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"WINIIIV POSES FOR AMARA MAAI
Insurance Company
Est. 1840
An all Canadian Company which
has faithfully served its• policy
holders for over a century.
Head Office - Toronto
H. C. McLean Insurance Agendy
Wingham
DR. R. L. STEWART
C.P.R. Plans for Future
H. J. Humphrey E. D. Cotterell
LONG-RANGE planning for the transition of the Canadian Pacific Ran-
way Company from a war to a peacetime basis was foreshadowedrecently
when D. C. Coleman, Chaiiman and President, announced the assignment of
H. J. Humphrey, formerly Vice-President of the Company's Eastern Lines, to
"special duties"
"Mr. Humphrey's exceptionally wide experience, extensive public contacts
, and comprehensive knowledge will be devoted primarily to the solution of
problems that will,confront the Company in the period of transition from war
to peace", Mr. Coleman said. Mr. Humphrey is now located at the Com-
pany's headquarters in Montreal.
He is succeeded as vice-president, Eastern Lines, by E. D. Cotterell,
formerly general manager, Eastern Lines, who is promoted to vice-president,
and general manager, with headquarters in Toronto. Both Mr. Humphrey
and Mr. Cotterell report to W. M. Neal, C.B,B., Vice-President of the Com-
pany. .The appointments became effective October 1.
These changes again bring into the spotlight two officials who have each
made great contributions to the steady advancement of Canadian railroading
and have devoted their entire liaos to the development of this vital phase of
Canadian life.
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WINOHAM ADVANCR-TIMAS
pensionable disabilities are much
smaller. Disability' pensions are fixed
in accordance with the degree of ,disa-
bility deemed to exist as related to
the ordinary labour market. ,
The determination of the amount of
a disability pension in respect to a •dis-
ease is a 'very difficult and highly
technical matter based generally on
medical opinion as to the degree • of
impairment of the organ's affected.
While pension rates arenot made
public by the Pension Commission the.
Canadian Legion has, through thous-
ands of cases handled, been able to
arrive at pretty definite conclusions in
regard to specified types of wounds
or injuries.
Here are some of the percentages
of pension generally allowed. A mar-
ried man with no children a 100 per
cent disability pension receives $100
per month. For the first dependent •
child he, receives an additional $15 per
Month. $12 for the second child and
$10 for each additional child with NO
maximum amount. A single man on
100 per cent pension ,gets $75 per
month; the loss of ,a thumb is 20%;
loss of index finger 10%; loss of mid-
dle finger 5%; loss of fourth finger
5%; loss of little finger 3%; loss of
hand or foot 50%, the 50% rate apply-
ing up to just below the elbow or be-
low the knee; if the amputation is
above the knee it is 60%; above the
elbow 60%; middle of the arm 70%
middle of the leg 70%; and above that
80%; at the shoulder 80%; loss of 'an
eye 40%, if a glass eye has to be worn;
30% if the natural eye remains in the
socket; stiff knee joint-absolutely stiff
-can't be bent, 20%; stiff ankle 20%;
stiff elbow 20%.
A. H. MINH, B.A.
CLOTH IN POLAND
MOH IN PRICE
Yard of Cloth Would Cost '$3,000
For a yard of cloth in Poland to-
day a farmer would have to give about
315,000 pounds, of potatoes. If he had
the money to pay in cash for the cloth,
he would need two thousand one dollar
bills, This is inflation,
But in many cases the farmer can't
get the cloth at all because his potato
crop has been requisitioned by the
Nazis, Or the man in the city may
not have any cloth to exchange lie-
cause the Nazis have taken it away
against the coming winter. •So the
price of the neighbours' potatoes goes
higher and the list of the hungry and
cold lengthens as the list of supplies
shortens. This is war-inflamed infla-
tion,
Before the war the cost of living in
Poland was modest compared to
many other European countries. After
four years of 'German occupation the
cost of merely existing has become
more than many can afford. Now a
fifth 'year has been added and the situ-
ation in mast parts of, the country is
worse.
The system of rationing as set up
by the Nazis is stringent and in some
cases the portions of food alloted per
week only exist on paper. So black
markets spring up everywhere, Get-
man organized and fed. For Germany
has the keenest appreciation of the
striking power of inflation as a weapon
of war and has. overlooked no oppor-
tunity of directing it to her own in-
famous ends.
CONSERVATION CLIPS
By Marnie Edison
Brush-Me-Up-Basket
Add these to the cleaning equipment
.... keep them in the tote basket ready
for use; an old shaving brush or a soft
feather for hard-to-get-at corners,
crumby parts of the toaster, 'lamp-
shades that only take kindly to the
lightest flick of a dusting; an sold
toothbrush for 'silver cleaning jobs . . .
help get the white look out of ridges
in raised designs. It
Vital Statistics
Wait! Was that a piece of wrap-
ping paper that went into the, waste
paper basket? Or an old shoe box
that went into the furnace? Or a pile
of newspapers that went out with the
garbage? So what, it's none of our
business? But it's your , business.
Yours to save every single scrap of
HARRY FRYFORE
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Funeral Director
Furniture and
Funeral Service
Ambulance Service
Phones: Day 109W. Night 109J.
FREDERICK A. PARKER
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Offices: Centre St., Wingham
Osteopathic and Electric Treat-
ments, Foot Technique.
Phone 272. Wingham.
waste paper that comes into your
house . , your regular contribution,
however small, is important, Some
hard pressed fighting man will get
desperately needed ,supplies , or
will not get them , depending on
you, A hundred pounds 9f the paper
you collect in your own home will
make 1,470 boxes for life-saving ra-
tions; 2,911 cartons of cartridges for
inflating life boats; 11 bands for 1,000
pound 'bombs; small supply para
chutes; ammunition chests, the list is
hundreds of items long. Maybe you'll
never collect a hundred pounds, of
paper but you plus your neighbors
will. Oh yes, it's a nuisance to have
to bother with it but we imagine you
can stand it.
It's the Tbekught That Does It
Well you've heard this so often
that it begins to sound like a cracked
gramophone record . . . but do your
Christmas shopping early. The final
flurry of buying overseas parcels is
over and it's high time to consider
your friends-at-home. This year take
more time thinking and, less time mil-
ling around the crowded stores, Trite
but true that it's never the cost of a
gift that counts, but the inspired choice
that comes only from imagining just
what the people on your list would like
best. Then whenfiron have to go down
town do choose a time when the stores
won't be too crowded. If you don't
have to shop at noon or late in the
afternoon don't db it lots of people
have no other time. And if you can't
get what you like please do be cheerful
about it , nobody's doing any better
than you are.
Prince Robert Made Record
Carrying Royal Passengers
Ships possess character and it is the
special attribute of Prince
Robert that she is a 14,happy" ship, and
has been so since she gracefully slip-
ped into the Mersey at Birkenhead to
be fitted Put for service in the Pacific
Coast run of the Canadian. National
Railways. Unusual experiences have
fallen to the Prince •Robert, such as
being employed on a good-will Mission
to South America, her selection as
Royal Yacht to convey Their Majes-
ties, King George and Queen Eliza-
beth, from Victoria to Vancouver as
they turned eastwards on their tour
of Canada in the Spring of 1939, and
in the •same year being acquired, by
the Royal Canadian Navy to be trans-
formed into an auxiliary cruiser, •and
her subsequent change into an anti-
aircraft cruiser, certainly a busy and
varied career in the life of a vessel
designed for holiday cruises in the
peaceful and picturesque , waters of
Canada's Inside Passage, a trade in
which she established great popularity
with many thousands of vacation
travellers from Canada and the United
States.
It was on May 31, 1939, when Their
Majesties having reached the further-
most point of their Canadian tour be-
gan their return journey from Victoria.
The Royal Standard broke, out at the
masthead as the Royal travellers em-
barked on the Prince Robert, the ship
fairly sparkling in the sunshine of a
glorious Spring day. Captain H, E.
Nedden, the Master, met Their Majes-
ties at the gangplank and conducted
them to the rooms reserved for their
use. Presently lines were being cast
off and the stately shin was in motion.
Accompanied by four destroyers of the
Royal Canadian Navy and an air escort
from the Royal Canadian Air Force
Station, the Prince Robert• moved at
speed, and across the open waters of
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
of Britain celebrated his 70th birthday
last week by working a full day as
the Strait of Georgia her turbines
were really humming. The ship pas-
sed Prospect Point entrance to Van-
couver Harbour 20 minutes in advance
of the fast schedule which had been
arranged, making the run between
Ogden Point Dock. at Victoria, and
Prospect Point in 3 hours, 10 minutes,
a record for the distance. The over-
all time from wharf to wharf, a dis-
tance of 72 miles, was 3 hours, 32
minutes and that record stands today
to the credit of the Canadian National
ship.
The naval escort on that occasion
consisted of H.M.C.S. Destroyers Ot-
tawa, Fraser, St. Laurent and Resti-
gouche all of which have since fought
valiantly in the service of the Domin-
ion, each having provided an inspiring
chapter in the story of the United
nations fight for freedom.
WEAPONS OFF
SECRET LIST
New Canadian weapons hot off the
production lines have been in the
spearhead of attacks in Italy and
France. Much of the equipment used
by invasion forces is on the secret list
and cannot be revealed until after• the
Nazis get a 'good look, at the business
end!
One weapon just off the secret list
is the all-Canadian "Sexton", a 25-
pounder, full-tracked, self-propelled
gun mount. It is now in action in
France.
Self-propelled 40-millimeter Bofors
guns made in Canada are now bringing
down Nazi planes. Piat gun ammu-
nition is cracking pill boxes and tank
usual. Mr. Churchill said that he now
expected the war to last longer than
lie had anticipated, probably until
summer.
armour,
Among invasion equipment produc-
ed in Canada are steel landing ships.
52-foot assault landing craft,. 72-foot
cargo barges and the tugs to haul'
them. -
RECORD QUANTITY
EGGS FOR BRITAIN
In the first seven months of this
year the Special Products Board
bought the record quantity of nearly
21/2 million cases of surplus shell eggs
for export to Britain' in the -form of
dried egg powder, the Dominion De-
partment of Agriculture has announc-
ed. This is double the quantity of
eggs bought by the Board in the first.
seven months of any previous peak
year.
Inspections of eggs for delivery to
the Board from December 29, 1943, to
July 31, 1944, totalled 2.48 million cas-
es, compared with 1,10 million in the
corresponding period of 1943, and with
1.23 million in the first seven months
of 1942. Pre-war Canadian egg ship-
ments to Britain were about .03 million
cases annually.
In thousand-case lots, the 'provincial
origin of this year's eig purchases is
as follows (1943 and 1942 comparative
figures in brackets); British Colum-
bia 174 (3;32); Alberta 362 (183;193;
Saskatchewan 478 (269;274); Mani-
ttoba 291 (145;189); Ontario 1,008
(460;507); Quebec 146 (32;27); Mari-
times 21 (8;11).
The deepest truths are best read
between the lines, and, for the most
part, refuse to be written.
-A. Bronson Alcott.6-
IMPORTANT NEWS
RE ARMED FORCES
(This is the first in a series of ten
weekly articles written especially for
The Advance-Times by Richard
Hale, chief pension officer of the
Canadian Legion, Ottawa Head-
;quarter$,)
By Richard Hale
'The question of pensions for men of
the armed forces who are wounded or
injured, become sick and disabled, is
one of •the most discussed in Canada
today. At the same time there is
probably no other problem relating to
men of• the forces that is less under-
stood.
In the first place the amounts of
pensions payable are generally grossly
exaggerated in the average mind.
Whenever a pension is mentioned the
uninitiated visualizes some sum rang-
ing between $40 and $150 per month.
While it is true that pensions do run
ashigh as '$150, in exceptional cases,
'where the man is totally disabled, it
is equally true that the majority of
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