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MERE MAN

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First Section

ciiiiiii-Ifvii EFFURTSLAG |NEXt3_l_l_SABlY

Public Interest De- mands Earlier Op- ening Of Parlia- ment Says Opposi- tion Leader.

0'l"l‘AWA- Dec. 15-—Can- ada's war effort thus far "has been a continued ex- hibition of unpreparadness," (Tonservative leader Manion declared in a statement given the press today.

Commenting on Prime MinTster Mackenzie King's announcement yesterday that Parliament would open Jan. ‘.25 Dr. Manlon said “this is at least two weeks, if not three. later than it should have been.”

With only a few days be- fore Christmas, Dr. Manion urged the Government to move at once to see all de- dependents allowances were paid. even if mistakes were made. These could be eor- rected later.

Following is we text vi" Di‘- Marv iciis statement: ,

Lil iiiis moi fungi-i press the Prime iridium/Cl‘ announces i-nie UPGHAUQ ui tiie house oi Commons uBJL ' . 'iii.s is dtiCilSL two weeks. il not duee, later than it should have been. bur soine time there has been an agAil-itil)“ ior tiie cuiiy oiN-iims’ Oi iiie house in order that CUAHPLCL: lliiufllliliitill may b9 hm in P81118- niciu i.,;.iicing our war ciivft and lllatifllfl connected tlieiewitii.

it i. tier tiiiee months since the our .~c..~.ioii, in “lllull the O))])O.itl0ll

iiiiiiiini. unu since which we liaie ieiixiiiii-u ii-oin unpeuilig their ei- iti"... by CYILACLIHL nut as the Cp- p.....oii has been given DPdCHCafiY no inl motion of any kind Billie lii-a; ii, the next session sh..uid li. \€ b ll bated at the earlic t ciatc pChaibiC in order to obtain through rflliiillllCllt the iihorination t0 viiiii-h not. ony Parliament but the vhifilli gillérdlly has l. right.

‘i-ic rcuson offered for the delay b tiiu: "the government has b.eii so preoccupied W.th miiticfs con- cerning the war, lncludin the em- ire an" training LCHEIITB, iat it has Lil llll‘,).l$;.llJl~8 lo get rcaay iUl‘ an either opening.‘

\i‘"il. we l‘n~\e had nearly fourl llltlliilS ol uni‘; and. so lai" as the > Euiwiir 11.1" tixiiniiig scheme is ion- fC.ilf‘fi_ iii s was pTODCLBQ by the B..ti h nearly two years 8'10 but iipiiarenii; discouraged by the King

Goi":-i-niiiiiii until after the out- brink oi war. rlioi-e us. once a King of Fug-

land u ho was called “'f‘l"ie Unready.“

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Coming Events

QU-i 311C for Notices ln this column _ 3 cents per word. __ "Vte buy goose and duck feath- fi ._iioi llloitu. HtLlYy Mauliaizanc 6i ‘ . L-uoi-iz-"i-ti.

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"Christmas Concert. Covehead R0841 School, Monday, December 18. Admision l0 eeiiis. L-457-l2-i6-—1i.

"Norboi-o School concert. in Summerrieid Hall Tuesda De- cember is. L-iaa-lé-is-zi.

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lllANION SCORES co VERNMENTS

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Read by Every Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

CHARLOFFTETOWN, CANADA. SATURDAY, Bacainsizafiie. 1939

MAXIMS .

OIL

MERE MAN

“GIVE lll than Mull: hi] Heaven rejects the Ion of nleel -c dilated lean or more” at Chris mu o! all season: of the year. Ecclesiastical

loniietl.

30 PAGES

Annual lulinerlpllun Delivered $.00 n, ghu-JKEJ. 11.00; (‘anuilii and o.» $6.00

(living Is Fundamental To Christmas‘

Exemplify TFJspiui or Christmas By A Donation To The Santa Pal Fund.

[to see around him philanthropic work lo do,

_ _ _ "_ L Argonne L 4191216 3 A .

_ m“ mnmsffi and mm Kitchener inspected rust L-Ml Canadian

‘m! commanders loft for Isle of Wish!

"Let us not miss one [only needy child Because the Christ was born in Bethlehem.- Iior all the gifts we would bring to Him. He bids us take to them.

—- Grace Noel Crowell.

“Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these, my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” This scripture is meaningless when taken out of its context, but when read comprehensively, it becomes the basis of Christian giving, a" lfldllllctlfln n0 doubt often disregarded, but still the ifundamental factor in religion. Perhaps the reason for ts fiequent disregard is the difficulty of the individual However, when an avenue of service is pointed out a generous res- ponse should come immediately.

Certain memories come to men and women of Char- lottetown as regularly as thephrlstmas season comes 810111111. memories of other Christmases long ago. sweet TIEQTIIOYIBS of childhood. sad memories sometimes perhaps l Santa neglected to come. Those days are gone forever. but there is another generation now which on Christmas live hangs up thestocklngs. goes to bed with hearts beat- Lng fast with excitement and anticipation for the won- iiers of tomorrow and at early dawn on Christmas morn- ing hastens to discover the result of Santfs visit. What will be the result of Santa's visit for many children in Charlottetown this winter, or will the jolly old elf be able‘ to visit them all? The answer rests with Santa Pals or potential Santa Pals. It is for them to say whether or not a large number of children in the City will have a happy Christmas Day or whether they will shed tears of dlsilllllointment over an empty stocking.

if it is too much trouble for Santa Pals to select the toys for the children, just send in your contribution and the Santa Pal Department will do the shopping for you. But the time is short and contributions must come in early in order to ensure delivery next Saturday. Select any name from the listbelow and send your gift to Santa Pals care of the (iuard.an oi" call No. 133 and we will do the rest. '

YESTERDATS SANTA PALS

itlrs. Benj. Rogers (Sh). Mrs. W. C. Hoyt.

Master W. C. Hoyt tar.) lvli-s. E. W. McKinhon. Miss Dorothy Black. Di". W. H. Pethick.

C. R. Blrt. Milton.

Canadian

Cheerful

By Edwin Johnlon

fvi._ , Hampton. Miss M. Frances Peters, cape

Traverse. Mr. P. W Turner.

Miss Barbara. S_ Ward. mu“, p“, i- i"

bliss Paula Louise Ward. C. n s’ ma" W l" Ivllss Olive MacLean. LONDON. Dec. 15 —lCP Cablei_ Miss Joanie Pidmrd. His imperial mLssion completed. Mrs. A. H. Mould. non. '1‘. A. Oi-erar, Canadit ii minis- Mrs. A. J. Matheson. Olcary. 1-61" of mzncs and reources, p, re- Miss Anna .1. Macfiinis. 511111111 home with n. message o. In Memory of Bradford Chester 890d ccr for the Canadian pcfllile

Since his arr val in England, seven weeks ago. the minister has Weathered a orowde program, studying froina ringsl e seat the vast ramifications o1 Britain's war effort whLch lie found w be “mag-

MiLure. _ Nllss Dorothy Elizabeth Lewis. Miss Virginia Large.

Master Alexander Large. Red Point Girl sewing Circle per Miss Mildred H. Rose. Secy.

.-_ nlficent." 3M“ Baa?’ “Tjlngmwml- Pm" During his stay he has been ‘ii a‘- dm" " most dai y conference with key min-

Mi". M. S. Stewart. Montague.

Miss Rosalie Klgglns.

Miss Patsy Anne Murie-

Mliss my Pawn.

Miss Pauline Nicholson.

Mr. Norman L. Morrison. Cole- man. P. E. I. v

Misses Daisy and Lots Downs. Dover, P. E. T.

Master Charles IvfcDonaid. Bum- merslde, P. E. I.

1s.t Charlottetown Brownie Omn-

Pint’

later-i, of the heme government and

reprsentative. of the other domin-

lohs on uesttoiis of vital ernpir.

concern. e has visited British and

French troops in the front line and as talked with officers of the allied tith command.

He has visited factories, military camps and novel bases on the home from and has learned a great deal about Britain's closely guarded sec- rets and about the war strategy in

genfiral. A that he takes back home. But one of his fondest recollections, he yonfe , will be the mlmory of .lie haUDy moments spent with Canufan pilots ulth l-he Royal Air Pbroo and a roup of soldiers from the scattered "caches of the domin- l now unuergbln special courses cfintrainuig “aomew ere in England."

Wishol Soldiers Good Luci

Accompanied by Brian-General H. a GI Crcrai‘. his military adviser.

t no relation. the minister wok time Out Hie hands with the and wish them "good luck."

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War—25 Years Ago Today

(l, The Canadian Press)

DEC. 16. lIH-llnllisli out , | L p ‘m; or flytflfflfdliflll, Hui-ile- y... and Whitby bombalded by r (Jgrmjn cruisers, 113 klllld. 400 wounded, Germans evacuated Dui- mum, Qqlgium, advanced tn the and were 1h

dom and France nothi hon im- hlm more, he d them o deep-sealed conviction oi the allied ‘peoples in the rt limous- new of elr douse eir de- eserve e liberties eomned by total- iter In dictatorship. He laid Canada

she would my

nude it ck‘:

h r out in nolpng to crush menace.

LONDON. Dee iii-The mlnln rid burning of another Bfltlll enlioi- was disclosed tonl ht. mak-

Mr?\?’;

repulsed

DID. l7, [Oil-Kin] 00cm V Division on Ioilobui-v Plum. Bi-liadiers and battalion for lflotll field training. British protlcintltie proclaimed in my»

with heavy lulu of e.

bo fights travels in the United Kirip‘

L_

Rations

‘There are’ ‘meals fit for a. king"

plan while elilna of the old fashioned “lronside" crate. and the brown betty teapot is of the family variety’. one for all. Seated at the table are, left to right, General the Viscount Gorf, Commander-in- Chief of the British forces In France‘. eral W. G. Lindsell, Q.M.G.. and llJtJ-l. the Duke of Gloueeatre, brother of the King.

F SPEE TO SAIIT SOON?

Recognize No Ranks

but at. the front all meals are alike variety. It doesn

Royal Air Launches

Scale Air Fox Skins

Minister "Returns Home

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[Income Tax

Touch $40.50

LONDON. Dec. 15-(Cl’u\ Silver fox skins touched a high o! SAILSO-and averaged $16.91 in the Hudson's Bay Company fur sale here this week. There were 5,271 illver fox skins sold.

For the other casslliiations". the average and top prices were: 83 d rk and slgthly silver 99.57 and $18.25; 342 quarter any" $12.35 andi $22.70; 2.159 half sil- ver $15.58 and $31_60: 4.031 three-quarter silver $111.05 and $31.83; 1.510 inferior $7.34 and $12.24.

With

Message

Collections In Gh’town Down

OTTAWA. lfi-JCPw-The National fteverine Department an- nounced today’ net revenue from customs (illtl96. EXQkC taxes and illit- ies and sundry collectzons in Novem- ber totalled 32.765353 compared with 827,238.57’! in November 1938. an increase of $5.527,253.

Collections during the first eight months of the current fiscal year starting April 1 amounted to I205.- 213340. an increase of 84.903016 compared with collections of 8200,- 310, 324 ln the corresponding period the previous fiscal year.

Income tax cr-lleotlona by districts during the right months 0f the our- renl fiscal year year with compar- ative figures for the 193B period ln bracket t Charlottetown $436938 4$474.0'l6l: Halifax $l.'l'12_9'l2 lii.- 0851163»: Saint. John $l.168.l‘-04 lll,- 474.716».

LONDON, Dec. 15—The Ministry of Information announced tonight that three Clmldllns, Including a former member 0f the Rflyll Canadian Mounted Pollco were anon; the crews ol the bombing glance which carried out Thurs-

ey's attach on the German mine one at liellgolend.

MOSCOW. Doc. lti-isoturday) —A communique from the head- quarters of the Russian military to: at Leningrad todly claimed tat Soviet troops bu] the town of Sllinijoervl, In tho centre of the nickel mlnlnf area of Arctic Finland. Balm laervl. where Canadian nickel devolv- ments are situated, has been the Qbjggtlvg 5f a soviet drive south- ward from itsamo, Arctic coastal town 00 miles to the north. since eariv lb the ia-day-old wit.

Large

occupied -

m!

Force

War

LONDON. Dec. 15-(0?) --'I‘he fast-expanding Rioyal Aii" Force was disclosed tonight to have launched a large scale wu in the air. attacking Germany's boasted air strength near its own shores.

With the cold and cloud-blown North Sea as the battleground. Britons dispatched waves of fast long-range planes. capable of both bnmbl"! Ind fight-inc acakist the air and sea escort- o a crippled German cruiser. and against Nazi seaplane bases at. Borkum. Bylt and NOTGBTTTQ)’. _

These continuing offensive pa- trols were Britain's answers to persistent Nazi air raids and mine- laylng forays on British naval an- chorages and seaanes.

Tonight an authoritative account of the great air-sea battle Thurs- day afternoon raiscd the estimate of German‘ planes shot. down from four to live and included these notes from the diarv of the Brit- ish formation leader:_

" . Twas i1. running fight a- flohg the German Islands . . The German planes burned for Icme time after hlttinv the water

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LAgijlTy

[British Wake Blunt Demand

To Uruguayans‘

Naval Board Recommends Ship Be Ordered To Sail Sun- day-British Ships On Guard.

(By Harold K. Milks. Associated Press Stuff Writer) DIONTEVIDEO. Dec. l5-—(AP)-A Uruguayan llgwq] b03111. after inspection of the Nazi pocket battleship Ail- mlral _Graf Spee. recommended tonight that the batten-d narshiphe given until 5 p. m. Sunday (i130 p. m, ARI‘) fr; leave this neutral poi"t. The tiuvernment took the recom- mendation under advisement. The action of the naval board was announced shortly

. Here is a breakfast served on 't appear to have been very elab-

Major Gen-

iFiiins Destroyer, Take Tanks

Hrzisinoross. Dec. 1o-— (AP\—— The Finnish high command tonight announced that a Russian destiny" had been sunk by coastal batter-es. 7.0 soviet tank; captured and Others despmyed and that Russian troops had been defeated in 24 hours oi l hting.

liile Finnish lorooa WW8 FPPOTI‘ mg these setbacks to the Rusan invaders. foreign minister Vamo farmer was putting the Mlle 01 continued war or peace negotiations squarely up to the Soviet UHIOII government luau unexpected radio speech addressed to the Soviet pre- 'mier and foreign ccmmis ar. Vyachesiaff Motor/off.

He declared that the Finn-S 819 still willing to negotiate a peace but: "if Moscow's sin ls conquest of the whole country. then the Finns will light to the end."

A high command said coast; de- fence batteries. during a battle in the outer Tux-kn Archipelago, dam- aged s. Russian destroyer of the Gordi type so badly that. lt sank lat- er ln lull view of a Finnish military

lookout. tJanea fighting ships li ts the Gordi type destroyers as LBBO-wn

vessels launched in 193'!»

. . , They looked like enormous beacons . . , They not cmly lit ivn the water but also illuminated the sky and added to the impres- alvenerss of the fight. .

The battle for ulr mastery was expected to turn the North Se; Into the most hotly con- tested theatre of war. In these waters shipping already has taken the heaviest punishment of the conflict.

Authoritative scum-es disclosed e attacks of the last {cw days have been carried out by R. A. F‘. planes working in echelons Their size was a secret.

The intensified air war, touched off by Brltnlirs inauguration of “security patrons“ to keep German air raiders and thin-c layers from Brltsli shores, marked an entirely ‘new phase of hostilities. Military ‘men bclieved it would gather mo- tmentum swiftly how that British planes are on the offensive.

Over Juibfid

The bottle yasterday near the some o! the great battle of Jut- land ln 1916 was touched off by a British attempt to finish off a con- voyed German cruiser damaged b\ a British torpedo. and was said by British filers to have involved some 20 Nazi Messerschmidt fighters.

Some British sources put the number of British planes in this engagement at i2

The Ali" Ministry announced 10s.".

of Lhrce planes and said four

Messersrhw" "We shof. down ITlie Germans 'l that.

"i0 out, of 1.. noe- British bomb-

ers were destroyed and that one German lane was forced down.)

Last. ni ‘nt and early today. oth- er British squadrons were report- ed by the Air Ministry b0 have bombed German seanlanee at. Sylt, Nazi Island base off southwest Denmark. and to have attacked the Islands of Borkum and Nordemey. Nazi bases off the northeast Neth- erlands Coast,

ACTING PRESIDENT 0F LEGION

CALGARY, Dec. lfw-(OPM-Alex Walker of Calgary has assumed the acting presidency of the Do-

Leglon of the British Empire Ser- vice League Mr. Walker, who has

ldent of the iseglon for a consider- able period. is acting president. lii

mtnton Command of the Canadian '

time absence of Brig. W. W. Fbster. been cl the Army Auxiliary services.

The Finnish alr force. the com- munique. continued made several recornnolterlng fl ghts and attacked enemy columns and detachments. setting fire to part of a Russian automobile column transporting fuel to the front.

Russian Planes Attack

Rusian planes were said to have attacked the southwestern Finnish Islands and the Pelsamo region, ltahedfar northeast corner or Fin-

n .

1 A Russian communique isuazt at Leningrad said tonight Soviet troops had occupied the town of Salmijaervi. ln the centre of the nickel mining area of Arctic Fin- land. Dovelo merits of the Interna- tional liiri- Company of Canada

d in this area.

received (ilspsitchcs from th s zone that house. in Nor- way near the border were rocked by cannon tlrc ns" Red troops drove southward trcni S8il11l_lP£‘l‘\‘l,)

Suomussalml, about 12 miles from the frontier and 225 mile; north 0i Lake Liidoca. has been n scene of fierce fighting for several days. Now the Finnish communique said. the Finns have cutoff the roads lead- ing to the frontier and driven the Russians bank near Ktnittataervl.

Part of the defeated RUFSXETHB were reported belated and sur- rounded ln this lake reizlcn a few miles north of Suomiissalmi.

Foreign minister Tanner, in hi: declaration that the wly la still onrn to nelreful negotia- tlon of the troubles between Tfmsizi nlirl Finland. made it elem- that any such fleallnl?‘ would have tn he on the prin- i-lpli- that small nutliml have the rlzht to self determination.

BALLOON BARRAGI VICTIMS

MANCHESTER. England -iCP>

‘h . l l il t A Britis civi pane ew inomle; “nee wounded m we Aumueb

balloon barrage. killing both

pilot, A. G. Nicholson. 23, and the ‘who operator, A. a. may, 21, the

Alr Ministry has announced.

GRATEFUL IIITLER

VARAZDIN. Yugoslavia _tOPt— bald the Olllftg of second v ce-pres- ‘Chancellor Hitler has presented this ‘town with an auto-bus. tn rexiog- hospttality accorded, ‘Austrian Nazis who fled lo refuge

‘nition of the

here in i934.

before midnight. several hours after Great Britain had made a second diplomatic demand that the Graf Spec

ZVIONTTJViDEO. Dec. l6-(S~i1ii--.i-.-\__r\v-__ Uruguay early today gave the German raider Ad- miral Graf Spee the choice of sailing tomorrow night to sea. where British warships are waiting to sink her, or accepting internment in this neutral port for the duration of the war. y

The Government handed its ultimatum-sail by 5 p. m. Sunday (4:30 p. m. AST) or be interned-An the commander of the crippled pocket battleship shortly after midnight. I

either be lnlerned for the rest of the war or forced to ven- ture into the high seas, where Allied warships are waiting for her.

Previously the Uruguayan Foreign Office had an- nounced Germany would be permitted to make the Graf Spec “seaworthy,” following her damage in Wednesdays great sea battle with three British cruisers.

Subsequently, however. the Uruguayan Foreign Min-

isler. Alberto Guani, asked the naval board to look over the Graf Spee and define how long she might be permit- ted '10 remain in this neutral port. to he made “seawortliy”, without simultaneously being made “combat worthy.”

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This definition was made necessary by the blunt Bri- tish demand that the Graf Spee either be interned or ejected to fight it out with the British cruisers which forced her Into refuge here Wednesday night, and other

‘new LESSONS

BRAMALL. England —(OP)—~ With the evacuation of schoo‘ children to this Cheshire village. d. new subject has been added to roe primary school curriculum. Toddlers from Manchester are studying the quaint Tudor architecture of the