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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1945-11-22, Page 2• THURSDAY', .NQYErM x ijnat ar e.....�e. _ -.�-mx .er_.rtr. ,�..._� s., r.. ��,v.-f-v+e.� ..=Ja.r�..,».>wf ..y....... 1]t $ Nl it GODEaIti( ,: SIGrr4- 'tt I i i' GtiD�7ttICU i8 'AIt. published • b'11gnal-►�t� r Preva, lAinitedo . West Street,, Ood.ericJ, .Ontario slisasetription Ratew-Canada and 'Great ,Britain; 42.00 a year to Onlaid States, Advertising Rates an request. Telephone 71. • :g •a,'. !THURSDAY, NOVE ,PER '2,2n4, , l • • Cheese th. 14 014 PeYeetall Pkn t$wt suits yes best Whoa ,eU YOU ropaY` , qq^ eorro` a for loch menib 4 25 6 months' x.2$ 12," " 2.15 • .4 ,50 , 6 months , 8.48, 12 4i 4:30 18 «' 2:91 *100 6 months 16.96 .12. "c .. 8.60. 18 44 . 5.82 24. « . 4.4$ 1200 61.nonths , 33.92 • 12 4.4 17.21 18 6 24 « 1`i8.86 Monthly repayments includ@ lntoreat • unToRIAL NOTE8 turned on hila and Made Falston,their . klallup,oll Ands that acne -half the people of the 'United ;States CPU - 0'04. their eounti'y4s . treatment of the german, lieople is not Severe ene40.. ._ and that Mere women' than .men holed tb;is ' opinion, Are we to conclude that after . alb ' nwP is not the sterner sex, Or Just ;the less logical ? • • * *‘, A writer lttni nts the absence tl}i$ year .of apple •pie. ,,But with. cherry pie, custard pie, raisin pie, butter- seoteh. pie, raspberry pie, peunpkin 0.e, lemon pie -and chocolate .pie all -to be had, why wotry about apple' ,1e? Now, don't somebody write and ted us that cherry pie is notion this year's list ! * • We agree with The Seaforth Ex- pds1tor when it says that Canadians can get along without national reg-, istration. They accepted registrati as..one..of the accompaniments . of war but now that the war is over ' e °sys- here,. hi spite of the panningi tiiet hu4 'given the hitter over the Hongkong,' affair. If the natter conies up , in Parliament ,,there allay be some fur #lying.. • The. question ,of immigration is • coming to the fore, aM there is std. gestion .or. a campaign to .'bring to Canada some of the millions. of people who . are facing starvation in Europe. Hitherto Canada has%been ratherin- sistent upon immigrants' having suffi- cient provision against becoming a charge upon the country; but the. people whom it is now .proposed to bring are in most cases probably with- out means of any sort.,;" There is not much prospect of any . large iimml- "gration from Britain,, . ,It will take the people there years to complete the reconstruction made necessary by the wartiine _bombing, and unless British industries havebeen ruined beyond hope ,of recovery there should be work there for all. Certainly Canada needs tem should be abandoned at once. There ''would . be something like a re- bellion if . penalties were imposed in peacetime for failure to carry a reg- istration card. -The national count fort the' ninth Victory loan is not yet completed, but 'the totalisalready over $19o0,00t),u00 and it. is expected, that final returns will bring* it to two billions. There di V •� lit IVO •. ..I • are a constant temptation to the rulers of overcrowded countries, and a larger population.,would helpt is caw- ing the huge national debt and in making a larger home market for her 3r}•� +qty o RAPID RECONVERSION: Where weapons of war were being forged two short months =ago, workmen at Ogden Shops., in Calgary now are • repairing powerful Canadian Pacific locomotives. The .gigantic, crane, .largest in Canada, is seen lifting the first engine to enter the shops since they turned over to munition work in March,!' 1941, even while huge- ,machines used for the manufacture: of naval rifles and artillery were : heir g .lolatcars for shi.nient in the, lower picture. `The C.P,R. repair p an wi soon be back on its -pre-war schedule mf turning out; 28 engines each month, after setting 'up a record of producing munitions worth $25,544,680 • during the past four:and a . half years.' o ,vn products of farm and factory. . • • - The question is a dificult one, but it �i ill demand attention at no dist-net tl;i ,. In Parlioment;-' this week the , Prune Minister, who hail jtist returned from an overseas visit,' referred ' to A� M.P.. BELIEVES. IN SELF-HELP Iu discussion •off the housing bill m long ago. The man in -question was th r o seen c i ren, five y o . An en neer can . e of , school ag. He was in the _:army .they are built; even a layman finds .and., like. the other man I mentioned, them" fascinating • to inspect and , con-, o •handre tools. temninte..:. The lonaest run of engine -house ,aft and "navigating in strurnents forward, with space between them for 15,000 to 18,000 tons of ore -- or limestone, coal, or grain. The newer freighters are marvels. no doubt.: beet a. good deal of re- ; the House of Commons t �t ttawa •Itthe father f h ld bo s of constructs n g ,, g t has � and two girls, almost all of whom -..were excited over the blue prints from which c'fl i ions m urope, where, he said, eonversxon.,.. but even at that the 1 d' Y nano peop a wouldie during the amount is., a huge one for- a :people of ` coming • winter f .cold and st� rvatiun,1 twelve riullions, Financiers say it• and .sta.ted that the suggestion of was�probably.the last loan at three per brio Canadian homes would have to , be * * u considered, but :for the present the - _ nacre pressing matter would be that The de.'1th,of J. A. Wesley, publish:0 f �- cent.; the next one wi1rbe• at 3 fraction ging children from Europe to l less. . A• of The Herald -Times at Walkerton, o repatriating the men and women is announced, the result 'of. a stroke who had been serving Canada abroad. which he suffered some weeks. ago. ¥r. Wesley had a . style peculiarly his awn of reporting and commenting up-' on events, and he found occasion even id chronicling iomm.onplace happen- ings to introduce , some -of his owni letter re the Ford strike. Those who WORKERS HAVE RIGHTS Editor The Signia-Star. Sir,—Labor men in•Goderich must have been shocked by Mr. A. E. Allin's philosophy and humbr. , He ' missed from the weelsly journalism og - Western Ontario,' says Great Britain should' evacuate all her "posses,sidns" in the western •heraisphere—"set them free" is his eX- pression• -s -lest they be used at some But the Virtual total pay is much less seem to- acqUire more initiative and future, time as bases_for attack uPon. he—Ford, ,f1,134, WILTS ...9f 40ing„,,,,hiligs for them - than 1.41-43,' ther—industries.—X the United States. The small cqlonies Go' mpany in Det saW the demenAration of strength of the unioris Goderich last Labor Day Must have been impressed that' the M. Warren, member for Renfrew' orth, said (Hansard 'Xepgrt) I have • listened for a good many my laci of interest is partly owing to the fact that the pressure for all these different housing schemes conies from the large cities. We hear of the lack of houses in every city from 'Halifax Vaucouver. As I .see it, that lack of housing is due, at least- partly, to the influx- frona diir rural districth into. the cities _because of 'war conditions, and undoubtedly that movement will be or ought to lie reversed. As far have a much healthier, happier and mord comfortable dountry in which to live if we could reverse the present trend and have people move from the backbone of Goderich took part in the cities to our smaller towns, villages and parade If there -were any red -eyed rural communities.' The-strend Of in - Communists amongst them, they were well hidden. - dustry -has always -been to the • large centres. If we could have that trend The motor car man.ufacturers are reversed we would haVe much less notoriously poor employers of labor, ditfieultY in housin g our workers. ue they ay a high hourly wage Pedple who Jive in the sinaller ,places It is tr p . . in -the larger centres. in and near the Caribbeau Sea are not as 125,000 Men on peak production. But this is for only• a few months: Another reason why I am- not par - strong enough to faro for themselves, Fifty thousand of h t em are released ticularly enthusiastio about the pro - he says. A.:fatherly United t•ates at the fir t s opporttinity, to subsist as posed housing plans is that I can never perhaps would gather them up and they, .may for-fiVe mOnths of the year work np much enthu i One does not have -to condone lit•W- tb• b might letssikness to be sympathetic With the suppose 'on occasion. it Js neeessParayll.f°I give.them the "freedom" the Chicago. man demands for them. He Moho violence is alwaYs a man te buy in this way, but I think wait, however, until the' people of these ' slarn :rs. , nd what these 7ork- the idea ,of g.oing to work on a pay - we t through in 1933; It is pnlv as-ou-go policy thas a Much better Thekissrue there was- the right of the man Who is always buying On tire in - The Saltford'Sage claims the rielt N\vvohre ers to join a union of, their choice. stalment• pIiin. A lot of things- •can Ask for .this booklet 'af any 6rarnch. Txts tour of borrowing from the bank .i$ siaprisingly low. For example ... op a $100loan, repayable in 12• monthly instalments, the bap. charge is. only $3.25. TIIE ROYAL BA OF CANADA . GODERICH BRANCH—' G. Duumage, kanager • • • • allergic to reasoning when it was a question of criticizing his pet ideas.. His military capabilities were those of a mediocre corporal." he knew how During his. furlough he managed to freighter •in op -en- wafer is only about obtain a building permit. That is how thirty- hours; the rest "of the voyage is happened to know about him ; I through narror, winding and reitricted- helped to get the permit. May I add, channels. The lines of the vessel, the in passing, • that the authorities were eize and pitch' of its propeller, the helpful in hurryht the permit along so e.esign• of its rudder, how and .keel, that he might get at his house during are all controlled by these operating his two, weeks' furlough. That man conditions,= -From "Lake Erie" ley, worked very long hours, and received Harlan Hatcher. (Indianapolis: Boblas-t some help from other young men in the Merrill 1945.) community. The result was that the cellar•was dug, the forms were placed, , WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 'arid the cement was run. This took (From "Time," New' York) place a village where there was no When Neville Chamberlain flew te running water. He put in a cistern, Then, when. one goes into the country4Berchtesgaden _to placate Hitler in or even a village, lie does not have.t0 -September, 1938, he Upset the plans of pay such high wages to carpentere. top-ranking German officers. - They The result was that-litis expenses for were" getting ready to arrest Hitler. the' work 9f carpenters were not as This astounding statement was made great as -they would have been in a city. in London during the interrogation of -The house was erected, When that stocky, taciturn. Colonel Gen,eral rranz house is completed, inside and out, he Haider; chief of the German deneral. will have a tine home, bungalow style; Staff from 1938 to 1942, Holder planned with two rooms upstairs, one large the campaigns against Poland,.Norway, •for two k beds, and three_rooms the Lowlands, France, 'the opening at- tack on Russia. He told his interrogators that in 1938 the Wehrmacht had only 21 di - downstairs, and he* will have it for the price of $1,600. When 1 hear talk an ghrre.ous. .But one must remem.ber the man who starts in early life with islands themselves seek kto change the to put his half-pint into the discus - would questiOn that rahttoday'? h.appen in twenty or twenty-five- years. den of winter prospects, He sees 'We are prog,ressMg,fas-t and the thne, A young man may come home after will come when Labor will discipline saving a 4ew thousand. dollars' " from signs of a n3.114 winter in the fact that ail& the like. A, roWprospect is offered vision for 'cold Weather by filling their his army or air force pay, his grittuitles People are not making `the usital pro-, to ,him when it IS pointed ont that he Cart buy a beautiful home costing only coal -bins. Further, 'tile mills, or the bad ,ers. right idea.- Parity prices. No more feoL;wteentyin-fivaetytehaarts. itgl,lei;elliltuhtaift letioikast not Making clothing available in the, • 46 -cent wheat; no more butter at 18 uSual abundance. Surely, he --says' cents • no Viages.at $2.00 Per day," -With - human beings know as much about the 1-• actions, .according to soine • people, t menu acturers , to. organize. The car- forecai3t coming condition's. (That tels nd tru§t§ can operate to fiv. , may -be iill right for the S.8., but to prices and ctrtall production. But it our mind the things he mentions-- is sinful for Labor to organize. $6,000, at the rate of only $22 a month tailors, dr 'whoever is responsiblefear4 . Thp late President Roosevelt land the weather as squirrels and hirds, whose was suppOsed, te iive decently. e lie in a beliter Position. Perhaps it ppears to be all right for tue would %not 4.utcur to hini that in the ne.xt twenty or twenty-five yePrs many things can happen in any familY. • I remember some years age. beink takee te task by the -hen. member for Fraser Valley . (Mr. Cruiekshank). Speaking' aleng .these lines,' I referred to A young man in my oWrecommunity, ere -immigrant layr whe-had,been living with his wire and .family in a tent dering. the summer months. Ile •liad put up a little „botise to Store his furrii- ture... With that small hOuse was an acre Of land, and he finally decided that instend of ping into the village and rentilig ,a hoine,.he .winild live in that little".plece for the, winter niontha. The hon. member, for':' Fraser Valley on -that occasion tcok. nie ' to task for advocating shacks" Ile- is - not here tonight, but niay I point out to hon. Menthol% that there was a sequel to Tithes improved and that young man got working on a job whore- there was was nO„t a day's work for him. In his overtime he started to dig a • cellar, arid after he had the Cellar eompleted he built the frame of the hou.se: Within the neit ,year--teriainly Within, the And le was 4 gooll home, one which would be .snitable for any family. In hag Porapanys, in the Terminal .Wower addition to 'that, he had his acre of at Cleveland While they strip through land, and WAS free from debt. 'tt did the breakwater ptotecting' the narrow not. have to look forward to Ithe pay., Cuyahoga Itiver, pass the: lighthotiqk went of monthly rent or intereSt. That, and disaPpeer in the mist- tOwara it eethris to me, is a good .example of Southeast Shoal Light ; as you -see them private enterpriee- and initiative. • '''''' spaced ' on the bine horizon from. an Today that young man is overseas. itirPlane high over*Lake Erie; or es f reeeived it letter from • hire . Ouiy ti you, stand on the bridge end feel the eouple of day's ago Whoa he returns' dynattile force of ,these iriving.ships as Island Channel with only a few yards, betWeett the* and with the swish of the Waters . and the rhytinnie hum of I would draw to the Minister's atten, The design of the lake freighter is Me 'the sew of the young mot with ft Method solt:Iy liy its funilion. ' And good deal of private ability -and in -lits function IS tO Oill'IT iltil: Safety tbe dollars which Would hell) Mai to finish est pessible time with the greatest of' thle kind came to my atteition notl freight train, a steel shell with 'an ri 11 • RGJS--W. .._ The . Woman's Auxiliary of St. George's church assembled in the Guild room last week for -the Novem her meeting. Miss Burritt, the vice-presi- dent, invited Rev. Mr. Buiteel of Clin- ton4to take the chair. The. meeting was opened with the members' prayer, fol- lowed by a portion of the 16th chapter of the Gospel of St. John, read by the chairman. Mrs. Whittinghani, 'Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Williams were namedas a nomin-. ating committee to bring in the slate of officers for 1946. An interesting .. talk was delivered by Mr...Bulteel oh the W.A. motto, "The love -`of Christ constraineth ns," - and also on • the significance of the Winchester cross, ' which, is the W.A. membership badge. This was followed by a brief ,service and the presentation to Mars. Dunbar of. a W.A. life-niembership pin and certificate. Mrs. Dunbar made a grate- ful reply and expressed her deep ap- preciation of the kindness and tsym- pathy that' the members had always shown. towards her. 'The meeting was closed with prayer. Tea was served by Mrs. Riley and her assistants. The new income -etas forms Are shorter than the old ones, but the - news on the last line is as bad as ever. What this country . needs is an income-tax form with a happy endings -s. Brubaker in. -The Nem Yorker.. ate• QUEEN ALEXANDitA SANATORIUM - The 1945 Appeal to EVERY' HOME .00dilliSINESS is Join the Fight „4 Against Tuberculosis have a home suitable. for himself and The .Czechs had 45 well-trained di-. his family for only $1,600., The .Jumber visions behind- a fortified belt neWer cost him 860 a thbusand—and. I think and better than . the Magino Line. that is too much money for laber.. IIowever, I am told that for an- iufericir grade of lumber right in this city of (4tawa, one would have to pay as high as $90 a thonsancL I teersure We are long past, these scarcity of teal. and clothing—would ideas... , Labor unions., and collective . mean a cold winter in the Offing.) 0 iii, 0...... bargainiug are here to:stay. The Ford . If the Chiiiese)CoilihatinistS are, as is union security and fh-e- cheek-Off:7 "'"Wii•it- - stated, the disciples of Sun Yat Sen is good for Detroit Ought leThe good the-ChineSe.. reformer, there .should, for their -Canadien subsidiary at' - I. Windsor the rivai --factions in China. Dr. Sun: Toronto, November 2,3th,, . was said to. have aceepted the prin- ciples ofj:lenry George, and' Henry nal freptions-:-anything tett the :violent 'extoreinist tat . the ;word Communist - Sett is dead, and Chiang Kai-Shek ap- peare, to people ' on this continent at • leaatt to be the Iiiring embodiment of the .sPirit of Chinese freedoin, end frlende of. China 'Wipe that unity will will Soon take its place as the liome of tut ifeies, eThe stilt ger of ,att,thee: a haPpy i and 'progressiVe people. and "My , Task." A, , trio, tient. M. III 4 1"36k J‘lat °I.th0 lir64°' UM* Virj:71AlfraligIZVICrogIN War Oriespondent; states that Oen- Oral MeNatightoies resignation -iii PO, 'regarding which ' there WasitOrae thyaterY, Was the result of O. disagree - Alta betWeen the General ', and De. tenet Mielateri Ittdetori, at' te the dia. together for the west leant campaign, but Wetted the .First C404411111 COrpa. Urfa element in this country appeared to'be anxious to champion Ifellaught. taw Xing OttAnot, the await ptopkt ANNUAL MEETING OF THE RED SHIELD On Fridays Novereber Oth, the sixth annual meeting Of the Red Shield vas held' in the Salvation Army .eitadel. After the ope' ning exercises Mrs.* A. gueeshaw., eecretary; gave the report of the previous meeting at' which the president and seeretary had :been .re- eledted for the coining year. piano selection, "Prelude," by Chopin„ and Major Clarke eve two beautis of Ills Handr. raid Varleus readings wore given by other Plowboys, The ladIeki all provided toward the lunch, and, it was served by Mrs. E; MeIlwain; Mrs. Volland and Mrs. P.* titiftinY k.nit garments were diglilaY4 made by Mrs. *O. Jan10$, Mre. A. Poster, Mie. T. Clarke, Urs. Itingswell and ..MrS. 'M. Warner were made other inemitikts. A , donatiou- 'was contributed by Mrs. J. Itfach and Afts. T. Pry, Vajor Clarke closed a pleasant wet.: ing with .prayer. They steived !Mo..* chn made (Me. Nowadays the which one ? Sind Wete titistiOn is Said Halderi- he and his col eagues coneluded thati if war came, the Ger- man prosPect was "nothing less than catastrophic." Accordingly, the conspirators deter - That man found himself -in the posi- mined to oVerthrow, Hitler and expose tion of wishing te,cgeitite a plan which his reckless gambling to the German would have cost him' 400 more. ale people. "The leaders , . . were Myselfe required $700 to build •the house he General Erwin Von ,Witzleben, .com- wanted to build. After •investigating martder of the Berlin garrii3On.; Col- onel General 1.4alwig Beck, my pre-, '.fresident of Berlin ; General von Breck- •dort_head of the Potsdam garrison, and General:- Edwie von Sfulpnagel. The. commander in chief, Von Breuchitseh, had been.informed of the conspiracy." Haider decided to strike on the night of September 14. He sent a Panzer, division' to General von Witzle- picion. Just when. the cots seenied completely assured of. success, London announced the urabiella-toting yrime Minister's impending vistt to- Ilitier's mountain. Haider, shaken by this dramatic evidence of the Fuehrer's political sagacity, called off the plot, thereaftstoed the Hitler line,- Later, Chamberlain's poliey was defended as giving Britain time to prepare. Ilaldees statement indicated that it wes Ger- p4apy that xot ,the time. Not the mistakes, Haider said, were made on the Allied side. Hitler allowed the British army to escape • at Dunkirk by personally ordering the atteck on Paris. It was Hitler who failed to take,Aieseow In"August, 4942, by ordering tat Eastern 'reserves into the 'Ukraine. He had a mystical fear of Moscew% because of Napoleon's fate. The Fuehrer, according to Efalder„, thought he eauld- crush the Russians by taking Stalingrad and Leningrad, because they were -named for the two .most venerated ,I3olsheviskleader'S., Haider'S thumbnail sketch of Hitler: "The man was a thorough' Mils absol- every *avente, however, he found. he could not under any housing scherae ,borrow that amount of money. . The result Was that froth some-- of his friends he managed to borrow $300,''and to build the house according to his No doubt there are Many cases help Would much good. It is a different story if a mares credit is. good at the bank. .But that is ,not aLw'ays se; banks are pretty stiff when it collies to extending credit. Some pro: - Who is in the -position of hairing hi§ .own piece of land and has, his .house started, bat requires help to the. ex:teet of a' few handred dollars. Such men are deserving of assistance atid en.; couregement and , when the. Minister considers' heusing, I would suggest to him that he keep citizens of that kind THE, GREAT LAKES • The bring Take freighters' are beauti- ful ships2-4ifter you have looked at them long enough to grow accustomed to their' funttional, design. Land- lubbers and salt -Water men' often say they, are eiliWard and ungainly. The shipwrights Who build them and the sailors who navigate them -know better. They are a pretty sight as they.mareh under, their PlumeS of smoke 'across he dredged-ehannel-throughs-Lake---&- Clair at -dawn on a summer morning, rogking the 'fisherrawfs boats with their wakes, as` they swing round Detroit River Light, black; againstlthe sunset sky, and .head east -kr Pelee, as yeti -watch them througlir'binoettlars from the offices of the American Ship Build - home be will return to a home of his own, vcliere a Wife and three children are waiting for hinf and, With his gratuities, be will have no financial worries for the future., - Stubborn Cases of Constipption tritose who keep a, mass of • trapurity pent up -in their bodiee, day after day, instead bf having it •teinoved as nature intettded; at least puce in every twenty.four hours, in. variabIi stiffer from constipation, 'file Ilse of cheap, harsit ptirgatives will never get you tiny where asthey only • aggravate the trouble end ies bbiselS, and are. very liable to eauso if constipated take Milburn is, Lasii-Vver Pills and have ii -natural movement ol tlie' bowels. ,,They not gripe, weaken. and Velten as many laxatives do. Tat T. iitilbuta ea. Ltd., Toren% Oat* Bpy and Use Lensn HUM 4.7=1:11 "HELP WE' OUT TUBERCULOSIS" Please Give" Generously CHRISTMAS SEAL COMMITTEE 382 Wellington St., LONDON i#18 • scAmise OF rpplormatiiiesiliptESIZ0D:Y Ar • yes, rya can be . sure of Filmdom) tires .standing up to any practical speed you wilt eVer travel. Wilbur Shaw, the famine race- driver, definitely printed 'that for you in iut.uctual speedway test. rage speed of 100 miles per hour; --on . the straightaways he hit '135 miles per hour. soling OvaivnippiaiZiaaialtt nal is' Not a skid or"' blo4rout occurred in this gruelling test-iqual, to "SOON-. , miles of ordinary driving. ,You,may never want to drive at 103 utiles per.' hour hut -it's mighty comforting to. know your Firestone tires.. have the reserve strength and'stamina to stand up . them. When you are able to bay tirett, hisist on having Firestone rittAixe Chainplon tires on your -ear. a-xe CHAMPION TIRES ja. GArdner, Vic ona o e