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thpmdast octobbt hth lil the acton free press pactje rpwrn jfoffwa mr geo m array was tovottto- evar siitinay mr usd mr john bruah visited relauva here over th holiday mr t bm w ha mm- utan for tha weekend holiday mr and mrs austin need of strat ford visttad with mr and mra s 3 kam mr and mra r h elliott george 8hlrley and jane apent the holiday at comber mlaa margaret brown viatted frlends in port sydney over the weekend miss ruby clarke and mr boyd clarke of toronto were home for the holiday mr and mra prank browning of toronto visited here during the holi day weekend mr and mrs charles symon of toronto vuated with his mother over the holiday weekend mr and mrs a t mann spent thanksgiving at the home of mrs john moffat in toronto miss pat scott of calt visited dur ing the weekend at the home of rev a w and mrs fosbury mr and mrs e h vincent bill and barbara of toronto visited acton friends over the holiday mr and mrs jd p marks of de troit mich visited at the home or mrrgeorge edwards on monday george wallace clothes shop 112 yonge st 2nd floor toronto ud saw money w t pattbrson bo bpoeaaltet ta eye im wtndham st aciuh pikes mm completely equipped offlees below shoe store maher t- mr and mrs alan macdonald and miss margaret msrdnnsld spent the weekend with friends in sarnla miss marie bnpielle of st hildas college university of toronto spent the weekend at her home in acton miss dorothy banks visited friends in acton and toronto enroute from y tohe home at sask bingo auspices of acton aso vianlx war bxkvtck ueaotje town hall acton thursday october 16 r30 pm is prises adults zoo children itte weekly war commentary bprrjiy writtoa f r the aotoa stssts nrw fcy btim pkteks fitiaw prvast btaft writer in the great developing battle of moscow indication axe that tha nazis are using railroads to a far greater extent than they have in their earliest invasions such as in france and the balkans where the advance was almost entirely by highway the names that appeared in the hews as the russian were pushed back in the centre were almost all railway towns minsk smolensk and finally vyazma all lie in the direct line from warsaw to moscow bryansk is an important point on the kievmoscow llneivnd orel and tula are on the railway running north to moscow from sevastopol and khar kov russia built her vast european railway system with moscow a the hub and th linos a the spoke of a eggs for britain to be bore thai they are fit far veraeast saljamml and sup tfrjwjir mr and mrs alfred butcher and miss in whit of cshawo spent the weekend with mrs robert price and mrs angus mceechem young street mr and mrs eugene macpherson and family of toronto spent the holi day weekend at the home of ms par ents mrs george murray has just re turned home from fort william after spending a month with her sister benal mr and mrs k e battrsm mrs m l buck of owen sound pearl buck of toronto and sgt k buck spent the holiday weekend at the home of mr and mrs a k mann mr and mrs laird mcdonald murray and kenneth of detolt mich and mr and mrs j n small of nler1f1h and mncb bellof henull visited with mrs r m mr donald mrs m l buck of owen sound miss pearl buck of toronto and mrs a k mann and kenneth attended the graduation at the no 1 bombing and gunnery school at flngal when sgt k buck graduated as a sergt wireless air gunner on saturday or keg gndlar motion acton is bearesuenilv loos at mill street opposite the clreaory theatre acton egg grading station mm street gigantic wheex a wheel which in the 11th week of the war the nazis have broken on the westerri side but which was intact to the oast should russian strategy call for a wlthdrawnl of any importance there arc several parallel railways runnlnsr from mos cow to behind the volga and the urals germanized rajjs attention was centred on the rail way system westof moscow now largely in cerman hands whon the nazis issued hitlers order to his troops opening what he called the last great decisive battle of this sear bp rtts- insurance life hi sick and accident automobile and bartuuy boiler liability consult f l wright general mfipokange cooper block aetott out ffaotte 6 timed oct 10 altar bad weather had prevented attacks in darkness for more than a week the ruhr valley and rhlneland industrial areas pro vided targets for the renewed offen sive but planes of the fleet air arm during the week made it hot for ves sels carrying supplies to german forces in northern russia- the naval airmen were reported around the norwegian coaat and one squadron of llanton tratlon of enemy ships as far north a west fjord in the narvik area fleet air arm planes operate from aircraft carries devastating night raids on western germany and enemyoccupied terri tory continued thl week and there wa no letup in dayllgty attack there have been heavy attack on the french coast from calais to bou logne the offensive against german shipping extended from the wether- lands to norway whll6isuch town a duesseldorf cologrienuremberg and bremen in western and northwestern germany have suffered severely in the mediterranean theatre of war plane of the royal air force and the fleet air arm hav blasted objectives in libya and southern italy miss sheila breen honored at a miscellaneous shower buses leave leave acton to toronto a5 51 am 9 ox am 11 31 a m 2 ofi p m 3 51 p m 551 p m 8 5g p m a except sundays last thursday night mn sun norton and mrs wra waterhouse entertained a number of girls jt a miscellaneous shower in honor of sheila ireen a bride of this week the bride- to bo opened the mnny lovely and useful gifts which uere ar ranged on the table decorated to suit the occasion during the evening games and con tests were enjoyed by the guests creating much fun and laughter i a delightful lunch uas sered cafe teria style and mb dorothy cordlner poured tea sheila graciously ex- tfvwj n mun t gl nd good wishes assuring her friends that the shower was a grand urprlse last friday afternoon the em ployees of the mason knitting com party made a presentation to miss sheila breen miss alietna gibson read the following address dear sheila once again ve hear the joyous tinkle of wedding belli sounding out the day for another member of the mason knit family so with this special occasion in mind it is a pleasure to carry out the om custom of expressing our good wishes to the bridetobe yf9 ask you to accept these gift in the hop that they will enlighten your kitchen duties just as much as your sunny disposition ami ready smile have done to make our fellow ship with you a pleasant one may your married life be blessed with a perpetual shower of good luck health and happiness sincerely employees of mason knitting ca than uls dorothy frank present- ad her with a fine assortment of blue and white kitchen enamelware shell thanked her fellow-employ- saying that u was pleasure to work with thm to london 953am223pmb6iapm 808 pm b sun and hoi standard time bus tttavel information at harold wiles phone 58 gray coach lines oregor theatre yiivtkhday jmj ctuday october u and 17 road to zanzibar ding crosby bob hope dor othy lamour march of time china fights ilatk disney little whirlwind chapter ii king of the koyal mounted hatvuday october ii itofrbad man wallace beery lionel barry- more canada carries on sol diers all traveltalk glimps es of kentucky cartoon andy pnada s craxy house fox news monday october t sis hopkins scatterbrain comedy with judy canova7ctutesfiutlels- worth novt lty mastery of the sea pete smith water bug i he said that more than 25500 kilo metres of russian railways are func tioning and that more than 15000 kilometres of railways have been changed to general european gauge as the russian policy of scorched earth unquestionably has been appli ed to railway a well as everything else these figures if even partially correct r an enormous task accomplished the ruhldlhs in de liberate attempt to prevent their rail ways from being useful to an invader built them all with tracks three inches wider than the ordinary euro pean gauge four feet 11 inches instead of four feet 84 the advantage of auch railway re construction to the nazis now is that the lines along which they are ad vancing are less subject to winters hazard than are the highways where anow and it are a constant threat to mechanized vehicles the railways of course are subject to attack both by air and by geurll- las and the russians undoubtedly are making the invaders pay heavily for the use of the vital steel links moscow menaeed the german drive on russia capital assumed serious proportions ntthojft pc soviet army newspaper rod star admitted that fresh nfarl divisions had been hurled ihto the battle around vyazma little mqrc than 100 miles from moscow while other russian sources said a deep wedge bad been driven into de fences in that area while there is no reason to under estimate the importance of german gains in the vyazmabrynnskorel triangle the uelluorn nazi propa ganda reports of encirclement and annihilation mny well be treated with reserve communiques issued at the time of previous offensives have been of a similar pattern but russian armies in the main have been evacuated successfully from en circled areas and continue to opposi the invaders hon long the soviet defenders will he able to stand up to the germans powerful drives is a matter for specu lation at the weekend it was re ported russian reinforcements were being rushed to htem the advance on moscow and the flulditv of thn situation marie it difficult to appraise clearlv the itnl army s position russian defenders of lenlngrnd ron tinued to hold the gi rrnans hi this area and nt the extreme south oj the long hntllefmnt nt mlr had tip had utile to way prime minister winston churchill believes that n commons debate on the progress of the war on the east ern front and the mutter of aid to russia might prove detrimental at the present time in a brief exchange in the house october 14 with emanuel shlnwcll labor advocate of british diversion in the west the prime minister said he saw no reason at all for an early do- bate on the situation in the east he declared that any statement on the german offensive must obvlous- rtnrcntly made little heiuiwny in sev eral days of fierce righting press for action stirred hy the courageous defence- of he russians dt mands are spring ing up in he united kingdom for british action on the continent rus sian reports recently intimated that reinforcements required for the east ern front had cut the german army of occupation in franccto approxi- rnatek 500 000 men it has been hinted that british military circles believe the number to be much greater one authority estimating j 000 000 soldiers remained in france prime minister winston churchill in a recent broadcast stated the possi bility of invasion had never been for- iotten by the cahlnet points was given to his remarks oct 10 vchen it was disclosed hy the war office that britain had organized a corns of spec- la shock troops skilled in sea land ings and guerilla warfare there was no indication of the size of the corps normally a corps is made up of two or more divisions perhaps to 000 to co 000 men estab ly be left to the russian high com mand who are conducting their great battle m orderly withdraw disclosure that vyazma and rransk as well as orel were in ger man hands was made this week by the russian high command at the same time soviet spokesmen on oct 14 declared that red armies wcrebolng malntalnedlntaetant re treating in order to new defence positions 1 german reports of encirclement of russian forces in this area brought a denial from s a lozovsky official soviet spokesman who declared that the nazi advance had been slowed up and even halted in many sectort by sheer weight of numbers the germans appear tobe moving slowly toward moscow one spearhead has been driven as far as borodino about 70 miles west of moscow on the other hand the russians arc bringing up thousands of- reserve troops and the red air force is battering the invaders lozovsky stated that russia can send forces of enormous size of which the germans hnvc no conception thirteen days afvef the start of the latest drive on moscow tltoro or many indications that the nazis will have to fight terrific battles before the ruaslnn capital falls another threat to moscow develop ed tuesday when the germans started a drive to turn the capital s volga river defence flank near knlenln 05 miles to the northwest while red star soviet nrmy newspaper declar ed that russian armys position wns the most critical of the war it was stated terrific losses wore being in flicted on the invading forces it was admitted the germans were making steady but slow progress eastward from vyazma and bryansk and that tula 100 miles from mos cow had fallen the german high command claimed oct t4 that in the operations west of moscow 560 000 russians had been taken prisoners and 888 tanks nnd 1 1t5 ennnon taken or destroyed last saturday was the big day and the folks of acton put apple day o vermin el5p thrnows started outr about 930 and when the time came to count the receipts we found we had taken in over 70 30 of this being for apples and transportation and a net balance of about 40 we want to thank the people of acton very sincerely for their help in making apple day a great success last weekend was the last period thaf the scout reserve at blue springs whs open for the camping season on monday scouts wilson gordon herb dron bui knight don evans and dave dills visited blue springs reserve and made some good progress on the signalling tower patrols have been chosen for the winter term the patrols are the beavers under george holllnger and dorrrossrt heowls under wllsorr gordon and bill knight and the lions under dnve dills and herb dron any boys wishing to join the scouts are invited to come to the meeting nt the legion hall every thursday flight at 700 pm surprise treats in school lunch englands country homes british art dealers did not take their annual holiday this year because tlteyarc too busy their export busi ness has gone up by half since last war eighty per cent of the precious books rare bindings and old silver sold at london auctions is now bought by america at the june sale of the library of the great surgeon sir darcy power which fetched 2414 no less than 1388 was spent by a tingle amerl- ran biryeir thucetobratsd bayleya treatise on the eye went to the states at 145 in silver americans are out for large georgian sets of toup and meat plates they prefer a somewhat florid georgian style elizabethan and cromwell la n sliver does not at tract so many of them the main roason for the present migration of old english silver to the states is the high income tax and death duties which are bringing it into the mnrketfrom england s his torlc country homes fill johnnys and marys lunch boxes with wholesome tasteteasing foods and an occasional surprise treat and watch their interest in the three rs tlam v it milk is not available at the school it should be carried in the 4unch box since milk or cocjoalsa childrens meal must here are some lunch hot spots that are satisfying economical and wellstocked with nourishment macaroni and cheese spaghetti and tomato sauce spanish rice vegetable chowder meat or fish soup frizzled dried beef and creamed eggs and peas when the entire lunch is carried from home part of the main course from dinner the night before may be used sandwiches are important and af ford an excellent way of including minerals and vitamins cold sliced meat chicken chicken or fish salads diced eggs and minced celery sliced or cream cheese nuts and minced carrots and peanut butter blended with cream and diced celery are splendid fillers for whole whoat or grahambroad or tlio4iaw enrlched- brcad slices cold cuts mildly season ed are also good some youngsters like several kinds of sandwiches for their lunches so in clude one or more or cream or cot tage cheese mixed with nuts nnd cream along with n meat fish or chicken sandwich crisp celery sticks carrot strings whole tomatoes olives or cabbage slices carry well in covered glass jars always fill the jars at night and keep them in the refrigerator until lunch making time then the jar and the contents keep cool for a long time at chool apples pears grapes apricots oranges rind plums are healthful des serts and give a refreshing touch to the lunch and they can be quickly paired off with plain cookies or simple cake raisins dates figs or candy bars can be tucked into the box for extra vim and a special treat fall shoes we have just completed our fall line of shoes for the whole family por women brogues and lteln toe also mhiuij stylo for men fine hboeo sister and tlart makes any stylo work bboeo ah rises and iprlee ranees our stock is reason ably priced acton exclusive footwear store k bbalpto prep specialized optical service at moderate cost e p head tusuinred optometrist phone 1529 gtjelpm barrs weekend store news walkehs built soda crackers weston s extra quality choc mellows 1 lb 2 b 25c 29c 20c fresh extra fancy pitted dates 1 lb hedlunds new line chiuconcarne1tlnloc coronation v4 tin f- extra fancy salmon 1 tin cilc uptons black m red label tea lb 99c chum dog or cat food extra fancy j mellow old cheese ibdc stwrrftstfamous n tom ketchup l choice hand picked j lbs white beans 25c 35c 23c see our spedaj table of overseas sutreor we wul assist you to seleet and msek boxes for you bfri u1t vegetab ifl asks vacation for milch cows boasy needs six weeks with lytriehetjrnrsayther experta it jims letter was ceitsoied things are happening where jim if in the navy things jim n hoi allowed lo write about if jim could write what he would like lo write eraater number of raids similar to those on the loforten islands antf spitsbergen balds kssunted night raids on germany were re- columbus o cp north am triia dalr raws are in the mone acaln unci ohio state unlveril smclalms retommend that the b elven six or eight weeks vacation with pa nnnuallv lo keep them in tondltlon for the produttlon cam i alcn jus now ipimled up for food for britain the dair hushandr experts e plnln the need for hoilne vacations h snlnc dolr rims are artificial animals trented b man framearly models uhiih gave onlv a few hund red pounds of milk each ear now dalrmen want cows that average 10 000 pounds of milk annually milk mntslni a high percentage of water but it also contains minerals and other food constituents that are manufactured within the cows body if manufacture proceeds con tlnuous from one lactation to the next the ceaseless drain on physique reduces vigor o the milk production we at home might be more concerned about the war jim sayt everythings ok and thats what we expect from fellows like jim but things arent o k or jim would be back homeat his regular job weve got to do our part too one thing we can do is lend our money to pay for the war weve gol lo see to it that the men in the services get the ships and guns and tanltrand planes they need to da their iob war savings certificates help to provide that money we must all buy more war savings leitificates ths hlp of tvmry canodian ig nssalit far vfclory fn ihstm doyi of war lh rrou0ntfo seslt tpmndt if a irailor to our war uhort a reduction in pwtonal tpvuiuiq it now a vmaf ascauiry lo raitevs th pwturm for 00041 h vtabl mor ono moro labour and materials nr b divsfod lo winning thm war th oltoul frorf whtch canado atusr swsjra demands tals tlfdntat of woch of u over a period of jears will be less lls nf th corpsniaj- a jluutjmhetowttadrytnwrtotlswicti vear the acatlon with pay in the the form of exlrij feed permits th cow lo build up reserves for the be ginning of the next lactation support the war weapons drive- in your community l lty tl wmr sotj0 amimiuir omauim sphdlsst0 8uym0r war savings certdicates