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t j HOW WOULD THIS PLAN WORK ? WW _ "Mr. W. C. Michel, of Belleville, in a fetter to f i- the Toronto" Globe and Mail, this week made a § auggestiow that may indicate a remedy for the ‘â€" present unfortunate situation in reference to reâ€" mforcements for the Canadian army,. overseas. ~Mr. Michel‘ believes that sufficient men may be While at first sight it might seem like an ideal scheme tb pay the servicemen big wages, and the. _ members 0f Parliament and munition workers on the basis, of a soldier‘s pay, the situation is not _ so simple as it seems. It, is difficult to underâ€" _ stand how embers‘v,pf,,_Pa,rliament could be inâ€" 7 duced to ack BE a s¢ r.'.n for doing so much members of ?arlf;';f' _ increase their when â€" the â€"aforesaid fent," ;felt that they had . to sesbional mdemnity of $4, 000. 00 so as to be able to live @,t is odd that members of _ Parliament dan, so. Gogflg%égislate to add to the . taxes of othet. men 1@ 3 ‘%fibme front, even chargâ€" _ ing the soldie?sr t rf t ame tax, but they can see â€" their way cleat tQ f . their own sessior 1 ’ ;fi_fthe high cost of HyvE m Oftawa and the innumâ€" _ erable calls maqe b1 b« ,urses of membeérs, forâ€" â€"getting that deggs .x,-{;_ cost of living is high everywhere and the average f-:;‘f; ‘mqn is faced with as many calls upon his purse as is the ordinary membeér of Parliament.â€" ‘*" emselves of taxation on ances. â€"They point to .\* eau of Statistics the * . Another trouble would ‘be inâ€" regard to the elâ€" ement poqufknown under the namesof Zomâ€" _ Dies. Uinder.Mr. Michel‘s plan would there.be a _ "Zombie"_army? If so, would these lads get the union rate or the soldier‘s pay? And how would Mr. Michel‘ believes that sufficient men may be secured by the volunteer system if the right plan is followed. His idea is to reverse the present practice an'd pay soldiers a living wage, while inâ€" sisting onh the people at home working for the nominal pay of the soldier. "If the men in the ‘torces whb 1are risking their physical safety and their lives: were paid $6.00 a day," says Mr. Miche}, "and the‘men at home in safety enjoying the comforts. of their families were paid $1.30 a day during the,:war together with clothing and rations also including Government officials, members of Legislatures and Parliament, there would be little need of ?di‘x‘scription In fact, the difficulty would be to keep men out of the forces." T ediately there wereâ€": pnople who qt.atmz that he planned a comeâ€" !'.;i.z NYA = o l oo k o c c -Mflel reference all in the genial Mitch‘s favâ€" our “Whether the reading of the former premier‘s remarks was due to the imagination of some * people or to the look in Hepburn‘s eye when he said it may be left to the imagination of the people [in general. [‘ To introduce politics into a Victory Loan camâ€" f " | paign would be both reprehensible andâ€"dangerous No one but a Cabinet minister has any Hicense to HOW WOULD THIS PLAN WORK ’ | do anythlng lifxe that. Liberals, Conservatives, Mr w. C! Michel, of Belleville, in a fetter to â€"C. C. F., and other parties have worked wholeâ€" ho Tdront.o" Globe and Mail, this week made a heartedly and sincerely in all the Victory Loan uggestion' that may indicate a remedy for the| Campaigns withont apparent effort to introduce resent unfortunate situation in reference to reâ€" politics in any way. There are public men who iforcements for the Canadian army. overseas. | Can speak about Victory Loans or anything else ir. Michel‘ 6elieves that sufficient men may be as if they were the.originat_ors of any virtue that ecured by the volunteer system if the right plan nugbt. be lying around loose, but these gentleâ€" ; followed.. His idea is to reverse the present|"MC" always tage the riskâ€"of being deflated by the ractice axrd pay soldiers a living wage, while inâ€" rude utterance of some word like "Zombie‘". It sting onb the people at home workmg for the has been ‘the fact that politics have been kept out ominal pay of the soldier. "If the men in the of Victory Loan drives that has made these camâ€" rces wh‘o *are risking their physical safety and paigns so remarkably successful. That is the heir lives: were paid $6.00 a day " says Mr. Miche}, right spirit, and The Advance would like to beâ€" and the‘men at home in safety enjoying the lieve that Mr. Hepburn observed the proprieties C 28 fammiliac wara nairl ©FT 7N a day as well as. anyone else. â€" During the recent Victory Loan campaign, Mr. itchell F. Hepburn, a former premier of Ontario ho has made himself known to quite a few people as one of the special speakers who attracted a ‘owd at every centre. he Qfim Mr Heps-; arn has been acc.med by sume of "mtmduclng‘ mfica,l notes into some of. m; Victory Loan ad> NOW, THEY MAY BE TOLD At Cochrane, one story says, the chairman at the meeting was a Mr. King, whowas supposed to say a few words in French, as he had lived several years in Quebec and was expected to be well versed in the language of that province.. , Mr. King, however, explained to the meeting that he did â€"not feel his French was good enough for a _public address and.so he had decided not to talk French but he would simply introduce Mr. Mitchâ€" ‘elt who would talk Dutch to the audience in the matter of buying Victory Bonds. Mr. Hepburn without the slightest ~hesitation stepped to the front of the platform, and in perfect French comâ€" menced, "Messieurs and Madames.‘" He paused for a monent and then continued:â€""Ladies and gentlemen, that‘s every doggone word of French I know,.but I‘ll be hanged if I‘d be beat by any man the name of King." There are a couple of stories told about Mr. Hepburn‘s tour in the North that could not be published during the campaign but that may be told now without any harm. If they are not true to fact, they are at least true in spirit. The other story about Mr. Hepburn developed in private conversation. Joking reference was made to Mr. Hepburn‘s long previous animosity to Preâ€" mier King. "I have no personal animosity against Billy «King,"~countered . Hepburn. ‘"No doubt he . has. some fing:, guahtfes " the former premier sajd very earnestly., There was a pause. Then Mr. Hepburn very .earnestly concluded his sentâ€" ence, "But I‘ll be hanged if I can think of one of them now." * ‘At Monday night‘s council session Mayor and Council appeared to miss a chance to say an effec* tive word on behalf of the fathers and mothers and other relatives and friends of the many solâ€" diers overseas from this town. Word from these soldiers is to the effect that they are in need of reinforcements.. Saturday night, with the mayor and several of : the councillors present, the Timâ€" mins Branch of the Canadian Legion passed a strongly worded: resolution calling on the governâ€" ment to stand by the men on service overseas and send reinforcements at once by using the trained draftees held long in this country. Councillor Gladstone, offered the council opportunity to supâ€" port the Legion in its patriotic effort. Councillor Gladstone‘s resolution referred to the need for reinforcements, overseas, as proven by the opinâ€" ion of men like Col. Ralston, Premier Drew, Major. Connie Smythe, the Canadian Legion, and others in a position to know; it pointed out that the only remedy for this need was the use of the trained drfittees : and it was designed to urge on the local member and the government the absolute need for immediate action in the matter. The resolution failed to find a seconder. The argument against it was that council some years ago passed a resâ€" calling on the government for "total war‘". {Council held that a repetition of that old resoluâ€" » tion was all that was required. It may have been a courteous way to sidetrack Councillor Gladâ€" ‘stone‘s resolution but it did not fill the bill.:* The old resolution of council was simply one of those general expressxons that sound impressive but mean little because of their generality. Counâ€" cillor Gladstone‘s resolution on the other hand, was specific. It was designed to meet a particuâ€" in Timmins who have Joved ones overseas that the â€" 'rm:mms council. felt it necessary to do its to ptotect and support the men on service. 'l'he Wble is that the Government has been talkâ€" img‘in gen eralitiqs Premier King. seldom fails to Buggest that he is in favour of "total war". It ll a. diflerenf. matter however,> when it come down | en the oovamment is asked “in mm terms tur the "greatest possible war lar crisis with a clearly defined solution. It would have been strong support.for the Legion resolution. It would have shown the many mothâ€" ers and fathers and other relatives and friends COUNCIL.MISSED A CHANCE The following poem was; sent to The Advance by Jerome Belanger, formerly linotype operator with The A;!vanqe, and likely to be in the same place when he gets the present war won overseas. Jerome is at present a Rifleâ€" man â€" in the Signal Platoon, Headâ€" quarters Co., Royal Winnipeg Rifles, £4 en se S ze yc nc P ol i2 c i â€" C broad that it doesn‘t mean .a‘thing. Any action|1 or lack of action could be plausibly explained by | Mr. King, "as the greatest possible war eflort," and "total war" and what have you: People in general however, have reached the conélusion that there is a specific crisis and that a specific remedy apâ€" pears to be necessary. The Legion resolution named that crisis and the remedy. The Gladâ€" stone resolution would have supported the Legion resolution and given it further official confirmaâ€" tion and force., Whatever the reason, Council missed its chance to show the determination of the town of Timmins to see to it that the thouâ€" sands of men from this town on active service amneonom‘upsundonr heads held mghand wuh Go’d's help we shall not 1 % * # .:. Wonder if General MacNaughton is a volunteer or‘a conscript in his new job. s $ # ® Reynolds News says that Hitler has + jaundice and has turned yellow. What do you‘ meanâ€" "turned?" â€" t Â¥ t\ ¢ Objection is taken by some to the use of the theremmththatcould save. thebunnmsecuonot the comâ€" munity in view of the fact M ‘no water was in quantity. mnremthemostaeflousmthg his‘ory of Ramore from the etandpoint of Some years ago the community suffered heavy loss when the village church and the community school alongside it were destroyed by fire. That was a blow to the community but the loss was not so great as in Monâ€" day‘s fire. Mr. J. N. Cloutier‘s loss alone for the store and contents is estimated at around $40,000. B. W. E. F., C. A. C. He says the verses wereâ€"written by one of the lads in his section. "It gives a good idea of what it used to be like at the of the invasion,‘‘ he says, "but it isn‘t that bad now, nor even half that bad." the town of Timmins to see to it that the thouâ€" sands of men from this town on active ,service should be:supported and protected. ‘Slit Trench Blues It‘s not a bit like Broadway here, As the shells go sailing by, As the Mortar bombs And cannon shells Go tearing through the sky; And you wonder where, As they whistle past, sys Each one is going to fall. i I died a thousand defths last night And I didn‘t die at all. 1 1 When the sky lights up And the black night turns As bright as the high noon day; .‘ When the flame throwers blast Seems the world to burn, It will give some cause to pray; When the thunderous blasts Seem to toss the earth 4 Like a pitcher tosses a ball; I died a thousand deaths last n. ght* And I didn‘t die at all. "AH! 33 When the sides of slit trenches Crumble down * From the mortar‘s might.est power» It seems to you That ages have passed, And it‘s only been an hour. When the aircraft rumbles overhead â€" And the bombs like raindrops fall; I died a t,housand deaths last mght And I did not die at all. When moaning Minnie rends; the air . Like a thousand loud sirens, f And your eardrums ring From the noise out there, As you witness all the scenes: It‘s not like a dream From which you can wake, Or forget at break of dawn; But it lasts all day And again next night Yes for weeks this thing goes on. But the Nazi power is getting weak, And we know he soon shall fall. | Although I died a thousand deathc' last night, I never died at all. Timmins Lodge of 1. 0. 0. F. Holds Past Grands‘ Night At the regular meeting of Timmins Lodge No. 459, I.0.O.F., held on Tuesâ€" day evening in the Oddfellows‘ Hal, the Past Grands of the Lodge conâ€" ferred the third degree of Oddfellowâ€" ship on three candidates. The cereâ€" mony was under the direction of Bro. Chas. F. Lacy, P.G., Degree Master. Later, a‘ twentyâ€"five years Veteran‘s Jewel was presented to Bro. W. Arnold on behalf of Cobalt Lodge by Bro. Jas. ough,â€"P.G., with a few well chosen words recalling their meeting some t wentyâ€"two years ago. After Lodge closeéd, a programme followed, which was arranged by Bro. W. H. Pritchard, P.G., with Bro. J. C. Elliott, N.G., as chairman. Bro. Alf. Prout, P.G., led the community singâ€" ing at the opening. Bro. W. H. Pritchâ€" ard introduced Flying Officer William (Bill) Shields, who gave an interesting talk about his experiences after their plane was attacked over France until he returned to the Allied forces. â€"Bro. Geo. S. Drew, P.G.. gave an address on <the rehabilitation of veteransâ€"of this war, stating the part to be taken care of by the Government and the part to be looked after by the local committee. Violin. solos were welt rendered by ~the young talented musician, J. Gordon, accompanied. on the piano by Ron Jones. Rev. A. R. Chidwick was introduced by L. Bailey, P.G., and gave a very appropriate %«. dress. Ron Jones rendered vocal in his usual pleasing manner.â€" W. Lainsbury, P.G.. gave an. effective readingâ€"of a humorous poem by Dr. Drummond. Short remarks by visiting Bro. G. Cameron, D.D.G.M., of Iroquois GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER Tok 1 o o s o e e e o o i o C K. e C Try the Advance Want Advertisements â€". . "‘The Maple Lea{ FPorever." Still stands the motto of the King: _ Church, at St.. Mary‘s. No doubt | "Put into your task whatever it may be, all the| will refer to him as the "Parson‘". Shit Trench Blues e o p i. Swastika, was wipeglx out by. fire on Monday of this week, with a total loss estimated as between $60,000 and $65,â€" 000. The heaviest loser was J. N. Cloutier, whose general s:.ore and conâ€" tents were a total, loss. Another heavy sufferer from this fire was Mr. Geo. W. Delves who owneg and operated the hotel nearby. Mr. Delves will be reâ€" membered here by many friends he made while on the Provincial Palice Force and stationed here some years aAgo. His loss will be from $8,000 to $10,â€" 000. Two ‘houses near the hotel as well as a number of sheds and outbuildings were also destroyed before the fire burned itself out. One of these houses was owned by Mr. H. Boucher and was valued at $4,000. The whole business section of the community of Ramore, on the T. N.O. line about 30 miles north of Ramore Business Section Wiped Out by $60,000 Fire Geo. W. Delves Loses His Hotel Property. Fire Started in Big Store The fire started in the Cloutier store, and was discovered about 1.30 a.m. Monday by the owner and of the store who was awakened by a noise and went downstairs from his living quarters to investigate. He found fire in steady progress and with some ‘headâ€" way, and though he attempted to conâ€" trol the fire by the use of extinguishers in the building, he soon had to give up the battle, He and his family had some difficulty in getting out of the place, but fortunately no one was injured, and the same good fortune held true as to the safety of the people in the other buildings. From the Cloutier store the flames spread to other. adjacent builidngs including the hotel. In view of the fact that Ramore has no «* . . .Rer all the about VD write your Provincinl Department of Health for the ~~ new, free laughing couple, dodgmg showers Ahc;f rice . . . fireside . .â€". garden . . . hubby babics .. 3 ' ‘These are‘ scenes we know and like, beâ€" cause they‘re part of our â€"lives , . . because they spclr happiness . . . contentment. ‘"But we know that these things don‘t ‘‘ just happén.‘‘ They have to be worked for, lived for. too, because of everâ€"present dangers which may spoil. them. Veneréal Discase is a spoiler. In a cold, relentless way it can kill infants, rob the home ‘of its breadwinner, cri'fplc, destroy. These are not mere sibilities, THEY HAPPEN ; . . RIGHT HERE IN CANADA! But, these things should never happen. They can be prevented. Youngzmcn and women can safeguard their future happiness together by wmaking: sure before marriage that V .D. will not blight their plans. A medical examination, including a lood test for syphilis, is a protection no couple can afford to pass up. Objection is taken by some to the use of the word "Zombie". â€"Why not call them the "Baby Bonus‘"‘ arniy? j Rev. G. P. Parson is the new rector of St. James Church, at St. â€"Mary‘s. No doubt his Parishoners EW , QVURILE ""VICTORY UVER DISZAsE". fire brigade and no waterworks system, the only way to battle the fire was with bucket brigades. Although prob- ably a hundred neighbors and friends Bank Premises......s..... ... es i aig‘% Other Assots.. :.s. /s .RA e Ee ioi Liabilities of Customcrs undcr Letters of ;. . i2 iA ol 0 F CANAD A CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET, 31st ocrom 1944 * ASSETS Deposlt,s with and Notes of Bank of Canada $ 31 969 676.52 Notes of and Cheques on Other Banks . . 538 34 Other Cash, and Deposits .. .............. 8 451 .573.88 .cs.. Other Bonds and Stocks Call Loans (Secured) .. Commercial Loans and Discounts. .. .... Government and Municipal Securities Notes in Circulation . . Total Deposits. ... ... Letters of Credit Outs! Letters of Credit Outstanding ... . Dividends due Shareholders. ... .. ... .. Capital, Reserve and Undivided Profits The Gencral Manager, In‘;pcrial Bank of Canada, Toronto. * We report that we have ecxamined the above condensed Balance Sheet as at 31st October, 1944, and have compared it with the books at the Head Office and with the certified returns from the Branches. We Have obtained all the information and explanatiocs that we have required and in our opinion the transactions of the Bank which have come under our notice have been within the powers of the Bank. In our opinion the above Balance Shect:â€"discloses the true condition of the Bank, and is as shown by the books of the Bank. s A,.B: SnEpaerp, F.C.A. a n e . of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell Co, W. D. Grexpinning, F.C.A. A Glendinning, Jarrett, Gray Roberts. on Toronto, 146!{3?990{1\)0?. 1944. The expectant mother, too, may Anow for sure that her baby will be all she dreamecd of. Sl);philis in the expectant mother rarely shows outward signs, and it is no respectcr of persons. An carfy checkâ€"up by her doctor, including a blood test, is a most essential, ifl iv.ig)plc, first step in protecting her baby‘s calth. «â€"Nor must the breadwinner neglect his Lmt..'l'hc security of the home depends upon is ability to work regularly and efficiently. Unsuspected syphilis, striking in midd{c life,. may make the head of the home unable s t tA 1# 4 to rovide forhns family. It is wise to KNOW I{SURE in time. I ustnal medical cxamâ€" mauons should include a routine confidential blood test. A blood test should not be looked upon as somcthing unusual. It should be regarded for what it is . . . a normal safeguard of health, security and happiness. Invest a few minutes of your time in ASSURANCE. _ _â€" C PEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL HEALTH AND WELFARXE ; to further Canada‘s fght against V D. LIABILITIES Globe and â€"Mail:â€"The Communist _ | Party, now, known as the Laborâ€" Proâ€" gressive Party, has been active in opâ€" 4 ¢ posing the sending of the Home Deâ€" fense Army of draftees overseas as reinforcements for the Canadian Army. In keeping with this agitation, the old Communist Party has been attacking Major Conn Smythe and Premier George Drew for revealing the shortage of reinforcements, and the fact that men are being sent into battle ‘without sufficient training. and $249,425,006.23 67,866,389.01 4,044,026.85 160,790.39 $326,5006,999.28 $ 54,713,788.74 $3206,506,099. 28 0,383,57 gv-' 1 1 Ct 9 188,340,296.06 1,215,349.43 5,155,572.00 4,110,786.20 CV t« ty«