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Dr. Leavine‘s motion will read as follows: That city council petition the federal and provincial governâ€" ments to appoint a joint committce with equal party representation to study and bring in legislation makâ€" ing voting at general and municipal elections compulsory, and cstabâ€" lishing a suitable penalty for failure to do so. Copies of the resolution, if apâ€" proved by council, will be forwardâ€" (By Staff Writer) Ald. Stanley F. Leavine served notice on Kitchener city council on Monday night that he will introâ€" duce a motion at next week‘s meetâ€" ing petitioning the federal and proâ€" vincial governments to make voting in general and municipal elections compulsory and to provide a penalâ€" ty for failure to do so. Ald. Leavine Would Have Voting Made Compulsory That, readers; is the story toâ€"day. The Navy League of Canada from coast to coast is in the midst of its annual appeal for support that it may maintain fourteen Allicd Merâ€" chant Seamen‘s Club catering anâ€" nually to a million and a half merchant seamen; that it may proâ€" duce the thousands of Sea Cadets Mr. Macdonald wants to see enterâ€" Five hundred ships of the Royal Canadian Navy, 45,000 personnel; 500 ships of the Merchant Navy, 50,000 personnel. _ "There is literally no sea in the world which does not, at this moâ€" ment, enjoy the presence of Canaâ€" dian naval officers and men," stated Hon. Angus L. Macdonald, Minister of Defence, Naval Affairs Branch, recently. "Ten years ago our Navy had shrunk to the point where we only had 405 men in the service. and only a budget for the Navy of $2,000,000. grain crop of 1942, Estimates by the Provincial reâ€" presentatives at the Conference as to the objectives of cach province As far as feed is concerned the OU8 agriculture program for all objective is well within the range +tuvdents. . m of Canadian supply. The limit of| _A second resolution which also increased production will lie to received full approval dealt with some extent in the supply of labour|the "colored" gasoline supplied for and material for pens and shelter. farm machinery. The resolutions Hogs represent one of the best asks that in view of the fact the methods of 'n.\ar‘l_wling the record gasoline is "colored", there is no for increasing supplies of bacon and pork products and the rapidly inâ€" creasing demands of civilian and military needs in Canada. ‘Our 1943 objective is ten more pigs on the avcra;ie to be marketed from every Waterloo County farm." Of all meat animals the largest]|} _C,. [, {+) °VC Same Hime, EJ increase in production for 194§ is don D. .Wol?or was appointed one hoped for in hogs. The national ol the six directors for the provinâ€" objective was set at the Dominionâ€" uul‘ ofgunizition, : Provincial â€" Conference held _ in|_ _ COUNY delegates took an active Ottawa, December 7 to 9, at eight P#"t at the impressive session, and millions, an increase of one and ©2CCC@ded in gaining approval of three quarter millions, or 28 per at least two farâ€"reaching resoluâ€" cent. over 1942. This large number U°NS of hogs is made necessary by the , The first resolution which the request of British Ministry of Food fedvration approved â€" unanimously, "Our objective in swine producâ€" tion should be: first, the saving of more of the pigs farrowed; second, the breeding of more sows; third, more economical and faster gains. "Many farms have had the probâ€"‘ lem of sows farrowing and having no milk for their young. There are a number of causes which create this condition. Usually the sows are kept in a dark shed and get very little exercise. Mahy men neâ€" glect to feed their sows green clover or alfalfa hay. A mineral mixture is not placed where sows can help themselves; and last but not least, an allowance of a quarter of a pound of tankage or a half gallon of skim milk is not fed as the farâ€" rowing _ period_ approaches," Mr. McLoughry said. "All good hog raisers know that the size of the litter is influenced by the condition of the sow at breeding time. To obtain the best results the sows should be gaining in flesh at the time they are bred. "There is evidence to prove that Waterloo County farmers are responding to the call for more and yet more bacon to feed our people at home, and what is more necessary, fill the 1943 contract with Great Britain," E. I. McLoughry, agricultural representative, said today. "A number of County farmers have already bred that extra gilt. Others are planning to breed one. We urge that no time be wasted. Let us get on with the job. A sow bred today can produce a ton of pork in ten months. "Each year," he continued, "preventable losses occur in young pigs. Jt is estimated that mortality normally runs from 20 to 3§¢%. It should be our aim to cut this loss. Greater proâ€" tection, so that the sow does not lie on the young pigs at farrowâ€" ing time, more cleanliness so that disease does not affect the swine herd, will accomplish the desired result. It is necessary to treat the young pigs early for the prevention of anemia. E. J. Loughry Urges That Farmers Lose No Time In Breeding "That Extra Gilt" Waterloo Farmers Inirease Bacon Output For War Effort THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE Vol. 86, No. 3 Councilt To Deal With Two Farâ€"Reaching Resolutions At Next Session. Agricuitural Representative Gives Information Which Will Prove Beneficial to Hog Raisers. Poor Man Gave For The _ Largest Ciroulation of any Waterigs Coltlity Weilily|Newepe , The clause reads as follows: "Any member of council may submit in writing any question pminm business of council to any with the "questions and answers" period at city council meetings. . Ald. Mustin‘s motion will ask the government .to establish a miniâ€" mum wage of $20 per week for women. Reâ€"Insert Period Council approved Ald. J. Brown‘s resolution m-imemntn clause in Byâ€"Law No. 2644, which has to do ed to other municipalities, soliciting endorsement. A second farâ€"reaching motion to be presented at next week‘s meetâ€" ing wili be that to which Ald. Alâ€" fred Mustin gave notice Monday night. If he could manage a dollar from the little store out of which he bu{: his little creature comforts, surely we can at least equal him in generâ€" osity, and if every houscholder in Ontario sent in a dollar agiecc to the Navy League, Ontario Division, Toronto, or the nearest Navy League Branch, there‘d be between three quarters and a million dollars for the Navy League‘s fine work. sailors!" necessity for present governmenâ€" t« machinery to make rebates to firmers and urges establishment of a basic price. His Mite . Sailors â€" Have You? The other day the Ontario Diviâ€" sion headquarters received a short, shakilyâ€"written letter from an old man, and attached to the letter was a crumpled, one dollar bill. The address, readers, was the House of Providence, in a certain Ontario city. The letter read, "This is all I can spare but I do want to help the it nine P uki dieliine i bPr GAbaliiiabt cnbiatsetbideaicd h asked reâ€"establishment of rural school fall fairs and an extension of them into secondary schools, with a view to securing a continuâ€" ous agriculture program for all +tudents. â€" ing the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Merchant Navy; that it may send hundreds of thousands of woollen articles to our hundred thousand sailors. _ WaterJoo County was honored at the recent annual meeting of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture in Toronto, when President Kenâ€" noth Betzner of thé Waterloo branch, was clected First Viceâ€" President. At the same time, Elâ€" don D. Weber was appointed one ol the six directors for the provinâ€" wial organization. Two County Men | Iwo County New Many Take A(!vantage ob | ;a"k':'gll’;:m“l‘:'n‘;!; es Get High Posts _ Short Course in Coâ€"Operation . _ "_.== /"" In FederatiOh _ .,!=#.=>>~> Wastemc? Report An Preterrea Gas _ mamboo, letterss from "the. mail were all greater than those of 1942, except New Brunwick, which was unchanged. In Saskatchewan the increase was experted to be 170 ner cent. of the 1942 production, the greatest estimated increase of any of the provinces. Other proâ€" vinces Daried from increases of 10 to 33 per cent. s of council to An{ other michael, Haroid Freund and W. W (Continued on rage 8) Foot, who did not seek reâ€"election wv! Janvary this this ‘e-r are Dr. Roy O. Winn, W A. Richardson and Waiter V Segnerfi\ef replace J. F. Carâ€" m 1, Harold Freund and W. W. Shantz Chairman â€" ef School Board â€" Trustee Frank Price is viceâ€"chairâ€" man of the board and chairman of the administration committee. The latter succeeds Trustee S. C. Stoltz. Both Stoltz and Baulk were nomiâ€" mated for chairmanship of the board but declined to stand. Baulk said, in declining his nomination, that "I recall a statement 1 made a year ago that the honour should be passed around." Oldest member in point of serâ€" vice, Nelson Shantz was elected chairman of the Kitchener public school board at the January meetâ€" ing. He succeeds Walter Baulk. Chief Hicks said police traced the two soldiers to a taxi officc and learned they had been driven toâ€" ward Preston. A hurtied call to Preston resulted in their arrest there a few minutes fater. Gashing his left hand when he‘ allegedly broke a window to gain ; entry, Sakastowski needed medical: care and, accompanied by 'l'Nvlko.{ went to the office of Dr. N. A. Morrison, nearby. . $ Suspicious of the cause of the irgury. Dr. Morrison went into an ;fii‘oinin; room to telephone police. en he returned the two soldicrs had departed. E‘hist Hiske said wattan $ranad ie A large number of Waterloo County Junior Farmers benefited { greatly from the sixâ€"day short | ‘course in "Coâ€"operation" held at jthe Ontario Agricultural College. | Gashed Hand Leads To Arrest ‘ Chief Constable John Hicks said the two soldiers, both stationed at Ipperwash, are alleged to have broken into the Koch Milling Co. office on Queen St. South, Kitchâ€" ener, and taken $80 from a safe which had inadvertently been left unlocked. __December 29â€""The Story of the Norwich Farmers‘ Coâ€"operative", Mr. Nephew, Oxford Farmers‘ Coâ€" operative. "The Legal Status of Coâ€"operatives", Mr. R. O. Cudney, Legal Department, Provincial Secâ€" (Continued on Page 8) A badly gashed band suffered‘ when he broke a window led to j the arrest of Pte. Ralph Sakastowâ€"‘ ski and an alleged accomplice, Plc.‘ W. J. Tytke, carly Friday. _ | _ Decetnber 28â€""The Principles of 1(‘o-opcrativc Business", Professor C. W. Riley. ‘"The Possible Uses of Coâ€"operation", Professor W. M. Drummond. _ Space doés not permit publicaâ€" tion of extensive reports, but the followin‘g discussions were heard: O.A.C. Short Course The course was sponsored by the Ontario Department of Agriculture 2t the reayest of the Federation of Apriculture. _ Indicative of the interest of all those in attendance was the fact they did not permit even New Year‘s Day to interfere with the course and also the fact that on at least one occasion, students wilâ€" lingly rbmained at classes continuâ€" cusly from nine in the morning until almost midnight. Three new members of the board Shown here are four United Nations diplomats who arrived reâ€" cently at the Canadian Pacific Railway‘s Windsor Station, Montâ€" real, to inspect war production plants in the Montreal area. They are, at left, Dr. Edouardo Grove, Chilean minister to Canada. Liu Shihâ€"shun, second from left, reâ€" pre.entln; Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek‘s government in Canada, expressed satisfaction at the vast Allied Diplomats Visit Montreal in Coâ€"operation She then procceeded to unfold how she had cashed an insurance cheque for some $35 and a subseâ€" uent cheque for $15 and admitted 310 had not reported the matter to the board. "I was moving and I spent the money on that and the gas biil," she said ashamedly. _ _ _ "Is that all*" asked chairman A. McKic. When the board met Saturday, a young woman waited all afterâ€" noon to interview its members. Finaily, on being admitted, and unâ€" like 99 per cent. of other relief reâ€" cipients appearing before the board, she said she was not present to make a complaint but rather a "confession". 15, John D. Beynon, superintendent of the Sunshineâ€"Waterloo Compaâ€" ny. of Waterloo, asserted â€" that The Kitchener family _ relief board has found an unusually honest woman relicfee and rewardâ€" ed her accordingly. _ Moore said that unless labor difâ€" ficulties in the two steel industries sre settled at once, it will have a "tremendous effect‘~ on Canada‘s production of materials for war purposes. "Each war order is allocated by a government board," he explainâ€" ed. "and as we recceive each order, we receive an allocation of steel cufficient only to cover that order. We have no reserve so if we don‘t get the steel we can‘t produce." Honest Woman Reliefee Is Rewarded by Officials Fortunately for the Twin City, if it may be considered fortunate to be tne "rubper centre" of Canada durâ€" ing these "rubberless days", Kitchâ€" enerâ€"Waterloo can boast of very few steel industries. Douglas Moore, an official of Doâ€" minion _ Truck Equipment Comâ€" pony, Kitchener, said his company buys no steel from Sydney, N.S., but that unless an almost immeâ€" diate settlement is made of the laâ€" bor situation at Sault Ste. Maric, a serious situation will arise here. (Dy Staff Writer) |waile his company will not be afâ€" A survey of industries ming‘fvcted directly by the strike unless stecl in the Twin City revealed it continues until March, the presâ€" only one will be almost immediâ€" cnt situation will "ultimately afâ€" ately affeected by the strike of stocl’r: ct all industrics which produce workers at Sydney, N.S., and Sault |avticles made of steel". Ste. Marie. i "It is a verv serionet Situation: Industries Here See Serious Situation it Strikes Continue Rationing To Be Eliminated Toronto.â€"A Toronto paper said today it had «learned that "elimination of all.preferred cateâ€" gories in gasoline rationing, and the placing of drivers of private passeng tomobiles in "A" category w e place unâ€" der a new scheme to come into effect April 1." The story added: "It is believed the "AA" book, introduced last October, will be | abolished and that drivers receivâ€" . ing "A" will be given renewais | from time to time should their | case be considered deserving. "According to this paper‘s . source of information, the new | rationing plan will be based on mileage for 1941â€"4%, and all appliâ€" cations will be treated on their | merit. "Oh, yes!" she exclaimed quantities of war materials pourâ€" ‘ Il"::mt;'om Canada‘s war plants, and if Hitler could see that part of Canada‘s war effort viewed by himself and the three other memâ€" bers of the Foreign Diplomatic Corps, accredited to Ottawn, the German leader‘s hair would turn even whiter than it is reported to be. Fedor Gusev, third from left, representative of Soviet Russia, showed great interest in a display A. S. Capwell, president of the Cunadian Blower and Forge Co., Kitchener, said his com{)any will not run short of steel at least until March. He added that if the strike should last that long, the Canadâ€" ian Blower and Forge Co., will unâ€" Coubtedly have trouble clearing war orders. Chairman McKic estimated the ril{'s share of relief in 1942 was only 27 cents on a per capita basis. The board indicn(otr‘;( wiS estimate 1943 expenditures on relief by the city at only $10,000. Relief Officer Oswald Leyes reâ€" ?orh-d the relief department ended 942 with a surplus of $2,310 over the _ estimated _ expenditure _ of $12,000 for the year. Total cost 6f relicf was $20,856 of which the government gnid $11,167 and the city paid the batance of $9,689. Windsor Station concourse. Dr. Frantisek Pavlasek, Czechosiovak minister, looks to the day when "madeâ€"inâ€"Canada" war materials will have helped free Czechs from Nazi slavery. Arrangements were made for the four «iplomats to visit the Canadian Pacific shops which for many months have been turning out a steady stream of "‘Valentine" tanks. "Well," said the chairman, "we appreciate you telling us the truth, but I don‘t think we are going to take any action this time." The members however concurred in the chairman‘s suggestion that in future the reliefee be more prompt in reporting such ‘"inciâ€" dents". "I do not believe the labor trouâ€" bie_will spread to steel companies in Hamilton," he stated, "but if it dues, then we will be up against it. Every possible endeavor should be made to clear up the trouble at once." A. T. Thom, president of the Waâ€" terloo Manufacturing Co., Waterâ€" joo, said his company buys no steel from either Sydney, N.9, or Sault Swe. Maric. He said his firm uses chiefly tank plate. â€" it will affect all industrics using steel," Beynon told The Chronicle. "One of the bottlienecks in Canâ€" ada‘s war program is the shortage in the production of steel." "It is a very scrious situation, «specially due to the fact industry requires more steel than is being produced. Thus, if there is any reâ€" Crction in the output whatsoever, ’ Dundalk mail couriers have anâ€" nounced that they will not lift unâ€" stamped_ letters from the mail boxes. Delivering mail in winter weather is a hard task under the most favorable cireumstances. It seems reasonable cnough that they should ask for coâ€"operation in the matter of having letters stamped. Fumbling for coppers in cold mail boxes with chilled fingers is out for the duration of the winter on Dunâ€" dalk‘s rural mail routes. In the first place the practice is conlrary' to postal law but the couriers in the past have not refused to lift such mail and money out of special conâ€" sideration forâ€" rural boxâ€"holders. This practice has frequently put the mail couriers "on the spot" as the correct change is not left in many instances and with so many unâ€" stamped letters picked up on their rounds, the couriers cannot be exâ€" pected to remember the exact change if there is any coming back to the boxâ€"holder $1.00 per Year Hararased Nazis Demands That Spain Assist Axis STOCKHOLM.â€"The Nazis, facâ€" ing increased demands on their manpower by developments on the Russian and Mediterrancan fronts, Russians Within 25 Miles Of Vital Anchor Point In Nazi Defence Lines Moscow.â€"Russian forces, in a powerful thrust southward from Velikle Luki, have captured Stoâ€" boda, only 25 miles from Smoâ€" LONDONN.â€"Sir Stafford Cripps. minister of aircraft production, told workers in a factory making fourâ€" motored Lancasters, that Germany and Italy are about to undergo the heaviest air assaults yet. Presumâ€" ably he meant these would be heavier than even the 1,000â€"bomber raids of carly summer. Weather alonc, he said, accounted for the brake on operations in the last two months. 1,000â€"Bomber Raids Soon To Be Exceeded On the 100â€"mile Cardcasns front the Russians cotinue pushing the invaders back toward Rostov. Just north of this sector other Russian columns are preparing for the siege of Saisk, another milestone on the road to Rostov. Only in the lower Don river valley was German resistance in such force that the push toward Rostoy was slowed from that direction. Russian shock troops broke thm‘h to the western outskirts of Stal hfnll after bitter bayonet fAghting in buildings, courtyards and streets. The siege of Stalinâ€" grad began 141 days ago. The federal government must either stand pat and fight the issue out with the United Steel workers of America, a C.10. affiliate, or permit increases in wages which might threaten the whole fabric of Canada‘s antiâ€" inflation policy, largely based on wages and prices ceilings. VOTE TO STRIKE TOMORROW AT s00 Work at two of Canada‘s three primary steel producing plants today appeared likely to stop as 5.000 employees at the Aigoma Steel Corporation at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., prepared to join 5.000 Sydney, N.S., steel workers in a strike. The object is to enforce demands for wage increases. boda, only 25 miles from Smoâ€" lensk, anchor point of the Gerâ€" man defence system on the cenâ€" tral front, dispatches reported toâ€" day. They have thus advanced nearly 100 miles in two weeks. Ottawa Reports Army : Casualties Now Total 7,213 | ; Ottawa.â€"Canadian Army casualâ€"| ties from the beginning of the war | | to last December 25 totalled 7.243. | 1M was learned today at the . Deâ€" fonce Department. i _ The strikes â€"brought on by ‘majority report of the Barlow Steel ‘Commission recommending against |an increase in basic wage rates for the industryâ€"spread last night to iTrenton. 5,000 Steel Workers at Soo Vote Strike:; 5,000 Out in Nova Scotia Ottawa.â€"Faced with probable tieup of half of Canada‘s vital war steel production, federa) anâ€" thoritles today are striving to end the strike of 5,000 steel workers __An official tabulation showed the easualtics included 715 deaths due to enemy action and 1,56§5 due to other causes. ’ A summary of casualties follows: Fatal casualties, enemy action. 715; deaths, all other causes, overâ€" seas, 739; deaths, all causes, in Canada, 826; missing 606; prisoncrs of war, including interned, 3.570; ;rat_),unded. nonâ€"fatal, enemy action, Members of the Sault local of the United Steel Workers of America (C.1.0.) voted almost unanimously to call a strike at 7 a.m. ED.T. Thursday, with 24 bours‘ notice to the Company starting at that hour today. A resolution was adopted reâ€" jecting the majority report of a threeâ€"man commission headed by F. H. Barlow, which investigated wage disputes at the Sault plant and Sydney and recommended against increases in general. Strike action was taken at Sydâ€" ney yesterday. |_ To the north, along the Lower Don River where the Russians are threatening the Nazis on the apâ€" proaches â€" to _ Rostov, _ Russians ‘smashed a serics of heavy Nazi counterâ€"attacks. Fifth Drive at Sydney, N.S., and prevent 5,000 more walking out at Sault Ste. Marie, tomorrow. Steel Strike To Trenton, N.S.; 13,500 Now Idile A _ widespread | dislocation _ of| Canada‘s warâ€"vital stee} industry | appeared imminent todav following | nnouncement that 3,500 workers | at Trenton, N.S., are to join 5,000 | steelworkers at Sault Ste. Muric, Ont., in strike action today, raising j to 13,500 the number idie in steelâ€" | producing plants. Five thousand| workers already are out at Sydney, Fierce New Drive Agninst Â¥ ; Nazis Opened by Russians iduowow._m‘zed army push‘ north through sagg ‘GemZna in the Camasus'fi:‘ Wednesday, advancing 50 mlles‘ from â€"the Gemievsk-uincnlnye area to Zhuravskoye, it was anâ€" nounced early today. f The odemive also continued to roll forward at a slower pace northâ€" west of Minerainye Vody, where sharp Nazi counterâ€"attacks were beaten off. Altogether the Russians said they seized 12 towns and railâ€" way points, killed hundreds of Germans and captured 100. . WORLD‘S WEEK WEDNESDAY THURSDA Y lts News at a T HE Russian_ forees have byâ€"passed Georgrexsk,. key twlroad junction 275 miles southeast of Rostox, and are driving into German defences north and seuth of the town, front dispatches disclosed today Employ imng â€" the â€" successful enâ€" velopment tactics they have used throughout their smashing offenâ€" sive along the lower Don and in the Cimeasus, Sovict troops recapâ€" tured Lysngorskaya, 12 miles southâ€" west of Georgrievsk, and Oblynoye, (Continued on Page l)) MCSCOW â€"â€"Russian troops drivâ€" ing through iey slush behind tanks, cuptured 17 towns and villages in the north Caucasus during the night after takinc 43 in the preceding 24 hours, the Sovict nuon communique announced today The Tunisian raids followed the first sweep by bombers from the west against the Tripoli area in the acrial effort to smash Româ€" mel‘s retreating troops before he can escape from the British Eighth Army. On Eve of Big Victory, Russ News Indicates, _ â€" As Advance Unchecked Say Laval Turning More Men, Ships Over to Hitler LONDON.â€"In exchanse for inâ€" creased _ political power, Pierre Laval has contracted to deliver 400,000 more French workmen and some French warships to Germany, a Fichting French spokesman said tonight. An agreement on this was reachâ€" ed at the December conference of Laval with Hitler and Count Galeâ€" azzo Ciano, Italian forcign minister, according to, information brought bere from EQrope. Hitler wis said to have told Laval that his would be the last French â€" Government with which Germany would negotiate. and that he gave Laval direet control ever all police and generally increased administrative authority Descends To Roofâ€"tops To Destroy "Big Game" Near Warâ€"Torn Tunis Allied _ Headquarters, North Africa. â€" Allied bombers have struck again at possible junction points â€" for â€" Marshal Rommel‘s Libyan forces and the Axis army of Tunisia. Gabes, the village of Kebili, west of that port, and Kairouan, 75 miles south of Tunis, were bombed. Another reason for the strong Getman _ reinforcements | was to hide the setback suffered in Rusâ€" sia," according to General Giraud as quotid in the broadcast. heard here by CBS. ~ NFEW YORK.â€"The number of German triops sent to Tunisia in an effort to save Field Marshal Rommecl‘s Libvun army now has reached 70,000. the BBC quoted General _ Henri Giraud, French hish commissioncer in North and Wost Africh, as saying last night. _ On returning from the target he was attacked by a Fockeâ€"Wulf 190. Although his plane was shot np, he held off the German fighter and returned safely to his base. The highlight of the day‘s air activity was a oneâ€"man bombing attack by Major Phillip Cochran of Erie, Pa. Alone and carrying one large bomb, he swept over the roof tops of Kairouan and deâ€" posited the explosive in the middle of German military headâ€" quarters for the area. He reâ€" ported the headquarters destroyâ€" ed. BOU ARADA, Tunisia. â€" British infantry_ and tanks have pushed Nazi forees from positions straddâ€" fing the arterial Boubellat road. A duy of brisk battle today left the Allics and Nazis facing cach ather actess a narrow, stoncey valley six miles nerth of here. (This position thus is about 14 miles south of Medjczâ€"clâ€"Bab.) Gencral Giraud 'furi‘ho'xv';aé'scribed Remmel‘s army as being "in a diungerous position." Report 70,000 Sent British Push Nazis Fritz Sauckel, Nazi labor leader, at Weimar called on neutral counâ€" trics to send workers to Germany The Germans were calling up 16â€" yearâ€"olds for military service. Anâ€" other group of Germans, including business men in key gocitiomv who had been living in Sweden, have been called home for military serâ€" 5,000 Nova Scotia Steel Workers Strike Due to Barlow Report Sydney, N.S,â€"A strike by 5,000 workers today halted nro‘,uthn in the plants of the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation here, one of Canada‘s largest primary steel producing establishments. have u?uled to Spanish Generalâ€" issimo Francisco Franco to aid the Ax < German newspaper reports revealed today." s e The Hamburger Fremdenblatt reminded Franco of his promise a year ago to mobilize 3,000,000 men augainst the European archâ€"enemy f it should prove necessary." vice The casting of steel from one blast furnace was completed beâ€" fore some 2,600 workers on the day shift walked out. The union statecment said that all shifts, inâ€" volving another 2400 men, were affected by the strike. C. M. Anson, company general manager here, described the situation as "serious" and said that "as far as we know no arrangements have been made for maintenance." Union officials declared that maintenance crews are "definiteâ€" ly_qn the job and will stay there." It was expected that a conferâ€" ance of company and union officials, requested by Mr. Anson, wc'n_u_ld uke‘ place later today. A union statement said that the executive of the Sydney local of the United Steel Workers of America (C.1L0.) was in "full accord" with the walkout, staged in protest against the majority report of the Barlow Stee} Comâ€" mission. MONDAY TUESDAY From Tunisian Hill To "Save" Rommei