttivr BEGINS TALKS, WITH _|_TAiY

BERNE Switzerland, Oct. 25. -- (AP) --Dlplomatic sources reported tonight that the Vichy government, which has lust concluded negotia-

with the Nazis, has begun ne- Bot-lotions with Italy.

These sources said the talks are

being carried out by vice-premier

l DOVER, Oct. 26.—(Saturday)

(Cl'i—lil‘ltlh‘ll and (germ-nu long-mango artillery fought n. pruiuugeu battle across the nugiisn Channel last. night. 3nd curly today, and British bomb- ers violently assaulted the Nu]- held trench coast.

u. was one of the heaviest and longest engagements of the war ‘418113-1111! "D the skies on both sides of the Dover strait in a 00111111110115 rumble q] heav ex. piosions that was like a t un- derstorm.

The action began yesterday after- noon in a. British bombardment of a small ucrmun convoy in the Channel, Hours later, German guns answered with a like bombardment. of a British convoy, the Royal Air Forceuttalcked and it became, then, a thunderous general engagement involving two heavy DELMJTWS the German side.

Early this morning the British convoy still was under fire in the Channel, and the British gum were pounding the German batteries.

Great sheets of flame lit up the clouded sky and the glare reached all the way across the channel to the English side.

While the artillery duclled about dusk, German tiiancs ‘latinched a mass attack upon the British con- voy and its barrage balloons.

German planes dropped some 30 bombs around the ships. No direct. hit was reported. but. some might have been struck by splinters.

Two R.G.A.F. iiien Killed

church in 1920 and continued in that position in the Utiitcti Church after 192?.

Iu addition to his financial du-

ties, D1‘. Imird was an active, member of the executive of the: Geucrui Cotuu-il of the Utiitcd l

Church which he represented on many ottcasiotts in the United Status and Great Britain.

By nptuiiniiticnt of the Pres- bytcriun Church and latcr of the United Cllillffll 11c was a 11101111301‘ of the western srction of the Alliance of ltcformcd Churches throughout. the ivorlti holding the Presbyterian systctn. At the 193'! meeting of the alliance council in M0illl'i‘iil he was elected president for tho ncxt four years.

He had been riclctlntcd to four general councils of the alliance. Surviving are his widow, a son. Dr. R. C. Laird of Toronto and a daughter. Dr. Marion Laird oi.’ New York A sister, Mrs. Frank E. Ycizh of "Poronto, and four bro- th"1‘s, Jamvs C. of lVioutrcai, David if. of‘ ivluuitaco. William L. of Chicago and Rt-v. Jnlin M. Laird of St. Thomas. Ont.. also survive.

John L. Lewis Supports Willkie For President

WASHINGTON, Oct, 25.-(AP)— John 1,, 15mg tonight announced his suppflft for Wendell L. Willkie for Preside-tit. of the United States. and said that if Willkie should be defeated he would retire as PR8!- dam of the congress 0f Industrial Organizations.

“n, l5 Qbviotis," the Labor leader said in a broadcast address from i115 headqitttrters at. the United Mine Workers Building, "that. Pre- sident. Roosevelt will not be ‘r0-

11 tiird term, uness ‘i311: °i§§ tlllar otvelwlitllminz 511F210" "l men and women of labor. lie is, therefore. re-elcflfll- ll Wm "1"" flint tlic members of the Congress of Industrial Organizations hovere-

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ted my advice and tip‘. ‘

Nazi Switch Attack To Naval Base

Rosyth Is rifle or Bombs After Savage Axis Smash At British Capital.

LARDER LAKE Ont, Oct. 25- (CPI - A Royal Canadian Air Force training plane, in difficultv fivtng tiir tgh thick mist from Wm- nipcg to an Ontario port, crashed imo a hill ncru‘ this norihcrn On- tario mining town today rllling twc tncmbers of tire R. C. A. F.

The plane crux-hurl into a hun- dred 111C005 when it smashed into u big spruce troe on top of the hill. stvcn miles from Lurticr Lake. Th" bodies of Sgt. Harry MacDonald of Wninipeg and Aircraftsmuu W. J N. Studds of New Westminster, B C., were still in the main mass o‘ wreckage tonight.

T11»:- scetic of the crash was in‘

front any beaten path in the wilt '

country south of here. Séarch pur- ties had to cut a trail through woods for three-quarters of a mile to reach the scene, located by Pte. Jack Granger who was home on leavc irctn his Camp Bordon tank unit. Granger" vwo has a crmmercial pilot's lic.ncc, took oif to locate the plane when the mist cleared.

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LONDON, Oct. 26.-— (Satur- day) — (CH-Axis warplanes, after slackening their attack on London, early toihy struck heavily at eastern Scotland, where the British naval base of Rnsyth is located in the Firth of Forth.

lleavy explosions were heard as s terrific anti-aircraft bar- range lifted from Scotland's batteries. The raiders struck in three waves at half-hour inter- va s.

Rusyth wan the first target on British soil raided by Nazi planes Oct. l6. 1939, six weeks after the declaration of war.

There were 35 naval casualties Ind slight damages to the cruis-

ers k glen and Edin- hurirh, and t c destroyer Mo- hawk.

Tod: ‘s raid was the most

determ nod since that date,

Some of the raiders tnpeared to have been hit bv grout-til fire.

A savage Axis air attack on Lon- don took a steadily mounting toill of civilian death and ruin last itirh‘ and carlv tcdav after the hrnvicst {iarydliglit pounding since mid-Sep- 9

er. After midnight the raiders slack-

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where they will com iete trainin ' - -=_ in the tactics of modgrn air warg gcflrgaltilrxelspam‘ Wm‘ Italian mp“ fare. Whether Mussolini would met-t The smiling young airmen who Premier Petaiu later was not will be pilots, observers and air gun- llmwll- H8 mitt Hitler earlier this ners lined the mu as their big Week 84W Level raved the way 11mi- slid out of ma grey mist m 1°‘ ma" mks- her dock after 21 days at sea. Laval- “ w“ repwmdr Wm N‘ They included men from almost mm w Vichy perm!” Saturday w every state in Australia and both “mo” to we Petamacablnel‘ islands of New Zeaiand and lined t T?“ attgxlgfgment’ which 1-5 "?‘P“.F°d up suiartiv on the deck under their fie"§§‘,§}m,§s°‘§n,f‘§§fi§,§‘°“fl¢~,§‘Q1 Mme“ l" charge- sources said will On pa Si at. 131st The“ the!’ streamed 011' the 8111p. he clearly to France's pgdvantagc the dark blue uniforms of the Au- and probably will mean moving Smllifllls mingling it'll-h the blue northward to the Seine the line be- grcy of tit-e New Zeaiartders, much tween OOQUPiBd mid llllwfillllied like . worn by the Royal can- France, the return of the Munch adint ir Force officers who we1- Vemmel“ "O Pmls- 11ml “W "P" coined them. 9B5? 0i 1mm)’ FTTPIWII wit-l‘ DYi-Sfill- The Ncw Zealand contin - “'5' eluded two dark-skinned Maggliiolyz. fogtyyfilgglggilydedunuilliesnll,‘ illéesep-AIQE Joe Nrteta, i8, North Auckland. bwrance must pav'wul 5pm“. 35m“

on New Zraiandls north island.

Two Deaths 0n Canadian Navy Casualty List

That price still is reputed to be the use DV the Axis, if and when 1t sees the need, of French Mediter- ganean anu ‘African navui and air

B588.

Informed sources here said Hit- ler's conversations with Franco of lspam possibly would lead to three- way control of French West Airica -—by Germany, Italy and Fivtucc. That would imply, 1t was said, one useof French bases and the c04- tension of the offensive against Britainls African colonies as well as 2110s: areas vviltlclgi have lgone lover

‘ . ire e au e‘s "Tee OTTAWA’ Oct 25_(CP)_The o en Cin s

Rcvitl Cruiaciiait Navy in its 10th of- French” banner. fzcial casualty list, tonight reported the cicatn of two men. The deaths rascd the total of dead and miss- mg Wfwllfll since the out-break of

I Rumored Axis ¥1§1l1cl31f9' 15 111 1 t -t t: 1 i llfllliffiéulgigllll regiemeanteasl rltigmgr 611213551 119K C lll'- l . ‘ _ ’ 3 Peace Drive I

VICHY, France, Oct. 25 —IAP1— Premier Pctruu rcturnutl twilight,’ from his rendezvous with Hulcixi and informed sourccr. here consul-t ered the possibility that the tirescnt t negotiations between Germany, It-t aly and Franoe may be prelude; to 1 an axis “peace drive."

Ovcrturcs for a ccssion of hos- tilities might be launched througn President Roosevelt, these sotirces.‘ said, after all the strings are tiuul together from the current of im-t pending conversations between Pe-

Dicti while on leave:

AB. Vernon Miller Ward, Qn-2275, Mrs. Melbourne Ward (mother) Snckvilic, NB.

Killed in motor a t-ident:

PO. Writer Ctharlcs D. Devine, on- 403-18, Mrs. Isatclie B. Devine (wife) B9 Lcndon Si. Halifax.

Two Women Burned In Maine Fire

AUBURN, Me., Oct. 25.—(AP) — Firemen searched the ruins of fire- sucpt howl Whitehall tonight for the bodies" of two women guests.

Q...L.u11y' nstvu us nuviug pLish- etl in the bcnirc-tiautu on.“ m... urove 74 guusis to the streets —- , o1 111ml over ueriai loaders thrilling rtscucs — were MLSS urau: nnyes, tiii, of Auburn, and Airs. Aiarlon DOW Poului. 2ft. widow. lvLss ritzy-cs ivas a. lofts-little rest- (Lnt a. inc iiULCi, wluic Nirs. Pou- 1111, 11.1.» 1min ten-titty had been employed in Biticieiord, ‘tiunsltiit.

\Vlliil.' they searched the ruins, incmcn wcro tnuiufui of Lne possi- unity that others, wnusc names were not cn the hovel register, might lune bruit in the building 11nd flui- cci it) umku an escape.

AL Control Mattie Gcnerul Hospi- tal. a ivlrs. Connolly. of Portland, ikknhfilfl from shock. She was cne of i111: last of more than 30 guests, sgnlg or them children, rescued from upper floors. Still unnerved llbtila 111101" her rescue, Mrs. Con- ' ut-tiv “.15 unable to tell her flail I ' amp. but said she had no reia- ~

vcs.

cnnsc of tho fire, which diddam- y

out‘ cstunated at $751100. W“ time‘

Prcztiicr Laval of France and Claim of Italy. tin Betrlin, a spokesman

are continuing")

he in no hurry to put the Vichy

agreement with the axis. Lztvui

the Hitler talk of yesterday.

statements to the effect that future of France is bound up in‘ the negotiations tried tmiigh‘. in “l” a said. it appears that the results will be les important than previous- ly expected and will settle onlv “immediate problems" France and Germany.

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tcrtiiiiieti, Night clerk Neil B- munou, Oct. as -tcr> —1'ruc Gibbs. discovered it about 4 us, Rpyal Air Force issued the fol ou- “"141 ing bulletin Friday nlght on opm- ,

whcn ho investigated noise in the basement Smoke quickly

filed tile building and flames cut mm‘ m Amcaz“

"Royal Air Force bomberl @011’ l °U °5"“pe' tinned their attacks on Gura and l ’“ Asmara yesterday. At Asmara ene- my aircraft dispersed on the Rrvllfld were bombed and two probably were destroyed. At Gura a fire was start-

ed alongside one building and two

liepburn Names l 501th: fires were follow-ed by explo-

' “A low-level attack was made an enemy camp stores at Azozo, in Gondar province, Abyssinla. A fire was started and was followed by a series of explosions.

"At Alomata, north of Dessie. a low-diving bombing attack was made on enemy aircraft camouflaged on the ground. Bombs fell near one Cal-33. An enemy lighter inter- cepted our bombers but. the leader of the formation immediately en- gaged it and forced it aground, sub- sequently machine-gutmintz it.

"Troop concentrations near Kas- saia. were attacked succtcxsftiliv. In Libya a series of raids were cn-rricci out on Benguzi. Whai-ves and ship- ping in the harbor were bombed and hangars at. Bcrka airtiromc were attacked and several fires startwl. Tire full extent of tho damage to the harbor could. not be definitely assessed.

“From all operations our aircraft returned safely." .

TORONTO. Oct. 25.-tCP)—Pre- mlor Mitchell F. Hepburn announc- ed tonight that Mr. Justice C. P. McTnguc. of the Supreme Courto! Otiturio Wlil_ fiend the three-ma" Royal Commission to investigate af- fairs of the Abitibi Power and Pa - cr Company. The others will be i!’ James Dunn and A. E. Dyment- Sir Juror-s is president and chair- mnu of tiic Board of the Al8°m3 steel Corporation and Mr. Dyment is cliairtnuti of UK‘ Bfiflfd 01 ‘he Cntmdtuti General Electric.

CHILI) KILLED BY TRITK

SOUTH NELSON. NB, Oct. 25 ._1cp>-Anuo McMahon. three- ycur-cld daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. William McMahon, was killed in frcut of her hcme here tzday when |mt by a tiuck drlvcn by Percy Mathews, of Lyttleton, NB.

Old Marshal Petain appeared it) lcaught‘ in the storm had returned in p r1 governmzntt on the dotted lim- 11. ill" — Jlif went. onto Paris without him attcr 'CfllJ‘» J8 R liaymait and his Ncw- joundland crew on the Officials who have been issuluf: Tea." deepened t-“at she had flound- th» jorcd in the 50-1‘ .

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Says Millions 0f “Yanks” Are Coming

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"iliosc of us who already are lli‘1'i3 uru lltu vanguard, as vie “"1"” "l 19H.“ sum sweencymnc "i tho orgunilt-rs of the Lnfgy- etu- csuauiifiilt- in which Ameri- ililtls iiru‘ ill Fmnre priur lutlw llllit-ti Mutt-s‘ rlllry llllu iiic LLsL mu‘.

“We American volunteers -- iuvirof 1914, soldiers of the foreign Legion, airmen of the iluizuclii- squutiiun —h.'ive rul- llvfl to lllt- cause of England," llo 1111i. villiilliilh will come. fit. 11-1 us. as 1111')‘ tiiti in itlitt. ‘(jrcut iirilaiii has become the h-mun of‘ [his wur; she is the ruck against. which barbar- lsm \\'ill lu- broken, as ii. was broken in iiliti ut the guilt-s of‘ Verdun. 111 this gtrUflfilt‘ you will l>1~ rr-ttuitt-ti “iii; in. nun in victory you \\iil uiu but-k _\1~.* J0)‘ 11ml |ll‘l(l(‘ in franc

British Invasion Feared By Nazis

LONDON, 0C1. 25—(CP)_ Th" llillli‘ “all reported today

that a Berlin radio broadcast has" disclosed that German troops were building line! of

fortifications along the French and Belgian coasts to repel a, possible British landing in force.

N0 authoritative British oom- ment on the report was avaip aliio.

The newspaper said the broadcast relayed a talk from

ST AIBB BAI

[Targets Include

Berlin And War

Supply Depots Raid On Berlin-aces O11 T hree

Hours. Nazis Admit Damage in Reich Capital And Elsewhere.

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l.tl\‘lll).\'. Oct. f3.’ t('f’)--Two British submarines have 11.1" ;1~e| 1m .\\i~ victim npirrt- in the “coniinuolla pressure 111111-11 llriiisii naval fort-vs maintain on cousin] communications in cut-my wait-rs,“ tile Admiralty announced today.

Th1: submarine Swordfish, it said, sent l. Nazi torpedo boat to tile bottom off the French coast, while the Regent destroyed a [Ltltltl-ton Italian supply ship in thc hictlitt-rrant-an.