Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), April 4, 1946, p. 6

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the week al ottawa by h deny hoogaon 1 oteff writer old th ottawa cp calling on the gov ernment to adopt a more -reajuue- attitude to th world food crisis th canadian kaderellon of agriculture wat week urged appolntm of a royal oommiamlon to etudy th rit lotuhlp btwn farm price and wage of farm help and offered us own program for mmmum food pro duction presentation of the program ame aftar c v a head at a quiet prt vate meeting in ottawa had sweat d th detail into snap i rime minister markenri king and cabin at member promised serious conald elation of the prop tha federation urged that the ko rnmeal aaae the lot of the farmer by vary possible effort to improve the critical farm labor abort a e ranrefut ton of the federal lhreel t gasoline uaed for agricultural nur pose and early revision of the income ta art to eliminate inequalities it poaed for farmers the federation asked an inrre-r- f four renla a tound in the fl r prue of hutter a mow aceplel ml an nounced ti the gornment ue fal lowing da indicating tha importance the cabinet attached to thr hilef also requested in the brief ta- e tahliahmenl of a permanent national wheat marketing policy to encourage and five leadership tn development of an international u heat agreement and working out of price arrange menlt which could prevent wide fluctuation the brief favored establishment o the canadian wheat hoard a the sole institution for marketing ian sultan cereal crops federal legislation to enable produrei to organise and regulate marketing aaalalance to provincial governments in programs for expanded rural elect rl flea lion aind provision of aome plan of crop in sura nc under joint federal and pro vincial control other point auggeated extenalon of legislation alreadv in force a broad fftlng of the acone of the eterana land art and extension of the ben fits of the 1rairle farm ilehabllll fttlon art to all provinces as part of a national program of sol conservation farm people were hertoualv dla turbed b the ever widening breach between the relalivelv higher acale of wam and shorter hours in urban in sfustry and the lower wage arm lea and long hours of the farmer this the brief said could lead to aerlous unbalance and unret and should be investigated fu11 bv a roal commit alon civilians at singapore 194245 contlnuad from last waak smp trt other interest during th centered on how much of farms should be allowed to summer fallow this year p week prairie lie in sana tor walter selllne pc saskatchewan declared the vet could uifelv sow 7 000000 more acre of wheat than the government proposed this he added would mean about i40 000 0ri bushela more wheat to uppl world needs the question was even more heated in the commons where agriculture minister garllner outlined the gov ernment a poltc this was that can- ada would achieve maximum product ion with the formula onethird sum mer fallow onethird wheat one- third coarae grains he said author itlea believed that if wheat ware town on lands which the government recommended should he in summer fallow canada in tvi7 would have the smallest wheat crop in years while most government announce rnents recentlv have concerned agric ulture the mining induatrv has not been entirely forgotten in the senate last week s nator a d mcorac ih urttlsh columbia aid that in lho canada s m tals provided t7 per cent of her total ex port a greater percentage than ag rlcultur or newaprlnt he declared canada should look to her mine to help solve her poet war difficult and suggested the senates national resource committee undertake an in vestigation into the poaalblllrleav of de veloping canada a mining industry htta w ae b 1 suiuki who was tamp super- mr from apill 1m o august 1043 d not a far a is known order punlahment of any internee hut he muat it held rrspansll le for ha o luekxive treatment of intern during hu regime he lnk losuf- f u tent wtep tv ensure that justice vaaa ivluurved in the admin tali at ion of diuillne or to curb the brutality of his aubordlnatea- ha took ft step to ajsrertsln condition in the amp ant never v tailed klt hens at meal time to inspect rations and arcrl evrr inape led ihe camp llvotg quarters except when u ixwnp- anlng a vtaltlng officer he took no lnieret in the camp hospital r in ih problem which the do tors had to deal with although he mual hew been aware that the niponesa vwtui who nominally auiervtaed th dealt b of the tamp apt ir suukll from january 1m4 to auguat im was a confirmed drug addict lncei- ahlr of arrlng out his dutiaa mor enrral viio never atd at unheralded v ull and he often left the camp without giving lite el ted n purantatlve of the mens and women amp an oppnriunll i in trtviewlng mm rvn admitting the tttiu hon wltt mm h hr i nil to hiiln 1 he imum hae di tie i rent 1ril i n linn he did i m- it lunwii r irynnmrnt maloan inttrnmrnt i ami tut intmatiinai rhh wwirn pure n mains in re ord one feat uii of llu licatmint of int rnees in malava to which nil he ailnbuted rml of the hardhl and uivatlons tfi y were called un to bear fills w the denial hy the nlpponeae au thoritle of the privilege of having their interest safe guarded by n kep reentatlve of the intel national hed i roxa slel and of receiving the henerit whlth that sorletv iradlllon all accord to priaoneraof wa and civilian intemeea at no lime during the three and a half ears under review w aa the ac credited representative of the 1 11 c oclet in malava imr schwelser allowed to vtatt the internment camp or to have an contact with th jffle- tala of the camp except in tha praa- rnce of nipponese officers whan con vrnmllons were atrtrtl urn ted to diwuaalon of the arrangement re corded elsewhere in this report i whrreby mr schwelser supplied thr camp with certain foodstuff and nee essarlea the privilege of receiving through the i u i socielv parcel a of food and comforta waa withheld during the first three year of internment with the exception or 2 personal parcel from south africa containing no food received september 1912 nnd v0 american hed croaa food parcel distributed among t joo in lernees in december 1ha tha first gmeral divtrlbutlon of i arcel per internet did not take place until april 1w5 followed bv a small dls- trlhutlon in june at the end of thoe vean les than 2 whole parcels per internee had been received only one consignment of bulk food atulfa wax ncelved tin september 1h amounting to is lba par heno in endous events which war being an- aied in th outsid world that was mainly reponsjbw for th doubla lenlh investigation after oriabar loothe only news supplied to tha l amp by th nippon comprised two uauea of the voice of nippon a tarr produced sttertally for prison ri- f war and internee rh two laaut a were released to hie lamp in laliuu vm4 with the irotnls that the paper would le auhhd regul arl but the promls was rvv r tin piemen tail lite mental at rain from whih in terneea suffered duilng th darker peilods of internment waa tn a large part due to feeling that th ordinary standard of justice humanity and decern y whjh thay had previously taken for granted had been swept away and thai no matter how barb arou and unjust the treatment to whlih i hey were subjected they had no impartial tilbunal to which they could appeal if the i it i society had been l lowed to perform us usual function in their interest internee in malaya would have been relieved of much ofm w bk2ht men guard ihtandok uiuw wutt eu7aueth kouth africa i on ht rtds island 10 miles fnun here on the cape coast there are eight almost forgotten men their duly la lo that the gannet saa blrda there ar not disturbed for 81 rolx is a guano rerv undr tha nlrol f tit administration one a ntotith a hortior tug drop anchur off the i aland to dlsitiarge prov talons and water ilin men muat ensure that no intruders land to dla- turb th gannet a rookeries and hey are without wire lea communication with th stior kxcept fur a few italrhm of mosa hi rolx is juat an eroded rot k witich provides sanctuary for th gannets- lher is no soil and water and tl island rlss starkly frtim the sea without one landing ea h arul without a single cove st i rolx guano deposit have never liern garneied but the guano now ilerted will const ituu in ftrl rp in due courae a tender land and load ll ftp in due rou kill aftex rtt the lalai the mental strain anxlt and phys k at dlactonfuru at lalng from th eon diiiona hrtefly outlined in i tils report pirre would have been no aule atuirlage of fuod ine11cal auppllr rltihinj ixhlllng beds footwear an 1 ii rt necearie means would prfta- uiual l have been found to in tuc tl i si imnrm- to lellrvr citnkeatlon it tin nmpa to grant w ld r ppoi tiimttr for re reatlun during tit l hik iriiwt and it la hnrdb on itivalile lhat the glimmer feature of ihe ihiuhle lnth incident oi any if ttte punialtnienta inflicted in the rimn would have occurred under the a rutin of an ohsj irr vraled w it it ihe preatlge and aulhoiltv of the in ifmiatlonal hed cross piere is utile doubt too that an international hed t roxa reprewnlat ive had he been perm m ted to do an would have arranged mu h belt r facllitl for communications bat ween internee arul their friends and re la l lv e oversea and t hat a reasonable service of world news would have been provided indeed if the nip- jioneae authorities had granted thla one concession the story of intern ment in malaya would have iteen fundamentally changed the rnd ilannincs ixr the fl tlre by r j daavrjunaua i had breakfaat in an ontario city not long ago at the unusual hour of when i finished the gu 1 who waited on me was aitting at a nearby table i asked for my check in front of her was a sheet of paper and on it she had written in blue pencil 5 000 hello said i fixing up your income tax no she said just won dering when we can buy our home inu arc buying a home i asked i wish you luck she wtu married two months later her husband went over acas he had been away four year she worked all the time he waa away his allowances and assigned pa were used to pure ha bonds xhe had never spent a cent of it they are both working now on vcar more he said and we will have enough to purchase a home what then i asked just that she said a home and a family people like that build a nation while other arc making trouble up mrxxlm ansi ai auction sale in mwnsiur or hun uxr twk imritmrsth hkj jrain rrt cadiitje 74 fort worth tjc cp j t roberts 78 plays a round of golf almost every day on most of hi rounds he has a 74yearold caddl hia wife she move th club around th fairway with the ivelp of one of thoa push carts that have be- om so popular in golf llaaeball player who complain they unl keep going at 40 because of their leg get little sympathy from the retired railroad engineer my le mvtr tmtlher me he say vrtolansj okt raulak iltin v hulhtr ii c cj veterans will b offered city owned land for home building hare at 80 par fnt of assessed value city council ha a decided tl is la designed to prv atia ti mc w t pattbsson ro wasaialut la scy 1 oilfcipl 1u svvefdhah st oukltu fasa tie txmpitty equipped offlcaa balow uaher sho star f sfgggggbg8bbslslbhsltl foot ailment treated s miss allan h stag olrtgfit jj treats foot allmant for botii ladla and guaeua u oaa maav fv gsa1 sssa h evaaiaga us t eeink sh by sj af laaaasmaag h ptaaaa ifm tl artfctw guelph taaaaaiaiiiaiaaiihaaabaifil lite uolvrlk h atrurtlons from itcvveil in j a mxijr an1 hon lo sell by auction at hla farm it ton 1 altualed on th first ln milt a w tt of alton iwi urjinrhdav apiui lack it t ominrm ing at 1 o clock th fol ding neral pcrnitwatbit id send sage ttt frtenda and relatives over seas was granted on 8 occasions on l i postcanls and t radio mo- sages the first considerable batch of letters lo be received by internees through the ini hed croa arrived in april 1m1 lit months after intern ment referent e in these lettrrs and in others subsequentlv received made it clrar that thev reprea ntad onlv a fraction of those which had been despatched letter w re held up for censorship for man weeks isometlmex for several monthsi after arrival in the camp communication between the interne and prtsoners- of war and between internees in mai ava and civilians interned elsewhere under nipponese control was strictly forbidden puis huabands and wlvea and other close relations interned in different camps were kept n ignor ance of each others welfare th mnponcae authorities even refused to suppl lists of malayan prisoners of war and internees in other cam pa under their control in malaya sum atra java etc and there were some men and women interned in singapore who throughout internment received r ilrtlngs nf mmkje of ihclr famll quality yooll eafajr c ai aim bvstlausriijaat sfi fess ja sli bsgil hktxji sows york sow due june jlat york sow due july 8th iork sow due july 10th york sow with 7 imga al aide 3 young york sow a gu from july 7th to 13th m young 1ics- 4 thhfty chunks about 150 lba 34 thrifty shoats j9 welnling ilg yorkshire hog 1 year old oac bred yws dual purpose shorthorn ow 4 yr old due april 13lh dual ihjrpoatv shorthorn cow 4 yr old du may lhfh itwl heifer bred dec 1mb good one ayrshire cow milking well bred vt holstelrt cow 6 vrx old fresh one week with heifer calf at foot young t atti r 1 ster about 710 in 1 llotstein heifer 1 yar old 1 steers 1 year old 1 hoist em heifer calf 2 pure hred dunj purpoa shorthorn hulls serviceable age hfristfrki oxtxird wes ti h reeding kwex due about time of sale horsks crey pe re heron filly rising 1 yr old 3 perchcron yearling colt a impi rmfvts rubber tired farm wagon a good one new rubber tired farm wagon manufactured by elalle lowe 2 11 25 x 24 rubber tractor tire tube and rtms loaded with calcium 17 ft sliding hay rack set of bench sleighs 2 wheeled trailer m h 17 tooth spring tooth tractor cultivator with power lift in good repair srrp grain hay a wood iis bus talorc tlarley 30 bus chancellor peas 13 bus alaska oats bus- timothy seed 5 tons of tim othy hay 3 bag no 2 potato 13 single cords hardwood the above rrain is government grade commercial fo 1 cleaned bagged and ready to sow and will definitely be held for the sale sale held under cover in case of bnd weather terms cash on day of sale wm a gibson auctioneer kirk wood sinclair clerk a jc3 renewal of unemployment insurance books 1 to at employers all i ncm lumrni invursiuc iumav for tlic year ending minh 31u 1 muu he est binned ft new hkkv kindl ixtnuuniciic immtjttttlj with jruur ncirri nstitanal ijitplijyrnrni scrvitr office if you ir n atrcsdy esctunged yur employed hk tliere orei seierf penalties or failing to malte i nertipoymeril fruuranre ronfrifiulioniur your insnrfi mfvee enrfor a i tire- fo renetr flie nsiiranre iuula nm rqttird to all employees i you mrt mn miufd fron protect your krmrftt ngbti by tretmg thss your imvimwr rook bsi ketn fxibawgetl unemployment insurance commission and itoba former minister of mines resources another indication earn in the oi tlmate tabled by finance miniate- ille mines and rswoufce depart ment estimate included m3000 for water and sewage systems at tha new coldboom town of yellow knife n great slave lake 5ia00 for the yellowknlf airport and u30 00q for ciutructton of a highway from gtimjbw tograt slave uake liberal senator- t a crerar of man- les twivc huabands children broth erk sisters etc and were kept in ignorance as to whether they had be come casualties in the last stages of the battle for singapore or during tha disastrous evacuation which immed- latel preceded capitulation or bad been interned by the nipponese else where the 104 male jews interned in april 1943 were not allowed to write their wives and families tn singapore although the latter war th highway being duutisnurby the alberta and dominion govern ment will provide- an ell weather round route into the district des cribed in many quartan as on of th lidacftt areas of th north in addit ion power plant is bains built in th are and th watr rout to yl- lowknlfaused only during th aum mer ttotherl being unproved by dredging and aoundlngt a drip u aomone who wont fltp to th last drop not interned until nearly 3 years lat- rrt-sr-materrlihs- for the last x months covered by this report internee were allowed no official new servlc of any j kind- i prior to october 1m3 th camp was supplied with a few coplea of the syonan sinhun th mlppones sue- ceaaor to the straiu time- and from may until october 1843 there war nightly broadcast of th news in english from th singapore broadcasting station new from both the sources waa about 75 par cent propaganda and it was th urge to gt reliable tidings of th trero- public enemy no i cscaikcr laciifnlcdonlv hv htarrditcaw a c v ol iirih iwxauae i irjucniu unt i kit l if cl ittcrinj a 1 i il r divac c drej in m it m i jrvijcuu ri l at iuhli lnmt so 1 ci tantcr tn it vc i uuail nuw i pat th4i i sh fclatneb cm t ct an ircatnict t ift thctr tu ife when m m ol them isarhc l tcj hv tajium i m r ufjcv c l t hp wt i a bu mr that d et nt heal thr tut aifto 1 1 caiwrr il the tl r tt ma be hivuaeike laiwn of the uonuth in itt carl nagc m he mutaacn i u ndicii in to m 4wo the death rate irom vanrr n ontario wi ontario people died rum thit dittatc in 14 1 fund are mm heme raited sod jrne it hcinjt ornaoie4lin thit province to conuet caiker here are th obevmca ut te msmt md frt fm t afaiaaj t m r ini rarv t mst s t t ff tf tl i trmnt f t a ilium l vuii i li iillmnstf tnhutc tn ilia rt irihv iaute oui d natiin mav help put tu h roeaturet mt etfevt at will aae tl c live n aimiie mim loved nort cen tuur on hie it n a hrl to tree the wixlj litrever from he jtrl nourre ol isiurt v tail el for m bdi ef 2 000 000 o atraim far a y prari f ccar raasorca artistrwmt rk this campaign give ontar io 1us rl al amv mufir awr is falat aaurt al tw oalaha cawusc trialwaaa mj bsssasis mssilaa aad tk cwsa caasaf wv toconquer cancjer cancer foundation contribution buv be nude throueb year local bank or at um hamilton cancer campaixn 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