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CASH or OTTAWA.â€"Defence Minister Ralston told the House of Commons today that the recruiting campaign had brought in 32 per cent. of the 32,000 men for whom an appeal was issued recently, or a total of 10,344 men. Col. Ralston opened the campaign with a radio address on May 11, and it was to run two months. RECRUITING CAMPAIGN GETS 32% RETURN NAZI AIR ATTACKS LONDON.â€"Nazi raiders blasted at Britain early today in lho& sharp attacks which were the heaviest in several weeks while waves the Royal Air Force dropped bombs on Calais, Boulogne and gun posiâ€" tions at Cap Gris Nez in return strokes. |__ _ _ _ _ _ _ * . _German raiders darted over London, the Midlands, the northwest and north but nowhere was damage reported severe. NEARLY AT SYRIA‘S CAPITAL LONDON.â€"Charging behind British tanks and armored cars, heavily reirforced Free French troops today drove almost to the outâ€" skirts of ancient Damascus, capital of Syria, after only four days of warfare in the States of Levant. Late in the day the Free French troops attacked violently to the east of Kissoue, 12 miles south of Syria‘s largest city, in an attempt to drive around the Vichy forces‘ defences. Vichy sources claimed they encountered stubborn resistance. WILLKIE SEES U.S. IN DANGER Willkie, speaking at a luncheon of the United China Relief Orâ€" ganization, said he did not know much about China, but became inâ€" terested in China "primarily because I see the rim of freedom in the bwlorld shrinking. I see it shrinking in my own country. It makes me ue." , NEW YORK.â€"Wendell L. Willkie declared that if the United States "does not take some action definitely and immediately, we may find ourselves surrounded on all sides by forces which eventually will crush this freedomâ€"this freedom we hold so precious." _ e CAIRO.â€"Small British naval parties landed on the Lebanese coast to seize control of bridges and other vital points ahead of the Allied troops advancing on the capital of Beirut, it was reported here. Some of these units were reported to have seized the bridge over the Litani River, 40 miles south of Beirut, when proâ€"Vichy troops tried to destroy it. They held it and facilitated the crossing of the British and Free French land forces. v-“\'li'éi{-‘}.:‘-n-'cgfi;r;le:r ‘."\_&mâ€"ir'ai ._,e;;‘. i)arlan last night appealed to France for unreserved support for his policy of collaboration with Germany in building a "new Europe". _ â€" s ooo BRITISH SEIZE VITAL POINTS * DARLAN APPEALS FOR SUPPORT _ Darlan, who in his last message to Frenchmen delivered a bitter attack against Britain, did not even mention the spread of the war to Frenchâ€"mandated Syria in his broadcast last night. R.A.F. SMASHES NAZI SHIPPING LONDON.â€"Dodging through antiâ€"aircraft fire and low clouds, Royal Air Force bombers made widespread attacks on Nazi shipping along the Eurepéean coast from France to Norway and fought aerial battles with protecting Nazi fighters, the Air Ministry announced today. ___ A communique said four bombers were lost during these operations angd at least one Nazi fighter was destroyed and several others damâ€" aged. â€" DECLARE U.S. SHIP TORPEDOED RIO DE JANEIRO.â€"Survivors of the sunken United States ship Robin Moor declared she was "torpedoed by a German submarine" in the South Atlantic, Capt. Waldemar Lucio Pereira, skipper of the rescuing Brazilian steamer Ozorio, wirclessed The Associated Press. _ Fortyâ€"six persons, inncluding three women and one child, were aboard the Robin Moor when she went down on May 21. The Ozorio picked up 11 of them. _ _ CAPTURE ANCIENT TYRE LONDON.â€"Advancing bchind the stcel snouts of 20th century tanks over dusty lands older than recorded history, British and Free French forces were announced officially to have captured Tyre and to be driving on almost unimpeded toward Damascus and Beirut, main cities of French mandated Syria and Lebanon. 6 MAY CURTAIL GAS DISTRIBUTION TORONTO.â€"â€"G. R. Cottrelle, federal oil controller, said in an interâ€" view here tonight that there will be a curtailment .of distribution of gasoline and oil "in the near future" but current reports of an anticiâ€" pated price Increase of one or two cents a gallon on gasoline are based on "pure speculation". _ 10 _ He said ncither he nor fedcral authoritics in Ottawa could say now what form restrictions would take. SINK U.S. MERCHANT SHIP RIO DE JANEIRO.â€"The 4,999â€"ton United States merchant shlg Robin Moor, carrying cight passengers and a crew of 38, was sun! south of the Cape Vordec Islands in the Atlantic about midway between Brazil and West Africa on May 21. and 27 crewmen and the passengers are missing, it was reported here today. _ _ BRITISHâ€"FREE FRENCH ADVANCE ANKARA.â€"The Turkish Government will observe a hands off policy toward invaded Syria, taking only such action as is necessary to defend its own national frontiers, the British embassy was reliably informed today LOAN AHEAD OF SCHEDULE BRITAIN HEARS TURKEY‘S STAND HAIFA, Palestine. ritishâ€"Free French advance into Syria has attained an average depth 35 to 40 miles, it was indicated here, with the Allied forces still éncountering only scattered centres of resistance. 4 P â€" â€"_ ‘Reports reaching here said that a "considerable number" of French officers and men had joined the ranks of the Free French forces while others, without aligning themselves, simply ceased resistance. OTTAWA.â€"At the close of the first week‘s campai lng at noon Saturday, 254,237 individual investors had subscribed fznn, 22,800 to Canada‘s $600,000,000 Victory Loan 1941, national loan headquarters announced last night . â€" 0_ George W. Spinney, chairman of the Dominion loan executive, said Saturday‘s total, "surprising for only a half day‘s business," was $45,104,100, compared with the daily average of $33,000,000 needed to put the loan over IF YOU CAN‘T ENLIST BUY VICTORY BONDS NOW WORLD‘S WEEK Wednesday Thursday T HE Tuesday Monday Urge Residents To Stand Behind Homeâ€"Coming Week _ Necessitv of Ontario residents inâ€" viting their "friends and relatives" in the United States to visit their native province during "Homeâ€" Coming Week" (June u-{uly 6), was stressed at the recent banquet of the Waterloo Retail Merchants‘ Association by A. H. Wilford of Toronto, representing the Ontario Travel and Publicity Bureau. THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE Predicts "Promising Euture For Canadian Live Stock Men Vol. 84, No. 24 Waterloo is one of those scores of munlcflnlltlel in the province which will invite former residents now living in the U.S.A. to reâ€" acquaint themselves with â€" old friends and old scenes during the specified week. The munlcipallty s OO ENS LILE uisicsina: aoin hopes that those interested will make\every effort to avoid making their Arip over the July 4th weekâ€" end, ‘so that they might cross the b;)rder before the heavy traffic beâ€" gins. . Canada needs U.S. tourist dollars, Mr. Wilford stressed to the merâ€" chants‘ banquet; needs them not only because of the war and its subsequent heavy expenses, but beâ€" cause of the tremendous drop seen in tourist tradé last year. "It is said that our tourist busiâ€" ness shrunk from $300 million to $80 million. The matter is serious," the speaker pointed out. He indiâ€" cated that attempts had been made in the United States through travel bureaus to discourage travel beâ€" tween the two countries, pointing out that in one important instance, numerous people "who would have come to Canada were frightened Into Northern Michigan". Mr. Wilford stated that travel policies of both the Dominion and provincial governments have been "too indefinite" to be satisfactorily people to send a "special invitation" effective, and appealed to the through Ontario‘s weekly newsâ€" papers to former residents in the United States, requesting their coâ€" operation in connection with Homeâ€" Coming Week. He revealed that "there are "74 weeklies doing someâ€" thing about it", and appealed to weekly newspaper readers to forâ€" ward such copies to those across the border who might be interested to learn of their "special invitation". "There are $75 millions going into the United States for every $30 milâ€" lions returning to us in Canada," Mr. Wilford pointed out, emphaâ€" sizing once again the need for tourist cash in Canada. More than one hundred Ontario municipaliâ€" ties, including Waterloo;, are going "all out" this summer in connection with the Homecoming Week idea which had its genesis a short time ago in Orillia. Each municipality of the hunâ€" dred, through a committee of leading citizens and the direct effort of individuals, endeavours to get in touch with former residents now living in the United States. An invitation is extended to themâ€"and to their friends as well â€"to come home to Ontario during the first week of July. This particular time was decided upon for two reasons: Canada‘s national holiday, the first, and America‘s national holiday, the fourth, fall in the same weekâ€"in the latter case on a Friday. It is also a period when Ontario enjoys its most favourable weatherâ€"of the year from the standpoint of outâ€"ofâ€"doors recreation. Stressed in these invitations is the opporâ€" tunity Homecoming Week will provide to meet old friends, to see the old, onceâ€"familiar places and to enjoy a grand Ontario vacation. Each town, village and hamlet in Ontario| LaAXinou, often called "the Bernhardt of has its quota of former citizens who now live| Athens." in the United States ; it is estimated that in the, m zn Detroit area alone there are today ~more than| THEY TALK EVEN MORE 200,000 former Ontarians and their families. Since the outbreak of war, Canadiansâ€"for In the past we used to be able to visit back and 12 consecutive years rated as the world's‘ forth at will, but the war has changed all that. greatest telephone talkersâ€"have been doing Today, Canadians must stay at home conserving" more calling than ever before, according to American funds for war purchases across the figures just released by the statistical departâ€" border. \ment of the American Telephone and Telegraph If every Ontario citizen were to write to Company. These figures bring the record up to saix friends or relatives in the United States\ January 1, 1940. lextending an ipvitation for a visit this summer, On the average, each person in Canada in this country would benefit to an incalculable| 1939 placed 246.3 telephone calls, as compared extent, far and above any immediate monetary | with 235 the previous year. Canada is followed consideration. We need missionary work done by the United States with 231.5 conversations over there. Sinister forces have been active in per capita in 1939, Denmark with 189.5, Sweden the U.S. to discourage travel in Canadaâ€"and sadwith 189, and Norway with 96.1. Let‘s Get Behind This Idea‘! Travel Bureau Representative Addresses Waterloo Retail Merchants; Asks Support To Bring Tourist Trade Dollars to Canada. The Chronicle (1‘y Staff Wouter) icde‘s EDITTORIALS _ The 1941 International Live| !Stock Exposition and Grain Show | will be held at Chicago from Novâ€"| ‘ember 29 to December 6 inclusive. | ‘In the becf cattle, sheep, swine,‘ {horse and other competitions, the value of the cash ‘prizes will total | over $100,000. The class for grade lambs from Western ewes in the carlot division will be eliminated, | and two classes for range lambs in the carlot Division instituted,‘ \one for lambs weighing under 90| 1b., and the other for lambs weighâ€" Lauding the work ~of weekly ‘UIC newspapers in connection with the The event project, the speaker paused to pay“‘“he““fl of tribute to The Watérloo Chronicle, Hon. M. F. B which he described as "one of the Mier, will be finest weeklies in the province". _ Eram of mt The meeting elected Elroy Shantz C‘UCiInf Dand music, Nas Decn a*~ as president of the Waterloo Retail "anged. There will also be educaâ€" Merchants‘ Association. He sucâ€" tional exhibits, and a full line of ceeds L. A. Boppre, who was chairâ€" SPOrts. man of the evening. Mayor W. D. The program commences at 11 Brill was elected viceâ€"president, a.m., and all who are able are reâ€" Orley‘ Uffelman, secretary, and quested to attend and make the Harvey Massel, treasurer. rally the "largest and biggest yet". arvrummzn A total of 8,000 attended the event WATERLOO BAND FESTIVAL ‘last year Waterloo‘s famous annual Band â€" Coffee Festival at Waterloo Park will be |Vided at heard on June 28th, and although A!though warâ€"time may affect the event Quested ! this year, the usual crowd of 20,â€" *2!"°". 000 or more is anticipated. * ~ S1 Live Stock Show Chicago, Nov. 29 ing from 90 to 100 lb. each. ' The most important change to be made in the cattle department is the recasting of fihe weight classes for steers as follows: a class for steers weighing 700 lb. and under 900 lb.; a second class for steers weighing 900 lb. and under 1,050 lb.; and a medium heavy class for steers weighing from 1,050 lb. tb 1,150 lb. The heavy class will reâ€" main the same as in past years, namely, 1,150 lb. to 1,400 lb. It is expected that, as in previous years, there will be many entries from Canada. Largest Circulation of any Waterloo County Weekly Newspaper to relate, they have met with much success. Stories have been spreadâ€"and believedâ€"that Americans cannot enter or leave Canada without passports, that they are liable to internment once here, that their personal effects, cameras, etc., are subject to confiscation, that gasoline is either unobtainable or strictly rationed, that food is poor and scarce, that Canada does not want visitors while she is at war. No amount of paid advertising has been able to remove in toto the full effects of this campaign upon the mind of the prospective visitor. But your letters can help tremendously. WORDS OF INSPIRATION A Thought A Week For A People At War ‘"‘Many people do not yet realize that this is a war of ideas. No compromise is possible with the Nazis. They regard all concessions as signs of weakness. Nor will they ever underâ€" stand that because of its spiritual quality Engâ€" land will never be beaten. â€"Madame Katina Paxinou, often called "the Bernhardt of Athens." Note and Comment WarterLroo, Oxtario, Framar, June 13, 1941 The Week in. Pictures / An event of interest to farmers (By Staff Writer) A government conciliation board meeting here to inquire into freâ€" _quent Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo laborâ€" mana%t,ament disputes, adjourned |late Wednesday to reconvene on ; Monday. Judge MacGibbon, chairâ€" man of the board, foresaw at the time of adjournment possibility Coffee and ice cream will be proâ€" vided at the tables free of charge, although those attending are reâ€" quested to provide their own conâ€" tainer, and their Junch. \that the labor disagreements would be settled before the board ‘met again. The hearing began on Monday, with the board‘s powers widened to those of factâ€"finding and inquiry. i _Fred G. Gardiner, K.C., Toronto, spokesman for all the industrial Icompanies involved, pointed out in an address to the board yesterday afternoon that on suggestion of M. M. Maclean, Canadian Congress of \Labor executive at Ottawa, "we have been endeavoring to arrive at ' (Continued on Page 8) takes place in the form of a proâ€" vincial farm rally, at Southside Park, Woodstock, on June 19th. The event takes place under ausâ€" K’Ices of the Ontario Concentrated ilk Producers‘ Association and the Ontario Federation of Agriculâ€" Ontario Farm Rally At Woodstock, June 19 Hon. M. F. Hepburn, Ontario‘s pre mier, will be guest speaker. A proâ€" gram of mixed entertainment inâ€" cluding band music, has been arâ€" ranged. There will also be educaâ€" tional exhibits, and a full line of Conciliation Board Of Some Settlement Waterloo Council Tuesday night authorized Mayor Brill to arrange for the entertainment of the Kent Regiment platoon during its visit to Waterloo today. The platoon will arrive Friday morning and remain until Saturday morning. The mayor asked members of Council to join in welcoming the unit. TO ENTERTAIN TROOPS ICH CAN YOU civeE? c of of the Week Farm at Ridgetown, stressed late Wednesday that there is "a great future for livestock on the North cattle. In my estimation, there is a very promising day ahead for liveâ€" S ctker as tht atpast Walthes er County Joint Live Stock Field Day, held at Fountain Park, New Hamâ€" burg. Nearly 700, comprising liveâ€" stock breeders and their families, attended the event. Canada Will Be Supply Base, Prof. Steckley Tells Farmers Many Will Attend Police "Spithire" Bingo On Monday All indications point to a big sucâ€" cess in store for the "Bingo" ?on-i sored by the Waterloo Police Spitâ€" fire Fund, which takes place on iMonday at the town market build-i ng. : Proceeds go to the Canadian Police Spitfire Fund, which was established to purchase a fighter plane to help the Dominion war effort. Chief of Police Ernest C. Moreau points out that the plane is to be manned by a Canadian policeâ€" Elderly Woman Falls Down Stairs And Fractures Leg NEW DUNDEE. â€" Mrs. Henry Einwachter who is over 80 years of age had the misfortune of falling down the stair steps at her home two and oneâ€"half miles west of the village earl{ Tuesday morning and fracturing her left leg above the ankle. The accident occurred when Mrs. Einwachter suffered a dizzy spell. Her many friends wish her a speedy recovery. * Retuge Home Cow Completes Record The Jersey cow, Refuge Gipsy‘s Flower, owned and tested by the Waterloo County House of Refuge, Kitchener, has recently completed a sglendid record of 11,273 lbs. of milk, 656 lbs. of fat, with an averâ€" age test of 5.82% as a junior four year old in 305 days, and has been awarded a gold and silver medal certificate by the Canadian Jersey Cattle Club. > _ Refuge Eva, as a junior two year old, has produced 7,789 lbs. of milk, 471 lbs. of fat, testing 6.05% in 365 Soiling Crops Are Valuable For Milk are of considerable value in ing up: milk flow, p‘l’fitlh;el:fy. when pasture is scarce, says TEDRI PBOLILC I9 WWEDERE UHSCOCOT Ontario Dept. of A{riculture. There is little wastage of feed and large amounts of feed can be grown on a small acreage. Corn is one of the best ?:ips under the heading of green feeds. It is available at a season when many crops have matured. It is a heavy yielder; is readily eaten either as long or cut corn and for a soiling crop. it is easy to handle. Furthermore, any excess can be ensiled with the regular corn crop. To rrovlde green corn for sumâ€" mer feeding, simply increase the acreage of corn grown for silage purposes. Use the same varieties of seed at the same rate per acre Oats and peas seeded at the rate of two bushels of oats and oneâ€"half to one bushel of peas ‘ger acre is also‘ a combination at makes Splendid, useful prizes good green feed. This mixture is available earlier in the season than green corn. Start to cut when the (Continued on Page 6) Soiling crops fed as green feed 600 â€" 700 Attend Annual Joint Live Stock Meet Held at New Hamburg; Judge Five Livestock Classes. (By Chronicle Correspondent) (By Staf Writer) County News at To Supply Livestock For Europe "I doubt if any of us realize fully the times through which we are passing. I don‘t mean a terrible war, but the times with regard to liveâ€" stock operations," Prof. Steckley stated. He pointed out that "we may look forward to times ahead when we will be sugplying liveâ€" stock to Europe, and to Britain, herself. "The breeders of good livestock will have their innings after the Fine Standard For Bond Investors A 15â€"yearâ€"old Kitchener lad who lives on Heins Ave., but whose name loan officials have been reâ€" quested to withhold, might well be regarded as a fine standard for Canadian . patriotism. C Officials revealed that this boy has invested his $50 hardâ€"earned savings in a Victory Loan Bond. Since the campaign was launched, the {'oung investor put on a drive of his own to boost his savings to the required $50. According to officials, this was achieved by deâ€" livering parcels at the market on 15â€"Year Old Sets Saturdays, and peddling papers. The North Waterloo Objective was neared this week with the $10 million investment by The Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Waterloo. This, despite the fact the campaign is only in its second week. resent war," he went on, explainâ€" ng that destruction of so much Lieut. Governor Honors Twin City His Honor Lieut.â€"Governor and Mrs. Matthews honored the Kitchâ€" ener Local Council of Women on Wednesday afternoon by attending their garden party at the Chicopee home of Lieutâ€"Col. Harvey J. Sims, K.C. On their arrival, they were received by Mrs. G. A. Heaâ€" ther, president of the Local Counâ€" cil of Women, and Col. Sims, who is honorary lieutenantâ€"colonel of the Scots Fusiliers. Brigadler J. D. MacDonald, D.S.0., M.C., of London, was a speâ€" cial guest at the affair. Other miâ€" litary officials, including Lieutâ€" Col. Harold Ballantyne, commandâ€" ing officer at No. 10 Basic Training Centre here, were among the guests. In addition to military officials, the following were among_ those who were presented to Lieut.â€" Governor and_ _ Mrs. Matthews: Mayor Joseph Meinzinger of Kitâ€" chener; Mayor W. D. Brill of Waâ€" terloo; Senator W. D. Euler, L. O. Breithaupt, M.P., (North Waterloo) and J._ Albert: Smith, ML.A., (North Waterloo). . _ 0 Arrangements for the special event were made by Mrs. David Gross, convener of the social comâ€" mittee. Mrs. D. S. Bowlby and Miss E. Lillian Breithaupt were in charge of the tables and flowers. B‘rai Nith, a local organization, was in charge of the mystery table‘, which was a feature of the event. Sells Papers, Delivers Parcels To Buy Victory Bond Mrs.. Mau'{‘l Kaufman, Mrs. E. W. Clement, Mrs. A. R. Kaufman, Mrs. A. F. Bauman and Mrs. Kenneth Sims. Those who poured tea are as follows: Mrs. W. D. Euler, Mrs. L. O. Breithaupt, Mrs. J. A. Smith, An address on "Christian Misâ€" sions" was given by Mrs. N. E. Dahms of Roseville, former misâ€" sionary to China. at a meeting ing Monday night of Emmanuel Evangelical Scnior League. Jean Kellerman, who conducted the worâ€" ship, based it on the theme "The Light of the World." The rmgnm also included a solo by Hilda Umâ€" bach and a duet by Marie and Gladys Dubrick FORMER MISSIONARY HEARD (Continued on Page 8) (By Staff Writer) $1.00 per Year