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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1943-03-11, Page 2THIS ORDER DOES NOT APPLY . . wns to of Approved: J. G. Taggart, Chairman The Bacon Board. ••Si? CWNA PUBLISHER THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1943 slipp- ❖ '■v? On- STEPHEN COUNCIL of sec- for medical assist- i IL Kilbor, Clerk. * this roll Weekly Member interests District Dunn, wind- R. D. in Oni* Hands Not Tuesdays re- re- of RATE six months, $1.00 60c Approved and Concurred: D. Gordon, Chairman, The Wartime Prices and Trade Board. Manitoba at Winni- were Whittaker and two Lieutenant John De­ Staff Sergeant James had become seperated we had eaten our meal in wee'kis), a Lieutenant bringing a physic- * * Member of the Canadian Newspapers’ Association; Of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the Exeter OneAWiocate Times established 1873; Advocate established 1881 amalgamated November 1924 PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY MORNING AT EXETER, ONTARIO An Independent Newspaper devoted to the of the Village of Exeter and Surrounding All Advertising Copy Must be Later Than Noon on SUBSCRIPTION $2,00 a year, in advance; three months J. M. SOUTHCOTT It Raises Questions Mr. Hepburn’s resignation, first of the j)re- iniership and lately his giving over of the pro­ vincial treasurership, raises a large number of questions. Eor a number of years Mr. Hepburn has been out of step with the Liberal party, as it carries on in Ottawa. This friction had a good deal to do with his resignation of the office of prime minister of Ontario. Lately, he assures us, and he produces documentary evidence to support his contention, the Dominion authori­ ties gave his assurance that the Dominion gov­ ernment would not interfere with the revenues derived in the usual way by the sale of liquor in the province. This promise Mr. Hepburn al­ leges the Dominion government failed to im­ plement. This failure on the part of the Do­ minion party Liberals, Mr. Hepburn assures us, bad a good deal to do with his giving up the o.ffice of provincial treasurer. The last straw causing his resignation appears to be the failure of the provincial cabinet ministers to resign as a protest against the action of the Ottawa Liberals. When we- come to think of it, Mr. Hepburn has been giving up a good deal. Why has he done so? We have not all the facts before us, but taking things as they appear, Mr. Hepburn has acted on the principle that public men should keep their word. Folk argue that Mr. Hepburn is unpredictable. That is the accusation he lays at the door of the Liberal party in Ottawa. This causes us to ask, “Is it the duty of a man situated as was Mr. Hepburn, with his popular gifts, to sacrifice practically everything for the sake of party harmony? It is urged that all .life, particularly all public life, compromises. s We assert the contrary. Is not the present world war the result of compromises, another name, anyone sees, for appeasement. We believe that a politician binds himself with a lengthening and ever growing heavier chain who tries to carry on by compromise. “Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first We practise to deceive.’’ Appeasement and compromise are evidences of. weakness and this world calls for the strong iyho step upward and forward. When com­ promise is asked- for or suggested, there is a loud call front the very nature of things for wider knowledge and the discovery of a higher , principle. The men of whom the world is proudest have gone that way. The country’s welfare is the aim of the statesman. Victory at the ballot box and the triumph of the party are the slogans of the public’s most dangerous enemies.* * * * They’11 Meet the Occasion Folk are wondering what the young people now engaged in war work will do w'hen the battle flags are furled. It is pointed out that these young people will have become so accustomed to war work that they’ll not be able to get on in civic life. We believe that such anxieties are groundless. The girl who left Algebra and Latin to take up the special duties of the war train­ ing post office, will be able to leave the war post office, for the dairjr and poultry yard and the soiling of muslin or sugar in the store. The boy who let the plow and the seeder and the binder for the work of signalling or plane-fly­ ing or artillery work will return readily to the plow and the engrossing responsibilities of live stock and production of grain. These young people were benefited by the taking of new duties and will prove the more efficient for the careful training they have received while under the colours. They have lived and learned. Hitler Won’t Like This To make a thorough cleaning up of Ger­ many and all her works is the resolve of Joseph Stalin, according to a correspondent who has been on the inside track a number of times. We’ll not be surprised if this correspondent is right. We’d not be surprised if Stalin has been mulling over the wisdom of the fable of The Lark and Her Young Ones. We have no sus­ picions about the white heat anger of Stalin as he hears of the atrocities practised by the Ger­ mans on Russian women and children. That Stalin is white hot angry with the Germans’ spoliation of his plans to make his people en­ lightened and prosperous we have no doubt in the world. We cannot but Wonder if Stalin is weary of the conduct of his allies. He has asked for an attack by the Allies on the western front. All winter long Russian, cities have been burned and helpless Russian citizens have been massacr­ ed. Yet no western front has been opened. Much was said of the war waged by the Allies in North Africa* Yet little success from that quarter has cheered the Russian soldiers who fought and died waist deep in Russian snows. Meanwhile Colonel Blimp has Blimped and London observ- THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE, TOUBSPAY MORNING, MARCH .11 th, 1943 ers have “observed”* Little wonder that Stalin is seeing clearly that if this German menace is to be wiped out Russian soldiery and Russian citizens must do the terrible work. Then has Stalin listened in on some of the talk about what was to be done with Russia when the war is over? If he has we can easily realize that he has no intention of being pushed about. Stalin is an informed, man as well as a bonny fighter. Colonel Blimp or no Colonel Blimp, this new move on .the part of Stalin is bound to prove an epoch-making' event, If there’s to be any push­ ing, Stalin intends to do that pushing, ❖ # w * Those Supplies to Spain Spain has been playing teeter-totter with the Allies and Axis powers. Lately it is report­ ed that the Allies are sending oil and gasoline to Spain. Is this being done to appease Spain and to bring her in on the side of the Allies ? It looks like it and a good many friends of the Allies do not like anything like a continuance of the old disastrous policy of appeasement, We know only too well where such practice has landed us. If Spain approves of the principles of the Allies, she is in duty bound to throw in her lot with them. If the Allies approve of Spain’s way of doing things, they have a right to treat with her along the lines of just principles. This thing of bribing either men or nations to do the right thing is a miserable policy and re­ sults only in trouble. What Now? What js the next step in the political life of Canada ? Mr. Hepburn, the unpredictable, has cast in his lot with Mr. Bracken. And this he has done, without collusion with Mr. Bracken. This step has been taken solely, Mr. Hepburn tells us, as a matter of principle and with a single eye to the welfare of Canada. Where in the political history of Canada will we find a par­ allel for such radical action? Mr. Hepburn has taken the action he has under the gleam of the political sword whose hilt is in Ottawa but whose pdi’nt is at the heart of the political future of every Liberal statesman in the Domin­ ion. Only those who have felt the thrust of the sword in the power of the political machine know the eeriness of the step Mr. Hqpburn has taken, Honest men may well ask at this junc­ ture, “What way, Canada?” At this moment Mr. Hepburn is an outcast with the Liberal party. Mr. Hepburn may well suspect that the Progres­ sive-Conservative party will think twice before taking him into its inner circle. Meanwhile, the Canadian public looks on and wonders. Ac­ customed as that public is to having the ballot box and the emoluments that fall to the politi­ cally faithful, this moment it is asking, “Whose graft is this?” Cynicism is the' inevitable out­ come that comes to a party-ridden country. The step that follows the “Don’t Care” attitude is ruin. When a nation takes the practical attitude, “We qare not what becomes of our country’s welfare provided only our party wins,” its sun is setting and the mourners are going about her streets. Unless Canada wakes out of her party sleep her day of greatness has departed. We may well ask, “What next?” ❖ * * Ting-a-Ling! Ting-a-Ling! Hockey! Last Wednesday evening the merriest ring­ ing of a hand bell and the lustiest shouting of “Hockey! Hockey!” turned fond memory back for many a long day and year. We saw again the old town of bygone days when the town crier made his rounds, giving the important items of the latest news and announced sales and all sorts of public entertainment. This particular crier we have in mind would attach himself to a particularly sonorous horn and blow a blast that would set the wild echoes flying, and, not infrequently, bring down on his devoted head the execrations of quiet-minded but disinterest­ ed citizens. Usually such a public servant was considerable of a wit even if he were not m,uch in the way of literacy. # * Welcome Back Mr. Churchill is welcomed back to his usual health and to the resumption of his public duties. As we extend our greetings and our congratula­ tions, we venture the hope that he will be allow­ ed to pursue the tenor of his way unmolested. The trouble is that he will likely be asked here and there, thus having a grievous burden added to his already colossal task. Only those who have done a little in the way of speech-making have any conception of the exhausting strain public speaking requires. When to the strain of utterance is added the responsibility attach­ ing to every phrase and word inseparable from one of Mr. Churchill’s speeches, it is readily seen how unfair it is to ask the prime minister to speak on any but the occasions directly adher­ ing to his public duties. Self-Motivated Over there in Sweden they have done the rest of the world at least one better. That is to say, in one bakery they have inserted an aparatus in the oven that collects a gas that is instantly distilled into something like an alco­ holic gasoline that is sufficient in amount to drive twenty-four deliver}’' trucks. This is the sort of thing we like to hear tell of. All around us there arc materials of one sort and another which, when properly understood and directed, will make our land wealthy and powerful be­ yond all description. Note and Comment We congratulate the Americans and their friends on the splendid success they are achiev­ ing in the Pacific. $ * Meanwhile we can at least hope that Hit­ ler’s plans in .Russia will be carried out—on a stretcher, for burial,—Stratford Beacon-Herald* 15 YEARS AGO Parsons—-Walper— At James Street United Church parsonage on Wednesday, March 14, Jean Evelyn Walper, daughter of Mr* and Mrs. John Walper to Frank Kieth Par­ sons, -son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Parsons by Rev. D. McTavish. Scholarships were presented to the following at the High School Commencement t Entrance, Joseph Creech; general proficiency, Form 1 Margaret Penhale, Kathleen Wise­ man, Ivan Stewart; -Form 2, Hazel Hay* Isobel Russell, Irene Bierling; Middle school, J. Alexander Addison Harry Joynt; Upper school, Ella Morlock, Newell Geiger. Miss Mor- loeW received the gold medal for Upper school and delivered the vale­ dictory. Margaret, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Hern, of Zion, was taken to Victoria Hospital on Sunday for an operation for ear trouble. Craven—Watson—At the United church parsonage, Crediton, on Wednesday, March 14, Mary Mil­ dred Watson to Mr, Linwood Crav­ en, both of McGillivray, by Rev, E. S, Hiscocks, Mr. Herman Powe is spending this week it Barrie at the L. O. L. Grand Lodge as a delegate from South Huron of which county he is county master. . 25 YEARS AGO Storm did considerable damage in this district on Saturday last. There was a terrific wind accompanied by sugar-like snow. The wind came from the east at a tremendous rate, Thunder and lightning also prevail­ ed. -Considerable damage was done to barns belonging to George Freeman Perkins and to the mills owned by John Cann, Hunter and Phin Hunter. Miss A. Fish unfortunately ed and fell on the ice one day last week and fractured a small bone in her ankle. Cpl. William Jeffery, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Jeffery of Usborne, who went to England with the 161st battalion has been awarded a Mili­ tary Medal for distinguished con­ duct. Returned soldiers who intend taking up farming will secure 10 O' acres from the Ontario government. Mr. William Melville has been confined to his room at the Central Hotel during the past week? owing to illness. 50 YEARS AGO The population of the city of Tor­ onto is 5^5,271; of which 89 per cent is of Protestant persuasion. A most destructive fire which threatened severe destruction of the town, broke out in the residence of Mr. Rd. Davis on Wednesday caus­ ed from a defective chimney. The firemen succeeded in saving all the contents. The Parsons Produce Company, Centralia, are making preparations for a large shipment of apples and eggs to Winnipeg. -Over 40 0 settlers for and the Northwest arrived peg Friday. Of these 250 tario people. • The Council if the Township Stephen met' in the Town Hall, Creditoil, on Monday, the 1st day of March 1943 at 1 p.m. All members were .present. Minutes of the prev­ ious meeting read and adopted on motion of Herman Powe, seconded by Arthur J. Amy. The Clerk reported that he had ceived a cheque for $2,488.33, presenting Government Subsidy 50 per cent allowed on the 1942 ex­ penditure on roads. .F. C. Walker interviewed the council with regard to obtaining a grant for the Blue Water Highway Association. It was decided to give a grant of $50.-00 the same as last year. >G. E. Faist, Collector of Taxes, presented his statement of tax col­ lections to date and on motion of Thomas Love, seconded by 'Nelson Schenk, he was instructed to con­ tinue the levy and collection of the 194.2 taxes until the 27th of month when he is to return his to the Treasurer. Carried. On motion of Nelson Schenk, onded by Herman Powe: -Pay Sheet No, 3 amounting to $282.32 and the following orders were passed: 01’- ders, Police Village—Share of 1942 provincial Subsidy: Crediton, $4.65; Dashwood, $54.94; Grand Bend,’ $190,33; total $.249,92; Municipal Wbrld, supplies, ,76c; George A. Mc- Cubbin, copies Of Plan No. 25, .$2,00 Provincial Treasurer, insulin account $2.54; R. J, Lovell Co., Ltd., assess-, mont rolls $21,60; Hydro Elec. Com. hydro account, $6.15; Waterloo iMut. Fire Ihs, Co., prenium on town hall, $23,00; Dorn, of Can. General Ins. Co., premium oh treasurer’s bond $20,00; Treas. Co. Huron, hospitali­ zation, Gossman, $15.75; Blue Water Association, grant,’ $50.00; V. Schatz, relief Tyler, $12.00; Carried. The Council adjourned to meet again in the Town Hall, Crediton, oil Monday, the 5 th day of April 1943, at 1 p.m. TO ALL HOLDERS OF SLAUGHTER PERMITS and of LICENSES TO SLAUGHTER HOGS Because of the urgent need of securing the quantities of BACON and other PORK PRODUCTS necessary to meet the wartime re­ quirements of the United Kingdom, and the consequent necessity of curtailing slaughter for domestic use in Canada, the following action has been taken under a new Order of THE BACON BOARD, concurred in by THE WAR­ TIME PRICES AND TRADE BOARD. ON AND AFTER MARCH 1st, 1943 fl ■ Persons not already licensed to slaughter hogs under previous orders of THE BACON BOARD, but holding slaughter permits from THE WARTIME PRICES AND TRADE BOARD, shall not exceed 75^ per cent of their 1941 average weekly number of hogs, slaughtered by or for them for sale or further processing in Canada. (See fol­ lowing paragraphs for further explanation regarding areas con­ cerned.) THIS ORDER APPLIES . . . . . to all who hold slaughter permits from THE WARTIME PRICES AND TRADE BOARD and who are located in what is generally known as old Ontario; to all those holding such permits and located in or slaughtering for sale in any town or city with a population of over 5,000 in the Maritimes, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, and that part of British Columbia known as greater Vancouver. . . . to holders of slaughter permits in any part of what is generally known as New or Northern Ontario, or British Columbia excepting the greater Vancouver area. . . , it does not apply to farmers slaughtering hogs for consumption on their own farms only. (These do not require slaughter permits and are not subject to this new Order.) Persons already licensed to slaughter hogs under previous orders of THE BACON BOARD will continue operations under their present status. That is, they are still restricted to 50 per cent of their 1940 weekly average for distribution or sale in Canada. Medical Aid Given Survivors by Nephew of Hensall Resident Cloaked up to now in the anony­ mity of his last name, a McKees, Pa. doctor was revealed the latter part of February to have been the Navy physician who saved the life of at least one of the companions of Cap®1 tain Eddie Rickenbacker after that harrowing nightmare journey on storm tossed rafts in the South Pacific. Lieutenant William J. Hall, 30 of Pittsburg Pa. son of Joseph M. Hall, McKees iRocks, Pa. real estate deal­ er, wrote his father that the censor had finally permitted him to men­ tion the "Rickenbacker” incident. "I was the medical officer the pap­ ers referred to as Lieutenant' Hall, who was flown to a lonely island to give medical attention to three of the survivors who were cast ashore.” Lieutenant Hall wrote. "It was quite an interesting incident.” .Lieutenant Hall, a graduate of ■'the University of Pittsburg School of Medicine and a practicing physician in McKees Rocks for four years, en­ listed in the navy four months ago, later being transferred to the Mar­ ine Dorps. Lieutenant other men, Angelis and W, Reynolds, from Rickenbacker and the others toward the end of their long des­ pairing wait for rescue and finally landed on a tiny island. Natives took them to a nearby American garrison, Which radioed ance. "Soon after soup (our first navy plane landed,” Whittaker said, " ian, a Lieutenant Hall, who began the injection of glucose that saved Reynolds’ life. Lieutenant Hall also ministered to DeAngelis and me,” In his letter home, Lieutenant Hall said members of "our outfit” picked up all of our Rickenbacker party, and that our commanding of­ ficer got a commendation from the general in this area for the fine medical attention the survivors re­ ceived, Of course we wore all hepp*} ed up about that. In addition Lieutenant Hall, two other sons the McKees .Rocks real estate man are now in service and a third, Rob­ ert, 19, a student’ at Penn State has been classified 1-A for induction soon. The others are Captain George F. Hall, of Meadowcroft Avenue, Mt. Lebanon, married and the father of a two-year-old child, stationed at Portsmouth, Va. and Staff Sergeant James M. Hall serving in Australia. Lieutenant William J. Hall’s moth­ er is the former Miss '.Rose Yung-' blutt, a native of Hensall, Ontario, and her marriage was solemnized in Hensall. His grandfathei’ was the late George Yungblutt, a merchant for many years in Hensall. He is also a nephew of Mrs. James W. Bonthron, of Hensall. Briggs-: "You say your wife went to college before you married her?’’ Griggs: “Yes, she did.” Briggs: "And she thought of taking up law, you said?” Griggs: "Yes but now she’s satisfied to lay it -down.” ----------------------- 2 WOODHAJM (Too’Tate for last week.) The W.M.S. met on Wednesday, March 3, in the church basement with Mrs. Fred Mills in charge of the pro­ gram. Mr. William Sinclair is at present quite ill and under the doctor’s care. We hope he will soon be up and around again, W'e are sorry to hear that Mrs. F. Doupe met with an accident and broke her an'kile again. It Is now in a cast. The burial of Mrs. Thomas John- ' son of Saskatchewan took place on Tuesday in St.Marys. She had been ill for a number of months and was staying near Listowel, where her niece, Mrs. Zurbrigg was able to- keep in touch with her during her illness. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson lived for a number of years'on the John’s home­ stead, one jnile and three quarters south of Woodham on No. 23 High­ way, Miss Ethel Wilson, of St.Marys, is i visited with Ml', and Mrs. Wilfred Wilson, of the Base Line. Mrs. James Squire spent a few days last week with her daughter, Mrs. Laverne Stone, of Kirkton. Mrs. -Charles Law, who has been with her husband during his training at Quebec, is visiting for a month with her parents here while her hus­ band is training at Camp Borden. Mr. and Mrs. James Earl, of Zion, spent Monday afternoon last at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Squire. Mrs. Whitfield .Switzer is in Tor­ onto this week, the guest of her* son- in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Louth. SWEET CAPORAL I "THE PUREST FORM IN WHICH / TOBACCO CAN BE SMOKED,** Mother Not to Blame for the Children’s Colds Despite all the mother can do the kiddies will run out Of doors not properly wrapped up; have on too much clothing; get overheated and cool off too sud- denly: get their feet wet; kick off the bed clothes, and do a dozen things the mother cannot help. ■Half the battle in treating children’s colds is to give thern something they will like; something they will take without any fuss, and this the mother Will find in Dr. wood’s Norway Pino Syrup* a remedy used by Canadian mothers} for the past 48 years. Brice 35c a bottle; the large family size, about 3 times as much, 60c, at all drug counters. The T, Milburn Co,, Limited, Toronto, Ont,