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pack ktgirt the acton free press thuitsday janualtv 30th 13m4 fcwttss hi tma o lass bint ttirpw tessl wilc boon pattersonat si josephs hoa- sttal guelph on sunday january 8 19h to mr and mrs rom pat terson a son smith douglas and lauretta smith wish to announce the arrival of twin sons at toronto- on friday january 7th 104 brown al the western hospital toronto on saturday january 15 1944 ethel ltputt beloved wife of coarse brown in her 60th year mcwuojams at edmonton gener al hospital on thursday january 13th lim jean gurney beloved wife of albert mcwiiilams of high uiver alta lashbrook early monday mora ine january 17th 1w4 at toronto genera hospital william robert beloved husband of uiln e lash- hrook and dear father of mrs a ii darvell rena and howard f stratford murray at her late residence mill street acton on wednesday janu ary lth 144 emily jans wlllium- mui wlilow of the late william murray reeling at her late residence where a private funeral service will be held on friday at 2 to oclock interment at falrvlcw cemetery acton w hemor1am oaklky in loving memory of a dear mother annie melissa oakley who puwod nwny jnnunry 24 lqxl you oft time wild id miss you thuw words have proved too true i lowt nry ufct my dearest friend ivnr mother when i lost oii kvi r remembered hy her husband alhit oakley daughters cenrglun ivurl htiirls crundihildron 4aui of thanks mr k rookeu nnd fnmlly wui to express their thanks nnd appreciation for the help nnd kindness extended to them by fri nds and neighbors in their recent sad bereavement words cannot express our appre ciation of thane friends who have bo helped to hnhten our borrow in the lass of our dear mother no sweeter memory can live in any heart thnn the memory of their untiring devotion to the one that has jutt left us nnd to those who sent flowers and expressed sympathy we tender our wlneero thanks retf f johnstone mrs f a mclean fiertrudo mrs s s itussol wllmn mrs v u rumley alice the skutlng rink lu a lively spot those days nnd others lire still enjoy ing the skating tit the pond t albnns guild contributed 50 to the funds of at ion ntul vicinity war service ieugue oils uwk tin high school held n skating party on the pond lust night and 1 latch wan served nfterwnrds nt tltn m hool once again remind renders tlmt we do not ituhlltli unsigned let- ters they are consigned to the wiisto basket pilot officer jimhile- jones has been promoted to flying officer tliu appointment lielng mtule effective ns at may last aclon branch of the navy league received u donation last week of 20 from tithe lakeside chapter the iode please send your copy in us early in the week os possible that is the only way of assuring your paper be ing issued on time a look nt the coal bin these days impresses the truth of that predtc- tlon last fall that well have a short age of coal this winter the blasting and heavy explosions heard the past week have been for construction work ut the bcurdmoro co plant where u rump for loading trucks k being built tmk fskk pas mailing list wiy be corrected next week if oli havent renewed get your ltiltol changed now only paid in advance subscriptions cim he continued mantfattturj name ftmmolntln stop llsbourg is a flag stop on the laurent ian mountain line of the canadiun national kailwus the stop has been there since the line began as a colonization line but the name is new being recently added to the timetables to replace orphan age and is a manufactured one the first three letters representing he corporation known a les industries scolaire white bourg was added to indicate a small village an indust rial school has been established in the community replacing a former orph anage it is 62 mites from montreal and in a country which is noted as an allseason recreational area be ginning at shawbrldg and continu ing through st suveur morln heights and on to lac rcml this branch of the national system ser ves some or the finest ski territory 4n the laurentlan in other seasons numarou communities are favored for holiday purposes mrs e ii rookes mrs earnest ii rookes passed away rather suddenly on january 10th at st josephs hospital guelph she had undergone an operation and it appeared her recovery was very favorable when pneumonia develoed and she passed away mrs rookes has been a resident of acton for thirty years and was highly esteejned she was born in devon shire england a daughter or john cox after coming to canada she resided in toronto before coming to acton besides her husband she leaves one daughter mrs w hall olive of acton and in their bereave ment they have the sympathy or at great many friends here she was a member or st albans church and actively interested in the various organizations and the church work she was a kindly neighbor nnd will be missed in many places about town as well as in the home the funeral was held on wednes day of last week with a service in st albans church m charge of her minister rev e a brooks assisted hy rec i a sawyer how of calo- don la here many friends gathered i in tribute to nllfe they admired interment was made in falrvhvw cemetery the palllvcurors worn messrs robert lnwhe b pargetor geo hollow ay j a chapman s terry nnd g clifford mrs annu m johnstonk i his cnmmlinltv wii indiod hock ed to learn of the sudden missing nwny of mw william johnstone nt hr home mi knit day january 9th while not enjoying good health for home time mr jnhntone luul iteen almtut as ukuiti that day and during the evening slu pnhvd away nu hhe wuh retiring unit evening for nearly fortyfive year mrs johnstone has imvii a resident of ac ton nnd few women were more act ive or mor interehtel in church nnd community nf fairs born nt stratum n daughter of the late james fulton and ann mcfarlune she married the lute wm johnstone december 22nd ibsfi before coming to acton mr nnd mrs johnstone resided in freol- ton and campbellvllle she was nn able helpmate to tier tiuhhand the lute wra johnstone ulio wus so well known not only in acton but in the country for miles around and his death thirteen years ago left u loneliness that even her bright disposition failed to concent ttut hhe mtilntulncd the fnmlly and community nnd church interests mrs johnstone was n momlvcr of knox prckbyterlnn church tmd nn uc- tive worker lit the various orgmilat- iouk she watj ti life member of the womens muhionnry society nnd the tallies aid society of the church she whs a charter member of the duke of devonshire chapter of the i o ix k and active in its interests a family of one sou mid four daughters remain to rcvore tier mem ory rirglrmul f jolmhtoue of toron to mr f a mclean gerlruile of tllhiny mr s s russell w1i- mii of oakvllle tmd mra v r rum- ley alice of aclon 11 grnndchild- teti and four great gumdchltdrcn re main and she was justifiably proud that four of these grandchildren were serving in the armed forces ovrseat two hlster also remain airs jan purvis whltelnw altn nnd mrs r j moore burlington ont to the lereaved sympathy of many frletuls here goes out the funerul wns hold on wednesday afternoon with n private service ut the johnstone nnd rumley funeral home followed by n service in knox presbyterian church hero many friends gut he red to pay tribute to a life they admire nnd a wealth of floral tribute ulwo bore testimony of esteem the kcrvlco was in charge of tier minister rev forltcs thom son pallbearer were messrs f foster mlmico wm riihsell onkvtllo f j hassrinl nert mcnnbb w k croh- iim and alev mann all of art on in let meat unt made in fiilrvlew cem- eteiv leslde the ttelovivl partner who laid gone on a little while tiefore mrs- c c speight one of the oldest if not the otdest resident who wiu lnrn and has spent all her life in acton nnd district mrs c c speight passed uwny on january 10th ut her home on john street she hiul been in fulling health fol some time und never fully recovered from an uperatlon of a ear or so ago i she was a duughler of the late wilson and surah kaston rnmshaw who were pioneer settlers in tbu dis trict she was born on a farm near acton and bpent all her life here murried on november 24lh 11 her husband the late charles chop- man speight predeceased her twenty enrs ago one daughter miss ber tha h speight municipal treasurer and secretary of acton public utili ties commission remains to mourn the loss and revere the memory of n beloved mother all through her long illness no daughter could have been more faithful nnd attentive to the care of her mother a brother hall kotos haw of detroit mich and a sister mrs robert moore of gait alto remain and to all of these warm sympathy or many friends here goes at this time mrs speight was a member of the acton united church and one who through the years has been a pillar or the church faithful and willing to do what her hand found to do rarely indeed was site absent when in cood health from the family pew she taught a class in the sunday school for ninny years for 14 enrs she was treasurer of the womans missionary society and was also the president she was a life member of this noeiety the funeral was held on thursdnv nftejnoon last with a private service at the home condurtodby her pastor rev a w fosbury assisted by rev c i poole interment was in falr- vlew cemetery the allbearers were messrs chas wilson john tambert jas chalmers j ic gurdl- ner roy brown and a t brown among the wealth of floral tributes which also lore testimony of the es teem in which mrs kieliht wus held were those from bertie mioses fern berthn roy marguerite and ernest brown mr and mrs h c schrleter ami mrs jenner mrs jackson and mrs mt dermid laura and sister hannah mr and mrs j eaaterhrook and mrs j m cbeyne mr und mrs j c mntthuus united church choir mr and mrs marvin bolt lynn nnd ltolert bolt mr nnd mrs a t brown ml n williamson miss m v iwnnett miss flora moffat rev and mrs a w foshuiy mr and mrs chaw heard mrs ivter smith nnd miss pearl smith mr mccartney nnd zelln mr and mis j ic gat diner commission and staff of acton public lit hill- mrs partridge nnd mks mabel howie mrs i o rich ards mr and mis ivrguwui and ciipl i nil mrs fordce mr w h speight and miss almee speight robert dar by tmd family mis cowle and miss isjiimi cowl- womans association of the united church reeve and coun cilors munhlpal officers ntul press weekly war commenlarv by mldlacx okhka canaiisn iva huff writer an kstimatti op ciiukcmix mr churchill has ltccomi more thati ti great political nnd military lender he is in his own lifetime legendary n wymlwil the personifi cation of his veoplo when one thinks britain one heou his 1ncf und hears his voice and the words uttered by that voice it is that which makes him unique as no other tender is unique for lie is not merely the lender of the nation he is n timely npothoslu of the na tion he is subject to mistake und error as n nntloti is his virtues though are ttte virtues that every british child tins itcen tnught by his history and ttlu great personalities to admire above nil nnd the parent of it nil virtue courage generosity and chiv alry thus churchill appears to his people nu they would whin to appear themselves and in hti character they find tlmt which they would uncon sciously emulate he has exactly the same faith in his nation thnt he iuih hi himself neither more nor less certainly no other conservative would wiy of the communists of lib country they are lnglishmen nnd i four no kng- lishmmi at the time of his greatest gran deur when nritnjn under his la fit minute leadership stood itlono ami stating into the ten i hie eves of de feat he hoenied to drag the dead out of their coffins nnd stand themnn their feet to support him nnd ktig- inml- ellsjutcth and wellington drake nnd nelson crojivwell nnd pitt s though to say these are eng land these are you these live on and fight in and through you dor othy thomson in new york post canada stands high today canada stands higher n- mong the nations of the wot id thtm wore the outbreak of the war amid ull the internal wt anglings cnnnd inns may well keep this fact in mind the strnln nf maintaining the pace of the struggle is splitting the country in several ways hut it is still nomln ally one country and it is still engag ed in the war canada is n chatter memlur of the war one of that smalt company among the united nullons that took up the wars burden nf her own free will and has continued nil these tertiblo em not because bhe was herself attacked like russia und the united states but because she foresaw nn attack was certain to come and went out to meet it for the safely of evoty canadian home in spite nf the blunders this country haw made her good works far out weigh her mistakes her allies have not always iteeti right in nil their plans and operations and her enom- ies made the vnst miscalculation of irving to bring the whole world to heel in comparison with these other peoples who live on the earth t onlay nnd in the long view of the records of nations the loss thnn n dozen million canadians bv early facing up to dis aster are now seen as contributing greatly in arms and armed men to the victory that begins to appear in steadier focus somewhere through he flames and misery ahead the print ed word radio rehabilitation london cp radio location whose wartime job isto detect en emy aircraft and submarines may have a peacetime role too a select committee on national expenditure hns recommonded that radio location could be used in peace- ti mo to locate icebergs rocky shoals and other ob structions during hie week in whit h units of th red army drove deep across the piewar polish border and anglobri tish forces in italy slogged their way forward in the face of bod weather ami bitter nazi resistance the britain twmnl bombers and fighters of the allied air forces continued to strike often and effectively at axlsdomltv ated eurie most spectacular attacks in ttte ulf were carried out in daylight jan 11 by united states heavy bombers and fighter escorts against am herslehen hulherstadt ami brunswick hlruun- fcwelgfc deep mtlden hcrve centres of germanys air raft industry as additional news of the raids be came known it was realized that pro bably the fjercekt air buttle in hist ory was fought in the flaming skles over northwest cerntnny a swarms of german fighters some tild to i- nrnws with tockot guns rose to intercept the invaders american army intelligence officers set their tosses nt firt i to miters und five fighters against lmi german piutickhnt down the itf plane figure exceeded by tin it the previous record loss of american planes suffered in the attack on sihvielnfurt itim ort u but a spolesmuu for tin united stalet htlt in my nlr force said the losvcs were not unduly heavy for the damage done we liuve plenty of re- placenn tils wn can take it whole lot mote in war losses htm we suffered in that raid he uild gen henry h arnold chief of the u s army air forces descrllhkl the tosses as about 5 nr cent which meant rather more titan imw planes took part in the throehour flaming bnltte over northwest germany kstenke damage damage to the war plants was ex tensive official communiques deu- crlhod the results of the raids ns ex cellent und wild thnt factories en- gagei in the manufacture of focke- wulf vmvu junkers iwu and messer- kt limit t lifts wete severely lilt what the gigantic raid will mean to german air strength in the coining months of wnr climax is not yet known but allied observers nro wtt- isflod that even at it heavy price paid in men nnd machines the attack will pay dividends most commentators believed the battle was a full drew rehearsal for an impending attempt on the part of allied nlr armadas to gain complete control of european skies nnd form u protective umbrella ns troops moved across the channel to attack hitters continental fortress the geimans meanwhile clnlmed to have icrcitcd a new defensive kvsteni of chains of airfields from which intcrcoplotu might rise to de fend the reich day afler the raid german radios beamed repot ih tlmt amei iran losses had been at least loo planes while the german air force had inst nine brunswick ult-ivie- and to further the campaign to exterminate a source of supply for the nni air force it a f and canadian planes followed the blj american act ion with another attack on bruns wick burying that plnne-manufnct- urlng city with 2mm tons nf bombs in the balkans allied nlr blows on sofia have caused tlio rulgnrhm gov ernment to order immediate total ev acuation nf that nations capital meanwhile britons were speculot- ing whether the nazis were using it mew typo of noiseless plane to escape detection the speculullou was rais ed nfter seven persons were killed and 11 injured when without warn ing a iwmb dropped squarely on a suburban london theatre during a performance in was the first time in weeks that n knouiwgorman plane was able to get nu fur as mihuihnn london without detection by the el aborate coast defence radiolocation sj stem utisslans iisinliig on the russngernmn front twin offensives by red aimy troops under on koustantin hcikomsovsky and gen nikolai volutin wete tolling uestvwmi about 10 miles fl pint along the only two rail mules serving east uest traffh tlnough the prlpel mitf- shes the drive of gen vatullns 1st vu- rtilnlun auitj south of xnrny in old poland threatened to outflank row from the west while gen rokossov skvs white rusilan army surgnl deep into the heart of the froen pil- pel marches us it approached the in dustrial river ity of plnsk ttt miles to the west on the italian front as last veek ended marhejils of lt gen mark w clarks allied 5th army hammered away nt the approaches to heavily- defended cassino strategically situ- oted town on the main inland high way nnd railroad 70 airline miles from rome one bf the three 5lh army spear headsfrench troops under gen al- phonse juln captured acquafondata seven miles northeast of caftsino and chased the nazis from 3800foot mount kerro two mlloi northwest of acqunfondata and on the italian front this week tanksupported r canadian troops went into action on the adruv tic side they jabbed forward des pite strong german resistance in the tommaso area about one mile in tend from the sen on the aoutliera bank of ttie arielll river field despatctie said a tarrage from 100 guns preceded lie 3anadian thrust und that tlxousands of shell wen iound into a l500ard stretrh of the german lines on the aiuimi mb army front at- rols nrr fieling out ttie stiengtli of th main german difence line infore cusslm french tmojmi follow ed up their succejises of lust week by occup ying santvlia three miles northeast bf casjjno and anotlier village two nillts farther northeast meanwtille unotlier sluitterlng blow at ccntian communications in russia u in the making spearheads of g4n vatutlns army are thrust ing to ttte railway centre of rovno in old poland wlwre rail lines ing benllchev anil wansaw sarny nnd lwow intersect rovlno is the key to nasi oidtlons ovrr a vhst area of houtliem hussla troos of gen vatutlns right wing were within w miles of their next major objtlve the city of phtsk uiul in the houth the nazis hurled kavage couuteruttu4 ks against rwl army troops ad valuing ugulnsf key german escut routes from the dnlejmr imiu1 ami in th north the new soviet offensive on the inlugrad front kept up its momentum 1rmld ktory ikenlej on the diplomatic front the brit ish clint ge daffnlres in moscow has officially called the rushiiiu govern ments attention to inudnns denial of a sepaiale icaco rumor ptibllshml hv the communist newspaper prnvda in nu item latellued cairo pruvdu mild two iliillsh of fit irils tect nlly on- fried with nai fmvlgn minister von rlhbeutiop on the ilwilnn peu- iiikuiu mid discuss ed terms for n pos sible mpatate waic the lumdou dully mall ciilled the story an insult to the british eopie the item was pi luted by pravdi without nny comment responsible qtuiltciu in cairo- said the hem wua not passeil by the britishcontrolled censorship the dispalch evidently left cairo hy some means other titan normal censored routes action on the allied th army front in italy bla4tl this week when brit ish troops crossed the lower gilllgll- n no river at three points converging on the ancient appimi way for cent uries the main coaiilnl highway to rome three bridgeheads were wcured de spite violent enemy resist mire which included a rain of fire on the river itself ko miles southeast of ron the first bridgehead was establish ed near sulo n vllage seven miles in land from the tyntieulan coast the second along the nillroitd running from capua to rome four miles from the coast and the third at argculn almost on the coast 1 1 keif fear within limits is healthy emotion airmen hetleve u to be vital asset in reartlnjr to an rani iff ncy london 4ci night bomber rews ute the gieutest neurons su- feiers says air commodore c i synuimls in the british medleal jour nal v he mukes hie point that healthy feur by sliurfmolng an alrmans juilgmnt muy be vital to his sucoess fear within limits is not only a natural but a i tea thy emotion stim ulating utfentlon hliurpenlng judg ment und evoking maximum effort i huve frjuntly i ward the opinion from distinguished pilots he wrote that feur in due measure muy im u vltul hhset in reacting to xui emer- gincy whether in flying or in com bat and that the absetim of fear in a situation of this kind muy le futal to sureess an kieri iicmsi pilot told me that in liked u man to have enough im agination to feur the worst unit hope for the liest -n- fiuhter pilot if he las the right spirit gains in value from u mat row esculte feat within limits is stimulus olllv when lt exeisils these uulitrj is it ii wcjlklhsu but he wrote an ulnuan must have onfidinc ihmuum u k of ft is a inajoi iiiuse of flying n idnts oper- atiotuil fall ut ew and phvsnlngluil htejildlown in air niuu baboons vailabi in bkniarcii uihli joiiannlsmtrg fcp prof j c vap dor hoist piofesor of zo ology at the university of the wit- watcisranit ami i jr joseph glllman tire at pieseitt in graaf flteitu t or ganising n tegular supply of live hit boons for medical research the pto- festutr said in nu interview that ba boons were- particularly valuable in studying nialmilrllion problems nnd file deficiency diseases so widespread lit south africa a research station should ho added lie established in the cao midlands cabjpkt tmakess inyo war rambly hut mr hughes wasnt offensive or even defensive instead he told lite new zealsnder that hed been ixirn in kiddermlnister went to work under his fattier in tlie arpet trade und had been for forty years witli his present firm hed teii iiiunauff ut u ear weaving depart ment till ttte wur chunked carpet- ntaklng into munitionmaking now wus manager of a raw material store of hi five boys three are in in- army two on munlthms us are tv of his three girls in the snme furtory us at iter all of them itad u diked on earjkts a rifle in tlte ttritir tndhattit that one of ilmiys wus in th- hons guard hughes works from ham tilll 7 p m hut tirusliimt i hut uude to reull with pi me that aft r dunkirk hed worked wven day u wiik for ttmi- months hut fiftysev nyur4id mr hughes would rut her make arel than cuns at least tut said ttie patterns iliungimore oftn mrs hughes was iii the kitchen hrsuuding their five- urold ev uii from illrminghnm to get into his shoe to go to sunday ut hol on the following day huviling vf- fled lli fartoiy he m t mr hughes mii biiiaid formerly foreman- eotouilst marrying th colours he uilhd it but those urpithoinh nm hint out arniv blankets gwendo line hughes was hinl t it polishing lie inside sulfites of a small tiol liiuiti4l in a rotating wheel il r skier mm i is was fiddling with nimhs sitting guages and with a sttudy bine arm tea hi tig into the very bowels of the machine uw thrtilgh lathes were in iihwxl shed bun a taipil plikel tilitltned off the edues aw tile nrpw fame off the loom ua1uk k honor occupation housewife is u bjule of honor these days it takes rv switch and patlenci und khh tempii and any time we ned encourngi meut we can ask ourselves if wud prefer tin- job in germany norwuyr hol- iiitid polutifl und ut out on our fjlkk again with grutltude pj tou nk advocate royal palace fhioav nth- monhav kuy kuysur in altouno tiik woltljv profam p the sttev of wnr hiings the lords name to many u seivloematfs tottijue lo sonw leverently to others jno- fanely thero nto thoc too who alttempl holii umh hut their spitltual needs in tills allout modem warfare are forcing jiroalljitinn that to t veie one minute and tevile he next litndlv biitius down the blesvlng of i heaven as the first commiiuder-lu- chlttf pointed out to the united states army of 177fi the general is sorry to inform that the foolish und wicked practice of piofitue cursing and swearing ti vice heretofore llttje known in nn amer ican army is growing into fashion he hopes the officers will hy example as well as influence endeavor to check it that we can linvo little hope of the blessing of heaven on our arms if wo insult it by our impiety and folly added to this it is u vice so mean and tow without nnv tempt ation thnt every man of sense ntid chnrneter detests and despises it g washington tills admonition has been conveed to presentday troops by means of camp bulletin boards and c nip neus- papeis tuid in other wtiys the nmiv is attempting to curb profanity on t be home f i ont how ever t ho hem appears to in in the opposite direction socalled realistic writing in hooki tnagiilnes and newspapers is so infomperned with oath ind what were hitherto considered un- prutahle expiesslons that it not oiilv offends adult taste hut stands in dimcei of becoming nn net opted nmde- of evpieuslhn of the otinger gener ation mothets and fathers purtieu- laily are com erned at tills turn of the pun nnd ask what can tie done to cbei k its mow hint how im governed to n consider able extent by public opinion if 111 ninny readers of sense and hnrtn- ter were to make known to those n t imrne of stit h putillcntlons their dis- loite for and lerious objection to the intr fuetion of stich profanity into their homes it could not help but have a purifying effect the christ ian science monltpr i ihiiav i nth monhav pierre atinioiit gone kelly in ckoks op ixmiiaink ttsaiav to till itkoav jeiuiette mucltonuld in smimncj tiikir plus luliert moiitkunety nv ti1k kaiii ok ciiita the lineman f dont brat olrhflves two things strike us oh imperative ly important if we must win this war one is that we must keep our mouths shut on military matters the other that wo havent got the huns licked vet and we must not let over-confl- denco throw us trenton ont courier advocate j tiik subject of this sketch by grant macdnnald noted canadian artist is itnsul homier canadian national telfgrunlia lineman he is one of a largo group of workers who aid effectively in canadas war effort by main taining the nations vast communications system the artist lias depicted hint using a spanner to tighten the straps hy which calilo la an upended from the nupportlnic wire technically known as the tneasrnicr wire the incnsae in channel mileage the measure of mesaajn trafllr of ute canwlian national telegraplts sinoo the start of the war would drda tbe globe nearly four times