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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1931

Eula Nurse Is Among Graduates,

flLIFAX. Dec. 20 —(CP)— e F. Piiquet of souris, P. E. !_ n; among ‘the 48 successful lost/es who wrote the pro- flngla] registration examinations m nurses in Nova Scotia, it was wmunced by the registrar of re- wmed nurses here tonight.

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svAnuuunc-eineni nro inlerted In up colum nt 2 cent: per word ptxlcll! Durable In advance.

"Taikies~souris Saturday. L-l99- 12-21-21.

"Mt. Albion Christmas Concert pa, 20. L-B1B-12-13-2f.

FEFUGEEAS FOR

"Duiistaffnagc School Concert Dec. 22 zit 8 o'clock. L-l66-l2-20-2i.

"Talkies — Montague Thursday. special Green Light. 11-199-12-21-21.

"rzncrald School Concert, ‘ nneruld Hal, Wednesday, Dec. 22.

L-l33-12-18-3l. ,

"East Royalty School concert} in l-leartz Hall, December 22. 11-217.

"Christmas concert at North Wiltshire Wednesday, December 22. L-2l4-12-21-2i.

final Hall, Wednesday, December 22nd. L65-l2-17-2i

"Reserve December 22nd for United Sunday School Concel t, Hunler River. L-0J4-l2-8-21.

“Come to Concert in Greenbay Bcllool hie-eddy night 21st. Admis- loli l5 cents. L-19l-l2-21-li.

"Buying live hogs Afbany Thurs- day 23rd. Elmira 24th, iliitil noon. G. C. Green. L-20-65-W-t-t-w-tf.

“Dr. IaCourslere, Dentist, wiill be in C1ODI1§BLOWiI December 20th tifllll February 1st.’ L-1tl3-l2-2l-1i.

"Credit Unon Dance. Morcll Rear School, December 29th. Free Iiricli. Good music. Admission 25c.

"Buying dressed chicken and

fowl daily ilntl March. Correct

flailing. Geo. Leiglitizor Co. L-liiB-l2-2l-tif.

"Buying dressed poultry daily on graded brisls and paying highest market prices. Clark Eros, Mon-

uc. L-112-l2-1il-4i.

"Borden Lille Club loading hogs. lanibs. valves at Allmlly 9V9?!‘ Tuesday. hours l2—3.

L-825—l2-13-2l.

"Come to the Christmas Confivrt h Long River Hal‘. Wednesday ev- tiiliic. December 22nd. rt not five Thursday. L-l20-l2-20-2i.

"i willbe colecting land and Ptrsonlil tax at Bent]. Cairns, Wil- rnot. Wednesday, .Deccniber 22nd. lanes ‘fuplin. L-1B2-l2-2l-li. “Christmas Concert in Bun- 1l111Y School Wednesday Dee. 22 at l1 p. m. If not fine following llltllit. Admission l0 cents.

L-165-l2-2tJ-2i.

"Importaiit hockey nivetlfig Town Hulk-Borden, Tuesday even- 1118 21st. players from Cufctori "ill Cope Traverse are invited t0 Ittenl- L-IGQ-II-I-I.

“Buying live rind dressed chick- 9115 and fowl Thursday, December

331d at Vernon and Millview, pay- ml? loll market prices. Jenkins “M. L-lll0-l2-2l-3i

"Verkty Christmfl! Concert. ‘lsskley Hall, Wednesday. Decem- ber 22nd. Also a. short 07d time pro- "lvi Admission 20c and 10c. If ‘Wrmy ‘Irlmaay. L-209-l2-2l-1i.

"loading live ho and lambs at Mmlllllton till nbaon ‘Thursday, c. 23rd. Nicholson Bros. 101111- lt Hunter River Friday till noon. lltr-cd McEwen a Campbell. Ii-2ilI-7-6-l3-20-27.

"5100! Clearance Bale ‘Ihursday :1‘! Friday. December 23rd and th. Consisting of furnaces, ranges. Mm stoves. dry goods, boots and k - lumber. A. B. Cutcliffe, Hun- ’ ver- bl07-l2-2l-3L "Borden Line

h Club ioadinfl ‘Yi- llmbs and calves Tuesday

faitmiiiiiil Decomber Elli’... at A‘- "Y- 11-8 o'clock. w. .1 Reid. Bmslerv. L-l7-i-l2-20-2i.

be"NOTICE-—As Saturday Decem- ' 25 ll Christmal Day we will wl" 110B! this week on Tue:- duv and Thursday instead of Tues-

1 1H1 Friday. DIVL! and finer.

"Christmas Concert in Graham's _

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Dragging Operations At Chepstow Con- tinue For Second Victim.

The body of Bernard MacDon- aid, 27, drowned within sight of his home at Chepstow Saturday afternoon when a motor boat cap- sized. was recovered from the sea about 2 o'clock ywterday after- noon. Driigging operations Sunday and yesterday failed to locate the‘ body of his brother, Charles Mac- Donald. 43. who lost his life also Wlifln the boat caraslzod 50 yards off shore as they attempted to land in heavy sells.

It was believed by those carry- ing on dragging operations that. Clilirlcs‘ body had became entang- led iii fishing gear from the over- turned bruit and that the tide had curried him out into deeper water beyond ivliere the body of his brother was found, 100 yards from_ the spot lvhcre he ivns drowned. ‘; Dragging will continue today if weather conditions permit.

Coroner A. Ross, M, I), Sotifls last night announced that an in- quest was not necessary.

The victims of the tragic acci- dent ivcrzi returning from fishing cod off North Lake, l8 iniles east of their hnlne. Two brothers, Wal- tcr Rlltl Ronlrd MacDonald, stood helpless on the shore as they saw their brother's 22-foot craft over- turn. Heavy seas prevented them 11111110111118 i1 dory to attempt s. rescue-They hiitf landed their boat a few minutes previously and were preparing to assist their brothers. One of the men from the overturned boat clung tn its bottom for a few momelrs befcre dropping off into the swirling seas.

Albert" House To (‘onvcne Feb. 10

EDMONTON, Dec. flit-Regular session of Atticrtuis eighth legis- lntiiro will open Fob. 10, Premier William Abel-hart, trend nf the provincvs Society Credit Govern- rncilt. uiuimllicod late today.

The ovdcr-ili-eouricii fixing the date of tho session was signed by l-he Premier lOLltW. 'l‘lie proclama- tion will be lS>tl0d shortly artl published in the next issue of the Alberta Gazette.

Previously it wo; expected the session woifd open Jim. 27. when Parliament ill. Ottawa will con- vene. It was found. however, some Government. members may be in Ottawa during the Supreme Court of Canada rcfeirnces on constitutional questions and it was deemed mlvisnblc in delay open- ing of the Legislature.

Is Convicted On ' Smuggling Charge

NEW YORK. Dec. 20--Chnrles A. llevilie, first Transatlantic nir- _pluiie_ prissciigcr, was sentenced to twli years iiiiplusolliiiliiit rind filled $2.500 following conviction on n charge of suiuggliliz Tungsten powder into the United Stalks fi'om Toronto.

L e vi u c became internationally known in June, 1927. when he 1111- anced Clarence D. Chamberlain to fl him to a lion-stop distance rcycord of 8,905 miles. The fllflhl started in New York June 4 811d

ended at Kottbus, Germany, June 6.

Your Contribution, Santa Pals Will Assure Happiness. For All

“A packet full of dollars, that I'm giving you because

No one knows how to spend them half as well as Santa Claus,

5'01‘ something pretty, something good, for something needed

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T0 81W 1119 Jvys you'd glady bring if how you only knew.

But Santa knows, and here's the way to help at Christmas best-

A Packet full of dollars, and let Santa do the rest."

Sarita Pals who have children's names reserved. will you send in your parcels as soon l“ P05511118. please. l! you have not already done so. The assign- 1118. wrapping. addressing oi par- cels to the more than 800 child- ren on the ‘list is proceeding space 1n the Santa Pal Department and unless parcels are sent iri at once the work is greatly retarded. V80 promptness in sending in parcels W111 be areatiy appreciated.

And we remind those who are not; Santa. Pals, there is still the opportunity to have a part tn this work of making needy child- ren 111111115’ Christmas Day. Quite a number are not yet provided for. Arid they. like their more fortun- ate playmates are looking forward with hlsh expectations to Christ- mas 11101111118- Perhaps unaware of the fact that unless kind Santa Pals decide to act that they will have rio Christmas. They have so little for the remainder of the Year. don't let them be forgotten Christmas morning. send your contribution to the Santa Pal De- pertinent today. You cannot give greater hapiuess for the same ex- penditure iu any other way.

Yesterday's response was mag. niflcent. and greatly encouraged those in charge _of‘the Depart- ment. For the past few 31/5 they had been worrying just. fl. little that many children on the needy list would be forgotten. Yester- day's contributions, however, came like the sun to disperse gathering

clouds. _ __ ,

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Usual Christmas Cus- toms T0 Be Obser- ved By Lord Tweedsmuir.

(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire) OTTAWA, Dec. 20 —(CP) —Due to the death of his mother in Scot- land. the Governor General will spend this Christmas in the 811M101" of bereavement. But no official functions will be cancelled.

0n Thursday Lord Twecdfimllll‘ will present seasonal gifts to the married members of the household staff, while the unmarried members will receive theirs Fmduy.

The Governor General, with Lady Tweedsmur, will attend service 011 ChrLstmns Day at St. Bartholomew's, nftcr \l'lilt‘.h he wit visit the Canad- ilm region shelter‘. to be present lit tho dlniicr of the llidlflellli "Psel" vlcemori. .

In the evening Lord and Lady Tweedsmirs persona‘. staffs will be “My; at, Christmas dinner in Gov- ernment House. The fare will be the ordinary one suited to the occasion -turkey and 11111111 111111511118- "m5 and crackers.

On New Year's Day Lord 'I‘weeds- muir will hold the usual levee in the. Hall of Fame of the Parliament

Buildings.

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Japanese Spies Active In US.

MOSCOW. Dec. 211-1111’) ~ Th‘ assistant. chief oi the Soviet acc- "t potiflqpl police today megtioi-l- ed the United States and Hi1"! 1n a statement that capitalist countries are serldinfl 1189"“ lggéh? countries for esulomBe- S“ 9 and aPi-eadiiiil Sllbvllrslve 9mm“

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l nail-s. saldr otxAnriieexrligri,“particularly the Patti‘- flc coast and the Panama Cane. is overrun with M11811?" 5119;’ and Japan in its turn iiPDWTSI be an arena for American intel 1- genca services."

His statement 8111151119111 12:: article in Pmvdn, oflicia 0

in’: native Georgia which has been

munist newspaper. l“ "mm h‘

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discussed the execution of eight once high-ranking Communists. 1m M. Karakhan, former vice oommissar of foreign affairs. and, seven others were shot for crime! "mm; 1mm espionage to forma- tion of rebel cells in Joseph Stal-

"pur-gcd" intensively for several months.

“'"°""' Ell. .“°‘.“.i“l.“.2 .13.?‘ many years h e ra)’ ' try by selling to Fascist intelli- gence services secrets "of 511N151 government 1111110111111"-

He indicated the nurse w» 1101 ended when he asserted tile Soviet police would "continue to destroy spies. terrorists, wreckers. plotters and fiOllnbQf-PCV'illl',i"lia\l’itil of All

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YEBTERDAYS SANTA PALS

l Joan Jackie. gBaby Weir. Helen Tidmarsh. Marshfield-Dunstaffnage Y.

S. per Herbert Dennis.

David Adams, Sea View.

Col. A. E. Ings.

G. P‘. Hutcheson.

Miss Anna McIrinis.

Gordon and Donald McLean. Robert Cox.

Lois Henry. Southport.

Cape ‘Traverse Y. P. Union, Car-

leton Siding.

Mrs. E. Warren Houston George Houston.

Francis Hennessey.

R. W. Becket. .

Selma and Phyllis Mutch. Donalda Shaw.

Jimmy Jay.

Mrs. L. Jay.

Verna Wood.

Mrs. (Din) Seaman.

Fri-m Grade B W. K. S. 3rd. Charlottetown Co.

James Girl Guides). Hyndman & Co.

Mildred Cox.

Walter Cox.

W. R. Godfrey.

Basilica Cub Pack. Pauline Nicholson.

F. H. Phillips.

York Jr. Red Cross.

Leila M. Cotes, North Milton. Donald Bisett. ~ Daphne Blssett. George Bissetf.

Mrs Marcus Calder. J. Ralph Calder. Albert Sinc‘air.

Mrs. L. W. MacKoy. Mrs. Nelson Payilter,

ton.

Long Creek, Y. P. B. Hester Wood.

D. F. Archibald Joyce Procter.

Keir Procter.

Annie Mathcson. Beatrice Matheson, Brnokficld. Irma Constable.

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Straight Fight In Quebec By-Electiou

ST. CROIX, Dec. 20 -—(CP)— Through the rolling snow-clad hills of Lotbiiiiere County on the south shore of St. Lawrence River, constituents will travel by sleigh and car two days after Christmas to choose n new representative in the House of Commons.

And their choice at the polls will lie between the Liberal Party. whose nominees have held the parliamentary sent since Ccnfed- oration, and a young Qurbec lawyer, running as an Independent Nationalist.

Only two names were on the list when nominations were closed late tcday: J. N. Francoeur, vet- eran Liberal member of the Que- bec Legislature, seeking the seat left VBCHlll. by the death of J, A. Vervllle; and Paul Bcilchard, 30- ycar-old Rhodes scholar ivho has been cnruimigiilng through the hil‘s, prcacliiiig “no war, no arma- ments," and “greater autonomy for Quebcc.’

Recover Bodies In Collapse Of Dam

PORT STANLEY, Ont... Dec. 2U —An Ontario Government bridge engineer began nu investigation tonight into the Coffer Dani col- lapse in Kettle Creek at Port Stanley Harbor that took lives of eight workmen in a Sunday night disaster.

A diver located three oodles in 30 feet of water and brought them to the surface. They were identi- fied as George Sealey of st. Thomas; Don Bcatty of Kinistfno. Basic, and Chester Bisbee of St. Thomas.

Two other bodies were located late today at the south end of the dam but the diver reported they were caught under . beams and steel sheeting and could not he moved immediately. Bodies of the three remaining victims 0i’ the tragedy have not yet been found in the twisted debris.

Four Killed In Rumanian Riots

BUOHAREST, Dec. 20-l"ou1' persons were killed and a number of Rumanian police wounded to- day in outbreaks at Othein and Muresch during elections for l new national chamber of deputies.

First returns showed the Na- tional Liberal Party, supporting

the present government. wu in flit DOI- ,

Prepare Protection For Royal Palaces

LONDON, Dec. Z0—(CP Cable) —Air raid protection schemes are being prepared for the loyal pal- aces, Sir Philip Sasson, first com- mlssioner of works, informed Cap- tain Arthur Evans. Conservative, in a written reply to a question tabled in the House of Commons today.

The schemes include provision of refuge accommodation, first aid posts. and a. storage reserve of sandbags for additionul protection. Sir Philip said firefighting ar- rangements are to be overhauled and squads fol-med for rescue, clearance and decontamination work.

NtiTEli iiuiiii GENERAL iiii

Ludendorffs I) e a t h Removes Another Outstanding Great War Figure.

((1.? By (iuardiarfs Special Wire)

ltitlNlCl-l. Germany, Dev. 20_ General Erich Ludemdorff, consid- ered the directing force of Germ- any's Great War armi-‘S. dim 10411? at the age of '12.

He will be given a state funeral with highest military honors Wed- nesday in r/lunichl; Field Marshals‘ Hall. a shrine of Nazi Germany. To- mcrrow tile body “"11 11c iii state in the Fag Hall of the General

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meuts Issued By J aps Re Attack On Guiiboat Panay.

((1.1! By Guardian's Special Wire)’

British filld United States refu- gees. attempting to flcc war threats in (‘rlifrni China, were turned hack toward \'.'i1i'-lllt'il.'1f‘i‘d iizuikou- today by a. bnnm obstructing passage down

v the Yangtze River.

The. British steamship Woosung, carrying 30f) ivonlcn and children, 'w:is unnfilc to puss a new obstruc- tion at Maturity. more than 100 miles up the Yangtze fvnm Nzinking.

Foreign uffii-ilils iii Ifnrikow llii-n nttcnipicil in arrange evacu- ation of the refugees on an inter- naiiunni train to Cillflflfl before Japan iuiincfies its expected attack on Central China.

DENY ATTACK

The “Parlay incident" continued to stand out oii the intcnziational s11 no zis Japan's army yesterday de- nied it llflll atinckcd the United Siritcs guuliolit. contradicting offic- ial Allioz-icoil reports Jopancsc troops; machine-gunned the sink ng ivorsilip after it was bombed by na- val planes.

At llllilfitill thc same time as the army switcniclit wzis issued. a. For-

Comnialirl of the Sevurlih Army

Corps. _ v . The streets will be cloaked in black and silver for tlic funeral

march from there to the Flvlil N151"- sliais‘ Hull, ivhcrc iu N-avvrnbci‘. 1923. Adolf Htler, then almost un- known, and the General strode side by side in the Nazis‘ abort-ave "march on Berlin.“ _

It. was understood that Hitler and Field Mnrslinl Werner Viili Biom- bcrg. Reich ivar minister. \\'(:i1ld spcuk lit the filnerai.

Ludendorff died .' ‘in

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liRlVE REBELS FRUM lElltiEt

Government F o r c e s Battle Way Into Centre Of City. '

(A, P, by Guardian's Special Wire)

HENDAYE. Doc. 20-—'1'l1r@9 Spanish Government columns- were reported today to have rlahlllfed the centre of besieged Tcrucl. driving out the insurgent dcfciirl-

ers of the key city oii 111v vfl-“lsm front at bziyonets’ point.

A housc-to-housc brittle was rc-f ported raging within Teriici, from‘ which the civilian population fled. ;

Government advices snirl flit‘ city, completely cut off "0111 111" rest of insurgent Spain, iviis ex- pected to full lll a few flours.

, A colimm of insurgent ltfirlirsi and Legionnalres was rcpnrictl

destroyed by Government planes when it tried to raise the $1925- ne<s

Government machine-gun and feels of planes ambushed the motorized column. the advices said. and its convoy of insurgent‘ warplanes sped away. T

(Military advices at hlflrlrlll saidthe insurgents weakened their positions elsewhere in Spain by‘;

moving reinforcements to relieve the beleaguered city. "M11115 011 truck: were said to have been!

bringing thousands of insurgent troops and heavy artillery into the area.)

Airport Director Faces Manslaughter

(By The Associated Press) BRUGIS, Belgium, Dec. 20-The director of the Ostend Airport to- day was charged with manslaiiizh- ter after an examining magistrate heard testimony regarding the crash of a Belgian airliner Nov. 16 in which five members of the Grand Ducal family of Hesse were killed.

Authorities were seeking to fix the responsibility for any delay in _ transmitting radio instructions l warning the pilot not to land if visibility was bad.

Eleven died in the crash, includ- ing tho Grand Duke and Duchess. their two sons, his mother. mo

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oigli Office spokesman in ‘Fokyo re- versed the goi.'cvrinlcli.t‘s previous stunt‘ and admitted Jnpiulese army crrift oli the Yn-rigtzc fired on the Pllflfly.

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iiv Vflll-lfill. issued by Mu- . l Iiuiiinl-ziclii Hnrridzi, Jup- iiiiciic ill ‘iry attache, not only was at Vflillllllt with flint of the sur- vxor- ililil the Tokyo Foreign Of- fice but rtilitrrirlictcd itself.

Tlir- army investigation was still going Oil. Hnrndu said, and a new report might be made if Tokyo was no‘. Sulirifitfd with the present ver- siou of the incident.

From Washington a new demand curiae inst night for withdrawal of Aiiiercnii ships and troops. Repre- sciiiziilvo Czi-tiunn (D-Wisi in a broadcast. address charged the Pan- n._v was not. r-nrrviiig refugees at the time it was suilk bill was “protect- im: tlic property of the Standard Oil Company and conveying their oil boats ilirnitrth the line of fire".

Great. Britain, emphasizing her grzivr view of the For Eastern cris- is ’lil‘|E‘(l a new ambassador to C . to rrplaicc Sir Huge Knatrll- l1ll.-l'lll£'_\".*<Sf‘il ivlio ivns wounded nixir Slioiieiiiii lust August.

_V 111p“ Foreign VQffi/rc announced

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Unearth Forgotten Ammunition Dump

PARIS, Dam ~ iCP Havnsh- Paris, touchy these Guys. when hiri- den lillllllllOllA lire illlCdllllCLLbillll- (‘ti broadly [Llilillii when 'a new illltl o: "ltigliiist. uliiiriuiiitioii“ ltli'iii‘ll nut in lzl- Blllifill iliiimiili- lllOll ililllip liti".iiilt'il ‘.10 yelirs zigo iliiriiig tlic (‘irluii Wail".

First lxiginltr told a liiigc store of - \\(‘lC uncovered zit Aii'c- 1

explosiit- Sur-Ln-Lgxs, iii the Pris-rlc-Calais department liy ngciits probing the Cugoiilnl-ll plot ligliinst the state. Actually, nililivriiics sold, the skilled workriicu still searching old for forgotten munit- imi dumps crime across rt pile of T00 old British hand grenades,

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TORONTO, Dec. 20--((1l’) in which Ontario's Premier

Mr. Hepburn.

be made public, in the House opened in January.

tario Premier asked. siiBsTAivTiArns CHARGE

He linri charged the Ottaiva and Washington Governments were in agreement to block Ontario's power devclcpluelit and export plnns. as- serting correspondence wxth Prime Minister Ki 4. runrkcd "confiden- tial", supported the charge.

"‘Mr. King now is trying to cre- lute the iiilprcssloli that there has [been no correspondence or confer- tellces between liiliiself and the lGuveriilliellt of the Ullited Slates regarding the 5t. Lawrence wutcr- ways, and rio correspondence be- tween inc and lllill, but iu a letter (iatcd Nov. 12, 19137, he rriakcs ref- erence to botll coufcl-iilities ulid corrcsipolideucii," Ml". llvpliiirlisilid.

SOUGHT ASSURANCE

“Mr. King l‘(‘lt‘lS specifically to a conference with liic when he was on his way to the White House to ‘be a guest of President Roosevelt land WllPll lie sought to secure lfrom me nssiiirancc of support on the W'Gt0l‘\l'll,\S plan and otliermat- ters to be ciiscussed between him- self rind Mi". Roosevelt."

Ontarios position oil the St. Laurence, project was asked for by Mr. liilig in a lcttn dzitcd Nov. 1'.) and in which l\'lr. llepiiiirn replied Nov. 25.

First pnragrupli of Nil‘. King's letter read: "Lust ‘week we had further inquiry from tlic Unitcrl States Government. who desiri- i0 know ivhethni‘ the (‘iiiizidian Gov- ernment are DTCDflTPfl to take up anew the St. Lawrence \\'Rlf‘l‘\\'l‘i_\'$ matter and rilllcd matters, amour; ivhich were mentioned the Niagara position and the. possible develop- ments in northern Oiltnirio affect- ing the Grcrit Lnkc levels."