The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

r ht jvttw sttt prrss sixtyninth year no 4 acton ontario thursday july 22nd 1043 eight homeprint pages five cent seont leaders now at reserve at bine springs aamal coejrae for beta bali ilk week hmi neat the annual course for scout ead- ra la beta held this week at blue spring reserve with half a dozen pa trols taking the course the course opened on monday under the direc tion of field secretary arthur e perfden his assistants and demonstrators include assistant provincial commis sioner frank c irvln district scout master walter urooo district com- mlsstoners d johnston and oorgo mason field secretary ii e d mit chell provincial council vicepresi dent arthur richardson and acting dominion commissioner for training w i cunie jr next week the course for cub leaders opens at this reserve when on even larger group will be in attend ance the course will continue all that week thanksbadge presented by scouts mr geo watson wheels and tires removed from car stolen here the car belonging to i- e atkin son which was stolen on july loth was recovered on sunday last four of the tires and wheels were remov ed the tops for the gas tank and radiator were taken and the hose from the healer had been removed evidently in an effort to syphon some gas from the tank no us was how ever taken the car was found in the tnh nhodt a mile and a half west of spey- side it had been driven several hundred yards into the bush when the thieves could work wit limit inter ruption in removing the wheels and tin berry pickers mnde the dis covery when going through the hutch chief llsrrop was notified and the machine was brought to acton on sunday nlghl the car was recov ered just a week after u was stolen at blue springs scout reserve lost wednesday night mr george watson was made the recipient of the boy scouts thanks badge in recogni tion of many neighborly services he had rendered to the scout camp since it was established in 1937 tho pres entation was made m the presence of members of the 1043 scout lend ers training class by mr arthur herbert richardson vicepresident of the ontario boy scouts council before the presentation mr frank irwin camp chief recounted in uimc detail things mr watson hnd done for the reserve and also called atten tion to excellent masonry work he had done on the various buildings mentioning particularly the enor mous stone fireplace in the keke- dowlgnmlg mr watson mr irwin had said hnd made the construction of the fireplace a veritable labor of love having hunted all over the township for specially interesting stones to put into it it would stand as long as blue springs is operated as a scout training centre as a monu ment to his work and interest in scouting mr watson has sold his farm on blue springs road and will shortly be moving from the district careless driving charge brings fink s and costs in police court here last ihurwlay bruce kcllmer of milton wus fined 3 and costs an a careless driving charge magistrate irltchard in making the fine gnve consideration to the fact that tin accused was joining the urrny the charge was laid by chief k harrop and the carock driving occurred n mill street in acton tho young man u fortunate a more ser ious harge wus not luld this week hpecsady writ far by wiluam johns taasnan press banff writer plant changes being made while employees holiday provision for additional electric vowt r in ttclng much this wnk at tho pluht of the wool combing corpora tion here lhe cmdooes of the plant are on hollrinyu this week und during the shutdowns plant changes tire im ing made work on the n w conitrutlnu for u wectlon for nddltlomil floor space for added improvements la nlkn undt r- wy by the georgetown lumber co ulio huve the contract nation ok oaroknkkm london cl more than 4000- 00 persons one hu every 10 of the population now art cultivating nl- lotmt nts or small garde itf in britain cash vulue of the foodstuff they product exceeds slljtuvoqoo a year munitions pour from rural plants torontd cp as the ontario general election campaign entered its last two weeks before the polling aug 4 it seemed certain i tie re would be a contest in every one of the pro vinces 00 ridings there was no sign or hint of any acclamation nom i nation day is wednesday july jh meantime tlie party and grout ganlzatlons have unofficially named two or more candidates for every seal saving unexpected retirements every riding will need a polling on t lection lay as this newrmimr goes to pre u wotd rmin of the death on tuesduy july jo of hon duncan mcarthur ontarios mlnutc r of fducallon at his summer home in crand 11 nd on inke huron in his capacity as big chief of the provinces school system since ochtlwr aoth 1940 duncan m arthur was popular with people of nil shades of political opinion as well us itolng an educationist mr mcarthur wus a luwyer and business man and was deputymin ister of education from latl to luio he wus mi mlhr in the i ant legisla ture for mniroe centre where he wus given an ace imitation on his appoint ment to the cabinet three years ugo prosles arriving it is announced that the first lot of the much dlsruiued proxies from on tarios fighting electors overseas will arrive by tmmher this week these j proxies dt legate li relative or friend of the votr in tlio home town or i country riding to mark u ballot on bis or iter im liulf the oversells volt r eannot say in the proxy who is to got the vote hut this instruction muy im conveyed in n prlvute letter to the delegated proxy it hus iveon ektlmated there are its muny us 110000 ontario clot torn in the fighting fouos overseas and lit canada outside of ontario who are entitled to thokti proxies prosles will not ito ukeil hy thaw on active kervice in ontario training centres 1 he he v rvlce people will voto in the tent res where tiny are stutioutd and appoint ed returnlni officers will teh phone or telegraph returns to tin const it u- ojirlcs cotkcrnod on election night members of the navy army and air force re sldt nt in canada for aftointcd chairman mr huihes cltuver tiu mwr fur lltilton who was lunt week tipitolnlod cluijriuan etf the wur kxpe nellture committee to to to the plutv of hon a founltt whit was reee ntly upimtlnt ed tt tin- cahlitt t mr cle uvt r hus imvii chiilinian tf ub ceintinltlere no 1 tui war rnutitdltuts continuously llic the conilllllteei vi as frt up imlnteel weekly war commentary hprauuy writlca ar th afium ha fin bv li ii mmumin km4k lr htafl write timely comments cleaml front the canadian weeklies lunw rvom here and there gleaned for lyc ivcmh by the cunadlan vrw locturs cthuing ip canada hus 1100 doe tors on uulvo mrvlte and the canadian mttlltal aw- kitelatlon is in u position to provide j000jtiatudoitnm upto hid uge at 10 in til montlih this glvi s us uanu indication of how men hi tho modluil pi of ctvsloti ate thinking to day kent ville ins advcrllser 4 est of travel amde from the liilonvonletac a tiavtdlltig couth more llitse flays this may not make a differences to tutiite people hut 11 dew u make a dlffetrituef three months and in ontario for 30 f 1 lrowl lv days prior to their enlistment me elig ible to vote porhonitlly or by proxy before casting the vote tlie pfoxy- holde r must have the proxy validated by an election hoard make hureof vote as to the clvlllnn the home vole nti me n and women over 21 years of tige nnd entitled to the veto should make sure their nnnies are on tho vot- trs lists lhls should not ho left until polling day hlght now there are registration hoards appcnl lionrds nnd other agencies appointed to see that qualified voters are on the lists kvoryono interest d nnd everyone ought to bo should make it his or her business to see thnt he or she has tho franchise uhen cornea election day 1 heres tho old election slogan vote us you pleiihohut vote if you tun and nou is the time to e thnt you can plant and government inspect s c heck hand grenades from sydney to steveston from niagara to nlpawln canadas small towns are turning to war production hamlets fishing villages and prairie towns are playing an increasingly important role in the dominions war program in some centres all the industries have been converted to wartime pro duction dozens of vital materials are being turned out in outlying cen tres where in peacetime no factories existed many plants have increased their staffs some as much as so per cent to handle war orders the varied types of products pour- ins from these plants are contribut ing greatly to the nations total out put they include everything from ngine parts to dehydrated vegetables nnd electrical equipment one factory w hich once made pipe organs u now producing mortur gun boxes small machine shops are making gun parts lumber yards are turning out muni tions boxes the small town of bud- deck on cape breton island is a good example before 1939 it was little more than a summer resort the acht yard thre made pleasure craft and repaired fishing boats today the yard is building work boats for the army and air force and employs 44 workers and war industries mean more em ployment for the townsfolk no longer need they leave homo to seek employment in the big cities men and women are leaving tho kitchen and farm to learn new skills and to take their part ih the nations war effort dublin branch field july meeting at bloomsburv dublin womens institute nut un tluli tiitv meeting in lllootmhuty sthool and hud us thell guests the ttchhhois and filendt of that school hixtlon mis imfooeit wtn in t lutrge roll eull mis utihiierod uith a bt uuty spot in ontatlo motto iho itltt luveluv of the people u the se curity of the nntlon wis uell taken by mrs kennedy mrs somervllle kitvo the story of the origin nnh working of the alton nnd vicinity war services iengue mrs near told othe womens in stitute ns an organization and the muny phases of its work she intro duced the guest speaker miss char- lotto mccullough who outlined the girl s project and told how she won the award for the trip to chicago miss mccullouch gave a delightful ac count of hor trip miss somervllle read extracts from the scrap book the dublin school children sang three choruses which were well received mrs robertson sang o solo mrs storey demonstr it- ed a new idea quilt and apron lunch j was served and a social hour enjoyed its hit to hinder the wur program lunenburg inmj prngre ks kntor- prlho what mn nova hcouat khi re liquor rationing cunie into i ffect the happy greeting of cood morning seems to have changed by muny to hows your liquor permit pkton ns aelvocate t fame cunntuunw in the pnst have won tin- porlulmhlo fame ihere is no doubt that they will notv that the tenting time bus come add further lustre to the name of onnudn pltlon ont cllzotte- why letters mcaree with canadian troops taking part in sicily wo can understand why there has been so little mall from the hoys overseas the past few weeks ior htcurlty reasons thoy were told either not to write or el no to say nothing nhout what thnywere dningiiik- leek hill out paste rn ontario u vie w no i orelwood fit he r if oii cant pay for this paper dont take it if von take it and uemt pay for it tip us off nnd wo hod line the americans were fight vs iii i how you what we can do about ing in the arluuito bettor as the first week of tit sicilian eanifudgn thumlerihl by tlie phrase combined operations took on a new nnd more etmllious lite ailing for the upprehe nulv axis irlor tt the throw that pune hel u small but hire ule itlng bole in hitlers wall ureiund kurtm m op- rallonu tue ant the syut hretnlxlng of the w land und nlr forces of one country in mi offensive stroke now it is u phroue ukcni to etesc rllw lite powr that eull ih intlicte reel when the three serviced of three ceaintrles britain culiudu und the inlted state s ulrlke with he precision und we ltht of h klliule gtattt mieelgehutil- mer ttint iiiumi lie dlkhtiirteiilltg itve n more set thuti the th u uts they huve suffered to tilt axis powers to thom would- 1 m oncueretrs whuse uduy of divide und rule hud mld off with compound hit e rent since imj- ftife the days of munich kilt it n eim- bltteel oiutiutlon us hit lly must mlnt the way to their ultimate defeat even more dearly than their rending arm ed fetrces lt feats muy ih uhsorbed us llrlt- nltt bus proved und buttle s may lw fought us wuu the eh ut rl i utii- pulgu in north africa hut to-op- erat ion such as haw itottn ilt inon- td fat eel by the allied countries now invading sh lly tan not im mulched by tlw axis pat flats lit id togedhet as they ure hy the tits of m lf-lnter- ent only klartecl in tonlj hit groundwotk for this was laid lit tun lulu when oen dwluht d i- imemhowttr mid gen sir harold alexan m hod lludr f luht ing forces to hase homme i front afrit a it rent hed fitiltlon when tint ereuteht atinadu in history kiiarded by the guns of tho itoyal navy and made up of shipping ftotit ttvt ry allied eouit- 1 1 y landed ou r llrlt ish canadian and amerleatt irthips on titer im atlas of sicily with the canadians making u cen tre for tin uttatklng forces and the british and amm leans forming the blanks them troops wore r single fighting force under thteo flays that soon was pushing forward u front that ii week ttftor landing was reitort- ed to stretch 112 utiles in width true reports coming from tho ft ont tell of canadians tuklng one town americans unothi r and tho british still othnrs but ulk glnnce at the map shows they are working on one plan toward one objective with their sights pinned on tho total subjection of what musso lini onco thought was his first lino of dofencci it is tin example of combined op erations hitting with a power multi piled nlnofold the three korvlcos of three counttlos acting us it single force beach catania hefonee it was reported nt tho weekend thnt the invading fortes hnd tnptured more than uo0o0 prisoners us thoy swept foiwnrd through hilly country toward the catania plain where a majo ha wuw believed to be im pending on tho oust coast brltltli nnd cunadlan troops stormed ca tanias deft ni es und thoiio towns ly ing soveial mlku inland i he can adians captured cnltaulrono and cerummh hole in the centre of tho lino at tho uestt rn end of tho al- plaimiiig for the convention here of volunteer firemen acton fire lrigade u making pre purallons for welcoming the forty sec ond annual comenlhut of tlie on larlu volunlejer firemen s asmmib- tlon jtie cemve ntlon will le held on july list and august lit kventw in which he gene ml puhllc will ih tntereatetl ami outside tte cooventlcitl se tulonm will le ttte big nldwuy im ini conclutted in the park on kattirduy evening lite proeeeels from this event g to the ac ton nnd vleinlty war service league tlie re will ih u lunuile to the iurk of fire kite ii unit fire eculpnie til und letl by the attoti hoyn hand on sutatuy a lit rnooti august 1st the re will ih u pulude of firemen unci either orgiuiixjdlotim from the town hull to the inrk where an uhn nlr w rvlce will ik held ut j ui ltd mrude will ih hd by the lirne jcclii iluiiel i he hnd at ten i rentp of lloy hcottts will take purt in the imrade lite mel vice in the park is im ing nr- rutiueel unci will ih coiidue ted by the lot ui it rgytiim ink mneoiin avk toii at il v i ii mkktlnf i ho regular inciting of the b v i v was laid itithduy evening in the t hur ll with the pie side rtt in huiie following u huidtu sy disc us- uloil the scrlplllie it ktuui was r e by mrs mt mullc a mis c jinds- liiough led in pruy r ime thus llutoln ulvc the tople for the even ing tod mnde men which proved very lute roiitlng a hymn and pruy r hy the president concluded t tt pto- gtatii tohonto kaiim commanimw iiiciiiv aerilkciateo ii i ho days of slipshod methods in handling stibsctlptlou accounts and of trusting ptmiple who must never ho it listed have pusheil in i ronton town ttontou ont courier advocnto vlar now overseas i ho glorious twelfth hus tome und tiono with very little fanfare in co- hourg and immediate district co- bout g ont world hrhasute responsibility urbaliltes should feel some respon sibility for their own welfare nnd it is quite certain farmers will appre ciate the help provided when most vitally needed elmfra ont signet threepoint attack london cp delegates to the national union of womens teachers conference pledged themselves to a threepoint course of action de mand attack pester until women are allowed their fair share in shap ing the countrys future romanee in reverse 1 he man on the park bench was small and bedecked with spectacles while his lady friend having entire disregard for the rules of dieting looked for all the world like a walk- ing balloon overlnflated in most parts nnd entirely lacking in others lind say ont watchman warder labor leader casualty cardiff cp george mdrrtc organizing secretary of the south wales regional council was among people killed by german bombs which fell on a south wales town a week ttfti r the jdatt of the in vasion it was dlsdosod that tin can adian 1st division fighting alongside con sir bernard montgomerys desett warriors is under tho com mand of muj con guy c slmonds jof kingston ont at 40 tho officer w tho younicst man of his rank in the canadian army and was an of ficial observer at the 8th armys at tack on tho mareth line in southern tunisia a few months ago praise for the canadians came frem general montgomery i am very pleased indeed to have canadians under my command ho said in an interview with ross munro canadian press war correspondent they have done well in fact they were terrific on the beaches and in the attack inland gave up early but the dominion soldiers were onytblng but pleased by the jack of fight shown by italian troops at many points on the line of advance the canadians reported that the axis troops surrendered in droves as soon as they were required to stand and fight but a warning note was sounded by general montgomery when he said theyll get a bellyful before theyre through canadian personnel is included in the new military government now in charge of occupied positions of sicily continued on pago five in the county lown the truck etf tho i futon company limited with lis aim en i dully loud of farm toiti- niundoh ik a fiimlllui light thtsi days we iiude lidimd from agrle tiltuial itopittontutlvci j 1 whlttloek that tho city of loronto ih rendering ex cellent to operation upwards of km commandos littvc tw en place d with yi llaltein farmers while u small hrc utiige hitvtf tome out for u week in most tumh tli y it turn homo to loronto tho wnnie evening a tiuin- hot of futmirs loudly have hud from two to four commandos dally on four und five different wtuslons which in dicates hoy huve lucn well phased with tho sorvlto rondvred farmers who nre in not d of help would im well udvistd to ton tact the local ag ricultural off lie if they ure inte rest- im in soturlntf some of this lutshitunct its good news to many when news is lacking many fvatima am mialn when vacation ttaw comca yy alone it s been many day alnoe we turn ed out an issue of ins fssa pssss with as little local news as this issue and yet we ttave striven more for news items for our columns this week than is the case in most week there ulwuys some news items and several heudllnts but s we write this on wednesday afternoon the local items huvent devt lofted u single tiondline and we ure ultul in many ways during tlie past three wee k three of the icmiii lieadlincs gave ttte sad ptry etf accidental deaths of thf young people we huve no obituaries to wtte for this issue thefts and flrs ure not recorded mo often when there is a lack of news it is gotvi news for moid of the c ominun- acton council holds only one meet ing in july und school ilourd is in humtiie r vucutlon und lite public utili ties commission is not bound down to regular meetings wo cant huve u inmiber re mony every week and sports huve been utmost extinct in the punt three yt urs many of the meetings of organizations often re- hiiteel ate cuntwlled for the summer months its holiday time und t rhups wer should im tii vnrttthm too but then theres election news of the condl- tlute s und parties that munt im spread among tlie eleetoruttf in those weeks infore the eh ctlon and the news paper is of course tlio logical place to keek sutlt infonnutlon ho if theres ii dearth of item you usuuily find the rt s plenty of news und views in oth r columns we have tlo ti s to make for hit k u lit ws we dont muke the news etdumns hut just uutmblo it and present it to you us it occurs wele glud of the week lis the pres ent to find them so lacking in soma ri tpt tts changes in timk taiiij on iltlhkh now effective sllce the section tit ills tsss pssss giving tho tritvc i timetables iveat to press wer have iturneej of changes which lilt hdv ff t tlve- hie bus we mi bound on sundays uml holidays ut t 2h p m is now due at h38 and tin dully bus due formerly at 1153 plu is now scheduled at ujh pm in tho fust bound schedule tho bus formerly din ut 10 41 pm i now du dally ut u51 pm canada prohiefineht altimeters marlon rogers is tests worlds most sensluve instrament appsurmtue duplicates actual flying eonditlons even to taw vibratitsa of at phiim a bomber drones through the fog returning from another successful raid over germany tired but with a sense of a job well done the pilot prepares to land his giant aircraft a glance at the altimeter on the in strument panel tells him it is time to level off preparatory to starting his landing procedure in a few mo ments the plane la on the ground the motor silenced and the crew away to a well earned rest j without the sensitive altimeter to indicate its height the plane might have crashed on its hairline ac curacy depends the life of the crew on its accuracy too depends trie suc cessful bombing of their target for whether at sea level or at 35000 feet the instrument must show altitudes or heights tnrrectly less than a year ago the kou- man sensitive altimeter was import ed no factory in canada was cap able of making one of the worlds most sensitive instruments as it la called in a few short months a new plant was built workers trained to work to an accuracy of 0002 of an inch and now hundreds of altimeters are being turned out each month to be used by the royal canadian air force the canadian rxoduct not only equals but surpaues in performance those made in other countries under the severe strain of suozero temp eratures imported models were not accurate enough to comply with the rcaf ipeclflcatlona the canad ian instrument bak been compen sated to cut this allowable error or tolerance as it u itwnro to the toad by 40 par cent r rv