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r thursday december 2jrdl the acton free press page seven l to llimi utu 3br myself i want mt the power of giving tto those who want for everything that makes life worth the liv ing i want a shining fairy plane all pack ed with guttering playthings bananas too and oranges and every kind of gay things to carry just a touch of joy across the broad atlantic little tear stained boys and girts or is that too romantic i want a great big lancaster or bet ter stlll some clippers all loaded down with solid meat or tasty things like kippers with sugar tea and marmalade and biscuits cheese and salmon with cigarettes- and books and games like checkers or backgammon to bear those unlucky fellow whose paresis never reach them t tokens clear they still have friends fresh faith and hop to teach them yes thats my want for christmas- tide no need to mention others its just the want that fills the hearts of scores of wives and mothers adelaide plumptre a weekly emtor eooks at ottawa live poultry has a ceiling stronc protests are belru received by the prices board frorh poultry pro ducers that while consumers are pay ing full celling prices for dressed poultry producers are receiving low- merchant vessels averaging 4000 gross er cor prices for ike poul- tons each were repaired in canada j try put hack into war service and in ad- for instance over 2000 offet sheet of building plans and 2486 blue prints were sent out to 9g0 applicants in addition to many otlier answer to enquiries by armers as to their build ing problems this and thatdurliut the first three years of the uar more than 5000 twenty years ago ftraas the in t ff ttte free press december 17th istts the board of control has recom mended to the city council of ottawa they adopt the city of kiev russia it is reported here that prime minister smuu of south africa can- not visit canada this year as expected but may be able to do so next year 417965 blood donations have been given at red cross clinics across canada from january 1 to october 31 this year the staff of thexde- partment of pensions and national health in ottawa which before the uar numbered about 1800 has in creased to more than 4o0o the le part men t of labor says 14810 men had heen transferred to more essent ia tmptoment under compulsory transfer orders up to november 16 if you rvally want maple run in ration juanthy oui he able to get it next spring according to informa tion reaching the conmmrr branch of the wptb imy itersons who save nil their iv couwns from now till march 2nd will have cnoujh to buy n gallon this becauc the prices hoard nm increasing the value of tv coupons fpr maple syrup from 12 to 20 ounces next march 2nd auo that coupon becoming valid on mnrh cio will be good instead on march 2 horse racing isnt a picayune huvl- nevs in canada by any means these figures may surprise you during 1943 a total of 333145013 was wagered at 32 horse race meetings in canada over 283 days of racing it was near ly eight million dollars more than the previous year at the same numb er of meetings but a few less days prize money paid this year was 1- 178150 answer to query this column is the rev charles hackett eljta farming the function only of being happy new year snow shovelling commenced in earnest on monday morning landlord ritchie of the sunder land house made qul a hit among citizens when he turned on the scores of electric lights which illuminate his lawns on christmas sunday morning the high school at home on friday evening wan one of th best ever put on by the hool the fllrwt canadian girl to wcomo a royal princess is mis ioru fiances booth of ottawa whose engagement to prince erik of denmark hni been announced max ruddick at bronte on friday december 21 1923 to mr and mrs harold ruddick a son mcleodeckinsviller at t methodist parsonage acton on thursday december 20th 1923 by the rev charles hackett william jackson mcleod to phil pa be na marie ecklnsviller of nassaga- weya bellcarnochan at the home of the brides parents acton on saturday december 22nd 1923 by i it should be emphasized that the ditlon some 4o00 naval vessels were board has also set maximum prices repaired in our yards o titanic for live poultry said f s crisdale may eldest daughter of mr and mrs david camochan to frederick arnold bell or coderich med orr at the general hospital guelph on thursday december 20th 1923 adam orr son of mm marv jane orr bower avenue acton life too fast for indian pilot 72ycarom tuverman visits civil ization for pint time in 45 years edmonton cp the tempo of life in the big city is loo fau too fust for johnny bnrens 72- earold indian river pilot on his first trip iii from the far north in 45 years born nt fort simpson johnny haw i source of information of national interest broken down for quick read ing and digest were getting caught up on the war in canada recently certain restric tions on steel were lifted now kcrap aluminum will subject to certain pro visions become available for civilian manufacture the salvage division nntlonn war services has announc ed they have enough old tires and tubes to meet the needs of the crown company handling them improved tungsten supply i also reported the second estimate of canadas field crop shows a reduction of two and a half million hushelt of wheat 17 million huuhels of oats and woven million of barley from the september extlmute the department of munitions and supply is studying postwar poialblll of the north twice in his plants many of which been out lifeonce in 08 and the present trip the hudsons bay company tran sport mackenzie river division with whom johnny is employed presented him with the trip at the end of sh years service johnnys father was employed with the company for 50 years before his death and johnnys on is now engaged as a river pilot following in his parents footsteps after his first flight in to edmon ton johnny took his first train ride when he left for winnipeg to visit relatives in the lake winnipeg dls- trlct where his cousln u tribal chief tain banws lake near lake win nipeg was named after johnnys un cle johnnys wife would not come a- long on the trip becauseofherfent ofboats and planes johnny liked the ride but he still think life has moved too fast in the lost 45 tear l seaforths sends victory cards vancouver op canadian sea forth in italy are sending vict orymade cluutmas curd to friends imek home with its greet ng of 14 llullan and can 1m converted without much trouble such new war industries ns synthetic rubber production optical glass radar equipment which may revolutionize radio communications and is the basis of television will continue in peacetime expansion will be needed in coal as canada import about 6w of its total needs how steel will be needed to rebuild europe ships taken from our inland waters will have to be replaced be sides automobiles radio sets wash ing machines electric refrigerators and a tremendous number of house hold luxuries and necessities have not been produced since 1940 the tletd naiii be a wideopen one on the same questluhas thcpura- graplfabdve a brief presented to the house of commons reconstruction committee by the canadian construc tion association says we will new 300000 houses built in the llrst live ears cost and construction volume first potwat enr 450 million to sa00 million second year 650 mil lion third fourth and fifth ears hoo million each a gross construc tion volume of 300 million a year it was estimated would rkc employ ment to 287000 person in actual sicilian towns which the sea fort hs operations and contributory indus have taken up to nov 7 the first caid tries at 800 millions the total would has arrived in ancouer for mr and mrs james blackwood from their son cpl fergus blackwood its mimeographed and with the stags head and seaforth motto cul- dlchn righ bears tangible evidence of the regiments success then prin ted in two long lines are the names parhlno modlca piazza armerlna vatguarners leonforte nusoria a- gtra val dl salso illlll 333 1 reggto dl calabria ftoano san marco hiu 1007 san croc hill 763 and ber- anello bxrats in india london cp r j m inglls british railway xpert and col j a applston of the american army for merly- general manager of the new york son of the pennsylvania rail- road hsve been released from their present duties to visit india and ad vise on indian railway administration rise to 767000 they asked for im mediate preparation of complete plana for both private and public postwar construction programs to be ready for calling tenders at an hours notice the canadian red cross society is really a peoples organization be cause it u now getting the voluntary assistance of 2096000 persons across canada imagine just under seven million prisoners of war parcels had been packed from january 1941 to october 31 1m3 the estimate for 100000 parcels a week in 1943 would cost thirteen million dollars but it is furely worth it not generally known but farmers can get the advice of the architects office dominion experimental farms service ottawa where all enquiries from farmers and others relating to farm buildings are handled in 1042 job well done celling prices set on walnuts almonds filberts and pecans are higher than in other years no nuts have been imported from the united states since 1940 nula coming in for the christmas trade will come from ua and mexico but limited quantities of almonds from spain portugal and india will catch the canadian market and some almonds and filberts may come from sicily and southern italy unrra says that canadas gift to greece of 15o0o tons of wheat a month is feeding 40 per cent of the people evaporated milk is latest on coupon ration list for restricted areas including most of ontario and quebec and more thickly populated areas in the west british high commissioner to can ada mr m macdonald speaking ir ottawa put in a plug for canadian farmers without them we would hae lost the war two or more ears ago he said evidence since war stalled canada shipped britain over two billion pounds of ham bacon ami lork product more hum 4g0 million pound of cheese morv than 110 mil lion inn of evaporated milk and nlwmt 110lumtwml dozen e w now tup ply 10 per cent of llritalns total egg mppl 21 per cent of her cheese supply i5 per cent of her canned fish supply sj per cent of her wheat and gil per cent of her bacon dehydrated fish planned to help postwar europe successful experiments result in coraenlntcd and nourish ing product rich in protein bv kanileen bex canadian ptees ktaff vrlter vancouver cp small hard era ins of a cerealllkc substance fil led the glass beaker dehydrated her ring which e p sldaway of the van- couver fisheries experiment nl stat ion kajn may help relievo the tremen dous khortane of food in postwar kuropa since june we have been trying to find n satisfactory method of dchd- rating fish ho explained now our only problem in what were going to pack it in dehydrated fish must he kept in nirtlght containers nit it ab sorbs moisture easily he added home water to the iwaker this will soak in then your fish ir ready for cooking he wild whats more youll find it has lout none of its former good flavor probably dehydrated fish will ne ver become n jwaeetutte product sldaway continued when they can get it people prefer tholr fish frohh frozen or smoked hut in these times it khnuld prove invaluable it keeps indefinitely its concentrated ap proximately 10 pound of dehydrated herring this should solve the prob lem of shipping space rich in pro tein this new product will be a nour ishing food for the people who need it most testa at three huuon three experimental stations nt se attle vancouver and newfoundland have been working on fish dehydrat ion every specletl of fish found hear each of the stations is carefully test ed herring brill grey cod ling cod red snapper hollhut salmon nnd dog fish are among the fuh ued at the vancouver- stat ion we had to make the mot of our equipment uald sldaway lend ng the way hack of the htntlon where there is n kmall cannery the hecoimiry materia in hurt to get theve da the fuh is cleaned and then steam ed in a large oven skinned and de- boned it u put under pressure of ap proximately 100 toutulk for ench vquare inch thu in to remove aw niuch of the oil and water in mlble we fake out nil the oil we fall miid sidnway it tendh to become mu ch more uulckly when the flkh is dry the fish is ml need in an ordinary meat grinder atul urund mateilal spread on lre screen troyk ready to be placed on the rotating belt and ro into the dehdrator it takes aprox- imatety four hours according to th kind of fuh before dehydration is complete f sampled one of the grains just after it had come out of the dehyd- rator it tasted like very good and very fresh fish the prices of dressed poultry to th- public are at the ceiling it is natur ally expected that producers should be receiving the live celling for their quality birds at their poultry dree ing centre be i explained celling prices for the main lines of ike poultry in ontario for novem ber are chickens roasters and fry ers live birds more than three ibs 28 cents old heos all weights live birds 24 cents referring to the fact that 25000- ooo pounds si ii 000000 had been subscribed to the red cross since the war began the chairman lord illlffe said that factory and housetohouse collections in great britain mostly in itennles yielded 5oo0o0o pounds or s22mmmkio a ear has potent message por son of heaven maidstone sak cpuohert n perry of uerkley california 1k- earold mcmwr of the v s mari time service has a date in tokyo jtut 0 eait after n grent-great- gtandfnther conunoilore matthew c perry carried a hutorymnklng let ter from president fill more in wash ington to the jauinewe mlkndo perrys nrtcetilor headetl a navy iquadron to japan in 1k53 to arrnnye for n treaty which wouhl stop the jn- luihem from their barborous practice of malt rent log and even murdering wamen who fell into their hands when their whaler were wrecked in japanese waters visiting his aunt mrs florin run- he of maidstone oung perry said i he hoped to deliver a mora potent message when lie keeps his engage ment in tokyo i hope my message u dynamite he said if robert cannot keep that date thereh another perry in the u s maritime service to complete the as signment hes roger roy perry of maple plain minn ib a distant cou sin and ahother descendant of com modore pory tllfju ktkosicst weaponh german prlonerii en route to thltt country for internment ure now de prived of their inzor undes tobacco tins and anything ciko with an edge on it the reawon being that they are unregenernte explulns lieut john brown us nr in the saturday review of ijterature on n previous trip the prisoners wew wiui to have uwl any sharp object thoy could act their hunu on to idnh life 1m1 nnd thuu reluce the chance of their can tors surviving if the vessel were sunk by u imtoit lieut brown suggests thut before incoming hcntlmontal about german prisoners of war we examine the record of the nail party to which they subscribed he palntu to their barbarities how they murdered and pillaged in the name of a kuperlar race how thoy riddled i tlclplck paratroopers floating to the ground and the whole black list of nail party sins if we are soft he says these prisoners are not make no mistake about this our decencies are their strongest weap ons exchange topaz for november we usually think of topaz as being yellow in color according to au thorities at the royal ontario mus eum it in not necessarily bo it in very often colourless or n light blue the yellow vnrlety however is the one most commonly cut as gems unfortunately the name topaz has become somewhat abused spanish topaz mnderla topai and fake topaz are all names given to quart u tone made to resemble topaz some times the adjective gets left off anil the id one become simply topaz as tn ancient gem the topaz was htlleved to din dlmhes of vision during part of the fifteenth conturj a certain topaz with a religious hnrk- u round was mippoited to be a cure for the plague although at present considered to he u precious stone it is a satisfactory gem beautiful and durable it is somewhat softer than ruby but hard er than emerald it is sometimes used to symbolize friendship deaf mute recovers after car accident leeds england cp deaf and dumb since 1917 when a german shell blew him into a tree frederick frith of leeds was struck by an automobile and ftung against a railing he found himself not only unhurt but hearing himself say quite audibly who would have thought it now 26 years after the bomb fell frith is talking and hearing normally candles killed rv plane brome suffolk england cp three roadmen were killed and an other injured when an aircraft at tempted to make a forced landing in a nearby field the plane struck a horse and cart and hurled the cart so yards into the field oooddcs por malta valetta cp maltas christ mas parcels this year will include double rations of sugar egspowdsr fats boiled sweets jam and sweet bis cuits last year there was nothing in the parcels except beans and important message to all subscribers x there are many things these days in the way of wartime restrictions which affect all business places your ncwspajht has its share of these problems in common with every other business you may not like them and we may not get any en joyment out of them hut we both know they are necessary under present dav conditions and an all- out war effort what newspaper rationing means we are permitted sufficient newsprint to pro vide one copy of each issue of this publication to paid subscribers only that means subscribers paid in advance a subscription three months in arrears must be discontinued our mailing lists have dur ing the past few weeks greatly increased and we wel come these new subscribers it means however that provision will have to be made for these new sub scribers to be served in the past we have been perhaps a little too lenient with some old subscribers and continued to send the paper past the due date knowing they would pay the account in due course we are indeed pleased to say that in most eases our confidence was not misplaced and the account has been met but now we have strict newspaper rationing and the old order has changed t starting january 1st we will discontinue the paper to every subs criber who is not paid in advance and place the ac count for arrears for collection this policy will be rigidly followed in the future we do not want to interrupt the regular visits of the home paper and we ask your cooperation in maintaining these reg ular visits look at your label a shortage of help does not permit us to send out accomits to all subscribers and the procedure seems unnecessary anyway since the date on your label every week gives you your account regularly oaring december many subscriptions expire tf your label reads december 43 or any date prior to that it requires your 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