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pack buitr thb acton fbeb press thursday august 26th ims f bmaa stirrti as t i s salscslaass mmdm i aa a aar mas gibbons- at st- josephs hospital on aucust atui wo to mr and lira frank gibbons a aon francis fcter a brother cor delaine brooks at the guelph general hospital rati u to mr ami joan sitter for bnjlrat the casa maria hospital hamilton ontario oh august 12th ims to mr and mrs dennis hut nee oduress weaver the u of a daughter faye elaine a sister for blake ny8trand mr and mrs ralph njmrand nee eileen breen an nounce the birth of their son rich ard james on tuesday august 17th ims at rorkland dlsfrfc hospital klrkland lake ontario crippsfranklin in the york road baptist paraonace guelph ontario on wednesday august 33th ims by the rev cordon saute margaret ada eldest daugh ter of mr and mrs cham franklin of acton ontario to stanley moore crlppa eon of mr and mrs edwin crtpps acton ontario mcisaac at the home of his son- inlaw john sprowl eequestng township on thursday august 26th ims peter mrlsaac beloved husband of maggie t jesseman in his 75th year the funeral will be held from the above address on saturday afternoon at 3 oclock interment at palrvlew cemetery acton in weaver in loving memory of my dear father william biii weaver who was accidentally killed near acton august 27th 1925 nothing can ever take away the love a heart holds dear fond memories linger every day remembrance keeps him near not one day forgotten by his daughter ada yes its true achool open a week from tuesday both public anil continuation school will open in acton on tues day september 7th acton fair on september 17 and 38 is arranging one of the best pro gram ever presented ration books are being issued at several of the industrial plants here as well as at the town hall prize luts for acton fair will bo available on saturday from the sec retary c b swnckhammer painters are making improve ments on the upicaranc of many of the residences about town acton fulr prize lints are avail able this week and the fair is just three weeks from tomorrow und sa turday its to tie hoped the fine week end weather of august holds through out september for the fall fulrt scheduled two local residents attended council meeting last night to get their ration books council felt they had enough without this extra duty mrs p purdy received word that her husband cpl p purdy is in sicily on wednesday aug 25 he celebrated his 4th birthday overseas the acton branch of the canad ian legion have purchased the dance floor used at the beardmore co picnic and plan to use it for outdoor dances the bed cross blood donor clinic wl1 be held in acton on tues day 100 voluntary donors are re quired over 30 more thnn on the last visit the cement block face of the wool combing t plant and a big tac tion of the beardmore plant have crews of painters busy on them and khow a fine improvement the big construction bulldozer is working over on the mason property levelling another section of earth from the baxter laboratories back into the old pond property the acton bomber is now in operations overseas word has been received of its safe crossing of the atlantic buy more war savings cer tificates to keep it loaded with bombs for berlin ration books may be secured at the town hall from 2 to 6 pm on friday and from 10 a m until 10 p m on saturday cooperate by observ ing the hours remember the work ers are all voluntary and receive no remuneration excavacatlons for the new addi tion at the plant of the wool comb ing corporation here caused a wall to collapse which carried the elec trical installations for the plant as result the plant was unable to op erate on tuesday until temporary re pairs were made mrs m pallant has received word that her cousin lt hyman alder was the navigator aboard one of the- fly ing fortresses which attacked the fockowulf aircraft factory at kas- sel germany on july 39th lt adler wu previously awarded the alr medal for conspicuous service e1ezii31 mrs j kentner mrs joseph kentner died at the home of her daughter mrs c council in burlington on saturday august 4th after a lengthy illness she was in her 64th year mrs kentner formerly euen jones waa born in england and came out to fiftytwo years ago she lived in the vicinity of george town for many years and married joseph kentner who died fifteen years ago since the death of her husband the late mrs kentner has lived in georgetown she was a member of the united church surviving are 8 children amos and clarence of toronto fred john and joseph of acton mrs lilian ezeard of toronto mrs donald ilerrlngton georgetown mrs bertha conneu of burlington there are 21 grand children and one greatgrandchild the funeral was held from the home of mrs donald kerrlngton on tuesday afternoon at 230 rev r c todd conducted the service inter ment was made in evergreen ceme tery milton the pallbearers were messrs kenneth crisp walter gummer arthur reeve joseph gib bons w shortlm orby ilerrlngton georgetown herald feed grain situation serious in halton county weekly war commentary rtil il goatoon caaaataa press staff writer if rumors were rabbits there could nt have been more of them turned out than there have been since prime minister churchill prime minister king and president roosevelt got to gether in historic quebec it has been a case of every rumor begetting halton grain crop is estimated by agricultural representative j e whltelock at approximately 25 per cent of that of 1942 in an interview with mr whltelock recently he stat ed that while there is a fair crop in the northern part of the county it is in general very light on the heavier soil types in the first place he stat ed there was not much over one- third of last years acreage sown and this went in during the t first two weeks of june in general the weather has been fairly favorable but notwithstanding the crop for the most part is short thin and badly rusted fall wheat too has with few exceptions been a disappointment and the average yield will not be much over 20 bushels per acre and furthermore the quality is consider ably below standard in view of the urgent need of live stock products for our war effort the immediate purchase of western feed grain is the only solution stated mr whltelock while a largo quantity of western grain is coming in it will have to move five or six times faster between now nnd january if wo nro to anything like fill our commitments in britain and nt the snlno time keep our domestic market supplied our railroads were taxed to the limit 1nt winter to bring down the grain ord ered nnd that was following the heaviest crop of grain harvest od in ontario n many u year it youtj certainly bwm conservative to ostl- mnte that we will roqulre throe or four times as much ns we brought in a year ago our authorities esti mate that in ontario wo will require 250 cars a day for the remainder of 1043 at the present time we ore moving about 250 cars a week that should give some idea of the serious ness of the situation we also discussed the matter with few of our livestock feeders and while most veel that live stock pro ducts should command a higher price under present conditions it was rather interesting to note that of the hog feeders contacted those that keep a record of their feed costs state there is still falrl good money to bo made in hogs at present feed costs livestock marketing reports indicate an unduly heavy marketing of hows which is indeed a serious matter sev eral of the hog producers contacted stated they were retaining their breeding stock for the simple reason that when the other fellow u unload lug is a good time to hung on the provincial und federal subr1- dles which are being paid on westera fhhl grntn should certainly offset any increased cost due to interest und storage charges furthermore the quality of the grain received to date is excellent nnd certainly there will be less shrink on this grain than there will be on the newly threshed grain later in the fall there are ample supplies in the west we are inform ed although our federal authorities are having difficulty in preventing it going to the united states where it can be sold at a premium over that being received from canadian pur chasers we also understand that our bank ers are only too glad to supply the necessarycredlt for the purchase of feed grain and furthermore this credit wltl not in any way interfere with other lines of credit which al ready may exist this is a time when victory bonds t make excellent col lateral on this basis money can be secured at 4 per cent if you are a livestock feeder and require additional grain to carry your livestock over may we suggest that you contact your dealer get your order in at once later in the fall of next winter it la questionable if it will be possible for the railroads to cope with the demand with the results of five previous meetings as proof the world knows something grim for the axis is brew ing but exactly what that might be has kept both the experts and just plain guessers in allied and axis camps alike speculating wildly that a new blow against ger many and italy will be fcivrthoamlng is known what makes the profes atonal and amateur forecasters stay awake nights is trying to figure just where that blow will be aimed they are all unanimous however in saying that tlie longawaited second front will emerge from the talks now going on in the onetime capital of french canada now the temporary capital of the engllshhtpeaklni world many say it will be launched up through bombspattered italy back ing this with the statement that the famous british 8th and american 7th armies are now looking longingly at thct italian shoreline that is only two miles distant from their sicilian- planted boot tips others say it will be sprung against northern europe and this surmise is given credence because russia has renewed lier demands for o front there in stronger terms than ever be- forc alllm gui the tun however this operation london experts believe would take a force of from 1000000 to 200000 men and for that reason might bo difficult to mount as yet whereas the attack against italy might be instigated at almost any time but they arent saying that is the way things will turn out because with llufiaia throwing back the german hordes on the eastern front and with british-canadian- am erican armies in control of tliu situa tion in the mediterranean the allies have a choice of many moves and until tho trio of war chiefs give the order to attack just which move or moves they will make is anyones cuefc canadian at kkhs at tho weekend the conference at mosphere was tense with expectancy when n simultaneous announcement was mado in quctec nnd washing ton that canadian nnd american forces had occupied kiskn in the aleutians wit bout oppoalt ion the u s navy department stated th landings were made aug 15 nnd no jnps were found the statement in quebec wan 1s- kued jointly by prime minister mac kenzie king nnd president uoovevolt how tho japntieso escaped from the island was not stated tho united states navy said it was possible en emy surface craft took advantage of heavy fog to slip in nnd evacuate tho japanese garrlon estimated at 10000 troops mr king said canadian troops used in the kiska occupation were drawn from tho pacific command a largo proportion were soldiers called for service under the national resources mobilization act giving them the dis tinction of being tho first conscripted troops to attack the enemy for can da in this war tho occupation roes the last vestige of north am erican territory of japanese forces announcement wns also made aug 21 of tho first major break in the japanese position at salamaua the big enemy base on tho north coast of new guinea allied hendquartoni in the sttutlivicst paclffr declared that the japanese linil fled from mountain defences nuuldo salamaun nnd uk re in full retreat toward the inner defences of tho bahe capture of sulnmniui would give the allies an ar base within striking distance at oasmnta and other enemy hniet on now britain island above new guinea the retreat at sain mauu was hustened by the destruc tion of a japanese air force of 225 planes at wewack 350 miles up the coast most of the planes were trap ped on the ground italy ttnder attack completion of tho campaign in sic ily has been followed by heavy air attacks on the italian mainland and the seizure of the aeolian islands north of sicily capture of the is lands gives the united nations abso lute control of the sea between sicily and the lower italian mainland allied air forces in the mediterran ean struck a heavy blow at southern italian defences by smashing the vital rail centre of foggta and the only railway line of the eastern side of the peninsula previously allied attack on naples and rome had hampered traffic on the lines running along the western coast of italy reports from neutral countries indicate that conditions in italy are going from bad to worse madrid re ports the disintegration of the italian army with thousands of troops desert ing reports reaching berne stated that peace demonstrations were fre quent in northern italy as soldiers patrolled the region to check disturb- according to stockholm advices there is a rising demand in denmark for a more militant attitude against the germans attacks on nad sol diers and sabotage against factories producing german war materials have been reported for some time on the eastern front the russians have reached the limit of last win ters offensive with the capture of lebedln 100 miles northwest of khar kov the column is driving on gono- top key junction point on rail lines connecting the german bases of bryansk and kiev at the weekend soviet troops in the kharkov sector were said to have cut the german escape corridor to 13 miles monday and tuesday of this week saw berlin trembling under one of the heaviest aerial bombardments of the war two thousand tons of ex plosives rained down from raf and rjcaf bombers and it is under stood that scores of canadas fight ing airmen took part in the raid auction sale in ttws f act household fltrnstitke btc has the undersigned auctioneer received instructions from mra john mcjlkan to sell by public auction at agnes street acton on hat1tkday almmurr zsth at two oclock the following upright piano music stand radio chevrolet car chesterfield suite upholstered chairs studio couch quebec heater cook stove pipe dining room fable chan- small tables cupboards buffet desk hall stand bedsteads dressers wash- stands crocks sealers picture frames books lamps electric heat er clothes wringer linoleum iawn mower shovel cedar post incu bator nnd brooder drinking foun tain boys sleighs etc rov iitndlev auctioneer f l wright clerk clkarino auction sale ialtm stock implement and household furnnilrk tho undersigned auctioneer ho celved instructions from w n brownridoe to sell by public auction at his farm lot 6 concession 7 ksqueslng town- uhlp on fvdjav august sltfa ut one oclock p m the following horses black porcheron gelding 4 yrs chestnut gelding 8 yrw bay gelding h yrs perchorot goldlng 0 yrs cattle reg hokteln cow 5 yrs fresh with heller calf dowdrop alt- borklrk hera reg holsteln i lei for duo in oct oflkhurst may colnntn posch reg holsteln heifer 4 raoa uohnnn reecho director hog holsteln bull 2 yrs old woodruff rngnpplo dctslgn grade durham cow duo time of wilo grade hnt- hteln heifer duo time of sale grade durham heifer fresh threo weeks grndo durham heifer duo in sept grade durham cow duo in oct grndo durham helfor duo in oct grade hoist oln in full how bred july h grndo brltullo cow in full how bred july 13 grade holsteln helfor luo in nov grade holsteln helfor bred 2 months grndo holsteln heifer calf k months old 2 holsteln heifer calves swine poultry and poul try equipmentyork sow with sigs 1 weeks old york sow bred illy 20 york sow bred aug 15 all advanced registration 10 york chunks 10 ilyhrld hens 2 colony houses 1000 chick coal broodor jnmesway fattening crates hop pers fountains etc implements mccbimlck grain binder deo ring corn binder f w mower new cockkhutt manure spreader 14plate grain drill diss cultivator corn scurfler deerlng hay loader mh dump rake 14- hoe outthrow disc land roller 3 drums corn scufflor 2 row twofur row plow 21 floury walking plow no 5 wilkinson plow cockuhutt jointer plow drag cultivator sot threesection heavy harrows set of fourtuirtioh seed harrows thistle cutter low truck wagon wagon springs lumlver wniron with twx sot of steel trucks buggy wagon springy sot sloop sleighs plonfuuv sleighs cutter road cart hay rack stonoboat twowheel trailer with nonpunrturo tiros lnulmat fanning mill sot of platform rcolts hog ci uteri steel hog troughs pnl- vnnbtnl water tank suimr kttle quantity of wire cable wire fence poultrv wire delnvnl cronm separ ator root pulner post hole auger nnd spoon feme stretcher hnv fork and rope steel barrels oak barrel quantity of binder twine extension ladder 32 ft quantity of galvanized plplmr and coiytiw tor pipes 2 apple adders apple bar rels and roxes sacks grain rnts 11 stool wnter bowls nnd plnet new hay knife cow chains mall box electrlr fencer clover seeder buf falo robe horo blankets and sheets several horse collars set of heavy breeching harnesi set nf light breeching harness set plow harnesn set of 1 ight driving har ness set of single harness now forks hoes shovels crow bars etc number of chains logging and binding chains etc square timber lumber and posts also blacksmith nnd car- enter tools and a ouahtlty of house hold furniture 3000 ft h inch bass- wood 1000 ft l tnch pine 500 ft pine sheet in rs 200 ft tongue arid grove pino 200 ft 2x4 pino 1000 ft 1 inch bamwood quantity of white oak plank quantity of rock elm nnd locust plank quantity of snuare timber pine quantity of fence posts anchor posts and poles a number of pine doors positively no reserve as the pro prietor has sold us farm and is diving up possession im- medlsiely after sale tebms cash n h v a loxiott auctioneer j f robinson clerk fiftyeight allied bombers failed to return including seven canadian planes the biggest explosions were seen in the middle of the german capltal columns of smoke rose to a height of three miles seldom have the allies staged such a long and complex op eration german fighter planes put up a stiff defence and the sky was ablaze with searchlights scope of the attack is taken as an indication the allied air command is opening a supreme offensive against berlin on a scale similar to that of last month when hamburg was re duced to ruins some german source said ameri can planes also took part in the raid but this is not confirmed from allied sources h a joint statement by president roosevelt and prime minister- churc hill concerning decisions at the allied conferences in quebec was issued late on tuesday on wednesday mr roosevelt ad dressed the canadian people from ot tawa at an informal meeting to which members of the canadian parliament within range of the capital were specially invited a berlin spokesman on tuesday announced that hitler had shaken up his retinue of advisers gestapo chief hlmmler was appointed interior minister of germany and dr wllhelm flick who held this position was ap pointed to an administrative job in the balkans meanwhile the russians have re- occupled the key city of kharkov and arc pushing on to the ukranlan capital of kiev on the russian west- em front finland is said to be send ing out feelers for a peace with the soviet recognition to employees for help in war effort continued from page five j d loutctt w g mcfaddcn w mcgiiioway m a macdonald ii w masales t orourke a jl papll- lon t j paplllon b w pargeter j poriy a w ralph a ryan b sogoskio f j salt a g smith w l smith p e thrlng h thomp son r w turner u j wallace w watcrhouse a e white j wllum p s woods j zajac another item not on the program was n tribute to the heads of the ileardmaro co col a o t board- more and mr s g bennett pres entation of leather wallets wcr made and dr p boer in making the pres entation referred to their long service nnd constantly iwlng on tho job whether it wuu in tho ptnnt or on imhlnosti in canada or ovorhenh for the company ho felt it only fitting and thom associated with him in the prcscntiit on felt that they doilrcd to make recognition of their apprecia tion of korvlee too when mr u it parke announced that kuppor wan ready it was indeed finding the multitude four big mnrqucou were erected nnd in those complete preparation had boon mado incup were wemlngly unduly long for hungiy folks hut they moved along gradually nnd ovorjon w served there were hot wolnors nnd rolls assorted sandwiches iced nke fruit cake assorted hmnll cakes ico cream cups and n choice of bever ages of tea coffee milk or chocolate milk every nvallahlo picnic table in tho community was in use before the mnrqueos nnd it was indeed n happy picnic crowd that aksembled and wore satisfied at these picnic tables children in addition had ico cream tickets for any time during the day cole bros of toronto entered for this picnic that meant a picnic not only to tho men but to tho mothen when everything was provided during tho supper hour the 4hth highlanders provided a splondid con cert nnd miss violet murray iut solo ist gave several flno numhors tho program nlso included a flno cornot duett and othop solo numbers and in ttw knlng thoro wut no klgn of n slow doun in tompoin the evening an intor- mlwilon gave folks nn hour to om- plote tholr wookend shopping nnd at eight oclock a tjonccrt program uiw 11 ven with al nnd boh harvey inter national radio comedians in charge i hero were george oldroyd on the ulnck ulre thit six tiptops a fine dancing chorus with a variety of costumes violet murray soprano soloist was another headllner and bill and kay arnott in their magic had everyone mystified of court al and bob harvey had some now singing numbers and their hong when olaf laughs had the crowd roaring ken good and his commandos sup plied the music an hour of entertainment and the crowd went to the dance floor a big platform erected in the park and well lighted hero capt john slater and his 48th provided excellent dance music the dance program was interspers ed with ta fine display of fireworks the t w hand experts were on hand and we agree with one small boy we heard remark gee mom its just like the exhibition and here it was in acton dancing until eleven was provided and it was indeed a happy crowd who were homeward bound many of them from the district around who are employees of the beardmore co the picnic will long be remembered and assurance was given amply that tlie company appreciated in a big way the contribution of employees to canadas war effort following t he presentations for long service a draw was made for the lucky prize- on the gate stub every admission had a corresponding num ber supper ticket this draw was made by mr i w williams the em- ployee who has been the longest in vesrs and ls still with the com pany he has been with beardmore co in acton for fortyseven years the winner of this gate prize was harold adby and the prize was ss in rash incidentally the weather which is t big factor in any outdoor function and especially la one of this size was ideal it was a summer day and evening that was almost perfect it was a grand time and a record picnic for acton park evidence of the appreciation of the employees for this outing and recog nition is to be seen in the copy of the following letter which the employ ees advisory committee sent to col leardmore on monday beardmore a co limited acton ontario gentlemen attention- col a o t beardmore on behalf of the emploees of this company the members of the advis ory committee of the beardmore employees association wish to ex press their sincere appreciation and thanks to the company for th pic nic given to then en augu 21m 1943 we appreciate the comp nys re cognition of our efforts in the pro duction of materials for our armed forces and hope that the coopera tion of company and employees will continue and increase throughout the years to come yours sincerely advisory committee of beardmore a oo ltd a orr president g holmes el dawklns treaa ii w marchment g barnes g nightingale g billon t paplllon a duby royal palace now playing at the guelph theatres one week starting thursday august 26ui the picture of use year stage door canteen built north african arivaiiwd dromes an udmncod british nerodromo hullt for tho allied air forces by moti of the hoy it i enuinicr uiul plonoors i lie runway has u covering of coir matting on top of whliii a somerfotd trutk u laid thu is compos of mdnl rods about nine inches npait spaiod by wire netting lhe matting and truck give utahltlty in wet weather so that un ulrcraft cm land without getting togged on either side of tho runways nnothor pit to of land u pr hired for damaged ulr craft to make forced landings this is not covered with coir mat ting or somcrffld trntk us u forced landing would mean the re laying of the runwuy lhe officer commanding the operation was major j d george these drome bring front line planes uithln easier striking dutance of enemy occupied territory picture shows a spitfire the first plane to use the new runway warming up 7 how the baby has crown just 25 years ago when air mall heron in canada with a flight made by capt brian peck between montreal and toronto the total load was 124 letters today transcanada air lines carries near ly half juroullon letters in one day in five years t c a- planes carried- more than five and a half million pounds of mall which at the post office estimate of fifty letters to the pound works out to- more than 275000000 letters women do much of the cargo hand ling replacing men on active service