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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1945-05-18, Page 2• et: '• • . r...,,t0.1.....,..C.Mr 1....,*99*0101111444144,1411,441_ to ' Y.110.3:01# 1p,t0.1eT, 0e, wogglx,*, , **.'..pr, . e'Sa LIOUlt'iArt*)f40#`40 vc004-5'9ws,:.!-**-„,4 es, 000- :, ' ‘' l ' -11*44 ,- .: .. . : ,, '1 ! '4i.tglra. (0,140,*P. 00#As .10 no''0 1 t•-* '' .ttf ''' . 'l ''' ;"1' siitirJ•6'S tci tirli•.'440,41:0;',Or$066 94.,,* • AFtlail ', aioi , r., ti ea, 0 ' .0a, , ftesti, ,s, , „etaelltertetere Ine,e4. , , ' et wd,19 0;: •04 ' wit‘'''' rab ',,r'i'vt'liin '' ' '''''Otiu ''''' '''' ' A ' IA tli" be ba a beep, es disollitgieg as ite .dar-i parsed factories 'The eerie ie./01Sn' ed toward -Ahem, be has leaned lback-I crated away ready for the day TAilett „ ward tate friendly* toward Germany the U-boats egad be assembled lli , „. , ,.::, . ,, ..r............. lifild- jai. 'This Is a matter of 're- stitp "Oen. He worked Onder-icliferl Th The Herren 'Eliptislittr, 4 cord, not Minor. De Valera main- l and his finances came from secret l May 28 , 1920 tains in Ireland a censorship over 'the source*, • press almost as severe as that until When the Neste lame to power hei - lately existingin Germany, and this became a trusted accomplice and was Mr, ...T. Toms bee opened a restaur- ; agency bas been used in a mainline insickly placed in official charge ,,,;,e a lunch room on -Main St., ti, that went far beycind the bounds of I submarine preparations. So well had in the store owned by Mrs. 1:40tete. • Ot SC) • • the enemies of civilization. ordinary neutrality; in the interest of he* dime his job that when the war C443•30011. „ was unleashed upon the world a large ate tttegh McKay, of illeqfield, had' Much Trasoh been in progress in recent weeks that, and in the seas. It struck from the So mach of greater moinent has and deadly fleet of 1J -bot s was ready openteddin ice cream paelor and lunch MOM Fie the sample ream in the .&] little attention has been paid to a very first day. -It is reported that bion. ' 4 controversy between- the U.S. minis- some ofif the Nazis theinselves (have At the recent Ontario Conege of ter to Dublin, Hon. David Gray, and accused him of the responsibility for Art examination, Miss Matilda Fowl - the D Valera administration. Some the sinking of the "Athenia," which are :Oster of Principal Foster Fowler f weeks ago a despatch from Manila an- they felt was unwise because of its oReaforth Public school, succeeded nounced the deliberate and brutal effect en the neutrals.' From then on in capturing the Manufacturers' As ".. killing of four Irish priests by the he sent his 1J -boats out into the ship- s-ociation Sch.olarship. less Fowler l Japanese. In Canada and elsewhere ping lanes and , approaches with (the le well known here, iaising taught the this was. published ,in the ordinary command "Kill, kill, kill." "Die Tat •Roxboro school for 14 years. , course of news. But at Dublin, the ist alles"—the, deed is 'all. ed *a fmal examtnations at the Mrs Thos. Dick, of town, has pass - De Valera censorship intervened and Doenitz believed that Thboat war - so twisted the despatch as,,to 'make fare continued relentlessly until 1920 School of Pharmacy, Toronto, taking it appear that the deaths of • the could have won the Firat World War hm_431"-rs• , priests could have been caused- by U. for Germany. He was certain that A most enioyable evening of S. military actionfi or indifference of lt dould win the present struggle. He euehre was held in the club rooms U. S, troepstto the safety of non- has always been driven her an over -- combatants. Any suggestion that Jap- powering hatred of Great Biitain. The anese soldiers might be responsible U-boat was his' weapon against hee. was .elim•inated. The weapon was broken by Allied The U.S. Minister at Mice lodged a skill: and endurance. pretest setting faith in exact terms In this last hour he has taken how - e eaths 'had occurred. This charge of the shattered and splint- tnent- s -suppressed and. instead ered remnants Of all of Germany's 0.7 St; f4t*,,t4 A., res. $1..0 a year in., a year. ,'014114r II c„.(04,4 SOO, vOrt. llg 'rates 0 anNicatiCiii- y , 1945 410.40corm Friday, (By Bruce Hutchison In Winnipeg Free Press) an Francisca:" The odd thing Lbuut Hitter's end is that it hardly groused a, ripple in the United Nations conference. Here in San Francisco ease gathered the representatives of 29 statious whose single purpose is to snake another Hitler impossible. But when the existing symbol of every- thing hateful'in the world- is suddenly unmoved by a wise providence or a emeriti assassin's bullet the conference washes on hardly heeding -the news, Slitter already 'seems to belong to his- 4ory. to a night mare now eliding, it 4s hoped, in this' Conference. The news of Hitler hit San. Fran- cisco early in the afternoon when the conferenee had adjourned for lunch. • It Wee flashed into the numerous greys rooms of the conferenee on -the, tickers and travelled quickly. But no - Body was in the leant excited about 'This reporter was with some,, others and Various delegates immersed in one of We uniial backsta.ge debates of the conference. When somebody said Otter was dead thO debate paused Ifin" hardly a moments' and nobody thought it worthwhile to altep .and talk about an event which has long ween Metritable and has already be- . come common.place. Curious, isn't it, hoW history, rush- • ' is _along in our time until everybody gltitered in San Francisco feels punchdrunk with events which are couch more intoxicating than the mild • local wines? A year ago Hitler's •death would have rocked the world. •'Today. the boys on the streets here awe having troubleto sell the extra thie Aetter was Feld up for three weeks and when published was, ob- a' note issued "to the press that "a military ,forces. He (has been made telegram xeceiv'ed by Mr. Gray from the custodian for the military clique Manila placed the sole responsibility perhaps to ' salvage something for for the deaths on Japanese forces." them and himself. Among the party Thust..the implication was still deft who have given their lives there are that.the American version was ques- also thousands of torpedoed seamen tionable, and publication of anything who made the supreme sacrifice 'to that placed the blame squarely where enure that the works of this evil it belonged was avoided. genies shall be removed from the The United States Minister mite earth. tered With a demand that his original protest Should be ,published as writ- ten Urgiien equal prominence 'With the censer's original fabrication. HeJ The World aske,d for fair treatufent to "dispel' any Uniateationd reflection 'on the (Saturday, Night) -honour of Gens MacArthur's command and the good name of the American Hitler looked eVil. Hitler was evil. peeplede, (Mr. Gray. -probably wrote But could the world' get into its the wird "unintentional" with his eresentestate because one man was tongue in his cheek) -Publication Of evil? Many .people say that all Ger- mans bave an evil disposition and this is why they tolerated Hitler. To be sure, they talerated,hhn. - But if they tolerated Hitler, the world tol- erated Hitler Germany. •The world tolerated Hitler Ger- many because there were fascist minded, that is, evil-minded, people everywhere. And though they suc- ceeded only in a few countries in 'seizing power, democratic govern- ments in all countries were 'so great- ly hampered by them that they could not agree on liquidating Hitler hen he could be liquidated without War. Hitler Germany was the citadel of eyil. This citadel has fallen But, the Spirit 'that made it grow has net fallen, • The peace of the world is in danger as. long as there. remains one fascist state in the world.. And there are more than one, today. But even if: there were none, the fascist s-pirit, the:. evil spirit, remains dangerous. (Winnipeg Free Press) How do we recognize it? We re- • cognize it in anti-Sem'itism, in the • Following the report ofi the Ger- baiting of ether radial minorities man radio of Hitler's death, Grand and 'groups 'which "ere economically Admiral .Doenitz proclaimed ihim'self weak, in the pampering of Papens, a), be Hitler's successor. Who is this 'in friendliness 'towards fascist Spain, new "Feuehrer"? He is the evil gen- Portugal, Argentina, and let many ius •of German U-boat warfare. • His other manifestations. • ' entire life anddell his great and Der- , Fascism is indivisible. The case ot veiled:, skill have been devoted' to the Germany has proved it. lest our perfection ot this treacherous arm of watchfulness ;b'e indivisible too. And German militarism. let it be total, Hitler once was a At the outbreak of the First World little aeitator. By ', all 'means, let us War, Kari Doenitz was an ensign. on watch out for little kittens ally - the cruiser Breslau. The Breslau and where.. And let us •start at home& the battleship Goeben were caught in Let us rethember, too, that what the Mediterranean taut managed a permitted the rise of Hitlerism was dramatic escape to Constantinople, the tnability of German public 'al:din- -where they entered the service 'of the ion, and German public authority, to Treks. For years the•warships cruis- d-efend the peaceable German against ed around the Black Sea, raiding Hitler's thugs and bullies. The Ger- •merehant shipping , and bombarding man has little sense of the neceseity. Russian coastal towns. • In 1916 Doe- •of permitting freedom even to those nitz enteted the more exciting sub- who differ from him. He did not mind marine service. In .1918, -while in seeing a Communist knocked en the command of U-boats in the Mediter- head by a half-dozen Nazis. lie did ranean,• he attacked a convoy off Mal- not mind seeing a German Jew Evil In, papers with Hitier'a obituary picture in it. ' , • - „ Yet if anybody has time,lte pause. and think for a moment in the wildering tempo of this conferenc Hitler's death at this moment is a , id,. portent. It seems to write finis to Manage and the.conference begins a net one. Hitler is dead. A, decent :world order js being born in San Wrasteisco, or we hope it is. At' least • the"schief single human obstavle to it, the 'man who represented in his own personality the demoniac forces of our civilization has been pushed aide. The road ahead seems Clearer_ ' stow with this shadow gone. Hitler ends sordidly like most of those who tried the same gaiable with tirmauity in, the past. Robespierre, with jaw smashed and field together with dirty towel, is Iwrled upon the guillotine. Mussy "OIL the Most empty fraud; of all, ends . ender a • pile -of esepses and then is- • • strung up to a street sign with his latest harlot., 'Hitler dies somewhere in the final ruins of the nation, and in the capital which he reduced to fine dust. The god -s,' ancient milt con - 'Unties to grind finely in our time as of old. Most people here believe it is un- fortunate in the extreme that either •Of the chief- conspirators of "these times should be' bumped off thus like cheap gangsters. They were that, of -course, but it would have suited the 'Innitel Nations- Much better to try' them, to apply to them the rule of law as the ''first demonstration that law can be made to apply to internee tional as well as local Prime. But perhaps this final humiliation is a better demonstration of- the futil- ity of trying to enslave an entire, world.' It does not end in ebsardity.. The conspirators donet go but as iheroes, *It as cheap etiffians. slaiii by their fellow ruffians' in a Chicago gang Ware • ..-- eionsly by' instruction buried incon- spicuously on the inside pages of the Eire newspapers; whereas the origin- al' distortion reflecting- en 'U.S. troops was exploited, on front pages. On the other hand all the horrible news that has recently Wine from the Western front as to slaughter of help- less „Kelpie in German prisons has not appeared in Eire newspapers. Ob- viously censorship policy at ,Dublin has' been dictated, by the German and Japanese Ministers. Dublin has in fact been for years a focus of enemy espionage against Great Britain and the 'United .States; . and thus De Val- era has been a voluntary aid to Ad- miral Doenitz, Hitler's riccesisor, in• his U-boat operations • • 1746 - Is DOeiLitz? • ."' ,.. e9iiiiititta, This ,s eutanly atrange oral* •CiRqu74,44 ‘*4 meow P), APrit,104;141 our, dill,' Aura Shewers are eektieg in Wait Ever/1:104Y in the township, no matter 'where you may happen, to meet them, ettern to -be talk- ing about the weather and of .couete the end of the war In Eitrope: Ve certainly hayell't moth eotatel °Yet* the weether, although Peter Johnsen was in here the other night and he saki, "You cant do a darn, thing abontl,before you eatee to the neck. I leeks the weather, Phil, but an extra Vies "ad it Oyerand then tossed it to one tory Bond will help out with the 'Etf." side. A lot of the people eeround here Tine Henderson, the implement ag- figure that this weather is going to entt drove back along the lane in his be just about as. bad as anything car. His wife- came over with him tpuld be for the fruits. Some of the, and she was walking around while trees have come. out ine bloom, but he was talking to me. She spied this you- never see a bee at all, 'and if' bottle and you would actually think those little 'fellows can't flit around,, she had found a million dollars. Could then it doesn't promise very! well for •she have it?- She wanted' to clean it the pollination. A few years ago we up for a vase or a decoration of- some had another spring just about like kind. I certainly dichil 'went it. She this one, and we had a very poor crop went away quite happy and I went of fruit. back to work. The shrubs around the house seem Then I started wondering about the bottle Some fancy 'struck her when she saw its and I nave , no doubt it had no particular value:, but the hu- man is each that I was actually wor- rying. Down underneath I was actu- aUy kind of afraid I had given away something valuable. Thenthe silli- ness of It all struck me. The bottle -Was nd good to me. - It couldn't Pos- sibly have an value and she just wanted it for a decoration. I was certain: Mrs. Phil wouldn't, want R— end yet, I couldn't, quite 'get it out •ot my mind. fiia3htiaellated. ditha little:fencing last week. It at' attend or ,two of barbed wire etrinifi the east pasture field, but I itall todtg a couple of good sized post hoes. In digging (meow shovel seante .across 'a rather strange looking 04: • s. .14' Old green, battle. It eras roiling' at the bottenala a sort of bulb and thee it squared litt iele a long Bleeder thing with another ',bulb of glass at the top of the-G.W.V.A. in Seaforth when 40 to he doing :ver e well. The flowers couples from their membership plays that Mrs. Phil has in her flower ger- dens are certainly not 'coming along as well as they might. I plucked some. tulips and' brought them in the other: day. I was getting just a little' tired of watching them, seemingly. not to change at all. They looked as if they wanted to !burst out into bloom for weeks. Well, sjr, almost as soon as they got into the heat of the kitchen, they spread out quite well. We have at least 'one touch of epting around the ptace, even if it had to be arti- ed 40 couples from McKillop. The (highest setae for McKillop was won by Mrs. Joseph Hogg, and front the G.W.ysA. by Mrs. L R. 'Scott. The gentleinen's highest score waft won by Mr.. W. O'Rourke, McKillop, and by. Mr -James Hays, Seaforth. Mr. 0. A. Reeves, the local light- ning rod expert, has just completed the work of equipping St.' James' Church, ,the separate school,cnvent and parish hall with copper wiring and lightning rods, which will'ensure .them against future storms. What :'might have been a"disastrous Are occured on the farm of Mr. Leo McKay', Manley, this week. He threw some ashes, which he had in' as buck- et ,for a few days,' out near. the barn, tbitikbag there were .no live calls- in,„ it, but as 'soon as the wind started to fan the ashes some Of the coals ca -me to life and in a few Minutes the manure pile was ablaze. Had he not noticed it so soon and given the alarm, the bare would surely have gone ifp in flames. Miss .Leona Holland, of Beeehwood, underwent a successful operation London on Teesday for „appendicitis. We understand that the Northern Light, Co. is installing the lighting system' in Mr. John MeCaints fineresi- denoe south of Eamondville, and ex- pect to have it completed; by Friday evenings, when It will he lit Up for the .ghelen party to be held there „Anbody who wants to succeed ta. When his submarine was forced knocked on the head. , Eventually he to the surface by depth charges ile did not/mind seein-g even a- German seuttled his boat. The British fished Protestant pastor, a German Catholic him out of the waters and be became prist, knoekea on tbe head. When a British's prisoner of war. He is said he began to mind, it, was too late, for to have feigned insanitY in order that by that time anybody who was not he might be returned, to Geriaeny i eady to shout "Heil Hitler" was be more quickly. Shortly, efter the arm =1 ing knocked on the heaci: Thq Reign istice he was back and, at the behest of Terror had begun. And teCause of sdperior officers, he decided to re- no man likes to admit even to him - ale• ra, main In the service of the minuscule self that he is a 'coward-, the Ger- German. navy. _ man begen to believe that he •vsas Doenitz shunned the, Weimar . re- actually in favor of that against gime end never held any official poEsi- Which he was really' too caweediy to .(Saiurclay Xiht) tion of importance, -Under It. Row- Pretest .. , ever, this' did not , prevent him from The only way to light Ittlerism in ItaltY Irtslinten the World over Must getting on with his scheme, no doubt by defending liberty, and, by- defend liana heeteabgered Acteiv'they reed a With the encouragement and tomtit.- tag it with eatirage, with 'consistency, :' liatolls en idly "9rd that tamoh de anee of the milltater Iligb. Coinmands and With eternal watchfulnees. lea; :titbits' lilitibiter of the Irleh In defiance of the Verstilles Treaty 0f0tifie-baiti bait a retinal Atha to antithe Ailied investigating censibils- thieda#OMPOl;eGernittbettbilittlen Slots, hil turned etiergetteilly• to the e0ofio,,doiikonaog on rehialcling of. the Ace Weapon of the , tiiset - tie° "'ti1l:44S% ;Mean': dein:Mkt bete! 10 ' *reefd the (te. beti*' .,:;.'aottati vtioi3dioaf a 1,11iite 0oWrktilnilfgel4 ';,, 1'n '1litt '‘ ilotiaa.44a1440Etroe*„0,416:*,00 .4 •-, ,i or, li ie ,Oreitive.,iiiiiightfiktoli to,;(110k6fit 44'0 flM aazte t4' `6'' ' 0 iiO*`'tor: • -0'*itiOi them ehoula note the three things that happtted, in the bloody square of Jain the broken basements of Berlin, and In the conference halls of an Fran:tine" where free men wer striving by democratic -processes to *MIA all titure Wrens, in' the shell. Smears US. Orf$V1(!toi that evening. • , • From The Huron' Expositor . May 24, 1139n One day recently Mr. Samuel San- ders, of theepd concession, Stephen, met withdaspainful accident which might have cost him his life. He waz splitting wood in •the ;yard and not noticing the clothes lines above him; swung, and the axe caught and 'glanc- ed off with such force on his fore- head as to inflict' a very painful wound. • Mr. William Murdoch, of the 2nd coxicessiOn of S'tan'ley, leaves Bruce- fleld on Saturday with n carload of cattle of his own -feeding for the Old Country markets. - The nevf cheese factory at Bruce - field is now eompleted and .workmen are busily, engaged on the internal fit- tings. Mr. C,olemane a thermighly competent theesemaker, has been en- gagd for the' season. • A handsome' Bell Organ has been procured through the old established music emporium of Scott Bros., Sea- fortl? for Egmondville "Presbyterian Church. Mr. Jas. MOrrison, son isf the late Matthew 'Morrisoneformer well know' merchant of 'Seaforth, has passed this final examinateMs at the Toronto Schoot of Pharmacy. t Mr. Robert Pringle, an old Seaforth boy, but now a' member of the Chi- cago stock exchange, has made $40,- 000 in the test two 'weeks speculatims in wheat. • • Mr. J. F. Foster, of Zurich, is burn- ing two 'kiln,s of • tile every Week to supply the wants of his Mists:mer, Miss A. Ford, 'who has ,beeti visit - ng her sister, Mrs. Alex McKinnon, Tucifersinftlf, for Vie past six months, left Seaferth on Monday for, Goderich Where she will vis -it for a cpuple of weekbefore returning to her home in Casseltawn, Dakota.: Mr. J. D. Walker, of Mafia, has his cheese factory Ants* and operation* Started taat week. Mr. A. Caedtto had strawberries 911 s,ale On Wednesdy. This was the first of the season. Dr. Gti ;Clinton has returned from Chiae, "Where he has been tak- ing a' Cedrite in the hospitals Whfie Plying fhaseball. a few eve- . • JUST A SMILE OR TWO • Doctor: "Only 'members family May see him. Are you a rela- tive?" Girl: "On yes, indeed. rin his sister." Doctor: "So glad, to meet you. I'm his father." ' • "Is the bosis in?" "No; he's gone out for lutich.'t "Will he be in after lunCh?" "No; that's 'what he'sgone out af- sessieasseeseessenseetnenste Broke Arm Miss Janet Paltard, dallghter or Mr. and Mes. George Pollard, hid the misfortune to break lier (WVa Week ago. She isreeolvr elnr:n. ibelys-aelyta „ Standard.. Safene • V -E Day was made so much bright- er for Mrs. L. G. Winter, When She received a telegram freat her hus- band, saying be was "safeetell and would be home soon." "Skirt" hae teen overseas two years and has been a prisoner of war about 10 months. On Wednesday Mrs. Winter received an official notice from Ottawa, say- ing that Pte. Winter was safe in Al. lied hands.—Clinton News -Record. of the The choir in the little country church was practicing a new anthem. "Now don't forget," cautioned the choirmaster. "The tenors will :sing alone until we come to the gates of hell. Then you all e,ome • A commando on furlough had spenti a long evening with pale in the village inn, after whieh they showed him a sherecut home 'across the fields--for- gettipg that the local bull was loose. ,The 'bull attacked; but the Comman- do gripped the animal by the horns and lugged it about the field matt the animal. managed to ,break free and 'bole "It was' too bad I had those last two driliks," he muttered to him self as he stood &tied. "I should have pilled that fellow • off his bike.' ter." • . Officer: "What's the :big idea? What are You' men doing Climbing bushes." •;Pinvate; "Well, Sir, we camouflag- ed the gun ;E.refore lunch and now we cant find it." 111111111111.11111.10111111, Finds Clinton -Made Piano in Germany Benson Cortese in England tecent- 1Y received. a letter trom a comrade - in -arms, who is .on aetive service in Germany in wbich he relates a: 'peculiar incident which may interest 'citizens of Clinton. This friend, wko, had. been on leave el different times at the two Corless homes in Clings:4 Wrete this letter to Benson fiora a, German occupied house ( or what' 'Wes left ,of it), which. han recently been' occepied be; sa few of. his Com- pany, and stated- he was, seated on a partly detnolished piano, lietich, bear- ing the pame" of -the manufacturer, William Doherty of 'Clititone-Clinton News -Record. Mr. and Mrs, W. G. Medd and Mr, 4 and Mrs. George Layton, while on a. their way to Toronto Wednesday of ell last week, met with an accident on as the Thamee Road. They- had motor- ed ',about ten miles, when one elf the ,r tires blew out and their auto turned over. . Mr. aids* dsayton both suf- fered a fractured rib. and sustained some bruises. Mrs' Medd- was also bruieed and shaken up. portunately their 'injuries were not serious. A wrecker from Exeter brought the car hack to town and Mr. and Mrs. Medd. took the- train • thName evening for Toronto, where Mr. Medd was a member of the transfer committee of the United Church.—Exeter Times= Advocate. At the .Meyo, Clinic • • 1)r. J. G. and -Mrse,Durflopaleft byr • airplane front Londen Monday teven- ing for •iloeliester, Minn:, where Mrs. Dunlop will enter the Mayo Clinic' for treatment. Her many- friendssWish for her e speedy recovery. — Exeter Times -Advocate. • . " Hand-Mid,e Russian Fia-g The Russian" fing -shown in a- wins g dew. of 'the 'American,. Hotel, being the oneearried by Mee Baker in the. s parade to the Cenotaph ,on Tuesday, v,as ,hand-reade by her. Mrs. Bakers 4 painted the design in gold, •on a red; background and it is 'a very Ane piece of .work. -It was unfOrtunate that Tuesday was.: so cold -for Mrs. Baker wa.s, wearing a Russian national dress .which .would have been c•omplete with .shoes ead headdress if she had not had to Wear a coat.—Bruss•els Pose Work At Hospital 'Progressing' ! Huron • -. Federation Of.. Agriculture-FarmNews Restrictions Off On Repair Parts Welcome news for farmers conies In the announcement that -all restric- tions on import and manufacture of repair parts for' farm machinery will be lifted. 'July lst. It is announced • also that production quotas of new equipment, instead of 'being reduced this year as had been epected, will remain at about 100 pt,r-I, cent of the 1944-45 rate. The picture with re- spect to new equipment is therefore, much brighter than had been indicat- ed some weeks ago. * * * Considerable improverdent is shown in the butter supply sivation, aceord- ing to latest reports of productiOn and of stocks in storage, the latter being substantially increased over the supplies in store at the same late last year. . Productioe during the . first 'three months et this year showed ail. increase of 1.6 per' cent. over the same period of -1944. Largest per- centage of incrAse has been in Que- bec with 48.6 per Cent over the first three ..months of 1944; P.E.I. had 48" per cent increase, NS. 11.2 per cent, N.B. 23.2 percent, BC. 11.8 per cent. Decreases were registered in Alberta of 7.4 per 'cent, Saskatchewan 13.3 per cent and -Manitoba 17.3 per ceht. * * * • Prepares 'For Conference First steps towards the preparation for Participation in the proposed i- ternational conference of feria; 'or- ganizatiOns, scheduled for London next October, are nOi* being taken by the directors of the Canadian Federa- tion of Agriculture. Consideration is being given to .tbe etatement that will be Oreilentecl on behalf of, genadian farm ofeanizatiOnirat this conferenee and to the Compilation . of Material nings age, Min *in, Bakery et Zarich, that will be required abgkqjtiitz who waa; acting as eat:Shalt Wale that Will be retiiiirect in eenionitig the BATTERY ENEMY Sbrokeek. theliall, 10141 Catltten; &female!' to play its ftill e One of the *Mat elielniel [tang the dIsenstienthat W41 on Ithe eeittitined'nfiti of a Mrs. it) -Peusyltattta,. muestiettahly be 'one of the, elitatandi. hdtteklife ts 0.4eatot aueseoea, ,„eaaaa ,,:siata is here • *lather littithits Mt. 119At.' i0g :felltattieof sleh tt tei4egetie. Scott, 140:OOt. • • • '• ' M M At#41e*:**0 a01:10.1001ili GretVie*ebanati. :Of Zell& lei — .4.•4116,4004- taittolly 44,0400, 'twine tediikiVaiarita' ,Pf0404,14,,#6h. *414410k,#14,!it aa. '• • the six delegates from national farm ers' unions of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland ,gave some esilight ening informatien as to the manlier insvhich farmers in the old land eon tribute tcr theesupport of their own organizations, The National Farmers' Union o England and Wales is 37 years old It embraces Within its membership something like 225000 farmers, and collects from each farmer -a geilera fee of six pence per acre for all the acreage .-in the farm. The tota annual budget contributed by 'organ ized agriculture in Britain, for- al purposea is between $2 anr$21/2 mil lions.' Of this amount abotit $800000 goes to the central headquarters of tire farmers' union in London, for .headquarters purposes. r Farmers 'pay their fees into local organizations and the allocations are made accord - Mg to established quotas. Farmers h. Britain engaged in the -fruit inaue: try pay aouble the annuaNfee of oth- er farmers. In Scotland and North- ern Ireland, the fees are at the same rate as- in England. Food Export Operations Current freezings of beef intended for export totalled 61513,006' pounds for this year up to April 14th, This compares with freezings totalling 17,- 382,000 pounds in the same period of last -Year. Total Purchases of beef for export since the operations • 'com- menced a year or more ago have been 191 niuilioli munds. The present con- tract for beef with Britain calls for delivry of a spefeifie amptint of 60 million pounds this year, and- the con- tract is to run until the end of 1946. Cattle marketingto date this year have increased 40 per cent over" the same period of 1944, while hog mar ketingss are still about 31 per cent be- low. , Reef careasseS have averaged in weight few date this year 504.9 pounds as compared With 611,2 tiounds in the ett.Me Defied of 1944. Under the Briitelt egg nontra,ety whinh' wiul also' Ilia th6. eta of 194 a total M oei 1400;60.0, eases iggt had.. be* ourehrised tf. yeat tot' OeriV4 ':t070161414/4 611 ago tO, • Last wed: another step forward was made in the construction 'Of the new1Wiaget the hospital. The cement • footings were poured and work on the foundation' proper is, noa, in pro- gress. The speed with which the ex- cavation was made-4was -very impres- sive. Brick will not he available un til July, but this is not expected t6 hold the work up to any great ex- r te n t—Wingh am AdvenceT im es . • Marks 85th Birthday Members of the "family and rela- tives of Mrs. J. W. Horner of Zur- ich, gathered at- the' home of her daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. A: Ings, of Varna, in honor of' 'the former , who marke' her 85th birth day. Those present were: •111r. hal Mrs. A. Horner andfamily, of Varna: Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Horner and fam- ily and Mrs. E. G.' Krueger and ram aly of"Zurich; Mr. and Mr. G. Ge4- Dhaeittroaitn.ciT her. daenhcleiolviusbirs.Nrih en topped off the pleasant evening, Zurich Herald. birthday Parent lunch o! 4 Suffers Nasty Wound While assisting Dalton Pfnkbeiner. the new butchr, in skinning a 'beast last Saturdy, Dick Watsott Was struck on the forehead with a 'sharp knife, inflicting wound thitt reqtdred sit stitches- ro close—Exeter TinleES-Ad votate. Wingham• Lion Elected, Governor The Executive Counall Zone 16 Lions Club, mot at Palmerston oa Monday,'Ma' 7th, and elected Lion Fed SOry .o Wingham,) 1)eputy D18 triet (loverner for the onilog • 1 . Poliewing the bushings setlelbli, Lions '- front '66 six;i:0i etiTh of the zone ' elijOYed With t ivenattiVheSt 010- (Olikt1ette4 okuP4010,