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~Some morning city dwellers will| look on their doorsteps for their milk and it will not be there," said’ A. Maclaren, of the provincial farm ; service force, addressing a meeting‘ of the South Peel fruit and vegeâ€" table growers at Dixie school on the serious shortage of agricultural| labor. ‘ The speaker stated that in one section it was brought to his attenâ€" tion that only one farm in 20 had a hired man. In the County of Waterloo farmers estimated that only 60 per cent. of last year‘s agriâ€" cultural labor is now available. In a representative survey of 900 farms, Mr. Maclaren found 70 per cent. short of help and only 40 farms out of the 900 planning for increased production in 1942, notâ€" withstanding the fact that England will have to look to Canada for many of the agricultural products she formerly secured from Ausâ€" tralia and New Zealand. Mr. Meclaren stated that a farm army equal in numbers to the Canadian Army overseas in 1917â€" 1918 is needed to sow, care for and harvest the farm crops of Ontario. He stated that last year, his departâ€" ment placed 23.000 on the farms of Ontario and this year hopes ,to make 40,000 agricultural laborers, skilled and unskilled, available to the farmers of Ontario. Need "Farm Army" The meeting passed a resolution that a minimum scale of wages for 20c an hour, with an eightâ€"hour day, and that no reduction in this minimum scale be allowed except by agreement between farm service force representative and grower in exceptional cases of slow and inâ€" expe ienced help. * S. Innes, of Brampton, represenâ€" tative of the Department of Agriâ€" culture for the County of Peel, commeénded the fruit and vegetable growers on their adoption of a fair, uniform minimum wage scale and predicted that that move on their part would do much to alleviate the situation that had arisen. Stresses Critical Labor *" Situation On Ontario Farms The meeting represented the fruit and vegetable growers‘ assoâ€" ciations of Dixie, Islington, Clarkâ€" son and Oakville. Committces are to be formed in each of these assoâ€" ciations to coâ€"operate with provinâ€" cial farm service force. THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE Estimates Only 60 per cent: ‘q1 Farm Labor Now Available Herbert M. Snyder Furniture Executive Dies In Hospital Vol. 85, No. 6 One of the district‘s prominent business executives, Herbert M. Snyder of Freeport, president of the Snyder Furniture Co. of Wa:â€" torloo and Montreal, died at the Kâ€"W Hospital on Sunday. Deceased was also a director of | the Dominion Life Assurance Co., and was formerly secretary of th(‘| Canacdian Furniture Manufacturâ€"| ers‘ Association. Mr. Snyder was keenly _ interested _ in . sport, andl was a charter member of the Westâ€" mount Golf and Country Club, Kitchener. and the Grand River Gold Club near Waterloo. He was a charter member of the Kâ€"W Roâ€" tary Club Mr. Snyder is a son of the late Simon Snyder, and was born in Waterloo. Surviving, besides his wife, are brother. Clayton of Wa:â€" terlo®, and two sisters, Mrs. Fred Groff of Winnipeg and Mrs. Frank Hodgins of Waterloo Last LTime In Court As County Magistrate Served Under 5 Kings On the eve of his 75th birthday, which he observed yesterday, Maâ€" gistrate John R. Blake of Waterloo County presided for the last time in police court at Kitchener, Wedâ€" nesday. after 43 years service on the Ontarie Bench Magistrate Blake stated that he vill be reheved by H. RPolson of the attorneyâ€"general‘s department. wheo will preside over the county police courts until a permanent suceessor is named He will retain is office as county: juvenile court udge The retiring cadi has set uhder five sovercigns and handled an esâ€" wn ctod $0,000 enses Was Head of Snyder‘s Furniture Company, and Director of Dominion Life Asgurance Company. M. R. Polson of Attorney General‘s Department Is Temporary Magistrate. Employment Service Official Says Survey of Farms Taken To Show Labor Shortage. Features ! _ "Individually, communities, | through their beacon fires, can not only evidence their full participaâ€" ition in what is presently the most «vital of home front war effortsâ€" |the wellâ€"overâ€"theâ€"top success of the sevond Victory Loanâ€"but, through them, can also send a challenging message to their neighbours. _ Largest Circulation of any Waterloo County Weekly Newspaper Some two thousand municrpaliâ€" ties across Canada will light beacon fires within the period of the Second Victory Loan Campaign in an effort to secure another Dominâ€" ionâ€"wide expression of continued faith and fortitude similar to that obtained during the first victory loan last June when the symbolic torch was flown from Victoria to No. 10 Downing Street. The plan was made public by the Dominion Ceremonials Committee of the Secâ€" ong Victory Loan. _ _ 8 "Mr. Churchill has been asked to | light a symbolic beacon fire in Engâ€"| land," the Committee reports, "as; a part of our second Victory Loan, ceremonal. Here in Canada, beaâ€". con fires will be lighted, in conâ€" tinuity, across the Dominion from East to West, in all communities, large and small. The theme of our ceremonials will be, ‘Beacon Fires of Freedom‘, and is based on the historical fact that for centuries beacon fires have been a significant part of the pattern of English‘ national life, flashing through wars and border forays, threats of invaâ€" sion and rejoicing over deliverance. As a matter of fact, right here in Canada, our first inhabitants, the; Indians, used beacon flares for news‘ of every nature, so our theme and| program offer unlimited scope to| local committees, individually and collectively. BeaconFires Ready For New Victory High Militia Post Given Native Of Haysville HAYSVILLE.â€" Defence Minister Ralston announced last week that Majorâ€"General B. W. Browne, now adjutantâ€"general, has been proâ€" moted to the«office of Inspectorâ€" General of Canadian overseas establishments and will soon be sent overseas. The post to which he is appointed is a new one, but residents of this district will remember that General Browne was born in Haysville, from whence he went to Winnipeg and Vancouver. General Browne is the son of the late Harry G. Browne who conâ€" ducted a store in Haysville over fifty years ago, and is remembered by many people of this district. New Dundee Man Mangles Fingers In Butter Cutter NEW DUNDEE â€"Lawrence Hooâ€" ver, an employee of the New Dunâ€" dee Coâ€"operative Creamery Limâ€" ited had the misfortune of fracâ€" turing the middle finger of his left hand when it became entangled in the butter cutter on Tuesday afterâ€" noon. The other fingers were also badly crushed. He was removed to the Kâ€"W Hospital by Dr. A. C Rockel where he will remain for a few days 2,000 Canadian Municipalities To Launch Second Great Effort. Majorâ€"Gen. B. W. Browne Is New Inspectorâ€"General Of Canadian Overseas > Establishments Lawrence Hoover Now K.â€"W. Hospital. Loan Campaign (By Chronicle Correspondent) Bv Chronicle Correspondent® WarterLoo, Ontario, Fripay, FeEmruary 6, 1942 The Week in Pictures ?Garage, Store Room Burns ~â€" At New Dundee _ Fire Visible For Miles Legal Men Praise Service â€"of Magistrate John R. Blake The fire was first noticed about‘ of $16 500,000 was overâ€"subscribed 8.45 o‘clock by Sandy Dalrymple, a g', i;fi.?nogi(i)ggswas overâ€"subscribed brotherâ€"inâ€"law of Mr. Page who reâ€" ,,) C a L us sides with the family, but it was Focal Point of Canada then impossible to gain entrance o | Mr. Gundy told the Victory the buildings for it was already a Loan meeting that the North Waâ€" blazing inferno. The village fire terloo riding is the focal point of brigade was quickly summoned and the Dominion, and stressed that did remarkable work in helping to North Waterloo people in the past save the house which was only have given leadership to all Canâ€" about 10 yards from the burning adaâ€"give us your leadership again building. The fire engine was and the loan will be a success". driven out on the ice on the dam â€" Canadians can well afford to inâ€" ard plenty of water was available vest the $600 millions required in (Continued on Page 10) (Continued on Page 10) an overheated stove destroyed the garage and storeroom on the propâ€" ert; of F. E. Page at Alderside Park during the bitter cold of Sunday night. A sedan owned by Mr. Page, a large quantity of building maâ€" terials including roofing and siding, a considerable amount of kindling wood and several chickens were burned, the estimated loss of which is approximately $400.00. A small building attached to the west end of the garage which cortained oil paints and a number of Mr. Page‘s paintings was saved. ooo County Magistrate John R. Blake stressed at a meeting this week that, the most important defence factor in football is to "keep hammering at the opponet‘s goal", but he exâ€" pressed the fear that there are men in this country charged with reâ€" sponsibility of its defence who had nbviously never played football. Himself an accomplished football nlaver in his "earlier days", the reâ€" tiring magistrate of Waterloo Counâ€" tv spoke to members of the County Law Association in Kitchener. Law Association members and other prominent guests gathered to pay high tribute to Magistrate Blake upon his retirement from the Bench after 43 years‘ service. The magistrate has sat during the reign of five British sovereigns and has dealt with an~ estimated 80,000 cases. Amongst the guests was Mr. Jusâ€" tice McFarland, who is presiding at this week‘s sittings of the Supreme Court. _ Justice McFarland added his tribute to that of County Law Association members, and requestâ€" ed that the retiting magistrate write his reminiscences because of the great value they would conâ€" tribute to the legal history of the county. B Apnetals for ‘Evenâ€"Handed Justice‘ Magistrate Blake told the large! _ _| _‘ _ _ _ ~0_ . gathering that the worst evil hv’ And so it was in the list of could imagine was the lawyer who! Casualties suffered in the loss of would prostitute law, and stressed. HM.S. Barham. Rev. C. R. Pitts, that the legal profession should be|rector _ of _ Haysville _ Anglican eternally on_ guard against such Church, has received word frnm ractice. He appealed that the England that his no?hrw, Captain Fegal profession devote its days te George Pitts, RMLI., was amnm} upholding evenâ€"handed justice â€" those_ lost in thedestruction o "without which there can be nc HMS. Barham liberty." | _ Among the famous engagements Among those who addressed the in which the Barham took part meeting to pay tribute to Magisâ€" were at Andalones, Norway, and at (Centinued on Page 10) Crete Alse during the battle at NEW DUNDEE.â€"Fire caused by Estimate Loss at $400; Spent 43 Years on Bench; Retires, Appealing for "Evenâ€"Handed Justice". Canadianâ€"made Bofors antiâ€"aircraft guns, hanled by Canadianâ€"made tractors, help guard the Pacific coast, which has suddenly become a fron‘upon which all eyes are focussed. These fastâ€"firing guns are capable of hurling 140 shells a minute to a considerable altitude,. e (By Chronicle Correspondent) (By Staff Writer) Preceding an ingpiring address by J. H. Gundy of Foronto, a leadâ€" ing Canadian er, was Chairâ€" man Ford S. Kumpf‘s brief appeal to campaign leaders at a Victory Loan meeting here: ‘"That is our quota. We want the help of everyâ€" one in the district to reach it." Campaign officials have pledged themselves to raise $25 millions. The first loan, with a district quota of $16,500,000 was overâ€"subscribed by $2 millions. "Focal Point of Canada" (By Staff Writer) The new North Waterloo Victory Loan quota is $22,200,000, an inâ€" crease of $5,700,000 wover the quota set for the drive ?nJune of last year, officials announce. Mr. Gundy told the Victory Loan meeting that the North Waâ€" terloo riding is the focal point of the Dominion, and stressed that North Waterloo people in the past North Waterloo Objective $22,200,000 In New Loan Chief Reports 19 Car Accidents During January Nineteen car accidents occurred in Waterloo during January, tne report of Police Chisf C _F_ Maâ€" reau, presented to Waterloo Counâ€" cil on Monday night showed. Only one person was injured. Police arâ€" rested six persons, four of them being drunk in public. There were six cases of breaking and entering and two of theft. Other offences handled were â€" assault, â€" careless driving, intoxicated in charge of a car, consuming liquor in public and making threats Fiftyâ€"nine complaints were received and inâ€" vestigated. â€" Sixtyâ€"two . transients were given shelter. Fines and costs totalled $97. HAYSVILLE. â€"Every day we read in our newspapers of the casualties being suffered in this awful war, but to some the stark reality of this warfare is brought much moge vividly And so it was in the list of casualtics suffered in the loss of HMS. Barham. Rev. C. R. Pitts, rector _ of _ Haysville _ Anglican church, has received word from England that his nephew, Captain George Pitts, R.M.L.g.. was amom% those lost in the destruction o Chairman Ford S. Kumpf Appeals For Support Of All Throughout the District To Go "Over the Top" Again; J. H. Gundy Addresses Meeting. wWEST COAST ON ALERT Barkam Casualties By Mrs. Clarence Diamond County News \Mrs. J. L. Weber of St. Jacobs Active and Healthy at 94 A resolution making conventions at which election candidates are selected, closed except to delegates, was approved almost unanimously â€" _ (Continued on Page 10) ‘ (By Staff Writer) J. Harper Schofield of Kitchener was reâ€"elected president of the North Waterloo Liberal Association at the annual meeting on Friday night. Viceâ€"presidents are: Kitchâ€" ener, Ivan Shantz and A. W. Boos; Elmira, Dr. A. W. Gibson; secreâ€" tary, John Watson; treasurer, John Lauman; directors: Fred Snyder, Waterloo township; Gordon Holâ€" linger, Woolwich township; M. Mcâ€" Kay, Wellesley township. The enâ€" tire slate of 1941 officers was reâ€" elected. Reâ€"Elect Officers At North Waterloo Sugar Rationing Permits Latitude To Isolated People OTTAWA.â€"The sugar rationing order of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board permits some latitude in purchasing by persons "remote from source of supply". No other interpretation should be. placed upon this, it is pointed out, than the meaning plainly conveyed. Difficulty of access to stores is the qualifying circumstance, not the mere fact that the purchaser may be a farmer or other rural dweller. There are in some parts of the country settlers and others who make only seasonal or infrequent visits to a source of supply, and in some r=ra! areas the residents are (Continued on Page 10) Cape Matapan the Barham‘s mighty guns sank two Italian cruisers. Liberal Meeting $1.00 per Year r rationing' The nonagenarian is one of Watâ€" Prices and erloo County‘s oldest residents, and ne latitude @lthough she is confined to her| ns "remote bed because of her recent accident,| _ No other She is thankful that she has good be placed hearing and that her keen eyesight | out, than cnables her to carry on with her| conveyed. reading. A deeply religious woman, ores is the her favorite reading is that of reliâ€" , not the|gious periodicals. Sheshas been a haser may |Chronicle reader since the "early | al dweller.|days" of the paper. { airts of the|Enjoys Gardening, Housework | Gas Threatens Life Of Organist Found On Church Floor The recruiting campaign throughâ€" out the District which started early in January and is continuing into midâ€"February has been an imâ€" portant factor in the improved situation. Prompt action of James Dunn, caretaker at St. Andrew‘s Presbyâ€" terian Church, Kitchener, and resuscitation efforts of Deputy Chief Karn and Fireman Eldy Schaefer of the local fire departâ€" mant were credited with saving the life early Sunday of Bernard Hirons, organist at St. Andrew‘s and director of music at the Kitchâ€" enerâ€"Waterloo Collegiate. Military District No. 1, emâ€" bracing eleven counties of Western Ontario, has experienced a tremenâ€" dous upsurge in recruiting during the past few weeks, according to advice from National Defence [Headquarters at London. _ Every recruiting centre in the District has been exceptionally busy coping with the rush of new army recruits. The :x:mrd swing commenced shortg r the outâ€" break of war in the Pacific and it has continued at an accelerated pace right through January. Volunteers continue to stream ‘into the recruiting depots at Lonâ€" don and Windsor where they are enrelled for active service. They come from every city, town and village, as well as the farming communities of Western Ontario, while enlistments of United States recruits have continued to show an increase as well. The rush has taxed the facilities of the Depot staffs to capacity. At No. 1 District Depot, Wolseley Barracks, London, for instance, in one recent afterâ€" noon 60â€"o0dd recruits were enlisted. During December and January at this Devpot along upwards of 400 men were enrolled. This is apart from a large number of men reâ€" jected due to physical defects. 200 Volunteers Per Week In the three weeks from January Ist to 21st, a total of 606 voluntary recruits were enlisted in Military District No. 1. This total includes enlistments at No 1 District Depot, London, and No. 1 District Depot, Windsor Detachment, as well as some 90 trainees going "active" at the Kitchener and Chatham Miliâ€" tary Training Centres. At this rate it is quite possible that the January: total will exceed the previous reâ€" cord of 892 enlistments in M.D.1 for the month of June, 1941. Alâ€" ready the record of 400 recruits in each of the months of October and November and 500 for December, Caretaker Dunn _ told of entering} the church early Sunday to detect| the odour of gas fumes. Hurrying to the basement floor of the church ; where the fumes were heavier, he| discovered the unconscious form of Hirons stretched on the floor. l Gas Not Shut Off 1941, has been passed. Dunn immeaiately called the Kitchener Fire Department, and resuscitation methods were successâ€" fully administered. Before arrival (Continued on Page 10) Active and in good health until she fell and fractured a thigh bone three months ago, Mrs. John L. Weber of St. Jacobs observed her 94th birthday quietly at her home on Tuesday. Military District No.1 Marks Upsurge Until the early part of the winâ€" ter when she suffered her injury, Mrs. Weber was active about her St. Jacobs home, where she resides with two daughters, Mrs. Amanda Gilles and Mrs. Elizabeth Haas. She enjoyed doing housework and assisting with the cooking. But during the summer weather, the nonagenarian is even more active, for she works regularly in her veâ€" (Continued on Page 10) Loses 2 Fingers On Circular Saw At Mannheim Prompt ‘Action Saves Life; Victim of Fumes While Brewing Tea on Gas Stove. One of County‘s Oldest Residents; Enjoys Housework and Gardening. WORLD‘S WEEK (Be Staff Writer) (By Staff Writer) In Recruiting T HE ] LONDON.â€"The Queen became a movie "star" for the benefit of Canadian audiences today, playing |a leading role in a film being preâ€" ' pared for the Canadian Red Cross Society OTTAWA.â€"Return to Canada of Lt.â€"Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton, Canadian Corps commander, to adâ€" vise the Government on defence of Canada was proposed in the House of Commons today by Thomas Reid (Lib., New Westminster). Jap Raiders Bomb Stronghold WASHINGTON. â€" A battalion of Blue Jackets and Marines is fightâ€" ing side by side with Gen. Douglas MacArthur‘s hardâ€"pressed men on Batan Peninsula, the United States Navy announced tonight, and an American motor torpedo boat has torpedoed a Japanese warship in Manila Bay. McNaughton Perfectly Satisfied OTTAWA.â€"Lt.â€"Gen. A. G. L. Mcâ€" Naughton, "perfectly satisfied" with Canada‘s troops overseas and conâ€" fident the Dominion‘s home deâ€" fences are in food hands," is in Canada for a few weeks of conâ€" sultation with defence authorities before resuming command of the Canadian Corps in Great Britain. Queen Is "Movie Star" Seek McNaughton‘s Advice Wants Plebiscite Abandoned OTTAWA.â€"A plea to Prime Minister King to abandon the proâ€" posed conscription plebiscite and introduce a measure for selective compulsory service was made by one of his followers, Fred G. Hobâ€" litzell (Lib., Torontoâ€"Eglinton) in the House of Commons tonight. Naval Unit Joins Forces SINGAPORE. â€" Heavy black smoke floated across Singapore throughout today from fires started by Japanese raiders engaged in a grandâ€"scale effort to soften up the stronghold for a final invasion thrust across the miloâ€"wide Johore Strait. WASHINGTONâ€"Japanese shock troops shattered themselves against Gen. Douglas MacArthur‘s indomiâ€" table defenders of Batan, the United States war department reâ€" ported today, while far to the south four American bombers destroyed nine Japanese fighter planes in e remarkable aerial battle in the Netherlands East Indies. 2,800 More Nazis Fall MOSCOW.â€"The Russians deâ€" clared officially today that 3,800 more Germans had fallen on the inowy battlefields war west of here on the road to Smolensk, and that the Red army still is rolling ahead in its mighty winter offensive deâ€" spite fierce resistance by fresh Nazi troops. Batan Defenders Repel Japs LONDON.â€"Allied warships imâ€" tercepted two Axis supply ships off the Channel Islands this morning and left both of them sinking. the Admiralty announced tonight. RANGOON, Burma.â€"British and American airmen blasted Japanese barges along the lower Salween River today as artillerymen pumpâ€" ed explosives across the water barrier in a steadfast defence of the approaches to Rangoon and the Burma Road. Sink Axis Supply Ship cost, assured this besieged island Pour Lead Into Enemy Troops RANGOON, Burma.â€"British and Indian machineâ€"gunners were reâ€" ported tonight pouring a murderous fire into Japanese troops attempting to cross the Salween River, and the Royal Air Force announced that Allied bombers successfully _ atâ€" tacked invasion forces on Kadu Island, in the estuary between Martaban and Moulmein. today that “:reat reinforcements" of British and American forces are beu:fi sent to the Southwestern Pacific, and strong new hope swept through the Imperial line Blast Jap Barges Reinforcements For Singapore SINGAPORE.â€"The sn:greuw Alâ€" lied command, charging the defendâ€" Smash Jap Midâ€"Pacific Bases ers of Singapore to hold on at all WASHINGTON. â€" Warships and planes of the United States Pacific Flect have wreaker terrific damage upon Japanese Midâ€"Pacific bases lying across the route of supply to the Western Pacific combat areas Many enemy auxiliary ships were sunk or damaged, many enemy planes were destroyed and the in stallations ashore were heavily bat tered, the navy reported today in a communique which gave no figures on enemy losses Soviet Reports 55â€"Mile Advance MOSCOW. â€" A storming 55 mil« advance on a 60â€"mile front from th« Ukraine in the last fow days was reported in Soviet war dispatches today which told of growing Ger man rout and confusion on four fronts where Russian spearhcads have prodded deep into the thinlyâ€" clad ranks of their foe Open Singapore Pefence SINGAPORE. â€" Singapore‘s guns thickly studded along the low north shore, opened fire for the first tim« in direct defence of this British base today, sending their shells screaming across the moat of Jn hore State. CAIRO.â€"Axis troops had roll ed another 60 to 85 miles back into Eastern Libya toâ€"day, byâ€"passing Barce near the top of the Cirenai can hump. but at sea naval bomber scored another victory over thre« ships carrying supplics to Fiwle Marshal Erwin Remanei Axis on Offensive in Libva It‘s News at a WEDNESDA Y THURSDA Y TUESDAY MONDA Y