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ltalians Tell 0f British Raids By Air, Sea

. Oct. l4 --tAP) —'British ullglifnlr raids on Italian bases u. Eastern Mediterranean Z0119! Wu» reverted today by the high _ British bombers attack- pot-innit) on the fortified island . 9g [pros in the Dodecaliese. wseie Italian air and naval bases are ' , d.

‘HEP-trim w“ no immediate British ‘mun-ii: tYfl this report. Similarly the admiralty in London has not. yet cumtneiiteci upon an Italian Egu-rup-uit that a naval engage-

nicni was fought off Malta during me weekend in which the uncon-

gu-med Italian version was that the Italian fleet lost one destroyer and m. t0rpcd0 boats and a British cruiser uas sunk and a British alr-

lizliltliiig. killcd 43 persons and in- tugnd 20 "ivitliout considerable dam- iizd to military objectives."

1'11 l) "ccancse islands, lying ...g stones off the ‘Inn-k- '_ in the Aegean Sea, nvght i stmteztic importance in

Ayisp to reach Asia Minor. T ‘cy line been the target of repeaters Wills bv the Mediterranean fleet and 1 Royal Air Force. Leros, particular- i. 5 idcd as valuable to any l

l r; 1e ll ' ll warships. the "m- iilllllllllll‘ rcportczi, also pounded It- alian pct- near Sldl Barvani. on Egypt's ‘lterraiican coast along the Itlie ri the Italian alteniired ard froiil Libya tom lt churned no casualties rl-sullcd. is lilt. and scvcraltclc- ivcre cut. at the Lilith“ rlik in a long British the communique av- i but, it said, "intense tlitl-a craft. reaction ~ t-ileniylv. fire noticeably ..

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BRITISH St. Lawrence Power froject

“immediate Steps” To Be Taken For Joint International De-

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OTTAWA. Oct. i4.- P _ - mediate steps looking liicaaolntlgi. ternationa. power development on the international rapids section or i111? hi. LIUVIUHCC River and the di- veision 0i additional water from the Nlflgarlt River for power ])ili‘p05c.\, were announced bv Prime Minister King today,

Both moves, Mr. King said in a statement issued at a press confer. ence, are designed to assure ade. quate supplies 0f power for defence production.

t In thocase of the St, Lawrence, it was said the governments of Can-

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CANADA. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1s, 1940

Read by Everybody

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

5TURES

King Yields To Pressure For Commons Debate

Premier Will Tour the Maritime Provinces This Week.

OTTAWA, Oct. 14 —(CP) —'I'he government is prepared to allow a full debate on international af- fairs when Parliament resumes on Nov. 5, Prime Minister Mackenzie King told a press conference here today before he left by train for Quebec on a trip that will take him to the Maritimes.

"Tile members should come to Ottawa on Nov. 5 prepared to stay," the Prime Minister said.

Mr. King added that if it was decided to hold a general debate the present scan/an of Parliament. now Stlmdlng uiiourned, would be prorogued as soon as it reassembled

ll. S. - Brazil Discuss Plans

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. li-(AP)

add and the United States. in anti- Clll-"itlvtl of a final decision on St. Lawrence power developments, have taken steps to initiate engineering. and other investigations.

lii l‘\":.'.;\l'(l to Niagara, Mr. King's statcnlciii. said the United SI8L¢5~ would rinse no objection to the; government of Ontario using nlore: water for power at Niagara Falls if the Ontario government agreed tol provide at once for ciiversioils into the Great Lakes svstcnl of watcls glilCll noi-mailv flow into Hudson

‘fly.

Action on the St. Lawrence River is being taken at once, said tho statement. "ill order that the entire prtiiecl maiv be started without loss of u favorable construction season wthcn (l(‘(‘l>l0ll is reached between the two utiveiilnililits."

'l'lie liivvsiiilittittlis will be lllildfi‘ under the (iirection of temporary committees to be appointed by the two governments. lThe draft of a proposed St. IAIWTGDCC waterwaysl tl‘t‘1-l\‘ submitted in Canada for study t bv the United States some time ago. provided for the Dl‘(ll)l1S3dl\’Ul'l(S DCIDL! carried out by a. commission fflllfL-Clllillfl the two izovcrniileiltsl,

Withdrawal of United States ob- jection to the diversion of addition-l ul watcr at Niagara upon Ontarlol lrlivcrtiili: additional water into the1 (‘treat Lzikt-s system makes iiossibiel the development ol a project the.‘ lOntalrio ZCVUFllIIIPlIi liiis favored lcr; Psonie time.

‘Phat is the diversion of waters of’ Lona Lac and the Olzuki river into. Lake Supcribi 'l‘lic use oi water! ‘for power UXIYUCSUs lit Nlzlgarli l-alsi 11s rcuulllictl bv international BLZlM-l inctli. 'illL‘ Ontario itoverlitneill suit-

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and a new session would start a day or two later.

“The government has no desire to avoid debate." said Mr. King, ad- ding that if members wanted the debate to start as soon as the re-

—'I'he Unitcd States and Brazil are discussing the whole question of co- operation in the event the safetv of the western hemisphere is mcnaceci. informed soilrces said tonight. These talks avc similar to others

eta-tee are 1n Name» the lt?.‘.“'°t3‘.‘-...“.‘.“.'.“Jiififiiifis are: -- .. .4 . '. -

Egxrerlriiment would not oppose cordance with agreements reached ‘ ' at the Lima. Panama and Havana

Heaviest Blows 0f War Delivered

On London Area

Tempo SlaCk-EIE As Dawn Nears-High Explosive And Fire Bombs Fall Thickly.

After tho announcement he left on his trip to the eastern seaboard.

Mr. King will be the tzilesl; of the Governor-General at the Citadel in Quebec tomorrow and Wednesday. He will visit military training camps in that district and then will pro- ceed to the Maritlmes where he hopes to visit a numbcr of training camps and see the defence WOTKS along the Atlantic.

"I am afraid I shall not. have time to visit Newfoundland on this occasion." he said, explaining he desired t0 be back iii Ottawa in a- bout a iveek when final decision will_bc made as to whether a ilcw session of Parliament. will start im- inedlatcly" after Nov, 5 or whether the original plan of simply a for- mal adjournment on that date will be adhered to with the new session called for early in the new year.

Since lils announcement on O't.. 3

pan-American conferences. Official circles asserted Brazil is. not considering the leasing ofnaval or air bases to the United States or any otlit-l" ('Olll‘lll‘_\', but that this did not. mean the nation would fail to co-opcrate hi every wav in joint‘ hemisphere plans against attack from any non-American power.

Turks Continue TTo Emphasize Threat To Reds

ANKARA. Tlil‘k~’§'-_ Oct. l4 -—(_AP) _ ‘luv 'i‘i:i'kl~li fowl) $5114 $011151"

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lBritain Counts lDn Aid From Jfurks, Creeks

By Robert Bunnello Associated Press Stuff Writer

LONDON. 0st. l4 —(CPi —Grcat , Britain l.~ Uuilllllilg on the aid of Turkey and Lil-recto, and hoping for Soviet sympathy, in resisting an

axis (ll‘l\'8 loivaitl the rich Nlosul oil flclds in liuaq. I Wc-ll- llorlnetl sources |

British ".lTI-— .i tiiplonlalic break

By Put Usshfl‘

Canadian Press Stall‘ Writer with Rlimzlniil t)<1t'_1llh1‘ of e vii-l try of Gcriixali [B00115 into that oil- t

LONDON. Oct. 15 ——t'i"ueaday)-- rich kingdom t (CP) — ‘Ions of bombs rained 2. Extension of the drive by Gcr- g

molly and Itaiv beyond the Bal- kans, with a creatly intensified war‘ ill the west ll the axis gets control of llhq ‘

from moonlit skies on London, rock- ed the capital last night and early today as German raiders deliverq ed the heaviest night attack since‘! the air siege of Britain's capitall

began five weeks ago. ‘The tempo‘ proiioiii inination to tight l, slackened as dawn neared, 1 ‘any poxtcr a" iliptiiit: to cross iiori The raiders dropped liigii oxpio- t frontiers, and also because of tho; 1 stves. "Mololoff breadbaskels," oil f pact to assist l3viiain if the wart \ Jombs, starting many fires, m“; of; siviiiizs to the Eastern Rfcziilelvlin- 1

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Sub-zero Weather

Naval Bases Kid Industrial Plants Are Blasted Time After, Time; Berlin Has Two Alarms.

ii MERLIN, (lvi. l:'i—t'l'll\'~'flll_\'l—f.\l'l—llrili\li fl\l‘l‘ Berlin sent millions‘ imllerglounll early today llurilil; the

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second alarm of the night. A heavy defence fire was put up by ground batteries. in the first alarm lust. night no planes or glllllirl- were heard.

l.ll.\'])( ),\', ‘lii. l4 -l(1l'vi -- : ttti Illl llv\' lmiiillcr~ flying llllllll lilroiw lie lvvrvzll .'\ll‘ For..- ri-puflctl >lll.l.\1l‘ll‘,f l ‘ital ticvlliall naval ltzlscs aiirl war ~l~re= tlwp

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0119 I119 53013’ damaged t.lie top] so soul-res said the ilvt-lglif of‘ ‘Aunt-p 2ll'll‘.'illl(‘l'.'. \\itll\'\ lll lis-cil. tvl vt-rl» : "t l 1p “m” 0f“. "esmurarlt- 511°111°1"1?1¥11' 1’“11l‘“1' ('1"‘ k °lYl1111O11 ‘"15 Pm‘ lll tii-itlmllv, as \\'l'll a~ Nazi-held l!i\.'i~‘~1'll ; ll will aged a cinema. One high 6Xi)l’f5l\‘€ “111141- t‘. 111%" 1115 t1 ‘Jlthmh- ' \ . .

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I: was admitted the Greeks and: lTilvks were \\'I“.lk iii the all‘, but it I

zlid if she is attack-

damaged a Roman Catholic convent l1 and church with some casualties.

In three attacks on a midlands

‘llli’ tllit-r illll(', ilie .~\ir .\lliii»tl‘_\' ustrliiiu-nt flying necessary all the \v:i_v. .\'. Kiel, reliirililiq PllttlS toll tit liiilllllk ex,‘

town at least four persons acre , ..

"tilled and l3 injiiro(l_ High pxnlg. was contender! the Greeks coilld 1Cl'1lt'l\t v- zlliliiiic ii.'lv.'ll ll‘ICl\'.<. .\t \\ lilicliil~ll:l\t-ri,

sives hit an old women's hem '5“; pill no FlrOll" fights in their hilly ' t .. I _. . . . . ..

a department store‘ B B columtjos m 1W9“, or an imnsion in ‘ill. \i111l.l.\ (imlilttl iliuil to drop lioililis Oil in.» . Four houses were demolished and fronl Italian-field Albania. and that lm-“CPV

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‘four persmis were believed buried the Turks could hold the strateizicl l: “a. the same sforv at Hamburg, \‘.'.l"l'C ilzr- lame T!‘ lllll v - " fi ' ‘I E - ' ~ < - I

r38: fgfsgorsfignannhiergf Ssgifnunos 1m 11 31mm Md “r ‘lillhl \ of sliipltiiiltlilit; _v.'lr_tls were attrlcltctl.

ccndlarles were unloaded. B sitlcs ilsiilil licv fleet to aid ilie “\\<.'lilu-l‘ (‘I>lltllll1ilt\ ‘i1 llic l\'liln' iv- ir- 'r Fire bombs fell inn-kin, n.0, uuu ‘ Turks at tile Dardzliiellcs and har- 1 \|,'.,u'.u-.- .~u.j.1 ‘in... ,-,u..-'..,. ‘uuuu... (u... »,

for a. time the glare of buildings ass Ixaly from Haifa and bases in ‘ ' ' ’ ' , . 1

aflame c“, a lurid “gm mxm the Great Brita," would be cxncflpd fill-gr. ("trill tar plant at Ulllkltffg. \\-,....¢ tic.‘ _

barrage balloons floating thousand; to use her heavily reinforced Pal-

.lil;lu_v'.~ coal tar is (lSlllllPtl.

fillalIj: siicvecrle

of feet aloft. esiinc troops both to gilard tliel . . . . ' ' t ~. .1 . observers agreed that it was the Iraq m, fiflds and m bolster me . Lllfll‘. llttr a glimpse of tile factor s Iilll a huavipst atsuu, W, nmdowm, m“ Turiugi, um“; lgzlp ill izlc vliviltls. ;\ lzlrgc tiff‘ \\"\s uw-n it. tin. . . Sfllilt still racing nigrp 111,»... fu, A rt SlllllllY tvii~ .~="(‘ll tha‘ l3i'il-‘ 1- - . . ._ . r‘ '1 ’ " r I * :- hoiirs after its ‘begllltilflll- b r aiii would iiltcilsll_v her eflforas lo' “Hui” “em qroppcd h} Many Londoners who as a “m, will over French Morocco to her 1 ‘"11" $111117“! 0" i111'1'11"0111¢’5 1'11‘

do not take shelter flrtl to the air. Q1111“ T01‘ 11$" 11* 11 -‘l11'111‘s’1>0=\fd to raid shelters and Slll\'(‘.'l in l nttzick ltuIy in Libya and hamper __ 1 the FdsClhi drive lii

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0Y5 vlce crcditcd ivith ad large fires with di- British ivorks at Purim. Sea, and with having sli forces llllli\\‘:ll'i‘S raids on flyiiit! ficlds El Dabii, in Egypt.

“I l' ll‘. Flika ailll u. s. tiiivisna visrrs LIBERIA

WASHINGTON, Oct. l4.—-(APi Tht- t7i~:' d States cruiser Omaha ' isit to Liberia, a neigh- ' - strata cally important twrt of Da ar in West Alti- niuieuncement from ti-‘fi n- said the "courtesy visit

Board Reviews Civic Affairs

"Committee Report Offers Crit- ‘" icism And Suggestions On Civic

glad to give lils life for defenrue Oi ills country in the front lilies."

newspaper, said the real aim of the

axis look tile initiative in blocking Moscoivls road

.Sca to sclle as a thorn in breast of the U.S.S.R.." the paper continued. “Soviet Russia no doubt "vas informed of the occupation of

Government to remove Hon. ,1. G_, Gardiner from lils post as Cnlu-l

I.‘ b , . _ “an “l adas Agriculture Minisler, l

Yctii Siibllh, anoiher

. , , ,. _ The resolution ch11" ed ‘u: new 't.rtp.e_.il.i.i_nce olflrGermgnyé It Gardiner “.85 responsigli m; l“ aly and Japan 1S o orce e ov- federal agricultural no H, . . lct Union to stand aside while the P0 y wicl it l

said "is creating a cleavage be- 1 tween ‘the agricultural and other classes.‘

The conference, attended L... delegates from 4d northern saik. ntchewail districts. was called ioj stud the Western Canada farm. prob em created by a loss or “.1

southward." "Gerniiinv has come to the Black the

Soviet

Preparations For

,ttlte near future bu. will swine; lllllt fxill least seven a '.

was tiiatle Oct. 9. . 1 . . Financin . Coming f" vent.‘ __g -l)- At a recent lileclilig of the Char-

Rlle lnl \'|ill":‘\‘ in lhh c n I u mt 3 cents per word.

. us. Mlillpedue, ‘Thursday. LZlQD-lll-lfi-Lll

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ll .. lncstliiy. Oct. 15th. L-Lidii- "lagrlus. Canoe Cove. Bridal’- IJZO-IO-lfi-gi “MINOR chicken supper Tliuis- .\t‘. Oct. ran. ““ PNCPS Star: Factory W131 po-“nlQh lake no potatoes b11111 flclobci‘ 21st. L-sla-lo-lz-ai.

"Pl-ill to meet your friends at 5'. Jtilllih Annual Halloween Tea on OCl. Zllst. ‘ L-3B8.

"Don't nilss the first chicken lulher of llid year at. Wiltshire Ball. Wfllncsday, out. 16th. L-SBS.

“li0l;lll'll' sessionm-Alpha. Lodllf‘. 0n. l5. Past. Noble Grand‘: Club taking charge. 11-392.

"Ste the Belfast Y. e. s. present

tfltr three act play in Belfast Hall “emw-‘dilll. October 16th at B P.“ L-207-l0-9-l4-l

B"C0iicerl b Summerside Girls dltjfl- New Gassow Hall. 11ml‘!- sil- October 17th at 7:30. Other rulllfllfifiélflff artists assisting. Pro- wl! for Rod cross. L-39l-10-15-2i.

I . i‘? fifth“ are collecting live hose dhffi lhurstlay. Gllflfflnllte prompt hviivti‘ and careful handling. List i *1 tr Phone or letter. All Mur- Elnerald or John D. Mclvor. °"1- L-386-l0-15-2i.

__.__ nmgzllectlns live. hogs as usual Emeralgy and Pricing every week. 1..., d, - 51111111)’. M all surround- Mnno 5mm. Send postcard or collect A. C Gree Alban

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lotlctoivll noaru ol ‘Iriltlc, a rcq from the Junior Board oi 'l‘riida llflilllPtl to nuikc pilbllc a report. cf tlic Civil: Allan's Committee of tlic Junior hoard. rbiloiviilg is the text of the coiniiiittce‘s roilort;

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lihv-sltlvitt and ]\IL‘llllJCl'S. Clinrlolleiolvii Junior Board of . ‘Fixulc: Gentlemen: 1 lii atctlrdliiicc with the wishes of ille Council ol the Junior Board of ’l‘i".'idc as expressed at tlic tlmc of ills appointment, your Civic Alfaiil lColuuilftcc is pleased to lubmit liercivitli for vouv consideration the lcfltiiviiil! report of its activities: Your committee establlshd the folowitin cuitiiiiz principles as the ) ’ lri" its (llSClISSlOIISZ 1. The Civic Affairs Committee lzrvatlv lll‘1)l0l'(‘S—- . (at Tile unsatisfactory state of affairs revealed in the auditors‘ re- lDllTl, dated Jinie 29, i939. of the Xlcctiiuits 0f the City of Charlotte-

town: 1 in. The lack of public action l'l".!.’ll‘flllliI same by the. Attorney- (iciicral of the Province of Pvlnre j-tdivili-d Island. to ivlwni the matter ~was ri-fevrctl bv llic Cltv COUhClllIt accordance with their resolilt-ion of Jillv. i939: lr-l 'l'lie nripareilt lack of effort ‘on the part of the Citv K301111611 l0 the end that filrtlier action be taken on the intatcr: 4d) The lack of interest on the part of the public uenermlv in dc- lllflllfllllll that Iusbnction be taken. Although the Civic Affairs Com]- iniiiee holds the vlcw that‘ suct HFllOll should be taken as all DTNG lit-i "rt-cut to future similar situations

in ill" zlffnirs or the Cltv 0f Char-- o

. ., , "PTHIPIPSS, the commit- l?l‘“l‘lllllil“\'t’.l*l‘lllfll. ille Jlllllftll‘ BoavIcl of ‘Fiultlv. IJPlllP a minorl v 21011’! lll lllt‘ euniitiiltiiti‘ can lake no e]- u...;..t.- .\t-lion in the fag?‘ (‘tgmfinhlfil

‘ r S" l'l‘. ' lnlsblil-l-‘i -<(-1~1ll(llit€r'lffoi‘e. that the Ju- .$im~'pz~ni-d'or Wade should confine nadir tn thaw rhescg of the Stiff"!- tlnn wlticli urfecl the future we all‘ of the (‘iti- rf Clrarlnllctown.

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Rilmaliin hi advance. but falsely informed. and is in no position to resist because of new threats of Jaiiaii from the rear."

"Br-caust- the fiist aim of this grand manoeuvre is lo cheek R115- , sla. it. appears ll milst have to do

Distinguished War

vflgran’; Death ', gglglllhllii Billlclaiilrglrtillslzliiid. i s an u ." l

“are? Oldest I Woman

distinguished veteran of the flrsrt,

great war who rose from the ranks , I

roaouro. 3T1? -<ce>

of tllc Canadian army, died here, "oday at the age of 54. He had been ,1 1n ill health during the last. three‘ years. . After the war he commandedl the 14th Canadian Infantry Brit;- ade for five years. Iii i922 hr- was

ST. JOHN'S. Nfld.. Oct. l4 —(CP) Newfollndialidls oldest woman, Ellen Carroll of North Riv-

l.

yaO-HOTR?’ aide-de-cnnlp t0 138m" , will celebrate Sunday what. rel- Ciggan he“ gllvernoriflwrm alivcs believe to be hcl" 113th birth-

day.

Records of the aged woman‘! birth have been destroyed by fire, but lllelll-ftrs of her family say she was boin here Oct. 20, i837, when Newfoundland had a population of only 55,000. She has lived under six British sovereigns.

Despite her venerable age, Mrs. Carroll's mind is clear. her sight good aild ltel" healing only slight-

Veteran 0f Jutland Dies

NDON. Oct. li-(CP (tablet-

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l0 . . . fl... Ami,“ s“. Matthew Best m, ave,’ ly linpalled. Two 3r .5 ago. she ‘ ' travcllctl from her '1 ll‘ on the ermlof .l.i:ie battle of Jutland, and Show of convert“) My m st.

former commander ill chief of the America and West Indies statlons,l

died today. ‘cast. nrrang-rd for U]? occasion. He served as commodore aiid chief At that time. she said she had of staff to the commander iii clllefj 11 son 90 years old living in B05- 0! the AUBUUC 1198i. 1927-29; R0111". lcn. She ivas niarricd at the age of AS11111?“ Wmmattdlhll ' ' ill 18. Her husband died Just 50 years cruiser squadron ~ (in!

fleet. 1929-31;

d admiral superintend- ent of Néllltill dotgklytlrd. 11931-34. and oomman er_ n e l tl- rcevi l , and West lndicistalion. inal- 11,", sue ls believed lo liavc lind_ 109

He w” momma; m u“. muk d. izl-iiiidvliildrcli, niili llln great-gland- admiral in i930 and retired last "lttltlfvlt. year. Mrs. Carroll went t.» Holyrood last. ————-—————----- YOU‘ to see King Gcorce and Queen FATHER SUPERIOR KILLED Elizabeth land in Newfoundland BRISBANE, Australia -—~lCP) __ during their American tollr. She Rev. Father Colma O'Connor. 36. was to have been presented tn their Stlflvrlvf of t"e Franciscan Hflll‘? at Male-tits. but. tilrcugli an ovarsvzht Kedren. was killed when his motor- was omitted from those brought car crashed into a tram. before the King and Queen. '

John's. she spoke on a radio broad-

ago

Mrs. Carroll had l5 children in all. One of her sails was killed in Iivzuicc during the first great. war.

port markets due to the war.

Scientists Meet i

Presenting 45 cultural and scientllic . societies, more than zoo cuucatlor.» lsts and scientists are gathered here to BLLCHD tlic eighth annual kress oi the Fftflltll-Ctllllllllkill Asso- ciation lOr the advaiicciiiciii.