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t o J O H E R O E A D V E R T I S E R & T IM E S . ; F R ID A Y , J r iJN E 2 9 , 1 945;


W adW o n Sunday


Methodist School


ANNIVEFSARY S E R V I C E S


SONDAY, JULY 1st, 1945 Preach{r,


R EV .T . T. W of Clubland Church, Preston


ILLIAMS ......... Service^:


MORNING 10-45 1-30 ipim. Short servl


■ I II


EVENING '6-15 e at Cenotaph


Young People 'S 1 ij Presided o'


■Ml?


MISS E. FRANKLANp A demonstration w: the Scholars,


i “ This Glory of Address by T.


MUSICAL ITEMS at Offertories for Sund'i,:


jnijuvxif CROSSLEY-iRYDEN


yueeii a-iwau, nu rled on Tuesday leyan Church,' Ryden, daughi


Mr and Mrs. R. Crossley, Creycroft Queen’s-road. Accrington, was mar- atWllpshire Wes-


to I Miss Patrlcls ofi Mr. land Mrs


w. Ryden, Speldhurst, Langho. , ; Given away M Her father, ^thc


I v*i _ I •


bride wore a .gowii of pale blue georgette, with a headdress of pale


blue itulle and wble.ts. She carrlec 'a bouquet of punplelirls.


2-15, PJ,n. Service J. Richmond, Considerable


lyer by I, of Chatbnm


11 be given by entitled:


tile Garden ”


r. WILLIAMS all SERVICES y School funds


STJ PATH, I0W MOOE


Itt JULY—Fifth jitter Trinity. ORDER OP


sundayI ghoOl a n n iv e | s a r y


11.0 8.0


a.m.: iloly c6w ..um.v... a.ii.: Morning Prayer and Ser-


SERVICE: nunlon.


m'on. Preachei:


Vicar of Emmanuel Church, Preston. 2.3d'p|.m.; Scholars Service and Sermon. Preacher: IrEV. W. FLETCHER


II, REV. G. H; HtlRST, iM Slaidbum


PrccesMon of Wit.. >s will leave the Sdnday School at 2 0 p.m. prompt.


REV. T. W. CASTLE j| Rector of Slaidbum.


liM'.


CLITHEROE CHU:


PARISH RGH B-O’ 19-30


IO-3'O 6-30


S^day> «uly 1st CHARIST


HOLY CC SCHOLARS' SUNG El eVensonp


JULY SUNDAY SCHOO Pi it ME w e sl :


.6.J); p.m.: Evening I’rayer and Ser- m ^ . Preachei':


Bombardier jj 'A- Ryden was besj * p : fowle


In'the marrlaf Peter’s Church,


-BAXTER.


day week, of second son of — John'Fowler, 10


ton, nd Mr


„Ir 'James! Fowler, ca and the late Mr: Paihter-wbod, Bll-t


nterest was takeii solemnised at Sti slesbury, onSatur-i


G. Baxteif, Westdale,!Copster Green; Salesbury.


i llngingwu, auu iviiop is tedith 'B S h t e r of


bride'wore a d f o of powder-blue silk crepe, with J feathered head;- dress' In the same shqde, mouldej veil, and burgundy accessories. Her bouquet was composed of red rose^ Two of me bride’s friends ircre in attendance: M^,, M a rg o t Burtoh and Miss HUdaBrlggs. MlssBurtort wore!a dusky pink silk crepe dresi feathered head-^dress to tone, p d Miss Briggs wad attired in an ^ p - trlc blue silk crep|e dress, wim feathered hea(jl-dress to match.


Given away by her father, _ me : J M


Both had navL carried bouquets


0^ mixed swee


and Mrs. lOiomas A


■ax ■ ter, ohly . ^ <


™ ^ ’e church wa's tastefully dec^, ated; by the bribe’s hunts,! and thb Service was'Conducted by; the Rev


Captain H. Cndssley, R.A., son oi dress, iaiid navy blue accessories.


IN AND OUT AND


The other ibridesi laid'was a "Sister of the'|brldegroonJi, Miss Camerlne Sheather, and shp was attired in a dusty plnk'dress of moss efepe, wim a floral headdress and' brown acces­ sories.!'Both wore sprays of pink carnations;


whilst lithe duties were! shared by Sgt.


Sgt. i 'John. Shedther, R.A.F., the bridegroom’s brother, was best man,


' . ,■


of groomsman! S. Marsden and


the Rev. IA E. Swallow, MA., the: hymnsj“ 0 PeJfecjt Love ” and “ The Voice I,that Breathed O’er Edeni”; were; sung, with w n; Hudson at;


Mr. F.i Embley. ] During i the service, conducted by


me organ; Embley.


was presented with a lucky horse shoe' ;by ! her sister, Miss ' Jean


On leaving the church, the bride I ' ; Shejthk left fo^_ tbelr hpneymoon


After a reception at me Black el, Chatburn, Mr. and Mrs.


at St.i Annes-on-$ea, Mrs. Sheather. wearing a' deep crushed strawberry . dress, with browp Jigger coat and accesterles. They will residb, at Bridge House,


Chat^urn.' ' SPENCEt -HDDSON.


Parish | Church, Spencej eldest s J. P.'Spence, Gre


married on Mor.day; at Chatburn' P CALCULABLE d£ image has been Ih iGnr. Parker


A repatriated irlsoner of war was


whose bride was|Ml6s:Marlan Hud-' son, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C jHudson, ’Toll Bar, Chatburn.; Glveil away b|y her father, the


During the Service, which was conducted by thj Rey. W. Eddleston. the I hymns, “ The Voice that Breathed o’er Edeb” and How Welcome <iwas tlieiCill, ’ were sung. Mr. Kingston was at me organ-w the' register wa:. being,signed,


shared by George FowleiJ another. broth^.J Wd Mr. Barry Baxter, bromer of me bride.


bridegroom, acted as best man, and the duties ,of gto^omsman were


^ r ; Edward Fpwierl brother of thh _ ___^


no Koaf man onn accessories, ahti


church the bride was presented with ia lucky horse ishoe by a young Ifriend.


Mildred Halliw :11, .friend, bride, sang “1/ ye Divine, ^ d ^ the newly-married, couple left the


MMUNION SERVICE


f thr— I L S ^O N S


THODIST CLITHIROE


Sunday R FRE 10-30 £.m.:


liEV. W. J : SHAW , . • 6-0pm.v-'^.,


EV) W. H .% J T Y VHNARY JNDAY


A N N I V E SUNDAY & Ml


JULY 8th an Details :ni


Con^egatii CLITH


Sunday


iWorsh p at 10-30 m. and 6-0 p.m. conducjleid by


'■a, ■


REV. C. J. GUILDFORD Communion Sapjrament after


Evening Service.


)r Labe GLITHIJ


j ' 10-30 Church, ROB.


SundayJe};!, July 1st f.m.


‘ I j


Rev. 'j. S. yea :XSLEY,'M.A. '


MR. W. a. FORT .m.:


6-0 I n .


WH-ALLEY SCH


METHODIST DOL


Saturday, July 14,1945 P.M


AT .7 C.E.M.A presents


’he Pilgr itn Players IT


TI


“MURIIER IN E CATHEDRAL”


by T. $. Eliot , with ^


E. Martin Bre w n 'a s Becket


TICKETS: 3s. Res ;ryed & numbered ij I 2s.l Reserved,'but 'not numb ;red.


3s. Seats'may


MR. J. I! King Street, iWhalley


be booked at ^ELAND’S


Friday and Satu -day, July 6 & 7; Monday, July 9| tp Friday, July 13 2 p.m; to 6 p


|i 2s.j ^Pickets i iiMembers of'Wqi i; ■ i Institute


obt I. ■ U -


;ainabie from lalley Women’s (toihmittee.


.mJ each dav . i , • ■


EY CHURCH


July 1st


Inn, .Copster preen, the brldp Itravelled to her aeyr home, Cuerdale Hall Cottage, Satesbury, in a light blue


After the becebion at Park Gate ' accesj-


Tories. Friends] o f . the bride at Rlbblesdale Mill, iRibchester, pre^ sented her with a Iglft of cutlery. i


SHEATi


, The wedding Chatburn ParlSl


AWODNCEMENT .angora wool.


SCHOOL I RS AR Y


ONDAYNext d 9th 1945


,e £t week.


Sheather, Broai Sussex, and eldest daughter I. Embley, Bridr ! Given away bride wore a d] with burgundy, a feathered het spray , of dark r ! .Miss Florence! sister,, was chie: Ing a light s'


day, of Spr. R| youngest son '


irL embley. , fjas solemnised at


J Mr. and Mrs. A!, f-stieet Green, Hooe;,


, Surch, on Saturf mkld, H. Sheamer,


I of Mr. and Mrs. E. e House, ChatburE.| Syl her father, me


Epibley, me bride's bridesmaid, wear^


., 'j


:awberry dress of ith !a floral head-


ELECTION I nNC^UNCEMENT


sions Associations. U elected, I sl4U waUta my power


to le i tatoYorceTas qiiickly as possible the National InstonCe Scheme which was mapped out and agreed by au


National Federation of Old Age Pen- _ _ _uv, w


I WISH to make my position perfectly RotarvTciub, 'yesterday, when he con ludedAfter!


OLD AG E PENSIONS — clear about the


** **V


parties m the Coalition after exhaustivel studies which pro­ duced the Beveridge Report and the White Paper on poclal Insurance.


single person ! a married eoupl men and €0 for a singly weekly c cover all nation: We all wish to s other benefits ii vigorously suppo this as soon as o| increases. But ' pension , of 30/-


and for employe 4/-. As weU as ^ould have to fl


__employed wi tribution 'from (he National In


re ei ' '


P.A.Y.E. taxes, these additional going all torts ments


services. In other


wi These proposal: give as a right, and ithout’Means " a


, the ages of 65 for women, ta return for t )ntflbutloh which will


l insurance benefits. i . theto pensions and


t any steps to aeWeve wealth as a nation


creased, and I shall Serson now, we's ionid have to increase


bay for an" old age ! week to a single


sum coul ”d o nly i r, and this additional pounds each ye:


jrkinan’s weekly con- 1/lOd. required under irarice scheme to 5/3d., a women from 3/- to dhls, the Government id Another 220 million


e raised by increasing W6\ could not shoulder [burdens without'for^ )f rieeessary improve- social and national


opponent has what is involve: electorate and ii the heartless bid age pension: remain unfulflUi to such treatmeL so well of their c{ be helped thront by means we kn| such as the Natl: They wJU not which will not would rather Iq: promise or give Sny mind and c< not be fulfilled


imake my hopes electors of, the


e


time,' be pleasedi tions or to ans- great social prol tim I trust th|


I shall alway


National and c| for the


To promise t! ese pensions, as my


lone without showing ^ to mislead the :p towards


;est,'-£l a week for a 357- a week toy


the proposals of the


period,;which had iricluded D-Day and ^Day.Manji facts were now known about the I ofganisatiori and planning which had liiade! thb D-Dpy landings of ithe British and American armies so successful. : If riothing else had hap­ pened, the landings in France and the subsequent ' victories were in them­ selves I sufficient to make the yew t memorable — remarkable: for the


a iest in hls]life. i have capse to remember the


scientific organisation, personal co­ operation and team work.


riumph of'international collaboration,


'Ihatl combiimtiori had defeated and rendSed impotent the biggest attempt


for world domination ever made. We also knew what' it had cost, for Europe and,!indeed, many [other parts of the world were' in a state of .chaos, and reconstruction was in all our thoughts. In that period imaily difficulties would


would be required to surmount those rlifflniiUiac hnf! if fha frnnH follATHRhin


patience "aid much goodwill


peace, the period of reconstruction could easily become the period in hlsto’ry when true international under- stan|iii.g was bom. I


ci s i *^ ..........— -


irs [when the promises !d. 11 will be no party it of those who deserve uiltry and who should their declining years iw lean be carried out, inal Insurance scheme. e helped by promises . I mv


e fulfilled. insCience I know cari-|


rotes than make a to hopes which in


|lem, hut in the meaii- l t this statement will


inywhere and any receive representa- questions on this


and fears clear to the lith jroe Division,


RICHARD FORT


, mlervative Candidate ithbroe Division.


Britain have ' it$200 There are 16i tional Savings million holders As Christopher the current issu^


Seven to human history. never


MILLIONS OP CAPITALISTS. elgil


yiself


Isillusionmenl of tlye the first step


abd'lunderstanding, and he hoped that by individual ana collective effort of its members. Rotary 1 would go from strength to strength, and become a powerful contributor I to a world of peake and happineks. ';


made t _ . isation for


..rt--—o — ----- . Sergeant hadn’t taught them to stick S


oldiers who are being demobbed in I New iSforld are. wishing the


thefy chests oiit and their stomachs in. There I is such a khortage of civilian suits, shirts, pantk and pyjamas that shops I; are - tanking 1 of closing for week. It’s woret tor the Their chests are so


much [broadeidef and their middles so muejh ! slimme ’


several days a ex-Seryicemen,


wop’t pt them] any. more. ¥


of I iTeimjisforu, B^fordkhire, in the M^lom Press [and Ciroular.


HEIGHT-jWEItjHT tables are not t f_!_ T


, • toilaible,’ ,, says Dr. Henry Hales, , , is I the


ijiilhoa holders of Na- Cert'ificates and 16? )f Pbst Office Savings.


million people in to £300' apiece,


Review,”: a disitribrit such a .scale an{i:orig has


b: lore' been aown m stand that the tru. the opposite picture


Hbllis points; out m bf the “New.English on bf capital oh the “httleimeri” ka:^


’ N. — -


phykiem and additional fat -bhroiV|a strain on .the body chemitol. ‘This Idealjfor weight;conflicts with :ed notions ' of , many


' meptal vigour. Any above ithls figure taust


cbnslsterit -witli full health ! and a


withstand disc i ,sse. They do not under- trutii Is to be found: in


St Iliad to a dechne in diminished capacity to'-


and that a period


of weight i means must-tot of


ptoe'1eople] ly , People fasting mri^”


tb live;


‘.‘The correct Weight tor any persari lowest


that pre-war clothes The international


5n the road betweep Brussels.! Stopping his he made some enquir fed triangle sign and it had been used on thd Y.M.C.A. can­ teen which'was locateqJn]the area during the' last war. Wars it had been used ini turn for filling a hole in the loof, [and then for stopping a gap in i fence.


cA MUCH battered the eye of a Y.


x:- forming part of the small Belgian col tage,' recently M.CA. worker Monk and


nobile. canteen es about this discovered that


ploughed througn: the cottage garden we achieve social reform at ho) ad flattened the YJW .Q.A! sign as bullets right Seebnd' Army


SI When ',the, Germans retreated in


wept forward.. The c ittage garden was restored and the


veil as putting several i ihrough it. ; Then the


again with'the sign belt ing Ito fill the gap.


v (


think that a big Joss disease: -that , one


national association of Cril sity professors .and inti the Vatican: radio.


in August, of


this year,' will be trai ■risfeirred from Madrid to Rome.


association, which Was


The to 1


.dllectuals, said H.Q. of the !nded in April


rpHE 100th anniversary X sion ; to Roman Cil Cardinal Newman, autho “Lead, Kindly Light,” ,vdl by a Congress, to be Jie London,


d probably in a new inter- thplic univer-


of l(he conver- ■thoUcism of of, the hymn be; celebrated


eptember last year a Gerjnan tank u


ence repaired


retrieved in exchange fo • 20] cigarettes and now adorns another; Y.M.C.A. centre in' Belgium.'


This much bate ired! sign was


TlHE magistrates were there — X their dignity. So were the qolemn clerk of the eburt rind the solicitors, the policeman I and'! the police! court repo ireters.


f1™ : ■ * ' ■ !


had been assembled in the , Adelaide Jiivenile: GouirtI revolved rouhe (says.British jUnited Press). S’eriously,


a ;14-yerir-old bpy.


^juflty.” Solemply a railway politoman climbed into' the witness-box, took the oath-and began to give evidence


Conf aidently,


the the


the boy pleaded.


charge ' was [ read, n -


him ot


For 15 mlnutto-,the magistrate con­ sidered the boy’s case. Carefully they


1 apple core outi of.-a railway carriage , window—went ho®®-


debated every:akpect of the charge and. after due deliberation the charge was dismissed.


in all


-In the middle of all stood : The' officials that


V.M.6.A.' sign, fencing: round.


samik enthusiakm Into the realm of [is's I Elsie Embley,


ucbessorles, and had [ddress. She wore a Id roses.


brldi "Was;! drestedj In a gown ;pf white figured taffeta, cut on classi­ cal lines, with a veil of embroidered net, surmounted bV ' a coronet [She lone


Barbara arid Mildred Hudson, sister Capitain Holly Morse, rrmy


bouquei of! deep | red roses. Misses orange l blossomJ carriedmeu, a ! 1 __Ur


and cousin lof mO bride respectively, were [bridesmaids, attired In dusty pink 'Icrepe' gowns, i with feathered headdresses' to tbne.!' They ■


a niece of me bfldegroomt both wearihg white tjffbta druses wim headdresses'! of


posies,hf ariemoijies. Also in ance Iwere Maureen Lee, a nlfece ,of the ‘ Ihride, iiand GTOndoUne Wllsdn,


— Ale/, In nffonrt. carried


flowers] Each eat mixei flowers,


S6S


whilst'Ptei!H.,Hud^ was grooihs u


Mrll T. SP«nqe


with'a'lucky horse shoe from the two attendants: and Miss Valorle


Gho^tf son at; churbh


Smith.!'


bride was aidiaridbag!; to the brides­ maids he gavel umbrellas, and I to the attendants treasury notes, i A gold IvTlst' watch WM given to me groom i by' the brlfle. And he also received a cheque from Mr. and Mrs. R. C Asshetonj of | Downham Hall, where,! he was previously, employed. FeUbiw [employees of the bride at Chatburn iMlU gajfC her a set of


The bridegroom’s present to the " I i I ^


fckr^gg blue dress, Churc !h Institute,I Mr. ■ ir


cutlery^ After


a! reception Chatbrirn.! HOPE


play in' reconstruction was strewed; by Mr. A. E. Veevers, speaking at Clitheroe


members and'officialfe for their support, Mr. yegvers said hewould long, remena- ber hiq year; of office as one of the


year of office ae president his thanks to the


WAR QUALITiIeS [TO HELP PEACE The important part Rotary coifid ____ E. Ve ,,.-,-r---------— .. e ■ tasye ■ “


Indeed,; everyone


' Blackpool, Mrs. Spence wearing a floral crepC Idress, with a camel coat and nigger brown kbcessorles. '‘The7^1irre)ide[at the Toll-iBar,


Spence' left fob thelr-honeymoOn at


at Chatburn and,Mrs.


the ViCar (Rev. A. E. Swallow, MA.) the hymh; “Gijaclpus Spirit Holy was sung, with Mr N. Hud-


During the servlM, conducted by


'ptei: !■ " I I "


the organ. On leaving me the bride iwas presented


iekves and white 'fled a posy |of


was best man.


World War n you will be able to have it delivered by paraep ite. U you want a motor-boat as wei:, you lean have that, too. And if you are really fusw you can have the hoat' delivered with th^ crew already sittjii g in li; I


TP you are living A and want a car


ar from a town i i a'hurry, after


ties opened up as! i. result of the development of air)ome I warfare. Allied paratroops ai ,d glider men haying helped in pCrmany’s defeat stiff pack a few gopd punches for Japan.,


J bated down on six 32- foot parachutes. ,across, m ,e size of a )ocket[ handker­


orl paratroops. Those I u led for dropping supplies are up to 96 ieet across, and have been used in clutoers aq many as A le at a time. Airbbne lifeboats are


bblow sixteen 28-footi parachutes. You have one only eight inches


eeps have been, diopped; hanging can even


'means of . clockwork nechanism, for example, you can release a ‘container at 20,000 feet, watch it drop like a stone to the ground,! a ad then see the pbrachute snap open md let it down gently for the last few hundred feet. This device is valuable because it eriables supplies to| bg dropped with


during .. World War apsorbers ' hav


Many


tpe precision of a bpmjb. F


ab it is reaching the bound "so as to cbunter-balance the shock of impact.


lAtest: experiments an wlths a device that sends the contatair up again just


tainers hopping ovbr like a giant


jump ng cracker.


rl^eard when their parachutes, opened was due to the sudder impact of the silk on the ,’air, arid the |''puff of sinoke” often seen) was diie to the French chalk used [in the poking.


■1 At ohe time sllle a ad nickel steel lei are olfen usei


york just as well. .


__ucational course? ih France‘before theyjo to Colonel Paul Tn: the' United States Service in Europe.- (according to the British will range from a coutse university to a correspi The first United State: ^ance will open in B holiday resort, early in


rORE than 1,109,0001 soldiers will be


have been mooted, but nothing more efficient than the statl: cord’ has been found. During thej ir vaslori of Crete iriany j of | the Germi n parachutists dropped from 200 fbet, and- they were skid to have invented a small explosive device for blowing opei the parachute. In fact, the noise [like an [explosion


I Various ideas for cpeilng parachutes


........_ Meumatic shock ve been fitted to con­ ;he countryside The


the diroppiiig n.


:roblems p: R


aye been solved of supplies in


chief. This type Is t)£ed for. dropping' small flares for illunlnatlng targets. 'iSome bf' the>flevlces usedf in para­ chute dropping are.: uncanny. ' By


lerfe are many types of parachute other than those used by R.AP- crews


Those are Just one or two possibili­ igates, Downham,'


In of Mr. and Mrs.' weeKS ago, so a local in the space of


won’t be us.”


Af l - r - - done to produce by Aner's life, the s:ui


to have adopted Goe: ment


that “whoever


l ' starves . . . it ini


(Manchester) Division, and is told by "'The' Manchester Giardlani


ONE of the best; election Istories so far I comes from I the Withlngton


the canvasser that shj was a Uberal, adding; “ But I’m not gomg to vote Liberal”


A determined old lady admitted to !


|


‘You won’t?” the surprised canvas­ ser afeked. “Why?"


' i


this mess and they’ve of it. ’


jk


.ifell, the Tories faye^gbt us, into got to get us out


1


a well-known gardene r took1 a bucket and h sharp-pronged instrument and, two hours]T'‘ Spiked ”


that bane of the ig; A: very few an iiifbnned me,


1,0591 of the pests, Willi ■,ch would seem :’s early state-


LIBERALS’ MIDDLE I COURSE


M ^ S ON


strongbox 1 has b jen revealed by a former film direct ir, now attached


secret of iHitler’s; personal of LoS Angeles,


British! Unite'd Press Members of his unj);, he'said, covered a pding famous big window gadbn chalet, and on


,])hic uiiit, says a Bremeii message. ms-


contain the holiest Flames seared throum the ;steel and flnany the door fell | )ff. Ih the safe, were eight - sketches costjumes. Nothing el^.


a wall safe. An expert was summoned in ,the belief that


opening it found


anel hear the the'Berchtes-


the safe' might of Natl secrets.


for!, women’s'


replied okji Wednesday to statements made, by Earl |de la Wairr, when


dldate _ Miss ______ ______


---------------- - speaking In support of the Conser- indldaite the previous even-


I • I ■ BALFOUR : ^


L^CASHIRE ■ "il • ■ . INDUSTRY


Honor lOalfour, Liberal can- fpr the Darwen Division,


vatlve CL____ tag. “ I take up his challenge with the greatest pleasure,” she said, “ It gives me 'an opportunity of answer­ ing publicly the illogical talk that Is coming froin! both right 'and left that; the Liberal Party has


that we 1 to form i


implying no ■ deflrl


HIGHER PURCHASING POWER


LABOUR CANDIDATE ON TORY 1


' RECORD.


I i‘ Lancashire trade! cannot survive ilf'ime Conservatives 1 remove the


i controls as they threaten,” said iCaptaln Haines,'the! Labour candi­ date for Darwen,; At Langhd,' on


iMonday night.. l ' : | ; . .. i i; ‘‘ Every operative Ih the textile'!


Industry | remembered! what hap riened In Lancashire at |tne jthe last war, wheri'


■position !|quitel I clear on' previous occasions., Flret. the Liberal policy Is distinctly arid practically aimed atithe welfare bf all people, regard­ less of class .or creed iWe Liberals


how I wOuld use my vote in Parlia­ ment it a Labour'or Tory Govern­ ment was ta power. I have made my


Ite ppllcy, and declaring ave Inisumclent candidates Government. I am asked


are above pressure groups and party dictatorships.! lleve ta public good.


lazard pipfit.”


ithat tlm-;. Mapy who yotediTprv ta 1935 would not touch that 'party jwlth a barge pble to-day because of 'their record of lappeasement abroad and selfishness ht.hdme. The ^Xirles neither prevented ^ar, nor equipped us If or war. Many who voted Laborir iln 1935 would not be Inclined' to do so, again] afte^ the eriperlericri of State authority !we' had hpd since 1939. Then there'were seven'mil­ lion voters whp riever had bMn In any party. Those 'voters were| going to be practical, and she believed that In the Libesral Party they would find an' adventurous • forwardflook- Ing view they vrere seeking, j In the clrcumstajnces there -was [every probability thaj; a large proportion ;of jthe 305 Liberal candidates [would bel returried,'In which casp the Liberal Party vfould be the: bjggest ta the House.


election. Changes


and , there had been riiany in pilbllc opinion! during


[enemy no. 1


! been the case in Lancashire.' As war contracts! canie! [to an end thej[ must beware of unemployment, jahd must help industryj over -reconversion


parachute. Nowadays qottoni and mild Id £


onmi Am:


i|ome, [according )sori,! chief of T ,y’s Education


United States given special Britain and


:()ndence course. University in


fheir !education United Press) e atta regular


arritz, famous Auglist.


^ere considered vital ;or afi efficient at d are! found to


will go I to the!-policy which] most approximates to the Liberal [policy,” Miss Balfour Werit on.“ iTp me, after Hitler, enemy No. 1 is the Tory Party. There I5 a good deal Inj com­ mon onl short-fierm policy between Liberals: and pigny' Labour men.” Never'.agata riiust any onel district have to depend jentlrely on kirliy one industry 'for its livelihood [a^ had


“ If they are! not, then riiy vote l


dlfflcultiek, proyide cheap money for repairs, equiptoent arid modernisa­ tion and! break dowri moriopolles


whlclv prevfiritod manufacturers from .getting the machines arid the


goods! to |3uild |;Up productlon.PLan- ca'shlre I industry must be modern­ ised. I Home production should have pflorityl on orders -for new. Plant, arid no orie engineering firm should be at work producing the n e c ta ry looms and matihinery essentlfil for the post-jwar! production spurt. It was faritastic to think that iLanca-' shire' mills might not be able to get going agata because one engineering firm heldj a monopoly on a certain kind of loom production. Their [motto ta international


trade should be: One step Mi^ad every time. As a result of our war .effort we had lost many old markets and missed niany new ones. Qne im­ mediate job I was to put national money Into scientific Industrlarre .-


search to'bring production tolpeak efficiency] to j train the best techni-, cians, to provide decent conditions and wages j which would attract man-power, arid to Institute vast research ta order i;to open up new channels qf trade. We must co-^oper- ate wfth Arrierlc.a ta a'General lowering bf ttode barriers. Only by these means'could! Britain biieathe


. . . . . . . . .. . r


freely; only by such progress [could me.


It was,


enterprlse: -for 'private ten years since thfe last,


Ecoriomlcaliy we; be- ji enterprise {for the ther than the hap-


;ouT foreign competitors made great! headway at our lexpense.


:mLliik once] of all they have suffered!


{before they voted for the return of & Conservatives, i They should;


lUU


Uhood depended' upon a stable cot-i tori Indpstry should l think twice!


'l The riien and women whose llve-| OUVUlU iDXUiUk . UWiVV|


I


between the two great wars. Theyi should think again,! lest they puti back!people who would make for-’ tunes ta another post-war boom; cut wages: bring unemployment:|i and take the operatives’ savings byj [a Means!Test.” I '


- Labour stood for creating markets


by Improving purchasing power at home and'abroad. “ If -they want better nillls, healthier conditions, a guaranteed wage, and a future for: their children,! they must votej Labour,”: declared Captain Haines, who was!once a warehouse boy ta ari ACcrlngt'ori cotton mill. Take con-; trOls away, and fhe textile Industry; 'would run downhill to economic dis-1 asters a!gata.' |j


! '


-so [did sugar. .'Were the voters going to give Big Bustaess the opportunity to run aniok again as they did Iri 1918, and me years after the last wkr? The Conservative MB.s were overwhelmingly I representative of blg-bustaess Interests, whose main object was to make profit and then more profit out of the people. The Conservative Party stood con- deriined by 1 all Intelligent electors as a party which could not solve the problem of unemployment, and which had consistently aided Ger- .ma’ny and Italy with flnanraal credits and supplies before war broke out. They had smashed the principle of collective security oyer Manchuria, Abyssinia, Spain; Aris- trla and Czechoslovakia, at a time when every Embassy ta the [world knew that Hitler, Mussolini and the Japanese warloyds had entered into a sinister compact' to extinguish deinocracy ta tfe world. ’ ;


prices would soar upwards as they did from 1918 'lOnwards. Because controls were removed after the end of. the last warj-rbecause the Con­ servatives • gave a pee hand to vested interests to plunder the people for profit; the price, of potatoes was doubled by July] 1930.' By June, 1930] butter: had doubled In price; tea rose by-a third, and


‘‘ Take controls off food,' and


swept bVer Lancashire like a tidal wqve.! - Thousands of Workers suf-i. teffed the agony of seetag the ln-< dustry rieglected and broken, whllel


persuaded me Government to :re-| mpve


coritrols:


ii n: the profiteers 'Unemployment


the end of IS lM f i^ U R lT Y FULL


:AR'rAlN PRESCOTT’S PLEDGE TO DARWEN IVOTERS


(Jonservatl've I candidate ' for the D'atweri Division, who addressed meetings lastj night, ajt Mellor and Samlesburyj stressed thM there weis no peace ta the world [yet The war with Japan was still jta progress. Thougri hostilities had ceased in Europe,' there was fa: social : dlsolrders and urirestlnm; erit.


Captain [Stanley I’rescott, the lapy parts 0 the Contln- : By QUIS. let it


it will be out and about its business, and that business will be a|l to your good.| • ' .


I 5


and many a garden pest figures on its menu; : A score of slugs on a smgle nighti doesn't strain its capacity un- diuy.! It will do no hirm whatever to place on the list of girdeners’ friends.


The hedgehog is a yoracious feeder,


Col. G. Jottn Bolton


i Lieut. Jol in Bo)ton, E.E., son of Lt.- 1, R.E.


* charged in 'April, this year. He obtained a post oh| the | staff of Haileybury


Ghatbum|,i received | his commission in April, 1913. He iwaq wounded in North Africa in August! following. Later he saw service in Jtaly until May, 1944, when heTcontracted infantile paralysis and was|detairied !in hospitM In me Middle E^st for 'eight months. Return ing home in December, he reiceived treatment at thejNational Orthopeedic Hospital, Stanmere', Middlesex. Dls-


(S Bolton, Fir Tree House, John McCally liforine Captain Fred Park"


(joUege, Herefordshire, where he was, educated.


biv-Bowlahd, years agd. Wounded in thei D-Day landings, he was again put out of action it he,,is with the


Marine John McCaUy, son of Mr. and [ra C. McCally. Stump Cross. Bolton-


Brooke Bond at Closes HaU. Rd. Bawsthorne LA.d. 't • : I


ten yba^s hi Ihdial He islhow attached to tnAintelligence Branch of the' 14th Army] Onl a recent lea^e he marked Miss E. Altham, of Waddlngton. Prior to entering the Indian Army he was wim MessrA Whiteside, Ltd., at their Parson I ^ e (Clitheroe)! branch. .


, Germany. In Victorla-street,liCiitheroe,| left the em­ ^['as employed by Messrs;. piloy of MrJ Jackin, School-terrace, to


i ^ Captain Fred] Park,; whose home iS; at Victoria-Street, Clitheroe, has| served


join the R]A.P, at the afee of sixteen. He wris for two-and-a-half years in Canada.: Now[jhe is with! the B.L.A


c., ____ ____ ,


BiohardJ Bawsthome, also o£ .


sibly come across it rolled up m some sheltered comer. Aft^r dark, however.


TF jrou find a hedgehog in your ga .rden and It seems likely te stay,. ■ !'! You wil Ul..nptj see mum_of _it during me day, although v(ou may pos­


■ ■ ' — rd nd ft not te , SERVING WITH H.M. Hi COMING EVENTS


to-day (Friday) prigatlonal School; JumbC


'Webers’'Institute:; Dam Griridletob'Schoohj^Wlrisl-Da Tosside Institute:, Dance, ,6*0


pATUEDAYi: '


Sklpton Conservative EJdction ■ Glsbum Parish'. Hallii: 7-30. Bqltoh-by-Bowland MO. ', Bimlngton Memorial Hall, 7


Sale- H by. itandall: Labour Cefop. Ground, 4-0.


Whalley; Assembly Rooms: ‘ SUNDAY:' |.


St. : Paul; Low Moor: Anniversary: 8-0 EC


Surida ■


WaCdington Methodist! ' Aiihiversary: Servicei (Cenotaph), 2-J5 andMs,


Moor I Lane Methodist C ritos at 10-30 and Mi


Metliodlst (Wesley) at 10-30 and 6-0, ,


MONDAY: '


Sklpton -Div. Labbut crirtdida The Hall, Lowergate; Dance, Whalley ^Assembly Rooffis:


Richard Port; Meetini Aksembly Rooms, . 8-


WEDNESDAY:


E ve of Poll Meetings: K|lng Lane Hall; 8-0. Grand,'8-15.


v Polling Day.


WhiUey Assembly Roijipi?; " THURSDAY:


! FEU)AY: I Welyefs’i Institute: D


iC, distress, industrial


yqars of W£ir there, was .much atj home that toQrilred alteration, and


IWhllst agreeing that after five


the task of international recon­ struction had to be triced, he em­ phasised'thM life in these islands was happy ta the extreme compared with life [in some European countries. -Ijhere could be no peace and prosperity ta England while irillllons; of i people were starving elsewhere. iOChe only man who could carry on thej unity which had been achieved bet?veen the; three great Allied nations, and which had'led'to victory, was the Prime Minister, Mr] ■\Vinston Churchill.


.stated; ta Drirwen that he would oiever...support, the Conservatlvris, whilst Sir Archibald Slfaclalr, speak­ ing recently in Lancashire] hrid sa' he would have to wait rind see wh the circumstances iwere rifter election] It was tlrae[ the Llberrili faced this ’


<mallenge,, 11 ‘


[With regard to the Labour r* Captain: Prescott said jwe could afford' to have an IntemM war o|! Idealism. Nritlonallsritlori of th: n^rians of production] jdlstrlbutlo: and wealth i^ould, In [effect, meai the nritlonallsatlon of .the'hands of the workers, tot they were the orily means'of production Iri ithlk and any other country.


not ! 'i '


■defeat of the Captain' P


established I


1939; the {Conservative National Government allowed Big Busiriess' iif this country to! supply 17,000 ton^ of rubber to Germany for Hitler’s war machine—and then the Gov-j ernment asked the people to econo­ mise because rubber was vital 'toi our War: effort! After war |broke out, ships left'Britlsh ports beating scrap metal to Japan, who! con-j verted the cargoes Into aeroplanes] ammunition and tanks—now!being used against our men in the. Far East.[No wonder the'Cbnservatlve Party w{as engaging, In a spate. oi scares to terrify! the electors. 1 : '


A fortaight before September] 3j SICIiNESS PAY


FULL OR HALF SALARY AFTER: THREE MONTHS?


Mrs. 'H. Harririan, -Oswaldtwlstle; presided at; the meeting of thej Blackburn and Clitheroe Guardians’ Committee, held,at the Qoplow View Institution,: on' [ Wednesday after­ noon. 7 !'


'.I. I ' ■:


ported that one of [ the relieving matter! should,be Irushed - through. bffleers ta the area had been seri-, .ously ill for ir! some mopths. AccbrcL-J. tag to the conditions of the service,;


UMr. W. I.[Bentley, [the Clerk, re ,


an officer with more than a year’ri service Was entitled to full pay fori three months, then the pay was re-[. duped to' [half; '‘This particular bffleer had been put to considerable expense, and there wris good reason, to assume that his ill-health had been caused, by, oyer-work, Mr. Bentley, sam' that the: committee had .the power to recommend, to the County authorities that, ta'cer-l tain cases, the [full wage should bC paid for an I extended period. . [


And the boy—he ‘ had thrown an-


be done, but Colonel J. F, M. Robta-i (Continued [at foot of 1 next column). 1


! It was suggested that' this should ;


([Contiriueri Iron preceding column sop said he did not think that tl I'D


mittee, money. sei[vlce which he


He did not know the officer ta ques­ tion, bqt they.lthe Guardians’ Coiiji- werel trustees of public;


, - -L


Wheri pebpleil entered tl[i th kriew thle conditions.


ous, and he 'do.ribted the wisdom 'i''" making exceptions..'. ."Would'We tregfc' one of bur owrij em ployees so gerier- ously?’] he asked.,:


ey thought Were] very gener­


'


Robinson’s views, ;but Iti was eventu­ ally decided tcj recqnimend'that the


officer should receiye lull pay up to the end of Septeunper.|i '


^


decided th^t-no ejection meetings; should be hield' In.apy q th?! Iristitij,-: itea.:


Mr. Bentley'iaid [that It had beqn tic'ns in the ar Mr] J.. Becke|tt suppjijrted Colonel


have to takeja greater part ta for­ mulating the commercial[policy of the country! (ind would have to re tain some; cohtrols overjlndustrj. The State would. have to play ft i part In estaplishlng- [international cd-operritlon ta peace in the riealmi of trade] as co-operation had been Ished M time of war for |hc


BE'TTER T)HAN BEVERIDGE . In his opinion the | State woulc;


! ,


pledge rilven by Mf. Anthony Ede: inj the, House'[of Comriaonk, that if his Party were returned they would energetically pursub the bringing in ofj a full scheme of social securltj'. He noted tha ; 'the [Liberals at Bol­ ton, by mean? of posters, were tell*'- Irig the electors that If they wanted. 'Idge plain they_would


;enemy, escott . renewed thi


time


the full have to


but, provided] no ridequate old ag^e idge plari. Captain Presi


pensions forj' 20 yea[rs.. In that respect I he didn’t [ w^nt ; the full Beveridge plari, but mpeh preferred- th^e plan of the (jovernment.


ing up of.marglnril Irind. and the sowing [of' crops rinspitod to this part of the vrbrldl [ Itj must be ad­ mitted [that [whilst th e ' policy; of the Government had [been 90 pet


Prescott! said! had strongly


Referring t:


but certain It tolsoll of this tude, frirmers return to the [irdlriary products'-jrf this clli|iafe.


that the Government had been intOTreljed ’


was that, ;ype apri


hiukt'bri allowed! x>


It inlght tastructlo: ;op. llterallV, with regard, at this altjl-


cent, right , oyer tpe country as whole. It might not] have been with regard (0 theto paj^ts,


hai


' agriculturej Gaptaui Laricashlre; -farmers irltlclsed [the plough­


Bever vote [Libefal. [ The Bever ....jcott potatel


which he. was receiving! In the con­ stituency, Criptaln Prescott said he challenged:: that party’s candidate to! state whether if rettirned to Pair llrimerit, shri ' 1 would :| support the Labour or Conservative parties. As Liberals would be a minority parjt-ji she would'have to dri oneor the other, f Sir 'William Briverldge haiq


riVhlle welcoming Liberal support, THE ELEClitjlN.


takes no sides ta pblltlck.; _ and privilege we takc;td be fair and accurate rcporttai: meetings of. all parties;' gl much space as jpossible to th- dates


The ;A d v e r t i s e r I r i n d


cmouslj]' easy . during 1 an period to devote thej'


de serve notice,'and .the ta lon of paper , supplies th i difficulty.


and Interests which majority: of


stances we have found, It 1 to print sent : to


: In ' these


:stl ad: c


. the many ppllt 1


■already 'been -dealt] caridldates on each sL.. is bo need to repeat themi


thfemselves. These lad r ■ [psarid


frdm, one side as the other, nobody can feel thetas _ except,' ;maybe,


the (prr


the Edltorj The i points


raised with.!! ,de,|an


ately, as many iletteys h a v i i^ ^ iS p ithk


itokrig ?3pc M m r


deprive 'them, anonymously, sa .lsfactioh they might fee] tag their letters' in prlntii noT means our habm to s letters, unless ;as somctlmqs 1"


present 'Instance we to[doso., ' le catapalgn .ln


they contain libel's, I but •""•are lcc':


personal abuse amo dates. They are, of cpur»y,. prriperly, frankly arid blu opponents’ claims, bjit at a welare spared Innuendoes rin bltltag. 'This Is as It should parties are working hard,;th


thtee divisions with; concerned Is, being vigour,: but: ■rath hrippy abs


ieaclh whldh


‘ lo u g l


edly are, they do 'mclud: many new voters, and It 1 Inri to find these showirig and Interest ta' the cbptests. has there been an el jctloh


he reglsL^..


listening! to the national The wireless forunr Js ,sb;: new on the- scale iwe hriVe for the past fortnlgM, and thfe voters the advantage ;o|| tag the iprogrammes pf the expounded by I'eaderp.


many people had the bppor: '


■ ■ "inat m


Issues Involved withe ut atte single meeting or


laile being Well attem iPapers.are beingireai “’he climax will


:SS,


eadlng locril


a yery go3d,;idea ,ed, an®


Is the priceless possession C; People. ' In this election' no should, hold back. Every vote must be iecordep: Voting tadlvidual and 'i the acid citizenship.


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a others'rind 93 children wi: bton billeted ta various pari Cjlltherbe'district; returned ’


Travelling by -speclali tr


■*olks In tears both on thp-pl 4hd In ,the coaches;! asi th Pulled-out;


|i !


Those who returned: pp Mona ^ •homes' to go to; those,! ren* " ®flll .lack' accommodation, Own district. Not rill iivho wer Ranted to do so. 'In sever ^tonces, families had [made i new [friends arid-were so c .?ble that they would have pr to stay : A, number of frien jhe evacuees off, arid ther


Hlct number 83 in Cmthero 5p In BQwland,iand lesp than 1 wzen ta' Clitheroe [rural c i


hpmes ta the South; pn 1- Eyacuees'stlll retaatalng;lri t


vdtlng day—Thursday next- ^ shall hato to wait loriger thiifg: torthe results : ; I One more point. 'Tlie right


e reacl!^ i


mrin have gone to'some [tro put their views tatoj wrltlr our failure to :prto!f th e n ^ p .


M i tj]


Imi cal I


balance, but with, the.,best th^e , world we cannot .eijsurii by-lnch equality*.


occurrence. A'large tobtton circulation area'foraik jiarl Sklpton; Division, wh;le yet area falls Into the Darweri, Here again' we;


and thlS iji! no Itwould'ls


spade to political mtotlrigs. are, however, many


I-


spriakeys of Parllanlenl,ary On this occasion, both' tpe Ci M candidates have thanked riife gratulaied struck,


ithemselves,' riridil'to us upon!t|ie try! tbj s ® ^ i ^ i l l m


Ma Meeting, In’s u p p . . . , 'Wballey Methodise Scl:


! D


Property I Sale at Swanl|&| Ro; ■t->; by Mr.lT. Silverwood; S*30, ' * ta the


Clltlieroe Auction Mart: Bale Crittle,'10-30.


TUESDAY: !' ” [[ r


Waddiiigton Methodist' ing In support of Ji c. u:


Clltheroe Auction MaH Frit Stock. ,9-30'a.m.I


I


Clitneroe PariBh ; Chutoh: 9-30 Scholars’ Servli Et charist; 6-SO Evi


Sundi^ '-at


10-gl


ongregational Church; I'Serv an


L (In support) at! the kltute,-3-0.


y Randall: Mrs.'Barbi


I by Auction-6t’SO,[[victor Mr. T.' Silverwobai ll-O.


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