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_THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE Would Relieve Farm Labor Lack _ _ With Teenâ€"Age Twin City Boys _"The Chronicle is Proud of Canada‘s Army" _â€" There are approximately 10(« such lads registered, and as their chance of obtaining work in the stores or factories is practically nil â€"the city employers already havâ€" ing put all the students to work they possibly canâ€"these boys will have to turn to the farms for emâ€" ployment. . | 2o Many city people have friends among the county farmers, and Mr. Boyer suggests they get together and talk the matter over. That there is no healthier, more diversified and interesting work than farming and, certainly, none that is safer, is a well known fact, As farm labour is extremely scarce this season, to cultiâ€" vate and harvest the aboundant crops is laying an unusually heavy burden upon the farmers, Mr. Boyer states. And he is certain the splendid, manly lads, age d from 13 to 16, and ranging in weight from 95 to 220 pounds, who have registered for work at the employment office, can go a long way toward solving the problem. The names of pupils who have been given promotion are given below. In some instances the proâ€" motion is conditional upon indusâ€" try and general advancement being satisfactory in 1942â€"43. The list contains also names of graduates of the Commercial Department. Results of Academic Grades XI and XIII will be published when the returns are received from the Department .‘ of Education _ in An appegl to parents in Kitchener and Waterioo to permit their ‘teen sze boys to work on North Waterioo farms during vacation is being made by Manager C. W. Boyer of the Kitchâ€" ener Unemployment Insurance office. Industry Has Efect On Kâ€"W Collegiate Promotions Letters have been mailed to parâ€" ents of all who have failed and also to parents of pupils whose promotios are conditional. August. Armstrong, Ruth; Bacher, Doris; Bomberger, Madeline; Bond, Doâ€" ris; Budovich, Inez; Creager, Ruth; Cressman, Esther; Dahmer, Ruth; Dedels,© Marion; Dick, Lavina; Durst, Alice; Eckersley, Barbara; Filsinger, Helen; Gofton, Jerene; Good, Carol; Hawthorne, Cora; Henderson, Patricia; Hunt, Jeanâ€" ette; Kalbfleisch, Ruth; Kinzie, Doâ€" ris; Koch, Muriel; Lautenschlager, Kathleen; Leffler, Gladys; Linder, Fay; Lowe, Diana; Ritchie, Shirâ€" ley; Schreitzer, Margaret; Seebach, Unemmployment Insurance Head Believes Lads 13 to 16, May Be One Answer To Problem Now Missionary In China, Preaches at New Dundee Where Started 33 Years Ago NEW DUNDEE.â€"Returning to the church where he preached his first sermon thirtyâ€"three years ago, Rev. Stanton Lautenschlager, misâ€" sionary and Professor of Modern History at Cheeloo University, West China, until arriving home on furlough one year ago, adâ€" dressed the United Brethren conâ€" gregation hete on Sunday mornâ€" ing. Rev Lautenschlager has just returned to his present home at Kitchener from a lecture tour of the United States _ _ _ Speaking on ‘"The Open Doors in China", the speaker said "China has been fighting our war and hers for five years and in that time Japan has been able to conquer only oneâ€"fifth‘ of the country. gree China is twentyâ€"five times as large as Germay and oneâ€"quarter of the Eeople of the world live in China. very times four babies are born in the world, one is a Chinese." Rev. Lautenschlager told of the great bravery of the Chinese who are fighting on five fronts. "Yow need new uniforms", was the stateâ€" ment he made to a group of Chiâ€" nese soldiers that had been fightâ€" ing in the mountains in November weather with their sleeves torn out below the elbows and their trouâ€" sers gone below the knees. Their oly reply was, ‘"These will do for a time, what we need is medicines and munitions". He also told of the great "City of Caves", where thousands of peoâ€" ple live in five caves which are (Continued on Page 8) Vol. 85, No. 27 Would be Beneficial; "Better Than Sweltering In the City". C. W. Boyer Contends Farm Work During Summer ALREADY 100 BOYS REGISTERED Largest Circulation of any Waterioo County Weekly Newspaper Mr. Boyer points out. And in his opinion parents will be doing their country a service, and their boys a service, too, by permitting them to earn money on the farms this sumâ€" clusion. "I know the lads who s;)end their vacation usefully on the farms will return to their studies in Septemâ€" ber broader: minded, more self reâ€" liant and, certainly more healthy and better students than they will be should they swelter all summer in the city," said Mr. Boyer in conâ€" Baetz, Margaret; Becker, Elaine; Brubacher, Frances; Cochrane, Jaâ€" net; Eberhardt, Elizabeth; Hubaâ€" check, Blanche; Klugman, Doris; Keber, Frieda; Klugman, Doris; Kuhl, Rita; Milner, Donna; Montâ€" gomery, Lois; Page, Mary; Pearce, Betty; Penner, Anita; Plumb, Helen; Ruppel, Betty; Schaus, Helen; Scheifele, Jean; Schlosser, Ruth; Schroeder, Karin; Shantz, June; Shelley, Elaine; Shiell, Muâ€" riel; Sloan, Colleen; Stroh, Audrey; Stroh, Eleanor; Swartz, Ruth; Telâ€" ford, Luella; Walter, Onalee; Suâ€" derman, Mary; Alischer, Regina. Academic XC Barkman, David; Bock, Ronald; Boothby, John; Borth, Lawrence; Helen; Swartz, Patricia; Wallis, Marjorie; Witzel, Jerrine; Woolner, Jeanne; Badke, Elizabeth; Becker, Clarke, Kenneth; Cornell, Stewart; Forber, Douglas; Giller, William; Hagedorn, Kenneth; Hayes, Ewart; Huras, Ralph; Johnston, Harold; vene, Martin; Leidy, Orlien; Mackâ€" lin, Harold; McKague, John; Reiâ€" ner, _ Lloyd; Schmidt, _ Ralph; (Continued on Page 7) Family Almost Pennyless As Home Contents Destroyed By Maida Kelly MILLBANK. â€" Solomon Lichty of Musselburg on the third concesâ€" sion of Mornington township with his wife and four chti’ls:;m had a narrow e.cfipe from g burned to death Monday evening, when fire of unknown origin destroyed their home with all its contents. Included in the loss were two electric incubators about half full of eggs, the harness shop, tools, sewing.machine and a q-nm{ of harness, two ton of feed and all the family‘s clothing and household effects. ~~The fire started about i1.30 p.m. in the incubator room after the family had retited. Mr. Lich!{ was awakened by the alarm bell on the incubator. Going to investiâ€" rte he found the room full of ames. The fire spread rapidly to the rest of the house. Mr. Lichty was almost overcome with flames, heat and smoke and received a number of burns while getting his wife and children out. Waterroo, Ontario, Fripary, Jucy 3, 1942 The Week in Pictures | _ Railway Stations â€"Special postâ€" ‘ers prepared by the Canadian Naâ€" ltional will be displayed. One of ‘these carries the words "HONOUR .THE FIGHTING MEN" and anâ€" {other "MORE _ THAN _ 600,000 CANADIANS ARE IN THE ARMâ€" ED FORCES". There are upwards ‘!of 2,000 stations on the System in \Canada. taken to honour the Army during the week of June 29 â€" July 5, based on the letter from the Honourable J. L. Ralston, Minister of National Defence,‘ addressed to Mr. R. C. minals such as Bonaventure in Montreal, special displays have been made up including very large poster paintings, 14 feet by 16 feet in waiting room and 12 reet by 20 feet outside the station facing Windsor Street. Immense Preparations Made To Honour Army in ‘Army Week‘ City Ticket Offices, Express, Telegraph and Transâ€"Canada Ofâ€" ficesâ€"These windows, more than one hundred in number, from coast to coast in Canada, will be devoted almost exclusively to Army Week displays including large photoâ€" graphic enlargements which we have had specially made up to (Continued on Page 3) Vaughan, President of the Canaâ€" dian National Railways:â€" The following steps have been CHAMPION PLOWMEN | TAKE TRIP BY PLANE of the men of that corps able trip that was offered as first and second m'flmhh. an important factor to agriculturalists, they to _ travel by air and within nine days lhv visited such rnhh as Winnipeg Portage La Prairie, Regina, Vancouver and mhh-ldv. One of P vaine where sher partinipaned In the Wanithbe Provinclst Plow where t I larm: l ~ ing Match, June 24th. Atcrd-e-ulunlo-ndnyvmund-t-mhpmq attended, they were afforded the ity of exchanging and studying new idenms, particularly mm devices and other aide to greater eficiency on the farm. The trip was arranged by Mr. J. A. Carroll, Manager of the Ontario Plowmen‘s Association. throughout thée country, an important in the production of food for war, for :y' encourage lh’"‘hn. plowing and cultivation of the, land o cssential for maximum ELECTRIC .SPUDâ€"PEELERS TAKE THE STNG oUT OF K.P. DUTY At large terâ€" | _An R.C.A.F. instructor was killed and a student pilot suffered a fracâ€" |tured back when the plane they were flying from Kitchener to Goderich struck telephone wires at Hawkesville, north of here, and ‘"flopped" into the Conestogo River, Thursday afternoon. The dead man is Sgt. Pilot Lorne Small, and the injured, LA.C. Claude Jolly. Despite his broken back, Jolly was able to extricate himself from the wreckage of the plane as it lay in the river, and reach the bank. Police said he was walking around when the Kitchâ€" enerâ€"Waterloo Hospital ambulance arrived. â€" The plane which crashed was following directly behind another flown by Sgt. Pilot John Mcâ€" Eachern, instructor, and L.A.C. Sidney Davenport, when the acciâ€" (Continued on Page 8) Instructor Killed As Plane ‘Flops‘ In Conestoga River (By Staff Writer) County News Hepburn To Attend Shand Dam Opening revealed today Premier Mitcheli Hepburn will attend the official opening of the Shand Dam, near Fergus on FmAAug, 7. It is unde a street dance in Fergus the same evening will mark the official opening of the Grand River Conservation Comâ€" mission‘s $2,000,000 project. E. I. McLoughry, agricultural reâ€" presentative, said today that crop conditions in Waterloo county are excellent, but that "they are in a critical period". He said that so long as it does not get too hot, a dryâ€"period is necessary. "I am pleased to report that the wheat did not suffer as much from the recent extended wet period as was anticipated," stated Mr. Mcâ€" Loughry. "Lodging of grain is not general and the few fields that are down are not bad enough to figure seriously in the total crop estiâ€" mate." Crop Conditions Excellent But Need Dry Weather The agricultural representative‘ revealed that "a bumper crop of} hay is now being loaded into* Waterloo county barns". He said recent hot dry days have been (Continued on Page 8) | Plane, Motor Stalled Glides Into Field Over Horses‘ Heads MILLBANK.â€"Mr. Clark Watson, who is employed by Mr. Stewart Mayberry, _ Morningtonâ€"Wellesley boundary line had an experience recently which he hopes will not happen again. o e He was mowing hay in a field when a plane appeared overhead which seemed to be in difficulty. _ It came lower and lower until it seemed to be just above the horses‘ heads as it glided to a landing place a short distance ahead of him. The plane was from the Ayiâ€" mer Airport and the motor stalled when the pilot switched the gas supply from one tank to the other. Fortunately the plane came to a stop a short distance from a deep ditch Men who are not in a medical category now being called for serâ€" vice in the Active Army are asked to volunteer for service as special constables in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Commissioner S. T. Wood, who issued the call this week, Sointed out _ that _ the Orderâ€"inâ€"Council which &iven the Minister of Naâ€" tional War Services power to call out men in the lower medical brackets for sficial security Junrd duty will not implemented "for the time being". ‘"Rather_ than implement this|Canadian Active Army," Commisâ€" tive up to 200 yards and has a use Orderâ€"inâ€"Council by compulsory sioner Wood‘s statement concluded. ful life of more than 5,000 rounds. R.C.M.P. Wants Rejected Men as Special Constables Viceâ€"Chairman Marcel Pequegnat $1.00 per Year The fate of % and probably the whole Middle t hangs on the battle which has now been joined in the desert bottleneck west of El Alamein, only seventy miles west of Alexandria. It is yet too early to form any estimate of how |the battle is going, but yesterday iGeneral Auchinleck issued a conâ€" {fident order of the day in which he ]declared the enemy had suffered |serious losses and his units had |been much reduced in strength. f“'['he battle," the order ended, "is not yet over and will not be over until we have defeated the enemy and defeat him we will." ‘Ontario Used 7,500,000 f Less Gallons Gasoline ‘ During Month of May TORONTO. â€" Ontario motorists used 7,500,000 gallons less gasoline in May, second month of rationing. compared with May, 1941, accordâ€" ing to the Ontario Department of Highways. At the same time, they |used 4,754,260 gallons more than in |Apl‘il, the first month of rationing. Jap Columns Advancing Axis Continues Advance in Egypt; Make 75â€"Mile Sweep in a brief announcement toâ€" night. Russians Attack On Kursk Front; Hun Offensive Now In ith Day _ MOSCOW.â€"The Red army has A communique admitted the fall of Yiyang. The Japanese had sufâ€" fered 500 casualties in heavy street fighting at Yiyang on Monday. The advance narrowed the gap between this spearhead and the westbound Jap column to about thirty miles. The communique added that the westbound Japanese at Shangjao were attacking. launched a series of successful counterâ€"attacks on the Kursk front where Germany‘s great offensive, now in its fourth day, continued to smash in vain with waves of tanks imd infantry at unyielding Russian ines. CHUNGKING.â€"Japanese troops are overrunning the last few unâ€" conquered miles of the 403â€"mile railway between Hangchow and Nanchang, against which they have been driving from both the east and west six weeks ago, front reâ€" ports said tonight, _____ _ _ â€"_ _ The Moscow radio announced toâ€" day that the Russians were attackâ€" ing at several points in this sector, where one of the greatest tank battles of the war has been going on since Sunday. Believes British Fleet Still Safe in Middle East WASHINGTON. â€" The British fleet in the Mediterranean is in no immediate danger of being cut off, Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, former Esval commander_ in the Middle t, said‘ today. The fleet is running a risk, he said, but even if Alexandria is lostâ€"and he beâ€" lieves that would prove to be a hard nut for the Germans to crack â€"there are other bases that could enemy in one of the staunchest stands of history. A Red_ Star despatch from the Kursk front said the Germans ‘had advanced slightly in the main secâ€" tor and were striving to consolidate their gains, move up reinforceâ€" mepnts, and wards off Soviet blows raining on their flanks. Egypt‘s Fate Hangs in Balance; Auchinleck Confident _ The city had been under immeâ€" diate attack by Axis armies totalâ€" ling about 250,000 men for twentyâ€" seven days, and the Russion deâ€" fense had taken a heavy toll of the be used, Port Said in Egyflte, Haifa in Palestine, or Beirut in Lebanon. service, the government has deâ€" cided for the time being to give those men who have in the past, and who may in the future wish to volunteer for such service, an opâ€" portunity to do so," the Commisâ€" sioner‘s statement read. Those who are subject to Nationâ€" al War Service Registration but of a low medical category, (BJ, B2, C1) as well as others who wished to serve, should ®mmunicate with him in Ottawa, he added.. ‘"‘The rates of pay and allowances which will be paid for this work are identical with those pcld in the ral nidbes Watbie CALLITm L Axis armored columns plunged past El Daba, only 100 miles west of Alexandria, tonight on an advance that imperiled the entire defence of Egypt. This marked a 75â€"mile sweep during one night and day since the fail of Matruh. Whether the Axis sweep beâ€" yond El Dabaâ€"generally reâ€" garded as the point where the mauled 8th Army had been exâ€" pected to make a firm standâ€" was in force or by scattered WORLD‘S WEEK WEDNESDAY On Railway Its Nows at a T H E The frontline account said that Marshal Timoshenko‘s â€" defenders closed in quickly behind the wedges driven by the Nazis before supporting tanks could be brought up in this battle which perhaps reâ€" presents the begining of Hitler‘s tgeneral offensive up and down the ront. cost of the First Great War, the United States treasury closed books today on the costliest fiscal year in its history. 8 s Exact figures won‘t be available for a few days, but preliminary tabulations showed that in the last year the treasury spent $26,000,â€" 000,000 for direct war purposes. Other governmental activities some related to the war, will bring total expenditures to about $32,500,000,â€" MOSCOW.â€"Soviet forces on the Kursk front north of Kharkov have cut off German infantry forces which pierced their lines in several sectors and more than 200 Nazi tanks have been smashed in two days, the army publication Red Star reported today in the first detailed account of the massive new battle raging in that area. _ U.S. Spent More In Past Year ~ Than Whole of Last War WASHINGTON. â€" Having spent in 12 months more than the entire MONDAY British Lose Matruh; It is "probably true" that Mersa Matruh has fallen, a commentator said here, but he expressed the opinion that it had been abandoned and few prisoners would be taken. Landed By Subs, 8 Nazi Agents May Die In U.S. NEW YORK.â€"The federal burâ€" eau of investigation today sought additional confederates of eight Nazi spies put ashore by German submarines to organize a terrible campaign of sabotage. Their arrest was expected shortly. â€" Beat Off German Attack With the British Forces in the Egypu'ofn e-'lglesen. â€"er‘!’e\: Ze;hnd troops fr y arriv rom Syria and Palestine with some tanks have beaten off an assault by the 15th German armored Division around Fuka, 45 miles southeast of Matruh. The Germans fell back in the face of heavy artillery fire but their forces generally still are movâ€" ing eastward in strength toward the British main defences. Russians Stop Hun Drive As New "Massive" Battle Waging It appeared that the confederates were faring no better than were the spies, captured before they had a chance to dig up explosives they buried on Long Island and Florioa beaches, or enjoy the fortune in lill.s currency they brought with them. The F.B.I. announced last night that "additional arrests have been made of accomplices: and contacts of the saboteurs and more may be made." The number was not announced. Some are believed to have been residents of a German settlement on Long Island. _ General Ritchie had commanded the desert army since Dec. 11 when he took over from Lieut.â€"General Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham. Bremen Smoking Ruin After R.A.F. Attack LONDON.â€"The German subâ€" marine base at St. Nazaire on the occupied French coast was attacked sharply last night by the RA.F. The raid was a followâ€"up to the devastating Saturday night assault on the Port of Bremen, where many of the undersea raiders are constructed. British fighter planes also blasted German airfields and railway obâ€" jectives in northern France during the ni?ht, the air ministry said. Loss of one Plane was announced. Canadians Hit Ship e Auchinleck Takes Over From Ritchie In Africa Two Canadian pilots in an RA.F. Hurricaneâ€"bomber squadron deâ€" livered a slashing attack on a large, heavilyâ€"escorted enemy merchant ship and left it lying stationary and heeling over. $9 G\!F Made at Toronto o Arm European Revolt LONDON.â€"Britain is producing a $9 subâ€"machineâ€"gun to arm saboâ€" teurs and patriots expected to help the Alilies open a second front in Europe, it was disclosed today. 77 will be made at Toronto. Fitted with a magazine hoiding 34 rounds, the gun can fire more than 500 rounds a minute, is effecâ€" tive up to 200 yards and has a useâ€" The weapon, which looks like a dimeâ€"store version of the tommyâ€" gun, can shoot nineâ€"millimetre Gerâ€" man, Italian and French ammuniâ€" tion, and has been tested in comâ€" mando raids on the French coast. To Defend Alexandria "London.â€"Mersa Matrub, anâ€" chor of the British line 140 miles inside Egypt, is probably in Axis hands, it was conceded here today. The German high command, in a _ special communique, claimed that the "fortress of Matruh was taken by storm despite stubborn army resistâ€" The German â€" radio â€" later broadcast a report allegedly directly from Nazi Commander Rommel, claiming 16,000 prisâ€" oners were taken and 36 tanks Form New Defense Lines