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Bizerte railroad, as shown on the map. British, Fighting French and
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HOW CAN l?? ?
By Anne Ashley
Q. How can I clean oil paint-
ings?
A, Make a thin paste of raw po-
tatoes awl clear water. Add fine
pumice stone and rwb on the paint-
ings gently with a sponge. Then
wipe off with clear water and a
clean cloth. It is often advisable
to a,ppIY a coat of clear varnish
when the painting dries.
Q. Iiow can I keep candles firm
in their holders?
A. Melt some paraffin, pour into
the sockets of the candlesticks,
and, while hot, set the candles into
the holders.
Q. How can I remove gasoline
odor from niy hands?
A. Rub the hands with moisten-
ed salt.
Q. How can I clean the furniture
thoroughly before applying the
furniture polish?
A. Use a cloth wrung out in
slightly warm water, add• a touch
of vinegar, and wipe the wooden
furniture carefully before using
furniture polish, The wood will
then be thoroughly clean and will
take the polish better.
Q. How can I keep an angora
wool sweater fluffy?
A. Long -fibred wool, such as
angora, should be brushed thor-
oughly while it is drying. It will
then be fluffy and the original ap-
pearance restored.
The Japanese, as a race, are a
mixture of Mongol, Ainu and Malay.
DANK EXECUTIVES SUPPORT WARTIME
TAXES, PRICES AND TRADE CONTROLS
Huntly R. Drummond, Bank of Montreal President, Suggests
that High Taxation and Controls Are Justified for Duration
Only — Sees Need for Freedom of Enterprise
With Return of Peace
G. W. Spinney, General Manager, Reviews Bank's 125th Year—
Discusses War Finance ---Says Government Financing
Through Chartered Banks Being Kept Within
Reasonable and Manageable Proportions
Efforts by the Government to
prevent the effects of inflation as
experienced in the aftermath of
the last war — including price
and wage controls and pay -as -wee
go taxation — were commended
by Huntly R. Drummond, Presi-
dent of the Bank of Montreal, at
that institution's 125th annual
meeting. Such efforts, he said,
"merited the support of every
thinking Canadian". At the same
time he urged, as he did at the
annual meeting a year ago, that
controls and regulations be re-
moved with all possible speed
after the war so that private en-
terprise night have the opportun-
ity actories to
the to production war off peaee time
goods.
Wide expansion in industrial
production having been financed
by taxation and borrowing, under
government direction and control,
with the goverlunent guaranteeing
the overhead and providing the
market for the output, he empha-
sized that "these conditions will
not, and cannot, obtain after the
war".
Describing the income tax, com-
pany and individual combined, as
"probably the highest in the Allied
Nations", and covering practically
every individual, the president said
that nevertheless, the cheerful
acceptance of hardship by all
Canadians had been notable and
was an encouraging sign for the
future. In this connection, how-
ever, he pointed 3ut that "we have
gone a long way toward saerific.
ing everything but liberty itself.
Nor let us forget that on the
shoulders of free enterprise stand
those other freedoms that go to
make up democracy — freedom of
conscience, freedom of speech,
freedom of labour and equality
before the law".
Bank Earnings Restricted
During the year the bank's
assets and deposits reached new
high levels; the average assets
were $1,091 million compared
with $1,032 million in the preced-
ing year, while deposits — the
;safety of which "is our first con-
sideration"—amounted to $1,0G4, -
f345,000. Earnings showed a small
increase, but taxes at $2,540,000
were considerably higher, because
of the governments policy of re-
stricting net earnings to 70% of
pre -war -standard profite. The in.
elrle.nce of this increase was felt
only in the last four months of the
fiscal year, he explained, and
warned that taxes for the corning
year would be sharply higher.
b
ark
s
' r'
further
with the
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T)ralInc,
position, he said that this year
even a larger proportion of assets
was represented by short-term
and immediately realizable invest-
ments, which placed the bank in a
stronger position than ever before.
'.however, the earning power of all
hanks had been reduced by such
investments, higher taxes and the
government policy of keeping in-
terest rates low "which we
commend".
At the same time he gave credit
to the han''ka in supporting to the
Have You Heard?
Comes a story about a Tennes-
see hillbilly who wont down to the
county seat one day recently, en-
countered to recruiting officers
and before he knew it he was in
the array.
Returning home, his old father
looked hint over and said: "Son,
what you Cot them thar strange
clothes on fur?"
"Paw," replied the young moun-
taineer, "Do you know that's a
war on?"
"Dad blame my hide, 1 hain't
heered a word of it," answered the
old man. "Who's a fightin', son?"
"1 don't know much about it,
Paw. Roosevelt and Churchill are
fighting two fellers named Hitler
and Mussolini. An' from what I
lamed down at the county seat it
appears to be over a gal named
Pearl Harbor."
"You're a failure," nagged the
wife. "When you courted me, you
said 1 should always be the flower
of your life, and now—"
"You're still the flower," said the
henpecked one, "but no rose — I
' should say 'snapdragon.'"
Mrs. Jones was very proud of
her son, who showed promise as an
athlete.
Yes, he must be a very fast
runner," she explained proudly to
a neighbor. "Look at this news-
paper report of the sports yester-
day. It says he fairly burned up
the track.
"And it's quite true," she added
confidentially. "I went to see the
track this morning, and it's noth-
ing but cinders."
Recalling scenes in the last war
one veteran said: "I was lucky. I
went through it all without a
scratch,"
"You were lucky, pal," said an-
other. "In the trenches where I
was we did nothing else,'
The local railway was very leis-
urely. The train rumbled along
at a suail's pace. The passenger
started a conversation with the
guard to kill time.
Guard: "Yes, I've been travel-
ing
raveling on this train for 20 years."
Passenger: "Gosh! And what
station did you get in it?"
"I like that dress you're wear-
ing."
I got it for my twentieth birth-
day."
"Really! ti has worn well, hasn't
it?"
full the Government in its stupen-
dous task of financing the war,
observing: "We can fairly claim
that in Canada our banking system
has more than justified its exist-
ence, and, with irrefutable facts,
answer those who talk of the State
taking over the banks".
General Manager's Review
G. W. Spinney, general mana-
ger, reviewed, in his address to
the meeting, the accounts of the
bank for the year and referred to
17e increase in 5,319 000 from a$1,046 551,000
at the end of the previous fiscal
period. ' Total quick assets, he
pointed out, amounted to $896,-
985,000 and were equivalent to
81.65 per cent of all liabilities to
the public.
He referred to the reduction in
4urrent loans during the year and
the wide expansion in investments.
In this connection he said: "The
increase in investments is mainly
under the heading of Dominion of
Canada securities and resulted
almost wholly from our purchase
of Deposit Certificates. These,
Certificates are a new type of in-
strument devised to provide flex-
ible short-term financing for the
Dominion Government, and are
similar to the Treasury Deposit
Receipts used in Great Britain
during the War of 1914-18 and re-
introduced by the British Treas-
ury at the beginning of July 1940.
"During the year ended October
81", said Mr. Spinney, "new and
refunding issues of the Dominion
Government, exclusive of Treasury
Bill financing but adjusted to in-
clude the approximate total of the
Third Victory Loan, which was
issued in the latter part of Octo-
ber and the early part of Novem-
ber, aggregated approximately
$3,150,000,000. This figure in-
cludes $645,000,000 of the new
Dominion of Canada 4% Deposit
Certificates, sold to the Chartered
Banks from July to October, some
of which have since been retired.
In the light of the Dominion Gov-
. ernment's heavy borrowing re-
quirements, I feel that the amount
of war financing through the
Chartered Banks has so far been
kept within reasonable and man-
ageable proportions. The extent
to which this type of borrowing
can be kept in check will depend
largely upon the success of the
public distribution from time to
time of Government loan flota-
tions."
Closing of Branches
The general manager spoke of
the necessary closing down of
branches in keeping Ping
with the w
ar
policy of the Government, but
stated that care is being exercised
to see that no area is left without
adequate facilities. The policy fol-
lowed has been to close down
branches where overlapping exists.
He concluded by commending
the staff of the bank on the man-
ner in which it had undertaken
added duties and thanked the cus-
tomers for accepting cheerfully
any unavoidable relaxation in
serviea.
As Churchill Warned I ModernbEtiquette
By Roberta Lee
1. Is it all right, in conversation,
for one to use the words phone,
wire, photo, ad, etc., instead of
telephone, telegram, photograph,
and advertisement?
2. When a hostess asks a guest
to take another helping , of some
dish, isn't it all right to say, "I
couldn't possibly eat another
bite"?
3. Whose duty is it to see that
corsages are sent to the mothers
of the bride and the bridegroom?
4. Should the theatre party in-
vitation be acknowledged prompt-
ly?
5. What is the birthstone for
November, and its significance?
0. W1iat should a person do when
entering a pay -as -You -enter con-
' veyauee and he finds it necessary
to have a bill changed?
ANSWERS
1. These Colloquial abbreviations,
so commonlyused in the commer-
cial world, should really bo avoid-
ed in our social life, where we are
MILES not so rushed. It is just as easy
1i,AG9lEILA to say photograph as as photo, ad -
0 200 vertisement as ad, etc. 2. No.
Merely say, "No, thank you." Such
expressions as "I am already too
full," or "I feel as though I would
never want to eat again," an not
good form. 3, The bridegroom
should do this. 4. Yes. This invi-
tation should be acknowledged im-
mediately, as the host or hostess
cannot procure the tickets until it
is known how many guests there
will be. 5. The topaz, meaning
fidelity and friendsbip. 6. Either
be the last one to enter, or step
aside and allow the other passen-
gers to drop their coins first.
„Now remember, Pat," said a
sergeant to an Irish soldier, ,"the.
password is Saxe—after Marsha
Saxe, you know."
"Shure," said Pat, "Oi'll never
forget it. Wasn't my father a mil-
ler and my uncle a coalman?"
Later in the day, the Irishman
was challenged. "Bags," he re-
plied.
"What would you suggest for a
man who's a little hoarse?"
"How about a little cart?"
SCOUTING ...
The four British "Blitz Scouts"
who toured Canada and the 'United
States during the past summer are
now on a tour of Great Britain and
Ireland telling of their visit and
something of the war effort seen
by them on this side of the At-
lantic. Upon completion of the
tour, Stanley Newton, leader of
the group, will join the Air Force;
Roy Davis the Royal Engineers,
and Hugh Bright the Royal Navy.
John Bethell is not yet of service
age.
A Ceylon Boy Scout, A. Ramas-
wamy, has been awarded the Scout
Certificate for Gallantry. The youth
rescued another lad in heavy seas
off the coast, and returned to res-
cue two of three other lads who
had gotten into difficulties. The
Scout was practically exhausted
by the time he had brought the
third boy to safety.
s *
A South African Cubmaster now
ou service in Great Britain is
operating an English Cub Pack
(Junior Scouts). The English Cubs
have opened correspondence with
their new leader's former Pack in
South Africa.
*
Boy Scouts of St. Catharines,
Ont., recently, had the unique ex -
ALGIERS�:
ALGI
TUNISIA
So it happened. RAF bombers,
asing "triple block buster" bombs,
smashed at Turin, as mapped
above, for second successive night.
Map indicates how much closer
to Italy Tunisian bases would
bring Allied bombers, emphasiz-
ing the Prime Minister's warning
to Italy to sue for peace or watch
its cities blasted to bits.
perien.ce of acting as "guinea pigs"
at the St. Catharines General Hos-
pital, wheli they were "patients"
for a whole clay as nurses demon-
strated a new method in the treat•
went of infantile paralysis,
Boy Scout Bob Kenip of Ham-
ilton studied first aid at a Scout
meeting, and learned the use of a
tourniquet to stop bleeding. He
had not long to wait to put his
new-found knowledge into prac-
tice, The next night he was pres-
ent at the scene of an automobile
accident and applied a tourniquet
to one of the victims who was
bleeding profusely. A doctor who
later handled the case said that
the prompt treatment applied by
Scout Kemp saved the patient
from a very serious loss of blood.
ITC
tat a Jtffq
9r Morley Boris
Fox quick relief Isow. itching of eczema, pimples, n
tads foot, scales, scabies, rasbes another externo
caused skin troubles, use fast•scting, coaling, sett+
'optic, liquid D. D. D. Prescription. Greaseless,.
etoinlcss. Soothes lrritation and quickly stopsinten
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You GIRLS WUM SUFFER
DYSMENORRHEA
1f you su88er monthly cramps, back-
ache, distress of irregularities,"
nervousness—due to functional
monthly disturbances—try Lydia E.
Plnkham's Vegetable Compound
Tablets (with added iron) . Made
especially for adoanen,They also help
build tip red blood. Made in Canada.
ISSUE 51—'42
There •have been more than a
thousand systems of shorthand
since the days of Julius Caesar.
British buildings must not be
painted except when necessary for
preservation.
Greetings To Sailors
At Home and Abroad
The British Sailors' Society hall
made provision for the entertain-
ment of the Sailors at Christmas
and New Year not only in Canada
but in ports throughout the
world.
Since the War started, new
centres and suitable Clubs have
been put into commission. With
the thought in mind that wherever
there is a need, a Club will be
opened for the use of our sailors.
Two of the most interesting are
at Reykjavik in Iceland and at
Haifa in Palestine.
In addition to its well known
work in London and elsewhere on
the seven seas, the Society has
undertaken to give Service to the
Lighthouses and Lightships around
the British Isles; also to the Mine-
sweepers and the Fishing Fleets.
Give him a load
of the famous
brand that's chuck
full of smoking
pleasure.
gdenfis
FINE CUT
utuaramm,==aiea'aitiaigasealus
Services of a fine type are ren-
dered by means of a suitable mo-
tor vessel, abundantly supplied
with sailor comforts of all kinds,
assuring that ship -wrecked sur-
vivors are properly cared for.
Vessels, arriving at distant ports
around Christmas and New Year,
will be given every kindness in the
form of sailor comforts, etc.
HARNESS & COLLARS
Farmers Attention — Consult
your nearest Harness Shop
about Staco Harness Supplies.
We sell our goods only through
your local Staco Leather
Goods dealer. The goods are
right, and so are our prices.
We manufacture in our fac-
tories — Harness, Horse Col-
lars, Sweat Pads, Horse Blan-
kets, and Leather Travelling
Goods. Insist on Staco Brand
Trade Marked Goods, and you
get satisfaction. Made only by:
SAMUEL TREES CO., LTD.
WRITE FOR CATALOGUE
42 Wellington St. E., Toronto
CLASSIFIEE ADVERTISEMENTS
AUTOMOBILES—USED
US ED OARS WITH GOOD TIRES.
See us first. Mount Pleasant Mo-
tors Limited. Used Car Lot at
2040 Youge Street; Head Orrice,
632 Mount Pleasant Road, To-
ronto. Telephone HY. 2181.
BABY CRICKS
MAT RdyNDJ LIP' n. 4CHICKS
Rock s,
New Hampshires, Light Sussex,
White Leghorns, and Hybrids.
Canadian Approved and Blood-
Tested.
Ff rin Hatchery., Cal donia d leOnt.
HOOD—INCREASING SHORTAGES
and scarcities. Be prepared with
good stock for the demands of
1943. Serve your country with
profit to yourself too. Order
chicks now for early 1943 deliv-
ery. Bray Hatchery, 180 John St.
N., Hamilton, Ont.
STARTmost
p oHt. HatchesCKS every LY I
Z eeek
from January Fourth --Chicks,
Pullets, Cockerels. Illustrated
Catalogue, Price List ready.
. Fisher Orchards Hatchery, Free-
man, Ont.
BUSINESS FOR SALE
BLACKSMITH SHOP FULLY
equipped and stocked; Grist MI
ll
equipped with 40 H.F. Inter-
national Engine and Jolliett
Grinder. Shop and Mill under one
House
Closing Estate.a Clarence included.
ce Malloy,
Bloomfield, Ont.^-^
CAMERAS WANTED
WE PAY TOP CASH PRICES FOR
modern, still, and movie cam-
erasday. J h C. t 1iWilliaave ms, Optician,
5 Richmond Street U,, Toronto.
c1Uc1:ENs, GI•,ESE, ETC.
WANTED
C keys GEESE,
and FOWL,Ducks, Bring your
dressed Poultry to us. Highest
rices paid. Quality Meat Pack-
ers, 203 First Avenue, Toronto,
FARM FOR SALE
ONE TIUNDRED ACRES ON BAY
of Quint% new house, modern
conveniences, furnace, t h r e e -
piece bath, shower, electric pump,
ant houswater e; silo;ilhenahouse�wd ork-
shop; double garage; all in good
repair. Electricity in all; plenty
of wood; good fishing and boat-
ing. Clarence Mallory, Real Es-
tate Agent, Bloomfield, Ont.
DYEING di CLEANING
HAVE YOU ANYTHING. NEEDS
dyeing or cleaning? Write to us
forIverorY uro questioWe ns. glad
Depart.
s
Limited, ted 1, .7911Yo
Parker's
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rn
FARM UFILP WANTED
MARRIED OR SINGLE MIEN
wanted for modern Dairy Farm
close to Toronto. Best of wages
and conditions. Apply 13ox 56,
73 .Adelaide St, West, Toronto,
von sAim
10 ACTIES GOOD CGAR1:)I7N LAND,
all kinds of smell fruits, orchard,
buildings, hydro, Immediate pee-
scision. 'Wile or Phone 501W,
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Guelph.
PATENTS
FETHERSTONHAUGi3 & COMPAN Y
Patent Solicitors. Established
1890; 14 King W est, Toronto.
Booklet of Information on re-
quest.
PATENTS & TRADE MARKS
EGERTON 13. CASE, REGISTERED
United States, Canadian, British
Patent Attorney. Booklet gratis.
Established over forty years. 82
Balsam Avenue, Toronto.
FOR SALE RAZORS AND BLADES
SHEEP—TAMWORTHS; 8 -WEEK -
old -.Pigs, $12; XXX Southdown
$25.La$20; X.I0C Cheviot Lambs,
1 bsCeciil Acres, Osgood% Ont.
WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY IN CAR -
lots only, whole or ground, for
serious buyers only. The Atlas
Grain Company, Montreal.
IFOOT BALM
BAUMEEKA FOOT BALM destroys
offensive odor instantly, 45c
bottle. Ottawa
agent, Denman
Drug Store,
GOLD EMBOSSING 1NK
USE IT FOR CHRISTMAS CARDS,
parcels, party cards. Your own
handwriting in beautiful raised
gold letters, Many other attrac-
tive articles. Send 250 and re-
ceive Gold or Silver ink, or just
send name and address for free
information. Taylor Specialty
Co., Dept. B., Toronto.
HAIRDIRESSIN( SCHOOL
LEARN HAIRDRESSING THE
Robertson method. Information
on request regarding classes.
Robertson's Hairdressing Acad-
emy, 137 Avenue Road, Toronto.
MACHIINIERY 1'011 SALE
OIt WANTED
WE BUT, SELL, AND `GRADE IN
Hammer Mills, Plate Mills, Rolls,
Mixers, etc. Stock of parts for
most mills carried. Morley &
Son, 71 Duke Street, Toronto.
OFFER TO iNVENTORs
AN OFFER TO EVERY INVENTOR
List of inventions and full infor-
mation
nfor-
Co , Registered, Patent At Attorneys,
273 Bank Street, Ottawa, Canada.
MEDICAL
FOR BLOOD AND NERVES
Mori ssey's Nerve Remedy, contains
that time tested formula of Maud
Mass, which makes rich blood, as
well as the ingredients to give good
steady nerves, Send without delay
for ORFORDO B. pillMORs
Druggist
537 Main St., St. John, N,13.
SICK ?
CONSULT MB REBARDINO YOUR
health problems. (Consultation
free). Write or call when In the
City. Chiropractic Science gete
sick people well, Phillip's Scien-
tific Genera] health Service, 12
Queen Bast, Toronto.
MrnDIaAr,
WANTED—EVERY SUFFERER OF
Rheumatic Pains or. Neuritis to
try Dixon's Remedy, Munro'S
Drug Stoe, 335 lllgin, Ottawa.
Postpaid $1.00.
NEW IEMIIOSSEl) PICTURI S
NEWEST THING! J 131I1AUTiFUL
embossed pictures, assorted sub-
iects, including religious --small,
$1,00; medium, $1,25; large $1,50,
postpaid. A real gift. (1Sealers
write). Acer Art Service, 6 Well-
ington 17,, J�oronto. •
VERY ACCEPTABLE GIFT F1 frt
the boys. Until Christmas 1 will
mail prepaid in Canada one safety
razor, 35c. Three
orders f o e een dollar cl Ext a blades
5981cents Ives, s,PalmesAve.,Toronto
PERSONAL
MARRIED OR ENGAGED? THT:N
you should read the unusual,
sensational books, 'Facts of
Life," 25c postpaid. 130 pages.
Adults only. Guaranteed. illus-
trated medical catalogues in-
cluded free. The Medical Health
Bureau, Station 0'. 87 Toronto.
POULTRY WANTED
WANTED—LIVE, DRESSED POUL-
try, top market prices paid. Lines.
Ltd., St. Lawrence Market, To-
ronto.
o-
ronto.
RHEUMATIC i'AINS
FRUIT- JUICES: THE. PRINCIPAL
ingredients in Dixon's Remedy
for Rheumatic pains, Neuritis,.
Sold only Muuro's Drug Store,
335 Elgin, Ottawa, Postpaid $1.00.
—.
TURKEYS
TURKEY
Bronze,
Holland
Banded
Booking
Edwards,
POULTS.— P U R p7
Bourbon Red, White
stock from Government
13100d -tested flocks,
orders for 1043. A. W,
Lansdowne, Onia.rio.
PHOTOGRAPHY
DON'T TRUDGE THROUGH
'irhe Ilene, 18111n, or Hall '4
HAVE YOUR SNAPS
Delivered by Stall
Any 6 or 8 exposure film perfectly
developed and printed for only 25e.
Supremo duality and fast service
guaranteed.
IMPERIAL PHOTO SERVICE
Station J, Porronto
SAVE WANTED
SAFE WANTED — • STATE ACE,
condition, inside size and price.
Box 1), Room 421, 71 Adelaide St„
W. Toronto.
25 FREE CHICKS
SEND FOR OUR PRICE LIST OF-
fering free chicks for early
orders, and place your order •
early. Goddard Chick Hatchery,
Britannia; Heights, Ontario.
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BRONZE BREEDING TURKEYS.
Have splendid young Torts and
Hens from bloodtestcd Govern-
ment banded stock. A. W. Ed-
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WANt'100, DIVE '1'0 TWENTYe-
fivehorsepower direct current
motors. Two -ton chain blocks.
High pressure sixty-six by six-
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boiler. J, R, lt.ennrdy, Cobourg„