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Montreal, Jan. 30. Brother Andre, the "Miracle Man" of Montreal, whose body awaits burial nt St. Joseph's Oratory, which he founded on the slopen, of Mount Royal over 25 years ago, was born Alfred Bessette, son of a poor labourer, at St. Gregoire de Iberville, a small village some 30 miles from Montreal.

One of ten childen left destitute on his father's death, when five years old he was taken in charge by his uncle at St. Cesaire, on the Yamasin.

River, north of Montreal, where he Hived till his fifteenth year.

Sickly and with little education, he could not stand manual labour, and sought work in Connecticut, where he remained till he was 23. die had al- ready developed a deep religious fervour which attracted the notice of the cure of St. Cesaire, and he was admitted to the Order of the Holy Cross.

For 40 years he acted as porter,,, door-keeper, and messenger at the boys' college conducted by the Order, living chiefly on bread and water, performing humble offices for pupils

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His saintly life and strange capacity to heal gradually made him the ob- | Jeet of a pilgrimage by the sick and others seeking consolation, So mark- ed were the results of these pilgrim- ages that Andre's work became the subject of acute controversy in the Itoman Catholic communion, but the hierarchy declined to interefere and he was finally permitted to |build a small shrine near the college. NEW CHAPEL BEING BUILT Gifts of money by the devout en- abled him to erect a chapel about the shrine, and this became the Mecca of visitora, whose numbers grew so great annually that the original Oratory Is now being replaced by a four million dollar structure, part of which is already built, and in which are crutches, canes, splints and other mechanical aids in great quantities left by persons healed.

America,

Called the Lourdes, of Brother Andre's Oratory was visited by 150,000 pilgrims annually, but the venerable founder remained.

man

say

of deep humility, who would simply, "I am nothing and I have done nothing. It is the good St. Joseph."

Never ordained a priest, he retain- ed to the end of his long and re- markable life the simple attributes of a habitant boy. He was greatly beloved, and his worn body awaits burial thousands crowd his Oratory.

The story of his life was written by the late Mr. George Ham, of the Canadian Pacific Railway, who, though a Protestant, revered Brother Andre and gave him his ille of. "Miracle Man."

Engaged To

130 Girls

Athens, Jan. 30. PETER SAKIS, also known by

three alloses, was arrested at Salonika to-day and accused of obtaining money from 130 girls to whom he was "engagod" in ČILI.

Sakis kept a file and photo- graphs of his victims,

lie told the police that he was unmarried.

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From her Hollywood home she sald: "Am I going to marry Robert Taylor? Well, that question has travelled such an awful lot of miles l'd botter and- wer it Here is the answer; 'Nossir'...and that's, deBulte.

"We are good friends, Bob and I,1 but no marriage plans or anything like that. My marriage with Mr. Frank Fay has just recently been dissolved and I couldn't go through all thaé again.

too modest actually, but marriage with him-mossir.

We go places together. I get elbowed aside pretty often by the that's friendship--not the fons trying to get near him, but trail to

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'AWFUL THRILL' sloned. But that's the way of it. I am absolutely against marriagé. . . "I'm getting an awful thrill talk- "Anyway, Bob Taylor is looing to London. I've never been to England. I'd love to pay a trip, young for marriage. and at the make a film there.” moment too much of an idol.

I asked her about the Tollywood Don't imagine he's conceited. He's wetic-end news about Jean Harlow and William Powell flying of to married.

What British M.P.s

Saw in Spain

Graphic glimpses of devastated Madrid are given in the Spanish war diary of Captain J. R. J. Macnamara, M.P.

Captain Macnamara was one of the six British M.P.s who recently visited Madrid to see the civil war at first hand.

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It is a nightmare Madrid that he pletures in his sixteen-day dlary.

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unmarried; about Grete Garbo threatening to leave Hollywood for good,

She said: "No, I can't tell you any- thing about Bill and Jean. And no one ever knows anything about Miss Garbo."

Miss Stanwyck sighed: "It's awfully early in the morning to be talking so much about

riages and things, but I'm grateful to you for giving me an opportu- nity to put this thing about Bob Taylor and me straight.

"You will be an angel and boy in nice big type-No marriage with Robert Taylor. No marriage with any one. No marriago again ever least that's my feeling now."

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"Neither side takes prisoners of whole party was feeling hungry. We war," writes Captain Macnamara, stopped in various villages but could summerising his impressions an get no food. Queues many hundred exciting visit. "Both sides, however, yards long wait eight hours for hold an enormous number of host- loaf of bread wherever we go. ages or political prisoners. Both sides shoot these mercilessly.

"There

"At the Embassy we met three members of the Junta, the supreme

are thousands in prison Council of War of Madrid and also MORE

and thousands murdered outside Government of the city since they prison whose only crime is that some- took over when the Government left. one else does not like them. About

**To our surprise 14,000 of all sorts are now in prisoni

wo inter- viewed three lads who said they in Madrid. Some 35,000 altogether are supposed to have been shot."

were 21, 23, and 25, Knock off two years each and one would, I Captain Macnamara's

party think, bo more correct. wrote a strong letter to Senor Caballero about this, and he has now appointed a committce deal with the question. Here are some extracts from M.P.'s diary:

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"We were taken to see the Madrid front line. We drove, if you plense, i to within 50 yards of the sandbags. Trams were running up to a few the streets back, conductors solemnly returning fares suying 'We don't go as far as that to-day."

"We were driven 80 miles out on the Saragossa-Barcelona road. The

THE CORONATION

Demand For Seats Exceeding Supply 30 GUINEAS THE HIGHEST PRICE

The allocation and prices of the scals erected by the Office of Works to view the Coronation procession are now being considered, and it is. understood that on announcement will! probably be made towards the end

of this month.

be affected,

Despite the MIPS' elforts Inspect prisoners of war, they were unable to maceriain that any were being spared.

CHANGES

IN THE ARMY

ARMOURED TROOP CARRIERS

MACHINE GUN COMMAND

By A Military Correspondent

Army reorganisation is still under review, 10

Changes announced a year ago reducing the number of horsed cavalry regiments-and-creating - new. machine gun units are now taking effect. It is in relation, to the com- position of the mobile division and of the infantry brigades that further changes are contemplated.

The biggest air raid Captain Mac namaru saw was the arrival at lunch-time of 10 Junkers. Another raid killed 20 and wounded many

more.

FRANCO HELD UP Captain Macnamara, summing up the position, writes in his diary:

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The whole object of the discussions modern warfare. To this end drastic has been to organise the Army for

changes have already been made in certain units with a view to increas- ing mobility and striking power, and affording greater protection. A wider range of action is another indispens- able factor.

MECHANISED CAVALRY

Traditional cavalry regiments of been reduced to ten. The substitution the line will in a few months have

of machines for horses in eight rcgl- ments was begun this year In the 2nd Cavalry Brigade. Next year the same procedure will be followed In the lat Cavalry Brigade. This, with the two regiments previously con- verted to Armoured Car Regiments, brings the mechanised cavalry regl- ments to ten.

"The military stiuation seems to be a stalemate. Franco, with some 20,000 or 30,000 men, is at- tacking Madrid from the cast, He is held up. Without rein- forcements he cannot encircle it, and everyone is asking where will he get reinforcements? The sites taken by the Occ of Works are in the Moll, Constitution the Government forces are too

"Bath his Ranks are exposed, but Hill, the cast carriage way in Hyde Park from Marble

equipped, untrained, ond Arch to Hyde ised yet to take advantage of this." Park Corner, Parliament Square, Whitehall Gardens overlooking the Embankment, New Palace Yord, Victoria Memorial Gardens in front Warsaw, Jan. 30. A Warsaw newspaper thus tabulat- Government sites in Whitehall.

of Buckingham Palace, and various The ed "real wages" of labour in three number of seats available and the .countries:

method of allocation are not being United States:

Mr. David Fingard, inventer of a For two days' disclosed yet, so that private dealings new inhalation treatment for asthma work, a shirt, a pair of shoes and shail not of the Omce of Works leave England this month by order the Infantry of the Line

The conversion of two battalions of u hat; 60 days' work, a

and other respiratory diseases, has to the Foot Guards and 13 Regiments of car; 500 An official days' work, a small home with

(20 told a reporter recently, "Applica of the Home Omec. Efforts to secure battalions) to machine-gun units was garden,

tions from individuals for seats can-permission for him to remain here another and important part of the Poland: Two days' work, shoe; 50 days' work, a bicycle; 500 with through organisations."

one not be accepted; they will all be dealt have been unsuccessful,

scheme to provide an up-to-date days' work, a tarred-roof, wooden On the occasion of coltage.

the Silver General Sir Hubert Gough, chair-Army. The underlying idea of the about 26,000 seats at the cost price of establishment of clinics for the free could, when employed as a division, Jubilee, the Office of Works provided man of a general and medical com- mechanisation of the cavalry tegi-

mittee formed to raise funds for the and range of action so

ments was to increase their mobility 12a 6d a seat. The

that they proving a much greater altraction

Coronation lat treatment of

respiratory diseases

by than the Jubilee, judging by

Fingerd's method,

co-operate with the Tank Brigade. toid dermands for seating accommodation.

the London reporter that although The mechanised

Mr.

cavalry, "There are ten times more appli-coun

Fingard had to SHAKING HANDS cations for seats than there were for magnanimous to determine that sut motor cavalry units and light to

leave the

were originally proposed, country, he had been sufficiently

composed

саг of armoured Jublice," sald an official of a firm of ileket agents. The demand terers in this country should not be units. The armoured car and motor is exceeding the supply.

deprived of his treatment, for cheaper positions. We have tens especially

units were to form a reconnaissance

while

the men of the cavalry would ba (mechanised) at under five guinens, and it is very so that it would still be available to carried in light motor vehicles. The doubtful whether we shall get them all, sufferere. all. The highest prices

are about thirty guineas-for seats outside the Abbey. Good all-round scats are go- ing for ten or twelve guineas.”.

Ruzda: Two days work, a pair of bark shoes; 50 days work, two buggy wheels; 500 days work, a mud cabin.

CONSIDERED ANTI-FASCIST

Rome, Jan. 30. STERN warning has been issued to all Fascists by the party secretary against shaking hands. This civilised custom is considered In Italy to reveal anti-Fascist Icanings.

the

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opinion now prevalling is that the vehteles should be of the type of light armoured carriers; that mobile "I think you will agree," Sir Hubert, division of the type contemplated added, "that this country should be must have more protection than was open to him to come and go as he afforded by the vehicles proposed in pleased."

the original scheme. ---One-would-have-thought-after 15-

̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄NEW PROPOSAL years, that susceptibilities of this

One clinic had been established at sort would have vanished. This is

Manchester and another at Slough.; The infantry brigade organisation evidently not the case. The Fascist

At Manchester and elsewhere the of threa ride battalions

·and ano warning is accompanied by a velled

Folkestone, Jan. 28. treatment had been of inestimable machine-gun 'battalion, primarily Six small phials, each sealed, were benefit to a large community, threat that those gulity of the

the Many Intended to reduce the size of "symptoms" of shaking, hands may

washed up by the sea at Sandgate, medical men. Sir Hubert added, were division and at the same Ume in- lose their party ticket.

hero yesterday, They were using the treatment with great suc-ere In the party. Order Sheet the packed in a wooden box and lave cess. It was to be available for all arms as compared with riflemen, has crease the proportion of supporting secretary speaks of this habit "which been handed over to the Coastguards. and especially the poor,

also undergone certain mod nine- persists as a revealing gesture almost

It is not known yet whether the

Lleutenant-General Sir Harold It is now proposed that the always not in keeping with the Fascist spirit."

are Fawcus, formerly Director-General, gun battalion should be withdrawn He says that those who dangerous or harmless, and the Re Army Medical Services, is vice from the three rifle battalions and believe the prohibition to be merely a ceiver of Wrecks has asked that they chairman of the committee, Other placed directly under the Divisional Tel. 30986 cuprice of the accretary are "Indi- should be handed over to him to members at Margaret Countess of Commander. That, It is contended,

viduals absolutely incapable of morrow. breaking away from old habits and

In the meantime, every care is be- Suffolk, the Marquess of Donegall, would make for flexibility and help dayold of will power,"

ing taken of the box and its contents, and Sir Arthur Stanley.

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