The Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-05-24, Page 7WEDNESDAY, MAY 4th9 19.44
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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
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...IN ONE
EASY LESSON
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In wartime, more
people are working
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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
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PRODUCTION COSTS
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so prices go
up
and producers and
dealers need higher
prices '
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spiral of inflation dOn't catch up with 1•10 • .•• MN 0
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gets started ,,,y, •P,•0 ..•""" .4 sae
ro......a,.. • 'living costs ,
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la* ' and home
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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
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to pay tne Coits of war
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• •and excess profits
are taxed away
and individual incomes
are taxed more heavily
Victory Loans
are launched
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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
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rationing is introduced
to ensure a fair share
to everyone
while the boys are •
out there fighting
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(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-
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"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