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ward tate friendly* toward Germany the U-boats egad be assembled lli
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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.,
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that went far beycind the bounds of I submarine preparations. So well had in the store owned by Mrs. 1:40tete.
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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
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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
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killing of four Irish priests by the he sent his 1J -boats out into the ship-
s-ociation Sch.olarship. less Fowler
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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
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(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 •
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This ,s eutanly atrange oral*
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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that evening.
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• 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-
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• JUST A SMILE OR TWO
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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."
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"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
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Standard..
Safene
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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
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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."
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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
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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
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'• •
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,