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The shattered wreckage

lllinisilgv announced that at

littilck.

action.

FOTflLIII Secretary Viscount Hail- itx .1l an attentive House uf thlit. Russia would not wed into Poland with the

“if the German Govern- not started it and sct e " In addzl-‘on, the For- tlrv said, it ltoiikl be .td that theRussian Army 1rd at. substantially the Polish- Rl 1.111 boundary which was rcc- onuneuzloil to the versoflcs Con- ference hv Lord Curzon, British Fcvcyn Secretary at that. tinny litit Tord Halifax hastened to litlll‘ “For last thing I woilld wish lode in this matter would l~e te de-

fend the action of the Sovie: Gov-

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Successes

German U-BcE-t- Wrecked As Country Learns At Least 7 Nazi Warplanes Failed To Return After Slipping Raid.

(By J. F. Sanderson, Canadian Press Staff Writer)

washed up on the Dover Strait shoals Sands" this evening, and almost the same time the Air

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FREIGHT

Cheered And Air

Come

CablQ-Striking air and sea

successes cheered Britons tonight as they discussed Prime lliinistcr Chamberlain's outspoken remark in the House of Commons that there could be but one reply to Germany's actions and “we are prepared to give it.”

of a German submarine was called “Goodwin

least seven of 12 German air-

cviltt failed to return to their home bases after an un- successful attack upon a British convoy in the North Sea last Saturday. “As announced at the losses,” added the Air Ministry’s communique on the air

time, we had no

lloatmen at Deal, just opposite the treacherous Good- win Sands which are just off the southeast coast of Kent, Sfiltl they located the stricken sub when its conning tower stilt-k out of the water. Gunfire had been heard off Deal on Wednesday but a heavy mist prevented

sight of any

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Cup Prescht-ed Yes-

Governor B. W. Le- Page.

His Honor Lieutenant Governor B. W. LePnge yesterday afternoon presented the Canadian Horticul- tural Sccicty Trophy m the Chair- man of Trustees oi savage Har- bour School for making the most imprmcmrnts to their school bulld- ings and beautifying the grounds to a greater extent than all other rural districts in the Province dur- ing the past year.

Savage Harbour School has per- maucnt pcssisslcit of the trophy by virtue of winning the coveted cup for the past three years. Only four other schools on the Island have been successful in attaining per- manent possession of the trophy since this. competition began in 1925. Schools acquiring this dis- tinction il"(‘I Hampshire, Launch- Altclren-s. Central Royalty 111:1 new savage Harbour.

Two Schools this year Savage ‘lnrbour and Lorne Valley were so

only matched in honors that the

- fges were undecided which dis-

‘ ict mcllted the trophy most. The difficulty was overcome, however, when latent-GOV. lnPage gener- ously donated another cup, which will be awarded to lorne Valley for the wonderful improvements made on the school in that district.

The chairman pf yesterday's meeting was Mr. Cyril Morrison. and the distinguished visitors in- rluded. His Honor Lieut-Gov. B. W. LicPage. Hon. Mark R. Mac- Giligan. Minister of Education, Hon. J P. McIntyre, Dr. H. H. show. Supt. of Education, Dr. J. A, Clark. Supt. of Experimental Station, Mr. J. W, Boulter. Sec- retary of the P. E 1. Potato Grow- ers Association. Rev, Terrance Canttfnell mid Rev. Sydney Boyce.

In his opening remarks the chair- man expressed the appreciation of

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Nobel Prize To German

STOOKHOLM. Oct. 26 —(CP) (-1- The swedhh Academy iodiiv “W”, - ed the is] Nobel prize for physi- ology and medicine t0 Prof. Gel‘- hnrdt Doniack. Elbcricld. 6911119"?- for his studies on sulfanililmidc, which has been used with remark- able success in fighting pneumonia and numerous other ill-sense!-

The i939 rize in tllB Cltf-‘BOTY-

eferred. was awarded today to Prof. Corneiilc Heymans. of Ghent Prof. HBYmB-“B received itlfor is discoveries in con-

terday By Lieut.

BY 3 ElEBTltlNS llNNtlllNtIED Hill DEB. l8

Contests Slated For Kent And Saska- toon Leaving Flve Seats Still Vacant.

OTTAWA, Oct. 36 —(CP) -A start on the ivy-elections necessary to fill the seven vacancies now ex. istlns in the House of Commons was made today when Prime Minis. wijMacKenzle King announced that voting 1n Kent Countivg 0m” and

Saelkaw“ Willi-like 1i 0e Dec. 1a.

Both vacancies were created by the death of the sitting members

Dr. J. W. Rutherford in Kent and

m- A~ M~ YOWIB in Saskatoomboth

Liberals. '

RENE-tiling vacancies are in Mont-

ml St- James. caused by the death

ofasgetary of state Rinfret; Mont-

re acques C ti , b t

of Vital Mallettzeli figrislenltetrgeafi

resignation of P. E. Cote; Drum-

mondfArtliabtiskfl. by resignation 91f Wilfred Girouord, and Kinder-

e eY- Siwkqb resi nation or 0, 3,

Elliott. Socla Cr it member

With the exception of the Kinder- 516v riding. all vacancies are in seats

and Mr. Gr rd b - contest yesteildidys dlrgoitgsllfiglrfi gfil 919cm)“. and both were success-

Mr. Elliott resigned to make way {gr Hon. W. D. Herridge, leader of wiiicielrr§i$t°t°ifd.é.ll‘l"°mi“° m‘ allied itself. p” y h”

Announcement of the two by-oi- ecticns was made’ after cabinet Clgllllcll and was the only pubpc 5 Hlflflent following the meeting.

Justice minister Lopolnte and

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Expect Pope To Blame Nazis For Starting War

VATICAN CITY, Oct. 26- (AP)—'l‘l1e Vatican announced today the first Encyclical by Pope Pius Xll would be given to the world tomorrow, when the Pontiff is evnectc-l to de- nounce Aihifsm and Nee-Pag- Lnlsm.

The ltalirn press said the cir- cular lctter, addressed to Roman Catholic Bishops throughout the world. would be intended neriicularly fer "nations where Atheism and Wfln-Pflgfliism

0I'l.

tllavas News Agency, auoilng rell-lile Vatican sources. predic- ted that the Pane would place war guilt on Gerry-try “"1 Encyclical. Although he might not call the Reich liy name. these soilrres said. he wlll state that the war Wns due entirely tn existence in Central Enrol"! of n, rcrlme of violence which ltrelu- its pledged word and lint-tell humrn rights. llavns said.

Fire Damages Gollege At Bhatham, ll. B.

CHATHAM, N. 13., Oct. 26 —(CP) —-lsreaiung out ui the sleeping quill‘- ters of a new wing at St. ‘lhulnas College this, afternoon fire ate tluough to the T001 and although under control was still smoking t0- niglit. N0 estimate of the damage could be made but much of it. was caused by smoke and water. No one was injured.

Students were writing examina- Lions when the smoke was first noticed. Eighteen nrt students who had rooms in the wing savedsome belongings but most of the personal effects were lost. ‘Inc boys, town res- idents and firemen salvaged some of the colle e furniture and equip- ment. The 9 resident students were provided accommodation in the town and district tonight. Volunteers and firemen Chatham and Newcastle

from

men had to cut the roof.

In Moncton at. the time, Rev. Dr. J. M. Hill, rector of the college, rushed back to Chatham. Faculty members met tonight to discuss the situation and a meeting with the students will be held tomorrow.

BEN FIELD, ACTOR, DEAD

LONDON Oct. 26 ——(CP) -—Dest.h of Ben Field, well know stage and screen actor, was announced toda .

"the actor. who died after a b ef illness, lived at Grove, Hammer- I-ie zpent. many years tour-ire

‘Mme’ 1y held by liberals. Mr. cote T

have done the greatest dostruc- q

the IOU-mile northern

Military observers activity was designed offensive in force, either

Netherlands.

flank attack asa

the western front.

Reports reaching Paris from the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzer- land said the Gennans today 8W1" of communications to those coun- tries.

‘Telephone calls both t0 Belilllm and the Netherlands. these advices said, were interrupted. for more than four hours and communica-

l rvisio . Dispatches from gdriitaslsmwliiltzerlariid, said Swiss calls were placed under the same con- trol at the same time.

Important Concentrations

Dispatches from Amfiifirdflm 9°14 of "important" H0011 fllld Plane concentration-s alone the 6811mm con-t oil-st of the Netherlands.

(The German Government nounccd in Berlin new restric- tions on communications with points outside Germany. Pflvliifi calls to foreign countries will not be accented without a special D9!‘- m’t and telzwrams are to be cen- sored. New-supper correspondents wen- fepqrtefl exempt. No reason for the restrictions was given.)

French scouts. who slashed thinugh ice-coated barbed wire and dropped into shell holes filled with icy rain water to watch movements of the Ger- mans, reported shock divisions all the way from the Luxem- bourg border to the Rhine in jump-off positions.

Each division was said to be flmtked by squadrons of tnnlu and protected by special anti-tonic

its. unAlrdromes behind the Siegfried line were reported to have been

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commanders studied Nazi outposts lines seeking ation concerning a possible German offensive. believed the renewed German to cover final preparations for an a frontal assault on the Maginot. Line or a flanking attack through Switzerland or the

While some French military men expressed doubt that a German offensive would be

year, new attention was rive _ result of developments in neutral

countries protecting the wings of the French armies on

denly established a. rlilld Will-Yd‘-

tion was rte-established only under.

inform-

launched this late in the ted on the possibility of a

ER SINKS

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French Hear ‘ i War Budget As

Offensive Looms

Death Penalty Imposed On Men ' Conviotedjs Spies.

(By H. Taylor Henry, Associated Press Staff Writer) PARIS, Oct. 26-(AP)—French and German advance

guards fought in snow, sleet and heavy rain tonight along

flank of the western front as French

"Belgium Would Resist Invasion Leopold Says

BRUSSELS. Oct. 27—(l<‘riday) —'i-‘\,Pl-—I-E0l>0ld, King of the Belglilns, declared ln a trans- Atlantic broadcast early today that if Belgium were invaded 30W her nee would fight with the same conviction" u in 1914 but "with forge; 1o times stronger."

Addressing the people 0f the United States through 1 (Drum conducted New York Herald-Tribune. King Leopold reaffinned Belgium's desire for IIPMB find neutrality. and he asked for the support of the United States in tin.- stand. t

said,

“We are prepared." he “to exert our entire strength’ ln order to uphold our ln-‘

dependence."

PARKIS, 26-—é(OP)-—F'I'?PC% expect ng a eavy ermsn o en- sive wirthin a few days. was told today by Finance Minister Poul Reynaud that the country's ordin- ary budget for i940 will run’ to s. cost oif about $21,500,000 a day.

There also will be an extraordin- ary budiget,

The minister told the Finance Committee that the amount of 349,000,000,000 francs had been set provision-ally for the year 1940 (about $7,503,500.000.) He cautioned that this might be increased before the year was out because it was based onlv on esti- mated needs for the first. three months of the year.

This placed the estimated bud- get at almost six times iihe size of that of 1939, on top of which will fall the extraordinary budget com- posed of supplementary credits which last year amounted to 40 per cent of the ordinary budget.

Meanwhile a 60-year-old Alsa- tian autonomist leader and an unidentified French soldier to- night awaited execution on es- p10ll68€ charges.

Death Penalty

Conviction of Dr. Kai Boos, vet- eran sponsor of home rule for Alsace, by a. military court at Nancy today overshadowed news from the front: where there were ccrmioaratively few developments.

Dr. R005 was arrested almost seven mOnths before the war start- ed. when the French charged him

Senate

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WASHINGTON, Oct. Reports from Moscow tonight that the United States freighter City of Flint had been prrmlttcd to sail from Murmansk under the Almeri- can flag miscd hopes here that the United States had won a. victory in a tense diplomatic struggle.

flowcvcl‘. officials were keep- ing three fingers crossed, es- pecially in view of German news agency dispatches implying that is German crew was In com-- mand of the freighter when she left the Russian port.

There was believed to be a i- billty that the ship might be ying the United Strtes flag and still be in the possession of the Germans. There would be precedent for the

(Bv Melvin K. Whlteleaiher) (Ahiwlfllfll Press Staff Writer)

BERLIN, Oct. 26—(Al‘l—Con- fldcnm that the United States ‘ lghter City of Flint would reached German port safely in. 10!‘? l“!!! was expressed tonight in well-lnfonned German cir- c. -. These quarters intimated that despite the demand of Cordell

lluli, United States Secret: of State. the shin be return to the United States, the vessel

Vlflllll be convnyed from Mur- mans‘: by submarine whose co lmanders, they boastfully sii would be only too happy

26 -—(AP>- ~ "or, instruction; in the

Sooiets Release “City Of Flint” After U. S. . Makes Formal Demands

United _.Lfll£5 navy said that in cesc a neutral ship was taken by an A- merican vessel, the flag of the neu- tral should be kept flying until a competent court adjudged the ves- sel a lawful prize.

Fomial Demands

Secretary 0f state Hull hold for- mally demanded today that Russia turn tho vessel over to the United States vcrnment, while Germany marsh ed arguments to show that the craft was legally a German prize of war.

The hub of the dispute was whether the German raider which captured her violated international law by sendin her into the Russian Arctic port o Murmansk. Hull. in his demand of Russia. took the pos- ition that a. prize of war could be sent into a neutral port only in case of unseawortltiness stress of weath- er or want of supplies.

The Reich claimed the vessel had suffered "sea damage." one reason she was taken to Mur- mansk. said a memorandum present- ed by the German foreign office to Alexander C. Kirk, United states (marge Dhffaires.

German; Evasive

Asked what the damage consisted 0i’. the foreign office replied infor- mall that it locked details on that

n. but that. such damage would nclude lack of charts aboard the City of Flint with which to navi- Blto the waters through which she had to proceed.

In the memorandum handed to

if British warships would try (j

i seize her. German crew raising the American

"OlOTs under such

mrk in Berlin, the German foreign office said it had received no news 91.97, W“"¥,"°, i“? umber. "l. it‘?

War Budget l’

Gasofine Prices Jump % Sent Per Gal.

MONTREAL. Oct. 26—(CP)- A half-cent increase in the price of gasoline and kerosene was announ- oed today by retailers throughout eastcm Canada. It was the second price boost since the outbreak o: the war.

TOM-Y's increase was announced simultaneously in Toronto, Mont. £52‘. Saint John. N. B.. and Hali-

Montrcal refineries attributed new prices to depreciation of the Canadian dollar on the foreign ex- change market snd to increase dur. 1H5.’ the past week of war risk in- silrance on tankers bringing crude Oil to Canada.

In Quebec Provii _,qs5r)11ne now will retail at 26 1-2 cents a M110“ for standard quality and 28 l-2 for best-grade.

Gasoline prices on P E, ‘L jumped 1-2 cent yesterday in line wfil similar advances elsewhere.

International Situation

At A Glance

(Canadian Press) LQNDUl\—\lSCUillll liunfii-x says llussiu. would nut nave lnvuucu 1o- llulu Li ltcicu lulu not "act ulc-

specify ivhctner to United Status ~ Germany; usually well inform- (‘Il SOUP‘! ' suy Vtiialil Skills!“ Ullu\'|' Americana ill-g.

COPLNIL-hji-J —-Gerni.1n nuts agency inlpllls- Germain prize crew sails City of Flllll- after rclcxme.

l

WASHINGITJN-Sccreillry lluil demands that Russia rclcusc (Jily of Flint and cargo to American CTIHV.

llERLIN-(lermans expect City of Flint to reach Ilcich port in fcw days with submarine convoy: Nazi siluri-i-s hint Reich offensive may be. dirt-civil at British cori- ccntrntlons on western front,

PARI§'-—I"l‘i‘ll(‘ll rcndy for pos- sible Nazi large-scale attack; see possible preparations for flank at-

U-BOAT

yDram ail? Story

Told 3y Crew t”)?

British Steamer

Battle -Raged For Hours Before Nazi Submarine Apparently Sank.

LONDON, Oct. 26—(CI’)—-'i‘he dramatic story of a battle between a British freighter and a German U-boitt, during which scores of shots were exchanged before the submarine apparently sank, was told tonight when tho freighter arrived at an undisclosed port in South Wales.

(For military reasons the names of the officers and the identity of the ship and its ports were censored.)

_ “We don’t want any medals," one of the officers said in describing the fight. “We were jolly glad to have got away with our lives.

“One afternoon we were sitting down to dinner. Std- denly a U-boat came to the surface almost under our star- board bow. Its conning tower opened and tlie men on watch could see distinctly a number of figures running to man the guns.

“They fired eight shells which whistlcd harmlessly through the rigging. Then, with our gun trained almost to . a hair-a-breath on the U-ltoat, we let. go. The battle raged thick and fast. The gun crew worked like men possessed and other members of the ship crew got a bit feverish because they couldn’t take a hand, too."

i, Another officer solidi- l ‘When the U-boat fired her first - l;.lIOL we were ready and waiting. Every shell which left our gun was as true 8s a die. Shells burst l l so close to the U-boat that greet

nateisipouts cascaded over he! Hope Held In Some

occk and the gunners were s/wanlp- 0d and I believed injur-wl. 'l‘.';:1.i was too much for our nttaclzez‘ who would never have dreamed 0E bivaking surface so close to us téléey had suspected we were arm-

"Suddenly the men on the deck made o, scramble for the conning tower and tunrblcd inside. The lid snapped down and the submarine

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soared Jerry, although we knew we ltad not sunk him. A close tivatrh was kept on the surrout ing We knew the U-boztt \vt.1..tl s

again. "She broke

(By Lynn llcinzcrliug, Associated Press Staff Writer) HELSLNGrKAQ, UcL. 2d--S0\'i€t Russia's dcnlaltds were declared still unacceptable to Finland by one Finnish leader tonight nhllc