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DAI OPINIONS Y TIMES-GAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE OSHAWA WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE (Established 1863) An independent newspaper published daily except Sundsy by The Tines Publishing Company of Oshawa, Limited, Arthur R. Alloway, President and Managing Director. COMPLETE CANADIAN PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE The Times-Gazette 1s a member of the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association, the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association, and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post ' . Office Department, Ottawa, Canada. : SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry. Ajax or Pickering, 24c per week, $12.00 per year. By mail, outside carrier delivery areas, anywhere in Canada and Englana $7.00 per year, $3.50 for 6 months, $2.00 for 3 months. U.S. subscriptions $9.00 per year. Net Paid Circulation 7,697 FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1947 Average Per Issue FEBRUARY, 1947 A Shifting Pattern Days lengthen, but the nights are still bright with the 'winter stars, frosty and sharp in the darkness. The Big Bear, the Dipper, swings to the east in early evening, and the Little Bear walks across the sky with his upright tail tipped with the Pole Star. The Twins and the Charioteer are almost overhead. The Pleiades ride high toward the south- west. The Lion is in the east. The Whale is in the west. Both are within reach of the horizon, reminders of Daniel and Jonah. Before another new moon hangs on the western horizon at dusk, March will be nearing its end. The Big Dipper will be overhead or at least above the Pole Star by mid-evening. The fang of the night chill will be dulled. Birds will be shrilling in the lowlands. Aprii will be at hand. The seasons turn, as do the stars, and those who live with the wind and the sun understand the inevitability of their changes. The full moon fades the constellations and dims the Milky Way, but it does not halt their progression or change their place in the sky. Come April and the Dipper stands above the Pole Star at evening, and buds begin to open. Come October and the Dipper sweeps the evening horizon. Maple leaves turn to gold and fall is upon us. . March has its pattern of stars, brown hilltops and leaf- Icss trees. But it is a shifting pattern, with movement and change and progression. The sun lingers, the new moon sits on the hills, the early Dipper hangs to the east. The buds wait on the branch. Memorial Projects | Backward Pupil ---from San Francisco Chronicle ® Readers' Views ® 45 Years Ago WILL PRICES GO UP WHEN W.P.T.B. OFFICE CLOSES? Editor, Times-Ga:s:tte: Dear Sir: n I heard recently that our OshawasWartime Prices and Trade Board office was to be disbanded shortly, ¥ began to won- der who were the people responsible for this ridiculous move. Certainly not the ordinary working people of Oshawa. If this office is closed or moved to Toronto, what is to stop prices from being jacked up all over the city? Do we have to make a trip to Tor- onto every time we see prices higher than ceiling? It would seem to me that there should be greater control over prices, certainly not less. Perhaps if people are forced to show their disgust and dissatisfaction by starvation buyers' strikes or street rioting, it may eventually dawn up- on those responsible that some peo- ple have to live without the benefit of an enormous income or bank balance (in some cases, income tax free). Would you publish this letter if you have space. Thank you. Yours very truly, JOHN G. BARKER. 155 Tresane Street, Oshawa, Ontario, March 12, 1947. ® A Bit of Verse TO ONE 1 LOVE Are Costly Municipalities contemplating the erection of memorial 'arenas, hospitals, or community centres this year, are going to find in many cases, the cost to be very high or even prohibitive. The people of Waterloo, not long ago had an unpleasant surprise. They voted to build a memorial arena to be erect- ed at a cost of $50,000. They have just been informed that the arena, fully equipped will cost far closer to $130,000 at present-day prices. Peterborough had a similar surprise. A vote was taken in that city about two years ago regarding a war memorial centre, the cost of which was estimated at $390,000. An estimate made about a month ago revealed that the cost of the project, if undertaken today, would be about $700,000. Kingston, about two years ago, approved a war memori- al centre which would cost $325,000, the cost to be met by provincial and municipal grants and public subscription. Unless this commupyity Is more fortunate than its fellows, it would probably find, if a fresh estimate were made, that the cost today would be almost double that of the original estimate. A Public Trtse A newspaper is much more than an ordinary business. It is a public trust. This is what the Canadian Statesman, of Bown.anville told its readers last week, and it is a con- clusion which The Times-Gazette heartily endorses. The Statesman says further in explaining some functions of a newspaper which are not generally understood: ' "An ordinary business can accept or reject the privilege of carrying and selling varying lines of goods. A newspaper, if it is a true mirror of the life of the community, must re- port. faithfully whatever happens. The citizens of the community look to it to keep them informed as to what is said and done at all meetings of municipal bodies, and gen- erally speaking what is happening in the life of the town as a whole. The newspaper of course, is not responsible for what members of council or other speakers say but it must I write these lines to one I love, With hope that she will read them too. And realize how much I care, Just as so many others do, I hope the day will come when she Puts pride aside for old time's sake, And meets me at that rendezvous, We knew so well beside the lake, I've wandered there so many times, Alone with hope high in my heart, But sadly found she was not there And leaving knew I'd left a part, Of me back at that rendezvous, In case she wandered there by chance And felt the yearning that was mine And sorrow for our lost romance. --Willlam Skelton, Oshawa. Permits Needed For WAC Guns Montreal, March 14 -- (CP) -- A War Assets Corporation official here, commenting on a Toronto dispatch which said that a reported plot to smuggle Bren machine-guns from Canada to Palestine was under R.C.MP. investigation following ar- rest last month of two men, de- clared that there is no need for W.AC. to tighten up its policy on sale of lethal weapons or their com- ponents, The official said that lethal weapons are not sold by the corporation without production of a police permit issued to the would- be purchaser. VAST SALT SUPPLY Although salt is a precious com- modity in some countries because of its scarcity, the world has an untouched, inexhaustible supply in the ocean. report fairly and honestly, whether it agrees with what has been said or not. The press represents the people who have | an indisputable right to know what is said and done by their | elected representatives. The press in its freedom is one of ! the chief guarantors of freedom of speech and human ' liberty generally. Once a publisher of a newspaper accedes | to a request to leave out certain news items or omit report- ing certain public speeches, he is false to that trust. If the newspaper is fair, all citizens must be treated alike. Those who get in trouble with the law must expect publicity. That is a disagreeable task the newspaper has to perform as part of its public service. People sometimes mistakenly think that the publication of a man's views means that a news- paper sympathizes with his viewpoint. News and views are two completely different things. An honest newspaper's own views are found only in its editorial columns. All else is fair reportifg of what is said and done, not by .he news- paper, but by others." ~ * MONTREAL * TORONTO Ford Hotels are fireproof and centrally located = most of the 750 rooms in each hotel have private bath and radio. Forreservations write or wire the Manager well in ad- vance of anticipated arrival. 130 lo $050 ' ~~, NO HIGHETS Councillors C. H. Crysdale, Sam Gliddon and William Holland re- signed from the town council after attacking council policy on a spec- ial waterworks bylaw. They claim- ed that the measure, to be submit- ted for approval by the ratepayers, had been railroaded through coun- cil without proper time for debate. Men's suits were advertised at from $10 to $12 with some "strong wearing" listed in the $5 bracket. Spring overcoats were priced at $8. The Oshawa Baseball Club elect- ed its managing committee for the season, Committee members were: Fred Lennox, K. E. Halnan and Arthur Hambly. James Lenton and his family to- gether with Mr. and Mrs, H. V. Rundle left Oshawa for Vermont, where Mr. Lenton's son was already established in the farming and poultry business. To raise funds for new uniforms, the citizens' band scheduled two special concerts. Said the 'Vindi- cator: "In other respects, the band is in very good shape, but no such musical organization cuts much of a figure without neat and nobby uniforms." ® A Bible Thought God makes a roe. Faith pe- lieves it. Hope anticipates it. Pa- tience quietly awaits it. "For He = faithful that promised." (Heb. 10: ). Whitehall Notebook By JAMES McCOOK Canadian Press Staff Writer London, March 14--(CP) -- In a big black car, it takes perhaps two minutes to travel from the Parlia- ment buildings to 10 Downing Street, but Prime Minster Attlee uses the time to read some of the documents that require his unre- mitting study. This slight, unimposing man in a black coat and Homburg hat, his shoulders hunched against the cold, his unfashionable spectacles low on his nose and his air of courteous pre-occupation, is at once the La- bor government's leader and its choreboy. No one Prime Minister, not even the all-powerful Churchill or the restless Lloyd George, ever carried sp many duties for so long a time. Whatever happens, Attlee in the end takes the load. Throughout the fuel crisis he has given .statements and answered questions in the Commons while Fuel Minister Shinwell has listened. Since Herbert Morrison, Lord Pre- sident of the Council, has been in hospital supervision of the econ- omic planning program has come to 10 Downing Street, Foreign Secretary Bevin has gone to Moscow and the crisis-laden for- eigh Office dispatch cases are re- routed over Attlee's desk. There's trouble in Palestine and E. Creech Jones, the Colonial Secretary, list- ens to Attlee's explanations of gov- ernment action in the face of ter- rorism and threats. "In the old days a Prime Minis- ter usually had one crisis at a time to deal with; now Attlee has a new crises almost every' day," said a Whitehall veteran. Attlee doesn't take it exactly in his stride but he takes it. A year after he became Prime Minister, his supporters said frankly he had done better than they expected. They will probably say the same thing at the end of two years in spite of the battering his govern- ment has received for failing to prepare to meet the fuel crisis and for hastening with the nationaliza- tion programs when the ordinary business of the nation struggles for e. Quietly "Did you get any ap- rlause?" Actor: "Yes. It sounded like a caterpillar, wearing rubber shoes, crawling over a Persian carpet." Wife: ® For A Laugh Authoritative A young business man returned home tired out from a hard day at the office to find his two children rushing madly about the house. He gave both a scolding and sent them off to bed as soon as they had eat- en their supper. The next morning he found this note pinned to his bedroom door: "Be good to your children, and they wm be good to you. Yours truly, Great Risks Father: "How do I know you are not marrying my daughter for her money?" 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