Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1940-04-18, Page 7Many any I istoric '.Sites Marked In Canada During 1939 Tablets and Monuments Ara Erected. to Great Canadian • • Personalitlee • OTTAWA — Many outstanding . personalities and events associated; trlth Canada's early history were • *narked . in 1939 -according to a re- • port on historic sites marked by the . Ines and Resources Department: Marking and preserving sates and ,• 0eonuments• Board of Canada,: in- Sluding historians from ail parts of• the country..Pereonall.ties' honored With tablets during the year include 'Sae : Iru 11 Father of Confederatlon1 two „elif aducationists; a singer,. sculptor; a scientist, soldier mad an. explorer.. FATHERS OF CONFEDERATION .In ,Charlottetown bronze tablets ` •wer'e erected to the •menof'Geo.•. "'Velem, Colonel: John Hamilton Gray, Thomas . 'Heath H.aviland, Andrew Archibald Maedouald,• Edward Pal mer; . William Henry Pope and • Ed- 'ward •Whelan, Fathers of Confeder- .. ation who '• represented ,Prince. Ed= • ward Island; Edward Barron C.hand-' ler,,Robert Barry Dickey, Jonathan • McCully and Sir Charles • TuPper;: Fathers•9f Confederation from Cum •beriandCounty, were honored in • Amherst, N.S. At St. "John, N,$•, tablets we e placed in the Pro inial Museum- to the memory of • James de Mille, •Professor of English literature and rhetoric at Dalhousie • University, and George . McCall Thea], noted •' educationalist and historian. . AT KINGSTON; ONT-; A cut stone monument with • a table`. was • erected on the grounds of the Royal Military College; King- ston, Ont., to commemorate the. ser- vices ,of 'Sir James Yeo as Comman- der -in -Chief of, the British :naval forces' .on the Great, Lakes during: the War of 1812. Ac similar Monu- mentwas placed• in St: John's Park In Winnipeg, in recognition .of the services of Thomas.Simpson incon- nection with. the exploration of. the .Arctic coast, of America: •1VMICKIE. SAYS IVEW.,'�OLK ,'THky i A $ORTA `fil.t y,k.I$H •: .A$SIGt,MENJr•-n- &i $ -fH CT 4U(3JE0' TODAY$ .$ERMOM•=,- t11$ .oM'P1N 'AT $oM 'OF YOU$E SHOULD t3E• SEI.WiM' TO U$'IF. YOU SPECT TNI$ NE*$PAPER. `f0 KEEP C01.)‘...4.,TO SOU : L :.r•J, Ten Canadians Are Interned The Long-awaited spring offens ive by ,Germany. came with asud- ' denness that threw the September 1 Blitzzrieg against Poland into the shade. Within twenty. -four hours, the capitals of .two neutral cogntries had, fallen into the Bands of the Nazi conquerors. The eneiree situation in Europe . changed overnight.' Before the • ineev.,.atate••of .affairs could be ac-.' curately assessed ' anil events seen 'in their true perspective,: a, cer- �tain' period of time would ;have, to. elapse.:,' For thea time being, ••of ,course, the wa of ' •I}erves Was • Over. *But , what .did •the•, future hold? ;4 . A number •of important ques- tions, geographic, diplomatic, et'- • onomie, were :raised by H,it1er's • invasion of Denmark, and Scand- inavia: Was the German action merely a counter-move against the Allies. in 'order to .secure bases to break the British . •blockade? Or Was it also a political move; con- sequent • upon which the. conquer - .ed territories would: be reduced' to. • the status of •Austria,.. • Czecho- • 'slovakia, Poland? 'Would- ,the Al- lies be able to drive the German arn,y out of their new entrenched . positions, by air bombardments, by , a .naval vear•; or by land .action? • Would' 'Holland and • 'Belgium be, the • next • countries • 'to undergo 'invasion ' by 'German armies?, , Would .the Balkan , front , be, opened ' up 'while the. attention of the p o w e •r s• Was ...held in 'the north? Weald. Mussolini seize the opportunity" to take over • Yugoslavia and .forma new "Ad-' .riatic bloc"? What • •would 'happen to Iceland, Greenland?. - What ' would; Russia do, should... the,. war , in the 'north be ,prolonged? What effet .Would.,the new 'Nazi ag- ' gressions' have on the neutrality . 'of ,the United 'States?•' One ",thing *as .certain •at the , outset `Germany would now ,• • have butter' as well as guns. The cutting -off of all 'Danish exports to Great 'Britain ' (her • ::'est cus-. • onier) nieant .the release of,enor- 'mous• • s.uppiiee of •butter, •baeon, eggs ' . for • German ..consumption. • The April 9 Blitzkrieg also' assure, ed' ,Germany of vital raw mater-' ials fro'lii Scandinavia iron ore, • iron .pyrites, zinc, „antimony and • timber'• •needed; to, carry 'on .the war. • War Closer Here 'To • Great Britain, loss; of ban- ish• foodstuffs, •Scandinavian raw materials, ..meant a 'greater' de- pendence 'on North ,America, Aus- .' tratia •and New Zealand, fo.r sup= plies. The . increased Allied dee'', minds made ,themselves. felt- -in. 'Canada immediately: with the set-• tingeup of 'a Ministry' of Supply, headed '•byeHoie. C. D. Howe; to handle all. war -purchases. . 1. Thus was Canada drawn closer into the war ... not, just because • Greenland happened' to be a neiglie bour •of ours.•• ..a Ottawa 'Learns 16 Are Now In Germany and One in Bel - `lir., • , g(u'm Prisoner% of War Information Bureau of 'Canada has • aa$nour.ced receipt Of word . respe•ct4$Ig four Canadians, members of_His Majes- ty's forces, who .have been intern - 'ed in Germany, one interned in BAIL m glu, five Canadian civilians irilG' • terned in Germany and seven Cana- • Mian civilians 'resident in Germany ,but not interned. Prleoners of war fu Germany:. Pilot Officer Robert Maxwell Coste, •Royal Air Force, Toronto; Pilot Of- ficer A. B. Thompson, R.A•r•,Pene- tanguishene, Ont.; Hugh Barr,sto- ker oil H.M.S. Rawalpindi, which was sunk by German naval fire and Philip Templeman, R., 1.N"., held In a German hospital. Canadian addresses, of Barr and Templeman were not contained in Information received. Pilot Officer R. A. G. Wills, R.A. F., of 'St. Thomas, Ont., was listed es interned in Belgium - SOME MERELY RESIDENTS • • Charles Grant,. of Toronto, and _;,.., w getgmgat.eS,est,zjal uR innil1eg, altio were listed as held in a 'civilian camp. Others with them whose Ca-' median addresses were ,not avail- able were Thomas .Reilly,t Samuel Beliger and Joseph Et'lips. Canadiaiis resident in Germany but mot interned: Mr. and Mrs.• G. Meimers and Miss Margar'et.;Scot- land;;" alt of Calgary; ' Mrs. Lincke, of ' Vancouver; Hans Welt- ls�• New General. Manager C. P. ,Expresis Company J.' lalgae Coul:et•, vice-president ands general manage..., Canadian Pacific Express Company, Toron- to, who has been appointed presi- dent .and general' manager to succeed the late Thomas E. Mc- Donnell. Thirty-seven ' years . ago, Mr. Coulter joined the Canadian Pacific Express Company as office bqy y at the age of 13 years, and within seven years became chief clerk to the president. • G rderi •rig I es NO HURRY The average amateur starts reper- aliens days or sometimes weeks too sooty and stops long before eatis- factor"y gardening can Continue. With the general run of vegetables and flowers there Is no ,advantage' in ,getting things in while there 10 still danger of serious frost. One 47 or .two 77101r4Vitght, PAW tee. liuelsbach, and. son, Karl, whose • Canadian addresses were not liven. aa€t Baa : ease w fA law': o aid` 5sie►yi tirdeed;rIfths l' Wring the whole •garden. This aaation at• • I —1 •b Plantin g.' Miss England Goes Bssick .the, Land *rine: . M Ftp With' all the men of military age .gone to the warn and with England needing more home=produced foods than -ever before, the women have stepped into the breach with the determination to raise a bumper' 'crop for John Bull this year. Here is a'scene' on a big farm at. Bury St. Edmunds,where women of the land, • army are digging and planting from sunup to sunset. Most ,of these womehhave menfolk at the front or ' at military stations in England. course does not apply to very har- `. dy vegetables or flowers or to the , grass seed. These. should be sown just • as soon as ground .is fit to work. , GIVE 'THEM ROOM Spacing is,:important as even the enthusiast does not care. to spend much time kneeling and thinning. Later' can be saved by . properly spading: the teed'as planted. Corn,.' cbeets,'peas and similar plantswith ig seeds can ,easily be sown et the ;distances advocated on .the packet. • With tiny, seeded lettuce 'or,,alyssum how.ever,.. it is practically inepos- •,sib. to. space by hand but if the seed is first Mixed with a. little sand and the whole sown carefully, plants. will be ,spread out. ' ,'FOR THE OVERWORKED. There are flower gardens that fit ' almost any situation. For `those peo- . ple who have neither the "time nor inclination. there, are plenty of an- niial flowers that thrive on neglect. A..little digging of the ground in the • late Spring is all that is required. Take such. things as alyssum,. the dwarf marigolds, portt,lacaand the California poppies for edging. These stocky hale flowers almost"' seed themselves, crowd out weeds,' do • well inany location, but prefer' the sun and light:soil. Once started they will look, after theeiselves. , • Pupil Exchange Idea Valuable .,'Helpful •to Sltudents and' To Countries, :Promotes: Under- standing andeGood-will There never was a time When mptual understanding among young; people living 'at•a.distance 'from:one another was as sorely'nee•ded as• in our day and age, says the Kitchen er Record. 'So :it is of. interest to.no-. •t ee,'•something of the way in,which 'pin. schools help young, Canadians to become. acquainted in. other pro- vinces 'and other countries. • Each Year brings over • time studentsfrom • the .United States to bur colleges and 'private . schools, in addition .to those who come for senanier. courses. A third or• more of these coine. to our' French language- institutions,, and probably most of 'them are from fa- • milies who were at one ti`nie Can- adian.. EXCHANGE AMONG PROVINCES •• 'Several° hundred •cane 'e-ach Year • • from ATewroundland; especially to our Atlantic provinces, and nearly . a hundred from- the British .West Indies who' also study mainly is t'.'.e ,.•Maritiree's..'Thereeis a consider.' le • R. A. F. Reconnaissance Planes Convoy 'A .Convoy. There are really two, convoys in this picture and the merchant ship below can feel that it. is well protected. Partially visible in the UPPER LEFT is a British warship onii the lookout for lurking German sub- marines, while overhead fly soiiie of the formidable Anson reconnars- Nance planes of tilt Royal Air Force. They are looking for submariaes and for enemy planes as well: CHURCH ATTENDANCE If absence makes • the heart grow fonder a lot of men must love 'the. church. -=Brandon Suri. • • NO .LONGER FORBIDDEN • Hepburn said • that after the el- ection was over the people of On- tario;.might see 'March of ,Time's , .Canada at War. 'Now that the ban . is off•: who'll want to see it? �liamiltfon Spectator. APPRENTICES' AGAIN " Improvenent ;in the industrial situation ,is , indicated by.; ` .an- nouitcement that m".a9ny plant*' aile ,tak ig' on ?apprentices, What, they - should have been doing years age. —Owen' Sound SuneTiitpes. contingent, too, from • the United Kingdom --',larger than usual this year because of the 'boys and girls who ,were touring Canada when the War broke out, and • whose. parents decided they should remain at Can- adian schools rather than go .back home. Other countries contribute at least 300 students a 'year. There is a fairly large movement of studentsbetween, provinces. Nearly 5,000 attend colleges or pri= vate schools outside • of their prov- ince of ordinary residence. The Na ' tional Federation of Canadian Uni• vesity Students, with' the co-ppera- tion of theuniversities,' in recent - years has, facilitated this ex.cliange by : providing • an arrangement whereby students` in: different uni- veesities may exchange places for a year. ' The Book Shell.. • LISTENING TO SPEECHES Just one thing more: The „elec Win campaign. demonstrated.. that ,,people' who •think' 20 minutes is the limit for, a good -sermon sat and listened for 90 minutes• to a political address. .. — • ' • , -=Peterborough Examiner. —o— INTERFERING WITH NATURE When. hens. laid in the 'spring,. • 'as nature intended, 'eggs were , a good price all winter long, Now, that hens .have , been .tricked, into laying all winter the 'best, price for. eggs •is some other time. •Poul- try raisers 'inus't ,feel the sane .about it as a°seasoned,producer who exp. ieimed years ago that . 'fThe , packers :want the kind • of cattle..the farmer' ain't .gut.'! °Farmer's Advocate,, A DOCTOR'S HOLIDAY IN IRAN . 'By 'Rosalie Morton • ' Dr. Morton,' ialnous . • woman, physician and surgeon,' here • pre- sents, an informal, and informative study of Persia, the ancient East-, ern land whish las turned its face • toward progress • at a time when Europe shows signs of -.evolution in reverse. "The unveiling of wo- men," writes . Dr. Morton, "has . caught` the • world's imagination,: , but this is' only a minor phase of • the •awakening of Asia. Iran today • is a •.esson in modernism and an exanmple of youth. rebuilding a world." - Theauthor gives•us a:sympath- :etic picture of the people, the no= mads; the villagers, the city dwei= leis, as they adjust themselves to a new tempo of living in a country as old as time, which..still iooks,to the, future with hope•and • confidence. "A ' Doctor's. Holiday • In Iran" • . by Rosalie Slaughter Morton, M. D.. . . Toronto: Oxford Uni- versity Press . $3.50 •. Farms 'Lands. Value Shows Small Gain- • in' Cahada D.uring,1939 _ In • crease of $1 Per Acre • In its annual• report on farm val- ues %for the year 19'39, the Domin, , • ion Bureau of Statistics states that the' average of 'occupiedlands,. in . Canada in that year, was reported at $25 per acre, an increase of one dollar an acre over the 1938 value,, This is the first increase since the year 1935 When 'the average value rose frem $23 t) $24. Average val- ues arei still much below' the 1926 average of $37• per acre. VALUES OF LIVESTOCK The average values per head of live stock in Cana.da..in 1939 are estimated as follows, with the 1938 'values within brackets: Horses $67 ($71); milk cows, $46 ($40) other cattle, $33 ($27); *total ,cattle, $39 • ($33`); sheep, $6.69 ($5.79); hogs, • $13.79 013.21),' Screams Scare Charging Beast Mrs.Osa Johnson, Wild Gerrie Hunter, , Finds Them Effect- ive in Beating Off Foes;• Girls, if ,a rhin loceros or an, enrag- ed elephantshould charge you, do you know the'best thing for you to do? Just scream, scream ,as loud and as long as you can, or as •long as, necessary to . make the frighten-, ed animal turn and'11111, says a story from Washington, D.C., in the New York Sun, This is the advice given last week by one of the most experienced wo- men Wild' game hunters, Mrs. Osa Johnson; widow of Martin Johnson,' the explorer and writer. • Mrs.. Johnson illustrated her ad- vice' from her own 'experiences: :'Martin and I," she said, "'disliked to shoot any animal we had taken pictures. of. ' • :`• "When an elephant, a rhinoceros THE PASSWORD' 1S OGDE1N11 For rolling g cooler, svjeeter,. more fire grant cig- arette the password w<r• ' en's s Recognized fir and wide as the bes "guard" to true' smokint g pleasure, Ogden's Fine' Cut provides major package satisfaction in•rolling,your own: A of this better cigarette to -y bacco with "Chantecler" or"Vogue" papers -there's a combination that will pass the test—anyplace, anytime; Smokes 'l - Asti For O�gJen's Cut Plus 'or other large animal charged • at me, I would: scream terrifically% Al- most always my scream's would •di- • vert them. I.mast 'have hurt their earleums:' Only rarely was 'I• forced to shoot." Germans Can Eat Festivities At Big. Festities v Allowed Special Rations•. `to Qbeerve• Marriages and Anni- • versariies_ The German, People, • afterseven months of strict food rationing, now ,have the prospect of at; • .least being able to celebrate marriages andan, niversarie's with thecustpiitary din- ner. • Food -rationing offices have been• officially instructed, by the minister for food and agriculture that special rations .may be granted upon appli- , cation for the a family ,celebrations. The ministeiial order, however; limited the number of participants " receiving such favore' treatment to 12. CRIMP; IN SOCIAL LIFE s Food -rationing and• the complicat- ed card system, inaugurated by the government even before the war started,•'put a crimp into all enter- tainment and:Isocial 'life. . With tens pound of meat per per- son per week, and such luxuries as tea and coffee eliminated, from the: German hill of fare. Housewives had their , hands full adapting • them- • elves to: the new style of livipg. LIFE'S LIKE THAT (Nearsighted Officer) "Cut Out the Grandstand Stuff and Get in Line!!!" `REG'LAR FELLERS—Pinhead's Very Tidy IT KEEPS PAINT FROM ROLLIN' OWN HIS .cL.ECySe t • e9 41.