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Details of the Sixth Victory Loan are now revealed. On an objective of $1,200,000,000, _ subscriptions _ totalled $1,407,547,650, with 3,770,000 individual applications. The armed forces bought $47 millions those overseas $13 millions. Finance Miniter Tlsley told the House of Commons that cost of the issue would not exceed 88 cents for each $100 ~At the end of May Canadian, prisonâ€" ers of war numbering 5278 were scatâ€" tered throught 47 camps in Germany, and 11 camps in the Far East. Of these prisoners, 8 are from the navy, 3,629 Army, 1496 Air Force, 145 Merâ€" chant Navy. Men and nonâ€"commisâ€" sioned officers work in stone quarries, on river work, brick laying, lumbering, agriculture, beet factories, anything that is not! directly connected with the prosecution of the war. They work usually nen or 10 hours a day, usual pay being 70 pfennings a day. The first parcel a prisoner gets is a Red Cross "capture parcel", packed in Canada and stocked in London. _With literally, thousands of Canadian women making over their own clothes or cutting them down for their childâ€" ren, the Consumers Branch of Warâ€" time Prices and Trade Board has found that many women are on the lookout for used sewing machines. To protect buyers of used goods, the Board has set a ceiling for certain second hand articles. The price set for used sewâ€" ing machines must not be more than 80 of the current price of a new machine of the same or similar type sold in that locality; or not more than a used machine cost during the basic period September 15 to October 11. To pay no more than ceiling prices and to conserve â€" material â€"these are â€" major contributions women can make to the war effort. The national exchequer "take" keoeps growing every year, a% evidenced. by figures showing that customs, excise and income tax revenue last month (June) was $225,716,652, This repreâ€" sents an increase of over $38 millions compared with the same period in 1943. PACGE ETOGHT A WEEKLY EDITOR AT PUBLIC Ottawa RIV ERSIDE PAVILION «t eP lt P """"*N"""'WN""" Music at the "PAVY" by GENE CROCCO and His ORCHESTRA Gentsâ€"75¢ Written specialy ter the waekly newspapers of Consde Wednesday and Friday Nights 8.30 to 10.30 Enjoy Dancing to the Finest Music on the Best Floor in the North. Dancing Saturday Evening Admission 35¢ O the total, income tax accounted for $127,758,825. The hens of Canada are cackling mightily for Britain. It is astonishing to learn that the Special Products Board of the Dominion Department of Agriculiture bought for export to the British Ministry of food 3,700 carloads of eggs from January 1 to June 28 this year. That means about 2,400,000 cases or 72 milion dozen. Last year for this period the purchases were 1,700 carloads. Number of cases purâ€" chased from various provinces were as follows: B. C., 155,000; Alberta 363,000; Saskatchewan 455,000; Manitoba 273, 000; Ontario 990,000; Quebec 143,000; New Brunswick 2,500; P. E. I., 18,000. Agricultural fairs throughout Canada have been a great factor in our social and economic progress and chances are that after the war they will be bigger and better than ever. Some of Canaâ€" da‘s fairs are among our oldest instituâ€" tions.. The first organized agricultural fair in Canada was held at Windsor, Nova Scotia in 1765. The first fair at Pictou, N. S., was held 127 years ago. In Ontario the Niagara Agricultural Society held a fair in 1791. Centenary of the fairs are this year planned at Vankleek Hill, Ontario and Richmond, Ontario. The federal Labour Department is making a special effort to get thouâ€" sands of high school boys and girls to register for. summer employment on farms.. It is hoped they will help ease the critical situation which threaâ€" tens in every kind of farming from fruit picking to grain harvesting Spending a vacation on a farm is not only profitable but a healthâ€"builder as well, and besides it is a contribution to the war effort. Placing officers are very careful in the selection of farms for these youngsters, The provinces have arranged for supervised camps for fruit pickers. So far the Labour Department, it is reported, has not had to enter a prose. cution against any employer for failure to replace a returned member of the Armed Forces, in his former employâ€" ment. All cases apparently have been adjusted with satisfaction to date. Unâ€" der the Act a discharged member of the Forces may undertake on his own beâ€" half this prosecution. The Act proâ€" vides that employers must reinstate war veterans in their original jobs, or reâ€"employ them under conditions "not less favourable‘"‘. It applies equally to men and women who were at least three months on the job in question before being accepted into the services. Where two or three left an identical job, the first to leave is entitled to reinstatement. It a returned person is physically unable to carry out his former duties, the onus is on the emâ€" ployerâ€"to place hm at any work he can do. Exâ€"members have three months if discharged in Canadaâ€"four if disâ€" charged overseasâ€"to apply for reinâ€" statement. The Act does not apply Eto Dominion or Provincial governâ€" _ ment employees, as they have regulaâ€" tion of their own. Ceiling prices for the 1944 Canadian pack of canned vegetables will be about the same as last year according to the Prices Board. To encourage canning of high quality product, there is a slight change in the ceiling on toâ€" mato juice. Canners‘ maximum prices are the same level in Quebec as in tions of their own. Nowhere has there been such a marked benefit from the wartime price and distribution controls than to the country general store merchant, His total business increase since 1939, acâ€" cording to official estimates tabulated at Ottawa, is around 60%. To show the relative position of various types of merchants, here are figures on sales volume for the year 1943 for departâ€" ment stores and mail order houses there was a decrease of one per cent; chain, stores also showed a decrease 2.3%: independent stores, not including country general stores, increased 5.8% and the country store, increased 9.5%. For the first time Ladiesâ€"25¢ the Canadian 62 million Farming in Canada is really big busiâ€" ness. Total cash income from the sale of farm progucts in 1943 was $1,396.6 millions, against 765.8 millions in 1940, an increase of two per cent. While the increase in the index of farm prices {roim 1940 to the spring of 1944 was only 55.4%, the increase in the total cash incoms in the four years was 82%, this being accounted for by the heavy inâ€" crease in volume of farimn products put on the market. The increase in volumeée of produce sold was in much greater proportion to the increase in prices for the products. In the same period, inâ€" crease in farm wages per month, with board, averaged for all of Canada, was 136%. This shows a jump from $26.02 in May, 1940 to $61.38 in May 1944. Sudbury Star:â€"If you want to be the man of the hourâ€"just promise to wait a few minutes for a woman. I never saw a garden thief, I‘d somehow like to see one; But I can tell you anyhow I‘d rather see than ‘be one. Only at night can be done, Who digs and steals his neighbour‘s plants; I‘d rather see than be one. I‘ve never seen the cutâ€"worm work He too must men and light shun. He‘s like the thief who prowls at night I‘d rather see than be one. I‘ve never seen the wormâ€"like man, Whose crawling tricks have been done, Who thus added to his selfâ€"respect, I‘d rather like to see one. never saw the man whose The Human Cutâ€"worm Famous Sister Ships in Invasion Fleet Photos show the PRINCE DAVID (top), the PRINCE ROBERT {centre), and the PRINCE HENRY (bottom) photographed before her conversion for war service rpiurss â€" Canadian ships in the '_ armada carrying allied troops to breach Hitler‘s Atlantic wall were originally designed for holiday traffic with no thought of grim business on the Normandy Coast, The Prince Henry, Prince David and Prince Robert were built for the Canadian National Steamships at Birkenhead, England. In the Pacific Coast service and in Atiantic waters each of these three sister ships covered great disâ€" tances and carrnied many holiday travellers until 1939 when taken over by the Royal Canadian Navy. The 8. Prince Robert became an antiâ€"aircraft cruiser while the other two were redesigned as combined operations cruisers. Press despatches from the front reported that the Prince Henry was one of the first ships to land troops in France while the Prince David also launched her landing craft in the early stages of the attack, and the Prince Robert was an important unit Prince Robert was an important unit of the protective fleet. While Canadian National Steamâ€" ships officers had no thought of war when specifying the type of ship (Contributed by A. Victim) THE PORCUPINE ADVANCFE, TTIMMINS, ONTARIO tricks The following article by Frederick Griffin appeared in a recent issue of The Toronto Star. It refers at some length to the notable work Lieut. George White, son of Mr. and Mrs, G. R. White, Hemlock Street, Timmins. All who know the family or the popular young Timmins engineer mentioned will feel a glow of commuity pride in the account of the part played by Lieut. White and his company of enâ€" gineers. The article from The Star is given‘ herewith in full:;â€" Night of Dust, Death, as R. C. E Bridged Orne (By Frederick Griffin, Star Staff) With the Canadians in France,â€"The Canadians were continuing to cut a swath intoa the country south of Caen when I came on Lieut., George White of Timmins and some of his engineers. They were by the bridge they had built to make the attack possible, Canâ€" adian engineers working in the dark in the heart of Caen under fire did a grand job of wayâ€"clearing and bridgeâ€" building as a preliminary to Tuesday morning‘s assault in Montgomery‘s breakâ€"out through the Caen hinge. Cut Way Through Ruins George White, young Hollinger minâ€" ing engineer, and his men had not only begun the bridge in the dark and workâ€" ed through the day of the attack but they had since been clearing a way through the shattered suburb of Vauâ€" celles. On point duty here was Sergt.George Blyth who used to be a greenhouse man at Colborne, Ont., with Cpl. Ernest Miller of Seamans, Sask., and Lâ€"Cpl. Jack Morris of Montreal They were handling more traffic than at King and Younge Sts. and in such dust as Toronto never dreamed of. War Correspondent Writes of Work of Timmins Engineer At the moment they were resting by the river in the dock area of Caen, while traffic flowed south ; through Vaucelles towards the battlefront. This traffic spot in the heart of a pulverized powdery desolation was a hot and dusty hell, at least no longer being shelled or mortared. Lieut. George White and His Engineers Take Notable Part in Success of Invaâ€" sion Not far away, along the river,bullâ€" dozers were at work digging buried streets out of the debris. "Did One Swell Job" These Canadian engineers, some of them in their first battle, did one swell job on Monday night and in the days since to get tanks, vehicles, guns and men flowing across the Orne into the breakâ€"through. T can only mention a few of the men I talked to who did the job in the best engineer tradition. They were Sergt. James McClelland, builder from Owen Sound, L.â€"Sergt. George Richardson of Sault Ste. Marie, L.â€"Sergt. Larry Mcâ€" Kay of Winnipeg, Corp, R. G. Macâ€" Allum of Ottawa, L.â€"Sergt. John Kinâ€" ton of Toronto and Spr. George Macâ€" Donald of Ottawa. Then there was L.â€"Cpl. Leonard Lang of Leamington, who was despatch rider all through that night of dust and death. He actually used his moâ€" The Prince ships were designed for 334 first cabin passengers with deck space for 1,500 day passengers. When launched these ships were each of 6,000 tons. In war dress their top decks, which carried much of the cabin â€" accommodation, â€" were _ disâ€" mantled. required, ghey did ask for power and speed and thus, unknowingly, proâ€" vided the basis for useful eruisers. The builders installed high pressure boilers feeding steam turbines to deve lop 16,000 horsopom r and a top speed of 23 knots. The purpose was to mainâ€" tain an exacting se Lmlul('. H. M.C.S8. Prince Robert has been more frequently in the news than her Canadian National sisters, early capturing a rich prize in the Pacific, and afterwards staging a fierce battle against enemy aircraft while guarding a convoy in the Atlantic. These ships sailed to . the Midnight Sun but adventure imagined by J Robert Service or Rex proached that recent ac Coast of Normandy. the Land of no Alaskan ack London, Beach apâ€" tion off the The following quotation was taken from "Red Patch," the official organ of the iIst. Canadian Division in Italy, and forwarded to the Timmins Legion by the assistant overseas manager of the Canadian Legion War Services, whoâ€"in his covering letterâ€"said that he thought that it was too good to pass aver:â€" ‘"The magazines are mostly copies of news magazines; detective stories; Life Sky Fighters; R. A. F. Aces, and Thrillâ€" ing Sports, During the past few weeks many score of magazines have been collected by the Canadian Legion in Fort Francis, Ont., Timmins, Ont. .. ... for distribution in this area." This definitely puts Timmins in front line news and do the lads appreâ€" clate good reading material? Well, ask yourself. And Timmins really deserves this small tribute. Comrades Art. Jenâ€" kins and George Nippers who have been responsible for the handling of reading matter, have been literally swamped with periodicals at times; during one evening alone they sorted as many as 39 cartons of magazines and one box of Eatons‘ and Simpson‘s catalogues. Needless to sayâ€"the latter were not shipped. Department store catalogues have their ‘uses, but it was felt that the sight of so much fighing tackle and odds and ends, not to mention the sweet young things adorning the front pages to which a young man‘s fancy invariably turns when the fish are out of season, might induce our soldier boys to cancel their reservations in whichever posh continental hotels they might happen to be staying and hotâ€" foot it for home, ek dum! * These extracts are quoted verbatim. Men are beginning to drift back from the various fighting fronts. Members of the Legion enjoyed an impromptu entertainment presented by a veteran of two great wars last Saturday evenâ€" ng in the Legion Hall; Comrade Bob Brown late of the 30th. Batt. Black Wiatch, 1914â€"1918, and more recently, of the Essex Scottish. Comrade Brown broadcasted regularly over three army shows while overseas and was known as Canada‘ Harry Lauder; but Harry Lauder with a rich barrackâ€"room flaâ€" vor, if you can imagine that! He also received an invitation to join the new army showâ€"from Ottawa. But before we become too complacent or feel like resting on our laurels here is another quotation, this time from the Legionary":â€"‘"Illustrated â€" magaâ€" zines are urgently needed for our fightâ€" ing men overseas. Only a fraction of the numbers of copies needed are forthcoming. Please do your part in making this moraleâ€"sustaining effort a success. Turn copies of any magaâ€" zines of recent issue which you have on hand in at your local post office toâ€" day::.......2, t Comrade Brown sang, among various other ditties, "I belang tae Glasgie," which has popped up so often of late that it has almost become a national lament. It was good entertainment, though, and the crowd, which was quite large enjoyed it immensely, But Comâ€" rade Brown‘s accomplishments ‘fade into insignificance beside those of his good lady. Mrs. Brown was declared the Dominion Champion among the knitting sisterhood by the Canadian Red Cross. 912 pairs of socks in 912 days! Can you beat that ladies? Relatives or friends of Timmins men and women who have lost their lives while serving with the active forces are asked to kindly send particulars to Les Nicholson, President, Canadian Legion, Timmins.. It was the news the world has been waiting for, and she said: "I‘m takmg the car to the office, Pop, the invasion‘s on." ‘‘Watch the brakes," he said« : and went back to sleep.â€"North Bay Nugget. tor bicycle until nearly 1 am., then had to use a jeep. "It must have been bad," I said, ‘"You‘re telling me?" he retorted. "It was hell groping in the ~muck and dark." Then there was the gal reporter who was called out at 3 a.m. by news of the invasion. All the day before these Canadian engineers had waited for the word to get to work. They waited in Caen itself. Mortar shells were falling and there were many German snipers along the riverfront. At dark they got word to get going with the bridging. In the meantime, in the darkness, without light, five Canadian bulldozer crews busy plowing out the rubble and making a pathway through to the quays and bridging sites. Mortar bombs kept falling near them and snipers‘ bullets sang through the dust and din they raised. The officer commanding, some time after midnight called up headquarters and reported things pretty hot. He was ordered: "Call it off to morning and rest the men." He reâ€" plied: "A little thing like mortars isn‘t going to hold us up," and the men with their machines kept on digging through the ruins in the dusty deadly dark. In this area two Bailey bridges were built by this group. A stick of German bombs damnaged some bridging vehicles and equipment, causing casualties; nevertheless the two hridges were built. First to pass over their own bridges were the Canadian engineers. THE LEGION COLUMN Any who have not made their usual contribution, or feel that they can give little more, or those who have overâ€" looked this worthy cause in the number of appeals these days, should send their contributions as soon as possible to the treasurer of the local committee of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. The Institute is doing a reâ€" markable work for the blind, giving them hope and inpiration as well as material help. The Institute is pracâ€" tically conducted by a group of blind people who are completely sold on the idea of helping each other to help themselves and others, It is difficult to sum up the work of the Institute in a few words, but an idea of the scope of the work may be given by saying that the C. N. 1. B. trains blind people trades and callings, and starts them in business to allow them to be selfâ€" supâ€" porting, helps them to learn Braille (the language of the blind), and loans them.Braille books provides radios in certain cases, and otherwise helps them to establish themselves in life. "‘The campaign fund for the blind is still open for subscriptions and the books will not be closed until the obâ€" Jective of $1800.00 has been reached," so stated Mrs. J. E. Keene, chairman of the local committee for the Blind in an interview with The Advance yesterâ€" day. "Quite a number of regular subâ€" scribers are still to be heard from," continued Mrs. Keene, "and we know we can count on them." Mrs. Keene expressed the hope that this item may serve as a reminder to many loyal supporters of the work for the blind in this district to send in their subâ€" scriptions to Mr. F. A. Burt, Treasurer, Dominion Bank in Timmins. The committee is confident that the 1944 objective wll be reached soon. WHEREAS the rumour is widespread that plans have been or are being conâ€" sidered to divert the Ferguson Highâ€" way from Matheson to a point in the vicinity of Fauquier; and For some time past there have been reports that the Ferguson Highway is to be diverted from Matheson to a point near Fauquier. This has brought very strong protest from all the settleâ€" ments from TIroquois Falls to Smooth Rock Falls, with Cochrane especially stirred. Petitions have been signed by the hundreds of names in the places concerned between Iroquois Falls and Smooth Rock Falls. Last week a simiâ€" lar petition was started in Cochrane and it is understood it is being largely signed. The Cochrane petition, which follows the same lines as the other petition, reads in part as follows:â€" WHEREAS the development of the country will not justify the maintenâ€" ance of alternative main highways at preseRt, and diversion of the road in this manner referred to would inevitâ€" ably result in neglect of the existing main road: and Campaign for Funds for the Blind Still Open for Donations Protest Being Made Against Proposed Road Diversion or growing communitiese of the type that will assist in peopling and developâ€" ing this country, all of which would be byâ€"passed if the diversion were made: and WHEREAS this road in its present route serves not only ‘Cochrane but more than a score of other established WHEREAS the proposed diversion would serve no existing population en route and could only serve populaâ€" tion in the future by intensifying the major evils which have held back deâ€" velopment hitherto, increasing isolaâ€" Books Not to be Closed Unâ€" till Objective of $1,800 is Secured The Eve of St. Mark There was no escape from the man they kiiled they got away with murder, but they couldn‘t get away from each other The compelling Love ....... Story of a Soldier with Anne Baxter _ Michael O‘Shea ADDED SHORTS Cartoonâ€"Badge of Honor PARAMOUNT NEWS Double FRED McMURRAY BARBARA STANWICK EDW. G. ROBINSON Starting Sun. Midnite Starting Toâ€"day and Friday and Saturday Indemnity 2. That an assurance be given that as early as practicable after the war the existing highway will be improved so that full use may be made of the Transâ€"Canada highway, and so that when the Ontarioâ€"Quebec highway systems are eventually connected via Norembega and La Reine this new road may feed directly into the main west and south arteries of Northern Onâ€" tario. The Rectory of St. Matthew‘s Angliâ€" can Church was the scene of an "At Home‘" on Wednesday afternoon, July 26th, from 4 to 6 pm. when Rev. and Mrs. A. R. Chidwick, assisted by Mrsi R. J. Renison, received about 200 memâ€" bers of the congregation and parish who called to meet Mrs. Chidwick, wife of the new Rector. The afternoon was bright and sunny and bouquets of summer flowers, tasteâ€" fully arranged throughout the rooms added further to the brightness of the warm welcome which awaited those who attenedd this very pleasant recepâ€" tion. THEREFORE, we the undersigned residents of the Town of Cochrane petition the Government of the Proâ€" vince of Ontario as follows: 1. That an assurance be given that no new main parallel road will be built to byâ€"pass existing communities on No. 11 Highway; tion hy spreading available settlers more thinly along the chief transporta« tion arteries; Pleasing At Home at St. Matthews Rectory Wednesday During the afternon tea was poured by Mrs. James Barry, Mrs. Percy Reid (Pres. of the Ladies‘ Guild( and Mrs. Walter Kevan (Wife of the Peoples‘ Warden) and served by Miss, Doris Reid, Miss Jo Melville and Mrs. Reg. Cooper, members of the A. Y. P. A. Among the guests were Bishop and Mrs. R J. Renison, with Miss Jane Tupper, of Toronto. North Bay Nugget:â€"So critical is the manpower shortage, we recently heard "Down by the Old Mill Stream" renâ€" dered by a trio TONITE IS FOTOâ€"NITE | $425.00 A FAMOUS PLAYERS THEATRE BROAD W AY The Lady and the Monster Ghost TODAY AND FRIDAY Gildersleeve‘s Ghost STARTS SATURDAY! .OLSEN and JOHNSON The touching story ofthe fine Sulâ€" livan boys and our way of life of which they are symbolic. PLUS Jamboree The French Version of "VIRCGGINILA: CITY" The Sullivans STARRIN C Errol Flynn, Mirian Hopkins, Kanâ€" doiph Scott, Humphrey Bogart Monday and Tuesday French Picture â€"=â€"~LANTE DAYC â€"â€" Two Grand Features Pardon my Gun PLUS Serial â€" News â€" Comedy THURSDAY, JULY 2. 12M# Charles Starrett N (Musical Comedy) Catchers HEROIQUE"