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v the acton free press thursday august 10 1944 t ill is h mkih muiitltt ml dtaces task wkwat caasa- jh sad mb aer mm csro nl tksaea k- sljltil 1st bozc7 robinson tb mr and mrs lb vllle robinson tnee bessie cox kingston general hospital a ac george thomas loreeblen on saturday jury 3 1944 in knox presbyterian church woodstock glenn mae daughter of mr and mrs c r bier to mr ry llaltnew lore son of mr and mrs leonard loree guelph ontar io in foster in loving memory of a dear and father william post er who passed away august 11th 1941 three years have passed since that sad day the one we loved wms called away god took him home it was ilia will but in our hearts he liveth atlll sadly missed by wife son and daughters rod in loving memory of our dear mother and wife roseann christ ina reld who passed away august 10th 1940 two dear brown eyes a tender smile a loving heart that knew no guile deep trust in god that all was right her joy to make some other bright if sick or buffering one she knew some gentle act of love shed do no thought of self hut of the other i knowhejuud well done dear lusband and family threshing machines are now making the rounds and good returns are reported civic holiday was quietly observ ed here on monday many citizens visited out of town take a glance at the label of your paper it tells you the date to which your subscription is paid the framework u about comp leted on a new housi on mill street being erected by mr allan lelsh- man luckily the 00 and over weather last week was of short duration and beautiful summer days of moderate temperature followed lost fridays high overseas mail letters from the local boys serving in the cause of freedoni pbituom nathaniel john reed shuoh the whole community was s and grieved on hearing of the sudden passing of nathaniel john reed in guelph general hospital on wednes day morning august 2 1044 as a re sult of a cerebral hemorrhage which occurred on monday night at his late residence lot 32 con 3 eramosa where he had farmed for the past 13 nathaniel reed was born at mim osa in 1896 and therefore was in his 49th year he was the elder son of the late john a reed and lucy ush erwood and was married in 1919 to mary mayne mcgowan of mara- vllle five children survive mrs al lan jackson guelph marjorle bern- ice clifford and murray at home also hut mother mrs john reed and one brother jesse of orton the deceas ed was always ready to do a kindness and made many friends by his gen erous and kind disposition the funeral which was one of the largest in this community for some time took place from his late resid ence on saturday afteqnoon with hu pastor rev clayton searle of mel ville united church fergus official tag assisted by rev mr bellsmlth of orton united church rev searle spoke a consoling message to the be reaved family from the 23rd psalm mrs taylor of grand valley and mrs wallace kodwell sang n duet the old rugged cross and mrs nodwell rendered a solo the numerous beautiful floral of ferings bore silent tribute to his mem ory and were pillow family wreaths mrs j reed jesse and grace harry and edna lawrence annie father and bobby the mcgowan family ar nold and elsie hardy and family mary and william ballentlne vi and joe hewitt the oconnall family mr and mrs frank daly marsvllle wo mens institute speedslde womens institute fergus womens institute tom and hazel van wyck shands 3 school speedslde w i club glria granddaughter dlanne those were carried by wee entwlitle lloyd red man we mcgowan roy gilbert arnold handley and armour ocon nall the pallbearers were neighbors nnd two friends joe rutherford albert rutherford henry carter joe hamil ton joe hewitt and wm bnllonuno interment took place at bellslde ce metery fergus friends were present from toron to hamilton guelph kitchener grand valley huisburg marsvllle debet n s winnipeg stratford norvnl and fergus the deepest sympathy of tho whole community is extended to mrs reed and family tn tholr sudden and sail be reavement dear mr dills i feel i must write again to thank you for sending me the free press which i receive quite regular in the front line here in france i have been over here for some time now but the more i see of france the less i like it i have not met up with any acton boys here yet but there must be some of them here as for news of the front here there is none i can write other than what you read in the papers 1 also would like if you would kind ly thank the acton overseas league for the cigarettes they send me 1 hope you will excuse the pencil as i have mislaid my pen will ring off now hoping this will find you in the best of health kindest regards b stephen james give chopg root room by the canadian press some victory garden suggestions continue to thin out vegetable plants to provide room for sturdy v growth for the bestlooking plant however dont waste the vegetables you remove especially if theyre leaf crops use lettuce chard and cabbage for the table apply rotenone as a dusting mater- ua to control worms which attack cabbage broccoli and chard apply plant food to soil where leaf crops grow this will promote ten der succulent growth continue fo sow spinach beets car- rets and chard spray tomato plants to control in sects keep plants well staked and disbud plants frequently disbudding yneans removal of tiny side fruits to end additions nourishment into ter minal tomatoes and induce greater ehw watch beans to prevent forays by leaf hopper aphtds and beetles dust the plants with rotenone use the same material on winter squash to gat vm of wine borers dont throw away weeds twigs and ouierwseumabtrlax pile it all tn an obscure corner of the yard to prepare weekly war commentary the allied successes of the past week in normandy and brittany have ripped the invasion front wide open and aerial observation indicates there is no coherent system of german f ort- ificattons upon which the enemy may fall bacn short of the maglnot and siegfried lines if the germans seek shelter there the wheel will have turned full circle since the spring of hmo when nail armor smashed through belgium to outflank the french in their mag lnot stronghold and pave the way for the debacle of dunkerque there have been reports for two years now stemming from germany by radio and press dispatcher to neut ral of herculean labors to complete inland crossfrance defence systems dignified by such names as hitler von rundstedt or rommel lines there is yet no evidence they were anything more than bubbleblowing a wall of paper propaganda and rad io words but this does not mean that the germans cannot make another strong stand somevhere in the great belm- lolre triangle with paris as its in land apex they must try but undoubt edly it will be a mobile line of men tanks funs and of improvised mine and wire fields not a maglnot line or anything like one in plain fact marshal rommel or marshal von hunatedt or whoever planned the defence of france ap pears to have put his eggs in one bas keta gunbristling coast between that coast and the france german frontier there is no indication that the nazis have any other built- up wall as strong as the defence works we broke through on and just after dday one allied officer said recently but the german army which u schooled in the military theory of de fence by counterattack already has proven adept at a stand without fort ifications and the german infnntrymnn tins proved equnlly adept nt discing in ns a inst resort and being inhorlouidy hnrd to dig out of his hole that- with the aid of n drenching downpour wn what general mont endy brittany an uh 8th army trpor cupatlon of thesufa that carried than within 30 miles of krakow the last big city stronghold of the germans barring the invasion ot gfrmaosllesla position became i- u i nr in the east brlt- completed the oc- irbe of florence in italy canadian press war corresp ondent doug how reported that the walls of florence were liberally marked with vlva for prime min ister churchill president roosevelt and gen alexander but there was a notable lack of rejoicing at the entry of allied troopa this was believed due to the skirmishing still going on nearby the war in burma took another good turn with the allied capture of myltkylna which had been beselged for three months chinese troops continued on crossing the irrawaddy river and took twothirds of wain- gmaw about two and a half miles southeast of myltkylna at the beginning of this week it was announced that canada for the first time in her history has a separ ate army formation in the battle field the 1st canadian army and immediately following the announce ment that army took the field in its first major offensive in its smash against the hard core of german re sistance south of caen and east of orae the hew formation advanced 6000 yards capturing and bypassing enemy strongpolnts which barred tho way for weeks the big push came on the 26th an niversary of the britishfrench of fensive east of amiens in the first great war an offensive that event ually brake the hlndenburg line and hastened the end of that conflict the german military position i like 26 years ago when russia had been knocked out of the war today was all the more critical because of the continuation of powerful drives by the red army towards germanys eastern borders the hew 1st canadian army includ es powerful units of british troops formerly of the 2nd army fighting under the command of lt gen h d g crerar tho battle line up in france now is tho american 1st army on the right tho british 2nd nrmy lntho centre and the canadians on the loft at either end of tho 100mile invas ion front allied armies are llttlo i gnmerya orno breakthrough raw bcroopt find broken through the ger yond caen in july burlington word was received here on monday that pte herbert reynolds wha re sided with his mother and grandjprw enta mr and mrs c e dawley freeman had been killed ip action in normandy at a meeting of the water commis sion held last wednesday afternoon engineer george h power was in structed to call far tenders for tho laying of a sixteen inch main from the present main on brant street just north of the queen elizabeth way to the proposed site of a reserv oir on the sherwood farm on north brant street it is proposed to lay the main this fall and pay for it out of current revenue the many friends of rev ja g berry minister of knox church will regret to learn he was taken to st josephs hospital hamilton on tues day where he will undergo an oper ation this week his many mends will hope for a speedy recovery mr and mrs ernie g tuck t5 ont ario street received a cable on fri day evening last that their son pte edgar t tuck had been killed in act- lop in france on july 31st rain rain and more rain such was the weather dished up by old man weather for the lions carnival held last thursday friday and satur day nights at the lions park the carnival was a decided success and when final returns are completed it is expected the returns will show bet profit of between 4300 and 3000 and equal the net proceeds of a year ago garet te things to kick about a newspaper philosopher says the canadian people need a lot of things to kick about ta give them subjects of conversation there is consider able truth in that idea and a great part of the kicking one hears is not to be taken seriously when people get together their troubles make interesting subjects to talk about after they get these things oft their cheats they ere apt to feel better and are likely to con clude the conversation in a cheerful mood there u a kind of philosophy of acceptance of difficulties in the can adian temperament but people re serve the ght to p- about them they should restrain this tendency within reason in wartime as complaints except where justif iable may have some tendency to hamper the war effort the rnln and nn infantrymanned antitank wtill of 7ss nnd lifts novo the germans time to holein and mount counterattacks tho british thrust was stopped before it could force rommels armor into nctlon but the germans now ore on the run at most places in france behind n dogged rearguard crust hoping for time and opportunity to dig in anew prime minister winston churchill in a comprehensive review of the war in tho house of commons last week declared i fear ureatly of raising false hopes but i no longer feol hound to deny that victory may come per haps soon speaking cautiously but at the same time optimistically he said the war approaches perhaps its closing stage robot bombs he warned against putting trust in the revolt of 4the army generals in germany potent as may be these manifestations of internal disease our greatest strength is our own strong arm and the justice of our cause mr churchill disclosed that rocket bombs killed 4733 persons and injured 14000 from june is to july 31 as well as causing property damage allied airmen in the same period dropped more than 48000 tons of bombs on germany more than 10 times the weight of robot bombs dropped on london and southern enuland and more accurately aimed even as hitlers robot bombs con tinue to bring death and destruction to london and other ports of southern england and even prime minister churchill could promise no quick re lief though britains channel de fences are knocking them down by the score some are getting through to cause havoc and the government has decided on the immediate step of ev acuating another 1000000 people from london special evacuee trains wilt take out those not engaged in es sential work they will find safety in the quiet english countryside to the north while british scientists continue to work on measures to nullify the flying bomb the great allied aerial offensive continues with tons of explosives be ing dropped mainly on the buzzbomb launching sites outride of some counterweapon or system of meet ing the robot bomb the two apparent ways of eliminating the effectiveness of this devilish weapon appear to be to destroy the launching platforms and to compel the germans to retreat from the pasdecslala coast opposite england h alton farmers differ re value of hybrid corn uw u m it it ensilage produced from hybrid com is lower in sugar content than ensil age from the standard varieties and that this lower content of sugar is responsible for certain troubles en countered in the reeding of hybrid ensilage to cattle in connection with this subject we learned from agricultural represent ative j e whltelock that the cent ral experimental farm staff have conducted some work on the matter which is rather illuminating samples of forage of five hybrids and two standard varieties were taken at time of cutting for ensilage sept 20th the samples were analysed and the result showed the following percent ages of sugar de kalb 340740 per cent canada 60s 773 per cent gol den glow med- 832 per cent can ada 643 a40 per cent wise no 7 oj per cent indiana 210063 per cent and canada 6961113 per cent theso results indicate that the sugar content was influenced more by the stage of maturity of the corn rather than by the particular hybrid or var iety de kalb 240 is the earliest and canada 696 the latest in maturity with tho other hybrids and varieties ranging in between these two in about tho order listed in another test two comparahle early and medium maturing varieties and hybrids were grown ami cut on two different dates sept 1st and sept 2 1st the hybrids were 331 ear- ly and 643 modlum while tho var ieties were golden glow early and golden glow medium analysis showed tho sugar content 1 of the for- ngc cut sept 1st to be as follows 331 12 45 per cent golden clow early 1234 per cent 6431904 per cent golden glow medium 15 47 per cent for forage cut sept 21st the sugar content was 331 b 0 per cent golden glow early 715 per cent c43 hbtt per cent and golden glow medium b7h per cent here again the results indicate that while the sugar content is greatly influenced in both hybrids and varieties by the stage of maturity the difference be tween sugar content of comparable early and medium hybrids nnd variet ies cut nt the barrio time in inslunlflc- this week brlll jones camrtlm tti tiff wrr more than 100 miles from paris and reports f i om tlio spanlahfi ench harder said this threat to purls ap parently was precipitating german withdrawal from southweht franco by midweek canadian armor and it would tlmreforo scorn as if hal ton farmers might well give n llttlo man nttmitlon to the tfrm of cutting hybrid rorii hybrid om romnlnh ireott in tho follngo a llttlo longer than ordinary varieties utter tlio arti have reached n into maturity stage mnnt second defence line astride tlio conwsquently the cars should lie ox- cncn pnlnlso road on n limited nmlned nnd ottnwn authorities ro- front western cnnndn nnd french commend that cutting commemo nu peaking infnntry had captured brol- fc0m nh the cliru reached the tovlllo and leading elements were otigh titngo closing in on falalso 1 meanwhile tho german high com- 1 mond acknowledged that american forces sweeping through tho old pro vince of maine had broken into the hltlnky maftotyt toronto cd some call him stinky others call him paymaster stntreglc communications oentre of lieutenant because ho wears two le mans 110 miles southwest of par- is u s forces wore closing in on three important ports in brittany in mopping up operations hut tho gor man s were reported to have sneaked off the bulk of approximately 100 sub marines based at breton ports on the russian front gcimnn re serves were being thrown ngjlnst tlio red army in desperate counterat tacks it slowed but did not haft th runjilan advance white stripes but his official name ih spunky its a baby skunk were talking about and hes the mascot of the c o r d naval headquarters on crescent road here in the east the russians have car ried the ground war to german soil for the first tuna since the conflict started penetrating the northeastern part of east prussia while russian forces battled the germans in war saw other red forces swept across hughes cleaver upholds farm bill house of commons continued from page one and the cost of everything that the farmer has to buy v these things have at least doubled and in many instances trebled the return to the farmer from his basic products has not improved to anything like the same extent therefore mr speaker i urge that we scientifically determine the proper share of the national in come that agriculture should receive and then by way of subsidy floor prices or in some other way we should assure to agriculture annually just that amount in concluding his address mr cloavor said tn the bill before us we have a sci entific weapon which will take care of the postwar transition period i should like to see that measure con tinue on i think the rest is up to the producers themselves under this bill ample provision has been made for the producers to express their views and to give their advice to the minister and the department if the industry organizes and pres ents to the department the true wish es of the farmers we can look for ward to the future with every con- tydence i believe that the farmers themselves can solve many of their problems through selfimposed con trols but i do urge again that in the period following the war we should be bold and courageous in our planning and take full advantage of the lessons the war has taught us giant fish casualty ste folgence que cp re- uldcnts of this saguenay river village were amazed when they saw a huge fish more than 12 feet long and weighing several hundred pounds cast up on the beach by a swell from a passing vessel this ash apparent ly had been injured y a ship toronto cp premier drew attacked the federal government on two points last week the socalled baby bonus or family allowance bill and the matter of hospitalization and treatment of war casualties in an address at a progressivecon servative rally at nearby richmond hill the premier said the federal government had not consulted ontar io on the family allowance bill which was approved by parliament and add ed that prime minister mackenzie king has treated our clearly defined constitutional rights with arrogant cori tempt the ontario government he said would resist in every way possible this carefully planned attempt to break our constitution by a stesdy process of attrition premier drew said the bill commit ted ontario to pay s100000000 half the cost of the allowance scheme if the money were handled by the pro vincial government he said expendit ure or j43000000 would provide fam ily allowances for ontario on a more generous scale than unrtvr the feder al legulatlon he added tliot the re maining f35o0o000 could lie used for educational and health services high way construction and deht reduction later in the week the ontario premier luucd a statement in which he described as contrary to facts a statement made by pensions minist er mackenzie in the llouso of com mons regarding hospitalisation andj treatment of war casualties mr mackenzie had denied charges of inadequate hospitalisation made by the toronto globe and mall and add ed that most careful consideration was being given to providing hospital accommodation for war casualties ho said he considered plans for hosp- itlllzatlon adequate premier drews statoment said that mr mackenzies pronouncement is so contrary to the facts that it is par tlcularly difficult to understand how such a statement mnld iw mad bj- tho m laiw i responsible for tlio irlt- inal situation which now uxmx he said ho offered the si thomnu hospit al to tho federal authorities n n tcmpoinry memure later in u ropar d statement mr mn kenzlo wild that ho fi pit a i n under his department oud nhrb in ad- ditlonnl 3grrt patlontu tit tho pro- tent moment nnd could lotolve 2f 000 now pntlcnts in tlio 3 months to tliu end of the year mr mackenzies stntehu nt how ever made no reference to premier orewij statement or to tho news dis patch in tho globe and mall which intlmalod there was disagreement be tween tho pensions mlnutor and the three defence ministers oh tho provis ion of hoxpltal beds for returning vot- crnns later in the house mr mackenzie and two other mlnlutors responsible for providing hospital accommodat ion assured members that everything possible was being done to make sure there was no shortage of room for the wounded returning from the bat tle fronts mr mackenzie defence minister raliton and navy minister macdon- nld said hospital accommodation was constantly being expanded and they denied reports of disagreement or lack of cooperation between tholr depart ments london the output of warships in britain up to the end of january 1044 was only very slightly less than that of the hut war and the ships are of much greater complexity to day there is a tremendous increase two river barriers in a smashing drive in detail of equipment i tax notice1944 municipality of acton third instalment now due attention is drawn to the payment of 1044 taxes which are now payable in four instalments taxes are payable to the municipal treasurer at the acton public utilities office butalnunu ar du m ptoltow third instalment august 1mb fourth instalment october lfc according to iho iki coilktlon bylaw iwnaky of two par cent will be added on the amount remaining unpaid after the fif teenth day of june until fifteenth pay of attaint end an addition of four per cent on the second instalment r unpaid after the fifteenth day of august this penalty sppuea to each instalment in similar manner the attention of ratepayers la directed to the penalties and other clauses as printed an the r side of everj tta notice taxes are now due and payable an additional penalty appue on the second instalment if not paid on or before august 10th and a penalty is applicable to third instalmenlllpot paid by august isth make pavment n an tab voob tax notack wttil vou when maauwa ravmbm