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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1946-07-11, Page 2(foUtir l *itt;,.' aS,Tablishes3,lsg Signed- it4r Dress, Liaa.tetd year; gl sited tea Catiatlm ,and Great Dritai , $2.00 a ye , rlpt4o a States, $2,81), • sis. Sisals Ftc € t'e5- ora req.ueSt. Atathgrized as second cl€iss »ail, Post Q�fidlce +�vertl Depart. ent, Ottawa. Teleplielae 71 - _._ •1°x•16 -" TI.11. RSDAY, JULY j.lth; EDITORIAL... NOT+'*'"l i, The Canadia dollar, which- for war VlnrpOSes was shorn of ten per Cent. Of its dignity to comparison with the U.S. dollar, has now, by decree of Fin- ance Minister` Ilsley, been restored to Os full stature. Some people whose gortun.es Were more or less licked with the Short Canadian dollar do not like the change --and, we have seen no ex- planation of the suddenness witli which the change was made --but the average Canadian is glad to know that his dollar will now stand up in any coin- , batty as .the guarantee of 100 per cent: y value. In fact, if present inflatieuary trends across the line continue, we may be asking a ten per cent. prenxlnn our currency. ,�� ,,yy r; A By the way, is there to be no .place_ pini the new court house for the town clock': * *. • Well, • the. Canadian dollar Can now circulate among its fellows w ittrotnt any inferiority complex.. * a o I3ritfsh journalist~ touring Russia says the Soviets do not want war. Why should they? Are they not get ting whatever they want bY- intrigue and aggressiveness? Vancouver reports a Tuan out there over coat • with h a runnihig around nude 'Yifs arm. f If the weather at the Coast is like wheat we have beet getting here, We wonder `vahy- the coat. 111111,JRQLZYMEAU!OFS 1. (Ea jarT 41.". ACflla SITTING ON L'IIE 113.11010 The stoma bomb pooped -off opt there at , ikinni and we're still ' here. At i ..ast we think we're still here. I saw Tint 'Murphy on_,Monday morning and jie said, "`I wonder if we're all dPetad er r and don't knows it yeti" Big e ' Larson wattipag for the barber shop Scandin- avian up and in liis droll S4 avian way said, "If you Trio:e dead iu- byu.,. ovt.11 you'd tai. Sh g Folks around here 'were kind• of nervous about that thing being ex- ploded._ There were a let .of funny stories going around. People kidded seaeh other a lot about it, pretending to be just fooling, but when you seal ar folks doing that it's a,.pretty good that they're not resting too easy about it in their own minds, • - Walitiug for chop one day a lot of people were eumnplct1n2Lg about the slowness of the old Diesel; They were suggesting atomic power. That' in it- self was indicative of the way they were thinking. nest times inter- uat'u al affairs and(euts don't bother gni people around' here very much. They- in c:ain toss off ,the ac.a esx headline favor of how the crinis are doing or whether there's euough sun for good cora weather. $O* , ," EnAQN Editor The Signal -Star.' Dear Sir-;--. There aro two) English. verbs: s'Ilcaltado-.'," Iaieisiting to impose; upona the judgment, or to beguile; the other : informs" meaning to apprise or to give inforinatiuf. The' Property- , owners of this town would do well t ask themselves, wdai4h was being u. used it1 the , subject of the proposed recreational hall. • OO,Oi1t1 is First, we are told that $2 nothing, when ytitt consider the health, of our children (this from persons leaving none) . We are told aY the seven stores and eight offices, rental from which will carry thest n , wwith the added increase in taxe .Isere two milts. The press reports group do not mention that a n of adults wish to have a curling rink. Now for the information • we would like to see pubtislied, for the benefit of all: First, explain what thin; children are going to gain, except a longer skat- ing season?. Second, by whom are the stores and offices .to be Occupied?- Has the committee a list of permaneut ten- ants in the background, or is it' SAihthe ul thinking, or just a selling pi idea ? Third, would they explain the Th'u-null increase iu taxation, which, according to figures given i n.you paper recently, -would amount to $4,000?. Do they expect to sell Town of Goderich debentures in amount of $150,000 yielding 2 213 per cent? ---and this not takiug in the brokerage com- mission. I wonder how many of the 11 that a god investment 1 As the days came..along and .the zero I hour got closer "and closer you could . t .c a sort of tension amongst people. the intricacies of foreign exp ntpge, bu notice did most Cauaulians, a s tild be "appreciation of 'the ex- The widow; Mallory said that lien came we felt, .,_.a � ,� rt fudepeudc.ntly in and paid up the interest on their certain humiliation in the acknowledg- penaiture 'of effort worth only h results." All right for the record- mortgages without the lead obit if ur abouto three Sears ,•etting up in years, so that the thought • We do not pretend to understand 4 8 o An educational "expert" says there NAPA SAVnngg BONDS Q BE I ,EAI' ° TUIS YALIz. '.lie'Minister of 'in anSe tan sp naaectl in the Iluuse of t'oaaamoita that iss re- sponse, to public demand and thine Govern- Meat overn- nieat will offer a Itiow sccurflty, the Canada. savings bond, for purchase this fall. 'Me Canada :Savings 4aond: will replace both the Victory bond and the ce. Two f them ha e She L Y melt that our dollar was the lmt would the 1 tradaur*elnudoubt: 1i'e1uthh1 arrears f ninety cents in interuatiuna , nig g , humiliation has been "expect" ask that salaries be paid on and now that this hu � of. iI: €atoll bomb. dosis -t distu ll, her to aSS ' - An occasjonal news despatch fronh .. d e hope war sat iitg@ certificate which 'were formerly offered as securities designed fon' the inve$tinent of personal savings. The new security evill -be Similar i17. twat details to the Victor, bond. It will; be ' available 'to the general public through ba'n's, trust companies, and investment dealers, although. there will be no organized door-to.duor- capmpaign, as in the past. A payroll savings plan will be available to .e.up y o wish to Operate it', Although fir. Ilsley predicted, wide- spread Acceptance of.- the Canada , sav- ings bond, he emphasized that the launching of this security Could not be ,,,considered as another "Victory loan." "Sales of these bondS are not expected 'to Cover" the • Government's total borrowing requitementS," he said. He indicated that a substantial part of these requirements would -be met by public offerings of the usual type at appropriate times. .:Jr. Ilsley pointed - zas it 'das0 h i and other e ri Pu t out that r 0 �? was not practicable, or -desirable to re- call e- m t the ldutyonnolr War Finance Co& - to build up the large niittec, to duty nor organization of salesmen which would be needed for a house-to-house canvass. The initiative for purchasing the Can- ' auitte eat a acla sayings bond will lie, for the for ont e ftheir personal funids`! •And du most part, -with the people themselves. they expect the money required to pay The Canada savings' bond will beis- offthese debentures at maturity to sued .in denominations of $50, $300 and $1000, and will be redeemable there�"'�e'�ei''�°� t� `. . _ very much Just the same, Abe was occasion again ume It she said, "It saved me a lot of lawyer Germany reveals that the trial of Rib- , remove w* the'Culled States having grateful forg staged it at this particular time. As WANTED—ECONOMY Criticism of the Ilsley budget conies from' various quarters: ,•• ante .y find sfauilt on the ground that taxation is retained at too high a ,level. Quote a ,different complaint -rand this comes from the C.C.F. corner at Ottawa --is that provision is not made for all those expensive undertakings that come under the head of "social - security.", These, of course, would involve heavier taxation. ' The chief Oppositionin critic finds -solid ground in comps g • that the Federal civil service, which grew to great numbers during the war, ' not being reduced:in any appreciable is � Tl1;is; �...: 'degrees's- that the w.nr;�ia iter criticism is weakened by the •fact that madem d the members of the- �-use have themselves directly responsible for a substantial increase in governmental expense . by •voting themselves an ad-- ditional $2,000 per session, and this *exempt from income tax. Further, the records of Parliament are thickly strewn with demands_ from all sides of the House for new expenditures or increased expenditures for a great variety of objects, some of them no doubt commendable, but all involviug, so far ''as .the demands are met, a further burdening. of the . taxpayer. And in yesterday's Globe and flail, its Ottaw�..aorrespondent ,stated that , a thin, determined line of Progressive • Conservatives, sword to speak or 'perish, was all that stood against --a • "Collapse of the budget debate." The only tangible result of this "speak or perish" determination avail be further expense ing keeping Parliament in ses- _TherOpposition having already stated its case, what followS -v' t e merely repetition. .We -believe. the . country would like to see some party, no matter what its name, nail "Economy" to the mast- head and not only talk economy but: act as if they believed in it. Mosley, the Faiscist leader in England. INCOME WIPHOUT" WORK Wells is a declared republican bentrop et al. is still proceeding. Per- bills." haps the judge, or judges. has decided reacheys with a Ouge tentt-Camet to rtown on the Satur- on a life sentence for the gang= -to 'be day night. before the atom bomb went served in court, while the court attend- Re` hv al "`• �i'ell, sir„ that tent life job. Aseptic off. He staged what he called , an ants eujc2y a h e o was jammed -with people and they °' * art in the ser - The certainly . taking p The doderich district did - well in `.fees.., the National Clothing Collection, five A f;elloW can admititnow, but Ean- tohis having been shipped from here. tastic as it may seem, I guess we were • It Was remarked that the clothing con- all .afraid l leaving• it f a bit bpsided soffthe that tributed Was of surprisingly good dual 'it might,"just happen to jamb off the sty, perhaps owing to the ciretnustanc__e track.. The fear of the unknown •is a that most people got rid of their dins- terrifying thing. carded.clotthing in last year's- collection We. sat glued`o the radio oon vyo Sunday afternoon. i? and their cdutributions this year -were and when that metxonome.,,th€it was of new or nearly new articles. - • - on one of the ships 'Started 'ticking he _____<„ * s •w e NI SIP s. NO ON Interest at S to is the otily Charge - the B of M makes for a loam to improve your . fartn.-no;ca�mpouuda�t . no servile fee—n9 other charge whatever'. See you Meares. B of v1 manager today. AH FAINElt tea .1 rpisoowmapspaalp pl l Ask or�Write.for ow folder p66 ,"Quiz uitZ for a • Go-- .,ead Fc'it'tilp'1o9a n e BNK, lei MONTREAL, ANK, ir* Canadians in cvcry walk of lift ,tinct 18.17 working with MYllPiNll" "Afar - 0111100 a+�aa�r AD54 fall from the sky ? A member of the coinmittee made the statement that in 1929 the tax rate was considerably higher than now: IIe may also recall, that -in the year before the public believed that every wildcat 'Mille in the North was a potential Hollinger or-- Lake-- Shore, only to awaken. iu 1929 to the fact that .such was fiat the case, and to find taxes going up and industry closing down. Be y -also recall that pro- perty in Golierich took a terrific slump and valuabl as little as bring toiiay v started to `fidget. Finally he whispered; A ., _., , j . it ,..h ve .you got any , heard•. cider "letter =in 'T1r�Loon Frm 'I cess . around. Patricia Ann tried to say the other day asked that the paper something, but she couldn't .even get a -next 'week" publish word•out. We were all waiting for the Brief accounts of the settlements big bang to come. ofAcadia, Lower Canada, -Upper Finally it passed over and we sort Canada, British Columbia, shall- of relaxed and --Patricia Ann - said, y', are they going: to- blow the toba and the Northwest Territories. -Daddy', up today'?" ' The circumstances which .led" to That Was a big •the conferences 'to consider Con- joke then, but it certainly wouldn't :federation. ' _have been if she had said it a few A good picture .of the "Fathers minutes before that ... . especially of Confederation." ° -- about - the • time of the ticking of the • Brief biographies -of the men who metronome. were prominent in securing Con- federatiOn. - the less true today as in the, past. It might be pointed out to. the-ne-wr poorer to Goderich that before the war there were vacant stores; our few in- dustries employed a fraction of their present number of., employees, in fact - were working in some instances' on a part-time basis. Is it not-TOgical to Presume that, without new substantial industries locating here, after the back- log of civilian requirements built up di rf ing the'• war-"-years..,is-rmets-this, town will revert to its former status.? A financial project of this magnitude (for a town this size) should be given., a great deal more consideration than so far has been given. - There is con- siderabiy-inore I could say, but your space is limited. Let the - taxpayer re- member the North Sitore Line. Yours truly, -PROPERTY-OWNER. houses were sold for a five -room shack would The higher the taxation lue property holds, is as on demand at chartered banks a per cent. plus interest. While , the terms are not 'yet known, Mr. Ilsley indicated that they would he more favorable than the terms existing'fer comparable investments at the time -of issue. The Canada savings bond Will therefore be registered as to principal in the name of the holder and a limit will - be Set 'on the amount which can be purchased ,by any individual. "I have no doubt that Can'adians., will see in the Canada savings bond, a desirable successor to the Victory bond •' stated Mr.. Ilsley "But it is - €t1So litportant that Canadi€ins, see in th lase es' the successors to the , Victory bend sales- men, for they will be responsible -in large part for initiative in making their own purchases." . tion and legal regulations, which are beyond the farmer's capacity to pro- vide himself,, for vide in nature for Despite • the tendency new problems to emerge the moment old problems have been conquered, technical agriculture has scored many definite advances. • Ecortomic crop pro- duction Ls practised today in climatic regions of Western Canada where this was not possible with the crop varieties available fifty years ago, a change effected by the work of plant breeders. Similarly, ilio; combined efforts- of plant pathologists and plant breederS have conquered plant diseases which threat- ened extinction of . production in broad areas. Reference might also be made to many technical advances in the fields of animal health, live -stock production, MORE SUGAR REMEDY FOR CAME How • the naine "Dominion of , (Leader Magazine, London, Eng.) Canada'' came to be adopted. food processing. solknfanagement, in. sect control and agricultural engineer - n . i Sat the..least of the advantages avis- ing from various lines of oma estigat10u, soil surveys, dad e -ch has accrued to goverhiiuents and admin- istrators in "tile. intelligent policies. appalication pplication of agricultural Progress in this relationship is of vitali importance to the future dian agriculture, says Dr. Archibald. 'D`octors and psychiatrists attached When and how and .why the to the prisons of New Zealand have . present, names of. the provinces, of. just given .the . most original opinion the Dominion of Canada came to about the reason and possible remedy ' be selected.- .for crime. They have noticed in their What were the principal terms investigations that, in the case of there has been of the "Confederation Act." Rather • a 'large order for one week.. We have been watching to see what the F.P. is going to do -about it. There are some things in that list that we should like to see ourself. , *. * * Tire- almost- forgotten. _H. _' G. Wells has got himself into the limelight again , by publishing an attack 11pon, .`line I of the increase in European crime. sting that :mother reason for looking forward'', British royal 'fa;oily, suggesting to the tin7e'-when We -can all eat too they are linked .with Iiri:taiu's enemies much, any time we.. like i, - through the ' Hanoverian- connection. - and more directly through `1r `Oswald CANADA'S WHEAT RESERVE (Edmonton Bulletin) As a safety reserve it is calculated. • •• HOW FARMERS HELPED IN THEIR BUSINESS To a continually increasing degree, the farmers of Canada are drawing on technical..:agriculture; for the better, conduct of . their business, peintSj kfllt" Dr. E. S. Archibald, director of, 04- -Experimental d Service, i r n • Ime nt al Farms Se , 1; s er p cussing the future -.of agriculture the Agricultural Institute Review. technical agriculture, he explain meant public activities_ which_ eiiabl the -farmer to benefit from ••serviCCS • experihentation. _ research, denionSti .4 FOUNDRYMEN "A DYING RACE" (Collingwood Enterprise -Bulletin) A news stein quoting a .Toronto technical school principal • says that. "foundry workers 'are a dying race, yet the demand is greater than ever." We have heard it said by industrialists that there is a wonderful opening for found- ries. A plant could be kept operating twenty-four hours a day. some manu- facturers now' being' held up weeks criminals of all kinds, i and months for parts. • The principal a remarkable lack of glucose in the ..Said there seemed to be -a feeling" that blood. a man with the build of• a weight lifter "Lack of sugar de�`e1opS in the in- was required for a foundrsman and dividual a tendency , to vicious and violent conduct,. ,rough and intractable that it was a dirty job. On the con - behavior, and irritability," they say. trary he said machinery does all the "These symptoms disappear as soon as - really cateavy w rwenr nowadays 4. shin t and a the individual's sugar ration is in- man at his work, ereased -' _ `�` '... .A This iglu be one of the many e u5 FARMER'S QUESTION "Just a -Farmer," writing to The Lueknow Sentinel. mentions some of the .farmer's problems and concludes his letter thus: "If we break any farm implement on Wednesday -.afternoon, what are we going to do? It used to be we could ao to 'Lueknow. Now Luckirow, Wing - and wants all royalties to he' exiled m a is ember of the or to exile themselves to America or Mr. W. F. Kuhl elsewhere "where people appear to,be house .of Commons representinganhungry for uniforms and titles." It is Alberta riding, and belonging to the in a sign of the British charaoter that Social Credit cult which flourishes the `Wells outburst created little more that province. Mr. Rohl has some than a twenty -four-hour sensation. novel ideds--novel, at any rate, at Granted that royalism 'is an anachron- Otta�va--perhaps not in Alberta:. Ile get as much wheat as possible tQ the • n *hat iia Parliament fsm, in, _ a fghly developed state such as midsummer Great Britain, it must be (admitted that hunger od crisis arrivereas s there. ore heThis involves the 'din that there should always - be about 100 r+ million bushels on hand when the } ham, Goderich are all closed up on the marketing year ends' at July 31. The samday.the faTme s wreldof ee of see e present rate of export 'would leave only i things 40 million. bushels or so •when that. changed. These things -are not helping date- arrives.. - Obviously the Govern- the farmers do their job, . and a big ment and the Wheat Board are 'one it is:" garnbliing that there - wou't ' be a crop - - failure this year. They are staking FIRE IN CLOTHES CLOSET ha•1f, or more than half the nation's Fire which broke out in a - clothes recognized safety reserve - in order to closet at the home of Miss Isabel Sh Friday man, St. David's street, evening caused considerable damage. to several articles _ of clothing. derides --- should concern itself with provh g the • British people,' have a particular in re - It is ,richt employment some risk but it is a risk that most fire brigade the alarm sentnout from employment. tolerance, amounting sometimes to Canadians would rather 'take. than spondini„ that people want, hehnnl ; it•is leisure. fondness, for anachronisms which re- play cafe at the cost of leaving people the kir e.efled home fished and the blaze was What Parliament should set itself to r d them of a glorious past and do to starve. do is not to provide a job for every m t interfere with their enjoyment of body but to provide incomes for all• present. Just ten years . ago they Asked if he would give everyone an,thedemonbtrated before the eyes, of the income whether he worked or not, Iof a . king who comported himself in a Bard reports him: world that they, knew bow to dispose Mr. Kuhl give a decided. "Yes. -Han- style style they did .not like; and having • We who are. alive today have <contributed nothing to the dis- installed in his place a monarch who covery of electricity, the_ steam has shown that he is good enough and engine, diesel power and all the wise enough 'to wear his kingly hbnors alter inventions which Ilhake,.thfs in hecomin; fashion they have taken i. .great abundance possible today. him and his queen .and their family tc ted it but we We have simply' accepted have not had sense enough to their hearts and will not pap - much devise "i proper system of distribu tion: to enable, us to enjothe y potentialities of production whIcb; it is possible _for us to enjoy today. lertaini3r 1 say that anent to the individual's income• ' should be received. - whether he works or not. Ile must receive it " because he iS entitled to it, and no' ane—whether the sttoe or an lie eine—bas (spy right be - .ween , and determine how and 'where lie. should Spend it. That is the glorious aspect of the Social Credit, philosophy, -*herein every loan has -the via& to choose what lie is to do, and does...not have to take any orders from an govern- baen:t btireaulea^at. 'That• is the kind ' of civilization ' 1 should bike to see in this ,country of Ours as well OA ..iux every :other country. ` Kahl says :it makes, him liob listen to the "elaiptr"a1►" from mein- er4 of Pafita,iUct1t on the atibjee•t of O iployMeint, Otttside of the ' Socla:i ;rClit r o nner, members tg tlto ixottioc, 1 l of .line. addlllg l arelttly considered, his theor .lora of siker Sada o o. • sof farm to Earle: n�ta�llnl'optr;�itiou. attention to such 'fellows as Wells who, want to disturb things..- Perhaps the wlls Buckingham Palace, and if he accepts the invitation he will do so in perfect assurance of 'his safety. N aturalness By Edward Sans - Wit°""'" ss into Tout' we lneard'a friend, noted for seep high• placesion of las the to 'vent rcourts and his candor, referred to as being loo 1egislai nye halls. If more plant honesty respecter of, persons." The man -under and natural actunen could be suUsti presently essential disc•nsSiolh actually claw respect persons, tinted for the p � but does not invariably respect position. ,academic degrees perhaps the problems There is a subtle the per- 'ous.onIfnotirihlaw-masters could bet would not be so men itw ponder - Amongst lis. who most merit out respect are who were schooled in the arts of ro- i h �asf therhood " and experiencedi in the - simpler of human problems they could bring us closer to the realization of world unity than could the men whose sole qualification lies in the science of economics. And we believe the costs of such. government would soon return to sane 1et•els. The nren , we have in ' mind would not be ,firing spitballs at mammoths, nor cannonballs at fleas. Naturalness is simply the •art of being honest with oneself. Intelligent naturalness is the further progression of giving dominance to one's own better qualities. Most of us can count 'one select . friend with whom we prefer associa'tion' . because he makes us feet relaxed. - 'When we are with this friend we feel that "` b' may let down our guard 'ifs all safety' and follow liis''ox- amble 62 being ourselves, and though we may - sometimes forsake this Mend far lesser_diversions we know we will find him- unchanged' -wilco ":Wil fleet again., 'We turn inevitably to flim" �cvll nn tall . other companionships have 1 7v not necessarily the ,people of high 1 tion. Charm and naturalness, honeSly and grace, are fcithd as often in + the next thing we shall hear about e is that lie 'has been invited to dine at humble cottage as in the castle. Some of us are too easily blinded by the brilliant trappings of high office and become inclined as credit the tenant with better' qualifications than he may possess. At the same time we , show a tendency, to ignore the fellow of lesser station and thereby cheat ourselves of much, potential enjoyment. In .our search for the delights of yhuman society, we -are well advised to seek out those who maintain an intel- ligent naturalness at all. trines. From an old textbook ye were taught never o neglect or despise the man "who does WE SHOULDN'T BE FOOLED -- • (Kitchener Record) The way politicians keep most of us fooled most Of the time is by slipping up on The Blind side of tis and taking our money - .through indirect taxation and then 'giving a part; of it back with. a flourish and a fanfare of trumpe s., r not pretend to be _what lie IS no , MOIRE ,TO LIVING THAN MONEY Iv is a go(id rule to remember. The (Farmer's" Advo -e Iter ` fellow, who . admitS Itis faults ing a far .. e ndenc toward Inose agreeable companion than ,the Tlien� i�- � �rnw���t n �' ,. on the assumption dad WW1 -drama ; -an --alibi over, in his large scale farming that a largbn unit . Is handled more relish may be pleasant palliative to ellleientl�' ,and economically than the do 1 • i g but that small 'farm. - This may be true frau i :a lin i at of the dollar and cents viewpoint. Ilut there VI, More to living than the accum;Ila- cur oven fault -const ousness, , after all, actually y s one delights 'lost flavor. Within the ,,circle of our tuunatr society. ' nearest friends is the rlehest place of Of 1 to incl tate priceless • char'nn - of We have often conteluplated tlae poi- all sible good effect .of carrying this up- niaturalne8s., +) • n ' - 't� , • uncle : "wen, 'Tommy, - 1 • hear 'you are learning to swim." Tommy: ", -- so are you, aiu't you, Uncle ncl you Uncle: "No, my boy, Why do Tommy : "Oh, I heard father say` the other day that you had a -hard job to keep your head above water." TRAVEL WESTERN ONTARIO MOTORWAYS LTD SUMMER TIMETABLE EFFECTIVE JUNE 22nd, ner-1To6onto. LEAVE Goderich to Stratford--Woodstock—Kitchener— ' tratf drd—�ti oodstock—Kite iiiaiinilOn—:Clinton—Londonr �.m. 4. 15� .m. Daily except - Sunday and olidays—'7.45 a.m.-12.25 Sundays and- Holidays 7.45 a.m. 12.25 p.m. --4.15 p.m. -8.00 p.m a 9 30 'p m TO Kincar dxn! Qtiwen • fiound--Da 19�.P . Elgin -x.15 p.m. TQ Telswater=-'4I alkertin--•Paisley o A—indicates° to Clinton—London only. 1 depot—British ,Exchange information call your lots p ne 691 For furtherPhp ' ,, n 26-30 OTOKWAYS OU SOMETIMES FIND TEILEPIIONE SERVICE l,, When yourtelephone call takes longer than you think it should, please remember — There's a critical. shortage of telephone equip- ment all over the country—in -fact, all over the world! In order that as few applicants as possible may have to wait for service, we are connecting more telephones than our central - office equipment was - intended to bindle. It is heavily overloaded. Our operators are doing their utmost to complete calls with a minimum of delay4 but slow - service on some calls is inevitable. Manufacturers of telephone equipment are working night -and day 1 to catch_ up on civilian needs after . ----having had to -devote all their output to war purposes. Intricate equipment tales utile --both to iilanufacture and. to instal. ' 4 We are confident that our subscribers will be - indul. gent if service is slow an some of their calls when they reflect traefte ' iriinne . reason' is that ° we are'trying to serve as many applicants as we possibly can. We ask your tolerant cooperation until, we are able to 4,, clean up 'this difficult equipment shortage situation. • 11 3. M. GOODWIN, t Mamas!. a a y, ro