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The Clinton News Record, 1942-01-29, Page 6PAGE 6 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THU1 S., SAN. 29,1942 ONTARIO REPAIR FARM MACHINERY IVOW MORE TOOLS FOR VICTORY MEANS LESS STEEL FOR AGRICULTURE Avoid costly break -downs and loss of time and labour 'during seeding and harvest. Check your machinery for necessary parts and repairs. Do it at once while parts are available. PLACE YOUR ORDER FOR REPAIR PARTS IMMEDIATELY SAVE LABOUR WITH MACHINERY Use custom equipment where Exchange work and implements necessary. with your neighbours. Co-operate with neighbours for Plan your crop programme to greater use of power equip- extend the period of haying mens in your community. and harvest. Your Agricultural Representative and your County Agricultural War Committee will co-operate with you. MAKE THE BEST POSSIBLE USE OF WHAT YOU HAVE ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE P. M. DEWAN,. Minister W. R. REEK, Deputy Minister When Winston Churchill Greeted Canadians hi His Pariia &apiary Office This is the seventh story about con- • ditions •in Great Britain and other European countries, written for the weekly newspapers of. Canada. by• .High Templiri of the Fergus News - Record. There seems to be no doubt that Prime Minister Winston Churchill is the greatest wartime leader Britain has had throughout her long history. • Bre took office at a time when the fortunes of Britain, and the Empire were at a low ebb. Invasion of Eng- land seemed certain and the ability to resist successfully was doubtful. In the intervening.months. Churchill has given the people new heart and has aroused such enthusiasm that Eng- land has stood up under bombing and threats with unparalleled courage. The dangers of successful invasion ap- pears to have passel. Powerful na- tions which feared that Britain could not hold out in the late months of 1940 are now her allies in 1942.. Winston Churchill has been visit- ing this continent. He came to talk over the unification of plans to win the wax. Actually, his very presence of Commons first. It would be his fir and his effective speeches have done much to stir up the United States and st speech before Parliament in more j t Canada, as they had previously ]team- than three months. Arrangements erred the people of this own country. were being trade to find us seats in A number of Canadian newspaper the galleries. Afterwards, Mr. Bracken! men met Winston Churchill while he himself would take us to the Prime I was at Ottawa. Hundreds of other Minister's office and we could ask Canadians saw him during his' brief hint any question we liked. stay. Perhaps 1 might add my story A few mornings earlier, our little of a meeting with the great Prime group had geen greeted' at Westmin Minister in his' own offices in London, ' ster by the officers of the Parliamen- after hearing him give one of his rare Lary Union and then had been conduc- wartime addresses in the House of ted thoroughly through the Houses Commons at Westminster. of Parliament by two titled guides, One More Wish Granted one a member 'of the House of Lords ' and the ether from the House of Com - The British Council, acting as hosts mins. They had been thorough, in- to the group of Canadian editors in formative and amusing. We itad even. Britain, made an effort to gratify our seen such places as the room where every wish. They had laid out their Guy Fawkes had stored the gun- own unown program before we arrived, but powder intended to blow up an earlier they were quite willing to alter it to Parliament. We had gazed regret- include anything we particularly de- 'fully . at the few piles of rubble and sired. Strangely enough, or so it twisted girders which were all that seemed to us, the program did not remained of the House of Commons include an opportunity to meet or room. We had seen the room in the same building where the Commons now meets. At least one of the Can- adians took anadians-took time out to sit in the red - leather seat where the Pi-ime Minister sits, just near the corner of the great table. • ' even to see the Prime Minister. I be- lieve that was because the people in London do not realize what an influ- ence Mr. Churchill exerts in Canada. They did not know how unanimously the residents of this country lay aside their work whenever he speaks over the air waves; they did) not know that we regard him not only as the leader of the British .Isles, but of the Empire. When a request was passed on to E. D. O'Brien ,of the British Council, he promised some action It came at once, through the good offices of the Hon. Brendan Bracken, Minister of Public Information. Mr. Bracken is young (somewhere around 40) and active. He has not held his post long. Before that he was secretary to Mr. Churchill, He is, I believe, a bachelor and a rich man. Cartoonists delight in his features. He has one of the hardest jobs in England, the handling of publicity in wartime. I met him several times during my visit and thought him capable, interesting and quite human. Mr. Bracken came around the next day with a message. We would not only meet Mr. Churchill, but we were going to hear him speak in the House CHURCH DIRECTORY THE BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. A. E. Silver, Pastor 2.30 p.m.—Sunday School 7 p.m. -Evening Worship The Young People meet each Monday evening at 8 p.m. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH Rev. G. W. Moore, LTh. 11 a.m. Morning Prayer. 2.30 p.m. Sunday School. 7 p.m.—Evening Prayer. THE SALVATION ARMY Lieut. Deadman The Mother of Parliaments The place looked very different on our second visit. Crowds were hurry- ing through the halls, with policemen in conspicuous numbers. I sometimes wondered if the London police were as wise as they looked:. With Brendan Bracken as guide, it did, not matter: they all knew him As Mr. Bracken shepherd us past the guards, he told us that he could secure seats for some in the Press Gallery„ and others would be distri- buted in other galleries. I was one of the five or six fortunate enough to 11 a.m. — Holiness Service go to the Press Gallery. We went to 3 p.m. — Sunday School the roonvs of the S'erjeant at Arms 7 p.m. Salvation Meeting (The spelling is as it appears on the documents) and were enrolled. as duly constituted members of the Press ONTARIO STREET UNITED Gallery. Wesigned our names in a huge volume which undoubtedly con-. Rev. G. G. Burton, IvI.A., B.D. tains' many interesting signatures, 10.00-a.m.—Sunday School. and received passes to prove that we 11 a.m.—Divine Worship were members. Mine was No. 34 for 9.30 a.m. Turner's Ohurch Ser- this new session. vice and Sunday School There were some surprises. I had 7 P.M. EveniiaNg Worship alwayls heard) that there were not sufficient seats) in•the House to accom- modate all the members at once, yet WESLEY-WILLIS UNITED "on this day, with the. Prime Minister ?too. Andrew Lane, B.A., B.D. •'reviewing the War for .the first time 11 a.m.-eDivine Worship •'in months ,there were seats to spare, p.m.-•-Fvening Worship; .Among the members were seven wo- Sunday School at conclusion of men; three with hats' and four with - morning service. out No two sat together. They were widley: scattered, each In •a separate row of seats. The Press •Gallery, wasn't filled. In the row' .ahead, I ' saw Harold Fair, the .Canadian Press representative.. PRESBYTERIAN O111i.PCIi Rev.' B. F. Andrew Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11' a.m. whose•, bomt is in Arthur, .Ontario. In/ 3 p.m. Worship Service t Bayfield all the other galleries" ,there would' , 2 p.m.—Sunday School. Bayfieldnot be more than one hundred spec - tators. Probably it is hard to gain admission in these days. One would suppose thousands more would like to hear Churchill speak. Among that hundred, the guide pointed out some notable person. Directly behind Mr. Churchill sat one of his daughters. Directly opposite was Mr. Maiskey, the Russian. ambassador, That was in the days When Russia's part in the conflict was uncertain, but Mr. Mais- key had just told the Inner War Cab- inet that Petrograd would be still in Russian hands by Christmas); that the Germans would never take Moscow. - During the question period, I bad tine to look around. Overhead was an ornate ceiling like that in the Sen- ate Chamber at Ottawa. Around the walls were life-size statutes of the ancient knights. Immediately behind my back stood' a former Duke of. Gloucester with spear and shield.. Churchill Speaks To Parliament When Prime Minister Churchill rose to speak, he was almost directly be- low me. Over the railing, I could leak clown on his partly -bald head, with wisps of hair brushed across it. He stood at the corner of the table on which the mace lay. Before him were his notes in a broad book. He did not read the speech but kept his eyes fre- quently on his notes. Mr. Churchill was dressed in the same clothes one sees isa so many of his photographs. That is net surpris- ing •since his suits are as strictly ra- tioned as those of every Britisher. He had on a black coat, with a white handkerchief showing conspicuously overthe edge of the breast pocket. He wore the famous bow tie with the spots and spectacles with heavy rims. The skin of his face and head was a bright rosy pink as I looked down at close .range. The only conspicuous adornment was a heavy gold watch chain across his broad vest. There is no need to quote from that Speech now. Partly it reviewed the course of the war, but to a greater extent, it was an attack on his critics in the House, the press and, the coun- tryside. It contained plenty of punch as .all his speeches do. He used few gestures. Sometimes he grasped the edges of the table in front of him; at times, he held the lapels of his coat or clasped his hands behind his back or over his stomach. It was the words that counted, rather than the .manner of their delivery. In the Prime Minister's Office Just as soon as Mr. Churchill had completed his speech, I hurried out of the gallery and met the other Can- adians. Mr. Bracken was waiting for us and took us down winding stair- ways and along corridors, past three or four more policemen. Outside the Prime Minister's office, we waited for him to arrive. • He came in a few minutes. Already he had lighted one; of his famous cigars. He inivted' us into his room and as we were introduetcd by the Minister of Information, he shook hands with each one, asking the name of the paper as well as of the man. He is an old newspaper man himself. The room is large and L-shaped. A huge, ornate fireplace is conspic- uous on one wall and on either side of it were etchings of famous prime - ministers of the past. In front of the fireplace is Mr. Churchill's desk, but hedid not sit down. Instead he walk- ed up and down all the time he was talking to us. He was bubbling over. with energy and apparently pleased with the speech he had just delivered. Re began with a joke. "You have had plenty of time to see the City of London? . . You have visited the damaged areas and the House of. •Commons? . Now, I sup- pose you have come here so that you could say you hada seen all the ruins?" But there was nothing that looked like a ruin about him. It Was amaz- ing that a man could' carry the cares of an Empire 'at war and show the effects so little. We told hint how glad. we were to be there and how highly he was regarded in Canada. We said that when his voice comes over the air, people stop work to listen. We said we were serry he had not been able to come to Canada after the meeting with President Roosevelt on the Atlantic. He seemed to like that and! recipro- cated by praising what Canada' and Canadians had done. He would like to visit Canada again but it was hard to spare the trine away from London now. His answers to questions about the war were "off the record," but that did not matter. He told) us littlethat he had not already said in the House. He joked over his use sof American slangand asked) us if it had been cor- rectly done. (Ile had haid•: "The • For- eign Office ill deserves ' the treatment it has received from natural and pro- fessional crabs.") Before he shook hands again in bidding us each a.written message to bring back to Canada. Two. days later copies arrived at the hotel for each of us. They read: "From visits such as yours we in Britain gain fresh .and heart- ening assurance of the unremit- , ting 'effort and. uneenqu.erable spirit.of the Demnions overseas. New ,you are going. back to tall the people of Canada whatyou have sieeni ,and heayd. Tell: them also irljat. never before have we at- 1 on,f lt..mare sure of our k ,�ce e selves and of our cause WINSTON CHURCHILL" 8.30 p.m. CKNX'Ranch Boys. The Purchase of Sugar is Now Regulateci by Law s A prudent precaution, the quantity of sugar which may lawfully be consumed in any household is.now restricted by law to an amount of three-quarters of one pound per person per week, and it is now unlawful to purchase more than two weeks' supply at any one time or to make any purchase if present supplies are sufficient for more than two weeks. This step has been taken to conserve -the satisfactory reserve stock of sugar in Canada and is an assurance to the consumer, that there is no reason for heavy buying of sugar. Ration coupons will not be used to enforce the sugar limitations in Canada. The. supply of sugar in our country has been under control for more than two and a half years and the homekeeper has always been able to satisfy her needs; she will continue to be able to do so and the prjce ceiling law protects her against any, increase in price. The maintenance of the new regulation governing the purchase of sugar rests, as the success of all laws in a democratic country must rest, upon the loyal support of the people. Any consumption of sugar in excess ofthe quantity stipulated by this regulation is not only an offence against the law, but is also a betrayal of the war effort and consequently an offence against decency. Reports received front retailers indicate that in some districts there has been misunderstanding of the requirements of the law. In some cases, people are under the impression that they should at once lay in a sufficient supply for two weeks; this of course is not necessary. because a continued supply of sugar is assured. In other cases it has been assumed that a greatly restricted' ration is to be made effective in the near future. This is incorrect because The Wartime Prices and Trade Board has already stated that the sugar supply situation is such that requirements of the consumer at the rate of three-quarters of a pound per week can readily be supplied. As a means of protecting consumers from unknowingly breaking the law, it is suggested to retailers that, for the present, they limit sales to any one customer to an amount of not more than five pounds. Summary of Sugar Rationing Regulations 1. The ration is % pounds per person per week, including adults, children and infants, members of the family, boarders, servants, and guests who remain for four days or more. 2. Purchase your sugar in the ordinary way, but not more than two weeks' supply at a time. No coupons, stamps or tickets are .required. 3. Do not purchase any sugar if you have two weeks' or more supply on hand. 4. Persons in remote areas who are not able to buy every week or two weeks may continue to buy more than two weeks' supply at a time, but should measure their consumption at the ration rate, namely s/4 pounds per person per week. 5. Lumber camps and other 'Prins providing board for their employees must see that consumption is restricted to 34 pounds per week per person, effective immediately. 6. Economize on sugar in every way you can; some people can get along on less than the ration. Persons dining in hotels, restaurants, etc., are expected to restrict their sugar consumption. 7. Additional supplies of sugar „will be made available for home preserving and canning. 9. The restriction applies only to cane and beet sugars of all kinds -granulated sugar, icing sugar, fruit sugar, brown sugar, raw sugar, etc. 9. Industrial users of sugar, hospitals and other institutions, hotels and restaurants, will be advised by the Sugar Administrator• how the sugar restrictions will affect them. 10. Retailers are entitled to refuse sale or to limit sales to any person they have reason to believe is attempting to disregard this law. Vigorous steps will he taken to punish wilful infractions of the law. The penalties .provided are imprisonment for as long as two years and a fine up to $5,000 Issued Under the Authority of TUE WARTIME PRICES AND TRADE BOARD, Ottawa, Canada CKNX WEEKLY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS 920.kes. WINGHAM 326 meters FRIDAY, JAN. 30TH: 9.30 a.tn. Stars of the Week 5.15 p.m. Tartan of the Apes '7.45 p.m. The Lone Ranger 8.15 p.m. Hend'erson's Old -Timers SATURDAY, JAN. 81ST: 10 a.m. Mid: -Morning News • 4.30 p.m. Marching Time '7 p.m., Glen Miller Orch. 8 pan.. C.K.N.X. Barn Dance SUNDAY, FEB. 1ST: 12.35 p.m. Sunday's Mail Bag 3 p.m. H. V. Pym, piano 4 p.m. Ray Kinney Orch. 7 p.m..Church Service MONDAY, FEB. 2N13: 7.30 a.m. Rise and Shine 10.80 a.m. Songs of the West 3 p.m. "Our Family" 8.15 p.m. Irish Airs TUESDAY„ FEB.' 3RD: 9.45 a.m. Billy Cotton Orch. 2 a.m. Your Request Hour 5.45 Secret Service Scouts 6.40 Telephone Tunes WEDNESDAY, FEB'. 4TH: 12.30 p.m. Noonday News 4 p.m. "At Home with the Ladies' 7 pan. ' "Odgen's' Hoedown" 9.30 p.m. Mis's Eileen Bogie; piano THURSDAY, FEB. 5TH: • . ' 8 a,m. Eight O creche News • 12'neon ''"Farm and HOMO Hour" Dr. Robert H. Coats Dr. Robert H. 'Coats, one of the ablest of Canada's civil servants', with an international reputation as an ec- onomist and a statistician, has re- signed as Dominion statistician. Dr, Coats, was born in Clinton, youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. R. Coats and was educated at the Olinton public and high schools'. Then he went to Toronto University where he graduated in 1896. He was a class- mate of Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen. They have been life-long friends. Ile was also at university with Rt. Hon. Mackenzie King, who; graduated one year earlier. After university he went into newspaper work and was on the staff of The Toronto Globe and the old Toronto World. He was a reporter with Mr. King on The Globe and they were both interested more in economics than in chasing down stories. When Mr. Ring was made deputy minister of labor Mr. Coats was brought to Ottawa as .asso- ciate editor of the . newly started Labor Gazette. 'Phis was in 1902 and he has been in Ottawa ever since. When the Dominion Bureau of Sta- tistics was organized by Sir George Foster, D. Coats became the first Dominion statistician, and has been the directing head of the bureau since ' its inception. S. A. Cudtnore, assis- tant statistician, has been appointed acting ,Dominion statistician. Mr. Cudmore was formerly on the staff of the University of. Toronto .and for many years was editor of the Canada Year Book. • Dr.. Coats has`hadl in big, time about every honor that an e*onomist.and' a •statistiasi could 'receive, . He, is,:not only a member of the Royal Society of Canada, but an honorary fellow of the Royal Statistical Society of England, He, is also a fellow of the American Statistical Association. Possibly his highest honor from a professional standpoint was when he was made president in 1939of the American Statistical Association. In 1935 he was chairman of the Imperial Con- ference of Statisticians. Dr. Coats bas written widely on economicsubjects for economic re- views. He was joint author with the late R. E. Gosnell of the volume, "Sir James Douglas," in the Makers of Canada series. Possibly now that he is retired he will .be able to devote more time to authorship. His only recreation apart from work and read- ing has been gardening. He has a lovely home and a beautiful garden in Rockcliffe, Dr. Coats belongs to that group of civil servants with technical' and scientific education and; training who have contributed much to the devel„ opment of Canada. He has served, his country well over the years and has left behind him a bureau which is to- day second to none in: the world. SLIPPY The following was taken from the 'Globe and. Mail, en Monday, Jan. 1,96 and refers to the fire at. Holmesgille on Sunday morning, Jan. llth. It was written by Mr. Charl-s Pea ne who ;before coining to to 'to • join the staff of the Clinton Public School .was teacher a.Holmesville school. t.the for several. years. Skippy is a little curly haired black: spaniel who is dearly loved by his mis- t Mrs. Laura DeBeau and the , three girls, Anne, Ellen and Jeanine,, whe live at Holmesville, Ont. Skippy, returns their love in full, and on the night of Jan. 11, 1942, fate gave him: a chance to prove this love. 1 During this night Skippy, whe was . sleeping at the foot of his mistress' •bed ,heard a strange sound. He growled deep down in his throat. The: sound he heard •becanne louder., Along with this strange sound Skippy smelled smoke. Immediately her thoughtof his mistress' and the child- ren and began to bark as loudly as he could. His mistress, who was partly awakened ,told Skippy'to keep quiet. Skippy obeyed as long as he,. I could, and then he barked again„ Again he was told to be still. Skippy could, not obey this time:, He knew he must awaken his mis- tress. He jumped up on the bed, put his nose against his . mistress' face, andwhined as loudly as he could. This action made hismistress sit', up in bed. She smelled 'smoke at once. She jumped out *2 bed', ran to. the door and saw the whole kitchen, and living -room ablaze. She awakened her girls, grabbed �the baby, and just had time to rush, out the front door of the house before it was engulfed by flames. Skippy followed at their heels, but didn't get out untouched. The flames were so close behind him that the hair on his back was scorched. Now that he had saved the ones, he loved, Skippy , crouched,' ,on. the groundl;'and; watched what had. been, hie ihoine.disa ear in £lames.,.. , , nn. Charles Pearce (Sent in by Hub -of -Huron.)