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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1940
R. A. F WAKES HITLER
FROM A DREAM OF
CONQUEST
A 'Neutral Observer's View of the
Air -War
By 'Warren Levin. Mr. Irvin, noted
American waiter and 'broadcaster, and
'for 'thinteen years a staff correspotd-
etit on the 'New York Time's spent the
;first .eight ,months of the oar in •Ber-
lin,as en (Observer.
The lamming success :af the Royal
Air Farce in smashing ithe raids on
Britain should .not he permitted bo en-
gender overectonfidence, The (war in
the air has not yet (been ,won, 'Other;
and more intensive raids, are almost
sure bo 'follow, Germany's air losses,
though 'consideralb'le, have not Mat-
erially reduced the strength of her
aviation. She !still has vast reserves;
and, 'When an opportune anameat ar-
rives, can be expected to throw them
into Balance with ,utter disregard 'for
planes and seen alike. That is the
tGernhaa ,method.
But, at the sante time, there can be
no doubt as to the importance of the
R,A.F.'s ;achievement, Here as at
Dunkirk, British 'planes and British
pilots again have demonstrated their
superiority - -a superiority which
Would lbecome more andmore Mark-
ed as the war progresses.
Not only have they rendered inval-
uable service in restoring 'British pre-
stige in the eye; of the world; they
have also dealt another 'blow to Ger:
man morale. That morale, already at
the 101(7 level, is 'likely to be ane of
the deciding factors in the present
war.
It is ,for this reason that d believe
the most (hum-ntant remit of the (work
"v:'�"'?.�r •r'y'a .� .:..",hYtl.:
of the Royal Air Forge in the recent
raids on Britain, has (been its ,effect
tlp'on Geranau plates ;for the 'inv'asion
pi England. Many •peoiale, I (know, do
not 'believe that Hitler intends, or
ever intended, to dnvade Great 'Brit-
ain.
I do not share this ,view. Eight
months ,of 'wartime experience in Ger-
many have convinced me that wlhen
the 'Nazis (boasted they 'would be in
London by :Au'g'ust t1l5th they fully ex-
pected to Ibe.
Another winter of twat is not a
Pleasing prospect ,for the 'German
people. 'Memories of the last (winter
are still too fresh in their minds;
memories of hangar and: lhardship, of
:privation, poverty and suffering; of
shivering 'thousands from the poorer
sections 'of the lbig cities 'enowdiug in-
to railway stations in an effort to get
,warn(,
If Germany hopes to win (this war,
she trust oat -meter Britain, quickly and
comtp'.lete'ly. Bat 'hmnw she .oan 'attempt
to des en; haw she can even envisage
an invasion, without ,mastery in the
air, I do not ,see. Nor do I (believe that
ilitler does. And the Royal Air Force
has ,proved conclusively that Ger-
many, despite ei nierical s•espeniority, is
far from enjoying "mastery in the air.
The abject of the recent 'raids is
fairly elevious, '1'ltere appears Ito be no
ghection-(bit .that they were .designed
to feel out the strength of the Bri't-
ish defences; to .find, if possible, a
weak •spot, nvhich could he made (he
focal point• of attack, Had such a spot
boon detected. mass assaults, with
bhoneancls of planes participating (pro-
bably noosdd have followed; and ,would
have diecn accompanied thy invasions
from sea acid air in the hest 'blitz"
fashion (known to German technique,
But with each passing day, ,the live-
lihoocf ,sf such an invasion becomes
.mare and more improbable. By Ant-
onin it May ,he too late; Iby Spring 11
may the impossible,
'German aircraft production 'has not
only reached its peak; it is render
forced dratrxht. All available workers
are being employed.
True, Germany now has at her .dis-
posed the xircra'ft factories of France.
But she 'hasn`t the men to operate
them, sinless she uses French ,workers,
and that can only he done at the risk
of sabotage.
I don't know exactly +hotw many
'planes the Germans have. Officials
of the Propaganda assured me they
had 30,01)1) at ,the beginning of the
over. That, I think is an exaggeration.
My 'guess would ,be around 20,000, in-
cluding commercial craft and training
planes. Bout even then, I doubt if the
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THE SEAFORTII NEWS
matter of 'first line German ' war- /.effort. Those of es who spent some of
stlanr.s .exceeds 4,000. rho 'war years in 'Landon (know how
utterly the 'Germans failed in their
,propose of (trying to intimidate a
dauntless Iliritis'h (people.
Though 'modern air maids are much
more terrible than those of yore, the
ilirst real air raid on London was
thrilling enough. One ,fine might in
Septemiber 1110115 several Zeppelins atp-
peared aver ,Gordon. There was, I
think, no 'general 'warning. Along
with thousands of others I stood on
the Strand 'gazing 'upward at the long
gas hags shining in the rays of the
searchlights. It was bar"d to realize
that overhead havered a 'barbarian
enemy needy to haul death on mil-
lions of civilians.
Dull 'roars proclaimed the impact
of the bom11s, 'Spurts of red flame
showed our useless anti*aircraft shells
batrstine far believe the invaders. No
plane of the time cavil reach them
and ;presently bite (big airships .ailed
From reliable German .sources I
(know that .octant 4400 German planes
were destroyed in t -he Polish cam-
paign. Losses in (Norway (proiba(bly
did not exceed 200, and assay have
been considerably less. 'In Holland,
Belgium and France including the
action at (Dunkirk - .the .Germans may
have lost another -1i,'500; and I, be-
lieve their losses, in and around ¢he
British Isles •since the start of the war,
are somewhere in the neighbourhood
of 1,3'00,
So 'far ,as the 'planes are concerned,
these losses, while •consideratble are
not necessarily serious, They usay
have 'been 'compensated by new eon-
eteuctiot. But the pilots are not so
easily replaced as the (planes, That is
another matter.
Germany is none too well ettpplied
with pilots - fighter (pilots in partic-
ular, Young men. are needed ,for this
work; but young (Nazis don't make
the best pilots. They have been too
regimented; their individuality has
:beet' stifled; they are not acoteatcsuted
to thinking for themselves, And
while they'may Iper♦fnnnt 1bri1'liantly a;,'•-
ainst 'undefended ,towns and helpless
civilians, their ardour quickly cools
when confronted by pilots of super-
ior skill and 'courage.
Hence, as regards the future, .the
odd, are all in -Britain'.: favour. Brit-
ish aircraft production i, rising stead-
ily: and it ha; behind it bile product-
ion of the United States, which <ds+
nmkintd apprecie'blr• strides, ;bgain -
.t these, •Germany cannot hope to
compete. it is only a 'chelation Hine
ashen oven numerical superiority in
the air must 'pass to the Allied .side:
numerical in .pilots, as well as plan'ee,
because Britain can continue to draw
pilots from the Dominions in addition
to those supplied by the Itnitecl
Kingdom
diet those are matters that concern
ilia Suture, and we are living in the
present. I have already 'said that 1 be-
lieve the most important result of the
recent raids was the effect upon in-
vasion plans; and have pointed out
that this is ;bound to influence the
German morale.
I know that it is :the German cust-
om tto 'nhiniuvize their losses, ,while
exaggerating the fosses sit the other
side.
Years of ex,perieuce as a newspaper
carreepondent have mtad•e nue- some-
what sceptical of official figures,
'When I was its Germany, nye 'found
that while communique, .if the Ger-
man High ,Command were 'fairly
truthful, so far as the hod forces
were concerned. the Getman Navy
and the German Air Force were
given to gross exaggeration. The rea-
son. we thought, was that the Air
Farce and the Nary dict 4101 have the
sante traditions 'behind them as the
Army.
Since I have come to Britain, I
have .checked carefully on Royal Air
Force .Figures, and I have the conclus-
ion than 'When it errs, the R.A.F. gen-
erally .err; on the other side.
Not co .long 'ago I met a British
ion
major, in charge at a control station,
.who showed -me the 'figures he bad
ta'bula'ted 'for This group. On ,one par-
ticular day, When offical figures on
German looses gave only 11.4.1 for all
the British teles, the major's figures
showed that his ,group alone 'had ac-
counted 'for 11168 German planes,
O,f course it is possible That some of
the pilots in this'group may shave been
over -modest, like one R.A.F. pilot of
sshofn I heard recently.
He took off alone from his field to
attack five (Nazi raiders, and when he
returned, reported that Ste had brought
clow•nt btwo.
"Hone do you know you brought
them dawn?" he was asked.
16Ve11" he •said, "I saw • one drop
completely out of control, and I saw
another crash into 'tire sea."
"'And tvhat of the three ether?"
•t(s cont.manditar, •officer .w -anted to
kay.
"(th," replied the pilot, :'I c:t tuldn'l.
sec 'rhetht, They were all its .little 'hits
and nieces."
HUNS BOMBED LONDON
IN LAST 'WAR
it is safe to say that the only thing
tvihidhhas 'deterred Hitler from ibomib-
ing London indiscriminately is the
knowledge . that Berlin would be
Ibombed in retaliation. During the 'last
war, 'when it 'vas easy ,for the Ger-
mans to fly over 'from (occupied
France and B'elgvum and impossible
for the Allies 'with aircraft of:the per-
iod to reacih B'enlin, the Homs tbomib'edi
or attempted to bomb London on 'Tar -
Sone oocataions. The enemy exoused
hid attacks ,on an open 'city thy the
plea that the sought ,only 'military toib-
je,ctives. Truly, railway stationer, nni:l-
itary depots, dockyards amt ;factories
were his •desiralble targets; neverthe-
less. the Gennans dropped (bombs
anywhere—night in .the middle of the
metropolis..
(By raids and threatened raids the
Germans Ih(oped to demoralize the civ -
it population mad ,s'l'ow down (the (war
away at ,the rate of some 40 miles an
hour. Little damage 'was done - but
press and •pmiblic raged at the inade-
quacy of the defense.
Going 'hone early in the evening of
October 11Tth, 1((115, I [noticed what
conked like a searcitt'i•ht ,Leandro
froom the roof of a heu.se near my oust
lodgings on (Craven street, a little
place just off Trafalgar Square. But
on nearer approach what had re-
sennhled a searchlight in darkened
London -aro ted ?.o he merely a win-
dow ttith the Blind up. .-\ ercwd had
gathered and policemitit were ham.
'ruin,: at the door. 1i wan. ,at crnur. e,
a erirninal irffence to expose a 112111.
I got into conversation with the
special constable in charge, who told
me he inc an Irish 'barrister in civil
life. I suggested that it might .he a
spy's work. Then chi, light Arent out
and the 'police came .,ver to make
their report. They had found only a
(nonan caretaker in the Meuse. She
told them that the - gentleman rent-
ing the room had •gone out for a'walk
with his little do,g and had appar-
ently forgotten to ,twitch lag tilt (light
when be pulled up the blind. The
light they had found to be only an
ordinary electric !bulb hanging from
the ceiling.
The crowd .dispersed and T walked
to my lodgings one 'hundred yards
away. There I related ,what I had
seen ao my landlady, lamenting the
fact that I could not send The Tele-
gram a story, dtecanse a recent cir-
enlar letter from the 'Official Press
Bureau had fotrbitlden to mention
any details of air •raids.
Scarcely had I uttered tills than a
'henttrrous roar ,crook the' ihuuse.
Others followed in +chick suressiotl.
They were doe to Inc 100 pounds
,'t,,nt"1s ,heli(; dropped a few hundred
cards away, in the vicinity of the
I.ycottm Theatre. The three Zeppelins
which dropped then( must have ,ht•cn
hovering et itug about when we saw that
h hi nrhith aces about 20n tarn:
dr: taut( .from Charing h rnee rail wee
station 4nnch used by •troops enrottte
to France. i never heard the sequel --
whether the emblinded window in-
dicated a signet frena a spy or was
merely a coincidmnrc,
One night in 11917 I saw. front toy
:bedroom ,wmdrlw, a deep red,glow
sut'ittse the sky, and heard an unfor-
gettalble hoarse roar of cheerio. from
the strand. Flight-1,ientenant T. I..
Robin>on, equipped with the new
tracer +bullets, had just set fire to the
gas -'hags of a '.Zeppelin, which, drift-
ing .in flames across London, Sell a
charred is-reck at Potter's Far. Roth-
in,on won the V.C.'for that night's
tcvtrk and the 'gratitude. of enillimrs
Thr Zepp had ceased'totbe'a menace, Apple Day, Oct. 12th.—
lion planes took the iptace of air-
ship:. Canadians titer trying iti (Lon -
Nen
October 1 t has been c•ho-
dan will recall the bee elen, in July, stn as 'National Seoul \ t;:
imosi
1017, -when thirty German Gotha in iu Seaforth. .is well t n t
e'uy town and City across i , ,t.t 1:
ihamtrd Rr0t11will
purchase a big regi ,l ,.i•(. pssist
PAGE SEVEN
seems, was very small under the
circumstances, and the ipreperty
damage trifling. -Civilians ,were near-
ly always the victims and the de-
molished premises often private
houses. -
I' shall never f'Iryet the righteous
indignation of my landlady, a kiwi -
iv, ,valiant, elderly woman, as she
.rood -one nigii at time door of my
Craven street abode, just after an
air raid.
"Those dirty Germans," ebe ex-
claimed, shaking a 'hefty fist at t'.i:
sky. "Yost 'nark mr wor•ls. '\Ir. R.
thee will' he right 'back here again
after the war, doing husinesi as usual.
Our Government has do sense.'•
FASHIONS OF THE DAY
By Jean Walsh
There is a subtle reminder in this
crisp autumn weather the' winter
will he here before w -e expect it. Ev-
ery Year it ti,,111t to emelt op on us.
and the first fall of snow ands as
scurrying to dig out our furs and a -
lashes. However. before the snow
eotn's, we should tuke a kink .at '.rimer
we have left from last year. and t;ee
what we might add.
If you treed it fall vont, you will be
glad .to hear that long-haired rand
much warmer( tn's are back in style.
(.'lose sitting high collars of fox.
skunk. wolf and conn ai'1 ;4101%1 v
erywhere. Fur often makes a hand
on the bottom of the coat. too, of big
tilutggy pa tilt Prn kers. Far the
smoother furs. irtrtie1', It minter.
purl. a sheared s'te'p. dyed to s ben -
tau( color. is popular. coats have tbar
side -draped kine which is also ..:1.0
ttt the .('till dresses.
-
If your face- is young, your pall hat
will probably be pushed bock :rata
your forehead. revealing piled 1115
curls, or the new pampador line.
Hats are much bigger.ulhd Siveu to
sweeping flares. 1h. Beret., .�itllfl:u
to those worn by the Osteon when .it-
vfsitpri Canada. an. seem ,ttywile
worn pilled over 11' one side, : !Pi
list-brltnntwl. 1t• you feel (letter in
Lit s-l:ic'it you can poli down- .oval
your eyes, don't despair. Many f
thein ire show•», and hey are worn
ser the forehetd t 01.e. Alan • 1'
one nye this y.sar. Tho ^ver popuiat
situp -brim is still ,a genetatl favoriri•
tot very r:ge.
:\reessoties •are anty. and tat'tlt-{l.
Knitted angora and wools mitts adli
go from school or shoppiu throng'',
the day an+i through the w tak cal,
of color 10 rvettints when 'het mIms
snot cru in w•ltitt lot 11 ken* r_I• ,^A;'.
green. gold. anti the new winter blue
are bright accents in bags and hats.
broad daylight, dropped e•epl,sive
and incendiary :booths on that n:1rt
of London 'known as tlhe ,(117 Then
they sailedawayin formation almost
tri -cathed. The (wily Hun had picked
lay when London': ;rack defense
;'lane squadron had gone to France
\l ,nth (by Month London's fighter
ne A•ore read 'c :or .the attack..
\nt, sircra,t .guns nntlt a,lic,l Closer
watch was klnt on the 'oast Toward
the end of the war London wa al-
most impregnable. When a raid .was
in progress the (whistling splinters
:from 'our oven shells ;bursting high in
air .were quite alarming to pedes-
trians seeking shelter.
Latterly Boy Scouts on 'bicycles
pedalled through the 'streets mooting
;their 'cheery "All clear" on thorns to
announce what it (bas safe to ,walk
abroad after a raid. 'Bart another in-
novation 'lunotvat as - "'the 'maroon'•
,was less joyous. Those red eoolcets
.which burst with a loud crash to
.(warn oaf 'au 'imminent 'raid were al-
most more alarming than the enemy
(bombs.
A. Ibodc tentibied ttlmndon During
the Great War," (written Iby a Times
reporter, 'gi'ves 'details of elie ,various
air raids. Its aaubhlor, by reason tdf his
,oluce pass, had secured :oyes to
the scenes of 'destruction and (thou(gh
unable to publish r more than a (build
statement at the .time, (took nates for
insure rcd'enence. 'Tllte loss• of life, Fit'
the work of tate Bot seoris 4 -so:
thin. We. in Scenting. _ 1
env first duty. a.
our idem who art e. t.r.1 , -tee
,heir lives for til [1,
entry. but 0' 1
bit .itis- Mar i, t .; t' Cr,.,.n
eXp rtentt,. We k i i ;. [1;:: t • ,..i
years bung thea on:. i -u stirs.
particularly for the younger genera-
tion.
e .e a-
tiou. SV.' believe that the I',,y s t>t day will will be better able to face the
trials at tomorrow, however eeVere
they may be. it they 'tate had ;he
privilege of Scout training.
This year, therefore, we repeat our
old slogan, "Buy an apple to help rite
((&outs,'• But bre also add "that they
may be better able to help.Canada."
Layton -McConnell.—
A pretty autumn wedding was sol-
emnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Glazier, Hullett township, at
2,30 o'clock Saturday .afternoon, when
Dorothy 17. Connell was united ;n
marriage to Francis Edward :Layton,
sou of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Layton.
Tuckerstnith, Rev. G. G. Burton, pas-
tor of Ontario street 'Clotted Church,
Clinton, officiated. An arch of dow-
ers formed the background for the
marriage ceremony. The bride Was
becomingly attired in a dress of
pou(Ire blue net over taffeta. She ear-
ried a bouquet of talisman roses and
baby's breath and wore a cornet of
Talisman roses in her hair. Her mis-
ter, Miss Betty O'Connell. was brides-
maid wearing peach not over taffeta
and carrying pink carnations. Glen
Layton, brother of the bridegroom
was best man. After the ceremony, a
wedding dinner was served. The
bride's table was centred with the
wedding cake, and was decorated in
a color scheme of Pink and white. A
large whit:, bell was suspended front
the chandelier and streamersot pink
,xr' vied tt-utr it:e t handrlier tit tite
four corners of the table, where thug
were fastened with bows. Assisting et
the 'linnet were Miss Y.eta Carbert
and Mrs. James .•dance. Mr. and Mrs.
Layton left by motor for a northern
trip, the bride travelling its a suit of
grey and wine wool plaid. green tail-
ored coat. blank (tat and accessories.
They will reside on the br'idegroom's
farm. second concession of Tucker-
snhkth. - -
Returns from Toronto.
Mr. George H. Elliott has returned
house front the Toronto General Hos-
pital. his cun'lition much improved, --
(1101(011 NewsdfeeOrd.
THE QUEEN'S PIANO
T'hr Queen's intertest, shown at the
British Industries Fair, ?n a piano,
which gives the effects of five differ-
ent instruments. decided 'the invent-
or to adapt his design in an 'elffort,
now proving succesful, to increase ex' -
part n tsinese. The -first of the new
pianos fs at present .on the high seas
and orders are (being ,calfflled,for
Malaya, Sotatlh..\anerica, Penang; and
Iraq. +)timer orders are in stand for
the lieninims.
B; simplypressing a pedal the
pianist can {. •11 -t,.l ,he effects Jit the
'tar;'cichorl. -guitar, i'all,,o dal hap.
'ty lime ' t: 1: an (improved.interceptor
tetw'eett me °hamihter and the
strings_ And. coarse. there is t -!t:•
t'iau.' i.. e:'- which, by :virtue of it.:
ieoign, has •greater resonance anti
'Aitter tonal -values "11,11 it i ciahnr.i,
atty piano designe.., fear the export
market.. -
It ie reitlavr an ''upright" nor • e
'.baby grand .tilt a combination of both.
The shape that of the grand, the
�unrl uteri is vertical. The inventor.
i't 1.:awe f Me erg. Charles
•Challen tt on Ltd.. the manufactur-
er. wino 'obeys .only (by ear, is r-tnfia-
ent that the 'comparatively email size
will not melee excel;ise and astecoa-
omieal,iemands on caro c:tace.
"As far as possible", said Mr.
gems., "we ate using Empire woods.
and here the Timber fie ntr 1 'Board,
:recognising hove vital It is that our
industry t tt1 1 expand (1.sterse4s. has
.lone- it. inmost to release '1. n.crs-
sary 'mater els, Formerly- ,we need
k -,teat .,-. -sine. :;(1,1t (trial atl,3
....: it; t,: .:111.1 a more
thin le i,t (nae."
as she 3.0-•dts
t t vizi
.a „ , t s sthie.
Q va'a+mt�.s...Now. ammIMPON+m"
BUS TIME TABLE
Summer Time Table
Leas es45r toroth for Stratford:
t atilt p•
Leares Sen(rth For nndcrirh•
Taity except 5u -tilIV and bol., 1.05
and 7.40 p.m.
Sun, and hot.. 1.05 p.m. and MO p.m
Connection at Stratford for Toronto,
' HaTavistorkuWoodstockd n. Brantford tlt
Agents: Queen's,Commercial, Disk Rouse �.
D.. H. 1VM c I N N) E' S
CHIROPRACTOR
Office Commercial Hotel
Electro Therapist — Massage
Hours—Mon. and Thurs. after-
noons and by appointment.•
FOOT CORRECTION
by manipulation--Sun-ray
treatment.
- Phone 227.