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17~Wb~ Established 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER With whlch is Incorporated The Bowmanville News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News. 88 Years' Continuons Service To The Town of Bowmanvllle and Durham County. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations (I1 WekyNewspaperse <* Association Class A Weeklies of Canada SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.00 a Year, strictly i advance. $2.50 a Year i the United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. BEULAR TOMMEY, Associate Editor Would'st thou fashion for thyself a perfect life, Then fret flot over what is past and gone And spite of ail thou mnay'st leave behind Begin each day as tho' thy life had just begun. -Goethe. Boy Scout Week Boy' vScouts and Wolf (ubs. îieai-lY 100,000 shrotîg iniCanada, xiii be(ibseri ing - -Boy Scout Week," Febriiaî'v ý 21-27. 1h is fitiîîg thiat titis anial observanice - should (!oin- metîce cii the Sindav nearesh Lord Badeîî- Powell 's birhhday, wiîhi set-vices of eiiuem- oraticu foi' the Foutider of huie ovemnent. Badeni-Powell 15 1no lonîger with us, but the inspiration of lus great life anîd work w-ill remain so lonîg as thi-e is a Boy Scout or a tutu- Wolf Cub ho carry forward thie magîificeîît idealisin thîat he bequeathied ho the world. 1h lias becît said that Badeni-Powell made a greaher contribution ho the vouth of the world thîroughi the Scout Moveintt than ans- otlier mnaînii w-ci-d historv. ('ertaiir feýv imen have iîîflueîîced tie lives of SO many . 1h is estinuahed tîtat since the Box- ,Seouh Movemnt cam ine tffe eing iii 1908 no less tbait tweîîy-five million boys have passed through its raitks. At the liresett tinie t bei-e ai-e thîree mnillion bhoys. in niearlv, for't v coulîtries, takitîg part ini the Scout pi-o gi-ani. 1h is îlot difficult ho assess the value of the nîovemeit wlieîi one realizes the tre- nieiidôus itfluience that ih must have lîad upon tbe %world. Baden-Powcll 's idea of the 'Soouiî -Good Titi-' bas made an incal- culabîle eottribution ho good iieigbboui-li- uess. If the twentv-five millioni boys who have passed tbrougii the movement badl only perforrned one good hum ecdi. the world would be an iiufiniitely l)etter place l)ecauisc of it. But the Scout ideal is a g-ood tut-n every df-ay, se that the actual volume of good deeds xvould be difficult ho assess in f igures. Baden-Powell ivas a great soldier - the hero of the Siege of M%,afekinig in the Boer War-hut his'greatest contribution te the world bas been lus mox-ement ho buîld worhd friendshiip and good itizenship. This xvas recoguized w-ben he w-as presented witli the Wateler Peace Prize in 1937. ,Tush lefure ie died ini Jaiutary. 1941. Lord Badetn-Pow-ell left this message forit'te-Box- Scouts of the wxorld: "Thei-cal vax- ho happiîîess is by givinz out happiiiess ho other people. Ti-y anîd leave this world a little bether place thian von found 1. and wheiiî your tui'n cornes ho die youî eau die liappy in feeling that ah anyv rate you lhave flot Nasted your time, but hiave doue vour best." Tu a similar messag-e ho the general publicthue Fouinder of Scouhîing( said: "'Look- in- lîack on a life cf ovex' cighihy years, 1 realize how short ife is and liom- ittle worth while are anwei' and poliical waî'fare. The îost worthî-w'hîle thing is ho tî'v and put a bit of happiness inho the ife of others." That w-as thie plîilosophy cf the mn who gave ho the world the great Scoutt Movement. wbicht in tItis week cf February 21-27 groes -on parade se tlîat the publiceuight sêec1h in action. and learu of the great spiritual ideals wbich liai-e made it the larg-est youth org-aîizatioiî the world has ever kuowtî. We Agree With Mr. King Juist a few issues ag-o w-e gave editorial expression oocuti'îiew thiat w-e must face up ho a lotng, litter w-ai'. We hock exception ho the tise cf inislcadinil scaîehîeads in the daily press. Some of th-ese were so coii- shuucted thîat tbouîsaîîds caime ho lelieve that the war would be ox-er this i-car. Situce thiat time atiother daily cainecuit wihh this "sercaîner": 'Victory Sure Ili the Near Future." And ho support that inv-itation to a slowdown it weut on ho quote Stalin 's recent telegram ho Roosevelt: "J express my conviction that joint military operations of the armed forces of the U.S.A., Great Britain and the U.S.S.R. inth te near future, will bring about victory over our common enemy." Stalin merehy reiterates bis idea of the urgency of ain invasion of Europe. If and when that cornes abiouit, and lic iopes ih wili be iu the near future, bie eau sec that eventually we shail defeat cuir common enemy. "There oughh tri be a law . .-. . Nbw let us hear fric Mr. Churchill, briefly, before we cal] uijoti or star wihuess, Mr. King. Lu Mr. ('buiîr-hill 's"burnianîd bleed" speech lately delivwed iii the Com- mous, he said: "No vestige cf Nazi or Fasr-ish power or of the Japatuese wat-plotiîtg nmachine wil be left by ts vhten thte w-cik is 61oîîe .. as certaiiily 1h wîll be-.-.""Tlîat was sitxply re affirmation cf thie joint'"uin- condihicîtai surrender" mattifesto cf cui- two great war-leaders ah Casab1lantca. Ilow aulieadljue-buinter managed te sylihton off "Vitoiy ureLu- eaMF.., ie"fi-cm in«l ing, our Prime Minîster entered the picture in tiiese wvords spoken in the House of Commons Feb. 1, 1943: "'1 think there is ini the minds of a great man people the helief that thi.'s year is goilig to see the end of the war . . . but tiiere could be no greater mnistake iin the Nvorld thian to believe that w-e have ad- vani@ed aiiv further than this, that the allied anîd axis pow'ers are a littie more evenly mnateched than hieretofore. The power of Germiauy remains greater, 1 believe, than anvoîîe ini tiis claiber can begin to comn- prehleid and that pow-er lias to be destroyed l)efore the liberation of the countries that ]lave heen oppressed can lie broughit abouit. But in addition to the power of Germany, there is the igh-lt of Japan . .. this war inay lic andi probably_ will be îuucih longer Ilian ainy one of us begins to eoinprehiend Not a man in afla(la lias spoken more clearly than Mr. King, righit from hie start. abolit the danger and the extent of ouir task. We slîould lieed hini rather than tlie beadlines. _V Hunting The Fox Our readers genierally of ail political persuasions will be initerested in a news r'eport that came over the Canadian Press xires last week. 1h states tlîat ine Mý.P. 's ah Ottaw-a bave (luit thieir jobs teinporarily to concern themiselves with polities ai Q neen 's Park. The war effort and Mr. Kin- eau get along w-hile they go fox hîunh. in g- across Ontar'io. The gang(. con vened by Billy Fraser, tlian whîor there is no whoomer iin a political fox int, are: Goldinig, of lluron-Perth McCaimi, of Renfrew; Me- Kiiiion, of Kenora; iMcIlwraitli, of Ottaw-a; Cleaver. of ilalton: Paul Martin, of Essex; Ar'thur Roebuck, Toronîto, and Io' and be- lîold. W. F. Rickard, of New-castle, Durham County. They are iin full cry and, propose to head for Toronto Feb. 22, there ho meet wvith the purely provincial disgruutled and settle the hash of auy "usurpers" îlieN may finid. The fact is that now the fox, Miteli, occupies a secoiidarv position, the "pack'" believes tlîah a "kili " is in sighh. There is îîo more cail nor iîecessitv in this time of war for iîîterferîng ,witIh tbe present retrime at Queen 's Park thani there is for lolliuîg around unider a ham tree ini a Nlotlier-Hlubbard wrapper. And that's about the type of posture we observe in thiese political busy-bodies. Certainly there is no caîl nor excuse for Ottawa niembers ho ivaste the coiîîtry 's tinie and rnoney playi.ug "moi ikeý and chestnut" out of tlieir spherc and sinack ini the înidst of wuar. 1h is cosing thue taxpayers of thîîs coiîtry.' including Durhianm County, soinething like $40000 per mouth. year in and year out. to support each and every member of this cabal. That seerus like a pretty stiff price foi' the quality of represeuhatioxi some coutîties get. Certaiuly the voters i-ll res-ent a ny part of that being used for negleet of bîusiness at Ottawa and political junkets with an eye on the feed troughl, to places remote from Ottawa. Local resentinent lias been expressed and is growing against Durham's member for Ilis apparenît disregard of political ethies and the interests of the electorate. Were there not a session, and a wartime session, iu progress at Ottawa, lie miglit plead an excuse. But tliere is a session on, and iin Mr. King 's words, "îîoh a moment, not an hiour cenul)e lost," se-ems to have no impres- sion tipon those wh'o permit others to fight for their freedom while they desert their paid posts ho play back-door polities. Let the elechorate sumý all this up. -V Particuiarly The Editorials One of the great satisfactions that corne to an editor of a weekly paper are the bundreds of personal messages that arrive with animal subseriptions. These are the thliigs that underline the humaii element in weekly journalismn. These are the tliings that the dailies cautiot capture ; the intimate, hîoiney, fireside touchi whichl makes for one great family circle. Ex-en those wbo have geone aw-ay ho far places eau, anîd do, keep close contiactt hrougli the weekly witli tue scenes anîd fîiends of the "lonielaud". No otiier hi-an-hi of journalisin can approach thus great attrilînte of the we-eklies. And far too little lias been said about it. A well-con- ducted xveeklY lias a power and duthy in refleching public opinioni and ini shaping it, too. Ilere is a perennial phrase in iuosh letters: "We enjoy, The Shatesînan so mucit, par- ticularly the editorials." Scarcelv oiie iin a huîidred express resentment or disagree- ment, anîd tliat is ' 'goiîig sone-' in a district stili w'ell represented witb die-hard parti- sans. No doubt the basi.c reason why readers enjoy "particularly the editorials" is be- cause we pay particular attention ho them. Anîd in paying particular attention w'e seetu ho have aehieved a very favorable degre of accuracy and considerable prescience iin forecasting eveuts. Our margin of error bias liecu exceedingly smal lu thie past thhîee i-cars. Our view's have been strong and out- spoken aand thiere is much satisfaction that goî'ernmeîits, both provinicial anîd federal, at-e today giviug effect ho hhiiigs w~e adi-o- cated îiearly thîre years ago. Our range of siubjects lias souglit ho cover local, pî-oviiial aînd national affairs, ivithi particular e-mpliasis upon hiow lyest w-e could speed oui'-ai- job. Necessarilvin i ail thiese discussiotîs liere lias beeit an undertone and ecioplasis uîipcii spliort fo>r agfriculture. Andi we shahl contitnue aloiig t hese huies. We take titis liisiîiess of editrt- ialîzinc pî'etty sci'iotisly and(laî'e pleased t(i kîiow tliat nost i'cadci-s take thieisiiusv too. There 's anothex-tliigWe lhiave tic tse forî shin and pi'eteiîse and the stniffeýd- By Capt. Elni DUKES, LADIES AND AIRWAYS The surest sign that we are well on ho hhe winning of this war is that some of us are already be- ginniug ho quarrel about. the spoils of peace. The richest Duke in England made a speech the other day in the Brihish House of Lords. 1h was ho the ef fect that the United States was getting the jump on Britain in world airways; and that the airlanes builh up for war pur-.......... poses wouldbe. swung right over*, -.: ho the purposesý:" of peace- time, - profits. -~ '- Ordinary peo-1ý.: PIe who read thatl-:: in the pa pe r s Imight have beengýý' inclinedahoaSay:~ "SowhtWhy not? Hop ho it." But in the same *r papers were re-............... ports of a speech made the same day in Washing- ton by the beau- iful but not dumb, Mrs. Clare Booth Luce. The new Congressa woman, who has in addition ho brains and looks, the advanhage of being the wife of the owner of Time magazine, taiked just lîke the Duke:' Where the Duke saw a U.S. menace, Mrs. Luce saw a British menace. Where the Duke couid point ho U.S. blueprints of air- lanes designed ho span the world, and so pour profits into the coffers of New York, Mrs. Luce put into the Congressional Record whole pages of British reports ho prove that the British were talking about doing the same thing. If this were not the second war fought by the people ho make the world safe for democracy the people might not be sa sensitive ho the possibility that it might, after ail, humn out ho be just an- other war ho make things safe for plutocracy. So ordinary people everywhere are beginning ho ask: What is hhe background of this talk about "freedom 0f the air?" In what respects does it differ from "freedom of the seas?" As everybody knows, the ships of all the world are free ho sail the oceans 0f the world, in times of peace, on equal herms. That is a comparatîvely modern devel- opment, For instance, Nelson spent his early life in the Royal Navy, forcibly preventing United States ships from cutting in on the monopoly which British ship- ping had in the West Indies busi- ness. Purely coastwise business is often kept as a closed preserve for the ships of the home coun- try (as here lu North America). There are canal tolîs and port charges. But speaking broadly, the ships of al, the worid are free ho sail everywhere on equal t erms. That is not sa in the air. Every country has sa far upheld the righh of each country ho control the air lanes over it. For in- stance, Canada, even ini war, bas firmly refused permission ho the United States ho establish a com- mercial air hune across Western Canada ho Alaska. What is refused, of course, is the right ho land, pick up and put off passengers or paying raffic. Thus, U.S. planes have long flown dlean over Prince Rupert on their long jump from Seattle ho Alaska. WALLACE PLAN The plan suggeshed by Vice- President Wallace proposes for- mation of an International Air Service. This would combine the funchions of an International Air Police Force, and civilian passen- ger and freight service. Wallace's argument is this: 1h is going ho be necessary ho have an Interna- tional Air Force anyway. This will require air bases ah strahegic points. Why not use these, with the necessary ground crews and service facilities ho handie the useful peacetime business? îee-Et a This is what Mrs. Luce calis "glo-baloney." For Mrs. Luce, the Duke of Sutherland, and all like hhem agree on this: They would hike the world ho go hack ho rmg- ged individualism days, where each grabs what he can get and keeps what he can hold. To that type of mind the sweet- est music is the hinkling of the cash register, or the sound of scissors clipping coupons. Unfortunately, the worid has learned that those sounds are but the prelude ho the music of inter- national anarchy: Which is the burshing of bombs, and the weep- ing of orphaned children. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY l8th. 1942 100,000 Former Boy Scouts Now Serving ln Canada'. Forces According to a strip survey con ducted by Dominion Headquartern of the Boy Scouts' Association, on( in every six,*or well over 100,00< men now serving in His Majesty' Canadian forces are former B03 Scouts. A few short years ago they hik. ed through the countryside anc forests, and canoed on the myriad lakes of Canada in their smarl uniforms. Today they sail the perilouw seas, playing their part in the pro- tection of our troops and convoys flying through the "untrespassed sanctity of space" above thE oceans and battlefields, and fight- îng on the burning sands of Libys or in the tropic jungles of thE South Pacific. Their Scout train- ing in efficient alertness and prac- tical usefulness stands them in good stead now in countless try- ing situations. This same survey reveals that more than one-haîf of the coun- try's Scout leaders have joined the forces, and the number increases each week. On the Dominion Headquarters Honour Roll appear the names of 200 former Boy Scouts who have given their lives in the present conflict, a list as yet incomplete. Canadian Scouts also have shar- ed in the honours awaàded by the King for gallantry. Typical of these honours are these: Acting Captain Geo. B. Buchanan, Scout- master of the 2nd Medicine Hat Troop, Alberta, mentioned in des- patches at Dieppe; Sub-Lieutenant Charles Keefer, former King's Scout, of Ottawa, posthumously awarded the Albert Medal for at- attempted rescue at sea. Pilot Officer James Lovelace, former Cubmaster of Sydney, N. 1S., awarded the Distinguished 1Flying Cross, at the age of 20, for 1exceptional gallantry, and Pilot Officer Keith C. Murphy, former Cubmaster of the 16th Ottawa Pack, given the Distinguished Fly- ing Cross for a high standard of courage and devotion to duty.j Flight Lieutenant David Stew- art Robertson, former Calgary Scout, was awarded the Distin- guished Flying Cross for gallantry in action in 1940. Leading Sea- man Allan E. McConney, former Cub, Scout and Rover of the 23rd Toronto Troop, was mentioned in despatches for his skill in detect- ing and holding an enemy U-boat during an attack for four hours. Warrant Officer Arthur R. Hun- ter, of the R.C.A.F., former King's Scout and Cubmaster of the lst Fort William Pack, was decorated with the Dishinguished Flying Cross in June, 1942, for exception- al skill as a navigator. He took part in several sorties, and also Gaso Ibe Rationing Plua O N MARCH 31 tic -present gasoline ration licenses and coupons will ex- pire, and no gasoline will be sold except upoti tic presentation of a 1943-1944 ration book. In uis own interescs, cvery vebicle owner is asked to apply at once for a new gasoline license and ration coupon book for eaci of uis vebicles. Under the new syscem, effective April 1, al commercial vehicles will be rationed. Ail non- commercial vehicles will be granted a basic "AA" gasoline license and ration coupon book, containing 40 coupons for a passenger car, or 16 for a motorcycle. Owners of non- commercial vehicles eligible for a special category, wio can prove thbir nced, will, be granced an extra vocational allowance, fixed in advance for tie year ending Marci 31, 1944. Tic extra allowance for a special category car will be tailored co meet individual nceds. In determining tuis allowance tic prç- vious cacegory and mileage of tic car wilI flot be considered. Insccad tic vocational allowance will be based on two factors: (1) Tic gravity of thec ou siortage witi wiici Canada is faced, and (2) the importance of the vehicle to its owncr in a country ac war. Thi in bc book Oni> book case1 wil Ut, cie C fuse;a co su5 of the Eve cycle, indico statioi serve tie st: book To coup( yourr foloV Whg guard bccau5 stolen, on yci participated in the attack on the Renault Works near Paris and has sown mines in enemy waters. As the conflict continues, more and more Scouts are putting aside the Scout uniform and donning the dark blue, khaki or air force eblue of the armed forces. Thus, 0they carry out the spirit of the sScout law and promise to be loyal y ho King and Country and to give service ah al imes, whether their *country be ah peace or war. tDurham County To sHoId First Seed Fair Durham County Crop Improve- Sment Association and Durham Central Agricultural Society are *planning to sponsor the County's first Seed Fair at Orono Town Hall, Saturday, March 13. The main objective of this fair is not the showing of grain for prizes, but rather to give those who have good seed an obportunity of ex- hibiting it and, incidentally, to make sales. Anyone exhibiting in the grain classes, with the exception of fal wheat, must have at least 25 Lbushels of the same qualihy and grade at home for sale. In other words, ail grain shown must be an exact sample of any seed that may be sold at a later date. There will also be classes for early and late seed potatoes. A very attractive prize list, with awards totalling over $150, is be- ing prepared. The red clover, timothy, alfalfa and alsike exhibits must be graded and accompanied with a control certificate showing the grade. Prospective exhibitors would be well advised to send, at once, a cleaned sample of four ounces to the Production Service, Plant Products Division, either ho 86 Collier Street. Toronto, or 251 Besserer Street, Ottawa., The fee for grading small seeds is $1, but you must have it graded if you wish to sell ho'your neigh- bours. The four classes of small seed may include either the 1941 or 1942 crop and it is not neces- sary to have any guaranteed quan- tity for sale. 1h is hoped a large number of farmers will back this, their first County Seed Fair, by making as many entries as possible. Every farmer should make a special ef- fort to attend the afternoon of the Fair, when an interesting program will be held. The Executive is making an effort to obtain a special speaker from the Deparh- ment of Agriculture. As part of the program the projection lan- tern will be used to throw on the screen an exact image of some of the exhibits and these will be dis- cussed by the judges. At the conclusion of the after- noon's program five-bushel lots of registered seed will be sold by auction. Anyone w'shing a Prîze list is requested to write the Agri- culutral Representative, E. A. Summers, Bowmanville. The town of Blenheim, Ontario, had no cases of juvenile delinquen- cy during 1942. The town council congratulated the chief Of Police W. T. Fenton on this fine record: The chief is Scoutmaster of the Blenheim Scout Troop. W. E. N. Cressey, Honorary Dis- trict Commissioner of the Boy Scouts at Sudbury, recently told a public gathering that every for- mer Sudbury Scout now serving in the armed force% was either a commissioned or non-commission.. ed officer. Several members of the4 Toronto Rover Scout Crew tre now serving with the Canadian forces overseas. To keep in touch with each other and with the folks at home they publish "The Crew- zette," a paper giving news of the individual members of thé Crew. in Ooes into Effect extra vocational coupons will be issued ýooks labelled "Special", and each such k will contain flot more than 60 coupons. y one "Special" book, or portion of such k, will be issued at a time, and hence the history of each special category applicant be under constant review. ader provisions of the rationing order, Oil Controller will have the riglit to re- any application for a special category, or ispend any ration book for an infraction ie regulations. ery motor vehicle, other than a motor- must bear on its windshield a sticker -ating its category. After April 1, service n attendants will flot' be permitted to -gasoline to a car which does flot bear ticker which corresponds to the ration submitted at the ime of the purchase. obtain a gasoline license and ration on book, secure an application forni at nearest Post Office. Study the form and w the instructions contained therein. en you receive your ration coupon book, 1 it carefully. It may flot be replaced if, ise of your negligence, it is iosc or i. Do not leave it in your car; keep it :>ur person at ail times. THE DEPARTMENT 0F MUNI HONOURABLE C. D. HOM MS-5-O PAGE TMWO THE CANADIAN~ STATESMAN, BOWMAN'VILE, ONTARIO i. j L- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18th, 1943 0 lý 19 - - e Y9 s anAuiplui I?