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Soviet Warplanes Pour Destruction

0n Finnish Cities

Meet Hot Rec-option From Anti- aircraft Batteries—One Soviet Plane Reported Shot Down

In Helsingfors.

AIiI-SINGFOR-S. Jan. 14—(AP) -5oviet Russian warplanes twice drflve the residents of Helsingfors into underground shelters today Ind harried other Finnish cities in a series of raids favored by high cllgruds which partly cove-red the s . S-rooplng low over Grankulla, re- sort town west of the capital. the raiders dropped 20 bombs, one of which partly wrecked the house where the United States Minister,

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"Poultry - Buying live and dressed poultry all kinds. Paying 10p market prices. island cold Storage Co.. Ltd. L-341-12-13-ti

"We buy new goose and duck feathers, not mixed. Henry Mac- Farlane s» Co. 1-1-204-12-74! "Auction and dance Vernon Hall, Wednesday, Jan 17th.

L-530-l-l5-li

"Baptist Church High Tea, Jan. 23rd. 5.30 to 7.00 o'clock. Cold turkey, salads, cakes etc. L-545

"Union District L O. L. meets in Thistle Lodge Eldon. Jan 16th, 2 P M. R. C. MacPhee, IDist.

Sedy 533 "The annual meeting of the Lake Verde Dairying Company will be held in the factory, Jan. 24 at 1.30 P. M. 1-1-537 "Pownal Rink Monday 15th. Millview Vs. Mt. Albion. First League game. L-536 Albany.

"Buying live hogs at January 1 th. Friday 19th at Emer- ald until noon. signed G. C. Green.

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"Annual meeting Belfast Egg Circle, Edon, Wednesday, January 17th, sac. L-532 "East Royalty rink tonight. Dunstalfnage Bombers Vs. Milton Hornets. Skate after. L-541

"Reserve Thursday, Jan. 25th. Technicolor fllrn “The Royal Visit Azross Canada. Coast to Coast" l" W. C. Hall ‘I00 and 8.30 :5.

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M_ 3 "Livestock Marketing Board lolading frogs at Railway Stock

pens Charottetown. every day 1n week. excepting Saturday. Monday and Thursday afternoons. Tuesday

andlFiriday a. p. m arc

s ca recervng pero s.

P0 J L-548 "Hog Juices were higher last

Ilek. In our patrons will benefit aocrrdlngly. Bring us your hogs when resd and let us handle the price prob em for you. Livestock Mar-

eting Board. L-548

"Hammer Mill; Our new Ham- mer Mill is kept busy and is do- ing a fine job for o11r customers. Grinding done while you wait and we're specializing in this rcspzct on

' market day. Try us with a "grist."

Fitzroy Street

Livestock Prods. 4 L-549-l-15-2l

off Queen.

"Boats for Service-We have two pure bred boars for service at stock pens Charlottetown. Nothing better in the Province. Breed your sows for quality lit- ters. Livestock Marketing Board.

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"The Marketing Board sets the "price pace" for hoes in this Pro- vince every weck. Greater volume sold co- ‘Keratlveiy would give us a still f11r er bargalnlnll "Dmfllln" ity. Are you with us or against us! If you are not eta-operating you are bucking our efforts towards better prices. Livestock Marketing Board. 11-545

"Feed prices have ‘been ad- vancing for the past three months. and we are now reluctantly IOPPPfI to move our prices 1m a 1m’- Wt‘ bate to do it but we've got t0. 0P else quit the business. Call when you rsoulrc feed and we will d0

the best we can for you. Liw- s‘~k Feeds, Fitzroy SWRN- "I! mung, 11-519-1-15-21

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H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld. resided with his staff until a few days 5B0.

During the first. alarm in Hel- sLgfors, which lasted from 9:40 A. M. (3:40 A. M. AST.) t0 11:10 A. M., tLe Russians apparently drltipped no bombs on the city it- se .

At 3:15 P. M. (9:15 ALM AST). ht ever, the sirens howled again and a few moments later two war- planes, power-diving t h r o u g h clouds. dropped six bombs in the northern section of the city.

Two. which barely missed a neck 1e factory, tore great holes in solid rock. Two more struck near a. hospital and the remainder | exploded close to a group of hous- es but did little damage.

A short time later mother group of Russian bombers, apparently bound for some other objective, \

flcw over Helsingfors .

The raiders were greeted by

MOSCOW. Jan llt-(Monday) —-(AP)--Soviet Russia protested today to Sweden and Norway, charging an “inexcusable cam- palgn" in the press had been carried out against the Soviet which could he explained only in case they were "ln a state of war with the U. S. S. R. or preparing for war.”

fierce bursts of anti-aircraft fire and T"nnish pursuit planes rose to attack the invaders The all-clear signal was sounded at 3:50 P. M.

No information on the damage inflicted by the bombers in raids c‘....=.v1l1ere in Finland was im- mediately avallalfe.

Reports frcm the Salia front a- bove the Arctic circle told of live- llv patrol action and said that Rus- sian artillery was keeping up a sporadic fire.

In the far north. the Finns re- ported that thev still held their positions south of Hovhenjaervi, a- hout 60 nules south west Pelsamo. and that there was little activity by the Russians.

One S01 let plane was reported shot down during today's raid - ttie second successive day in which Soviet bombers have come over Helsingfors.

Thousands oi’ windows in the so tlwesisrn section of the city were broken by the concussion of the exploding bombs. in a rrid Sat- urday. A few buildings. including a church and an apartment house 1ere seriously damaged.

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Soviet Planes Bomb Small Swedish Island

ITOCKIIOLM, Jan. lk-(AI) —Elght Russian planes bombed the Swedish island of Kaliaiu, on the western side of tho Bl)’ of Buthnia, near Lulea, reports reaching the capital said to- night.

Lulea ls a port near Swedish ore mines in Northern Sweden.

Eight llusa an planes We" sad to liavc drolllled Wm!" l‘ noon. Prince Gustaf Adolf. M" of Sweden's Crown Prince. Ill- vetigated and was shown bomb friurmcnia on which there were _ Russian letters.

Residents said one b01115 struck on land and eight on I06 near the lhoro.

The inlet is about I00 kilo- metres (about 60 mlles1 from the nearest Finnish territory.

Simultaneously reports origin- ating at Klrkenos. Norway. 0" the Finnish-Norwegian border In the far north laid Norweg- ian anti-aircraft batteries fired on Russian planes crossing the Ill-defined border do Norweg- ian territory.

Observers said at least 30 Russian bombers flew southward from Finland's Peisomo nylon.

Vast quantities of materials and s great numbrr of Russian soldiers were slid to be arriving in the Petssmo area leading to the suupo-lilnn that a new Arctric offensive is planned by

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‘ army plane had been stolen

‘Stolen Plans

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> WAEHINGTON, Jan. 14 _.. ‘(AN-United States army up. plane plans which recently were stolen, but recovered, were

will be the world's largest,

night. “The piano Itself, g, craft or more than 70 tons believed

"DIM! of s. round trip, non- stop Atlantic flglht, lo nearing llfifllhleilon at the Santa Monica CaliL. plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company and will be given its first tests next sum- mer. ,

The fact that plans for an

but recovered by Federal Bur- eau of Investigation ggfifllS was disclosed last week with publi- cation oi’ testimony by J. Edgar "WV". chief of the F. B. L, t0 a congressional committee.

At least one foreign govern- ment was said to be interested in obtaining the stolen designs.

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Finance Minister Ral- Ston Urges Canad- ian Public To Rally To Support Of War Loan.

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OTTAWA, Jan. ll--iL'l-’l-l~'inancc Minlster Raf ton tcnzgrzt call d up- on Canadians t0 mobilize their fi- nancial rescurces ill support of the Dcmuuons war eftcrt by rnvrstnrg 1n the first war loan when goes on sale tcmorrcw mornnig.

In an address cv.r a national net- work of the Canadian Broxdrastfng Corporation the mmrsttr said cash subscrfpiions definitely wou d be limited to &2i)0,0U'J,tiJ0 tut he prom- ied that. the small investor would get the preference in allotments.

Immediatew aiter Col. Ralstons address, Justice Mnrster LaPointe. speaking 1n French, delnered a s m- liar appeal and declared that ‘it 1s

Canaries great eccnzmic drive must not be the effort of a small minority but "the ofiens ve of a whole nation BBZllllSL the powers 0f detructlon," Mr. laPointe said. "We will do cur ciuty freely and I feel confident that in; Province of Quebec. true to its trad trons. will subscribe generously to this ne- tional effort."

Weeks of organization which drew into service the ablest econ rnst and financiers in the Dominion laid the groundwork for the first Can- ldfnn war loan. Col. R1 Stun 531d.

Ho was confident the respon e would oe enthusiastic but he warn- ed prospective investtrs against any assumption that their help was not needed_ Ho wanted the bonds lo g0

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lAP NAVAL LEADER liltl HlRM liilltl

TOKYO, Jan. 14 —(APl —One of Japan's naval leaders Admiral Mit- sumasa Yona-i. tonigh was designa- ted by Em ror Hlrohnp to form a new cabine repiacmg Premier gen- eral Nobuyuki Abe's government which resigned early today.

Choice or the SQ-yzar-old former navy minister, mem r o! tho su- preme war council, came as a sur-

zlse since army leaders names had ilgured most prominently in cabinet sieculation during intense political ilflrrnlshing during the last 24

ours.

Relations with the United States. complicated by a

naval building race, imminent termination of the Japane c- American trade treaty and the war in China, were the pnncipal factors in the reeignavon of the Abe government, Ja art's 37th

the Soviet.

cabinet, when quit af r 41-2 office.

stormy months in

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Fear War In‘ Scandinavia

Scandinavia may be turned into Europe. lts occupation by either important strategic advantages to

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1- ~Plot— To U.S.

NEW YORK, Jan, 14-—(AP)—-J. Edgar Hoover said tonight that. 1H members of the "Christian Front’ hoci been arrested by the Federal Bureau of investigation on charges of conspiracy to create a revoluton and overthrow the United States government and set up a dictate!‘-

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llc said investigators had un- earthed a “small arsena." in New York City which was intendrd for revolutionary pur- poses.

Hoover‘ said the 18 taken into custody had functioned as a “sperm club“ wnch he described as a "sce- ret organization which speclarzeq in training men tor the projected rev» ciuton and stealing arms from the government defence forces."

l “The club planned among its early acts of terror, beginning some time after the training period of Jan. 20. to bring about a complete eradication of all Jews. seize all pubic utlities, including power. water. railroads and all forms of communica- tion and transportation." Hoover sald_

The F B. I. chief said the con- _sp1racy also cal ed tor the bombing

newspaper, and seizure of the cu - toms house and main postoffce in New York City, the federal reserve banks throughout the United States and national guard armortes, Hoover said the two principal

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Jews Receive lShook From Ration Bards

By Louis Lochner Associated Press Staff Writer

BER-LIN, Jan. 14 -—(AP)‘ -— Gel‘- many'a Jews, already subjected to extensive restrictions have received another shock in ca lin for ration cardslgor the period of an. 15

They found that coupons for a total of grams (almost 4 1-2 ounces) of meet and all coupons for

tied vegetables-such as as. ans and lentils-were invai dat- ed as far as they were concerned.

They further were eniod certain ration canda recently ued to all Germans to enable them tn ‘obtain certain extras when the Nazi reglime finds itself able to grant somet lng be 0nd the ordinary daily allotment.

ews must. have the letter J stamped on their ration cards en- abling a tradesmen to declare he has not in stock what the Jews ask for or in other ways to discrim- inate against them

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of the Jewisn Dally Forward. a1

World military leaders are discussing seriously the possibilaty that

the battleground for the rest. of Germany or England vzculd offer break the stalemate on the west-

ern front_ The hiIVY arrows indicate the possible war paths of war.

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HALIFAX. Jan. 14 —(CP) -l_). B. Finn, chairman of the Dominion Salt Fish Board, issued a statement tonight saying the hoard considers inve ligation of ex ort markets "should be conducte by the char- lnan accompanied by a trained ob- server having special knowledge of southern marketing conditions and a command of the several languages spoken"

(Last week. the Lunenburg. N S board of trade and the fisheries committee of the Halifax Board of Trade protested the fish board's ap- pointment of John Jensen of New

crk to study fish markets in the West Indies and Central America.

(Asked tonight if his statement meant he and Jensen were to inves- tigate the southern market. Mr. Finn stud lie had nothing to add to the statement.)

Mr. Finn said information con- tained in previotm reports had not been disregarded but the board must attcntpt to determine facts

wherever there had been "a diver- gence or opinion and recommenda- ton in the reports submitted prc- . It should also “bring itsef lip to date with the rapidly chang- ing conditions brought about by the state of war on its export market. 1and export trade."

With respect to advertising, the board held "that before any adver- tising is done .the matter should be lock-ed into more closely to avoid ineffective use of pubLc money."

Mr. Finns statement added there undoubtedly existed a difference of‘ opinion on the usefulness of gov- ernment inspection and gradin in reports the board had studied‘.

‘Such differences of opinion." he added. “obviously leave the board ill’ the position of having to deter- mine for it elf by a stll y of the export markets what recommenda- lions i_t should make with respect to its duties and responsxbilitie-s. .."

93 Per Bent Mink Offering Sell At Auction

MONTREAL. Jan. i4~tCPi _ Officials of Canadian Fur Auction Bales Limited announced Saturday. that 93 r cent of mink offerings were sod at the four day sale which concluded Friday night. The results, with prices com- pared with the December Auction. fol‘ows:- ‘Ranch mink. 92 per cent sold. price advance i5 per cent. Wild mink. D8 per cent sold.

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British illrmy Leaves Cancelled In New Moves

Rumors Are 11275111 Of German Troop Concentrations On Holland And Belgium Borders.

By J. F. SANDERSON Canadian Press Staff Writer

LONDON, Jan. 14--(CP)—The War Office announced tonight that all leaves for the British Expeditionary Force in France have been temporarily suspended.

There was no immediate explanation of the action.

Observers noted, however, that the step was taken sim- ultaneously with similar action by the Netherlands in cancelling leaves to all armed forces. and almost complete mobilization by Belgium.

The two lowland countries appeared to be alarmed by reports of a concentration of German attack units near their frontiers and Nazi aviation activity.

TO LEAVE FOR INTERIOR

Brussels reports said citizens along the Albert Canal, Belgium's principal defence line, had been given six hours to leave their homes for the interior.

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BRUSSELS, I3"- I4'—(-'\P)—Bl*lf<i11111 and the Neth- erlands {Ollllgllf ‘started moving rivilirtus from border Dro- > vmces facing Gennanlv and (ll'(ll‘l'\'(l practically complete motirlrzairorf following reports" of (ijcrmzur iroou coucen- , trzmons near the frontier.

The first trainload of 500 refugees from the border zones reached Brussels en route to 1l1e coast. All were lircllclk-‘lleiiklllg Tfildenls of liuucn :1111l Malmedv. oro- I rinecs Belgium won from GCYIHKHI)‘ i11 ihc fir-t Great \Var. j

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Trucks loaded with soldiers r1111! supplies rumbled I,

through the capital all day tmrnrd the frontier “d111,; mm; Fvpnrtmi f0 mobilizzuitm centres.

Belgian officials said the lmrricd defence measures re- sulted from Belgian Secret Service reports. I QQ4+O-#§%O-Q-O—O4+O4O4—O-O§4VO§+O—4OQOQ-O#Q-Q+QQQ+QQ4_Q§QJ Force had been permitted to come home for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.

Official sources explained that the men already on leave would not be recalled. They said the announcement meant no further leaves would be granted for the time being.

in London said they knew of no reason for on the part of Belgium and the Netherlands, but believ- ed it was “a fresh nan..- - of the war of nerves."

military precautions in tho two lmvland countries. ficial quarters said they had

troops within the vicinity of

the Netherlands or Il"'~'

Ichannol. winter thaw, which already is af-

flanking the Maginot Line providing Germany with air ports .for launching a concerted ftlr at- ;tack on Britain. has always been one of Germany's choices when dc- , lridlng on what action to take in l the west.

WARNING FROM ITALY?

Commentrngn on“ the Belgian-Dutch preparations the Daily Mail said. one suggestion 1s that these increased precautions are due to friendly. unofficial warnings from Italy of a coming German attack. Ncturztl countries in the

111111Z11Tt1. Agree 0n Tactical llnity

By Gillis Purcell Canadian Press Staff Writer

WITH ‘THE BRITISH EXPEDI- EWI-IER-E

Earlier", official sources

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i011, comrnafidei‘ of the - Canadian

. - Active Service Force, tonight told the m0 fnmtlers- TheY f9" i111: Canadian Press that he had that there was no addriion- gscghfe William"! lflllgcllle"; m _ _ rrnnsm any ea era "n "l reason at Diesel“ I" "Y" wisdom of unity of tactical com-

mand.

Ho added!

"Siinrlarly ue a reed that on all administrative ma ffirs there should

Dect an invasion either hi‘

, Two altematlves were advanced ‘be a clear channel of authority

‘h; London to exnmn the sudden slfflxllliléllttliiillk to the Canadian gov- cm n.

mobilization "WW5 acm“ ‘he (lcncral McNaughtcnis statement

Om was m“ ‘he mid" ans rnndc at lhesame nme as an- fer szzurmcnt, communicated t0 i110 Canadian Press by Viscount (tart. commander of British forces

footing Russia's invasion of F111.

land "fight be med b Ge. t 111 ihc livid. announced: ‘Hpunch H6 ‘on _F y‘ d ‘mm’? ‘0 l "All matters relating to the oint 8 X9995 mllllflly use of the forces were consl cred

operations along the western front. Invasion of the low count- ries. with the double objective or and

1.11111 settled to our mutual satisfac- lion."

‘ Both declarations were issued at 1111c conclusion of a four-day visit nalti by Canada's military leaders lo the British front, where th I<1111llr~l the problems which t-h

‘ wtlinus \\'1ll face when they . u-lr ilw front.