PAGE TWO WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1941 Abbotsford, Sumas and Matsqui News Established 1922 Published at A ford, British C LANG. SANDS, Editor and Publisher Every W Subscription Rates: In Canada, $1.20 per year in advance; United States, $2.00 per year in advance. Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ Association and B.C. Division, Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ Association. Abbotsford, B.C., Wednesday, April 30, 1941 Encouragement ‘‘Three-Fold’’ Winston Churchill’s radio address to the world on Sun- day made it clear that the biggest job the British Empire has in fighting off the Germans this year is to delay the advance of a well-equipped, trained and thoroughly organized enemy un- ‘til such time as we have accumulated sufficient equipment, trained forces and developed strategy to a point where offen- Sive is possible. Just how big a job we have in both fending off the en- emy and developing our forees of material and men is emphas- ized in the course of a letter received in Abbotsford last week by J. M. Rowley from a brother in England. This brother is on Fire Duty during the night and he deseribes seeing German bombs, ‘‘incendiary and otherwise, that have been dropped here, dated 1936 and 1937 and 1938.’ This bomb-fighter makes our point very clear when he states: ““It just shows how long they (the Germans) have been preparing—and we have all that leeway to make!”’ : But we have encouragement, in our efforts to provide Churchill with ‘‘the tools’? for which he has asked, from the promise he gave the bombed people of Manchester last week that the Germans will be paid back ‘*three-fold.”’ * * * The blackout against truth in Germany may be main- tained with threats and a heavy hand—for a time. There will come a day, though, when, as once before, the German high command will wish its people were for it, not against it— Kamloops Sentinel. * * * Soldiers and Strikers In many an American home just now, says the Christian Science Monitor of Boston, Mass., there is a question which will not down: ‘‘Why should these strikers be allowed to hold up defense work when our Johnny has been drafted? Most of them get as much in a week as he gets in a month. They will be safe at home if he has to go to war. Right now slacking does more damage on the production line than on the parade ground. Why shouldn’t the Government at least make them stay on the job?” _ This question is also being asked with increasing frequen- ey and irritation in many Canadian homes, particularly we be- lieve in farm homes. It is observed that Canadian labor seems to have fallen under the spell of foreign leadership and there is an uneasy feeling that this leadership is not what it should be, particularly in time of war. No great hardship is caused to anyone but labor itself when strikes are called in time of peace but in time of war there is a strong feeling that such labor tactics could bring about defeat and at the least more pro- longed suffering in Europe and may cause the death of more of those Canadians who have shown the ultimate in patriotism by volunteering for the armed forces. In short, labor is being looked at askance in Canada. Therefore it is interesting to ob- serve that the longer suffering American citizen is also awaken- ing and to read what such an outstanding international journal as the Monitor has to say on the subject. After quoting the question being asked in American homes just now, The Monitor declares: ‘Many answers have been given. It is pointed out that til the Government met their terms, are ‘striking’ now against a division of profits, and that unless the Government drafts capi- tal it should not draft labor. Management declares that indus- trial production should be induced, not coerced; that Goyern- ment operation of defense plants would be inefficient and a first step toward socialism. Army men point out the rookie gets all his living expenses, good food and good training, often ben- efiting by a year in camp. “These points help us to a better understanding of the situation. But they do not really answer the question. They do not remove the simple sense of something wrong when strikers are compared with soldie’ The basic inequality remains. The striker—whether work- er or employer—appears to have more pay, and freedom now, less risk ultimately than the soldier. “Tt may be impracticable to draft plants and workers. But certainly there should be more vigorous measures to shew civilians—whose work may be more immediately vital to de- fense than the soldier’s—that unless there is more willingness to make equal sacrifices compulsion wil be demanded for for justice and safety. Indeed a law requiring produces to keep going while settlingtheir disputes would have public support today.’ Is Chauffeur to Husband Hon, C. G. Power's c advanced motor mechani auffeur has been advised to, enter a class in , after proving an exceptional student in a short course of 20 lessons, given at a local garage. The air minister's “chauffeur” is his wife. s. “Chubby” Power drives her hard-working husband to and from his office and takes him for the’ short spins in the country which are his way of relaxing after the day's work and before going back to his desk in the evening. With speed Canada goes full-out on the war. “When did they send you the evacuee?” —London Daily Herald Do You Remember? Fifteen Years Ago Ju the PA.S.A. Area From the A. S. & M. News of April 29, 1926 May Queen-Elect Vera Bedlow has chosen as her maids of honor Margaret Fraser, Margaret Hark- ness, Effie Roberts and Audrey McDonald with Master Murray Ralston as page. x Paul Pache of Gadsby, Alberta, arrived in Abbotsford this week with a carload of farm equipment and six horses. xe Manager Shore of the Abbots- ford Theatre is advertising “East Lynne” to play May 14 and 15. eee Abbotsford baseball team jour- neyed to Langley Prairie and played the Langley team. The fin- al score was 9-2 in favor of the home team. s The B.C. Rapid Transit Com- pany is taking over the freight trucking business between Van- couver and Abbotsford formerly operated by H. A. Thornton. s 2 A bush fire started near the property of W. J. Ware recently destroyed 40 rods of rail fencing and practically killed 48 of his apple trees. ca A box social marked sixth an- niversary of Kilgard Community Church when a large namber of ehurch supporters attended. Ieee New plate glass windows and other improvements are being made to the Arbor Ice Cream Par- lor for J. K. Fraser. Make this a Lritish Columbia " What went ye out to see?” Mountains, Lakes, Ocean Beaches, great Rivers churning and fretting in their rocky beds? ~_ British Columbia has them all, in a rich profusion surpassed nowhere on this Continent. It offers the scenic wonderland of Vancouver Island, the Fraser Canyon, the historic Cariboo, the garden of the Okanagan, the rugged grandeur of the Kootenays, the inspiring majesty of the Big Bend. THIS YEAR SEE BRITISH COLUMBIA “ The Vacationland that has Everything.” THE BRITISH COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT TRAVEL BUREAU, Department of Trade and Industry, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B. €. ANNOUNCES SOLDIERS’ TOBACCO FUND EXPANDED E. G. Rowebottom, deputy min- ister of trade and industry, an- nounces that arrangements have now been made under the British Columbia Overseas Tobacco Fund whereby residents of British Col- umbia can send cigarettes and to- bacco to their relatives and friends from other parts of Canada who may be serving with the British or Canadian forces in United King- CANADA’S WAR EFFORT A weekly review of developments on the Home Front. ® Following conversations at Washington and Hyde Park, N.Y. ‘betweeh Prime Minister Mackenzie King and President Roosevelt, joint statement (Declaration of Hyde Park) issued (April 20) announcing agreement “as a genera! principle that in mobilizing the resources of this continent, each country * should provide the other with the defence article which it is best able to produce and above all produce quickly and that productions programmes should be coordinated to this end.” © Under agreement, Canada gets benefit of Lease-Lend Act on all component parts imported by Canada from United States for armament production for Britain. Canada will sell between $200 million and $300 million worth of war materials to the United States. @ Items supplied by Canada to the United States to in- clude ships, aluminum, guns, small arms ammunition, certain types of military clothing,possibly motor vehicles, @ As sequel to Hyde Park declaration, announced by Navy Secretary Knox in Washington (April 23) that negotiations started with Canadian Government for construction in Canada of a number of small naval craft. e ©. P. Taylor, executive assistant to Minister of Muni- tions, goes to Washington to assist in establishing necessary organization for coordination of programmes, @ Canada-United States permanent joint board of defence announces completion of strategic plans for the military and naval defence of the eastern and western coasts of the United States and Canada. (Plans provide, according to statement by Mayor La Guardia, American chairman of the Board, for de- fence by Canada and the United States of waters within 1,000 miles of their Atlantic and Pacific coasts) ‘ ® Arrangements made with the Chase National Bank of New York and a group of Canadian chartered banks to renew $10,000,000 of an issue of $20,000,000 Dominion of Canada 27- months 14 per cent notes due in New York, May 1, 1941. © Department of Trade and Commerce established export permit branch. Branch will centralize contro] in the issuance of export permits. Order in Council establishing Branch be- comes effective May 8, ©@ Contracts awarded during the week ending April 11 by the Department of Munitions and Supply numbered 1,657 and totalled $3,223,642. The largest was a shipbuilding order of $1,- 312,000 which went to the Victoria Machinery Depot Company Limited, Victoria, B.C. 7 @ Announced that Canadian facilities for repair of ships will be stepped up in view of intensified war at sea. dom. Heretofore the fund has em- braced only British C serving in Britain. “A generous donation to the fund has just been received from the Western Lumber Manufacturing Association of Vancouver,’ Said Mr. Rowebottom. “This will send 41,000 cigarettes to British Colum- bia House in London for distribu- tion among our men serving in Britain.” Mr. Rowebottom expressed ap- preciation of the generous support given to the fund and stressed again the high cost of cigarettes in Britain and the fact that our Canadian much prefer their own Canadian “smokes” to the British RESPONSIBLE COVERAGE at the Insurance jany rowesr RATES. "Tey Us COMPLETE AND ABSOLUTE COVERAGE Houses, F , Farm dings and Burglary, Sickness and Accident... 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