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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1940-05-30, Page 3or' • ' a .1 , Vt. , HURON COCINIT'S FOREMOST WEEMS Bossiness Dir dory LEGA UPLEY HOLMES ° Barrister, Etc. 08140--4ourt House, 00derieb. TelePlanie 55. DOUGLAS R, AMN, —t,. _h. Btrorriger$ taxnLi Se(roccliteorrii, NOP 'M. LVE, _.__Barrieter and Solicitor, , .rdfe Buildiag, Adelaide and Vle Te-lephrnrelapZeogssin.T,oronto 2 SPEEDING CAliADA'$ WAR EFFORT IS PARLIAMENT'S CHIEF CONCERN 3. A. :ROM SECRETARY „ Aft‘Xtrouln 'Contribution to Allied, Cause Demanded of Goverment, Some Details of Canada's Va4 War Program 'NM& Will° Re- quire Expenditure of $700,000,000 ThisYear; in. 4,ddition to Expenditure on Ordinary Government Services--Appointro.ent of Hon; 0 G Powo as Air lYrtnister Is 'Well Received, .1a-INNETII HUNTER, B.A. , BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, fiTO. • Pholie 30, Gode,r1ch, Ont. Office: Hamilton Street VHA4TPRED'ACCOUNTANW• MONTEXPI1 and' MONTEITH, Ob.artered Aeeoluitants 77 -Do -Wide Street, Stratford Toronto 302 Bay Street AUCTIONEE4ING THOMX8 GUNDRX, •GODERICH, LIVI)1STOOK AND oiegilat.A.r.. .A.UCTIONEER . Telephone,'119 Sales attended , to ,-- anSwkere and every effort made to give Satisfaetion. Fathers' sale notes discetinted. CORDON,GRANT, 'LICENSED AUOTIONEEtit FOB. ET4R911---. ° COUNT • A satisfactory, courteous service' for raTridr4Propertr..‘or" Household SaleS. •Rates Reasonable. , OW, wassisairimitiimissairriesollesture air a fgt. F. J. R. FORSiER, EYE, EAR, m NOSI33, THROAT' Late House slime= New York OPhtnahnie and. Aural -110SPital, as-- -sistant)et Moorefield Eye HeoPital and Golden' Square Jlirciat ,HoSpittil, Lon- don, England. EXES TESTED, GLASSES SUPPLIED 53 Waterloo Stieet--$:;;PStratford. Teriephone67: Next visit Bedford -Hotel, Goderieh, W.echiesday,-June 20th, from 2 p.m. p.m., • .1) , ssamsamossisausaasuaaa. • DRIJOraESS. iMAP.,#/01SE111- „ 0,11IROPRACIX)R AND DRUGLESS THERAPIST" --,7-- - Godgrich, Phone 341 'Office hours --10 to 12 a.M., 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, -Friday tind Saturday. - 10 to 12 a.m. only on Wednesday. Monday and T.hursday lilitchelL A. N. ATKINSON 51, Seuth St. - (By 4. A. Hume, Special.Correeponde ditional elOtroyers to be Constructed • ent) in England; steps tie bp taken to speed oTTAWA, May 24.e-Parliament—by up, hOweVer poeeible, the Common- of town, ohtained. his Arst training as its • .and litr‘ssiog wealth air•trailling Plan; further re- a newspaPek ana.n with; The' GOderich determined spirit I Deaf Mute Makes I Quite a Racket At the minuet elections of the Par- • held mon, Saturday last, J. Alex. ttnme the rdegilltrateessitellt lnentary PreSse Gallery at Ottawa, 208, Salmi& Cole 'Aeon before of tile Southern rieWepePere teas elected County eeeretary, The eleetiOu signifleant • ea ea);a* 1. of the prontinent Plaee whieh Godee l he temPeranien rfi. ea leen old bey bas taitea elevate tete press cole, Itussian-boM deaf 'nate, was last Npresentatives at the capital. 7.:111urSday senteneed to two ntontha in Mr. Hume, 'a son of Mr. 4. P. Hume county jail for assaulting' Mrs. Martha Jacobs manager -matron , Huron* patrietion of private Canadian seenri, Sigilal. Fron here he went about tempo—'has given a commendable dis- ties held in Britain to enable the elxWeu year ago tO London 'Where he play. this Past weelt in stimulatixig' the 'United Xingdom to purchase more war vitae with,,The,Ad•vertiser, and later to Government* to sPeediag UP and ex- materials here; Valuation Of a Can- Ottawa, where he has since come to pending, Canada's ever effort' What-, etitan corps in the 41eld„ starting off the front among. the 'men who repre. ever sweeping powers) for . e,419pneY, with the Arsq,nd teetual Divisions; eent, the press of the Dentlalea.14 tttd purposes, may have to he, given tlie assignment tif7tert4in naval and milt. -capital eity. " Governmentbefore the •session Closes, tary ',formations for active duty in the Mr. Hume is the special eorreeponde ent of The 'Signal -Star at Ottawa, and his weekly. letter On Parliamentary ejfee.4.41110.74,1VMelatidest are of -this, paper. INSURANCE udiL,Lbp. laUTUAL FIRE , IN SURANCE CO.—Warm and Vio- lated town property injured. „ Knox,. PseSideat, Londesboro; W. Archibald,. Vice - President, (Seafforr-11;' 31- Reid/ Manager and Secretary -Treasurer, Sea - forth. • - Broadfoot, Sea- . forth; , James Connelly, Gederioil; Leonhardt, 13ornholra; Alex. Malilvvang, -'1Rytla; Prank -McGregor, Q.,Linton ; °Thomas Moylan, Seaforth; ugh Alexander, Walton; Wm. Knox, ndesbore; Seaforth. Agents—E. A. Ye°, R.R. 1, Godericli James Watt, Blyth; John E.' Pepper, R.R. Brueeileld; R., V. McKercher, R.R. 1, Dublin; Chaa. F. Hewitt; Kin- cardine; It. G. Jarmuth, Rite I!, Born- holm. • A, Policy -holders can make pay- NIF ments and get their cards receipted at !the Royal Bank, Clinton; ‘,Calvin Oates 'Grocery, Kingston Street, Goderich, or T. H. Reld's General 'Stare, Bayileld. of Commons as the eeinocratie sound- veterans' home guard -s, with 3,000 re - the conetructive value Of the, .l-lioue(SiOarilabeatt and North. Atlantic areas; • gehoardeotethees-seountry.....41,1neset 'ell_piguiAnralled,;_to4atart continuing trisis, has been 'amPly de- Sitetniiihtg Overe-Three Millions Daily monstreted. . Canada's -war expenditures for the _JCharges "tomplacency" levelled- ;current fiscal year ending March 31 at the Government have been due,- in next are estim.a.ted at $700,090,000, in large part, teethe Government's failure ;addition to $450,000;000 for ordinary to let th,e, Canadian people know as and special. governmentaLexpenditUree, much about its "war' activities as it or a budget totalling $1.450,000,000, might have done since last September. which is over $34)00,000 (lane'. The At the same time, it inust be admitted, rough lbreakdown Of the war expendi- %lee Commons has not 'been completely satiated. that the Government has Put as mud& driving force behind the war program—particularly on the score of Securing 'neeessarY mechanized equip- ment—as _it might well have done. True, Rome was not btillt in a„.day, but construction might,- toneelvablY, have been puelied more vigoeously, In getting thwever ,building rushed UP Jil 'its -Stagds. , Prithe Minister Eing.and other min- isters particularly charged with re- sponsibility for war measures were at palns to reaesure the Commons, and billy aware, now (if it had not. been and *25,700,000 td suPport. :* the 'country, that the Government is 1 squadron set planea for a year earlier), of the fact that .the Canadian heather squadron., Canada lias,alread - people want the maximum contribution. spent. -$91,000,000 in repatriating Go- STRATFORD — GOIDERICH coon raNgs Daily '7.40 a.m. 445 pan. --Leaves fioderich for -,Stratford, Toronto, Hamilton, Buffalo, 'London, Detroit, Tavistock and 'Woodstock. Depots Bedfotd, British and Royiti Hotels. , risone boteb4 or 305 for iniorMatiOn. Equ'ALIZATIOit TAIMLE- - Village -of Mensal)." Akio Readjustment for LandS Transferred The equalization committee .of the - County Cornell met last Friday to con- ture is as follows: Army, $2615,900,000 ; shier a request from the Village of navy,' $i()0,00();000; air force, $100,000,- Ilensall that it be exempted from, pay - 000; 04nacla's share ConunonWealth Ing _County -taxes on farm lands as training ,plan, t120,000,000; farther sessed at .$17,570 transferred by the services,$2,000,0e0; eetablishmextttan- Ontario- tannielpal Board -to the Town- adian Oarp$' . overseas, 05,000,000; Ships of Hay and Tuckersmitli. sinte Third Army •Division taste, $38.000,000. the last equalleed asseSement was made Canadels war expenditure in 1)1 10 two year S age. . • , The 'committee decided thet it .could was, only $166,000,000. Then Canada .had ne air force and only a small -naval 'ITO nothing'. about it this year, but eereeete of two destroyers, weile therecommended that .Hay and Tucker - smith reimburse Hensall the amount of .coet of maintaining. any army division the taxesslnvolved; namely Hay eae has almost doubled because of modern mechanized: -equifinent: and Tuckersnritte'$39, Avhich-711ensall- costs $12,500,000to equip and service a must pay on lands without its borders. In addition Hensall*Ill lose ,$400.per year taxes whiillifilgOarinerly ..colleeted on the lands in -when Within lts-eerporalion limits. • ' • The equalilation' eonlinittee • While. in -session- learned that-while-it-could_r adjust the County eqUalized? asSess- Ixt'elirit !had to '/Challge the' total. In the case Heiasall it is too late for readjustment this year. ee,On. the. committee are Reeve It E. '(Shaddick (chain -nen) Hensail, Reeves McDonald of Ashfield, Alonze MeCann of Stephen, Benson Tucker of Exeter ;and Warden George Feagan. „DconiniOn ettn. make to the Allied eause. • • " . ----*4--,-ahe-War-Itograin • . Briefly,' the speeded -up war 'program -•anneimaced by the Goireninierit em- braces the.following.:' Establishment of necessary additional funds 'by borrow- ,luig'in war °loans, warsav' s-eettille- ates and even down to 25 -tent thrift stamps, The earlysbudget will sharply step np'taiation all along the line. • What Has Been bone - Highlights of Canada's war effort ernmenCseeur1t1es held in Britalu to makrIterlbg availrwarPur „chases_ GATernin—P0s.,- ancial waripolicy is to -41pay as .you go;" irka far as possible, and to raise the full minititries for aledefence and for Munitions and suPidy; Second Division to proteed overseas t3ooner than, in- tended; recruitment of a Third Divi- sion to commence soon; exilletinent of the necessary reinforcements for .the to first and second 'Divisions to •be sent date raaY-te'briefis recited -as em,brac- overseas promptly; second ”air itig the following :-Army-strength-(on co-operation squadron to go everseas may ,10)-, overSeae, 23,678,;-. Second Di- vision, in Canada,' 24,645 ;* depots and training centres, 16g82; ',coastal de- fence and anti-aircraft, 9,036; vulner, able Point guardS, 1,055; other troops in. coilacia, egza ; tinny total, 81,519; naval forces, 062 • officers, aud- 5,662 ratings, a total of 6,014; R.C..A.F., 1,- 389 al and_10,926 ainnPn, 12,315 'all ranks ;• total for all defence forces as on May 10, 100,448 men. nety-seven vessels sof various kinds vale' in commission in the navy and ninety others are under censtruction. The Government hes awarded a total of $200;006;000 of war contracts to May 15, and an additional *75,000,000 tin behalf of the British Government. Pre- paration of eighty-two air training plan airdromes is bell* rushed, with $20,-0.99,000 already spent so far; 9,000 war, . vehicles' ordered, at a cost of $14,000,000? -with 3,000 • already .,,de- livered overs”s; war munitions being Manufaahred at a cost of. $80,009,000; a new explosive plant started, to • cost soon-; re'qaest to %Canadian industry, working- on war supplies,' to put on twenty -four-hour shifts to speed. up and greatly exPand thesupply of badly needed military' eqiiipment and muni- tions of all kinds; purehase of two Lid-, Craigie INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE Get Our Automobile Rates Phone 24 , Ooderich Nelson._ Hill ,..1.1.14.0.04,11.10101r Fire, Accident and Motor Car INSUWICE Office:—Masonie Temple, Week Street, Goderich: Phone 230 GODERiCH F.'. J. 1?YAN Real Estate anti Insurance difice and Residence.: :11" Trafalgar Street Phone 663 FOR SALE--tHouses of all kinds, . 1 4 a choice; "Ijiinding." lots, " titisinesi peoperty and sever. 'good farms. Let me st.,AW you some feal Wrgaing. Buy novv. Defence. of Canada -regulations to pre- vent suovereive eieinents from (Neuss ing trouole. .Warlier, tile criticism was plat these were too severe; more late- time she was sentenced to jail she said the tenor, has, been that they should be liked the piece better than the be Strengtnened,' ati$,thiug.?'.*.ean-, Clinten. Helne,, se I an going to send white, there IS no Wholesale internment` her batk for two months." , manned. of -.Communists (A'S members. The Children's AO took charge Of the ot a party now aeclared illegal), and baby:- • • 45 i• • i Laid 0 e County Howie of' Refuge, of which she has been an inmate for the past year. it was the fourth time the woman hadeappeared before Magistrate Ma- kins. TWice she was given enspended sentence of one year Lor emashing the diehes and window -panes of berformer Goderiell' township honer -while in, a tantrum. in the fall of 1936 she ran itmoit in the House of R,efuge, smashing everything siie got her hands on bee ----eeritteeetiestoaid 'not sleave her eownewast On this occasion he WAS given thirty (Jaye "el Jen , Oauee .the mot reo-eitt outbreak of temper on the part of ,Mrs. Cole was eald to be .the bathing of her baby by a maid, against, 'the mother's wishes, because she maintained the child had a cold. , Miss Ellen Cele (no 'relation), an emPloyee .6f the institatien, -said that While asnuree seught to bathe the baby 'behind loeited door § of a priya.te bath-. room Mrs. tole, the aeeused, Wt.° per- sistently refused to oathe her own baby, p on a great scene, trying to kleac in the bathroom door, &Liss Cole herself had her face slapped by accused tvvhen. she sought to .quiet, her. Richard Jeeebs, easgistttnt manager, who was called, Managed to get her ten feet .from the door, after ,a struggle, but net. until Mrs. JacObe, , his mother, had been slapped in the face several times. " "Just a Nutsance", • `41She is vety hard to get filong with," said Mrs. Jaeobs. s,She,...is so lazy she ill not even Iteeit her Own room tidy, let alone bathe her baby. She IS of. lielpewhatever-Inethe-institati•an— jaat nuisance)" -teatiled Mrs. jecobe felliiirof, assautt. — • , "' One eould beer a pin drop. while Mrs. Cole gave her evidence in the sign langua‘ge -through "Mrs. Bernice Phalen, interpreter. "She wants to live in town So she can get out and see things," was all the interpreter had to say. "What about the assault?" 'asked Crown Attorney Holmes. he has nothing eto say abut that afeeweeed the . intexpreter., "The. ,woman is -an enigma," Ob- served M.agistrate Slakine. eThe.last GIRL OVZDWO RALLY PAWN= Arrallifeil for 41ale 8th at Agriellitural Park Permission of the Town' (founcil has been given to the 'Girl (titbits, eolaPaules Goderich to Uee the Agricultural Park for -a rally On Saturday, .Jlarte 8th. Tillie will be. the first time thet 4 raIlY of this kind 'ha e been held in elrodericit and the event le being lOoke4 forward to With great interest by the Guides; and the public generally. Mrse O. G. Lightbourn Of 'Stratford* Division Commissioner for 'Huron and Pertb,,will be present and will Iraspeet the eomProiles and Brownie peeks. Tile vieiting Guides are expeeted to errive about noell for yielder lunch. in the gretfildfe ,and after '1t-40re* and in- spection the program Of the. afternoon will eonunence. Games, signalling' and knOtting eon- teas- and songs. have been planned ler the Guides, while the Brownies will pursue a program of their own on the seteeo-eiines--Flag:,lowerlagerand' will conclude the day. It is hopedthat all who are ,inter- ested In the Brownies and Guides -will visit the Park during the afternoon to view the activities. • , Guide companies and Brownie packs are expecte(' from Stratford, Listowei, Clinton, Seaforth, and Sts Marys, th.ers, p ioi to court act on againstn- ffirges v r ICLIIIT(?14* WOMAWKILLED Victim a - Autoinobile, Accident 'Near . , - -Hamilton- .on -Sunday Night 121VTON, ;May 27.—Mrs. Elizabeth , johnson,,, of this town, aged eighty- _ , three, died today in hoepital at llatail- tOn- from injuties received in an auto- mobile eceident on -Sunday night on No, 20:highway near thescity. Mrs. Johnson, a Clinton resident .for the past eighteen' years, had 'made her home with ..her son, J. L Janisens at OhippaWa, and with bee son anefgrand- daughter Betty had &peat the holiday week -end witie her scin, W. L. Johnson, -anti family here, ahd, 'werereturning home When shortlY. 'after turning off No. 8 on to No. 20 the ear WnS In 7,head-on eolitsion:. with a ionto-oviie " Ar. J•ehnson and daughter' are In hospital, both -seriouely injured. Mrs.- Johnsen's injuries Were a broken ankle, and hlp. and conctisSion. , She was a daughter of Charles Cole and Elizabeth Churchill and was born in Goderich. township in October, 1856. In' 1881 she Married Thomas D.'Johnl son,,who predeceased her in 1912. They resided In Clinton. • There survive her two sone, Williara L., of Clintoneand .r. L., principal of Chipliawa Public School, and four grandchildren, Miss 1 Betty, of ChiPPawa; Charles and' Leonard,- of Clinton, audeAlrs. Charles Dale, of Hullett. A- sisfer,-Margaret Cole, resides ie. Wayee. Miche W. L. Johnson left for Hamilton today: on learning of his eapther's death. .. UAL Wan get an Idea of Aeon wen Year elk* fame, for regaling you ban* to bold the aleeding platter menet farther than 13 ineht* n Yout Ti(, it is time tO get the IMP witlek ' yon eventually wail; tif,A.V4 )te-, eive. IVlalte alptiOletleent bi Am* 155 - Cori Kingston St. on The Oroderich T. Angstrom opTommuser Wednesday at Lueleati° 40111.0111111011MISOMMIPPII.!...14011.110010001.1t1.00,00111i. e,ne Miss Hizel Petis Of Lenden vO)Iteoll recently Nv,ith Mr. and Mrs. Walter 7,ToL'r+Aalleilitlfes• 'Z'At.4?aYetVi: "4:4'; on Satuirday. Mr, Hugh Blair visited, reeentlY ate ,Ailsa Craig. • A number of the young .people at- tended the young people's. raervice at , Blyth Sunday evening ' Mr. and Mrs. W. F. CaMpleell and Miss Winnifred OaniOell were owe- rieh visitors on'Saturday. ' Mr. and Mrs. Norman,McDOvvell aid children, Mr. and Mrs e Wm. litcDowen, and AXifita Mildred Thornten vialted -Friday with Mrs. thsbaideston of Gode- rich, to e • - 'Mrs. L.. H. Hutton of „ Londesbor* visited. on Saturday with her mothers Mrs. John Vincent., • 1111.11101011•1114.11111111111111011M01111111101111 eividtals. , i?he name of .Michael- Kennedy _rang VIESTFIELD- - Cutting "Ordinary' Eitiendituyes ont three times in the couft room and The Governinent plans to eut over again thrice in therhalls but there was $00,000,000 off ordinary .expenditures .n6 response. ' because of Ihe war. ,Tiie budget wilt -.This mail is eharged with treating likely., put on a Wide range of taxeS. a distutbance in a Public place," the on luxnrygoods, particularly coming magistrate explained. from the itates, to - make ayailable esSergeant Ross is the complainant more exchange for the purchase- of and he is net present 'either," said 'War .materials. partieutarlv airplanes; CrownAttorney _Holmes. - there. 'Canada's exchange -stabilization The case was laid over for one week. fund of $230,000,000 may be used, 111 Fer the very god reason that Ken - part, for Suen a purpose. ProductiOn neth Hamilton; charged with false pie - of gold in, PCanaaa s mineS.-(Ne pro, .tences, is in quarantine with the , duced $184,00%000 in ibrd laStyear) measles, his °ease also,was set over, as will be Speeded up. ['worts, will .4e was that of Murdoch McLeod, Clintoia, made/ to incrase to 300 million the charged with-, keeriing liquene- for sale. $10,000,009.antr-produce .$17,009,900 an_ tourist trade from the States and to eurtall the tourist spending of mmliy ; difplicate* egplesive Plant likely to be starthd soon • eight mann- adians outside', which, last year ran to -ftieturine plants ' are tiirning out 109 millions. 2,200;00; shells, and this will ---he ,,Conservative Leader Hanson niade it plain .to the 'Government that ill must: edoubled ; sixty plants are working on lose any eonapliteericy ieehas had with compon.ent parts for shells ; More than 100million rounds of Small arms muni. regard to the war, became, he said, tions haVe been manufactured; thirty-' four. of -the fifty-one fields of th,e Trans.' Canada 1 -Air Tins are being used for the Canadian people demand action, gild plenty of it, in prosecuting the war. :He criticized the' Government air training. plan activities ; -Canadian I for_ failing_ toe have pfilVided'-inore •: His lawyer *as unable to be present. James and William Drennan, Y.Onta, fat Ashfield township brothers, were femanded tO jail for a week for trial ons a charge- of theft' of -copper from Glen Campbell, Aehlield farmer. James pleaded- not guilty; his brother, Wil- llam, guilty. It 18 alleged they stole a $25 fire extinguisher and bold it to a Goderich junk dealer for one edollar. NURSES' GRADUATION • 1 nt vvill turn out 1 02,8 butes this necessary equipment of all kinds for The gradnation exel4ises of tbJer , year and 1,583. next--yetirrvvith-lheseTtlfe defenee- forma,- inethe- -past elee ifigurea to' he stepped up ; shells of all hloeths, The Conservative .Senate leader, Arthur Meighen, spoke in sizes are to be, produced in Canada ; 2000,plants have been surVeyed for, similar vein and urged .""changes" In war material production; supplies 021 the iGoVerninent, "and not .on party He offered his services in any clothing, boots -and personal equipment lines." ' are being procured for all services; I eaPacity. .the heom to bring -Mr. sten, Irene Gertrude Taylor, and Char - nine, air squadrons on -duty for home Meighen back as (emserlive leader lotte Irene (rawfOrd. , defence, to be . increased to twelve ; The graduation ceremonies will be naval strength to go over 10,060 soon. -followed ley a dance; with refreshments; ' ,Mr. Howe told the :Commons, that in the-M.181E14de Temple. _there-lia8-been-hesitation-on-the -part -,---7--• Of the British .Government, ub to the andra Hospital school of nursing will" he held In the Capital Theatre on Fri- day, June 7th, commencing at 3 o'clodk. 'The members of the graduating &ass are Eliza Lenore Stothers, 3Iargaret Elizabeth •Bissett, Margaret Fern Cran- in the Comsl mons oes not s em to have gained as / lnnch momentura age, stone had hoped. Mr. „ Hanson invited Mr. ng -A, to--laforni --the -IIouse the requested and actual 'Co-operation between the: British and Canadian Governments. • J. Woodsworth. C.C.F. leader, has suffered -a- stroke. M. Coldwell TEACHERS' IVIEET&O present, in giving"the necessary assist- 'The Goderich Township Teachers' ifitt4'77-(plans 'anti 'specifications) in Association held its regular meeting launehivie,war production In Canada in soine lines, particularly heavy on Al Mo- ai ir2nd at the home of Miss Grace torized and mechanical :equipment. is acting leader of that group: W. H. Golding, lIuron-Perth, has been named ehairman. of the caucus Hellyar, Clinton, eight, teat:hers being This Is being -corrected now, he added, present. .During the evening plans "Many thousands". of airmen, pilots were made for the Schaal *air which is . and others, will he turned out by the of Ontario Liberal..,members of the to be field in SeptemberVarious air training plan and; before the end House l Mr. Golding Ishi,bl re niethods of teaching Wire discussed,', was enjoyed. of the year, theetitivalent of three e.nceted-for., his sane, common-sense' after. whieli a social hour army dThe next meeting is to be held at the iviSioas will be in training contribution to Parliament—pot showy, under the plan.. .Stepa are being taken but solid. - • home .of Mr. F. Powell, on June 20., to secifrethwnecessary training planes, earlier than first scheduled; to peed up this plan. • Ovation for Air 'Minister Major the Hoi O. G. Power, new Minister for Air, was given a real ovation `by the 'House. Mr. Power was lauded, even by"Conservatives, as- the right man, with brilliant capatityand driving power for wadi a large, im- portant and urgent ministry. ' Oefeilee "-Minister Rogers revealed that two Canadian battalions left Aldershot ..,with the intention of pa,rti4 cipating . in"' an attack on Trondheim, Norway, but the original plan Was abandoned by the British authorities. Mr. Rogers described the tworit of thee Canadian navy, Ift .Various work, as "a PrOgressively 'developing efforts; W :worthy of Canada." Drastic cascading of wheat prieee on the Winhipeg -Grain Exchange has prompted the • Government to "peg", wheat at 70 cents 'per 'bushel. No trading in "futttred" ean be carried out at a lower tilgure, The United States Gov:eminent. took somewhat - similar peggliag ectien on the Chieago ,Grain Exchange. 4 House efraltaittee review the Challenge to Democratic ,Devotion Canadians today are being aoked, to buy war savings certificates.- What does this mean? It -means this: That our ansIver will be the measure of our real devotion to democrat:se To free- dom. Vire have been told that democracy is decadent. That our kleale of free- dom are meaeingloss. That our way of life cannot compel the devotion. that goes to the totalitarian creed. , • War fiavliaga certificates cap answer, and powerfully, to that indictment. To the extent that we buy them we will Iiivhether or not devotion to democ- racy and liberty dos exist; whether there exists the reality' of democratic responsibility, of stleinecratie' loyalty, xlemocratIc unity. e , In 'Prance today the watehword Advance or die. /rt England Mr. ChUrehill exclaims: "X offer you blood; tears, toil and sweat." And he adds: "For all that Britain means, 1 appeal to you, . "We must save outselves from the bleck, bight of barbarism." - • - WESTFIELD, May 27.----Gysts at, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ander- son Saturday. were Mr. Roy Patterson of Goderich and Wis. G. A. Ainslie of Leamington. ' Mrs. Ross ItobinSon of Tillsonburg visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Cock • Rev. -II. C. Wilson, NIrs. 'Wilson, John and Ruth were guests last week of Rev. J. r. and Mrs. Reeeraft of Picton. Visitors at the homeof Mr. and Mrs. Marvin ;McDowell over, the. week -aid were Miss 'Colina Clark of St.. Cath- arines, Masters Donald Cowan and Babby Vokes of I3lyth. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley ,Sibtliorpe of Blyth visited reaently at Ihe°home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. MeDoWell. Miss praee Redmond°. of. (Linwood. Sp4nt ,the week -end With Reeve It, B. Redmond. L. Mrs. Wm. Blair of ,Brucefield spent the week -end at the home of her son,. Mr. Hugh Blair. . Mr., and Mrs. Wm. McDoWell, Mr. and Mrs. -Norman McDowell and child - rear visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. K. 'Cameron of Lucknow. Mises Edna and Audrey Walsh of lIenSall, spent -a few days with- Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Walsh. - Insbector Kinkead visited R.S. No. 0, East Wawanosh, on Wednesday. "Mr. 'and Mrs. John Petts of Blyth • In doming weeks, the people of this country have the clianee- of .'Showi-ag whether their thought of freedom's. meaning, 'their understanding of the meaning of thls,terrible conflict, is as deep and -real' as that of the peoples of Itritain and France. , The° real challenge, of wareavine-„s- ceetificates is the challenge of whether- - the fibre of democracy le AS strong AS the fibre of dietatorship. The chal- lenge of whether the discipline of the lash is as powerful as the discipline of 'freedom. Let Canadians, by buyiag these war savinga sertificates, by answering with all and the least of their means the great cry for help that goes up, show how strong IS the di_scipline of freedom. Let them determine that it' will be remembered in years to come that Canada did not vent itS anger at brutality and injustice solely in words and gestures, but that it turned at lean a part of it •Into eaeriflee for freedom In freedom's hose of dire need. ' doug ys sour taste' MAbPI CANADA, FOREIGN, EXCHANGE ACQUISITION' ORDER e_ SPECIAL NOTICE Subject to certain exertiPtions, the Foreign 'Ex- change Acquisition Order requires every .resident of Canada who had any foreign eurreneY oi foreign currency deposit in his possession, ownership or -control on May lst, 1940, regaidiess of amount, to sell the same to an Authorized Dealer (chartered bank) on or before May alst, 1940. Unless an ext6ision has been granted by the Board, any resident who has not complied with the terms of the Order on or before May 31a, 1940, wiU be int default and 'subject to the penalties provided in the Order. ' The Order does not require the ale of foreign „ Further information and particulars may ,be obtained from any branch of a thartered bank. POIMIGN XXCITANGI*CONTitOTA TIOARD