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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1940 aPAGE FOUR 'Oshawa Daily Times THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER ; (Established 1871) day mens. except Saturday at Oshawa, Can- Aic gds by The Times Publishing Co. of Oshawa, ai! Limited. Chas. M. Mundy, Pres; A R Alloway. 200 Managing Directar. me Osnaws Daily Times is 8 member of the Mir g Daily Newspapers Association the On- ov: Satio Provincia) Dailies and the Audit Buresu of ~28t ol SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby and suburbs a 25¢ for two weeks; $325 for six months, or $6.50 jo Der year if paid th advance. & mail anywhere in Canada (outside Oshawa of A delivery limits) $1.25 for three months, $3.25 for six months, or $4.00 per year if paid in published every week. oH a "iy mail to U.S. subscribers, $6.00 per year. payable usar strictly ip advance. ~18¢ Oz «22. ¥ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1940 Minister of Munitions Rescued When the news was flashed to Canada «that the Western Prince, big Furness liner "earrying C. D. Howe, Canada's minister of munitions and other officers of the depart- - ment, had been torpedoed 400 miles off the | coast of Ireland early Saturday morning, there were grave fears that Canada had +Jost another of her war-time cabinet minis- "* ters holding an important post. It was not sx-until Monday that any definite assurances 'were forthcoming that the Hon. Mr. Howe and three other members of his party were saved and had reached a west coast English port. A later report to New York advised that all the 110 passengers and crew of 60 had been saved. At time of writing this it 'ovas not known definitely whether the ship ""was still afloat or sunk or how the passen- gers and crew of 60 had been saved. All Canada has much cause to rejoice ...that members of this important depart- 2 "ment have been saved because they have - Thus far in the war given great and valu- «i! gble service to Canada and the cause of freedom. And on account of their families tr and many friends Canada will be grateful "Ithat the tragic loss of their lives has been : ; prevented. The big ship was carrying warplanes and : 41 other cargo to Great Britain from the "United States and Mr. Howe was quite aware of the risks attending such a journey. The Nazis torpedo any ship with range and it is quite certain that they would make greater efforts to sink a ship if they '"ynew a Canadian cabinet minister and members of his department were aboard. We do not know of course if the submarine was aware of who was on the passenger list. +, It is an experience that brings home to aus the necessity of keeping quiet about ""' movements of ships, and also the dangers ~-attending these trips cannot be minimized ~~~ notwithstanding the protection provided by * "the convoys. wali En 2 Watch Out for Shysters Always during any time of patriotic ex- citement, and particularly during a war, there are scoundrels who seek to cash in on such fervor. With men away, as they are in many cases now with the fighting forces, 5 Such men seek to prey on the wives and (families. Others seek to take advantage of patriotic impulses and raise funds, most of which seem to move in one general direc- ztion, the pockets of the promoters. That is wmwhat A. R. Haskell, general manager of the ---Toronto Better Business Bureau, says of w:guch shysters. fh "Mothers, wives and sweethearts of en- listed men are particularly being preyed | upon at the present time with various |'{ forms of rackets disguised under all man- || mer of fake patriotic pretexts. Dimes and dollars are continuing to pour into the i 'hands of hundreds of schemers who are ,, masquerading, during the critical period of i our history, under the guise of patriotism. fe While the public is only too happy to con- r tribute to worthy causes, these slick and i'l gly individuals are waxing fat on the pro- vi ceeds of their fraudulent schemes. Interest- Iii ed only in the satisfaction of 'their own yj avarice, they leave a trail of anguish and iii financial loss behind then as a result of fi their nefarious operations." _ People See fre Solution to 'World Problems Business gen, laborers, men on the i street" and feven students in secondary hools are reading the newspapers these eve not plone for the information they limay receiye about local and world events {| but for tHe purpose of trying to find out i the reasons for the world's ills and solu- tions to the problems, which all added up 1% not make gense in their present form. For insBance: the United States govern- grees to oan ow, 000,000 to China so as to enable her to continue the war against Japan. About the same time another statement from Washington re- vealed that during the past three years, United States manufacturers and oil pro- ducers, including scrap metal dealers had sold Japan $700,000,000 worth of war ma- terials. Now it is learned a committee head- ed by Pearl S. Buck is appeal to fellow citi- zens for one million dollars for medical re- lief for wounded soldiers and bombed civilians in China, With such absurd situations running rampant in the world is it any wonder peo- ple are talking of the need for a new world order. Here we see one nation supplying two other nations with the mean of carry- ing on a war against each other. Undoubt- edly there were financial returns for the nation supplying China with money at usury and in supply Japan with materials of war at good profits. Now we read that United States is call- ing for a tremendous program of armament for national defence. Japan i§ an ally of Germany and yet U.S. has allowed the sale of millions of supplies to Japan for war purposes. And now U.S. has to spend mil- lions more to defend herself from the very thing she sold at a good profit. In the big program of self defence half of the U.S. production is supposed to be given to the British Empire as Britain is really fighting for the preservation of American democracy. Is it any wonder people of intelligence are beginning to look into the causes of world unrest and seek solutions to the problems arising out of that unrest. There are a lot of things that need revising. That is why we should be planning a new world order right now. Editorial Notes It may be courteous to extend the right hand, says a safety slogan, but when you're driving to extend the left hand is more courteous, W * The royal navy in the Mediterranean will eat turkey for Christmas dinner. The Italian navy will probably eat spaghetti (rationed) as usual. The Greek use of the bayonet is being denounced, by Italian press and radio: They very conveniently forget their bombing of helpless Ethiopian natives. The baby budget brought down by Can- ada's finance minister will be quite a "youngster in a few more months--and the family is liable to increase. India is not behind other parts of the Empire in doing its bit on the financial front. It was recently announced that 306,- 455,000 rupees (about $115,000,000) had been subscribed to the All-Indian Defence Loans, besides which, of course, there have been very large gifts to British funds. The Great War speeded rural depopula- tion by leading many young farmers into jobs in urban industry which they were loathe to vacate at the close of the war. The same tendency is visible at the present time, and yet farmers must have assist- ance if they are to continue to produce as the Empire needs them to produce. Until, however, the rewards of farming are as great and as certain as the rewards of other branches of industry, we can scarce- ly hope to halt the process of rural de- population. A Bit of Verse THE CHRISTMAS SILENCE Hushed are the pigeons cooing low On dusty rafters of the loft; And mild-eyed oxen, breathing soft, Sleep on the fragrant hay below. pr ca Dim shadows in the corner hide; The glimmering lantern's rays are shed Where one young lamb just lifts his head, Then huddles 'gainst his mother's side. Strange silence tingles in the air; Through the half-open door a bar Of light from one low-hanging star Touches a baby's radiant hair, No sound: the mother, kneeling, lays Her cheek against the little face. Oh human love! Oh heavenly grace! "Tis yet in silence that she prays! Ages of silence end to-night; Then to the long-expectant earth Glad angels come and greet His birth In bursts of music, love, and light! MARGARET DELAND A Bible Thought for Today OUR CHARACTERS ARE UTTERLY MOULDED BY OUR THOUGHTS: Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good re- port, if there be any virtue and if there be any praise think on these things.--1 Timothy 4:8, ) "SHOPPER'S GUIDE" (RC) NK THAT CLEARS LP ANY DOUBT ABOUT WHAT TO 'uY WS CHRISTMAS! London In War Time Head of London Firm Must Be Builder, Cor "essor, Army Captain, Referee. (This is the second instalment of Milo M. Thompson's story of life in Britain as the war is being fought. Thompson is chief of the Associated Press' London bureau and now is in the United States on his first visit since 1938.) By MILO M. THOMPSON Associated Press Staff Writer New York, Dec. 17--(AP)--The accessful business manager In London has to have the qualifica- tions of a hotel proprietor, a bulld- ing contractor, a referee, a father confessor, a transportation wizard and an army captain. All this is in addition to the quali- fications of his own special busi- ness, whether he manufactures tin cans, operates a denartment store or runs a press association office. He has to operate a shelter in which many employees, caught by the raids, must sleep at night. That brings up problems of heat- ing, lighting, ventilation, cot as- signments, laundry and sanitary conveniences. Also involved is the supply of elementary cooking arrangements, particularly for making tea. An army may march on its stomach, but Britain's citizen defenders are fuelled by tea and require much sleep, These would not be difficult prob- lems under normal circumstances, but uncertain water supplies for boilers make a reserve heating sys- tem essential. Underground shelters are places pressed into service for their pur- pose, not designed for it, so they are often neither well dried nor well ventilated. Quarrel Over Beds And many a quarrel over beds develops among people whose nerves are strained and whose nights are, at best, too wakeful. The qualifications of a building contractor are called into play by many things. Shelters require modifications 'which call for work- men, bricks, cement and steel. It is no easy task to find them. It is even less easy to have them avail- able together, In our case, for example, we have had to send trucks to brick fac- tories halfway across England in order to get supplies to keep busy the bricklayers already rounded up. Another construction problem is presented by the fire laws. Inspec- tors keep insisting that certain openings be eliminated, certain hallways provided with fire doors, certain stairways changed. Faced with possible prosecution if he does not speedily make the adjustments, the manager finds himself unable to get from another arm of the government permission to use the essential materials. War operations take precedence. Then comes a bomb which smashes his windows, wrenches doors bff hinges, rips off part of his roof. It is imperative that repairs be made quickly lest rain damage records, machinery and furniture, It is al- most impossible again to find men and materials. Skins Thin The referee's talents become uge- ful when one nervy and unslept employee invites another into the alley to have his blocks knocked off because of some fancied affront which, in calmer times, would be scarcely noticed. Persons have to be separated long enough to be con- vinced hoth are slightly abnormal and should blame such things on the war. The confessional is always in ges. sion. The man whose home has been smashed by a bomb weeps on his employer's shoulder. The fellow whose wife or child or other near kin has been a casualty | | verse will be the case today, and | | that one of the first cablegrams of | has to be brought around by sym- pathetic and fortifying words. The chap Who sees Dankripicy | House, Ottawa, will be from historic | staring him in the face because he can no longer reach work from the home he owns and cannot afford to rent a room closer to the office brings his problem for solution. There are family rows. too, born of weariness, stuffy blacked-out rooms, altered rations and nerves. Wives cry about husbands who don't come home on frightening nights. Husbands are thrown off their stride by hysterical outbursts at home. That manager who can so arrange things that his employees get t0 | monwealth, may receive the united work on time in spite of the un- certainties of transportation, is a transportation wizard. Some attempt to solve this prob- lem by adjusting hours to allow for jams, halts and tle-ups, Others hire cars with courageous drivers who have no fear of falling frag- ments and can skid nonchalantly round new-made craters in the streets. These cars call for and de- liver those who need the help. Fleets of Buses Some of the bigger employers have whole fleets of buses which wait for their employees at day's end and then start out, each to his district, to deliver workers at their homes. Fortunate is the manager who has had army experience. The air raids precaution unit of his own plant or building is a little army in itself, dedicated to watchfulness, to the disposal of incendiary bombs, the organization of stretcher, de- molition and rescue parties. Not only does he help control this force, but he is required by law to keep a fire watch at all hours and he must man his roof with sen- tries during raids to give the alarm when planes approach near enough to threaten the building. A fourth war organization is that of his shelter wardens, who main- tain order underground, especially at night, and at the same time at- tend to those who may be sick or injured in the sheltering group. The manager is a permanent "officer of the day" in hie building or plant. Beyand these things he has to fill out forms for army and navy, deduct ihe social security and in- come tax from each salary en- envelope, satisfy the war risk and bombardment insurance people on changes in the salary and status of employees and damage done to the plant. ON THIS DATE BY FRED WILLIAMS Once again it is Dec. 17, and Prime Minister William Lyon Mac- kenzie King has completed another year, a year in which he gained the greatest electoral victory of any Canadian prime minister and a year filled with more responsibility than any other holder of his office save his predecessor in the former war with Germany, Sir Robert Borden. Born 'at Berlin, Ont. (now Kitch- ener), Dec. 17, 1874, Mr. King is just 17 days younger than Winston Churchill. Long years ago the two men differed as to policies which each considered best for the em- pire and for Canada, but there is no disagreement now. Hand in hand, in constant touch, the prime minister of the United Kingdom and the prime minister of Canada are united in all that can aid the | path to victory. Mr. Mackenzie King was one of the first to con- MILLION PAIRS gratulate Mr. Churchill upon the completion of his 6th year on Nov. GEORGE CROSS IS AWARDED LT. J.M.S. PATTON, HAMILTON, FOR REMOVING TIME BOMB First C.A.S.F. Unit Member to Get Decora- tion Second Only to V.C.. --Honor Calgary Captain Toronto, Dec. 17 -- "As cool as icebergs while doing a red-hot job," is the way eye-witnesses described the conduct of Lieut. John M. S. Patton, Hamilton, and Capt. Doug- las W. Cunningham, Calgary, who have been awarded the George Cross and George Medal, respec- tively, for removing a delayed-ac- tion bomb from an English factory. An official announcement from London, Eng., disclosed that Lieut. Patton is the second Canadian to win the coveted George Cross, and it also announced the awarding of the George Medal to Capt. Cun- ningham. Eye-witnesses said the two Cana- dians put a cable around a large delayed-action bomb that had crashed - through the wall of an English factory, and towed it be- hind a truck and exploded it in an open field, thereby removing a dan- ger that threatened the lives of hundreds of workers. First to C.A.S.F. Men While Lieut. Patton and Capt. Cunningham are the first members of the Canadian Active Service Force to be decorated for bravery, Lieut. Robert Davies, of St. Cath- arines, was awarded the George Cross several months ago for the same type of work. Lieut. Davies is attached to the Royal Engineers and not to a Canadian unit. Mrs. Mollie Patton, of Kingston. wife of Lieut. Patton, said: "We have had no word direct from my husband about the incident, but his commanding officer wrote a friend in Kingston that he had distinguished himself by removing 2. delayed action bomb. Mrs. Patton said she received two letters from Lieut. Patton a week ago, and although they apparently had been written after the bomb- removing, he did not mention it. Gave Hint to Mother Beyond hinting to his mother, Mrs. Colin Osborne, Hamilton, and to his wife, Mrs. Mollie Patton, Kingston, that his superior officers 30. We can be sure that the re- congratulations to reach Laurier | No. 10 Downing St. Some people are making plans | for what Canada must do after the war. May I suggest that one of | the things that should be done is | to invite Mr. Winston Churchill to see Canada for himself and know more Canadians than he does. The previous visits of the present Brit- ish prime minister were but fleet- ing, forgotten by most people, After the victory Canada will open wide her arms and together the twc statesmen, now leading the Com- thanks of a united people. MILITARY BOOTS MADE IN GANADA Shoe Industry Quite Capable of Handling Military Needs Montreal, Dec. 16 (CP) -- Cana- dian Shoe manufacturers have made "close to 1,000,000 pairs of boots for the armed forces" since the start of the war, Major Louis Daoust, of Montreal, said in his presidential address at the 22nd general meeting of the Shoe Manu- facturers' Association of Canada today. "The shoe manufacturing indus- try in co-operating in the Domin- fon's war effort and is willing and anxious to lend it's weight in every way possible in the fight in which our country and our empire are en- gaged," he sald. "The capacity of the Canadian shoe factories Is ample for the production of much larger quantities of military boots." Higher prices for civillan shoes "cannot be avoided," Major Daoust said, Price of hides and skins had advanced almost 60 per cent over pre-war prices, and "most other materials and supplies required by the shoe manufacturers cost sub- stantially more than before the war." "With steadily increasing costs of materials, wages and taxation, prices of all manufactured products, including shoes, cannot be held at the present level." Major Daoust cautioned manu- facturers against over-expansion in wartime, and said that "the temp- tations to expand commitments which occur in periods of rising prices should be resisted firmly, I believe that I should warn particu- larly against any expansion of plant facilities during the war, "The present capacity of the in- dustry is ample to supply all the requirements of the home market and such moderate amount of ex- port business as we can hope to secure and .retain; consequently, any special demand which may de- velop during the war should be re- cognized as only temporary and as not warranting additional invest- ment in plant and equipment, which would: be burdensome when we have to face the problems of readjust had commended him, Lieut. Pat- ton's letters say nothing of his flirtation with death. "Isn't that splendid' Mrs. Colin Osborne, Lieut. Pattons mother | sald, when informed that her son had been awarded the Cross. "He has certainly been the per- fect officer about this, because he told us nothing in his letters except that his superior officers had thanked him for doing good work," Mrs. Osborne said. Twenty-five years of age, the young officer of the Royal Cana- dian -Engineers was born in Ber- muda. His father was the latefJohn MacMillan Stevenson Patton, a barrister, and his mother was Miss Katie Sturdivant before her first marriage. Lieut. Patton's father died in Bermuda during the first Great War, and later his mother married Col. Colin Osborne of this city. Col. and Mrs. Osborne live at 2 Bull's Lane. Graduate of Queen's. Lieut Patton, G.C., was educated at the Westdale secondary school in Hamilton, at Trinity College School, Port Hope, and at Queen's University, Kingston. He graduated as a chemical engineer at Queen's in June, 1939, and later became head of the Canadian Officers' Training Corps at Queen's. In Jan- uary, of this year, he was com- missioned as a lieutenant with the Royal Canadian Engineers, and in April he married Miss Mollie Tes- key, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Ernest Teskey, Kingston .The mar- riage was solemnized in Halifax, where the young couple lived for two or three months until Lieut. Patton went to England. "He writes us every week, but we know nothing of his work and don't even know where he is," Mrs. Os-| borne said. George ned to take post graduate work at Princeton University after graduat- ing from Queen's, but he dropped these plans at the outbreak of war. His grandfather, Francis Landey Patton was president of Princeton University for many years and was succeeded by Woodrow Wilson, late U.S. president. Father Won M.C. Cunningham went to high school in Calgary, graduated from Royal | Military College at Kingston in 1937 and from Queen's a year later with a civil engineering degree. He join- ed the Canadian permanent force as a lieutenant in the Royal Cana- dian Horse Artillery and served for a time at Victoria. His father, Col. D. G. L. Cunning- ham, who won the Military Cross in the last war, Is stationed at Cal- gary. Mrs. Cunningham also lives in Calgary with her parents-in- law. Indians Find Fawn Sleeping In Tree Sudbury, Ont.,, Dec. 17 (CP)--Al- bert Beaucage, an Ojibway Indian, sald today he and his son, Moses, found a fawn asleep in a tree and on the trunk were marks made by the sharp claws of wolves. He sald they found the tracks of a deer and wolves leading to the tree and had expected to find the deer's carcass. He maintained that the young deer had climbed the tree, which had partly fallen, to escape the wolves. When he and his son ar- The young lieutenant had plan- | [ Jews In U.S.A. Are 100% With Dominion Toronto, Dec. 17 (CP)--Rabbi Is- rael Chodas of Worcester, Mass., said in an address to members of the Toronto B'nai B'rith lodge last night that United States Jews are 100 per cent with Canada in her war effort. "I want to tell you that we. in America feel you are a soul-twin to our own soul. Our lot, our life and the future of our children are bound up with yours. There is noth- ing in the world American Israel will not do to show you tangibly and completely that we are one." That Body Of Yours By James W. Barton, M.D. METHOD OF TREATMENT OF VARICOSE ULCERS One of the mean ailments often found in hospital clinics is vari- cose ulcer. These patients are give en complete rest for a time, are strapped up from ankle to knee, require much time for dressings, and even when ulcer is healed, in a great percentage of cases it breaks down again and the time of the patient, physicians and nurses is again taken up in trying to get the ulcer healed. What causes varicose ulcer? Vari- cose ulcer is due to weak veins. Just as one can inherit strong blood- vessels -- arteries and veins -- so can one inherit weak vessels. Cer- tain work, such as standing, causes varicose veins and ulcers, but Dr. Josephus C. Luke, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, in the Cana- dian Medical Association Journal, points out that the tendency toward varicose veins is always present in these cases. In order to save time of patients, nurses and physicians, Dr, Luke re- ports upon a method of treatment which combines most of the good points of other methods of treat- ment. This treatment consists of tying off of the great surface vein of the leg high up near the groin and then injecting a hardening solution down the vein in lowest part of leg. Dr. Luke had performed 146 such operations upon 128 patients during the previous sixteen months, 88 be- ing for uncomplicated vericose veins and 58 ih which a varicose ulcer was also present. These operations were performed under a local an- aesthetic -- patient not put to sleep -- in the outpatient operating room, the patient returning home immedi« ately after the operation. Dr. Luke describes the tying of the large vein and the injection of the harde ening solution in detail. What were the results following this method? "The healing of the long standing ulcers following this method is phenomenal. The pain is relieved immediately. Recent ulcers heal in a week and long standing ulcers in about six weeks." The patient is allowed to walk about at home for about a week and a strapping, applied following opera- tion, is worn for about one month after ulcer is healed. This method means that these varicose ulcer cases do not need hospital or clinic treatment which is a great saving in time and ex- pense for all concerned. FARES ARE Low ROUND TRIP TORONTO . OTTAWA .. NORTH BAY EVERY TIME FOR ME GRAY COACH LINES rived the fawn was asleep 10 feet ment after the. war." above the ground, WHC Genosha Hotel -- Phone 2825