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the German massacre of Poland, Ihe Is seemingly only worried about the action Russia and the i execution of ^ few jrlests—and that! Is on the doubtful


THE TECHNICAL SCHOOL.


ni|cal 5 ichooi again. Several times I have gdne to see what'ls happening, but|np-


Blr,--I want to attend Clltherde Tdch- body ! eems to know. There was


____^ Harwood. Should I wait fopj the Iciltheroe School to open, and how long,


about .jPrle going others dreat


[ to'Blackburn for a month or n^ore: go to Accrington, and one' even to


or must I, too' go elsewhere ?—^Yours^ ■Whalmy.


] STUDElfT.


Clithi roe, I feel l am entitled to volc| o*plnidn concerning the delay in star vlnter session at the Technical


Slr,-I—As a member of the public


the ^chod. It Is through this unnecei


its .. ___A _ rkfflrtlo


s'chodl. This Is causing a serious in the essential, continuance of posu- elem^ntary education, and will rjesult inevitably in a lack of sufficiently web-,, educated and well-trained yoUng workers;


rrsl-l- r» CorInilR Hre8.K ’ Inst tute ■and; citizens. ! Agbln, We should be more advan-; J


tageiusly employed by workliig at the ■Techmcal School—our minds trained to-i Ward a definite object—than forced to 'rltrer away our time at cinemaA and


other places of entertainment. In the 'lopelthat an anpealto open this essential )rahch of the educational service will not


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iiatlonal Ufe-Bo'at Institution, j ^has irece'ived the following acknowled^meitt :bf the branch statement of receipts and


the payments for 1939:—


I “ I should like to congratulate you most iheartlly on completing yet another suc­ cessful year for the Life-Boat Service, and| to send to you as our honorary sec­ retary, to your committee and'to all who hav 3 helped or contributed, our warmest


il , thaiks. ‘■"The support of. your branch Is doubly , , il


welcome at this very difficult time; when mariy of the Institution’s appeals must Inevitably.cease, and when many, of its


sub icrlbers may find it difficult tb con- tlm .e their contribution.


“In spite of these difficulties thO work of the Life-Boat Service will stllllgo on.


i l


I'We may, indeed, expect more, calls to.be ma ie upon it than in times of peade, and Its :rews will go -to the rescue In c|rcum- sta; ices of greatly Increased danger. “ ^ou will realise from these fac^ how


deealy the Institution iapprecla^to the sumort of your branch, ahd how much It nodes that the branch will continue; Its woik for the Life-Boat Service. 11 With ver J many thanks and all good wishes,-


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the old PricesI increased by as much cases; ; BUY i NOY7 will ^ unquestionably i savb willingly resery^di


I I A d v e r t i s e r &


The Shop for Ttoys and Games 6 market PLVCE, CUTHE fflE


, MEN’S DAY


SPECIAL ' SERVICES ;AT MOOR LANE CHURCH.


r r Sunday last was Men’s. Day^ at Moor


Lane Methodist Church, and the service, both morning and afternoon, were we 1


attended. The preacher was the, Rev. C A. Maland; of Blackburn.;


Vocal and Instrumental Items wcrje


liberally and effectively Introduced Into ■the afternoon service, when a spechuw


augmented choir led t h ^ ^ f 3 singing., In addition,, the cholr^ unddr


. with Mrl Frank Rushton at the orgM, sang With feellrig apd In good style, me


the conductorshlp of Mr. Edward Hartley,


Homeland" and ,“Turn back , , , foi- S ?hy foolSh .ways.” In the absence


of Mr. Peter Hiilland ;Whp was. Indisposed, Mr. Ernest Alien' very kindly stepped Into


the breach, and ,took part vdth Mn Jora I. Dugdale in two spirited duets | Lend me your aid" land “ Thariks be to God Mr. Allen sailg the teiiderly beautlfiil solo, “ I’ll walk beside you;’’ and Mr. Dugdale, the possessor of a most pjeaslr g and well-balanced brirltone. gaveexceed- “ Ships that piss in the. Night. Mother


happy feature 'of the programme was the skilful playing,, notable ! for firm, true


tone, of violin solos by Mr. Jack jBalley, whose choice was Handel’s melodious ai id


Ing pleasure with his


far-famed (Largo, and; “ B^vAnri ’ ^ Mr. Maland gave aiVadi


Interpretation of eyo d.'


interest to the children, delivered !an arresting icflscours^,-based


iress of especial and afterwards


,


on the text: “Be not dece: mocked: for whatsoever that shall he also reap adapted St. Paul’s warnl: atians to nations as to In llvlduals. “You can’t turn your'nose up


ved; Gc a man


ng to t le Gall In wiilch hb


d Is not sbweth,


that'Is the mekning; of preacher said; “you can’t outward show, because H^ sees and knowS us for what we are and what we do." There waS a danger lest nations And our­ selves inVoked the name ■ of, (5od fop things that are contrary to His will.


it God st,”iithe Hint by


HITLER’S PETROL PROBLEM.


be able to import more tlqm one-third of the petrol she requires to carry on the .war, and the drain on her oil reseiwes. is thus on? of the considerations caijsing acutO anxiety to the German authorities.


Experts estimate, that Germany |wUl nc]'t !(■ BRAILLE BLtjE | BOOK


shows Hitler’s responsibility for the be published in five volui use of blind people.


' The famous best-sellerBlue Book ’’ giving the ■ damning documentkry evidence whim


les of Braille for the war is <0


said to be. hauhted |requently answers la knock at the front door,! only to find theye is no one there. One theory is that the house used to a dentist’s slirgei-y


• The tenant of .a Brighijon house that is I


despite Ijhe fact that costs! have a 25 per cent, in i scjinp


s


fo:^ CHRISTMAS pnd |o u money.; Any article:


'0. R. SATTERTHWAlTEi “ OLD ENGLAND ” REPLIES.


as a funny.(writer, than as a serlpus one; but how qiiickly he sees red If the;;crlmes of ils'favouriteSt; Franco are mentioned. He Is entitled to the little joke fpf which my admittedly! bad handwriting |is res-


£ lr ,- I like Mr.l'iVlnckley muchibetter


worthy of him! to link a noble^,athollc then thplp


poi islble, and if he does not think It un- 1 .


. . .


have been more severely condemned In th 3 country than has Stalin’s entfry into Poland. I do I not doubt it! Hut have thbse crimes been conderiined by that particular section of the community who in! the past has seized every opportunity to antagonise Russia and. bolster up Fascism In Italy and Spain? Anything atlsfactory about Russia haslbeen put rn by them to Its lack;of submission


mi re worthy of serious conslderption; ‘Walloper Well” says thatItalyiqcrimes


oil- iAv dllCl ^Cm 30 ** *) 1


tola religious “visible” authority.! Spain id Italy do subqiit to this! authority, yet, fepeat, their crimes have disgusted the


cljlllsed world. The silence of |he Cath­ olic Hierarchy on this .point has been In­ comprehensible to me, and I- cbijifess with regret that It , has Caused! me to have ai prejudice against -that body, but not adalnst Catholicism Itself. Certainly Mr. Wlnckley has been drawn Into saying ‘We must judge all countries irj the light ofi the same principles,” 'etc. But I do strongly contend that we are entitled; to expect something better from a Catholic cduntry than from one which | la always described by Catholics as. a gqdlbss one. Ahd that ought to be taken as|a;!compli- m^ent to the CathoUc religion! | “By their works ye shall know them,” a'hb notlby the number of times thgy go to Mass. I II quite agree with “Wa:'aUoper-iWbll”.that Russia’s entry Into Poland has been en- tltely In her own Interest. Why not ? Should she have waited until the Ger­ mans were at their own doorstep ? ' All


'riktlons act In their own interest.! Poland acted In her own Interest last yeqr when she agreed, at Hitler’s request,'tp annex SToyaklan territory. We acted: In our own Interest in declaring war On Ger­ many—and about time, too. It is surely iri our own interest to keep an I Empire.


'hblp. ' '


1. I disagree with “Walloper, Well” when 'he says Stalin Is attempting Universal Bolshevism. Actually, until Russia found (iermany nearly on her bor'(ier,|she had been ebritent with her own territory, and a a lln got rid of the Trotskyites] because tpey were always meddling With hternal policies of other .countries:


I ■


set policy was to get on with the! ItaproVeraent of Russia, one It!


‘ ; And . . . — , ,;qatl


with the elusive Mrs, Harris, iio jmd' nasc on


is ho affair of inine.' I salu^ hlffi with ^ c


smllle and pass on to a correbp!ondenient rres 1p Seer itary.”


mIss Patience Wickham, secreta^ of Clltheroe branch of the febyal


THIRD YEAR., ;


-i-th£ t J and many other adolescent rieirii'deprlved of the third year at the J . , .


the place last night (Monday! ads pf mine at Whalley have been


Not being al Bolshevist, I do not feel


called upon tc) defend his methods, any nore than would Lord Halifax, who, only


aas been to advance, the Russian ary to what was substantially the ary recommended at the time Versailles Conference by Lord who was then Foreign Secretary, The Soviet Government woulc. have taken that action if the Government ■ had not first


Poland." i 1 ,,, i There la toO much “ I ” about Charles '


Rappopont, and what’s more, he claims ctedlt for a lot of Communlsml doesri’t he He Is welcome to It. i Mr. ifVlnckley also quotes; sUly arguments from Pravda.’ I, on the other hand ■, could qu te (froria ‘ ■ Catholic


............................ - -r.-WlL. "


luote Fascists) statement^ which would horrify Protestants. Whaj; do they


T .delay —due, perhaps, to fussy officialdom all prove?: Merely that some adherents of a given cult or creqd are more fanati­


cal than the cult or creed demainds. OLD ENflLISH


CHALLENGE ACCEPTED Sir,-Mr. Winckley, lil his lettejr of 2'7th


October, again presses for further clarifi­ cation of the question of religion In Russia. From persistent Inquiries con­ ducted among acquaintances wjho h^ve not only been to Russia but h^ve lived and worked there oyer a period of years, I have elicited these facts: That though religion is not pEficlally


m Thursday, said in the House of Lords: ‘The action of the Soviet Gove|rnmeiit


bound- bpund-


of the Curzoi


never


Germain invaded


Sir,—“Vigilant,” along with thousands


of other!Liberal ;irid Labour supporters have, during the ast three years, urged, niiy begged Mr. C iamberlain to drop the detestable policy 'of appeasement and ake a'stand -against aggression. Now


that the course oi| events has compelled t ia t stand, he Is obylously carrying out trie Labour and Lberal foreign policy. It trierefore 111 hecoisjes those vaunted, self- appointed shock i'troops in the fight aplnst Nazism ;ind Fascism to “ turn and howl for peace. ' I t would seem


at the;Reds have turned Yellow. “Ye gods and little fishes!” Whoever


cpuld have imagllned such a sight, six onths ! ago, aS; Moseley and. Pollitt


arching In step||to! the tune of “ Peace


a ‘ncd Hitler, id


. any price ’’ Tpe piack Shirts pnd the ed Shirts are inviting the workers of reat Britain to|i4all in” behind Stalin It is Ito! be hoped—expected,


i| deed—that the Labour Party of Cllth-


encouraged—rather the reverse--neitlier are those who desire; to attend public worship'ridiculed or victimised. A ipdy friend says that during her sojourn there ■ and did not


e'roe and elsewhere [will treat with con- tJempt and disdain the odious “volte face” On the part of trie iCommunlst Party tof 'ireat Britain, 'the! audacity of Molotoff, ovlet Foreign Secretary, In charging the 'ollsli' leaders y4th; “being dragged Into !hls war” Is enough to make even a Paci-


st like! George Larisbury see red, I VIGILANT.


she often went to church, _ suffer in any way. Naturally at the time of the Revolution, when the Church p s the: fierce champion of the old order of things, ruthlessness was met In a pike


.manner. As, however, the. priests who remain are good citizens, their rights, are now recognised.


If Russia recognised Christianity, how 1 ’


could she -say—assuming that all were prepared to set aside self-interest [for the common weal—which!she would]adopt: Christian' Mohammedan, Buddhist, or Atheist? One’s spiritual b^lef and one’s ,1 matter for


soul Is considered a person


the Individual. Mr. 'Wlnckley throws out a remapk sug gestlve of giving his side an Innings la the Labour Party’s lecture series. I con­ sider this an excellent Idea, and accord Ingly-.and hereby invite him, or someone of his choice, to-give a lecture In oui rooms. I can assure him of a resriectfa hearing, .arid that every efifort mil be made to give him a good meeting, i t only remains for him to accept, and we shal! be happy to make the arrangements.


I ' - E.H.,'Lecture Secret iry.


Clitheroe Labour Party, 32,-Ekhton-Terrace, I


utjCHRISTIAN! ACTS. Sir,-Your correspondent, Bernard


Wlnckley, Iriiplles that “,Qld! England” (I presume he! means “Old English”) Is lack­ ing In Intelligence, as witnes? his chal­ lenge to him “just to test his erudition.;’ He’ also siys that '^Old England ” uses some very!bad French.”! I fancy it does not concern readers'of! the “Advertiser and Tlmei


es’;’ whether correspondents use


very bad French, or, for that matter, bad English, so longj as they make meaning clear.


Neither igoop nor bad French has any bearing on Russianl matters now teing


; ;


discussed in ‘these columns. .1 abhoif the unchristian acts of the Russians as rpuch as; do my many Catholic friends; put I do think that it Bernard,Winckley vtould be a blti'mqre modest. Instead of para.dlng his Imaginary superior knowledge, his letters wolUd be much better appreciated. BIEN ENTENDU.


CRITIC OF RUSSIA.


tb read ti e letter of Mr. Bern^d Wihek- ley, last week, must have-done so bf deprds9loh, realising reasoned arguments i t is


a I feeling instead o


the fashli. spiteful dliuslons to the length of Gregory’s]' letter (which, at least. Interesting),' and to have childish


who evidently had wrong, which may for all Mr.i, Wlnckley kiiows, spelling aind correct grammar had bi condition! fqr Inclusion In thesq coli one'famous contributor, Of yours. been thrown


Sir,—Some of your readers who cha reed


with that now


n to hiderconfuslon by making


of eruditlbn with another correspondent one! letter of a have been a mlsi


tests word


If accurate oeen


Editor, would hav bbard long since. - lit would be wroiig to assume thai


Mr., was


lujnns, Mr.


-])rint en a


bver- Mr.


often usdful to divert attention frqiji in­ ability W argue a point.


Wlnckleri did a little sniggering abt i t his “bannanis,” but to


give people a laugh Is Mr. Wlrickley accuses Mr. Grego[‘y of


aritl-Catjipllc jibe? which he has and answered befbre. It would bb correct to Isay “redd and Ignored be lore.”


read more


.It we went to war tp defend Poland, It is strange we were able to give tlieiri so little


Anything [which t^nds to show thrit tlcular reUglon iri an unfavourable _ has beeiJ conslsteintly Ignored' by him In all hls letters. I^dllglon should be good in its effMts, and most people (even those who can’t spell) know, that a (jqdless nation which dbesn’t bomb its neighbours Is preferable tol a “cultured” one ||whlch does. M[rl 'Winckley, however, says that w must; demarid decent humfiri be-


par- ligrit


internal he ihas


the His


-riavlour from every nation. But does the Head of ihls religion ialso demand It ? When Hitler wa4 helping Franco tb bomb hls fellbw-countrymeii, blessings were the order; of the day; ! now, wheij,Hitler has bombed ‘(oiir dear' CathoUc P jlarid,” the reverse Is the case. , A correspondent suggests tl at we


e


should riot “kebp the drums of cdtlclsm rolling fpr ever!” But|Mr. Wlrick.ey only Russia. Even now, , after


rolls thbm for Ch


and IWorston iJnioriist Association, held £ jumble sale Saturday aftenloon, quickly disposed of, was- raised for (the were served during


JUMBLiE SAI


ATBURN E.—Thb Chatburn, Downham


the Church‘ Institute, or The goods were verj


Hour ’’ was held at !the Methodist School, aj Tuesday afterrioonl , There was a goij-


-ments were se:v^.j ,. WEST


and the sum of £12 13s Comforts fund. Tea the afternoon.


BRIGHT h6i)R —The Ladies,’. “ Bright


attendance and Miss Freshwater, Clithe: was I the speaker,'her address on ‘‘Ma: Magdalene” prbvlng very helpful. Refresfi-


BRADFORD


committee of the iRibblesdale District ! Asso­ ciation, a successful jumble sale and pojmd stair-was held in 'St. Catherine’s School Saturiiy.: Proceeds amounted to £9 15s.


JUMBLE SALE;-rOrganlsed by the Icca: -ry


WQMEH .WHO SUFFER NEEDLESSLY There is'riot h | woman anywhere,' married of


‘not perCiirbctl at ihe thought of the next few years before ller.


single, d ch pr gobr, over the age of forty, who is ” 1 . • ^


EyerV woman fears the miseries that oltca ‘ .


develoiiV this age. . She fears them all the more, for their uhctiriamty. [Often the firsfsign is never recognised at all--an irritability of temper, a low- spirited depressiin,' which the patient does not attribute to its true fcause until bodily suffering


... thci shape of aches, back pains able warning. These suffering |cai


Pink' Pills .carry ' way through the


Create ricl^ red impart new -strii steady nerves.


found Dr. Willia lease! of life, builder give you


(triple size 3s.):


ilpt flushes, nerve attacks, head and palpitation give an unmistak*


suffering oV danger. ; This is because these pills blood,


ordehl of the ' ‘ forties'* without and


Thousands of ^iiffej


sell pr. William^ brand Pink PiUs Is. 3d. t box I


.. o- * Pills the means to a new le t this tried and trusted blood­ s'helping hand too. All chemists


ufferlng i as Pink ]


ngth^ , ,


middle-aged women have new vitality ; and in this way strong they


i be avoided. Dr, .WilUamf woman in the most wonderful


n ______ - .


very heir


i BLACK-OUT PERILS.


1,0 pedestrians tp bxercise more care In nhe streets thanj is at present evident ? illltherbe-very nearly had its; second )lack-out tragedy bn,Tuesday evenliig, and I would hive! been I the , unwitting :ause qf R- The new headlamp masks hrow only feeble!light on the road for lomparatlvely snort distance ahead,- and my motorist will agree that nlght- irivlng Is a great strain In consequence. A car travelling j at I only twenty miles an, hour takes'but a second or two to cover the distance the driver can see. On Tuesday


Sir,—liay I, as a local inotorlst, appeal


alert. Thanks that car and was!. Immediately


stationary car, blacking out of


svenlng, 'approaching a t! hotlced a rivomentary lone of the sidelights of Id®


which could eabily|;have ibeen missed, I was able to check 'iriy already low speed, and thus .just fnlslsed. a ‘ man who was wandering across the road. In the direct a.th of -my car, without taking the least ! - i


care.-


As the Coroner said a week Or'so ago, car lights are nbivadays riot


i-.;--


the road but to!be seen by pedestrians. Nobody'drives a; car for fun these days, especially after dark. With the, best of driving and thejgreatest of vigilance on the part of motorists, there are bound to be more accidents unless people co-oper­ ate, and 1 serlorisly; appeal to pedestrians to be more watkhful. .. . bn a recent driye, too, I encountered,


to,


at least a dozen cyclists without red rear lights. It Is practlpally impossible to see a bicycle wlthojit these rights, and I am amazed that any cyclist can be so fool­ hardy as to ventrirp on the road without, one. ; IncidentaUji, the-police ought to' take action In these cases, which add to roads far more now than


the peril of the formerly.-^Yours,


i LOCAL 'MOTORIST. Do Yfiu Dread


authority of “The!Times,” from whose statements on Russia both Lord Halifax arid Mr.i Chamberlain dissociated the Government a weik or two ago. Mr. Wlnckley should try to shed his


lofty attitude when] writing to the Press, arid be a! little less .one-sided.—Yours,


BAWDLANDS BRIDGE. CRUSH OR BE CRUSHED.. cliItheroe


BACRNH NOIES


Amor:gst local ex-Servl A.


enlistee in the Natlona pany ('['.A. Reserve), are jMesErs. J. Joyce,


erne Defi


employed. In view of the rigours of; the approaching winter. The duty ofiguard- ng vul lerable points ari.d prlS' mers of; war is a most arduous one, and iieces- that“ the meri should be warmly


dding certain comforts for'all men-thus Bran


camps; jltates clad a i before While actual


,:id be able-to g^t a. warm prink going on and comlnj: off guard.


,he Government rire si pplyin’g the necessities, therej Is a ways kigap


that crin be filled by othks. Being alnew body, ;here are no reg mental funds tp fall -bqck. upon, and itj is i i the j early In the existence of a : orce o^ this


deseriritlon that certain extras;,; are more


required to make their days and nights comfortable. The following, are VVi'alri nr


urgently needed; Scarvbs (khaki orkrey), mitters, wristlets Owooji), cigarettes, old wlreleds sets, old gran^ophones, records, darts, dominoes and other § ames, |books and Derlodlcals. The j Area Receiving Office Is 21, Winckley Square. Preston.


The Clitheroe Branch has' ;xpresded Its


strong disapproval of the Ireatmi the C£ se of a young man,.now somewhere in France aiid In receipt, of 14s. a | week. Out qf this he has allpted ^s. 9d, |to' his parerits. In consequence, the fatherj has had 3s. 9d. deducted frpm the amount he receU es under . the Means Test. Govei-nment pays the! caure of his allotment, . X


son : 4s. and, taked 3s. 9d


Wilkinson and R. McGowa r. ‘ 3hes are asked to ris: 1st In ■


n who have ence Gom-


pro- COULD


CLITHEROE YIELDE


cri I ULSE. ' HOT


rr-HE theft of valued at t’


tick left In a Whalley, led ;tp Clitheroe Coun- day morning, labourer, of 52,


V^ooderi summer hut at the I appearance before


quankty of horser halr; ;o shillings, from a bed-


■irMa^strates, on Tues- of I John Booth (39), a jWhaUky-road, Clitheroe.


He admitted tl^e offeribe. It was stated that the hut,; which Is.


l5 the property of 3, Holly Gro\ ton. , Outlining thb


t o 2 p.m., Charles


situated on lan,d at Mianor House Farm, bf Major J. C. firpwning, e, iHolllns-lane, Accrlng-


clrcuipstances, Superln- J


tendent Pagett said the door of the hut secure ori 'i! Sitiirday. On Monday, at


I


covered that It once Informed minutes later,


House Farm,' sawi. a


ewton Foulkes, of Mahoi man-leaving! thi


direction of thb hut,, He was carrying si bag.


Proceedirik to trie hut, Foulkes dlsj ad bqen entered, and at


Campbell saw accused, who was .carrying


Asked what h^ hadj ^ot. Booth replied; “A bag of horre hairl I got it from ii froilt of a cabin” he 'added. Not satlsflei with the explanatlori.lthe officer took thi man Into cristpdy. When cautioned a , WhUlley PoUce' Station, Booth said: might as well ftell the" truth.: I took 1 . from Inside, a babln.”| The police after,! wards confirmed the statement. Booth told the court that he left homi- gw


a sack on his back, ilia Accrlngton-road yi. V.1I VtQ(


he bollce,' Some twentji Poilpe War : Reservist, ieri, V .


on Monday mq'rnln jwlth the Intentlot ,. back.


The be-


. W.th reference to ^he Bi'oadcast and ^


anno mcements in the Press in connec­ tion with the enlistment Into thej^rmy of ex-Warrant Officers, N.C.O.’s andimen, inclu ling pensioners. Iwho are specially qualified by technical br prcfessional ex; perlence for the immeqlate grant of | act­ ing vt arrant and non-commissioned rank, Iniorier to irieet the requirementsi'of the present emergency, selection will be made by trie Officer in charge Records. 111^ the event of ex-Servlce ipen d ssirlng' to be considered and not being aware of'phelr Record Office, they spould apply itp-the Recr iltlng Officer nearest who will provide thdm Information. The agt


their! home,


with the necessary llmitj is 57 years.


•^HE WARTIME A TESTING


Illuminate;


Ctowp, a comradeship' wfilch has demonstrated that lit is — -----_ . but-i. living reality, -rind a s [happens |to all


of oiler 4,000 branches, members, all pledged by support and further th4 Coinradeship bom ,


ideal. ■ '1 the Forces; bf the has no parallel; no mereislogah.


that is of this world, there wher secure though thk idea the itructure that has aimed


3PPOHTUNITY. PERIOD.


to ('that slight warning, CATTAIN C. H. MADDEN, ff.C. .writes :— For some 20 years ithe Britjish Legion has


a great ideal; lias built up b‘Chain: . """ ■-----'— with nearly i 600,000 their membership to


of joining the ri-rmyi put missed the (bup Accordingly he walked to the top Sandy Brow, pn thq return Journey Jib left a ’bus at t be same spot—which w4r as far' as his [ticket jvras ‘avallablej-!-ari^ - decided to cut! across the fields. . 'Whll i proceeding over the golf course!lie sajr the hut. and yielded! to a sudden impulst. “Soriiethlng Inllmy iliead seemed to ssji ‘Go In,’ ‘go In’ and [l could not resist!


he explained. | - ‘ i ' ! Superlntenderiti Pagett told the Benq|L i ■ i


that Booth haii servbd In the Navy, th Mercantile Marine, arid the North Lanck shire Regiment. Slrice 1926 he had bee|i. partially employed I 4s a; rag gat^erb He had two previous bonvlctlons; the lai in 1922, when he Was! firted £1 for steal - ing a pair; of leggings, and £1 fi malicious damage.:'. !


. !|


at Burnley on application to over for twelv


Booth, who said hejhad to report aga! ThurMay,: respecting h s:


join trie Army, was boun|l, ; montrik


'


(Continued from preceding column). ARMISTICE DAY.


ill.


' Armistice Daj iriariy names’on the men of 1939,


‘.Poppy'Day . this year is for the help of 'pU., “ ■


those who'survive.: I have said-.earlier that, all wars arid of .'all services,.


the fallen, turn;


comes' a time itself !raay be to uphold the


ideal is put to the test.' The British Legion wps fr£ med for times


of peace; it has never defined Indei d there were many who an ssue of the Great' 'War, right and the passing of a gen iration ,ti


to an end.


the var of 1914, weaneq anq tested experience and education of


■itsel' a foundation, and it is for the:600,000 who ' are its members |to s-:e that!on!that


Leg! in remains unchanged. created by its founder has biillt -for


Tt e puniose , and ideal of the; British and thej; struc-r


, for | ‘ ' ' COMRAD-ESIHI ?.


poliiy is the fostering and maintaining of the comradeship which . ex sts 'bettveen all who have served in his Majesty’s forces, and to t le men of the Great Wa;- there vvUl now be I added, as potential members, the thoi sands of their younger brothefs.r The Leg on must see to it ithat they are giyen the' full recognition that is their due, and the!needs of the men themselves anpiOf their dep; indents are protected ar d secured, and tha' with their right to lull membership these shall be complete acceptance I of their


Tljie one main bulwark of British (Legion


equil status in the ranks of the.Leg Is


any) distinction betweeri our own garierqtlonl and the one that is coming o us. And it is


We shall.be false to (he njotto we “Sirvice not Seif, f,” If kv


the


in liis sp'irit that the Ppppy Day of 1939 wUl pro ride for the needs of all (x-Serviiemen of all [wars and of all branches of the Services.


TO ALL hUmiers.


his salt. You have elected me yoi anc I ask for your loyalty ind ful in l eeping alive the traditions of the Legion, in urthering'its aims,|in bringing into our ranks our younget brothers, and inj showing tha i in testing times, we of the Legion have renembered our duty, and are determiiied at ill costs to ourselves to make the Legion that still greater ex-Bbrvicebpn’s prganlsa- tiori which it has the bhanc 5 to bepome. T here are wives, there will be widows;


A| leader who does njot le id! is n


it worth r-i leader, support


jin body; 'support.


ture


four dation the manifold needs of 'the ex- Sen icemen of 1939 and (.he succeeding years


can rest secure.


yean, is ready and agog to take upon itseu the lew responsibilities upor it. ,


Be t this is all changed, ar d the cjuld Qf ,


' ■ 1939 have cast


its future; and regarded! it as and boiind by come


money will be daughters 'of t! be -a large Poppy Day viort


ex-Servlcemen and it follows


to tell them;-Will .realize how great wiU 3e-,‘ the need fop a|iecord!Poppy Day colleotkn, and what tetter itrustee fok their bene 'O- lence can .they Ifuid than the-Legion with fts years Of “ activ administering '


Surely the .public, if-you will do, your pirt', — ----brs.- ' , , ,


] service" in distributing apd. eir furidsi, :


I ' ! .-WipLi OME ! evacuees!


children : who e which of them hqm.et In their this could have of evElouatlon,


There - aib


;-he, evacuated womeh.cnd. le in our midst. LPipd ' mt


evacuating areds, but be big enough tp foigetl that ,lt has not' been! done, and set to, i ,nd., do it yourself.'- | -. j


ome from the British Leg pn oivn towns, It is true tjat. reen better done at the pclnt and. by -the: branches !in ;be.


members. Domeinoti owe it to those fell members to seek them out, and try and .do our part to mlake them welcome, ariq 1 elp them with that advice and kindliness wl ich are so much-td those !who are’far frobi tpeir homes and fariiillar surroundings.''


They are; ffie deperidents of youri


Committees ai settle itself and even if yori are very critlci '


Changes - .ini -e attempt (tp draw


on. profess,


llENEVpLENCE. 'the powers, of BeneVolbnt: |


ledge which you do not possess. Do not over­ look that benetolence Is not only the hantog out of financial assistance;' it:hasiits greater side in ■, the-S sympathy, the understariiling comfort, which you of all others,know low to give..


.............. they .have know­ i! ' i , ' ' ' !,-. , ■?HE,''LEGION’S i FUTURE.'


J taking place. Leave tha;' to-'; -the hands,' of head-quar ers,


j i- '


eded,larid In the wives arid. Serving men Ithete shoini ceSsiori to the ranks of tjio


hrit 'aVriiuch larger suiri 'pf ,


make a-special call,' anq with remembrance bf ________ ___your mind to :the jneeqs of


is -nekr, and added to t ouriWar Meniprlals will lje--„ Remembrance, Sunday w!


' should ' led to ; transpli During


tastlc fl man 1 blbod : quite


■ time secreti


i years I


! those them,


' own ■W


: prospto i world ' game., ‘ persiste would fight w an ove Britain Rlbben tells th the wo lias int


'Ambasi aptounc


: Ribberi , rated- him w pleto


e ca:


- j Polan; and u,


; notice,


'-I In rC' ,indepi ,-not


: and


j ' ; j- , !


standing, that! tbis period; of war! will inrike or kill the British Legion.' We have bull [up our system, [ye have profited by, our mis­ takes; we are..'the'older heads backea by the experience, which teaches—is it not tr us that the serving man of to-day will loot |for the guidance »nd advice that he will nded? If our membership is going tp jfade away,


Finally,'-.let feieisay without, any misurider-;


: 'atlgatii In fao until dld.ni speak had :a loqg b| power until


-1' Franc ■ the n


Iff I ! they:wU


' tage coi ! sale pel


; CJoebbel I i machini


in prop sticks {


! truth ,E ■ re,ason


. lead i ll


in thdi small


Dbririg


name bounce, witnesSi sale m 31b’


Rinnan


•’ Ihpy p: . ine re-t arid poi danger Hitler ■ to'lstri Bgpnda cann.ot if I am na(ibns overtaki to! stew


Slbvakli kriow fbr pur[ path; block sabity:. this, ;af as! to , arb thp|


; to the t : dlscovei ' lf[ they believe a] remc


i gbod t.. cbmpetc


: ab why With h


salt,; sal


I wish it ForI one


possess'


hem W' Hi the


ght


LABpURER WHO> SUDDEN


■1mumm


h h h i n ■


- i howev almos


j tion o I Nazi r! ahead


; PollEh' terrlt


: said t| Germ mobil


there are chUdren, there will be.ioirphans; parents,'brothers, and bisters will be‘among the bereaved; there wi.l be cri'ipled, sick, both Inj mini and th^e are a charge which w > must


maimed, HAND OF CC Mb/.DESHlP.


yoi r successor; when he is billeted to ypur dis ;rlct,; see what you can t o to provide for his comfort and entertainment; Mfrom an


kold out the full harid pi comrahKhip: tp


ex-Service standard, he is jW “ p. his father. Get in touch with the crimps and


■a lealLegion welcome giver to all who are seriring. 'Watch for thb c^ualtier* ""■» thit the Legion is the fist to- syrrpathy and assistance,


Dr 11 Halls—and where you have Clubs, see thit their amenities ato open


and


’ ] know you have'ypur National, Senactf wok, and your civil work to carw.on, but ■imke the time in yourlspjire timri to. do a


l .


bfler both .


Legion ..deed eacii tlay, and In eve^ -----


Legioh on the ■ (Continued, loot of next colQirin).: and see


and if those jivho have done so much ip past are going to; hold back from; doing ■ If, in short, Twe j are going to rest on laurels and leave lit to the few to try anc hold the famri of the Legion—then with coming of :th6 new generation of ex-Ser vice­ men will coriie a new organisation to care- tor them an4 theirs,'an. organisation vblcb will be live 4nd!virile with'the Strengti of youth,'and with the cause It hasiat.-hea ■


- |, sumi the long fablei


1


virile as itself] And the Legion will be pi ssed by, as a body of;, old fogies, a body obsessed with the carps of tbemselves and their pwn generation,; arid, with!none of the breadth of vievv and df purpose ‘which thP new age will


( aS demand. | | ; - ' I' -‘ j


a sermon, ‘but l! ask, you to read' it, arid; re­ read it. I; am writing it with the full know­ ledge of Its.bieaningB and, implications, I am confident that if you will ti-y to nalise my meaning, anq tape the fact that you a duty as a member of the'Legion, to tise what jls and had been for so loqfe creed, we shrill be the founders ;of that greater British! Legion—incorporating


THE ClRfeA'IEB ! BRITISH 'LEGION Maybe some of you; will say I airi preac hing


rind


riave jfac-


wisdom bf young—with


bf duty which can be a sherit-anchcb, how. in time of iwrir, and after, in the may i rule, but hardship


'a riatlorial usefulness ai when peac!


social difficulty must be faced. I '-


your- stm-the


[the 'old .and the spiritp: the ■ense


bpth. days and


j surely i Danz


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