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THURSDAY | EBCOWA " e " Sermgm MOSCOW. â€" A German fences west of lm&c the Russian central armies into reâ€" treat, it was acknowledged officialâ€" crisis for the Soviet capital adâ€"| Mr. Shilling, accompanied by mittedly at hand. 1n.aymond Hinschberger, also of The communique announced this Kitchener, were hunting in the -w&e‘rincblowwflufiedmmmanunms-my of centre was issued two Of afterndon. Mr. mmch\:xc reâ€" three hours later than the USU@! turned to the car first while fiotâ€"mjdnight report by the Soviet'wu-un‘ for his partner, a motorist formation Bureau. linformed him of a dead man on gim i&r'g: thSeo\l"l‘:t“ gpig adâ€" R.A.F. Blasts Occupied France LONDON.â€"The Royal Air Force, said to be tying up more than half of Germany‘s fighter strenfith by its western air offensive, blasted tonight at the Nazt armed and occupied French coast from Bouâ€" logne to Dunkirk for the third consecutive evening. Will Arm U.S. Merchant Ships WASHINGTON. â€" Revision of the Neutrality Act to permit the armx‘n% of United States merchant ships for protection against "modâ€" ern pirates" won unusually prompt approval of two House of Repreâ€" sentative committees today, and administration â€" leaders predicted the House would fass the legislaâ€" tion on Friday with at least 100 votes to spare. ‘ Axis Troops Flee Guerrillas ANKARA.â€"Serb and Monteneâ€" gran guerrilla activities have beâ€" come so intense that Italian troops in former Yugoslav territory have withdrawn â€" principally into the larger cities while the German garrisons are calling for more help, wellâ€"informed sources with good connections in the conquered area said tonight. Another "English Channel" _ play in those tasks." 000000 NEW YORK.â€"The Moscow raâ€" _ The minister, who arrived in dio exhorted Red armies tonight to London yesterday after crossing become "the English Chaninel" of the Atlantic by plane, said he deâ€" the eastern front. sired to get firstâ€"hand information "Hitler tried to capture London so that arrangements could be and later said that 21 miles of Engâ€" | made for Canada‘s future contriâ€" nc PR CCO0!, wcavanted it" saif bution on air, land and sea. "Hitler tried to capture London and later said that 21 miles of Engâ€" lish Channel prevented it," said the broadcast. "Our army now must become the Englisn Chanâ€" nel." The broadcast was picked up here by CBS from the BBC. May Ration Gasoline WINNIPEG.â€"G. B. Webster, of Ottawa. assistant Dominion oil controller, said in an interview here that there is a possibility raâ€" tioning of gasoline for Canadian motorists will be necessary "withâ€" in two or three months". ‘Round The Clock Attack LONDON.â€"British and Canadâ€" ian fllers carried the war in the air to the Norwegian coast and into the skies of Occupied France today despite a curtain of antiâ€"airâ€" craft and cannon fire that tore Uâ€"Boats Avoid Convoys gaping holes in their planes. It was a continuing offensive went on roundâ€"theâ€"clock. REYKJAVIK, Iceland.â€"Not a| single ship has been lost to Gerâ€"| man submarine attack west of Iceâ€" ‘ land since the United States anâ€"| nounced its decision on September | 15 to convoy leaseâ€"lend goods| through the Western Atlantic as far as this island, British naval, sources said today. \| TUESDAY | Report Nazi Onslaught Slowed| MOSCOW. â€" The Russians anâ€" | nounced early today the retreat of| Red forces from Vyazma, key raili junction 125 miles west of Moscow, but frontâ€"line dispatches said a steady flow of veteran reinforceâ€" ments had slowed, although not yet stopped, the German onslaught against the Soviet capital. Rushing U.S. Supplies to Soviet WASHINGTON.â€"In an apparent effort to encourage Russian res.:tâ€" ance to the vast German offensive, President Roosevelt proclaimed to the world today that the United States was rushing large amount of supplies to help the Soviet Union‘s "brave defence." Call For Further Aid LONDONâ€"â€"A call '0'. more di_‘gruul AOUCCICUE 'naau EPRNERN NCR 2C rect Britishâ€"United States action to ernment previously had agreed to aid embattled Russia was heard in pay. many _ quarters tonight despite In Line With U.S. Prices. . authoritative assertions that the‘ _ In the matters of meats, the inâ€" German drive on Moscow had been formant said, it would be necesâ€" slowed and may even bog down 70 Sary to. keep maximum prices in or 80 miles from Moscow. line with those in the United ; j States If the ceiling were set Rumor British Force In Russia higher than those across the borâ€" STOCKHOLM. â€" The Stockholm der, then the export of live cattle afternoon newspaper Aftonbladet to the United States would fall off published yesterday â€" a Helsinki and cause a surplus in Canada; if dispatch saying it was rumored "in set too low abnormal. exports well informed circles" in Helsinki would result. that a British Expeditionary Corps So far as farm products are conâ€" had been for some time at Archâ€" cetned it was said that, while no angel, Russia‘s Arctic port. minimum prices are planned, the JB ME IEROCLLOLLA Wolth unsinue hnards in the Avricultipa P00 Nee ie enen d c e oe on ce e Ne ct This report was received with considerable skepticism in Stockâ€" holm, and in London_aumoritative WORLD‘S WEEK Stories of heroism on the part of Canadian airmen were told in press despatches received Wednesâ€" day. These accounts from yet anâ€" other indication of the prominent role being played by Canadians in the air battles overseas. w2 Pmd No oR en e se s Ew T Canadian airmen were told in| The Air Ministry announcement press despatches received Wednesâ€"|said Wing Commander Kent "has day. These accounts from yet anâ€"‘led his wing in an efficient and other indication of the prominent *fparless manner in operational sorâ€" role being played by Canadians in | ties within the last two months." the air battles overseas. ”l'he Canadian is credited with thirâ€" A bar to the Distinguished Flyâ€"| teen enemy planes destroyed and ing Crtoss he won last year in the | three probably destroyed. Battle of Britain has been awarded| An Ottawa announcement reâ€" Wing Commander J. A. Kent of |vealed that Leading Aircraftman Winnipeg He also holds the Virâ€" P. C. Conlin of Victoria, B.C.. and tuti Militari the Polish equivalent C. R. James of Seamans, Sask , of the Victoria Cross. A London have been awarded the_ British despatch told Wednesday of the Empire Medal, Military Division, latest award to the Canadian airâ€" [for bravery. They earned the man. It was given ‘in recognition awards in Canada and are still in of gallantry displayed in fiying opâ€" the Dominion as members of ar erations against the enemy " (Continued on Page 8) Stories of Heroism Told In Despatches wWEDNESDAY (Continued on Page 8) T HE ';nd listed three reasons for his trip to cted Britain at a Ministry of Informaâ€" islaâ€" tion press conference on Tuesday, 100 but the Canadian defence minister , assured correspondents that his visit "has no special significance at ‘waiting for his partner, a motorist ‘informed him of a dead man on ‘the road. !lere'ncedhisnerlto |find the bot_iy of Mr. Shilling lying ‘on the road. Hunter Drops Deadl + On Bamberg Road |/ z. a of Kitchener d way to his car, Defence Minister Lists Reasons For British Trip The minister went to the M.O.I. ‘after a busy morning at Canadian military headquarters where he arâ€" ‘rived early at an office assigned him and conferred with Gen. Monâ€" ; tague and headquarters officers. _ all." _ He told British, Empire and forâ€" eign correspondents that he: _ _ 1. Wanted to see Canada‘s fightâ€" ing forces; 2. Consult Ltâ€"Gen. A. G. L. Mcâ€" Naughton, Canadian corps comâ€" mander, and Maj.â€"Gen. P. J. Monâ€" tague, chief of Canadian military headquarters, on "a good many matters of organization and adâ€" administration," and 3. Review the tasks of the army in war "and the part which the Canadian army can most usefully _ Maj.â€"Gen. H. D. G. Crerar, chief of the Canadian general staff, who accompanied Col. Ralston to Britâ€" ain, visited the war office during the morning. Announce Ottawa Will Set ; Commodity Price Peak Soon| OTTAWA.â€"A Government proâ€" gram to provide for fixed ceilings for most. commodity prices, addiâ€" tional acreage bonuses to prairie grain growers and full freight payâ€" ments on Western feed grain movâ€" \ ‘The bonuses and freight payâ€" ‘ments will bring to $110,000,000 the assistance Canadian farmers will receive fr®m the Federal Treasury for this year‘s crop. ing East will be announced this week, an authoritative source statâ€" ed last night. The Wartime Prices and Trade Board will have the responsibility of fixing the ceiling on prices, this informant said. Generally the ceiling prices will be on finished products rather than raw materiais. For instance, the price of flour will be frozen instead of wheat, the price of meats â€" instead â€" of â€" live _ aniâ€" LONDON.â€"Hon. J. L. Ralston mals .the price of finished manuâ€" factured goods instead of the maâ€" terials which go into their manuâ€" facture. â€" The $110,000,000 figure includes payments already provided for unâ€" der the Prairie Farm Assistance Act and the wheat acreage reducâ€" tion bonuses along with oneâ€"third of the freight on Western feed grain moving East which the Govâ€" ernment previously had agreed to So far as farm products are conâ€" cetned it was said that, while no minimum prices are planned, the various boards in the Agriculture Department probably will see to it that there is no great spread beâ€" (Continued on Page 8) Destroyed 13 Planes. (By Ohronicle Correspondent) An Ottawa announcement reâ€" vealed that Leading Aircraftman P. C. Conlin of Victoria, B.C.. and C. R. James of Seamans, Sask, have been awarded the British Empire Medal, Military Division, for bravery. They earned the awards in Canada and are still in the Dominion as members of an (Continued on Page 8) Will Fix Celling on Finished Products, and Grant Acreage Bonuses To Prairie Grain Growers. 20,000 Fans Break Record At Internationl Plow Maich NEW HAMBURG.â€" Mr. Ben S. Roth, who resides on the outskirts of New Hamburg, brought in a branch loaded with large juicy raspberries which he picked from his garden. They were unusually well developed and fully ripened. Aunual Mennonite S. School Meeting Of Wilmot Tshp. Freak Raspberries At New Hamburg NEW DUNDEE. â€"The annual‘! Sunday School meeting of the , Mennonite Churches of Wilmol} township was held at the Blenâ€"| heim Church on Thanksgiving| Day. â€" Representatives from | Six churches were in attendance to hear the inspirational messages| that were presented throughout‘ the day. © | The devotions at the morning session were in charge of Bishop Moses Schmidt of Rosebank and a praise service was conducted by the local pastor, Rev. Moses N. Baer. Rev. Curtis Cressman of New â€" Hamburg delivered . the Thanksgiving sermon The afternoon devotional period was led by Rev. Lorne Schmitt of Mannheim after which Rev. M. H. (Continued on Page 8) The health of Canadians is of vital concetn and will play an important part in the fight for freedom and liberty and democracy, declared Hon. G. Howard Ferguson, former prime minister of Ontario, who recently accepted the Ontario chairmanship of the Health League of Canada financial campdign for $150,000 opening in nine centres of Ontario and Queâ€" bec on Nov. 15th Mr. Ferguson pointed out that although the work of the Health League of Canada does not come under the list of war service organizations sponsored and authorized by the department of national war serâ€" vices under the War Charities Act, the health of the Canadian people is a vital factor in the successful prosecution of the war In an organization meeting held recently, Hon. Charles McCrea. former minister of mines for Onâ€" tario, accepted the chairmanship for the Toronto! campaign which has an objective of 865.000.00.1 Ontario will seek $100,000.00. Quebec‘s share of the’ campaign is $50,000.00 . Mr J. S McLean and Mr.i J M. MacDonnell are Ontario viceâ€"chairmen I Held at With the dates of the campaign, November 15â€"30, the Health League of Canada will conduct their camâ€" paign in Toronto, Hamilton, London, Windsor, Otâ€" tawa Montreal, Quebec. SAorbrooke and Three Rivers, Local committees will be set up in each centre. Mr. T. L. Anderson. of Toronto, has been named chairman of the National Publicity Committee Mr. Lione]l E Brittle is Organizing Director of the campaign (By Chronicle Correspondent) In Toronto & number of prominent business men The Chronicle The Canadian Army Tank Brigade now in Britain have been given their first new tanks for further training. They have been lucky in being among the first to receive the latest type. In this photograph heavy tanks of a French and. Englishâ€"speaking battalion from Quebec Province are lined up in mass formation. tBy Chronicle Correspondent) HEALTH OF VITAL CONCERN Ek :. s t x se t o. 6 yare i C l ;1._“.. CANADIAN "CATMEN" HANDLE NEW TANKS icle‘s EDITITORIA LS i Chief Constable E. C. Moreau ‘told The Chronicle today that the {law prohibiting the shooting of air | guns within the town limits of Waâ€" Delegates Fill N. Hamburs Church at Ladies‘ Aid Rally Chief Moreau Gives Warning To Boys With Air Guns from residents .wlose windows were broken by air gun pellets, acâ€" cording to the chief. _ S "Boys must remember that shooting their air guns within the town limits is against the law, and that if they are found breaking this law they are liable to prosecuâ€" tion," Chief Moreau stressed. Seizure of two pinâ€"ball tables at the Safeway Market and the West End Pool Room on King St., Kitchâ€" ener, followed the arrest by city police on Saturday of two juvenâ€" iles, charged with theft of nine dolâ€" The â€" two _ 13â€"yearâ€"old _ boys charged with theft of money from the dime bank played the pinâ€"bail machines in the two stores, losing most of the allegedly stolen dimes at the game, police state. Crown Attorney W. P. Clement issued inâ€" structions to seize the machines will be asked to each approach five or six firms or individuals for donations for the health educational drive. Industry will be asked for a substantial share of the objective, because it is in industry where the greatest loss occurs through sickness. Dr. Gordon Bates, General Director of the Health League of Canada, states that every day 50,000 men are away from their jobs because of sickness. Eight to ten times more men are off work through sickness than through accidents, he said The work of the Health League is purely eduâ€" cational. It maintains an extensive education proâ€" gram through the press, movies, leaflets, lectures, radio, magazine and exhibits. Women, Women! Women fight in Russian armies â€" women work in Detroit auto plants â€"women work on planes in California â€" women join Canadian Auxiliary Forces. â€" If this keeps on and the war lasts a year or two,. women will make the peace terms What It Means According to Preside@t Roosevelt, the sinking of a small freighter carrying Leaseâ€"Lend goods to Britain robbed us, among other things of enough cheese produced from the milk of 2000 cows in a year, the pork from 8,000 hogs, powdered and evaporated milk from 1,*82,000 quarts, and tractors enough to plow 7158 acres in a day WarerLoo, Oxtam1o, Frmar, Octoser 17, RLOO CHRONICLE NOTE AND COMMENT NEW HAMBURG.â€"Over 500 deâ€" legates and pastors filled Trinity Lutheran Church on Wednesday afternoon and evening for the anâ€" nual rally of the Ladies Aid Soâ€" ciety of the Western District of the Canada Lutheran Synod. ~â€"Fhirtyâ€"nine~~outside ~~ societies were represented, coming from all parts of Western Ontario. Kitchener and Waterloo Societies chartered three buses to convey their delegates to the meeting, while others came by motor car. Evening Program The evening program consisted of a rally service in which Rev. A. Lotz of St. Peter‘s Church, Kitchâ€" ener was the guest speaker. He gave an inspiring sermon. Lotz ofi St. Peters Church, mncn-i The thief proved to be a large ener was thg _guest speaker. He brown owl with a wing spriad; gave an infpiniis sermon ‘measuring four feet four inches At St. Peter‘s In ‘42 . [ and eyesglike eggs. The invitation of St. Peter‘s Luâ€"| ‘The bird was first seen by Mrs. theran Church at Kitchener, t0|jyantzi who had gone to the henâ€" hold next year‘s convention in that |pouse to feed the chickens. It was church was gratefully accepted. feasting on some of the slain The program concluded with the ‘chicken when discovered. singing of the National Anthem. Apparently â€" awaiting â€" its next More Than 500 Delegates And Pastors at Trinity Lutheran Church (By Chronicle Correspondent) A bus of the Week ran Synod. _ â€" _ ‘"“;g others use of ons Pictl)::‘tlt; ie . Scincicn 1 ir wEom were plowing in the ‘Runaway Team Thrills Crowd _ As Horses Bolt Down Hishway PETERBOROUGH. â€" An estimâ€" ated 20,000 furrow fans swarmed‘ down Wednesday on the internaâ€" tional plowing match to break all previous secondâ€"day attendance reâ€" cords in the twentyâ€"eight years‘ history of the competitions. The crowds, in springâ€"strained automoâ€" biles and in trucks, began to roll into the match area, three miles west of Peterborough, at breakfast time, and at nightfall dim rows of cars were still lined up in the pasâ€" tureâ€"field parking lots. 0 \ The open class, for horses, was won by R. G. Brown of Galt, who i‘Tuesday completed his 203rd \match since he first entered match plowing and by his latest victory ‘polished off a season‘s record in ‘which he has won thirteen firsts and two seconds out of fifteen competitions. Mr. Brown won also the major Salada Tea Gold Medal in 1939, the first year it was offerâ€" ‘ed. The medal award presented ‘ winners with a trip to the British |Isles, a plan that was cancelled by \the war. & _ (Rain and fog lasting until noon, threatened to ruin the opening day of the match, Tuesday.) â€" The crowd estimate was given by J. A. Carroll, match manager, and Alex McKinney Jr., Brampton, immediate past president. . Mr. Carroll said parking directors ran out of tickets at 2.30 p.m. standard timeâ€"the time in which all events are called. Second to Brown was Ed Timâ€" bers of Milliken, who started match plowing at 13 and is now 45. Ed is a cousin of Fred Timâ€" bers of Stouffville, noted tractor plowman. Tibers is another of the four Salada Tea medal winners, of whom were plowig in the class. Judges late ednesday night announced the tractor open class awards will not be posted until Thursday. Ground Still Firm After Rain _ Evidence that the main site on the farm of R. T. Lillico & Son was well chosen was found in the fact Too Many Jobs, Too Few Men Is Now Canada‘s Problem A feathered thief which had killed many of his chickens, was shot recently by Allan Jantzi, Pinehill farmer. s Apparently awaiting its next meal, the large bird was seated on a post near the chicken house when shot by Mr. Jantzi. NEW HAMBURG. â€" The High School field day, postponed until Tuesday afternoon owing to rain, was a decided success. _ _ Doris Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Smith, proved herself the best girl athlete in town, havâ€" ing a perfect score in the senior girls‘ competitions, finishing first in all twelve events. Two years ago, she won the junior girls‘ title and was first in the intermediate girls‘ competitions last year. Pisehill Farmer Slays Feathered Chicken Thief Claude Forler led in the senior boys‘ class with a score of 27. Milâ€" dred Haffner took the intermediate girls‘ title with a score of 20 points and Stuart Luckhart the boys‘ title with 26 points. Rodney Klassen was an easy victor in the junior boys‘ class with a total of 38 points, while Phyllis Eichler won the junior girls‘ honors with a total of 22 points. . Mr. G T. Hosie, principal of the school, was in charge of the sportâ€" ing events, asisted by other memâ€" bers of the Continuation School teaching staff Ground Still Firm After Rain; Plowing Done On Low, Rolling Hills; E. G. Brown of Gailt Wins Open Class For Horses. At (By Chronicle County News t) that, except for isolated holes the ground was firm in spite of Tuesâ€" day‘s deluge. The events held in a wide radius beyond the tent and machineryâ€"covered acres of the exâ€" hibit area, were plowed on a sucâ€" cession of low rolling hills. From the crests of some of them plow teams and tractors could be seen in a halfâ€"dozen fields tracing their rulerâ€"streight courses through stubble land, while along the headâ€" lands were row after row of critiâ€" cal spectators. Prime events were the two open classes for horses and twoâ€"furrow tractor plows, each containing plowmen who have consistently won senior prizes in the district and International matches. The open class for horses, with fortyâ€" seven contestants, was the largest in the international‘s history. il-lorse and tractor, by comparative numbers, were almost equal. _ Graeme Stewart, the Plainsville, IIl., plowman and first topâ€"ranking American competitor to enter the International, won his first award in Canadian furrows when he came third in a threeâ€"plow tractor class. The announcement made late Tuesday at headquarters brought applause from his fellow competiâ€" tors. The event was won by Harry Pugh of Stouffville and Lorne Passmore, Exeter, came second. Boy in Spectacular Runaway. Unlisted as an event was a twoâ€" horse runaway, which threatened danger to the driver, an unidentiâ€" fied boy, and to road traffic. Witâ€" nesses said the lad was driving the team on a trailer when a whiffleâ€" tree loosened and struck the horses‘ legs. They bolted down the way.. ;’n% in a moment Constable W. Milton, Belleville. Spectators said the constable, in a machineâ€"versusâ€"horse competition, drove his motorcycle in front of the charging team and edged them off the highway. The race ended with the horses‘ noses against the back end of an automobile. No (Continued on Page 8) OTTAWA.â€"Too many jobs for too few men is Canada‘s presentâ€" day problem and officials said that increasingly severe action to meet it was to be expected. Dominion Bureau of Statistics figures and warnings that nonâ€"esâ€" sential industries may soon lose some of their labor force for more important duties point to the growing gravity of the situation. Officials said the problem is more serious than that existing during the firstt Great War. Previâ€" ous to the last war immigration was heavy, with 1,108,000 persons entering the country in the three years 1911â€"13. In 1936â€"38 only 44,â€" 000 immigrants arrived Officials said the number of wageâ€"earners at work was estimâ€" ated at more than 3.000,000, comâ€" pared with 2.161,000 in March, 1939, when unemployed _ wageâ€" earners were about 494.000. The number at work had risen to 2.â€" 506,000 in September. 1939. and to 2.805,000 in September, 1940 Possible sources of labor supply to keep the war industry machine moving have been studied by Fedâ€" eral officials Apart from finding more actual workers. it may be necessary to make more intensive use of existing forces. including lengthening of hours The Bureau estimated that inâ€" dustry and the armed forces have expanded at the rate of 40.000 perâ€" sons a month since the start of the war The natural increase" through boys and girls leaving school and entering employment was placed at 10.000 a month. leavâ€" ing 30,000 to be filled by unemâ€" ployed, persons who have never worked, housewives and nthers not (Continued on Page 8) Problem More Serious Than That of First Great War, Officials Say. $1.00 per Year