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Ltn. OPINIONS DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES WHITBY THE D DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE THE OSHAWA TIM<S (Established 1871) ° TPE WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE 5 (Established 1863) per publishea daily except Sunday by The of Oshawa, Limited, Arthur R.. Alloway, The whi is a member of the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association, the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association, and the Audit - Bureau of Clrculations. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa, Canada. SUBSCRIPTION RATES : ; Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax Tor Pickering, 24c per week. By. mail outside carrier delivery area anywhere in Canada and England $7.00 per year. Subscription $9.00 per year. United States Net Paid Average Per Issue "FOR NOVEMBER Circulation 8,166 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1946 Hit And Run Drivers In recent months there has been an increasing number of cases in which persons have been struck by motor vehicles and left in a seriously injured condition by the side of the road while the driver of the vehicle sped off in an effort to escape responsibility. Although we have never been involved in such an acci- dent, we would hazard the guess that the driver who leaves the scene of an accident is overcome with fear of the consequences and on the spur of the moment drives away "Ajout thought of the mental anguish they must suffer futer. In Toronto recently a driver struck and injured a pedes- After stopping his auto he walked back and after §oking at the pedestrian ran back to his suto and drove ay. In Brockville this week a- woman driver was fined ""as the result of a hit-and-run accident which was solved Ld ' gect was branded charlatans of religion. through the presence of mind of a young girl. The victim in this instance was believed to have died of natural causes and was buried in the regular way and it was not until the girl came forward that an autopsy was held. The point we would liké to make is that few such accidents remain unsolved. ould it not be better for every 1 driver to place himself inf the position of anticipating he "may hit someone and thifik the matter through carefully? We are sure if the proper state of mind is attained that should such an emergency arise the driver will remain on he spot rather than, bject himself or herself to ignominy in the community. Witnesses\Should Appeal The "Justice" being bec Recorders' Courts to ted out in the Province of Que- Witnesses of. Jehovah consti- 'tutes .one of the blackest slirches ever in the records of 'Canadian judicial procecdingsand will certainly live in in- famy. At the outset, it is remind that no brief is being held here for the "Witnesses", nor fof the principles by which they are guided. Neither has it bee the policy to censure Que- bec, except where that provin past, had a definite bearing on the welfare of the nation as | | a whole. The assertion of Recorder sea that a fine of $40 with the alterna 's ideologies have, in the Mercier, of Quebec City, ve of two months in jail for "disturbing the peace" was "100 times too lenient", and that if he had his way, each "Witness" would be awarded at least life imprisonment" sounds too reminescent of the man- iacial rantings of Adolph Hitler and all that Nazism stood for. " / It was said that the pamphlscts being circulated by the Witnesses were blasphemous, seditious by nature and the The Recorder de- ~clared "Any measures are justifiable in purging you (the Witnesfes) from our Christian society." t the Attorney-General of Quebec, Premier Maurice ! Dup! i COU sis, had not seen fit to bring the Witnesses before the on charges for which Recorder Mercier castigated diem. They were convicted of one misdemeanor and tongue- shed and persecuted by the bench for something entirely different. Both the Recorder's actions and the inaction of the At- | torney-General cannot be too roundly condemned. Both have brought disgrace on themselves, their province and their country; and have made a mockery of Canadian ever known, justice and of the ideals for which countless of their country- men shed blood in the most devastating war humanity has ® Other Editors WONDERFULLY SHORT (Fort Erie Times-Review) No shirts, no pyjamas, no nails, no lumber, no this and no that. Peace, it's wonderful. NOT MUCH TO LOOK AT ~ (Ottawa Citizen) By fastening a camera to a V-2 rocket, a picture of the earth was taken from 65 miles up. And just as expected, it looks like something you wouldn't buy for 65 cents down. OFFICIAL DILUTION (Windsor Star) As a punishment for adding a pint of water to each gallon of beer he sold, a Briton has been fined $146, a penalty which might also take some of the fizz out of him. NOT YET LOST (Windsor Star) Britain, however, is not abandon- ing hope that a better way to uni- fy ndia, and set it on the way to autonomy, will be found. And while Britain refuses to accept . defeat, others should not conclude hastily that all is lost. THROW KEYS AWAY (St. Catharines Standard) There have been many expres- sions of opinion in American news- papers that John L. Lewis should be thrown into jail. It is not too much to say that a very large part of Canadian opinion endorses that sentiment with the amendment that the keys should be thrown away, THOSE B.C. KILTS (Victoria Colonist) National Defence Headquarters will be wise if they reconsider the matter of the kilt for militia units, The success of their own defence plans hinge to som: considerable degree on the retention by the regiments concerned of their histor- ical and much treasured kilts. It is a serious mistake to ignore "senti- ments of this kind. WHAT DOES HE KNOW? (Calgary Herald) And who is Brock Chisholm, any- way? Does he make £n annual ap- pearance in department stores throughout the land? Does he come down the chimney and fill the stockings hung on the mantel? Then what right has he to talk? Until someone prcduces some very convincing proof, we aren't even going to believe in Brock Chisholm. In the meantime we'll go right on believing in Santa Claus, and to heck with our ability to think. SUFFERING IN A "DRY" PROVINCE (Charlottetown Patyiot) Strange how things change. A year or so ago there was plenty of water and little liquor, now there is plenty of liquor and no water. The next ration we will have forced on us will be to drink our liquor straight, to save water, and we may have to drink it in the dark again to save light. So no matter what we do we are checked up--if it is not taxes it is something else. There is. always scmethings to keep the rabbit's tail short. "PLAYING "POLITICS WITH HUNGER" (Toronto Star) Two of the United Nations orga- nizations which aimed at "freedom from want" have been scuttled. The UNRRA was hampered and starved for funds constantly. The F.A.O. has been smothered in infancy. The opening gun against these humanitarian agencies was appar- ently fired by President Truman when he sent Herbert Hoover to "survey" food needs abroad. And when the U.S. Congress attacked the OPA, it torpedoed the non-political | international relief system. Thorny Problem ~--Whitelaw in the London Daily Herald eo A Bit of Verse |® 50 Years Ago GOD REST YOU MERRY, GENTLEMEN God 'rest you merry, gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay; Remembel, Christ our Saviour, on Christmas day, To bi us all from Satan's pow' A . When we were gone astray. CHORUS O tidin 8 of comfort and joy, nd joy, ort a o tidings of comfort and joy. In Bethlehem in Jewry, blessed Babe was born t . which his mother Mary Did nothing take in scorn, From God, our heavenly Father A blessed angel came, And unto certain shepherds Brought tidings of the same; How that in Bethlehem was born 'The son of God by name, a gD THE FIRST NOEL The first Noel the e angel did say, Was to certain 'poor shepherds in fields, as they lay In flelds. 4 Nv lay keeping their sheep. On a cold winter's night that was so Noel, Noel, Noel, Born is the King of Israel. They looked up and saw a star, Shining in the east beyond them far; And to the earth it gave great light, And so a manned both day and | n, A The star drew nigh to the north-west O'er Bethlehem it took its rest, / And there it did both stop and stay, Righ over the place where Jesus lay. Then entered in the wise men three, Full rev'rently upon their knee, And offered there in His presence, Their gold. and myrrh and frankin- William Weeks' butcher shop on King Street was destroyed by fire, which was well under way before it was detected. Mr. Hunter's shop, adjoining the butcher shop, suffered considerable damage. At the final Town Council meet- ing with Mayor Hare presiding, Mr. Tamblyn of the Streets Committee asked for permission to cut down a tree at the town hall corner, so that an electric light could be in- stalled for the benefit of Williams Piano and McLaughlin Carriage Works employees. Council, led by Xr. McCaw, agreed to the removal. Gypsies, who had camped near Oshawa, reached Toronto and told the first policeman they met about the poisoning of their trained bear at Newtonville, Michael Basso, It- alian Consul, promised to help ap- prehend and punish the guilty party. Rev. Morgan Wood delivered a | very entertaining lecture at the Music Hall under the auspices of the Boys' Brigade. All were welcome at the regular | meeting of the W.C.T.U, held at the home of Mrs. J. T. Gould. It was announced that Miss May Irving, originally from Whitby and a famous New York actress, would revisit the scences of her childhood. She was born in the houses now owned by W. H. Crosby, and sang in the choir at All Saints' Anglic- an Church. Hashes Of Life Toronto--Annual financial report of the Ontario Progressive Conserv- ative Association did not take long to read to delegates yesterday. The Association started--and. ended--the year with $50.79. To make things even more simple, officers said the Association received no communi- cations during the year. * > oO Toronto--To those who like plenty of snow, this winter--in Ontario at least--is proving a disappointment. With only five- and-a-half inches recorded to date, the meteorological office says snowfall is six-and-a-half inches below normal, LE BR Toronto--"To Mrs. Baker from Mary R., 1946-47." This is the mes- sage written on a Christmas card, proudly possessed by the wife of Rev. Earle Baker, who received it from the 79-year-old Dowager Queen during the Vimy pilgrimage. has received one every year since 1936, when the family visited the Queen during the vimy pilgrimage. LB I Winnipeg -- The Canadian Wheat Board yesterday issued an order prohibiting sale of wheat, alcomeal or any other wheat product for distilling pur- poses "unless such wheat or wheat product is unfit for hu- man consumption." The order said the step was being taken at the request of the federal government. LAR SJ Chicago--Judge Edwin A. Robson, a black robe replacing the custom- ary red suit worn by Santa Claus, handed out toys to several children yesterday while their parents waited in his courtroom for hearings in divorce cases. LS RJ Chicago--Three police squads raced to the National Security Bank last night in response to a holdup alarm. The policemen heard noises inside and deduced there must be a whole gang of bandits. But a watchman who opened the door said 40 bank employees were having a Christ- mas party. One of the dancers, he explai had ly stepped on a button connected to the automatic alarm. a ode Miami Beach, Fla.--Postmaster General Robert Hannegan's mail came through--with an assist from the city news bureau, The mail was stacking up for Hannegan yesterday because the post office didn't know where he was staying. 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