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1wqs mml the acton htee press thiihsday awul 1mk ims april iouluu us of a aaa u rwoca rksai maduttiar a w loan william murray mr aad atom hairy smanrtf an bafvy co anaouaoe us gascsal hatiutai wednesday april lth laosberin marie howucttexntoo saturday af- uraooa april loth ho at the panoaaa ottan by the itov a u atlon mabel onfer dauaburjnf mr and mrs nocwan elfte to ft wilfred ilowlett aaa ot mr and mrs wm llosvlatt marsvtlle awrkv at guclph cvtwral llos- pllal on monday april 12th 1911 katber hill widow of hie late henry awrey in ber 7stb year parker suddenly at tils lata resi dence bverton ontario on sun day april 11th 1w3 daniel lleetor parker beloved husband of ethel milk in his 64th year and that looks as if the season for lawn mowers won t be too long this year mrs kelly received word that iter son gnr frank kelly has arrived sarely in england the winter gets longer and longer and now there s nothing but july to look forward to word lias been received by liu mother that l cpl edward c elliott ted has arrived safely overseas the aa sticker on windshield of cars mm m much more in evidence tlutn those ol the other categories mm a patrick lias received word hint her son ptc emerson patrick hcasc ha arrived safely in eng land owing to a shortage of plate no automobile license have been avail able at the local office for the past two weeks mr harold perkins has received word that hut son tpr waller perkins of the armored corps h arrived uifely overseas traffic officer mason doesnt ride a motorcycle any more but makes his rounds in a new white pro vincial police car there are still some labels on fas pans subscriptions that require attention well be glad to get to gether on this matter the reserve army is in need of more recruits to fill the ranks pull information may be secured at the local recruiting office copies of the 942 auditors re port are available for ratepayers by calling at the office of the clerk the treasurer or tan fats pass office if you have salvage put your card prominently displayed in a window facing the street remember the col lectors are all volunteer workers and need your help first woman from acton in the armed forces to arrive overseas is pte margaret e daisy buchanan of the cwac word was received this week by her parents mr and mrs andrew buchanan that she had ar rived safely overseas just as soon as detail are work ed out the committee will issue a statement of the service for the com munity that the public health nurse will assume while the headquarters are at the school these duties are nut confined solely to the school after a brief iii ram a the ire mr joha w akitt way at the borne of ma d mrs jas brydon brock st acton april 41 john amu was the eldest son of the late robert akitt and margaret waaleas lie was born seventyfour years ago in osledoa township go ing to erin with his parents they settled oh a farm bear balllnafad and mow tisae later moved to a farm near erin fortynine years ago he was jolted 4a holy wedlock to agnes iv shortill they moved on to the old homestead where they farmed for number of years after which he sold the homestead and moved to a arm above osprtnge farming there for nearly twenty years and on re tiring resided in acton beside his sorrowing wife there re main to revere the memory of a be loved husband and fatlier four daugh ters and one son two sisters mrs bella near of georgetown and mrs thomas graham of caledoa eleven grandrhlldren and two great grand children to all the bereaved sym pathy of many friends goes out at this time the family remaining are mrs m peavo niagara falls mrs it allen and robert of guelph mrs jas brydon and mrs wesley allen acton the funeral was held on wednes day afternoon from the johnstone st burnley funeral home where the ser vice was in charge of his minister lu i forbes thomson interment was made in falrvlew cemetery acton the tuiluieaivrs were six tie pltew gordon and i lod smith robert ami ray mf- tntn cm ii keeler and bert akitt among the floral tributes which nl mi bore testimony of es m and sympathy were those from the fam ily the grandchlldre n mr david mcknery mr and mrs graham wqi near mrs ellu f akitt and family sterling ruhbt r co guelph mr and mrs rusell gordl r cue lph mr and mrs lloyd mosaics and ne lghhorx flout r itearers were four grandchil dren pie tlwood alt n iac lurt all li kenneth penvoy and harry idlenu saw agriculture a precious art president long tom jefferson baled as americas first vfctory gaudctier washington cp thomas jef ferson president of the united states 18019 whose birthday 200 years ago is commemorated april 13 was am ericas first gardener during the revolution he set out and cultivated some 30 varieties of vegetables to aid the struggling nation though a statesman jefferson was a farmer at heart and today the it s department of agriculture can trace its beginnings to the agricul tural societies fostered by long tam jefferson imported the first merino sheep in this country he brought rice seeds and olives from italy imported many foreign trees which he adapted to virginias climate through ex perimentation and crossbreeding be aided improvement in american lamb and beef then inferior to that of europe most sincerely did he call agricul ture the first and most precious of all the arts fulltime farming was the way of ufetw would have chosen had america not needed ms states- manshlp the iuiiortaiice of polymer of all critical and strategic ma terials rubber is the one which pre sents the greatest threat to the safety of our nation and the success of the allied cause says bernard baruch in his rubber report to the u s gov ernment if we fall to secure quick ly a large new rubber supply our war effort and our domestic economy both will collapse m canadas hope and only prospects for a large new rubber supply rest with the polymer corporation a crown company now being rushed to completion by a group of outstand ing executives and engineers this llttlepubllclzed synthetic rubber pro ject promises to be one of the bright est features in the industrial side of canadas war effort starting from scratch faced with shortages of material and labor and all kinds of technical problems the polymer construction program is on schedule at this time that it is on schedule is due to hundreds of sup pliers of equipment topranking executive direction of the highest calibre and to thousands of skilled workmen and inhorers who are strug gling prodigiously with what they be lieve to be the most vital urgent war job in canada heading the directorate lu ii c bcrkinshuw of goody or d w am- bridge vicepresident of ontario paper on loan to polymer lit in charge of construction activities with john r nicholson of vancouver n generalmanager something over 45 million of pub lic money will be in polymer by the time it is completed but the war need for it is beyond question of the postwar outlook for syn thetic rubber and synthetic rubber companies like polymer a plunt r from the far east said recently that by the new process we can produce more rubber with 350 men in a fac tory than we ran produce with 10 000 men on a plantation or put anoth r way we can get considerably more rubber from forty acres of factory space than we can get from 50 000 acres of plantation it is entirely possible writes arthur kudner the atlantic monthly that in five years a rubber tree will be as foolish economically ok a wild strawberry polymer will help canada win this war and it is entirely possible that it will make canada largely independ ent of natural rubber for all time weekly war commentary contlnued from page one 1the first line of allied defence is our bomber line at presesu allied squadrons oost- tinue to retain control of the air in a large part of the southwest pactfle land are extremely active in their of- euasmt the axis at ail times has ve ii enemy airfields and to take the general situation into ac- j uupplag count j news at the weekend that gen 111- ip i is- sir henry maltland wilson would llllslsssg uinillllir hold conferences with turkish mili tary andr political lenders must have been disturbing to the germans slr llenry has the british 9th and luth armies in the middle east under hbv command they constitute a poten tial threat to the german enstern flank and if turkey ever agrees id permit theh passage through the country for an attack through greece and bulgaria the axis would be com pelled to send many divisions to the- area simultaneous attacks by the united nations through western europe and at both ends of tlw mediterranean would tuvrvsakltate redistribution of axis force it in qusliuuibl whether hitler has sufficient reervex to meet such an offensive from the rorkies mflisqt vac- nue black ore for allies na- tfosas- wax needs butte montana cp hard nck mining men are slicing into the high snowcapped levels of the rocky mountain wuderness not far from ttte c border biting out huge chunks of black ore to help satisfy the allied nations need for a critical war mineral chrome ctirome hep make liard tough steel before the war russia itlto- desla turkey new caledonia and the philippine provided the chrome today the miners of the sar- hfas stiwwsmpied looth range are sending out conoen- at th- weekend it appeuhhl tltat trated inumlte re it is dug from rlplealllrd advance in puulsltt i in the mountainside a mile- would soon force ttte axis to tusk udhalf above sea fevel mnt down a final stand in 11m- itortti4ust xr- crushing plan on an aerial rail- rwr of tltat countiy miwv tin ktb y somelitm the nun work in army broke through mie muretb ij waist deep sumtjm the mer- fteld marshal frwln itoituu 1 iium i- leury drop to 30 h low trtatl rapidly up uw coastal vridor re liearlootb defknlt are iwlng who killed crocs london c p mystery sur rounds the death of five crocodile part of an act at a theatre fh hud- denfleldvyorkshtre they were found dead in their tank vy1xfajle oiief sin urn london cp mojgen harry williams directorgeneral of wslr fare and education in the army has been killed in a flying occident in the middle east ttlutnuonlng gal maharas and fax tlw lutt r his ky base wtwl supply mrt in entral tunisia at tli- same time tiw british am- rlan und frcli trops iuuiicimi sueo ssful tm w uttut k ui 11m r in at- ing nidu flank whlh in the north the british 1st army i muklm things hot for nemy itvsop in tlm funis uud bl4ite urtait llie algu r radio ivurtml thut llomnii i hu retratlng so rapidly that he in twt va taking time to luy mlmfi ids 1m uii att4iipt to dluy i1h kth armys pursuit capture of sfuk means timt the british ur only th mlh south of s4iusm ami 150 mlhii from tunis it i ptwslble ttie ger mans may uttmpt a stand at sousse at the w4kstnd out allies wrv vsort4y to have imgcwi tiior ihutt ljoftrt prison rs since tlu uttack on the mar th ijne but till total was ih limed to be a conservative esti mate itommel viuu muklng tvymeml- ous efforts to effect a junction with axis trooik in the north but the op eration of united states troops northwest of sfax and the advance of the british 1st army may fruslrate his plans resvrh northern bases early this wek it became char that the mnln body of the axis afri can army had made goad its retreat into the northern one of the tunisian battle area but it was announced of ficially monday that the htli army had captured 20000 prisoners since march 20 over the weekend the nazi with drawal became more rapid and sousse was occupied monday with out much opposition kalrouan mos lem holy city 34 mile southwest of sousse was taken by british and am erican forces the same day now the enemy forces are encircled in a steadily contracting area in northern tunisia with only two strong points bizerte and tunis on tuesday vanguard of the 8th army wire reported at enfldavllle only so mlu from tunis and an al giers broadcast intimated that rom mel was expected to attempt a stand along ridges jutt north of this point on the otlmr hand it lu possible thut jvxis military authorities have decided against tiny do or die battle ill the area some source s im ueve thut the enemy plan call for a gradual wltlultawal of troop from tunisia by both air and sea this could only he accomplished at great tost in vuw of allied uir strength ami the operations of the roynl navy in the mediterranean the japanese made tlulr hi nvltst ulr attack of the war in the new guinea area monda with u 100 plane raid on port moresby the big allied base at least 17 em my plane wen shot down or badly damaged and is others were lost in other actions ovtr and around new guinea sir thomas a blarney australian general and commander in chief of allied ground forces in the soilthwest pacific believes the japanese may be preparing for a big offensive he says the en my has concentrated 200000 firstline troops and a great air force in bases along the island art above australia prime minister churchill told questioner in the house of commons tuesday that he agreed with united states navy secretary knox that the nazi submarine menace is serious but he said the allies are more than holding their own in the battle of the atlantic gen douglas mac arthur followed up sir thomas blarney s statement on the situation in the southwest pacific with a teaming that the jap anese are poised for a struggle of ti tanic proportions the enemy con trols the sea lanes of the western pa cific and the outer approaches to australia the allied commander asserted that air powtrr rather than naval power is the key to the forthcoming strug gle in the great area if we lose the air naval forces cannot save us said gen macarthur operated for tile xi h government by atfaeonda copier mining company which explored tlie deposit devised mean of retov ry und concentration wim n rustled and concentrated the chromlte it m inhh s fine black sand and i ready for shipment to tie- 1 furnure or hmlcal plant iii production if some ste is it can im used us 1 in tlu making of t rro- chromluni used for iiiuim r grade of tough t4 1 it is fuitlur concantrut- ed two mlim are now in ojm rutlon the mouut und b nlmiw li ltlng chum e the plfutv ftom thut of 1941 wlun w4 produod 1 mj slum one r n nt of our hromlte needs tttkrihlxy 1 cannot uiub rstund why you cull ynurwlf it kind fullur lu wrote bis dud wh n jou huv nt s4 nl me a check for thrw week wliot kind of kindns do you cull that thats unremitting kindness wrote the fatlur in hi tuxt letter hboea sr sadleacemrohaele amj keaaanaaly ps f b d bachlin actoa w t pattbhson ro hpeelaust in kre rratt im wnmum trr aunti rasa sim completely eaulpped ofoom below uaher shoe store auction sale in acton at the close of the furniture sale about 1 oclock in the afternoon on kattrdav april 111b ittls in order to wind up the estate of ttik kjttv tivatluik sukcliktt formerly of rot k wood we will sell the following grey peruiiron mare 7 years old set tam hurnem near ly niw stiddle root pulmr ford vb 101fi cur with good tire termscash hoy himllkv auctioneer royal palace cuelptts ajbaimnc tukatbbh kmuv m nnaiair rosalind hussell fred macmurray la vugiit to rseeuomt tatllmi kkxt venicmav orson welles in joiibnbv into pkab- flus added feature ssbbl b tooav ako rsoamnv noma shearer in nibwombv clus walter fidfeon in nick cjumat ub- tbcnvs umiauair to nietur lana turner mobt younc in rhuulltlv dangkbouk- auction sale lu acton iioihkiioij hhmtiibk etc the unde rslgnetl huw received in struction from c iuutherland executor of the fstate of the late mimh mary c mahaijcm to sell by public auction on elgin st p near mill st on katt kday april 17th i9s ut two o clock the following bookcase berlin piano writing desk day bed quebec heater with stove pipes electric lamps four small tables jardiniere stand two rockers mat magazine rack oc casional chair five cane bottom chairs wicker arm chair mirrors books medicine cabinet aero pack nearly new club bag bed dresser woshttond chests rock ing chair three bedroom chairs sewing machine kitchen table side board 8day clock two ice boxes rangette linoleum rug 6jt9 f t sealers dishes cutlery silver ware spices kitchen utensils pil lows cushions blankets table linen towels sheets and other household articles immediately following the above sale the undersigned will sell at the sa p the property of william hutt consisting of one half dozen dining room chairs round drop leaf table white dresser white wash stand robnd parlour table pouch white enamel bed with springs and mat tress carpet 9 x 12 f t vacuetto sweeper and cleaner open grate stove fire screen rocking chair washing machine wringer and tub stand washboard plates odd dish es odd pieces mcclary fouriburner electric stove teiims cash boy hindley atksoaneer jak miiirklrall his 78th hirlluby satunlay- april lolli duwig tlte ust yar lb pre ha giv n mm eieellt for pultllelfcliig cum- ad and proitiettlng tourist treede morv than any other siuil4t individual in tli domlnlem whlh one eeliteailul hu tefi rid ut him u cunudas atu- imsswletr fit geod will ter tbihy- flve yeaiv ju k miller leufed l4tll canudu and i in u s at hi own x- lens on lexlurv tour illiiig tlut lurue st uudlterlum in both eeiuntrle uud pi me bed tile value ef teurlb1 evmnlilg into canada ll use ju k miner s ewn words he im i- u lie uid tei sj front hundred etf leetuf plut- forniu on elollur of u h tium y brought intel unudw by tlt ii s teiurlsts im im goftd a lti0 brought lit feir wheat hlppeel out he iwt only awake nel the indivleluul intei- e st but be is give n tlw riit of uwuk- enlng the efsovernuie nt to the realiza tion f the value of tlw teiurut trude certainly no on will fuestlen hut thut hi writing hi lectuies on bird life and hi bird sanctuary whleb it a living example ha done mote than any individual to awaken tlu interest in the value of bird life to not only canada but to all north ami rica jack miner tiume i u household word wlu n you mention bird life let it iw grunt ed tin re are otlierr bird lover whouf num in u town or locality thut he wiuully a well known but taking north ame rlca as a whole ye the world an a whole the home of jack miner stand forth like a beacon light on an airport when conservation i being discussed at no exunse to anyone jack miner toureel the wtern province of canada seven time in five year preaching reforestation with the re sult many windbreak can lie seen for mile on the prairies planted around farm homes and as wind breaks the idea in many esses was awakened by jack miner twenty or more years aia jack miners scientific research work in banding bird life and study ing it route of migration cant be valued in elollar and cents from the eelucatlonal standpoint while hi mis sionary work in using the fowl of the air to spread the gospel has caused many re liglou pe riodlralu to refer to him na the greatest missionary on the continent for seven year he hint lmen rated canada be fit known prlvute citi zen what is so unique ultout all thin i it cimio about by hit love for hire und animals life ami above nil for his love toward his f ilowmen while he fu celebrating hi 78th birthday yet hi life hi writing und hi lectures in year gom by will still war fruit one hundred years from noa tugs go to sea by rail two ways to raise more i yomig pigg raise more plus by stopping losses urge the agricultural supplies board many pigs can be added to this years much heeddfcjiupply if far mers will do two tfflngs protect young pigs from anaemia and from crushing anaemia can be prevented by feeding iron without iron many of the best pigs are lost and others weakened and thus more subject to attack by disease and parasites iron can be fed by placing on the tongue of each pig the amount of reduced iron sulphate copperas which can be easily held not heaped on a ten- cent piece iron feeding should be started a day or two after birth and should be fed once a week for three to four weeks crushing can be prevented by a guard rail in the farrowing peh the guard rail may be made of poles scantling 2 in by 4 in or pipe it should be placed eight inches from the floor and eight inches from the hides of the pen and munt be strongly braced a pig saved is a pig gained and will help to meet the british require ment for 675 000000 pounds of bacon in 1943 and the increasing domestic demands it is estimated that there is a ready market for 8000000 hogs this year preferably of a weight 200 to 210 pounds hum ships go clown iti the sj by rail u dluitult trilfortlieml fifejiefil hi involved a recede uj rd tfiini hits lsi ser ly ertiig lautwt of the canadian njiiooj kjiluuy tu tit recent sureirtaiul uutvrturut 4 j two urge tugx built 1ur itilsiid tei he sejifoajd ward ami watdi tern us socutj willi ikecurfy silel guatietuii- sliip ore tlw nnv- j tbese tu iliey we traiiscrrevl ffttut their nulive elenieot in georgiui buy uuter over tlw line of the ntuwut sykfciu lei an huu cest seaport ulure tltey are now engaged in ujr vi4rk lltewe omux overall tu viere iwiilt at fkbeti sound given tltfir truli there tale fronj tle ujttr auel swung mi ixasrd flat eur lu begin j railway journey tj more ilwn i ukinnle hut seujud feliilptj but m tug fumua be knocked down tw folded up particularly in this instance uliere the ml hull are welded lleibht and isrraellh nf the hull provide niaterul t a let of operat ing htrailaclka which lasted from owrii sourid to the atlantic llaewd eji hersleleon a natcar t lie top of the bud ua is feet 9 inches above the top etf the rail the actual beam of the tug is 14 fct 6 inches so that uhen toaeled on the car tbe hull fejee1ed isvo feet heyejnd the rar eiife rf 4 tile like awkward fji llil i ring due to tm iesity t ekfublijiuig a svtf fii3 fjf irfvity ifijiy emislilule a prfxei on 4jy mii 0 a raiilwy and mii u ularly wjrfurir h w tettry ua ibe almiul svklem stfijiiteeeiig defurt- liie t ut l4k thf plii of erery itridfte ijhween 1 1- terminal points a big lfek ulu rarrteij eut over i vjtt iiiilea son cleafrfiuetl were a tle minimi m stnileesx being ljrely itins irteli uuii tlie toj a tbe lotl at a foinl wltere s highway cressrd eef tlie radtvy tins sule tnefliaiiff was s btggcr lartjlrtii limn the beijht and it was iteeextmry 10 autfite tj every train in vvltili tin uimii was inriudeaj to move jt eirij sffeed wlten tlie seeeeu traek was vmtit 11e entire traiifoe titvolvel a ssertes of carefully planned nuaetneiits the transpejrtaften wserrsol out suonesmfully and vard and watch are now in salt wafer nrrforming their tasks of osovsog barges in tlw canadian national lighterage tveevue whtch daily t great uanlitic of sufiplies and war material taken from the rail termmal and transferred to slups carrying vital cargoes fort he im ted nations t movies now go to the people this is the afternoon for canadian movie in the country school at ap- pleton ontario and the projection ist bill ritchie is storting the show the pictures are productions of tbe national film board of canada now being distributed widely in rural can ada they form part of a project in education for citizenship sponsored by the dominion in cooperation with the provinces bill ritchie is only one of sixty projectionists who op erate these educational travelling theatres they travel by automobile by train and sometime in winter by slegh like the other operators ritchie give a show a day to school children the principal movies on this program for the coming month are freighters unier fire about the battle of the atlantic and a spec ial item for schools called fur coun try describing the life of the trap pers in the region of hudson bay at night ritchie and all the pro jectionist of the national film board rural circuit show the films to the grownups the audience comes from miles around eager in terested with a thirst for knowledge of tbe war that produces surprising results one of these a totally un expected reaction is the forum dis cussion which almost invariably takes- place after the show farmers merchants lumbermen talk the pic ture over and questions fly projec tionists were at first technicians to day they are a little more than that they are virtually masters of cere monies conducting forum discussions and answering questions because the scattered residents of many rural communities seldom have the opportunity or incentive to get together in large groups these forums have provided splendid opportuni ties for a general exchange of opin ion on the whole important question of the war and its meaning to canad ians- man interesting suggestions have been made by members of the rural movie audiences tbe little indian hos on the spanish reservation in ontario wrote some essays on the new form of entertainment in which they enloyed the movies very much especially the pictures of cmnoes and locomotives they did howsver have one suggestion for their unprovs- ment they thought there stiould be more pictures of indiana cteaatng white men