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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1941-01-02, Page 11THU'RS'DAY, JiA}NUAIRY 2, 1941 NAZI ;METHODS IW'ii11 so many references to Germ- an "tourists" Illoodin'g coun'tries in Europe in recent mantle; (before in- vasion, it is interesting a) 11011 the Nazi methods in respect to the 'Unit- ed States .until little more than a year 2.50. "How large is your army? What is the price of batter?" These are the first questions asked by Nazi tourists visiting the United States, The an- swers amaze them, And they are sur- prised that In America people don't steal the pennies left on news-stands, the milk entrusted to a doorstep, or the packages placed on top of a mail- box; that matches are given away with cigarettes; and that it is not forbidden to photograph the George Washington bridge, It is all so unlike what they were told to expect here— and what they have at home. As Lour manager for a large travel agency, I have been guide for many German professional or trade groups —Nazi brewers, doctors, bakers, eng- ineers, businessman—•come to study American methods and incidentally to enjoy themselves. Their reactions are a reflection of the isolation in which even well-educated Germans live, and an uncoeselous revelation of conditions in Germany today. All German tourists take it for granted that the beacon on the Paine - olive Building In Chicago is for anti- aircraft defence, and so1110 believe that the canvas covers on the tele- scope atop the Empire State Building BUS TIME TAB EI.JE 1 Summer Time Table Leaves Seaforth for Stratford: Daily 8,25 a,m, and 6.15 P.m, Leaves Senforth for Cdoderieh: Daily extent Sunday and, hal., 1.05 p.m, and '1,18 Pan. Sun. and hel,, 1,05 p.m. and 6,30 p,0) t haft,* ton at boat ford for Toronto, Hamilton. Buffalo, London, netrolt, Tatistnek, WotalgtoOk. Brantford Agents: Queen's, Commercial, Dick House ..1111M110,1101, 41156111:1111•E411531. D. H. McINNES 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. conceal machine guns, They are puz- zled by the lack of armed guards about New Yorlc, the absence of sen- tries along our Canadian bolder, the scarcity of uniforms everywhere. When they learn that the regular army of the United States numbers less than 180,000 men they are stun- ned. To them butter is a symbol of what they have have had to give up for German rearmament. They cannot believe our butter is so cheap, The window of a grocery store will keep a group of tourists occupied for hour's, shaking their heads in wonder, They feel both envy and dis- belief as they observe our plenty --- the immense volume of production; the enormous variety of law -priced goods in a Sears Roebuck catalogue catalogue; the high -piled fruit stands; the profusion of merchand- ise; the well -made, inexpensive clothes, typewriters and radios in n department store, Even here, they go right 011 think- ing in terms of Goering's "campaign against waste and spoilage." They are shocked to find the extravagantly lighted signs on Broadway turned on before dark, surprised that we make no effort to salvage empty toothpaste tubes, amazed that Americans can buy tires without first applying to the government and waiting for weeks. Our automobile graveyards. leave them speechless. The brass fire hydrants in front of our office build- ings cause much comment. Germans cannot imagine a eomlta'y where every bitof brass is not snapped up for munitions. Some even remark: "Yon won't have those hydrants long!" For people to whom every unculti- vated square yard is treason against the notion, our millions of untitled acres are appalling and they have no conception of the country's size, By the time they reach Chicago from New York they think they have seen it all, and their mouths fall open on learning that the Pacific is still a two days' train ride away. They all think Germany invented good roads, so it is painful to dis- cover that with the exception of a few hundred miles of their military highways ("highways of peace") this country has tens of . thousands of miles of roads that are much better. The deluge of words about German superiority is enough to drive the tour manager crazy. Yet I often feel that the tourists talk chiefly to con- vince themselves, for their alternat- ing surprise, resentment and apology tell another story. 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Also best quality Metal Hinged See tinnal Post Binders 0nd lnclea 41a.11%4 f 1$ Ct News PHONE 84? TEE SEAFORTH NEWS America is populated by Americans, and consider it a nation of mongrels. They aro surprised to hear foreign languages so little spoken here, Yet ;they point with scorn to our "lack of national unity." Ilow can an Ameri- can feel that he belongs (as do Germ- ans) to a "folltdom united by blood and goi1," when one American is an Irishman and his neighbor an Italian or a Pole? Many of tltenl seriously think that that president's real name is Rosenfeld, that American banking is a Jewish monopoly, and that Morg- enstoin (J, F. Morgan) started the world war sluglehandod. They are only vaguely aware of Washington or Lincoln. In trying to explain Lin- coln's historieai importance, I once compared him to Bismarck hs a uni- fier of his nation, An infuriated tour- ist almost crowned me with a beer stein. I had insulted Bismarck by mentioning hint in the sante breath with "this Lincoln of whom I have never even heard!" Our universities, according to these tourists, produce too many intellect- uals and too many opinions, They call our democracy cumbersome, des- picable. Our "so-called freedom" is merely indolence and uhtwiliiuguess to serve the "wilt of the nation." Tile United States, they believe, is on the verge of et Communist revolu- tion led by Roosevelt, who is a cross between a "red agitator" and it "sec- ond chisel Fneln'er." They tape home with thein some indelible impressions. They ma'ive pessiouately eonvhhcea that Germany is unsurpassed in every respect, and while seven years of propaganda can not be wiped out in two weeks, the. visit to the United States is 8 disil- lusioning jolt, How much of a jolt, one cannot toll, because they keep such thoughts to themselves, Appar- ently they dare not arises au indiscreet romans, lost it get back to Germany. Though 3,0(10 miles away, they walls in fear. Our own lack of fear, and our free- dom, they cannot understand. While sitting hi the bar of a Pittsburgh hotel, a group of tourists offered to bet that I could not criticize Roose- velt without being arrested. 1 stood up on a chair and, feeling very fool- ish, denounced the president in good Republican language, The rest of the room booed, cheered and laughed good-naturedly. But the Germans awaited the arrival of the G-men (0 for Gestapo). It took them days to get over the fact that I was not Put in "protective custody," Equally revealing was an incident at. Niagara Falls. My tourists were allowed to trail along after me as they pleased. One of then climbed out on a perilous ledge to talcs' a picture. I called hint back sharply, gathered the whole group, and laid dowel the late. For the rest of that expedition, I ordered, they were to walk in a column, two by two, with myself at the head. They fell in read- ily with this regimentation, and soon were singing "Tell butt' (111511 I tune- raden" and other marching songs. At the end of this trip, several of the tourists told me that it had been the happiest clay of their American visit, FASTER PLANES FOR THE "FLYING NAVY" icy John (:ashen The magnificent exploit of 'Bril:lin's Elect .\ir Ann at Taranto, Italy', chief naval base. when three of f:1,1 ',, .}x ,bsttieships ware crippled and tlyn cruiser, and two other craft deadly 'l:nua-ned,'iec'tt.,ed attention on this splendid force of warplanes. Tin, Eteot Air Ann, like the rest of the •P,iyrrl •N dt t is a ',dicot Ser ice" and the public, as a rule, hear, little of 1t, work. him. 'because of its special value as a mobile striking force, the Fleet .\ir Ann is'playing 11 IbIS '511111 int this war -particularly in the \lediter- 1' mean. Elect Air ,\rail warplanes whose manes mat conn Ihee )15)5 :114 fatniliar as Spitfire and Hnlrri5cme, are des- tined to play a decisive -'part in the ,\ire :'ream nl 'battles. Their homes arc floating 1et•o- drontes-the deck, of oar several air- craft -carrier: now ,these" somewhere over the thowunuls of miles !between Gibraltar and Port Said. 7 ht vastly improved Fleet Air Arm is face to fact. 151[11 its first really big chance. 1t has now in service in sub- stantial nunrhera at least two fine 'fig111e1'8 1110 Mil 415 10 ill, Fleet in the Battle of the (Mediterranean what •sloe Spitfires and '(Hurricanes have 'been to Ilrilctin at 'home. The latest is tb:• Fahey Fulmar, which islarger than the TTorricanc, but oa'herwise look, somewhat like .it. Its ooeed, while not equal to that of the land' . fighters., is considerably greater -than anything hitherto known in, naval aircraft, This in itself is a .big step 'forward, for, remember, a se.a 'fighter must al - Ways the a compromise 'between speed an.d ability to land on the lin11Ltd space altorded Iby .the debit of an aircraft carrier, This deck -length is about 701) feet, Lan11111.g roust ;he made in ninUs leas distance than that if a safe margin is to die allowed for error in 'descending nn a 'floating and possibly wave -tos- sed and Past -moving drome. The Fulmar nnust alight at much less 'than the 'fill 111,1).h. at which the Spitfire lands in a space of something like 9(10 deet. This newest naval 'plane, with un- usual ,peed for a sea fighter and very powerful armament, is certain to to make. I\Ierli'terraueau headlines, So will the Blackburn Roe, (by only a few months older than rite 1f11lular, a two -.eater fighter as11:h wing 'guns and moveable gm -turret amidships. 111,'111 these nein- sea fighters arc monoplane-, like the earlier !Black '1)1u•n .Skit, the first single -winged all - metal machine to go into naval ser- vice, \ircraol-rar ier tanning limitations were vividly responsible for the ret- ention in the naval :sir :trn1 of the slow, daily manoeuvrable, bat now largely. c,hsoletl' biplane fighter. It gave inadequate protection '10 the Elect against the fast Paul ,hom;Pt- ins, and .till less against land fighters, w•itlt speeds '1•f altpthine: :from 3011 t'' 4011 ut.p:11, 'rhe 'biplane as a torpedo-dr,1ppim.; Norther. as a -spotter'. to help die in ,car,l!ips gunfire, and as a reconnai- sallet' ma'hinr Gill ,ureides in the Fleet :kir .\rn1'', S\.,r'lfish, fu its 411V- cess01' the Fairey .\lbacorc, and in ill,. still n'ntidlalbh• land Gladiator now handed '1vc1' 1) the Xavy in large unut'hcr, and equs;eeel for. deck hntl- iind. Thee maid. -,)f -all work. Swordfish, Albacore and Skutt. do not hurl their 1',500 lb, torpedo at a target ,o notch as •hey hurl themselves. They dc.vcnci- to 1) 1"tit 4,111:1 feet, then power -dive nim 1st vertically to a few hundred feet fr,nn their target at which point the torpedo is released. They are ,till more than 1 :1121511 for enemy Claval dive -bombers. They nave already 'done ielmit•ahle Cyon. against \tus:nliui's 5,.ttou-wool fleet whemyer it has itself outside its har- bours. They gave fine service at 'Calais and Dunkirk, 'both at the evacuation and in covering the inland retirement of the ,I1.E.If. and French Forces, In the ,Norwegian operations the service they rendered the Fleet and Army equalled that given 'by the One 'day the frill story will the anl(1 of holy that famous nlagltetie mine- field 1e18 laid in the italtic by the Fleet :Air \rnl and the R..\,F.'s'li onllb- ers in order to imperil :111d sink Nazi w•ar,hi'pe and 'r1n,:" ,'rte !bound from north Germany for Norway, When it is told it w ill contain an almost incredibly heroic cha'ler •eluti)3 tits• feat,. ai the F,.\,A $'s''lfish. Their average cruising speed is only lbrn' lt_'!i m.p.h.. and, 1.11).)) 11p•Jc tanks carrying twitted fi• the long journey and equally huge 'tna4nef it 1)111IPs were fitted into them, tlit'ir ',teed 11, reduced to Bleed' more than t ', -o mile, an 'hum-. Pilots :11)11 1li t r er-'Bruen 't•- - r•rilmish over pear it and 1, .. sire, and 'h..x 11.1 111ratli11 dead easy krone for enemy lino••. bomber or uk-acid", t;ernt:ul nnneii(leis in the wort a ora, ni the Skagerrak an,l Kant,: 1, barren the e. ay for i]riti•h litho nr paving vessels to the Baltic. dim n 1'.1•nir- aily communiuue read: ''\1'n,•, itace ':reit 1133,1 111 Ihs'llaltie" \\isle ahe deathless sailor -airmen her , 1h,• Fleet Air .\rm's Stvor.liis!t 11.1.1 to the 1laltic at 81) nr si+ o3, 1) 11 They are the turn 111,1111 ;110) 111' (an, will increasingly .11150, '.-or tin• ,blue waters of the 11e'litert mean iu the (a111l11e 11),)111118. Only. this-ibitie they will he in wtp•t•th• Fnln3•tr, and Rocs, and much else. 1, well as in 5wordfi 111 BRITAIN BUILDING SAFES Air raids have created I certain demand uui in Britain for anthair raid safes, ,hitt (ii'e production n' these is not interrupting hi any degree the con- siderable order, wdlich aro conlino; to London ion from Empire and foreign countries dor safes to resist firs and. the burglar. 1)115 firm eun0i11'1'5S to snake them f 1 Ilse in the 111015s of 't;reece and T 'k5i. 1?11ring the past 'few years contracts for strong_; room and tgen- d1 it erection work .for the Rank of (erre told vire 'National Bank 'of (;reeve hate amnttnlell to .E100,000, One other 11lteres'tin, Balkan 'com- rnl.-.ions curried oast in the same •wade- hop was for a safe sof intricate and ingenious design for ,\i;lrie, 'Queen limber of ingo!slavia. They are now at ni'ark on substan- tialcontracts for strong moot 'doors Aar t'he South .African Reserve Lank a job similar to that tarried out for the National! 'Rank of Iceland. An important de'veloq)nlenl of ilheir work is the provision of hean'y lead hard safes hor preserving •radium Teacher (helping Jane to fasten her coat)—"Diel your mother llook. this coat for you?" Jane—"No, ma'am, she bought it." Want 'and For Sale Ads., 1 week 260 PAGE SEVEN X-RAY MACHINES IN t•W!AR On January 26Sth, 118<3G, ar just a .few clays after annoancenteirt of the dis- covery of. the X-ray, Punch, of Lon- don, published a striking 'cartoon. It depicts John Bull, with arms akimbo, gazing defiantly at the .German Em- peror ,who stands nearby, On Wil - helm's head rests a 'glittering 'helmet and on this stands the ;German.war eagle. Medals and decorations ahtlos't as lavish a, Go135111g's Ihedizet , the .former kaiser', tunic, John Bull is not at all 'worried Iby this di„play (rf �tnilit- ary 'glory, for he 'Inas stren'gtlt w31(1131 himself that ;begets confidence and as- surauce. Behind 'John there is a screen and 'thrown 'thereon the radiograph ,o, a mighty Backbone. Beneath the `car- toon is 'printed:"Thank, to 'the dis- covery of Professor Roentgen, the German Emperor w ill now 1,e able to (11111in an exact photograph of a -backbone of 11 expected sire and strength." Sulbstittite the figure of Adolf the 1)ictator for \i'ilhelut the .111-Ilil;tu.t in the Punch cartoon of Peet, and it would be just as trimly and truthful in I184(1, as Adolf, n' ,1o;tbt, t 11)10 convinced, In n.e of the .X -roc and the .gr',nth of the seines of radiology in -general ince the dli.00very of i1r ray.: in IS'ia, n 1115 slice of the credit 3,, the first Great (\V:'. I't i, trite of on•,e, that this tm,st pr51'i' and ;'ratty-,)] aid to medicine and muse ry was 11.e,h extel.ivclt before 10,14. 1:nt during the :font .years „1 conflict, ,unci' X- ray equipment 14a. nlanufactnred for military p irp'ie^V, -0 111111) bite-1itd of men 'were rvlioaraphed and - many doctors of the troll,: and naei5' of the combatant nation, learned the value o• the X-ray as :u1 aid to dtia„- no.is that the demand l.'r its service.: oas carried forward and greatly ex- panded in civil life after t11•1' ,t ar end- ed. In the present ,runt'feism, in Can- ada an,la aC iliaet, the X -tai'. have enli-.t- edl oven to the extent of a chest ex- amination for every 'error. u.1 101 25- cc,µt:ut5e for ocyr t;l. r, I, s. .\ud the results of this 41 ide,pread invo,tig- 11tio11 un 1'u:):edly provide 'a potent argument in favor of a :general survey of chests thr0u'.;ho111 the land, in the interests Of national health and econ- omy. Fr„nt RSn de Janeiro: recently, conies a ,tory illustrating the value of the X-ray in wartime. Into that ,port limped the S:Sj ,\lcantera, a British ,passenger vessel armed as an auxil- iary cruiser, f.111o1'105 a❑ t-n,,:'13111er. with the German auxiliary cruiser \arvik, di,.guist•cl as .. *antis!) car4.' steamer, and carryin:; too.. six-inch guns. P„nlVethere off Trivia el :ti,' rival cruiser, had ,•'otte,l race' r.tls.r and a ,erap cns:lerl ittuntrhateiy• Ir. short order, the :\lr'ntera had Ile German on the. rail 'nit.. daring tine ',ur,dli: a chance shot ft•:g1) the ...rack the Finnish situ ant 'ig holt- in her ..15 111,1 5i,44e t}1 ,1c r ]i ,,•. 11 ,t:r- ::'.., ,:,, ft• to r 11 thine the ilia,. :old hill, the .\'c u, yr 1 headed f„r iit' 1,1 tt., x''11 111'11 A-111;1`. the ,':1,1 from 1(1e ';'meso •'1i err i1 i injured more or less seriats'ly 'a nam- '4er of o'ificers and ratings aboard Mite Alcantera, There was no X-ray mach- ine on the ship, and without one sur- geons were 'handicapped in 'the ding- masts and treatment of the wounded men. Yet Ito send them ashore 'would Moo -lye the Iprdbiern of internment, 'and this Captain ling -ham, R..N„ was unwilling to risk. He appealed to the radiulueist at (the Strangers' Hospital in Rio de Janeiro to send a portaib'le X-ray unit to his ship To this appeal the .South American X-ray specialist was more than eager to comply. But the electrical energy available aboard the :\Icantera-220 .volts direct ourreut wasn't suitable .for his portable unit and there was no converter at hand. However, through the co-oper- ation and ingenuity of the General Electric X-ray 'Corporation and aim Power and Light Company at Rio tate problem was utas'tered. Out of sundry batteries, a ,generator and an 'alter- nator the essential converter was in1- provised is record tinge. Atbaard ship, satisfactory radiographs of the injured sailors were made and their treatment. scientifically assisted. Ti all X-ray workers concerned the e,nlnnanrler of .he \'lcautera sent a letter warm with gratitude and appreciation. t\l,+hile X-ray unit: have been long in f1s,' (both in ']tenet and otir. \\ic' Horse a,-isted in their operation on oc- casion. a, 'Christi a, the i rtyl5g of a :ices „strict( at the zoo to a murdered Ulan at the N '55trc• But there is. some- thing really impresoi11.int the thought of -1 mobile h, .goal---02111plete to the last detail --crated and packed and r ;r,ly h, the .1111'ped atly,5here at a fe,', minute, noliee. "tc'l 't 13 51: !, htstitution, a 11''.pi;a1 of 5110 Led., with operating moots, X- ray and chemical ,ai,nratories, ,'Boldo; and rleri',11 i11 dues, and ail ,tint es- sentials. is now in lts -knockdown” ,•gree on '•ret• "f the pier- of the North River in -Sew York City. And it i:. .1l1 sir space. incidentally m. that 0 -foot pier on the river. f;ehinrl the pre, 'h.xe, and crates lie- the file:) that frill) equipped mod- ern lici,oitai shield!. he ready and ar- eila'111e for shipment - te any battle 'ka1ein theV,esterlr hemisphere where American fighting frees may need- its services. In Brooklyn Navy Yard a freighter if, being overhauled for the unique hospital. \\'lien the ship is ready the elle, enlisted Coen, with the medical of- ficers, surgeon;•, dentists and others so ho will forth the staff of the 'mobile instit1111 )11 wilt hart'. the crated hospit- al aboard and sail for Guantanamo, Cuba. There it will las• taken ashore ind to took,•.,1. And for 4011• weeks the staff will ,practice the operation ,etting it tip with decry detail (11 its ri.•ht place to the 1:l"1 ,af:e`iy,nin Ind 1'' Il 31'kin'a ,pros r• 1''1511 they will tear it down a aitl :1nti1 the spotless ,erlt'ni and site lone -res- of cots Si ;he .y anis „ teal,,.d. , _ ':1:' 5145,, 1:113 the: 'nt1. ('Ii+ 1r 111i1m 1. has l', 'en r.00',,lete i it 1. u' ;'1 tint: 'rdor to send a •31)1',ed 1) „tar ti' th • real '•t; , i•ic th'' I't\•: , :mitt•-- ai➢y Sl' ht•rt• els) i11 t pit,':': <i I tl n' • t° ospital's Ca iacity For Service Demonstrated By Extra ar Burient Health of British War Guest Children Guarded Without Charge Five hundred medical examina- tions per day! Every one to be painstakingly thorough end unusual- ly complete. Each child tobe pro- vided with a full data chart and a written recommendation as to Met and any treatment or medicine re- quired. That's the job The Hospital for Sims Children was asked to handle early this summer! Not since the Infantile Paralysis epidemic of 1987 has the Hospital been asked to rise to such an emer- gency, Although the situation de- veloped like a bolt from the blue, arrangements were quickly com- pleted. As we all know now, the number of British children sent to Canada this summer did not reach nearly the proportions expected. Conse- quently, the organization that had been set up at the Hospital was not used to the limit of its capacity. Nevertheless practically every British war guest child passing through Toronto received a com- plete examination with recommen- dations as to treatment, No charge was made for this service. This is just another of the oc- casions during its unusual career of public service when the Hospital has been fully prepared to meet an emergency, PARALYSIS STRIKES AGAIN It is only a few weeks ago that newspaper headlines started the. people of Ontario with the an- nouncement that six members of a single family had been stricken with Infantile Paralysis — the dreaded Poliomyelitis, One member of the family hadto be taken to Toronto in an Iron Lung—his only chance for life. Despite the fact that a large moving van was the only vehicle obtainable which- was suit- able for moving the equipment with the youngster already receiving treatment within it, arrangements were quickly made to bring the patient to The Hospital for Sick Children. But this is just tip:cai of 1315 :5r• vice The Haspii 1 for stet:Cllr] tet: has rendered th rnilm, o Province for 65 years. Every hour of every city ar, night some emergency must be me: The life of a child, precious Cdr .5ino0. family, is at stake It Cs only 1',.,d,. a number of similar case a o. the Same time that the war:: Li: - comes "news," and can be call, the attention of the publie at .e press in a spectacular m„r.ue! Nevertheless, the work goes on hour after hour until the days and months and years total decades of service to the needy children a_ the Province Every emergency situation creates costs which mount up far beyond the normal provisions ofgovern- ment and municipal grants. But, unlike most other hospitals, The hospital for Sick Children has no large group of Private Ward beds from which to draw extra revenue which can be applied to Public Ward service, At present, 414 of the 434 beds are in Public Wards. No help is received from the fund collected by the Toronto Federation for Community Service, as patients are taken from all over the Prov- ince. Sick and crippled children must be given medical attention and 1105- pitai care no matter what their cir- etlthemmstance.totsright, No one would deny This worthy Institution, which ac- cepts its little patients regardless of race, creed or financial .circum- stance, has just started its annual Christmas appeal for funds to en- able its work to be continued in just as effective a manner as in the past. Those who have Investigated all agree that The Hospital for Sick Children makes most careful use of charitable donations and bequests— a world-wide recognition for ef- ficiency and economical operation has been • earned, Your gift should be• mailed to the Appeal Secretary, The Hospital for Siaktanto,'Children, 67 College street, To - A chance for health and happiness is the greatest possible. Christmas` gift to 'children.