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PAGE TWOTHE CANA IAN-ST-T-M-Ii- -W-AN-I-L- O-T-R- L w THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1941 The Premnier's Prels Agent Two things about the Prime Minister 's successful fliglit overseas have caused com- ment by the mnan on the street. First is the query why, but a single reporter from the government 's most bliîîdly partisan press was chosen to go along to the exclusion of ail others and who is footing the b ill? Second is non-acceptance of the dlaim that the trip has been a long time planned and that this * was the opportune and decisive moment." Tb.ere is something of the pitiful in the phrasing and the assertions that character- * ize the first report of this favored reporter. It is made to appear that credit must be given to Mr'. King for arranging the Chur- ehili-Rooseveit meeting and for having planned away back in 1940 for the time and mode of the present flight by "bomber ferry. Nothing quite so brazen has been attempt- ed sincýe war begran as this effusion designed for the rank and file too busy with war tasks to do much reading. It is ahl in the tradition of oid Colonial days when Min- isters, warned of impending events, would deny first that there was any crss, and if 80 nothing could be done about it. Then, when the matter became an actuality, the stock phrase ivas that the government had anticipated it and lad long since pianned accordingly. and finally, when somehow things righted themselves, full credit was taken for the masterly prescience of time- tried statesmen who could see far into the future. That is the technique of the man who appears to be Mr. King 's personal pol- itica] press agent. The Statesm.an did not join in the ciamour for the premier to go overseas. Rather we suggested that Mr. King be preserved to head the state in post-war times. These air journeys have already taken a heavy tol and we should be glad wherPthe prime min- ister gets safely back home. This is Mr. Kîng's f irst air journey and his first appearance in the danger zone ini any war. He will have to face as well, the impatience of Canada's overseas troops. For over a year we have insisted that Mr. King speak to those in the British Isies, weekly, by radio, assuring them of Canada's unwaveringc aid. Churchill set thc mode, most effectively. And that wilI be the main achievement of the premier's trip . . . to tell the British of Canada's determination. Soldiers' Wives A w eek ag-o we suggested "cost-of-liin- bonuses" for soldiers' %vives. It lias oc- casioned no comment whatsoevcr. Meaiî- time a bonus las been awarded to local fac- tory workers. Now it is up to them to turn to and help these generally under-pnivil- eged women get a bonus too. The pound of butter they must buy costs just as much as the pound of butter these *'boniused" mcei get. When it is remembered that scores of youthful "army-dodgers" get this govern- ment handout and soldiers' wives do mot, tIen, we claim, the setting is one for somc kind of drastic action. In the last war there was the Patriotic Fund. Ottawa should do something about ail this. There is another consideration in regard to soldiers' wives which so far as we C an observe, has not concerned the community very mucli. There is of course, a local patri- otie committee whi.ch does -its best to care for the social side of the drab existence of women whose mca have joined the services. There are social calîs at homes, with tea and knitting. But that docs not fuille bill. Many who are still young enough to enjoy a dance cannot be expected to sit and knit and sip when music at the beach invites them. Their husbands would be glad to know that they had some gaiety and that their children could be taken to the lakeside or Cream of Barley Park for fun and frolic, say, once a week. Investigation reveals tînt far too maay of these self-sacrificing women have become inerely "stoop-sitters" with seldom a smile and the eternal care of their chiidren. This war may last for years; iadeed leaders sudh as Churchill indicate the fact. It seems therefore, that much more can be donc than is done at present in every commuait>', to brighten the lives of soldiers' wives and mnoreso of soldiers' childrcn. So we suggest to community leaders, tw(ý things: Gret out and demand tîcir "cost-of-1 ivinig-bonuis" and at ail seasons devise wvays and means for entertaiament of happier c haî'acter. Established 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Wlth wblch are Incorporated Thceflowmanville News, Tic Newcastic Independent, and Tic Orono News. U5 Years' Continuons Service To Thic Town of Bewînanville and Durhami County. SMeanber 0 Audit Bureau of Circulations canadian A Weekly Nawspapers CasAWeckllcs of Canada SUBSCRIPTON RATES $2.00 a Yaar, stricti>' ln advaiice. $2.50 a Year ln tic United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. "Walk to work in tic morning, start'ing at seýreîî or ight, or even caniier, and take plent>' of time; it ivili do somcthing ta you and for you, and for tic countrvy too: " so wr'ites R. J. Deaciman in a latter ta thc cd- itor of Tic Ottawa Journal. "Bob" Deaci- man, as tic Journal explains editoriahl>', is a combination _of newspaperman, politieian and philosopher. He is more than tint. He is just about thc ablest economist and closest student of current affairs and thc future .needs of Canada, itier in Ottawa or outside of it.,*Fcw ana match him in argument and none as a letter writer. Tic Editor of Thc Statesman las long beau honored witi lis confidence. Former niemier of tic House of Carn- Ifons for Nati Huron, "Bob" is now "pincl-iitting" for Hon. C. D. Howe in pub- lie relations. He iost his iast election be- cause le forgot ta wnlk wlen tic snow was deep., Toda>', becausa ha does not necd ta walk, le doas so, quixoticaîl>', and writes about it: "If people walked more and saw what tic>' sec vhen tic>' ara walking, it would le n bettar worid, " so ruas a lina in a recent letter ta tuis aditor. AndI ha goes on ta picture tic trul>' amazing things le secs bctween home andI office, as ha strolls ta work. Tint is the "Philosopher" sida of lis nature. " Walk and leana" is good advice but le knows that oui>' the faw "peculiar" people will heed it. The main with tic hoc and tic ma n with tic lad mn>' bc seen afoot ini the mornings; tint is ticir habit. But the man with bald- spot and bay-window cannot le inveigfled, mot even wheu Messrs. Howe andI Cottrelle plend with tiem to save gasoline. Nor eau the newly prosperous factor>' workers in proud possession, at lnst, of miotorcars thay lad never hloped ta own. Everv lnst jaua- diced jallopy inithme ]and is now in use, clattcning pnst tic peculiar biped wlo seelrs tic slower, safer, healilful, tiaughtful way. Bob Dcnchmnn know-s tint lus advie will be little lieeded, w'ar or no a wr. But if we ina> be penmitted a propiesy, we should say that it is ta meni like R. J. Denclimanl ta whoin Fe must tun for heip ini post-wnr tInys. ticei"alkers and the thinkers. And do not be surprised if Bob himself finds n plae close ta tic top, for we shall need brains and courage plus. _V Haif-Pint Humans Here is something tint wamen will resent, rint soldieî's vili rasent, tint mcn ever>'- wiere, save witiin n bureàucrncy, will con- dem anaîd disparage. From tic Depnrtrncnt of National Dafence, Aug. 23, 1941: "Valuai- teers for the Canadian Womcn's Army Corps, now being recmuited will be document- c d, assigned aumbers, wili came under mil- itnry comtrol, will sigu up for tic duration for service nnywhcre raquired. Lenve andI men, but tiey will nat ha included ini the Militar>' Forces in Canada. Tic>' will replace mcanivia will be transferred ta fighting units; mcanivia have beca gctting $1.30 par tIn> witi ail perquisites andI depandents ai- lownnces. " Andth îis 'dictum' continues: "Pav for tiese womcn valuateers will be oni>' two- tiirds of tic par diem rate paid in tic Army, and five par cent will le hld back until disciarge. Tic>' must le bctween 21 and 40, British subjacts with no dependents andI at ieast Grade VIII sciooiing. "LInother words, tic>' are coasiderad b>' tic Ottawa brass- lats ta le oui>' laîf-pint humans. Tiey will be permitted inconspicuons use of cosmeties, but ticir "ham-do" will le staudardized. Ia another particular tîcra is discrimina- tion: "Clothing and cquipment will nat le issued at once, n probation period is dacreed, durng whici tic>' iill drill ini their own eiothiig. Taie it or leave it. AIl of whici is l8th Century thiukiug. Well migit tlîey nsk, "just what are wc fig-liting fort" Vc have, leard o! 'equalit>' of sacrifice' but wviat doas this coustituite? The same pinciple lins beau ini operation iin industr>- for ages. WVe kmîow of instances wherc, for the samne job precisci>', and thc sain outpuit per' pcmsn, a man gets 60e per liour andI a w-ana 40c. AndI lcre is tic governmant exteading the samne lind of open insuit ta w-amen volunteeî's. Mcan vlo girot $1.30 step ont anîd a woman steps in at 87e andI does latter work, andtI te>'ld bnck part o! her pa>'. MVe w'onder if tic>' Lave n vote. AsISeeut. Bry Capt Elmore Phimptt ignored or not acted upan with the prompt- itude tînt they deserve, there will be om- mnous rumblings and doubts. Yes tiare will be loudest clamour from those wio have not taken out membarship either direct or through affiliation. Wc take the liberty of suggesting strong and immediate pressure in connection with two matters that are troubling many in this district. First is the matter of feed for livestock. Man>' hereabouts simply have not got feed for their dairýy lerds, and have no money to buy expensive coacentrates and so forth. Already there is a movement of Hoîsteins to the stockyards. They demand that govern- meats do somethimg and that the F ederation secs to it that it is donc. Next is the mattar of exemptions or postponemants of farmers' sons from this new ukase, that, having serv- cd 30 days, tley must do 3 months more. A checkup locally reveals that town boys have flot gotten this new caîl while country claps have, and this in the midst of the busy season. J. G. Gardiner made arbitrary ruies about this before he retired to com.plete silence as Minister of Agriculture. Remember just that. If ever agriculture was put upon the spot and made to like it ... it ivas under Mr. Gardiner, who sat day after day in the House, as reported in Hansard, and grinned at those who urgcd a poliey to fit the needs of the times. Farmers in this district are watchîng, very closely just what the Federa- tion can do ini this regard. The Statesman suggests that thc Federation 's Ottawa of- fice has been iin operation only 40 days. Have patience, but be grimlv insistent. _V WaIk and Learn Tic world o! frac men bas evcry reason ta feal proud andI ancouraged by tac rasuits 'o! tha recant Churchill-Roosevelt con- farance. But antier avent took. place wbile that coafarenca wns lu .prograss whiicihidicated tha extrêeaflimsiaess a! tha ice an wbici wc arc trying ta skate. Tint was the vote in tic United States Caugress whcn tic bull ta pnalong tic tenm o! service for tic men in compulsory army ser, vice wns sustained by oua single vote. Tint menus that if just ana more man bad votcd the atien way the UnitedI States army wouid soon bave been plungcd lu- toan state of disorganization wbici would have meant nulli!ying its usafuiaess as a possible istru- ment for quick action lu this world emcrgcncy. I ar nont casting any naflection on tic people o! tic U. S. because in this attitude tiare is no mn- terial difference bctwccn tint o! the British panliameut in 1938, the Canadian panliament lu 1939, or the U. S. House o! Rapresenta- tives la 1941. Iu the !irst named ycnn Mn. Chamberlain could tnik ta a cheering House o! Commons about "distant Czecco-slovakia' Six mantis inter Mr. Mackenzie King could tell Canadian Palila- mentanians at Ottawn "tac iden tint cvcny twenty yenns tuis country . .. wicbbas all it can do ta rua itsei! siould feel callatI upon ta sava pciodically n con- tinent that cannot nun itself.. seerns ta many a nightmnrc nnd sicen mndncss." The attitude o! the U. S. tuis ycan is simply dif-g fament ta the degnea only tint the. U. S. politically andI geographical-i ly is sligitly more nemate than1 the othens.t WHN WILL IT END? Thae:ad af the second year o1 World War IXla at hand. What Iç the outlook for next year? Car humanity emerge from the black. aut lato stable pence? If I wera ta guass as ta the mare mihitary aspect of this war il would ba that tue outlook at the end of the second yaar of war JE almoat unbalievably battar thari it was at the end of the first year, Just twaiva months aga the boys la the Royal Air Farce were fighting thalr epic fight, ithe most crucial battiei modemn is. tory. For the real stakai the battia for Britamn was Britain'i ability ta escapa dafeat, conquest and siavary. Ta-day Hitler la an. gaged la a dasparate race againsi time la which ha has but a few waeks aithar ta destroy the Red~ army as an affective fighting force, or face aarly possibility ai total disaster himseif. The 1940 possibility was tint ai eaany dafeat of Bitain. The 1941 possibility la campleta exhaustian of the Nazi armies, and consa- quent coflapse of the Hitler re- gime; or success by Hitler la Rus- sia which at the utmost couid oaly giva him the power ta f ight a long war. Thase facts any frank observer must record on the good sida of the ladgar. But on the bad and dangerous sida thera ara other facts which saem ta me aven more important. And until thosa facts are changed wa cannat aven begin ta win the real world strug- gle, of which this World War II la but ona part. What is that rani world strug- gle? It la that ta dacida what systam of international relation- ships is ta succeed that of so- callad natiaaalism, which came ta an end o! its usefulnass on August 4, 1914.8 It is the pathetic, bopaless, and blind belle! that nations can go on living as they lived before 1914 that la ana root cause a! wanld dlatress .ta-day. Ia tlia sansa this war in which we are angagad la nat meraly oaaei whicb wa must sec that we are flot conquered by Hitler. It is ana in which we - the people of the' damacratic world - must take the offensive. We must produca, and act upon, a positive program for wonld stability. WE ARE THE ENEMY Two factorirnngnify t h e stnength o! tic idea beiind Hit- len's mlscalled New Ordar. The anc is tint exatig istitutions werc itamnnly sa rottah tintt tbey wera unabia ta witastand rani shock. The ather was tint Hitler built up tae moat pawer!ul *destructive force la uistary. Ah o! wbich camnes down ta tuis: Not only what happencd ha- fore the war but wbat bas uap- pancd durig the wnr ltself have cnented nat only n grant oppon- tunity but n great responsibility for aur part a! tic wonld. Wc can anly rcally hegla ta wi tic larger wan wbea we make up aur minds tint it la nat a ques- tion of goig back ta 1941 on aven ta 1914. The world is gaiag ta gat in- ternational lnw andI ondar because it is a vital neccssity, and wil gnow more sa year by ycar. There are anly tirea wnys tint I know o! wiercby tuis can ha donc. It can came from Hitler, or samehody lika hlm wia comaes nften hlm, as ha himsclf cameafa- tar tic Kaiser.- It can coma fram Commuuism, whiic bas a rcady matIe complete plan fan the inclusion la the So- viet a! other peoples nat now under the Red flag. It can came !nom the democma- dies by the simple extension inta tic field o! international relation- siips of pneciscly tic same pria- cîplas we now use for municipal, nnd national governmeats. It can- flot came toalal tic world at once. But the time ta stant la now. And unlcss wc stant, we are finlahed. FIFTY YEARS AGQ Froin Thc Canadian Statesman, September 2, 1891 If the birti rate iWest Dur- ham for July andI August la an>' indication tua population o! Can- ada shauld ha doubled itan ycars. Wntford la in luck iaviag two a! West Durhnm's noble sans as beads a! uts educational institu- tions. W. W. Jardine, B.A., for- mcml>' of Newcastle, has been ap- pointed headmaster o! tic H. S. at a salnry a! $1000, antI S. G. Brown, Enaiskilien, is bead o! the Public School. Dr. J. McLaugiliu, registmar for West Durham, ina bean seriausl>' M1. Hapes arc now entertaincd for bis rapid recovery. Dr. Aikeus, Toronto, was cnllad far consul- tation. Wile Mr. Dabson o! the Big 20 was dniving bctwean Enuiskillen antI Hampton bis horse took fnigit andI getting out ta sec whnt was tic mattan ha found a- bag a! flour. Stephen Cotton tInoppad af! for an boum ta sec Bowmanvihllcfri- ands. Ha bas just returnad !rom anothan voyage ta Scotiand with a cansigamaut o! hanses antI re- ports excellent business. Diet:In laBawmnnvillc, August1 26ti, John Jury, agad 70 yeams.1 Iu Bowmnnvillc, August 3Otb, EtI-1 wartI Bottraîl, aged 59 vana. lu Bowmanviila, August 29th, Wal- tan Roy Jeakins, son o! W. T. C. andI Sarab Jankins, Kigston, age 8 mantis. Tynane: Services at the S. A. Barrncks werc not randerad nny more penceable b>' the unruly conduct o! a paon victim o! la- temperance. Wben will tie cause Lo! nil tuis troubla ha ramoved?.. Mns. J. Mannig feil, braaking ian wrlat. Dr. Mitchell set tua bones. . . Praaouncing match at Divi- sion to-mrnrow aigit. . .. Arthur Brant la veny 111 witi typiold fever. Ha is onc o! tic hast liked young men lu tic communit>'... At tic Harvest Festival sama o! aur farmar friands wone n rather tired expression but ail joined lu giviag tbanks ta tic Lord for the abundance wbichis a ow almost gatiered lu. Cartwright: Outsiders sny Blnckstock la impnavig. . .. EtI- ward Vice bad n head a! onts contaniig 103 grains. . . . Fred Bnilcy tinasied 260 bushels a! whent for Nelson Mnnlow i2½ houns. Newcastle: H. Adamns has gane ta Mauitoba antI the N.W.T.... Friands gathared to celebrata Mn. and Mns. Jas. Rowlnnd's silver waddiug. Dr. Fanncomb was tic chairman antI an nddness was rend b>' Mns. H. Adams, Maple Grave: A rumor was go- ing amound tint a fine hanse had beau stolen !nom Jacob Stevens' stable but tic horse unloosad hlm- self antI wcat for a walk.... Geo. Gilbert hmd a successful barn raiin.... Mrs. Wm. Foley has a fuschia one year aid, 40 mnches in helght which has 425 flowers and buds. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Frein ThecCanadian Statesmm, Auguat 31, 1916 But the rani poit la tuis: If the people o! the United States >f and Canada renfly believed, ana ls buadred percent, that tiare neyer n again could hai this worid stable -lasting pence until the wioia free world hnd decided ta abandon, e for ail time ta coma, the annrchy It of power politics, armamant races, e aad Iagaliied wars, aur whole i attitude wauld change ovarnigut. The United States would do whatever she bad ta do ta defeat the comman enemy, flot by mea- esures "short af war," but by wnr eitself, or whntever aise hast serv- - ed the purposa. e Caaadians would cease ta talk Iabout natianal unity as big of tequal importance with the sur- vival ln the world o! liberty, de- tcency, and self-government-. 2 IT 1S REVOLUTION a Inan respect at laast wa con- Stinue woefuily ta underestimate the farces typefied by Hitler. That is in relation ta Mis so-callad New Order for Europe. Scores o! writers have siawn tint the Nazi scheme la basad an a lie - that it is nat something uew whicb Hitler itends ta set up, but somethiag aimast as aid as hîstary, rule by force i the iutarest a! the rular. The ather half of the stary la that tha ordiary man in evary civilized countryi the world was conscious o! an incrasing para- dox. On the ana hand new inven- tions for communicatian, trans- port aad travel wera drivig the wbole of mnnkid tagether. on the other hand by-products af the system of natîonallsm in its poli- tîcal aad econaaic aspects wera makiag it impossible for the im- proved fadiluties ta fuactiqa as well as tha old. Evani my lifetime it used ta be possible ta travel araund mastj o! thc globe with nothig harder ta gat than the fane. By the ha-j ginniag o! thla war it was impos-1 sible td travel anywhare on any continent withaut man-made ra- structions tripping ana Up at every tura. Countnies were hard- cm ta gat inta than the strong raams o! banks, and harder ta getr out af than prisans.N A warkman I once knew used ta cail the boundary betweanE Canada and the United States "an 1 insult ta God." If his description r was apt the Almighty was insult-s cd legssla North Amarica thanr elsewhera, and more in Europec tn anaywhere. Here arc twa more lettars wiicb bave becan ecaived fram Englisi friands tianking the people o! Salemn andI Hampton districts for tiair efforts scnding clotbiag ta bombed arcas nnd tic resultant relief ta blitz victinis. Mns. Bur- rus, Salem, bas been pnrticularly activa iu tuis matten and througb ban tbaughtfuiness we arc par- mitted ta pubiisb these lettens: Duciass o! York* Hospital for Babies, Manchester, June. 16, 1941 Dean Mrs. Moses: I wnnt you ta know iow vary deligited I arn witi tiecharming and useful baby garmenta wbich you sent for tic use o! the tiay sick baby patients o! tuis hospital. It is lovely for youn Canadian friands ta, help tbe paon suffcning mitas lu bospital. I arn sure thay wauld lika ta sac iow attractive tic littia anas look lu tiair pnetty gifts. With rancwed tianks ta you pcnsonally for yaur interast lu aur wamk. Yours sincercly, Margaret Joncs. Cicadle Huinia Sciool, near Stockport, June 13, 1941 Dean Mns. Burrus. Once again I desine ta thnnk you for tic very lavcly garments wic you antI yaur friands hava sent.I Each pancel you have sent bas beau mare attractive than its predacassor. Thisa mat parcai an- rived, strangcly anougi, tic morn- ing aften a very bcavy air raid on Manchester, andtInlcidantaliy it was tic day that claties ratianing began, so thc pancel wns tIoubly welcorne andtheti garmeuts were soon la the banda o! tic destituta. Whcn wa fimat icard o! ration- ing o! claties we wera very dis- maycd and I thaught wa wouid la unable ta do muci for the bomb- stI people. Howavar, my husband, wia always finds the bright spots, said "Dean, tbera'll nlwnys ha the parcel from, Canada." Before wa let tac garments go for distribution wealaways dis- play tiem lu achools for tue ci- dran ta, sec. It makes tham realiza tha kindness tat is lu tic wonld ad several o! tiam gat naw ideas for making garments. Canvey ta yaur friands aur sincara thanks. Margaret Lockbart. r t E j Wornen's Voluutany Services for Civil Defenca, Clotbing Depot, June 20, 1941 Dean Miss Lockiart: - Picase fongive tic del>' lu aç- knowlcdging furthen parcel o! dlothing you sa kidly sent !rom the ladies lu Bawrnnnvtlla. Wa hava beau busy agnin at the de- Pot alace tic raids la thla neigi- borhoad twa wceks ago andI bava anly now found time for latter writing. Again tic gi!ts wcrc nîl wbat wc moat requimeansd I tbiak tic donors lu Bowmanville will le gladt t know tic>' wcre tIlatribut- d at once and brought comfort ta many mothars. We can neer rceive sufficint lothing as aftr evry bUitz we find we have not been able to clothe al the boys who ned it. Margaret Langdon, Rginal Cithing Organizer. Helen Pritchard of Tha States-: man staff recaived the following veny interesting latter from herj Pte. Thomas Wilfrad Monltgom- ery, second son af Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Montgomery, Norwich, has rgivan his ife for his country. Ha was bora la Darlingtoa, July 22, 1898. Lauria Cryderman bas racaivad an interestlng latter from Rey- tnolds Cousis: "You'il forgive an ald wuonded soldier for nat writ- ing soanar. I will hava at laast 3 manths ithe hospital. My nurse la quite a mothar: she looks after six o! us. . . . I guess God bas ardalned tint I go ta Canada and not go back." Mayor J. B. Mitchell bas cailed a special meeting of couacl ta cansider providing witer quar- tars for the 235th Bnttn. Twa Places wara suggested, the Can- ning Factony and the Agriculturai Buildings. Some moaths aga coundil made n grant; of $500 which. was supplemanted by $550 from marchants, with the unden- standing the men ha quartemad in Bowmnanviile. June 3Otb tiare passad away i Kandai Thos. Glaqs, in hlm 62nd year. Ha lenves a w! e, Elizabeth Halloweil, Stnrkville.' Caroline Ford, beioved wife of John Babcock, boat and shoa mer- chant, passed away August 21st. Ini the years long ago, E. C. Thoratan, now manager af the Kara Piana Ca., Woodstock, was Tha Statasmaa's Orona corres- Pondent. Hence we are glad ta sac tat his daugbter Marie was awanded the second Edwamd Blake Scbalarsbip with a cash valua of $55.00 and threa yeans' tuition. Miss Jassie Nicol annaunces the engagement o! ber niece, Anna Alice Nichai ta Fraderick Francis Jollaw, the marniaga ta take place la Septamber. Jury & Loveil were representad at the Raxaîl conventian ia Bos- ton by Mn. and Mrs. E. A. Lavaîl, Osbawa, and Miss Lillian Boun sali, Bowmanvilla. Four tbousand attandad the convention. F. H. Marris can still shoot. At an Edmionton compatitian ha made 190 out o! a possible 200, winning a very fine trophy. E Haydon: A happy social gatb- erig was bald ta hanor Miss F'lorence Smith wia la laaving tic rîaighborbood. Bible Class pra- santed han with same books lu recognition of han activity la church work. Ebanazar: A. F. Rundia lost a ho. . .. B. Courtice is still well lnillig and is down ta 100 feat. ...The community is snddenedà by the deati o! Miss Dalla, daugh-s aer of Mn. nnd Mrs. Jas. Clark.... M1rs. John Brent's beart condition is not improvig.c English Letters, 'r is a bladlng necessity in tic livea of men and niationa. The lack of emphais on the relgius sense as brought the world ta the edge of destruction. If the power of prayer la again releaed and usd in the lives 0f commn men and wamen; If the Op frit de- clares its aima clearlY and boldly, there is yet hope that our prayers for a bettar world will ha ans- wered." Can anything ha truer than that ligious sense has brought the world ta the edge of destruction"? If any man seek for greatne1s let hlmn forget greatness and ask for truth, and he shail have both. -Horace Mann. C. Duckems, 41 Brooklyn St. Crewe, Cheshire, Eugland. It is a treat ta gat a good aight in bed as when -the sinens go that la the wamning that Jerry la aven. Prua and I have ta go out inta the streat wiare Prua looks after an Air Raid Shelter and I go ta tha Wnrden's Post about 100 yards from our hbuse, and so bath a! us are on duty. Aftan that I hava ta sec tat the Fine Watchers are on duty and than parade the streat untîl the Ail-Clear la sound- cd, tat la anothar siren and we cail them Maaning Minnies. Thay !airly put tue' craeps on you when tuay first start wniling. We have to sce tint ail the bouses on aur street hava a bng o! snnd and a buckct o! wntem at the front of the bouse and ta sea tat all the raspirators are fitted propcnly and tend tthc people ta put them on w'lti anc band. It is quite sim- ple wben yau have been taught how ta do it, and as Wardens wa have ta go ta gas tests ta give us more confidence in aur work. Than we hava ta tell tha people and test thcir respimatars for tham. It keeps us fairly busy, and if any o! tac people go away taey always leava the key o! their bouse with us just in casa any- thing siauld happan whau thay ara away fnom home. We hava bean vemy lucky and thank God that Jerry cannot taka this bit of land off us. Ha bas. tnied and 1 suppase be wli try agai, but ha is bauud ta fail. Ha is gettiug a bit back what ha bas given and ha wiil get it harder still, andI o! that I arn confident. I ar n atic Home Guards and I do four boums' patral caci wcek and a parada on Sundaý', and on Tuesday and Tiursday nigit I hava been gaing to the cautean for tue Farce caaking for thcm fnom 10 a.m. until 3 or 4 p.m., andI they get a rasier of bacon and ana agg, oua piece o! liver fricd and chips, twa rounds o! brad and butter andI a cup a! ta for a shilling. At tic cantean thay use 503 dozen eggs par weck, 50 yau sea that I amn kapt busy. I do an- joy coaking for the boys o! the Services andI I bava mat sama very nica boys, includlng bath Canadians andI Australians, sal- diers, salons and airmea. Also wc get plenty o! girls that are la the Services passing thraugh Crewe and they want foodI, andI it is only 50 yards from tha railway station, so You can guess that it la ai- ways full o! hungry people. "Oblas up" la the motta in tala country. WHO SAID TRIS? Not a clergyman. Nahady witu anama highinluthe ecclesiasticai irorîd, but a scieatlat--one a! tac Most distinguisicd in tic surgical and medical world ta-day-Dr.I 1Axis Carrai. Thla la what ha naid: "To-day, as neyer before, pray- SWITZERLAN...- CZECHOSLOVAKIA ...BRITAIN ... FREE FRANCE ... and the four corners of the world! 0 Ia apite of submarmnes and Nazi "sOtatltics"-in dellance of bomba and bomhat-you'il BO. eye-open- ing exhibits from ail sraund the world I Cnnada's grenteat Exhibi- tion bning(a yau a drmatic picture Of life toda>' in a wnr-tann world. MUIC Eve"yhere 1 On tic con- tinent'a largeat dnce flberin the C.N.E. Dance Pavion yau'il awln andI awny ta the rhytime of Tommy Dons.>', G21 Lombardo Tony Pastar, Vaugian Monroe, in;uay> Huttan, nndçTho Modernaire,. Tic other urVtand mulsical Onl SEE Canada's ighting Mon zatians Wmin fin tie Exhihitia: ln Action!1 witi grad, Ifl 5musc!fI Cannda's Nnvy, Army andI Air Farce Fiddlcra' Contesta are par cf will gîve you a "ring-aide sent", for colour andI chinmof ta 2-Y today's wnr cf ewlft, emahing Wandenlaad. Movemeat. Canadian-built fighting SEE Agriculture on a war.î machines go through grueânag tste hasts; a Womana Worid a! on n speciali>' constructed "battle- morrow; sports cîasies ever>' b field". Guns and shelae andI other ever>' day; the brillant C. tools e! war wili b. finisbed and Honse Show. Ses it ail and in siippedto Empire nMrneHumbled aften-the zmost dramatic, lnm Messeracimltts fram the Battie tant and ilnspiring Paibitiolc Mof Britain wIlhaon display. ail time. m air idian Time -week ,fTo- hour, ,N.E. see it ipor- an cf The wh.I. faiuily euioys it! 0 Hlealthful, refreshlng Spearmiint Gum la a treat for young and old. And the chewlng helps keep your taeth clean, brlght and at- tractive. The deliclous laver swetons your breath, frethen you up. loin tia millons of happy famille who enjoy Speermint ofter IN THE DIM AND DISTANT PAST Froin Te Statesman Files 1 e 1 TEURMAY, AUGUST 28,1941 PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO