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-r PAGE TEN ie ei resi GAS TRE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES. MONDAY, DECEMBER 22 194 Hospital's Capacity For Service Demonstrated By Extra War Burden Health of British War Guest Children Guarded Without Charge lag hundred medical examina- per day! Every one to be a thorough and unusual- p complete. Each child to be pro- vided with a full data chart and a written recommendziion as to diet and any treatment or medicine re- quired. om That's the job The Hospital for Sick Children was asked to handle early this summer! Not since the Infantile Paralysis epidemic of 1937 has the Hospital been asked to rise to such an emer- gency. Although the situation de- veloped like a bolt from the blue, arrangements were quickly com- pleted. As we all know now, the number of British children sent to Canada this summer did not reach nearly the proportions expected. Conse- quently, the organization that had been set up at the Hospital was not used to the limit of its capacity. Nevertheless practically every British war guest child passing through Toronto received a com- plete examination with recommen- | No charge | dations as to treatment. was made for this service. This is just another of the oc- casions during its unusual career of ublic service when the Hospital as been fully prepared to meet an emergency. PARALYSIS STRIKES AGAIN It is only a few weeks ago that newspaper headlines startled the ,people of Ontario with the an- nouncement that six members of a single family had been stricken with Infantile Paralysis -- the dreaded Poliomyelitis. One member of the family had to be taken to Toronto in an Iron Lung--his only chance for life. Despite the fact that a large moving van was the only vehicle obtainable which was' suit- able for moving the equipment with the youngster already receiving treatment within it, arrangements were quickly made to bring the patient . to The Hospital for Sick Children. But this is just typical of the ser- vice The Hospital for Sick Children has rendered the children of this Province for 65 years. Every hour of every day and night some emergency must be met. The life of a child, precious to some family, is at stake. It is only when a number of similar cases occur at the same time that the work be- comes "news," and can be called to the attention of the public by the press in a spectacular manner. Nevertheless, the work goes on hour after hour until the days and months and years total decades of service to the needy children of the Province. Every emergency situation creates costs which mount up far beyond the normal provisions of govern- ment and municipal grants. But, unlike most other hospitals, The Hospital for Sick Children has no large group of Private Ward beds from which to draw exira revenue which can be applied to Public Ward service. At present, 414 of the 434 beds are in Public Wards, No help is received from the fund collected by the Toronto Federation for Community Service, as patients are taken from all over the Prov- ince. Sick and crippled children must be given medical attention and hos- pital care no matter what their cir- cumstance. No one would deny them this right. This worthy Institution, which ac- cepts its little patients regardless of race, creed or financial circum- stance, has just started its annual Christmas appeal for funds to en- able its work to be continued in just as effective a manner as in the past. Those who have investigated all agree that The Hospital for Sick Children makes most careful use of charitable donations and bequests-- a world-wide recognition for ef- Toronto butchers. ficiency and economical operation has been earned. Your gift should be mailed to the Appeal Secretary, The Hospital for Sick Children, 67 College street, To- ronto. A chance for health and happiness is the greatest possible Christmas gift to chilcren. Political Year in Canada Is Highlighted by Brisk Moves Wartime Activities in Dominion and Provincial Realms Making History | (By C. R. BLACKBURN) Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Dec. 23 (CP)--Annals of Canada's political and parliament- ary progress through 1940 dotted | with new precedents, new records and important international devel- opments. Here are some of the highlights: Joint action with the United States looking toward mutual ef- forts for defence of North America. A Dominion election which re- turned the Liberal administration with an unprecedented majority. The shortest parliamentary ses- sion in the Dominion's history--Iless | than four hours. Prorogation of one session and formal opening of a new one within a period of three days. Three formal openings of parlia- ment. in one year, the first time since Confederation. Liberals in control of a majority of the 96 senate seats for the first time since the Conser-ative and Unionist government regime of 1911 to 1921. International history was made at Ogdensburg, N.Y., a border city on | the St. Lawrence River, Minister Mackenzie King and Presi- dent Roosevelt met there Aug. 17 and concluded arrangements where- by Canada-United States committee was set up to study and make re- commendations on measured for de- fence of North America. The committee has held several meetings on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and made interim re- ports to the two governments but | ! these have not been made public. On Jan. 25 the sixth session of Canada's 18th parliament was form- ally opened by the governor-general, lord Tweedsmuir. The Throne speech dramatically 'announced there would be an immediate appeal to the country. Prime Minister Mac- kenzie King made a statement on this point immediately after the Commoners returned to their cham- ber but did not indicate when dis- solution would take place. The House adjourned at six o'clock in the evening announcement had been made that parilament was dis- solved. It came as a complete sur- prise to all but those in the cabinet. Several days later Mr. King an- nounced the general election would NESS JANES NZ In Gay Christmas Cartons of 50's, 100's, 200s EET CAPORAL Cégarettes "The rest form in which tobacco can be smoked.' Se | majority | number of Liberal candidates elect- | wien Prime | POULTRY SHOW GROWS LARGER AT PEFFERLAW Sixteen Tons of Turkeys Sold Close to 30 Cents Per Pound Pefferlaw, Dec. 23--Bigger and better than ever was this year's turkey fair at the town of Peffer- law when over 16 tons of birds pass- ed through the hands of the farmers to the many turkey purchasers. Well represented at the fair were They bought up with them huge trucks and as they purchased their birds they were packed in the huge vans for shin- ment to Toronto. Top-price turkeys were selling at 2912-30 cents per pound, while geese | varied around 21 and chicken 21 | cents a pound. Parking at the fair was at a | premium and on several occasion traffic jams had to be cleared by county police officers who were on | duty to handle the increased traffic. Judging of the fowl commenced at 12 o'clock standard time in the Pefferlaw town hall. Following the judging the birds were ribboned and then the public were allowed inside | the hall and the birds were put on | sale. take place March 26. After a mid winter campaign of considerable bitterness, featured by a Conserva- tive campaign as a "National Gov- ernment" party, the administration | was returned with an even greater than the record-breaking cd in 1935. There were 171 straight Liberal | candidates elected in 1935 and this | was increased to 178 in the March | 26 voting Four by-elections were held since, three caused by deaths of the sit- ting members or members-elect, and one by the appointment of the sit- ting member to the senate. Results of these elections brought but the Conservatives gained one seat from the United Reform party --Saskatoon. In Provincial Field election. It took place in Alberta, March 21, when the Social Credit administration of Premier Aberhart was returned with a reduced major- ity. Late in the year Canada's first coalition government in the present |'wartime was formed in Manitoba The Liberal-Progressive administra- in | tion of Premier John Bracken, office since 1922, was reorganized to take members of the legislature: Errick Willis, leader of the Con- servative opposition 6f 15 members as minister of works. as minister of health. A. R. Welch, Conservative, minister without portfolio. 8. J. Farmer, leaser of the Co- operative Commonwealth Federation group of six, as minister of labor. Normal Turnbull, leader of the Social Credit group of five, as min- ister without portfolio, Gen. H. D. B. Ketchen, Conserva- tive, failed to follow his leader to the administration side, and re- mained, with Miss Salome Halldor- son, Social Credit, and L. St. G. as | erships changed hands. | Brunswick Premier A. A. Dysart re- | Stubbs, Independent the only op- | position in a House of 55 members New Premiers Two provincial government lead- signed and was succeeded by Hon. J. B. McNair, attorney-general, and | in Nova Scotia Premier Angus L. Macdonald, resigned to become fed- eral minister of defence for naval services and was succeeded by Hon, A. S. MacMillan, minister of high- ways. First session of the 19th pérlia- ment was formally opened May 16 and was adjourned Aug. 6 until Nov. 5 subject to recall at any time in event of an emergency arising. On Nov. 5 the adjourned session was resumed but only for the pur- pose of formal prorogation and a new session, the third in one year, was opened Nov. 7. This adjourned Dec. 6 to Feb. 17, 1941, subject to recall in an emergency. Conservative Change Hon. R. J. Manion leader of the National Conservative party, who took his followers into the general election campaign as candidate of a National Government party, was personally defeated in Fort William and resigned as leader of the party. This left the Conservative group in the House without a leader. Be- fore the session opened May 16 the Conservative members-elect met in caucus here and selected Hon. R. B. Hanson, a former Conservative gov- ernment who has been elected in York-Sunbury, as their House leader. Mr, Hanson thus became leader of His Majesty's official opposition in the House of Commons, Liberals were in control of the Senate this year for the first time since Conservatives gained the as- cendency there during and immedi- ately after the First Great War. At the present writing the Senate standing is 47 Liberals, 47 Conserva- and two vacancies. When Mr, King chooses to fill the existing vacancies there will be a: majority of two Lib- eral appointees. When the Liberal party went out of office in 1911 it had a majority of 45 in the Senate. When the party returned to power in 1921 the Con- servatives held fa majority of 45 in the red chambef no change in the Liberal standing | | Royal» There was one general provincial | in the following opposition | | tures include: James McLenaghen, Conservative, | objections on all three counts | is much slower. So they | their In New | Oo O little town of Bethlehem, Above thy deep and dreamless Yet in thy dark streets shineth The hopes and fears of all the For Christ is born of Mary? W hile mortals sleep, the angels OQ morning stars, together And praises sing to God the King, How silently, hew silently, So God imparts to human hearts No ear may hear His coming, Where meek souls will receive O holy Child of Bethlehem, Cast out our sin, and enter in, We hear the Christmas angels O come to us, abide with us, Little Town of Bethlehem How still we see thee lie; sleep The silent stars go by: The everlasting Light; years Are met in thee tonight. And gathered all above, eep ; Their watch of wond'ring love. Proclaim the holy birth; And peace to men on earth. The Wondrous Gift is giv'n! The blessings of His heav"n. But in this world of sin, Him, still The dear Christ enters in. Descend to us, we pray; Be born in us today. The great glad tidings tel; Our Lord Emanuel. CANADA'S GIRLS ARE LOVELY AIRMEN AGREE Their Hospitality Com- pensates for Cold Winter, Flyers Say -- Find Dances Much Slower Camp Borden, Dec Warm hospitality of Canadien girls is quite a compensation for the cold Canadian winter. That's the collective experience of a group of 50 members of the Australian Air Fefce, sta- tioned here for' instruction under the British Commonwealth Train- | ing Scheme. "The girls." Fare lovely To prove it much-depleted stock of buttons, ete. The flyers brought | with them enough impedimenta of | that sort to last them several years ,--they th ht. Now they admit "they are * properly dressed." Discoveries they have made while investigating. the redeeming fea- of the land of snow and ice That waltzes here gare much slower and dreamier; that | the fox-trots faster; that Can- | adian girls dance mu- 29 they say unanimous- their badges, | they show arely h closer. No | Dance music in general they find call it the "Canadian crawl" and carry on. The Blonde Speaks One thing they wish, however, Is that people here would. realize that homeland is not exactly a trackless wilderness Take the | beautiful blonde, for example, who | asked, "Have you' seen our talking | movies yet?" On the other side of the ledger, | winter weather hampers their fly- ing, and they do object to that. It's what they are here for. The cold | coesn't stop them. In Australia they | flew in shorts and thought anv: | thing below 50 degrees was a bit- ing cold snap. If they suffer in zero weather they do 15 silently It is the snow vy winter | sky that keeps them grounded that ! brings the loud complaints. They | are crazy to fly and want to be in the air every possible minute. Every hour of flying time brings them one step closer to getting a crack at the enemy. "We just can't get in enough fly- ing," was the general complaint. Flying over snow, they find, has its problems to men unused to it. The terrain, they say, takes on a totally different appearance and landmarks are hard to recognize, Landing, too, is quite a trick for them on the hard-packed snow of the flying field, constantly rolled to keep it level and hard. Difficult To Judge "When I come in for a landing I don't know when I'm 20 feet off the ground and when I'm four fee! up," said one man, "I can tell greater heights fairly well, but it makes for hard landing." They find the rolling, undulating land of Ontario very different from their own level plains. They have mountains at home, but between them can fly for as much as 100 miles in a straight line, 30 feet off the ground. Redeeming features of a Cana- dian winter, besides the girls, are skating and snowballing. Many of the boys have skated at home on artificial ice and those from the mountain regions are no strangers to snow and snowballing. Among our customs which they find strange, hitch-hiking perhaps leads the rest. They cannot quite pring themselves to holst the pleading thumb. "Of course," sald one, "when peo- ple see our uniforms, they pick us up anyway, out of curiosity" Dark Blue Uniform The dark blue uniform is not un- like the Norwegian one and is fre- quently mistaken for it, Australians, say the Australians, are not superstitious. But they all carry the national good luck charm | star, AUSTRALIAN "Tiki" which are carved | of various materials, the best! from greenstone. This group comes from all parts of . the Australian continent, from elementary flying schools at Narro- mine and Mascot, New South Wales, and Essendon, Victoria They represent nearly every trade. Two are station (ranch) owners, another was '"Jackaroo" on e station (studying to become a manager). There is an architectur- al draftsman, a building contractor, several commercial travellers, bankers, a sports writer, a cattle auctioneer, a commercial artist, a alled a cut cne | real estate agent and several uni- versity students. One man is welterweight boxing champion of Australia, football champion runner and high jumper and national champion. How do they impress their Can- adian officers? Here is what Group Captain R. 8. Grandy, station com "A clean-cut mandant, has to say: bunch of young fellows, mentally alert and smart in appearance, They -all have high educational qualifications and they are all very | well behaved." MUNITION 5QUAD GETS MORE HELP Larger Infantry Section Marks Trend to Machine Guns Ottawa, Dec. 23--(CP)--One of the changes in military organiza- tion as a result of the experience gained by the British expeditionary force in the fighting in France and Flanders last spring is an increase | in the size of an infantry section from nine to 12 men. The section is the smallest forma- tion in the infantry and is under the command of a non-commission- ed officer. Three sections make up a platoon which is commanded by a lieutenant or a warrant otticer, The change has no consequent effects on the organization of an infantry battalion. It simply means that nine men are added to each platoon. Advantages of the larger section are a greater degree of stability in the event of casualties. With a smaller section the loss of one or two men might affect the efficiency of the .section and three additional men will lessen the risk of a break- down of the sections, the organiza- tion of which is the basis of the efficient functioning of the platoon, and indirectly of the company and the battalion. Another advantage is that it provides more hands for carrying the large amount of am- munition required to keep automa- tic weapons going. Bren machine guns now are stand- ard equipment in infantry units and mmy guns are being issued for ghting under special conditions. These weapons increase the fire of the section but eat up a lot more ammunition than do service.rifles. Frequently a section must operate frem a spot to which ammunition has to be carried by manpower. If the distance is at all great the pres- ence of three extra men will simpli- fy the problem of keeping the guns operating. WAR--25 YEARS AGO TODAY By The Canadian Press Dec. 23, 1915--Italian artillery and infantry checked Austrian advance on Gorisia. Walter Runciman, presi- dent of the British Board of Trade, said Germany was beaten "as far as commerce is concered." British bought 134,400,000 pounds of copper at Boston, » swimming Stress Necessity For More Quality In Bacon Hogs Every step which can be taken to improve the quality of bacon hogs in Canada will be of immediate benefit to the producers and of lasting benefit to the industry a s a whole, according to officials of the Domin- ion Department of Agriculture. The urgent necessity for improved quality is indicated in a study of 1940 gradings. Little more than a guarter of all hogs marketed in Canada in 1940 was eligible for A | grade. Marketing officials point out that a much higher percentage of A grade hogs is needed to keep up ! the quality of Wiltshire sides for export - to the United Kingdom. | This outlet for Canadian bacon and | ham is of the utmost importance to | Canada as well as to Great Britain. The future of the expert side of the | Canadian bacon hog industry de- | pends upon the quality of the Wilt- | Great | the ex- | "| ports cannot be better than the hogs shires now being shipped to Britain. Fundamentally, marketed in Canada. 'Greater attention feeding practices and marketing at correct weights "would do much to! Many of the as B's improve the situation. hogs which were graded might well have been A's if they | liad not heen under or over finished | or had.been marketed at the correct weights--that is, from 190 pounds. British buyers prefer the sizeable weights--55- to 65-pound sides. If Canadian. producers can demon- strate their ability now to produce hogs which will yield the type, size and quality of Wiltshire sides which the British prefer, the chances of liolding that market, after the war, will be practically assured. mas shopping at nearest Store. priced est store. to standard | to 210 Enjoy the economy of completing your Christ- gifts for everyone -- to save you money. Glance over the few "eleventh hour" sug- gestions here , . . then Business Level Jumps To New High Record Productive Operations Far Above Any Previous , Figure -- Christmas Trade Boosted by Free Circulation of Money and Colder Weather : ing on some of the prosperity they are enjoying to theor employees in She form of bonuses or additions to salary. In some cases army demand is The Financial Post) Candaian business nears the end of the year on a wave of activity | never before experienced. \ The Financial Post Business Index for November at 160.5, on the | making itself felt in goods wanted' basis of 1926 equals 100, is far above | by the civilian population. At sore | the previous high level reached in! retail stores, for instance, it has | October and almost 22% above the been stated that there has been dif- high point reached in the 1929 ficulty getting skis because the | boom. Under the urge of war, pro- army was absorbing much or the duction operations generally are now | available output. estimated to be far above those of | Butter stocks have been affected any other time in Canada's econ-| by a heavier army demand and omic history. consumption in November was much Base metal exports, sugar pro- heavier than usual. However, it is duction and construction contracts | expected in official quarters that awarded are amorg the items in| it will be possible to import suffic- which greatest activity has been | ient to keep any real scarcity devel- seen. Emplovment continues to ex- oping befort the spring. | pand and at current rate it ih ex-| Utterances of public men have | pected every employable person will | indicated the probability that civil- be working before many months | ians will have to reduce their pur- | pass. | chases of certain classes of goods Merchants are doing a record vol- | in the coming months, This is not ume of trade. Three factors are | expected to apply to food, of which operating to gring about this con-| Canada has liberal domestic sup- di*lon: the large national payroll, | plies in all staple lines. Controls the approach of Christmas, and the | | affecting prices and wages are ex- cold weather, pected to prevent any runaway Merchants find the public spend- | prices. : ing freely . People who have been employed steadily for some time are! buying this year with more confid- ence than for many years past. while there is a tremendous demand coming from people who last year had no job or were working on part time and this year are earning a | good wage for a full-time week. Many business concerns are pass- | plastic. LAUGH THESE OFF New York -- (CP) -- Pompadour hats are going places in Gotham these nights. They're net skull topped with feather fronds, or leaves of jet bia caps | plumes INDEPENDENT DRUGGISTS' DRUG STORE Competitive Prices ALLIANCE k USEFUL Gl FTS Gl Minute SHOPPERS your 1L.D.A. Drug There you'll find thrilling, yet practical phone or visit your near- TECH RAZOR with 15 blades only 98¢ SAVINGS BANK 2.50 Other Gillette Gifts 59c, 1.650 Ete. 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