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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-01-08, Page 6PAGE 6 THE CLINTON NEWRECQRI THURS., JAN 8; to4g; 5.000 Allied 'Free" Women Work in Britain Five thousand women ef the nat- ions under Nazi domination — yeom- en of the Netherlands, Free Franm, Norway, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Bel- gium Yugoslavia Greece and, Lux- emburg — are now actively at work i Great Britain for the allied. cause. Some have but recently escaped from the Nazi terror; others have been • working in Britain for nearly two years; many have families, still in Garemn-occupied territory — but all are welded together in the belief that their job is in Britain, fighting in the • common cause': One hundred and fifty Free Frencli women in England are membera of the Volontaireo Franeaises, a military organization resembling. the A.T.S. (British Auxiliary Training Service). Forty more are Assistantes Sociales, handling the general welfare of the forces, civilian, war prisoners and nursing. An additional hundred are canteen workers, secretaries and typ- ists under. the Free French Goyem- pent, the army and navy. Women in the Volontaires who free men for duty overseas include nurses; secretaries, clerks and cooks -- all uniformed. Their commandante is 'Capitaine Helene Terre, a sympathe- tie, strong personality who is not only completing the organization as a mil- itary body, but is also combining the • duties of military and family head, and training girls for suitable posts. • The Free Dutch Women The Assitantes Sociales, include mil- itary and civilian nurses. Some train in groups of six to go to Syria., whither two groups will depart in January as nursesand drivers. Others provide social service for civilian re- fugees, largely the wives and children ef soldiers. The leadieg.organizer ia Madame D'Assonville, distinguished Irish-born wife of De Gaulle's chief - of staff, tifteen hundred Dutch women rein- force the war effort in various ways in Britain. Many are on the shipping and trading committee which controls Vaet imports at OXperts, Others are Clerks on the Dad/ eloVerninent "tttff,�r inembera ef the A.T.S., W.A. A.F., members of the Red Cross and Purses. Dutch doctors and nurses en- tirely staff the Dutch hospital. Many work in emergency committees to as- sist refugees, under the control of Jonkheer Van Lidth De Jeude, High Commissioner for Relief Work. Five hundred Polish women work for freedom in Great Britain. Three hundred are occupied with nursing and civilian relief under the brilliant directionship of Madame Paszkowska, Red Cross secretary-general. A hun- dred and eighty are nurses. in two large Polish military hospitals, in consulting rooms for Polish civilians, in dental clinics and in the twenty- seven ambulances generously. sent from the United States. Ye hundred and fifty distribute comforts from across the Atlantic to the Polish for- ces and. civilians. They also staff rest houses for airmen, seamen and nurses, and carry out canteen work. • Czechoslovakia. Has 400 The leading personality among 400 Czechoslovakian women war workers in Ehgland is Mademoiselle Marina Pauliny, vice-chairman of the Red Gross and the Slovakian-Anglo-Am- erimn Society. Born in Slovenske Pleven°, she went to the •United States with her parents when she was eight years old, retaining her nation- ality. She worked with the Y.M.C.A., acCompanied the Red Orme to Siberia. after World War 1 as an interpreter, and returned to liberated Czechoslov- akia where she worked for the Y.W. C.A. A correspondent for the Assoc- iated Prem at the outbreak of war, she left shortly after a warning from friends and arrived in Britain in 1939, via Hungary, Yugoslavia, Italy and France. Others in England in- clude 100 military and civilian nurses and twelve Red Cross dental and med- ical nurses, also ambulance drivers, typists ,seeretaries, cantinieres, tea- chers of refugee Czechoslovak child- ren, and Red Cross workers distribu- ting American comforts. Nine hundred Norwegian women have rallied to the allied muse in Britain and Many more arrive mon- thly,1 defying the death penalty for attempting to escape, and risking airplane, submarine and mine attacks. Norwegians registered under the government scheme work in hostels, hospitals, dental, elinics end convales- cent homes and also teach in the new- ly -opened school far twenty-two Nor- Wegian rhildren. others • handle an' Anglo -Norwegian correspondeeee al- ready aggregating -60,000 lettcrs. Fifty-twn between eighteen and thirty-two years old are undergoing courses in English typing, shorthand, cookery, dietetics and ambulance driving. One girl, aged nineteen, who had driven a truck In wartime, recen- tly reached England, eager to be a pilet, in the Meantime becoming an 'Offiee worker. Immotrommemorommr The 13elgisin IIIge Bousies, mother of four &Wren and a nurse of the Service de Sante of the Belgian forces in England, conducts the new- ly opened rest home in London for Belgian refugees, to which Mrs. An- thony Drexel Biddle has given her help. It was established with the aid of generous funds from the United States. Madame de Bouiee, a mem- ber of the Belgian Red Cress since 1936, took up duty when war broke out, After leaving her children with her mother in Brittany, she worked with Belgian units at Nantes, Paris and Aleneon, the closed frontier pre- venting her from going to Belgium. She left France via Saint Malo pas- sing the Germans enroute, arriving in Saint Malo four hours before its poets were blown up, and escaped to Seutbainpten 'ir a treopship.,. • Thirty dietingaisshed Yuoslatrian woolen, Many from Italy n4 Fi'an, work he EnglendOh thii,Y4-661. Recl Grose and Yugoslav Relief Society. The argesnieee of the lettere Which planseventual re* of aistreseitt Yugosolavia, is Pa-inCeas.Roinitnoeskr- Vevlovelty, British -born wifeeof prin- ce Vsevolode of Ramie, who through his mother, .Princess Helen -of Ser- bia, is a cousin of King Peter of Yeg- oolavia. She works . daily, all day, collecting to buy medical supplies, ambulances, food and clothes Her yiee-chairrnan i Mrs. Geoffrey Ken- nedy; formerly basica TvanoVic-BanaZ, a friend of the Drachms of • Kent, The headquartersof the Relief Soc- iety is an Arlington House flat lent by an American sympathizer. V IIRITA.IN'S SEED CROP. qeSNAPSHOT GU LD MIRROR PICTURES "It's done with mirrors." True enough, but It resulted In a fine snapshot.' Show your Individuality by taking unusual snapshots. the unusual that attracts at- tention, and les only necessary to use your eyes plus a little imagi- nation and ingenuity to ferret out exceptional views and angles that lead to pleasing photographs. Per- haps you've never taken mirror • pictures, and, if this be the case, you've missed a number of opporee nities for interesting effects. Probably the most important point of technique when taking pic- tures of this type is correct focus. • When picturing the reflected image only, it is necessary 'to add the diatance from the mirror to the subject to the distance from the mirror to the canters, lens. For example, suppose the subject is three feet from•the mirror, and the camera six feet from it. Then three plus six feet gives a total of nine feet—the distance for which you • should focus your camera. In most cases you will want to 'show both the subject and the .te- • flection,' and it is desirable to have them both sharp. To do that, place the subject quite close to the mir- • ror and focus for the mirror Wide • Then take the picture with the. lens set at a small lens opening -1/16 or 1/22. This is advantageous even if it means a longer exposure, for it gives greater depth of field and makes it easier to get both subject and reflection in sharp focus. 'Care must also be exercised in Placing your photo lamps. To illu- minate the subject In front of the mirror, place one light quite close to the wall on which the mirror hangs. The other light may be placed near the camera to give gen- eral illumination. Watch that neither lamp reflectain the mirror cr shines into the camera lens. Of course, You'll also want to be sure that the camera doesn't show in the mirror. There are many possibilities for fun with reflections. Show a person carrying a tray with a mirror bot- tom. By the proper choice of camera position, you can obtain not. only the image of the imbject, but algo an upside-down reflection. You'n be surprised at the interesting effects You will get in working out such "stunt" pictures, and it is such In- genuity that yields unusual pictures that show individuality. John van Guilder • Sets Up Record in 1941 Great Britain's extensive sugar beet war crop has been harvested this year entirely frofit seed grown at home. Before the war, almost half pf the country's sugar beet seed came from abroad; the war has so develo- ped home production that Britain will continue to support herself in sugar beet when peace returns. This year, with fewer workers and remarkably bad weather, she is pro- ducing a larger acreage of all kinds of vegetable seeds than ever before. The demand for them, 'when every householder is "digging," where he can, "for victory", is without pre- cedent. The most peppier seed is onion, with carrot, beet and parsnip follow- ing closely. Moreover, the need for shipping space has caused a great increase in the sale of seeds for ani- mal feeding stuffs like mangolds, turhips, swedes and kale. Scientists and Government depart- ments have co-eperted with the farm- ers and distributors in setting up, this year's record. for British seed pro- duction. ""--7 "TOITR, 110MX STATION" CKNX WEEKLY; PROGRAM RIGML10110 e---••—••• •Mlileme- 920.kcs. WINGHAM 326 enders I FRIDAY, JANUARY 9TH: 8 a.m. Eight O'clock News 10.10 a.m. Charlie Kunz„ piano 12.45 p.m. Circle Bell Ranch 5.45 p.m. Secret Service Scouts SATURDAY, JANUARY, 10TH: 11 a.m. Saturday Morning Frolic 1.15 p.m. The Westerners 6.15 p.m. "NHL Hockey Players" 6.45 Wilf Carter SUNDAY,DJANUARY 11TH: 1 p.m. Freddie Martin Orch. 2 elem. Goderich on the Air 5.15 p.m. Lipton Tea Musicale 5.45 Venus Concert MONDAY, JANUARY 12TH: 7.15 a.m. Strike Up The Band! 10,10 a.m. Charlie Kuntz, Piano 6.15 p.m. Your Evening News. 8.40 p.m. CKNX Ranch Boys TUESDAY, JANUARY 13T11: 8,05 a.m. "Breakfast Club" 12 noon "Farm and Home Hour" 1 p.in. "Smilize Seek" 4 p.m. "At Home with the Ladies" WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14TH: 9 a.ni. "Voice of Memory" 4.80 p.m, Piano Ramblings 7 p.m. Ogden's, Hoedown 9.80 p.m. Miss Bogie, piano THURSDAY, JANUARY 15TH: 9,37 a.m, Waltztime ie Vienna 7.15 pen. Salute to Brussels 9 p.m. Old-time Varieties • , The loyal way in, which retailers ' Inanuiecturer ulinclrter t9 get Some, iontrOl a eeta' er layo , they .are. Just as anxious as aene are emptying with the w proves else to make any necessary sacrifice; ' they realize, as fully as anyone elm • B ' Bruce M I'darM t Ins! If imii +iiiiiflit th h,i++ln that inflation would arn/ w • If you were driving an afitomabile at 60 miles an hour yciu, would not by choice jam the brakes on suddenly. However if you found yourself lima - ed for the brink of precipice you would put thein on just as hard as you eould tether than plunge to dis- aster. That, roughly, is what the Govern- ment slid when it decided upon the Price Ceiling Policy. It saw rapidly rising prices swinging into the dis- astrous inflationary spiral. Its econ- omic advisers said: "This upswing of prices must be halted now — in its CHURCH DIRECTORY , THE BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. A. E. Silver, Pastor 2.30 p.m.—Sunday School 7 p.m.—Evening 'Worship The Young People meet each Monday evening at 8 pan. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH Rev. Cr. W. Moore, LTit. 11 a.m. Morning Prayet. 2.30 pan. Sunday School. 7 p.m.—Evening Prayer. THE SALVATION ARMY Lieut. Deadman 11 a.m. -- Holiness Service 3 p.m. — Sunday School 7 p.m. -- Salvation Meeting ONTARIO STREET UNITED Rev. G. G. Burton, M.A., B.D. 10.00 a.m,—Sunday School. 11 a.m.—Divine Worship 9.30 a.m. Turner's Church vice and Sunday School. 7 pan, Evening Worship againeteinflation will be lost before you can ever begin eto fight it." • So the brake were applied --hard! The highest prices charged in the bas- ic period, September 15th, to October 11th, were set as the ceiling. Retailers Are Co -Operating The Prim Ceiling Policy meant in- conveniende to practically aU businese and industry and losses for many trades and industries. The retailer was itt the front line and so was among the first to feel the impact of fixed prices. 'effort. • That is the mainspring of their co-operation • They realize too 1that inflation would bring disaster to many of. them. They remember that after the inflation of the last world War small businesses, failed by the thousands. In one year there were four times ts many bankruptcies as in a normal year. Losdes Must Be Shared The mechanism a the Price Ceiling Policy provides the retailer with pro- tection from undue hardships. He must of course bear some of the "squeeze" between hie ceiling prices and higher replacement costa for • some of the goods he sells; but he is not expected to carry more than his Unemployment InsuranceCin ommissefair share or the burdTh en. at is, a - The bnputance of consulting your local) Elnploymexa and Claims, Officer' when there is doubt as. to whether or not any worker or group of workers Is insurable was emphasized today by Mr. It N. Watt Manager of the local Employment and Claims Office. According to Mr. Watt, some em- ployers are making their own decis- ions as to the insurability of their employees. Mr. Watt stated that rulings have been made already by the Commis- sion in a large number of special eases. It is essential that these rul- ings* be foll5wed in every case where they apply, because benefit is not payable if contributions have been made on behalf of a worker engaged in an employment which is not insur- able. • Further,. it is important that such special eases should be determined with the least possible delay. Mr. Watt revealed that certain employers who had erroneously excepted some of their employees in the first in, stance, later tried to correct the error by deducting contributions from wages retroactively. This agailit is contrary to the Act. Only current contributions may be deducted from a worker's wages If an employer neglects) to register insurable emir ployees, ho makes himself lieble for both his Oven and the workers' back contributions. Still another error has arisen in many special instances where the Commission's rulings were not obtain - ad, Mr. Watt asserted. It is in con- nection with the collection of contri- butions for "broken periods". It should be understood that either five or six days may represent a full week's work for an employee. De- Ser. WESLEY-WILLIS UNITED P.ev. Andrew Lane. B.A., B.D. 11 a.m.--Divine Worship 7 p.m.—Evening Worship. Sunday School at conclusion of morning service. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev. B. F. Andrew Sunday School 10 tem. , Worship Service 11 a.m, 3 p.m. Worship Service at Hayfield 2 p.m. ---Sunday School. Barfield ductions in such cases should be made on a full weekly basis, In certain special cases reiliere em lo• er and , employee are in agreement, a four- day week may also represent a full week's work. Contriblitione for less than a week, ,however, should be made on a daily basis. For example, if a worker earns an average of $5.00 a day for three days' work in insurable emptoyment, his class of contribution will be the same as a worker who earned $30.00 for a full six-day week (Class 7 of the 2nd schedule of the Act.) But the contribution for a full week and not six -sixths. Similarly for one or two days, the oantribution would be one-eixth, or two -sixths, respectively. In cases where the employee works for less than a week and is not paid on the same basit foe each day he works, his weekly earnings for con- tributions purpose may be calculated by multiplying his average daily earnings for the period by six: efundamental policy of the Price Ceil- ing and to safeguard him in this re- spect, Retail Trade and Wholesale pointed. dtd eeAdministrators have been ap- Whenever possible, the retailer is expected to work out his own ar- rangementa with his suppliers to share or "roll back" the "squeeze". When he cannot arrange this he is expected to develop matters through the near- est Prices and Supply Representative of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board or directly with the Board's Administrator of Retail Trade and its Administrator of Wholesale Trade, who have offices in Toronto's Metro- politan Building. E. G. Burton, who knows the retail business from a to z and who is ser- ving' the Board without remuneration, is the Retail Trade Administrator, R. F. Chisholm, another young execu- tive, who is an authority on whole- saling., and who aim serves voluntar- ily, is the Wholesale Trade Adminis- trator. These two „executives regard themselves as champions of a square deal for all parties. Their philosophy is roughly this: "You cannot under- take so terrible a job as halting. in_ Dation in its_trecks without hurting someone. It is our responsibility to see that normal flow of essential !goods is maintained and, that no one suffers undue hardship." 1"Rolling, Back" the "Squeeze" I Suppose a retailer findshimself badly "squeezed" between his retail veiling price and the price he has to tsay his supplier for goods. His first step should be to take the matter up iwith hi& suppiler, who may be able Ito reduce the price to him. Perhaps the supplier will have to go to th The same rule applies to employ- ees working less' than the ordinary number of hours, which, normally con- stitute their regular working day. For these, a daily stamp, the class of which ie determined by the' actual money earned in the days worked, should) be placed in the insurance book for each on which Work ie done. For example, a man works two hours on Monday, eight hours on Tuesday and four hours on Wednesday, and is paid 40c an hour. His earnings, for the three days are therefore $5.50 and his, average daily earnings $1.87, 1 Multiplying $11.87 by six, places his earnings in Class 3. Three -sixths of a 43c weekly stamp should be af- fixed and nine cents deducted from Teeluction in his caste. Perhaps tele Inanufaeturer or iinporter will have to go to the 'Government for help he the form of a subsidy. But in any event •the 'retailer cannot raise hie, IMM -7 -except for a feVe ex-el/Intl:ens aueh as fresh fruit and vegetables, most kinds of fish, animal pets ant dare. SO the retailer should negotiate for a lower price. If he cannot con- duct these negotiatione by himself the Wartime Prices and Trade Board's, of- ficials, the Regional and Wholesale Trade AdMinistrators, will co-oper- ate to see that everyone gets a square deal. If necessary, they will compel adjustments. On the ground that the first place, to look for help is to oneself, the Board will expect retailers will take any practical steps to reduce their - operations. So, too, will other busi- nesses all along the line. However. Setailers can be sure that they will, ,tot have to bear more than their fair- Ishare of reduced income. This, found during my visit in Ottawa; is a fundamental policy a the Wartime Peicee and Trades Board. V PRISON CELLS 'the man's earnings. liave Become One of Britain's Food Emergency Stores Hundreds of cold storage centres with a temperature of 20D below - freezing point are not available up, and down Great Britain for the coke - sal order of 1,000,00 tons of meat recently placed by the Ministery of Food with Australia and South Am- erica. Each of these centres can keep. thousands of tons of meat, bacon„, butter arra frozen eggs over a period of two years. In one of them, for ex- ample, there are 1,200 tons of butter, p,400 tons -of meat and a large quan- tity of bacon; another holds 60,000 carcases of mutton; a third 3,000 pig' carcases. In peace time, Britain'e food stor- age resources are to be found mainly - at the docks:. Today, scattered throughout the country are not only these.hundreds of eold.,stexage centres but 10,000: other ater1n placOE, for- non•perishable food, produete, set up according to district and each supply- ing. its own area with, at least six or sevenmien articles of- food. 1 There has been some iingrovisation. Here a textile mill, there a,furniture factory, hasbeen turned into service; in one case the cells of a prison are to be found crammed with canned' e meat; a casino now holds 700 tome of tea, margarine and flour. "..."•=7".•••100, II I Hungry For News ' People who have lived in Clinton but are now living elsewhere, are always interested in what is happening "back home." Your local newspaper tells them more in one is- sue than would or could be told fn a dozen letters. Your local newspaper goes regularly and act- ually cost's less than a letter a week, when postage, stationery and time are considered. 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