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Thursday, October 10, 1940
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wee bairn
LONG DISTANCE
• .. all the way from camp! And he
said it didn’t cost so much!” Trust
every “Braw Laddie” to find his way
home the most economical way —
and to leave a cherished memory into
the bargain.' Especially after 7 p.m. and all day
Sunday, you can travel hundreds of miles by Long
Distance for so little!
Seaway Project Shelved
Toronto — Development of the St.
Lawrence seaway project will not be
proceeded with in the immediate fut
ure, well-informed sources here assert,
but the United States authorities have
consented to plans developed by the
Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Com
mission for new sources of power.
Premier Hepburn says .there is no im
mediate shortage of electrical energy.
session of Congress up to $12,149,-
532,516.
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probably diplomatic, They expect new
efforts to get Greece to repudiate Bri
tain’s guarantee to help against any
threat to Greek independence. Some
observers believe the new Axis pro
gram may include an invitation to
Hungary, Bulgaria and Rumania to
join the Axis in a military alliance as
part of new pressure against
and Turkey, which also has
ties.
Baby Caught in Swing Rope
Dunnville — Caught in’ a
ropfe dangling from a tree bough, Bob
by King, aged 18 months, son of Mr,
and Mrs, Ed, King, of Dunnville, was
accidentally killed.
Crack Down on Axis Navy
London — British naval and air
forces have sent an Italian destroyer,
seven German U-boats and two Ital
ian submarines to the bottom in the
last -few weeks, the admiralty an
nounced.
Prolpe Sabotage on British Ship
Baltimore —- Reports of attempted
sabotage of British vessels sailing
from Balitmore — of typhtjid germs-
in water tanks and diluted engine oil
— met official silence, although coast
guard officials disclosed the city’s port
patrol would be trebled.
Ralston to Visit England
Ottawa — Prime Minister Macken
zie King, at a press conference, an
nounced Hon. J. L. Ralston, defence
minister, will go to England to con
fer with authorities in the United
Kingdom on defence matters some
time before Parliament meets for
business; •
New Head for R.A.F.
London — A surprise shuffle in the
Royal Air Force command moved Air
Chief Marshal Sir Cyril Newall, the
man who built the R.A.F., to the key
post of Governor-General of New
Zealand. Air Marshall Sir Charles
Portal, 47-year-ol’d lfead of the R. A.
F. Bomber Command, succeeded Sir
Cyril, giving the youngest fighting
service its youngest chief for a step
ped-up air war against' Germany.
Eastern Coast Joint Defence
Scheme Ready
Halifax — Writing a new chapter
in international history, the Canada-
United States permanent joint de
fence board divided up between the
two countries the duties and respon
sibilities to be met in thrusting back
any attack on the North Atlantic sea
board of this continent.
Hitler a.nd Mussolini Have Talk
Berlin — Hitler and Mussolini spent
three and a half.houys together in an
armored car in the Brenner Pass,
gateway of the axis, and inspired Ger
man commentators claimed- their de
cisions would chart not only the
course of the. war but the whole make
up of the “new Europe.”
U.S. Warned by Japan
Tokyo — Japan thrust two sharp
warnings at the United States that
any challenge of the RomerBerlin-
Tokyo axis would tumble her into a
"fight to a finish.”
U.S. Passes Big Defence Bill
Washington—The session’s last big
defence appropriation bill — $1,482.-
000,000 for conscription and other
^.military purposes—received final Con-
k^ressional approval. Quickly the mca-
.^Jure slipped through the Senate. The
"" iSill ran tbe total of appropriations
and authorizations for defence at this
Boy Hurled 45 Feet
Guelph — Hurled 45 feet from the
transmission top of a pole when his
head came in contact with a high-ten
sion wire, Lome Purdy, 12-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Pur
dy, is in hospital in a critical condi-
'tion. The lad is suffering from severe
burns to the scalp and a double frac
ture of the pelvis.
Axis May Try Balkan Extension
Budapest, Hungary — With Ger
man-made planes cruising protective
ly over Rumania’s oil fields and the
Italian army jockeying along Alban
ia’s Greek frontier, Southeastern Eur
ope looked for a new Axis offensive,
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Next Session of House in January
Ottawa — Parliament will meet for
its next regular business session early
in January unless some, emergency
like -an attempted invasion of Britain
or serious developments in the Far
East make an earlier sitting advisable,
Prime Minister King announced at a
press conference. Both the Senate
and House of Commons stand ad
journed until November 5, but they
will meet on that day only for the
formality of adjourning again to a
date set to be fixed early in January.
To Resume Russian Trade Talks t
London — Britain and Russia are
.expected to resume negotiations for
a trade agreement, it was intimated
in semi-official circles here? This is
expected as a result of the German-
Italian-Japanese pact which, among
other things, had the effect of mak
ing Russia the ‘“great outsider” am
ong the big powers./
Attempted to Bomb Power Plants
Toronto — Prof. Joslyn Rogers,
.provincial analyst and explosives ex
pert, reported 'that the home-made
bomb which was thrown near the im
portant electric substation at suburb
an Leaside was a highly competent
incendiary bomb.
Canadian Navy Further Expanded
Ottawa—Further expansion of the
Royal Canadian Navy through acqui
sition of 15 large ocean-going yachts
was announced ’bv Navy Minister
Macdonald. The 'vessels were acquir
ed for conversion into anti-submarine
patrol vessels.
Chamberlain Quits Post
London — Neville Chamberlain,
Britain’s prime minister through the
first nine months of the war, resigned
from the Churchill Government, be
cause of failing health and will retire
from official life. The resignation of
the 71-year-old statesman was.used by
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performing Plymouth ever built by Chrysler.
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distinctively-designed hardware and trim . . .
colourful plastics—and two-tone body colours on
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Prime Minister Churchill to recast his
Government, infuse new blood, juggle
several portfolios, and increase^ the
size of his War Cabinet. Sir John An
derson succeeds Ghamebrlain, and
Herbert Norman replaces Sir John as
House Secretary and Minister of
Home Security. Viscount Cranhorne
become Secretary for the Dominions,
Oliver Lyttleton becomes President
of the Board of Trade.
creeing technical training of 800,000 -
1,000,000 teen-age boys annually, all
of whom will be required to work at
state industrial jobs for four years fol
lowing their period of instruction.
WROXETER SCHOOLS
FIELD DAY RESULTS
To Re-Open Burma Road
London — Authoritative quarters
predicted that, as a consequence of
consultations with Washington, Brit
ain will re-open the Burma Road for
supplies to the Central Chinese Gov
ernment.
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Evacuation Scheme Postponed
London — The Government an
nounced suspension of the chydren’s
overseas evacuation scheme
of the danger involved in Atlantic
crossings -at this time of year. 'The
scheme has not been abandoned and
it is possible that it will be renewed
next spring.
lddren’s
because
Hepburns Adopt Another Child
St. Thomas — Premier Mitchell F.
Hepburn, and Mrs. Hepburn have
adopted another child—a flaxen-hair
ed girl of, two years, who has been
given the name, of Helen. The other
children in the Hepburn family, Peter,
nine, and Patsy, six, were adopted by
the premier and his wife oVz years
ago.
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Michael, Neil Campbell, Bill Harris
on; Sr. Boys, Verne HainbJy, Allan
Harrison, John Howes. Hop, Step
and Jump: Jr. Girls, Joan Grant, June
Waller, Joyce Durst; Int. Girls, Jean
Moffatt, Rhea Durnin, Agnes Wear
ring; Sr. Girls, Mae Durst, Margaret
Moffatt, Bonnie Gibson; Jr. Boys
Billig Hart, Jackie Gibson, Max Ham
bly; Int. Boys, Neil Campbell, Ron
ald McMichael, Roy Durst; Sr. Boys,
John Harrison, John Howes, Allan
Harrison. Standing Broad Jump: Jr.
Girls, Pat White, Joyce Durst, Joan
Grant; Int. Girls, Jean Moffatt, Bar
bara Grant, Lois Hambly; Sr. Girls,
Edith McDonald, Mae Durst, Ma rgar-
et Moffatt, Jr. Boys, Max Hambly,
Jintmie Wylie, Leonard Durnin; Int.
Boys, Roy Durst, Ronald McMichael,
Neil Campbell; Si\ Boys, Allan Har
rison, John Howes, Verne Ham&ly.
Running Broad Jump: Jr. Girls, Joyce
Durst, Joan Grant, Pat White; Int.
Girls, Rhea Durnin, Jean Moffatt,
Barbara Grant; Sr. Girls, Edith Mc-
Donald, Ltiju Gibson, Mae Durst; Jr.
Boys, Jackie Gibson, L.eoriard Dur
nin, Jimmie Wylie; Int. Boys, Ronald
McMichael, Roy Durst, Kenneth
Kaake; Sr. Boys, Allan Harrison,
John Howes,.Verne Hambly. High
Jump, Jr. Girls, . Pat White, Joyce
Durst, Joan Grant, Int. Girls, Agnes
Wearring, Jean Moffatt, Lois Hamb
ly, Sr. Girls, Lulu Gibson, Bonnie Gib
son, Mae Durst; Jr. Boys, Max Ham
bly, Billie Hart, Jimmie Wylie; Int.
Boys, Ronald McMichael, Roy Durst,
Bill Harrison: Sr. Boys, Allan Har-
D ■ . arison, John Howes, Verne Hambly.
sales and orders for war requirements
received from both the British
Canadian Governments.
“An important proportion of
tires required for army service
and trucks, gun-towing vehicles,
and
GOODYEAR SALES
SHOW GOOD INCREASE
Dividends Earned For First
Nine Months of 1940
the.
cars
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bulances, field artillery and airplanes,
is being supplied by your Company,
in addition to substantial quantities of
mechanical rubber goods ordered by
the War Department.
“The margin of profit on such ord
ers is, as it should be, very small and
this fact together with heavier taxa
tion as well as higher production^
costs due for the most part to increas
ed market prices of raw materials, will
not permit us to show the usual per
centage of profit for the year to date,
which your Company’s increased busi-
Wouhl ordinarily indicate.”
With letter to shareholders enclos
ing quarterly dividend cheques, Pres
ident A. G. Partridge stated:
“The sales of your Company for
the first nine months of the current
year have been substantially larger
than those during the same period in
1939 in spite of the fact that export I
sales have been considerably reduced/
due to transportation difficulties and j
exchange restrictions caused by the ■
war. However, the loss in export bus
iness has been counter-balanced to a|
large degree by increased domestic |
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automobile tire, by applying a patch with ■
rubber cement.
who manned the destroyers during their transit from the United States to Eastern Canadian ports.
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Rome Says U.S* Ignorant
Rome »— Mussolini’s own newspaper
criticized the people of the United
States as “the most ignorant of the
white race” and hinted strongly that
Germany and Italy are counting on
Spain to offset American and British
influence in Latin America.
British Learn Nazi Plane Secrets
London — British air experts said
they have examined so many German
planes shot down over Great Britain
that they know almost all German air
craft gecrcts —* even those of the lat
est planes.
Soviet Draft Youth Labor
Moscow Soviet Russia ordered
conscription of her labor reserves de-