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hels of at the al ler ips ing in The Nanton Ne ; VOLUME XXXVI, NO. 41 NANTON, ALBERTA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1939. Subscription Price: 2.00 per year; Foreign, 2.50 Behind the Headlines At Oitawa Although censorship over news in Canada is a comparatively new innovation brought on by the war, yet it is extremely doubtful if the man in the street in this country is aware of the important role that it has already played in keeping the people of Canada in a proper and intelligent frame of mind. Every historian who has studied closely the events of past wars knows that such policies and. re- strictions may be inconvenient but they ure enacted and enforced in the public interest only for ex- traordinary reasons, with the re- sult that, after every war has been waged it is disclosed that the cen- sors performed a true patriotic service for tha nation. However, it is a remarkable fact that this time it hag not been necessary to wait until the conclusion of the con- flict to discover the benefits of proper censorship, especially in view of certain vital information gained by this columnist through ,a study made behind the scenes of officialdom in Washington and Ot- .tawa in the course of recent days, If a reader imbibes to the ful- lest extent all the contents of the press of the United States, he or she is bound to come to the con- clusion that the United States as a nation is strictly neutral. in every way in accordance with the Astter of the. international law. Some headlines proclaim state of complete isolation. Others an- naunee a slight sympathy: for the Allies :or the democratic front: However, in. every case the in- fluential press of the United States is not inclined to go the whole way or to inform. its readers exactly what the actions of the Govern- ment should be in the present war. Nevertheless, personal contacts by this columnist has disclosed that Washington's: officialdom and the man in the street in that country. is slowly but surely coming around to. the opinion that it is in the national interests of the American people to -aid in. every possible manh r to crash Hitlerism and to bring on ultimate victory for the democratic front. Though it is true that the American masses have al- ways been sympathetic towards the Allies, yet it is only in com- paratively recent days that this public opinion has become crys- tallized into a body which de- mands concrete actions. In face of all the neutrality regulations inscribed on the law books of that nation, the national onscience of the American people is now beginning to assert itself through the man in the street, particularly: when it is now ob- vious that their best neighbour, Canada, is exposed to danger. But that fact alone is not the whole story. The United States is a first class power which is known throughout the world for its prac- ticability in foreign affairs aside from all sentimental considerations or influences: Hence, there sre specific reasons for the important turn of events in that country. One reason is that the new war has revived memories, It has re- called to every intelligent Ameri- can what actually influenced. the late President Wilson to interfere in the last World (War, culminating in the first entry of an American President into European territory when Wilson: set. foot on French soil on December 13, 1918 to ar- range the Versailles Treaty. Then again, the barbarism and. atrocity of the same enemies of the Allies is now refreshed in memory by the bombings of open villages, towns or cities in face of all the promises to abstain from such inhuman crimes against innocent civilian populations. Another reason for recent American reaction is the growing opinion that a world ren- dered unsfe for democracy is cer- tainly unsafe for the United States. A third reason can be traced to the fact that the enem- ies of the Allies have continually displayed open antagonism towards the vital trade interests of the American people by formal or in- formal types of international agreements amongst certain powers, This suspicion on the part of the United States can be seen readily in the preparatory efforts made by Washington where army, navy and sir forces are being strengthened in an unp manner for a nation at peace with the world or one which is. not really expecting any trouble. Though. the budget of the United States for 1939 looks for a.maxi- mum revenue of 5,000,000,000, the expenditure is expected to be minimum of 8,985,000,000, leaving a deficit of nearly 4,000,000,000, and'in such strained circumstances it is difficult to: believe that it is only: for defence purposes that that nation. is spending no less than 1,600,000,000 8 year as ALBERTA PRESS ASS'N MEETING H. J. Ford of Lacombe was elect- ed president of the Alberta divi- sion, Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, at the concluding session of the annual convention Saturday. He succeeds R. C, Jessup df Macleod. Other officers elected were: R. L. King, Clareshoim, first vice-president; . D'Albertanson, Chauvin, second vice-president; and Miss Hazel McCrea of Hanna was re-elected secretary-treasurer. Dir- ectors named were: A. R. Ennis, Leduc; G, C, Duncan, Drumheller; Charles. Clark, Jr, High River; Floyd Cary, Bassano; and Gordon Neil, Fort Saskatchewan. F. P. Gal- braith, Red Deer, and Mr. Ford were recommended as directors of the Dominion. association. Awards of the Grain and Milling Advertising Service, Winnipeg, for best publications were announced by Cecil Lamont, manager at the noon luncheon. First prize for weekly papers with over 750 cir- culation was awarded the High River Times, published by Charles Clark, and for papers under 750 circulation the award went to the Coleman Journal, published by H.T. Halliwell, president of the Domin- jon association. The H. G. McCrea memorial award for the best edi- torial page was given to the paper the late Mr. McCrea published the Hanna Herald. It is now pub- lished by members of his family, including Miss McCrea, secretai treasurer of the association. HIGH RIVER PEOPLE IN CAR ACCIDENT A party of High River young people received injuries of varying degrees about midnight October 5, when the car which they were driving missed the Connemera corner, near Nanton, and turned over in the ditch. Fred Seigner, Jr., suffered from. concussion and was tinconscious for some hours after the accident. Miss Whitney suf- fered a broken leg and is also in hospital. Harry. Noble received sealp wounds, Miss Christiansen had an injured ankle, and Harry Brocklebank escaped with bruises. OTTAWA DISALLOWS ALBERTA LEGISLATION The federal governinent has de- cided to disallow the Tatest statute of the Alberta legislature dealing with the limitation of actions for the recovery of debts. An announcement to that effect is about to be made, officially. The year before last the legis- lature enacted. a measure the general affect of which was to pro- vide that, unless certain debts were composed within a certain period, action for their recovery could, not be taken. This act, which caused much protest because of its confiscatory features, was disallowed last year. In the meantime, a new one wes passed, slightly revising the earlier act, but held to continue its ob- jectionable features. This new Statute is the one which has now been disallowed. EMPIRE PILOTS TO TRAIN IN GANADA Canadian air fields will be the training ground for the air forces of the empire under a co-operative air training plan, agreed upon by the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand snd Canada, es While no estimate can yet be given of the number of airmen likely to be trained in Canada it is believed the number will in- crease as rapidly as volunteers come forward and facilities for training, including flying fields, air- craft, instructors and living quar- ters can be provided. The plan announced Tuesday by Prime Minister Mackenzie, King, simultaneously with a similar an- notincement. in London, calls for pilots, observers and gunners from the four Empire countries to come to Canada for intermediate and vanced training. minimum estimate for army, navy and air force improvements. 5 All these facts can be obtained without the slightest. trouble along Parliament Hill or in any ted other important centre of Canada where censorship exists in the in- terest of national security but it is necessary to go behind the scenes in Washington or elsewhere in. the United, States to. decipher the truth of official pronounce- ments or messages and to find the Key to the public opinion which prevails in that country, though FARMER FOUND DEAD IN TRUCK Charles S. Crowe Dies From Heart Attack While on Way to Nanton Chas. S. Crowe, well known farm- er of the Nanton district, was found dead in his truck three miles north of Nanton on Saturday morn- ing. The truck was found-on the side of the road allowance, and was partly through the guard fence, and had sustained only minor dam- ages. There was a slight cut on Mr. Crowe's head. The R.C.MLP. in- vestigated. Coroner Dr. McKie pronounced death had resulted from heart ailment, and that an inquest was unnecessary. The funeral was held in High River on Tuesday. i USE OF ALTA. OIL TO SAVE U.S. INTEREST The federal. foreign exchange Board, headed by Graham Towers, governor of the Bank of Canada, has been asked to assist in the marketing of products processed from Turner Valley crude oil in Ontario. z The board was asked to take ac- tion in view of the heavy wartime discount on the Canadian dollar in the U.S. It was pointed out by the Alberta Petroleum Association that approximately 44,000 a day is being paid out in Canadian money for crude oil from the U.S. which could be obtained in Canada. Ten per cent discount would mean an additional 4,000 per day. Tn letter to Herbert Green- field, president of the . Alber' ergenization,-Mr. Towers said the board would give full consideration to the representations made by the organization, TOWN COUNCIL Tag Day Authorized Fire Inour- ance Divided Other Business. Approval of an application from the I.0.D.E. to hold a tag day was given, town fire insurance was divided among the Several local agents, and other business was transacted by. the council of the town of Nanton at the postponed regular. meeting last Tuesday. Mayor G. H. Baker and Councillors 0, E. Smith, G W. Tee, A. S. Shaw and E: E, Coutts, attended. As a result of a petition pre- sented at the last meeting, the secretary reported that, by reason of the provisions of the law, it would be impossible for the coun- cil to pass a bylaw forcing the closing of garages and service stations for certain hours. An offer from E. Lyons, to pur- chase a town lot, was considered, but decision to sell was delayed until particulars of building plans were received. 1.0.D.E. Tag Day The 1.0.D.E, was given per- mission to hold a tag day this month, a request having been re- ceived from the locat chapter. R. Sharpe and R. V. Hallett ap- peared before the council and re- quested a contribition for the Dominion-Provincial youth train- ing school in Nanton. The request received consideration later, during the m sting, but the requested contribution was not authorized. Fire Insurance Policies A fire insurance report was con- sidered and discussed, and expiring policies were examined. It was de- cided that fire insurance carried by the town should be divided among the five resident agents and that public Hability and burglary insurarice should be continued. One relief account was discussed, and certain requirements decided on. Accounts were examined, and payment, subject to approval of the finance committee, authorized; ang the monthly statement of re- cefpts and disbursements was ex- amined. Cldim for damages to an auto- mobile was referred to the finance committee for attention. Councillor 0. E, Smith was ap- pointed deputy mayor for the next ensuing three months. FREE TREES FOR FARMERS Farmers of Alberta may apply for free trees for planting in windbreaks snd existing native bluffs. The distribution will not apply to cities, towns or villages: Because many of the native bluffs fare not of durable stock, the De- ostensibly there is no official cen- sorship there and the man in the street is allowed to pick the chaff from the real material that forms the backbone of the news. partment. of lands and mines will supply, natiye and exotic varieties At transportation cost, to those who spply before January Sist next. jlution, N. IDENTIFY MAN SHOT WHILE DUCK HUNTING A 27-year-old harvest hand, who was fatally shot while duck hunt- ing in the Olds district, on Sept. 27, has been identified as Leo Lir- ette, who for the past two or thrpe years has operated a trap- line in Caney of Fort Reso- as At the time of the shooting the deceased: was known only as Leo to the farmer employing him. Sub- sequently investigation and press reports brought the affair to the attention of E.R, Kitchen, farmer, at Nanton, who had employed Lir- ette earlier in the summer. Mr. Kitchen identified the body. SE EEEEEEESenEEEee N.Y. YANKEES WIN WORLD SERIES. New York Yankees won the 1939 baseball world series, in four straight games, defeating the Gincinnati Reds. The scores. were; 2 tol, 4 to, 7 to 3,7 to 4. a THE SEPTEMBER WHEAT SITUATION The price of No. 1 Northern wheat in store Fort (William, which on the last day of September stood at 71 cents a bushel, advanced no less than 11 cents, or by some 16 , during the month of Sept- ember. The reason for the advance was simply because war had been declared, and the substantial price eee place in spite of the following price-depressing factors which made their appearance dur- the month: : Canada, it is estimated, will have a surplus of wheat for sale of no less than 416 million to supply world market which is expected to take no more than 160 million, Canadian visible stocks at the end of. September were no less than 286 million as compared, with 153 imillion only at the same time a year ago. .. Broomhall estimates that the world s visible amount- of wheat and fiour, on September Ist, was 472 million bushels, as compared Hwith only 34 million a year ago. Estimates also were made by authorities that the world s total supply of wheat on hand, hence the world s total surplus is greater than ever before recorded in history. If in spite of all these extremely bearish factors, price was able to rise 1134 cents during the month, it can only be regarded as a tribute to the effectiveness of the open Futures markets of Winnipeg, Chicago and Buenos Aires, in being able to register only the present situations of supply and demand in the world, but also the risks of possible future losses of wheat through enemy action, and the possibilities of the effect on prices of future money inflations by the great nations, Such a substantial increase in price (enjoyed by all farmers) taking place in the face of a price- de ing condition, can only be brought about through the actions of a free and open market where buyers and sellers are able to ex- press immediately their judgment about future events through the medium of prices which from moment. to moment they bid and offer. Searle Grain Company, Ltd. RED CROSS FACES TASK The record of the last war was accomplished only by the goodwill of the Canadian people, the wil- lingness of other organizations to co-operate with the Red Cross and eliminate confusion, overlaping and duplication, and the generosity of donations from rich and The Red Cross again faces a similar task. And this time it faces this duty with the added reepnpall tity of a peace time program whi has become an important factor in Canadian life and must be continued. lt; FINNS FLEE CAPITAL Thousands of women and child- ren began leaving Helsingfors, the capital of Finland for the less populous northland country Tues- Gay as Soviet. Russia massed thousands of troops and heavy naval forces on the frontiers of neighboring Baltic states, The whole of Finland concen- trated its attention on the forth- coming conversations between a Finnish delegation and Soviet Rus- sian Officials in Moscow. The dele- gation, travelling by train, arrived in Moscow yesterday. Many Finns were asking whether the Russians, who ruled Finland in the days of the Czars, would demand military and economte con- cessions such as they have gained from Estonia and Latvia. Threshing Resumed Recent Rains Have Caused Heavy And Rapid Growth of Cover Cropm Weather the past week has been fine with bright sun and drying winds. The wheat is now in con- dition to thresh, Some of the ma- chines started up Sunday. East of the raflway most of the fields will be cleared by the end of the week, but there will still be considerable threshing. to be done in the trot- is. Most of the fields that were sum- merfallowed this season have been sown to cover crops. The: recent rains have encouraged rapid growth This, besides producing an abun- dance of fall pasturage will protect the soil and do much to prevent the almost. blackout dust storms, for which southern Alberta has be- come altogether too famous, CANADA'S PRODUCTION OF PETROLEUM A record for the production of crude petroleum and gasoline in Canada was established in July when 899,169 barrels were pro- duced. This was revealed by the Dominion bureau of statistics re- cently. Of the total, Alberta pro- duced 877,005 barrels or 97.5 of the Canadian total, OlL. COMPANY GETS ACREAGE British Dominion Plans Develop- ment of Willow. Creek Holdings. British Dominion Oil and Devel- opment Corporation Limited this week added 1,200 acres to its Wil- low creek holdings, thus completing a block of 2664 acres. and giving the company a dominant -position on what geologists believe to be an important structure. The A. P. Con well is drilling im- mediately north of the. British Do- minion.- block af acreage and another well is being made ready to spud in to the south. British Dominion ig carrying on negotiations at. the present time for a joint drilling venture with Vancouver interests on the Willow Creek properties, U.S.A. ARMY 4 TO BE EXPANDED The Washington. department an- nounced intention Saturday to ex- pand the United States army- to its full peacetime limit of 280,000 men and at the same time ordered mass training this winter of seven new streamlined divisions. HITLER OFFERS PEACE SCHEME + Adolf Hitler of Germany Friday proposed a peace settlement, and added that if the allies rejected the proposed settlement, then Ger- many. would fight, and would not be conquered, He made a plea for a conference of powers to restore peace in Europe, These were among the most mat- erial phases of his speech: 1. A renunciation of further) territorial claims, save for his old colonial demands, 2, A declaration that Germany and Soviet Russia together would Felieve one of the acutest danger spots of Europe by working for a peace zone in eastern Europe. . A specific assurance to the world that he tad no designs on Rumania, the Ukraine, the Urals or Denmark and an expression that in eastern Europe generally, and Scandinavia as well, his interests were wholly economic. 4, A declaration that one of Ger- many s tasks in dealing with fallen Poland was the establishment of a pew order of ethnographic con- ditions, that is to say resettlement of nationalities and a further declaration that it was s problem not restricted to this particular sphere but a task with far wider implications, for the east and south of Europe is to a large ex- tent filled with splinters of Ger- man natibnality, whose existence cannot be maintained. oe BALKAN COUNTRIES DEMOBILIZE The Rumanian government an- nounced Saturday it had joined Yugoslavia and Hungary in a sim- ultaneous decrease of armed forces: A communique disclosed the three nations, at Yugoslavia's suggestion began demobilization Sept. 30. This united action marked a new trend in the history of southeastern Europe since the first great war. Romania and Yugoslavia long have sided against Hungary because of her claims to their war gains, THE WORLD OF WHEAT By H. , L. STRANGE Director, Research Department, Searle Grain Co. Ltd. Peace, that blessed state, is al- ready at this early date being talked about, Let us hope it will soon come, The terms upon which peace can be made have been set out concisely and simply by the leaders of Great Britain and, France. They are that Hitlerism and Nazism shall be eliminated, that Poland and Czechoslovakia shall be restored as independent nations, and that disarmament shall take place. When Peace eventually is to be made, it should not be left to the politicians alone, but the soldiers who have risked their lives, and the farmers who form the bulk of the people af the world, them- selves shall have something to say about it; all to the end that not only shall a political peace be made, but what is perhaps more important, that economic justice too shall be done; so that it shall b possible forthe under-nourished and under-fed people of Europe to, obtain all the wheat and food- stuffs they require from our Can- adian and other farmers, in ex- change for their own goods and products. If these things are done, then the world truly, and at last, will have a just and lasting peace. Factors Affecting Price Following factors have tended to raise price: Uruguayan wheat and oat acreage below 1938 Europe is expected to need 448 million bush- els of foreign wheat or flour this s ason Continuation of drought over large wheat area in U.S. A Suspension of the wheat subsidy country fromthe export field Germany is negotiating for the Rotmantan corn crop surplus. Following factors have tended to lower price: Weekly Market News crop report indicates a 465 million bushel crop for Western Canada Ploughing and seeding of Argen- tine corn proceeding under excel- lent conditions Germany offers. wheat to Belgium Spain s lentil, bean and potato crops well over the average of the last 5 years prior to the Spanish war. U.F.W.A. MEETING There was a good attendance at the regular meeting of the U.F. W.A. Saturday. Mrs. Berger, the provincial president,was the speak- er. She urged that the organiza- tion maintain its strength to meet the forces that are aligned against agriculture. It was voted to work with the Red Gross as a U.F.W.A. unit, instead of as individuals. The plans for the Hallowe'en tea were announced. There will be han- dicraft and vegetable exhibits, not confined to members, and samples from the boys wheat club, and tea cup reading will. be the special feature. a ALBERTA SHOULD PAY MORE INTEREST Solution of Alberta debt prob- lems should be attempted through a reasonable compromise with bondholders on interest rates,. in- crease and extention of the in- dividual income tax and rearrange- ment of maturity dates on bonds and indebtedness to the Dominion government, according to propos- als made in the report of Dr. Jacob Viner, professor of economics at the University of Chicago, who in- vestigated the province's economic condition, DALADIER REJECTS HITLER'S PROPOSALS Premier Daladier of France re- plied to Adolf Hitler s peace over- tures Tuesday with a declaration that France and Great Britain will continue to fight to obtain a definite guarantee of security for the lasting peace of Burope. The premier s declaration, made fn a nation-wide broadcast, ap- parently closed the door to peace negotiations.on the basis of the formula advanced by Hitler in his reichstag speech Friday. We resolve never to submit to dictation, he said, asserting that Britain and France have mastery of the seas, and that those who hold the sea will succeed in win- ning victory. The premier told his radio listeners that France wants. vie- tory to end the constant German threat to lead Europe to the German slave market. Premier Chamberlain is expected to make a statement in the British hous of commons today, regarding the Hitler proposals.
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