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_ THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE Vol. 86, No. 1 Only Wellesley and Woolwich Get Acclamations for 1943 Interest Centres on Weber, Cowan Contest For Waterloo Tshp. Reeveship FORD SUDDEN NORTH DUMFRIES Two of the five townships in Waterloo county, have given their councils acclamations, but in the other three, virtually "tepid" contests are in the making. nind shtaliilioa dn t i i oi it e‘ In Waterloo township, Robert E. Cowan, deputyâ€"reeve in 1941â€"42, is attempting to unseat Lorne B. Weber, reeve for five consecutive years. Carl Ellis, a councillor for several years, was accorded an acclamation to the deputyâ€"reeveship, vacated by Cowan R 9 ‘ t L F 2. P N ie ns e e oD xnsnets Keen interest is being displayed in the Waterloo township council race. With three to be elected, four prominent residents are seeking election. They are: Leslie Klie, John W. Abra, former deputyâ€"reeve; Irvin Moss, Ralph Brubacher and Arthur Hachborn. They Figure Prominently in Township Election on Monday, January 4th In Wilmot township. Gordon B., Hallman, deputyâ€"reeve this year, is secking the reeveship, in compeâ€" tition with William Witzel, present encumbent, and John Hohl, a preâ€" sent councillor. A former Wilmot reeve and for many years township councillor, Simon Ditner reâ€"entered the council by acclamation as deputyâ€"reeve. As in Waterloo, the three council seats are being conâ€" tested by four candidates, Henry B. Bowman, Alfred E. Kerr. Willard Witmer and Milton Schmidt. The latter is also a former reeve. Only other elections are schedâ€"| uled in North Dumfries township where Ford Sudden was elected reeve by acclamation, succeeding William Allison, who retired, and William Gillespie, deputyâ€"reeve. filling the vacancy created by the promotion of Sudden. But four are contesting _the council election. They are Elvin G. Hall, William Kinnaird, Chester Fry and Norman G. McLeod. The latter is a former reeve. Woolwich township accortiled the complete 1942 council an acclamaâ€" tion, includin%’ Edwin _ Huchn, reeve; Amos Wilkinson, deputyâ€" reeve; Councillors Herbert Schnarr, Frank Schummer and Hugh Chalâ€" mers. In Woolwich township, the entire council was returned, with Herbert Strebel as reeve; Edmund Schwindt ESY'\It&'-}éé\;é. and councillors as follows: William R. Sn%;ler. George Mattusch and Oliver Wright. Mobile Blood Donor Unit Presented In Memory of Late Dr. Bettune TORONTO.â€"In memory of the late Dr. Norman Bethune, famous‘ Canadian surgeon and physician who first introduced the blood bank in treating wounded soldiers, the first of two mobile blood donor units has been presented by the Canadian Tribune to the Ontario Division of the Canadian Red Cross Society. _ in treating wounded soldiers, the| _ At the request of the people of| first of two mobile blood donor|\Ontario, Red Cross sent its first| units has been presented by the/mobile blood donor unit through, Canadian Tribune to the Ontario|the province last month. The reâ€" Division of the Canadian Red Cross\sponse of the public has been so Society. }nrom that it is necessary to add Dr. Bethune went to Spain in additional units to travel to small 1936 as head of the Canadian Mediâ€"/towns and communities, augmentâ€" cal Mission, and during the cwillinl the work of the permanent war there, established the famous blood donor clinics. Madrid Blood Transportation Serâ€"| There are two units in operation vice. Early in 1938 the Cun-dhn[nt the present time, both working surgeon went to China as a memâ€" to full capacity. Reeve William Witzel Has Two Opponents in Wilmot ; Simon Ditner Deputyâ€"Reeve by Acclamation. Largest Circulation of any Waterloo County Weekly Newspaper REEVE BY ACCLAMATION Cundick Succeeds Around World Brown as Finance Head in Kitchener City council has appointed 1943 personnel of the various civic comâ€" mittees, boards and commissions, with numerous changes being made from this year. _ â€" With votes taken by ballot, Ald. A. J. Cundick, president of the Kitchener board of trade, was elected chairman of city council‘s finance committee. He succeeds Ald. J. Brown, who with Ald. Gorâ€" don â€" Honsberger wore the only ‘olh('r nominces. "It is important, especially in wattime. that each man have the position to which he is best fitted," stated Mayor Joseph Meinzinger, prior to the appointments. "I hope that men who have served as chairâ€" men will accept again if council sees fit. They are more familiar with the work." Ald. Alfted Mustin was named to (Continued on Page 8) ment i6 6 wrkl Ge it m ch The globe. with all countries f colored yellow and the oceans in e ne blue, sat on a mahogony base which bore this inscription: _ ‘This globe presented to: ber of the China Aid Council, and, .. . ; in November 1939, at the age of 49,‘5‘32;'1“ President of the United cflied from blood %o:snning caused | By the rom an injury while operating. es At the request of the people of| .‘g:“"? Statf;‘;'rmy, Ontario, Red Cross sent its first, fimimas. * mobile blood donor unit through, The President.said that the corâ€" the province last month. The reâ€" respondents â€" should â€" read, m"*" sponse of the public has been so{learn and inwardly digest when }urrn' that it is necessary to add‘they study the globe. The reportâ€" additional units to travel to sman‘ors laughed when the President |towns and communities, augmentâ€"|suggested that they should come \mg w’th; workl_ (_)f the permanent 1':'\‘10 ';l!beofll'-(;‘ 1;narhm?d !t:hs:u:y ‘bloe onor clinies. e globe. He la sa at he \ _ There are two units in operation might have it moved to the White [nt the present time, both working House lobby if they would promise to full capacity. !to study it. Defeated Labor Candidate Replaces New Alderman On Family Relief Board. JOHN W. ABRA WaTterioo. OxtaRIO, Fripay, January 1, 1943 Sweater Advertises Linwood Village , _ "On one occasion," he fold Ihe | Chronicle, "we picked up 11 seamen | in the Atlantic. They were the only ones left of a crew of 40 or 50. Many were frostbitten and others | were in a weakened condition from : exposure." . Malng Although the crew of his own ship in the Merchant Marine have twice rescued seamen from other vessels, their own ship has never been torpedoed, according to Able Seaman Marvin Schmetzer, who is spending shore leave at his home in Linwood. o2 c m Eo amece Schmetzer, who is 25, told of a similar experience which occurred while they were en route to Ausâ€" tralia. Twentyâ€"three were rescued on that occasion, but they had been adrift only 12 hours. 22 WASHINGTON.â€"P res id e n t Roosevelt proudly displayed to his press conference Tuesday a Christâ€" mas gift from the United States |Army â€"a globe of the world, 50 inches in diameterâ€"and invited the newspapermen to come in any \time to study it . In addition to rescue work, Merâ€" vin has witnessed numerous sinkâ€" ings. He has seen most of the (Continuea on Page 8) Roosevel Gives Scribes Advice MILTON A. SCHMIDT WILLIAM WIPZEL IS Strengrh.Courn he told The Reveal 25 Per Cent of Canada‘s Meat Sent to Great Britain in ‘42 Keen interest is being displayed in 1943 elections in Waterloo and Wilmot townships. Shown here are some of the principal individuals seeking election or réâ€"election. Lorne B. Weber, seeking reâ€"election as Reeve of Waterloo townâ€" ship. He is being opposed by his deputyâ€"reeve in 1941â€"42, Robert E. Cowan. Jobn W. Abra, who is secking to reâ€"enter Waterloo township counci} as councilior; William Witzel, pn‘:mntthSvo of Wil:nol townâ€" UT 2 SRHT Memut 1 omm e dn en Neg._om â€"IHAL_Se hnd ETITSOT Sn EmCU n OR ie e zs ship, whoâ€" is in a thrs&-wrncrcd contest with Gordon B. Hallman, preâ€" sent deputy â€"recve, and aohn Hohi, a counchor for severai yOuts. Hohl is shown to the RIGHT of Witzel «bove. Next is Simon Ditner, veteran in Wilmot township affairs, who was accorded an acclamation as deputyâ€" reeve of Wilmot. At the extreme right is Milton A. Schmidt, former reeve, who is seeking election as a member of Wilmot council. Post Offices Back _ To Normal After Hectic Christmas Rush While local posties were kept faily busy until Monday delivering the last fragments of Christmas mail, offices in both Kitchener and Waterlo are now back to normal. _ Postmasters in both centres said mail this Christmas far_exceeded the volume in the Twin City‘s past history. Incoming letters at Waterâ€" loo showed an increase of 12 per cent. while outgoing mail increased by about six per cent. L en e es en d on t te While actual percentage figures are not yet availableat the Kitchâ€" ener post office, officials know there was a marked increase in both inâ€" coming and qutgoing m-aili_. ME ooo Oy t en enE ae s Both Kitchenerâ€" and Watorioo post offices experienced great diffiâ€" culty this year in securing labor to meet the Yuletide rush. While extra staffs were put on, few had any experience. Men and women who used to serve as "extras", are.\;" for the most part, now employed in l“ munitions plants. i;i noammmerimemeis s [r: & e 9 6 ‘1(D| Twin City‘s Main | |p * M \Tlloroughfare Like: "Deserted Village" : ‘Deserted Village ; 1 The old saying that "you could shoot a cannon off down the main street and not hit anyone", was virtually true in relation to King Street, Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo‘s main thoroughfare, throughout Saturday ‘and the weekâ€"end. Almost without exception, merâ€" chants concurred in the official sugâ€" %cstion by city council that Boxing ay be fittingly observed in the | city this year. As a result, on, Saturday, which each week experts| estimate the Twin City‘s population is swelled from 45,000 to about 95,000, _ business _ streets _ were actually deserted. _ Only tobacco and drug stores were open, marking the most comâ€" plete observance of this old English holiday in the city‘s history. In addition, only a few factories and insurance company head offices remained open. Some of the war glan's swung back into production unday morning. but the majority did not reâ€"open until Monday, beâ€" lieving the holiday period would prove very beneficial to employees who would make up the lost time in future weeks. In the city hall, only the police (Continued on Page 8) JOHN HOHL M3 & Â¥ OTTAWA.â€"About 25 per cent ~i Canada‘s meat supplies during 1942 were sent to the United Kingâ€" dom, â€" food supply officials said Tuesday in a review of the contriâ€" bution by the Dominion to overâ€" seas requirements. 2l We padedie P enc on C About 15 per cent of Canadian egg production for the year also went across the Atlantic. ) Officials smd Canada is supplyâ€" ring in largest volume the food litems she can produce in greatest quantity and at the best price. gl\gricultural programs are directed to supplying British requiren‘rem.s o e e e e ie J. Gordon Taggart, Foods Adâ€" their ban ministrator for the Prices Boardand ruing and chairman of the Canadian Baâ€"| workers d con Board, said about 75 per cent|ed strects of inspected hog slaughterings this| refugeos t year went oversceas to meet British schools. 7 bacon demands. ‘?m?ng\t;fdl Exports of becf and other meat supplics are limited, but Mr. Tagâ€" gart said he estimates bacon shipâ€" ments represent about 25 per cent of the volume of all meatsâ€"pork, becf, veal, mutton, chickens and turkeyâ€"made available in 1942. _ Agriculture Department officials ©stimated about 65 per cent of 1942 Canadian cheese production was shipped to the United K‘ingdom.. '1' iF\;rcxlsTmEhxgh level of deâ€" mand. 2 . Canadian officials said food purâ€" thases for the armed forces in the Dominion are heavy, but that in all essential â€" basic foods, Canadian production was sufficient to meet their needs and civilian needs adeâ€" quately â€" Until further rationing action Lecomes necessaryâ€"if it ever does â€"â€"some officials said it seems unâ€" likely Canada would have any 1.ced of a "point" system in allocatâ€" ing food supplies among Canadâ€" The "point" system to be used in the United States permits a houseâ€" wife to surrender so many ration points for the particular food she wesires Thus a chicken might be worth a certain number of points, and an equivalent weight in beef might be worth somewhat less. Woolwich Township Nominations \ _ Herb. Strebel has gunllfiod for the reeveship _ an Edmund Schwindt for deputy reeve. For Reeve Herbert Strebel Charles Schiett For Deputy Reeve Edmund Schwindt Norman Wilkinson For Counciliors Wm. R Sn&ior Oliver J right Geo. Mattusch (Reâ€"elected by acclamation) SIMON DITNER $1.00 per Year | THURSDAY ‘Round Up 12 Frenchmen | lnchufing Four Officers Plotting Death of Giraud New York.â€" An assassination plot against Gen. Henri Honore Giraud, who succeeded Admiral Jean Darian as hrlg‘eonnld‘-- er in French Africa, and Robert disclosed tonight with a roundup in Algiers of at least 12 Frenchâ€" men, some of them prominent, on personal orders of Gen. Giraud. Admiral Darlan was assassinâ€" ated on Dec. 24th by a young Frenchman, who was _ courtâ€" martialled and executed three days later. _ 0_ _ _ _ _ . patch reaching New York through Allied censorship said Gen. Girâ€" aud had announced that 12 perâ€" sons, including four officers, were arrested to prevent . "further assassinations." Those arrested included two who actively aided the Allied landing in Algeria last Novemâ€" ber and Gen. Giraud was quoted as saying that "some of my best friends" are among them. _ _ "Gen. Giraud insisted again and again that his only reason for arresting these men was that . they were planning other acts of violence like the assassination of Admiral Darlan." Thousands Idle in x Pittsburgh Area as Rivers Continue to Rise PITTSBURG. â€"Food waters toâ€" day closed 12 war plants, kept thousands of workers from their jobs and flooded hundreds of homes, streets and rail lines in the Pittsâ€" burg steel and munitionsâ€"producing | _ Over all Western Pennsylvania, |rivers and streams surged over \their banks, marooning families ‘and ruing store stocks. Rescue | workers drove boats through floodâ€" |ed streets of some towns to take | refugeos to shelter in churches and ‘schools. The Red Cross {cporgod area ‘Russians Reâ€"take Dozen training centres. Centres; Drive Below § The injured men hsum-red cuts rom flying glass when one train | Stalingrad Rolls Onlram into the siding and smashed i MOSCOW.â€"Soviet armies pressâ€"| into the second train standing there. ing relentlessly against the Gerâ€"| z x s mans on four major war fronts Showdown in Africa Near as &pushcd d;;cp;*rs i;\to t(lim frv('),zc;’:lni Fleet Masses at Gibraltar ‘areas south of Stalingrad on Wedâ€" se pain nesday and captured at least a| temd:?'cogmr:hlzmn':n?m |dozcn district centres, populated| 3 today | places and stations, the Russians air :cl“i!vflity at, Gibraltar | announced early lnd.uy, _ * ilke" that !inrgei-stale i‘“:" , _ The Soviet Burcau of Informaâ€"| ;::dri’gl?::ng; mminent in the ‘tinn communique, issued during t.h"i A dispatch from La Linea said learly morning, said the district) ime British aircraft carriers, l‘ centre of Remontnoe had been cap-‘ Furious, Argus and Victorious, \tured by the Red Army. Remontâ€"| tne Battleships Nelson and Rodâ€" "Several of those arrested are high police officials," John Mcâ€" Vane, NBC correspondent in Aleiers reported. "The general said they were arrested because, although they knew that Darlan was going to be killed, they had not warned their superiors. "He stated that those arrested were not going to be shot. He said the men arrested had been acting carelessly and said he would do the same thing with any friend in like cireumstances." Charles Colling wood, CBS corâ€" respondent in Alcfiers‘, ‘ujd: . Rivers rose six inches an hour. No lives were lost, but rapidlyâ€" mounting property damage made it one of the city‘s worst floodsâ€" second only to the St. Patrick‘s Day, 1936, inundation, which claimâ€" ed 80 lives in Pennsylvania and caused â€" more . than _ $200,000,000 damage. _ __ . _ “uT};; *(.)hio River stage here, 33.4 feet at 2 p.m. E.D.T.. was the highâ€" est for December in 100 years. _ mass feeding was provided for 3,000 to 5,000 persons tonight. The Soviect Burcau of Informaâ€"} tion communique, issued during thq early morning, said the district centre of Remontnoe had been capâ€" tured by the Red Army. Remontâ€" noe is 40 miles northwest of Elista, the provincial capital of Kalmyck, toward which a Russian force is driving, and is 75 miles south of Kotelnikovski, major German base which the Russians have overrun. \ Income Tax Collections Over Billion ; Set New High Total OTTAWA.â€"Income tax division| collections today passed the $1,000,â€" | 000,000 mark with three months to| go on the current fiscal year, indi-! cating the likelihood of total revâ€"| enues exceeding $1,500,000,000. 1 Mr. Gibson said it was the first time in Canada‘s history that revâ€" enues from direct taxation sources had â€" reached . the $1,000,000,000â€" mark in any fiscal year. First Big Trophy in Winter Drive Falls To Russians WORLD‘S WEEK Moscow. â€" The Soviet winter offensive has bagged its first maâ€" jor trophy, the key railway city of Kotelnikovski which the Gerâ€" mans taptured four months ago to the day, and even now another Red Army column is battering at the gates of another city in the The Soviet midday communiâ€" que did not name the newest obâ€" jective but reported that Col.â€" General N. F. Vatutin‘s army had smashed heavy counterâ€"attacks in the drive toward Rostov, after having yielded ground slightly in one seetor. Battlefront dispatches nrfled that Russian tanks and infantry the gates of another city in t middle Don corridor to Rostov Tme Sovret maAem®) EPMAAA O C t que did not name the newest obâ€" Allied authorities, desiring to jective but reported that Col.â€" avoid the situation which arose General N. F. Vatutin‘s army had after the last war, when designated smashed heavy counterâ€"attacks |*2" criminals escaped without trial, in the drive toward Rostov, after ur"nn( the \r;;: egriminal clc;ur( fgr ha 1ded d s this war to be set up well in adâ€" ”:w ground slightly in vance, with a carefully drafted codé Battlefront dispatches re of international law, so that it will that Russian tanks and h'ntry be ready to function as soon as the were pushing on from Koteiniâ€" | 3t onded. kovski toward Zimovniki, 42 (Continued on Page 8) WEDNESDA \ Its News at 2 T HE rail line to Tikhoretsk. These reports said Koteinikovâ€" fiilellhnh:l‘fhtmmt& Red Army closed in on three sides. It was described as littered with Nazi dead, shot and bayeâ€" neted in the last fierce assault. United States Forces Only 40 Miles From Tunisia Port LONDON.â€"United States troops were reported in a Reuters News Agency dispatch today to have adâ€" vanced to within 40 miles of Gabes, strategic Tunisian port which lies approximately midâ€"way between Axisâ€"held Tripoli and Tunis. The direction of the advance was not stated, but delayed field disâ€" patches received last night disclosed that an American force was operâ€" ating on the Southern Tunisian front and told of a recent raid on Maknassy. 55 miles northwest of Gabes and 40 miles from the coastal road and railway, in which 21 Italians were captured. Sir Neville Henderson, Former British Ambassador To Berlin, Passes LONDON.â€"Sir Nevile Henderâ€" son, former British ambassador to Berlin, died in his sleep at his West end home last night. He had been ill for some time. â€" _ â€" miles to the southwest along the Sir Nevile was ambassador to Berlin through the Munich crisis and at the time of the outbreak of the war with Germany.. oo ‘mSi; Nevile described those fateful days in a book, "Failure of a Misâ€" sion", published in 1940. Allies to Have 20 LONDON.â€"Reuters‘ military corâ€" respondent estimated today that the United _ Nations â€"not _ including China â€" would enter 1943 with armies totalling approximately 15,â€" 000.000 men. In addition, he said, Allied air personnel is approaching the 5,000,000 mark. o. The German army, pn)babl‘y 8,000,000 men at its peak, has sufâ€" fered heavily in casualties in Russia, losing perhaps 4,000,000 in all, the correspondent declared. Buna Airport Seized by Allies After Artillery Bombardment wWITH US. TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA. â€" Buna airfield, from which Japanese bombers and Zeros once started raids on Allied bases, fell completely into Australian and American hands today. O The field, now overgrown with tall jungle grass, was occupied fully after artillery. firing almost at point blank range, smashed the enemy‘s defensive bunkers with a high toll of Japanese lives. < 12 Soldiers Hurt As Troop Trains Collide in West WINNIPEG. â€" Twelve soldiers were _ injured, _ none _ seriously, when two Canadian National Railâ€" ways â€" troop _ trains collided â€" at Lazare Siding. 228 miles west of here,. early this afternoon. _ Reports from Lazare said the trains were carrying 1.000 soldiers, presumably bound for western training centres. _ Pm to ts The injured men suffered cuts from flying glass when one train ran into the siding and smashed into the second train standing there. Occupation of Prussia, Trial of Hitler, Duce, Is Under Discussion LONDON.â€"Plans are already far advanced _ for â€" an _ international criminal court to try such war lcirmmals as Hitler and Mussolini as soon as the war has ended. _ _ ney; three cruisers, two destroyâ€" ers, a numbers of submarines, one French destroyer, 30 French and British merchantmen and a large British transport were anchored at Gibraltar. s â€" Meanwhile the Allied air attack on the Germans in North Africa had grown so heavy that observâ€" ers said every Axisâ€"held port in Tunisia had been damaged badly. Dr. Marcel Dedacr, Belgian chief justice and chairman of the war crimes commission here, is working in close coâ€"operation with Sheldon Glueck, professor of criminology at Harvard law school, in drafting the framework of the court. In addition to continued blastâ€" ing of Tunis, Bizerte, Sousse, Sfax and other of the enemy‘s coastal bases, U.S. planes carried the war from Tunisia into Triâ€" politania by attacking a big Gerâ€" man truck column 30 miles west of Tripoli. At least 21 frucks were destroyed and many others left burning. TUESDAY Million in Uniform