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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1948 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE NINE Britons Face Urgency Of Rebuilding Forces For Defense Public Realizes Need For As Crisis Action Looms London, Sept. 17 (CP)--Britain accepted today with- out a murmur the prospect of rebuilding her military de- fenses in the face of a tense international situation. In the midst of a desperate struggle to recover from the effects of the Second World War, the nation has been told during the last week: - 1. It must be prepared to use all® its resources to stamp out the Communist policy of inciting revol- ution, 2. Demobilization of conscripts must be slowed down to halt' the loss of trained men. 3. RAF air crew gecruiting is to be stepped up. [} 4. A campaign ill be opened shortly to enlist more part-time soldiers for the Territorial Army. 5. Civil defense services are being reorganized. Another sign of the times was the announcement today that Field Marshal Vicount Montgomery, chief of the Imperial General Staff, is at present unable to leave Lon- don because of the urgency of com- pleting the new defense plans. He cancelled two engagements in the Liverpool area this week. Lord Montgomery and other serv- ice chiefs, met Prime Minister Att- lee today. It ds believed they discus- sed the amount of money necessary for a supplementary estimate cov- ering the slow-down of demobiliz- ation and additional service equip- ment that has been decided upon. Conversations with high official sources served to indicate that while hoping for the best the Brit- ish Government was prepared for further deterioration in east-west tions. The possibility of some @- of undeclared border warfare eaking out is not completely dis- counted. The British people have been pre- pared for intensified defense meas- ures by a summer of nerve war in Europe. Communist quarters still try to enlist sympathy for Russia but win few listeners. Lord Montgomery, who is char- ged with the task of reorganising the army, is stressing the neces- sity for its co-operation with the civil defense organization. The lat- ter problem has engaged the gov- ernment for months and Morrison told the House Tuesday that consi- derable progress had already been made with plans for assisting the population, for reorganization of the civil defense services and for preparation of any legislation that might be necessary. One proposal said to have been approved by the government is that civil defense volunteers should be reinforced by mobile military columns of the regular army. Meanwhile the RAF has opened a recruiting drive, raising the age limits for air crews and offering special incentives in the way of commissions and training. It now is taking pilots up to the age of 30 and other air crew members to 34. Faster and more powerful air- craft still on the secret list are be- ing developed. It is understood, al- though jet Meteors and Vampires will continue to be the RAF's stand- ard fighters for some time. It is an open secret that bombers cap- able of 600 miles an hour are near the flight-testing stage. The re-equipment of the enlarg- ed armed forces will place a heavy burden on the supply department, as the armed forces have been re- lying largely for their current needs on wartime stocks. Air Minister Arthur Henderson said the RAF would seek almost 64,000 new reserves in the recruiting e Britain will open Oct. 1. enderson said the RAF needed 17,000 ground and 20,000 flying per- sonnel for the RAF Voluntary Re- serve, nearly 5,000 for auxiliary fly- ing and anti-aircraft squadrons and 22,000, half of them women, for air defence units, What to Do : To-Night 3 4 4 RECREATION HEADQUARTERS 100 Gibbs Street This is a Community Chest ted Service Adult Leathercraft -- Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 7-9. Demonstrations of the following activities at the Oshawa Fair, Alex- andra Park: Weaving, Leather- craft, Wood-working; and Children's Art, PLEASE NOTE uare Dance sponsored by Cedar e Neighborhood Association in the Auditorium, C.R.A. Building, on Saturday, September 18, at 8.30 p.m.--Music by Harold Godfrey's Orchestra, London -- (CP) -- A new of combine harvester built in Ger- many is in use in the Eastern Counties. Farmers report favorab- ly on its performance. C.R.A. Tent Attracting Big Crowds One of the tents at the Oshawa Fair which is attracting a great deal of -interest is that in which the Community Recreation Association is demonstrating some of the work it is doing in the C.R.A. Building on Gibbs Street. The display is under the direction of Acting Ivan Richards and members of his staff. When The Times-Gazette visit- ed the tent last night a loomr was In operation weaving a beautiful plaid scarf. There was a large crowd around the operator who hardly had elbow room to push her shuttle back and forth through the loom. Another part of the display which was attracting the attention of older folk as well as children was the woodworking lathe while almost as much attention was be- ing given to the small kiddies who were engaged in making plasticine figuves. In addition to displays of finish- ed woodworking products such as bird houses, nut bowls and candle- sticks, there was a varied display of beautifully executed leather work and needlecraft. Mr. Richards told us that many people were surprised to learn that the articles were made by lay citizens rather than by members of the staff. The display should go a long way toward selling the C.R.A, which is a participating organiza- tion in the Community Chest, to the people of Oshawa and vicinity, Displays By Local Firms Are Record The number of displays by com- mercial, retail and industrial firms at Oshawa Fair this year is the largest in its long history. In ad- dition to 10 displays in the main fair building, space has' been taken on both sides of a street extending almost to the eastern gate on Alexandra Street. Included among those displaying goods ars: Christians Electric and Hardware, Stiner Motors, Cook Motor Sales, Cran- field Motor Sales, Hackney Motor Sales, Bramley Motor Sales, Sharp Motors, Sealtite Insulation, Bel- mont Moters, Wilson Furniture, W. J. Davidson Fuels, Bradley Furni- ture, Dixon Coal Company, Cock- shutt Farm Equipment, Pitts Elec~ tric, Andes Chinchillas, Leonard Chinchilla Farm, CKDO, The Inde- pendent, Victor's Sports and Cycle, Oshawa Public Library, McLaugh- lin Coal and Supplies, Milk Foun- dation of Oshawa, Knox Honey and Fur Farms, George Hardsand, Rutherford Furniture Co., Cana- dian Cancer Society and the On- tario Department of Immigration. The largest and most complete display was that of General Mo- tros of Canada, Limited. Located in a tent decorated with fall flowers, and tastefully floodlighted were Chevrolet, Pontiac and Oldsmobile passenger automobiles and Chevro- let trucks. An eye-catching fea- ture of the showing was a coach model auto whose mauve paint job '| was reported to be holding the at- -| tention of female visitors, _ WINS BRYDON AWARD The second annual Brydon award presented to the doctor of the dist- rict who has made the most note- worthy contributions to medical .|and community activities was pre- |sented to Dr. W. W. Bartlett, of ;| Brampton, at the annual meeting of District 5 Clinical Conference held in Keswick. The award was started two years ago by Dr. W. H. Brydon of Brampton, and is for annual competition by doctors who are members of the Ontario Medi- cal Association and are resident in District 5. This comprises the counties of Ontario, Peel, Simcoe and the riorthern half of York. I ------------------ PLAN SWIMMING POOL Lindsay, Sept. 17.--Lindsay Ro- tary Club. decided by unanimous vote to start a campaign to raise funds for the erection and instal- lation of a large public swimming pool a* an estimated cost of $25,000. 35¢ -- 3 for $1.00 182 Simcoe St. South Eire's Prime Minister Has Busy Day Eire's Prime Minister, Hon. John A, Costello, had a busy aay in Toronto yesterday Following an early mass Cardinal McGuigan, he addressed a Canadian Club luncheon, above, where he dian Club, at right. --Globe and Mail Photo ducted by His Emi is shown chatting with Sen. W. H. McGuire, left, and S. A. Duke, president of the Cana Y.P.U. At Kedron Entertained At Social Evening Kedron, Sept. 16.--Mr. and Mrs. David Beath, Joan and Kathleen, Columbus, were Sunday tea guests at H. A. Werry's. Mr. and Mrs. R. E, Lee enter- tanied the Y.P.U. Sunday evening with 35 in attendance. Miss Muriel Werry conducted the Worship Service and led the discussion, "The Church of Jesus in the World of Man." An interesting feature fol- lowe ' when each member gavz an impromptu one-minute speech on a subject selected from the United Church Observer, by the speaker. Lunch was served by the hostess. A vote of thanks tendered the hos- tess and host was voiced by Miss Betty Scott. ( Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Wray and family spent Thursday at the C.N.E. ) Mr. and Mrs. Howard Davidson, Miss Margaret Wray, Oshawa; Rus- sell Wray, Masters Allen and Wayne Wray, Bowmanville; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hill, Miss Verna Hill, Mr. Fred Atkinson, Greenbank, visited Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Wray and family. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Crossman called on H. T. Cole, 589 Montrave Ave., Oshawa. We are pleased to learn Mr. Cole is improving, though slowly. ohn and Joanne Moffatt were week-end guests: of Ronald and Jeanine Werry. Mr. and Mrs. W. Moring, Oshawa, were Sunday evening guests of Mr, and Mrs. J. Elliott. Mr.- and 'Mrs. Arthur Hepburn, Misses Joan and Mary Hepburn, were Sunday tea guests at Mr. Stan Grills', Columbus. Mr, 'and Mrs. A. R. J. Luke and John, Miss O. E. Luke, Toronto, spent the week-end with their par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Luke. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Mountjoy enter- tained with a dinner party of 15 persons Saturday evening, honoring Mr, Luke on his 80th birthday. an- niversary. One of the highlights of the week-end for Mr. Luke was an hour of favorite songs in which he engaged. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Currie, Sardis, B.C., are visiting his uncle Rich. J. Luke, and other relatives, being supper guests at Mr. W. L. Mount- joy's, Wednesday evening, Charles Roberts and children called at Arthur Wray's on Satur- day. evening. Harvey Moffatt, Milton, was a Sunday guest at George Scott's. Schools are having a holiday to- day to enable children to attend Oshawa Fair. Weather is dry and bright. Every sign for rain fails. A brief shower and all is over. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Pascoe, Grant and Douglas, accompanied by Mrs. Wallace Pascoe and Alan, Columbus, spent the week-end in Muskoka district taking in the boat trip up the Lakes and visiting Al- gonquin Park. Miss Betty Scott entertained with a cup and saucer shower for Alert British Fighters Broke Up German Raids To Turn Tide Of War By STUART UNDERHILL Canadian Press Staff Writer London, Sept. 17 (CP).--By the spring of 1941, less than a year after the battle of Britain and stunning night bomber assaults on the United Kingdom, initiative in major daylight operations in West- ern Europe had passed from the Germans, "who did not subse- quently regain it." : How fighter sweeps kept German defences in the west on constant alert and how Britain's defences were built up to deal with German night bomber attacks is described in a dispatch by Air Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas, now Lord Douglas of Dirtleside who was Air Officer Commander-in-Chief of the R.A.F. Fighter 'Command in the crucial period from 'Nov, 25, 1940 to Dec. 31, 1945. By the: time Sholto took over, "the night offensive had become in many ftrespects a bigger threat to the Kingdom than the day offens- ive, which for the moment, at least, had been successfully beaten off," the report said. Gradually a force was built up capable of dealing with the night attacks. Anti-aircraft guns, bal- loons and seafchlights all played a part but Lord Douglas credited radar, both on the ground and in two-seater fighters, as responsible for checking the assault. He said the night bomber offens- ive ended May 11, 1941, after an intensive campaign which failed to achieve any strategic purpose. "In eight months of intensive Business Spotlight By FORBES RHUDE Among the matters which will be discussed at the congress of the Federation of Chambers of the Bri- tish Empire in Johannesburg this month, will be the economic devel- opment of Central and East Africa. This is at the request of the Rho- desia Federated Chambers of Com- merce and the Johannesburg Cham- ber, who are interested in the de- velopment and employment of the skills of African peoples within the economy of the Empire. So many hopes were built up that Africa might hold an import- ant key in Britain's restoration, that it came as a shock when a Bri- tish all-party parliamentary inves- tigation reported this summer it could find "no coherent strategy of economic planning" in Britain's program for developing her colon- ial Empire. The committee added that large portions of appropriations for co- lonial welfare and development have gone unspent since the. war, and that in the colonies "techniques and tools are primitive, hygiene de- plorable, and conditions too fre- quently accepted as inevitable when knowledge and right tools could im- prove them." The situation may be expected to get' some airing at the Johannes- burg meeting. Whether or not Commonwealth Prime ® Ministers will consider it at their London meeting in October is not known. Canada has expressed no opinion, so far as is known, but it.can be said that her machines are doing something to turn African soil into productivity and her business men at least have found markets there for products from stoves to bull- Two Military Units Have Fine Display Located south or the race track, just to the east of the midway at Oshawa Fair, is the section where the 11th Armored (Ontario) Regi- ment and the 19th Armored Work- shop, R.CEM.E, have theiy dis- Mays. Of a highly instructive and educational nature this is one part of the fair which no visitor should miss. It is the largest and most complete showing of military equip- ment ever provided in Oshawa. Surrounded by a lew, white, pic- ket fence, the area is a veritable arsenal, including two Sherman Tanks and a Stewart Tank as well as four or five large workshop veh- icles that are amazing in their completeness. For the curious, who have never had the opportunity of seeing the inside of ¢ tank, a ramp has been built so spectators can climb up be- tween a Sherman and a Stewart Tank and look down through the turrets. Courteous menMers of the 11th Armored Regiment are on hand to explain all details. Ingide a tent is a display of equip- ment and firearms which is attract- ing much attention. Included in this section are Browning, Sten, Tommy guns as well as a .303 rifle, a wireless set for tank use, tank ammunition and the various items of summer' and winter clothing which a man serving in the tank corps wears, We noted that a group of small boys were standing with their mouths open looking at one of the Armored Workshop vehicles. Clos- er inspection showed it was a six- wheel heavy breakdown truck com- plete with crane. Other vehicles night raiding, the German bomber force did not succeed in breaking the spirit of the British people or preventing the expansion of our means of production and supply," he added. . "In the middle of December the German fighter force which had suffered heavy losses since the summer virtually abandoned' the offensive for the time being. Clearly the mpment had come to| put our plans into effect and wrest the initiative from the enemy." "Intruder sweeps bégdn"and con- tinued through 1941. Lord Douglas said they gave the R.AF. the air initiative in the west and caused the enemy to retain air units in the west which might otherwise have been moved to the Russian front. Existing fighters had their hands full, apart from forays on the con- tinent. The. Germans developed "pirate raids" in which fast bomb- ers swooped in to attack factories. The R.AF. had to be on the alert to try to nail these hit-and-run experts. Lord Douglas disclosed that fric- tion existed between the Ministry of Aircraft Production, then head- ed by Lord Beaverbrook, and the Royal Navy, which was entitled to priority in fighter production. At first the Aircraft Production Ministry was favored--though here again there was disagreement on the best taetics of defence--but at the end of February, 1942, it was decided to give priority to the de- fence of shipping in the northwest approaches. Miss Lorna McIntyre on Tuesday evening. Rich. J. Luke accompanied Mr, and Mrs. Earl Currie, Sardis, B.C. to Stirling today to visit their aunt, Mrs. James Currie, and daughters, Miss Agnes Mae Currie, and Mrs. Lindenfield. Operation Saves Valuable Cow What is believed to be the first Caesarean operation performed in veterinary circles in Durham coun- ty took place in the farm barn of Isaac Hardy, Solina, Sunday night. Called to attend a valuable Hol- stein cow in a bovine accouche- ment, Dr. E. H. Webster decided to operate by cutting through the abdominal wall of the animal. He was assisted by another veterinary practitioner from his Oshawa of- iice. The operation was successful in delivering two stillborn = heifer calves. But the cow was saved and early Monday morning was up drinking water and eating mash. MR. MERCHANT Are You Worried About Regulations Controlling Your Illumination? May Be Able To Help You YOU Get the Maximum Lighting From Your Supply HILL-CORNISH ELECTRIC 50 PR CF ST. Ask for H. W. CORNISH PHONE 341 It is expected she will survive the ordeal. Helping the vets were two practical farm-women nurses who sterilized the instruments and helped close the incision which re- quired over 100 stitches. Many spec- tators witnessed the operation. This is only the second occasion that Dr. Webster has undertaken such a professional job. 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