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the acton free press- qtommajl mr boy fuanoey spent sew slaya jk falber and otber mrs ettwta atasan asarlene am va tte eeeend wttsa mr mr and mem lome etta son asad lammcat bewerely and lnnora of sodcwood vsatted on saturday ewen- ifigattfa hit nelson k moore mr and mrs j ilandk sharon falf and gary mr and lbs l fcreateu gerry jack and diaane all of cthjii spent sunday at tbe borne of tneor parent mr and mra martin kelly engagements mra geo gilbert wisbes to an nounce tbe engagement of her daugh ter mary hannah to dvr vlneent william cahorni vlgjlsc the wddinj to take place early in jan uary mr and mra henry harden of eden mills wish to announce the n- gagemerit of their youngest cuugbter i aurelia to rom douglas only son of mr and mra donald campbell of mffij the wadding to take place the utter part of december the engageme is announced of helena margaret daughter of mrs p mcphall and the late peter me- phall of caxnpfaellville to fettyjjof- licer w ii clement son of mrs w clement and the late mr clement of milton the wedding to take place in december orders wife to pay costs sydney nsw co warns lmsiaml sued far nahimiiai t x jtunh rtgbts a near soaftfa wjp s- vonw judge o the wife to re turn and to pay the oast of the a wfcy ahonld a soman who treats oo trf rtwi to a charaa be treated any dlftwontlr ooat from a man faa the bis of he ondeaad to pay ousts of an imdecended auit against her seems to be entirely out of date off course if a woman like to go off svilb another man or a her home in pursuit of independence or high wage that is her own affair j but if such be her choice is by just that she not the innocent par ty ah pay the oasis of thepso- oeedings which she cau and gen erally wdanmit w the stat by giving the court mmrtir discretion tomake auch or- dm for oast as it deems just vemov- the question of costs from the realm of rigid rules and rigid pract ice and arms the court with power to do justice according to the facts and circumstances of each case boy scout news the meeting of the acton troop was held oa thursday aught there was onsy an att of 80 per cent fae- xause of the cbristnaas exams which are being held at the o school after flag ispealt by the duty patrol leader bui clayton scout au- london cp an offer to re place as far as possible many vol tes in the section of nonenglish books and periodical destroyed by enemy action in the british museum has been made by the allied govern ment i no pkice increases fob holiday g aitev hotels and resiaurants may not increase their prices for meals or entertainment during tbe christmas holidays even though special enter tainment is provided the wartime prices and trade board has announr- d that special meals and entertain ment are subject to the price ceiling no price increase villi be permitted for holiday meals in cast when 4cclal cntertalnmt nt is provided authorization mav ho given tor in- naked rates but they must not ex ceed those of last ar incr ased cost of food 01 entertainment ulll not be considered a gounds for pi lee in ert ase cost of living bonus in industry increased following the increase an o oc tober 1 1943 of 1 4 points in the ad justed cost of living index announced by the dominion bureau of statistics the national war labor board issued a genera order that cost of living bonuses be increased accordingly com mencing with the first payroll period beginning on or after november 15th 1943 in the cae of adult male employe and of other employees receiving weekly wage rates of 29 00 or more per week the amount of the weekly increase will be 35 cents for male employees less than 21 years of age and female employees whose weekly ubgf rates are less than 2500 per week the increase will be 1 4 per cent of their weekly wage rates this increase is compulsory for all employers who are subject to the wartime wages control order pc 39fi3 and the 35 cent or 1 4 per cent upward adjustment must be added to all cost of living bonuses presently being paid to employees who are not above the rank of foreman the maximum weekly bonus will now be 4 go or 18 4 per cent of the weekly wage rates as the case may be the boards cenerut order docs not affect the provisions of its special direction made last june for manual workers in the construction industry national joint conference board of following representations from the that industry increasing demand for food products a continuation of strong demand for agricultural products particularly food seems assured through 1944 states the current heview of agri cultural conditions in canada as fresh territory is occupied by forces of allied nations the demand seems likely to increa requirements for meat and dairy and poultry products will continue to in available supplies grains which have persisted to date begin to look less formidable in view of postwar needs and the pres- nt rate of disappearance of livestock overall agricultural output has ap- lutrcntlv reached peak levels under existing uipplles of manpower mach inery fertilizers and other essential requirements assuming normal wea- tlwr conditions oral autltoritlcs in britain have salvaged and returned to industry or otherwise made available for reuso no ives titan 4 500000 tons of valuable material obtained from liousehold waste talefty followed by manseottoa which was surpassingly won by ww other than the sea gulls in the instruction period the col- lowing passed their kims same mon ty barmey andrew kicfaol ceorge elliott and harold ffiwii kims game is a test of memory and observation the scouts after observing twenty- four assortad articles for one mi write down all the articles they can remember to pass the scout must remember 11 or 6 per cent of the articles weekly war commentary tfoaatiisnrt from page oacl tack atuts of the her goering ar division on the russian front the bed army met with some serlo sever but a bright spot was ptw by army oaenaerora of pasjaopitiunsfc ri its way across the south towswan ateppes toward krivoi bog and lorovograd two of the lant im portant strongholds in the dnieper tbe candidates for first class rank t studying first aid under mr tho- ison the scoutmaster meanwhile the candidates cor second clans rank are learning signalling and first aid under jack uslnprlie and dave dius the patrols are to be congratulated m their projects which prove the appearance greatly inv of headqttar- the next meeting ttouightk will be the last for the year 194x it win be held in tbe form of a campfire with a lunch after beueves church needs celibates london cp1 belief that fewer clergyman should marry because the church needs bachelors has led to m shattered romance at a little anglic- a church near here some months ago rev b t da vies went to charlton parish church met and fetl in love with miss c ham their engagement was announced in the parish magazine which later told why it was broken 1 can ee the special need there is in the church for unmarried priests and think that under these- drcum- vtanoe i acted wrongly in becoming ngaged wrote mr davles that is the reason we have for breaking our engagement family tkad1tion moscow tcp sergei tolstoi a greatgrandson and namesake of the early 10th century writer is fighting in the russian army on the soviet- german front the last century tol stoi fought with the russians against napoleon during the famous march to moscow fob bettstb living london cp the world trade alliance which has been formed here has among its objectives the regulat ed distribution of exports in order to ensure the steady raising of standards of living in all countries special dance friday evening i december 17th floor show 2 special prizes modern aires orchestra modern and old tune dances 2 m rauov r georgetown arena x i gregory theatre raidav deccmbeb 17 frankenstein meets the wolfhan- l01 chaney bela lugool comedy they stoocv to con ga cartoon pnmlol a i box cant comedy calling all kids chapter 6 overland mall hattwdav december is in matin tab saturday henry aldrich gets glamour jimmy lydon charlie smith traitor within jean parker don barry fox new monday december te lucky jordan helen walker alan ladd colored service special our african frontier passing par ade storm thrf traieltalk glimpses of mexico earning power of farmers too low the agricultural problem u to vital so trem ndoun that the consumers and the industrialist of canada must appreciate the farmers true position and intelligently assist through gov ernments and in every way to find the permanent solution to n prosper ous rural existence it is true that leading olivines men realize that the producers of canadas foodstuffs arc paying income taxes in small numbers not of their own choice but for tho simple reason that the earning powr in labor income on tho average farm even with the free labor of wlfo and children thrown in is little more than that which industry and govern ments pay to a grade 1 stenographer dr e s archibald director do minion experimental farms service dont give live stock ice cold water for all cattle in winter partlcular- lv for dairj cow a liberal supply of good clean water i necesary and an important thing if that the chill should be taken off the water ivefore drinking a minted out by w o albright superintendent dominion fxperimental farm beaverlodge al berta stareycoated constipated cnt- tle shivering humpbacked at ley tkoughs on a hi uk winter day are an object of sympathy and a standing ad vertisement for shrunken profits h the water if nicecold the nnimali do not drink enauuh water the wmall umount that they do drink thetk natural function result are conatlp- 11 1 ion 11 thrift und lonutlme indiu- et ion warm vwiur iv relating and wubsfl- tutv in uirl lot succulent feed half a uilllul of tepid water ha brought many a hone around from an immer sion or after a cold hard drive swine do kktrlyon icecold drinks atieatt er in the drinking tank will tut onlj avoid much icechopping but will con tribute decidedly to the health and comfort of the faimyard stock bvhcntarv oittbbeak london cp news of an out break of dysentary is the first report of an epidemic among norwegian conscripted by the germans for slave labor bleeds occupied lands london cp dingle foot par liamentary secretary to the ministry of economic warfare told commoni that it was estimated the approximate annual sum which germany was col lecting from occupied countries total led ii00 000000 pounds s5hmo00- 000 w the reveiaes admitted by the rot- uh were in the kiev bulge 300 nilla to the raortlraenl vvhere mas genash snaor drove on nikolai valutin forces bade to the area south of llalin 55 miles from the ukrainian r capture of matin on the klevkorosten railway hne would pose m difficult supply ptb for the bussian forces fighting o cberoimkhov 80 utiles est of klev n bally early this week however the bus- sians appeared to have broken the back of the german counteroffesudve as general vatutln force west of kiev crushed repealed german at tacks and improved its own position south of malin in this desperate battle of the kiev bulge soviet troops were greatly aid ed fay powerful guerilla forces oper ating behind the german lines these fighters captured two railway stat ions near zhltonur 0 miles south west of the alalia matior and destroy ed four german military trains load ed with troops and supplies another bunrlan army under ivan s kooev struck out from krenv chug 300 miles to the southeast in a drive which captured cherkasy and relieved soviet forces holding a bridg ehead in that area cheritasy had been bypassed by the lied army in it first crossing of the dnieper biver other bussian forces advanced to ward the important germanheld base at klrovograd in fact the yted ar my troop appeared to in holding the initiative at virtually every point a- long the q0milelon klev-krertw-n- chug war hati4a anthony kden british foreign sec retary ha told the house of com mons that an u result of the church 111 lloosevcltstalln conference atfvh eran the var will lie shortened and at the same lime he tumm si up the results of the earlier cairo conference between churchill and iloofievelt and generalissimo chiang kaishek and streksed tlritains deter mination to fight japan to final vic tory if we are compelled for the time being to devote the greater part of our human grid material resource to the task of defeating germany we are still principals in the far eastern war mr eden uilri japan is ju- a great n menace to the wcurlty jnt the british commonwealth as rhe is to the security of cither the united state or clilna in italy canadian troops of the british 8th army appeared to have consolidated thilr moro river bridge head despite fierce german resut- nncv weather was interfering with operations on tho moro front every where except nt the northern tip of tho moro valhy where men of tho hastings and prince edward regi ment from ontario seized a ridge bo- tuecn san leonardo and the adriatic it later was announced that the two bridgeheads one forged by the canadians and the other by indian troops had been merged into one on the russian front gen volutin success in halting the strong german counteroffensive aimed at kiev was only temporary and at midweek the nazis were rolling again they had reached a point 55 miles from the ukraine capital after rushing through the highway junction of rndomysl field marshal von mannstcln ap peared determined to recapture kiev at any cost ami was throwing waves of tanks and infantry nt the russian two hundred miles to the southeast however russian armies under gen konev continued to forge ah ad in a threat to the industrial centres of klrovocrad and krlvol kog peat moss in agriculture industry and home the production of peat moss 1b education problems confhont imitons eondon ci the dally mall rc- iktrted that children nre being bought out of secondary schools by thtlr parent before they roach 16 the secondary school leaving age so that theycan take jobs paving 2 pound s9 001 a week or more the paper quoted an education au- ihorttv as saying that the buying is done b a rents who enter into in agreement when their children go to secondary school that they will pay an agreed kum as damages if the child leaves before the end of the school year in which he or she reaches 16 new legislation compelling chll 1- ren to remain at setondary schools is felt to be the only satisfactory way to safeguard theae children s educat ion tho paper said enfilnes alteblso eondon cp- royal scot en glnes roaring over the leedsglasgow run have had their outlines altered after being fitted with tape boilers and newly designed c under to save nearly wo tons of weight in each case irnsdw sy since early la the w when wipialics- flraaa europe were cut off will become firmly established as a ronli wiring enterprise if an exten sive market far the paoda can be built up witan the country this view is e in a booklet entitled tvtkt lloss or sphagnum moss its uses in agriculture in indus nasi la the iloase prepared fay 1l a lev- erla and issued by the mines and the geology branch ottawa cuuwfj consumption of the product it states is as yet irefalrvety small and i headway is chiefly the result of the demand in the united states it is possible that this demand will de cline in the post mar years and if so the decline could be largely offset by a marked increase in the present use of peat moss in canada which has extensive deposits of highgrade ma terial included in the phamplet la a list of canadian producers ivnt moss has been widely used and with satisfactory results in europe for many years and owes its usefulness to its high absorptive capacity for liquids and games rejstance to tlecompob- itlon low conductivity of heat elas- ticily and its dcodorudng quality its chief use at present in canada and the united states are in tortlculture and market gardens mainly as a soil conditioner as m niter for romrncrcial fertilisers and for packing bulbs tubers and root for winter storage a very extensive use in the united states is a a litter in poultry rais ing in industry it is used mainly in artificial fertillcen in the prepar ation of various stock food as an insulator in the oullding trade and as a lucking mats rial in the home it servt is an niuvlu nt agtit td packing ami storing food cojut i of tli- luttnphl t may be ohtaiiud frv of hnrg from the secretary bureau of miru- mines and ooloy llraneh dcpartim nt of mlne and itesourc v ottawa ggtggtgbcgt fcod specials buy early and get the choicest meats we 1kro atorftxal ass- recriscsatom frith the voy caoiotat meats the tnfcet asaris christsaaa main has oaa a year and heres oar oscsaars for a feast that will aaake ssake the ox aara beef cuts i cured meats all priase beef spec- i fkoas all the well known iafly acsedei for the i padken ot stmndsnl astat christasas traan prodorts pork cuts are all fraaa the cholceat hofja on the aurhet foivl gecne and ouga y choice to suit the size of the fmamuy lnerinr- blake yoor srlectioa we aaaure ycjcj of the oualily tho supply of turkeys this year is very limited we are endeavoring to secure supply of these fine birds but cannot promise last minute shoppers a choice store cioseh christmas eve dec 21 at u0 vm closed aix day monday dec 27 lovell bros phone 17h acton ontario 3aasststdi3t3issdcst3dadda3didasssdl3sida9asa3 igstgigisigtgggiigigtgegtggtg tgtgtetseeteggsjsempw goods are in limited quantities and early selections are advised men and boys s sweaters pullover zipper styles i25 to s5j95 boys shirts and blouses 69c to 115 boys ties 25e scarves wook anil spun rayons 100 to sum ties 50c to 100 shirts white and colors 175 to s2l50 socks wide selection 29c to 100 gloves lined and unlincd and wool 125 to 350 many other line of practical suegestionm on display stoke wiix be oien every evening pf christmas week ttwnwitwttpziwwiwinwwwiivitwiiwitv hoxinif day moil dec 27lh store wlu be closed ladies ladies fur trim slippers blue wine whiter175 and 219 gloves wools fabric leather 59c to 200 purses black and colors 125 to 235 ladies parasols fancy patters 298 lingerie slips 100 to 200 panties39e to 9c pyjamas 150 to 195 gowns 175 to 295 hosiery full fashioned 85c to 125 lisle 35c to 125 knee socks 25c to 59c childrens 25c to 55c aprons smart styles and patterns 29c to 100 table cl lines 1jm to 275 bresser sets cushion covers centres etc infants sweaters booties mitts bibs feeders and toys etc for the children toys dolu games model air plane kits jigsaw puzzles etc christmas cards seals and wrappings juu glvudma etd war savings stamp qlvudtmcu gcwu tiiev iieij the was eftobt elliott bros acton ontario