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Electric Gadgets For Rural Homes Room For More EloctHo Appliance* on Ontario Farm* There are proportionately mar* electric washing machine* In On- tario farm homeg lerved by Hydro than In urban homes of the prov- ince auys the Woodstock Sentinel- Review. One in eight farm homes on rural power district* has an lectrlc refrigerator, compared witn one In five of the supposedly much letter equipped urban group. The lectrlc Iron Is the most generally Med contrivance, with one In 75 per cent of rural homes which aave the current. Radios are close ip, at 71.8 per cent of the satura- tion mark, and toasters are In use tn El. 2 per cent of rural homes cou- nectecl with Hydro. Urban homes, the Commission reports, possess nearly a half-mil- HOD electric Irons, or 92 per oetit of saturation; 77.9 per cent of the possible total of radios, 66 per cent tn respect of toasters and 48.6 per eent of washers. There are 6, 361 air condtloners In urban house- hold*, none In (arm homes. In the "hamlet" category, tue proportion of electric appliances Is mailer, under most classifications, than either farm or urban. Women Use More In regard to variety of appliances farm women are better customers than the menfolk. The electric motor is the equipment most wide- ly in use on the farm Itself, and there are only one-quarter as many M there are washers. The total Is 1,236, or 15 per cent of saturation. Something over 7,000 electric pumps represent 13. .4 per cent of the potential and after that there it nothing higher than 6.6 per cent of saturation, which li the ratio for cream separators. There are 1,620 milking machines reported, being a ratio of one to 33 farms, which would be quite a disappoint- ment to Sir Adam Beck If he were till here. Electric milk coolers total fewer than 1,000, electric churns less than one per cent of possible distribution. Th elast census count Indicated bou 1200000 farms in Ontario, in- ludlng very small ones, some of wbloh obtain service under rates applicable to Don-farm <-l;i i'<. There are many In remote districts out of reach of Hydro, and some, of course, without residential bulUUngB. The Commission estl- mated some time ago that about 11,000 itandard or large farms would comprise the ultimate total that could b served, but the reg- ulation permitting service on the basis of two farms per mile has Increased the number that can be orved. Last year 1,340 miles ot rural line extension were approv- ed, adding 9,866 customers. The aggregate load supplied all rural Hydro consumers In the province was 70,018 horsepower, an Increase of 13.6 per cent over 1939. Dnieper Dam Is Destroyed announced recently the deliberate deHlructlon of her proud- est Industrial achievement, tho great Dnleporxtroy dam and till Its works, In grim proof of the Soviet determination to leave for the in- Tadlng (iermans no BliiKlo Instru- ment of value. ThiM came to an end after nine /ears of reality a project which bad IM . H * UK i in 'i- IM nliice the days of Catherine the (irnnt and which wax completed in the fourth year of the first Soviet five-year 1'lun by a United States engineer, the late Col. Hugh U Cooper. All meuHUrea were taken nut to permit thu GermaiiH to iniiko use Of the dam anil Its machinery. The $110.000,000 keystone. of the entire Central Ukraine ImlUHtrlitl system was shattered. II.H great turliliiCH, which firm turned in May. 1932, had MI|I|J!|I-.| a nurrouiiilliiK urwi of 70,1X10 Hipiitre mllcH and a popu- lation of HI, 000, UIIO pommm with an annual output of 2,500,1X10 kilo- watt hours of electric current. ;!. now, are the Mil-foot dam structure, one of the largest In the world, it's half-mile length, which Nervod UK a brldmi IUTOHH the Dnieper, and Hie nine generat- ing unltH on tho west hank, the largest ever built. Ititineil, too, uru thu tlireo navi- gation lockH on the (taut hank, the feature rthlch flint had attracted RuMluiiH to the Idea of it dam ai a nieiiim of drowning the falls which had prvventeil ileepwaler shlppliiK inn ' i" Kiev. Premier ,lnsfi>h Ktalln added (.lie bydro-i-lectrlc feature, and tho dam WHH begun In 1H27. No Ont. Election "At The Moment" Premier Mitchell Hepburn tuld in an Interview recently that h le not planning an election In On- tario ''at tho iininii MI " He said that Ht nny ovrnt "I would not gill an election with Lt.-CoL (,Y..i >. Drew, Conservative lead- er, In Kngland. Tht would )> unethical and unnportamanllVt." Week Of Reconsecration Starts War's Third Year Twelve million Canadians still free stand girded for their third year of war to preserve that freedom. September 10, 198'J, those twelve millions, unhesitatingly and of their own free will, elected to resist the challenge of unprovoked Nazi aggressors, and thus vowed never to lay aside the sword until the world truly shall be safe for all peoples, little as well as big, minorities as well as majorities. September 10, 1941, ends two years of Canada at war. And the Government of Canada has proclaimed the week of September 10-17 U "a week of reconsecration of the Canadian people to the democratic cause against Nazi tyranny ... in national honor for those who, on land, on the sea and in the air, are defenders of our country, and in proud memory for those valiant hearts who have gone out from among us In the most precious of all sacrifices for our common freedom. Two years ago, Canada's soldiers, sailors and airmen, including reserves, all together totalled a mere 68,000 officers and men. To- day, the fighting forces, including reserves, number 490,000 of all ranks. In the British Isles today are more t"un 100,000 Canadian soldiers, sailors and airmen. Over 1,200 Canadians have figured on casualty lists; 736 of them killed in action, 1U5 missing, the remainder dead from natural causes. Defence of Canada's own shores is tightening. Along Atlantic and Pacific coasts are patrolling air squadrons, anti-aircraft and coastal batteries, supporting divisions of troops. In two years, all this Canadian fighting power. Vet it ii not enough. The Canadian Active Army is calling for at least 7,000 volun- teers per month. The Hoyal Canadian Navy plans to increase ita chips from 250 to -100 and to boost its personnel from 23,000 to 27,000 by March of next year. The Koyal Canadian Air Force is to end more and more blue-dud squadron! overseas; to the 1,000 radio locator experts and other specialists already in Hritain are to be added another 2,500, to go this year. And Canadian women are to be voluntarily enlisted in auxiliary forces of the Army, and the Air Force, to release more ami more fighting men for active duty over- seas. Two years ago, Canada \v:is spending less than $1,000,000 a day on arms. To-day Canada is spending between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000 a day on war; two years ago, the arms bill was less than a million. Hy March 31 next, the war bill will have passed $2,000,- 000,000, including well over half a billion to finance purchases for Britain. In addition to assuming heavier taxes, Canadians have bought war bonds and savings certificates worth $1,460,000,000; they have contributed about $20,000,000 to auxiliary war services, and outright fifts to the (lovernnient total nearly $2,000,000. Food shipped to Hritain includes 200,000,1100 bushels of wheat, 7,000,000 barrels of flour, 1 3,000, 000 His. of honey, nearly lf>,000,- 000 dozen eggs, millions of pounds of concentrated milk, thousands of tons of canned goods. l!y December, XOO.imO.OOO HIS. of pork products will have liven -en I; by March next, 112,000,000 |!>s. of cheese. At the dawn of the third year of war. all Canadians are asked by their (iovernment to reconsecrate the:rselves "to the democratic cause against Nazi tyranny." ltcconiecrtion II "At this time of peril for my country, in llns li.,nl ,4i,..in>t the evil powers which threaten to engulf the earth, conscious ol i.iy duty tow. ii. I Canada and toward my fellow man, I solemnly ple.ij;o before Almighty tiod that I shall do all that I'es within my power, and ileem no sacrifice too great, to bring about the vi.tory of our arms, that right may triumph, that justice may pre\al and that a righteous peace may reign throughout the world; to this end I reconsecrate myself, with faith, with courage and with the knowledge that, though the path be hard and the day be dark, our effort can mil fail." Recoitaccration Prnycr Text of the prayer and grace: O Lord of HosLs, in this time of our re .-on. ivr. it ion to thy service and in defence of the light brought into this world by Thy 1'eloved Son, we turn to Thee in prayer. We pray for our fighting men on land, on llio sea and in the air that they may be imbued with courage to persevere and strength to vanquish the dark forces which now seek to rule this earth. We pray for endurance fur all those who, in any way, nre en- Sigcil in this great conflict, and, for our peoples, understanding of e truth. We pray for mercy for the stricken, consolation for the bereaved and eternal rest for those who, huving blazed the path, have been fathered to Thine Anns. These things we ask, O Lord, so that in the fullness of time the dread conflict may cease, thu right may triumph, and our children b brought up to nerve Thee and to do those things which are of ifcnul runown, to know and to spread the Christian light. -Amen. Recuniecration Grace For the courage of our fighting men and the devotion of those who stand behind them, for our continued freedom and for these blessings of our utmcarred earth, we give thanks in this week of reconsciTiition to the Lord of Hosts, Who is the only Defender of the right. Amen. VOICE OF THE PRESS AGAINST THE GERMAN PEOPLI When are we Americans and British going to get It through our heads that we are fighting a war against the German people? That Is what an American friend of ours asked us. In the last war, he Bald, we kept repeating that we were not fight- Ing against the German people, but against the Kaiser and the Junkers. Well, we beat the Kaiser and look what we have now. We have the Nazis, who are far worse than the Kaiser ever thought of being. There would never have been a Kaiser and there would not be a Hitler, if the German people did not want leaders of that sort. They have assumed power because the German people were anxious to have warlike leaders to guide Ger- many to world domination. The sooner we realize we are fighting the German people and the sooner we understand that the German people are sufficiently be- hind Hitler to support him in this war, the sooner we will know that we have to wage ruthless war to win. Windsor Daily Star. v "THE FUTILITY OF IT ALL" With word of the ordered destruc- tion of the gigantic Dnieper dam in the Soviet, the complete Idiocy which must have motivated tn aggressive Reich to world conflict again stands itark before us. In England and across Europe It was bad enough that cultured traditions should be blasted with the crumb- led walls and towers of library and cathedral. Now the efforts of a struggling, self-improving people are benlg blown to nought. Years have been spent in making pauper- ed parts of the world livabio. When the smoke has cleared ill that must be accomplished once more. It U as if our own Can- adian churches, our cities and our universities, our canals, our hydro plants and our factories were pul- rerized, and we were cast upon the land as our pioneer forefathers were. That Is the futility of It. Gait Reporter. DOUBLING EGG PRODUCTION Making two eggs grow where one grew before may sound like a fantastic dream, but it Is entirely practical. The Government calls attention to the need for Increas- ed egg production, and It is with- in the power of the farmers to bring this about. Proper breeding, feeding and care of poultry will accomplish much toward Increasing the egg yle-ld. This has been proven time and time again. .Many of the breed- ers will require assistance, in the way of directions as to proper methods, and this is available. The Department of Agriculture stands ready with reliable scientific In- formal ion. and tlie patriotic farm- er will equip himself w!!h tills and start Iji to eel nvve int of his hens, --Windsor l>.!lly Star. v - THE MEN CAN HELP, TOO I'rnhalily most men think of the sil'; stivking situation as an ex cl'i-hfly feminine <; It isn't. Men have a part to play In t'iis uM.ii m.is* i.-aiisfiv from Japiiiu-sr 1 silk to cotti'it. Here's the p.i: I: When Asalha crnus home with her li.'st pair el cotton stockings, anil, RticklitK out a tc'ii :tive foot, Inquiris. "llnw do tlvy look?" t'lat's \\litie the m -. n's part comes In. S'art learning 1!u- line right now: "(lavishing, il,,:. 1 UK. Hit 1 ) look Just swell!" Thus m:iy even a mere male contribute liis hit in putting the axe In Axis. (iiielpll Mercury. v READING THE NEWS Thu newspapers do Uieir level best to keep (Me ivntllctlng com- munique* str.ilKht. T'loy art* care- ful to list reports as reports and rumors as rumors, hut, in the last analysis, the good judKinont and discernment of the reader la th* determining factor making for In tolllgt'itt pel-usual of the news. llrnntford (expositor. DOUBLE CROSS ON RED CROSS IN NORWAY German invaders of Trondheim, Norway, built their army huts under the swastika, but also snugly beside the raid-immune Red Cross hospital for protection from R.A.F. bombings, according to British censor's caption on this picture. FREEDOM IN BRITAIN With 20 tribunals reviewing their cases, 60,000 men In Britain have registered as conscientious objectors, and about 45,000 have been dealt with. This illustrate* the liberty for which Great Bri- tain Is fighting. Imagine a con- scientious objector receiving even a hearing In Germany. Chatham News. "PEP" METHODS The British government has in- troduced "pep" methods In a cam- paign to Increase war supplies. Production managers broadcast talks to the workers and posters urging increased output have been tacked to factory walls. A placard In a bomb-filling station read. "You make the best bombs. Our airmen drop them." Canadian Press. v WE CAN HELP A LITTLE Hendrik Willem Van Loon says that when God tires of Hitler, he'll disappear. A comforting thought, but there U nothing in Christian philosophy that forbids people giving God a little help in getting rid of evils. Financial Post. v TROUBLE IN THE NORTH We have a quarrel with the Brit- ish Ministry of Information this time for saying too much. Most of us have had a terrible time with the missus since it was announced that British women would be ra- tioned down to six dresses a year. Kirkland Lake News. Urge Medical Test For Auto Licenses The British Medical Journal, organ of the British Medical As- sociation, has suggested that ap- plicants for driving licenses should undergo medical examina- tions. It contended that a medi- cal certificate should be as obli- gatory as the passing of driv- ing test. The Book Shelf The Blind Man's House By HUGH WALPOLE In his last work, "T~ 3 Blind Man's House," the late Sir Hugb Walpole leaves to the world tals message, spoken by the leading character, "I have learned this les- son of our interdependence. . . Tde twin lessons of interdependence and charity.. .It seems to me that until we learn this fellowsnip . . . of all living men on this earth, made so essential now by our close quarters; the impossibility of out escape one irom .notiier, there will be no peace." Julius Cromwell, a Blinded World War veteran, returned with his bride, young, beautiful and : y, to the little village of Garth in England, where he had lived ai a boy. They are in love with each other but his wife Is jealous of the blind man's world. realm of his own which she cannot under- stand or enter. She mistaken his aloofness for discontent. A barrier comes becween mem. Bach feels it and each is power- less to prevent the approaching estrangement. Matters are brought to a crisis when Julius hears ot his wife's growing friendship with a personable n'er-do-well. Even as Julius could bring lorth all that was best in his fellow illagcrs; helping them to solve their difficulties. .- < . . . with tin sensitive and fair mind, eventually worked out a happy solution of his own difficult problem. The Blind Man's House ... by Hugh Walpole . . . McCleHind 4 Stewart, Toronto . . . Price $3.00. Because of the present world demand for mercury, the Santa Barbara mercury deposit in Peru has been reopened after being> idle for nearly 15 years. A BOUQUET FROM THE YUKON One of the main fea'.ures of the Canadian I'juit'ic Hallway's exhibit in the C.N.L. this year was the display of flowers :i:hi vege- tables of the Yukon. These were sent to the exhibit daily from the Yukon by air express, Mrs. Ci corgi- Rlack, one-tittie ireinbor of l'arli:uiu-nt for the Yukon, looking after the mailing. In the picture alu\ | Mrs. Kuth Hough, wife of H. H. Hough, C.P.K. distri.-t claim agent, is shown with a beautiful boiuiuet of swtet pe:is, ;in-;.<.rtiuin an the bilberry flower, which is used as holly at Christinas time in the Yukon. REG'LAR FELLERS What a Life! By GENE BYRl^SS THIS DESERT IS TERRIFIC/ I NEVER WAS SO THIRSTY f IN W LIFE - I CAN SEE THE NEWSPAPERS RIGHT NOW/ WNHEAD DUFFy, THE HERO, DIES OF THIRST ON THE DESERT SANDS." SHOULD NEVER HA' JOINED FOREIGN LEGION.' fc. . a t Mb*. U * ! 1 1 ' <