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LONDON.â€"German bombers heavily assaulted a South Wales coastal town for hours last night, first loosing hundreds of incendiaries and then dropping high explosives concentrated on one district. They als@visited London early teday. There was an unstated number af deaths The mistâ€"muffied bark of antiâ€"aircraft fire on the Germanâ€"occupied side of the Strait of Dover tonight gave proof that the British airn n were still at their task. ced A brief.German announcement claimed that these deaths had eccurred in police actions during which "the ringleaders of nightly attacks against the police patrol and a secret Jewish organization were uncovered." ‘"During the act of restoring order six disturbers of the peace were killed and a number more or less severely injured. EDEN, DILL FLY TO TURKEY ISTANBUL.â€"Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden of Britain took a special train for Ankara last night after reaching Turkey by plane from !.P:;pt for talks which may have an important effect on the Balkan crisis. The fact that Mr. Eden was accompanied by Gen. Sir John Dill. chief of Britain‘s Imperial General Staff, indicated that military as well as political matters would be discussed at the capital. They landed it Adana, Turkey. Until today, British and Turkish officials had done their utmost to keep secret the flight of Mr. Eden and Gen. Dill, which was over terriâ€" tory within the range of enemy planes. TO DECIDE NEXT MOVE LONDON.â€"Britain is weighing the problem of whether to put an expeditionary force athwart of the path of the German advance in the Balkans or to resume the march on Italian Tripoli and concentrate on the Mediterranean campaign. _ â€" TOKYO.â€"Neutral observers here exoressed belief todav that Janan is likely to mark time and attemot no movement southward until the war situation in Europe is clarified somewhat. They saw an easing of tension in the Far East. WARERO CC EICICZI AANIACUWIDIOWC APRTTE CE RUVUICS: 4 _ The island is about 10 miles from the southwest coast of the Turkish thgegre(;;g::tm::l:.)heel:emm mainland and is the easternmost of the Dodecanese Island. The meeting agreed to leave the matter for decision in the hands of R.A.F. STILL MORE ACTIVE f the executive committee appointed LONDON.â€"The British gerial offensive gathered fury today. Wednesday. Decision of neither Squadrons of planes swept ba(?k and forth across the English Channel the Kitchener nor Waterloo Red hour upon hour. and bombs exploded on the docks at Calais, and acruss Cross branches will be made until the face of Northern Frarce. after the national meeting in Torâ€" 2L Ttlne Pxisfi-mqtfle‘d'l?ark of antiâ€"aircraft fire on the Germanâ€"occupied onto, today. _ â€" sc REPORT AMSTERDAM CLASHES SEE TENSION EASED IN EAST Nevertheless the United States liner President Coolidge and other ships, including Japanese vessels, are sailing heavily loaded with women and children returning to the United States. Great Britain and the United States have advised their nationals to depart from the Orient. SCATTERED NIGHT RAIDS LONDON.â€"Authorities announced last night the Italian Island of Kastelorizo, in the Eastern Mediterranean, was occupicd by British forces on Tuesday. _ _ â€" â€" The occupation of the island was announced in a joint Admiralty and War Office communique which described the place as "a small Italian island with a seaplane base.". â€" Kastelorizo is located just off the coast of Turkey, east of the Italianâ€"owned Dodecanese Island of Rhodes. BOMBERS OVER WALES AMSTERDAM.â€"Six civilians were killed and a number wounded today in clashes between the police and "disturbers of the peace," it was announced last night. â€" A decision probably will be taken on informatiqn new being assemâ€" bled by Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, Gen. Sir John Dill, chicf of the Imperial General Staff, and Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell, head of the Middle East command. LONDON.â€"A German bomber was shot down in East Anglia last night as the Nazis made scattered light raids on varioug parts of England. The crew was captured, one requiring hospital treatment. Most of the raiding was directed against East Anglia, but planes also were reported over the Northeast and North Midlands town. In Southern England one bomb destroyed a house and caused casualties. London itself was without an alarm up to an early hour today. LONDON.â€"A heavy overnight attack upon the Germanâ€"held port of Brest, in which bombers ringed and straddled the berth of a 10,000â€"ton Nazi cruiser, was topped off today by British pilots with an assa\lx'lt in force over _the chaqnel areas of Calais and Boulogne. ie on dn rend ennte t nat °C cal~ "nt AB ow\ nds ichoo kc a 1A h Formations in which at least 60 Royal Air Force planes could be counted by ground observersâ€"and which almost certainly numbered others too far aloft to be seenâ€"crossed the channel today in high. noisy wedges and then fanned out over the French channel coast. SOFIA.â€"â€"Diplomatic quarters heard today that Anthony Eden, British foreign minister, had discussed with the Greek Minister in Ankara a proposed Britishâ€"Greek accord to which neither would sign a separate peacc. Tuesday SIR FREDERICK BANTING DEAD OTTAWA â€"Death, striking on the lonely shores of Newfoundland. claimed Sir Frederick Banting, Canada‘s key man in army medical science. it became known Yesterday. Two companions died with hJm in the crash of a military plane. This information was %’ilven a solemn House of Commons by Defence Minister Ralston. Earlier Munitions Minister Howe had announced that the planc. bearing Sir Frederick on an undisclosed war mission, had been sighted after being missed since last Friday. _ DISCUSS BRITISHâ€"GREEK ACCORD Such a pact, diplomats said, would be viewed as discouraging Nazi ho|]>es of getting the Athens Government to sign an armistice with Italy, and might be the signal for a Nazi military push. _ s The Rumanian Government tonight ordered a complete blackout throughout the country, while Sofia was under a partial blackout, enâ€" forced since last night. ITALIAN ISLAND OCCUPIED HEAVY ATTACK BY RA.F. Prime Minister King said the 49â€"yearâ€"old Sir Frederick "was pro ceeding to Britain on a mission of high national and scientific import ance." Defend Democracy â€" Buy ib ~al THE ~ ~~~=>= WORLD‘S WEEK (Continued on Page 8) It‘s Nows at a Wednesday Thursday A. E. Pequegnat of Kitchener, president of Kâ€"W Federated Charâ€" ities, urged Red Cross branches to take part in the amalgamated drive, on the grounds that "the a successful drive". He contended arive, on the mdl that "the Red Cross will the basis for "it will be easier to raise funds through combined effort than alone. The Red Cross would beneâ€" fit from this." 1. That the Ontario Government be asked to pass legislation enabâ€" ling municipalities to tax cleared lands dne cent per acre in order to provide funds for financing the Foederation of Agriculture. sugcestion that the Waterico Soâ€" clety join in the campaign. The president told the meeting tâ€"at Canadian Red Cross â€"officials ‘are not in favor of the idea of an amalgamated drive"â€"insofar as ‘~ Red Cross is concerned. Waterloo Red Cross Society‘s collections from its campaign last year were the greatest in the hisâ€" tory of the branch, and not only that, but the organization achieved the highest {)er capital collections of any municipality in the Domâ€" inion, Mr. Kumpf pointed out. He stressed that under the amalgaâ€" mated scheme of campaign, the soâ€" ciety would lose its wellâ€"deserved identity, and that Red Cross colâ€" lections would be included in those of the other amalgamated organiâ€" zations, so that no separate stateâ€" ment could be derived to show iuccess of Red Cross campaign efâ€" orts. President Kumpf praised offiâ€" cials and assistants of the local branch for consistently good work. Haysville Federation Seeks Ontario Government Support well attended meeting of the Haysâ€" ville branch of the Ontario Federâ€" ation of Agriculture, the following recolutions _ were _ unanimously adopted: _ _ 2. That the Federal Government be petitioned to peg the price of bacon hogs at a minimum of twelve cents per lb. dressed weight plus premium for grades, irrespecâ€" tive of the price paid by Great The meeting elected the followâ€" ing 1941 officers: President, Ford S. Kumpf; lst (Cnntinned on Page 8) A check of cash subscriptions to War Savings Certificates received at Ottawa during the first two weeks of February reveals a treâ€" mendous increase in sales over the previous month of January. In the first fifteen days of February, the cash value of applications re ceived was more than 3,750,000 dollars, a sum which exceeded the entire month of January. Some concern was expressed by War Savâ€" ings committee executives at Ottawa by the fact that a great percentage of this February total was made ip from individual applications, separate and apart from pledges for regular lending. Canadian publications taking part in the present campaign may find a good reason in this information for hammering home the need for pledges and regular monthly subscripâ€" tions rather than for spasmodic unorganized purchases. The challenge flung to Canadian citizens calls for steady saving right un to the end of the war. Pledges are essential if the purpose of the campaign is to be realized. Meelling Opposes Jom1 Amalgamated Drive for Funds Estimates Committee Strives ToKeep Cofi nty Rate Unchanged Vol. 84, No. 9 THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE â€" SOUTHâ€"WEST WILMOT.â€"At a Pledges â€" Pledges â€" P ledges! The Chronicle To Tax Cleared Lands One Cent Per Acre In: Lnterest of the Organization; Request Federal Federation of Agriculture Wants Legislation Government Peg on Bacon Price. icle‘s EDITORIALS Schneller Address Meeting Reeve William Witzel of Wilmot township and Mr. Wilfred Schnelâ€" ler of Baden, a member of the Waâ€" terloo county federation executive, addressed the meeting in the abâ€" sence of President Eldon C. Hallâ€" man and Oliver Snyder, who were scheduled to speak but due to a misunderstanding in the time of the meeting, were not present. , Fourth Man of This District To Be Killed in Plane Crash Britain. 3. That the Federal Government be asked to place a minimum of 32 cents per lb. on butter for the months from May to November, 1941, these two months inclusive. dency should be . â€"along", and urged Dr. J. ALivingston to accept the office, the latter ceived on Sunday by his sister, Mrs. Lorne B. Weber, wife of the Reeve of Waterloo Township. Staying with Mrs. Weber at the time the cablegram from the Britâ€" Mervyn Brown, Brotherâ€" Inâ€"Law of Reeve Lorne Weber of Waterloo Tp., When enthusiastic groups of citizens collect stamps and burn them, they make the purchase of these stamps a gift to the country instead of a loan. The spirit behind such action is laudâ€" ed at Ottawa, but the afterâ€"effect is not conâ€" sidered favourable. It gives rise to a feeling among the uninformed that War Savings Stamps, as well as Certificates, are valucless, when, as a matter of fact, stamps and certiâ€" ficates are backed by the entire resources of the Dominion. The War Savings Committee at Ottawa has asked its corps of workers to do what it can to prevent public destruction of War Savings Stamps. * Here is a suggestion from the committee which might be carried out wherever stamns are collected at dances or at other entertainment : "It would be much better in cases of this kind if each one of the stamps were stuck to a stampâ€"folder. These could then be donated to school children in the poorer districts". 48 Stamp Fires Disliked _ The Week in Pictures ___ County News Since joining the RA.F., Flyinfi Oflk:}, Brown had had many an varied experiences, and he recently wrote home that he was one of two fliers who "machineâ€"gunned Gerâ€" man troops right in their own trenches" in November. Ironically, the pildt of the other British airâ€" lane was shot down during the ggl!t_b! Nazi antiâ€"aircraft batteries Flying Officer Brown was injured in a dogfight, but succeeded in landing safely at a French airport. He was removed from hospital to England during the heroic evacuaâ€" tion of Dunkerque. Returning. to service in the Air Force, the Flying Officer had recently participated in air raids on France and Germany. Born at Point Clarke, near Kinâ€" cardine, Flying Officer Brown was the son of the late Major W. J. Brown and Mrs. Brown. Attending &lblic school there, he came to aterloo to live with his sister and attended Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Colâ€" legiate. Upon completion of his high school education, Brown acâ€" cepted a position with the Univerâ€" sity of Toronto. He went to Engâ€" land in May, 1939, and was acce?t- ed into the RC.A.F. as a &i ot officer. He became a flying officer last November. The Webers were keenly disâ€" appointed that the Elmira fire deâ€" partment found that it was not able to attend the blaze. The family pointed out that not only were there no firemen on the scene, but that there is a shortage of water in the district, preventing the famâ€" ily and neighbors from saving more of the home. Fire Chief Henry Conrad of Elâ€" mira told The Chronicle that for the fire deiartment to travel the one and a half mile distance into the country would be contrary to town regulations against leaving Elmira unprotected. ish Air Ministry arrived, was the Flying Officer‘s mother, Mrs. R. m ECUCIEITY *C~ ceived a letter from her brother saying that he had refused an opâ€" and killed. Besides his mother, he is surâ€" vived by his sister, Mrs. Weber, five brothers, Clement, Montreal; ferner, Windsor; Conrad, London; and Carlisle and Leroy, both of the RC.A.F., training in Canada. portunity to return to Canada as instructor "as I ‘t myself MMwmmd'::m. Mrs. Allan Weber was the first in the house to awaken. Smelling smoke, she swiftly wakened her husband and the four sleeping children. The family was forced to flee the burning house in night attire. Although the house was by then burning brightly, Mrs. Weber went back into the smokeâ€"filled kitchen for her pet canary only to find the bird dead after she had rescued it from the flames. Mr. Weber manâ€" aged with the assistance of other members of the family to save a little of the furniture from the ground floor of the home. of sheds, a granary and 500 bushels FLO| (By Staf Writer) o umthnn;&oooâ€"mult;itmmu blaze near Elmira about 1.30 a.m. on Tuesday, at the farm of Allan Weber, and included almost total Floradale Family Flee Burning Home (Continued on Page 8) the "Battle of France", of the Week Unity Is Canada‘s Bulwark States Dutch Army Officer Stressing the vital importance of the national War Savings campaign and other examples of Canadian unity, C:rt. R. Herkoven of the Royal Noetherlands Army warned here last night that "should that bulwark of unity ever failâ€"make no mistake about itâ€"you‘ll have that war right here in this counâ€" Tomorrow. Saturday, one of Waterloo‘s oldest institutions reaches another milestone in its history of service to the people of this town, as the Bank of Monâ€" ‘real‘s local office observes the 60th anniversary of its establishâ€" ment. of Montreal. The Merchants Bank remained open for several years, and closed about the time of the opening of the Molsons Bank Branch here in March, 1881. Waâ€" terloo was still little more than a pioneer settlement and the Molâ€" sons Bank thus extended to the people of Waterloo their first perâ€" manent bank facilities. (In later years both the Merchants Bank and the Molsons Bank, by amalâ€" ramatiton, became part of the naâ€" tionwide bankil:{ system of the Bank of Montre: the Equitable Building on Mills Waterloo‘s Bank of Montreal Observes 60th Anniversary It is interesting to look back to the early banking days in Waterâ€" loo. Prior to 1874, the Merchants Bank of Cannda opened an office in Waterloo on the west side of what is now King street, directly behind the Bank of Montreal‘s »resent location. The first manâ€" ager was J. S. Meredith, brother of the late Sir Vincent Meredith, who became president of the Bank J. R. BEATON MANAGER FOR PAST THIRTEEN YEARS Pare Estimates Carefully To Lishten Warâ€"Time Burden The first office was opened in service to the institution. â€" . _ Y%ugckeonwasseryedinthe .W. ‘s new gymnasium, an appropriate setting for the ocâ€" mn this vingb,d the was a > Mrs. Kmfimntothemdnflw. Mrs. Kaufman this year reâ€" tired from of Direcâ€" tors after serv that body Mrs. Mary Kaufman, one of the Twin City‘s outstanding public spirited citizens. She is hononx% president for life of the K.â€"W. Y.W.C.A., and was instrumental in founding the local organization 36 years ago. ?(n. Kaufman was hostess a: a luncheon party on Friday a the Y.W.C.A. for all the women with whom she was associated continuously for 36 years. Mrs. Mary Kaufman Review of Early Banking Days in Waterloo; Progress of Waterloo In Last 60 Years Reported "Not Spectacular, But Very Steady". Committee Agrees That If Anything "Extraordinary" Occurs As Result of War, Alterations Must Be Made, But This Not Predicted; Committee Finds 1940 Justice Administration Costs High. (By Staff Writer) Square, known in those days as the "Devitt Block". By 1898 â€"the expansion of business rendered these premises too small, and, acâ€" cordingly, larger quarters were found in the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Building, situated on the southeast corner of King and Duke street By 1914 the continâ€" ued growth of business necessitatâ€" ed still larger premises and this time the bank decided to build its own office. The site on _Mills Square in front of the ‘original office was acquired and the bank‘s present fine grey cutâ€"stone, twoâ€" storey building was constructed. The planning and equipping of this office was done with an eye to future development, so that the facilities then provided have been ample to take care of all requireâ€" ments right up to the present time. Steady Prorgess _ _ The progress of Waterloo in the last 60 years has not been spectaâ€" cular, but it has been very steady. Lacking favorable transportation and shippinx facilities, the indusâ€" trial development in the early days was somewhat hampered. Howâ€" ever, the thrift industry, and iniâ€" tiative of the people greatly offset these disadvantages and Jaterloo (Continued on Page 2) ministration cocts were set at a lower figure for this year. Like the other 1941 Izgl;:es, the estimau on the expenditiire for séhools, at $25,000, may be adjusted. At any rate, this expenditure will repreâ€" sent a cut over last year, the comâ€" mittee agreed. The county House The Captain explained that the Netherlands "feel the same way" about unity as does Britain, and through coâ€"operation with the latâ€" ter country ‘"intend doing everyâ€" thlnflin our power townrgs seeing the Nazis kicked out of our counâ€" try". He added that "the spirit of unity is a bulwark upon which we all of Ber!:g'e expenses were also set at a luction over those of 1940. (Continued on Page 8) A considerable increase was seen in 1940 in costs of administration of justice. This rise, pointed out the clerk, was the result of last reu"l murder case, where an elderly farm couple was killed. ‘‘"These murder cases are very expensive," the ‘clerk observed. Justice adâ€" pense as a result of the war, the estimates must be altered prior to the June session. But such an event was unpredicted. . The original figure reached at« the annual meeting to strike estiâ€" mates for the present year totalled $172,150, which, subject to payment from the cities of Kitchener and Galt totalling $32,500, was reduced to $140,250. The latter figure was left in the hands of County Clerk Samuel Cassel, who will pare the estimates presegted until the set amount of $112,500 is reached. Clerk Samuel Cassel pointed out to the committee that with the exâ€" ception of last year, "I don‘t think I have ever asked county council to raise the rate from the year beâ€" fore. If there is anything I dislike, it is raising the county rate from one year to another. I particularly don‘t care to see any rise in county taxes during warâ€"time." The estiâ€" mates _ committee _ unanimously agreed with these sentiments. Alteration Seen Unlikely. The committee agreed, however, that should anything "extraordinâ€" ary occur‘ in the line of added exâ€" A special commuttee composed of chairmen of the standing commitâ€" tees of county council ‘decided late Tuesday that the 1941 ‘estimate of expenditures of Waterloo County Council should total $112,500, the same figure as that of last year. This resolution was moved b: Reeve William Allison of Nonl Dumfries Township and seconded by Reeve Charles Stager of Hesâ€" peler. (Continued on Page ®%) (By Staff Writer)