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wm jutan sttt fteess seventieth year no 7 acton ontario thursday august 17th 1944 eight homeprint paces fro om free press look high standing in newspaper contest wine font place in the clam car rqmuaatr 2800 cfavnlation at the convention in winnipeg to day of the canadian weekly news paper association announcement wax made of winners in the better news paper competition the free press was entered in clan ii for papers having- leas than 2000 circulation and came fourth for the best allround paper in this class in the past four or five years the free press has held two trophies and secured a halfdoz en certificate this year we are out of the first three by one point winner of the charles clark cup is the comrox b c argus with 86 points second powell river b cl town crier with 83 points third can- anoque ont reporter b2 points the free press had 81 points and the la- combe globe 80 points the marks secured by the free press under the various heading were 26 out of to for local news 8 out of 10 for district news 9 out of 10 for editorial pace 4 out of 3 for front pace 6 out of 10 for local ads 5 out of 5 for national ads 4 out of 5 for classified ads 7 out of 10 for typography 4 out of s for layout 4 out of 5 for press work and 4 out of 5 for general j winner of the malcolm macbeth i memorial shield for the host editor ial pace uat powell river b c town crier 97 points second powell rivr bo news 93 points and third comrox bo argus 91 points the score of the free pnu was 87 points for the m a james memorial trophy for the best front page the winner was the peel gazette bramp ton with 90 points second the wat- rous manltou with 89 points and third the lacombe globe with 89 points the score of the free x re waa 83 points we congratulate the winners of the various contests on the excellence they have attained and to british col umbia must go the honors tn carrying off the majority of the prizes in this class the peel gazette of brampton and the gananoque reporter were the only two winners from ontario this week by john tsoott ctmmumm mtaff writer the field crop competition of acton fall fair results of the field crop compet ition of the acton agricultural soci ety for 1944 are announced the judge was mr r j mccormlck of brantford there were ten entries this year and here are the winners of the first eight places and the j e pearen acton r h no 3 90 and a half points hugh reld acton r r no 390 points miller bros georgetown ft ft no 1 87 and a half points robert kerr acton r r no 2 83 and a half points chester allen acton it r no 2 85 point c b swackhamer acton r ft no 3 4 and a half points griffin sprowl acton ft it no 4 83 points arthur swackhamer acton r r no- 381 points dates of fall fairs announced for events of distr the department of agriculture has compiled a kit of ontario fall fairs for 1944 and the following are the dates of interest in this district brampton sept 2 and 4- elmlra kept 1 2 and 4 fergus sept 8 and 9 georgetown sept 15 and 16 orangeille sept 12 and 13 acton sept 22 and 33 ancaster sept 26 and 27 arthur sept 26 and 27 caledon sept 29 and 30 coolcsvule sept 26 and 37 milton sept 29 and 30 aberfoyle oct 3 and 4 bolton oct 13 and 14 erin oct 7 and 9 grand valley oct 3 and 4 markham oct 5 and 7 ttockton oct 7 and 9 streetsville oct 7 woodbrldge octtfl and lfjnaw pranks hamilton cp pranksters played a gnieaome trick on herbert bicardla when they planted a tomb stone on his front lawn the grave was complete with flowers and other snteushmenu polka blamed lr- enponilhu young punka for the toronto cp premier orewa radio address of last week in which be declared that his government would do everything within its pow er to see that the recentlypassed family allowance bill does not go in to effect has set the ontario political spot boiling once more with reports of an early election or an early ae of the legislature that speech set off a tot of fire works and prime minister mack king got into the fray this week when he announced that the proposed dominion provincial conference will not be held until after a dominion general election and he quoted a por tion of premier drew speech to support his contention that desired cooperation would not be available before that date he quoted premier drew as having said his one amhitlon in the political field outside of ontario ls to see an end ns soon as possible of the weak and incompetent government in power at ottawa today and to assist in ecry way i can to assure that john bracken national lrogrcslvo conservative leader is the next prime minister pf canada premier drew s statement regard ing the baby bonus was protested hy liberal leader nixon and a a mcleod leader of the twoman ijib- or progressive party representation in the legislature nixon comment former premier nixon said he was shocked hy the premiers address and sold mr drew was using the family allowance act to stir up ontario against tluf rest of canada mr drew had said the bill was an obvious bribe and that under it many millions at dollars from the pockets of the people of ontario would go to the province of quebec under the measure he said the time now has come for the people of can ada to fcay that quebec is not going to receive preferred treatment while it refused to bear its full share of the burden of war mr macleod said the ontario pre mler has entered into a sinister conspiracy with premierelect dup- lessls of quebec to sabotage the the federal governments program of social security when queried on the report of an early ontario election premier drew said absolutely nothing in it at all and when asked about reports of a fall legislature session said it is most unlikely that that baby bonus bill would call for it but there are other matters that may mr nixon later said that if a spec ial session is held he will see that the family allowance question is raised as an issue council and commission agree to spring changes august meeting knox w m sl at mrs f mccctcheons knox church w m s held their august meeting at the home of mrs fred mccutcheon on august 10th president mrs blow opened the meeting by giving a reading and a prayer on behalf of our soldiers and also paid special tribute to the mem ory of the late mr wm thompson who when living took a very active part in the work of the society she also made suitable mention of other members who have passed on in re sent months the devotional period was taken hy mrs geo murray read ing the scripture lesson and mrs r m mcdonald leading in prayer the making and quilting of quilts was dis cussed ms bella roszell favored the meeting with a solo entitled he is the one mrs e 3 hansard gave nn interesting reading the title of which mas faith the meeting was clos ed by pray r after which a dalnt lunch was served by mrs mccutch eon and her helpers jimmie fax the wellknown comedian coming acton fair the committee in charge of enti r tatnment feature at acton fcalr hns been fortunate in s curing for the concert in the town hall the first night the fax fun company this group of artists is headed hy the well known jlmmle who has been a popular concert comedian as long as most of us can remember his ap pearance will bring many recollect ions and those who knew him in earlier days will not want to ml hearing him again it is said of him that his humor may cease to be instructive but will never cease to be innocent jtmmle fax has in the group with mm bob wilson jean simpson mitt pat matthews versatile dancer and george laldlaw magician canadian hens have really been scratching for the last few years egg production in 1943 was 43 per cant higher than in 1999 more caeea of mmilgmt paliewu for cossncflsi a lent son chang made m of cmmtf roadi other itesn at last nitl utttmm of acton council the auglist meeting of acton coun cil was held on wednesday evening councillors w j o oakes and c l klrkness were present and reeve j m mcdonald areded superintendent chaa wilson of the public utilities commission was pres ent to discuss with the council the advisability of installing a n t pump at the spring permission was fronted for the purchase of a new pump and also for connecting the second sprlrg to lw present pump liouxe the following accounts were patted for payment acton rubllc utilities com mission street lights power uc 16696 1uii telephone co services 890 j b mackenzie son fuel 11606 acrow fkkx lscs printing and advertising 925 norton motors ia ttc 1554 acton welfare board relief 1314 county of hull on grader 00 whlltur jl co assessment notices 784 r 1- llnrrop postage 5 17 walter cutting cutting grass at park 2921 42631 a commmunlcatlon from the free- port sanatorium notified council that a returned service man had been ad mitted to the houpltul an this pat ient had not resided in acton but in trln township the hospital was to he not hied to thin effect a letter from the department of health notified that arrangements have been made to take care of relief sickness accounts mr mcdonald of the bell tele phone co of kitchener had inter viewed the clerk and reeve in regard to arrangements for fire calls this was left over for a full council to dis cuss a letter from the school board notified the council that their next regular meeting would he held on tuesday september 5th notification was received from the ontario legislature that the corpor ation was the licensing authority now for all halls etc the blyth construction company gave prices for painting strips on the roadways no action was taken a letter from the department of municipal affairs pointed out the responsibilities of council in regard to the passing of a bylaw for licens ing public halls and other informat ion the letter was filed mr roy smith notified council of a change in regulations regarding the maintenance of county connecting links a list of work contemplated was requested before a grant will be made a letter from the guelph general hospital asked council to reconsider a patient in the hospital there council admitted that this patient was indig ent the canadian institute of sewage and sanitation notified council that their membership had been accepted the matter of street drains was dis cussed and it was decided to get in touch with the highway engineer various efforts raise funds for war service leagye through the untiring efforts of mrs stan matthews mrs geo som- i rv hit mrs e perrymon howey price and others 78 00 was realized from sale of tickets on the pure broil bunndale sow donated to the league b mr r n brown miss margaret thompson was the winner and the sow wok sold for 56 0o half of which was donated to the league hy miss thompson nassagawtya bus bees sent along a further donation of 25 00 mrs jack scrken gave 2 00 to the league lillian mitchell and doreen hut chinson an acton visitor devoted an artemoon to a victory sale which netted s6 10 for the league six months given for theft of ring from milton woman in police court in milton yester day afternoon emilia burnler was sentenced to six months in the ont ario reformatory on a theft charge the charge arose from the theft of a ring from mrs annta graham miu street milton to eimt farm paper andru luhli former editor of tin w mat la t 1- rn and express one of ontario u bright t weekly ncwsuip- r who in i uvlng n wmurlu i to ed it the publication for tlu ontario fed eration of agriculture mr hebh ij past president of the canadian week ly newspaper association and well- known throughout cnnnda weekly war commentary by wnun nuu rna ma wrttof po w d watson died in action word receive here much sympathy is felt hotv for mr and mrs w vi walton and family of grand valley who have received word of the death of their son pll- qt officer w d watson he hud been reported missing on july 23 he was the only son of mr and mrs wm watson and was born in grand valley on march 3 1922 he graduated as pilot officer nav igator on dec 10 1943 and went ov erseas in march last he was a grandson of mr and mrs thomas watson acton reception held for members of st albany st johns on friday evening august 11th the rev and mrs e a pullter re ceived members of the parish of act on and rockwood at the rectory those pouring tea were mrs h klngsmlll and mrs b pargeter of acton and mrs j lister and mrs l nightingale or rockwood mrs al lan adams of toronto miss phyllis mackle misses norma kentner irma kentner lena lawson barbara law- son joan pargeter and mauretta rowles assisted bylaws passed tuesdays meeting esquesing council other items dealt with were or routine nature account passed for payment esquesing township council hold their regular meeting on tuesday evening deputykeve g w mur ray councillors george e cleave george currle and wm a wilson were present reeve c h may pre sided accounts were passed for payment as follows the municipal world ltd supplies 5 22 bell teliphom- co 619 h e p c brampton light at council chamber 4 03 dr c k stevenson treatment to patients 57 00 moved by currie seconded by wil son that road accounts as presented by the road superintendent be paid 6 479 oscarried a by law to assess the township for the ear 1944 was given the re quired reading and passed another by law to distribute the in terest accruing from the railway bonus fund amongst the various school sections was passed a third bylaw passed at this meeting provided for additional road expenditure for the year 1944 council adjourned to meet on tuesday september 5th at two oclock or at the call of the reeve it w estimated that two pounds of soybean oil win roako enough glyc erin to fire five atttltank shells opening the fourth major front against hitlerite germany a great allied army xwarmed over the beach e of southern france tuesday on a loomlle front between nice and marseille seaborne assault troops british american and french stormed ashore and early dispatches indicated that lirst objectives had been reached in less than an hour against a minimum of resistance troop landings were supported by strong natal andalr forces and can adian naval units were among those participating in the new invasion al lied planes which for four straight flays had battered th coastal defenc- of southern franc laid down a trrtfic homhardmnt ahead of the nt- tucuni foms an official unnounc m nt said the landings wer made ut w v ml points along u broad front in preparation for tlu new aksault on german held u rrltory the allies itud n massing m n and material for months on tlu inland of corsica urst hint of tlu allied niov came monday wh n tlu german radio an nounced that larg allied convoys had been seen passing gibraltar 7th army trapped mintiwhll- in northwest4m franco allied armor and infantry mirrowed tlu girman okcat corridor in the fnlnlsc armenian ana to a little more than 10 miles art lib ry fire haw sealed off the corridor trapping the german 7th army estimated to numlter 200 000 mn canadian troops on tuesday were reported only two nnd a half miles from falalse coincident with the allied invasion in the south the french committee of national liberation summoned the people of france to rise against their nazi conqueror on the eastern front the russians have rammed an armored spearhead to within a dozen miles of the ger man province of east prussia the new russian thrust followed n suc cessful crossing of the blebrza riv er the last major obstacle before german soil in the area of central poland where soviet troops have established a huge bridgehead west of the vistula river below warsaw german tank and infantry units were making strong counterattacks announcement was made wednes day at allied headquarters in rome that allied troopsre firmly estab lished in southern france and that all initial objectives have been taken few official details of the fighting have been disclosed but operations were said to be proceeding according to plan the british radio announced that allied troops had captured five towns including one five mil inland french frontier dispatches to swit zerland declared that the allies had already occupied cannes and nice berlin admitted that fresh allied landings had stretched the front in southern france to 120 miles from the toulon naval base to the italian port of san remo as german armies totter on the brink of disaster in the east and west and are hard put to limit the pace of their retreat in italy the enemy is suffering commensurate setbacks on the diplomatic front final break in relations between germany and turkey an indication that the turks are certain the ger mans face ultimate defeat together with rumored attempts by romania and bulgaria to get out of the war make the outlook in the balkans gloomy for the wllhelmstrosse in the north finland for many months has apparently been giving consideration to the possibility of signing n separate peace treaty and preliminary negotiations between that country and russia represent ing the united nations are through n utral channels in stockholm the latest finnish cabinet has been labelled as one put in power to make pence and significantly includes two 1 xperts on russian affairs replacing leaders who only six weeks ago at tempted to commit finland to com pleto collaboration with germany the shakeup which brought baron mannerhelm out of political retire ment to succeeed rlsto rytl and oust prime minister edwin llnkomles and foreign mlnhrtap sir henrik ramsay was the first clearcut indication that this time the finns wanted peace replacing llnkomles and ramsay are hanttl hackzell and carl enkell prime minister hackzell is a former embassador to russia and foreign minister enckell has a record of ac cord with the russians dating bach to 1920 when he as secretary of state signed the agreement for finnish in dependence with lenin the position of finland tn the war la a complicated one she la not often continued on page ffttre first issue in seven weeks with no local casualties sues since imaaioa hare car ries fraoa two to six lbn- destrkft mnee june 15th every issue of the free press with one exception july uith has contained reports of arose two to six casualties among soldiers from acton and district last week was the highest when six pictures of young tnen from here were reported killed in action missing or wounded it seemed as if this community was letting hit pretty hard and war cane liome with a seriousness that hit many homes now this week we hat up until wednesday aft rnoon too casualties to in iwtrt from acton and district and it n the best news we have written in tluse ev n weeks tlu only dark spot in the better mwii until wednesday won tlu word that pilot officer w d watson on ly win of mr and mrs wm watson w ii known here by many friends was reitorted lost in action this news is rtikirtcd in another article this uisk muy tlu weeks that follow find a liuk of casualty n ws from tht hattle- fmnfn homes will be happli r and it t the new we would rath r not liuva to make our ufi kly uur news items of the erin township red cross society tjt tiers from ot rseas have been received from it talmon a irwin c simpson it v rcuson h siutncer l bragg r steen j ferguson f tarzwell c burietf k mcdonald f bryan t curry l bearing sgt mccutcheon sending thanks to all for parcels received and hopes for an tarry home coming blood donors to orangevllle clinic for august were miss v cowan miss may hall hmer reld c c hamil ton anyone wishing to help by giv ing their blood at the next clinle phone your name to hlllsburg drug store second quota of pneumonia jackets are now ready britain has sent an sos for these jackets will the ladles or convenors of our township please helpt this is an urgent re quest a twist in the lion tale nothing could better illustrate the fine spirit of those who run the un derground newspapers in the occupied countriesof europe than the charact er of the humorous storlea included despite the grim risks run by those who print the papers and by those who read them here is a story taken from a recent issue of the belgian secret paper l- alouette a young man called bebert was called up for compulsory labor serv ice his uncle a keeper at a zoo at antwerp enabled him to go into hid ing by disguising him as an orang outang one day his mother came to see him bebert was delighted and jumped about on his trapeze to show how well be had learned his part sud denly he yell into the next cagsv where two lions were prowling up and down bebert s mother yelled with terror at first the lions took no not ice then one of them came up to the bars and said for goodness sake be quiet madame do you want to ghre the whole lot of us awayt three immediate and imperative needs of occupied peoples will be food clothing and medical care after these will come the need for seeds agricultural implements household goods educational facilities and a thousand things which have been ei ther destroyed or new ordered by the axbx coming events annnunrrmtnli of lflina go ctt o otbv evrata mndwr tai hditf r cbrar4 la rn p4t line wllk m laim ua chary lor r unounccntbl til jx legion dance in town hall thurs day august 24 al watsons orch estra admission 50 cents dublin s womens institute are holding a sacred concert in dublin school on sunday evening august 20th at 8j pan silver collection for war work prepare now to spend labor day monday september 4 at georgetown and attend the lorne scots janrixsr- ee a full day of porta end enter tainment of the mgheet cellbre la be ing pla end ipeaeered by cr