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4 2; 5 an fo & | | t i ds PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1940 The Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding, ; THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) r published every week- An depsnden newspaper, be 3 a ada, by The Times Publishing Co. of Oshawa, Limited. Chas. M. Mundy, Pres. A. R. Alloway. { Managing Director. : Osha Dally Times is a member of the rrr Daily newspapers Association the On- tario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. i SUBSCRIPTION RATES Deliv by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby and suburbs 25¢ for two weeks; $3.25 for six months, or $6.50 per year if paid in advance. mail anywhere in Canada (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits} $1256 for three months, $32.25 for six months, or $4.00 per year if paid in advance. By mail to US. subscribers, $6.00 per year, payable strictly ip advance. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 380, 1940 Service To The Blind Annual report of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, covering the 12 months ending on March 31, of this year, is documentary proof that this Dominion has made conquests in the realm of ethical and spiritual values as well as in those of commercial progress and development of 'resources. The financial report submitted by L. M. Wood, the president, shows that the C.N. 1.B. is in a sound position. Significant of the confidence placed in that Institute's executive and council was, as announced, the acceptance by the Rt. Hon. Sir William Mulock, K.C.M.G., of the organization's office of honorary president. Mr. Wood called attention to the fact that it was under Sir William's service as Postmaster General of Canada that this Dominion pion- eered for the world in inaugurating free postage for Braille literature, printed in raised characters which enable the blind when trained, to read through their finger tips. In the report of Lieut. Col. E. A. Baker, 0.B.E., M.C., and other scholastic and mili- tary honors, the managing director of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, who lost his sight through wounds received in the war of 1914-18, it was stated that the Institute is prepared to furnish facili- ties for the training of blinded soldiers in this war. So far, no case of blindness due to service in this war has been reported in the casualty lists of Canada's armed forces. Over 200 Canadian soldiers lost their sight in the First World War. The major objective of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind is to train the sightless for useful and happy lives despite their handicaps. There are 11,992 blind folk on the Institute's rolls in Can- ada. Of these, 3,559 are citizens of On- tario. Success attending the Institute's efforts are amazingly effective. The first step is to restore hope to the recently blinded. Despair such as those who see dare not imagine is banished and, in its place, the Institute's field workers, so many of whom are also blind, show the way to resignation, renewed hope and, eventually, realization of heaven's mercy through com- pensation. Splendid work such as the Canadian Na- tional Institute for the Blind is doing deserves the widest possible commendation and financial support. More and more, the executive hopes, its service may be used to prevent blindness, and successes achieved in that direction challenge phil- .anthropy in the name of both mercy and human efficiency. "We've Got To Be Tougher" Readers of the Provincial Press would be well advised to look between the lines of speeches delivered by -Hon. Gordon D. Conant, Attorney General of Ontario. his Sunday address at Kitchener, he declared, "We've got to be lot tougher in Canada in regard to the war situation than we have been in the past." Those not in touch with facts which are available to the Ontario Government might suppose that Mr. Conant, at the best, was just making a "Pep" talk without having anything particular in mind. The Oshawa Times has not asked Mr. Conant's confidence in this regard, but it is perhaps a patriotic duty to see, without further details, that Mr. Conant was ecall- ing on a great majority of Onfario citizens to realize that this war has not transform- ed all residents of this Province into models of loyalty and self-sacrificing zeal, - Ontario, in the mass, will not for one moment tolerate any form of selfishhess to slow up Canada's vital contribution to the Empire's war effort. We are at war with Germany and Italy, and it is a life and death struggle in which we may have to turn our heart's blood into bullets before victory is in sight. Those who aren't for «Canada in this struggle are against Canada. There can be no half measures, In Four-Lane Highway Should Be Completed Action of the Department of Highways in calling for tenders for a bridge at Pick- ering and a sub-structure of a bridge at the Rouge River gives risé to the hope that the work of completing the new four- lane highway from Highland Creek through the town of Whitby to Oshawa will be completed early next year. Already there 1s a move on foot by civic and. industrial officials in Oshawa and in Whitby to induce the Department of High- ways to proceed as quickly as possible with this work. The industrial development in the Township of Pickering, as part of Can- ada and the Empire's war effort, should prove an incentive to the. rtment to get on with the job, for it\must be very apparent that the present" overcrowded Kingston Highway will never begin to take -care of the extra traffic which this indus- trial development will produce. Increased industrial activity in Oshawa has added greatly in the last few weeks to the congestion on this highway, so much so that time being lost in getting through this maze of traffic has become a very serious problem to truck drivers and others. While it is possible that the government might decide to complete the highway only to Pickering to take care of the traffic to the proposed new war industry, as has been intimated, there seems to be no reason why the work should not be completed to Osh- awa, unless it be that of expense. The Town of Whitby is very much in- terested in a completion of this highway because of the closing of streets nearly two years ago, running south, parallel with Brock, and with no immediate prospect of having them opened either by subways or overhead bridges. Action of the Department in calling for tenders for bridges, seems to indicate that a survey of traffic conditions this summer has convinced them that no matter what the cost may be, the completion of this important and much needed highway from Torcnto to Oshawa must soon be under- taken. The Town of Whitby and the City of Oshawa should join hands in presenting a strong case to the government. Much is to be gained by co-operative effort and very little by working singly. The completion of this highway is vital to both munici- palities. Editorial Notes The Wartime Prices and Trade Board are shutting down on the landlords who are raising rents. The Parry Sound area now knows that the rent control arm has reach- ed that far. The Oshawa area is being con- sidered. Thousands of German children are being evacuated from Berlin and other centres to the safety of Poland and Czechoslovakia, thus showing that Hitler doesn't fear non- Aryan pollution when it comes to a ques- tion of protecting Nazi lives. Ontario's Attorney - General will have public opinion wholeheartedly behind him in his determination to treat hit-and-run drivers without mercy. His condemnation of them as being guilty of "the most des- picable form of lawlessness" is in accord- ance with most people's feelings.--Brock- ville Recorder and Times. A Bit of Verse Canada Arise Oh Canada arise, your armour gird with care, Your faith and courage strong, your hearts upheld by prayer, Your mother land is calling "I need your strong right arm, I need your stalwart manhood from factory, street and farm," The hosts of sin are on the march and freedom stands at bay, : The Fagnt of terror may be dark but bright will be e day When Power's tyrants and their hosts shall flee And oe our hand peace and justice re ol ! ad Ju ign once more o'er all the Oh Canada arise, your strength as yet unknown, > And stand with all of Britain's sons around the Empire's throne, As long as winds shall rise and blow and waves shall break and roar. No Toveten foe shall ever find a foothold on her e. So n. 1 say Oh Canada our homeland and our e And stand like loyal stal 5 oi Any side, i ue %n nope e sturdy blows for freedom' glorious flag uphold Nee And love and honor shall be yours as future years your OLIVER DEWEY BELL. A Bible Thought for Today BUT HE WILL LOOK BACK ON PRESENT TRIALS WITH TENDERNESS: And God shall wipe - away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor Pron dnp Hod shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.--Revelation 21; 4, NE "FRENCH FRIED" UNPOPULAR TEST MAY BE DROPPED ON LABOR QUERY British Cabinet Considers Urging on House "In- quisition" Cease By PAT USHER Canadian Press Staff Writer London, Oct. 30--(CP)--The un- popular household means test used in determining unemployment al- lowance rates will shortly be abon- doned by the government, political circles predict. Meanwhile new draft unemploy- ment assistance regulations have been drawn up providing larger sums to meet the increased cost of living. An extra two shillings week- ly will be given ga' husband and wife in receipt of unemployment assist- ance, Persons over 16 will get an extra shilling weekly and children under that age an additional three- pence. The measure must be passed through parliament before it goes into effect. The household test of means for long-term unemployed has been ap- plied since the unemployment in- surance scheme was remodelled in 1934. It was bitterly criticized by the Labor party. Labor Urging The cabinet, under the urging of Labor members of parliament, has had the scheme under review and is exvected to decide to drop it. The fall in unemployment figures since the war began has cut the cost of the "dole" and made possible some relaxation of the regulations gov- erning its application. If this decision is reached, the means test will no longer apply to unemployment assistance, supple- mentary pensions and payments to blind persons. It will be replaced by a personal means test. The family means test covering payment of public assistance for the poor will likely be retained, however. The Manchester Guardian editor. {ally welcomed the prospect of "this considerable social reform." It de- clared "the lumping together of the family's income for the assessment of the assistance due to an unem- ployed member always in the na- ture of things involved an unpleas- ant inquisition leading to many cases of hardship." BRITAIN 10 KEEP SEPARATE RAL. AGITATORS TOLD No Intention of Creating Army Air Arm, Govern- ment Asserts London, Oct. 30--Britain's armies in future campaigns will be aided hy squadrons of the Royal Air Force-- perhaps under direct orders of the army--but the Government has no intention of creating an army air arm. A statement in the House of Lords by Lord Snell, Government spokes- man, made clear that the RAP, would be maintained as a service, Pase He was replying to a speech by Lord Trenchard, Chief of olay from 1918 until 1929, who denounced suggestions that there should be a split-up in the RAF. Lord Tren- chard, who served with the Cana- dian Scouts in the Boer War, con- recommendation will have particu- | tended that the youngest of Britain's fighting services had "done its job | better than anyone ever dreamed possible." Said Lord Snell: "It would be im- prudent to lock up with the army a proportion of our air resources and preclude its being exercised at the decisive time and in the decisive direction." The army's air requirements should be treated not in isolation but as part of the air situation as a whole, he said. A certain number of air squadrons might in the future be placed under direct orders of army commanders, but Britain would rely on the Air Force proper for the general support the army required. Lord Trenchard assailed agitation which he sald existed in some quar. ters for altering the set-up of the R.AF. He told the Upper House the junior fighting service "has been the chief instrument in avoiding de- feat and will be the chief instrument for victory." Tributing the achievements of Britain's airmen---achievements in which Canadian and other Dominion flyers have had a prominent share --Viscount Trenchard said that in perscnnel, equipment and training the R.AF. had attained a superior- ity over the German Air Force such as it rarely reached in the last war. He said a more efficient air force will go through a less efficient one "like a hot knife through butter." Both the Times and the Telegraph editorially commended Lord Tren- chard's views and welcomed the statement by Lord Snell that the Government agreed with them. THIRTY MILES SPEED LIMIT Etobicoke Twp. Would Also Restrict Speed West of Toronto Scarboro, Oct. 30 -- Scarboro Council passed a resolution request- ing the Department of Highways to give consideration to reducing the speed limit from 50 miles to 30 miles per hour, on Kingston road to McCowan's side road, east of Scarboro Collegiate. The Minister of Highways will also be asked to receive a deputa- tion from council in support of its request. The matter was first introduced by Councillor Dr. Unsworth N. Jones, who claimed that due to the excessive speed limit the lives of students at Scarboro Collegiate were endangered. It received the support of other council members. Pointing out the number of acci- dents in which school children had been hurt, Councillor Jones con- tended that while the speed limit was now 50 miles an hour drivers were passing this section at a 65 and 70-mile an hour clip. "The need is urgent," said the councillor; "it makes your halr stand up on end to watch the traffic in that section." "R. F. Gray, 39 Fallingbrook road, Birch. Cliff, whose home had heen broken into twice In three years, complained of inadequate police protection. Islington, Oct. 29 -- A '30-mile an hour speed' limit in all '"urbaivy reas" surrounding Toronto is to be asked of Queen's Park by Etobicoke Council as a safety measure, The lar reference to urban sections of Etobicoke township. Reeve W. A. Armstrong criticized the speed limit by-law passed by council at its last meeting, on the grounds that it restricted the speed of traffic on the four lane section of Bloor street but permitted 50 miles an hour on a two-lane sec- tion. The by-law, not yet approved by Queen's Park, would limit speed to 30 miles an hour on Bloor street as far as Royal York road. NEW WAR SONGS CANADA'S NEED SAY MUSICIANS | Ballad Critics Point to First Great War as an Example Ottawa, Oct. 30--(CP) -- One of today's needs, says Len Hopkins, leader of one of the canital"s dance bands, {s a couple of good rousing war songs! "We could do with a couple of dashing warlike pieces expressing mere 'grim gaiety,' to paraphrase Prime Minister Churchill," says Hopkins. W. O. Findlay of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation returning from a military training period at Petawawa says the soldiers will | sing "There'll Always Be an Eng- land" when it's played with great enthusiasm but they don't often ask for it. They like "Kiss me Goodnight Sergeant - Major" be- cause of the comedy element and they like the rolling out of "Roll Out the Barrel" for a variety of ob- vious reasons. It's a different war in more ways than tactically, exports admit, and there was nothing in the last one like small children singing "Roll Out the Barrel" while they were about to die in the middle of the Atlantic. Alfred Noyes, the poet, says no poetry can come out of a war like this. But what the song .and dance; people think is that poetry or not, there could be something compar- able to the grimly gay songs of yester-year, a considerable num- ber of which came from Tinpan Alley in New York. Remember Them? Then there were: Tipperary, Pack Up Your Troubles, Mademoi- selle From Armentieres, Keep the Home Fires Burning, We'll Never Let the Old Flag Fall, Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight. Till We Meet Again, Beautiful Katy, Carry Me Back to Blighty, It 1s the Navy, It's a Long Long Trail, Over There, All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor, When You Wore a Tulip, Joan of Arc, When It's Apple Blossom Time in Normandy, Goodbyee, and a dozen others. A lot of songs from the United States were used with Canadian words. For example, "When You Wore a Tulip," was sung in Cal- gary to "We are Canadjuns, the Western Canadjuns," and Halifax to "Now We Wear the 85th Fea- ther." : Nowadays there are: "Till the Lights of London Shine Again, Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodby, We'll Win the War With Wings, We're Ready Over Here for Over There, We're Coming Over, Wings Over the Navy. One persietent ditty is to the tune of the "Old Gray Mare." The pop- ular versicn this time and last is: "I gon't want to march with the infantry, Ride with the cavalry, Shoot with artillery, U-BOAT VICTIMS BRITISH SEAMEN REACH BERMUDA Captain and Second Officer Lost When Ship Tor- pedoed Five Days Out Hamilton, Bermuda, Oct. 30-- Twenty-one members of the crew of a British steamship torpedoed five days out of England have been land- ed here. Sixteen seamen are being cared for at the Sailors' Home while five officers went to a hotel. The captain and second officer were lost. The captain and the chief and second officer were on the bridge when the torpedo struck just under it, carrying away the starboard wing and making a hole in the ship's side "big enough to drive a bus through." The explosion threw a column of water as high as the top of the mainmast. This water falling on the decks and swirling into the companion- ways caused some members of the crew coming up from the lower deck to think the ship was already under water. The third officer said he came up "like a trout swimming up- stream." Actually the ship sank slowly, and two boats got away without diffi- culty, 10 men in one and 16 in the second. One man who had been at the wheel when the torpedo struck was cut about the face by flying glass and later was taken aboard another vessel, while the rest of those in the boat unanimously volunteered to go back to their ship to search for the captain and the other officers. They were unable to find them but later it was learned another ship had picked up the chief officer. A new electric light which is attach- ed to the lifeboat and powered by a waterproof battery was credited, with waving him. Its red light can' be seen for some distance. Six other survivors, including the shief officer, were taken to another port. CANADIANS' CLUB [5 WELGOME HOME TOMANY NATIONS Beaver Leave Centre in Lon- don Entertains Britain's Fighting Friends By LOUIS V, HUNTER Canadian Press Staff Writer London, Oct. 30 -- (CP) -- The Beaver Club, sumptuous London leave centre for Canadian troops, has become in less than a year one of the busiest, most cosmopolitan spots in this great Empire capital. When the club was opened last February only Canadian soldiers availade themselves of the facilities provided for their entertainment, and relaxation, and they numbered a scant 200 or 300 a week. Then the welcome sign was hung out for Newfoundlanders and attendance increased gradually as the Cana- dians and Newfoundlanders made new acquaintances among fellow fighters from other nations whom they invited to share the comforts of their club. A Now, nine months after the Jin- auguration, the number of Cama- dians catered to each week has risen to more than 10,000, and they play host to 2,000 to 3,009 British, Imperial, Free French, Dutch, Pol- ish and Czech soldiers and sailors. The weekly attendajice figure reached 3,000 at the beginning of June, It reached 5,00 by the end of the month and 10,000 about the middle of July. Since mid-August the average weekly attendance has been around 13,000. The week end- ing August 24 was the busiest yet. The club was used by 14,666 Cana- dians and Newfoundlanders and 2,- 083 soldiers from other parts of the world. Big Business It's been a rushing business in all departments of the club. The can- teen has had more than 110,000 cutsomers since the club opened. Sales totalling 102,000 were register. ed by the snack bar and the tuck shop sold more than 60,000 articles, The club barbers and valets will agree there are no snanpler sol- diers on the streets of London than the stalwart Canadians. The bar- bers have given nearly 9,000 hair- cuts and the valets have pressed about 3,000 uniforms. And some of the men have done their own press- ing. Eight thousand free tickets to cinemas have been distributed and 4,000 men have been sent around London and home county homes for hospitality. Sightseeing tours around London have been arranged for 6,500 soldiers and sailors -- and these Canadian fighting men over here are the most avid of tourists. I don't have to fly. over Ger- many, I'm in the King's Navy." One suggestion as to the differ- ence between the number and pop- ularity of songs this time and last is that between 1914 and 1918 there was a lot more family piano play- ing than at present. Piano sales are going up, how- ever, and after all, the hopeful ex- perts say, somebody is a'piost bound to turn out a couple of 'wows. Two Janetville Men Hurt In Car Crash Lindsay, Oct. 30--Two young resi- dents of Janetville, south of here, received injuries when the ear in which they were riding went out of control and overturned in the ditch. Fred Shepherd, driver of the car, swerved to avoid hitting another vehicle backing out of a laneway, and the car toppled into the ditch, . both occupants being flung out of the car, Shepherd sustained severe cuts about the head, which required several stitches to close, while his companion, Alvin Anbury, also sus- tained cuts and bruises. VOLUNTARY GIFTS T0 WAR TREASURY TOTAL $903,000 Does Not Include $2,000, 000 Given for Research, Nor Charities Ottawa, Oct.' 30.--Approximately 1,000 residents of Canada and the United States have contributed $903,000 toward the war effort by voluntary donations to the Finance Department, The Canadian Press learned last night. x 'This amount does not include vol- untary donations amounting to $2,000,000, made to the Air Ministry for research, nor amounts contrib- uted toward war charities, through the Travel Bureau, by individuals in the United States. Up to date the sum subscribed to the nation's non-interest-bearing loan inaugurated Aug. 15, and aim- ing at $10,000,000 is $2,810,382. Official records show that many contributions came from foreign language persons and groups. Jor example, Japanese organizations on the Pacific coast sent several dona- tions. A Czech who came fo Can- ada thirty-nine years ago sent in his bit. A woman in Timmins, operating on a limited family budget, sends every month whatever small sum she can spare, officials said. It varies with seasonal prices of food and fuel needs. Most of the accounts received are for sums ranging from $1 to $5. A class in the Balmoral School in Cal gary sent $5, ordinarily spent on & class treat. : A woman in the Magdelen Islands, off the east coast, sent $100. "Being unable to help otherwise through old age I send some little savings and hope for our victory," she wrote. . An anonymous contributor, ap- parently of some wealth, pledged $2,000 a year for duration of the war. . A lighthouse-keeper allocated $5 a month from his not-too-large pay cheque. Contributors to Air Minister Power's research fund have included $250,000 each from the T. Eaton Co. of Toronto, and Samuel Bronfman and his three brothers of Montreal, Other substantial contributors were the International Nickel Company of Canada, C fan Pacific Rail= way and the Consolidated * ining and Smelting Company. FOR NAP OR HITLER Dover, England -- (CP) '-- Deep pits dug to hold ammunition when Britain was threatened with Napo= leonic invasion, have been re-open= ed as air raid shelters here. Each pit is surrcunded with concrete and covered with earth. : TLL: RAIL FARES FARE AND ONE-QUARTER FOR ROUND TRIP 00: From noon Friday, Nov. 8; te 2.00 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, RETURN: Leave destination not later than midnight, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1940. (Standard Time) Minimum Special Fare 25¢ Tickets and information from any agent CANADIAN CANADIAN NATIONAL PACIFIC WHEN IN TORONTO VISIT THE St. Regis HOTEL Sherbourne St. at Carlton One Hundred Modern Rooms with private baths, showers and private telephones. 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