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Epvoy With Pope VATICAN CITY. â€" H{ron C. ‘Taylor, President Roosevelt‘s perâ€" sonal envoy, began an impoxnt exchange of views between the president and the Vatican today in ml-ll l“t-h.miys €B0E0E0, MECICET! opened fire on rioting crowds. two Pope Pius and Luigi Cardinal Maâ€" glione, paper secretary of state. _ _ There were indications that war and peace aims figured largely in the Canada and Chile SANTIAGO, Chile â€" Foreign Minister Juan Rossetti today anâ€" rounced that Canada and Chile have agreed to establish diploâ€" matic relations, as a joint declaraâ€" tion calling for expanding trade between the Dominion and this country was signed at the foreign Foresee Nazi Retreat MOSCOW.â€"The Red army‘s bigâ€" gest victory of the war, on the central front where shattered remâ€" nants of a 100,000â€"man Nazi force are reported in disordered retreat, drew from an official spokesman today the declaration that "the imâ€" pending rout of all the German armies can already be discerned." Undeclared War on U.S.? began to grow in many q;lxarters in Washington today that Hitler has opened a period of undeclared war against the United States and chalâ€" lenged the American Government‘s policy of allâ€"out aid to Britain and the other nations battling aggresâ€" sion. Sink 5 Ships, Damage 3 LONDON. â€" British naval and aerial raiders have sunk five Axis ships, probably destroyed three more and damaged others, and have pounded the locomotive works of the German city of Kasâ€" sel, it was disclosed today as the Admiralty and Air Ministry reâ€" ported on attacks stretching from the Arctic to Bengasi in the Mediâ€" terranean. Wants U.S. In Atlantic Battle | LONDON, â€" Prime Mln!ster‘ Churchill expressed the wish today that United States naval forces alâ€" ready patrolling the Atlantic apâ€" proaches to the Western Hemiâ€" sphere might be of even "greater belp" to Britain in the Battle of the Atlantic. _ o _ At the same time, describing the Allied front as running now in a vast arc. from Spitzbergen in the Arctic to Tobruk in the western desert of Africa, he promised withâ€" out amplification that "adequate naval power will be at hand" to hold the Atlantic and Indian Ocean routes of supply against Axis atâ€" tack. WASHINGTON.â€"A conviction The Bombsight â€"Royal Canadian Air Force Photograph. This is the eighth of a series of | possibly he isn‘t even the most imâ€" articles about the Royal Canadian| portant member. For that reason, Air Force written specially for the|I am writing something about the weekly newspapers of Ontario. \ training of the Air Observers. _ |Pilots. Observers and Navigators: Previous stories in this series have described the training of a Pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force from the day he enlists, raâ€" ther nervously perhaps, to thalY other proud day, six or seven months later, when he "gets his wings" and completes his training in this country. After that, he is ready to proceed to Great Britain, where he gets some experience under the somewhat different conâ€" ditions in a land where enemies may lurk. Then he is ready to take over a 300â€"mileâ€"anâ€"hour fightâ€" er, or to pilot big bombers over Germany WORLD‘S WEEK long private audiences with In those stories. I have completed the task I undertook, thanks to the the hearty cooperatiton of the offiâ€" cials of the Royal Canadian Air Force, but before that task was fnished. I knew many things I hadn‘t realized at the start. One of these is that while all the reâ€" cruits want to become Pilots if they can, the Pilot is not the only important membet of the air crew: Air Observer Important Member of Bomber‘s Crew news ageftcy, Inbel, which (Continued on Page 8) WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Make Declaration â€"=~ / ®@® THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE By HUGH TEMPLIN T HE Glamour Cow Elsie | TORONTO. â€" Breaking all reâ€" cords for an unbroken line of visitâ€" ors to any exhibit in the history of the Canadian National Exhlb‘edmon. 25411.’-““ cl:‘;ur‘:“ u‘:’emu da.;’i of the Exhigmon.i_vn&qnhrg donaâ€" tions to Elsie‘s "V" Chest for the aid of British war victims exceed $20,500 as the result of her Canaâ€" dian visit. During her 17â€"day visit to Canâ€" ada, Elsie was received by Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn and the Hon. W. L. Houck, was presented with the keys of Torontb and Niagara Falls and found time to visit the Hospital for Sick Children at Thistletown and the Christie St. Military Hospital at Toronto. Canadian ‘Boys‘ Win Praise In England A letter received here from Cpl. Lewis Hodgsuon of Kitchener states that conduct of Canadian soldiers overseas is considered splendid by the English people. Enclosed with Cpl. Hodgson‘s letter is a letter written to his friend, Pte. W. N. Gray by Viceâ€" Marshall H. R. Godfrey. The viceâ€" marshal stated as follows: "The people of this (English) vilâ€" lage like the Canadians and are the{e have to leave. Théir conguct. aring, and willingness to help in civil as well as military life has earned them golden opinâ€" ions here. We wish the Division and the Canadians generally good luck, and hope they will soon be able to return to their own homes â€"I think it sheuld be in 1942. ‘"Thank you all for coming over to help in holding the fort," the viceâ€"marshal continued, "and if you do go back without having a scrap or giving Jerry a ‘kick in the pants‘, we all know that the Canâ€" adians are the same fighting breed as those of Vimy Ridge, 1914â€"18, and the last people Jerry wants to meet. They (the Germans) don‘t relish bayonets!" Admire Elsie at Ex. Makes Hit at C.N.E. English Say Conduct Of Soldiers "Splendid". ; "There‘s a tendency on the part of the public," observed Mr.‘ Woollett, "to think of the Observer. as a man who just sits in a plane and looks out nccasionally, while |\the Pilot does all the work and takes all the risks. Perhaps the Iwmd ‘Observer‘ is at fault. A imore accurate term would be ‘Navigator‘ The time is coming \ when the Navizator will be the ‘captain of the large planes and the { pilot will be only the wheelsman." I sat one day in the office of Mr. W. W. Woollett, civilian manager of the Air Observer School at the great Malton Airport. Mr. Woollett should know what: he is talking about. He was a Pilot himself in the last war, and has had much to do with flying ever since. In 1929, he returned from England, and with another Pilot of the Grea‘t War, operated a company in the North Country. Dominion Skyways Limited, they called it, and their planes flew ‘ (Continued on Page 8) rved Mr. The place of China in the world picture at the : ObseTVeT | present time, would be sufficient reason for its greater in a plane iat 2 s 4 i & My, whfle‘;:c?)gncl:,:: in the lt:r;lv‘er;ltydct\frrlcl:}lla,t ék:‘Pres‘:derl\; work and| H. J. says: "It is indeed time tha ina shou thaps (he\be given a place in the educational curricula more fault. A| adequately proportioned to its significance in the ?;Ouggmi::tworld and especially in its potential relationships to ill be thelca"’da"- Our relationships with China in the future es and the will inevitably be closer, whether in commerce and heelsman." |education, in diplomacy and journalism, in literature now what\land art and the crafts and general knowledge. It :lewa:n:n; would seem timely, both because of our relationâ€" vith f'\ying ship with China in war and becauuse of her magniâ€" e returned| ficent contribution to the arts of peace down through th another|the ages, for the University of Torontoto develop a operated @2\ Chinese department, having in view research and :‘“de'::;yy instrutcion in the Chinese language and literature, lanes fRew history and philosophy, art and archaeoloogy, sociâ€" ge 8) _ology, economy and international relations. Kâ€"W Airport Commmission Will Offer Field to Federal Govt Waterloo County Cattle Make _ Fine Showing at C.N.E. The figure of $30,000 is eltimaud| Two planes out of gas were as cost of developing the port. The forced down near Elmira, on Monâ€" offer and request had been underlday. The machines were in charge consideration for some time, and of students, and several gallons of arose out of a meeting at Waterloo gas were supplied to carry them to Town Hall yesterday. The meeting the 'l‘win-C;? airport, where they agreed that the proposition is deâ€"|were refueled. pendent upon the t?'o"rerm'nem’si The port covers 80 acres of land. decision regarding c PFOPORed | â€"&â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"_â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"=â€"_â€"â€" &nterbourne sltie' north of helr:; It| government is to build a larger i field at Winterbourne, the commisâ€" Ad]uta”t-Ge’l sion will not press for development of the K.â€"W. port. Appeal Slight Chance of . Winterbourne Field Information from Ottawa indiâ€"| ; & A‘ cates tl.hat chancen:lfdthe s?i‘;em-i ‘ment locating a at terâ€" omm |bourne is very “â€"}f‘" according to| Declares the War Can Be Mr. Breithaupt. The federal memâ€"| â€" Won "Only by Man Power" Vol. 84, No. 37 ber foresees the time when Kitchâ€" enerâ€"Waterloo will be on the major Canadian air lines, with great transâ€"Canada liners serving the\ Twinâ€"City and district. 4 It was reported to the meeting| yesterday that since April 15th of; this year, 670 airforce planes have landed at the airport, representingl an average of seven planes daily." These planes, it was pointed out,| ranged from Fleets and Moths to Anson bombers. . 100 Fiyers In Active Service | Neuw airmen were trained| at the field during the past| two years, and are now on active service. Commission members exâ€"| pressed the belief that in consideraâ€" tion of the contribution the field is| making to the war effort, both in | service to the RA.F. and in sup-‘ plying RC.A.F. fliers, a governâ€" ment investment in the Twinâ€"City| field is justified. | County Children Win Prizes In W.C.1.U. Ontario Contests Three Waterloo County school‘ children were among the prize winners in the provincial “Alcohofl Education" competitions this year, sronsored by the Women‘s Chrisâ€" tian Temperance Union. The three local winners are as i follows: Anna Halter, S.S. 29, Waâ€" terloo, and Joyce Beggs, Wallenâ€" stein for "Health Books", and Verna Schweigert, S.S. 29, Waterâ€" loo for a "Reference Book". _ _ _ Each of the three Waterloo county _ students received . cash awards from â€" the _ provincial _ The following pupils from S.S. 2 and 13, Wellesley, entered the competition: _ _ â€" Health Books â€" Joyce Beggs, Martha Hintz, Salome Bearinger, tContinued on Page 8) With the establishment of a Chair of Chinese Studies at the University of Toronto, Toronto beâ€" comes the foremost centre of Chinese Culture in Canada. As far as is known, no Chinese studies of any kind are being pursued in any other university in the Dominion. In the United States most of the larger universities have established departments in Chinese and are steadily developing them, for they recognize the strategic value of a better knowledge of an understanding between the nations of the Pacific. Three Waterloo County Students Write Successful Essays, "Alcohol Education" Commission Agrees Airport Might Be Useful Intermediate Flying Field For R.C.A.F.; Request ‘Development of Field. â€" The Chronicle‘s PRESERVING CHINESE CULTURE (By Staf Writer) Assistance to R.C.A.F. The commission meeting was reâ€" minded that the K.â€"W. girport was a handy field recently to an Anson bomber, when one of ir motors failed and it was fo to land here. It was pointed out that a forced landing in a farmer‘s field would have seriously damaged the | power" Adjutantâ€"General Appeals For More . â€"_â€" _ Active Recruits Br‘t;\;rt‘x;:'viajutafif-viéneral of the Canadian army, appealed for more Active Army. recruits and said the | seb ndiih The man who is responsible for the personal welfare of every solâ€" dier described the Canadian Corps overseas as "a healthy, fightingâ€"fit and battle worthy successor to our Canadian Expenditionary Force of a generation ago." "When all our ranks are filled, 0 record of msf" Gon. lm "But all our ranks are not filled. We need men, more men, ableâ€"boâ€" died men with the courage and loyalty to step up without delay to answer Canada‘s call. EDITORIALS After the choir members had taken their seats and were waitâ€" ing for the preacher to begin his sermon, a young weasel popped | out of the organ and made its way ‘down the aisle and out of the | churchâ€"much to the relief of the FLORADALE.â€"The old saying, "Music hath charms" was proved Sunday morning, during the worâ€" ship service at a rural church in this community. The organist of the church was having difficulty with the instruâ€" ment, which seemed to be out of OTTAWA. â€" Maj.â€"Gen tune. feminine sex "In the knowledge I have, I asâ€" Weasel Objects to Tuneless Organ; Leaves Church can be won "only by man (By Chronicle Correspondent) No other institution on the American continent is better equipped for the pursuance of Chinese: studies than the University of Toronto. Not only hasi} it an excellent Chinese library of some 50,000 volumes in the Sigmund Samuel Gallery of the Royal Ontario Museum but the Chinese Collection of the Royal Ontario Museum, associated as it is with the Uniâ€" versity, is probably the most outstanding on the conâ€" tinent for material and facilitiees for archaeological and cultural research. The Professor H. H. Mu Library has some old editions reaching back 700 ; years or more. From the standpoint of Chinese literaâ€" ture this material interprets what is behind the ripel culture which is to be seen in the great number of| Chinese objects of art in the Museum. Outside o(t China there is no institution at present doing, in any‘ sort of adequate way, research in respect to the | origins of the culture of China side by side with the‘l study of art objects that come from China. For this, sort of thing the University of Toronto is especially well ecquipped. The only other instiution which has, made any real attempt at this sort of endeavour is the University of Stockholm in Sweden which in an intensive way has been working on the early culture lof China In the Museum are some twenty galleries of Chinese objects arranged in historic sequence; actual objects of 3,.500 years ago, authenticated by conâ€" temporary documents of inscribed bone, are linked in unbroken sequence with the objects reaching down to the present day. The Library includes a wide Waterioo, Ontamio, Frwar, Serremees 12, 1941 The Week in Pictures (Continued on Page 8) St., Kitchener, were remanded in custody one week for hearing by Magistrate John R. Blake, on Wedâ€" resday. More than $3,000 damage was caused to the cemetery, the charge revealed. ' The two men elected trial by Magistrate Blake. They are repreâ€" sented by A. W. Boos of Kitchener. | H. Mausberg, head of the Jewish ‘congregation, told police last week |that he believed the desecration to be the work of Nazi sympathizers. Postpone Hearing ot Alleged Vandals Say Over $3,000 Damage _ Caused To Jewish Cemetery ; C ed with m_lTuny damagi 38 hu‘m?buones and the wmc(eux"y‘ house at Beth Jacob Jewish cemeâ€" tery recently, Irvin Lamka of Elgn St., and "Mike" Conway of Talbot and wives and sisters and sweetâ€" hearts of Canadaâ€"our need is grave. There is only one power on earth that will beat Hitlerâ€" man power. Never let it be said that our men were of the best but our numbers too few." Gen. Browne said his recent visit to the United Kingdom had imâ€" pressed on him more deeply than before the "supreme importance of man power.". War had always }been fought and wonâ€"or lostâ€"by men. sure you allâ€"â€"and 1 SpEgM 10 TT men of Canada to the mothers ‘"This was is no exception," he said. "No matter how e&cimt the ’mflil‘w of n{’hu beâ€" 3%@ the primeâ€"position of man power. â€" * "Our army must have more and more menâ€"the best and keenest men of the Dominionâ€"trained to fighting pitch, skilled in the handâ€"| ling of every weapon, and in thef handling of men, too." ; Two Break Backs _ In Tree Falls Two men are in Kâ€"W Hospital with fractured spines, the result of falls More seriously injured is 40â€" yearâ€"old M. Armstrong, Elmira district farmer, who is said by George McQuibban, Elmira, to have suffered a "very severe" fracâ€" ture of his spine when he fell thirâ€" ty feet from an apple tree to the ground. N. Wagner, 80, Kitchener, sufferâ€" ed a broken vertebra in his back when he fell from a ladder in a pear tree and landed in a sitting position, twenty feet below. He is the father of Dr. Mildred Wagner of Kitchener and Dr. Leroy Wagâ€" ner of Elmira. The ladder in falling, broke the telephone wire leading into Wagâ€" ner‘s house, and although he was able to walk into the house, he was unable to summon aid. Dr. Leroy Wagner said his father sat in the house for almost two hours before any one came in. In Cemetery Case all of the Week H Rank Third Highest In Total Prize Money Won Grows Record Tomato at Dundee NEW DUNDEE â€"Garfleld Weâ€" ber of New Dundee is the proud possessor of a large tomato weighâ€" ing +wo pounds and oneâ€"half ounce which was grown in his farden Of the beefsteak variety, its cirâ€" cumference measured sixteen and oneâ€"eighth inches. Mennonite Ministers â€" Meet At Floradale (By Chronicle Correspondent) FLORADALE. â€" The Waterloo County Ministers‘ Conference was held at the local Mennonite Church, â€" last Thursday. . Guest speakers at the three sessions were Rev. Oscar Burkholder, Breslau; Rev. H. W. Stevanus, Bloomingâ€" dale; Rev. C. Z. Martin of Mountâ€" ville, Pa., and Rev. C. C. Cressman of New Hamburg. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ At the Women‘s Fellowship meeting in the morning, Mrs. C. Z. Martin of Mountville, Pa., Mrs. speakers. The ladies served dinâ€" ner and supper in the basement of the church. Protest To Commission Over â€" C.P.R. Branch Line Contract Waterloo Man,95, Never Been Sick CB, MIMS MCCETC Oldest Resident, Conrad The commission finally approved Hoffman, Takes Daily awarding of the contract to the Walks For Health. »|Rayner Construction Co., Ltd., Mayr Ryan of Brantford asserted Conrad Hoffman, Waterloo‘s oldâ€" he had no choice but to protest exâ€" est resident reached his 95th mileâ€"| penditure of public money without stone on Saturday. Despite his competitive tenders being called. many years, he says he is in the He consented however, to making "best of health" apart from deafâ€"|the motion regarding the contract ness. unanimous, when the commission The nonagenarian lives with his|agreed to write into the motion two daughters, Mrs. T. Snyder and | that if the Shand Dam job were to Miss Laura Hoffman, at 125 Wilâ€"|be finished this year, and possiâ€" liam street west. Born in Hessen,|bility of damage to the present Germany, he came to Canada|C.P.R. bridge avoided, the time when 19 years of age. He has reâ€" required to call for tenders could sided in Waterloo for many years.|not be spared. \ Never Been II1 | Time Short For Competition | Mr. Hoffman states with pride,; The commission engineer, H. G. ‘,thnt he has never been sick "a daylAcres, pointed out the time limit in my life". He takes daily walkslmade it impossible to call for tenâ€" ‘down town, which is a distance‘ders He stressed there was no |of a mile. This man‘s chief enjoyâ€"jtime to call for tenders and then ment lies in reading, and he thorâ€" finish the project before next oughly digests both newspapers spring‘s floods occur. He further and books. He keeps himself well|explained that Rayner Construcâ€" ‘up‘ on the world situation. {tion Co. was already on the job, (Continued on Page 3) | (Continued on Page 8) The nonagenarian lives with his two daughters, Mrs. T. Snyder and Miss Laura Hoffman, at 125 Wilâ€" liam street west. Born in Hessen, \Germany, he came to Canada when 19 years of age. He has reâ€" ‘sided in Waterloo for many years. Gathering Hears Special Speakers. Elderly Alma Residents Die As Farm Home Razed Dismiss Two Men Remand Third _ â€"In Damage Case Charges of consglirina to commit mischief against Herman Walters and Thomas Roberts, both 65, of Kitchener, were withdrawn â€" in police court on _ Wednesday by Crown Attorney W. P. Clement. The charges followed arrest of| the pair in connection with the reâ€" cent alleged attempt to damage the Kitchener gas works. The Crown pointed out that he was offering no evidence in the case of the two men, but asked two weeks‘ remmnand in the case of Harry Schust, 65, former superâ€" intendent at the eas works, who is ‘similarly charged. Further investiâ€" gation is necessary before the hearing of Schust, Crown Attorney iClement told Magistrate Blake. (By Chronicle Correspondent) Brantford Mayor Tells Grand River Conservation Group That Contracts Should Have Been Called ; Time Too Short, Engineer Says. Harry Schust To Appear In Police Court, Charged With Conspiring To Damage Gas Works. County News The Holstein men of Waterloo County are to be congratulated on the splendid showing made by their cattle at the CN.E. The third highest amount of money taken by a group of exhibitors came to Waterloo County. The County herd stood fourth when shown against ten other counties. Perth County came first,â€" Oxford second and Lambton third, Waterâ€" loo ranking fourth. _ â€" The boys exhibiting in the Boys‘ Calf Club Competitions had a group of calves that stood fourth against twelve other Clubs, Halâ€" ton, Perth and Ontario Clubs winâ€" ning first, second and third respecâ€" tively. Showing against fiftyâ€"five other calves, John Roth, Petersâ€" burg, stood 6th, while Clare Marâ€" tin‘:h calf, from Waterloo, stood tenth. _ Other winnings by different men in the county are as follows: _ _ _ Fred M. Snyder, Waterloo, first on twoâ€"yearâ€"old heifer. _ _ _ _ _ Warren Bean, New Dundee, third on threeâ€"yearâ€"old bull. _ _ _ _ Aldred Shantz, Waterloo, third on fourâ€"yearâ€"old cow. _ _ ~ _ _ Henry B. Bowman, Petersburg. fifth on senior yearling bull _ _ _ Oliver Wright, Conestogo, sixth on dry cow. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Cleve MacDonald, Gailt, sixth on fourâ€"yearâ€"old cow. _ _ Alleged failure to call for tenâ€" ders in connection with the conâ€" tract to relocate the Eloraâ€"Cataract branch of the C.P.R. out of the flowage area of the Shand Dam, was vigorously protested . at a meeting of the Grand River Conâ€" servation Commission in Kitchenâ€" er, this week. County Herd Fourth, As is Boys‘ Calf Club; Heavy Entry In Calf Division. Edwin Eby, Kitchener, seventh ELORA.â€"Provincial Police are continuing their probe into a fire which took the lives of an elderly Peel Township couple ten miles north of here early Friday. Peter Farley, 80, and his 76â€" yearâ€"old â€" gister, â€" Rosella Farley, burned to i‘leath when their home on the fourteenth concession of Peel Township was destroyed by flames, believed to have started from the wood stove in a summer kitchen at the rear of the farmâ€" house which has been occupied by the Farleys for more than sixty years. . s _ _ Awakened by the smell of smoke shortly _ after midnight, Patrick Calaghan, â€" 46â€"yearâ€"old _ farmhand who lived with the Farleys, went from his upstairs bedroom to the first floor of the storyâ€"andâ€"aâ€"half house to investigate, and as he opened the kitchen door he found the room ful of smoke and flames, according to Provincial Police. He He returned upstairs where «Miss Farley was asloofr and advised her ‘lhe house was afire Then he went ldowmmurs again to Mr. Farley‘s room and tried to arouse him (Cantinued on Page 8) Bodies of Peter Farley, 80, and 76 Year Old Sister, Found in Basement After Early Morning Fire. (Continued on Page 6) (By Staf Writer) $1.00 per Year