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wéuaizcorrsrovvu, CANADA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2s, 1940 l0 PAGES ----

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WAT ERW AY PLAN NEARER REALIZATIBN

WASHINGTON. Jon. 2i-tAP)— A gigantic St. Lawrence waterway project, revised to meet the ob- Je..ti0ns of Senators who defeated it in 1934. moved a step nearer realization today when engineers of the United States and Canada reached a “substantial agreement" on the project's feasibility.

0n behalf oi delegations from nu. countries, the State Depart- ment issued a joint statement say- ing that ih: next move would be a decision by the two Governments on matters of policy.

The basic cost of the project has been estimated at round $250,000.- 00. Engineers soy at between five and szven years would be required to complete a seaway from the Atlantic w the Great Lakes. but that power development phases could be completed in much less time.

"The engineering advisers of the t... governments," the ailnouncc- newt said “have reached sub- stantial agreement on the feasi- bility and desirability of a pro- ject in the international rapids section of the St Lawrence River which would involve a main dam in the vicinity of Barnhurt Island. with a pov \' house in each coun- try. and a control dam upstream.“

The revised project is bus-ed m1 o. 1926 report of a. Joint board of engineers.

Rumors (if

val Eoce- ilGﬂitiEPlitEl IS INVESIEI]

l Govemlment is nlanninz on a short l ' session oi’ Parliament to be fol-v

l l

OTTAWA. . Jan. 24—<CP)—'I‘he l, Ottawa. Journal said todav in al newspaize story that "reports per-l sist in political circles thtlt the

lowed by c, general election on Ma 20'

‘Unless there is s. terrific Ger- man attlwk on the western front next, sprln , lt is understood the election vii take place in Mav. the paper added.

Coming Events

-U_ Rate for Notices in this column 3 cents per word. , .. ...._...._. l-mﬁ“ “QM-d Party. Dance,‘ Traraclie Cross nail rnully. ls-BJS-l-z-l-ci. "Salvation Anny runlmalze $8115 Fricay. 1:30 p. ill. n-olo-l-Llo-zi.

"Hockey at Slanlev tonizhi. Grahams Rood vs, Slﬁlllev- L-Wil

"New Glnsuolv toniszht. Royals vs. Mable isms. 1-"i**l~

“Rove Saturday at 2 o'clock. New ' Glasgow rclvcr. h-lioU-l-Jowl-

"Burns Concert. liamlltﬂll. l

Thursday. January Llzith. l; Jlllllly l worst’ Mr. v _ rrlany. L-ltb-l-sc-il- of Prince District Council: Mt‘.

"Maple Lrl-lfsfv-Tllornzts 31-116" Rink tculglit. biillll? l\\}JQ-\g25-1'254li' scﬁlwé‘..§“‘§Z°8L..E§§§S‘lliiuﬁllri? “o '° 7 p‘ m‘ 25 celllélrss-i-zl-ll

“Buying live ncgs at Albany- January zotli, Friday 20th at Euler-l aid until noon. Slgneu tiivtqreﬁn l

Strawberries. 1 lb. carton. DBJY de- ljvgry 3 P, M. Phone your oloels. Island Cold Storage. L-als-l-ll-ll.

l "Fox Meat at reduced priccsnl peel; frown hor e meat lriarrsl 5c

Fresh frozen beef tripe 35" 3151*“ l ivy must he culled or

ulhelmlng mlds," Roy Grant of Monet-On,

“concert and Dance in Alton ‘Iﬂlﬂl meeting of the Nora Scotln Farmers‘

HQH- F“d“y' ‘hmum-y 26th‘ LMUQSlSBPIEllGFY oi’ the Maritime Chamber of Agriculture. l

Island Cold storage. L-B-iti-l-mi-ll.

with lunches free. Algaglhllli-"lég-zl-i

"Doubleheader at East Rovuitv tonight Dunstdffnlilze Bombers vs ym-k R-gngglﬁ; York married mcn

. 7 ~ i. c~ kcctl CorhcalBnrllfv Itfglllmfga arrival acliﬁl. or week verv special price oil car. book orders now. McGulttﬂn “Hf my,‘ L-l36l-1-‘25--l

“L dm llvg nous Kenslnlcton. q-hu.,°§nv_ ‘flan. 2am, u a o. n} Morvvn llululon null Rnv Bnlrnol llilllitll‘ llivl-r ‘i-‘rtcluv till turlul lvlcuwcu uuu cunlulwll.

w l w wont 0 l i. t . 0

l.Wl).%il\‘ll‘§ lllggnoesﬂflrllrcweek-“nd “l”- Loadln M charlottctown. Friday

com. a so ll nunlel- River. Ehlllfdilt: l

. .20. 1.1 tock “our “tats? ‘° mics...

Dead Russian in for "Wllhl after Finns cu. cemsllilly craft. who, vviih other cameraman {or

was one o! many [who by ﬂﬂtlitfQd along the rongsldmin gwuhgm ﬁnk“ ‘m, “and l a R d _ .. . ‘mutedu Soviet supply“"c‘c1timn. m- iilusive iiféiil-lfiilis made by nus stall phltlngraphoeikl-jﬂ: quail. Tight" and "lwliliﬂﬂlly SOHML" NEA “fl/ice. l5 inking photos in sub-zero climate oi’ northern Finnish front. '

irieizzililiﬁislifliiiv To Be Absent At? O t t a a d City (‘$1 Agni"? this‘gill:folllzbpiggllzsngpiiriilcigsulginiclicnezgleiengi Legislators T-oi-Take Up l l

Duties In Atmosphere Qf Dignified Seriousness.

His Honor, Lieutenant hovel-nor B. W. LcPoge was invested into ihc brotherhood of Boy Scouts in liilllf€SslVe investilure ceremony at. Government House last night. was named Provincial Patron of the l Prince Edward Island Bov ASSGLIElllIOll at the annual meeting.

His Honor, Judge H. L. Pres dent of the Provincial Cou of the Boy Scout Association,

z V. A, Ainswcrth District C

lmissioner for Queens were also in- vested during the ceremony.

Mr. J. J. Morris, Provincial Com-

" in charge of the in- vestiturc assueteti by Mr. R. lson. summer-side. District Commis- sioner for Prince. Captain Eric I. H. Ilills. Provincial Executive Secretary carried the colors.

The Boy Scout promise was urn bv ench oi the lvz-stezl and the Boy Scout j badge was loinreri on cnch by Provincial CCiiillll§lOll0l‘ who coined them into the great brothel‘-

(BY C. R. Blackburn.

P113555 Stall Writer) OTTAWA, Jun. L lllth Parliament 4 o el~ o o" _ SPLIT. Yugoslavia. Jjlll. 24~The lffmlfl cgiimllglfvwgt“ ‘}§,.,§§§§. ‘$31.5

but lackinsz. because of the war.

Yugoslav Destro Sinks After Crashl

Earshot-slur destéovelrhLllubllana. 1.1, ens. son vt l nour . _ - .- - the naval base ‘of rgilgclhik todaEv m2 “Dueling Show of fashion and

alter htrikinz a submerged reef, mldulamy makes

outstandlnx social

Lnzislators will take up sessibliul Links in an atmosphere of dignified seriousness while showy dress uniforms and medals wav to service wear with civilian t l officials in plain morning clothes. T“

The invited list of the lzenelai public. which in othcr veers has brought tllfﬂliug oi cvenlnl: izown- ed wcnlen to stand in line for hours

before the opening.

ailroximaiely 300. Jumped over- ‘board and all were norts said that commander Achlin lccnlmittcd suicide n5 the destl-over was sinking. but that he was saved and had been placed under guard

Others pr-escnt al the A. R. Brennan. Presid

_ _ hem?! blow to the Yuszoslav navy (Continued on purge 3, Col l) {wit} has but w“? dc

NEWS BRIEFS

01"l‘A\\'A. Jan. 2~i—t(ll‘l—lames ll. B. Cromwell, Uililcd states liiinsicr lo Conrado. told correspondc ys project, and that he was “profoundly interest-

As usual seats hove been reserv-

menlbers of the diplomatic and oi- iicial circles in Ottawa and their Governor-General Lord Tweedsunulr read the Soeecu from the ’I'hr0ne. Senate chamber nre those of an ordinary business session except that wives o! min- isters will be elven spore seats and crimson hassock-the isnok-ﬂwill be in position at the Joot of the throne to seat th

meni. setting forth the terms un-

nts today he favored l. the St. Lruvrcnco seawa "Strawberries - i-resh frdzin ed" in the Alberto Social Croft. theories.

ll;- reiuscrl, however. to Say Wlwlhﬂl‘ he lﬂvﬂfi? President Roosevelt.

d a third term for

d The wartime ban on flrinlz sa- I ceremonial occasions. Qliiﬂlflﬂtinl the, cannon fire when Governor-General drives up lto the parliament bulidinu to read.

H Jun, z4_-(CP)-Canuda's "drifting" agricultural pol- tho country's (arm groups will be "downed by nvcr- N_ 8.. sold ton ght at the an- Arsoclntion in his report as

_ (0ontiriued_or_l_pqg_q_3. A091!)

_l/\r)--A retired United States army officer, izht service vessels scorch- 146 persons aboard.“ broadcast as realistic. 48. arrested and convicted on an in- lust night's futile hum for the suppos- nlicrivc-rd he probably had mn-

BOSTON, Jun. 24 whose mistaken report oi‘ an s08 cull sent e In: for a non-existent "sinking ship with vs. East novaltv married "“‘"L-_8.,6 night he would "do u nguln" if he heard anolhcr

Captain Byron C. Brown- toxicniicm charge as a climax to ed Vessel south of Capo Cod. conceded fused a dramatic radio program for a distress call.

NEW YORK. Jan, Zll-ICH-A story of German atrocities In con- "pru-tically every one in the old regime tllony Fllllm of (‘llll-llgo on hl! fi- wrr-re he round his mother and

quered Creche-Slovakia, whore ls in rilsilnly." was iolll today by All him from u trip to his home loud [other dead and :| brother insane.

A naturalized United Slﬂlcs citizen, Prune so aroused me that l trlcd to join the Czec being organized in Paris."

Plain nnlu that “what. l law .n h Ltllvn which mu

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Chamberlain View

Great Britain-Ready To Ful- fill Pledges T0 Belgium,

House Of Cgll-IBIOIIS Told.

LONDON, Jan. 2i--(Cl’)-Prime Minister Chamber- laih told the House 0f Commons today that Great Britain is ready at any time to fulfill its pledges‘ to Belgium.

Reviewing treaties llnd declarations from the signing of the Treaty of Locarno in 1925 to as late as lost Aug. 27, a few days before Germany invaded Poland, Mr. Cham- berlain said Britain hzld undertaken “to go to the immed- iate assistance of Belgium in the evnt of unprovoked aggression by Germany.”

Under ihcsc pledges the British Government retains the right to decide what constitutes aggression or threat- ened attack.

BREAK WITH RUSSIA?

At the same time the Prime Minister said in reply to a

sideration in all its aspects.”

Hc declined to reply t0 a further inquiry from Major General Sir Alfred William Fortcscue Knox as to whether a brealcwith Moscow would not be “logically and morally

London newspapers predicted this week that the Rus- ;.:.-_- ,_,__ sian Ambassador Ivan Maisky would return to Moscow

expert on Finnish affairs. The British Ambassador t0 Moscow, Sir William Seeds, recently returned i0 London

correspondence l for a “vacation.” Re Training RAID SHETLAND ISLANDS

l; i‘ ‘.72: soon. although the reasons were not given. Maisky is an A d d | t I o n a l.

bombers scouted the Shetland Islands for two hours and Shows Wlmng-ness: dropped ll) bombs, a: of which fell hnrmlcssly into the T v e - ‘A sea or on arren an . _ To c.0913 “Sui In A"; Some of the bombs were aimed at a trawler and a rallllllg‘ C 8M8 , vetssfelullghe raldetrs flllsaplpeared in a high cloud when Brit- —'-—— ls lg ers wen a er em.

Some time ago the City Council offered to the Federal Government the use of the net Cllrlrlotlclolrnl ail-port for military training pur-.

~—tConztin—uyed~own'l§zille/i§lmﬁol

poses for the duration of the war.‘

ocsteststurrsshtli mg George Visits

the Defence ‘Department and was}

““3§'=r°~§§§l§§3'“.§l3l-l.'lng . Canadian Trogps At

meeting of the City Council was

callehd to consider tthe following h t C fulr er communcaion, ad resse ‘

to Mayor Foster from the Deputy l 0 Minister or Transport. Ottawa: l _.____... __~..__

22nd Jan. 1940 l

“Your Worship: "It will be necessary to use cer-

tain o! the municipal airports as nin bases in connection with the Empire air training scheme.

(By Edwin Johnson, uanadlan . PfPSs Stall’ Writer) I ALDERSIIOK‘. Enuiand. Jan. 2.4- lC

P Cabiel-‘The King, who six

The final location of the traininv. . all‘? tliillletbglriilntgnanltgciigg schools rests with the Delmrtmcnt Spent ﬁve hmirs among £1.16 m“, 0f Nfll-"mﬂl DPYPMP hi" W15 Di“ .the Dominion has sent to Enlfani‘ l

lparilnlrut is co ti in rc- w fight 1n glw way amuse 513,-.

-0pci'a ng gal-d to i-hc use oi‘ the civii air- ‘mnmg lporls now available in the Dom- - l And as the strains of "retreaﬂ l inion. . ‘sounded throuizh the winter twi- "I enclose. for your information llllzht of Aldcrshot comp tonight

copies in duplicate of an urzree- _ division non-odd it ulsad belen the d8!‘ which HlS Majesty Will lflk" , mosl evﬂ“' ‘l av 9V b3 5*“ over airports for this purpose ondl “Red” Bgmbers Slnklsince the; landed on the 51101135 Ijf would be obliged if this could be, ‘we Mo‘ 911mm "emlv 5h‘ Weeks

given immediate consideration and Flllnlﬁh Sh“), Naf- “Kg-Or more than ﬁve h um

lthe members o! Canada's first

question whether Britain would break off relations with‘. Russia that such a move “would require most careful con- ‘

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Arrive To Train Pilots

l l CYITAWA, Jan. 24 — (GP) -_-

Seventy -une olliccrs and approxi- y mately 200 airmen of the Rlloill Ail‘

rurce have arrived in uanaua to a.-

sist in training ouch. air observers

and air gunners under the British commonwealth air LTBIITADK plan. tho

deierlcc department announced oo-

ntzht. _ v The men are being divided lnlo

five groups. y

One g1 uup will be stationed uh all‘ force headquarters in Oitauu, a set:- lond will proceed to the air tralnlnﬂ cummiind in ‘Toronto, a third is s0- ing to the Technical School in 5t. Thomas. Ont., a fouth will be locat- ed at Trenton, Ont., and a fifth all Camp Borden, Ont, b

At the some time defence mlnlste R/Dgeis announced that the first meeting or the supervisory board o! the air training plan had been held thh morning at air force headquar- ters. Prior to this meeting he said. a ‘series of prelgarolorv eonierenccl had been held between Canadian members of the board and reure- sentatives oi the United Kingdom air mission.

The board. cha with responsi- bility for su rvis on 0i’ the inan- cial adminis tlon of the training program is under the chairmanslll? of Mr. Rogers.

EVEN ‘THOSE.

. OLD KNiGHTS

l MusT HAVE HAD THEN? DAY

T ermometer

Extremes High Low

Yollﬁrﬂﬂy’: hllhest and lowesi thermometer readinza are indl. outed above,

a reply sent by wire informing this - _ W ° the Department whether your muni- r0Wly NIISS Ground‘ elllﬁﬁgin?“ 5l§§§lLd°§n§ TORONTO, Jan. 24—~(UPi-Minl- (‘Ilia-lily W011"! be Prepared l0 00- ed Nazi Vessel fnmmlly through the set-ﬂed rank. mum and. maximum temperatures: operate with this Dolonlim-éilt. and - - u‘ welbtmlnod Sovdmrs Ncruiwd Dawson 7B 5B the Department oi‘ Naticnofl De- —~—- from even. “in of mg Domlnlorh Vancouver‘ 36 4o fenseqlll W? 6eyf=xnt 0f U“ ﬂl- 9*‘ my ‘vnde worm...) and fol-umilv reviewed three units Edmonton 30B 413. DFPBJ "m" il-Sltmi l0 "S" 3'0"!‘ (Assoclmed Pr“! ma“ writ") .'0f which he is Co1onel-in-Chief- Regina 543 113 airport as on air school HELSINGFORS Jim 24_‘Ap) . the Royal 22nd Regiment, the Rov- Winipeg u.) l Yours m '1 n "' T —-Soviet. bombers: swarming ovrr l 2: €QmadmA Engineers and the mmnw L‘ 15 v1. SMAR‘ ' Finland. today sank a Finnish ship l 25'“ Cﬁfmdmll‘. Arunew‘ Ottawa n 3° D.l.utv lvlinister with a Show“ or bombs l.“ mg . M“ in uniform of Field Montreal y,‘ g4 Under the terms of the contract Aaland Archipelago and med w la1_eI‘;lrlBri1tl1i;lhDl‘i\)W(l\rC_llr-$d lévéartnfqutr-cgi; Qugbw 4B 17 -“'*’ T‘ 1 bomb a German vessel while Fin- bltlcr quid: H15‘ Majesty drove ggglioiggw“ g

(Continued on page a. Col ‘ii l s" land nrmlbs maintained a neorlv 50 miles tnrourm the scat- —“- ~'~—=——“ steel tron Mound o his Sovl tercd comps of the Canadian div-

of Lake Ladoga. more alonlz the ranks. chattlm

Eli __'—" force cut. of: from help northeast. lslou Rnd walked about live miles M"m"'° ‘u’: M°m7 ""' ""5

moderately cold; strong northeast

Dumping 10 or l5 bombs. the l with oiilvvrs and men about their Wind‘ °" "l" "d "bib" "m"

0 I I lplanes sank the i.l33-ton N0ililill.lil0l1t'i'-’\I welfare and previous war lof Finnish Registry. at sotlunja, a lﬁﬁvlce-‘i- snail Island ln the eastern part of

ltre Archipelago. Other bomos “NM”! Wm‘ Chm“

l l l l

wherever he appeared His Ma-

cnolw off ‘Nova Scolnn coast.

sync cold in Ontario with light mow occurring in many districts and it

nd rises tomorrow morning at.

bomb fell close enough to (nut-ac u imlrncli shl- will nsli. the cluno m.

have machine-gunned the l-rvlv as morn silo. is Colonl-l-ln-Chiet. Nev row

' l (Continued on page 3. Col 2) l (Continued on page 3. Ool B)

ed toworrl shore, hut no_ The Kim: told Molar-General A

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TIIE CAR FERRY SAILINOS

leak. After tho Notuug llacl frlnurl- lilo first. mDortuniisl to insvtW tile Bmnmfrald’ n“ "lgmwn mm" T a A cred. the plonrs were reported to Toronto ‘Ql-otlinil or whiellLreui- “l” m” "m" Charlomelown"

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mist The weather has been

continue: fair and cold over the stv was zrcclcd bv a roar of ‘Prairlre Provinces.

lbareiy missed a German ship. un- . . named lnddisloatchcs reaching hen‘. ‘c Iwhich ha run aground nearby A ma“ with nu .-. dd f . ‘third ship. nlso urlicieniificd, was .,' S .9‘ ‘R1 a ed m, ""—""' m»- . ' to": stresses: streets ‘t l" s:":..r2r.:: 2:.".lr“;....... ' ﬁ§l§f'.,2v,.t*;;1..;:.;""""°"'s M sl- ut l.» w.

was so poor that not a direct. hit Afﬂmugh the (ween did not ab f?” "ms scored on the Nolung, but one r-rmpﬂilt’ ills Mnicsiv tmluv ll. was ‘min moon JUL a‘ 7 27 p‘ m_

have; Borden 9.16 AM- 1.00 PM. eves Iurmentina 11.00 A. M,