Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 22, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights. Winnipeg free press printed and published Winni pcs free press company. Limited 300 of Triton Winnipeg Manitoba. J. W. Dafoe Victor Sifton. President general manager. Registered at the general Post office. London ens., for transmission through Post in the United. Kingdom at the newspaper rate of postage. Winnipeg monday january 22, 1940 i an investment in Victory tens of thousands of canadians on the Home front went Gallant tie top with the first War loan and greatly deeded their objective. Tori my Ige in the first loan in the last War the Public were asked to subscribe for Bonds paying 5 per cent but they were sold below Parand the interest yield was really 5.33 per cent. Those Bonds i Ere also exempt from any income tax. The government asked j for s50.000.000, and it received this time the Bonds Are to pay Only 3% per cent and were j Eold at Par. They Are not tax exempt. The government asked for and it was offered Only the j will be accepted. Canadians were investing enthusiastically in Victory for he allies. They were putting their Money in a cause in which they Are profoundly interested and the Success of which has their fervent Hopes. The Bonds were purchased by people of All classes and in All p i parts of the country in Urban centres and Rural districts. The of adj subscribers made a great aggregate contribution and did i Multi to ensure the Success of the loan. Their subscriptions up to Ling 6ermanv has offered to tet for Csc Al Manitoban in Ottawa by Grant Dexter rec press correspondent Jan. A 1940. Ress gallery Ottawa. Dear sir you seem to be greatly the free Illing the world about How the great Mackenzie King government s pets from Ajtan Toba. So Why Don t you come out Wii the truth ii noot being slated Lor the it s common gossip and i get around and know what i m talking about. And to prove it. My daughter s girl has typed letters about it. But you Fellows Don t split on the gov rement. Of no May be As Good As the members of the present card. I Don t know. But he is a Dumbell and All Manitoban make cd. Including you. Signed one of the boys who could Tell a. Lot if he was asked. But honestly this Manitoba favouritism makes me sick. What s so wonderful about Manitoba people see a lot of you but that does t make any difference by cause Manitoba people Are Chi Selers anyhow. Lincoln under somewhat similar a. Mice Tutte Voo could pick up if Vou fee looking for focal it tit it half a this is a Swap a Coke hut Obaed Thoo Samp s3 000 were accepted in full while the Large subscriptions of institutions and companies were accepted Only up to 40 per cent. Hon. J. Ralston minister of in expressing his satisfaction was quite warranted in saying that it gives us As a United nation increased Confidence in ourselves and even greater determination and resolve for whatever lies Canada has let the world know that its people Are staunchly on i supporting the Allied cause. The significance of the Large Over All subscription of the loan will be recognized everywhere and will no i face heartening to Britain and France. It was with the imminence of a great intensification of the that the prompt and emphatic response was Given to the for War funds. Canadians Are ready for whatever wrong Anci their record of fals leaching remains As a warning it self against demagogues and crackpots. On april 5, 1934, major Douglas Day i appeared As a witness before the end Jug agricultural committee of the of 4 Alberta legislature to outline his 1 that i. Ref top can lip theory of social credit. He spoke All morning and answered ques ions in the afternoon. He re turned on april 10 to answer More questions and to enlighten his leaders still further. He was Lis ened to with rapt attention. He Vas the leading actor for the moment in events which were Chang in3 the course of Alberta s destiny As Star witness major Douglas Given full Freedom to state his be. He said a great Many things made Many solemn pronounce ments. He parried Many questions with great skill. He said that the Power he could provide Alberta in three months with a but in states there was a decrease in the number of the unemployed according to a bulletin from the International labor office at Geneva. Large numbers of unemployed workers in Canada and the United states were absorbed in industries producing War supplies. But National officials in these countries have warned against Over optimism As to the future and have pointed out the Large pockets of unemployment Likely to be unaffected for some time by War developments. In great Britain nearly More people were unemployed in mid october than in mid August but by mid november there was a slight drop of in France unemployment increased by about the percentage of Trade unionists unemployed in Denmark Rose from 9.5 per cent to 16 pet cent by the end of october and to and perhaps though polynesian environment influence the disposition of the White new Sealander for what is most worthy in the Progress of the Dominion is that the native was not submerged. Yellow maned finnish horses 21.5 per cent by the end of november in Norway a rather substantial Rise from 18 per cent in August to 30 per cent in november. In Germany the num Ber of wholly unemployed persons has remained Low but there appears to have been an increase in Short time. But paralleling a fairly general increase in total unemployment shortages of Many kinds of skilled labor have been greatly accentuated. We Are told that. Bel Gium lacks Coal miners the better Street lighting just when the aldermen Are exerting themselves to tighten the mayor s the City s will not be looking for suggestions of civic improvements requiring the spending of More Money. Nevertheless they would do Well to look into the statement of the Board of Trade that there is inadequate lighting of the streets in a number of areas in the residential business and wholesale districts of the City and that this condition leads to traffic accidents and makes More difficult the prevention of crime. Winnipeg streets May be As Well lighted As those of most other cities but if in the opinion of the police department and the traffic commission there is serious need of better lighting of some sections the aldermen should try to Correct the situation even while they Are maintaining some of the civic services at starvation Levels. Charge out into the Wood Road the runners begin their squeaky singsong. A finnish Advance guard gallops past his White Robes blow ing far All the world like a mis placed Kun flux Klansman night Riding in Alaska. The snowbound forests Are As still As death. But the heavens Are alive with Light and Beauty. The Northern lights throw billowing ribbons across the sky. They Are opalescent ribbons. They curl and then Roll. They serpentine hither and Yon Between the stars broadening out into wide sweeping curves and As suddenly contracting into narrow ribbons once More. Jupiter might Well be flowing Luminous smoke wreaths from one end of the heavens to the other gently and with a calculated rhythm to suit his Imperial whimsy. Two finnish past us. One of them says to the other they Are so hellishly Beautiful you almost have to look at for us it is impossible to do anything else. Now we Are too near the finnish Advance posts to proceed further by Sleigh. It is Good to tramp through the Snow until we come to soldiers tents hidden so partly beneath the Pines and spruces that they cannot be detected 50 Yards away. These tents Are something to Marvel at. Each is built around the trunk of a fir tree. Stakes away. Yes the reds Send out night patrols when the weather is so moderate As it is now Only a few degrees below Zero. Yes the russians Are very Clumsy on skis but there Are very Many of them. If you go Forward on the main Road you Are easy Marks for snipers. Do we expect a. Strong russian attack of no we know How to take care of that. They Are big Strong men these finnish soldiers. They speak very Little but their eyes see every thing. Very recently they have fought a patrol at 49 degrees be Low Zero but they Are warm Here and Well fed. They look like Lumberjacks who know every aspect of their Job. They Are at Home at Home. Outside the Arctic wind sighs through the Spruce branches. Out Side somewhere in the Forest n the latest Chambers s Jour Nal to reach Canada you will find some practical advice about preserving the books on your shelves especially those leather bound. Leather suffers from sunlight More when left alone than when handled. Leather bindings decay in dry heated atmosphere As we know Well Here in Winnipeg. And we know the remedy namely Send them to the Binder and have the leather re placed by cloth. Three dangers Are noted Gas fumes tobacco smoke and but no remedy is suggested for that horrible pest Murator Lucri Causa or the non returning from the Golden books Winter d. G. Hos Scutti How Large that Thrush looks on the Bare Thorn tree swarm of such three months ago Little had hidden in the leaves and let none know save by the outburst of their minstrelsy. A White Flake Here and Snow Lily of last night s naked Flower Beds hold and for a Rose Flower on the dark ening Mould the hungry redbreast gleams. No Bloom no Bee the current shudders to its ice bound Edge l nipped i their Bath the Stark Reeds one by one Flash each its clinging Diamond in the Sun Neath winds which for this win Ter s Sovereign pledge shall curb great King masts to the Ocean s Edge and leave memorial Forest Kings o Erth rown. One outstanding article in this Issue is a message for the new year by the Moderator of the established Church of Scotland who according to who s is a professor and Clergyman of Many distinctions. His message is not without censure but it is mindful of past services and ends with Wise advice for a hopeful future. Ecclesiastical history is or. Main s subject in the univer sity of Glasgow after years of complacency the Church is mov ing up to the front the signs Are that the Church is trying to find its foundations and the re Vival is owing to the alarming of touching Dis criticism by essayists philosophers politicians and so on there Are people who will listen and believe what they have to say. Sleeping clergymen is one of their terms. But Church and people Are once More coming together., a Good Omen for it is never wholesome when they Are t a scots at any rate Are willing the Church in this time of unceasing anxiety. It May be that they have lost Faith in political parties and International fairs in Europe Par gement and and their immoderate Ness be not wandered and their wives to be subject to the same the Hurch was severely against relics f paganism that proved a lure o Many in Scotland also against be philosophy of Hume and the Kames both heretics. David Hume the famous philosopher the Church Felt the leed of rebutting heretical pinions that the religious Faith f the people should not be then there1 was the theatre and Home s tragedy and certain ministers going to witness its first perform nce. The Point is that the Church Elt responsibility to guide Public opinion and behaviour. In scottish history Church and people were o closely related that no occasion of War or peace of Royal accession or decease Ever occurred without a message from the on anything that affected the people. But the Best of or. Main s new year message is its concluding passage. The message today must 3e in language understood by the people there must be a note of command in the voice but never a note of arrogance nor Lack of sympathy nor one that is inquisitorial. Almighty god must be n the foreground. The glory of god must be Man s chief end. That is ancient scottish doctrine assailed today by leaders who and race and Power jut their assault upon the Primacy of god will crumble with shame. 3ut the message must Appeal for Unity. Why cannot the Church real its divisions and give an example of Christian Charity can we not draw nearer to each other in the name of Christ the head and founder of the Church that bears his name As we begin a new year let us Greet it with Faith and Hope and Charity so that when Victory comes it shall come nobly and diplomacy or they Are in there May be numbers of older people in Germany who Are alarmed at the situation Hitler has landed them in but Many millions of the Young men have enthusiastically approved the rape of Austria and Czecho Slovakia and Poland and the bestial ties of the concentration sir Philip Chetwode. From holy writ _ and he began to say unto them this Day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. And All Bare him witness and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his Mouth. And they said is not this Joseph s son 22. Three feet High have been driven in a Circle around the base of a Pine. From each stake a rib slants upward where it is nailed to the tree about ten feet from the ground. The sides of the Walls have been covered with Beaver i How they can sell Board. The Snow Laden branches or. Boothby m.p., England in these Days our manufacturers and traders require to be told not Only what they May sell but also willing to Trust their Fate to any new Type of government. Again a National crisis brings religious re action. One important thing today is that people now will listen t a message delivered without Fea of Man or politics delivered with Confidence humility Devotion to god and to the common Well being but More important is the quest Ion has the Church got tha message for the leaving out faults and Excel Lence in the past Here Are a few Points in the scottish Church s his tory. In 1751, she sent of the help of a Church in Breslau and it is1 to be noted the letter of appear had been written in latin. She was continually helping religious educational Ari other efforts in foreign lands o Europe and America. She assist the German protestant churches i Pennsylvania and the College o new at the same time she was eve Alert for a whatever needed her in fluence at Home. Iri 1575, the Gen eral Assembly was for prescribing a Standard dress for her minister by forbidding All kinds of extravagant and foppish ,adorn.men1 Norman Lambert keeps watch and Ward Over the destiny of liberalism in its sense. _ and if he so much As is right beside sure of things. Neither or. Lambert nor or Herbert of course Are servants. But they stand High on the role of National service. The Bank of Canada is regarded As a Well founded institution in terms of personnel. Naturally the place teems with Manitoban Jimmy Coyne d. B. Mansur Bob Tarr and goodness knows How Many More. And now when the allowances to soldiers dependents have the National defence department tied in knots the government Manitoba of course. The cry is for Arthur Macnamara is where this Anonymous 1 correspondent has things wrong. Manitoban do not want to come to Ottawa. Never. When a problem gets the government Flat on its Back when the Cabinet reaches the uttermost extremity when As John Donne put it the government is Wintred Frozen birthdays w. Davidson Thomson. Winnipeg born Perth. Scot., Jan. 22, 1888. R. A. Scott Winnipeg born gait. Ont Jan. 22. 1869. B. J. Mclean Winnipeg be Hammond. Bus sell county ont. Jan. 22, 1875. Kobert Habkirk Neepawa Man. Born Seaforth ont., Jan. 22. 1864. David Gerrand Winnipeg born go Clocher Lodge Castle Doug Las scot., Jan. 22, 1855. Canada becomes Host the Toronto Telegram Canada will be Host to numbers of pilots from other parts of the British Commonwealth of nations when the air training scheme gets under Way there will be every desire to make these visitors feel that they Are not strangers m strange land while they Are Here. Plans Are already being made by the Canadian legion War service Council Ana the English speaking Union to arrange for their entertainment in Canadian Homes. The move is an excellent one both from the standpoint of the pilots in training and those who do their Best to make them feel at Home. Both will gain a closer and clearer understanding of the the word of. God by them meaning clouded and cd lapsed damped arid benumbed smothered and Stupe turns to Manitoba. Lib eral governments conservative governments . Governments if Ever there Are any the party was made by All Are alike in this regard. And it in t Only the govern ment that Loots Manitoba. There is for example or. John Wherrey of the tuberculosis association. He is fast becoming the heart Centre of the Manitoba Community at Ottawa a kind of institution. Sooner or later one or other province will be claiming him. So let it be said right now that or. Wherrett came right Oil the farm at Shoal Lake Manitoba. It would never do of course for this Anonymous person to think that the foregoing Calendar Matt bans exhausts the list. You could fill a column with names. The really baffling thing about it in t Why Manitoban arc summoned to Ottawa. Rather what is it that makes Manitoban Dif Ferent from other people Marks them apart goodness knows. Perhaps those sunsets that Chester Bloom writes about have some thing to do with it. Perhaps it is the Manitoba Moon which when it is a Young Moon Chester Bloom again rides in the sky like a de Licious slice of Melon on a table cloth studded with diamonds. But whatever the explanation a word of advice to this Anonymous letter writer instead of writing no account letters like the one reproduced Here he should be grateful that Manitoba is where it is and that Manitoban Are As they arc. Where would this country be them7 ;