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Finn Defenders Of Viipuri Still Hold Out Russians Making Desperate Attempt To Circle City HELSINKI, March 5. (rP The defenders of Viipuri, after battling all day yesterday with Russians attacking across the islands of the Bay of Viipuri, still were fighting in this strategic area today, the Finnish High Command announced in its daily statement The invading Russians were attempting tq encircle the city, long deserted by civilians and considered virtually lost even by' the Finns Attack New Sector. la addition attacking the islands in the bay, the Reds attacked the northwest shore of the bay, from where they presumably could drive overland against Viipuri from the reir. "On the Isthmus enemy attacks against the islands in the Bay of Viipuri and the northwest shore of the continued all day March said statement "Fighting continues on the capes at the mouth of the bay; at all other points attacks were repulsed." Although fighting was heavy on the very outskirts of Viipuri, Soviet troops had not yet' entered the city proper. Dangerous Driving Brings $15 Fine Following a wild early morning ride on Sunday on Sussex and Rides a streets.

William Gam man, 23, of 30 Lewis street, appeared before Deputy Magistrate O'Connor on a charge of dangerous driving. He pleaded not guilty, but was convicted and fined $19 and ST Constable Rout-luTe told the court that in company with Constable Glenn, he followed the accused on Sussex street Sunday morning. Gamman A -mm onvuit gnwctn au ana 53 miles per hour, and was weaving in and out of traffic. When told to follow, the policemen to th station he refused and fled in his car. Later, force was necessary to bring him to the Police Station.

He was accompanied by a girL Prrtmnftrtn Fvfimt For Officers March 17 i Written 'examinations for, promotion of offlcert of the Non-Permanent Active Militia will be held at the Drill Halt March 17. Lieut Colonel W. G. is president of the Board. Other officers are Lieut.

-Colonel R. B. Pritchard, Majors" G. E. Grain.

M.C: F.1 H. Brown M.C. Austin (7 Connor, E. a. Anglin, Captains M.

B. K. Gordon, P. M. Millette.

Lieut. C11L and N. Brown. ISWTC I nil 1 CETKA. SPECIAL! I' Spring.

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Freed on Charge Of Dangerous Driving After Fatality Arnold C. Gale, 22, of 10 Fair- view avenue, Westboro, was' found not guilty on a charge of danger ous driving by Judge. Constanti- heau in County Judges' Criminal Court this afternoon. Mr. Gala' had been charged after an accident on the Richmond road 7 at Hillson avenue on January 14, last when Lawrence Pout was, fatally injured, -i In dismissing the charge His Honor held that driving around 30 miles an-hour "even on a very slippery was not so excessive speed on a "country road only sparsely Fifteen miles an hour might be dangerous In the -city, but each had to be decided on the circumstances.

The accused could not be convict ed on a dangerous driving charge on account of excessive speed in this particular case. Evidence presented the Drosecution by Township Con stable Borden Conley and other witnesses showed uaie naa oeen driving "moderately fast" west on the Richmond road. The roadway was in a very slippery condition and the visibility was poor. with snow and rain falling at the time. The car skidded 120 feet after striking Mr.

Pout The brakes on the car were in poor condition, the pedal for the foot-brake going to the floor board and the emergency brake being- poor. The car could be pushed by hand with the emergency brake on, evidence showed. Gale admitted driving between' 23 and 30 miles an hour, that the road was very slippery, and that he could only see out the defroster section of the wind shield, the other windows being misted over. Raoul Mercler, K.C., prosecuted, and F. Schroeder, K.C defended.

Many Errors ConUnned from Page One. names of, a score or more, people Hying in. apartment buildings were given by employes of the buildlngsi not by the A person whose name Is wrong, as to Initials or spelling of the surname, dees net have to appear before the revising eftleer. The retarnlng off leers, may be notified or any other person may represent the person desiring the eorree-Uons made, v. In some localities trouble has been experienced with French-speaking enumerators noting English names, and English-speaking enumerators French names.

Eight To 'z But it was explained also that a person who goes to vote, and finds his name incorrectly spelled but phonetically right and the address and occupation also are rignt. may vote without any difficulty. Many French names havauheen misspelled on the lists. The only reason persons must be sworn before the revising officers is when they wish names added or deleted from the lists. Hon.

J.L. Ilsley, Minister of National Revenue, really is a bar rister but the enumerator has him down as J. L. Ilsley, Cabinet Min later. enumerator dropped the prefix "Lady" for the widow of Sir George Perley.

Incorrectly she Is named as Mrs. George Perley. General Ernest Squires Honored in Death MELBOURNE, March 3. A military funeral was held here today tor Lieutenant General Ernest Squires, acting chief of the Australian General Staff, who died Sunday. The service in Paul's Cathedral was conducted by the Archbishop of Melbourne, Most Rev.

Frederick Head. Pallbearers included Admiral Sir Ragnar Colvin, Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Blarney, Commander of the Australian Imperial Force, and Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles chief of Air Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force. THE PRIME COflSlDERATIOn However much we desire, Speed, Comfort, Convenience, Courtesy, Regularity of Service -and the electric cars furnish all these 'they must be secondary in transportation to SAFETY, FIRST AHD ALWAYS That is one of the reasons why street cars are -indispensable. No other transportation agency shows as clean a sheet when it comes to a review of accident records. WHY? Tktf rttn on trachi, They have tin right of way.

Thty or strongly constructed. They are in charge of trained men. They are operated by responsible companies. THE OTTAWA ELECTRIC RAILWAY CO. 'Newsottes in the French Five young women who have takes the places of Paris newsboys Steles Ruling on the cameraman aa they leave a newspaper office to eyele to their stands.

I Again Remands Moles in Amprior ARNPRIOR, March 5 -(Spe cial). A further adjournment of two weeks, was allowed by Magis trate A. H. Lieff, in police court here this morning In the cas! of G. H.

Moles, former- town clerk-treasurer, charged with the theft of between $7,000 and $8,000 of corporation funds. The request for adjournment was made by O. Bleakney, counsel for the accused, who asked additional time to go over the case. Crown Attorney H. B.

Johnston, of Pembroke, prosecuting for the Crown, said he had received a communication from Mr. Bleakney requesting the adjournment and that, although he was ready at any time to proceed, would not object to the granting of the The case was previously ad journed five weeks 'to allow the corporation auditors, Milne and Steele, Ottawa, to complete their examination of the town books. Bail of $7,000 in two sureties of $3,500 each was continued. Gold and Silver On London Market LONDON, March S. (ffV-Bar silver 20 19-18d, off 3-18.

(Equivalent 37.97 cents on the dollar basis $4.03.) Bar gold 188s, unchanged. i MONTREAL, March 5-0) Bar gold in London was unchanged at $37.54 an ounce in Canadian fvmdsr 188s in British, representing the Bank of England's buying The fixed $35 Washington price amounted to $38.50 in Canadian. Mrs. E. Utarte Dies In 55th Year Mrs.

Rosette LeUrte, of 87 Main street, Hull, died this morning at her home after an illness which had extended over the' last two years. She Is the wife of Edmond Letarte, manager of the Dominion Stores branch at 881 Bank-street, and was in her 85th year. Born in Hull, she was a daughter of the late Delphls Dorion and Dorion, the former Clara Parent; who survives. After their marriage in 1013 Mr. and Mrs.

Letarte lived in Ottawa for a long period, but had resided in Hull for the last seven years. Their many friends in both cities will learn of Mrs. Letsrte's death with regret. Surviving, in addition to her husband and mother, are a brother and. two sisters, Henri Dorion and the Misses Leocadie and Jeanne Dorion, all ot Hull.

The funeral will be held on Thursday from her mother's home at 2 Leduo street, at 7.50 a.m., to Notre Dame Church, Hull, tor requiem high mass at 8.10 o'clock. Burial will be in Notre Dame Cemetery, HulL Australia Diplomatic Relations With U.S. WASHINGTON. March 3. Australia opened formal diplomatic relations with the United States today when the Australian Minister, Richard Casey, presented his credentials to President Roosevelt.

A brief ceremony signalized what the Minister described as "the stretching of the bands of friendship between your country and ours across the WILLIAM M. O'NEILL. William M. O'Neill, Great War veteran and for the past 20 years an employe of the Letter Carriers' division of the Post Office Department, died at his home, 40 Butternut Terrace. Rockcliif on Monday night.

In his 88th year, Mr. O'Neill had been ill a short time. Born in Ottawa, he was educated; at St Patrick's School and enlisted when the First Great War broke out. He served for the duration with the 2nd Battalion He was a mem ber of the old 43rd Regiment and two weeks ago attended a reunion ot the association. In 1017 he married Eleanor Cane in England.

He was a member ot St Joseph's Church. Surviving are his wife, two brothers, Thomas, of the Post Office Department and Patrick Barney O'Neill, of the. CJJt in Ottawa. The body is at the Whelan Funeral Home, 513 Cooper street. The funeral will be on Thursday, leaving there at 8.40 a.m.

for requiem high mass at 9 a.m. st St. Joseph's Church. Interment will be at Notre Dame cemetery. Whistles Not Satisfactory Mayor D.

Laurence MacLaren, ot Saint John, N.B.," arrived here today to. discuss' with' Department of 'National Defence officials the type of air raid sirens bis city should instsU. Like Halifax, Faint John has had a number of black-out practices in preparation for possible attack. A salvo of ship and factory, whistles has been used to signal the start ot one of these tests: This has not proven very satisfactory. For one thing the whistles, in the Winter when windows are closed, have not been loud enough to be heard in outlying sections.

And, for another thing, the jwhlstling of steamships manoeuvring in Saint John harbor has often been mistaken tor a black-out warning, with the re sult that, without, cause, traffic has stopped, residents have hurriedly turned off house, lights to sit in darkness, and, in some cases, A.R. P. marshals haye needlessly German Exports Continued from Page One. put Petrolul Romanesc, Rumanian oil company, under German control, he said the company was not important and still, was Under Rumanian control. Another asked i whether the Government bad taken steps to prevent fish caught by neutral boats from reaching Germany.

"If-1 answered the Question-1 would be revealing the terms of arrangements- made-" with neutral Mr. Cross said, apparently referring to Norway, The Netherlands and Belgium. Vatican Paper Blames Germans. VATICAN CITY, March 5. (C, P.

Havas) L'Osservatore commenting today on the Anglo-Italian dispute over. German coal shipments, declared non-belligerents hsve been affected as much if not more by the German "counter-blockade" than by Allied contraband controL The Vatican organ recalled that the blockade on German exports wss Instituted as reprisal for German floating mine and submarine warfare, which "gathered victims not only among Allied ships, but further and especially among merchant vessels of neutral countries" -In' It continued, "Germany warned the neutrals that the North Sea must be regarded henceforth in its entirety ss a war zone. In addition to any neutral vessel submitting to Allied control, all vessels heading toward an Allied port or forming part of a 'convoy can be, Berlin: announces, torpedoed and sunk without any warning." This ruling the Vatican paper Characterized as a new and grave attack by Germany on the navigation ot. neutral countries. Sentenced in Sudbury Had Bogus Bills SUDBURY, March 4.

CP) Adrien Russell, ot Sudbury, was sentenced today to 13 months' imprisonment, and Jerry Betanger, of Levack, to four months, on joint charges of being In possession of counterfeit $10 bills. The two were arrested last month in connection with the spreading of spurious bills throughout this district Singing In the bathtub saves wear and tear on bath towels, says the American Institute ot Laun-derinc aoDarently when energy is used in vocalizing the following rub-down is less apt to stretch and tear towels. Special Eye Clinic For One Week Only you can have a Fraa Demonstration of tha NEWER ORTHOPTIC EYE TRAININO METHOD which relieves all eye defects. Why not InvaaUfatat Do it Now. Phone I-WJ3I or call at ISO Metcalfe Room XI.

Cecil Jv Eaman Optometrist ALLEN BANBURY'S "Halibol" Malt with Halibut Liver Oil 75c, $U5, $225 TAMBLYM Drat Stora-IM Sparks Phona Z-atZ2. Fraa rut OaUvary. Capital 1 called Into war service, pose for Air Raid Sirens bounced out and dressed tn the middle of the night .1 1 While in Ottawa, Mayor! Mac Laren will also attend a meeting ot the Canadian Legion War Ser vices, of which, he is director for New Brunswick. One jot the most individualistic of Canada's mayors, he is a veteran who. lost a leg in the last war and annually celebrates the event with a gath sring in a dug-out built belibw his Dome.

This Is entered through gas cur tains, and furnished with war tro phies. Down to the last detail- even to a pile of newspapers print ed for consumption of the men in the trenches the dug-out is an exact ot one; in France. A man of private means, Mayor MacLaren gave: up an executive position with the Canadian Pacific Railway to lead a reform in the system of Saint John's civicj government and head the first new council. Issue Is Clear Says Chamberlain LONDON. March 41.

shall continue to fight with all our strength until freedom and secur ity are re-established in Europe' Prime Minister; Chamberlain said tonight in a message to AL M. Profumo, Government candidate in the approaching byelectlori in the Kettering division of North i I "I hope that the electors of Ket tering will send you to Parliament by a majority which will show the determination of this country to prosecute the war with the ut most vigor until our alma are acruevea inr, namoeriain wrote. i i ins issue is clear, uur enemies are fighting for world domination and the destruction of the British empire, we are ngnung to put an end to German aggression; and the rule of force. OPEN INQUEST. An inquest into the death of David Dubois, 50, of 480 Lewis street which opened at the Ot tawa General Hospital todsyj was adjourned until Friday night: st a aVmIu i a 9s i Dr.

Iw, T. Shlrreff. chief coroner. Dubois died Monday of injuries sustained when he was crushed between a steam shovel and frozen bank, on Montreal Road, last Friday. (See Also! Page 12.) Race Entries TKOPICAt.

eumtiea irn race, purse ssoo, maldan I-v old ftlllat, four furlonfa Mic La tar dy no: iroiioinai, lis; lacteal. 118; Uama. ilS; Twine, lit; xChivas, iran lis: ramcia us; cusate Beaut, Straddle On, 11: Paaca Day, 116: ll: rraek iroK, xunanainc, ill. Also eligible Haste Back. 116: son Bella.

116: Oartruda US Jim- Jan On. US; xMlsty 111. Ill: Cheetah llf. Second race, puna 1800, claiming. 4.

yearld and up. 6 furlonfa xSwlft neaai 108, xUna'a Son 106. Uglnl 116 Symphon 113. Vulleat 111, Playmai 106 xshaknow 100, She's Right 106, I Mia nionoa iosv Boy. riungcr lie.

Count Maunca in. i Third race, purae SSOO. claiming. 3. year-Kld, 6 furlonga xTakeltfrome 107.

Wise Ally 101. Sweet Lavender 107, xMerry Onlg 102. Gamester 112. xMaalc Dream lot. xKlni Naptwne 104, xBal-tee 113.

Daflner 109. Tropical Oajl07. xDeep Summer 162, Arched 115. lAlao aiigiDic: xapanian tiail 104, pater Porter 112. Gallant Risk 112.

GraemePark 112. Headmaster 109, xSeotch Bread no. Fourth purse' $1,000. clairttlng, S-yaar-old. 1 mile and 70 yarda pan-Jab lit, Corrlea 100, Laurana Lyort 106, auccaaa story lis, XBunny iubbis loa Blara 114.

xMaetran 106, Paul Pry 111 Hour in. nMumbia ill. Kar 104, xHIronvmua 104. riftlt race, the Clearwater, purse 11.200. claiming.

4-year-olds and! ud. mlla and 10 yard Canaor, 110: Cerlaaa ira, in; xjeisum, ids; Night TldaJ 106 White Hot. 116: xWIUlam Palmar! Ins Strident, ill; idle EU. 113: Manamald. im: un uuara.

loa. Sixth race, puree S1M0. cUlmlnk, 4 yaar-olda and up. six furlonga xLtfe cuard. 110: Autograph.

107: xPanabud. job: oaona, no; Donna Lopez, 1 105 Iriah Moon. 110; Dinner Jacket. 1 112 Moonlit Bobby, 116: Little rtnaars. 105; Aria.

110; La Joya. 110; Sonny Also eligible Mill River. 110; Whlth araway. no; ooahan, 112; Sun Phan- torn, lis. i Savvnih race, purae Ssoo, clalmlrie, 4 yaar-olda, and up, 1 1-18 mllewxOal laniMeo, job; Kemlndln.

10S mlndlne.MOS: ksun Girl, 104: Bonny Clabber, 111:1 110: xDavll's Peak, 106; xEl Puma. Ill: Sun Apollo, 113; xGlasay hi. xAipengiow. lvo. Eighth race, purae SSOO, claiming.

4- jrcai -utu, Ma up, i i- muea xj roop-eratte. 105; SkaUns Fool. Ills Erin's Sun. 113: xCharlea 103: xBianco Sweep, 106; xCherneloon, 106: Major-Minor, 114: PYince Pharoah, 110; xSura Touch, 105; xPate Wandllng. 106; xRad HOfua, m.

I Ninth race (substitute), purae SS00, claiming, maiden 4-year-olds and up, six furlonga Drifting 105: Mlsa iiiiaur, io; Amertsa. ids: xmv Ac 105: Poker Die. 114: xDunlad. 105: Land of JUielma, 112; Fair Eugenia, loa; i.imricK. no; cntca weoe), lea, Apprentice-allowance elalmad.

I I Horses according to pott poet' uona. Weather, clear; track, fast. Police and Jews Hurt in Clash 'Mrch 5v CP) Fourteen British police and a number of Jews were reported today to have been injured Saturday in Jewish demonstrations in Palestine' against the 'new land' laws, restricting the transfer of land from' Arabs to Jews.v One report said an 18-year-old university student injured in a disturbance in Tel Aviv, Saturday, died today. Reliable British sources said "a certain number" of Jews were ar rested tn Haifa and Tel Avlv4.Curfewf were imposed at Tel Aviv. The' clashes were reported to have started when crowds gathered and threw stories at police stations.

Police dispersed the crowds. li Ask Four-Year Term For German Spy ROTTERDAM, March Havas) The Netherlands Govern ment will strengthen its ana espionage service and stiffen penalties against foreign spies. Justice Minister P. S. Gerbrandy told Parliament today as a spy trial ended here.

P. Bakker, T-year-old Nether- landa subject, told the court he had broadcast weather reports to Germany with portable transmit ter given him by Nazi agents. He alto admitted receiving 310 florins (about $81) a month, from Ger many and having served ss a German spy in France during the last war. vi On trial with him was Heinrich Drewer, editor of the WestdeuUcher Presse Dienst ot Essen, a German news service. Police testified they found documents containing instructions for Bakker in Drewer's baggage.

-r The prosecutor asked a four- year sentence for both defendants. Judgment will be' handed down March 18. i 105 Ottawa Weddings During February The Capital's marriage index continued its wartime upswing In February, according to vital statistics announced by City cierk Nelson R. I Ogilvie. i There were 103 weddings in Ottawa last fflonth, as i compared to the 1S39 figure for February of 71.

There were 271 births snd ISO deaths, only slightly varying from the 241 births and ,138 deaths in February of last year. Exchange RatesJ; Official Foreign Exchange Con trol Board rates unchanged at: VS. dollar, buying 10 percent, premium, selling 11 percent, premium. Equivalent (discounts on Canadian dollar in New York: Buying 941 selling 9.09 percent. Sterling In Canadian funds, buying 94.43, selling 14.47.

Traffic Court For exceeding the speed limit. Peter- LaBranche, 84 Catherine street, Eastview, $10 fine and $2 costs, WOULD CUT WOOL PRICES. Sydney, Australia, March S. The Australian Woolgrowers' Council today made public a resolution asking the British Govern ment to reduce the price of wool and urging that supplies to neu trals be maintained so as to preserve, such markets for the future. IMPORTS INCREASE.

With marked gains being shown in foods, machinery and rolling mill, Canada January imports rose to $71,104,000 from $43,743,000 in January, 1939, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics re ported Monday. METAL FOR RUSSIA. 1 MEXICO CITY March 5. Two Soviet Russian freighters were re ported reliably today to be en route to the Pacific coast port of Manzanillo to load Mexican lead and United States copper for Vla divostok. J.

GETS JAIL TERM. Joseph Bouchard, 43, no fixed address, was given two months In Jail by Deputy Magistrate; O'Con nor for theft of a rug. On Thursday, he pleaded guilty to stealing a motor car rug from a' taxi, parked on Dalhousie street, -i r.lARSIIALL MATTRESSES Damask and Brack: S10 CA Regularly Priced Silk Covers At Every Mattress Carries a 8-Year Guarantee Hammer and Sickle Is Removed I SPRINGFIELD, March 4. yp) The Hammer and Sickle set into stone sbovt the entrance of Pipkin Junior high school Is no more. Superintendent Harry Stuily got so tired of explaining that the design was an ancient symbol of industry and agriculture long before Communism that be hired a stone cutter to move it.

I Negro Communist Causes Uproar At Senate Hearing WASHINGTON, March A husky negro Communist, Benjamin Davis, of New York Cjty, threw a Senate hearing on anti-lynching legislation into turmoil today by terming southern Senators and Vice-President John Gamer an "evil old Labor Senator Van Nuys, Indiana Democrat, chairman of the Judiciary sub-committee conducting the hearing and Co-sponsor ot the Lynching Bill, shouted st 1 the negro witness at one point, "That's an and struck from the committee record- Davis' descrip tion ot the Vice-President and members of Congress. "You crashed the gates of this committee Just to try and send out -Communist Van Nuys said. "You have done mere harm to prevent passage of this bill than snyone who has; ever appeared." i David testified he was on the editorial board' ot the. Dally Worker. Communist newspaper.

Wholesale and Retail Sales Increase Wholesale and retail sales In Canada continued higher in January, the former showing a 28 cent, increase over January, 1939, and the latter a 13 percent In crease, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported today. Heavy buying by retailers was reflected in the wholesale sales. The general index for nine lines of business combined war 91.2 for January compared with 72.4 for January, 1939. All lines of business shared in the incresse, particularly the clothing and foot-wear, trade. The Increase in retail sales was a continuation of a steady advance which hsS been in progress since early In 1939 and which was further stimulated by the war.

All groups showed Increases, ranging from seven to percent, y. 1 EDWARD ACKLAND. The funeral ot Edward Ack-land, well-known New Edinburgh grocer, was held from his late residence, 79 Crichton street, to MacKay United Church. The service was conducted by Rev. John' MacKay, assisted by Rev.

H. C. Wilkinson, and Rev. John Williamson, ot Preston, OnU sn old friend of the family. Interment was In Beech wood v.

The full choir of the church was in attendance snd solos were rendered by Gordon Alexander. Chief mourners and survivors, in addition to his widow, the former Linda Arnold, were a son, Norman Edward; a daughter. Miss Lois Beverley; a brother, Ernest; a sister, Mrs. Thomas MscDon-ald; and two nieces, Miss Elizabeth Ackland, and Mrs. C.

W. Sculthorpe, all of Among the many ftoral pieces were those from the choir, MacKay United Church; MacKay Church; MacKay, YJ.U.; Lois' Sunday School class; B.Y.P.U., French Baptist Church; French Baptist Church; Royal Securities Corporation; Royal Mint, and Room 3C, Lisgar Collegiate. EAST OTTAWA LIBERALS. East Ottawa Young Liberals Club held a meeting Monday night in the Victoria Hotel, Murray street, in support of the candida ture, nn the forthcoming federal general- election, of J. Albert Plnard, former Liberal member of Parliament for that constituency.

About 250 people attended under the chairmanship of Clem Aubin, president of the club. E. Cusson was secretary. In addition to the candidate, the speakers included Jean T. Richard, Gabe Epstein and M.

Music was provided by the ciub's and Fv Oliver, ventriloquist, also entertained the audience, i CHINESE STATESMAN DEAD. HONG KONG, March S. Dr Tsal Yuan-Pei, 73. Chinese elder statesman, educator and publicist, died today as a result of injuries 1 suffered in a fall in his home. Annual 1 Pre-lnventory sale! Offers you an opportunity buy Genuine Spring- at $25.00 sV 175479 Sparks St See Our Window- aa.

Refugee Capital Benefits Ottawa Valley. Ottawa Valley and Eastern Ontario stand to benefit by the influx of refugees from Europe with capital and with special aptitude in productive directions, it was learned to-day. Former residents of Czechoslovakia have moved into Renfrew county, near EganvUle, and plan to develop a linen manufacturing industry. They' are mem bers of families active in 'the growing of flax and production ot linen in Europe for many years. Contract For Flax.

One group of these former Europeans has contracted for the flax from hundreds of acres of land near EganvUle this year. The farmers are much encouraged by this new demand and the chances are that flax-growing In the Ottawa Valley will reach an Important stage in the next few years. The present intention to concentrate on the development 9C flax-growing. The parties from Europe, interested in the manufacture of linen, will wait for a while before new plants are estab- Ushed in Renfrew county. In the meantime they have undertaken to buy 1 the flax grown by the farmers and ship tt for manufacturing elsewhere.

i Plant For Former German nationals, exiled from Germany because of mixed Teuton-Jewish, blood now are negotiating with a view to thai establishment in Ottawa or Hull off a plant for the making of certain types of clothing. Emigrants from former czecno- Slovakia are busy on newly-established 'goat farms in the Presobtt area and a factory already Is engaged In the manufacture of kid gloves there. Patrol Skirmishes Along Western Front PARIS, March 5. French and German Air Forces surveyed each, other's territory today, and on land there were patrol skirmishes along the western front. The Army High Command statement said "Nothing to CZECH DIES IN ACTION.

PARIS, March 5. The first sol dier of Czech nationality to die oft the French front was Jaroslav Basl, the War Ministry today informed the Cz echo-Slovak national-committee. Basl, a member of the French Foreign Legion, was, killed in action January 9. SERVE ICE COLD piUSUMaVaMl A TREAT vJ THAT'S tARSI HARD GLASSES TO BEAT Oy CUMMING MAHONEY i Authorized Dealers for WESTINGHOUSE RErKIOBBATORS, KAOIOS, STOVES, WASMKSS, SIC 225 BANK ST. 2-1193 NO DOWN PAYMENT UNTIL AFTER EASTER Li FINE 113 Rldesa St.

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