Zurich Herald, 1940-06-20, Page 2Young off C.A,S.F. Off For Intensive Training
Seven thousand determined young Canadians got their initiat'on
aln.o?army life at Exhibition Park, Toronto, during the winter months.
Comforts not usually associated with active service, even to batteries
of hot shower baths, were available in well heated .buildings. In the
Illustrations above they are seen entraining for summer encampments
send their smiling faces would seem to indicate that the prospect is a
, hileasing one. The big camp is now being prepared for this year's Ex-
bition. The buildings will be occupied by troops again next fall fol-
' lowing the "Ex."
VOICE
OF THE
PRESS
DIALING FOR TROUBLE
You no longer need to borrow
trouble. You can get it delivered on
Ile radio daily. — (Brandon Sun)
SHORTER SPEECHES
There Is merit in the principle
behind the proposal made by ivlr.
9k�3nnip g South Centre, that the
length of parliamentary speeches
en matters affecting Canada's war
effort be limited. Discussion, of
eeonrse, is valuable, but only up to
the point that it contributes to a
clearer understanding or the im-
provement of legislation. Beyond
that it is a waste of tine. — (lydincl
eor Star)
BORN TO MISERY
Of all the livestock that men
raise the chicken is by far the
most i11 -used. In the brooder, artif-
icially heated, the chicks cry,
"What is home without a mother?"
and afterwards, when they have
come to years of discretion and
would like to enjoy a run where
they can scratch, they find them
selves stacked up in hen -batteries,
each one in a narrow cell of its
own, and are compelled to lay eggs
to save their lives. The modern hen
is /1.P•L'14 +.....,,....,...«,.,...,..ra u,....,.......... -...,
•
- 'uF'ort �'iril]iam Tiiiles-
Journal).
The manufacture of chemicals
and allied produe;s in Canada
during 1938 totalled $146,139,-
312. About $61 millions were
spent on materials and supplier,
$29 millions on salaries and wag-
es, and $5 millions for fuel and
electricity.
111 RADIO `REPORTER ill
By DAVE ROBBINS
TRY YOUR HAND
Among radio listeners there are
many folks who would like to try
their hand atwriting a- radio -pro-
gram — maybe a mystery tale, a
d-idramaor comedy sketch, or possib-
ly they. ma.y have an entirely new
Idea, r, the air — so why don't
y'eu and you put your ideas on pa:
7peisss & send them to a radio sta-
tion
Radio stations are always look-
ing for new stories and new ideas
�– and yours might be the one that
clicks!
NOTES AND NEWS
One of the breeziest'rams
presented over the NB net-
work is Plantation Time ';;!;heard
en Wednesday nights id 8:30. The
Plantation Party includes Louise
Massey and the Singing Western-
ers, Tom, Dick and Harry, a smart
local trio, and other top-notch en-
tertainers.
For facts with an unusual twist
we suggest you tune in Stranger
Than Fiction — presented over sta-
tion CKOO each weeknight at six.
One of the better midweek pro-
grams on the CBC comes from the
whores of the Atlantic, when Mar-
jorie Payne directs a concert or -
theatre in music of the lighter
vein. This treat is on Wednesdays
at 8:00 p.m,
Imagine a theatre seating shirty
leIllion peoples That, by actual
survey', Is the estimated audience of
the Radio Theatre conducted by
teed 13..Demille, veteran showman
each Monday evening at 9. That
means only one thing -- that the
Radio Theatre presents top-notch
'Mows.
When. Steve Wilson, of Edward
G. Robinson's Big an program
welted for a vote froi5 Fiard ' ten -
got . wfiAlliArSteveam L relOi
oit
xlrbnouet egt,ta.e their r cket-bust•
jtY;Ig tales of Dig Town -•-- or present.
different types of dramas — the
talks on the receiving end voted.
overwhelmingly to e.ont3nu OA,
B1g Towns (es '1 ]ograan
comes over the Columbia chain on
Tuesday nights at eight.
Sean Goldkehte, one of the veter-
an band leaders in the dance field,
will soon return to the band stands
with an orchestra of fifty pieces
featuring swing symphony. It
should be good, for the Detroiter
always had ace bands,
AROUND THE DIAL
Dialing little known radio treats
— Sunday, Four Star Revue from
CIrOC at 10:15 a.m. . . Rendez-
vous on Mutual at 5:30 with Ra-
mona, Jimmy Shields and the Tune
Twisters . Monday, L'il:,Abner
from NBC - Red at six Blondie
on the Columbia Chain at 10:30 , .
Tuesday, Fun with Revilers via the
NBC -Blue at 9:30 'Composers
'series on CBC at 10:30 ... Wednes-
day, Mr. Keen, Tracer of Missing
Persons, on NBC -Blue at 7:15. , .
Seviliana from CBO at 8:30 ...
Thursday, I Love A Mystery at
8:30 on NBC -Red . , . Nan Wynn on
WA16C-Columbia at 10:45 ... Fri-
day, Uncle Don via WOR at six .. ,
An Editor Looks West on CBC at,
7:45 . , . Saturday, Hit Parade on
CHOC at 1:00 'p.m.... Sky Blazers
with Col. Roscoe Turner on Colum-
bia at 7:30,
tpuph
`1C H E WAR .WEE —Commentary on Current Events
ITALY'S
;:3rd
One month to ti":' dar after"
Hitler's arriaies ere sed the bur?
hers of the Low. ,Countries, kiss -
()Ifni declared war on Britain 'and
France, ushering in one of the
most critical hours in the his-
tory of the world.
Never befgre had the British
and French Empires been in a
position of such.. supreme danger.
France, beating off encirclement
of Paris, fighting for her very
life, now found herself attacked
on still another front, her supply
lines to Africa thrgelened. 'Bri-
tain, not yet recovered=from.; the
disaster of Flanders, hourly ex-
pecting a Nazi invasin:, was forc-
ed to action on far-flung fronts
—in Africa, the Nea ' East, the
Mediterranean, Gibraltar, . Suez.
Objectives
Italy wens; into the vvar °demand•
ing Tunisia, Djibouti, French and
British Somaliland, Corsica, Male-
ta, Gibraltar, Suez, Savoy and
two French departments of the
IVlaritime Alps. To those posses-
sions Italy "aspired," • as well as
to "independence from the de-
funct democracies.". After attack-
ing France's lines to Africa,
prime Italian objectives were
seen to be Tunisia and Egypt.
But one at a time, and perhaps
Egypt first, since capture of Al-
exandria from the rear by mech-
anized columns (like Hitler's cap-
ture of the Channel ports) would
achieve more and probably be
easier than cutting into Tunisia
and French Morocco.
Meanwhile the Germans, driv-
ing on Paris, .were alining for the
capture of Paris and the Lower
Seine River, . no matter ;haw
rifle their losses, in the hope of
forcing French capitulati�oji :.:and
cutting France off from he;» rally,.
Great Britain. The Allies, ori ;the
other hand, were attemptm w t •
hold Germany until Empire a'trr
industrial resources could be mom
bilized for a successful counter-
offensive. Should Paris fall, the
French were expected to make a
stand in the valley of the great
Loire River which cuts well across
France from the west coast.
South of this line would be both.
agricultural and industrial 'areas
The time factor was m favor
of the Allies; against the Germ-
ans, who knew they must win be-
fore their effort slowed down,
before the United States could
enter the war with all its vatic
resources.
Goodbye To Neutrality
UNITED STATES: One of the.
most tensely listened -to speeche.s2,
in the annals of political history
was made during the week by
President Roosevelt, preparing •
the American people for the par-
ticipation in the European war
which is so sure to come. "We'•
will pursue two obvious and sim-
ultaneous courses," he declared.':
"We will extend to the oppon-
ents of force the material re-
sources of this nation and, at the
same time, we will harness and
speed up the use of those re-
sources, order that we our-
selves in the Americas may have
equipment _ and training equal to
the taskof any emergency and
every defense." The republic -to -
the -south -of -us was no longer
neutral; it was non -belligerent.
Following his address, Presi-
dent Roosevelt warmly endorsed
an organized "Stop -Hitler -Now"
movement, working to rush all
possible •material help to the Al-
lies, while Congress continued its
rapid-fire action on the national
defense program, grown to $5,-
021,619,622.
Another colossal problem was
thrust before the United States
by the possibility that the Bri-
tish Government, if Hitler won
the war, might move to Canada
and continue the fight against
Germany from here. Washington
was a bit upset by the idea. For
the first time in its life, the sup-
remacy of the United States in
the Western hemisphere would be
challenged; another great fleet
would be stationed, on this side
•
RY CARRIES
JTERRANEAN
of the Atlantic; the war would
be brought to America's very
doorstep,
* 4 4
CANADA: That same possibil-
ity was reflected in the sixth ra-
dio address of Prime Minister
Mackenzie King on the war situ
ation. He declared that Canad-
ians are prepared to fight to the
finish in this war, "will proudly
accept" their new responsibilities,
undaunted by the threat of
spreading conflict. There was talk
of the British Throne being trans-
ferred to Ottawa . . . Two days
later Canada declared war on
Italy, and Princess Juliana of the
Netherlands and her two children
arrived in Halifax....
9'he nation was saddened dur
ing the week by the tragic death
in an air crash of Hon. Norman
rlicLeod Rogers, Canada's De-
fence Minister; a man of fine
character who had worked un-
ceasingly in the public interest . .
Many Canadians woke up one
morning to find that war had
brought them a new inconven-
ience, (taxes, etc. aside),—start-
ing
side)!start-
ing July first no one could cross
to the United States without a
passport.
Other events of the week: Rain
unceasing; saturation of land,
atmosphere, clothing (some people
blamed it on the war clouds) . .
Arthur W. Roebuck, Liberal, To-
ronto -Trinity, charging in the
House of Commons that the On-
tario Government had treated
single unemployed transients with
"cold brutality" . anti -Italian
demonstrations throughout the
country , .
Puzzle: Had the Vimy Mem-
orial really been bombed? Still
merely a report, this story had
neither been confirmed nor de-
nied by the Canadian Govern -
men t.
In The Baltic
RUSSIA: The Soviet . Union,
suddenly the centre of renewed
diplomatic attentions from three
European nations, patched up her
Far Eastern dispute by an agree-
ment with Japan on the alllan-
choukuo-Outer Mongolia bognd-
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d - two battles and several years
' of intermittent fighting — Rus-
sia and Japan agreed on the ex-
act frontiers to be respected in
future . Two newly named
Ambassadors from the Allies —
Sir Stafford Cripps of Great Bri-
tain and Eric Labonne of France
—arrived in Moscow; and it was
announced that Italy and Russia
would once more keep ambass-
adors in each other's capitals .
Diplomatic observers in Stock-
holm advanced the theory that
.Russia, determined that Germany
must not expand further in the
• Baltic, was seeking a definite pol-
itical agreement with Finland and
Sweden to forestall any German
moves in the .north.
* * H,
BALKANS: It appeared to be
the'' devout wish of all Balkan
capitOs last week that their coun-
tries should not be drawn into
the growing vortex of war. And
indications were strong that for
the time being at least, south-
eastern Europe would be left
alone; that the Italian campaign
in the Balkans would be diplo-
matic rather than military. Greece
was already reported to • have
made a "deal" with Mussolini.
Eastern Mediterranean
Sooner or later, however, it
was thought that the conflict
would somehow hit the Eastern
Mediterranean, and then there
would be a rush to Salonika from
both the Italian and Near East-
ern sides. The, stand of Turkey
was seen as all-important.
* ,s *
NORWAY: The war in Nor-
way carne to an end last week
when Xing Haakon ordered the
capitulation of the entire coun-
try to the Germans. It was an-
nounced, however, that his gov-
ernment would continue to fight
with the Allies on the Western
Front.
H
GOLDEN cy
CORN 44117
p„2 —A Great Energy Food
SOUTH AMERICA: Fascism
reared its ugly head again in the
Western Hemisphere, President
Vargas of Brazil, in the first out-
spokenly Fascist speech by any
South American President, justi-
fied the aggressions in Europe
of Germany and Italy. Vargas,
who has ruled Brazil through ten
years of dictatw.ship, spoke of the
beginning of a new 'era under
Fascism. Previously it had been
believed in South America that
Brazil would follow the United
FStates policy toward the Euro-
pean situation. A nasty shock,
that.
S
G w NI
As a weekly good turn, Scouts
of the 2nd Moose Jaw, Sask., Troop
gather the comic sections of the
week -end papers and presentthem
to the Children's Shelter,
The latest addition •to Vancou-
ver's Sea Scout fleet Is the patrol
boat, "Mary Walkezn" owned by
the 40th Vancouver (St, Augustine)
Sea Scout Troop, The boat was duly
Icunched with full ceremony in the.
presence of some 500 Scouts, Cubs,
Girl Guides .and Brownies The 24-
fuot lifeboat was tb.e gift of Mrs.
Walkem, wifo of Col. Gecrge A.
Walicem, and dedication was made
by Rev. J, A. Leighton, Cbaelain of
the Vancouver Mission to Seamen.
hite—Yellow
lack Razes -
White races double the pope•
lation ••every 80 years, yellow in
60 years, and the nark ':a. 40
years. •
Nova Scotia's Blossom Queen And Her Prritni es
The Annapolis Valley Apple BIossoni Festival, Nova S roti a most
colorful spring party, this year was a gay event centred in the fragrant
beauty of the British Empire's largest single apple belt. • Queen An-
napolisa VIII (Miss Audrey Clarke of Wolfville, N. S.) is sears- here
with her Princesses. t (Canadian Pacific Photo),
LIFE'S LIKE THAT
By. Fred N•e)h er
"When I Say Three You Hit Pop an' I'll Yell for Mone! :'
REG'LAR. FELLERS—A Big -Blow
GWAN MOME1 • .
YOU'RE TOo Lit.
TO KNOW WHAT'S
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WHO PUNCHED
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NOBODY!
THE DRAFT
THROUGH THE
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