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avre and about two tons of straw while the Hungarian variety will yield approximately 34 bushels to the acre and from two to three tons of straw. Mr. McLoughry stressed that in sowing millet, 30 pounds to the acre should be used. In feeding millet grains to hogs, 25 per cent. can be included in the rationâ€"only 20 per cent. in the case of dairy cattle. "In addition," he continued, "corn should be sown for husking and I would recommend the use of Wisâ€" consin No. 355 for this purpose." Strossing â€" the lateness of the season and the dire shortage of farm labor, the agricultural official urged that as soon as one farmer in Waterloo â€" county gets his own crops sown, be "turn in and help the ncighboring farmers." Final Returns Show North Beat South in Loan Drive The official said it is not often that farmers of this area have been forced to grow millets for grain. He said the Siberian millet gives the highest yield of all millets offered, giving on an average, 44 bushels to the aere when sown beâ€" fore: the 10th of June. "In adcition it wall yield approxiâ€" mately three tons of struw which makes an excellent cattle feed," Mr. McLoughry said. "This straw. however, should not be_ fed to brorses." According to the agriculture reâ€" proesentative, _ there are several other _ types of _ millets. _ Crown millet, . sometimes ealled "Proso", rives a yield of 36 bushels to the Final figures just released reveal thut Waterfoo North in the Fourth Victory Loan just completed again Ccfeated _ South _ Waterloo. _ The Nerth riding exceeded its objective by 7.07 per cent, while South Watâ€" erloo â€" subscriptions totalled only £51 per cent more than its quota. Declaring that the current wet season has probably been the most serious in any spring in Waterloo county‘s history, E. I. McLoughry, agricultural representative, estimated today that crops sown before the first of June will have the following chances: Barleyâ€"40 per cent. of normal yield; late oatsâ€"50 per cent., and early oatsâ€"70 per cent. "A lurge number of farmers have ettquired as to the actuad feeding value of various suggested crops which might be sown at a late date so that some sort of grain crop might be the result," Mr. McLoughry told the Chronicle. In â€"addition, by their \\'hnlv-" DE hearted support of the campaign.‘! ],‘ North Waterloo citizens. business ']";" institutions and industries ('nm-".'f' bined to better centres including | CCC London, Ottawa, Toronto, Hamil:| heme tion. Brant and Wellington counties.. “‘,‘,t,:” Waterloo North raised a grand total of $29,504,200, including $24,â€" 003,500 in special names, and $5,â€" 500,700 in the citizens‘ campaign Final results utre as follows, the first figure in cach case showing the objective, the second (in brackets) the amount raised: Kitchener. $3.â€" 000,000, ($3,192.800); Waterloo, $1,â€" 000,000, ($1.042.400); Elmira, $240.â€" 000, ($261,150); New â€" Hamburg, $225,000, ($242,700); Waterloo Township. _ $140,000. _ ($151,400); Woolwich. _ $200,000, _ ($234.650); Wilmot, $180,000. $214,300); Wellesâ€" ley, $150,000, ($161.300). Officials quoted the words of the lute Lord Tweedsmuir, in praising work of all who played a part in the victory drives: "Battles are not won by the genius of the few, but by the faithfulness of the many." RAISED $29,504,200 Food Value of Various Grains Discussed By McLoushry "Early oats," he went on, "would give a yield of 2,700 pounds to the acre; barley, 2,800 pounds; buckwheat, 1.300 pounds ; Siberian millet, 2,200 pounds." In a comparison with other diviâ€" sions, Waterloo North topped its objective at 107.07 per cent, once again â€" beating South Waterloo, which stands at 10551 per cent Other figures are. London, 103.08 per cent; Offawa,. 104.12 per cent:; Toronto. 94.55 per cent; Hamilton, 98.23 per cent; Brant, 9934 per cent. and Welland County, 10076 per cent * Celebrated Diamond Anniversary May 2, Mrs. George Dahmer Dies THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE Estimates Barley Vield at 40%; Late Oats 50%, Early Oats 70% D. Dahmer died early Saturday morning. The late Mrs. Dahmer. a dnughter of the late Mro and Mrs August Lich‘, was born in Baden CONESTOGO â€"Rushed to Kâ€"W Hospital after she suffered astroke late Wrdm-\da_v night. Mrs. George _She was a faithful member odf St._ Matthew‘s Lutheran Church and of its Ladies Aid On May Ind Mr. and Mrs Dah mer had celebrated their diamond wedding in the midst of their famâ€" ty of six sons and their families nearly 84 years ago and in 1883 she marmed G=o_ D Dahmer of this village and has been a highly reâ€" spected crtizen here since Vol. 86, No. 22 Very Unusual For Waterloo County Farmers To Have To Grow Millets For Feeding Purposes Official States. Oy 6 (Continued on FPage 8) STRESSES NEED FOR FARMERS TO HELP EACH OTHER neespendert ) Edsel Ford, 49, Dies at Detroit ratus to apply the oil and the matâ€" ter was deforred for further invesâ€" tigation. The cost of the oil would be 5 cents a gallon at the airport. By A R. G. Smith NEW HAMBURG.â€"It was after midnight before the Council comâ€" pleted their last session. A fetter was read from the Ontario Preâ€" biier and Minister of Agriculture, asking for the organization of a Farm Commundo Brigadc to help the farmer when he needs help. These letters were referred to the Board of Trade for their coâ€"operaâ€" tion. A communication from J. V. Ludgade, district engineer of muâ€" nicipal roads. advising that a cerâ€" tain amount of used crank oil at some airports may be made availâ€" able for dustâ€"laying purposes, was laid over, The town has no appaâ€" His four children were here at the time of his death. The three sons,. Henry. Benson and Williams, a‘l of whom are in the armed serâ€" vices, had been granted leaves so that they ecould return to the famâ€" y oestaté. The: daughter, Joseâ€" pline, lives bere s Edsel. at the time of his death Farm Commando Idea Results In Midnight Meet home at Grosse Pointe Shores, a t An arrangement of this kind, the Detroit suburb spcaker stated, would assure the The younger Ford, whoâ€" was public of getting both sides of any chief executive of the Ford Comâ€"controversial question, ' puny for 24 years, died from a conâ€" f dtion developing from a former s ‘ stomactt | malady. _ Edsel became | sceriously ill 10 days ago To Bulld Chapels | His four children were here at the time of his death. The three i sons,. Henry. Benson and Williams, At AII C | a‘l of whom are in the armed serâ€" amps vices, had been granted leaves so 4 that they could return to the famâ€" l C d r { y cestaté. â€" Theâ€" daughter. Joseâ€" na j nhine lives bere n a a I Edsel, at the time of his death, was in the midst of one of his company‘s greatest efforts, an allâ€" out production of war materials. A higher schedule of pay for the riembers of the fire brigade was recently laid before council and it (Continued on Page 8) His father, now 79, had done that before him. when he was head of the Ford Company during the First Great War. ‘:‘\\'.1,% under Edsel‘s guidance, bewwever, that Ford performed its teemendous conversion to war proâ€" duction, and from its plants flow feurâ€"engined bombing planes, tunks, jeeps. amphibjous jeeps. anâ€" trtank uni‘s and much®other war eaupment Edsel is regarded as one of the leading _ executives among â€" the world‘s industrial leaders, despite the fact that his father‘s fame tContinued on Page 8) DETROIT â€"â€"Edsel Ford, 49, the only son of Henry Ford. founder of the vast Ford industrial empire, ded Wednesday at 1.30 a.m. at his Surviving are her husband; six sens. Gustave of Rosedale, John. Flton. and Clayton of Waterloo, Lowis M . of Kitchener and Norâ€" man of Conestogo; also a brother in the United States The funfifl held on Monday afternoon Fronf her late home to St Matthew‘s Lutheran Church for scrvice â€" Bumal was made in the {enmlyv plot in the adjoining cemeâ€" fery Rev OS OJ Wittig was in charge â€" of _ the â€" funcral service throughout The â€" bearers â€" were Messrs _ Fred _ Wepplet. _ Melvin Stroh, Herbert Gies, Waiter Stroh Byron A Letson and Erwin Dahâ€" mer Largest Circulation of any Waterloo County We*ly Newspaper as one of the among _ the aders, despite father‘s fame Page 8) Warter1roo, OntaRiO, Fripay, May 28, 1943 ‘_ Mr. Sedgewick statedâ€" he has leng been of the opinion it would ihv better if there were two radio networks in Canada. One, he exâ€" ‘plained, might be composed of the nine preseat CBC stations and their 26 affiliates and the other of \the privately owned stations, Officials *said the two children| won the awards for excellence in| the mauking of reference books. The‘ work was done under the superâ€" vision of a former Wallenstein teacher, Miss Alma Voll, and comâ€" prised the compiling of a book of clippings and statements regardingl the effects of alcohol, cigarettes, tobucco, Mariahuana, opium and other drugs. KITCHENER. â€" "We _ should strive to prevent any greater Govâ€" ernment interference of radio," Joâ€" scph Sedgewick, K.C., of Toronto, scid in an address here Wednesday night to the Waterloo North Proâ€" gressive Conservative Association. County Pupils Win 194243 W.CI.U. Awards Aithough not entirely critical of present radio regulations in Canâ€" aoa. he stated more stringent conâ€" trol would deprive independent stations of the right to broadcast programs us they see fit, something valuable _ and _ something _ that should be retained. They are Joyce Beggs and Minâ€" erva Bearinger, both of Wallenâ€" stein. Jeyce will receive a $3 cash award | while Minerva has been given a certificate of honourable mention. Two _ Waterloo _ county _ school cluldren won awards in the 1942â€" 13 contest sponsored by the Nationâ€" al Women‘s Christian Temperance Union, it was announced here toâ€" According to L. O. Breithaupt, federal member of parliament for Waterloo North, steps are Feing taken to provide adequate facilities tor divine worship at every miliâ€" tary camp in Canada Mr. Breithaupt revealed here that he has letters from both Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Deâ€" fence Minister Ralston to the effect that such action has been fully considered and that steps are being tuken _ to â€" construct chapels as rapidly as matcrials are made available .Mr. Breithaupt said "representaâ€" tion has been made by the various subcivisions of the Roman Catholic (Continued on Page 8) Quite Adept At Fishing Blind, Crippled, But Still lgap y On 90th Birtf;day > 15 Pussy "Nigger" ay Though crippled from childâ€" hood and blind for several years she still maintains a most cheerful disposition and her memories of the early days make interesting conversation. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. John Weber and were both over ninety when they passed away and were lifeâ€"long residents of Woolwich townâ€" ship. Of a family of fourteen three sisters remain, Mrs. Wm. Rogers of Galt, Mrs. John Sherrer of Michigan and Mary of this village. Weber are extending congraâ€" tulations on this her ninetieth birthday anniversary. the large black Persian cat who lives at the home of Aucâ€" tioneer I. H. Toman has estabâ€" lished semething of a record for himself in his favorite sport of fishing. He came to the kitchen door with a catfish from eight to nine inches in length both last Friday and Saturday nights. "Nigger" is nine years old and still a very active cat as can be judged from his latest escapades. Apparently it was necessary to do a considerable amount of wading in the dam just back of his home in order to catch the fish, for his body was well wet when he returned. NEW â€" DUNDEE.â€""Nigger". WEST MONTROSE. â€" The any friends of Miss Mary Bv Chronicie Correspondent) iBy Chronicle Correspondent) * Asserts Child‘s Life Worth More Today Than Ever Betore _ Corvette "Kitchener‘" Wins Acclaim in Thrilling Rescue _ Despite his junior years, 12â€"yearâ€" | old Douglas Brown, son of Ald. and {Mrs. Jack G. Brown, Lydia Street. |Kitchener. has probably been in closer touch with Prime Minister , Winston Churchill than millions of [uther Canadians. [ The reason? Well, some weeks |agzo â€" Douglas | announced | to â€" his | parents it was his intention to write ‘an letter to Britain‘s leader. His il"fl"‘“‘-‘ smiled, said nothingâ€"and didn‘t believe their child would |ever get around to such an action. Reported Lost, Is Now Sate _ Two days after he delivered a message to Mr. apd Mrs. Gcorge Woeber, Erb St. S, Kitchener, adâ€" vising them that their son, Sgt. \Harry Weber, wus missing after oir operations overseas, a delivery boy Tuesday had the pleasunt task ofâ€" delivering a second â€" message stating the youth is "safe and unâ€" Burk‘. <â€" The first terse. message: stated: "Resret to advise you that your son, Set. Harry Weber, is reported missing after air operations overâ€" Lack of religious influence plus |the war situation are the main conâ€" '|r|hu|mg factors to juvenile deâ€" \‘hnquvnr_\. according to Rev. Wesâ€" (ley A Hunnisett, of Toronto. He was guest speaker at a recent disâ€" ‘!nrl rally of Lions clubs at the | Wistmount Golf and Country Club, | Kitecherer In the opimion of Rev. Hunnisett. whn has helped and worked with countless juvenile delinquents, the "basic problem with youth today is morals"._ He asserted that "there was never a fhime in the history of \the world when a child‘s life was worth as much as in this warâ€"ctorn wortld today." "Contributing factors to puvenile delinqueney can be classed as enâ€" “wrnnmrnt, heredity and the home," | _ "Contmbuting factors to juvenile delinqueney can be classed as enâ€" ‘wrnnm-‘nt, heredity and the home," {fiw speaker declared "Seme people are too prone to place all the blame |on the Iack of proper supervision in the home, but it has been proven Power Cut Is Federal And â€" Not City Order bave â€" no information nfgarding‘ The survivors would have faced their son‘s whereabouts. Neither| two dangersâ€"almost equally grave ao they know in what theatre of| â€"if they had not been rescued, the the war the young air gunner had navy said. If they stayed aboard been operating in recent months. / the merchantman they would have Set. Weber joined the R.C.AF. been lost when she broke up; and in July 1941 and went overseas as ashore high waves were breaking a _ sergceant air gunner in October over rocks in such fashion that _: inan OS u27 of 1942 Controller Stewart Preston said this week the regulations made by the federal hydro power controller and not the Kitchenerâ€" public utilities commission, is responsible for restrictions on use of electric power in this city‘s public parks. Encloses 25 Cents for a "Stogie" In Letter to Churchill _ Controller Preston was replying‘ _ John Longhurst, 17, no fixed adâ€" to a statement by Oscar Lauber, dress, is being held by Kitchener chairman of the Kitchener purk|police on a charge of attempted board, in which the latter crili-'th&-fl of a car cwned by William vized the Iocal P.U.C. for not allowâ€"‘ Britton. ing Victoria Park sufficient clectric‘! Sergeant Edward Gimbel and vower to permit the usual sumâ€"|Patrol Sergcant Monteith Hall reâ€" mer band _ concerts. _ The Intl(‘r‘nm ted they saw the youth get into stated it is probable summer band Pritton‘s car and start tampering concerts canot be held this year. with the vchicle. the But a few days ago, Mrs. Brown picked a letter out of the family mail boxâ€"a very important lookâ€" ing missive, with none other than the famed "No. 10 Downing Street, London, Eng.". stamped on the back. Back. & s | _ Whereupon Douglas admitted he It was only then she rememberedjhad enclosed a 25â€"cent piece in his that her young son had declared{letter to cover the cost of one of his â€" intention â€" to write Premier Churchill‘s cigars‘ inform you that your xnnSgt Harry Arthur Weber is reported ('amulia>n Ship Kitchener Rescued Officers and Tars After Vessel Grounded on Rocks; Naval Lads Had to Brave Treacherous Seas. the second read: "Pleased to |_ Douglas, wreathed _ in smiles, f«;wnvd the letter, and this is what [it said: CT write on behalf of the | prime minister to acknowledge reâ€" i(vipl of your letter of Murch 1943.; 1 am afraid, however, that owing ,ln the great number of similar reâ€" / quests which Mr. Churchill reâ€" ; ceives, he has had to make it a rule > irnl to accede to any of them unless | the most exceptiong! circumstances‘ ’«-xnst. The enclosure to your letter is therefore returned." | "What enclosure?" queried Mrs. | ‘Brown. Charge Youth Made Car Theft Attempt small boats could not hope to live. "Just one of the chores of the sea," was Cmdr. Evans‘ comment. "All our jobs aren‘t war jobs." H.M.C.S. Kitchener was built at a St. Lawrence River yard and christened by Mrs. L. O. Breitâ€" hi upt, wife of the Liberal member for Parliament for Waterloo North. The ship was commissioned June 26, 1942, and during and immediâ€" ately a’f‘ter her worlgng-up trials "The trick was to manoeuvre inâ€" tw position downâ€"wind so they could drift down on us. "This was accorh‘[.rxliâ€"sii.wd successâ€" {ully, all 73 getting away in her own boats." Two Certain Dangers. Rev. _ Hunnisett â€" asserted _ that more clubs and extra workers are required _ to â€" assist _ in . keeping presentâ€"day _ youngsters _ off the street,. but contended that especial care must be taken in associating a child‘s moral background at an carly age with some religious group He listed Iying, stealing and sex problems as the dangers for vyouth which must be solved. Lions _ from _ Woodstock, _ Galt, Purisâ€" Ingersoll, Brantford, Kitchâ€" ener and Waterloo, participated in the event. _ All aremembers of Zone 9 Many Lions from both outâ€" of town and the Twin City arrived catly and enjoyed a round of golf uhder â€" theâ€" direction _ of Normie Himes OTTAWA.â€"â€"The Royal Canadian | Navy today told how the Canadian( corvette Kitchener, one of the "stars" in the motion picture “Cor«‘ vettes in Action", recently saved ; 73 merchant officers and seamen from almost certain death when ; their ship ran aground on a rocky‘ coast in heavy seas. i The merchantman was in imme-( diate danger of breaking up, the| nuvy said. Kitchener, despatched to look for the ship, had to avoid a reefâ€"ridden area and manoeuvre | close to shore to pick up survivors. | "Except for the danger of makâ€" ing our way through treacherous waters, there was actually very | httle to it," said Kitchener‘s comâ€" mander, Lt.â€"Cmdr. William Evans of 51 Rowanwood Ave., Toronto.! "We couldn‘t go near the ship, and although her boats could get away they _ couldn‘t _ make _ headway apainst the storm. | Churchill, and she could hardly wait until Douglas came home from schcol to cpen the letter from "No. that 95 per cont. of youngsters who come hbefore a juvenile court have never had any connection whatsoâ€" exver with the church," he stated Longhurst _ was _ dismissed by Musistrate H. R. Polson last week iwhen he appeared on a vagrancy count. 10 (Continued on 7175;Ee~§') §$1.00 per year â€"_ United States Army air striking power in the Western Aleutian Ils'&flds was supporting the assault by ground forces. Heavy use of planes was the manoeuvre for which authorities here had been ‘hoping. It undoubtedly resulted from a break in the weather. Tacâ€" ‘tn:iuns had predicted that when (planes could be brought into play in force, the enemy would be done for in a hurry. One of the attacks, that by US. heavy bombers on the Sicilian base of Messina when 175 tons of bombs were dropped, was called by offiâ€" cials, "one of the most successful of the war‘. commussioner to C day Meanwhile Reuters news agency‘s Zurich correspondent described the morale of the people of Kassel, icportedly flooded by the waters of the broken Eder Dam, as "now so low the only desire is that the war Force of 400 Planes R.A.F. medium â€" bombers also t‘ s started at least seven fires Sunday ma!frna!?ihl_‘ISIandh .__,, night at Messina, Sicilian port opâ€" errine HammerIMR ~posite Regeio Calabria and San Allicd â€" Headquarters: in North Giovanni. Hits were reported on Africa. â€" Four hundred Alliecd‘tailway marsballing yards and on planes again swarmed over Italy‘s|huildings beside oil storage tanks. outer ring of island defences yesâ€"| _ Nine important defence targets terday. They bombed and machineâ€"‘ were blasted on Sardinia, gunned ships, docks, air fields and x ¢ s utherâ€" targets in another "lvrrifi('j-‘\"“““(' l““‘ml‘ Having . kammernig" of Siciliy, Sardinia Bad Time, Germans Admit and Pantelleria islands | T andon â€" A Alermin_â€"â€"naval The raids represented a oneâ€"third increase in the weight of attack compared _ to _ Monday‘s â€" heavy blows. and they destroyed 23 enâ€" emy planes, a supply ship and a tug,, boosting to 357 the total of Axis planes knocked out in the lust â€" week. â€" Twentyâ€"cight enemy ships have been hit or sunk in the lust three days. The Allics lost 11 planes _ yesterday, â€" bringing _ the week‘s losses to 33. 175 Tons for Messina The German news agency said the convoy. included a 50,000â€"ton Cunard liner. and that all of the ships woere carrying troops and war materials A number of transports and warâ€" ships already were in Gibraltar harbor, the agency reported, while in aircraft. carrier and. four deâ€" strovyers arrived there this morning Russians Bag 67 Nazi Planes In Caucasus LONDON.â€"Sixtyâ€"seven German planes were destroyed in huge air buttles northeast of Novorossisk, and an attack by 1,600 enemy troops was shattered northwest of the city today in a violent eruption of fighting in the Caucasus, Moscow reported tonight. s A second attack on Messina was carried out by RAF. planes and teday‘s Italian communique ackâ€" rowledged the city "was repeatedly attacked and important damage was caused." Secret Weapons To Surprise Foe Is Idea of Canadians OTTAWA Canadian army ofâ€" ficers have â€" developed "dramatic new eauipment" which has proved successful and â€" the enemy will learn of it "to his cost when the time comes." Rt Hon _ Malcolm MacDonald, United Kingdom high This reference to Canadianâ€"de veloped _ "secret _ weapons‘ _ was made by Mrâ€" MacDonald, just back Both German and Russian reâ€", ports told of renewed fighting in ; the Kuban bridgehead still held by the Nuzis, and a special Moscow broadcast said _ the 67â€" German planes were shot down in air comâ€"| bats out of acrial fleets anempting( massed raids against Red army troops and objectives northeast of ; Novorossisk. 1 Russian fighters repulsed the atâ€" tacks, but lost 20 of their own planes, said the broadcast, recorded by The Associated Press. The engineer was further quoted as saying the raid "Aattened the city and stunned the population" ard that he hadn‘t realized that a large city could be "so utterly destroyed" in a few minutes. Big Allied Convoy Passes Gibraltar; Say 50.000â€" Ton Liner With It LONDON. â€"â€" The Germanâ€" news agency reported from Spain today that observers this motning saw a big Alliecd convoy,. including warâ€" ships â€" and big _ troopships pass through Gibraltar strait into the Mediterrancan 900 Allied Bombers Smash At Axis From Both Fronts London.â€"The RAF., with the R.C.A.F. lending strong support, bashed the German arms centre of Duesseldorf with nearly 2,000 tons of explosives last night while an armada from North Africa gave another "getâ€"outâ€"ofâ€" the war" warning to Italy in a paralyzing attack eliciting cries of pain and anger from the weaker Axis partner. â€" Japanese Resistance on Attu Island Is Crumbling Fast WASHINGTON. â€" Japanese reâ€" sistance on Attu Island appeared tocay to be crumbling fast with one of the enemy‘ last three main posiâ€" t‘ons in American hands and a second under violent assault. Says Nazi City of Duisburg Destroyed ~ Completely by R.A.F. LONDON.â€"A Daily Express reâ€" nort from Geneva today quoted a Swiss engineer returned from Duisâ€" burg as saying "thousands" of resiâ€" dents left that German industrial city after the RA.F. saturation raid May 12 despite official orders to remain. hould end. whatever the result." based in Britain and Africa struck the Axis in a violent genâ€" cral acrial offensive which auâ€" thoritative sources said was just a foretaste of greater blows aimâ€" ed at tearing out by the roots the enem{: warâ€"making | capacities. Perhaps 500 British bombers, most of them fourâ€"engined giants packing . twoâ€"ton blockâ€"busters, left a carpet of flames to eat through cratered Duesseldor! in a saturation raid almost equalâ€" ling Sunday night‘s record of deâ€" struction heaped on Dortmund, 50 miles away. A total of nearly 900 planes WORLD‘S WEEK WEDNESDAY THURSDAY inada Its News at a ud t T HE | _ Allied Headquatters. â€" Three bundred big Allied bombers blastâ€" Fd the island of Sardinia yesterday |as the Axis radio announced that |German troops had been shifted to { that "stepping stone to Italy." â€" The U.S. Liberators dropped 150 tons of high explosives and incenâ€" diaries on Reggio Di Calaabria and San Giovanni. Flames shot 1.000 C1O y U.S. heavy bombers of the NMiddle Eastern command blasted a ferty terminus, set fire to a tanker and touched off a big explosion in railway yards in daylight raids vesterday on the adjoining parts of" San Giovanni and Reggio Calabria ut the toe of the Ialian boot. (An Italian communique reported "conâ€" siderable damage" at Reggio Calaâ€" bria.) fret f cenots Has Artificial Legs, ‘‘‘Feels A Man Again" PITi sBURGH Lieut. Richard Frederick Wood. yvoungest son of Lord Halifax, British ambassador to the US., stood up today for the first time since last Dec_30, when be lost his legs after the explosion f a 500â€"pound Naz bomb As he was lifted on to artificial legs. for which be is being fitted bere, Lieut. Wooed straightened to his full height "This is swell." he said proudly ‘Makes me feel like a man again." Rubbert Workers Stay Out : Army "Gravely Concerned" from overseas, at a press confer ence. The Axis broadcasts also said that major Allied naval units had moved into the Sicilian narrows. He said Lieutâ€"Gen: A. G. L. McNaughton, Canadian â€" overseas army commander, has encouraged his men "to use their ingenuity to devise all sorts of new and better fighting weapons." This is one way the Canadian army has been kept "so fit and keen all this time," he explained Nazi Troops Take Over Stepping Stone Island Off "Knee" of Haly New Assaults By Day Follow Record Blow Rained on Dortmund London.â€"A strong force of Alâ€" lied bombers and fighters headed eastward across the channel toâ€" day to resume by daylight the Allied offensive which reached its peak Sunday night in a recordâ€"breaking R.A.F.â€"R.C.A.F. assault on Dortmund. Five 1,000â€"Pound Bombs Hurled on Dusseldorf Every Minute of Raid London.â€"The air ministry said tonight that the great armada of R.A.F. and R.C.A.F. heavy bombâ€" ers dropped more than five 4,000â€" pound blockb$%tcr bombs on Dusseldort every minute during last night‘s raid. The saturation raid was believed as heavy as the one on Dortmund Sunday night when over 2,000 tons of exploâ€" sives were dropped. Last night‘s raid continued the offensive apâ€" parently aimed at obliterating Germany‘s arms centres one by Atlantic Uâ€"Boat Having Bad Time, Germans Admit London. â€" A _ German â€" naval spokesman was quoted today as admitting that the Allies are striking increasingly heavy blows at Germany‘s Uâ€"boat fieet in the battle of the Atlantic. In Stockhoim a weliâ€"informed source said three of Germany‘s important _ shipbuilding _ yards have not been able to construct a single new submarine for six months because of increased reâ€" pair work, a shortage of war metais and a steady decline in labor efficiency. Simultaneousty, Allied sources reported that ship losses for May probably would be lower than April, one of the best months since the start of the war, while destruction of Axis submarines was rising toward a new high. The course followed by the daylight raiders indicated they would hit the French coast someâ€" where between Dieppe and Bouâ€" logne. RA.F. fighters were â€" over northern France on smallâ€"scale intruder patrols during the night, but the heavy bombers were given a rest after their 2,000â€"ton attack on Dortmund. . No enemy activity was reportâ€" ed over Britain during the night, but it was authoritatively learnâ€" ed that R.A.F. fighters shot down an enemy plane during an attack on a town in the south of Engâ€" land this afternoon. Other unnamed targets in Gerâ€" many also were bombed. Twenâ€" tyâ€"seven planes are missing, inâ€" eluding two Canadian. Observers estimated that more than 500 bombersâ€"at least threeâ€" quarters of them giant fourâ€"moâ€" tored craft, capable of carrying a tremendous weight of high exâ€" plosivesâ€"participated in the asâ€" sault. The Canadian bomber group supplied a good proportion of the planes engaged. AKRON. Oho t1 uT comp.* > A hy between o United l continue ! 0 in prote<t eadle Tactornes are nol d in production of sue Fiis: o omirs] b: (Continued on Page 8) from exploding ammunition , Ohio.â€"â€"A US. war deâ€" coisucd for a resumption tion at three major rubâ€" oo\ went unanswered botween 44.000 and 48,000 nited â€" lc‘ erâ€" workers TUESDAY mox an.t Rubber return t th ir work stopâ€" ef 2o varâ€" labor odvear Tire , the BOF nd the Fire: erâ€" Company work by trial perâ€" w service normally such war barrage