Stratford Mirror, 1 Sep 1944, p. 3

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Page 4 THE STRATFORD MIRROR September 18 - 19 - 20 ARE STRATFORD'S FALL FAIR DATES Keep Them In Mind! Attractions Bigger and Better Than Ever GEO. DITCHFIELD, - President REG. HAMMOND, Sec'y-Treas. GRRE RRR ERA or AOR Polish Army At Warsaw Again Calls For Help LONDON, Aug. 31 (AP)--Prime 'Minister Mikolajezyk of the Polish government in exile announced to- day an offer to Russia to form a coalition cabinet with equal repre- sentation of Poland's five parties. The prime minister said his na- tion's fate is a "great test case for 'tthe world" and that Warsaw again had called for help, but that the -Russians had not yet granted per- 'mission for Allied shuttle planes to 'land on Soviet soil in order to sup- 'port Gen. Bor's still-fighting patri- ot army in the capital. The exiled government's plan for accord with the Soviet-sponsor- ed Polish Committee of National Liberation has been approved by the Polish underground and by his cabinet and is en route to Moscow, the prime minister said. Famous Bayeux Tapestry Located Says Report LONDON, Sept. 1--(CP-Reuter) --The world famous Bayeux tap- estry telling the story of the Nor- man conquest of England has been found in the Louvre, according to the reports reaching Reuter Thursday. As yet there is no offi- cial confirmation, When Allied troops liberated Bayeux, the tapestry which con- sists of 231 feet of delicate em- broidery was missing. For some time, there has been anxiety as to whether the Germans had taken it, or it had been hidden away by Patriots. _ Eighteen inches deep and worked in eight colors, the Bayeux tap- estry is the only pictorial record of life in England 900 years ago and countless histories and illustra- tions have been based upon it. --rocket projectiles. R.A.F. BEAUFIGHTERS EQUIPPED WITH ROCKET PROJECTILE Beaufighters of R.A.F. Coastal Command have been attacking en- emy shipping off the Norwegian and Dutch coasts with a new weapon Only after the engines have been revved up and the aircraft is about to taxi off are the rocket projectiles fused. Ground crews are shown fusing these rockets just before the take-off. More than half of all the tents used by the Allied armies in all theatres of war are made in India, according to Indian Information Services. Every year 5,000,000,000 yards of cloth come off Indian looms. Jute mills have produced thousands of mil- lions of sandbags for protection against air raids. In fact so many have been produced that a spokesman for India claims that "If they were piled one over the other they would reach twice the distance of the earth to the moon." Indians are the largest army cloth- iers in the British Empire, and the largest manufacturers of army boots in the Empire, one factory alone pro- Eight Million People In India Are In industry Or Army ducing 10,000,000 pairs of shoes every year. India has the largest steel pro- ducing unit in the British Empire. More than 1,500 workshops and 40 munitions factories, spread all over the country and directly employing war materials to the United Nations. Guns, shells, bombs, rifles, grenades, bayonets, explosives, armored vehicles, mine-sweepers, and countless items of equipment ranging from batteries to parachutes are produced in _ these plants. On the military side of the picture, India has been able to raise her peace- time army of 180,000 to a mighty force of 2,000,000 trained men. Vast num- bers of the army have gone overseas and their renown as fighters is world wide. Their brovery has been recog- nized by the award of at least seven Victoria Crosses in this war. ~ MONSTER STRATFORD ARENA 8.15 P.M. - Good Prizes - 25 cents - 0-NIGHT VARIETY BINGO Optimist Club of Stratford DOOR PRIZES $100 - $25 - $5 20 Games VARIETY A-PLENTY!... FULL CARDS, Etc. Help the Boys' Club and Playgrounds -:- Play Bingo With The Optimists Specials THE STRATFORD MIRROR Page 5 Christmas Shopping Early for C. N. Rail Men Overseas MONTREAL, Aug. 31. -- "Do your Christmas shopping early" is advice being heeded now by the Canadian National Railways' Employees' War Services Association. It means the purchase of more than 30,000 articles to fill 2,000 parcels to be sent to Cana- dian National Railways employees of the Montreal District who are on act- ive service. Five hundred miles of wool will be required for the 900 pairs of socks be- ing knitted by the women members of the association for the overseas par- cels. Two hundred pairs of grey socks are being knitted for the Navy, 550 khaki for the Army, and 155 blue More Than 2,000 Blood Donations MONTREAL, Aug. 31..-- Five hun- dred and nine employees of the Cana- dian National Railways stores depart- ment and motive power shops at Point St. Charles, Montreal, have given 2,172 blood donations to the Canadian Red Cross in the past 30 months. Two men have given 14 donations each since February, 1942. Nine others have given 13 each. Twenty-one have given an even dozen, and 33 have given 11. for the Air Force boys. Packing and mailing will begin on November 1. 15 jewels $297° & 23 Downie St. DUNCAN EMM JEWELLER There is a model to suit you. GoDpD ot TIME Phone 300 For 75 Years providing LOW-COST LIFE INSURANCE ~e- fo Canadians in all walks of life Just 75 years ago the first Mutual Life representative began assisting his neighbours to gain the benefits of low-cost life insurance protec- tion afforded by his Company. Since then the Mutual Life has grown steadily and surely. Insurance protection provided for Canadians has advanced from $500,000 in 1869 to over $700,000,000 in 1944; and in the intervening years over $85,000,000 have been paid in death and disability claims, $120,000,000 in matured endowments, annuity payments, etc., and an additional $89,000,000 in dividends to Mutual Life policyholders. At the present time 180,000 Canadian families are enjoying the benefits of low-cost life insurance in this "mutual"? company. Call a Mutual Life representative today . . . and let him help you select a policy adapted to your particular circumstances, Make This Your Company by Becoming a Policyholder THE Ly UL: Established 1869 Head Office - + Waterloo, Ont, 75th YEAR PROBLEM OF TOMORROW'S FLYING JEEPS Anticipating when skyways will be as crowded as prewar highways, en- gineers are working out plans to ex- pedite air travel. Read... in The American Weekly with this Sunday's (Sept. 3) issue of The Detroit Sunday Times ... how airplanes will become definitely marked, with flying officers with electronic "eyes," "ears" and "voices," keeping you in line. Get Sunday's Detroit Times. The lady of the house suspected that one of her two sons had been dating the maid. Anxious to find out which one, she said: "Nora, if you had the opportunity of going to the movies with one of my sons, which one would you choose?" "Oh, it's hard to say, ma'am. I've had grand times with both of them. But for a real rollicking spree, give me the master." A lovely CWAC came to a limpid pool surrounded by trees. She saw na one around and decided to take off her clothing and have a refreshing swim. As she came out, much refreshed, she was horrified to see a young male lieutenant coming toward her. She grabbed her clothes and scurried be- hind a tree. Just then the lieutenant shouted: "Camouflage Company, dis- missed!" and all of the trees walked away. A small group of army brides were bragging about their husbands. The first remarked that at last hers had attained his majority. "Bill has just got notice of his captaincy!" thrilled the second. The third hinted that her man was hoping for his first lieuten- ancy that month. In a brief pause the fourth bride burst out bravely, "Well, Johnny still has his privacy, anyway!" ACCOUNTANT - AUDITOR PHONES--Office 2427-w New Address--52 Albert Street Res. 2427-]J Stratford, Ont. eae

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