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Waterloo Tp. Council Has Opening Meeting Reeve Carl Ellis, Reeve Leslie Klie and Coumw Snider, Edward Schnarr and James prayer and address from Rev. Anâ€" drew Shelly, following which the Reeve also spoke. Dr. C. C. Belyea was appointed medical officer for 1946, and is to work with a board of hu)théom posed of Reeve Ellis, Robert Cowan and Dr. J. E. Johnson, nnharihh spector. The township clerk is to come tax, $11; P. A. Snider, penâ€" sion applications, $30; Ontario &od Roads Association, membership,sfi: John Feasby, allowance, $16; â€" vaction Army Hospital, Hamilton, $20; Sick Children‘s Hospital, Toâ€" Waterioo Township Council held n_n_l;aucunlmlucnm The council also authorized the borrowing of mog&' tommoet curâ€" rent expenses pendi e of taxes, and the payment m 458.92 for roads. The following accounts were passed for payment: prmed for Lapment" M C Sotien. or payment: s â€" ter, relief, &&? Canada Bread, reâ€" lief, $7.20; W. B. Shantz, reliet, $23.58; International B;kem“rend. $5.40; Dominion Stores, re! $50.â€" 96; Mrs. Ella Schaefer, relief, $15; Â¥F. I. Willson, relief $16; Budd‘s Deâ€" Dobrindt, assistance re school area 2 ad 3, $10; Allen Shirk, merchanâ€" dise, $6; L. B. Weber, assessor, $155.66; P. A. Snider, sali as clerk, $100; Receiver Ge'ne::l., inâ€" come tax, $11; P. A. Snider, penâ€" fmnment Store, $8.55; Wm. Guilâ€" ette, Doon, $12.60; Westside Dairy, Kitchener, $9.10; Chas. Stager, inâ€" digent patient, $413.25; Mrs. Roy KHood, school attendance officer, $20.16; Municipal World, supplies, $2.37; G. V. Hilborn, registrar, $6.â€" 20; Kitchener Record, tax notices, $18.90; Murray Bray, remuneration to Vogt for land on Guelph ‘lR Line and legal costs, $162.47; G. ronto, $25. "We are satisfied with out 45â€" hour weekly schedule, but not our daily hours. The weekly hours should be apportioned evenly," Borsk said. "It is senseless for us to work a long day . . . even if we are paid overtime . . . while there are unâ€" employed people, and while still more packing plant workers are being laid off. e Mess New Meat Plants Strikes Are Threatened Winnipeg. â€" The announcement that a strike vote would be taken in three major Winnipeg meat packing plants next week, brought to the fore again the possibility of a nationâ€"wide meat-packinf indusâ€" try strike, the shadow of which hung over Canada for more than a month late in 1945. International representative, Adam Borsk, of the United Packinghouse Workers of America (CIO) said employees of Canada Packers, Swift Canadian and Burns and Co. would vote Jan. 16, 17 and 18 reâ€" spectively. ooo â€" Packinghouse officials at Winniâ€" peg said that the threatened strike :};)te was a "complete surprise" to em. "STATE FAIR" MON. â€" TUES. â€" WED That Grand Film WRGINIA GREY + ALAN MOWBRAY ‘ERIC BLORE + WILLIAM W. TERRY A Ruroha Pictures, Ino. Continuous 2 to 11.30 p.m "THE SPIDER" gy Ryan _â€" Jon Hall Pe‘l,oulse Allbritton in SATURDAY ONLY THURS. & FRL 204 f..?w «d ‘Mild Weather (Saves $200,000 the car detectives found blood stains, a blanket and some cily \pcper that was very similar to that on which the kidnapper wrote a $20,000 ransome note. _ Police said that the’ were satisâ€" fled with the couple‘s story that they were in Galena, IIl., and Duâ€" buque, Ta., the night of Jan. 6â€"7. They said that the woman explainâ€" edthobloodlhlnlmlntheur when several sailors was l"’i'\s a ride more than a month ago, ami a drinking party, got into a fight Toornto.â€"The January thaw that has had even the birds and the flowers thinking it was spring, has saved the Greater Toronto area an estimated $200,000 in fuel costs. This approximate flf\ll‘t will no doubt be increased if the weather continues to be mild. It is expected that the weather will get a little cooler but no real cold spell is in Si?{“ at the present time. ouseholders who burn oil and New Dundee; Sapper S. N. Henderâ€" son of Ayr; Signalman J. B. Parker and Sgt. J. Alexander of Hespeler; Signalman H. J. Rominger of Elâ€" mira; Pte. J. H. Sippel of New Hamburg; and Cngmnn R. A. Miller of Baden. The woman and the man with her were hunted, seized and quesâ€" tioned because she left an automoâ€" bile in a west side garage for a hurryâ€"up repair job the day of the killing, and did not call for it. In L. Rife, Irooper W. J. Ward, Cpl. E. A Bithell, LlnceH-‘C.tl. G. E. Fiâ€" scher, Cpl. C. R. Pte. S. J. Markow, Pte. J. L. O‘Donnel and §}L D. J. Shea all of Galt; Trooper . I. Robb, Trooper C. R. Woodâ€" field and Cpl. J. W. Dubrick of Preston; Trooper J. A. Rousell, Pte. J. Rohrbacher and Trooper J. Wigâ€" glesworth of Bridgeport; Pte. E. F. Ackersviller of Gadshill; Pte. D. R. both of Elora; Pte. J. C. Fried of Couple Detained By Police Cleared of Murder Chicago.â€" A couple seized for guutlonln in the murder of uzanne sqmn. has been reâ€" leased, and police announced that they are convinced that they had no conectinon with the case. Householders who burn oil and there are between 12,000 and 13,000 in the area, have benefited to the tune of $50,000 since Dec 17, when the weather first showed signs of moderating. The coal users, who are in the frent majori?, have also profited rom the mild weather, their main trouble being to keedp furnaces from overheating under present conditions. Ontario is still drawing its air from the vicinity of the Gulf of lfel:dco. and nothing extreme is in sight. Muskox Expedition miles north of V nd& Canadian delegates LONDON. â€" mnsmamamehm.muuu.u.o.cmw the word ‘adventure‘ is being reâ€"|said today that Canada after â€" corded in capital letters. For it is |ing to secure a seat on the United from this base on Feb. l4th the|N:tional Security Council, feels Muskox expedition will set out, &n |confident that she will have a seat mnmmmmuummn:mum ce Eoare has‘s porricaier in | _ neupegn to on studind by the w & e to terest in this maneouvre on the rim umnblyutlutt.heeauh of the Arctic circle, because one of |\be composed of 11 Security Counâ€" phere. }dock at Halifax around Jan. 25, will haye a total of 44 men aboard from Waterloo, Kitchener and the surrounding district. Waterloo men include: Trooper M. R. Snider, 5 Menno St.; Lanceâ€" CpL R. J. Gatschene, 47 Willow St.; Ave.; WO. 2 B. R. Am%w Menno St. and Craftsman R. W. Amy, 59 Menno St. _ Kitchener men included in the list are: Signalman E. A. Anstett, 404 Wellington St.; Pte. W. M. Crawford, 556 Frederick St.; Sigâ€" Signaiman L. C.Madil, 49 Albert ‘SL N.; Pte. W. C. Uhrig, 75 Alma George St, Capt Robert : Bruee ; e St.; Capt mwmeen St. S.; Pte. D. H. Matthews, 51 King St W.; Pte. M. Geliner, 189 Victoria St. N.; Pte. taught to build igloos and sleeping and eating out in the open. Wash ‘ The Ile de France, which is enâ€" route to Canada and is expected to Shoemaker Ave. and Gunner L. G. Kehl, 33 Grove St District personnel aboard are: her own boys, FO. Mattusch, C. G., son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mattusch has been chosen as one of the moâ€" of Ltâ€"Col. P. D. Baird, the men only places with heat and these are |;‘6u1&"be*'1séd for the good of m heated with electricity. All this‘kind and not for destruction. open air living is in preparation for _____________ for the A5.0, perfect health # a|\ New Cars? Maybe or .U., & e e mb ienss n Six Weeks the fierce oi ta an i na ko mt r.efe |In Six Weeks square with a power plant worth a million and a half dollars, Lack of water is one of the headaches at the present time. Another inâ€" weight of a Canadian designed snowmobile, which is 30 tons. The object of the muskox expedition is to test out military equipment and ‘City, District Men To Arrive on the Ile de France Rifleman A. E. Kurt, RR. 3; Sigâ€" nalman J. H. Lee, 4 King St. S.; Signalman J. Simpson, 43 Euclid nEAF paner Fo. Maliush is 2 RC.A.F. planes. FO. Ma is a member of the Army Supply Unit No. 1, and expects to be travelling the Arctic trails seven months, mrmn:m at Fort Churchill and adv via Barker Lake, Camâ€" ending up in the summer at Edâ€" The Churchill base is 200 miles (By Chronicle . B. Hartford, Trooper W. }nnhufll“ Low â€"câ€"â€"â€"â€" have thy four DON. â€"Canadian delegates | jectors a MMmuuu.u.o.MA.-flmym venture‘ is being reâ€" |said today that Canada after failâ€" a me ital letters. For it is |ing to secure a seat on the United | In addi se on Feb. l4th the|N:tional Security Council, feels|have bee ie mhen Thoul unlloe ths peeponed Alont Bevey | Sn on mm,mhmmlmm 2 P"m St.; Ot Seat On : Atomic Control Board It was forecast in Ottawa by leâ€" gal authorities that Meyer might eventually be released for good conduct and live with his wifeâ€"and children in Canada. They suggestâ€" ed that he might be eligible for reâ€" lease in about 20 years. cil members and Canada when the Dominion is not a member of the Security Council. Due to their research, Canada, the United Kingdom and the Unitâ€" called a "proprietary" interest in atomic energy. Also they have the vital componentsâ€"such as the uraâ€" nium deposits in Canada. _ _ _ "When shall I be going to Canâ€" ada?" was his only question, when informed of the commutation by Lt.â€"Col. Tom de Faye of Winnipeg. Col. de Faye said that arrangeâ€" ments had not been made. _ Divisional headquarters of the Although the statement commuâ€" tating the sentence had no :S{:;: ture on it, Majâ€"Gen. Chris Vo who is commander of the Canadian Occupation Forces in Germany is presumed to be the confirming authority. . rnrcaes l A statement by Prime Minister Attlee, President Truman and Prime Minister King, following their Washington conference on the atomic energy question, indicated they were rreplred" ired to put atomic energy under the control of the United Nations if P‘l.’fl*l' safeâ€" guards were provided | they had sponsibility for the murder of Caâ€" nadian prisonersâ€"ofâ€"war in Norâ€" mandy, Majorâ€"Gen. Kurt Meyer, who was sentenced to death has had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment in a Canadian prison. ME ut e Canadian Army of Occupation made the announcement of the commutation. Meyer was tried by a Canadian military court at Aurich, Germany, last month, and was convicted on three of five charges heard against him and senâ€" lenced to death by shooting. 'I‘ORONTOAâ€"Althou&h new cars are starting to make their appearâ€" ance in dealers‘ windows, they are not likely to be available for at least six weeks, officials of the Price Board say. They state that the prices for cars have not yet been set because strikes in the moâ€" tor industry has held up determinâ€" tion of assembly costs. _ are worn out the assurance that atomic energy would be used for the good of manâ€" It is hoped that the strikers get the urge to go back to work someâ€" time before half the country is walking because their present cars Meyer To Be Prisoner in Canada Back by special request Ronald Regan â€" Ann Sheridan "ABBOTT and COSTELLO IN HOLLYWOOD" MON. â€" King‘s Row TORONTO AURTICH.â€"Convicted of the reâ€" ws 8 THUR. â€" FRI â€" SAT. Miracle of Feels Sure A preliminary hearing of the four â€" William _ Mullen, Donald Warner, Howard Urquhart and Edâ€" ward Martin, may proceed Jan. 31, the crown indicated. _ â€" Two others arrested during the intensive manhunt that followed the slayinni, Thomas Ward and Wilâ€" liam Marshall, appeared on charges of armed robbery and were reâ€" manded to Jan. 23. 0_ â€" In addition, Stewart Watson and his wife, held as material witnesses in connection with the murder charge were remanded until Jan. 31 on bail of $500 each. not occupied by the court untuil re: cently. Toronto. â€" The four youths charged with murder in connection with the shooting of Meyer Tobias, proprietor of a dress shop, in an attempted holdâ€"up on Dec. 26, have been given a further remand to Waterloo Schools Army Paper Says Meyer Reprieve "Just and Fair" The request was made last Friâ€" day, by a committee, headed by B. K. Sandwell of Toronto during a discussion with the federal authorities here. _ Provincial secretary of the Onâ€" tario Command of the Canadian Legion, W. T. Burke, said Meyer‘s trial was fair and the judgment of ihe"h court should not be interfered with. Jap Deporting Order To Be Court Tested _ The case will be the first to be heard in the new Sunreme Conrt House, built trlor to the war, but naot neeunied hy the enurt until reâ€" Murder Suspects Again Remanded toda meviing of ine boate S lnlv.v been ordered and one threeâ€" inch lens for special use, plus an "Intelligent Germansâ€"the world for that matterâ€"know that this man has had fair treatment from the beginning. TORONTO BOARD PROTESTS ‘Toronto.â€"In Toronto, the fourâ€" man Board of Control passed a motion registering "emphatic proâ€" test" against the commutation of the death sentence on Maj.â€"Gen. Kurt Meyer, convicted Nazi war criminal, to life imprisonment in Canada. "If the situation had been reâ€" versed, Mr. Burke said, no German court would have shown the slightâ€" est consideration." The sentence would have been death, quick death. What will the rest of the war criminals think now? We are going to have to feed Meyer for the rest of his life. Ottawa.â€"A test is to be made of the validitfy of ordersâ€"inâ€"council providing for the deportation of Japanese in Canada, before the Supreme Court of Canada at a hearing on January 24. _ . An orderâ€"inâ€"council referring the orders to the court for a test was passed by the Cabinet after it reâ€" viewed a request from a Toronto committee for such an action. _ London.â€" Commenting editorialâ€" ly, the Canadian Army newspaper, H:rle Leaf, said _ in its United Kingdom edition that the commutation of the death sentence on SS Maj.â€"Gen. Kurt Meyer to life imflll-iwnmnt was just and fair. e court statement that Meyer was innocent of hm‘my direct orders for the r of the Canadian soldiers and that the deâ€" merit capitalupfinhhmeni. was upâ€" held by the Maple Leaf. _ ‘‘Many soldiers who have served in battle feel that this lastâ€"minute reprieve is only just and fair," the editorial said. "i‘ho-e who do not understand the soldier outlook may feel }hlt the man was dealt with too enientlg. Whatever Meyer‘s nationality, he was a soldierâ€"acted like a soldier, and was dealt with as a soldier. With three t new song hits 3+ only Oeokge can ting Tham. "Vote For George" George Formby in his latest and best picture. That Night With You Joan Bennett â€" The whole town is laughing with the loving in With the screen‘s most roarâ€" some foursome . . . The plot that rocked the nation .. . in Sherlock Holmes most exciting picture. Pursuit To Algiers Basil Rathbone â€" Nige!l Bruce Thursday â€" Friday â€" Saturday JANUARY 17 â€" 18 â€" 19 G};cfiy ”l'au;’l'\ triumph After Sun. ‘"She Knew All The Answers" Meet the answer to why men leave home, in this gay and P .:vitudg is 5> ir in Sumraers Rev J *Â¥ thiik â€" ADDED FEATURE â€" â€" ADDED FEATURE â€" of his responsibility did not _ David Bruce Louise Allbritton that will be useful for a starring month with relatives Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Mader and Miss Gwendolyn Mader of Kitchâ€" ener were guests of Mr. and Mrs.| Arthur Musselman on Sunday. | Mrs. Minnie Koch has returned to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kari Brubacher near Heidelberg on Sunâ€" der on !‘rid:x. Rev. and Mrs. Moses N. Baer and children, David, John and Mary and Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Baer visited with Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert wald remained to spend this week while Henry Sage returned home to Newton after spending several weeks with his daughter, Mrs Koch and Mr. Koch. Rev. and Mrs. H. Binhammer of Wellesley and Dr. and Mrs. J. Schmieder of Kitchener were guests of Rev. and Mrs. H. Schmieâ€" der on Friday. Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Karl Koch on Sunday were: Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Doerbecker and son ,Marvin of Waterloo; Mrs. Hy. Sage and Roy and Boyne Sage of Newton; Mrs. M;?.Reinwnld and Harry Sage of Millbank. Mrs. Reinâ€" their alleged attacks on poultry, but analysis of the stomach conâ€" tents of these birds made at the Royal Ontario Museum show that ‘their major prey is shrews and wild mice. The latter do much damage to fruit trees and shrubbery throughout the winter. In addition, the snowy owl kills large numbers of the brown ratâ€"a dangerous pest. To many persons, however, hawks and owls are intrinsically worth saving cven where the ecoâ€" nemic consideration is not clear. They are a beautifu land graceful part of our countryside. If all aniâ€" mals which fell foul of some special part of our interested were eradiâ€" catéd, this would be a dull and empty land for the lover of the outâ€"ofâ€"doors. Miss Dorothea Gingerich visited at tne home of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hilborn at Roseville on Sunday. Large numbers of redâ€"tailed hawk, roughâ€"legged hawk and snowy owl, moving into southern Otario during the winter, deserve more mmuom Usually these large birds are killed because of The Security Council faced with the task of setting up atomic enerâ€" gy controls and preventing another war, will hold its first meeting on Thursday. Its agenda provides that it shall issue a directive to the miâ€" iitary: staff committee instructing it to organize the international poâ€" lice force. HUNTER, CONSIDER Meat Famine Soon in U. S. LONDON.â€"It has been ;‘ufizut- ed to United Nations Gen Asâ€" sembly delegates, as world statesâ€" men pleaded for a rapid establishâ€" ment of a commission to control utomic energy, that atomic weaâ€" pombeu:edtokeepthe&e;ce. Navy minister Norman kin of Australia, who is destined to beâ€" come the first president of the allâ€" powerful Security Council which will control the world police force, said in a statement that there was "nothing in the nature of atomic weapons which excludes them from the police force arsenal |__ _ _ NEW _YORK â€" The United mmm t'::.diud raâ€" Lh-hge-u:‘d.‘a'ufimm ages, is apt to be back on a meatâ€" less diet again. They are threatenâ€" by the London Evening News that the Duke of Windsor has been proâ€" mised that the Government would find him a job when the opportuniâ€" ty arose. The newspaper added that the job would likely be a coâ€" lcnial governorship and discountâ€" ed as entirely "out of the question" suggestions that the Duke would succeed the Earl of Halifax as Amâ€" bussador to the United States. ers from the 150 packing house plants. The strike boosted to more than 900,000 the number of Ameâ€" rican workers idle because of laâ€" bor disputes. 'flurewuanlckerolha;:cgat the strike, which if full e, would be the largest single work stoppage in the United States since before the war, would be called ufl. Union leaders agreed to conâ€" fer in Washington with Labor Secâ€" Washington Post Not For Duke ment efforts to halt the walkout. are still accusing the other of carrying on the war after the truce had been declared. Chou Enâ€"Lai, No. 2 Chinese Communist, today sought a meeting with Gen. Marâ€" shall, United States presidential envoy to China. He was reported ready to complain against Governâ€" ment isolations of the recent civil strife truce agreement. _ Communists charged that on Tuesday, Government forces atâ€" tacked Kwangshan, Communistâ€" held hifihway centre in Southâ€" eastern Honan province. A Governâ€" ment spokesman denied the charge and regoned that Federal forces everywhere had halted military operations at the Sunday midnight deadline "except where they were forced to fight in seifâ€"defence. _ _ World Police Force May Get Atomic Weapons Charges Repeated That Truce Broken The Communist New China Daily News reported that fighting conâ€" tinued in Kwanshan after the Sunâ€" day deadline and there were other indication that skirmishes were in process at several other points. Rev. and Mrs. E. Gingerich and LONDON.â€"It has been reported NEW DUNDEE BO{ Miss Miriam HiTborn ronicle Correspondent) THE BIRD OF PREY .â€"Both sides in China vrder to step up production. 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