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OVERSEAS LETTERS
OF LOCAL INTEREST
guns, swords, pitchforks, scythes and
clubs as Adolph Hitler proclaimed the
formation of an armed home guard for
a last-ditch defence of the Reich.
EAST WAWANOSH
COUNCIL
Council met on October 8rd with all
Members present, Reeve J. D. Bee-
croft presiding. The minutes of the
previods meeting and those of a special
meeting were read and adopted,
A Court of'Revision was held on
the Yungblut Drain Report and By-
law. Mr. Weber having appealed
presented his case to the Connell
stating that he wanted that portion
of the drain crossing his lot tiled.
The Engineers letter was read stating
that he would not consider it feasible
since an open ditch above that portion
was part of the scheme. On motion
of Councillors McDowell and Black
the Court of Revision was closed and
the By-Law as read the third time ,was
passed.
Mr. Creighton, superintendent of
Colonization Canadian Pacific Rail-
way, addressed the Council. He
stressed the advisability of taking' some
definite action to induce desirable
peopl e to settle on the vacant farms
throughout Ontario, The company, he
stated, would gladly co-operate in any
plan whereby farmers be re-establish-
ed on these farms in any township.
Council decided to apply for Fire
Insurance Policy on Township Grader.
Road Accounts to the amount of
$1264.58 were paid;W. S. Gibson, road
insurance premium $73.20; Treasurer
of Huron Cty., grading in cemetery,
$13,75; Geo. Radford, cleaning Halla-
ban drain $775.00; Dan Hallahan, in-
specting drain $12.00; Blyth Standard,
printing $21.75; Belgrave School Fair
grant $15.00; C. 0, F. Belgrave, hall
rent $40.00; R. R, Redmond, clerks
fees Yungblut drain $10.00; Arthur
Moore, refund deposit on contract
$150.00.
Council adjourned to meet again on
November 15th.
R. R. Redmond, Clerk.
DONNYBROOK
Mr. Ted and Miss Irene Robinson,
were Sunday visitors with their sister,
Mrs. Herb Dainty ,at Alliston.
Mr. Ted Thompson of Wingham,
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Norman Thompson.
Mrs, Graham Chamney and Bobby
of Wingham, spent the week-end at
the home -of Mr, and Mrs. R, Chain-
ney.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Armstrong,
Mary and Tom,'were week-end visitors
with friends in London.
IVIr. and Mrs. Gus Devereaux and
family and Mr. Michael Cummins,
spent a few days• with friends in
Kitchener and Galt.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Andrews and
family of Ashfield, were Sunday visit-
ors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
Craig.
ASHFIELD ,
The W.M.S. of Hackett's United
Church met at the home of Mrs. Adam
Johnstone, with a good attendance.
The president, Mrs. Cyril Campbell,
who we are sorry to say, was not able
to be present. A past president, Mrs.
Albert Alton, presided over the meet-
ing.
Mrs. George Lane and son Clifford
and daughter, Mrs. Heard, moved to
London on Friday for the winter.
Miss Jean Nelson, Toronto, spent
the week-end at her home and attended
her brother's wedding on • Saturday
afternoon. She was the bridesinaid.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nelson and Mrs.
John Mullin attended the wedding,
also of the former's son, Jim Nelson
and Miss Irene Ross, youngest daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Ross,
near Lochalsh Stones,
Mr. Russell Alton spent last Thurs-
day in London, Mr, and Mrs, Bill
Wareing and little son Kenneth, near
Kintail, spent the' beginning of last
week with relatives in London,
VIRGINJA
PIPE TOBACCO
It's a real
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No 1944 Election
Ottawa, — Continued stern fighting
in Europe and the effluxion of time
definitely preclude the expected Feder-
al election being held in 1944. Thus
political guessing here has veered to
the question whether the 19th Parlia-
ment will be dissolved and a general
election called before January 31 when
the ,session, adjourned on August 14"
last, is scheduled to resume, If Parlia-
ment is dissolved before January 31,
the election date would be around
March 20.
Close. Liquor Stores "V" Day
Toronto, — On a day to be set aside
for the purpose of observing victory
over Germany, Ontario Government
liquor stores and all Government build-
ings will close and Government activ-
ity will cease, Premier George Drew
ruled.
Belgrade Fails To Russians
London, — Russian and Partisan
troops captured the Yugoslav capital
of Belgrade, annihilating its Axis gar-
rison in savage street battles, while
Berlin announced that other, Soviet
forces had penetrated 12 miles inside
East Prussia, smashing across the pre-
war German frontier on an 80-mile
front.
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.Revolt At Guatemala Success.
Guatemala City, — President Feder-
ico Pollee was overthrown in a revolt
o led by young officers of the Guate.
malart army and university students.
A new Government was promptly
formed by a triumvirate of Capt.
Jacobo Arben, Major Arana and gorge
TOriello, a civilian.
If
Churcbill, Stalin. In Accord
Moscow,—Prime ,Mittister Church-
ill and premier Stalin, in friendly col.
laberation on Europe's problems, made
"irrmortarit progress" toward settling
the delicate Polish dispute and also
ilisposed satisfactorily of tr Balkan
controversies during their regent eon-
tetence, joint toininuaiqtie announc-
er.
Leyte Invasion Going Will
• MatArthtir's Headquarters, Philip,
pints, emu. Capture of a prized airfield
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your application—it is an order on
your Bank to buy Bonds for you.
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• You say you want to do all you can to
help Canada's war effort. Then you will keep
on buying Victory Bonds. You will buy all
you can.
You recognize the obligation that we, at
home, owe to our men overseas. You know
that stocks of munitions which our fighting
men need are being depleted and must be
replaced. You know that more munitions
must go forward—and you will buy Victory
Bonds to help pay for them.
You would like to be able to buy more
bonds, you say. Well here is how you can
do it. You can buy more bonds with money
as you get it. Any bank will loan you the
money to do this and the interest on the bonds
will pay the cost of the bank loan. All you
have to do is to sign the letter shown here
whichyou can get from your Victory Loan
Salesman. You make a first payment of 10%
or more when you apply for the bonds, and
pay the balance at any time over a period
of six months.
You will 'be doing an important war job
when you do this. You will be helping your
country and backing up her fighting men.",
You will get another reward, too, that wilt
benefit yourself. You will have money, later
on, when the war has been won—to db things
you plan to do—money to improve your farm
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Gas Explosion At Cleveland
Cleveland, — A series of great liquid
gas storage tank blasts and the result-
ant holocault dealt flaming death to
an undetermined, number of persons,
caused injuries to some 200 others and
devastated sections of residential prop-
erty over a 50-block area on Cleve-
land's east side.
Bracken Neepawa Candidate
Neepawa, Man., — John Bracken,
national Progressive Conservative
leader, will seek a seat in Parliament
as a member for the federal constitu-
ency of Neepawa in the next Dominion
election, Before a crowd of several
hundred party supporters, he was
nominated here at a meeting of the
""Neepawa Progressive Conservative
Association,
on Leyte in the Central Philippines
was reported from the invasion 'scene
where an American army of 260,000
men poured ashore from 600 ships,
along with tanks and• supplies in a
gigantic synchronized operation of
land, sea ,and air. Australian warships
and aircraft were' participating in the
operation.
Condemn Pierre Laval
Paris, -- Pierre Laval, the executor
of Hitlen,'s orders When France was
pinned under the German heel, has
been .condemned to„ death in Absentia
by a Marseille court for having "intel-
ligence with the enemy," Paris news-
papers said.
Russians Invade East Prussia
London, --- A huge Red army, com-
posed of Moscow and Stalingrad vet-
erans and supported by waves of tanks
and planes and huhdreds of big Soyiet
guns, has begun the first Russian in-
vasion of, pre-war Germany, smashing
several miles into East Prussia.
Russia To Pay $20,000,000 : to
Canada For Mines .
• London, — The Soviet Government
is to pay the Canadian Government
$20,000,000' (U. S. dollars, equivalent
of $18,000,000 Canadian at current ex=
change) as full and final compensation
for taking over the Petsamo nickel
mines in Finland, the British Foreign
Office announced.
Polish Leaders Reach Agreement
Moscow, — Leaders of the Soviet-
sponsored Polish Committee of Nat-
ional Liberation have reached a tenta-
tive understanding with Premier Stan-
islaw Mikolajczyk of the London
Government, and a spokesman for
Mikolajczyk's delegation said:
Storm .In Florida
• Jacksonville; Fla.,. — A tropical
storm passed over Florida to'the At-
lantic Coast and headed toward Cape
Hatteras, N, C., after causing two
deaths in Miami and damage to the
citrus Crop estimated at $20,000,000.
Ottawa To Bar Packer Strike
The Dominion Government "will not
permit" a strike in the picking indus-
try, Robert McCubbin, M.P. for West
Middlesex, assured a representative
group of Middlesex County beef cattle
men at a meeting in the county agri-
cultural office here.
First Canadian Cruiser Ready
Ottawa, — Canada's first cruiser of
this -war—the medium cruiser Uganda
—was commissioned at a United Sta-
tes navy yard Saturday, Trafalgar Day,
adding a wallop to the Dominion's of-
fettaive role in the Pacific theatre,
'Uganda, named for the African pro-
tectorate, will likely be assigned to
strike at the Japanese as soon as the
war with Germany IS over.
Hitler Calls Por People's Army
London, Old men and boys
and "If need be women_ and girls"--
were ordered to defend Germany with
about my experiences' in France, so
why should I make myself 4miserable
about thinking of "home, Really, I
must say it seems all like a dream
since I left England. Sailing- across
the channel on that historical morning
I don't have to mention, It was so
calm and peaceful. Jerry certainly
never knew we were coming, thanks to
gooti! security, When 'we saw the
coast of France we all .expected excite-
merit 'very soon, We landed around
four o'clock and lumbered through the
first village tO our harbour area. I.
say lumbering because you know I was
in a tank, And when you get a Regt,
of tanks along with. your Echelon's it's,
quite a noise,.
After the harbour area we started
out to go to the vicinity of Caen. Night
Carrie so quickly we had to stop on the
road all night, Don't think we had .a
good sleep because we didn't, In be-
tween. a - shell here and a„. burst of
machine gum fire -We caught a few .
winks. Next morning we heated a bit
of .cocoa in the tank for breakfast. Oh
yes, we 'never got out all night don't.
worry.
That day I thil,k was the -most
hectic day I've ever had. We advanc-
ed on •carpiquet Airport, I was in a
Recce tank so we were a couple of
miles ahead. Battering our way
through several towns. We found it
was too hot for our type of tank 'SO
came back' to tla Rest, That after-
moon Jerry showed up with tanks, and
infantry.. 'Qf course he had his 68rnmts
posted so we got many surprise.
When the day was over I was all in,.
never know how our crew were
59 lucky, when SO, many others were
casualties or knocked out. The first
few days were awful, Snipers every-
where. The Luftwaffe strafing us and.
bombers at night, You see for the
first two days our brigade didn't have
any support by artillery. Its a wonder
Thtler's crack 21st Fa".nzer Division
didn't shove us back into the sea..
Caen, was hard to take and badly
demolished in places. We' stayed. there
several days but it was no picnic.
not forget a spot we parked in called
Death Valley, You see we named:it
that after the .shelling we got one
night about Simper, Never did I see
so many hug the walls of their slit
trench as then, Of course you must
remember after these bad spells are
Over we have our laugh, Of how we
dive for our trenches, knocking others
steel helmets off in the rush.
,Falaise was a bad spot too. All the
country around was battered. One
night I remember near Benny-sur-Mer,
the air was so putrid we couldn't sleep.
Germans, not ours. Then came the
hurried retreat of his armies. across
France, 1 by then was in the Echelon
so, enjoye
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d . the trip much more in •
truck than a tank. , France is a very
beautiful country, It reminds ;tie 4 lot
Of Canada but the towns and villages
are much - closer in France, The
orchards are Very plentiful in France ,
and Belgium, so were in clover, " Every
time we harbonred many people would
come around the camp; bringing to-
matoes, eggs, pears and apples.
tinier beer, to trade for chocolate, soap,.
candies, tea or meat, They are very
short in all these things, I spoke to
one woman who told me her children
haven't tasted..,,,chocolate for, four
years, I often think if the girls at
home had to put up with the soap the'
Germans gave them, they'd go un.
washed. Another thing. that I was
'told, the Germans used butter to
grease their vehicles. •
Now we are in Belgium which is
lovely. We like the people. Most of
the people in the last place AntWerp,
could. speak four languages, French,
Flemish; German , and English. The
homes are very modern. The reason
I suppose is the wrecking it got in the
last war, - Several people asked my
chum and I Out for tea, also to sleep,
But you know as well as. I that is not
allowed, The ground and ground
alone is our bed, Anyhow if I ever
come for a visit to Europe in :peace-
time I'll come to Belgium. They can't
do enough for us.
Well my dear friends I must stop
this rambling on and on: Incidentally
lights must be out soon because the
front line is only a couple of miles
away. I hope soon it Will be all over
so as I can come back to Winghata
and see you all, Oh yes, I must say
I have a Scotch bride to bring home
with me. I must say also, get away
from the idea they all wear kilts or
plaid skirt in Scotland, they are just
as modern as we are. Before I close
I must wish you all the best. I only'
wish my parents could 'have seen such:
lovely places as I have, It is a won-.
derful experience, even if there are
adds against us, Only a prayer now
and then helps so much. I've prayed
seriously at some critical times and'
am proud I was brought up to know
if we stay on the right side we can't
loose,
Your friends as ever
George Henderson,
(Continued from page one)
This letter was received by the
editor, W. W,. Armstrong. It is from
George Henderson, son of Mr. and
Mrs, W. J. Henderson, Bluevale Road,
and gives his impressions of the in-
vasion and the drive through France
and Belgium to Holland,
Tuesday, Sept, 26, 1944
27 C.A.R. H.Q. Sqdn.
Hello Everyone:—.
Yes, / do realize it is a long time
since you people have heard about me.
As the old saying is "No news is good
news".1 T am sine, only hoping to soon
get back to the good old town. One
never misses a place until you get a
long way off and can't get home at all,
Anyway I was going to tell you
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