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fifty sixth year no 42 acion ontario illukbday april 11 kill t wlvl home print pnges section two the legions are rendering real service to veterans and nation veterniw and dependent hrinsr i oration problem nd other trouble to neverfailing source of advice and ashihtnncti dcnuindn for assistance by the legion have more than doublecf since the enactment of the new pension- ijjwlauon wherever a canadian i eglon hranrh 1a located there many war veterans and dcpcndenu uo for advlcu and mlilfllnille vor iio legion from tlia most obscure private mombor up to tho grand pre sident carries before it an an impelling duty and prlvlli go that paragraph of 1u avowed almii and obji lit which stuti i lo ico to tilt maintenance and com fort of thorn who require pi cial treat ment of tho dlt ahh d i lek ugi d and in ftl mitd to promote tin wi ifare of tho women and i lilliln n and otlu ni their deponed ntt can i urn lo provliwn i ho lonil brunt h t nde avnrn in ofur an ltn n ourcm will pi rmlt to n mi r tdd to those miking null but whin the probli m in of a nature j t quiring t tjiei lally e xpert attention it li hnmidlattly nfimt to ihii ijylonji piovlntlal jt rvlci hun at in ontario boiltle the hunan at pro vincial ifiudqimrti ni in lor on to nib officii urn mulntalntd ut london and windsor quite ofti u can i t an hi ad- junt4fi with the dlitrlrt niili t i of tin department of pi iwiiouji ami national health but whin u claim has to be dealt with at tho fiont of clovi mint nt in ottawa til u tluro h the efficient dominion jleadqtiurtora tu rvlci hureau to be rolled upon with the rri atlon of the now pen ion nwhrnwryiindrrthimmlndi dlogbrmtlnn of 1030 some might i nqulro- what further need in there for legion tlervlce bureaux whon parliament hai nut up iho veterans hurt all at ottawa and ap pointed numerous pension advocate i throughout tho country irmaufa have doublrd surprising ait it may wient the demands for assistance by i ho legion havo more than do ublt 1 since the new legislation became effective i ho veterans bureau and the puulon advocate n have been literally swamped with the work of pre paring cam it already in hand for hearing by tho pensions tribunals and arguing appeals beforo tho pension appeal court the legion lcrvlce hun all huvo been called upon to do an in the post a great deal of tho upado work of gathering evidence and making preliminary pre sentation of coses to the hoard of pen sion oominluilonors with hope implred by tho new it glilatlon thousands of veteran and di pendents have renewed previouslyrejected clalmii con ddornbl i of this mftli of renewed claim i hat fallen upon i ho legion ai an indlci- tlon every moiith lnco lant july tin filing iqillpment of dominion lit ad- qiartern service ilureau hiui had u be increased and ii now almo it double tliat of nine month i ago snrvbo work drvrlttpnirmt in the following paragraph inmethlnr of the fit ni nei and flevt lopment of thu iiorvlce work by i he liglon li glvi n yurtlcuiurly at it rrlutci to tlu rhmlnlo ueadauarten buroiijii it 1i a favoiltf iui t rtlon of publil jipeakt ni and ho doubt trut that canada achieved nationhood a i a n ult of her t iforui in the clrat wai 1ilor to tin oiltlin ak of the war no one would havo had the ti nit illy to piophi ij that thi nation of it than nlm million pi oplt foulti havt contributed in mm winlth and enterprlit to tin t xtt nt that it dl 1 in tin m uliift foui and a quarti r int atirtlnu with thi mr t thirtytwo thou- lantt the pi i omul of canada n in oil i foret i evi iituiilly pi t tl the half million mark lit r llnaiirlal outlay rt itrfu d v ril unit mould hmt hi en upp if tho nation could havt fort tin it- com mltmtnti lrom thi unit contlugt nt with 1u- miauro equlpnient of machlnt nhu undllght nnlilrry our urmamcnti fxpanded to inuudo glinu of the laigeij calibre tankn at roplanei nnd a man of equipment that would have in en the nvy of a prewar continental army i he name of canada wni to be found in ovory arm of tho wir machine mhi uchlovt nu nti of lur land forct t jitafttng- uith tho secouhjllattlr of yprwt were lirodlgloun and time and aaln nu rltt d the ful mine pralre of the hluhei com mand i of thi allltd armlt and tho grudging admiration of the em my in the air the enterprise of the flrtit iw canudlaiiii ret ulted in a largo proportion of tho uoyal air force belnk enll ited from thin domlnon the ilea fairing men of the two roiusti did tin ir i hare in tlio arduntib work of the royal navy j- tjrttcr prohletiim to turn with the progrctn and conclusion r tho conlllct canada found her elf con- f looted by rriultant piohltmi of m ignl- tudf and comphxlty for which thi re umi no pnrtdtnt lhouiiantli of ca ualtlt i had to be tr ated and cared for and brought biuk an far iui win lunnmilv powdblo to normalcy phynlca ly anil mrntally 1 ben win tin dtpuultnt of tluvit who had died or wire dltabltd to be provided for i hi re were many thousand men fit and partially fit to hi rehhbllltatfd and glvi n a plare in the community llfu where tliey could con tinue to earn a mitlijat tory uvellhojid and con tribute u the nation a-upbuid- lng turned to comrade in pioneering a way to the wolutum of thnne manifold problrnik it wan not humanly poslble to anticipate eviry con- li col j icniltloit mekay pnnlthnt of the ontario provincial command kvi r nln o tho ixulon camt into iw luir he hiu given untiring i ervlco tin 1u hi half both ai a provincial and dominion otflu r attfleqga dltlort or to rtnd a latlifactory corrective the denlro of the nation wiui to do hi full tluty to thoim who hud iiulfeied biieauui oi tlmlr uirvicii fr hipirvlr of un lulwinuorti a dn rial dnjiartmi nt of the aovirinnint win crejitud to deal nohly with them problem i mlulotut of dollani were expended in a liuid in ttle- ment iwhime and leiutor niiiountj for rehabilitation in otlu r i pht roi of activity yet with it all there artxh ii 1iwi t individual problem which could not be drtlnltely nolvi d by exinliliig provuilonn into thin nltuatlon thuro nimn iui elnment which hiu had more to do with the iialh factory juilutlryri of plojt ot them problcmn than any other ource die returned jtoldiirn themiolve i win i oldleni organlatloiiii flnit came into oxl i ton co it wiui natural that the man with a problem mould turn to hli organ ised comrade i for njuilntancc jich in- dlvldiiill cilj wild t tudled uupporunir evidence gathered imd the facui argued with tho dopartmentnl olflclaln concern- i i hi i work brought u certain measure of relief but an tirm piu ied the volume of individual problenn incrnu cd and were morn complicated active 1 rom outset lrom the outet ortanij d canndlaii war vf teran i were uctlvf til milking practical miuaeitlon to parllaim nt 1 rom these uwiipstloiii rame the foundation principle j of exiting legl latlon year by year i pi clal committee of parliament ii iti m d to propo ni i from vi ti rim i orgun nation mid drafted bllb for neiulmeiiti and addition iui n n ult win n the union of tile prlliclptl vrt an organl it ion brought into t xh ti ncl llu canadian 1 1 ion theie uni crtatid from the utljuitmt nt 1 1 rvlce of old bod lii a dt partment of dominion lit idquaitt r known ai th st rvici bun in i ver bramh of i hi lfglon li pottntlally a 1 1 rvlct bure ui ntlju t tng lofal dlltleultii i und rer ivlng pal tlc6lar ofothti probltniktobi pa id on for tin action of hlulu r command i a nu ndou iimoinu of u oi k ha bet n ompllhid in till wav a will a i thiouirh thi irott of dl tiict and pio vllicial eomniaiul nut hie pnu iiliki 1 ht it flnn effort i in lecurlnc nifdliil ltllatlon and in iolvlng tla 111 lmphnh f of lu indiyldji ilpxilw it m ca f i in thi high t frit li nt bureau in thi capital cltv pinunul attention lfvrlwd otuukiuiuiy juwdiwlft tt4whiliu mi ganlatloiu and welfare in tltutlon i throughout tin dominion tlilri- arc mil c that merit the title of human more than the li glon luireau at ottnuu lookiiur ovei the long row of filing cab liuti containing the document of many thniihimd iwltylduu can i u tin carna vbltor might feel ju tlllidin thinking or the durum ai n limine maclilm hut contact with the work of thi adjufit- nn nt offlrern would joou dltint 1 inch an t rront oiiii impre e ion tvery ca e be come i tho ptnonal concern and n ipon- llbility of tho officer to whom it li ntniiti d yearn of torpcrlt lice havi inught him that there an certain vi fentlalu to tht tatlifactory ndju tment of inch chlm antl ho nti abmit method ically and patni takingly to i xplorc every povfibli channel which might mib tan tiate tht claim oiiuw with applle mt ptrbipi thi inoht apparent wt aknt of ptn ion and tieutment liglllation lit iftct that i treatid william nrown at ntltlt imnt mti wholly with ihe appli cant 1 hi ro are wry ffw veloriuit who havi iimy cimetptton of tht iittpi noceii- lary to prove tliolr clalmii tliey cannot uiuuritand why a letter from the piayor or othor proinlm nt fitlstu in thi lr com munity atutlng generally that william hrown mrvtd oven i as in the- war and klnoe then htu been unable to work ttadlly i think ho nhould in givtu a pt iihion doct not conntltute evidence neither can the vt t ran or tho doctor imdnrktand wliy tho department rcfihh concludid on page jtwelve tiik canadian lkcion the lioyi of tin old hrlgiulo are ntnndlug nhouldi r to nhouldir tliroush tho gnat nationwide organ lat ion of the canadian legion tlie woundi d the lubtrcular the blind tlie dl triuid an htld by theii mtin foitunato brouuri jim old jtplrlt of tho hghtlng foioe in lyuiwi of giving tho otlu r mlow u li g up tllngi to the legion with all tin mimoili and pi thou of tho wai yt urn a gnat ltal of mom y ha i bun iiiikl by thi i oigiuilauitlon und the gtwid it ha i done imiiot bo t timattd llu faltll- fiilnt i and if aerlllrt t hut 1 1 tin ii in r j tone of iti foundation iihould nnko inmi of the n t of in hang om luud hi hunt when wi com ider our ln- dllfonuct it if not tlie jplrlt of ling waving piitilotl m or tho giddy hunting of the ft i vnit lecruitlng off iei r that imikiii tlio 1a glon inch a foico in canada today but loyalty biotlurliood and iiymputhy it ii natili il to put the thought of wur in fur away from ua iui po u ible but we mu t not dl ingmd the con t qui nee j our chlldn it will bo paying of tho lmgu war dibt long aftti we are gone but right now tin re li a humaritarlim debt that we nloni can dlschtirgt the wrockugt i u t up by tho jitorm mu t bo ronnerved brought hack to ui 1 1 ulnt li and normal ity i ho canadian ia glon known the vi ry hi art und uoul of the ptiinionent iuid tlio hoipltal ciueji it li more ablo to help than anyone llu veteiana wlib have not idtntilinl themit lvi with the lfglon are iihirklng it 1 1 a hard word to ujc beeau a it ha ical ilgnldcanco to an ex inldior hut whin ho hiui tho mem- orlf i of idulh alwayn with him juinly lie ejui hi lp hbi cotuiclenco by doing a bit to alloviato tho buflerlnga of tlioao who wi re not w fortunati tin local legion in nndiilg out tho fall in ivory veteran in the commun ity will be comcloui of lli fiignlflcance ifaiulsoni fropliit lor winning groups mujiiii4 nl silvlr cujw iunnu to iakuhi securing crxntewt liu reuse jim i h nid oiiit i llvt i tuiu an to h aw it di d foi n ul tn ii u h d during t li camp ilgn 1 lie til t will go to tht lu ancli in tin provlnt i ot urine tho glial i t int ii a o lu mi lulu r hip duihin tin cimpilgu i vi ry lltaiu li laifi und i mall will havt an t ipiul hunt a tht f up i j g dug to hi awnrdi tl to tlu hi ant h having tin gn ati t p rt i nt i i of in- f n i i on tin ii paift up mi mli r hip ii at marih m and mind thl by thi way jiuii hraui lu i an talking it i golni to bo m ct ii ury to havi lome- whik mar u huutlri t pi i ct nt in en u t to in in tin money ijtill don t it t that dl icouragi you hunt plugging will tt 11 tin tali on tho la it tiny of april f ifo mrmhrnddii htandbijf i lu nnnch tu curing the laiftnt num- bt r of i ifo mt mbem during the month will neurit thi in rand iltte i u fit id that luui in in largt ly untourlud to tlatt and olft rn u wondt rful opportunity ih np4 uil miculailuijlufi mtmlhrjlllj wl tell you till about it i bird for yunm ilfittlw i lo tlui 5ono roprojentatlve who t ono ihowi the largut lncn in in nu iwlii r ulilp during tho campaign a thhd imp will bt glvin qit lithlufl your npn- fu ntatlvo iuid i how tht otlu r ontn what j you can do in your di itrict i it in lioptd that tlio grand pn ildcnt of the dritbih kmpin hervleo ieagut will in with mi during our provincial con vention fit oiihawa in augu it antl it i hopid that ho will count nt to pro tint the io cupi to tho w inn era at th it time citrv ius lahxijlnty is iuionnaikk i trl f itcfchlitmttudli pjyn tuirti ihnl i nridx in tiniadlm icloti ottawa apill 10 p tying illicit dollurii dm antl iinli foi a budiio tlio 1 url of h boioiiili win i nw iitvlct tlnough tlm war on tin tuif of 1 li id mu- h ii hi iltniy wll on today in eiimi an aetlvt mtmliir f tlio canadian i e 1 m in making out hi i application foim iii i xct lit ncy wri tt down hit on i pu- ti ui a govt i nor ot in nil of dan at 1 1 uo ive hi i tun or jtivltt n i 11m 111 hi rank on til ehargt in capt iln and hi i nt xt of kin a til gount of lit bnimigh hln i xt t lb in y 1 uheatly a in mln i of tin iliill li uuhm having paid hln dm i and having had hli appll ati m atttptitl hi now rankn with tlio hum- bit it it tin nt d man in tin canadli n ijglon nit l no honorary m nibi f hip it win imphu lad by inonia i wayilng chairman of tin i eg n i ott iwu mi mln nhlp commltti i wliev tok tho vice regal application on bicomlnf a uglonialn th gov- rnor ot nt ral 1 ut d tlu following t tatt nunt to vi ti ran i in canada an u nu mix r of tho hrltl h l glon i am proud to join tint canadian legion iilko tor i will know hownihch the liglon iul flono throughout the kiuplro to ptip tuate the hi it it gicy of tho wu tho uplrlt of ft llowuhln and mutu il conlltlcnee hitwmi all nuilcj or th vx- pnlitlonary lorcen awjmuiiic mmlm and dwrvcd i lie acton lcgloh now ha nn oppor tunity of tilling mucli- to furuior miiktt ilalton county outstanding in tin pro vince rhi wuirlhy itlt aln of thin organ- ivuition maken it highly dc icrving of co operation from anyone and evt ryono eligible for membtrililp acton branch is the youngest member of the provincial command llu4 only itcvn organied 11 i ew weclut hill will start out on charter niishl with a memhcrhhip of tturtywcvei the younkcht post w showing the activity of youth a tu tcalng ghum c35 comradesuid citizenship service lluuuh no iii of tint cull mil m ijhioii will bo jut four wnkn ul on iihinlilv in xl hut in thli urkl p ilod tiny luivi uliown hiui h u tlvl j und llui it w wo ki huvo u u hiu y on i und uliiiuly mii li uooil linn him ur lomlillililii ai km llraln ll 1 1 tlm yoiinu l in audi or tlm iilon ih tin 1 lovlnit in llir oitin u glumitw r u tt w wcrku ui lilt f iiiiitl itlcm of alton pot win i iiiliiiiiiiuilt tl with tin following olflt lul iii11n1 wl oou1d 1 lltjl vici 1h 1 1 m mtllomml 1icond vici imlll 11 ci allnoil mlcltriary 111 ai 1 i whici1i advi oiiy commii ii i i ron v w icci11haii olhn nil nilii i to lit i i till ut il 1 it r tlnn i t lit tunif th it inutlnl lit thh for nn inhi r hip llu linn on umi on chirtl nil lt im tiny nlkllt in lit wlun tilt alton pti l will ht pn tnttd with tilt lr n w rhurtii tin oikiuilyjitloii him u nn mln n hli or tlility tvtii hit fill lowlnic itrt tilt nn mln in now i nrolli tl i 1 cilonnaiill w i oould i ii cilonnaiill j m mrdonald 11c1ionnaiiu 11 q aunoid i1qionnaiu1 1 i wuiaiu i i aionnaim i rtonky i ualonnailli w i cci 1 shai i ii alonnailtl dlt l w 1iauin ulqidnnaiill w roiui iloionnailll j wrldl lulljn ikaionnaiiut c d jhomfjon li oionnaim a 1 fadhully lllaionnairl 1 1iuaida iloionnamlw d iuu1ton ll qionnaiite j a mtine uqionnaiiu h ailunwooo iiaionnairu w t 1ariy ll aionnairtlj d j n1jwman lkaronnarm i i icaiuiow li aionnaini j m uooit li aionnairu l a icrna llqionnaiu1 j mills r loionnairk o lxjitd li aionnaim- n duniiau ll aionnalrl c wirillril li oionnairl a a miroiifll lixlionnanil n s marshall lloionnaire j mcoliacnili lkqionnairl i amuona iroionnadu w j lawbon liqionnairl pirry wai son ll qionnairi j a andlrson rock wood u qionnairl i cof a o i 11fardmoiie who luu ulwiiyii tuktn iui iictivo iti- ttrtit in thi wtlfiiro or acton iuid iu tiriciuilkiitiniih und will liu u uiitntt on clnrlcr nluht day itockwootl j bali ji nninqs ycii need the canadian leocn and the lecicn treed f veii secure applications i rom acton branclr no 197 w gould pklsidhni i m mcdonald isi vicepkesideni b g arnold 2nd viceprcsidln i f l wrigiii sicrl1ary i 1 aionnalrp i- llaionnaiul j uwrionnatnb h uayi iso ii oionnairl j d loutiil ll oionnairi i a rohinson llaionnaiitl cam1 hon iriflll- man i ho mid of a well arganled body of i x i rvirt mi n in the community hij hi i p fi it fur uoine time iiil need of i ucli iv botly in f very community unking up with the provincial and dominion liianclu i 1 appau nt in i vt ry cento lliere ii work aphnty to be accom pli hid by and for tht o ix u rvlce nun i lu di l t for membt r dilp throughout til provincf will mitt with the approve of ivny titiieii und acton i organlatlin i nt i olf at a ny oppoitune time lor tlu ft w ivfck that arton legion hi hten in t xl tenet tiny liau rauktd wt ii in the piovlnn wldi menlbor lilp drlvt huh chart r night on imidiv in xt piomi t to br an outiitanding oe- cn ion among tho prominent mtn who havo jjitfultied uiuh hitontlon of tit- tincllng in lt col picking the honorary flitittary and col a o i neardmon of lot on to till uiriiu oi way i am at a nillway i tutlou down yonder a fiiight tnln has been i tonding iilllt for a quarter of an hour a lot ul pieicugcr train t wlngn in on a f tdlng ut the otlu r i ml of tho yard a handcar with a track crew cornea up and it in lifted ilildi and thiy i lt down to rent what li tlio master in a minute cornea tho nmiwi r a whliitlo blown and tho international lhnlu fl ilauhe i by at nlxtv mllen nn hour itt furnt ntop i fifty mllori dowii the line it will bo there on time dnvld starr jordan iiald the world fitoni anldo to lot any miui punn who know win re ho in going some folks are bi ing continually hold up kjlotrack- eil nonpliijl od by clrcimuitancci becauno they do not know whore they are going huvo uevi r got up any momentum in life souil nro merely dillydally tng with frlvolouie and unworthy mattt rn some with drink or drug habltn are mhoh or the tlmi lu a droimy oi uuroiikclous ntate there li tho odtljobi mm who ylg igjt liln way through life another tit pt ud i on chimeen a man i pent n wlntir in home among itn vunt tnunurta of art lltoraturo and rollufon when he went uiiuetijluo knew about homo wnn ih lottitfbkataku out and obiint your riiiht of way holtn tlnhut a truck i earlier johnny can you tell mo what waltle lit johnny yiani itn a pan oa ice with a lion hkld tread hit iii pa it km kayh jim 1 it tt her wnn a hand iflmc trno- plng ft hi r nnd one of the qulclu st fellers on id i fi ct i evt i mo i hi y toll tho ntory about jim imlng at ojui of thft lumber ramiu up in the woodn and run ning iiftt r a moone and jumping on lies back but i kind of think thuti a mite exuggt rati tl a moono can run pretty fant yr know but anyhow jim was- extrlo ordlpury wht n it cam to athlctlcd wt 11 w i luu war wan decured jim vvaw among tho fust to inllnt ho wi nt oft to camp and they iient him to franco- and ho wiui all ovor the place from what i can gather when tho armlitlce wus signed jim nipe liome again but he dldn t come junt tho memo as he d loft ho brought a little prench wife with him and come of that gas had got into hu lungn and ho uicd to fit t to cough no lt would just about tear him apart well jim and mario that wan her mime hcttlrd flown here in jonen port and got a little farm iitarted in to do fu it rate hut along about tho end of tho furt year jim comitionctxl to fall and in another yi ar he pouted along it wiui a blow to all of ua but lt was won for marie shu pulled herself tngi ther for a time cause there wan a little baby what had come along to thorn but before long though nho ommenend to fade again she i tuck it out for a while but her money won going and wo aw hi r only cliauco win to get her homo to lyiijiro no wo all chipped in n mltiv and bought her ticket it won a couple of yiam lati r before i li timed tho rcjfc of tho ntory and when i did x was turilblo up lot i hatln t took better earn of her but thin wan the way it went when nho got on tlie boat tihe only had ten dollurn in lu r pocket benldo tho ticket und after rho wan out a couple of flay i nho li iirued that tho boat didnt gtv direct to 1 ranco but wiu duo for ger- nnny there nhi win with ten dollam in her pocket and a little baby in hor armi landing way oh 111 a ntraiiro country she won ntandlng by tho rail ono day looking out to nen and scared mu t to dt ath win n another woman came up and i tartetl talking to hor it keren t long befotii marie d told her what he matter win iuid the other woman i uggei ted that ho nend u wlrolonji to her father mario hadnt thought of tint before so i hu went down to tlui whole iu room and iieht a meimogo to hor father to meet hor all the next day she waited and no antiwer come and tho next morning nnd tlio afternoon in the evening an nh wai standing by tho rail tho wireless officer como out on deck and give hr a little yellow paper lir a couple of minutet slut didnt dure to look at lt and then nho unfolded it and road that her father would bo there to meet her i ears of liapplncns rolled down her face it ays my father in gdlng to bo there alio cried aloud boo my father la going to bo there i here werefi t no words in tho world what could h ivo meant mo muoh to her in her hour of trouble as o know that her father wan going to be thero you know folks when the tlmo cornea for mo to onus to tho othor side i don t think 1 11 worry much about tho iitneu being paved with gold or what brand of harph the angels piny on i m willing to take my chances causo i know my pather is going to be there myhthty in common things there is a mystery in the meanttt trndo one workman tyrns up a clod with his patient pick and opens a gold mine another wields a rusty hoe and hots a bare ncro all ashlne with flowers a solitary axeman in a forest hews out a homo for tho heart there is a mystery in the meanest trade the humbler v the trade the deeper the mys tery