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f ..\ *o.. " . gte 0 ’T'"“‘. "* #i'"tj-"‘f"‘ ’ -_.,,:7’.." / 3 l WORLD‘S WEEK h‘n TO TELL WHAT HESS "SPILLED"® broadcasts aimed to keep the Nazi hierarchy in & cOn® ON® _ 3" 25 i. _ muonyoftur.nddmtbtuwbowmuchtheex-molw has told the British Government. "FLYING FORTRESS" BOMBERS TO HAWAL WASHINGTON.â€"The United States Arm 21 of its " Fortress" bombers to Hawaiimtoday in a ;peem mass m:m reflected official concern over international tension in the Pacific. I Ne en eC pLILS Mlantnand rm‘omcm k4.0.11000.0000 74 A. 0. ds ic tb lt td ‘After ke:?ln(tbedepanurén .e«:l’e'3 the War Department disclosed that the last of the Jbo!lnu-n:ge.ournmmrmnhndedvuhout mishsp at Hickam fi:‘f . on the Island of Oahu, The trlp\eoveted 2,400 LONDON.â€"German planes were reported in towns on the east coast of Scotland early todayâ€"th over Britain reported since last evening. RAIDER ACTIVITY IS LIGHT LONDON.â€"Rudolf Hess shortly will be faced by Prime Minister Churchill himself in a private interview affording him the chance to tell the story of his aerial runaway from Germany and to five up vital sebrets that might conceivably affect the future course of war, it was disclosed today. Whether Hitler‘s longâ€"time friend and turncoat deputy will describe the real inside story of Germany to the veteran journalist, statesman, and Britain‘s leader in the war, was a matter of high speculation. But highly placed Britons already were saying that the beetleâ€" ___But MEMY PECC! U incredible flight to Britain, had given this HESS TO FACE WINSTON CHURCHILL But hivgvhiyi placed Britons already w browed German‘s almost incredible flight aot;;try more military advantage "than a 1 eld." HITLER CALLS CONFERENCE BERLIN.â€"Hitler called all high Nazi figures and Government leaders to a conference soon after the disclosure of Rudolf Hess‘ flight to Britain, a flight which aroused the German people as they had rarely been aroused in this war. The assembled party leaders, said the Nazi news service, "gave the Fuehrerâ€"who spoke to the gatheringâ€"an impressive demonstration of a determined will for victory." The announcement said nothing of the Hess incident in connection with the conference. CAIRO.â€"Five Axis columns with 200 vehicles including tanks have been hurled back to the Salum sector on the Egyptian border after penetrating 40 miles into Egypt, British general headquarters anâ€" nounced last night. » The Germans and Italians were met at Sofafi, 40 miles from the Lib*m frontier and 20 miles from the coast, where Gen. Sir Archibald P,. Wavell‘s Amx::‘thc Nile routed the Italians last December in the offensive which them out of Egypt. +# NAZL INDUSTRIAL CENTRE ABLAZE HURL BACK AXIS COLUMNS LONDON.â€"Fires that ‘involved whole blocks of buildings weTo set in the German industrial centre of Mannheim and its sister city of Ludwigshafen in an overnight raid by the Royal Air Force, the Air Ministry announced today. â€" At Cologne, another objective of the British attack, fires were o0 c Bt ~COb00 20 00 shade and elsewhere in the centre of the city, "‘....z‘t"c';fé'gvfie_,vifioihef objective of the started among railway sheds and elsewhere the ministry‘s news service declared. No. 3 NAZL PRISONER IN BRITAIN portan! HESS INTENDED LANDING LONDON.â€"The Daily Ex})ress today quoted Rudol exiled Nazi leader, as saying after .his m‘lPtul;e in E‘cotlan‘(‘l: 1 onttel Sm on e n t ied wass not fin OREHCEWT NNHLT ICAMEDH TE EERT OM DE ce3 "I had intended landing the plane bu lending ground so I stalled the machine jumped out." PLACE REFUGEE SHIPPING IN SERVICE ‘ WASHINGTON.â€"The United States took another step today toward placing 450,000 tons of refugee shipping in warâ€"time service. The Senate Commerce Committee passed an administration bill empowering President Roosevelt to requisition idle foreign shipping lying in United States ports and use the vessels in the aidâ€"toâ€"Britain [}::ggn:‘m. It affects 84 ships, mostly Danish, German, Italian and nch. WASHINGTON.â€"Navy Secretary Frank Knox asserted last night‘ that "all America is waiting for . . . is the word to go forwardâ€"we‘ve| made our choice." | America‘s choice, the navy secretary told the American Society of ‘ Military Engineer in an extemporaneous address, was "to oppose the aggressor with enough force either to scare him off or defeat him." \ aggressor NEED 32,000 CANADIAN SOLDIERS OTTAWA.â€"Defence Minister Ralston tonight issued a call to the young men of Canada to join the Active Army. He said 32,000 are needed in the next two months. "Tonight 1 o_gn Canada‘s first rectuiting campaign," he said in a radio address. "This is a call for men for the army." wORST NAZI RAID ON LONDON LONDON.â€"The Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, whose chimes have sounded Empire unity to millions, and Westminster Hall were hit _du_ring Saturday night‘s terrific air raid on London, it was announced today.. In the lifht of a full moon the Nazi raiders swept across the heart of the capital, dropping thousands of explosives and incendiary bombs. RA.F. POUNDS HAMBURG, BERLIN LONDON.â€"Britain sent an armada of 100 bombers into Lretman? 2 skies last night and early today to pound Hamburg in the second massive and destructive raid within a week on the German port. Smailer units struck at Berlin and Naziâ€"held cities on the continent. The Air Ministry announced, and the Germans acknowledged, that widespread destryction and raging fires were left in already badlyâ€" battered Hamburg, which with Bremen was the hr{’et on 'Â¥hursday night of the biggest mass of RA.F. planes ever assembled for a single night‘s attack HOOVER ASKS "TIME TO PREPARE"®" NEW YORK.â€"Herbert Hoover &aid Sunday night that the United States will be at war "the moment our navy is put into action" and pleaded for time to prepare. The former president declared that the United States is unprepared for war from a military or industrial standpoint and asserted that, beâ€" yond a mw:-min-uon to defend the Western Hemisphere and popular Mon of aggressor nations, "we are a divided people." ‘VE MADE OUR CHOICE"â€"KNOX , the BBC started "allâ€"out" on a 10â€"aâ€"day +a to keen the Nazl hierarchy in a constant It‘s Nows at a Wednesday Tuesday an armada of 100 bombers into Germany‘s ress today quoted Rudolf "than a major victory Monday whole blocks of buildings" were ul dsdndeuliiaiintthentiinln? h but I could not find a suitable ne over the open country and d in the vieinity of two â€"the only raider activity 10â€"aâ€"day schedule of constant "sweat", in on the battleâ€" Hess, selfâ€" "**«(Root. Crops, Corn n Will Double Navy in Year, Minister MacDonald Statés Vol, 84, No. The naval minister stressed that in 1942 "we‘re going to spend nearly as much on this war as we did during all four years of the last war of machinery and not men, and will be won by that country which can turn out the most maâ€" chinery and guns". e Threeâ€"Cornered Battle For ' Byâ€"Election on Monday Nn emeg s e e Emphasizing the part the Canâ€" adian sailor is plaving in the naâ€" vies of Britain and Canada, the speaker revealed there is no port in the world where a Canadian sailor and ship cannot be found. He told the meeting that he reâ€" garded this year‘s expenditure of $176 million for naval affairs as "ample". He referred to criticism of some who ask "why don‘t we turn out more ships and â€"men?", and explained that training of men "requires time and training. In the case of a commander, it takes years to fully train a man for am- mand of one of our larger ships. Speed In Shipbuilding Is "Satisfactory" "Qur speed in shipbuilding is satisfactory: _ Hon. _ MacDonald | continued, "and never has there| been any question of shortage of | naval volunteers". He pointed out : (Continued on Page 8) Thus far, Waterloo County shows: every promise of garnering A bountiful harvest, but at present warm rains are "badly needed", Agricultural Representative E, I. McLoughry told The Chronicle Agricultural MeLoughry yesterday. * loman c "us "With the cool, dry weather we have been having, the young crops are at a standstill," the representaâ€" tive explained. "A good, warm rain would most certainly be welâ€" come at this time. Crops went in in exceptionally good condition, but we need a rain to ‘bring them along‘," he states. In _ addition, â€" Mr. McLoughry pointed out that "the ground has become hard to work up in preâ€" paration for the planting of root and corn crops. A good rain would ‘alleviate this situation." The root crops would include turnips, manâ€" gels and potatoes All over Canada the appeal to save the}, remaining wild flowers of the country has again‘| been made by the various Horticultural Associaâ€" tions of the Dominion. Some of Canada‘s most )4 begutiful wild flowers have disappeared forever,|, and the species that remain are in danger of |, the same fate. The appeal to all Canadians is 1 emphasized by the Provincial Horticultural], Associations, and in the case of Ontario special| stress is made by the Ontario Association with |j |reference to the saving of the White Trillium, the floral emblem of the province, which is in grave danger of extinction. The appeal is \directed against the reckless plucking of wild ‘flowers. The preservation of wild flowers does \not mean that no one is ever to pick any of ‘them. but the appeal does emphasize the neâ€" !cessity of a little thought on the part of the | picker. | Some of Canada‘s wild flowers should not be picked at all, because through doing so, they 'will eventually become extinct. In this category \of wild flowers which should better be left alone \in all their native beauty is the White Trillium. ,]The Trillium, like others of its kind, cannot, be {picked without removing all the foliage u%on‘ | which depends the maturing of the bulbous root: L‘for the following season‘s ctop of flowers. Far \better than picking, is to transfer the entire ;\ plant to some quiet nook or in the garden. There ."\are many little spots in busy cities where the \White Trillium or other wild flowers could flourish, and in this way, in Ontario at least, \the emblem flower would be saved from being Speaks at Weekly Newspaper Convention in Ham!llton, mmmumm«m;summm Expenditure For This Year Is "Ample" at $176 P n n n eeg + a name in history only but, instead, present ‘everâ€"living evidence of the beauty of the province. | Other species of wild flowers, like violets iand hepaticas, whose flower stems rise directly \frotm the roots, may be picked at wil}, provided during all four egem ol the !aSst . He reminded that this is "a Save Canada‘s Wild Flowers The Chronicle‘s (By Staff Writer} By Staff Writer * _ |. Wat.er:ooo County Council was I . M Hees 2 néfabe wlecc io asevach ‘an accounting system and opent a . County Refuge Home a‘ixSeeks To Establish «/ Accounting System Holdâ€"Up Charge WithdraWn ‘whep He Admits: Alleged Bandit Goes Free Mega lll)m:d's'al’l:s Minister of National Defence for Naval Affairs. fiay meeting of the board. It was pointed out to the meetâ€" ing that the institution has been operating on a cash basis, but should be run on a revenue basis. All accounts are referred to the county clerk‘s office, and are then Soseph [Ateinzinge * J elchenst er of itchener l:;e%oard members in deploring the method, and stated that"acâ€" counts should be handled at the refuge home, and paid through the treasurer of the board. Warden W. Howard Shaw and Reeve Walter Hostettler of New Hamburg voted against the resolution to establish a new accounting system. | _ refuge board. The first motion, requesting cqunty council to emâ€" power the board to establish an acâ€" counting system, resulted when Clerk Cassell pointed out that a county byâ€"law required that work on records and accounting be done at his office in the county buildâ€" (Continued on Page 8) sol‘lii;o;"tfiâ€"a?;o‘iht' County Clerk Samuel Cassell as treasurer of the 2 n00"~% ._ The Week in Pictures The board endorsed a second reâ€" tion. â€" : There are many other agencies at work in the disappearance of wild flowers. Birds which pick the seed, the woodman‘s axe, clearing and cultivating farm lands, building up cities, close grazing of fields and woodlands, forest fires, ‘and soil erosion have all been responsible for the gradual destruction of much of the natural floral lbeauty of Canada. wWORDS OF INSPIRATION Thought A Week For A People At War "We must leok to distant horizons in this war, for it is a conflict not only for the supremâ€" acy of our own people, but that the world may be better for all freedomâ€"lovin gpgople.!':â€" onorable R. B. Bennett, Chairman, CANAOIAN]|""" S __® __ocity of the mach Red Cross. t:ou:lll‘:::d‘l::?‘cuy of the machine Weeds are enemies of the gardens as well! C1 CCC as of the fields. The best way to handle them Steal 100 lbs. is to take them early, A brush with the rake will kill a seeding that would anon need a hea;vy\Sausage From l slash with the hoe. Meanwhile the growing weed w:::(:d be robbing the crop of moisture and | Waterloo SllOP | lant f | oo nmrreenommeecgnmaee P Povermmmrnmcsmesnase | Nenty-flv]e“ roll;w:)l;oocumm:: We wonder if the growing coâ€"operation of sausage, totalling & poun Hitler and Stalin had something to o with ihe on on (elp on firg desertion of No. 3 Nazli, Rudolff Hess. Hess wAS street south, Police Chief C. ? {regarded as responsible for portions of Mein Moreau reports. The thief or ‘Kampf which denounced Red Russia bitterly. thk;ve; ualne;ih:nt;:n:e (ll)y ‘oml:r. kN""'":, was at flr::to presenht:: to the world @8 §.y0f" discovered "lhe | breakâ€"in ‘a crusade against Communism, \ when he opened the shop this 4 Was this the reason Hess left Germany ? ‘;ornln(. Note and Comment Again at Council l Siaals how mhant Craig, who entered the court handcuffed to Joseph Feeney, Oriole Parkway, Toronto, was unâ€" shackled in court. Feeney was remanded another week at the request of the Crown on chnf: of armed robbery of the St. Jacobs bank and theft of a car at St. Jacobs. A week ago, defence counsel A. W. Boos waived preâ€" liminary hearing and Feeney was committed on charges of armed robbery of the Canadian Bank of Commerce at St. Clements, shootâ€" ing with intent to kill, and car theft at Brantford. John Charles Parkes, Toronto, was committed for trial by an bos â€" trate Blake a week ago on all five chargu-w ;_ arising out of the two bank A motorist ripped both front fenders from his machine w]{enAllg sideswiped a telephone pole and two trees on _oppo_glte_rsrirdg;_od i;ridg_qlag:rt road on Sunday mofnâ€" ing. accident was not report ing. Wm. Craig of Toronto Was Charged With Robbery of St. Jacobs Bank; Crown Drops Charges. SIDESWIPES TREES, POLE (Continued on Page 8) ~ of the Week McKersie, Honsberger, Daum To Contest Aldermanic Seat M.O.H. Gets 6 Months vY 1 Lfi mm main ie deerite uow 1 7 FWH LRZ *" not qualifgnare: Arthur Wagner, aI D &les Hnrr{ J. yder, Charles Moogk, l’flg Charles Ronnenberg and Howard sz tae wikay ‘According to Town Clerk Norâ€" man Bolduc, one of the lightest Pleading guilty to three separate|yotes in the history of Waterloo charges of illegal sale of morphine was polled at the byâ€"election in under Athe ODp:um and Nimfic.mâ€"â€":glpeg cent. Clerk Btohl- ._ William Geiger, ection notices agifo:twmloo. was unma:d ed town htllWednesdlny night. in e three months. â€" Crown Attorney W. P. Clement said he was urging neither severity or leniency. "It‘s strietl{ a matter. for the court to decide," he stated. Resigned Monday Night Dr. Geiger resigned as Waterloo M.O.H. at Monday night‘s town council meeting. â€" Breslau Farmer Said Improving Despite Injuries The Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Hospiâ€" tal reported yesterday that Robert V. Stark, 40â€"yearâ€"old Breslau farâ€" mer, is lmsrovlns after being near death since he was injured on April 30. _ Stark‘s chest was crushed when his tractor shoved him through a George Owen Johnson, M.C. Deputy Chief of Air Staff him. The farmer had cranked the machine, which was apparently still in gear. | before the Bench by A. W. Boos, \Schmidt‘s counsel, and the latter was allowed out on bail of $1,000. L‘I'he case is called for June 3rd, at \the general eounty sessions. _ _ _ neral ity se 8. 0_ County_ Judge E. W. Clement granted Jacob Schmidt of Waterâ€" loo a new trial when the latter apâ€" pealed on Tuesduy against the sentence of one year imposed upon him last week by Magistrate John R. Blake, on a sabotage charge. The motion of appeal was placed oys Emm n enei e e eecd ‘ _ Magistrate Blake _ convicted [Schmldt of doing wilful damage to “- 150â€"ton steel press at the Sunâ€" ‘shineâ€"Waterloo plant in Waterloo, ‘on March 26th. The plant was enâ€" gaged in production of war mateâ€" | rials. Schmidt was charged with Lovertaxing the giant press through latwmp\lng to cut more pieces of steel than capacity of the machine ‘could handle. (By Staf Writer) A threeâ€"cornered battle for Monâ€" day‘s aldermanic byâ€"clection in Waterloo was assured Wednesday Waterlco was assured Wednesday mu-mumm&u- fied for the contest before _»fl’ â€"The men will contest the council seat left vacant through the recent death of Ald, Walter W. Frickey. ‘This marks the second byâ€"election this year, the first taking place in February, to decide a successor to the council seat left vacant through the sudden death of Ald. Edgar Gies. Exâ€"Mayor McKersie and Edward Daum unsuccessfully contested the byâ€"election held in February. Exâ€" Deputy Reeve Honsberger retired last year, when deputy reeve. McKersie has had 10 years‘ exâ€" perience on council, and hegserved council experience. Daum has rot served on council. There were eight nominees for the council seat. The five who did 20 County Groups . Ipelarsad Marks Second Byâ€"Election This Year; 3 Qualify Out of 8 Nominees; Two Contested February Byâ€"Election. County Federations of Afiricul- ture are being offered a splendid gpormnlty on Friday next (May ) of becoming familiar with their business and aims in a proginc.i_al way, at the annual picnic and rally ofâ€"the Ontario Federation of Agriâ€"~ culture, to be held in Waterloo Park. Officials of the Waterloo Federaâ€" tion consider it a privilege to have the provincial organization, repreâ€" senting 20 organized Ontario counâ€" ties, select Waterloo for the setting of the event. Being central, this county is a suitable site for the affair, officials point out. The rally offers farmers an unexcelled opporâ€" tunity to discuss thgir‘pr?‘blems on a broad plane, and to hear outâ€" standing agyicultural speakers who will deal with a variety of subjects of current interest. Prominent Speakers _ Among _ the ers will be Prof. A. B. Mamd of the exâ€" tension department of St. Francis Kavier University at Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Minister of Agriculâ€" ture for Nova Scotia, Prof. Macâ€" Donald is also a director of the Nova Scotia Credit Union League. He is wellâ€"known as the man who 'unifled rural and urban ideas in the Maritimes. . _ Other speakers will be the Onâ€" tario Minister of Agriculture, Hon. P. M. Dewan, and H. H. Hannam, head of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. Chairman at the picâ€" nic and rally will be Harry Scott, Ontario Federation head, who is thoroughly versed on the subsvect of agricultural problems. The Waterâ€" loo County president, E. C. Hallâ€" man, will act in an introductory capacity during the day. Measles Epidemic Most Extensive Ever Experienced The epidemic of measles and German measles in Waterloo was reported at a meeting of the local board of health on Friday, to be the most extensive ever experâ€" ienced by the community. Cases are also numerous in Kitchener, ‘md were reported recently to be on the increase. ’ Dr. W. H. Hilliard, chairman of the Waterloo board, remembered when some years ago the first case to break out was subjected to strict isolation, and there were no further cases reported. During the following year, however, measles was nmgont Sanitary Inspector Reuben Clarke remarked upon inâ€" consistency of the disease, recallâ€" ing one year when 375 cases were reported, while in the following year there were only five. One case of parotyphoid fever was reported to the meeting. The victim is a woman *Whose husband contracted the discase about five years ago, it was pointed out. It was reported to the board that 94 Waterloo elementary school children have received vaccinaâ€" |uon against smalipox, during the past two weeks. . $1.00 per Year ers will be five