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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1941-6-18, Page 6CANADA'S telephone traffic is climbing to new peaks: Engaged in ull•out war effort Canadians are depending on telephone facilities more than ever. That's why tele- phone workers are determined to maintain the fastest, most efficient service under all conditions. They are especially grateful for the syrnpatheticeo.opera• tion of all telephone users, Subscribers can aid in making severely -taxed telephone facilities yield maximum service ... • By looking up the number in the directory • By speaking distinctly directly into the mouthpiece • By answering promptly when the bell rings Please be sure, also, to replace the receiver on the hook. Over 120,000 times last year, tele- phones were reported "out of p,f "ow ,ge..ace order" becuuse of .receivers left off or improperly replaced. These things are what we mean by "co-operation". In Book Written Hess' Flight Foretold In 1555 Inld la;Snidst November.Ier, 60, Russian born Edmon- ton ton cattle buyer quietly displayed Indianapolis, Ind.,—The Indivapol- i newspaper clippings from Last Nov- i:, rental library, anent Rudolf ember when he predicted that!some- Hess' Utight toIain, offered with.t time d'in'ing the spring of 1941 'a out comment the tol4oaving from a great nran woulid leave Germany to hook wittea in 1555: go to Britain thus ercaily speeding "A capta:u of great Germany shall ,the British victory." enure to yield himself through pr's The surpni: Mg Mr. St der also tended id to the king a kings• • • it that he predicted the Dur aid that hi; revolt will cause gnat.keratic evacuatimi and that Eflwarl heddirta blood. VIII (now the Duke of Windsor) Tom Hutchinson. assiaaut librar would ucver h_ crowned king of len, found the p.issage while leafing England. through the "eel:runes," of NostraHis insect? dames. French: seer. Nazi Defeat By August 31 Today, Harry Snider declared that Cs�� 1 war would end with a, British vie• itory by At ret 21 when the Germans Is Forecast shape an unsuccea:au1 invasion at• Canadian Prognosticator Predicted Hess' Flight Last November And Has Newspaper. Clipping To Prove It Edmonton. Alberta—Harry Snider is a Calm than, The fantastic flight of Deputy reenter Rudolf Hess from Bavaria to Scotland in a Nazi fighter Plane electrified the whole world. It didn't even surprise Harry Sni- der. • Why should 3t? He predicted it HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID FOR EGGS kND POULTRY 1 0 SIMS PHONE 80 — BRUSSELS tenIpt against :he British Isles. And, oh. yos, Hit:er and three nth• er dietators will die within seven tr, "f That slate. There's no doubt about it —says Harry Snider. Bell Telephone Company Increase Since the outbreak of war, Can. acllans—for 12 consecutive years rated as the world's greatest tele - 1 phone 'talkers—habe been doing more calling than ever before, ac- cording to figures just released by the statistical department of the • American Telephone and Telegraph Company. These 'figures 'bring the record up to January 1, 1940. On 'bite average, each person in Canada in 1939 placed 246.3 tele- phone calls, as compared With 235 23l - the previous year. Canada is lowed by the United !States with 2,31.•5 conversations per [tap toiii 1939, Denmarkwith 189,5,, with 189, and Norway wdt01 96.1. Canada, tanks fourth in telephone development with 12.35 'telephones for. every hundred persona. First is the United States with 15.85, follow- ed by Sweden with 13.64 and New Zealand with 10.28. Denmark uc- cuple5 fifth place w,ibh 11.95. This dtetadot' countries rank well.down on the last—Germany has only 5.28 telt- Phones per hellfired people. Japan has 1.89, Italy 1.49 and Russia 0.75 Among the larger Canadian cities, Toronto and Vanlcotsver lead in tele - (ream Producers Creamery Will Be Open From 7.30 to 9.30 On Wednesday and. Saturday Evenings To Receive Cream BRUSSELS CREAMERY PHONE 22 - BRUSSELS XS+tED D$3)AY, JUNJ3 18ail, 1841 Make no mistake about it ... This is your call to duty .. . Canada's Freedom is Threatened ... You are needed now Your King and country need you! The call to duty is ringing clear and men who love Canada and all this great Dominion stands for, will need no fur- ther urging; It's time for ACTION; for all - out effort ! Our future, our homes, our faith, our freedom, are at stake! There's no room for talkers or skulkers ! YOUR hour, the hour of the FIGHTING MAN, is here! for ACTIVE SERVICE RATES OF PAY IN TNA RANKS $1.30 per Day with Board, Lodging, Clothing, Medical and Dental care pro- vided. Dependent Allowances in Cash: $35 to wife, $12 each per month for not more than 2 children. A soldier with wife and 2 children collectively receive a total of $99.30 per month, EXTRA: Rates varying from 254 to 354 per day.. for skilled tradesmen while employed. Canada's great mobile army, equipped with all the finest weapons of modern, mechanized warfare—tanks, armoured vehicles and guns of every calibre -- stands stands ready to your hand. Join it NOW ! Be a vital cog in this fast- moving, •hard-hitting FIGHTING machine. Join up in answer to Can- ada's call ! Join up and smash the Hun! Canada's Active Army needs men for Artillery, Engineers, Signals, Armoured- Cars, Tanks, Infantry, Transport & Supply, Medical, Ord- nance and other branches of the service. The Army is prepared to teach many trades and to train you to handle Canada's weapons of war efficiently. Go to your nearest District Recruiting Office. Find out about these units; how they work, what they do. See just where you'Il fit in: see where any par- ticular skill you possess can best be utilized. Then join up for ACTION! • "Apply to Nearest District Recruiting Office or Any Local Armoury" DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE CANADA phone developPment—Toronto with EMPIRE SERVICE COLUMN Plum, earl 26,59 telephones per hundred people and Van.couber with 26.49. The tvo cities were equal in telephone .le- :yelopnpand in 'true previous count. Among the large cities of the worid. San Francisco ranks first with 44.35, followed, by Steeltholhn wall 40.16 and Washington with 38.84. Wash- ington formerly 'held the lead. In the total number of telephones, Canada ranks filth, atter ttae United .Staten, Germany, the United King- ' dam. and France. Mere are 42.642.252 telephones Is the world. of which abort 66 Par cent are dial telephones. Ge this total, North America has mere than half. wi$10, 22.558.727. There are 20,- 830,960 0;830,96'0 telephones in the "United .11hates. New York City alone, wtth 1.069.904 telephones, has more than a✓lil Canada with 1,397.272. Europe has 15.766,994 telephoner, of which 4 226.1604 are in, Germany. .3.075,902 in the United. Kingdom 1.589,595 in France, and 1.272.600 in Russia. Asia has 1,091 4199. of Whielt 1,367;958 aro in Jhiman. The number M ,tplst*hone rails. made In ttir ttntrrrl Wiles 'n 1939 a••• 00 30n 000 r04; in Japan . 5,- .5.290.000 in riprmmnv 9640.- 093309' ,r ("p,•adie "..774033 mint and. in, Rho. rrrasen Ica•,^'loin, 2.2.55.000.000. T,t witl 11 r' r,,•fnl khat :Tanen made ahont awn 313111 i mn1'r 05113 in the i. 4lae11 rich',• Germany. the 7I,• apt vine'dnm- France, nr Canaria, ,,.,f nr r,T,'. 1,.,,. mnre iptenptnne'J 0,a 'MMus; Sun. s shortage of telelnhones cit 7,,'I,,, nrrl a tb•i•l.,. or families. 0,n -re a single instrument ••n r,r them. ltd Ark Fes•' tion . or C Inn 'Tick0t•s $ss.•• PS. 1.1... str++"r•c tlntolavino the Rog S;.,•., rf Rooth.. Chub Membership in their Winslow. ACTIVE SERVICE Alcock, John Alderson, T. Bell, W H. 'Bid' Black, Donald Bryan, Russell Brothers Lyle Brewar, J. Bowler, Harry Cardiff Clifford) Cardiff, Wm. Campbell Jno. Dohl, C. Doha u. Dolt Mao Irl rngey, Dean Galbraith, Geo. Galbraith, Bowman, Gillis, Mose Gibson, Harvey Henderson, Archie Hall. Deb. Hall, Russet Harman, G. Harmon, John Hastings, Dave Hulley, Jim Lamont, Leonard Lowrie, Everett Lowe, Stewart Locking, Wm. Myers., Dr, 0. A. Matbacn, Willis (R.C.A',P'.) McCauley, L. McFarlane, Walter McDonald, Harold McLean, Arthur McDowell, Mac Palmer, Jas. Palmer, Wm. (Cpl.) Pierce, Roy _ „Ann 3,?10"�n .,Hensall Druggist Wins Huron Contest Prize Goderlch, June 13.—Middleton Drugs, Hensall, was, awarded the Prize of 910 for the best decou'atad establishment in the county, is connection yltls 6he Victory Loau eammoigrr, P11e judges appointed by the Vic- tory Loan. campaign organization toured the county on- Wednesday to select the county winner. They were Min D. J, Lane, chairman: Mrs. E. D. Brown, Mrs. J. D. Thomas and Mrs, H, C. Denten, all of Godo. rich. The wiu,enrs, in each of the other places competing were: tBrussets, the. law oc09ce of Elmer Boll; Sea- lorth, 1)toKeyntLsay'a store; Exe- ter, Soulthcott Bros,; Clinton, Ha- vey's Drug Store; Wintcham •Stain ton Hardware; Gaderich, C,raigie's newstan•d. Each or those will re- ceive a prize of 95.00. Prest, T, A, cPreat, Robert Rutledge, Hartley Rooney, Leonard Rowland, Wm. Spelt', Jack Stratton, H. Salesman, E. Sanderson, Lloyd runny, Chas. Thompson, A. rhornpeon, Norm. R.C.A.P.) ilhomas, H. Whittard, R. Whibtard, Earl Wilson, Stan. Workman, Gordon (R.N.) Non Permanent— Bell, E. D. (Lieut.) m, G, R. (Gpt.' Elliott, W. R. Gloater, Fred Nesbit, Fred ThompsonCapbell, M, Lowe, J. Woodrow, A. Awaiting call for /Native ServIce Warwick, ,D. 0. Rejected- -) efected— Flsaher, Wilfred Gillis, 0, Flseher, WNL Hawkins, lTarb. McDowell Jack lVieLelltand, Harvey, Pearson, Ralph Plums, Ernie Pennington, J. i'lN' PLAY FINNIGAN'S FORTUNE THURSDAY, JUNE 19 3•act,-!Humorous Irish Play vresenter by the -Red Cross Group South of Gerrie This play comes highly recommend- ed and is a porltrwed experience of poor laboring people who acquired a fortane5•artd try to live beyond their sojourn of Ilfe. There will be scarlet .numbers be- tween each act -- ADMISSION -Adults 40c Children 260 Supper Served from 6 to 8 Knox Presbyterian Church grounds, GRANBROOK Come and Naive a real hearty laugh, when you hear thls play. Buy Victory Bonds Now!