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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1940-07-11, Page 2Lightning Bolts Debunk Adage Struck Twice In Same Pace Near Campbeiiford, Ont., An Within Five Minutes Michael Moran is not so sure now about that adage which says that lightning never strikes twice in the same place. During a violent electrical storm in June, Moran's home on the Brighton road, near Campbellford, Ontario, was struck twice within five minutes. One bolt fol- lowed an aerial wire and ruined a radio set and the other took the ffydro wires and blew a fuse in. the house. No fire resulted however. The storm was so severe that 12 'telephone poles were blown down in the district, disrupting service in general. The Book Shelf MINE INHERITANCE By Frederick Niven Frederick Niven, in the front sank of contemporary writers, tells in his new novel, "Mine Inheri- tance", nheritance", the story of the first im- portant British settlement in the Canadian West — an epic in the history of Canada. Front, theefirst days of this ven- ture;.tt+lrenth'e settlers put out from ilcotland under the leadership of their governor, Miles Macdonell, to the final achievement, after un- tspeakable hardship, of their great ambition — "to establish them- selves in a part of the world where they could own their land, from Trhich they could never be evicted, that would be an inheritance for their children" — the story is told of David Baxter, a young clerk in the service of Miles Macdonell. Inerough his eyes we see the tgr- pie struggle for existence that Confronted the settlers. "Mine Inheritance" ... by Fred- erick Niven . . Toronto: Collins Publishers, 70 Bond St„ . . . $2.75. Character First, Then Education Windsor Magistrate Says Ad• vantages of University Edu- cation Are Secondary Re- quirement in Young Citizens Character comes first, edu- cation second, Magistrate David M. Brodie, of Windsor, told members of the graduating class of the extension department of the University of Western On- tario of Windsor. "The young man or woman who would fill a leading place in life needs more than the ad- vantages of a university edu- eatiion," declared the Windsor magistrate "I suggest to you 'gust characts:is the foundation of any career you may choose to follow if you would be suc- tessful." Guest speaker at the banquet which was attended by nearly 200 including many alumni of the extension department, Mag- istrate Brodie declared his ex- perience on the bench has taught him that the young person who can take the hard knocks and not succumb "to the blandish- ments of those who point the .easy way" is most likely to make a success of life. "I have learned that the things which conte easy to young people are not always good for them," he warned, re- calling that many of those born to good fortune and ready fac- ilities for a high education often fail. A weak character, he said, is a greater handicap than a lack let education. Vancouver Air Traffic Grows Airport There Has Become One of the Business Com- mercial Terminals In Canada As western anchor of Trans-Can- ada rans-Canad,a Airlines, the Vancouver airport experienced a rapid rise from an out-of-the-way landing field to one at the busiest commercial termin- ale in the Dominion. In the first three montbs of this year, airplanes carried 69,008 pounds of mai], 14,- 227 pounds of freight, and 4,607 passenger's into the airport, a com- bined land and water base not far from the City's center. This was an increase of 54 per cent, in mail, 179 per cent In freight, and 148 per Cent in passengers. Inauguration last year of Trans- Canada Airlines national service had much to do with the growth. Otrly a few barnstorming pilots Were the customers when the. City went infor airport development a few years ago, United Airlines put 1t on the map by making ii Side trip from its transcontinental terminal at Seattle. Nowadays, an airliner 4.akes off for route distance point of the continent, or lands from one, livery 81 minutes between early dawnanal well into the night,, Vacation Delights In the Canadian Rockies Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Stanfield, of Truro, N. S., vacationing in the Canadian Rockies, are .seen in the corral at Banff Springs Hotel just after their return on horse -back froni a visit to Sunshine Lodge. Guide who accompanied them is on the left of picture, —Canadian Pacific Photo. THE WAR -WEE K—Commentary on Current Events Latest Soviet Move Blocks Hitler's Pathway To East The centre of crisis in Europe last week shifted overnight from w est to east. The • imminent Invas- ion of Britain by Hitler's hordes was relegated to the background of the world's attention by the swift - moving events in the Balkans that changed the shape of the conflict between Britain and Germany, en- dowing it with an entirely new set oi' possibilities. To many, the Sov- iet success in R.u>Yrania Meant that it would be in the east that Hitler might meet his final defeat. THE VITAL STRAITS The small agricultural province of Bessarabia was seen as of little importance to the immense Soviet Union. Rather the significance of its seizure lay in the strategic new position Russia was enabled to ac- quire thereby — the Reds tit, ere now encamped along the vital Danube, right in line for cutting off Ger- many's Rumanian oil supply; they had stolen a march on Hitler in the direction of the Dardanelles, and could easily gain control of those straits which are the key to. the east. MIGHT BEAT HITLER TO IT From a certain well-informed quarter in Washington came the prediction that the war would shift eastward in September with a head- on clash between Germany and Russia. Would Britain first be blitzkrieged? Or would Hitler spare the British Isles in view of the new threat in the east? Did Stalin expect to be the next Axis victim? If so, might he not be getting ready now to attack first, catching Ger- many at an unpre»red moment, exhausted from battle in the west? Fear of the conflict spreading all throughout the entire Balkan area was largely discounted last week. Russia had Bulgaria and Yugoslav- ia pretty well in hand. Greece was frightened. Hungary was being held back by German desire to keep that country at peace and in a pos- ition to supply all the agricultural products likely to be needed this fall and winter in the Reich. GIBRALTAR MENACED On the other hand, an .Axis push in the Spanish peninsula was not altogether uncooked -for. London diplomatic commentators suggested that Hitler might send troops to Spain to attack Gibraltar in an at- tempt to cut British communica- tions into the Mediterranean. They expressed the belief that the fall of France and the German occupa- tion of the French side of the Span- ish frontier had completely swung General Franco over to the side of Germany and Italy. The Madrid newspaper Alcazar hinted at a pos- sible Spanish attempt to seize Gib- raltar. "The rock has lost almost all its strategic value," the paper contended. "From the Moroccan coast or from the nearby mount- ains, Gibraltar could he shelled mercilessly and effectively." OUST "MUNICH MEN"! During the week wild rumors went the rounds of peace negotia- tions between Britain and Ger- many. These were all oategorioally denied, former Prime Minister Chamberlain even going to the trouble of making a radio speech to refute them. Nevertheless there were powerful forces at work in Bri- tain anxious to remove all the "men. of Munich" from public life,.at any rate from the Government. A move was under way to make sure that there are no "appeasers" in the dabinet waiting to seize power as Petain did in France and conclude an ignominious peace with the enemy. Peter Lyne, Christian Dci- ence Monitor correspondent in Lon- don, quoted Lord Strabolgi, prom- inent debater ins the House of Lords: "Unfortunately the past of these two statesmen (Chamberlain and Halifax) is so identified with the appeasement policy that, so long as they are iu the Inner War Cabinet, the German propagand- ists will find credence for their fairy tales about Britain suing for an armistice." Alternating with . talk of p.eage with Britain, came Nazi press re- ports that. the drive against Eng- land was almost ready. f'The joint forces of Germany and Italy are uniting for the final attacks," de- clared the Boersen Zeitung. "The Atlantic coast from Brittany to Norway is being organized into an aggressive front against England. Every category of arms is ready. The Reich's military resources are being reinforced daily and army, navy and air force are being con- centrated to an extent never before witnessed." R.A.P. TAKES INITIATIVE Britain seized the initiative dur- ing the week with sea and air raids on German continental coastal bas- es, and German-occupied industrial areas in France, Belgium and Hol- land. Information leaking out of Germany indicated the R.A.F. at- tacks were taking their toll of in- dustrial production, with many .fac- tories being forced to abrindon the night shifts. At the same time, German planes flew daily over the British Isles, dropping a deadly load of bombs. Watch Ireland. warned the Lon- don News -Chronicle. This widely - read Liberal paper demanded that the Government forestall possible German plans for invasion of Ire- land (hence striking at Britain through the back door) by provid- ing "sufficient" forces in Northern irei'an cl. Great Britain. was worried about the Far Eastern situation, as the Japanese land blockade tightened around Hong Kong. The Japanese Army was reported moving troops down from the Yangtze area, with 100,000 already billeted on Hainan Island. The French Indo-Chinese de - tense, 50,000 mostly native troops almost entirely unsupported by air- planes, would probably not last long against the Taps without help from British 'Singapore. WHITE 'MAN ON SPOT "To Japanese militarists, occu- pation of French Indo-China was a delightful prospect. It would shor- ten both the long faces of .discour- aged civilians at home and :the China campaign — by cutting Chiang-Kai-shek's chief supply lines. If and when the United States fleet were shifted from the Pacific to the Atlantic, Japan could begin her long -planned campaign to drive the white man from all A.sia." ("Time", July 1st,), INDIA; Mohandas K. Gandhi em- erged from silence last week with an appeal to all Britons to cease hostilities with Germany, urging that they settle their differences with "non-violent methods." The leader of the millions of India urg- ed Britain not to enter "undignified competition with the Nazis in des- tructive power." Gandhi said he was placing his services at the com- mand of His Majesty's Government to "advance the object" of his ap- peal. The day previous, Gandhi's Leftist rival, Subhas Chandra Bose, had been arrested under Defence of India Regulations. JEALOUSY? ITALY: Marshal Rodolto Graz- lani, chief of staff of the Italian army, took command last week of all Italian forces in Libya, which formerly had been commanded by the late Italo Balbo. Balbo three days previously had met his death in an air crash under peculiar cir- cumstances. The British Foreign Office news department suggested .that Balbo was deliberately killed because he clashed with Musso],ini personally as well as over the -TOO.- tator's policy of tying to Gern3,any. Might not Graziani also have been jealous of Balbo? U.S. PLACES NEW EMBARGO UNITED STATES: Two very int - portant moves were made by Presi- dent Roosevelt last week. First he invoked the power to seize foreign- owned shipping. Second, (serious for )3ritain), he placed a. virtual embargo on the sale to foreign countries of any munitions, mater- ials or machinery needed in the U. S. national defense program. Fear of a Nazi revolution in Mex- ico immediately following this week's election continued to per- vade the U. S. Fear of German ec- onomic domination of South Amer- ica through barter prompted the loan of $20,000,000 to Argentina for purchases to be made in the United States. In the field of domestic polities, the nomination.of Wendell L. Wlll- kie as Republican Presidential can- didate overshadowed all else; con- firmation of the appointment of , Henry L. Stimson, Republican, to the vital post of U. S. War Secre- tary, took place with little or no amiss: 'CANADA: Succeeding boats dur- ing the week landed very differ- ent cargoes on our shores. The first Nazi war prisoners arrived in Canada for internment here, "sul- ky, swaggering louts" . . , Fran Dollfuss and her two children de- barked from the next ship amici a crowd of Wealthy refugees from the United Kingdom . . . Two people the boats did not bring were the Princesses Elizabeth and Mar- garet Rose "who will share the fate of other British children" remain- ing at home ... the full influx of evacuee children from the United Kingdom was reported delayed sev-' eral weeks due to a mixup in Ceti tape .. which gave Cauadian homes and foster -parents longer to prepare for the reception of new members into the family .. . he Western wheat problem mov- ed into the limelight again as the prairie farmers began to wonder what would become of the good crops they expect thi'h year. Eleva- tors were ' still full of last year's wheat . and' nowhere to . dispose of .it, unless we should suddenly find ' ourselves trading again with Hitler, who needs the grain badly ▪ . In Ontario a serious shortage of farm labor was beginning to be felt, since so many former ' hired men" had joined the army .. . The Federal Cabinet changes forecast for the week did not mat- erialize, although a Wartime Indus- tries Control Board was establish- ed, with sweeping powers to mobil. ize the industries of this country for war purposes . announce- ment was made that Britain would build 35 plants here, at a cost of $50,000,000, to turn out explosives, guns, shells and small arms am- munition — total output to 'reacli a quarter of it billion dollars an- nually ... Conservative M. P.'s and C.O.F. leaders in the House assail- ed Henry Ford for refusing to man- ufacture plane motors for Britain • during the week a new trade treaty was signed w•itit Paraguay; a • "It DOES taste good hl a pipet!" HANDY SEAL -TIGHT POIXH . i Si /z -LB. "LOK-TOP" TIN 60 also packed in Pocket Tina GROWN IN SUNNY, SOUTHERN O,NTTiARi46 step which was taken in view of the • increased trade opportunities to the south of us since the otubreak of war in Europe .. A tragic event of the week was the sinking of the Canadian des- troyer Fraser following a collision off the west coast of France; forty- five were dead or missing, 115 res- cued ... Premier Mitchell F. Hep- burn, in bad shape, rested in Battle Creek Sanitarium across the bor- der,,, Word. from Ottawa came :irat d� tails of a new unified press ierviee for radio stations in. Canada were being worked out, the system to be on a co-operative basis with the CBC and the recognized n•.vs €tg- encies working together. For the present, the existing new :ser- vices are permitted to , cagy on. their broadcasts as in the p),it, but the day of sponsored newec:i.rmt:s is • almost over. ro GIVE AND SA . t �E DEp� A lisdfr ONO; AMES LAW -7— Per 21 years Firestoon tires have been the winning cars at the Indianapolis SpeedwaY• For 13 years winnere in the daring Pike's Peak climb where a slip means death.' 290 speed es:d en' durance records won by Xis. 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