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PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1940 The Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) A» independent gC chavs, Gan .v afternoun except at Oshawa, Can- sua by Che Times Linuted Chas. M Mundy, Pres Circuations : SUBSCRIFTION RATES Delivered Ly carrier in Oshawa, Whitby and suburbs WF cents Per week} $2.60 tor six months, or $5.20 per year if paid in advance. By mail in Canada {outside Oshawa curier delivery limits) $126 for three months, - $2.26 fur six months, or $4.00 per year if paid in auvance. 8y meu to 0.8. sunscribers, $6.00 per year payable suwristly 1 advance. kitDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1940 -- 'vor his Mercy Endureth" David's noble 107th Psalm invokes the spirit in which Canadians approach their national altar of gratitude for this war's second Thanksgiving Day, which will be celebrated on Monday. " "0 give thanks unto the Lord," the Psalmist cried, "for He is good; for His mercy endureth forever." Te sum of the year which has passed gir.a Thanksgiving Day, 1939, in this .2 and, indeed, the whole English- s ong worlds, recognizing that God has 1.vezled Himself and His holy purposes curng that period, with such plainness, that even philosophical scepticism refuses to attempt "rationalization" of what has happened before the eyes of all mankind. Like mountain peaks which point to the stars, two major events of the past year declare, as David did, the goodness and mercy of God. One was the Miracle of Dunkirk, the delivery of Britain's beseiged armies in France and Belgium. The other bas been the matchless leadership given the Empire's war effort by Mr. Winston Churchill, in whom all the best qualities of the British spirit seem incarnated. Restoration of the firm foundations of faith means more to democracy than win- ning wars. We all are beginning to see that there can be no democracy without faith in the high and lofty things of the spirit. Looking back, we know that if the faith of a free people is clouded 'with doubt, even if no more than in a minor degree, the 'whole fabric of their social order begins to crumble. Sure faith is the cement of Christian civilization. It can be neither Christian nor civilized wthout well-ground- ed belief in God and the things which are His. "The sum of the whole matter is beauti- fully expressed in the closing verse of the Bong of Thanksgiving, the 107th Psalm, which reads: . "Whoso is wise, and will observe these things; even they shall understand the Joving kindness of the Lord." Divine Standard in Giving Most "Widow's Mite" gifts in Oshawa's camyaign for war and community services are known only to God. One, however, by accident, came to the executive commit- tee's notice. Name of the citizen and iden- .tifying details cannot be made public, but the giver in that particular case really gave until it hurt and, touching the incident with special grace, he is certain that no one 4nows the facts of the case. But the gal- =zniry of soul displayed by that young man more than likely to prove his chief re- 'source in a time of economic struggle. ~The foregoing may be an unusual way -of introducing references to the campaign's largest donation in dollars and cents. But 'the $25,000 cheque sent by Mr. R. S. Mec- ughlin was not forwarded with any view his being singled out for special notice. deed, that home-folks letter of congratu- "'ons to the campaign's general chairman, tae Ca::paign Executive Committee, and ="~wa people as a whole, shows that Mr, * sughl'n felt thaf he had received close + full value of his gift in seeing his ow old town" carry the campaign to a . ..ilingr success. Certainly, Oshawa citizens got a real kick out of that "Sam" to "George" letter "Which was published in Thursday's issues The Oshawa Daily Times. In a way, {that message was like tying the knot ound a grand new bundle of community gir TLE sto + a _ Se PERU C-"awa's Achievement AE AS bi] m'ng success of the Oshawa i. J Community Fund Cam- _y wien may total nearly 50 per cent e than the original $85,000 objective n all returns are in, is a magnificent "community achievement in which everyone in the city may take a great deal of justi. fiable pride. To single out those who do deserve special mention would probably embarrass them more than it would please. The campaign committee, as a whole, is com- pletely frank in stating that making the campaign a splendid success is largely due to the patriotism, loyalty and co-operation of more than 9,000 contributors, The fact that the common sense of pros- pective contributors was appealed to, and most successfully so, is what stamps the origination and carrying out of the Oshawa Community Fund Campaign with special distinction. Of chief importance, all agree, is the clear demonstration of the fact that an appeal for the all-important Red Cross organization can be joined to other worthy objectives and to the benefit of all of them together. Oshawa has given a lead that other pro- gressive Ontario communities, large and small, will be quick to follow. In this fact Oshawa has special reason to congratulate itself. The grand job done here will serve as a needed example and an inspiration for many parts of Canada. In more ways than one, it was a true Win-the-War Cam- paign. Great Life Ends It is noteworthy that the generations whicl: came to fulfilment in eil...r the First World War or this have come to regard even sublime heroism as a matter of course. It was not so some forty-eight and closely following years ago when the story of Grenfell of Labrador first became the admiration of the English-speaking world. This attitude of anticipating the supreme best of women and men is a completely splendid thing. It helps to offset the many other forbidding, grim and terrible things which we have also come to regard as more or less commonplaces of existence. Sir Wilfred Grenfell, K.C.M.G., died of a heart ailment at his Charlotte, Vermont, home Wednesday evening. That diminish ed world which still upholds Christian principles and practice will mourn in sym- pathy with his bereaved family and pro- teges of the Labrador Mission. But the work he founded will be continued, and the inspiration of his example will be something to challenge the best in the human heart for long years to come. Indeed Grenfell's death is an argument for personal immortality. He is dead only to those very near and close to him in a personal sense. His work, his influence, and his example live on. Surely the soul that made those things living forces has gone on to greater tasks amd to nobler opportunities. a i Editorial Notes A correspondent depicts Londoners as strolling to air raid shelters. Panic has no place in the British make-up. As there are some 778,000 children in London, England, the Nazi air raids are certain to continue for a long time yet. Members of the United Commercial Travellers' Association, in deciding to give men in uniform a lift when hailed on the road, have stipulated t this must be at their own risk. or Pos fair enough. "You're a great King," shouted a Lon- doner to King George VI on one of his many tours of the bombed areas in London. "You're a great people," shouted the King. "They were both right," commented the Sault Ste. Marie Star. And the Star, too, was right. ; | A Bit of Verse Do THANKSGIVING MOTIF 1940 O'er London town Hun bombs explode And air-raid sirens scream, While here each northern country road Dreams a still Autumn dream. Oh, such a contrast! England feels A hellish hate uncurbed, While here a startling whir-r-r reveals Jus partridges disturbed. I rambled through a woodland wide Where Autumn brooded light, When suddenly on every side The partridge took flight, In London town Hun bombs explode And air-raid sirens scream, While each Canadian country road Dream a still Autumn dream, No cause for thanks? They kee; stout h Though high explosives sound, 4 Sars While we walk woodland roads and start When shy birds leave the ground. --PRESCOTT SHORTT. A Bible Thougat for Tocay FEAR DESTROYED: Fear thou not; for I am with thee; be not dismayed; for I am thy God; Iwill strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness --Isaiah 41:10. | | | | HARVEST HANDS OF 1940 'BRITONS SAVE | | | | | tions workers ALL THEY GAN FEARING FUTURE "Io More De!l:'ous Buying as in Last War by Muni-| tions Workers, Says Pub- lisher London, Oct. 11--72ritish muni. of today are a strangely sober lot. They are more intent on getting out of debt and on saying money than they were during the deliri- ous war boom of 1914-18 when hey annoyed the "upper classes" by buying planos and fur coats. At least this is the conclusion reached by Charles Madge of the Institute of Economic and Soclal Research after a study of family sxpenditures in the typical muni- tions town of Coventry, as pub- lished in "The Economic Journal." He found that skilled workers la Coventry are getting between $28 and $40 a week (thanks partly to considerable overtime) while semi- skilled workers, doing plece-work and willing to work seven nights a week, are earning up to $52 and $56 a week. In all, 48 per cent. are earning more than they did in September, 32 per cent. are earn- ing about the same and 20 per cent. are earning less. All Show Thriftiness But the striking part is that 57 per cent. of the families are saving money every week--in addition to their routine payments for sick- ness and burial insurance and for holiday benefits -- and of the re- maining 43 per cent. the vast ma- jority are paying off arrears of rent and doctor's bills and grocery bills. Furthermore, in their current purchases they are showing great caution. These consist mainly of necessary clothing, sheets, blan- kets, and similar household neces- sities, bought in anticipation of "ising es when the dreaded "purchase " is imposed. The only thing being bought on "time payments" is the peramu- lator. : For recreation the cinema is the hief resort and girls, it was found, are stocking up in cosmetics against the day when the price wiil rise some 30 per cent. Buf the story in the main is one of super- cautiousness. This is not really surprising since all observers report that the biggest worry in this war is the outlook after the war. Will there be another fearful slump as there was in 1920, followed by long years of depression? Even the 'young people seem sobered by the thought, Build up Reserves And this study suggests that the war workers in Coventry are so impressed by it that they are strain- ing to build up reserves, Another development reported is considerable hoarding of bank notes by families anxious to have a little cash reserve in the house in event of air raids. These family hoards are certainly not safe; it is quite probable that, the German bombing of working«class homes has burned or blown to pieces many a family store of bank notes and silver which would have heen gave had it been placed with the Post Office Savings Bank. As a contrast to the conditions In Coventry, Madge made a study of family expenditures in Islington, a working-class district in London which, has little or no war work. CUT TRAINING TIME HERE LENGTHEN PERIOD OVERSEAS IN ACTUAL BATTLE PLANES "ntake of Reels, Flyers] The minister made the announce- and Gunners Stepped Up) 5 to 7 -- Double Austra- lian Trainees Ottawa, Oct. 11.--A further accel- cration of the air training program has been decided upon, Air Minis- ter Power announced yesterday. The course for pilots in the ser- vice flying training , recently reduced from 18 weeks to 14, will be further reduced. The intake of recruits for train- ing as pilots, air obserxers and air gunners will be stepped up in the o of five to seven, sald the min- That is, where the training rogram as it stands calls for five men, seven will be taken on and trained, an increase of approximate- ly 40 per cent. The effect will be a larger num- ber of men passing through the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan schools in .Canada, but not necessarily an increase in the rate at which pilots trained here go int) action overseas. Major Power said that while the service flying training period in Canada would be shortened, it was likely that the operational training period overseas would be lengthened. Thus Canadian-trained pilots would spend moré time on the actual bat- tle-type planes before going into ac- tion than had been contemplated up to the present. schonl ment at a press conference. With him were James J. Duncan, deputy minister, and Air Marshall W. A. Bishop, V.C., director of recruiting for the Royal Canadian Air Force, who recently returned from a flying trip to England. Other statements made at the conference were: The air force wants about 1,000 men with a good all-round knowl- edge of modern radio equipment for immediate enlistment, some for almost immediate service overseas. The percentage of accidents in the alr force training in Canada is "ex- tremely low." Double the number of Australian and New Zealand aircrew men ore iginally expected will come to Canada for advanced training with- in the next few months. Air defenses on the Pacific Coast are being strengthened "right along." Discussing the acceleration of the pilot-training schedule, Major Power said the elementary flying training schools, all civilian-operated, would handle the increased number of stu- dent pilots required to keep the ser- vice flying training schools working at capacity on the shortened course. No further curtailment of the seven-weeks' course in the elemen- tary flying training schools is con- templated. That course was short- ened by a week from the original cight-weeks' course earlier this summer, -He found that 85 per cent. of the familics were earning either the same sum as last year or less, but the cost of living has risen some 25 per cent. FIGHT TO WIN GROIL EXHORTY EVERY AIRMAN R.C.AF. Inspector-General Sees Flawless March-Past of Trenton Air Strength Trenton, Oct. 11. -- Calling upon every man, from aircraftman to commanding officer, to put his shiulder to the wheel of the Em- pire's war effort, Alr Vice-Marshal G. M. Croll, Inspector-General of the R.C.AF., paid a hurried visit on Wednesday to Trenton Air Station, important hub of the Canadian and Empire Air Training program. Arriving by airplane at noon, Air Vice-Marshal Croil lunched in the officers' mess and immediately afterward inspected the entire sta- tion personnel. It was the largest "en masse" turnout of men yet seen at the air station, and the atten- dance was so complete that two newly arrived members paraded in "clyvies," not yet having obtained uniforms. Beau: e of insufficient time, the distinTu'shed visilor cut his du. tion to a review of the armca in a march-past. Addressing - the blue-clad officers and men, who included representa- tives of every Dominion in the Em- pire, volunteers from United States. and instructors from the Royal Air Force, Air Vice-Marshal Croll sald: "At no time has there been a stage when our efforts were of such im- portance in the future welfare of the British Empire and of the world, "Our task, then, is very important at this moment. It is up to eacn man to put his shoulder to the wheel. I am supremely confident that you will. Therefore I am con- tent." Behind the Trenton R.C.AF. band, the station personnel marched past the saluting base with flawless pre- cision. Inspection of the administratien building and other departments, in. cluding a visit to the R.C.A.F. hos- pital, was completed by the Alr Vice-Marshal. Accompanying him was AirCommodore Brooks. Group Captain J. A, Sully, officer commanding the station; Wing Commander Duncan, Flt.-Lt. Den- ton Massey, Flt.-Lt. W. J. Province and F.0. W. C. Hammond compris- ed the inspecting party at the salute ing base. ° F rench Army Officer Tank Instructor Here Ottawa, Oct. 11.--A former lieu- tenant-colonel in the French army left here Wednesday night for Camp Borden to assist Canadian officials in operating a number of over-age tanks recently acquired from the United States. Since some of the tanks are of French construction with which the officer became familiar during the first Great War, officials here sug- gested that he work with the tanks. The licutenant-colonel escaped to England after the fall of France and joined Geen. Charles de Gaulle's "Free French" forces. Later he came to Canada and became attach ed to the Munitions and Supply De- partment. s name was not re- vealed, British Are Unconquerable Maugham Tells America Novelist Broke, Without Heart For Writing New York, Oct. 11.--The charac- ters in a novel "don't seem to mat- ter" now to Somerset Maugham, famous English novelist. "I am a very old gentleman with three or four novels in my head and I haven't the heart to write them," he said. Maugham has just arrived here after experiences which included three weeks on a packed, filthy col- lier fleeing invaded France, a series of nights on a mattress in a London bomb shelter, and finally a clipper flying the Atlantic, Sitting in a deep armchair by a comforting fire in the Oyster Bay, LI, home of his publisher, the writer said: "I haven't many years before me ad I'd like to get these things I have to write off my mind before I die. But we are in the middle of the most important historical event since Napoleon. On the outcome of it depends the freedom of the world --and much more than that: whe- ther honesty and loyalty and truth are things that pay, or whether brutality and treachery pay. "What Use Literature "If brutality an dtreachery pay, what the hell is the use of art and literature?" Maugham was asked how he thought the war would affect the young generation of writers. "You know how the last war af- Reaches U.S. |. fected them," he snapped, "It killed a lot of them." Maugham said he had a notion that "red hot experience isn't aw- fully useful to a writer. The terrific experiences you have in a war are too vivid and too meaningless when you try to work them into fiction. You only get real meaning out of yourself." The writer, whose home was in Southern France, said he believed the French defeat was due to "de- generation of the moral stamina of the race." With Britain it is different. "I am convinced that in her present spirit England is unconquerable," he said. "We may all be killed but well never give in." Maugham has a feeling that in the England of the future evening dress "will be less important than it has been In the past." 'Discussing the future, after the war, of "a more democratic Eng- land," He thought "there will be no more rich people and I hope there will be no more poor people". Maugham lost all his belongings in his flight from France. "My home was there and all my belong- ings -- all the things I'd gathered together wandering about the world for 20 years," he said. "The two suitcases I brought with me on the Clipper are all I have in the world Ruefully he pulled his bankroll from his pocket. It e%asisted of three one-dollar bills -- all he had left of the £10 he was permitted to take from England. ORDERS PROBE OF POLICE N WITHIN BARRIE Attorney-General's Action is Result of Plea by Town Council For Assistance Toronto, Oct. 11--Provincial Po- lice Inspector Willlam H. Lougheed yesterday was delegated by Attor- ney-General Conant to inquire into the policing of Barrie as a result of the town council's request for ald. The inquiry will commence to- day and the report will go to Mr. Conant for whatever action he deems advisable. After a conference with Provincial Police Commissioner W, H. Stringer Mr. Conant explained that there now are 15 extra provincial police- men, including an inspector and sergeant, at Barrie. This force is there chiefly to police the rural area, Mr. Conant pointing out that it is not the duty of the provincials to work in urban municipalities, "We have increased the detach- ment to meet the needs of the rural area around Barrie," Mr, Conant said. 'The question arises whether a similar situation arises in Barrie. But we don't police urban areas un. less in an emergency such as a strike, which would be a temporary measure. This situation may be permanent." Under the Constables' Act passed by the Legislature last session, Mr. Connat has power to direct Com- missioner Stringer to investigate the administration of any police force or the police needs of any munici- pality. Inspector Lougheed is considered one of the most able investigators of the department, recently completing a probe at Kitchener which resulted in a general clean-up and appoint ment of a new chief. THE KING HONORS TORONTO AIRMAN Decorates Clare Connor and Hears How Companion Won the V.C, London, Oct. 11.--The King heard a thrilling story of a battle against fire in mid-air when he decorated Flying Officer Clare Connor, of Toronto, with the Distinguished Fly- ing Cross and Wireless Operator John Hannah with the Victoria Cross at Buckingham Palace yester- day. His Majesty congratulated both the airmen. 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