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NEW DELHI â€"Striking RAF. personnel gained 1,200 fresh adherâ€" ents this past weekâ€"end, in the weâ€" wantâ€"toâ€"goâ€"home strike at the Calâ€" cutta Dumjum Airfield. It was estimated that this brought to 2,000 the number of R.A.F. personnel that was striking in India in protest to what airmen claimed was a slower rate of deâ€" mobilization for them than for the British Army and Navy. Thousands of other service men were reported striking elsewhere. More R.A.F. Men Go On ‘Strike Those Endearing Young Charms Robert Young and Laraine Day Boldly they ride. Recklessly they live It‘s a thrill filled era of the old west . . . . * * _ 99 "The Daltons Ride Again To him it was a furlough thrill To her it was everything . .. "Angles Over Broadway" Alan Curtis _â€" _ Lon Chaney Noah BeerLJr. Kent Taylor Martha O‘Driscoll The strange and wonderful story of a romance born beâ€" tween dusk and dawn . . . Out of the hills pops Judy. To start a holler that‘s out of this world. . . . Judy Canova and Ross Hunter Starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. with Rita Hayworth and Thomas Mitchell 0. After Sun. Midnight Preview and Mon., Tues., Wed. _ Hear her sing _ "Old MacDonald Had A Farm" All in glorious technicolor. Errol Flynn â€" Alexis Smith The strikes have evidently been Thursday â€" Friday â€" Saturday JAN. 3ist â€" FEB. 1 â€" 2 FRL, SAT., MON., TUES. Starts Wed., February 6th with ANOY OEVINE FUZZY KWIGHT â€" ADDED FEATURE â€" â€" ADDED FEATURE â€" "Hit The Hay" 66 S an Antonio" â€" 4 DAYS â€" apsilol with {the avwerage return, with returns varyinslfrom $20 to $75 per acre). Many Western farmers have found this more remunerative than growâ€" ing wheat although admittedly it |takes more work. As with every |crop, sunflower seed has its pecuâ€" liar problems: the destructive efâ€" fects of the sunflower moth and atâ€" |tacks b& birds who like nothing |better than to alight on the sunâ€" “finwer heads and peck at the seeds. ‘Then, too, the Frice of five cents per pound applies only to seeds ‘weigrhing so many pounds per buâ€" |shel and because of the uneven |nature of Mennonite a grower has never been certain of retfinl a crop that was uniformly plump. Greater certainty of b&‘er and better cror- is the result of the creation of Advance. As Dr. Steâ€" venson points out, this hybrid has had superior ancestry, one of its ‘wax limited the supply of other edâ€" ible oilâ€"producing seeds. (Peaceâ€" time production was largely limitâ€" ed to Mennonite colonists who made no attempt to extract the oil Dbut consumed the seeds as a nut or fed them‘to their poultry and liveâ€" stock.) A guaranteed Trice for sunflower seeds was largely responsible for production rising from a negligible acreage before the war to 17,300 acres in 1944. With the Canadian Wheat Board paying five cents per pound for top quality, it is possible for a grower to get an average reâ€" turn of $40 per acre. (This 540 is peaceful with the men simply reâ€" maining in their quarters in defiâ€" ance of their duty assignments, exâ€" cept essential services such as messâ€" ing and handling of homeâ€"bound personnel. There is urgent need for a large crop of sunflower seed this year to help to meet the lack of domestic shortening. In Canada, at present no household commodity is in shorter supply than shortening. Lard production has fallen from 120,000,000 lbs. in 1944 to 57,000,â€" 00u pounds in 1945 and will probâ€" ably not exceed 45,000,000 pounds in 1946. Housewives who lament being unable to give their cakes and pies that oldâ€"fashioned richâ€" ness or who now refrain from treating their families to a batch of doughnuts will benefit by the sucâ€" cess of the sunflower seed growâ€" er, as about 90 per cent of the exâ€" tracted oil will be used for shortâ€" ening. To help make this year‘s crop and the crops of succeeding years more remunerative to the grower, the Department has creâ€" sted a new variety of sunflower The quality of Canadianâ€"grown plant breeders becomes available to growers not a moment too soon Dr. T. M. Stevenson, Chief of the Forage Plants Division of the Exâ€" perimental Farms Service, says: "If Canada is to maintain its warâ€" time production of sunflower seed, it will be obliged to compete in price with other countries. Suffiâ€" cient yield per acre will make it possible for Canada to meet this competition and the Advance vaâ€" ricty of sunflower provides this inâ€" creased yield." This new product of government sunflowers was improved when in 1937 the Experimental Farms Serâ€" vice in its Saskatoon Forage Crops laboratory selected and inbred the most promising lines of sunflower seed obtained from Soviet Russia. This selection it named Sunrise. The two varieties, Mennonite and Sunrise, have been the source of Canada‘s expanded sunflower productionâ€"expanded because the The Dominion De;iartmem of Agriculture has struck oil!l True, it‘s t(.,hnllsy salad oil but %ye bringing in new gusher partment scientists should help Western Caâ€" nadian farmers to make a million doilars this year. _ h ow liceensed as ‘Advance‘â€"an apâ€" propriate name, as this new creaâ€" ticn yield 25 to 30 per cent more seed per acre than existing varieâ€" ties and has not only a higher perâ€" centage of kernel but a higher perâ€" centage of oil in the kernel. Sunflowers have been grown in Canada for some 70 years since Mennonite fugitives from Czarist Russia brought with them seeds of a variety now known to Canadians as Mennonite ,a variable strain that often develops in different forms. For example ,the Mennonite sunâ€" fower produced in Soythern Maâ€" nitoba differs greatly from the weakerâ€"stemmed variety of the same name produced in the Rosâ€" thern area of Saskatchewan. The million dollars will come from this years crop of sunflower seedâ€"source of one of the finest edible oilsâ€"if Western growers sow the 28,000 acres recommend by the latest Dominionâ€"Provincial Agricultural Conference and if the crop is a good one. _ _ _ Oil Strike on Western Farms Housewives, Livestock Producers, Sunflower Seed Growers _ Unlike corn, the sunflower has both sex organsâ€"thousands of ‘pairs of themâ€"in the same flower, and in standard varieties these sex ergans function normally.» Howâ€" |ever, the female parent of Advance 1is usually selfâ€"sterile, and is rarely receptive to its own pollen. But when, say six rows, of the female parent are planted beside two rows |cf the virile maleâ€" parent, the ferâ€" {tilization process is easily completâ€" ed. The hybrid seed is harvested only from the female rowsâ€"a proâ€" ‘cedure similar to that followed in | the production of hybrid corn seed. Although created at Saskatoon, the first largeâ€"scale production of this hybrid seed took l1.::dace in 19"4..'; at the Dominion Experimen Station at Morden, Man., which When harvestedâ€"and it matures four to five days ahead of Sunrise â€"the seed of this remarkable hyâ€" brid is found to produce a greater yield than either of the present vaâ€" rieties, greater by 25 to 30 per cent, with increased weight per bushel. This increased weight.is all in the kernel, as the hull of Advance is thinner than that of other varieties. What‘s more ,the oil content of Adâ€" vance is oneâ€"seventh greater than that of its parents. . e parents being a particularly promâ€" ising single head of Mennonite which the Dominion Forage Crops Laboratory at Saskatoon inbred for four years, later crossing it on an inbred strain of Sunrise. When, the following season, the nybrid seed is planted, it produces a plant taller than Sunrise but shorter than Mennonite and this height of the hybrid is more uniâ€" form than that of either of its parâ€" ents. Uniformity of growth makes fur easier harvesting with a comâ€" bine, which according to Dr. Steâ€" venson, is a necessity. "Labor costs of handâ€"harvesting in Canada are too high to compete with labor costs in most other countries," he points out, saying that "It was abâ€" solutely essential that we produce a varety for combine harvesting." But this uniform height is not the only virtue of Advance. The new variety has a strong_ stem holds the sunflower head firmly, which stands up well even when exposed to high winds and which preventing it from lodging. Nor does the seed head of this hybrid readily shatter, Then, too, the stem is bent at the neck givin% the head sreater protection from birds. Reâ€" sistance to sunflower moth is also high, a characteristic inherited from Sunrise but lacking in Menâ€" nonite. Allan Jones â€" Bonita Granville Senorita From The West The Jungle Raiders Alice Faye â€" Dana Andrews "The Fallen Augel" Showing at Saturday matinee Ist Chapter â€" Ail New Thrilling Serial Mon. Tues. Wed. Continuous Sat, 2 to 11.30 p.m. Thur. â€" Fri. â€" Sat. Jane Powell <« Ralph Bellamy Constance Moore â€" Morton Gould Extra‘! Extra‘! Dructitrulty DANGEROUS with William Eythe Lloyd Nolan â€" Signe Hasse ADDED ATTRACTION hnpg;n. if the present tendency continues for Governments to get ;‘:fi business in the international When a Provincial Government decides to operate a Fower plant, no one outside of that Province is interested, except that, as Professor McDougall pogmed out _ to the Senate Committee, the Dominion Treasury loses $100 million to $125 million a year by businesses owned by Governments not paying Doâ€" minion Tax. What hapl,),ens is that the wheat farmer in that case, or the men who operate air lines in the other case, are going to demand that they have plenty to do, and fair pay. They are going to insist that their Government gets them their share of international business, also keeps prices down to a point at which Canadians ean compete in world markets. by Governments not paying Doâ€"!‘ Since her mother is at home and minion Tax. able to take care of the baby, Mrs. When the Dominion Government Smith has a job as a salesgirl, operates a railway, that is someâ€"| working eight hours a day, six :.ys thing which concerns only Canaâ€" a week, for $17. This amounts to dians. If the people of this country approximately $73 a month, which decide to spend more money each added to her total pension brings year, to have a railway system run |the income for three adults and by the Government, than they baby u_ pto $153 a month. would have to spend if it were run Fixed Expenses $158 by a private corporation, that is | _ Opt of this she must keep up the strictly the business of the Canaâ€" payments on the $2,900 mortgage, dian people. _ We. â€" 1?3_)_'_ taxes, and heat the house, in On the other hand, when a Government goes into international business, there is going to be plenty of room for argument beâ€" tween ?eoph in one country and people in another. Panâ€"American Air Lines decided to cut fares on the Transâ€"Atlantic run, so low that the British Govâ€" ernment, which owns its own air lines, felt that the competition would be unfair. The British Government therefore reduced the number of flights when Panâ€" American might make to Britain An ordinary struggle between two corporations for business, ending in a rate war, is somethir;f with which the world is quite familiar. In every such case, sooner or later, common sense has returned and rates have been fixed at a level set by reasonâ€" able competition between the various companies concerned. A rate war between transportaâ€" tion enterprises owned by Governâ€" ments is something which is bound to set up international bad feeling. Perhaps the Canadian people have failed to realize that this is the sort of thing to which the Canadian Government has committed us by its decisipn to have international aviation operated by the state. On the whole, since Canada is not likely to make war on any country over price levels, this seems likely to end in the Canadian taxpayer taking the rap, as he is bound to do in connection with wheat, the sale of which is now a Government enterprise. B 29 body joint 30 vehement 36 gone up 38. adult males 13. note in Guido‘s scale 14. worship 15. following the 17 course 18. labor 19 pictureâ€" | CROSSWORD â€" â€" â€" By Eugene Sheffer | HORLIZONTAL 1. tumuituous 18 77 2l 77 EYJ 54. pagoda Aniai 85 domineering {collog.) 56. preserve 57 Sâ€"shaped 44. more orderly VERTICAL 47 Jason‘s ship 1. British island 80 louder pp* %l) Z]p oA 7 LJp ANSWER 53 37 23 °_ Mrs. Smith is a pretty, hardâ€" workirgh war widow of twentyâ€" four. e has a twoâ€"year old son that her husband, a flying officer in the RC.A.F., had never seen when he was killed in a flying accident in England, April, 1944. They had bought a house just after he went overseas, consulung with _ each other by caple, and Mrs. Smith kept it, putting into it their savâ€" ings, a sf,ooo insurance policy and over $400 in gratuities that she reâ€" ceived. The house is her only asset. The cost was $6,300, and a real estate agent tells her it is worth $8,500 now. She hopes she won‘t have to sell it, however, because her mother and father are now living with her and entirely dependent upon her. Mrs. Smith‘s father has coronary thrombosis and in all probability will . be permanently unable to work. The more fundamental problem remained. She had to find some way of increasing her earning power. Mr. Kerr, head of the Voâ€" cational and Educational Training School in Toronto, pointed out that a threeâ€"month typing course at Northern Vocational costs only $5 and would be the quickest means of getting a beiter job; shorthand, which would take longer, could be Mrs. _ Smith, _ although only twentyâ€"four, is quite willing to shoulder all her responsibilities and see the situation through. She went to the Department of Veterâ€" ans‘ affairs, and the interviewer, although sympathctic, pointed out that there was nothing in the reguâ€" lations to take care of her case, since Mrs. Smith had never been in the service. The D.V.A. official suggested that either the RCAF. Benevolent Association or the Canadian Corps might be helpful. She tried both, and is now awaiting word from the Fund in Ottawa. She also visited the Corps office, where she ran into a member of the organization who volunteered to look into the situation. Immediate Help Needed . Opt of this she must keep up the payments on the $2,900 mortgage, pay taxes, and heat the house, in addition to feeding and clothing the family and keeping up payments on $500 in debts that have accumuâ€" lated. Her fixed expenses each month are $158, and the small bank account she and her husband had kept is diminishing, with no prosâ€" pects of replenishing it. _ After some preliminary investiâ€" gations he discovered that the help she needed was readily available. The immediate problem was, of course, financial assistance to see her through the present crisis. This, if it is not forthcoming from the RCAF. Benevolent Fund, may possibly be provided by the Welâ€" fare Chest, since her parents are dependent on her. C. ‘eleplone call brought this information and consolation. pronoun 5. wings 6. castle 7 nostrils 8 sacred image 2. plant of lily family 3. dye process using wax 4. personal GGf 20 34 67 77 7P 47 29 pompously 20 middleâ€"west 30 limb 31. Scottish offapring 25 shelter 26 French article 28 walk 10 ingenuity 11 born 16 evaded 20 soft drinks 22 male 57 24 42 10 tâ€"17 10 By Miss Miriam Hilbern (Chroniele Correspondent} Two more local young men have received their discharge from the Royal Canadian Airforce and reâ€" turned to their homes in the village this week. They are LAC. George Fechtel and LAC. Nial Koehler, who arrived at the homes of their __ It won‘t be long now before any Canadian willing to lay $2,500 or $3,000 on the line, will be able to fly his own personal plane, states Ronald A. Keith, editor of Canaâ€" dian Aviation, in The Financial Post. Operating costs will be lower than a motor car, if he piles up sufâ€" ficient mileage to distribute his overhead. Biggest airlines of the immediate future may carry 300 passengers and cost $1 million. All this information was unâ€"|ler was accompanied by his wife covered by telephone by the Corps while Mr. Bechtel‘s wife has been member who interested himself in spending the past few months with Mrs. Smith‘s case. It was an acciâ€" his parents here. dent that he knew she needed help.‘ Mr. Bechtel who enlisted in Auf. but the problem was not difficult|j943, had been stationed at Winniâ€" once the right people heard about pog, Yorkton, Sask. Greenwood, it. There must be many other war NS and Gander Newfoundland widows who have financial difficulâ€" during his time in service while ties, some of them much greater Mr Kochler u i0 enlisted in Nov. than. Mrs. Smith‘s The comâ€" jo43, was st.tioned at Luchine, munitys resources of evem Kind |r uc Trenton and fRockeliffe. could solve almost all of them. _/ , |"° Short Course boys and girls studied later. It was also proved that refinancing her debts so that she could make smaller payments each month could be arranged with the help of a reliable advisor. Ontario Street Phone 6â€"6401 Waterloo, Ont PERSONAL PLANES SOON Only in the Hometown Weekly Newspapers can people satisfy their craving for this kind of news, their unceasing curiosity about what goes on close to home. And only there can they find the local buying informaâ€" tion that they need. Which explains very laszely why people read their Hometown Weekly Newspaper so eagerly and thoroughly, and why such nes spaper adâ€" vertising produces such satisfactory results You can‘t afford to neglect these buyers who live in the towns, villages and townships of Canudla,. and are so well served by their weekly newspapers. NEW DUNDEE Local Toue Then comes the upward climb in business, perhaps an entry into politics, almost surely some activity in social, civic and religious affairs . . . each step proâ€" ductive of news that is vital interest to self, to family, to friends and fellow townspeople. So it goes until death itself writes the final story. k C ~7'6“\!. *A kA &S‘?@g & P 2 ‘/ A I‘itl " .-, §)'~ "‘ ; \ \ [AF !a i ‘ | LA & ' ‘ | ‘;‘\\ 65‘ 5 /.;?;? â€"~p><« That Really Counts The magnetic power of local news to win and hold people‘s attention is as fundamental as nature itself. Local news begins to play its part in a man‘s life with a oneâ€"line notice announcing his birth. Progress in school, participation in sports, graduation, engageâ€" ment, marriage follows . . . each likely to figure someâ€" how in local news. The Waterloo Chronicle CHECKS, PLAIDS, with an attractive new $3.50, $3.95, $4.25, $4.50 yard. 54 inches v HERRINGBONES, $4.50 yard, 54 inches wide Twin City Buyer‘s tride Published by BEAN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING Company Limited No matter what the year or the oge, tweeds always step along with fashion. Styled in this year‘s princessâ€"sylph coats, they masterfully hold pleats, swing into a full skirt. You‘ll love the seasoned colours of our new spring line . . â€" ( 8 TWEEDS o+ all the family Patterns available for making the styles sketched. . . . . Butterick 3583 in sizes 2 to 10 . . Butterick 3573 in sizes 10 to 16. Department Store GOUVUDIES King And Queen Streets Kitchener King Street Floor It‘s The Little Terry Finn, son of Mrs Edward Finn, is a patient in St Mary‘s Hospital,. Kitchener. é\.’hile Mr. Bechtel‘s wife has been spending the past few months with his parents here. | _ _Mr. Bechtel who enlisted in Aug. About â€" fiftecen â€" neighbors and frends held a delightful social at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Howling on Saturday evening in hunor of Mrs. Howling, who obâ€" served her birthday on Monday. Crukinole and Chinese Checkers were played and at the conclusion dainty refreshments were served. Mrs. Howling was the recipient of many lovely gifts including a pretâ€" tilyâ€"decorated birthday cake which had been baked by Mrs. R. Carse. Nine ladies gathered at the Red Cross sewing rooms on Wednesday afternoon and completed another quilt. The Short Course boys and girls held a joint class social in Kavelâ€" man‘s Hall on Wednesday evening. Games were erjoyed under the diâ€" rection of the two lady teachers, Miss Grace Hamilton and Miss Flora Durnin after which doughâ€" nuts and coffec were served. Students of the boy‘s class visitâ€" ed the Burns & Co. Packing Plant ut Kitchener on Tuesday and Wedâ€" nesday. parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Bechtel and Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Koehler from Gander, Newfoundâ€" land and Rockeliffe, respectively on Monday and Tuesday. Mr. Koehâ€" ler was accompanied by his wife x look wide