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the acton fbee press thursday maitcn 4ui 19j3 ttarantal rev v l nmn hub oeue flavsy iiwiii at mr l partavi of rjcjit uiant ode of mec st jim ntfm h laalcacipttoo maodnrbrdi 1 10 ju brfooo bcvml wife of miller at iwr bone is roy st kltrticarr ontario on monday llardi 1st 1943 euubrtfa ger- tnato thompaod brimnd wife of alfrol afilfer aced si yrara lane at hi lat residence r r no 4 acton ontario no tursday afarcb tnrt 1941 janatfaan lane beloved busband of annie fuote tbe late mr lane is ratine at the johnstone a rumley funeral home acton where service will be held on friday afternoon at 230 oclock in terment at llmehouse cemetery iv memoftlam mason in loving mrroory of my ssf who pass away ibfarch 3rd 1332 loved fay your friends and all whom you knew a wonderful sister that sister was you ever remembered by lonne gibbons in loving memoiy of the late john l gibbons who passed away march 1st 1939 sweet nwsnorles will linger forever tune cannot change them its true team that may come canno sever oar laving reniembranee of you ever remembered by he and mrs j- waters and family milton ont gibbons in loving memory of a dear father john l glhhnns who passed away march 1st 1939 his dear bright eyes and cheerful face are so pleasant to recall he had a loving word tor each and died beloved by all eer remembered by his son and dauohterinlaw walter and marjorie john joseph dunn john dona u long wlwy- respected i shiiil of acton paa away at ms borne mam st acton t sunday february 21st after a period of gradual ulfeealth mr dunn s born in tbe acton district and bad spent all bis life here he was a i of tbe late james dona and cath erine foley for many yearn be a a valued em of tbe dl co here bat about seven years retired from work wife who was before mary jane tahhom son and three daughter at kirk land laloe jennie of oxbow sastc mha anne at home and irene afr n harrop of belhrtlle to all of these tbe sympathy of many friends here goes out in tbe lorn they have sustained of a land and loving busband and father john dunn was a quiet man but a man whose kindly manner and fair mlndedness won for faim the respect of the whole community he will be missed fay many but all who knew him will recall that this community owes much to us kind for his loyally and good citlntnshlp he never as pired to public office but he was keenly interested in his home com munity john dunn was also loyal and true in his church affiliations at st josephs church of which he was one of tbe oldest members in years of continuous attendance the fun eral was held on wednesday morning with requiem high mass fay rev father morgan burial was at dublin cemetery with prayers at the crave fay rev father morgan the pallbearers were messrs joseph flynn duncan mctavbtb lawrence gibbons henry arblc win duval joseph fabbons georgetown spiritual tributes were many and floral tributes were received front the following mr and mrs wm arnold lakeside chapter iod5l directors of beardmore jfc co w k graham james and vera mrs h a cox and family machine shop beardmore jfc co the family mrs alfred miller kitchener s mulhm and this u march the lenten est wednesday commences two weeks from sunday is apring according to the calendar failure to have radio licenses when the inspector called cost several residents fines of 4 oo in addition ta securing a license in police court here a derailed freight car on satur day morning on the cnr near lime- bouse caused a tieup in traffic on the morning trains for several hours on february 22nd mrs win cooper picked seven fine pansles in her garden on main street the in dications of spring continue to mul tiply even if we do get some set backs in spite of the fact that the usual number of copies of tint fsss pass were printed last week there was n shortage in meeting the demand we are sorry but new sprint is now ration ed and we must keep within certain defined limits subscriptions not paid in advance must be deleted from our lists to keep within these limits red oross needs 3200 from acton and district continued from page one 000 food parcels each week as a re sult of this volunteer work careful purchasing and free transportation by rall cot of each parcel has been kept down to approximately j50 laid down in genea 1 another service for prisoners in augurated by the canadian red cross immediately after dieppe provides capture parcels for every member of the canadian armed forces in en emy hands unlike food parcels each capture parcel is individually ad dressed to the prisoner as soon as no tification of his capture has been cleared through the international red cross included are such necessary items as warm clothing underwear and toilet articles sufficient to last the prisoner until his first nextofkin parcel arrives prisoner of war service has become one of the most important and appre ciated undertakings of the canadian red croat and at the same time the most costly more than half of the proceeds of the present canadian red croat campaign to raise ten million dollars will be required to finance this service during the coming year many friends here will learn with regret of the death on monday of mrs alfred miller of kitchener and formerly of acton mr and mrs miller resided at is roy street in that city and death followed a rather irngthy illness mrs miller was be fore marriage elizabeth gertrude thompson n daughter of the late mr and mrs george c thompson and was born in erin township for many ears uic was a resident of acton and it was in toronto that in 1908 she wb joined in holy wed lock to alfred miller mrs miller was gl years old besides her husband she leaves one son alfred t miller also of kitch ener and four sisters miss maude thompson mr blanche brooks mrs ray cook and mrs william kilty all of toronto oo grandchild also re mains to alf these sympathy of many friends here goes in their ber eavement the funeral was held on thursday afternoon with service at the rati- bechel funeral home in kitchener conducted by rev frank lawson pastor of st andrews presbyterian church interment was made in woodland cemetery weekly war commentary ckattfaxned fro3 pagv one right in the belly but natnrally did not say where be considered tbe belly to be many observers think it is italy and see i forces strik ing through north africa once it is conquered and advancing to the st4nr- others favor a frontal as sault on the occupied countries of western europe pointing out the ad vantages of comparatively short com- mhnjcaiion line there and the pres ence of friendly populations while the canadians and tbejr britlsfa comradeastnrm in tbe unit ed kingdom are being kept at fight ing strength allied air forces are in creasing the tempo of ihsir offensive inst carefully selected target in germany and the occupied countries of wis tin europe rent industrial centres uboat bases airdrome and railways are suffering fce damage as united nations airmen speed up the process of softening enemy strong points in preparation for the big land drives expected this year iast week wll- helnishaven and other sujbmarlne tea together with the industrial centres of nuremberg and cologne were sufajfected to hammer blows german air retaliation was insignifi cant nasi llfulmt the german high command is throwing many air squadrons and re serve into the fighting on the south ern end of the russian front- to avoid a disaster greater than that suffered at stalingrad the nazis have to extricate thousands of troops from the donets basin the weight of their counterattacks has slowed up the crushing russian advance and they have been aided by warmer weather which has churned up the ground hampering quick movement of red troops but the russian pincers movement is mak ing steady ii alow progress and it ap pears unlikely that the enemy will be able to keep theecape corridor west of rostov and north of the sea of azov open much longer at the weekend german opposi tion was strangest in the krama- torsk area some 120 miles northwest of rostov but the russians declared that the nazi counterattacks had been repulsed and severe losses in flicted on the enemy further to the northwest red armies are battling rcletttlessly to reach the dnieper river with dnepropetrovsk their particular objective the drive i being made on a 10mle front west of the recentlycaptured cities of kharkov and kursk starting the new drive- he alma to cut through to the baltic states and to draw german troops from tbe south sseraa attach- 1 rap and rjcaf bombers made tfaelr 58th raid of the war on berlin monday night it was tbe heaviest attack the german capital has ex perienced and 19 planes failed to re turn the nights operations also in cluded bombing of other targets in western germany mine laying hi en emy waters and fighter intruder pa trols over france it was re that approximately md of bombs were loosed on the german capital la 30 wii fires were started which crews of returning pbaes could see from as far away aftiotremen and hanover a vautable oog a oung lad was standing in n cor ner with hu dog he hod posted a sign which read dog for sale 200 one morning a man going to work noticed the boy and his dog and hw sign and he stopped and said young man i see you have n dog for wile yes ur x kure have i see youvo unking sjoo for him thats rljht the lad vpikl you would take less w ouldnt ou no not on poniy less the man went on chuckling to himself a f w dn later he pakmd tht same cornor and wiw the wuno boy but the dog and sign were cone the man said well did ou sell vour dog sure did he replied did ou get our price for him sure did how- did ou find anyone who would give ou 200 cash for our dogt 1 didnt he replied i traded him for two 100 cat rail information staff fxtb- n1hhek many answekh many travellers many questions that is the dally situation at bona- venture station of the canadian na tional railways in montreal two in formation booths well staffed by men whd have all the answers are some times insufficient to cope with the spate of enquiries voiced during a busy day these targets of interroga tion frequently receive help from the booth operated by the travellers aid which absorbs quite a lot of question shock one of the uniformed helpers related that during a recent ruih an australian airman came to the booth and asked how long will it be be fore i get to montreal the worker recovered and answered and the air man explained that he had passed through so many cities in his journey across canada that he really did not know his present location field marshal erwln rommels of- tensive in central tunisia has back fired and at the weekend the ger mans hail been forced to give up large part ofthclr gains their losses in men tanks and equipment were believed to be heavy it would appear that the german general in endeavoring to widen the corridor being kept open on the east for hk4 retreating africa corps over extended his lines the allies rushed up stronk tank formations and air squadrons forcing the enemy to make a rapid retreat kasserine one of the three strong holds captured by rommel in his push to the algerian border ujjgaln in allied hands and reports indicat ed the germans were preparing to evacuate ferlnnn and shchltla in the meantime the british 8th army operating in the southeast under command of gen sir bernard montgomery is continuing to press the enemy and hfti penetrated the rugged gorge of zlmmu at the north ern end of the mnreth tine capture of sbcltla by allied forces was announced tuesday lit was re ported thnt british and american troop had pushed threv miles be yond th town which is ib miles northeast of knkserlne allied plan en are nctivf over the entire nron in the north attacks by the axis general v on arnim hav o been re- puled and nn associated pret cor respondent estimates that th enemy litis lost 5000 prisoners in northern nnd central tunisia and in the recent kilting von arnlms army advanc ed three miles at one point in at tempting to flank the allied base at medjes el bob on the line that men aces the axis bases of blzerte and tunis but latest report indicate that the attack is stalled tunaahenbo again announcement of a new russian offensive this time in the lake timen sector south of leningrad was made at moscow early this week the drive lb being led by marshal semeon timoshenko last heard from months ago on the kharkovkursk front the new thrust is another in the series of hammer blows being made uftnlox mr a dius editor and publisher acioa far pasas well there has been a couple of months waier run under the bridge since i last wrote you but i have been very busy since my return to halifax from quebec city last janu ary 18th just arrived here in tlnie to take an advanced course in gun nery a q 1l 3 course or as it is known by its proper name a quar ters rating third class we had five week and a half on it all of us old timers and all of the old suicide squad former ajtlc s which is wiped now and most of us had serv ed at sea for from c months to a year and a half as gunlayers a qu2 rating but that is over for now and it meant a lot of hard study but the end is worth it we also had to get back in the rut of naval rou tine again as they are very fussee in the gunnery school which i some thing new foif us of the d ems rat ing y and how i am going back to work in the same office that i was sta tioned in before i requested my last draft and was sent to quebec for a month and that means more shore life well t think iii stick around for awhile on the chance of a couple of more courses if possible and then me for a little more sea activity i really am hot very well pleased with the uea and prospects of too long a stay ashore but i mtcht just well drop my hooka for awhile and try and pick up my qr2 rating and leading seaman rating while and if i have the opportunity then just watch my wake to sea i was sure surprised and pleased about n week aco fa hear from an old friend corporal otlnra i receive my fsrs pbksb regular ly how since i quit roaming around the world and it sure is grand to hear all the home hew every week while i think of it i shall just pax along an old traditional custom of the navy and the army a fact of which very few people know even those in the army ill simplify it by putting it in question form first- why does n soldier salute with palm of his hand facing his front or palm outward why does a sailor salute with palms of hand inward or away from his front t ill give you time to try and figure that one out by adding a few more lines or better still i give the answer in my next letter to you a good chance for you ana your readers to test your naval nnd armyknowlodgt there is o reason in the olden days of course why those salutes are car ried out as they are can any of you people think of n reason why well mr dills i cannot think of anything else of interest to write uhaut so i ruess i shall close yours sincerely l v diion obqr1 rcnr tsi a sailor salutes with palm of hand hidden inwardl in cnu he hni heen working nnd the palm of the hand is greasy or dirty and if wo the officer wllv not notice it a soldier salutes with palm of hand facing officer so thnt the officer can kve that nothing such an a knife hid den in the palm of hand ns has iwen done in tin- piut and nn officer killed h vd wateh your hat every riehtthlnking wife will im mediately recopnl7e the hit nac of the latest ftlcketfbncker legend the legend runs that despite the urging of his wife eddie itukenhahkir re fused to throw away an old hat that was a favorite of his and that the hat went along on the pacific trip and there served hintvell ns a shade for his eyes and a collector of rain water if this story gets widespread circulation what wife will ever bc able to get what husband to throw away what haf the old story that against german defences on the long the hat was being saved for a rainy eastern front warmer weather and i day for a fishing trip for the coun- consequent muddy terrain has slow- try that will be retired and the stub- ed up the soviet offensive in the horn husband will merely saw south but the russians have a month whats good enough for rlcken- or more in which to attack over backer is good enough for me or frozen lands in the north he 11 say indignantly you dont want moscow reported monday that rus- me to throw away my emergency hat slan troops had swept over 900 square do you in every mans life apd miles of territory in the lake umen clothes closet there are one or two area between moscow and lenin- j old hats that he seldom wears and grad the important town of demy- never willingly discards with the ansk atid 300 other populated places moral backing of eddie rlckenbacker had been taken in an eightday offen- the owner of a few old hats now feels slve against the german 16th army as secure as if he had padlocked the timoshenko has a dual purpose in closet new york sun fire in milans industrial area during r a f daylight attack dual purpose in jyl in synchronization with the 8th armys attack on the axis in egypt the raf carried out a great offensive on the heart of italys war industries and communications lying in the milan genoa turin triangle two devastating day and night blows at milan followed within a hours of one another fires started in the daylight raid lighting up the target for the night attackers ihe italians admitted that great damage was caused picture show n well established fire burning in milan industrial area at the beginning of the day light attack view from an ra f attacking bomber at about 00o feet important notice to all holders of slaughter permits and of ucences to slaughter hogs because of the urgent need of hecuring the quantities of bacon and other pork products neceasavy to meet the wartime require ments of the united kingdom and the consequent iteeoiauyof cur- talling slaughter for domratie use in canada the following action has been taken under a new order of the bacon board concurred in by the wah- time prices and trade board on and after march 1st 1943 kvrsoas not already licensed to slaughter hogs under previous ord r of the racon board but holding slaughter im rmltt from the waltltmk prices and 1rade board shall not txntt 75 of their 1041 average weekly number of hog tdaugliti red by or for tin m for wd or furlhur pro ctritlng in canada tsee following pnrngrnplis for furtlur tx pin notion re garding nrtns concerned this order aimues to all who hold klnughtir permit i from the wartime pricm ano iuade board and who nit locntid in what in g ncrnlly knovin n old on tario to all those holding such u rmltt and located in or slaughtering for in any town or city with n population of over 5000 in the marltlrmu quimc manitoba sakutchwnn and allutta nrul that part of ihltinh columbia known as greater vancouver this okiiek doe not apply to holderi of kin lighter p rmltt in any part of what u g nt rally known as new or northern ontnrlo or urituli columbia ncptlng the greater van couver area it does not appl to farmrrt klaus birring hogs for ronuirnptjon on their own farms onl tin sr do not ruulre slaughter pt troll and are not lubjort to this new order ienons already licensed to daughter hogs under previous order of the t1ik raxv boari will continue operation under their prevent status that is tbe are still restricted to so of their i9l0weelly average for dis tribution or sale in ta approved taggart chairman the bacon board approv ed and concurred d cordon chairman the wartime prices nnd trade board acton district needs 3200 march is the red cross mont