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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-10-19, Page 7• The. Blue u,„, DIARIES PART 2 i • From HareldNicolson'svign. ettes of Churchill, let us pass to some of his observations. on the spirit of Britain during the *ears 1939.05 -- The 'l3attle of Britalnhas been 'won,, but. who will Join Britain _ in their lone iiih#?IiiColsonl,is, . tells to Roosevelt's inaugural iol?, 'teed "We do not retreat. ^' We are not content to stand still." It is at this juncture • that Nicolson discovers' his pat,. riotisnr "is now a flame in the night. I may have felt arrogant about the British Empire in past years; today I feel quite humbly, proud of the British People"‘ Wendell Wilkie comes to L on - don. Driving through Trafalgar Square the sirens sound. 25 air* unib Loses Craft Come over. yilkie was -startled that the °traffic con. tinned and above all, thatpeople continuedto feed the pigeons. Wilkie. is also amaled that Big Business in London is deter• minedon victory knowing that ' it means ruin.. Montague Nor. man, Governor of the Bank of England '1920.44, says to him: !'Ruin? Go to hell. We must win'?. In June 1941 the 'Bisma• rck' was sunk, but there were no photographs of the end. Nicol• son, Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Information asks: "But why didn't one. of our reconnaissance planes fly over the ship?" The reply from, an Admiralty. spokesman: "Well you see, you MUST see, well upon my word, well after all, an Englishman would not like V.ERNAS, BEAUTY SALOIt 67 WEST STREET Is pleased to announce that VERNA has re- turned to her ~talon, with tlfie able assistance of RUTH ERB and Permanent by ERIC. For Your Appointments CALL 524-7131 42 Thank You HURO Your Support, As Always, Is Deeply Appreciated. ;.(4eARl1E MacNAUGHTON Farm Management Course. -1967-68 "PRINCIPLES" OF DECISION MAKING" .L� CLINTON, BOARD ROOM Department of Agriculture & Food P Commencing, Monday, Nov. 6, 1967-2 - 4 p.m. CENTRALIA AGRICULTURE SCHOOL Commencing, Tuesday, .Nov. 7, 1967-2 - 4 p.m. 20 Sessions — 2 Hours Each Registrations should be mailed to Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food• accompanied by a $14.00 registration fee by November 1, 1967—farm wives are invited. This is • not a course on "How to Farm." This course is conducted by Extension Branch, Ontario De- _ pertinent of Agriculture and Food, Clinton. Further details on inquiry. Honn-W. A. Stewart, Minister Everett Biggs, Deputy Minister i:pLi.ik.Irit Early. As to take Snapshots of a tine drove through. Could Wellesley vessel sinking." get them for Monty? "You see In 1919 the German delegate the General says these little refused to stand when handed birds keep him in a good tem. the Treaty :of Versailles to sign. per." N. adds; This makes me "Did he remain seated?" some. ill. Never has. there been such one asked Arthur Balkan. "I a careful creation. 'of a legend. did not notice. I do not stare Jumbo • Wilson, British Sup. at a gentleman in distress". reme. Allied Commander Medi. V.V. Tilea, leader of .the tree terranean, was being called in. Rumanians Outlined to Hudson, - . effi ial circles "the wizerd of ' Minister of A'gr'iculture, all the Cos"' It had been hoped that dangers .which would happen to . the Italians would overwhelm the ° Germans in .the . Greek islands. But they' failed and the British token forces on Cos were captured by the Germane. i. French Resistance; leader tells thrilling stories of the men who escape from France and of those, like MauriceChevalier, who remain but whom the Ger* mans carmot catch out. There wag a young Breton boy who came to see him and tell him how our airmen's graves were always heaped with flowers. "And I assure you, Monsieur, they are, net artificial flowers". After the surrender of the German Armies at Tunis there F was a story of an American chaplain to whom a German major, complained- about the the British: Hudson: "yes, yOu are probably rfght ::and these things . may well happen. But you forget that God is English." y December 1943 Nicolson has the sad impression that the sound common sense of the British workingman is a mere legend, As early as February, 1944 he sees scrawled on a " lavatory wall in Blackheath "Winston Churchill is a bas- tard". "How foul" I said "How. bloody ' foul:" His, companion replies: "Well you see the ;nen hate politicians".Winston a poi. • iticia.n? Perhaps this is the key to the surprising disavowal o'Churchill at the close of the war andit is interesting that it began to rear its head 'so early. * * * There are some interesting glimpses of a variety of charac- ters. For example; June 1942. The Beaver is Minister of Sup. ply, "hypnotised by the •mass production of Tanks and did not pause to think whether they were the right sort of tanks". Un. fortunately they were not. To his • two sons on active service December 1942;"I know you will pass through many hours of agony and fear. But also I know that it has been•.• adeadweight &Piny life never to have 'known the dangers of the last war and never to have discovered whether I airs ahero • or a coward.". - "Attlee. is like a snipe pre. tending to be an eagle!" "The French seem to have lost everything but their com• petitive instinct and their Jeal. ousy...they have been so -dis- honoured". 9n having to speak in the House after ' • one of Nancy Astor's divergent speeches: "It was like playing squash with a dish of scrambled eggs," In February 1943 the division in the House on the Beveridge Social Security reportproduced the first. Labour revolt: 338 to 121. Nicolson met Beveridge in the lobby looking like the witch of Endor. "I am -having the fun of my life" said 13everidge - "My two previous reports led to the fall of two Ministers. This one may bring- down. a, government". He is a vain man! Colonel Knox, the U.S. Secre. tary of the Navy: "a large "florid amigle man...with a tongue which is too large for his month and keeps coming out like that of a llama." "Eden escapes behind his charm". Gerald Wellesley, later 7th Duke of Wellington, was on the staff of the Allied Military Go. vernment of Italy. 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The Hostess will be glad to arrange your subscription to the ' SIGNAL -STAR. CaII her at 524-9525 crowding in the prisoner camps and cages. The padre -replied: replied: It's no good talking to me. I came Out here to bury youse August 1943. A garden fete at Sissinghurst, with a dart contest. Large cartoons of Hit. ler, Tojo and Mussolini as tan,' gets. The Mussolini target getS no business at all, People do not' want to throw darts at Mus- solini as they, say he is 'down and out'. Really the English are an amazing racel April 1949, Harold Mac• M11lap's report on de Gaulle: "he `s • always conscious that a Sieur de Gaulle had been one of Jeanne d'Arc's knights. This gives him that visionary and escstatie attitude." "On my way a doodle.bug comes over the radio — "freed by 50,000 armed men with the assistance of many thousandsof unarmed population". Mrs. Staples, the cook.housekeeper says: "How glad I am they did it themselves", which is characteristic of our deep spirit of generosity. -Madame Chiang ai.shek has convinced the Americans that... Hong gong and Singapore stink in the nostrils of every China. man. So neither Russia nor Britain will be welcome helping to defeat the Japanese. 27/10/44. Churchill • has. returned from Moscow and has just reported to- ,the House. He goes oto :.the smoking morn, advances to the bar: ."Collins, I should like a whisky and soda— single. He sits clown. Then struggles out of his armchair: "Collins, delete the word 'single' and insert the word 'double'. Then grinning like a schoolboy, he resumes his seat. ' May 1945. Churchill asked in the House whether he had ,any statement to make about the war situation: "Yes;• It is de. finitely more satisfactory than it was five years ago." German midnight news; "Un. ser Fuhrer ist....gefallen". So that was "Mussolini and Hitler within two days. Not a bad bag as bags go! * Diaries 8/, Letters. Harold Nicolson. 1939.45. Collins. 500 pp. Approve Petition Of Beef. Men m The Ontario Farmers' Union is preparing to circulate a pet. ition among beef producers cal- ling for a Beef Marketing plan with agency powers. The OFU board of directors gave its marketing committee the nod to proceed with the petition, at a meeting late in September. Before a plan can be Ultra duced, under the Marketing Act, a petition bearing the names of at least 15 percent of the producers must be filed with the Farm Products. Mark. eting Board which supervises authority of the Act. -Walter Miller, Tara, OFU second vice president and chair. man of the Marketing Commit. tee, said a meeting had been held with members of the Farm Products Marketing Board to clear the wording of the pet. ition. Mr. Miller said the decision, _on when to proceedwiththeplan will be based on the support the petition receives. "There is complete agreement with the. Committee that a `"Marketing ' Board for slaughter cattle should be established with in. itial major emphasis placed on trading practices." ` Since the movement was first • • •started about -ten months ago by the . OFU there has been a not. iceable 'increase in the amount of effort being put forward by some packers to buy their cat- tle direct from the farm. "This practice weakens the whole price structure and virtually • dertroys the competitive sys, tem," he said. The Union vice president says he is encouraged by the amount of support that appears to be generating throu`gh`out the pro. vince, for the idea of a Beef Marketing Plan. While a pro- vincial Marketing Board will not be able to do everything far, mers 'wquld like done price - wise, hesaid itw•ill enable them to apply collective bargaining to their industry and provide a starting' place for what could . lead to a national plan. Mr. Miller said every effort will be 'made to encourage dairy farmers to participate fully in the program, since nearly half of our beef slaughterings are from dairy herds. "If sufficient response comes from the petition," he said, "it is conceivable that a plebis. -cite could be held on the clues - tion in the ear'* part of the winter and a working plan in operation by spring of 1968." Hospital Recipient Of Ten Gift Bones The monthly meeting of the Ladies Legion Auxiliary was held in the green room. with president, Mrs. Earl Harrison in the: -chair. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Cox. - respondence was read and dealt with. Gift convener, Mrs. DaveMc• Millan was very busy last month. Ten gift boxes were par. - 'and sent to Westminster Hospital. Letters of apprecia. tion were received from the patients and hospital • for her good work. Cbmmittees gave successful reports on, their activities. Plans were discussed for a busy Christmas season. 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