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Speaking over a transâ€"Canada broadcast by the CBC this week, Watson H. Porter of London, editor of the Farmer‘s Advocate, stated that the secret of success for Canaâ€" dian agriculture in the difficult "day after tomorrow" lies in conâ€" trels and coâ€"operation. Mr. Porâ€" ter‘s talk was one of a CBC series entitled "Summer Fallow" in which editors from all parts of the Doâ€" minion participated, giving their predictions for agriculture. "After that, in the day after toâ€" | morrow, things are largely what we make them. It depends on the | farmer himself. Organization and controls are the secret. ‘Controls‘ is a word farmers don‘t like. By itE I mean, however, wise controls adâ€" ministered by themselves. Coupled with mental effort and a coâ€"operaâ€" wive spirit, it will mean success for the Canadian farmer." Editor of ‘"Food in Canada", Hiâ€" ram McCann, of Toronto, discussed. the relationship between the farâ€" mer and retail merchant. The latâ€" ter has two tasks on which to base his _ future _ merchandisingâ€"the elimination of "shrink" and the deâ€" velopment of better selfâ€"service faâ€" cilities, both of which will mean increased revenue for him and ;l_'lore efficient service to the pubâ€" ic. C. A. Hayden, of Vancouver, thought that present markets were favorable for farmers on the whole, but that the readjustment period would be difficult for many of them, coupled with the worries brought about by advancing years, physical and mental strain, depreâ€" ciation of equipment, etc. _ pects are good for this year, and maybe for 1946. In the opinion of H. S. Fry, voicâ€" ing the sentiments of the Prairie farmers, Canada‘s economy deâ€" wnds on the soil, and that of the estern provinces in particular. Science, education and irrigation are going to be three prominent postâ€"war factors. "After that, in the world of toâ€" morrow, they appear fair, taking into consideration that other Euroâ€" pean countries will be back in the competition. This will probably continue until about 1948. "Anyone can be optimistic about the farm future of Canada without being insane," asserted Mr. Porter. ‘‘Breaking the subject down, howâ€" ever, I would say that the prosâ€" Byron White, of Ottawa, dealt particularly with the dairty indusâ€" try, in which 17 percent of the poâ€" pulation of the Dominion is enâ€" gaged. The flourishing market in dairy products should continue afâ€" ter the war, he said, particularly with extensive health programs beâ€" ing advanced. Editors Discuss Problems Which May Contront Farmers in the Post War Period In the opinion of Clarence Hodge, a Toronto editor, "the basic princiâ€" ples of the Atlantic Charter will secure agriculture for the world," and mean maximum production for every farmer. He, too, considered coâ€"operation the secret if the welâ€" fare of all groups is to be advancâ€" in an effort to alleviate labor shortâ€" If.“n in _ngundun meat packing plants. shortages "exceed subâ€" sunl.hlx“me 1,000 mark." Mr. Namara stated regional and local offices of the National Employment Service are making ml efforts to obtain workers. B ges were reported from Toâ€" ronto, Kitchener, Hamilton, Lonâ€" LCC PCP PRDONUM PPE OpTD 0000 AROICC Montreal and Hull in Quebec. Four plants in. the Vancouver district were short of men, while Other speakers were Marsha OIlâ€" son, of Calgary, who spoke on beâ€" half of the farm women of Canada, and Gordon Smith of the Financial Post, Toronto, who stressed the need for production of quality farm products in Canada if the country is to take a prominent part in the postâ€"war agricuitural world. SERIOUS . LABOR SHORTAGE NOTED IN MEAT PACKING PLANTS est priority ratings are being given inmelmtoalleviatelflxrlgl(- . _ e Coad RaXAP s Tb ons e =â€" _ THE WaTERLOO CHRONICLE _â€"= Woekiy w0 B _ C CCC ) W Ee es * Vol. 88, No. 33 ~ Warsmuoo, Onvanio, Pamat, Avousr 172008 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~ _â€" * se ; Park Board Curbs Property Sales Kitchener Park Board members decided at their meeting this week to clamp down on the sale of park property for building purposes in order to guard against any threat of the park acreallgo dwindling as the city expands. Following up this motion they refused offers to purâ€" chase property. It was agreed that to sell the lots in question would be to seriously encroach upon reâ€" creational needs of Kitchener in the future. According to Ellroy Lippert, oriâ€" ginator of the park spaceâ€"saving drive, if the sale of lots owned by the Park Board continued too rapidly, the municipality would one day find itself seriously lacking ci ade?nn'u- acreage for recreational focilities in a rapidlyâ€"expanding tary Gordon Scharlach to show that the city has a total of 210 acres of park property, most of it deâ€" veloped. â€" â€" At the same time, the board was told that the {:’noral belief is that there should one acre of park space for every 100 persons. This scale would require some 370 acres for Kitchener, based on the rfim«om population. The present park space total regrennu about an acre for every 170 of the city‘s population. No motion was presented, but unanimous â€" agreement of board members present was to concenâ€" trate in the future for present and future park or playground needs, rather than upgn sale of park ty. â€" â€" â€" 0 tiec:o_rvls were produced by Secreâ€" £a0IO0E ERCIMEODED, PME a, said this week highâ€" for Lewis Hahn, 93 New Hamburg Passes Away A large c:cwd attended the funeral for the lute Lewis Hahn Sr., one of New Hamburg‘s oldest and mest respected citizens, who passed away at his home on Waterloo St., on Monday, August 20. Mr. Hahn was in his 94th year, and had been seriously ill since Wednesday. Mr. Hahn was the founder of what is now the town‘s largest inâ€" dustry, the Hahn Brass Co., Ltd. A carpenter by trade, he began his business career at 23, openi a lumberyard in the village in ';%15. In later years he added a planing mill, going into a partnership and later bought out his partner and operated the business himself. In 1888 the mill was destroyed by fire. He continued with a lumberâ€" yard and started a temporary mill on a small scale. Later he conâ€" structed an entirely new one. Some years after he cntered the furniture marufacturing business and sucâ€" cessfully operated the Hahn Furniâ€" ture Co. until 1901 when he sold it to the Canada Furniture Co. Consideration was being given to the temporary employment of some army fl:nonnel‘ and as soon as harâ€" vests have been completed in Easâ€" tern Canada considerattion would be given to obtaining men from the farms for the packinghouses in Quebec and Ontario. Realizing the importsnce of furâ€" niture trimmings and their searcity, he organized the Hahn Brass Co. in 1899. Mr. Hahn retired from active business life in 1929 and gave control ef the firm to his son. m o e ds en i eoa The widelyâ€"known town builder was born Jan. 23, 1852, cn Hessen Road, Wellesley Township, a son of the late Mr. ind Mrs. George Hahn. He attended St. Peter‘s Lutheran Church. â€" _ â€" ing of mm wm‘km from toba subâ€" stantial shortages were reported at Winnipeg and a small shortage at Twice married, his first marrtiage was to Catherine Hamel on May 2, 1876, and when she predeceased him on Jan. 21, 1889, he married Elizabeth Kraft on Dec. 14, 1897 She died en May 15, 1935 _ _ Prince Albert and Moose Jaw were included in the cities listed as havâ€" Surviving are two sons, Alex F . New â€" Hamburg and Edward of Wilkesâ€"Barre, Penn.: four brothers, Jacob of New Hamburg, George, Waterloo, {onrad, Linwoed, and Andrew, Elmira. and a sister, Mrs. Heimpel, Kitchener. . . Burial was mace in Riversicd vemetery. Rev H H Erdman of fciated Wilmot Council Names Baden Park Committee The August meeting of the Wilâ€" mot Council was held in the Counâ€" cil Chambers at Baden on Monday, August 20, 1945. _ l _ Moved by M. A. Schmidt and A. E. Kerr that the Township Road Superintendent make application for an interim payment of subsidy under the highway Improvement Act on road expenditures incurred during the period from January 1 to August 31, 1945. _ ___ _ Moved by Willard Witmer and H. B. Bowman that a byâ€"law be inâ€" troduced to assess the subscribers and rentals of the Wilmot Townâ€" ship Telcphone system for the amounts required by the commisâ€" s.oners of said system and that this byâ€"law be now read a first and second time. M. A. Schmidt, chairman, when the several byâ€"laws were completâ€" ed and the rate of taxation was set at 10 mills on the dollar for counâ€" ty, township and school grants. The treasurer was instructed to issue checks in payment of acâ€" counts amounting to $1065.14. The next meon'.‘lu of the council will be held in the Council Chamâ€" bers on Sept. 17th at 9.30 a.m. MR. LEWIS HAHN. Sr. e in Riversice Ottawa States Jobs For Everyone In Canada 3. That the wholerelationship of livestock prices to the actual value of the animals when processed be investigated immediately and the resulting information made availâ€" able to producers. The committee in a resolutionf?&" urged action to compel arbitration ‘ Blc in disputes in the marketing and | dia processing industries and prevent T further strikes. An "extreme shortage of conâ€" struction workers" still was the most serious Dominionâ€"wide manâ€" power problem. Registration of construction workers had proved "disappointing" both in the Mariâ€" times and Quebec. The usual lack of heavy labor was retarding heaâ€" vy building projects. 1. That full information as to dio{ rect shipments of livestock, to packing plants as well as to publicI stockyards, be published and made| svailable daily. _ _ _ 8 2. That all cattle slaughtered in | Ontario terminal market areas this full be required to go through the | public stockyards. _ ooo 1. Across Canada, the call for farm workers has met with a "reaâ€" sonably satisfactory response." As reported by Government emâ€" ployment offices, the number of workers required (number of unâ€" placed applicants in brackets) in Ontario‘s larger industrial centres on Aug. 10 were: Toronto, 15,860 (2,458); Hamilton, (Continued on Page 8) The Labor Department stated there were 130,700 job vacancies in Canada four days before Vâ€"J Day. Although the imminence of Vâ€"J Day had lessened the demand for additional workers in the war plants, the total of all jobs availâ€" able continued to rise, the stateâ€" nient added. Shortage of skilled tradesmen was the chief handicap in Ontario. In British Columbia there was litâ€" tle prospect of meeting the "stead~ ily mounting demand" for conâ€" struction workers of all types. 2. Layoffs from war plants have released many women to relieve shortages elsewhere. In a lengthy review the: departâ€" ment noted: business to decide whether Abolition of the quota zfl«n noeku_::;n-inmehdphnh!_lw Meat Packers Ask End Ot Quotas which a committee of meat â€" oaqaadthe(hhrio!odc-nd:! mmmnmtothobo- Government. Since rationâ€" ing of meat to consumers automaâ€" Ahnfi:S't. quotas are unnecessary, the brief continues. * While it may be the Governâ€" ment‘s policy to ration consumers STRATHEDEN FIRST IN: QuebecCity started on July 30 to share with Halifax as a repatriation centre #or Oanadian servicemen coming back from the German War and British civilians and child war guests returning to the.Old Country. First troopship to dock at the Wolfe‘s Cove pier which the Canadian Pacific built for ts famous Empress of Britain was the Stratheden (top) with happy airmenm and soldiers being despatched from Quebec City Becomes Twoâ€"Way Repatriation Centre Im' culture. reported Wednesday that |situation in Ontario: nw‘o"m faces the most disastrous m:mdwfi tion general failure of small fruit erops | d Crop is estimated at 700,â€" i. | within the mcmon".yb.o( most growâ€" | 000 bushels. . n of | °TS The cause of failure is laid | _ Peaches: d“‘re&t Do.| to the e-rlyma)rinc. Spllowed by | from 1944. Yiefieldn. at 817,â€" ion.| weeks of weather. _ Pears, | 900 bushels. ma._| cherries and plm such a| Pears: Estimate is 47,300 bushels al) small yield that uymhoronlyll\rumtotl’“aw. ary, | fruit will be scarce entirely| Plums: Yield put at 29,500 bushâ€" *‘ absent from store next winâ€" | els a drop of 80 per cent from 1944. | ter. Fruit rationing some| Sweet cherries: Off 32 per cent °TD‘ expected might be i within a|from last year, estimated at 30,000 °TS\ few months, may Continue until|bushels. _ â€" ne|._ Mr. Kelley expressed the Socieâ€" n.|‘v‘s appreciation to the donors oi‘,throughom. Canada who have givâ€" eq en 2,300,000 donations in Red Cross _ clinics now closing. These donors k : have made a magnificent contribuâ€" ~*|tion. Close Red Cross ‘Blood Clinics ed, it has been decided to close the Blood Donor Service of the Canaâ€" dian Red Cross Society, Mr. Russell T. Kelley, chairman of the Service in Ontario announced today. "The National Executive of the Red Cross," stated Mr. Kelley, "is making a three months survey of the ‘blood needs of all hospitals throughout Canada, with a view to the possible development of a peacetime Blood Donor Service in Canada." Dr. W. S. Stanbury who has been in charge of the blood service in Britain under the Minâ€" istry of Health will direct the surâ€" vey. He is one of the foremost authorities in this field. Meat Packers Uneasy Over Hog Situation With the end of the war and the need for blood serum among the Armed Forces practically eliminatâ€" Donors who have given freely of their blood during the war years will be ready and willing to make a similar contribution when this peacetime service is inaugurated. There is sufficient blood serum now on hand in Canada to cover veterans needs and emergencies for the next six months. Both Mr. Beresford of Burns and Co. (Eastern) Limited, and Mr. Schneider admit what hogs they are able to purchase are being Although _ Kitchener _ packing plants have been assured of receivâ€" ing their share of labor, the greatâ€" est problem confronting them is the hog situation. It is not believed hogs are actually short in supply but that they are being diverted ‘"into other than the usual" chanâ€" nels, according to Mr. Fred Schneiâ€" der of J. M. Schneider and Sons, Limited. George F. Parkin, director of the marketing branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture, gave bia and Nova Scotia which fared better than Ontario. Best crops have been peaches and strawberâ€" ries. Vegetable crops have been good, the department said. Lettuce has been heavy, carrots "more than enough", tomatoes normal in acreâ€" age and crop, celery plentiful and cheap and caulifiower normal in yield although two weeks late. FRUIT GROWERS SUFFER SERIOUS FAILURE OF SMALL FRUIT CROPS e ie mirsiimast "Pa there to their homes all over Canada in O.P.R. special trains (bottom left) on July 31. On August 1 the other side of the picture was presented when the first boat train for Quebes since the outbreak of war left the O.P.R.‘s Windsor Station in Montreal with passengers including the British children (bottom right), among them the lad on the extreme left taking home his Canadian hockey Release Controls on Manutacture ot Farm Machinery What it means is simply this: Under the latest revocation of orâ€" ders, one can buy unrationed woodâ€" en step ladders over seven feet, but he can‘t buy a tractor plow; movie theatres can a,nin put on dinner set nights but a farmer cannot buy a hay loader or a binder, horse and tractor drawn. Cancellation of this order does not offer immediate relief to farâ€" mers who during the past year or so have been holding their equipâ€" ment together with invocations and ‘baling wire. Coâ€"ordinator H. H. Foreman said today "only two" restriction orders still remain in the durable goods field. These are the rationing of new farm machineâ€" ry in 25 items and restrictions on the use of metal for containers. bought at prices that permit their firms practically no margins of proâ€" fit. The situation is anything but desirable. "Products returning to the marâ€" ket must be sold at 1941 prices or at prices approved by the board if the article differs in ang way from tht‘?"lLMl p‘roduct." he added. _ _ failure. A Prices Board cancellation orâ€" der released this week releases farm _ machinery _ manufacturers from production controls and perâ€" mits them to produce within the liâ€" mitation of materials and labor supply. The list of farm machinery still rationed embraces practically all of the heavyâ€"duty machinery ranging from threshers, different field imâ€" plement combinations, down to orâ€" lharg sprayers and power pumps. . Off the rationing list is small orms ammunition and office eguipâ€" ment. Restrictions on the sale and delivery of new construction maâ€" cninery and equipment, most of which is imported from the United States, have been lifted. bought at prices that permit their Grain prices have gone up and farmers are finding it more advanâ€" tageous to sell their grain instead of using it to fatten hogs. This is another contributing cause of the (Continued on Page 8) Strawberries: m; relatively faâ€" vorable with yi 30 per cent above 1944. Grapes: Total production estiâ€" mated at 32,318 tons, a 13 per cent increase over last year‘s crop. York and Peel County apple crops are reported as the best in Sour cherries: Probably greatest failure of all fruits this year. Yield is only 10,500 bushels as against 92,000 bushels in 1944. per cent over 1944 yield. mw«mm situation in § _ Apples: Oneâ€"quarter of 1944 proâ€" five P m en ies ne e mt enc outs ‘with by a court martial," he said. Continue Meat Rationing Planas There have been no figures issued Onuu.-â€"\‘}pe.kin& in reference on the number of minfn( draftees to a statement quoting U.S. Agriâ€" since April 6 when 4,082 of a total‘culture Secretary Anderson as s . lof 7,0860 absentees were announced ing he believed it may be pg& To Occupy Hong Kong Chungking. â€" Chinese surrender |terms _ to the Japanese reported Gen. Chiang Kaiâ€"Shek‘s troops will Joccupy the British crown colony of Hong Kong, the enemy‘s island | fortress of Formosa, Northern Indoâ€" .China, and a small part of Thailand. British authorities in Chunfking declined comment on the inclusion of Hong Kong as one of the areas to be occupied by Chinese troops. A Chinese Army spokesman said Hong Kong was in the China theatre and the high command "naturally assumes responsibility :1)‘ accept the Japanese surrender ere". Gen. Kaiâ€"Shek‘s Troops K. C. Wu, Foreign Office spokesâ€" man, said the entire issue is under consideration by Gen. Chiang Kaiâ€" Shek, who is expected to announce a decision on the matter within a few days. MacArthur Plans To Enter Japan Tuesday Manila. â€"Gen. MacArthur anâ€" nounced today he would enter Juapqn next Tuesday, weather perâ€" uh:fl: with powerful Allied sea and landings, and the formal surrender document will be signed three days later in the Tokyo area. At the same time landing craft will put marines and bluejackets ashore at the famous Yokosuka naval base, approximately 15 miles southdast of Atsugi airfield. He will accompany airborne forces which will land at Atsugi airdrome, 10 miles southwest of Tokyo, in a vast convog of transâ€" m planes covered by fighters and bers. The exact landing time bombers. The exact landing time was not disclosed. Russian Air Troops Land in Kurile Islands London.â€"Russian airborne forces landed in the Kurile Islands west of the Aleutians today in an unâ€" expected skyâ€"jump. At the same time other parachutists reoccupied the historic ports of Dairen and Port Arthurâ€"lost to the Japanese 40 years ago. Continue Search for A.W.O.L. Troops in Canada J Ottawa.â€"A headquarters spokesâ€" man said today that the end of the war has brought n# changes in the army‘s policy of _ rounding up |Home Defence troops who went ‘absent without leave Jast December following passage of an Orderâ€"inâ€" ‘Council conscripting N.R.M.A. men for overseas service Taking off from the vast Russian Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia‘s airâ€" borne soldiers landed on the northernmost of the Japaneseâ€" owned Kurile Islandsâ€"the Island of Shumushu, which lies across a narrow strait from the Japanese naval base at Paramushiro, Moscow announced. Ottawa. â€"Gen. McNaughton reâ€" tired tonight as Minister of Naâ€" tional Defence and returned to private life. The Prime Minister announced the General‘s resignaâ€" tion as defence minister in the first of a series of Cabinet shifts and moves to consolidate warâ€"expanded Government Departments on a peaceâ€"time basis. h Hon. Douglas Abbott, navyr" minister, hasy been appointed deâ€"| R! fence minister and will administer"J" the army as well as the navy deâ€" * partment. _ Eventually all three C defence servicesâ€"army, navy and air forceâ€"will be under one minisâ€" 4 ter with separate deputies. 10 Jap Navy Ceased To Exist as being still at large Abbott Succeeds McNaughton Guam.â€"Reporting on the Manila preâ€"occupation _ conference _ with Japanese envoys, Rear Admiral Forrest _C._ Sherman said the Mikado‘s emissaries had conflrmed what the Allied navies had long knownâ€"that the Japanese navy virtually had ceased to exist. ;‘Everr remninin$ A.W.O.L. man eventuaily will be found and dealt with by a court martial," he said. "We have known for many months, as a result of the destrucâ€" tion of the Jap warships and shipâ€" ping by the increased air attacks, that the Japanese have been brought to defeat on the scea, alâ€" though they still have a strong army and a very considerable air force." he said. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22 THURSDAY, AUGUST 23 A cream separator, as well as a tractor and new machinery were purchased by W. S. Cowan from the proceeds of his first year‘s crop. A cuu:]t{ at Diep{:;.dCowan was established on his own farm under the Veteran‘s Act. * WORLD‘S WEEK GOVERNMENT REHABILITATION PLAN ENABLES VETERAN TO PURCHASE FARM Issued by â€" Rebabilitation Information Committee (WIB) Its News at a THE MONDAY, AUGUST 20 U.S. Ends Lendâ€"Lease Plan Washington. â€" Allied countries receiving lendâ€"lease assistance from the United States will be notified Iearly this week that the plan has | been terminated it has been learned. \The lendâ€"lease law authorized the president to terminate the program, , which has poured $39,000,000,000 of | war goods and civilian necessities "into countries fighting the Axis, at |the war‘s end. â€" nounced today that he would leave g,fr cong\;letr;d Japu;t at the head a mi array army, navy and air ‘!orces and would :licute surrender articles in the enemy homeland within 10 days. The air fleets, landing troops and the Allied naval armada will be on the lookâ€"out for any emergency as they approach the shores of that seething country. The Jaj notified Gen. MacArthur om that they were kec;ping forces unâ€" der arms at home "for maintenance of order," and that the Tokyo raâ€" dio warned that many of the Japâ€" anese military might forcibly reâ€" sent the occupation. Decide Canada‘s Role | In Pacific Within Week Oftawa.â€"It was learned today that news of the fate of high rankâ€" ing Pacific officers and their comâ€" mands may be released later this week. The Defence cofmmittee of the Cabinet is expected to know definitely this week whether % army and air force token forees be required for occupational duty in Japan. TUESDAY, AUGUST 21 Allies Going To Japan _ _ In the case of the army this mfiy be a brigade or less, in the navy it may be a cruiser, two flattops and a few other ships, and in the RC.â€" AF. it may be a squadron using the new Lincoln bombers. Resulting from the curtailment in the whole Pacific military proâ€" gram there will be announcements on the retirement of many senior officers and the disbandonment of various war establishments. The principal countries affected are Britain, Belgium, the Netherâ€" lands, France, Russia and Chine. Each involves special problems and irdividual settlements will have to be made. Japs in Manchuria Surrender London.â€"Moscow disclosed toâ€" night Japan‘s crack Kwantung Arâ€" my, estimated by the Russians to have numbered 1,000,000 men, has ceased resistance in most parts of Manchuria and is surrendering en masse to the Red army. _ â€" The wholesale capitulation in Manchuria came less than 24 hours before the expiration of the time limit at noon, Monday, set 'b{' Marâ€" shal Alexander M. Vasilevsky, Russian Far Eastern commander, in an ultimatum last week to the Japanese commanderâ€"inâ€"chief, Lt.â€" (Cen. Otozo Yamada. The Soviet war bulletin said that the three Russian armies fighting in Manchuria had ceased military operations on all sectors where the Japanese were laying down their arms and were "accepting the surâ€" rendering units and formations of the Kwantung Army." To Naval Command Oftawa.â€"Justice R. L. Kellock reporting on the Halifax Vâ€"E riots May 7â€"8 said he believed the upâ€" risings owed their origin to "failure cn the part of the naval command at Halifax" to plan for keeping their personnel off the streets of the city. ~ Lay Cause of Riots Once started, "the development and continuance of the disorders vere due to the failure of the naval command to put down the initial disorders on each of the two days, May 7 and 8," he said. â€" Finance Minister IIsley issued a statement which said the Governâ€" ment had "decided to pay compenâ€" sation on an ex gratia iuu for daâ€" muge to property directly resulting from cither the disorders or from the sion SATURDAY _ AUGUST 18 Bedford Basin arsenal exploâ€" (Continued on Page 8) Within Ten Days