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wwtfjyjtvj vi s riz uuiziw3iaaaakr f 33n5ht3nsttl the acton free press thursday october 30th m motion of mrs 5 sw asserte tojmf eaisn he itiaaorlaas matfam t aad m per use adstuoaal or poetrr- boatn ii aw4 w sorter the sift of on george otmnt daddy with dcojl jt ntauntraonthe lake- late of brit ish colombia dikd uung at the residence of her nephew clarence lain 118 bal am ave- toronto on friday oc tober 24th 1941 guphcmla lalns in her 82nd year richardson at the home 6f his son a k richardson nasmupweya township on wednesday october 29th 19b john richardson hus band of the late loulsta freeman in his 98th year resting- at the johnstone rumjey funeral home acton until friday noon service in st john ahfh church rockwood friday a ffist interment at rockwood cemetery tyler at st josephs hospital guelph on wednesday october 29th 1941 rose slngteton widow of the late edwam tyler in her 57th- year the funeral will be held on satur day afternoon with a private service at the homo queen street acton at 3 oclock djvt interment at palr- vlew cemetery acton in memokiam hodgins in loving memory 6f a dear husband and father robert george hodglns who passed away october 28th 1940 what would we give his hand to clasp his patient face to soe to hear his voice to see his smile as in the days that used to be but the call was sudden the shock severe we little thought his death so near so good and kind in heart and mind a beautiful memory he loft behind sadlymiaed by mb wife nnd family lfeffi4r lend all you can pledge to your limit in war savings certificates halloween tomorrow night n time for witches and ghosts and weird fun a bit unusual to not have n flurry of snow in october but there is a day loft yet almost time next month to start counting the shopping days until christmas mr d n mctnvish has sold his residence on main street to mr elmer grlschow looks as if the nuisance of the leaves about the streets is almost over mr this year 4urast r force has purchased jhe residence of mi andmre frank seattle on wilbur street work has commenced on the erection oh mill street east of a new home for mr c f leatherland thought the grovel was being put on the streets last woek when we saw trucks going past but it proved a false alarm havon t heard any local gossip yet rogardlng hockey in acton but after the first freezeup there 11 likely be a thawout those who failed to read and act on a similar itom may respond to this repetition hove you renewed your fan pssss subscription acton voters list for 194142 is published now is the time to make sure your name is included don t wait and be disappointed on election day with the date of the final pay ment of taxes in acton past collec tions are reported as good and ar rears are being cleared away in a much improved manner progress of alton s drive for war savings will be seen in the chart on page 6 onlj 18 of the objective is thus tar reportid to headquarters t it going to take a lot more to make sure of that naval gun one of five beautiful stained glass windows in globe unite ch ot tawa dedicated lost sunday morning was a memorial to tu late mrs helen symon mcglll a former resi dent of acton the set of five deplet ed the last supper the steady pull wins john wannamaker founder of the john wanitamalcer ston philadel phia wu the first advertising enliu in the retail field in addition to the novelty of his advertising he kept persistently at it he once said cai- tlnuous advertising like continuous uork is most effective if there is any enterprise in the world that a quitter lould leave alono it is adver tising advertising does not jerk it pulls it begins er gently at first but the pull is steady it increases day by day year by year until it exerts an irresistible powir to dis- eontlnu your advertising is tho same as taking down ones sign if you want to do business ou must let the pople know it i would as soon think of doing busjneas without clerks as without advertising four have narrow escape when car collides with truck four persons narrowly escaped death or serious injury wednesday when a car driven by jack glenden- nlagv yyamesa township collided with a truck owned and driven by louis waxman of acton the acci dent occurred on the northerly oilt- sklrt of rockwood the car was completely demolished when it into collision with the rear end the acton nutctilne billy and grace stewart sixteen- yearold twins received severe cuts and bruises while pa in the glendennlng car jean major also of eramossv township and gle the other occupants of the tfnachlne suffered only from shock and a severe shaking up the stewart twins and miss major werevon their way home fronprock- wdod continuation school and had ac cepted a ride from glendennlng tncretwas a car and a truck ahead of me related jack glendennlng of weekly war commentary specially writeoff or the actoa free frees vy bv ix m peters canadian preas staff writer probability that gen de gaulle will be given further recognition by brit ain as the sole leader of the french with full authority to issue orders to frenchmen wherever they may be arose when the free french leader broadcast from london orders direc tives he called them to the people of occupied france francev the cream of her manhood idle in nazi prison camps her grow ing young women unwed her 1941 eons unborn her people being butch ered under the foul excuse of re prisals has two spokesmen in this the 114th week of the war both spoke to her on the subject of the german murder of 100 french men because two nazis had been shot in occupied french dtles it is typ ical of hitler that ho first ordered the car stopped and a child got out and rim directly in front of the truck waxman slammed on his brakes and 1 200 shot then reprieved 100 of them auia i put on mine but it was too late the german propaganda machine red armys resistance was growing in the southern sector as wen as in front of moscow a heavy toll of ger man casualties was claimed officially in the repulse of fresh attacks upon the central approaches to moscow changes in russian commands di vided the forces on the eastern front into two armies instead of three gent- eral g k zhukov was given com mand in the north and marshal tlmo- shenko in the south reports from moscow early this week indicate that the germans have not taken kharkov severe fighting is taking place in the immediate vic inity ofthe city on the other hand the invaders have reached a point about 15 miles from rostov gateway to the caucasus britain ready there is every probability that cap ture of rostov would result in british forces being rushed through iran ta line up with their russian allies for defence of he caucasian oilfields estimates of british armies in the middle east range from 500 000 to l- 000 000 men the nazi drive into the southern ukraine appears to be slackening in the faco of strong russian resistance marshal tlmoehenko has forbidden his troops to retreat- in tho donets his truck stopped much quicker than our light car and we hit tho back of his rack its really a miracle that were alive tho way tho car was dam aged he added the stewart twins and miss major were taken tb the guelph general hospital for treatment but later al lowed to go to their homes the glendennlng car had the radiator smashed ondtho entire front and top of- the machine were reduced to matchwood the steering wheel broko off when tho steering column was forced back against tho driver both headlights were broken off as well as front doors on both sides of the light sedan maple grove uterary elects officers for year the mnple grove literary society held it first mooting of the season friday evening in no 8 school twr wm mcnnbb acted as chairman and ofter some discussion it was decid ed to continue the meetings tho sec ond thursday evening of each month simple refreshments are to be served nt each meeting the new officers elected were president mrs george wallace first vice mr wllbcrt patterson secre tary treasurer miss myrtle mnude press reporter rcba mcnobb tho meeting was then closed by singing the national anthem peadrjanr-aiid- gifts for overseas from nassagaveya the october meeting of the nas- sagauca branch of the women s in stitute was held on wednesday af ternoon at the home of mrs charles hefferman the president mrs el liott presided there were 17 ladies present it was decided to buy one case of peach jam for overseas and to send gifts to the boys of our district who are overseas numerous plans were made for the dance to be held next week an in teresting paper on the work of the salvation army was given by mrs padbury a humorous essay on men was read by mrs morton mrs l king read a letter from the international headquarters overseas of the salvation army the presi dent presented the past secretary mrs l king ulth a gift in apprecla tlon of her services while she was secretarytreasurer the meeting was brought to a close by singing the na tional anthem a dainty lunch was served by the hostess sought to fix world attention on his leniency with tho second hundred and away from the actual hundred fold mnjpnlfylng of the biblical eye for an eye marshal pctaln talking of honor nnd of collaboration said to the french that they should stop the un- nameable crimes of attacking their persecutors he appealed to the people to find the culprits nnd turn them over to the germans de gaulle directive de gaulle on the other hand while directing frenchmen to slop killing germans on tho ground that it was too easy for the nazis to retaliate said it is perfectly normnl and justi fied that germans should be killed by frenchmen if the germans did not want to rccelvo death from our hnnds they should hnvo stayed in their own country nnd not waged war on us but the wnr of the french must be eondupted by those in charge of it myfolf and t national committee o free frenchmen the directive i give for the occupied territory is not to kill germans house debates war demands for military action to aid ftusstn were made in the brltlih house of commons oct 23 by inbor spokesmen who declared that a blow should bo struck in the west while the rod army still retained enough striking power to hold nst gorman armies on the eastern front suggestions ranged over n wide field and included one from stephen kinghall n retired naval com- mander for a thrust at italy such dont keep rats no fewer than seven major dis eases and ulncsus arc known by medical scientc to by transmit ud or caused b rats qiid almost a dozen more ar under suspicion says the current isbue of hygoia rat bite fever caused by a spiral organism found in the rat s saliva and injected into a human being when a rat blteti him is said to be spreading in the united states and washington has launched a new campaign against the pest the writer slates so for no inoculation against the fever has been found and there is no remedy for it the symptoms ar similar to those of influenza but far more severe n apart from the health aspect of the rat problem it u pointed out is the expense of rats to any community a tenneuue uty has estimated that each rat ents j worth of food a year and that lis own contribution to the upkeep of t hese rodent s li about 600 000 annually -f- llantird in fjltmlirkks uverlkjol icp said by his father to bo fond of dramatic art basil ashton 11 was found hanging from the banisters in his home dres sed in a frock last worn by his mother at a wedding nn nunck he snld opened up vital possibilities foreign secretary anthony eden replied for the government he mnde it clear that tho government was ful- r alive to the situation but plnns could not be disclosed for obvloun reasons he hinted at secret plans for n diversion but overruled nny immediate invasion of tho continent lord beavcrbrook declared thnt the most important task of britain and the united stntos at the present time was to replace tanks and planes lost by russia knox speaks out forthrlcht words of navy secre tary knox rerordlng japanese expan sion plans have stirred things up in the united states he told a gtfoup oxlefence manufacturers on oct 24 the japanese apparently hod no in tention of giving up their plans for far eastern ex pension nnd added if they pursue thnt course a col lision there is inevitable senator claude pepper strong sup porter of the government came out for nn immediate blockade of japan but isolationists nnd others voiced the opinion that knox s statement was not in keeping with recent develop ments at all events the united statesis making jvery effort to keep jopnn out of the war but at the same time rapidly strcnimruntng her position in tin pudflc reports thnt war supplies tb russia may be shipped through the north atlantic to archangel thub avoiding the route past japan to vladivostok indicated that mr roosevelt will not risk inflaming japanese opinion npy more than is necessary on the other hand the united states is engaged on a big program to improve its naval strength whlh millions of dollars have been spent in thi past wo vcars in buildings and strengthening air and naval bases in the pacific it is true thnt u s naval units in the pacific have been depleted some what to provide further strength in the atlantic but auxiliary forces in the east have ben increased and tend to vo a better rounded force f b have been launched tilts ear with otlura to come nnd other vettsls to slide down the won j comared with include thre crulsi rs 14 destroy ers period of 1940 and 1 submarines i nuis claim kharkov at tho close of last week german troops had edged closer to moscow in bitter fighting to the south they uulmed the capture of kharkov great steel city of the donets basin soviet spokesmen admitted the but so much of the great industrial urea has fallen to the nazis that there is little doubt the productive capacity o tho territory has been seriously curtailed this puts in creased strain on the new war plants east of tho urals and makes the need for british and united states tanks nnd plane more urgent than ever before moscow strong counterat tacks have been launched by the red army in the past few days nnd sov iet spokesmen claim hitlers men are onthevereeroftxhnustlon berlin gives bad weathor as tho reason for the slowdown on the central front nnd the claim is mnde thnt the rus- sl are b given no opportunity to reorganise their battered forces much significance has been at tached to reports thnt hitler receiv ed two turkish generals nt his east ern front headquarters nfter an in spection trip possibility thnt hitler envisions n smash through turkey is causing a good dcnl or speculation roosevelt speech t prcildent roosevelt speaking in wnshlngton nt n nnvy lengue dinner oct 27 called for full speed nhcad in united states efforts to bring about hitler s downfall he declnred shoot ing has started america hns been attached he pledged that military supplies of nil kinds would rench brltnln nnd russia despite all nazi sea wnr threats very simply and very bluntly he said we ore pledged to pull our own oar in the destruction or hltler- controls black sea eohei a n nae d on the crimea nn authoritative source in london said oct 29 thnt soviet ruslns fleet controls the binck sen nnd could stop any attempt ed german sen expedition in connec tion with the move eastward russia has one battleship with 12- inch guns in the black sea there are also five cruisers 27 destroyers about 50 submarines and n similar number of motor torpedo boats the fleet is larger thnn thoso ofbulgarla rumania nnd turkey combined turkey of course is following n ncu- trol policy even the loss of sebostopol main russlnn naval bnse would not be fatal the london authority stated as come bnse fnclltttes eoula be trans ferred to soviet ports on the eastern shore of the binck sen maternity costs 10 cents a baby but his la in china where mis sions help situation shanghai cp bnbus come cheap nt tnlku hospital nn amiri can board mission institution at laiku in shnnnl province a chtml mother can hrlrtg ht r babj into the world for the dimm of a nghtratlon fee which lb ten cents chinem current y or n holfci nt in canadian money miss isahtl hemingway chh f nurst txpluimd tht high infant mar tnllty iulo in shansl caused the ynis sion to open a matsrnlt ward at tin cents wr bab for educational pur poets french revered british tommy covered hia grave with flowers hii germans took body away l london cp every day fresh flowers were placed on an emtty grave in warbattered lille it was the grave of le tommy in- bonnu the unknown british soldier until the germans removed his body but the people of lille still dally place their floral tnbutes there in memdry of his bravarjfc fho story was told here by mrs h brookc french wife of an englishman who escaped from a german concentra- tlon camp it was in may 1040 during the des perate rearguard nclon fought by french and british troop against the advancing germans tho- unknown tommy was alone protected only by block of concrete and some sand bag but he had n rifle and ammu nition germans were nil around flinging hand grenades spraying lend from tommyguns but he kept picking them off until he wns finally shot nnd killed the germnnn burled him in a plain grave but the french people who had scon or heard of his exploit determined to honor him next dny flowers wi there some with writ ten tribute a notre cher tommy they were removed by the gar- mans the following day there were- more as often as pie germans took them away french people brought more in the end the germans re moved the body but still the flowers were placed on the grave said mrs brooke in li lie they will never forget the unknown tommy waafs qatt mdre london cp outfit allowance to officers of the womens auxiliary air force has been increased from the equlvftlent of 135 to 180 kaved parit of cargo bristol cp when fire broke out on a ship on its way across the atlantic to britain the crew battled for four day until the freighter reached port with part of 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