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the georgetown herald wednesday evening june llth 1941 the world watches portugal lftbon formerly considered one of the remote european capitals la now described as the grand central sta tion of the world the only conu aental port 4 rom which passenger ships regularly sail to the amerlcas tt is also the terminus of air routes to north and south axnerjoa and of the feeder lines to germany occupied sjurope and england because it con trols an important stretch of the atlantic coastline and dominates the approaches to the straits of gibraltar britain has always recognized portu gal s vital importance to her hence the anglo portuguese alliance which dates from 1654 the oldest alliance between any two countries this alliance binds britain to come to the aid of portugal against external attack and portugal to assist britain in war if asked bo do so in the war against napoleon portugal proven lhe wedge by whlh britain gained a footing on the continent and gave the emperor bis first decisive defeat in the penln aular war in the great war portugal sent two divisions- to the western front and 70 000 men to the african fronts to aid her ally at the outbreak of this war prime minister salazar declared that his country would remain neutral al though he affirmed his fidelity to the british alliance as britain did not ask portugal for help the latter was not bound to declare war public opinion has supported this position portugal k not a democracy dr salazar is a dictator with a fw fascist characteristics he is primarily a fi nancial genius who has given stabqltjy to portuguese politic and economy after years of turmoil there is there fore little ideological affinity with the axis and a good deal of devout detest ation of the new paganism of hitler whose aggression has been pubttcry denounced by cardinal oerejelra the ways cf neutrality have not been easy in january the lis correspondent of the london times was expelled for charging that german agents were active in portugal but in february six german aviators from a bomber which landed in portugal were prompt ly arrested portugal cannot afford a breach with britain because british trade is vital to her portugals eon slderable empire and her connections with that empire depend for security entirely on the british navy it is true that the blockade has severely cur tailed colonial trade for britain does not too readily grant navicerts tor produce from the portuguese colonies which might eventually find its way into the wrong hands but portugal s position is very much better than that of her starved neighbor spain portugal is also under the shadow 5t the axis for spain is a non-belug- erent ally of germany italy against spain portugal cannot be defended ita peacetime army of 35 000 could make uo tand against mecsranteed forces which would filter through the long valleys to the coastal cities in less than evangelistic services baptist church nightly except saturday 8 pm sundays 7 30 pan daylight saving time cedar vale sunday school 3 00 oclock st evangelist bob ingersol p special music every night round trip bargain fares i june 20 21 from georgetown i to stations qshawa and bast to cornwall inclusive tjxbridge lindsay m peterboro oampbellford newmarket colllngwood meaford midland i north bay parry sound sudbury capreol and west to beardmore j pjtt trains friday june 20 all trains saturday june 21 to toronto i also to brantford chatham goderich guelph hamilton london ii niagara falls owen sound st catharines st marys sarnla stratford j strathroy woodstock j see handbills for complete list of destinations for fares return limits train information tickets etc nearest agent canadian natio halton and peel holstein brekdeks hou field day at edbn bolls unfavourable weather conditions failed to dampen he enthusiasm of holatein breeders of kalian and peet at their annual field day held at edge wood park eden mills on saturday of last week a crowd of 450 black and white enthusiasts were in attendance for the event which included a picnic hmch followed by a judging oompetl tlon and a sports programme the winners in the judging competl tlons follows ladles 1st mrs d g dunton zna mrs t o dolson- 3rd mrs j m fraser 4th miss margaret dixon men 1st tie nelson robinson and alex mckhmey jr 3rd harold dol son 4th e j king 5th john wu uatnson vjuniot farmers 1st jimmy reid 2nd dave houck 3rd ray anderson 4th garnet laldlaw presidents j c bell and d g dun ton of the halton and peel clubs as sisted by agricultural representatives e a lanes and j e whitelock were in charge of the event c d gra ham chief of the extension service of the holstelna5sociaitlon of ontario wbt the official judge for the judging competitions holsteln breeders generally are de lighted with the result of the special heifer calf sale held at brampton re cenjy and sponsored by the holsteln friesian association sft canada 103 calves in all were sold for a total well over 1 1 000 four calves donated dy the following halton breeders namely anderson bros john picket room 6on bros and e segsworth and son averaged 90 each the entire pro ceeds are being donated to the bri tish friesian association for use in relief of british war victims twenty four hours the gestapo has been active in lisbon and some of spain s 180 000 tourists have recently become interested in the portuguese scenery portugal s frontier is the pyrenees as spain goes so goes her neighbor hence portuguese foreign policy since the collapse or france has been to support every element in spain opposed to collaboration with the nazis the portuguese government supported franco during lhe spanish warand relaio6-w4th-epainhave- never been colser than at present axis strategy instigated the spanish falan gists to demand the whole peninsula far spain seeking thus to gain vic tory over portugal without the shed ding of german blood but doctor salatar is generally credited with hav ing forestalled hitler last october be fore the atbters meeing with franco at san sebastton simr is believed to have met franco and determined on a united front thus killing the nazi game of turning one ocuntry against the other if spain however proves stubborn hither may seek to try the outflanking strategy used against swe den and now against turkey by ar ranging a coup in portugal much of portugal s strategic impor tance depends upon her empire the large african colonies of angola and mozambique are closely linked to the union of south africa and surround ed by british free belgian and free french territories in the far east portugal shares the small island of timor with the dutch and japan which has eyes on the dutch indies has begun test flights for a trans equatorial airline from tokyo to por tuguese timor just or the french west african coast are the portuguese cape evrde islands which dominate the approaches to the vita port of dakar still more important are the azores 900 miles from portugal on a direc line between llbon and was hington where europe comes closest to america in german hands the azores which are self sumc ent in water and food and have good bar bours and air facili les could play a dangerous part in the war on the br ush sea routes round the cape yjr r-ww- v j- mv s r helping agriculture meet the the providing ofthe foodstuffs for an empire at war is a prodigious undertaking fortunately for our fortunes at war we can accom plish this with comparative ease and little or no disturbance of our regular farming regime abundance is our problem to produce such great quantities of farm products with a minimum of labor releasing men for more direct war activities is the tnumphof modem power farming which with its timesaving multiple operations and cost reducing equipment helps the farmer tocarry on operations more efficiently to meet the present difficult co farm machinery helps agriculture meet the peculiar challenge with which it is confronted in making its contribution to canada s and the empire s war effort whatever kelps agriculture helps canada modern farm machinery helps agriculture masseyharris company limited the service arm of the canadian farm and to the pil stores of venezuela the azoresare only 2 132 miles from uie united states whereas hawaii the main american naval base in the pacific is 2280 miles from home the present american naval patrol probab ly extends almost to the azores con sequently senator pepper has suggest ed with some backing that the united states should occupy those talandli there has been a report out of lisbon that in the event of a german lnva sion salazar would take his govern ment to the azores and call upon the british navy for support whether or not he took such steps britain or the united states would have to by reasons of vital self interest to forestall nazi occupation of the portuguese islands qual11y alt proven in 36 years of testing over thirtysix years ago the brantford roofing company established a rigid policy of strict adher ence to quality 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