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A High Speed Craft /. Is Designed As

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Use Of New P151258 Expected To Create Surprisfilll Aerial Circles.

LONDON, Jan. 11—(CP)—The Air Ministry disclosed tzday it is producing a surpri e Ling-range Liming plane "of very high sl€2d_’

At the same time the edtor of "Jane's All 0f The World's Aircraft," standard reference book on the air strength of 50 countries, mid the Brit sh air- plane factories are wcrklng night and day to turn out a "new and secret" type of warplane.

The Air Ministry in its anmunce- ment said the time has not yet come for the employment of its new super-fighting plane but that "when it does there m-ay be scme 5111011595 -—es'pecial.|y in numbers which are likely to be used."

Unofficlally it was stated the craft is a new Defiant model which is fast-er than either the 510M110 0!‘ the Hurricane, at preJert thc no. 1 and 2 pursuit craft of the R. A. F.

The present Defiant is o singe engine fighter and because it has but one motor has a range deilnzte- ly less than the B25 miles of the Messerschmitt 110, Germany's crack tighter plane,

German reconnaissance planes in their visits to Britain txday bad to lb’ a 700-mie round trip. Wth a range of 825 miles the Messer- schmlt 110 is capable of conveying bombers on raids to this countrv. That has not happen-ed so far al- though every pilot of the R. A. F. ls anxious to see what will happn when the 110s meet a Spitfire, a Hurricane or a Defiant for the first time.

Nazi Success Slight

Although the German craft is formidable, it has not had coilap c- ucus succes against British bomb- ers over Germany.

Britain has two models ivlrch can convcy slow and cunbersnre bomb- ers on raldsto German has-s, Tiny are the Blenheim and Beaufrt twin-engined moclfnes which r~o‘l.V are light bcmbws but can be usal as lone-range fl"litcr=. The Blan- he‘m has a rrgs- o‘ 11100 mfles. sl‘1'11t‘v l"; than th~ Bca-‘fcvffi.

War — i5 Years Ago Today

JAN. l2. l9l5—R'lssiars captured several villages in East Prus in by bayonet nttack. G rlnans r p lncci 1.700 French soldicls t k"n in severe fighting near Crouy on the Western Front.

Coming Events

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ltatc for Notices in this column 8 cents per word. ii 4 _ . _ _. "Leap Year Dance, M.ll ew Hnll Friday 14-h. Ausplccs n0 ey Uluo. ll-aiv-l-lz-ll.

"We buy new goose and duck feathers, not mim. Henry Moc- rlflne dz U0. u-Zth-IZ-l-tf

"Poultry — Buyslg live and dressed poultry all kclos. Paying .op market prices. island Cold storage 00.. Ltd. L-ddl-lil-ld-tl.

"New Glasgow Rink tonight first school league game, Hunter River vs. New Glasgow 6.30. 2 hours skate after. L403

"The Annual Meeting of the New Perth Dairying C0.. will be held on Tuesday. Januarv 16th at i o'clock. L. George Dewar. Secretary.

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Wo-l-Ie-Lo-Club their friends to reserve Wednesday. January 11th for their annual tea.

L-463-l-12-1i. "Stanley Brid Racing Club will hold the nllllllnikmefiting at l). J. McLeod}; Store on Monday evening, January 15th at 7.30. If not fine on the 17th. L-flo-l-lll-ll.

"East Royalty rink tonight, Charlottetown Bulldogs vs. St. Avards Beorooio. Skate after.

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rclared that British airplane en- gmes are unsurpassed by those of any other nation, 5 conclusion he

firmed since the war.”

declaration of

He. described Russian mTtary planes, which he classified u copies of American bombers and “unreilable" and

fighters, as “liable tq fall to pie.es when diving." Good Fighters ‘The Spanish Civil War, which

Grey characterized as a testing ground for Russian and German pianos, taught one lesson, he as- serted: That the old (1930) biplanes with modernized motcrs make a- bzut the best single-seat flghtefs be. cause of their manoauvrabilfty a"d strength,

Both Britain and Germany, he 581d. have retained th: biplane fighter. The Gloster Gladiator, fast- est British cr:ft of’ the biplane tylpe. now lS being used specifically for fighting work.

The Daily Express said today that plans smuggled to Lcndor from Ger. many showed that the Messersch. mitt 110 is inttnd-zd as a long-G's. lance es:ort fighter. It is too streamlined to allow bombs to be carried.

Easy Prey

The craft is capable oi’ emvey. 111g German bombers to any part, *4 Britain and beck, the Exprss; 531d, and that its twin annon could at. tack bombers whi‘e remaining out of 1008c of defensive machine. Runs.

"Bill Door manoeuvrablity and compami “El-V “"0311 Fllunower would ‘make them easy p-ey gm- 5.1mm; and Hurricanes," The Empr-ss add_ Fed. It sn‘d the pans were brought 10 i119 A“ Mnislry from t}... M-ssen Sabin tt factory near Augsberg, Bu- varra.

Argentina llas Heat Wave

BUENOS AIRES. Jan. ii-JAP) --Police guard-ed ice plants from angry consumers and the death icl rose to eight today as the therm meter touched 98 degrees on the y of a heat wave.

Five iterscns died today as a re- stilt of the hicli ttlnperatures, and 1'7 are in sericus condition.

lfforo than a score of persons stormed one ice plant in protest against the raisin‘: of the price of 30 pounds of ice from the equival-

Local Man Will Attend Meeting 0f Entomologists

ORONO. Me, Jan. 11—(Sp:cia-l) —Entomoioglsts of the sta.e and of thc Marltlluc “provinces WA“ meet at tkre University of Maine next Wednesday and ‘Thursday to dscuss problems of insect control common to the anea. accordmg to the an- nouncement of Frank H. Lathrop, entomologist on the faculty of in- vestigation at the Maine Agricul- tural Experiment Station, who is in charge of arrangements.

As Maine and the Maritime pro- vinces form a biological reglcn qul-te distinct from any other areas in the rest of the United States and Can- ada. the scientists are meeting to consider practical problems affect- ing the fruit growing and general farming of like interest to both 8101108. D1‘. Lathrop said.

From Prince Edward Island, F. M. Cannon of the cntomologlcnl laboratory of the Canadfian Depart- ment of Agriculture at Charlotte- town will attend.

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HOLLTWOOD. ( A P l Georgia, Coleman. former Olympics diving champion underwent an o - ' eration Saturday for a liver ol- mcnt. Her sur eon said later ".1 there is no re apse she will have better than a 50-50 chance for rc- covery."

said that “seemed to have been c0n-~

N Eli ACTIVITY IS R E P 0 R T Ell 0N WESlFRflNT

PARIS, Jan. l1 —(CP Haves) - Profiting; by clear. cold weather, the was rn front sgrarlig to new life today. with bot s es taking to the a in n. series of recormais- sance and hotozra hlc flights which resulie in the estruction of

at least one German plane behind the French lines.

Toni rat's war communique said: “The ay was marked by increased activity y artille on both sides and by conslderabe activity by o - posing forces. An enemy reconnag- 8111100 Plane was shot down within our lines.”

The morning communique an- nounced that two enemv planes had been brought down inside the allied lines on Wednesday. There was nothing to report during the niwht," the statement said.

Northwestern France was sent to cover at noon today by an air raid alarm which was ended 40 minutes later without incident.

Land operations on the western front. while involvfng several rharp skirmishes. still were confined to 100111 flfiflvfiiy. In several instances French detachments came to grlcs with German shock troops. The German units were generally mare up or from 50 to 60 men and were nartlcularly active in the sectors rllrectly to the east and west of the Vosges foothills. and in the zone to th- west of the Saar ver.

In the latter drtrict a French patrol ran into a, strong German dewchment and succeeded in forc- g-v the enemy back to the German

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News Briefs

MONCTON, N. B, Jan. 11 - —Election of officers featured this afternoon's concluding session of the New Brunswick Farmers’ Associa- tion annual csnvention. C. C. Wil- son, Maugcrville, succeeded J. P. Chaisson, Lamequc, as president.

WASHINGTON. Jan. ll —-fAP) -A rapprochement bctwecn two mighty neutrals-Abe United Stat- es and Italy-is the most part/ent- ous development in recent United States foreign policy.

The increased friendliness be- tween the two countries probably will be evidenced shortly by the lifting of countervailing duties a-

NEW YORK, Jan. ll-vfAPl-In iraparation for a long war. Great Britain and France are arranging for the purchase of as many as 12.000 United States warplanes in the next two years. authoritative sou-"ces said tonight

Moreover. with steady shipments of American military planes on contracts signed since the start of hostilities last Sent. 3. the Allies expect to exceed the German pro- ductlon rat-e by the middie of the

‘coming summer.

OTTAWA. Jan. ll-(CPF-Rapid

tory work for the British Com- monwealth Air Training plan and present indications are that

20,000 to 30,000 air force recruits a year "in Canada will be well in stride by mid-summer.

WASHENGTON. Jan. 1i-(APl- Cordell Hull. United States Secre- tary of State, earnestly urged Con- gress today to extend the life of the Trade Agreements Act. and recorded his unyielding opposition to giving the Senate power to ratify or kil the agreements negotiated under it.

QUEBEC. Jan. 1l—(CP) - Ap- proval of the reportedly possible nomination of Mrs. Pierre F, Cas- grain. Quebec feminist leader, to the Canadian Senate. was exprcs- sed today by a meeting of the Quebec Women’t Section of the 1‘ .mane'nt' Committee for French survival in Canada.

N. B. Farmers Hold Banquet

MONCTON, N. 5.. Jan. 1l—(CP) -Sclentifio study of present prob- lems would lead Maritime farmers to an era of agricultural prosperity, Prof. A. B. MacDonald, of the Ex- tension Department of 5t. Francis Xavier University. told members of the New Brunswick Farmer's Assoc- iation at a banquet tendered them tonight by the Maritime Chamber of Agriculture.

w. J. Reid, Kinkora, P. E. 1.. pre- sided at the banquet. He expressed opinion that lack of an adequate supply of gYliln for hog feeding pur- pcses in the Maritime; would be olYset by enormous supplies avail-

able from Western Canada.

galnst imports of Italian silk}

progress is being made in prepara- ,

the l ambitious scheme to train some "

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. His Majesty King delight at getting his feet This is nothing new for His in the Navy and fou ht in inspecting his naval

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COPENHAGEN, Jan. ll —-(AP)~

lfupcrts reaching Norwegian

Ifllllllfih sodrccssalfl tChlly that sharp shakcup lIl the Soviet ihas taken place. with recall of l

achieve land.

greater success in

Ccming as the Flnn= announced

flesh successes in rushing back Russian lIIVlKlEPS, tie reports, u‘ lucked confirmation. sad some the recalled officers “would

summary trial bcorc courts consist-

ill" people's comm ssar. . In Six weeks of warfare

back across her own frontier The reports said also thc

z IIELSINGFORS, (AP) -- The Army was still stalled today

Jan. 11

Finland's icy frontier and llel-

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How life goes on despite the hardships of war in this city bllllt on a rock by its stubborn people is evidenced by the lint

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Displacement of Mikhail M. Kag- key post as head cf the aviation industry commissar- iveaknesses discovered in the Finn-

Kagancvich had been "transferred

The King On Familiar Ground

on the hard steel deck cf a destroyer. Majesty the “Sailor King“, who served tbadhttie of Jiltland. ..He.is here seen

orces at Plymouth during a recent visit.

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htgfi ‘fence line. b Scandlfillvllin newspapers dcscr b- race ed a "sled tank". which rhnnish

but said the Finns discounted usefulness.

en by n11 airplane 031101‘. 10S 11.1‘. it armor, steering and non-adaptability broken terrain were said bv

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ports say Red Army shakeup iltalian Ship Sinks 00 O00 000 , one by Con- a started with recall 100 officers . 3125533211 is not efslfeibiaxtxed, é issue An unidentified Italian ship sank of three pa. Cam bonds ma in

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At A Glance

LONDON-German planes scout ad British roast nppurcl-vly in prc- Air Ministry reports production of new surprise llong-range fighter; first. vessel lost ion tvl-st coast when luil-r-l- mined; Iunidefttlficd Italian ship sunk by

and proposed American naval expansion and mllltnry de- velopment of Guam; speculate on uosdble American-Japanese Naval

COPENHAGEN. Scandinavian re- for Finnish failures; ‘Finns repulse

PARIS-Allies snv German plane of acrlal battles Parliament plans to exclude Communists from

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Drive Off Attacks On Ships

(By J. F. Anderson, Canadian Press Staff Writer)‘ LONDON, Jan. 1l—(CP Cablfl-High-flying German warplanes dodged British fighters and anti-aircraft fire today in a series of raids from the east coast of Scotland down to the Thames Estuary.

It was Germany's biggest raiding effort of the war, but no attacks were made on land objectives. At least one merchant ship and one trawler were bombed and machine- gunned but sudden appearance of Royal Air Force fight- ers saved them.

BLITZKRIEG RUMORS ‘

The raids were so widespread that the public began to think they might be the prelude to a blitzkrieg on docks, shipyards and naval stations. But this was considered im- probable by responsible quarters.

The most likely explanation was that they were chiefly photographing expeditions with the secondary ob- ject of disorganizing shipping. Not more than five planes took part in each raid.

. Improved weather conditions, making aerial photo- graphy easy, may have been the immediate reason for the raids.

' ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS ACTIVE

Anti-aircraft guns went into action when sky raiders were spotted over the east coast of Scotland, the Firth of Forth, South Shields. Newcastle, the Humber Estuary,

Flill DETAILS 0FWARl0AN

Bonds Will Be Offer- ed At Par, Starting Monday.

OTTAWA, Jil-Xl. ll -—(CP) ~08!!- adlafis will be asked 10 101111 the“ govclluficllt $100,000,000 at 3 l4 pet cent interest whcnthe first domln- . m, wul‘ loan is offered to the pub- lic farm. Monday morning.

Details of this lnltlal war financ- ‘mg operation were contained in 0n enncuncenlcut made here 1.011180% 011 behalf of Finance Munster Ralstcn. 11m bonds will be offered at 118-1‘ and will not be tax free as We"! most of the war and victory bonds sold in the first 210111 W111-

‘llic loan proceeds Will b0 11590 W finance expenditures for war pur-

oses. It is estimated that for Q10 glib full year oi the war C dos effort will cost 01.000000 i» d0 -

In addition to the $200,000, in, new money, the finance mlnisterl l ivlll have discretion t0 8000M 110-i l pilLflllUllS for conversion of Domin- l0ll oi Canada three per cent bonds maturing March i, 1940, into an equal pal "aluc of the new issue.

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. lliaiure Bob. l. 1952 but by 5- Syswm oi annual drawings by lot they are callable in fivc equal sections be-

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Thousands of people ig- nored tbe danger and stood in the streets watching puffs of smoke from ground guns until' pursuit planes chased the German ma- chines out to sea.

Coinciding with the raids were two incidents which may foreshadow important developments in the war. The London tanker El Oso, 7,267 tons, struck a mine in the Irish Sea, the first ves- sel to he blown up by a mine off the west coast of Britain. It ivas probable that the mine was laid by a German submarine and it may reflect a new policy by the German Navy to cut off Britainfls vital overseas con- nections. The E] Oso’s crew of 36, several of whom were linjured, was landed at an unidentified port.

The other important development Wllstlle announcement by Lin: HUI ministry that a new SHIRT-lighting‘. plane was in production but tna the time had not yet come forum-l ployment of these craft. It added: "Wncn it does, there may be solue the numberl 118C ."

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tul‘ alter striking a, mine off the east an.“ 1 19m was [or $]I5_QOQ_ , 0°95”- Tmru/Qne “MUG were ms‘ NIWhcn ‘those bonds are turned in cued. Crowds 0n the coast sRW 1310 for conversion thev will be valued 5M0 mined and only a 111110 11111111‘ 0| at 100.1’? pcr com, and accrued in- trawler was. bein attacked by 8 forest to date of delivery. A c German plane. e trawler W85 adjustment will be made to the ap- damaged but was able to procccd| pllcltfll. at time of delivery.

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PARIS, Jon. l1 —(0P-Havu) —B.uutnn arm: supplied to tho Spllullh Republicans during tho Clvil War In SpMn now are en route through France to Fin- land to be used against the Red

Anny, it was learned tonight. The Spanish Government bu neat to Finland part

. artillery, machine gums and oth- er weapons captured from the Republican forces at the end of the Civil ‘Mar, almost a year

ago. (The Home correspondent of

the London DI-tly E rem re- I ported that General anco is , also considering the possibility I

of sending to Finland Italian tanks, artillery and other war , material left In Spain by Italian

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TORONTO, Jln. ll—(OP)—Min- mum and maximum temperatures: Dawson 20B 4.1! Vancouver 30 36 Edmonton 1 28 Regina Zero i4 Winnipeg 10 i8 Toronto 22 33 Ottawa a 20 Montreal 11 iii