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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1939

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How wise is God ln giving diiftr cnt talents to different preachrrs.

Annual Subscription Delivered $5.00 liy llnlb-IHEJ. ‘L00; Cnllildl lnli US. ‘L00

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ll ARTICLES lRE INCLUDED

Bulk Of Orders Are Placed With Canad- ian Firms.

OTPAWA. Dec. B-Ol-d-ers to- [gljjng 52.800000 for the week ended Dec. 5 have been awarded by the war supply board. it was jflllflllllfled tonight by Transport Minister Howe in his first state- ment as minister responsible for m supply purchases,

This brings to almost $48.000.000 (he gum piloted for war purchases by the Government since the out- break of hostilities in September llld dods not include $25.000.000 designated for‘ railroad equipment.

All the contracts approved by the board during the week ended Dec. 5 have been given Canadian firms with two GXOBptIOIlS-a, $500.- m0 order to the British Govern- ment for purchasaof certain types of ordinance required for Cana- dian defences and $280000 spent with manufacturers in the United States for special aviation and optical supplies not obtainable in Canada.

Every Canadian province shares in the contracts awarded by the board under the chainmanship of Wallace Campbell, president of tllcl Pal-d Motor Company of.’ Canada.

Wide Variety

Among the articles the board is buying are such ifum as clothing. tools. machinery, hardware. air- craft suppllm 1nd accessories. mo- tor vehicles, surgical supplies, medical stores, marine equ nt lumber and building products. coal and coke. gasoline and oil. kit bags. gas masks. knives, soap incl leather riiitts.

Several large construction Jobs ire to be undertaken and one con- tract. listed at $164,000. l5 to the Stewart Construction Company Limited for (zonstrtictlon materials fol- uKSIe at Dartmouth and Syd- ney. i . s,

(Continued 0n page 9. Col 5)

l turkeys, Conrad.

Coming Events

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llle for Notices in thin column I ccnu per word.

"Talkies-Murray River Monday.

Blltclal show. L—l83-l2-7-3i.

"Reserve Thursda , December 315t- for Vernon Bchoo Xmas 00n- Wft- L-ial-iz-c-ai.

FINN

‘Must Not Be Disappointed

The Child is the Prophecy of Days That May Still be —Days of

Strength and Victory, Days of

Richer, Rarer Peace and Joy

In these days of bloody war, strife, and much un- charitableness, the child in the midst of us is the symbol of what life at its highest ought to be. When at this season we look at what is called by theologians the Incarnation, what do we see? asks Dr. Leslie F. Church in his recent book “In The Quietness.” Just a babe lying in the straw. Nothing miraculous about that, save that every birth is a miracle. Let us look a. little closer, for we want to under- stand. You see the story has lasted so long, and every year it accomplishes the strangest of transformations, brings temporary wealth to the poor, and an almost uni- versal recognition of humanity’s right to food and shelter, indeed, to a certain measure of luxury. When you look at this Babe you will feel near the beginning of all things.

It is always a wise policy to look into the face of a child when you are perplexed about life, and yourself, and God. As NIr. Chesterton says :“The sharp return to sim- plicity, as the expression of the fiery thirst for happiness- —that is the one remaining fact of all history." Whatever else one may find, there is simplicity and innocence in the face of a child-and this is a comforting discovery for us poor pilgrims, who are overwhelmed by complexities and have lost our innocence long years ago. What do you sec in Bethlehem, then? The Cqmmonplace-qet it is strange- ly transformed. Somehow, we feel near the beginnings.

The other day, Dr. Church goes on to say, I stood in an ancient abbey with its priceless relics of the past. His- tory was written in the old stones, and the beauty of its carving was like the “frozen music" of Cologne. Amidst all its treasures one thing seemed to stand olli. If was an inscription on a tomb to a plain man without any great historic record. It said: “His heart was rich of such finc mould that if you sowed therein the seed of hate if blos- somed charltv." That might be paraphrased-his heart ivzis as the heart of a little child, for it is a strange truth that little children love but do not hate.

~ Are you sorrowing because you remember other hap- pier days? The Child is the prophecy of days that may still be-days of strength and victory, days of richer, rarer peace and joy. -

In Bethlehem there is more than the transformation of sorrow into JOY; there is the trnnsfiguration of sorrow". the sublimation of suffering, the elevation of pain to great

and noble purpose. The poverty of the shepherds and ihc agony _of the mother are transfigurcd by the presence of- the Child. All that seems grotesque and futile and dulll is changed by the hand of God into the splendour of the l Eternal when we have the eyes of faith to discern. l _ _Ycs at this Chrlstmastlde, we will get ready for the l pilgrimage. We will become as little children and meta- phorically play with them, but let it not end with filling a

f'We buy goose and duck feath- Ila. not mixc . Henry MacFarlanc _ k <10- L-2o4-l2-7-li.

"Suffolk School Concert Mon- ggrlmmizht. Dec. la. Admission l5

L-268.

"Cvme to Mlllvlew School Chrlsillias Concert, December 20th. L-260-l2-9-li.

"Wnllieci! Dressed geese, ducks. chickens and fowl, F. B. . L-Tll-IZ-Q-Bl.

"Don lam-r, oddiclldws Hall, gonwlzlze. December iztli. concert. “m L-255-l2-9-2l.

"Pllfflllk top prices dressed poul- l-lv» Dillon at Splllctt. L‘253-I2-9'12.

"slime to l-Iampshir school Con- g“ 1n Kingston Hall. December mgl- If not rule the following cven-

‘ L-IBQ-IZ-Ufll-la.

Rplelsant, Valley. s. School Con- beoéDceem-ier 22nd. ii stormy, mber 23rd. L-ilti-lz-o-ii.

‘I ‘it Queen Square School A liunl lzfieenl Tue$dly~wediiesdayqn Dec. "- L-184-l2-1-9-ll.

it “fan. telglltiw- Co.. Water n" lbuying dressed poultry all TOD prices. ' us. 11-20-12-2-171.

"We oi Christmas cake in nld

°l Blslllca lltal- Society at Pmwse BM" Saturday afternoon.

L-lID-li-b-Bl.

“slmll-l goose and chicken

glulllllfll‘; ggcolegfourltotel. Month-sue.

mdhtoq- .I-loura lflL-toufifl

glgafd°wt Saturday, December

Nam a e Sale in the Holy [he rgurlggllorugtgr the auspices“?! gt 2 R Y ltlfl.

42-1-2. "Elwin ‘h... 5 ll dfeksed JJOIIIDIY daily. l “ml buying a December “h wd 16th. slghgd Giltedge

cream"? _°°-- Vernon.

Flllskllllg mid Wearing fl Duper cap. _Why should it cnd itt n . iet llS g0 to Bethlehem-yes, lf you trill-let us go , l0 W!‘ 0W1! hearts and see. Maybe the Christ is there.‘ Surely the Christ is there, and when we realize this it is l not a far step to become _a Santa Pal. . nth Remember the time IS short rind the list long. Hurry l" Hill! glfis forwhnt may otherwise be an empty stock- "u: 11nd grievous disappointment. Scan the appended list, l "dill?! u lllile one for the joyful season, and the Gilardiiin

rasranosv’: SANTA n“

Miss Margaret Coffin.

Mr. Arthur Coffin.

Miss Laura Hughes.

Miss Sandra Currie.

Miss Lena McLure.

Mrs. C H. Black.

Mrs, McCready.

Mrs. Marl: McGuigan

Master Mark McG-uigm (Jr.)

Miss Roberta Ann McGuigun.

Miss Isabella Goodwin.

Master Maurice Goodwin.

Mulor and Mrs. F. F. May, St. Eleallors.

In mcmorv of Mr. John T. Power.

Mrs J. M. MacFadyen.

Officers and other ranks of the Royal Canadian (hrps of Signals. Sydney.

Detachment of the Charlotte- tovrn 8th District Signals. per John T. Smith Al’ Sgt. Major.

SANTA PALS TO DATE

and Mrs.

"An old Friend of the Little Children". Mia E. Burnett. Miss Elizabeth Anderson.

Miss Margaret Irvirifl-

Mrs. Bartlett,

Mrs. Cosh. DOInIm-erlndorgw of Ml‘-

C 8i]. film Marion and Edith Hume. Aitken.

Coles.

Master Earl Dunning. Kerwin:- ton.

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and Mrs.

will do the rest. Please do not delay.

l$ay Italy ls Playing Watch And Wait Game

ROME, Dec. ii (GP Haves) —'I'he Italian press. echoing reafttrmation of this country's neutrality by the Fascist grnnd council this momma. said tonight that ‘jltaly is in a state of tential intervention."

e authoritative Fascist news- paper, Tribuna. in making this statement. pointed out that “Italy's position must, not. be confused with neutralit as generally understood, becaliuseut is n, question of’ watchful

Take Toll Of Soviet Bombers

Anti-aircraft guns like

the one pictured above mounted on a. Fin- rlish wnr vessel are said to have taken heavy toll of Soviet bombers. | Dy - sympathy for Finland has been

Successes Against Under Watef"""€*'i‘a'ft Brighten

Allied shipping l ‘L

LONDON. Dec. 8 -(CP\_ — The press association said {Olllght that lllf‘ Gczlnllll submarine which yes- tcrtlziv damaged tlic LBQO-ton des- trovci- Jerscl‘ lilld been sunk. bring- lng to thrcc llle number of sub- marines apparently accounted for by Great Brim n's defence forces in a 24-hour period.

Earlier ill tllc day the all‘ minis- try announced that 1W0 sllbmilTlnf-‘i had been slink by Royal Air Fbrce plillies which scored dlrcct hits on tho U-botits.

Reports of these successes topped wilnt lllui n‘. first been regarded 95 a black Fllday" for shipping, in wilicli a (lcvlroycrr and five merch- autmcli wcrc \'.CllIIlS cf tea hazards.

Eighty-four lives lvcre lost ‘in the intcllslfird sen trurlflfe.

News of the continued role of the Air Force in the U-boat warfare crime as naval circles

revealed that Great Britain has ound means to deal with the magnetic mine menace. thus reinforcing the conviction that slowly but surely Germany's at- tempts to break the Alllcd block- lidc are being systematically frlstrnlcd.

Bombing Attempt

Authorities disclosed also that they were investigating nrllat may have been all attenlpt to bomb the Firth oi Iflvrth bridge lioar the big Rosjwt-li llnval base A train from Dundee to Glasgow was slowly crossing the high bridge when an

object was thrown from one of’ the ‘

oars on to tlic structure and ‘caught fire. The remain; of the ob- jcct are being examined to deter- mine whether it nus an incendiary bomb.

Some rumours said the outlaw- ed Irish Rnpltbllcan Army may have had something to do with the fli- cidcnlt.

Tum officers and eight oi’ the crow were killed and 12 injured when a torpedo struck the destroy- er Jersey on Thursifiiy. Tile dam- aged wnrship was able to reach an

iqoltlflgon page 0. Col "l)

i . wIt his explained that the Brand“

council's warning that Italy L; vlt ally interested in anything affect- ing the Danubfan basin and the Balkans was indicative of Ita-lys

"vigilant neutrality" as some 0b- servera here term it. rting that the Rome-Berlin

axis isaa solid as ever. Tribuna - estcd that present Italian neu - ty conforms to axis interests. “There la no incompatibility." it said, "between our relation; with German and the neutrality posi- tion Ita has adflpied. “On the contrary}! while serving our own interests. is ition eq- ually serves the intercs of the belligerents. who also have import- ant nterests to siafeguard in that rt of Europe which. thanks to

tnly, is still not at war."

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“G-tibrrilla Poles llarass Nazi Forces

PARIS. Dec. 8—-(CP llnvasl l -Rcporis reaching the French capital said tonight that fierce l, guerrilla warfare by large un- subdued bands of Poles hnd forced Germany to mass two or three army divisions in southern Poland.

The guerrillas. organized by able Polish military leaders who survived the German invasion. . were rcnnrtcd most active on l the sonthcm spurs of the Clir- l pathian Mountains and in the .

l

unper San and Vistula River Valleys. The nrcns Is wcll warfare. l

The Poles have abundant l arms and have been able. by i dint of their unusual mobility, . to harass the Nazi forces, ac- l cording to the advices reaching l Paris.

tfrrain in those suited to guerrilla

Charges 0f Murder Laid Against Youths

DEDHAM. Mass. Dec. 8 (AP) — lCliarges of murder were lnld today lilZBlfiSL three boy. and a girl, the eldest 18 for two wllnton slayin . A grand jury indicted elen Yates. 17, of Ogullqtlit, Anita, and Harrison Hotves of Bcdiord 18-year- old army descrter, for the ‘iii-cent robbery slaying of ti clump custod- ian. The victim was Simon Danilo- l vich. 55. . The same body also indicted two 17-year-old Quincy boys, Arthur Gray. and Irwin Nelson, chargin them with shooting to death Car E. Nelson. ni ht watchman, in an attempted ho dup Sept. i9.

EQaIity Is Superb

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l . garizul lwlth unity "and courage for

, RESIST STUBBORNLY WAR S ll/PPLY BOARD AWARDS BIG CONTRAC llIDE VARIETY The Trusting Child

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lRllSH DEFENCE FDRTIHDATIDNS

Fear Russia To Turn Southeastward I n Spring,

By Edward Kennedy Associated Press Staff Writer

BUDAPEST, l-Iuluzary, Dec. 8 (APJ- fortifications are being coli- structed at top speed iii the cal"- patniali niounlaui. by Hungary as the couiitlues oi southeastern - ope watch soviet Russia's campaign lli Finland for all indication oi" what their own future may be.

Tne mountains form one new frontier bctu-ccn Hungarian Ruth- eliia—t-he easternmost province of (Jacobo-Slovakia before that repub- lics (ll5m6ml)€l‘i'l‘i€'l‘ll,—- the RilfiSlall-OOCUPIECI part of Poland.

Cement is ulmost unobtainable in

Budapest. because of the defence work. A strong feeling runs through

southeastern Europe that if Russia should attain her ends in Finland she may turn in this direction in the spring. Steps therefore are be- ing taken to meet, any gllfih possibil- l

exillbltecl throughout the region, especially by the nungarlans who in audition to strong aditi-couununist leanings are racially related to the Finns and have maintained cultural contacts with them.

In Blllgulflil aione-tradltlonally bound to rtusia by tlas oi’ race and cultule— has there been defence oi Russia's actions Bulgarian news- papers say Russia's movas e isaitlc are necessary to assure her security. firms attitude camed uneasiness a- mong Bulgaria's neighbor states ulicic. in sulile quarters, she was stlspccted of counting oil Russia. to lislp her regain her losses at their expense.

.he lmiziblllby of the Magyars as- suming tlie "IIISLOTIC task" 0f “de- fending western civilization from eastern invasion" and predictions Jiat l-iuilgariaiis might be compell- ed to bear the brunt of a possible Russian thrust westward as the" once stood against the

The Budapest newspaper Nenlzct said-

prove

destiny that. we must l

- great hour.

lNo Enemy lParachutists

l l 15y Godfrey Anderson

WITH THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN l-RANCE. Dec. ll _—-fCk'), ~Klte largct. towed by British wDlB-llfis lor ilinclnne gun practice and giant puiloulls IJIOMII from trees by tile . wiliu ...c sclilg niislasrn ior Gcr- mull paiucilutc spies ill country bc- l iilliu tilt.‘ niilgulut iillc. ‘

illcy‘ iliLYt: ullcli 11w to a 0Y0? 91 fulnastlc rullluixw. out ulltiwfillvfi stale ilo eliclily pd.l'ilA.'i\llllSL has Sel- made a landing in the R. A. r‘. air- drome areas 0i France.

Each alarm IYCElVCd at R. A. F. ‘D _s headquarters has however, been yvfl“ °n_ u, carefully ulvcstigawd by speeai : allcomcr I‘; "f uiuz squads" or security police. l, ducillou y,

Arliieii with revolvers, these men IReglnrt xi arc rushed by motorcycle or tender Winnipeg -i to all points where parachutes are {Toronto 31 reported to have bell seen. Some- l Ottawa l0 tunes they have had to ilpcnd sev- Bmnlrca; g1 ernl days and nights combing woods lQucboc 3n “m1 lmdcrgfllwmi Felon a stmsmc‘ Saint John ‘if tboery CXpllI-llléifln of the scare has Halifax guy

eli rccelv . . _ 30 H “u we rfmtgorsiwere b‘: Cllallottetoum

“v ' "aim u 5”” “'° .___ t a w tn sl c: Stron

av- . ..§’.‘.‘§§£f‘..l?§?i ..“.:.§°ii.‘.r;.€:$“.i§f . "llzt..l'.‘.‘.“ There was the case. for examp e, . . _ l1 I . . _ ' l ‘l. .‘ 0w.“ 0i’ two women in leopard-akin coatsl flcial sylnpnt-ll_y' on the side Of Fili- all“. partly e null nut t‘ -

and RUSH-ll b°°l~§ W110 We"! see-ill land and bitterly criticized Russia. l" public pf0ll0lllI1C9-' Daladler

walking along a road c at-l tache cases arousing the suspicions of the local peasantry. Within a. few hours side wit.» buzzing with stories that two beautiful blond npia in coats had been dropped by para- chute from a German airplane.

l

HAD STORMY TRIP l TORONTO, Dec.

l Lake Ontario seas, the steamship [Norman P. Clement docked today | from Fort William after its storm- l lest trip 0f the year,

"We battled ice and water rill the wily,” said H. L. Murphy‘. Captain of the freighter. "It took two days to cut the ice from the doors on the starboard side to get them open."

In, Hungary there was talk about

Mam-a;- fashioncd models with thin armor

"If lt ls written in the book of our- selves in our historic role once ea/th ‘ ‘century; we must arouse the Hurl- people to arm themseltyges

ls

Report “TOO Red Tanks Destroyed In Fierce Fighting

Finns Hold RHFSinnS 0n 0116 Front But FallBack Elsewhere.

(By Lynn Hcinzerling, Associated Press Stuff Writer)

WITI-l THE FINNISH ARMY ON THE KARELIAN FRONT, Dec. 8-—(AP‘t—Stubbornly' resisting Finns have halted 200,000 Russians and disabled 100 Red tanks hur- led at their Kzirelian Isthmus defences but gave ground on two other fronts during the day, Finnish commanders reported tonight.

Red army troops trying to reach the Mannerhcim Line, zrwafer defence system across the Kzlrelian Isthmus, were turned back. Especially heavy fighting occurred on the eastern sector along the Tapale River, an army com- munique said.

In the Gulf of Finland the Finns said the Russians ‘occupied Suurszlnri (Hogland) Island after seven days of shelling and bombing. (A Moscow communique sziid the Russians occupied the island four days ago.)

Villages on the island were said to have been levelled by the Soviet big guns and air bombs. The islandls defend- "5, lwlvevcl‘, made their escape, the communique said.

_ On the central front, the Finns announced that Fin- nlsh forces were forced to withdraw from Suomussnlml, village about 15 miles from the frontier.

Elsewhere, the commuhi-l

que said there was no acti- lBudy Pfincess

VIIIVI “worth mentioning." rt‘ll ih (l - ' w’ “ ‘ “Y ““ °‘ Louise iirematetl

ed today on both sides of the front at Summa, a village

only 20 miles from the an- LONDON, Dec p.01, CABLE,

cient Finnish cit_v_of Viipuri l_.nm bod). of PUMPS ;_._,.,m_ and 40 mllcs wlfhln Fln- DLICIlAKS of Argyli, W110 um hilt land. Sunday aged 9i. was crcnlnlcd to-

Colonel Alexander Mell- W at "Y" “m” mm‘ “m”

IDTIIIIIL

bloom, commandant of the The w,“ o, the prmmx.‘ Wm

vllpurl 599")“ said the l was the widow of a fomicr govern- Russian advance had been lor-gencral of Canaan will be trken halted momentarily, but lto Windsor, vrhcre the fllllPYlll ser- cxprcsscd belief Russia was lg: “Duane,” p""‘“°l'l m m‘ bringing up fresh troops for l u?” Prune Mmlsm, -a new assault. lcnnmbei-laui paid tribute to the lPrinceas, great-aunt of tllc Kills’

lUnusual Finnish suocex against l tic Rllssi. t . k‘, M llbl 'd . ‘m5 dilenlq “gal-m GU59 00g; all- lcalling her the first link in the long lnssooitttion between the Dounnion l of Canada and the ROYM F-iffllll!

and daughter of QlIPOn Victoria,

IIELSINGFORS. Dec. B-(AP) —Russian calculations of Fin- l nish weakness hnvc miscarried because tllc ‘Finns will “fight to the end --cvcn lifter the end," Prime Minister Risto Ryti de- clnrcd tonight in n nationwide brondcnst.

l "Russian nrtion against Fin- ‘ land was hast-d on incorrect in- , l fonnation and flll crror in cal- l culatlon," he dcclnrcd.

“It was supposed that the de- fensive capacity and the spirit of the Finnish army and na- tion coulil br- llrokcn by savage destruction which the whole civilized world nhllnrs. The rc-

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the country- l

I 8—(CP)—l Decks awash from mountainous‘

suit will hr a disappointment to l Soviet Russia."

plate rind poor handling. A power- ful nc\\' Swedish null-tank gun made short work of illclli. he add-

' Ni.

(Continued on pago Si.

In his first

mcnt on the conflict.

had created "universal disgust."

He told a cheering chamber of and tonight of 9.10. deputies that "France salutes Fin- Sun scts this I:'ll'"*l'Yli'YTll‘ all 4.1: laud with its assurance of pro- lam‘ ‘W5 '““‘"“""" “m” “g

found and strong sylmpzituy."