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agk mcwr the acton free press thursday may jri 1m in oe fctni u tuo wihmi whs ifcitjli go hi i hasiesa jm uj w fr liiiii i hmt caefe l tak tat torner mr mxr4 ttoaa jr with to announce th birth of their son on april 30th at th nura- tag horn iulplt mrmt aeton philip j p both doing wall no victor pi majuukd rakgravescrtrmpoi april 2nd ims at th methodist church llhhwi1 ll by uu juv f gregory of crnwcehd eorg llar- ev only tun of mr and tin j rgravw of art an ontario to man only daughter of th lat mr w crump and mr u crump of 164 coboid road levtonatone england- wtnton suddenly on monday agwil achh ims william- joasp ran ton lat of oaprlnge ont in hi oth year mcleod- at hu residence 19 north- vww avf toronto on thursday april auh ift45 rv john wuuam urlw4 beloved husband of ethel m km toronto dar father of wm elisabeth mr w sankey milton marjory mr w ii jsrqu torantex 4rvte u conducted from th william shr en horn kt kingston hd tor onto on sunday interment in falrvlw cemetery arton ont iv muemouam burt in loving mmory of a dear husband roaa hurt who passed away may 4th 1m4 ii had a rhry untie a pleasant way a helping hand to all ha knw ii wm so kind o generous and true on earth h nobly did hi beat grant him jesus havnly rt fvr remembered by wife burt in loving memory of ri burt who died may 4th hm4 ii suffered on earth he will suffer in the lovd und of the blaat pain fled a h trod heaven t blight shore it left him at pear and rest ever remembered by uoyd and flva camm of thanhh rev john wi1jjau mcleod following a ungthy utnaaa raw john wuuam mrleod passed away at his horn in toronto on thursday april th he la survived by hu wife fthel m kerr mcleod a ton w h urleod ot toronto and two daughters mr u lit red hankey of milton and mr or harry jacques at toronto th funeral vtr held on sunday nfletnoon with service in charge of rev mr mitchell or kingston road united churt h interment was in ralrvlew cemeterv acton mrs iav1i o root selied with a stroke last friday april jllk mr david o hoot of orion mother of mr john root tha progress ve conservative candidate for wellington north died a snort time afterward in her mth year she waa the former tertrud e watson of snelgrove i ler husband prede ceased her eight year ago she was a member of the baptist church and was a leading member at hnclgrov and hlllshurgh surviving are four sons as follow john and llalne on the homestead fiin township oavtd n director of ocat tonal tuldanc city of stratford schools and i meat uf woodbiidge on daughlar dlad in infancy the funeral was held from the rest dene on monday with rev mr sinclair of harrow formerly of hill burgh officiating interment took place in t he family plot cohlngsby cemetery the sincere sympathy of north wellington friends is extended to mr john root and family in this untimely bereavemanl weekly war commentary by pkank lonoe ftahlawsf plw mat write mr r l- toumour wlshe to thank her man friends who soklndly remembered her while she was a patient in st josephs hospital guelph mrs ada near and family wish to express thetr sincere appreciation of the kind mruagri of ttn ath sent them bv t heir manv friends they will long b remembered mr margaret mcmillan wishes to thank her man friends and neigh bor f r the flmrn tetters and cards received while in st mtthaels hits pltal toronto con chirk purdv w ishea to thank ms man friends an 1 the arton wat serie league for the algarettes and boxes sent t him while oversea theise gifts were rr much rfppre dated mrs f blow w uhcs to express her ver deep appreciation fnr the kind ness shown her bv so man friends also for th beautiful flowers card fruit and man other lmrh gifts while 111 in the hospital and at homr alto to nurse gordon thank ou mr jamc tavlor an i famtk wlkh to extrnd thi ir heartftlt thanks and appectatton for the art of kind nes also the mesjjiges of smpath from neighbors and frlrnds at th time of the death of the son and brother george who was killed re cent i on attlve service g ftzidmjtti dltbun inhtntltp elects oiticers at annual meetint the annual meeting of tle dublin womans instltutr was held on april lvth at the home of mrs t somer x iii with the president mrs v l barber in the t hair the roll call was an gave red b discussion on public events it was det idrd to send four cases of jam to britain and also eleven i dollar more was donated to the risl ctss mm somervllle reported the progress that had been made re i the war brides ommlttee ka h i bride is to receive linen to the vnlue of fifteen dollars the district director mrs vnnl oo en reported on the directors meeting hrld in milton our dlttrltt annunl 1 is to be held in campbelmlle on may 10th mrs barber was appointed rep res entntlve on the r ederatlon f agrl cuhure for halt on county it was decided that the choice uf the coop eratlve program be food and nutrition mrs near gnve a qutzz on the hnnd book nnd it proved v rv inst rut ti misves ernn w ehstcr an i annie binck were aphintel im rut ineers f ir thi elect i n of off iters whit h mrs near conducted and res u it id as follows honorary iresldent mm c j mini oozen irenident mrs d bjitim i 1st ire president mr d moffat nl ice presi lent mrs eo iti b ert in srretarv treasurer mm m bracken asmstanl scr tarv 1 rensurer mrs somirvtlle district director mrs vnn ooen bran h direct rv mesdame steele vf i t 1 r t bos roberts and brit ton mes er hitler dad the naxl radio sut ion at j lam burg said tuesday night that the rman fuehrer had died a hero death in the raichs hancellery at berlin fighting to the last breath against bolshevism onxprtt tn th fuehrer aptoint ed rand admiral doenlts his suc cessor the announcement said a speaker identified as doanlu then pledger continuance of tha war net ther ioenlts nor tha hamburg an n ounce r mentioned llelnrich hlmmler gestapo chief who within the last few days had tried to surrender germany to britain and the united state but not lo llusala questions immediately arose throughput the allied world whether hitler had remy died in battle against the russians who were in almost complete control of berlin or wh titer he was dead at all en flsenhower meanwhile auth oriied a statement that hlmmler had told swedish ount i- oik bernadotte neutral emissary on april 34th that ermany was finished and hitler so 111 that he might alreody he dead j w mnansundaywhe7e it was dls layed in a public square er offer lo britain and th vs waa reported tuaaday by th stockholm radio to have returned to swon front copenhagen with a nw capit ulation offer from the geafapo chlaf bernadotte and hlmmler war said to havs mat in tha german town of i uebeck prime minister churchill 1q1 th house uf commons iueday that had no special statement to make about the war position in furop as cept thai it is rtartnitrty nibra mmtla- fattory than it was at this time ave ear ago karly in the week the western third of germany a alpine defanr belt waa crumbling under the blow of allied armies ite american 7th army turned south from captured munich birthplace of nazism toward inns bruck and the brenner pass third army tanks were racing for hitler berchtesgaden hideout and the aua- rlan city of ung to the southeast th kusslans mean white were celebrating a vli lorluus may day in tlte virtually runuuered lrman capital of berlin with scarcely a ripple of excitement the world received during the week end the news that benito mussolini one lime due of italy had been ri ecu led by partisan forces in his own land the neat h of t he sawdust caesar coming so long after hla down fall seemed an anllcllmas to th arrer which alarled with the birth of fascism in milan appropriately ugh the body of th due with of 17 of his follower was and all the hons have you bought you ran afford this it ma some warm r weather might be reasonablx expect ed anv time now the road maintain r went over the gravel rondw av anut town th s week arul made juttr in lmrxii ment i o u s of the auditors report for at ton mav be ot tamed b rate merx at tin i i rki ftirt the offl e of the 1 utile i tililhft mntlsalon oi the km iss offl e mr an i mrs v j llavard hav received wonl fr m thiir vounest son 1 mil lit teaman kennth has kartl- uha kjiuu uith thi ianaitlan nav at an oreas base tueslx f sjilen of rlghth lttor loan bonds totallnl t7avtm nkalnt 74 14t vi for same da in seventh loan atxumulatetl total for elkht lelcsntes to district annual damt s c van ohzen barber kuson and m wilson auditor miss fdllh nellen mrs mrlntvre s rap ho k mlvs somtrville pianist mr robertson assistant pianist mrs anderson program committee mesdames m intvre robertson barber moffat m nell mis somervul mwlaj l nmmilln m sdnme i- er kuvin arul n nr ixitm tninilttr m vilnmi y rkiisn roberts m w m mel jtugh lini brut n sio 1 and moffat war t nvmr mrs smrrltli snl s ntnr ln 1titusin snu- i mmltti mroimi m in tr bnrl tr an 1 si i 1 hi irn s in rvilti- won tl di iw lun h was stivisl thi t mm id lime snt hukms honor miss m mc vb1i lrior t mahrime on xatunlnv nren an 1 mis eveninu hvn 1 mlv i rfi davs of iammlgn stands at 504l t ln nonor rtf mim markar 150 compared lo 75 s1j m at the w nnhh n brid of th m tr futuit came point in the other loan saiei frtrm f to lndiulunltueta were 40 170 too agatot 31 404 700 for the corre ponding day in the seventh loan monthly meeting of womans ssociation of united church the regular monthb meeting of tho wnmnrtt affe of the unit- i antrv shower y- thvvenmk was spent in the th jomnt of kamts nnil contests the special jtrlze was won by miss mtnabhwhin n deotatetl miniature was the joint announcement from 1 onion washington and moscow that the angloamerican armte of the wsat and the ruaslan arm lee of the east had joined fore irrevocably splitting once vaulted fortri ger many and bringing victory in furopa appreciably closer the first link up crime friday at torgau on tht elbe river 73 mites south of crumbling berlin between men of the us 1st army and tha 1st ukrainian army group with the junction came reshaping of the war map of germany hither to it took the broad form of an hour glass vclth everdiminishing waist as en rlsenhowers and marshal stal in a mrn picxsed forward from west and east along approximately north south fronts now with the sever tng of the erman corridor the pl ture resolves lo show enemy fori e in two major traps defrndlng hnes rat ink toward the centre of r uroe along fronts whlch run roughly east nnd west hard fighting ahead the jun tlon was a mighty step forward ti nnl i- day but onl a sir ii would be well to beat in mind the wa in which prime minis ler hurchllt made his ann mmement of the torkau meeting the armies of the fcreat alite have jolnrd hands together he wild now thrlr task will be the eh struc lion of all the remnants of termin military resistance the routing out of nai power and the subjugation of the hitler reich rtir cnnnrtlnnk tn tire oldenburg sector of nnrlhwest ermany wen taking a terrible toll if r unte r at ta k e rmnnv foma strlvlnjgtb keep eiten an escae route for tholr f on i in the ntrth sea area hie hlct1 russian e orrldor through ce ntral cermanv wax a proxlmatol rda nnd moscow nk with the amer i i ans nlnkh mix- river the biltlsh nd armv in the north had selesd tooi prltonerx in their mop up of bremen two genernls and an admiral were in the catch one new submarine and nine other in arlous into allleel hands at bremen atong with a damaged dest rover anu nasi active the italian partisan radio at milan sale american troops had ren hed the swiss border and e lit e ff ail nortl western itilv f ro n grmai after n likhtniiik strike across the po it lev into the alps meanwhile a reuters dlspati h fr m san krnnckco said german ia of fere1 to surrender to britain an 1 the l nlted states but not to ituim i ii i ndon prime minister c hi re i lied promptlv that onlyuncondilion nl sumnder t all thret power weull ih atiepteel in the allli s i hi san fran ise o report htid it tint n niesxage fnm helnrit h him mil i t estah e hli f had im n re ived ifi r on ign sielrelarvanthi n i- dm m ltiiti sh relary sitlnus in sun rrin i o the reji rt ws iiillir unllrnud nor denied b mr i hurt hill in his statement relieintn th alliil siand ioko tnttio rxrted nt the tekln nliik of the wtik that allied sea tirnt units had laniteel on borneo in the mmn arrhtpe lnu i near inraknn i rt h oil port unfa fnd in furope j 1 1 e nt mev s posit inn in jrurie lei ri ratetl nt a dlzjv sieed durtng- ii week endfrnught with peace rum ors and stgnillcnntk starred b the execution of hitlers italian allv musseillnl n offer of uncondluonal surrndi burlington mr and mrs mark blnklvy have received word that their son pt stuart blnkley has been relmsad from german prlsonrofwar mp and arrived in england on april idoi lst night was a gala night for the burlington loona flub when it cl- brated its twentieth anniversary and ikonoed the seven charter memhars of the twenty four who ploerd ljonlsm in this community lite annual rathfr and son night tmhe boy scouts and cubs was held em thursday night when the boy of the leira scout and cub parks 4ayd hl to dad gairtt cpu patrick morgan one op five kefiving kiijaed in action word ha been rrlvd by rr father morgan acton that hla np hew cpl patrick b morgan o ti mr and mr joaaph morgan hasau- tun was killed in action on april 4th while serving in germany five brother of thla family ar acrvlful to thi thra in th navy and one in tha mearchant niariava a slwrt time ago the plrtur of hilt five brother ape red in th fr praaa cpl patrick morgan waa 0 year of ag many friend her of faihar acor- gan will share with him th i in the loss of this young man l miles wide satun id of ncvvxlnee tlnk ans nl nk be i it mr m peltit lilmral candidate provincial election idontlnued from pag one to make any she asked for thr prayers of all for our armed force and for the mother at home mr dale president of the haltem uberal association addressed tl e audience a motion was passed i y the convention endorsing hon mitch ell hepburn as leader and the 11 b eral platform for ontario mr t a btakelock former mam be r for llnlton preimlseel full support to mis i 1 1 it lie crltlelsed join brae ken s idn of a war effort ami t the i ilxtnl g ivrrnmiril te sent hat k to ceini le t the job ae e otdliik to i ion in in w eve r tllng waa wrmik rxpl win be himself mild hi iikrcrd wllh mr llrpbum thnt o diew s icejulrements srr lct f lit tl li a mirror and an h nu lish title he said mr drew ct uld not carry out his flans without levy ing a new tax ilejburn had mndo ins mlslnkes but it was with the fin nnces accumulated by the 1 ihcral government that mr drew had lw en nble to carry on the ccr w nx nil ihcorx nnd would not know what to do if they did get into power mr hughes cleacr paid tribute to the contribution tomm blnke tcx k had made to the 1 ihcral organization in llnlton he would never forget the fine support he had alwavs given him ami he proposed that after the el c- tlon a formal tribute and banquet te nrranged in tribute to his public service mr lenver told of the war an nouncement made thnt evening that the conclusion of the war wax nenr tjie concern now w ax will we win the pence the only pledge he nad to make uns that his every effort would he to make canada a bettor plnce in xv hlch to live and raise a fnmllv during the evening the crowd en joved n line sing song of well known songs with mrs t merson as accom panist 5 fpz ftrex- victory 6on05f royal palace ufculin lkaiin thftrks starts fhidw kk onh wftk j souf in tin hnlcolor merle obcron paul muni tmis n0 lana turner v i orrainc da in keki yol r ihmik m 1ltckkams slmufct to change witiiout notice t dai am nudav dick powell in ml uiwcr my sweet addir hit ranamericana with phil terry starts rati kiay iis si h ial llr quest laurence olivier in wimierine heights with merle oberon the sh o ut that became a whisper fen looked forward a long time t eelehrstlng th inilsllstion of oar millionth telephone now the great day has ine with only a brief press notire to mark lu psssina tnr sre more imporunt thins to do just now besides r cant forget that 70000 furtkmr sppli rants are today waiung for tslrpbooe it nis urprisf you that 71s000 mora bell telephones ar la sersiro n 14 than hrn wsr begsn with telephone msntatartorers prartlrally lmt iitsr orders it was done by 1 using op reserve sleeks aenl ci reromliliuning used equipment we hsr uins been abl t tnrrl fullv and on li mo every essenli war demand far tle iihunt srrvice i truk ladmed to4unit a grot- made bv rtelnrlih hlmmler cesta cd church waa held at the home of mr d undaay oo imeadaj mr u agar prealded and mr f cleave had charg of tho devotional part of i ha meeting iwmw qulhing ameral qullu mrm xinda assisted by mrs w j beafty and mrs atslited by mrs 1 m mcnnbb served lunch rty i very dainty rie- was luiwn mto th flvinj room b little miss vanev tken and master john allan dressed n bride nnd kroom fhe putttit were invilecf to the dining room w here mr k d me- rhevdran presided al the ttn tnhle whith unk attractively arranged with a lae cloth a centre of pink and w pffitr snapdra inndios nd lightw tarr- tlte hostt uses were assisted by mrs ross xllnn mr cnl- vln altken mr gcoree wallace and muet annie allken and mm iw allan p hfiut to britain and il l lulled shictet was tumddowh ftiitlv h the west ern allies germanv was informed sue h nn offer rtiuld not be consldeivd until it had also been made to russia onw ntairnsl left over after these needs are met ran be luotv sftrr eur watting list these unfilled order are oar rimcern s fbem calls for additional wre mnd rsbl miriratr rjrhamr apparatus snd all tba other lemrnu of a ritniplrt trlephnne vftem and this in turn is jost pari of tt whole construction program w will asdortskt once men and materials ar available it aseaiu jots seorlt oaeod for every bell employe whether at homo or la the services plus additional warltara to ln san frnnilsco sen tom cnn- na1l authorized the auoclatad press te sn he evneeted announcement of n termnn surrender momentarily treslrten tr d t pp rumor count folk nernadpt te swedish bed cross negotiator who was the uitormetualjor for lltmmtori turrend- 1 7mmswi irte rr