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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1940-05-30, Page 3Thursday, May 30th, 1940 WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES be uniformed and armed as a military force and would be under command of officers who are veterans of the First Great War, More Speed, Cry at Large Rally Toronto — More than .8,000 citizens half of them veteran soldiers and nurses, indorsed at a mass meeting a platform demanding “more vigorous leadership at Ottawa,” sponsored by .the League for Patriotic Action, a di­ vision of the Canadian Corps Associ­ ation, “ ’* PAGE THREE Wife Preservers 1 ....g(?a>,QreeA £‘-13 ~ ~ LJXJ Add a little lemon juice to water in which lettuce or other salad greens are being freshened. It will revive and crisp them.. '■I . To Raise Third Division Ottawa — A wider representation . of Canadian Regimental units may be found in the proposed Third Division if suggestions now under, considera­ tion are adopted, Defence Minister Rogers; told the House of Commons. ’The Government is giving thought to forming the Third-Division by recruit- ■ ing 'from each unit in a military dis­ trict, possibly by taking one company from each, rather than by taking a complete battalion to represent a dis­ trict. Irish Hunt Mystery Man Dublin — Soldiers and police start­ ed a hunt- for a German “mystery man” who they believed dropped into Dublin by parachute, and held an Ir­ ishman alleged to have sheltered him. A guard was’set to prevent arms and ammunition in Eire falling into unlaw­ ful hands. . its accomplishment all the hatred and cruelty which they have already dis­ played ., . . To all of us in this em­ pire, to all men of vision and good will throughout the world, the .issue now is plain; it is life or death for us all. Defeat will not mean some brief eclipse from which we shall emerge with renewed strength — it will mean destruction of our world as we have known it and the descent of darkness Upon its ruins.” Britain Strikes at Fifth Column London — Decisive blows were struck against possible ‘Fifth Column’ threats. Numerous raids and arrests were made. Sir Oswald Mosley, aris­ tocratic leader of the British Union of Fascists, and Captain Archibald Ramsay, Conservative member of Par­ liament, were among those arrested. Sir Oswald’s British Union was put under police control, his town and country houses raided, and his lieuten­ ants imprisoned in the interests of se­ curity. 4- Dutch East Indies Keep Watch • Batavia, Java — Movements of the United States and Japanese fleets in the Pacific arc followed with interest by residents of the Netherlands East Indies, who since Germany overran ‘their homeland, have manned their land, sea and air 'defence^-and intern; ed 5,000 Fifth Column suspects. Britain Tightens Channel Defences London—■- Britain set u.p barricades of modern war from her ancient chan­ nel ports to the Irish Sea. The narrow old roads from the Channel’s high chalk cliffs inland, which have not felt the starrip of an invader’s boots for nearly 10 centuries, were ' guarded closely, behind a secret massing - of heavy naval, air and land forces in strategic spots. Planes Rushed Overseas Ottawa — Responding to a request from the British Government for cer­ tain airplanes, the Canadian Govern­ ment has informed London "that these airplanes would be available and would be forwarded at once,” Air Minister Power told the Commons. Japs Have Eye on East Indies Tokyo — Germany’s note to Japan stating that the R.ei;ch is.., “not inter- | ested” in the problem, of the Nether- ,lands East Indies was interpreted by the Japanese press as “a veritable in­ vitation,to Japan” to act as it sees fit -in the Pacific. Let me >show you the proof. Then place your order through me. No writing. No money or­ ders. No bother; Personal at­ tention—prompt delivery. A. C. Adams - Wingham CHICKS ON DISPLAY The King Warns the Empire London On Empire Day, King George, from the quiet of his study in Buckingham Palace, warned the Brit­ ish Commonweal th of .Na tions that de­ feat by Nazi Germany would -bring “the descent of darkness” upon the ruins of Britain’s world. “I am going to speak plainly to you," His Majesty .said during the longest broadcast he has yet nA His voice was -firm and clear. When he spoke of Britain’s challenge to .Nazi aggression it rose in rich defiant tones. “Let no one be mistaken,” he said. “It is no mere ter­ ritorial conquest that our enemies are seeking. It is the overthrow, complete and final, of this empire and of every­ thing for which it stands, and after “that the conquest of the world. And if their will prevails they., will bring to Trotsky Attacked Mexico City — Leon Trotsky was injured slightly and.a secretary-body­ guard kidnapped in an attack on Trot­ sky’s home by some 20 machine-gun­ ners, incendiarists and riflemen. The exiled Russian charged they were sent’ by Joseph Stalin. The assailants pos­ ed as police. Rumania’s Army Poised Bucharest — A fully-mobilized Ru­ manian army — estimated at 1,300,000 — lined this country’s borders facing a German army stationed :in Slovakia, across narrow Hungary, and Russian troops concentrated, on the Polish and Bessarabia frontiers- Suggest McNaughton Lead War Effort • • ■ Toronto .— The recall.from overseas of MajorrGeneraL A. G. .L. McNaugh­ ton, commander of the First Division of the Canadian Active Service Force, “to .lead"and direct1 dur war effort” was suggested in a statement issued by. Major-General Victor Williams, chairman of the committee for patri-Spain Very Neutral Paris — Authoritative quarters said. ot;c action of the Canadian Corps As- that the Spanish attitude toward the 1 sociationi ■ > . war is becoming defined more clearly and that in contrast with that of Italy it is one of strict neutrality. To Form Veteran Home Guard Ottawa — A force of ex-servicemen to be known as "The Veterans Home Guard” for the protection of military property and "any other purpose that may be found necessary,” will be es­ tablished immediately, Defence Min­ ister Rogers told'the House of Com­ mons. Mr. Rogers said the force will * "X TODAY People rely upon THEIR BANKS Long past is the day when the best place in which to keep savings. Modern banking, evolved by man as a convenience to serve his developing needs, now provides the solution. As a depository for his money today the Canadian relies Upon his bank, <£ From the days of the old-world goldsmiths of centuries ago, to banks, bank notes and deposit accounts which meet so efficiently the greater business and human needs of today, is a far cry indeed. C, Canada’s chartered banks, with their wide distribution of branches throughout the Dominion, now provide deposit and other banking services in line with up-to-date requirements and in keeping with Canada’s position as an im­ portant factor in world trade. a hole in the ground was regarded as r* In war, as in peace, Canadds Chartered Banks maintain, uninter- *1 rupted, all their services to depositors, farmers, manufacturers, exporters—facilitating the nation’s business-looking forward jo peaee with freedom as the only sure basis for enduring prosperity, J THE CHARTERED BANKS OF CANADA Steffi! ft British Government Has Power to Conscript Everything ■ London — Parliament invested the Government with powers to conscript labor and wealth ito strengthen the nation’s shield against German inva­ sion. Within three hours the House of Commons and the House of Lords passed and the King approved a, bill giving the Government sweeping em­ ergency powers demanded “in view of the' graye peril in which the nation stands today,” It sdt up controls un­ der the ministers covering, chiefly, la­ bor, banking, agriculture, transport, mining, war industries and export trade industries. fact and fully paid the taxes upon it, Mr. Justice A. K. of the Exchequer Court of disposed of the allegations 1937 by iMr. J. C. McRuer, Court Clears Dominion Textile Ottawa — Holding that, Dominion Textile Company made no incorrect or false income returns, concealed no relevant assessed Maclean Canada made in counsel for the Royal Commission in­ quiring into the textile industry, to the effect that full disclosures of in­ come had not been made. The court ruled that the requirements of the law had been completely met by the com­ pany. Yorkshire B|Ombed London — German bombs injured at least eight persons in Yorkshire on Friday night, the Air Ministry disclos­ ed. The 10-minute raid was made by one plane, apparently aiming at a steel plant which was slightly damaged by a bomb. Another bomb struck a side of a north riding communal air raid shelter but caused no damage. Most of the bombs fell harmlessly in open spaces. ' ATLANTIC CONVOY Out with the Destroyer Patrol By . ‘ “Naval Eye Witness” I was about a week at sea in a des­ troyer on what I suppose was a pretty typical convoy trip in the Atlantic, ex­ cept that our weatther wasn’t so bad as it might have been. She was father an aged ship, 20 years old to be pre­ cise, which aS everyone knows isn't exactly juvenile for a destroyer. How­ ever, since the War Started she’s done about W per cent of her tithe at sea which is pretty, good going, and-a trib­ ute ,td her engineering departtneftt.. Generally speaking, the worse the Weather the - longer the time at sea. On otic decasibh she did a 13 day trip, followed by a day and a half in Ear* bout, and then another il days at sea. Out ship's cothbany httmbered about 140, counting officers.’ They Were of all ages from twenty to fifty* five, of them being pensioners] and reservists who were at sea in the last war and before, later returned to the blessings of the land, and then came back to the Navy on mobilisa­ tion, Their shore jobs were varied. We had several postmen, a poultry farmer, and a plate-layer, a commis­ sionaire and crane driver, two build­ ers, a boarding house keeper, bus driv­ er, a licensee, gamekeeper, joiner and a mental nurse, I spoke to all and sundry and never heard a grumble. I don’t pretend they all loved coming to sea again, and in a small ship at that; but they were a cheery lot and were thinking of start­ ing a band, if someone could scrounge a drum and a few tin whistles. Any­ how, I remember bein’g on the bridge in the cold and chilly dawn out in the Atlantic, with the ship butting into a heavy westerly swell and everything rather cold and wet, and a rather rau­ cous voice drifting up a voicepipe from the wheelhouse; “Why does my heart go boom?” I’m sure I couldn’t tell him — at that hour of the morning. I can’t be too explicit as to what we did, or where we went. But leav­ ing one port and arriving at another we picked up our convoy and escort­ ed it for about three days. Our wea­ ther was variable. We had a good deal of fog and some rain, and a stiff easterly breeze which superimposed a little breaking sea on top of a heavy swell and made the ship kick' about quite a Jot. Our convoy steamed along with ^their Commodore in charge, while we acted the part of a watchdog and made flag signals: “Speed so-and-so. Close up” when they showed a tend­ ency to straggle. As it’s no longer a secret, I can say we were keeping a careful lookout on our asdics, those' deadly devices for submarine detec­ tion which have been described as un­ seen, impalpable, fingers groping be­ neath the sea. Our depth charges were also ready for letting go at a moment’s notice, and twice we did let one go on getting what is known as' a ‘contact’. .It might have been a sub­ marine; but wasn’t. Well — on we went, with our con­ voy gradually getting better at keep­ ing station, even in thick weather, or at night without lights. Merchant Naval Officers aren’t accustomed to steaming in close order, and being drilled more or less, by flag signals1 and winking morse lamps. But after very little practice they might have been on the job for years, and their station keeping would have done cre­ dit to the Mediterranean Fleet. If ever there was a time when -the Royal and Merchant Navies were interde­ pendent and indivisible it’s now. Though a submarine was sunk in our vicinity while we were out, we were not actually in at the death. In­ deed, there weren’t too many submar­ ines about, for attacking convoys these days is rather a risky business for the U-boats. We steamed on without in­ cident, reached our appointed rende- vousfar out at sea, and turned our convoy over to the care of others. Then we parted company and sped to another rendezvous, where we picked up another lot of ships we were to bring home. We’d managed to get a peep of the sun and some stat sights, so we knew our position pretty accur­ ately. And next morning we picked up our convoy right ahead and plumb on time. • Sometimes, when it’s blowing a gale and sights of the sun or stars have been unobtainable, escorts have great difficulty in picking up their convoys, and have to search for as long as 36 or 48 hours. But this time we were lucky. We joined up, took up our us­ ual station, and turned our bows homeward. We had more thick wea­ ther on the way, and fog’s always a bugbear at sea with a considerable number of ships in company, But they all got home safely, and so did we. But this convoy work’s no sinecure for the escorts, which, as I’ve told you, spend long periods at sea. And in those winter gales of the North At­ lantic. the motion is difficult to imag­ ine — a combined pitch and roll whol­ ly disconcerting to the Uninitiated. At one moment the bows’ll be climbing to the advance of a steep, slate-color* ed hummock crested with foaming white. They’ll hang poised for a mo­ ment with the forefoot out of water, while the wave sweeps aft With its crest surging knee-deep along the Tow upper deck1, Then the hows fall into Os ...iHOMM A I j'hifiA.'iil W..1 Everything in this great tire is new and different. 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Every­ thing’s cold and wet and abominable; but still the ship’s cook, a seasoned veteran, is managing to. produce some sort of a hot meal for the ship’s com­ pany with his pots and pans skidding wildly across the red-hot top of his galley stove. Having seen their work, I can give full marks to the officers and men of the Merchant Navy who are carrying the food and supplies on which we depend. But having also been at sea in one of the convoying destroyers I can’t help saying that their job’s the toughest that can be imagined. They don’t have the excitement of meeting U-boats every time they go to ‘ sea. More often than not it means day af­ ter day of discomfort in vile weather. But there's no doubt that the Con­ voy System is an outstanding success, a success which is largely due to the close co-operation between the two Sea Services and the Royal Air Force, the endurance, grit and supreme skill of our seamen, and to hte organisa­ tion which directs them, WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES A direct obligation of the Dominion of Canada, “Since the momentous day of last September, hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been asking themselves, ‘What can I do to help win the war?* “One answer is, ‘By saving!’ Every man, woman and child in the Dominion can now make a direct and con­ tinuing contribution to Canada’s-war effort by saving not only his dollars, but also his nickels, dimes and quarters to buy Canada’s A War Savings Certificates.” Ju • ' MINISTER OF FINANCE. WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES r are repayable in seven and one-half years. If you hold them to maturity, you will receive 3% on your money — your investment will in­ crease by 25%. 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