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thursday december xhh w3 the acton free press paok im the christmastide visitors ac3 samuel brunei la hots ac3 bui kanfs lough fo jo hurst on ftxr- achrlst- amold apart oorsstmaa huffman spent christ- mrs b g in toronto ac2 roy lambert spent at his home lac hector lambert was over the holiday lira e hu mas in hamilton pte bus morton spent christmas t his home here miss etta dills is visiting in tor onto this week sgl don ryder of deseronto was home for christmas ll jack graham of kingston was home for christmas mrs r m mcdonald u visiting in london and detroit cpl geoffrey boulton of jarvla was home for christmas cut b d grlschow of barrlefleld was home for christmas mr and mrs robert e sly spent the holiday in toronto miss jean seattle of peterborough is home for the holidays miss helen mainprise of fergus was home for christmas christina nicol r c a f w d was home from toronto seaman bev arnold of toronto was home over the weekend wren helen lamb was home from camp at st hyacinth que lac ed hufnagel of hagersvllle was home over the holidays sgt harvey hassard of hamilton was home on leave last week miss margaret garvin visited in toronto over the weekend ac2 don rosa of reglna alberta was home over christmas mr harold kennedy was home from detralt for chrlstmat miss pearl wallace of toronto spent christmas at her home miss urana macdonald was home from toronto for the holiday miss ethel pargeter c toronto sient christmas at her home sgt nnd mrs a lelshman spent the weekend at his home here mrs d glbben of sundrtdge is vls- ittng with mr and mrs g mason seaman ken hassard of sj3 vork toronto was home for christmas cpl jock skllllng cd c st thomas was home for christmas merle overholt la spending a week with her cousin vlrena johnstone miss mamie mainprise of toronto is home for the christmas vacation mr john l mann of grand lake nova scotia is home for the holidays mr george jlggttih of aurora visit- ud his parents hero over the holiday mrs george mason is in sundrldge attending the wedding of her brother mr and mrs chnrleu symun of to ronto spent chrutmui at his home here miss mildred holllnger of toronto spending tho holiday at her home here ac2 g w mckenzle wus home from hamilton over the christ mus holiday mrs caldwell had tho pleasure of having all her family home for christmas mr and mrs j a little spent u recent weekend with relatives in brantfard miss ruby and mr boyd clarke of toronto spent christmas at their home here sgt jack holllnger of mountain view spent christ maw leave at his homo here ac bill wilson of manning depot of toronto spent chrlttnat at his home here miss margaret macdonald is spend ing the christmas vacation at her home here mrs h bolton and miss rita bol ton of guelph were visitors in town on monday brian redfern of brantlord who la now in uniform spent a few days here last week mr and mrs wni a heveran of glenvlew iii visited friends in acton this week mr and mrs ewart gay and allan of toronto visited with mr john rog- nvaldson this week lac joe lasby of no 3 wireless school winnipeg manitoba was home for christina v mr robert kay or toronto and mr elgin crispin of brantford were home for christmas mr and mrs r l johnstone spent the holiday in toronto with mr and mrs 11 c overholt cpl and lira earl ryder and mrs art grout of toronto spent christmas with mia b hawthorne tpr harry otterbeln has returned to camp borden after spending his furlough at hhy home here mr and mrs frank browning of toronto spent christmas at the home of mr and mrs g a dills miss thelma ashton toronto visit ed over the weekend with mr and mrs gordon rognvaldaon mr and mrs earl vannatter and son jack of fenelon falls spent the weekend with mrs caldwell lac and mrs dirk vancoozen of hagersvtlle spent christmas with mr and mrs arthur swackhamer cpl james van norman of barrle- fleld camp kingston ontario spent christmas holidays at his home pte albert louttlt arrived home for christmas from nanairao bc and is now stationed in toronto law kathleen swackhamer of jarvls spent her chrhrtmas leave with mr and mrs arthur swackhamer mr and mrs charles symon and mrs snyder mr and mrs noble vis ited mrs j symon on christmas day dr and mrs geo sharpe and family of mllverton spent the week end with dr and mrs f g oakes mrs j r kennedy and miss m e nelson are visiting this week with mr and mrs j r russell unlonvtlle miss muriel green of hamilton is spending the christmas holidays at the home of mr and mrs we allen mr and mrs chris swackhamer and jlmmlo spent christmas at the homo of mr and mrs a swackham- mrs sibbott mary bill and helen of toronto spent christmas at the home of mr and mrs j m mcdon ald dlstrkt commission w geo mason was in toronto this week attending n conference of the boy scout lead s mnuter walter swanston of era- mosa lu upending a few days with his grandparents mr and mrs w j o oakes mr and mrs a mcklnnon of bracebrldge are visiting this week at the home of their son mr ken mc klnnon master leo mccrlstall is spending the christmas holidays at the home of his grandparents mr and mrs i martin kelly mr and mrs gordon mackay and ronnie of toronto spent wednesday with the grandmother mrs k h wunsbrough mr and mrs jack bell and wllma of toronto spent the christmas holi days at the home of mr and mrs g w mosaics mrs n f moore spont chrutmas i with her family at the home of her dn unlit or mr and mru wllbort wheeler orton mlns anne mcdonald of waterloo wpent chrlntmum at the home of mr nnd mrs w j aklnu and with other acton friends pte el wood allen has returned to i camp at hamilton after spending live days leave for christmas at tho home of mr and mrs wos allen mr um mrs w j o oaken and dr and mrs f g oakes and family spent christmas with mrs r b freuro at college heights guelph mr w g anderson mrs t r mcdonald mu ruby mrdaniel miss agnes mclntyre of toronto spent christ mas at the home of mrs everdell mr and mrs t j mccrlstall and family pte anne kelly of newmur ket spent christmas at th6 home of their parents mr und mrs martin kelly miss annie wiggins of hamilton vivian of dundas and jean of toron to and mr andrew wiggins of pick ering spent the holidays with mr s wiggins mr and mrs samuel gowdy and miss nettle gowdy of guelph mr and mrs douglas gowdy and bruce of toronto spent christmas with mr and mrs wm gowdy mr and mrs r f johnstone and miss doris johnstone toronto mr and mrs frank foster marilyn and vivian mlmlco were guests of mrs wm johnstone on sunday ac lionel hurst of pennfleld ridge nb mr thomas cain of st cath arines and pte l a dlemer of brampton spent christmas holidays with pte and mrs g laxenby mr and mrs melvln burns had as their guest on christmas day mr and mrs cyril c knight peterbor ough mr and mrs arnold marshall moffat mr and mrs e srowl and harvey esqiieslng and mr and mrs j c dennis of rockwood mr and mra h l brlgnab and robert mr and mrs harold m reed and wallace of toronto spent christ mas with mr and mra james reed cpl ivan g chalmers of london and mr lowrie chalmers of toronto were holiday visitors at the home of their sister mra a w fosbury mr and mra stanley coy and sandra mr and mrs bay gordon and nancy toronto mr and mra h e sutdlffe shlriey and bui of detroit miss grace lent of guelph mrs wm sutdlffe chesley a c 1 stuart lantz dunnviue were home for christmas with mr and mrs g ii lantx mr and mrs d h lindsay acton mr and mra morgan madlll mr and mrsl l m bennett mr d cook and mr and mrs s il lindsay actom mra e price betty and bill of campbeuvtlle mr t kennedy camp- bellvllle and mrs e williams kitch ener were guests at christmas with mrs c- miller in guelph visitors with mr and mrs t wat son at christmas and weekend were mr and mrs w h watson of grand valley mrs herb barber and mr barber r c n v 1l ottawa and pilot officer wm d watson mr and mrs grant macdonald and miss ruth of creemore and lleul allan g mac- donald and miss mae mccarroll of toronto find big diamond in snsrba leone london cpj the imperial in stitute has disclosed that the biggest diamond ever found in the colonial empire has been discovered in sierra leone the stone probably the eighth largest in the world weighs about 530 carats no name has yet been given to the stone by sierra leone selection trust limited from whose works it was taken happiness in spirit and success lo all your efforts for the new year and the years to come macdonald s bakery tfiolic ryan auditorium guelph from 10 to a oclock dance the old year out hid the new year in to the captivating rhythm of bill harris and his orchestra ladln iss anumri is0 rvvons given gregory theatre friday december st dubarry was a lady in tuihnlcolof with hcd skel- ton lutlllo bull disney dr fuerhrorn face stort mer maids on parade chapter h overland mail midnight miiow new year kw at is oclock son of fury tyrone power gene tlerney george sanders band glen tlray and band cartoon hop skip and chump hatvbdav january 1 matinee itlh wrecking crew chester morris arleen judge thumbs up brenda joce richard travis fox news monday january 3 true to life mary martin franchot tone world in action war birds cartoon yankee doodle swing shin weekly war commentary br vkank fjovnc ulotsf implications and inferences are not blueprints bu enough of these vague harbingers of a have come out recently to make it seem a certainty that this spring will see the xongawalted second front opened tied together too nicely to bo merely co incidence these guesses of big things to come began bf course with the teheran and cairo conferences in other meet ings between prime minister churr chlll and president roosevelt aux iliary actions had resulted the north africa campaign tho mediterranean push and others so it was logical to presume that the plans were made for the final concentrated push against germany too for tho first time premier stalin attended a conference and there is little doubt that he put up a strong case in favor of a second front in fact backed by a resurgent and victory bent russia and bolstered by tho knowledge that to date he has headed the bigger part of the flgtit ho could almost have demanded such action with this to go on other signs sprang upall pointing to a channel jump for instance the old question of who would bo supreme allied com mander for tho big push reappeared only this time it wasnt just mulled the over behind the stories specu lating on the chances of generals marshall elsenhower and alexander for the post was tho feeling that the offensive was ready to roll all that was needed it seemed was the work ing out of the last few details too there were stories published in the united states and canada but sup pressed in britain of railroad traffic in tho brltluh isles being tied up be cause rnll lines were busy hauling millions of united states boldlors nnd supplies also in britain areas from which an invasion would havo to be launched were suddenly brought under military control wholo families and villages being evacuated for military practices drub french coast other stuns also added up like the unprecedented drubbing tho french coast lu receiving and from washington has como the warning issued by a source that is official but unnumcablc that in the noxt 00 days great casualltles may bo expected by tho allies tho noxt three months will see spring here and n push across the channel into franco would certainly cause great casualties and in connection with the drub bing tho french coast is getting re ports come of british and american bombing attacks on mysterious tar gets in the pas he calais area now tormed the rocket gun coast thin en mo from the belief that tho area harbors installations of tho vaunted now gormnn bccret weap on nothing official is known hut the london pretm on the basin of neut ral roportu that the germans were in stalling rocket guns in axis territory closest to england informally named tho area after tho high powered rock ot gun it is said to he sheltered for an iiuault on britain even uo the air attack on the french coatd must be destroying n lot of german installations which would greatly interfere with any allied cross channel attempt kharkov repercussions tlu nimih have threatened retal iation following uukulas famous khntknv trial which resulted in the execution of throe cormnns anil ilubslnn traitor after a trial on chnrg- vt of committing atrocities but it npitears the nazis am going to tako it out on british and amor- lean airmen in german prisoner-of- war camps hvldontly thoy have so iimroated husslnn prisoners of wai that thoy find it nocoiaary to turn to new fields for their illegal nnd atro cious actions in announcing the nazi intentions the german radio said that british and american ulrmen held as prison ers in germany would he put on trial nit war criminals tin german commentator hoard by the united states federal com munications commission said that germany would reply to what he tormed kusslas mock trial at khar kov and indicated that the primary nazi objective was to mitigate allied air raids on the reich the germans appear to be intent on following the pattern of the japanese who executed mime of the american filers who par ticipated in the famous raid on tokyo in the broadcast directed to the british isles the german commen tator edward roderick duetzetn burg are any different from the moth ers and children of coventry war saw london and stalingrad to name a few spots where german airmen showed such di for purely military objectives- and re how the french peasants fleeing be fore the 1940 nazi attack on the homeland were shot down by low- flying german airmen of course these poor peasants were definitely mlutmry objectives their bodies and posse cluttered the roads and impeded the movement of allied troops to the front this was all just fun of course and the nazis evidently just cant see anv reason why objection should be taken to their own frlghtfulneas the nazis dldnt need any socalled secret weapons or trials of prisoners ofwar when things were going right for them so these latest develop ments in the illtlerland suggest only one thing the germans may be cracking in tho face of adversity on the worlds major land fronts things appeared to lie going well for the allies this week the germans fin ally evacuating ortona adriatic port of 9000 inhabitants in the face of at tacks by tenacious infantry from wes tern canada supported by tanks the canadians first forced their way into ortonn northern anchor of the german winter line in italy dec 20 and slnee then have pushed the stub bornlyresisting nazis out of the town street by street and house by house ortona is still 11 miles southwest of the important british bth army ob jective of pescara whence a major highway runs across italy tj rome and the 1st russian army of tho ukraine was on the move again after having im tiled stubbornly for several months agnlnrt massive nazi tank at tacks aimed at the important ukraine base of kiev in a widening offensive general nikolai vatutlns forces reacluhl ground which the nazis had held slne early in tho war they were sweeping toward bordlchov a major german base on a railway uhlch feeds huge german forces in the dnieper bend from supply bases in poland aside from ortona canadian inter est centred on tho extended leave of nluumcc granted ltgen a g l mc- naughton canadas no 1 soldier since the stnrt of the war gen mc- naughton loft his post of overseas ar my commander as n general shifting of personnel in high cnnadian army postst begun to take shape con mcnnughtons leave was an nounced by defence minister ralston two days after the tatters return to ottawa from fth oxtonded visit to can adian troops overseas and prime minister mackenzie king issued a statement cxprcmtlng regret that the soldlersclen lists health made it im possible for him to carry on ltgen kenneth stewart chief of tho genornl staff nt ottawa has boon nnmod tempoinry 1st nrmy comman der and has been appointed perman ently to the now post of chief of staff military headquarters in london at the same time it was revealed thnt mojgcn h d g crorar ih commnn- dor of tho recentlyformed cnnntllan corps in the mediterranean and can adian press correspondent ross mun- ro reported from london that con crerar was the likely choice to huc- ceod gen mcnaughton at n press conference the detence minister said arrangements were be ing made for tho 1st canadian army to function as a dlutlnct urmy in fut ure operations it probably would act ns one of tho british group of armies under gon sir bornnrd montgomery who would lend the brltuh under gen dwlgltt d fluenhower just nam ed ns allied supreme commander in europe monuwhlle tlte british navys cam paign to d ok troy tho last- effective strength of the german hoot is in full ttrlde following the unking oi the nazi battleship schamhorst in tho arctic inst wookond a midweek joint com munlque from the admlrnlty and air ministry told of the sinking of threo dostroyers and the crippling of others in southern waters off the coast of france an avis blockade runnei was sent to tho bottom in tho same urea by eoaxtal command planes these latest losses brought to at least li the number of german des troyers nnd torpedo hoots known sunk since the start of the war this total ik exclusive of ships known to havo been hit and probably lost sink ing of tho schnrnhorat dealt a crip pling if not a mortal wound to ger man capital bhlp power coal for the poultry brooders in view of the special requirements of the poultry raising industry the coal controller has made arrange ments to import from the united slates an addi quantity of an thracite coal for use exclusively in poultry brooders and hatcheries in those districts which customarily use anthracite coal to obtain the coal for use in brooders and hatcheries a form supplied by coal dealers must be filled out the dealer is not per mitted to deliver any quantity of an thracite greater than the quantity which added to the quantity on hand will provide a poultryman with a 90- days supply of coal for use in brood ers and hatcheries handsome towns handsome towns draw in new people for work and business in dustrious and prosperous folks like to settle in such a place for they feel the work and business chance will be good and there will be good opportunities nnd advantages for themselves and their children it is a one thing for a fown to have beautiful and artistic homes and impressive business buildings all which show prosperity but a town may be made up mainly of simple business places and homes and yet be handsome because the people take good care of their dwellings and business centre the smallest and simplest home can be handsome if it is kept neat and in good repair and beautified in summer with nlcly kept grass and flowers and shrubbery j cadesky will be in acton on monday january 3rd 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 offlee hears leb aunt till ss pjs ukt seasons greetings may thin holiday season bring happi ness to all your homes wo thank all for pust kindnesses and for tho future pled jic to continue to serve you in the best possible wuy a happy new year to all f- 1 wright general insurance andrealtou said public trials coolly and objectively german judges will examine witnesses both british and american pilots and mothers and children of hamburg in public trials the british and amer ican pilots will be able to state what their orders were and in what man ner they carried them out such a statement makes one wonder if the mothers and children of ham- 1 priority hildoknth air trip at l cknts a milk liverpool cpif v farey jones pioneer of britains civil avi ation said secondary education for children in the post war world must envisure air trips to the dominions and colonies on a principle of holi day exchange followed by at least one trip round the world why cannot we plan itn our nlr communications anil our ulr trans port programs on n charge of six pence a mile to anywhere in the em pire and halfprice to children lie asked in an address thanks for 1 943 best wishes for 1944 your friendships pd loyalty hove been appreciated during the past to one and all wo extend our best wishes for a full measure of all tho good things of life in the new year lovell bros mux street acton ontario admiral harold stark london- the output of brown boot polish in great britain is the same as before the war but hard for civilians to get ta the women of the ats and officers of the canadian american and british services get a commander united states naval forces in europe giving a talk on nelson at the brltlih broadcasting corporation microphone sixtytwo years old genial and quietspoke admiral stark has had an extensive experience at sea tho citation for hli distinguished service medal won in the last war noted his efficient leadership in command of a squadron of small and old destroyers hurriedly fitted out in the philippines and despatched to the mediterranean at a sea son when the southwest monsoon was at its height he is of the firm opinion that britain and the usa must work totother to safe guard peaco after the war i wssbraraiw iil1ujmlam mlria hza ifmftiiu i ajsf yjt vtj t jt- aanl mtjji iaf