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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1942-03-12, Page 3WING171AM ADVANCg ,T1IVIES ThursdaY, March 12th, 1942 within three months, • Wavell, Chiang Confer London, A secret conference be- tween {Gen, Chiang Kai-Slielc and Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell, presumably over the defence of 13urtna, was dig- closed as the Japanese invaders point- ed their next blow down the west shore of the Gulf of Martaban toward the deserted capital city of Rangoon. Callum and Winter, were adopted. Moved by Strong and McCallum that the report of the School Attend- ance ()Meer for the month of jan- nary, as read, be adopted and placed on file. Carried, Moved by Weir and McCallum- that the Auditors' Report, as read, be ad- opted, Carried, Moved by Winter and Strong that the time for the return of the Colloct- ors' Rolls be extended to the April meeting of the Council, Carried. Moved by 'Strong and Winter that the Council of the MuniciPalitY of liowiek purchase $20,000.00 of the 1942 War Loan 2 34, % issue, Carried. Moved by Weir and McCallum that a grant of $100.00 be given to the committee in charge of the 1942 Pro- vincial Plowing Match, Carried, Moved by McCallum and Strong that the Clerk and the Treasurer be hereby authorized to order eighteen wrist watches for Active Service men and to sign order for same. Carried. Moved by Winter and Weir that Russel Walker be given a refund of $2.00 for dog tax. Carried. Moved by Winter and McCallum that the Clerk be hereby instructed to advertise for tenders for gasoline' for, the Road Grader for the year 1942, tenders to state grade and price of gasoline to be delivered at Nelson Gowdy's home the person supplying the gasoline to furnish a small pump and containers for the gasoline, tend- ers to be in lie hands of the Cleric not later. than twelve o'clock, noon, April 4th, 1942. Carried. Moved by Gamble and Winter that the Road Accounts, as approved, be paid. Carried. Moved by Strong and Gamble that the following accounts be naiad. Car- ried. Isaac Gamble, part salary as clerk $35.00; Municipal World, eight copies of Mun. World $8.00; Municipal World, assessment roll, dog tags, etc $25.67; A. A. Graham, balance salary re Audit $60.00; J. C. Shearer, grant to Provincial Plowing Match $100.00; H. B. Collins, relief officer, services $13.90; K. J. Hueston, expenses, CK NX re Loan $2.40; T. A. Roberts, advertising Victory Loan $4.50; H. J. Hoffman, 18 watches for Active Serv- ice men $241.50; Russel Walker, re- fund of dog tax $2.00; Relief, for Feb- ruary $117.20. Moved by McCallum and Weir that this Council do now adjourn, to meet in the Township Hall, Gorrie, on the sixth day- of April, or at the call of the Reeve. Carried. Isaac Gamble, Clerk. tries are powered by Hydro, also factories and foundries making all manner of mill- tory equipment, This war is not only mechanized but electrifiedl COSENS & BOOTH Wingham Representing Nazi Propagandist Convicted Washington, ,— George Sylvester Vicreck, alleged master mind of Ger- man propaganda in the United States, was convicted by a jury in Federal District Court of withholding essential information when he registered with the State Department as an ,agent of German interests, Plan for India Dropped , London, —.. The Government's an- nouncement of a plan to grant more independence to India — and thereby to get fuller co-operation from India in the war effort — has been post- poned because Conservatives' in Lon don and New Delhi consider the first draft too advanced, it wag stated in informed quarters.. Commission Given Control of Japs Ottawa, Complete control over Japanese in the protected area of Brit- ish Columbia is given the newly-form- ed British Columbia Security Com- mission under an order-in-council tabled in the House of Commons. MacArthur's Air Force Do Good Work Washington, = Sweeping over 'the mountains of Bataan in a sudden at- tack that caught the Japanese off guard, the small air force of General Douglas MacArthur destroyed more than 30,000 tons of enemy shipping and set supply concentrations afire at Subic Bay, the United States War De- partment announced. Dutch Headquarters in West Indies London, — A mass movement of the main offices and foreign assets of Netherlanders in the East Indies to the West Indids was disclosed as the Japanese overran the last Netherlands strongholds in the Eastern Henfis- phere. Curtail Gas for Motorboats Ottawa, — Drastic curtailment of use of motorboats for pleasure has been ordered under the gasoline rat- ioning scheme going into effect April 1 but fuel sufficient for the proved requirements of commercial operators will be allowed, Munitions Minister Howe announced. O. Right here in Ontario, thousands of young patriots from every continent are in training to win Victory For the democracies—from the Airl Amazing! Some of our training camps are like good sized towns. They make new demands upon Hydro. They need electricity For lighting, maintenance, airfields, pumps, mechanisms, radio; in workshops, rooms, kitchens. Never before has so great a Cause called upon electrical energy to do so much. Today, your Hydro is sup- plying six times as much power as at the close of the last war and a large and growing part of this is neces- sary for war time production. Ontario's great aircraft indus- We write insurance to cover selected risks in Automobile, Fire, Burglaryk Plate Glass, Public Liability and other general insurance. World Wide News In Brief Form gainst the Japanese. Every ship in every, convoy is a load of concentrated hitting power. Reds. Kill 40,000 Huns in Month . Moscow, — The Russian army killed 40,000 Germans on the central front west of this capital between February 6 and Mardi 5, a special Soviet corn- =unique said. You are, of course, proud that your Hydra System is playing so great a part in the victory program. OF course, you will economize in your use of electric energy for all peace-time pursuits—and Forego for a while further extensions of electric service. With all of us, war needs must come first' Electrical Thrift Hints Always use the heating element best suited to the work In hand. That saves current, prevents boll-overs. Use automatic sonnets as directed. Don't leave .laments on 'high' a moment longer than necessary. Have your dealer or local 'Hydro' put YOW appliances in good order. THE HYDROELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION OF ONTARIO Attack on Australia Soon? Melbourne,' — Japan will • attack Australia "in a matter of weeks, not months," Maj.-Gen, Henry Gordon Bennett declared in calling for swift postive action. As if in reply, Prime Minister John Curtin submitted a proclamation making all men up to 60 liable for military service. Ottawa Considering Further Mobilization} '/ Ottawa, — The Federal Cabinet is giving final consideration to plans recommended to it for mobilization of Canadian man power to meet the swelling needs of war industry, agri- culture and volunteers` for, the armed forces, a Government official said. A director of national selective service will be named to have complete charge of this mobilization. He will be re- sponsible to a' board on Which will be representatives of all departments of Government affected by the war ef- fort — armed services, munitions and supply, labor, agriculture and war services, Cost of Living Up Slightly • Ottawa, — The first rise in Can- ada's official barometer of living costs since last November caused scarcely a ripple among price control experts. The percentage increase can be traced largely to seasonal trends and an in- crease in costs of products or com- modities not yet covered by price con- trol regulations, announcement by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics that its official cost-of-living index had in- creased from 115.4 January 2 to 115.7 February 2. Price control went into effect in Canada December 1. To Build Alaska Road Ottawa — To meet military needs, the long-projected road through Can- ada linking the United States with Al- aska is to be started at once, Prime Minister King announced. The United States, he told the House of Com- mons, will foot the construction bill and the cost, of war-time maintenance: -AI. S. Convoy Nears Australia London, — Walter Farr, Daily Mail correspondent assigned to the United States Pacific Fleet, in a dispatch to his newspaper datelined "At Sea, Fri- day," said "great convoys of ships carrying American troops, pilots, planes, tanks and guns" are heading through the Southwest Pacific. "These massive forces will not only help to defend Australia," Farr ,wrote. "They are taking with them large quantities of materials to be used to build the foundations for a great offensive' a- BUY MORE WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES REGULARLY— There must, be no interruption in the flow of food, guns and munitions to Canada's armed forces. REMEMBER-it's YOUR' 0 OUR,...WAR Errorr RELICS ON IT... If OVR, COMMUNITY • DEPICNDS ON IT YOUR SUPPORT MAXIS IT STRONG •••:' , • Mooney Dead San Francisco, — Tom Mooney, labor leader who served two decades in the penitentiary on conviction of partiCipation in the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing, died here. , Say Churchill Finished Soon New York, — Drew Middleton, As- sociated Press staff writer, cabled a dispatch from London in which he said a quiet campaign of strength to unseat Prime Minister Churchill may put Sir Stafford' Cripps in' his place WAR HOUSING PROGRAM SLUM SOLUTION Slum Clearance Would Benefit Health of the Nation "Canada's emergency wartime hous- ing program may show a solution to one of Canada's greatest peace-time problems — the disgraceful slums of Canadian cities", writes leonard L. Knott in the current issue of Health, the official publication of the Health League of Canada. "Across Canada today", writes Mr. Knott, "literally thousands of new homes for workers are being built by a government owned company, War- time Housing Limited. This vast resi- dential building program is not a skim clearance program. It is not even designed to improve the living con- ditions of Canadian wage earners. It is simply an emergency project to give workers in war industries some place to live". Mr. Knott points out that Canada has never undertaken a slum clearance program. In recent years the National Housing Act has done Much to assist the low wage-earning class to build better homes, but Mr. Knott says that this Act did. nothing to ease the lot of those who were without any cap- ital and were condemned to life in the slums. In considering a slum clearance' Bombs Dropped Near Honolulu Honolulu, — The army announced that "what was believed to be an en- emy plane flew over Oahu Island 'and dropped three medium sized bombs on the outskirts of Honolulu." "The plane was flying at a high altitude," the announcement said. "Where it came from it not known. There were no casualties and no damage except a few broken wind- ows." Is YOur House SAFE AFTER DARK? Mr. Watt emphasized the import-- ance of the first statutory condition at this time. No benefit claim can be al-. lowed unless 180 daily contributions' have been made, while engaged in in surable employment, and workers who' cannot fulfil this condition should not apply for benefit. Such unemployed: workers may, however, register at the Employment and Claims Office, and every effort will be made to secure them employment. Mr. Watt also stated that a worker who contributed for 180 days and vol- untarily leaves his position without just cause in the hope of drawing benefit is not eligible to receive bene- fit. Unemployment Insurance Benefit is available only to those who become unemployed through no fault of their own and who are unable to secure a new job. ing the date on which claim for bene- fit is made. Secondly, he must register as un- employed and prove that he is un- employed, and file application for benefit at his Local Empldyment and Claims Office. Thirdly, he must be capable of and available for work, but unable to ob- tain suitable employment; that is, he must be physically fit, and ready to work, and his whereabouts known to the Local Employment and Claims Of- fice so that he can be notified if a suitable position is located for him. Lastly, he must be willing to at- tend or have good cause for not at- tending, a course of instruction or training- approved by the Uneinploy- ment Insurance. Commission, designed to make or keep hint fit for return to employment. program, Mr. Knott suggests two principal questions that must be ans- wered. First, the actual cost to 'the nation, in money, health and morale of permanent slums. Second, the cost of replacing these slums by decent, mod- ern, sanitary dwellings. Mr. Knott states that the health cost of slums, in itself, is staggering. Slums are a cause of the abnormal death rate among infants; they are the breeding ground for many contagious and infectious diseases, and also a major cause of Canada's high percent- age of consumptives. Mr. Knott uses statistics from a recent survey made in a large municipality to show that the cost per slum inhabitant for police and fire protection, public health and othei• municipal services was $48 a year, while the cost for other resi- dents of the same city was less than $11 a year. Not only was the slum dweller a potentially sick and potent- ially criminal citizen, but cost the community an extra $37 a year to live in his &unpleasant surroundings. In answer to the second question Mr. Knott states: "Wartime housing is demonstrating that improvements in building materials and methods over the past decade have so revolutionized the building industry, and so reduced cost that substitution of new, modern dWellings for old, unsanitary shacks is now entirely possible, and absolutely necessary." Lighted windows warn prowlers away. Always leave a few lamps burning when you leave your home for the evening. Romans. her, a bright light for sixteen hours costs only Di at Hydro rates. INSURANCE PLAN IN SECOND PHASE Explanation As To When Benefits Are Payable The Unemployment Insurance Plan entered its second phase on January 27th, 1042 when benefits tinder the Unemployment Insurance Act became payable, The Act ‘vent into operation July 1st, 1941, when contributions from employees, employers and the Dominion Government were first made. To be eligible to receive benefit, a worker most fulfil certain conditions Set out in the Act and regulations. To' avoid misunderstanding and dis- appointment by workers who might file claim for benefit and then find they could not receive payment, Mr. R. N, Watt, Manager of the Employ- Merit and Claims One, Stratford, has outlined the necessary conditions for the receipt of benefit, A worker must have contributed for 180 days during the two years preted- gel/' em al gjaii iVeaustail d Slop n1.-39 Put 100-Watt Lamps in Kitchen, tiving.Room, Basement nralimmoinewsi oten HYDRO SHOP Phone 156 . Wingham • Farmers drive gars less than city PeOltle and get low rates from Pilot, But farmers 49. drive,,' one 'Wain,' cured .accident could wipe out your home or your 'savings, Buy the full protection of rilot ,Automobile. Insurance now. do, oks C6UtsiTkV. 14ECtk,,;,,,B 00K S P1210.11ED GP MMED CAPE MADE DI(' cL .p4eia,zrtanuc.r5 , Style .µfor py9ry, 4?tistl4ss. • Varjous'C'orqty aril designs gagiestiong' Prices obligations. The Advance-limes Phone 34, ROUGH PASSAGE ON CONVOY DUTY, As if submarines and long range Axis bombers Weren't enough ti Contend with, old Debbil Sea has to cut up rough and Make life tuts pleasant for this Canadian destroyer during 'a convoy tun across tht North Atlantic, The sailor on the quarterdeck Is making fast one of the "ashcans" kept in readiness for. action against submarines. Astern at the This you can see one of the_huge waves that battered tai ship. . particular, stormraged. for . 48 during whieh. bilker* kid mCll of the 0'W had to work like for'. To Report on British Officers London', -,- In the first announce- ment foreshadowing a change in Brit- ish army command ranks since. Sir James Grigg became war secretary, the Army Council called for a report on all officers up to the rank of Lieut- enant-colonel, aged 45 or over. In- structions calling for the list of of- ficers to be split into three categories —those recommended for detention in their present unit, those recommended for less active employment and those not recommended for future employ- ment. Bomb Paris Industrial 'Area Vichy, — Three of France's biggest motor and aircraft works were dam- aged severely by the tremendous Brit- ish night bombardment of the German occupied Paris industrial area, it was announced by a high Vichy Govern- ment official who watched the raid, Capt. Jean Fontaine, naval officer and chief of Vice-Premier Darlan's secre- tariat, named the Renault, Salmson plants as heavily hit by Royal Air Force Bombers, Press Calls For Attack London, — The British press is de- manding with a rising voice that the policy of attack be placed in the fore- front of the nation's war strategy. With the depressing picture of Pacific losses before them Mere and more newspapers are rallying to the call for a revitalized generalship, daring and imaginative enough to wrest the na- tion front its defensive complex and the initiative from the enemy's hands. HOWICK COUNCIL Wroxeter, March 5th, 1942 The Council snot in the Township Hall, according to adjournment, the members Were all present, the Reeve, J. W. Gamble, in the chair. The minutes of last regular meet- ing Were read, and on MOthiii of vi c,