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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1945-03-29, Page 3Compared with the cost of other commodi- ties, electricity is cheaper than ever in Canada today. While average commodity prices have now risen more than 18% over the 1935. 1939 average the cost of electricity has actually dropped. Report by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, December 4, 1944, says: "Reductions in electricity rates during the last year have provided a stabilizing influence upon the gen$ral cost of living index!". On this date: Cost of living was up 18.9% • Cost of Food was up 30.8% Cost of fuel was up 8.1% Cost of electricity stood at 91.4% —a drop of 8.1% Through the support that Ontario people have given their Hydro System, this Province now enjoys electricity at rates that compare favorably with the lowest in the world. Greater use brings lower cost. With the coming of peace, much power now being used for war production will be available to bring increased benefits to hOmes and farms. Plan now for greater use of Hydro service. THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION OF ONTARIO WORLD WIDE NEWS IN CONDENSED FORM AIM llllllllllll MI1111111 lllll 11 lllll 111 llllll 11111 lllll lllllllllllllll llllllll 11101.1,111111111. lllllll 111111.11 llllllll 1111. lllllllll a Family Allowances will be paid every month for every eligible child under 16 years of age. First cheques will be mailed in July, ,1945. Family Allow- ances are being paid to help parents in the care of their children, to help pay for medical, dental and nursing services—for better food, clothing and shelter, and to assist in equalizing opportunities for all children. Registration forms have been mailed to every family. Fill in your form as soon as received. It is very simple—only seven questions—and inform- ation is given below to help you complete the form accurately. Do it right away in the interests of your children, as cheques can only be mailed to those eligible families which have completed and re- turned the Registration Form. If you do not receive a form through the mail, please ask for one at the nearest Post Office. beTARTMOtrOPOTIONAI. Ar ..,i, ,,, , mtL.4ALw Z NMLTRAND WESAt iaon/yr, „,,..,,,,,,,ez y, ,.t.,,___srRATiotvIzfi e3EGItzzf 7F; N r onm :=SF___7 ::::= 7" _i_=;= =4741"'"7 ZI 7 ,1 / both We aura. torom.eso •1•1••• of ditto vnlldtloa oatha -;44'4""Y bee Olitzar.r1;717.:..kuriwth•ab00....7..w.z..ta.nntlItteog:iiiet ' ' 44 7.4, QUESTION 3. If only one person has signed under question 2, state the reason why the other signature cannot be given. Give details*.clon't say Father or Mother is "away"—state where and for how long. QUESTIONS 4, 5, 6 and I on the other side of the form must also be answered either "Yes" or "No" If the answer is "No" to questions 4, 5 or 6, state details giving name of child, or children concerned. In the case of No. 5, if you have any children under 16 not living with you, list their names, give the reason and the complete address as to where they can be visited, If the answer to No. 7 is "Yes", give the details required. INCOME TAX: So that nobody will benefit from both Family Allowances and a full income tax deduction for their children, the income tax dedue- dons for children will be reduced by the amount received from Family Allowances. Parents, therefore, have the choice of claiming—or not claiming—Family Allowances. Those uncertain as to whether or not they will benefit are advised to apply for the Family Allowance. •••::::*•;747ft,Aa.' Netif ° YOU ARE HELPING YOUR CHILDREN WHEN YOU REGISTER QUESTION I. PRINT IN BLOCK LETTERS (LIKE THIS) the names of your children under 16. Write out the month of birth, then give day and year. Write name of place where each child was born. Complete each line by stating your relationship to child and if father and mother are applying, fill in both "relation- ship" columns. QUESTION 2. Here the father and mother must both sign if both are at home„Then give the address to which cheques should be mailed'. PRINT THIS IN BLOCK TYPE (LIKE THIS) under both signatures. The mother should not sign her husband's first name. She should sign her own first name, such as Mrs. Alice, Mary, Joan, etc. a 11.,....to;a4.a da....,.........a.a.ai. .....# r' ,N. 10.0.0.1............ iti 'iii , ,....,, •Ik• . ;7‘...4,....6„.4.0.1..a.,.....1.0 ,...e...140...d.utig., .. v.3 utiii.a.t . S "',.-k•Ni It oaarlo.,..4..Nargt ,,,..„...,-,. ta.ta......-... 1....L...............=:-...... ..1. h,....0‘.... , 4,A. ..(1..,.....--- r•to ... 04 ...11 Wolof bi. tritiyor tralit.? ittoeNala. s# , FOR ieffitZeheriaires Published ussdes' 41i1'i)Okii, 4f the NON. DROOKK CLAXTON, Midst& brIbAITMENT OP NATIONAL TITAILIN ANIT WELTAXIL. OTTAWA SALIn.nu SALLIES • jel I • iwfyw.ENam I .164 la Wald `Didn't you know? I'm getting married dtirinz my lunch hour." A AI IA r save Money Prepaying f . t"Wivectie°:7:11 Si _ Ali i ,t4Wptilfi j ik iNCOTp.s7rgp ... % l /879 ..." . l ••••• ll ".' InOTO ...1,0r7'Ai nr?7'::',.` "7-471.1` " " a "- •'^AP•a•"17/PaRrlinii""r• ...7..7.4.7: ...1-'"ttAt Town of Wing al 1945 Taxes Taxpayers may make payments on account of 1945 taxes up to 80 per cent. of 1944 taxes, Interest at the rate of Four per cent, per an- num will be allowed on such prepayntents. Prepayments of taxes must be made at the Town Treasurer's Office, Town Hall, W. A. GALBRAITH, Treasurer, Town of Wingham. Expect King To Fill Posts Ottawa, — Appointments to the 18 vacancies in the Senate, tcl'gether with several other ranking Government ap- pointments, are expected to be made by Prime Minister King and the Gov- ernment on th,e eve of dissolution of the 19th Parliament, the constitution- al five-year term of which expires on April 17, Reds Seek Use of Dardanelles London, — Soviet dispatches strong- ly implied that Russia was seeking a full-scale alliance with Turkey in place of the 1225 treaty' of ,friendship and there was speculation in London that Russia hopes to gain unrestricted use of the Dardanelles and Bosphor- ous straits, Alleged Gang Leader Arrested London, — City and provincial police questioned Mike Skomorowski, 27-year-old Manitoban, about a series of recent local' breaking, entering and theft offences that netted thousands of dollars after the man was brought to London following his arrest in St k Thomas. Skomorowski is thought by police to be the "brains" of a theft ring operating from. Winnipeg to Montreal, Complete Adult Educational Scheme Toronto, — Pretniee Drew told the Legislature that organization and ad- ministration of both physical and men- tal aspects of adult education have been completed in Ontario. The On- tario Adult Education Board has been set up with the co-operation of all pro- vincial universities under the chairman- ship of Dr. W. 5, Dunlop, of the thii- veraity of Toronto. Canadian Corvette Stink Ottawa,'-- Tile corvette Trentonian hat been torpedoed and stink with one officer killed in action and five ratings listed as misting. Navy Minister Mac- donald announced. There were 0 StirviVOrt, Ontario Election expected in Arne TOroeto, Premier George Drew Ott Saturday annottneed the dissolution of the gist Legislature and the calling df a general election in Ontario, The ,•• .. . ..........--- VON ................. 11/11111111,11111111111/1111 ........ I ...... 01011111 llllllllllllll 01111111111,1 lllllllll 1,111 lllll 01111 lllllllllllllllllll 1 llllllllllllll On Read T4 Vienna London, -- Red Army tanks raced within 36 miles of Austria and?? miles southeast of Vienna as a second mighty Soviet Army joined Russia's Vienna-4)041nd offensive that was rethiq0 b)'' per month, for the sweeping unchecked across industrial sixthand seventh children by per Western Hungary on a 90-rnile front. month, and for the eighth and each additional child by $3 per month, Exemption Reduced The rate of exemption for children under the Income Tax Act had not been changed. The exemption would only be reduced by the aniount by which an individual benefitted from family allowances., This meant that FAMILY ALLOWANCES TO START IN JULY None In Any Income Group To Be Worse Off eume lax for this year and then work it out again on the assumption that he had= children. The difference would be the exemption he 'is allowed for his children and this amount ,could ,be , compared with the amount lie would receive under the allowance .payments. The scale of family allowance pay- ments is $5 per month for a child under .six; $6 per month kyr a child between six and 10; '.$7 per month for • a child between 10 and 13, and $8 per month for a child between 13 and 16, For the fifth child .the allowance is 8000 Plane Raid • London, — History's^ mightiest aerial onslauglii roared to a thunder- ing climax as more than 8,000 Allied planes battered. communications in and around the devastated German Ruhr, Queen Visited Wounded Canucks Somewhere in England, — The Queen paid a three-hour visit to a Canadian general hospital and told the nursing sisters, after visiting the vari- ous 'wards, where she had' either a smile or kind word for everyone, that she was touched by the courage and patience of the soldiers she had seen. Battle For Berlin On London, — The Germans claimed that '72,000 Russian troops and 400 tanks had, reopened the battle fOr Ber- lin crashing six miles west of the Oder River defence line within 31 miles of the imperiled ,capital Simul- taneously the defenders of Danzig and Gdynia, had been split in two by a Soviet surge to Danzig Bay that won the coastal town of Zoppot, midway between the prized Baltic ports. Empire Air Plan Through , Ottawa, -- Official ceremonies Thursday will mark the closing of the .'big British Commonwealth Air Train- ing Plan which has produced more than 130,000 trained airmen, an release,said. The governor- general and Prime Minister King will participate in the final wings parade at Uplands, Simultaneously similar parades will be, held at many other `schools across Canada. Spain Protests To 'japan. 11iadrid, — Spain, appeared about to go to war on Japan as the Government AiVaited Toyko's reply to a strong note of protest against the "tuipreradiatated murders" of Spanish nationals prior to the liberation of Manila by American troops', Third Army Crosses Rhine Paris,—The powerful 'United States 3rd Army swarmed across the Rhine Thursday night, overwhelmed the startled enemy and Struelt inland with lightning speed from A firm bridge,. head on .the Short] road to Berlin- 260 Miles ahead, Japs Evacuating Tokyo San Francisco, — Evacuation of nearly 3,000,000 air' raid victims from Tokyo—one of the greatest mass civil- ian evacuations of the war — is in progress in the bomb-torn .enemy capital, the Japanese radio indicated. Crush Rhine Resistance Paris, -- Two United States armies crushed all major resistance west of the Rhine in the last phase of a battle that cost the Germans 100,000 captives alone. Kesselring Replaces Ruudstedt London, — The official disclosure from 21st Army Group headquarters that Field Marshal Albert von Kessel- ring, German commander in Italy, has been appointed commander-in-chief of the German armies in the west, means that for the second time Field Marsh- al Gerd von Rundstedt has been reliev ed of his command at a critical period of the war in the west, Drew Government Defeated Toionto, — The Progressive-Con- sevative Government of Premier George A. Drew went down to defeat 51 to 36 almost on the stroke of mid- night, Thursday, when all Opposition parties combined against .it. Premier Drew only a moment or so before, had clearly indicated his intention to ask Lieutenant-Governor Albert Mat- thews ,for dissolution and then to call a general election. Before the defeat of the Government on a C.C.F. want of confidence amendment to the ad- dress ,19n reply to the Speech from the Throne, a Liberal stab-amendment had been lost n to 30. Numerous CCP% members supported this move ittchid- leg Leader D. B. lolliffe, but a major- ity voted with the government, Allies Continue Rhine Successes In a spectattlar day of gains, four Allied armies surged forward from firm lodgments along 200 miles of the RItine'S east bank from Reese to Worms. German resistance Wag' diS.. integrating almost everywhere. Three United States armies pushed toward Berlin in brealt,throttglts and the prit. isli 2nd Army, with elements of the 1st Canadian ArriV, heightened the power of the grand Western Profit of. u Thursday, March 29th, I94$ knsive by pushing eight miles north, of the Rhine onto the German plain, hurdling one river barrier on the. Berlin route and slashing across a super highway running to Northern Holland. r I' WINGHAM ADVANCg-TIMES Health Minister Claxton said that 1,300,000 of the 1,500,000 families in Canada will receive family allowances beginning in July and in no case will anyone in any income group be "worse off" through iticome tax deductions re- sulting from the payments, At a press conference in the Parlia- mentary Press Gallery, Mr. Claxton said that his advice to Canadian par- ents was for them all to register for the family allowance payments, sched- uled to begin about July 20. In the cases of all but some 200,000 families in the high income groups there will be some benefit from the family allowances._ In the cases of the higher income faMilies the allowance payments would be drained back into the treasury through income tax. Anyone could figure whether they would benefit from the family allow- ances. A man could work out his in- voting date is likely to come early in June, possibly Jim 11, The premier thus put a. sudden and unexpected end to the assumption, never encouraged by Mr, Drew himself, that the House would meet again on Tuesday ;tad at-, tempt tp transact certain unfinished legislation, and vote supply. no one would be °worse off" by regis- tering and applying for family allow- ances. National registration of the approxi- mately 3,500,000 children under 16 years of age is now under -way. 'Mr. Claxton said Family allowance appli- cation forms now were in the hands of .post office officials and would be distributed in eight provinces. Regis- tration already has been completed in Prince Edward Island, which served as a testing ground for registration procedure. Instructions on how to fill out the forms and what to do with them when completed will also be distributed through the post offices. Regional family allowance offices, set up in each provincial capital, will handle the completed forms as they are received by mail from parents. The city lad saw a peacock for the first time. '1Gosh," he exclaimed, "a rooster in full bloom!"