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given way to res- ai-e known-

Govers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

head has made Ill all rich.

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MERE MAN

lie who had not. where to lay Ills

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"arm" unanllan, Pounded lllI

town Guardian, Two Cantu,

CHARLOTTETOWN. CANXDA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1s, S1941.

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Will visit _ Province this

Gi"‘.rll'f‘V H Shakespeare, M. :...l..\' of State for the

and c ‘lllilll of the

ll O L-eas Receptnll lrlrd (mantel is scheduled to ar- 1.9.11 Lnlrlntlctoivn on the noon to“ on the last leg oi a u tour during which he

c.l into the welfare of Erit- giifsl. children brought to

2g . g. llr

i will be accompanied here by lllzsllabrl Show, Ottawa, rpnfq- slliclive ill Canada of the child.- lelfs oler". as rtccptlon board.

' r arrival here, they will .fli“t by Hon. Horace Wright,

Jessie Fullerton, 1' of Rrltisll Guest Child-

ren ullo have arranged a program ' " iilll (‘lltiblfi the visitors to call

of the 25 Will‘ guests at tr ilollles ill Privce Eti-

Tllis afternoon Mr. .S:~ow and the

_ ssllldtives will illotcr to E’. Pct l".~ and Morel] where two oi the lli'ill<h Children are located l-‘l ‘ llilnles. In the cvsnihg in Charlottetown w’ll be

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(‘ll

Coming Events-

—|)- lilire for‘ solar-a in till: oiilnmn A .-.-..i-. |..-.- uuril "Sll..".\'~h10l't‘ll Tuesday. ls-soJ-IOO-IO-Z "5llli‘.\'—-Si.. Peters Wcdll:sdlly_ L-Bilzl-lo-iu-zi

"llllllllllflilc sale at St. Peter's l‘ L 55!)

iii’, fivl,

],\'\'Rll‘lllllll§L‘_$lil0, Baptist. Church édublfl»... oatutoay, i.lctu.lcl' iohl. ' ' lll~ 14-503-10-17-21.

."_“=\'§~vc u. buv Chicken, FUWI lli" l-llln Swrhlzc L-ZlO-T-Q-‘l “Chl-ii Plrt T‘- .

. _ l l. Spling Park Scncoi, "lllllll-il. UCLLDH‘ 20m. L-uiii-IU.

‘ R ‘ll‘l'\(| __ (“ll- L..i Coiiccl-l“

Thulsday evening, Nov- lul‘ ZutOll Church bholl‘ 14-53-1-10-13-11.

"Lomllllil limbs all day Monday " M°l"*lt‘l Oct. 20. Stewart Ross. L 532

"Dllllfe Lorne Valic

,_ - y. Tue day,

°°l““~l 41st. Webster's DIODE-Sisti- L-OQWlO-ltbfii.

"Juli arrived car o! cedar Ella?“ W- I. Bowman, Hunter ' L 563

"Annual Chi k 5 =

Dam, at Jami Gilli upp..r unll ' r all, s mun--

flelll- Tbrstiay evening Octobgr ‘Jilin,

L-osl-lo-ls-u.

“Burma live a a a 1 u“ ‘licsscd Ohldkgll ‘iii?’ 10w . y. Bow- man‘ 5w". Hunter River. L 354-10451! _-_.. to u

“wlllllfll o BU] — uina 0 ttlo l BvfIgWVGOI elves. all rains; . 8W3“ Co" lffi prices. lslsn Co‘? . iv

kkmilf: ‘gelllpntsélviiie Goes to Town" list its alliflllwf".

Y. P. S. in Wood Tuesday. October

L-bM-IO-lil-li.

"liter Rob m;

H, h. ,v Mcflro or in n}‘,}_°,,,§ci§:§s unite Hail. toner

or RBi-gdap-‘lil-la-as.

Buying i M cum", yguillsuotand “at: Prelo- oiei- 25 bs each. ‘Coiizc r 1% :5:

Pflch ‘hlesdly for t l' -

sting 5 _ om E-rdlliilil-tfla-lltli-l-s. iili

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AR IS DRAG

lSituation

Moscow

before Moscowbeat off one

Announces loss Oi British Oorvette

LONQON. Oct. 17 —-(CPi - The admiralty announced tonight the loss of one of its fast little patrol boats-the Corvette Flour De Lys.

Tile communique said:-

“Tile board of admiralty regrets to announce thnt the Corvette H. M. S. Fleur De this. Lie-hr. A. Coi- lim. R. N. R.. has been slink. The next of kin of the casualties have been informed."

Premier King Oominents on Canada's defence

(By C. R. Blackburn) (Cilllllilhlll Press Staci‘ Writer) lmlNv-DIUN, Out, Oct. l'l—'CP)

—-No torelgh poucr coulu c;..il Olillnda, cnher lrolil the Uricllt url froth bill-ope without CUCUUHLCL‘ g‘

the folcc o. Clillildillll arms, Pl'.i.t-. ivhnlstcr iviuciscilzle filllg declared lll itil illltiflfSS HLFC lOlllgill. bptanlilg at a civic banquet to Queen's university which ls cc c-i blallllg its liliinl lllllllVclsdly, All‘. hing" ic.-alien iilG pledge 0i. uni tel‘ Cull-acts. given by ilreslucht tto.s..-{ Vtlb when ho lLcclVcQ ll 0051139 lfLill Queen's Aug. lli, 103b, t

‘rho fononlllg day, Mr. King reg clinch, he hall sutcci lli all anal-s). lhui. inc Elxsluchts plcogc oi ... l. outrun-u were Llbttiilkcfl, pnlced - on Canada. the responsibility o1 ~l.l protecting herself Lilut the Lilli-cu sales WOUAQ hci. be open to all ‘ll- vcuu- throilgil the Diiillllllllll-

hi1‘. King said he ulu not tilch realize lilac there would so sooil b. an opportunity to point out hulv ovsll thnt obllgatiollhuu been ncluilgllll; “loony ho lurclgh DGNGI’, will-h l coming from uic Orient or ftolll Lurupc, could enter Uitlllliiii, y‘: il- out encountering the arlllco ‘.\ :05 of tilis country."

(Lailuclnltls. he sald._ were not only protecting the ‘AfilCllCilll collllilclli oil Uallacilnll scllbui. on the sell riilil with an expeditionary lcrce lgvrcl" .0 the chclhy—lh Great. Bll ..l. nncl with out ..sts lit strategic at ills in the Atlan ic.

lituits post

W. P. Zellcr

arr WA. Oct. il-(oPl-Rns- linatioh of Waiter P Zeller o! Montreal as executive assistant di- recting tourist acxtivitxes in the Dc- partnient of Natmnal War Servic- was announced tcdny by W" l it Th ‘on. sllvlfilsllfnlililfll is IISJEVRWC sole- ly llv the consideration that train- ing and experience ilavc accitsifmfll me to a. larger measure of Klimt.- ness of actiin and itseems Pmlbl" for me to exercise in my P7059!" post," said Mr. Zcller ill his letter of resignation, made public by ll"

minister.

'I‘ile chain store prcprir-tol‘ Wb° grvod for three months withfliit ulliry or allowances said be IWN" slated the opportunity of working under tho minister and in 000D"- litlcn with. rieilnrhrentcl staff.

Mr. Ttiorson 1003111011‘ the resili- nation with regw-r. and in doing so thanked Mr. Zeilcr for his ser- vices.

HAR-RIMAN BACK

WASHTNGTON. on. lv-ulel- W Aveleli Harriman. head of the United state~ delegation to the Moscow cmfercflce on Russian war need-s, was mportcd to have arrived in wulwton tonldht l" l; bomber wh'ch flew directly from Londcnlrhe direct iiioht froirl tlondcn. where "flfflm"! returned after ccnfeionccil with Britt-h and RUSSlPW officials in Moscow. will put if‘) the hands of the govern- ment. the latest. lnfuvnntlon on the

status iind requirements of the Rod a pruned

One Fierce German attack after another beaten off

along Western defences. MOSCOW, Oct. l8—(Saturday)—(AP)--Red Armies

by German forces battering at the western defences of the capital, the Russians announced early today.

“Heavy fighting along the whole early morning communique, which also announced abandonment of the Black Sea port of Odessa. “Fighting was especially stubborn in the western direction where the Red Army beat off several fierce encmy attacks.”

Earlier front-line dispatches said the Soviet defenders had smashed two German spearheads which had penetrat- ed defences approximately 100 miles from the city but that the situation of the capital remained grave.‘

ih ~ troops

‘bachelor but investigation showed

Anny. h by advcnlcinl Gannon

Of

Grave

fierce attack after another

the the

front,” said

The communique failed to specify where the assaults on the central front were sio ped, but CUSDEIKILIIS to the press sa d the Germans wele beaten back at. Vytlmia, 125 mile west of Moscow, and also lit Kaila ill, 95 nliles llorthivest.

“The evacuation of Soviet troops froln Odessa. organized by the Red alhiy colnlnand during tile p eight days, ivas completed in time and ill perfect older," it said of the retreat from the southern cltv which the (jlJTlllllllS said they and the Ru- maillarls clhcrerl Thursday.

“Our troops having fulfilled chczr task lll the Udtsstl area were trans- fcrreti by our fleet. to other sectors of the from. ill a perfectly ordertgl hlullller and without any losses.

“Rumors dlssclhinutcd by the German rlldio to the effect that S0- vlct troops were forced to evacuate Odessa by ah onslaught of Germ- all uhci Rullianiah forces lire 4'38)- luleiy without foundation.

"Ill reality the evacuation of Oilcssu was carried out pursuant iu the decision of the supreme coll‘.- llluho of the Red army for strategic rc rzlls and wllildut oily pressure on irt oi Gcrlhiul and Rumailhtn

h‘: G

"to sequcntlv sigtemehts of the Gcrhnh command cnilrerlllng Irr- phlcs ili1cgu<i1y~ captured by Germ- nll and Riinlntlian troops in the Odessa area lire nothing but empty bragging." ‘

During Gcrnlon aerial thrusts against ivfosculv, l4 Gerlhoh planes lvcril brought tlowh in the vlciuttv of the city. tlic RiiShlIIXlS aiillotl" ~26

In the Vyaznla. sector" o. heavy Red urtillcry firc_ llllitcd the liver- miln advance, ixlllle lli the Khia ilrrn. more than 100 German t. s supported by aircraft were dcstr y- cci iifLcr the Nazis had ilcnetixvcd

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Scotland Yard In action to Solve miirllers

(By William Stewart) (Canlullzln Press Stall’ Writer) LONLJO». Oct. 17-—iCP Cable)-

Scotlnlld Yard. confronted with tllrcc luurdcrs within a. week, sum- lllCliPd all its resources tonight to track down the killers and slhccnel‘ vrilat blight. be the outbreak oi lh" long-expected "blackoutfl cri. e

lvllvc.

‘inc Yard has been on the ‘il’l't since the war began for an epi- iiifillil! of crime b' night. but. has r lllcd to rcvca the number vvnrtilne murders compared wizh pcncctinle.

Tho ihotivcs for the latest. saris, of slayings are cge-clct-passlon, Jealousy, greed. . l

The Bnrtly-ciud bOdv of 19 your, old Mn cl Church was found atop, a stilircnse of n boillocd and alir.-, dolled building. The body bore cic1r| impressions of fingerprints and, Scotland Yard experts reproducadp the prints. A man la sought. for questioning.

John child, 54 year old parklwap- er, was foillld shot to death ‘n a little hut ill Mcuht Park. Six le- volver shots had been fired into ills body willie llc slept. Most of Ohtlils’ tricnds had believed him to be a

he had been married and separated.

Detectives searching for a lnrin

and woman seen near the pan: a few hours before the shooting dis- covered Mrs. Thaodorii Greeznili, wdlltll¥fi5 year old widow, strangled in her lshainroad flat. "The killing was committed with s piece of cor in the hands of a bur- gglar who stripped the rings from t c dead wonlanb flnzfirs.

Police are seektn a myalorious “Dr. Trevor." at . Emyilil man who so etimes wears a monoclc and often a opts military titles.

ll.B. Merchant ls convicted.

NEWCASTLE N. 3.. Oct. 17-iC Pl-A jury in the Northumberlanri Circuit Court tonllht convicted" Harry Attis. Moncton t, q conspirinp to steal cattle. It wag his lecond trial. l l°\ll "T! hlvi cisa reed. He w ll be sen need nex We nesdsy by Mr. Justina J. B. A. l hirweatbsr

* .

n-

Solemn ll. S. House approves Ship arming

Vote Almost Two To One In Favor Of Putting Guns Oli Cargo Ships.

By REG INGBAHAM Associated Pres: Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Oct. 1'l—(A.P)— A tense, solenm House of Re resen- tatives, stirred but not exc ted by the torpedoing of the United States destroyer Kearny. voted by an al- most two to one majority today t0 authorize the arming o! American merchant ships to protect them and their crews from Nazi pirates "

The brief but momentous meas- ure. repealing the Neutrality Act's t\v.-year-old ban on the arming of merohantmen was sent. to the Senate by the overwhelming roll- call vote of 259 to 138. Short t - ers flared several times during t e debate which preceded the vote

but the outcome was never in doubt Ralublicans dvidedmshgply on

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Search for soldier In jail break

HILLSBORO, N. B-. Oct. l7-—\C Pl-Poiics tonight continued a scorch of Albert osuhty and adlunl- mg areas for P.e. Ernest Ferguson, young suldicr ‘who broke out of jail Wednesday night while under f" iihlild oil a. theft charge.

Last.’ Saturday Ferguson was rc- mahoed to ‘ihursday by Magistraili: W. B. Sleeves at Edgews Lanlinc. on u charge of stealing a su of clothes aha a. revolver from one home of Bruce Fillmore at Futile Creek. , >

Following discovery yes-erduy morning o1 his csznpe, _it was learn- -ed Ferguson had substituted for his uniform a suit which a fellow pTla- onar ha; kept ill a suitcase. Police reported he also took another pris- oners national registration certifi- cote.

Airacobra Planes are Said superior

(By J. Wes (iagaghefl_ter_ (Assscnited Press o‘ u will l a MKJHLMK. s UAJJIWN Blfillil"

was: ' in ENG Ann, Oct, _- ,,u.,_._,-,,,, mused spams-built alib- cobra has been stalniwll m5 mfg’ pillsuit. plane in the all by? l? pilots 0i the inst rwwl All gulf, squadron in Britain using Amen“ luau-.- llghtsl Plillltls- lllby are luu. bacl; from two days 0i swllt foray no" the channel. “Tl: all-accbras shot up a shill in the channel, riddled harbor install- aions with cannon and nl..ciliil-- gull lire and returned safely to‘ Lilelr base without ehcouilterinfi ‘ll-Y. uermlm ilsilwri- _ . The Oalillulall. 59W“ Alllragi Englisln Czech and New 1H3 dilelm‘ llnols of ine sqllllm?“ '“°h°°“;a,n,_a1 these [llallcs can best t e tnoselsclunlti. iilLllF l e "We were qlille lmPOlll-e E _" ship. positively rudeto the: altar

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Germans claim New advances On Moscow ~

1

BERLIN, Oct. 1'7 — _(AP) -- The German a_rinies battling toward Moscow were claimed tonight to iluve occupied factories, poo-er plants and lignitc llaids in the illYS outiynlg ccullolilli: region.

Just wilero these i dustriai cent- res my was not ptcc ly stated. ll was said, however, that their MIDL- ure represented advances west. and south of Mcscow >

The fur southern theatre, in tile region extending from Kharkov cn the Done.s River to Rcstov on the Don to the cast, was also described here as an alea of German advance, The Ulualneian Nazi armies, freed by the fail of Odessa from ane- gul- sibic fear of counter-action a. t eir iioutham flank, were to be smashing eastward in the Donuts Valley against a desperate Russian resistance typ lad by Rad coiurer- attacks which hurled old-fashioned aavalrymen head-on at German

nks.

The capture of Odes». which was credited argely to Rumanian ills, brought praise for Romania along with suggeltiom that the country could expect commensurate recog- nition in the Asia‘ proposed now or-

or. A German war reporter acid Piusims had set firs ilo all dl tan n the city before falling buck. rt did not indicate how mmh o eus hcsbeea destroyed. flR-llibllfllatélfg!’ to ‘gaauata tno elmn y us, cam- snd ‘claimed. had cost mm at

1'0

GEO TO U. ,8. OOOR Bl

Sgt. Observer lllussian army ls missing Admits loss i Of Odessa

Indications Soviets Or- ganlzlng New De- fence Area To Illzlst.

l-DNDQN. 06i- 17 -—(CP) —Tlle British Broadcasting Corporation relayed a Moscow radio announce- ment tonight tllat. Bled forces have abandoned Odessa. long-besieged 13inch Sm port.

“file evacuation was carried ollt ill the CUilfbc of the last eight days 11ml was completed Ln perfect or- 41013" sad the Russian announce- mem.

"Our troons ilove been trarsnort- cit by sea to other sectors," it con- cluticd.

The lvioscciv radio declared that tllc German advance tovrard the Russian capital inlci been "some- wllilt. slovrrri rioivh" and that Red forces were sllil ricfellziihg the * ‘s to NIOSCOW "with great tenac-

Tlvc hundred miles scntll of Mos- cow. according to the broadcast, thr_

Sgt. Observer Ernest A. Treclcn» Gcrlnans had failed in an encircle-

tions. He resided here scmc tlhlc A ' f _

while he attended Prince of Wales .5 or the slllllllel“ "m". the

College. He is a naidve of we,“ itlillO added, the Germans have ihrowh large forces again5i; the

Devon, 26 miles from Suinmersltle.

Uncle Sam in Sly hint to Japs re bases

WASHINGTON, Oct. l7—iAPl- As ii’ to serve iloilce that it is feeling fit. for any sholvdowll in the Pacific, the United States , Navy announced tonight that its "ml lli" Vflm River \\'tli'C $l'i‘il h’1'o program of constructing air bilfitib tollzcalit ill authoritative quarters. in lthlit. vast occult is progressing _,_ V, ,___ V ‘wllvlithont so much as a mention lccllllllllcli Oil WEE 9. C01 4) of Japan, where all Avis-blinded ~‘—-—— Premier has just been CllDSLll, the

allllllulsltiitrllsnlllsillil:Pacific ilnsvs s.

prcgrnlh is ken-plug well apncc lli ,

the genera‘. cxpilusioh prngrnhl of

the navy in building up the lln.

approaches to the Donetz Basin, supported by Hungarian, Italian anti Runlilnian divisions and there

"the battle is raging with ever- Erou-illg; intensity: Tile announcer concluded that

"men more stubborn fighting must be expected."

Illrlrations thnt the principals of "inn ‘-'.\'ll‘(’l‘llllli‘fll_ abandon- ing Mo ow for Kazan, 450 miiesto the east, were preparing to reor- llillllzi! war operations from bases ‘ll the lil0,(lllli square-mile area b.“- hvccn the lower Ural ltfouutains

Lion's tLWU-OCCflllf navy to gl-eotcs array o soapower 3 u world has ever seen.“ Only a few hours earlier" the navy had announced that. it lulu hiTlLYBd "a very fciv" Alncrlcltil _ ---~_-- jmerchant ships ilito port for lu- \'.'\vSrI1NG'I‘ON. Oct. I7-(APl._ structiohs. It. did not say where A grim hullt was believed in pro-

east six transports unk by bomb- ers sndlaish wit l iqlt

gross tonight in thc lousy North Atlantic for the r.l.rier which tor- pedinrl illc U131 States destroy- er Kcurlly but AAlD(Q to sink her ~Cllii‘ 350 illrhrs. scuzliivtsl of Iceland this morning

The Kearny hcrself-—.$l'i,000,00t). 1.630 t;n l.slroyel' completed your llgib-llfilfiillllably was limp ng iI-uxlrd scene North Ahicrican port l<' lepaitz.

‘iii; N.l\\'.~ brct onhouncelncllt ilznl the livlrny had been attack- cd sliicl sh.‘ ilvas n-blc. des tic the tonnage, "to proceed under lcr own l , . ..

these ships are located, but other sources indicated that the inter- national crisis with Jllpml hnd sent a number of vessels speeding _ to safety from Pacific war clouds

These two devclonlilents follow- ed increasing predictions on Clip-

W

(Continued on pane 9. Col 6i

Interpreting

O . .‘l For the time being. the navy stood

on the stavlrunt which. was irlimi. l. unanswered such ques-

| IIOHS l\.SI—- ~»»-.---.-__ ..-____1 What tlpc of craft. submarine. surface lxldmi- 0i‘ airplane. fired

tile torpori ‘.‘ what. was its Ila. llollalliy? Wlls the Kcarrly able to

siilkc bilclz? In off ill circles the general ‘ plcsunlptiou was that ii subnlzlrlne , lil‘t'i'l lhc t. psdtl. It was C-‘Tllslilif- jorl highly ilnlliofsabfc thnt an air- ,pluut= would have been Oilffdilll" ’ ' l. tar at. sell or that a sllflilfl‘ raztl- .33? ' l insulin ‘iy ll (lei-hum Sllbnl-AT- lallffl Anlelxlyll palms fflrlllm‘ m "c o m,’ u, a mama.“ and mp i ‘cast. c .u.tl have zlppmaf-hovd . tier circumstances wilioll comps-l m“ ellmlgllll-lhe smcfw msmlh l I'm got-nil o, the ici-Lcilt hs h l“ h“ h“ ‘~\l-l\ it iflipcdo. t deliberate part of llltiers mast- ti!

tBy Kirke L. Sim snnt

(Associated Press Suit‘ Writer)

Dciliny rode the (lililily w..r- head of the torpedo that wound- ctl the American ilLilfuyill‘ hen.- ny, providing an overt all fraught. with ccilslqucilccs still to be revealed for the Unltcd Sins; liiiil for the Axis.

or war pill... lei i. dlv§lw _ -. l up", “mm-mm Bum". up, m, was little rlcll,_ that an aggressive aro yet. lo he assessed. Thrrl- "Olfll “R5 ‘Flirt’ Will‘ f" llle iii- uan be no reasonable doubt, lOC-‘Pl r ,

submarine l I ei/P-t. at a DTP-ii

however, that the co _ mantle who loosed that tor- cuo at the Kclirny was undci- erlin orders not only to hunt for victims in forbidden waters off Iceland, but to strike s ec- ifically at. Azuerloan wnrsh pa.

conference ‘ gsiie Park, N Y ' said til rcspons l llvestions about pes- siillo retaliatllln thnt regular navy. crdi-rs appplled. He noted that. the i torpedoihg was clearly in the Amer- . icnn defence zone. 1 The regular orders given the Navy 1

Th! NOW W85 Slfllfll N51 "5 last Sept ll iiero to hunt ciolrill Berlin was iciuring Nllslslil lill and (qnnimle any “ramosnnke, N" lllbl-Bfl M" llfllmlfncl- ll Lrniders" in Anlricnh dcfcnsivei some Ill0 as Japan. shaken l.) , w-nl¢,-s_

a cabinet crisis, seemed to have ' cut her lot anew with l-or European Axis colleagues ily elevating an Alis~minflcd meni- ber of her military caste to the

premier-chip. 5 a Bilt-ii-‘iilii-‘t éii-i-fiifii. " Ago Tc il av

.;_._... n... .

(Continued on page 9, Col I)

IIMWE COMMENTS 0N OIL STORY

(By The Canadian Press)

OCT. iii. 191B - French troops forced complete evacuation of Sniily-sailliscl on the S‘mmc and shined important. hcigllis north- east and northwest. of village Rioling broke oilt in Athens strolls