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aok boot the acton fhbb press thursday october 28th ims ml e jafcfta aa est aw ian currie saajenly toronto on fc b s wtrf hamilton october 25ssjbdwtn eslusert mcdotuud at muton t 39th ar mtai htwru in l in ifephkrson in loving memory of our dear mother mr robert j llcphenon who pmeed away octo ber amh9943 dorothy and eugene mephbrson in rcmemberanca of blanche e h epberaon who p away october 39th im1 many cherished memorlea re sisters and brother tyler in lovta memory of our dear mother roae tyler who pasa- d away october 29 194l just of you today we an thlnklnc but then dear mom thats nothlnc new we thouatit about you yeterday and the day before that too we will think of you tomorrow and each day throughout the year we will think of you forever for to us you were so dear the family the first snowfall that whitened the ground came on october 27th please be aure to aend in your copy for tu fan pan early in the week last week of october and the fall hasnt been too bad on the fuel sup ply so far halloween comes on sunday this year suiely that will have a quiet ing influence christmas parcels for the boys overseas must be away this week to reach them in tune save your halloween celebra tion this year until after the gangster nations are wiped out drop a christmas card or better still a letter to those in the armed forces theyll sure appreciate it half way mark in the victory loan wasnt reached as early this time surely actons not slipping in this campaign t a chimney are at the home of mr and mrs wynn park avenue on saturday afternoon gave the fire brigade a run victory loan time is over hall gone this year before the half way mark was reached dont put off your bond purchases any longer your fan psess label shows the standing of your account with this office your prompt renewal means uninterrupted delivery of your home paper its now quite legal for neighbors to exchange their rationed commod ities with each other nclghborliness is something we don t mi ant to lose in the war a large flock of wild geese were reported heading south oer town on tuesday evening by mr joe kentner who says the flock took ten minutes to get over town remember when asking for hallowe en shell out that the goods just cant be secured even though folks would be willing to keep up the old custom shipment from acton red cross this week included 34 pair seamans socks 30ft towels 3 washcloths 24 skirts 12 quilts and 9 pair felt slip pers and two pieces of fur rehearsals have started for the big fall show in aid of acton and vic inity war service league it is a gay nineties musical review being directed by mr r r parker wire chinese palu nt on tt htphone doctor what lime ou iwee teeth for me doctor twothirty all right chinese yes tooth hurty all right but what time you tlxee halton county pldwingiwatch to be held next week according to president v h rob ltison of the halton plowmen s assoc iation the- big annual match is sched uled for friday no ember 5th on the bert fuller farm on the seventh line of trafalgar township below drum- quln the prise list is now off the press and thanks to the splendid don ations made by the citlxen and firms of halton county it is indeed a splen- did list and it is anticipated that the majority of the crack plowmen of the province will once again compete for top honors special classes open only to halton county have been provided in both walking and tractor plow classes a banquet in the evening will be held in the bethel united church and president robinson promises an outstanding speaker and programme prlttlrt be secured from agri cultural representative j s white- lock at milton objtuanil miss ann brims the funeral of the late miss ann brims was hm on monday ait of last week from the funeral home of johnstone and rumley losa brims had made her home with her brother john on the first line her niece jessie found her dead on the bed ca coming in from school when mrs john brlma died a few tears ago she came from scotland to make a home for her brotlfcr and his two daughters isabella and jessie rev forbes thomson conducted the- funeral service interment was in fallview cemetery acton pallbearers were messrs henry sayers david joe james sprawl james douglas bert grossman and william douglas mrs margaret snyder cuelph following an illness of five years margaret dalley synder 67 herbert street passed away at the guelph general hospital on saturday mrs snyder was burn in acton 58 years ago and had resided in guelph for the last 40 years she was married 42 years ago in gait her husband the late harold snyder predeceased her four months ago mrs snyder was a life member of the brooklyn mission surviving are five daughters and three sons margaret mrs joseph kapsh detroit genevleve mrs andrew buchanan acton winnl- fred mrs andrew wilson acton mcllssa mrs aubrey james kitch ener and norah mrs jack sween ey guelph and howard horry and sam of guelph five grandchlklren nlso survive as well as two sisters mrs elizabeth miner of dundas and mrs james england of red oak iowa interment was made in woodlawn cemetery on tuesday afternoon noble p mclam native of acton and one of its cit izens who spent most of his life in the home community noble paget mclam passed away on monday october 18th at the home of his daughter mrs j b adamson he was in his 82nd year noble mclam was n son of the late thomas mclam and esther paget early settlers in this com munity he learned the blacksmith trade with his brother the late james mclam and for many years worked with him in the shop on main street he spent seven years in london in the cnr shops and returned to acton to purchase the business where he had apprenticed and worked with his brother ho was a man who took a keen interest in the community and for many yean was a member of the official board of the united church he was one of the oldest members of that church here he was a past master of walker lodge af ft am his wife predeceased him eight years ago and two children mrs john cole toronto and mrs j b adam- son acton remain to revere his mem ory one sister mrs geo soper also r mains there are five grand children to all the bereaved sym pathy of many friends goaaout the funeral was held on thursday afternoon with a service in the united church which was largely attended his pastor rev a w fosbury was assisted by rev c l poole of moffat a former pastor and friend of the family the brethren of walker lodge attended and conducted the masonic funeral service interment was in fairvew cemetery acton the pallbearers were all masonic brethren v wor bro w cooper w bro d n mctavlsh v wor bro john kenney w bro a t brown w bro geo gordpn and rt wor bro j a leslie the flower bearers were six nephews geo thomas geo per jr edward thomas melvln super chas mclam and samuel mclam ago the pallbearers were messrs haxen graham frank fetch albert dolaon donald houson maynard patterson and george pearson the following were flower bearers james fisher lloyd lawson gordon law- son douglas lawson jack freeman douglas freeman roy currie jack currie and gordon hume inter ment was in greenwood cemetery georgetown oakville bobby robertson who played de fense with the oakville juveniles last year is now playing with the detroit red wings councillor dr m e lunau read a letter at the council meeting on mon day evening from constable peter j devenlsh who wrote that i wish to resign my position as night con stable recordstar hume currie stewart town th communities of ctargitown and stewarttown were shocked by the sudden passing of hume currie will known livestock and coal dealer at stew a rttow n on thursday october list in the private patients pauuon of toronto central hospital follow ing an operation his funeral on saturday was large ly attended by his many friends in the dutritt rev c c cochrane minis ter of knox presbyterian church georgetown of which the late mr currie was a member held the service born in esqueslng township in ap ril 1884 the eldest son of mrs cur rie and the late george currie he lived all his life in the communities of ash grove and stewarttown for the past twelve years he operated a livestock and coal business at stewart- town after he and his wife retired from their farm on the 4th line esqueslng the late mr currie was a wellknown and popular man in this district for many years he was a director of the esqueslng agricul tural society he acted as clerk for many an auction sale and was well- known at the union stockyards where his business frequently took him his wife the former gertrude ag nes fisher survives theltou of her husband a daughter mqry helena predeceased mr currie seven years weekly war commentary anectally wttttee far by john c scott canadian neae staff writer burlington the local victory loan committee reports subscriptions for burlington and south nelson as 10 per cent for the first two days of the campaign success again attended the seventh red cross blood donors clinic at the iron duke last wednesday when 03 men and women registered for the service petty thieving is causing the pol ice some concern mrs a w tan- cock kings road reported the theft of six pairs of woolen box from her clothes line and wm maude brant avenue n bicycle stolen the bicycle was recovered as a result of the recent sale of number of lots on smith avenue and the proposed erection of some new homes in this area the water commission at their lost regular meeting decided to increase the size of the oneinch main to a six inch main part way up the street on saturday evening two men were arrested and arc being charged in police court with resisting arrest and assaulting an officer constable hall attempted to arrest a driver alleged to be under the influence of liquor and his companion jumped on the police officer both men were finally subdued and taken to headquarters gazette population down london cp word from occ upied franco is that the net decrease in papulation for 1942 duo to the out break of tuberculosis and malnutri tion is 93624 since the outbreak of war deaths have exceeded births by nearly 500000 auction sale puixen rrom will hold nn auction sale on their farm lot 9 con 2 township of es queslng on tuesday november ind at two oclock of registered holstetn cows and heifers tirade cowh and heifers a full line of new farm im plements including a now m h tractor on rubber tractor imple ments also hay and seed oats every thing goes as farm is selling terms cash j a elliott auctioneer auction sale in erin township farm ktock implements grain automobiles the undersigned has received in structions from jt k memuixin to sell by public auction at his farm lot 17 concession 2 lrin sltunted on the first line about 1 mile north of the erin guelph highway on tuesday november 2nd commencing at one oclock shorp the following horses bay clyde gelding 12 year old brown carrlugo mnro sup posed to be in foal to mcklnnon a horse cows shorthorn cow milking well 4 years old hereford cow 6 ytnru old milking well shorthorn cow 7 jenrs old bred in august hereford heifer with cnlf at foot 1 yt nrllng shorthorn heifers 2 st rs rising 2 yearn 1 spring calves hogs 3 young york sows due in december 1 fat sow 16 thrifty shoot shfep 1 shearling oxford fwci 1 oxford rnm eligible for feeglstra tlon oxford rnm iamb poultry 10 llbrwl rock and ltchorns ready to lay 3 geese gamier 5 young eeso 1 coal brooder used one season 1 coal brooder new implements mh binder 7 l rut 2 m h mower 5 ft cut dump rnke m h 11 snout hoe drill spring tooth cultivator set four- section harrows m h inthrow disc oliver tractor plow fleury 21 plow hay rack lumber wagon and box democrat set of team harness set of single harness collars etc forks hoe shovels whlfftetrees etc automobiles 1912 chev conch 1935 ooldsmobile sednn 6 1930 ply mouth for repairs cars subject to a reserve bid grain and roots 60 bus car- tier oats 73 bus buckwheat 100 bus mangolds 100 bus feed turnips the farm at the same time the farm of 100 ncres will be offered for sale subject to a reserve bid on the f remises is a 14 story stucco dwell ing house bank barn with cement slla poultry house and implement shed the farm is well watered with good well and running stream terms on farm may be had by ap plying on the premises and wtlj be made known on day of sale terms on chattels cash no article to be removed until settled for roy htndley auctioneer phone 19r6 erin fred baptle clerk the blitz has backfires and now the germans are discovering that their brand of lightning has been directly responsible for the opening of a third front a front that right now is giv ing them more tjeadaches than any worry about the longawaited second one thanks to their plan of striking deep into the heart of a country riding around points of local resist ance in order to reach the main ob jectives the nazis are finding guer illa bands playing around in their own backyard raising hob with everything in sight and too the bllu warfare is es pecially vulnerable to guerilla attack its thin mobile columns are easily pierced and its communication dis rupted present since the germans first started on their campaign of con quest the guerilla menace now has assumed proportions nearly equal to the opening of another front and it is harder to combat as there is no main battleground no point where troops may bo massed for a grand assault or a deciding light at present the moat fabulous guer illa band is the yugoslav partisan group led by the almost legendary figure drug tito made up of tough soldierfarmers thin band nnd others have stirred up enough trouble in the balkans to draw the attention of germanys top soldier field mar shal frwln rommel and pin down on estlmnted 20 divisions not alone in aplghc but tito and his men are not alone in their light in france it seems as though the vichy version of law and order has crumbled with guerilla bands gaining more and more power to give same idea of how effectively these masters ttf dynamite and dar ing are operating it is estlmnted that around 200 train are being immob ilized dally in france by saboteurs in greece norway and denmark the guerillas are active too blowing up trains cutting communication lines killing enemy soldiers and touching matches to ammunition dumps token individually perhaps tho ex ploits of these artists with guns and guile do not mean much but added together and spread over n period of time their activities can sap much of the strength from even such a mighty war machine as germany tito and his men are not tho only ones in tho hunt in yugoslavia where gen draja mllhallovlc leads a guer illa army which has the busslng of the yugoslav government in ixndon recently this band of guorillau chotnlks opened an offensive in northeastern serbia and menaced german traffic on the danube river also in nctlon on tho balkan front is a resurgent albanian guerilla army which was staunchly fighting german forces in the vnlona coastal district the fly in tho yugoslav ointment however is that the tito and mllhnll- ovlc groups are nt odds their dif ferences appearing to be chiefly ide ological and political their differ ences and those of guerilla bands in greece have been fostered by gorman propaganda and while the yugoslavia factions have not como into contact phystcally two greek groups have clashed in small sections in mountain ureas calls for halt in a rounsjr attack against enem propagandists tho british command erinchief of tho middle east gen eral sir henry mnltland wilson ap pealed to nil guerilla groups to hnlt their naziprovoked quurrols both king nnd gen mlhallovlc have ap pealed to their countrymen to forget internal differences the youthful king has promised his pcplo thi y will have the right after the war to determine tho type of government they want allied leaders do not deny there nre dlffrtnrs of opinion among tho myriad faction lighting together under the banners of the unlt4 tl nations nnd their appenls for unity have not sought to pmduccs a single politiuil entity however thoy are siklng that political differences be put aside temporarily for a working military arrangement now french jinlfled the french committee of liber ation is nn example that such n pio- redure villi work french factions who have very great political differ ences invo subordinated those dlf ferencc to the immediate task of palling together to win the war ah may not et be harmony among the french but there is a definite work ing military arrangement and a pol itical framework to provide for a democratic decision of the majority will when the war ends russian squeeze tightens as last week ended the russian squeeze on hum reds of thousands of germans in the dnieper bend and the crimea tightened appreciably the railroad from dnepropetrovsk to krl- voi rog was cut by the onrushlng red army which approached to within ex treme artillery range of krlvol rog which is an iron and communications centre means of nazi escape were being reeled nnd the enemy faced the pros pect of their greatest catastrophe of the wai tho best estimate of the imperilled germans was 50000u but sme london estimates hiked the total as high as 1s00u00 the lattci figure apparently anticipated trapping many germans around outflanked kiev and gomel in italy the allied pth army con tinued moving ahead but progress was limited on most parts of the front and as the week ended activ ities of the british 8th army which includes the canadian 1st division was engaged mainly in patrolling and clearing up isolated enemy strong points on its front on the adriatic side of italy coincident with news of russian successes and the germans difficul ties in tho balkans the berlin radio has reported that adolf hitler last week called on bulgarian officials for a conference and a report from madrid said german peace overtures to russia had been made recently in sofia the bulgarian capital and hod been turned down flatly meanwhile the vatican radio re ports that pope plus xii has intensi fied his efforts to bring about pence nnd other ndvlec- indicated roman catholic bishops in germany and in northern italy are preparing confer ences for reasons unannounced as this week wore on four russian armies were pursuing german dlvl slons in disordered retixat from thn dnieper bend toward the bug river in a campaign which n berlin military comtm ntntor wild was deciding the fate of the war on tho ensti rn front moscow wild the retreating gcr- mnnu wero fighting desperate rear guard lint tics lnt nt only upon saving as much as possible from what may prove to lie the greatest german dis aster since stalingrad tho north east corner of the dnieper river loop wan cleared by the russians when they captured dnepropetrovsk nnd dneprodzerzhlnsk other battles con tlnucd nround the ukrainian capital of kiev and the white russian com rnunlcatlons centre of gome allied armies continued to beat for ward in italy and british authorities announced tut winy they had suc cessfully evacuated kos in the do- riocantso lulnmu of the aegean under pressure of a gorman air and sea attack the british tith army is en gaged in what an allied spokesman termed a curtain rnlser to tho battle for romo and improved its bridge im ad acrosn tho trlgno river on the eastern section of the italian front raided ajtstrlaai targets first important fruits of the italian campaign apparently were realized when fourenglned american bombers escorted by a cloud of italybased fighters made a heavy attack on nazi targets in austria completing the deadly aerial pincers meantto crush thef life from germanys war indus tries also the first british convoy to run the mediterranean from end to end since the fall of france reached alekandrln after a nineflay voyage exhibiting allied control of the inland sea as for the far east front progress by tho allies was reported gravely to a special session of the japanese diet by emperor illrohlto and premier hldekl tojo they joined in a sober appraisal of the war outlook with tojo asserting that the allies de feated at the beginning now are overcoming many difficulties and dangers and the war is growing in intensity the emperor termed japan present situation as truly grave germans may counter attar bs italy at midweek the germans were reported falling back to strong mountain positions and bringing up reserves some observers believed the enemy is determined to attempt to hold out through the winter and others thought it possible the nazis would launch a counter attack it was thought tho germans would try to raise the siege of fortress urom by a terrific counteroffensive iwhnuse of ultlerh desperate need for a victory to boost home morale whlrh has not iwm n 1icihh1 by lack of major vh tori s rc ntly with winter omlni to the riiulnn fiont wlun the red army ik storm ing the outskirts of krlvl hog as the germans themselves reported a targe withdrawal from the dnieper bend italy offers virtually jjie only oppor tunity for the nazis to attempt m smashing blow at the allies in italy the canadian 1st division was reported in the thick of fighting operating in the vlchlature area os the british 8th armys left flank rme way i see nt when joe said vrtme lands sake wtwraov another bomd i saiorfr xe lands sake saw vietoufbmuw j cadesky optometrist will be in acton on monday nov 1st anyone suffering from eye strain defective vision or head ache should not miss the oppor tunity of consulting this eye sight specialist appointments may be made with mr a t brown druggist office lleurei i01s gun sio kim dat till victory bond