The Lucknow Sentinel, 1940-05-30, Page 6, ;•
THE: LuCKNQ'W SENTiI E' :
.• andput me to "shame!" ,A
300 -mile station -to -station, call
after 7 p.m. (and di day Sunday)
usually costs-, no more than a
• couple ' of movie tickets, With rates that
low, a fellow -can easily keep in touch with
his family ,when he's away from home.
all' them p ... tonight?
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0 lamARS OF PUBLIC ., SBI
IN MOTOR ACCIDENT ON WAY
TO HOSPITAL TO SEE. BROTHER.
A crash between a -milk truck driv-
en by Richard 'Walters, of Goderich,
sand ti private., car .in charge of John`
Collinson; of Kintail, oecur'red at the•
intersection of No. 21 'highway and
,9th concession of Ashfield; last Wed-
nesday afternoon. -
Both machines . were damaged when.
they; skidded into a guard rail and
. the truck''came to rest hanging' •pre -
WEDDING BELLS
• MASON—TODD
A wedding- of wide interest. was
celebrated at St. '
Church, Simcoe, ah Miss Betty, el-
der daughter of Rev. 2R. Todd and
Mrs. Todd, was united 1 marriage, to
Dr. Leonard Mason, •son of Mr. and
Mrs. Williani • E. Mason,' Simcoe. The
bride wore a gown of •ivory brocaded
.satin witli buttons down the back from.
neck to waist and long sleeves • ending'.
in. a point over the .hands.: The long
flowing train and the ,'sweetheart
neckline of •the.• bodice completed'a
lovely. pawn. A`corsage of white gar-
d'"enias was :worn, acid', a white Bible,.
bound. in • leather, 'Willi streanneis of
.lily -of -..the -valley, and a . headdress 'of
orange . blossoms,..ceronef. style, cone
fining *'the long veil, Nvei a:the acces-
ories. .
• • Miss Clemente Todd' was :her sis
ter's maid of' honor, and she was in
pink siljc net with • lace Insets over
taffeta; pale blue: sewers dotting the
'skirt.
The bridegroom was attended,'•by
his brother; •Willis •M•ason, of••Towns•
end,' and 'ushers kere Dr.. Glenn Ban=
nister, .Niagara -on -the -Lake, and Dr.
Clifton ,Kell, of Q•shawa.
The. wedding march was played. by
P. G. , Iarahell; L,R.S::T:, organist of
St.. James: • The..ceremony was per-,
formned by Rev. 'I'..R. Todd, father
of the bride; assisted by Rev. Collin
Todd, .Lucknow,. brother of the bride,,
and Rev. Lawrence Mason, ' Aylmer,'
brother of the groom. .
Miss. Laurel Mason, Simcoe, cousin
of the groom, sang.'. Following ;the
ceremony a reception was held at Si.
James' United`. Church 'manse.
• Following a honeymoon,.. Which will
be- spent, on. a.' trip • to the 'Thousand.
•Islands, Dr: ':and .Mrs. Mason will'
make • their hone. in Simcoe.
variously over the embankment but
both drivers escaped.
Mr. Collinson was on his way to
Goderich Hospital to visit his bro
they; seriously injured a few days pre-.
viously in.a farm accident. -
The
.Week
to
Parliament
By
W. R:
Tomlinson,
M: P.
light Bruisers will be completed short -
1Y. A number •of other . vessels have
been acquired and are now being arm-
ed • for pat/DI-duty, , There are under
construction 90' 'additional vessels,
which include $4 pa • of o essels and
18 ' minesweepers.
The • Royal Canadian . Navy, apart
from the patrol duties on our owe,
coasts, is assisting actively in the
coastal defence of Newfoundland, and
is co-operating with the British and
French. Navies in the Caribbean area:
It ' is also taking an ,active• and im-
portant•share in the convoy duty so
essential if the military supplies- and
foodstuffs -required 'by the Allies are
to cross :the, ocean in security.
The. following are figures in con-
nection with the 'Royal Canadian Air.
Force.:
As, at May 10th of the, year we :lad
May' 22nd,'"1940,
n : day .last the Prime Mini --
sten o -. Canada. gave a concise"`ide'-
tailed; stateanent to,the Canadian pea-
ple of Canada's Waxy effort:- •During
the past two 'weeks; the peoples '8f
the world have been worried over -the
serious situation', in Euroll'e. The gray-,:
ity ;: of ..the situation is illustrated by
the fact the Prime Minister' is giving,
to the. House 'a statement each day
as to the situation in •France. 1
thought • in . this article I 'would , like
to set out it detail what this. Coun-
Ory has done in the way of 'preparation
for War before and since last Sep:
ternber. The past two . weeks have -
.Teen so serious that the D.epattments
together with the War Defence Galin -
.1i1 are. inotking day and night. The
consideration which is usually given
;:o other matters' has been set aside
in the endeavour to meet this terrible
threat and I' do hope that the conte
stituents of Bruce. will "bear with nee
Enlists A Transport Driver
Ernie Brown of Walkerton, mien -
known orchestra leader, recently en-
listed in the 97th Bruce Battery as
a transport driver. '
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'1,389 '.officers,, • 10,926; "airmen • or
12,315 of : all ranks. Theirdisposition
is divided between army,co-operation;
home defeaee, and the . Royal Air
Force ,' contribution to„ the: .Canadian
share of the instructional staff of the
air training plan. In co=operation
with the" army we have' one squadron
overseaswe have a'second squadron
completing its training, in Canada.
Provisions, have been ..made for the
continuous training of reinforcements
for both squadrons in . our army co-
operation school. For home defence,
we have 9 squadrons in our present
'establishment, and will have 12 squad-
rons when our establishment is com-
pleted.
if they find. that I am unable at the
present time to attend to. the, many,
matters about which they have Writ-
ten me. I hesitate to attempt to div-
ertthe, attention of these Depart-
ments while they are engaged in try-
ng tb meet the onslaught in Europe.
• We' in Canada have• no idea jest
,vhat the ,Allies ate passing 'through,;
•vecause • of the. 'distance Which sep-
arates us at present.. ., •••
Extraordinary ,action. • has been tak
en•'• by : the Canadian ..Government in
ze-operation and after discussion .with.
the Allied' command in Britain: Nat-
urally there are certain Matters. per-
taining to military. •prece'edings. which'
cannot •be made .public,' as the ' de, .
tails might' be 'useful' to, the enemy..
It has only : been in the peat two
weeks. that .the peoples of, the . dem-
ocracies •of the- world have .actually
:realized the terrible • strength • and'
brutality of the -enemy:. Sabotage has
• taken, -place in all 'countries • yet , oc-
cupied bythe Germans,'and has +weak-
ened the' defences of all' these count-,
ries..• One '. of -l' the "greatest disasters
has just_ taken •place in France when.
,someone .neglected to ' blow up the
bridges across the. Meuse River and
allowed the Germans to transfer theh
tanks across: - towards the • channel
ports. What the results of this ter-
rible ..neglect will• be it, is -difficult to
tell. However;.. a5 Mr: Churchhill 'says,
if the present battle is • lost it • does
not 'mean that the' Allies are defeat-
• ' ed. We .must. therefore' attempt to
be. as calm as .possible. 'The situation
'.ri Europe is changing "from hour to
hour and what ' may seem dark to
•,rs ,today .may be brighter. tomorrow, -
or, -'it may be. darker still. -
Tremendous sums of money are be-
ing spent each day. in • an endeavour
to assist the •Allies both financially
and 'otherwise on the advice of the
British War Office. I am "going to.
quote the figures as set out in Han-
sard in order that there, will be no
mistake as to the facts.
On the 19th$ day of February the
Returns . From England
,Murray Munro, well known in base-
.
ball aid hockey circles,• returned to
Kincardine last week .' after three:
years spent in. England, Where he was
employed in an. airplane :parts faet-
ory, He plans to'follow the same.work
Bare. The people of .the OldLand are
remarkably calm in the face of threat-
ened invasion and are omitted in their
determination to win the war, he said:
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ambition. That'is to.say, they don't yet own
a McLaughlin -Buick.
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automatic cut-off, built-in automatic choke,
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Lucknow
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In the Canadian. active service force
the personnel as at 10th of May ..1940,
was as follows. The • first division is
overseas, and its strength- has been
enlarged. by .'the necessary ancillary
troops. The number of troops in the
first diitision and its ancilliaries is
23,438. At Canadian military : head-
quarters there are 240 ,.officers.' and
men. The total of men overseas :is
therefore 23,678. •
We have in training for overseas
'service a'second division, with its an-
cillary • troops • amounting to 24,645.
We have under mobilization other:
troops; under the following headings:
Depots and training centres •... 16,28.
Troops engagedin coastal defence
and anti-aircraft work . r,. 9.03E
Troops ' engaged in guarding
vulnerable points 1,665
Other 'troops in Canada 6,223
The total personnel in the Canad-
ian active service force as of May
10th. is '81,519. This does not include
the personnel of the Royal Canadian
Navy and the Royal Canadian Air
Force;
Apart from , these troops overseas
and troops engaged in• home defence
there are troops engaged, in the de-
fence of strategic areas in Newfound=
land, and further assignments of dut-
ies are contemplated in- the Atlantic
area. In the three services as of May
10 more .than 100,000 'men were on
active service. In. addition organize,
tion ..has''been provided for the re -
enforcement of the Canadian active
service force and for the recruitment
as rapidly as, ships can .be put into
commission of the personnel of the
Royal Canadian Navy. Recruitment
of the Royal Canadian Air Force is
intimately, associated with the 'Brit•
ish, commonwealth : air training plan.
The British commonwealth air train-
ing plan is not exclulsively a Canad-
ian undertaking. As the name implies.
it is a joint• plan in which the four
Governments, those of the United
Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Nea
Zealand, are all concerned. The plan
originated with the British Govern=
ntent. The preliminary work -on the
chemewas done by the United An
• Kingdom ministry. Canada cannot al
ter the plan• at her own discretion,
nor without,wregard for the essential
factors of 'the adequate training of
hien to meet the demands of modern
warfare. Neither the commonwealth
air training plan, nor any. other air
training plan can- turn out trained
pilots, observers and gunners immed-
lately after • its inception.. The im-
mediate requirements of' the Uniten
Kingdom air force were and still are
being met, by the training establish-
ments in the United .Kingdom, mhich
were , in full operation at the nut-
'3.reak of the war. The joint training
plan was established for the purpose
of 'maintaining the progressive supply
of trained pilots and airmen, and in-
:reasing it . steadily until the Allied,
air force had attained decisive super
iority over the enemy in the air. 1
can .illustrate the magnitude of tin
elan in no better way than by . givin
vou, a list of the number of est'bli-zt.
inerts required for ith full operation
They are: 4 training commands,: sit
acted respectively at Montreal, Tor -
into, Winnipeg and Regina; 2 man -
ling depots. 20 Royal Canadian Ai
Force recruiting centres; 3 init,r
raining schools; 26 elementary fly -in
`raining schools; 16 service flyin-
training schools; 10 air ,observer:
-tchools; 1.0 bombing and gunnery
-chools;' 2 air navigation schools. 4
vireless Schools; 4 repair depots; '.
equipment depots.
There are also several otherL im
-iortant units, such as a technict''
`.raining school,. an air armamen
•chool. a central flying school. and s+
'orth. In other words. there will b' 1
+ , total of 119 separate , formation n,
ind units in existence. when the play
•s operating at full Capacity. To 11
'astrate the progress already mads
he following is• a list of the units so
.'ar. established: Training cot -amend'
.headquarters' Toronto; Air armament
Trenton, Central.. flying school.
Trenton; Air navigation, school, Tren-
ton; Service flying training school,
"amp Borden; Equipment and ac -
:minting -training school, ,St Thomas;
Vanning Depot, Toronto; Technical
training school, St. Thomas; Initial
training school, Toronto; Equipment
repot, Ottawa. now being moved to
''Toronto;. Equipment depot, Winnipeg;
RTirelecs school, , Montreal; Training
i"iflI lroeadqurerter,, ; zontreal
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THURSDAY, MAY 00th, 1940
ROIND TRIP TRAVEL BARGAiNS`
from Lucknow -
June 7 - 8 To CHiCAGO, $12.50
• PLUS EXCHANGE .
June 8 To WINDSOR $4.45 To DETROIT $4.45
Equally low" fares from all adjacent C•. N. R. Stations. For train
service going and returning. See handbills or consult Agents.• T152 5
CANADIAN NATIONAL
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Minister in''his speech'and the Leader
of theOpposition was allowed to per-
use this document, but it has not ;been
completely published; because of ob_
•
vious , reasons: in view of the' critical
'turn yof ..events in. Europe' .within the
last few.days, the date of the depar-
.,ture , of. tile: Second Division has-been
'altered. and we were advised' yester-
day; that one contingent had safely
arrived. We are all aware that times.
of sailings , and' particulars , 'of that
sort. cannot -be 'divulged. . • .
• The 'Government has reiterated to
the Government of the .United King-
dom.' its confidence, in the productive
capacity 'of the' Canadian plants, • sit-
uated .outside- the immediate danger
zones. The Government has undertak-
. en to assist in the. organization. to
the fullest .use: Of Canadian industry.
-as and, when the British •Government
indicates its wish. The 'statement has;
been • made that the plants..in Can-
ada have. 'not all been producing to
their 'full capacity, but it must. be
understood•that orders . are being
placed.. by. "Canada for supplies•, for
;Canada itself 'and .orders are being
placed. ,by the United Kingdom 'for
supplies desired, by...the United King-
dom'
Our ,War Effort must necessarily be
on, the .advice of the Allied command
and the British: War Office which •has
control of the defences of Europe: IA
third division is to be. recruited to-
gether with Auxiliary. troops: There
willalso. be recruitment in the Naval
and Air 'Forces. This• plan is also be-
ing'.
e-
ing followed inAustralia. They are
also taking • extraordinary proceeding's:
parts .of' Canada that the: War Meas-
ures 'Regulations were too severe, hnd
now theti are asking from these same
places,; that, the 'Regulations be mu*:
to t14,;,,:.
nt.'-Allican say
inose "strange ,
People of :Bruce is. that the, Go day
went• is carrying out from day
all those :measures : advised • by 'the,'.
British War`. Office which will assist
'in Europe. No doubt by the time this,
is printed, -new. phases will have de
velaped in the great struggle for
tlreedom. The task of changing a de-
mocracy at peace to -awar time level
is tremendous. It is impossible to
Wild it large mechanized• army in five.
Minister of Finance' made public 'his
'estimate that for the fiscal year 1940-
41 we would.require for War Expertdi-
ture alone .$500,000,000.. This has
oeen revised due to developments to
$700;000,000 and this is subject to
further revision upwards.We are now
told that the Minister. of Finance' will
.equire $1.100,000;000, during. ,this
•_oming year. -Contrast this with the -
fiscal year of .191546 when the total.
war expenditures on all accounts were
$166,000,000. In the'. last. war there,
was no Canadian Air Force, or any
Air Training plan. Naval• expenditure
for this year will be $100,000,000. In
the eotresponding period for the last
a ar it -was $3,000,000. The needs of
modern.war, also have almost 'doubled
the cost- per man . of maintaining a
division in the field. Total contracts
let to the 15th day of. May amounted.
to $275;000,090. Of these ,amounts
.$200,000,000 have been placed on, be-
half of the government of Canada
and $75,000,000 on behalf 'of the Al-
iied governments. With the exception
of amounts totalling about $50,900.-
300
50,000;700 all contracts have been let in
Canada. Twenty: shipyards. are ' en-
gaged in the production of 90 vessel:
of war.
On, a _question asxed in the House
.today the Prime Minister •' stated. -that
the Government was : giving careful
thought as to asking Parliament' • for
extraordinary powers over persons,
.property and money. This step was
taken in ,the British ' House of • Com -
Mona today. • - • .
•These: are serious times, and Ito• il-
lustrate how quickly' things- change
from: day to day, 'only two weeks ago
complaints ,•were•'• made in different
years or even ten 'years, and, in. the.
words of Colonel .Ralston yesterday
-'The limit of Canada's 'aar effort is '
only the limit of her strength and her
capacity." I
DONNYBROOK
Mr. and Mrs. Ted, Mills of Tor- -
onto spent the" holiday week -end with
the lformer's. sister, Mrs:, Normals''
Thompson and other friends._ • -
. Messrs. Will Craig-'• and Warren ,
Bamford: of Western University,' Lon
don,. were, at:home home . for over Sunday. • ` -
Mr.•• Harry Moss of Glencoe:spent....
the • week -end with' his parents Mr..
and Mrs. Fired Moss. •
.: :Miss • Jean 'Robinson is home after •
-
spending the past few months in Tor
onto: • . .
11Irs. Rachael. 'Chamney of Goderich '
is visiting. with her. .daughter
John Thompson.. • • -
• Mrs: George Naylor' of Dungannon •
was • a Sunday visitor . with friends
at Donnybrook.,' ,
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Robinson and .
Mr. and' • Mrs..Ross Robinson were
,week -end visitors with friends on the
9th line. .
Production is well in advance of the
scheduled timmn. There are undee"r" con
struction 82 aerodromes, 115 construe -
cion projects, including, coastal fort-
`fications, submarine defences an(
hangars. .There are on order '9,00(
motor vehicles, at a cost of $14,000,-
(000, 3,030' of which have already beer.
delivered overseas. War munitions art
being manufactured at a coat of $80,-
000,000. One large explosive plant 1s
ender construction,, a second is it
.'oitrse of orga'nization: l emir al . •e
quipn:ent is being produced at to;
speed, and the •production of small -
arms' munitions is being expanded aro
rapidly as possible. Outside supplies
have been made available . to ensur c
against, a shortage of rax materials
: As at May IOth, 1940, the person-
nel, of the Royal Canadian Navy con-
sisted of 952 officers and 5662 rat
ings. These numbers include 125 Can-
til :and dere rat iTiig;S w11+
: ii,:i••.w.am{+a" rrt'�v b^-�;. ..y.;..y, ,
personel is being incr`eased"as rail
idly as ,possible as ships conte tint+
service. The personel will be increas-
ed to ,a total of 1,450 officers ant'•
' 10,000 ratings by March 31,. 1941.
ITV' addition to our 7 destroyers, w(
have in commission 15 minesweepers
6 anti-submarine vessels, 13 fisher
men's reserve vessels, and 51 othe'
auxiliary vessels. The conversion of r tween the governments concerned iii
three high speed Merchant ships to this plan was, mentioned by the Prime
On Sole Now.,
AR SAVINGS
ERTIFICATES
A direct obligation of the Dominion of Canada ..
"Since the momentous, day of last September, hundreds.
of thousands of Canadians have been asking themselves.
What can 1 do to help win thewar"
"One answer is, By saving!' •Every man, woman and
child • in the Dominion can now make a direct and con-
tinuing contribution to Canada's war rt by saving
not only his dollars, but •also his nicke ' d'mes and
quarters to buy Canada's 1J1
War Savings'Certificates." [,
• • .N1NIS ER CIF FINANCE.
WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES: are repayable in•
seven and' one-half, years. If you hold them to maturity., you
will receive 3% on your money —' your investment ,will in-
crease by 25%. They are sold as follows:—
For a • .55 ,certificate you pay •• 54
$1-
tor a 0 certificate you pay 58.
For a 525 certificate you pay 520
For a $50 certificate you pay *40'
For a 5100 certificate/'you pay 580
TO FIT ANY BUDGET: You can take advantage of this
patriotic and profitable savings plan, whether your savings
are measured in dollars or in occasional nickels, dimes and .
quarters. Canada's War Savings Certificates are expressly
designed to appeal to the mean or woman of modest means
who cannot afford to subscribe to war bonds of• larger
denominations, but who desires to do something tangible to •
assist -the Country's war effort.
CHILDREN TOO: Even'_ children • can purchase War'
Savings Certificates, using their coppers, nickels and dimes
to buy War Savings Stamps at 25c each. Sixteen of these
stamps will buy one $5. Certificate.
DEVELOP THE SAVING HABIT: You can purchaseas
Many War Savings Certificates as you like, up to $500 ma-
turity value in any calendar year. Buy thein when you wish. •
bili them often. Remember, systematic .saying is success-
ful saving _ and your -Country needs your money.
REGISTRATION:. Each War Savings CertifiJate is regis-
tered in one tame only,• and is not transferable.
REDEMPTION: War Savings Certificates cannot be called
.for redemption by the Government prior to their date of
maturity.. The owner, however, ' has the option, after six
month% of 1redennung, his -certificates 4o' •cath t nicd ;rcy
denption values. In Urgent cases. advance notice will be
waived. ,
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Martian; iTepair` Bepbt, Trenton;
School of .adminstration, Trenton;
Training 'command headquarters, Win-
iipeg; Manning depot; Brandon; Air
Craft inspectors', school, Toronto;
ti aiming command headquarters, lie -
Tina ; ; Twenty recruiting centres
throughout the country.
i nia'V say that the agreements be-•
oset 3 tee.e -slime-Bird^
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