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page eight the acton frbti prbss thursday august 3th ims mtas lb wasales at st josephs hospital strnmlay july 2311 1 to ac 3 and mr owen masales a aon j terrance robert saultharrison at knox col- chapel toronto on saturday 31st 1343 by rev or c a nw dr elizabeth ernuy har rison daughter or mr and mrs c h harrison to mr john henry sault aon or mr and mm henry sault all of toronto ned joe at his late residence lot 1h concession 2 esqueslng township on tuesday august 3rd 1043 alex job beloved husband of phoebe hyatt in his 81st year smith at her late residence acton on monday august 2nd 1041 jean cameron widow of the late john a smith and mother of ann mrs don black isabel murray d margaret at homo lack of fort erie in mkmor1am sagaskie in loving memory of my dear mother who passed nway august 6th 1937 six years have pouted and gone since one wo loved so well wu taken from hir home on earth with jesus christ to dwell the flowers w place upon her grave may wither and decay but the love for her who sleeps be neath shall never fade away lovingly remembered by daughter- nlaw mary and frank sagaskie in loving m mory of my dear mother annie sngaskle who passed nwa autuht fith 1937 her sufferings ended with the dn yet lived she at lis close and breathed the long long night away in statuelike repose but when the sun in all its state illumed the eastern skies she passed through glory morning gate and walked into paradise sadly missed by her daughter and on- inlaw mary and bill additional land for the house of refuge approved contlnued from pace one now operated by the house of refuge amounted to 436 per annum mr robertson jts there any chance of buying the property that we now have rented mr blair we hadn t considered that possibility but it could be looked into after due consideration council was agreed that every effort should be made to secure additional farm land for the house of refuge if not the 300 acres in question then some other adjacent property tbe following resolution was therefore passed un animously moved by mr robertson seconded by mr hall that we give authority to our representatives at the hnlton and peel house of refuge to act re garding the purchase of some land for the hallon and peel house of r f uge other business transacted by coun cil was n ratification of on agreement by the various municipalities in re tard to the equalized numsmcnt of the county in accordance with which n bylaw was passed under which tbe umounl paid would be as follows 53l9137b0 00 for the total assessment of the county of hallon by reason of an appeal by the township of nas- sagaweya that township was allowed n reduction of 8122 00 on their ns- ressment this amount to he absorbed by the other municipalities to avoid the cost of court net ion to revise the assessment nt this time the extra amount to lie met by each munlcipal- li was jin follows acton 9353 20 burlington 708 84 milton 406 22 c ore tow n 440 93 ksqueslng 1- 414 a4 nlson 143522 trafalgar 51 v10 09 accounts passed for payment were ns follows finance county building printing agriculture hospitals 98t72 c3t4 119 29 284 20 95031 six weeks from tomorrow will be acton fair opening day the air was much clearer this morning tn more ways than one the election is over now got back to the bigger subject of winning the war friends have received word that p o jimmlc jones has arrived safe ly overseas the rain was n real help to the root and vegetnble crops even if harvesting was interrupted the voter hove thrown the job back on the politicians its their turn tp unravel wednesdays mess in the inst provincial election 995 votes wore polled in acton yester day 836 votes were registered mrs heritor price has received word thnt her husband ptu h c price has arrived safely overseas the thumbs up club mude a contribution of 5 00 recently to the funds of the acton branch of the navy league ontario wasnt sure whether it wanted the twontytwo point program or the fifteen point offer it turned down the pointless offer the price on potatoes given in the carroll grocery advertisement this week should read 38e for ten pounds instead of the price of 35c uppoarlng on page two the next clinic for blood donors will be held in acton on luesday august 31st all who can donate are asked to register early with the com mittee more thtiu ever donors are noeded as canadlutts got into the thick of the fight the price of tteupilnt haw ad vanced another 4 per ton the sec onds advnnce this year subscription notices to those in arrears have been malted prompt renewal will avoid any interruption in delivery of your fass pass total 2404 06 a motion was also passed to send n mounted group picture to each of tho school children who visited the county council t their regular moot ing recently moved by mr robertson seconded by mr smith that leave be granted to introduce n bylaw authorizing the warden to commit certain persons to the counties of peel and halt on house of refuge pursuant to the house of refuge act mr robertson explained that tills hylaw was neces sary so that persons who were not m n potlt i on to act for themselves might he admitted to the house of refuge by authority of tho warden tho by law was passed resolutions endorsed from other counties were as follows from wellington an nppenl to the department of highways to authorize the payment by the provincial trea surer of subsidy on road expenditure to be quarterly from peel an appeal to tho oil controller of cnnndn to instruct reg ional control officials to- give due consideration to members of muni cipal nnd count councils when ap plying for extra gisollne from nort humberlnnd and dur ham an appeal to tho minister of education to increase the government grant to high continuation and vo cational schools since these costs nre being met entirely by direct taxa tion nt the present time i council adjourned 100 iltohectted or violations one hundred persons were prose cuted and 09 convicted of offences under wartime price and supply regu lutlons during lust week eleven cases were dismissed nine retailers in quobec and ontnrlo were fined for selling potato s above the celling for u second offence of selling fuel- wood at unlawfully high prices a now brunswick tomtrn was fined 500 a montreal u hnlcsittcr w as fined 400 for selling cand at prltes uhove th celling charged with welling small arms ammunition without receiving permits to do so a large wholesale compunv at immonton unu fined 1- soo motv small towns for old britain poetwar planners again uncing it as flank attack on in flated land prices i ondon cp1 f j osbon msn bloomer wan ahead ok her time under the influence of the war worker and the bicycle we have be come accustomed to hcelnu women in slacks not only for lounlry and p j j ports but also for everydnv wear i president nf the town nnd countiy however we arc still opt to think or angulation is ralllni for trousers foi women m u compura- 50 mw small towns in britain pro- tlvely recent dm eloiiment accord- u idlnk ik ins spnie for two million ins to the ronl ontario museum peoples this he held would make a this la not 80 almost a hundred substantial flank attack on the jeara ago whin iilnollius weie thop of inflated site values which accepted stlc mrs amelia bloom- uprtmntiil the creates difficulty in r a very determined lartv started a considering rcplnnnlng of exlstlnff crusade for dress reform and advo- 1 t nn cities cated the wearing by women of long weekly war commentary by frank lowe ji press fmaff writer comes president of the french coun cil of defence previously the lead- era had been copresidents of the french committee and each was chief of his own force baggy trousers which were known as bloomers although the bloomer atyle met with little success and a treat deal of laughter the name has become part of the english language the ghoat of mrs bloomer who was ao far ahead of tier time is now orob- sett sucks the coughdrop they ex- ably wearing slacks and nrultagj plode in the mouth says rome happily coitrii drop bombs london cp latest of the ex plosive machines claimed by rome to have been dropped by the raf are cough drops as soon as a per- hadio using bombs and planes as ingredi ents the city of hamburg as a test tube allied air forces are condu fc an experiment that may well tijh the future of winged warfare up unlit lost week when the hav ucaf and us a a f put ham burg through the grinder seven times without a pause the bombing polity of tho allies hail been to damage en emy centres now they appear to be nlmlng at complete annihilation of whole areas if they cap huc44d in eliminating solely by bombing n city about the size of montreal then allied air power has taken n big stop forward it will appear as a distinct weapon rather than an auxiliary or support ing force to ground and sea units just how well smashed hamburg is has not been told yet but tho des truction must bo terrific into the tortured heart of that gnat port tla f rcaf nnd american planes in seven days dropped flooo tons of explosives and no time was given the city to recover no sooner did one raid end than other nlr armadas approach with fresh loads of destruction beck oned on by the smoke and flame that for a week rose from that bleeding port if that can be done to a strongly defended uhoat bnse and important coahtal port then it can bo done to berlin or any other nemy centre methodically tliolr cities can be re duced to rubble without an allied soldier coming near them kkiockout from air with their cities gone their com munication nothing but tangled rails nnd smashed roads their fac tories only kmokohlnckoned walls defeat would be the enemys only al ternative a modern war cant bo fought from a farm yard so it seems that tho allies ore now with hamburg ns the example at tempting to find out just what chu bo done wlthalr power over that fcort they are learning low long it take how much effort ims to be expended nnd just what price must be paid to put a major enemy centre out of commission if tho findings nro favorable and to date they would appear to be tho lessons learned may no applied to further operations tho reducing of the entire western germnny industrial area to complete impotence various unconfirmed reports stated thnt near riots had occurred in tho cermun port with workers demand ing that the war should he ended holnrlch hlmhiler nazi gostnpo head woh bald to have gone to hamburg to take charge of the situation rbliwt ftiands by grave dovelopm nts in italy kept british cabinet ministers and heads of the fighting kcrvlces at their posts over the weekend while sllonco was maintained nt no 10 downing street reports from various neutral capitals indicated that marshal bado- gllo was striving to maintain order in italy and at the mime time trying to pull tho country out of tho war president roosovelt last week again mode it clear that tho united nn tions uould accept nothing less than unconditional surrender and tho ftus elan government backed up his warn ing to neutral nations not to give asy lum to the ousted mussolini or any other war criminal rome radio repotted saturday that count gateazxo clano mussollnli bonlnlaw had resigned an ambassa dor to the vatican italian newspap ers reaching switzerland said thnt he nnd the former fascist premier had been arrested and were iwlng held prisoner at the foreign office tn homo a variety of rumors indicated that italiangorman dlktrust was growing italian holdlcr were reported to be att mptltig to stop tho movement of fin titer german troops into northern italy by uny of brenner pass at the same time tho ntuls were said to im building up strong defences nround the adrlntlt sen itv of trieste some times called the gateuii to thecal knnu otmpalicn in sicily bottled up in the northeastern cor ner of sicily axis forces v ere right ing at the weekend to maintain tlieli hold on cutanln messina and the nar row strait sepniatlng the island from the italian mainland on he east the british 8th army continued to drive northward toward catania and canadian and american troops fur ther to tho west converged on the flanks of the defending forces in taking aglrn unit of mount ftna canndlan force won their most impoitant lctory of tho ctfmpnlgn the mountain town fell after four days fighting along the road and the hills between the town of nlssorla to the west axis prisoners said they were unable to stand against the ter rific pounding of canadian artillery nine canadian regiments including three permanent force units in the 1st division were officially identifi ed by allied headquarters july ho a further step in the unification of french forces has been taken gen henri glraud has been named com manderinchief of at the french forces and gen charles de gaulle be- canadas war effort on the home and fighting fronts was reviewed by prime minister mackenzie king in a broadcast monday night after nearly four years of war the dominions forces itad reached a total of 750000 men exceedingly we i- trained and magnlflcofltly equipped he bali the irlme minister declared it was possible italy would suffer a com plete toll tiro i and social col la km tlie complete military conquest and occupation of sicily was only a mat ter at a comparatively short time ho added prime minister winston churchill had more to say on the sicilian mm- 1algns in nddreslng tho house of commons tuesday heavy r inforce- menta had been sent in for british canadian nnd american forces lie said axis defenders hacked into the northeastern corner of the island nre now meeting the full force of the al lies final drive from land s n nnd nlr knrly this week the canadians cap tured nlksorln akxoio and hcgnlhuto in the centre to the north nnd on the lert riank of the dominion flght- r american troops took san sto- fano mlstr tin and trolnn marshal badogllo and his new ital ian government stalled for time early thin week as the allied in pared fur ther plans to force italy out of the wnr in the meantime nazi forces were believed to lo building defences la hold the northern part of tho coun try regardless of the rome govern- m nts decision gen d d llsenhowors thrcnt to resume the lwmblng of objectives on the italian mainland unless the ba dogllo government capitulated was put into effect with two attacks on naples in as many days allied plant i also raided other points lit southern italy nnd tn sardinia from madrid came reports of nn impending ponce march on rome by italian leftists but these were not confirmed on baste rtt frvont russian forces pushed german de fenders from several villages ringing orel this week and tho fnll of the city appears to be imminent tho ger manswere said to be building new fortifications west of orel istanbul reports tuesday stated that rumanian and german fire fighting services were battling n huge fire started by the amorlcan attack on the ploestl oilfields sunday an eyewitness who has arrived in tho turkish city estimated that the plo- ofltl regions efficiency as nn oil pro ducing nnd refining centre probably had been cut 50 per cent nt least chief activity by land forces in tho pacific is confined to new georgia island where united states troops nre edging toward tho big japanese air base nt munda fighting through thick junghv tho americans have reached the eastern edge of the big nlr strip tho attacking fotces are itelleved to lie facing the enemys main defence line nnd advices wednesday stated they had tnkon the northeastern slope of nn important hill salamnun japanesehold port in now guinea is being bombed from the nlr and raids are being made on other bases on the island it is be lieved that in tho past two weeks al lied airmen have wrecked nearly 200 japanese barges in the new guinea- new britain area many of those carried ammunition liftlirw mr a dills editor nnd publisher tkne actok fksx puss dear slr- have been in some very dreary parts but none any more so than the one i am in at present we have been liere nktut ten days nnd will nt he leaving for awlille yet fills is one mirt i cannot bring home a nice muvi nlr of this land on my trip whli h was uneventful ns far as enemy crat went wo passed through nil thr- weather nt the four seasons hot weather cold weather rain and fog thuiuh rstorms mid gnh s and i idgmed and itnwd through hundreds of icelx rgs some small and fomc much larg r than our lnrg st building nt home arton its just too had for the ship that meet one of hum nt n i iiit we are nlmiit 2 miles from hie m or xt m 1th in nt whit h conskls of nliout half a down hmnu s log ahlns or half log nnd finme and some frmne mid tar pax r ineld ntnlly i m t two m n up hi re of tho services who have nn arton hoy with tin m who i 1m ll ve now lives in georgt town i do not know him but his name is kus hunter tho only people in this part of tho world nre natives t xe pt for service hie n and contractors labor brought in wages nro good hero 70 cents an hour nnd up with imnrd anil lodg ing thrown in of course there nro tanlecns and commissaries nnd re- ireatlon buildings nnd thentns all free but the men litre really work wven lays n week nnd nn average of fourtt 4 u hours n day wo gtinnt ru on this ship manage to 1ct a f w days work in nt 70 cents per hour which looked pretty good on top of ntivnl pay but you could never spend mui h money up here there nre no railroads here in fact i believe- moid of this land in covered by dog sled on trails only outside of this particular ura of course there is n dally plane m rvlce and i guess this is about all for now x enclose a small flower which is known as t ten and at certain times tea can be brewed from it tho country here is hills nntl scrub for ests mostly of balsam yours sincerely ii v dront leading seaman gunner atfjtntlc round trip made in timk the increasing speed of air service is indicated by the fast time made on the round trip of a big plane operated by transcanada air lines crews in the newly cstnbluhed canadian gov ernment wartime tranuatlatttlc koi- vlce tho piano which took off from montreal airport late on a thursday afternoon reached the btltlsh ihics in the record time of 12 hours 2 minutes landing early friday morn ing with just over twontyfour hours on land tho same piano started off fot cnnndn on saturday afternoon nnd arrived in monti eal airport early suntln 15 hours and six minutes aftet take off having fated ralnktnims throughout the entire crossing thus less than 12 hours or three days its canadians uaimllv murk time wete required to tiavt rue approximately fiojh miles with a bit of a bteuther in between the kasthound trip fiom montreal was a reroid clipping off 5 minutes from the previous best nonstop flight from montreal to lit it- tin on both trips large consignments of nrm mall were carried on the nuordbrenklng pastbound trip the plane was in charge of captnln ron ald f offline operations manager of ironsc inada air lines while on the return journey the plnne was in t harie of captain m b jock bar clay also of he 1 c a serles wfkkknd good turn a wotkend good turn carried out h the bo scouts of birmingham england is to meet every train com ing into the city each saturday and to deliver tho kit bags of servicemen nnd servlcewomen arriving in the cfty teams of six are always on duty four for delivering bags one to act guide nnd the other to remain at the station aa liaison officer 1atk ov caciiruvt london cp first deflnlto news of the fate of the british sub marine cacholot presumed lost hit august 1011 wan given by one of her row william plcton repatriated from italy he said she was rammed by an italian destroyer in the gulf of slrate wrens on a vital war job lirltnlns wnns wont h s ronl kinul s ru m ivd a wt ii turned trlbutt from n inlw ru of iarlijmw nt in 1h moum of common mo mil fort thousand of th m womm form a liv ing inftirnl p irt of tlu itowil niv i in ir offktr do tw o thud of tlu iitiiiidmiuutratiw work in ilritimts s nlur rvu i mu h of it in vital pltture khows wr m put kitij paint hut forth hrlt luh hitt air arm u skilhd job whit h n ds ununvt rim omp- al a figlilfr station in britain miortly leforo he landed with the canadian assault troops on the beaches of sicily cftc wnr correspondent p ter sturkburg in terviewed n famous canadian aa- in britain it was a vancouver reunion squadron loath r ktlwartl francis john jack charles dfc left u the son of mrs anne charles of vantouver charles it will be renumbered split a itoo purbe with a fighting french pilot for the thousandth plane brought down by their resjmtc- tlve squadrons charles hngged eh vt n of the nemy plant a in his squadrons tally sturslierg right was a member of the cbc van couver newsroom staff lw foro going overseas cpr beats obstacles to movevvartime shipments 1 pmniculrly adapted for littllng outsize and odd- i h aped u ir sh pments canadian puciflc railway flat cars shown above utoply and with loula of boiu n tor corvettes ihi o trnns- finikr nnd u weldedrtccl boat h ve b- n of grcnt n 1 to tho war cfi of cnunda and the unite platen recently tho companys largest depreasctl centre tint cars one of which is pictured nt tho bottom of this layout were tho only oiks which could handle a isoton tank 165 feet long and 124 feetj in diameter from lachlne que to a synthatlo rubber plant in southwestern ontario two of these huge cars now are on loon- in uie united states haul ing marine engines for the kaiser j shipyards a type of shipment in which the canadian paciflo pion eered aa illustrated upper right whore two smaller depressed- centre flat cars are shown each loaded with a corvette boiler these important shipments tow ered 21 feet five inches above top of rail when blocked up to get them by certain halfdeck girder spans on many bridges and at some bridges this blocking hatfto be removed while the boilers were held up by jacks and the shipment lowered to clear the bridge the companys engineering- department laid down the special moves necessary to get the cor vette bailers from toronto to quebec listing all permanent lav stallatlons which had to bo ra- psoved temrxsraruyltka tacsuuopa initiated by the canadian pacta for this movement has alnoe beam copied by other roads to the great profit of the war effort in the matter of the transformer t upper left the main considera tion was to get equipment heavy enough to carry it frorn toronto to milton ont with its weight of 134 tons being only one ton lesa tharl the maximum load capacity of the biggest depressedcentre flat car tae company has in its freight rolling stock of 77710 pleoea all tn war service the boat centre was an awkward load with maximum width of 13 feet loraoaat it was 1 feet six inch long and was transported from owanftoa qu to saint john mj aa s fufr parav t jfeili njkjbafafcanfc t fci