The Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-07-01, Page 2PAIGE TWO
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THE LUCKNOW 'SENTINEL, L'UCKNOW, ONTARIO
,TH'URSDAY, ULY 1st, 1943 '
THE LUCKN9W SENTINEL
LUCKNOW,' ONTAI[U Q
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L.:C: T'hompsorl, Publisher and Proprietor
THURSDAY, JULY lst, 1.943
ED•ITORIA.
THE PROXY , VOTE
The Globe and .Mail has , launched Into,
°„trnany. a tirade 'regarding the pro, vote, all of
which ,appeals to • us as a tempest in • a teapot.
We do not think an election was necessary
or desirable, but on the basis of the stand •
taken by Mr: Nixon -'he was committed to call,
:an election . upon` becoming premier.
a e.-.v5i'e dme y't
efe ding' the o=te...
plan, ' but •it was 'enacted at the 1942 session
of the Legislature :and would naturally 'be im-
plemented upon . the calling of a ,provincial el-
ection.
The G. and M. -says the proxy vote virtually '•
disfranchises those who are fighting for a. free
• • —End se tet a`UUot-lnset ieory °''t'haterriay-be�-s =. ,
but ' actually how many Ontario boys-. overseas
are ,much interested, or concerned about cast-
. ing a secret ballot, er any ballot, in an Ontario'.
election. • •' •
Our guess that if .most of these young':
men were asked if they wanted to cast a secret
ballot,. they would reply to, dad, mother, their
wife or best friend, "oh, we don't know what's':
going. on politically back ,home, ' you vote for
me as you think best". They 'don'.t know, and
we venture to.say don't care much. When they
receive ' letters from home from loved ors,
they . Would not thank them for a. summary . of, .
what Mr. Drew says about Mr. 'Nixon,' and what
the 'Premier says in reply.
Those boys' are over ' there with• a job
do, and if they are at all 'interested in any
government back ho'rne, it is in the.,., Federal
government, and 'their,.•pr'aise or' displeasure of
things 'political is directed at Mr. King.
'It _might- surprise us:. all, the nurnber of
boys overseas .who would-be unable to name
• the Premier of Ontario.' or 'the. Leader of the
Opposition, ,or . the member" in , his own riding.:
This would riot be. due to -ignorance, but rather
to indiffei;ence, An iri"difference that will van=
ish when theboys return, and will. expect ,and
demand an opportunity for civilian rehabilita-
tion.
In the meantime,proxy voting, or any other
.'system, is probably quite satisfactory to the
boys- over there. .4- does .give, the :politicians
and the newspapers back home 'something' to'
wrangle about, in a .pre-election campaign that
to 'date. is-ri't even luke warm:
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Twas y •
morning,
We can't recall having ever seen the hay
crop' so good ,in Lticknow before. r .
• $ * ,*
•
It was never more irrrportant than at the
present time'to love thy neighbor -,=particularly
if he has a go6d lawn moev"er and a complete
line of garden.tools-and you haven't.
- STICK TO WAR :`SAVINGS CERTIFICATES
No better interest rates are paid ori' any .
Canadian War financing securities than on War
Savings Certificates, if you hold.... them until
full maturity. •
•They.. are meant®to be .held,- not cashed..
• Canada' promised 'that" it would cash'` the cer-
tificates under certain •circumstances, but this;
was done .to. avoid hardship' ' in special cases„:
not 'because .cashing' a Certificate before mat-
', urity was anything but had for the owner and
bad for Canada.
That. promise • will be'kept of course,• as
Dominion of Canada financial obligations. have
„always been kept,. to the letter. But too many
' thoughtless owners' of. War Savings Certificates '
are•asking Canada to ;give'them'back their. cash
now—without any .good' ' reason; ” 'except ..'that
they want to. spend the money -and at a time
when 'the money is badly •wanted to fight' the
,. Battle of Freedom. • . • --
Every person who buys a 'Certificate does
a patriotic action, -and at the same time gets
- - �1i nseTi a go- d u ves t er'errt . arab- - sushi.
against post-war hard times. .
Every person'who cashes in a Certificate
unnecessarily, does an unpatriotic action, Cheats
himself of part of its value; 'and. weakens the
shock absorber which may sav�.•hixn from nasty
post war bumps.
o----` Th• esCertificate• dor->which ,you -pay
is worth $5 if you' keep it to maturity. if .you
cash it in after six months you only get $4;for.
it. Net' loss $1' '
• . And actually you. lose more than that,.be- .
cause'' by' spending your . $4 at present high •
prices you get less value 'per dollar than 'you
will'.. when '.prices ars. baclf to'normal. .
Farmers have learned all about the dif
ferenees in the purchasing • power ,of money,'
by painful experience! That is -one reason ,why
they are ..among the least offenders ' in this
Matter. The group. which shares this honor with
_u,_fa ri ers=is- h--ffnanc' roup--the7-r=rere-who
each year buy the. maximum' amount of War
Savings Certificates allowed by the' regulations:
The financiers • to whom one-tenth of on:e'.
• per cent means a lot of, mgney—who,understand
' ' the' exact value of money and interest in. terms
• of 'what ' it is really worth, ' hang ' on to their
War Savings 'Certificates like grim death!"It ie
the .best' paying thing they can . find in'Car!
adian war; investments.. It' is so ' good in fact
'that in order 'Ito 'prevent them .buying huge
amounts of• War Savings Certificates instead of "
Victory Bonds, the Goverrrment'� limits their
•. purchases to • $480 per head, per year: ' • .
• Luckriow's 'second Blood . Donor Clinic' will
• be held 'next 'Tuesday. A minimum, of . nin'ety.
volunteers is needed and 'as yet:the response
faIls•'far .•short of' that number.
• June has-been better, but' it' looked at • the
start of the 'month as. if it was not going.;'to
be a case of °lWhatis so;rere'as. a day in June!'.'
but rather ``What is' so rare as>•a June' day?
' : a million ddllar in ' earl Monday'
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Bombs in. general use by the R.A.F. it 199
weighed 500 pounds. By March, 1.942-' neete •
weighing' 4,000 pounds were e u: ed and br.. `'f`-
tember 1942, Germany commenced expersenc.
ing- the devastation caused by bombs
8,000 pounds. 1 •
Although summer. resort towns are . antic-
ipating an average, influx of holiday '•visito .
it 'is' predicted in the States that millions', cif
.Americans 'will stick to their own back'yard
, this' summer, Mowing lawns and raising. victory
-gardens--arid "occasionally opening the garage
doors to take a peep at the' , old car.
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There is • little sense in 'writing a letter ',
or sending' a parcel to •a boy' overseas unless
-care is exercised to see that it will get to its
destination.. Wrapping . is important. and ad-
dresses should be written 'plainly and be coir -
plete in every cletaih:°Every., day no less than,
500 letters and 150 'parcels •arrive, at the"base•
post office rewriting redirectory service. .
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Wentworth County oCouncil wants the el-
ection act amended to provide for compulsory
voting and' penalties for failure to • exercise the
franchise... Why not. complete the dictatorship
by telling us" how we must 'vote. Bruce County
Council., we are glad to say, didn't see fit to la
suppdrt this'resolution, which was 'submitted
Meat rationing in Canada -isn't very° severe
when compared with Great Britain where a
family of four gets 41/a pounds of meat weekly,
and in"Germany where they get 31/2 pounds.
A, h y' •. k
Little thought is ever given to the 'im-
por:tance of paper. For instance, and it'is almost,
inconceivable, over thirty tons of blue print
parer are • required for the blue.. .prints of_ a
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is the fact. that PO, X")r,r,; lel ;4Cr �!...- . ' ; �,� �.��sf;� •' .
is donating $10.)0 a rrtrinth
• pay to the Red Cross as irrrCe-: f:s• sure•
Of war. Ali. yell, on his inatret ,.d•set ;,:,, , ::'
made a liberal centril-,ttirn iri `r.i: f,:rr,�� >'•��.: '
the' National campaign'for._funds; 67.40er .-° r�•. ra :s k,:r � u t, ,fl f's
Local and General
'Clearing Sale of Hats, Saturday,
duly' 3:i -d'. B. ROBERT-S€}N.
Mrs. Arthur Stewart of Detroit
is visiting 'with her sister,` Mrs.
Harvey Lindsay and Mr. Lindsay.
Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Bushell of
Hamilton l .spent the ' week -end.
with Mrs. R': , J. Cameron. .
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley. Alton, and
son Elgin spent the 'week -end at •
the home -of -Yin -and Mrs..Albert
Alton
'Miss Janie Alton, R.N., is en-
•joying" a vacation. ,in -Vancouver
and . Victoria, B. °.0 ., with several
girl• friends. ' .
- • Jack Campbell. visited in
Guelph. last week with his laugh=
ter.. Audrey, who has• not been
Dr. and Mrs Clarence' McMi
lan who had been holidaying in
the community returned to 'Tor-
onto. last week. .
'Anniversary . services 'will' • be Mrs., Melvin Irwin' has moved:
held in Ashfield Presbyterian to town, to occupy the residence'
church on. Sunday at 11 and 7.30 which.•she recently purchased
v`!;iith Rev, Dr. A. Q. Thompson of from. Mrs. J. W.Treleaven and
..Aub rn the • uest s ® eaker. _ which is better known as the old,.'
Tenant home. ,;' . .
Mr. and Mrs.' W. V.:Hessey and
Mrs. Rathwell and little'daugh-
ter Betty Kae, .who have : spent
some time :with Rev. • and. Mrs.
. W. Donaldson, left on. Monday
for. Edrnonten..
The ' Misses' Mary and Minnie MissBarbarag
Smith,. who.have. been employed. is .visiting' at the home -'of her
at -Galt for some. time, visited •sister,MVirs. Gera d•Rathwell. Bar -
with their aunt, Mrs: Aldan Turn- bars underwenta major•', opera-
er, before leaving, on Saturday tion 'some. time ,ago and has not
for their home in the West, • yet regained her strength:
Mrs: Herb McQuillin and Car -
end with friends' here.
Mrs. Peter McCall visited last
week at. Kitchener and Bruce -
field. v
1Vir. , Fred Beal of Hamilton . is
spending this. week at the. home
of,. W. T. Roulston. ' • .
Nlr and'NIrs. Nelson Webster •,
and children .of Windsor spent' ,
the week -end at, the home of his.
mother, Mrs. Dave Alton and Mr.'
Alton.
Mrs. Harry -Wolfe and daughter,•
Mrs.' Ca1N•Cressman ' and daughter •
Sandra 'Margur• ite, of Waterloo • ,
spent the ween -end' with F
and John MacDonald. •
• Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. I3abkirk
.an ,_-Miss..-�C,reamor and•
Mr. Butter of.. Munro- were re-
cent visitors here with Mrs. Hab-
kirk
and the Graham' family.
Mr. Boyer`.' MacDonald of Van-
couver . visited' this past week •
with his niece, ' Mrs. E. N. • Hod-
gins. >• It : is'. about 50 years" Once
he last visited here. .
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Pagan of Toron
. 's Pa a
Ottawa: - Letter
By A: M. Nicholson,
June 25, 1943. and early fall the situation
many parts of Canada will be cri-
tical", said .Mr.. Howe.
.Madame Chiang Kai-shek's vis-
it.. last week crowded Hon.. C. • D.
Howe 'gout of ',the weekly .letter. :'1 he subsid . r p+1 an . ati 'tounced on
•
After Spending nearly':ttsroweeks th 4th of .:March 10' app1, .until:•••
on the Minister's. estirriates he has the end of .June hag been eterid-
been voted his 'requirements for'..`: ed to '.Deceiriber 31s.t. ' In midi- ' ,
another•• year: The total of over
'three billion to be expended dur-
ing the,hvelvei months gives us
some ,indication of the develop-
ment in this :new Departnient.
Canada's first budget for the'
first .five months after confedera-
tion. reported .expenses of 'jusct
over five .mil'l'ion dollars. This a-
mount would just barely .pay for.
half a day's, spendings by Murii7.
tions and : Supply . The sums of
money translated' into • materials
represent . weekly. production of:
80' planes,- 4,.000. motor vehicles
and ..450 • fighting vehicles,-.. + 940
heavy. guns, and 13,00 smaller
m
weapons: Amunition'factories
ars_ •snaking • 525,000rounds • of
heavy' arnmunitiem and 25,000,000
rounds r,f ssrnall, arms ammunition
ee ee: week., Chemical and explos-
ive intiu.s
xplos-
ir-eir,o'us trif.t s have a weekly 'opt -
Put .of 10,e0ri tions. Our factories
erridpp.c•c; ()Ver. feet million dollars
x'°,rth of in.:strurr,r:nts. and corn-
rfenc..tetieris equipment, while 500
• =aJ3ps ;nd 8.00e aircraft .ere, being'
s'ueel ie'l .1<,r the United . Nations
iefe,kl y XP>vring 'the pa• t• meek the
Wi.ctektf, rr:'it/or -vrr)'ric)e.hsss been
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tion, the transportation subsidy
will be paid to dealers who will _
make available slabwood and
cordwood, which otherwise. would _-
pot i°nove to the Market: The. Fuel
Control office is .particularlyanx-
ions that municipal. organizations
'will apply for •dealer's "licenses
and -provide as large a' bank:. of•
cordwood""as is " possible. Accord-
ing• to those familiar with the coal
-situation, ' it •vyould appear that
the large ---volume "of American
coal usually' available for Cana-
dian `
consumptio'will be drast-
ically reduced and . that coal
shortages next winter :may re,
sult in weal hardship. s :
The • members of the ' Empire
Parliamentary—Association have.
spent from 10 to 1, every morning
this week iri conference with vis=
iting delegates from`' Great Brit-
ain; New' Zealand, Australia and
Bermuda. While the meetings are
held in 'camera, the 'discussions
have served a very useful pur-
pose, Included' in the delegation
are members -of ' various political
parties in the other nations of
the Commonwealth and views ex-
presscd indicate'some of the pro-
Mems which must be encounter
cd as the free nations have -to
pool their resources and ideas to
destroy the totalitarian states. It
has been felt that if conferences
of this sort could be held more
frequently -so that the • -different
mcembers of :the commonwealt
could exchange • ideas and .return
tn" their own peoples with firs
b;irid inforroation, much less mis-
enth rMtanding would occur.. One
of the visiting delegatesin sound-
ing . a challenge for leaders. who
rr,t ld like to sed a better, world-'
fleeted the old couplet:, "1 sought •
I:i;,ppineesi' and it alli.ided rne: I
tui niel• to service . and "happiness •
Petrel inc,", •
To AA) 1N' preventing,a possible
tifewnr,el t' rnine next winter, 'the, ,
pet led during which •the Governs
feet& will subsidize cordwood
t,refluction has been .extended to
t, ,_c"><*rlr bers..:3M1• .a . , -,
-fGl`u.n;?i is .Minister Howe._