The Wingham Advance-Times, 1940-10-17, Page 2MCE TWO WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Thursday, October 17, 1940
sales-
officials,
transfer-
of
are
six
Sa ch
tons, with a conveyor
weighed only slightly
of control, crashed
forces brought down 570 Nazi air-
out on a 24-hour-day basis and Penny I craft in Britain and around its coasts,
was operating the machinery, used to I Of this total 377 w'ere bombers, and
cut down a steep hill, on the early wjth the aircraft Goering lost 1400 of
morning shift. The tractor, weighing the pilots and expert crew. In shoot-
paw 1
Huron Motors
Ford Sales mid Service
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30 DAY TRAINING NOT
ENOUGH
In eamps across Canada the first
30,000 trainees are undergoing thirty '
-days of military training. We wonder ;
U the government truly thinks that
this scheme is worthwhile. During
the last war it was found that it was
impossible to change a eivllian into
an efficient soldier in less than six-
months and in most cases it was ne
cessary for a much longer period -of;-
training, Other cowries foil realise;
this fort and, as a result, they tram-
Their men in such a way that if and j
bhe is calling tip at present for a per*
iml of one year and the military ex-
pert** there tried to have the. training
period at least five hi eight months
longer than the politicians set. The
cost of training 30,000 men complete
ly would not be any greater than the
method now used and nt the end of
that time we would have 30,000 well
trained soldiers. We do not mean to
vlvoeatv the training of hut 30,000
men in a year, but use this figure as
a comparison with the cost of the pre
sent scheme. If an emergency arose,
and it could quite easily* the present
method would have been of little use,
but if we had men thoroughly ready
.to serve, what a splendid thing It
would be.
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FIRE PREVENTION
Last week was Fire I’revention
Week and the Government in asking
that fire prevention be stressed dur
ing that period, brought to the atten
tion of thousands the necessity ami
the ways and means of preventing
fires. Most fires, it has been pointed
out, are cansexl by simple acts of
carelessness. The best place for fire
prevention to start is in the home. In
order to protect the home, inspection
should be made, not only Fire Pre
vention Week' but periodically though-
cut the year. All heating and lighting
equipment should be examined, pipes
ami chimneys kept clear of soot. No
smoke pipes permitted through com
bustible walls; disposition of ashes
<afeguarded. There are many other
ways to aid in fire prevention but the
main thing is to keep every place
about the house in a clean condition.
Practice fire prevention every day.
will pay you big dividends.
AUTUMN THE BEAUTIFUL
The beauty of England causes
poet to write “O to be in England
now that April’s here.” As we drove
through this country-side during the
past two weeks we have marvelled
at the magnificent colouring of the
trees and wondered why some Canad
ian under the spell of the autumn
trees has not coined some phrase or
written some outstanding poem, Many
times we have heard the saying “A
picture no artist could paint” and the
grandeur of the scenery here has been
just that. We have heard many peo
ple remark that the leaves were more
beautiful this year than they have
been for many years. One thing is
sure, they were a riot of colour and a
more beautiful spectacle would be
hard to find.
freighter, Prins Willem III, who re
portedly refused io resail the vessel
back across the Atlantic, were remov
ed from the boat to jail by R.C.M.P.
officers.
They hud been in custody beneath
decks when the Prins Willem III was
docked at Goderich after a trip from
Chicago here. Since then they have
been kept aboard the boat while ad
vice was sought from Ottawa on what
action could be taken.
Warrants for their arrest charging
mutiny were received by
Then the R.C.M.P, officers
red the crew members to jail in motor
ears, two prisoners being taken nt a
time. They will remain in jail pend
ing official disposition of their cases.
Rid of his former crew, Cnpt. W,
l-\ Helsdingen, Netherlands master of
the ship, which is owned by the Or-
anje Lines of Holland, prepared to
leave port with lus Canadian crew
16 and four other Hollanders who
willing to stay with their captain.
21 Years On Telephone Staff
Members of the Lucknow telephone
staff gathered at the home of Miss
Hazel Webster, who recently severed
her connections after 21 years of ser
vice, and presented her with a foun
tain pen and an address.
It
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NFWS
of the
DISTRICT
the Port Albert airport, was narrowly
averted when the straw stack beside
the barn caught fire. Only the prompt
action of neighbors and workmen at
the airport got the fire under control.
The men managed to keep the fire
from the barn.
Giant Puff Ball
A puff ball measuring 4 feet, 3 in
ches in circumference and weighing
practically 12 pounds to the ounce
was brought into The Sentinel Office
by George Lane of Ashfield on Sat
urday evening. This is one of three
such gigantic puff balls that have
sprung up in the past few days al
most within arm’s length of the back
door of the Lane home.—Lucknow
Sentinel,
Tractor and Conveyor
Crashed Through Bridge
When a caterpillar tractor and con
veyor at work on the Bruce-Saugeen
line, 20 miles northeast of Kincardine,
crushed through a bridge and dropped
30 feet into the river bed, the opera
tor, Perry Penny, of Woodstock, re
ceived head injuries of such a serious
nature that he was rushed to Toronto
for treatment.
Just how the mishap look place is
not certain. Work was being carried
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because Brantford Roofing materials provide extra fire
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STAINTON HARDWARE
Sold by Reliable Dealers Everywhere
Six Months For Theft
Robert Snazel, advertising
man, who last week pleaded quilty to
21 charges of theft and one of false
pretences, was sentenced to
months in reformatory on
charge, they to run concurrently. The
sentence will also run concurrent
with a nhie-month term received in
Bruce County.
Dropped Mother Message
From Plane
While attending his duties in the
C.N.R. yards, Eldred Arkell’s atten
tion was attracted to a small can lying
between the tracks behind the home
of Ed Shaw. Curiosity getting the
tipper hand, Mr. Arkell tipped the can
over with his Toot and discovered it
contained a note from L.A.G "Buster”
Fair, addressed to his mother. The
note bore the brief but cheery mes
sage “Hello Mawl” Buster Is with the
R.C.A.F. at Malton, and the note was
dropped during a flight over town.—
Palmertsoh Observer.
Fined For Sale to Minor
Jack Cudmore, Seaforth beverage
room waiter, was sentenced to one
month in jail for knowingly serving
- beer to a girl of years. He was
found qullty at Seaforth after much
|■ evidence had been heard. On that
5S
occasion also he was fined $20 and
costs for “unknowingly’1 serving liqu-
; or to a minor.
i Magistrate J. A. Makins, who pre-
« sided at both courts, referred to the
s
wbeu thev arc called to the colors i *^m**’*iW¥,*(^
they will be ot some use. The United'(Dutch Crew Jailed
States, a country that is as democratic I Sixteen Hollanders, members of
as any m the world, will train the men ’ the original crew of tl;
k Your House
» Lighted refofoaa Wr pswrim away
Abuyt Mve a fow W hwr&ifc W
lem the evfomg.
* Bright light tat -rirtwm hw»
Hydra ratos.
more than 10
in tow which
less, got out
through and crumpled the iron bridge
railings as if they were paper and
dropped to the river bed. Penny was
unable to get free of the machinery
and received injuries of a critical
nature.
Bam Fite Near Durham
Fire destroyed a large barn with all
the season’s crops, two horses, two
cows,? 17 yearling calves and three
pigs, on the Elmgrove Farm, Glenelg
Township, two miles from Durham,
Other valuable material destroyed in
cluded a new binder, threshing mach
ine, plows, wagon, chopper, machin
ery for grinding food for mink and
many other .pieces of machinery.
TELLS WHY R.A.F.
’ ARE BETTER THAN
NAZI AIR FORCE
A Speech By Captain Noel Baker,
British M. P.
I offence as a ^contemptible art?” ;
|Mennonites Exempted
I Last minute exceptions from tnlli-
Itary training of a -large number of;
;e Netherlandsyouths left No. 10 Military;
I Training Centre with an nn expectedly j
| small camp, it was stated.
1 ListowH Lady 105
| Listowel’s oldest citizen. Mrs. Rob-;
Hamilton, reached another mile-;
utone on Wednesday when she erte-
Ibrated her 105:h birthday. She was the
recipient of o
Jmany friends,
| advanced age is enjoying a fair mea- i
J sure of good health.
A telling explanation of why small
numbers of British planes are infliet-
nig heavy losses on considerably
greater numbers of -German planes is
made in a speech by Captain Noel
Baker, British Member of Parliament:
who for many years has been a dose
student of air warfare.
Excerpts from Captain Baker's
speech, delivered recently in a* trans-
Atlantic broadcast follows:
Last week a friend of mine wrote
to me from the north of England.
He is a tmfoersSty professor with a
| worldwide reputation made for him by
his cool, penetrating, scientific mind.
“■-qVhy can’t you make the gas bags
of the Ministry of Information tell I
■trs the truth about the German Airi
Force. Our bombers alway find, their ■<
ing them down the R. A, F. lost HI
fighter aircraft, but 56 pilots escaped
by parachute and regained their bas
es, Our loss in airmen over Britain
was thus Just 55. In machines we
lost one to 5^ lost by Goering. In
men we lost 1 to IS.
But to these losses we must add
the further losses of our raids against
the enemy. During these same 7 days
last week, we lost in bombing oper-
' ations In Germany, in German-occu-
* pied territory, in Italy, and in France,
‘ a total of 31 machines. That involved
! the loss of 130 of our pilots and our
trained bomber crew.
■ Thus if we add up the total cost
of our operations both in defence and
attack it comes to 141 aircraft against
' the Nazi 570, with the loss of 186
: personnel against the Nazi 1400. One
to four in machines, 1 to 7l£ in men.
These are the figures as the Air
Ministry presents them to the press.
And on one side they are complete,
d correct and final. Our losses are of
i course, all known and they are given
in foil. They are given in full for
■ various reasons. But not least because
: to hide or understate them would
demoralize 'ourpilols and their courage
i as nothing else could do. Faked of-
’ ficial optimism is a most foolish form
■ of Dutch courage^, and with a fight-
j ing force it brings
• in its tracks.
But It is not so
■ Air Ministry gives
j quite so fully. Indeed, it is not pos
sible to know for certain what they
j are. With modem aircraft the aerial
I dogfights are so swift and sudden that
I the turmoil of scores of simultaneous
j combat is so great that not even the
I most -experienced pilots can always be
J certain when his enemy has been des-
2 proved. No victory is counted unless
jthe pilot is quite certain, and unless
{the evidence has been checked and
swift retribution
certain that our
the Nazi losses
pw wo.[M m Odte, Uvhg-Ro&m, Bosewttt I
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one shell hole in a
of our bombers in
very different affair.
ory has yet produced, They are train
ed in navigation, shooting, formation
flying, tactics, to a standard which,
quite evidently, Goering and his gen
erals have never dreamt.
The German machines are very
good. Their instruments are the same.
Their pilots and their-crews are ob
stinate and brave. But neither their
skill nor their knowledge nor their
aircraft are equal to the task they
have ahead. And there is one other
advantage which will be decisive and
which is ours. Last night at 4.00 a.m.
I stood at a* bomber station in the
dewy freshness of our August night
and watched some Wellingtons come
home. I watched the superb precisic^
of the pilots as they swept toward^
the flare paths and brought the
mighty monsters safely down to
earth. A few minutes later I sat at
breakfast drinking coffee with these
young men. They had been through
cloud and darkness, through anti-air
craft fire and searchlights, over,
above, around and through the Germ
an balloons, to do their Jog in Germ
any. They had passed through every
obstacle to their objective knowing
that if the gunners got them they had
350 miles of cruel .sea to cross be
fore they could get home. They were
tired, but not very tired. They had
been doing it for months but they
showed not the slightest sign of
nerves or strain; To them their raid
was Just one more Job accomplished,
a Ft subject for shop talk and shop
jokes of the kind which young men
love.
But with them as with all our
pilots there was something beneath
rtheir talk which you could feel but
'never hear. It was their inner know
ledge that in their hands now lies the
fate of all mankind. It was their un
spoken faith in the cause for which
they fight It is that grim half-con
scious Idealism which bears them
onwards through thestormiest night
au-d which above all things will save
Britain and the world.
Lvut.-i mrt.may. was Sue j L* - ' ' . jcounter-checked. Thus it is absolutelyr congmiulattcms by hpr.jtarg-.ts eveti w taey are htmdrtus> of that *here are rnanv««sw«w hwM® •-!«;> ® «■ laly, Tsrir !tea”n il,at '!1LIe are ma“y
■ - - * Ibornbs are always on the mark. 'The < , , „ , .. _•feswaa-.’n Is .Iwkvs wmenaow. |”*,ch ,Mroe;,Ani3 Alr C™™-™!1
•« ............ „ ... ,+ (makes no allowance for them of anv■^Mrs. Hmmlum, ot tast.e Douglas,ua%e any lo^ Of course in all estimates of.
bcotMr.o. crossed the ocean So years ■imm.Ci. cm i.^h.er?. <.<n . ge. shrt .a’down or if they do, the pilots mirac-■ 5 is right to leave a liberal
kmuslv get borne. But the Germans for mistakes. That margin has
<can never do anvtkmg at all. T side of the
kiwsr: ae Carerataat ,t«U w wtat | •*«•* 11 » a ®»*8» far "'»’CT
really happens. We could stand the srtam of each of w masterly eraai-j * iortiited m this conviction by
lions mneh better at we felt stones of last Thutsduy’s fight*.
;o to make her home in this country.
Listowel Barmer.
jwho are not counted but who never
Blenheim fighter who went up to
meet a Nazi bomber in the dark. He
found the enemy above a northern
city, chased him southward, back
again towards the north, then right
across the country to the coast, and
at last shot him down when they were
40 miles out to sea.
What damage have the Nazis done
us by their raids? Everyone knows
Dr. Goegbels grotesque and lying
Claims—German fighters, like swarms
of gnats above the streets of Lon
don—our airdromes in ruins— our
ports out of action—our factories in
flames. Well, I have not seen a single
German plane in London. Two impar
tial transaltantic witnesses, Helen
Kirkpatrick, and Virginia Coles whose
experience and feminine integrity is
their sufficient passport in many
lands, toured our south coast here on
Friday. Neither saw serious damage
of any kind. Helen Kirkpatrick told
me today that at Dover she saw eight
Nazis crash before her eyes. But she
saw no damage to the key^s or har
bour. She saw
private house.
The attack
Germany is a
That is proved by every report,
whether from pilots neutrals or other
sources, which is received. Proved by
our aerial photography, photographs
which we have made. It is proved
by the mass movements of German
civilians from the- Ruhr district. Prov
ed by Goering’s new arrnormceinents
of fundamental changes ini his- A.JLP.
In five months of 1918> the Allied
Airforce dropped 300- tons of bombs
on the Ruhr and they demoralized
the population and enormously reduc
ed the quantity or arms which they
produced. In the last month our
bombers have dropped more than 4000-
tons, and each bomb is far more ef
fective than bombs were 20 years agoi
Our bombing crews are steadily,
mercilessly, surely, blasting German;
oil plants, German aircraft factories,
German railways into the chaos that
will bring Hitler to defeat.
* I say quite frankly that, in my be
lief, the R.A.F. have already saved:
Great Britain and that they will wiir-
the war. And if you ask me why I j
believe this to be true, I would reply;
that it is not the first time that such !
things have happened in the long rieeL
ord of mankind’s many wars. This is^
a test of mass against quality, of;
sheer weight of men and metal against I
superior heroism and skill. The Spar
tans nt
and the Athenians at Salamis, Siri
Francis Drake when he defeated the:
Armada, Nelson at Trafalgar all
showed how quality can win. At Tra
falgar a few hundred British sailors
closed the narrow seas to the passage
of the countless hosts of a conquered
Europe, and so prepared the way for
the rising of the peoples which en
sued. We are. witnessing today the
opening phases of the great Trafalgar
of the alt.
And why are the Royal Air Force
superior in quality to Goering's hith
erto unbeaten mass! There are many
reasons, But there is one that embrac
es and states them all, In the air
quality is for more important than in
any other kind of war, Fifteen years
ago an experienced authot said that
a pilot In a 1325 machine could shoot
down 1030 oponents in 1314 models
With no risk or danger to himselfi
I believe out airforce Is superior to
the Germans In the quality of its
material and its manpoW, of Us
training and its morale. No one now
denies, least of all the German pilots,
that the spitfire is the finest fighter
tn the world. The Wellington with its
speed, its range, its atmonr, its pew*
tMhm gun turrets, is quite as
certainly the finest bomber. The men,
physically and mentally, are the fin*.
«fid most careW selerted' types |
-....fons in its long ami giwfoe
Italian Vessels Hit
Cairo, Egypt,—British bombers hit
three ships in the harbour ot Bengasi,
c> docks
Royal
. ThZ:
Italian Libya, and set fire to
tutd warehouses in raids, the
Air Force announced to-night
fire was visible 30 miles away
J Deer Visits Brussels
J A deer was seen on the Presbyter* ■
’pan manse lawn -on Sunday nfiewoom, •
Mat did not stay long. These animals ‘ ■
j are reportedly getting quite mamenxss, -
; in this district and from rime to time; ‘
partaken of their food in some^'
] well-kept gardet;&.**Brt!issfels Fost, [
j *—-1- !
Child’s Skull Stftttmta I
While fillfog a silo on the firn of y
I Mr. Norman Bennewies, the w ofo
3the string box was blown off and:
| st writ their Wyea>oM son. WWard,;.
3 on foe side of foe head mrtnring has?
']shell He was -removed to Seaforthj;
jHospital.“-dditft'hell Advarate.
kirtwhl -<Wfe Married
| M* and Mrs. 'Cyres Hacking, oldest
j Adepts of Wfowl rerertflF cele-
Ibrared foeir “fitlfo wedding asmiwr-.!
|wy. Mr. a* 3 Mrs. wery
laarrisd is Kimw-l in WD by Rev-
' Jrifen W. W2. ^resdWrian Omrch'
' ksipisre*. The wsSwsws? im
iobserred hi foarir
1 — ’
! Wt Wtaible Friw . .
i At foe Mcaford Stanley I-
of fout tswft preyed f
'[for ah C’tats and Tarity rsmprtitfos/
[M* Fisfor-rt rd Carritk,
■3e*t rd for MisSaay W3 Fafo -wy.
‘foe fC'm yritv fo batfoy a osh
Ld Gazrt.tr.. ■;
I A bare fire ret fhe iares St Fred.) yo» mnanKr iww more, 'iig*iwmm ms nwn got liomci : '« >rfV‘w''’ v',vvvvu vpcs
fewredaysWAM my foird suwy fo qf * fow■ tftlul
[fog, told me by air officers who were
themselves concerned and who have j
been my personal friends for many
years.
The first is of a Spitfire squadron
which met something over SO Germ
an bombers on our eastern coast. The
Germans had either come without
, their protecting fighters, or had lost
them on the way, and in 40 minutes
hhe Spitfires had shot down M and
driven away the rest, and had done
; so without the Joss of a machine or
‘.of a man,
1 _ 'The second story is of a flight of
... 77^
Athenians 'at- .Cstamk Stn-J i tobacco JUST LIKE
•con'd really have •confidence in what;'
.-they have toU •os?’' '<■
j So wrote rhe man science, with'
Ibis tool, -impartial nrind.
| .And how many other people in'
| British enuntries have hke him been
tasking, not this mt news too good'
^,to be trueP1 It is this question I •
want to take tomgbu First let taei
sumsaarize what I briieve to be the;j
shrts, and det me W by way of fart I
that I -am not a paid agent of the
] Mztfirtty of InfottnatUn or any other ■
; department of the state. I have always j
•demanded an Pariiament that the: , . - .. .. ....... ...
.Gcvertment tell the ‘irtth, I have machines, which met
ways eritized them 'because before'
each >0t -our ex-&c::afx--:r.s they teej
• Wide vs tWk that things were going;
■’brttrj than they really were. And !•
'■ Mm I know the truth about the Air:
, Forte, t stuSod air warfare as care- '
i fsfily as a ‘drahan can «b so for W<
iyms. I have seen it Sft Spain, ha ___ _ ...__ _ „
iFmWk and in otkrt places. I have;machines, attacked the fighters. The
■tinny friends atntag rhe officers <ML
■the Royal Ait Ftsm and I see thW;
oiten. i hate ekrtked up with the?
Asr ’
foe biggest force of German bombers
W had ever seem They said then
were at least 120 of them. More than
they had ever seen together at Dun*
kirk, and these bombers had a fleet
of M, S, fighters banked up above
them in the sky. But the six Hurri-
earn never tailored. One section, S
-other one went right in among the
bombers. In a fow minutes 3 Nasi
n. » «««^ ^bombers had been destroyed, the, rest
Mfotstry as earerd'ly as I can 1 bombers and Megrcrschmidts tn«
oft fofor results, ar.d I am eertafoi gefoer, turned foil and fied for Immc.
that fory are imt overstating forirlWW mfies of fiyhtg, S bombers
snwsseA Indeed I bfo'rt’t the fig- downed, many tons of bombs WAstcd
* “ * ...............*.... . "'fh and NG results. What a
I pkfore for Gorting to •eontempUte
iwhfti his men got homed
itm they hm gfo® ns wmtefoto
,*ho srttfh
. Do ywt remrttifc whM those, fig--
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