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THURSDAY, APRIL l2th, 1945 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO A V~ A ~ i House- Cleaning LA OR AES TM LAOR SAVRES AND RELIABLE Rardwood Floor Cleaner Wall Paper Cleaner FLOOR WAX - Hawes and Imperlal, liquld or paste Furniture PolUah Lemon 011 Rug Cleaner - For rugs and upholster3r WONDER CLEANSER-For removlng grease spots from ciothing Silver Pouah - Ideal Paste and Magie Plate White Rock Cernent - For mendlng broken china and glass iL W. JEWELL 'IG 20" P130NE 55t ceipt the tax returns: 1,312 i 1939, and 5,390 today! Seed Potatoes for France Canada's discasc-frec secd po tatoes arc in big demand in thi liberatcd countries. France haý just placed her second order foi 15,000 tons of thcm. Anothei thing that makes Canadian sec potatoes popular la that, thank to our controlied prices, othei countries can acquire their shiîý ments at cciling prices. Easier Credit for Farmers Benefits under the Farm lm. provement; Loans Act passed ai the last session of Parliament arE now available, Finance Ministez flslcy announced on March 2. The act enables farmers to ob- tain loans up to $3,000 froyn thcii local banka for a.widc variety ci purchases and cxtcnding over terms up to 10 years at 5 per cent simple interest. The banks re- ceive a guarantee from the gov- ernment against loss to the extent of 10 per cent of the amount lent up to the $250,000,000 limit estab- lished by the Act, which itself is for a period of thrce ycars. 0 * * Dlscharged! Up to the end of 1944, approxi- matcly 200,000 men and women have been discharged frorg the armcd services, in this proportion: Army, 165,000; Navy, 7,000; Air Force, 28,000. 0f these, 27,000 werc N.R.M.A. troops. V#ictory Over Tetanus During the Great War, tetanus, commonly known, as lockjaw, killed 70 out o! cvery 100 soldiers infectcd. During this war, nota single case of it has been reported in the Canadian Army! This remarkable achievement is the resuit of compuisory im- munization of army personncl. Ordered carly in 1940, cvcry of- ficer and man in the service was given injections of tetanus toxoid. The toxoid, devclopcd at the Pasteur Institute of Paris in 1923, makes the body immune to in- fection by stimulating the pro- Gi A Suffering World Ccdls to You 1 On ail the war fronts, and in the countries torn by war, suffering is greatqýr now than ever before. Your Canadian Red Cross brings relief and comfort to prisoners of war, wounded and sick on the field and in hospital, refugees and victims of the Nazi hordes, besides a host of other services to Canadian soldiers, sailors and airmen and their depend- ents at home and abroad. Your dollars aire needed as neyer before. Give generouslyl National Appeal, 1945 RED CROSS Contributions from Bowmanville Public and High Schoola L. W. Dippeli.......-------.--$ 10.00 Arnold Anderson - -.------- 3.00 Misa H. Rice..--------.- - 5.00 Miss H. Trace -..------ 5.00 Miss F. Phelen.......----- -- 5.00 Miss N. Berry............------5.00 W.* M. Stacey ------.-----. 5.00 F. Gardner...............-------3.00 G. Elliitt................--------5.00 Mrs. A. Lewis...........-- ---10.00 Mrs. Symons.............-------10.00 Miss V. Bummer...........------10.00 Miss L. Bragg.........- ----- 3.00 Miss M. Couch............-----5.00 "Miss G. Grey .-.-- .---- 4.00 M'$iss G. Joblin............-----5.00 Jl - .Turner...............--------3.00' Misa M. Allin.............-- --7.00 Miss M. Cole.............---- 5.00 M. Slutc...........------------ 3.00 Mrs. A. Osbornec ----------3.00 Miss H. Morris............-----5.00 W. E. C. Workman........ --5.00 Mrs. F. Dudley..--- ---- 5.00 A. M. Thompson ..7.00 "Fines from Gum Chcwn H.S. Pupils" -. ----1.33 $137.33 Mrs. Wllfred Johnson Mrs. H. Dickinson - . ---$ 10.00 Mrs. Henry Pearce-- 2.00 Mrs. D. Pickard...........-- -1.00 Mrs. G. Richards..........----1.00 Mrs. D. McDonald.........----5.00 Mrs. J. Elliott............------2.00 Mrs. Bruce Mutton.-----.---- 2.00 $ 23.00 Mns. V. H. Storey Anonymous............-------$ 10.00 < Mr. & Mrs. F. F. Willan ---- 20.00 J. D. Caracaddcn..........-- -5.00 W. E. Riddolls ---.----- .5-- .00 1 Mrs. D. J. Chambers.......---1.00 Mrs. S. Scott.............------4.00 M. Vanstone -------.........7.50 Misa Eileen Couch ---...----5.001 Mra. H. Couch ........... 6.001 Miss C. Allen.........--- 10.00' Miss L. Scott 2.00 Miss M. F. Allen ----.. 10.00 Mr. & Mrs. G: L. Wagar -- 10.00 Bow. Foundry Ltd........----60.00 Edward Milîson..........-----20.00 $175.50 Mrs. W. A. Edger Mrs. J. M. James ------«.--Ç 5.00 R. E. Osborne...........-------25.00 Rev. W. P. Fletcher........---5.00 Mrs. E. Foster............------1.00 Mrs. Ida Jamieson........- -1.00 Mrs. Mary Jamiesun --..--- 1.00 W. S. Staples ---------------- 10.00 D. A. MeGregor, 80 Miss Margaret Moure.----$ 1.00 Mrs. R. Aldworth .------- 1.00 E. S. Trimm.............. ------1.00 Phillip Cancilia...........-- -1.00 F. J. Comnelly -....---------10.00 W. J. Chala.............--- --3.00 George Sharpe ..... --...1.00 Miss Leola Miller ........2.50 Jas. Infantime -.....-... 5.00 Misa D. A. J. Creasser 2.00 Maher Shoe Store ---...----2.00 Olympia Cafe ..----------2.00 Stuart R. James........10.00 Mason & Dale...........---10.00 Sheppard & GI..----------25.00 Miss V. McFeters..----......2.00 Garton's Coach Limes.----10.00 W. H. Flaherty ---.----.---5.00 Mrs. M. Wilkinson.-------- 1.00 Mra. E. Moore ...--.----.-----1.00 Miss E. E. Johmston.--...... 1.00 $ 96.50 Mrs. Chas. Spencer and Mrs. J. M. James A. L. Spicer...........--------$ 2.00 Mrs. D. J. Cameron........---5.00 J. H. Alldrcad............------1.00 R. Brownell ...---.----------- 1.00 A. Staccy...--------. ---- 2.00 Evcrett Welsh .--.. -------- 1.00 Lorne Bickcll -----------.- 1.00 William Lemon.------ ----. -.- 2.00 Mrs. Gordon Richards Gordon Yeo-...----- Thoa. Wolncr.........-- Bernice Culville.----- . Allan Clayton..........----- Jack Parkin ------ Rd. Sudds .----- -- .- Lawrence Rchder - C. Tomln..........--1 ---- W. Jack Hately ------.- Miss Ada Quînmey. Mrs. D. McKnight --.-.-. Mrs. W. Conlin.......---- Miss Audrey Fair . --- - Geo. Brooks......... ---- Robert Kennedy --.----. Leonard Knight -.------. Mansun Coulter .... N. W. Barton.........------ - Mrs. Dorothy Fair -------j. Arthur Farrow.-.--- Roy Hunter...---- .-..- Frank Smith........----- George Benctin.- . ----- R. Morris .....-.--- Miss L. McMullcn......---- J. Kcnncery ...-----.--. ----.- L. Hooper.------ . B. Pingle.. .....------..-- C. Burns............--------- Miss E. Clysdale ---.----.. - Miac.....----- ..--- Misa Florence Alun.---- F. J. Wolncr...--......--- Previously Acknowledged.......----$2,344.75 This list........-- -- 541.63 $2,886.38 How often we look upun God as our last and feebleat resourcel Wc go to Hlm because we have nu- whcrc else f0 go. And then wc learn that the storms o! life have driven us, flot upon the rocks, but into the desired haven. - Geo. Macdonald. in 0- àe as or er cd ks er p- duction of what médical men cal tetanus "anti-bodies". Low Cost of Living It may seem to moat of us who buy things that prices have risen a lot since the war started, but the Dominion Bureau of'Statistics tells us we arc pretty lucky. Tak- ing the first six months of 1939 at 100, the Canadian cost of living index stands at 118 in the latest tabulation. Which means that, with the exception of New Zea- land at 112, Canada's risc in prices is the smallcst of ail the allies!. s ~Ib t ~ n ~1 I 1.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.50 2.50 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.30 1.00 2.00 THE LETTER YOU DID NOT WRITE (Sherbrooke Record) (We arc happy to pass this poem on to our readers. We en- joycd reading it and we believe you will also. It was written by a vcry busy man. In fact, its author is one of Sherbrooke's leadîng industrialists.) if yul wcre here in the blistering heat With only meals from cans to cat, In mud and ramn, or sîcet and hall, You'd be dlscouraged to hear, "No mail". The roàr of guns, the shriek of sheli Are bad cnough, a living hdil, But under this wc do not fail, What hurts us mot-the words, "No mail". You could help relieve the strain, Your effort would not be ini vain, For just a lime of home town news Would cheer the mind and banish blues. It's not the cold, or sand and flics, Rumors, whispcrings, truths or lies That gets us down and holds us 'tight, It's the longed for letters you do not write. .1 Canadian Pacifie Freight Trains Keep Rolling to AII-Time Record During thé month of Fehruary, the Canadian Pacifie Railway established a new ali-time hi gh [n muvement of revenue freiglit . trafhie over ta .~ Eastern Cana- dian limes. .~Aceordimg to D. C. Colenman chaininan and president, 393,- 226 loaded rev- enue freight car were moved in ary. This f ig- ure wa8 higher ,». C. Col«mn than in the first twenty-eight dayQ of amy month winter or surniner, in the .P..R.'s long and illustrious history. Record day was on Fcbruary 24th, when 15,404 luaded freight cars were handled. Ail this Mr. Colemian pointed out, in spite oÏ the most ad- verse weather conditions encoun- tered in -anyyrs Mr. olma. comm-ented on the Eebruary 26th Dominion Bureau of Statistica' quarterly review of the coarse train situation. This report statedtt at "with box cars snowed in on sidings it is diffleouit ta g et suficient cars ta move grain for feedimg and wheat to, the Eastern seaboard fori expçrt overseas." -He declared thatj this doca flot appiLyto the Canadian1 Pacifie Railway, whlch has succcededj iu mnaintaulnigcurrent inovement o! 1supplies, both export and domestic. rFigures show that 3,500,000 busheis io! grain were delivered to steamers at fSaint John im February of 1945, as bcompared ta 2,400,000 bushels in 3February of 1944. "In February alune, C.P.R. snow- plows travelled a total o! 55,776 miles. They went twice around the world at the equatar se that trains might g o through te supply armica of t h0 UniCe Nations and the people o! liberated countries. That is a fact that the general publie may mot have rcalized. But ccrtainly those loyal and efficient railway workers -Who have battled blizzard and co]d as low as flfty 1 degrees1 below zero-the unsung herues of the Battle o! Supply - they know the importance o! theïr work. Mr. Coleman went on ta atate that in addition ta the movement of traffic normally routed aver Cana- dian Pacifie rails, the eompany had handied a substantiel aniaunt o! traffic diverted !rorn both Canadian and United States railways which had been unable ta cape with the unprecedentcd snowfalls o! this ycar. MayUnited States rail terminale hadLben " plug cd" with snowed-in freight cars whii obviated the inove- ment o! necessary supplies te New England and other Easterna amas la that cuntry As a result, many freightloa.1 were diverted ikt, Canada at Sault Ste. Marie, Windsor and other points, and were hurriei eautward over Canadian Paciflobines. STORY 0F CANADIAN NAVY TOLD IN PARLIAMENT Spcaking in the House of Com- mons, April 3, 1945, Hon. Angus L. Macdofiald, Minister of Naval Services, told an inspiring story of the part Canada's Navy has playcd in the present war. Since most of the controvcrsy and ncws relating to the war has centred about the army and air force, the story of what the navy has donc has been probably too little ap- preciated. The speech of thc Min- ister has now brought the navy's contribution into a perspective whîch should be hailed with pridc from coast to coast. The address appears in Hansard, April 3, to- gether with the latest list of hon- ora accorded officers and men of the service. Starting from virtually nothing whcn war broke out, the Cana- dian Navy now has in commission 370 fighting ships and 550 auxil- iary vessels, a total strcngth of 920, with more building. Offic- ers and naval ratings, 90 per cent of whom are of the Volunteer Re- serve, now pumber 95,000, besides the womcn's corps, the Wrens, of 15,000, a total strcngth of 110,000. Total casualties, including kili- cd, wounded, missing, etc., have been 2231, including 87 takcn as prisoners of war. Ships o! ail classes lost since 1939 numbcr 32. Over the whole pcriod thc num- ber of enemy shipa sunk, captur- ed, damagcd, have been 108 and the number of German naval prisoners taken have bcen con- siderable together with thousanda killed and drowned in action. Units of Canada's Navy have served almost over the whole globe. In the invasion of Europe 100 Canadian ships manned by 10,000 crew made a great record on "D" Day. But it is on convoy duty that the steady, alert, un- iheralded contribution has been made. Two hundred million tons o! food and supplies have been convoyed overseas by Canada's Navy. In 1944 it was almost the sole means o! protecting ship- ments acrosa the North Atlantic, and in one convoy alone, 167 ships were safely escorted across. Concluding his address the Minister paid splendid tribute to the Navy League o! Canada and other organizations that have done so much to provide comforts and sustain morale among the mnen on the high seas who have done so much for victory. Awarda and decorations for bravery and devotion to duty now number 1168 since 1939 and the names and citations riave been duly rccorded in Hansard. Among those listed in Hansard o! April ;, 1945, as, "Mentioned in Des- patches" is a Bowmanville boy, Reid Howard Virtue, AIS, V-65076, citcd March 20, 1945, for gallantry in the naval action of H.M.C.S. Annan which sank a German submarine. By Helen Marsh National Revenue As it's getting along to the tinie of year whcn people start rcach- ing for the aspirins and their in- corne tax forma, this week's gov- ernment department la National Revenue-a department respon- sible for collecting income taxes, excise taxes, duties and customs duties. It maintains 151 customa- excise ports and 19 district in- corne tax offices throughout the country. It doca a prctty efficient job of hauling in the shekels, and be- cause it does, hall our war costs are paid for out o! taxation. 0f course evcrybody knows how taxes have gone Up, but did you kmow that in the year cnding March 31, 1939, only $142 million was paid in income tax, whilc last year collections ran Up to $ 1,635 million? Those extra pennies you pay on soft drinks, cigarettes, chocolate bars, chewlng guni, etc., man up to $673 million last ycar, compar- cd with $165 million before the war. 'Even customs duties in- creased, though imports declined, from $89 million to $187 million! Needîcas to say, the number o! people paying income tax has gone up, too, from 526,000 t0 2,600,000! And it has taken more people to sort and check and re- 1'. e rASI1 SEE IT..a By Capt. Elmore Phllpott ir U.S. QUESTI'ON MARKS ar Delegations From 44 Nation it will meet at San Francisco oi 2-April 25 to accept, reject, or mod -ify the draft plan prepared bi 'I the Big Threc to keep the futuri itpeace. There can be little doubt tha Sthe plan will be accepted abou as proposcd. Ail the nations, cx-; ccpt the Big -Three, are in the in Position wherc ,e they can onlyx take it or leave. rit. There mayb minor amend- ments here and there. But !n the last analysis the snations whîch 1,meet there will 'have to acccpt dwhat has been . proposed or get no internationa' Lorganization out o! this war. 1. The real danger of rejection ol 1- the proposed plan for a Second sLeague o! Nations is mot, there- 1fore, at San Francisco. It lsaia - Washington. For it requiresa two-thirds majority vote to ratif' *any treaty to which the United *States is a party. Hence - a there are 96 Senators - At needs oly 33 Senators to vote againsI what is donc at San Francisco tc plunge the world back into com. plete anarchy-so far as inter- national organization la concern- ed. The Smart New 'York Paper PM has just comducted a confi- dential straw vote amomg the members of the U.S. Senate tc sec how these latter would vote if the vote were up for decisior now. The paper promlised ail the Senators that their names would be kept secret. But the questions and anawcra show how narrow a margin la going to separate suc- cess from failure in the coming show-down. The apeccfic question aaked was this: "Would you, on the basis of information now available, vote for or againat U.S. entrance intc the new World Security Council to be established at the San Fran- cisco Conference?" Here la the poil of the answera: Yes (certain) 49 Yes (maybe) ....4 Reservations?------------34 Won't answcr ------ -- -- --9 Senator Lodge and the frrecon- ciliable isolationists who defeated the First League o! Nations neyer opposed it head on. Thcy at- tacked it by reservations, quali- fications, ifs, ands or buts. It is clear from the figures above, asý it is from a great mass of cvi- dence, that the isolationiats in- tend to work the same trick again. These holationiasain the U.S. Senate howl about the reserva- tion agrced to by Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin which would give the supcr-powers the right of veto against any League coer- dion against themacives. Yct it la claimed, by those who ought to know, that tis very pro- posal origimated in Washington, and mot in Moscow or London. It la said to have been one of the points suggcstcd by President .Roosevelt in the first rough draft he sent to Churchill and Stalin. The President-knowing that the Senate would neyer agrec to gîve an international body the theor- etical right to order the American forces into action against their own country-suggested the veto proposai. He suggested it to deprive the isolationista o! a sure cause for Durham Liberal Assoc. ANNUAL MEETING AND - CONVENTION OIRONO TOWN HALL - ON- Tuesday, April l17th 1945, at 8.00 p.m. NOMIlNATION FOR CANDIDATE FOR FEDERAL HOUSE HONOURABLE NORMAN MeLARTHY (SECRETARY 0F STATE) W. F. RICKARD, M.P. And other members of pariament. will address the meeting Election of off icers for local Association and Genoral Business There will also be a Program MEN WANTED For War Work In Mechanical Rubber Goods Plant Vacations with Pay Group Insurance and HospitaUization Plan Legs! Hfolidays with Pay Pension Plan A War Time Job With Peace lime Prospects Soldier's Letter Cpi. John H. Living, H. and P.E. eRegt., Italy: Writing to his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Living, Iunder date of Fcb. 13, CpI. Living Sencloses some snapshots of hlm- self and a group of pals taken at )f the Grand Hotel, Riccione, Italy, d together with two leaflets of Ger- mnan propaganda scattered over [t the Canadian lines. His letter a says: "The Germans are right up yto date on what we are doing; d however he is a littie mixed up on sthe point systcm for it has chang- c d again. It He expresses thanks for spien- 0djd parcels received, including -one with soap and candies, John concludes: "Things are going as -usual, and last night 1 spent my time reading The Statesman and books that came in the parcels. rThis morning I scooped some ramn water from a sheli hole and wash- cd my hair and the old head feels good again." John appears to be Das cheerful as his snapshot indi~- ecates. The German leaflets are Inter- esting. One ia in two colors and is headcd: "Say chum how many points have you?" On the margin are listed the years and months *from 1941 to 1946, and in the op- posite column the points that have to be earned prior to getting home s leave. It describes enlisting and ftraining at places such as Shilo L, and Petawawa, the points earned jin England and Italy, getting 1 wounded, then back into the line, - catching malaria and in hospital again and so forth. It concludes with 103 points earned, perhaps at the end of 1946, "if in the meantime you haven't been kiiled" and on the back is a picture of broken sol- diers with long white beards gaz. ing on a comnrade buried under unfinished points. jThe other leaflet is a page of Idoggerel verse of six stanzas, the last as follows: IBy the roadaide sits a cripple tBegging for his daily bread; He fought to make his country fit For heroca . . . politicians said. On the apposite side is the pic- turc of a bedragglcd ex-soldier sitting on a street pavement. With a patch over one cye and one wooden leg, his service cap lies open for pennies as he begs for bread. This drivel has had only amusement from Canadians. He gains no wind that has no port in view, But drifteth vainly with a listiess crcw; The favoring breeze for hlm with firm-held helm- No storm or breakers can him ovcrwhelm! -Don Seltz. complaint. But it has not work- cd out that way. Signed articles and columns on this page are the opinions of the writcrs and are not nccessarily Apply National Selective Service, Oshawa Refer File No. 1211 fie. RETURNING TO CIVIIAN LIFE Any person who has reccived his dlscharge. from any branch o! the armed services and wishing to secure a ration book should make application to the neareat local ration board, presentlng diacharge papers or a letter from the com- manding officer certifying to the discharge. In the case o! dis- charges from the R.C.A.F., it wili be necessary f0 present a reicase certif icate. If it le mot conveni- ent to go to the office with your application and release you may mail ail neccssary papers to the local ration board office. The universal doca mot attract us until housed in an individual. -Emerson. Applicants on War Work not Accepted 'A CANAD IANI Spring Fashions When it cornes ta the srnartest of new Spring fashions, this store is in the know - definitely. Experience of years, in serving the cornmunity and satisfying the custorners, enables us to give yau a selection of the best in clothes. The Newest in Styles, Fabrics, Colors AU 'eyes on our lime-up for 1945 Spring suit stars! Bof tly detailed, briglit young suits to see yau sniartly through Spring. Note their ncw feninine flange shoulders, collarless neckline, cu.ffed sleeves, rounded lapels. Wonderful wardrobe investrnents - choose from new shirtwaist, cardigan, dressrnaker suits - tail- leurs, too! Moderately priced in lime with our budget policy! Fashion News!1 Smooth Spring Dresses and Suits to 500 you through the busy diays and nights. See aur soft classios stock. They will enhance your personal appearance. Ladies' Spring Coats Ail eyes on the line of our Spring Coats. They have lines and distinction. See aur stock. $1.5up MENS SPRING SUITS and TOPCOATS JUST RECEIVED Couch, Johnston & Cryderman THURSDAY, APRIL 12th, 1945 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO r. P. 1. Bentley, Secretary Garnet Shield, President