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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1941-05-29, Page 2undalk Man Heads Editors Named President of Ontario. Quebec Division of C.W.N.A. At Recent Convention in Hamilton Frank M•aclntyre, publisher of the Dundalk Herald, new president oe Ontario -Quebec division of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper As- tsociatiose was announced the win- ner of two major awards, features of annual competitions, when the final session of the two-day con- vention concluded in the Royal Connaught Hotel, Hamilton. Mr. McIntyre was awarded the Joseph Clark Memorial Trophy for *be beet all-around news•Paper in centres with 1,500 popttlatioe, or Jess, also the prize in the job -print- ing competition. By direction of Mr. McIntyre the latter award was gir- os the Lanark Era, runner-up. SPECIAL AWARDS MADE The new presiding officer sue- ceeds Andrew Hebb, Newmarket, who was named honorary presi- dent. Other officer's were chosen as follows: John Marsh, Amherst - berg, first vice-president; C. B. Smith, Creeanore, second vice- president; R. A. Giles, Lachnte, Quebec, secretareetreasueer, Dirac- tors are: D. R. Wilson, Shawini- gan Falls, Que.; C. P. Pearce, Sim- coe; C. E. Bond, New Liskeard; Waterloo; Hugh Templin, Fergus; L. B. Calnan, Picton; W. C. Ayles- worth, Watford; William Bean, Gordon Anslow, Dundas. Peize winners were: Stephenson Memorial Trophy, best front page among newspapers in municipal- ities with 4,500 population, or less, Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville; Huntingdon Gleaner, Huntingdon, Quebec, and Temiskaming Speaker, New Liskeard. Pearce Memorial Trophy, best editorial page, open to all weeklies, Fort Erie Times - Review, Amh rstburg Echo, and Fergus News -Record. Joseph Clark Memorial Trophy, best all-round newspapers in centres with 1,500 Population, or less, Dundalk Herald, Gtouffville Tribune, and Port Elgin Times; job printing, Dundalk Her- ald and Lanark Era. SMALLER CENTRES IMPORTANT R. T. Kelley-. guest at the clos- 9n•g luncheon meeting, spoke of the importance of restoring purchasing grower to the farmer as a means of snaking Canada prosperous. He re- ferred to the important place of small communities in the life of the Dominion, and thought If immigra- tion increased it would be more ad- vantageous to the new arrivals i£ they settled in the smaller centres. Must Reduce Auto Output Caned 1 a n Manufacturers Have To Produce Fewer Cars This Year • trader an Wee asenoupted M4y 10, by Sohn. . heafj-, Mo%or te- iricle Controller of the Department Munitions and Supply, Canad- a& motor manufacturers must re- duce substantially their output of passenger automobiles during the production period from April 1 to Dee. 31. 1941, as compared to their production daring the same period In 1940. The order does not corer trucks ce commercial vehicles. LICENSE NEEDED TO PRODUCE Control of output and the num- ber of automobiles that may be mold during 1941 is based upon the foreign currency requirements of each particular model. While the total foreign currency requirements of each manufacturer will be reduc- ed by 20 per cent, the number of automobiles that may be built in Canada will not necessarily be re- duced by a similar amount as the manufacturer may choose to pro - dime "economy" ears which have Individually a. low foreign currency content. Under another new order all ma- lice o-toe vehicle manufacturers mast cb- lain licenses %ram the controller by Meg 31. Barth orders deal exelueively -with »automobiles for public sale, and have no bearing upon production gee was. needs. Band Leader Can. Cook Like Mother Kay Ryser, the band leader, says any man whose mother is a good cook can be a good cook too. Jfe is speaking from experience.. He not only swears by his moth- er's cooking -he uses her recipes. He turns out dishes that make you want more. If he forgets the recipe he hires an urgent plea to Rocky Mount, N.C., and his 79 -year-old mother writes down every detail of how to make the dish he is hankering for and sends it right sway. Two things Ryser must have -when be is king of the kitchen; Ilia another's recipe and black peps per. Without pepper, he says; meats "just ain't the same." Noe' vegetables, THE MIGHTY LION COUNTS ON YOU This mighty British lion, proud symbol of, an unconquerable race, ispictured here superimpose 1 on 18 background of factories *hose belches of smoke chide a symphony of determination to rid the World of Nazi lust. Truly a tribute to Canadian industry whose factories produce these planes and ships and guns -the tools of war -this design won first' prize in a Canadian -wide contest for pnseers for use in the coming Victory Loan campaign. The design was the creation of A. J. Casson well-known Canadian commercial artist, and as a result, Mr. Casson received his prize, a one thousand dollar Victory Bond, at the hands of His Excellency the Governor-General. When reproduced in striking colors of gold and scarlet, the design will appear on bill -boards in. every city and town in the Dominion, a reminder to the nation to support the loan so that the tools may be supplied to smash the German hordes. T H E WAR -WEE K-•Com"mentary on Current Events German Drive Against Suez Develops On Three Fronts Following the loss of the Battle of the Balkans, it was generally recognized in military circles that Britain's strategic triangle of bases -Crete, Cyprus, Alexandria -vital for operations in the eastern Medi- terranean would shortly he sub- jected to strong attacks by Axis forces driving toward the Suez Canal. Last week the first major blows fell wlien Nazi planes and men began to move into Syria, out- flanking Cyprus and contributing to Turkish encirclement; when Crete had to counter the shock of a Nazi airborne invasion; and 'when Alexandria. already threat- ened by the Axis thrust into Egypt, became the object of repeated bombing raids. The Strategic Triangle On the subject of the Battle ot Crete, "Time." May 19, had this to say: "If Crete should fall. the British position in the eastern Medi- terranean would. be pretty nearly untenable. The British would then have no practicable advance naval bases, and German bombers would have almost a semi -chicle of air bases within easy striking distance of the Suez Canal and of Alexan- dria, the last intact fleet base." We might add that the Axis' task or proceeding overland from the east against Suez ;would be con- siderably expedited. Axis Uses Syria Last week General Wavell was in a very uncomfortable position with regard to Syria. He had to watch the Germans vse Syria as a highway to pile up forces to at- tack him, yet was unable to take decisive. action without making an amen p,no1 bloody •breach with the French. Looking at the brighter side of the picture, Associated Press cor- respondent Dewitt Mackenzie pointed out that the surrender of the Duke of Aosta with a foa•ce of from -35,000 to 38,000 troops in Ethiopia released an important British force to help meet the new . Axis offensive. Which Way to Jump The biggest intangibles in the whole Middle Eastern situation were the attitudes of Turkey, Rus- sia and France. Last week none of the three had yet thrown its weight definitely on the side of either Ger- many or the Allies. Turkey, out- flanked and all but outmanoeuvred, was in a pretty hopeless position as far as helping Britain was con- cerned and could he counted on to do only what Russia advised. The Iatter, though obviously not liking the latest German thrusts down in- to the east. evidently did not feel that the time was ripe for taking action. France was sliding inevit- ably, albeit reluctantly, into the Axis arms and into war with the democracies. War With France? Warnings from the head men of the 'United States of America ap- pareutly could do nothing to turn France back. Petain and Darlan did not change their minds when President Roosevelt threatened x reversal of the former U. S. posi- tion with regard to France - iu other wards, undercover war be- tween old friends. Informal War Awaiting President Roosevelt's momentous s pe a ch on. 'Jutted States' foreign policy, millions throughout the world, unapprecia- tive of the actuality of the bellig- erency in which the American na- tion was now engaged, could not understand why there had not long ago been a formal declaration of war on the Axis. To those people, 1J. S. Attorney General Jackson spoke, when he said: "Our statutes for a century have been framed With. the idea that war mould begin with a gentlemanly and honourable declaration of war. Tlaat chivalrous practice has dis- appeared. Wars today are fought and won before they are declared. New Premier of Soviet Russia and Assistants Here is the first picture of Josef Stalin, centre, to arrive in America since Stalin appointed himself premier of. Russia, tatting that title from Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov, left. Marching with them to Moscow's Red Square for May day parade is Defense Commissar K. E. Vorosbilov. Any nation that, In the presence of rising hostility and strain with another, awaits a declaration of weir to assert itself is as naive as a citizen who expects a burglar to make a formal call to announce his housebreaking intentions." Before The Shooting Congrese would obviously not be naked for a formal declaration of war until events set the stage, But everybody knew last week that there might be at any moment an "incident" -a II. S. naval patrol vessel attacked, American planes shot down over the North Atlantic -and the United States would be in the war. ivieentime, bold steps were taken by the Admiuistration to deal with: the question of home de - defense; the status of French. pos- sessions in and near the western hemisphere; the problem of safe delivery of war materials to the democracies. * * * Peace With China? The question of peace with China had by last week '.become a para- mount issue in Japan. The Tokyo government had been actively con- sidering the position of recent . montlis. and the press had become increasingly insistent that the "China. incident" be settled quick- ly. Back of these moves several fac- tors operated. One, the country is in dire straits economically; an- other, Tokyo desires to he free to deal with any situation growing 'oat ot the fast moving European war - Japan is greatly worried for fear America will enter the conflict; then the Japanese want to be in a position to grab rich pickings in the Dutch East Indies should the opportunity be afford- ed. (Pravda, the Moscow newspaper, lest week circulated a dispatch un- der a New York dateline quoting "reliable Japanese ciroles" there that Japan had asked the U. S. to mediate in the Far Eastern sit- uation. The dispatch said Japan had offered to withdraw troops from the Chinese interior if the U. S. recognized Japan's dominant position hi China. Japan would re- frain from hostilities in the South Seas, it said, in return for econom- ic concessions and possibly an Am- erican loan). Decisive Battle Meanwhile a large-scale battle raged in the Shansi -Ronan border region of China which to many ob- servers appeared of decisive con. sequence in the whole Battle of China, It was thought that the war might take a bad turn for the Chin- ese and snake the provisional cap- ital at Chungking untenable if the Japanese should defeat the large Chinese farces facing them. But latest reports last week indicated that the defenders were more than holding their own. Half -Price Hair Cuts For Bald Men Urged Florida's House of Representa- tives was debating a price-fixing bill when Representative Chic Acosta offered an amendment to allow half-price on haircuts for bald-headed nien, Complained he: • "These barbers charge us bald- headed men full price for cutting just a few hairs." Acosta later withdrevi the amendment. REG'LAR FELLERS -A Wise Guy WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE). PINHEAD ? A HALF AN ORF F9GI � OR carnia -ti aateRS&iTHS OF AN ORANGE own AN ORANQE; r CAR. Revenues Up 48 Per Cent Canadian National Railways Headquarters Has Good Op- erating Report to Show For April 1941 Net revenues for the month Of April, 1941, increased by $5,110,382 as , compared with the month of ,AO,txil, 1940, according to. the month- ly statement or operating reven- ues, operating expenses and net revenues issued at Headquarters of the Canadian National Railways all-in•elusive system, Net revenue for the first four months of the present year amount- ed to $17,490,928, an increase of $10,363,986 over the corresponding period of 1940. Operating revenuee for April were $24,648,899 compared with $17,666,164 in April, 1940. Operat- ing expenses for April were $17,- 849,537, as compared with $15,977,- 183 15,977;183 in April, 1940. The net revenue of $6,799,362 for April, 1941, com- pares with net revenue of 41,688,- 981 for April, 1940. For the first four mouths of the present year, operating revenues amounted to $89,347,366, compared With $71,040,279 in the correspond- ing period of 1940. Net revenue up to Apa'il 30 of this year was $17,- 490,928, compared with $7,126,942 for the similar period of 1940. Gets it Either Way A South Carolina landlord filed a complaint that a tenant had threatened to kill him. A few days later he withdrew the com- plaint "because he says he will kill me if I don't." VOICE OF THE P ESS PULLL, TI -IE WEEDS Spare the wild flowers. If F you must pull up something, go at weeds. -Kitchener Record. -o- LEARNING ANEW Iran and Iraq are the former Persia and Mesopotamia. We are learning our geography all over again these stirring days. -Lethbridge Herald. -0- THE HUMAN FACTOR The elimination of curves and hills by highway engineers in planning,new roads has a"nade new highways as safe as engineering skill can make them, yet accidents continue. Rarely is it the fault of a car that accidents happen, proving beyond doubt that the human factor contributes most to the loss and suffering through road fatalities. -Oshawa Daily Times. -.D- EVER HAVE A FENCE? There is something alluring about a house enclosed by a fence and something comfortable about living in that house. . There is a sense of dominion which only a fence can give and also an atti- tude of dignity and restraint which. apparently the world has lost. For fences have gone out of style, and now the neighbor's chickens board regularly on your father's garden patch and the neighbor's cat and your cat pool the few mice they eatch in your garage. -Guelph Mercury. income YOUR INCOME TAX: a PAST AND P'• SENT FIGURES INCLUDE NATIONAL DEFENCE TAX (DOMINION TAX ONLY) Single Persons Married Persons Former Tax Former Tax New New Tax Tax $ 700 14.00 35.00 750 15.00 37.50 ^- 1,000 35.00 87.50 1,250 72.50 182.50 25.00 50.00 1,500 100.00 217.50 30.00 75.00 2,000 165.00 340.00 75.00 175.00 2,500 240.00 475.00 125.00 275.00 3,000 325.00 622.50 195.00 400.00 4,000 525.00 955.00 355.00 675.00 5,000 ' 765.00 1,332.50 555.00 1,000.00 7,500 1,515.00 2,400.00 1,215.00 1,965.00 10,000 2,437.50 3,600.00 2,070.00 3,080.00 15,000 4,552.50 6,277.50 4,110.00 5,625.00 20,000 6,802.50 9,105.00 6,310.00 8,330.00 30,000 11,587.50 15, 082.50 10, 980.00 14, 085.00 50,000 22,242.50 28,392.50 21,390.00 26,965.00 75,000 36,970.00 45,877.50 35,845.00 43,935.00 100,000 52,697.50 64,347.50 51,300.00 61,875.00 150,000 86,175.00 103,317.50 84,255.00 99,815.00 200,000 121,652.50 143,795.00 119,210.00 139,270,00 500,000 '362,555.00 411,720.00 357,015.00 401,120.00 Married Persons 2 Dependents Former New Tax Tax 9.00 14.00 24.00 46.00 95.00 223.00 391.00 583.00 1,780.00 3,782.00 5,982.00 10,636.00 20,998.00 35,429.00 50,860,00 83,791.00 118,722.00 356,423.00 22.50 35.00 60.00 115.00 215.00 450.00 735.09 1,637.00 2,710.0Q 5,209.00 7,890.0 13,621.0 • 26 437.9 43,391.99, 61,299.0 99,207.0 138,638.(0 409,408.00 Note: In calculating the above taxes it has been assumed that all In- comes up tre$30,000 are entirely earned incomes, and that incomes of more than $30,000 Include earned income of that amount and additional invest= ment income to make up the total. 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