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UNTIAKIO _ ¢ WM We‘fi Nm Asseciation; Ontarieâ€" The Canadian Legion is to be commended for the earnest and zealous way in which it has workâ€" ed to assure fair treatment for the soldier‘s family as well as for the soldier himself. The Timmins Branch of the Legion especially deserves credit for its work along this line. The correspondent asks the support of The Advance, the service clubs and other organizations. There should be this support, but there should be much more. There should be the heartiest support of all the patriotic public. It is a matter of honour as welt as of jusâ€" tice. Every man and woman can do his or her part by moral support and by active endeavour. Parliamentary representatives should be canvassed for their active and open support and letters should be written to the government insisting on a fair deal to the soldiers and their dependents. Yes, this. is another appeal for support for a worthy causeâ€"â€"another appeal for money, for moral support, for active work. And if anyone should suggest that there are too many calls these days, the answer to that is to the effect that the fieople on behalf of whom this appeal is made are the men upon whom the freedom and the very life Oof this.country dependâ€"the soldiersâ€"the soldiers 'et this war and the soldiers of the last war. One local man suggested that sixty odd dollarv a month would provide a fair living for a woman and four children. The same man another day was taking the attitude that $130.00 per month was inadequate pay for a worker, even though he were single. This attitude surely makes it plain how unjustly the families of the soldlers are asked to make undue sacrifices, The correspondent‘s letter in this issue makes it very plain that present allowances are not fair nor just to the families of the soldiers. He cites number of local cases to prove his case. There are literally scores of other local cases that might be quoted as proof of the contentions of the writer. .FrFor weeks past The Advance has been urging the application of the cost of living bonus to solâ€" diers and soldiers‘ dependents. If such a bonus is justified in any case it is particularly so in regard ito the wives and families of soldiers on active service. The presentâ€"day cry is for equal service and sacrifice from all, yet the present setâ€"up leaves the soldiers and their families serving and sacrificâ€" ing to such an extent that others are doing noâ€" thing in comparison. The soldier gives his strength, his health, his limb, his life, his all to the service of his country. His family sacrifice in a way others are not called upon to sacrifice. For both the soldier and the soldier‘s family there should be more than a precarious living. ‘ ~ As a matter of sound business it will be of beneâ€" fit to the country to provide generously for the soldiers‘â€"dependents. The soldier will be a better soldier if he knows that his loved ones are free from hardship at home. He will be the more efâ€" ficient and the more effective if he is freed from worry about his wife and family, and can give his undivided attention to the grim business to hand. On the grounds of expediency alone the country should look after the families of its soldiers, but Still more as a matter of honour, of justice, of decency, this country should see that the depenâ€" dents of the soldiers are treated justly and even generously. No money will really pay for the sacâ€" riflces they are offering, but a fair chance for deâ€" cent living and freedom from actual hardship will at the least save the honour of the country. ian Legic rb a decent living for the wives and W‘the soldiers while the latter are on active service. > The Advance has been in that batâ€" tle for months. Indeed, The Advance entered such an engagement during the last war and has continued on ~active service in that partieular without a single long leave. During the lastâ€"war it was plainly proved that soldiers and soldiers‘ dependents alike received much less than a fair deal from the country. The issue was confused by! too much emphasis Weing placed on the idea that Canada provided much better for its soldiers and soldiers‘ dependents than did other countries. That, of course, was not the issue. What was needed,â€"what is neededâ€"is that Canada should deal fairly and justly with the soldiers and theirl dependents. Anything less is an injustice and a’ disgrace. | Timmins, Ont., Thursday, Oct., 23rd, 1941 ob Al his appeal is for the most generous support to Legion‘s annual Poppy Day. As has been the om for many years, Timmins Branch of the adian Legion, asks for fullest support for this icu cause. â€"Publicity issued by the Legion m that the Poppy Fund is now a recognized itution wherever the Canadian Legion exists 4200 SUPPORT THE SOLDIERS minion and tht it serves a two.fold purâ€" uch merit. â€" The money that is raised by f the poppies is used entirely to reljeve distress among war veterans and their and poppies themselves being made by Per Year, _ United Statesâ€"$3.00 Per Year. The Huntingdon Gleaner has â€"given notable pub. lic service by printing literally pages of comment from other newspapers opposing the building at the present time of the proposed St. Lawrence Waterway. The arguments against the project are so many and so important that it is a matter of wonder that the plan should be proposed at present. There is one reason alone why there should be no commencement at this time of the St. Lawrence Waterwayâ€"it would not assist the or terrain would make the country the more valuable for training purposes, The suggestion has been made to The Advance that the present condition of the Porquis Junction flying freld make it unsuitable for use for training purposes, cement runways being essential on account of the weight of the war planes. In answer to this it must be said that it would mean time and money saved to put in cement runways at Porquis Junction, rather than take the additional effort of buying, clearing and preparing the fields elsewhere. The whole question should be resolved into one of expediencyâ€"of time, money and practicability. The landing fields in the North are all ready for useâ€"are already owned by the Government. If oneâ€"or more of them could be utilized to advan.â€" tage, the opportunity should not be overlooked. Another campaign has been started to increase the sale of War Savings stamps and certificates. In this campaign the objectives of the various cenâ€" tres are not given in terms of money, but in phrases suggesting the amount of war materials. For example, Toronto is supposed to sell enough War Savings stamps and certificates to pay for twelve bombers per month. Timmins is expected to finance one bomber a month, According to CA Ens GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER war effort, and it would divert millions of dollars from use for war purposes. i I l The Northern News of Kirkland Lake and many of the people of that area are urging the use of the air plane facilities at Round Lake for training men for the Canadian Air Force. From The New Liskeard Speaker and from citizens of Cobalt, Haileybury and New Liskeard comes the request that the air depot at Gillies Lake be utilized in the Canadian air training plan. Many months ago The Advance advocated the use of the filying field at Porquis Junction as a training ground for Canadian airmen. It would be a matter for reâ€" gret if there should appear to be any local rivalry in these requests, or if the government should use that pretended rivalry as an excuse for ignoring all the requests and to continue the present sysâ€" tem in the choice of new air training localities. The Advance will admit that in ordinary times the utilization of any of the resources of the North would have special appeal and be given particular advocacy. In times of war, however, sectional adâ€" vantage must be forgotten. The purpose of The Advance in urging the use:of the flying field at Porquis Junction was not to advance the North but to benefit Canada‘s part in the war, and there is every reason to believe that the rival proposals of today are all founded on similar motives. When the air training plan was commenced in this Doâ€" minion, it did appear that time and;mop@y were: wasted in the location of the air training 31tes Land had to be purchased and prepared at conâ€" siderable cost, and sometimes at some profit, it is believed, to good party people. All this took time and money, while here in the North there were flying fields all ready and not in other use. All that seemed needed was the erection of buildings to house the airmen. The Advance ‘was informed that the landing field at Porquis Junction (or Nellie Lake, as some term the location) was one of the finest on the continent. If necessary it could be.extended without undue cost or trouble. The use of such a field for air training offered possibilities not available elsewhere.. Climatic and other conditions should be no bar to the plan of utilizing Northern air bases. The fact that air training is being successfully carried on at Sault Ste. Marie proves beyond question that the cliâ€" mate and conditions in the North are not unâ€" favourable. Indeed, those in position to know. argue that any difficulties in the way of weather ed of his son. There is a picture of blind woemen knitting for the victims of the air bombardment of Britain. There is a picture of a blind man in charge of a portable canteen in a British Columâ€" bia shipyvard. The report it=>lf indiâ€" cates that the year was one of steady progress, but if anyone wants to know what The Canadian Nutional Institute Cnadlan eg\te:;;?fise in the,xfield of humanitarian development, athis gal- lant hero cf the last war says:â€" "I think if I stopped right there, this could be considered a satisfactory reâ€" port. It means that your Institute was on the job; that it has been earnestly working for the objects for which it was created; that it is alive, progresâ€" sive, faithful to its trust. It means, that because of the energy we.have been able to bring to bear on the soluâ€" tion of the problems of the blind, our Canadian blind people as a whole have been given a little greater security; have achieved a little more comfortable position in the spcial structure.. From my knowledge of the day to day deâ€" velopments during the past twelve months and from a perusal of the reâ€" ports submitted by the various divisions and departments, I find myself able to say, without qualification that it has been the most succesiful year in the history of the Institute." But there is information in the anâ€" nual report much more interesting and inspiring than even the data suggested. Perhaps the most enlightening feature of the report to most thoughtful peoâ€" ple will prove to be the wealth of illus;â€" trations. There are photographs of the blind memibers of the National Council and the blind officials who carry on the Institution‘s administration in various parts of Canada, Timmins people will be proud of the fact that in these groups appears the . photograph of Mr. H. C. Treneer, of Timmins, who is a member of the National Council and is doing his full part to help in the good work for the blind. In the report there are illustrations of blind men and women at work on materials designed for use in war activity. There are charts showing the growth of the industrial establishments and the inâ€" creased use of Talking books. There a higher standard of living amongst the blind citizens of Canada than ever before attained. "In Canada last year there were more: blind people gainfully employed than in any previous year of the naâ€" tion‘s history. There were more blind men and women in business. There were more blind people employed in handicrafts in their own homes. There were‘more blind teachers .emâ€" ployed in. the ~instructionâ€" of blind adults. There were more pupils in this extensive, informal, essential school. There were more blind field workers, spreading to a wider area the services which your Institute is able to render to blind men and women to whom some ‘of the privileges enjoyed by the urban blind are necessarily denied. There were more blind people enjoying the facilities accorded by our libraries of Braille and Talking There was, during the year just passed, Data of a still more inspiring nature is given by Col. E. A. Baker, O.BE., Managing Director of the C.N.I.B. In recording the progress of this great There are also interesting statistics in regard to the growing of The only Braille magazine published in Canada, "The Braille Courier," was ‘"read" by 4,623 people last year, the Institute sending that many copies of the magazine each month without charge to blind readers in Canada and Newfoundland. . scfi it s i year, 528 more than the year before. There were 25059 registered as "proâ€" vention" ~casesâ€"that means that these people are liable to lose their sight unless proper precautions are takâ€" en. One of the main cbjectives of the C.N.IJB. is the prevention of blindnss; and a constant campaign is carried on for the purpose of conserving vision and restoring sight. Still stands che motto of the King:â€" "Put into your task whatever it may be all the courage and purpose of which you are capable. Keep your hearts proud and your resolve unshakâ€" en. Let us go forward to that task as one man, a smile on our lips and our heads held high, and with God‘s help we shall not fail." Mussolini says that Italians to.day are bootâ€" legging in the necessities of life. Some of the Italians used to do that in this North in the days of the Ontario Temperance Act. The annual report of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind is just to hand, and an inspiring, a glorious story it tells. It does deal a little in statistics. ‘The total assets of the Inâ€" stitute, as at March 1st, 1941, amounted to $1,,044,770.33, as against $820,054.60 on the same date last year. The liabiliâ€" tiés to public were $247,184.86, a reducâ€" tion of $50,377.90 from the position a year ago. This shows pregress and able management of affairs. Thers were 12,520 blind persons in Canada and Newfoundland on March 31st the Annual Report of the C.N.LB. with the assis Autumn Thanksoffering Meeting of Timmins W. M. S. No records of men sent into the army before May of this year were availâ€" able when The Advance called at the recruiting offices this week. Since May 16th, a close record of men leav4 ing for the army has been kept. The figures for this exâ€" pected: to~swell the total by at least anoher hundred men. Mrs. J. Teeple, first viceâ€"president of_ the Women‘s. Missionary Society of Timmins United Church, occupied the chair ‘at. theâ€" autumn thanksqfl‘ering| meeting, in the absence of the presidâ€" S\ ent, Mrs. A. Gillies. The members*J were alls pleased ,to: learn that Mrs. { Gillies is improving greatly in health. From the end of May till the end of September this year the recruiting centre in Timmins has sent 329 men into the Canadian Active Army. These men were all recruited in Timmins. Two other recruiting offices opened about the end of May in Cochrane and Kapuskasing, have contributed another 190 men. Ninetyâ€"eight of these men were from Kapyskasing and ninetyâ€" two were from Cochrane. More Than Five Hundred Men Join Army Since May â€" Over Three Hundred from Timmins Alone: Total for District Over Five Hunâ€" dred. for the Blind means in the lives of â€" Mrs; Ian Gordon gave a talk on the blind Canadians, he need only look at | ‘"Missionary Monthly" and "World the illustrations; they constitute picâ€" | Friends" magazines, pointing out the torial proof that, through The C.NJI.B.| splendid reading material availaible to blind Canadians have been given an| old and young. opportunity‘ to become real citizens,| â€" a jetter was read from Mr. Macâ€" and are making good use of it. donald thankinge the Soviety fnr fAmw. The way of the hitchâ€"hiker is hard. Two young men who had escaped from the reformatory at Guelph this week "thumbéed" a ride from a plea. sant motorist who seemed to take genuine pleaâ€" sure in accommodating them. He proved to be an attendant from the reformatory, travelling in plainâ€"clothes, and the hitch.hikers were not so pleased when they landed back at the institution from which they had escaped. One of those statistical gentlemen has figured out that in 1900 not one woman in 2,000 wore silk stockings. It looks as if history will repeat itself. Reports are current that Marshal Timoshenko, the Russian general, has been relieved of his comâ€" mand. It is to be hoped that recent publicity given a man in this North claiming to be a brother of the Russian general had nothing to do with the District Officesâ€"Bank of Commerce Bldg., Timmins Insurance Company Head Office â€" London, Canada great West, now known as "Free China". â€" Mrs. Mustard told of the great stamina of the Chinese race, and how they will trek for miles, day after day, carrying heavy loads, and also of A very beautiful thanksgiving worâ€" ship service was conducted by Mrs. R. Wynn. Mrs. Gay wasi guest soloist. Mrs. Mustard very delightfully porâ€" trayed the life and customs of the peoâ€" ple of China as found in the new study book by Rev. Kenneth Beaton. It is fascinatingly written and tells of the great movement of the Chinese from Japanesizâ€"occupied territory to China‘s A letter was read from Mr. Macâ€" donald thanking the Society for flowâ€" ers sent in the recent bereavement through the death of Mrs. Macdonald, who ‘was for many years valued and es;‘eemed member of the Society and whose recent passing came as a great shock. "I have no kick on what the Government needs of my income to win the war. My problem is to get along on what is left without neglecting the future welfare of my family. Since I‘ve been forced to revise my budget, I‘m more dependent on life insurance than ever." The Life meets the needs of ghose who have to get along on smaller incomes by low premium ‘plans: containing special Interâ€" change privileges. For example, a man age 30 could purchase $10,000 Earning Power 15 Year Term insurance for a yearly premium of $96.50 (less annual dividends). Five years later he could use the Interchange privilege to advantage and obtain Ordinary Life or Endow Ihe reduced income figures at the top are based on the new Dominion Income Tax rates and National Defence Tax for married men with no dependents. Provincial income tat (if any) would reduce these incomes still more. Getting Along On Smaller Incomes T he Family Man‘s Position: 2 120 _ .MX .e â€" ~SUPERIOR FUELS Ask one of our representatives tor tull information. HIGHEST QUALITY COAL OBTAINABLE ESTA B L! S H E D Indications point to a coal shortage this Fall. Don‘t take chances while we can still fill your order! American Anthracite â€" Canmore Briquettes Rosedaleâ€"Big Horn Canadian .and Grenadier Stoker . "I read there‘s to be A m fruit this year." "Yeah? Well, I hcpe tht'y M't get to s‘:nging about it like Wdfl when had that shortage cf bmnu a few years ago!"â€"Exclmnge. ° gether." their cleverness at enbroidery and their skill at wooctwork mfihe Chinese l ie ts We o ks 14 Pine St. N. â€" _ her parents ‘Tieert.ainly didn‘t codtile her. It was her; eyesight that made her chronâ€". ically irritable . . . eyeptraln that increased her. fervous tension. Glasses changed her into a normal sociable young- ster! PRICES ARE DEFINMLY*: LOWER AT OPTICAL CO ‘TIMMINS