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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1941-10-02, Page 2PAGE TWO WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Thursday, October 2nd, 1941 * Winghani Advance-Times Published at WINGHAM - ONTARIO lists will be large. We will meth re­ inforcements urgently. Now is the time we shun! I be planning this ini P wtant step. IT Subscription Rate — One Year $2.00 Six months, $1.00 in advance To U S. A., $2.50 per year. Foreign rate, $8.00 per year. Advertising rates on application. i I * Huron One viijcial, county and town police. Three i of the boys are 3.5 years of age and 1 the other IB. j On Wednesday night they are said I to have stolen a 1940 Chrysler car j at Windsor and to have driven it up the Blue Water Highway to Drys­ dale, where it is alleged they entered the store of Mrs. Joseph Bedard and helped themselves to a quantity of cigarettes, candy, ice cream,, cakes and clothing. They are then believed to have driven on with their loot as far as Bayfield, where they failed to make the turn and wrecked the car. The loot was left in the wrecked car and before daybreak a 1981 car was stolen from John Sturgeon, Bayfield, and driven to Goderich, where it was abandoned on St. Patrick street. Pro­ vincial Constables Fox and L. Ruther­ ford, County Constables Ferguson, Snell and Gardiner, and Traffic Offic­ er Culp and Taylor all came to God­ erich were town bank. were caught in the net spread by police. DISTRICTFREE TOXOID CLINIC An opportunity that all parents. wh«» have children under ten years of age, should m»t disregard i> the free tox­ oid clink which is being held in the Town Hall, here, on Thnisday this week at 1.80 p.m. For the past few years this treatment for the prevent­ ion of dip th*,'ria children here. To as the authorities that all children younger the child is treated the better as it is not only protected during its very early years but in young children there is none or very little reaction. Parents should take advantage of this splendid offer of the Board of Health and the Medical Officer of Health. Local doctors have co-operated to make’these clinics a success. This fine spirit of co-operation is very com­ mendable and intact this activity could not be carried on without it. Three injections have to be given at intervals. Do not miss this first one. -'g .y <; FACT FINDING TRIPS Canada has had many go to the Old Land on so called fact finding mis­ sions. Some were offkal am! some were of a private nature. People who have had this opportunity should not hold anything back except such in­ formation as would be of service to the enemy. Premier King after his trip had a different ring to his voice but many are of the opinion that his waiting until Pai Hament meets before he gives his full version is a mistake. The people were expecting him to open up when he came back. Bever­ ley Baxter, a foi mer Canadian, now j a member of the British Parliament, and a writer of note on current mat­ ters, has urged our government to have conscription. This feeling has been held by thousands who consider it the only effective way to combat the enemy. Col. George Drew is now in England and his observations should be well worth reading. Wendell Wil- kse when he returned from his trip across the ocean did more than any other man probably to convince the United States public that aid to Brit­ ain is also aiding themselves. He was eloquent, he was very serious, he was? emphatic in his appeal for an all out! effort. The United States has a sei-1 ective draft, Britain has conscription, I but Canada is struggling along on the voluntary enlistment basis. Our war I effort has been very fine m many ways ; but a great deal more effective meth-j ods could be u-ed to bolster our arm-- xes. General MacNaughton says * an invasion or the continent will come. ■ while a prisoner in Germany. He was When that day arrives the casualty on August 10th reported “missing as has been given to make it as effective wish it is necessary be toxoided. The Stand of Lincoln M. L. A. Approved Approval of the stand taken bv A. J. Haines in resigning his seat in the Legislature as member for Lincoln, in protest over the opening of addi­ tional beverage rooms in St. Cath­ arines, was given by the Presbytery of Bruce of the United Church, in tall session at Paisley, with Rev. W. Huddleston, Cargill, presiding. I I 3 to 10 years §100 or more Huron&Erie MORTGAGE CORPORATION public, might know the of this country’s war ach- Heal Achievement achievement too, as these Sentenced For Thefts t ionaid McDougall, Fort Elgin, was sentenced to a six-month term in the Ontario reformatory concurrent with a four-month sentence received in Owen Sound court two weeks ago. Appearing before Magistrate F. W. Walker in weekly police court Mc­ Dougall pleaded guilty to breaking and entering of the Formosa Brewep’ and Cargill creamery earlier this month. Harold Indoe, Southampton, implicated in the same crimes and ar- rested last Sunday at Kincardine, was remanded until October 5. Ard Watt, an alleged accomplice who whs just, released from Kingston penitentiary six weeks ago, drew a four-year term in that institution. Remanded Listowel Man Pleading guilty to resisting arrest, being-drank, and with assaulting Chief Robert Wilson, of Palmerston, Louis Buckley, 34, of Listowel, was remand­ ed one week for sentence by Magis­ trate Watt, at Guelph. Held Lucky Ticket for Cottage The draw for the use of a cottage at Port Elgin Beach for two weeks, donated by Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Fuller­ ton, to the Paisley Women War Work­ ers, was made on Saturday night. The holder of the lucky ticket was Mr. Chas. Stewart of Kincardine. Paisley Advocate, Ricked Wild Strawberries This delightful summer weather has i even the strawberries fooled. Nelson Sheesman and Cam Gildner were . bicycling up by the cemetery on Mon- | day afternoon and stopped to pick some wild strawberries which were flourishing just as if it were June.— ' Wiarton Echo. Dies in German Prison Pilot Officer Douglas Morrison Waldon, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. London St, Thomas Toronto Windsor Chatham Hamilton I I i and formed a posse. The boys found at the outskirts of the on Widder street near the lake They tried to get away but the ABNER COSENS accepts applications for Huron & Erie Debentures and Canada Trust Certificates’ vr the result of air operations” over Germany. Later, word was received that he was seriously injured and was a prisoner in a German hospital. P.O. Waldon’s mother was formerly Han­ nah Barton of Belmore, Mrs, George Edwards of Wroxeter is an aunt. — Fordwich Record. Eye Burned With Fertilizer John Stroeder of the 6th concession of Carrick, is suffering with a very painful eye trouble, thought to have been caused by being burned with fertilizer a couple of weeks ago. It is feared that the vision of this optic may be very seriously affected. He is undergoing medical treatihent. — Mildmay Gazette. Send Radio News to Spies Provincial Constables were af Clif­ ford looking for a youth who is alleg­ ed to be sending radio messages to Nazi spies in the U.S. No person was found, answering the description of the accused.—Mildmay Gazette. CANADA AT WAR This is the first of a series of five articles written by Bruce M. Pearce, editor of The Simcoe Reformer,- for member papers of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, in connection with the recent tour of Eastern Canada military camps, muni­ tions plants, R.C.A.F. Schools and naval yards, made by a group of prominent weekly, daily and trade newspaper editors and publishers. The first article is general in nature, sum­ marizing impressions of the trip and outlining the various highlights countered en route. Subsequent icles will deal with the Army, War Industries, the R.C.A.F. and the Navy. en- art- the By B. M. P. On the morning of August 23rd last a group of nearly fifty represent­ ative Canadian newspapermen assem­ bled in Hamilton to ‘ commence , a journey that is probably without pre­ cedent in Canadian journalism. On the night of August 31st, eight days later, they arrived in Montreal to complete the last leg of a trip which had taken them to the Atlantic coast and given them a complete panorama of the great war giant which is rapjd.- ly taking form in Canada. Sponsored by the Department of i National Defence, the tour was initia.- ted primarily; to give the editors an insight into Canada s military and in­ dustrial activity and to provide them with an enlightened conception of what is actually taking place in this country, with the thought that they would then be able to discuss more intelligently in their columns the var­ ious phases of Canada’s war enter­ prise. _ That the editors gladly embraced this unique opportunity may be taken granted. Heretofore they had • Plenty of good fight at, the bridge ubl» makes the game and conversation go bettat —«aves mistakes and temper*. Be ccnrid* crate of vour guest* by making rar® they tee the cards and the play without eyestrain. (fettkem at fycwfi Ne&ieit Shafts A Pock -of Cigarettes Costs f^ore Thon o Bright light for WO HYDRO SHOP Phone 156 Wingham Is Presentation Watch Disappears Commotion reigned supreme at the home of John "Webb, west of Alien­ ford, which was to be the scene of the presentation of a wrist watch, a bible and a sweater to Pte. Clarenc’e Liebel, of Tara, a member Of the Perth Regiment, and who is shortly, slated to go overseas* Guests to the number of 200 were on hand for the event and Mr. Jack Kirkland called’for Pte. Diebel to the centre of the room j known, all too little of the inside story for the presentation, wheri in the midst | M the huge machine which constitutes of expectancy, it was found the wrist I Canada's contribution “ to the figh< watch which had been left on the din-1 against Hitlerism. Not being in a post­ ing room table, had suddenly disap* I Lon to inform their readers, the peared. The next day, a thorough majority were inclined to give voice search of the house and grounds was! to the growing impatience on the part 1 watch was found i.< | patch, minus the case and wrapping. made, and to and behold Bit missing' of Canadians at the apparent lack' I in the cabbage of all-out effort. Until the fall of g France in June, 1940, it is probably „ strong evidence that the thief found I trub that Canada had done all too fot impossible to make a get-away with-Hittle. That is no longer true today. ?out being deleted.—Tara Leader. |The truth is that Canada is rapidly ’ -------- ' | shaping a formidable war machine Blyth Nurse Succumbs ! that wifi have a notable part in lick- ‘ .] Miss lean Murrav. R. N., who grad- |hig Hitler. In the short space of eight bated last voar from Victoria Hosp- days, the Canadian editors were treat- hal. died Wednesdav at thaV hospitad ed to a spectacle that not only hter- U native of Birth, Miss Murrav was My opened their eyes but inspired hxfoMmc in London at foe time pride and strengthened faith in the i death. Rural took place m Pdyth. l^rt that Canada is playing and will _ I play on an ever-growing scale m a:d- •z Lucknow Boy Has Polio |tng ^he Motacr Country. Krtfo Kilpatrick. eight-year-oM svn| ’ Everything Wide Open .J Mr. and Mrs-. John Kilpatrick,ji Everything wa> thrown wide -open was stricken with infantile paralysis»the prying eyes^of insatiably cur- Wednesday and was rushed to editors. Nofhhig was held back, h »spitas. Hope Is held out fori We had with us Brigadier Kenneth rtc.'wery • >1 Stuart, D. S. O., M.C., Vice-Chief oi -------- ’ I foe General Staff, together with dL- " Chief Telegraphist on Corvette f tingmsitad representatives rtf every | ikb Thxnps^n paid a brief visit | branch of the service, including the the end of the week to the lu»sie of|Department of Munitions and Supply.! his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Robert | as well as G. Herbert Lash, Director fh?-5»ps<-n. BUb fo present at King-j ston having been assigned to foes crew of a corvette as leading tele-j ^rapMst. The boat was recently lams- Iched and is now being ©utfitted. —-j ’! Lucknow Seminel. i ... ..... ’ ■i Cfifford Man Eighty-Nine * | 1 Jacob Kmiaen, the oddest resident; |.:f O’fford, rt. _. | day Thursday. Mr. Kreuaer wh© was i'/ste <af foe pianeer farmers ©f Norat- frnfoy township. Grey County, has lived I atone, smee the death of Ids wife. He' | <L-xs all his ewn housework and tends garden. of Public Informarion and J. W« G. Clark, Director <■£ Public Relations for Array and R.C.A.F., and members jf their staffs. Their policy was that every bit M available information sheuM be forthcoming. And at was. Nor did they place any restrictfons the cciaitnts of war stories aside the wdl-knawn rules of cens».«r- :elebra?ed his S9tb birfo- Windsor Youths Arrested At Goderich FjW WfodsM bays were taitea into custody cm Thursday morning at. God­ erich, after an miring foass by pro- that these men were sincerely trying to do a job. They were frank in ad­ mitting their mistakes and Hon. Mr. Ralston declared that one chief mistake was in haring failed hereto­ fore in letting the light flood into editorial minds that their readers, the Canadian true story ievement. A It is an articles aim to tell, not just an ‘effort’, a word that fails to give the true em­ phasis. We would also add that not once throughout, the entire eight-day the word ‘politics* beard. The men who were our hosts, were far too intensely absorbed in the vital task of sharpening Canada’s tools of war to worry for a moment about politics. It was one of the lasting im­ pressions of the trip that these men, many of them dollar-a-year public servants, were out to do a job for Canada, that they were sparing neither strength nor talent to perform that service, and that they were admirably fitted for the key posts which they occupied. The same applies to the in­ dustrial leaders, the military camp commandants, the chiefs of the navy4S> * ■ # and air force, with whom we came in contact, They gave the impression of being on top of their job and they inspired confidence by their brisk, al­ ert and confident bearing. Many Can­ adian editors are resting more easily as a result of those contracts, Not a Joy-Ride Where did we go? What did we see? What did we learn in those eight days? If any ’■eader lfas the impression that it was simply a joy-ride at gov­ ernment expense, we can only say that it was the tnosl strenuous joy-ride ’that most of those editors had ever experienced. From 8 a.m. until late at night we were, walking miles through military camps, in and out of barracks, machine shops and air­ dromes, through huge munitions fact­ ories, naval dockyards and arsenals. We were bounced over hill and dale in trucks, tractors, carriers, blitz bug­ gies and many other of those fright­ ening vehicles which form the mech­ anized and armoured army of 1941. (We saw not a single horse -except on a back street in Halifax and we learned that only nine horses remain in the Canadian, army and they are headed for the glue factory). We, were . driven about in open army trucks in ; weather that penetrated to the mar­ row; we wefe embossed and debussed until we loathed the sight of a bus;! ' we were thumped by depth charges: tossed from a destroyer on the broad Atlantic; we travelled some 3,000 miles by train and were finally dis­ embarked in Montreal on a Sunday nigljt in the aridst of a downpour of rain. We forgave all except the sharp 1 nudge of a heartless porter every morning at 6.30 a.m. Yes, a joy-ride indeed! f Highlights of the Tour In concluding this iutiai article, just an outline of a few unforgettable highlights. There was the astonishing demonstration of tracked or armoured fighting vehicles and wheeled passen­ ger or load-hcrtying vehicles at the General Motors proving ground near Oshawa, featuring movement over the roughest ground which put the mach­ ines to the sternest test and which > proved convincingly that Canadian in­ dustrial genius is prepared to meet the challenge of mechanized warfare. There was the nocturnal visit to the National Steel Car plant at Hamilton where several thousand men are turn­ ing out artillery and anticraft shells, with the largest output of any similar factory in the British Empire. There, was a Sunday morning preview of ihat remarkable exhibit by the De­ partment of Munitions and Supply at the Cauddian National Exhibition,’ giving a vivd portrayal of the achieve­ ment -Gt Canada's war industries. At the Inglis plant in Toronto, apart irmn viewing the production of Bren machine guns in full swang we were addressed by Major Hahn, who earlier j in the war was severiy maligned bvj < -a.t sections of the press, but whose | enterprise an-1 ingenuity have created J ,yns iito integral units in Cau-3 | ada's war marinme.,. Tanks, Planes, Guns On we' travelled to Camp Borden and Fetawawa, names inseparably linked with the Great War, but which have undergone tremendous expansion ’ in the past year, where impressive’ display^ cd Canada^ armed might; were provided. In Montreal a prices-i slots cd Canada's new tanks reared up’s, and ufown the street in front M the ail-Canadian factory in which they were produced, while at the Fairchild aircraft plant we watched huge bomb­ ers being -constructed and assembled from start to finish. Then there was the memorable morning at Sorel where the magnificent new Bo-pounder artillery guns are being forged and where ewetks are coming off the stocks at a rapid clip, al under dir­ ection ef theT now-famous Simard brothers, whom we had the privilege ■af meeting. On tn Valcartler, another pilgrimage was war to set us right" Husband: “There’s one thing we can thank Hitler for. He’s got us saving at last.” Wife: “Yes! Imagine! Until it became a positive duty we certainly never managed to put any­ thing by each week.” Husband: “I think it’s partly because these War Savings Certificates are so simple to buy.” Wife: ■S. “You mean the idea of getting the office to deduct a regular amount each week from your salary?” Husband: “Yes! And how they’re mounting up! Quite a nest-egg when you count the interest they’re earning.” Wife: “Well the more the merrier, I say! There are lots of things we’ll need the money for, as the years roll by!”I< A The help of every Canadian is needed for Victory. In these days of wdr the thoughtless selfish spender is a traitor to our war effort. A reduction in personal spending is now a vital necessity to re­ lieve the pressure for goods, to enable more and more labour and materials to be diverted to winning the war. The all-out effort, which Canada must make, demands this self-denial of each of us. TO SOY MOKEspend less WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES new insight into the military' situation in Quebec. Then to Debert, ihat great new military camp hewed from the backwoods of Nova Scotia, final train­ ing point for Canadian troops bound for England. Lastly, Halifax, a story in itself, where the great pulse of Canada’s war activity beats at an ac­ celerating pace and where we rode one of the fifty American destroyers to sea and dined at Admiralty House with the Commodore and his staff. To many other places, we journeyed, many new acquaintances made and stirring stories heard. Here a man from Dunkirk, another from sunken Fraser, one who had just flown from England or another about to board a bomber for the Old Land, heroes of the Battle of Britain and men from London who had lived and worked! through the blitz. * I deny In succeeding articles we will tryi _ to tell the story of Canada's army, I I’ve kept all your letters.' Nat only did these men utilize every waking moment to answer the million ^sestfons levelled at them by their guests, but they made sure that every Camp Commandant, every factory head and every officer revealed the whole show and held nothing back. At Ottawa the editors were enter- tamed at a dinner at which Hen. J. L. Ralston, Host C D. Howe and I name jmperishably associated with the Hw. C G. Powers were the principal I days of where we met French ! speakers. The general inipressfon was > Canadian officers and men and gained navy and air force, of the turning wheels and spinning lathes that are writing a new and glorious chapter in Canada’s history and which may revolutionize the Dominion’s entire future. Certain^ it is since the fall of France a little more than one year ago,, a miracle has been wrought While Canadians fumed impatiently, the keen brains of Canada’s military and industrial leaders were working night and day to draft the blueprint of Canada’s magnified war machine and to set in motion the wheels -that would make her contribution to the Empire cause one of which every Canadian may rightly be proud. (Article No. 2 next week -will deal with Canada’s Army). He (passionately): Nobody can my love for you, sweetheart. She: I’d like to see anybody try. “Al the crucial moment of this manoeuvre . .