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thursday december 33ld ims the acton free press pack rm unit rf- storey b home from port ajbcral bjc cor the houdaya ac2 don ron of reglna u home on leave for the christmas holiday ac1 stuart lantx rxlaf dunn- vuje spent the weekend at his home mr and mrs e k harrop are apendinx the christmas holidays in detroit michigan sigma wlujam robertson on fur lough from newfoundland spent the weekend at the home of his sister mrs stuart lantst mr roy wansborough and mr harold wansbaroagh visited their mother over the weekend sent bob chalmers of dfoesask vtslted on wednesday with his par ents mr and mrs j b chalmers mr and mrs angus mckbinon of brarebridge are spending the christ mas holidays at the home of mr and mrs g w masales mrs d c russell has returned from st michaels hospital toronto where she has been undergoing treat ment for eye trouble miss molly cutu is home from tor onto for the holidays where she has been taking a business course at shaws business college mr and mrs harold swnckhamer nadlne sand joyce of hamilton vis ited at their parental home mr and mrs arthur swackhamer on sunday mr and mrs g w masales and mr ken mpklnnon spent a few days in bracebtidge and attended tho gul den wedding anniversary of mr and mrs angus mcklnnon to celebrate their sixtieth wedding anniversary mr and mrs w h mainprise with their family will be at home to their friends on monduy december 27th from 3 jo to 530 and from 710 to 900 ml g r lfahen to address toe jesksey bbifhjht halton jersey breeders plan to hold their annual meeting in the orange halt hornby on thursday january 20 the business bfiilrwi will be held hi the morning followed by a dinner which will be catered by the hornby womens institute dr g e rearoan of the ontario agricultural college cuelph and james brenner of toron to secretary of the canadian jersey cattle club will be the special speak ers at the afternoon program this thriving organtzauon is recognised as one of the most active jersey clubs id the dominion and their annual meeting always provides m program eagerly looked forward to by all jersey enthusiasts the boys band make presentation to mr c w mason lost friday evening the mother and friends of acton boys band ar ranged a little christmas party for the boys and provided a social even ing of games topped off with a lunch the evening was also made the oc casion for the boys to show their ap preciation to their leader mr c w mason on behalf of the band alvln kentner read an address nnd ken anderson and eddie crcwson present h htm with a fountain pen and lea ther wallet in his reply mr mas on thanked the boyu for their thought- funess anil remembrance labor ml p urges wide empire trade london cp emmanuel shin- well labor m p advocates increased empire trade as a means of develop ing britains postwar exports and says this avenue of expanding trade must be used to the highest if we are to maintain a fairly high standard of living we must produce the goods the dominions and colonies need he told a recent meeting and in turn be ready to take from them what they must sell this can be done without tariffs or any other form of fiscal restriction donations come and cablegrams to war service league secretary w mlofetton retorts tills woek a donation of 5 from the scout mothers group for acton and viiln- ity war services league a letter from w r wiu crlpps from ite- glna sask enclosed a donation of 10 mr crlpiis says i notice by tmt fakk pans the good work of the war serivr league for our boys overseas i was born and raised u short distance west of acton i am mending you a small donation as i know quite u number of the boys fathers and mothers a cable from john wilson over seas says received parcel and elg- urettes many thank seasons greetings to acton friends garage operators have annual meeting and elect officers about fifty members und guests wit down to a chicken dinner when the annual meeting of the halton branch of the garage operators was held at oakvllle inn on tuesday evening december 7th mr fred sinclair of georgetown the lirst vic president was in the chair mr e j wadham knunaglng ed itor of garage operator of toronto was guest speaker of the evening and gave a very interesting and instruct ive talk on postwar problems con cerning the trade mr jim gierke president of tor onto branch conducted election of of ficers for 1944 resulting as follows president fred sinclair george town 1st vicepresident dick mc- durfe milton 2nd vicepresident jack kibble oakvllle secretary frank tuck nelson treasurer ar thur benton llmchoube directors ted tyler wm norton acton jock cain art scott georgetown george dolby gordon brigden milton len mcklndley fred petrle burlington ken johnson vern dynes oakvllle no liquor store for halton county shortage of spirits tcontlnued from pace one the railway crossing at fishers cor ners was also laid over for further co the following resolutions were pass ed a bylaw was given the required three readings and passed author izing an additional expenditure of 300000 on the county roads system moved by mr craig and seconded by mr campbell that this council in struct the clerk to write a letter of appreciation for efficient service ren dered by provincial constable j rea- vuy to tle county of halton ami tlut a copy of this letter be sent to com missioner stringer a grant or s15000 was made to w deans the county clerk for efficient service on the old age pensions and mothers allowance board a grant of 150 oo was also given to the county road engineer to cov er the increase in gas oil etc for his travelling expenses mr gilbert was in the chair in committee of the whole and mr blair acted as chairman when the members of the council expressed their individual appreciation to mr mcdonald for the efficiency and cour tesy which had characterized the manner in which he officiated as warden of the county for 1943 the warden expressed his apprec iation to the members of the council for their cooperation following which council concluded its business for this meeting and for tho year by singing the national anthem weekly war commentary br fbank um some suggested freedoms theres no ceiling no good wishes thats why were happy to wish all our friends tho biggest und best and mer riest christmas of all time please note the store wiu be dosed from pridmy evening until tuesday morisrhg december 28 elliott bros chriscmas holiday dances ryan auditorium guelph christmas eve dec 24th 0p oclock christmas night dec 25th 1112 oclock bill harris ohch before this freedom business gets completely hackneyed wed like to weigh in with our own list if the postwar utopia is really going to bo free here are some of tho items wo arc going to suggest freedom from crab grass freedom from complicated income tax forms freedom from individual who do not identify themselves when thoy ktart n telephone conversation freedom from bridge partners who bid no trump with only two suits stopped freedom from frank sinatra freedom of home movies of people ou never heard of freedom from tho common cold freedom from the homo gardeners who fib about tho size of their toma toes freedom from pictures of masked wrestlers and hollywood starlets in tin thing suits that never get wet freedom from second features freedom from restaurants thnt ttlll hide tho sugar freedom from w omen in slacks war workers excepted freedom from having other poo- plos ideas of freedom rammed down our throats columbus dispatch sunday midnight dec 26 1205 toi oclock bob donellets orch regular admissions 50c person acuta in moscow moscow tcp hors races were held here for the first time since- the- beglnnlnic of the war thousands of moscovltes thronged the hippodrome track and many recordbreaking per formances were given by horses ot pure russian and russo american stock bred and trained at state and collective ho farms gregory theatre kuidav dxamlwr 14 hit the ice wltk abbott costcllo matuhday december m at a imii salute for three wltk mcdonald carey betty rhodes king oe the cowboys boy rogers monday decembeb st phanton of the opera technlcolor susannah poster nelson eddy clearing auction sale in trafalgar township of percheron horses oxford sheep durham cattle implements hay grain and furniture and real eastate the undersigned has received in tit ructions from t m galbralth and the executors of the estate of the late a a ualbraltii to sell by pubylc auction at lot 2 concession 6 n s township ol trafalgar oh wednesday decembeb sst 1b4s at one oclock the following horses 1 grey percheron mare s years 1 black percheron gelding k years an exceptionally hnndy form team cattle 1 durham cow duo in feb 4 tio year old durham steers fat ondurhnm steers stock em 2 durham helfers just bred s heifers 1 year od sir heep pigs and poultry 13 oxford breeding ewes 1 oxford itnm 1 york sow and 12 pigs 75 ijiylnc hens hay nnd grain 20 ton mixed ho 5 ton timothy 15 ton threshed red clover 150 bus 1042 cartler oats and 150 bus 11943 cartler oats suitable for seed implements and furniture deerlng 5 ft mower new m ii hay hake drag cultivator twosection set of lever harrows 2 walking pious 21 scuffler rubbertire wag on nnd rack 14 ft new tractor trailer and rack 14 ft new home made tractor cutter rubbertire buggy large iron kettle 2 screw jacks stoneboat oil barrels ex tension ladders set of scales 240 lbs sacks bas ropes hay fork bag truck forks chains neekyokea doubletrees etc set of double har ness brass- mounted new set of single harness several collars some new 1 double bed tarings and mattress single bed springs and mattress box stove washstand odd chairs wheelbarrow other household effecrs real estate also at the sam time and place will be offered for sale subject to a reserve bid the farm being west half of lot 2 con 6 township of trafalgar known as valley view farm and consisting of 100 acres more or less of excep tionally well drained fertile land with suitable farmbuljdlngs in good repair and endless water supply from well spring and creek terms on real eastate mad known day tt rale no r on chattels terms cash on chattels j a elliott auctioneer r r ford clerk b 1 i that intangible but essential attri bute to victory the initiative appar ently has been secured by the allies in the southwest pad he there where for two long years small forces have been holding the japanese the time for attack on large scale has arrived and it would seem from the developments on new britain the gilberts and marshalls and other is that the time is not being wasted with bold sure strokes gen doug las macarthur and his staff have sent their forces surging against the nu merically superior japanese in de vastating and successful combined op erations moves apparently aimed at the reduction of rabaul as an enemy fortress and it seems the move will cul minate in just that as australian and united states fighting men in that sector supreme in the air and un challenged on the sea are slowly gaining the upper hand on land it is quite a changetoo it seems only a short while ago that australia was girding herself to repel an in vasion and the only orders those fighting men had were to hold at any cost and to retreat no further puupplaea next now they are advancing headed for rahaul and eventually tho philip- pined they wont get there in a hur ry and the path will lie studded with bitter tattles but tho movement seems destined to ncileve its object ive- that objective of course is hot just to gain tho prestige of having token imck some pacific islands it has tho cold military objective of smashing a chain which japan early in tho war forged round australia and thus kept allied power from getting at her new ly won empire once tho island links of thin chain hnvo been broken nnd rabaul tnken the first step toward tokyo may be uuld to have been completed for raltaul with its satellite ttrongholdti strategically scattered on surrounding islands is tho king link in thin chain that lias been japans foremost harrier against direct at tack once it is gone there will still be thousands of miles of water separat ing tokyo from allied vengeance but the sen lanes lending there will bo easier for the united nations to con trol than for the japanese grand fleet four days after landing in the ar- awe sector tho united st n tea invasion forcestroops of the fth nrmy had occupied the entire cape mcrkua pen insula tliln gnve them complete con- trot of tho thrcomllo neck of land flanking tho arnwo harbor on tho southwest coast of tho big inland ami lending toward the ulto of the piin- ently unserviceable nlr strip meanwhile on the second south west pacific land front across tho vltlnz straits auhttalluns pressed northward along the shore of tho hu- on pen liiaujn of now guinea flemtan stopped on the russian front gen nikolai vatutlns 1st ukraine nrmy npponrs to huve halted marshal fritz won mnnnstelns tank offensive in tho ki ev bulge henry cosldy associated press correspondent in moscow re ports thnt gen vatutlns army has won a defensive victory as lmportnnt ns some of its offensive victories the germ anti gained the important rail cities of zhltomnr and korcstou nhd the highway junction of radom- syl in prolonged and expensive ar mor nksaults hut failed to achieve a major breakthrough the righting in the area which was of a desperate nature and on a large scale for weeks nppears to hnvo dwindled to scouting operations president roosevelt has returned to washington from his conferences with prlmo minister churchill mnr- uhal stalin and president lonu of turkey and revealed a nazi plot in tehernn against the big three of the united nations had been foiled the president gave no details of tho plot but said there musv have been 100 or more german agents in tehran the plot had been discovered by the russians the president said and as a result he had moved to the rus sian embassy the british kmbausy was nekt door so none of the three principals had to go through the streets for their momentous lonfer ence however while the nazis failed to harm any of the leaders pneumonia laid the british prime minister low and he still is confined to his bed fcomewhoro in the middle east even pneumonia failed to keep the dynamic churchill idle however and he has insisted on directing britains war effort from his sickbed french in italy from algiers comes word that french troops have taken their place in the italian fighting lines thus for the first time since nov 11 1918 troops of the four great allies of the first great warbritain the united states france and italy are fight ing side by side against the germans tho french troops are said to be splendidly equipped with the most modern weapons they trained in north africa the boys write home to service league from front among the cards and letters re ceived by the acton war service lea gue we gleaned the following that will be read with interest w o il c kuloy writes from the middle east yesterday 1 received a parcel of shaving cream tooth pasfe etc everything arrived hr perfect shape except unfortunately the cake 1 can understand that though because lately it jure has been hot ne tonight i am just sitting in the mess with my shirt off trying to keep a little cool it has been very humid all week since last writing i have been post ed to a different unit again it is very good heie more of a rest than anything else i expect to be hero about six months and it is quite break flying is not too hard and we get into a small town hear hero to see a show two or three nights n week we an still living in tents as usual for the middle cast its over t years now and ill suro lie glad when the time comes for me to live again like xe used to at home i dont think ill ever wont to hear of damp ing out again when i get home one of the hoys here douj con ncll is from hamilton and has been to a lot of places that i used to go to lo we have plenty ta talk about we manage to get 4h hourleaves pretty regularly so last weekend doug and i went to cairo and had u very good time i met some of tho boys there i hadnt seen since leaving england so thnt made it all the iwttcr sgt j wallace and l sgt k frank write from italy juht a few lines to khow our ap preciation for the most valued gift f 300- sweet cups we were very glad to get them as sometimes our n a a f f comes and mtmu times not when it does we kmnke if it doemit wo just do with out if it was not for your wonderful organization there are many times we would imi smoking three nuns we are now nearly in the heart of italy our town so far hits been full nfexcltemeut and adventure cpl inglu writes if only you could teo ns wo see how your parcels nnd cigarettes nre n predated you would feel n groat joy for the grand job you nil are do ing imck there i do hope before too many more months pass we will ih nblo to meet perwmally iiiom who have made all these comforts possible i receive the free press quite reg ular from tho heard mare co ltd and after rending these are passed on to thoo lem fortunate thus wo can keep in closer touch with tho happen ings back home nnu at appreciation nnd christ mas greetings were also received from cpl h w godfrey gnr f kolly gnr a ford lac van wyck gnr frank toll l cpl ii mclntyre drv r mnhon gnr f w near pte a e perrymnh lac rewley gnr w j clhlwms sgt e a clifford pte u lyt swnckhamer pie j moore cpl j m mcgenchle pto m mcmil lan pte arnold wenvor pte e pat rick bdam n gibson pte s fields pte a given s sgt b rutledge pte geo stringer pte ii price rfn s a jnmes rfn t bragg l cpl u footltt cliff mcdonald gnr a w slnclnlr cpl d mcdonald pto a johnson pto c a rowts pte o r brown sgt e bnynton j honeywell lac elmer lnshy tpr a gamble poijhif iandhtape painter is imprkh8ed bv canada after seeing jasper national purk mount rohson and prince albert national pork rnfnl mnlczewskl polish mtlst nays that cnnnda u a mngnlficont country for tho painter he was in winnipeg on his way to ottawa with water colours painted in western canada chlofly in the rockies which remind him of his native carpathians accompanied by hlu wife lie cycled over mountain trails to medicine lake in jasper visited the columbia icefield ns guost of j a wood park superlntundnnt painted the angel glacier of mount edith cnvell stretches of the atha- tmskn river mount rohson nnd other bcenes familiar to prewar visitors 1 he canadian landscape impressed mr mnlczewskl as did the people kiiidnett und friendliness are unfad ing he m and democracy is real in the winter of 1019 the malczew- skls fled before the nazis footing it through the mountains of czecho slovakia into hungary then through italy into france thence to portugal and brazil eventually coming to canada in canada mrs mulcewskl learned of the death of a sister in a concentration camp hut the fate of other membersof tieir families re mains unknown r thei officials contest centenarians age j bath england cp the quest ion of the moment here is the age of mrs elizabeth vlck its 101 102 or 103 with the old age pension author ities contesting mrs vicks assertion she is 102 or 103 a search is being made of official record to sec who is right anyway mrs vlck who is said to be the oldest resident in any salvation army town in britain got 103 candles on a cako for her recent birthday seasons greetings at this season of the year we pause to thank our patrons and friends for their patronagc and good wishes in turn wo wish them every success and happiness for the future we pledge our selves to strive ever to serve in more complete and satisfying ways a merrv christmas to aix johnstone rumley acton ontario eettrctkeetraeeecml oldtutd atetu to our old friends with whom we htvc hud tho pleasure 6f doing business in years past and to our newer customers who we hope during the course of coming years will become old customers und old friends to all whose friendship and goodwill have helped to make our christmas more thorough ly enjoyable wesay thank you sincerely and heartily having gone through the past year of most trying times together has cemented our friendship we trust that in the future we shall be able to cooperate even more fully in times of peace ve join in praying for an early cessation of hostilities und a victorious return home ot our boys and girls in the forces we wish you a real merry christmas and a bright and happy new year b d rachlin the engine cleaner israjthjjtml u i yvtab brought many changes to canadian railvrays owing to the larao vflnuniber of men who left the trn asportation industry to enlist in the amr i forces of tho dciroinion consequently nearly four hundred women ore wing employed in the motive power department of the conndmn national railways doing john previously performed by some of the 13880 en of the national system who have enlisted for nrtlve service grant m noted canadian artmt found a fine subject for his pencil in mrs annie knight employed as an engine cleaner the official designation for workers who form tho exterior dusting wiping and polishing on powerful locomoi which haul heavy loads of wartime freight ita just housework in a different atmosphere commented mrs knight to tho artist