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It may be too confusing to discuss the exact height for a perfect soldier. It might accordingly: be well to get back to the matter of uniforms. In: the case in questionâ€"and certainly it is Open tog question-the situation seemed to be that on the; one hand there was a perfect soldier and on the! other hand there was a regulation uniformâ€"a. number of uniforms apparently having been made! in the meantime. The sad fact seems to be that; There has been a prevalent idea that Canada lacked uniforms. The local regiment (like others throughout the country) was robbed of its uni- forms on the plea that there were not enough uniforms for the men recruiting for overseas. There is reason to suspect that one or two of the uniforms gathered up through the rummage sale proceedings of some weeks ago might be half an inch shy. Probably, no one will ever know what became of these uniforms once filled by real men who were a credit to Canada’s fighting forces even if they lacked half an inch from the regulation height for enemy machine gun sights. What was the real reason given for his dis- charge? He was half an inch below the new re- gulation height. He was every inch a soldier, but he lacked half an inch. To add to the confusion it has been explained that the halfâ€" -inch is a vital matter, as the unfortunate man would be half-an- inch too small for the new regulation uniforms. One of the most confusing cases â€"- in these confused times of this confused worldâ€"came to notice this week. Not far from Timmins a man who has been doing guard duty “somewhere in the North Land” was notified that his services could not be used any further. He was a veteran of the last war; he was in perfect physical con- dition; he didn’t even have flat feet or halitosis; he had given perfect service on guard duty. There was no sort of complaint against him in any shape or form. Quite the contrary! Still he had to go! Surely this is very confusing, even for these con- fused days. Communism is never apparent at meetings or in the conduct of the union. It is certain that none of the officers of this union display any offensive- ly radical tendencies. Instead they have all shown the true type of trade union attitude. They have been ready to co-operate in every way with the employers, and while naturally anxious to better the living standards of the workers they have shown a reasonable regard for the rights of all others and a realization of the difficulties that others may face. The attitude of the employees in regard to what they believe to be unfair com- petition is but an example of their general de- sire for fair play and fair treatment for them- selves. It is interesting to note that conditions in the trade have been improved since the union was established here, and this has been accom- plished without placing an undue burden on the employers or the public. To call this class of union “Red” or “Communistic” is to give a com- pliment to the Moscovites that is not deserved in any sense. In addition to that it is so unfair as to be in itself a form of disloyalty to British tradi- tions. There are unions that may deserve the imputation of being “Red,” but the union of bak- ery employees is not one of them. This union is entirely free from politics and from alien isms. Its purpose is to better the condition of bakery‘ employees. In ,doing this good work it also will aid employers and advance the real interests of the general public. Employers of the local union of employees of bakeries have proven their own loyalty by their actions and attitude. There may be the odd Communist in their membership, but if so his Because the employees of local bakeries have lined up behind their employers to oppose what they consider unfair opposition, they are being traduced in some quarters. One of the favourite untruths whispered against the employees and their union is that they are Reds, Communists, and so unworthy of consideration. The truth is that the local bakery employees union is the ex- act opposite of a communistic or radical organ- ization. Instead, it is a genuine trade union. holding very closely to the real purposes of trade unionism. In saying this it is well to note that there are other unions in the town and district that are equally loyal to Canada, the Empire, their employers and themselves. To suggest that no trade union is free from Communistic domination is to deny the facts. It is true that Communists have attempted their “boring from within” in practically every trade union on the continent, but their success has been small in the unions where the principles of true unionism had a gen- uine grip. The local bakery employees’ union is affiliated with the American Federation of Labour, which in itself is a guarantee that it is a trade union and not a political organization un- der control of Moscow. TIMMJNS. ONTARIO lumber; Gunning Weekly Newspaper Association; Onuflo- Qlebec Newspaper Mum; Chan “A” Weekly 0MP TWO ”JONESâ€"28 and 2020 Published Every Mondny and Thursday by: 60. LAKE, Owner end Publisher Submription Rates: Omanâ€"$3.00 Per Year. United States-43.50 Per Year Timmins, Ont, Thurs., February 8th, 1940 PAGE POUR 61112 flurmp'inr Abnaurr HERE'S A MIX-UP! UNFAIR TACTICS Rumania is reported now as having reached an understanding with her Balkan neighbours. the result being a form of alliance between the Balkan States with the purpose of assuring these coun- tries from either German or Russian aggression. Italy, Turkey, Greece and other nations are said to be tacitly behind the plan, while Britain and France still stand ready to help preserve the Bal- kan States against the gangsters. In any event may make over the air. Broadcasting that fact should make Hitler and Joe Stalin feel like a couple of amateurs in dictatorship. It is idle to reply thatrthe government-owned radio will also censor addresses over the air by the members of the government. No one would be surprised if the radio censors wrote the radio addresses for the government speakers. What this country needs is public ownership of radio and less gov- ernment control. ‘ Canada has government; control of radioâ€"with a vengeance. The government-owned radio is going to censor any addresses the opposition party Despatches say that among the articles captur ed by the Finnish soldiers after one of the regu lar routs of the Soviet armies was a sewing ma chine. So what? Russia is liable to wake up some fine day to find it hasn’t any army at all. Stalin is reported to have shot the generals and other officers and now the Finnish forces are not doing a thing to the private soldiers. Some German journals are referring to the British as just “White Jews”. These German journals may imagine this is a sort of supreme insult, but neither the British, the Jews nor the other White peoples will take it as anything but a compliment. According to The Windsor Star statisticians have figured out that there are 2,124 different ways in which children may annoy their parents. Apparently the statisticians got their statistics mixed and handed out the number of sheep that jump over a fence before father gets to sleep when the baby is crying. The fact that there seems to be a general tendâ€" ency for one party to cast the blame on the other party for the present Dominion election campaign appears to be proof that there is widespread be- lief that Canada should not be indulging in elec- tion activity at this time, but that every effort should be centred on the real business, the vital business of the dayâ€"the winning of the war. The sincerity of the people who condemn the present election will be tested in many instances. For instance, in this riding there is opportunity to Iexpress the apparent popular resentment at the election contest by refusing to hold an election here. This may be done by giving an acclama- etion to the sitting member. This would not be Eany endorsation of the King government or its war policy, or lack of policy, but simply a personal tribute to the representative Who has given such able and effective service to the riding in the years since 1926, Mr. Jos. A. Bradette, M.P., has served the riding fairly, honestly, sincerely and faith- fully, for over thirteen years, and with success for the people, both when his own party has been in office and when he was in the opposition ranks. It is a fact admitted by all but a few that there is no man in sight likely to defeat him. An elec- tion here will mean no more than a battle with the result practically assured before the struggle begins. The election of Mr. Bradette will not mean any form of approval of the Government or condemnation of the opposition. It is simply a foregone conclusion. On the other hand, it will be a definite way of expressing disapproval of the untimely election. In one way it will be a tacit endorsation of Hon. Mr. Manion’s policy of electâ€" ing the best men available for the work at hand. It should appeal to the patriotic who at this truly critical time desire to subordinate partyism, 1‘01 it is a fact proven by the past that Mr. Bradette will give his most loyal service and support to the in- terests of the North, the interests of Canada, the interests of the British Empire. Of course, it could easily be argued that dis- cussion of present methods regarding men and uniforms would confuse and deceive the enemy. It is a well-known fact that many a man five foot eight inches in height has legs two inches longer than some lad half-an-inch shorter. It might thus be his short legs that might deprive the man half-an-inch short of his chance to serve his country. In plain words this means that long legs at a premium, and if this got well noised abroad the Square-Heads might easily be deceived into thinking that recruiting in Canada was for the Russian Army. It seems to be a question that might well be dis- cussed in the present election. Or is this one of the things that the censors will not permit to be discussed? It might be a comfort to the enemy to know that Canada had dropped the old-fashioned idea of making uniforms to fit its soldiers and taken 'up the Fascist idea of getting a bunch of uniforms and then seeking men to fit the gar- merits. the uniform didn’t fit the man, or the man didn’t fit the uniform. So they threw away the man! GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER SHOULD BE ACCLAMATION THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE. TIMMINS. ONTARIO Some cynics may say that the present election may stir Canadians to a real realization of the liberties they have to lose. A generous Canadian has supplied the Cana- dian soldiers overseas with a large number of radios. As a result of this, the Canadians on ser- vice overseas will have opportunity to learn the opinions of the radio censors on political affairs. We take issue with the Better Busi- ness Bureau. Instead of investigating any of these we advise all our readers, if any, to give them a wide berth. Keep as far away from all these schemes as possible. Perfectly Natural Judge William Stewart, of a British conscientious objectors tribunal, says “Only sons seem to be much more pani- fic than those with brothers. Forty :per cent of our cases involve ‘oniy sons‘.” Rumania is understood to have made it plain that while maintaining neutrality to the limit, there is no intention to submit to German dictation or even to attempt to meet Germany's demands to in- crease the extent of the barter trade that Ru- mania is finding unprofitable. financial newspapers. . ll. Advertisements where money must be paid to obtain a position. 12. Unordered merchandise. 13. Stocks listed on irresponsible ex- changes. Under the heading “Investigate Care- fully” the Better Business Bureau lists the following: 1. Suit club schemes. 2. Free lot schemes. . Fur peddlers. . Home schemes. . Partner wan‘ted schemes. . Fake auction sales. . Bait advertising. . Phone calls from strangers offer- ing “hot. tips” on the stock market. 9. Wildcat stock ventures based on promises of extraordinary dividends. 10. Tipster sheets which look like $46501th “Did we méke jaloppies like that back in 1940?” The chances are that every time they catch a sight of this “stream-linked symbol of 30 years of industrial en- gineering achievement" ten or fifteen years from now they will blush deeply and wonder: It is so proud of its 25,000,000th car that it, has sealed it in a glass case for posterity. . And, anyway, we think we are a better historian than Mr. Brocking’ton. So we would like to amend our re- quest for a jc‘b in this war. We would like Mr. Brocking‘ton’s jdb. Hockey Players An English sporting writer in his New Year‘s wishes writes: “To ice hockey players. Sincerely hope you will soon :be fighting once again on the ice rinks instead of the western front.” ‘ He was referring, of course, to hoc- key players in England. Car For Posterity The Genexal Motors Corpmation is taking quite a chance. Leonard Brockington is receiving $9,000 a year AND a living allowance of $12 a day, as recorder of Canada‘s war eflont. So we want to make history. We want Leonard‘s job. We want to show our reckless courage in the face of any foeâ€"at Ottawa. We want; to taste the self-sacrifice and hardship of warâ€"at Ottawaâ€"at $9,000 a year and $12 a day living allowv- an‘ce. Wants to Make History Some quuacious patriot in the last war said: “My boy! You are making history!" We know that we picked our job for this war beforeâ€"but. we wan-t to change our mind. Writing recently in his column in The Toronto Telegram, Thomas Richard Henry says: We would like to make history in this war, too. Wants to Make History at Ottawa Like Brockington Cars for Posterity, Tips, Only Sons, Insulted, Zero Hour, and So On. Because his religion forbids him to cut his hair, Prithipal Singh wears a turban instead of the usual R. A. F. cap. The turban is of air froce blue and bears the R.A.F. badge. Sikh With Wings Ti [)3 'Ed. 'Noteâ€"éNo! We haven‘t, the tele- phone number. Inside the folder there was no name but “Daddy‘s" picture ‘was pasted to the card with his chest thrown {well forward and his thumbs tucked in the arm holes of his vest. He looks as if he has just, managed to restnain an impulse to jump up on his desk, flatp his arms and crow. They Oomperated Swansea village accepted delivery The paper may get away with that as a minor lapse, 'but for the sake of its circulation in Paris it should be careful to say that Syl A'pps comes from Brant- 'ford. It's a Girl One proud father seems to have hit on an original idea. Minor Slips A newspaper explains that when it said the first telephone conversation in Canada was between Guelph and Paris, the mistake was so obvious that any Canadian (would 'know that Brant- ford was meant and not Guelph. He sent out a conventional little card ‘the other day with “It's a girl” on the front of it. Why then do you puzzle and tease me like this? 0- 0-0- h, W'HY axe your fingelnails They haven’t; been boiled like a sea- lobster’s shell, So why are your (fingernails 1ed? As blazingly red as the flames . . .oh, well! Oh, Why are your {fingernails red? You’re such a sweet, Wholesome and wise li'ttle Miss, (I’m sure you must be very pleasant to You‘re one of the nicest girls that. I know, But why are your fingernails red? Men pay you attention wherever you 80. But why are your fingernails red? I like the bright red of the colors that glow In roses and sunsets and pOppies that blow; For that is their natural color, I knowâ€"- But why are your FINGERNAILS red? “It may not be good, but at least it‘ s not, about the wa..r ” Last night we looked over our empty petunia pots. then went upstairs and hunted up an old seed catalogue. Not About War Anyway “I never read your column before last year. After all, what girl of 19 looks at the financial page? I have an idea you are the old-fashioned country type. and .I'll ‘bet you hate painted fingernails (I like them myself, they fascinate me) so I thought the encosled poem might amuse you. “It was written to me by a masculine friend rwho hatesâ€"well, read it your- self. It was scrawled on the back of a picture. The picture was ‘The Age of Innocence.’ It's ($00139. allin We do not see why the judge should be surprised. It is labelled, “For your bowlmg next. summer." Pro Hour The zero hour is fast approaching. Dull monotony soon will be succeeded by Sharp. decisive action. We recognize the symptoms â€" the stirring unrestâ€"the first subtle signs of action to come. In a very short time this listless drift- ing will 'be abruptly ended. and the die will be cast. Then the minutes will be filled with hOpe and fearâ€"and keen expectancy will be in the air. [malted We have boen grossly insulted. We have been sent a tape measure by some miscream. Manager Timmins Branch the early training. or H C. SCARTH, It’s a queer world! Here’s what may be heard between the soaps and the soups and the coffee and the condensed milk on the radio any time now:-â€"-“Ladies and (deleted by censor): I thank the government-owned radio for the opportunity to address all the people who are not listening to Fibber McGee on the issues of the day. So that you may vote intelligently, let me give you some startling facts. (Deleted by censor). The Gov- ernment has been (blacked out by censor). It is beyond question that (censored). When you go to the ballot box on Tuesday, March 26th, it is your bounden duty to vote for a government that you are sure will be (censored). (Deleted by cen- sor) and gentlemen, I thank you! God Save the} King ” We have before us a picture of a No Incentive kitchen in the Ma‘ginot Line. 111100.0000040000000000000 VH:§O800.08.:03030:08030303O‘O:O:O:O:O:O:O:O:O:O:O:bo Either that or they recover it after it has been used in mouse-traps (or should it «be mice-traps?) Exchangeâ€"A peculiar thing about blind pigs is that many a blind pig has been given away by its breath. Some of the cheese Ioblks as dry as if they let the girls but it during the dull summer months. Mouse-Trap Cheesee We 'wish the restaurants would cut the cheese at, the time you give an order for apple pie and cheese. A lady ‘sendsjn a literal translation which is as complicated as the original Dutch. ' Under these circumstances it, might survive instead of being changed into a sewing room and later into “The nursery." It would knock your eye out With its electric cookers and what. not. How can you expect the boys to pitch in and get the war decided if you set them up like that in the line? Simple English You 'can’t get away with anything these days. We quoted a few long «Dutch words the other day, in contrast to our “simple English.” ‘ 00000000000000.0000. coo09009009009.090.399.09603.3030000303030303...“ Motorists living in neighboring mun- icipalities feel that Swansea should permit the new fire truck to go beyond the boundaries of Swansea in case of fire in bordering municipalities. Shepherd Dog Recently a local public speaker told a story about a "shepherd" dog. We suppose a "shepherd" dOg looks after the shepherds while the “sheep" dog's look after the sheep. Honorable Intentions A Georgetown. British Gulna. man is charged with- “aibducting a girl with intent to marry her.” 'I‘nen he should tame a few mice and rats to keep in it. yesterday of a fine new atmmllned fire truck. Each time, in his early married life? that he adds a room to his house. plan- ning to make it into a den. it becomes a nursery or bedroom. Finally he raises the size of his house from four to eight or nine rooms and then the adding of rooms is automatically can- celled by his income. And he still has no den. Later on he may make still another feeble effort, but his den promptly be- comes a sunroom. The young married man starting out in life should furnish his den with a sawdust floor and several spittoons. If he tries to build one 'below the street level, it is requisitioned as a recreation room. There seems to have been doubt about his “honorable intentions" in the way the old Southerner would demand “Your intentions, Suh?"â€"-bu‘t the girl does come into a fortune when she reaches the age of 21. Maybe his intentibnf were honorable but also slightly financial. A Den One of the impossibilities of the pres- ent day is for a man to keep a den for himself. Head Office: Toronto BRANCHES THROUGHOUT CANADA imperial Bank of Canada welcomes applications for loans for business purposes. If you have a sound proposal, we will be glad to con- sider it and advance necessary assistance upon satisfactory terms. Our nearest local manager will be pleased to meet you and discuss details. IMPERIAL BANK“ OF CANADA . T. WALKER Clocloooccnao.00000000000000.000000004coo x‘Ozixbx‘Oozbo’:0.00:0:000I0.0000900:9:OOO0:000~.O:OOOOQOOOOO: 0:00.080:O:0:O:080300600609.0900; Funeral Director TELEPHONE 609 81 THIRD AVENUE OPEN DAY AND NIGHT .0..0.. 0.0.0.0...0.... 00000000000000000000.0NQO0000000.000000000000000000000000000000000... O . . 0 0 . a. .. . . 0 :0:.‘.8.:O:Ox 0.0.0.009... O TIMMINS Globe and Maltâ€"No Star knew anything of le consequence than what, said of Mr. King in 1935 1131: it. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 81'“. 1940 “IL was that cold up there," he said. “that. one day I 'saw some sea birds sus- pended in mid-air. frozen stiff, and 1m- able to fly or {all down.” Said one Doubting Thomas, “But what about the law of gravity?" “That was 11'0an stiff, too‘," said the Teck Township Employee Arrested on Four (‘harges for stories; at listeners of an north. “It, was that “that. one day I pended in mid- able to fly or 1’ sailor Kirkland Lake. Feb. 7.-â€"\F8<'Jng {our separate Infractions of the Canadian Crimlnal Code, Florian Poisson. 34. Junlor clerk at the Townsz of Tack Works Department, is out on $2.000 ball today waiting trlal before Magistrate Atkinson in police court, on Thursday morning. 'Ibwnshlp of Took Police arrested Poisson on Saturday afternoon on charges of committing forgery and falsifying accounts. Under Section 470. Subsection N of the Code he is facing two charges of committing' forgery. While under Section 415. Subsection A of the same Act, Poisson is charged with falsifying accounts. Brandon Sumâ€"Probably the Rus- sians have paused to read a little far- ther in Karl Marx on rwha‘t‘ to do next in spreading the doctrine of the brotherhood of man. Poisson, who is married, lives at 63 Band Avenue. He has been employed by the Township since June of last year. Gldbe and MMI:-Finns flocking home from all parts of Canada reveal the utmost in patriotismâ€"willingness to risk their lives for the old’ homeland. and this voluntarily. 14 Pine St. N. “As a teacher . . OPTICAL COMPANY “I would strongly advise parents to have their children’s eyes exam- ined. There is nothing that will retard a child’s progress so much as eye trouble. In the first place they must see clearly in order to learn. Secondly. the strain on their nervous system from trying to see in spite of defective vision may undermine their health. Poor sight during school years may handicap a child for life.” . 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