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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1943-09-09, Page 2THE EXETER TIMES-APVOCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9th, 1943 Exeter <imes>=$fobocate Times established 1873; Advocate established 18S1 amalgamated November 1924 • PUBIASHED EACH THURSDAY MORNING AT EXETER, ONTARIO Newspaper devoted to. the of Exeter and Surrounding interests District An independent oE the Village Member of the Canadian Newspapers' Association; of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNA Weekly Member Ail Advertising Copy Must be in Our Hands Not Rater Than Noon on Tuesdays RATE six months, $1,00 60c SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 a year, in advance; three months J. M. SOLTHCO’I’T PUBLISHER THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th, 1943, The Plight to Denmark Civilization mourns with Denmark, All that fine little nation wished was the blessed privi­ lege of developing her own soil and its indus­ tries. In this she was succeeding to a degree that astonished the world. No finer farm pro­ ducts than those that issued from Denmark were to be found anywhere on any market. Her cheese and her live stock products simply were unsurpassed. For all this, wonderful dairy ' her own. She desired that the average Dane ed in hand and mind prized her folk songs ” ’ along with her really industry, the credit was all to improve her schools might be really educat- and .spirit. She and her poetry with the spiritual aspirations of every her citizens, She wished to trade on equal and fair terms with anyone who had products to offer that met her needs. She desired and maintained her self respet in her every word and act. She envied no one. She cast no covetous eye on any man’s possessions. She was free from want herself and earnestly wished that all mankind might share her happy lot. Yet she has been over-run by the most hideous foe that ever oppressed a child of Adam. With a savag­ ery surpassing that of the Iroquois who exter­ minated the Hurons on the very soil we now walk over these German self-perverts are seek­ ing the annihilation of every Dane.. That their bayonets are not in every Danish bosom is because Britain and the United States have sworn before high heaven that as the German butchers treat the Danes, so will they be treat­ ed. With what measure they meet it shall be measured to them again, good measure pressed down and running over. If Denmark has a national sin it was the sin of shutting her eye to the German menace that every hour crept nearer, serpent like waiting the moment to coil about the victim and then poison as op­ portunity offered. May Canada not be indif­ ferent to the error that Denmark committed. Denmark’s rations to gy- greatly dealing one of fate must impel the rest of the prosecute the Avar with trebled ener- That Post War Situation well meaning people are busy post war conditions. As we Many ing about pointed, out, no one has told us when we are to be confronted by those desirable conditions. What is disturbing in the post war talk is the way emphasis is laid upon giving every man a job at excellent wages. This raises two ques­ tions. First, what is to be done with the goods thus made ? We have seen the problem arising from the over production of wheat in the wes­ tern provinces. The wheat simply cannot be disposed of. As it satisfies no want, real or imaginary, it is left where it is to return to the earth as it was. The same holds true of goods ■that nobody wants. They remain in store houses to decay from rust or dry rot or mildew or some such destructive agency. Further, where is the money to come from to pay these excel­ lent wages? There is no perennial, inexhaus- ible supply of cash “up” or “down” to which governments or other well meaning powers may resort. Further, money is but a part of the mechanism of exchange, and for that reason is neither fond, clothing nor shelter. The real post war problem will be to encourage and to arouse the creative faculties in all citizens. A new set of wants must be catered to. The resources of the human spirit have scarcely been tapped. New goods that meet the new con­ ditions will need to be forthcoming. Till those problems are, upon us we must on with the war. And while we are getting on with the war our best licks are required for educating the youth in such a way as to have them ready as they come to maturity to meet creatively and happily these new occasions. talk- have these new Not Quite Cricket bright newspaper man with a pen- “apt alliteration's artful aid” has “Churchill fishes while .Stalin That sort of thing is not quite fair. Some chant for been saying fights.” Churohill’s critics will do well to select and to nominate a man who can take. Churchill’s place. To hint that the British prime minister is loafing or pleasuring while he should be work­ ing is grossly unfair. Even the apostles, on the, highest Authority, ■were told “to come aside and to rest a while.” Never, since time began, has any’ man had the weight and variety of problems to deal with, not leisurely, but in­ stantly, that weigh down the sturdy shoulders of Mr. Churchill. For him to go stale would be a fatality beyond all estimating, $Vhy, then, should he be begrudged a few days respite amid the clear air of Canadian forests while indulging in that most restoratives of all the arts*thc catching of the lively trout? Not Quite Fair Homemakers are not quite satisfied with ^the way they are being used in the home cun­ ning' enterprise, These people who toil as hard as any other folk in the commonwealth resent being left the culls for their canning. Over and over again they have been obliged to take or to leave grassy green peaches and such other fruit. They know that a wax' is on, but they do not bee the relation between the war and unripe fruit. The good ladies who are com­ plaining know their business from A to Z, both forwards and backwards. Why, then, this wret­ chedly green fruit? There’s a serious slip up somewhere and that slip us is not with the local dealers not by any manner of means. The complainants are well aware that there is a war on. To furthering the war these ladies have contributed of their best and have contributed willingly. They are willing to put up with a great deal. They are willing’ to sacrifice, At the same time they are not willing to be put upon by being obliged to can fruit unreasonably green when that green condition may be avoid­ ed by a little timely are not peevish but not treated fairly. * * The i Over there in Italy they have seized the immense wealth of Count Ciano, This beauty . was a fascist who posed as the friend of the common people but was in reality, a gangster. Let Canadians take notice. Those socialists cal­ led by what name you please, are gangsters who have the same love for the fellow man us a wolf has for a lamb or as a rattlesnake lias for mouse. There are a whole lot of poor dupes in this good province timely notice. Hitler was all at one time. Let no one be point. This ugly thing when totalitarianism and totalita- means misery to the citizen and death Cht SeA/trice 9 Buy War Savings Stamps end Certificatet Rogularfy. Now I can get my < 4 an * CUT FINE FOR CIGARETTES *two greatest food the world—Canada up ex- VVr/ffen tpecially for the weekly newspapers of Canada J. F. ROLFE, Manager. i A WEEKtVBlHTOIi LOOKS AT Ottawa work done!" care. These homemakers thy know when they are *• * * Cat’s Out who should rub their eye notice. time. This and take a little for “the people” mistaken on this il i.s matured is rianism to the alleged friend of mankind, as Hitler and Ciano have found out and the bedeveled Ital­ ians arc discovering.* ‘ «• * *• No Fun Shopping Shopping these times i.s no longer a recrea­ tion. One can not enter a place of business, look over a wide range of goods on display and enter upon a leisurely discussion of the various articles competing for one’s purchase and then deker regarding price with dark hints that un­ less the price is accomodated to one’s desires that he’ll shop elsewhere. No, the whole buying proposition i.s a sordid matter of trading. “What have you?” we ask plaintively. Then comes the dolodous response with dreary headshaking “Nope.” After long begging and close cross examination on our part, the tradesman goes to some dark corner of his store and issues a scarcely revealed article and the remark “This i.s all we. have and we have little of it.” And we must, take or leave it and on our joyless way. These be great times, my masters. Are We Soft By Comparison have just read a bit of biography that us thinking. The young man of whom thinking, in the early thirties, was dis- We lias set we are satisfied with conditions in. America and resol­ ved to try. out work in Russia. Before acting on his resolution he learned the trade of a steel welder. After various adventures this twenty found himself a little west of mountains with the builders of blast furnaces, perienees there rose of a winter morning at six to dress in unheated room with the thermometer at thirty five below. Breakfastless he trudged two miles to work, over ground frozen iron hard, to meet his comrades in an unheated shed-like structure, to hear that a steel welder had frozen to death the night before as he carried on his steel work. The faces of his comrades were scarred by deep frost bites. The scaffold on which he wor­ ked was covered with ice. Occasionally a com­ rade fell to terrible injury. The hospital where the injured men were treated was unheated. The food, was rough, if wholesome. Yet these men toiled willingly. When reminded of their hardships, they replied “But see what we are getting done?” And all the world wonders at their accomplishments. A city stands 'where rose those blast furnaces built by this young man and his comrades. The. works they built furnish the Russian army with the weapons and munitions of war that guard the freedom not only of Russia but of the world. Those unsung heroes of the constructive days of Russian en­ terprise are the morning stars of earth’s free­ dom. Who follows in their train? * * * * Note and Comment youth ot the Ura, join His are intensely interesting. where he was allowed to By Jim Greenblat 4 * ft It would make excess reading me to enlarge at length on things weekly readers have already- heard or read ol' President Roose- j velt’s visit to Ottawa. A few personal1 impressions might be more approp-1 rlate even at this date. After a j close-up view during his address; under the Peace Tower I am willing 1 to “string along with Roosevelt” as I am with Churchill. He is the typical Happy Warrior; lie simply radiates greatness, leadership, in­ spires confidence. You can see his face for hours afterwards, Here is a man in whom one feels one can trust our destiny, that of our child­ ren. You should have seen his face when making that statement about being “everlastingly angry” at those who think the Four Freedoms of the Atlantic Charter are unattain­ able. And his broad shoulder seem­ ed to reach up into his tanned, healthy face and jutting jaw line when he said, "We are going to get rid of these outlaws this time”. You felt ready to kick off the national sidewalk any selfish poli­ tical individuals or interests when he declared the good old days were not that in every sense and he rather believed "we can achieve new and better days.” After seeing him I believe the saying that men make history, not history makes men. The imprint of his visit to the capital will be profoundly em­ bedded in the sands of things to come. The great crowd on Parliament' Hill was a sight to be remembered. * The picture, the reaction was best I summed up by that famous inter- nationally known writer, Emil Lud-i wig, who was present. “What im-j pressed me most was the gaiety; without hysteria, the friendliness, I the serenity and thq hearty wel- i come wihout noise. The picture; was like a folk festival—complete­ly peaceful as if there could be no I ■war in the world.” j I thought it a fine gesture that? at the luncheon at Government; House invited to meet Mr. velt were Gordon Graydon, sition Leader in the House, C'oldwell, C.C.F. leader and Blackmore, Social Credit among others prominent political life. * * Because statistics show ed butter production in S not like it used to be. I remem­ ber when I would spend an hour or more each morning, just chatting on the telephone. I’ve cut out those long telephone conversations—and a lot of my friends have too. "We don’t feel it’s right to take up time on the telephone when we all know how urgently lines are needed to handle the traffic created by the war. I know I’d hate to think that I had delayed an important war message! Now we all save our news for our meetings at the Red Cross and use the telephone only for necessary calls.’’ (hither ye fuel allying.* Another roll on we’re getting done.* while ye may. Old time’s $ # & the. sleevt' please. See what * — | ■R°oae" I represents you on the advisory corn- billions of dollars, pi’o-1 mittee will have up-to-the-minute' United Nations information on new regulations. ■ / ' Make sure your local corresponding J pH.fl Al*. , .member knows the name of your m on j officer. At nrestnt there are 12,000 • active officers giving leadership to . the women of Canada in the fight increas-' against inflation. Canada,; * * * there are some who complaiD about! Snappiest parade (of many) seen the ration allowance. Quite approp- in Ottawa was on a past Sunday riately this week one of the local' papers dealt editorially with this ' 011 a parade on the main thorough- matter pointing out “overseas needs” | fare. Oddity, but really good, was is the answer, One item, for in-;f]ie girls’ own pipe band, with pipers stance, the food parcels going? to -wearing Tam o’ Shanters. The girls our prisoners of war 100,000 of can sure make those, bags bulge with them weekly—each includes a pound music, of butter, pound of dried whole milk, j quarter pound of cheese. That’s j y _ only a part of the overseas require-j there meats from Canada. * * * In the office of J. W. G. Clark, ■ at Lucknow in director in chief of information for ever since the the armed services, the other day by royal I was shown boys in the overseas will of paintings various parts done in oils committee of Canadian then reproduced “*in silk screen, shelter-belts has skilled framed 30 by 4 0 inches, with’ the! than drought itself, cost being borne by the well-known time come to make greater use of , west now and take longer lived trees than Manitoba maple. * age when the girls of the C.W.A-C. put allies long. have been * -X Hitler would like to know where the are likely to strike next. Si 4: * Here’s hoping that wc may have a open, warm fall and autumn. * sjs -i “Keep till'’ home fires burning” has on a new meaning these fuel scarce day * « -x- * Those fine, warm sunshiny days greatly appreciated, Tin* corn and the pasture are progressing amazingly. $$ !^jC' The battle may be lost because wc did not nip in with all our might at the critical hour. Tremendous issues are in the balance. 4; « « « Let’s just get the harvest in and the gar­ den products harvested. We may be needed in some way of other to take our places in the fighting line, something which ynur> forces at home and J really enjoy­ depicting of Canada. voluntarily If any of the _____ ______ asks for tanks, j planes, guns or wheat, the question | of where that supply is to come . from is, of course, most important, j It is apossibility that the commit- ' tee might be expanded and continued into the post-war era when hungry nations of Europe will seek susten­ ance from the storehouses of and the U.S.A. M: The 6th Compulsory Employment Transfer Order issued by Selective Service embraces have reached their lGtli and have not passed their service men must register but are not compelled to accept other jobs. After Sept. 8 employers named list of occupations tain men in the categories N.S.S. permit are breaking Among the exempted occupations in the wholesale line are included farm products, food products, gas, oil, .. materials, equipment, well to see that they familiarize themselves with the order, which goes into detail. Mi ft ft Farmers of Eastern Canada * * National men who birthday, 41st. Ex­ * » * Here’s a 6 4 dollar question. j any place in the .Empire where the flag is never lowered, flies constantly? Only one, India. Has flown Siege of Lucknow I am ♦ ♦ 40 years of trees on Ross, former superintendent 'Forest Nursery Station at gives out that in his opinion grass growing lu more trees He sees the again urged to buy oats from advanage decree, * told IS British in the who re- without the law.' CUT COARSE FOR THE PIPE 69,253,707 bushels compared with 10,908,001 in 1942. Not a fish story. Despite the drag of war, production of the Nova Scotia fisheries reached the highest point in history of the province in 19 42, the marketed value being $15,297,446, a 21 per cent increase over previous years. Smiles . and J After •a series1 growing scenes in Norman These were, of the through a Indian Head, Sask., artists and silk experience in the Prairies, fuel, ice, .grease, lumber, building machinery and allied . Employers would do Canadian business and industrial firms. There are 25 subjects, rang-', iiig from a fishing scene in the 'Mari-1 times to a winter panorama on' the I The Prairies, and there will be 300 ^e-ltion. production^ of each, 7500 in all.' in the Every “men's” mess (not officers') ' at the will get a set or space available. A while it will create nostalgia on the;,a utg pulling a big boom of logs part of the boys. enjoy the homespun scenes, artistry in each is superb. * ft Summer holidays wane and t’wont be Ladies' Aids, Church etc., get. down to the ness oF organizing winter programs, tion represented regional advisory committee to the; decisions will probably have much I Consumers Branch, Wartime Prices to do in directing the course of ac- ) and Trade Board? Ladies’ groups'tion of Canadian and American cabi- ' should have a definite period for net directing bodies in the disposition I discussion of wartime civilian regu- among United Nations of vast qunn- lations and your liaison officer, who titles of war supplies, running into portion to suit! glance swell idea, and: head; ft modern Looking out new Supreme Peace Tower I see In one a big transport plane over-, on the Ottawa River below are the of poplar and existing transportation facilities and {the subsidy which is on for buying I feed grains for storage. There may transporta-' have been a little difficulty lately my window because offerings to date have not always been equal to the demand. What is of feed Talking over is * of of Court Building see will they ever to the pulp mill on the Hull, Quebec, *Tho'side; a speedboat and a rowboat; on j the bridge crossing to Hull can be * I seen at one and the same time a' the! passenger train, a street car, a ‘load | B are on long before'of lmy, cars and trucks passing to, Associations, i and fro, as well as boys on bicycles, serious bust-1 # ft # autumn andi Announcement here of the n»w Is your organiza-' Joint War Aid Committee, United on the women’s States - Canada, is important. Its | I-Iarold had taken his girl friend to lunch and she had spoken to a nice looking man at the next table. “Is that man a friend of yours?” asked Harold. “Yes,” she replied. “Then, I think I’ll ask him to join us.” “Oh, Harold, this is so sudden!” “What’s so sudden?” “Why . . . er . . . he’s our vicar.”* * A Frenchman was relating his ex­ perience in studying the English language. He said: “When I first discovered that if I was quick, I was fast: that if I was, tied, I was fast; if I spent too freely, I was fast; and that not to eat was to fast, I was discouraged. But when I came across the sentence, ‘The first one won one-dollar prize,' I gave up try­ ing.” desired is a continuous flow grains to eastern Canada of barley the 1943 carry- an all time record, placed Itching, Burning, Stinging Eczema or Salt Rheum Eczema, or salt rheum jaS it is commonly called, The intense burning, itching and smarting, espe- “y at night, dr when the affected part is exposed to JUAJX-ULLUI, UL BillV XXX UULU. Utt Xu IO UUlXAUXULUjte one of the most painful of all skin troubles.r-’ ‘ ■ ...... ... »■, ♦ ■.......« • ...... dally at nighty or when the---------x heat, of the hands placed in hot water are inosb un­ bearable, and relief is gladly welcomed. . _»The relief offered by Burdock Blood Bitters is based on the knowledge that such ailments as eczema; and other skin troubles, are caused by an impure blood condition. 4 «%»••••- Bring about inner cleanliness by Using B. B. B. to help cleanse the blood of its impurities. „ ••» Ask at any drug counter for B. B. B. Price S1.00 a bottle. j Tho Milbtihi C!d.» Llmitod, Toronlci. Ont. .... . J