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pge 2 the georgetown herald wednesday evening april 24th 1940 the georgetown herald news of geargetown nerval glen williams limehown stewartlown balunafad and terra cotta subaokeption rates tanada m50 a sear united states 2 00 a year single copies to advertising rates will be quoted on application walter o beehn publisher staff garfield l mogllvray phone no s leslie clark reginald broomhcad the editors corner high school it was a real pleasure to be one of the viators at the high school on thursday to a person who received his education in a large city collegiate it gave a tinge of regret at wane ol the things he missed to be sure there are many advantages which city students have but can they be compared to the slmnlermdvantages of comradeship and individu al attention which a town teacher cari give to his pupils the need of an assembly hall was never more plainly put before the citizens as one lady commented on the gym displays 1 can see the beginning and ending of everything but i miss the rest of course as in most civic improvements the need of ar improved high school must be tempered by the cost of the project after this war is over there is no doubt that a new drive will bt made for on addition to the school and in the meantime it would be well for every ratepayer to be giving the matter his consideration there was a fine turnout of parents and ex pupils at visitors night and it is to be hoped that this will encourage principal lambert and the staff in making visitors night an annual event backward turn backward o time at the request of certain of our readers we are incorporating a new column in the herald this week we hope you enjoy these glimpses of the news in georgetown from twenty vears ago it was our intention to go back even further but unfortunately flies previous to 1918 were des troyed n the herald are that year we are anxious to build up these files of former years if you have any ccples of the geiothetown herald previous to this date we would certainly appreciate having them anniversary while were on the subject of former times it was just 22 ears ago today nh the h office was completely jdestrojed by f at that time the office was upstairs premises now occupied by the misses claridge the regular edition had just been published and was lost ln the are however the acton free press stepped into the breach and a twopage herald v m hands of the readers by friday damage of 8 000 was partially covered by insurance and the re mainder of the loss waajborne by the late j m moore publisher and the former publisher mr r d warren rebuilding the plant it was de elded to take over the present location downstairs temporary premises were e up in the bowling allev across tl e street until the new quarters were ready la our facf rfd an observant reader drew o ir attention to last week s issue of the herald and asked when we were thinking of publishing the april 17th edition we re glad to find someone who reads the herald as carefully as the editor or more its about time some people in georgetown are being a little foolish about the appointment of a new postmaster it is hardly sporting for critics of mr harry goldham to go running to our member complaining about the accur acy of the examination j the civil service commission is an independent body set up for the express purpose of keeping poll ical patronage out of civil service ap pointments therefore there can be no protest about such appoint ments insofar as political affiliation is concerned its about time that these people swallowed their potty objection i do not know harry goldham personally other than having met him once or twice since coming to town i have however talked to different citizens and i can find no definite grounds for complaints he has been notified that he was the successful candidate in the civil service examinations lets congratulate htm and wish him well in his future job as postmaster poetry my laddie s gone away you ve gone a long long way my laddie from those whose hearts with long ing were sore well mtsb you the night and day laddie as time passes we 11 miss you the more when i baft vou depart my laddie vou ca i be sure that my heart stood still the world became dark and drear laddie it seemed joy no more my life could fill you kissed me good bye o my laddie my head and my hear are still a thrill how could it be other my laddie and til cherish it alwajs i will god bl ss you and keep you my laddie from all harm may he shield you my dear our prayers will be for you my laddie our pi avers and full many a tear dr robin in plcton times germany under blockade foodstuffs and oil i introduction greater germany s industrial pro duction of 1938 was fifty per cent above that of 1913 in other fields her output has increased also yet she is still far from sou sufficiency she is i ow dependent entirely upon her own domestic supplies and upon those regions which the allied block ade docs not cut off from germany namely scandinavia the baltic the 0jss r central and southeastern europe and italy the blockade is in tended to keep a check on trans ship ment so that for instance it should be practically impossible for goods from south america to reach ger many through neutral belgium or neutral italy transshipment through the ujssr from the pacific cannot well be 1 alted but is unlikely to be extensive in view of the distances and difficulties of transportation let us look then at the raw materials in ger many ana in adjoining neutral areas considering first the materials avail able without regard to difficulties of purchase transportation or manufac ture foodstuffs germany s supply of foodstuffs would le adequate for an indefinite period of time unless the government takes necessary man power away from agriculture the ordinary german ra tions of today are well above the star vatlon level and as regards meat fat and sugar equal or exceed the brl tish rations of 1918 food production in germany is greater than in 1914 while sh has access in central and southeastern europe to regions which were not open to her in the last war she can provide within the country practically oil needed supplies of such staples ad cereals bread sugar and potatoes good crops in 1908 and 193 built up reserves which would offset for some time to come any shortage through bad harvests poland has con siderable quantities of grain to offer also although there germany may en counter passive rests ance the u s sjt however has at nresentno -large- surplus to export and is in fact buy lng g tro other countries meat need not be lacking unless there is a shortage of labour and of fodder fodder for livestock has to be imported but may be available in po land central and southeastern europe wiiil e meat from south america is cut off the domestic production in gctwany plus the supplies of poland and southeastern europe ought prac tically to meet german needs fish too ls fairly plentiful altho igh war tare in the north sea has interfered lonsidtrablj with the fishing industry co flee tea and cocoa were practl allj unm ailable although tea from ihe u35r ls apparently being ob tained m w beverages however are scarcely to be classed as staples fresh fru ts ar- rarely available in winter although there is considerable domes tic production in he s immer on the other hand there is a short tge or fats germany apparently can supply by home production about for ty four per cent of her needs and has on hand reserves for not more than six months although the much publicized shortage of butter in ger many has been exaggerated since germany can produce eight five per cent or her requirements and the shot tage was really due to increased de- mai d in germany following increas cd employment other valuable fats notably oilseeds and whaleoil will be difficult for germany to obtain whale oil may be obtained through scandinavia but oilseeds and oilcakes cannot be found there or in central and southeastern europe these are essential for fodder for soap and for industrial use the ubbjt could assist germany by sending soya beans in large quantities from manchuria and the far east but here the trans portatlon difficulty is a great obstacle to sum up germany lacks many foodstuff particularly imported fruits ind luxuries she can however pro duce or obtain access to enough staple foods to maintain her population al though the aid that the ussr con givu is negligible without a great ennnge in soviet production she may cxiwrlence some shortages but these w 111 not be extensive except in the ca e of i ts and whllo the shortage of fffts is serious it will not by itself cause a breakdown i there may however be a shortage due to other factors the possibility of germany s inability to make trad lng arrangements that are financially satisfactory to other nations will be discussed later in addition in the war of 1914 18 the need for man power in the armed forces and in in dustry occasioned a shortage of agri cultural labour in germany appar cntly this situation mayberepeated and if so it has a bearu g on the pres eht rationing of foods in germany j finally to maintain her crops ger manv must obtain fertilizers the lack of which hindered her from 1914 to 1918 tooay she is better off produc lng potash and synthetic nitrates but she must still import phosphates oil how much oil does germany need n a normal year of peace it was estimated in 193b hint at the existing rate of ii crease in con umption ger many would require six and one half million metric tons during 1940 this it may be noted wa before the selz ure of czechoslovakia and poland nel ther of which is self supporting in oil so that six and one half to seven j million tons would be a safeminimum to set down how much of this can be produced in germany apparent ly a lit le more than half for earlj in 1939 home production from coal and from potatoes covered about flftv three pe cent of german needs making a liberal a tlmate of ger man domestic production apparently germany would have needed to im portin 1940 if peace had been main talned at least three to thrte md one half million tons of oil could lie have obtained his from rumania and the u s3 r the sources which are still available i ow that war has broken o tt most of germany s ira jwrts came from venezuela the unit ed states mexico and other areas from which she is cut off bv the blockade human a s output of oil has been d cljiing here is reason to believe thit the wells there are becoming ex i lusted in 1938 the total ruraan an outut was something over six m i ion tons but only about 700 000 tons went to the present greater ger man j if more is to be obtained for glrmanj then other customers of rumania may have to go without not ably england and france and neither of these countries ls likely to lessen its requirements while both assisted by greater quantities of free exchange ind easy access through the mediter ranean can bargain fully as effectively as germany of course with pressure rumania may be able to expand her i output but even this la uncertain moreover much of the rumanian oil is controlled by anglodutch amerl can french belgian and italian companies most of whom would pre sumably prefer to sell to britain and france and who would certainly re slst german pressure to sell to ger manv when the allies offer better terms at present rumania has a greed to supply germany with 130 000 totu per month or 1560 000 tons a year but is having considerable trouble in carrying out the agreement de llverlesto date are apparently not up to the stipulated amount germany may manage to get one and one half million ons a vcar from rumania but if she does it wilt be with difficulty especially when difficulties of trans port from rumania to germany are considered poland produced half a million tons of oil in 1938 under pressure these wells might supply germany with a little more this year if the u s s r is willing to let germany have theb output as is rumoured the usj3jj itself produces about thirty million tons a year but increasing industriall zatton has lowered russia s surplus from year to year until last year it expbrted jess than a million tons domestic demand ls increasing at a rate above the increase in production now that the soviet has been engag ed in a war it ls unlikely that any quantity of her oil will be available for export unless the ussr re stricts herself or depletes her war reserve trds seems unlikely and again the difficulty of transportation remains to be overcome there ls al ways the possibility however that by 1942 the ubbr may greatly expand production and achieve a surplus german may add to her supplies by n creasing her domestic output of fuel ols made from coal and from potatoes but this would lessen supplies of coal which are badly needed for industry and for foreign trade and of potatoes needed for fodder and food if the plans of early 1939 are carried for ward then may be an increase in production by 1942 but meanwhile germany has needs to fill moreover german yn the tic manufacture does not produce much of the high octane gas needed for aviation nor of the diesel oil uwd largely in heavy trans port even if domestic production is expanded much of certain types of fuel oil must still- be imported ger mai y in 1940 and 1941 will not easily ob aln the equivalent of normal peace- t m neds what are her wartime needs these ui der p eent conditions are hard to cs imate if germany were flgl ting atotal war that ls a war v th vigorous large scale infantry and tank action heavy air engagements and xxilll increased naval engage ments it has been estimated she would need twen j lo il irly million tons i vear we ha e em what si n ild ob aln add to this the pm t cirmai oi reserves wheh muj be ix to seve million tons but wrucl oi view of comparison between domestic consumpt on and production plus imports in recen years could scarcely be larger apparently if fight lng a large scale war germany would run short of oil in lea than a year possibly in six months on the other ha id tl e present scale or warfare doc not require so great an oil supplj germany has an excellent trateglc ra lway sjstem lead lng o the siegfried tine that makes the use of motor trucks less i ecessary cons imption of oil for private and civilian purposes has been practically eliminated saving probable a million uid a half tons a year on the other hand this saving is needs of motor trattsp aeroplanes which must have consid erably increased even at f scale of warfare on balanced likely that german oil today ls rather greater than in time of peace though perhaps not exces sively greater there is however the jjrobablu y that germany is already drawing on her reserves to some ex tent since as we have seen she can barely meet her normal peace time re- qulremen3 by production and import on balance germany must eventual ly suffer a serious oil shortage in heavy warfare this would come rapid ly urder present conditions with germany avoiding the initiative she may be able because of stored re serves to tide herself over 1940 in the hope that increased domestic pro duction would provide a fresh re spite or that by that time she might be able to increase imports from the ubsr or rumania the prospect for her however ls far from favour able directory gods acre i like that ancient saxon phrase which calls the burial ground gods acre it ls just it consecrates each grave within its wall and bit athes a benison o er the sleeping dust god ac e yes tint blessed name 1 1 parts co nrort to those who in he grave i av sown lie sed tl at they hid garnered li tl tir hearts 1 1 t ir brtad of life alx 10 more i e r own digest tuesday to tuesday in the news job printing neatly executed at this office ag country born they dread the darkness who have never known a world outside the flare of man made light who have never learned to read the chart of night and walk unfaltering by the stars and they distrust the silence who have where human sound attesting hu man might so weaves its sped their need and their delight is in the citys ceaseless undertone but to my heart the darkness is a friend i would not spare denied must sorely miss the stillness is a mantle to be worn with deep contentment at the ions days end saw shall x voice my gratitude for tali mij heritage that i was countrybora motry anderson haley i u c ti harvest when the arch i els blast bl all winnow like a fai the chaff ai d grali then shall the good stand in immortal bio m in tl e fair gardens of that second birth rd en brig t blossom mingle its perfume with that of flowers which rievcr bloomed on earth with hy rude ploughshare death turn up the sod and spread the furrow for the seed we sow ths ls the field and acre of our god this is the place where human har v cs grow t monuments markers and lettering pollock ingham gait ont designs on request phone 2048 inspect our work in greenwood cemetery radio repairing d u years experience 9 j we specialize on i this work i j sanforb n i j phove j 5 georgetown s4w 5 f r watson d d s mj s georgetown office hours 9 to 5 except thursday afternoons thf dreamer he dared to dream and in his dream he caught a vision of man s mastery of time and space he dared have faith and from his faith was wrought a bond of speech uniting race with race where er mans spoken word may speed by wires or fly on waves which ail but pathless seem this dreamers faith a greater faith inspires in those whose deeds today fulfill his dream r t cnr time table going east passenger passenger and mall passenger and mail p f f tfon passenger sunday only 857 ajn 10 03 aja 6 pja 831 pjbb gotng west passenger and mall 8j4 ax passenger dally except saturdays and sunday 608 pja saturday only us pjn ind stall 04ft pm sunday 1119 pja saturday night oar from not 4 to apr 7 lljft sm oatc nerth leroy dale kc m sybil bennett ba barristers and solicitors mill street georgetown ont am nielsen 26th ear of practice chiropractor xrav drugless therapist lady attendant office over dominion store georgetown hours 2 5 7 jo 930 pm closed thursday phone 150w monuments oakville monument works designs s ibmltt xl cemttery lettering corner post and markers a good dtsplav in stock a mckellar prop 19 colborne st west oakville war great war number two continued on the northern battlefront with thun der clouds gathering in the walvn important developments of the week were 1 allied capture of narvik from the germans and a german force in trondheim surrounded by allied troops 2 warnings by britain france and us a to japan not to contemplate a thrust at the dutch east indies 3 departure of some british resi dents from hungary fearing a ger man invasion 4 strong warnings by the allies to italy to keep away from jugoslavia or other balkan nations canadtantorts many danish and swedish ships on the high seas when war broke out liave flocked to canadian ports the delicate question of whether danish ships should be treated as prizes of war will probably be answer ed in the negative captains of these shlos have headed for canada of their own free will and confiscation would hardly be in order under the circum stances communists out toronto district trades and labor council expelled communists from membership president e w stn- neld announced that at the next meet ing all delegates would have to take an oath that they had no connection with the communist party canadians in england canadian defense minister norman rogers and major general v w odium officer commanding canadas second division arrived in england for important conferences with brl tish leaders women s vote comes closer third reading in the quebec legis lative assembly was given to a bul granting women a vote in provincial elections it is still subject to ratifi cation by the legislative council cromwfll again u 3 minister to canada james cromwell again made news by an nouncing his candidacy for democra tic nomination as senator from new jersey next day he said he would resign his dlplomatfc post within the next month another liberal a bylecuon in three rivers con stltuencv resulted in ihe election of robert ryan as liberal member in the federal house sandln in the house is now liberal 179 consoiv atives 38 cci 8 new democracj 9 ii deptndent i iberal 3 liberal progressive 3 independent conservative 1 ii dejjcnduu 1 umt 1 vacint 2 245 ksnnbto h lanooon barrister solicitor notary paella ftrst mortgage money to loan office gregory theatre r bmg mm georgetewi frank petch aix classes or utojumok prompt sondes m r o bk u time table leave georgetown to toronto atdtim 92s am 12 jb pm o 223 pm 438 pm 6 48 pm 9 03 pm to london 1006 im xll20 am 208 pm cx265 pm ay4v4fi pjn 700 am dojoo pm dxll06 pm exllm pm t sun and hot b sun o satmday onr sat son and hol e art sun end hol to kkehener- y to stratford tsokata and mf oonatlon at w h long phone 8 gray coach lines radio license fees there has been some confusion abo t h recent changes in the regu- la uons concerning radio license fees for the enlightment of local dialers we print a portion of a letter received by mr t a grieve local license col lector this should clear up any doubts as to the proper charges to be paid please be advised that there are some new regulations concerning the sale of radio licenses under these new regulations we are advised that where there are more than one radio in a house all owned by the same person one radio license will suffice ftbtati the radios however saoskt any of the radios belong to a boarder or to any other person in the house a separate license is required car radios will not come under this bead and will still require a separate iks- thsuut u no dtfutl touoo j0st liu old chum