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Pte. Alex McMath, son of Mr. and Mrs. James McMath, Church St., Weston, has been wounded on active service according to ward received by his parents, He was a member of the Calgary Highlandâ€" ers. Born in Scotland, Pte. McMath, attended school in Ste. Anne de Bellevue and Beauharnois Quebec. He was employed in the office of the Montreal Gazette and a paper company in Beauharnois Quebec, previous to his enlistment. In May 1942 he ;‘oined up and after trainâ€" ing at Farnham, London, Woodâ€" stock and Huntingdon Que., he arrived overseas in April of this year. He has a brother, now four years overseas, and a sisterâ€"inâ€"law serving in Scotland. There is also two sisters and a brother at home. Born in Milton, he was educated in Dundas and Hamilton. Preâ€" vious to his enlistment in June 1941 he worked in the office of a Hamilâ€" ton Steel Co. After training at ‘Toronto and Oshawa, he headefthe wings parade in Hagersville. He went then to Trentonâ€"for an offiâ€" cers course. He served 14 months at Centralia, as an Instructor, and was assigned to Transport duty. Pte. Alex McMath Flying Officer William Allison Inman, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Inman, Victoria St., Weston, has been listed as seriously injured on active service according to word reâ€" ceived by his mother, Pte, Arthur ‘Edward Cross, 20, was wounded three weeks after his cousin was killed in action . in France, Sept. 17. Craftsman Edâ€" ward Cross is a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Cross, Bexley Cres., York township, and his cousin,‘ whose parents are Mr, and. Mrs:Edward Cross, live on the same street. Edâ€" ward enlisted in December, 1942,l and went overseas last March. He is also survived by a brother, P. O., Thomas W. Cross, with the R.A.F. in India. Two brothers and a sister are at home. His father is a veâ€"| teran of the first war. Arthur Cross enlisted with the R.C.A.F. in Oc-! tober, 1943, and later transferred | to the army. After training at Petawawa and Calgary, he went overseas in May, 1944. Three sisâ€" ters and a brother live at home.| Both boys were born in York townâ€" | ship and educated at Roseland| School, Ed also attended Weston | Collegiate. ( Pte. Albert J. Bishop | Private Albert Joseph Bishop, 26, son of Mrs. F. Pidgeon, Humber Boulevard, York township, accordâ€" | ing to word received by his mother, died on active service. Born in Hanmer, he attended George Syme and Dennis Ave. schools in the| Township. He was working in the | northern bush when he enlisted in | September 1939. He trained at| Petawawa, and arrived overseas in |â€" November 1941. His brother, Pte. David Bishop was recently disâ€" charged for medical reasons, There | are also two sisters, Mrs. Norman | Pogue, and Mrs. James Wood reâ€"| siding on the same street. j Flying Officer William A. Inman | W.C.V.8. Crested , SCARVES, * BANDANAS, KERCHIEFS, Fit.â€"Sergt. Duncan M. Roy, 29, son of Mrs. and the late Mr. E. C. Roy, Scarlett Rd., Weston, has been killed on active service, his family have learned. His widow is the former Peggy Millroy, Montreal. Born in Toronto, he attended Humâ€" ber Heights and Weston Collegiate. He was formerly a resident of Montreal and was employed in the office of a Montreal cycle plant. He enlisted in September, 1942, and trained in Eastern Canada, graâ€" duating at Dunnville. He arrived overseas in April, 1944. He is also survived by a brother, Tpr. Campâ€" bell Roy, in Italy, and a sister, Janet, at home, Craftsman Edward John A. Cross Pte. Arthur Edward Cross M Pte. Albert Pinson Davies, 30, has been wounded on active service according to .word received by his wife, Mrs, Rae Davies, Rectory Road, Weston. Born in Toronto, he attended Humber Height school and Weston Collegiate and Vocaâ€" tional uhogl. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Davies of Wesâ€" ton. Previous to enlistment in April 1943, he worked as a machinist in a paper box plant. After training at Orillia, Camp Borden and Deâ€" bert, N. S., he arrived overseas in December, 1943. Fit.â€".Sergt. Guncan M. Roy Pte, Albert Pinson Davies ICE HoCKey was Wxown To THE ROMANS â€" J €COTLAND iv 1 CALLED * SHwTy "aup Inf I@ELAND *HURLEY " ~SPORT _ ___â€" ‘\S;"GHI. IGHTS IN THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM By Clare Coleman ACTIVITIES AND NOTES FROM OUR BOYS WITH THE FORCES for and SHIRTS, discontinued between December 5 and 25 inclusive, because of the . National Defence H. 3 at OQ-! tawn ldviu?Ethpn.f‘." stan urdrth( telegrams x tionary Force messages) between Canada and war theatres and vice versa will be | ', The Department of Labour has \issued a report which shows that |the general index number for wage {rates in the 13 chief lines of indusâ€" | trial employment in Canada rose to |139.5_for t{e year 1943, compared |to 105.7 in 1939. The figure of 100 | points represents the average wage | level for the period 1935 to 1939. |The index numbers relate only to | wage rates, including cost of living |being paid for normal working ’hourn; and overtime rates and acâ€" \tual total earnings of employees | were not taken into consideration ‘when the figures were compiled. receive the same care. Washing after every wearing and drying away from direct heat for at least 86 hours are two "musts" in makâ€" ing rayon stockings last. Here‘s a word from the consumer branch for milady. People who like tonsive stockings as gifts (not the kind that are hung on the mantle) #hould find more in the shops this f'earâ€"not Nylon, of course, but arger quantities of rayon hose from acetate. They are not of visâ€" cose yarns, for synthetic tires have first claim on the viscose. Stockings made from acetate are just as servâ€" iceable, they say, as those made from viscose yarns, provided they | _ in the weokly nowspopers of Coneda l By Jim Greenblat Farmers of Canada are once 'again advised by the administraâ€" tor of farm machinery not to disâ€" pose of old tractors or other rationâ€" ing units unless they have a perâ€" mit to buy new machinery, because the present system of rationing has ‘to be continued until supplies of equipment are more nearly in line with consumer demands. Parts to keep present equipment in shape Are not rationedâ€"there are plenty of them available. The supply of ‘farm machinery for 1945 will be equal in tonnage to approximately 102 per cent of the 1940 supply, but it will not be nearly enough for the apparent supply. The policy has been to take off the rationed list any equipment as the supply situâ€" ation warrants, and at present thereâ€"areâ€"85 lines unrationed. Pte. Alex. George Wensley, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wensâ€" ley, Rockcliffe Blyd., York townâ€" ship, has been wounded overseas according to word received by his parents. Born in Toronto, Pte. Wensley attended Dennis Avenue «chool. He was an operator in a Weston cycle factory before enlistâ€" ing in October, 1943. Following training at Toronto, Brantford and Camp Borden he arrived overseas in April of this year. Two brothers are also on active service, Lieut. R. J. and Petty Officer Robert, R.C.N. L.â€"Cpl. William Dawkins, 21, has been dangerously wounded overseas, according to word reâ€" ceived by his sister, Mrs. Elsie Downey, Lambton _ Ave., York township. Born and educated in Toronto, he enlisted when graduatâ€" ing from _ Danforth Technical school in September 1939. He trainâ€" ed in Toronto and at Camp Borden, and arrived overseas early in 1940. A WEEKLY EDITOR LOOKS AT Pte. Alex. George Wensley Pte. Norman Pollard, 29, was reâ€" ported missing in action in Belâ€" gium, Sept. 29, his wife, who reâ€" sides on Brownville Ave., Mount Dennis, has been advised. They have three small children, Norman, Bobby and Johnny. The son of Mr. and Mrs, Charles E. Pollard, Blackâ€" thorn Ave., he enlisted in Decemâ€" ber, 1943, and went overseas last August. He attended Silverthorn public school. His brother, Sergt. Charles Pollard, R.C.A.F., was killed overseas in September, 1942. L.â€"Cpl. William Dawkins Pte. James Street, 24, son of Mrs. Street, and the late Charles Street, Glenora Ave., York ‘township, has been wounded on active service, according to word received by his mother. Born in Toronto, he attendâ€" ed Hardington school, Weston. In September, 1940, he enlisted in the Toronto Scottish. .Followinf trainâ€" ing at St. Catharines, Hamilton and British Columbia, he arrived overâ€" seas in January, 1943. One brother Pte. Albert Kitchener Street, died overseas, Another brother, Pte. Charles Francis Street, has just reâ€" turned from overseas. Pte. Norman Polland Pte. Charles William Campbell, 29, has been wounded on active serâ€" vice in Holland, according to word received by his wife and family. ‘He is doing fine, after an operaâ€" tion for a bullet wound in his hip", his wife related. A son of Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell, Emmette Ave., York Lownshir, he attended Bala Avenue school and Weston, collegiate. His home is on Ruthe(- ford Ave., York township. Pte, James Street Pte, Charles William Campbell Ottawa Reporting to the Dominion Burâ€" eau of Statistics, 14,837 industrial establishments showed employment of 1,882,790 men and women at the beginning of September. Manufacâ€" turing establishments at that time showed a little heightened activity with a gain of 6,249 employees. This increase is the smallest at the beginning of September in any year since 1936. There was a further reduction in the production of durâ€" able manufactured goods, mostly iron and steel products. Expansion was above average and showed imâ€" portant gains in the vegetable fqod preserving industry, it is noted. _ Failure to comply with National Selective Service civilian regulaâ€" tions brought prosecutions in Ocâ€" tober which exceeded those of the month before, states a report issued in Ottawa by the director. There were 122 convicted as against 94 in September. Seven employers who engaged workers without permits were convicted, and of the 78 emâ€" ployees the majority were for "quitting" employment without perâ€" mission or not taking high priority work when referred by a Selective Service officer. Convicted â€" also were 37 conscientious abjectors. At November 1, there were still 342 cases pending, 13 of them against objectors. Here‘s a thought for Canada‘s place in the postâ€"war market picâ€" ture. The Canadian Federation of Agriculture which has its head offices in Ottawa gives the latest facts regarding the wartime progâ€" ress of British agriculture. Wheat acreage in England and Wales is 82 per cent higher than in 1930. The area in potatoes has more than doubled, and there is an increase of 63 per cent in the area of horticulâ€" tural crops. Total arable acreagt is 6]3 per cent above the preâ€"war level. With the Seventh Victory Loan going so well over the top, it is interesting to note that savings deposits in Canadian chartered banks at the end of September last year totalled $1,988,904,000. The Sixth Victory Loan took a big slice out of these savings, yet at the end of September, 1944, savings deâ€" Eosits had reached a new allâ€"time igh with $2,464,187,000. The naâ€" tional income has been high and is maintaining a steady climb. Canada‘s external trade during the first eight months of 1944 reached _ $2,282,000,000 compared with $1,874,000,000 in the same period of the previous year. Receivâ€" ing a larger volume of Canadian commodities were the United Kingâ€" doni, United States, the U.S.S.K., British India and Italy. overloading of telegraph circuits and consequent delay in messages. Instead, during the preâ€"Christmas period Canadians in war theatres outside the United Kingdom will get five Blue Air Letter forms, free of postage, to send to friends and relatives at home at the rate of one a week; and wherever available, these letters get air transit. Susâ€" pension of telegraph service as noted applies only to Expeditionary Force messages; other types will be transmitted as usual. Congratulations _ to _ Margaret Mowbray Bradbrooke who won First Class Hopours on the Grade 10 Violin ‘Examinations held reâ€" cently. Mrs. Bradbrooke is a stuâ€" dent from Miss Ada Campbell‘s Studio. Congratulations to Rose Hraâ€" dowy who tied Grade 3 Violin Exâ€" amination recently and passed with Honours, Rose has completed three Examinations in one year. Rose is from the studio of Miss Campbell. Jack Beech is receiving congraâ€" tulations on winning First Class Honours on the First Violin Exaâ€" mination. He has been studying only a very short time and is doing good work. Jack is a pupil of Miss Campbell. | PERSONALS | E. Campbell, A.TJ.C.M., LC.C.M. is one of Toronto‘s outstanding violinists having won three Schoâ€" larships, trophies and many medals in vielin musical festivals in the past number of years. Miss Bailey, who has completed all her studies with Miss Ada A chamming violin recital was given last Friday evening by Maâ€" vis Bailey, A.C.C.M. _ A very attractive pro me of nineteen pieces pl“”sru‘n very lur audience in the Runnymede Collegiate Auditorium. She was ably accompanied by Eileen Brooks. Jackie Burns, wellâ€"known enterâ€" tainer, accompanied by Harold Rich, added to the enjoyment of the listeners, Gwen Cox, four, looks up the chimney, inspecting it to make sure "that man" can get down it all right on Christmas Eve. Since a secret session is such a powerful weapon in the hands of an unscrupulous government, certain safeguards have been deâ€" veloped in its use. It is the law of Parliament that a secret session must receive fortyâ€"eight hours‘ previous notice, or, if to be held with any shorter notice, the unanimous consent of the Contmons. Mr. King, in his most recent secret session, flouted established law, when he announced on Monday night at the close of the day‘s work that the House‘s discussion on the next day would be secret. In sg' of the strong protests of Progressive Conservative members, the issue was forced, and the session was held, with its subsequent muzzling of oper criticism. When the issue at stake is as great as theneed for reinforceâ€" meXts overseas, one might think that the method used to call a secrt session was unimportant. Like Colonel Ralston, one might suggest the issue was to get the reinforcements overseas, and nothing else mattered. In a democracy, however, the means is as important as the end, and a secret session which was used to muzzle public thinking on the subject of reinforcements, called illegally, assumes an importance which may appear disproportionate. When one has observed Mr. King in action for years, one deâ€" velops a mistrust of a man who will use any means af his disposal to secure himself a ‘vote of confidence, who will go to any lengths to throttle public opinion, and who will whip his follows into line by means which are illegal. Make no mistake: Mr. King is crazy like a very cute foxâ€"he knows the rules so well that he can use them to his own advantage and bypass them to his country‘s disâ€" advantage. It is probable, almost apparent, that the Prime Minister used the secret session to muzzle his ‘own followers and his opposition. He has revealed a shocking situation (sensed by the rest of the country) in‘ regard to reinforcements for overseas, but he has promised his mite of reform, and the Commons has chosen to be satisfied. Like Colonel Ralston, they have chosen to support the government, rather than chance slowing down the trickle of reinâ€" forcements overseas,. A plausible reason can sometimes support evil. * . The major factor in Mr. King‘s strategy was the secret session which he forced upon the House. A secret session, in the hands of an unscrupulous government, can serve as a muzzle on free speech and discussion, because nothing which is revealed therein may apâ€" pear anywhere else, or may be used in further discussion in the House. If the government has a few spots on its conscience, it has only to secure a secret session, reveal them to the assembly (which is strongly proâ€"government) and the matter is razed out, forgotten. The question can never be raised thereafter to plague the governâ€" ment‘s supporters. It is now apparent that the Prime Minister and his Liberal colleagues are going to "get away with it". The storm clouds in the House of Commons are blowing away, and when the vote of conâ€" fidence is takeri, it is apparent that it will be another win for Mr. King, probably his last. AS THEATRE IS RESERVED FOR C.CM. CHRISTM AS TREE THERE WILL BE NO MATINEE THIS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16th ZONE 4â€"483 FRLâ€"SAT.â€"DEC. 15â€"16 â€"ALSOâ€" SELECTED SHORTS A dramatic story can now be told. Hulmlh_rgg Bogart in WEDNESDAYâ€"THURSDAYâ€"DECEMBER 20â€"21 mphrey Bogar "SAHARA" Secret Session TIMES AND GUIDE, WESTON WATCHING WITH INTEREST WEsTON THEATRE WHERE SOUND SOUNDS BEST Robert Taylor and Susan Peters in "SONG OF RUSSIA" JOHN AND MAIN STS. SELECTED SHORTS GWEN COX ALL SET By Norman Marshall You will Save Time, Bother, St#ength and Disappointment by shopping here â€"â€"AL8Oâ€" Sets B~. §2.25 Adrienna Cosmetic Sets. Evening in Paris Sets $1.10 DuBarry Cosmetic Sets. Ladies‘ Dresser Sets $6.50 Overseas Sets $1.91 Seaforthâ€"Exclusively for Men Batchelor Men‘s Sets $1.0 Men‘s ‘Top Hat‘ Sets m These are but a few of the suggestions we have in stock: Elizabeth Arden dgsmetic eas Sets $1.98 to $5.00 candles madamng % 98e rthâ€"Exclusively for Men. 1 pr. Yuletide Candlesticks 98e elor Men‘s Sets $1.00 to $8.50 An excellent assortment of leather Walâ€" ‘Top Hat‘ Sets 59¢ to 986 / lets and Sets, priced 95¢ to $8.25 INCH‘S DRUG STORE 7 1LEZTET DERCET IM ‘"LADY IN THE DARK" In Technicolor Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland _ _ Warner Baxter in MON.â€"TUES.â€"DEC. 1819 SELECTED SHORTS â€"ALSOâ€" 4â€"483 ZONE $1.10 to $10.00 $6.50 to $16.00 $1.98 to $5.00 $2.25 to $15.00 Women will specially remember the cost of food. Mothers with hungry young lads to feed were nearly frantic wondering how to make their dollars buy more groâ€" ceries. Remember when sugar went to 25¢ a pound, flour over $3 a bag, potatoesâ€"plain old Irish cobblersâ€" were $1.08 a peck? Common yellow soap was 12¢ a bar, baking powder 55¢ a tin, lard 42£_a pound, buttgr 72¢ a pound. But the worst of it in the last war, we remember, was that the cost of living didn‘t stop rising with the end of the war. It kept on climbing until in July, 1920, the index had risen to the increditable height of 191.6. 0 Taking our lesson from what happened during and after the last war, when the cost of living index rose to 165.3% in 1919 we will fight a hard battle. Canadians today have the same strong belief and our big job is hewing a new home once more. Not from the forests this time, but out of the wilderness of war and uncertainty so that between the stumps of battle we may sow the seeds of security. . Our forefathers hewed their| homes out of a wilderness. They cut down dark forests of oak, hard | maple and pine. They planted | wheat between the stumps, gatherâ€" | ing and tieing the precious sheaves | by hand at harvest time. | They were pioneers, strong ar;,dJ reliable. They dared the perils of | the unknown because they believed | in the future of Canada, both for thmselves and for their sons. How Much is Your Home Worth to You mily Herbert Fayers died at his home on December 6, after a years illâ€" ness. He was an employee of the C.C.M. for four and a half years and will be. missed byâ€" his old friends there. The funeral service took place at Speer‘s Undertaking Parlor on Friday, DT 8th, at 2 p.m. Tribute was payed last f‘riday by a 2 minutes sHlence at the plant. Sympathy is extended to his faâ€" i as opened by singing "What ani‘r:!end we have in Jesus", after which Irene Carey read a pu'{er and this was followed by The Lord‘s Prayer and the Scripture lesson of the day, "Blest be the tie that binds" was then sung. Reg. Sim’poon took up the collection while John Watkins gave the anâ€" nouncements. The meeting was then closed by singing "Neardy my God to Thee" and repeating the Mizpah Benediction, Mrs. Carr, St. Alban‘s Avenue, was hostess to the weekly euchres of the Humberview Wartime Assoâ€" ciation. The winners were: first, Mrs. Lmckett; second, Mrs. V. Tucker; third, Mrs. P. Curtis; conâ€" solation, Mrs. Bennett. Refreshâ€" ments were served at the close of the games. Victorian Order of Nursesâ€" When you want the nurse, phone These were peak prices, of course The Christian Endeayour meetâ€" Adeste Fideles : John MeCormick and the Trinity Choir Oh, Little Town of Bethichem Eternal Father, Strong to Save Silent Night Silent Night Adeste Fidelen 2s MAIN NORTX Weston Music & Radio zon®r 14100 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing LOCALS PHONE 53 Xmas. Stockings ... 75¢ to $1.00 Xmas. Crackers i 29¢, 55¢, 69¢ Perfumes by Lucien Lelong, Chanel, Legther_ic_and Elizabeth Arden, Priced from $1.50 to $15.00 Yuletide Xmas Logs, large size, with 2 candles "$1.98 Yuletige Xmas Logs, 4 size, with 2 * a xo. $ ichem . Joy to the World o Save O Come, All Ye Faithful Richard Crooks The Holy City as Leopold Stokowski and the () Come, All Ye Faithful RDS i Philadelphia Orchestra 4 9 _Sing Oh, Little Town of Bethichem The Holy City Gracie Fields and Chorus Trinity Choir Adeste Fideles Joe Green, Chimes White Chvlnm,oâ€"l".T. (V.l?.) Elsic Baker Christmas Melodies by the Fireside Freddy Martin‘s Orchestra Helen Traubel Mayfair Orchestra Santa Claus Is On His Wayâ€" een "r8ube! Christmas Hymns and Carols ~ 0 FT.(V.R.) Sammy Kave‘s Orchestra VICTOR 2«s« RECORDS /lee GJif* that bognt on CGiiing Christmas Hymns and Carols Two RA.F. men who served the King during his Italian visit reâ€" ceived the medal of the Royal Vicâ€" torian Order. They were Sgt. J. M. Duncan, who prepared all the mea‘s the King ate while flying, and AC. W.T. Keates of London, the steâ€" ward. The only way we can make their dreams become realities is to hold buying down to the steady level of everyday needsâ€"to fight inflaâ€" tion to the last, refusing to pay more than we did last month or last year. Homes are precious thingsâ€"how much is yours worth ? He offered 100 perâ€"cent of all he had to keep the land for us. What are we going to offer him? _ There are hundreds of lads like Bill, out there fighting, who are tieing themselves to a picture of a little business, a farm, a home, with children running across a green lawn, or playing hockey in winter in that vacant lot next door. budgets and still "keep the kids :;."i':'c‘f"""" one m-.f.a mother This must y _ This must not happen again. We $ur when Sill somer gotuning off w ill comes g o that train with his "honourable discharge" it‘s up to every Canaâ€" dian citizen to have something to hand him.« but they just about drove mothers grey trying to balance their food Give Musical Masterpieces * by the World‘s Greatest Artists Mayfair Orchestr® Santa Claus Is On His Wayâ€" and Carols F.T. (V.R.) Sammy Kaye‘s Orchestra _ _ Trinity Choir Jingle Belisâ€"F.T. (V’.’;lg:g_ 2. 0 EP D1 § T J N C T1 o N Cm> uoo in nR I ETE Trinity Chol Santa Claus Is Comin‘ To Townâ€" Trinity Choir Novelty Fox Trot (V.R.) : Alvino Rey‘s Orchestra Webster Booth Jingle Bellsâ€"F.T. Mart Kenney‘s Orch. The Star of Bethichem "Thousands of women, willing to give regular weekly time are needâ€" ed for children‘s work, on clerical and remake jobs, in welfare activiâ€" ties, in canteens and information desks, _ hospitals, Red Triln‘(le clubs, Blood Donor clinics, The imâ€" portance of this call should not be underestimated," â€" concluded Mrs. West. _ "At the beginning of the â€"war women all across the country ofâ€" fered their services as volnnifl for whatever jobs the exigencies of war created. ‘What can I do to help?‘ was the ?ueltion on all lips. Now the question most asked is ‘Where can we get volunteers for the jobs at hand ?‘. The l:fu ful ones continue to be called for much of the volunteer work in this country today. But now the opâ€" portunity for service has grown 80 tremendously thatâ€" it is no lonrr possible to meet the requests for workers without new members. "War brings thousand# of proâ€" blems to civilian populations, even those as far from the actual hlg zones as we.are in Canada," said Mrs. W. E. West, director of W.V.S. National ‘War Services, in a recent interview. * Women Voluntee Needed In Workâ€" THURSDAY, Glenn Miller‘s Orchestra