The Wingham Advance-Times, 1941-05-15, Page 3Thursday, May 15th, 1941 WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES * FACE THREE
IWhen busy hands
pause and.
Say Stalin to Fight With Axis
New York Alexander Kerensky,
former Russian premier who led the
revolution against the Czarist Govern
ment in 19X7, expressed belief in an
interview that Joseph Stalin’s assump
tion of the premiership indicated Sov
iet preparations to enter the war on
the side of the Axis powers,
Churchill Receives Vote of Confidence
London —— The House of Commons
gave Prime Minister Churchill an ov
erwhelming vote of confidence after he
disclosed that nearly 500,000 Imperial
soldiers stand guard afainst the Axis
in the Middle East and that Britain
expects enough new American merch
ant ships to see her through 1942 in
the Battle of the Atlantic.
PERONSALITY PARADE
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Left an orphan at eight years of
age, and working as a farmer’s assist
ant at eleven, f.or a wage of sixpence
(12 cents) a week, Ernest Bevin, Bri
tain's dynamic Minister of Labour,
has had an extraordinary career.
When he worked on the farm, young
Bevin used to read -the paper every
night to his employer who had poor
eyesight. This started his interest in
public affairs. In his early life he was
successively page boy, tram conductor
and vanman, His spare time he spent
Ut ftn Adult School,
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BELIEVES IN DIRECT AC
TION! When he first stood for elec
tion to the town council, he was still
driving a ginger-beer cart, One day
he was driving his -cart when he heard
his election opponent shouting to a
;rowd, "Bevin’s no good,”
Without a word, Bevin left his cart,
went right up to his rival, a hefty
longshoreman, and.threw him into the
river.
This believer in direct action, a
prominent leader in the British Lab
our Party, is popularly regarded as a
coming Prime Minister. He will be a
good one, too,
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QUEER PENSIONERS! Insects,
birds and animals may not be "person
alities,” but so far as the British
Treasury is concerned, many of them
rank as “Civil servants,” and are sup
ported regularly from Public Funds,
many .of t'hem receiving a weekly al
lowance,
The most famous of these "Civil
servants” is Rufus, the red Persian cat
belonging to the Treasury itself. He
gets a weekly allowance of 36 cents,
and then there is the Consulate cat at
Buenos Aires, in the Argentine, who
is shown on the books as getting six
pesos a month.
The Army supports a large number
of animals, including an ox and ft don
key, which live at Gibraltar, and of
course the famous Barbary apes on
the Rock of Gibraltar are regularly
maintained from Public Funds.
A number of calves come under the
care of the Ministry o,f Health, and
■ also uncountable mosquitoes. The
calves are used for the regular produc
tion of vaccine; while the mosquitoes
the Ministry are trying their best to
get rid of.
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POPULAR COMEDIAN. George
Formby, England’s foremost comed
ian, is becoming almost equally pop
ular both in Canada and the United
States, as a result of his recent com
edy films.
He is one of Britain’s biggest tax
payers, and only the other week sent
in his cheque for income tax amount
ing to more than $200,000.
Incidentally, he is waiting a call in
to the Army, for 60 cents a day pay!* * *
WHAT’S IN A NAME? Few
countries can have had rulers with
more fitting Christian names than
•those of Nazi Germany. Here are the
meanings of the names of her "big
noises” — Adolph Hitler, Rudolf
Hess, Hermann Goering, Dr. Joseph
Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler and Gen
eral Wilhelm Keitel,
ADOLF — "noble wolf.” — As if a
wolf can be "noble” any more than a
rat can! More like the Big Bad Wolf.
RUDOLF — "famous wolf” —- fam
ous, but still a wolf. As Hitler’s No.
1 deputy, Rudolf Hess is a bird of a
feather . . . !
HERMANN —- "public army man”
«— well, Goering is very public
■there’s such a lot of him! But he’s
slipped up on his name a trifle, as he's
head Air Force man.
JOSEPH — means "may he add-”
As chief propagandist and Ananias, he
has proved to be a very good "adder.”
It is strange, though, that Germany’s
bitterest anti-Semite should bear a
Jewish name, for Joseph is Jewish.
HEINRICH — "home ruler” *—
Oddly fitting for Himmler who, as
chief of Secret Police, the Gestapo, is
ruthless ruler of every German home
and hearth.
WILHELM — "helmet of resolu
tion” — As Germany’s shrewdest
army commander, Wilhelm Keitel’s
name seems to fit him very well, too.
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THE LIGHTER SIDE
____ OF LIFE
Notice in Irish church: There will
be a procession next Sunday afternoon
in the grounds of the Monastery, but
if it rains in the afternoon the proces
sion will be held in the morning.
A Scottish farmer visited the villager
school and tested the intelligence of
the class by the question: "Now, boys,,
can any of you tell me what naethmg
it?”
After a moment’s pause a smart boy
in a back seat rose: "Ie’s what ye gied.
me the other day for holding your
horse.” *
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“Yes, it must be a terrible thing to
go through life without your limb. But
you must remember it will be restored
to you in the next world,”
"Yes, mum, but that doesnt’ encour
age me, for it was cut off when I was
a baby, and it won’t come within a
couple of feet of the ground when it’s
restored.”
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“How did your wife like the diam
ond brooch you gave her for her birth
day?”
“Delighted! She was very sweet for
a couple of days. But she’s herself
again, now.”
,|s $ * sfc
Young lady visitor to Southern re
sort: “Are people drowned very often
at this place?”
Old Salt: "No, lady, only once.”
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“Fashions may come and fashions
may, go, but there’s always a demand
for cosmetics.”
"Yes; women can’t go wan forever.”
Take a minute to relax,
and things go smoother.
Ice-cold ’’Coca-Cola”
adds refreshment to
relaxation. So when you >
pause throughout the
day, make it the pause '
that refreshes with ice-cold •
"Coca-Cola”.
Authorized Bottler of “Coca-Cola”
STRATFORD BOTTLING COMPANY
STRATFORD
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To Cut Car Production
Ottawa — Under an order announc
ed by John H, Berry, motor vehicle
controller of the Department of Muni
tions and Supply, Canadian motor
manufacturers must reduce .substantial
ly their output of passenger automo
biles during the production period
from April 1 to December 31, 1941, as
compared to -their production during
the same period in 1940. The order
does not cover trucks or commercial
vehicles.
Iraq’s Army Dispersed
□Cairo — British armored forces and
airmen in pursuit, Iraq’s army has
scattered over the desert, strewing the
sands behind them with armored cars,
trucks and canon. British headquart
ers also said the small Iraq air force,
left high and dry by the failure of
Germany -to fulfill a promise for de
livery of a number of planes by May
2nd, had been destroyed by the Royal
Air Force.
of being in the United States illegally.
U.S. To Have War Games
Washington — War games involv
ing a record total of more than 550,-000
troops were ordered by the United
States War Department, which dis
closed also that study is being given
to retention of National Guardsmen in
service beyond a single year.
Canada, Britain Get Ships
Washington — The Maritime ■•■Com
mission approved 'the charter of 25
United States cargo ships, owned by
the Alcoa Steamship Company, New
York, to Canadian and British inter
ests for transport of bauxite, sugar
and oil.
CANADA
CALLS
Canada has reason to count her blessings in these days of trial.
Canada is three thousand miles away from the sound of guns
which are devastating Europe.
The broad Atlantic Ocean rolls between us and the ruthless
savagery of the German Armies.
The strongest fleets in the world — British, American and
Canadian—patrol the sea between us and the enemy.
We have a great friendly nation, probably the richest and most
powerful in the world, at our side.
Indiajn Ocean Raider Sunk
London—The British cruiser Corn
wall, hunting down enemy commerce
raiders in the Indian Ocean, has sunk-
a German auxiliary cruiser believed to
have been the 21,131-tom trans-Atlan
tic liner Hansa. I't was the first en
emy raider caught in the Indian Oc
ean, where numerous British merch
antmen plying. between British ports
and India,' Australia and the Far East
have been lost.
Allies Lost f 106 • Ships Last Mohth
London — British, Allied and neut
ral merhcant shipping losses during
April were 106 ships, totalling 488,124
tons, the Ministry of Information an
nounced. This was the highest mon
thly toll'announced since the start of
the war. The previous high was slight
ly more than 463,000 tons in June,
1940, a month which included the
Dunkirk' withdrawal losses.
U.S, Aid Direct to Allies
Washington —- The direct or almost
direct, delivery of United States sup
plies to British fonces in the Middle
East was strongly indicated by a mari
time commission announcement that
American ships soon will be sailing
into the Red Sea,
Italy Admits 98,000 Casualties
Rome —‘ Italian military headquart
ers admitted casualties of Italy’s arm
ed forces totaled 98,928 in April, in*-
cludihg the Balkan and African cam
paigns and an unspecified number not
reported in previous lists. The list
showed 5,884 killed; 17,986 wounded;
and *75,058 missing,
U,S. Stages Another Round-Up
New York **- Fashionable hotels,
clubs and restaurants were 'Invaded by
immigration inspectors and city de
tectives staging the second roundup of
the week against foreigners suspected
Germans Use Flame-Throwers
Cairo, Egypt — Three hooded Ger
man infantrymen armed with flame
throwers attempted to blast the Aus
tralians out of concrete fortifications
at Tobruk, a report from that seaport
said. An Australian a short distance
away saw 50-foot flames dart out of
the flame throwers and lick around
the concrete. Then t'he flame thrower
itself caught fire and set ablaze the
tank behind which it was towed.
Britain to Conscript Seamen
London — A broad plan of con
scription for British merchant seamen'
and others with sailing experience for
the merchant fleet was announced by
the Ministry of Shipping.
Would Oust Deadwood
Ottawa. — Coupling a plea* for low
, railway fares for soldiers With a re
quest that Defence Minister Ralsiton
tell, the House of Commons if he is
satisfied with present and past recruit
ing methods, Capt. G. S. White (Cons.,
Hastings-Peterboro) said in the bud
get debate in the House "the people
demand that the best military brains
be in charge of oUr forces.” He said
he wanted to know if the defence min
ister ever considered ?<havimg a house
cleaning and throwing out all the dead
wood in the defence department.”
Willkie Urges Safe Delivery
New York — Wendell L. Willkie
told a freedom tally in Madison
Square Garden that tile United States
must insure the safe delivery of war
materials to Britain by "convoying —
patrolling-airplane accompaniment —
or what not.”
After French Navy
Washington — Germany's offer to
lighten the armistice terms imposed on
beaten France was regarded in infor
mal quartets here as an effort to "soft
en up” the French people ftnd induce
them to "collaborate” with the Reich,
posibly by turning over their navy.
The offer, as disclosed in Vichy dis
patches, "envisages” a 25-per sent re
duction in France’s daily payments to
Germany,
CANADA CAN AFFORD HER SACRIFICES
«■ This war is a mechanized war.
We have the nickel... copper... lead .. □ zinc and other metals
the war industries need. We have access to the iron. We can
make the steel.
We have the organized industries to fabricate these metals and
make the trucks, and tanks, and guns, and planes, and the ships*
We have skilled workers and the plants for mass production*
Canada has the wheat and the food supplies.
Let us count our blessings, and tighten our belts.
. Canada is rich—one of the richest countries per head of . popula
tion in the world. Let us lend our strength to the utmost of our
power. Our national future depends upon Victory.
We must win to live.
THERE WILL
There have been many calls upon the people of this country
for money since Canada entered the war at the side of
Great Britain.
There will be further calls.
Let us face the future unafraid.
Canada can carry the load.
But every Canadian must shoulder his and her share.
This is the most critical hour in our history. Let the future
historians say of Canada, as they will say of our Mother Country:
“This was their finest hour.’*
Get under your load,..and LIFT
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, CANADA
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