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r~n imrbxn taemr With Which Are Incorporated The Bowmanville News, The Newcastle Independent, And The Orono News VOLUME 89 BOWMANVILLE, ONT., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25th, 1943NMBR4 Alaska Highway Project and Canada's 5th Economic Area Su "ect Rural-i Wh'af' may be termed a new ,econamic amea in Canada's great northland .is on the verge of de- velopment simultaneously with the new ema whicb, hopefully, we anticipate in the post war yeams. This was the vision potayed at the Rumal-Umban dinner in Black- stock Community Hall, Friday evening hy John Martin, Toronto, Public Relations Counsel for Massey-Harmis Company. The meeting is an annual affair wbere Bowmanvîlle Rotaians meet rep- resentative citizens of Cartwright Township aound banquet tables sumptuousiy provided and pre- sided over by the ladies and daughtems. of Catwight's Vic- toian Institute. Heme, town and country people foegather ta dine and hear an ottstanding speaker. 'r.. Mamtin, accompanied by Mm. James S. Duncan, President o! Massey-Hamris Company, e- cently toured Western Canada John M àrtin and tavelled the whole length o! the now Alaska Highway. Their aim was ta asses§, the present economic condition 'o! the great western agrarian riains and ta, leamn at first hand the pçssibilities for settletnent and tlevelopment contiguaus ta the great, arterial road l.4ply compheted tbrough the i.ncideiMe and necessities o! the present war; a route wbich com- mnences at the fringes o! present notbern !arm settlement and continues by road and water ta the Being Sea. In an boum and a bal! o! absorbing oatamy, al this great panorama was unfolded by Mr. Martin. Lands Durham County Reeve Ceigton Devitt wel- comod Prosident Arthur Hardy and Rotaians in a very felicitous address. Gea. W. James mInra- duced Mr. Martin who, for over a quarter o! a century had been the connecting link in Public Rela- tions between Com~pany and fammers in seeking a dloser un- derstanding o! mutual poblems. Mm. Martin assured bis audience that he was nover mare at home than ini Durham County. This was due to previaus visits hoe and in bis opinion, Durham was one o! the best known Counties in the Dominion. Ho recalhed many naies o! those wbo had left theso rural parts ta become widely known throughout Canada and wbose careers bad been chronic- led and extolled in The States- man. Mm. Martin pesented bis tapic in two phases: A description o! the Alaska Higbway, folowed by a summary o! present conditions on the prairies. . As background there Jiban Address Edward Nickerson Shares In Winning Two-Scholarships At a meeting of the Senate of tbe University of Toronto beld on Nov. 12, we learn that Edward Nickerson and Maurice Gold, bath of Victoria College, equally.shared in the winning o! two scholar- ships, namely tbe M. M. Cohen and Y.M.H.A. Schoiarship. These scboiarships are awamded ta maie students in their second year of Social Science work who bave given evidence of special interests and ability in the field o! group work. Killing two birds with one stone is the keen desire of most of us but ta participate in the winning o! two scbolarsbîps at one time is beyond the most extravagant dream o! any student bowever optimistic he may be. Edward modestly said, 111 was indeed sur- prised, but I surely worked like a Trojan ta deserve it." Weli beme is one instance at any rate where faith and good work bring tbeir reward. Such a signal honor moves us ta offer Edward aur beartiest congratulations. Ed. is son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Nickerson, Centre St., and while a student at Bowmanvihle Higb Scbool, was sports columnist for The Statesman. Counties Make Plans For After the War On Nov. 5th the Reforestation Committee of th~e United Counties Council concluded a survey of Northumberland and Durham in preparation for tbe submitting of recommendations at the forth- coming session of the council this month. The committee, composed of Percy Township, Chairman, Dep- uty Reeve E. P. Sanders o! Port Hope, and Warden W. R. Prouse of Hope Township, bas taken an option on 175 acres of Northum- berland f arm land, which tbe Counties Council will be asked ta purchase for reforestation, and it is understood they wîll recom- mead that 500 acresper yeam be bought in the two co*ntIes for tbis purpose. Trees will ot be plant- ed out until after the war. On the lookout for projects which will provide post-wam em- ploymnent, members of the com- mittee have spent two weeks viewing roads, bridges and bad corners wbich might be repaired wben the manpower becomes available, and a five-yeam plan o! improvements is contemfflated. were a map of the route from Daw- son Creek to Fairbanks, Alaska, and two colored movies, one a "taîkie" illustrative of the whole and descriptive of modern farm- ing operatians and of war pro- duction of the Company. He and President Duncan flew over the course, a distance of 1400 miles, Dawson to Whitehorse, with motor side trips. The road was not suitable for tourist cars and could not be for some years. It was conceived as a military high- way and in many sections was narrow# and dusty. Widening and surfacing would take time. Strategic Highway After Japan launched her of- fensive and there was real danger of an Alaskan invasion, the U.S.A., under agreement with the Dominion, undertook all the work and the cost. The work was comn- pleted to Fairbanks within six (Continued on Page 3) Navy League Campaign Aims To Raise $1500 In Durham The beginning o! Navy Week was mamked in ahI Churches o! Bowmanville and district on Sun- day. Congregations were remind- ed in a special announcoment that Nov. 21s1ta Nov. 27tb had been set aside across Canada in wbicb Canadians woro asked ta romom- ber aur galaIt seamen o! the fighting Navy and Merchant Marine. During the services prayors were of!ered for the sailars and special hymns weme sung. The announcoment also remind- fw à lthe cangrogations that, du ring ql'Ns week, the Navy League o! Canada was, soliciting contribu- tions wbich wvilh ho used entirely for the came o! aur own and Allied seamen. As ueual, Orono was the first community o! the district toaoct and a committee composed in part o! J. J. Mellor, Wm. Riddell and Rev. S. Littlewood mode plans ta secure donations for Ibis worth wbile couse. It is boped other communities will follow the ex- amiple set by Orono. Public schools are taking up collections for the Navy League Ibis weok os tbey bave done in yeams previaus undor the super- vision o! the scbool inspectons. Bowmanville High Scooal bas ah- eady sont in $19.60. Bowmanvilie Public Scbools are out ta, beat tels total. A lisI o! scbool contribu- tions will be publishedaer. During the first two days o! Navy Week many donations wene mode by local citizens. However, officials o! the Bowmanville Com- mittee urge everyone ta cantin- bute as gonemously as possible s0 that the quota o! $1500,00 for the district'may ho roacbed. No do- nation is toa small. Donations may be givon ta L. J. C. Longs, Bank o! Montreal, or le!t aI Bowman- ville Headquamtems, or McGegor's Drug Store. Donations ta date include: Total !rom at week -----4 60.00 Miss M. Hutchinson----- 5.00 Mr. & Miss E. Swallow -- 1.00 M rs. S. Hoar -------------- .50 Jas. A. Werry _ - 1.00 Misses H. & M. Carruthers 2.00 Henry Ashton .-.---------- .50 Miss A. Toland ---------- 5.00 Aubroy J. Smith ---------- 10.0o Mns. E. V. Scobell ---------10.00o Mms. J. H. H. Jury - ---- 10.00 Bowmanvilhe Hilh Scbool- 19.60 J. Ross Stevens ----------- 10.00 A. E. McGnegor & Ca.......---5.00 J. L. Cryderman --------- 3.00 C. A. Johnston ---- - ---- 3.00 F. S. Coulter - ---------- 1.00 Mrs. M. Spencer --------- 5.00 Milton J. Elliat--------- 5.00 W. S. Staples -- .------- 2.00 A Fiend ----------- _ 2.00 Local Union, Na. 189 ------- 10.00 Anonymous..............----- _5.00 A Friend.......------- - ----- 2.00 TOTAL...............- --------$177.60 BECOMES CHAFLAIN Rev. F. H. Joblin Who bas been minister o! St. Paul's United Chumch, Bowman- ville, for the past yeam and a hol!, volunteemed bis services as a Chaplain and bas been posted ta Military District No. 2 at Toronto. Later lie will take the Officers' Training Course at Brockville. His father, Rev. F. L. Joblin, is taking the pastoral wamk o! St. Paul's congregation and Mm. S. G. Saywell, Oshawa, is supplying for the Sunday services. Deoentralization Un Industry To Improve Ontario Economy A pmopely planned system o! industriol decontralîzation in On- laria will improve living condi- tions o! aur citizens, croate con- sumning markets for fammers and hessen transportation dif!iculties, Premier George Drew told the Ontario Property Owners Associ- ation ecently. The Premier pointed out that the growth o! communities around explosive plants and other wam industries in what was for- mely fammi areas is ovidence o! what "can be dono under a pro- perly planned system of de- centralization." "With aur wide distribution o! raw mateials anil power, and the excellent tranopcrtation faciities we have developqd it is important that we should a et the import- ance o! deceýntirï.ization o! in- dustry for sever 1 reasons," ho said. "First, it makes for btter living conditions by avoiding too great industrial concentration with the consequent crowding o! homes. It creates local consuming markets for the fammers which in tum increases their earning pow- er and their ability ta buihd and maintain good homos. And il simplifies the problein o! trans- portation which bas become in- creasingly difficoît in the neigh- borhood o! heavy concentrations o! population." O range Grand Master Creighton P.. Devitt Honored On Election Reeve Cneighton Devitt and Mrs. Devitt were guests o! the County Orange Lodge o! Durham West at a banquet given in their honor in the Community Hall, Blackstock, Tbursday evening. The event, attended by many membors and their wives, mamked Creighton P. Devitt the election o! Mm. Devitt totahIe office -o! Grand Master "o! the Grand Orange Lodge o! Ontario East. Following tbe toasts ta the King and ta the Grand Oronge Lodge, Albert Marlon, Orono, read an eulogistic address and James Byers presentod the Grand Master with o handsome brie! case. A beauliful bouquet o! mums was given ta Mrs. DevitI by Mrs. R. Whitfield. Responding ta the addness, Grand Master DevilI evealed that in 32 years ho bad missed onhy two meetings o! the Grand Orange Lodge, and expmessed bis belief thal the work o! the Orange Order must go on more strangly thon ever during the war and in the post-war ena. AI the ouchre party which fol- lowed, the ladies' prizes were won by Mrs. Wm. Davey, Orono, and Mrs. Earl Donald, Blackstock. Lyall Loweny, Orono, and Robt. Hamilton, Blackstock, carried of! the laurels for the men. Girests atîended froma vaniaus points in Durham West. Canada's Post-War Problemt Subjeci LionsClub Address The Lions Club tumned out ai- bodies in co-operative spirit. most 100 per cent Monday night Better Housing to wlcoe Dstrit Gveror Mr. Houghton suggested: "Fel- to wlcoe Ditrit Goernr lw Lions, if we were to put the Ernie Houghton of Toronto, on samne energy and enthusiasmn into his annual visit to the local club. this work, as we have into other Tbey were thrilled and inspired successful activities, nothing by hs chllegingaddess rg-couid hinder its accomplish ment." by is balengng ddrss rg-Certain wartirne bylaws had of ing bis feilow Lions to adopt a course been enacted which put Post-War Pmogram t0 make Can- compulsion on landiords for bet- ada, including Bowmanville, a ter housing but they are mostly better place in which to live and a side-show. What was needed work. was real reconstruction. That .Lion Charlie Carter, lst Vice would lead to elimination of President, introduced the speak- slums, immorality, disease and er and also had charge of the crime. Those matters were basic. meeting due t0 President AfldY Then there was need for evamp- Thompson being minus his voice, ed hospitalization and a host of caused by a cold. other tbings wbich would recreate The introduction revealed that a joy in living and a new free- Mr. Hougbton was born on the dom, a new civilization. Isle of Wight, came to Canada in Mr. Houghton drew a vivid pic- 1911 and has been in the genemal tume of families today living in insurance business ever since.' He conditions of squalor and neglect is a Past President of the Danforth and suggested the physical, moral Lions Club and for 10 years has and spiritual benefits t0 ensue been its Secmetary. Mr. Houghton from realistic reconstruction. Ful captured instant attention witb employment was not an impossi- his opening remark: "In mY bility and without that we could humble opinion, the most import- not hope for a proper post-war ant subject which confronts us standard of living. Turning 10 now, and which sbould gain mo- practical suggestions, Lions were mentumn witb each passing day, is creating special committees, for Canada's Post-War Problem, a instance, one might be a Housing matter wbicb cannot and must Committee 10 study, discuss and not be ignored?" This was the present to proper authorities their keynote and the caîl to action Of recommendations. Committees of Service Clubs. Space is all too this kind would stimulate mem- brie! to do justice to his fine ad- bers 10 increased endeavour once dress. Highlights were as fol- such movemnents as the Blood lows: Donor's Clinic ceased to operate. Avold Former Mistakes CaIl to Action Following the last war, Canada Concluding, Mr. Houghton said: faced problems she had neyer "Lionism can render a service to faced before. The cause of mis- this land that it will be a blessing takes made was lack of foresight. to everyone. People are looking With the close o! this war we shall 10 service clubs to take the lead in have deeper and more prodigous the very things we are hearing problems to solve. Failure to now on every band. Shall we fail study themn now and be prepared them? And sa to the future witb would mean failure t0 achieve the its esponsibilities, greater prob- New Order. Times have cbang- lems challenge than ever before. ed. The future well-being of Can- May we have the vision ta see, ada cannot be left entimely ta poli- the will ta tackle them, the in- tical leaders. It is the responsi- telligence ta solve them! bility o! every Canadian citizen; The speaker paid high tribute it entails co-operation and self to Secretary Earl Riddells, nam- sacrifice in high degree. And ing him as one of the three best now is the time to plan. Secretaries o! the District; ahl the The speaker emphasized our more remarkable since he had responsibilîties ta the men and been a Lion for only a year. women now on active service. Lion Ted Chant moved the vote "We must work out a system of thanks and Lion Dean Hodgson whereby full employment, decent made a presentation ta the Dis- homes, sufficient food, adequate trict Governor. education shahl be realities. To Three new members were in- lay these foundations we must ducted into the Club with due shake off aur lethargy and put eeremony by the Membershîp our shoulders to the wheel." Lions Committee. They are Bey. Gould- Clubs could enter the picture in ing, Jack Cole, Jr., and Bill an important way. Statistics com- Fraser. piled over a quarter of a century Lion Alex McGregor, in an- through the International Office nauncing Navy League Week, told could be of immeasurable bene- of the splendid work the League fit in approacbing the problem. was doing and made a strong ap- Indeed the basic objectives and peal for the support of the Club. experience o! Lionism was re- Visitors were present from To- planning of better lives and liv- ronto and Peterbomo, including ing conditions. As neucleus ta Past District Govemnor Gea. Bas- practical solutions, local Clubs nell and Deputy District Gaver- might well approach Municipal nor Jack Armitage. Flying Officer Relates Ris Experiences As A Prisoner Flying Officer Roy Farrell, R.A.F., now stationed aI E.F.T.S., Oshawa, in an infommal talk on Monday night at Trinity' Scbool Room tld the following stomy o! bis tbmilling experiences as a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force: Unable ta join the R.C.A.F. be- fore the outbmeak o! wan, Farrel proceeded ta Engiand and theme toak bis finst training in the fly- ing corps. Foilowîng the begin- nîng o! bostilities ho wont 10 France in February, 1940, and wos thene until the epic o! Dunkimk. During Ibis famous nelmoat, they flew an average of 18 or 19 boums a day in on ottempt ta emove ahl forces from the beaches. O! con- sidenable interest wos bis mention o! the two German invasion at- tempts. The one was turned bock by the Allies in the Nonth Sea and the othon as the enemy neached the balfway" mark o! the English Channel. He o lda! the bombing o! Brest and '26 attempts to de- .stmay the Scharnhorst and Gneis- nau only ta hearn later that these two German vessels weno slill in- tact at another pont. Following Brest, many industrial centres were bombed and considemable damage roponted. Taken Prisoner In June, 1941, witb a view ta locating the enemies source o! supplies, a number o! R.A.F. mon weme sont ta the Afnicon dosent. Thoy disguised theinselves as Anabs anhy ta find they were 100 loto and unablo ta secune the in- formation for which thoy hod been sont. In December thoy ne- turned ta Eiigland and uniled witb the ferry squadnon. Ho com- pleted 60 flights aven Gemmany in ahi. but wbile proceoding to Malta was shot down aI the Fnencli German bonder and taken pris- onen. Farrell brie!ly stated the routine life in on intemoiment camp, wben ho was interned in an officens' camp. Eacb day they arase at 5 o.m., scrubbed the coul -a noomn 4 foot wide and long enough 1e, sleep in and 10 foot high-tben scubbed the officers' quartos-had breakfast consist- ing o! turnip soup, dog moot, black broad and a glass a! woton. Eacb day they weme taken by truck ta tawn and theme !onced ta dig tronches. At 6 p.m. teey me- turned ta camp and wome locked in their colis until momning. The some menu was served for dinner and suppon--daily-with the ex- ception, on an occasional Sunday, when a cup o! ersatz coffee was provided for eacb pnisoner. The speaker said they bad bath Eng- lish and Gemman doctors and medical supplies and attention wome the best. Escapes Prison Camp Tboy leanned ta speak and read German. Most newspapems ne- ceived wene in German and radia news was, o! course, in Gemman. Mail service was very pon and oflen parcois weme intencoptod by the guards and !ailed ta each their right!ul ownens. Owing 10 the scarcity o! paper in Germany, considerable carrespondence was ondeiivered bot sont direct to paper factories. Aften sevenal months o! this life, ton o! the prisaners began thinking and talking o! escape. Il took four months ta completc plans. Wbile returning from the daily digging a !igbt was started witb the street guards and truck drivers and througb Ibis, the ten wene ablo ta make their escape Thnee o! them, including Farrell nemained tagethon. An escapec1 pisoner was less likely 10 be captured if ho romained close to the place o! escape. They hid in the snow and bIten overcome Ger- mon stanm troopens and used thein clothing. They tnavelled through narthern Germany ta Holland. Il was surprising ta learn that there is no taik o! defealism in Ger- many. They wene 100 per cent sure o! victamy and nol anc Ger- man showed any desire ta help allied soldiers or airmen. Travel- ling through the country they secuned whatever information they could that would be o! value to the Air Ministny in England. Trealment in Holland was won- denful and on reaching the coast tbey wene given an 18-foot row- boat, 2 pair o! oaas, 2 doys' supply o! food and a compass, and with the pamting wands o! direction "England is thal way" they set out. Nine Days at Sea The food supply did not lasI long and although they talked o! authons, music and other subjects o! mutual intemest, they !ound after sevenal days they could oas- ily quarrel wiîh their compan- cO.tinu.d on page rive ASSISTANT DEPUTY R. S. Duncan Director of the agricultumal representatives bnanch, Ontario Depantment of Agriculture, bas been appointed assistant deputy minister o! agriculture, Ministen o! Agriculture T. L. Kennedy an- nounced last week. Mr. Duncan is succeeded as dinecton by Cli!- fard D. Graham, dinector o! ex- tension services o! the Holstein- Friesian Association o! Canada. Cbanging conditions in agricul- ture and addition o! many new services nocessitated the appoint- ment o! an assistant depoty min- ister, Col. Kennedy stotes. Mm. Duncan was Durham Coun- ty's !irst agicultural representa- tive and we join with his m any !riends here in extending con- gratulations on his welh merited promotion. Rural Life Conference Being Held At Orono A Rural Lîfe Conference is ta ho held at Orono Town Hall, Thursday, Dec. 2, with sessions at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. The main purpose o! Ibis important gather- ing is ta study rural problems, prepare for post-war rural condi- tions and help rural people ta serve tbemselves better through rural institutions. Dr. Thos. A. Tripp, National Director o! Town and Country Dept. Congregational Churches a! U.S.A., a rural specialist will be the main speaker. These rural groups are invited ta send reprosentatives: Federa- lion o! Agriculture, Farmn Radio Forums, Women's Institutes, Home & Scbaol Clubs, Churches, Service Clubs and other interest- ed groups. Supper will be semved picnic style so bring your basket and a small bag o! tea. M. H. Staples and S. Littlewood are convoners for Ibis area. Young Musicians Receive Prizes At Teachers' Recital Bowmanville district musicians eceived recognition at the annual Music Teachers' Association Re- citaI beld in Simcoe St. Chumch, Oshawa, Satumday nigbt, for the districts o! Whitby, Oshawa and Bowmanville. Prizes were pro- sented ta the students who had eceived bigbest marks on the February and June exams. Piano prizes: Grade X-Ruby McLaugb- lin, pupil o! Mms. Reta Dudley, donated by Bowmanville Music Study Club. Grade 12-Collette Ferguson, pupiI a! Mrs. E. S. Fer- gusan, donated by Lions Club, Bowmanvilhe. Grade VIII-Ray Dudley, pupil o! Mms. Dudley, donated by Bowmanvihle Rotary Club. Grade IV - Kaye Lycoît, pupil o! Mms. Ferguson, pnesented by Chaimman Oshawa Board of Education. Grade I-Max Lycett, pupil o! Mrs. Fenguson, presented by Mrs. Pernett, Oshawa. Alne Northcutt, vocal pupil of Mrs. Dudley, and Gwyneth Griffith, pupil o! Mns. Ferguson, also took part on the program. 93rc1 BIRTIIDAY Thomas Pingle Who is Bowmanviile's oldest mole resident will celebrale bis 93rd binthday Tuesday, Nov. 30. Ho still takes on interest in local affairs and listons ta hockey bnoadcasts and Andy Clanke's "Neigbbomhy News" eacb weok. Ho lives witb bis daugbter, Mms. Sam Glanville, on Elgin SI. Some Lessons of World War By Mrs. John F. Davidson At Womens Canadian Club Women o! Canada can learn much from the stomy o! wbat wa- men are doing in war tamn Europi, and a dloser study o! this war s lessons, economically and politi- eaiiy, will enable women inteihi- gently ta play their part now and in post-war years, ta the end that the world wiil be a better place in whicb ta live and womk, was the main theme in a tbought!ul and spiindid address by Mrs. John F. Davidson, Toronto, at the Wo- men's Canadian Club, Monday, in St. John's Parish Hall. This was the first address in a series of three ta be delivered by Mrs. Davidson to the Club. The next wiii be Dec. 20. folowed by an- other in January. Mrs. L. J. C. Langs, President, greeted a membcrship that fiiled the hall, and after an eloquent ap- peal for signatures ta a petition sponsored by the Canadian Na- tional Committee on Refugees, in- troduced Mms. Davidson as a not- ed speaker, who for uver ten years on international piatfomms had played a great part in informing audiences upon curment affairs. Mrs. Davidson, born in Latvia, had attended colleges abroad and in the U.S.A. and a!ter womld tours and a residence for some years in China, had came ta live in Canada, together with hem bus- band and two children. As an expert on history she was em- înenthy fitted ta discuss the topic of the meeting. Cost of War Mrs. Davidson observed that "keeping up with the cataract o! events" was most difficuit with the din o! radia and the fiame o! headlines, but a world view of coment happenings couhd be achieved even amidst the ordi- nary tasks of a housebohd, just by giving tbougbt ta un!olding evonts. A ittie time eacb day in trying ta ead between the lines would gradually tend toward be- coming an informed, esponsible citizen. A stamtling assertion was made that the war is costing an annual $300 in money and mater- ils for every human being in the universe. Hence il was a duty ta become infommed, ta uphold stable government and &p take ones part in preventing future wams. "How many," the speaker ask- ed, "could remember and set down five outstanding happenings in the wam duing the past yeam?" Mrs. Davidson enumerated tbem and pointed out the change: "The wbohe, vast scene was thon one o! retreat, but slow and sure the tide changed until today, every- where, we see a steady, continued, triomphant, Allied offensive. The speaker then turned ta the mag- nifîcent Russians ,a people whom almost everyone thought would be ovemwhehmed by the Huns in six montbs. But the tide had been turned by the onited efforts o! mon, women and cbihdren. The "Iunbeatable Hitler bordes were now beaten." Russians Praised Mrs. Davidson then tmaced, us-j ing a world map ta illustrate the scene, how the Huns had been turned bock at El Alamein and steadily, had been fought backi across the sands o! Africa, across Sicily and deep into Italy. q7he Russians held divisions in close batîle that might have been senti ta Africa and convemsely, the of- fensive in Africa engaged divi- sions that couhdn't be dispatcbedj ta Russia. The lesson was, "in this conflict we alh stand together in a strong, .unyielding offensive."~ The facts o! the wam in Russia weme revealed . A national char-i acter o! Russian peoples was their ability ta learn quickly. Their reconnaissance was supemb, un- dertoken by individuals o! great courage. Their genemols rose from the people and they came ta out-Gemmon the Germons in thei arts o! war. Witbin their resLor- gence o! less thon three decodes, illiteracy had almost disappeared. Todoy, 85 per cent o! Shavie doc- tors were women and 65 per centi o! industrial engineers weme olso women. The whole nation now fought together ta bold and main- tain their way o! lifo. Politicai Problemis Mms. Davidson pointed out 1ha1 on the Russian front, the terri- CANADIAN CLUB SPEAKER Hon. Leslie Blackwell Attorney General for Ontario who will address the Men's Can- adian Club at its opening meeting on Dec. lst, his subject being 'The New Order." Mr. Blackwell is a veteran of the last war, a Toronto lawyer and is recognized as one of the ablest members in Premier Drew's cabinet. tories recovered were Russian lands and the liberated were Rus- sian people. On the other hand, the areas overrun by the Allies contaiýned an ethnological con- glomeration of Arabs, Bedouins, Italians and others, which intro- duced intricate political prob- lems. These problems were met by improvisations, which, in turn became subject to criticisms on home fronts and queries among the United Nations. Political peace, bard upon the heels of war, was a difficult matter. A sidelight was the recent resigna- tion of Giraud. A photostatic copy of bis letter, swearing allegiance to Petain, was produced which he couldn't explain away. The speaker referred to one of the clauses in the recent Moscow declaration; that war criminals were to be tried for their crimes. The anomaly existed that two of Badoglio's generals, high Fascist criminals, were now co-Allied and untried, wbile patriotic Yugoslavs fought a guerilla war of libera- tion. AIl the trodden countries looked on and wondered, "where then is democracy?" and the only reply is "niilitary expediency." And tbey question, rightly, "is this to bappen when we invade Germany? And what of India and China? Do we really mean freedom? Pacifie Theatre Mrs. Davidson returned to ber thesis, "Let us put our minds ta it, let us individualiy develope a sane opinion to merge into a world opinion among the United Nations, to acquire an ethos sucli as Russia's and bring real free- dom to the world." Turning to the third scene, the Pacific theatre, the speaker, with reference to the map, drew a vivid picture of the extent of Japanese conquests. There we were fight- ing at the moment only upon the fringes, with comparatively smafl forces, yet Australia had been saved and the victory must ensue. An authority was quoted as esti- mating final victory over Japan ini 1949. Concluding, Mrs. Dayidson re- ferred to the incomparable "will to resist" of the people of Den- mark, Holland, Norway and the littie nations under the portico and heel of Hitler. We should give thought to their condition and heroism, let our tboughts en- compass the profound spiritual is- sues; then we would be better en- abled to bring joy and freedom to ail persecuted peoples and peace to the world. Thanks were teridered for one of the most informed, thoughtýul, penetrating addresses ever de- livered before members of the Club. Nine contestants took pont in the semi-finals for public speak- ing hanors among juvenihes aI .3righlon, Friday evening. The \-inner, represcnting Belleville District, is ta compote for pro- :încial honors aI Toronto, Easter week. O! the nine, three wene 'rom Peterboro, three from Northumberland and three froin Dit-ham Couinty. Durham entrants wome, Jac- queline Clarke, Bawmanville, Russell Oake, Welcome, who lied with Jacqueline in the prehimin- aies, and Lois Burtcb, Port Hope. First place wenîta a Peterboro ~il. ber subject: "Mary Had a Little Lamb." Second came Jacqueline Clarke, "WhaI Boys and Girls Can Do ta Help Win the War." Third place foîl toaa Northumberland yaung lady, an, "Our New Homes." Contests were excepîionally close among four boys and five girls, and girls won all tbree places. Jacqueline won the Silver Cup ta add ta the shield jointly won in the preliminanies. She is one of o !amily o! five girls and two boys o! Seng'I and Mrs. William A. Clarke and she is now 13 and in the 8th grade, Public School. Hem approciation is evident in that she ottnibutes ber success ta bher motber's coaching and the great help and interest o! hem teachers, Principal A. M. Tbompson and Mn. A. Robinson. Russell Osborne, occompanied by bis daughters, Betty and Mode- lino, Mns. Clarke and Mrs. Fred W. Bowen, motored ta Brighton witb Jacoiueline and gave their entbusiastic support and con- gratulations ta Bowmanyille's brigbt, young lady elocutionisî. The seven judges were from the oastern district. -.r-------'.-. A .-. - ~ ~ -. - , J I , t e Jacqueline Clarke Wins Second Place At Brighton