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Friday, July 30, 1943.
The Ord
Dictator Benito_ Mussolini, the
_ _aNdust Caesar', is the first of the
.-110143' would-be world conquerors, to
ade, out of the war picture. On
Uuday night, by proclamation of
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, he
-was. removed as Premier and head
of the Army, and Marshal Pietro
Badoglio, who was fired by Mussolini
In 1940, has become the head of the
military government. -
The suddenness and completeness
of the change, of affairs in Italy
would seem to indicate an unrest and
• discontent among the Italion people
far greater than the --rest -of the
world was prepared' to believe.
Twenty-one years of absolute dic-
tatorship are not easily broken and
events must have been moving fast
in recent weeks to make the ousting
-of Mussolini SO easy of accomplish-
ment.
The quick change in Italy's for-
tunes -must have proven a desperate,
blow to Germany and Japan, Mus-
solini's Axis partners, but as yet
there is no clear picture of what the
change will bring to either Italy or
the Allies: It is confidently believed
that the firing of Mussolini is the
- first step in the plan of the Italian
nation to sue for a ,separate peace,
but the world has no guarantee of
that.
= The recent bombing of Rome is be-
lieved to have been the last straw
• added to the burden on the backs of
the Italian people, which cracked
their morale and made possible the
bloodless removal of the Dictator.
But whether they will go further and
• throw up the sponge is, possibly, yet
unknown to either the government
or the people.
If Sicily is won by the Allied forces
—and it will be --Italy will only. be
two miles Irani, the Island, which
-will be used as a huge base for air-
planes to bomb the mainland, and
Italy would soon be little but a heap
of rubble. That is the lesson the
bombing of Rome taught Italy and
they were, apparently, quick to learn
it.
But Italy is in a tough spot. If
she sues for peace there is more
than a possibility that the Germans,
who have already over -run the coun-
try and taken over • the directing
• powers, will turn on the Italians and
rend them. On the other hand, if
they continue in the war on the side
• of the Axis, the Allies will, as Mr.
Churchill Said, tear their Empire to
shreds and tatters.
'Whatever the outcome the news
to date is all to the good from the -
Allied point of view, and a shatter-
• ing blow to Axis prestige.
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The Election
For reasons not too hard to at
least imagine, the Provincial general
election campaign; 'now nearing its .
- close, has been one of the quietest in
provincial political history.
For one thing, there is the war,
and so many homes are so intimate-
ly connected to it that war news and
fears dominate their working hours
to such an extent that politics have
lost their lure or have been entirely
forgotten for the duration.
• Another is that there is no real is-
sue for the people to either think
about or diseuss. No scandals, no "
misdemeanors of government,, or
anything else- to set the heather afire.
The government that has held power
• -for the'past nine years has governed
carefully, wisely and Well, and there
'a very general opinion that. in
Premier Nixon's hands it will do still
better work.
• Many kites have been flown by the
Opposition parties sueh . as their.
OlaiiinS`lhat otirSoldierS are being
iSfranchied by ' the proxy system
Oet4 wbfeb they Will vote. Then
re it the elairn that Premier Ni -
1 n1r the puppet of Ottawa and
t1teis in0Uding many prout-
1 e 0 eleotortVith their
f the„have)
ii�t
AA tar at the soldier vote is con-
cerned, the greater part of the cor-
respondence from Britain indicates
very clearly that the Canadian sol-
dier over there is taking the pro-
vincial election with great calm, but
with a very extensive lack of inter-
est. This can scarCely be wondered
at. Many soldiers have been absent
from Ontario two, three and even
four years, during which time they
have -lost interest and touch with On-
tario politics and issues, and do not
even know who are running as can-
didates and, apparently, care less:'
However, if any of our soldiers are
interested enough to vote, the oppor-
tunity will be given them. All they
have to do is to mail the proxy which
'has been given them, or which is
theirs for the asking, to a relative
or friend in this country, and there
is no just reason to.. suppose that
that relative or friend will not carry
out the overseas soldier's wishes as
to how he wishes his ballot to be
cast.
One heartening thing, and one
that has been widely commented up-
on, is the fact that in this election
the class pf candidate that is run-
ning for office is distinctly superior
to many in the last Legislature,
where there was decided room for
improvement from the standpoint of
ability and integrity., Perhaps Mr.
Nixon himself had a hand in that.
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Parliament Closes
After a six, months' session, the
Canadian Parliament adjourned on
Saturday evening. The session has
been long, but from no point of view
could it be called a notable one.
War legislation and estimates oc-
cupied the greater part of the mem-
bers' time. And as -is common in ev-
ery session, particularly in war time,
days and weeks, and even months,
were taken up by a few men in use-
less and almost continuous talk
which only had one result, and that
to delay legitimate businesg and fill
the pages of Hansard.
The close of the session must have
brought immeasurable relief to Gov-
ernment ministers, whose work in
wartime is intensely burdensome, is
made doubly so by having to attend
daily sessions 'of parliament and lis-
ten for limitless hours to this .and
that member spout for political pur-
poses only.
Parliament is an indispensable in-
• stitution for a democratic country
like Canada, but there .should be
some way of curtailing what, in too,
many cases, is just a ceaseless flow
of useless chatter..
•
• An "Open City" -
The American.Prtsident's recently
•expressed desire that the Italian city
of Rome be declared an .open city,
has made this a. question of unusual
interest to the people of this and
other countries.
According to military authority,
an open city is one from which all
troops, defences, military installa-
tions; military headquarters, war
factories and transportation facili-
• ties used for the movement of mili-
tary supplies or personnel, have been
• removed.
As Rome was chosen as one of the
• chief war industry centres in Italy,
because of Mussolini's belief that the
Allies would be afraid to bomb it be-
cause of its great historic baCk-
ground, as well as for ecclesiastical
• reasons, and for the, same reason
made it the chief centre of troop
movement, Rome has a very long
. way to go before- it- can claim to be
classed as an "Open City."
•
Really
In its leading editorial on Monday
last, the Toronto Globe"... and. Mail
said: "As the Ontario campaign
swings into the stretch, the desp,era-
tion shown •by Mr. Nixon and his
party hacks grows apace. So afraid
of defeat is the current Queen's
Park Administration, that more and
more mud is flung. Withotit policy
or programme, the Liberal Governr
ment is devoting itself to a full out
• attack on the construction and far-
sighted program/tie • annOunced by
Mr. George Dre-w fior the,Progres-
sive Contervative party."
Really ! I One would think, that
there- Wouldn't be Tnueh iud left to
tliroWfter *bat is �itaid hi that
e (Abel%
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Intereekincitel/O,e Pidled from,
The E40oOttor of fifty and
twentrlity:0',„year4 ago.
From The Huron Expositor
August 2, 1918
Miss Foley, of Bayfield, hap 'been
engaged by the- trustees of 8. S. No.
6,, Hay, as teacher for the fall term.
Miss Margaret Grainger, of Angus-
ville, Man., is visiting at the home, of
her grandmother, Mrs. Grainger, in
Brucefield,
Idiss Beth Willis, Seaforth, Under-
went an appendix operation on Fri-
day. She is making satisfactory pro-
g7ess. -
Mr. J. G. Millen has purchased- a
new McLaughlin car, Mrl. Oscar Neil
a Gray -Dort, and Mr. H. Edge, a Chev-
rolet during the past week.
Miss Erma Freeman has accepted
a position with a -prominent legal
firm in Toronto.
Mr. C. A. Barber has purchased a
fire new McLaughlin Special from the
local agent, Mr. G. C. Bell.
. Last week • Mrs. Jos. Bennett, Wal-
ton, underwent an appendix operation
and is imprOving as well as can be
expected.
Miss Myrtle Ryckman, of Chisel-
hurst, passed her senior vocal exam-
ination in connection witr the Lon-
don, England; College of -Music with
first-class honors.
While Verj, the 3 -year-old daugh-
ter of Mr. and .Mrs. Wm. Drover, of
Chiselhurst, was playing on a fence,
she fell, fracturing her arrti—at -the
elbow., , •
Mrs. Thomas Penwarden, over 80'
Years of age, and Mrs. Wm. Sinith,
of the 9th concession of Usborne, nar-
rowly escaped being gored to death
by a vicious cow, on Sunday evening.
Mrs. Penwarden was getting -a cow
up to the barn for, milking when a
newly-calyed' cow started attacking
her. Mrs. Smith went to her assist-
ance and the cow turned on her.
The aninaal dragged them both around
until nearly all, their clothing was
stripped from them. Mrs. Penwarden
suffered a. fractured hip and Mrs.
Smith was badly gored and bruised.
On Thursday morning Mrs. John S.
Welsh, of Seaforth, had the •mis-
Lortune to fall,. breaking two ribs and
41.herwise injuring herself very sev-
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waa sprawled out on the grassin
front of the -house the other day after
-dinner having a rest before gating
back to the hayfield, when a news-
paper M the hired man's hands
caught my eye. There was an ad in
there and the title of it caught my
eye: "What does Canada mean to
you?” I think the a,d was for a politi-
cal ra,11.4, •-btif' I didn't notice that.
The sentence caught my eye and it
kept in my mind all afternoon-.
Try some time to figure out what
ycnr country meansto you. It will
do you good to think over some of
the things it means to live in this
country of ours. I thought of it when•
the training planes from the R.O.A.F.
station roared over my head . . . zip-
ping and gliding .. . and playing as it,
were in the sltY. They didn't drop
any bombs. I didn't have to rush
back up to the house. to make sure
that Mrs. Phil and Patricia Ann were
safe. No . . r could just go on work-
ing as peacefully as possible. My on-
ly worry was whether a cloud on the
horizon was the advance scout for a
whole party • of themthat might spill
ram down all over the hay.
Canada means a lot to a fellow in
the country, I've always had the idea
that people who till the soil are per-
haps closer to the land than anyone
else. We are ,not • like the peasants
of France who so exeressively used
to pick up a ,handful of Mother Earth
and kiss it. On the other band, how
often.. have you watched a farmer sit
idly 1vhile he lets the soil trickle
,through his -fingers. He loves that
soil. Unconsciously perhaps, he
knows that •it is from ,th-e- soil that
his living comes and that upon his
living the living of the whole country
depends. It's true that during the
erelq.
Miss Harriet Murray, of town, is
'visiting friends in Brussels.
11Ers. Sinclair, of Brussels, won:the
out glass pitcher donated by Miss
past few years, or I should' say for
the ten years prior, to the war, we
placed more emphasis on the handi-
work of man . . .tbut somehow
know" that before this war is over,
we'll all have a better aPpreciation
for/ what it means.
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tirotelu, so much gra1.t4 0414 so 4134
roughage.
Uowever, a a.rOler Valiant got teeth
WItfions 049,14 »r aPP10:4g t0
County War .AgrieUltgrAt.• COMUllttee.
Ho May, for exanii*,• get on PrOtein
coupon ter 80 uiguy ktudreci. PoiAutlo
of oats sold, and, Unless he raised
oats, he may not be able to buy eat—
tle feed. Or he may be allowed geedi
for a pertain percentage of the' nUM-
ber pf hens on his 1939 base. If er
cannot find other, w„a‘ys of feediTtg.
poultry, he sells thena. If he: keeps
more than a given nunther of hen.s,
he must sell all their eggs to tb.er
patking stations at a fixed price.
The bog raiser is permitted- to WAY
feed for only a specified proportion
of ,the pigs he had in 1939, With eon
pons at the rate of one. protein cowl-
pon to so many ecreal coupons. Cou-
pon values in feeds as in ifoods vary
according to the supply during dif-
ferent periods. The farmer must not-
ify his coUnty committee when he is
ready to market fat stock for slaugh-
ter, and within 14 days the govern-
ment buyer grades them and takes
them to a. government slaughter-
house. At every step, from farmer
to consumer, these products are un-
der strict price and distribtition con-
trols. The farmer can set technical
assistance when he needit, and get.
a tractor at a reasonable charge. NcI
tractor_ is idle in Britain. All trac-
tors must be shared and kept busy.
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SUBSIDY FOR FARMERS
WHO BUY GRALN NOW
As an incentive to farmers in East-
ern Canada to -buy Western feed
grains as soon as possible and store
them on their own farms so that next
winter's livestock feeding require.
meats will be met, the Dominion Gov-
ernment will pay a per bushel sub-
sidy based upon a sliding scale, the
Agriculture' Department stated on
July 16th.
Farmers .in the Eastern proVinces
ho buy Western feed grains under
This plan, to be known as Plan B, will
receive a 3 cent per bushel subsidy
for grain bought in Jay; 242 cents
per bushel for August; 2 cents for,
September; 1% cents for October;
cent for November, and % .cent for
December.
Orders placed since July 1, 1943,
will be eligible for the subsidy.,
F. W. Presant, Feeds Administra-
tor, under whom the plan is being
administered stated that it is antici-
pated it will increase theimmediate
deinand, for Western. feed grains at 2.
time when ,transportation facilities
are more favorable than during the
winter months.
A small grain- crop is in prospect
in Eastern Canada, he said, and with
the substantial increase in live stock
and poultry on Eastern Canadian
.farms, which are being raised so as
to meet the abnormal food demands
from- every direction, it is necessary
that steps be taken at once to assure
that sufficient feed be available for
next. winter.
Farmers who buy Western grain
under Plan B will receive the subsidy
in the same way as under the Freight
Assistance Polity in connection with
Western feed •grains.
,(Continned On Page 3)
•On Sundays you see the way Can-
ada, -„is. built. Down the road about a.
half mile' the Catholids go to Mass
on Sunday morning. On Sunday af-
ternoon you'll see the Protestants at
seivice in their church which is up
the road the other way. They live in
perfect harmony. Izi fact, it was just
last Sunday that I saw Jim Foster,
staunch churchman of the Protestant
belief, driving the Flannigan's to
Mass. The Flannigan car was out of
order. Jim did that because he has
a healthy respect for what the other
fellow believes.
Our grandparents and great grand-
parents laid the foundation for all
this. They were active, /hearty peo-
ple who cut down the bush and built
homes for themselves. There ,was
trouble at times but gradually they
grew up to' know and respect each
other. They handed a heritage . . .
Canada . . . ont to us. We haven't
always done the right thing but at
ledst we have profited by our mis-
takes. •
Canada to me is not a perfect place
. . . not a Paradise, but at least a
country where you have a chance.
When we get this mess over . . this
war in Europe . . . then we have to
get ourselves back into balance. We
have to first of all know and respect
Mother Nature' and not squander her
bounties. We have realized that in
thiS country we have everything it
takes to make a truly •great country.
:Huron Federation Of:
Agriculture--FarmNews:
COUPON FARMING
IN GREAT BRITAIN
All kinds of stock and poultry feed
in Britain are precious and therefore
rationed. Coupon rationing of feeds
is a vexatious but necessary system.
introduced when voluntary methods
proved a failure. It is adapted to a
Lukes, for Red Cross purposes. great variety of farms and farming
Gunners McMillan. Bechely and
practices and is tied in with the over -
Weiland, of Petawawa Camp, are
all food policy, which includes reduc-
home for a Week -end leave.
Spring cidIPS, are showing up well.
J. H. McLaughlin, of Tuckersmith, has
oats th t measures 6 feet 2 inches in
height
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From The' Huron Expositor
August 4, 1893
While digging. a well on the farm
of Mr. Joshua Heywood, Usborne, on
Tuesday of last week and when 24
feet down, a spring was struck which
filled the well with 16feet of water
within half an hour. They have been
unable to brick the well as: the water
rpshes in so- rapidly., '
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Pickard, Mr. -and
Mrs. D. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. W. D
Bright and Mr. Tweddle all arrived
home from Chicago Monday morning.
A few days ago as Mr. Wm. .A.11an
of Tuckersmith, was driving from
Londesboro he counted 72 stacks of
hay in a distance of five miles be-
tween LOadesboro and the Kinburn
road.
The barn and stables of Mr, W. S
Dickson, McKillop, on the gravel road
north of Leadbury, with their con
tents, were completely destroyed by
fire on Sunday night. had set the
lantern on the floor of the hay mow
while he pulled out some hay and the
lantern exploded. Before he knew'
what was wrong, the place was in
flames and as much as possible was
taken out before It was too late.
Mr. Robt. tephenson, of the Parr
Line, met wi a very painful acci-
dent on Wednesday. He was driving
hofne from the Babylon Line when
his team took fright and ran away,
going over a deep ditch and throwing
him over the whiffletrees. The wheel
struck him and ran over over him.
Mr. Andres Reid, of Varna, start-
ed work witnthis new threshing ma-
chine on TueSday and is likely to do
a big business.
Mr. Geo. Nott, Tuckersmith, raised
an addition to his barn last Tuesday
and When it is completed he will have
a fine building 50g105 feet with a
foundation underneath the whole.
The ladies of St. George's Church,
Walton, held a very; successful gar-
den party at the home of Mr. John
Jewitt on Wednesday night. The Brus-
sels Band, udder the leadership of
Prcfessor Jon4s, :rendered! fine music.
Mrs. Sage and, daughters delighted all.
with music of the Masses. The, pro-
ceeds were
Mr, denies 1ugl1l, -of the town line,
McKillop, de 'vered the first new
wheat this se oil'et Ogilvie's 'Wig in
Seaforth, :It elghed 621/2 pounds to
the btieliel.
Dr. T. T. qffertian, passed away at
his ,reSidente ia glinday morning. He
had been suffeirlug from paralysis for
Serne
Aleeses.:: Thia'Ili and McConnell;
of thateefie-Id; idly *toted,. threshhig
ii thdt t:e'ri1h tiew ma.;
elifitter Orehae011••t�itomittoi
puteutes, the
hoi.ae4i SeaftisAW-iz ttiftleh Ate. t1)60,
1061 0 -Pitt,",littO
'errri !IL ci
tions in beef cattle, sheep, hogs and
poultry, and an increase in dairy cat-
tle. The dairy cow with her heavy
productivity in milk takes precedence
over all other stock. Feed coupons
are doled out according to elaborate
tables of need, calculations being
based on the stock now possessed by
the farmer compared_ with his pre-
war holdings and the nutrition re-
quirements of the animals—so much
ONTARIO ELECTIONS
RESERV'E ARMY. UNITS
- A RRANGEMENTS have been made for members of the Reserve Units of the Cagadian
-CI- Militia who will be in Camp during the week commencing' Sunday, August 1st, 1943,
to record their votes in the present election to the Legislative Assembly of,Ontario.
Members of such units in Military District No. 1, and Military District No. 2, will be
allowed to vote at Advance Polls, as liked below, on Saturday, July 31st, 1943.
The Department of National Defence (Army) has arranged the schedule of training for
Reserve Units of Military District No. 3 so as to permit members of Reserve Units from.
this district to leave Connaught Ranges Camp on Tuesday, August 3rd and behome in
time to vote (biti Wednesday, August 4th, 1943.
The Advance Polls available for members of Reserve Units of Canadian Militia, Travellers,'
Railwaymen and Mariners will be open from 8 o'clock A.M. until 5 o'clock P.M. and, from
7 o'clock P.M. until 10 o'clock P.M. on 'Saturday, July 31st, and Monday and Tuesday,
August 2nd and 3rd, in the following places:— . •
LOCATION FOR ADVANCE POLLS FOR GENERAL ELECTION 1943
Electoral District Location of Polls "
Iltantford Brantford
Cochrane North Cochrane
Dufferin-Simcoe Orangeville,
Alliston
Durham Port Hope
Elgm ..... ....St. Thomas, Bayhana
Fort William • Fort William
Halton Oakville
Hamilton East Hamilton
Hamilton Centre Hamilton
Hamilton -
Electoral District Location of Polls
Stormont Cornwall
Sudbury Capreol, Sudbury, Chapleau
Collingwood, Temiskaming Englehart
Victoria Lindsay
Waterloo North Kitchener
Waterloo South Galt, Preston
Welland Welland, Port Colborne
Wellington South Guelph
° Wentworth Hamilton
Windsor-Walker-
ville Windsor
'Windsor-Sandwida _Windsor
York North .........,,Newmarket (Council
Chamber)
York East 63 Eastdale Avenue, To-
ronto.
22 Cameron Crescent, Lea-
side
.398 Vaughan Rd., Toronto
3512 Eglinton Avenue W.,
Toronto
New Toronto -146 Fifth St.
Mimico-40 Mimico Ave.
Ward 3-585 Jane Street
281 Scarborough Road
206 Montrose Avenue
735 Ossington Avenue
1230 Davenport Road
1118 Bloor Street West
2415 Yonge Street »
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2971 Dundas Street West
2553 Dundas Street Wost
1728 Queen Street West
98 Pape Ave. (corner Queen.
Street East) •
90 Chester Avenue
St. Andrew 455 Spadina Avenue
St. David ..... St. James Averthe
St. George Foresters' Hall, 22 College
Street
St., Petrick 161 4crtnita1 goa4176 Beverley Street r
.... 31.Athletic AveAue
Atttk. t. ii1WtS-
CH/RP EiLl3CTION OPPIIa
0144ITARIO C
Wentworth
Hastings West
Huron
Kenora
Kent West).
Kingston
Lambton West
Lanark
Lincoln
Leeds
London
Middlesex North
Muskoka -Ontario
Niagara Falls
Nipissing
.... Londonaci
me r
Niagara Falls, Part Erie
North Bay-Mattawa
Northumberland
Hamilton-
Bellevil/e, Trenton
Goderich, Clinton
Kenora, Sioux Lookout, Ig-
nace, Redditt, Hudson
Chatham, Wallaceburg
Kingston
Sarnia
Carleton Place, Smith's
Falls
„St. Catharines
Brockville
London
Ontario O
Cos
h
ba
ow
urga
Ottawa South
Ottawa East OttawaOttawa
Parry Sound Parry Sound
Peel L l3rampton
Perth ' Stratford, Palmerston, 'St.
Mary'
s0
Peterborough, Havelock”-
Port Arthtkr Pott Arthur, Schreiber,
Nakida
Rainy River Rainy River, Atikokan
Saidt Ste. Marie Sault Ste. Marie, White
0 : ttltiLer, PaewheS Juitetiott,
Sinlebe e
SiltotfOq .Foi„.fisfiansi,ori11ii, port mo..
York South........
York West
TORONTO -
Beaches
Bellwoeds
Bracondale
Dovercourt
Eglinton
High Park.
Parkdale
Riverdale