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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1942-10-01, Page 3INDIANS LAUGH AT ROMMEL, Having failed in his attack on the British lines anchored on El Alamein in Egypt, Rommel has taken to dropping anti-British leaflets among the Indian troops, The leaflets have been printed in Hindustani. They are so crude, that these Indian soldiers enjoy a laugh while reading them, This is a radiophoto. 110111.11•004•MINONIMMINO Work! Wide News In Brief Form SAVE. MONEY Ay staying at FOR MOTELS Montreal Toronto and the LORD ELGIN in Ottawa „ d I V 3 r prison, /pa Ihrrl YOUR EYE'' NEED ATTENTION Put' 25 Point Scientific Uxaroio, Minn enables na to glve yott Clear, Potnfortable. Vision F. F•, HOMUTH Optometrist Phone 118 flarriston Members all present, Moved by Porter and Moffat tilrat' the minutes of last meeting be adopt,- ed as read.—Carried. The following letters were receive& and read: R, H. Jones, Chicago; Miss ister of Finance, Ottawa; Department' of Highways, Toronto; J. P. Gown:Ie, Toronto, Mrs. W. Dennis, Plarristoe, The following letter received Ire= J. Leslie Adair on active service/wog— seas, acknowledging receipt of P. and Pencil Set, Moved by Wilton and Breckerarid.w that By-law No, 7, 1942, be pin 4 . striking the following rates for yam,. 1942: County Rate, 7 7(10 mills; Tana. Rate, 3 9110 mills; Direct Relief, 2110. mills; Twp, Grant to. Schools, 4 ma, mills.—Carried. The following accounts were paid:-' Relief, $23,00; Drains, $2,; Road 4„ $181.95; Sundry, $59.28. Moved by Breckenridge and UM-- ton, that we adjourn to meet at Blue-- vale, on Monday, 5th of October, 1942; at 1 p. m,—Carried. W. R. Cruikshank, Clerk Time Table Changes EFFECTIVE SUN., SEPT. 27, 1942 Full information from . agents Canadian Pacific R. 'Grain,, Reeve.. a YOU SLEPT WELL THAT NIGHT, DIDN'T YOU? • • aigiaaaaeaaaaaiiiaiatotitC-fa„_aaaexanowa• igeageeeaernara‘...aaa ••• ZAM: BUT GEO GE W AT 'MICE fellow, George—one of the lads from the office. Remember, I If you had him out for dinner one night. He made a great fuss over your kids—and your wife was very pleased. And then, all of a sudden, he slipped away and joined up. Left his good job, his girl and his future. And he was at Dieppe, slogging up the beach into a murderous rain of steel—fighting for you and your wife and those kids of yours he played with. And that same night you slept well, didn't you . in a soft bed. You had an egg for breakfast too. But George gran t. And you've still got a good job and you wear good clothes. And being conscientious, you worry about these things a bit. But you just haven't been able to push yourself into doing much more than pay your taxes. Well, those taxes aren't enough. Think of what George gave up, and then sit down with your wife and ask yourselves, 'What else can we do ?" Sure, you've given up a few little luxuries. But there are lots of things yet that you can cut down on. Do it gladly. Because you'll really get a kick out of investing the money you save in Victory Bonds, and in knowing you're not letting George do it all. Just keep thinking about George and what he gave up. And remembers those Victory Bonds you buy aren't giving—they're lending your country money to help protect you. That money will come back to you with interest. WORN-SAVE 4 D LEND FO wow HArTiOt•IM.,Ail FINANCE COMMIt Thursday, October 1st„ 190 WINGRAM ,ADVANCE-TIIVIES PAG1 11-1' Hepburn Asks Release Of, Tim Buck Toronto, — The release of Tim Buck and 12 other members of the Communist Party in Canada, who gave themselves up to Royal Canadian Mounted Police here last week after being sought two years, was urged in a telegram to Justice Minister -L. S. St. Laurent from Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn and Attorney-General Gord- on D. Conant, signed by Mr. Conant. Hotel Is Fined $1,000 On Charge of Tea Hoarding Timmins., — • The Empire Hotel Ltd., of Timmins, was fined $1,000 and costs here, when Magistrate At- kinson delivered judgement in a tea hoarding case. Defence Counsel Dean Kestere ,K,C., contended that the of- fence was only a technical breach of the regulations of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board but Magistrate At- kinson declared that the three-year supply of tea •on hand in the hotel stockroom was an, unreasonable amount within the meaning of the act, N. B. Conservatives Name Party Leader Fredericton,. — Hugh Mackay was chosen unanimously today as leader of the Conservative party in New Brunswick. No other name was pro- posed at a convention of Conservatives from every constituency in the. prov- ince, Mr. Mackay, a resident of Rothesay, has been Oppositoin leader in the Legislature for the last three sessions. One of the convention speakers was Hon, R. B. Hanson, Conservative leader in the House of Commons, who declared that "no mat- ter what may be the fortune .of this party with which we are connected, we must spend our energies in win- ning • this war." FrenCh Warned To Leave Coast London, — The BBC urged French- men, again to evacuate coastal areas because a United Nations' offensive aimed at the "annihilation of .Hitler- ite Germany' is being prepared and will be launched without warning the announcer . said. "No one wilt be warned in advance of the date of attack or point at which it will take place," the French-lang- uage broadcast said, "but when the moment conies to call for the co-oper- ation of the French people as a whole we will keep our promise to let you know in time.' Nazis TO Be Drenched In Blood Detroit, — Warning of dark clays 100 loirly reoe's with 'ulio! ahead, Premier Hepburn, of Ontario, declared here that "every acre of Ger- man soil will be drenched with the heroic blood of Canadians and Ameri- cans and British in an :effort to des- troy Berlin, the capital of that new order of hatred." "Our very all is not good enough, when we think of our boys *who will offer their bodies to be shot and crip- pled for you and - ins to escape the Nazi hangings and the lash of the Nail whips that have fallen upon 25,- 000,000 other people;" Hepburn told the Detroit Optimist Club. British Enter Madagascar Capital . London, — British troops reached their goal on Madagascar last week by occupying the capital ;City of Tanan- arive after two weeks of operations from seized coastal points, but Gov- ernor-General Armand Annet appar- ently had fled. Word of the occupation came first from Vichy French radio in Tanan- arive which was taken over dramat- ically in the middle of a French an- nouncement by a voice which said: "British officer speaking. British troops entered Tananarive at 5 p.m. today, All quiet. That is all." Governor Annet, Parisian politician. and supporter of ,the Vichy regime, had asked, then rejected, armistice terms midway in the British drive and said he would not stay to surrender at the inevitable fall of the capital, --- Japs Made Bank Notes For Use In Australia Sydney, — Seizure of a large num- ber of bank notes. printed in Japan for use in an invasion of Australia was announced by military authorities. The nOtes; captured during recent operation's, were described as similar to others issued in countries Which the enemy has overrun. (The notes may have been seized during the Milne Bay fighting, in southeastern New Guinea, where a Japanese force was wiped out.) Would Cancel §peeders Gas Ration Toronto, — Attorney-General G. D. Conant has notified G. R. Cottrelle, oil controller. for Canada, that most of Ontario's crown attorneys, provin- cial police inspectors and highway traffic officers favor enactment of leg- islation eziating courts ,at their dis- cretion, to direct the return to the oil controller of gasoline licenses and ration books when motorists .exceed the 40-mile speed limit, Investigation Into Midland Sinking Ottawa, — A federal investigation into the sinking of the motor launch Wa-Wi-Net with the loss of 25 of the 42 men on board in Georgian Bay last week is proceeding, a Transport De- partment spokesman said, The investigation is being carried out by the Steamships Inspection Board of the Transport De'partment's Marine Division, the official said, but no ,report on the tragedy has been re- ceived by authorities as yet. U, S. Authorities Hold 26 Canucks Buffalo, — Twenty-Six Canadians, identified by the United States dis- trict immigration director, Arthur J. Kartiutla as members of Jehovah's Witnesses, Were held on immigration departmont charges of entering the United States illegally. They were discovered 611 Grand Island and, Han- nUth said, hone was able to produce cloottinent8 showing a legal entry into the country. Two rowboats also were seized, Oaaada's Daily War EkpenditUrea In August $6,600,000 Ottawa, — Canada's daily expendi- ture for war purposes •averaged 600,060 in Most, It was shown in figures issued by the office of the con- troller of the treasury, This is ex- elusive of expenditure under the Unit- ed Kingdom War .Financing Act (the $1,000,000,000 gift-to-Britain meas- ure), which amounted in August to, $100;000,000, Addition of this sum makes daily war expenditure approx- imately $8,820,000, ••• New Warship For .canadals Navy La nched In Britain A i3ritish Port, Haida, another of a number of powerful Tri- bal class destroyers built at a fatuous shipyard here for the Royal Canadian Navy, has been launched, it was an- nounced, The vessel was christened with the name of one of the mightiest tribes of Indian hunters on Canada's Pacific coast by Lady Laurie, sister- in-law of Sir John Laurie, lord mayor of London, Gun Production In Canada Jumps Ottawa,—Canada now is producing in one month more than three times as many naval and field guns and small arms as it turned out in all of 1941, the Munitions and Supply De- partment announced. During August, said a 'department statement, three Canadian plants each started produc- tion on a pew type of ordnance — a new type of 4-inch naval gun, a-large anti-aircraft gun barrel, and the Browning tank-type gun. Plan More Extensive Check On Draft Dodgers Ottawa, — As men become scarcer in the age groups liable to compul- sory military service the number of men who fail to answer a call to re. port increases, an official of the Nat- ional War Services Department said. Preparations now are under way for a more extensive job of checking up on men who fail to report than has been confronted before. Royal Can- adian Mounted Police co-operate with the department in attempting to trace the men and those who are found to be actual delinquents or draft dodgers are dealt with by process of law. MAX STEWART GAVE THRILLING. ADDRESS (Continued from page one) Mr, 'Stewart hurried to the Canad- ian Legation on December 7th, 1941 after hearing from American friends that Pearl Harbour had been attacked, Shortly after the Legation was locked up by Japanese police. A few days before a game of golf had been enjoy- ed with Mr. Crew, the American Con- sul and his party, The Legation bad received a fine stock of food from Canada jest before this so they fared very well. No oil was supplied for the heating plant and they suffered from the cold during the winter but all re- mained very healthy and did not have colds, The time passed slowly and when Spring eame the gardens of the Legation awere beautiful with the cherry blossoms everywhere. They spent 6% months in the Legation and were on the whole treated very well, They were not allowed to contact American friends. in any way. The bombing of Tokyo came as a great surprise, At first it was thought that the Japanese were putting on a fireworks show but when the planes were sighted and the markings recog- nized there was great rejoicing at the American Embassy. The Japs were completely taken by surprise as their emperor, Hirohito•told them that no foreign planes. could ever fly over Japan, It was expected that more raid's' would take place at once but as time passed these failed to materialize. On June 17th 1942 they were moved from their Legation to a Japanese boat at Yokohama where they were joined by about eighty Americans, Somewhere in northern Japan an American mis- sionary had been arrested as a spy and eight days were lost in arguing with the authorities before their boat sailed. The boat moved slowly along the coast to Hong Kong but when they stopped, the city was not - in sight. Many people ,carne on the boat there and they were in very bad physical condition. He met many with whom he had been acquainted previously and men weighing normally 185 were, down to 140. They had been starved. Generally all these people greatly im- proved in health while on the ship. The Japs refused to allow any. Red Cross ship to sail for these places and no International Red -Cross inspection of prisons and camps was tolerated.. The ship sailed to Singapore amid was kept some '50 miles away while more people were brought from Burma and Thailand, The trip across the Indian Ocean required about 15 days, COD, ditions were 'very unpleasant. Water was only turned on for one 'half hour in the morning and one half hour in the evening. Lines formed but many were unable to reach the wash rooms before the water was turned off, No towels were supplied, The boat sail- ed along in a most ,leisurely manner passing south of Madagascar out of sight of the island. When the boat reached Loltrenco Marques in. Portegese East. Africa, the passengers were overjoyed, There were more than fifteen freighters in the harbor as well as the Gripsholm, The British oil tanker Malaya had steamed up and gave their boat a. great welcome with whistles and sir- ens, The transfer was soon made to the; Gripsholm and conditions were very bad, The Gripsholm was only designed to carry about 700 persons but over 1500 were placed on board. They crossed the South Atlantic to Rio and Mr. Stewart said he was very much impressed with this beautiful city. The journey was uneventful up to New York where they landed one month ago. by white men. He felt that this was one of the difficulties in Burma and this characteristic had helped the Japs in their conquest of that country, The Japs were greatly Underestimated. They went into this war expecting to be killed and they would certainty kill at every opportunity. He felt that the it was suicide bombings that were re- sponsible for the loss of the "Prince of Wales" and the "Repulse". Canadians were 'fortunate to be liv- ing in such a favored country. The ordinary man has no rights of any kind in Japan, Men could he arrested for a trivial offence and locked up for life without any redress, The people were afraid of police there. The ord- inary citizen was in a very impover- ished condition and the military ela.ss- es had the best obtainable. Agrieul a tune was a very important industry and we would be amazed to find how little the Japanese had to get along with. In the manufacturing industries the Japanese were very successful and could produce au article which would prove satisfactory for the work for which it was designed. But their pro- ducts were generally regarded as of • an inferior class in this country. In reply to a question, Mr. Stewart said that Japan had a highly trained tough army of three-qu.arters'of a mil- lion .men on the Russian border but he did not think they would' attack Russia unless Germany was more suc- cessful in Russia, If the attack did come it would likely be centred around Vladifostock and the Sagha- lien Islands, The people in Japan were very loyal to their country but if de- feats came, it was felt that their loyal- ty would disappear. Mr. Stewart an- swered many questions by Lions. A'resolution of appreciation was in- troduced by Lions Spry and Buchan- an and unanimously adopted. The meeting closed with the Lion's Roar and closing song. TURNBERRY COUNCIL The minutes of Council Meeting held in Bluevale, Ont., on September Mr. Stewart said that everything that had been.printed about the atroc- ities committed by the Japanese was quite true.. He had met Mr. Powell whose picture appeared in Life recent- ly and he had suffered terribly. The cruelty of the Japanese was notorious and they used the 'Gestapo methods of the Germans in treatment of prisoners. No man could long stand the treat- ment meted out He said that it was a peculiarity of the Asiatic peoples that they would much rather be abus- ed by anyone of their own race than 22nd, 1942. .95