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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1942-02-12, Page 3• .Thursaay, rebruary 12, 1942 roarrecreerearaerla- What o£ Tomorrow's Children THE THE hapPiness of our children and our children's children will depend upon what we do today to In- sure it. WE know the peril we face; they don't! But they will have to endure a hopeless future if we fail in our duty towards them today. WE are not only fighting to•preserve our own freedom but to perpetuate theirs. So when you buy Victory Bonds you are not only investing for your own 'sake but for the' sake of all those, near and dear to you! Buy the New Victory Bonds Corvett Rage Sub Ottawa, — Pieces of wreckage, a German seaman's coat with the mime Schmidt across the back, three Pieces of human flesh' — these are evidence of a sea engagement in which one of the Royal Canadian Navy's squat little corvettes tracked down a German sub marine and blasted it to the bottom with depth charges. • • japs. Have Eyes on Java If Java, site of the Allies' South- west Pacific command and richest and hest-developed island in the Nether- lands East Indies, is to be the next target of a full-scale Japanese offen- sive, that attack probably will come from the swampy, fever-ridden shores Of Boreno, only a few hunderd miles away across the Java Sea. Because of its wealth and its strategic value alone, Java can be assumed to loom large on Toklyo'$'map of conquest. A Philippine Quisling Washington, -1- The United States war department reported that !Gen, Emilio Aguinaldo, Philippine insur- rection leader, has joined the Japanese invaders in an appeal to Gen. Douglas MacArthur's forces to surrender, A. late day communique said that Aguin- aldo "is apparently being put forward by the Japanese as a sort of. Philli- pine Quisling." Device to Stop Torpedoes Melbourne, — Franklin Barnes, an inventor, told interviewers on his re- turn from England that he 14d invent- ed a device to prevent torpedoes from reaching their targets., Barnes declar- ed "Soon there'll be no torpedoed ships," McNaughton, Pleads For Tools Montreal, Gen, A. G. L. Mc- Naughton, Canada's No, 1 soldier, cal- led upon Canadians to "send us more and better tools so that with them we can bring this war to.a victorious con- clusion with the minimum loss of life on the part. of the fighting forces ar- rayed against the totalitarian dicta- BRAY Ile CHICKS The Wingham Advance-Times Admits Dissatisfaction in Germany Berne, Propaganda Minister Goeb- bels acknowledged here is, consider- able dissatisfaction in Germany over the Rpssian campaign and food and fuel shortages, but explained these complaints on the ground that the people are "overworked and irritable," Heenan Acting Mines Minister Toronto, Premier Mitchell Hepburn announced that Hon, Peter Heenan, Ontario minister of labor, has been appointed 'acting minister of mines, re- placing Hon. Robert Laurier, who re- signed. New Set Up For ,Reserve Army Ottawa, The new set-up for, the Canadian Reserve Army, an army to be composed of men not eligible by age or' medical category for active service, was announced by the Depart- ment of National Defence„ The reserve will be organized in 11 litigade groups, one in each military district and each complete with the an- cillary troops and services usually as- sociated with a fully-organized bri- gade overseas.- One : of the brigade, grOups has been already organiied on the Pacific coast. The Defence Depart- ment's statement said future enlist- ments in the reserve will be restricted: To •men under 19 .and over 35. 2. Toe those in• the, intervening age groups,. who have been rejected for overseas service because of medical category. 3, To those who have been granted postponements from active service be- cause of key employment in war in.- dustry. Train Hits Car, Four Die In one of the worst fatal accidents ever 'to occur in Middlesex County, four Lambton County residents were killed, a fifth gravely injured and an- other escaped with only a minor cut when the car in which they were rid- ing-- was. struck by the C.N.R. Inter- national Liinited in Stratliroy early ThurscIty morning. Western Canada Special Bargain Excursions, FROM ALL STATIONS ,IN EASTERN CANADA GOING DAILY FEB. 21 - Mar. 7, 1942 Inclusive: Return Limit 45 Days, TICKETS GOOD IN - Coaches, in Tourist Sleeping Cars or in Standard Sleeping Cars at Special Reduced Rates for each class. Cost of accommodation in sleeping cars additional. BAGGAGE CHECKED. Stopovers at all points enroute. Similar Excursions from Western to Eastern Canada During Same, Period. Tickets, Sleeping Car Reservations and all information from any Agent. ASK FOR HANDBILL T, 2-27' FA AM Ti ()NAL: Miners Will Work if -- , Kirkland Lake, -a The Kirkland `Lake local of International Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (C.I.0.) said it had sent a telegram to Prime Min- ister King offering "inutiediate re- sumption of full operation" at eight strike-bound district gold mines if the prime minister would assure "protec- tion against reprisals" and mainten ance of senority rights. May Serve In. Canada Washington, — Negotiations are proceeding between Canada and the United States to permit Canadians residing in the United States to serve in Canadian forces when called up under the American draft laws, Big Synthetic Rubber Plant Sarnia, — Authorization for the es- tablishment of a synthetic rubber manufacturing concern has been given by Hon. C, D. Howe, minister of munitions and supply, according to word received here from Ross W. Gray, K,C., M. P. for Lambton West, who is in Ottawa. Canadian Prisoners at Kowloon Ottawa, --'National Defence head- quarters issued a statement saying authorities in 'London believe that Canadian troops who took part in the unsuccessful .defence of Hong Kong and now are prisoners of war, have been concentrated with the rest of the British garrison at Kowloon, main- land section of the Far East Colony. Drew and Mitchell Team Up Niagara Falls, Out,, Premier Hepburn and Lt,-Col. George Drew, ,Ontario Conservative leader, declared from the same platform on which they appeared in support of Douglas Watt, that if a protest was made strong en- ough Prime Minister King might have to call a general election instead of the plebiscite on conscription for overs,eas service. Beaverbtook Gets New Post London, — Lord Beaverbrook, who accompanied Prime Minister Churchill to Washington, became Britain's ister of war production in a now Cab. inct past made to order for closest co-ordination with the work of Donald M, Nelsdri as United States war pro, Auction chief. Ilsley Warne of sabotage Ottawa, — This year's War program for Canada will demand "the extreme limit of what this 'country can do," Pinanec Minister L, ilsloy warned the RoitSe of Commons as he defend. red the Government's proposed coil. stripaon Plebiscite as a 'natural, lion, aw • Lighted Windows warn prowlers away. Always leave a fewlanms Nonni' g when you leave your home for the evening. Remain., her, a bright light for sixteen hours costs only 14 at Hydro rates. Canada's National Parks, which have long been among the greatest summer playgrounds of the Dominion, are gradually developing their winter attractions. This is practically true of some of the parks situated in the Rocky and Selkirk mountains. In Banff National Park, Alberta, the Mount Norquay, Skoki Valley, Sun- shine . Valley, and Mount Assiniboine regions are the chief centres where winter sports facilities such as chalets, camps, and .ski-runs have been devel- oped, - Jasper National Park, also in Al- berta, has a downhill ski-run on the Whistlers Mountain, and camps in the Tonquin Valley and Maligne Lake regions, The rolling slopes of Mount Revelstoke National Park, offer de- lightful opportunities for skiing and Many world records for ski-jumping have been established on the famous Revelstoke Hill, In these parks are to be found boundless winter play- grounds on alpine"slopes covered with deep, powdery snow, amid scenic grandeur that defies description. PHIL OSIFER OF LAZY MEADOWS By H, J, Boyle' SAVING WAYS Uncle Eph is not a man who has any use for war. He deplores it most heartily. It is a tribute to his nature that 'when war broke out he switched rapidly from criticism of all world powers for having indulged in the last war to to constructive criticism aimed at winning the war for the side of righteousness, The war however gave him a principal of joy , that'of tell- ing each and every one of his relatives and neigh-hours that they should cut down on their wasteful ways arid be- come more saving. Eph has been ati advotcate of sal- vage for as long as I can remember. It is almost an obsession with him. In fact the story is told that on the rare occasions when he has his hair cut he makes the barber spread a paper around the chair and lie takes the hair home With him. When you consider how long his hair is. and how it curls in a flowing • gesture like miniature silver water-falls 'over the collar of his smock you can appreciate the amount of 'hair he :Inuit be able to take home with him. • It is a standingVA&in ent teminsbip that :8ph should be appointed as in- izte50 Put 100 -Watt lames Kitchon, tiving-Room Basemeni g•o1.0400000,1." rid Wide News In Brief forill VIINGIIAIYI ADVANCE-TIMES oolOo llr! orable .and. desirable" course, At the .anie time he declared that .any per- sons who advocated boycotting the forthcoming Victory Loan as a protest . against the plebiscite were "directly sabotaging" the war effort, eftweereaeaeueeesalaameraeaeeera tors,;' Ina forceful address to the an.• mai banquet of the Engineering In- stitute of Canadeo Gee, neNaughton said he seemed to detect in Canada “some little complacency in what has been done," WINTER RECREATION IN CANADA Crisp frosty air and fresh snow-falls have lured thousands of Ski enthusi- asts into the open, and winter sports are now in lull swing everywhere throughout Canada. Skiing is again proving to be one of the most attrac- tive forms of winter 'recreation and has been responsible in a large measure for the growing popularity and ex- pension of winter .sports in the Dom- inion in recent years, At many well known ski centres, horse drawn sleighs meet the "ski specials," as they are called, and there is always a crowd on band to greet the new winter tourists. Brightly clad, rosy-cheeked children dance and shout with glee to the accompaniment of jingling sleigh-bells. Older people con- jure up happy, pleasant memories of bygone days when sleigh and cutter were the chief means of transportation in their locality. It is really hard to imagine a more picturesque and stimulating sight than hundreds of ski enthusiasts tumbling out of the train laden With skis and other winter paraphernalia. Clad in multi-colored suits, a happy eager ex- pression lights their faces as they trek to the distant snow-clad hills where they have a rendezvous with King Winter. Soon they will be tracing fairy patterns on the white slopes and the yells of "Track!" will fill the air. Thousands of lakes, large and small, throughout Canada ,are now covered with /eve/ ice sheets where skating, ice-boating, outdoor hockey, and even curling are in full swing. Other lovers of the out-of-doors in winter are ex- ploring silent trails through the snow- draped forests on snow-shoes; children and grown-ups alike are toboganning and bob-sledding on the hillsides—full' of the joy of living. Wintertime is surely playtime in Canada, and even in these days of toil and stress many workers from office, factory, shop and other walks of life find time, after working hours andi Say Coalition Election in Ontario Toronto, — A dispatch to a Toronto paper from Ottawa reports than "an Ontario provincial election fought by a coalition headed by Premier Mitchell Hepburn upon the issue of a full-out war effort was freely predicted 'by Liberal M.P,'s following on the heels of the declaration of a party caucus reading the Ontario premier out of the Liberal fold." Premier Hepburn denied that this was a possibility. Consul Pact With Russia Ottawa, — Premier King announced amid applause in the House of Com- mons the signing in London of an agreement between Canada and Rus- sia for the exchange of consular rep- resentatives. The prime minister said this announcement would greatly fac- ilitate relations between -Canada and the U.S.S.R, --- --- Laurier Quits Ontario Cabinet Toronto, -- Premier Mitchell Hep- burn of Ontario said that Hon. Rob- ert Laurier, minister of mines in his Cabinet, had resigned from the Cab- inet in "opposition to the fact that I am speaking in the York South by- election in behalf of the Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen." Take Rap at Hepburn Ottawa, — High-lighting action on Capital ,Hill was the move made. at a caucus *of Federal Liberal members from Ontario ridings passing a un- animous resolution of disapproval of Premier Hepburn of Ontario and re- cording their loyality to and confid- ence in Prithe Minister Mackenzie King, It was reported that more than 50 Liberals representing Ontario con- stituencies in the House of Corrimons "read" Mr. Hepburn out of the party because 'he up longer represents . lib- eralism in the ,Provinceof Ontario." The resolution was made public" by W. H, Golding, chairman of the Ont- aeio Liberal caucus. ister of War Services. 'When the news came through about the appointment to that position, Big Joe Flannery ed- ged his mackinaw cap back on his head, shifted his Adam's apple and neatly deposited the excess chewing tobacco from his mouth by squirting it through the broken mica in the over the week-end, to refresh their minds and bodies by engaging in one form or another of winter sports. The more intense the effort, the greater is the need for relaxation. And where could one find a better tonic than the golden rays of winter sunshine, crisp, frosty air, the smell of the pines and the cedars, and the infectious gaiety and good fellowship of winter sports stove in Muphy's Grocery Emporium loiters? and said, "Eph is the man who should' WE ARE PAYINP VA% ON FIVE YEAR GUARANTEED, TRUST CERTIFICATES ISSUEI) IN ANY AMOUNT An ideal authorized investment for individuals, companies, ceme- tery boards, executors and other trustees, • STERLING TRUSTS CORPORATION 11T2 RAY ST. TORONTO The Bray Chick does the trick. Let me show you the proof. Place your order here. No writing. No bother. Call or phone, • A. C. Adams; Wingham, or W. T. SilliCk, Teeswater. wood, He figures that some day they may be of value. Most folks don't appreciate just how saving Eph really is. What really im pressed the was the case of the chew- ing gum. For a penny one day; about 20 years ago I bought two big sticks of gum. I was chewing one and when Uncle Eph offered me a ride home from the village I offered him the. other chew of gum, He took it and• chewed it. One day last winter we were over there for dinner and after dinner he went over to the clock shelf anct took a wad of gum off the side of the• shelf and started to chew it. "Do you remember that chew of gum you gave me the day I gave you a ride out fromi the village?" he said proudly, "Well, the flavour came off it but I still have the gum. I chew it after my meals it seems to help me digest my food," smomimmuilismommar the horse stable he has neat rows of spikes with salvaged binder twine hanging on them. His horse blankets are patched until the original ones have long disappeared into a confu- sion, of patches. They used to say on his sideroad that he jacked his car up and put it on blocks every time he came home just to save the tires. Once he heard tell of an Indian who mixed medicine out of herbs and used a small amount of soot in the mixture. Eph has been saving soot ever since, Long ago he stopped using shoe laces, he substitu- ted binder-twine. He even As twine dipped in lamp-black to use with his Sunday shoes. He saves string and old papers and in his driving shed he has each daily paper of the past twenty-five years neatly rolled up' and stacked like cord- TEA CAR TO BE STATIONED ON PACIFIC COAST have had the salvage end of that job."' Everybody laughed then but seriously speaking Eph could think up a great many ways to help this, war effort of ours. Sit in his kitchen 'and watch him at work on cedar splinters some night and you will have a greater apprecia- tion for his work. With a jack-knife in his hand he will pare a cedar block down carefully into long, narrow strips and then lay Ihrn on the oven door. When he wants to light his pipe a splinter poked down' through a hole in the lid of the stove where a bolt is out, will' come up with flames curl- ing around it in -a perfect way for lighting a pipe. Mts. Eph uses one to light the kitchen lamp. 'Eph is a great hand to sit by the fire without the light on. He will open the door tip carefully and if you go in at night the two of them will be sitting in its ruddy glow, There is a quiet 'peace and contentment in the kitchen but I really don't think that the atmosphere is what makes Eph look so happy.' He is just thinking of all the coal-oil :that is being saved. Being a greet man for saving it is only natural that Eph should have strange colledions. On the walls of sty 47ei them ad *elaii„ Nerf,ie Girls of the Canadian Women's Auxiliary tkee stationed in Toronto sample the tea aboard a ,1%.1.0,A, tea eat. The vehicle is one of two tea ears being tent to the Patifie coast at the request of hr delivered without the girls. troll MOT to BIGHT they are; Dorothy MacDonald, Port Arthur Edith: Oodfrey, IndiOrt Head, Sasit4 Jean Anderson, Wins Mpeg,1 'lean Held, Winnipeg,