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TTORSDA+
1Y, MAY lith, 1941
-ROME00114.1110 WEEK,
• `aria
'MOM than one laundretd
Ontario
going "a11 out" this
atataaaicirialitle,s re #u g .
an: eonntitan .with,the
1loano
summero
i Week idea. , Each,'naunicxpalaty
;coin. ng �'
Of the b.0 fired; through a.; committee
•
of leading aucl •the direct effort
ke casae '.s
of inelividuaTh, endeavors to tot fiat
too, with former 'residents now living
"fa the United States, An invitation is
extended to them -and to their friends
as. well -oto come home to .Ontario
Tide
1 Tide-� of Ju
week Y
first during the
fir
par•tieular time was decided upon for
two reasons r Canada)* national hol•MdaY,
July 1st, 'and the United States national_
:holiday, July 4th, .fall in the sane week
` _ 3 the latter ease on *a Friday. It is
n
., when °Ontario enjoys it$
.,.tr o a riod
...........-, ,,..,.
most favorable weather. of t'iae' year
from the standpoint of out-Of-doese
recreation.
Stmssed in •these invitations is the
opportunity : ']Homecoming Week will
provide to meet old friends, to see the
olds - once -familiar places, and to; enjoy
grand Ontario vacation.
'Each • town, village and hamlet^ in
Ontario has its quota"of former citizens
who now live in 'the .United States;
it is estimated 'that `in the Detroit 'area
- alone •there. ea!re_ 'today . 'more
than
200,000 former Ontarians' and 'their
families. In the 'past we used to be
able to visit back, and forth at will,
• ;hut the War has changed all that.
T',oday,-.Canadia must stay at home.
;eonServxng -•funds for war purehases
in the "States. •.
If every .'Ontario citizen were .to
'erne sto six friends ort.Selntives drs..the
Uiuted °•States extending an invitation°
ter a visit this summery 'this country.
would beueft.'to an in;calculable'eXtent,
• „far and 'therm any immediate monetary
consideration. • • We • need- shissiouary
tq• +ork;dont over -there. , . Sinister forces
have bee active across the .bonder toy
. discourage travel in ; Canada and- sad
,'to reliite, they - have met with much
succus, eStories have been d, spread
and . beteved--khat Americans eannot
enter .,8e leave .Canada without Pass -
Ports; that :they, are 'liable to • intern-
ment. once ?fere,.that, their personal
effects, cameras, etc., are subject to
eonfhseation; that gasoline is either -un-
obtainable or strictly rationed, that
food is poor and scarce, that Canada
does not want .visiters while she is at
esair---Nohavadn ?;t:.,sf„spaid .ad teetlei1u
has been 'able to remove in ,roto the
fall effects of this campaign upon' the
mind of, the :prospective visitor. But
- personaI letters° can help ''tremendously.
w hWbett rswa—to-set these stories
at rest than to play hast' to as many.
of our American cousins as possible this
summer? fShow''-them that 'Canada at
War is still a democracy and°a mighty
,pleasant one .to live in; that we are,
aborge all, friendly., neighbors whose
interests, aims, hopes and fears are
eomzmon ;with their Owii ; thait we want
their friendship, and., their help and
-that we deserve it.
So let's get !behind this homecoming
Week idea. • Write your . friends,
• acquaintances a and ' relatives in the'
United States. Tell them -that you
.want ' to see 'them this summer. Let
them know that they can 'come and go
*ithout.,hindraae orreStrietion Of any
serf, that their American dollar will
' buy more than a `dollar's worth of
Pleasure and .entertainment° hem, and
.that when _ they ;visit you they'll be
anteng friends. Send along .a. copy of
this newspaper, or let nis 'have their"
names and addresses and`.will do it
for you. • A
' 1 1e mates, a better
�'inaab� .Minister I S �,y
appraisal of the s irit of rural Canada
�h
than do diose members who seem 'to
think that three cents.. a gallon , on
a o ine is more thou the farmer's
ip"s) ri s can etand, Mr. Ilsley stud
.x t p�4{'t� 7AA6 �L4 � �aA
te. his dung and Canadian farmers
will stand, staunchly beside other Can-
adians In their support of 'the Minister
in his taskfinding'
money for
of . &� .
Canuda's war effort. '
• It is always to be borne in mind that
our farmers,` though their names may
n0t be
brought prominently
tly
before the
public; are day by day making' a
tretnen ens' epntribution in the
Empire's fight. The immense quantities
of bacon, dairy pre -ducts and. foodstuffs
in general that are crossing the, ocean
to Britain under: armed convoy repre-
1 n hough-ti"f °ieav .tiil; "day
seixi' o � y
,after:dayt month after month, on Can
aslian4;farns. . When •the desperate
struggle is won, Canadian agriculture
w'Il ile able to :claim it Froud share -
in the triumph, for without food the
Empire would fall. Then our farmers
should' set about vigorously, 'and pur-
posefully to. the rectifying of the
conditions under which they have
labored --conditions which go infinitely
further than the imposition of ti three -
cent tax on gasoline. ,•
EDITORIAL NOTES
The establishing of an Jt,C.A.,F.. radio
school near .'Clinton will make this
district here sthau ever a centre of
Air. For activity. , • "
* * , *
Just' two years ago Canada was all
agog :aver the 'visit --of bhesahingsand
Queens How much, has hapiiened
since!
* * * ,.
One in every eight dentists in
Ontario has enlisted "for war. service,
we are told. The • remaining - seven
are drilling in their own`officee. " . • _ ,
*. * •
. The suggestion- of a., -big military
h .A
demonstration in Goderieh for the
celebration, of Dominion Day looks like
a good one. And there should be two
or three ba><nds along with it:
• * +'
Those of us who 'haven't enough
.money to invest in the war loan can
,continue buying war savings certificates.
The money Ls all needed, big sums
and little, and "mony a niickle snaks
Muckle.-"- -
n1. .
* * w
The sinking of H.M.S. Hood is a
grievous loss to "the Jai itish navy, but
the 'Germans suffered a still greater
loss When the ►Bismarck went under!
The •hood was tyvencty years old;' the
Bismarck was a new ship," The British
have still 'plenty of big war vessels ;.
the Germans haven't:
* * — •.*
Pierre Laval, RVichy's vice -premier,
warns the United States against giving
assistance, to Britain and says that
"not .for a single moment and. not • by
a gesture or any sproposal, have the
Germans taken any attitude which
-might have wounded 'French.. pride.
What a rat the man is !'
The * announcement p that senior
('technically "intermediate") baseball
will not be played in' this district in
1041 is evidence of th'e patriotic spirit
of our young sportsmen. So many of
them have enlisted That it . has been
found impossible in many towns,' in-
eluding ,Goderieh, to get a teiim to-
-getter. Baseball .fans will have to do
without their favorite sport until three
IPhIIOsffsratLayM.adaws
BY Mira aY. MOO �)
TlIJNDERST IV
Grandfather always enjoyed stories,
;lie would sit' calmly- on' the verandah
and wateh thestihaelt clouds
rolling
'up
over the batmen, as I look baei
it nowteeens
that he was happiest on
such an , oceasiof ' • It, "'seemed on our
road...that storeas :always blew tip from
the west. There would 1* those first
puffs of wind 'that swirled dust up
from the.lanevaay and sent the curtains t sharp and not to be trilled with as rho
' fi i in every room an -the `ordered!finall '* °411oth you get in •here.' "
and bl#nds app ng y !finally,
house. 'Mother would go' scurrying 'Grandfather would pick up his cushion
through the olt'i house slamming down 'and 'brush the raindrops frownhis hair
windows and pulling out the windovv and filially do as ehe asked. A storm
screens. 'Grandfather would: remain in 'discfosed the coward in Aunt Milly,
his rocker on the front verandah. The . `She always arranged her chair so as to
smoke from his pipe would be curling be as fur '.away as possible from,, the
upward through the -place where the chimney, the doors and the windows.
shingles had rotted on the verandah There'; she would: sit plucking at her
roof. By the time that mother had the °hands.nd flossing all the time the
windows down the �rst
few splattering storm, waSon
-Somet
ime
'She went
drops of rain would. be coining down. to her room, and, grandfather always
* . * . *, ,maintained that she hid under the bed.
1 Used to like sitting
beside rand� About the timemo
thatt the din,
of
father on those days. fGeneraily,
the storm was at Its pitch, grandfather
stoa followed a hoot spell and as the would start telling stories about the
first rain came down you could hear the bad. storms he had known. It , would
ground drinking:; up the water with a make year skin creep to ,hear him tell
YEv.- li -i• - ......-T . 1 - -..
r --al—
most
l#ttleM noise. Tht� �i fed` .ar
most misty as the cool rain mingled.
with the hot earth' and the lair' around
Us. Grandfather woulci 'take his pipe
out of his mouth and lean forward so
as°tooget a better- view of-the'sky. After -
due eXamin:ation he would use his pipe
stem for a pointer and say, *`I figure
she'll break about -there." -Sure enough,
a black cloud -would begin to form and
come ,rolling up in the direction t'o
which he had pointe Mother would
stand inside the screen door and scold
us for staying out on the .verandah,
Every so often she Would. peer out at,
the 'fields behind the barn to see if
father had '+started the (horses for the,
barn. When he finally did She would
breathea sigh of , reliefs and sate ."I ( CA
"Certainly QUO Tithehi,- has. thrown
w4Y. ■■ r rsN aW �t
VM "1aim elf into his eanntri^a Struggle. In
then want to tithe aitch coon witlh a.
storm„
About the time father' reaehed the
able doors there would be a sandmen
lap of- thunder'and •the grain would
sluice clown, Iuvariably he. -would get
the benefit of the first downpour. The
storm. .would, `freak all around us, it
seemed. Great thunder,: blasts. Would
rattle the windows and the sharp crack-
itvg ofl the lightning Seemed like a
circus ring maeter's whip .. , the blae1
, elouds runty lions •in a circus :Cage.
The storm was on ! M'other's voice was
MISJUDGING Tat WA MI R
Though the 'people as a: whole have -
taken quietly the new tax imp(sitions:
4t .'the Ilsley ..bustget, members of
. Parliament, including some on the
' • C•overnment side of the 'Mouse, `have
been raising objections to this, that and
the other tax. ATI taxes are objection-
,}.
able, and' •s�onte'='-af 'the new hitt oats
would be Indefensible were this not.
.. R-,rtrtlme, when the ()awl-nmentehas. to.
scrape together all the pennies -°it Can
possibly collect, here, there and every
° where, :to help meet the hugeeexpe)idI1
tures necessitated by the .war crisis.
Orme of ' the members evidently are
talking for the ' ears of their eon-
Stltuents, rather than with: any hope of
ebanginggt1te but ggetw•°but;it is a question
if their .cot stituents, are appreciative
to the deg*. that they ,hope and
,,Peet.
An especially stiff attack was ittade
en the three -cents -a -gallon tax on
gasoline, many rural anonibers king,
jo secure an: exemption on gasoline used
Or fanners' 'traetors, Agriculture
certainly ,suffers frown the fiscal ystem
which has been in effect, with some
ehanges from titue to gime, for .the
'last sixty years; but our farmers are
not yet so low*it spirit thatthey, ill
object to doing thoir,,Sluare in Canada's
great war effort for the defeat, of
illitld;rinu and' the . salvation of ,the
[British lin:vire, Three e' nto, a gallon
'43n gasoline 13 neither, a gaii e Of rural
Canada's patriotism icer a measure of
tho unfair burden -fit carries under €he
**Wing It'keai syeterrt. %Ve believe that
•
-his . •arns�' a'�bout 'times' when-°'the--0aw
great ',balls of `fire burst out of stoves
and chimneys. and chase people around
aroom. , .
*`.* *
Ills..m r Was about the time
masterpiece
that a ball' of, aightnin'g came down the
chimney and phe delighted in saying,
"It just zoomed around > xe room 'twice
and landed in a corner . . just some-
thing like the `corner thcat 1 iUly is
sitting in," About that time Aunt
Miliy would gasp .and squeal and grand-
father would bide his 'time until an
extremely loud' roll of thunder came
along fo say,..`.`Well, sir, -the lightning
'ball just Seemed to explode 'and it blew
the corner out of the room." As ati
JOU, while *till a student at the Math
on theb verity of l'ennsylvallia, he .gave up LIS
sehola.rship i+) work with Bun Tat -Sen declared.
_ when she Republic was ,hist dcc ared
UNDERSTANDING Willi CHIN
Why is it 'that 'Chinese and Fnglis
people imnoediately. get -on. so Well to-
gether? Bet ween the (British and Indian
there seems always the impalpable bar-
rier, only partly, T think, to be eFY.
planed by the relation of conqueroir and
Subject. • With, the Japanese the d.lfll-
eulty ;of intimacy' is even greater;
though the Japanese and the British
are both ruling; and conquering peepleS
who 'depend' on the seas; they seldom
learn either eneb, other's language or
mental idiom, But 'with the Chinese
then is no,barrier. Or, at least; that
has been ;my 'experience of a number of
Chinese •friendships... , Today, with
the departure of Mr. 'Quo Tai-chi,who
hasbeen. 'Chinese ambassador to.
Britain, 'I: am more conscious of this
affinity than ever 'Iefore. One thing
that 'has always, intrigued inc in our
friendship'has,been to discover how far
pass y nn ivit is
lila. •Confucian camp.. and
more than an external habit, 'more than
manners; he he
io of mans. W n h
a question
glldtes-a'masim er tells e Chines; tale,
the point of which is- usually that one
should keep a sense of proportion," •see
--_ i b ' nd..un roti# th.s`. c.
tl e,.beali•iy and +� � �
ante of 'the present without too much
worry about,the .future, does 'this mean
that 'the Chinese sage really avoids the
worry and fuss of the twentieth
century, .or' is it just a' useful device
for delaying hasty decisions and over-
ing up a comfortable and Oriental re-,
luctance to take time by' the forelock?
afterthought he teould say, "They
neeer'found that fellow again.... The
one sitting in the corner." Grandfather
• certainly enjoyed storms . but then
you see Aunt Milly was on 'the other
side „of the family and grandfather
never did -have much use for her.
114. became Sun's publicity director.
Later he was, s.t delegate at the Ver-
'dailles Conference and with, the other
GI 'delegates refused to sign the.
-tr>eaty,.emusu it conceded: !Shantung' to
the Japa , ' 4.fter acting ats
Minister of. Foreign Affairs i... Shanghaai
and nc,gotiutixght, arinistioe,
8'r14
r�
anent w11101 1+pt ij tl1e ! ightinsri liere,
he came airtha.ssador to this 'enuntry
in 1 and; flit'• now loaves Io. biome
Foreign Minister of -`hind. T 'newer
knew a foreign reslident with a better
mastery Of il3rxtIahh .Whore. • ,.I often
recall his xeritalic, de When. `the
British were 'beginning • R. {fix the,
effects of• Tiding the Japa,neSe lit . an¢
clzuria, that "the air is da k
withthe
wings {f the coixR,home -to
roost."
Recently his part in diplo ntiey. has•
become' inereasingly. active.. 11is•
speeches' always,
popular 1as
here, h
ave
Ivo' less formal and ainbaSafidorial;
his ,spirits have obviously risett"ns the
•
British
Government has g
radu
a11
y
come to recognise thatthe
Chinese are
fighting the same enemies and for much
the sante reasens• as ourselves. I . will
not pretend that' he remained; unmoved; cold • tlae�7 will ruzl o�iG
p from ,
rn J. �•7w Y- t s, a Y w
b a ti?e=�el sx of t]pea �u m,a--gid--i. .��3 <» a.��.� _..�, .. , ., .. ._
y 4,on
of doors ziot ro ci°1 clad; have
F 1? Y
TR AAY, MAT 20th, 141,
vast lrupulaec is feeling its way tOWard
denloerxatic COneeptien, of goyerinneh
whieh net famifiar
� the Old
er rulers
of 'China. •
—Vile New Stater -in -14h and Nathei
(Loni»i)•_
EVERYBODY'S WAR
(Swift Current Advoeato)
•in. Canada ate not yet' putting
rth " ," to win-th
forth •a. total effort � is• war.
, .. It is not enough to say "leave it
to our leaders" We.Must �realize that
in a democracy leaders must �pbeguiecd
b .t'ho•ea re se(l 'wishes of the people
th ' govern. ,This is not a war -ex-
elusively
they'~
elusively of armies,. nafvies and' atr
forces. It is a citizens' war, a war
• Civilians must share in the
pepples,
job of ,holding the front Aline, and mist,'
it need be, "go over the �toP." . Let's
all. "go over the top" with a total
effort.
READ THE CLASSIFIED ADB
QuckIy RIvsd�.
•It is hard to keep, the children,
summer; But 1 know that he: did not
doubt the continued friendship . ,and
understanding of Mr, Churchill,' and
that he felt confident. that Britain
would discover !that lie good would
eonie o yielfling fttfither to japan,' his-
successor
issuccessor :in London will find 'today
none of that'„colonial” attitside towards
the Ohii;ese that was rife in, England in
the earlier.stages:of :the:Sifto-,<7apon.cee.
conflict.' As Foreign Minister in Chung -
Quo Tai -chi will start with the ad-
vantage of understanding the Western
world, and with a record' of friendship
and .success in 'England; and America,
:that should, be of the 'utmost value to
China, particularly at a time' when 'a
too much clothing aiid°'gAt Overheated
and cool- oie too' suddenly; they, get
their °° feet wet; kick off the bed s
g . nn
clothesatni ht.-Smother_ tea. - Qt_:
watch them all the time, so w, he. is
athe gding to `do Y
Mothers should never neglect 'the .
_child7a eough.or cold, .:but, -on its in-
ception should procure a bottle oflt
Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup. It
is so pleasant to the taste' the
y'oungaters take°it without any fuse.
The T. elms n Co., Ltd., Toronto,' oat.
P
Ctrkihkes are called on "Herr Hitler.
`The, United States Supreme 'Court
hasdenied the application of the Stat'
of Illinois for an ,increase hi the flow
water from 'Lake Michigan 'through
the Chicago drainage canal. -The ap
plication • was opposed by six Great
Lakes •'Stutes, on the•ground that the
level of r'the lakes would :ne lowered.
Canada has an "interest in :the matter,
and the decision of the ,Supreme Court
will' be approved in our ' Great Lakes
fisfrict:.
GODERIGH TOWNSHIP'
- .GOI)EItHQH • TOWNSHIP; May 27.—
Mr. nnd 1 irs. VArt. Tichborne and family
spent Sunday at Leeburn with Mr. and,
Mrs. Jas. I•Iortom.
Miss Lorraine Lassaline, of Windsor,
Armand, of 'Brantford, and Harvey, of
London, spent Sunday with 'their par-
enta, Mr., and firs. D; 3. Susanne,
About tw+ority members of the Social
Farmers' (,lab enjoyed -a hike on Sun,
day to rBenm'iller, where they 'picnicked
oat the river. '
Empire Day was 'litfiitglyr observed at
Union school on Friday with a Short,
patriotic program around the :flagpole.
-Miring to anniversary services ae
Victoria street church,' •Goderieh, there
woo 'nom SeiTiCke at Lipton ehureh on
'Sunday.
The meeting of the Union ' ',D.i7. •vvrt1I
be •held on, ,Friday evening, 'with Viola
tl'lehborne in eha.rge.
WHY WAIT ,Ir.O,. DE SCARED?
(Pletou Advocate)
Britons admit that they •were scared
lute a national effort to thwart a -threat
of 1Iitlerrherre f;:n "ii' tai ` 'fraS,e not sit
been th'orougttly ' scarm. ' When thhey.
are, three. fhundd rlail!lion dollatt
through war caving eertifioatc3 evil` jbe
easily raked.
In money alone, this war is costing
Canada trt, round figures, $4,000,00,0 a
day.-. Thatis'. three and one-quarter
times •the daily cost of the last year of
the last war. This conflict costs so
much *tore because it, is a battle of
giant, swift machines .. as well as of
men. 'And to build other than the very
best machines would be futile. They-
muit be worthy of our mens pr
Canada dare not . and will not :,
sacrifice men for lacic in quality ` or
quantity of fighting machines.. Hence
we : must produce them on := 'a scale
hitherto undreamed of. d
To do this, Canada needs now to
bo>ow- from her citize i.s at least
$600,000,000 in additiion to the
revenue; praised by taxes. To obtain this
motley Canada 'will on June 2nd offer
Victory Bends. -.
–,For tit -nate ty,-.Canadians' have- the
money to buy these Victory ponds.
This is shown by a greatly expanded -
national .income and by record, savings
deposits.
If every person who has savings or who °
can make payments out of wages or
incomewill invest in Victory Bonds,
the Loan will be quickly subscribed, -".
But the wholehearted support of every
citizen ls.necessary. 1,
What Canadians Have done before,
Canadians can and will do again. Our
:population was less' than nine 1nillions
in 1918 and 1919. Yet in °November,
• 1918, our people invested $616,000,00
in Victory . Bonds. Elev9 'months.
later,. irn _October,._.1919, . they, .invested
$572,000,000. The total subscribed fc
Victory Bonds in diose two Ioans Avis
$1,188,000,000. r This ear, tv-ith ou,“
Qpulation increased to more than
twelve millions, the nation that didt
before can do it again—and in gre tet
treasure.
Th, terms• f , ihe_:Loan _willz be _an!.
"'nqunc'ed May 31st. Get ready to buy
every Bond that you can.