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Sea. The long-ranged German battle-
ships Seharnhorst and Gncisenau slip-
ped- out of Brest with the cruiser
Prinz' Eugen. and .4 large ,urface and
air escort on Thursday and were en-
gag;l by combined British land, sea
and air forces in the greatest battle
off the Dover coast since France fell,
The Admiralty and Air Ministry said
British air force lost' 42 planes, in-
eluding 20 bombers,
if 'the instigators of two reeent attacks
against .Germans in the ottupied acme
are not discovered. within the next few
days, it was learned here,
Wants Qen, McArthur Given Post
Boston, — Wendell Wilkie contend-
ed that there is 'lack of mutual con-
fidence and central `direction'" among .
the United States fighting forces .and
demanded that Gen, Douglas Mac-
Arthur be breught home' from the'
Philippines and Placed in syprerne•
command under President Roosevelt,
To us as individUals and to us as a nation
there is nothing more vital than our war
effort. Upon a successful outcome of the
struggle is based all our hopes and plans for
the future. No other investment therefore,
that we can make with our money, holds
promise of rewards so rich in security and
happiness as does the Victory Loan.
Corvette Sunk
St. Pierre, St. Pierre-Miquelon, —
One of the Free French corvettes
which participated in the occupation
of these islands on Christmas eve has
been torpedoed and sunk.
Sinkings May Hit
Gasoline Rationing
Ottawa, The sinkings of tankers
in the Atlantic is a cause for concern
over future gasoline supplies in Can-
ada, the munitions minister, Hon, C..
Howe,' said but'he was still hope-
ful the rate of rationing announced to
take effect A.prir 1 can be maintained,
Says Vbssible Japs Invade Canada
Toronto, — Premier Hepburn, ad-
dressing the annual convention of the
Ontario Agricultural Council, said he
believed it is posSible that Japan will.
invade Canada in three months. "They
will come down the Prairie- side and
not the *Pacific," he said without el-
aboration.
Red. Troops In White Russia
Moscow, — Knifing through Ger-
man lines for the deepest and most
significant advance yet of the Red
army winter offensive, Russian ski
troops have entered White Russia, on
the old frontier with. Poland, and Sov-
iet submarines have destroyed seven
more ,German warships in the Artie
waters, war front dispatches reported.
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have learned.
Fellow graduates: Up to this time
our work has been directed, and made
as easy and beneficial as trained minds
could make it. From now on, we must
rely more and more on• our' own ef-
forts. The good we get out of our fut-
ure training, and the success we shall
make of our life' career, will be due to
our own initiative. We, who are grad-
uating in this time of war, will have
especially heavy obligations to fulfill,
for we shall be confronted with the
task of re-constructing the world after
the devastation of war.
We go hence, into a new phase of
our lives, with our diplomas, whicii
the world looks upon as the keys that
are to unlock the doors of science, art
and literature.. We go hence, some of
us, into the field of higher education,
some of us directly. into the battle of
life. What successes we shall have or
victories we. may win, the future alone
can tell.
Members of the .teaching staff: We
of the graduating class go forth with
the greatest esteem for the wisdom,
patience and kindness that you have
always shown toward us. We have
been heedless of your feelings, and our
own best interests many times. Often
we have caused you great annoyance
with our youthful follies, but in all
these things you have proven your-
selves our true friends 'and teachers.
In whatever we have given you af-
fense, we ask your forgiveness, and
carry away with us a heartfelt grat-
itude for all the many favours we have
received at your hands.
It has been truly said that the high'
school days are the happiest in our
lives, So, I appeal to you students who
have not yet completed your high
School education ,to enter willingly in.
to all the school activities, social and
athlectic, for only by. taking part in
these will you get the utmost out of
High School life, and uphold the hon-
our of the school.
In spite of the hope and faith of the
future, there is a tinge of sadness in
the present, as we leave the High.
School where we have spent the past
five happy years. This evening, when
we return to take final leave of our
school, our teachers, and one another,
will always hold a high place in our
memories.
In saying good-bye, the only pleas
ure it gives us, lies in the anticipation
of many more meetings such .as this.
took part did well indeed. The charac-
ters were; Mrs. Curtis, Georgina Mc-
Michael; Lancelot Briggs, George
Lloyd; Mrs. J3riggs, Mildred Fitzpat-
rick; Jessie Briggs, Noreen Benedict;
Rupert. Smith, Alan Williams; Mr, In-
goldsby, Craig Armstrong, The Mys=
terious Voice, William Henry.
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VALEDICTORY ADDRESS
By Bill Burgman
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As a member of the graduating class
-of 1941, I have been chosen to bid
farewell to the Wingham High School.
It is with a feeling of deep apprecia-
tion for this honour that. I stand be-
fore Srou now. I am sure I voice the
sentiments of my fellow graduates
when I say that I realize with a sense
of deep regret, the five years of social
fellowship, mental and physical
provement, have ended for us all.
It seems strange that we should use
the word commencement to designate
the time when we lay down the school
work we have carried for so, many
happy years. Completion. would seem
to be a more appropriate term, but it
would not be life for everything that
marks an end, also marks a beginning.
The end of one day is the commence-
ment of another, and the end of one
task, marks the beginning of another.
So it is with our education. What we
have learned at school, valuable as it
is, is only a beginning. The end of our
school work, merely means the com-
mencement of. those experiences which
will put to the test the principals we
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$125,000 Fire At Sarnia
Sarnia, — Fire of undetermined or-
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of $125,000 in the three-storey Walk-
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aided by three explosions, spread to
the National ,Club, the International
Bowling Alleys, the Bank of Toronto;
Liggetts Limited, and the F. O'Hearn
and Co. Brokers. Apart ftom the Wal-
ker department store, situated in the
middle of the downtown business area
with entrances on Christina and Front
streets, the fire itself did not spread
but the damage to adjoining areas
was confined chiefly to that of smoke
and water.
To Rush Aid to. Russia
Washington, — Disappointment by
the Russians over the rate of delivery
of American war supplies is believed
to be one of the reasons why President
Roosevelt appointed Admiral 7mory
S. Land, former chairman of the Unit-
ed States Maritime. Commission, as
war-time shipping controller. Official
assurances have been given to Russia,
it was learned, that no changes have
been made in the general Lend-Lease
policy and that every effort will .be
made to make up the deficit that de-
veloped immediately after the United
States entered the war.
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The prime minister, who 'heretofore
has had to defend only his colleagues,
this time found himself one of the
main targets o fan attack.
Finds Aviatrix Acted As Spy
Washington, Laura Ingalls, speed
flier and self-styled "International
Mata Hari," was convicted by a Un-
ited States Federal District Court jury
on a charge that she acted as a paid
agent of the German Reich without
registering with the State Department.
See Bitter Atlantic Fight
London, —; The Allies faced a bitter
fight for control of the North Atlantic
after two German battleships and a
heavy cruiser, batteredfbut menacing-
ly afloat, had ,gained the safety of
-Heligoland following a, dash through
the English Channel and the North
OPENING LITERARY
INTERESTING EVENT
Canadian Pilots Took Part
Somewhere it 1 England, — Canadian
pilots and air crews were in the thick
of the fighting in the Straits of Dover
that accompanied the passage under
fire of the German battleships Scharn-
horst and Gneisenatt and the cruiser
Prinz Ettgen. Cannon-firing Spitfires,
with Canadians at the controls, ac-
counted for at least three of the 18
German ,aircraft known to have been
destroyed in providing air protection
to the German squadron on its voy-
age from Brest, in Western France,
through the English Channel to a
German port.
To Conduct Hong Kong Probe
Ottawa, — Prime Minister King an-
nounced in .he House of Commons
he had asked Chief Justice Sir Lyman
P. Duff to act as royal commissioner
to conduct an inquiry into the circum-
stances surrounding the- departure of
Canadian troops for Hong Kong. Sir
Lyman has consented to act, the prime
minister said.
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U. S. Bag 16 Jai; Ships
Washington, — The United States
Navy Department announced that the
recent Pacific Fleet raid on Japanese
bases in the Marshall and Gilbert isl-
ands had resulted in destruction of
five enemy warships, ineluding a con-'
verted aircraft carrier, and 11 auxiliary
vessels and that -numerous shore in-
stallations 'had also been destroyed.
Crushing People of Poland
Berne, The Germane are reported
reliably to have intensified efforts to
'crush the spirit of ' resistance in Pol-
and, whose people already are under
a more severe regime than any other
conquered European 'nation,
New measurers reported included;
1. Abolition of Polish citizenship,
making all Poles stateless in their ,
own country.
2. Requiring all Poles over 15 to
register and carry identification 'cards
similar to passports.
3. closing of a greater part of Pol-
ish business firms, requiring former
'employees to do agricultural work.
4, Placing Poles who are working in
Germany Under a special penal law
similar to that which applies to Jews.
I TORY BONDS
THE quicker this new Victory Loan —is
subscribed, the better it will be for all of
us.. Canada must have the money and we
as citizens must lend it,
SO 'don't wait until the last minute to put
in your order for Victory Bonds.
YOU know the money is needed. You
know that Canada simply must have it.
You know you must lend your share of it.
SO, if you haven't yet bought your Vic-
tory Bonds, get your order in immediately.
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(Continued from page one)
Maguire; Commercial, James Hamil-
ton, Proficiency. Shields for Profic-
iency were received by Edith Mc-
Clenaghan, Betty 'Gannett, Mae Coul-
ter, Isabel Zinn, William Galbraith,
Ruth McGuire and 'for athletics, Sr.
girls to Helen Walkers.
The following dances were well ex-
ecuted:
Irish six-hand reel: pupils of. grade
IX (girls) Helen Forbes, Grace Gal-
ley, Lois Holmes, Eileen McKinney..
(boys) Grace Bailey, Dorothy Walker.
The long Danish Schottische, grades
IX arid X (girls) Norma Brown, Olive
Casemore, Dorothy Wade. (boys)
Beth Brydges, Grace Hingston, Grace
Parker.
In the Green Meadows, grades XII
and XIII — A Czech Waltz. (girls)
Margaret Connell, Betty Gannett,
Margaret Homuth, Louise Lloyd,
(boys) Lois Bateson, Noreen Benedict,
Jean Moir, Ann VanWyck.
The Danish Four-Dance, grade IX
and X, (girls) Grace Brice, Elizabeth
Hare, Jean Stewart, Joyce Walker.
(boys) Grace Coulter, Irene Curie,
Marjorie Falconer, Mary Wheeler.
Varsovienne — Bernice Anderson,
Donna Buchanan, Evelyn Cantelon,
Dorothy Hainiltan, Ruth McGuire,
Shirley Nethery, Frances Powell, Er-
izabeth Young.
0Xclansen -- This is a traditional
Swedish College Dance representing a
mock fight. Lois Bateson, Noreen
Benedict, Margaret Connell, Margaret
Honiuth, Louise Lloyd, Ann Van-
Wyck.
The Glee Club as usual took a
prominent part. They gave two groups'
of songs under the direction of Prof.
A. W. Anderton. Firstly — You Can
Fight for Canada, Hadden; Bonnie
Charlie, Scotch Folk Song; On the
Road to Mandelay, Speaks-Felton.
Secondly — Mankind Arise, E. H.
Thiman; Juanita, Norton; Dickory,
Dickory, Dock, Allen; Long, Long
Ago, Ilayly; V—For Victory.
The demonstration of physical etht-
dation took the form of tumbling and
mat work also an exhibition on the
horizontal bars. Taking part were Don
Hastie, Prank Burke, Gordon Wilkin-
son, jack McLaughlin, Don Roffman,
Jack Pyrn, Jack Walker, Glenn Galley,
Jack Day. The boys received much
applause for their effort.
The closing number was a one act
play,,"The Trysting Place" by Booth
Larkingtoti, A large summer hotel was
the setting and complieatiOns of people
who fell iii love with oriel andother,
provided much arritisettieht, nos who
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Increased Labor Representation -
Ottawa, — Increased labor repre-
sentation on Government committees
and on boards was assured the Trades
and Labor Congress of Canada by
Prime Minister Mackenzie King.
Dutch Admiral Heads
Pacific Navy
Washington, — An admiral of the
Royal Netherlands Navy succeeded to
the command of United Nations sea
forces defending the rich East Indies
as Japanese hordes battered the once-
guardian fortress of Singapore. The
shake-up in command was occasioned,
it was announced,. by the heretofore
unreavered ill health of Admiral Thos.
C. Hart, 64-year-old American, who
requested to be relieved of his weighty
duties.
7,000,000 Could Vote Ors Plebiscite
Ottawa, — Nearly 7,000,000 Can-
adians are expected to have an op-
portunity, through the forthcoming
plebiscite, to express their opinion on
whether the Government should be re-
leased from past commitments in re-
spect to methods of raising men for
military service.
Do Not Want Carol
Washington,—Hearing reports that
former King Carol of Rumania might
come here to head ,a "Free Rumania"
movement, the United States hung
out a "not welcome" sign, Carol now
is sojourning in Mexico with his friend
Elena Lupescu. It was made abund-
antly plain here that his restoration
to the throne of Rumania is not one
of the war aims of the United States.
Papers Tell, Off Churchill
London, — The full fury of a bit-
ter editorial barrage against the Gov-
ernment fell for the first time upon
Prime Minister Churchill himself on
the heels of the (German fleet's dash
through the Channel, and one news-
paper suggested bluntly that . Britain
had been "hypnotized by the force of
his rhetoric."
ose Who Haven't
et -Bought The New
Froth Hostages to be Executed-
Vichy, — The Nazi authorities in
Occupied France have ordered the ex-
tentien of 45 Frenehmen as hostages
Men of 30040050
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