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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1940-08-01, Page 3Thursday, August 1st, 1940 I WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES PAGE THREE T Fl— ni— i)r— II*"innw u«■ ii — Japs React to U.S. Qil Curb Tokyo Tim Japanese foreign of­ fice instructed, its ambassador in Washington to investigate the United States curb cm oil and scrap iron ex­ ports .after a spokesman had describ­ ed Japanese reaction as likely to be “very great.” <■ of citizens for purposes pf internal se- curity, Britain Seized Rumanian Ships Bucharest — The Rumanian minis­ try of marine reported the seizure, pf three Rumanian ships by the British authorities at Port Said, Diplomats said this incident was regarded as Bri- Brit-tain's answer to confiscation of ish oil properties in Rumania. Hitler* to Cut Up Rumania Berlin — Hitler put finishing touch­ es on a Danubian reorganiation plan regarded as. certain to involve further dismemberment of Rumania, ferred with the Rumanian Ion Gigurtu,- and Foreign Mihail Manoilescu for 2% his mountain retreat above Berchtes­ gaden. He con- premier, Minister hours in Full Speed for Aircraft Plants Ottawa — Final arrangements' were completed between "Ralph Bell, dir­ ecting head of aircraft production in Canada, and Morris Wilson, repre­ senting Lord Beaverbrook, British minister of aircraft production, .where-, t>y every Canadian resource tor the manufacture of aircraft will be fully employed during the next 18 months, Hon. C. D, Howe, minister of muni­ tions and supply, announced. French Warships To Aid Britain London — Britain manned for duty a powerful squadron of French warships to aid her own forces -against the spreading menace of marauding Nazi torpedo boats, attacking in Bri­ tain’s waters under protection of clouds of German bombers. The ad­ miralty disclosed that a numger of French ships of varysizes are now be­ ing prepared for sea manned both by French naval forces and by British seamen. sea German Raider Off West Indies New;York — Members of the crew of a Norwegian ship which rescued 25 survivors of the British freighter Davisian declared that new fast 10,- 000-ton German raider disguised as a Swedish ship and named the Narvik is operating in the West Indies. She-, carried disappearing six-inch guns, the crewmen said. The raider also sunk the King John, of 5,338 tons. \ ” /• * ■ • Civil Guards to be Ontario Force Ottawa. — Agreement on the form­ ation and operation of volunteer civil guards in Ontario was reached ta a conference attended by Defence Min­ ister Ralston, Air Minister Power and Naval Minister Macdonald "represent­ ing the dominion Government, and Premier Hepburn, Attorney-General Conant and Labor Minister Hipel re­ presenting the” Ontario Government. The federal ministers said there was no objection to organization of bodies ILL.1. 1 — ” W: Nazis Attack Convoy London -— The admiralty announc­ ed that a German plane and torpedo boat attack on -a 21-ship convoy in the English Channel sank five rand- dam­ aged five merchantmen and two Bri­ tish destroyers. The admiralty also announced loss of the trawler Fleming in a clash with four German dive bombers, Two Freights in Collision Strathr-Oy — An. engine and a dozen freight cars were piled in a tangled flaming mass of debris and three crew members were injured in a rear-end collision of two C.N.R. freight trains a mile west of Stratihroy on the double­ track main line. The men were not seriously injured. . Hitler Warns United States Berlin — The United States was warned by Hitler’s minister of econ­ omics that she must be prepared to trade with . Germany on Germany’s terms or suffer a lockout from the commerce of a Europe geared to Nazi economics. , Commit Husband in Murder Trial Brampton — Gordon Ross Matthew aged 21, of Toronto, was committed for trial on a charge of murdering his wife, Ethel, 24, after, evidence, had been heard in a preliminary hearing here. Matthew had previously plead­ ed not guilty. Tihe body of Mrs. Mat­ thew was. found in Erindale pond on July 11. Hitler May Discard Invasion Plan London — Air Marshal Sir Philip Joubert,said the German offensive ag­ ainst Britain^, may be confined to, heavy coast-line raids. Sir Philip said “Hitler may feel that after the time given, us to complete our resistance a full-scale invasion is an unwarrantable risk and that he cap employ his forc­ es more successfully on less well, de­ fended posts. The danger to us will be that we shall run the risk of be­ coming bored.” No Oil to Spain Washington — Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau said that two ship­ ments of oil to Spain had been stop­ ped because the cargoes appeared .'to. be destined for Germany -and Italy. Death Penalty for Treachery Ottawa — The House of Commons adopted a bill strengthening the hands of'those responsible for suppressing sabotage in the Dominion and provid­ ing a mandatory death penalty for those convicted of treachery. 2,823 Missing When Liner Sunk London — Authorized sources sai9 that 2,823 persons are missing in the sinking of the Cunard-White Star lin­ er Lancasttsia at anchor off St. Naz- aire during the evacuation of British troops from France. The 16,234-ton 1 $ NO MONEY DOWN PAY WEEKLY MURRAY JOHNSON • Yes’ that’s right! We have the Goodyear tires you need for safe* • trouble-free motoring at a price to suit your budget . . . and We’ll sell them to yoti on the easiest terms. Save money... ride on new Goodyears . . » enjoy their long, economical service. ° DRIVE IN FOR TIRES TODAY I Wingham, Ontario / % CANADA CALLS upon all her citizens, regardless of nationality, male and female, over 16 years of age, to register on August 19th, 20th, or 21st. Registration offices will be open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. The object of this registration is to ascertain the human resources of the nation so that they may be mobilized to enable Canada to make her maximum effort in the defence of this country and towards the successful prosecution of the war. Here are the questions you will be asked to answer. The card for women will be similar but subject to certain necessary variations, Study the questions carefully now so that you may be ready to give full and complete answers to* the registration officer. REGISTRATION DATES.- AUGUST 19th, 20th and 21st Date of Registration .Month ELECTORAL DISTRICT [No. .Given Names. >4 Name ....Polling Division [no. Name, if any ...Card No. 1. Surname ......... (Print in block letters) 2. Permanent Postal Address (if away from usual residence When filling in card give name of usual residence) ProvinceStreet and Number Rural Route and Post Office Town or City 3. Age last birthday...™™—........... Date of birth.................................................................... ............................................... Year Month Day 4. Conjugal conditions: Single.................Married...............................Widowed...........................Divorced............................. 5. Of what dependents (if any) are you the sole support:— (a) Father™™™™™,,..,.......(b) Mother.............................(c) Wife.,.........™™.™....(d) Number of children under 16 years......™..........................(e) Number of other dependents...........,™.™™™..™.™..(f) Do you contribute partial support to any one........................................................... ........................,..................................................................... 13. Class of occupation: (a) Are you an employer of labour other than domestic?....,.,...........„..,™......™........ ........... If so, state business....,.,............................................................™.........™™....f»(b) Are you working on own account, but not employing labour?.,.,.................... If so, state business................................. ............ (e) Are you an employee? (1) working at usual occupation....™™.™................,.. (2) working at other than usual occupation.............— ..........(3) unemployed. h,™.™™™™™. (d) Not working because pensioner, dependent, retired, independent means... (Specify) .Married. 14. Occupation or Craft:— (a) Present occupation?............................ (b) What is your regular occupation?.. (c) What other work can yoq do well? Years of experience in (a) .... (b) .„. Ad.... 6. Country of birth ’ of (a) Yourself............... (b) Your father...,.,., (c) Your mother...... .Place. «... Place. 7. Nationality or country of allegiance:—British subject (a) by birth?................ (b) by naturalisation?.....™......™.....................(c) Foreign citizen?....™,..,™™..™™, what year?——.................... (e) In what place?.™™™—™™.™™™™.,,™.,, subject, to what country do you owe allegiance?...™™.............................. ............. (g) If an immigrant, in what year did you enter Canada?™™™™™™™™™™™™™. 8. Racial origin............................................................. ™„ • 9. Language asrllanguages: (a) Do you speak English?-™™™™™. (c) Whrttother language “can you speak, read and write?™ 10. Education:: ((a) Primary only....................................'(b) Primary and Secondary..,. , Training '(Business College, Technical High Sdiobl)....™—....™,™™.„,„™.........™™. (ffl) <Oollege:or University Degree?. .(d) If naturalized, in ,...™.(f) If not British ™™(b) French?....—, 4 ..........(c) Vocational IL Dsyxttzr general health (a) good?——™™—™™.,(b) fan?.........,..........—(c) bad?.—., •deaf, riumb, crippled or otherwise physically disabled, state nature of disability. Tf (permanently disabled, axe you in receipt vT a pension?. Service?—..............—..Workmen^ Compensation?....... Other? ifljpecify)........................... ...... 33. If blind, ....................™™....... In respect of War —......lUld AgewiBlind?..................... .. (d) If an emptoyee, who is your present employer? Name...............................................™............................ ................ Address................................................................................................................. Nature of business where employed? (state precisely) ...................»,............ ™™................. -.........-.................................................................... (e) If experienced in a skilled industrial occupation or profession, describe specifically the type or types of work in which you are specially equipped by training or experience.......™,.................................................. 15. Unemployment: (a) How many weeks did you work in the past 12 months?...........................................................™ (b) If out of work now, state number of weeks since last employed in any occupation other than work performed in return for direct relief......™............................................™...........(c) Are you totally incapacitated 'I for employment?................................................................................................. —.................................. 16. (al) Were you brought up on a farm?..................................(a2) Until what age?...™.......................(bl) Have you worked on a farm?...™..—..(b2) How long...........™.™...(b3) In what province or country...................... (cl) Can you handle horses?.......™....................(c2) Drive a tractor?......™...................(c3)Use farm machinery? .............................(c4) Can you milk?..............................(c5) Are you able to do other farm work?.............................. 17. Is there any particular occupation in which you would like to be specially trained?. 18. Defence Services: (1) Have you previously served fia any Naval, Military or Air Forces? If so, state: (a) Forces of what country—™.......................................................................................... (b) Approximate dates between which services performed.............................................................. (c) Unit —— ........... —(d) Rank held .............™z™................................. discharged, give reasons therefor......._____L.......................................... .................................................... (3) Have you been rejected for military service in the present war?......................................... (a) Why?.......................... (b) Where?..................................................— .(2) If retired or This is Your Opportunity to Help in The National Effort. To keep the cost of this registration ;at <a minimum the Govemmenr as asking the ^co-operation of all public-minded citizens in the work of registration. You can jhe^p by getting in touch with your local registration officials and offering your services. WHERE TO REGISTER - Registration offices are being set up by electoral districts iintthe same monnerjas in the last Dominion election. Registrants are required to register an the regular polling-subdivisions •of tiheir <own constituencies. But should a registrant be an some other province or district out of the regular polling subdivision <on Registration .•Days, ffieior she may register at any registration office convenient, upon satisfactory explanation to the local deputy registrar. *5°' • • Your Registration Certificate To every person answering the questionnaire fully and satisfactorily a certificate of registration will be issued by the local deputy registrar. This is a small card which must be carried on the person at all times. Penally for Non-Registration —faafezeito register will make any male or female, married or single, over the age of 16 years, liable to a fine not •exceeding Two hundred dollars, or to imprisonment for alerm not exceeding Three months, or to both such fine and imprisonment, and moreover to a further penalty not exceeding'Ten dollars for each day, a&r the day upon which-he should have registered, during which he shall continue to be unregistered. Published under the authority of HON. JAMES G- GARDINER Minister of National War Services Lancastria, struck by bombs from Nazi planes, took a heavy best which hampered the launching of lifeboats. She capsized and sank within half an hour of the attack. The exact date was not* given, but the evacuation was in mad-June. Rumania Took Over British Oil Wells Bucharest — Rumania’s pro-Nazi Government took over operation of the" country’s largest oil company, thereby placing huge stocks of Brit­ ish-produced petroleum within teach of Germany’s mechanized forces. Greater U.S. Help in Planes London — Lord Beaverbrook told Great Britain that enormous help in airplanes and engines is coming from the United States to bolster the home industry which is giving ships “to the warriors of the air in such condition that they have no match.” He said the United States Government has ac­ cepted a plan under which production for' British account Can reach a total of 3,000 a month. Hanson to Lead Another Session Ottawa —< Hon. R< B, Hanson, of Fredericton, KB., will continue leader of the official Opposition iff the House of Commons at least for another ses­ sion following unanimous indorsation of his dealership in a Conservative parlismientary caucus. i O bl-240 U.S. Plane Shot Down London — The air ministry said .that One of 12 German raiders shot (down during attack's on shipping was a United States dive-bomber the Ger­ mans captured from the French. Bri­ tish Spitfires downed the American- made plane. Britain's Losses at Sea Made Up London — Britain .has lost one bat­ tleship, two aircraft carriers and three cruisers among her larger naval units since the start of the war, the admir­ alty announced. Other losses listed by the admiralty were: four armed merchant cruisers, 26 destroyers, 11 submarines, 11 small naval vessels such as sloops, gunboats, minelayers and patrol ships, and 61 small auxil­ iary craft of many types which were pressed into War service from civilian duties. Losses have been made up by replacement. Move to Smash Fifth Column Havana — Firm measures to stamp out Fifth-Column activities by foreign diplomatic agents or other persons and knit hemispheric defences were urged by foreign ministers of the Am­ erican republics. Simultaneously Cuba went a step ahead of the United Stat­ es proposal to establish a ’‘collective trusteeship” over western colonies of European nations in the event they are threatened with acquisition by an­ other non-American state. Movies Give Ottawa $695,448 Toronto *— Movie houses through­ out Canada poured $695,448 into Can­ ada’s waretime treasury through the sale of “lick Hiller” war stamps in the July 15 movie night, campaign of­ ficials announced. Returns from 61 small theatres are still outstanding and the final total is expected to be $700,000. SAFE DRIVING AT NIGHT Nineteen thousand, two hundred persons were killed at night in motor vehicle accidents in the United States during 1938 and a proportionate num­ ber in Canada where the total number of such accidents was 1,545. In United States, although less than one-third of the total daily traffic was on the highways at night, 59 per cent of all fatal traffic accidents occurred during the hours of dusk and dark­ ness. The amount of driving after drink­ ing is higher at night and the hours of greatest fatigue are the hours of darkness; but the Committee on Night Traffic Hazards (1939) says that lowered, visibility constitutes the. major difference in the hazards of night and day driving. This condition may’be eliminated to some degree by observation of certain requirements: Motorists should keep their headlights in good condition with the lens clean on botih sides, the bulb not blackened, and the reflector shining; the electri­ cal connections in proper condition so as to ensure adequate voltage at the lamps; if the head lamps are aimed and focussed correctly; that is, if the upper beam is used when there are no approaching drivers and the lower, beam is always used when approach­ ing other drivers and when driving on Lighted highways and lighted city streets. The average headlamp on the road is producing less than'half its possible light because of tarnished reflectors, dirty lenses and blackened bulbs. The new “sealed beam” of 1940 cars is designed to provide higher light out­ put in the driving beam for the open road and less glare for the oncoming driver than when the traffic geam is used. City lights are still poor; they have continued much as they were in the horse and buggy rays; they omit rays in all directions at about the same in­ tensity, In many places where modern safety installations have heen. made, there has been a reduction of $7 per cent in the night accident fatalities in the first 11 months of 1938 as com­ pared with 1937. Some cities seek to economize by waiting to turn on their lights until it is quite dark, forgetting that the traffic is the heaviest in the late hours of the day. If any reduction of street lighting is desirable it should be made in the early morning hours of summer when the streets arc comparatively empty. The multiplicity of neon and Other electrical signs in arears where traffic is controlled by stop and go signals has created a problem. Much study of traffic problems is needed in order to make night drivntg as safe as that of the daytime. sally;^ sallied ,YI& VfMT ’..ts ioA-rtiieK 2