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Following a private service at his late residence in Waterloo, Friday morning, a public service will be held in St. Matthew‘s Lutheran Church, Kitchener, at three o‘clock, with Dr. J. Reble, Hamilton, Dr. John Schmieder, Kitchener, and Rev. C. S. Roberts, Waterloo, ofâ€" ficiating. Dr. Reble is president of the Canada Synod of the Lutheran Church. Dr. Clausen was born in New York City, February 25, 1880, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Clausen. At the time of his death he was President of the Seminary Proâ€" fessors of the United Lutheran Church of America and was in charge of the Twin City Interâ€" denominational Bible Class, He was _ also viceâ€"president of the K.â€"W. Rotary Club. S The beverages are being rationâ€" ed at the rate of one ounce of tea and four ounces of coffee fier perâ€" son per weekâ€"but not both. Chilâ€" dren under 12 years of age receive no ration. _ "Dr. Clausen will be sadly missed in Twin City religious and educaâ€" tional circles,"_commented Mrs. Jacob Conrad, Waterloo, president of the Waterloo College and Seminâ€" ary Ladies‘ Auxiliary for almost thirty years. â€" s s Tea, Coffee Now Rationed; Move To Conserve Supply President and Dean of Watâ€" erlo College and Seminary for the past ten years, Dr. Fredâ€" erick B. Clausen died in the Kitchener â€" Waterloo _ Hospital early today. In his 63rd year, Dr. Clausen had been seriously il1 for two month. Not too sound financially when Dr. Clausen, then in Brooklyn,‘ N.Y., accepted the call to Waterloo.} the college and seminary floutished, under his guidance, and the debt was reduced by more than $50,000.| The board said that in selling tea bags, retailers will use the followâ€" ing coupon values: Two coupons for a carton of 18 or 20 tea bags; four coupons for a carton of 40 or 45 tea bags; cight coupons for a carton of 80 tea bags; 10 coupons for a carton of 100 tea bags. Must Have Coupons OTTAWA.â€"The Wartime Prices half of normal and coffee consumpâ€" and Trade Board explained today]fion,by oneâ€"quarter. The honor how the rationing of tea and coffee system was used for sugar rationâ€" works in the sale of tea bags, packâ€" 'ing up to July 1 when the shift to ages of tea containing fractions of‘coupons was made on an experiâ€" an ounce and coffee concentrates| mental basis. and substitutes containing coffee. I At that time it was said the couâ€" Retailers who have on hand packages of tea containing fracâ€" tional ounces, such as 1%, 1%, 2% ounce packages, may ignore the fractional quantity so far as the coupons are concerned. _ For example, a 1% or 1% ounce package may be sold on the surâ€" render of one coupon, a 2% ounce package on surrender of two couâ€" pons. However, if a customer buys a number of such packages, the nearest coupon value must be surâ€" rendered; such as, five coupons for four 1% ounce packages. Status of College Steadily Improved Under His Guidance To buy coffee concentrates or substitutes containing coffee, purâ€" chasers will surrender one coupon for a quantity of the concentrate or substitute sufficient to make 12 cups will be ignored. For instance, a package of concentrate sufficient to make 100 cups of coffee may be sold on surrender of eight coupons. The board also announced that orders given by merchants for the purchase of tea and coffee, Xlnced or postmarked on or before Aug. 1, may be filled without surrender of ration coupons. â€" THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE Up to now tea and coffee rationâ€" ing has been on the "honor sysâ€" tem", with Canadians instructed to cut their tea consumption to oneâ€" Dr. Clausen, Dean of Waterloo College and Seminary, Passes Vol. 85, No. 82 Miss Churchill Can Take It, )ust Like "Old Man" NEW YORK.â€"An accessory to a brisk but goodâ€"natured Jnddling of Sgt. Mary Churchill, daughter of the prime minister, has made a clean breast of it to a London corâ€" respondent of the New York Times. He said he had placed Miss Churchill over a buddy‘s knee for a practical application of democraâ€" cy. The two are privates in the United States army and have been driving trucks in London. * This precedentâ€"breaking episode marked a recent party given by the Auxiliary Territorial Service of which 21â€"yearâ€"old Mary, Mr. Churchill‘s youngest child, is a member, and resuited from her chnflinul Bill (Feets) Adams, of Grand Rapids, Mich., over the size of his feet, as it was related to the Times‘ man, Meyer Berger. % Each Person Allowed One Ounce of Tea or Four Ounces of Coffee Per Week But Not Both. Dr. Clausen, Untiring Religious and Educational Worker, Was Viceâ€"President of K.â€"W. Rotary Club. Largest Circulation of any Waterioo County Weekly Newspaper __ A further service will be held at theâ€"Church of the Epiphany in New York City, Saturday, after which burial will be made in Val Halla Cemetery there. He is survived by his wife and two children, Mrs. C. Little of Greenville, North Carolina, and Frederick, Jr., New York City. _ At that time it was said the couâ€" pon pian would be extended to other commodities as the need The maximum quantity of tea which can be purchased on one raâ€" tion card up to Sept. 8 is five ounces, or 5â€"16ths of a pound. Even three ration cards in a family will not permit the purchase of a oneâ€" pound package. Twenty ounces of coffee may be purchased on one cardâ€"a pound and a quarter. _ ‘‘Equitable distribution of existâ€" ing supplics are the objectives of the tca and coffee rationing," the board said. The statement emphaâ€" sized the shipping difficulties which stand in the way of obtainâ€" ing large quantities of the two beverages which must be imported. Think 60 per Cent County Grain Cut Supplies Limited Agriculture authorities said toâ€" day about 60 per cent. of the grain crop has been cut and will probâ€" ably be threshed and stored away within the next three weeks. Threshing machines are now busy in every district. Operations, however, are being retarded by a labor shortage and an unusually bulky crop, he said. â€" Continued _ wet â€" weather has lodged a great deal of grain in the county, _ making â€" harvesting _ a "tedious job". _ â€" The wet weather, however, has helped corn and root crops, which are exceptionally good. Adams‘ service shoes are size 14EE, the largest issued by the army, Berger regmed. He was at the &nng with Pte. Jack Weiland, of Mitchell, S.D., along with a number of _ Australian, Polish, French am‘ Belgian soldiers. Adame Ictanced nlassantlo Mn norf went, and then suddenly got an idea. Turning to Weiland, he -uquud: "How‘s about paddling her." The motion carried, Sgt. Churchill dissenting. _ _ _ Adams â€" listened J)iemmly to Miss Churchili‘s kidding, as the ‘I bent her over Feets‘ knees," Weiland related. ‘"Feets is a big guy, six feet three in his socks, K“h hands to match. He just laid on. She‘s a regular guy and, like her old uaun. can take it," Weiâ€" land "Anyway, she took it." who passed away at the K.â€"W Hospital early Thursday. DR. FREDERICK B. CLAUSEN Kindly omit flowers. ‘‘The rationing plan is designed (Continued on Page 8) WaterLoo, OwTtam1o, Frmwar, Avcust 7, 1942 The Week in Pictures "I think a raid like that glorious attack on Bremen is a cinch comâ€" pared to coastal duty," stated the young officer, his eyes fairly sparkâ€" ling as if recalling every moment of the Bremen action. ‘ (By Staff Writer) | Receiving the _ Distinguished Flying Medal from the King is just like being presented with a graduaâ€" tion diploma at collegiateâ€"if you graduate. _ ue i t Just Like School Graduation Says Pilot Decorated By _ King for Meritorious Service This is the opinion of Pilot Officer Bertram Paige, D.F.M. of Bridgeâ€" port, who has just returned to Canada after two years of active acrial service overseas. A brother, Pilot Officer Ernest Franklyn Paige, is still serving overseas. . i Home on furlough, Pilot Officer Paige says he would rather partici~ pate in 1,000â€"plane raids than be on regular coastal duty, which inâ€" cludes attacking enemy shipping almost at mast height. _ Another official expressed the beâ€" lief school boards in rural areas will have to virtually "overhaul" their salary schedules if they wish to‘ attract and keep teachers. "When we closed for the summer holiday season, we thought by hiring six new teachers the staff would be complete by September," commented Chairman W. Baulk of (Continued on Page 8) A member of the famous "Demon Squadron", Pilot Officer Paige has spent all his time in Britain attackâ€" ing enemy shipping off the coast. He revealed the 1,000â€"plane raid on Bremen marked the first time coastal command bombers were used on raids on the interior. "So far," stated Principal R. N. Merritt, "we‘re all right at the Kitchener â€" Waterloo _ Collegiate, "but I wouldn‘t be surprised if many school boards in rural areas will be forced to accept unqualified teachers before the 1942 fall term opens." _ _ _ _ 2 Principal Merritt asserted, howâ€" ever, that "all school officials reaâ€" lize that the war is of prime imâ€" portance". _ "Lamentable as the teacher shortage is, it is not nearly so important as the shortage of manpower," he stated. s Officials of Kitchener and Waterâ€" loo school boards admitted today that the shortage of teachers in Ontario is becoming more acute daily. They believe public school boards are having greatest diffiâ€" culty in filling vacancies. Although almost loath to discuss it, Pilot Officer Paige gave a graphic description of the action in "We were patrolling the sea when we noticed three ships with running lights," he related. "We cireled five or six times and picked out the largest one to attack. ‘‘The run on the ship was made at mastâ€"height and as we started our dive, the ship opened with its guns. After we dropped our bombs our pilot banked sharply to get out of the range of fire. Expect Teacher Shortage To Hit Rural Districts which he won his decoration. "In banking we struck someâ€" thing. I don‘t know what it was As « flight of bombers sailed over enemy territory on its way to the target of the aay, a gunner poked his camera over the side and made this phom;raglh of a Stirling bomber, surrounded by antiâ€" aicraft gunbursts. On every mass bombing raidâ€"over Hambourg, Essen and all the other huge Nazi munitions centresâ€"fighting fAlers of the R.C.A.F. do their share in the work of crippling the enemy‘s munitions industry. mfl one of those chunks of flak in the above photo could have meant tragedy to the courageous Canadian crew, but it is a matter of record that they went on to the trget, dropped the bomb load and returned safely to their base.â€"R.C.AJF. Photo. Pilot Officer Bertram Paige, D.F.M., of Bridgeport, Returns After Two Years Overseas; Brother Coming Home Soon. ‘ RC.A.F. BOMBER FINDS TARGET THROUGH CLOUD OF FLAK that sent the plane up into the air. Then the whole plane: shuddered {!l{d vibrated," he told The Chronâ€" icle. Pilot Officer Paige paid glowing tribute to the pilot for "virtually nursing" the plane back to England on one motor. He himself aided in (Contirued on Page 8) (By Ruth Devitt) MANNHEIM.â€"More than 50 teâ€" latives and friends honored Mrs. Elizabeth Schweitzer Israel of 19 Mill street, Kitchener, on having attained her 90th birthday. The gathering took place on Sunâ€" day afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Devitt, "Walnut Heights", Mannheim, which had been the Schweitzer homestead and has been in the family almost one hundred years. _ _ _ _ _ _ R.C.A.F. LEADER in Britain, Air Viceâ€"Marshal H. Edwards {left) sees in Toronto‘s aircraft plants a potent victory factor. With him is Col. G. M. Taylor, U.S ordnance chief. Marks 90th Birthday On Century Old Homestead Of the late Jacob Schweitzer‘ family there are only two remainâ€"{ ing members, Mrs. Isracl and Mrs.; Isaac Lautenschlager of Kitchoner,{ nine others being deceased. Of Mrs.| Israel‘s family, three daughters,; Mrs. David Schmitt, Mrs. Ezra;} Becker and Mrs. Reuben Wv)wr,’ were present for the occasion; two sons, Allen and Vernon reside in} the west. There are 15 grand-f children, the youngest member: present being oneâ€"monthâ€"old baby, Barbara Ann Becker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Becker. | _Although Mrs. Israel has attained the ripe age of 90 years, she is in fairly good health, retaining all her \ The program was as follows: \Opening remarks, Wilfred Schweitzer; 2 hymns, Mrs. Israel‘s ‘choice; prayer, Rev. N. E. Dahms; ‘reading, Mrs. A. H. Schweitzer; ‘duet, Misses Althea Bock and .Dorothy Shantz; reading, Miss ‘Ruth Devitt; duet, Mrs. N. E. {Dahms and Miss Alice Dahms; reading, "A Tribute to our Mother jon her 90th Birthday", Mrs. Ezra tB(‘cker; duet, Miss Bock and Miss {Shantz; reading, Miss Alice Dahms; !gencral remarks; closing song. ’ Refreshments were served in the dining room which was decorated ‘in pink and white and the table |was centred with a large birthday cake containing 90 candles. All joined in wishing Mrs. Israel best wishes and continued good health. [A vote of thanks was tendered Mr. and Mrs. Devitt for opening their home and so graciously enteraining the guests. Thought Might Commit Murder _ Accused, pleading to be "let off", told the court he was "on the verge of a nervous breakdown". Pte. Joseph Barbour, 33, of Presâ€" ton, formerly of Toronto, pleaded guilty to a charge of forgery before Magistrate Frederick Watt today. He said "I did it to get money to get away from myself." He was sentenced to from six to nine months in the Ontario Reformaâ€" tory. Police told the court the charge involved forging of a cheque by Barbour while he was an inspector attached to the United Kingdom Supply Board in Canada, at Preston. "I woke up one night at Preston and found my hands around my (Continued on Page 8) During the afternoon a sacred program _was rendered with Mr. Wilfred Schweitzer of Timmins as chairman. facultics and is still a good conâ€" versationist. i After the war, he said, the Inâ€" dian people will be given an opporâ€" ‘dinn people will be given a opporâ€" tunity to attain the selfâ€"governâ€" ment which Indian Nationalist leaders are demanding be granted them now and for which they are preparing to launch a civil disâ€" obedience campaign. MOSCOW.â€"Throwing parachutâ€" ists, suicide tommyâ€"gun squads and more tank reinforcements into their drive, the Germans forced ‘new Russian retreats today around Belaya Glina, on the critical far southern front, and around Tsimâ€" lyanskaya, on the south side of the ’grgt Don river bend. o The former prime minister deâ€" clared that "from the first day Japan entered the war she has swept everything before her." WEDNESDAY Nazis Drop Tanks, Guns, Suicide Squa The new Russian reverses in the Belaya Glin district, coming on top of a 47â€"mile German drive from the vicinity of Salsk to Belaya Glina yesterday, threatened the encircleâ€" ment of Soviet forces trying to stop the Germans around Kuse, south of Rostov. f Diszg:tches to Moscow spoke of the rman tanks smashing forâ€" ward against a Soviet defence, "which often included only a few if any tanks." _ _ 5 . Thousands of Tanks Urges Attack on Jap Forces in New Guinea SYDNEY, Australia â€" W. M. Hughes, deputy leader of Ausâ€" tralia‘s parliamentary Opposition, tonight issued a long statement calling for attack against the Japanese in New Guinea, criticizing the defence of the continent‘s outâ€" posts and describing the Pacific war situation as "full of menace which is growing daily." . Aho m t en ho se oenie mue dn one Ese 5 i mlo+ if any tanks." ‘ For Germany, Nazi airmen made Spgakin of the "increasing hitâ€"skip raids, bombing and maâ€" gravity o!8 the situation," Tass said Chineâ€"gunning scattered towns in that hour after hour the Germans Northeastern England, the Midâ€" hurled tanks in "waves of dozens"|lands and along the southwest against the Soviet positions. coast and _ causing â€" casualties ?morl\lg crowdls gatl}:ered at resorts & or the annual bank holidays. Ghandi To Lead Nation « o * In Mass Disobedience Russians Slay 9,500 Unless Freedom Given Nazis in 24â€"Hour Stand _ BOMBAY.â€"The working comâ€"‘!. MOSCOW.â€"Soviet troops fightâ€" mittee of the Allâ€"India Congress toâ€" D& in the Don River Elbow 80 day adopted a resolution promising miles northwest of Stalingrad and India will join the United Nations in the Saiskâ€"Kushchevka area of in wholeâ€"hearted resistance against the Western Caucasus were reâ€" "Japan or any other aggressor" if ported officially today to have !ull- ’the Nationalist demands for Indian °d more than 9,500 ‘Germans in a independence are granted imâ€" successful 24â€"hour stand. mediately, the Allâ€"India radio reâ€"|_ In the area of Kletskaya northâ€" ported. _ 0_ _ _ _ â€" (west of Stalingrad, the midnight Speakix}g of the "increasing gravity of the situation," Tass said that hour after hour the Germans hurled tanks in "waves of dozens" against the Soviet positions. Unless the British meet the deâ€" mand without delay. Mohandas K. Gandhi‘s call for a nationwide campaign of mass civil disâ€" obedience will be approved and a "mass struggle under the leaderâ€" ship of Gandhi" will be started, the new resolution was quoted as sayâ€" ing. Will Join As Ally _ LONDON. â€"Sir Stafford Crigpl. whose mission to settle the Indian problem failed last spring, deâ€" clared in a statement today that Britain intends to "preserve law and order" in India till after the war ended. Sink Duce Ship, Beach | Another, Near Sardinia LONDON.â€"A British submarine has tor]:n'docd and sunk the 800â€" ton Italian steamer Adda in the Mediterranean and badly damaged another enemy supply ship which ‘was run aground under protection of Italian coastal batteries, it was announced today. _ Following the sinking of the vessel the submarine intercepted| the second enemy ship and attackâ€"‘ ed it with gunfire. The Italian ship| beached _ herselft while Italian batteries on the east caost of Sarâ€" dinia fred at the submarine. The, submarine was not hit. | commmand announced today. "Stubborn battles" were toug: on Wednesday at the town on Stalingradâ€"North Caucasus railway and the Germans advanced slightly f:uli'uum;'"'biii without specific reâ€" SO_-uthA of Kushchevka, 50 miles south of Rostov, the Germans sufâ€" fered particularly heavy losses, the Russians said. The resolution, which endorses Gandhi‘s call, will be placed before the Allâ€"India Congress party meetâ€" ing_hgq Friday. with moghad from ans in ine Notth If British power is withdrawn from India, the new resolution said, India will be enabled to join Britain and the United Nations as an ally and "fight the aggressors". A number of survivors were resâ€" cued from the fully laden Adda, an admiralty communique said. . Snow and Thunder Can‘t t "The ’i,nstincthur America t(«")day senses that nothing we can do is Stop R.A.F. Flying to Ruhr so dangerous as to do nothing," he LONDON.â€"R.A.F. bombers flew said. through rain, sleet, snow and Criticizing those who use the thunderstorms las‘ night to bomb word "impossible", Pepper said: the Ruhr industrial district of Gerâ€"| _ "The genius of America has been many, the air ministry announced its unwillingness to admit that anyâ€" today. Essen, home of the Krupp thing was impossible. No mounâ€" arms works, is believed to have tain was too high to scale. No vein been one of the targets. |too deep in the bosom of the earth _ At times the temrernture dropâ€" to be inacceessible. No stream too ged to 30 degrees below zero as the wide to span. No continent too ritish bombers flew through cloud difficult to cross. formations up to 22,000 ’eet, the _ "Americans did not ask whether ministry said. it could be done. They did it." m'aâ€"Aquan-nr-h south and west of St ad by Britain To Maintain Law and Order in India Nazis Seek To Complete ’Phatlu-t-tw WORLD‘S WEEK Russ Forced Back Its Nows at a T H E LONDON.â€"Britain and Germany sparred by air today with a series of sharp daylight raids. _ _ _ West of Stalingrad, in the Kletâ€" skaya sector, the stiffening Russian troops threw back several attacks by Italian infantry, supported by tanks, and killed 2,000, enemy solâ€" die‘l;s, the midday communique® said. For Britain, RAF. Spitfires atâ€" tacked freight trains and barges in the Germanâ€"occupicd Netherlands. They shot up locomotives of several freight trains and hit three barges off the Netherlands coast with cannon and machineâ€"gun fire. In addition the British fliers pepâ€" pered coastal gunposts and German army camps. 00 = â€" __NEW YORK.â€"Russian concenâ€" trations are counterâ€"attacking as often as 36 times a day with a force _ LONDON. â€" A large German force has been encircled in the big bend of the Don west of Stalingrad and is being pounded by Russian artillery and _ Stormovik diveâ€" bombers, the B.B.C. reported.. (The BB.C. said the Russians had blown up a dam, flooding the Manych river valley, in order to stem the advance of German armâ€" order units north of Salask, in the western Caucasus.) Allied Flyers Tie Up Nearly Third of Nazi Manpower London. â€" R.C.A.F. â€" RAF. bombing raids have produced a critical situation in Hamburg and other north German ports. They have pinned down in deâ€" fence work 27 per cent. of the potential manpower available for the Nazi armed forces and war industries, Reuters correâ€" spondent on the German fronâ€" tier reported today. MONDAY Nazis Strafe British of six infantry divisions and three armored brigades in a fight for bridgeheads at Voronezh, German officials admitted today in a Berlin broadcast heard here. Nazis Encircled Southwest of Kletskaya in the Tsimlyansk arca of the curving Don, the Russians said the Germans stil were throwing tanks and men across the river, but the communiâ€" que indicated the Soviets are standing firm. _ â€" Russians Counterâ€"Attack 36 Times Daily; Tr Big Nazi In the area of Klctskaya northâ€" west of Stalingrad, the midnight communique . said, two Russian units killed more than 1,300 Gerâ€" mans, and added that the Red Peasant Army still was dealing "counterâ€"blows against enemy tanks and motorized infantry." "On one of these sectors," the communique said, "the Germans threw into battle several dozen tanks. The Germans lost up to 650 officers and men killed alone." Smash 12 Acres of Duesseldorf LONDON. â€" _ Reconnaissance photos taken after the heavy raid on Duyssvldorf the night of July 31 showed 12 acres of buildings near the docks levelled and terrific damage in predominantly indusâ€" trial areas. _ Big fires were burning in the Rhincland city 12 hours after the attack. Photographs of Saarbruccken, atâ€" tacked two nights before, showed severe damage had been done, with part of the Erhardt and Schmer engineering works destroyed. U.S. Senator Pleads For Opening of Second Front WASHINGTON. â€" The Allies should cast caution aside and hit Hitler now, Senator Claude Pepper (Dem., Fla.) said tonight in urging :he immediate opening of a second Tont. "The instinct of Amcrica today senses that nothing we can do is so_:’iangerous as to do nothing," he said. ‘The genius of America has been its unwillingness to admit that anyâ€" thing was impossible. No mounâ€" tain was too high to scale. No vein too deep in the bosom of the earth to be inaccessible. No stream too wide to span. No continent too 'C-tcllhh(llu- | Go Up on August 15 compared with 115.8 at June 1 and up 2.4 points over the inâ€" dex for last Oct. 1, basic date for bonus payment calculaâ€" haxmimmmry‘- ments are based stood at 117.0 at the beginning of last month, ecarning iess than $25 a week who are generally to receive an increase amounting to 24 per cent. of their weekly wage come into effect Aug. 15. The bonus increase generally amounts to 60 cents a week exâ€" The adjusted cost of living OTTAWA. â€" TUESDAY Holiday Crowds *g