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gives us lifts. I never the airdrome into the "It‘s very heartening to hear of all you are doing for the war in Canada. How can we avoid winning with such efforts behind us? «nmne thing you might do, is stop people thinking that things are as bad as they seem to beâ€" lieve. All the discomforts and restricâ€" tions are taken very much in one‘s stride and vyou‘d be surprised how normally life goes on. Rationing is no real hardship; it just makes us realize how shockingly wasteful we were in the old days, We have too much eviâ€" dence around us of the effort that everyone is making and the achieveâ€" ment of it to dare to grumble at other things. The amount of guns, lorries, aircraft, and the rest of it that weigh down this little island is little short of marvellous. Here are some of the most interestâ€" ing and valuable parts of Pilot Officer Collara‘s letter:â€" "I was very pleased indeed to hear from you. It was a great tonic and brought you quite close to me. Thank you deeply for the enclosed ‘comforts‘. They were ‘comforts‘ in the real sense of the word. The socks were the best I‘d ever.seen outside of knitting cataâ€" logues. ‘The cigarettes I smoked very sparingly, enjoying every one. Really, Canadian taste in tobacco is lovely. some months ago The Advance pubâ€" lished a letter written by Pilot Officer K. H. Collard, of the Royal Air Force, to his sister in Timmins. The letter was so interesting and gave such a graphic picture of the attitude of the people on the British Isles that readers of The Advance, will welcome another from the same source. In a recent letter to his sister here, Pilot Officer Collard repeats an idea that he touchâ€" ed on in his former letterâ€"that people on this side of the ocean should not think that the British people feel they are suffering unduly, but rather that they are more cheerful and determined than ever, and taking everything ‘*in their stride," as Pilot Officer Collard says. Stop People Thinking Things are Bad, Writes Gallant Member of R.A.F. Mr. Deoushany petitioned the Synod, as the only representative body which he coula approach, to present his apâ€" peal to the Department of Indian Afâ€" fairs He made the: suggestion that conservation might help the furbearâ€" ing â€" animal~ situation., ~The ~Indian seems to think that the white man is encroaching on his rights as interâ€" preted by the historic charter. This manâ€"Mr,. John Deoushanyâ€" brought with him an original docuâ€" ment presented to the Indians by King George III through Governor Simcoe at the Bay of Quinte. This document, known as the Battleâ€"Axe treaty, is the one which says that "as long as grass grows and rivers run and the sun shines‘" the Indisn rights of hunting furbearing animals is guaranâ€" (This original document has. been loaned to Archbishop Woodall for photographic reproduction which will be printed in The Advance next week.) All the Discomforts and Restrictions are Taken Very Much in One‘s Stride, and You‘d be Surprised How Normah‘ Llfe Goes On, Says Pilot Officer in Letter to His Sister in Timmins. They report a most interesting two daysâ€"the best Synod by far of recent yearsâ€"with many new men and leadâ€" ers attending. South (iPorcupine, May 17â€"(Special to WThe Advance»â€"Archdeacon Woodâ€" all and Mr. C. P. Walker have returned from Cochrane where they attended the Diocesan Synod of Moosonee. Indian Delegate Brings Historic Document to Diocesan Synod‘s Notice ITALIAN DUKE SURRENDERS IN ETHIOPIA John Deoushany Points Out the Rights of Indians Under Battleâ€"Axe Treaty. _ Asks Synod to Help Bring the Question to Government Attention. Thinks Conservaâ€" tion Might Help. PsP P OA ALP L LAAA â€"AAAL AL â€"AP AC PA Aâ€"AL AOIT 1 Section 8 Pages "FPancy Pat tapâ€"dancing like that. I bet she enjoys every moment of it . . Tell her I can‘t take her for a ride in a car anymore but maybe one day TI‘ll be able to take her for a flip in an airplane. "I hope you‘ll manage to write to me again soon . . . If you knew what a pickâ€"meâ€"up your letters are you‘d certainly write. Is tha.t. a hint or is that a hint?" \ . C "It‘s pretty hard work, too. I used to think T taxed my brain at Oxford, but this is far more complicated. 1It‘s a nasty feeling when you know you‘re four hundred miles from land and have to work out long sums to get home, and know that if you make a mistak® you might go in the wrong direction. However, we all seem to get home, and boy, oh boy, you feel you‘ve really earned a beer by that time. "I can‘t tell you much else about shop, except that we go on very long flights, most of it over the sea, and it looks cold down there. I‘ve been havâ€" ing awful arguments with people, beâ€" cause when we went far north once I‘m surg I saw t.he water covered with ice, and no one would believe me. Life is hard, isn‘t it? are. . I shall be very sorry to give it up after the war. A little while ago I got from Exeter to London in half a day and I always reckon London to Chepâ€" ston as five hours. I doâ€"wish, though, that one could thumb an aircraft now and again. It‘s so much quicker. "I‘m in a pretty good place at the moment and fiying in very large airâ€" craft. I don‘t think the censor will take exception to that, do you? The only thing is that they‘re terribly sickâ€" making even to old sweats like us. It‘s nothing for five out of seven people to throw up during the trip in them, and there‘s a little rack of brown paper bags for themâ€"not being too crude, I hope. So far I‘ve been immune, but I‘m touching wood as I say it." I nearly got brained with a parachute the other day for offering a chap a piece of chocolate about five minutes before he gave up his dinner. It‘s very annoying really, because my great friend here is invariably that way, and he always comes down damned hungry and I hi.se to go out with him and eat a huge meal. On Saturday the Eoys "K" Club, which has been doing fine work in the way of salvaging waste materials, paper, rags, metals, rubber, did an usually good day‘s work gathering four or five truckloads of metal, weighing three or four tons. They fully covered the town east of Mountâ€" joy street and including that street. The work was done on‘ a systemized and organized basis. The part of the town west of Mountjoy street is to be done on similar plan at a later date. The day for this will be duly anâ€" nounced. The Royal Air Force blasted at the Nazi naval base at Kiel last night. The shipbuilding yards at this much bombed base are said to be ruined. The port of Emden and the docks at Cherbourg were also visited by the RAF. last night. Most of the atâ€" tacks were carried out by the Fleet Air Arm and all the aircraft returned safely. 6 * DOG FIGHTS QOVER BRITAIN Five German Tlgnters and two Britâ€" ish fighters were reported to be shot down this morning over the British coast. The pilots from the two British planes escaped injury. Numerous "dogâ€" fights" are reported all along the coast today. Gather Over Three Tons of Metal Boys "K" Club Do More Good Work on Saturday. Published at Tmmins, Ont., Canada Hostesses at the farewell party were Mrs. Alvin Tripp and Mrs. Bob Archer and included among the guests were: Mr. and. Mrs. Joe Toal, Mrs. Goldie Smith, Mrs. E. B. Smith, Mr. Charlie QOrel, Mr John Orel, Mr. George Gorâ€" don, Mr. George Lamarche, Miss Roâ€" lande Robitaille, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gordon, Miss Lottie Goodfeliow, Mr. Albert McGarry, Mr. â€"Leo Wtw. Miss Rosalie Landry. About twenty young Timmins people gathered at the hgome of Mrs. Alvin Tripp on Saturday night, the occasion being a farewell party for Pte. Bob Archer, of "ID" Company Algonquin Regiment, second battalion. Pte. ‘Arâ€" cher left yesterday afternoon to take up a position with the permanent staff at the Army Training centre at North Bay. The happy gathering enjoyed dancâ€" ing and singing till the early hours of yesterday morning. Pte. Archer has been a member of the Algonquin Regiment for the past year and has been attached to the training centre staff in the capacity of a barber. Pte. Bob Archer Accepts Position at Traiming Centre Left Yesterday to Take Up Permanent Position at the North Bay Training Centre. The booklets are said to have been issued by the Watch Tower Tract and Bible Association. Police were vague in the information about what the literature was about because it is not all sorted cout yet. Provincial Police Find Large Cache of Illegal Literature Yesterday A Provincial Police raiding party, led by Sergeant Elliot of the Timmins detachment and including Constables Stromberg and Fulton of the Timmins detachment and Chief Olayson and Constable White of the Troquois Falls police, swooped down on a farm house in Walker Township, east of Monteith, vesterday afternoon and uncovered a large quantity <of illegal "Jchovah‘s Witnesses"*~pamphlets. Overca ton of the outlawed literature and phonoâ€" graph records was seized and brought to Troquois Falls. No person has been arrested as yet but Provincial Police expect to make an arrest some time today. The cache was found in a small building situated about three hundred vards from the farm house of Leonard Over a Ton of Literature and Phonograph Records Found on Farm East of Monteith. Seized Literature Taken to Iroquois Falls. Lieut.â€"General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, the Governor of Cyrenâ€" aica, is seen making an inspection of men of the captured Italian Tripolitanian Camel Corps British Governor of Cyrenaica, Libya TIMMINS, ONTARIO, MONDAY, MAY 19TH, 1941 Friday, May 30â€"â€"Leave Noranda and return to Kirklard Lake, where most of the day is to be spent. Word from Toronto at the weekâ€"end says that a platoon of picked recruits from Camp Borden, accompanied by a pipe band in the kilt, will tour Norâ€" thern Ontario next week, visiting all the centres. Full fighting equipment will be worn and there will be parades and demonstrations at all centres. The platoon will have two commissioned officers and forty of other ranks, in addition to the pipe band. Monday, May 26â€"Leave Camp Borâ€" den: lunch at Orillia; evening parade at Bracepridge; Bivouac at Huntsâ€" ville. Wednesday, May 38 â€" Leave North Bay; lunch at Temagami; parade at Cobalt: bivouae at Haileybury. Saturday, May 31stâ€"Leave Kirkland Lake: spend day at Timmins; halting at Monteith on the way to Timmins.: Mobile Platoon and Pipe Band to Tour the North The following is the schedule as anâ€" nounced for the larger centres of the North :â€" * # ‘Thursday, May 29 â€"â€" Leave Haileyâ€" bury; parade at New Liskeard and Englehart; bivouae at Noranda. Tuesday, May 27â€"leave Huntsville; lunch at Powassan; parade at Buruks Falls; halt at Callendar; bivouae at North Bav. Placard# pointing to the need for recruits will be carried on. the trucks and there will be calls at the various recruiting centres on the route, but it is understood that there will be no recruiting speeches will be made. Temperatures since Thursday have been: Thursday, max. 66, min. 54; Friâ€" day, max. 55, min. 27; Saturday, max. 52, min. 28; Sunday, max. 68, Min. eight o‘clock this morning, 60. The very small amount of rain that has fallen so far this year will probably make June a wet month this year. Will be Used to Assist Reâ€" cruiting and to Publicize the Viectory Loan. The weather for today is expected to be fair and very warm,.according to Mr. 8. Wheeler, the Hollinger weather prophet. There will likely be a deâ€" cided change in the weather any day now and a series of heavy showers can be expected. Today‘s warm weather will likely be followed by sun showers. Very little rain fell since last Thursâ€" day, two recordings showing only three oneâ€"hundredths of : an inch. Light showers on Friday and yesterday left ony a small amount of preciptation. Toâ€"day to be Very W arm At eight o‘clock this morning the thermometer was up to the sixty mark to get the day off to a good hot start. This is the highest recording for eight o‘clock in the morning so far this year. Mr. E. W. Brooks, organizer for the Victory Loan Campaign for the Disâ€" trict of Cochrane, was the guest speakâ€" er at the South Porcupine Kiwanis Club meeting on Thursday night. He gave a comprehensive survey of the organization that had been established in the district, and also in the Dominâ€" ion, and the plans under way to assure the success of the Victory Loan. Mr. Brooks stressed the fact that the sucâ€" cess of the Loan was more necessary than any military or naval success that we might have overseas. He pointed out that propaganda had playâ€" ed a tremendous part in the war up to date and that by the same token the over subscription of the current Loan would do more to break down the enâ€" emy than anything else the Dominion of Canada contributed by way of war effort. Success of Loan More Necessary Now Than Other Victories Timmins police were not unusualiy busy on Friday night, though they did lay six â€"charges. One charge was laid against a local man for being drunk in charge of a car. Four ordinary drunks wereâ€"picked up and were given a night‘s lodging in the local jail and if they don‘t find the necessary ten and costs they will be given a month‘s free lodgâ€" ing in Haileybury if found guilty. One may was arrested on a charge of disâ€" orderly conduct following some trouâ€" ble at the Oddfellows Hall in Timmins while a dance was in progress. At the weekâ€"end the Department of Hatcheries for the province sent up a consignment of pickerel to the Porcuâ€" pine Rod and Gun Club to stock the waters of the district, The Club members planted these fish in the following waters of the district:; Mattagami river, 500,000. Kamiscotia Lake, 200,000. Bigwater Lake, 200,000, Importance of Oversubscripâ€" tion Stressed at South Porecupine Meeting. 900,000 Fish Planted in Waters of the District Work Done Last Week by Porcupine Rod and Gun Club. Help the Blind to Help Themselves for Common Benefit Annual Appeal of the Canâ€" adian National Institute for the Blind Being Made. Last week the annual letters asking for support for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind were issued. It is to ‘be hoped that these letters bring even more than the usual genâ€" erous response. The Canadian Naâ€" tional Institute for the Blind has been doing a remarkable work for the blind in the North and also working ably and effectively along the lines of preâ€" vention of blindness. "Please share a little of your sunlight with those who live in the shadow," says the letter." The greater usefulness and happiness of our\blmd people is important at all times, ‘but in this day of. national emergency it becomes more important than ever. It is also more important that we press on with prevention of blindness activities and with the reâ€" habilitation of those blind persons who are still able to do some useful work." One Man Charged With Prunk Driving. . â€"A oour are Charged With Being Drunk, One With Disorâ€" derly Conduct. Police Charge Six on Friday Night One particularly appealing feature of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind is that it is conducted chiefly by those who are blind themselves. Not only are they able the better to understand and handle the problems of the blind, but in supporting the work of the Institute you are doubly helping the blind. For years past the work of the C.N.LB. in the North has been of notable value and this patriotic work should be assured of continued support and interest. The work of the Institute for the Blind will be inâ€" creased on account of the war, and support should also be increased at this time. Published at Tmmins, Ont.., Canada Duke of Aosto Accepts iBi‘itish Terms and is Prisoner of War Himself | | Wilson Thomson 455 Spruce Street South, Was the Winner. Lions Learn All About Victory Loan Bonds at Meeting Thursday Night The regular meeting of the Timmins Lions Club held at the Empire Hotel Thursday proved to be one of the most interesting of the year. The guest speaker for the evening was Mr. Fred Ferland of Toronto. Mr. Ferland is the organizer for the District of Cochâ€" rane for the 1941 Victory Loan camâ€" paign and he gave a very interesting talk, choosing for his subject, ‘"Why Canada Must Borrow For Victory." Wren. In opening his talk Mr. Ferland exâ€" plained that this war was costing Canada four million dollars a day. That amount, he said, was three and a quarter times the daily cost of the last year of the last war. This conflict was costing so much more, the speaker said, because it is a battle of giant, swift machines as well as men. The fire power of a modern army division is approximately five times that of 1919 The offéence happened just after twelve o‘clock on Thursday and at a time when the school children from Central School were crossing the street on, the way hame. Police said that it was a poor example to set for the children. at the rear of the C. C. sStore President Alex Allen was the chairâ€" man for the meeting. Fred Ferland, the guest‘ speaker, was by Lion Bill Wren. "Canada would not sacrifice men for lack in quality or quantity of fightâ€" ing machines, hence, we must produce them on a scale hitherto undreamed of," said Mr. Ferland. To this end Canada now has to borrow from her citizens through the sale of Victory bonds." Mr. Wilson Thomson, 455 Spruce street south, was the winner of the bicycle that the firemen held a draw for last week. Firemen were selling tickets on the bicycle for a couple of weeks and will now turn over a tidy sum to the British Fncfighters ASSOâ€" clation. Five overtime parkers were charged Thursday and one man is facing traffic charge of blocking a laneway Loan Must Be A Success "To destroy the grave menace to our freedom, we must use every reâ€" source in men, money and materials," the speaker said." "We have the men. The draw was made on saturday night at the Town Hall. The Porcuâ€" pine Pipe Band held a parade before the draw and :then played at the town hall while waiting for the draw to take place. Mayor J. Emile Brunette, made the draw. The number of the winâ€" ning ticket was 1108. Jaywalker Will Appear in Court Tuesday Afternoon CGilbert Clement, 105% Birech street south, will appear in police court toâ€" morrow on a charge of jaywalking. It is the first charge of this kind to be laid this year but police say that severâ€" al people have been charged with the offence before. â€"It is alleged by pdlice that Clement walked across the corner of Fourth avenue and Pine street against a red light after being told by .an officer to stay back till the light changed. 7,000 Italians Included Along With 35,000 Colonial Forces, _ Royal Air Force Bombs Kiel, Emden and . Cherbourg Last Night Causing Heavy Damage. riremen Draw for Bicycle ‘red Ferland, District Organizer, is Guest Speaker. Gives Statistics as to How Collected Money Will be Spent and Tells How Much is Needed, an Charged After He is Alleged to Have Walked Across _ Street â€" Against Light,. We must have the materials, Canaâ€" dians have the money. But the wholeâ€" hearted support of every citizen is imâ€" perative to make this Victory Loan an outstanding success. Our survival as a free people depends upon victory. Think of the bombing of Coventry, London, Plymouth and other cities, Think‘ of the plight of citizens of occuâ€" pied countriesâ€"the crushing of their spiritâ€"the looting of their treasure. At all costs we must prevent such catastrophieg from happening here." Invest in Victory Bom.l’s Mr. Ferland had the answer to this, "Invest in Victory Loans cheerfully and with confidence. Remember that in November 1918 Canadians invested $616,000,000 in Victory Bondsâ€"and, eleven months later, in October 1919, our people again invested in Victory Bonds to the sum of $572,000,000. The total of those two loans was $1,188,000,â€" 000. Canadians could do it thenâ€"â€"we can do it now in far greater measureâ€" with our larger population and greater national income. Those who bought Victory Bonds twentyâ€"three years ago have had reason to be thankful. They have received their interest regularly and their money back when due, Next to taking your place in the armed forces, the finest way for you to serve Canada is by investing in Virtory Bonds." The force that has surrendered is the one that has been fighting in the Amba Alaji sector. This force is said to include 7000 Italian soldiers besides 35,000 Colonial troops. It was beâ€" lieved that the forces fighting in the Gondar and Jimma sectors would conâ€" tinue to fight independent of their Viceroy‘s action. On Saturday night the Royal Air Force attacked the Rhineland City of Cologne with a constant rain of bombs and started large fires. This was the second night in a row that Cologne was the target of the R.A.F. bombers., The German high command admitted that there had been some damage done to the railway facilities and that some buildings had been destroyed,. They also admitted that many persons had been killed. An official communique from Lonâ€" don this morning stated that the Duke of Aosta, leader of the Italian forces in Ethiopia, had accepted the British terms of surrender and had become a war prisoner himself. The force that was commanded by the duke was conâ€" sidered the most important which has maintained resistance in Ethiopia, The Baghdad radio today reported that the sharp fighting had broken out between Iraq and British troops in Western Iraq. They also claimed that one column had stabbed into Transâ€" jordan and had attacked the British on a new front# The radio broadcast also added that the Iraq troops had enâ€" circled the Ghetto at Baghdad and had taken many Jews as prisoners. The Jews were thrown into jail it is reâ€" ported after they had been accused of spying for the British. The R.AF. is bearing the brunt of the campaign in Iraq, it is reported this morning. British bombers are atâ€" tacking German Messerschmitts and are bombing Naziâ€"held airports and transport vehicles. Two German fight» er planes were shot down this moruâ€" ing near Baghdad and a large bomber was set afire in an attack on Mosul, where the Nazis arg basmg their planes. Mr. Ferland then went on to outline how the money would be spent and what it would be spent on. Canada must have trainer planes, (Continued on Pags Two) The Duke of Aosta was one of the air corps officers that led the attack and capture of Ethiopia when the Italians took Haile Selassie‘s empire five years ago. The Duke was made viceroy after the conquest in 1937. Eight hundred Italians were capâ€" tured last Friday when the British and Imperial forces occupied Dalle, an important road junction in the southâ€" ern lakes region. Staff officers, two big guns and two armoured cars were also taken. Single Copyâ€"Five Cents