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lUi.-5ine»5 and iMitorial Office -1704 Marine Drive I>hone W est 55 Publisher F, F. LOVEGllOVE Fhone Wesi*3(iU Circulating in the District o f West Vancouver--Ambleside, Hollyburn, Weston, Duudarave , Cypress Park, Caulfeild, Whytecliff, Etc,$1.00 per year. 5c per c»py. Vol. XV HOLLYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., THURSDAY, MARCH 13th. 1941 No. 48 THE WAR Hiller and hia German partners in international crime iiisl l)L* lo-(lay the most wo'rried men in Europe. Their sins II' onil '̂ îon and commission are being brought home to them b no uncertain fashion, and they cannot help realizing they -ivo missed the tide which leads to final victory. Mussolini, no imisV he full of concern, not on account of his Italian Em- j .' iHrauso th a t is lost already, bu t for, his own personal ' ^fe'lv seeing tha t he has 'brought uttei^ ru în to his people nH.-ii'd'les,s of which side wins the war. "lie who hesitates is lost," and H itler has hesitated far ion long in his much heralded a ttack on England. The only time lie had the slightest chance of successfully invadiug the Moiherinnd was immediately following the evacuation,of Dunr kerdue when the B ritish had neither the men nor the equip- mont tn meet an a ttack and-the country had not been organize (h1 for defence. Even a t th a t time success would-have been very doiibll'nl with the.r^avy and the R.A.F. in control of the sea and air. A few. German troops m ight have been landed' some­ where "on the coast during fog, bu t they would never have sur­ vived Today nObody except a madman would think of invasion, and while Hitler may be mad, the German High Command certainl.v is not. 'That is -not , to say, however, Germany will • never fry to invade England, bu t th a t she will only do so ip a Iasi desperate effort-to save herself from disastrous defeat. ' Indications early last w inter pbinted to a three-pronged , attack being made by the Axis powers, G erm any, invading. England; the Italians driving us out of the M editerranean with the object of severing the Em pire's lifeline to India, and Japan swallowing up our possessions in the F a r E ast and capturing Singapore. W hether Mussolini started before Germany and ■ Japan were ready is not known, bu t his action did not have Hitler's approval. B ritain was already prepared in North Africa'and the u tter defeat .of the Italian forces there and in ; Albania upset all the Axis plans, which had been fu rth e r dis- '----"prgan'K'wT^by t̂he--loss---of^mo&t^of~the--FrenGhr**fleet,i^ther-refu sal--r- of the I^'ench Colonial arm ies to fight for Germany,, and the stern warnings of the B ritish and the United States Govern­ ments against Japan's imposing her will in the F ar East. Again Hitler hesitated, th is time in the, m atter of helping ; his Italian ally. For; w hether froih anger a t Mussolini for attacking contrary to. his wishes o r not, he allowed Italy to practically lose her A frican Em pire and all control of the S; Mediterranean. - ' ̂ . -n. It is true he is moving now,J>«t' i t is far, too late* Even supposing he ' manages to obtain control of all the Balkans, what possible_good can the ir capf-tire do to him? The Navy has absolute control of the M editerranean as the R.A.F. . have._of the air, while Greece and Turkey with our help, if necessary, can bar the land- approaches to the Hardanelles^^d the Suez Canal. Also large num bers of General Wavell's fight­ ing forces.are now available w herever they are. needsd. More­ over, Italy itself now lies open to us' as shown' by the attack on Genoa, so W m in g a springboard from which we could - . invade Germany itse lf.^ : ' , i.- There seems tC' be little question th a t H itler s hesitaticm in invading England and sending help to Italy were both strat- ■egical blunders of the first magnitude, and, now th a t the Lease-Lend Measure has been'passed in W ashington have cost him all chances of victory, i f lie ever had any. The war is a long way from^ over, but 'the initiative is slowly passing to us. And, • when Germany begins to fall, she wHl fall very quickly. ' , MRS. STEEVES TO REPLY Mrs. Steeves, M.L.A., will re ply to Dr. W eir on the Rowell- Sirois Report from 7:15 to 7:45 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETlNg,.ANl> LEC rU R E" COMING EVEN'115 West Vancouver Horticultural p.m., Friday, March 14th, over Society will hold its annual Legion W.A- military whist <ii'ive in the Legion Hall, Satur­ day, March 29th. % O R . TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD meeting and election of officers ,also niotion picture lecture on "Gardening" by H. M. Eddie of Sardis, F rid ay , evening, March 14th, a t 8 o'clock, in the Parish Tuesday, March 25th, United Church W.A. Dalfodil Tea. 'Puesday, March '̂ 5lh--United Church W.A. Uairodil Tea.The Clachan was filled to cap- „ „ , , , , . acity last F riday night for the Hall of St. S tephens Anglican regular monthly meeting of the Church. Everybody welcome. A you a rt*n(er or a property Townswomen's Guild. silver col'lection will be taken to owner,? l*roperty owners ride on the Municipal Transportation Townswomen's Guild. Through the courtesy' of the Shell Oil Company two very fine moving picture films were shown by Messrs. Kingston and Green The first film shown was a war picture, entitled "We Stand oil .Guard for Thee." This was fol­ lowed by a scientific film "Oil for Aladdin's Lamp ' mendous appeal , -^ the picture demonstrating the amaznig pumber o | uses to which the by-products 'of petroleum oan be put. ; Business, of the evening in- . eluded a hum ber of interesting reports. Mrs. H. Ostrom re­ ported for W ar ..Services and Refugee Sewing group. F or the Red Cross Mrs. Brooks reported 96 articles completed and tu rn ­ ed in during th e month of Feb-. pay fqr the hall. NEW SUPERIOR STORli OPEN IN WEST VAN COUVER TO System. Ray's newest Superior Store will open in West Vancouver on CATHOUG MISSION A niisHion, conducted by Rev. M. J. Griinpon, C.S.S.R., will be held ill SU Anthony's Church, ." It made a tre- Friday, March 14, Ray Eslinger, 23rd and Hayvyood, during the to the audience president of Ray's- Superior week March Ibth to 23rd'. : - Storfi.s: Ltd., announced today. .■ Ihc hours ol the services willStores, Ltd., announced today. iThe new store will be located a t 1612 West Marine Drive. The telephone number will be West 909. Ray's Superior Stores have re­ cently introduced some import­ ant and far-reaching changes -into the "cash and carry" policies upon which they were built. While mainta,ining the low price policies. upon which they have be announced next Sunday, March IGth: Everybody is welcome.. ITJBLIC MEETING A public meeting will be held at 8 p.m. next' Tuesday, March 18th, in the Legi'on Hall under the auspides of the Ladies' Prim ­ rose Club and the West Vaheou- T5U. ,uuj.xjue i-xTO iitwiiuxi v/x p ... - , -j x i.' vcr Con.'s|t'rvative As.sociation, vener of th e f i l e r s ' Comforts clientele, Ray s the Rowell-Sirois Rejiort. A .ew ing group gave a very fine e1 e d r i e l e S r L d " f r e r 'd e - l i v e r y . ' v Ray's Superior Stores offer a complete food and household nierchandise service \y,h i c h, coupled: with their pri^e pblicies, renorted telephone and,free deliv-iVA,iLay reporeeq,^^^^ in the grocery; /business. Their a full line of standard and na- acoount of the work done for February--a large' number of helmets having been completed and turned in to the North Van­ couver Sailors' Institu te and to the sailors a t Cbmox. -"M ^ S in c on the Red pN>ss home nursing class recently held. The class was undet the supervision of a graduate nurse, Mrs. D. H . Beach. Three special lectures were included in the course and were given by Miss B. Riddle, R.N., Miss E. Copeland, R.N. and Mrs. W./Munton. The examina- heai-ty invitation is extended to the public to attend. ST. I'ATRICK'S TEA A St. Patrick's tea will be held in the home of Mrs. A. Walk- jarrr'233'7:; Lawson Ave. on . Mon­ day "afternoon, Ma Rev^ Ivor W will speak oh X * „ 1 u j -p "China." The Musicians' Refugee tionally-known brands of cann d sowing Group will provide excel- and packaged goods^ a^ ̂ lent music from 2:30 io 3. Mrs. hold supplies. In addition they carry a full line of fresh fruits and vegetables. They have a full stock of meats, carry Grade "A" beef exclusively. Their meat re- Mrs. J. Ed- kind'ly r" con-' DROWNING ACCIDENT .One man from California was drowned and three others, a man and two women, were rescued v fe a fish boat last Sunday morn- TOC H ANNUAL SERVICE The annual service of the W est Vancouver branch of ioc H will be held in the United Church 21st Street, on Sunday tion was taken by 12 members f^igeration is of the latest and of the class, all passed efficient design,, and their butchers are fully trained and Miss E. M.̂ Phihpp read- a let- exnerienced. ter from Reeve J- E* Sears, in "Our policies have been creat- which he ^p ressed his apprecia- habits of the tion. and thanks for the very fine ^Qpjg who are. our customers," assistance given by . the guild . m ,- ir.aHncrpr cnirl in di.sciissinc!- during the recent W ar Savings ' Campaign. W ar Services Committee of the Townswomen's Guild will meet a t the home of Mrs. H.* J. W. Cornett and ward Sears have sen ted to pour tea. _ You are cordially invited to come along and bring a friend in support o f-th is worthwhile cause. Admission 25c. CHURCHES OF CHRIST SCIENTIST Mr, Eslinger said in discussing the new store today, "We realize th a t the buying public looks for the best a t the lowest price. This is sound buying practice on their part. In our tu rn we make it a ing off Stanley Park, w henjtheir : next, March 16tb, commencing motor-driven-canoe capsized. a t 7:30_p.m. !l^v. J* D. Hobden, it is 'repbrted they" 'had'oom e""Toc H padre, will take the ser- through F irst Narrows froni yioe. All Toe H members are r^- , , , . t fv,../.„c.+nTYi Burrard Inlet in the canoe, whioh -nnasted to meet in front of the prayer than this worM dreams - Ostrom, Monday, March 17th, a t only those brands 2:30. of merchandise which have prov- -------- ̂ en their quality to th e . house- ---- ^UNI-TY^METAFH-YSIGA-L ^ f e . We maRFit our own buying CENTRE . policy to obtain these brands a t -̂------- - the lowest price compatible with More tiilpgs are w rought by sound merchandising principles. \ "SUBSTANCE" will be the. subject of the LeSson-Sermoo in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunda,y. The Golden Text is: "For ever, 0 Lord, Thy word is .set­ tled in heaven. Thy, faithfulness is unto all generations" (Psalms 119:89,90). . -Among-- t̂he--ei t-ati oris--which' EMPIRE PRAYER SE W IC E was powered by '"an outboard church liot later ̂ a n 7 :25 ptm motor. In the heavy tide-rip the frail craft shipped w ater arid the - party landed a t Ambleside to- bail it out. They set out again,- this time heading west toward Siwash Rock. of, Prayer is a ..weapon we all" can wield, a n d ^ h e re two or three are gathered together the power of-t-God the good--is oon- Preparations are. being made gciously directed toward the de­ in West- Vancouver, to observe Gome, join w ith other His M ajesty's request th a t Sun- faithful ones. Give the m ight of to them the savings we are able to obtain by buying in quality for a group of stores known to be serving an established clientele." ■ Ray's Superior Stores are Brit­ ish Columbia owned and operat­ ed handling Canadiari and Brit- comprise the Lesson-Sermon ■ is the following from the Bible: "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, .saith . the Lord, thoughts of peace, arid not oF"^vii;"to gdve^ou an expected" ThV^^^on-S^hm on also in­ cludes tW following- pas.sage from the Christian Science texP- book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary JSaker E ddy: "Angels. God's, . 'day March 23rd, be kept as a you^ goul to the cause of justice [ ">, 'riroducts in preference to Again they ran f ito heavy seas ̂ oI'Tirhyer. A prayer ,.jght and pray .for a speedy ^ e f s X ^ v e r obtainable. ■ thoughts pa.ssing to m a n ; spird- and, as the motor was not run- ggj.yice representing the Christ- victory and lasting world: peace, nmg well, turned back toward ion people of W est4Vancouver, Then shall there be a "New vYest Vancouver. B ut as they -^in ^ held at 3 o'clock Sunday fj^aven and a new Earth", in qur afternoon. Rev. E. Dempsie, late­ ly of Japan, and now here, will speak. Full J^nfoma- reached quiet w ater they swung back toward the S tanley-Park shore in another a ttem pt to/ make the Crossing. ' tion'w ill-appear in n ^ t week's 'j, themselves of the privileges heeds and wishes o iney had travelled only a piease reserve this date. and prayer meet- public, and we are prt distance 'WnATI a wave, ^ Uotro an . xshort distance when a . wave caught the side of the canoe and capsized it.__________ _i The survivors were taken to fheir homes a fte r being landed' m West Vancouver., Search for the m issing man - was continued for more than an , hour without success. MAY DAY COMMITTEE "I very much appreciate the encouragement and s u p p o r t whioh we are receiving from our time.. , '.- t customers and friends," Mr.- Es- Unity is non-sectarian. We in- linger concluded.' "We ai^ mak- vite members of all churches to jng every effort to meet the ■ ' ..... - . . of the buying happy to re- higs w hich have been timed so Jeiv^ 'through their encourage- as not to conflict with others in ni€fnt and support such strong ual intuition.s, pure and perfec t; the "inspiration of goodness, purity, and immortality, count­ er-acting all evils, .sensuality, and m ortality." BRITISH-ISRAEL bur" community-. The great problem of .democracy 1-}P PTSanize and to* use its strength speed and complete­ ness. --Secretary of State Hull.. the M ay Day Committee w ill be- new series the Munifeipal Hall on Tuesday, jts utility and is found March 25th a t 8 p.ni. Will all or- interesting and p r^ tica l. ganizations concerned, pl«ase ar- All jneetings^^are held a t 2435 confirmation--of--the--practical wisdom of our merchandising policies." TABLE TENNIS FINALS Regular Monday evening meet­ ing as usual, 25th and Marine -Drive. An interesting _.eyenng has been arranged." You are cordially invited to come and bring a friend. Prayer meeting as usual on Wedne.sday even­ ing. ■♦ ♦♦ range to have present ? their* delegates Marine 332-M. Phone ^W est The table tennis finals will be held in the Legion Hall on Wed-, nesday, March 26th. All interest­ ed welcome. "Here's a cigar you can offer to anybody." "Thanks, but I want one I can smoko myself."