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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1940-12-05, Page 3WINGHAM ADVANCH-TIMES / \ Thursday, December 5, 1940 HARDLY A PAIN least of all from this one, has ventrued to tell the my mind the reason is a Campaign funds are much ATTRACTIVE Reduced sleeping-car fares when pursued by British naval forces. In the engagement off Sardinia, one Italian cruiser was set on fire,, two Italian destroyers damaged, and a 35,- 000-ton battleship and a 10,000-ton cruiser were hit by torpedoes launch­ ed by British aircraft, the BBC said. Cory Coffee Makers Mexican U.S. Embassy Stoned Mexico City — A pro-Almazan de- monstration before the United States embassy which police''ended with tear gas after stones had been hurled marked a stormy beginning for the visit of United States Vice-President- Elect Henry Wallace- w Every homemaker you know will greet with special 3* appreciation your gift of an electrical appliance, w Here at Peterson’s you will .discover scores of ideas that are practical, yet gay enough to add a lot to gd the merriest of Christmases. Come in and investi- Sate’ Toaster, Irons, Frigidaires, Washers, Electric Mix ers, Midget Radios. ! Peterson’s Hardware Many other useful Christmas Gifts. May Lengthen Working Hours Ottawa—Lengthening of the stand­ ard working week from 44 to 48 hours J‘or even higher” now must be considered in Canada since war-time industrial production has reached the point where a general labor shortage approaches, Labor-Minister McLarty asserted in the House of Commons. Compulsory movement of skilled labor from non-essential industry to war in­ dustry may be necessary to produce the munitions required by the empire and Canada, Mr< McLarty said. . Ralston, Crerar in England Ottawa — Safe in argiyal in London of Defence Minister Ralston and Maj- Gen. H. D. G. Crerar, chief of the gen­ eral staff, was announced' by Hom C. G. Power, acting defense minister. .New BoatsReach Coast Ottawa — A number of sturdy Cor­ vettes, antisubmarine warships built in Canadian shipyards, have reached Eastern Canada ports well ahead of the freeze-up, D. B. Carswell, direct­ or- general of shipbuilding in the Do­ minion, has reported. coal and earth iriiperiled 25 to 27 blast-trapped coal miners in Ohio’s deepest shaft imine. . An ekplosion caught them witho'ut warning 466 feet underground .and two miles from an entrance «f itihe Ohio and Pennsylvan­ ia Coal 'Company pit eight miles northeast <of here. Strike Illegal Ottawa — Labor Minister McLarty said he has notified 200 employees of the * Kingston (Ont.) Shipbuilding Company that their action m walking off the job was illegal under (the In­ dustrial Disputes InvestigiatiiOn Act. Rumanian Death List Grows Hugarian - Rumanian Fronteir -r- Fligllt of King Michael, heavy loss of life in fighting at three Transylvanian cities, a mounting ’ death list in the Iron Guard’s blood purge and a mass­ ing of Rumanian and German troops in Bucharest were reported from Ru­ mania. Hepburn (Denies Quarrel with Cross A" (denial that any disagreement be­ tween IHon. Eric Cross and himself ied .to ‘.the former’s resignation of his sporltffcllios in the Ontario Government was made by Premier, Hepburn at his (home. Consider Relief for European Children Washington — Measures to allevi­ ate suffering arwng IBuiropean child­ ren this winter are Ibeing considered by the United. :$.taJtos ^Government and Red Cross ®a$rcxritfes, it was learned after a kmg White Mouse conference on the ioneirgn irdlief problem. Three (Children (Suffocated Bwokswille, <0nt. — Three China’s Puppet Regime Signs j Peace Treaty • Shanghai — Gen. Nobuynkn Aihe.j > Japanese ambassador, and Wang; Ching-Wei, head of the Japanese-! sponsored Chinese Government :atj Nanking, signed a -treaty &l peace,. Japanese reports reaching here 'said.' Chiang Kai-Shek ignored -a “last -ex-; hortation” sent him by 'the Wang: Government asking 'him to declare -an armistice with Japan. The 'Chunk- king spokesman have -declaned 'a ffr^ltt to the end with Japan. Shakes Up Albanian Command . .Rome — iMussolini followed a shake nip .of his high command with a mass­ ing of new troops in Albania for at­ tempts to counter-attack the Greeks. .With the appointment of Gen. Alfred© Guzzoni as under-secretary of war. -Mussolini further centred in Rome tkei direction of the campaign. • ' small children, (sorts of Earl Cooper, factory worker,, died uof suffocation when fire ■destroyed tiheir home here. Their fa­ ther, :a night worker, was awakened toy -choking-smoke, jumped from a se- •cand4Btorey window and was not able to jjdt 'back- to save his children. Wait for Nazi Ships Tampico — In face of -reports 'that! British warships await them In 'the. Caribbean, the German merchantmen, Idarwald and Rhein sailed from 'theiri haven here with Spanish ports ;as tfiheir1' declared destinations. To Open U.S. lYard I Washington — The United States; mavy acted to bring a long idle Phila-; delphia shipyard into production afteri President Roosevelt disclosed (tfcaltj steps were underway to speed np icon-' struction of 115 destroyers. ’ (Girl .Aged Six Did Farm Work Midland — Sam Losko, 45, Tay Township .farmer, pleaded guilty here .to aa 'charge*of grievously wounding .the six-year-old daughter of his house­ keeper, Mrs. M. Grkovick, at his farm Hast October 14. The child’s mother .told the court Losko had lost his tem- jpier because the girl was not doing 'lire .amount of work he thought she should, months Losko was sentenced to three in jail. ‘Trapped in Mine i Cadiz, O. — Gas and tows <®f iroc’k,- 'Warship Damaged in Clash j ‘London — A British warship 'was- -damaged and "damage was jnflic'ted1 ■upon the enemy” in a clash "between1 ’light 'forces in the English Ohanndli the Admiralty announced. The Ad­ miralty-communique said the “enemy1” Stopped Nazi(British W. Indies Landing "New York — The World-Telegram -said a German landing party from a raider operating in the Caribbean was •repulsed by British forces at Curacao, Netherlands West Indies, when the suriits -retired at high speed towards] *Nazis attempted to destroy valuable' 'Brest, 'German-held port in France, I oil refineries there. The paper, quot- THE MEM WHO RIDE THE SPITFIRE MMOK4 ''-i When the real story of the Battle of Britain is Written, the exploits of the Spitfires—the deadly fighter planes ot the British Royal Air Force—will Occupy a chapter all to themselves. For they have covered themselves with glory in an aerial Ther­ mopylae against terrific odds. ABOVE are two Spit- fire pilots, typical of the men Who ride t|iese aerial thunderbolts, At LEFT a squadron leader on whose breast is. the ribbon of the Distinguished Flying Cross; at RIGHT, a young flight lieutenant with fi devil-may-care smile. The British air ministry decreed that they be nameloss, She Feels Like 48 Aches and pains are not inevitable in pld age. When they do come, there is always a cause for them. Here is a little lesson on growing old, by a woman of 78:— "For the last five years I have taken Kruschen Salts and I tell you truthfully I could not live without them, I am 78 years old. I have hardly a pain in my body, and I feel almost as young as I did at 48, I give the credit to Kruschen Salts. No ope will believe my age.” ’—(Mrs.) C. M. Most people grow old long before their time because they neglect one vital need of health—the need for internal cleanliness. Eventually they start .the Kruschen habit. Then, probably for the first time in years, they start getting rid every day of all waste matter from the system. They begin to feel energetic and happy, Ip a word, they’ve got that “Kruschen Feeling." ing an unidentified eyewitness, said the Germans invaded Curacao the night of July 28th and that British land forces and shots from two ^rmed tankers in the harbor killed or wound­ ed 35 Germans. This information said strict censorship kept the “invasion” a secret. Hon. R. Laurier Elected Ottawa —’ Hon. Robert Laurier, ne­ phew of Sir Wilfrid Laurier and On­ tario’s newly-appointed minister of mines, won a sweeping victory over two other candidates in the Ottawa East provincial by-election, • Say Reds Aim to Hinder Washington — The Dies committee on un-American activities made pub­ lic a 900-page handbook on Commun­ ism containing documents to show the Communist party planned to oppose any “imperial war” by impeding activ­ ities of belligerent nations. Raider in Indian. Ocean 1 Canberra, Australia —r Navy Min­ ister W. M. .Hughes announced the merchantmen Port of Brisbane and Maimoa had been-sunk’by an enemy raider operating m the Indian Ocean. Turks Gejt Ready (for War London — The Turkish radio is­ sued an appeal to all citizens of the country to .co-operate fully with the army “m (defending Turkey's integrity and independence,” the BBC reported. Ready to Resist Nazis London —.Reports from a special correspondent of the Free French -News Agency suggest there is a nuc­ leus of resistance to Germany among members of the Vichy Govt.- Another Call-Up for Britain London — Ernest Bevin, minister •of ’laibor, announced to the House of Commons that “between now and next Jtrne there will be another enormous •ca’Il-up”. of Britain’s manhood for the fig'h'fing forces. HURON MEMBER GAVE HIS MAIDEN-SPEECH ((Continued from Page Two) Fifth, we must' have an increased us.e for :army purposes of Canadian apples .-and honey, pork and beans. Sixth, there is the old story regard­ ing domination of live stock market­ ing by. -a group of powerful packing house plants in Toronto, resulting in the farmers have little or no say in the marketing price of their animals. The sale of cattle and hogs direct to plants each week satisfies a large pro­ portion of the packers’ needs, which means that .they are not keen to bid on lots in the union stock-yards, which is supposed to be a competitive market. Marketing plants in their present set-up and yearly profits need government investigation. Seventh, I would ask .the minister why Ontario was not represented on the Canadian bacon board when On­ tario produces one-half or more of the total production of hogs in Canada. Further, I would ask why the bacon producers of Canada were penalized by the government through nego­ tiations with the United States which allowed large quantities of United States bacon to come in here to off­ set the fur trade of Canada, I do not think that was fair to agriculture. Coming from a rural district, might I xsay that our people arc willing to make any sacrifice within their power to preserve the institutions of dcmoc- raewy and to bear any burden of taxa- ation. imposed by the government'just as long as that government by its ac­ tions and through its policies demon­ strates to the people of Canada that the moneys so collected are not being wasted on people and profits as a re­ ward for their party adherence, I could cite a few cases, but I will just warn the government that it will be they who will have to answer for some of the -unnecessary appointments that they are making. We have heard many complaints from farmer members of this house and, I am glad to say, lately from some lion, members who are not farm* ers, as to the way the government is allowing farmers to be imposed upon. We never did get a fair deal from any government, but no one reason. To simple one. more conveniently collected in thous­ ands of- dollars than in smaller am­ ounts, with the result that the big in­ terests, paying larger amounts in cam’ paign funds, look to the government for special assistance and get it. I should like to direct a few questions on this point to the government. I do not know the answers, but I should like to* know. Did the sugar interests subscribe to their funds? Did the veg­ etable oil interests subscribe? Did .the bacon interests subscribe? I could name many more. Such contributors get consideration,’in many cases ag­ ainst the judgment of those who are in control. But those in control have no alternative; they are bought out, body and soul, before they ever start to function. I contend, Mr. Speaker, that this practice places governments in a position where they have to do certain things, whether they want to or not. It is a system detrimental not, only to the farmers of this country, but to the small industrialists who try in vain to compete and make a living. I do.feel that we as members of parliament should protest against the practice of importing into this country fruit and vegetables in ever-increasing volume,'notwithstanding the restrict­ ed , exportation . from Canada to the United Kingdom. The war has fore ed the United Kingdom to- restrict im­ ports of tobacco and to stop further purchasing of Canadian canned fruits, vegetables and soups. Why should we not act in a similar way to pro­ tect our farmers? We„shall be forced to promote a larger consumption at home to take care of the surplus created through the restriction of ex­ ports. I might go on to give the fig­ ures showing the increased imports fr®m the United States, but I do think this is figures have government; they already have information. myself on record as registering my protest on behalf of the vegetable and fruit growers of Canada. At this late hour I can only reiter­ ate what a great many other hon. members have asked, that .free trans­ portation be granted our enlisted men who are on official leave for the last time, and I believe it would not be asking too much to recommend free transportation fo.r Christmas leave as well. Surely our soldiers deserve this consideration. I would like to impress upon the minister the importance of this request. The Minister of Agriculture (Mr. Gardiner), during his address on Nov­ ember 14, as reported at pages 108 and 109 of Hansard, referring to un­ employment, stated that there was unemployment for practically all the defeated candidates of the opposition side of the house. May I remind the hon. gentleman that such was not the case so far .as the defeated members on the government side were concern­ ed. We find some of them being placed in very unnecessary jobs at large Salaries. Why should so much money be spent in advertising the war effort of tl;is government? If their efforts were one hundred per cent genuine, it would not require govern­ ment heelers to advertise its program. God forbid that we should have gov­ ernment heelers to contend with, on top of our all too heavy war respon­ sibility. We appreciate the efforts of the minister of Trade and Commerce (Mr. MacKinnon) in this government. From a personal standpoint he has, perhaps, done all that any one individ­ ual could do; I believe he is very sincere, but it is not enough. What we as agriculturists need is as much pro­ tection as other industries get, and- surely we deserve it. The Prime Min­ ster in his address talked about steel. True, “we need steel”, wc cannot get along without it, but is there any hon. member who would put forth the argument that steel is more important than food in winning the war? Long after the need for steel has declined, food will be in constant demand. There is another line of thought which I wish to develop at this time. It has to do with out war effort so far as the distribution of grain, coal and gasoline is concerned, which is a vital matter, to my mind, in war time. Wc have a condition in Goder­ ich harbour that I would like to draw to the attention of the Minister of Public Works (Mr, Cardin), in re­ gard to the surgings of vessels in the harbour under stress of wind and dis­ turbance,' Last winter there were fifteen Can­ adian grain carriers wintering in the harbour. I have a record stating the surgings of these vessels which were under observation for two days when a northwest and west wind was blow­ ing strong. There were other vessels lying loaded at the Western Canada I N CANADA'S M- necessary, because been submitted to not the the the I wish only to place ALL YEAR , ROUND YES, out in Vancouver and Victoria GOLF is played all year ’round! Warm sea-breezes and the protection of the mighty Coastal mountains maintain a'moderate temperature in which all outdoor sports take on an invigorating newness. Plan now to visit Canada’s EVER­ GREEN Playground—for rest or play, the ideal place for a thoroughly enjoyable winter vacation! Special Winter rates at hotels. The new Hotel Vancouver’s,spacious rooms and de­ lightful accommodations will add to the pleasure of your stay in Vancouver, TRAVEL WEST THE JASPER WAY USING THE AIR-CONDITIONED CONTINENTAL LIMITED RAIL RATES . Low meal rates on trains Flour Mills wharf which are not in­ cluded in this survey. Several storms occurred while these boats were in process of laying up for the winter. The first was a very strong gale starting in the southwest and shifting to northwest and north. On December 7 and 8, when several vessels sustained broken cable moor­ ings, bits and shocks, and otherwise bumped themselves along the wharv­ es, there was no knowledge of any of the other vessels having come in con­ tact with the barbour bottom. Again, on December 21 and 22, a northwest and westerly gale produced a great surge In the harbour with similar damaging results to steamship moor­ ings. These storms, while altering from normal to intense velocity, did not seem to be worse than those ex­ perienced in previous years, but the harbour surging was apparently greater, which could only be attribu­ table to a great flow of water to the entrance from the breakwater to the pier mouth, and thence to the inner harbour. It may be reasonable to assume that, with the deepening of the entry channel to approximately 26 feet, much greater volume of seas will roll through, especially during west­ erly and southwesterly gales, and this flow; walled off to a great extent by CANADIAN NAT Always Use... CANADIAN NATIONAL EXPRESS TELEGRAPHS • MONEY ORDERS Speed. . . Dependability , , . Safety Pull information from any ticket agent the shoaling on the north side, accel­ erates the volume of seas towards the harbour. It has been suggested that’the area behind the northwesterly breakwater be sloped down to permit the surge to roll up and expend itself cm this shoalecLarea rather than be abruptly buffeted back into the walled channel. Then; too, we have considered where and^ to what length could be located an additional or extended break-wall to break up and divert the seas before they reach the entrance to the chan­ nel; and to this end, Captain Robin­ son, a mariner of much experience in handling large vessels into various ports, has made a sketch which I have- here for inspection. I hope that the- government will take the necessary steps to have this entrance to God­ erich harbour taken care of--at the earliest possible day, as we would not like a recurrence of this condition. The minister must be impressed, I am sure, of the value of Goderich as- a national port to the grain trade of; Canada in the movement of Canadian: western and American grains front the point of origination to the milling, feeding and exporting outlets in Ont­ ario and eastern distributing points. 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