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_ THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE _ _ Plan Placing )Japanese Labor | Camps In Western Ontario TORONTO. â€"Ontario hopes to bring between 400 and 500 Japanese from British Columbia to Western Ontario sugar beet fields shortly to relieve the labor shortage, Hon. P. M. Dewan, minister of agriculture, has disclosed. Ontario Asgriculture Minister Reveals Plan To Work Japs Mr. Dewan could not say the exact number involved but explainâ€" ed negotiations for their coming have been conducted between the Provincial and Dominion Labor deâ€" partments. Following their successâ€" ful completion, his department took over. Labor Camps The Japanese will be housed in labor camps in various parts of the sugar beet district. Mr. Dewan said camp sites include Glencoe, Cenâ€" tralia and the Chatham and Walâ€" laceburg districts. s _ Already a survey of sites has been made by Dr. H. D. Brown, reâ€" presenting sugar manufacturing inâ€" terests in Chatham, Mr. Dewan said. The Ontario Farm Service will direct the work of placing the Japanese and tomorrow the farm director, Alex Maclaren, will tour the prospective sites. . _ Mr. Dewan said the Japanese "will have to be there within the next two or three weeks." Asked what the workers would do on completion of the sugar beet season, Mr. Dewan said "There will be other work for them" but did not specify its nature. _ _ Mr. Dewan said the department‘s action follows a recent pledge by the Ontario Cabinet that labor would be provided if the farmers planted the beet seed. Despite this pledge, it was believed that the prospective sugar beet acreage would not exceed 25,000 acres, or about half the processing capacity of the sugar companies‘ two plants. Further Discussions "There will be further discussions with the producers but at the preâ€" sent time it would appear that beâ€" tween 400 and 500 men will be required," the minister said. Negotiations with Ottawa were conducted last week by Labor Minâ€" ister Poter Heenan and Mr. Macâ€" laren. While supervision of the enemy aliens would fall to a limited extent to the federal auâ€" thorities, direct supervision will rest with the Department of Agriâ€" culture. Vol. 85, No. 19 Mr. Dewan said that he had not heard any unfavorable reports from producers on the plan and added "I think they realize that we are doing the best we can to get labor and in these times we have to get what is available. I would imagine that the Ja?‘anese will be very good at this work." Builders, Agents, Seek Answer To Kitchener Housing Problem (By Staf Writer) KITCHENER.â€"A solution to the present acute housing problem in Kitchener was sought at a meetâ€" ing Wednesday, attended by repreâ€" sentatives of the Kâ€"W builders‘ exchange, the Kâ€"W real estate board, the housing committee of city council and prominent land owners. A survey of city buildings with a view to converting vacant space into temporary housing accommoâ€" dation, and a planned revision of the city‘s building byâ€"laws to perâ€" mit erection of lowâ€"priced homes in outlying areas, are immediate steps planned at the joint meeting. H. Hessenaur, a rcal estate agent, exemplifying the willingness of real estate agents to coâ€"operate in alleviating present conditions, said real estate officers are willing to Pay Tribute To Florence Nightingale BADEN.â€"To the vast majority of Feople it is familiary known that lorence Nightingale, or ‘"The Lady of the Lamp", as she was lovingly called, was the real founder of our muchâ€"esteemed nursing profession. This year as perhaps never before greater emphasis is being placed on the celebration of her birthday and thmughout our fair Dominion of Canada many services in her memâ€" ory wil be held on Sunday, May 10. True it falls on Mother‘s Day celeâ€" brations but what more fitting beâ€" cause of the indefinable links conâ€" necting motherhood and our noble nurses The real birthday of this first great nurse falls on Tuesday for Florence :I,%hunlnlo was born on| Some few years ago Elora pubâ€" May 12, 1 Many have read mdllhhod a chronicle of its history and heard tales of her early childhood!in this was found the name of John and life in a beautiful secluded but (Continued on Page 10) Expect About 500 To Be Transported From British Columbia To Western Ontario. In Ontario Sugar Beet Fields (l‘y Mrs Clarence Diamond) WILL CONSTRUCT LABOR CAMPS Largest Circulation of any Waterioo County Weekly Newspaper nesday for Rev. Simon H. Swartz Eby Street 3., Kitchener, who died suddenly early Monday. In his 87th year, Rev. Swartz was a former United Brethrenh:nmlzlt::. but fol; many years ta.ue ul school a New lgundoe nlfnmburz. Nine Funeral services were held Wedâ€" nesday for Rev. Simon H. Swartz, Rev. Simon Swartz Dies Suddenly New Dundee, Wil Pines and Natchez. Entering the ministry in 1896, Rev. Swartz held pastorates at New Dundee, _ Roseville, _ Mannheim, Centreville and Kitchener. For many years, he was presiding elder of the Ontario district. Rev. Swartz‘s first wife, Mary Elizabeth Wingham, died in 1925, and in 1933 he married Mrs. Urias Schlieman, who survives. s Also surviving are six sons, Miles, nciouninad “".fali l‘)'fi Simon Jr., Burton and George, all of Kitchener; Clayton of Roseville, tems=~ and Percy of Waterloo; three| (By Staff Writer) daughters, Mrs. Angus Rellinger, of * KITCHENER.â€"The Shoe and Petersburg; Mrs. Albert Chapman,| Leather Workers‘ Organizing Comâ€" of Pinehill; Mrs. R. â€"Conner, of mittee of the Canadian Congress of ‘Kiwhener; 20 grandchildren and Labor, in session here over the five greatâ€"grandchildren also surâ€"|weekâ€"end, unanimously endorsed vive. A daughter, Mary, died in Chairman Charles Millard‘s recomâ€" 1937. mendation that direct !Qolitlcal affiâ€" en es liation with the C.C.F. be sought P a8 w â€" , _ by the committee. â€" _ Spatches Hymn Book Instead ot Purse Chief Constable John Hicks said today police are on the lookout for a young cyclist who "isn‘t very good at purseâ€"snatching", but who manâ€" aged to take one from Miss Eva Schott, Lancaster street, : Monday night. _ _ D 0_ "Aocordjn&“:o the chief constable, the young thief is not only not very adept but he fails to choose wellâ€" filled purses to pay him for the trouble. "On Friday night, two women reported that a thief, who answers the description of the one Monday night, tried to steal their purses," related Chief Hicks. "He got away with one of them, containing $9, but took only $4 out of it and threw the purse away. In the second atâ€" tempt he inadvertently snatched a hymn book instead of a purse." _ cents _Chief Hicks said the young thief‘s loot Monday night was only 60 act as "clearing houses" free of charge, for homes for rent. He pointed out however, this offer apâ€" plied only to homes renting at "average" rates. â€" "Homes for rent may be listed with individual real estate offices or all of them and the information will be made available to prosâ€" pective tenants without charge to the owners," stated Hessenaur. ‘"Dealers will not, however, drive houseâ€"seekers around to listed homes," he added. The joint meeting unanimously approved city council‘s resolution asking the federal government to continue its housing plan and that down payments on homes up to $3,500, be reduced from 20 to 10 aristocratic English home, of her keen desire to see that patients in hospitals received the proper treatâ€" ment but not until a few years ago was the romantic life of Florence Nightingale brought to the fore of the public eye. Since then it has been lenmecrthat Florence Nightâ€" ingale and a former minister in Elora who now lies buried beneath a white cross in the Elora cemetery were at one time engaged to be married. In this connection also 1hanas a tale of how a beautiful set of communion silver still being used in St. John‘s Anglican church, Elora, found its way froin the hands of Florence Nightingale to this little town in what was then known as the New World. The meeting further proposed (Continued on Page 3) WarerLroo, Ontanrio, The Week in Pictures _ Leather Workers Would Join C.C.F. For Political Voice The committee unanimously enâ€" j tical png. b:&we now find that dorsed Chairman Millard‘s entire| the C.C.F, is the Anily national poâ€" fiveâ€"point recommendation repoart. litical party in Canfda which can Recommendations were as follows: make our yoice articulate", stated 1. Strengthen the organlntlonal.Mfllard. who is executiveâ€"director position of the committee by ever{ of the Labor Corgess and chairâ€" legitimate means at our disposal; man of the Steel Workers‘ Organâ€" 2. Give full support to the Canâ€" izing Committee. adian Congress of Labor‘s legislaâ€"| "We can‘t go to the Liberal parâ€" tive program and assistance to the ty, we can‘t go to the Conservative organizing efforts of other unions (Continued on Page 10) Appoint No. 10 Head To Command $1,000,000 Centre KITCHENER.â€"Lieut.â€"Col. Harâ€" old Ballantyne, commanding offiâ€" cer of Knollwood Park basic trainâ€" ing centre here since it was openâ€" ed, will command the new $1,000,â€" 000 advanced training centre near Ipperwash Beach. Announcement to this effect was received here. Actual announcement of Col. Ballantyne‘s high appointment, however, was not "news" here, as it was generally known several weeks ago he was slated to reâ€" ceive the appointment. Last week he was instructed to select the Eer- sonnel for the new camp which will be known as Aâ€"29 Advanced Training Centre. It will be the first advanced training centre to be located in this military district. _ Head of the centre here since it was opened in the fall of 1940, Col. Ballantyne was formerly officerâ€" commanding the Scots Fusiliers of Canada (reserve). In civilian life, the colonel was physical instructor in Kitchener public schools. He was born and educated in Scotland. While no official announcement has been made, Twin City legal and political circles believe aueen'l Park will make an early announceâ€" ment regarding appointment of a permanent magistrate _ for this riding. H. R. Polson, Toronto, is actingâ€"magistrate, ukm the pf.ec of John R. Blake, reti after over forty years on the bench in North and South Waterloo. Believed favoured by the atâ€" torneyâ€"general‘s department is Ald. Gordon Honsberger, member of the legal fraternity in Kitchener. It is understood the nctm{ magistrate, Mr. Polson, is also a "favourite" for the position. The third most prominently menâ€" tioned is Edward F. Donohue, Kitchener newspaperman, but it is said here that Polson or Honsberger are more likely to receive the apâ€" pointment. Endorse Canadian Labor Congress Executive‘s Recommendation at Weekâ€"end Conference In Kitchener. wWOULD SHUT DOWN GOLD MINES FOR DURATION x, Mar 8, 1942 within the Coafefl; 3. Take a full part in the w done by local Laâ€" bor Cuncils; 4. Authorize the Comâ€" mittee to investigate the possibiliâ€" ties of direct political action through affiliation with the C.C.F.; 5. Establishment of a central office as soon as possible. . _ 2o s _ "I don‘t wish or intend to bind anyone to voteé for any one poliâ€" tical party, but we now find that Call Up 499 Twin City Boys Exactly 499 medical notices have beén sent out to Twin City men expected to report for military training at Carling Heights, London, but some, of course, will not be medically fit. It is expected about 400 men from Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo \wlll prove eligible for military training. It was revealed here that only those in "A" category will be called up for training in the latest draft. Most of the men affected are in the new 25â€"30 age bracket, many of whom are married men. . Forecasts Ceiling Test Soon, When Sales Volume Falls KITCHENER. â€" Canada‘s price ceiling, can‘t be without hourly coâ€" operation and goodwill of the reâ€" tailers, declared J. G. Johnston of Toronto, public relations counsel, before the Kiwanis Club here â€"The speaker favored widening of the exemptions to ease the strain under the ceiling, in contrast, he said, with the opinion of those who would establish standard gross proâ€" fits or spreads between cost and ‘s’elllng prices. "Bqueete" Now Severe . Referring to the subsidy system now employed by the Government, Mr. Johnson pointed out that one of the main objections is that the taxpayer "is helping to pay for subâ€" sidized goods which he may not want at all." The most severe test of the price ceiling, he said, will come when reâ€" *ailers‘ total volume of sales decline because he will not have the goods to sell. Despite the subsidies, he said, the "squeeze" is becoming more severe ~n the retailers as the weeks go by, "and hence the need for more subsidies." Mr. Johnson said the reason that ‘he squeeze is becoming more severe is that in the early days of the ceiling people had the money to Tend and there were few disconâ€" tinued lines on retailers‘ shelves. Lists Difficulties â€" â€" a substantial proportion of _ In ;da(l;)n}‘.tle &olnud out, the retailer still had his inventory Waterloo Children Are Immunized > Against Diphtheria Dr. P. A. Voelker estimated toâ€" day that more than 1,000 Waterloo school and preâ€"school children have been immunized in recent weeks against diphtheria, in the campaign inaugurated this year. {)r. Voelker is M.O.H. for Waterâ€" oo. New A.R.P.Pump ‘ Is Satisfactory _ To City Fire Chief KITCHENER.â€"Fire Chief Harry Guerin and his department yesterâ€" day tested the new ARP. auxiliâ€" ary trailer fire pump supplied by the Civil Defence Committee of the A.RP., at Ottawa, and declared it to be "a great outfit". _ _ â€" Chief Guerin revealed that the auxiliary â€" pumpers are â€" being turned out at a Woodstock plant by the hundreds, and being shipped to vulnerable cities and towns throughout Canada. â€" Town‘s Arrears Only 10 Cents per Capita The pump, which is approximâ€" ately five feet in length and four feet high, is equipped with two small rubber tires, and may be atâ€" tached to a fire truck or some other vehicle for quick transportaâ€" Treasurer Norman Bolduc has revealed Waterloo‘s tax arrears are only 10 cents per capita, compared to $6.29 five years ago. _ According to the treasurer, the town‘s arrears at the end of 1941 were $25,544, against which there is a reserve for uncollectable taxes of $24.662, leaving the net arrears gsa% Population of the town is 8,940. In 1937 the arrears were $74,509,| the capitulation of the island and the reserce $21,446, leaving net| forts in Manila Bay. arrears at $53,063, or $6.29 per Upwards of 7,000 U.S. troops, capita. The per capita arrears deâ€"| sailors, marines and nurses are clined to $3.67 in 1938, to $1.59 in| involved. Civilians brought the 1939, 80 cents in 1940 and to 10| total to 10,000, Washington beâ€" cents aEl‘ the end otBl::itl year, accordâ€"| â€" lieved. this ing to Treasurer uc. Firing ceased unh.: \ he percenu&u of arrears eol-y after Japanese shock troops lected during the past five years stormed the north beach of were: 1937, 42.1; 1938, 28.6; 1939.5 Corregidor, across the Boca 40.8; 1940, 48.9 and 1941, 60.1. Perâ€"| Chico channel from Bataan centages of current tax collections| peninsula. Gen Douglas Macâ€" advanced from 90.1 in 1937 to 95.5; Arthur announced the end in last year. Collections last year were q special communique from his $250,154 in current taxes and | Australian headquarters: $20,180 on arrears. | "Gen. Jonathan M. Wainâ€" Treasurer Bolduc‘s report show$s‘ wright has surrendered Corâ€" (Continued on Page 10) |\_ regidor and the other fortified bought at lower than replacement _ The following difficulties in the problem of price control were stressed by the speaker: s The administration has not yet succeeded in rol]in, back costs on a great number of articlee comâ€" monly found in retail establishâ€" MERCTECEY The policy of subsidizing proâ€" ducers, directly or indirectly, who may not have been able to reduce their costs sufficiently to keep their prices down to the level enabling the retailers to survive; Coâ€"operation Needed " The wholeâ€"hearted coâ€"operation of the 130,000 retailers of Canada cannot be obtained unless those reâ€" tailers see coâ€"operation as a twoâ€" way street; . 200. The administration of price conâ€" trol policy is seen by some elements in some trades "as a means of ridâ€" ding such trades of what they have deemed unhealthy trade practices." In conclusion the speaker exâ€" pressed the belief that "probably the ideal, meaning the most efficient war effort might well be an econâ€" omy whereby both prices and wages _ are â€" allowed _ to _ rise gradually." â€" "I am not certain that such an ideal is attainable," he said. "In any event our present system is the one we have and I do not think such a gnsic change is imminent no matter ow desirable. . . The most that can be looked for are modifications within the present sysiem." $1.00 per Year planes from a British carrier. Allied Bombers Destroy 65 Enemy Planes on Ground NEW DELHI, India.â€"The United Nations air forces in India were embarked tonight on a mounting and relentless campaign of attriâ€" tion against the Japanese conquerâ€" ors of Burma. Believe Madagascar Defenders Soon To Flee To Hills Striking straight for the seaâ€" head of the invading armies which have raced through the length of the Kipling country to enter Free China‘s back door and to threaten India, five flights of Maj.â€"Gen. Lewis Brereton‘s bombers in 24 hours destroyed at least 40 enemy rdllanes and damaged 25 on the ingaladon Airdrome north of Rangoon. Nazis May Free 30,000 French _ _ Airmen To Fly For Axis LONDON.â€"A Lisbon dispatch to The Daily Express today said between 30,000 and 35,000 French airmen, including pilots, gunners and ground crews, will be released from war prison camps by Gerâ€" many on June 1 with the primary aim of fighting over French terriâ€" tory against British air attacks. The reports were said to have come from reliable sources in France as a result of Pierre Laval‘s steppedâ€"up program of collaboraâ€" tion with Germany. Forge Ahead in Offensive MOSCOW.â€"Russia has thrown into her spring offensive the first of the reserve divisions raised and trained deep in Siberia last winter, and the fresh troops have captured an important river valley from the Germans, Red Army dispatches said today. _ _ _ â€" Fresh Russian This vanguard of the new armies fought a fourâ€"day battle with a German force holding both banks high above the river,â€"said the acâ€" count of the engagement, gglhll‘d in the army ne Star. _ On the second m the Russian On the second day, the Russian divlslo:d mopped up one bank and captured a village against strons resistance; on the third day it hel its ground against counterâ€"attacks by two battalions of German inâ€" fantry, heavily supForted by airâ€" craft, and on the fourth day the Russians forced the river, captured the opposite bank and drove the Germans into a forest. . U.S. Fortress, Corregidor, Surrenders After Gallant Fight Fight In City Streets As British Enter Madagascar LONDON.â€"British forces are within the great French naval base of Diego Suarez on Madagascar, and fierce fighting is under way in the streets of the city, the Vichy government officially admitted toâ€" day. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 80 No official British statement has been issued; but a military spokesâ€" man said latest reports here are that British troops are approaching Diego Suarez after having smashed 20 miles through "stiffening French tesistance." The naval base is at neighboring Antsirana, he said. . Vichy admitted also loss of the French submarine Bevezieres with a complement of 67, and the mineâ€" ‘aying sloop Bougainville, 1,969 tons, with a complement of 136. landing force which had mmmum Suares naval base and beaten from the air by overwhelming to the island‘s hills to wage The defending army was apâ€" ~raised at 1,500 Frenchmen and 3,700 colonials. The British atâ€" tackers are unofficially reported to umber about 20,000. Burn 22% More Gasoline In Manitoba, Paper Charges WINNIPEG.â€"The Winnipeg 'l‘rlbun‘emnys Innl newsâ€"page story t gasoline ; in Manitoba in the m months of 1942 "have averaged 18,000 gallons a day more" than for the first four months _ of 1941 and to date "this year‘s clvilian purchases are about } 22 per cent.rwher" than for the same pe last year. ly from the rear by a large and small, were in mo.:rrlalnyuhhhetmly to land fresh troops against his fagzed defenders. h:::hm mm as uj mmmed ing heavy casualties, with their few available aireraft doing R.A.F. Makes Stuttgart n Germany during the night to tive the imporuntn‘ndnnflfi city of Stuttgart another blasting LONDON.â€"â€"The Royal Air Force, ~arrying on the greatest air offenâ€" sive of the war, returned to southâ€" had ceased on Corregidor and terms are being arranged for the capitulation of the island forts in Manila Bay. Upwards of 7,000 U.S. troops, sailors, marines and nurses are involved. Civilians brought the total to 10,000, Washington beâ€" lieved. after Japanese shock troops stormed the north beach of | Corregidor, across the Boca > Chico channel from Bataan peninsula. Gen Douglas Macâ€" Arthur announced the end in peninsula. Gen Douglas Macâ€" Arthur announced the end in a special communique from his Australian headquarters: "Gen. Jonathan M. Wainâ€" islands in Manila harbor." WASHINGTON.â€"The United WORLD‘S W EEK WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Second Rostock Its Nows at a T HE Madagascar, the Vichy Governâ€" Sisiee Suhmng spaine! putting up tates w ag pu! a flfln and ordered the uhnz g;r in the far away Indian an to resist. But Chief of Government Pierre Laval, who made known these deâ€" cisions at a press conference, said Vichy nevertheless would decline R.A.F. Hits Deep Into s Heart of Germany LONDON. â€" Giant new British bombers struck deep into the heart of Germany and her conâ€" quered states overnighl. hurling bombs on both the Skoda arms works at Pilsen in Czechoâ€"Slovakia and on factories at Stuttgart in the Reich‘s southwest. There were four of these sweeps over the Channel, the planes atâ€" tacking Zeebrugge, Belgium, and points in Unoccupied France. Six British planes were lost and four Nazis were shot down, it was learned. British March on Madagascar Vichy Angry at British Move on Mad to take the first step toward breakâ€" ing off diplomatic relations with Washington as a direct result of its backing Britain in what Vichy called the Madagascar "aggresâ€" MONDAY Heavy Jap Formations Strike _ 30 Miles From China CHUNGKING.â€"Chinese and U.S. bombers, blasting savagely at capâ€" Allied stand in northern Burma toâ€" day against Japanese drives toward the Chinese frontier above the ruins of Mandalay. _ {o_ At the same time it was reported that heavy Japanese reinforcements were moving up the Burma road from Lashioin support of advance units which fought their way to within 30 miles of the Yunnan frontier. Talk of $20,000,000 Canal tured Lashio, signalized a mile canal across Canadian soil to link Lake St. Clair with Lake Erie and enable freighters to bypass Detroit for a shorter route to Cleveâ€" land and Lake Eric ports east of there are being considered by the U.S. army engineers. _ _ _ E. Harold Brayer, chairman of the executive committee of the Great Lakes Transit Corp., said the canal would cost approximately $20,000,000 including a halfâ€"mile strip of farm land across Canadian territory. R.A.F. Sets Hamburg weather. They concentrated on the battered docks and shipâ€" building yards. Night raiders also bombed the St. Nazaire submarine base on the French unoccupied coast, and coastal command planes damaged two enemy ships off the Norwegian coast. Aussie Guerrillas Harass Jav Drive In New Guinea United _ Nations _ Headquarters, Australia.â€"A new Japanese thrust into the Markham Valley, New Guinea, and intensification of aerial warfare, were believed today to foreshadow _ an _ early _ test of strength between the invaders and Allied defenders. The Japanese were reported to have moved back into the Nadzab area, about 25 miles inland from Lae, on the north New Guinea coast, in an attempt to find new airdromes. Another Japanese force was reported to have marchâ€" ed 15 miles southward from Salaâ€" maua As Island Fights LONDON.â€"British Commanâ€" dos, regular infantrymen and m%'lnlal;l'nci pnu'eted orces, amnup-nllnrcnh,u ashore at Courrier Hay, 10 miles across the isthmus from Diego Suarez: itself, at dawn Nations coup in the worldâ€" yflemgtormmd this morning and by nightfall had broken the Vichy French coastal defences, captured a battery which had shelled the landings and were smashing at the back door of the base through the tropical jungle. Advices released by Vichy sources tonight said the British occuying forces, which the VICHY, at 7,500, nearly twice the Lonâ€" don estimate. ' "CGuest Pilot" Bags 3 Japs, Helps Smash Dozen More At an Advanced Allied Air Base, Australian Zone.â€"Lieut.â€"Col. Boyd D. Wagner made a flight as "guest pilot" Friday. He went with US. airmen going out in new cannonâ€" firing planes to attack the Japanâ€" ese bases at Lac and Salamaua, New Guinea He returned a few hours later with three more Japanâ€" ese Navyâ€"O fighters to his credit, shot down in what he called the best dog fight he had ever seen ka'.loilrmllesfmthenf.‘v:le base. The same report French and Indian k’:len DETROIT, Mich.â€"Plans for a 15â€" LONDON.â€"Royal Air Force planes resumed their offensive on a roundâ€"theâ€"clock basis toâ€" day with ; day with powerful sweeps over occupied r‘:'uoe. During the night they had set great fires in Hamburg, Germany‘s second city, greatest port and most bombed target. â€" _ Watchers on the Dover coast saw big fieets of Royal Air Force planes heading for the morning. Great long range bombers raided Hamburg in force withâ€" out awaiting the return of good To Link St. Clair and Erie TUESDAY for Docks Ablaze