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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1941-04-10, Page 2t tir na. • INIi!xt THid 001)XIIICIII SIGNAL AND THE GOD)01l1011 Plablialied by Sl ,ual-Star Prole, Limited. .-Waist Si t, _fialederien;10inairia-L- ERICH SIGNAUITAR liffi A)A.R.,' G'aiq. ,1,MIL 10th, 101 . Minn STRIKES M N D* fortis: Greeee a> ' ligesiavia; handed by the, Nazi hordea which ter month a Hitler hard been assn nnblii g h will upon the Balkan • aatar�tri . The news despatehea so far' 'indicate• some successes by the isereder , w'iiieit is to be expeeted, as the �y 'the. 3a�vade>t� known where , y "lam to strike lirat; The 'Green• and Via anviane however, a resist - Stoutly R Stoutly and 'have the support of'' ' a'!' 9teong Y Meehan; Zed British a'• 41140,.of the Eoyal•4ir Foree,, adiii ,tom. 'Nazis 'L ainnd 'they are un r ' what alba selfetbif'g different from vw oun te=ed.' last year. in the ti�Fy, , care .litt I fan_ and irranne. Hast Africa° i l a is istaueette - ' f almost entirely. In North lea German tri 1i ve° taken up. lea roved a� which the Itli � l► ed.hae 'tiiM�s'seTvea�; unfitted ande retaken • of tine Libyan centres which were eeptur+e % -a�. few` weeks ago ,by British .foree s General *Aeen , is choosing his . a • gronncl en which to meet the Nazis, ;a*d._..mayr 'repeat- the -eat-and mou • atctiest which discomfited the . Italians. The eye- of the 'world, are on the Battle of the Balkans,' and the future eonrse of the war inuy be determined tb a great extent by • the issue of the struggle there, • R? FLAT RATS FOB POWER _ • A wave for the establishing of. a Sat rate for 'Hydro power in Ontario is , ,(� _.(E3.,O._Niaon and Hon. �{ Y t W 4 to" . of the .provincial Govern - F. Oliver. moving Gov -ern - silents -At; any site, 'they ' are ring `for, 'the setting upsof a coanmittee,• to - stud y, the matter. The'mov'e is said Y to nae founded . upon' the expectetioir,• develo p lent of: the that the 'proposed P over .a �e � ill produee Lawrence. P a •$+t• Lazwren "will electrical energy at a eoimparaavely low eost, affording .opportunity to equalize rates he Province . which now throughout,iF . • , vary fromst$17 '.to.'' Per 11 p• ,.. ,It •cannot be denied, that the rate sten; which has been in vogue since �y, 'the Ontario Hydro. was 'esta=blished over thirty years ago has been to de - isadvairttl a of great fictions of the ,Pr' Ce• . as •compared with :the large eS . Close to . the chief source of �nir powers • The result .has been the centralization of industries ' in these favored places,. while" `In. the outlying - districts, not only has -;industrial de- velopment been Checked but industries formerly established. have feed"' -•I -' In .Goderichs for ;instance, our active, „industries are, eonsideraably fewer ,than they were thirty years ago. • While this -elated move for a'' .fiat Objectives in .'rmstta autroI tory. terrt- Whe,' General Wan ai', troops made 'their great sweep across. the Libyan deserts, .it 'was motorized equipment from Canada which enabled ahem to cover distaaxe at a speed that par- alyzed • Italhtn •r�esistauee. While' Cane. ada'a overseas 'trool)a are kept in 4 tha Britain, tan f"ormr ,part of'. the army. t will eventually invade )Germany, Can- adians have the satisfaction or knowing out •this turned in �thAt equipment o . -country is tieing. sod service b fi S Britain's `fight in' far distant fields: * • * , Information was giveu,j.n the Legis l re •,, ei da hat 1.3,24 ' ata the oke y � A bus been expended on. the, seventy fou r armies of the ueeu.-k Naboth Way, Crony ,z +�' `lls� t Tonal. a ddi r� o-•tNiagara To o. o nit 11. for trams• nd �ex ndi:tures are $1;~, 4 a, shrubs, , for planting the same, and +x ,862 for sodding" ' The lighting• equipment has' coast, over: 5,O0o, this may or' may not he included in the eost figures. •first • mentioned. "A -monument at the "Humber Bay end of this de luxe highway "cost' , "3. • -The Toronto Telegram remarks that a' road that cost` $178'',O 2 a anile ought to be its own ni a uwen't. ' • • Every newspaper Once is: flooded with bulletins and circular letters "re- or.. `.0 _ ...cation" 'which if iced, leased • � P bli w 1 . h e as the - t< t e n a would fill amens >4 our >� eon o p Pe. 'every week"without'•leaving any room 04 for local news" ori comment. Most of this "literature" goes into some handy'' receptacle without even being read, and receptacle ' ^ free. we wander' �nhy •firms Peking publicity" 'in this way go on spending nnoney,_for writers aid atenograph$is to - produce .it .or even Pay the .postage: charges on it It they would take the trouble to leak throu'ii the .columns of the weekly newspapers they would, see * . how little of it is used, ' One of our contemporaries calls it not only a wasted effort slut `aa darnednuisance.'° In this, office we keep a deep desk drawer'in which the stir is placed, and when we :want some '`copy •paper" we delve into the drawer and write on the unprinted side of the sheets, instead of using blank paper 'which coats us: money. So the • efforts of_ these. _ who produee•,.this free publicity literature are not -wholly wasted. A. M�anito1xx • M P, -protesting' - the Federal,Gevernraent's decision .not to increase the . initial `price on _wheat above 70 . cents at Fort William, ehal-. lela es the. Minister of Agriculture to contes ';bi5 = ank n the issue. It is a sa> e_challenge. The Nati itoba electors weuid 'naturally, vote' for'•$5,-wheat if they had the chance: The question is iiow mucli the whole Dominion is pre- rate ri `'a "Signal of hope, . it should not ' • • be taken for granted that it will sues .pared to put up for the sake of the' teed. In the first place, the additional electrical power is, not produced .:yet. - Second, we do not know: what its cost will be .if and ' when -produced. Third, strong opposition from the centres and, nand is the belief that this would be districts; favored ,bv the present system a calamity to .the whole country and Qf'. "rate -fining to 'be*expected. At than the' -'Government . is justified . in .any rate, it will be some years before Western wheat -growers: s.a-There are Some who •could • let nature take its course and alloafv the prairie farmers' to quit growing wheat if they cannot ,land a market' for' it: 'on the .other the new, -power will 6e. available, and efforts' to remove the present diraibiiities. ander which towiis• like 'Goderich rest should not be abaaitloned. . • a EDITORIAL NOTES bright_rows of erocuses in :the garden are a .sure -enough • indication that spring is here. RETIREMENT - I was in 'the (village tins morning and net :p'eter (Kenzies on the Stmt. Peter used to farina Ytheofd- 3sullinS Places On the 10th concession. Isis farm i1utts on to our grass farm, and when ' we would be over, salting the cattle on a "Sanday afternoon in the summer it was the usual -thing for a chaa't, i'eter ' was ,walking out of the posts office when I• met him on the street and we stood there talking, for a 'while. A, year ago- last fall, Peter retired th the village' and bought a Kittle place -next to the :old bLui lay store.. every- body" in tb,e district was e>` the opinion" that it was a 'fine ' thing for baba to retire and hand the place over to young Dan. I 'r'emember Mrd, Phil saying, •"It certainly is ?nice for Teter, ,Irenziea to ne be able to retire and .enjoy the nand . y DA a &l'RIM 10kb♦ C.rrest rows MI tis war einNA 101011114 ON ing iu steel. Tiley are *cher in .rung- One#;:hang. quite dear is the war of sten than any country in the world, the --Far. East 1 -'hat -the Ghi#tele -. httve They ,1tl'1' '; . i ._ tiKsslt� . e sash,-- •tlie'irtt tails rrery ,a)n,uch u1►Q white the nese• dud the extraerne y v'axluablao. wood oil. 'rine#' In demand in ,Amerien, .Japanese, if they have not eiSactly got is a, hineee in+onopoly. There is hard - theirs teila hard-their.taila dO'n, are full of anxiety. 'ly aur ecananntodity, Mineralor agris Looking' $s on tbe past few mentis cultural, w)aieh• west 'China doh, not 'one. ,ean see plent '` of }ease ,for or eannot produce It is no exaggera China's bueYstincy.. The plain -truth is tion -to i ealcribe w iG China as: the s . Aud e'nt . la ae a nt Dien• et ev' t � tbatp�gfri Ali the encounters since last 'pp�� 1 were nem �y „ •y of .Pad. Augusi;, north, asst and centre, the ese were ne� •♦ t rued out of east Chinese have generally 'had the • best China, it seernis• certain that a new of things: In November theyin'f3'icted state is growing up in the west Whish •first -eta In, on the e'l'apltnele (Wt11 play an important part lin the in the Ilan River valley ' in central worlds economy. G,hina. • And they have lied the joy of - • --The 'Listener '(London;)• seeing the Japanese forced to evacuate the whole of the great southeastern IILI ►'►IO T>i1 OBVIOUS h p vphotographs' r "wla h . e n' e to s o at see ns n w Sena prnvince sof' Irm>angsl, This 'anen trade routes ,and ]resonrrees in raw MA' of Poland's ;best people banging from terlals for 'the iuea e, 'besides '- -- street lamps, "who know of the slaughter moral encouragement. Thai Chinese •: i sad ot', innocent!) in the abattoirs of � bar- have e nn arm , n r ha a now, ss.000,000 men, he's ' Made.. There's ,00' many people' they claim to base abundant Who don't �kn w enough to quit work .,They also . feel that they have Great �► when they get to his age, Betide, ,Ameri:�;,. and .,It'ussia, 'too, be - It sort of took me sby surprise when 'bind, t110111 to an extent i soy never - bade he said y`rbi1, shaive you got a man for 'before seeding, yet?" ,. t)ne aspect rnf K iniiaa'a st ngth, I' told ;him I hadn't, because the faired misted •ztnd he said, "17V'e11. which. is;�nnrdiy •ap�preeisnted abroad as Man had e >it $hould be, is the oxtreordinary de, :I lae::gla4.to go at,.nlniLlin Xeu ;this$ e]o f .the natural wea'lt'h of beas spring. . I may not as •good as w �areast China, Mince fibs . ,�vv�rnimeia'� at workiu but I1'1 do chores or any from, a kow to g', } moved- its capital � n munitions, est, 'stein ignore these Nazi horrors' en- tirelyEn and 'rant* fo dare about, , S- land's failure" 'to give India 'dominion* status. "'Ken who have seen Germany grind once nation after another.. into slavery while pro1nisiug always' to re- it • Vi. are spent the integrity of s next Victim still fatuous enough �te : believe that Hitler has no designs on the Americas siirifer tluseshe says • .-. <_- .,w. , The curious thing about these people is that if yen' ask one of them --'point;- blank which skin -he would rather see win the wa=r, he will usually • (unless he is 'Colonel Lindbergh) answer with some eiubaa'rrassnneut that ,be would naturally prefer a British' victory*;;, but in' a seeond be is off *getn with some But until recent times, this wealth waca juicy ted. bit,, of. BrIUsh deviousness. •in never . properly developed, • all the the - hoer War ter some fresh ;insight energy ,being concentrated in the ' easy into the Boston tea party. Ratrely, does and centre, widein are close tra •the. sea he lift a finger to `help the England he or connected . with it by great rivers. 'would feebly prefer to win, and those When the Chinese Government' moved who do he 'bitterly'. denounces as to 'Chungking in' October, 1938, it had warmonger!. • . to develop this wealth, partly to carry . iSuffieient repetition has given this on. the war, partly to 'find work for approach a certain. effectiveness, ' IFas- the e(x,000,000 'refu +ees who had fled Gists, oommunrsts, •auct some varieties from the Japaanese 'in east and central ' of - Socialist and Pacifist, assiduously 'China. • The Government, in ant cepa- cu'Iftivate what amounts to mass de - tion of its move, .find •already carried 1entia., . Un=der their %rQuenee and off every scrap of machinery from *the thait of the look at -the Inst -war heel, factories- ofanliow and Nanking. - It people • gtherwise perfectly lucid affect `hiss started- new faebo'ries "�a11 • over an indi erenee to 'any distinction tie- the 'roost, cottage ; industries' • and co twee'', the England of t3hurehiill and 'operative societies, and `iii spite . Of the` the s Gerin y _ b f'--Hitier`, r althoi gh;-` the b, assist war has found' large sums, tofaintest 7a'ossibility of 'their" being at'hem. The China' National Tea Cor- t rc al to live in the nightmare .land of poration, a semi -Government -concern, the swastika would- terrify them out Is founding ;"sites of model: tea col- ee „see ;._selnd's alt ._they: Even' ' to those rigid Marx1 t '" Who take the "long view" that In 'the: end ' huren.111-. , must merge into at•1 risen m i aria s Sni d 11 �' identity :since both are forms of,_cap= ;talism, it should -be apparent that one ,offers a chance to work for change while the other offers +a. repressive terror that far- outdoes the bungling. methods of any zar--that ever- dived. --Th Nation New -York) . e� ( thing at all. :Chuntgking st'hree yeax�v a°4 '1 half ago. surprised whets she. (Maybe 11001Cetl, su=p West, south-west.nnc north-west China said that, but when he said' he- would (the parts that make•• up so-called come' out and work for nothing m- "free Gina") are anything from 1,000:- amazed look , on it. „ . " r••--• ' tent. It Chas always •been.known ,that °Don''t )took. surprised, •Phil, he said they contained'' great natural, wealth, Calmly, "I'll die if -I ,have to sit around here doing nothing for another year. r� you take 'my advice you'll never retire. It's • one 'thing to wear out, but' it's the devil to rust out." There's a problem for smart doctors to solve! What., can you do with retired ,farmers?, I• don't mean the easy-going. kind of farmer like myseit, who .would be glad to give up farming at any .time for the promise of enough r fuel for re and, u l��o f lA �ns f to eat, �� ..;�... a plenty tobacco 'to smoke. rI mean the ha working farmers, wlo • elarve away an their lives to . get enough money to retire on. They travel in high gear 'Until they're sixty',. or so. ' xis. that -they Then they retire. Tt me y quit 'work altogether. They discover .then that low gear has rusted out be- cause they never used it before. . You see them sitting around -the post - office and the general store and. , the chopping mill. When they are sitting onies with considerable success. Only there by themselves the conversation• a fortnights ago a • barter agreement is which ss a was.. Clod ,with rRu C cop b . theydid ed y h things '. about the Ta xlbn g when' they were farming. Just let a- ;ahiva supplies -the 'latter with f 1,MO,- farmer walk in ... that is, a farmer 000 worth of tea this yearaainst an who is still working at the job.• They'll equivalent ra.znount of niunitfons. An, brighten up immediately and start te. other important staple is the wool b- ask questions about the maple syrup dustry of thenorth-west, ere there Tun, nd the price of Bogs, and how the are stated to ,he 14,000,000 `'";eep pro - cattle have 'wintered. They're still.: during very good: wool. Thal. wool farmers At `heart, bun Mien hav-e�;noth-; ,. Deed mostly to go to Tientsin. But ing to faran witfi. _ It's, a drab prospect to sit around a stove and wait for night to come so that it will lead to . day." Drasve int the village early some•unoriling'°• say on cattle loading day. the main street is dead, but you can •see -.the 'smoke stirring out.. of • the chimney of every home of. a retired farmer. You..don'•t;,. break off the habit of .•getting up at 5 o'clock i a Tthe morning for. forty ° years, just by retiring.: They+.' -ll be standing at the gateway or on the verandah, or if _.it,'.s..._the. ummer.,;f ;hey ;nay be hoeing, but as you go 'past they'll wave .and' stand at she gate and..count the cattle. You can _see: r thei sing- the.: stock over; and thinking back. tb the crisp mornings' wh'en?'they drove cattle to market and were busy and happy, before they retired. face 3nust certainly' have had an .000 to ,200,000. `squa ae. miles ' in ex :.I PORTER'S • HILI- PORTER'S ' irifYLL; - April 8.—Last Friday night' about ninety gathered at' the .home of Mr. and airs. Heid Tor- rance for the second Pn'•are party in two weeks. • The Friday previous •such a. good time cvas enjoyed' that itwas decided to hold another the following giving a reasonable amount of - financial Friday. The proceeds were for the Red upport ito Western 'Canada's basic in.Cross. A splendid" "lunch was enjoyed: dustry. Representatives of Western constituencies who sclaim. more than this are'doing their cause harm; rather than good, for they are playing into the spent -- Lockhart, x haiintls of those who would have the i spent'Sunday at hs hd�ine,, ere. •, ". Mr. Fred Pickard collected last week Government keep out of the wheat for"the war effort. How littlsii is .pekecd, business altogether. of us, when we think how mud rt; t6� '• Friends are sorry to he 'r that firs. 'Herb Cox is not' so well e last' few weeks. " We hope the ^Cvarei lays and, ‘sunshitie will .help restore her to. • since the Japanese:are ..in control :there, MARINE COTS,'S • BIG ; NIGHT the Chinese Are more -and mo ,selling; _:.. •,mother-.:- Marne,:. Club: :social.:, and it in the. aposkt difeetion,, to' 1tiisia.; dance_was held hi •the`M•asonie'�HaIl on Wit ' j Tina's coal reserves • are Thursday 'night. ` last. Twenty stables' estimated at 12,000" Million tons.'i'Illiere. is • plenty of iron which .,the 'Chinese are smelting; they claim ,that in the of . euchre . were played, the winners being : Ladies' .first,.; Irs.n-ees' consolation, Mrs. • (Capt•) J. Vickers , near future they- will 'be self= uippbrt= "men's"_ first, 'George' : Mumby ; eonsolat- , • Clops The all pure Irish. ,Linen Table Cloths, bought months `ago and just received. Select "scroll oar floral designs. Size 2 by 2% Ids. Regular 8.4+9 On • Sale 4.50 MiLinen Toweling 18 to 19 in. wider, gram! quality. P ent value : 50e, On sale VD. 38c en's . Handkerchiefs all • F linen bought Finest ea Year ag zd bout :1 In in M, 3 or % hemstitch,. Present Value 'SOc. - - Special • Fee o c Easter, 'Handkerchiefs All from Ireland. Moat Pleas. b l ins selection we havePr One Y ever had. Irish cambric. range with your =alnittal tiahitily worsted. MI initials in stock. SP Ch$I 15t, ENOLYSII WASII DOESKIN - Gloves Pull on style ,n white or na�tu• ral. 53% to 736. Pal» I OM ' s s Silk Stockings "Mer'cury"" and , Pollyanna ail silk in. chiffon or crepe, � lent. Os in ail the new spring shades. No advance in prim; 69ASND C 1 "Van Raalte" Mercury Lln je -- a�tylcs..- l Y i4xli films x� priced'. �y. iriozr,. Cal:Obeli T'! reedie. °Duncln' was gram 'of solos, duets. and step -thawing served unser the direction of Steward at intermissions. Prizes, were donated Bonny, , The Melody ,mixers proside�d by Mx: and Mrs. Frank Curry. The r success, with au Mimic or � eventwas a b ccs > t at- m f' dancing, Bich eoittirn' i8 g', w sal Iv .4q V• until• well• after midnight, whit' a pro- tend'amce estimated at Eve bo e o th d oan n � Comforts ofHome if theyconsult their own -interests by selecting their Stoves urniture from our stock. taivin Dining Room and Kitchen require• meats, as. well as Beds and Matta; esses,... Our_ Oooking StOVes , • acrid Heaters provide, both, heat; and comfort; . o • Blackstone We deliver in townednd within reasonable distances of toCEVirl. 'rho:re' are seventy milliOn sugar maples Onstern Canada, we are in- formecl, ,and. 'in a year about one and a- maarter million gallons of syrup and four and ashalf pounds of sugar ares produced. What a 'sweet-, Gasoline tax .collectionS in Ontario • $1:00,006,600. They nresincreasing a;tat by year. and in 1%0 ',alone Were over roads, particularly in a time when little road eonstinetion worie is being- done. Innottlar mote. ' 'Haile Selassie athain ons top In .,Ethlopia, one Wonders *hat ., that prenietta pair, Hoare, and Laval, thinn of in In was they who. caokecl the plan by -Which Italy WAS' gk :great, portion of Ethiopia with the, blessing of Britain 'and France. The British Public' rebelled and the Eielieute felt through. "Lier.al -ie now running errands :for littler in IlVance. The Manner' in' which 'Britain has maintained production in. the tai,e of Nazi bombing' is niarVellons. , cable cleopitt,eh static* that In March the,pro* ''atittetion, of bombers and lighting 'planes ins greater than in' any previous month *f the rear. , And avith, good Men to 4**1 to maintaitillritain!s life -line from the North 490a to Singapore, in addl. tips to wreaking havoc On military CARLOW • CA:MOW, April 8'.s-ssThe snow has almost disappeared from this district and the 'fields are drying up fast., The road from penlop Caribw has Stood vvell'under 'the frost and tn,e heavy traffic of the past winter. ' Cengratulp.tiens to .1iIr and Airs. Thomas .Wilson. upon the birth of a son (Hilton) Oil A:pril 4th. s Quite a, number of farmers -took in the 'Clinton stodk show on Thursday last and report a .big crowd and a gq,,9d, The w.m.s. vviii. *Ad their Easter thank -offering Meeting 'on Thursday; A union, service will be held in the United ehurch on 'Friday afternoon at 2.30 pans' vvith Rev. `Gordon Hazelwood by members front the othen ,three churches of the eireuit, All are .wel- eome to join' in " this Good rriday /t.„( ferent schools was 'held fp. the (found'. ehamber on Tuesday, and' eollectore were Appointed for the respeetive fite. tiOna. .1 goad response is expeeted. .. Mr. Ed. V. Lavv.son arid daughter Rath, of faceleriPis township, called on relatives: in this neighbornooti on Sat- urday last. All were glad to see 'Mr. Lawson •after Ids serious ilinesa. ASIIFIELD Macdonald' of lIanniton is spending two :weeks' holidays at ber home here. Mn. and 3Irs. aohis Bogie of dtervie called on friends here laet week. Miss Mabel Macdonald of Detroit in visiting with her,parento,Mvand Mrs. Mex. Mactiotiald. The April meeting of the W.Stli. will be held next Wednesday At the home of Mrs, Alex. ,Maedonald. Mr. and Mrs. T. J.,Lannan visited te- eeutly with friends in, Toronto, are givine in, England anti.insother war.". . About 'thirty were...out tO church on ninfaionSermice will be observed. - Mrs. Stewart .SchoenhaLas formerly nt Woodstock, is spending a few Weeks with 'her parerite, .Mr. and Mrs". Thos. Ellienaes' Corp. ''Schoenlials has been tranarOred to Toronto, where he will spend. ens 'Weeks- la training ,Sch601. as it ssiring had come. Farmers • are -- working on the land. • One farmer yes- -terdity said be had heehsploiving for a• 'rand Wm'. ',Fuller's sawing outfits are cutting up 'wood for next" -winter. sWe rpreparing 'for the next; rather: "Johnny, there's a button off your coat.1, unsfaira; and sew Little Johnny .(la surprise), : ".Mother rather : "I know She will, 'but I want you, to learn to -sew buttons en yonr- LOOK OUT' FOR YOUR LIVER it up doh* How !ad feel lika ttaiiii011 tett lilt, it 0* low, two ia jar holy aadmiott important to your Issaith. besets eat We to Awl ha, iota rid of waste, supplies wok props* os fool "rottest—heialacity, backlit*, Altai, inigpt wit ties *N. Fit we 3S you aomoroils him wail prompt *Me Olitititt-44011tirtit.i4hok FRUITA0TIVES. Dud Windibiaid Wigan Otto! 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