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THURSDAY,

Ethiopians Remain" in Duce’s

African Woodpile . . .

Along

With Selassie and Pankhurs.‘

lussolini’: Woes Are Piling Up; Attack Plus Revolt May Be Near

ll

Q Halle Selassie ‘i

Itlussolini jirnbzilily ivishes he‘i'bommn_ one of his mites 1

Ind lit-rel‘ heard of Illliitipizl.

raid on Iil l';ik Illllj’ picsugc allot n‘

he: British drive in Africa, and the tough natives have plenty of i» mores to settle ln their own wayu This story ti-lls what's happening‘ nearby. ' O I O O

BY DIILTON ISRONNER NEA Service Staff Correspondent.

Somewhere in the Sudan TCglOlli cnniigiioils to Bltlilogiiu a_ middle-i aged brou ii nlun niiLi a iliitlcllc-.i".t‘(l I

' -‘ cooking’ 7 u‘ for D ‘

03th‘ b K

bl‘ the Chet s in Aiiflllllll and tilt" British in Ecfti/l Illlil fliliyli. i The mull is H‘ 1e Sbillfimt‘. 0'“

The \ d‘.

time einp liiaii is S1‘l‘~.'.:i

daughter o: ' ‘ ElIllll“ Pllllkllll’ lit pull» to‘ s l‘

opium . . . " so they will revolt ago. ‘ that file B"ll'~il

lit t ‘f

Th. i... .3. ti-...*. Willi flit’. Canal cl ' to Italian

Sizer. ships. not be able to cell

, nrui‘. or supplies iii ICLliiopL:i. - l‘€"_',i from ‘ed in Egypt and the the dream ls to whip the l"~lians rind resrore Ethiopia to its i‘i~litful l'lli€"f‘_ thus sznardmiz Mus- s~l:‘.~~.'s vision of a. great einp e. i

“HE'S -\ KING. "OU KNOW"

Mussolini‘: troops began their march lnto Ethiopia Oct 3 1935, on the now familiar Hltlcrian for- mula that the sheep had aticicked the wolf.

May 9, 1936 Italy formally‘ annex- ed the capital of Addis Abiba and l-Ialle Selassie fled to England via Palestine.

May‘ 9, 193, Italy formaly annex- ed Ethiopia. and King Victor Em- manuel was then called emperor.

It was a. dazed, weary, little brow-n man with a ollky block beard uid purple cloak who came to

Brl‘ ‘sh ‘

sre ircs ymukezl

ike motltn. . .,y:l;t t. ‘w "JP Wei" (id all sue eculd to help

‘ laud An ardent

Africzin: _-_

r..

w Sylvla Puililiurot f». WAS Kn of Kings," but. he did not look h. Another of his titles ‘ivas "Lion of Judah." but he illlpefliui W be about the nieekest lion ever.

At o luncheon in London zin en- terprising American woman g0!- i115 autograph while ihe shocked Lord Robert Cecil, who presided. expos- illillfcd to the lelnuh‘ i-tofilw-Q"?

"Oh. but: you sboiilfiirt _ 0b. but for a Silfll". on» tlirfiugli the Mari-l you mustnt! rlels a kills. YCU times. The cretunls igift, to thei know» hride ivus a lit‘ IIHQIhQy ,7; '

llaile satily‘ look his kingylp ilearll to the hri<le.rii:-iid u gold (lewn to a mode-r. house in L111" rkei 11nd to flu‘ .ro nsman wool \i'allt‘l‘lllf_‘,‘ place of Bath. lllwl kid :11: f‘ ‘ to their

, . a i~‘i(iii'i‘i;ir FOR . i they, (lRII/Tl" CAUSES . ‘ ‘. in- t , .' !ll’lll(‘f»'. i _

‘Fhen it iras till! Ali-s _ ~ umnp. mu y... h-rst entered the picture. Wll_»1l_ '1 numyi tzunlzus nio..el'. rill‘ u s t1 mill‘ l?’ “ill and

siillrao bark in the yours beioiwt ilie \\. u Vial‘.

Llii“ hrr niozlr-r They went on hu‘ J1‘

U! (‘ IIIU ll

ezitres, she _ Sosa‘: y o.’ Frie‘

member nf t“c A‘l\\sillii\ tion. formed to helu Harr- s pl“. She also edited the hipp- srirtrll to prtvhn‘ tre m forgetting lIlil-"Z.

cause. Recently she won a ccgztoiiizizi- St Joan of Abvssinla. It. waslre- ported she was down on the Suzan- Eiliinplnii frontier Slllllggllll! Wes- znigrs from Haile to his trlhonnen.‘ Elie did this at grclt Ikk to ll.'l'-_

‘elf. QThen one day lt W115 learrecl llaile had been quietly SlllL1“,§"‘d

out. of England and convcyei first.

to Egypt, then down to the Sudan.

When and if the Ethiopian war- riors start, the hoped-fol rebelion aqainst. ILalv. the "."l Lion of JlldYil will be clc. at. uuiid ‘to put. himself at the head of his cue-time subjects

“zwesfirmoitcimifwonsws INSTITUTE

‘I'm December meeting of West- morcland Women's Institute ivas held December 10th at the home or the President, Mars. Harold Oakes. Thme won n02; members present. Meetilrig opened by repeating “The Creed" in

Ode," followed by “ unioori. Minutes of lust moeol reed and One nan mem joined.

cotton fi cents. loch: hint/r. for the boys from the trict were handed 1n and Mrs. Harold Cakes was appointed to assist at the Christmas concert

also gtwe each of the pupils a handkerchief. Committees gave their reports

and ne\v ones were appointed tor following month.

School re-apjiointed. Sick-rc-ap- pOilllPd. Educational Elsie McVlttle, Mrs. Robert May- how.

Social Program. Mrs. Verner Moore. Mrs. Fred Fall.

Lunch, Mrs. Bert Trowsdlile. Mrs Roxlxaert Muyhew and Mrs. Fred F11 .

Next meeting to be held at the home of Mrs. Robert Mayhew.

Roll call to be answered by giv- liig o. Proverb.

Mcotlrw closed by singing Na- tional Anthem Remainder of eve- iilng was spent in readings and contests

Lunch was served b’! Committee ln cliarce

PYOIYBIYI. t

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This column Is reserved fur new; of lot-an Ifletttebt, but ulhclllsinl I lItWay nature muv be insert-en in 5 cents a word, striciiy pay- anlci utlvinicc.

LItAMvuLL “fZ-Iifiloudl... CONFEDERA 110m‘ LII-Ii INSUR- AAcu. L-uiou-i-zi an

CAVENUISH (SEARCH. — Wor- ~ Silli) on Sunday. UQCCIIIDCI‘ 29th llii bluirci QIIHHL‘ at ll A. M. and lll‘. Aciiii Itttatl. all. 3 1-’. M. ' . . lillty, Munster. L-ifi-l-IZ-gfl-II,

YORK AND VICINITY -- Mr. Garden Crockett and Miss Lorrie. Watt, P. W C. both of York sue recovering from o. bad attack of Iii- llueiizii. Influenza has sxuck Pit" “- lint Grove about illl the people ale affected A tall of Grceiiivood 00M for Heath. FUSKGI‘ has arrived at York. Mr. Roland Jones of York, spent his Christmas at Dun- slaffnage. -—Ml". Wesley Matthew, York, is around again after a severe attack of _l.'l‘l1)1)0. ~-Ml‘S G. Mutt- licw and son Clifford of Plczisallt Grove have taken up their resid- ence in the city. —-.Alrcraftslnan P. Proud left for Toronto. Monday. He expects to proceed to England in the iieai‘ future.

(‘UltLl-IYJIIFLLHIAN ~A quiet but preilt- wedding took PhlCC‘ Nor. 117th on Wednesday‘ moriiltig iit the st. James Church, sumnierfleld, when Rev. Plielun IVICKGIIIIII unit- ed ln marriage Roma Kathleen. dllllgllf/EI‘ 0f Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Curley to Jostph Leo. soil of Mr. lllld Mrs. Mulligan of Kiiikora. The bride looked charming in a royal blue silk velvet dress, ti wille coat with leopard trimming and wore blue_ accessories. Miss Ella Hughes cousin of the bride was bridesmaid. ‘.1150 \\'t‘i'll'll1g a wine coat and hat, ivitli wilic accessories, while Linus Mulligan, brothel" of the groom acted as grconismun. After the wedding ceremony the bridal parry zniotored to the home of the bride twliere a silniptilcils wedding din- ner was served to a number of friends lllClllfilllil I~‘.l'|\t'1‘ Mug-find After the wedding lillllldl’ Ml‘. and lfrs. Mulligan took the noon boat

‘i'..e Central l-lutrclat! ~ l

garet MIICQIIBYIIB .

W THE GUARPIAQL

FINLANIYS CHURCHILL DIE!

His health bioken in leading Fin- land's cause against Riisslir in the Finnish-Russian ilviir. Kyosti Kalllo died, Dec. l9 in Helsinki. Seized with a heart attack during a. tumultuous farewell u he down the office of president, he collapsed in the arms of the na- tions military leader, Baron Gustaf Zilaiincrhelm .

Christmas Concert at Hampton

The annual Christmas Concert was liclcl in Hampton Community Hall on December 19th.

Mr. Howard Lord. Principal of I-Ianlpton School capably acted as chairman and the following pro- gram was presented to a capacity house. , Chorus, “The Flag We Love. ' Welcome, Billy Cameron. Dialogue, A Letter to Santa Duet, l-lcleii Cameron and Mar-

Phiyette. Slberlam Inquest. Star Drill kixereise. Santa's Buys.

‘ Rivertlale School I Closing

On the afternoon of Thursday, Dec. 19th, a goodly number of pur- ents and rate-payers gathered at the school to enjoy the annual l Christmas program.

The school was very artistically decorated ln Christmas colors, as well as a well loaded and decorat- ed tree. After a few remarks by the chairman. Mr. Percy MacDon- ald, the (following program was enjoyed.

Opening Recitation Hello, by Leo Osborne.

Drill, ‘lien Little Chrtstmu Bella, by 10 junior pup! .

Duet, You Are Sunshine, by Flor- ence Maclilnnon and David La- mont.

Recitation, Short and Sweet, by Wanda Buchanan.

Drill, Santa 01am, by 10 junior

WP .

Solo, when I Say Hello to the Rookies. by David Lamont. Recitation, The Christmas Wish by Katherine MacFadyen. Reading, What Christmas Means

laid. ‘

Rrcllailioli. The Christmas Star. bfivicl lvlzicQnzirrie Sing a Song .' sinus Day , “ by (‘iIliIL ilupils of, irtnieni . t iii‘ Exercise. l niile, O Little ‘fown of!

_.._ ,,_.. . _ urUr‘ rl lif‘. Pfiffttlllilis

Nora “ IS

Stmu-ii‘! til tiiv ‘id t‘ .\.

I ‘-.‘ birth to IL‘; i ‘one lupin‘: _ iiwi. tlic victory ‘.5 , won iliifaut. uniiiiiltvrl. herald of the

iiorlli. 5 .Ope=iiiiiu the n rtuls. tvliile with‘

lioury trust. A

~ ‘. s the lllgill; Out‘ liifalil

1 _v:.ii‘ _ rsiuiiis out to Clllllll, ‘ ‘lie old 3.12m I 10st’, l Pronouiicing eulni replacement. l withoilt fear, | iWiIhout u f i‘, to tlii a world in’

iulniulli‘ iUiinritiii-sil. uuonvierl. vol licraltled bv all

|Our Empire. in all‘. on sea. on soil

iBecnuse New Year again receives the call. .Tlir- (‘all for fremltiiii. riclitcoils-

llt‘:~‘.s and truth tClilhl of time; guard well the keys t. hold

‘ tlia

IAll these. mid teach our rulers to

| be sooth

In judgment, as our fathers were of old.

Decisive judgment then will come

i with age.

For hope and victory are born twins to this:

Leavlniz our Empire ti noble!‘ heri-

fags And each New ‘fear more lasting bliss.

—Erma A. Baln. ____Cornwall.

Prime l/fini_s_t_er’s Fa.

WHII Prho Mlnhter Winston Churchill stands "the helm of Great. Britain's Ilglitliigfnrers, his wlfe Ind tloiglrhr-h-llw lie helping on the home front. The other day the prime minister's wife opened a molt; ale In the courtroom at. Caxton llull, In in! If thr- work of the Children‘; brunch of the Wolfe‘ and Strays’ soc ety. Proceed. -.‘f the ~.~'.:- nfll hrln ivm» "r 11m it ‘ ‘r air raids, to whom the society has thrown open llu ilcris. Iitl Interest whlle bu‘ nother-ln-law raffles n doll donated by the Duchess of Gloucester,

il Aid ritai

Th1-

n’s Hoss Children

IIcn. Mrs, Illmlolpli (

t

The vocal part by Ro-i

Feel-

i-on Ftluii-tiii. _ l Tlilli‘, The Diy Aftcl" Christ.-

..ll l~4l ..i.‘.\ loii, The Christmas

ucz-silipaxifilisnit

o. uliii qiiitiir _ ' x u were My

l.ni

or not Guilty. .,g. 'l‘:‘.m ilic ‘lice.

1.

I5:lls of CllYLitlllflS. by ll Aftltbel-‘Js Clirisinius

Serfuiad- Rcbclta ‘llfllllf. Grzic."

., made ills‘ pro centrd various "ers uiul

Aslsifii. A. snaw

iiig 01' the W. ol lloii w Unit/ad CULITCII 1h" some of Mrs Neil ui Monday evening the nbssiize of the slfcn‘. Mrs. Nell Ilergiison pre- sued ivlth the niemliers s lag in ' lic Clirktmzis s:i\ice in llll'_\' lvloiitlily was ciiliel

lii

a eireliv.

out Gil! ‘ wrrc sung. :i'.~.ri t e . "I cannot t: ll whv lie \ m Angels WCTSHID." ,

’l'he riiidlng "Pilgririis lo Bethle- hzm" ivus given by Mrs J.

Boyce ind closed the business period opcn- t ed with the roll call followed by] minutes of last. meeting which were ' ildoptecl. Reports of committees ivere heard. The treasurers report was very gratifying and the election of officers for the coming year was an important item on the program and lire as follows. President, Mrs. Neil Ferguson Vice-President, Mrs. Neil Salmond. Rec. and Corres- pondence Secretary‘, Mrs. J. W. Boyce. Treasurer, Mrs. Hector Mc-

Nevin. Christmas Stewardship Sec'y, Mrs Gedrlie MacLeod. Com- munity Friendship and Strangers

Sccy, Mrs. A. B. MacLeod. filters- ture Sedy, Mrs Nell Ferguson. Missionary’ Monthly and Associate Helpers Secy’y, Mrs- John Mc- Pliull. ‘Temperance Secy, Mm. Stephen MucLeod. Correspondence consist/ed of a letter" from the Re- cording Secretary of the P. 1:. I. Presbyterian regarding the annual meeting to be held at Charlotte- town. Jim. 22-23. Delegates were appointed to attend same. The mite-boxes were opened and u. good- ly IUIII realized. Mrs. Hector Mac- Nevln gave the lesson from the study book. Mrs Geddle Macbeod, has charge of the next meeting

Mn, Steward MiioNevin. A social hour and n. dellclmla lunch cori- oluded the enjoyable waning.

INVITE FRENCH DRESS DESIGNERS

MONTREAL, Dec. 2O -(CP) — Phil Falner, president of the Mon- treal Dress Manufactureu Guild, announced today that invitations have been sent to a number of not- ed French dress designers now in England to come to Montreal.

Refusing to name the designers whlle negotiations are In progress,

tended by a group of dress manufacturers who are inter- ested tn developing a Canadian style trend based on Parisian and United States fashions.

- RINGS INSTANT IASI

which ls to be held at home of,

Falner said the invitation! were ex-' Montreal

by Erma. A. Baln. Recitation. What the Stocklng Said, by Shirley MacDonald.

Dialogue, A Mouse to the Rescue by 8 junior pupils, ln 4 scenes.

Drill, Merry Christmas, by 14 Junior pupils. ~

Recitation, The Tovs He Doesn't Like. by Kenneth MacKlnnori.

Exercise. Santa Claus, by three lmermedlate boys.

Recitation, No Stockings to Wear. by Ralph McQuatd.

Dialogue. Out of The Window Ls Down, by the school.

Rea/ding, In Gaelic, by Dorothy MacDonald.

Closing Recitation, My Chrlstmfla Greeting. by Hazel MacDonald.

After the program, Santa. Claus came from the North Land with sled and reindeer bringing gifts for all. The concert closed by singing the National Anthem.

Junior Red Cross

An important step in the close association between Junior Red Cross and the citizenship program- me of High schools was reported yesterday bv Miss Jean E. Browne, l\.tional Director of Junior Red Cross. on her return to Toronto from Nova scolia.

At Truro, Nliss Browne attended a conference which was the first of its kind held in the Dominion. High School teachers representing every section of Nova scotia gath- ercd iii special session to discuss the organization of Junior Red Cross branches. Delegates unani- mouslv decided to trv to orgaiiizel one hundred per cent. in

the year. “It ivus u great occasion in the

Browne commented. “Of course, we lizlve hurl lhc enthusiastic CO-ODPII- litioii 0|‘ Departments 0f Education‘ in other provinces for some timzni but this is the first time hlchl school teachers have met for the. sole purpose of discussing Juiilor|

Red Cross.“ Professor A. E. Mowat t m‘ c“ “H”

(NBA Service Staff Correspondnt) LONDON, —She could not have been more than 5 years old. But her eyes were dull, her face was white, licr licad dropped with sleep as she trudged wcrirlly along the pavement at 6 iii the morning. - She was iust a London child. returnfizg to her other iilrrltt iii a public shelter. One of the new step as the treaty shuffle along by their side. v It, is not a nrctty sight this pic- Juiiioi‘ l “w? Red Cress “Kirk before the we o! ' streets, a little paler, a. little older with the dawn of each nevi‘ dny. _ _ n _ H Night history of Jiliiloi Red Cross. Missl bombard, these chi (iOWZl breathe the lilies stances of a shelter packed far be- vciid its nsrmal

London Children _Shows Ha rdships As Families Refuse Evacu ation

London Children's Pennies buy bung In | Qubg lhgllgf,

“FORG OTTEN COLONY"

But, ironically, there Ia no rea- son for these children to remain in London. The government. has a. vol- untary evacuation guaranbes a country billet for every London child. And since Aug. ll, some 563,000 have been shipped off to new homes throuahout the Eng- llsh countryside.

But 279,000 children still remain and today this group is labeled "the forgotten colony of life." For without their parents‘ permission they cannot be sent to the country and so m-ust remiiln, to follow the weary routine of march- ing underground each night and growing old for beyond their years.

For a. time the government wash- ed its hands of any rcspozislblllty, lingered by the reluctance of parents to break up the lust vestlge of their home life despite bombs and the threat of dist ‘.56.

But when Minister of Health

(By PAUL MANNING)

HOME 115W!‘ f1!!-

uenerntlon here in mothers W110

of chllclirli trudging the

alter night, whether the enl, is heavy or light, en follow their mcrfers to basement shelters. They fetid all‘ .Wllif‘il circu-

tvroiigli the vast

sblvly

capacity. concrete floors.

They ‘They

Diciaivmun 2o, 19¢

of colds, influenza, diphtheria, tub. erculosls and cerebrosplnal fever

the government reversed its vim}. Point and decided to do something quickly for these children upon ivhcm Elielnnd some day mu“

scheme which borough officials trying to convince Britain.

JOB 0F CONVINCING

NOW any I'm? throughout tlig poorer sections of London, yoiru see school teachers. . u“; borough officials making a door-to- door canvass, trylne to convhico mothers that their children should be sent to the country,

During the first days of this drive, results were negligible. But then the common cold began ita march through many of the crowded, wet shclteis of London and mothers nuicklv signed the re- lease which permitted evacuation.

Yet it 1s the gloomy belief of most officials that it will Mke mom

British child

M- Dflhgusk, Umvmgny and n“. tmn rcwtlessli‘ ‘in their sleep. dls- Malcolm Mac"onald pointed out. heavy bombing. an epidemic, or principal and “numbers of N0,-,,,,,1,tiii~be~ by -li- iclns nvd the noise that. from a pewsonnl survcv. the both, before the last small child ‘ College staff also attended tlic-‘flf fl"\"""'l hundred fltfully sleep- subway shelters were perfect breed- ceases to drag wearlly over the conference. l, l"?! P-flllliF. Ing grounds for the winter diseases pavements at 6 in the morning. 'l'licrc are 600.000 members of -— -__

the Junior Red Cross in hlglii. ‘___,_

schools. private and public schools I mg, “Tim-m . Stead for letter o! sympathy sent . EIRE IN" ‘ MRMEN

in Canada at the present time. lhcfm.” u“: 0mm“ “m as r01‘ m her- 7 ’ >-—

bliss Browne stat‘. Because. she "W “Umm-i -i~"“- K111141118 Cmlsifiief‘ 0T W0 pails DUBLIN‘ "CPFJMW m-dod‘ m“. hm an been imbued ‘t Mrs. JJIIlES \1V1ll't'3.i. Q1503 made by Mn, Jgimeg warm British airmen-two of thrcc who

time during the past 20 years. they

with the idea of service in peat-cw were ready and keen to plunge into

work for the soldiers when war A joke. lug-hill"? be?" interned bl’ Eirma“ ivlis declared in September, l939.c11@§l@1‘_ Rflclfhllm- The program committee for next "‘,\l§'h°1'1n'~'$. 1t W38 8HI1011n¢9d_ 01‘ In the aiituinii of 1940. service for, DIYPJ 0 M1:- T- D- Ullf-I- M15? meeting are putting on a Scotch “clan-v today" The mud mm [mm evacuated children iii England was J. Itizl aiicl Miss Jessie concert, £116 dlliflllvle mgfgfilzg “CITKFé-ihffyi] ndclrd to the ]]I'0“,l‘fillllllf‘. €'\\lll . n “.35 move and sew oun 11s l‘ ' a - "ll ls slgirficniit." she $llid,- School cunniiibec. Mrs. James a collection b2 taken niftedmglf.‘ night search. I-Ie wns Sllffllllllfl “that iii spite of the vast amount 1 Ware.‘ bliss Irene Rzickliuzii. g_ "Om vXflfl-‘illft’ find Wfl-‘i 141W" of work curl-led oil bv Jimlors for, Prcgixiln, Nliss Jesus- S ewart. The remaining part of the even- "wdmal “uemdon soldiers, their donations to the‘l\'ll.s. (Ii-Auto, Rnckham M“; Mrs mg was spent discussing cookmg, -—--‘-"‘ NEE“