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PAGE FOUR ~ THE BSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1940 The Oshawa Daily Times { Succeeding | THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER : (Established 1871) Yo i dent newspaper published every - i except Saturday at Oshawa, Can- ada, by The Times Publishing Co. of Oshawa, | Limited. Chas. M. Mundy, Pres.; A. R. Alloway. Managing Director. Oshawa Dally Times is a member of the I Daily Newspapers Association the One tario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of | circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby and suburbs Den for BS weeks; $3.25 for six months, or $6.50 per year if paid in advance. mail anywhere in Canada (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits) $125 for three months, $2.25 for six months, or $4.00 per year it paid in advance. By mail to U.S. subscribers, $6.00 per year, payable strictly in advance. By TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1940 Education Week Education Week, which is to be observed this year from November 10 to 16, is an annual event of special interest to teachers and those immediately concerned with the maintenance of our educational system. But the chief purpose of the week is to stimulate public interest, and particularly that of parents, in the kind of education that is being given to our young life. It has been often said that the home is a greater influence than the school in the building of character, but it is equally true that the school has a vital influence upon the home. Parents who interest themselves in the education of their children are themselves being educated in the process. Home and school are thus mutually engaged in the cultivation of citizenship and in the build- ing of the homes of the future. Parents should avail themselves of thé opportunity offered by Education Week to visit their public schools and acquaint themselves at first hand with the way in which their children are being trained and with the atmosphere and conditions in which they spend the greater part of their young days. In previous years Education Week was held in the middle of winter, but it was thought that the weather hin- dered many people, especially in rural dis- tricts, from visiting the schools. That ob- stacle will be overcome this year by the change of date. A Peacemaker Passes Business man, statesman, a christian gentleman and a peacemaker, Great Britain's former Prime Minister, Hon. Neville Chamberlain, has passed away, and thus is removed from the turmoil of the present conflict a man who played such a historic role in the gathering storm, which later broke out into major proportions. As Prime Minister of Great Britain, probably no other statesman has been faced with such intricate problems and re- sponsibilities. The new menace beyond the Rhine was something which few possibly appraised in terms of realism. The Nazi menace to peace was not taken too serious- ly. But when the Hitlerian shoutings be- came louder and more violent and insistent, his immense power became more apparent to those who had been wearing rose-tinted glasses. It remained for Mr. Chamberlain to pocket his British pride and board a plane to meet the roaring superman in his own domain. The British Prime Minister knew the type of mentality he was to meet, but he believed in the sincerity of his heart that he might be able to touch the latent spark of decency that is supposed to lie within all men, and thereby spare the world .the frightful horrors of modern warfare. Mr. Chamberlain believed he had been suc- cessful in his great mission and won peace in our tire without compromising British honor. One can imagine his feelings when the march into Prague proved he had failed 'and that Hitler's word was worthless. A target for ridicule and scorn, Mr. Chamberlain's critics forgot that in the respite gained the Prime Minister had also won . a valuable twelve months for both Britain and France in which they had time to vastly strengthen their preparations. Neville Chamberlain will probably be vindicatex by history's verdict. He was an English gentleman who accepted the word of a scoundrel, and was badly fooled--but we must not forget that Chamberlain was a man of integrity who risked much for honor and humanity. That he failed was not his fault. He had hoped to live to see a better day dawning and the pity is that he did not live to see Hitler overthrown, as he eventually will. What Advertising Did Before the first World War, one com- pany sold 90 per cent of all the truck axles made in the U. S. and was a consistant ad- vertiser. But with a huge backlog of war orders, it quit advertising as a matter of economy. Then along came a rival firm (Timken), which started a vigorous adver- tising campaign and after things shook down to # post-war level, the once-domin- ant company that had sold 90 per cent of the nation's axles found it could recapture only 10 per cent of the market from its new and lusty competitors.-- (New York Post.) Rules For Safe Hunting The following rules for safe hunting promulgated by the Ontario Fish and Game Department will, if closely observed, pre- vent accidents and save many a needless heartache: : 1, Treat every gun with the respect due a loaded gun. This is the cardinal rule of gun safety. 2, Carry only empty guns, taken down or with the action open, into your automo- bile, camp and home. i 8. Always be sure that the barrel and action are clear of obstruction, 4. Always carry your gun so that you can control the direction of the muzzle even before you stumble. 5. Be sure of your target before you pull the trigger. 7. Never leave your gun unattended un- less you unload it first. 8. Never climb a tree of a fence with a loaded gun. 9. Never shoot at a hard, flat surface or the surface of water. 10. Do not mix gunpowder with alcohol. Editorial Notes x] Axis invaders over Britain on Monday. Re- ports have it that 13 Italian and 13 Nazi planes were knocked out of the sky. United States has advanced -Thanksgiv- ing Day this year. Probably want the day closer to the victorious election of Presi- dent Roosevelt and celebrate the two events as one, Rome reports that Italian troops have been surprised at the lack of good roads in Greece. Must be something wrong with Mussolini's intelligence service, if there is any truth in the report. Queen Elizabeth recently went for a 20- mile ride in an armored car and thanked the driver for a very comfortable and en- joyable ride. Could it have been an Oshawa- built car she was riding in? The much higher customs and excise collections. being reported from almost every port of entry not only reflect addi- tional importations required in connection with the national war effort but the higher taxes that are now in force. The cost of living has risen to some ex- tent and will probably rise still further. But these increases are as nothing in com- parison with what consumers would have had to endure if government control had not kept profiteers in check. There are numbers who can see the hand of Providence in those earthquakes in Rou- mania. While hundreds are dead, the de- struction of some of the oil wells supplying the Nazis with fuel for planes and tanks, will probably mean the saving of thousands of lives of others. | A Bit of Verse WHAT IS SUCCESS? It's doing our job the best we can, And being just to our fellow man; Not making money, but holding friends, Not staying true to our aims and ends. It's figuring how and learning why, And looking forward and thinking high, And dreaming little and doing much; It's keeping always in closest touch With what is finest in word and deed; It's daring blithely the field of chance While making of labour a brace romance. It's going onward despite defeat. And fighting staunchly, but keeping sweet, It's being clean and it's playing fair, It's laughing lightly at Dame Despair, It's looking up at the stars above s And drinking deeply of life and love. It's struggling on with the will to win, But taking loss with a cheerful grin, It's sharing sorrow, and work and mirth, And making better this good old earth. It's serving, striving through strain and stress, It's doing your noblest--that's SUCCESS. ~--AUTHOR UNKNOWN. A Bible Thought for Today YE SHALL REAP WHAT YE SOW: - ceived; God is not mocked; for Se 0 Ls soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing; for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.--Gelatians 6: 7, 9. P: Ul Wo Thirteen was an unlucky number for the BRITISH AVIATORS G0 T0 GODERICH FORFINAL COURSE Arrive in Special 15- Coach Train Need Night Flying Experience Goderich, Nov, 12 --(CP)--A large | contingent of British airmen who are to be trained by their own staff independently of the Common- wealth air training scheme have ar- rived here, | Transported to the Port Albert air navigators school yesterday, {the group required 15 coaches on a | special train. They arrived in east- iern Canada on Sunday and came | directly here. It is understood they |are advanced fliers and will com- | plete their training in night flying | and navigation here and then re- | [turn for active service in Britain. The party was in charge of Wing {Cmdr. H. M. Groves. instructors, Equipment were mechanics. dents {and from England by the group This is the second party of -Bri- | tishers to arrive here, others being [under the Commonwealth training | scheme, PAYS TRIBUTE 10 CHURCHILL tioned When Fate of France in the Balance Lisbon Portugal, Nov. 12.--(CP)~-- Andre Maurois, writing in the Ciario Noticias, paid tribute to Prime Minister Churchill's - "lion- like fury and eloquence" when the fate of France hung in the balance after the battle of Sedan. "Churchill's first reaction after the battle of Sedan was to reduce to the minimum the gravity of de- feat," the famous French author ! wrote. "On his arrival in Paris, Chur- {chill astonished and reassured the Supreme War Council with the vigor of his decision. Those who saw him that day were full of ad- miration for his llon-like fury and eloquence. "Churchill opposed the abandon- ment of Louvain and Brussels and the evacuation of Belgium. He wanted a counter-offensive order- ed." Fort William Backs "Scottish Namesake Fort William, Scotland, Nov, 12-- (CP)--Fort Willlam, Ont., is right behind this Scottish town tn its "namesake" Spitfire fund, Maj, G. B, Johnson, Canadian' trade com- missioner, disclosed In an address, here. . Maj. Johnson yead a cable from the mayor of the Ontario lakehead city stating: "Convey congratula- tions to Fert Willlam Seotland, from namesake, Fort William, Ont Spitfire fund starting immediately. Carry on, Fort William, Scotland. We are right behind you with onr all." GOING ELECTRIC Stockholm--(CP)--As a result of the shortage of imported gasolines and heavy oils some Swedish motor- car companies have begun manu- facture of electric automobiles, With him in | | addition to the large class of stu- | engineers | for | navigation study was also brought His Lion-Like Fury Men- | {4 LOOKED pt ----------------. | English Woman Urges | Cards For England Torento, Nov. 12 (CP). --Mrs, A. | M. Oliver, wife of a Manchester, | England, university professor, said |at a welfare meeting yesterday that | before coming to this country her "whole picture of Canada was very much like a map of the Arctic be- {fore it was properly discovered". She urged Canadians = who have British postcards, snapshots or | anything depicting Canadian life to show the children are living in a| | civilized atmosphere and not a bar- | ren wilderness. NAZIS TAKE FOOD ROM FRANCE AND NATIVES STARVE 800,000 Tons of Wheat Shipped to Germany, Much Livestock as Well By LOUIS V. HUNTER (Canadian Press Staff Writer) London, Nov. 12 (CP).--The food situation in France is becoming 'increasingly serious," according to information reaching the British | minister of economic warfare. A ministry official said the Ger- man-occupied territory in France represents about two-thirds of the | country's total agricultural produc- | tion, This is reported to have plac- ed the unoccupied portion in a difficult situation, made more seri- ous because of the breakdown of transportation. Trucks and locomotives have been sent by the Nazis into Ger- many and lorry transport is at a standstill because of gasoline short- age, resulting in further dislocation, | The situation with regard to grain stocks is said to be 'unsatisfactory because the army of occupation as well as refugees have to be fed. The ministry has received reports that before the harvest was gath- ered in France, a large number of actual fields of wheat were reserv- ed for the Germans with Swastika signs and at least 800,000 tons of wheat were removed to Germany from occupied France. Foodstuffs are being taken up by the army of occupation and sent home. Meat supplies also are low. The ration in France is 12 ounces a week and in Germany 17}: ounces, In addition, a large amount of live- stock has been transported into Germany. Pigs have been requisi- tioned in large quantities. One million are believed to have been removed in a fortnight in Septemb- er alone as well as thousands of cattle. France originally was self-suffi- client in sugar, with a large sugar beet crop. This year about 80 per cent. of the crcp was lost because of the fighting in the north. Wines have been requisitioned in a big way by the Germans. The whole grape harvest at Bordeaux has been taken over. Instead of paying for it the Germans are call- ing it a legitimate prize of war. One firm alone delivered 12,000,000 bottles of champagne tv Germany but it is not known whether it was paid for. a TWO THANKSGIVING DAYS Washington-- (CP) -- Thirty-two states, including most of those bordering ' Canada, will observe Thanksgiving Day Nov. 21, advanc- ed date suggested by President Roosevelt, but 16 diehards, includ- ing all New England states, will celebrate Nov. 28. aa THATS ONE DATE LALMOST OVER - AGAIN! DENTISTS FIX UP SOLDIERS' TEETH DURING SUMMER Accomplish Work Which is Impossible in Front Line Service With the C.A.'SF. Somewhere in England, Nov. 12, -- (CP)--After months of work, dentists with Canada's troops believe they are making real headway putting the soldiers' teeth in healthy condition. The dental problem is an end- less one but Capt. E. T. Bourke of Montreal, oldest dentist in point of service with the Canadians in this country, says they are getting the majority of bad teeth attended to. "In action we could not give such dental service to the men and this past summer we have had a fine |chance to cope with the tooth ques- tion," he said. "It will contribute to making them better soldiers for dental trouble is one thing that will [reduce efficiency quickly." Capt. Bourke was formerly on the | staff of McGill University and came over almost a year ago as the first dentist with the troops. At present he has set up shop at Corps Head- quarters and in a garret room that |serves as an office he looks over [the teeth of corps officers--from generals to subalterns. | The Royal Canadian Dental Corps specially-built equipment for field | service now -has been thoroughly | tested and has proven satisfactory, he said. Equipment for every dent- 'al purpose is in two compact trunks which can be packed ready for a [move in 20 minutes. This equipment even includes a | steel dental chair which can be set |up anywhere, and a gasoline stove and lamp for use In places where electricity is not available. Two companies of the RC.D.C., totalling about 60 dentists, now are working among units of the C.AS. F. here. TROOPS IN DESERT BURROW TO SAFETY Easy to Outwit Italian Bombers in Arrid Fight- ing Grounds With the British Army in the Western Desert, Nov. 12. (CP)-- British troops in this hot, desolate region, have become sand-hogs. Tha great empire military establishment has gone below the desert sands which provide perhaps the world's best camouflage. Tents are pitched in sand pits and are sand-bagged to the roof. Enter- ing each headquarters is like pene- trating an Egyptian tomb in the Valley of Kings. They are dug deep and reinforced to.be proof against direct hits, So effective has the burrowing been that owing to scarcity of tar- gets Italian raiders often release their bombs anywhere in the desert in the thousand-to-one chance of hitting something. WAR--25 YEARS AGO TO-DAY (By The Canadian Press) Nov. 12, 1915--Serbian. army con- cefitrated around Metrovitza after retiring southward along the Ibar River Valley before "the German and Bulgarian aavance Shah of Persia received Allied ministers and declared himself {friendly to the Allies, PY What Others Say UNNECESSARY COMPLAINT Dear Editor:-- Reading your paper I saw an item which struck me as quite an unnecessary complaint especially in these times and that was "Re the Shunter On Ritson Road and Bond Street." I want to state that if anyone has a legitimate kick it is the man that works nights and has the sleep with the clanging of that hell and the thump bang and erash of flat wang to say that this is not just my sentiments alone, it is the consensus of opinion of a vast majority of the boys building army trucks here in the plant. I wonder if the people who object so strenously to this noise have given a thought to the workers in Great Britain who have to stand the noise of shunting en- gines (steam not electric) and on top of that have to run when the siren screams and dive for a hole in the ground and feel the earth shake and tremble as a half ton bomb explodes, then peek out and return or bed whichever the case be. No Mr. Edi not one peep out of me, and as I said to my wife this very day when she said doesn't that engine shake the house, yes I replied, put dear that is better than a bomb shaking it, I hope all will gee my point of view and not com- plain again. VETERAN STAFFS SLEEP IN LONDON STORE Basement Equipped Like Hotel to Meet Emergency of Air Raids London, Nov. 12 (CP)--Prowision for skeleton staffs to sleep in base- ments, earlier closing and special facilities for cmployees with long journeys to leave early are among arrangements made hy big London stores to combat effects of shorten- ing daylight hours and longer night raids. At one large, fashionable Ken- sington store, pians have been com- pleted for a nucleus staff of 500-- one-tenth of the whole personnel-- to sleep in basements equipped like an hotel. A snack bar, restaurant, smoke room, games parlor and radio lounge will be among the amenities. "The ingenuity of our girls is amazing," the staff manager of a third store said. "Some of them have to use tram, train and bus on the homeward journey and others hitch-hike." Question of store closing has been discussed at the Home Office by a deputation representing store and distributive workers throughout the country. They urged fixing a gen- eral early closing hour, applicable to all stores, a delegation of power to local authorities to vary the hour when necessary. SHOTGUN WOUNDS FATAL TO HUNTER Toronto, Nov, 13.--Although his wife, fearing an accident had urged him not to go, John J, Carmochan, Riverdale avenue, went on a hunt- ing expedition Saturday and as a result died yesterday from gun- shot wounds. Members of his family yesterday recounted how his wife had pro- tested against his going on the trip. They said she had a "feeling" that something would happen if he went. Carnochan, accompanied by Ro- bert Anderson and Geogge Prior of Stanhope avenue, East York, was hunting near Coboconk when the accident oocurred, according to Provincial Officer William MoBrien who investigated. Their dog rous- ed a partridge and Anderson fired, the charge hitting Carnochan, The 25-year-old man was rushed to Lindsay General Hospital, with shotgun pellets in his arm and stomach. Married only last May he is survived by his widow and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Car- ANASTAS HIKGVAN NOLOTOEF'S AIDE INTRADE PACTS Has Formulated Trade Agreements With Nearly Dozen Countries » By ROBERT MAGIDOFF Associated Press Staff Writer Moscow, Nov, 12--(AP)--Soviet Russia's complicated game in for- eign affairs has been accompanied by a series of economic agreements with nearly a dozen countries. These agreements have been negotiated by one of Stalin's closest ascoclates, the foreign trade com- missar, Anastas Ivanovitch Miko- yan, who has complemented Pre- mier Molotoff's efforts in pursuing the "Stalinist peace policy" by throwing into play Russia's econ- omic weight, The most important oi the agree- ments signed by Mikoyan has been the trade pact with the Germans, who pressed hard for a maximum of oil and grain and cther vital items. The bargaining ended--in the opinion of most foreign observers-- in Mikoyan's signing away a mini- mum of these products, badly need= ed by Russia herself. They include, accordiry to unofficial estimates, 1,000,000 tons of oil, aad are being paid for by "ersatz" formulas, mod- els of latest German kombers and other jtems of importance to the Russians, The present status of Soviet German economie . collaboration is uncertain, Mikoyan and the chief of the economic division of the German foreign office, Dr. Karl Schnurra, recently took ztock of the first six months of trade, after which Schnurre left for Berlin to report, as well as to work out pro- posals for the future. German circles jn Moscow Say there is complete harmony between Moscow and Berlin, and that the next six months hold promise of expansion. of Soviet~-German trade. The Russians, however, adhere to their traditional silence, keeping the Germans and everyone else guessing. Trade negotiations with Yugo- slavia, Bulgaria, Sweden, Denmark and other countries served to cor= roborate the impression among for- eign observers in Moscow that Mikoyan, one of the youngest Soviet leaders, also is one of the ablest. He was born on Nov. 25, 1895, in Tiflis province, son of an Armen- fan worker. , In 1915, he joined the Bolshevists, and three years later helped defend the oil city of Baku against a joint German-Turkish army. He held the rank of brigade commissar. Toward the end of 1918, during the British intervention in Baku, he landed in jail along with 26 commissars of the short-lived Azer- baidjan Soviet Republic. These commissars were executed, but Mikoyan escaped with his life by sheer accident, and was released from prison in March, 1919, on the demand of the Baku workers, who had declared a general strike, Then followed several years of active co-operation with Stalin in the struggle against Trotsky, In 1926 he was appointed people's commissar for trade and was elect ed member of the Politburo, con- sisting of 11 men who decide on all foreign and domestic policies of the USSR. In 1937, Mikoyan was appointed vice-premier, and in this capacity, it is generally believed, he controls the entire distribution system of his vast country, co-ordinating the work of providing supplies for the Red army and navy, fulfilling obli- gations to foreign cowntries. and demand of the enormous internal market. GOOD FOR LAME DUCK London--(CP)--A "lame" Spit= fire, lagging behind its squadron with engine trouble. shot down a Dornier bomber; set another afire, crashed a Messerchmitt 109 and carried its pilot cafely home to a forced landing. THIRD TERM FOR JONES Liverpcol -- (CP) -- The Lord Mayor, Sir Sydney Jones, has heen asked by the selection committee to continue in office for the third successive year, a record for Liver- pool. TRAIN RAINED OUT Nagpur, India--(CP) -- Nineteen inches of rain fell during 36 hours here and the Calcutta mail train, bound for Bombay, was cancelled because of floods between Raipur and Bilaspur. When You go direct to downtown P in every town enroute when you travel by motor coach. planning your next trip consult your local agent for all travel GENOSHA HOTEL -:- information PHONE 2825" GRAY COACH LINES