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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, APRIL 26th, 1945 Estabbtished 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPEE WitIi which la Inoorporated The Bowmanvlfle News, The Newcastle Inuiependent, ana The Orono News. 91 Year's Continuons Service To The Town of BowmanvMie and Durham County. Menibera Audit Bureau etfreautici. '~Can ½zS Weekly Newspapers SUBSCRIPTON RATES $200 a Year, strictly in advance. 12.50 a Year in the United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. THE STATESMAN HOINOR ROLL - On Active Service - Major W. G. James (Wounded I Action, Back at the Front) Capt. John M. James W.O. Donald Cameron CSM. George Graham CpL A. Living (Killed In Action In Italy) Out of Our Abundance This is Our Eig-hth Victorv Loan. Year after year we have subscribed with varying, emotions. There were days when we did S, feeling almost that we were paying for life and liberty. Now we are asked to subscribe when we have a confident knowledge that victory is sure and flot too distant. There is encouragement in that change, but there is also ground for sober thought. Aswe corne doser to victorv, the tempo and the destructiven'ess of war increase. With that increase there is a growing cost - a cost in dollars that we cani afford; a cost in youmg lives that it is impossible to estimate. This vouth that is so gallantly offering it- self lias no delusions that victorv is easy, or that the need for sacrifiee will be over when the present figbting ends. The tragedy would be if we or they should confuse the end of open fighting in Europe with a real and lasting pea ce. or that,,having set our baud to so great a task, the first sign of vitory should lead us to think that we had sacrificed enougli. Germany's sur- render cannot end the demands that face us. There is another war ini the Pacifie, and even when that war bas ended. victor-v will still be distant. There eau be no real vietorv until there is some shadow of peace in a war-torn world. There eau be 110 lasting prosperity here while there is bitterness and despair abroad. Our narrowing world has made each one bis brotlîer's keeper. n his own selfish initerests if for iio biglier reason. So our Victorv Loans must assure us not oly the success of arms but the larger and wider success of peace. We are as much oblig-ated and interested iu paying for the one as we are in payîng for the other. 'rhere can be no comparison between onîe who offers bis life and one whio offers bis monev at interest. Yet to most of us, the l.aningY of our money and the small. imnie- diate doing without that thîs entails are al- môst the greatest contributions we eau mnake for this war and for a Iasting peace to fol- low.-J4oseph Lister Rutledge. Publisher. Youni! Peoffle Want to Know Who Runs Political Show A senior student in Bownanville High School recently brouglit to the editor a copy of the Galloway. Sîotlanid, News in which ap- peared a letter from a youth asking -for political infoýmation. He said: -Could vou write a series of articles telling hiow Party executive committees are set up and how they eau in many ways control not only the fixing of the party conventions but choose the delegates who vote and generally control Who is to be nominated to contest the elcc- tion. 1 shall have my first vote at the next election. belong- to no0 party and wish to be- corne politically educated before I vote.- This item cauglit the attention of the Bowmanville lad 0wbo found that lie too hiad been asking hinself the samie questions. This brings inito focus several things that miay well be noted by aduit voters and particu- larly political leaders. It reveals that N oiuug people are becoming aware of politics and the art_ heyareltiatel 1topla'iithe A married mnan wýith two ehildren anîd an incorne of $1,700 pays iiîcoine taxes of $42 inl Canada: ini Australia $257, and in New 7jaland $302. Social security is .costly and it is evident that consolidated revenues do flot grow on trees ini New Zealand any more thami they do in Canada, points out the Acton Free Press. RiDIlev Said Believe It Or Not But Here Is the Record Who said that Mackenzie King, leadiug the Liberal Governiment at Ottaw-a, ias the leader of the onlyi lunatic asylumn in the country- ihicb w-as rmil by-thýe lurnates? Who w-as the man w-ho said, wben the Kinîg and Qucen visited this country, that its Prime Minister, to olet bis picture into the ceremionies, 'stuck his head out like a mud- turle 1" Wlho w-as it that said that lie was goiug to vote for John Bracken, and ail farmers kuew lie would do solwlien the Federal election came aroundl Who was it w-ho said that lie w-as a Liberal, but. tliank God. îîot a Mackenzie Kiug, Lib- eral and that the "little pot-bellied man"' at Ottaw-a should flot be permitted to lead Can- ada lu the ivar effort? Who w-as it w-ho said that the man most capable of goveruing Ontario was Col. George Drewv i aîî future administration, and w-ho lId iu sponsoring the vote lu the Ontario House condemning Mackenzie King for a half-bearted war effort? Whio for vears in the war effort belittled Prime «Minister Kinig as a pacifist and a non- eutity. incapable of real leadership? The record is not haîf complete. but aîl the above were expressions of the former Pre- mier of Ontario, 'Mitchell F. Hepburii. Tliey are set forth here on the eve of the elections, to refresh the memories of Liberals w-ho eau scarcely worship tw-o go&s at one shrine. On top of ail this w-e have the picture of Hepburn allied with Conimunists. forcing ,a Provincial election and asking Liberal sup- port in tlîe comiîîg elections. True it is lie w-ho got dow-n on one knce and pleaded for- giveness for lus attacks on 'Mr, King. But in doing so lie asks all bis former Liberal ad- mirers also to do pennance. even if thîey use both knces, and vote for him and bis fellow- travellers. the Reds and Commuuists. If thîe old-time Liberals eail swallow this dose of political aloes w-e shal lie happy ta be iii the offiig aand witncss thîe regurgita- tion w-heil the resuits are auiîounced. ImD)roved Pasture Scheme Proving lits Worth 0f great interest are the reports being au- noumiced coîicerniîîg the value of thie pas- ture improvemieht projeets sponsored last ye ar by the Crop, Seeds and Weeds Brauîch of the Otaria Departmeut of Agriculture ini co-operation wlUi the Ontario Crop Im- provemeîît Association. Some mention of thiis projIlect w-as made by Hon. T. A. Ken- nedy. Miîister of Agriculture. w-heu bie spoze ilu-Newcastle atl'the anual banquet of the Duriam Coumty Federation of Agrie- tlture. Additiaîîal interest in the sehlemne derives from the fact that Garniet Riekard, Shaw-'s. a practical seedsmaîî. is now- Presi- dent of bath Crop Iniprovemeuit and Federa- tion and pasture plots have been recom- meîîded foi- this district. The idea embraces the uise of scientifie seed mixtures with pi-oper fertilizer ta pro- duce graziîîg areas far superior to auything licuetofore in use. It lias beeîî demionstrated thiat more cattle on few-er acres can be brou-lit ta better finish and productiou than before bv virtue of this discovery. In the areas seeded careful records have been kept and the resuits autheuticated- But it lias also been show-n tbat uiot ail districts in On- tario ai-e equally suited ta thiese permanent pastures due ta linîatic conditions and sea- sonal variants. Furtber experiments how- ever are in continuing developmeîît. Tw-o outstamiding results have beexi noted. First the greatly iîîcreased capacity of the pastures soimas proven by thiose 50 desig- îîated in approximately six weeks after seed- îmîg. Tlîe seconîd w-as the sustained milk flow- in July-August. a fall-off period. One pasture showcd ot-er $600 of milk produced by 27 cow-s iii a six-w-eeek period. feediîîg en- tiî-elv off 13 acres. While this returu w-as probabl- outstanding, the gencral experi- ence w-as along similar hunes. That incereasing interest iii the propeet is beiîig more widely mnîifest lis show-n lu enquiries receilved and the co-operation of Goveriiment and associa- tions whidli are expanding thie acreage for thie current year and planning much further a hca d.c Readers Recommend Sehool for ' Chairmnen and Secretaries t Nanies iin the iiew-s are w-hat readers -eni- erally look for in the reports of meetings and wvhen tluey do îuat appeai- the îeaction ofteni omissionîs are discourteous ta the guests wh-lose »ines desez-ve mentioni. Witli tle shortage of lielp anmd iîiability ta be iin tw-o or mare places at one time. tîe b, gatherin- of iiew-s 'siniade more difficuit iii91 tiese strenuaus times- We suggest tîme I , axiom ofteîî expressed by the philosopher, T Guly: "Wliei in Rame do as the Rumanians Ith do" rally round and be both expressive and 1P] ca-aperative for tbe common man wants ta kuîow- ail the details. Ordiîîary cîaracters suci as J'olui Doe. Colin Gleiicainon. Floriani Slappey and Joe Doaks, ail busy witlî thîeir respecive cares. look ta press'reports for the doîngs of tiiose more favored. New-s for them is often as importanît as Duggan's Dew of Kirkintihlocb. \Ve commeîîd this cammon touli for the notice of tluose w-li couduet meetimîgs. Lest We Forget! Warning To the Soft Hearted War iii Europe is in its clasing- stages. German armies are reduced ta a polit w-here mo niore major batties will bc fouglit. But it' '5 iot aver -et. 'Mani- montlîs will be re- quired ta root out the Nazi rats from a score of pockets holdinîg ont iin their last desperate hopeless resistance. The sanie pattern is developimug iii the Pacifie agaiîîst the Japs. But iîîfoi-med leaders warn that it mav lie îîat monthîs l)lt ears until the yellow- horde is subdiied. Seldom lias this paper referred, editorially. to tlue present w-ar. Tic reason lias beemi that people generally have been in- formed. day by day, over the air w-aves, of the canquering progress of the Allies. But now that thc armistice approaches, a warn- in- is need cd. Like Churchill's "V.' sign that cauglit tic hope of millionîs. let us now join in the slo- ,an," Lest We For-et ' The dav of reekon- in- will find the soft hearted pleadîîîg for forgiveiess for the leaders and races wio bave slauulitered millions of innocent men, w-amen and childrenî. It iappened before. it will be attempted once again. Let us turu a deaf car aîîd hear thie evidence of the mo- ment. We have on record the evidence of Jap atrocities, of the 2.000 Canadians sac- rificed at Hong- Kong, but only duriug the past few- days have w-e heard of the au- tleticatcd facts of Germauî atrocities. Witli the advance of the lst Canadiaiîs, thie 2mîd Britishi the Hun prison camps have been overruui. Herc's w-bat tbey found. Thousaîuds, pcrhaps millions, young and old. meun. womcîî and chldren. dead of ili- ness, starvation, torture, rape, rope and bli- let, have becu vietims of Gerniail inhuman- ity ini concentration camps. These wirdly horrible cenîtres uncovered by advancing AI- lied troops leave no doubt as ta their exist- enîce in fact and exceution. At anc point w-as a pile 60 ta 80 yards long. 30 yards ivide and 4feet deep of w-amen *s odl es, aside from chilîdren. nîany of w-lom. were shot and their eorpses consigned ta quieklimc. Be it notcd, this pieture cames direct from the front. Wheuî w-e talk about Jap atrocities let us first tlîiîk of thue Germans. If the voices of tic saft learted are licard iii thîs community w-c are prepared ta give their naines ta those w-ha have lost sons ini this war and ta the people gcnerally w-ha believe in just deserts ta criminals everyw-here. Libeirai Convention SD)eakers Indicate Line To Be Taken The geîueral appraisal of the audiencee lu comnetian with the addresses delivered at the Liberal Convention held at Orono. w-as thuat the main hune ta lie taken in the present campaign for the return of tic Liberal Gov- erument. is the wartime record of Mackenzie (By Helen Marsh) Department of Fisheries Administration of all of Cana- da's tidal fisheries, those of Que- bec excepted, is a major function of the federal Department of Fisheries, which also administers the non-tidai fisheries of Nova Scotia and those of the Northwest and Yukon territaries. Field officers (supervisars, in- spectors, guardians) are stationed at appropriate places mn the Mari- uie Provinces and British Columbia ta carry on administra- tive and patrol services, but in the Northwest and Yukon territories, wbere commercial fishing is at present small scale, administra- tion is handled for the department by R.C.M.P. officers. Inspection of fish products covered by the Fish Inspection Act and the Meat and Canned Foods Act is done by field men and by the scientific staffs of fish inspection labora- tories on the two caasts. Depart- mental employees instruct fisb- ermen lu fish handliug and pro- cessing. Some 25 fish hatcheries and subsidiary establishments un- der this department aid in main- taiuing and increasing the stocks of commercial and sport fish. An engineering branch looks after drafting building plans, fisbway construction, etc. Another brancb collects fisberies statistics and dis- tributes information. Fish foods and their uses are studied by de- partmental home econamists. An important wartime duty of this department is ta supervise the ar- rangements under whicb great supplies of Canadian fish are muade available to the United Na- tions. Plastic *Surgeon Considered by bis colleagues ta be the most brilliant plastic sur- geon lu Canada, and one of the mast brilliant in the world, Lieu- tenant-Colonel Stuart Gordon of, Toronto bas recently taken over the post of surgeon in charge of plastie surgery at Christie Street Kin,-, as leader- But almost equal eunpbasis uvas 'given ta warnihugs agaiust tîhe CCF 'Soc- ialists. 0f thte tlree main speakers. ecdinii turn took the stanîd that socialism nîeant state comtrol. loss of freedoru and destructiait of free enterprise. The nuain conîplaimît agaiiust thue Bracken leadershîip w-as thiat as liead of the goverument of thue "sîali Pro- viîmce of Manitoba" lie liad no contacts ini the wiîder spliere aîîd amaiug w-rld figures. We recali no speechies w-lere Mr. Kiîug per- soîîally lias taken a stand against the CUF, but wvbenu lis colleagues at tlie begiiiiig o the campaign opeil up thueir belated attack it is evident tint tliey have thue ap- proval of tlîeîr leader. Tic implication will lie gemerally nated. It w-as expected by mauiy tluat tlîe chief speaker, boit. Norman A. Me- Larty. as Seeretary of State. w-ould indicate sonuethimîg of other issues ta lie aîîticipated lut the firew-orks will appear as thie cam- paigmi deepemîs. He w-as speaking priar ta lis retiremeîît framn the Cabîiet aîîd political life w-hieh possibly iîifluenoed hlm to say that tic people uather thati the Goveriument deserved the praise for Caîîada's w-ar effort. Stranger partisans will seek ta reverse this view in the next few weeks but the point stands. In aIl political pronouncements there is aiw-ays ln question the matter of whether the basic7 picture is presented. Wheîu, after speakers have indicated the main thueme ta be a defenee of Mr. King's administration. thue admission is made that the credit accrues ta the people tiemselves, ticî w-e get at basic truthi. The fact is that ail the vital de- isions tak-en by the Government in the past five years have been formulated by experts draw-n from the politicai rauks of the tw-o old-limîe parties. backed by the iusistence of the officiai apposition and earried out witi the cantinuing efforts of the people of Can- ada. Mr. McLarty rigitiy gave tic truc pic- turc w-hich w-e shahl enlarge upon in anotlier summary by quoting tic w-ords of one of bis fornier Cabinet colleagues. No aoie eau eut out the roots of disunity with a personal axe ta grind. The Saskatchew-an CUF Legisiature lias passed a bill empowering the local Govern- ment Board ta nuake a reduction lu principal or interest payments of cities, touvus and ur- ban sebool districts w-thout the sanction of those holding the debentures. This is aun umjustifiable hardship ta impose upon those holding sueli securities. but in tic long mun t ivili prove a eostly business for tic Pro- vince. as it wili ruin the mairket for Saskat- chew-an securities. People w-ilmot lie foolish cîtouglu ta put money iita debentures or bonds subjeet ta suci a conditiont. Thue Toronto Better Business Bureau, Inc., is expaîîdiuug its activities in tic prevention of service men and w-omen, and former memn- bers of the Armed Forces, beiug gypped by thue parasites wio are on the iook-out for people witi money and w-ho have not finan- cial expeience. Officials of tic Bureau are gixing talks to men of the services at dis- charge depots. Iu addition the Bureau lias published a nuniber of pamphlets detaiing more fulhy tic various sehemes of the -et- rich-quick salesmen. This is a valuable scr- vice of whidi service men and w-amen sliould flot fail ta avail themselves. Hospital and adviser in plastic surgery to the Director-General of Medical Services for the Cana- dian Army. Iu 1941 Colonel Gordon was placed in charge of the Canadian Army's fir.%t overseas plastic sur- gery unit, where he personally bandied the first facial casualties to come back fram Dieppe. In May, 1943, he was put in charge of ail plastic surgery at the fam- ous Basingstoke Hospital ini Eng- land, and came back ta Canada last August ta take over in Can- ada. There are three Joint Services' Special Treatment Centres mn Canada, in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Canada's facilities for repairing mutilated service men are second ta noue in the world. Said an Army surgeon attached to one of these units, "Plastic sur- gery bas, since the war, advauced to a point it would have taken perhaps 100 years to reach in times of peace. Sa fast is uew knowiedge being acquired, that techniques we considered up-to- the-minute 18 manths aga have in many cases been so far surpassed as ta be regarded now as obso- lete." Perbaps there isu't a living saul who hasn't been stung at one time or another on a second-baud purchase. Mo st people have bought dlocks t h at wouldn't alarm, cameras that wouldn't click, mirrors that distorted and chairs that cailapsed, and have paid far too much for the experi- ence. But it's nat necessary any longer ta get saaked for worthiess junk. The Wartime Prices and Trade Board bas established new ceiliug regulatians ou a great variety of second-baud goods and musical instruments. Wben in doubt, get the list of prices fram the nearest WPTB office. Three Centuries of Wheat The growing of wheat lu Can- ada can be traced back approxi- mately 340 years ta the summer of 1605, when a French settiement in the Maritimes cut the first crop. Today ane of Canadas leading export commodities, Canadian wheat, was being exported as far back as 1754 ta the tune of 80,000 bushels. Interpretation She (poetically): "Isn't that sunset glorious, Harold? The bars of red and gold are Nature's own efforts lu picture-making. Wbat He: "Yes, dear, it puts me in mind of something too. I can't tliink whether it's streaky bacon or a plate o' sliced tomatoes."- Exchange. Major Harold Siemonl (Continued from nage one) permitted to practice, save when calied as consultants. With the funds that the Board is able to assemble, the hospital has been organized in departments of ex- treme efficiency wherein patients are gradually brought along until they can safely be discharged as cured or to a point where medicai science can effect no further im- provement. Departments included a r e- search laboratory where nutrition was constantly under experiment and results were released in pub- lications widely distributed. Out- patients Department was served with equal care for surgical, mental and corrective treatments. In the Physiotherapy Depart- ment, equipment included a gym- nasium and equipment designed for strengthening convalescents. A staff of experts had supervision of the dispensary and diet kitchen and a special milk department constantly sought formulae for in- fant nutrition and its recom- mendations were available for the information of parents. Within the institution a school bas been established with teach- ers provided by the Toronto Board of Education. The Ortho- paedic Shop is used to fashion braces and splints and special equipment required for unusual cases. There is also an infections service, which with ail the fore- going, forms almost a complete, self-contained organization ta meet the most exacting require- ments. The blood bank is a com- paratively new departure from the times when donors came per- sonaily for transfusions. The X- Ray was of course an indispens- able service and in 1942 over 25,- 0000 plates had been taken, an average of nearly 70 a day for every day of the ý'ear. Major Slemon then screened a series of X-Ray views and ex- plained their reading, which re-1 vealed cases of osteomyelitis, spine curvatures and a few con- genital abnormalities for which nothing can be done. He explain- ed the striking results obtained through the use of the suif a drugs and pennicilin and with photo- graphs, revealed the amazing re- sults in the treatment of burns, in which the science of skin grafting had become a specialty in itself. He held the view that a scheme of continuing propaganda among parents, telling of the dangers of children playing with matches, inflammables, hot water, etc., would do much to curtail the dis- tres-sful burns suffered by child- ren. The interesting story of how spinal deformities were treated was of particular. interest ta Ro- tarians for that is one of their main concerns. Pictures were also shown and the methods used to correct hare lips, and in plastic surgery the photos showing the treatment of the young Toronto boy who had been attacked by dogs drew both comment and in- quiry. He is now well on the way to recovery 'and the skin grafting about lis head and eyes was a marvel of modemn surgical science. In conclusion, Major Slemnon commended Rotary and other ser- vice clubs for the marvelous ser-a Little Strokes Fel Great Oaks -Baiamin Froekln Time after time the axe must bite mnto the trunk before the xighty oak cornes crashing down to earth. Your purchase of Victory Bonds, small though it may seem, when added to those bought by the thousands of other Canadians, will roll up the vast total required to finish the war and begin the job of reconstruction. No one must shirk bi& task. OnIy with the fullesi. effort of each individual will the new high objective for Canada's Eighth Victory Loan be reached. /#Vfpd ç4 W fe lelI B&WyVic tory Bouds rn vice they are rendering f o r crippled children. Thanks of the club was express- ed by Dr. H. B. Rundie, who said that the address was of special in- terest to the medical men present MORE - MORE - MORE, - - and the ably presented story of the care of children in this famnous hospital was an inspirationl to al members to cntinue their inter- est in crippled children. His wish for the continued success of the speaker was endorsed by the ap- plause of ail present. Visitors of the day were, Bill Locke and Wilbert Charlton of the Oshawa Rotary Club, Bob Bird, just returned froni fighting fronts overseas, Bill Edger, R.C. N.V.R., home on leave, Pte. Keith Siemon, Po Paul Simmons, home after completing his tour of ops with the R.C.A.F. overseas, Dr. Charles Austin, Enniskillen, an* Dr. E. W. Sisson, town.W Birthday flowers were present- ed to Dr. Jim Devitt and Walter DeGeer. Election of officers for 1945-46 found this Board chosen: Presi- dent-Dr. C. W. Slemon; Outpost Memnber-Warden C. R. Carveth, Newcastle; Directors-Chas. Car- ter, Sr., Bob Cochrane, Ted Flax- man, Forbes Heyland, Lin Mitchell and Bob Stevens. President elect Dr. Siemon, in a brief speech, thanked his asso- ciates for the honor conferred upon him and with their help he hoped to carry on the tradition of distinguished presidents of the past. SIL VER WEDDING The family and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Youngman, Ponty- pool, gathered at the home of their son, Arthur, and Mrs. Youngman, Tyrone, and were taken by surprise to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary on April 14. A dainty supper was served and the table was decorat- ed with pink and white streamers and centred with a three-tier wedding cake. A brief address was read by their eldest son, Arthur, and the bride and groom were presented with a chest of silverware fromn the family and relatives. Gifts were also receiv- ed from friends and neighbors, and from their two sons, Ernue and Robert.r Many cards of congratulations were received by the happy couple and the evening was en- joyed by all. This is subscription time! Music and Pupils TORONTO CONSERVATORY 0F MUSIC ti]DS1UMMNER EXAMINATIONS Pacticisi- June and JuIy Thory - Jun. 7th, Sdi and 9tlî Applications and ha, oMuntreach the Censervacory noc lacer than MAY 15th, 1945 135 College Street, Toronto 2B 's '4 n 1?I MAS SEI9HABRS COMPANILIMITED- PAGE TWO neI