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Meeting as a committeeâ€"ofâ€"theâ€"whole with W. A. Orr, Northern Ontario reâ€" presentative for the Department of Municipal Affairs, Thursday night, city council concluded its current budget debate and struck what they hope to be the tax rate for the year. ‘This rate will not be official however, until approved by the department at Torâ€" onto. Estimates discussions started on Febâ€" ruary 24 and continued at meetings on February 28 and March 5 and 6. Mr. Oorr sat in only briefly at the initial budget session but was present throughâ€" out the two concluding discussions. In 1940, only one estimates meet was necessary before the imill rate was struck. Despite more. lengthy debate this Despite more. lengthy debate this year, councillors reached an earlier decision than in 1940. A year ago, deâ€" bate on the budget did not start until March 8, and a byâ€"law officially proâ€" claiming the mill rate was not passed until March 18. The boys of the Senior and Interâ€" mediate Sunday School of the Timmins United Church have invited . their fathers to the annual Father and Son banquet to be held in the Church toâ€" night at sixâ€"thirty. A programme of music and entertainment has bzen arâ€" ranged. ‘Mr. J. L. Murray,, principal of the Timmins High and Vocational School, will be the guest speaker for theo evening. IRVIN ROSNER, R.0. Despatches from North Bay say that if officials of the Ontario Department of Municipal Affairs approve figures submitted to them by North Bay City Council, the CILY S Mill TAWE 10P will remain at the same level for the third successive year with an assessâ€" ment of 61‘% mills for Public Schoo! ratepayers and 67‘ mills for Separate School taxpayers. +90000 0040000000000 0008000080000 006 6 North Bay Tax Rate Set at 61.5 Mills for 1941 Telegram : lack of fats is a surplus Annual Father and Son Banquet at United Church +0 000900000906 090009 6 000000008$000000000000048 008006800060 21 Third Ave EYESIGHT SPECIALIST For Appointment Phons 1877 BUCOVETSKY BLDG. Your Rootf How about EYES EXAMINED GLASSES FITTED Something New! Something Delicious! Trv Our Cottage Cheese, 15¢ for a 12 oz. carton the city "A Quart a Day" â€" Germany might have a but the chances are there of fatâ€"heads. city‘s mill rate for 1941 it the same level for the ive year with an assessâ€" â€" mills for Public School Timmin® ucss Phone 4006 and have Hillâ€"Clarkâ€"Francis‘ expert roofer examine your roof before the thaw causes serious damage. He will report on its condition and,â€"if repairs are needed, tell how little it will cost. Winâ€"theâ€"War Plans and Inventions are Tested by Thousands In the first 18 months of the war substantially 20,000 inventions designâ€" ed to aid Englands war cause were sent to the British Air Ministry and the Ministry of Aircraft Production. In a London broadcast, Dr. D. R. Pye, PR.S. director of scientific research of the Ministry of Aircraft Production, said that the inventions have come from all over Britain, the Dominions and from abroad. At last accounts. they "were pouring in at the rate of about 3,000 a week." Every letter or memorandum was careofully recorded, fyled and answerâ€" ed. For this work there were "some thirty scientists, engineers and techniâ€" cians together with the necessary clerâ€" ical staff which devoted its whole enâ€" ergies to sifting and analzing the flood of ideas. In addition there was a disâ€" tinguished scientist and engineer of long experience who acted as a refereso in difficult cases." "Wild, Fantastic‘ but ‘Pious Hopes‘ The ideas that came to hand says Dr. Pye, included every imaginable variety. Among them were the "wild and fantastic, the sensible but already well known and the interesting and unusual." The fantastic included the optimist who wanted to freeze the clouds and mount antiâ€"aireraft guns upon them. There was also a wonderâ€" ful helicopter, worked by a perpetual motion engine, for carrying searchâ€" lights, guns and men to immense heights. There were, too, many variâ€" ties of death rays. Most of these inâ€" ventions were "pious hopes" which the inventor hoped the technical experts would turn to practical use. "The most interesting group always was suggested by the need of the moâ€" ment. A few months ago it was schemes for coping with the parachutist, and just now it was how to tackle enemy bombers after dark. In most cases the proposals submitted were some variant of schemes which had been studied and experimented with for many months, or even years past. In such cases the most important thing to do was to see whether some new suggestion might not render a scheme practical which hitherto had not seemed worth while pursuing. Dr. Pye recalled that nearly five years before the present war began an advisory committee of scientists was engaged in "helping us to foresee what would be needed if war should come and to provide against it. Dime Club Entertained at Weekly Knitting Meet "So it was only to be expected perâ€" haps that a large number of ideas which are now being put forward should have been thought of before. Any of those which showed promise were developed and experimented with, ests and calculations were made and fullâ€"scale trials were often carried out." Mrs. Stevens of 27 Main avenue was hostess to the Dime Club knitters at the regular weekly getâ€"together on Wednesday evening. About fifteen women were present, and bes?des knitâ€" ting articles for the soldiers overseas, the members worked on patches for a quilt which will soon be sent overseas. The blanket to which the patches will be sewn was donated by Mrs. Taylor. Mrs. Rodda and Mrs. Taylor delightâ€" ed the gathering with piano selections, and Miss Hocking added to the enterâ€" ment with vocal solos. A dainty lunch was served by the hostess assisted by Mrs. Roy, and was followed by the collection of dimes for the Dime Box. The next mecting on Wednesday evening will take place at the home of Mrs. I. Webber, 30 Laurier avenue. Doctors Say Timmins Dairy Milk of pure, fresh dn dn dn in ind dn in .â€" g y $ By Ann 2 \\‘\“‘\\“\S“S‘\\‘S“\\\\"\\‘\\\‘\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\: 44 4* Proving that the Prospectors and Developers Association is definitely upâ€" toâ€"date . .. and also, that they know how to take advantage of a good opâ€" portunity ... the Association has appointed two women to its board . . . they are Mrs. Mary Martin, of Kirkâ€" land Lake, who has many friends throughout this North Land, and Mrs. Viola MacMillan . . the appointments were made at the recent annual meetâ€" ing of the Association and congratulaâ€" tions will go from this mining camp to these two women . . . you‘ll rememâ€" ber that many men say "if only my wife could get hold of Hitler" . . . perâ€" haps the members of the Association are remembering this, and hoping tha the appointments will better prospectâ€" ing conditions in Canada. . she also mentioned that the firs| shipment of this fruit brought to Ssweden, came in 1879 and that her greatâ€"uncle, master of his ship at the age of eighteen years, was captain of the ship which brought the cargo of bananas. The detter adds that there is a good supply of coffee, sugar, and fruit of al kind, except bananas, but cheerfully says that the people of Sweden have done without bananas before anc they‘ll manage now . . . in explaining Mrs. Shook said that bananas are $ favourite fruit to the Swedish people A few years ago, Agnes McPhail, at the time an M. P. spoke at the Timâ€" mins High and Vocational School, and although there have besn many good speakers here since then, not one has been as finc a speaker as this women . .sn ut in replacing Dr. Harry 6. Thompson, field secretary of Canadian Dental Hygiene Council as speaker at the Kiwanis Interâ€"Club mseting and Ladies‘® night on Tuesday at the Empire Hotel, Mr. L. Murray, principal of the High and Vocational School gave an address that compares very favourably with Miss McPhail‘s . .. Mr. Murray was called upon to replacs Dr. Thompâ€" son only on Tuesday afternoon, but his interesting notes on Turkey were givâ€" en in an easy, wellâ€"chosen style, that marks a fine speaker ... and along with the educational address, the clubs presented a pleasant programme, which featured some very talented artistss . and in all, it was one of those evenings that will be remembered by all who attended. : Isn‘t it fun to have so many "good Irish" among the residents of the camp . . especially when it gives all othérs an opportunity to celebrate St. Patrick‘s Day ... . some of the events which are planned for the weekâ€"end include a Bake Sale at the Style Shoppe Purâ€" riers by the Senior Catholiecs Women‘s League, the annual St. Patrick‘s Day Tea by the women of the United Church choir . . . and they‘ll look very Irish in their aprons and caps of green and white . ... and a social evening by the Ladies‘ Auxiliary of the Canâ€" adian Legion . . . all on Saturday ... Sunday‘s celebration of the great day brings a concert by the McIntyre conâ€" cert ‘Band, under the.auspices of the Schumacher Lions‘ Club . ... Irish music will be featured; there will be guest soloists, and members of the band will give solo, duet and trio numbers, the event will take place at the McIntyre Community Hall . ... . and on the 1l7th, to round out this fine weekâ€"end, there will be dancing at the Riverside Pavilion and at the McIntyre community Building .. .. advance uote / .: .. get a few extra hours of rest before the weekâ€"end so that you can enjoy every minute of St. Patrigk‘s "We spent a quiet and pleasant Christmas," says a letter from Sweden received by Mrs. H. Shook recently, and these words will bring comfort to many Swedish people in this area who have not heard from their relatives in "the old country" for many months . .. letters are restricted as they have to pass through Germany, and many of them are not allowed to pass . . . the letter received â€"by Mrs. Shook, was written in the latâ€" ter part of January, and, although coming by airmail, was en route about one month . . . continuing, the letter says that there is no food shortage in Sweden, and desâ€" cribes the Christmas dinner which, among numerous other "goodies" contained a sixteenâ€"lb. ham and "Alutfish" (a dried codfish, eaten with milk sauce, and a Christmas ritual with people of Scandinavian climes). "We are not in want of anyâ€" thing," stresses the letter, "alâ€" though a great part of the food is bought on cards" ... there were the usual good times at Christmas, New Year‘s and twelfth night (Litâ€" tle Christmas) ... everything is much the same in Sweden, alâ€" though there are so many in uniâ€" form, and one must always be on guard . . . another point in the letter is that Sweden experienced a severe epidemic of influenza durâ€" ing this winter, but all in all, the people are happy and wellâ€"fed. As the Interâ€"Club meeting took the form of a Ladies‘ Night, the members proudly escorted their charming ladies ... They were all especially attractive, and many of those present believe that it was due to the presence of the ladies that the evening was such a great success . . . perhaps they gave inâ€" spiration to their men. Dropped Between Stitches THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TTMMINS, ONTARIO ! For the "Musical Chats" programme on Friday at 4.15 pM., Mrs. T. J. Carâ€" bone will play the piano ist numberâ€" | @»Nocturne in E flat major," bY Chopin. l Ind number â€" "Ssimple Confession" ‘by F. Thome. k 3rd numberâ€""Second Movement of pBeethoven‘s Sonata Pathetique."‘ "One can feel a talent like thatâ€"it soaks through the veneer of critical reserve like some persistent rain‘" .. that is the comment made by Julian seaman in Cue, when he described the musical talent of the fourteenâ€"yearâ€"old violinist, Heimo Haitto . .. and that is what you may feel in hearing this outstanding Finnish lad when he apâ€" pears in South Porcupine and Timmins on Friday and Saturday, Mar. 21st and snd . . . the South Porcupine appearâ€" ance will be at the Kiwanis Hall, while on the 22nd the lad will play in the gymnasium of the McIntyre Communâ€" ity Building . . . upon hearing Haitto‘s music, Florence R. Johnson, in The New Haven Journalâ€"Courier, said simâ€" ply "Heimo Haitto caused a sensaâ€" tion." scarcely a day passes during the week, without some members of the Fastern Star‘joining forces in activities . on Monday evening, there was the usual knitting group at the home of Thos. Blackman, 63 Hemlock street .. this group will meet next Monday at the home of Mrs. J. Boyd, Tamarack street . . . on Tuesday evening, there was the meeting of the Arbutus Chapâ€" ter Eastern Star, and toâ€"day, the afterâ€" noon group of knitters will meet at the home of Mrs. McGhice, Lakeshore Road . with groups like this looking after their needs, the boys over there, as well as the ones in training here, will be well "looked after." "CANADA" . . . one word that symâ€" wolizes freedom, and brings pride in me‘s country ... and that is the word ‘hat is beautifully carved into the ewing cabinet which Mr. Dick Backâ€" iouse made and donated to the Ladies uxiliary of ‘the Canadian Legion . .. i1ade of wood, the cabinet is a beautiâ€" il piece of work, and perhaps, when 1e draw for the winner is made, if ou are a holder of a ticket, you may iave this attractive piece of woodwork o adorn your home . . . while admirâ€" ig the cabinet on Wednesday afterâ€" oon‘ "Ann" also visited the regular ‘omfort Fund afternoon tea and knitâ€" ing bee . .. how busily those memâ€" ers of the Auxiliary knitted away . . . t seems thait every time, the "clicketyâ€" lick" of their needles becomes more apid, and it takes no time for them to yhizz through a pair of socks and ther articles for the boys over there Mrs. T. J. Carbone on the Musical Chats Programme . . no wonder they shipped another wentyâ€"five parcels overseas yesterday . . P.S.â€"the members believe in singâ€" ng while they work! . .. and smiling ‘heerfully, tbo! 6 "O Canada", "Colonel Bogey on Parade,"â€" "Finlandia," and "Orâ€" pheus" march were played by the Timmins Citizens Band at the conâ€" cert in the Harmony Hall on Sunâ€" day evening, under the auspices of the Educational Society of the Consumers‘ Coâ€"operative Society . it was definitely a concert for the Finnish members of the Soâ€" ciety, with beautiful Finnish selecâ€" tions contributing the greater part of the programme, and with the selections by the band as a fitting background to other numbers. Another event scheduled for Saturday is the annual Library Tea to be given by the Library Club of the Timmins High and Vocational School, in the library from 3.30 to 5.30 p.m. . . . the feaâ€" ture of the entertainment will be a display of books, and proceeds will be used in aid of the Club‘s Special Patriotic FPFund . . . the library of the school, which is a fairly recent addition to its faciliâ€" ties, is a bright, cheery room which provides a fitting setting for an afternoon teéa. District Deputy Grand Matron of District Number 16, Eastern Star, Mrs. Anna D. MacCready, of Coâ€" bait, paid her official visit to this district this week, and was guest of the Arbutus Chapter Eastern star on Tuesday evening ... durâ€" ing her visit to town, the charming official was the guest of Mrs. R. 53. Anderson, 28 Toke street, Past District Deputy, leaving on Wedâ€" nesday for Cochrane, where she will be the guest of that branch of the Eastern Star. From the war services committee of the Women‘s Institute comes an earnest appeal to the members to complete and to turn in at the monthly meeting next Wednesday, all the work which can possibly be done . . the committes would apâ€" preciate the coâ€"operation of every member, so that a shipment may be made in the very near future. ... . . and while speaking of the Women‘s Institute, this column tenders a sincere "thankâ€"you" to MyrsS. W. Rickard, who has very ably taken the duties of correspondent dufing the past months ... . Mrs. Rickard has been especially wellâ€"suited to this work, and her work is greatâ€" ly appreciated .. .. hope you‘ll hbe very happy in your new home at the Buffaloâ€" Ankerite, Mrs. Rickard. How the Far Parts of Empire are Heiping Win War ‘Tad1II .S19qq@oat) 03 sJoMSUB Sutourauoa ae I[(Â¥ put 48q â€"tu0) YUSMLIY UL JAlss OJ alt ouAM pusB suBIpUuj, }S2M au1 ‘xEO I[B4oX UI UMOP juoM OUA sIOIIES aSsaj[Â¥N JO q4oos oy} UO ayj 0J pJIBMIO] AIYJUB]JUI mo yorym Lfusedwoo q410dsusB1 qo1d4; uJ UI PdoAIJS OUM goud4p ouyjâ€"uosiad pUus aJlJ 10q xsn 0j3 ssautpBat JO 3ng JO fuo q4ou ‘AtojtulJopUut qSOWU|TB §sadus3sUI Atdmymuwu 181 U ‘A19juU3WtUOd To) parddns oste s,uopuo‘t JOo jYausq eUJ JOJ stunmsuy Jtaoy; dn iss OUuA ‘BsapoUuM ut ‘BSueyoN JO UaJIp[IWd eUL amord s.13qqoan 10 4jpieA UO smota quspuadaput spjOY 411Â¥ata ‘,,asnou Suty pusu 03,, quawug3a 0of fsuow esats ouym qu.y Uapy eU.L, Diverse as our colonial peoples scatâ€" tered and numerous as are their terâ€" ritories, they are one in their loyalty The sacrifice of personal comfort inâ€" volved in the contributon of large gifts for the purchase of spitfires and bombâ€" ers is indeed a remarkable testimony to this loyalty. _ Contributions to Spitfire funds(, indeed had their very origin in the colonies and they have set the fashion throughout the Empire. This remarkable liberality extends throughout the colonies; it is maniâ€" fested in gifts by people of all classes by bodies and associations and by locat legislatures. Nor is this liberality limâ€" ited to the offer of material possessâ€" ions. Our colonial peoples are equally ready to sacrifice person and life in the struggle. Were the equipment to be had, Britain could call up millions of fighters all eager to march against the totalitarian forcees. They are under no illusions. They know that if their territory fell into German hands they themsélves would indeéd become helots and conscripts. (By Athelston Ridgway in the Empire Review (London). In the British colonial empire of some 50 dependencies covering two millian square miles, there are sixty people of all races and créeeds. Seen through the distorting mirrors of Geoâ€" bbel‘s propagandist machines these people are where helots and conscripts tied to the remorseless British war chariot. Whatever our shortcoming in colâ€" onial administration the progress that has been made in the development of liberal institutions and social services has long convinced the people of our colonies that no sacrifice is too great to ensure the victory of the Mother Country and the maintenance of these substantial benefits. The manâ€"power resources of the colâ€" onies offer remarkable potentialities for war. Proof of the willingness to serve is afforded by the fact that there is no need to apply compulsory service to th> indigenous populations. The Government cannot accept all the off â€" ers made and the calls upon colonâ€" ial manpower locally have been adeâ€" quately met. To mention only the Air Arm â€"there is now a steady and increasing flow of recruits from the colonies trained as pilots, officers, gunners and technicians of all kinds. But for the problem of finding sufficient equipment â€" rifles, Bren guns, mechanized vehiclesâ€"there would be no limit to the use of this manâ€"power for forming new combat units. It is gratifying to know that the colonies are at least getting their share of new equipment on the basis of a scientific program of expansion. "Mother Country" or to make any other kind of voluntary personal sacâ€" rifices for the better prosecution of her wars unless they regarded those wars as their own. Yet these "downâ€" trodden"* . millions have contributed sums amounting in all to nearly £18,â€" 000,000. If this were a true picture of our colonies we might look in vain for any willing or effective support from them in this or in any other war. Downâ€" trodden conscripted helots are not likeâ€" ly to make spontaneous gifts to the Already large numbers of West and East African native troopSs are engaged on the Kenya and Somali fronts. Among these arne the Gold Coast Regâ€" iment, a unit of the R. W. A. . which had the honour of being the unit which fired the first shot in the Great war of 1914â€"18. Already too, pioneer units have been raised from Cyprus, Palestine, Malta, Adsn, Mauritius and the Seychelles. In Hongâ€"Kong and in Malaya, where the local defence force are an essential part of the garrison, compulsory service legislation was, of course, enacted some time ago. In Ceylon and Fiji local volunteer forces have been expanded. Cypriots and Maltese have enlisted in large numbers into local units for the defence of their islands. In the West Indies combatâ€" ant units could have been raised had it been regarded as likely that the West Indies would have become an active theatre of war. Thus, in material contributions in the shape of gifts, both in moneéy and in kind and in manâ€"power, whether for industrial or military activities, the war effort of our colonies is a striking enough answer to German gibes about their loyvalty. Only a few days ago the State Council of Kedah marked the 79th anniversary of its Suitan‘s birthâ€" day by sctting aside $1,000,000, towards the cost of emergency defence meaâ€" sures. Incidents like this are conâ€" tinually happening. But there remains the economic sphere, a sphere in which the colonies are rend@ring most vital service. At the outset colonial trading was put on a war time basis. An elaborate maâ€" chinery for control and regulations was Transport Drivers and Firms Work for Safety Additional evidence of the fitness of the motor trucking industry to serve the country equally as effectively in war as in peace is to be found in the high record of safety revealed at the annual "Safe Drivers" bangquet, sponâ€" sored by the Ontario Safety League, held recently in Toronto. Three thouâ€" sand of these men, who bring the morning milk to your door or who transport highly important war mateâ€" rials with smooth despatch from one centre to another, had been selected for awards of merit symbolizing their contribution to highway safety. Pifâ€" teen nundred of them crowded the huge banquet hall to receive these ‘tanâ€" gible evidences of the thorough manâ€" ner in which they do their job and to hear Highways Minister McQuesten state he had not had occasion to pass a bus or truck driver on the highways "who was not a perfect gentleman." While all credit is due these "knight of the road", it should not be overâ€" looked that the truck transport firms themselves deserve a feather in their caps, for they selected the best type of men it was possible to obtain, saw to it that they were given sound training as drivers with the emphasis always on safety and courtesy, and provirded them with modern, safe equipment. * One only needs to look at recent happenings in Libya and other North African territories to realize what an important part mechanized units are playing in modern warfare. And with this thought in mind, it is comforting to reflect that Ontario and Canada have this corps of wellâ€"trained truck driving specialists who could be conâ€" verted into just as important cops in the war machine as they are in the civilian prosecution of Canada‘s war effort. Meantime, they are an indisâ€" pensable factor in the daily movement of f‘oods and materials so essential to the nation‘s welfare. These men honored by the Ontario Safety League, each with from one to eight years‘ accidentâ€"free driving to his credit, are a credit to their trade. They have rolled up the stupendous total of 162,735,000 miles of driving without mishap. These are the men whom the general public can look to not only for the preservation of life and property but for the daily perforâ€" mance of needed truck transport serâ€" vices with the utmost of efficiency. More power to them! According to the answer to a question asked in the Ontario Legislature this week, the only new public building to be erected by the province of Ontario this year is to be at swastika. The building is to serve as an office for the Swastika division of the Dept. of Highways. The estimated cost of the building is given as $10,000, Swastika to Have Only New Public Building This Year set up to prevent colonial products from reaching the enemy ports and con. versely to ensure essential supplies reaching Britain and her alliesâ€"while another vital purpose of this machinâ€" ery is the maintenance of foreign exâ€" change resources which is affected by limiting imports payable in foreign exâ€" change and by preventing the transfer of capital into foreign currency. All these objectives involve colonial traders in much inconvenience and loss trials which they have borne with great goodwill and patience because they reâ€" cognized that they are essential conâ€" tributions to an effective warâ€"effort. To some extent their loss has been mitagated by the Government‘s polâ€" icy of buying at a fair price large quantities of goods â€" even far more than the Government requires or can soellâ€"e. g. cocoa, oil seeds, sisal, and bananas; but it is a policy of comâ€" promise which keeps colonial trading on something like an even keel. Try the Advance Want Advertisements It might be supposed that having made pecuniary gifts totalling the best part of £20,000,000 and sustained wideâ€" spread trading losses that the colonies had shot their bolt. Who can fail to be impressed by the magnificient conâ€" tributions to the Ministery of Airâ€"craft Production for the purchase of bombâ€" ers and fighters â€" which will take the air bearing their proud colonial namâ€" 252 Yet, notwithstanding this plethora of generosity, the colonies have responâ€" ded magnificently to the needs of Engâ€" land‘s bombed civilians and actually contriButed within a few day the splenâ€" did, sum of £70,000 for mobile canteen!s The first of these was bringing succor to hardâ€"hit Coventry within a few hours of that city‘s ordeal. Some colâ€" onies are furnishing a whole fleet of canteens and, when all are in operation the names of colonies or provinces or towns of colonial dependencies will become as familiar as nursery rhymes to our men, women and children, servâ€" ing to remind them of the kinship of # | 4 %%%% 46 66 become as familiar as nursery rhymes to our men, women and children, servâ€" ing to remind them of the kinship of their nationals overseas. I _ _ Admission: Gents, 75¢ â€" ~ Ladies 25¢ 'I | 4 SPECIAL ST. PATRICK‘S DAY DANCE Monday, March 17th RIVERSIDE PAVILION Featuring Clark and George Essery as vocalists Dance will be Semiâ€"Formal Henry Kelneck and His Orchestra (Continued FProm Page One) famous Helsinki orchestra things be«s gan to happen at a thrilling speed and from that date on Heimo‘s life story reads like a fiction with joy and tragâ€" edy alternating with rapid succession. WINS AWARD AT 13 In may 1939 Heimo Haitto went to London with his foster father to par« ticipate in the international competi« tion of the British Council of Muslc Although Heime was only â€" thirteen vyears old, the youngest of all competi« tors he won â€" the biggest musical award in the world. Heimo‘s triumphant path was mom« entarily cut of by tragedies resulting from Russoâ€"Finnish war. His real father and brother went to war never to be heard from again and his moth« er and sister disappeared in the panic caused by one of the many air attacks Finland suffered during the war. One day while Heimo was busy studying in the Conservatory a general air alarm was given. When the sirens were shrieking Heimo grabbed his violin under his arm and scurried for shelter. The thunder of heavy explosives could be heard, but was nothing unusual. Heimo was already used to it. But ho got excited after discovering that in the hurry he had taken the wrong violin and left his treasured $20,000 masterpiece behind. When an all clear signal was given and worried Heimo went to the street he saw to his terâ€" ror that there was no more Conservâ€" atory, only smoky ruins left. . With the conservatory his dear violin had gone into splinters. PLAYS FOR FINLAND These tragedies were only temporary setâ€"backs. Heimo and his foster father embarked on a series of benefits conâ€" certs both in Finland and abroad, arâ€" riving to the United States last year Altogether Heimo has raised for the Finnish relief about $80,000 of which $22,000 in the United States. The inâ€" terest of the public in relieving the suffering in warâ€"torn Finland was soon overshadowed by the tragedies of world war, but Heimo‘s musical career conâ€" tinues to draw the attention of music lovers throughout the country. Heimo made his big time debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra under the leadership of Eugene Ormandy. His appearance in Philadelphia was followâ€" ed by successfuil concerts throughout the country. In the near future a motion picture produced by the Paraâ€" mount in Hollywood, "Hardboiled Canâ€" ary‘ ("There‘s Magic in Music‘) will be released. In this picture Heimo Haitto mot only plays violin but also conducts an orchestra of one hundred pieces. Upon the triumphant return to Fin« land a concert was arranged for him in the largest hall of Helsinki and those who were fortunate in getting inside listened as if enchanted and agreed that ths Finnish violin rt had met its young master‘". Invitations from abroad started ta come and took him to Sweden and Norway where he appeared as soloist with the Stockholm Symphony Orch« estra and the Malmo and Oslo Phil« harmonic Orchestra. In all of theso cities Heimo created a sensation. From the concert stage Heimo was taken into filmland and starred in a â€" musical film "Pikku Pelimannt" (Little Fiddler") where he again amazed the world by showing excepâ€" tional talents not only as a violinist but as an actor as well. That is the story of Heimo Haitto â€"â€" the wonder child of Finland. His sutcâ€" cess is by no means an accident. He is a hardworking boy. He practices long hours each day under his foster father, himself an accomplished violinâ€" ist, conductor and teacher. To profes= sor Sirpo goes the credit for the acâ€" complishments of â€" his phenomenal young student. _ Professor Sirpo posâ€" sesses highly treasured recommenda~ tion from his friend the great Jean Sibelius, who also writes to him: ‘"We have all here enjoyed over the excepâ€" tional success young Heimo has had on the other side of the Atlantic and we wish you both the best of everything". General practice in first aid was featured at the weekly meeting of the Nursing Division S. J. A. B. on Monâ€" day evening in the St. John Ambulance Hall, when, directed by Mrs. Geof,. Morris, the members were taught the valuable points to remember in first aid work. Famous Boy Violinist to be Here Next Week Circulation of the blood was studied and the members learned how to stop bleeding from pressure points. _ After the study, the members discussed genâ€" eral business, the chief item of inâ€" terest being the plans for the purâ€"e chase of uniforms. First Aid Featured by Nursing Division S. J. A. B. The group will meet as usual on Monday evening in the S. J. A. B. hall,