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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1940-10-03, Page 2PAGE 2 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD TI1> TItS., OCT. 3, 1944 FUBLISHED BY' SPECIAL ARR ANGEMENT COPYRIGHT CI3APTER.XIIr (Continued)' "Mebbe we can let you'have halt a dozen gallons. Will they, see you :through. '' i:r _1.>,i "Fine. 11.1 come aboard." Closely followed by his companions in crime the Chief swarmed up the accommodation ladder, while grie- ving faces peered over the aide to Inspect the feckless landlubbers. "'Twould be better if you took a line," the captain said, 'coming for- ward to welcome the visitors. "Better still the use of your boat ' The Clinton News -Record 'with which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 per year in advance, to Can- adian addresses; $2.00 to the U.S. or ether foreign countries. No paper discontinued until all arrears are paid unless at the option of the pub- lisher. The date to which every sub- scription is paid is denoted on the label. 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Pepper, Erucefield, R. R. No. is R. F. McKey- th'er, Dublin, R. R. No. 1; J. F. Preuter, Brodhagen; R. G. Jarmuth, Bornholm, R. R. No. 1. Any money to be paid may be paid to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of Commerce, eeaforth, or at Calvin Crites Grocery, Gederich. Parties desiring to effect insur- ance or transact other business will be promptly attended to on applica- ion to any of the above officers ad dressed to their respective post offs- ees. Losses inspected by the director who lives nearest the scene. CANADIAN ATIONAL ' AiLWAYS TIME TABLE Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: Buffalo and Goderich Div, Going East, depart 6.43 a.rn Going Fast, depart 3.00 p.m. Going West, depart 11.45 a.m. Going West, depart ' 9.50 p.m. London, Huron & Bruce Going North, ar 11.21, lye. 11.47 a.m. .®ping; South ar. 2.50, leave 3.08 p.m. as far as the Irish coast" "She'snae bound for Ireland." "That, captain, is where you are mistaken." Hacpressione ,_changed to consternation when the strangers dropped •the mask. "This is a hanging matter," the captain snarled. "That's our Iook-out. It will be a shooting matter if you don't do as you're told." Felicite was hoisted to the deck and the crew of the Emily and Vera, at the pistol's point, sullenly took orders from the new commander. An abortive attempt at resistance ended with a _bullet in the arm of a burly sailor wha led the rush, after which they decided that discretion was the better part of valour. . "I don't know what ye're after, man," Captain Marley exclaimed. "Whatever it is there's madness in it" "All we ask is a passage to Ire- land and no questions." "Piracy is an extraditable offence, and I ha'e dont you're all wanted for something else. That puir wee lassie has something to do wi' it." "Hold your tongue and you will be well paid for your trouble." "Neither my men nor me want any of your dirty money." "That what I was afraid of or it would have been offered at first. It's all one whether we pay or not." "You'll pay through the nose," Marley snapped. Meanwhile the abandoned 'cabin cruiser had drifted astern, to be sighted a short time later by the pursuers. Finding it derelict miles from land was as astonishing a dis- covery as any which had cropped up during the course of the case. To Broome it brought dire despair. Mosson was inclined to fear that it indicated some appalling tragedy al- though there were no signs of viol- ence. Ample supplies of petrol were in the tank and spare containers so the possibility of them having board- ed another vessel did not immediately occur to bins. Fading light made it imperative to proceed back without delay. As it was the plane would not be able to use the temporary harbourage ow- ing to the absence of a landing beacon. What to do with the cabin cruiser provided an additional problem, solv- ed by placing it in charge of the assistant officer, Tredeger, owning to some knowledge of marine engines, and Broome. Leaving it to drift Might endanger navigation. 'They planned to sail back to Ghost Island, a trip noe beyond the powers of seamanship of the amateur crew, Broome had one of his brainwaves before the 'plane was out of sig4.. Without advancing any sound reas- ons he suggested the possibility of a change of vessel in mid -sea. Al- though off the regular shipping route there was bound to be some traffic. It. was feasible to imagine that a substantial bribe would facil- itate a transfer. Tredeger dissented, on the assump- tion that the presence of Miss Ddlbos eould hardly be satisfactorily ex- plained, But he was willing to cruise around on the off -chance of sighting a ship. Any ship would be worth investigating. Morning brought disillusionment, to say nothing of so serious a diminu- tion in the supply of fuel that they stood an even chance of being strand- ed. "Not a filling station in sight," re- marked the cheerful R.A.F. mean. His mild joke failed to evoke a response, and the gloomy atmosphere overcame him as well. Fortune favoured them to the ex- tent of the tanks holding out until they reached the island where Mac- Phearson's reserves almost tempted Broome to set off again on the dis- heartening quest CHAPTER. XIII 14IOSSON'S "BLIND EYE" "You're having a nice game up there." Assistant Commissioner Cay- thers spoke_ ironically into the . Lon- ,don on Edon end of the telephone. "Noughts and crosses isn't it. Mostly noughts.',' Major Mosson had long discovered the futility of trying to counter irony over several hundred miles of wire. "We've ,been up against a tdugh crowd,' he murmured apologetically. Having "slept on it," the major felt that he could approach the fresh developments with a clear -head. Be- ing left to his own devices again acted as a spur. Independently ar- riving at .similar conclusions to Broome his imagination, at the ex- pense of logical reasoning, even went to the length of envisaging piracy. So obstructive was the impression that he mentioned it to Captaitac Caythers during the course of a.tele- pitone conference that left him feel- ing as small as any schoolboy admon- ished bya headmaster. Kidnapping, Caythers 'pointed out gently but firmly, was the most rare of crimes in the British Isles, but it was positively common in compar- ison with buccaneering. "Now if we were dealing with a Chinese river there might be some- thing in it," he said. "Then what," Mosson asked, "is the explanation for the empty boat?" "Probably landed onanother isl- and." "There aren't any within miles." "Or picked up by a passing vessel." "What, with Miss Delbos scream- ing out the whole story?" "These riddles are too difficult for me. You're on the spot." "This isn't the sort of case where you can collect finger -prints or meas- ure up footprints," Caythers rang off abruptly. Scot- land Yard jurisdiction hardly extend- ed to the high seas. Lloyd's "reported the Emily and Vera to be overdue during the day. Radio signals had ceased overnight. Last heard of she had given the "aIl's well," anticipating berthing within a few hours. What the kidnappers had overlook- ed was the close watch kept over all vessels, even so insignificant a one as a steam drifter. Before long accounts of her erratic progress came in a series of reports from such observers as an Irish coast watcher, the captain of a cross -Chan- nell passenger steamer, and a tug - master. Attempts to speak to her met with no response. Ordinarily the police would not have interested themselves in such a matter. Mosson's insistence forced it upon their notice. All, ports in Ire- land were on the look -out. A fisheries protection gunboat was diverted from her patrol. "Strikes me they'll be calling out the navy,"' exclaimed the R.A.F. of- ficer in whom the chaffing major confided. "This must be absolutely the first occasion the Yard has gone in for anything like this." "Surely they'll support you to the bitter end," "Bitter is right." "No deception about the drifter go- ing off at a tangent." "True. Ships clo find it necessary to change their course, you know. The one thing that makes me think I'in right is the silent wireless." "Well you won't have to wait long before knowing the truth. What about getting ourselves a bit near- er?" "In what way?" "I was just thinking about taking up the 'plane and doing a bit of scouting." "Ireland's off your track, isn't it?" "Theoretically. I've always thought there was a grand moral in that yarn about Nelson not being able to see the enemy with his blind eye. My orders ate to be at your disposal." "Within reason." "A good airman knows when to use initiative. They lion that into us, so I can't'possibly go wrong. Apart from Nelson there was. an American who started from New York to go to California. Only -he missed his way and crossed the Atlantic by mistake. Does that 'convey anything?" "Plenty." "Then come on." • "Try and stop me. Our poor de- serted comrades on the haunted isl- and will be dreadfully lonely and glad to welcome us -if we get there." A telegraph boy almost wrecked the escapade by delivering a message curtly ordering a recall to London. Captain Caythers was becoming too alarmed at the fuss which was being caused. Mosson hesitated, thought of Nel- son and Aviator Corrigan, after Which he trust .the telegram into his pocket with a murmured "No answer, thank you." "That," he added, "was from the big boss, intimating that my services are no.longer needed in Scotland." "We'll be out of it before you can say Jack Robinsons" IN SEARCH OF 'PIRATES At least they did not miss Ghost Island entirely, the .major thoughts. fully dropping a note for Broome with the cheering news that Felicite was not to be given up as lost.. After which they winged westward once more, heartssoaring with high hopes and carefree in the knowledge that they were, breaking an untold number of rules and regulations. How they were to recognize th; Emily and Vera .nattered least of all. Sufficient it was to be on the move. Often the pilot almost skimmed surface when a vessel was thought worth more than a cursory examina- tion, only to acknowledge friendly waves and take to the clouds again.. In the rear the shaggy; Highlands shrank to purple mounds: Man was a brief tprawl at their feet,'and the Irish cease took shape ahead. A smudge of smoke drew attention to a steamer crawling back to sea with a fuzzy grey smear hard astern. Mosson distinctly sew a brief flash,. which was confirmed, seconds, later, by a hollow boom. It did not require the jerk of his companion's thumb to announce their arrival at a critical juncture. The Emily and Vera was under fire. "Hold tight:" That was the only intimation Mosson had before all the breath seemed to be driven from his lungs as they dived headlong for the. ship. Even above the tremendous throb- bing and the lash of the wind he could hear the crackle of firearms, accompanied by a tremendous shout- ing. • Up, and down again in a series of spirals, the great seaplane went in graceful motion. Somebody was wad- ing from the deck of the -ship, and it was all over. "Scared 'em stiff," shrieked the pilot. "Me too. Mosson forgot the 'har- rowing experience at the sight of Felicite Delbos being thrust forward by Captain Marley. (CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK) Our Glorious Air Force Surprises are not always disap- pointing.. If it was a shock to find the French army far below our ex- pectations; it was a thrill to find the British Air Force far above them. No doubt Berlin has had a like sur- prise, bat . with the thrill and the shock interchanged. French army leaders were believed to have 'been stern realists, forging an instrument equal to any possible demand: on the other hand it was the common lament that a naive op- timism about peace had allowed the British Air Force to fall far .behind. It is now plain that the Intelligence Department (satirically so named) of thio French War Office teas anything but realist: altogether blind to the needs of a new situation; either in the dark about Germany's military preparations or with no power to think out an effective method of meeting them. The fault lay by no means in a "starving of the Forces on Budget Day," so often charged against a democratic parliament; this at least is refuted by a glance at the' astronomical figures of what the Maginot Line cast, Nor has there been the slightest falling off in the qualities of the French soldier, whose fortitude and resource in this war have remained worthy of even his great national tradition. The fault WAS that of men, too old perhaps for thou tat (and with the obstinacy of distinguished but ageing then), who gave "expert" advice during these last seven or eight years to the French War Office. Their thoughts were in terms of the warfare they had known for which a Maginot Line would serve as a contrivance of tut - exampled power. To the menace of projects, on a scale altogether new, with tanks and bombing planes and parachute troops, they opposed the contemptuous scepticism of senior people regarding novelties of "the young." It had tragic consequence. Set in contrast with this the achievements of the British Air Force. Upon it, in peculiar degree, it was expected that new devices and new weapons would be brought to bear, bjt an enemy who had special- ized in just that field which the more easy-going British had neglected, It will be forthehistorian to discover and explain whether the British Air Force had been. guided these last years by a witdom more shrewd than we knew, or whether their amazing gift of improyisatian for an emerg- ency served the British once again. That controversy can wait: it is the spectacle that is sufficient. Mr. Churchill's broadcast, asking us why we should worry over battle's in the air that have shown enemy planes brought down steadily in the propor- tion of five to one, struck the right note. Field Marshal Goering's un- disguised contempt, at the opening of the war, for the aerial forces might oppose, him has had an apt reply. How they did it, is once more a puzzling question for British peo- ple about the exploit of a British Force, especially when—as at Dun- kirk—it has got- out of the tightest of tight places. For the time most of us are content, like Wordsworth, if we may enjoy the things which others understand. THE PRINTING PRESS What light is yon, that ahines so bright, And rivals all the stars of Night? Is it a meteor from the North? That our astonished eyes draw forth. Did. th' West its sparks puff into blaze? Or did the South first gild its rays? From none of these its birth it drew. Through life l' the East it rose to view; There Sun and. Moon began to .rise; Likewise those beams that streak our skies Though all these-twinkiers burn so bright, It is the Press affords us Light. Juniors to Compete At London, Oct. 9, 10 Over 2$0 Junior Farmers and Home- making Club Girls in Competitions under Auspices of Western Fair Western Ontario is known, far, and -wide as the home of good horses, and it la, therefore, fitting that the Jun- ior unfor Farmer Competitions, to be held under the auspices of The Western Fair, at the Fair Grounds Arena, October 9 and 10, should see the largest 'Mealier of Foals ever' shown in Junior Competition in Ontario. Entries are anticipated from 20 Clubs' with at least 40 boys showing the Foals they themselves have raised. In the Calf Club Classes, Holsteins will lead the way with eleven Clubs being represented, There will be three Ayrshire Clubs, one Jersey, four Shorthorn, One Hereford, one Aberdeen Angus and two Baby Beef Club entries. There will be at least 02 boys showing Calves, and over 100 more in. the Judging Competitions, A new departure, this year, in Boys' Club work at Western will be the Swine Clubs, and four Clubs will show 15 sows. These Pig Clubs will grow rapidly, it is predicted, owing to the important part Bacon is taking in the war effort of Canada. Over 125 girls of the Homemaking Clubs' will hold competitions at the new Public Library, in London, on Wednesday, October 9th. These girls' have worked hard all summer, and their demonstrations and competi- tions will be well worth seeing. Prizes in this section will total $123.00. All competitions in both Boys' and Girls' Section will be under the sup- ervision of the Ontario Department of Agriculture.' The boys and girls will be guests of The Western Pair Directors at a banquet in First St. Andrew's United Church, Wednesday evening, to be followed by a theatre party. It prom- ises to be the largest and best Jun- ice unior Competition in the "history of the Fair. COLBORNE FIELD DAY 'Olt Friday, Oct. 27, a Field. Day was held at Mr. Keith Gardiner's farm, Benmiller, for the schools of Colborne Township. Much interest was taken in all the events. War Savings Stamps were awarded the prizewinners of the events. The fol- lowing were leading in points: Senior Boys—Billy Fisher, Jimmie Bissett, Dan Willis, Leonard Dodkin, Mervyn Hoy; Junior boys—Arnold Fisher, Francis Schram, Gerald Duston, Dan McPhee, Jin: McPhee; Senior girls— Donna McPhee, Bernice Mathews, Marjorie Million and Norine Willis (tied), Maxine Chisholm, Nada Par- latt, Madeline Chisholm. Much credit is due to Mr. Bry ans who was assisted by the Misses Corn Dickson, Geraldine McEwen, Alma Sallows, Dorothy Wilson, Jean Hous- ton, Marion Forbes, Edwina Allis, Mary Lockhart and Hazel Baer. Mr. Kinkead was also present to act as judge in some of the events. The booth sponsored by the Bentniller Red Cross Society was well patron- ized during the afternoon. 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 p.m. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH Rev. A. H. .O'Neil, 1.A.,13.0. 10.00 a.m.—Sunday School, 11 a.m. Morning Prayer. 7 p.m.—Evening Prayer, THE SALVATION ARMY Lieut. Maclean 11 a.m. — Holiness Service 3 pan. — Sunday School 7 p.m. — Salvation Meeting ONTARIO STREET UNITED Rev. G. G. Burton, VI.A., B.D. • 10.00 a.m.—Sunday School. 11 a.m.—Divine Worship 9.30 a.m. Turner's Church Sen . vice and Sunday School 7 p.m. Evening Worship WESLEY-WILLIS UNITED Rev. 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 Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. 3 p.m. Worship Service at Bayfield 2 p.m.—Sunday School. Bayfield. CLINTON MISSION W. J. Cowherd, Supt. Services: Monday 8. pan. Young People Thursday 8 pan. Prayer Meetini Sundays 11 a.m. Prophetic Studies 2 p.m. Sunday School. 3 p.m. Fellowship Meeting 8 p.m. Evangelistic Service. Above is shown a press used in printing the first number of the Upper Canada Gazette in 1793 by Louis Roy, the King's Printer, then Iccated at Niagara. It was owned by John Ross Robertson, founder of The Everting Telegram, and was donated by him to the Toronto Normal School Museum. Historical Printing Press Oldest Existing in Canada Is Graphic Arts Feature A. primitive printing press, the oldest existing in Canada, wvhiclt was acquired by the late John Ross Rob- ertson in 1901, and stored in the Me- linda street window of The Evening Telegram for many years, was a feature of the Graphic Arts Display in the General Exhibits Building at the C.N.E. this year, The old and valued press was a feature of an exhibit sponsored by a special committee of the graphic arts industry, marking the 500th an- niversary of printing. The ancient press dates back to 1780, at least. It was bought by Louis Roy, the King's Printer at Niagara, from Samuel Neilson, the printer of the Quebec Gazette. It was used to print the tapper Canada Gazette or American Oracle, official paper of the Government in 1793.1. The press may next have been own- od by Gideon Tiffany, who succeed- ed Louis Roy in 1795-7, When T. G. Simons became King's Printer, he bought the press and used it at Niagara in 1797=8. In September of 1798, Simons moved to Toronto and operated the press under the film name of Waters and Simone. At that time the Ring's printing office was in a small cot- tage built by the late Andrew Mer- cer, 011 the southeast corner of the present Bay and Wellington streets. In Robertson's landmarks of Toronto this interesting quotation is found: "The office was certainly in that house during the war of 1812-15, for the late Andrew Mercer often spoke of the mischief that the Americans had done to the printing office." The press was shifted about in the ensuing years from one Ring's Print- er's office to another. In 1844 it was acquired by an old printer nam-, ed a`tephens, who had an office at 25 King St. West. Thomas Hill, a bookbinder, bought it in 1357 and it was in his family's possession until the turn of the century. In 1901 John Ross Robertson purchased the press from Mrs. Foster, a daughter of Hill, and four years later lie pre- sented it to the Prot -ince of Ontario, For many years the press stood in a glass case in the Normal School Museum. Recently h was found in the basement of tie Parliament Buildings, to where it was removed when the museum was closes The exhibit at the C.N.E. included two other presses of unusual inter- est. The first a replica, made at the Montreal Technical School, of the press used by Gutenberg himself at Strasbourg in 1440. The second, the press used by William Lyon Mac- kenie to print his historical Colonial Advocate in Toronto from 1324 to 1835. Other features of the exhibit were examples of color photography werlt, the manufacture of printers' ink, bookbinding and many other crafts of the graphic arts industry. A num- ber of old books, handbills aril news- papers were also on display. Among them the oldest printed book in Can- ada, published in Strasbourg in 1463. A wide assortment of old school readers was also shown. INVESTIGATION SHOWS WHY TOBACCO PARCELS FAIL TO REACH TROOPS Due to complaints being made of soldiers receive their parcels and letters promptly it requested that all persons writing; to the troops should carry out the simple mailing rules of completely and legibly ad- dressing letters and parcels, fully prepaying postage, affixing Customs Declarations, as well as carefully packing parcels to withstand the handling they will necessarily be subjected to during transmission Overseas. Among the contents of a parcel a slip of paper should be in- serted giving the proper military ad- dress of the soldier, as well as the return address of the sender. Letters or parcels sent to members of the C,A.S.P. Overseas should be addressed as follows: Regimental Number, Rank, Name, Full name of Regiment or Unit, C.A.S.F., Care of Base Post Office, Canada. the non -arrival of cigarettes and tobacco packages sent to soldiers of the C,A.S;F. Overseas from Canada, Postmaster General William P. Mul- ock instituted an immediate investi- gation of a series of individual cases. The report received today reveals that in no single instance was the alleged lose or delay occasioned through any fault of the Post Office Department, in the eases where the investigations have been completed. It was found that in some oases however the tobacco, etc., which the soldiers stated had not reached them had not been sent by their friends in Canada. In other instances it wail learned that the parcels had act- ually been received by the addressee at a later date. Many of the com- plaints of the non -arrival ,resulted from the loss, by enemy action, of a steamer, carrying 4000 parcels from one tobacco firm alone, earlier this season. It was proven in all cases investiagted that non receipt of the parcels overseas was not due to misappropriation either at the to- bacco companies' quarters or at the Base Army Post Office. Postmaster General Mulock states that while the Postal Service is do- ing everything possible to quickly and safely deliver parcels of tobacco to Overseas troops, delay is caused because of the failure of certain of the public to address avail matter properly. This delay occasions ' disappoint- ment on the part of those who are expecting letters or parcels. Con- siderable extra burden is also placed on the Post Office Department which is faced with the necessity o4 search- ing records in an endeavour to com- plete the addresses" in order that the parcels may' be safely delivered. In order that all delay and dis- appointment may be avoided, and the 'A a::Lea, se HARDWOOD FUELS The best hardwood fuels are beech, yellow birch, rock elm, hickory, hard maple, and oak. The fair hardwood fuels are ash, white birch, black cherry, red, and white elm, and red, and silver mapie.,One and one -quart.. er cords of the best hardwoods are computed to have the same heating value as a ton (000 lb.) of althea- cite coal, while one and' one-half of the fair hardwoods are required to produce the same amount of heat. In the case of light hardwoods, alder, basswood, butternut, and poplar, two cords are needed to equal a ton of coal.