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Fighting Rot In The Pacific
The National Research Council
here in Ottawa has been at war for
months agaiost—the weather! The
steaming jungles of 'the Pacific and
their torrential rainfall end high hu-
midity and heat are ao place to store
tents, tarps, or uniforms. Rot sets in,
and in a few weeks the material just
falls to pieces,
The Council came up with three pro-
tective coatings for cloth, Aluminum
salts or a stiff wax containing a filler
was used for water-proofing. Salt of
copper turned out to be a first-rate
tot-proofer. And for fire-proofing
tents and tarps, antimony salts mixed
with chldrinated wax does the' trick.
" Treating cloth with the three pro-
tective coatings makes it about 40 per
cent heavier, but it is well worth it in
the tropics.
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Drift From The Farm
I don't need to tell farmers that men
have been moving from farming to
industry, but the Dominion nureau of
Statistics, can prove it. In 1921, says
D.B,S,, 28 out of every 100 Canadian
working men were farmers; by 1941
the proportion had fallen to 32, This
is the first time in the history of dm-
;Ida that farmers have formed less than
a third of the working popiilation.
JANIgSTOWN
The following is the annual report
of the Jamestown War Workers.
Receipts
Colleetions $ 57,71
Igataar' 42.19
Donations. lllllllll lllll 102,00
Socials ........ ............ 240.07
Tickets for .draw .18,60
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CANADA- A BIG EXPORTER
Hon. James A. McKinnon, schoola
teacher, newspaper reporter, hardware
merchant, credit manager, and now
Minister of Trade and. Commerce. re-
cently stated that Canada is today Ithe
second largest exporting nation in the
world—second only to the United
States.
What's more, Canadian exports are
on the increase. For 'instance, France,
which imported nothing Whatever from
us in 1943, was able to buy from us
to the tune of nearly 116 million in
1944. Exports to the Uriited States,
Britain; Brazil, Chile, 'Colombia, Peru,
Uruguay and Venezuela, India and
Russia all were greater than before.
"Of peculiar significance;" said Mr..
Mackinnon, "is the fact that the
expOrts of the, agricultural .and animal
products of our Canadian farms- and
fisheries were some $340 million great-
er in 1944 than in 1943, Such exports
are likely to continue at a high level
during the period imanedi-ately follow-
ing the war.
The total? During 1944 we 'export-
ed goods at the rate of $12 million
pee working clay—of which three-
quarters -were war materials. This huge
war export figure is due to the fact
that Canadian forces at home and
abroad use only 30 per cent of our
war production. The rest goes to our
Allies, much of it snider Mutual Aid,
the plan whereby we send war material
those allies most in need 'of 'it,
either in return for other goods or
services, or as outright gifts.
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• Canadian Air Heroes
Nearly 1,400 awards have been con-
ferred on Canadian airmen for their
daring, endurance and devotion to
duty. From the start of the war to
last November 1st, Canadian airmen
won 52 D,S.O.'s, 916 D.F.C.'s, and 423
D.F.M.'s.
an order of the day commemorating
.the the 27th anniversary of the Red
Army, declared the Soviet winter of-
fensive had cost the Germans more
than 1,150,000 killed or captured and
predicted "complete victory" now is
near.
Bomb Bercbtesgaden
Romeaa-Hitler's Bavarian mountain
retreat, Berchtesgaden, well within
Germany's "inner fortress," has been
subjected to its first air attack of the
war, it was announced as heavy bomb-
ers of the United States 15th Air Force
completed their ninth consecutive day
of attacks on enemy communications
in Southern Europe,
By Helen Marsh
'"Foramre:
sea
British tanks of Field Marshal Sir Bernard
Montgomery's offensive forces are seen as they
ACy
Nijmegen. Holland.
combatted. nature's obstacle, mud, on the roadstari
Committee was keeping the swimming
pool to the front, At present the Com-
mittee was preparing a survey of the
district for the Ontario Government
which would disclose possibilities for
post-war expansion and employment.
The data assembled by the Lions
Clubs would be summarized and sent
to England to be passed on to-British
manufacturers looking for suitable sites
for expansion in Canada. The service
Club works quietly and efficiently to
carry out this program which would
otherwise be overlooked in the com-
munity. It also engenders a fine spirt
of fellowship in the members and en-
courages them to carry out the code of
ethics about which the whole organiz-
ation is set up.
President Wilf. thanked Lion Harley
for his fine exposition of the principles
of Lionism. Lions AI, Walker and
Stewart Beattie proposed a vote of
thanks to the ladies for the fine ban-
quet. This was unanimously approved
with the Lions Roar. Lion Wilf. du .'
traduced Lion. Nets, Hill of Goderiefa
who spoke briefly. Lion Bruce Mal-
calm was also introduced and be
briefly sketched the activities of Lion- •
ism in Ontario and Quebec. There
were 132 Clubs tin the two provinces
and Wingham was considered to be
an outstanding Club, Lions Clubs
Presented a great opportuitny • for un-
selfish service in a community and a
well balanced club with fine attend-
ance could perform fine service in any
community. He expressed his appreci-
ation for the invitation to be present.
Mr. Andy Kyle of Blyth addressed
the gathering and thanked Wingham
Lions for giving this opportunity to
the Blyth men of hearing just -what
Lionism could do for a corrunuility.
The Blyth men remained and conaulted
with the Directors as to formation of
such a Club in Blyth. The meetin
closed with the usual song and tilt
Lions' Roar.
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CANADA'S VETERANS
AtwVitatilit, Ofifteveavitie. s
An advertisement explaining to the people
of Canada the re-establishment credit avail
able to men and women of the Armed Forces.
ANOTHER LARGE GROUP
There is, however, another very large group who do not need
training and who are not suited for land settlement as provided
under the Veterans' Land Act. After long months or years in uniform,
these veterans will need assistance also. There will be those who
normally would bave owned their own homes had it not been for
their service. There will be those who own homes but who have
been unable to carry out needed repairs and alterations. There will
be veterans who sold businesses to enlist and who want to resume
them, and others who are fitted for a business of their own but who
need assistance in financing. The Resestablishment Credit is designed
for this latter group, and primarily is an alternative to training and
land settlement benefits.
Act of Parliament which prov not a loan but an outright grant, paid to an eligible veteran to aid
in reestablishment if the veteran decdes not to use land sett
etlement
or training benefits. It may be used in Canada only at a
me in
the ten years following discharge for certain specified purposes as
outlined in this advertisement. The grant is called a "credit" because
it is an amount carried ots the ledger to the credit of the veteran for
ten years until used by him for a reestablishment purpose.
HOW TO APPLY FOR RE-ESTABLISHMENT
CREDIT The re•establishment credit is an amount equal to the basic
War Service Gratuity—that is $7.50 for each 30 days' service in
the Western Hemisphere and $15.00 for each 3 days' armed
service
forces overwith
seas.
The amount is computed by the branch of 0 the
which the veterati served, and for that masers. aeplication first mast
' Gratuity ' Whee a statement showing
PURPOSES FOR WHICH CREDIT MAY
BE USED
Grant of the credit may be authorized for the following purposes:
(a) To assist in home owning;
(b) To assist in building a home;
(c) To assist in home repairing or modernization;
(d) To buy household equipment and furniture;
(e) To buy tools, instruments, etc., for trade, profession, or business;
(f) To provide working capital for profession or business;
(0 To buy a 'business;
(h) To pay premiums en Dominion of Canada insurance;
(i) To buy special equipment required for educational or vocational
training.
In the case of (a), (h), (1) and (g) above, the veteran must put
In planning the return to civilian life of men and women in the
armed forces, Canada's parliament
realized that assistance in re-establishment must cover a wide variety of fields. For m any—particularly
younger members of the forces--the best method of
effecting permanent re.establishment will be through
training or through an opportunity to continue an interrupted education. Others can
be assisted through
land settlement--either on full time farms or on small holdings operated with some regular form of
employment. In many cases a combination of these two things—training and land settlement—will be
the solution. Legislation for this type of re-establishment
was provided early in the war.
AN EXPLANATION OF THE G
any district office of the department. Application for the war service
gratuity is made to the branch of the armed forces with which the
veteran served and forms may be secured at any armed forces depot
or at any office of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
STUDY ALL MEASURES BEFORE APPLYING
It is important that every veteran shall have made a definite
decision as to future plans before applying for the reestablishment
credit. Payment of the reestablishment credit debars the veteran
from educational and training grants and benefits under the Veterans'
Land Act, since on application for the credit the veteran elects not
to take advantage of these other benefits. Any benefits under the
Veterans' Land Act and payments to, or on behalf of the veteran
for training or continuation of education already granted are charged
against the credit. Do not apply
ed
for your re-establishment credit
11 other rehabilitation measures. Advice of
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PAID UNDER WAR SERVICE GRANTS ACT
The Reestablishment Credit is made available under the same ,
until you have studs
• W Service Gratuities. It is department officials is available to assist you.
for every
be'
for the re-establishment credit may be made to the Depart-
credit. If experience shows a broadening of these purposes is needed,
the amount of the basic gratuity has been received by the veteran,
up one dollar be made for the War Service
meat of Veterans Affairs on a form Which may be secured from
ptovision has been reade for it.
FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION WRITE TO TIM NBAREST OFFICE OF
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DEPARTIVIENT OP VETERANS AFFAIRS
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Issued under the Authority of Hon. Inn A. Macketizia Melister of Veterans Affairs.
DEPARTMENT OF VETER AF'FAIRS
SEND
THIS ADVERTISEMENT TO SOME MAN OR WOMAN OVERSEAS.
two dollars used from the re-establishment
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l'hurs4ay, March -10, 194$ WINOTIAM ADVANCg-TIA/ES
Turkey Declares War
London, Turkey declared war on
Germany' and Japan after nearly sic
YnAts of uneasy neutrality, frankly ad-
;ratting that the declaration was exact-
ed by the 'Big-Three' AS the price of
admission to the. world security con-
ference at San Francisco in April,
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Manila Mop-Up
Manila — The grim ,job of clearing
lout Manila's remaining Japanese was
under way in earnest as United States
infantry poured through a shell-made
breach in the thick outer wall of the
Intramtiras and engaged the cornered
enemy in bitter hand-to-hand fighting.
By-Elections To Be Called Off
Ottawa, — Nine Dominion by-elec-
tions, scheduled to be held Aphl 23.
have been canceled, it was disclosed
in a notice appearing. in The Canada
Gazette. The .reason given in the
ordersin-council withdrawing the by-
elective writs was that ParliaMent will
be dissolved before Ap.ril 23 and any
expense incurred in preparing for by-
elections would be unnecessary.
Japs Claim 28 Ships Hit
San Francisco, — An imperial head-
j,quarters announcement claiming that
'';''28 enemy warships had been sunk or
heavily damaged" in. waters adjacent
4.1to IWo Jima Island in fighting from.
IsiFebruary 2.
AllsOut Effont.$tarted
Paris; — 'The United States 1st and
;9th ArMies launched their long-await-
ed drive toward the Rhine on a 22-
araile front along the Roer River,
:lquickly captured the ancient fortress
,:s4:City Jatelieh and fought their way
into Dueren. After hurdling the still-
swollen Roar in the opening assault
of what may be the final great offens-
ive, of the Western Front, the troops
of both armies advanced up to two
Miles to the east of the river.
Chinese Near Lashio
Calcutta, — Troops of the Chinese
50th Division, pushing down the old
Burma Road from Northeastern Bur-
ma, have captured Panghai, on the
north bank of the Namtu River op-
posite- Namtu and about 20 miles
northwest of the important centre of
Lashio.
Posen Falls To Reds
London, — Russian shock trdops
toppled Poznan . (Posen), last big
Polish city held by the enemy, after
a month's siege, killing or capturing
48,000 Germans and clearing the way
for a knockout offensive against
Berlin.
Big British. Black Market
London, — From a petty, under-the-
counter movement which, began with
'introduction of food rationing in 1939,
eqhe black market in Britain. has grown
into . a gangster-controlled network
with an annual income of more than
£5,000,000 ($22.500,000)','
Prorogation Date, March 31.
Ottawa,—A proclamation was issued
formally extending prorogation of
Parliament to Marc031, but it does
not preclude the calling of a session
any time before that date if the Gov-
ernment so desirea.
Nazis Conscript Children
Londen, — The Germans conscrip-
ted some of their school children—
boys to dig trenches and fight and
,girls for auxiliary services—as their
military commentators warned that a
Russian frontal assault on Berlin was
imminent,
7000. Bombers
London, Allied air chiefs, making a
supreme co-ordinated effort to knock
out Germany's railway system, hurled
an estimated 7,000 bombers and fight-
ers at probably 100 enemy communi-
cations hubs -in the greatest simultan-
eouS air assault in history,
Aims. For Million New lolls
Halifax, — The Federal Government
aims'to provide Canadians with "some-
thing over 1,000,000" new jobs after
the war, National Health , Minister
Brooke Claxton declared in an address
before the Maritime Labor Institute.
ady expansion of production and
onsumption will be the goals of the
overnmenes economic policies, the
oinister said, adding that "the only
Itimate source of welfare is produc-
Ion,"
al's MOW Selves tip
Manila,---Japanese hopelessly sealed
fin Corregidor' network of tunnels
iblery themselves 'up by touching off a
!main ammunition dump as American
forces tightened the squeeze on the
remaining enemy garrison there and
also in Manila,
Russians XIII of Capttire
1,500,000 Huns
London—Premier jOSeph Stalin, i
Miscellaneous ..... ...... ..... „ 4,00
Balance from 1943
0,85
$ 548,02
Expenditures.
Materials
Donations
Ditty Rags
Equipment
Insurance
$ 202,53
84.31
43.93
10.15
2.10
$ 343,02
Balance, Dec, 31,, 1944.•,.._.....$ 205,00
M. Turnbull, Treasurer
' Refugee Supplies--Quilts 92; other
bedding 10; Women's garments 84;
Girls and small children 236; infant's
garments 220; men's garments 43;
boy's garments 39.
Active Service Supplies — socks 8],
pr.; other comforts 11
Ditty Bags 12-324 items, "'
Rehabilitation project 37 items;
total 1177 items.
Christmas parcels were also sent to
the community boys who are overseas.
It has been customary for our
organization to contribute to such
funds as Queen's Canadian, British
War Victims', etc., at the close of the
year. Owing to road and weather con-
ditions. the December meeting had to
be cancelled, which accounts for the
large balance carried over into 1945.
We wish to express our thanks to
the three Morris groups who, working
in their own homes, have made such
splendid contributions to the work.
These groups were under the leader-
ship of Miss Bessie Moses, MrS. Roy
"Purvey and Mrs. R. J. McLennan.
We wish to thank those of the com-
munity who from time to time have
given generous donations towards the
work. Also, thanks to the Brussels
Legion for their donation and special
thanks to Miss .Margaret McNab and
to- Mr, Wineberg for their generous
contributions.
The year's work has been very suc-
cessful but we must not slacken our
efforts. There is a great need for more
women to sew. The Salvation Army
is undertaking, to supply a large quota
of garments for the relief of the liber-
ated peoples. of Europe, and we are
being asked to help with this in ad-
dition to our regular work. We ask
your .co-operation during the coming
year.
Margaret Grainger, President.
Ethel I. Dennis, Secretary.
DON'T DELAY ORDER
YOUR SEED POTATOES
Demattd from the United States and
from other countries for Canadian
certified seed potatoes is particularly
active,- the Agriculture Department
said today.
In view of this Canadian potato
growers are urged by the Department
to place -their orders for seed potatoes
without delay. If they fail to do so
they may find when planting time
comes that seed potato dealers will be
unable to fill orders, At present there
are enough seed potatoes available to
fill all orders that are placed but if -
the orders from the export markets
continue to roll in as they are now
doing, the supply may soon be ex-
hausted.
Potato growers are reminded of the
advantages of certified seed to'get in-
creased yield and a -better crop.
A Sultan at odds with his harem
Thought of a way he could scarem.
He caught him a mouse,
Set it loose in the house,
Thus starting the first harem-scarein
POTATO BUG FOE
The young of the colorado potato
beetle are frequently attacked by a
natural enemy known as. the friendly
perillus. The perillus is a flat,
medium-sized, sucking insect which in-
serts its beak through, the tender skin
of the red and black grub, and quickly
extracts the body juices, Death of the
"potato bug" follows. The friendly
perillus is definitely beneficial to po-
tato growers and in some seasons as-
sits materially in rechicing the numbers
of the potato beetle in a particular
field or district,
BLYTI1 SCENE OF
LIONS MEETING
(Continued front page one)
The Tailtwister produced a large bill
advertising the 85th Anniversary Rex-
all Sale and, he promptly asserted that
Lion Tamer Jack McKibbon was using'
false advertising as he was not 35
years of age, Lion Jack was non-
committal on this point but after con-
siderable argument the Tailtwista
produced a pair of scissors and
promptly penalized Lion Jack by cut-
ting off his tic. Tate presented the
ends to Presidetit Wilf, Who promptly
pronounced the penalty as quite prop-
er. Lion Harry Gibson tooted with
a step dance during the singing of one
of the songs.
Lion Tamer jack MctCibbon Claimed
that a (militate bad been practising all
ions, fraternal, sports and other types
and the question might be asked "Is
there room for a service club"? He
then Proceeded to outline briefly the
various committees selected to carry
out the work of the Lions Club, The
Boys and Girls Work Committee see
that young people are organized for
hockey, Boy Scoots and Cubs, The,
Child Welfare Committee is charged
with the care of underprivileged chil-
dren, the Christmas Tree Fund and
generally to see that children are look-
ed after. The Sight' Saving Commit-
tee is responsible to see that children's
eyes are properly tested and where
necessary, glasses are ordered and
paid for by the Club. The War Serv-
ices Committee were active in setting
up the Blood Clinic apparatus, arrang-
ing for donors, writing Lions on Active
Service and other patriotic work. The
Civic Improvement Committee was al-
ways on the lookout for ideas which
might be useful and at present the
the way down to Blyth and. he called
them to the front, Lions Clayton.
Garnmege, .Ornar Haselgrove, Howard
Sherbondy, Harley Cra.wford. and Bill.
Connell promptly responded and with
Harold V, Pym at the piano, rendered
"There's A Long, Long Trail A-wind-
ing," •
Lion Clarence Richey reported aver-
age attendance bad increased to 88%.
Lion Ron Rae reported a challenge
from .CKNX staff for a., gaMe of
broom-ball. A quintette composed of
Lions .Riston Cardiff, F d. red Spry, 1Gor
Buchanan, Omar Haselgrove and Jack
Reavie favored with a. number "Home
on the Range".
President Will, French expressed
appreciation of the Lions for the ex-
cellent banquet arranged by the Myth
Businessmen. He called upon Lion
Stan Hall to speak on the subject of
"What Lionism means to me", Lion
Stan: told of the long hours put in
by Lions in raising money for welfare
work but stated that this was rendered
less arduous due to fine cooperation
among the Lions, and the fact that
every Liop cheerfully accepted his
share of the work, Lions were amply
repaid -at their meetings throughout the
year by having fine entertainment of
various forms. Good and informative
addresses were heard from leading
men. There was plenty of good music.
The pleasant 'contacts with business-
men of the community, The wider
acquaintanceship and better knowledge
of our fellow men. Lionism helps in
abolishing petty jealousies on. Main
Street. Good fellowship- and service—
Lions never say 'no" when asked to
do anything for the public welfare,
There was a great field of service and
all cooperate to the fullest extent.
President Will, thanked -Lion Stan
for his remarks. He expressed pleas-
ure at again meeting with Stan Sib-
thorpe and called upon him for a solo.
Stan favored 'with "Friend 0' Mine"
and as an encore "Wings Over the
Navy". Both solos were greatly en-
joyed.
President Wilf, called upon Lion
Harley 'Crawford to speak on the sub-
ject of "What Lionism means to a
Community."
Lion Harley stated 'that all com-
munities have organizations of relig-