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family and rrandchlldren the cool days haf been help ful to crdetaetm another installment of loctai tax es come due not later than next thursday the 15th force electric lroducts are building a new addition to their build- inc for boiler room space application of the calcium chlor ide on the gravel roadt about loua would be appreciated now fthool children and teachers too are counting the days until the lone summer acatlon good old school days t j e surbev thank tha acton and vlcinltv war service- league for the chocolates and othtr parcels received overseas knitting company um- lted are adding a new drying room to their plant and have also added igme additional knit tine machines this week actons sixth blood donor clinic will be held next tuesday volun teers are needed to register now see announcement in another column for particulars the annual meeting of the hal- ton progressive conservative assoc iation is being held in milton tomor row friday night details are giv en in another column regulations do not permit news papers to publish items telling of ar rival of soldiers overseas at this time that is the reason we are obliged to leave out any such items submitted the kings birthday was one day this week just which one no one eemi sure of it was marjked as holiday by three different groups one yesterday one tolay and another group tomorrow seems democracy has run rampant some extra fine growth has been reported but the best we have seen was a sample of oats sent in by rob ert fisher of the first une erin on monday the oats measured 26 inch es which is prett remarkable growth for the first week of june it has been on view in the free press window mr george w benton is mak ing extensive improvements at his business and house property on mill street lie is having the whole bulletin brick veneered a new modern window and store front is being built and a verandah t be added to the home it will makt a decided improvement to the bus iness section when completed invasion of the continent started tuesday morning cvmllned from pstge cue te4alane wtuchvin be employed i bought and paid car by the 2nd cana dian division at dieppe- the the contribution of that haz ardous epesmllon cannot be ovores- timaled- it will iwove to have bare aial pffetude to our ft-fth- nal sure invasion of ftance was prweedsd by two day by ibe fall of allied sat army walls fu an 1i after tssisvg sfaud strongly at the eternal city outskirts by hard- ci1lg rearguards were th first to mur uatya capital as the tmaslon of france progress 1 beyond us first day field dis patches declared the invaders were are fast workers biting dorp into franc allied lav- knadqnartem said only that satisfactory progress was betas nude but unofficial reports placed british v and american invasion troops in ioseton of a vmntle stretch of the french roast with the depth to some instances 12 miles or mar beachheads wf reinforced during tuesday night by alxbsrrte troops and from these operation csmo head quarters final announcement of losses suffered by the airborne section of the invasion it was stated that 11 big transport planes and 11 gliders were missing from the nights oper ations which saw a isomile train of transports and gliders soar across l he channel ross munro canadian press wajdllcllllllmt iwetles cvorespondent reported from franc that in two hours and 45 minutes fighting canadian troops won their beachhead tuesday and then shoved on inland the strip of coast on by canadas soldiers u quite barrow but it provided a base for further penetration aerial assault history was made last week when a large force of american heavy bombers apparently based in ltal struck at romanian targets friday and then landed at russian bases it was a landmark too in united nations aerial cooperation both russian yaks and american mustang escorted the flying fortresses and ground crews made up of american and russian mechanics met the shlpw as they totkhed down on fields that had been specially prepared in recent months a one bomur was lost and one fight er missing from the unprecedenttnl action at this relatively alight cot the furthet corners of avis europe were laid open to aerial bombardment by the allies fur of whose pre-tn- v avion air blows has mounted since mid april an official announcement said ad option of the shuttle technique mark ed military fulfilment of decisions reached at lat years teheran and moscow conferences among britain the united states and russia and add ed the operations mark the first large scale physical cooperation of the air forces of the three power shuttlebombing w as pioneered nearly a year ago when r a f lan- casters took off the night of june 30 1943 from british bases bombed frie- drichshafem in southern germany and flew across the mediterranean to land at bases innorthafrica return flight was made three nights later as the fourmotored llowvver capture of vettstri su valmontoia has nazis- drfsudve bone advoarws have bees wade m the face of stubborn ocnaaa rostat- aaop as the sth army tens oatt tato the albaa llus south of rou allied military authorities have i- iteratad their declaration that mllu ary action will be takes agslas rome only insofar as the german wse th city for military purpose th tnost reocnt allied atatetnent regarding rotae slrrsus that the authorities are conscious of romes fattsitlon one of the worlds tuixoticat retlg- loua and cultural contrea and that they will continue to take precaut ions consistent wttfc inrntlal milit ary requtramonu to aafeguard rome population nd tta historical and re ligious monumenta however if the germans c to defend rome th allies urtu be ob liged to take appropriate military measurs to eject them nasi troops haw driven two wodgea into the russian lines nort w the romanian city of last lust inside the moldavian border th rnsssns describe the advanoos as insignific ant vxedgesr made by the germans in the face of heavy losses of men and equipment chinese forces driving to reopen the burma lload have made advances in spite pf heavy monsoon rains and deep mud in the sabveen river ar ea north of the burma lload chln- ee forces have slogged their way in to ihe outslriats of chlaotou the chinese admits fresh japa kalns in hunan province two strong tlns east of ctiangteh and norttv- evasi of changshe have fallen to the enemy the japanese lrive in 11m changcteh area has been stopped navy heniob bericc bury st edmunds england cp because sea cadets were as signed fifth place in a parade of local youth organizations their command ing officer refused to let them part icipate the royal navy is the senor service and is therefore entit led to head any parade said cap a s hardy who said he was carry ing out admiralty instructions in withdrawing the cadets gdu builders moscow cprvmore than 400 youth brigades composed mainly of girls are working on th reconstruct ion of stalingrad many of them have become skilled masons and glaz lets giant hit spexla naval base in north italy near genoa without loss significance of the new italyrus sia runpresumably similar flights are possible between britain and rus sia la both military and political all points vulnerable allied air fleets now may hammer axis installations and war plants hitherto relatively safe from attack because of their distance from allied bases and the new threat likely will result in spreading nazi defences al ready scanty even thinner but perhaps even more important is in t he fact that w hert allied bomber strike deep into the strateg ic balkans they may have consider able influence in shortening the length of time such satellites as hun gary and romania remain in the war a record impact of 135 700 tons of bombs struck furope during thj month of may nearly three tons of bombs per minute for the entire month british bombers are estimated to have dropped more than 51 000 tons in approximately 139 o00 sorties due- lng may with targets ranging from growers uf cucumherx squash pumpkins meluns and ttlch like veg etable in ontario quebec and the maritime ivovlnces are advised to be on the lookout for the flr4 appear ance of the striped cucumber beetle because the- beetles work fat and much damage is often done befor the noli vigilant grower is aware of their pretence control measure should be taken at once urges alan g dustan entomological division dominion deiunrtment of agriculture who is in charge of vegetable ituect investigation ottawa dust tlu plunts with n mixture of tnlclum tttiu into und gypum land plasttr uklng one part of the artn- at to jo parts by vvelthtk of the kmtsum the young plants should be thoroughly covered on both the upp r and lower surfaces of the haves be- raliu the injects feed on teoth aide hrd rated lime may be substituted for the gvpttum but it tends to dwarf the plant b nnd stunts their growth temporarily to be successful sav mr dustan dusting should commence at the first appearance of the beetle and accord ing to the severity of the attack t or 4 applications a few davs apart are usually sufficient to hold the beetles in check the beetles are small and about a quarter ot an inch in length they are yellow in col or with a black head and three long itudinal black stripes down the back they can be very destructive to the young plants of cucumbers squash pumpkins and melons and other crops of that kind if not checked quickly vorway to the balkans nnd from it aly to poland american planes drop auspice u spite difficulll pel more than 83 000 tons of bombs in about 80 000 sorties thee record figure for may bomb lngs do not include operations of the tactical air force in italy drive on rome in italy canadian troops have cap tured ferentlno and are pushing northwest along the via caslllna less than 18 miles up the road are units of the american sth army which captured the towns of velletrl and valmontone after heavy fight ing these advances mean that the via caslllna has been crossed in two places by allied armies and thp nazis- retirement will have to be made over secondary roads some statistics on canadian scouting latest census returns completed in january show canadas total of boy scouts and wolf cubs to be 87 095 u increase of 1 166 over the previous year these figures do not include several thousand members of local associations and group committers there are 6 699 scoutmasters cub- masters rover leaders and assistants in the organization in canada spread across the dominion 1723 boy scout troops 1 591 wolf cub packs 68 rover crews 41 sea scout troops rover crews ore greatly re duced in number as scouts of rcvcr are are all eligible for service in the armed forces breakdown of scout population by provinces shows prince edward is land 289 nova scotia 5 236 new brunswlik 4 558 quebec 8 176 on tario 40 10 manitoba 6 536 sax k at chew an t 553 alberta 4 563 british columbia 8 085 salvation army scouts 1 571 scouts catholl- ques 4 jc8 during 1913 10 919 bov scouts ut u mled summer camps under scou of trans tortntion and rationing this doc not include a number of short dur- ntion wotf cub camps to give some idea of the effects of tht war on the rover section of the scout movement age 17 and up comparative figures show in 1939 3 221 rover scouts and in 1943 852 rover scouts every physically tit rover scout in canada is believed to be in the armed forces in rural sections where it is not possible to operate scout troops one scouts are operated individuals carr lng out the scout programme either alone or in company with a few other boys in their area in 1943 there were 999 lone scouts in can- special and regular meeting esquesing council ileal wall csmtinrt uy m4 rmum mt of ike taunaup kwiuestag ljwnshli counril held a fapecial meeting on ttuur4ay v eotng may 4th cuaculor george e cteave geuree currie and win a wilson were present iteev c ii may resided moved by currie oiode4 by wil ton that tbe tender of wallace wak ey cjnvrucuon co of 85 cents per yard for lujuuu yards of gravel to be aup41ed coshed and delivered on lb roads of the township be accepud acxxtrdlng to the teems of tandsr carried moved by currie seconded by cleave that the iteeve and treasur er be cbmpowered to sell the tvooooo 3 per cent 11154 victory llond and the ttfjooooo province of ontario 4vi per cent 1344 hood and that ut proceeds be invested in the tuh vlct- or 1 4n carried a sjtearial netlug ot council was held on saturday evening may gtu lseputy reeve g w murray coun cillors currie and wilson were pi sent and itevv c if may presided moved by currie sexjfvded by mur ray that ihe ttownshlp council pur- rtuase from mr violet mummery portion uf her gravel jt lying west uf the fence running south east from lut 22 slderoad con 5 eaqueslag for a distance of 300 feet south at purchase rine of sfitmi it being un derstood and agreed that the said fence is to be moved ten feet in an easterly direction to allow for a 50 ter cent slope from tlie bill top to lite present road level in the prop erty and that sliould additional grav el required to complete this seas ons road work that said additional l ravel 1m- pur based from mrs mum- mer at 15 cents a cubic yard that all fences taken down to im re placed and ground when gravel re moved lie left in n lev 1 orxh rly con lillon and that the treasurer be authorized to make knyment of same carried a court of lt vision for uu town ship of esquciin vvuu luld monthly morning juiuf 5th nt 10 30 goro e ci av george currie c ii may g w murray nnd win a wikmi i u re present having tukn the required ivulli gwtrt currlo movl that c ii may im chairman of this court of revis ion carrie lite npenl of jntiirs mann on nt sessiment of buildings was sustained apptal by a ncwnu oswuumtnt on buildings reduced 520 on upiier cnn ada college property appeal by wm t sinclair on upper canada college property assessment wi sustained moved by murray seconded by cleave that the clerk of this court of revision be and is hereby author- j zed nnd required to initial all cor rections reductions alterations and additions mode by this court in the assessment rolls for the year 1944 and the assessment rolls as finally re vised and corrected be now passed by this court and the clerk be nuth- 1 orlzed to certify to ald rolls car ried esqueslng township council held their regular meeting on monday of temoon members were all present with reeve c ii may presiding a letter from mr a mclaren ontario farm servlco force was read describing the work of the farm commandos c b swackhamer and r l david son addressed council asking for a grant to acton fair board the reeve on behalf of the council pro mised to deal with their request at a later date the following accounts were pass ed for payment bell telephone co services 7 40 john standtsh refund dog tax paid 2 00 cecil chlsholm dog uctnses letters etc 93 69 a w b nton dog licenses etc 83 96 township of noxsagaweya 50 per cent of relief given one family 11 03 a w benton stamps 7 00 n a robinson 1 regltereu ewe killed 35 sjwnc r wilson valuator 2 00 moved by cleave seconded by mur- ra that road accounts be paid 2674 69 moved by murray seconded b currie that relief accounts b pild 93 m carried a by law to prohibit the dump ng of rubbish on the hlghwnvs of the township was read ind passed by council another by liiw to restrain th run nlnr at inr c nnd trespassing of an imal was nka passed at this meet- ln i jos son ford w as appointed pound keeper for the township council adjourned to meet again on july 3rd or at the call of the reeve iftrttriox mr g a dills udllur and ihihtlstwr the acton fee pram hear mr i ee by your paper wlre acton has again gone over the tup la the sutt victory loan the old borne town always soesns to cuose through 4 it is a small pupulatttan in all the naval bases ships and depart ments always co over ihe tup ii is a pleasure to know that the cuile al home are right tietund us though nut only with suoney but with their hearts the cigarettes and par- oels wbkb an sent to ihe boys mean a whole lot and certainly aire greatly appreciated by the bo i always said that one of the cold est spots la the world in the apri- and summer was iceland now i ap ologise to iceland sydney la just as bod we have bad warns weather the buds are just cunning out on the tree the weather baa been grand very utile rain and iota of ninth but always a raw cull wind blowing i guess i am stuck here for the summer with the d k m s staff i really like my job and sydney is re ally a very nice city fur a seaport hough small only a utile larger lhan guelph and ih people are very sociable in fact everything here la just about the oppusllt to halifax a rily which nearly veron outside of a hallinlan detests it and its citiz ens seem to have live u rich quick id a while they tiave lite eliaitre though i like my lob here v still would far rattier i serving almiard a ship as n gunner slure jobs after two ears at sea seem very thte hut i am hoping and planning to be at sea eary next year just as soon as i tuts my q it 11 course and get ship well mr dills i guess i liad belter closet for now i am receiving your paier regularly now wnlch x apprec iate very much best of luk to tlie hoys over there i htar occasionally from henry ivrs w moved to emland a few years ago also itear from r hoare and jin wat rimuse th y are both across lh pond haw lieen for over a year how yours sincerely ii v dron 1 adlng s jtman klllujnfl fmkmkm uhiu ijondon ci a hnry 7 si ii ling im longing to u collw tum of tliu inb luinl grunlhy utld ut am hon hin for 20 german prisoners believe war iqht ijondon cpgniaa ifiatmnra of war in britain now ato bfoadcaat- ittg to the ornuui ieople and to in 4etman forces saving tit war la lost and that raptlvtly under th british is belter than fighting against them hitherto only extracts from prison ers letters were read on programs ikeamed to ermany hut to marie ihe oonaston of the first anniversary of the final german defeat in north africa prisoners taken la that camp aign were brought to the mlcropbooo to give their thoughts on how tb war was going th men w surnames were not given ao as lu prevent reprisals ag ainst their families spoke seriously and effectivasly they said in gener al that they felt ihe itotueland ought to know what ihe real military situat ion was after the defeat at stalingrad said cj karl we looked upon th north african campaign as lost quito a few of us were convinced our main duty was to save our uvea and sur rendered after ihe first shots had been fired or v before this emphasis on lite saving of their uves was made by eali soldier one said we were especially annoy ed wlten we saw lite fuss lsr mad of uur iterutr fluht w utew it would only worry uur folks at bora who could not know tltat we wer safe iikukves cuivku kkkth down wekias iiayonne n j iclk plants oro s i to work ridding uunlens of weeds anil keepliuf tlie soil moist tu a new type uf agricultural cultivation pm- kured by morris j spltak of bay- onu or two summers hu has planted c4m in a field that first had- been fully sown with white clover the corn was drilled in in holes when the clov r was about to head aftr tliat mr splvack mow tlie clover in the rows between hie corn from time to tlm h calls this mdhiml intwrmawlng and intertilling hu id a is that mot only does the mowed t rou restrht weeds hut that lis roots nr liloloihal aid to the main crop in imiiii iumm m he reports his corn off the clover pulcli was better thini the nvrnue corn of tht ralon hu second sumnit r wau lr hut ills com fl id soil lu sjys did not dry out men30 4050 sn- hnmi wi njst nmik ir sm ehissmd l mtun stssse itmhtlab f m mass ulnss tkmvs tabkw wdsy ladies dresses ww1j nothing looks more refresh ing on a hot summer day lhan a cool looking dress we can not begin to describe tlit enor mous collection of the yanous tdyles and rich summer shade of these fine dress to seersuckers spins kaons crepes shantung chambrays are but a few of ihe fabrics values you will find hard to beat one and two piece styles 298 795 ladies hats there is nothing more cool tng and refreshing tffan a sum mer straw hat never before have we featured such attrac tive style hats very new very mart are these newest style hat a style to suit every face prices 249 298 ladies slacks and slack suits slacks and slack suits arc the very thing for summer wear well cut und well tailored to assure good ht and comfortable wear in an assortment of colors celan- ad to q all esc alpine and cotton drills prices afoc pfsfts9 wi have styles in all popular shades and 14 to 20 prices ladies shorts good selection of shorts plain and pleated 49c 12s sizes 8 to 12 we also have a large range of girls and masses bathing suits dressmakers and classics one l aft 0 oft and two piece styles prices iplevs7 ao shop here and save satisfaction giiarantd or your money refunded milton dept store phone 112 ine imt0nont t