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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1934-02-15, Page 2PAGE TW O THE SEAFORTH NEWS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1934 HURON NEWS Engagement. — _1In•, 'and Mrs, J, E, Bali of Tuckersmith, announce the .erg gemetrt of their younger daugh- ter Ida alae, Reg, 1N., to Mr, Clayton 'Orville Martin, 'Engiehar.t. son of the late ale. and Mrs. James G, Martin of Sea!' -'tit, The marriage will take place soon, Mrs. Thomas Gundry Passes. — !\!•ick ,,regi regret was felt at Gode- rich w ac:. it was learned that Emma Lair,!. 'tch t ed wife of Thomas Gun- dry had passed away stn denly on 'February a. Though she had been in poor health since September, \Irs, Gundry had not been confined to the hoar lust! had been performing her hru ethyl ,ditties the day prior to her death, taking suddenly ill with an more heart attack about six o'- clock. '-clo e i eletai i by e list friends ant' -tondos• in church and esteial cine ser su,len pa inn carte as a sit. e c, e'te w is a member of Knox Preehyteeian C!tnrch and a 1 ie mem- ber ef the \\ .2tl. , Site had sit awn a keen .merest in :\lean:',lra Marine and Genera Hospital and wile form- ers. t mcm'aer of the Women's Hos- pita: .\ al• .t y oral of the .Ahmeek Chapter, I. 0. 1). E. llr:, Gunlrs, wa. n the State of Iilinets in ...e a -as tre dattgiti. 4f the :ate Mr t:td \trs Jett ::Laird of Mays- tit'll! •1l a':erloo Co•. tatty, and later of •Serle ti. After her marriage to llr, (r'.t 'try i,. Brooklyn. N.Y.. she came to Gt.lerish a here she had diced for the past t.itty years. She 1s survived be her Sn is d tele tan, Thomas Gundry Jr.. heth well known thr n h- at:. ,ht :Ty, anti :'y .tie brother, J. H. i.. i'l sf Daffalo, and two sis- 'ee-. \Irs. W. M. Mark and Miss La:rd ef Woodstock. Leonard Laird of Beffels is a nephew-, The funeral was ae. 1 on Sanday. Death of Frank P. Kochems,—Tire town and ccm:outlity were ehoekea on '\l.';. °.ay afterno.,n when they '.earne 1 the sed'.en .passing of Mr. Fra tk 1' l<oehe t s of Zurich. Mr. Ke ie n joined—• • the large army of sportsmen shortly after the noun hour on Monday day r hen they drove east -to the Parr line and there they took to the fields on a rabbit hunt. They -had, heave gene only about a half en hour u:ten Mr. Kochems was noticed saseger and fall to the ground, and -lensed to have passed away al- most :nine'ttately. Coroner Dr. P. J. O'Dwyer eta- at once summoned and after examination he -pronounced atetth dee t, heart failure, and no inquest will be held. The remains of \Lr L,.citem was- then taken to the 1, -its of Mr Garnet Jacohe on whose field he was hunting, and prepare - tions were ntarle to bring the body to his home in Zurich. where the fun- eral service was held on Thursday after,:ton a: two .'duck, to the Luth- eran church ..r service. arr. Koch - ems was 'torn iti Hay township. and diel at the age of 79 years. 2 months an 1 Li days. Having spent practically el: his life in .he co:nru:mites !te was fee nary years engaged ae. engineer is h 7>tleis i ,1- i mai' 'tere lie ;vas very fait'tfe: in the u'.ie harst at lOo !ales. A'a et eleven ; eare he alerta a sEght heart ettack, tost re- ee•tt:y was ig fetrly goal health, low- ing enjoyed :'carte ,inner '.tefore ser owing widoty. Ice ie survived :ty two eons. Jolla ttnl Francis at 'hoose; and t'r'ee 1 t . :e. s. \t dry. E:-na aitd K. -'fleet all Zurich, the latter g. inte to . C:,, .. One brother in the We ..reives.-2u-irt Hera'd. To Celebrate July 12th in Exeter —The annual meeting of the county Orange lodge was held in -Exeter last week at which practically every Lodge in the distriet was representee!. Reeve W. D. -Sanders was present and ex- tentled ;in invitation to the Order to cele:r:ate the .Twelfth of July in Ex- eter. The invitation was unanimously acce:,ted. Returned front England — :Messrs, Fre Ellerington and Atex Stewart returned Saturday- from a trip to England having ehipped sante of their rattle to the 011 Country= market. On their trip over they were seventeen days on the water, having been de- lved on the start by ire and later by ,: rot. The Acid;. however, proved be:' ticial ns the markets were stead- ily advancing. They report a good tits:,.—Exe•e 1i, Advocate. Formerly Practised in Londesboro. I t Kingete e last week as the result ?neon:o:t:'i the -death occurred of Dr: •E. C. iD. MacCallum. 1=Ie was a gra i:t;te t: McGill University. Mon - tree!, ', as i after his graduation he preceised in.Clinton fora short time, thee in Leone - k o where she .built up a goad o actice, On his marriage - to jtoele 1Wieeman. daarhter of 1cfr. and airs. SPisentatt of Clinton, they went ,l'aria't ter a - aryl on their re- tro settled in Rail zest t taking a pros- ir.,.•t on the staff r; Qtteen'a universe ity. IIe alas -hada large practice is the city. 'Morris Resident Passes in Elyth, — There passed gttietly. away at the home of big daughter, aMee, D. Des-. Orange Pekoe Mend Fresh fr.a;m the G rdens it dot, Bivth, on February 4, Allan Speir, its his 56th year, following an illness of rix months' duration. The ueceased was born in Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland, and cable with itis parents, the late Gilbert and Janet 'Speir, to homestead, lot 14, concession 4, Morris Township, when only 3 years f age. The farm where they settled is now occupied by his son, William. In the year 1374 he married Mies Mary Robertson, and resided on the homestead until 1917. when he moved to the 5th concession of Morris, and in 4934 they retired front the farm and took ftp residence in Brussels where his wile passed away 3 years ego. Since that ,Ir. Speir had made hie hone amongst his fancily, The tate \Ir. Speir was a resident of the community for 80 years, and was widely and well known throughout the entire district, He,. led a true Christian life, having been a member, and a faithful worshipper in the Mel- ville Church, Brussels, since its origin. I -It leaves to survive him four daugh- ret lire, D. Denholm (!Agnes) of Myth; airs, J. Work (Elsie) and Mrs. G. Walsh; and five sons. 'Gilbert, Alex., William, Norman and Allan. Two daughters, airs. \Wn1. 'Bowman (Janet), and Mrs, 'Harry Duncan (Annie)! predeceased him several yeare ago. There are also 11.1 grand- children and S great grandchildren, The funeral which was largely attend ed was held from the residence of his daughter, afre, Gordon Walsh, of the at,t line of afar.is, The pallbearers were three sons, William, Norman and Gilbert and three sans -in -lacy, D. Denholm. John Work and G. Walsh, Interment was made in the 'Brussels Cemetery. Frost Loosened Pilings,—The C. N. R. trains are ordered to slow dawn to a speed of .1B mi!ea an hour to cross a bridge three utiles north of Lucknow. Irroet has loosened the pil- ings which support the bride,—Kin- carciine Review -Reporter, Celebrate Golden Wedding. — a1r, and Mee. John Morrison of Crown ,Hill Farm, 6th Concession of Turn - berry, celebrated their golden wed- ding on :Monday, February 12. ate— o— LAST WEEK'S COLD WAVE LOWEST IN FIFTY .YEARS Thermometer, in Seaforth hung 'be , tweet 40 and -13 degrees below zero In the early hours cf Friday morning ' 't lowest est tempera ure in more than fifty years. according to old inhabi-a tants. The weather moderated on Many residents of the district saw a therm -meter lower than 33 degrees be: to zero flu the first time in their lives. Makes Breathing Easy, The con- striction or the air passages and the' struggle for breath, too familiar evi- dence of asthmatic trouble, cannot ,aunt Dr. J. D, Kellogg's Asthma Re- medy. This is the famous remedy which is known far and wide for its eomplete effectiveness even tender! very severe conditions, It is no un-' experimental preparation, but. oee w::h many years of strong service trent your nearest realer. GERMANY AS SEEN BY A STUDENT The writer of this article, Jean E. Winter, a daughter of 11r, and Mrs. Robert \\'inter of Goderich and a granddaughter of \lre. R. Winter of Seaforth, spent last runner in -Germ- any. It would be entirely superfluous to add to the quota of articles already written on the - Jewish question in Germany, The Jews have been for- tunate enough to have their cause constantly out before a more or less sympathetic world; but, on the other hand, very little' has been written or said about the cruel suppression of Hitler's political opponents among the German people themselves, One would imagine that all the Germans living itt ofreign countries .had swal- lowed the gilded pill of the Hitler propaganda absolutely without ques- tion, as indeed many of his followers at home have done, knowing fall well that this young and beautiful hope will n'ot stand the searching light of day, I wish to give voice to the views of those friends of mine who, after I had ceased to be a stranger, dared secretly to give me their confidences, The 'German criticism of Hitler has never conte to the press because any- one daring to speak ill of der Fuhrer (the leader) is considered a betrayer of Germany. And it seems as if his men were constantly on the 'look -out for such betrayers. Taking univer- sity supervision, for example, there was a Hitlerite on each side of the main door of the University of Heid- elberg, Hitlerite; always parading the halls, a Hitlerite in uniform in prac- tically every class. The lectures were s:itf and biased, and often delivered in a parrot -like way as if learned by rote, ,For literature, war poetry and Nietsche were chosen for us to study and, at that, for context value alone, which made the course almost worth- less. It is only the foreign student who ]las the temerity to be openly un- orthodox, to have an idea of''ltis own on any subject. The new prayer that the German mother is said to teach her child is: Lieber Gott mach'mich stunim Das iib nicht "ins Gefangnis lwmm! (Dear God make ate dumb Si that I will not get into prison!) Of course the majority that one meets are fanatic followers of Hitler. at least ae far as one can see. They r.msider it their antional duty to ptimp as many of the Hitler ideals into the foreigner as possible. The father of my exchange students talk- ed politics to me every time I went to leis house, trying to convince me that the Jews were theroot of all eta that a positive exantple'oi tate decline of France was the drop in her birth- rate, and sa on, covering the question ,1 the colonies, the use of machines, the problem of agriculture, inn few not -to -be -questioned arguments, I sat hefiire him, wide-eyed and elute, the correct attitude of a \aturtnensch from America in culturedEurope. But the only people who seem to be able to think, hate Hitler with a mighty hatred and writhe in their im- potency. Liberty of any kind •has been suppressed, one is free -only to march behind the ranks of the little soldiers and .,acute 'tile greatest man since Ju- lius Caesar.' A happy fate t where a woman is not allowed ,the privilege of a university education, and if she doesn't marry before the age of tw'en- ty-five loses all citizen rights, to say nothing of the complete abolition of !ler petty rights to smoke or use cos- metics o thetics if she wishes, The violent opinions that are held ;f Hitler can be mostly explained by the appeal he makes to his great audi- ences. (Knowing well that the emo- tions of the masses are easier stirred than their intellects, he continually aline to play upon their feelings at hatred, fear, aril romantic love of glory-.'13ecause the press and radio are cempletety within -his hands, Hitler is able to putt ,before his public a pat- tern of events which correspond with the trot+h only to the dezree he sees fit. He tells his dupes that the French are armed on the boundary ready to march en .Gerntani His >netkers con initially refer to the m ustice suffered since the last war, wm:h_ war, as they .,ay, was none of 'Germany's makinc. ami addieg, •that the world ,res . been no chimney. The country people are`, being narrowed dawn to their own little districts, are encouraged to re' turn to '@heir pas$. In the Bavarian Alps it was the style aids summer for all hales, and there were thousands of visitors there from all over Germany to appear itt short pants, embroidered -braces, and a grey fe'bt hat with the ;green tuft behind it, the picturestpue castttnie of the district, Theta it is sig- ni•ficant that we students -were • asked to put on two of 'Haas' Sachs' old co- medies at the farewell dinner. I must say all this operetta scenery is more than delightful to ,the foreigner. The greateet accomplishment of the new regime is the creation of a new spirit in the 'German people, since the war, beaten and hopeless. This new emotional vitality is compounded first of self-esteem and defiance reached by brooding on the :glories of their past and their present poverty and de- gradation, and secondly of a blind and child -like faith in Hitler's ability to care all their ills. It is a wonderful thing to see this faith. A Norwegian student said 'to a little hotel -keeper in the Black Forest one Sunday morn- ing as the I-Iitlerites were starching part, 'You people look upon Hitler al- most as a god,' A sudden gleam an the little man's face came with the an- swer, '\Vhy not, he is,' IFIitler has made himself a religion, Two accomplishments boasted an every front page are re-etnployment and rely public works. So many mor; 'millions -back to warkl' It seemed t- the it was usually a case of Hitler's ardent supporters in, Hitler's ques- tionable supporters oat. One young lawyer just graduating, told me Ile had practically nu chance of estab'lish ing himself because he had 1101 joiner! the 'brown shirts,' And d had the feel- ing that many of the young Hitlerites in Totntny Tucker style sang hitter songs to be sure of their suppers. As for public works, its Heidelberg every street seemed to have ,been menaced while I was there, the new University building was going up apace, and there was certainly a surface appear- ance of industry everywhere, I have no idea from where the funds for such enterprises come, whether From the community or the central govern - nteat,'the latter being the more prob- able because the town gave the ap- pearaace of being generally quite poor. 1 cannot say how notch ha been accomplished on the government programme of draining swamp iambs, fertilizing and reclaiming unproduc- tive areas, and reestablishing the small farm. Every revolution semis to affect the institutions of the church and the school, The government graspe these moulders of public opinion to make them instruments of the state policy. Tae Hitierites boast of revival in re- liginit, they decree a return to the simple faith and fixed doctrines of the middle ages. ,Besides they are trying to reunite the interest of the clturt•'t and state to the great advantage of the latter. One has only to visit the art galleries to see the new and very real interest in religious subjects, l'he re- cent 'Crucifixions, would stake an in- teresting study in psychology, -1s far as education is concerned it is difficult to get beyond the element of propa - .tnda. Hitler is using the sehool as it Political incubator, Two of the most ineerestin.; worsen 1 met were school teacher, well advanced in their pr,,• feeeiou; one had experience in the hest girl,' eciloals of England anti Femme, ,the omen was principal of a girl's technical school, They, like ev- cryotte else not joining in the anthers to Hitler, had to watch every word :hey said, and, in addition, were ev- ery day its fear of losing their pari :ions merely because they were w•o- iven. Besides professional ,humilia- tion; such as having to give the `Heil Hitler' salute to each class as it ent- ered or left, they personally felt pro- foundly degraded by- the position to which German women had fallen, This insult is indeed resented by ev- ery German woman whether she be for or against 'Hitler. Tlien a new but stip old-fash!tned faith has been introduced into iudes- riali n, The tendency sponsored by .he _..aernment to regard the mach- ine de, the source of all the present industrial evils is most interesting. 'It is said that next to the 'burning of ra- ical books perhaps tate scrapping of machines proceeds !tlt the gret.ea elosto, but I am glad :..t say 1 was ne- ver present at such an Orgy, 9'0 - a' world accustomed to rue e very it,ea: tiei•ntany's progress in science and le - vet -ohm this childish solution of the problem must cone as a shock, 'By -he summer chard labor had been in- troduced completely into tobacco fac- tories; cigars and cigarettes were .roll- ed and cut by hand. The result ie ...b- elow; the men worked long hour; Iv - sr a slavish task and received only a pittance for their labors. Stich emp- loyment .cannot he better than unem- ployment, .Anil to conclude, But who dare draw a cmtclusioti- that seems too black? Will there :be sufficient spin' tial growth to counteract the.-srppre: ;ion of free t talking that one chat seen so c'tntpie:ely its the university given time to peaceably redress these wrongs and nothing has been done. War has taken on its old _romantic glory to the iGermans; movies and cheap literature offer unbelievable tales of young heroes at war "fur gas 1 lei land." Great pains are taken to discredit iRemarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front," as written by a man who was never in the trenches, 'Besides all this, indifference is an impossible response to Hitler's use of terrorism against 'his critics, and en- emies, First of all, one sees brown un- iforms everywhere, singly or ,in par- ades, Young 'brown Shirts' march by singing in the streets as early as six on a Sunday morning, and one 050 bear them in their club houses sing- ing their Hitler songs till midnight any night. I was told in Heidelberg towards the end of jelly that a lair- had been passed that anyone heard to speak against Hitler even in conver- sation, could be shot without trial. \Vitether The report was true or not does not really matted as it was be- lieved by everyone and my anti-Hi:t- lerite friends begged me to keep a more than careful watch on whatever I said anywhere, mare for their sakes than 'for mine, What shocked Inc most of all, I think, vas the use ''of terrorism in the press, where the government would boast of things that any other state would do its best to conceal. For in- stance, one northern paper proudly stated the case of a radio announcer mho had fled to Luxembourg where he yva; giving speeches over the radio against the Hitler regime: they could not reach ;the radio announcer, but his family had been seized and would be used to bring 'hint hack to Germany. The newest victims of the centraliza- tion camps, often lawyers, doctors and scie:ttists. have their pictures in the !tapers, The Berlin Illustrated this sutntner devoted a number to these camp, Cohere remarkable -„vial re- verses were said to be taking place. Otte could see men who were frotu the proirssinus, hauling -carts of state° —I suppose for use on the new high- ways of which ,Germany is so proud alany reasons for the per:ecution of the Jess have been brought forward, and, of course, there are many contri- buting causes, but I think the main cne was just this doctrine of terror- ise, using force successfully against a minority in order to strike fear into everyone's heart. Enough reasons have been stated here, I tltiitic, why Germany is now enjoying; a unity it has never had be- fore. Next, it would be well to study ',that has been accomplished and what • planned, now that the blissful state of universal approval has been reach- ed. The goal is a queer mixture of past and present. of Hitler -govern - meat supervision in commerce and griculture—an attempt to •buil) up a Planned economy, and, 00 the Date: land, a return to the colorful, ranter. - tic glary ,,I the . middle ages when Oleic,. was notaint of the foreigner anywhere to be found. Government supervision of industry can be illustrated by the fact that prices are set by the government on articles for sale in the stores. The price cannot be lowered except in the Salsonverkauf, season sales, which take place twice a year. 'Government d is beieg given to re-establish the ...ad type of ,mall fancily farm where life will return to its old simplicity id a: c,nttnunion with God and Na- ture. Machine labor is never seen in the country. To a Canadian it seem kith picturesque and primitive 10 see men and women out its the fields cut. dee: the 'grain with a small .hand .t Ie, stacking it sn a little cart t which a cow is hitched. I 'suppose a remarkable enthusiasm for its past is characteristic of every European country, but few have gone so far ae to wish to retnra to it. The zeal in iGerncany for old custom, old songs, old plays, is extreme. This was especially to be noted 'on our stu- dent trip into the Black 'Forest. The country people stet its everywhere in their colorful costumes, with tate vil- lage band blowing furiously and look- ing like a -Christmas card, Old plays were put on for us mostly its rlie!ect which we couldn't understand. The attitude of the professors and their wives was interesting: they seemed '0 give the villagers a pat on the back Feint good peoele and doinz a= they should. %Ve visited a hems- thee as faun• htntdred years old naili hat'. o the press, :rn' literature and the arts? le •the general return to 'hand abor 'itt industry to .achieve anything but a terrible set=back foe 'Germ -any Hitler has certainly focussed ,the at- tention of the world, on tGermany. 'Phe Hitlerites are demanding that some- thing the done to better their position. Is the 'only answer' `War'? Gan war achieve anything for 'Germany, any- thing for the world but another plunge into degradation and despair? Has (Hitler conte to lead his country back to a high national achievement or is he betraying 'Germany? THE • ONTARIO 'LEGISLATURE Denouncing criticism of the gov- ernment's educational policies and procedure of its reeeut loan flotation, Premier George S. henry scored in marked manner during the debate alt the Throne 'Speec'h in the Ontario 'Legislature, The ,Prettier delivered a scathing denunciation of Opposition critics carried the debate directly into the Oppasitian camp and won a -tech- nical victory in !laving a sub - amendment to the Liberal amend- ment ruled out of order by h -Ion, T. A. Kidd, Speaker of the House. IIs ruling out t(te sub-aniendntent ae proposed by 14. C, iNixon, Prog- ressive.leader, Mr. Speaker declared the 'Nixon sub-ameedneen.t identically the same in principle as the amend- ment moved by Dr. G. A. 1'IcQuib- hail, Liberal•+Opposition 'leader, am want -of -confidence moves, 'Premier Henry charged the, Lib- erals with deliberately attempting to convince the public that education was being neglected, while at the sauce' time, the department is being administered as efficiently as it ever has been. As to criticism of the re- celun ew aI4l,00ack!0at.000tloan, the Pm tbhe Liberals the chreargeier that had it not been for six costly loans floated by the Drury adminis- tration, the province would have been` able to borrow stoney to -day at less cost, and far more cheaply. 'In the Drury government, the ram .had 'sop six per cent, in comparison to t Present coat of 4:63 per cent. The beheading of W. E. N, Sin- clair, K. C., as Opposition - Liberal leader was thoroughly condemned by ;Premier Henry, who likened Dr, ales Quibban's position to the words of Caesar: "Et' tue Brute," The -Premier also indicated to .11r. Nixon that his stamping ground of Brant would not be found as easy as it has formerly been for hint, tin connection with the Department of Edttcatiau, the Premier said that while some advocated a commission to direct educational affairs, he has under bis direction a group of three officials, Dr, \Merchant, Dr. Rogers, and Dr. Colquhoun, most able o: uca,tional authorities who are c clog on the department most efftaent- ly. Under present conditions he said it was not advisable to branch into new fields, and the absence of a full time Minister caved the government at least tatei!ll a year. He intimated that the Department is considering titp establishment of intermediate eiho.tic to operate between the prim- ary and secondary schools, while age ricultural schools are being experi- mented with desi.tned to train boys and girl; to retnrtia an the farms of the province. Touching 00 the question nf by- elections, the Premier pointed out during the last four years, there had been its and of this figure the Con- servatives had captured 13, with three going to the Liberals. In resuming his dehete on Thurs- day, the Prettier scored a tactical victory by introducing a subanceud- ntent to the amendment of non -con- fidence introduced by the Opposition Leader, iIremier Henry's sttbantend- ment reads: 'Obis !House accepts with satisfaction your 1Ionor's encourag- ing references to the progress being made towards the recovery of busin- ess and industry; and jeiine cordially in the hope that our country will soon be on the roast to enduring prosper- ity." The Premier pointed, with statis- tics on employment and industrial production, agriculture and construc- tion, to the brig htcr side of the ecou. nntic picture, declaring that Ontario can look forward with confidence to the forthcoming year. Employment he pointed out had gained almost ;10 per cent, Textile stills are operating at increased production while steel production is at a li°ether• level, coupl- ed with increased agriculture pr:ees, which have advanced 'A') per cent, \'toying quickly to is-quinc cats ; to char,;c of \•t•agistrnte u39c'Caugheitt .af Orillia, who contended an effort hid been 'made to have hum vacate his office for which he was to receive $12,000 from Magistrate (lover of Coldwater as a compassionate allow - mice, Premier ,I•.lenry referred the nkat;ge to the Legal '1(11' ('1h ttnitte., tresidecl over by ,Tion 'Chas, :McCrea, \,I:iniseer of \,knee, The committee las called wtlitts•es to deal with production of an affida„t attributed ,0 the \Magistrate, iSend us the names of your visitors,.