Sherbrooke daily record, 6 mars 1945, mardi 6 mars 1945

[" Siierbrooke Bailli lecoid Established 1897.THE PAPER OF THE EASTERN TOWNSHIPS SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1945.WEATHER Fair and Colder Forty-Ninth Year.COLOGNE'S SURRENDER EXPECTED HOURLY Russian Guns Pounding Suburbs Of Stettin Tanks And Infantry Rolling Through Industrial Sectors Of Wrecked Rhineland City Americans Shell Cologne\u2019s Marshalling Yards, Among Biggest in Germany, and Reach Ringstrasse Rimming Ancient Heart of Reich\u2019s Fourth City.By JAMES M.LONG A&sociated Press Staff Writer Paris, March 6.\u2014W\u2014U.S.1st Army troops driving into Cologne today reached the Pingstrasse rimming the ancient heart of the wrecked Rhineland city against surprisingly light opposition.Fall of Germany\u2019s fourth city was expected hourly as TI.S.tanks and infantry rolled through industrial sections in its northwest area and shelled its marshalling yards, among the biggest in Germany.Meantime some fifty miles to the north the enemy bridgehead on the west bank of the Rhine was compressed to a scant eleven miles in length as 1st Canadian Army troops moved to the outskirts of staunchly-defended Xanten, key to the enemy\u2019s only remaining Rhine crossing-points in that area, and TJ.S.9th Army men crashed into Rheinberg, three miles to the southeast.Perhaps 50,00'0 Germans were hemmedi in by the 1st and 9th against the Rhine bank, but it was believed the enemy retreat still was orderly.Gen.Crerar\u2019s men have raised the total of prinsoners taken since they ¦jumped off February 8 to 19,500.German demolition squads, trying desperately to guard the rich industrial Ruhr left the Rhine bridgeless along the twisting 70-mile stretch from Bonn to Wesel.The Allies held the whole west bank of the Rhine from Cologne all the way north to Rheinberg, five miles south of Wesel, except for a tiny pocket in the riverbend two miles north of Homberg, and a six-mile stretch from two to three miles deep from south of Neuss to Wor-ringen.Even these were believed squeezed almost empty.Continued on page 1.col.4.German Refugees Plodding Out Of Wrecked Cologne By HAL BOYLE Associated Press War Correspondent Cologne, March 6.\u2014(Æ5)\u2014German refugees plodded westward out of this wreck of a city as three American divisions stabbed at its heart.Men and women of all ages, their faces showing neither hate nor fear but reflecting the despair of all homeless refugees, streamed toward the American lines by the hundreds, Some were carrying babies or leading children by the hand.Their household valuables were piled in carts or perambulators, and included blankets to protect them against the March cold.The last-ditch defenders of the city, estimated by one U.S.staff officer at less than 1,000, were withdrawing slowly into the \u201cAltsitadt\u201d (Old Town) section bordering the Rhine itself.They were surrounded by U.S.armor and infantrymen.One-fifth of the 25 square miles ¦of the once great industrial city, was in American hands last night.! Because the U.S.wedge had driven' through main defence belts to within two and a half miles of the river, the German garrison had to pull i back in order to escape being chop- ! ped to pieces.It is the Old City that contains I the world-famous cathedral and: many important and picturesque medieval buildings.The resisting.Germans were fighting there main-, ly with a few mortars, machine-guns and rifles and some 88-mm.antiaircraft guns.Most of the enemy\u2019s heavy equipment has been moved to the Rhine\u2019s east bank and only a relatively few self-propelled guns remain.The task of cleaning out Cologne \u2014a city somewhat larger than Montreal\u2014is a big one, for every basement must be searched for hidden German soldiers.While the centre of the city apparently has been heavily damaged by Allied air raids there seemed to be no appreciable bomb damage in the western suburbs.There were still many civilians living there in little brick houses when the Yanks arrived, but they are rapidly moving out, taking the youngsters and a few belongings with them.Already the army is taking over some of the houses for quarters, command posts and signal centres.Nazi Communications Centre Of Chemnitz Hit By Raiders London, March 6.\u2014(®\u2014The R.A.F.and R.C.A.F.sent more than 1,100 bombers over Germany last night, the Air Ministry announced today, concentrating on the Eastern Front communications centre of Chemnitz, which was hit yesterday by 250 United States heavies.A large fleet of British heavy bombers also attacked synthetic oil plants at Bohlen near Liepzig while Berlin was bombed for the fourteenth consecutive night by Mosquitos.Canadian pilots back from Chemnitz operation said adverse weather and enemy fighter opposition marked the raid.Seven R.C.A.F.heavies were lost.FO.Martin Seale, a Moose Squadron navigator from Edmonton, said ice forming on the wings of the high-flying bombers formed a great hazard.\u201cBut there was a good blow from fires burning under a heavy cloud,\u201d said Sqdn.Ldr.D.J.Cleland, a Porcupine Squadron pilot from St.Catharines, Ont.Other squadrons taking part included the Ghost and Tiger.Shortly before noon German radios warned Allied raiders were coming in over the Netherlands, indicating a non-stop bombardment ¦of Germany was continuing for the 22nd straight day.The night raiders had dropped approximately 4,000 tons of high explosives on their three targets.Two hours after the attack on Chemnitz, reconnaissance pilots saw i large fires still burning.At Bohlen ! there were violent explosions, dif-j fusing so much light that the last planes over the target were able to bomb visually as in daylight.Chemnitz is one of the main centres of the vast railway network spreading over Saxony, and Allied air chiefs apparently are determined to deal it a knockout blow.Its importance was emphasized by the Air Ministry, which said: \u201cVery few large industrial towns now remain comparatively undevastated to serve as bases for organization of defence against the Russian army or for administrative control j of Germany.\u201d I This is the same type of co-ordin-lated blow by which Allied heavy ¦ bombers virtually flattened Dresden land numerous other German indus-j trial centres.The synthetic oil plant had been | kept out of action by American bombers most of last year but now had been repaired.Germans Getting More Guns into Position for Battle of Rhine River, Which Is Natural Backstop for Shattered Siegfried Line Positions.By ROSS MUNRO Canadian Press War Correspondent With the 1st Canadian Army on the Rhine, March 6.\u2014(® Cable) \u2014The Germans are organizing their defences on the east bank of the Rhine and are getting more guns into position for the battle of the river, a natural backstop for the shattered Siegfried Line positions in the Rhine-Maas corridor.Enemy shelling along the river line was increasing today.Under protection of mist and low clouds the enemy pumped 200 shells into the Kleve area during the last 24 hours and tried to shoot up roads in the Canadian Army sector, Once the artillery now supporting Gen.Crerar\u2019s troops in the last phase of the fighting in the Germans\u2019 Xanten-Wesel bulge can be turned east again counter-battery work will certainly reduce this enemy fire.The weather can be expected to improve from now on and the Allied air forces will be able to launch a blitz against the Rhine defences as a prelude to the river crossing.Elimination of the enemy bulge on the -iest side of the Rhine is continuing slowly and methodically.This bulge is approximately fifteen miles wide, extending from a point just north of Xanten to Orsoy, due east of Rheinberg, and varigs in depth with its maximum about 12 miles.Elements of five German divisions are fighting a rearguard action but Canadian Army troops now are into Sonsbeck, five miles southwest of Xanten, which is one of the anchor points for the final defence.They have invested Xanten and have gained several miles along the Gel-dern-Wesel Highway.Geldern is about thirteen miles southwest of Xanten and Wesel eight miles due east.The defences of the east bank of the Rhine are nothing like those of the Siegfried Line.They consist largely of hastily-dug trench systems, ditches and machine-gun and artillery positions.There is not great depth to the defences and they are manned by an assortment of troops from»formations which fought west of the Rhine and units brought from Northern Holland, which now is denuded of Germans except for garrison forces.Field Marshal von Rundstedt is faced with a great problem in manning the Rhine defences and it will be impossible for him to be strong along the whole front, Within three months he has had four armies mauled*\u2014the 5th and 6th Panzer Armies in the abortive December Ardennes offensive and the 1st Parachute and.15th Armies during the last month during the offensive of the 1st Canadian Army and the United States 9th Army, While the latter two were not trapped and destroyed they suffered heavily.The latest figures of prisoners taken by the 1st Canadian Army since its drive was launched from east of Nijmegen February 8 now is 19,500.When the Allies storm across the Rhine they will have a big superiority in manpower, guns, tanks and equipment generally.The river itself remains a great barrier and bridging the broad stream\u2014width of which around Xanten is between 400 and 500 yards1\u2014is the greatest problem.Canadian and British forces are closing in on Xanten, German northern anchor protecting Rhine cross- Continued on page 2, col- 3.MORE PUBLICITY IS SOUGHT FOR BRITISH TROOPS London Daily Telegraph Implies Name of 1st Canadian Army Should be Changed Because it Has Become a \u201cMisleading Title.London, March 6.\u2014 (CP Cable)\u2014 In a plea for greater publicity for the part played by British troops in the present Allied west front offensive, the Conservative Daily Telegraph today implied the name of the let Canadian Army should be changed because \u201cit has become a misleading title.\u201d An editorial in the Telegraph complained that United Kingdom .troops were suffering from \u201csomething nor far short of a total blackout\u201d as far as publicity in the of-1 fensive on the Rhineland is con-jcerned, and \u201cfrom daily dispatches lit might be supposed that the only j troops engaged in the campaign l were Canadians and Americans.\u201d j It added: \u201cAdmiration is due in full measure for the exploits of the 'Canadians and Americans but \u20181st Canadian Army\u2019 has become a misleading title.This army is composed of 80 per cent British troops and only 20 per cent Canadian troops .but no official cognizance has been | taken of this fact.To the world at ¦large, a phrase like 1st Canadian jArmy Front naturally conveys the impression it is composed exclusively jof Canadians.\u201d i The newspaper admitted that sometimes the name of a particular ! British unit is released but said this | information usually is days late and does little to remove \u201ca false im-! pression.\u201d j The editorial contrasted the | \"studied obscurantism\u201d of British | authorities with the United States practice of frequently identifying divisions engaged in particular op-I erations.In another column the telegraph 'military correspondent listed the 'strength and achievements of British forces on every battlefront in the world and said of the 1st Canadian Army: \u201cIt is Canadian in name | because its commander and staff are Canadian.\u201d j It was recalled here that shortly ; after the present Canadian Army 'offensive opened Feb.8, Allied Sup-jreme Headquarters officials in Paris 'released news that British troops ! participating in the drive outnumbered the Canadians, but both official reticence in naming British regiments and need for compression | Continued on page 2, col.5.Fast-Charging Soviet Tanks Sweep Close To Oder Mouth In Threat To Outflank Base London, March 6.\u2014(CP \u2014 Soviet troops have thrust within thirteen miles of Stettin Bay at the mouth of the Oder River, the German High Command reported today, as Russian guns pounded the suburbs of the naval base of Stettin itself.The Germans asserted Marshal Gregory Zhukov\u2019s spearheads had been stopped northeast of Gollnow at a point thirteen miles from the bay.Gollnow is northwest of Star-gard and soutTrwest of Naugard, both seized yesterday.The Germans also reported local breaches by the 2nd White'Russian , Army pushing up the Polish Corridor farther east toward Gdynia and Danzig.Moscow, March 6.\u2014{/P) \u2014 Fastcharging Russian tanks end cavalry swept close to the Oder\u2019s mouth today in a threat to outflank Stettin and seize that important German naval base in preparation for future envelopment of Berlin from the north.Marshal Gregory K.Zhukov, com-j mander of the 1st White Russian : Army, already had turned heavy guns, some of them only recently captured from the enemy, against the eastern suburbs of Stettin.At' the same time his mobile vanguard steadily rolled up the German defences guarding the Oder Estuary.! His troops were said to be driving steadily forward from both Star-gard and Naugard, seized yesterday.Stargard lies 15 miles east of Stettin and Naugard 22 miles north of Stargard.\ti As Zhukov thus got set for a knockout blow against Stettin, capture of which would be a strategic prize, Marshal K.K.Rokossovsky\u2019s 2nd White Russian Army to the northeast slashed deeper into the coastal strip of Pomerania between Danzig and Koe-slin.The battle for Stettin seemed virtually under way, although Zhukov\u2019s hardest blows at the moment appar- Continued on Page 2, Col.3.Reich\u2019s Rulers In Berchtesgaden London, March 6.\u2014((P)\u2014Germany now is governed from the town of Berchtesgaden, near Hitler\u2019s Bavarian retreat, and there are rumblings of revolt in at least one spot in the Reich, Swedish reports published in London said today.These reports said that in the German Baltic port of Stral-sund, guards leading a number of shackled navy deserters through the streets were attacked by a crowd which freed the sailors.The seamen then were said to have seized weapons and fired on the guards.The Government was evacuated from Berlin during the week-end leaving only a \u201ccamouflage\u201d force in the capital, ostensibly to bolster home morale and hoodwink the outside world, a London Daily Mail dispatch said.Propaganda Minister Goeb-bels was said to be the only top Nazi now in Berlin which was battered last night for the 13th straight night by R.A.F.Mosquitos.Dresden was destined to be the evacuation capital, the reports said, until great Allied air raids and the threat of advancing Russians scotched the plan.WAR BULLETINS London \u2014 Prime Minister Churchill has returned to London after a visit to the front where he conferred with Gen.Eisenhower and Field Marshal Montgomery.* *\t»\t»\t* London\t\u2014\tBritish\tand\tAmerican\tprisoners in Bulgaria\tbefore\tthat\tcountry\twas\tgranted\tan armistice were brutally treated at times and some were put to death, Sir James Grigg, War Secretary, told the House of Commons today.He said the number killed \u201ccertainly was below 10.\u201d * *\t*\t* Calcutta \u2014 The hulk of the Japanese defence troops remaining in Burma were placed in ever-increasing peril today by British armored and air-borne forces which had virtually isolated Mandalay from Rangoon.Aided by air-borne infantry, armored units cut across the Irrawaddy River Valley in an 85-mile dash, severing the main Nemey land, air and water links between the two cities, Allied headquarters announced last night.***** Chungking \u2014 Chinese forces from the north have almost surrounded Suichwan, Kiangsi Province city midway between Hong Kong and Hankow where one of the biggest advance United States air bases in Eastern China formerly was situated, Chinese field dispatches said today.The Chinese asserted they had cut the highway between Suichwan and Kanhsien.YANKS READY TO DEAL IWO J1A CLINCHER BLOW Total of Over 2,000 Marines Killed on Little Island Makes Battle Bloodiest of American Campaign in Pacific.Guam, March 6.\u2014X/P)\u2014The clincher blow in the savage IG-day-old battle for little Iwo, where more than 2,000 United States Marines have died while killing more than 12,000 Japanese, was poised today\u2014grown in power by supplies pouring ashore on the east and west coasts.There were no appreciable changes in the lines yesterday as the Americans, holding more than two-thirds of the eight-square-mile island, built up their positions for a grand scale assault on the rocky, defence-studded north end.In Washington yesterday, Navy Secretary Forrestal disclosed on his return from a visit to Iwo that 2,050 Marines have been killed, adding the loss was not out of proportion to the importance of taking the island.It is! needed to put American fighter planes and heavy bombers within range of Japan.Mr.Forrestal gave no figures for wounded and missing.The last official figure supplied by Admiral Nimitz covered casualties for the first three days.The figures included 644 killed, 4,168 wounded and 560 EXPECT QUEBEC TO STUDY BILL ON HEALTH ACT Health Minister Calling for Repeal of Act to Constitute Commission Set Up During.Godbout Regime.Quebec, Mardi.6\u2014T The Legislative Assembly today is expected to continue study of a bill by Health Minister Paquette for the repealing of the act to constitute a health insurance commission.The commission, created last year by the former Liberal administration, was working at the preparation of a general sickness insurance plan.Main purpose of the plan was to define the scope of the risks coming under the assurance, the nature of the payment, the conditions of hospitalization and home care, the formation of administrative and consultative bodies, the rate of contribution of employers and assured persons, the method of imposing contributions and the responsibility for the payments of premiums in cases of poverty.The Commissioners \u2014- Antonio Garneau, well-known Montreal lawyer; Dr.Romeo Blanchet, Director of the Institute of Professional1 Guidance at Laval University, and ; P.E.Durnford, Montreal brokei*\u2014 resigned a few weeks after the ; coming in power of the Union Na-jtionale and were never replaced, j The return of Premier Duplessis, away most of last week because of illness, will probably precipitate debate on two important measures\u2014 the establishment of a provincial broadacsting system and the promoting 0f rural electrification , through electricity co-operatives.! Should the first bill be adopted, the Government will be authorized to acquire, by agreement or expropriation, private radio stations throughout the Province and incorporate them in a provincial network to bo known as Radio-Quebec.Up to $8,O(M>,(K>0 will be put at the disposal of the Quebec Radio Bureau to meet costs of establishment.Basic principles of the second measure are the creation of an organization under control of the Government which will encourage the creation of local co-operatives for the purpose of supplying its members and others with electricity, as well as take over any existing cooperatives which have been created Continued on page 2, col.5.The War Today By DeWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press War Analyst It would be difficult to find a better summary of Germany\u2019s desperate straits than is given by Dr.Rudolf Semmler, Nazi propagandist, who declares dark- !y : \u201cNever in our history have wc been in such a grave situation.Never have we stood so totally alone.\u201d The fresh successes of the Allies on both the Western and Eastern Fronts places them in position for the final surge which will carry them into the heart of Germany.In the west they are up against the last great natural harrier\u2014the Rhine itself.In the east the powerful Russian thrust almost to the gates of Berlin\u2019s port of Stettin safeguards the Red northern flank and paves the way for the offensive to end all offensives.Germany is about to collect the full wages of sin\u2014and Dr.Semmler shows that he knows full well what that is.This doesn't mcuu that the Allies haven\u2019t tough fighting ahead of them.On the contrary, the indications are that they have.Semmler says\u2014and, I believe, correctly\u2014that the \u201cGerman command is preserving the highest possible number of troops for the decisive battle.\u201d Field Marshal von Rundstedt appears to have succeeded in getting a large number of his first-class troops\u2014his \u201cstriking-armies\u201d\u2014across to the east side of the Rhine.Many of the men he left to fight a rearguard action have been distinctly third-class, although he assigned first-line forces to the defence of the strategic bridgeheads.This means that he may be able to put up a stiff fight when Gen.Eisenhower puts his forces over the Rhine for the drive to meet the Russians in Berlin.And don\u2019t let anyone tell you that the crossing won\u2019t be tough, for it bids fair to be one of the major amphibious operations of the war\u2014carried in part by naval units.This wide and deep river, with its cross-currents, is a formidable obstacle, especially with strong enemy forces guarding the east bank.However, we shall get across.We may be sure that the plans for this great adventure long have been completed and that much of the equipment already is close at hand.The Germans won\u2019t know\u2014 and most certainly we stay-at-homes won\u2019t know \u2014 when or where the crossings are to he attempted until Eisenhower suddenly rushes his equipment and troops to the chosen spots and makes whirlwind preparations for the assault.It\u2019s a fair guess, however, that he will make crossings in several places.While he might essay this new drive soon, the signs are that lie will make a considerable pause to get fully set.Supply Shortages To Force Canadians To Ease Buying Continued on page 2, col.3.j Man Charged With Murdering Mother, Toronto, March 6.\u2014 ((P)\u2014Inspec-! tor of Detectives Arthur Leavitt an-j nounced here late last night that a charge of murder has been laid against John Alexander Taylor, 52, who was arrested in Windsor earlier in the evening by Toronto detectives.Police bad been searching a wide area for Taylor, wanted for questioning in connection with the axe-j slaying of his 75-year-old mother,1 Mrs.Blanche Taylor, in her home in Toronto last Thursday.Inspector Leavitt credited the Windsor Police Department with furnishing information which led to Taylor\u2019s arrest.The body of the aged woman was found in the bedroom of her home in the Beaches district in Eastern Toronto last Thursday night by her youngest son, Gerald.Police found a blood stained axe and signs that someone had attempted to clean up bloodstains in the room.The woman\u2019s head was battered.THE ROAD TO BERLIN Eastern front: 32 mile* (from Zellin).Western front: 284 mile* (from Cologne.) Italian front: 544 mile* (from Reno River.) Toronto, March 6.\u2014((?)\u2014Canadians face the prospect of taking in \u201ca few more notches in their belts\u201d to meet home front supply shortages which will not end until sometime after fighting ceases, but there is no reason for \u201cpanic buying,\u201d Donald Gordon, Prices Board Chairman, said today.In an address prepared for delivery to the Women\u2019s Canadian Club, Mr.Gordon reviewed methods being used by the board to distribute supplies equitably.His address was broadcast on a OBC national network.A similar address was delivered in Montreal to the heads of women\u2019s French-speaking associations by Senator Cyrille Vaillancourt, advisor to Mi'.Gordon.Mr.Gordon expressed appreciation to Canadian women for their support in price control and urged them to give leadership in a moral consciousness of the evils of hoarding and panic buying \u2014 conditions which created shortages for which rationing was no panacea, \u201cEvents move so fast in modern warfare that it is open to question if the home front has kept pace with the terrific efforts of our fighting forces, or whether we realize how vital it is for u.s all to maintain our efforts on the home front in the immediate period w-hich lies before us,\u201d be said.The use of recurrent waves of wishful thinking about the end of the war as an excuse for a slackening of home front war efforts was an illustration of this condition.On the other hand there were those who, faced by temporary shortages, demanded increased control and ra-toining, without considering the bur- dens it would place on the trade and the inconveniences it would bring to the public.\u201cThe Prices Board usually manages to steer a middle course between these two extremes,\u201d Mr.Gordon said.\u201cWe have to have enough control and supervision the civilian economy to see that at least j the essential items needed for plain : ordinary living are available in suffi-¦ cient quantities to meet minimum I needs.But we have an equally im-i portant duty not to introduce one control or regulation that isn\u2019t absolutely necessary.\u201d LondonDockStrike Is Not Yet Settled London, March 6.\u2014'(®\u2014A strike of London dock workers which began six days ago assumed even more serious proportions today as a port official announced that approximately 10,000 men now are idle.Seven thousand had been reported out up to yesterday.Union representatives meeting last week-end had urged the men to go back to work today, but the port official declared: \u201cThere is no prospect of the men coming in today.\u201d To meet the situation the Government last night assigned hundreds of additional soldiers to the task of moving cargoes, bringing to 3,000 the number so engaged.The main grievance of the strikers concern- the system of hiring the men and the treatment of absentees.GIVE GENEROUSLY TO THE RED CROSS f f - ;; 2.SHERBROOKE DAILY RECORD, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1945.Ottawa\u2019s Barbara Ann Scott Wins North American Senior Ladies\u2019 Championship Easily New York, March 6.\u2014®\u2014On an alleyway bench beyond the brilliant stage where she had just given the ' display that won her the North American senior ladies\u2019 figure skating championship last night, 16-year-old Barbara Ann Scott of Ottawa revealed almost mischievously that has her pretty eye cocked on an Olympic title\u2014\u2018\u2018if ever the games are revived.\u201d And if Barbara Ann\u2019s championship style and the company with which she competed for the title ait Madison Square Garden can be accepted as criteria\u2014then only absence of the games can keep the slim little Canadian and her Olympic goal apart.Both Barbara Ann and Otto Gold, her quiet-spoken Czechoslovakian coach, realize there is a lot of work ahead, but both are satisfied with the progress the Minto Skating Club star has made since she began skating at \u201cabout seven.\u201d At 10 she was in what Otto calls \u201cgold medal class,\u201d and for the last two years has held the Canadian senior championship.There never was much doubt_that she was going to take the North American championship once she COMPANY NOTES !| HIGHER PROFITS FOR PAST YEAR E.T.WAR CASUALTIES While sales volume by the Gypsum, Lime and Alabastine, Canada, Limited, was maintained the exist-j\t- ing manpower and material short- Missing on Active Service After ages and uncontrollable mounting Air Operations: costs continue to reduce the margin Local Baptists Continued from Page 3.ing the past year.Rev.Mr.Secord then expressed on behalf of Mrs.Secord and himself his appreciation and thanks to the congregation for their kind thoughtfulness.Following the signing of the Dox-ology, the meeting came to a close.up stepped out on the ice for the final evening display, a four-minute exhibition of free figure skating\u2014meaning she could do any steps she chose.FORTUNE TELLER NOW ON TRIAL IN MONTREAL BEDFORD FLIER POSTED MISSING Flying Officer Coiin John Ramsey, 20-year-oid son of Col.C.W.P.Ramsey, C.M.G.D.S.O., and Mrs.Ramsey, of Bedford, was re-The case of Mrs.Theodore Pro- cently reported missing following vencher, of Sherbrooke, who is operations overseas, according to charged with conspiracy to violate -word received by his mother, the Defence of Canada Regulations po.Ramsey, a former student at by having drugs administered that Bishop\u2019s College School, had finish- would cause members of the armed services, to be unfit for military service, continued today in the Court of King\u2019s Bench in Montreal, which is presided over by Mr.Justice Wilfrid Lazure.Mrs.Provencher has already been tried in the St.Francis District Court of King\u2019s Bench but on this occasion the jury disagreed, and a change of venue was granted for the second trial.The story of how film was ground into powder, placed in an envelope and then sent in a brick of maple sugar to Newfoundland, along with a number of pills and medicine in a bay rum bottle for the purpose of procuring a soldier\u2019s discharge from die army was related bo the jury Asthma Mucus LoosefledFirstDay If choking, gasping, wheezing, coughing Bronchial Asthma attacks rob you of sleep and sap your vitality, accept this liberal trial oSer: Get the prescription Mendaco from your druggist and se- how quickly it loosens and removes thick strangling mucus, thus giving free easy breathing and restful sleep.b Under the liberal trial offer, unless Mendaco frees you from the suffering of Asthma attacks, you simply return the empty package and get all your money back.You have everything to gain\u2014nothing to lose.So don't suffer another day without asking your druggist for Mendaco.ed his first year engineering at McGill University prior bo enlisting in the R.C.A.F.in August, 1942.Receiving his pilot\u2019s wings a year later, he was posted overseas in October, 1943.yesterday by the principal witness at tlie session, Mrs.A.Chouinard, of Goaticook, and her sister, Mrs.Henri Dionne, whose husband is now overseas.They said that they approached Mrs.Provencher with a view to ascertaining what to do to get their husbands out of the army.Mrs.Chouinard said she was advised by the accused to call at a drug store and pick up a parcel containing the elements of a compound she was to prepare and send to the soldiers then serving in Newfoundland.It was this aforementioned mixture that they received which was alleged to make the soldiers so sick to their stomachs that they would be discharged from the army as physically unfit for duty.After hearing these two witnes-ses who tended to corroborate each other and some initrodu'ctory evidence from the R.C.M.P., the trial was continued to this moraiing.Cesaire Gervais, K.C., of Sherbrooke, was authorized by the At-Attorney-General to represent the Crown.of profit.After allowance for all charges ; including $29,7,7lô9.0T for déprécia- ; tion and depletion, but before income ' taxes, net earning amounted to j $42'8,215.31.Provision for taxes re- ; quires a reduction of $18'9,(KM).O0 or j 43c per share, leaving a net addi-tion to surplus account of $239,216.- j 31.The liquid position continues to; be satisfactory and working capital | comparison is as follows: 1844 306,775.76 563,1-24.43 Expect Quebec Continued from page 1.Royal Canadian Air Force \u2014 OSSiIN'GTON, Edward Frederick, F/S-gt.R273430, Mrs.E.F.Os- for supplying electricity.Co-opera-sington (Wife), 146 Uufferin St., tives will receive Government grants Granby.More Publicity Continued from page 1.Cash .Ac.Receivable Dominion of Canada Bonds Inventories .?1943 303,189.21 $ 602,308.67 860,000.00 760,672.63 476,000.00 697,382.84 $2,606,070.61 $2,042,283.08 50TH JUBILEE OF COOKSH1RE BANK OBSERVED * The Cookshire branch of the Bank of Montreal yesterday observ- ,\t,\t.led the 50th anniversary of its es-!^ers announcement was prominently 'tablishment in this district.The displayed in all British newspapers, branch was opened on March 5, and the setfing-up of such co-operatives is expectea to cost $12,000,-000.in London\u2019s wartime postage-stanvp-size newspapers seem to have led most writers to refer to Gen.Crer-ar\u2019s forces as \"the Canadians.\u201d When it was made the Headquar- Ourr«nt Liabilities Net Working Capital .The funded company 757.742.02 1895, by the People\u2019s Bank of Hali-546,651,81 i fax\u2014long since amalgamated with -[the B-an-k of Montreal.Early days, reminiscent of Can- FINANCIAL NEWS Tae following quotations are supplied by Greenshields & Co., of which J.J.Bel] is local manager.MONTREAL STOCK EXCHANGE Asbestos Corp.Bathurst Paper Bell Telephone Open Noon MONTREAL CURB MARKET BIRTHS $1,748,928.49 $1,493,621.27 |ad,a\u20193 pioneering era, are recalled byj -\u2019\tjthis event, for at the time of the CRANSTON , , ,\t,\t| opening of the branch, the town, debt of the parent |With a p(>pUi,atio.n of about 800, was reduced by the P^r- .the centre of a considerable dis- \u2014 At ^on^si ^mounting to\t^\tno banking facilities n-ear- 00-0.00 for sinking fund purposes, |er ^an Sherbrooke, which was 20 and m addition the outstanding mjies w,est an4 Megantic, 45 miles bonds of the Standard Lime Com-; e,asi|._ pany amounting to $3-30,000.00 hav- | During the past fifty years, the the Catherine Booth Hospital, Montreal, on March 3rd, a daughter, to Mr.and Mrs.W.B.Cranston (nee Evelyn Lad-uke), of 4837 West-more Ave., Montreal 29.Building Products Can.Cement .Can.Steamships .C.Steamships Pfd.Can.Car & Fdy.Can.Celanese .Can.Ind.Alco \u201cA\u201d Can.Pacific .Con.Smelters .Crown Cork & Seal Dom.Tar & Chem.Dist.Seagrams .Dom.Bridgfe .Dom.S.& C.\u201cB\u201d Foundation Co, .Gen.Steel W\u2019ares .Hollinger Cons.Howard Smith .Hudson Bay Min.Imperial Oil .Inter.Petroleub .| Ind.Ac.Corp.\u201cA\u201d | Inter.Nickel .z ! 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M IPS m I i i I I I I i I « t3 Robert BEATTY Barbara WHITE in HAPPENED ONE SUNDAY\u201d with MARJORIE RHODES \u2018\u2018STARS AND STRIKES,^ a Sports Parade Subject of Bowling, -Latest World Events- Perfoimances Daily 1:30 until 5; 6:30 until 11, [town and district have made steady | progress.Being served by good rail-! way connections, the district has al-j ways had a good outlet for its farm -and lumber products which have POLICE TOLD TO LEAVE PREMISES It was announced today that because their premises were allegedly used for \u201cmilitary purposes,\u201d the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has been gken notice to vacate its premises in the Union St.Joseph Building in Drummondville, scene of a wild demonstration only nine days ago.Through Gaston Ringuet, K.C., president of the Union St.Joseph, a small insurance society, the Federal police were notified that since the riot on February 2'4, it had come to the attention of the directors of the organization that the premises of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police there had been used for military purposes and that, according to the provisions of the lease, a notice of one month was being given to vacate the premises.Mr.Ringuet declared, according to Drummondville sources, that it had been \u201cunderstood\u201d that the Federal office would be used to investigate customs and excise cases only.DROBNER, \u2014 At the Sherbrooke .\t,\t_ Hospital on March 2nd, 1945, to\tP°'!Jrer \u2022 \u2022 Pte.and Mrs.B.Drobner, a son.gt.\t^oyP' \u2022 ,3t.L.Corp.\"A\u201d J-~ 1 Shawinigan .Steel of Canada 21\t21 17\t17 163% B\t164 A 25%\t25% 20%\t20% 9% B\t10 A 13%\t13 45\t45 11% B 47 B\t12 A 6% B\t7% A 14%\t14% 58%\t58% 40 A 15% A 48 29% B\t48 8\t8 21%\t21% 16%\t16% 12\t12 23\t23 33% B\t34 A 15\t15 23%\t23% 26%\t26% 36% B 37 A\t 26\t26 17 B\t19 A 9%\t9% 21%\t21% 40% B 41 A\t 19 53% B\t19 14 B\t14% A 36%\t36% 16\t16 DETAILED WEATHER A-bitibi .Abitibi Pfd.B.A.Oil.Cons.Paper .Donnacona .Fraser Co.Royalite Oil .Robert Mitchell .So.Can.Power Pfd Ald-ermac Mines .Cochenour Willans Pato Cons.B.A.Bank Note .Powell River.Mols-on\u2019s Brewery .Open Noon 3% B 3V* A 50 A 25 9% 11 B 41% 25 9% 41% 20% B 21 A 26% B 26 Vi A 10 7 Va B 108 A .15% B .16 A NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE 3.40 5.00 B 17 19 Vs 24 3.35 5.30 A 17 19% 24 Open Atchison R.R.\t84% Amer.Tel.and Tel.163% Anaconda Copper .\t33% Bethlehem Steel .\t74% Canadian Pacific 13% Chrysler .104 General Electric .\t43 General Motors .\t67% Kennecott .\t38% Montgomery Ward 55% Stand.Oil of N.J.60 Southern Pacific .\t43 United Aircraft .\t31% U.S- Steel.64% Westinghouse .129% FAIR AND COLDER Forecasts: Ottawa and Upper St.Lawrence: Fresh winds with occasional light rain changing to snow-flurries and becoming c-ol-der.Wednesday: Generally fair and c-older.Noon 84% 163% 33% 74% 13% 103% 43 67% 38% 55% 60% 42% 31 Vs 61% 128 BONDS AND BANKS CANADIAN BONDS Following are tne closing, bid and asked quotations as to March 5th, as furnished by the investment Dealers\u2019 Association of Canada: DOM GOV\u2019T.BONDS: Wartime Issue; 3, June 15.lO'&O-ôl .104% 105% 3%, Feb.1, 1948-52 .105% 105% 3,\tOct.\t1, 1949-53\t.103%\t103% 3,\tMar.\t1, 1962-54\t.1Q'3%\t104 A dollar from you may see some-'3,\tNov.\t1, 1953-5'5\t.\t101%\t102% one through, in a time of need.Give 3,\tMay\t1, 1954-57\t.\t100%\t101% generously to the Red Cross.3,\tJan.\t1, ISSO-SO\t.\t100%\t100% DEATHS been important factors contributing to the town\u2019s advance.In this d-e-1 elopme-nt, the bank has.been, and FULLER.-^Passed away at W late 17\t'\t\u2018 ¦vnc-iHonion\t10 si rt 'r I a I o v\\ H (Ilia r\\Y\\ 3B 20% 17% 72% 3Vs A 20% 17% 72% Zeller\u2019s Ltd.22% B\t28%\tA 5% Zeller\u2019s Pfd.\t26% B 6% Zeller\u2019s Pfd.\t28% B continues to be, an important contributing factor.Only three managers: have b-eeni in charge of the local office since! its inception in 1895.The first manager was F.E.Halls, who supervised the branch for thirty-five years.He was followed by the late S.C.Molson, who remained here until 1934.The present manager, H.C.Barter, is a native of this district, where he is well and favorably known through his various activities in local community affairs.residence, Rock Island, Que., on Monday, March 5th, Î94I5, Leona Ives, beloved wife of A.L.Fuller, in her 71st year.Funeral service at the above residence on Wednes- COUNTRY AND DAIRY PRODUCTS PRICES Montreal, March 6.\u2014Markets con-day, March 7th, at 2:30 p.m.In- tinued quiet and unchanged.Eggs, terment in Crystal Lake Cemetery, butter and potatoes continued steady.EGGS: (c.per ROY \u2014- Entered into rest at the Hotel Dieu Hospital, Sat., March 3, 1945, Azilda Jalfoert Roy, be- Tanks and Infantry Continued from page 1.ings the cornered enemy must use to avoid being trapped on the west bank of the river between the 1st Canadian Army on the west, northwest, and the 9th Army pressing northward on the south side of the German bulge.Fast-Charging Continued from page 1.SOLDIER FROM EAST ANGUS IS WINNER OF M.M.An East Angus hoy, L/Sgt.Edward Hughes Dearden, 2-4, has been awarded the Military Medal, according to an announcement ef some 196 citations covering awards for gallantry in action previously made public by the Army.Sgt.Dearden\u2019s citation reads as follows.\u201cOn the morning of October 16, 1944, during the attack on Woens-drecht, Sgt.Dearden was acting as platoon commander of 11 platoon, of \u201cB\u201d company, Royal Hamilton dozen)- loved wife of Achille Roy, in her .\u2019\t' \u2018 The funeral will take 1 s A-med.A-pullets 66th year.place on Wednesday, March 7, at 8.45 a.-m., from Duranlea-u\u2019s Fun- £ eral Parlors, thence to Site.Jeanne q d\u2019Arc Church, where mass will be sung.Interment in St.Michael\u2019s March' siib.Cemetery.\t1\t\u2019 Community Job.Re-Spot Quotes lots tail tGovt, §Coir.m.Î .\t37\t35-35%\t41-42\t42-43 .\t35\t31%-32\t37-38\t37-38 .26-26%\t31\t32-33 .\t.\t29-29%\t32-34\t35 .\t.\t22-23\t26-28\t29 Exchange Futures: CA.rd OF thanks\tExchange close basis We wish to express our sincere thanks and .\te c*\t\\\tu appreciation to all oar friends and neiirh- lnUim- SSmall lots t bora who eo kindly assisted ue in so many Carbons: /.C per dozen less W tDomimon Marketing Service quotations JCanadian Commodity 50 case min-§Small lots to retailers in ^Approximate price in larger retail out- ways during the itlnesa, death and burial of bought lûOSC.our dear huriband and father, the late to consumers Gharles Hinvea : especially we wish to thank lets.\t\u201e the Rev.Mr.Mitchell, of Knowlton, Rev.Mr.BUTTER (c.per lb.): Hushes, of Arundel, and Mr.E.Thompson, j Open Market No.1 pasteurized of Weir: also the bearers and all those who 35yt-V2.Small lots to retail trade, sent ffewera, cards of sympathy and jifta of [so]dig( S,6.36y2 ; prints, 36%-37.Commodity Exchange: Spot closing quote: Que.fresh 92 score, 35%b.Sales, nil.CHEESE (c.per lb.): For Local Trade and Export:\t; Quebec white.21%-21% j Quebec colored.23 Western white.29 11/16-21 j POTATOES (per 75-lb.bag): 1.60-1.65 ! food and all who helped in any way.M:RS.CHAIRLES H1NVES M!R.AMD MRS.WM.HINVES AND FAMLIY.MR.AND MRS.GARDNBX- BOOTH MR.G.MARSHALL MISS M.MARSHALL CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere thanhs to all who assisted at the time of the death r APn] V n i OI Q company, moyar xta.m.uvo, and burial of our father, the late Mr.Levi r i xr \u2019 9 Light Infantry.During the approach\tClark; to the doctors and nurses of xr».ü \u2019ncwi to the objective, bgt.Dearden was ( Lhe Sherbrooke Hospital, Mrs.Wm.Bell, severely wounded in the arm but I Mr.S.N.Bishop, the Rev.Carl Gustafson, showing great determination he re-j the bearers, Bishopton United Church choir, fused to be evacuated and continued all who so kindly loaned their teams, Mr.to lead his platoon on to their ob-, Vàwin Betts, who helped in many ways t0 jective under heavy mortar and ma-1 u*htên our burdïn'\tto Mr.and ent.ly were directed toward Gollnow and Cammin, on the last main road and railway to the s-eacoast east of the O-der.The sprawling factories of Stettin, Berlin\u2019s fort, are spread out on both sides of the Oder at the southwest corner of Dammscher Lake.Gollnow is located northeast of this body of water.Cammin is only three miles from the Baltic on the eastern arm of the Oder Estuary.East of Cammin the big seaboard towns of Treptow and Kilberg faced the prospect of immediate isola- ( tion as the Russians struck swiftly t ahead.\t) (Berlin said Kolberg already was ¦ being stormed.) Field dispatches said German | counter-attacks organized in the chine gun fire.On reaching the objective, Sgt.Dearden was again wounded in the legs by grenades, but in spite of great pain still refused to be evacuated.It was not until the objective was secure and consolidation complete that Sgt.Dearden finally consented to receive first aid.On being evacuated to the regimental aid post ho fainted from weakness and loss of blood.\u201cSgt.Dearden\u2019s devotion to duty and inspiring leadership gave to the men under his command the power to rise to the highest efforts and enabled the platoon to secure its Objective in the face of heavy odds.\u201d Tanks and Infantry Continued from page 1.Pilots who flew over Cologne described it as a \u201cdead city.\u201d I Nazi parachute troopers wavered 'and fell back under sledgehammer 'blows by the U.S.9th Army, while Mrs.Ralph Betts, who opened their home for the service, giving relatives and friends a chance to pay their last respects.MR.AND MISS.FR'ED A.CLARK, Son, Pittsfield, N.H.MIS'S PAULINE OLAiRK, Granddaughter, Laconia, N.H.W.O.FJtED G- CLARK, FPC.A ALBERT L.CLARK, Grandsons.Overseas.MR.AND MWS.JOHN A.PYNE, D&uflfrter, North Hatley.MR.AND MRS.LEWIS P.McHARG, Granddaughter, Lennoxville.New Brunswick.P.E.I.Lower Quebec No.1 .n Nominal, b Bid.Traded.1.25-1.30' .1.85-1.95 .1.90-1.95 .1.65-1.75 a Offered, t Are you going to let them down ?The Red Cross depends so much on you, give today that others may live.CARD OF THANKS We wi»h to sincerely thank all our friends and neighbors who assisted us in any way at the time of the death and burial of our father, Mr.Edmund Hawse; to the Rev.Mr.Secord, the organist and choir of the Uni-versalist Church, the bearers, the undertaker, Mr.Srtvanson, those who loaned cars, sent flowers and messages of sympathy.Inserted by his children,\tI MRS.CARL SPENCER MR.WTLLIS HAWSE AND FAMILY.MRiS.FRED SUITOR AND FAMILY MR.HAJROLD HAWSE AND FAMILY CARD OF THANKS I wish to express my sincere thanks to all my friends for their many acts of kindness shown me during my recent bereavement.I especially wish to mention Rev.H.Douglas and Dr.S.W.Boyd.SHELDON WELLS.West Brome, Que.Stettin area with Volkssturm Indian- .-\t,\t- try and a smattering of veteran ar-, BrU'sh vanguards of the 1st Oana-mored units were on an unimpres- dian Army pushing through the Bon-sive scale.\t! ninghardt Forest only eight miles Zhukov\u2019s troops struck out for from Wesel were meeting bitter re-Altdamm, east bank Oder River sub- stance by Nazi suicide squads, urb of Stettin, after capturing' R.A.F.pilots said two bridges at Stargard in a street battle that was Wesel were damaged seriously yes-j\tCAfio OF thunks officially declared to have cost the terelay by 347.000 pounds of bombs.| wish to thank our relative* and Germans 4,000 killed.\t! VspRR of n railway bridge was j friends for the honor conferred on us nt the time of our Golden Wedding anniversary ; especially do we wish to thank those who assisted and arranged the function and for gifts received which we so thoroughly appreciate.Signed : MR.AND MRS.M.WEST Foster, Que.The Zhukov and Rokossovsky destroyed and the west end of a armies seized a total of 230 towns !ro,ad bridge was blocked, ami villages yesterday.Gains aver-i A 9th Army armored division aged ten miles.Steadily pressing ; which seized Orsoy, just south of large numbers of the enemy back \u2019 Rheinberg in a 3 1-2-mile thrust yes-against the Baltic coast, Rokossov-1 tentay.wiped out the last of two sky was said to be wiping out iso-; fixed ferry routes across the Low-lated groups one by one.\t| er Rhine.The other, just south of Roko-ssovsky captured eight towns ; Rees, was under close-range Cana-in Poland east of Pomerania on the dian artillery fire, approaches to Danzig.Five com- The Germans blew their last munities fell in East Prussia in the ! Duisburg bridges yesterday and aer-continuing battle for Koenigsberg.dal reconnaissance showed the great Hohenzollern bridge at Cologne gaping and unusable.I- Further south the news blackout imposed on U.S.3rd Army operations in order to screen its progress from the retreating enemy was still in force, but front dispatches were permitted to reveal gains of up to 2 1-2 miles on a 25-mile front stretching from eight miles southeast'of Yanks Ready Continued from page 1.missing, although some of the missing since have been located.Both Mr.Forrestal and Admiral .Nimitz have given the incomplete Bibburg to eight miles northeast, count of Japanese dead found inside American lines at more than 12,500.Other enemy dead are known to be buried under smashed pillboxes.Still others are behind the Japanese lines, a dwindling area which has been Don\u2019t let the Boys down \u2014 they depend on the Red Cross depends on you.Give today\u2014the need is greater than ever before.IN MBMORÎAM CARRIERE.\u2014-In loving memory of our dear husband and father, Paul Carbiere, who passed away on March 4th, 1944, at Magog, Que.Do not ask us If we miss him, Oh, there\u2019s such a vacant place.Oft we think we hear his foot?teps.And we see his smiling face.Friends may think we have forgotten, When they often see us smile, But they little know the sorrow.That the smile hides all the while.Ever remembered by HIS WIFE.LAURA.GD-SJM.ALPHONSE.GEORGE, MARGUERITE, PATRICIA AND LBONA, Family.shelled by U.S.5tb Fleet warships,, of the war in the Pacific.Marine dead | pounded by Marine artillery and i in the comparative period on Saipan bombed by planes.\tj slightly exceeded 1,200.American Mr.Forrestal\u2019s account of 2,050 dead on Guam for the full 20 days it Marines killed made Iwo from that took to end organized resistance to-standpoint the bloodiest battlefield tailed 1,214, FOR SALE Main Street WATERVILLE Two-storey Barroom residence of the Late Mr.David Johnston to be disposed of to settle the estate.MAY 1st OCCUPATION For price and terms apply SHERBROOKE TRUST COMPANY BEGINNING TOMORROW UNTIL SATURDAY SEE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS ON A 72-HOUR PASS \u2014 AND TO THE GAOS THEY MADE IT AT! .AîmV!iTat;* 'ly jutup'O -thoîe oeat-fs ;v\" htïUAYêI - ON THE SAME PROGRAMME - COME IN AND ROLL! .THE AISLE'S ARE CLEAN! \u2014 W A ScRCAM -STRUUY! I ^ /\\N\tIK»/' ALAN HALE « GEORGE TOBIAS ROBERT SHAYNE ^ - LAST SHOWING TODAY - \u201cTHE PRISONER OF ZENDA\u201d RONALD COLMAN \u2014 DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS MADELEINE CARROLL \u2014 MARY ASTOR with with \u201cGIRL RUSH\u201d WALLY BROWN \u2014 ALAN CARNEY l ( I 36^17277 SUBSCRIBERS receiving HOME DELIVERY May report missing copies or irregular service by calling 94 before 5:00 p.m.8199-R after 5-30 p.m.SbccbtookeDailii Becocd SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1945.\t\tM\tARCH\t\t\t Sun.\tMon*\tTu».\tWed.\tThu.\tFrl.\tan.\t\t\t\t1\t2\t3 4\t5\t6\t7\t8\t9\t10 11\t12\t13\t14\t15\t16\t17 18\t19\t20\t21\t22\t23\t24 25\t26\t27\t28\t29\t30\t31 Council Delays Further Study Of Proposal To Increase Taxi Rates Sherbrooke citizens will pay the present taxicab fares for a few weeks more, at least, as the result of the decision of the Sherbrooke City Council at its regular session last evening to refer the request of the local operators for a general increase in their rates.The decision was made without any discussion.Although the proposed increases were not listed in the letter, a previous statement by officials of the recently-formed Sherbrooke Taxicab Proprietors\u2019 Association declared that the operators were seeking a boost from thirty-five to fifty cents in the base fare with corresponding jumps in the charges for christenings, weddings, funerals, etc.Another question that has been causing some headaches for the local civic administration for sime time\u2014 the collective labor agreement between the City and the employees of the Gas and Electric Department\u2014 was also sidetracked when the clause in Aid.DezieTs report covering the proposed agreement was also sent back to the Committee of the Whole.The proposed agreement provides for a general upward revision of the salary and wage rates for the utility workers However, after three other Council Members.Aldermen Trudeau, Fisette and Lanctot entered the discussion to point out briefly that the Toronto trip and not the filtration plan was the point at issue, the report passed with Alderman Deziel registering his dissent.Aid.Lanctot did suggest to the delegates, however, that when they were in Toronto they might discuss with representatives of other Canadian and United States municipalities how they met their water problems.And this the delegates agreed to do.For bookkeeping purposes the City has established a rental rate when the equipment of one Department is used by another branch of the municipal service.Last night, Aid.Fisette, chairman of the Public Works Committee, the biggest owner of this kind of equipment, submitted a revised list of charges.These embrace such charges as TO cents an hour for the rental of a sidewalk snowplow to three dollars an hour for the use of an air compressor, the latter to be supplied with gaspline and an operator by the Public Works Department.Similarly the use of the bulldozer, with operator and gasoline, costs $7.50 an hour.To the public, a charge of $T5 an hour is IMPORTANCE OF TEACHER\u2019S TASK IS EMPHASIZED Declaring that the topic, \u201cTeachers Wanted\u201d currently appearing in most newspapers, is a subject that vitally concerns them, Prof.J.D.Jefferis, Total Of $1,670 Is Subscribed In ______________ Son Of Former Sherbrooke Resident First Day Of Red Cross Campaign; REVIEWED WORK jHome After 6 Years Flying With RAF 50 Workers Are Needed For Tag Day Qp _ After six years of operational fly-\tearly days of the war, when with\tthe I\ting with the R.A.F, ami R.C.A.F.,\tHritish Expeditionary Force\tin j\tFlt.-Lt.Allan J.Simpson, P.F.C., of\tFrance he served with an Army\tCo- Satisfactory progress in the precious blood plasma drawn through\t* * tv »\t»***»»»\t.(algary, son of Victor L.Simpson, ' Operation Squadron observing for canvassing\tfor\tthe\tRed\tCross\tcam-\tthe\tclinics\tis a\tlifeline\tto\tthe\tbattle-\t¦\tformerly of Lake Megantic and Sher-\tArmy artillery brigades.Stationed paig'n\twas\treported\twith\tthe\tan-\tfield\tcasualty\tand\tthe\tresults\tof\ton-| Tlie presentation of reports of the !\tI\u2019rookc, and the nephew of Mrs.A.\tin France until shortly before\tthe nouncement that a total of $1,670 the-spot transfusions well warrants v arious departments and the elec-,\t?t.ew«rt> K'Çhmond^ has ar- evacuation of Dunkirk, the squadron had been collected yesterday as can- the cost of operation of the clinics.| tion of officers featured the 73rd vassers spread through the city in Due to the increased tempo of the\t,\t.\t.\t.the annual appeal for funds with war and greater number of casual- annua^ mee*m£ ie congiega ion A clause in the report of the Fin- made for the use of the bulldozer.ance Committee authorizing Aid.G.Bryant, Aid.A.Trudeau and the City Engineer to attend the annual con-rention of the American Waterworks Association in Toronto later this month provided the opportunity for Aid.Deziel to repeat his previously-expressed beliefs on the filtration question, which contained severe denunciations of the Hunter plan for filtering the local water supply.But there is one catch in the latter deal.There is a strict rule in mun-{ dinner-meeting of the club held last generously to the appeal for money night at the New Sherbrooke House.l Voluntary canvassers began cov-\u201c\t^ \u201e erage of their districts yesterday Quoting Thomas Arnold, Eng- mornjng.an(j reported that indica- land\u2019s famed educator, who when ti0ns all pointed to success in the commenting on teachers said: \u201cThe campaign, and that the $31,(KM) three things a teacher needs are quota for the city of Sherbrooke character, tact and scholarship,\u201d the\"'1\u201d\u2019\u20196\tpvprv speaker outlined to the gathering the 1\t1 Ians have been 11\t11 necessity of these three qualities for P^as® t'le dnve and all is gong a person desiring to be a teacher, 'smoothly.\t\u2022\t,\t, \u201cA teacher must be able to get| From Red Cross campaign head-along with the children and the par- Quarters comes an appeal foi ot) ents,\u201d said Prof.Jefferis, \u2014\u201cthis is ladies to work as 'Daggers when a j Red Cross tag day will be held on ^\to i i a \u2022 ^'Friday and Saturday.Anyone wil- Commenting on Scholarship he\t> h out th h thig means stated that this was the exact and .\t, .\u201eoll c7.,\tthoir extensive knowledge of subject mat- 15 asked to ^ ?and &ne their ter.\" Prof.Jefferis said that he name as a \u201ctagger, hoped to see the day when \u201cevery1\tformer years> the ta£ da>b of the Fire Department, J.W.Perks Recommends High Course Should Be Increased By One Year \u201cThe very essence of the modern curriculum is that it be conceived and practised in terms of the full and varied development of boys and girls rather than in terms of adherence to set standards; as such it must be capable of liberal and relatively free interpretation by capable principals and teachers,\u201d declared J.W.Perks, Assistant Superintendent of Schools, Montreal, speaking before the Sherbrooke Home and School Association here last night at the Mitchell School Auditorium.He suggested three important ways in which the present curriculum in the High Schools of the Province of Quebec must be changed to meet this requirement: In the first place, the length of the High School course should be increased by one year in order to modify the pace at which the pupils must travel, and to allow for activities inherent in a more liberal interpretation of the course of study; in the second place, the minimum requirements for the Provincial High School Leaving Certificate should be modified to accord more nearly with those generally prevailing elsewhere in Canada and the United States.They might well consist, for instance, of seven instead of the eight papers at present, with the elimination of the necessity for passing French; finally, an essential step in providing for a more flexible and liberal curriculum is the removal of an external examination for the High School Leaving Certificate and University Matriculation.\u201cA reasonable, if not a large number of High Schools in this Province are now normally staffed with well-qualified teachers under the direction of capable principals who have the assistance of qualified inspectors and supervisors,\u201d he stated.\u201cSuch schools should be permitted within much wider boundaries than the present High School leaving examinations allow, to interpret and adjust the curriculum to their varying conditions and to assume the obligation of judging the capacities and development of their own pupils.The teaching profession in Quebec is, generally speaking, at the stage where it can at least begin to assume responsibilities in keeping with its the local Lions Club the qui t s - g]lowec} the campaign to be off to a be ready to supply these needs, quired for a person entering into the g00(j start and that so far the pop-j The need has also become greater teaching profession at the weekly illation, of Sherbrooke is responding for parcels of food for our fighting men who are now prisoners of war in German camps.Letters and cards of thanks from Canadians in the camps express high appreciation for the Red Cross parcels and often indicate that, without them, life would be very difficult.With the increased objective, citizens must donate generously.The government has made provisions that all Red Cross donations will be considered in income tax reports.Citizens who are absent from their homes when the canvassers conduct their house to house canvass are urged to send their contributions to Red Cross campaign headquarters, situated in the Canadian Bank of Commerce Building on Duf-ferin Street, or call 3573 so that a second call may be made for subscriptions.Attention is also called to the radio broadcasts which are held every night over OHILT during the week.Strong appeals for support of the drive have been made by previous speakers and reasons for the increased need for food supplies for Overseas outlined to the public.Tonight, Col.A.A.Munster will address the public in a special radio talk at 7:3'0 o\u2019clock.Between now and March 21, the people of Canada are asked to subscribe $10,000,000, with $2,2o0,00'0 set as Quebec's objective.Of this; Sherbrooke has to subscribe but $31,060, tion.\u201d He pointed out, that to teach d™;e is expected to achieve even \u2022 better results.With the increase of any subject, one must have not only icipal circles that city e,» fement |\tTcoUw eS ha-^ne over well and this year\u2019s cannot be rented to private parties,1 -\t- -\t¦\t¦ so the determined charge is essentially window-dressing.The final item on the agenda provided for the purchase of shoes, rubbers, overshoes, sweaters and all the knowledge that is contained ^dty qU°ta fl\u2019T ^\u2019G,0'0, to f3d\u2019-in the text book, but must be familiar OO'O, more support is needed and the with all matters pertaining to it, no public is asked to give at least as .matter how remote.Therefore, for mueh as last year and, where tin-uniforms for the fifty-five meimbors.^©ason, it was necessary for a ancial position permits, to inciease teacher to have a university educa- the'r donations substantially, tion, and above all the \u201cscholarship1 Th® need is greater than ever and of knowing how to teach.\u201d\ti Red Cross activity in the battle The greatest perquisite of a good areas and «î1 the h™6 fro.n^ has,il}-teacher is a strong character, stated ceased and more finançai aid m the speaker, and outlined to the Lions required for the Red Cross to carry the ten qualities that the ideal in- on lts structor would possess to the fullest Wore blood donor clinics are op-extent\terating in the Province than last Since teaching is a dull job-the 'year and, th.e cof °* ««dntaining monotony rarely varie.- tpaf-hPrs these clinics is naturally higher.The must be possessed with great \u201cen- ancial report, presented by A.E.Willis, shewed satisfactory conditions in all departments.Mr.Willis gave a brief resume of the excellent work accomplished by members during the past year, especially those associated with the Ladies\u2019 Aid and the Choir.Earlier, the assembly observed a two minutes\u2019 silence in respect to Sergeant Bruce Bean, R.C.A.F., a member of the congregation, who has been reported presumed dead.The Clerk\u2019s report presented by Donald Sanders, showed loss by death and removal, lent a net gain of three members.The report of Douglas Beaman, Superintendent of the Sunday School, revealed that the teachers and officers had worked faithfully during the past year.Mrs.D.Beaman, acting-secretary of the Young People\u2019s, reported a year of activity and interest.The Secretary of the Ladies' Aid, Mrs.H.Mills, presented a report on behalf of her Society, showing a year of varied activity, with splendid service rendered in the lito of the Church.Speaking on the Mission Circle on behalf of Mrs.B.Lee, Miss B.Lea-man stated that the group had enjoyed a year of increased missionary interest and instruction, not only among members, but in the interest of the whole Church.rived back in Canada proudly wear-! to which he was attached flew their ing his D.F.C.ribbon, and bringing planes to England, and had to wait with him a ripcord which saved his ten days for their ground crew which life when forced to bail out in was evacuated from Cherbourg by Egypt on July 8, 1942, ami thirteen the Navy.suitcases full of souvenirs collected j F.L.Simpson was posted to the from .the twenty countries in which'south coast of England to take part he served.\tjin air-sca rescue, following the cur- Joining the R.A.F.in 1938 thisbùlment invasion-reconnaissance modern adventurer's experiences in ' Bights along the Channel by the bad aerial warfare started during the j'\" 'liter weather.The Hier stated that at the time the invasion of England seemed inevitable, and as a result they had to be on their toes all the time.Following participation in the Battle of Britain, he proceeded to the Middle East in September, 1941, and for a time instructed at an Army Co-Operation Officers Training Unit in Egypt and Palestine, The following March he joined No.6 Squadron of the R.A.F.in Egypt, then equipped with the famous \u201cTank Busters\u201d\u2014 Hurricanes armed with 40 millimetre cannon\u2014which soon won them the name of the \u201cCan Opening Squadron.\u201d It was while a flight leader with this fighter-squadron that E.L.Simpson won his decoration for conspicuous gallantry.The leader of a formation attacking an enemy armored column in the Bir Hacheim area, he was severely wounded in the chest and arms by enemy ground fire while directing his fighters.However, although badly hurt, this intrepid airman pressed home his attack and shot up several vehicles.Shortly after his aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and hot oil and Glycol flew back over his windscreen and partially blinded him.He flew blind for a while, but eventually was forced to abandon his PRESUMED DEAD Domestic, Commercial Consumption Of Electricity Increased While Drop Recorded In Industrial Use A sharp increase was noted today definite decrease with $40,941.46 professional standards,\u201d he went on.The same time as consideration might be given to accrediting High Schools with relation to the provin- j thusiasm,\u201d and must think that their cial High School leaving certificate, j job is one of the most important in McGill and Bishop\u2019s Universities ! the world.Coupled with enthusiasm, \u201cshould be approached by the proper ; a teacher\tmust have initiative\u2014the authorities and urged to accept the \u2019 ability to\tinvent new ways of teach- accredited High School\u2019s recommen-j ing; and leadership, for children are dation for university entrance,\u201d the j born followers, and will loog for speaker said.\tj leaders, if one is lacking in their Earlier in his address, Mr.Perks teacher, pointed out that at the present time One of the prime virtues, said in Montreal, only twenty-five\tper\tProf.Jefferis, is persistence, for\tin the domeahic\tand commercial con-\tbeing used in 1944 while krt month cent of the students who enter High\t; education is largely an unseen pro-\tsumption\tof\telectricity for t!ie\t^ly 80404707 wa\u201e\t.School manage to complete Grade 1 cess since it moves so slowly, and a month of February over the same - 9 \u2019\t\u2018\t\u2019 XI.In Sherbrooke, the figure stands teacher is therefore liable to be dis- month last year in the monthly re- crease of over $6,000.at fifty per cent.He asked if \u201cwe couraged\tif that is not one of the\tport\treleased\tby City Treasurer Gas\tconsumption\twas\tup\tover can afford to be complacent about1 Mu*1''1'63\tpossessed.Closely linked\tMaurtce\tCormier.\tFebruary\tof\tlast\tyear\twith\t$10,- any school or school system which i'vv'th Persistence is patience, and the Whereas the 1944 February total ' 523.11 being recorded for last can keep only one quarter of its\tstu-\tspeaker pointed out that it requires\tamounted\tto $35,564.19, the amount\tmonth compared to $9,470.85 in j .\t,\t1, pmi?\u201d\tuntold quantitiees of this virtue to\tconsumed\tlast\tmonth amounted to\t1944.Sundry collections for last Mr PprWs mivripatftri n mnrp nrap deal with children, parents and school $41,561.32, nearly $6,000 increase, imonth amounted to $2,389.09 com-tical curriculum lor th.student! nut\t»¦*» Industrial consumption shored » par.d to *1,086.77 tor hist y««r.interested in the «-«*.OTJ SS r\t' Aw*», .course and certain changes n t smau problems loom very large.Reform Schools present academic curriculum for the prof_ Jefferis then d^c]arfd that judffment,s He was reported missing following action Overseas in September.CITY BRIEFLETS During Dr.Ellfc\u2019 absence, Dr.T.J.Wells will be in the office at 24 Montreal St., 1 to 3 p.m, daily.twenty-five per cent of the high ¦ n,,,., \u2022\t, A .reliability, loyalty and optimism were Rents \u2014 City Properties interested in this three closely linked qualities that are Building Permits YOUR OWN HOME1 IS FULL OF HEAT\u2014 With real content^ MENT YOU WILL MEET / J ! ** You want a home that's packed full of heat \u2014 properly distributed warmth that will make you feel less uncomfortable when you\u2019re paying the coal bill.We\u2019re heating experts.Ernest Conley Registered 9 Magog Street Phone 378 school students programme.\t; essential.A teacher must be reliable Road \u2014 Sundries .\u201cOur present curriculum,\u201d he ; for parents entrust part of the Civic Hospital and Sundries stressed, \u201cwas designed primarily \\ moulding of their child\u2019s character to Workmen\u2019s Dwellings for the academically minded few j him.Teachers as a whole must be Business Tax who have hitherto completed High | loyal to their schools and profession, Licenses School.It\temphasizes book learn- j they have to learn to work\ttogether\tRental Tax\t' \u2019\t' i ! ing, the literary aspects of various ; as a group, and in doing\tso must\tp0u\tTax\t\u2019 / \u2019 \u2019 traditional subjects and a high de- develop the trait of optimism, the professionaY Tax ' ' gree of academic specialization, ability to look on the good side of Laccm.be Law even in such subjects as mathema- j things.\t\u2022\t| ]3anpruptcies tics and the\tscience, (which could be The speaker then revealed\tthat one\trLi\tF.siat-P\tntid\t8phonl _ r.nrrpnt made very\tpractical), Its objec-1 of the greatest assets of\ta good\tReal\tEstatc\tand\tSchool \u2014 Arrears tives, m short, are mainly for those, teacher was a sense of humor, and Consolidation who will go to college and finally ! pointed out that children learn far sidewalks seek positions in the upper branches better from a happy teacher.He then of business and the professions.\u201d \\ cited as an example a small child\u2019s He explained that it bears little.remarks shortly before the Christ-relation to the needs and interests ma,s holidays, \u201cOur teacher hasn\u2019t of the boy or girl who is essenti- smiled since school opened in Sep-ally practically minded, matter-of- ternher,\u201d and revealed that the type fact and given to learning from described by this statement was the things rather than from books.\u201cIn bane of the teaching profession, these days, a most important cri-! .\tJe:':'erls then told the gather- terion of the good school is its hold- :in^ .t\u201cat everyone wanted all these power,\u201d he went on.I To this end, CffiaLUes in a teacher, but that they he suggested subjects whose content ?Tere rl.