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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1943-02-18, Page 7WRITTEN SPECIALLY FOR. THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS OF CANADA Gy JIM GREENBLAT, Editor of the SUN S WIPT CURRENT SASKATCHEWAN, Gasoline Rationing Plan Goes into Effect "1111 gII R 2,1 ON MARCH 31 the present gasoline ration licenses and coupons will ex- pire, and no gasoline will be sold except upon the presentation of a 1943-1944 ration book. In his own interests, every vehicle owner is asked to apply at once for a new gasoline license and ration coupon book for each of his vehicles. Under the new system, effective April 1, all commercial vehicles will be rationed. All non- commercial vehicles will be granted a basic "AA" gasoline license and ration coupon book, containing 40 coupons for a passenger car, or 16 for a motorcycle. Owners of non- commercial vehicles eligible for a special category, who can prove their need, will be graritied an extra vocational allowance, fixed in advance for the year ending March 31,1944. The extra allowance for a special category car will be tailored to meet individual needs. In determining this allowance the pre- vious category and mileage of the car will not be considered. Instead the vocational allowance will be based on two factors: (1) The gravity of the oil shortage with which Canada is faced, and (2) the linportance of ,the vehicle to its owner in a country at war. The extra vocational coupons will be issued in books labelled "Special", and each such book will contain not more than 60 coupons. Only one "Special" book, or portion of such book, will be issued at a time, and hence the case history of each'special category applicant will be under constant review. Under provisions of the rationing order, the Oil Controller will have the right to re- fuse any application for a special category, or to suspend any ration book for an infraction of the regulations. Every., motor vehicle, other than a motor- cycle, must bear on its windshield a sticker indicating its category. After April 1, service station attendants will not be permitted to serve gasoline to a car which does not bear the sticker which corresponds to the ration book submitted at the time of the purchase. To obtain a gasoline license and ration coupon book, secure an application form at your nearest Post Office. Study the form and follow the instructions 'contained therein. When you receive your ration coupon book, guard it carefully. It may not be replaced if, because of your negligence, it is lost or stolen. Do not leave it in your cart keep it on your person at all times.; THE DEPARTMENT or MUNITIONS AND SUPPLY HONOURABLE C. D. HOWE, Minister 1415,345 \VINCI-TAM ADVAXCE-TTIMMS here is a close-up of "The Priest," being gassed up in the desert during the pursuit of the defeated German Afrika Corps. Officially known as the M-5, "The. Priest" is actually a M-3 tank, mounting .a 105 mm. gun-howitzer. It made short work of the famed German 88 mm. unti-tank;gyng. inorrixvrerAttimmsrns Tvrr !A . • iK e An American army "tank buster," a heavy burns in the FOREGROUND, The tank buster .ha( howitzer mounted on a tank chassis, trundles on, been christened "The Priest," by the British becaust while its victim, a knocked-out heavy German tank of its pulpit-like arrangement for the ack-ack gun. Irart.,A lr.r /05*/**101,4 ";41 r n741,4 Unwin, C.V.R.a Vice-President, and his folks go about it, And what do you think is in the mind of placid administrator H. H. Bloom at Tor- -onto, who bandies what you can get in farm .machillery in this greatest of agricultural countries? There were, many -others, I've got a lot of stuff filed away in my mind, but it's got to be boiled down—all• of it—to make not too tiring reading that will give yoU an apprec- iation and understanding of what's be- ing done to YOUR, way of life, On bow you react to the policies and Illations laid down may eventually de- pend that same way of life. Bear with me through the following few weeks and I'll do the best I can to ex-, plain why and how they're -doing it, And remember, we, the people, only paid for my ham and eggs while I was away from home. I didn't have to pat anyone on the back. I remain, like you, a small town guy or guyess, so stick around end tune in next week, an ordinary weekly newspaper editor who was invited to come .down - to Ot- tawa, that daffy but Pulsating, throb- bing with energy warheart of a nation which is such a staunch 'end energetic partner of the battling United Nations. I was asked to write a series of art- icles for home consumption—that is, for the plain, honest-to-God folk in the towns and on the farms who consti- tute the readers of Canadian weekly newspapers. 1. didn't get any salary for coining down h&c, but they did pay my ex- penses. I felt somewhat like your own member of Parliament, eatin' on the train, having the odd finger-bowl and.pretending -I was used to it and haying the bell hopS "sir" me to death. You know, as well as I do, that weekly paper editors at home are merely suf- fered. But with the finish of these articles, like R. B. Bennett Used t'o say before-they stuck him in the l3rit- ish hall of fame, "He had his day and ceased to be". I came to have a personal, un- hampered, uncajoled, unpoliticked look at the Wartime Prices and Trade Board and its mechanism; what makes the wheels go 'round. How it affects the daily life, the routine and econ- omies of you and I. I don't owe a cent to anyone in Ottawa from Don- ald Gordon down, in politics or ration cards, so I feel free to give you my Own impreSsions, unbiaSed, of this tre- mendously vital thing which is -order- ing' our very lives, trying , to.keep a mile ahead of inflation and thus pre- vent the evils of deflation after the war., Carte Blanche—No Punches Pulled I wasn't asked to, pull punches. That shows I don't look like a politician; I was given carte blanche. to look inside the engine, to ask miestions, to inter- view the really big names who handle Canada's great wartime economy, and that, in itself was a thrill. And here, take my ward for it, you'd be impres- sed like I was, From butter rationing to subsidies the men doing the job are in my opinion 'sincere, patriotic, hard working and don't let anyone guff you about polities' and bureaucracy. It's all such a colossal but 'necessary thing. They admit . mistakes have been made, They also admit they arc human—even the experts and econ- omic advisers; but they're all aiming towards the best deal for the greatest number ,to involve the least hardship for all of us in a war which is bring- ing new and ever increasing, intricate problems affecting our very lives.-Just remember when you shake your head wisely at your neighbor and say something about "them guys at Ot- tawa", that one time you left the barn door open, bossy wandered out into the blizzard and you lost yourself a hundred bucks or so. Our Living Standards Involved Believe meh if you and I are to con- tinue eating the nutritive foods neces- sary to our complex organisms, to fortify us for what may be a long and terrible war-pull (and after the war); if you and I are going to be able to continue paying and receiving wages adequate to a fairly decent continuing standard of living; if the producer and laborer is to reap _in at least some worthy measure the efforts of his toil while this war lasts—without any too explosive disruption—it organisation will be be- cause this rganVeation thinks, acts and continues•in its (what appears to me to be) sincerity of purpose, let the chips fall where they may. I propose this series of articles to be just a plain, unvarnished telling of what I saw in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto. I would like to be able to tell you in the same way your own editor does when lie's on the beam about something, I want to tell what thinks the head of the whole outfit, Chairman of the Board, Donald Gord- on, that big, dark SccOtsman who dyn- amically leads this organization and who, by the way, might look like the hardware man or the blacksmith in your town. He talked to me as if I, myself, meant something in this world. That, to me, was the clue why even stenographers keep the midnight oil burning in this. organization—and I do Mean to work, Research Econimist Phyllis Turner Then take Mrs. Phyllis G. Turner, administrator for Oils and Fats for Canada and a member of the United Nations Committee on these vital com- modities. She's a former chief re- search economist of the Tariff Board; a strikingly beautiful woman doing a tremendously big job in something you'll be intensely interested to hear about later if you stick with me long enough in this series. Then there's Kenneth W. Taylor who I talked with, Secretary of the Board, a McMaster man, 'an economist of standing, who 'certainly knows what it's • all about, His type of person (like the others) doesn't have to fiddle with polities. And women readers will surely be interested in what Byrne Hope Sanders told me. She's better known as Editor of Chatelaine and now heads Consumers branch division, with its farflung chain of "watching" local committees. Behind her discern- ing, intelligent eyes you could visual- ize her as a young mom in the kitchen slicing around the pie dough. Information From Source Arc you interested in hoarding, etc.? You'd be surprised what I learn- ed from Fred A. McGregor, adminis- trator of the Enforcement division, You'd take him for your own church minister. He doesn't look like Hite- mkt' and hates anyone who gets tough, but he's sere a firm guy. His division, understandably, has a big job and he's concerned mainly with the fellow who wants to gyp you and I, Then there's Dr, G. E, T3ritneli, a Saskatchewan uttiversity man, economic adviser to the Foods Administration, Why that mat's head is always as full of butter, eggs, hogs, cheese, beef and milk as Canada's Farms 'collectively are, He sees the, 'picture more than he does statistics, More about that later, too. Imagine rationing millions of people cards and stuff. That would make your head swim -at Montreal, and I'll try to explain later, logically, how h. FORMER WINGHAMITE TOOK PART IN GIFT OF MOBILE CANTEEN Sgt,-Major Bert Abell, Folmer Wing- ham Boy, Represented Guelph At Portsmouth Ceremony Editor's Note: The following is a portion of an article that appeared in the Guelph Mercury. That city and Wellington county, gave a mobile canteen at which Sgt. Major Bert Abell of Listowel, a former Wingham boy, who belongs to a battery mobilized at Guelph. Bert is well known here as he lived here for many years. His Wife, the form- er Miss Newton of Gorrie, is on the staff as a nurse-in Listowel Hospital while Bert is overseas. Within the shadow of LOrd'Nelson's old flagship Victory on the dockside at Portsmouth, Eng., a mobile canteen, gift from the peoplq of Guelph and Wellington County, was formally pre- sented to the 18th Hampshire (Dock- yard Port) Battalion of the Home Guard. In an article headed "Canada's Gift to the Dockyard Home Guard," the Portsmouth. Evening News carried the following interesting story of the cere- mony: A Mobile trailer canteen has been presented to the 18th Hampshire (Dockyard Port) Battalion of the Home Guard by the citizens of Guelph and Wellington County in the Prov- ince of Ontario, Canada. The canteen was handed over to the battalion on the dockside near Nel- son's old flagship Victory by Mr. Frederic Hudd, Official Secretary of Canada House, on behalf of the High Commissioner of Canada. It was accepted by Lieut-Colonel N. A. Sullivan, C.V.O. (Vice-Admiral, re- tired) in the presence of the battalion, who paraded in strength with an arm- ed guard of honor which was inspected by Mr. Timid. Those present included the Admiral Superintendent (Rear-Admiral M., L. Clarke, D,S.C.). There was, too, an unofficial representative of Guelph. He was Sergeant Major Bert Abell, whose home is at Listowel, Ontario. He had come to England with a battery of artillery which he took a prominent part in forming, and he was casually picked up by the canteen as it was on its way to Portsmouth. He was overjoyed to be at the ceremony; also to pay a visit to the ship Victory, (This was one of 40 such canteens given to bombed areas of England). HOWICK COUNCIL Fordwich, February 5, 1943 The Council met in the United Church Hall, according to adjourn- ment, the members were all present, the Reeve, 1) L. Weir in the chair. The minutes of last regular meeting- were read and on motion of Inglis and IVIcCallum, were adopted. Moved by Winter and Inglis that Joseph Sanderson be paid the sum of $7.20 for his services during the year 1942, as Weed inspector, Carried. Moved by Farrish and Winter that Edward IVIcCallum be given a refund of clog tax for the year 1942, lie hav- ing no dog. Carried, Moved by Farrish and Winter that the resignation of Milton Leonard, as Assessor, he accepted. Carried. Moved by McCallum and Parrish that the time for the return of the Collectors Rolls be extended to the March meeting. Carried. Moved by Inglis and Farrish that the Auditors' Report, as read be ac- cepted. Carried, Moved by Winter and McCallum, that the Treasurer be hereby instruc- ted to return Certified Cheque to Roy Vogan, the sante having been given as Security to the Municipality re gravel contract. Carried, Moved by Parrish and Inglis that the Treasurer be hereby autho :zed to cash the Lavis Cheque. Carried. Moved by Inglis and Winter that the Treasurer be hereby instructed to prepare a statement -oft Municipal Drain No. 15, and the Clerk to prepare LOOK 'OUT FCR• uck i YOUR LIVER . Bt 'r noW - and feed litre €trirtrllQ,I Your Jiver is the largest organ in your rod/: and most important to your health, .1.t1toure* bile to digest food, -gets rid of waste, aepplie*, new energy, allows proper neerlahleeet tereada your *04 When your liver gets outufurder food decomposes in your iqteghle!. Yon come constipated, stomach and kidneys, ean!t work properlyy. You feel `..rotten"—.headachy„ backachy, dizzy dragged out all the • time. For over 35 years thousands have wan prompt -relief from these miseries—mith frpitra,tires,. So can you now, Try Fruit-a-tines—youltbo, delighted. how rarlddy you'll feel Kass new .p.erAer, happy and well again. .25er 5414 FRUITAPTIVES taiF9cggo, . User Tablet* an amending By-law in conic/1014c with the same., Carried, Moved by Parrish and Inglis the wages fhor man labor be 30c per ;hour ,for a men and team 60e per hour~. The operator of the Power Grader to' be paid 40e per hour, Carried. Moved by Whiter and McCallum that the Reeve and the Clerk be here- by authorized to sign the Statutory Application for the Government Sub- sidy -on the 1942 Road Expenditures. Carried, Moved by McCallum and. Winter that the Road Accounts, as approveck be paid. Carried, Moved by Winter and Inglis that the following accounts be paid. Car- ried. Edward McCallum, refund of dog tax $2.00; Alex. Taylor, D.R,O. fees, Clerk and Booth $12.00; Burton Hub.- bard, D.R.O. fees, Clerk and Booth $12,80; Gordon Underwood, D.R.O. fees and Clerk $6.00; Harvey Snarling, D.R.O, fees, Clerk and Booth .$12.00e John Topham, D.R.O. fees, Clerk and; , Booth $12.80; William Hayes, D.R,Q,. fees and Cleric $6.60; Herb Collins, re, R.0, fees, Clerk and Booth $12.00; U. Ch. Fordwich, rent of room V.,5(}; Isaac Gamble, part salary as Clerk $35,00; A. A. Graham, salary as Audi-- tor $110.00; A. A. Graham, postage &" stationery re audit $1.22; County Treas., hospital expenses for H. Lang- wich $13.10; Municipal World, 8 cop- ies of Municipal World $8.00; Out., Assoc'n Rural Muth, membership fed $5.00; W. R. Fraser, treatment for C. White $50.00; Ed, Williams, wood for Fordwich Red Cross $9.25; County Treas., Arrears of taxes, King prop- erty $4.88; H. J. Hofmann, Active Ser- vice watches $66.00; Isaac Gamble, 0, A.P. Applications for 1941 & 1942 $38.50; T. A. Roberts, Printing con- tract 1942 $250.00; Joseph Sanderson, Services as .Weed Inspector 1942 $7.20. Moved by McCallum and Parrish that this Council do now adjourn to meet in the Township Hall, Wroxeter, on the 5th day of March, or at the call of the Reeve. Carried. Isaac Gamble, Clerk. VISITORS FROM THE ARCTIC Snowy Owls have invaded southern Ontario again this winter. This is the second successive year that these birds have been forced to abandon the north. because of a meat shortage, according to ornithologists of the Royal Ontario Museum. Snowy Owls depend large- ly on lemmings, small mouse-like creatures, which alternately swarm over the Arctic and then die off. When lemmings disappear, owls migrate far. south of their normal winter range. What does Southern Ontario pro- vide for these meatless refugees? The answer is, rats and mice. Investiga- tions made at the Royal Ontario Mueseum show that more than half of the fare of visiting owls is com- prised of these troublesome rodents, The destruction or rats by owls is particularly important at the present time. The common brown rat is rat- ed as the worst mammal pest with which man must ton-tend. It destroys stores of food, leather and fabric and is instrumental in spreading disease, The author of this series, Jim "Greenblat, is the Editor of Tn.e Sun, thriving weekly' 'newspaper published -in ,Ewift Current, Sask. He is a Aotiative of Winkler, Man., and attended W' public and high -.schools in Winnipeg. He moved to Swift Current 33 years ago, 'and studied law until - the' out- break of the First Great War.' He then served in the Canadian Army from 1915 to 1919, and was wounded in France. He has been in the weekly newspaper business since 1923, and is a past president of the Saskatchewan division ^ of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. At home, he writes a sprightly col- umn, for the Sun, called "Swift Cur- rent Through the LOoking Glass", in which he has developed the highly rea7dable and inimitable style that he brings to this series from Ottawa. Before leaving Ottawa, he left one Postscript on a brief bit of biography. It read: "P.S.: Don't like Toronto!" —Editor's note. Looking Inside The Engine Call me lucky or not, but I'm just co !Jo tER ,, c•Ftc.K 13OOkS PRINTED; GUMMEl'i.fAt)E Ivmot BY ::„' ,13APER.,pc149bIlt+5 STyieeeldr:bvVry busttivfs Vatiokils d esig ns et th n ,Satnwes.r-sugg„uAtionsAd '''price. NtithouY <obilcJatron 5: The Advance.Thnes Phone 34.