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TAPAN

Japanese.

“y, By Guardian's Special Wire) SHANGHAI. Dec. 24-(Frida_v)—

nanned by obscure qionsorcil ~liy the Japanese army, tglrl sway in conquered Nankim; to- il! while- Japanese forces drew a cordon tielitrr about unitii of (‘lielziang Province ‘nilessoutbw-st of Shanghai.

Foreigners were warned by Jap- mmauthorities to flee llniigchow leiorc Japanese columns driving tn- niiltlie city from northeast, north ind northwest. completed their miiqurst. 'l'l*irt_v-rne foreigners were believed to be in flange-how.

Three hunrlred foreigners. many Ii them British womcn and chil- liriii. fleeing ivor threats in Central China started by an international “Christmas express" train from llankow. on ti" middle Yangtze, for (baton and llozig Kong.

Japanese and Chinese were in- jifriircylderititv of tlic fing-

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tonne {VENli

"Annnnin-vineiii iiro Iiincrtcil in lh rllllllll or '_' Milli! per ivorii Irlrlly payable In niliiiiiro.

"ilzservc Friday. January 7th for Dance in I. 0. U. I". I-Inll. L-322-i2-2-l-28-3l.

"Buying dressed

chicken and

[owl {llllll nut-l hfarch. Corrcct ifflfllllt- Geo. Lcightlmr Co.

' L-IQB-lfl-‘Jl-t-f.

"Alden ltlonsc Kcusiiigton,

ieunirl Crzisv.‘ ‘l, Hunter River

tiling live 1103s Monday of every

Wk- L-aos-iz-zs-ii.

"Sllbpcr. dance and tot 65 Hall. Monday December 27. ii Simply tlic‘ cntcrtainnu-iit will rphrlti on tilt‘ first fine night -°“’l‘-‘-8» Atlnilslon 50 ccnts.

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"OM11." to heavy export. of rainy, chicken prices are prom- "Lllll- Sl-ltl u» every pound tins- §i‘-_\\i* noel it. fllltl you \\iil In- Ittisfnti. Cor rt grading, prompt- tlum-i- lllll» the. sail faction 0f fir“! lll) your own niarkct. P. ‘im- Eélf; and Poultry Co-opcv- ' L-338.

n t “dill”? Stock Marketing Board bllqllulis through local shipping titer-it of December. Qlll.l....ll»‘i. kg“ Monday-Baltic. Bouris, St. “he S. Morel], Murray River, Mel- “Mlllvlew. Tuesday forcnoon — uewmliiflll Charlottetown. Mt. ‘P Iicdfurd. Brndiilbnnc. Hitti- ‘ llci: Afternoon l2 to 3 Albany. 55¢ list stock with local secretary. c_ L-328-12-24-li.

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SATURDAY Being CHRISTMAS my And a PUBLIC HOLIDAY Tilt next issue oi’ run" GUARDIAN Will be on Monday

December 27th

tittlilISSliiN

Foreigners W a r n e d T0 Quit Hangchow Before Advance tic hopes is about to be the good

linngchow. .

cards in ‘V

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“God Bless

One" — Say Tiny Tims

You Every

"May Love and Peace and I-iappi-

ness. With dear old Christmas come- And brighten and protect and bless Each heart and hearth and home."

Realization of its most optimis-

fortune of the Santa Pal Depart- ment, and that must mean good news to all those who have so generously contributed to this Work- Evvrviiiine is in readiness

“my "autonomous commission," for delivery and early today pur- Clilnese. but ccls for the

850. children on the list will start moving out of the lroonis where they are stacked.

I There are a few names ‘that came in late yesterday and for iWIlfJlTl no pals have been found. ll-lut we are confident that there are a. riunibci" of persons. who had intended, but ix=cause of the pre- season rush overlooked sending in a contribution. Tliisis their op- portunitv. 'I‘hc_v will be making sure the Christmas happiness of these fciv additional children. The names. as were all appearing in the list of needy, were certified by clcrgynicn.

If there should be n few odds and curls of toys left after the list is taken Care of today. they are not WilfLtXl, but ore sent tn other cliliritxtblc otwiuilmitions.

So. Sliuiiu lat . sibility‘ of‘ your ‘ purpose for

. 'h they were in- tended. to iixakc some litllo tot happy. tin‘ few remaining needy listed at the end oi this nr- tlclc.

To everyone. and especially to Santa Pals who have done so much by their collective efforts to assure happiness for all tomorrow. the Santa Pal Department says“Mei'ry Christmas."

YIC STE ill) .\ TS SANTA PALS

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ii itdRE FACE iliiiiiib SQUAD

New Arrests Made In Soviet “Puirge.”

Moscow. Dec. ‘2a"'_(ai=)- Aiiotlier hzgir Soviet official, V. I.

Ivancff, (‘fllllllll.>.ll' of the tiinlirr iiulustri". no. out. ut‘ uflice today [Wtltlirv p10 llll‘l on from Russian

forests had l.i.lc<t lo flourili as planilctl en-l lie was bclicvtfl $01K? tilrcaziy in jail.

Disclosure of Ivancffk; removal came with anniizncrincnt that l4 more persons h tic been scnlcnccfi to death in tlic Soviet “purge" of alleged internal enemies-mar- tlculririfi "tho. 1n the notional economy.

Prosecutors sent nine executives at various timber trusts before .‘fll'li‘.g squads in two Archangel cases and denounced Ivonoff as a ‘base traitor.“ The demscd Com- missor was accused oi’ helping organize a Riplitist croun "wi- nectcd with tho Trotsky-Zinc- vioff-Bukhorln-Ryko-ff camp."

Demands Re

TOKYO, Dec. za-(Am-Hish officers of the Japanese Anny and Navy tonight. conferred with the United States Ambassador in ef- forts to fmnio a reply that WOUId meet the Unltcd States‘ demands

the. gunbont Pansy-

lt was indicated authoritatively the reply, probably in two sections. would be presented tomorrow and Saturday and that it would meet all points oLthe American repre- sentations on the sinking‘ of’ the little warship on the Ynnviw Riv" DQQ 12 by Japanese warplanes.

The conference with 511159559- dor Joseph c. Grew. at the Am- ericnn lshnbossy. was described authoritatively as most. cordial-

The liiinincn Club of Charlotte; >

blhhicd” tor" ‘failures ~ "

for fnll amends for the sinking of

.town.

Lorna and Sylvia Chandler. Mrs. W. H. Inman, Crapnud. Eleanor McNevin.

Miss Vivian Rix.

Miss Arlene Rix.

Baby Bill Rix.

In memory of Brian Kennedy. Marcus Calder.

If. R. Hillson.

L B. Miller.

Charlottetown Y-Knot Club, Mr. Leith Robertson.

Mrs. Leith Robertson.

Joyce Nicholson.

Jean and Kathleen Jay. Charlie Cook. Jr.

Margaret Coffin.

Arthur Cofltn.

Bertie Currie.

Rosalie Kiggins.

Mrs. W. H. Klggins. Mary Fleming.

Ernest MacMlllan.

Mrs. Earl Baker.

Mrs. J. W. MacKenzle. Don Bruce.

Mrs. Warren Bums. MissMary MacQuald. Paul Cudmore.

Mrs. Harry Mathleson. Patricia 8a Joyce Ritchie. Jane 6c Irvine Ciiddtngs. Mrs. James lVhite.

Waltcr Beer.

‘Pooinbs Music Store. Gwen Rogers.

Wallie Scantlcbury.

Don and Claire McDonald Miss Minnie McKay.

Mrs. Ira Douglas. » Gloria Bell, Cape Traverse. Layton Rogers Schurmiin, Sum-

nierside.

Gladys Mathleson.

E. C. Holm, DeSable.

Irma Constable. New London. Miss Laura Hughes.

Ira Kenneth Pidgeon. Joyce Nicholson.

Donald Herbert Mason. Ionian J. Farrell. KatlcMnthcson. tinned on page 15, Col

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$753M Fire In Halifax North-End

llAL-IFAX, Dec. 23--Damage cs- timatecl at. approximately $755M! was caused tonight by a. three- alarm fire that destroyed o. dweling and a warehouse in the north cud of the city.

Charles Cochrane, occupant of the dwelling, who was crippled in the Hal fax explosion of 1917. W418 rescued by passers-by. The ware- house was occupied by the Barrett Roofing and the Nelson Feed Com- parties.

Alberta Shooting Affray Probed

EDMONTON, Dec. 23—— (GP) - Policc rushed to Castor 150 miles southeast. of Edmonton today to investigate reports a farmer had slain ills .ii1f_¢.eu.<l barricaded him-

farmers were reported n-frntd t0 approach the house.

Nick Solcronka, 62-year-old Rus- sian, was alleged by ROW! CH1"!- dlon Mounted Police to have shot his wife from whom he had been separated three months. They said the shooting occurred at the home of a son where the woman had been living.

Japanese Move To lqeei

Panay Sinking

Participants were said to believe prospects bright for s final settle- ment o! the American-Japanese crisis over the sinking.

"All available facts" were said to have been laid before Ambassa- dor Grew.

Prospects for acceptance of the American demands were consider- 9d improved by the Japanese Army admission, for the flnt. time, that Ja, . machine guns flied in the direction of foreigners flee- ing from the Penny.

The new Army statement, made by Colonel Nlsht, did not. however. mention survivors charges that

Japanese surface craft also mach- ine-gunncd the sinking Penny it- self.

self in a mid house; Neignuornig-

F iisiiiiii IN FAR iisi

Anti-British Propa- ganda By Italy (Jit- ed Previous To Ad- journment Of Par- liament.

LONDON. Dec. 23 -—(CP)—- Cabinet Ministers and members o! Parliament scattered tonight for Christmas holidays, leaving to Prime Minister Chamberlain and Foreign Secretary Eden any emer- gency decisions on measures to protect British interests in the Far East war zones. The recess ex- tends until Feb. 1.

Informed sources expressed be- liaf that British warships mght move eastcwa-rd through the Suez Canal ti‘ Japarfs reply on her Yangtze River attacks on British ships failed to convince the Gov- ernment that adequate steps would be taken to protect British rights.

Policy Ol‘ Restraint _.

r However, it ivas believed a policy of restraint wcitld be followed un- til Jaipairs position on tlic. Yang-

“tze crisis was made clear. A leci-

ing that Japan would consider the large flout increments now unduly provocative was said to be the busts of thispollcy. -

At the Foreign office. where the Christmas sipirlt. was in ovld-' encc. it was anrxoiincctl that cv-"ti if.’ the Japanese rcply were rc- celved tomorrow, it would not be considered until ‘Tuesday.

In the final session. Vlsfllllnii Crnnborne, foreign affairs uttdrr- secretory, stated only one Ycence for the exportation of arms to Japan had been given in the past. three months. lilo said a complete. ban would vio'olc the Anglo- Japancse Treaty of lllll, but as- sured the House o! Commons that Britain intended to surpport the League of Nations iwoluticn by refraining from any action which might weaken Cliiuafis resistance.

Informed sources said the Board 0t’ Trades report t he cabinet

(Continued on page 15, Co‘. '7)

PAIFIIIILEB IN [iiittiiiiiii

Ad. Skids Into Path 0f Moving Train.

(By The Gnnndiniimfréiil w“

EDMONTON, Dec. Zil-Two men killed when an automobile skidded into a moving passenger train at Elburii, near Aurora, 111., today, were Lorne ll. Bell, 53, and his son A. Graham Bell. 23, both of Ed- monton.

The two were on tlic return leg of n imsiness trip to Toronto. Tho father was part owner and buyer o! an automobile accessory company and had lived 1n Edmon- ton since i912. l-le was born in Nova Bcotlo. r‘

News of their sudden deaths was broken to Mrs. L. H. Bell by Rev. J. W. Smith. an old friend of the feznflynis she was busily preparing for Christmas celebrations. She expected the pair to return be- tween Christmas and New Year's.

Quads And Quinta Exchange Greetings

(OP. By Guardian's Special Wire)

SAINT JOHN’. N. B.. Dec. 2.3 — Christmas greetings were exchanged over the telephone this afternoon by the Mahaney quadruplets and Dionne quintuplets. Dr. A. R. Defoe talking for the qulnts.

Mr. and Mrs. William Mahnney, parents of Canada's cmiv quads, joined in the long distance conver- satlon between Saint John and Cal- lander. Ont. The telephone call was minted by the Toronto Sta-r.

Zoo nvs UR GENTS TRAPPED

glhree Deaths, Minor Damage

MEXICO CITY. Dec. 23- (AP)-,-—A heavy earthquake shook Mexico City and most of Southern Mexico today from nine seconds to more than five minutes.

Three persons were known dead and minor damage to buildings and streets ivas ivide- spread.

The epicentre of the shock, the strongest in several years, was believed to be either iii Oaxaca. State. 250 miles south. or in the Pacific Ocean off Guerrero State.

Springs of bctli seismogriiphs in the National and Central Observatories were broken, but the Nationals director deter- mined the tremor must have been oi’ dangerous intensity at its centre.

Tire-ugh communications with the interior were interrupted by the first shocks which started at 7:18 a.m. (9:lB n.m. AST), reports received inter in the day from a score of places in the quake area said dam- age ivas little. At least 10 southern states felt the shocks.

Pilllclltiuake Causes ‘HWESI

itATtiRSl EXAMIIiE IN

PtilliiE Billliil

Conflicting: {itories By Liquor. S l e u t h s, Whose Drink Bills And Salaries Were Paid Through R. C. M. I’.

Four :-lJ(‘(‘lflI liquor investigators ' i: city Police Court yes-r t they were pa d $3.00 a ll iiicztlental riipz-nscs up $.20 prr day (luring then" “nus into tlic ll coal liquor traffic in this province, They were‘ paid by the R0) al Canadian Mount- l ed Police and one. oiuncr cl’ a mo-l tor cur. said he was paid $5.00 a. 1 for using hs motor} gators are Ross Mc- Carthy. rt. Jarvis, Louis Yor- ston and Joseph Gillls. Their state- mtnts were widely at variance on sevcral points.

After the investigators had given evidence in the case of a. mall charged with keeping liquor for sale contrary to theprovisoizs of the -Prohili n Act, Mr. R. R. Bell, de- l_ louse r tinsel inovcti for i1 dismissal

a: .

Alberta's thrilling county in. 1903. is Sir Arthur Stonliouse, Bart. to- night but still doubtful lf he will use the title in Canada. llc also doubts the baronctcy could lurc him from the farm he loves.

"Such things don't mean much here as they do in the Old Coun- try," Stunliouse remarked today iii‘- ter learn fig of his succession to tlic title through the death of his coils- in. Sir Ernest. Stonhouse of ltiidlcy, Berkshire, England.

Stonhouse. farmer in the Pine urea. 20 miles southeast of ltvtl Deer, rich agricultural (llsiirlt-t, i. ‘curs

Kingston. and is a disappointed youth because he must spend Christmas away from home.

Attacked By Dogs, Dies In Hospital

WICHITA FALIB. Tex. Dec. 23 -1=our bulldogs set. upon 71-year- old L. G. Brown today and killed lilm as he fought for his life with a pocket knife.

The dogs attacked the aacd man on a. nearby higliivay. Brown dc- feiided himself with his only wen- pon, the pocket knife. He killed two of the animals before a farm- er came to his aid and rushed lilm to a hospital where he died.

Nazis To Release Protestant Pastors

BERLIN’. Dec. 28 —(CPl-lavns) ~Some Protestant pastors held in German prisons will be set fi-cc for Christmas. it. was announced tonight.

spoken attacks on Nazi religious policy, will not be among thcm.

ACCIDENT PROVES FATAL

MONUPON, N.B.. Dcc. 23-(0?) -Arthur Landry, 3'1. died in hos- pital today l2 hours after his back was broken by a falling tree. Tho

Dame. Landry had been married only six weeks.

i". A N IiiIJYTAN, siicciiis Til BAiltlN_ETi3l

Alberta Farmer Suc- ceeds To Title Through Death Of Cousin.

The Cilbf‘ was adjourned for one l\'l‘t‘l". Itir. J. O, (J. Campbell rcprc- SKI-did tilt‘ Attorney General. lVtcCiii-ihy- tcstiflcd on cross ox- fllllllliltltlll jrc~tcrtlziy flint on one occasion ll(|llOl‘ ims taken to tlic ironic oi‘ an Indian at Southport. lie hatin‘: taken the liquor and tlidift. kuoiv who did. Jarvis and (lillls accompanied him. They had ‘l in strpr-rl. ivitiicss said. liquor was bciiisr sold at. the “we took the

n . . that Indlaiili home and liquor" as a fcclcr."

Asked if he knew it was a ser- ious offence to take liquor to Iri- dinns. witness sold he didn't know at the time. lie couldift say ivhcthci" it ivas Jarvis or Gillis tvno took tlic- liquor over. Later he stated where tho teddy was pur- chased, from a man in Charlotte.- town.

The witness slated he did not know there ivir-i quite- a row at the Indians after he left. lie and the two other investigators came into

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IEai-lyfléelssion or N. B. Legislature?‘

P'RI‘II)IT.RI("I‘ON. N. B. D00. '13 _ l“ I ‘

of age and llll\l'l‘lt'tl. \\iil! a n and three (liiuglitt-rs. Thu s:r.. Phillip. Allan Stonhuuiic. at present is studying at Queen's Univcrs ty.

(Rev. Martin Nlcinocllcr. taken - into custody on July 1 after out- ‘

tree suddenly snapped as he no: . chopping it. near his home nt Noti-c '

i holiday l .\ t,

parlor‘. i l‘l'iiiil'|li. \\‘lll '_ r the first. work of Jan- , l uaigv first. meeting of the i i 110w year. Th: expectation is that; ‘ the ccbinc‘. will drnl iviih several.‘ matters in connection with tlic 1938 session of tlic provincia. leg- islature. The time is rapidly zip- proacliing when session arrange-

the doe for the House opening. The. legislative program in itself will require considerable attention

There i; a growing among observers that. the 1938 some" of tlic legislature will be mi cnrly one. The House may open during the first fortnight of Feb- ruary. tlic opening of the scslon last year took place on February 18th.

Recorded

(C-J’. Cable liy tluardinn‘! Special ll'lre)

g LONDON. Dcc. 23--Grcat Britain s in the midst of its biggest Christ- iiuis spending spree for years, ‘ Jllflflllltl by ciurency and trade fig- urcs. The Batik of Engianzi an- nounced today its note circulation for last week set an all-time rec- ord oi £509.315.646 ($2,546.ii'.l‘..‘.l30) or almost 230,000,000 above the cor- rcsipondtng week of 1936.

One lnntc London department store vcpirtcd the busiest day of its history. fllnfiiifield Meat IUIITROL __ clearing hnue for London's moat supplies ".1! rlcniaiid was equal to an? prcvlous mod Year,

l The post office is using 800,000

IN TER REGIME- NANKINc

UEi

Doomeoiflcarrison Defies Loyalists In L a s L

Stand

Fire‘ Continuously From Shell- Shattered Refuges. Lack Ain-

munition And

Are With out

Water And Light.

11min.“

By RAMON’ RLARDONI" Associated Press [Foreign Sig/f TERUEL» Spill". D90- _Z3-‘i-~l“0ui' hundred Insurgents in

‘Feruci. They fired continuously with machine guns and rifles

Insurgents

outlet.

half a dozen buildings connected by underground passages still held out tonight zigainst i

he (iovernmcnt captors of

from their shell-shuttered refuges in what the Minister of National Defence, Indalccio Pfieto, called a forlorn hope they would be rescued.

Pricto, speaking in a voice almost drowned out by the

“There is no hope for them _ The nearest front now (Six to 713 miles) away.”

Buildings hold by the die-hard included a seminary

and the civil guard barracks. The

nicnts have to be decided to clear _'

cm tlic part of the government. l - - r ommon 1 nounccd imd Iiniiraeiit

, the southern cud of the insurgents‘!

l

sis... “ltgiiristmas its...

besieged 400 were believed to have lllcllil! oi’ fond but little ninniim- ition, no ivoter and no light.

'I'4.‘t'ilCI. was _i‘ainrn l with outgoing refugees

pristmcrs. l.O00 Insurgents were captured.

strivi

said to have dislodged Go

‘The road to Sagunto. south of

llllti trucks loaded with Prieio said more than

CLAIM SUCCESSES

HENDAYE. Franco - Spanish Frontier, Dec. 122i »--In.<'.irgnnt forces ' ‘ desperately to relieve com- rades . l holding out at 'l'.‘eruel to- day reported succcsszis against the G0'.'Cl.‘lllll(f.lt army which captured that stratiuic city in (‘tlSiCFfl Spun.

Driving l0 the relief of the In- surgcnt grnrlson still machine- giiiinini: and defying the (lovem- iiicni. forces from a tivfri-tosvrred seminary overlooking tho ciir, nu Iiisuroeiit. column 0t nrlillcrv nnri infantry rmoricd it had sniarlicd through (lorcrtiinent liiicw.

The radio slat on oi Sn aniancn, Insnrgcirifi. headquarters announced at fl p. m. (4 p. m. AST) that. the garrison continued to hold out.

it sold the condition of the Gov- ernment. forces in the sector "is more. and more critical."

Other Insurgent curring ~‘~

units from the strategic -. Road northwest. of 'l‘crticl, ale .. which the Government 1)l‘t‘Vl(\llS._\' had repuiii-ri its troops nrtviii ‘in:

till Alba: ll'lll. l5 ni it's to the wt . The 'l‘cru1‘i RiIl'l‘l.‘;l)li_ which ini nnnrr- nf ill!‘ city iiihnbliiiuts trail