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Military
Stolen
Fear Valuable Documents
Spirited Out Of Country--
German Espionage Involved,
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PARIS. nec. 21.-cor.
Cables)-Pear that the 
3 0! Ui I-Dternntionll Espipnggo 3
dicate may have asc gn.
France since yesterda ;a::?;d mm
Y’ up of
- Wi ll1°8ed members _ png”
 bypollcetonight. wuox.
_ Be amln
nl Berebwita um;
Clara. believed to beannaturalrgi
Canadians and former ruidents of
w5n11iP¢8. meantime remained in
Premier MacMillan
Reports Substantial
Progress Made At
Ottawa Conference.
NDOYYA
tamed from and
hctcry
ion and re-
last week in
ent una
I-lon.
“PUD
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with ins ob-
ut uniform lelrisla~
the Provinces For ti
ference on
iett of
tion in
m or cars.
in Prince Edilfd Illnhd) l'¢Sl5¢l'l"
tion being by weight, in others by The vast scope of the police probe _--
une power, in others asain by was shown ln the lwlllls 0! #bout MONTREAL nee 21-snlpmen
qheeilbasc. It il the intention, be- 1.000 demands for information from of (ygnwdian IQ-“in  main
fvre any lelislatiim is enacted, that banks, tourist agencies, and hotels Large Volurne  fg,-,mul u-egtmmt in an”
custody with eight others on chu-
KGS 01 being mcmbe or _
dicate. n me ‘yn
Tonlsht. 1-'tobert swits, en smug.
can who is held along with his wif,
‘denied Dfllica accusations gmt 1,;
lilly be connected with the gyndlc-
ate which authorities believed would
lead directly to "Gei'|nl.ny’s master
organisation."
Leadsrslscape
Fear that the leaders may hnvg
“upped U'“'°l-‘Sh s widespread net
inspired police to feverish activity
in an effort tc run down 40 mem.
bers of what was described gs the
French section of the spy ring,
Activities oi' the band wars cloud.
ed ln a haze of mystery, as more
remained to be sifted a vast quan-
tity of documents which were seized
along with clandestine wireless sets,
Pf°5¢“l°d “Y , b00ka. large sums of money, and
with the Mlm photographic sets from the 10 per~
lm n-
sons taken into custody.
Police were groping to find a
thread that they hoped would lead
the unravelling of a tangle of in-
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s yearly con- . ware said
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against Ger-
completed.
equally mysteriolll.
authorities to Jem to
have
Finland.
ago 83 persons, including a mysteri
ous Miss Martin" who' had a Can
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ces beasflt upo
Hon!!! ihcl’hce whowasin
Authorities expressed the fear that
|¢;m¢`,m,,'. QM, ynmiéf Mgelurlllan highly valuable documents contain-  Post O ffi ce
at the conference returned a few
‘WI ll
ing closely-guarded French military
trenches along the frontier had al-
°_ ' secrets and sketches of the line of #_
Few people realize the amount of
hom 1 -
ANNOUNCEMENTS- fx” 'DMM °“' ° m' °°“” work involved in the distribution
t mu. f fu Md of the Christmas mails from the
  polite mp ofessgd mtg have piggy? Post Office. The procedure follow-
 E Q mm yegglml gn Bu- ed is an excellent example of sys-
threats o ev ce
lin Communist documents taken
tem and division of labour, as the
ni:Af:ii.\i.‘.’°':|.'°i :-1. `i:&"°:»:3 from the bassaze °f the persons led lame volume 3; letters and parcels
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oi.i¢~i\y penal. in uvmee. to the belief at first that soviet es are handled t mat ¢Xl>¢d ll
picnage was involved, but the the-
and efficiency.
"Tag nays friday and Saturday ery was later advanced that these The stamp sales made thus far
lor st viuoanifs orpiimase- 2111- pope;-s muy nrve been designed to are sligntly in esvnnoe or more or
......_-_ becioud the trails. last year. The volume of letters
"Concert and Danes Millvalo 0i!lcia.|.s said the Beroowitss and handled yesterday was larger than
lchool Friday, December 22nd. Ml' the other foreigners might be de- that ever handled as one day's
mission N edits. 3189. ported unless dangerous evldsncs mall on any one day previously. A
were uncovered against thsm.
staff of 33 men including ten extra
"Hockey tmight st Milton, Sec- The names or others held were employees is working at top 
ven as Mins Lidla Tchekaloff
and expects to have last nights
ond l-Iornsh vs. Glasgow Road gi .
Maple Lash, gist; gfcer. S841 Btahl, 48, a Russian; Louis Martin. :ali sorted by 5 o'c1ock this morn-
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48, a translator in the French Min
"N tics ... Hu-ta lil Christmas iatry of Marine! Mile , Madeline Th letter carriers are on duty
concert postponed M saturday. Hurmt. 23. a Bomb teacher: Mello dulye accompanied by n delivery
Dec. 23rd. 380 Ulllllw. 36. and his wife, Ghana. fl- vehicle for carrying parcels. Due to

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bam forced cf! their time schedule.
SCIIOONIB. AGIDUND
ST. JOHNS, Nfld-. DCC. Il.--Hlrd
and fut aground on a rocky ledge.
tha auxiliary a:hooner Humcrhtwas
pounding to pieces tcnkht under
tha bstiermg of Atlantic surf near
Argentina, mi the Newfoundland
coast.
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able discrepancy in provincial leg- accused of espionage activities.
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ts
pre-
Brit-
ain even though routed via Buffalo
and New York, it appeared today
followed reports from New York
that W- G. Mott, Secretary of the
North American Export Association,
had announced one shipment had
already been made and others
would b¢ made “soon."
The fact that the wheat had been
sold before it lef the Dominion,
according to Mr. biott, was respons-
ible for the granting of the prefer-
ence. Customs authcrltiss at Lon-
don and Liverpool refused to con-
firm or deny the r-sport qf the
shipment.
Wheat shipped from one Empire.
Point to another is granted the gg.
cent-per-bushel preference provid-
ing it is nOt passed through a for-
¢l8l'1 Port in transit. unless it is
definitely shown the shipment oi;
801118 direct from seller to buyer
through consignment. '
Through incomplete documentary
evidence, two previous test ship-
ments had failed to receive the pre-
ference.
Ottawa authorities deelru-ad in
°l1ler to comply with tne provnioeu
of the Canada-United Kingdom
aareement. the grain must be pur-
chased and all partoulsra of the
tlinlwtlbn wmvletsd, in Canada.
Qualifled for free admis-
lelt Britain. 'Riu a
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IIIIBANS CHEER
l|.S.‘ENVOY
(ny .mm P. rtomunrt, annotated
l rms foreign sun)
HAVANA, Dec. 21 -_ President
Gran Ban )lartfn's efforts to units
Cuba behind him under the banner
of nadimalhn bore fruit todly ill
a mammoth demonstration in
which a crowd estimated at 40.000
carried hundreds ci' banners ursivl
“American recognition. comvlbfb
Cuban freedom. and independence
or death."
A motley throng jammed the
vicinity of the Presidential Palace
for nearly four hours and steadily
cheered Jefferson Oaffery, who re-
cently arrived as President Roose-
velt's representative in Cuba
Ncblans-don
, Whilg no disorders attended this
aftcr'ncon's demomti-ation the dty’s
quiet was broken tonight with the
explosion of four bombs in quick
succession in the centre of Havana.
One exploded under a bench on
the Prado in front of the Amaricsn
Club,a aecondin trontcf the
Spanish Casino, ons block away,
ich were not
it
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Son Of Famous
Novelist Passes
fDl0tll,Dac.3.--lir Henry
Diobana, U. sau of tha novelist,
Charles Diokans, diod,today from
injuries racaivsdsavaral days ago
when hawashitbyamotcrcyola
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The _Internation-
al Agreement Re the
Upward Re-valua-
tion of Silver, Sup-
ported.
inyrnmumsuvunoaspeu-
more-nsteriwr-noel
edBf4tssClovsrnment mints
coinsilvarmabo-nobads
producnn.
provideq that half of the ann
production 'cf 24,000,000 ounces
silver shall bl returned in do
ucca and the other h
it §§§i§§
gisirifig
eggeii
ual
of
alf
'rraasury in reserve.
va a price, estimated
of 64% cents
-or half of
considenb cur-ren
4! cents
ted in his
ged
ratio in wcidit and ftneness of t
for the purposes of this proclam-
ation, bs maintained until chan
by further adsl' or proclamation
The presidential proclamation
accordance with the four-year
-vision of the Loadm agreement
India already has ratified
London silver pact. and tba
ident said: “I understand oth
nations concerned ans about
act.” Canada, Australia, Ile
and Peru ara the other silver
ducing nations which agreed to ab-
sorb ths total annual 35,000
ounces of silver produced in the
countries.
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iiHt0’liliFFY
SEVEN FREEIIUM
(Anaclatod Press)
DUBLIN, Dec 2!-To the wild
aclaim of his followers, Genera
loin 0'Duffy, leach: of the United
the
Prison
ct
of
es!-l
Ireland Party °DPOsing the Gov
Q-nment was released from
gloomy walled Arbour Hill
barracks tonight
l-Iis freedom after five days
decision today that detention
the Blue Shirt head and his fol
lower Captain John Sullivan was
illegal.
A crowd of gmpathizers of the
Blue _Shirt garb-declared ill
by the Government of President
Eamon Dc Valera-rushed to the
gates of the barracks and waited
impatiently upon Justice Osbornes'
order in high court for their lead-
er's release.
Once the gates swung backward
the crowd swarmed around 0’Duffy
and Sullivan, hoisted them on
their shoulders and carried them
to an automobile. Then followed a
long procession to a hotel, when s
brief reception was held.
Supporters of O'Duffy whose
cans has gripped all of Ireland
claimed he had won a triumph
dnt the Government.
Meanwhile, counsel for Oom-
mandant ll. J. Cronin, an 0'Duffy
Lieutenant, entered a plea of not
guilty before a military tribunal to
charges of uttering scdltious words
in connection with a raid on the
Young Irelavd Aaaocfetiori head-
wrwrs, a Blua Shirt crganisr
Youth/lrrestedln
Connection With
Y.1\l.C.A. Break
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"Flash" MacDonald, 21,
under arrest last even-
Oity Police. A descrip-
youth provided by a tal-
Bank of Novva Scotia tal-
that of the mum. from
ics shea, a ccxiasdon has
ived.
ce to the Y. ll.
¢l&hd by opening a wi'
the building.
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stocking on Christmas morning
Each year there has been a large
who in the past have been made
hlvny by santa Pals instead
anclnowcn thslastday ofths
adopted. What does this state of*
affairs mean? Simply this, that if
eagerhandsonChristma.smorning
a limp unfilled stocking and will
havaapreciousillusionshsttsred.
Baader! Perhaps you have not
tofboeo aBantaPa.l.
ticallyal.lthsforxnei°Ba.ntaPa.isars
back with us this year, as well as
many new ones. The Christmas
happiness of s large nimibar of
childrenrertsintlishsndsofyou
this responsibility. Is it possible
thnt you will stand idly by and lst
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children eagerly race
ents before the tire is lit. With
whoops ct Joy they grasp those little
stockings, and-_. But stop. What
is the matter? Why those astoun-
ded child faces! Why those quiv-
i
tears those choking nobs? 'Die
stockings are empty.
If you would help prevunt such a
sceiie,_1f you would rnaka some &ild
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Mason Maintains
Kromhout Was
Outs ide Limit
(Canadian Ptell)
HALIFAX, Dec. 21.-Captain R40!!
Mason of the motor-vessel Krem-
hout clung today to his first ac-
count of the rum-laden ships' seis-
ure of! Cape Breton-that ahs was
outside the 12-mile limit when hal-
ted by the preventive cutter Stum-
lmtlilltl SIVER Still Remaining r
On Needy List
Last Day lv*/I-list See Many
“Adopte_d”, If Little Ones Are
To Enjoy Christmas - 
come `A Santa-Pal TODAY;
body grea
which come into the life of a young
His proclamation, formally ntl child is the influence of Christmas
fymg mg Igmggn gilvu- agreement, Are we not constantly reminded of
tha fact by the hallowed memories
surrounding that glad season?
Think of the joy which the child
derives from receiving those myster
foul gifts, which he finds in his
the number of children whom Santa (Canadian Press)
gn 0u;w¢_.uid Claus is almost sure to miss, and NEW YORK, Dec 31--Rletilnhl
the
todayfromafivsweisvisitioln
'United Kingdom, Hon H H BWV
t
gggulu This year the number is larger sus Canadian Minister cf.'rrads
; “The pre* t than ever, well over the 500 mank and Commerce, radiated optimism
h
concerning the cconomimoutlook in
silver dons: to the gold dollar snuli, csmnelsn 150 children remain w be the m°t-her evlllltfy.
Mr. stevens arrived on the lm-
press of Britain, enroute to Odawa.
_.. g 1;;-ge number of peoiis do not' He said the employment situation
is ` cpm up their hearts, the majority in the United Kingdom was bright-
gffoctm ,mm _"Mgr, 1 mg, ny ca time children will find in their enlns ui>.lnduStflllwtivlf-y llrosmb
ir.. '
xioc
.000
sing at a favorable rate and the lin..-
ancial outlook much improved.
While there might be some case:
of individual dissatisfaction with the
Ottawa. agreements. Mr Steven!
thO\lKh ming
3 0008161.61' the matter Seriously. PXIC Bm- SGHGYIDY "WY WN Wofulll
well.
The Minister had as a fellow pas-
senger Rohert W. Bingham. Unitbd
States Ambassador to the Court d
Bt James. The latter, duriéngté an
life is mu.: than sstfm and
WAS!-!ING’l.0N, Dec. 1l-Presid- drinking. Even the youngut child
,nt nocasvelt tonight ordered Unit- requires something more than just
t0 .
with .
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liars
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pro-
Pres-
pro-
” who have never previously assumed i1\.f»¢\'Vl¢W. ¥€fm°d 5° ML _,Jem
by telling the newspapermen ere
iaaiintclnss xnanaboardsndyou
had better sec him."
Mr. Bingham also praised Em.
Bn B. Bound, aedlting Bm Quad-
ian Prime Minister with bein! QI
motivating force behind internation-
sl oo-operittiml in the World Wheat
Conference at London.
Touching on disarmament hs said
the United States has dons “every-v
thing in its power to brinl lbdlll I
pact.” The ambassador Aid he had
been “strongly critlcimd from mano
es" for remarking in s recuit
I ering lips, those eyes flllixig with Wu” mn' ,om mu
london Q;
“.5 prepared to go further than _
had ever gona to promote the suc-
cess of the “Disarmament Confer-
ence." _
“That was what I meant 91011.
he added, "and ft is what I think
now"
custody was gained on a Justices » . ,lie mb my M wwe the prom
lem gd war, Bmgham asserted, is by
reduction ol armament-
'np solution of the disarmament
problem, iid the ambassador, "rests
upon the abolition of offensive wea-
ptlil llich al big guns, big tankl
and bombing nlflllcs-"
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ble Inn.
The Lunenburg skipper, freed
temporarily with his crew pending
trial im theft charges, said through
his counsel toda he was tive
had taken place about 81 miles off
shore.
That was the beginning of a aer-
ies of occurrences which brought
the Kromhout`s crew into Halifax
yesterday on charges of stealing
their own ship. After the seizure
the Kmmhout broke away in a
storm and headed for St. Pierre
with is prix onw of ooastguards a-
board. Thay were captured at the
ranch port. but left there volun-
tarily this week, ready to stand trial
in Canada.
On reaching here, Mason and
Ivan sailormwerw arrested, arraign-
sdsndallowedoutmibailfresto
qiend Christmas with the folks in
Lunenburg. They must be back
here Jan. 4 for prellmmary hear-
mlfeanwhlle, their vssasl lies on the
Halifax waterfront, its cargo of
choice Dcmerara rum unloaded and
in the hands of canadian Customs
officers. There are about 1.500 mal-
lms.
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hir- not mnen change in rrmrw-iam
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