Daily Times-Gazette (Oshawa Edition), 1 Nov 1956, p. 27

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LFW | TILLIF THE TUN EE Ae THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTY, Thursday, November 1, 1056 ¥7 "26 THY DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Thursday, November 1, 1056 From Lord Beaverbrook's Pen iy ALAN HARVEY Canadian Press Staff Writer 4 DON son was dismissed, Derby re- George V to Lord Beaverbrook's signed, Haig surprisingly gave appointment as chancellor of the (CP)--Lord Beaver-lhis allegiance to the prime min-/duchy of Lancaster and as min- 77 still a powerhouse of ister. The recital of events gives'ister of information. has published anothe: yout the First World War, |personal ambitions dominated af-/jabaloo!" tics find it fascinating { »s -as short and pithy| fitorials in his own news-|ities. Of the ria clear impression of the way .|fairs at the highest level. Earl of Curzon, the remarkable Canadian|whose hopes of becoming prime of the last two minister were rudely dashed war and the intimate|some five years later, the author the struggle for powe British government | r|says: "Curzon changed sides on al- Prime Minister David most every issue during his long ¢ ultimately triumph-|career. Often undecided whether the generals and thei 1 supporter rito desert a sinking ship for one {that might not float, he would i3-page book, Men and make, up his mind to sit on the §. is a companion to|wharf for a day.' volumes published in/ THE FLOATING KIDNEY with the earlie » war. As the com iews of the lates Beaverbrook i hly at r| Of Winston Churchill, then ex- -lcluded from the government and t'detested by many Conservatives s|--The Morning Post called him work on "that floating kidney in the body ri-historieal studies, politic"--Beaverbrook warmly al- ey Baldwin and the/ludes to a man of great stature, we Second World War. 'always THERE?" literary graces bu few. telling details, able « Ww relish on from'is hard to beat iemories culled at the centre of the own n. He writes: be asked there!" free from rancor and never treacherous . then as t now, he was reliable and depend- source material There are his first-hand recollections; the of Lloyd George Beaverbrook's "1,000 boxes" Were you papers; the records of his close friend. Bonar Law, and of two ral thread of the nar- former Canadian prime ministers, oyvd George's figh t|Sir Robert Borden and R. B. Ben-| h eminent soldiers as nett. I Sir Douglas Haig n-chief of the expedi France anc ,| Topics of special interest to - Canada include the bitter feeling 1 between the Duke of Connaught, al Sir Wil- then governor-general of Canada, of the Im taff, for strategic dian ar rison had power George V and Ottawa -land Sir Sam Hughes, the Cana- minister of militia and defence, who wanted accounts of - Canadian war casualties to go to direct from the battle- of Derby. In the! front rather than through London; George won. Robert [5] Vational Museum Records | Catalogued branch should help interest Cana- foundland--have added some 1,500 A (CP) --- ed' in the National are some 12,000 adhan folk songs in almost mute record \ a treasury of cul- it gets little use osers, educa- I irectors - f Canadian e Ir ational Folk | hopes to do some- these records "sil- rved in the museum," larius Barbeau. COMPOSERS >, we hope to en- ian composers to untry"s cultural re- E the noted Cana- sist and folklore -ex- reads the national 1e JFMC y musicians use in- of Canadian folk compositions, 2! anadian com- of mean- Ug composers have zed nor drawn upon ral e, Dr. Barb- s interview . Bart 73, has officially d fro mhis post at the Na- eum, where for more than 40 years he collected and in- terpreted his country's folk music and mythology. But his days are still spent in it of Canada's fleeing folk He said the folk music tional Mu -'and the strong opposition of King 000 Canadian Folk Songs dians in their own cultural her- itage through music, education and recreation, folk festivals and radio broadcasts He hopes to have a membership of about 70 "scholars" interested in folk music as a nucleus of the national organization. The Cana- dian branch is under the patron age of the museum's anthropolog- ical division and will use the serv- ices of the division's ethological and fo'klore section. Individual memberships are $5. A UNESCO BODY Founded as a UNESCO organ- ization in 1947, the international council already has branches and correspordents in many countries including England, the United States, Norway and Denmark. Internationally, the council Beaverbrook spares no sensibil-| "What a hubbub! What a hul- nevertheless stuck to his guns. An appendix includes a mem- orandum from John Bassett Sr., the Canadian newspaper pub- lisher who was attached to the staff of Sir Sam Hughes and saw something of the friction between the minister and the Duke of Con- naught. i It was a time of "deep stirrings of Canadian nationhood," the memorandum says, and occa- sionally Hughes rebuked mem- | bers of the vice-regal staff, saying Ito the duke's military secretary that he should remember he was| in Canaca and not driving a lot of "buck niggers up the Nile," GOOD REVIEWS f Newspaper appraisals of the book should be extremely accept-| able to Lord Beaverbrook, now in Canada. Both The Times and the| Manchester Guardian pay it the| compliment of lengthy two- column reviews and A. J. P. Taylor, writing in The Observer, says no one could exaggerate] the author's gifts in chronicling events, Taylor, an Oxford don and historian, has sometimes| been critical in the past. ! Beaverbrook's newspaper asso-| ciates in London regard the book's reception as unusually fa-| vorable, saying it is rare for a historical work to find such ready acceptance from all shades of opinion Three proof copies of Men and; Power have been placed in the old manse library in Newcastle, | N.B., donated by the British pub-| lisher to the town in which he| grew up. | | | English language songs to the col- lection, RACE AGAINST TIME But collecting folk music is vir tually racing against time. Our folk music is rapidly dying "In fact, folk music is almost dead," says Dr. Barbeau, because the folk singers themselves are dying out. | For folk songs are written only in memory and are transmitted orally from generation to genera- tion. A folk singer is' historian, | entertainer and improviser as he| tells of adventures and voyages, gay parties or sad deaths. But the tradition is dwarfed by the urbanization of village life and the overpowering effect of ready-made music upon the music produced by primitive or pioneer aims to. further the preservation, peoples. dissemination and practice of au- thentic folk music Canada's folk music collection Canada's was started in 1910, with 100 Nootka Indian songs recorded on Vancouver Island The collection of Indian and Es- kimo music now has grown to 3,- 000 recordings. Dr. Barbeau, a native of Ste. berman, has Asen Balicki, an anthropologist at the museum and secretary of Folk Music Council, says the author, who} New Book On First Great War : [ i [ad ATOM CHIEF Alexander K. Longair, 46, of Ottawa has been named direc- tor - for atomic research with the Defence Resear Board He has been a physicist in the atomic¢ field for the last 14 years. LEVEL CUT The Suez C 1 locks since it cut t 1 t i, Oo » 3 editerra g i i i desert between the Mediterranean posts as their parties climbed to power. and the Red Sea, of equal level ' states in the i ith i i { - states in the impoverished years Hungary, with its population of ¥orkers' strikes and demonstra- ysyypp FoR WEEKS requires no Polish, Hungarian Communist Story One Of Persistent Treachery, Violence | By ERNEST MARSH | minister in the post-war Hungar- way to Communist demands for = Red A i i i ; : Tri rmy for . i ; LONDON (Reuters) -- Hungary|ian coalition government; Gomul-| control of important government Marshal be ny Od iy oS Admin Ey and Poland, now in ferment after ka was the Polish Communist Posts. To bring pressure on the -- now Polish defence minister, strictly aligned to Star wishe; moves aimed at turning from party secretary.. premier, the Communists organ- but recently dropped from the 'At that time Gomulka was pal Moscow-dominated to national| Here, in outline, was how the|1?¢d Within the government a Polish Communist Politburo -- secretary. : communism, became Communist Communists rose to power in left-wing bloc from which came surged across Poland in 1944, | It was not until 1947 that {post-war Polish government rl : By the fall of 1946, Premier But Sey halted across the Vis- the sg ith, the Red Army, which HUNGARY Ferenc Nagy was virtually power- es I a aay or and unfettered" balloting, th: pnt the Germans from EAslert wesem style free lectins fn] es) muon es Ded all th ECE rot many a A a, 0 Somme, lt 5 ow : S November, -- 8 months * : the anti- fs f "qd, 4 the war, occupying Hungary and after SAR roors aed cleared , 12 the mational elections of Monthy ag Commiist leaders, dominated '"'democratic =bloe; munists there worked relentlessly | Ne, country of all German forces | ugust, 1947, the Communists pecting the Russians fo arrive Bor Se 3 Seats in tne | oe pi brought a clear victory for fhe SmeTRed a6 the stivngest sin le momentarily. But the Ger- ant pg Rovio RP wer. [Conservative Smallhol : e lop i ; And, as in all East European which gained 246 eats anit | POWEE culminated in the 1949 mer- Ty ay Tot |Sisappeated 2nd Mikslajeayk fie states, the pattern that brought only 70 for the Communists. |B of all the main political par-|pojes, the Russians stayed acro: the country. Suceess oras TougHly oe same,| But the Smallholders had ing Jato the Hungarian People's the river, = ! oe " ng 4 ore de. wh agreed with the Communists that porno Front, | When the Russian-backed Lub-| CHIC D fo DEATH Wh fraljon of trade unions, after the election all the main /lin Committee entered Warsaw | ph i ia ih A Soren Rey orpanizal ong, any vital gov-|parties should be represented in| After the Nazi attack on later, it proclaimed itself the pro- i Ysie an Jestified Ma a 8 erring pos i e formation of the government. This was the Poland, two Polish governments- vicional government of Poland Hues at pine year.old Stewa: A ) ad Following U5. wad Beis ISS Gea vy osgar movie: The bo opposition groups and elections A struggle developed for the Once, backed by the United ence, it agreed to admit mem- tor! led" trom his a with a single list of candidates |ROSt of minister of the interior, States and Britain, worked from bers of the London-based govern- Sunday duri limactic ED Sails i '| Eventually the Smallholders con. London; the other, recognized by ment-in-exile, headed by peasant| men' in the i Mi Th . pin : Bh ~|ceded it to the Communists -- and |Russia in 1944, operated * from party leader Stanislaw Mikolaj- {jp Dr. Albert H. Baug} _ The two principal personalities|into the post went Imre Nagy. A Moscow as the Polish Committee Czyk. testified afte for ir Behe in the present upheavals -- Imre Communist also got the defence of National Liberation, |TOOK KEY POSITIONS ltopsy that 'the boy's heart. wa Gonulka. in Poland -- held. vidal GAVE IN TO REDS inter the Rusimbacked gov. But the Paish Workers Com smaller than uouaiy and "the bo S | 0 Lublin, Poland, munist party mad rtain i | 1 : The weak and inexperienced and became known as the Lublin it was the oor Ai) a a Et coonapac, alter = interior Smallholders repeatedly g a v e'Committee. 'tor in the government, holding ing a movie." immediately after the Second i i ns. World War 2 dn.sca. and in Poland, with) Nagy became said one of the most prolific mem- § ories on record belongs to Leon Collin of La Tourell» in Quebec's Gaspe area Mr. Collin, a 67 - year - old French-speaking fisherman - lum- §§ recorded 320 folk Marie de Beauce, Que., began a songs for the museum's collect- French-Canadian folk song collec- ors. tion in 1915 which now totals 7.-| 000 melodies and 13,000 texts. More recent searches for Brit- He has also retold 70 folk tales. And Mr. Balikei that Mr. Collin contends the 70 ish-Canadian folk music -- partic-|are only half of the folk tales he | ularly in Nova Scotia and New- knows. -| SOLINA Hold Hallowe'en Party School querade ren and A - Bradley's scene of a when ¢ ned in the fun. rman was at the Following is schoo girl, school chil- yn Knox; ) couple, Hancock, ie Home an n was presente folloy Geo /. Ashton Cryder- Parr; Hancock; C assis- Bowman and tgomery,. eting will be on k W. Ashton and group in charge m of the evening ano solos by Laura wman; songs by the n; and a Hallowe'en Hancock. Mr S ed a musical re in charge nd Mrs. R. ved during Montgomery is con- following an Hospital, orably n Memorial hies were baptized by i Reed at a recent vice, They were Ken- son of Mr. and Mrs Susan Faye, daugh- nd Mrs. Murray Vice; son of Mr, and rman, and Brian Mrs. Rae a was presented by the Nursery Roll , Mrs. Bruce Tink rance program ar- Howard Millson School included a Mrs. Don Taylor and by Gail Baker. Sunday, at the church Lloyd Graham, a on furlough from | be the guest speaker 3 y Hooey, Mrs d B. G. Stevens were r the Hallowe'en party at hool. Prizes were award- the pre-school children be 9 years, and Vance: girls 9 years Lorna Williams; chil- rs and under, Kenny Spires; best-dre le, Marie Flet ane ir ink aduli I ¢ Tir Mrs, Revan Wastlaka. The oro. gram, prepared by the J. Craw- fords and E. Vances consisted of Spanish tap dance numbers by Lorna Williams: vocal solos by Irene Dyl with self accompani- ment on the piano; piano accor dion duos by Slim Lash and Pete Siblock, all of Oshawa. Lunch was served by the committee in charge. Next meeting will be on Nov. 23 with the W. Parrinders and Frank Westlakes, Jr. as con- veners. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hunter of Streetsville, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey McIntosh of Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Norton of Locust Hill, and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Preston and sons of Bowmanville visited Roy Langmaid"s home. Mrs. Addie Tink' visited at Percy Dewell's in Hampton. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cook and children of Bowmanville, visited the home of Frank Westlake Jr Mrs. Tom Westlake and chil- dren of Millbrook visited the home of Frank Westlake Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Westlake Jr. and children visited at Nelson Fice's in Taunton Mr. and Mrs. Roy. McLaughlin, Donna and Dennis, of Nestleton, visited Lloyd Broome's Mr. and Mrs. John Law of To- ronto and Mrs. W. J. Spires of Millbrook visived E. Spires N J. W. Dyer, Mr. and Mrs. A. Beevor and David, Mr and Mrs, E. H. Peever of Oshawa, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Glaspell and sons !of Zion visited Rae Pascoe. | Mr, and Mrs. Don Taylor visit- ed E. R. Taylor. | Mrs. S. Rundle of Bowmanville, ! Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Wray and daughters of Oshawa and Mr. and Mrs. E. Cryderman visited Ross Cryderman Mr. and Mrs, George Knox and children and Russell Sloan visited George Hamlin of Oshawa. , Miss Jean Cryderman of Osh- awa visited her home here. Home And School Group | ii v & : INITIATED Wearing plaid Bermuda shorts and jacket, and carrying a uni- versity pennant and a large jug containing $10 in pennies, John Soderburg is deplaning at De- troit after a flight from St Paul, Minn. The flight was an initiation stunt pulled off by members of the Alpha Sigma Ci fraternity of Hamline uni- versity. The hapless Soderburg was blindfolded, hauled into an auto and put aboard a plane for Detroit. His fare was paid one way. He has to find his own way back. The pennies are to | be delivered to a representative ! of the United Foundation in De- troit, Ottawa Closes War Region To Canadians OTTAWA (CP)--No Canadians | other than those on official gov- ernment business will be permit- ted to go to Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Syria | An official of the external af-| fairs department Wednesday night | said no formal ban has been! Mr. and Mrs. H. Malcolm and placed on travel to the Middle granddaughter, Elizabeth Mal- colm of Brougham, and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Crawford and sons of Whitby visited John Knox Mr. and Mrs. Mel Smith of St. Thomas, and Mr. and Mrs. Chas Hamer and daughters of Brooklin visited Campbell Hamer Mr. and Mrs. Wes Yellowlees and Murray, and Mr. and Mrs J. Ycllowlees visited Roy and John Grill at Valentia. E. Ormiston of Ebenezer visited Tom Baker Mr. and Mrs. Stan Millson and sons attended the unveiling and dedication ceremony of the On- tario Regiment Memorial plaque! at the Armouries at Oshawa Mr. and Mrs. Norval Wotlen were guests of Dr. and Mrs. L.. B Eastern countries. However, he added, the government is trying to get Canadians out of the danger area and it would not be reason- able at the same time to permit travel to the four countries In Washington, the United States state department banned travel by Americans into Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Syria except where a trip is judged to be "in the best interests of the United States." Williams in Bowmanville where they saw some of his recent pic- tur including scenes of the In- t ational Plowing Match A son, Lawrence Elgin, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Tay- lor on Oct. 24 in Memorial Hos pital. Bowmanville recalled | # i i > p-- A § 500 BONUS PRIZE IF YOU HAVE A LABEL FROM BIRDS EYE FROZEN PEAS FORTUNE HUNT Phone calls are m te every Wednesday Nght 7 ano'9

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