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CLITHEROE ADVERTISER AIO) TIMES, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1940. I ’ ' j[ i


i f f B ^ W n T t E E KECOSDS COWCIL FAVOUR SUNDAY CINEMAS.


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Many Chaiig^ Resultmg From increased Population. The Chief Constable reported that


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pondehce from the Home Office (Fire Brigades! Division)


objects of an Order to prevent: lo^ of trained men to the Fire f e ^ c e


i The Town Clerk siiljmitted CorKS- to the


I as a whole and pointing out that In tases where men I desire toj leave one. brigade :to take up appoint­


H ■' ' !' . J '■ i; ■' j - i !The Fire BrigadeiCommlttep were


informed thatl.it had been decld^ed that deferment of the calling up for MiUtary Service i of part-time huxlllary firemen^whdse servides nre tequired for the efficient operation Of the Emergency Fire Brigade Organisation, .and; in respect j of whom appUcatlonsI for |deferm,ent had already been.—'-'''"^'-”'^ bei continued until


authorised,! may 31st December.


i [granted to enable fire fighting; per- I Usonnel to gain access’ to premises I ilfor extinguishing fires.


. The necessary certificate has;been ' |


I i| The necessary [additional unl- I ilforms, caps, waterproof (joats p d ! . Ibelts are to be provided, to complete 1-. outfits for each member of, fhe ilAuxlllary Fire Serjvlce.


;l Prices are to be| obtained for 63 npalrs of leggings and submitted to ithe Fire Brigade Committee for con-


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loh.’ the- 'satisfactory response! of I members of the Auxiliary Fire Ser- I vice on the sounding of the slrjens.


!sideratlon.,j i liThe Borough


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I to employees of Rlbblesdale Cement I Ltd. (who are members o^ [the [Auxiliary Fire Smlce allocated to I the fire post at ROOk Mount Garage) 1I reporting there dti the sounding Of


I 'The Borough Surveyor .mentioned I existing arrangements with regard


the siren during elr civilian wprfc- jlng hours; and as to Inter dew


liyhlch the Chairman and he had I with the Manager [Of the Company; l and further; action being taken ]vlth I a view to other anangementsj being


made. ' j j ; 'j


I i The Borough BUrveyor reported 1 on representations which had been made that hot drinks be'provided for personnel on s,tand-by dpty at the various fire posts after receipt


‘ ’ [ \ urveyor reported


.. A i i memorandum i from . the Ministry! lof - Agriculture iiaiid Fisheried' emphasized! the import­ ance jof home grown food and\gave guidance ^to occupiers of gardens


ments in another brigade!; they should not be preveinted from, doing


ind aUotments as to vfays in which, heyi can crop [their gardens;in. Jrder to make the maximum contri­ bution to the National Food Pro­ duction ; Campaign ; jthe memor­ andum also set out a! list of ^hlch it Is desirable to grow; in ofrder to'produce, a steady streanrof vegetables in every month of the year.


brought' to the noticq of the local Press, and the: Parks Superin­ tendent was asked to attend future


I The memorandum


mee!tlngs jnittee. |


The Town Clerk reported that he h inrt"applled to the County Council


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porary i clerical! assistance onj account o1 ;a .R.?. adnfinlstratioii andj submitted reply thatlsuch tem­ porary appointment wag approved


for c ontlinuatilon pt add .itional tem- adl applie


for [a further per]"’ as irom 13th Sep


od of six months ;ember, 1940. |, ,


--------- .e 'Town Clerp submitted Home


Security circular, jsetting ’ out. arrangements whereby information


gained by the Observer Corps of the' movements of endmy[’planes could best be [utilised for the assistance of roof spotters provided by industrial andmther establlmtnents for, their own protection, and as.to appolnt- meht of Alarm Controllers.


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!rhe Borough Engineer reported that the scheme [approved by the


of communal dom been 'isubmltted —, — .----- Reglonal Technical Adviser. :Coun- clllpr-Bugdale and i the Borough Engineer Were asked to interview; thfe Adviser] and Indlbate the desire for, early approval to the- scheme. The Town! Clerki submitted! letter from the C erk of the: County [Coun­


CoUncll for provision In the borough li— J------ - J— shelters had to the penior


cil; setting out ipresenj;, arrange-1 ments|for provision of normal and emergency I lighting in all pubUc ; Shelters. [Permission was given to the Headmaster'.‘of the Pendle Junior! School to utilise PPftlon of the publid shelter] in Princess- avenue by la section of his scholars l ii’theleverit of the Shefis sounding djiring school hours.'


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■ of an ‘.‘Alert.'! It: was resolved, jthat thft'Surveyor; funilSh partlculafs of such' personnel to the Local Food Officer with a view to a permit being granted to bnabje, irationed' tom- ! modltles to he purchased.


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for hWtmg lh e :lfe post at [Shaw Brldge'MilJ.


An. electric fire Is to be prpvided ■ '


on the Ihsurahce apparatus af fhe


The Borough' :!


jf^febr reported of the heating Fire Station! and


submitted qpotatibn accepted by, the Borough Treasurer from the I[loyal


Insurance -Company for Increased insurance to, cbvej: claims by third parties to ah amount of £5,000, action of the[Ti|ea3urer and veyor were appro]ved.


■ The' Secretary'(If the Fire Brigade wrote'as to the benefits provided by the Council’s! etoSting Firemen’s Personal Ac'cldeiit Bollcy covering [members of fth e Regular [Fire [Brigade who ' sustain accidents [whilst engaged Ih fire fighting,]'and asking that the -Committee re-con- slderithe fhattef with , a view to being i assured.


iThe -ChalhiiStaj Town‘ Clerk, uri


Increased


report. to ■ consider


at c'hatburri was called, t


each.Warden’s post in the borough to minimise the danger of'fires resulting from inflamipable spirit being spilled on roadways during a bbmhlngmttaCk ,and; to prevent the splrlt!,}from. passing Into the drain­ age sypteni.-


!a supply of sand is to he stored at ' ' [ of the' Allotments, Com-


the gateway to the yat^,|at the Police Station was not wide [enough to pennlt a'suitable etitfance for the police car, and recommended that the gateway be widened to pro­ vide a straight run Into the garage.


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The Borough Surveyor Is to prepare an estimate of the cost involved. •'


I transmitter' and receWer; hild; the approximate cost involvetj. [ It was


letter from the Home Office on; the subject of police wixele^. and] the Committee coiisldered the Installa- tlbn of a fixed station and trdns- initter and receiver!'arid a-moblle


The Chief Constable! submitted


decided to defer consideration further pending development of schemes for Police wireless service and information being' bbtalned as to position of the smaller Borough Police .Forces.


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police to a^lst In the enforcement of-the Fire' Watchers’ Order, 1940 ; aind -to give help to local [authorities to whom cases of failure [to comply jwlth the Order may be reported


•The Honie Office recjuested the General jcioslng [ hours of shops


are to be suspended cin; Tuesday next, the; 24th Detiembe^.


[' Except during the hours.of dark­ ness a vehicle conveylng[;petroleum


spirit by road need be attended by only oiie person not less than 18 years old. Irrespective', of iwhether it


'contains more than 1,500[ gallons of petroleum spirit or has a trailer


attached to it. ■ !


- The Town Clerk reported on the


matter raised at the Fife Brigade Committee with regard fo obstruc.-


tions by vehicles parked In back streets [ and roads, which would cause inconvenience, particularly If a fire broke out and prevented the Fire Brigadei gaining [access to premises. The Chief Constuhle was to' take ally necessary


desired [ action.


Library. Committee for the ensuing year. :


Councillor Rushton i appointed Chairman of


----- A total of 7,087 books were issued


by the Free Library during Novem­ ber. Cf these 7,074 wpre from the Lending ; 12 from the; Reference Department; and one j from the National Central Library. Cpen on 25 days, the dally average was


284. [ . .


Batter thwdlte) submitted observa­ tions Oh the storing of sand or other suitable materials by mem­


[ The Chief Warden; (Alderamn


I vuunuii aS to the posslblllty of sand­ bags being made available to the


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bers 01 ithe public for the control of Incendiary! bombsi,:- The Borough Enginfeer was instructed to ascer- ' ■ ' views of the County


I public!. In which' sand, etc., could he stored.


j Council’s I appreciation of the [prompt assistance by the, Civil De­ fence [Services of the Borough and [by Dh Copper and his colleagues In air raid Incident which


from [the .Clerk of a neighbouring local .authority, ' expressing his


The Towh Clerk submitted letter ,


occurred in that CouncU’s area. *jwn Clerk is to take any


: recent


Arising out of the recent incident Which the Brigade


_________ „ie Chairman reported difficulties experienced with rygard to transport] pf certain supplemen­ tary fire fightlnk. equipment and, suggested that a light motor, van be obtained fdr. [ thbt purpose. The, Borough Sufyeypr Is to make en­ quiries as to a, suitable vehicle and possibility' 6f| G([)vernment grant.


mittee unentloned the desirability for 'close cb-^operatlon between the


The Chalrtnan of the Gas iUC' UllttllUlttU UA' W AU Con* IC VW T -


Fire Brlgaddland ths Gas Depart­ ment in cates of outbreaks: of fire which|may|attec|; gas mains.;


Mrs. Taylor thanking the Council, iheads of-departments and staff for ,


To a meeting of the Flnanc Town [Clerk pubih.----------- -


- their expression^ of sympathy in >


General Purposes Committee the lniav.tr ietihTVlIf.fpH Ipt.t.pr frnm


"notify Departments which may be concertiedl of any air raid incident which 'might affect the services of any department, and to approach' the respecltive Clerks of the Bow- land and I Clitheroe Rural District CounpU’s with a view to their co­ operation.


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1 rfeport at [once to the scene j of any air raid ihcldent occurring 3 Iri the area [of th[e Clltheroe'Rural District ■Couricil. '


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i suffering from tuberculosis,jthat It rhad been [slaughtered.: and ttiat the shipRon premised had been cleansed and ffisinfected -as reqhlredlby the Order.


Thb chief Constable [/lipbrted that fa cclw had been fo«[M to be


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her recent bereavement and oppre- TheGhlef Constable reported that elation Of ffie services rendered by arrangements had been; made for the late Mt; [Taylor.


. ( members [of the Police War [Reserve


Borough' Treasurer, In the place of the late:Mi?. J. H,


Mr.'Harry [Wrlgley was appointed . HA


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to be paidVand arising 'being rel,------ - Committee! for, consideration, and


Taylor, the salary all other matters fferred to a [Sub/


: made In respect of salary of th,e late Borough Treasurer, and' it was


report.' ! The! Committee instructed Mr.. Wiigleyi as to payment to be


further Resolved that Mr. Wrlgley be authorised to the Council


Authority.] such as


sign on behalf pf Local Education certificates] and


1 by the Board of Education, and ' that the fio^rd Ijie notified accord­ ingly. [ "


The! Secretary and District C


other docuirie uments [as may be required I


to attend, classes promoted! by the St. John Ambulance Brigade for the . Of qualifying for, [a First


periperstin 'and recommended that ■


■ ■ bepE(ld. 'Therecoihmepdatlon adopted,


I The Chief Constable fepbrted that at a Juvenile Court Detective Officer J. Sellers was commended by the


[ Ma^stfates for his smartness and- efflclehcy in apprehending two boys conflcted of stealing bicycles. ’The Chief .Constable subnaitted his com- meridatipn of Police [Constable G., BenSon for the excellent: work he:


of the CUtherde amber of [Trade


asked the CPuncll to make an order that shops be cWsed at 7-0 p.m. on, four days] at the week (retaining the exlstlhg Wednesday early clos­ ing day)', knd at|8-0 p.m. on Satur/ day (the late day). This [met wiffi the approval of the Acting Seijretary of the CUtherde Branch'pf the National Union, of Distributive and Allied Workers! | who said i R had proved satisfactory to all concerned and could [not be improveci upon. The Clitheroe Hkirdressers’ Associ­ ation were also in agreement!on the hours, , and! an Order was accord­ ingly made.


[ performed as Officer in Charge of: the ' Motor Ambulance attending casualties after a recent air!rhld: and! reported reefeipt of two letters of cbmmqndation from persons who were present at the scene of the air.


a tender [for new tyres for the! police' patrol ca r; and two new batteries on the Police, AmbulancP. i •


I Electric light and heating are to be [installed in ithe garage at the


I Police Station, i : ; Tihe Watch Committee accepted, '. — “ [!, ),' * ■ -■ ' ‘ [


interview -with Captain Cheall (a County Training Officer) who stated it was expected/that the various Civil I Defence''^ Services in ; the Boropgh should also be available to.


[Thl iTo^m. Clerk reported on ah, , .


' Christmas Day. Boxing Day, and New Year’s Day.


' The Free Library will be closed on /


r : _ .j|,| . The'Acting Llbrarldn reported


that a number of books suitable for the Forces had been forwarded to a local l^llltary Headquarters. This


action |Was approved. [ / . . "f ■ i ) ,


The Free Library Committee con­


bers of; the Forces only, between 5-0 and 9-0 p!m. Counclllon'Fushton ..and the Acting Librarian' were de­ puted to arrange for supervision by members of the Committee.


sidered a suggestion thait the Read­ ing Room should be Ifopened/on Sunday evenings for use, by mem­


the’Finance and General Purposes Committee that the position of coal supplies In the borough Is satisfac­ tory. [ ' . ' ■ .


The Local Fuel Officer reported to '. ■ [ I ! ■ [ ',' ' ■ — ' 1 ;— ^


'itoaWiJer and Surveyor ( action he] considers practicably to will in] future be open:on Friday in. the matter


The i Borough' Treasurer’s Office


‘ each Week continuously from 9-0 a.m. td 7-0 p.m. for the purpose of collecting accounts. ; i


, Air Raids. The Borough Surveyor, Ithe Electricity Engineer and the Gas Engineer respectively reported receipt of similar recommendations In respect of their respecitlve under-


, Trading services setting [out recom­ mendations with regard to the [pay­ ment of wages for time [lost during.


signed' by the Employers’ and Trades Unions’ Secretaijies of the Lancashire and Cheshire Whitley Council Local Authorities Non-


The [Town Clerk submitted letter


With respect to complaints] of, thd emission of dust by a local works,


the firm Replied that owing to restrictions] imposed by the Govern­ ment upon supply ^ f necessary materials, further abatement of the nuisance was not practicable for the present, but that everything pos­


sible would be done to mliilralsej the nuisance. The Chief Constable was ajsked 'to Instruct his officers to make a note^f any lorries passing throligh th^ borough which are not sufficiently covered, so £(S to pre­ vent •cerrtent dust, etc., being blown


from jthe vehicles. ,; [' [


health '.services for [evacuated or homeless persons billeted In]this area, the Medical Officer>pf [Health recommended that a further Clinic


was re the Free


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.other Sunday School premises licensed for the performance' of stage plays for which application was [made for Christmas Day. .i


licence granted by the. Council for the performance of .stage: plays at The Hall, Lowergate, Clltheroe. to the effect; that the premises be closed fot'public performance'on Christmas Day. be waived. It was agree to waive this, and for any


froip the [ Secretary, of 'the , Local Troops Welfare Committee; oii behalf ofi the Cfficeir Commaiidlng


Tlie. Mayor submitted a letter


the .'troops stationed here.; asking the ; CoupeU to give facilities lor local cinemas and other places of entertainment to open on Sundays. The Town Clerk reported, on the procedure in connection wltp the opening of cinemas dn Sundays. It was resolved, .that the Committee, being of topiiilbn that cinemas , and other places of entertatoment [in the borough should he opened on Sundays'for the period of the; War, In view of the abnormal conditions prevailing, a Sub-Committee [con­ sisting of the Mayor, the Deputy- Mayor, [ Alderman Satterthwalte, and Councillor Dugdale, he[ em­ powered to fake all necessaiw. [steps In connecti(in with the matter. [


pldns for alterations to the Agricul­ tural Hall, King-street, for Preston' Parmer?,[Ltd.; and a temporary


■The Borough Surveyor submitted


tool shed* at 19, Vlctorla-street. for Mr. A. [Hawortm___ : ‘


permission to the Military [ Authori­ ties to use Chester-aveiiue play­ ground for drilling purposes. . |


The Highways Committee granted


,'Assctel£ttlon wrote the Gommittee as to' the] danger to pedestriansi during darkness from! obstructions! on footpaths, and suggesting that: obstructions be painted with a sub-| stance that would reflect and give warfiing of the danger ahead; The Bordugh Engineer reported on the


The ‘ Secretary,' of the; Clltheroej Weavers’ Winders, and: iWarpers’


matter and pointed out the unsatis­ factory result obtained by [ using phosphorescent paint!


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.uneven condition of the sleepers' across the] railway level dressing In Eshton Terrace. The attention of the London Midland and Scottish Railway Company Is to be called to the matter with a; request that remedial works be carried put.


the suiii of £4 13s! 2d. had been collected' at the chrysanthemum show held at the] Castle, [and credited to] the Mayor’s Local [Red Cross and St. John Appeal p n d .


Alderman Parker reported that


Councillor’Trlmby reported on the ' '• ,1


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MUSSOLINI GETTING G R b G G Y


! HE RUNS AWAY ON TWO FRONTS.


[HITLER THE SOLE] CAUSE OF THE WAR.I By; cArey


LORD.


Near East shows that the lessons of past militaw movements have been well leameii and that modem methods have


brilliant'work of the, British 'the


be¥n'~adopted7 But perhaps the [real stroke of genius was in the tuning-of the offensive against the Italians. While Mussolini Is at his wits end to Rrqvide Ways and,means of stopping the rotun the Albanian, front, and marshalling troops to fill the gaps caused by[ whole­ sale surrenders, he] is faced with [an- alaimlng situation 'on the Egyptlta- Libyan border. It was exceedingly [well planned and fits in forcibly with; toe policy of : hitting Mussolini hard I and hitting him everyVvhere, and all the time German Generals usually deny that anyone In Britain—so-called Gen­ erals they describe them, having as they allege no serious claims to the title— knows anything about real military strategy. But in desert and colonial warfare we can give these Nazis asjweU as the Italians a start. It is different altogether from warfare hn France or Belgium. Real strategy Is requiredt since there is no trench stagnation but a succession of movements closely allied, and the General wins who' has toe quickest brains, as General Allenby proved in Palestine towards toe end of • the last war. To surround and cause, an Italian Army. Corps to surrender within seventy-two hours of toe [first advance is described by military experts as unprecedented: in; modem .warfare. At their swiftest the Nazis have not equaUed it, nor are thVyi likely to. |Part Of the success of our operations is attributed to the effective use made by British mechanical, units of special tyres which enable’thto to move at incredible speed oVer th6 desert terrain. In this respect toe enemy was caught as in a vice, since he is not in possession 6f similar tyres and so is much slower in covering toe ground. -Both toe Bnt- ish Fleet and the R.AF'. rendered admirable assistance. Those who [have played a part In desert military oReraj tlons will appreciate the advantage of quick movement,, however devised. Mussolini and his I Generals cap! only h leai-n from experience, of which!they


ish High Command,.despite toe; fact that they are in Libya and have cap­ tured Abyssinia in recent times, ilhey roped in the latter because they had to fight bl4ck men equipped, compara­ tively speaking, only with bows and arrows. Soon there may come revolt in Abyssinia and more may then be tord of the Negus. Meanwhile one Italian General killed and five captured makp interesting: reading. It could only be accomplished by superb tecticsj and every credit, is due to Sir Archibald Wavell’s masterly skill, that ofjthose nearest to him on hi§ staff, and to'-the rank and file who fitted in like a glove. So well did toe R-AR. perform; that they blinded toe enemy in the. skies and 'prevented him tiyink to retrieve toe isiWatlon by his use of his dive-bombero. All must ’be well with an army, Whi*


ave had little compared with toe| Brit­ his boy Into Eton I


But-Hitler speaks with , two voices. ■What matters is not his words but. his deeds. ''While he wasi trying to attract inner ms


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*: lland were dleprliving lali toe Dutch wor_ __ _ _ _ ___ less i toej^ 'volunte many.


the workers to his bai Ho"


____ Eighty already ;workmi


king men of uneimployment gay un- r


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_____ ____tag in' Germany, and in the meantime the Nazis, have dissolved their trade unions in toe same way as they dissolved toe' trade unions in Ger-


. u.w*iteer ‘to'work In'Ger- thousand Of them are


1 agents in _


S . That' is one'of innumerable ex-


how much Hitler’s empathies are with toe working man. His system may be a kind of socialism, National or other­ wise, but It is a special brand concocted by Hitler. Hitler promises the German workers a i new golden age if they will worship , the golden: Hitler calf, but l simultaneously. the . Nazi “ Labour ’


:s that might ibe quoted to prove


workei-s that there will be no real free­ dom after Hitler's victory, since toe German war machine lylll still be re­ quired to be maintained with forced labour both inside arid outside toe bouridaries of the Third'.Reich. Dr. Stohfang goes farther arid tells them that after victoiy the Hun plans will still include “ the maintenance and strengtHentag of our military power.’!


eader, Dr. Ley, tells (he German


Vqry likely, but why? Because, thq Huns will never relinquish the jack- bqot, which makes i t ; all the more essential, in the words of Mr, Herbert Morrison, that at the end of the war the (democracies do not drop their militarv weapons in too big a hurry, as they'did after 1918. but'maintain their pre-dominance to: military striking power until it is certain;mlltarism in Germany [ is finally crushed. Never adain must it be possible [for toe Huns to terrorise a 'whole continent, smash its homes and kill its women and children knd blast toe fruits of man’s toll with'their bombs. '’The British worker kriov® what Hitler means when he boastd that no other soldier but a Hun| wil. ever set his foot in toe countries where'the German soldier stands to-day. And the German worker knows full well itoo tRat if toe Hun goose-step prevails in neighbouring colmtriesj it will prevail no lea on


ances.-: In short; crocodile tears


what -was -thb cause in 1939 ? The cause of war in 1914 was the inordmate ambitions, of a few men surrounding and includmglthe Kaiser. The TCaispr had egged them on' to the best of his ability, but when it came to the psy­ chological moment ihe wanted; to. draw back, But he was too late. In modem tennlnologY 'he had missed the peace ’bus. We had wan in 1914 because a mere.handful] of, milltarv'madmen in


course. History, [is repeating itself through that lunatic Hitler. Of course there were serious [problems, especially in the second [of (he two decades which , have passed sini^e [the termination- o f :'


The clock.was put [back but not for' m- ,. ways.': Having oeeR stopped from .pro­ ceeding ahead before It was run down it insisted upptl starting again in due


flowing streata of !|,civilised humanity was not to be [dammed quite so readily.


Sut 'they


Al.* AO SU 4V/ bUliCa to realise'that the


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nvURNING overja ffie M A: yearstagp recalled'to


the Sunday S ch oplj^a Was'.one [pfthe.year’s ve


lett


the Great War. ! But by good will all . round they ! could I have been. solved, j And even in' ithe absence of good will all round toe [number of men prepared to'put these probleins to toe test of war' can be counted on'one, hand. ’The rest would stop short of war. But one man


'wouldn’t. . That.ALOA f«,n was Hitler. And is it imagine^ Hitler was out to settle by war the existing problems in toe i interests of htimari [progress? Not at all What he wanted w& to make toe world Hitler’s slaves, and after Hitler’s time toe slaves of, the! Third Reich.. He failed, and he : will fail. The ' world stream is against him. Starting slug­ gishly,it is riowi a| ragtag torfent and, jn time, it will sweep i him downwards N like a; broomstick. I floating in a flood.


o be solved, i as before the war began. But with the Nazi! lunatics and scoun­ drels out of ithe way; there will be a- chance of deciding [these problems round a table, orj agreeing to dlifer until times change, landi what is not possible' to-dav. becomes not only possible but probable to-morrow. ; My reader may not agree with my diagnosis,: but there it is, and for what it is worth It is my own. I never] have: been one who accepts iWitoouti question the opinions of others, however eminent. Each one of Us is endowed with a mind to think


t evertheless the; problems win remain


things out right


ngs ou


not ; matter la great deal if his thinking goes on.


ht or he: may be wrong. n


l for himself;u. nun


He_may: be iThat does


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Gbrman territory and prevent him ever again attemptta'gi to redress his griev­ Hitler merely shecls


1 great relief to Prime Minister Churcmil and the. War Cabinet, buJyffie effect of


lean bring off successfully such delicate land bol(f operations.': The remoyal of tthe menace to Egypt will hot only be a


With regard to the provision of maelstrom. Beyond all, it will give m-


[ make all arrangements to'apply the [ scheme. In consultation; with! Dr>


Barker. / ■ ■ [ ! *' ' j; ’ ■/ The'resignation of Mr. J. Sager


as Housing Manager was accepted; with regret, and the sincere appre-l elation of the I Committee clanyeyed' to him for services rendered, i [The question of appointing a successor! was referred to the Housing: :Sub-| Committee, -with power to ict.' . [


I takings. It was agreed that the' recommendations be, adopted In respect of all Council workmen concerned.


from the Ministry of; Health as to Local i Authorities ; J arranging


'Slid New Year. , i ; [ >,i


The I Town Clerk submitted letter | ' • I ; ' [


festivities for evacuees at Christmas ---L- I I ■


Mayoralty from the Ministry of Food pointing Out the position with l regard to food supplies aid advocat-


, The.Town Clebk reported: on letter received by the Depdty Mayor (Couhclllor Behtham) [during his


toe toe tob the c?ur°sefwSs^ I it-'i'i


mtchens and Feeciing Centrqs -^ e electricity is to be [supplied to Eaves Town!Clerk was Instructed to in-1 woii


•a-x.'a^ aa,a ,*aw W


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form the Ministry of the arrange­ ments already In force]for feeding l Mr f m Fntinrlrii ■ asked the


****—*^j I Should the tenns be accepted, ;


> i . ! e S n S S “’ih o ' i? S u S a n e e s <?»"“ '■ i.” The [Town cferk subhiltted circular


letter; frpm the Association of Municipal Corporations with Copy of epunsers opinion; oh Section 76 of the Local Government Act, .1933, with regard to a member of a Local Authority, who is an official of a trgde union, taking part in the dls-


[raid. 'The commendations! were confirmed-jn each case and entered, In the 'respective records of [ these officers.


I cussion and voting [Pn; any matter I relating to the conditions of em­ ployment by the Authority of mem­ bers [of his union; or otherwise directly affecting such members; the letter also stating: the proba­ bility: of legislation ' being passed


■'before the lend Of the; year extend­ ing the .Operation; of the Local' Elections J nd Reglste'i] of Electors CTempbrar j Provisions) Act, 1939, which expires bn the 3Ist[December.


The Town Clerk submitted letter


from; the Honorary Secretary of the Catholic Amateur Operatic Society ] asking that the stipulation in "the


, : owr ,hi! electrlMtj


ported on the estimated; revenue from the consumers supplied. Coun­ cillor Dewhurst, in ! corisultatioh with the Electricity Engineer; Is to make an offer , for purchase; with power'to settle. > ]


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Committee (Councillor Dugdale) reported generally as regards the possibility of establishment of new


■The Chairman of the Deyelopmekt


Industries In the borough. I


The i3as Engineer reported the . I - . .' ) , I


present position aq regards the foreman at the Gas Works, and necessity for appointment [ o f ;; a qualified gas ’works mechanic I to assist the foreman.; It was decided to advertise for; a fully], qualified gas works mechanic.; ; . [ ; ['


I Councillor Blekzard : reported [ as to repairs required] to the Parish Church clock, He' I was'j requested with the: Eoglneer to act [In the matter.


Coipmittee reported on thA length of service of Mr. J. Bmlth. store­ keeper at the Electricity Depart­ ment. a'nd recommended [that he bej included In the scheme adopted by the Council under : thq Bocal Gpvernment Superannuation Act] 1937. , ' '■ I


The (Chairman pf the Electricity .


application for a supply ;of elec-! triclty ' fpr Industrial purposes: a^; Hortop, portion of the premises concerned- being In the Councjil’s Area of Supply and porflon in the Area of Supply of the Yorkshire Electric Power Co., and stated that in the; circumstances It would; be better [that a [supply be affprded by the Power Co! ■ ; ' ' ,


Councillor Dewhurst reported' on ' ■ ------------- i ; ;


be arranged at the Infant Welfare Centre for the exclusive [use.of: evacuees bfUeted In the[[bprqugh. ‘The recommendations ;;; of [ the Medical Officer were approved,[ and adopted, and the Town Clerk ^s to communicate with the] [ Senior Regional Officer of the Ministry of Health with a view to; obtaining approval to necessary expenditure ranking for grant under[ the [civil Defence Act, 1939. Upon [ this approval being obtained, cpnsjder- tion will be referred to [the Chair­ man- and : Vice-Chairman of the , Health Committee, with:power to


' Turks, already our staunch friends, on Ithe pro-Nazi Molotofl at Mosco*, and 'on King Boris of Bulgaria, who is'doing ' his, best to keep his country out of the


[Britain’s smashing successes ■ m toe Near East will have a. profound [influ­ ence on toe Balkan peoples, on the


uAi .the war. [Causes in fact in toe plural, 'since he assumes that they are multitudinous. ’The war he thinks is due to rivalries of one kind and another, to e(ionomic problems, and to th! universal! struggle for existence. THs reader’s conclusions are certainly , shired by the mdltitude not only In our' own cofintry but vei-y probably in ensmy cc^untries. Strange to say then I am going to hold that the war is due to none] of these causes but to one cause only. Just let us consider all ttijse ploblems. In -one form or ar other [they [have existed ever since to 3 world began, or at least ever since top world made any sort of claim to


_ of my readers asks me to devote an article'to the cause or causes


[ estimable courage to the Greeks who [ have performed so brilliantly in| stem­ ming toe tide of invasion'and who may yet sweep toe ..Italians'back injo toe -sea. Mussolini mav':be preparing a [' couiiterstroke on the borders of| Alba­ nia but the parlous situation of Grazi- ani' on the Libya front will mqke him think again. —


militaiy leaders who have thrown up the sponge are also thinking furiously and if they are able to knock “Musso off his pedestal they will render: signal sei-vice to toeTtalian nation. We can on ly make peace with ; them when ‘ -/f sso,” is put where he can [do no mischief. ; ■


Alim,* *,& : Mui , .. [ !' i '


J-X German woirkers, made a consider- abl e contrast with, his


buckling diatribes. , Instbad of: tellmg them wnat he is, going: to do with ms, and their enemies,' he informs .them


German .contras


with ms p iRai^ 'Ke u


that if the Germans lose the way it .will be'the end of toe German neoplM. Another of his old lies. If he tad said it would be toe end of toe Nazis he would have< spoken truth for once. The


his own world as onel gove ■ ■


the whole tribe of them accept as a joke Hitler s


governed by tocracy.” •


sons'bfthepeople,’’ L ___ ri


■ this for toe Britishiworkin


the British working jirji Ian, however much objection he may have


British aristocracy, ta not-likelyTtO pre- fer Hitler’s seftdbm’, concentration


__ _ -


.jrking'man. But against


. '/j P]- the


camps and Gestapo, to his present position. After this war is oyer the British aristocracy as such will lose toe


1 1 - j ■ '


■of journalistic experience at home and abroad, I have come .up qg!itost every class of toe community and take jthem as I find them. The British irtatocrac, s is like any other class4it h!s its hlac._


very faint hold the Great War of 1914- 18 j left it on the reins of direction rof Britain’s domestic policy. I say: as such ’’ advisedly, since its members.can still play their part as citizens. [ I have no feeling one way or toe other pn this Hitler red-herring, but Adolph is; mis­ taken if he thinks anyone in (Britain will prefer his system to that of tolerat­ ing the aristocracy. In over forty years


'never been -heard of outside his own village, arid! find him ridin? top high horse-and pretending [to a sort of super­ iority which did not! exist. After this war the aristocracy i will be just toe same as other people. 'Vherq they have brains toe brains will out and will tell, just as it -does ta the rest of the community.] Nothing more, nothing less. The best tliir g Eton and


Implies. Let me give;one example, far from our own neighbourhood. Sir; Rea­ vers Buller, of Boer war and world fame was a-iom aristoon.t, wealthy I'andownqr, local squird... In his qechn- ing days I saw a*lot'Of ihim, md a; more humble man never walked. It was an amusing experience, havmg, ust left-Jiis mansion at Crediton.f near Exetqr ' to run across another arlstocrst, who had


heep. But the besfiof its people are not in the least silobWsr, as Hitler


Owing to \jar-timo difficulties it is a d v is a b l e to p u r c h a s e your Presents parly!


■ y “ toe sons of a . „ stupid ai’is- Doubtless [hi le wa >‘imending


' ” an, id tha


ned by toe [of Britain


cuiaoauca


HITLER’S most i^etent speech,' to the former swash­


**** Perhaps? some, ^f J'' *.**.*lpS' his


ht ving become fclvilised. And in toe oM days! the only way ta which these outstanding problems could'be settled wis by war. They knew no better. But I ;un going to:contend that from about the time]toe present twentieth century was ushqred into toe world, the civilised W9rld,'had growR out of war. True the problems between peoples were still piled upi ta front of them. There were


ranean is not surprising when we Reflect that for not Iqss than seventy: years every war iri Europe has begun :ta toe' East. -And evep -it Hitler were to win through to a! compromise, which to him would be a-imerel jumptag-off'pdst for the next wai-, thq Edst would again be the cockpit ,of tvar. The plans-which ' Hitler has ifl mind for'Eastpm Europe , can only make h,new-and terrible; war a certainty] A ! hostile and 'restive Europe, extending from the! Black Sea to ScandinaVid. capnot be held down in­ definitely by a barbarous tyrqnny whose only instrument [[of pacification !is a mechanised'I army, the coheentration camp! and toe Gestapo. Cracks ta the edifice are hound; to appear, and!once they assert themselves they will :spread


rrHAT toe greatest importance ; is JL attached [to [events in the Medlter-;


from one enR to toe other of toe npkety '


lent racial plans are devised [in an intolerable rorm! for ; a particularly sensitive, emotional and long-memoried people, the pc


structure itatil evqntually it will tpmble down ta resounding ruin. Hitlerjs Inso­


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Nothing ig. At best the victims lose their souls. The permqns must be treated as a superior class. [I The Balkan peoples, ■for example the [Poles, the [Czechs, the Rumanians!) the Serbs and the Bulgar­ ians must be their hewers of wood and drawers of Water/ In other words, they must provide their Nazi masters with, fpod, raw materials and cheap Iphour. eSnee they 'We hssimilated,' toe turhiot the Danes, toe! Norwegians, toe inhab­ itants of the Low Countries and of France, must follow In their-footsteps.! Their domestic; windmills will turn not; f(jr their own benefit but for the benefit; of their lords hri'd masters; the uncivil-' Ised Huns.


_ —. and _politica' :ies they will inflict? eG......,--------------------V-,—


down as serfs is ieflected In toe remark of the Nail Sedretaiw of: State to at deputation from:;toe Czech universities,


How to keep the peoples:


.Jere in 1914 [that could not have been settled -lin toe conference chamber? NMhtagi And If my reader will cast " s mind bad: to 1914 he will recall toe (wilderment felt throughout the globe a at a world war had become taevitr


-- Suntains of tfiem. But toe bulk of ; world’s peoples were prepared to/ idle them round a table. 'What was


open them yourselves: if we win, toe elementary schools will be enough for ypu." The Nazis have begun the task


ceedln'gsj reported at ead J


the Issue for .Dsperaber a yetorino Other news ol thaV' kill' itli^


nttondances.i There warf J


m ompplles- ■ Tables^ ‘‘groaned’’ under!


Sf Zetland ham ^


with the abundance of t Would ' our' young f l


^1/iir^l.be content' to. thd three'W s ’.progral


hplr elders, fot ;.that| - ^nflnwed a programmJ


S s f o n a l l readlni^r- Roiles throvm in : a arSherd' or two by the cl niolli^' or Piappfprto s l


rart loaf and seedcakd i wYid be very.wery wtld


meiifopC of days -[wher


WUlle or. Jane-^no^ to ^llrmkh’s oration and I fodr leaders .or.rep^esenj befs-of 'the cpngregatlpf wel did eiijoy oursklvesl 'handbags’’ did bore uJ t^r s . Now, with tlohs! in. the town, at-ai Chklstmeis tea party Isl


the past) Ap^ the plctil ml nes or-, other- amateul performers'i provide enl


.Chrlstnias was on the r thii detriment pf the oi| family party. iTnclder av ay yrtth th^e- cuHnai m( nts and all'' the ad(?


fe\z years before the wf tendency; to go- to somi


foi the! festive season. |


thi It the ChrlstmanffiL entaUe(l!/And.yet-thkj th;re are housewives w


pr 'parktlons for the ing thait no restriOtionf (Supplies.


rANOTHER attractloi the public in general


I ■ - I


'. I . ' t ,* . . . ■peaple In particular, wj


Ihij'was the-display n wladow of ‘'JohniiThoJ in MOor Lane,/other™ Biaceweli., An - adyei


the (yoiiders prpmlsedil of how we used to w|


fo : a I miniature! traj


from ah^ re-entering _ tunnel [representing


tr:ick hidden from vie aitangfed, at the bacK | dcw.br of watching a r


-


seeking toe, reopening of these [tastitu-: tions: “ If we lose toe war. you will re- /


'


. sort of “ bait” to ;lure his stock-ln-trkde.;and Waddlngtbn .introduce m 3chanlcal figures- whl ec over the gas Jets,. \ mation' by the heqt. St] G A. 'Whewell,,[ In y^int on^ better.; A ] at tired mecHanica,V mor srioked; cigarettes!-^' -V


t i e cigarette froni dtsj ei:hale!.the smoker-we v whited to-see if [it couW emit) the smoke from 1^


? Itch [it ,take a puff


of destroying [the mind and spirit of ibour victims,' not as a , var but as a' method-of gov-; > ,


Afagell tell ius: war was impossible as all le nations ■would ibe bankrupt ta a [onto pij two? , .The complete fallacy thatfargumeiit, when it was,put to


ble. : Did not' men Uke Sir Norman


more’s the pity that it would not end o


„,id honey. [Are] not the Nazis com pletely bankrupt now judged by all toe standards Of morality and soundly con­ ducted businesses? The reason why tie world was flabbergasted in 1914 was that It had grown out of toe barhartara war,' and it was a rude shock when .e Germans' revealed the beastliness


effectivdy after it is bankrupt as when toe land is[ flowing wiffi financial milk


the test, was that a nation can wage war if I it! wishes' :to do so!almost as


.A ofle can only ferences to


emment. Dr Goebbels Is interviewed by toe Czech cultural workers, and this , Is what ha tells them:. “The nations that have inke(l themselves, or will yet link themselves, Into the process: of settlement, now,[stand before toe ques­ tion as to (jhetoer they will do so will­ ingly and with a ready heart, we might


It: never even [ made We turned avcayidlsgj the oply thlng^^ we wad 'was ndt possible fpr th^


' ■ ■ ' ! ' '


'One such received-by J -fleek-rWith- sWeetoreif vas aipound of-SUgar.


present war .'did not provide the same sOodk to humanity was that it followed tjo quickly upon an already lacerated T'wentyenty years is — tion


/toe Hun, [exceeded the barbarity of le Hun, by jinking British and Allied issels ihaylng on ' board women and .lildt’eri as/well as men, but all of whom were non-combatants.


That the CIUIV L


*.. V..C ____ of the nations. Let my reader not misunderstand me.


L G U llUiXlCUliUj w d tliau X lumanlty.


ir toe lifetime


ijot deny the existence of world prob- Ifems. The ’They were probably greater ta 1939 : than, in '1914. But that does not say that they were Incapable of solu- 1 ion [by the statesmen of the nations gathered round-a conference table. Of


nothing I do


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Course they were not. Men of brains can f ettle most [problems, given ’the'good vill|Of then.' fellows. No problem


U


say from loyalty, or whether they wish . to oppose nn internal resistance to this process. This doCs not change anything in the rea Ities [themselves. They can be convinced I that toe power of toe- Axis, once Britain is crushed, will no longer allow anything to he changed ta the power-political organisation , of . Europe, built! up according to- their great political, economic and social con­ ceptions.” [What are these great social , conceptions? i The Norwegians can tell" us. ’They have] already been told how they are to be made to fit into toe Nazi system: “By reducing wages and there- ,- by toe standard- of living, there vrtl , eventually [be! created toe conditions for' ■ Norway’s tacit sion in. fhe European ; economic feystem,” Obvjously Norway has gone ahead a little too fast ta pre­ war days, i Her! standard of living mua ■ be reduced. Niiw we will switch over to [the Poles. The Nazi leader in toe PoUsh province df Poznan provides us with ; Nazi ideas; of [what is good enough ta [ toe way Of [education for-the Poles: “To-day ve can report to you,” that 1S| to Hitler, “:that there still, exists , a


iP^olish yopthl (lapable of dcoiptatag .a- 2.UI


that; has existed between the civilised leOples of toe earth since 1900—that 1s lorty years—was incapable of a I'ational solution , at the hands of rational men. Not one. . 'What then was ithe cause of the wpr in 1914 and


[of German ed,ucators and scholars; to ‘ play a leading role to assailmg _our : blood.” So imioh for the new Nazi order in Europe. It is to be an fil'tera(e order, _ capable': only of exclaiming


“ Heil Hit erl’ \O iyou take your; l\^ ■


in n Yoii Gift; I' PROBLEM i


' Large. Selection of-----


■ tutors give toe answer: “. Because the rest of mankind will not telieye you.’’. We shall of course need aH,the brain?; with which the British race is endowed.' Some! of our - alleged suplerior people have been greatly attract^ ;by Hitler before .this war broke out. fhey looked on him as- a bulwark agab ist Bolshev­ ism. 'What will they total: now when- he belittles ancient Eton ar d [exalts toe Adolph Hitler school—of mushroom growth—as its obvious supe nor ? That did not prevent Ribbentrep.: when he was in -London, doing his best to get


Harrow can do after ths ,war is to teach their students till thew can as in the past, but also instil into them that when they leave they must -claim no superiority over toe rest (if mankindi And if they want to know wiy, let their


[DRESSING GOWNS, PYJAMA CASES, [HANDKERCHIEFS in Boxes, for [ Ladies and Gentlemen. LADIES’ GLOVES.


[GENT’S GLOVES. All Forces Service Wear at


; ■ ■ ■ I ■ : ; ■ . ' , ■ n Great] Variety of-?T-


CARD & ALL INDOOR GAMES, GOLF BALLS in Boxes, DART I BOARDS, FOOTBALLS,


• TABLE TENNIS SETS, „ Miniature BILLIARD TABLES.:


ROLLER [SKATES,


CHILDREN’S TOYS & GAI®S Displiyed on our Christmas Tree


I9/11, VICTORIA ST. 18,NORTHGATE I . I . I - ; . . , ! - . 1 1


JOHN FORBES, (Outfitteij LtO • ‘ All Departments BLACiaURN. !


/


i j t o e s ” says, dlscusslf moil cold-and snuff-ta J][ Experience I h a s ; ai that those who take I pf snuff rarely. If evei


it' snuff? It may. question to ask.; But! aedlcal correspondei


iiuiiuicu, uut thc.1. any Poles able,]as the result of the work;


by the glee with whlcc of the incident] he wa afe if it'had been [a poi]


' harassment tp;-drap,erf


IfN the scarcity :of t l -f- the other, pins are!


ffieir customer, j ( .A t iBlrniingham-post’ sal las brought at least aj |lon of the old questlol ist plns'go?”- [[ j-i r A busy tailor,! unan


lenny sheet of pins,J jox—the' pricebf'Whla rom 4id. to Is! 6d.—si learch between the Ir Ing rooms and-ijecov^ b enable work to cor Commonplace [as -


,hat;!through; the 'ag the gipsies!; means ^'arment.'Or tent.!Bol! [n' fat; presenred the| Prevented brittleness


•idlstifigulshed ances Its most ancient fo ras^the young shoot"!


\UTi-OF-THE-ORDnl ehts are being; glvi


■ .


small craft saO along st::ekm; Mf.' !G.'[ A.^ MDor Lane,- also 'W.ent|


' X'. ! i


liready become [when 1 'xpress his contempi [eclaring that He dm m “ at a pin’s;fee,


a 'cold In the-head."; I fates the flow^ of nasal naturally antlseptlcl


pus bacteria and vlrusl V ; before I they , h


-bllsh themselyes.' * wpll as adults, !w


Iteri exposure] t6 dar 'in.:In shelters;! or)


sembly to take a llq fluff./■


■ ;.-■ "


/Bnuff Is- handy: and nost-i people. Some, igeroua viruses, suf ' dread dlseasfe liifl \yill,. pass; unchag


/ filtering material nova! Is absolutely


typist ip , a town .del Dundee. She | is ; ISr^yl Nina Lawrle,'of Stratq Dundee, who [wrltts ^ u t e , by holding ' hi tween her wrIsM, an(f


GIRL born withol been appointed I


words a minute.


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