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The Huron Expositor, 1941-06-27, Page 3JUN/4 27, 1941. . dint Air Training Plan (Continued) ketat Page f a that, • more later. Canadians Don't. KnoW thgi.Stary Yet With such a great.anti ;Important a task on our hands, it seems strange that Canadians don't know the ntory' of the British Commonwealth Air ,Training, Pdan. They have read about it again and again, without realizing itreally what means. Early in May, the editors of weekly newspapers ,in Ontario and .Quebec had an opportunity, to visit one of the Bombing and Gunnery Schools near Lake Erie. More than one expressed surprise at . the magnitude and effi- ciency of the camp. Yet this is but .one of 83 training camps and schools which will be used in the completed plan. Another Ontario editor recently spent an • afternoon in a great peat bog on the ihigh,tablelands of South- western Ontario. It is a flat country- side where there is nothing to ob- struct the view for miles and no sound except the occasional bird He' was amazed at the continual procession of planes high overhead. It seemed -that before one was out of sight and hear- ing, another would be coming over the horizon, most et them bombing planes which had travelled many Idles. Back home that night, he stayed outside for an hour to watch snore bombers cutting across the sky., thouugh all he could see each time was one more star, Idistinguitshable only because it moved and was some- times red. or green. He was filled with a great curiosity about how these men are trained. The First of a Series This is the first of a series of articles about the Air Training Plan and the R.C.A.F. They are being written for- the readers of Ontario's' weekly newspapers to answer some of the questions so often asked, and to tell Canadians what their Royal ,F r Canadian Air -Force is doing. d g. When the • 'officers of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers • Association met at Ottawa recently, there was much discussion about what their papers could do to help the war effort. It was suggested that one editor be chosen to write about the Air Force. The fullest co-operation was freely offered by the Department of Public Infor- mation, not only in the matter of ar- ranging visits to the various camps and -schools, but in supplying pictures to go with them. I was chosen for that interesting task. Already I have visited several centres; in the next few weeks I will be going to manly others. Already, I can testify to the courtesy and warm welcome from all. whom I have met. Questions have been freely • answered and I have been shown, all I asked to see. The only restriction is as to the numbers graduating and going to the Motherland. The need for secrecy is apparent to anyone. But already it bas been announced in Parliament that over 50,000 young Canadians have enlisted in the R.C.A.F.-enough to snake up three divisions of 'infantry. - NEXT WEEK -Enlisting in the R. C.A.F. Serious Fire The most serious fire in Goderich for many months was on Thursday night last, at the home 'of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph .,Allison, Britannia road north. 'An explodingoil stove was ap- parently the cause of the blaze. The flames spread under the roof and the fire brigade had a two-hour fight to extinguish them. Mr. an Mrs. Reg- inald Williamson were tenants of the upper part of the house. Much of the furniture was removed, but not with- out some damage. The house is own- ed.by C. E. Allison, father of Joseph Allison. Loss •estimated at $2,000 is covered byinsurance.-Gederich Sig- nal -Star. POTS and PANS REPT CLEAN .n;."EASY way NO more rubbing and scrub- bing to get grease and hard - baked food off pots and pans- •Gillett's Lye cuts right through dirt of any kind! Use Gillett's Lye, too, to keep drains clean anti running freely. Doesn't harm enamel or plumb- ing., Keep a tin handy. FREE"BOOKLET- ----The GilIrt ''s Lye Boordet 11iYbea'r ebbe k'dlblcleanser damn- kalonaPt- bottlesdoexoyme the contents of tine deice.. ••bow it performs dozens of-%trebs. Sled fit ik free copy to Standard Broads Ltd., Fraser Ave, rad Liberty, Street. normase . "`1srar+sehinlva " td itch" WitOiti.i. the . action eJ;the lite ftsrtt Nada Ohs oviti Tf lou slitter flra rh tic. he � ;114. O �lb�, re is a gpod` ti , a- metheti by which you 'Gan "the beat Out of any treatment, pa nd one: which has . brought reliefto thousa nds ofpeopp Take Kruschen Salts'iu a ghee of warm water every morning. Kruschen helpss rheumaticpain suf- ferers in two ways. It cleans out the poiaona which exist in -almost every person's •bl000dstream (these arethe Poisons which giveyou • local (arms and aches) and it helps the kidneeya to filter; out fresh poisons which may be forming. Try this Simple treat- ment over a mouth and watch the results. Kruschen can be obtained' from any drug store. 25c and 75c. Minute Miniatures 1 Of the many stout jobs handed to Dr. Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside in Ottawa, none has been more particu- larly fitting than., his present duty es Secretary of the Canadian Section of the Permanent Joint Defence Board. For the last work he .polished on be- fore joining the Department of Ex- tenni Affairs in 1929 *as the writing of an authoritative volume, "Canada and the United. States." In this book a kindly personality dodges back and forth across the border, telling with enthusiasm but with no spleen the story of the North American contin- ent, tracing with complete frankness the vicissitbdes leading up to "the lifting of the relationships of the Unit- ed States and Canada to a, place of sane dignity," as the volume's intro- duction puts it. The general public, hoping in their hearts that "sane dig- nity" may. yetevolve en the affairs of the world at large, feel confident that Dr. Keenleyside will play a truly constructive part in the hopeful and rather exciting collaboration between DR. H. L. KEEN,LEYSIDE, . M.A., Ph.D., F.R.H..S., Counsellor, De- partment of the Secretary of State for External Affairs. the United States and the British Commonwealth of Nations that has been initiated today. Just born in Toronto, Dr. Kee side moved' a few months late = r to Vancouver, where he was brought up, took his B.A. at the University of ! British Columbia, and •trulp planted bis heart in Canada's west. At Clark University, Worcester, Mass., he took his M.A. "and Ph.D: in Economic His- tory a n d • International Relations. Thereafter he taught history and eco- nomics... et Pennsylvania State, Brown and Syracuse Universities in the Unit- ed States and at his own Alma Mater in Canada. ' Keenleyside's first outside job for the External Affairs Department was to go over to Japan in 1929 to open Canada's new Ministry in Tokia. He remained as First. Secretary, with stretches of acting as Charge D'Af- faires, until 1936. The Hokuseido Press in Japan published in 1937 an-. other book in which Dr. Keenleyside collaborated with an Englishman, A. F. Thomas, 11F.A1. (Oxon)' ' MJR.T.S,, "History of Japanese Education.' Baron. Torii,. while Japanese Minis- ter at Ottawa, declared that suchwas the prestige earned for 'himself by -Dr. ,Keenleyside , during his years in Tokio that any 'writing of his on Ja- pan 'was . certain to be both accurate and valuable. Dr. Keenleyside, dur- ing his stay ,in Tokio, was a member of the Council of the Asiatic Society of Japan. 'As Secretary of the Interdepartmen- tal Committee on the Royal Tour in 1939, the individually made the "con- tact" between the Committee, 'who formed policies, and the general pub- lic, private persons and organizations as well, all over Canada. His part in the success of the tour was invalu- able, due in large d'eg'ree to his own personality. With no trade of bur- eaucracy and a refreshing Western habit of doing his own, thinking, Dr. Keenleyside could be firm and digni- fied, giving the public a clear impres- sion of the importance not of his own authority but of the country's pride in how it arranged things for it King and Queen. On the appointment of the late. Lor- ing Christie as Minister:. to Washifig- ton, Dr. Keenleyside was promoted to the position of Counsellor in the De- partment of External Affairs. His task in the department was a full one, cov- ering among bther duties membership on the ,Canadian Shipping Boardl and the War Scientific and Technical De- velopment Committee. He is also a member of the North West Territor- les Council as successor to the late Dr. Skelton. The Government has re- served the right for Dr. Keenleyside to sit with the Canada -United States joint Economic Cotnnlittes as occa- aion May require . a position corres- ponding to that reserved' for Mr. A. A. Berle, Jr., Assistant Secretary of State; by the United 'States? Gor'ern- £seat. On' ,his', shoulders falls imue'h et the responsibility 4i Canada's deal- lllge with the Milted Staten Mita the rat, 044, • Abe: felloycing letters, tolling in graPh1c detail Of life in England, were recently received by Mrs. '$.' Whit- taker, of Seaforth, frdm cher husband, who is with the OA.S,F, overseas; 31st April, 1941. We all -know the bore; who insists on• telling us in detail about his opera- tion; how he was rushed to the hos- vital and spent manyblissful minutes on .the operating table under the sur- geou's knife; bow he had "tubes" and .countless dressings and stitches, and how he was eo near death's door; that one false step would have cent hire headlong, and how that marvellous doctor dragged him ,back from the brink. Then, when the narrative be- gins to lose punch, the remembers gas pains, and enemas and light diets and bed sores and all the nefarious things the doctors and nurses the to all sick, and he's off again, on another round. But that's all changed now. No longer do we hear, "Oh yes, I had a very serious operation didn't I tell you about it?" No longer do we hear the hushed reverent tones of the convales- cent, or the awesome,..,"Oh's" and "Ah's" and "That reminds me" of the assembled envious friends. Yes, that's all gone. Who's interested in gall bladders, when he can talk about in- cendiaries? Who cares about appen- dices when he can tell about bread baskets? The cyst gives way to the H.E. and the kidney stone ;goes doer]. to defeat before the land mane. The hospital bed is replaced by the shel- ter and the -operating theatre 'becomes the front lawn! "Did you hear about our bomb?" is a safe and topical introduction to to- day's conversation, and before you have a chance to say Yes, he's away in a non-stop flight about his latest experience. The bomb bore has sul•- erceded the operation ogre. Which -,is the greater of the two evils, only pos•, terity will show. Suffice it to say that the B:B. is now by "long odds the win- ner. You see there are a number of good reasons for this. Nearly every- body here is, or will be, suffering frum bombitis and they will be infect- ed in a°' limited period of time. So each and every one must tell his story, because the war may end at any time and there would then "6e• no oppor- tunity of becoming thelceiatre of the attraction -the lion of the moment. Not to be outdone, we must tell you about our bomb -or more correct- ly, our bombs. Because, we have had a series ol! 1the mrecently; so we are well qualified. Just why the Luft- waffe should consider us a military objective we don't know, nor` do we know of any military objective in our area. However, he waste have such ideas, because he's given us a few frights and we don't like' them. s One of ours was an H.E., or high explosive. We heard it coming and it gave us a very helpless sort of "here's -the -end feeling" in the pits of our stomachs. Actually we heard it for only two or three seconds before it banged off, but those were two or three of those extra long seconds. Our windows rattled and our house shook, so we put on our coats and went out to see where it nal landed. We heard reports- of. windows being blown out, and heard various opin- ions as to where it had landed. It lit about half a mile away ' and ruined five windows in the house 'and 15 in the greenhouse. I could have sworn it lit less than . 50 yards away, but then it was excusable: Every 13.13. thinks'His bomb is closer than it real- ly is. But it had done . much damage to other places. It unfortunately' lit in the' midst of -a group of hot hous- es. We saw the. result today. A total absence of glass in the wails and roofs; and only the gaunt skeletons of what had -once been a floui•:shing business. We watched a flaming chandelier of orange lights falling around us, the reflection of bursting .bombs. and A.A. guns over London way, and then• told in dxcited voicesof our various feel- ing as we heard it coming. Hutehin- sons remark that "He'd as soon die in bed as stand shivering here," sent us all inside in agreement. We slept with only an occasional rattle of our ,windows ta remind us there was a raid on. But, apparently, Herman still had an idea we were a military objective, because a few nights later lie blitz -ad us again. This time we did,n't hear it coming -it was a Land Mine, WLtch sailed slowly down via parachute. Land mines are most annoying --the first indication you have of them is the explosion. This one struck a tree beside a church and went off with a terrible blast. It left a pile of rub- ble 'where the church hal been and blew out windows and store fronts for a mile around'. Our list h village is a wreck. As we passed that way next morning, we paw the household- ers critically assessing the damages. But they were not pessimistic. Al- ready repairs had started. Windows were being covered with heavy paper, •glass was being swept into piles, and bricks and roof tiles were being re- placed. The next morning it was bus- iness as usual in the less badly dam- aged, stores. Another land mine had lit within a stone's throw of what had been the hot -housed, but had failed to go off. It might be a delayed action bomb, so all the houses within half a mile were cleared of people. We were just in the circle, but they left us there., Guards were mounted and our boys bellied keep people away from the area. Later in the following day a bomb disposal squad removed the tim- ing device, and we breathed safely again. a I had a good look at our little gift today. It's about eight feet long and two and a half feet across. A man- e tall man -=could easily stand in'it. It lies about at third of its length bur- led slantwise in the earths -the huge square base sticking up in the air' like a .cannon. "a, NO wonder people beconle 13.8.'x. There's something fascinating about telling ytibr „ friends what a narrow escape you had. It gives you a sort of superior feeling. But we think well stieit to operations. They give snail a Much more exclusive. feeling, andbe- 4d0 they're 'muck salter. We, are aequittiittg a „fib idtja' of muck hard labdr+ le 4xpended by wives and mothers in keeping a douse cleall" and tidy. When we first moved ,iso our house I told; the boys it waste be their home for several months. If they enjoyed living in dirt it was all right with me, but it was 'MY house too an d.Iltke i things clean So now we spend a consdderali'le ' time each day cleaning up: Floors, walls, win- dows and woodwork (east be cleaned and washed regularly. Of course- we have np rugs or carpets, so we don't have them to beat. Bat fifty men can track in a dot of dirt and floors soon show it. Sweeping raises a lot of dust, so we keep all our tea leaves and coffee ,grounds as dust catchers. The parquet floor has a daily bath - it's in .the hall -and the other halls and roma a weekly scrub and a daily sweep 'br mop up. 71he cook keeps his own,realm clean. He has an Esse stove and a gas plate, both of'' which are spotless. But it keeps him and his two helpers busy cooking, washing and' cileaning up. Outside there are driveways to rake and keep in repair, borders to trim, and now, grass to cut. This is a large property and requires' a lot ,of work to keep it trim and neat. There are many troops moving in and out for baths; they do throw about papers from cigarettes and ,chocolate bars and there is nothing looks quite so. bad as litter around a house. To keep track of all these jobs we have a "task" book. In it we enter every task that needs doing and the, orderly Corporal for the day uses it' as a guide for his day's work.: He kid- naps every man not detailed' for some other work and assigns him to a task. When it is finished' the corporal ticks off the entry in the book. If it is not finished he ticks off the man! At first the O.C. was the only one who saw jobs that needed doing. Now, how- ever, the Corporals are beginning rP a Splen g to use their eyes and take a pride in the place. Now it is they who see what is to be done and .write it down of their own accord. Maybe later the privates will also begin to see the light of day, but I have my doubts. One thing is sure. When they return to Canada these boys of mine will be good housekeepers. They'll make ex- cellent wives for some' fortunate girls. 2nd May, 1941. In spite of the cool weather we have the urge to plant a kitchen garden. We were a bit staggeredi by the size of the plot set aside by the previous occupant, but we mobilized• our shov- els and sailed in. The soil is soft and and well loosened, so the digging wasn't so bad. Then we bought seeds and plants from regimental funds and the sowing began. We hope they come up. They should. It says so on the seed envelope! We've a little of everything and a -lot of a few things., We're afraid the result will be spectacular because when we finished an envelope of seed in the middle of one row, we continued the row from a fresh envelope of - a different kind of vegetable. We'll probably have carrots and beets all mixed up with parsnips and turnips. A, sort of pre -mixed Irish stew. We feel' it will be alright as long as some enthusiastic soldier doesn't mistake our beets for weed's, because they are growing in the same row as the pars- nips. CIiNX - WINGHAM 920 Kcs. 326 Metres WEEKLY PROGRAM I IGHLIGHTS Friday, ' June 27.-11.15 a.m., "Cecil Sally"; 6.40 p.m„ Guy Lombardo Orchestra ; S'.301, Gulley Jumpers ; 9, Wade Lane's Folks. Saturday, June 28-8 a.m., .Howard• Bedford; 9.30, Kiddies' Party; 6.30 p.m., Mt. Forest„ Sport Interview: F, Barn Dance. Sunday, June 29-11 a.m'., United Church; 12.30 p.m., Howard Bedford; 12.35, Sunday's Mail Bag; 7, Presby- terian Church. Monday, June 30-6.30 p.m., Base- ball scores; 6.40, Down the Mall; 7.15, "Er .& Zeb'; 8.30, Ranch, Boys. Tuesday, • July 1st -7.45 a.m.,. Hyip n Time; 12.30 p.m„ War Savingsg Club; 8, Captains of Industry; 9, Ziv1c-Datil Fight. Wednesday, July 2nd -10.30 a.m., Church of the Air; '12.30 p.m.. War Savings Club; 8, Sewers Brothers; 8.30, Clark Johnson. Tthursday, July 3-7.45 a.m., Hymn Time; '12.30 p.m., War Savings Club; 8, Wayne King Orchestra. In Truer Perspective A century ago men Were following with bated breath the ax$arch of Na- poleon, and waiting with feverish im- patience for the latest news of the wars. "And all the while in their own homes, babies were being born. . . . Let us look at some of these babies. Why, in one year, lying midway be- tween- Trafalgar and Waterloo (the year the battle of Wagram was fought) there stole into the world a host of'heroes! During that one year, 1809, Mr. Gladstone was born at Liv- erpool; Alfred Tennryson was born at the Somersby rectory; and Oliver Wendell Holmes made his first ap- pearance in Massachusetts. On the very self -same day of that self -same -fear Charles .parw'in made his debut at Shrewsbery, "'and Abraham Lincoln drew his first breath in Old Kentucky. Music Was enriched by the advent of Frederic Chopin at Warsaw, and bleli'at Mendelssohn at Hamburg. With the same year, too, Samuel Morel Was born at Homertod Edward 1"i gerald at Woodbridge; (Elizabeth Bar- rett Browning at Durhafn, and Fran- ces Kemble in Louden.' But nobody thought of babies: Ev- erybody vl'as .thinking of battles. stet, viewi'n'g that oge in the triter Pers ec- tire which the di:Ranee of a,,hilted-red Years enables OS tb ebnii'maiiidc ' We may well ask ourselreif Which of 416 battles of 1809 `Battered .anon than the babies, :01! 1809, . , `'filbert a wrong whits righting, or it work *aide clDing* or s , truth Witrit,0;,rttObillgii,ltt ..,, (Continued .frons POO 2.) at Port Albert. Plana aro Said to cal for the erection of'numerous ama4 Laboratory buildings grouped about a big central research structure, the whole to house literall thousands of tons of ` equipment. Th whol s to whole be heavilyd pilar 'ed by the milltaryt and by electgie fences. ;(already (guards, are living under canvas on the pro - peaty. Erection of one hangar for visiting planes and construction of a landing strip are talked of by air - minded dopesters who usually follow such operations with !great interest. The C.P.R. began tearing down its telegraph wires from Goderich to eldntpn a few weeks ago, when the newspapers broke the story pf the big new air school. The work was promptly stopped to see which way dee cat was going to jump. Apparent- ly the big corporations do not knew any more about this airport business in p Canada these days than does the man on the street. By the way, Clin- ton has not had a C.P.R. telegraph of- fice for years.-Goderich Signal -Star. Takes Course Miss Dorothy Corless, who has, been saleslady in the Zurich drug store for some time, has returned to her home in Clinton where she intends to take up a course at the School of Com- merce. --Zurich Herald. Teacher Resigns A. J. Fawcett, who has been on the staff of the Exeter• High School for the past four years, has resigned to accept a similar positionin the Orangeville school. Mr. Fawcett in- structs in shop work and is a spec- ialist in mathematics. -Zurich Herald. New Chief Constable - At a special meeting of the town council on Monday evening, Frank Farrant was temporarilynamed Chief Constable, to replace Fred Murray, who has held that position for some time. His duties commenced .,im- mediately. -Mitchell ,im- mediately. -Mitchell Advocate. Commences 37th Year's Actjvity The McKenzie beef ring on, he -•3rd concession of Logan comm0u ed 'ts operations last Friday. It has cer- tainly established a record, with 3'7 continuous years. There are three families: Thomas McKenzie, Ed. El- liott and W. A. McKenzie,\Who have been members for every year during that period, while others have belong- ed for many- years with slight breaks. -Mitchell Advocate. - a continent wants opening, God'. sends a baby into the world".to do it. This is why, long ago, a babe was born at Bethlehem. -From ountains in the Mist," by F. W. Berebam. `A. Weekly Review of;,' Developnu On the Home ^ Front. 1. Parikunent. aidjpr led June 't4t1 to November 3rcd, su ,est to. t Jlri+ r ca.. j1 situation dewands..,1 hl h s o ,. session:: Appropriation of" fiats ,000,-, 000 for war costs with likelihOt4 that he st te ce led • 1 t ilea. a will� e ebe �" $ ,,�, 000;000. Non -war estimates approved total .$535;000,400. New taxation mea- sures adopted to raise an additional $300,000;0001 'Fair policy! Ap'prorved" to limit wheat deliveries next crop year to 230,000,000 'Nichols. Bonuses to farnners who summer fallow former wheat= fields or put them into coarse grains. 2. Saturday, June 28th, set aside as Canada's first Army Day. Army camps, training centres, 'barracks will be op- en to the public on Army Day. 3. Sunday, June 29th, proclaimed as "day of special dedication to na- tional service and sacrifice." Procla- mation! requests archbishops; biehops and other head's of churches and cler- gy of all denominations in. their churches of June 29th to "bring be- fore our people the duties of citizen- ship, the justice of our cause and the need for service and sacrifice by all our people for the 'preservation of our civilization and for the bringing about of a lasting and righteous peace." 4. Work .begun, in Canadian ship- yards on construction of two Tribal class destroyers. 5. 'Contracts awarded by , the De- partment of Munitions and Supply during the week ended June 6 nuin bered 2,036 and totalled $13,096,121. 6. The larger 'contracts. were: Air- craft, Canadian Vickers Ltd., Mon- treal, $2,099,520; ordnance, Research Enterprises, Ltd., Taronto, $1,290,000. 7. Canada and the United States establish joint committees of inquiry to explore possibility of greater eco- nomic co-operation between the two countries. Canadian membership: R. A. C. Henry, Prof. W. A. Mackintosh, J. G Bouchard and Alex Skelton. H. L. Keenleyside of the Department of Ex- ternal Affairs'sits with the Committee "as occasion may render lestiable." 8. Time lost in Canadian industry t'ue to strikes during, the first five months of 1941 shows the of 22 per cent. compared with the first ve months of 1941. Time lost in war in- dustries due to strikes is down 44 Der cent. 9. The Prime - Minister 'addressed i.`)anadian organizations of New York City on June 17. "Our people, went to ear," he said, "for the sake of Can- :-dabut not- for Canada alone. We a•c•rt to war as well for the sake of Britain, for North American civilize - inn . for the sake of that human ay which is above all nations." NMI; F's'? RECIPES WITH MAGIC GJC L' IDOL IN CANADA 81 Years Tuesday afternoon Mrs, Annie mier who resides at the home of 11['114 Cairns; was pleas'antly surprised .oft her 81st birthday- when a number et her old friends called to Spend the afternoon and- wish hermany happy birthdays. A social time' was'enjoy>¢O. and dainty refreshments Were :served.• at the tea hour. Mrs. Eckmeir., who; is bland, has a wonderful memory Mutt'. - ............. enjoys a social chat with -old neigh- bors. eighborn and friends who wish her .many more happy birthdays•.= -Mitchell A b vocate. Gratitude Gratitude is a fruit of great culti- vation; You do not find it amonggroad - people. -Dr. Johnson. ILSO REALLY KILL One pad kills 'flies all day and every day for 2 or 1 weeks. 3 pads in enek packet. No spraying, no stickiness, no bad odor. Ask your Druggist, Grocery or General Store. 10 CENTS PER PACKET. WHY PAY MORE? " THE WILSON FLY PAD CO., Hamilton, Ont; TELEPHONE TIPS. FROM A FIGHTER PILOT A fighter pilot must keep 48 bask factors in mind. These are technical flying matters, apart frombattletactics. And he must also remember other things - for instance how to talk on his aircraft telephone; he always speaks clearly and concisely. With telephone lines carrying an extra heavy load directly' concerned with Canada's war effort, you canhelp telephone workers maintain good service,by adopting fighter pilot telephone technique. When your telephone rings, answer'promptly, and dun't waste time by saying "hello" -instead give your name immediately. Speak distinctly, directly into the mouthpiece; and be sure to replace the receiver, on the hook when ou have finished your ' conversation. Yon co- a operation will help us to provide fast, rate telephone service for a nation at w Mrs. E. M. Hoggarth ' G►,: Manager.. Wou plot# sboeon ,i the phoiogi'ripb a ifiy Reylt-Ca*,a_ kt! A0ltre4