. d, I f, ti‘ BRITAIN WINS SEA, AIR BA TTLES 11v PR om) DA Y l ' MAXIMS E OF A ‘ ' - = i MERE MAN °' ‘ a i . MERE MAN EGGS BIC ma e Hill ll nfl- ///’ nelis; it is s. dieing sciillllngrt‘? kl e Pets Pap ':"‘$dk::|?:hl::-g:n:ehe Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew isw . ._.7_..._. Clmrlottnu n Guindiim Two Cents. Annual Iubsutlptlon Dellvnlsl $0.00 ijjgjfffljfffjfffjj _ h m CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1939 14 PAGES ,,, ,,_,,_._._,, ,,_,,,, ,___,_ _,,,, ,,_,_ ,,_,,, f#-::* ' \—< . _ _ Navy llas Joke l ,»As Ship Strays s Q 5 6 Why St. Nicholas Became llliE SEAT lil Seed @1111» B Y- [ljfililjilg The Story on iVh-ic-Ii all Christmas- Giving to Children and Grown-ups Government Retains Two Seats While Is Based- , . , . Tmrd (11095 To Unit‘ St. Nicholas's one passion was to give presents to oth- Cd Reform Party IQV people; it is therefore most appropriate that his feast _l__;._;__ day should fall just before Christmas, when people are being urged to shop early and to shop generously. He loved. above all other things, to be the anonymous giver. According to the legends, his gifts were thrown thrilugh open windows and sometimes down chimneys. It would have made him uncomfortable to receive effusive thanks. He was content to go about doing good, remem- bering Christ's words: “Thy Father, Which seeth in secret, Himself shall reward thee openly.” Si. Nicholas was the indefatigable giver, but he was never the indiscriminate giver. His presents always went to the people who needed them most; and he was always finding some Lazarus; sitting neglected and untended at a rich man's door. The world grows kindlier; but Lazarus First Dverseas Soldiers Land In United Eingdom Wild Scenes . Of Enthusiasm As Troops Disembark After‘. Uneventful Seven Day Voyage Acrosi_ Atlantic. By Edwin S. Johnson Canadian Press Staff Writer SOMEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. Dec. 18 -(CP Cable) —Britoms tonight received the most welcome and heartening news since the outbreak of war —news that the first contingent of the Canadian Active Service Force had landed kin ,9- Tiny Tommies (By Gillls Purcell) (Canadian Press Staff Writer) AT SEA WITH THE CANAD- IAN ACTIVE SERVICE FORCE, Dec. l6—(CP)~ - (Deluyedl-lhe silent navy had its little joke today and everyone lsuglii-il s- hout it. Three nights s40 tn a heavy Atlantic fog one of the trans- ports strayed from tho convoy. t A rush to the Bible in the ship's library to find the verse‘ {which says: "Rejoice with mo, l In the morning two destroyers for I have found my sheep o which was lost.” § (Canadian Press) One sent was 10st by This morning two specks on the horizon astem us tho con- voy almost marked time. 'l‘licn this message from the naval vessel alongside in charge of the convoy-sent in morse "blinker," in straight code for every signaller or morse reader to un- deistand. "Read Luke 15:VI." .:l Till.» were slice two Aliluircui vacancies-St. James and Jacques Cartier-hilt the Unl- ted Reform Party. a new ptfiticnl group in the Dominion Home won in Saskatoon. l three ritlinqzs were formerly l and all were vacated by Saskatooifs results brim; x-t loss suffered by the Llh- won in the i935 i i i Q 4OQ#§ 1. election. ‘ll(‘ Dilrncher, 1n st. James, defeated Paul Liberal can- non, Nationalist, with a mfl- still remains. Y elgpilngrse théfrlirflleogooorgiqolllensgée _ lint it was children that St. Nlcho-lasflfovedd (lmgst, trad safe“, in the United Kingdonh Mum. L-,bo,.,,,l damned m, o,» it was giving presents to children that a or e im e . In fact the weathelhtanned ‘stalwart sons of keenest pleasure. He always had in mind the Holy Child in the manger at Bethlehem, and he felt, as all good men must feel, how the world has failed to appreciate the full meaning of the most beautiful story ever told. As Eliza- beth Barrett Browning wrotel “The star is lost in the dark; pvllvllia Efllfal- Gucrnrcl, National- ..<!. and Albert Lacnmhe. Indepen- iezlr Liberal. by a sweeping iris- lorry. ll P Hayes. Liberal, lnsi- hv a ‘no in one majority in Saskatoon :o Rey. W. G. Brown. United Re- !o"n candidate and former Mod- of the Presbyterian Church vanished sstern to scout for the absentee. The next day, no word. the Empire’s senior dominion reached the safe ' ' haven of these hospitable shores shortly before‘ Former Excise noon Sunday- - Behind a veil of secrecy, troop-laden trans- lnspactor Passes’ ports glided ghostlike into the mist enshrouded Educated At “K . = T,” ""1"?" is 1°“ i" ‘he straw], ort as devout citizens were returnin from ms§1{',§;i“1‘,‘,“g' 1,, the Home o; Com. There is a pretty legend that when St. Nicholas died ghurch service on a cow bwak Sunday g ¢ - ~ -- -- _ i» -_ and had gone t0 heaven, h€ ffilhd t0 be happy becauae Soldier 5ul_ts fire popular among English youngsters llzese days. l k ' . - (connnucd 0,, page 13 Co] 1, there were no little children there who needed his help. Above, s. British Tommy acts as ‘lnspectof’ 59f ‘PrivBJ-B" Arthur _t 1713-1’ ed the 17st a-"lvag-i 9f combat _t|'°°P5 wglllamlim-EAL-w mvgf-qglawa-loiolxm; ' wtmen by Myra Mnronyrun. rappgugomsaa “semahr- Peter Bawllhss. QIAQXWJHIB llp before ~for this war~from~the overseas Empire which has 1,, m, “gammy”, Iirggpegtgf o; God, so the story runs. as derstood his restlessness and said to himi service in the TEVBXHN- excise after 52 years department of national ' i t smimm‘ ""‘"‘°“‘“*' consecrated the full weight of its resources to the “Nicholas. because you were BlWBYS S0 hind t0 Y0!!!‘ _"'“'""""""" """"_ ' ——l“—*—'“' m“ mother Qguntry in her hgur 0f nggd_ died here last night. people, I will give you a lovely treat. On my birthday every Not until ever ma" disembark“, whisked Mr. Ceven born 1n Edinbuxigh, .4).- yeal- you shall go sliding down the moonbeams to take pre- n e e r m a n away to waiting trains and comfortalfl; lodgad in his rattiieiawas sfiiolh mm will‘; sents to all ‘the babies on the earth that know about Me. teeehins Staff 9f the Prime of Rate for Notices in this column was the Wales College at Charlottetown. He new billets “somewhere in. England" 3 “"51"? ‘Wm; . You shall look just the same as you did in your little body, was educawd a, s_ Dunstan-s C01. = " '?" . V. _ . , Q ‘ ' - ..N,,,,. megmek comm,‘ De, a kind old man with a long white heard. You shall haye news made available to a thrilled and grateful IEEfOiEnEhEéOT-Bléeriflgél.“ m’ om d0 I151. Alton nail. L-zlilrlfl-ll-lv- a long red cloak because the world is cold, and big black n nation. paftfnenf, o; inland revenue a?! the --——— , _ ~ - . ~ . ._ _ M; . - llamlbrook , School Colleen, bimlb iwcflllhe it is veiy dirty, and because you are a heav For days alert watchdogs 0f the Royal Navy fiaffefgm mgxx $111513 HYKQ, a series of promotions. His service had maintained ceaseless vigil over this, the most important convoy to sail the Atlantic since hostil- ities began. And the authorities were-determined there should be no last-minute misadventure through an incautious word or premature rejoic- enly person now» you shall go so quickly that you will be able to reach all the babies in one night." So Si. Nicholas became Santa Claus; and from his devotion there is the incentive to repeat John Hoyland’s prayer: “Bless, O Christ, today WtLJltsLfuy cVtllllllg, ucteinller 1min. L-ldoi-iz-lti-ll. was honored with the award of the order of. the British Empire in the New Years honor list 0f 41935. Survivors include his widow, the former Mary Agnes Kavanash. ti“) sons and a daughter. "Earn cllile school Concert Wed- nesday, December 20th. ' L~l558-1'.l-l9-2l. "North Wlltshire Chrisllnris Con- AnotherDamaged. Churchill clailié" Enemy Navy rcrz. Wednesday, DQCPIHDBF 20th. , . - - l,_-\w.12.l1.,9.-,»0_ All little children, ing over a lob well done. M - - _ _ , . . . . _ ORE “vlm, C“.h,',sm‘“d_,, ounce“ will sfffrfég" Mamie’: sand r8 On The Run—F1€rCe Alf Flght‘ (Carefully laid plans to release news for world dis- llvll-wl? York. when? Dec. 2o. ‘y s‘ Le" ongue am a o ’ . semination mlsfi ed however when Winston Churchill rv _ . - o s 1' y 9 s h-lis. Ihy staliuiri messengers olf ggace and lot-e. lng Over Hehgoland Blght First Lord of the Admiralty. tonight broadcast the an- "NHFDOPO School concert in lie m”! them an’ m every an '- . ___._ nouncement of the contingenfis arrival 27 hours before " sllllfllllflfflCld Hull ‘Pncso nl have them from cruelty, from vice, from throng. LONDON g-ITL-ACPFG t -—-_-__ the qtipulated time) , Y“ QM ALWAEQ$ olubvi" 19. L-ellili- Keep "l?!" beside T111188”, RIITQ-BhCHBTEd- Bntain todky ccfiearuly we-‘cogzd Ngyvgpapermeniwey-e among [he first to ]earn of the A RPHQE it is better to give presents to children than but it is good to give to grown-ups, too says an old proverb, who gives can really the first contingent of the Canad- ian active service force and claim- ed resounding North Sea. naval and air victories over the enemy in her proudest clay of the war Perhaps to grown-ups, “Presents keep friendship warm?’ and it is abundantly true that only he imminent arrival of the Canadians. They had been sum- UMBRELL? Busmees I, moned to a secret rendezvous, knowing only that their mission would be one of “considerable importance." There the real nature of the assignment was disclosed and a few “Come to Bracklcy Point School Cillitflfl, Wednesday 20th. L-ISOl-lZ-ZO-li. lEarly Morning Fire Destroys "Christmas Concert, Alexandra Sclitoi, December 20th. live As t,“ f- m Km l i , t I t th t h d t td ff d “ l d L-iTlz-la-IQ-ll ' _ _ . . fl "P115811 f1 v6 0 e s lmlnu es a er e ar a s ar e 0 un er sea e B d ‘fin a l n ‘S 5a“! ma‘ “ml: ‘s to Tifiyi, It lilvgegoggfhigai fie?“ 1M“3°"'G9“°“"1 A C‘ L- orders” for an lllllfliltflvi destination. _ h l en l/llllgl li_,o spc a to m“; l, in pi 1y can pray l ve gt g c Bllgll/(ifl and his Canadians at Thus Canadmns reached the shores of the Mother r. including geese \ s0 forth. and t licks. L- 15611. lfls concert. Noifo Dam" . Drciemlrer '20, B nricnk. a pious old minister once said._ No one can. Perhaps that is why there is a commemorative stained glass window of Si. Ncholas in Si. James Church. Please send your contributions to the Santa Pal Fund an unannounced port, Winston Churchill First Lord of the Ad- miralty, in an Empire broadcast announced flier safe arrival under escolt. of the main battle iiect. Fire at Cardigan Head early yes- terday morning completely destroy- ed a larze lions: and ‘mi-n owned land amid scenes and in circumstances reminiscent of that eventful day more than 25 years ago when a similar con- same Dominion to fight. against the same foe. Many veterans of that warl tingent came with the blessings of the '35 ¢i‘111$- 1-"171153- _ . _ . . _ , by Mr. Neil Nichnknn. Tile blaze. » ._ ,' """"I M , “Mwm delm" as ‘he Fund c1925. Ii~'_'9.z-ly;.__ ._ m.‘ 70m? rimmg pl‘.mdh'.M] “M011 511111“ 11Y1C111 1 P» 111- 511191111 came again to do their bit. The majority, however, arei, q liar Palm. cfilllfflll, ‘)~1>{‘l) lud YrgTFRDAY“ QANTA PALS Chuichill ncnt on to anflouno. the m‘ m‘. and m“ um“ mo hm", f th t, - 1111M Dec. 22nd, L-lfllz. 1 - - - sinking of one German cruiser and " - . T ' ‘ young men 0 ano 91‘ genera lOn. _ __ _ _ , - . .4 . , later both buidrlgs were a sm uld- , - Harghnp-d ‘Ammo, c‘_nfl,l.‘wc\ ‘i111 illgillflri 9t Mum“ MJ-Mne ' EihSOdaTa-Fltlltig ciltnpnothcrsthin ad: Bring mm ‘ O A scene never to be forgotten by those who had the privilege of TORONTQ Dem m__,cp,__;\nnl_ hiiilIllllCid ll|f1l_ [jglyijnl/pl‘ llllll, il ‘L f‘ ' v_ . Immune , 1 {l 0 if? 5C1 ' B 0f 9 9°C M,“ Nicho-Son and his two sons witnessing it was the sudden appearance of the history-making srm- mum and maxlmum [.gln‘,)(>l‘;ll‘,ll‘(-51 no". line following night. M "‘"m““‘ \ ‘mans ' I ket Dnttlishlp Admin“ Gm‘ spee’ who were in bed when the flrc Ida as it steamed slowly into port out of the enveloping mist. Dawson 11B mb-XBJB-la-ubu’ a Fgigg‘: Pa Mfiiliilltlll iaTgilxlihhadiiiiisdililiiilciiihiiiii “mm amped from the “m” A- the rim transom o: the line. in mo Ire! w» rwlnt. Bud"! "MW" 4° 4“ D"\l1on't mfsa-fhnnrz Creek Concert. lyfrs. Roberta. H. Smallwood. y planes were shot down and seven glglugllgintgge Lsflrgimvzllsg tgtflggg gracefully into view, startled citizens rushed on the double toward the nfilginbe‘ 20m- “ 111>L1l1.1§,,f§‘§‘f’,‘§‘_‘{§i 3111*. Joe. Cailalltan. ‘ Brltlsh bombers "unaccounted for" been canned by a‘ dnlrrcnve flue harbor front. More ships followed st well-spaced intervals and took up Wmnmeg g3 3n N _.__.__- a ‘ ML“ Adrianne Cauaiwmt o a in new‘? fighting We‘ the Helm)‘ The blaze was dlsimvyered by '0“ ‘lthelr allotted berths in the upper reaches of the harbor. ln the vsn of Toronto 37 41 c‘ (‘omerlo Apnlli Road Christmnl? gxlrge; $312M‘ 1a;;dtBé%htn?fi?g' moftihe goeigam of the sons. Joseph Nicholson who the convoy and on either side of each trowshlh stelmed the ever QWBWB 35 34‘ tori’ , h lilil. - ‘- - a u . . ‘ ‘ ~ .7 elm-null o “§S“{,‘y' DcfiTmiiZrl-lb-li. A Friend. 0 Lhwegt Coup A 13mm; El;- ml- “as “Bmmed b3’ m“ cracknnE watchful escorts which had brought them safely 2,400 miles past lurk- Mmflre“! ‘q i‘ ~ i‘ t a B)’ J- F- 5M1“ n r flames. ‘File contents of the house Qufibei‘ 2~ —' --Riv,.,.dn]e Co _nn Con...“ RM, Cr°55 Brmwm CTN‘ Rmws Canadian Press Staff Wrltfl‘ thorlty described the battle as "the was B‘ tom! 105s as we“ as ml‘ ins 611115811- smm John w 3;; Dvfvlllilifl‘ 20th. Ayiillllillslulo-ivl 10c and Shoo“ 4b A M Qu 1d LONDON Dec m __(QP Qq,b]e)_ h1g3?‘ Mr engagement or the year; cmp or h“ and gram Al] From each vessel as it nosed into view several hundred yards out Halifax 3L! (i!) 15v. 1y Sml-my follmqnlzolllllh’115F111, gfifvfygyori: c u ' German add Rjusslan broadcasts wtflffie 50,6 gxoomv now o! the day the stock was saved. The estlmat- in the harbor a volley of cheers drifted across the water from khnki- Chflriolicto“! 3* 34 -' u- '.- J- l ~ - - . ‘ I ___ L a Mt Mrllick Women's Institute. 191111:‘Beegaggfignsnnezxtguggnettfélo for Britain was new wages among gfiuzlfiélélsooOfpglllsiag$vllliéfgfifiedwgS 1:: clad figures cramming the decks. Answering cheers and waving of Marmn" EM“ Fresh m 51mm wye buy - M155 EWHWY ClBDP weeks dlgsemlnatlng all sorta 0f the fishing and mercantile fleets in sumncfi ' y hsndke chiefs and umbrellas came from crowds on shore. "nrthwcst wind‘; pun“, flmmy M,“ goose and duck fenth PT» not mlxe Henry MclcFniuan it Co. v views of the alleged news and the North Sea. Under attack by Suddenly strains of "O Canada" somewhat coYicr. L"-"°4“2‘7“‘ ' M “fl l-T-l 611-1111411811 l9°°i>1°- German bombers two fishing hi h ~b te d t, t "GPO T (Cimmliicd m‘ “a” 3' C‘)! l” Th9 Germ“ brcmdcu“ “I5, ob; trowlers and a small coastal stcam- issued faintly from one 0! the e5‘ ifgrsthge atgranDsboi-Xts t2 erlgegslen (iiie - . I .. S'rc t’ v Lem m“ ca“ “mm vlousl aimed M’ gut-sum‘ m“ hi were sunk and another “H ' ‘I! col-ting ships. Those 0n 5m" ‘important task of dlsembnrkailon.‘ symmms‘ m" “mm” h“ “ " 5m,“ imlvlnli ‘lie-ism Willi"! 11“ _ Cans lans that t ev_ lhmli‘! 110i 5 9 joined Ln the refrain. ' ,1 for the most. part fair from Ou- s' TOD prices‘ T“ w" n. "k5 Pa" in Canada's w" effort“ trawler abandnned in ‘ ‘inking Then came mOTB cheering from Qmer“ Cuck l lsario westward to l\illf‘lill. milil 114042-2471 Russia. 1% iawwigglidw gglggxfzg‘; condition. In addition another me Canadian boym m; 5km o; l“ n“ “Wm o‘ the Gm“ Lam.‘ the W0“ ‘ ‘man Steamship and W") naval bagpipes’ shoumnfi whmtnng “d On the quayside cameras click- with above normal Nillllcluilllrt‘ in 20 "Loading poultly at Ulgg Dec. the Red army's luvas on of Fin- trawlers were listed as long over- singing. ed a5 newsreel units ground out the West. I until V l i I d. .. .. same day illlcolrilfl aiicriroililounstlgi 0E? s “hi. Dec. 15 s. Moscow broadcast due and believed lost, s iota-l “Hflfkngip gigmaérnmélbfi “it? film of the inspiring. momentous 1- (Kifllierotlve. L-479-l2—16-3i. in German nave alleged not-aliens casualty 11st for the dlY “l “"1" - a ‘ ' E 5°91"?- ni h tltie this flitulllPnli w l. an. €__- from a Vancouver weekly ‘bomllun- ghl HALIFAX‘ Doc" uk-(cm-Jflfll were the mw‘ nunmm" some m‘ By this time word about the g < . - - "Nir. Former we are buvlna N B ist newspaper called the‘ "Advocate" psdm" u“, wumhu o‘ ‘he souttler" is the derliilve touch shore claim they heard the vic- ‘mval o‘ I myuuv convoy 1 and tomorroiv fllfllfillfltll‘. a.‘ .4“ live and drewed poultry daily ' ' which claimed Finns in Canada Gr“ s e M, Um “a u . phrase used around this pol-l lpdgy lorv yell of the Winnipeg foot- had sure“ m‘; “fldfim sinrsels this iLltlllt-llllml I .1 Pawns hit-hm lngykef, Drlces 5.5,; ___.__ were agreed that Finland is "want- p” K y by jack tors of the Royal Canadian ha“ ‘em 11nd “Twill” Smmmii through the community, hring- “ml “W-‘s ‘°‘“"“"‘“' ‘Wm’ "*' ““ ‘(if Warehsellinz. swift Canadian MILL-TOWN N 1; Dec 15 _. ain't; sntilmpgrlgllst bssle for an at- ‘w? G;'r'““c:l:'i": Navy_ $119321? 112mg?“ “x11 balm"! bififli“ ing hundreds of excited. cur- 7-34 f 7 q ‘l. L , ._ _ ' ' ' ‘ on 0 . . . - - ' ' _ a i) ~ e Y5 9V‘) Y i lti lllt lo 1h F‘ull moon Dec 2i. C. n. m. _ _ 10P1-4111"“‘ B‘~"“‘““ 9mm“ The same bTOIdOMB quoted the scisthlngly tllllfi the Gflmflfll 0m” ""11 mm“ hm’ Kim“ were gllld the eh<i of this phase Rifle: ,l,f,',“u','l ,';,'{,,.§,,c',',i, -_§ sunmwnqd, m, (Hlfpl-v] ,,,,,<,_ ' Pflllltfv _ Buymg me ‘m; the first man ashore as troops of "Q c’ R work,“ club o‘ 3,1145), M“, "e “than” "nah," eooh other on f-he street with o; ma‘. joumw w“ 1n “gm and "I d k m _ p _ I ‘ ,, UHF“ lire 0d mun“, an gm, Paying lop Canada's first conilzxent disem- Qolumblg" u testing against but!" the lauirhin! cry of "Hell Hitler" “ranted everybody to knqw m ° “c S °' 1"?‘ h“ ha“ CMU” ““ "" "Wllkct prices Island Cold Storage ml-kud at a Scottish port is said ourtailmen of evil liberties ln Oan- .. ' ., but. after the German Chan- As the u-oopships veered out of They waned in bmer mid for ' ~ ~ e-q |~ "\ (up hm _ _ _ _ ' - ~ ‘ ' v , h“ m’ and u decmfln‘ Finland "m"... These outrages, he said, u w t _ hours, The still had no new of l Till. (AA l-luilllY . .. r L 341 12 13 W. to be L1G fil5l. man to enhsi. in l. not be used a m lmmflamt has?" an" the “cum u, . mm‘, eellor ordered the pocket, ne and came lest a a pre known,‘ p e answrs h, me“. "Pnuurv wan-gm“ we mquml togn. nrlar Slglstelvlliiien unmhm Again on m a Moscow bmup regime which feels the l“! lggirttlegsdhlrpt sgeed blown “pp Bifilgitilégedrogxllglmgfléflei. saiigidrlizl-gibgri (“liisplyafi “WKTL-sa" w,“ on?" B%r0(l_meg.&i\é\.l\/1l\ 010 mAPgil. lam; m ~ ' _ fir" 11 1‘ 1'1 ° ~ - cest. in English included s declsra- arm u; m, w"; mg “non n, 0 e un my o er d, m l _ . f f t be 1 an l0 are if‘? ~ ' " ' Qflne xniimdugkg drgiqfgostchlfibgf: Enwland, he came here in 197 mm o’ the , c O F. workers dub or shoummh than have her chaflenge British m‘; gas’; ‘ilgzilaensgnsefin zmog Suddenly a tender crowded tnlnl ’°5 P MhTURDAY‘ o“ Y i111 d for A grade. Biilviiig puntii Wm‘ his plmims‘ Mr‘ and MrL British columbm" m“ a“ Bus!“ __.______..____.____ __ “av-a, guns the second time‘ can" stations were unfurled. with 1on8 bow m Swill with singing, rhccr- S - - 1 l_"'uirsrlgy_ Rh h Dlckfhmm Np“. George Grcizsllll. ill‘ W115 mflFTWd l" -— ———i—~—--—~—--—~— M188 S88- TiiIllLfl-Tfi 50ml (‘blinked Bhéll‘ mpssagfls m greeting 1n flag code; A'-—'~— —— 1- l» '- -“'- 1" ~'-‘~' "“ unves Borden 4,45 p_ M_ GMSEQW. L-l5l0-l2-l8-3i. 1035 and has two daughters. (Continued on page B, Col 8) (Continued 1m D880 l. Ool 6) 10141118 i189 0i U10 NW1 Mlllw- Signal lamps flickered from ship (Continued on age l3. Col 3) Leaves Tormentllie 1.00 P, M.