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shw tn sttt press sixtyninth year no 22 acton ontario thursday november 25th l net four homeprint pages five ceott former acton boy tells ol landing operation in italy ttie following interesting letter wm received from cnl w hector mac donald eon of mrs awx macdonald csmrch street who is with american army in italy and has been passed for publication by the army censors we know that it will be read with in terest first hand account of the invasion from an acton boy somewhere in italy mr arlof dills publisher acraar fata pass acton ontario canada dear ariof when i last saw you in november you told me to drop you a few lines if anything of interest came alone in my travels it was my lot to be in the advance outfit of american troops that invaded the european continent for the first time in this war the assault on italy alone with the british troops we were the first to land in the salerno sector this letter la betas sent through the chief base censor and if it passes censorship i must caution you in the event that part of it win be published no chances whatsoever may be made from that which has passed our mil itary censorship regulation are he ld and rightly so much has been written about p day and h hour but it was my first ex perience with either d day of cour se refers to the day of action and h hour is when the troops actually land minus is for the days before and plus for the days after much of the actual times etc must be omitted for military reasons hut these mental notes may give you an idea of the before hours we first have a dress rehearsal a full invasion practice with all equip ment somewhere in north africa the array term for this is the cow- puncher on d day we board transports at an unnamed african port and after being sealed in maps are brought out and we are briefed in our muslnn a period of time here is skipped on dl we are now passing sicily where in the growing darkness can be seen the towering mountains on the shoreline a grim reminder of recent events earlier we are joined by n giant convoy h hour is thursday september oth 1043 h10 hours we have a well-pre- pared dinner of roast beef the navy really eats at minus nine hours while on duty in the troop office the flash comes to the navy of the sur render of italy and fifteen minutes later the news is on the ships radio frdrn algiers much jubilation and the tenseness seems gone at minus 8 hours the american commander speaks to all troops and warns of over optimism and that operations would proceed according to plan later we learn he was very much right prom 8 minus to 4 minus final preparations and adjustments are made at 4 minus ve had a hearty breakfast after eating all troops with equip ment go on deck as we pass through mined waters at minus 3 hours we are detected by enemy aircraft who attack the left wing of our convoy with vigor antiaircraft and tracer bullets make a wlerd but beautiful sight but i fall asleep and mus most of the fireworks no casualties in men or ships as we have nn abund ance of protection at h minus hours we start disem barking into assault boats down rope ladders and to a rendezvous of all boots inourwftve the navy is al ready shelling the const a fascinat ing sight the schedule is set that the first troops will step on shore nt exnrtk 00 its about that time now just enough left for the runin we hit the beach my third contin ent in less than six months it is rather hot for the jerries rme a aero on the beach but uckh most of the artillery u falling a trifle to our right we push on in the moat part the rest must be left unsaid for the present but as has been written me did have some vigorous action our lines bent but never broke and in a few days the situation was well in hand some of the articles you may have been read ing were probably written by a famed new york newspaper reporter who splashed off just behind me holding his typewriter high above his head speaking of the british there were none of us who dldnt say a little prayer for the fabulous eighth army who were racing up the coast to meet us to step on the fu right now we are doing splendidly and i am feeling fine ater a bit of a raat wannest personal regards w h macdonald weekly war commentary br fbank uwe aw rm mmm wrtur financial statement shows acton in splendid condition n mt s lilu ulik while cheering the feats of the alexanders montgomerys mountbat- lens of this war spare m salute for the quiet civilians of the british for eign office who appear to have won the battle of turkey it was a long tedious fight staged in the uninspiring atmosphere of con ference rooms and against the intang ible but deadly enemies of intrigue and rumor but the recent news that u has apparently been won with turkey on the verge of entering the war against the axis gives the unit ed nations a victory that may well rank with any military achievement to date it was primarily a victory for those little known men from the british foreign office who under the direc tion of glamorous but canny anthony eden have made britains diplomatic corps as feared as a mechanized army camouflaged by the old tradition that britain merely muddles through the machinations of the corps during ihe war has been a headache to the germans since dunkerque at that time it kept the fight going by swing ing to an apparently beaten country britain the support of the neutral world since that time it has followed and in many cases as with turkey pre ceded the armed forces along the road lo victory diplosnatle victory the war these diplomats waged to swing turkey traditionally an ally of germany oer to the allied camp started in the days when things look ed darkest for britain and her allies at first the victories won in confer ence rooms against germanys crafty fran von papen were few hut of late they have increased until how they appear lo have swept the held por announcement by the hard- headed and cautious turks that all aid short of total war such as the united states extended britain before the jaiancsc forced her into the con flict was being given the allies was an unmistakable sign of where tur key stands coming as it did just when britain was suffering another setback in the aegean it was also a boost for united nations morale and a slap in the face of littler and that it should come juit then was proof positive that britains diplomats are top men in europes most powerful and strategic neutral country a feature of last weeks fighting on other than the diplomatic fronts wu the raid of nearly 1000 b a f and b c a p planes on berlin and ludwlgshavcn when a total of 2500 long ions of explosives were hurled on the nazi capital alone neutral re ports said chaos reigned in berlin as a result of tne raid as the raids on germany by both british and american planes contin ued to reach hew heights majgen william e kepner chief of the unit ed states 8th air forces fighter com mand declared that now we have only to increase our bombers and supporting tighter proportionately and concentrate against heavy indus try for germany to crumble he sold the allies had defeated the strategy of the german high com mand in the air canadian airmen during the week also took part in the wars fifth raid on leverkuscn a chemical centre six miles north of cologne where poison en components nrey manufactured ludw igshaven is the home of the worlds largest chemical centre russian setback meanwhile the russians suffered their most serious setback of ihe 1041 campaign when they had to abandon zhitomir important lenlngrad-odcs- sji hallway junction which they had taken from the germans only a few das preousl the retreat was or dered apparently when it was found impossible to reinforce troops holding the place however the red armv offset the reverse with a surprue drive ncro the dnieper river to the gates of cherkasl and the capture of ovruch 25 miles north of korosten cherkasl is midway between kiev and dne propetrovsk the drive against cheraskl gave additional support to the russians left flank against reinforced enemy units and brought new threats of en circlement to german forces in that salient also the russians said the loss of zhitomir did not reopen rail communications between the german armies in the ukraine and white rus sia ovruch just south of the white russian border was the fourth big germanheld stronghold captured by the red army in six days in the crimea rumanian divisions attached to the german army were reported to have begun evacuation continued on pag three report of work 0 public health nnrae sajbonuted snowplow gtyoarnt meets with approval other item at final medina of council before the mtwleipal noaalnaliom councillors w j o oakes f dav ison c klrfcness and a mason were present last night when acton coun cil met in regular session and reeve j m mcdonald presided miss walker public health num- submitted the monthly report of net work in acton it gave a report of work in the school and visits lo the lames for the month of september and reported progress being made accounts were pasted for amenf as follows acton branch legion wreath kiki township of tcuqueslng taxes 12 41 w fryer wood lfoh w coles division court clerk km1 mardonalds bakery welfare hh actom fsbk ihtsms printing ami advertising ih770 chas thatcher know fence im 00 e e llarrop gas for truck and mixer 2 to guelph sand and gravel mil gravel 11 so james robertson labor 2h a clifford labor 200 percy woods labor 2o0 k hepburn labor 2 4d k sunter lalmir 2 4 chas gardiner labor 2n w mccullough lulur j 00 f l wright insurance prem ium 60 7 provincial treasurer sinking fund xi 72 acton public utilities com- mlwlon street huhting 1w1i k f llarrop selecting jurors 1 oft c f lenthcrlahd selecting r juror 1 m1 jf m mcdonald select ing jurors 1 f0 carkwell co luppli u for chltf of police 2ji f i- wrluht secretary ex- tenses re farm labor itsoo j e gnmhle expense fire- mnv school 10 ft s1js1i7 an account of an indigent from tin toronto g nernl hospital was refer red for investigation- and not n copi ed mlks walker brought to the ntton- tum of council the need of n family for lwddlng and some clothing thin however could not be handled under the welfare plan and chief hnrrop was to investigate chief hnrrop reported that th snowplow equipment for the truck had been received and after examin ation was found quite hathifactory in connection with the new truck it was felt that it would he advisable to secure an additional helper the clerk was instructed to advertise for n man capable of driving and for general municipal labor a letter was read from the credit mens association regarding w starr and emma goodman a hearing in bankruptcy the letter wns filed a letter from the township of nas- sagaweya informed council it was the intention to secure a sultubto honor roll for residents of the town ship the utilities commission wrote re garding adjustment of water rates on a consumer where water hnd been used in constructing sidewalks tin council agreed to pay the difference in ihe consuerfc account for t he amount used ax shown by previous account h it wns decided to order n supply of gasoline required at the lire pumping station the financial report to november 15th was given study by thecbunll and showed a record for the term f sound financing for the municipality the tlnance of acton are in the be condition of any time in the pait twenty years young peoples society of knox elects officers the opening meeting of knox young people s society was held on monday evening november 22nd and the following officers for the ear were elected t honorary president rev mr thomson president bill main prize vice-president- bella roszell secretary betty burkholder treasurer gladys price fellowship convenor beatrice bailey service convenor marguerite ros- tell worship convenor clarence coles pianist mrs clarence coles assistant pianist dora hansen the meetings will be held every second week on monday evenings at a00 plm beginning next monday acton plant given as eani- of iiultititrial expansion yesterday morning the globe ami mall carried an interesting story along with photographs of lite plant of the wool combing corporation atahllilied in acton it gave the story of the plant since establishment here in 1040 and the events which led up to lord tiarnby mr leslie biggin ami mr k markon joining hands to mak l hi fngllsh process become part of a canadian production record it is on of the wars new john in canada which is likely to ex pan i mow after ihe war as ihe plant 1 only now producing a third of ihe re quire ments of canada we hope to be able to r produce i lie article in an early issue of tint pass i as it gives some udded items which have not appeared previously in our urt- tiitu nassagawkya barn comiletely btlrnkd cattle escape fire of an unknown origin com pletely destroyed the barn of harvey lllurktoe k of natutagaweya township this farm is located on the guelph ituad nlxiut two miles north uf camp- itellville more than 100 bushels uf whtut and all the feed and hay were d strovrd fortunately the barn door was often and the rattle escaped first intimation the family had of flu tire was the roar of un army mmhuic doing night flying and circl ing tin lire to nwnkm ihe owiwru of the proiterly l lie fire has made u tu ci iry for mr bjni klm k to dlhhim of ids ktock of attic hy auction us he lias no feed or hhelt r for hum school pupils aim to have hah on plane 1iot er tlu pupils of kitchener public schools purthahed enough war moving htnmptf to purchnu an uero- tlane and have it named after them thlu voar it is the aim of the schools of halton county to liuve un ncro- plane anson harvard norseman crane or oxford named for our county i v the county of halton i his objective can be reached if we average 3 per pupil during the year acton public school with an enrol ment of h01 should be purchasing 515050 worthfper month if we are to do our share during september the sales amounted to 44 08 and during october 3121 oh ihblk quiz and musical program at rypu meeting 1 he regular meeting of the bypu was held in the church on tuesday evening a singsong led by mr e w anderson with mrs anderson nt the pin no watt followed by n brief business discussion mrs o wagner read the scripture lesson and mr and mrs anderson gave n piano and cornet duett miss jean matheson conducted a quiz hatted on the hooka off the bible mr len atklnwm gave the topic the i wentythlrd pttilm he presented evt rnl u scr known poi regard ing the phntm for consideration hit s4 proved both interehtlng and helpful a hymn and prnjcr led hy mrs h lincoln brought the program to a clou nassagaweya board entertained teachers and officials inst tuesday evening the nassn- gnweya school board members and their wives entertained the teachers of the area the reeve of nassaga- wea mr alex near and mrs near games stunts contests and euchre were enjoyed by everyone with the winners as follows advertisement trade names mrs ross carbet and mrs ceo wallace musical contest mr and mrs snyder euchre ladles prize mrs alex kear mrs jos frank men mr ross carbert and mr alex near apple pealing con test for men dr b d young lucky prize winners miss m mllroy mrs geo wallace mr snyder during the evening mrs robert stewart and miss m ireland rendered a piano duett lunch was served and the party clostjd with the singing of the national anthem hi- north hallon ministerial assoc jvitt in acton the nurlli hallon ministerial asso elation met in the acton united chur ch on monday in the absence of itev c c cochrane the rev k brooks occupied lite hair the speaker was the vtey dr w j call- ager secretary of fiie christian soc ial council of canada outlining the many steps since 1010 which led to ihe present conscious ness of work church he said tiiat denominational differences were not the real dividing lines today but rather that the real dividing lines rut across all the chu relies and were be tween parties ami group in each one speaking on fxiafwar planning dr oallager declared that a christian social nmw luuuiess muttl make itself felt ami hint the ueat issues cannot ik left tu huncv the modern per iod of the secularization of life has ii im ii the gnntewt fierlod of ad vance und enuinsloii in the history of christ endoni asked t ijuesllon altoitl the ninpaign against the c c f party the siieaker kahl that though he was licit a hiemlier of it he was cjulte sure that mr winch and ot iters had hot made tly xtntem ills arc red- ited lo them adding thai he consld vred ii a very fortunate thing to have the c c f in opposition today in thin province the great united i- ffort of kvnng- usm now under way in all the non- roman catholic churches was out lined fa h churc h in its own way has been urged lo wrtllpae setting forth between now ami chrutmuw the ikmntlul dimtrhus of the chrisl- lun faith emphuklzlng the nature of the faith during the wee k of prayer when a gnat united urvhe of wll- hess is urges in every community and setting forth the pruituul iksuew of the faith in eve ryday life during the pre ient pellod novkmhkk meeting nuhmn institute at m ii mortatk ihe dublin womenm inulllute held tlulr november eiftmug nt the hmno f mrs d moffat roll call whn mm- mwerei by differ nt iwu of the wtt- nfo social welfmv waw taken by mr a netir ihe concert ami draw held hy memlmim of the inwlltule in sc hool sec hon no h nmuuignwcya was iulte a hucrekk mrs near upoket on the national ilenlth war service u she requested the memlx ru to re ad liny material that is written hy dr marsh dr haggcrty and dr whlttere mlu somcrvllle guvo the itcrup itook and slur took knatchhull us her topic an exhibit of mouth tut supper dluhes was well responded too and was very ap- lietlzlng mrs vangooxen the delegate to the convention gave half of her report mrs aklnu tendered a vole of thanks to those who took part in the program and ako to the hostess for the use of her home the meeting closeel with the sing ing of the national anthem lunch wan served and n kocib time spent parcels reach the acton boys in the front line in italy following is n note from cpl jim mcgeochle rcti ived by ths fkk psess who is with the canudlnns in italy it camo by airgraph dear arlof luit n note to let yourself and the good people of acton nnd vicinity know thnt i nm getting ulong- tine here in italy we have had quite a time of ii and have had homo good times au well as lots not so good we hnd several engagements with jerry and he is quite a tighter he thinks we are pretty good too i still receive igs from acton and had a parcel about a week ago it really was appreciated as we were up in the front lines nnd good eats were scarce i am always thinking of my acton friends and am eagerly awaiting the day when i can see them again we are having a few days rest here and the eytecs are really looking after us in regards to food especially eggs and bread well arlof so long for now regaris to all jim mcceachle roy lambert son of mr and mn john lambert has joined the rca f and reports for duty next week bevi arnold has joined the royal canadian navy ken hassard has joined the royal canadian navy this week bv john u roott tillm fnm htalf writer 4tnal shipment oi water meiers has been received toronto c agriculture min ister kennedy thinks ontario will have n upulalln if approximately flotkmkmn little more than double ihe present 17o0uo4i in ihe nent 10 or is years in an address at ihe annual han- iuel of ihe huron county federation of agriculture col kennedy predict ed steady growth in the number of people in the province and said such an inrrease will provide another period f opportunity for ontario farmers tierauti lltere is no inarket as good lu our own home market close to our eoors ontarios ngrie ultural teoneimy must im planned in im ii u way ho thnl llu farmers would expand with my population grenvth and thus would etc utile lei luke aelvuiituge of my avudnhle huge r murkel i am iiojm ful that the agricultural emimlkmioii of inquiry which lw hovv making an exhaustive study of all phase of ugritulture for your benefit will give consideration to ways and me ans of planning our ngrie ulture production mi that we will lie in a pos it ion to liifet all the neeels of the fut ure ceil kenneely said dr william henry ithlelelt one of the foremost figures in ontario har ness radhg e ire leu died at his orange villi home laid week llie b1yenrojd doe had heed tte- vulofieel and turel utumlarel bred hor- mk for a0 years the outstanding ones iwjng ih avr dale inter dale iaud i rdnh i he rlkoii add rota it with dee elolug the driving refu h tiiitl to it ichkk vietory in tha oi ii in llu ii national i- xlilliltiori futur ity koine yeilm ago dr rlddill drover his inst rate only tl x ytjttu jigo ut thu nge of tt ontarios c c f leade r k 11 jol- llfe thlnkw tin future of canadas pleife mklonill lillil kotallel middle elan nu in iwiiind up with thai of the farm- ru und workers at u fllumr inndlng of the univer sity wohiinh club of ilamlllon mr jnllitfet vnld nil should unite in tnikl- ing the preihlemw facing the nation ihhiiihe if canada again sinks into the dough of elenrciuilnn many business und profcwlohul nun will go into ban krupt v irohh ins to be kokch in postwar years inthided the production of use ful good and e rvket on u scale com- paruhl to present warlime product ion cttmida him moie than trijjjed its produetlotibelween lu and 1042 if we can produce at thut level for war purpok why cant it be done for wuco purposes he said lulior minister daley says bet u imrsonully satisfied that ontario la bor court set up by an act of tha le gislature at the lost session does hot render the service it wus sot up to do in a letter to the hamilton district trades and laboi council mr daley fold hi department is giving serious consideration to that body reso lution respecting th abolition of tha couit he added7ttowever he was not criticizing the efficiency of the court iwrwonnel but vather its design christinas fair lakeside chapter raises over 400 the christmas fair sponsored hy the lakeside chapter i o d e held or saturday was a huge success the hall was prettily decorated in cnrlst- mns colors and evergreens mrs cul- len declared the fair open at three oclock welcoming the patrons the various booths were busy at once and unu s were rapid at 3 30 pm the apron booth was sold out having dlx- pomkl of 50 up rant of various colore and sizitt the novelties and toys nnd baby articles were just as popular the tea tuhles were crowded and the three cup readers were kept busy in the evening bingo was played the prize winners were mrs anderson mrs klngsmlll mrs mccutcheon mrs burns miss wouer mrs mann mrs struthers and major bur k holder the draws were then made on the articles in each booth for which tick ets had been sold the lucky winners were for the embroidery picture mrs mccall for the handpainted picture mrs perry for scotty doll carole hansen r the christmas cake mrs beatty pillow cases mrs mings- mill quilt mrs rlddal about wm was realized and the members were very pleased with the support of everyone it was decided to make this an annual event wab on insects antigua bwi cp a free grant la to be made by the british government toward an investigation scheme on insect pests on food crops in the windward and leeward is lands liability isastirajmw taken through the ontario tutmmumkm trie regular meeting of the acton public utilities commission was held on thursday evening commissioner j it macarthur was present with chairman c m hansen presiding a bill was presented from e v bowman for 18 o0 for the survey for tlie new fence that was erected at the pump house it was decided to divide in proportion lo ihe ktent of the fence with i tie prorrly owners ndjaevnt to ihe property a copy of a letter lhal ihe corpor ation elerk had rerlved from r b reilimia reeiuesteel that ihe lights im turneel on at tlie arena was read the rifueiit hud been compiled with stiterlnte tide ut chas wilson re porter that the final lot of water rue le rs hud arrived a letter was read from the if k pc of ontario staling that ihe pup- lie liability insurance could be secuf- eer from the ontario commission the rate eiuoted was considerably less than could lw secured from other insurance comiumlem and ihe policy was ordered renewed ihe list of arrears was chcrcked and orders given fr thou in arrears to have their services discontinued until the accounts had been paid kome consumers hnd nked what consideration would be given to their water accounts when the meters were rend ns the village officials had at tae lied a hose tei their laps in order to sec uro water for laying new sida- wulku in various ports of the town fmdead of using the hydrant attach ments the mcretary mlul 1 ii speight was instructed to write the council to find out what adjuktme nt should me made ns the commluilon has no way of estimating inwrnurh water hud twen used i lie meeretlury was instructed to pay flu following urcnunts hydro dept bell telephone co services s 76 cnr and transports ex press 2 02 mrs mmllh cleaning office 1 23 ac i oh fsss press printing und advertising 298s h k p c of ontario power 3381 m canadian chroma lo co ltd supplies 3 38 mutherlandschultz electric co ltd motors 1900 canadian general electric ltd fuse pullers 340 macdonald electric ltd supplies 2t7 dept of national reveue sales tax jmjso 9374230 f waiesworic dept canadian brass company supplies e p bowman survey of pump house lot neptune meters ltd meters hydro dept power at spring hydro dept october oper ations iaoo 51710 798 01 coming events ran a hskdias charged t cent with m minimum chara tu i announce nlnln i of jsc navy league dance november 27 in acton town hall firemenfc annual dance december 3rd fishers orchestra lucky door prize 184 new years eve dance acton town hall december 31st merrymakers orchestra eden mills presbyterian ladles aid concert and auctlonsaie monday november 29th 815 pm 29 cents the womans association of the united church are having a baking sale and afternoon tea in tha school room on saturday nov 27 variety entertainment and social in united church school room tues day nov 30th proceeds for china mission field guelph old tyme fiddlers amateor nlght and dance city hall auditor ium guelph t dec 9 any body with talent niajung entries mutt be in by dae 4 oo sand entries to flecre vyilttani dou- hu 82 cardan st guelpn