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OPINIONS TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES = 7 DA THE DAILY, TIMES-GAZETTE * THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) # THE WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE J (Established x 1863) ; MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN PRESS The Canadian Press Is exclusively entitled vo the use for republication of all news despatches credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters in this paper and also the local news published therein. All rights of republicatior. of special despatches herein are also reserved. The Times-Gazette is 8 member of the Cznadian Daily News- papers Association, the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association, and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax or Pickering, 24c per week, $12.00 per year. By mall, ou carrier delivery areas, anywhere 'n Canada and Englapd $7.00 per year, $350 for 6 month: $2.00 for 3 months. U.S. $9.00 per yesr. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Dept, Ottawa, Can. Net Paid Circulation Average Per Issue # ' 2 2 (1) APRIL, 1948 TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1948 Drowning Toll Starts The toll which Ontario lakes and rivers take every summer through drowning started during the past week-end when three persons lost their lives when a small boat from which they were fishing overturned in a squall off Oro Beach in Lake Simcoe, Before the summer is over many others will lose their lives. It seems to us that many of these accidents are pre- ventable. Too many persons go out in boats who have had no experience with their operation and do not know what to do in an emergency. It is good practice to remain on shore unless you know how to handle a boat. It is not up to boat liveries to see to it that those to whom boats are rented are capable persons, therefore it is the obligation of the renters to exercise caution at all times. There are too many persons who are foolhardy and refuse to take warning when dark clouds begin rolling up. If they are any distance from shore they may well have their boat swamped as the wind springs up rapidly and some of our lakes become very rough during a blow. Another precaution which all who use the water should take is to be suré that they can take care of themselves in the water. This calls for more than the ability to swim. They must be able to remain calm in an emergency and be able to swim long distances if necessary. Toronto Still Trails In Toronto a special civic committee has presented its report dealing with the hours service stations may sell gas- oline. This is a question which has been causing no little con- cern to dealers in the Queen City and indeed there have been a number of prosecutions. The committee recommended that the daily hours of sale be 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Saturday with the Sunday hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It was also recommended that the Sunday opening of stations be limited to one Sunday per calendar month for each station. An advisory committee will work out £ schedule for Sunday sale. Admittedly Toronto has a much greater number of gas- oline outlets than Oshawa. At the same time we would like to point out that local service station operators worked out their own schedule of Sunday operation and that there has been no deviation from the wartime regulations as regards hours of operation during the week. It is logical to presume from the recommendation as re- gards hours of operation in Toronto and the practice follow- ed here that the restrictions imposed during the war have taught the operators that there is much to be gained through co-operation and that the long hours of pre-war days en- tailed costs which were not merited. The motoring public became educated to the idea of buying its gasoline between certain hours with the result that there is no apparent need to return to the old routine. Election History With the election pot really beginning to bbil in Ontario Riding it is interesting to look back over past provincial elections and compare the results. In a review of results for the past 25 years the Ottawa Journal points out that substantial majorities have been the rule in this province, although there have been some excep- tions. : In 1923, it is recalled, the United Farmer government was swept out of power and the late Howard Ferguson head- ed a triumphant group of 77 Conservatives, the Liberal group standing at 17. Three years later saw 74 Conservatives and 17 Liberals returned, and another three years, bringing things up to 1929, saw 91 Conservatives and 14 Liberals. Then the tide turned for a period. By 1934 Mitchell Hepburn had emerged as Liberal leader and the Conserva- tives were ousted, the election leaving 66 Liberals and 17 Conservatives in a legislature which had been reduced in membership from 112 to its present 90. One C.C.F. member was elected in 1934 for the first appearance of that party in the house. The Liberals won again in 1937 with 63 seats to 23 for che Conservatives, and the one-man C.C.F. representation disappeared. Six years elapsed hefore the next election, and by 1943 Mr. Hepburn had returned to his farm and George Drew had brought new vigor to what was by that time the Progressive Conservative party. The election that year put Mr, Drew in office wth 38 seats, the C.C.F. with 34 forming the official opposition and the Liberals in third place wth 15. "That election," the Journal notes, "was one of Old Msn Ontario's rare moments of indecisiveness." He had shed his indecision by the 1945 election, how- ever, . Mr. Drew's Progressive Conservatives won hand- somely with 66 seats, the Liberals were returned to the sta- tus of the official opposition but with their group reduced to 11, and the C.C.F. membership fell from 3% to eight--the ending as the parties face the June 7 vote. By AAROLD DINGMAN Ottawa Correspondent Ottawa, May 18.--Mr. Coldwell, Mr. Ross Thatcher and other men of the Left gave a small private party the other night. Guess who was the guest of honor? Uh-huh, J. S. McLean, head of Canada Packers and arch.foe of socialism. "Mellow," was the CCF's description of the enemy. LR DOCTORS BLACKLISTED-- "I would like to bring to your atten- tion an important experience of my own with regard to treatment and the very necessary use of a narcot- ic drug," writes a patient from a veterans' hospital. "At a period during the depres- sion years, while I suffered greatly with a serious nerve condition and hemorrhages of the stomach caus. ed directly through my war service, I was receiving special treatment from the late Dr. At this time Dr. showed me a let- ter which he had received from the ohief investigator of the board of health, with instructions ordering Dr. ------ that, if he did not at once stop providing narcotics for the use of patients such as myself, he would immediately be black-list- ed "Whereupon Dr. advised me that I should continue my treatment under another doctor, a friend of his, whom he telephoned to in my presence and advised to assist me in every way possible. "I ca'.ed on this doctor, and he advised me that time that he had under treatment five patients who | and | were in great need of treatment | including the use of narcotic drugs, | were suffering from cancer, He also showed me correspondence received from Ottawa stating that, | if he did not discontinue the use of narcotic drugs to three of his can- cer patients, he would be black.list- ed. As a result, this doctor was also | unable to give me the aid of nar- | cotic treatment, which I 'was in great need of." + * SIGN OF THE TIMES--There's a circus in the capital (no pun on | Parliament) this week end and as is customary, the publicity agent sending little. handouts to the newspapers. One of them read: "There is not a Communist in the whole troop, it was revealed in | a poll of all performers. If a Com- munist were found in the circus he would not last long." The decay in our thinking is everywhere. LE MESSAGE FROM PALESTINE-- | Our Middle East adviser says that the Arab nations have not been strong since the days of the Cru- sades and that the Jews will be able to battle the whole. Arab world, if necescary. The Arabs are strong diplomatically. They have oil. But they are weak when it comes to mechanized warfare. After the Bri- tish have fully withdrawn, what will there be to stop Jewish immigrants or the influx of Jewish arms? Our informant thinks the Jewish state will be full.fledged in two months and will be knocking at the door of the United Nations for re- cognition and admission. And it will be difficult for UN to refuse recognition. i 4 SECRET DIPLOMACY -- Can- ada favors a return to at least a partial secret diplomacy, accord- ing to our diplomatic adviser. This information follows the recent U.S.- Russia fiasco and the publication of notes exchanged between the two governments. Canadian diplomats frowned on the whole affair. Secret diplomacy, according to our man, affords a chance of a "more honest exchange of views," than the exchange of views that may be made at an open conference with newspapermen waiting around to flash their interpretations to the world. Baboons Thrash Their "Sentry" Chipinga, South Africa--(CP)-- Pat Odendaal of Whittington, near Chipinga, discovered a troop of ba- boons on his property. He shot one and wounded two others while the rest raced away. Baboons always place a sentry on guard to give warning when danger is near, When the baboons reach- ed a place of safety, they tackled the sentry, biting and beating him, presumably for failing to report the presence of-a human enemy. is | "Plenty Of Fielding" ® 20 Years Ago R. B. Lloyd, 316 Albert Street, | and W. N. Miller of Peterborough | landed the first local owned air- plane in a field south of Cedar Dale School. The plane was pur- chased from the Brooklyn, N.Y. air | club and was flown to Oshawa | from New York. City Council took steps to ex- propriate land for the extension of John Street across the creek flats. The Men's Bible Class of King Street United Church presented an automobile to Rev. C. W. DeMille. Work was started on the erection of the Oshawa Wholesale building on McMillan Drive. The project was to cost $30,000. A total of 104 permits represent. ing an estimated expenditure of $379,880 were issued by the City | Engineer's department for building | in the city. e A Bit of Verse CHARACTER | --_-- | When we dream of wealth in millions, And we think of leisured ease { Where there's not a wish we could not gratify, i | Let us concentrate on living | With the blessings that we have, | For we may possess some things no one can buy. | In the assets of a nation | We'll ind character comes first, And without it wealthy men are really | poor; | But it's riches must be fought for | In a battle all through life, Where it takes the strongest courage to | endure, | It's our greatest line in man-power | When our nation is assailed By the "isms" of the discontented few; | But the commonsense of thinkers | Who the issue clearly see, Show that character and reason will come through. ; | In the chain of moral virtues | It's the strongest link of all, And 'twill hold when everything may well seem lost; | While In times of strain and trouble | It has marvellous effects, For good character has ever borne the cost, --William McClure. | 37 Fitch St., Welland. 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Shouldn't be too hard to find. whe world is full of emergency mayors: NOT IN HITLER'S DAY (Detroit' Free Press) In the American-British zone, 110,000 German workers are strik- ing. We hope they remember that this would have been an impossi- bility for them in the good old days of Adolf Hitler's management. IMITATING ONTARIO (Brantford Expositor) The Federal Government's sound imitation of the Ontario Govern- ment's immigrate-by-air scheme will begin operations next Wednes- day. The speed with which the plan is to be put into operation is commendable, too. SHARP CONTRAST (Hamilton Spectator) It is dangerous to take a general comprehension of "democracy" for Tonight. is the night. Inspection | takes place in the Rotary Park to- | night at 7.30. After inspection we | are holding our big dance. This | dance is open to cadets and their | friends and the admission. is only | 25¢c per couple; just enough to] cover expenses. A buffet lunch will | be served and there are lots of | swell prizes for you and the girl | friend. Some of the cadets have | been busy decorating the auditor- | ium and they will be more than | put out if there is not a good crowd | to view their handy-work. Why not: | get a group of three or four couples | and come down and enjoy your- | selves? | With regard to inspection all | COME TO THE FETTER FAMILY HOTELS On S. Kentucky Ave., near Beach _ ATLANTIC CITY | | AMERICAN AND f P EUROPEAN PLANS Delicious Meals Sun Deck & Solarium overlooking Ocean. PLANTATION ROOM Cocktail Lounge & Grill oderate Rates New Modern Tile Baths with Showers "Couch-and-Four" cadets are asked to be at head- || quarters by 7.15. Black shoes are | the odrer, and have them well shined, and your brass polished up. | Do not forget that any cadet who | does not attend parade tonight will not be allowed to go to camp this year, { That's all for tonight folks; the cadets will be rushing for inspec- tion and probably won't even read this. Clarence has been ill. but he will be back again next week. Atlantic City's Popular Family Hotel PLEASANT ROOMS POPULAR -RATES Monticello and Boscobel guests may secure meals at the Jefferson, if desired. JOHN H FETTER, Gen. Mgr granted. Sheer repetition of the word kills its force and meaning. By contrast the endless war of propaganda waged by white sepul~ chres of the Communist-supporting press and traitor agents of Rus- sian imperialism is extraordinarily skillful and effective. NOT NEEDED | ' (St. Thomas Times-Journal) |} Glass workers have given Prime Minister Stalin a brand new crys= tal ball. 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