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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1940-05-16, Page 7THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1940. ei FARE and ONE-QUARTER FOR ROUND TRIP Going any time Thursday, May 23 until 2.00 P.M. Sunday, May 26: Return: leave destination up to midnights Monday, May 27, 1940. Times drown are Standard Far frres and further Information apply la any Agent. CANADIAN NATIONAL GERMANY INVADES LOW COUNTRIES; CHURCHILL IS NEW BRITISH PREMIER Belgium and Holland Raided on Friday Without Warning. Neville Chamberlain Steps Down. Nazi Germany unleashed light- ning air and land attacks on Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg early on Friday morning, May 10, adding a vast new lowland front to the titanic European struggle which already had directly embroiled. six European nations. Britain and France, respond- ing to appeals from Brussels and Amsterdam, immediately pledged full Allied aid to the invaded nations as the day apparently dawned for Bur. ope's long -dreaded total was• on the west. Holland opened her flood gates its hope of repelling the German invaders, Belgium mustered her en• tire strength, hopeful of preventing a reptition of the 1914 German sweep which carried gray -clad German leg- ions into France. Adolph Hitler, addressing his troops, declared "soldiers of the Wes. tern Front, the hour has come for the most decisive struggle of the German people." He then left tor the front. His air force was striking at stra• testa points in Belgium and The Netherlands, raiding far behind the French lines and malting forays as ear as the British coast, seeking to carry out frequently -voiced German threats of "total war" at the proper time. German parachute troops plum- meted to earth from Nazi transport planes behind the Belgian and Dutch lines, German bombers raided the Brussels airport and other points, while land forces struck at the front• s. i0n WO t the t tis • o f lets King Leopold IlI of the IIe1giass immediately took command of his nation's fighting forces, numbering about 600,000 men, who have strong fortifications prepared against such an invasion as came Friday. Holland has 400,000 men, but her major hope was founded on a com- plex system of water defences with which she flooded her lowlands to bog down the German war machine. Both Holland and Belgium were hopelessly outnumbered unless the British and French bring their weight into balance with aid that was quickly promised by Paris and Lon- don. The British Government omini- ously warned, however, that "it must be recognized that once again Germ• any has gained a military advantage by taking the initiative in attacking neutral countries." The Allies said they were taking immediate steps to help Belgium and Holland. France has several million men under arms, most of them mauning the Maginot Line where the war has been stalemated since it started Sept. 1 with Germany's invasion of Poland. Britain lies about 200;000 soldiers on the continent, concentrated prin- cipally on the Freneh-Belgian front• ler in positions for a quick chive to succor Belgium. This is the sector where the British saw a large part of their first activity in the First Great War. initial reports from Luxembourg. the grand duchy wedged among Ger- many. France and Belgium, told of no military developments but the gov- ernment was said to have fled iu anticipation of German attack. The Belgian government declared its capital, Brussels. was an tope n city"---unfo'tified and thus nc ject to attack although German bombers already had raided the Bras, sets airport. British dispatches said ins (lead and wounded resulted trent the raid, Civilians streamed out of Amsterdam fearful of mlmiemt et - melt. highways were `101 b d high ed wth autos and other vehicle r n r0 tfnndh. with bedding and llour.edh 1 'Synchronize„{ with the German iiitzkrieg, attempting to repeal the lightning attack formula which al- ready has given Germany half of Pol- and—Russia tools the other h«lf—all of Denmark, and abort -two-thirds oP Norway, the 'Nazis sent their fur - ranging planes into Britain and Franca. German raiders were driven off Dover, ,English Channel pert, On Saturday Dutch shock 110005 fighting for their invaded homeland were reported officially to have re- captured airdromes at The Vague and Rotterdam in bitter see -saw battles which saw the Rotterdam field change 'hands three times. French troops moved into a spirited battle with Ger- man infantry in two sectors of the newly opened fa' front Saturday, while their Belgian and British allies fought to stem the Nazi advance' in the north. At the same time a vast strugglel tor air supremacy was severe log •og ver Belgium as British a 'planes fought of the thrusts of planes 'attempting to halt the Row of Allied reinforcements in the beleaguered low countries. WINSTON CHURCHILL BECOMES BRITISH PRIME MINISTER Last Friday Neville Chamberlain steppod out as Prime Minister of Great Britain so that Winston Church. ill, first lord of the admiralty in two wars, could form a national govern- ment of many parties to stem the storm of criticism arising from Brit• aia's military operations in Norway. Ml', Chamberlain, who relinquished the seals of Britain's highest office on Friday to still party strife, agreed to serve in Mr. Churchill's cabinet. At Buckingham Palace Friday night Mr, Churchill realized a lifetime ambition when he solemnly kissed the King's hand signifying his accept. ansa of the premiership, Neville Chamberlain, speaking in an international broadcast a short time after his resignation, said that "1 have no doubt that some new and drastic action" would have to be taken to restore public confidence after last week's debate in the House of Commons. "By today it was ap- parent that some unity could be at- tained under some other prime min - later, My duty was plain. I saw his majesty." An so he resigned, he said. to be succeeded by Winston Church• ill, who he had no doubt would be successful in forming a new govern- ment. "Mr. Churchill has told me he would be glad if I would become a member of the new government, and 1 told him I would be happy to do so." His voice was tense as he reviewed his work as Prime Minister and "the heavy load of anxiety" be had borne. The Nazi invasion of Holland and Belgium, he continued, has now truly "And test. A •i e put the British nation to a t you and I must now put all our strength behind the new government and we must fight until this savage beast who has sprung out of his lab' at us is finally overthrown." By Monday Mr, Churchill had set up a flve•man war cabinet and filled most of the top jobs of his govern. meat. He reached into the camps of three political parties for the men lie Minister of Defence: Mr. Churchill, They are: Prime Minister and Min - later of Defence, Mr. Churchill. Lord President of the Council, Neville Chamberlain. Lord Privy Seal, Clement Attlee, labor parliamentary leader. Foreign Secretary, Viscount Hali- fax. Without portfolio, Arthur Green- wood, deputy labor leader. The three fighting services will be administered by new men. A. V. Alexander returns to the admiralty post he held in the last Labor gov- ernment. oyernment. Sir Archibald Sinclair, Scot- tish laird who leads the Liberal party, replaces Sir Samuel Hoare as Air Secretary. Anthony nden steps across Whitehall from the Dominions office to the War office, Mr. Churchill named Sir John Simon to the position of Lord Chan - yeller, which carries with it that speakership, Sir Kingsley Wood sue' seeded Sir Johnas chancellor of the exchequer. Afred Duff Cooper, a for- mer Conservative minister, became supply minister, Sir John Anderson, home secretary and minister of home security is a re -appointment. Lord Lloyd, colonial secretary. Sir Andrew Duncan, president of the hoard of trade, re -appointment. Churchill invited Ernest Bevin, general sPerethtry of the pou•o'fttl transport workers union, to become minister of labor and assist in the direction el a drive to turn out muni- tions and war planes on 9 vast scute. THE SEAFORTH NEWS Butter, Eggs Traded for Sunday Bonnet 113y J. MacTavish, in the London. Ferre 'Press) At this lime of year. 50 and more year, ago. when imusetviv's in the country and villages had spring sew. ing done or well underway, including Ming cottonade or denim smocks and pants for the meth and boys. print and gingham dresses and aprons for themselves and the girls, their thoughts invariably turned to some- thing considered in the light of lux- ury, namely, headgear. A new hat seemed just as indispen- sable then, perhaps more so. than it is today. Finger's apt enough to handle needle and thread for what they called plain sewing, were handicapped and not nimble enough, and hinds appeared not original enough to con- ceive suitable ideas to manipulate fabrics, feathers, quills and orna- ments to give the finishing touch to Sunday's best apparel, a fashionable and at the same time a becoming hat. Women would vie with one another in their endeavors to produce some thing distinctive in the way of sun- bonnets umbonnets for everyday use, but as they were all fashioned from pat- terns of similar style, any striking dif- ference was seen in the colors and de- signs of the calico or print from which they Were made. But the important thing, the "Sun- day bonnet" was seldom if ever home- made. To get what was considered "pro- per style," women came long dist- ances to what we will call 001' town, namely Seaforth, They would come from as far away northward as Brussels, Wroxeter and Blyth; from as far westward as Clinton, Holmesville and Bayfleld; from what we will call a southerly direction, they came from Zurich, Farquhar and along the Thames road. We would also have woolen from Cromarty, Staffa, Dublin, Brodhagen and many others from elsewhere. The usual conveyance by which customers came to town was with horse and' buggy. Country folk not Infrequently drove up to the stores or shopping places in wagons. But whether they came in buggies or wagons, it was the excep- tion when they did not bring with them to trade for merchandise, crocks and firkins of butter and bas- kets of eggs. And when' the.matter of the new hat was up tor consideration, they went to the millinery department of a dry goods store, where they were met by a milliner who seated them before a mirror where buckram and other shapes were tried ou till a suitable selection was made. After that the question of the most CHURCHILL HAS SERVED - IN MANY POSITIONS Bight then. 11'itl.auu Churchill tlre,yt Britain's most versatile st 1t 's num, a prophet 1•h1 ter 9:919 w'arnorl 1 '9mr}ury'S growing might, I a iday beeline, prime minister with an over whelming mandate front the 1)00010 to crush Simi -Ism. Mr. Churchill, who in the crucial clays o1' last autumn stepped to the help of 111e admiralty under T'rinre Minister Chamberlain, last week, in a new and greater crisis, took over from Mr. Clanthelain him- self. At 65, the indetatiguable Prime Minister crowns 40 years of intense Political activity and a crowded life- time devoted to the service of Britain and the Empire, by becoming Brit- ain.'s first man of the war, He is Great Britain's answer to the Nazis, and a symbol of Britain's de- termination to fight Hitler to the finish. No British leader is more un. popular with Berlin. Mr, Churchill adds the highest of- fice in the Empire to a long list of accomplishments, A soldier, he serv- ed with Spanish forces combatting rebellion in Cuba in 1895; fought on India's northwest frontier in 1897; on the Nile in 1898; in the Boer War, 1899-1910; and 00 the Western Front in 1916. A statesman, he was Under-Secret- ary of Colonies 1906-08, president of the board of trade 1908-10, Home Secretary 1910.11, First Lord of the Admiralty 1911-15, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1915, Minister of Munitions 1917. Secretary for War and Air 1918.21, Secretary for Colon- ies 1921-22. Chancellor of the lLh- chequer 1024.29, and First Lord of the Admiralty during the first eight months of the second great War. Britain's new prime minister. is pro- bably one of the most versatile Wren ever to hold that important position and his versatility should prove a boon to Great Britain and her vast empire in these crucial times. He has been soldier, journalist, traveler, ad- venturer, author, lecturer, artist, lawyer and statesman. He was born on November 30, 1874, the eldest soh of Lord Randolph Churchill. His father was the third son of the seventh Duke of Marlbor- ough. Britain's new prune minister received his military training at Sandhurst after he had first gone to school at Harrow. His parliamentary career started in 1900 and since then he made his name a byword in political circles, 1n December of 1922 he lost his seat in the house of 000110ons along with others of the great war who were caught in' the reactionary mo'ement. He returned to parliament however, in September of 1924. and achieved a long -sought goal by tilling the post of the chancellor of the ex- chequer, num,, held by his father. He lu'1.1 that post nearly live years dur- ing 11111(11 time he brought about re, volntiouaty changes in Britain. ad j111,1 011 dellty, 1e-orglul1/1(19 1Ile 1d\ system, reducing taxation o'1 earned inccnes and establishing pen- sions for widows. - Ae far back as 1929 Muslim (Churchill warned the British people of the threat of rising Nazi power in Germany. I3e also led the forces op- posed to close relations with Soviet Russia, Outstanding in his services 10 the nation were those rendered during the last war. In 1911, he was shade First Lord of the Admiralty anti then. with the foresight of a man destined to some day become prime minister. he Rept the British fleet which he had built up to the strongest iii the world, Stationed in the North Sea, The re. stilt was that when war was declared in 1914 the fleet was soon at its war stations and German fleet bottled up; In 1917 he went to France, resign- ing his past and becoming lieutenant - colonel in command of the Sixth Royal, Scots Fusiliers. He was in France for six months and was 'then recalled by David Lloyd George to the office of Minister of Munitions. In 1918 he was Secretary for War. He was married in 1908 to Clemen- tine Hosier. They had one son and three daughters. One daughter died in 1921. PAGE, SEVEN r. 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For over forty years Oldsmobile has been famous for leadership in style and engineering. plus ECONOMY THAT COMPARES WITH THE BEST! LDSMOBILE "BEST LOOKING CAR ON THE ROAD '99 A. W. DUNLOP, Seaforth O-4 eW appropriate adornment in the way of trimming had to be decided. It was at this juncture that quills, feathers, plumes, ribbons, artificial flowers and ornament' " f n3 s o tan • kinds came into play. When every detail was satisfactorily treated, the mill- iner made entries in her note book, added- the names to her list and ar- ranged a date for "thy ons." Oftentimes the milliner with her staff of assistants, numbering as many as eight young women, would have the names of more than a hund- red of those who were wanting hats sooner than they could possibly turn them nut. In the spring 1-11511 season which was usually April and May, the girls would come back to work at ]east every second night, and with dell lingers ply needles and thread and manipulate trimmings till nearly 12 o'clock. The delivery boy 00 different oc- casions on Saturday nights was more than a mile from the store at mid- night taking hats to customers that had been promised in time for Sun- dya wear, And at tines, hats would be taken to homes on Sunday morning, The delivery boy did all his going and coating on foot, and at times would be on hand at 5 o'clock Mon- day morning to pack the butter that had been received Saturday. The girls would appear at the store to work at night with an air of gen- tility, but as time wore 00, expres- sions changed, They would .tent trim- ming 51020 straw hats or hmekrant shapes, stay with ribbons; arranging and rearranging, triil1)11ing and un - trimming, f(11' the bows )Vere 1 114 and untied. taken off and p111 o11. and tak- en ori again. with a look of imptut ence and discontent. No longer do girls ell101' -the work- room in some-storein the smaller 1111-115 to 11111)1 to make shapes and triol hats. The hut: ar, for the most puri, made 11h factories in the city: tiled they are distributed among Stores throughout the country, ',where Merchants display them in windows :melon stands and seek efficient' salesladies to sell them. No longer does a delivery boy go thither and Yon afoot delivering slats in paper bags and bandboxes; no longer does lie pat oil in lamps and BUS TIME TABLE Summer Time Table Leaven Seaforth for Stratford: Daily 8.20 a,m, and 5.25 p.m. Leaves Seaforth for Goderich: Daily' except Sunday and hol., 1,05 Pan. and 7.40 p.m. Sun. and hot. , 1.05 p.m, and 9,20 p.m, Cbttnedtion at Stratford for Toronto,' Hamilton. Buffalo, London, Detroit. '1'avietock, WoodstaSk, Brat:Hord Agente: queen's• Commercial, Dick House ACCT. No.. 4, L GUELPH, ONT. y /it 4. 194Q - i to the ar R WRIT ERAS S tECQ CHEQUES i If your cream cheques aren't as large as they ought to be, don't blame your cows—and don't blame the creamery. A worn out or low-grade separator means small cream cheques. 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