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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1940-10-24, Page 2raE GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR 004•8 T X GOlaYeRIM SIONA,le AND Two kommuott ST Pealisitea by Signal -Star Preso. Limited, We$t Street. aioderieti. Outarto 010.- TlItaRSDAY, OCTOBER ,12 it '1810 01111RORTIVO ADDRESS eonetaney !evolved? At any ra.te, any listy clecielou in e minister cheeeeees aeetese 'ethe matter, eltoeldebe avoigied. TO be by rliaio to the Freedi peoPle the texa borne la tnied also is the fact that et which ib1b'i flimetliertalreeltriek beeause ot its situetion al- ai:obligee evidently was tionea to reassure, 'Met at. tee border between.,tee gasten them ot ftrtas„ • aeo to I/ 14 and Central zootes of stanaant time,. el ekeety weile thee own eioeern,..” is already uearly half -ail -hour ahead of .reett wee aavieg' sewn. of a farther eapitelatiou to the Naztla It Was eveie rumored that the -Vichy 00vercnteent midget be persoaded deciere war on, Britain, sue attimugh peompt denial teVtdelit solar, time. To adopt "daYlitilit eavine uu w,otad pet es eearly an hotte and ai bait ahead of true tune, NOT QUITE MAIM YET tozeet,from Viehy it is OTAIF that retain and and tb.eir While, as '1'140vted at the ToVen, seeciatee ecolaider themselves entirely free a any obliption, to their 'teener *117 to, tee', this *Ma net Mean that the Team b at) gr. lelturehillai words poopie eteeltuot.,oeeeat ase ow Yet clear of ell obligetion connection with thie ill-fated undertaking.- When • 'Connell meeting rriday night, there is a balance on hand cif $1,28343, in the Ontario West •Shore RailWay acetema "Ityturieartat9t-heivils at -least TOIL will net theler us." • Britan, be aisures them, ocovets nothing" of Frain*, neither their seine' 4 , • _ the .botaii" foe 450,000 matated in 1038 the sinking feed Was not sufficient to meet. the 'entire 'amount, and ten-year bods for $13,000, at 'three and alealf itor titer toierties ; she seeks only to rid Percent interest, Were lesuea to cover Pranee'taeatitb.' teearest of Europe, from. . the deficiency. The unneetured bonds blight ot alitle.rism. of 'thie issue amount to $10,328472, and• "Itemetaber, we shall. never step, tee lest ,one will not be Paid, until 1048. 'sever weary and never give in, and. that •Tbis remaining obligatione however, our .whole people mid empire have is a email amount When compaaed 'with owed -themselves, to the tatalt of leanshig Europe from the 'Nazi the $400,000, less the eaivage, „that this fileeand saving theword from new e.testa- railway enterprise hes vested*. Town, ' ' trim beginning to _end, dark. ages." ' It may be some small eoneolation to . Noble Words, and a .resolve in which, . , , ,rellect that, evee it Goderich and the a, Caeada, anti tee other Doniinions, awe . . TT -believe,the-great inoorebe - --ste ote ,tother_ municipalitiee eoncereed had not itearted join 'heen "-the ailatar had " STOVE Weae backzi tae stove $easoft, again. Aireade the parlor stove Ise-4104111am on eertaiit oecesioue to disperrie a little warmth tor the benefit of :visitors. Soon it will be operatieiregulaely along with the latehen range. As .usual, tee head of the househola is called illaat to he the official morning eteeter for the stoves, R 'wee alwane One 'ofthe pet ariev- • ewes of my teeter Oat, no matter how, he trled, bes aUed upon to light the Ores. Now eta again, from 'las bed, lie woeilii announce, in a eaeual. 'Olt* that eonlil‘ be beerd at least a mile away, that, he witee4 teelhig %era' Well. This , would eome at abOut 5 Weigel; in the morn*); acme - Meted by a very loud and prolonged. eerie,s ,of groans. There Would be a. deadaslence thee for some timeduring whieh everyone Pretended ,eleep. esperatea atlast, he would say, '41 0ou1d die be an, icebox Of a house and nobody would venture to light a 'tire," no soillid until my mother would see, "PR light the .Ore" "No," be would -roar,- 'VW -Few g'eteue:and-lightethat„ nitchen, tare right now" There was eo fooling about,.tliat tone, and $1) with Mr` overalls ,halt on and hag off and my einet trailing, I would lappety-hop ou the told door down the stairs and into eteekibehent - • . First of all there ,wae the vain hope diet someone had put ternaple or beech, Wel' in the stove before retiring. ' A bed .of Oats left from such a block would be an excellen.t Marker for a good fire.. No auch luck! Then there would -come the painful time of remembering being told on thelprevious night to get kindling . and how it had been far infeeiar force would euffice'therepel megleeted. Papers and asliee anti wood then'. On the Atlantic side, such an by the time teat fire was golne attack-iseutterly.out of the question as there would be a trail from the back kitchen- deer to the stove. Once I re- member being particularly heed up for • somethin4v. to start the .fire with atd I Current Views op the War THE ANIS THREAT TO THIN liitaa- the Interfletionel Brigade, Wei* Sipa. Tate agreeMeet betweeualerstauy and tell Reletaekeetie aud experts im fireerma Italy Cal tte one hand awl Japan alid eaeitiatfatliPeo the other to -come to eaeir other's tad The course Jests only tw,o days, but it a third Power ehould eater the war la Peeked with, PutelY Practical U. agaiust 4)40 of Vie eiguatories is ohvi- etructiou in the wee of improvised dee onely inteueed to eititakiate tee Matted taws, lAerhalas the moat interesting states. It its probably aimed at tee thiog About it is the curiosity it bits Soviet Unita), a Wela le elate (4 the provoked, among $oldiera of the r,egular elanse 'safeguarding exiethag politicel entity. In tee rtveeday course, one old arrangementwith that polver. But soldier eeid, it i possible to learn more that fo.ce of the threat "is, NVe believe, than in years of army life. Junior Ote subsidiary, beeauee nerinaue does not licere are amoug the pupil, aloug with greatlY fear the Russians at present the leaders -oef email tommenities who The Pulaleite given the Peet le entirety retura to wee on their trainiog to designed to make the eitizen$ of this eitizen bodiee. :Though not offieialla VOltlitry watch their step lest they 'be- reeoPaiaed bar the War Office, Wintring- come involved iu a world e war on two he,e,ialakrTets,aarendl Ists bainitinge•weetaniedpromittioeses.thteor fronts. Ilitier is eaeing to es --if e'en 11104 go to the aid of Britain,even win an be far.reaelling regardlees of whether taelt you trout the West'. japan s say:: er not there is German. Invaslikt. ' ingeeif yon try to preVett our expan---The New Aelmhlies-kIsTer• Yarh).; sion aloe efitsselKwillentteek Tonl WintringlaaaaR of the 'Inferno - How tvet are these' etireatse .lieet the ComMunist partee 'is lighting Hitler 'LULitrL froD1 tlie East. aeal'" • " tianol Brigade, who aa"Arae,aaienett fitell YOU • enougle to be sure, so that fee Solite asikatilretY England,. aa he did In moetile before the treaty waa an- '4Paln. At a Sehoal ea an estate near ilounced this government, anticipating London he is teaching the Mite Guard the possible need for defense on both )11"7 the ,Spanish Pec91° repelled the sides at -onee, has been Plat:ming e two. 'tad:tame of meellatieed troops with im- akeeannavy and a greatly enlarged Pmrised wearA°118. He has Written a. army. But not real enough so teat anytbrilliant eeriea of articles for Picture American meed fear auatteznpt4eln. Pst-aakelll'uataated_ !weeialaeelaitheell' setae tels aoeutry before we are r fully enprfrious etroigatiou, which- lins'e been prepared to meet such an apeault that stndiedivvitheare Yuud'-redta of thenst no enemy would, attempt it, ands of 'time Guards all over England. It has long been an axiom of strategiTr, eatmreeents,, wuhltSeviinobtivel;18 "Zetellidealniel that' neither 'ter the Milted States couldepos4hly carry on hostilities en*,,,ste7, thf,:r7tIn„.,:th..,:otsintrahighanaveople's" thowanr be is against the ether across the broad °mew'. training. By Ms' Waist - Pacific. In, order to do so, either me largely responelbi.etee the democratic tion would ueed a base, or e series of • co-operation in 'the Home 'Guard today. baaes, much closer to tee other, tearer If Hitler twafleS Englitud meet even tear( -the 'Philippinee; Even the . -sea -grout'dis, greatest battlesliips are not equipped the spirit of „Wintriligilam and the toconduct a war at Inteenationel itrigade 11} eyery toWn tance from their sources of supply. A and 1.1ragea • -a-"The Nation (New )ork).- . e COURAGE UNDER BOMBING • long as the Axis Is busy with Britain. ' I have met peoPle who have l lost And after teat it is not probab* before their neareet relatives' .• I have ,met. the• enemy, has eatabliseed, himself at -otters who have lost alltheir perSonal closer hand.' Our Present -armament es pesseselomet I have' stew peop ellombed TUMMY. OM° 'Mt 21* 1101* sonike disenssion, Ile wiie egaieet thee), soothing stateineuto whilah are 44 rotkaltent airgIptludhley 11A4reenitItsA'soFf* b°Plerwh:v4et cPy -VCUtd reotBrItnaILtlit Pre' whieli it wee aatistied; it would be "aooteing" ieadetaidia-oto tomer Year% folly to efialitge it kit response to auwhich led:them to 'believe that they haj. enemY POlieY whieh wee M1-1 air parity witlitkrmany and that there aneetatera 0E000, I* did not think.'w-a "no eause for Dante Or 414,M," his pilots would earry it out e it was , their morale ea:, been Oaken at all ,aoVICW itgf awthia5haetaftolivreeeow.vehornpoltuiteranZeon,rertairvedrionttogra, ' slum the etart tif this war, it has been massee yourtg men. ,to have Wgeneral, iteaeh tsinlhoueghtetir inalwil•israterzlnyd° breed gtahr wtiteri the Royal Air 'Force lies fought hereto. 4aItetadok" Ullasn°t taegillY4114, eailigilittentultrgeflairy but he was emphatie Mat it was neither the work of ohort-sightea censors stile sensational eilitors who " iteee gives/4 them. the lenPreesion, of victory, !II** tontempt for bernen life; that, he there was no victorY. true Met 4e0:111114Yee' thatlithtraat tte ibee• att.; tY7111147ta; e: far tar:leo" iwbe: ti Illeted %xi the tattlers in recent week* anst net wise' to Make civilian cab -Valet the Britisb thenieeleee had expected at ties an objective. the outbreak of the war. But many' The .second that* is the "neW •neSpeet perils lie hidden in the fog and iliarkneion these grave da, have ' given Me, for of the eoming winteraas arr. Churcite the common people. It *mit only 'their' ill said; in a fraie elegralicent piteeage.. fundamental 'courage ead' inherent de- eeneye it is not only, aleentheir 'amok; Obwer of reoovetY and MdaPtatiOne Theetumber of little people who * disPaY iitt4 ot Uitfttghtit. on:lr Long, dark raontas Of trial, and , ;tribulation lie before us; Not Only great eangere but many more mil, fOrtaaeS, many elorteotain , mine adetakee wave' 11‘ae1liaeaakeettaitee : surpaseecl by the' nember in Whew, wilt seedy be our lot. Death tuid crisis brings out the power of *Wies& sornew, will be the toitileilliOne ef 1 ltaa 'Those who are sceptical of the„, Oar jaittney, hardship our garMent, '!demecretie way • .of life ought . to go censtaney And valor our only ehield. through days 4:f air raids in which ' the These are aeon,* te vehicle any alert People have tiaeope with their horrors through institutions they work them- selves. They will then know as sharply ahigiespirited people will reaptnnl. This is the kind of leadership e tree people deserves. It is , one of Miro ete do thet„tiltenengoeg danMrraaTe,,, eijoerchillas euereme,gift$ to democattel IS the” enetnY of Ma in —Harold J. Leak' iiteeeke etation„ TELLING BRITAIN THE TRUTH 2 'that lie tea urtivenese' eta& eon,. cealment aside in dealing with Wit .countrymen. He . bas refesed to treat his people like children, and they are responding gloriously, with all they * Nothing Is finer in 'Winston Cb.urch- [ have and all they are. . IU s record as a war leader than his Toik Time& determination to tell Ins people the . truth, about their position and their] .Travellitg Teacher; "What a quaint prosefeetaa Ilis speeehyesterday ex, village. Truly, one-half of the world hibited this quality at its, beet: The air is ignorant of how the' other half live" raid sirens were shrieking their warn: ingS of , death, as he s.polte. In many parts of London the eescue workers were atilt digging in the weeekage for vectenseoe-m savage air -tale -of ,a----tew !were before. Yet Ur. Churchill knew that he could ta.lk to his -country with perfect franknees and mndor. There could be nO greater compliment to 'a brave people atsuck p. time, tene attually- been constructed and put in tried seireeite haudfuLs of stra.w. When tulle' eaPabie of withstandan' g assault on out ,of hospitale ; I hive spoken., to scores nthir 'Pe°Ple (I° 'mt. inind being t°1d operation --the undertaking might not THE TWO -TEAR num have been any less expensive than it has wore to be. It was not foreseen, Municipal .councils httve not ranch in the early years of the century, that time lett 'to„assure electors the op, the general use of automobiles... Would potor, r.tounitecinty-let soa.yitisv:r: whether eoti:krairtag,eytellee• arier . (1,41.11)." ifeleetiwteicienrt4ariliVvo a:rirseset usti-Itotiret bRultwess ay. anunitapal pepreseetation time a year, I had for a few .years given facilities' for if they so, desire,or are to eave th , • 0 passenger and freight; 'traffic. between i44;t3Teat term -,imposed upon theM. I s derictrend Kincardine, it would not licithaout con -milting -tee Mardelealitie r'4° -h have been lone. before it would have the latoehielal • keovernment• sought to shared the fate of other electric:rail- 'flake the two-a:ear term. -comeulsory. ways in the Province etid gone 0. the Such. a-, protest Was raised. -that the scrap heap. , ruling was modiified ; but the -two-year •' . ter* will :still come lito efeeet =lees I . , EDITORIAL NOTES - . a vote'aathe.coming municipal election decidi% against it. The elegtors may ; not deitire to make any ehanges in their 1 onzicil for the coining year, but by I theenling of the Provineiel 'Government! * vete on the two-year teen must be , . . eeld. 4i - this- . time er the • council tor 194.1,:-.--whethet., elected 4.,:bY-:-4 laamation Or aiar. ',:balloet • will, 'auto- ° matiealty remain in offiee until the end of 1»42, and the two-year term will Tema* deeettect mite the 'law,. is Changed •ba- the Legieleture, Several municipalities in Herein ne , eluding Gaderich, have taken the neces- I sary „steps. to glVe the electors the op - • 1; .por,timity of votilig on the geeetion; I others have not, and, we. hate said, there is rot much time remaining to. provide for a vote. NO PEACE WITH WILD BEASTS • 'Blessed are the peace-makere" Was -the, 'Striptural ,quotatiot Used at a , Meeting held, the other' day at Weehing- tkr..k414.34,te1.44401-te:4-4,3 ViaairiaialiarerategaiffiarialiaaaaEocat- -egg aeate etel noii-ittervelitionehi war. 'oeattong those who Addressed the Meet- *pewee that NAzi.admiren Coe Charles Lindbergh.. • „ • It is a queer conception of peace these peoPielaaite. A peace that -weuld leave tan lians of. fell:own:Len. enslaved, their property confiecated, their homes reelect, helpless men, Women and calla. . • roe ,cast "'adrift with no hope for the teture, to say wilting of phyeical cruel- tiee; starvation and onttage. years -of bombing. Stout. fellows, these there won't- be any German. bombers goekneye. But in two er three years Lontione4rsnilaiiiihteoyfrucaenwsetiondnififthtye Ieft to trouble them. - • • is etafter--the--Istoot February Reit-sales, of ,siilr hosiery Will 'be prohibited 'in. Britain.- he Old Country is teat the inannfeeture of automobiles Air Milian use has been stopeedoe„,aeteettiblewale,e- * • ,fr as we ban figure it one the war has done far more for London: gills than Leap Year did.—London Free Press. But ho* does • the :ler. know? Isn't it the egmbination' of leap ,year and that h this the waras, made s year's big score .., - * • ,•• The Winnipeg Tribune 'raises the question whether, in this troubled scime, goods. from Britaile should not he al lowed free entry. into Canada. "Every pound's worth of "British'goods fl in paathrh food for beleaguered Britain And just • so .trtuch more 'airimen.itiot todre at elit*rts bombers," . says the .Winnipegpaeer. diany penadiaite will 'agree that tariffs againet British goods'sliould be abolished; but what will the pro- tected interests say about it? 1 Canute. The idea. is •,thae greeter stability of eovernment would thUS be * 'Father eanee' down and oren.edo th,el v.hoth-Atlantie Pacificnoasts, as long carrying on their normal -work when ihe werat."-said Churchill, 'but stove lid , . . a gust af fine ,white ashes . as the enemy forces. are based on ' the flew up into his faCe. Mother was' other sides of the oceans. It would "death" on coal oil. ,When I "lit the *Alm time for the partners to creep up fire, the first thing she would do upon:on,ns by more practicable routes; it is entering the •kitchen claw -weied be to against that endeavOr and its. possible sniff Suspieloasly. If there was the success that we are preparing add we I least taint of ' ccial oil in the air she shall have time to do so' if we make would. glare at me and say, "If I catch haste. . • • ' . . -• you using- coal out to start that fire All this..is *well knovn.t to Hitler, Mus- agaie, rit tan. irou." . — , esolini mnct the Japanese authorxtles., the effect has been a desire for a set- -The queStion of who was to light ; Their action .is.:talren' for its effect on tleinent other than that of victorY. The tlie fire developed by tithes -into_ _al onieds, tweets a declaration of -actual Morale of the people is superb; it is shown in their indomitable eiheerfel- eees, the amazing icindness of neighbor to nel;,hhor, th.2resolntion -with which unaceuseorae burdens hate been shouldered. Two other things it is, I thin,k, woVth welle to say. I spoke this afternoon with 'an eminent R.A.F. officer about . reprisals, of, which, naturally, there is they have had :little ,or no sleep forI ,they reSent aflytlilpgin tbenature seventy-two hours have, indeed, been compelled to spend. nights .¢11 end in a public shelter I have met -angry people, grim people, people whosemood has been sometimee more sober, sometimes mese defiantthan is their wont. I eau,' honestly eay that a have not meta single person on Whom r%mlar duel. If any of the boys. were constrained int) doing if; they would manage to upset the stovepipes or, else smoke up the house so badly that eeother would sae, elfI have to light present was ehosen because this is a the, Ares myself in order to see that eruciel molnent when, if etretrenongh feare ean bee aroused in this country, our appeaser$ might win the upper hand and so make the path of coirqueSt easier for the aggressors. , used toretaliate at cat= shenanigans . Fortunately the ,Ilitiereetrategy is in avoiding ,the.oedeel' of lighting the now well enough understood so that we fire by keeping- up a continual din .as 1* lelow how to deal with it. Phe pattern 1 he- worked around the fire. Shortly is sunple Pirat comes the threat of after the kitchen fire could be , heard awar if anyohe not engaged interferes roaring up the !chimney he 'wohld shake with his mlans—a threat aecompaniql tiOven-tire-parlor stove; -"Clankety--clank--by a declaration of peaceful:Intentions. bang." . Then the- 'stove Ode would slam several times. The---oriamentar top and the lid on the top of the' up- right stove wOuldbe reardved and slam - and in:mediate ,intention. It has .been in the Wind for several year; the an- nouncement ec.uld probably have been made at any timefor montes, and the it's done righe it seems a might funny. Ming to me." The parlor stove- was in the ropra directly below our. bedroom, Father The prospective oppenent is thus lulled into thititing he beset° if he will_ tiot oppose the current piece of a.long series of piecemeal con.quests, Non-interfer- med Into'place eeveial times-. The pipes .enee helps Hitler to devour -that Morsel would be-tapPeettoolimo tloesoot-down- ointoewhieletie-fahgeate aireedy out of them . the amper would Next it will bre the turn of the ..come setere and turn and squeal and growl' plateant non interferer Meanwhile the place . . . the ash bucket meted into place . . and as a final touoit all the doors on the stove would be given a resounaing clank. Then the 'flames would start and the Pipes would begin to tick With the heat We would feet guilty -like as we'lluddled around them dressing to go downstairs: could never understand wee father objected to lighting the r'so strenu-' ously4! • However, as the fall mornings grOw chillier, each fail I begin to under- stand why he put upteuch a stubborn fight to have the boys light the 'fires. Native : "Not in this village, ma'am. Net in this Tillage!" esimmer, The suggeStiOn is made, apparently in. alt serionsneis, that. third., fOurth or fifth Parties Should be made illegal in 1 SILVEB AULLETS Alt praise- and honor to those 291 Individuals and Organizations in the' country who have subscribed $2;700,5e2 in iCanacta.'s non-interest-bearing wag certific:ites. This is lending money he a truly ungelesh spirit And at sonie eaetifice. The same aniomit subscribed •the second warloan would have. broeglit in a small fortune in the. ag- gregate. As 'it le, the lenders, of this Money expect to return. beyond the amounts they have aetuallY loaned to the country. MORS THREE' TEACHERS IN THIRTY People Who talk peace awl aPPeasee a sured Wee not go atert farther When a teacher remains in one school , . , " " 4 number of Years- it Le an advantage to ment at thie tin* are like those wile,- aye' have only one party. as in IGeffnauST . tbe 'PuPlis provided it is an efficient surrounded by wild beasts, ar(h111(1 and ‘atiessia? There le stebility of gee- teaeher, and if the teacher isn't efficient, ;throW on a.tternnathen of fee weakest I einment for yon,, end' what a picnie thkre are few echeol boar& that would ,. eeeir nettiber to the htingry animals •it would tte for the, predatory interests to have two partiee to deg with, phould a .third party be. made illegal. . They could bay ma both parties and any fight tiler would ue against eaeh other, would be a shalt battle.: Teird, 'fourth anti fifth parties may not be 'de- eieable, but the pbasibility,of the else 1, of nevi partlee is; a powerful heinence iu making the existing, parties behave. reneve „a contraet. At ISchool Section in them hope that the 'beasts would le Nerneer "A', East Wawanosie Ileren , , County, we Maderstend there have only time 1* satisfied ane woithi let t the beeti three teachers in the school in test of them live. ' thirty avare. The present iteeVe of the Townehipelt. Xt. Redmond, Whothas Not peace-ntelterte. -ateeardsi farm in the toectionatanglit in his home mould be the term to deseribe thee', school twelve yeara. lie was followed and we 'fail to end anything in. Floly by atis.e eeowerey, who taught for eix Writ in pease of cowardice- ye,ar,a, awl Miss Jefferson, the present teacher,' has be,en .iir the school for twelve years, Tee avetage attendance "IVVIAT Tlig =Ur! is 09w arbood co.\ t When Mr. Redmond was teaching he taught grades 0 atod 10 or the Sret two 'years of eontinuation work as'well as all publie eehool grades. tenere* Advocate. • . The question raised. at the last t own ' WIan TIM COUNTityBOY KNOWS I • (Niagara Falls Review) °Tined ' Meeting.' Whether G°derich The country child hue an ellueation I (should adopt "daylight saving" time all his own. He know, wherethe to. cronforre to the time in aSe at the black %Mir -eels, store the walnuts, where Airports, should receive erefuti, eon e the groundhog lives,,,vitere the mourn- , Ing dove nests; when it Will be it afe to eideration from all angles. harvest that whopper hornet nest, when • If the -entire county or,flistrict would 1 pie wild plums are. ripe, the teachet's the gr dftleultyIf, howver, t . ehe other * all grain And -root ero ilysIle , .knoWs adopt the fast time there woula be to 'favorite apple, the difference between i municipalities of the flistriet, and l'isiam..at it in is to walk thr°ugh the wet grass ith bare feet the early morning. Particularly the surrounding townshiPs, dle may know how to milk a cow and *tumid retain .standard time, the flues- actually do it. City children know Hon would be whether more disturbancp little of these things. The ,coantry and inconvenience would not resul -t roy.,gets aboht as muck book learning,' ' ilfrom a difference in time between the town and the adjoining tountry dia- triet than, from the airports' alone being , ea' the faster time. After all, would It not be t4mier to reinember that sir• port timele an hoar ahead than tit hear in Wad differences between the town end the lwirronnding municipal. - Wed voltla which alw rash.* are *0 ' in addition he can stay at home and 'help frith the threshing. Who wouldn't be boy in the country? "Purely by accident 1 have made one of the greatest discoveries," said the , scientist, "May fl ask whet it la?" baYe fOlinfl,," fetid ,the s'eleatiet, "that by keeping a bottle of ink .hanar You eaunee a fountain pee just like any other pen - wit/tout all the trouble Of IL" Susafte-Father " wa.s 'very pieaetel when I tand him you were a poet • Feetek-4011, I'm gig& to hear that. Susan---ates, the *at of ftly boy friends he tried to throw, out was an anieteur boxer, strategy et terror has made the new victim opal* of resietanee. liethis Mud of struggle there is wily - one way to be safe. That war is to, take the aggressive. threat is e signal, not to surrender, but to press forward Every threat must be fol - •lowed, Neither Japan nor Germany can attack us 110*;•therefore now is the tittle to weaken them, 'and- strengthen, ourselves so that they can,never attack R is fortunate that the United Staps cut eft the suepla of scrap , iron to Japan, and gave new financial aid to China just before the new -pact was, itenonneed:-,-Thetmetion sliouldnow mi&illiffely-TOIlaredir:briffiblberr-ite should embargo all shipments of oil to Japan,. and give far More assistance to the Chinese. Great Britain will prob- ablY enable us to elii.the latter by re- opening the iBurma Road, over which mtuatime shipments can be made. Clos- ing it was one of the many Mistakes ot appeasement—and was felloWed, like' all such mistakes, by more pressure from ,the appeased, •We should also redouble. our aid' to Britain in resisting the Axis. If, we do *all theseethings, and more of the wane kind; the threat can: never be earriedrout. Indeed, when the effeet of such threats as observed by the Fascist powers, they may think twice 'before melding another. They should learn without delay that it Le not In the tradition of thi4 people` to yield to intinielation. • • • New Republie, (New York), HOME GUARD„'IltAINDIG Several- mOnths ago ehe Popular il- lustrated. English weekly Plaine Pest came out with a dashing article on the eateation of a Citizetea Army. The authoe was .T6m.' Wintringeam, ,eX-Com- munist and one-time commander.o.t, the Oritish Dattallortaii., Wintring- ham argued that a tiviliall population. utifamiliar with guerilla and inakesbift teeties wao the soft spot In any democ- racy at war. Ile urged that Britons be taught to defend their towns and vile loges by teaming train the metheds of the Spanish Republic and he packed his article with advice on, the manufacture , of home-inade bombe, smoke screene; and other* delaying effective& Ae though this were net elm -eking enough to toneervative melee he advocated a far-reaciiing demoeratic 'militancy In small communities.. A loeal *near was pietneed shirt-sleevea, smiling broado ly in e group of labelere and shouting for a spade to dig a trench across the Iligh street Villagers 'were urged to ignore "NO-Treepa.ssine signs awe take over tbe"patite on big estates for man-, oeuvres The general picture of armed' laborere striding over private property" Made. many landowners queasy. " , But the public response was tremen- Wintrineliant W44 besieged with approving *Meal and it Was 'a wealthy landowner vireo offered him Osterley Park, in the London suburbs, as a proir. fug greinad. Today his Home a:turd Tr/tieing aliehool N training 500! -Volute teers a Week, On Wintringletirae Met ate an rnaiiing Army mita*, a pilot. ideotttineSter, two English soldiers of ' • afiliesaNztedo_aezemiro.realtlidaoythatr 7saltnigialawfulitatuntskhliour thalisitdawis- ' aaC smarting,eapeci011 at 0? geha s when the affected part is exposed to strong hea4, or hot water, are almost uabearablo4-. and, relief is gladly. irelcomed. To get rid of eesems it is Mete- bary to hare the blood demised bj the WM of. a thoroughly reliable, blood medicine such ,.aa Burdock Blood Bitters which during the past 60 years has met with great emcees in Miring such diseased byita blood clean/ling and *trifling properties. The T. 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