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- r ~ ~ PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATEBMPJN, BOWMAN11TT.TJ~ qT~Rp~ THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1941 Established 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Wlth whieb are Incorporated The Bowmanviile News, The Newcastle fndePendent, andfTic Orono News. 85 Years' Continuons Service To Thic Town et Bowmanvilic and Durham County. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Canadian Weekly NcwsPapers CasAWeeklics of Canada SUBSCRIPTION RATES $3.00 a Year, strlctly lni alvance. $2.50 a Tear ln tie United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1941 We One of the momentous meetings of the world took place the other day upon the high seas. Churchill and Roosevelt, leaders of the two most powerful nations on the glbsurrounded by units of the two most powerful battie-fleets of the world, met ta confer. Their secret had been weIl kept. They ws mspoe wpurl:"e hav xling con a fee, reagredtupona oburste which mui ertin us an ainations oce athe universe. "We" shah sec to it that no sucli h lacast themeeing aflts mninmd and the "onDeclaration te an ud tic" eame wth "althis r" a te rniinisccnt ofWorow Wilson ardearene K. Stcrsi he ur mteengpintdessand "seif-onion"th and gonreenlyMr.asteinbteas preadthe goselaof "nionfNohe"Athantintie meet-e ing hasstaed itainadiffert.wor s htis They talked of world barriers as the cause of wars; of tariffs and of those that have had and those that have had not, and what ta do about it. There was certainty of victory. Today, that may be seen as an ultimate. No one can say when, but the end is certain, so they, joining voices as "We" assured the world, including Germans, that the unconquerable democracies had under- written "a new birth of freedom" for al peoples, everywhere. There was no flag- waving, no crusading hysteria, mcrcly the hard, cold, calm, considered statement of the,two great figures of contemporary bis- tory. Threats v- Goodbye to Luxuries i~~V -- -- -- Hiome la The Sailor "Home is the Sailor, home from the sca," ivas the line that came to mind when Mon- day's city-press banners clarioned, "Chur- chill has Landed Safely." There was relief thi-ougliaut all of what is left of a fr-e world. Many had suppased that such a jaurney would have been undertaken by air-ferry, but "Bulldog" Churchill, Lord o? the Admiralty, during the hast war, defiant and contcmptuous of Hitler's under sea ser- pents, chose bath the solid and the spectacu- Jar, a British battieship. And as added in- suit to Europe 's madman, he chose the north route home, calling at Iceland, plowing the waves of a submarine infested sea. There was neoessity tinged with that mad- ness that has builded the Ohurchhi tradi- tion. It was Marlboroughi, defiant and tri- umphant. There was timing and calcula- tions joined with transportation and com- munications such as oniy modern warfare couhd permit. And there was aimost impen- etrabie secrecy. For reasons unknown ta but the few, it became necessary for Chur- cehili to confer with Franklin Roosevelt. H1e chose the bold and direct caurse. He risked hie life but lie pursued his purpose and ar- rived safely baek home. There is bath a les- son and a challenge in ail this. And there may be rebuke as well. Chur- chili did not piead "the exegencies of the situation" nor temparize with "I shahl be the one ta decide if and when I shouid cross the seas." H1e siniply turned the reins over his deputy, called a taxi, ord'ered a battie- ship and made the journey. He did nat con- fer with Canada, a country at war. Somebow there scems samething lacking. The Head o? Empire along Canada 's shores and not even a "ffow-do-you-do!" As someone said:j Han. Ian Mackenzie brought back Chur- chili 's greetings ta Canada 's Premier . . . which nobody can deny, not even Mr. Chur- chill. In amy controversy there is aiways a back- ground. It is nat surprising therefore, that The Statesman lias receivcd by mail, by phone and through personai calis, enongh information ta pi-avide authentie back- graund for ' what may now be termed "tIc * teachei- issue." Publication, however, is al- waye at the discretion o? the pubisher o? any responsible journal. It wilh not be surprising ta many that thi-cats have been made, ranging fi-rn boy- * cott ta downright violence. These. o? course,. arc a manifestation o? "mab spirit," a term repudiated by anc faction. Now it appears * amply sustaincd. The Statesman need not cancern iteel? with what is strietlv within the purview of haw officers. Thc infiltration into this district, o? those of European origin is a fact that muet be faccd. Anger and frustration shouid bc dii-- -ected rather at those who, through faihuire or gi-ced, cieated the situation - than at * innocent immigrants. In some districts these industrious people, seeking freedom under enlightened and Liberal goverument, have been exploited, politicahiy, by diehonest and miserable sub- t* terfuge. In anc case a "bloc" was told by * a party worker: "Vote for this candidate (naming him) because le is the Liberal j candidate." It was downright falsehood * only discovered when these "foreigners" pointed out the perpetrator. -rudo Tis may be part a? the backgondo pi-aient factional "hate." If sa, it and the boycotts and thre:ts h:d better be buried witl the traditional "hatchet" before in- sistent eivrinfr play demand pub- * lication in a way that cannot be refused. v- *Sec Canada's Answer S Once ecdiycar for tic ast sixty-two yeare, great numbers o? thc Canadian pea- ~ pie have been gathering togetier ta take stock af the aceompiish ments ?thc year _and ta viieW with pride sarnething o? what ýtoinarrow hlde in store in thc way o? living, working and playing. Bt now thi-oughout the land, the nai-rm b. as sounded and the nation stands at the S'alert.' Every thought is for the safety and eeia future o? the Empire and ahi it stands Sfor. It is with this purpose in view that the Y ,"'-,,anadian National Exhibition this year spresents 'Canada 's .Answem '-Canada 's afflwcr to the eall for help fi-rn Britain- Canada's answcr ta tic thi-cat o? the enernies of Oui- way o? life-Canada's answem ta the Thus thoraumes atfi-hi an crient Thunaitfor am as y frttin anadian gnd Directore a? tic Canadian National 'Exhibition toalah Canadians, as weli as aur ne1gbJ>Oresers the lime, ta take part in titis great gathering of resolute peoples an-d u#olicît yaur interest and support in the ex- Spression of this year's C.N.E. thcrn-"Can- ida's Answr." The Wartime Prices and Trade Board has been transferred from the Department of Labor ta, the Department of Finance. The significance o? this was brought out by Mr. D. A. Skeltan, secretary of the Bank of Canada, in a speech made a few days aga before the Canadian Institute o? Publie Af- faire at Lake Couchiching? He warned of drastic rearrangement in aur national ce- pQnomy because of acute shortages of' war materiais reeentiy developing. Because of that, wc muàt expeet a cut-down on con- sumer goods and a virtuai shut-down on luxuries. H1e said "Wc muet and 'shah cex- tend direct contra." Thus another year-oid forecast of The Statesman has came ta be recognized by the Ottawa authorities, and action, fimaily, is conternpiated. Upon thrce previaus oc- casions we have deait with this question. We have ciaimed that increased buying power o? habor had legitimuate claim ta achieve family comforts, formneriy thc pi-e- rogative o? the ridli and weii-to-do. But we have dephored the flagrant full-page invita- tions o? domimating city dcpartment stores ta newiy-rich labor ta "came and buy, and open charge accaunts." That has been ut- terly wmang in wartime, but neither govern- ment nom, paticulariy, thc city press could say anything about it. Here are corne items fi-rn recent f ull- page advertisements which are the epitome o? wamtixne econamie absurdities: "Fur euat $395.00 and aur budget plan wviIh fin- ance it." "Just amrived from Switzerland, truly a cannoisseur's collection of wame's pumps, only $2000 per pair, smaothe, shiny, supple, soft, sauve, seductive slip-ans that iih 'simply slay you' . . . and nity hand- bag ta match at oniy $35.00. What farm people think o? ail this simply cannat be piinted. But these 'sucker lui-es' martgage tIc capital o? newly-mich labor an&d-.iscount, viciously, War Savings C'er- tificates and future War Loans. It is na- tional wartime sabotage on a grand and haughty scale. _V Parking Bylaw If there arc parking rules for Bowman- ville, tley shouid be obsemved. If there is a Police Commission, it's duty is ta insist upon observance of the parking laws. The funda- mentais back a? civic gavemnmcnt ouglit not ta be disregamded. Taxpayers elect a council and it strikes varions cammittees, thus dele- gating powers ta ebairman and members. Ail salai-ied employee are servante o? tIe people who pay their salaries. They must baw ta the orders o? Council and Commit- tees who are plcdg.ed ta carry out the wishes o? the people. That is how simple thc thing is. When a Committee is struck and refuses ta strike back because sornebody i-aises ob- jections, then somebody is inviting the skids. Farmers and local citizens compiain o? double parking, especially Saturday nights and this parking business, as it lias cxisted, costs thc town bath prestige and cash. Many merchants are themacives affenders, and on Saturday niglits, many tawnspeople actual- ]y "curb" their care and sit camplaccntly there ahi evening watching the crowd go by and farmers lugging parceis ta cars 'parked blocks away. Ail this is well known and even admitted by many chie? offenders, but, callousiy, thcy still go on parking. Tins they challenge the Comrittee and fiant police autbomity. Sa far, nothing las been done about it . . . onhy taik. Theme is but anc thing ta do. That is, for Council ta deter- mine a ine o? action, make it known, then charge the Police Oommittee with carrying ont its orders. If that "line o? action" means enforcing clear-cut parking mules, then the test is* np ta the chairman o? the police Cornmittee. _V The trouble with this "phease" system o? saving gasoline is tînt probably hlithc car eiivers hanestiy try ta "do their bit." The other hli callousiy do as they please. Thnt is why "please" must give way to drastic compulsion. * The 8 point plan lu obviouaeW astute in its plain invitation tai Japan and Italy tQ desert Uic mas- ter gangster, Gcrmany, whilc there lu still time ta do so. But by far its mact important provision lu Inslutence that aggressor nations must surrender Uic means for fur- ther aggrelon before there can be peaceful discussion af the basis of the post-warworld.% 11 There have been numerous signe of late of a pcndlag falling out bctwecn Uic German army leaders and Uic Nazi party gang The generale, of course, haveai ways despiscd most of Hitler's as- sociates. Many of Uiem are known ta loathe Hitler himself, and ta be biding their time ta get re- venge for the murder of varlaus members of their graup, from Uic days of von Schliechcr ta. von Fritsch. Any illusions Uiat these gener- ais might have had about what would follaw a revenge purge by themsecves muet now have been dispelled. The German a r myt might be very glad ta bump offi Hitler and rnast of his lieutenants. But Uic Gernian army now knowu that such an act wauld not lead'ta any truce or armistice unless Ger-f many were alea preparcd ta sur-f render the bombers, tanks, cub- marines, and other mcchanisms for aggrescion via air, land or9 cea. -f1 + TIDE TURNING? The 8 point plan lu another in- dication o! bow thc whole tide in this war is tending ta turn. For the second time la this war Hitler- has been beaten ta the punch - and by the came leaders who stagcd tIc surprise occupa- tion o! Icclamd. Hitler was ail set ta issue hie awn peace plan - indéed there is good reason ta bdlieve that hc had already taken steps ta get ta Washington and London private1 messages îndicating Uic broad lines o! what hie peace praposals would be. Hitler-, according ta came who might knaw, was pre- parcd ta offer anything or every- thing once le lad dcstrayced thej Rcd army - provided that he be lc!t as boss o! the New Order in Europe. There could be naoi-cal peace3 witl Grmany-lcd by Hitlei- or anybody cisc-on any sudh basie.s As long as Germany las in hem power tIc mechanical means ta overwhelm 1er dcle neigîboursç by surprise blitzkriegc there can f be no talk o! armistice. Ahl that Z stands betwécn Uic people o! I Great Britain and conqucct byc Germany is etemnal vigilance, andV a tîrce-clement armcd foi-ce on F guard nigît and day. Once let Britain relax that con- S stant guard and 1cr cantinued t national existence would be' cx- i tremcly dubiaus if Germany were lc!t in possession o! the means for quick annihilation o! thc defences f a! entire nations. 1R HITLER'S RACE In atler ways than tIc anti- Nazi eace offensive, wllcl gi#es uc U initiative on the poiticai front, Uic tide o! war gaes against Hitler-. At Uic moment the Ger- mans arc undoubtedly making mai-e lacalized pragrese against tIc Russians than thcy dld in the previaus pcriad, wlen their drives againct Mascow and Leningr-ad were checked. But Uic vcry na-, turc a! tIc success thcy ai-e Iav- ing le itsel! proof a! surrender on tîcir major objectives for this year. Hitler'c only hope o! winning an outrigît victary la this war, once le'attacked Russia, was ta destroy tIc Bcd army before win- ter. Wintei- cames naw in Russia, as it did la Napalcan's time, any- time a!ter September l5. Wlile It seems obviaus tlat noa aimies, German, Russian, or any ather kind cauld indc!lnitely maintain tIc tempo o! fighting tînt pi- vaiîed for Uic fret 8 wecks in theic war In Russa-and that cither army could crack dlsastrausly within Uic ncxt montl-the prab- abilty against tatai Russian de- feat by Octaber 1islecxtrcmcly hlgI. Mai-caver, thc adds iricreaser dally, and by giant etrides. 1 Hitler lai Stalin la front o! hlm, wli armies beet able ta i In passing along ta The Statei man two letters fram men an a( tive service F. C. "Barb" Pethic who has lad hie collection bo: always ready for donations at hM shap, makes these commente: Bowmanville, Aug. il, 194 LDear Mr. Editrr,- 'Il trust that Uiaee wha reai these letters wlI notice aur boy arc lancned of cigarettes ani smokes and Uiey don't mean rnay be. We who are at home enjayinj life as usual shauld nat forget thi boys who arc risking their live for us and we ehouîd send then anything Uicy want. Cigarette arc wanted b y Uicm naw. so i you can't scnd thcmi direct, camt in or send la to my barber chai and depasit what you can la Uis. tin box and I wiil sec Uiat thc3 get Uicm,. "One lady in town cames le evcry Monday and pute in wla sIc can affard. Read Alan Den- scm'e letter again and perfarni Uic came good wark. Herc's ho- ing the box will hum and let 'IF. C. Pethick Boys" lcmow we appreciate what Uicy arc -daing for us. I have sent thousands 50 far. Let's make it tens o! thous- ands. "Here le an idea. Came in and get the name o! anc o! aur boys and send Uic snipkes yourself for Uic cfljratiom a! the war. You wilh get letters o! appreciation in rcturn, that will make, your blood tingle. The war is stilI ging stra ng and Hitler is !ar fram bcing lickedi. If you can't go, lclp thc boys who are la Uic fighting line taking 'your place and ricking their lives. "Actions cpeak lauder than Mords. ACT" ' From LICpl. A. F. Dcnscm, C5329,, Hactihégs & Prince Edward Regt. C.A.S.F. First Can. Division, Canadian Army Overseas. Dear Barb: Thanks for your letter a! June 9th. Juet gat back fram aa field day. Ail tIe firct division sparte wcrc leld. Thc King was there. He looks juet Uic same as thé hast time 1 saw hlm, about a ycar ago before I left France. 1 was an duty when le came in ca was only about tîrce feet away' fi-rn him. That was anc time I lad ta stand still. Thc Qucen was not with him-only four other officers and threc other matai-cycles. You wauld not knaw it wac Uic King o! England camingupUictheraad. The street wss not lined wltl guards like Hitler-las thcm. Sar-y ta lear your bax le ca slow gcttmng full. If came o! thase tigît fellows anly knew haw lard Lt le ta get cigarettes Uiey migît loasen up same. Lact weck wlen wve _wcnt up north an anatheri flvc-day scclme we could not buy1 any for thi-ce dayc. Oui- moncy Aras no goad to us. 120,000 men sure go thi-ough a lot a! cigarettes. rîat le wlat we are up against >vcr lare. But you neyer Icar Uic boys1 grumble mucl. They just look1 for Uic mail man for letters and1 smakes fi-rn came wla wouldo aaoner stay at lame and make t aaod money tlan came over Iciee for $1.30 per day. The boys only 1 get hl apy - Uicei-est gaes for t them when tîcy get home, c Not mucî ta lave a good tirne I on-abaut four or five poundsj evei-y manth. But dan't wari-y. Thcy won't let you good friende t down wlen thc time cames ta reaihy get st Hitlei-. Bombe dfon't c sare Uicm a bit. I know what o âey sound like camlng down. 'a About two goad bombs wauid a .ean Out ail o! thc front street F it home. That wauld wake Ucm si p. . I have Goadyear Tires on my si notorcycle. This mnakes Uic third : et s0 far. I will soon have ta n ive another machine-lt le lard ai-k an them gaing over ail klnds i >fcountry behind, say, a Bren sc zun carrier like I lave at times, c a well as convay wark - qne ai miute up ta 60 and Uic next ui n law gea-. It lu not any wandcr fi heY dan't hast long. Mine lea a bout one ycar aid-las no mu!!- ci m- s 41 id rs id y- ig Ds --. Ém %é- i ti il ýe ji I .1 Sc ha 'i il ou tir ha fic cal ho] di ai tpeaingevidenceofo tebig part Cana- dian wamen are laying lm "Canada's nswer»...will be hi- glts at the 1941 dibition. Each afternoan, «Lucky " Têer -andi his HeU Drivers flirt with destruc- tion ... with thi-ottles wide open. Every evening, grandstand audiences will thrlil ta the maving spectacle, "Britannian on the >000 foot otage. ccs LUKY i. TR b u* Coplote wlth C oudi and atten- 1=,daf Ehse , Titere'. maore to lu 1- - - More to hear .. . more to talk about a the 1941 Canadian National Exhibition. Moot duriihng of aU, wili be actual demosugratiom'. Ly Canada's fighting forces on land, on sma andin their 1Malco a date te mes h an and sec it often. - - - - - - . - - .- ALL SET TO RIT withstand thc blitzkricg tactics. Behind hlm he has Father Time. The 8 point peace plan lesued Fiction writcrs like ta talk of by Churchil and Rooseveltit l fot fugitives !eeling'thc hot breath of only an indication that the anti- some pursuer beast. The breath Nazi powers arc te.kng ail pos- which Hitler must be feeling these sible -steps for more effective days, lu thc icy cold breath of Uic joint defence. Itis definite proof coming Ruesian winter. that Uiey are ail set ta hit ack. . Indeed Uic 8 point plan la itseli CAN'T WVIN a powerful weapon in Uic war It beats the Nazie ta Uic punch in My guess lu that, whatever Hit- the diplomatic f ield. It tells Uic 1er thinks or wants, Uic German world in general and the Germans High Commnand knows that it can- in particular on what terme, aur not destroy the Red Army this side would conider an armistice. year, and hence has already The importance o! this particu- changed its wholc strategy on Uic lar ctcp can hardly be exaggefat.. eastern front. cd. For it is quite untrue ta eay Instead o! smashlng in on the thathisoryhasmerly epetedentire front almaost Irom Uic Arc- itsef--and that this 8 point *planti ohe-lcSaswste is merely a ncw version af Prei case in Uic first seven weeks, the dent Wilson's faniçus 14 points. Germans are now obvioucly con-i No doubt it will be,'used s was centrating their drives on morei Wilson's as a'powerful weapon, limited objectives. as a peace offensive spearhead,i They may' wcll appear, in Uic within Gcrmany, Italy and Japan. immediate future, ta be malcing But the tragic defeet in Wiim's more progress than.formerly, but Plan was Uiat it was a one-man this islu aini comparison with or anc-nation job. When it camne what they have achieved in the ta the making of Uic actual peace past. Wilson found that hi. nwn allies As meaeured by what Uiey have would nat agrcc ta his 4-poitntet aher own str. nTcmkow basic. The Germans did nat gettel ir soy h kw the peace thcy Uiaught Uiey wcrc they cannot wln Uic war outrlght.j gctting whcn they asked for an Ail their'moves fromn now on wil armistice. That fact, as much as be dcsigned ta bring Uic war toa- 1 any other, was responsîble for Uictleaeedigrterta subsequent risc ta power of HMt- Thfatl . yItha UcNai 1cr.will dceflaitely quit worklng for a The 8 point plan lu not only Uic total quick knackout of Russla, joint work of Britain and Uic and concentrate on trying ta reach United States, but it has abviouulycuhtxieaalwhcUcyut been accepted in advance byte Uic hve ta attsmp ta flh thUicmwar Soviet. Thus Germany's encmny -ata atemt igtth a in this war has avoided Uheiwarut mistake of the allies la Uic last ctruglc AT GERMANT Soldiers' Letters 1er and makes lots of noise sa dan't have to have any harn. Ail the rases are out over here. One side af aur bouse lu covered -Chas. Bagneli andHerb Fletch- er should sec Uicm. Weil Barb that le ahl for this. time-remember me toallahe i guys. Checria and good luck. Denny. From Gnr. S. G. Beckett, C.610 R.H.A. ýnd Field Regt. R.C.A. C.AO. Dea Si1 r .England, July 4th. Just a few limes ta let you know I gat Uic parcel yau sent me and was glad ta gct it as Uic blades over here are not sa good. How lu evcrything over there and lu there anything new? Things are quiet around these parts this hast whlle. We havcn't had any raids now for came spel s0 it makes quite a change at nights. The weather hasbecn lavehy lately but we could stand a littie rain as thinge are laoking d.ry. As Uie;e isn't much ta write about PUi just Uiank you for Uic Parcel. I haven't scen many of the boys from. aver there as Uiey are not very near me. Now li sign ofad hope ta hear from you &gain. Stan Beckett. 1 Whal wli ikc waxeu wcar 'al "FOR THE Wa OÎ DURAITION?" Fram Pte. L. Cubbage, C3629, R.C.A.S.C. Canadian Corps Petrol Park, WIS Section, Canadian Army Overseas. Juiy MU, 1941, England. Dcar Friende o! the Lions Club: 1 arn writing naw. and am asharned ta say it lu Uic first time since I landed in England a re ago, I hape Uic aId saying "tter ate than neyer", stili hIiads. I have been rcceiving, cigar- ettes right along from, Uic Lions Club sa I decidcd it was time I Wrate and thanked you ahi' for themn. You will knaw Uiey are appreciated aOver here espclhy. Sorne o! you were in Uic lait war. if cigarettes wcre as hard ta get s;nof o!hUi old soldiers muet have quit smoking. We have nat scen much activity Yet-only air raids and we sure ce plcnty a! Uiem. The country is really beautiful right now with all Uic !lawers in blaom. I have aust camne back fromt Edinborough. 1was there for Sunday leave and 1really Uiink things are, nicer in Scotland right now, but I guess ze muet remember people Uierè ave flot had as much ta put up with. Thcy are standing up under IwelI. The Canadians arc anxi- )us ta get on with it. Sure gets Jrecame waitIng for samething ta Iappen and then it ail happens rnm Uicair-wc an the ground în't get back at Uiem, but lct's pe we will have Our chance )rtty soon. So once again I want ta Uiank ,u for ail those responsible arc lng for Uic Boys o! Bomanville ier here. Len Cubbagc. 1 St. James St. Hospital, 5 St. John, N. B., r August lûth, 1941. 1Hello Mr. James: L As Confucious might have said, r"Long time no *rite," but being tin here I am finding plenty of *time to catch~ up on my carres- Lpondence. Being out of circula- tion, co to speak, for the past nincteen days has le! t me unin- formed as to news of '.D" Coy. or the Regiment. The Regiment has just passed by (here on the way to church looking as smart as ever. I hadn't intended writing this letter until this afternoon how- ever, .while glancing through The Statesman this morning I came across the article written by Mr. Long of "C" Coy. which I just couldn't let pass unchallenged. The following may be termed as a counter-attack on his article. Perhape Mr. Long's face would turn a different hue if he knew that after No. i section 9f "D"l Coy. had captured his outlying three sentries two of thc section's scouts moved in close enough to watch and listen to hlm and a group of "C" Coy. men disclos- ing the merits of thc Bren gun. However, to walk in and capture them would have presented the problem o! posting a guard and we didn't have a cufficient; num- ber o! men to do this sa we clrclcd the groupe and moved on toward our objective. To have made the capture would have becn 'a grand coup for us and we could have used the incident to counter-act corne of the roastlng we took in regard ta their slick ration truck trick which we have to admit was very good. Let's follow. the exploits of No. i section who by this time have reached and crossed the road-and making their way over rocks and loge around behmnd Uic objective. We crept up ta within !lfty yards of the objective, close enough under the exlsting rules of sham battie, ta dlaim a victory, but we riad arrived in time ta discover that the battie had been called of f and everyanc was preparing to leave for barracks. We were juet ten minutes too late. During the day, during our treck through a mile and a hal! of buehland we had ta cross a creek-,-lucky for us Uic tide was out-and in one instance ta skirt a marsh it was necesearýy to climb along the rocky shores of th~e Fundy. We lost two men, they at down for a rest and apparently never caught up ta Uic reet of the section. We ate aur dinner o! prepared rations In a cool shady lick in the coastllne. Enchosed is a clipplng (cee be- lw) from the "Canteen," Uic t.dlepaper. which le distribut- d aUctroops ail over Canada and overseas. Articles and cal- amns are submltted by scribes om military districts and campa across Uic country. The next îpy I get my hands on I wiil send ta you. Perhaps you have ai-. Harold, who has been onl Ac- ready heard about and seen a tive Servicefor over a year dlaimIs copy of this publication. one brother and three nephews Up until today, when we had a as the rest of the fghting Compe- thunderstorm, the weather has ment in hie family. His brother been quite nie here in St. John- Clarence le wth the lst Midland plenty of sunshine. Regimnt- and Nephews Melville, Now I must say so long until George and Frank alea serve îrý the next time. that unit. "'Two weeks sure do go Sincerely yoursivng fast,- don't they, fellow?", ArtLiig A minesweeper under construc-. Clipping referred to follows: tion will bear the name "Port And while we're in the office of Hope" when it le completed next the "«Jaunty and his crushers" wesrig according to Frank Rick- Sec that husky Harold King is aprd, MP o ura . Poed back after spendîng a most en- of the Port Hope Rotary Club's joyable leave at home in Bow- annual street fair on Aug. 20th manville, Ontario, with his wife wil be donated toward cOmjforts and two ,kiddies, Connie anmd Don for the men. THMDAY. AUGUST 21,1941 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOVMAlfvn.=, olqTABIO F. C. Pethick.