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thursday march 20 1941 the acton free press iagf five rv nnd mr c i oip o utile wny eolnwl op aitov ndatlveti nnd t rl nds during in wok mm harold hamilton nnd in son mr herbert hard ii ton of toronto visited with mr unci mrs cordon currk mr and mr r davidson rind mr nnd mrs a h bishop vhiltod with mr nnd mrs jnn nohli nn i mr it nil mrs jones nt cheltenham on sunday mr and mrs joitoph hold nnd dorothy nnd ntfncy and mrs frank kennedy of hamilton spent hit w6krtd vultlng acton relatives and frlonds friends uro plcuscd to larn that mibs jonn mcmillan in making antni- fnetory progress following an opera tion for apnondlcltlh all hop for her early return home from the hos pital in guiph mm victor alger rocoiaa word inst wwk of tin death of her father mr h dubois at areola sank mrs alger lort for the west and attended the funeral there on saturday acton friends extend sympathy on tin societv page of a loronlp daily wt rend that among the rouplet nt the supper dnnee in the onk room of the king i dwnrd hoti i on saturday night were ro colli hegedus and bill hevernn of acton who announce il tin ir i ngagenn nl mr nnd mrs john lambert an nounce the engagement of their daughter emily jenn to lending alrcrnftsmnn erjinc wilhcrt b rtsaf of trenton son of mr and mm f bowes of edgely sos- kntchewan i lit marriage will tnki place quletlv in april george wallace clothes shop 123yongest toronto opposite ryrieblrks if you want to buy a home see e e barr six room btrlck with frtunr summer kltchtm nttachod hot nlr furnnce on n good dry lot control iprioad runluut to two km kuu weekly war commentary spocully written for thtr acton lrtw krewl by iy won kohl catajuhan lrm himjt vtrur br4y chicks cotinty council gi 300 to new organization continued from pajfs one insurance of nl drivers and owners of motor vehicles against public lia bility and property dnmnge and thnt those driver who art either unfit or unable to procure adequate lnnur- jmaortoothcraulcmakoproofot financial responsibility be deprived of the right to drive or operate any motor vehicle from the council of nnsnnjravtia bo it resolved that this council ap peal to uftjounty council for equali zation of county assessment nnd further thnt thin council takes eseep tlon to equalization nn former done nnd request thnt legal i xp ntes bi ellmlnnted as far as possible nnd thnt valuation hi mmli bv a board of r hltrntion lonslsting in putt of iate payers u tin an conversant with valued nnd thnt tin county council hi niki d to uitik on this immediate l nnd thnt theli mirvims ht c ampul til to ii minimum as n otmril num hi aft i umsldi lint tins its elation t wns it ah d thnt n spi i ml tm t ting of hi eoiin council should t il d in thi u ardi n at sunn futuri hil putpum udium why write letter atx mead t ordm ordef your bray chick through reus permal attedtiom prompt delivery geo c brown norval tttephont georgetown s82r21 collact save your way to f l wright gknlcflcal inst7ranck offica- ceopr bulkunf aoton phone bs the hlstorj jeason thnt adolf jkt ii r prohnhty hni ntudled mont in thnt ot 1801 v hen britain declared war on napoleon portly an result of hii re- fuhiil to evacuate the hctherhirulfi por tin next two jours the war took the form of n gljnntlc scheme for an invasion of englnnd boulokni then na now in the 81st weolc of the second great war vnn the french base chosen ns ci ntre of operations an nrmj of some 150000 wan encamped nlong the chhnncl coast on either side of thnt port espcinllybullt flatbottomed bontn were brought from oil pnru of france tlio army practised em barking disembarking constantly shallow water of the constline mnde u impossible for british ships to ap proach nnd cilsruprttibse repntn- tlons in order ta uccihlnapqloqli had to seize cdhlrol of the channel oven for a short time lie had these al ternatives to moot the british fleet in full battle and defent it n hnnrd- oiib undertaking or to i rv to scat ter the fleet he derided on the scattering process sinci the brit ish fleet uni blorknding his ships in various ports he ordered them to nenk out nt the earliest opportunitv nnd hope thnt while the british vs- soh were giving clins he would ukt mntelyiget his rhnnce in the t hnnne it wins eaiv for- the british nd- mlrnlty to outuit him all british ships were ordered bnrk to home waters the moment the objects of their vnnous blockades eluded them accordingly the channel was- olwlijs full of british ships trnfnlgnr oct 21 1805 ended tin napoleonic in vnsion drenm but therfis churchill there is no doubt thnt hitler cer tnlnty his cancrnls have studied every detail of those historic two years now however the shallow waters about boulogne prov ide no protection britains bombers haye been able to disrupt invasion prc- m rlv ulutiun- ouiltv thulllllltlol iii ision might id hi fdlouim puss mm t t mi iison s mi i inn thai tin tn is it fan station fin in ht nnlutd it numbt i of tmhh of tht vara to prmid b tin u partnn nt movt d l mi 1 mupb m i mt ilh rt i ha tht tin towns l a d ligation id si about ttliik a wigwag on k 1 1 snt and at la liailvwn noting in oakvill atul that th t i 1 1 wit tin jnilwa itonid to s t u luit a turn should i akin also thit a wij wiij in instilud at tht st it hia if i lofnlkiu movtt h mi ilh it s otad 1 l mi mall 1 hat haw in n mt ti u itvett a hikhwnv to tin tawnslup u iuirnllat ht int a toad t rnlm stinth t ash t at i nss pat t of tit i tihhismm 1 smith of lmndns mttvt tl u mi max s oiid mi liiu that w in ik ii mt f 5m ti tin l iniiuliai nation il tnsli tut tot in hhnti mtnd in mr hi ut s on i 1 h mr liuik that a naut ol 5 th in llllttll to th i olll s itlflts i i s ts an unit im o s ii ni ttit ol i tj while u wait if you an in a hurrj for op tiral reiialru wr rail du plica t hrouen it nfu s ami tuakr all uiniu of repair to jour biohjm s vwtilh oti wait our low prireit navi ou mony niir fant effirjrnt upp liri ulll hum you tlinr uokkmanshil tlaltan i t i d e p head ro kyeuieht hperulut and mjfk optician st groiu1en sqiaki paratlonsjcapoloon was abloto tarry dcnlaspcccl brj out without hindranre corvettes and small boats are able to come close to shore motorcjcle squadrons can be landed for forays hitler must gain control of tin chnnnel he must also gain con trol of the channel nlr which he wnsn t able to do nt dunkerqui when britain s air strength wns no whire nenr what it is at present further if hitler has studied tin napoleonic hlstorv h sson nnd hopi s to iwtttr it another man nn hlstor fan nnd n mnsti r of mihtnr strn teg j in5studied it probablj mon l this stntismnn iko his prt side d mtr tin admtrnlt m lit tl tin traditions u i rofalgar iiim in n ht rlsht d fot almost a itntui ml a half his nnmi is winston chuub i ill inhkt llitlt i in is 1 ss inttr st- lid in st if innsi loush m iknil histor thin in using tin it sions of hlstorv jjiul iiwbv in thohlhl w i k of- i tht pn st nt war nieagn dispatilus from britain tt ii of cartful invastm prtparations on the british sidi nf the hnnnt 1 for if invasion in h nttt nipt i d in on dirtc tlon it t an most ctitatnh t attniptid in tin oppositr particularlv sintt 1lrtam eonttols tht hnnnel nnd hni hut to tunc control of thi nlr tht nn n for the invasion arc then straining at tht leash perhaps tln will t t m t tht ir i hamt against hith r conhtintai soil lutur of atlantic britain a prt paring for a halt it in tht subnuuim wnttr around its tmbntllid 1 hi admirnt nnnounitd m poit albert on nnd wre rlylnfc ih a navigational exercise u a v ovir twlhi l he hojul air i oreti has thrown aside some of li itsfnuot now thnt unite d slut i s old is- nssurt d ln d ueikswatms pf biltlsh plains rod tin nit- hint i oih cermnnj and oc cuphd tt t rltoij lo nttni k b- 1 lln hnnibuic bremt n and tin invns ion has h on the cltnnm i lln at tae k on be rlin march 1 3 was tin first on thie rmnn e npltnl since dlcjd ilnmliurg was iifnln inidtd the following night and on match it fe kt nklrche n nnd dusseldorf and other towns 1n wertti n ceimnny bore the brunt o the nttnek british night flghti rs hnve taken n big toll of oormnn plnnes which mnde glnsgow anil the great ship buildingcentre along the cljde their mnln objective in recent nttac les in one 24hour periodno fewer than 17 plnnes most of them expensive bomb ers were destroyed by night rigl- ers using new- devices nnd nntl-nlr- craft guns the air ministry and mnlstrj o home securltj announced mnr id that npproximntely t ooiv persons were killed in germnn bomb rnlds on i iverpool nnd the morsejslde ana march 12 and on glasgow and the clyde the following night yeumapturahurlwra v irtunl e nclre lement in hthiopia of itolj s toit african forces result d from the daring british rnld on be t birn british somnlitnnd mnrrh ifi british warships stole up along the const at midnight and under cover of naval guns indian somali nnd at ih forces quit k reroute d tin italian gnr rison i he i nion inrk wns ngnlo hoisted oer the biltlsh seminlllnnel cnpltnl from whii h british fore i s withdrew last august announce menl bv prime minisit r winston churchill march 18 thn tliree german submnrlni s had hi t t destrojed in one dnj recent ij offs n report thnt british nnd allied merchant shipping lonse s for tin week ending march 0 amounted lo ji bhijis totalling 9ti 832 tons in the previous week 28 slops totnlling 111 111 tons were sent to the bot tom te smash nail terror president roosevelt mnde n power ful declnrntion of the united states pollcj o qllout aid for great brit ain in an address before the whit house correspondents association nt washington march 15 tjic prei1- liuises of parlianlenl it lfughr4 clrtivrr kajtonjf hlrnlbrr mlnntion to eliminate nazism as a world force and dedicated the ma terial and industrial resources of the united states anew to thnt purpose he praised the courage of the british people who are fighting in the front line of civilization nnd re ferred to prime minister winston churchill ns their brllllnnt nnd grent lender british move on reports of landings of britisl t roops in grt e ce hnv e not tt b e n i officinllj confirmed in i ondoir but bt igrndt nnd anknn re ports during tin pnst week indicate n onsidi rnbl farce is being nlnrle r idv to no against tin dirmins should it tempi nn invasion of rim i on mirth is s inn i ondon pip rs earrnd i m u fioni a toiifil ii il ttwilntss who sod in hnl h n n n hit inwil tipe ration in tlnj isttin m clillccin ll foiml than a foltnight 1 i report s nl from lt snndrin said bit tomovs if bi tti mi reliant men had he t n j is siril in ir tht oeult e mast islands but that tin linn had not t torn to livi a full mini of in m m and etf tin scope of what wis hi nig tin dt rtakt n be llrade re poits mare h it s nil that inittd state s built aircraft ai arm iiil at re i k mainland ports ni re port said tin plain s w i flown from cairo b ln pov il an fort t 1 he rt w is no immcdrrfi eoinnitiit from lttittsh eiielis lmu duilng i in past wi i k lln eh bate gn the var appropriations measure has dragged nlong in a dreju fash ion with but little m tnmpllslhii in the wns of rt ulli and the end of th debut i stilt nppeaui to be a long wn off mr hanson hns suggested thnt we should i linnge off nnd discus j u ricultuic and hns even intimated that if this should be done the pas sage of the wnr appropriation men sure would be expedited he vein monlly protested thnt this wns not tbre nt to obstruct the wnr men sine but the eiui stlon nt once nrls en wbv did he hold out hits sugge s tlon i lie prime minister nt once in dlcnted thnt the wnr mensure must hrive the right of vvnj and that the dobatuon the agricultural question would foltow immedlutelj i he governments polk j on wheat was announced this week but tin discussion of when will doubtless be postponed until the entire fnrm prob lem win be discussed itjs estinnt ed thnt ns of lulypir 1011 tin dominion government whj own 57 million bushels of wheat ntn cost of nt lenst ton million dollnis mid that it will tost nt mnst another so mil lion dottnrs to store i his w heat fot the following twelve months it ha the refori ijee n decided to take steps to re due i luj pjodpition of wheat suffie i nt amount to pttvent any in i re ns in tlris inrg suiplus to if feet this result it is estimated that the sowing of win fit must in n due h 1043 pfcir e e nt of what wns sow it tskl vtat this will nerensltnte n re- dusuon in the ncre nge of about nine nilltimj4ltri s in manv pnrts of tin wont vwhveitis the maincrop nnd it neccssnrilv follows hint these west ern farnnis must he paid u tempor nry pavment to tldn those fnrmei s over tin transition perlocl betwien the piodtietion of wheat find the pro ductlon of other commodities it is propost d to pov si 00 per acri to 1 fnrmei who summerfallows his re duced w he nt ncre nge or part of it or 2 00 per ncre if he sows the re ducetl w bent ncrenge to coarse grnlns or 52 00 per acre if he sows the re- riucort w tidnmtcrpaue ro grass or clov er from these figures it is n simple matter of arithmetic to dt monstrnte the fact that these pa me nts cannot exceed 16 million dol- inrs nnd would onlj amount to this amount if all of the d million ncres summer fallowed much of it wll be sow n to coarse grains and to grasses with a consequent reduc tion of 5200 pi t ncre i his proposal is eostlv enough without being t ngge rated hut i nolle i lln dob ind mul e urn out with i nt w s st en v in p irt is follow s itallon seei fair vttrarls record entry and crowd conllnui d from page one t tlwh m pe id alton riniil wilson george tow n i e oije it iii i kit nronte 10 husht 1 bnili i ntiliw m i mc nabb x sons giorgetown ward ullddi ii i en i tow u millet bi os georgetown john picket snn ilornbj t llmolliy 2 entries j ii vvillmolt mlltmp i i fltihir son giifry t ow n late potatoes entriis s h griffin a son acton t r punir acton r ii hunter norval tarlj potatoes 1 entries s 1 griffin- to son acton j h penrson ac on r r hunter norval the prbe winners in the judging corripotltlous were as follows grain and sei ds lunlors donnl i peer wnrd brownrielge rig smith stanley watson lob alderson seniors gordon i e slh i in john mi nabb and brine ri id tae it ham ilton rruit and vogotnbh s lunlors eorgi fisher ge orge hnmlllon nonnan he at he lington allan pow tie si nlois ge otge ip ndi rsui i h j tlnudt pie kit nnd riihnid vi i i nughttn ltwonrf- johnston cn am guiding lunlois t 1 1 i n d he 1 nnd angus m nalihi eotge hi utlu tlhgton got don me keiiw n i i stnlms waltt i rt id gt oi g j bltekou boh allan giant allan ptie winners ni ison bos giuin c luh hi id in i onjiinction with the seed i nlr riginnld smltij don ih c pirr russell dales pre d bi if noimnn henthi rington stnnli v watson opening in acton goveijnmnt approved egg grading station on or alxmt mured llhl mm i stiin r ni t hiior lo iiomii af never puppets r r declares canaduh former prime minlnlcr opens a wnr wcnpoiw week in england i i ondon mnrrh 11 cp kt hon it b btnndt foimnr cnnnrllun prlmi minlnttr ln nn ndflipm oppn- ing uwar w nioni wklnsurritv snlil tho pcoplp of thp cmplro would nntr bo puppets under dictator hip emplrp is worth llvlnu nnd flkhtlnk for hp inld tlmt k why emplrp troops hnd como to i- tirlnnd toelpfond it from destruction quality- footwear at bargain prices men s inced work kuhhers size to ii rtr 1 oh value special irtlc 139 itblilrs mun i i in i ti low hiibhl sils h to i sputnil prccl ptr pair knjs lou kublilrs sils it to m nnd i to s splcim price ptr p 1 1 r 49 ec i 55c misses i iiu rubbers sizes ii to 1 price per pnir child s rubbers 49c rs n q 2 pair jf sizes ft to 1014 p lndics low rubbers sues 1 to 8 mnde with heels to lit any shoe special jgi price per pnir otfc childrens knee high rub her booth price hq up per pnir 98c pallants clothing footwear soku 1x vuhtrulu t skinuntiii in fiom th s an u font gunning plutu cut tiu roof from u tug circus van und nturowlv mlbsht imnle eunhants monkey and throngs o iuc tatura t inn i mad will n id t stirij ori a rt turn nn t t is sthtslult fr april inl in bramplnn wbih on march jlth tht local club jounn js to fe rgua an uihtructor in the roul c anndlnn air tone tn nton air have ont i xplaiux tin different parts of a machine gun and their function during n chiks perlod