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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-05-24, Page 7WEDNESDAY, MAY 4th9 19.44 11141/1•NSM. . - Lieut. George. Bulien, former- . j:,/of Ashfield,:j's serving with the earradian-Ndvy 0 -verses. Mrs. Wm.MacKenzie has re- ,ceived word, from her son, .P0. John K. MacKenzie, whs s over- seas with the R.C.A.F., Jack Leith, has ackPIR ledged receipt of cigarettes from The' Clansmen. Jack is now in the Italian theatre of operations. SBA. Bertram Curran of the Canadian Navy has been posted from London to Cornwallis, Nova Scotia. Joins Air Force ",..1im' Hamilton left on Tuesday for Toronto to report at Manning Depot to commence his training in the Royal Canadian. Air Force. Mr. and Mrs: Wm. • Bucking- , ham of Ashfield have 'heard from • their son, Sgt. Eldon Bucking- ham who is serving overseas in • the Canadian Air Force. PO. Bob McGregor left on Fri- day to return to Paulsen, Map., where he is -a staff pilot .at this • Bombing .and Gunnery School. Bob is a brother of Mrs. ., W. C. Finlayson of town. Now In Italy • • Mrs. A. C. Hamilton of Huron Township received word from • her son 'Andrew recently advis- ing his 'Mother' that' lie ;was now in Italy. Andy went overseas in December. Receives His Wings Sgt. Allan Petrie,' son of Mr. ••and MrP. -Wm. Petrie of Dung- annon, received his Wings at • Mont Joli, Quebec last Thursday when he graduated as a sergeant • air gunner. Allan is at 'Present spending a furlough at home be-. fore reporting at Three Rivers. Joins, Canadian Navy • Norman "Bud" McCartney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Art McCartney of.. Ajax and formerly of Luck - now, has enlisted -in the Canadian Navy. "Bud" is at present stat ioned at Toronto but expects to' be sent to the coast in a few weeks. LOST BOTH LEGS . IN ITALY, Leonard Johnston, a . member of the Canadian Tank Corps in Italy, suffered wounds that nec- essitated the amputation of both legs below the knees, according to -word received by his father, Dave Johnston of Kincardine and' by hit brother Eddy John- ston of Lucknow. Leonard is also a nephew of ' Mrs. P. M. Johnston of Lucknow. • • He was in his early thirties. A brother Kenneth and three sis- ters live in Kincardine. His sis- • ter. Grace is a war widow, her 'husband, Dorn McGaw having been lost in a naval action near Gibraltar. WAWANOSH NATIVE MET TRAGIC DEATH • Fire recently took the life of • Mrs. John-AT-Fleming,-Worninent • , pioneer woman of the Hamilton -! community, , North Dakota, when. her home was burned to the ground. The fire took place in the • early hours of the morning. • . The fire was first noticed by a passing motorist and at that time • - a -kitchen in the rear -of the house was afire. Help was immediately summoned and at that time it • was impossible to gain entrance to ' Mrs. Flemings bedroom be, cense of 'the smoke. They then • Went to the window of her bed- room and .broke it open and call- ed but there was rio response. They were able to search the bed • and took out all bed covers but • ^ Aer-f T tiOtO 4:4 .4 J7.142 I v„. The Luclarow Sentinel, Lucknow, Ontario ...IN ONE EASY LESSON PAGE SEVEN' • • i,e.xe,40". • In wartime, more people are working 1 so consumers can't, get all they want and workers need higher wages and there is more money to spend and people will bid more for4 what is available costs of production go up liuthalf of who; is Made is for war Ann.VAINAMMWOMMIMOrgagiar:RNMENEnt, PRODUCTION COSTS 4' • ' so prices go up and producers and dealers need higher prices ' ' and the viciousbut wages and salaries 411.11110.11°-.1111 -- :;i the spiral grows --• Ne ' terdoer„ spiral of inflation dOn't catch up with 1•10 • .•• MN 0 :::11 AM. :al and the sky is the gets started ,,,y, •P,•0 ..•""" .4 sae ro......a,.. • 'living costs , • limit . vic•4E:27) ••.,, , , ••'• min'o-Avisezioffs.:Toalr:0:-.:Iwskor-migmii,:iiirm-aimm.ggi,,,p.,:mime,,,ww,:imoso . (6 . , • , , te_ _,..,. hardepti; and confiision ,., ..„. :,:...„-,1.._ . • , ,, „svieep oveiiflioiiiii; farm- ' - ' ' ' -"'"- ./Y la* ' and home i 0 0 4 money buys' lisr • and less • TO Protect. US Ail: trolls" the Rising Cost of :Living • a ceiling is set on prices ;slid the Disaster of Inflation • wages and salaries. .are Controlled to prevent higher productiOn-costi • . from pushing up the ceiling . to pay tne Coits of war 71Ax • • •and excess profits are taxed away and individual incomes are taxed more heavily Victory Loans are launched "c.„MAKINTAIRWAMMr-W.MiiinfAgmm-.:**KmauP:::?.mi;mwagi0..M.giatwoommitnive#400.0wommonaccesusn:,:ft•- at prices, within the reach of everybody supplies are divided fairly among producers and merchants and nobody is permitted to take advantage of the war to get more than his share P.aioartv -Pas ICS. QUOTA 50 rationing is introduced to ensure a fair share to everyone while the boys are • out there fighting • 0 0 CP 0 NATIO 11001( .7;1 - -smaimearasgrommummulcz. s•••,•••••$,-0. -,••••••••••:,- ea, (This adverisemenl is lineif • series being issued by, the Govern- ment of Canada to emplunaxe the importance of preventing a fuither increase .n the cost of living new and deflation later) Mrs. Fleming was born in East Wawanosh, September 14th,' 1867 and she was the daughter of Jas. and Charlotte 'Martin. She grew to womanhood there and was married to John A. Fleming; on March 1st, 1-893, since which time she had lived at her farm near Hamilton, N.D.; until last ' spring' when she moved to Hamilton. She iS' survived by one son .Charles, and a daughter, Mrs. Franklin Page, who both live at Hamilton. Other survivors are e -sisters? -Bell-of Saskatoon; Mrs. Catherine Fall- aliy of Toronto and Mrs. Robert Thompson,of East Wawanosh and two brothers, James and Charles of Whitechurch. Mrs. Bert Thompson left im- meditely After receiving the news of her sister's death to attend the funeral, and spent three' weeks yi-opb,pw and niece..1;49re. Lteturniu.hcrOie., STATES LABOR SITUATION ACUTE The manager of the National Selective Service office, Walker - ..ton, Mr. A.J. Schnurr, reports that from a receht bulletin •re ceived from the director of Nat- ional Selective Service, indicat- ions point to a year Which wili develop into an acute labor shor- tage to •a degree undreamed of heretofore. He says: • • • "During the winter we have enfosied-- a temporaiy hill fro -in the necessity of meting acute emergency shortages.. In fact, there has been too much talk of lay-offs and unemployment. Act- ually, there have been few ar7as With a surplus labor supply and in -few • case i has the surplus been large. "Already the necessities Of war ,require that large numbers of new men a -rid '%•)en a•ve -to .bc terts... • `• • •• . • sent back - into plants -where there was a layoff a few months ago. -Ten thousand men and wo- men are needed immediately for heavy shell manufacture. Pack- ing plants are desperate for help, Railways are pressing for men for shop and track work. Base metal mining is short 2,000 Men. You know :that foundries and ag- ricultural imPlement plants are short. I can mention many others.. We must find a quarter of a•inil- lion men for' agriculture. "These and other indications point TtiT1�diffU1tyear we have had to face in providing manpower for industry. • Over and above the problem of meet - 'Mg , the needs of industry we milef find 98,000men 'in top phys- ical condition for the Armed Forces. •' "We 'must meet the situation by a inore vigorous and rigorous approach to Compulsory Trans- • , • . -.;., 'ft4r4i4 • ; 4.2; „ • "`",7" 9 • "We must comb all less es-; .sential industry and Move., peo- ple t� essential 'jobs. The Mobil- ization Division • has called over 'one million men for examination for the Armed Forces and over half• a million of these have been rejected. 1 am sure that they are not all now engaged in essential jobs. You have anther -ay to transfer meh emproyed in indus- tries or establishments included' in the 'Compulsory Employment Transfer Orders to industries • where their services- are vitally needed and it will be necessary --- to use that authority vigorously if we are to meet. existing short- ages in the high labor priority establishments". • Hurrier: (to old guiile), •"Have;.- §ou ever been lost in the woods?" Old Guide: "Nope, I never did get lost but I was bewildered