Mixms lodge. h loot h concealment. UUEBEI} HARD _ t Hlii BLSTIIRM Sllver Yasifiedeay vinciai siivem 0001 hem. The Communications Are Affected And Tran- eweepln: coma the Dnminiim with nan-isle velocity. the storm Unaffected, although The rwm c! the um he“, m" hotel, wnicn i; about 50 by 60 feet alniy as a. siww place. and drapes have been the windows and a g0otl lrrht is available in th time, with pemy iii _ e amdeiecra. and side lights Th i tab! in" itu ted at the no Pemwd“ u‘ Na“ [or Lg: rcfofn 131d the i rave wl! 00 ruin or lull Iggy; Scotla. aw Bnlns warningrwero, The uirie Provinoa watched therornmnetpn drop steadi d i? Eflmohi-Oh. where a tempgraainm . . of 38 degrees below zero was ne- 1 rvrzied. the mercury dipped 78 die- ureas in 80 hours. A fail of 17 1-4 il!('h&§ of ancw accompanied the "1 Sweeps Eastward ons and power trans- Siréttglrrts returned slowly to had i - seasonaibiy mild wfgtgiegaimed m ma): ng Fumble. causing accidents, deaths tonirht the storm showed ‘envpehi/‘B EIBn (l!!! diminillhing as ra. ures a new workmen fought“ in the $11.53}! which carrieIs-slthe mails irvm M0110- ‘ lust unzmvunication I011 W mt °“”‘"°*~‘- ““““"“*’ ffélfiyhfifmmé-uflbtfi it??? E.e__..__st_ Fred Simmons, on the wiimot Vai~ ley rcutn in L evening at 4,35. ‘Fne plane hiui left the mails for Summarsxie and had hci‘ night to Charlottetown when on accuunt elf was thought it not advisibbie to buc av-nuie wind with one engine. ‘There were six a comma {vain in: at. Covehead rink to- m i1. mvht (Wednesday). 11-218. Tne passengers were Mr- and MI ' Robert Human and little daughle Helen, Dr. ‘turner of Fredericton, nesdcy, Dec. as. u stormy Thurs- N. B. ciiiwrd Roam. Bummerfllde 1165'. L-190-l2¢27~2i. $101 U901! Qhrlpel annual v11 were taken b giiottI-I. 5. ed ran remain which was secured m the lee c! the "Dance in Col-run Ben, Wed- dre;s poultry deilv until Uri-cor. graximg. Georg? O0. L- 9-12-22- . "Dance-Webders Orchestra - v Mondfllfi JBZI-w second. bflaetfihmvffi} made c“ “Wk and although the ca: rs got throuah it “Whivt and “all Thursday. Dec 30th, m vnklbs BiW.,q.'-"'h0 . . ‘l maintainers Gnu-Clan 5|.‘ o. , Icrlllll Ourvlhn. Ionmm "flu. ‘m °' * MAXIMS MERE MAN 0! A ——~ MERE MAN - he moo or In rich “m; u"- _'"'“" Christianity, llithhllly preunted. la a creed for heroes. CHARLOTTETOWN, 4m 7- -_v~.________ ._.__.___e__.___-.. W. CANADA, WEDN ANMPELT snow UNDE RWAY:-- sportation Disrupt- ed By Blizzard. 1 pelt ‘lhb M n';"ir.i".m'-,.....- "- °°’ lay blocked highway: n“! d“. from ' 28 miles feet wide, and the Provinces and HNBPOMBQOH systems partially runted- N11115:! ded '_ _ and u... mivpfitfégéagoiisn QQLgQgmg,$1;ATb;g;T. _, H , Fine Dis wasabusyoxmeiorthc Jim inside me the leltofthediniug wbie is set up where are gllgswonkzies which zctcth Writ displayed them. the alien-noon (pelts were en from the Sula warehouse and all 259 en pelts are In serves adimir All curtains h, 5o ma” removed £10m from th for the Directly back o! the iaige $11,811 l0 locket} l d made ram covere wind Md min were the with white cotton. This “a re oi Halifax residents. At Cape any hiurriniz reflected Breton the weather was cloudy and might mix with the below freezing directly from the windows, owed snow at Saint On the west side o! the Heavy wet snow and a room. where there are n number 0i strong southerly wind were mport- large windows, tables have been ar- ed at M N. B. ringed where dentiionusltrations can expert ienced a "t! W“ 0T1 PM‘ <1 B!‘ glu- wind too with r - WW1 "We WP as. Columbia. there was pelts more desir- able than their competitors. k for the secretary is a. good time may ' Tomorrow the show to the public. be charged, ‘hi2 xii inland mama telegraph gfhtgfsf play Of _I:_(_)_X Furs . They are very y will be greatly appreciated the recipients. nsstnvt 8T. wJCHNZ DAY Held At C. N.»H0tel Last Evening -Of- ficers Installed. is morning t 10 earlier if the iimgt a 1 l O01. U. G Do Charlottetown and Gliiiurd Rage fin, pm willlaet to work and ' e . e classifies. pe in NlMOnBl Hotel function last mghi, PPQXWIBWIY 80 members of Masonic Fraternity of town participated week’? snow quickly melted.“ . Ohamnpionshfps ' mild championship pelt. oi the shifrw for Lieutenant Governor DeBiois trophy has been ed. Great interest is ta-ken show all over the Pmvinc iurtiher afield, it was learn terday a. wire was received 1n the City zrotn m: experts ' it the collection would catered for sale. Other enquiries am coming trom outside countries but these offers cannot be entertained although prices offered were tempt- ing, 1116 t-utaiogue tssueci snow states we collection will be offered at auction in London. This evening at 7 grand banquet for ranchers, citizens will be held in - Rose toast, master 11nd f to toast to "The Graft." responded to by Past .Coi. P. S. Fielding pertly with the past Reginald Kemp re- tuast to "The Holy the patron Saintscf lined briefly the hism ic assoc - n the Baptist and John he . ppinting out closely the un- and exhibitors the tmnadian Nat- ional Hotel. It is expected between ed Christian leadtrs. ort program Brother t. m’??? l" “f” ex a a e pano p eas- s number ol musical Anaxintissio provinces previously back roads im~ 13-28-21. u in Hartsviile mu, W351 ti" gm“, munbwagfraiwurlfi-J ‘gig “m” dance Kelly's Omen mgr, L-aui-iaca-ai. m“ ill Pfidl I “inst” maid} n . Iriol-ii-aa-ai. Canada-United States Trade _Agreement Effective Sunday e19 m flfifiwtfitfl 9'3" Makes “mmmmwwu 5 r mm ‘nsmission systergg sift. g y 118 snow into main high~ lantic landing The twin-motored dragon plane ra in ddstric is Sxww rim son. Micir. when her husband was Dakh at}! a“ truck. -m e-an-hcur throuizh Buffalo. N. Y strum aionz some strees business section to trians to keep their there died of inn his hat. ones and engineer idly. hint . et to the eaat ovwvgfliiishtmnsnrlia teach uuz for the mails. NOVELIST DIES AGO, Dec. fi-(Mfi-Zcna best f OHIO Gare. her illnhomitd. She WI; U. OTTAWA. Dec. MW m v xtm um sunouv when “w?! when will be 0100031100! Wm»: two sit-ti“ tut. the in 1086 We.» iheend of this inn in f ties which 0% time”. m. 1r. 114M 0h! were immsteninhcth gum urchuea uwvflic tolgrlittinnfgrc v- 1uwninhtconaalflntm (A. P. by Guardian's CHICAGO. Dec. winds whisked the wo of the new winter tow seaboard tonizh Temperatures weather moved e ‘the icy west. w ent ' t in m mftt‘. 10mm‘ _ m?‘ fin» watt until th mum aim. womb in curly ' vernmmt hm power to ureemcnt vacuum Jan. 1 son be tilted later by Pa Wlrigll debate I anticipated banq th urned to the llflasonic Officers of st. mime Loci 'pf M te n. senior warden. BI junior warden, D. T. b0 Bi be .». Td‘ t1 iézw‘ P‘ B‘ Moreside; rtain has an _pcn mg at 1e rate of $5,000,000 a day 1n 1938 in one of the greatest rcarmement rcgrams the world has ever seen. t embraces the army, navy and air force and is designed to mztke this country a match for any ag- gressor nation striking at her shores. or deacon, J. P. Hil- eacon, A. E. Mac- iilan; director of ceremonies. C. W iiiams; senior stewart. E S. ; junior stewart, A. Th1? its pea will not be reached until 940. It received s. decided impetus through the Czech-German crisis when Britain seemed to be stand- ing on the brink oi war, tvitii the result the whole weight of the na- tion. Physical as well as psycholo- gical, was tin-awn behind it, Worshipful Master. W .N, senior warden, E V. Be warden, Aubrey Foster; W. . D secretary, G. E. Proctor: chaplain. C. T. M. Man- son; senior deacon, gomefyi Junior deacon. D. L. Gor- R. Brady; senior ate-wart.‘ A. J. fell as the frigid ast and south from here sub-zero inns were reported 4st Warrcad. Minn" on the Canadian border, At least a attributed to slippery hiizhiways. Snow. hampered traffic zinu up to eizht inches drifted quickly in Michizun but fhiake trusts abated Tthe coitst gvuaxrcl smmze seas n ye Lake ficnmn. yards turn out 79,875 tom of new fighting ships while ‘the kecis 0f man-y other vwels, to be delivered in 1909 or 1040. were laid. The 1938 Dfvirmm added four cruisers to the fleet, a. 22,000-tcn aircraft carrier. i0 large destroyers oi 1.850 inns, eight submarines, three es- cort vessels. six minesweepers, two patrol vessels and a submarine dextzot ship oi 8,000 tons. ‘muf deaths W?" MacKinnon; inner uuard. w“ pson. S. G. French was in- stalled tyier and serves both .._.______.___._.___ Record Christmas For Canada ' year’ de o in tn army A’ De“ 27"‘CP)“0'{E; simipisy byieqifiimtiiixéwiiguros. eFnr in- “mnes, chrjsmu mm‘ m the hm stance, the strength oikme Terri- blry o, me Dommm P05, om“, iorial Army. which (‘Uricsponds to 5T5 SWCDY. 0f! A women was killed near Hud- a car driven by blown into the 9.046 officers and 149.979 men on Jam. l to 10.263 officers and 1%," B14 men on Nov. 1 but the whole organization was overhauled. (Lab er iiguxm give the total to Dec, 1 as 200,190.) C rinai figures on the amount oi mail hunched acmss Canada. Wilt not be known until Lhe ena of the departmental officials said today preliminary returns in- dicate the volume stirpassed all oth- feet. one man exertion while chas- Amther succumbed a heart attack while buckimz the Wind. Snowfiurries swirled western Pennsylvania 1n the wake of a weekend atom-n. A tem- of 10 above zero was fore- wirutirybelt xt f were Oaaet-nainvoatfitizeeadxfingfi w enpec tobroadezi ‘gbrecastcra said the ‘:04? ‘foronm once more active po.t office in the co Lest Tnursdity, Dec. handled 6.00.000 oi letter mail, an ail-urns A. striking feature of th of handling a. nation's mail the speed with which de- Dec. 26. the heavy weak en n eaxedf tsh Fiml Charred Body 0f Japanese In Basement Furnace fur early ice iiwwtlxution. The body. that ELKRUKO Yunadn the furnace door was gegntiltxeamio fall IMNMLIIAUYG! Marks Holiday End In Britain 88-11 tonight as Great Britain's Iilneeiggy holiday ended in bright and buses were packed w vel r " to lqtgutitn: le business tact; ‘tgfiflrrglg. Asrfllfi liwitain had an extended holiday. y was the traditional Bcx~ l Da whii tod ~ tn glgfi-Efmyfis banal: hoiiggy, “as e A gum in temperatures hei move smoothly ast sw villages oi Lincoinshire A and Qent. still were isolated by giant srwwdrifts. A 30400:, drift gigs reported at Martin Vale, near Margaret's Bay. Oizrlstmas visitors still max-boned at St. Mar- garet's Bay were taken by boat to a An army 0i unemployed Bqllillipfid with shovels was tugging its way through snow to penny cut of! settlements. In Landon the mercury remain- ed in the 40's all day as the sun left a springlllcc touch. Football games drew capacity crow .uuffim"siiisi m ARMS PLANS AT vurs mu Big Tonnage In Fight- ing Ships Turned Out ll All ’ Services To Expand. (By J. i} SANDERSON) (Canadian Press Staff Writer) NDON, Dec 2'! —tCP) - rogrem started in 1935 and The year i938 ww British ship- is tm. " lble to outline the 41's militia. increased from Insurgent A r m i e s Threaten Barcelona With New Gains On Catal-onian Front. AYE Home. Dec. f.‘ 10M)‘ Mid the Spanish (kw cried coilsidermg the cm. chief objective five days oi the new drive Square miles irqm Cain xiorthéasiern third of Spain Which is sepgraf Madrid-Valencia area gem wedge to the 100 hills southwest A shift of the Gov "om Barcelona w advance approached ‘Om the Government suoi’: a move was being reports were without of- Confirmation Lacking Will PRO The Foreign Ministry announced however, that no firmaticn could be found for pres concentrations! 0i p95 m, m- in Etbiopa acnil c oops An (iificiat pointed v i out that the irontier region i5 a. w“ expanse of desert where mass movement of troops would be dif- ricuit But it was acknowledged - that small units of Italians had oases w , which France also had laid claim but has not occupied with soldiers. These occllviblcns were viewed BY RICHARD L‘ TURNER ry from reported pre- pa. t-ions for an Italian lXU/RSIOH Afiggg he” sffl‘ “mt” of nmiiiand Valencia. Cartrgona southern two-thirds o! Liovermncni 51min. carte bout 150 mile; south of V the Mediterranean coast, b t4: is 100 miles inlaml 1n the 30 months sinu: the civil Government cap- n transferred. On in- NOV. 7, i936. it W Mad" went under siege. an ‘ ed to Barcelona an Insurgent clean- up oi the nor horn for a (‘lHVOIHQRIlWISL cm COmmUillCRtiiJIlS Counter-Demonstration Announcement of the program of Premier Dsiadieris trip to sides sllifié the In~ Africa mowed he would be 8mm college students annually. Dec. 3 at Well over 10.000 0 d the offensive had it them 12 important towns number of villages. Seven ln~ Corsica and 5m” a feuwsgfours mnmthem and from the civil aeronautics author- partzcipating in t e r 15th and 35th were said been “put out of action.“ gcnt advance guard still ies from ‘Tm-ragona on Pact, the dispatches Africa gave specific Italian campaign. Out of the clamor over Tunisia. Somciilantri, Corsica.‘ w Nice and or concess ons bwwd- cm“ {Mtofles flghfiegtcflaagzrolggs "It is more in keeping with the Suez canalisnd trike Addis 3113:18- D1ib°‘mR'a1waY' e majm an great pool of men and machines mbm°“u“pp°g§°dn‘,gobf, °mj‘5“‘¢ dedicated to and engaged in the gals“ J “ ' 9’ cw“ nursuits of peace. but yielding i d hsix lien French somanan- ad "n a ' ment and ouirrlv adaptable to- en over by Italian soldiers nppear- ' " ' - ' ed new,yrmper_ Ce réiéttitury nerd: in tho event of proximately 50 mil Barcelona on the t Northern Blizzard Claims Four Lives Dec, 2'l—iOP)~0nly m warmth and safety northern blézmrd mg southern shore of Hu told (he tale o1 the tr in the land of ice and snow. i here today for a . the youthful factor des- the blizzards screaming (‘Leon Bay country. Only cef separated the storm The newspaper's dispatches. also said Italian loudspeakers along the railway from midis Ababa. Ethi- announced several times a. day that the "taking oi time" and that "the French will be thrown back intn the sea." ns, an -ta.nic rifles —— and all with an emphasis 0n me~ chanizntion and mobility. ‘me anti-aircraft defence: d try were entrusted to the . 00ml a‘? during the year and the num- of divisions increased from two b0 five. At the time of the Be bomber crisis the T. A/s were cmiPied to the colors and mounted uns throughout the country. The t drawback to reannament program has been failure to get supplies and since the crisis there have been persist- ent efforts to overcome this serious difficult Most gt the emiplwsis during the year was placed on air armaments. Britain is spending $600,000,000 Jhia year and in 1939 will ln- crease it to 81900000000 with the object of piaci air defence on a sound basis by i941. f ‘file preiscnt building program o .160 frat.- line lanes will be ieted by M , i080 and mm calls for 2.570 planes These J iiguns do not include rossrve equtifiment which no country axi- ver as the 1 ~40 nro- Eincc June 13,670 men were enlisted b the air fomo with the force a ing at 85.000. Amherst Fire Chief Passes i " Dec 27--(OP) AMHIIIBT, N. 5., -l"unm1 of Russel A. Lumwy. for mflre- thm no yea-m chief c: the Am~ herstFire fmmt be to- monuw. He ded lust night after a long illness. Ho became chief in 19f. r. _ oi‘ Mdivlas- terviiie. Que, a can. Daughters are Gwndoyn EAMW Drowned While Duck - Hunting the dcughty flier Art ade who sacrificed . ._ r tqrush a frost-bitten (OE-Guy l-Inrnish, 4-7, WK» drown- ed here todny when his canoe capsized while he was duck-hunting M Ooclen, who was standing i0 be . and two childmn, cited e more. said he saw the canoe over mrd but several of-h th . we did not return to e ew- tsing seas forced postpone- ment oi’ uhe search for the body. ._*__.__-__-____._ HOSPITALS ASSN. SYDNEY, N. 8.. Dec. 27-No- tices have beat sent meetimz o! the executive of the Oisni Ass ia/tioxi of iwlggjgg hzlemlgecfadgélgtlséfni illuritimu ha»; s-uin... ,1 in id was found in critlcaum 1‘ ed to Lookout by Schade and Carson _..____._._.____ FORCED BACK T0 PORT HALIFAX, Dec. 2'i-The Can~ Lady Laurier returned nlizht after an unsuccess taiwt to reach Sable Isle brim: back an injured from reaching the Island. PIQnsNBiZr wiilhgfrfljiggfi “Mm”, m!" annual meeting will be the wrin- ‘" "W" t ti: azcnda. Two Fishe men Lost At Seaiitire. 50B 4111s In Christmas Day Snow Storm w» 0 NEN URG oi‘ iindinw the pair was abandon- on , The auxiliary ac Besaeuner ed, M ‘NM nort tottalv with her as: at half mast for tw: fisher- men lost at. sea in a Christmas stoim. The hair. Allan K th of Newfoundland. ics The men were fishinir ofi’ uthem part oi the Grand Banks ca me up. semratimt to the Bessemer. but as tho seas rose yms no aim of Keen- ‘ o couldn't see the bow sel from the stem stamina: and the Einninsl to break Captain Thomas where we were Charlottetown a , u WM» were M‘; High tide this afternoon at am "V" U16 dPCK- and tunorrmv morning m, 2.53. am ii-iimmaetlnzgrii 0T sun sets this afternoon at 4 as ma,“ "m?" the; gig“ ‘rises tomorrow momma at , , 0011 l.l V blow“ M: hams and recléivfing F111;? quarter moon Dec. m, 6.53 no answer and seeing sum of Quebec} Th hooner cruised ub and treul. io three b42111‘ balm hone _._.-._. “fir: Annual Subscription D411 g d ,4» "I flhll-P- ll I- u-cci 'c.'§..i.‘.“...| u. s. u.» ti; g ympmmr Fascist Threat MAY {Rgugfm T0 Somallland Oth N lTJ-‘tsli t a To 30151;? Delflenceipegfe East African Possession. PARIS, Dec. 27—lA. ill-France started reinforce- ment of her East African colony of Somaliland against Italian pressure for a bigger empire today by rushing a warship to Djibouti. The l,969-ton dispatch boat. D‘Ibervilie of the French East Mediterranean fleet, steamed south from Beirut, Syria, to the Somaliiand port. Other naval unite were ex- pected to follow her into the Red Sea as the result of an appeal for reinforcements from the Governor of Somali- iand. France has no fleet in the Red Sea. Djibouti, by its railway connection with, Addie‘ Abnba, is the principal outside link for itaiy’s Ethiopian Simultaneously, it was learned that Italinn military caravans have occupied and have been holding for 18 months some oases in the disputed and frontier between France's Somaliland and ]tt1l&!§thf0[ll3 villi W ‘ION. Dec. 27 -- (AP)—-T0 provide pilots tc man United States fighting planes in time of war. President Roosevelt todya approved a plan for giving Norm a course of instructions to 20.000 "Only by 5t"‘h an approach.” 1a He Wm said a simulTaneous statement "can the United States to . . 1 _ ‘Southern Tumsla’ and Algeria and atgequately safeguard itself 8.- in effect conduct a counter-dem- onstranol, o, nwmh mum“. and gainst the vastaerial militarization naval might an the flank of Italy's “mam zeal by form!“ powam" Coming after unofficial Italian 5°“ ‘he Preslmmt- demands for a share do!‘ territory and Rome's enunca on t8 sea m r Specuve pug“ of the 193s nsso-rrenefnusuionisi jvgufd be ‘final,’ ‘Am o, an fw~ PM“, wniahse civil aviation. The result, it was programs now bi-Ing pressed with who an- nounced the plan at 111s press conference. and the authority. hoped, would be a stimulation 0d’ interest in private flpiingm and n consequent increase n e pro- swoy and ductivity of United States air- American spirit of preparedness." tine authority said, "to build up a. first place to no other nation in flying skill or tvchnvai develop- :-—-'T—:+—:-r.—:r—:»._ _ _ ‘:1 You Know it‘ w; (outu swim» (o Bur A tor 0F (Amos we Woutc N1’ WANT “gm f /< question of Doc. 2/- 118i!!! MEETING out for a Nova west Isles: mostly cloudy with 0;’- M Dart snow; roizit-v METEOROLOGICAL SERV ICE. ~.-~»--_ _- Tomomo. Dec. 27 -<c1=> -- Minimum and maximum tempera- Victoria 36 4g Edmonton 34B 26H _ 21a m; inmpsg 24B 1 " Toronto 16 3r: ttawa 14 :14 Q11 t... "i “i e - l 3 so thick we Saint John 14 42 0i the v65’ Halifax 30 4n and .___'.' . f‘ .<- ~ z»... 2.1%..‘ ;-:§e:r~;=~e:.-=_=e-.-¢.._.--_. i s" raeazrs artrsesifistiiiflfilli’ tset- " n85!‘ L e a Tue-tad" "l ="-'—‘¢= I \ , 5- .0 '5 l“ -. E M 0f Suinrnerside tide e1 it 1 in- tham. w t n a n tied! We” “ hump I: Qassasfioarh fig?!‘ °" utez later than Charlottetown. r e ed cu nag?“ and mlggtgdllgg: Tm!‘ CnAoltkFlizfsf SAXLINGS scmoncren weimewt tKem- a rn l.lll.|._lll 1m and hymn were acne for r ." ‘rormsniina 1i c. m. 3.05 n m. p