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oi EY "lem is a menace to our civilization. AMR He FL a oi heconin Hh td OPINIONS Re at DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE WHITBY OSHAWA THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE (Established 1863) An independent newspaper published daily except Sunday by The - "Times Publishing Company of Oshawa, Limited, Arthur R. Alloway, President and Managing Director. COMPLETE CANADIAN PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE The Times-Gazette is a member of the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association, the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa, Canada. Net Paid Circulation Average Per Issue 7 ; 6 Q 7 FEBRUARY, 1947 TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1947 Rules Need Revision During World War I we were told that it was a war to end all wars, yet Hitler was able to organize and plunge the world into the most devastating war of all time. Again the cry was that it was a war to save democracy and prevent future wars. For that reason it will come as a bit of a shock to learn that there is a demand for a new set of rules for waging war. United States Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, who helped to prosecute the top Nazi war crimi- nals, asserted it is perfectly obvious that the rules of war are obsolete as they stand. He emphasizes that the mode of warfare has changed materially since the rules were last amended. The last revision was made in 1929, but some of the rules date back to 1907, and bind the signatory nations to specific conduct in the treatment of prisoners, civilian populations, bombardment, blockades and the use of certain weapons. While war is something that no one living in a demo- | cracy likes to contemplate, there is every indication that the powers that be do not intend to be caught napping as was the case after the close of World War I when military, naval and air forces' were permitted to decline almost to the vanishing point. Canada and the United States in particular are taking steps to retain these establishments at a strength which will form the nucleus of a potent force should the need arise. In this regard we would draw attention to the fact that the Canadian reserve army is now built around officers who saw service overseas and who have had experience with modern methods. The same can be said of the air force and navy each of which is being maintained at strengths which will permit of their officers being able to make the step from reserve to active status. Traffic Safety Death lurks upon streets and highways, waiting; watching, always on the look out for that careless individual, whether he be a driver, a cyclist or a' pedestrian. Death strikes in a flash of a second, then recoils ready to strike again. Traffic experts have said that the traffic accident prob- How true this is when we face the facts. During the last six years of war, 1939 to 1945, Canada had 94,000 casualties in her armed forces, killed and wounded and missing. During the same six year period, there were 170,000 casualties on our streets and! highways, 10,000 persons met a violent death. Many of the 160,000 injured will be hopéless cripples for the rest of their lives. We all look on war as Hell, we expect that our loved ones may be killed or wounded, but in regard to the motor | vehicle we look on it as a convenience, a pleasure of this | modern age of speed and more speed, But most cf us have ! ignored the seriousness of the situation that is facing all of | us. Since the close of hostilities, motor manufacturers have : turned to the mass production of motor vehicles, to meet the public demand. * With the increase of motor vehicles upon our streets and highways an increase of traffic acci- dents is certain unless much is done to educate people on safety. We can talk about the power of the Atom Bomb and all its destructive tendencies, but we must realize that the automobile is an Atom Bomb on wheels, which rushes over our streets and highways, killing and injuring our citizens. We, as good citizens, must wake up from our period of apathy, and realize that a traffic accident is not something that can be easily brushed aside, but that it is something we must study, find out the cause, and then work out the preventive measure, to reduce such accidents. In United States six people are killed every hour as a result of traffic accidents. The traffic officials in that country have formulated a plan to combat the ever-rising | of the world rests. . ® Other Editors A HOPE-KILLER (Edmonton Journal) The first of 16-Japanese generals brought to trial before a war crimes court in China has been sentenced to death, Discouraging for the other 15! THE BETTER WAY (Woodstock Sentinel-Review) 200,000 Italian workers are to be admitted into France, by a labor agreement signed between the two countries--which is a lot easier than the way Mussolini tried. THE NEVER FAIL (Guelph Mercury) A beauty specialist advises people who sleep in the open never to go to bed without a nightcap. The advice is superfluous as far as male slumberers are concerned. IN BOTH HOUSES (Port Arthur News-Chronicle) Members of the Ontario Legisla-~ ture may increase their own sessional indemnities. © Members of Parliament did it at Ottawa. Pri- vilege, evidently, is not confined to what one may say in either house. WAIT AND SEE (Ottawa Journal) Mr. Howe says 1947 "promises to be the biggest building year that Canada has ever experienced." But unless there is a marked improve- ment in the supply of materials, next December, like last will find great numbers of dwellings stand- | ing unfinished and useless. MAKE TAX RELIEF RETROACTIVE (St. Catharines Standard) There is demand for "immediate" relief in personal income taxation. Suggestion is that many will be satisfied if it comes within a few weeks. And many Will not be satisfied by that at all. Relief should be retroactive, ONLY IN THESE THREE (Winnipeg Free Press) Security for any nation will be found only in collective security, prosperity only in general prosper- ity, and peace only in the great forum of the world. It is there, and | not. in Moscow 'or Washington or any national capital, that the hope If the present crisis in man's endless adventure forces that truth at last upon him, it will have served its purpose. THOSE SECRET DISCUSSIONS AGAIN (Brantford Expositor) The fallacy of public bodies hold- ing discussions and making import- ant decisions in secret has been forcefully demonstrated in the case of the dismissal of the Principal of the Malvern Collegiate Institute, Toronto. The practice resulted in the decision of 1,200 students to g0 on cstrike, to press for a clear official statement on the part of the Board of Education. IF BRITAIN QUITS PALESTINE (By W. L. Clark in Windsor Star) It costs Great Britain $120,000,000 per year and 100,000 men have to be kept in Palestine to keep what- ever semblance of order there is in the Holy Land. The people of Britain, already exhausted by war, are weary of paying more and more into what seems a bottomless well. Perhaps, if Britain pulled right out of Palestine, the Arabs and Jews could settle their differences. It would be a terrible blood bath, but the blood bath at present is bleed- ing Britain white. --Russell in the Los Angeles Times ® A Bit of Verse SPRING! Now all the little Wooziewills And all the baby Jooziejills-- The naughty little Jooziejills-- Come out and start to tease The poor old crazy Dubbledok, Who thinks he is a kitchen clock Or else a can of pease, . And whose weak legs would surely knck If only he had knees, A pair of wobbly knees. The trees are full of Chirkiechups Half-sisters of the Wirkiewups-- And all the artful Pirkiepups Are singing songs of praise, Because their skins are full and tight | of gingerbread and anthracite | And muffins made of maize. | And not one cares the darndest mite What anybody says, What anybody says. The Razzies too now dance and shout, And all the Wizzlewiggs are ou | The Wizzlewiggs that run about { On twenty twinkling toes. | But why they do the thinks they do, | And why their eyes are pink and blue, No mortal body knows. The Jibberjabb is stirring too, + And whistling through his nose. His long and lovely nose. Bats in the belfry shake a wing, The Wifflewaffs elect a king, And all the Winkles wink and fling 'Their thousand arms and cheer, They keep it up through night and day They cannot heip it, that's the way Spring gets 'em every year. But that sad beast the Bumblejay Does naught but sigh "Oh dear!" Does naught but sish "Oh dear!" --Ernest H. A. Home. | Strathroy, Ont, | March, 1947. THE CENTRE OF CONVENIENCE IN WITH A CLUB RESTAURANT OF INTERNATIONAL FAME ORUMMOND & ST CATHERINE STRECTS £. H. FRAPPIER, PRES. A GEN. MOR For the Money You Need When You Need It see HOUSEHOLD FINANCE * VOICE AFAR . (The Farme:'s Advocate) It may be coincident rather than significant that the Right Honor- able Mr. Gardiner chose Vancouver as the point at which to make his speech advocating imm'gration. | Anyway, he couldn't get a-y far- ther away from Quebec w.thout getting his feet wet. eo 20 Years Ago Mrs. M. E. Leask, in a record long distance telephone call from Oshawa spoke to her daughter, Mrs, R. E. Owen in El Paso, Texas. The report of the seven-minute conver- sation' said "no difficulty was ex- perienced as each word was dis- tinctly heard." Adams Furniture Company cele- brated its official opening his ala program of music under the Re of Dudlye Bissell. Man- ager of the store was T. C. Young. Donald G. French, literary editor of McClelland and Stewart Pub- lishers and president of the Toron- to Literature Club, delivered a talk on "Canadian Writers and Their Message," at St, George's Parish Hall Captain J. A. McGibbon, secre- tary of the Oshawa Board of Trade, received a copy of the German newspaper, "Berliner Tageblatt." The paper showed the tremendous strides being taken by Germany to recapture trade. One picture of the shipyards at the mouth of the Elbe outlined five ships under con- struction. A combination boxing and track meet, staged the Ontario Regi- ment, thrilled large crowds. Credit went to Lt. F. A. Hardman, who had done the groundwork for the meet, and Major H. E. Smith and Captain E. Pearson, chairman and secretary - treasurer respective'y of the ceniral committee, and efficiently. tunities will be lost while this Corporation goes NE important way in which the Toronto General Trusts can afford you greater protection than' a private executor lies in the fact that it is always in a position to act promptly No valuable time or oppor- § through a period of apprenticeship, TH TORONTO GENERALTRUSTS CORPORATION Head Office; 253 Bay Sireet, Toronto Ld MANAGING BESTATES SINCE 1882 e For A Laugh Just a Habit * A jeweller's assistant, an absent- minded fellow, was being married. He was presenting the bride with the ring when he hesitated. "With this ring," prompted the minister. "With this ring," said the bride- groom, "we give a written guar- antee, reminding the customer that the price will be refunded if it is not as represented." ; | | BIGGAR & CRAWFORD Members Toronto Stock Exchange 10 KING ST. EAST, TORONTO v OSHAWA BRANCH: 37 KING ST. EAST -- PHONE 2600 ERIC R. HENRY, Rasident Partner DIRECT PRIVATE WIRE TO TORONTO. ~ / | TCA now links BOSTON with Canada's Maritimes RMOUTH " Through a seventh Canada-United States aerial gateway, T.C.A. now joins Boston to its 10,000 toll of traffic accidents, known as the three "E's", Engineer- miles of national and international routes for ing, Enforcement and Education, the most potent weapon to reduce traffic accidents being education. In 1947 they are going to wage an all-out war on traffic accidents, in an effort to make the streets and highways assuredly safe for all citi- zens. What are we going to do in Canada? That is a question we must answer, not next year or next month but now. Surely the protection of life and limb is one of the most vital matters that we must consider. ] In this essential campaign, the time for talking about the issue is over, we must put on our overalls and get' down in the field and work and sweat to solve this problem. We, a5 good citizens of this vast country must not casually pass over the scenes of twisted wreckage and battered bodies, and blazing headlines about serious traffic accidents with a shrug of our shoulders and say, that can't happen to me, it only happens to the careless fellow. We must realize that an accident does not care who you are, what position you hold in the community, how famous you are. An accident is not bluffed by your size or reputation. An accident is no respecter of age, young or old. But an accident has great respect for the use of common sense on our streets and highways. Remember, Accidents don't just happen. Acci- dents are cammed by the carelessness of some person or persons. 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