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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1941-12-18, Page 7’Thwr»day,'T5ec. 18th, 1941 TO THE WOMEN OF CANADA wounded, some 139 officers and 2,200 men saved from the China Sea. i I This is an appeal to the women of Canada. There is one vital part of our war effort which depends on you. Your government has placed a “ceiling” on retail prices, You are the buyers of four out of every five dollars worth of all the goods sold in this country. Your whole-hearted help is needed in this price control plan. If every woman does her part, it cannot fail, Its success will be a big step on the road, to victory, Its failure would be a serious blow to our war effort. You can tip the balance towards success. Will you, then, undertake to make the successful control of commodity prices an established fact? We know you will. And we know that when you undertake this task if is as good as done. This is the work you are asked to do 3\ Write down prices After each item we want you to write down, if you can, the highest price charged at your store during the period September 15 to October 11,1941. If you cannot remember the prices charged during that period, fill in your list with today’s prices. Qur survey shows that retailers, with few exceptions, are keeping prices well within the ’’ceiling” levels. As exceptions are being discovered they are being quickly brought into line, 4. Keep this list—use if when you buy! Make up this price list neatly and accurately. You will not be able to get all the items at once. Keep adding to your list from day to day. .Make it your permanent check list— your personal safeguard against any further rise in prices. 1. Make a list of commodities We want you to sit down today and make a list of the things you buy from week to week and from month to month. Write down food and clothing items in particular, because these account for the biggest share of your expenditures. But we want you to list those articles you buy at the drug store, hardware store, and other stores, too. * 2. Make notes about quality Now go over your list again and mark down the necessary details about quality, type, grade and size. Then when making future purchases you will be able to compare values as well as prices. Prices May be Different in Different Stores There has always been a difference in prices in different stores—even stores in the same locality. This may depend on the kind of service the store gives, or the way it oper­ ates. Some stores,<for instance, have delivery service, give credit, or provide other extra services. Under the new Price Ceiling Order there will still be differences in prices at different stores. The new price regulations will not do away with competition. The high­ est prices in any particular store must not be higher than the highest prices in force in that store during the period September 15 to October 11. They may be a little lower or a little higher than the prices in other stores. The prices you will mark down will be the highest prices charged at the store where you shop. A Few Points to Remember 1. The •ceiling price is not necessarily the price you paid. It is the highest price at which the store sold the particular item between September 15 and October 11. 2. A merchant may reduce his prices for sales or other • reasons—he may also raise them provided they .do not go above the ceiling price. 3. Variations in seasonal prices on fresh fruits and vegetables are permitted. Rulings on seasonal markets will be announced from time to time by the Wartime Prices and Trade' Board in newspapers and over the radio, 4. Fill out your price list without bothering your mer­ chant. In many cases he is making a financial sacrifice to sell under the price ceiling. The war has left him short- staffed and the Christmas rush, is on. f ♦ ---------------------Items most frequently bought---------------------- This is not intended as a complete list. It is simply offered as a guide. Add to it the other items you buy or expect to buy. Description (c^ze, Quality, etc-.) StoreItem FOOD Milk................. , Butter............... Eggs........... ..... Sugar................ Tea, Coffee...... Flour................. Cereals............. Bread................ Meat................ Canned Goods. OPERATING EXPENSES Laundry and cleaning.................. Soaps and other cleaning agents.... Blankets, Sheets, Towels............. . Price Description Item (Size, Quality, etc.) Store CLOTHING (Men’s, Women’s, Children’s) Coats........................................................................ Sweaters............................................................ . Suits.............................. ......................................... Dresses..................................................................... Skirts, Blouses....................................................... Shirts....................................................................... Underwear.............................................................. Boots and shoes..................................................... Rubbers, Goloshes............................................... Stockings................................................................ Socks........................................................................ Hats, Gloves......................................................... Price Why you must do your part To ensure the success of this price control plan, every woman in Canada should make a list. Retailers are showing a splendid spirit of co-operation. The great majority of them are z determined to make this plan work, but if you do not co­ operate the whole plan might fail:— prices might start to skyrocket. So keep your list handy. Check the prices you pay against it. Published under the authority of THE WARTIME PRICES AND TRADE BOARD, Ottawa, Canada If a price seems higher than the ceiling, ask your merchant about it. If further information is necessary, report the full details in writing. Address your letter to the Prices and Supply Representative, Wartime Prices and Trade Board at any of the following: Vancouver, Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg, North Bay, London, Toronto, rockville, Montreal, Quebec City, Saint John, Halifax, Charlottetown. U. S. Seizes Normandie New York, — The $60,000,000 French liner Norjnandie, tied up here since the beginning of the war, was seized by the United States coast, guard. There have been.frequent rum­ ors that the United States Government would seize her for conversion into .an aircraft carrier/ spiracy indictment — conspiracy to avoid registering as German Govern­ ment agents and conspiracy to deliver to Germany vital American defence secrets. .Fire At Quebec Guard ' Marieville, Que., — Royal Canad­ ian Mounted Police were investigating a report from a radio official at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s CBM transmitter .here that five shots Were fired from two speeding cars at a patroling guard. The shots missed the guard, and the official said that no damage was done. He would not elaborate On this statement 14 Convicted of Espionage New York, — A Federal Court jury in Brooklyn convicted all 14 de­ pendents in ari espionage conspiracy trial after eight hours of deliberation. The jury of nine men and three wom­ en found the,defendents, all men, guil­ ty of both counts of a two-count con­ Japan’s Human Torpedoes Japan’s communique said airmen of nine Jap planes had made "human torpedoes’’ of themselves by "ram­ ming their objectives” in attacks on the Philippines. This was the first statement that such suicide tactics Were being Used, although there have been reports that they did the same thing in the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Dominion By-Elections Feb* 9 Ottawa, — By-elections to fill the four vacant seats in the House of Commons ’ Welland, York South, Quebec East and Montreal-St. Mary’s —will be held Monday, February 9, it was announced by the office of Prime Minister Mackenzie King* Nom­ inations will dose on Monday, Feb­ ruary 2* Senator Arthur Meighen, re­ cently selected to succeed Hon. R. B. Hansort as Conservative Leaded will contest the latter by-election and Louis S. St. Laurent, appointed as Justice Minister to succeed the late Right Hon. Ernest Lapointe, is ex­ pected to seek election in one of the Quebec vacancies. Suggest National Food Board Stroud, Ont., — Speaking at the annual meeting of the Innisfil Con­ servative Association Hon. Earl Rowe, former .Ontario Conservative leader, advocated immediate formation of a national food board to devise and put into effect means to secure adequate production of foodstuffs in Canada for the duration of hostilities. 45 and married men and widowers, with children, between the ages of 18 and .35, will be called on to register for service and enlist when required. Russia Hits Nazis Hard Moscow, — Russia announced the utter defeat of a crumbling German army of 750,000 men on the Moscow front with 85,060 Germans killed and 23 of an original 51 divisions either smashed, routed, surrounded or re- treatihg. Calls For More Canadian Troops. Ottawa, — Maj.-Gen. L. R. La- Fleche, Associate Deputy Minister of National War Services, called for more enlistments, more war produc­ tion and "total and absolute Canadian unity” as the essentials of victory. Australia Adopts Emergency Measures Melbourne, — Provision for an en­ ormous increase in the number of men to be put under arms in Australia was contained in sweeping emergency measures announced by Prime Min­ ister Curtin to meet the grave Pacific situation. All single meh and childless widowers between the ages of 35 anti Corvette Survivors Landed An East Coast Canadian Port, — Thirty members of the crew of the Canadian corvette Windflower, sunk in a Collision on the Atlantic, arrived here and left shortly after for their homes in many parts of Canada. The seamen, part of the 24 who escaped as 23 others were lost, refused to talk about the sinking of their vessel. 2,200 Men, 130 Officers Saved Singapore, —- Rear-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton took temporary com­ mand of Britain’s Far East battle fleet in the place of Admiral Sir Tom Philips who is among 595 officers and men still missing front the sinking of the battleship Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser Repulse Missing also is the Prince of Wales commander, Capt John Leach, Weary and many of them Arrest 34 Aliens at Detroit Detroit, — Thirty-two Germans and two Italians, reputed "dangerous aliens” and including a professor of economics at the University of De­ troit, are in c-usodial detention at the immigration detention headquarters, John S. Bugas, special agent in charge of the Detroit office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced. Russia Ignores Peace Offerings Kuibyshev, Russia, — A Russian peace with Germany would be made only by joint agreement with Great Britain and the United States, Soviet officials declared' in announcing that Germany had put out peace fellers to the Soviet Union, 4The Communist newspaper Provd'a said of the siuation: "The Hitler gang is ready any day to sign a peace with Russia if only our Government would talk with them,” Hitler Declares War on U. S. Berlin, — Hitler declared war aginst the United States in, .a historic 'ad­ dress before the Reichstag. * At the same time he announced a new military alliance of Japan, Italy and Germany for a finish fight with the United States 'and Britain. Mus­ solini made a’ similar announcement for Italy. U. S. Accepts Hitler’s Challenge Washington, — To an accompani­ ment of naval success against Japan on the Pacific, the United States ac- British Headquarters in the Dessert, cepted the challenge of Hitler and Mussolini by unceremoniously declar­ ing war on Germany and litaly. Thus, within four days, the United States found herself aligned with the other democracies on a virtually world-wide front against Naziism, Facism and the Japanese brand of totalitarianism. New Commander In Lybia- London, — Britons learned from Prime Minister Churchill that Lt.- Gen. Sir Alan Cunningham, who was thought by everyone to be still lead­ ing the Libyan offensive, had been relieved of the Sth Army Command on Nevember 26 when the battle reached its “first crisis” and was re­ placed by a man 10 years younger. Gen. Cunningham was removed eight days after the offensive began by iGen. Claude Auchinleck, commander in chief of the Middle East. In his place Gen. Auchinleck appointed Maj.-Gen. Hugh Methuen Ritchie, 44, a Scottish officer who has been a deputy chief of the. genera! staff. Says Attack on Russia Blunder London, — Prime Minister Churchill spoke gravely of British and United States naval losses in the Pacific and the Far East, declared Hitler com­ mitted a colossal blunder in attack­ ing Soviet Russia, and predicted ulti-’ mate British victory in North Africa despite unexpected reverses. Two Canadian Wounded At Hong Kong Ottawa, — The first casualties to be suffered among Canadian soldiers de­ fending Hong Kong — the wounding of two men------were announced late­ ly by Defence Minister Ralston. Two Great British Warships Sunk London, — Britain suffered her greatest naval loss since the Battle of Jutland, singing by the Japanese of the newest pride of thc»fleet, the 35,000-ton Prince of Wales, flying the flag of Admiral Tom Phillips, and the stout battle cruiser Repulse which fir­ ed some of the lats naval shots in the war of 1914-18. B. C. Has Union Cabinet Victoria, — Premier John Hart of British Columbia announced the per­ sonnel of his Liberal-Conservative Coalition Cabinet—three Conservatives and five Liberals including himself. Break Seige of Tobruk British Headquarters in the Desert, —The British troops were reported of­ ficially to have lifted the seige of To­ bruk with a new junction at El Adem in the Libyan desert. U. S. to Speed Production Washington, —• The United States replied to Japanese air and naval suc­ cesses in the Pacific with a speed-up program in the aircraft industry with the object of producing 1,000 four- engine, long-range bombers a month. 4 — ------——— Fight In Exeter Boarding House Repercussions of the war broke out in an Exeter boarding house where a Findlander, A Hungarian and a Czech, Centralia airport workers fought. As a result William Warchkonen, the Find­ lander, is tn county jail charged with assault causing actual bodily harm upon Steve Kuperz, the Hungarian. The accused is alleged to have used a hammer, Kuperz losing some teeth tn the melee. All participants required the attention of a doctor, stitches be­ ing required to sew up some of the lacerations. You trust its quality f°r a b’g rest- Authorized Bottler of “Coca-Cola” Stratford Bottling Company, Stratford, 281 HANOVER BALL CLUB GIVEN BANQUET Players Each Given A Cup, A Medal, And A Windbreaker Harvey Groves and Frank. Cordick of town, members of the Hanover Baseball Club, champions of the O. B.A. Intermediate “B” division and the Bruce League, were in Hanover Thursday night when the club was honored at a fowl banquet at the Community Hall. 105 guests were present. Bob was catcher of the club all season, and Frank was an outfield. Dr. John Pilkie acted .as toatmaster and proposed 'a toast to the King and the President of the United States at the opening of the banquet. Sports were toasted by Reeve Ball and re­ sponded to by Jack Mitchell of Thornbury who was guest speaker and who formerly pitched for Thornbury and Meaford in the Bruce League. He now is president of the Georgian Bay Fruit Growers association. A toast to Q the O. B. A. was given by Reverend Dr. Mark and answered to by Jack McDonald of Chesley, President of the O. B. A. The O. B. A. trophy was presented by Jack McDonald and the Malcolm Trophy emblematic of the best in the Bruce League was presented by Ross Bowes of Chesley, secretary Treas­ urer of the Bruce League in thez ab­ sence of. Harry Dane of Owen Sound, President of the Bruce League th® year, The cups were received by Tom Sandlos. The O. B. A. gold medals were also presented by Jack McDon­ ald then Mayor Clifford Speer tend­ ered a toast to the Hanover Ball Club- and called for a minute’s silence in memory of the late Bob Thompson of Kincardine who was a member of the Red Socks last summer. Father Brick, club official replied to the toast to the club. Each player also received a silver trophy a facsimile of the O. B. A. trophy and leather jackets with the club crest on them. These gifts were’ responded to by Nig Magwood, cap­ tain of the team. / isn’t practical to provide a tele­ phone system BIG enough for all those who want to chat across the miles on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Hundreds of us will be your calls through* If they’re delayed — and some are bound to be —‘ please understand and be patient. Thank you. ........................................................................................................................- on duty to put J