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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17, 1941 —

Abbotsford, Sumas & Matsqui News

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Abbotsford, B.C., Wednesday, Se ptember 17, 2947

War Savings in Terms We Can Appreciate

Our new objective in the M-S-A Area for the War
avings Campaign is something we can bite into with enthus-
iasm. It is no longer just a matter of loaning cold dollars
ard cents to the government for the purpose of pr secuting
the war on our behalf. Now we are striving to provide our
forees, including many men from the M-S-A Area, with the
means of combatting the Germans on their own. terms—mech-
anized armament. ‘Two or more Armoured Cars per month is
the M-S-A objective but the manner in which the campaign
has been supported during the past eight months indicates
our citizens will be just as anxious asj Ottawa is to see us place
three such fighting units in the field each month.

It will be recalled that some said we could not make
our former monthly quota but, even apart from the tremendous
effort made by men, women and children of the Area in the
campaign: month of Mareh when nearly $20,000 was loaned to
Ottawa as War Savings, we have always managed to better the
old objective though only by $200 margin in July. We expect-
ed to be asked for greater sa ices as the war nears the bit-
ter stage when the Germans will be doing their worst to stem
the flow of the great tide we are now, organizing against them.
There is no time to lose if our men are to,be fully armed and
equipped so let’s start now to roll two or three armoured cars
a month toward the German lines.

Save, Conserve, Preserve

“V for VICTORY’? may be translated into—SaVe and
conserVe, preserVe, improVe, as applied to farm food products,
either on the farm or in the city home, states a bulletin from
the B.C. Agricultural Production Committee.

The next few weeks will see the peak of opportunity for
these actiVities; next winter will the harVest of satisfaction
and food resulting from ‘‘V for Victory’’ as you preserVe and
conserVe fruit, Vegetables and meats NOW.

* * *

Tax-Free Co-operatives

(Moncton Transcript)

“The highly-taxed business houses of Canada should not
overlook the social revolution that ‘co-operative’ business op-
erations are bringing about,’’ warns The Financial Post. ‘*The
co-operative movement is big business,’’ it explains and, it de-
clares, ‘‘What is more important a lot that passes for ‘co-op-
eraton’ is called that merely to escape ligitimate taxation.”

Undoubtedly the situation is one that demands attention
if, as The Post suggests other business is to stagger along under
an increasing load until every unit if forced to escape, disguis-
ed as a co-operative, and the government is left with no busi-
ness to tax.

There is a method of dealing with the situation. The
financial paper itself indicates a way out when it remarks that
“Britain has been gradually bringing co-operatives under the
full range of taxation.’’

* * *

Home Tanning

With the approach of the hunting season and the buteh-
ering of farm animals for winter meat, the B.C. Agricultural
Production Committee again directs attention to the national
importance of conservation of hides through simpletanning pré
cess prepared last fall and distributed to Farmers’ Institutes.
It is anticipated that with last year’s introduction of the sub-
ject and early reminder now there will be an enthusiastic res-
ponse during this fall. The only difference is gthat the need
for these hides, the Committee states, has become greater.

* * *

Why Sliced Bread Cannot Be Sold

The Order which ended the sale of sliced bread in Can-
ada last month applied to bread in any form including bread
rolls and any other rolls made from unsweetened dough, ac-
cording to a statement issued by the Wartime Prices and
Trade Board.

Cessation of the sale of sliced bread was ordered, the
Board now explains, as a means of conserving labor and elec-
trie power and of avoiding the additional cost of double wrap-
ping of sliced loaves. The purchase of slicing machinery is ot
only a factor in determining the retail price of bread but, as
a considerable portion of this slicing equipment is manufactur-
ed in the United States, replacement would mean the expendi-
ture of foreign exchange now needed for the purchase of muni-
tions of war.

We hc ey,

“The Germans have had their day; now owr day is be-
ginning, and with the victory of arms shall come freedom and
the rebirth of a new and better world, And that will be, in
part, because of what Canadians are doing. now.’’—Walter P.
Zeller, new head, Canadian tourist promotion,

Retort Courteous

‘ (The Printed Word) ,

Rumor tells of a happening in a Canadian military hos-
pital (name ‘deleted by the censor) which was visited by a high-
ranking member of the Government» (name also deleted);

The dignitary im question. made a very pleasing inspec-
tion of the hospital, stopping at bedsides here and there in the
various wards and exchanging a few words with the patients.
As the tour went on and his feet grew tired he. redueed his re-
marks to a single sentence, uttered with a charming smile:
‘Well, my lad, I hope you'll soon be out of he !

This went well with the troops, who all answered ‘‘ Thank
you very much, Sir.’’ All, that is to say, except one boy who
was a little flustered at hobnobbing with the great of the Jand.
When he heard the stock sentence he blushed and stammered :
““Phe—the same to you, Sir.”

——

\Vear-Old
From Aubrey Taylor
Reaches “The News”

Letter

SPECIAL RATE FOR
MEN IN SERVICES
ANNOUNCED BY NEWS

“I have been informed in many
out-of-the-way places but The A.-
S. & M. News keeps me well in-
formed about local news,” wrote
Aubrey Taylor in a letter address-
ed to the Editor nearly one year
ago. At the time he wrote, Oct.
7, 1940, Aubrey was at Mount Ze-
ballos Mine, Zeballos, B.C., and
he said in part: “The copies
which are sometimes forwarded
from home are greatly appreciat-
ed by myself and a number of
other boys who are from Abbots-
ford and Matsqui.” The defay in
receipt of this letter is explained
in an accompanying note from
his mother, Mrs. Taylor of Pear-
donville, who says: “This letter,

‘| which I just found in his writing

tablet, may interest you. He was
injured that day and it never
got posted. He is now with the
RCAF in Ontario and just missed
the gold medal by one mark in
his last ination. I send the

With intensified speed Canada goes full-out on the war.

Memorial in Ottawa.

Canadian troops,

Germany, destroyed.

Board, urges all householders

mediately.

slightly more than $3 billion
against
10.7 per cent

essentials wil] be necessary.

per cent of 1940 figure.

per cent.

suppo:ted by British and
forces, make spectacular raid on Norwegian archipelago of
Spitzbergen in Arctic circle. V

Production of war materials reaches stage, it is a:
ed, where curtailment of supplies to manufacturers of non-

CANADSA’S WAR EFFORT

A weekly review of deveiopments on the Home Front.
’

' From coast to coast, with appropriate ceremony, Canada
marks opening of her third year of war with Nazi Germany.
Prime Minister Mackenzie King
Britain by bomber plane a few days previous) formally opens
Reconsecration Week by placing a wreath on the National War

(who returned from Great

Norwegian

aluable coal mines, coveted by

J. McG. Stewart, coal administrator for Wartime Prices

to order their winter fuel im-

Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimate of national income

in first seven months of 1941

$2.7 billion in corresponding period of 1940. Rise of
4 in national-income mainly due to expansion in
commodity producing and handling divisions.

paper on to him.”

Editor’s note: To save delay in
mailing and the inconvenience
caused relatives who forward
thei: own copies, The News this
week announces a special half-
rate on subscriptions to M-S-A
men in the Canadian or Empire
services. This is less than cost
but several recent letters from
the men indicate they greatly ap-
preciate the volume of home
news contained in the paper and
we are glad to co-operate in help-
ing them receive it regularly.

The world is largely made up of
people who think they could do
the other fellow’s job better.

see

We never quite realize the sting
of hard words tntil we have to
take them back.

Professional
A. E. HUMPHREY

68. 0. LAND SURVEYOR AND -
CIVIL ENGINEER
Room 6, Hart Block, Chilliwack
P.O, Boy 422, Chilliwack, B.O.

H. H. B. ABBOTT

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ONE-TENTH OF INCOME
Kamloops reports: “Hats off to
Mr. Angel Savage, (Frenchie to
you but Angel to us). He operates
a small local shoe store in which
he keeps a Red Cross box. Into ©
this he puts ten cents out of every
dollar he makes. The last box op-
ened yielded $13.08.” The branch
was deeply grateful as the mem-
bers realized the many hours of
hard work this donation represent-
ed. This’is the second box he has

contributed.

Contracts awarded by the Department of Munitions and
Supply during the period August 20 to 26 totalled $56,832,214.
North Van Ship Repairs, Vancouver, received orders totalling
$29,673,000. Ordnance orders for $7,013,835 went to the Otis
Fenson Elevator Co., Ltd., Hamilton.

Order in Council passed curtailing production of passen-
ger automobiles for sale in Canada in 1942 to approximate 44

Dominion Bureau of Statistics cost of living index ad-
vanced from 111.9 on July 2 to 113A on August
rise mainly due to higher food prices. Wartime rise now 12.8

1941. Sharp

Do You Remember?

Ju the M.S.A. Area

From the A. S. & M. News of
September 16, 1926

Abbotsford baseball team is now
Senior B Champions of B.C. They
played the final game with Trail
and defeated them 10-0.

Eighty hop pickers are at work
at the Canadian Growers hop yards
on Sumas Prairie. S

The girls O.A.W. Club were
pleasantly entertained at the home
of Mrs. Vincent on Tuesday even-

ing.
With the exception of one small
exchange Abbotsford leads the

province in percentage increase of
telephone users for this year.

The planing mills of the A.L.M.
and D. Company have commenced
an extra night shift run to care
for pressing orders.

Messrs. Dawson, Weinstein and
Batt were three of the lucky hun-
ters who brought in 5 deer from
Sumas mountain on Sunday.

Paving of the Yale road between
Cloverdale and Sumas will, be one
of the matters taken up at a
meeting of the Fraser Valley
Boards of Trade on Sept. 29.

It is announced that the Abbots-
ford post office will be served ex-
clusively by B.C. Electric trains
in future.

NEW CHAIRMAN

R. O. G. Bennett, former senior
inspector, Western Division, Bank
of Montreal, has been appointed
Chairman of the Dependents’ Al-
lowance Board at Ottawa. Vet-
eran of the Great War, Mr. Ben-
nett has held appointments at
Vernon, B.C, Edmonton and
Grand Prairie in Alberta and at
Vancouv before going to West-
ern D jon headquarters at
Winnipeg.

Chilliwack Red Cross workers
were thrilled last week to receive
a letter from the Vacouver Ex-
hibition Board confirming the
news that a group of Chiliwack
workers headed by Mrs. Maude
M. Jones, had won first prize for
a display of Red Cross refugee

garments.

Fifteen Years Aygo}

LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR

Until further notice, The News
can not accept for publication any
letter signed with a nom-de-plume.
No letter will be inserted except
over the proper signature and ad-
dress of the writer.

Editor, A. S. & M. News;
Dear Sir:

As C.C.F. Standard Bearer for
the Chilliwack riding it is my
duty to place before you the true
facts and issues.

The next Provincial Government
is the one that will be in power
after this war. Can we place res-
ponsibility in the parties that for
years have not faced the true
facts. Let us not forget the days
of yesterday, our youth, our great-
est asset, the years of unemploy-
ment, the box car riding. Yes,
those same people may be in the
army today. Are we to ask them
to come back after risking their
lives overseas to the same kind of
Security? It is to the Labor Par-
ties Great Britain, Australia and
New Zealand that the people are
looking to! Can we afford to ap-
pease—remember the years of ap-
peasement to Hitler—let us not
appease to the conditions of un-
employment and lack of Old Age
Security or any other Security. If
this “new order to come” let us
Support a movement whose prin-
ciples are based on Security. There
Might be some who read this let-
ter ave not certain whether their
Mames are on the Voter's List—
do not neglect this important is-
Sue. Let’s build up this “Home
Front” by demanding the “Taking
away of profits out of war.” The
'C.C.F. is your movement, it 2
your business to lay the founda-
tion of a real new social order
baséd on the rights of Security
nd human interest.

Eric S, Flowerdew

DEPOTS OVERSEAS

Britain has many Red Cfoss de-
pots, each skillfully linked to
each other by a scientific plan of

communication and transport so
that should any part of the
country raise the distress signal

aid can be rushed: thereto from a
dozen other points with speed and
efficiency.

thing...”

about. I was wond

“Don’t you wish we
could shorten the war?”

“Well, in a way we can, you know.”

She: “But, George, we’re not trained to do any-

“Training doesn’t matter for what I'm thinking

heh

cates.”

War restrictions!”

&
more of our income into War Savings Certifi-

She: “And why not? We might have to go without one
or two pet luxuries—but wouldn’t it be worth it to
bring back peace again?”

“And won't we be glad of the money—and the
interest it will have earned—in a world without

The help of every Canadian is needed for Victory. In these days
oF war the thoughtless selfish spender is a traitor to our war effort,

we could "t put

is now a vital necessity to re-

in personal sp

lieve the pressure for goods, to enable more and more labour and
materials to be diverted to winning the war. The ulko
which Canada must make, demands this self-denial of each of us,

SPEND LESS —TO BUY MORE
WAR SAVINC |
CERTIFICATES |

ut effort,