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THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE « Vol. 85, No. 7 Asks Increased Production _ In All Feedâ€"Producing Crops Minister Stresses Dominion Needs To Ontario Crop Group Canada‘s 1942 agricultural proâ€" gram calls for increased production in all feed producing a;:r across | silage the Dominion with speci en'éplu- Pro sis on coarse grains, Dr. G. S. H. ) ning i Barton, federal deputy minister of tin su agriculture, told the Ontario Crop being Improvement Association on Wedâ€" ‘ which nesday. _ s 20 _| use c Mmeng s Reviewing probable agricultural requirements for the year, with inâ€" creased livestock groduction a maâ€" jor factor, Dr. Barton said that apart from wheat Canada had less than a month‘s seed supply on hand before the 1941 crop was harâ€" vested and termed this "a very unâ€" <afe vosition." â€" 0_ Eastern â€" Canada _ could _ not "coast along" in feed production, nssumini it could look to the West for all the supplies it needed and receiving public money to bring them East. _ 0_ A proposed fertilizer policy, with financial assistance from the Doâ€" minion, was designed to assist Eastern feed production. . Dr. Barton said a 25 per cent inâ€" crease in vegetable crops would probably be required. Hog Production . . An increase of 17 per cent in hog production â€" compared | with â€" last year was needed and, since the inâ€" crease so far this year was smaller than that figure, producers should begin to raise output by 25 per cent over last year. 20 Fluid milk requirements would probably require an increase of 500,000,000 pounds. half the inâ€" crease attained in 1041. _ _ With respect to labor, Dr. Barâ€" tonton said that perhaps the best which could be hoped for was that every productive farm would have experienced â€" direction _ whether operated as a unit or in conjuncâ€" tion with some other farm, and that sufficient labor would be obâ€" tained to many the key positions. Fluid milk requirements would! a gerailed, audited statement of robably require an increase Of me 1941 accounts of the Waterloo | 00,000,000 _ pounds. half the inâ€" County Children‘s Aid Sociemwu‘ rease attained in 1041. requested in a resolution endorsed With respect to labor, Dr. Barâ€" |py city council in Kitchener, Monâ€"‘ onton said that perhaps the best‘ gay night The motion was preâ€" ( which could be hoped for was that sented‘%y Ald. Henry Sturm, folâ€" | every productive farm would have| lowing objection of Khyor Joseph experienced _ direction _ whether| Meinzinger to a $565 item included operated as a unit or in conjunCâ€" | in social service accounts presented tion with some other farm, and |to finance committee of council for that sufficient labor would be obâ€" t. tained to many the key positions. fle resolution also asked that a Every farmer‘s war effort this | committee of city council be named year should include the greatest to work in conjunction witk the care in selection and preparation |City of Galt to see that "hereafter, of seed grain. council receive a detailed statement Fertilizer Assistance Policy. of accounts each month from the Under the planned fertilizer w!my." Council appointed Mam sistance policy it was proposed ‘ Meinzinger and Almnen Gor that suitable formulas be approved Honsberger and Henry Sturm to by provincial fertilizer boards and the committee. a definite part of the fertilizer cost Charged Incompetence be paid by the Dominion Governâ€"| It was only recently that Mayor ment for fertilizer applied to speâ€"| Meinzinger recommended an inâ€" cified crops including spring wheat, | vestigation into the Waterloo Chilâ€" barley, oats and mixed grain, hay (Continued on Page 12) Impressive Plans To Mark _ Start of District Loan{Drive More than 20 military and patriâ€" otic organizations will take part in the impressive ceremony _ and parade at Kitchener on Saturday afternoon to mark the opening of the second Victory Loan. R Dr. Barton Sees Increased Livestock Production A Major Factor; Warns Low Seed Supply Is "Very Unsafe Position". A huge crowd, comprised of people from every section of North Waterloo County, is expected to attend. Details of the parade have already been planned, while plans for the ceremony on the City Hall lawn will be announced later. To Mark First Sales _ Nazi Bombs Drive Food Into Mouths of British Naming a favorite English fish which is made plentiful after bombâ€" ing raids over the country, the writer points out that sprats are caught in large numbers after Nazi bombers have laid their "egg«". Onions Are "Gold" â€" At the Vcreirievm'ony. the first bond Will Be Parade and Large Scale Ceremony In Kitchener For North Waterloo Residents. The latter acknowledged a recent gift of a bag of onions from the writer‘s uncle in Kitchener, and <tressed that the vegetable is noâ€" thing short of "pure gold" to an Engiishman at the present time. "We saved the onions until we vould get some tripe, and when it was cooking, we opened the winâ€" dows so that our neighbors could enjoy the smellâ€"we couldn‘t spare any to throw a party," the nephew of "Gus" Abbott relates. Air Raids Often Helpful, Letter From England Says. (Be Sigf Writer) Largest Circulation of any Waterloo County Weekly Newspaper crops and pasture, mangolds, turâ€" | nips and corn for husking and enâ€" ; silage. ! Problems had arisen in the canâ€" ning industry because of restricted | tin supplies but this condition was | Sooe snen d ces naie o e c a ! being dealt with. Products lo:’ which tin was not essential would use other materials and economy | through â€" elimination of â€" certsin sizes would be necessary. While adjustments might have to be made, an increase in certain vegeâ€" table crops was desired for can-* ningâ€"notably peas, corn and green beansâ€"and for fresh ve;eublu' and dehydration turnips, onions, beets and cabbage. | Council To Seek _ Detailed Statement From Children‘s Aid Mayor Wants Detailed Account of Finances; Consider Preservation of Mackenzie King‘s Boyhood Home. will be sold to a working man on a platform erected in front of the City Hall immediately in front of the Victory Loan sign. Bonds will also be sold publicly to Mayors Josegvh Meinzinger of Kitchener and W. D. Brill of Waterloo, and to mayors and reeves of other towns and townships in the district _ _ \Must Have Measures ; For Rural Health, | Prior to an apgeal for sugport of the Loan, by Chairman Ford S. Kumpf of the district Victory Loan Committee, the crowd will observe a minute‘s silence in honor of the dead of the first Great War and the present struggle. To protect lives of those in rural | communities a basis of co-opcn-.- | tion for community health must be °1 | adopted, Kenneth Betzner, of Waâ€" j \terlm. said in a brief submitted.|( \Large numbers of rejections from || \ military _ service have _ brought | ‘home the responsibility to all In‘ \Oxford County it was found that . | out of 2,615 chi#dren examined, 983 \had over 1,100 defects He said preventive medicine should constiâ€" |tute a major part of general prnc-! â€"\ tice. Municipal health services are | 1: in operation in Saskatchewan and e| Manitoba and are definitely aidâ€"| vl ing in lowering death rates of moâ€" thers and children. | (By btaff Writer) _ The Week in Pictures __________ fous sommmmmmenmnmme==pomentiion~apmponints WaTeaioo, Owtazio, Fawar, Fesavasy 13, 1942 Noseworthy Defeats Meighen; . Mitchell Wins at Welland Three Liberal Government candidates were elected and from Haysville district, Mrs. Diamâ€" Conservative Leader Meighen, was defeated in Dominion byâ€" ond was a cousin of the hero of the elections on Monday in four constituencies, l,fi‘"‘l fany frop T ae Akpivill ‘[wo recently appointed Cabinet ministersâ€"Laboy Minister attended this inspiring picture. Mitcl::l'loarlle:i?:zigevfi:hwt:rvgtvabéntifiéu efihié?d’to MOBUR , in mertom of commone: Wt defeicd in hifi 1 o oe 1 ‘g:uth.y;md. Dr. Gaspard Fauteux, one of the three men who ran i Japs ln Strong Thrusts as Liberals in Montrealâ€"St. Mar)" } | e WellandByâ€"Election Toronto Byâ€"Election _ (r§$ The Salween River on L200 c dr ce yo2lgue ~ Avélenr | Hon. Humphrey Mitchell was‘ Conservative . Leader â€"_ ATHHA e!ectedwtheuouleofcormnomueuhenwentdownwdetntm in the Welland byâ€"election, Monâ€" Monday in his bid for a seat in the day but before the result of the House of Commons, bitterlyâ€"fought campaign became| Contesting York South, a Conâ€" known, the newlyâ€"appointed fedâ€" servative stronghold almost withâ€" eral labor minister was taken to out a break since 1904, Mr. Meish- hospital in Niagara Falls suffering on was defeated by 50â€"yearâ€"old Joâ€" from possible pneumonia. |seph _ W. â€" Noseworthy, | Toronto L000. BOODOCOARRIIONO U lW= ihe atam. His election was conceded by Douglas Watt, Independent candiâ€" date supported bge Premier Hepâ€" burn, Ontario‘s Liberal premier, at 10 o‘clock. Returns from 220 of 245 polls gave Mitchell 11,179 votes, Watt (Ind.) 9,757, and Kriâ€" luck (C.C.F.) 5,986. From his hospital room, Mitchâ€" ell issued a statement saying: "The voice of Welland has spoken for unity and loyalty to the skipper on lhgbri(}ge_."_ & it a 10 o _ St. Agatha Priest _ _ School Program _ Rev. Wm. Kloepfer DrawsLargeCrowd _ Dies In Hospital _ At New Dundee $:282%.¢%@z_°~ NEW DUNDEE.â€"In |'gite of the inclement _ weather, avelman‘s , Hall was flled to capacity on Friâ€" ; day evening for the annual comâ€"| mencement of the New Dundee|« Continuation School. The large ; V‘s for victolz in the school colors | of scarlet and gold which decoratâ€" | ed the windows accentuated the patriotic trend of the opening numbers on the program. ‘ The school chorus directed by | the music teacher, Miss Evelyn Cressman and accompanied at the piano by Miss Elva Diefenbacher rendered the following selections: |n fourâ€"part arrangement of "God Save the King" by Robert Murray;i .“The Victory Cavaleade", 12 Lieut. R. T. Sloan, and "Were I A Bird", â€"from the opera "I1 Guarany" b{ A. |C. Gomes. The girls of the school lin their attractive red, white and blue costumes presented a victory ‘drill after which F. E. Page delivâ€" ered an address on ‘"The Victory Loan Campaign‘. Physical trainâ€" i‘ ing exercises, stunts and pyramids â€" ‘py the boys were also greatly enâ€" â€" | joyed. _ _ _ _ . Noseworthy Is First C.C.F. Candidate Elected To House of Commons from Ontario; Elect Three Government Candidates In Four Byâ€"Elections, E. A. Poth, secretaryâ€"treasurer R. McMilian of Puslinch, UNL, SNU of the school board, made the preâ€" Mrs. Oscar Liscumbe of London, sentation of certificates to the folâ€" Ont. lowing students: Middle School,| One brother and one sister, preâ€" Present Proficiency Shields, Award Athletic Cups. (By Chromecle Correspondent) (Continued on Page 12) _ |deceased him Contesting York South, a C servative stronghold almost w out a break since 1904, Mr. Me en was defeated by 5Q-yearfld dard of the Coâ€"operative Commonâ€" wealth Federation. Complete unofficial figures for the riding‘s 211 polis gave Mr. Noseworthy 16464 to 11,979 for Mr. Meighen, former prime minisâ€" |ter of the Dominion. Graduating from St. Jerome‘s in June, 1902, Father Kloepfer went io Rome, Italy, where he entered the Gre:orhn University. He was ordained to the priesthood â€" at Rome on April 10, 1909. . 1935. ‘ _ He is survived by five brothers. Frank of Guelph; Jacob of Bellâ€" field, N.D .; Jofie&h of Weston, Ont.; Benedict _ of inot, ND.; and George of Guelph, three sisters, |\ Mre N. Drexler of Arris, Ont., Mrs. R. McMillan of Puslinch, Ont., and Mrs. Oscar Liscumbe of London, ader Aflhnr' i to defeat onk urnmtlnche% South. A Cdn-! J Alsanat curiéin. 1 Expect 2 1â€"2 Mill Tax Rate Reduction [~22L1G Wfstzelas will nenbatl â€"A V again, Waterloo will probably ‘a tax reduction of two and m» \ mills this (w according to myor[ \w. D. Brill. | Waterloo council will meet Feb.| 23 as an estimates committee to set! ‘the new rate. The mayor adds that| ‘the various committees of council) ‘ will meet prior to this date to disâ€" ‘cuss costâ€"ofâ€"living allowances, | A surplus of nurlz‘ $20,000 and \a sizeable increase mt| wili xt%‘mm in the town‘s fing t {::r L t year‘s rate of 34 mills marked the lowest rate in 17 years. It was a reduction of eight mills in four years. s Chronicle Writer Cousin of Hero In Famous Film The outstanding picture "One is mertine:s o Sntean e last week, was of more than cllllli significance to Mrs. Clarence Diamâ€" ond of Haysville, _ The Chronicle‘s correspondent Mrs. Clarence Diamond, Haysville, Was Cousin of Rev. Dr. Wm. Spence in "One Foot In Heaven" \ The communique locating the crossings clearly revealed the seriâ€" |ous plight of the British defenders \of the lower railway which curves north and westward around the lGulf of Martaban toward Rangoon, this vital Burma road port. By airâ€" l4 Sss shalflt sb araddibl dibihel totien Lifting the curtain on the Martaâ€" ban conflict at the mouth of the jungleâ€"fringed Salween, the British command said heavy_ casualties were inflicted on the Jarmelc in the hills east and west of the city, "but Martaban itself now is be: lieved to be in enemy hands." _ _ sn be ons Wooge persiing he all the Brit tr opera â€" <tween there mdom fi: nl{uu- tion to the north, Thaton, which ‘has been heavily bombed by the line this ::giuâ€"l .i-lâ€"â€"o;ll'{- 80 miles from Martaban; by railway it is about 140 miles. _ â€" m Japanese. Mennonites Pledge 1 Support To Loan (Ry Staff Writer) Full coâ€"operation of Ontario Mennonites has been pledged in the forthcoming second Victory Lonn, it was announced today by Rev. J. B. Martin, of Waterloo Secretary of the war problems committee of the conference of hisâ€" toric &ence churches, Mr. Martin said Mennonites would Furchue two types of bonds. One is a nonâ€" interest burinf certificate, Series B which was instituted last year in lieu of war savings certificates. The second is the regular Victory For Waterloo Wi‘l Purchase Two Types of Bonds; Nonâ€"Interest Bearing Certificates, and Regular Bonds Marked For Alleviation of Suffering. â€" When one speaks of a "bi » in our paet of hy porle we bnaally mean a man great in mental or """'a..&w‘: power. A big man in the w I!uun a large personâ€" that is if the fo:t hundred westernâ€" ers who invaded Ottawn last week are fair samples of prairle developâ€" ment. Tall, wind and sun burned, w and with a peculiar unâ€" T on dignity these sons of the came see! justice. Their hurutâ€"vhut.ung'hk requestâ€" that the Government guarantee a pfle: o{nm dollar atbu‘s:cl and parity prices. Parity prices means, mly. that a bushel of wheat s be able to buy as much now as in 1926 when it was lwoflh :Mo?et bushel. They were not ; only â€" determined. \ Their brief was presented with the wellâ€"reasoned assurance of men who feel that their cause is my‘ ‘ndnuirre%“ult reasonable. pointed out that if forced into mixâ€" ed farming they would seriously »lnmtere with eastern nglcuuure. [.nd propounded the w theory that since the east is suited to mixâ€" 'ed farming and the west to wheat Discussion in the HBOUSC CMUES*U* with rising fury toda j y at the Driâ€" e tar Purmé in Momem. Of | tish defenders who are falling back the war, invasion of our own land from the outer ring of Singapore‘s has been discussed, of course, but defences under merciless enemy usually ‘as remote and highly pi. jameulte by air and Tand: probabre Those who looned ufe» |Want 100,000 Enlistments side generals mI alarmists by more|, OTTAWA.â€"If army enlistments pr.t&a] men whose eyes and keep close to the level of the last efforts were turned to Europe. But four months Canada will be able the Eastern situation and the unâ€" to meet all requirements of the canny speed with which Mmlmz army pro?ram fi' volunta?' armies move has begun to fertilize ‘enlistments, Defence Minister Ralâ€" fear here, and those who claim to ston said today in the House of oriw conditions on our coasts are\ Commons as he spoke in the THIS WEEK IN PARLIAMENT E'ifig;'tifi'sii&{iite action with reâ€" gard to adequate and efficient raid mlt‘- may know whereof they War Cabinet today adopted a plan speak. | to freeze and place under strict Scores Iu%lun Action Government control practically the Mr. Hepburn‘s wum to chamâ€"| whole economic, labor, wage, inâ€" pion the cause of Mr. Meighen‘s byâ€"| dustrial and business structure of eloctlonflu bilr; South m il:‘umauud‘ the Commonwealth, a ve ea own + a veritable earthquake in Mif CYX Report "Savage Fighting" EU OO O3 e nrd'fo adequate and efficient raid e;otecuon and coastal defences. e have to face the grim thought that those who make these stateâ€" gard to adequalc anu CZmmIRI® e;otehc‘uonwuat:e &uu‘!‘m d:i‘er::;: Australia Freezes ic Se e have % hough Econom tâ€"u that those who make these stateâ€"| CANBERRA. â€" The Am.uu': ments may know whereof they war Cabinet today adopted a plan speak. | to freeze and place under strict Scores Iu%lun Action Government control practically the Mr. Hepburn‘s wum to chamâ€"| whole economic, labor, wage, inâ€" pion the cause of Mr. Meighen‘s byâ€" ‘ dustrial and business structure of eloctlonflu bilr; South m il:‘umauud‘ the Commonwealth, a ve ea own + ranks and he h.ms‘%em accused over Report "Savage Fighting" every kind of scullâ€"duggery known | WASHINGTON.â€"Great numbers to man, but mainly that he is deterâ€" of veteran Jap troops are exerting mined to sink the ”md ship tremendous pressure on the centre "Liberal Government", making of Gen. Douglas MacArthur‘s line o ow P LC LLALLLInE wa * (By Karl Hemwuth, M.P.) WORLD‘S WEEK Waterloo County _ Cattle Men Ship â€" Holsteins to U.S. For some months there have been a steady demand for Ontario Holsteins for shipment to the Unitâ€"| ed States where they are much esâ€" (Continued on Page 12) ), In Waterloo North, church offiâ€" {cials have authorized a letter to be sent to everr Mennonite family asking their full coâ€"operation. Bond to which a sticker will be attached stating the mone{ will be used "to finance cx(rend tures to alleviate distress and human sufâ€" fering due to war." The same applies to the nonâ€"inâ€" terest bearing bonds FAl CUuOvennbnment )0 _ 2C (Continued on Page 12) Lsking the‘if 141 COâ€"ODE1# °01 â€" | _ RANGOON, Burma. â€" Staunch Mennonites last year loaned to Pritish defenders of treasureâ€"laden the Government without interest Burma and its vital gateway to and donated outright in relief|China have checked the Japanese work a total in excess of $350,000. . along the@Salween River Report Steady Demand In United States for Ontario Holsteins. T HE THURSDAY Japs Making New Thrusts LONDON. â€"Black with _ the smoke of battle and broken by inâ€" mmumugwn m’mth.hsIth the island city itself. lU&Sufi‘l‘l!_op_____ _ WASHINGTON.â€"To thwart any Axis grab for the oil wealth of the Netherilapds West Indies, the Unitâ€" ed States announced tonight that it had sent troops to the Netherâ€" lands islands of Arubs and Cura cao off the cost of Venezuela. Red Army Smashes Westward MOSCOW.â€"With a battle cry of army smashed doggedly westward tonight, painstakingly overrunning more smoldering towns where the swastike had flown along the fortiâ€" fied line which the Nazis tried at heavy cost to save. Wants Greater Canadian Army OTTAWAâ€"Allied armies must conquer Germany, Italy and Japan and ke:fiwthem conquered and Canada Id have an army large enough to share in that conquest, George Black (Cons., Yukon) said today in the House of Commons Leave Outer Defence Ring SINGAPORE.â€"From dawn â€" to dusk Japanese invaders, greatly strengthened by new â€" landings from across Johore Strait, beat Want 100,000 Enlistments OTTAWA.â€"If army enlistments keep close to the level of the last four months Canada will be able :4;‘ 2met.-t all requirements lo{ the army program volun enlistments, Dgence fi’inmef R“sl?: ston said today in the House of Throne Speech debate on Batan, the War Department reâ€" ported today, but the defenders Inferno Damages Normandie NEW YORK.â€"A devastating inâ€" ferno touched off by sparks from a welder‘s torch badly damaged the former French liner Normandie toâ€" day and left the once proud transâ€" Atlantic racer listing in the mud of her Hudson River pier. Chiang Kaiâ€"Shek Now in India NEW DELHIâ€"Gen,. Chiang Kaiâ€" Shek has arrived in India with his [ofliccrs for consultations, and his meeting with the British and Inâ€" dia officials was hailed by the viceâ€" roy as one "which bodes our eneâ€" my no good and this they will soon \learn to their cost." Claim Landing on Island TOKYO, (From Japanese Broadâ€" cast).â€"Domei broadcast a Saigon dispatch today claiming ‘"Japâ€" anese troops carly this morning succeeded in landing on Singapore Island across the straits." The Doâ€" mei broadcast said Saigon got its information from Johore Bahru, a town on the tip of the Malayan mainland onposite Singapore. It ‘ndded that there were "no details" ‘German Artillery Failing MOSCOW. â€" Severely rationed on shells and hampered by loss of &guns. German artillery has been almost canceled out as an import tant factor in the white drifts of Russia, and the Red Army conâ€" |tinues to advance after mecting \fresh reserves and smashing reâ€" |peated counterâ€"attacks, Soviet war | dispatches said today I ‘Axis Prepares For Push It‘o News at a NEW YORK.â€"A chain of mys»s terious incidents which may hav« been â€" deliberately engincered _ to ermbroil Spain in the war and | which certainly bear the imprint \of German propaganda, pointed \ sharply today to serious Axis pre \narations for a push m the Medi terranean. | \British Defenders Check Japs WEDNESDAY TUESDAY To I MONDA Y