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This Article Refutcs the Allegation That There is Any Food Shortage in Great Britain, or That Prices are Un- duly High. Supports Accounts Given in Letters Received in Town and District. (By ELLISOVA BAYERB) Most of Great Britain's essential foodstuffs and raw materials are now controlled by the Government. The re- sult is that. food in Great Britain is cheap and abundant. Controlled foodstuffs include bacon and ham. butter and cheese. imported eggs. condensed milk. cereals and cereal products. fish and meat. canned fish. livestock, all animal feeding stufl's, on and fats. pomwes, sugar. tea and dried fruits. Since the outbreak of war the British Government has become the largest food importer in the world. Business men who previously dealt in these pro- ducts are giving their services to the British Government as expert advisers, many of " ="yithout remuneration. The sh government, fully alive to the W5 of wartime shipping. lost no timeéf placing food contracts in the Byi't‘lsfifi‘bominimis and Colonies on the 0110“»! war. The emit?! West Amrican cocoa crap. for instamgg was bought, up by the British Government. and wheat was purchased .at the lowest price for 300 yea rs. 4‘ , The whob exportaible butter surplus of New Zea’h'nd and Australia was {bought in advance at pre- war prices. Thanks to the efficiency with which the British Navy protects the world's trade routes. 99 per cent of all the food supplies shipped to Great Britain from other Cain-tries have reached these shores sately. - . Prices â€"- wholesale. retail and com- modityâ€"in 'raétically every country in the w ' ‘ Ve risen since the out- 'break of war. Since the beginning of 1940, however there has been a new aii- round ivei of stability in Great Britain. ff deed. in March this year food prices in Great Britain fell 35 per cent, compared with February. This shows how successful the British Government has been in keeping down prices. THURSDAY. MAY 1611!. 1940 Ac‘cording to the Parliamentary Sec- retary to the Ministry of Food. the British Gobe‘rnment is spending be- tween £3,000 and £4,000 a week to keep 'the price of flour at its present level. while 2300090": week is spent, on con- ‘irolling the prie of meat. 'The control (:1‘ milk prices costs the Ministry £250.- (:1‘ milk prices costs the Ministry £250.- 000 a week. In all. the British Government is spending £1,115,000 a week to keep the price of food within the reach of all sections of the community. The result is that the 21:1). load is said to the public at 8d. instead of 10‘Ifid.â€"which would be the market price without control. Milk is sold at 7d. a quart, instead of 8d. and meat at 2d. a lb. below what would otherwise be the prevailing price. The British Government‘s aim is to protect the poorer classes. It is not enough that there should be plenty. as there is. What the British Government is ensuring is that food shall be obtain- able at a price within the reach of all. There are no food queues in Great Britain. 'Ihe contracts made by the Ministry of Food cover, for instance. all West Alfrica‘s production of oil for conversion into margarine. This. strengthened. with A and D vitamins. provides a corn- plete butter substitute at half thecost of butter; again. 88 per cent of New Zealand’s meat suppiles are reserved for Great Britain, and the whole of Turkey‘s output of sultanas. raisins and dried fruit have been bought for British consumption. In Great Qritain itself. the Ministry of Food is Operating on a scale far raster than that known in the last war. Under the existing system the small trade can carry on with his job under Government opntrol. Local food com- mitteesâ€"2,000 OI themâ€"have been set up in every"’sq}all town and borough. They work under the guidance of a wholesaleebgimittee which obtains its supplies {Wthe Government. Only tni'fiffarticles of foodâ€"meat, sugar and butterâ€"are rationed in Great Britain. There are no fewer than 70.000 retailers handling consumers’ ration coupons. which are passed on to the wholesalers. W310. in turn. hand them to the Ministry of Food. In this way the Ministryisecures an equitable dis- tribution okra-timed foods to all the population of Great Britain. while in the case of 'both rationed and unration- rd foods Ept‘ipqs are kept within the In the meantime large surpluses of butter. sugar. oils. tea. meat and tinned mods are accumulating in Great Bri- tain. were they are stored all over the country. Thus. though war conditions may entail some delays. the British pub- lic is assured of plentiful supplies of its staple IOOdS at fair pimcs. the case of both 0d foods 'spr' reach of ~an. In the meant. butter. sugar. oih loads are accun 1341 Pine Street North Timmlns AND REAL ESTATE IN ALL BRANCHES INSURANCE SIMMS, HOOKER DREW HOUSES AND IOTS rson .ALE (HONVENIENT 'IERMS Manse of United Church the Scene of Charming Wedding A quiet yet charming marriage was solemnized at the Timmins United Church manse on Wednesday evening at 730 o'.clock when the Rev. W. M. Mustard officiated at the marriage of Miss Taimi Forsberg. daughter of Mrs Forsberg, of 23 Hoilinger Avenue, and the late Mr. Walter Forsberg. to Mr. Harold McGiliis eldest son of Mrs. B McGiliis of 44“.- Kirby Avenue, and the date Mr. McGiJis. Miss Taimi Fo1sbe1g and Mr. Harold McGillis Mai- lied Yesterday. Attired in Heavenly Blue wool crepe. the bride made a lovely picture. Her street-length ensemble was simply cut. with bolero effect bodice. high neckline, bracelet length sleeves and full flared skirt. and with it she wore a grey 'possum fur jacket. and grey suede accessories A small hat, made of blue cornflowers and a porsage of pink Briar- clifl‘e roses and lily-of-the-valley com- :pleted her ensemble. Miss Margaret Latimcr was the bridesmaid. choosing for the occasion a steel grey tailored suit, with a blue silk blouse and matching accessories, and a Corsage of mixed sweetpeas. Prior to her marriage the popular bride was entertained at a shower held at the home of Mrs. T. Young. who was hostess with Misses Nclma Johnson and Toini Laakso. “Mr. and Mrs. McGillis will take up residence, for the present, at 23 1101- lingcr Avenue, rear. Ottawa. May 15â€"H0n. Ian A. Mac- kenzie. Minister of Pensions and National Health. will attend the Can- adian Legion‘s sessions on unemploy- ment and rehabilitation to be held in conjunction with the Legion's eighth annual Dominion convention in Mon- treal, May 27 to 30. it was announced today by J. R. Bowler. M.B.E., general secretary. It is expected that the Min- ister will also address the convention. The convention will be attended by Brigadier W. W. Foster. Dominion President. and will be presided over by A. E. Moore. of Winnipeg. Dominion chairman. The last Dominion conven- tion was held at Fort William in 1938. Upwards of 500 delegates represent- ing the Legion’s 1.200 branches in Canada and the United States are expected to join in what may be the most important gathering in the his- tory of the Dominion‘s .largest ex- service men‘s organization. Represen- tatives of the Tuberculous and Imperial Veterans divisions of the Legion will convene simultaneously. ex-service men of the last war and the eventual rehabilitation of those serving in the present struggle. During the four-day meeting, ar- rangements for which are now com- pleted, various activities of the Legion in the interests of veterans of the first Great War will be discussed. Among the major problems to be dealt with will be that of unemployment among A man named William Sheffield at Odbalt was sentenced to serve six months in jail on a charge of illegal possession of stolen goods. The articles in question were not of any considerable value. being a bag of oats and three chickens. but evidence at the trial sug- gested that the man had encouraged his own twelve-year-old son and an- other boy to thefts of this kind. The police in tracing clues in connection .with a nunibcr of petty robberies struck the trail of the two boys. and the story came out apparently in full regard to the two cases against Sheffield. The boys were given a stern lecture and allowed to go on suspended sentence for 0110 year. Father Sent t0 Jail for Encouraging [’03 to Steal ’ension Minister Will Attend Legion Convention Phoneâ€"Office 1 l2 Residence 135 Two men were charged with assault- ing women last night. They were George Walla and Jame B. Gallagher. In the first case police were called to referee in a quarrel between George Walla. who lives at the Consumers' Co-operatlve boarding house. and Rose Nikumaa. Walla was alleged to have picked up a heavy jug during the al- tercation and to have rapped Rose smartly over the elbow putting her temporarily out of action. In the second case Jame B. Gallagher. of Pine street north. is alleged to have severely beaten his wife. Violet Gal- lagher. He is alleged to have used his fists on her with telling effect. Police stated that when they saw the w0man her blouse was well stained with blood. Allege One Hit Woman With Jug ()ther Beat Wife Two Men Face Charges of - Beating Women, in P0]- ice Court Tuesday. .0 O ‘00. .0 O O O. O O O. N O O N O 0 O. O O .0 O O O. o o o“. O O O. o o O... .0 ~:- C O .: .. o .0 o '0 O .0 O O N .0 O O .0 .0 O o .0 O o O. O 00:» V. In P f u M M .h .u. w .m 0”. H .w. 3 m. B .n. O”. 00 N O O O. .0 O O O. O O .0 "$5 Hapsburg pretender to the throne of 'Autsria. Archduke Otto. was asked after his return to Paris. what he thought of the US. presidential campaign. Said Otto: "No petty wrangling,- and no per- sonal rivalries. The National interest dominates all." Otto ought to have observed more closely. Surely this sound and fury we in Canada can hear, even distantly removed as we are. is not harmonious. The chords are two sharply contrasted; the off-key notes too frequent and dis- sonant. And too, Otto was judging prema- turely. The campaign is just getting under way. As yet the main figures have not been more than platitudinous in theii remarksâ€"but they will. Otto, they will. Dewey's vouth. Gainei‘s age. Failey‘ girth and Pwscvclt's mirth all iWill come undei fire. And it is good, perhaps. that they should. It at least indicates healthy1 1iyahv. In Canada B1itain and in thel United States theie 1110 few punchesl pulled around election time. As yet we do not have to choke our ridicule back into our throats when we feel like laughing. When Canadians and Amclicans and B1itons lose sight of the 1idiculous in the antics of theix public men they will have gone a long way toward decay. One of the outstanding,r features of democracies. or at least democracies as they are typified by the Dominions of the British Empire and the United States, is a healthy. and at times per- haps slightly vicious sense of humour. We like to s'tick pins in the pomposity of public men. The occasional deflat- ing does them no harm and it gives us the feeling that they still, after all, are our servants. No aggressively virile. bread should- ered bullying, moving picture reporter was Webb Miller. famous United Press correspondent. who was killed in Eng- land in a railroad accident last week. He was. rather, a soft-spoken man of medium height and slight construction, forty-eight years of age. He had. in his colourful career from police reporter to foreign correspondent covered four major conflicts. in Ethi- opia. in Spain. in Finland and on the western front in the present war. ‘He did not die in the heat of battle while rushing to a telephone to “scoop” the world. but, at Clampham Junction, four miles out of Charing Cress. He stepped off a train before it. stopped moving and fractured his skull on the tracks. Because he was world famous the German propaganda mills began to grind out stories to use his death as fuel for their own burning cause. Last Wednesday the D.B.N., official German news agency. claimed he had been mur- dered by the Brtiish Secret Service. “because hew rote stories unfavourable to the Chamberlain government." On the same day. Wiliam L. White. another U.S. newspaperman who just had travelled through Germany and England, wrote: “The only place where I found foreign correspondents really free was England. The reporter is free to report any disaffection without the necessity of covering the source of in- formation 50 that the secret police will not look him up and shoot him, as would be the case-"in Germany." Rumania's King Carol must fear that war soon wil s'trike his country inas- much as he has moved his most prized possession frcm the scene of potential danger. His mistress. red-headed Magda Lupescu, has been quietly ship- ped to London from whence she will embark for America. Exchange:â€"'Ihe average man might. be a little rusty on his arithmetic. but he always knows how to figure in his favour. , Angliers. May 15~~A tragedy occur- rod the very week that the work on the reconstruction of the Quinze Dam was completed. Leslie Ready was in company with Donald Wincr in a boat. which apsiaed. throwing them into the icy waters of the lake. Winer was able to with to shore. but Ready was carried away by the swift current. His body was not recovered until next day. He was an employee of the Dominion Con. struction Company. “'(HHH'ZR LOSES HIS LIFE IN ACCIDENT AT QUINZB DAM SIFTING THE NEWS Ah! l‘amour. l'amour “ma: PORCUPINE ADVANCE. mms. ONTARIQ ()an TVVo Births Registered Since Monday 0t This V‘ eek Bornâ€"on April 15th. 1940. to Mr. and Mrs. Hermidas Lauzon of 28 Wende av 01] ueâ€"a SOD . Bornâ€"4m April 5111. 1940. to Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Ladouccur. of 20A Southern avenue-a son. Appointcd Deputy Head of Provincial Police The deputy commissioner served at one time with the Royal Irish Constab- ulary and during the last twentyâ€"eight years on the Toronto force. He joined the force as a constable and is forty- nine. Major M. A. Seymour. president of the Canadian Flying Clubs associa- tion. has been awarded the McKee’ trophy, outstanding aviation award in Canada as a tribute m the lea- dership he gave the clubs in 1939. Major Seymour is also head of the St. Catharines Flying Club. Unleashed Against Nazis This Week £01 1111 st Time. London, May 15â€"Britain battled Nazi air strength with a new mystery plane yesterday. British authorities disclosed for the first time last night that the Empire had unleashed against Germany the Bristol Beuafort, a ‘jack-ofâ€"all-trades' aircraft capable of bombing. fightingr and reconnaissance work. The mach- ine is armed with four guns forward and a mwer operated “blister" amid- ships, allowing it to fire broadside. something no other bomber can do. An Air Ministry communique last night said the Royal Air Force shot down 40 or more German planes in battles over the low countries and bombed German troop columns in Hol- land, Belgium and Luxembourg. This “-'-“. â€""U brought the number of German planes reported shot down by the British since the start of the German invasion last Friday to approximately 135. It was British commumques that re- vealed. that the RAF. had been using secret types of planes. Until the war spread to Holland and Belgium. the British Spitfires. Hurriâ€" canes. Wellingtons and Blenheims bore the brunt of the war in the air. A Bristol Beaufort took part in the attack on the German-occupied Wall- haven Airdrome near Rotterdam. The Beaufort is said to be capable of ”300 miles per hour plus." The new bomber carries a crew of four-pilot. navigator, gunner anu radio operator. Britain's “mastery” lighter plane. the :Boultonâ€"Paul Defiant, is reported also to have got in deadly work against German bombers in operations over Holland and Bcglum. Equipped with a power-operated multi-gun'turret aft and an unknown number of machine guns forward. the Defiant is expected to be a valuable defense weapon if the Germans launch mass bombing raids on England. Its after turret is designed to swing easily at high speeds, this permitting a broadside attack on a- formation 0! enemy planes, I ‘O..- 4 vacâ€"60-- iets Outstanding Award lUllHCl‘ Porcupine District. Girl Guide Summer Camp. July 2 to 27 South Porcupine. May 15â€"18;»ch to The Advancc)â€"â€"Porcupine District Girl Guide Summer Camp will be open at Night Hawk Lake during July. It is expected that. there will be two camp periods of twelve days each-â€" tentative dates July 2nd. 14m and July 15m, 27m. Camp Ice is unchangedâ€"8 dollars for twelve daysâ€"transportation by train ls Included in the fee. S‘tafl will be Guide leaders from South Porcupine. Timmins and Dome Mines, and a camp chef. Camp will be under direction of Camp Advisor Mrs. D. M. Leltcrman. Dome Mines. Instruction in Royal Life Saving work toward bronze and silver awards will be given. Spar-ts will include basket- ball. volley ball and swimming. [Handi- 'l‘wo Camps to be Held. One from July 2nd to 14th, and the Other from July 15th to 27th. , Mr. M. Smith was in Cochrane on craft is planned to lnclude basket weaving. rafl‘ia work and clay modelling and bead work. Guide badges and tests will be in- cluded iii thew Oi‘k. Any Guide or Ranger is eligible to atend. Applica- tion should be made to the Guide or Ranger Leader of the Company. Queen of Holland Safe at Buckingham Palace London. May l4-â€"oWhile refugees from Holland and 'Belgium streamed into the United Kingdom King George and Queen Elizabeth set an example of hospitality by turning? Buckingham Palace over to the 58-year-old Dutch Queen who had crossed the North Sea in a British warship to escape German attempts to bomb or kidnap 1101 and her family. The King met, Wilhelmina last night at dingy Liverpool street station. kissed her sun-tanned. ruddy cheeks and asked her to stay at the palace while he and Queen Elizabeth went to Dorsetshire on a visit. Wilhelmina stepped oil the train wearing a plain blue suit and carry- ing a service respirator slung over her shoulder. With her characteristic firmness she fought back tears that threatened to roll down her cheeks 'when she greeted her daughter Crown Prince Juliana. and her son-in-law. Prince Bernhardt, who had arrived a few hours earlier with their two baby princesses. “The Dutch military intelligence learned that the German armies were undertaking an encircling movement around the seat of Wilhelmina‘s govern- ment with the" intention of capturing her," an official said. “It was neces- sary that this be prevented at all costs.“ "The Queen intended to go to Zec- land. which is strongly defended. and establish [a government there. But while she 1was afboard ship her destina- tion became known to the Germans and a German bOm’ba-rdment was fear- Dominion Textile Company Limited EMPLOYEES Earn 22.7% More than in 1929 Makers of eotton yarn: and fabric: This 22. 7‘" 0 increase in earnings per hour of Dominion 'lextile plant employees has been made although selling prices are 16.2% lower. Reduced raw material costs and improved manufacturing methods have. made the lower selling prices possible. lhe US 5. and Canadian textile industries are bracketed by the International Labour Office at Geneva as paying higher wages than those of any other countries. Textiles employ 21% of all Canadian industrial workersâ€"one in every five. They provide 15 % of Canadas total net industrial production. ed. There were paraenuusts in the vicinity of Zeeland. I saw the Queen last night. She hated to leave her peeple but everyone concerned strongly urged that. she could continue her work last nlght. She hated to leave her people but everyone concerned strongly urged that. she could continue her work only from the outside." Reports this week from Rome told of demonstrations by students and others there where various British and French statesmen were 'burned in emgy and mock funerals held. On Tuesday stu- dents 'burned British and French flags on a mock coffin before the British embassy. Mussolini is said to have passed by the crowd without paying attention to their insults to other nations. The French Government was reported in political circles to have sent a for- mal note to Italy. but the contents were not disclosed. Besides Italian flags. the students had one big swastika banner and another with the legend, “Down with the French Ropuiblic.” A protest was expected over the slap- ping of Viscount Royston, at a. fashion- alble night club last night by an Italian distributing anti-British leaflets. Reports of organized student and young Fascist demonstrations came from virtually every city. :33 It is not clear whether or not the demonstrations are organized in the "ascists Burn Union Jack and the French Tricolor 93% Canadian owned SAVINGS â€"AND SAFETY expenditures. THRIFT is a symbol of financial respotisibility; BY SAVING NOW you build security for yoursflelf and also help offset the war time destruction of Capital. 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