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PEMBROKE, REXFREW, ARNPRIOR, TROIS RIVIERES and QUEBEC AND RETURN of world upheaval when all of us cling more appreciatively to thoughts of home than in more tranquil times. Precious Peace The same evoke more than usual interes}s in home gifts this their reassuring graciousness and hospitality seeming to enfold us more secugely in the precious! peate of home. And so this year we‘re suggzestâ€" ing home gifts for each man in your Christmas list because we feel that of all things these are mos symbolic of our Christmas wishes in these times. Home Gifts For a Man Yes, the men do like home gifts too, even the bachelors on your list. For them we suggest a polarood reading When OChristmas trees first came into veogue in Sweden in the early 19th cenâ€" tury, an importation from Germany, these trees in the house replaced an earlier custom of the Swedish peasants who would go into a field and find a beautiful solitary tree standing proudâ€" ly alone. This they would set afire, dancing around it while it burned. As the 10th century advanced and the inâ€" dustrial inventive spirit permeated nearly every facet of life, a new type of Christmas tree was thought of in Swedenâ€"fortunately, though, its vogue was shortâ€"lived. This was a fantasy from the iron fcundry, the trunk and branches keing made of iron gas pipes with gas jets at the tips for light. We | oftéen wonder whether or not the more native custom of the Swedish Christâ€" mas i:in‘t as thoughtfully pleasant an' idea as the trese itself. A sheaf of’ wheat on the gate pos‘t for the birds suggests as pleasantly a symbolic centre design for the Christmas decoration if this sheaf of wheat is repeated also in ' the house and decorated with bright i glass birds, then with the gifts heaped | around is base. Its homely, .sd.mplel theme is doubly appropriate in a year | GoING Thursday, Dec. 12th For information as to rates, train services, limits, etc., apply to Ticket Agents T. N. O. Ry and Nipisâ€" sing Cenlral Railway Terms As Low As $11 per Month PLUMBING AND HEATING CONTRACTORS 71 Third Avenue Plu Canadian Pacific THURSDAY. DECEMBER 5TH. 1940 CANADIAN PACIFIC BARGAIN FARES Gifts Take advantage of these extraordinary low terms now! Your savings in fuel will pay for a new stoker. Smith Elston The Hocliday Centreâ€"Piece LEFTâ€"A sociable game is the new circle gammon, a modern development ¢f backgammon but for two, thrée or four players. Shirley Ross is shown here in front 6f her fireplace tossing for a play. OTTAW A MONTRE A L PLEASANT HoMES For her are the small elegancies that any woman might covetâ€"a set of real lace place doilies with napkins to match china afterâ€"cinner coffee cups, fine perâ€" cale sheets with handâ€"embroidered monâ€" ograms, a stunning ‘big lamp, a glass fAower container in hornâ€"ofâ€"plenty shape, a handsome pair of hurricane lamps andirons worthy of a heartâ€" warming hearth, one or a set of pretty XFiable tole trays, a leatherâ€"bound scrap book, a luxurious white wool blanâ€" ket, a glass top curio table. ing light for reading in bed, an acsh tray that‘s odd enough for business, a pipe rack and humidor, an unabridged dictionary. \lamp that eliminates glare, an indivdual { ook plate, a big world map or a good globe, a really fine case of carpentry tcols, a chemical soil testing sot if he has a green thumb, a grandly comfortâ€" able leather chair, an electric alarm clock, huge manâ€"sized towels, a weathor forecaster, a movie camera, a capacious highboy, a closet door rack that will hold all his oddments a spotlisht readâ€" Home Gifts For A Grandmother She will bless you for a leather writâ€" inz portfolio, a small accurate clock, a chaise longue, a gossamer wool throw a table to fit over her chair or bed a pretty tray and tea set for snacks in her room extra cushions, an easy chair with hassock, a radioâ€"victrola combinâ€" ation, a threeâ€"way indirect lamp, a book table or magazine rack, little telephone table and an extension phone by Elizabeth MacRea Boykin Home Gifts for a Bride Gifts of medern American crystal will vie in scintillation even with the Christmas tree itseli. Shown bhere is a fastidious assortment ¢f .t .1 cssA * h td bucd4 Ci‘,stal gifts ranging in price from 78'2.50 to under $20, any onmne of which would be a welcome home gift for a hostess on your list. Phone RIGHTâ€"A home gift for the younger generationâ€" an ease!l blackboard that turns into a desk. The blackbeard by the way has two faces, one black and the other white, both erasable. ‘"‘My wife wants a fur coat for Christmas, and I don‘t think I can afford it," says a correspondent. Yâ€"ou have two alternatives, Buy her a futr coat, or buy her a fur coat. â€"Montreal Star. gallant breakfront to preside over her living room and serve as a special desk of her own! a fireplacte ensemble inâ€" cluding fire screen, andirons, tool© and wood box:; a tea wagon or a dumbâ€" waiter to help serve a colâ€" lection of crystal vases in graduated sizes; a comfortable chair for her room; a group of tole trays for buffet service. (Released bv The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) | Home Gifts For A Brown Wren She is in the busy midst of raising a family, needs many things, will apâ€" preciate gifts both practical and pretâ€" ty. S9 give her a broad and sociable coffee table; an easel stand dressing table mirror; a lucite bathtub rack with mirror for a facial in her bath; a case of fine toolâ€"steel knives in graduated sizes;; a frivolous toilet set for her buresu: a dozen pretty party plates; a Home Gifts For The Hostess Here are ideas for the one who "has everything". Not a set of cups but a single cup ard saucer of thinnest china, of surpassing beauty; not a whole tea seavice but a lovely very special silver tea caddy, or an exquisite silver bonâ€" bon dish, or a cigarette box, not a treasure trove of linen, but a pair of fine linen guest towels with handâ€"emâ€" broidered meonogram; not a big piece of furniture but a miniature of an old piece to be treasured in a c uri6 cabinet not a phonograph but a selection of records; not a sterling coffee urn but an electric coffee mill; not an ambitious vase but an asscrtment of flower arâ€" ranging holders; not a garland of orâ€" chids but a new standâ€"up weeder. In cther words, don‘t try to compete with her treasures but try to find some smaller thoughtful gift that will appeal to her, of her cwn, a leather album. Need for Cleanâ€"Up At the same time he has to conform to public demand for a cleanâ€"up in France. There was a lot of need for it. He must, at the saume time he is resisiing the Germans (y to build up a new state and a new conception of gecency and intégrity in public life. YoT askâ€"But! what about| Dakar? My answer is the same. The great Lsccsm N e Em d These are signs that there is not a complete mastery of the situation on the side of the Axis. The Marshal is an upright man. He admitted the other day in one of the broadcasts that he has a rope around his neck. He has shown added strength in the last weeks and his is not admitting that the Gerâ€" mans shall go one hair‘s breadth beyond the terms of the armistice. For an old man of 34 to take up that position strongly is, to my mind, extremely enâ€" couraging. es 1 Laval‘s friend Mussolini, has nad A most unfcrtunate time in Greece. Hiller has had to go out of his way again to make a neéw compact with his former ¢nemies, the ccmmunut 4 53 But the Marshal wouldn‘t accept. He knows now that his countrymen have recovered from their panic fear of last June; that the British bulldog won‘t let go; that the Nazis are not to be trusted: and that the tide both of popâ€" ular feeling in France and of the war has begun to turn. a c t ue The man who persuaded the Marâ€" shal was Pierre Laval. Now, Pierre \Laval seems| to have been wrong. ‘!France has not got honorable terms from Germany. Her people are held in ‘an iron grip. They cannot send a letâ€" !er or cross from one part of the counâ€" !try to another. They have no work, little food, little liberty and no hope. From Lorraine, as from Alsace, they ‘are being expolled in trainleads to make rsom for Hitler‘s Germansâ€"thrown out with a suitcase and $30. Their rich farmms, their factories, their shops and |their homes are confiscated. Hitler ‘hasn‘t kept his word with the French and they know it. Laval was ready to accept. That man would sacrifice the last shred of his own and his country‘s honor and independence to satisfy his hatred of the British and cockeyed belief in himâ€" self as a great statesman. e Then he had the impertinence to sugzest recently that he would release some of the 1,8000,000 French prisonâ€" ers he holds if the Vichy Government sculd hand over some ports and airâ€" fields from â€"which he could attack Engâ€" land, and would colaborate in making a free peace. ‘ The Vichy Government is made up of two menâ€"Marshal Petain and M. _Pierre Laval. The old Marshal was persuaded at Bordeaux to vote against |continuing the war and to seek an ‘armistice by Laval and those others that believed France beéeaten, that we fcouldn»'t win, and they would be able ‘to Oobtain honcrable terms from the Nazis. Once he found I was English he kept saying, "But the war isn‘t over yet. I know you English will hold and we will fight again. We aren‘t finished yet. Spirit of Revolt During the nearly three months that I stayed in Prance after the Armistice, T found that spirit all the time, everyâ€" where, among the common people. There is no thought in my mind that the French will ever coâ€"operate with the Germans in fighting us. It just isn‘t possibie.. That spirit of revolt against the Germans gets stronger than ever, The last Frenchman with whom 1 ‘alked in France was right on the oppoâ€" site side of the country from his home. Hoe hadn‘t had any news of his wife and children for five months. He knew the Germans were turning people out of Alsace. There was nothing he could d4o about it. That was their vital mistake,.« They prericated their whole position on the fact that within a week or two Britain would be defeated and it was much betâ€" tor that they should in the moment of panic make a peace with the Gerâ€" mans. But we haven‘t weakened. We are s‘ill fighting, and that has made an enormous difference in France. They know now in France that the only _hope is that we shall go on fightâ€" ing and that we shall win. _ _A lot of French people didn‘t have their minds and hearts in the war, that is irue. They were all worried about how to> improve their own counâ€" try, but, militarily, they were absoluteâ€" ly licked in May and June. And during the confuion with all thos> people who evacuated the towns and cities of the North, a few men seized the Governâ€" ment and made an armistice with the Germans because they believed that we would be licked too. _ The folowing newsworthy and reâ€" vealing picture of conditions>. inside France is part of an address which the celebrated foreign correspondent of the New York Times, P. J. Philip, delivered to an Empire Club luncheon recently in Toronto. Mr. Philip now the Times‘ Canadian correspondent, was â€"born in Sceotland,. covered Gerâ€" imany‘s preparations for Great War I, ard covered the war through The Times Paris Burcau. Most of the past quariter. contury he has worked as a newswriter in Furope. (By Percy James Philip) COn this continent I have found a tendency to ascribe the French. defeat to fifth column and treachéery. Says that France is Still g Britain‘s Ally Waiting _ The Chance to Assistâ€" That Man Laval AKDVANCE, CNTARIO I dreamed that I had got into a great long room with a huge window that looked out on snowâ€"clad mountains, Iâ€" know I shouldn‘t be there. Then I heard someone enter the room I slipped behind a marble column and stood trembling as I saw a man walk across the great window and look out over One night at the beginning of the war I was awakened in my bed in Paris by an air raid alarm. It was one of the practice raids before the Germans began droppins bombs so I went to sléep again and I dreamed. and intend to go on fighting until they have won. These pecple in France have not lost their courage. There are signs every day that they are recovering from that dreadful panic that overcame them when the surprise attack of last May | caught them unready. They have some bad leaders and bad men in their ranks Their press is contemptible. Now our tough man Hitler is in a fight with real tough men; with men who knew what they were fighting for The Germans are beginning to squeeze the Vichy Government hard, which is another sign of weakness, Do not let us be impatient. These things have to work themselves out. The only thing we can be sure of is are on the right road and these German victories of last spring while they have had enormous conseâ€" quences, are not final victories. They are acts of brigandage and piracy They were mechanical victories. Strange Stori¢s Strange stories are reaching us of deâ€" velopments in Africa and even stranger may reach us sson of trouble within France. Biut the mass of these people have no other aim and hope than to help us throw the Germans back over the Rhine and to throw Mussolini into his Marge Nostrum. That is the right kind of propaganda. That goes straight to the hearts of these millions: of French people who are with us; who respect the marshal, who still have confidence in General Weyâ€" gand, loathe the. Nazis and despise Laval. On Armistice Day there was an air raid alarm in Paris. The R. A. P. had flown over and dropped flowers on the Arec de Triomphe and he grave of the Unknown Soldier. And we are going to need them. We may be able to resist the German onâ€" slaught but we shall never win the war without the sympathy of these inâ€" vaded peoples, without the possibility of their ultimate revolt. Haters of Tyranny The Dutch and the Belgian colonies are giving us their aid. The are Czechs Poles, Danes, Norwegians, Dutch, Belâ€" gians and Frenchman in our armies. That is the way we beat Napoleonâ€"not curselves only, but by drawing to us all the people who together hate tyranny and want freedom. That little story was to me a clear indication of how sentiment is moving It confirms all that I saw and heard during the three months I spent in France after the armistice was signed that the French have been overâ€" whelmed but they aren‘t beaten. I noticed the other day a story that when Marshall Petain went to the Cathedral at Clemont Perrand two German soldiers tried to take a photoâ€" graph of him. One finds German soldâ€" iets all over the place even in the unoccupied zone. Immediately the French crowd showed its disapproval by beginning to sing the Marseillaise. Noâ€" body had sung it since the deféat and the capitulation. Frerich Will Rally If he can win another battle he is going to do it, and the only chance to do it is with us in Africa. But he is a cautious man, he will take his time and I think as long as we can push Mussolini up and down we don‘t want to hurry the French. We will let the situation develop. Everything it seems to me, points to the certainty that the French are with us and the French will rally again to us as soon as they can see the chance. And at the last moment he was sudâ€" of omens, but Tâ€"do believ denly thrown into fighting this most scious foresight and.I an tremendous battle of all history, the of that dream quite seriou: Battle of France, which was already believe that it will be in t] Iost. He is an old man, a man with a this war will end. greéat reputation, but I aim certain that f - General Weygand is not, if ht can BOTH LEGS possibly help it, going to do down to his grave leaving behind him only the _ "Gomâ€"paâ€"nee,. attenâ€"sht memory that he was beaten in that tne drill sergeant to t] tremendotus battle. l n ns What is Weygand going to do? Weyâ€" gand is a soldier, primarily a soldier. Like all soldiers, all excopt the politiâ€" cal soldiers, he did not like the way ‘hings were being done in France, and he was immediatey accused of being Nazi or Fascsist. That wasn‘t true. He just wasn‘t in agreement with his Govâ€" eirnmeont. majority of the French people would rather we had taken Dakar and raised all North Africa to fight on our side. The attempt was made cither too soon or too lateâ€"I think myself, too There are all kinds of intricate quesâ€" tions of personal and professional jeaâ€" lousy, of pride involved. We British are believers in letting things evolve slcwly; in allowing for natural growth That has been the secret of our sucâ€" It seemed to be the wise thinz not to be too precipitate in our dealings with the French in Africa. "Comâ€"paâ€"nee, attenâ€"«shun", bawled _the dril sergeant to> the ‘awkward squad. "Comâ€"paâ€"nee, lift up your left leg and hold it straight in front of you!" By mistake one rookie held up his right leg, which brotight it out side by side with his neighbor‘s left leg. "Aw right, aw mght- who‘s the wise guy over there holding up both legs?" shouted the hardâ€"boiled sergeant.â€"Exâ€" change. statement ry16 catés that t} Now, I don‘t believe much in dreams of omens, but I do believe in subconâ€" scious foresight and..I anm telling you of that dream quite seriously, because I long time: to bring: about victory and the war mavy e But here is the curious thing. On my second night in Canada, aboutâ€"a year later T dreamed again that dream which I had almost forgotten. It is a different war to the last one or to any previous war inasmuch as it is a war of ruthless destruction instead of fighting as has been known heretofore. The destruction of property, ships and their cargoes, and of all things of value are ~making increasing demands for money for replacements and to make up losses, and while the amounts we are being called Gpon to provide for taxes, war loans, Savings Certificates and what not are in the minds of many being looked,. upon as almost a hardship already, yet for the reasons I may have given above we must expect greater sacrifices.and heavier payments out of our personal and national incomes. The war must be won and it will be won those snowâ€"clad mountains. The man turned. It was Adolf Hitler, I was in his famous eyrie at Berchtesgaden. He paced up and down in front of the window once or twice, then walked over to his desk pulled out th second drawer on the rightâ€"hand side, took out a revolver and raised it to his temple. Then, of course I awoke. One does in dreéeams just before the bang comes. S() TNA ind su ROWELLâ€"SIROIS REPORT. Apart from the war and its financing a subject uppermest in many minds is the consideration of the Report of the Royal Commission on Dominionâ€"Proâ€" vincial Relations for which a mecting of the Premicrs is being called for Ottawa next January,. Pefsonally.A beâ€" lieve that the adoption of the report would be in thebest interests of the Dominion and the Provinces and regard it as a matter of enormous importance. The total value of exports (excluding gold) for the (Uwelve months ended september was $1,161,193,000, which representscan increase of 30 per cent over the previous twelve months and brings Canada‘s export trade to the highest point in a decade. The demand for, labor has increased and during the twelve months ended August there was a decline of 44 per cent in the number of employable perâ€" sons on reclief ancd 16 is s‘ad' to‘ say that the employment situation has changed generally to the most favorable position in the past decade. ‘The index of ployment based on the first ten reportâ€" ing dates of the year was 121 against 112 in the same periocd of 1939 program compri enlargement of 1 plants is in var tion. A number in operation,> a scheduled for p threeâ€" months i\ enter production British $250 n countries been callé Imperial Bank of Canada said in part: Xpansion nnounced THE WAR WILL BE WON. EMPLOYMENT SITUATION FAVOURABLE. Frank Byck Son 86 Spruce South Canmore Briquettes, Western Stoker, Iron Fireâ€" man Stoker, Western stove and furnace Coal, Alexo, Pocahontas, Coke, Steam, Welsh, Amencan Blue and Woelsh Blow er. months whul production in 66th Annual Report Reviews War Effort and Sirois Report peak but a nillions of $55350 mill resented MRK. A. E. PHIPPS President, in the t d upon in th thing, resident, General Manager Address Meeting hese plants may reach $800 ually, a figure which might itly exceeded if the war conâ€" number of vears, enb COUuUT 20 on the tirst ten report the year was 121 agains ime. period of 1939, EXPORTS, g, munitr ery kind ( nurmMAAts ie Domini If of the | Have â€" MmAna WA Th e the amounts we are a somewhat smaller volume an. imâ€" n to provide for taxes, lpmvcmcnt in prices has largely maude ings Certificates and |up for this, In the Woest the Wheat he minds of many being | Crop was the largest since 1928, and s ‘almost a hardship | only a few million bushels te«s than the he reasons I may have Iall-timc high of that year, and while must expect greater |the progress may appear to be slow avier payments out of |headway is being made by our farmers, national incomes. The | . One feature which seems to be noticeâ€" a and it will be won. | able in the present War Cxperiences is lieve the danger has |the avoidance of extravagances â€"by ut as long as there are | individuals such as we wit ressed during s of men under arms | the last war. The Government i=giv/mg mount of war material |every encouragement to thrilt andâ€"to n it is going to take a | saving through the issue of War Siv. ring: about ~complete } 'i:ngs C«.-rgificmr-;« and ,\\’;u: Savings # 46 . uk _ sah s i in + S c thi ritr amn( n and eqiuipm duction. Up rders placed |I n timat FOR GOOD COAL AND sERVICE (Coal and Woodyard and Office _â€"NEED COAL ? that way that penditul trUctioan was reet Tners â€" Wwill nd quarter d that the reach $800 producing d Supply $410 milâ€" hllll('l‘n] complté alreacdy Just Phone 32 for prompt delivery 11 rntl\ UCI Iull the the O ! Pension Prund and has continued their \Group Insurance in force. 1 am sure | this policy will meet with your approval |and we hope that they will all return I to our Service. : y cal s l s -v-.- Stamps. I cannot too strongly endorse the policy as being not only in the interests of the country but of; each individual citizen. As is customary, reports on hbu conditions have been received frc branches of the Banok. Almost wi exception they show increased bu activity and lessened unemploy: Crops have been bountiful, an though the fruit crops of Ontario the War. The paying their ¢f the Bank‘s ow The Staff of the RBank as on 3st, 1940, totalled 1481 as c with 1417 a year ago. ‘Thes do not include 114 members a active service, all of whom h: granted leave of absence for ation of the War. This represen of our male Staff at the out! the War. The Bank in theose paying their contributions as the Bank‘s own contribution Pension Fund and has continu Shareholders of the Bank September 30th, 1940, ~â€"a decrease of one during the the average holding being aj mately 25 shares; 6,6051 of our are held by residents of the Statesâ€"an increase of 16 durin year. â€" They are distributed 311 sharcholders, During the vear branches of the Bank were opened at West NVancouver, and ats McKenzie Esland (sub to Red Lake), Ontarno. No branches were closed, and the total now number 195. $5,240.806 alter payment ol taxes ol $48 an increase as compared with ago of $162,000, and after pay the usual contributions to the and Guarantee Funds amoun $101,583.98 and after ful provi d bad and doubtful di were â€"$961,017.67â€"a Phone 32 AS NC CXxXa think vou \ decided up it did not mereased â€"¢ therefore, alter payimm an increase said in part: When it wa: you a year ag Bank‘s affairs for something During the Directors and telt that it w affairs of the apprised of this and have the Bank in the best condition possible for assistin‘g in the provision of funds for the Proseâ€" cution of the war and for carrying n its general business at the same time. AP“F[ from the war the outlook of the Apart from the war t! Bank and its busine tactory indeced! ~Peterborough Examiner: Thousands of youths of military age are said to have bad teeth. These are the lads who will get more drilling than they bargained for "No, But do vyou remember when our pipes were frozen last month?" "Yes, butâ€"â€"" "Well, the plumber who mended them has just come in to have a preâ€" scription mads up!"â€"Exchange. "What‘s up?" asked his assistant ‘Have you been taking something?" The chemist damed and chortled until the bottles jumped on the shelves. Among the guests at a boarding house was an amateur pianist who rather fancied his musical atiainments Unfortunately, the bsarding house piano was not to his liking so he comâ€" pained to be the landlad. "Are you aware, madam," he said sharply, "that there are tw> notes in the treble that won‘t play at all?" "Only two!" she snappéed. ‘"Why, if you‘re anything of a player you‘d be clever enough to skip those tws.‘"â€"Globe and Mail. 1O( ndition ; sharet that it sI alls that ar ction witl vou will a * ‘F. JAFEERAY General Manager, CE WYÂ¥ L1E LCBE ipon has been e t leond itself t« cearnings, an , to be able i ‘ment of taxes sc as compare SHAREHIHOLDERS less t han A SMALL HANDICAP HIS OPPORTUNITY ders and depositors, but, in t should be ready to meet it might be made upon it in with Canada‘s War Effort. nine the Balance Sheet J ill agree that the policy we n has been carried out, but end atself to substantially arnings, and 1 am glad, o be able to report that nt of taxes of $487,882.90 my privilege in connectio: anada had be ess than thr ear â€" pust â€" en theâ€" Manage bountitul, and ‘alâ€" ps of Ontario show ir volume an. imâ€" s has largely maude e West the Wheat st since 1928, and ushels less than the it year, and while ippear to be slow ide by our farmers, seems to be noticeâ€" War experiences is extravagances â€"by e wit nessed during vernivent i=givyimg t to t+hrilt andâ€"to issue of War Say. fulb hl.\'. l our shares it the United 16 during the ution to the ntinued their o am sure s on October as compared Vhese figures ts absent on m have been for the dutâ€" resents 9.50, outbhreak of UnDount Timmins‘ e to address on with the een at War ree months. nded â€" your ynent have o keep the very liquid th a year iyment ol ce Pension unting to Cas(‘s |8 »d 2,710 e yoear, ipproxiâ€" roshares WC usme® ronral MOHH1T n CO#1 on 1061 Profits onl SAUL3S COHIL ON