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PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURS., NOVEMBER 181h, 1943 Etabllshed 1854 AN IINDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER With whlch la Incorporated The Bowmanvllle News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News. 88 Years' Continuons Service To The Town of Bowmanville and Durham County. 9 Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Canadian Weekly Newspaper Assoeiation rc Class A Weeklies of Canada SUBSCRIPTIO14 RATES $2.00 a Year, strlctly lni advance. $2.50 a Year lni the United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. THE STATESMAN HONOR ROLL - On Active Service - Capt. John M. James Capt. Wm. G. James Warrant Officer Donald Cameron Sergt. George Graham Cpi. Arthur Living Apathy ln Municipal Elections Once ag-ain wve corne to the perennial question of eleetions to the Municipal Coun- cil and once again we have the perennial apathy which precedes a choice of candi- dates and which, îndeed, of late years ac- companies actual election. At the moment there is une vacant chair occasioned by the absence on miitary duty of Glenn Martyn who always took an active and intelligent part ini Counil*s proceedings. Ail of the present members are sincere, conscientious, hard working representatives none of whom, so far as we are aware have yet stated their intentions about standing for re-election. Il may be considered by some that the present representation is slighitly on an out- balance in favor of labor. if that be 50 it has corne about by entirely constitutional means and il is likely that ratepayers who now feel inclined to complain or demur are the very ones who refuse to corne out and exercise their franchise. Public apatliv in that regard was strikingly emphasized at the last Provincial election. People generally get just what they invite and the only means of correctihgo what they on ods approve is at the poilis. There has been considerable talk of late that the younger business men of the towvn are shirking their obvions duties of citizen- ship by îlot offering themsclves for muni- cipal office. Sooiner or later they must take the plunge and gain experience and take the knocks and boosts that accompany elective community responsibilities. An enterpris- in- observer lias handed us the naines of a round dozen of younc and successful buisi- nessmen, each in sepa rate lines of business and ail of whom are admirably qualified to sit ini coutncil. We suggest that they get to- gether, persuade one or more to stand for election and appear at nomination to back their choice. V The Mask Is Off The first Soialist ini Canada to become leader of an Officiai Opposition wvas Harold Winch. C'.1.0. CF., of Vancouver, British Columubia. J-e came 10 lîk present position ont of the litterfless of bread lines and the dole and bis utteî'ances bave been always of revol ni ionary character. lie insisted long ag-o that tbe C.C.F. %vas- a militant. revo- lutionary party" and %vould cone 10 opower as sncb. Hli as been a pain ini the neck lu Messrs. CoIdwvell and Jolliffe. wvho have souglit to hide the fangs of soialist totali- tarianism behind a rnask of ingratiation. A week ago ini Calgary, Winch aý_aiîî re- vealed the true amnis of the ('.('.F. H-e îold how tbey îvou]d immediately establîsh so- cialism w-hen thev came 10 power; "wotld use police and th'e nilitarv 10 deal ivith al opposition as any-other criminial would be dealt with.' in short, it %vould l)e Hitlerîsmn rampant. Coldwiell. Jolliffe and other ('.( .F. leaders iinmediatel.y gçot on the beain with the civ, -Winchu didn 't ineanil i i as ail a mistake, ' 'andi Wincb i imself sou2lit lu twist bis mieaingil. But tlicy canniot lenyý the cold facts of the EiLisli laniruage. W\inîch threatens 10 eau ont flot mil * va C.C.F. Gestapo but Canadian troops as Weil, to ehoke off ail free speech and intern ail spokesm.,zan foýrI te ('C. ifn on reorda tile front:z' A Jeep is a low', mean, squiat, yelloiv thuug on 4 wheels that travels at ter- rifie spee(l, 3 feet off the groundl, carryling 4 soldiers uiding 6 incbes off the seats and driven by a goge- dniauiae strapped tu the steerîuîg whecl. 'Facing 1Jin shelis is a einch compared with a ride in a .Jeep; they'd be a fine rig for a busy farmer." They Babble On In Babylon F'truietrs w ho ar'e ai al] sensitive liad bet- lii lav îuî a siippiv of cotton battiuîg 10 stuff i tbciu' ars or thîey are likel.N b go eom- pI'telv -' off their trolley" if tlîey contiunue t0 listi b t.hule babble of titeonists, profes- sol's, (eiaigogucs, politiciauîs, and1 particti- larly "Salvatiout Nel" of the ('('.F. Of 0oîuu'se the case-hardened root-hog-or-die o]d tiieu' caut take it auid laungh il off. TIhîe gang of saivatiouîists liaveuî 't relysatd et buit tbev are xvarmiuîg up. H'e are a few thiuîgs w'e have noticed lately. The Craig Famnil *. thespians. professionial actons aund actorenes w'ho do their fai'miuîg iin the Gov- ernnîeient radio studio w'ere iuiveigied lte olhier day into disciosiuîg "ueai îiews foi' f a rmie r:." Over tue air. just before Garnet Rickzard's broaceast, wc beard the Craigs tell how' faî'mers bad got better pnices, and gave quotatiouîs, percentages, production and w~hat uîot, ini wartinie. But there w-as offlN one side of the picture z there w-as no word ab)out farmer's eosts. Just Ottaw'a using ('iarlie 'McCarthys over Ottawaî contmolled radio. It 'vas a laug-h 10 some but highi llood pressure foi' other farmers listeuîîng lii. Ballyhoo, babble anîd propag-anda. To add 10 thle generai gaiety, WednesdaN 's Globe & Mail caried -'opinions" of both Seutator Normanî Lambert and Minister of Agricul- lune Gardiner, both fog-bound Liberals. Lambert hcads the Senate post-w'ar Re- constructioun Committee and he told the Cauîadian Chamber of Commerce in session aI sw'auk Montebello thal ils members ouglit 10 nail the lies of those w~ho seek 10 show that fariners share uifairly. The beadline states, "Farmers R-eceive Fair Share of Na- tiounal licome Conteuîds Senator Lambert." But hie w'as talking, yQu sec, 10 business bia-shots. Neyer could he gel away with that babblc before a farmcr's meetiung. And of the w-hole caboodle, speaker and listeniers, aIl w'ere eating fine food produccd by farm- ers, not by any of then. A Liberal seualor's propaganda. James G. Gardiner, reported on the saine day ini the samne papen bold Wheat Pool farmers aI Regina that "War Fortunes Pass the Farmers" and hie qnoted statisties 10 show that in spite of pnice advauîces ini w'ar years the position of graiun farmers ivas still below the average of the 19'26-29 period, and zenieraily, as he put il. "J don 't tbink farmeî's are w-cil off because they arceuîow able 10 pay some of their debts." 0f course J. G. w'as speaking iin the West. Farm Forums mig-ht do w'ell 10 cIanify ail thîs pî'attle. --. Better Believe The Realists There has been a c'otiuniing confusioni of the public mnd 'about the end of the w-ar evcu' siuîce Ni.ortli Afnica w~as nopped up. and the Japs w'cue pushed onI of Guadaicauial. Eî'ery sliglut sueccss or major unove ini Auglo- Allicd offenisives lias becîî ballooned bv the pr'ess andI opinionists out of propoi'tiouî 10 faets. Even somie bigh military and naval eounmauiadcrs hiave said "ilw'on 't be longr now. ' Few' are mcentaliv impressed withi Russia 's trnenuous drives aund immense saet'ufices. -Most have for.gotteut Britaiuî's part whcn site stood alone ; wlien ('burcbill rallied unai'nîd rcrnuants and shouted scou'n and defiauîce at Hitlet' and hi5 Jau'kal. Churchill, the realLst, stili wamns of a long andîc bloodyý strtizgle. No siiiglc mau inuthie univei'se is better qualificd to voice an opinion about wxan 's end. Oitly Saîîuuday the press carried Premier G,'odb)ot s statement titat lie bad it direct fi'ornMýackenizie King. "wbo ougbit 10 know,-' that thte îwai w-as likclv- 10 end aI- miost an\- day now. Tîtat is strange taik aînd olîgbit 10 bcelarified for it lias euthused te î'oun1placeutt. l sînaeks 100inîuch of Mr. Kinîg 's "ring thet belîs autd rejoie" wvlen I taly partiaily surrendei'ed. Tbe whole tbiuig uefleets, not onlv points of viewi, but personal expeniences of leaders. Oui ont, biaud the gniiti, uelentiess realisîn of mîenî like ('burcitili aud Stalini who have seeni blood fiow and do îîot shiriuik froîn facts;oui the other, w'artinie political apologists w'hto shriuik froin slaughter aiid, wislifully, grasp at evcu'v snîail sucýeess as "preinde 10 lte immîiunent el(l.ý And onlY Friday local Rotanians hieard bai'd, cold facîs from auîotiîer realist, <'apt. M. Meîutyre Iiood. W\hat lie said and w'hat lie pietnî'ed froin peî'sonal expcî'icuce over- scas îvith te Cautadiauts in the bleak days before aîîd after J)uukirk, w~as ai auntidote to Godbout 's press urepor't, anîd ail sucli soul- fi expectallouis. ('apt. Hood 's w'bole cx- ccitt lentiot iin thal Domuinionu, the Lab)our (b>veu'iuttcutt did utot eanu'v a sinîgle rural seat in w'lich theu'e w'ere tiot hiigblv iius- tnialiscd areas, aund lte Governutîcitt itself is said 10 have no memiier who can jusliy claim 10 representithie prinîarY produeeu's, wit-o fonin te baekboutv of New Zeaiauîd econoniîy. T1he fornier miuister of agricuîl- tur'e îsas anionîg the defeated candidas.- Onillia Packet and Times. STALINGRAD, THE CITY ed the whole German position in THAT STOPPED HITLER the Balkans. This, in turn, under- ______mined the position o! Germany If You Want to Understand itself. both the why and the how o! the The famous Lawrence o! gret Svie vitores ow athr-Arabia was the key figure in that gret Svie vitores ow athr-revoit. He solemnly promised the ing speed and weight. sec the new Arabs, on authority of the British Russian movie. . government, self-mIle after vic- Il is calied "Stalingrad, the City tory. That Stopped Hitler." It is the Meanwhile, Britain had made fines dqocmen-a, conflictîng treaty with France. fines docmen-Under the so-called Sykes-Picot tary film yet 10 : agreement o! May 16, 1916, Bni- come nt ofthustain recognized "prior French in- war. Il is finer terests on a coastal strip o! Syria" and certain other areas nearby. "Desert ie-Arabs, British and French al tory. Forin te ~ 'took part in the defeat of Gem- latter the pic-... many and the liberation of ail the ture ended be- ameas in question. But when the fore the baIlleki wiîd Arab horsemen gallopcd in- for Africa end 10Damscu tey houht he cd. The movie'ýýý, oDmsu hytogtte conl notshowhad reached the goal of their the inalpas-~. ~hopes. For Damascus was the the ina-pa centre of the pan-Arab move- off f th whoe ~ment, which was virile even then. campaign in Af-' But "Salin-The Famous Colonel Lawrence grad"is mch ~was disgusted with what he con- more tan a-sidered the doublc-crossing of the good mere actuality movue. The Arabs aI the peace conference. scenes shbwn are, wthout excep- He refused even 10 accept the tion, actual living records of his- medais he had won. He wrote his tory-making events. But the famous indictiment of the "oid whole thing is woven together to men" who sold ont the victory. He show much more than the mere retîrcd 10 delîberate obscurîty, ebb and flow o! battie. under assumed names. It shows with masterîy simpîic- Later France had 10 fight a ity just what was aI stake for the whole series of not-so-little wars Germans on the one side and the to hold Syria. She drove out Soviet people on the other. And King Feisel by force. There were it makes the onlooker feel as if he bloody clashes up tli 1936 when a or she were right there in the treaty was arranged, appanently fighting. settling the whole controversy. * * *This, however, was neyer ratified One Thing That Always Jun- by France. presses me about actual scenes Wrhen the. Vichy-French forces from the life o! the people of the wcre overcome in 1941, and the new Russia is their overflowing vitality. We have always thought o! ourselves, espccially here in North America, as «"a young" peo- o I u u 11 In comparison with the people IfTHE uImM IAND of the Soviet, rejuvenated by the revolution, we seemn old, blase, S.> om The Sta and somewhat tired. In the new Russia the people are not ashamed -. .. . . ta show honest emotions. TWENTY-FIVE VEARS AGO No good soldier, aI least that I Nov. 14, 1918 ever met, would admit that he or ____ his pals werc heroes. Our people Everyone expressed jubilation dislike henoics and bravado. S o over the cessation of hostilities only yery rarely do we ever mani- and the signing of the Armistice, fest open mass feeling about any- Nov. 11, was celebmated in varions thing. ways-some prayed, others sang But occasîonaliy we do. and shouted, the bands played, One such day was when the wite lwadbnie lz Canadian Corps went up ta its ed!ls lwad ofre lz battle positions singing- -for the theinlu first lime in a long, long while- Contemporaneously,teifu almost as if ahl the boys knew in enza epidemic subsided and1 thein bones that the tide was ta churches and schools were re- be turned. That wvas on the night opened. before the day that Ludendon! Friends sympathize with Mr. called the blackest o! the first and Mrs. Walter C. Jenkiný, world war for Germany. Kingston (formerly Miss Sarah * * *Morris o! Bowmanville) whose The Soviet People Are Not Like two sons died, within three weeks, that. Thus when the two armies fnom pneumonia-one at Kings- cnt in behind the whole German ton, the other in France. atlacking force at Stalingrad, and Pte. W. H. Gay, son o! Mr. and joined ta complete the gneatest Mrs. W. H. Gay, Hampton, was encirclement o! modemn limes, the awardcd the M.M: for devotion to common Soviet soldiers rushed duty in dressing the wonnded un- together shaking hands or hug- der heavy fire. He is recovering ging each othen as If that moment !nom a gun shot wound in the were the greatest, nfiost joyfnl wrist. event in the life o! each. Birth: Fitchett - At Mantreal, This film shows for the first Nov. 7, to Mr. and Mrs. F. A. lime the masses of rocket guns Fitchett (nee Marie Painton) a which the Russians used with son (George William). snch devastating effect in the last Hampton: Mrs. A. B. Cryder- stages of Stalingrad.1 man died. .. Mrs. Murate Rabbins But no rocket beat Hitler's and family maved ta Kingston. hordes at Stalingnad. No city stop- Ebenezer: Frank Walter matar- ped Hitler--contnary ta what the cd a party ta Keene for a rabbit snb-titie o! the picture says. Even hunt, camprised of Elgin Wil- the final nolling song about the kins, Thos. Adams, Evemett Wal- Volga and Stalin-that "Stalin ter and Lloyd Courtice. .. Mr. bas saved it again"-is nat realiy John Abernethy bas secured the true. !anm owned by Elias Trim. Stalin saved Stalingrad only for SaUina: Jack Baker has gone ta anc reasan. That was that the Chicago with a carloaado hep great mass o! the men, women . .J asnadCrl1Wlbu and even children o! ahl the are at Pickering packing apples Soviet werc figbting for what be- for Oshawa Fruit Co. Ltd. longed ta thcm. That "prapcrty" was not the bricks and mortar of any city. Stalingrad Was The Highwater mark o! the blood red tide o! war. Stalingrad was the literai, almost nnbelicvable, fulfilment o! those ancient Jewisb prophecies o! the great Armageddan. For what was begun whcn the now being !inished hehind Kiev. The German armies, I think, the Russians are finished with them-as they soon will be. But there is anc sabering thought which must strike anyone who sees this picture. That is that mny-pc-rhaps 1-um > , The Arabs want self-govern- ment now. The Fnencl authorities have al- ncady prQmised them self-gov- ernment soon. But the Arabs -. tanght by bitter e'xperience nat onuy of French imperiaiism, but of all imperialisms-want action, nat mere words. p In Worud War I the Amabs stag- ed their famous "RevoIt in the Descrt." This hclped ovcrthrow Turkey. This, in turn, undermin- Nazi scheme of penetration thus frustrated, General Catroux def- initely pledged early self-govern- ment 10 the Syrians. Later Gen- eral de Gaulle took the position that this could flot be implement- ed except by an actual govern- ment of France - flot just the present provisional committee. Wrltlng in "The Protestant" for October, 1943, Pierre- van Passen 1flatly states: "There is going ta be trouble in Palestine." He puts most of the blame on British Imperialism. Sir Ronald Storrs said some months ago: "Both sides are uo1- lecting arms." By this he meant the Arabs and the Jews. All of which indicates the far- reaching entangiements of the Lebanese outbreaks. France can say 10 Britain: "Why should we give up part of our Empire when you hold on ta yours?" The Arab can say: "National Liberation is for Arabs, as well as for your French Committee." The chief commercial interest in the country is oil-the outlet from the Iraq Petroleum Com- pany. This fact, indéed, may be one key to the whole crisis. For il is no secret that negotiations have been proceeding for months past in Switzerland which after the war would combine American, British, Dutch and German oil in- terests mbt one huge internation- al oil cartel. MONTGOMERY'S WAY (New York Sun) In the spectacle of General Sir Bernard Montgomery, who has pressed the Germans ail the waF from El Alamein up into Italy, de- voting part of a week-end respite from the assault 10 reading the lessons at the Cairo Cathedral and addressing a Bible class there is food for thought in countries where devotion 10 religion is con- sidered a sign of weakness. IDISTANT PAISTI àtesman Files FIFTY YEARS AGO Nov. 15, 1893 W. L. Law, Darlington, receiv- ed an award for seed whoat at the World's Fair. F. C. "Barb" Pethick is agent for the "Parisian Laundry," To- ronto. W. H. Reid, Deputy Reeve o! Clarke Twp., was chosen as Con- servative candidate for the Legis- lature in place of John Davey who resigned. Hampton: Geo. Cornish movei int the Cole house at Ashton's corner's. . . J. F. Bradley has rented the Ashton property in the village and F. A. Cole expects 10 take possession of the residence of T. T. Jardine. Courtice: J. L. Courtice return- ed 10 Toronto 10 resumne insur- ance work. . . J. Nichols had a successful corn husking. Cartwright: Miss E. Parr was re-engaged at Egypt School with a substantial salary increase... Solomon Muirhead moved mbt the house owned by Geo. Mc- Laughlin. . . Mrs. John Trewin was seriously hurt by a faîl. - Enniskillen: John Lee has taken a school aI Pickering, Miss E. Griffin will teach at Burketon, Miss K. Argue aI Union and L. B. Williams at Perriman's. . . H. Rogers has purchased the old Methodist parsonage. Maple Grove: Wm. Foley was kicked in the face by -a cow... Geo. Allin shipped four car loads of buckwheat. . . S. C. Rundie dlaims to have taken 1500 bushels of turnips from 1 1-2 acres. The superior man is slow in his words and earnest in his conduct. *Light Better fur Work omorrow 'IALELCTICCO What Others Say~ SUPPOSE THE NAVY STRUCK (Barrie Examiner) Strikers would do well to read these crisp lines from the book "East Coast Corvette" by Lieuten- ant Nicholas Monsarrat of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. He says: "To sailors working like blacks under sub-human condi- tions for four shillings a day, war- lime strikes seemn a mixture of blackmail and pure treason. A country, desperate for production, like a man desperate for food, is S~HEA AD OF'FICE easily held for ransom. Suppose the services applied the same bar- gaining weapon in their own sphere? What would happen to the country and the war if we tried the same thing, is a frequent query. 1 have heard the idea amusingly and bitterly elaborated in the mess-decks: the ship refus- ing 10 escort a convoy the last hundred miles except for a bonus of 10 pounds per man, or the armny demanding so much a mile foi! ad- vances, with lime and a haîf for retreats, and Sundays free." The Canadian Army Overseas is made up of two corps, comprising three infantry divisions and two armored divisions in addition 10 anciliary or corps trooi. TORONTO Our , poli vin 2 Life Insurance is the perfect exanipie of Co-operative Democracy in action. It is by far the largest co-operative and most democratic enterprise in Canada. 4,000,000 people own policies and share in its benefits. Life Iftsurance has become part of the heart, bone and sinew of the Canadian Way of Life. It enjoys the respect and confidence of ail people because it provides reliable financial protection at times when it is n'ost needed. C onfede ration Lfe Association 1 "What's holding. Yo-u bock brother?" PT HE fellows who are i there pitching at the Axis .didn't need any formai invitation to race into this scrap .. . and they're beginning to wonder what happened to you. Those fellows are in the thick of thigs... smooth-working teams of figher... ecd man doing his part. Besides real he-man action and adventure, yodUi get skiled technical training and experience that cm- i ployers will rate highly afier the war. if you really want to pull your fair sharc, and if you're fit, theres flot a thing in the worid to hold you back. You can go aircrew today. You cari win your wings in a few short rnonths under the guidance of veteran aurmen. What about it, brother? JOIN THE FIGHT1NG COMRADES 0F THE SKIES Esczuflnq Cetre. C»elocated In an t&eprincIpal cities lI Cana"a Nobi ereGiultg units vieil =«Ulercentres reqularly. %C8. PAGE TWO THURS., NOVEMBER 18th, 1943 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO lý 1