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To answer the last question first, it should be said that no one realizes more fully the fact that there is a big war in progress now than does the Canadian Legion. The Legion, however, is doing more than simply agree that there‘s a war on. It is doing something about it. The Legion has been first and foremost in responding to any and every call of the present war. Every mother‘s son of the members of the Legion that could barge his way into the fighting forces of this war has done so. Many of them have taken their sons along with them. The rest of the membership has setâ€" tled down to do. everything humanly possible to hasten viectory. They have encouraged recruitâ€" ing; they have contributed to the limit of their ability to every natriotic cause; they have given most generously of their time, their knowledge, their skill, their experience; they have helped the soldiers serving in Canada; they have assisted the soldiers serving they have looked after the dependents of the men on active service. Members of the Canadian Legion have done their full part in every way in the war of toâ€"day. Of how many other groups could the same be said? Certainly not of the small company of smart.talkâ€" ing eritics. The other item that impressed The Advance in connection with the question of proper regard Tor soldiers‘ families was noted in "News Weekly," the timely publication of which Miss Judith Robinâ€" son is one of the editors. Under the heading, "Storm of Protest," News Weekly says:â€"*"Plans to organize a "storm of protest‘"‘ directed at Ottawa in order to force an upward revision of allowances for soldiers‘ dependents, were discussed by Tor. onto‘s civic commiittee this week. Sinceâ€"Septemâ€" ber 16, when the Board of Control authorized givâ€" ing help to soldiers‘ dependents who are in need, 244 cases of "extreme emergency‘"‘ have been helped out, city welfare officials reported." The "storm of protest‘‘ against the neglect of soldiers‘ families should not be confined to Toâ€" ronto. It should be widespread all over Canada. Read that paragraph about the "storm of protest" in conjunction with the last paragraph in Mrs. Tyrrell‘s letter, and make the "storm of protest" one that will really rage in every quarter of this broad Dominionâ€"such a storm as will convince the powers that be that there will be no fair wea. ther for them if they continue the present policy of leaving the families of soldiers to the menace of hardship and need. The letter urges all in this democratic country to exercise their democratic rights and to bring pressure on members of parâ€" liament, members of the Cabinet, and on the govâ€" ernment itself to assure a fair deal for the depenâ€" dents of the soldiers overseas. "What‘s the big idea of the Legion carrying on the Poppy Day affair this year?" hasten viectory. They have encouraged recruitâ€" ing; they have contributed to the limit of their ability to every natriotic cause; they have given most generously of their time, their knowledge, their skill, their experience; they have helped the soldiers serving in Canada; they have assisted the soldiers serving they have looked after the dependents of the men on active service. Members of the Canadian Legion have done their full part in every way in the war of toâ€"day. Of how many other groups could the same be said? Certainly not of the small company of smart.talkâ€" ing eritics. The second question is just as easy to answer. Members of the Legion are well aware that the The Nazis have openly given bonuses for large families. The Fascists have specialized in avoiding prizes to the couples who could boast the largest families in the shortest time. Even the muchâ€"cursed Communists have placed a premium on the number of children called to bless the Soâ€" viet state. It remained for Canada to apply a sort of discriminatory tax on large families. The fact that the tax is imposed in a sort of reverse way makes it none the less burdensome. In Canada the wife of a soldier who has two children gets an allowance of $24.00 for those two hopes of the fuâ€" ture, while the lady â€"whose soldier husband is the father of ten still gets $24,00 per month, and that‘s all, except that she is expected to keep ten There are two special matters coming to the attention of The Advance this week in reference to the campaign being carried on for just treat. ment of the families of the soldiers serving overâ€" seas. One of these is the letter published on the front page of this section written by the wife of a soldier overseas. The Advance hopes that eversy reader of this paper will read that letter. Mrs. Tyrrell is wellâ€"known and esteemed in Timmins and her letter has special value because it is writâ€" ten with very intimate knowledge of the problem discussed, and yet without any personal incentive but for the common good. The whole letter is a valuable contribution to the discussion of the need for decent treatment of the familiés of sol. diers overseas but there are two points made that The Advance feels can not be too strongly emphaâ€" sized. The one is the truth that injustice and meanness to the dependents of soldiers overseas is building up a bitterness that will take years to wipe out, and the other is the fact that this par. simony falls with particular heaviness upon those families that are large in numbers. As Mrs. Tyrâ€" rell points out the support of several children is often too heavy a burden for two parents, and so when one parent is left at home to carry a double burden on half.pay, the result could be nothing other than the breeding of bitterness. In this connection, it is well to remember that this bitterâ€" ness is not confined to the families that,suffer by it, but spreads to all patriotic people who feel that injustice to the families of the gallant men who have crossed the ocean to defend the liberties and life of this land is an insult and a defamation of all Canada and all Canadians. GEQO. LAKE, Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates: Per Year. United Statesâ€"$3.00 Per Year Ebe Yorrupine Aduance TIMMINS, ONTARIQ UMembers Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association; Ontarioâ€" Quebee Newspaper Association TWO PHONESâ€"26 and 2020 Timmins, Ont., Thursday, Nov. 6th, 1941 BP LA LA A AAA AA BAAA â€"A _ P CCAE L P > PAGE POUR W P P P AP SA PAAA PA â€"AL CAAA â€"ALâ€"AL LA AP PA ALC LC ALC L AC PP PP Published Every Thursday by war in which they served was over some twentyâ€" five years ago. Too many of thein, alas, have had a quarter of a century of hardship and suffering to impress the years upon them. But the Legion feels that even a quarter of a century is but a brief time in the life of a nation, and that the people who can forget those who fought for libâ€" erty and the right twentyâ€"five years ago cannot hope that to.day the love of freedom and the service of sacrifice will bloom in such short memâ€" ories. And the first question answers itself in the reâ€" plies to the other two queries. The reason for Poppy Day in 1941 is because what the smartâ€"alex terms the Poppy War was over twenty.five years! agoâ€"because the Legion realizes that there is a fierce war in progress toâ€"day. Poppy Day is car-‘ ried on to help the men and the families of the men who risked their all a quarter of a cextury ago that liberty and the right shbuld not perish from the earth. Poppy Day does honour to the men who fought in 1914 to 1918. It does pay triâ€" bute to those who sacrificed in the cause of a quarter century agoâ€"the same cause for which the same kind of menâ€"the same men, indeed, in many casesâ€"and their sons, and other kinâ€"are offering their all toâ€"day. But Poppy Day does more than that, though that alone would be well worth while. Poppy Day gives direct help to disâ€" abled soldiers of the last war, providing employâ€" ment for the veterans who make the poppies that are sold. Poppy Day provides funds for helping the soldiers of the last war and their dependents. But the Poppy Day of this year and last year goes even further than that.. It helps build the funds to help the soldiers of this present war and their dependents. The Legion has extended its work to include the men of all the present day forces. The minute a man takes active service toâ€"day he beâ€" comes automatically a subject of the care and help of the Canadian Legion. Capt. Balfour, Under Secretary for Air in the British Cabinet, has roused considerable criticism by an official request that Royal Air Force officers should not smoke pipes in public. His excuse for this deplorably discriminatory suggestion is that pipe smoking is untidy. Addicts to the pipe will be more inclined to favour the thought of a former chief of police of Timmins who was lenient and considerate in his rules as to his men smoking on duty at nights.. He discouraged smoking by the men while on patrol but from long experience he knew that in the long hours of night duty smokâ€" ing was a genuine comfort and support. "If you must smoke," he often said to his men, "be sure you smoke a pipe. Nothing looks as idle and unâ€" tidy and so out of keeping with a uniform as a cigarette hanging from the lips." The answer to all this is ready to hand. It has been published in every issue of The Advance for months on end. It solves all doubts, relieves anxiâ€" eties, holds out the highest hopes for the future. It sustains morale. It shows the way to meet vicâ€" tory and reverse alike. It points the road to final triumph. It is all told in a brief paragraphâ€"a paragraph that should be hung near every radio, that should be read with every despatch, that should be kept in memory at all times and in all circumstances. Here it is again! The noble words of a true British King:â€" e Still stands the motto of the King: "Put into your task whatever it may be all the courage and purpose of which you are capable. Keep your hearts proud and your resolve unshakâ€" en. Let us go forward to that task as one man, a smile on our lips and our heads held high, and with God‘s help we shall not fail." Buy a poppy! Wear a Poppy! And be proud and glad to do so! To buy a poppy and to wear a poppy is to help and honour the gallant soldiers of the last war and the brave men of the active forces of toâ€"day. It is to aid the dependents of the men who risk their all that freedom may live though they themselves may dieâ€"that other men and their families may continue in comfort and safety, even though the loved ones of the soldiers, the sailors and the airmen may find life a little more difficult. Poppy Day honours the brave and helps to ease the burden on the families of the courageous spirits who serve. Buy a poppy! Wear a poppy! Never was Poppy Day more proper, more needed, more timely than toâ€"day. A friendly reader of The Advance writes to ask for comfort and words of cheer for the trying times of toâ€"day. It is pointed out that the war does not seem to be going so well as it did, that the situation in Russia appears discouraging, that the war has reached a phase where doubt and difficulty evidently are in the saddle. .~mmmm~ t BP P â€"AP PA PP PPA â€"ALP PP PPA â€"P P GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER FOR THE DARK DAYS Juvenile Who Robbed the Subway Service Station Given Reformatory Term PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TiIMMINS, ONTARIO children for the price of two, and that‘s a trick that has never been done in any country in the best families. There is a romantic thought current in many climes that two may live as cheaply as orf», but it remained for Canada to pretend that ten may be supported on what is too little for two. In some ways Canada‘s war effort seems to be "all out," all right. Hon. Leighton G. McCarthy, Canadian Minisâ€" ter to Washington, recently said in a public anâ€" nouncement that "Canadians who feel it their duty to criticize their country‘s conduct of the war should realize they are addressing indirectly some hundred and thirty million Americans in the Unit. éd States." To this he added the suggestion that if Canadians would bear that thought in mind Hon. Mr. McCarthy‘s task would be lightened for him. It may easily be that Hon. Mr. McCarthy had also in mind the grateful idea that it would also greatly lighten the task of the part of a part of a party who handed him his present proud posiâ€" tion in which the work is less handsomé that the pay. Miss Judith Robinson in "News Weekly," ‘The same trio were charged with stealing a suitcase, a clubâ€"bag, a Kodack, a pair of ocpera‘ glasses and other» anticles valued at about $180. They pleaded guilty to this charge and were sentenced along with the rest, For his part in the various thefts Miller was given a 9â€"monrth term on one of the charges and 6 mon‘‘as on the others with the sentences to run conâ€" currently. Rochon end Morgan wore given, terms of three months each for their part in the thefts with their sentences io run concwvrenly as well. Hcule, who pleaded not guilty to both of the charges lodged against him was dismissed. Ernest Taylor and Edward Walth were also charged with the theft of a number of War Savings Certificates valued at $105.00 as well as two life insurance certificates, the property of J. Duffy. They pleaded guilty to the charge and were given ancther chance by Magistrate Atkinson after a plea for leniency by G@efence counsel Gregory T. Evans. Miller, Rochon and Morgan were egain charged with breaking into a boaithouse and stealing an cutboard motor and a tool box: They pleaded guilty to this charge and wer senitenced for thiat offence as well. A Timmingy juvenile who has just finished a term in St. Jesoph‘s Indusâ€" trial School for breaking, entering and theft, was returned to that school again this week when he pleaded guilty to another charge of breaking, entering and theft. During the evidence it was brought cut ithat more perscns were probably connected with ithis most neâ€" cent theft but so far hey have eluded he arms of the dlaw and are still at large. Miller and Rochon were again chargâ€" ed iwith receiving an amount of stolen goods}, knowing them to be stolen. They pleaded guilty ito that charge as well. a ten dollar fine. Two of the men were in court ‘and they tcok their places in the prisoners‘ box prepared to make the trip to the district jail The octher two men who were convic‘ied didn‘t appear in court so bench warâ€" rants were éissued for their arrest. Th fifth man had the charge against him withdrawn. One man paid a fine of a dollarn and costs on a charge of illegal parking. Another man paid a fine of ten dollars and costs on a charge of using improâ€" The charge against the juvenile this time was that he did break into the Shell Service Station at the Subway and «did rob a safe in the service siaâ€" ticn of $230.00 in cash. A gasoline terch was used to melt the hinges off the daoor. Six Timmins young men, just over the juvenile age limit, were in court charged with a variety of charge rangâ€" inz from breaking, entering and theft to receiving stolen goods,. One of them was given a nine month term while ‘two others were given threeâ€" month terms. One pleaded not guilty to all charges and he was raeased. Two cithers; were ordered to sign a bond to ‘keep the peace for two years. The bond was for ‘two hundred dollars. Five men were charged by police with being drunk amd four of them were given the usual term of thiry days or Had Just Finished Term in Reformatory and is Now Beâ€" ing Returned. Two Hundred and Thirty Dollars Taken and Not Recovered Yet. Six Other Young Men Sent Down for Terms. In police court this week the juvenile who is only fifteen years old, admitted the itheft and also admitted ‘the long record that the magisrate read out to him. When ‘he admitted everything the magisttrate said that he was going to send him back to the school again for an indefinite term. e Three of ‘the youths, Frank Miller, Glyn Morgan and Jack Rochon, pleadâ€" ed guilty ito taking an automobile from 1 Riverside Drive and driving it around, later abandoning it, and they were sentenced. Robert Houle was also facing the same charge but he pleaded not guilty and was dismissed. The same quartet were again charzyâ€" ed with breaking, entering and thef! from a dwelling in Mountjoy Township and the same three were again conâ€" victed when they pleaded guilty. Hyule again pleaded not guilty and was reâ€" leased. per license plates on his car,. Anâ€" cotliver man facing the same charge was not in court > the magistrate asked that he be served with his siunmeons personally. Rene Richer faced a charge Of negligent G@riving and was given a week‘s remand. Police claim that hss was driving a car with four persons in the front seat. A sixteenâ€"yearâ€"old youth was chargâ€" ed with joyriding but was «dismissed when the magistrate learned that alâ€" though he had driven in the car, he didn‘t know that it was stolen. iA charge laid under the Master and Serâ€" vant Act was adjourned when it was learned that the defendent was in the hospital. A woman, facing a charge of being mentally ill was) given ancother chance when her husband sa‘d he would take her home and try and look after her. It appeared that the woman wouldn‘t stay at, home so the magistrate told her that if she didn‘t «tay home from now on he would send her down. Living Historic Times With Canada The Bank has seen war come and peace go, peace come and war depart; shared Canada‘s struggle through every night of economic depression since 1817; rejoiced to see Canada always triumph over all adversity. Founded two years after the Battle of Waterloo, For just one year short of a centuryâ€"andâ€"aâ€"quarter â€"124 dramatic, dynamic, historic yearsâ€"the Bank of Montreal has lived, worked and watched with Canada. MODERN,. EXPERIENCED BANKING SERVICE AV for V ictory makes very effective answer to the Canadian Minâ€" ister to Washington. In the first place she points out that "Canadians who feel it their duty to criâ€" ticize the administration‘s mistakes, tardiness and negligence, to say nothing of the part of a part of a party‘s utter disregard for the desires of the people, are not criticizing the "country‘s conduct of the war," but rather finding fault with the in. competent work of their own paid servants. Anâ€" other angle of the question is fully summed up by Miss Robinson in these words:â€""Another thought for Mr. McCarthy himself to bear in mind is this: "Canadians are not in this war to lighten his task, or the task of any civilian employee. They are in it to save their freedom and their skins, and their children‘s future and the world‘s last hope of sanâ€" ity. Whether Mr. McCarthy finds his task at Washington lighter or heavier in consequence of their criticisms of Ottawa shortcomings interests them so little it would surprise Mr. McCarthy." 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