The Wingham Advance-Times, 1941-01-02, Page 3Island, Nauru"is valuable for its phos
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| Wingham Merchants Extend New Years Greetings
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WETHANK YOU —
To. all in this district we extend the wish that you have
ew Year filled-with happiness. We also wish to thank
y/5u for your splendid co-operation.
Wingham lions club
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
Our sincere New ,Year’
wish is**that you have good
health and good luck in “
1941.
CHAINWAY
STORES
Jack Herd, Manager
GREETINGS
Five words our pen must
write. Here-they are:
HAPPY NEW YEAR
TO ALL
R. A. Currie
Pegged Butter Prices
Ottawa — Behind the action of the
War Prices Board in fixing the price
of butter at the December 12 figure—*
34 la cents a pound, wholesale in the
central markets — is the abandonment
of the prospect of higher prices at
tracting imports from Australia and
New Zealand with stabilizing effects
on the market. The price fixing order
will be popular with consumers but
not with the farmers.
Shooting Accidental
Niagara Falls, Ont. *— Lt. R. D.
Chatteris White told a coroner’s jury
here that he shot and killed his best
friend, Lt John Woodburn Osborne.
28, in a contest to see who was the
■“quickest oh the draw?' The jury
found the shooting was “purely accF
dental?’ White thought his revolver
was not loaded, . ;
> Hitler Wants French Navy
London — The Daily Express, in a
GREETINGS
' WeTe stepping right out
with many wishes for you,
topped by a sincere one
that you find 1941 the best
on record.
Gibson’s Bakery
SYMPHONY OF THE
SEASON - - -
Our musical composition
for the New Year would be
an overture of peace, punc
tuated with happiness and
scored in a tempo of joy.
Mr. and Mrs.
H. L. Sherbondy
dispatch from Lisbon, reported that
Hitler has sent his /terms to Vichy for
French collaboration in the “new ord
er*’ in Europe. These* terms, The Ex
press reported, were understood to be;
J.. Italy to receive the remnants of the
, French navy and Bizerte, a naval base
in Tunisia, west of Sicily. 2. Nazi
occupation of the Mediterranean ports
of Toulon and Marseilles,. 8. Demob
ilization of the French armed forces
in Africa.
May Set War Effort Record
Ottawa — Flans in process of form
ulation — some a continuance of old
ones and other attributed to confer
ences overseas — promise various re
flections upon Canada, and its war ef
fort, in the new* year, it is asserted
here that} (1) In 1941, this country
will be the second largest nation in
the world fighting against Germany.
(2) That employment in Canada will
be greater than ever before. ((8) That
Industry will produce more things
May 1941 Bring You
Health and Happiness
NEW YEAR’S WISH
TO ONE AND ALL
Greetings for the New
Year . . . and all the gifts
and blessings and joys that
go with it.
HAPPY DAYS AHEAD
FOR ALL
‘ 365 days of Health, Hap
piness and Good Fortune
is our wish for you.
Superior
Service Station
Bert Armstrong
Canada Packers
Limited
Duncan Kennedy, Mgr.
EVERYTHING THAT’S BEST
IN LIFE
May it all come your way in
1941. YeSj may each of your days
be brighter than the preceding one.
■ That’s our hope. •
Omar Haselgrove
We don’t know what the
year holds in store for you
—but if wishes come true,
•our wishes will ensure you
the grandest year you’ve
ever had.
Harry Browne
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You’ve Heard It Before
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
TO YOU
a*But never before have
we meant it more heartily
for everyone in this com
munity.
REAVIE’S
SERVICE STATION
Not empty words but a
sincere hope that happi
ness and prosperity will
come your way in 1941.
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Foxton Dairy
and Lunch Room
"MORE FUN IN
FORTY-ONE!”
That’s our .slogan for the
New Year — and we aim’
to do everything" we can to
help you pack more happi
ness in the next 365 days.
than at any time, doing” it on a larger
scale, and more quickly. (4) That is
quite possible, having regard to the
numbers which may be called and the
distribution of the army, navy and air
force, that by the end of the new year
the effort and those engaged in it may
exceed that of 1918, final year of the
last war.
time in*5 moving to Italy’s aid.
seemingly inevitable developments in
Albania and Africa may not knock It
aly out of the war nor topple Musso
lini from power. However, they will
effectively eliminate Italy for a long
time to come, as an active or aggress
ive element in the war.
Italians to Hold Unt6 Death
With The British Forces Outside
Bardia — “A “sacrifice garrison’’ of
20,000 Italians held this besieged port
while thousands of their comrades
threw up additional fortifications for
a stronger stand at Tobruk, 50 miles
to the west. Italians captured by Brit
ish troops claimed an order by Mus
solini that they be “ready to die” ra
ther than give up Bardia, prevented its
abandonment.
Italians Get'ting a Jolt
New and jarring blows to shake It
alian morale seem impending in both
Albania and Libya, and nothing Ger
many can do Is likely to avert them*
Time is of the essence for Italy and
Mussolini. For whatever compelling
reasons, Germany has frittered away
Britain Restricts Eire Exports
London *•*— Britain placed restric
tions upon the re-export to Eire of
several commodities brought across
the Atlantic in ships-guarded by Brit
ish guns. The Board of Trade issued
an order prohibiting exportation to
Ejre without license ‘ of cattle feed,
fertilizer, unmanufactured tobacco, or
anges, lemons and several classes of
tools. ..
Dutch Warships Soon Ready
London — A Netherlands naval of
ficer announced that several unfinish
ed Netherlands warships brought ac
ross the Channel when the Germans
invaded the Low Countries last May,
are being completed in British harbors
and would soon go into action.
ainst Greece lias cost the Fascists
45,000. men in wounded alone■’ since
the campaign began October 28, cap
tured Italian officers estimated as the
Greeks thrust ahead through mud and
snown orth and northwest of Chim-
ara, Albania. The officers, talking to
correspondents at the front, made no
estimate of the Italian dead, but
the toll was extremely high.
of merchant ships to offset the inroads
made by Nazi planes and submarines
oil Britain’s merchant marine.
said
Sea Raider Shelled Nauru
Melbourne, Australia — A sea raid
er sailing under a Japanese name and
flying Japahese colors heavily shelled
the British-mandated Island of Nauru
it was announced by Prime Minister
R. G. Menzies. Why a raider, should
single out this 5,400-acre Pacific atoll
near the equator for a bombardment
was
■ the equator for a bbrnbardment
unexplained. Howevei, as a guano
More Chadian Troops in Britain
Somewhere In England —** The 8th
large contingent of Canadians troops
to cross the Atlantic since the war
started, bringing* the 2nd Division to
full strength, stretched their land legs
in camp after landing from great gray
troopships which brought them safely,
if turbulently, from Canada,
Empire Airmen Reach Britain
London —* The first contingent of
.Australian graduates of the Empire
Air Training Scheme and the third
group of Canadian graduates arrived
in London from Canada.
Italy’s Losses to Greece 45.000
Athens — Italy’s ill-starred war ag-
Russia Lines Rumanian Frontier
Budapest —* Concentration of Rus
sian forces along the Rumanian fron
tier was reported under way as Ger
many poured the initial units of 800,-
000 fresh troops into Rumania and' or
dered a speed-up in the Balkan king
dom’s production of war materials.
Diplomatic reports from Sofia said 27
high ranking Bulgarian army officers
who wanted Bulgaria .to enter the war
on the side of the’ Axis had been put
on the retired list* by order of King
Boris.
ILS. to Give Cargo Ships
Washington —* An authoritative
source said President Roosevelt will
propose shortly that the United States
construct at high speed a great number
300,000 Nazis In Rumania
Budapest — The vanguard of*a new
German expedition into the Balkans, a
total force estimated ^.t 2Q divisions or
300,000 men, with artillery, bridge
building equipment, tanks and motor
transports, beganYnpyhig across Hun
gary to Rumania. Germany already
lias 100,000me n in Rumania—"by^the
minimum estimate of military experts
— and the movement of the new
troops with Hungary’s grant of right-
of-way stirred conjecture as1
probable reasons.
Canadian Navy Guards Islands
Ottawa —*■ Buffetted by a series of
wars since 1702 the French Islands of
St. Pierre and Miquelon are again the
economic victims of foreign conflict.
But the 4,000 people residing on these
bleak Islands in the Gulf of St. Law
rence are kept safe from molestation
by the Royal Canadian Navy, and their
material wants are supplied by funds
from the frozen credits of France In
the United States.