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ra - She Oshown Fines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1964---PAGE 6 Uneasiness Is Caused By Arctic Withdrawal A Canadian Press report from Ottawa says "some authorities here are becoming uneasy about the defence deparment's economy-im- posed retreat from the Arctic and sub-Arctic." There follows a lengthy list of military stations, projects and res- ponsibilities that are being aban- doned or withdrawn -- air strips, radar stations, supply depots, re- connaissance aircraft and so on. The uneasiness of the unnamed Ottawa officials is understandable. There are two areas of*doubt: The effect of the withdrawals on Can- ada's defence; the effect of the withdrawals on Canada's sovere- ignty. One must suppose that Defence Minister Hellyer has already con- sidered the consequences from a defence standpoint. Military strate- gists in the Sixties do not seem to consider the Arctic with nearly the same urgency as they did in the Fifties. The Americans, for example, have clearly lost some of their interests in Arctic bases, as their weapons systems become more and more sophisticated, The question of sovereignty is another matter. Both the Russians and the Americans have done a great deal more work in the Arctic than we have, and unless we show a substantial interest in the region, we seriously weaken our claims to sovereignty over it. The doubts can be a movement to fill the vacuum created by the. military with- drawals, There are some plans for development in the Northwest Territories, and various oil. com- panies have been doing exploration work in the far North. But this seems hardly enough, resolved by Provincialism Shown Yvon Dupuis, appointed minister without portfolio in Prime Minister Pearson's recent cabinet shuffle, has made an inauspicious start as a cabinet minister. He has admitted that he is prepared to say one thing in Quebec and another thing outside that province. Canadians have become accus- tomed to a certain amount of poli- tical doubletalk, of course, and Mr. Dupuis is certainly not the first politician to change his tune to suit local conditions. Indeed, the skill of a politician in the federal field may be gauged by his ability to speak soothingly in various parts of this diverse country without offending regional sentiments. Mr. Dupuis, too, cannot be criticized for lack of frankness, He told his Quebec audience: "Among ourselves, we should face the facts. We have all failed to look after our own interests." But then he went on to say that while he was admitting on a Montreal platform that French - speaking Canadians were largely the authors of their own misfortunes, he wouldn't make the same statement in Toronto -- where he would al- ways say the French-speaking people were right. Frank or not, however, this is not the sort of thing that contributes to better understanding between the English-speaking and French- speaking citizens. It may make Mr, Dupuis a hero in his native pro- vince, but it is not designed to make his English-speaking audiences more receptive; rather, it could well breed hosility, and we already have too much of that. As a private member, Mr. Dupuis could be -- indeed, would have a duty to be -- an advocate for Que- bec interests. But. as a member of the cabinet, he is supposed to be concerned -first with the interests of the nation. We are in difficulties today because too many ministers in the past have been unable to shed themselves of provincialism. Lists National Myths People cling to myths because of a natural reluctance to forsake the comfortable and familiar for the uncertainties of the new. Intellec- tual questioning can be a distur- bing experience. But. a blind clin- ging to illusion can be more harm- ful and dangerous for individuals and nations alike. This was the point made by Arthur Krock, chief of the Washington bureau of the New York Times. He was writing about his own country, but in many ways the remarks could apply to Canada. There are, says Mr. Krock, a number of beliefs on which policies of the American government are - founded that are myths by fair 'definition because they have re- mained in the stage of illusion for lack of proof of their authenticity. Political philosophers, historians, diplomats and economists will dif- fer on what beliefs, really are in the myth category, Mr. Krock goes on, but hte impressed by a list of ten items cited in a recent issue of Christian Economics by Professor The Oshara Times 1. L. WILSON, Publisher C. 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Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- The death of an old veteran of the 1914-1918 war at Whitton Middlesex, in the outskirts of London, has re- called one of the glorious and yet tragic episodes of that war, the bloody battle at Loos in September of 1915. The veteran was Frank Edwards, aged 70, who lived with a married daughter at YOUR HEALTH Whitton. He became famous as the "Footballer of Loos," be- cause he was the soldier who went over the top to attack the German trenches there kicking a football ahead of him. This went on record as one of the most thrilling episodes of one of the grim battles of the first world war. At that time, in 1915, he was Rifleman Frank Edwards. He was passionately fond of foot- ball, and even on active service he always had a football stow- Sex Determination Remains Mystery By JOSEPH G. MOLNER. MD Dear Dr. Molner: What are the chances of a mother of three girls having a son? What is medical science doing now to help parents plan the sex of their children?--MRS., IMJ The current ratio for . all births is 1,049 boys to 1,000 girls. In your case looking forward to a fourth baby, the statistical probability of having a boy is aout 51 per cent. At any time and for any mother, the probability of hay- ing a boy (or a girl) still stays close to 50-50. Science is trying to find some additional facts on which to provéed, We know that sex is determined by an XX gene com- bining with either an XX or an XY. But we do not know how nature selects genes, There is no way for us to con- trol the sex of babies. But na- ture seems to do a fair job of it If you happen to have a fourth girl, you can be rather sure that some other mother is having a fourth boy. See? Na- ture at work! Dear Dr, Molner: My four- year-old boy has attacks of pin- worm about once a year. Does the entire family need to take medication with him? -- MRS, PWwP Frequently the family must be treated, because adults can harbor pinworm. However, if the boy is picking up pinworms from playmates, and the adults in the family do not have them, then the playmates need the simultaneous treatment. I've known of an entire neighbor- hood of school children being treated simultaneously in order to put an end to the trouble Dear Dr. Molner: In the sand- paper treatment for acne scars, TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Feb: %, 1046. < \ chartered British air- liner carrying the Man- chester United soccer team and sports writers home from 'Yugoslavia, crashed Six years ago today--in 1958--during takeoff in a snowstorm at Munich, kill- ing 22 of the 44 aboard, including eight players. An- other eight players died later 1945--The House of Lords passed a- bill nationalizing the Bank of England 1958---Poisoned bread that was traced to a bakery in eairo killed 27 Egyptians. how long would it take and how long for the. face to get back its normal color? And how much would it cost?--GA The term "sandpaper ment" actually applies to a variety of methods. A rotary steel brush, for example, may be used. However, the purpose is the same: To remove the outer layers of skin, even off the bumpy areas and allow a new and smoother skin to grow. This means removing skin to a depth at which a little blecd- ing occurs. (Naturally. an anes- thetic is used.) The planing (or "sandpapering') must be done under antiseptic conditions, and the surface then must be pro- tected with a sterile covering until new skin has formed The time required for the pro- cedure, the speed of healing and the cost all vary greatly, de- pending on how much area needs treatment and the degree of scarring. Dear Dr. Molner: Is there any stool softener I can take. other than mineral oil?--MRS. SS There are a dozen or so prep- arations containing dioctyl so- dium seulfosuccinate, which is very effective and non-irritat- ing. : treat- ed away in his kit, ready to be used in a game whe his unit was out, of the trenches in rest billets. He was serving with the London Irish Rifles in France when the Battle of Loos was ordered in 1915, and his unit was designate? as one of those to go over in the first wave of the attack. DEMORALIZED ENEMY Before going up into the jumping-off trenches for the attack, Rifleman Edwards in- flated his football and carried it along with him in the dark- ness, for the grimmest game of football in which it had ever been used As he jumped out of the trench, he threw the footbali ahead of him, and proceeded to dribble it towards the Ger- man lines, just as if he were on a football field. His comrades of the London Irish entered into the spirit of the thing, and all of those who could reach it gave it a kick forward for luck. Many fell even as they kicked the ball. As he neared the German lines, Edwards was wounded in the thigh. The sight of the footballing London Irish advancing towards them in the carefree spirit of a game demoralized the Ger- mans, Their resistance was overcome, and the unit went on beyond the trenches which were its target, and captured the Village of Loos. NOW IN MUSEUM When Rifleman Edwards was carried back to the field dress- ing station and then on to hos- pital, he carried with him the football which had been the spearhead of the attack. Today, that football is preserved in the museum of the London Irish Rifles territorial army unit at the Duke of York's Barracks headquarters in Chelsea. Soon after the battle of Loos, Rifleman Edwards was. dis- charged from the army because of his wound and gas poisoning. For many years he. worked in the accounts department of a Twickenham bakery firm, He was left a widower when his wife died five years ago, and went to live with his daughter at Whitton, Middlesex. He is survived by two daughters and a son. Although he has gone, the legend he created of the "Foot- baller of Loos' lives 'on in the history of his regiment, and in the minds of the now sadly diminished roll of the com- rades who were with him on that fateful day in 1915. BY-GONE DAYS 30 YEARS AGO Feb. 6, 1934 Fire Chief W. R_ Elliott, in his annual report, stressed the need of new equipment, The Board of Education bud get for 1943 provided $182,324 for expenditures, which was an increase of $8,942 over the pre- vious year, or about half a mill on the tax rate. R. S. McLaughlin was elected as a vice-president of the Do- minion Bank at the board's an- nual meeting. Thomas Cook, pastmaster of Columbus for the last 18 years, and life-long resident of the dis- trict, died at the age of 71 A play 'How. the Story Grew"' was presented by members of Knox Presbyterian Church La' dies Aid Society under the di- rection of Mrs. C, L, Cousins, James Hurst, conductor of the Oshawa Male Voice Choir, an nounced that the choir would compete in the Bisteddfod in Hamilton The district was in' the: grip of a cold wave with the tem perature at 26 degrees below zero. Eight families went off the city's relief lists to bring the number down to 1,044 and 59 single men. During the previous February there had been 1,187 families and 200 single men. The population figures for each 10-year period for Oshawa were given as follows: Year 1871, 3,185; 1881, 3,992; 1801, 4,066; 1901, 4,304; 1911, 7,436; 1921, 11,940; 1931, 23,439, Miss Mary Andrews, Elgin street east, and a member of the Teen-Age Missionary Auxil- iary of St. George's Anglican Church, won the unique distine- tion of being the first girl in Canada to be awarded the awarded the badge and chevron of the Women's Auxiliary of the church for missionary nursing. Burglars broke into OCVI and Centre Street. Public School on the same. night At OCVI, money, jewellery and other ar- ticles were taken: from the "'lost and found' department Oharles M. Mundy was elect- ed uice-president of the Provin- cial Council of the Boy Scouts' Association at the annual meet ing held in Toronto, - OTTAWA REPORT Paris Trip Renews MP-Press Vendetta By PATRICK NICHULSUN 'AWA--The vendetta be- tween Parliament and the press has broken out again-now on the familiar battleground of Paris. A year ago, a score of sena- ada and to the spoken attack of many more which prompted an allusion to the "revengeful de- light of parliamentarians." Impartial eye-witness reports t to me--I was not there tors and MPs repr ted Can- ada at the annual meeting 'of NATO parliamentarians in Paris. There being two spare seats on the government air- craft transporting them, two newspaper men were properly taken along to report to Cana- dian readers on their MPs' work in Paris. ' One of these, representing a Quebec paper, painted a lurid picture of some Canadian MPs 'dedicating their nights to living it up in the fleshpots of Paris and their working hours to sleeping it off. While some MPs got shellacked, Place Pigalle, that naughty, naughty street of wine, women and song, enjoyed more free publicity in a few days than any other tourist Eden has obtained in our press in a year. REVENGEFUL DELIGHT Now the tables have been turned, Two' cabinet ministers went to Paris on an official visit last month, and they were accompanied by 27 journalists and broadcasters. Critics howled about "newsmen junketing at the taxpayers' expense." But in fact, after Messrs. Mike Pear- son and Paul Martin and their wives and staff had been ac- commodated on the 44 - seat RCAF aircraft, there were still 27 empty seats. It cost not one cent to fill those seats with newspaper men and this per- mitted Canadian readers to learn about the work of their politicians in Paris. But this time it was the journalists who got shellacked. "The porcine boorishness"' of the newspaper men has been subjected to written attack by three critics--two of whom nev- er left their armchairs in Can- PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM People are careful shoppers for necessities, but when it comes to luxuries, they shoot the works. QUEEN'S PARK -~that there were three acts in drama, First in Paris the press attended a white-tie reception given by President de Gaulle in honor of the Canadian leaders, and a black-tie reception at the Canadian embassy, "They looked smart and behaved mag- nificently; they were a credit to Canada," said Mary Macdonald, Prime Minister Pearson's exe- cutive assistant, There was no suggestion that they . ducked their chores to frolic in Pig Alley. Then there was a night at a Oanadian air base, where the brass of the RCAF wined and dined the brass of the govern- ment, but. barred the door against the reporters, herding them instead into the mess bar which--WCTU please note--re- mained open until 4 a.m. Most newspaper men retired early to not the penaliy-- in that ail = Canadian 'The final act took place in the RCAF plane, After a breakfast understandably threw up. Here again the audience was all-Ca- nadian. CRITICISM UNDESERVED One reportei suggested that the offenders were bad ambas- sadors for Canada, and asserted that the government will never again lay itself open to such a performance. As he is a nephew of the prime minister, his words appeared to carry the stamp of authority. But he contracted himself out of his criticism, unhappily without exculpaing the many decorous veteran journalists in the party. "His oriticism tarred the whole group with a brush they certainly did not deserve,"' an official told me, I have been on similar working trips with some of those who went, such as Vic Mackie of the Winnipeg Free Press and Maurice Jefferies of the Windsor Star: typically re- spected and conscientious jong- time members of the press gallery such as consistently be- have with a decorum not always matched by MPs, READERS' VIEWS STARR ATTACKED Dear Sir: Mike Starr is a man_ who lives in a glass house. Is it true, I ask, that he never throws stones? We will have to look to Starr as a sort of an econo- mist. He, Starr, stated that the economy of Canada under the Pearson Government would not last sixty days. What does the "crystal ball' advise us as of today on the economy of the country? Pearson did not send fifty men overseas to blast his way into the World Market to sell a couple of bushels of wheat to Russia and other coun- tries, as did Diefenbaker and Ri B. Bennett in the '30's. I have yet to read of Pearson in- viting himself to meetings be- tween two heads of states. Diefenbaker has referred to Sir John A. MacDonald as the Father of our country and the Conservative Party. Why then has the Conservative Party been so unpatriotic as not to have remodelled his birthplace Complex Formula For School Grants BY DON O"HEARN TORONTO--It will be a while before the new system of edu- cation grants is clear to most people. The grant system always has been complex. Now we have the start of the "foundation" plan, And it seems this adds complexity to the complexity. The basic change is enough known, The double purpose of the new plan is to boost poorer school boards and to give more equality in grants to separate school boards. However, the formula on which this is to be worked out takes in mill rates, assessment and other factors and comp)i- cated calculations. It has been estimated that about $40,000,000 of new money will go to the schools this year. And it has been forecast that suburban and rural schools will be the big gainers. But until some of the boards and the department of educa- tion here have worked out some actual grants the details won't be at ail clear. SYL APPS Among the wealth of new members in this House one very much in the spotlight is Syl Apps. - : The new PC member for Kingston was so long in the news as a hockey great that he naturally is being closely watched. : The consensus seems to be that he has a big future in this field. Mr. Apps was one of the early speakers in the throne debate. well- ADV KENNETH S. STEPHENSON John D. Lamont LeFort as Vice-President, Secretary-Treasurer Brokers Oshawa Imports Custom own offices at Toronte-Harbour, Chairman Of The of Directors of¢ Import Customs Brokers Ltd., officially announces the appointments of Ken- neth S. Stephenson as President, Patrick A John D. Lamont as Ltd Toronto-Downtown, Toronto-Quesnsway And for a first effort his speech was good. His material was not earth- shattering. But he made a strong appeal for a new bridge to Wolfe's Island, which would please the local people. And his delivery was far above average. Even before he left the hockey wars, of course,, Mr. Apps did a lot of public speak- ing and he has continued to be one of the star acts on the grape-fruit circuit, It is generally expected that the government will push him ahead quickly. One suggestion is that.he will be made chairman of the select committee to be set up to study the problems of youth. And that when it has completed its work probably a new youth depart- ment will be established and he will be the minister, Mr. Apps seems to have both public appeal and ability. That's a power-house combi- nation in politics. as a landmark for future gen- erations and visitors to view? No; let Lester Pearson do it! Are you as clever and as good as.you think you are? Jealousy and criticism will get you no place. Next time,.if ever you get at the helm of your cartoon ship and head out to sea on an unchartered course, be sure the rudder is attached, so you will know where you are going. Fifty years or so ago people thought they could not be re- placed. That is long passed; everybody is now expendable, as in your case. But in your case the cut in salary is one item hard to take. During the | June election, I listened to Diefenbaker at Hamilton, on TV -- how the economy was rolling into orbit, and you, Starr, had unemployment lick- ed, and poor old Khrushchev was given the once over. So do not think your party can claim credit for sales of wheat and tobacco to Russia. What the Canadian people, as a whole, want is the greatest good for the greatest number, something your form of government fail- ed to do. How nonsensical can Conservative members get about the citizens of the United States attending his meeting, when they control 95 per cent of the automobile industry, 75 per cent of 'the rubber-industry, 66 per cent of the petroleum indus- try, 60 per cent of electrical, 51 per cent of chemical, and 45 per cent of the pulp and paper industry. You, Starr, also stated that the United States of America was now unfriendly with Can- ada. If so, why did President Johnson come for dinner at Can- ada House? A report in the Toronto Telegram states -- "Canada snubbed by New State." Not one of the three Ministers Diefenbaker sent were invited to the state dinner at Montego Bay, Jamaica. Could this be why they were not wel- come? Christ was a laboring man most of His life. He laid down principles that were fair to labor, It was He who first laid down this principle that those engaged in their work late in the day should have a full day's wage. No system based on hate ever gave labor its rights; it - never will, Good luck, Starr, with your propaganda crusade! a R. Whitby Company use there are definite advantages when you lease a new... No insurance costs . . two Na aad PHONE 723-4634 There Are Special Benefits For All BUSINESS EXECUTIVES AND SALESMEN For personal use or for @ ACADIAN @ PONTIAC @ BUICK . No maintenance costs . . . 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