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RAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, The Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) as independent newspaper published every weéek- afternoon except Newspapers Associa Dailies and the?Audit Bureau of 1 PraTES in Osha Whitby and suburbs oe aay ta or $050 Jair savage. is me ue ON for three. months 42.26 for. six months, or $400 per year if paid in Fm oa $6.00 per year. payable hy - hr Raa nee ¥ { » Provincial a1 er mad ~RURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1940 Minlcipal Elections Approaching Since the approaching municipal election in Oshawa will carry with it the possibility of 'the successful candidates being elected for a term of two years, it becomes highly desirable that those placed in office shall be well qualified from the standpoints of exeeutive ability and experience to deal with important matters involving municipal administration. Municipal office in recent years; is, un- fortunately making less and less appeal to men who are capable and qualified, and yet $here are few ways in which public spirit- ed men can render their communities or their fellow-citizens better service. If pri- vate. business demands careful, competent and constant direction, business of the municipality which is just as important, requires as capable guidanc Yet this busi- ness involving a turnover hundreds of thousands of dollars annually is frequently entrusted to men whose sole qualifications pre that they are good fellows. If we are to restore and maintain munici- 1 service on the plane it needs it is essen- ial.that men of high standing in the com- munity possessing reputations for public spirit, integrity and business capacity shall be encouraged to enter and given support at the polls. There is plenty of good timber in Oshawa and it is most desirable in the prospect that phe 'elective bodies may be administering the affairs of the city for two years that they be. composed of the best representa- tives obtainable, including those already in office and any others who are thoroughly gualified for the duties to which thev might aspire. - A, Yuletide Decorating Many Oshawa merchants have already taken the trouble to decorate their stores for the coming Christmas season and others will perhaps follow the usual custom short- by. Arrangements have been made to dec- orate the streets with evergreens and color- ed lights, all of which will give a stimulus $0 the Christmas spirit as exemplified in the matter of holiday shopping. There are a number of cities which *dress up" at this season of the year, and it all requires a co-operative spirit among the 'merchants, business men, city council and public utilities. There is some cost in- volved, but when the returns from the out- fay are added up it should more than repay for the time, effort and few dollars expend- ed. An attractively decorated city will draw eustomers just as an attractively decorated store does, providing the merchants in that eity 'and the individual stores have choice selections and at prices that compare favor- ably with the nearest compcotitor. Further than that every loyal citizen worthy of the title takes a pride in seeing his town well decorated and the stores where he makes his purchases equally rare So we say: Oshawa should put on her best dress and let the Yuletide spirit reign supreme. In fact this Christmas should be made all the brighter because of the war. Bring out the evergreen and colored lights that we may all enjoy the season in spite of the war. : More Worry for the Farmer By order-in-council the Wartime Prices and Trade Board was recently given the power to fix maximum prices for 'butter throughout Canada. The news may be wel- come to the urban housewife, but it may not be so enthusiastically received on Cana- dian' dairy farms. If it is a 'symptom of gavernmental policy on the Prices of food- stiffs, all farmers have @use to worry. The Canadian farmer has complained in the: past, with some reason, that the price of what he has to sell is too often out of line with the price of what he has to buy. When industrial unemployment becomes general, the farmer' s i from his pro- duce falls below his cost of production, be- cause the unemployed factory worker economizes on food purchases and creates a surplus. The manufacturer of goods to be sold to the farmer may reduce his prices to some extent, but normally he will adjust his production to market conditions and take other steps to avoid operation at a loss. In spite of precautions, he may still incur losses, but his business is not a con- tinual gamble with the unpredictable whims of nature, When he makes a motor or a mouse-trap, he does so with a reason- able expectation of selling it at a moderate profit to someone who needs it. When the farmer sows an acre of wheat or potatoes he has no assurance that he will harvest a crop or that he will be able to sell it profit- ably if he does harvest it. : Some 'of the gamble is removed from farming when industries become active. With more people at work, more'and better food is required, and the law of supply and demand begins to act in the farmer's favor. If there is no interference with the law, the farmer is able, while prosperity lasts, to buy new machinery, to make repairs that reasons of economy have forced him to ne- glect and even to put by something in anti- cipation of the next depression. If on the other hand industrial activity is sustained, the farmer is faced with a new set of prob- lems, for high wages tempt his hired men into factory employment and his costs rise with those of other business. Pegging the price of butter or any other farm product is unlikely to commend itself to the farmer as long as other prices are allowed to follow their upward course. The farmer is not looking for an opportunity to profiteer, and he can sympathize with ef- forts to prevent inflation. All that he asks is, that if inflation is unavoidable, he be given an equal opportunity with his urban neighbor to protect himself. It may be that the Wartime Prices and Trade Board can provide better protection for the farmer's interests than he can himself. If so, per- haps it is the body to whom should be en- trusted the hitherto unsolved farm prob- lem. The Public And The Press Mr. Albert W. Reid, editor of the Sher- brooke Telegram, recently delivered an address on the subject of "Better Press Re- lations" before a Sherbrooke club. Mr. Reid is well qualified to speak on such a subject, which is one that should be better under- stood by the public in general, says the Granby Leader-Mail. In his address he said that readers are sometimes inclined to ask why greater pub- licity is given to the activities of certain organizations, and he explained that it was not as much a question of the editor's pre- ference, as it is the result of understanding and initiative on the part of the society in- volved. This could be enlarged indefinitely. The editor of a paper does the best he can to give unbiased reports of all activities, but he should not be expected to know every- thing about all happenings. A little co- operation on the part of other people in- volved would be a greatly appreciated help. Frequently when requested to give in- formation about some event people will say "Do not mention anything about it this week, and I will give you a full report next week." However, the readers are looking for news of that event in the paper im- mediately following, and if this news is not there, the readers will have lost all interest by the following week. This is only one of many angles which might be mentioned, and which could be improved. - Better press relations help not only the newspapers but also the people directly concerned. Editorial Notes It would appear that as the war lengthens so Britain doth strengthen. Heard on the street corner; but isn't it the truth? "Everybody wants the old home town to go ahead, but they all think it's somebody else's duty to do the pushing." It wasn't so many months ago that Mussolini had grandiose plans for a "Mediterranean Empire." plans can be put in a Grecian urn and plac- ed on the shelf. Henry Ford now urges a two-ocean navy as the way to peace. Anyone is privileged to change his mind. But we are reminded of the "Peace Ark" venture about a quarter of a century ago. A Bible Thought for Today ETERNAL LIFE: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength and will all thy mind: and thy neighbor as thvzelf. This do, and thou shalt live.~Luke 10; 27, 28. | terday was | di splayed | against the enemy. | tached to No. 257 Squadron, | He did not "Well--it's a som of give and take arrangement, Colonel--our | fall manoeuvres--his fall plowing!" Rammed One Raider Down Scared Off Others by Bluff Edmonton Pilot Gets D.F.C. London, Dec. 5--F1t.-Lt. Howard | Peter Blatchford of Edmonton yes- awarded the Distin- guished Flying Cross for gallantry in flying operations The citation said Blatchford, at- "was the leader of a squadron which de- stroyed eight and damaged a fur- ther five enemy aircraft in one day. "In the course of combat he ram- med and damaged a hostile fighter when his ammunition was expended and then made two determined head- on feint attacks on enemy fighters which drove them off," the citation added. "He has shown magnificent leadership and outstanding cour- age." Blatchford himself described his | feat last week, just after the battle. recognize the enemy planes at first, but soon decided they were Italian. "I singled out None and gave him a burst," he-sald. But now those "Immediately he went Into a loop. Se | neve; : sort of thing, so I That Body Of Yours By James W, Barton, M.D. ONE ATTACK OF PNEUMONIA PREDISPOSES OF FURTHER ATTACKS When certain ailments attack us, our blood and tissues build up a resistance with which to fight the ailment. Nature is so good to us that the amount of resistance we build up during the attack reiiains with us for months, years, in fact our whole lifetime and so we are never attacked by that ailment again. This is spoken of as setting up an "immunity" against that particular ailment. There is one ailment, however, that once it attacks us, we never seem to build up enough resistance or immunity to prevent a second attack. In fact, one attack makes us more likely to have further at- tacks. This ailment is pneumonia. The organisms that cause the dif- ferent types of pneumonia are al- ways in us, always lying in wait to overcome us should our resistance become low. Further, pneumonia is usually present during the ccol or cold weather, when the warm sun- light. is not present to fight these organisms and when our own fight- ing cells--the white corpuscles of the blood--are not at their best be- cause cool weather or coldness chills | £00 them and makes them less active. That coldness or drafts is an im- portant factor in chilling the white corpuscles and allowing harmful organisms to make headway in the | body has been known for a long time. For years, baseball pitchers have been putting on a sweater be- tween innings or putting the sleeve | of their sweater over their pitching down. I saw a black dot move one was bailing out. In the next second the bomber came to pieces. | I must have killed the pilot and he | fell back, pulling the stick with him | and causing the loop." Blatchford then piled into another dog fight with a Fiat and gave it three quick bursts. His ammunition ran out, so he tried "scaring the living daylights out of him. Just before I would have run into him I felt a slight bump. I did not sce | him again." The game of "bumping them down" appealed to Blatchford, so he tried it again on another Fiat chas- a Hurricane and then drove his plane into still another formation of Fiats worrying another British fighter. Only when his plane be- gan to vibrate badly did Blatchford start to worry, but he managed to land safely. He found six inches arm to prevent cold and stiffness | interfering with the strength and | away, then a puff of white--some- | | prevent developing a cold from be- elasticity of their musccles and to coming overheated. If, then, getting overheated and exposing one's self to cold or a draft will cause a cold which is the beginning part of pneumonia, the | lesson is plain. Workers should not hwry out | from factories or mines after work, particularly if they have taken a hot shower to remove dust and dirt from their bodies. The same applies to those engaged in sport, particu- larly golfers who hurriedly dress after the ghower, jump into their cars and fayrry home to be in time for the meal. The "that colds seem to be "catching" in an office, school, or factory but pneumdnia is not catch- ing, would tend to show that it is a tired, rundown body, exposed to colds, or ts, that causes the ordinary to go on to pneu- from one propeller blade, and nto Italians, DRIVE EXPLOSIVE THROUGH AIR RAID TO SAVE DISTRICT Canadian and. and British Soldiers Commended by Gen. McNaughton By ROSS MUNRO Canadian Press Staff Writer Somewhere in England, Dec. 5 (CP)--Sapper T. Jg.C. (Tommy) Cramb of Toronto, member of the Royal Canadian Engineers, has been commended, along with Trooper C. Knight of a Britis tank regiment, for bravery shown when they were in charge of a lorry carrying high explosives during an air raid. An account of the incident ap- peared in corps orders and Lt.-Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton, corps com- mander, directed that an entry be made in the men's conduct sheet. Cramb was riding with Knight, who was driving, on a lorry carry- ing 1,500 pounds of high explosives. The lorry was moving through a thick -populated area when the district was attacked by enemy air- craft. The two soldiers realized the dn ger in which their load placed the neighborhood, and drove on. One bomb efplcded close to their ve- hicle; debris flew past and cramb was thrown across the gear levers. Knight managed to keep control of the truck and they went on into the country before stopping to exam- ine the damage. The order said "the aotion of these men in continuing their way without regard to their own safety in spite of the effect of a bomb ex- plosion is highly commended." More Accidents Reported In Month of November There were 8,006 accidents report- ed to The Workmen's Compensation Board of Ontario during the month of November, as compared with 8,543 during October, and 6,195 during November a year ago. There was awarded in benefits $643,487.37, of which $511,853.35 was for compensation and $131,634.02 for medical aid. This year's record to date shows a total of 73,456 accidents reported, as compared with 55,382 during the same period last year, and total benefits awarded to date this year amount to $6,560,711.78 ag compar- ed with $3.571,02861 fo the end of November last year, oe ha? favored | FORD WOULD GIVE ' BRITAIN FINANCES Dec. 5.--Henry Ford if Great Britain needs "giving them all Dewalt, | they want." "It will end the war in a hur- |v hy said in a brief interview. "We did it before and we might as | well do it again." The automobile manufacturer was commenting on proposals for financial aid to Britain, The United States dollar, Ford said, "is the best piece of paper on earth. To my knowledge it has bought a bushel of wheat for the last sixty-six years, and a bushel of wheat is the best dollar standard that I know of." Ford, who twenty-five years ago started a peace expedition in the Oscar II, sald that he was con- vinced neither side would win the war. "After the war is over," he said, "I see the people turning to the land--the source of all things need- ed for the peace and prosperity of any nation," HORITZA TAKEN AS RAF. MADE "SUICIDE" RAID Two of Three Bombers Lost Halting Italian { Reinforcements--Bridgd Blown Out in Daring Attack London, Dec. 5--How a "Juicide squad" of Royal Air Force bombing planes blew up a bridge near Kor- itza and prevented Italy from send- ing reinforcements to the be- leaguered Albanian town is describ- ed by the British Broadcasting Cor. poration. The BBC, quoting from the story of a rear-gunner who togk part in the raid, told how - three Bristol Blenheim bombers intercepted a convoy of Italian reinforcements crossing a bridge towards Koritza, "We swooped down snd unloaded our bombs from such close range that bits of our own bombs came back and hit us," the rear gunner was quoted as saying. "I looked down and the bridge no longer ex- isted. Nothing could get across that bridge after we weré through." Two planes in the raiding party one of the greatest, soldiers & produced by a citizen army. Some- ----- By --- FRED WILLIAMS Sixty-five vears ago' y (Dec. 5, 1875), a boy was bom the small town of Napperton, near Strathroy, 'Middlesex, Ont, to Mr and Mrs. Willlam Garner je, whose name, Arthur Willisth Currie, was to become world famous as that of ever how I like to regard Sir Arthur more as the teacher (he began that phase of his career at Sidney, Van- couver Island, in 1893, and ended it as principal of McGill, one of the greatest of universities) than I do as the soldier, though, of course, in the latter capacity he was also teaching all the time. Arthur Currie crossed the road to the little school house opposite his home when he was eight; and later attended Strathroy high school. After three years of teach- ing at Sidney Mr, Currie became a partner in the Colonist newspaper (still a teacher), and later' went into the insurance and real estate business. The French saying that any pri- vate's knapsack might contain a field-marshal's baton was literally fulfilled in the cae of Arthur Cur- rie. He joined the Fifth Regiment, Canadian ArtiJlery, as a gunner, in 1897; in three years he had won his commissipn; in 1902 he was captain; 1906 major, and in 1909 command- ing officer. In 1913 he left the ar- tillery to take command of the new 50th' Regiment (Gordon Highland- eps of Canada) which he took to Valcartier a§ a unit within a few days of the outbreak of war in 1914, A year later he was commander of the First Canadian Division; two years later he was Sir Arthur W. Currie, K.CM.G., and commander of the Canadian Corps, taking over from Sir Julian Byng. He led the Canadian troons into Germany 25 years ago this month and on his return to Canada was made Inspec- tor-general at Ottawa. But war had wearied him; he yearned for the quiet of the school- room again and so accepted the of- fer to go to McGill, where he work- 4 and died Nov. 30, 1933. Loved by his pupils in the small school at Sidney, idolized by his soldiers, and revered by his students at McGill, the boy born in that small home at Napperton will ever live in history as a great soldier of Empire and one of Canada's most eminent sons, Expfrts of beef cattle to the United States for the first 44 weeks of 1940, ended October 31, totalled 104,000 head, compared with 163,000 head during the corresponding period of 1939. Improvement in failed to return, prices of the better grades of cattle { times that number by remaining BRITAIN CAN'T LOSE WAR SAYS U. S. AIR STRATEGIST -General Chaney Be- lieves "Battle of Britain" Turning Point Like Waterloo New York, Dec. 5--One of Am- erica's chief air strategists believes last summer's "battle of Britain" will go down beside Marathon and Waterloo as a turning. point in world history. Major-Gen. James E. Chaney, commanding the northeastern dis- trict, United States Army Air Corps, in an interview at LaGuar- dia Field yesterday after a 43-day stay in England, said: "At the rate they are going, the British won't lose the wa "I believeWthat in the air battle over England in August and Sep- tember," he added, "historians will find material to record it as one of the decisive battles of the war, equally decisive as the eight to 12 battles from Marathon to Water- loo. "My observggions abroad have led me to the belief that England can't lose this war. unless she be- comes over-confident or careless." He expressed doubt that Ger- many's numerical warplaine su- periority over the British was as large as has been thought, but said the Nazi planes were of high quality and their fuel uniformly He said one of the biggest fac- | tors in Britain's success so far in F holding off the air invaders was jis extensive g.ound observation network. With it, he declared, 100 planes could do the work of many grounded until just the right mo- jTment for counter-attack. He listed among current critical | points the loss of some British | merchant shipping and destroyers, |and said Britain needs 100 more destroyers, several thousand planes, ports in Ireland, mercantile ships and financial credit in the United | States. He advised the United States to consider four important factors as {a result of the war abroad: The problem of combatting night bom- bardments; Jmubrovement of plane- to-ground ra sets; building of more OS a into fighter | planes and defensive power into bombers; and the construction of anti-aircraft guns with a range up to 40,000 feet. No K.C.'s Being Name This Year, Says Conant Toronto, Dec. 5.--Attorney-Gen- | eral Conant last night announced | that no King's Counsellors will be | appointed this New Year. | "We have many matters more | important to deal with in these very serious war times than creat- ing honors." said the Attorney- General Bo of great responsibil- | ity, prestige and imporiance. 1 hope we may yet attain a similar | condition in Ontario." i rr rr | | | | Lindsay Council Favors Saving Time . 5--Members of the | v Council are in favor of 14 the town on Daylight Sav- ng ime, especially in view of the indreasing activity at the Dominion Arsenal. Two years ago the rate- payers voy down Daylight Sav- ing by a laMye margin. In the event of an acclamation of the 1940 Council, Mayqr A. T. Lindsey should Inmediaigly adopt the faster time. If an election is necessary the matter will be placed before the people. § 4 HAS EXPLANATION FOR DOWNFALL OF GALLOPING GERTIE Caused by Three Types of Vibration Acting Together Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 5--(AP)--= A Massachusetts Institute of Teche nology mechanical engineer offered a possible explanation yesterday for the vibration but not the actual failure of "Galloning Gertie," the Tacoma, Wash., bridge which col lapsed last month. In an interview in the Techno- logy Review, Blake Mills said that at least on€ of three types of vibra. tion, caused,by a "steady wind" and hitherto unégpected for such mase sive structufes as bridges, might have been fnvolved in the "bounc=- ing" motion of the Tacoma span. Those three fcrms of vibration, he said. could be illustrated by the "Gallop" observed in sleet-covered transmission lines under the influ- ence of a steady wind, the "flutter" of airplane wings in power dives, and the "singing" of telephone wires caused by wind eddies. Mills observed the motion of the bridge at first hand some ie be- fore the crash. Later, he said, he demonstratad, by means of an elec- tric fan and a el of a bridge girder, ae® phenonien something similar to trafisniission-line gallop- ing as a possible cause of the bridge's vibration. He also substituted a flat wooden slab for the girder in the same ap- paratus and produced the pheno- menon of "flutter." In the latter case, he said, there was a combined bouncing and rolling motion some- what similar to the photographed motion of the deck of the Tacoma Narrows bridge just before failure. Recognition in the Tacoma bridge of any or all of these types of vi- bration, Mills said, "by no means leads to a dired® solution of the problem of the failure." "It may serve a purpose, howe ever," he added, "in pointing out that on a structure designed for steady loads, dynamic load may in some cases be produced by steady wind. Violent vibrations hence can result from perfectly steady winds, and there are evidently situations where structural designs must ree cognize this fact." "In England the position || Claxton expressed the opinion that [] ROUND TRIP BARGAIN FARES DECEMBER 6-7-8 from OSHAWA to TORONTO CHATHAM GODERICH HAMILTON OWEN SOUND PARRY SOUND . SCHREIBER SUDBURY and many intermediate points. For train service, return limits, etc, Consult Agents. Ask for Handbill POOL TRAIN SERVICE CANADIAN CANADIAN PACIFIC NATIONAL 23moL J' AIATINAAB "blue coal THE COLOUR GUARANTEES THE QUALITY Lander Goal Go. 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