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w7m wjfwjvfr s-jfteif- the tribune stouffville ont thursday jan 20th 1944 s t a weekly editor looks at wa iimtoa paaxv 4w w wkly wspcpr of cu fc by jim grcenblat around ottawa they call it a poor snow season here having had only 1914 inches to the end ot dec ember 2s inches behind last years period thats no fooling about more washing machines coining on the market for the j h connor son ltd here started manufacture last week on a schedule allowing 15 per cent of normal peacetime produc tion for january february and march governors generals levee on new years day brought out about a thousand persons the uniforms out numbering civilians nine to one oddity a small christmas card came for the dog of the polish minister to canada from the pet cat of a us official in washington doggone its been moving time tor the ot tawa headquarters staff ot the con sumer branch with the entire staff moving into the freiman building and the director byrne hope san ders into an office in the new tem porary building erected for the war time prices and trade board just across from the chateau laurier hotel on sussex street its two yrs since the branch came into existence during that time 13000 canadian women have enlisted as active offic ers while other hundreds ot thous ands have waged war against higher prices housing registries operated under this branchs super vision found homes for oyer 60000 canadians and close to a thousand women sit on local ration boards some 6207 members of the armed forces discharged from service were placed in employment by selective service in- november the total since april 1942 being 7s936the pensions department reports in the same period 62960 veterans of the first great war got the same service these were not all permanent jobs of course but included occasional and seasonal jobs another interest ing angleauout the same subject is that unemployment assistance to pensioned vets of the first great war hit an alltime low in november 119 getting 2880 as compared with say august 1939 when- 5636 received 122954 sunday school lesson jesus tkaches ix pakllsles golden text if any man nave cars to hear let him hear mark 423 the lesson as a whole approach to the lummi the use of parables by our lord was for a twofold purpose he set forth many deep and important truths in this form in order to test the reality of his heart interests if truly concerned they would seek to get the meaning of the story and so would become earnest inquirers if indifferent they would pay no further attention and so would go on in their careless way hardening their hearts against the truth matt 131115 luke sio but when the consciences of his hearers were exercised they would find that these vivid illustrations fixed in their minds the great truths that jesus taught making an indelible impres sion upon them matt 1316 17 our lord was the prince of preachers and we are told that without a parable spake he not unto them lmatt 1334 the human mlud is so constructed that it receives in structionsfar more readily through apt illustrations than just by the setting forth of either arguments or definitions spurgeon has weli jald the sermon is the house the ill ustrations are the windows that let the light in those who depend en tirely upon abstract truth to reach the hearts and quicken the conscienc es of their hearers are far more like ly to fall to accomplish their earnest desires than those who brighten up their discourses by apt and enlight ening incidents that tend to make clear the doctrines they are endeav oring to set forth in this as in all else jesus crist is our great exemp lar and his early followers whose utterences and letfsrs are recorded in the new testament used the same method the parables of the lord jesus christ were remarkable for their fidelity to nature and to humanllfc he drew his illustrations from those things with which his hearers were thoroughly familiarso that they could follow him readily and the incidents related would be fixed in their minds with the lessons they illustrated so long as there was a real desire to know that truth which makes men free john 832 verso by verse mark 41 he entered into a ship and sat in the sea the land rises gently from the particular part of the sea of galilee where- this took place so that as the lord jesus sat in the fishermans boat his audience would be before him conveniently seated or standing as in a natural amphitheater thusenabling all to hear the voice of the teacher whose sleeping in a trunk is ifun for the time to 16monthsold sally buckneli sally would probably prefer a cot but theres no room for one in the single room she sh ares with her parents flying offi cer and mrs lome e buckneli in overcrowded montreal the 1941 census figures now reveal some significant trends in that year canada had 174767599 acres of oc cupied farm lands an increase of over eleven million acres from 1931 improved farmlands under crop was over 56 uilliion acres a reduction of two million pasturage increased a littlesummer fallow up about a third to 23649852 nearly four million acres was the reduction in woodland jrom 1931 to 1941 while marsh or waste land was down over a million acres the war over in 1944 that would mean feeding europe and quick given adequate ocean tonnage eur ope need not go short of bread the dominion bureau of statistics says we would have 1000000000 bushels halfpfit in canada available for shipment the agricultural confer ence in ottawa in december recom mended no wheat acreage increase for canadarln regarding coarse grains oil bearing- seeds peas beans and cornjis more i urgent also sug- gested a high proportion of land in western canada be summer fallowed which would be an asset if circum stances warranted increase in wheat acreage in 1945 canadas peak wheat acreage was in 1940 with 28- 726000 acres but inls43 it drop ped to17448000 acres the objective set for this year astronomic we call it the figures of cost of this war to canadians world war 1 including two years of demobilization cost us 1670 million compare that with the fi gures up to the end of this fiscal year estimated for the present war at 10824 million total tax re venue for tile 191418 fracas includ ing the demobilization years was 1121- million for thlswar 7300 million in1916 our population- was around 8140000 today or rather 194irit was put at 11506000 do you know that the new explo sive to you and me only known as bdx- research department explo sive was developed by five cana- dian scientists and that it may in crease greatly the striking power of the united nations this week from jan 17 on can ned salmon is rationed and will be available on grocery shelves packed in onequarter onehalf and one pound una with valid meat coupons already issued to be used on the ratloof one quarter pound salmon percpupdn only a portion otthc 1943 catch is available for civilian use the wftb deciding rationing tobethe only equitable way of dis tribution other canned fish such as pilcliard tuna herring and sar dines are not rationed about two thousand of the 100- 000 odd men discharged from our armed forces since the beginning of the war have enrolled for govern ment sponsored univeisity and voca tional training courses of s50 who completed training 7s0 found em ployment in industries for which they were trained men with honor able discharges have a choice of sixty couises estimates of exports of canadian foodstuffs for 1913 to all countries show this country is doing such a tremendous share in the total war effort of the united nations hero are a few of the figures available with 1938 figures in brackets for comparison eggs over 40 million dozen 1842538 cheese about 120000000 lbs 81000000 bacon about 600000000 pounds 170837400 dairy cattle and cal ves 35196 head 7063 odds and- ends of interest good news for ladies a piice board ruling allows a little increased supply of hairpins and bobby pins also for farmers more production ot barbed wire restrictions have been re moved from factories in quebec and ontario so that more canadian ched- der cheese will be avallahle for the home market in the six air ob server schools operated by the cana dian pacific on a nonprofit basis for the british commonwealth air train ing plan aircraft has flown more than 41 million miles from jan 1st to oct 1st 1943 417865 blood donations were contributed to the red cross blood donor clinics across canada the record week was in octo ber with 16 297 it is estimated 400000 men and at least 100000 women have left farms since 1939 but to help overcome the farm labor shortage some thousands of older people who had rotircd came back to help sounds far fetched but isnt it is estimated that the annual gross value of- dairy products in recent years has been placed at over 301 million dollars almost 100 million dollars higher than the estimated annual value of gold production in canada the sale ot milk brings cheques to about 420000 farmers and to this number might he added around 40000 employees in distri buting and manufacturing plants some authorities estimate at least onefifth of canadas population is dependent upon the dairy industry for a living old bossy is qulto an message and personality hud attract ed them to him vehse 2 he taught them many things by parables these parables were illustrations drawn from things with which the hearers were perfect ly familiar so that they could follow him readily if so disposed verse 3 behold theie went out a sower to sow possibly even as he spoke the audience could see such a one not far away the sower pict- tured christ himself primarily though the application is true of every preacher of the word verse 4 some fell by the way side and the fowl of the air came and devoured it up we need not be dis couraged if much of the seed seems to be lost for even when the great est of all sowers was here there were many who paid no attention to the words of grace that fell from his holy lips their hearts were utterly hard and unfeeling like the well- trodden wayside paths verse 5 some tell on stony ground where it had not much earth the soil in this instance may have looked fair but it had not much depth of earth underneath there was hardpan speaking of lack of repentance and exercise before god verse 6 because it had no root it withered away where there is no divine conviction there will be no lasting effects following a temporary stirring of the emotions verse 7 some fell among thorns and it yielded no fruit the careful farmer is commanded to break up your fallow ground and sow not among thorns jer 43 hosea 1012 this is best accom plished in dealing with individual souls when addressing men in the mass there will necessarily be many who aie so occupied with worldly affairs the good seed can find little room for lodgment verse 8 other fell on good ground and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased the good ground pictures hearts prepared by god to receive the seed of the gospel though even then all do not produce alike much depends both on the depth of the spirits work of convic tion berore conversion and the time given to soulcultivation afterwards verse 9- he that hath ears to hear let him hear thus in this solemn way the lord challenges our attention it is easy to listen only with the outward ear and so fail to get the message into the heart verse 26 r is the kingdom of god as it a man should cast seed into the ground preaching the word is sowing the seed whereby the kingdom of god in its spiritual as pect is spread throughout the world it pleased god by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe 1 cor 121 verse 27 the seed should spring and grow up he knoweth not how just as inexplicable as the mystery of life in the seed leading to development of the plant so is the wonder of the new birth john 368 verse 2s first the blade then the ear after the full corn in the ear the law of growth iu the na tural world illustrates growth in grace and in the apprehension of spiritual realities men do not sud denly become mature saints while we are saved in a moment when we trust the lord jesus our growth is a matter of years it is as we assimi late the truth by study of the word prayer and devotion to christ that we bring forth fruit to perfection verse 29 when the fruit is biought forth immediately he put- teth iu the sickle because the har vest is come so the gieat hus bandman is watching over his tilled fields 1 cor 39 margin until the yield is at its best then he takes to himself the fruit for which he has waited so patiently jas 57 verse 30whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of god the lord jesus was about to use an alto gether difleient illustration to pic ture an aspect which the kingdom was to take after he had gone back to the father an aspect veiy differ ent indeed from the first picture of a field of wheat verse 31 like a grain of mus tard seed less than all the seeds that be in the earth it is not ex actly that there are no seeds any where smaller than those of the mustard plant but in a garden of herbs the mustard seed is the least of all this pictures the small and seemingly insignificant beginning of the kingdom of god in the world following the ascension of the son of man to the right hind of the father veise 32 it shooteth out gieat branches the mustard tree is the largest of all the herbs and fitly pictures the kingdom as a power to be reckoned with in the earth in other words it sets forth that which the lord foresaw christendom was to become a vast all inclusive society where the fowls of the air which we are told are representa- final evidence in slotmachine case commissioner w ii stringer con cluded his investigation on tues day and five witnesses who had pre viously given evidence were recall ed to the stand in order to complete the records sgt t wilkinson of the provincial folice was asked to re peat his evidence in respect to the irving slotmachine on sept 4th provincial con stables blbby and riley were at jacksons point obtaining evidence at several places stated sgt wilk inson one place in particular was the premises of j irving known as the everglades they played the machine on this premises and went to other premises to play other machines they came back later to the irving premises to gather the machine and it was gone the officer went on to say that the charge of keeping a common gambling house against mr irving came up in court the following tues day at which time the magistrate asked for the machine told that it had been removed from the prem ises his worship adjourned the case and ordered that the machine be produced in court on sept 21 when the case would be heard i was not present at the court on sept 21st but i believe a machine was brought into the court which bore the serial no 114766 stated the officer this was ordered con fiscated and held in the possession of the court for thirtyone days was the machine produced in court on sept 21st the same machine that was played on by your men on sept 4th asked commissioner stringer from the information received since i would say that it was not replied the witness asked if the machine received by him from chief stuart was the same machine that was turned over to the latter by the court the witness said that he believed that it was the same machine turned over to chief stuart us it bore the same serial number as the one turned into the court on the day the case was heard it was this machine whioh was destroyed on nov 30 1943 by him the witness and his officers and was found to be a skeleton machine containing 45c did you in your previous- evi dence testify to the effect that the men obtained their evidence on this machine which bore the serial no 114766- asked mr mctavish no i dont recall that i did re plied mr wilkinson we have here evidence from the constable of the newmarket court that on september 21st you deliver ed to him at the station a slotmach ine is that correct mr mctavish questioned john hamilton who ad mitted it was it was a blackcolored fivecent heads akmy general nikolai vatutin whose 1st ukrainian army is plunging forward on the russianfront well the lord knew the turn that events would take the heart of the lesson in considering the work of preach ing the gospel we must take into account gods blessed purpose of grace and the condition of the hearts of men to whom the message comes to some it is a matter of no mom ent they are indifferent to it from the first and never become concern ed some are interested for a time their emotions are stirred but there is no depth of exercise others again have a measure of concern but they are men of double mind they would tives of satan and his emissaries t0 make the bes of both worlds matt 1319 mark 415 luke and so thcv never give eternal things 812 find a hiding place the owls of the air that were so busy devouring the good seed in the first parables are now seen hiding in the branches of the mustard tree how their proper place others prepar ed by the spirits convicting work are eager to know the way of life and so receive with meekness the engrafted word jas 121 and bring forth fruit unto god only two of every five canadians are properly nourished 0k borderline io munutr1ti0n heres how to make sure your family gets the right foods ii ii ii according to government surveys only 40 percent of canadians know and regularly eat the right foods forty percent arc on the borderline of mal nutrition and apt in wartime to fall into the under nourished class twenty percent are dcbnitely underfed to help you feed your family well we offer you eattoworktowin free new booklet that takes all the guesswork out of nutrition twentyone days of nutritionallysound menus plus facts about foods that build energy stamina morale learn the easy way to meals that are ostcmptingasthcyarchcalthful send for yor free copy of eat-to- work- towiu mail the coupon now i let this original new booklat bring hotter haalth to your famllyl htbt 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this machine had not been in the irving place or any where else yes do you know where the machine was which was at the irving place i didnt know where it was at that time where is it now i think it is out on location just now asked if the machine turned into the court by him was the same make as the irving machine the witness replied that it was not the same kind of machine witness admitted that when he took the machine to court he knew that it was not the same machine that was played on at the irving place in his testimony mr joseph ir ving proprietor ontho everglades dance hall at jacksonspoint testi fied that he was present when the police officers played the slotmach ines at his place but dealed being there when the gambling device was taken away he saidfthat his son who is now iu the army was taking care of the hall when mr siegal told him to take outthe machine when the provincial men came for the machine i said that i did not know where it was stated mr ir ving one of themdjilnt have a registration certificate iidnt let him search the place asked who took the mac away the witness said that mr gal took it away the following dayas he admitted telling mr siegal that the police had come for the machine would you consider mr siegal had a right to take it away when the police had been there before ques tioned mr mctavish i dont know the law replied mr irving youve had machines on your place before you knew enough to hide it commented the crown recalling constable robert wind sor to the stand mr mctavish ask ed you recall the last tiem you were on the stand that you changed your story from the first time that you were on the stand you admit ted opening the three slotmachines from the davies place the first time in the garage when two machines were opened in the presence of mr mintz and of the proceeds of 48 you gave 5 to mr mintz and kept the balance yourself the third machine you said you removed to the room where it was pried open and the contents taken out you said you changed the nickels taken from machines constable windsor said that he recalled giving this evidence jwhat was the total amount tak en from the three machines there was 5s replied the wit ness i cashed the 53 and mr mintz had five i take it that the fiftythree dol lars was put in your pocket and that you spent it asked the crown i held the money for the crown replied the officer it was returned on january fourth asked to whom he paid the money the witness said that he handed it over to mr mills clerk of the newmarket court tho amount of the cheque was 58 thus ended tho enquiry begun on december 13 1943 commissioner stringer said that he would consider the evidence before him and- then make a report to the aitorncy eral s trii il rimrtii fi j mk