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Port Perry Star (1907-), 30 Nov 1939, p. 7

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nn ~~ British Food Supply Ample * For Whole Year--Ships Bring More Wheat and Other Ne- cessities 3 Great Britain dogs not fear star- vation in the present war, accord. Ing td government economic statis. Hoeians. CAL Secret purghages and storage of toodstufis during the last 12 month 'period have been so successful ft . was sald, that'éven If, In the future ships were unable to reach British® ports with supplies from abroad,~ the nation could be fed for more than 12 months -- certainly until atfer another harvest was gather. ed in. - \ Britain's Own Harvest The full extent of the govern- ment stocks has not-bheen revealed, but in ports where wheat is stor- ed in silos and granaries stocks are known to exceed "11,600,000 bundredweights., This is 73 per cent. higher than a year ago. And aoldings of wheat flour are nearly 10 per cent, heavier. In addition, there {is Britain's >wn harvest, It Is estimated at moro than 30,000,000 hundved- weights, which Is° much greater than the harvest of 1914, taken at the outbreak of the previous war, »Quantities of Frozen Meat Large quantities of frozen meat from Australia, New Zealand, Bra. sil, Uruguay andthe Argentine are itored in London, -Manchester, Bir- .mingham, Liverpool, Cardiff and Nottingham, apart from canned loods which have been placed in reserve by leading manufacturers. P10 British farms the total live. stock Is greater than at any. other tne! in many years. ) will Voyage to Antarctica he Chey : 3 The U.S.8. Bear, recommissioned oy the U. S. Navy, is shown on a rial sail, using her 600-horsepow- ar Diesel 'motors, as she was tun- :d up before=being 'formally ac- cepted by thé navy. The Bear is eavnig Boston on the long voyage Br Altarelien on the Byrd expe- ion, AE ; Record Storage "Fleet Carries Grain Cargoes - 2 ' ; i A record storage fleet is expect- ed to hold grain cargoes at lower Jake ports this season, due to con- &estlon. in elevators. - The first week in November Fort Willlam and Port Arthur elevators were holding' 76,788,889 bushels of wheat ani: 2,683,899° bushels of barley, as well as 218,000 bushels of flaxseed and 714,182 hushels of rye. Approximately. 25 freighters have been. engaged to load storago grain early this*month but efforts to charter additional tonnage have - proved futile, A majority of the vessels already under charter were lined up to load at upper lake ports to hold 'at Buffalo at six cents per" bushel, ot a In lower lake ports, carriers will not he ready to report for grain until they've fulfilled ore contracts | and Buffalo, Erle, Toledo and Cleveland harbors will house the storage grain fleet and it weather becomes unfavorable some vesxels may load grain and winter at up- per lake ports, ' Since American women entered the business world 100 years back, occupations open to them have in- creased from seven to 70 times that number, Carrie Chapman Catt told the League of Business and Professional Wamen, PARADE ... Ovér in England they've been calling it "The Bore: War' - A tense populace, nerved to expect the worst in air raids, gas attacks, immediately upon the -commence- ment of hostilities with Germany, Kas been experiencing one of the greatest mass boredoms in all his- tory. In the eleventh week of the war, however, signs were evident that Britain's millions were begin- ning to .climb up from that: lets down feeling, and were realizing that life.could be gay and amusing * even on the brink of catastroph® "Adolf in Blunderland" took the country by storm. First in. troduced by the BBC to the un- wild satire on Lewis Carroll's im- mortal classic supplied the neces sary impetus "towards national emotional recovery. Britain laughed again. Here's how it went "in part: - "Twas Danzig, and the » koves . 3 Did heil and hittle in the Reich, . . He took his Aryan horde in hand, Long time the Gestapo he taught; Then rested he by the Baltic Sea And stood awhile in thought. And as a Polish oath they swore, The grabberwoch with eyes aflame Came goring down the Corridor "And goebbeled as it came . . , Swasti- Adolf: "Dear, dear! How queer everything is today. But if I am not myself, who am 1? Well, I'm sure I'm not Bismarck, for his hair was bristly and mine falls in a beautiful bang right over my left eye. And I can't be Napo- leon, because he retreated from Moscow , . , Oh, dear! I wish I could get my thoughts straight." ---- The eleventh weck of the war -|--saw- a sudden-increase-in disasters on the sea. Outlaw mines, drift- ing in the path of neutral shipping in the war zone, took a heavy toll _ of non-combatant lives, sank doz- ens of. ships, British, Dutch, Lithue anian, Japanese. Was lit 'he Ger- man intention to circle'ti British which would cut off the stream -of - supplies from overseas? he curtain was-lifted last week on a reign: of terror whose hor- ribleness the world had mefel year. In the provinces of Ro- hemia and Moravia (Czecho-Slo- vakia), where demonstrations and riots against the Germans Jhave people were said to have been ar- rested by Nazi police over one week-end, more than a hundred killed, 'school children carried off to. concentration camps, colleges closed "indefinitely, LR § Germany Tast week declared her "main. war aim to be the destrue- tion of British supremacy in the world. But how. could a nation, with its own worst enemy (Czecho- "Slovakia) "curled right at its heart, hope to wage successful war for , any period of time? "Some politi- cal observers gave the Nazi regime till next spring to collapse. . The army high command were obvious- ly on the outs. with" Nazi party chiefs, sonie reports even indicat: * ing that Hitler's generals Lad re- fused to attempt an invasion of Holland, Was Hitler on the horns of a dilemma-from which he could escape only by sacrificing himself? Were all the Nazi. chickens com. ing home to roost simultaneously ? The mistakes of the past (Austria, Czecho-Slovakia, Poland)--block- ing any decisive move? The next few weeks were expected to make cléar to us the s.nswer, 'Canada's Doors Opened Wider Canada opened wider its doors to immigrants {in the months of tho present fiscal year. Number of immigrants entering Canada totalled 12,024, an increase "of 10,704 over the same period the previous--fifeal year, the immigra- tion department reports at Ottawa, ~Eftry ot Sudeten Germans, who "left that sectloii of Czecho-Slovakia after the German annexation, ac- counted dor a 79.5 per cent. in- crease in immigration from North. ern European races, who number- ed 1,556 compared with 867, "'The number of immigrants of German origin was 976 compared with 382 last year, : Immigrants from the . British Isles at 2,644 showed an Increase of 15.1 per cent, while the number "from the United States rose by 1.3 per cent, to 3,410 from 38,365. Im. migrants of other European races totalled 4,514 comparéd with 4,262, Of this class Jewish immigrants «showed the largest increase, the to- tal rising to 1,107 from 236. ans and pgssengers in' vehicles crossed the Ontario-United Stdtes boundary during 1938 via facilis ties provided "by international jes. suspecting ears of radio fans, this / Isles with a chain of dead.y mines" cnjecturing since March ok récently been occurring, 50,000 ° MICKIE SAYS-- first six | A' total of 17,668,467 pedestri- - bridge, tunnel and ferry compans Col. George Vanier, Canadian mihist Canadian Minister to France Greets British Ambassado a er in Paris, is shown, LEFT, greeting Sir Ronald*Campbell, new British ambassador to France, upon his arrival in Paris. UTDOORS By VIC BAKER DUCK-OUTS That well-known and active con- servation organization;=Ducks-Un--|-- limited (Canada), "shot" the first tof its ""duck-outs" recently at Ta- tagwa Lake near Weyburn, Sask., in a campaign that will make use of ordinary dynamite to 'do good work for ducks and conservation in general. This idea of digging duck-outs for ducks is a new one "in this country, and should evens tually prove successful in blasting miles of ditches through western swamps and prairie country to make homes for the ducks. An expert handler of dynamite did the explosive work and made deep - holes ail over the shallow and nearly dried out Tatagwa Lake,_so that greater quantities of water will gather there, especially in the spring, and thus be a stop- ping off place for the ducks in their migration northward. Enough water is expected to be gathered iq these dynamited holes to last "throughout the breeding séason. DAM BEAVER i .-Dynanite is often called upon tchelp defend the services of mankind against the overwhelming forces of Natur.e For instance, this common substance was used recently to blow up a section of a beaver dam in the northeast cor- ner of Peterborough Couaty after water had backed up and blocked the important boundary road on the Hastings-Peterborough line. According to Game Overseer I. J. Lyons, who broke the offending embankment, there was more than 100 yards of roadway flooded by Mr. Beaver's playful construction worl. and the' flow of water was spreading over nearby farms, The ib, | WRAT SLAYS ME 15 TH ~ PORE WAMPUS AT GITS PACER T' GIT EVEN, ZTCUTZ HE AINT A SUBSCRIBER / J NTARIO | "been SORE AT US OVER NUTHIN'- IALCH, BUT CANT STOP TH dam, he said, was in the middle of a tag alder swamp and he fear- ed the beavers will only rebuild it and create a similar situation again in the near future which will again. call for similar drastic steps. | bow Canada and Newfoundland Are Supplying Immense Quant- » 1 ity -- 100,000,000 Pounds To Start With - Immense quantitics of frozen fish. are being purchased in Can. ada and Newfoundland by British fish interests. An order is being" placed for about 50,000,000 1bs. of fish in New- foundland and British interests have authorized purchase of 100,- 000,600 pounds of Canadian frozen fish immediately it is available. CT guage the production possibile ities of the Dominion, Major Hugh Green, of "f.ondon, England, has conferring with officials of the fisheries department at Ot: tawa. Daan a aa | PUCK CHASERS TOPICS OF THE HOCKEY SEASON IN ONTARIO New Clubs Accepted Hockey interest throughout Canada is going ahead, with many new clubs being formed. This speaks well for the spirit of sportsmen in "carrying on" for the, enjoyment and physical well-being of our young men in time of war, New clubs -accepted into O.H. A. membership by the Executive ' Committee follow: Parry Sound Intermediate "B"; Parry Sound Junicr "C"; Port Elgin Junior "C"; 100th Battery, Listowel, In- termediate "BY;-Hamilion Consol, Photos, Junior "B"; Niagara Falls Industrial League; Orillia - Junior "C75 10rillia, Intermedihite - "B"" Perth Regiment C.A.S.F. at" Strat- ford, Intermediate "B", g Por fifty years the O.H.A, has. been in existence and has continu- ously operatéd a Senior series, No. other sporting organization in Canada can cqual that record. The Ontario Hockey Association dates back to November 27, 1890, and the Queen's Hotel, Toronto, * now the Royal York, was its birth- place. The founders of the O.H. A. were Hon. Arthur Stanley, son --of-a-former-Governor General of Canada, Judge Baryon of Strat- ford, and Harry Ward, M.P., from East Durham. Lt.-Col. A. M. Cos- by of Toronto was the first Presi- dent; Messrs. Barron and Ward, Vice-Pregidents; C. R. Hamilton, . of Toronto Victorias, Secretary; C. K. Temple, Toronto, Treasurer; and P. D. Ross, Ottawa, J. F. Stnellie, Captain Evans, J, C. Gar- vin, William Hendrie, Jr., Hamil- ton, A. F. D. MacGachen, Lindsay, and W. A, H. Kerr former the first Executive. The first Senior O.H.A. championship was won by the Ottawa club, with Toronto St. George's runners-up, > VOICE of the PRESS Fey a full-sized war, - there™s ay awful lot of talking going on. London Freo Press, 1 1 0 THE ELUSIVE TURKEY. - Turkeys will be cheap on the "market this Christiras but as hard as ever to win at bowling contests, ---Toronto Telegram, A i DOUBLE DEFENSE An apple a day keeps the doe- tor away, we ar? told. The Barrie Examiner adds:--"Two apples. a day will help Keep the Germans away."--St. Marys Journal-Argus, ' -_---- MUNICIPAL FREEDOM If a municipality re-elects its officers year by year, it is an in- dication that tha* particular mu- nicipality is getting about as good a brand of economical home gov- ernment as it possible to attain. But being deprived of the power to change that government, year after year, is an entirely different thing.--Huren Expositor, soe lfoosss - THE SOYA BEAN There are ten thousand acres under sofa bean production in Canada, mostly in Ontario. Ten years ago it was an unknown crop - in the Dominion, Its uses are many and the soya bean has become an important raw material in the au- tomobile, clectrical appliance, ena- mel, soap and feed industries, as well as in itnumerable industries using plastics. It is anticipated that the war will greatly extend the cultivation and utility of "the soya bean.--Marketing. War Costs Here In Second Month Were 9 Millions Canada's special war expefidi- tures in October are listed at $9.- 300,829, in a report issued at Ot- tawa by the office of the comptral- ler of the treasury. First Official Figure It was the first official govern- ment figure on the war ¢ made public. There was no S ber figure given and as returns are sometimes delayed in reaching the treasury, it is possible that part of the total might have been expend ted in September, The war expenditures would be taken from the $100,000,000 war ap- propriation voted at the "spacial session of Parliament last Septem- ber. It is considered possible that the money was used largely by the Defense Purchasing Board which handled government war buying prior to being taken over by "the new War Supply Board last Nov- ember 1. The war cost figure was included in a general survey of the govern: ment's balance sheet for October, and for the six months April to October, inclusive. reached Montreal. 100 Million A Day Is Spent On War Rough we ts of Total Cash Cost In, Present: Con- flict -- Germany Heads List The way is costing possibly $100, 000,000 a day in current cash out, lay alone. Additional costs In. loss es of property, arms and commer- clal revenue cannot be computed now, 2 Tho. §100,000,000 i3 neither an of- ficlal nor exact figure. It Is meres ly an estimate value made" from the best information avatlahle at Washington, 1D.C. The estimate may be far tdo high, On-the other hand, wav costs may rfse oven for ther, it and when wholesale do struction of wen, guns, fortifica- tions and ships begins, However, data from several dif- ferent sources indicate that Germ- © heading tho list, may have spent $12,000,000,000 for war by the end of her fiscal year next March; Great Britain, her Domin- fons and colonies, at least $5,262. 000,000; and France, using a cal. endar year fiscal period; at least any, §2,104,758,000 by the end of 1939, By the ond of March, Germany and the British Empire supposedly will have-spent $17,262,000,000 for a war that began 211 days earlier on Sept. 2, or $1,800,000 a day. By the end of December, 120 days af- ter the start of hostilities; Franco will have spent $2,194,758,081; or $18,200,000 a day. The total is $100, 000,000 a day. The war appropriation of $100, 000,000 was "voted by Caihada in September. Defenses, expenditures for 1939-40, before the declaration of war, had been budgetted at §53, 000,000, giving Canada nu total of $153,000,000 for war, . erty, == Rabies Quarantine Hampers Hunters Hufiters who regularly use dogs following their favorite sport in Bruce County ave undér a handi- cap these dayg, due to the rabies epidemic which proke out in the Wingham district earlier in the fall. Quarantine -'theasures were ord- ered throughamt a widespread area and under these a dog, when at lib. must be muzzled, Now a hound with a muzzle is little use in hunting, nimrods declare, and say they are unable to follow their favoritd sport Wily any degree of -success, = Ash for BEE HIVE Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke:Popham, G.C.V.0., K.C.B., C.\LG., D.S.0., A.F.C, (right in picture) was welcomed by Air Marshal W, A, Bishop, V.C., D.S.0., D.F.C., on his arrival in Canada to lend his in. --- valuable aid to the Empire air training scheme now under way here under the guidange of Lord Riverdale. supetior to those .of the enemy, Ri . Picture was taken when Sir Robert Britain's fighting planes and hombers, he said, were He also stressed the superiority of the Curtiss planes to the German Messerschmidts, Proposed New International Motor Truck Sales and Service Branch House In Toronto. A general conlract' for erection of a new $185,000 Interhational motor truck sales and service branch house in Toronto has been-let to the Brennan Paving Co. of Hamilton, Ont., it was announced recently by Frank W. Morton, Vice-President of International Harvester which maintains offices in Toronto as well as in Hamilt The new building will have 150 feet of fronta ing along Stewart and Wellington Streets, front of the structure, containin o of one-storey construction. I Company of Canada} Ltd. on, has started construction work on the new building, ge on Bathyrst Street, and will be 887 feet deep, its sides extend- It will be of concrete, brick, stone and steel construction. a showroom. on the ground floor and offices above, will be two stories high The remainder of the building, housing the service station, parts department and truck storage space, will b Among the features of the new International branch house will be a rest room for truck drivers, containing showers and other lavatory facilities, 'Armstrong of Toronto is architect, is to be completed by The Brennan Company, The es, The nel building, for which N. A. March 16, 1940, according to the contract, REG'LAR FELLERS--The Fashion Plate - By GENE BYRNES AFTE GAM HOUSE NNR A fone TESA AT JIMMI as Ws oe WH = | de |= | D, ? 7 ies | As | \ LN -- SHI Onne Erman NO £ THE USUAL ATERISED Pama RE / SWEATSHIRTS A A ITE SNEAKERS / [0 4 7 ne # + Vig Pm |e 7H | Ih 1) Inf MIE IR mas CIE a ne Ay mr TH pL i Xp

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