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PAGE FOUR i THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, A Tom, UGUST 27, 1940 Be tt The Oshawa Daily Times Suoseading THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1671) gs Bader ot Cuan, On ci Mundy, Pres; A. R. Alloway, Managing An independent day afternoon Chas. Director The Oshawa Dally Times is a member of the . Canadian Daily Newspapers Association the On- tario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby and suburbs 10 cents per week: $2.60 for six months, or $520 per year if paid in advance. By mail anywhere in Canada (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits) $135 for three months, $2.25 for six months, or $4.00 per year if paid in mail to US. 00 By 8 U3, subseribers, 48 per year. payable btn rine TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1940 . ------ a -------- ---- Churchill Knows His English "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." This was Prime Minister Churchill's tri- bute to the Royal Air Force that will live forever. The deeds of the R.A.F. astonish the world and will continue to astonish mankind while the war lasts. Nothing finer dr more sincere has ever been said of any arm of the service. Now for those who love their mother tongue, English, spoken by hundreds of millions, that sentence is a revelation of Mr. Churchill's command of language. It is musical, it is capable of the finest expres- sion, greatest actors can find joy in the words. And yet they are mostly Anglo- Saxon words that make up the sentence. There are 17 words in all, fifteen are Anglo- Saxon and two are popular and familiar words, "human" coming through French from the Latin and "conflict" being from the Latin. Fifteen out of seventeen words in the sentence come from the tongue of the English people of many centuries ago. Mr. Churchill does not use big words. Of the fifteen purely English words, fourteen are one-syllabled. The other Anglo-Saxon word is of two syllables only as are the two words "human" and "conflict," spring- ing from the Latin. Mr. Churchill stands as a model for those who would achieve power over their own tongue. He speaks in the English of the men and women of his country. When necessary he can use words which have entered the language from the Norman French and other sources to lend a variety to expression and to paint shades of thought by the use of these two great streams, Anglo-Saxon and Norman French, which make up the language which Mr. Churchill knows so well. They Want Apples Members of the crew of a Canadian de- stroyer now overseas have asked Ontario farmers to send them a barrel of home grown apples, and promise to pay transpor- tation expenses. This appeal from Canadian sailors should not be necessary. Some plan should be worked out whereby Canadian fighting men, not only on the sea, but also on land and in the air, should be amply supplied with Canadian apples. The new crop will soon be available and apples should be one of the articles of diet provided by the Army's Commissary. They also should be on sale at canteens. It will be recalled that last fall apples were not available to Canadian soldiers who at that time were located in Canada until pressure was brought to bear on the auth- orities by both the soldiers and the apple growers. It's to be hoped that this season the first and best of the crop will go to our fighting men. ) ) / Registration Did It . da Score one at least for the registration 1 4 business. It resulted in the capture of "Guenther Lorentz, the German internee who had escaped from a prison camp in Northern Ontario. The matter of how he escaped is some- thing which still requires explanation, but the manner of his arrest was so simple and deliberate that explanation is hardly need- ed. Lorentz was going to cross the bridge which connects Montreal island with the mainland. An armed veteran was on guard there and the escaped man is reported to have hesitated about passing him. The worst thing he could have done, and the most certain to call attention to himself. He was asked for his registration card, and he could not produce one; said he had left it in Toronto. That of course was an open invi- tation to take to one side for questioning as guards are waiting for such people. The result is that he is under lock and key. "There is sometning more in it for the people of this country. Registration has been completed and all people over 16 years of age are supposed to have their cards which attest that they have been duly gistered. Bi It is necessary to carry these cards and it is well to make provision so they can be carried in such a way that they will not be lost, wrinkled, soiled or mislaid. One might go along indefinitely and not be called upon to make use of the card, but the time might come when it would be called for, and it. might be embarrassing enough not to have it. A person cannot secure employment without such a card, and a company, in order to protect itself, must make certain that employees have registration cards be- fore receiving wages. Otherwise the com- pany would leave itself open to action for violation of the law. So registration actually scored one on the eve of its completion and the smart German will soon be on the way back to his internment camp where he can explain that Canadians are not quite so dull as he anticipated. British Figures Correct Such extravagant claims were made by the Germans in regard to the success of their raids upon Britain and there was such wide differences between the British and German statements that many people, even in this country, have wondered whether we were getting the complete story. However, those who have heard the impressive broad- casts from the British Broadcasting Cor- poration by such men as Capt. Noel Baker, M.P., and J. B. Priestley, or have read the independent reports of experienced Ameri- can correspondents, cannot but believe that the British figures of German losses are right. As Capt. Baker pointed out, in a demo- cracy like Britain it would be foolish to hide or to understate the figure of British losses. It would demoralize the fighting air force and would bring reaction from the public. In a recent issue of The Chicago News, William B. Stoneman, correspondent of the paper in England, gives eyewitness account of an incident when three British Spitfires drove off 30 German bombers and fighters. After describing the fight which he saw, he writes: "There was a perfect demonstration that German raiders bound for London actually are headed off by British fighters -- at 10 to 1. It gave fresh and solid substance to all of the communiques that have been coming out during the past few days." That is pretty strong evidence from a neutral standpoint. Editorial Notes "Big Fish Are Explained" -- news head- line. But seldom caught. Trust the Scotch to deal with raiding German bombers effectively without ex- travagance. They brought one raider down by merely letting it crash into a mountain peak. Sales of war savings certificates to date have totalled more than $17,284,000, and every additional stamp or certificate that is purchased helps the Minister of Finance in his colossal task of paying for the growing national war effort. The hull of the yacht Oneida which was once owned by William Randolph Hearst, and which subsequently became a ferry, is to be broken up and used to make muni- tions in Canada. That's about the closest connection Hearst has ever had with any- thing beneficial to Britain. A Bit of Verse ONE-SIDED CO-OPERATION - Husbands and wives would get along better If they'd share equal and share to the letter; 80 when we're hitched we'll try my theory, We'll hit it off fine and here's how, Dearle; Now well keep things on an even basis, You bring the dough and I'll pick the races. Life'll run smoothly with nary a jog, I'll strike the matches, you heave the log. I'll pick the program, you turn i ton, IM clip the coupons, you clip the lawn; You take beer and I'll take ale, I'll wield the hammer, you hold the nail, We'll share tasks and share them alike. IM ride the handlebars, you rid eth ebike; You t.ke the Maxwell, I'll take the Rolls, I'l eat the doughnuts, you eat the holes, We'll be serene, no cause for gripes, You hold the bag, I'll find the snipes. ' No task too large or sraall for me to share, On these frai Ishoulders half 'the burdens I'll bear. I'll do the shopping, you pay the accounts, You sign the checks, 111 fill in the amounts. A Bible Thought for Today LET GOD MANAGE YOUR LIFE, HE WILL.DO IT WELL: Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast; unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.--1 Corinthians 15: 58. rei 7 -- POLITICA ENEMIES, , Nes s0 oo vs ve Tir CTY THULE Where 5» prev = Wyre vv Worming v LL AA Has vv =~ Hiv vt rrr © Wey reo ay \ REA TASTE DRIFT WOOD By ALPHA PINCH The short cold winter Sunday had ended. Darkness had dipped its mantle over the city. Street lights had put uw) their barrier against the night. The snow driv- en by a flerce wind eddied about the street corner, sparkling glistening in circles of light. people were at church the fires at home. The few pedes- trians hurried along, heads down, against the biting blast. Along a popular avenue, was slowly making his way. wore a thin summer overcoat, held together at the neck one remaining button. With bare hands, blue with cold, he tried to Most a man hold the garment about his shiv- | | ering body. Time was when Ray | Stuart had been one of the smart- } est looking men to walk those streets, coming from an honorable family well known in business He had the best of universit) training, afterwards taking a posi- tion in his father's store, expect- ing ultimately to carry on the family business, being the only son. The Stuart family were likewise noted as singers and musicians, Roy especially. He was blessed with one | of the best of Christian mothers. But Ray had cultivated a taste for intoxicants acquired in gay company which had grown rapidly | into an obsession. Clever and cap- able as he was he soon became a heartbreak to his family. Kindly and tactfully they strove to check his tendency for drink, finally sending him to another city as branch manager. This new respon- sibility had its effect. year he never drank, and was fast making his name as a rising busi- ness man. Then came a New Year's celebration that started him downward worse than ever. The business and Ray Stuart became driftwood, east and west, north and south, and back again. For a time a cor- and | or around | He | by the | For over a | Nazis Bomb Civilian Homes respondence with home was carried on which grew Jes less and finally ceased, while prayers never ended. noon and night, with lips and throbbing heart, ed for her w ring boy Her 'hair was show z silver threads and the anxiety was telling on her health, while her faith and trust in God made her feel sure that | some day her prayers would be answered. To-night this , directing his steps hangouts, hoping the use of his voice drink or a free lunch. Ambling along the most sheltered side of the street he stopped suddenly -- a vague sweet sound had caught his ear. Looking up. he saw the bright lights shining through the | windows of a church. Drawing near he listened. The choir was | singing that ' beautiful Ss and Morning quiring and pray- driftwood to one of his that a tip for would be a was be found." Something clicked in his alized brain. Clearly as though it were yesterday came flashing back to him the memory when he him- | self sang so perfectly before great audiences these same words "He will have mercy." There came over him an uncontrollable desire to | enter 'those sacred portals whence | had come -- a door he had not entered in ten years, | outer vestibule. Nobody was around and the service had just com- menced. He tried to peer through the space of the inner door, asham- | the | | ed of his appearance. With | splendor of the intericr and audi | ence, he dare. go no. further. He | was about to turn away when an changed owners | usher hearing him slipped out and | kindly invited him to enter. Yes, 'there was a seat just inside As he sat there so un- | | the door. ARP workers are seen salvaging belongings from a house which was bombed by Nazi planes on the southeast coast of Britain, his mother's | anthem | "Seek ye the Lord while he may | demor- | those inspiring strains. | Shifting around to the church door | --- he walked quietly into the | | couth among those well dressed | people his mind did not follow the | but rather kept | rcpeating in his muddled brain the | mercy and | minister's words, words "He will have abundantly pardon." These words coming through the | frosty air had arrested his unsteady | footsteps, holding him as a pris- oner and for the first time in years | he began to regret, to wish, to hope, to pray for something better, Dur- ing the singing of the closing hymn | he seemingly forgot his surround- | ings and appearance and joined in | the hymn "Lead Kindly Light." Many of the worshippers around to see whence came that beautiful voice somewhere near the door. After the benediction he tried to | steal quickly away, but the warm hearted janitor held him and led others to him, people who did not seem to notice his unshaved face or ragged clothes. They clasped his hands and invited him to the club room in the basement of the church tomorrow night. It will be | warm and we want to help you if we can, they said. These words, 'with the others "He will have mercy," filled his whole mind as he passed out and a strange new - determination had taken possession of him. side to his favorite haunt, as his | intention was before he entered the church, he went straight to his attic bedroom. Digging into his old trunk he found the sheet of music with the words crumpled and creased, almost impossible to read. It was soon discovered - that he was an expert in the dry goods business and his rise to a high posi- tion was more rapid than his fall. His singing and. musical qualities soon made him choir leader, and in answer to his mother's prayers a restoration to his family memorable day. Two years later this choir of which he was conductor gave a concert before a packed audience. | Was it prophetic that the last time { that splendid voice was to be heard | meant so much to him. The listen- I ers could not forget the pathos, his | soul full of emotion, as he sang those words "He will have mercy." Truly it was his clarion call of farewell for Monday ha fell sick with pneumonia. Rapidly he sank, those tragic years were exacting their penalty. The following Sun- day the church could not contain the hundreds who came to render homage to the memory of one saved from driftwood and who had become an inspiration to hun- dreds. Children's Aid Seeks Assistant At Peterboro Peterboro, Aug. 27.--Officials of the Children's Aid Society are con- sidering the advisability of engaging an assistant for Miss Rachael Young with a view to enlarging the scope of the society's work, and it is be- lieved that definite action will be taken at the next meeting. The matter has rlready been fully discussed, and it is believed that the society is now oniv awaiting word of co-operation on the part of county officials. " Clinic Formed For Jobless Jobless men and women of the Chicago area soon will be able ta go to a clinic where they will be examined and treated for place- ment in private industry. The cli- nic, the Chicago Man Marketing Clinic, is which in three years has placed 7,000 men and women in jobs in «with their individual qualifica- tions. looked | Instead | of continuing on towards the east | was a | was the anthem that had done and | modelled in New York ! Canadian Troops Issued m------) To comply with British standards, Canadian troops in Canada are now being issued epecial .38-calibre re= volvers to replace the .45-calibre arms previously in use. The .38's, standard equipment in the British Army, have been in use for some time by troops of the Ca- nadian Active Service Force now in England, Recently it has been de- cided to issue the same equipment as rapidly as possible to members of the CASF, in Canada and the Non-Permanent Active Militia. Officers of the N.P.AM. carry re. volvers only on manoeuvres. All of- ficers of the C.A.S.¥. on active ser- vice, along with certain soldiers, such as machine gunners and motor- cyclists who do not carry rifles, are authorized to wear revolvers. IDENTITY CARDS MAKE IT EASIER T0 ENTER USA. | ------------ Tourists Will Still Need Passports, But Visas to Be | | Supplanted--29-Day Limit | simplifying entrance of temporary | visitors and border-crossing com- | muters to the United States, issued | at Washington on Sunday were ex- pleined yesterday at the States Legation here as follows: 1. Beginning tomorrow identifi- | | cation cards will ve issued to com- muters who cross 'he border daily and to Canadians 2. These cards will substitute for non-immigration visas formerly re- quired of visitors. 3. Canadian passports will still be | required | 4. Holders of identification cards will not be formally registered and dents of the Unjted States. The new regulations were de- simplifying the sitvation" with re- gard to visitors and commuters, and at the same time establishing United | States control. The Canadian pass- | port is the means of control by the Canadizta governm-ot. The issuance of cards will enable the United States government tc check agains® visitors with less interference with them than when a visa is required. The cards will be issued by any immigration official ur United States | consul There is no chéiwge for the cards, issuance of which will be "a mat- ter of five or ten minutes." PLANS FOR FAIR ALMOST COMPLETE Baby Show Featiire of | Belleville Exhi- bition Belleville, Aug. 27. == Final ar- rangements for Belleville's three- day fall fair are nearing comple- tion, and the opening ceremonies will get under way on Thursday. Directors have provided a fine pro- gram for all three days. Added fea- tures will be a baby show, live stock parades, band concerts, sports pro- gram, vaudeville, and the largest number of agricultural exhibits in the history of the fair, The directors are also selling two | new cars for one dollar each to holders of lucky tickets drawn from | a drum in front of the grandstand nightly. Belleville merchants are | co-operating in the project, and have issued merchandise coupons with every purchase made. Hortense Cartier Miss Hortense Cartier, 92-year- old daughter of Sir George Etienne Cartier, one of the Fathers of Con- federation, is safe in London after escaping the Italian invasion of Scuthern France. Miss Cartier had lived in Cannes, France, since the death of her father in the "70's. She was advised to leave France shortly before the Franco-German armistice and rela. tives here heard she had been put aboard a collier at Marseilles. They received no further information un- til Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett's cable sald she had arrived in London. .38's To Replace .45's Ottawa, Aug. 27.--New regulations | United | contemplating | ; Visits of less than 29 days. fingerprinted as ave all alien resi- | scribed ex the legation as "definitely | Safe In England | FAIR GROUNDS A PETERBORD TUR T0 ARMY G4 Army of Carpenters Quid ly Transform Exhibitic Grounds Peterboro, Aug. 27.--An army carpenters which descended up the Exhibition Grounds last Wd nesday has transformed the o of the race track into a small cf of bunkhouses, mess-halls and ot} buildings in the short space of fd days. Working under the direction Capt. C. H. Hopkins of the Ro Canadian Engineers, the men, wh they knocked off on Saturday, given material form to seven of 26 buildings which are to be erect for the military camp, capable accommodating 900 men at a tin] recently allocated to Peterboro der the national defense trai scheme. Fifteen workers wielding saws into a truckload of lumber as so {as it is dumped on the groung From the lumber piles, labore | carry the made-to-measure pied to the points where they are nee ed. |. While one gang of carpenters | laying the floor, four other grou | are busy laying out the sides. | the sides are being trued, labore | are piling the side sheeting arcu the building, and then, at-a wo start naili 5. ers place | window frames in position. Inspe tors continually check measur ments and make sure the buildin conform to standard. The seven buildings already ered] ed have their roofs in place, a now only a little finishing and tj interior sheet remains to | done. y bel 4 trenches ready for the sewers a watermains, and beyond that aga! the ground is laid out with surve | or's precision for the structures | maining to be built. Standard local wages are bei | paid to the 325 men employed. Ca | penters drawing 70 cents and labo: ers 40 cents an hour. | 'The grounds are closed to vis tors, with the exception of tho: | on official business. { 20 or more. carpe on the bca $1,000,000 for R.A.H Sa A : & J. W. McConnell, publisher of th | Montreal Star and the Montre | Standard, has offered Lord Beav: | brook $1,000,000 to be used at h | discretion "for the most vital im | mediate airforce needs." Gets Ottawa Post Captain Oliver M. Read, of th United States navy, has been dered fo duty as the maval attach and the naval attache for air, the American Legation at Ottaw Cut Send your remittance, with number, rank and name, and unit of the soldier overseas to SWEET CAPS, P.O. Box 6000, Montreal, P. Q. SWEET CAPORAL or WINCHESTER cigarettes or $1.00 will send either 11b. of OLD VIRGINIA pipe tobacco or 1 Ib. of SWEET CAPORAL FINE (with Vogue papers) to Cane adiansserving in C.A.S.F.overseas only: $2.50 ends 1,000 cigarettes to- an individual or unit. I)