The Lucknow Sentinel, 1940-08-01, Page 7- Air Mail
Pang Its Wain
Petit ' Office . Superintbedent
• Tells House of Commona(e.It
Should Sala.nce Self In Five
- Years
• X
Air ?nail should pay tor itself in
dive years, George Herring, super
'lntendent of airand land mail ser-
vice of the post office; told the
House of Commons committee on
railways and. shipping last week:
Answering questions concerning
the payment to Trans -Canada Air
Lines and 28 other air services of
;2,250,000 1astyear and an estimat-
ed
pe;yment of. $4,500,000 this: year, •
Mr. Herring attributed the ihiirease `
to. natural expansion of ,the ser-
vices, '
If the; volume of mail- Carried
tlidt were doubled, however, • he estimat-
od that in, five -years 'it would, pay
for itself.; He pointed out that* vol; ,
. ume hadincreased over a',period
of. .three years as from' '39,000 lbs:
through. 450.000 Tbs. tq' 740,000 lbs.
-last"year. "We .never go• back," be
said. ,
Asked about a •possible lowering
of ,the rate now charged for air
.mail, .Mr. Herring said, the -rate was
.fixed up' to next December 3•lst,
-when; based upon the difference be-
tween the revenus and :expenses of ,
T.C.A., be" was'. hopeful it 'might.
be reduced.
The minister said: the operating
expenses of the airline would be
paid more and more by passengers,
He hoped that the n.ost of 'the mail,
now 60cents a pound a mile, would
,bo reduced next year to 50 cents:.•.
Owen Sound Native
i Is Reported' Killed
' ;Flying ; Officer William t;.
Middlebre; native of Owen Sound,
Ont., who composed 'the war 'song
of the 1100 air squadron, is 're-
ported to have;:been killed in a
\tflying in England.
Trans -Canada
Road Stopped
' War Brings Halt To Highway
' .Plap Through Ontario -= A
• Small Stretch •Remains Un-
finished
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THE WAR -W E E IC—Commentary on Current Events
Britain Scorns Hitler Peace;
"Die Cast", .Declares Berlin
Adolf Hitler's failure' last week
to induce Britain to accept 'bis
"final" peace offer left him. with
but one alternative — to make
good,, his threat to •"annihilate"
England, at whatever cost to, Ger
many. •
But as the zero hour ,approach-
ed, in the war's • forty-fifth week,
.it .wasstill. a matter .of guess-. .
work how Hitler would go about
',breaking. the : power .of .Britain;
:Would 'e.''attempt it 'through at
wholesale. invasion of .the 'British,
Isles? Or would .he try' tq bring
the' country to its knees by 'rile
• -verizing it • with"mass air 'attacks,•
at the same' time, impbsing -a star-
• vation- blochade'by 'destruction of
British. shipping? •
DOUBLE-HEADER 'ASSAULT
Would the attack on Britain bye;
coupled with a simultaneous blow •
in' the. Mediterranean? Many ex -
pests last week expressed that
belief. The Battle of Britain •
could 'not be •a simple, .straight •
-
, forward affair. • The conflict
would have to be divided into' two'.
interlocking phases -the direct
•German assault, on England, and ,
the Battle of the Mediterranean:
(Mussolini's. affair) for from
the Axis standpoint, Britain's hold'
on the iMediterrapeantweuld have •
to be. broken • before 'victory could
be arhieeed. ; ' ' ' . '• N
One factor during the N.
'week
• was seen "as, likely to postpone the
'new, German .offensive• for the
time 'being, and, that was the sit-
uation ' in the, Balkans. Russia's
thrusting of a, '.finger . into , the •
:
Rumanian political ,pot at a mo-
• • gncnt, so inopportune to Germany
might,
be. causing Hitler se.r•idus,
worry •and giving him • occasion
fen 1;autt.' • .' •
et `1 -HE • ANSWER .
Britain's 'answer to
"Hitler's "last chance" peace pro
'. pearl came promptly, in the'deeds
of: British air • forces h lasting
anew at German targe"s; , in the
st: _•oris;' new•.war budget which
dt 1 r.ded. that • Britain give •ep
aln.e.. 70 per cent of the nation-•
al hit tine to finance the war; and
in•.the Wcrde ft Viscount Halifax, .,
13rit'r-h Furrign 'Minister,, • re-*
afro a ming the Will to fight on.
tie ting the week, the Govern-. •
im,nt .announced• its formal' •re-
cornitien ' of the . Czeeho-Slovak ..
National • Committee • in.' Exile,
headed* by, former • • Czech • 'Presi-
dent 'Dr Eduard Bene's, as the
icgal government of the German-
held nation Prime Minister
Churchill' told the House of Com- •
mons' that, he did„ not' believe in
:the • exodus of children , to Can- :
ada and the United. States; • he
'thought the movement' entirely
.unwarranted . the. Admiralty'
announced the tote of the • famous
submarine "Salmon". (w h i rah
sighted the "Bremen" last Dec-
ember) - . . German air. attacks
.covered practically the whole is-
land, ranging from -Scotland to
the Channel and from the North
'Sea •to the • Irish. Sea. Aircraft
and . munitions factories were •
bombed, railroads, and other com-
munications, troop •concentra-
tione coastal defense works; port
facilities '. . •
TO GERMANY VIA 'SPAIN
SPAIN: Britain's second big;
. gest. won•y of the week, next to
'actual i.neasion,, was the Spanish.
situaticn- General Franco had
just finished declaring that it was
his • duty tofulfill the,, desire of
Queen • Isabella and return ,
raker to Spain, and that he had
an army, of 2,000,000 men ready
to, hack up his contention. It was
anticipated that he would make
a move against the • Rock, aided '
by German guns across the Bay :
from' Gibraltar (Which had heen
there since the time of the Span- ,
ish Civil, War) . . . American
citizens returning on the liner
"Manhattan" • reported Germati
soldiets overrunning Spain.
SPAIN AND THE AXIS '
By last week everybody knew
'that Germany was getting'oi1 sup-
plies front : the western hemi
sphere via 'Spain. 'The moment
appeared to be at hand• when
Britain Would 'hate• to clamp,
.down with a blockade through
Which Spain would •be permitted •
to receive only • such iinports as
ere not classified as. contraband.
Such a move, necessary since Bri-
tish victoty depends to a • great
extent on the ability to' prevent
Germany fr,'n. receiving essentistb
supplies from the western world,
• might draw .Spain into . the' War
•on ' the. tide of the Attis powers.
Completion of the trans -Canada
highway, long .the dream of •Canal
• fans who have to motor•.througb
the United'States to get•from•'Ont- .
arioto Manitoba and return.. may..
aw it the end of the war,- thouelt• •
on1 r a small stretch remains un-
finished. • •
In northwestern Ontario are two
proposed highways, either tine •of•
'which, when' completed 'aimed con-
stitute the 'final °road link 'between
British. Columbia . and Noce Sco-
tia.
• But Ontario's .deputy. highways
Minister,' It 'M. Smith, `said last
week "it 'depends on • the war when
we can get back to heavy troth on
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the protects."
WARTIME ECONOMY'
Mr. Smith added that wartime
economies -have slashed capital ex-
penditures .to almost nothing. He
said that just when work on the
projects would resume was "indef-
inite."
The route most likely to be cone
pleted• fitse is the far northern one
Which apProximateiy sop prison -
,ors, housed in road camps, are
Working on at the present time be
tween Long Lac and Hearst. •
135 MILES MOR
Mr. With said the work involves
roughly 135 miles and that $5,000,-
- 000 or •$6,Oa0.000 will be necessary
td complete the road after the pris-
eners 'have cleared the land 'and
finished 'other preparatory work.
America, Holds'
Music's Future
Rose 'Bampton; • soprano of the
jdetropolitan' Opera company, be-
lieves that singers, must look to
American 'tonip,sers for new con-
cert music.
"Their refreshing •approach, the
tonic equality of their moods, and
• the current aptness okf their
themes can earn for our native
•
oritarian regime. Azt , the same
time ' all ,Frenchmen, including
Daladier, who fled from France.
after May 10, were ordered, de-
praved of citizenship, their pro-''
perty and fortunes to be con=
fisCated '. .•
DOESN'T -FEAR GERMANY
RUSSIA: ' Comforting .word
came .from Moscow last week.
Through •diplomatic channels Jet
sef V. Stalin • -informed . Great'Britain'that Russia ,will keep •put'
f th E ro an war a d sees -:no'
Russia , - , In the Rumanian cap-
ital, Russian quarters ''indicated
they felt the Soviet had beeome
a Balkan power since at,•quisition
of"Bessarabia. and therefore ex-
Pected to be' consulted on. further
political or econotni.c plans' int
volving. Balkan countries; while
rumors ran that Russia ,had sent
a note to. Rumania stressing the
desirability a, a . "popular 'goy- •
ernment" at Bucharest... .
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• CHINA WON'T QUIT .
FAR EAST: The •closing of. the
Burma Road and. the Hong Kong
route into China left Chiapg-kai-'
shek's Central Chinese .govern-
.
.ut one hope of secur
rg
ing . sup r •' es from. the • outside
-world ver the Old. Silk Road •
thf — ng ups through the inacees•
-
s .' e, unknown Northwest into
ussia. Nevertheless, • undaunted,
Generalissimo Chiang declared
the domestic field there would
be a' gradual intensification of
the trend toward totalitariattism,
without any immediate ...Artistic
steps. The Japanese Government
appeared to realize that, in the
end, it will stand or fail on gen-
eral public opinion • and hence
will not 'follow .blindly any line
of action •recommended by the
extreme militarists. (One' thing
the Government knows without
shadow 'of doubt add that is that
the people want the China war
stopped, as soon as possible, and
will concentrate every effort to
that ettd), ,
NEW DEAL IS DOMINANT
UNITED STATES': With the
acceptance by, President Roose-
velt of a third -term' domination
and the naming of Ienry. A, WaI-
lace as his rdpning-mate; .the /dew
Deal • came' -back. into control_ of".
the Democratic 'Panty ip •the Un-
and Cuba's• strong sltggestion tb?t
a Ban -American proteeterate be
'established over all foreign-owned
islands off North or Soyt,+h.Amer-.
ige. Disruptive forces were • at
work at. the conference, , and
tonches of the Nazi band' were
seep in more than one .diplomatic
manoeuvre on the -part of the
Latin-American republics. •
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.CONSCRIPTION PROGRAM
In Washington, the' U. S. Jun-,
tice and State Departments an-
nounced changes in- immigration
regulations to, facilitate entry ble.
"child guests." frcm abroad under
16 years . .. the .Department of
Justice ruled' that United States
citizens' in -Great Britain could
enlist in 'the RoyAl Air Force
without losing their, -citizenship,
providing they did not, take the
'British oath of allegiance,.. .
the,• National '''Defence ',Advisory
Commission reported • that the
FRANCE: The Fascist regime
of Marshal Ienri Philippe Detain
last, week ordered the arrest and
trial of 'farmer high French ' Gov-
ernment . leaders,, including a--
P'reinier Edouard Dalsidicr; be-
• chute , of 'their roles in "declaring
and continuing the. war" fsplits!
fail: sill • be part
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British ministry of information.'
reason to fear ° German' domini
tion of 'Europe, reliable' sources
disclosed. The Russian leader was
reported..to. have said that the
possibility of German domination
of Europe presented no problem
for Russia,.because he refused to -
believe it' would come about. •
According to indicatic`ns,last
week Russia was following up the
incorporation of the three Baltic'
States • (Lithuania, . Latvia and.
Esthonia) into the Soviet Union
with efforts to arrive at 'further
,clarification of her relations with
Finland ' . . . Better feeling be-
tween, Russia and Turkey was
evidenced when the Turkish press
made a clear-cut proposal for an
alliance •wit$ Russia .
TOWARD THE AXIS.
BALKANS: A• pro Axis trend
among . the small countries ' of.•
southeastern Europe was evident'
• in many quarters last Week.' Ru- .
•mania, which had been going
' more and more pre -Nazi for '
some time past, •moved to confi-
scate the largest British oil corn-
' parry in Rumania; sent some of
its .chief ministers to confer with
Ribbentrop on Balkan politics. To
Berlin went Bulgarian govern-
ment representatives, hoping to '
gain back the Dobruja from Tru -
mania with • the 'blessing of 'Hits
ler. Hungary appeared 'to think
that Germany would shortly help
her get part. of Transylvania
from •Rumania.) Would Germany
seek to "strengthen" the Balkans
by a peaceful settlement: now, of
.these revisionist clairrs?
' Curiously. enough, • the only
country which seemed ready to
-support Rumania against the
claims of Hungary was Soviet ..
that the. far ' eastern war would
not be shortened by the closing- .,
off of those two important atter
les. "Nb third power can shake
China's ' determination to resist
until her territorial and sovereign •
integrity is attained," Chiang as=
serted.
SHARING THE WORLD
In 'Japan, the minister of home
affairs in the new Konoye gov-
ernment said: "We cannot doubt
'that diet day soon will comae when
Japan can share the world with
Germany and -Italy." But other-
wisd the new regime 'appeared to
be proceeding caiitioushy in all
fields.• Prince Konoye in a• radio
address to' the nation declared.
that the government would assid-
uously keep open the door' for the
closest relations with. Germany.`
Italy and .Russia but would not
,close it . against' any friendly
overtures that might be made by
the U. S. and : Britain.
Froth this same address diplc- .
mats drew the conclusion that in
ited States, says the 'Chri's'tian
Science. Monitor. Seven years, aft-
er Mr. Roosevelt .took office, it•
is his : men who are in import-'
ant ;managerial positions and his
lieutenants who guided the Demo=
cratic convention ,and will guide
the election campaign. Those who
lost: control of ' the Party ' were,
James A. Farley, , Vice -President
• Garner ,arid certain Senators,, vii:h
Republican `leanings. • ' .
Next in interest to the Ameri-
can ,public last week was the con
ference• in Havana on ,Pan-Ameri-
can Defense attended by the Foy-
eign Ministers of 'the 21 Aineri-
can republics (Canada' ostensibly
:as not invited). Principal prob-'
lems on the ' agenda were econ-
oink and military 'defense of the
ivestei-n hemisphere and dispos;-
tion of European -owned New.
World •colonies.. Under fire even
• before the conference were scut
eral proposals, chief among them
• the U. S: sponsored trade -cartel
plan for tide whole hemisphere;
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be drafted in the first year. It
was the ' first peace -time com-
»u sort' military training program
in. the h,ist ry training
the United
States
CANADA:. The war, unemploy- ,
ment tinsutranee, the grain prob-
lem. Each-- of these would be en-
• "ough to: keep" the Parliament of,
Canada' going for. whole session.
But last ,.week, the hottest and ' '.
,most ,uneonnforrable 'of the suit;-
. mer, the House had to .deal with
all three- ' • r "
• Opp'osition to • the .passing
• ° the b i 11- providing fer.
employment insurance •contin
'. used m
'to 'accumulate. ,lynanimously . .•aliproted, tin • prineiple .. when • .it
came' brefore. the' House . for. sec
and • reading,• ' strong • .pressure
against it was. applied in .special
cornmittee•"by representatives.. of
the' Canadian, Manufacturers'' As-.
soeiation- It was alto expected ao
be oppcsed in the •-Senate. but •
labor ' groups 'were all for ..,the,
country . had obtained or will ob-
tain all the supplies' necessary for
America's arn,•tament program ..
the Senate Military Committee
approve :' revisedbill, providing
• for re -. ration." of 42,000,000
h; men, ,
of ,whom 1,500,000 would ',
measure. • •
'VLIAT TO DO ABOUT ,WHEAT
Three prairie wheat pools last
week 'made . several suggestions to
Federal authcrities on how to re=
.lieve ,the anticipated storage con-
'gestion. when •delivery - off • this ..
summer's prairie . grain harvest .
ster•ts '•The ,four main points trate'
emitted by the pool 'organizatio'ns •
. to ' the 'Government were:' That.
the Canadian Wheat Board should
handle .all the wheat; that sone ' •
method be worked • out • for ' fin-
aricing rhea: stored on the farm;
' that•f'arniers be protected against ', •
pat indebtedness 'zs present pric-
es are to`b low to leave •any. sur-'
'plus ,after paying c:irrent taxes. • ,
and family, living expenses; that
a douse sic price' be set for vtlriemi
which' could be used. to • meet ail
or a portion 'of the Government's.
los on Beat When the final was
less than' the initial price. .
PUBLICITY FROM' •'HITLER
An army• shake -lip took place •
. in the • Dominion last week which
saw younger na'en placed' in to
positions.. • The new key min of
the army, it Canada' is now .?iiajo±-'
• General .. H D. , G Cr.erar;' t islet.
of the general staff . _ .- •H:n. J-
G. Gardiner, minister of,,war ser-
vice_, ;and Hon. Angus L Mae-
donald. , rninster df . national : de-
fence,.•for naval services, were
Loth added to the war. 'coMmit.ce
of the Cabinet . - -
.Canada aebiered .. public cries=
tion in .a, new quarter last week:
Hitler referred, to the Dominion
in two different p'aseages• of h;s
"'last -chance -far peace"• speech.'
' He spoke of Beitish'leaders carr+•-
ing . on the war from Canada , .
should Britain 'itself be '.conquer-,
ei •l y Gerreany - . .
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