Canada A t W a r T h e K e l o w n a Courier A Review of Developments on the Home Front VOLUME IvHowna, I'lMiish (.'olumhia, riiui 'ida w !;umai \’ Vili. PM EL'M PIU-l J-i A NATIONAL THKIb'T CAMPAIGN will shortly be hiUiK'lKMi ijy I'inance Minister J. L. llslcy. I he idea is to i;et KELOWNA MAY CANADIANS IN ENGLAND TRAIN TO MEET INVASION THREAT Canailians to so Ijinif’et their lueunies that they will be aide Growers* Convention to pay heavier taxes, siiliserilie to war savinj^s cettifieates and FACE POWER have nioncy in the bank to iniy war loan lasnels ntAt sunirncr. In adflition, money will have to be available for the war chaf- SHORTAGE Comes to Kelowna itieA drives that will eurnc in the same i.>er:od. If Canadians i t are to meet linancial appeals without somethiiif' akin to finan- Aid. J. D. Pettijircw Tells Ro­ eial panic in most hoiiselndds. the .^linister of h'inanee helieves tary Club That West Koot­ enay Has Little Additional ror I hree D ays that they will have to .start the new year by close hudpetinpn Power Available Hence national linaneial leadership will concentrate in January A on pettinif taxjiayers enrolled in the INCOME I AX hudpcl ADDITIONAL TAXES? Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of Next Week plan so that tlie treniendmisly increased taxes will not eateli ” . will be Busy Days in Orchard City—52nd Annual them unprepared on April dOth . J-ehriiary will he WAR as Economically as Conference Expected to be Straight Business SA V IN G S M O N TH . ( )nee started Inidpetiiify for income taxes, Possible Says M ayor G. A. from Beginning to End—Hundred Resolutions to i t - it is hoped that the Inidpetinp’' habit can lie extended so that McKay be Considered in Three Days— Two Evening Ses­ / sions in Prospect—Expected to Seek Extension thousands of persmis will ninlertake instalment purchasing of ^ timt un electrical power war savinjys certificates, ddie hifyf^esl campaign the country sliortacci may develoi? here was .'MX of W ar Measures Act to Include Other Fruits has ycl seen will he launched in hehnuuy wi,l, .he ohjceiive » Besides Apples of raising' war savings ])Urcliases to at least $10,(XX),(XX) pei Department of tlie City Council, in v»i. }. month . The big war loan, which may be for a billion dollars, “ 0 Board of Trade Banquet Wednesday will come just*wiicn1 budgetiiuugvL ])a}'mentsp«i^ (III..arc ciuliiig x'.'*for iiiv-wxi.v-iiicoinc ivii.Mr. IPettigrew eiiig iew anuand oother in ei mmembers ernoeis lave to continue budgeting to meet their <>f d'c 1041 City Council wore the t least one hundred resolutions pertaining to every branch lax. Citizens will h . guests of the Rotary Club at lun- WAR LOAN conimitmcntslitnients. Tlie war loan drive will recpiire theon. Mo pointed out that the City V A of the involved fruit growing and marketing setup will be a trenicmlous nation-wide organization. Instead o^ salesmen Kelowna has reached about its brought before the 52nd annual convention of the British Col­ ‘ ^ . peak load and on one or two oc- umbia Fruit Growers Association, when it convenes for three working* for banks and bond houses, as in the past two loans, casions durini^ the past year hud Although some American military experts believe that the danger of invasion of Britain by German days at the Oddfellows’ Hall in Kelowna on Tuesday, Wednes­ they will be working for patriotic committees established in deilrutcly reached the i^ak. forces has passed, the British high command docs not share that belief. So there is no let-down of . -11 1 f 1 1 .tinaaled that this condition applied day and Thursday, January 14, 15 and 16. On those three days, every community. Provincial committees will be formed and generally to the West ICootenay us- preparedness to mtfet invasion. The men shown here arc Canadians recently arrived in Britain. They arc engaged in the job of transporting a Bren gun carrier across a river as part of their training to delegates representing 2,600 growers from Kamloops in the tlicn regional committees and then local committees with direc- and that little additional power meet the invasion threat. The men are wearing gas masks and full battle dress. north to Osoyoos and east to Creston will be present, as well tors and sub-directors putting on all the pressu'rc they can. It plans for further development have as representatives of the shipping industry, the marketing sales is a lone job building up an organization of this kind and con- been considered, he understood, but, department, the Provincial Government Department of Agri­ .» . , , . T-i !• so far as he was aware, no definite culture, the railways and other interested business men. sideration is now being given tlie key appointments, Ihe direc- plans for immediate action had been Interest O f Young Juvenile Delinquency ----------------------------------------------- - Chief interest will bo centred ar­ tors and sub-directors will select their own committees, it is. made. The condition locally might ound the efforts of the growers to . ... necessitate a staggering of the hours Another Chapter Written continue the operation of the B.C. expected, so that appointments will have to be made within of usage for certain industries, as SEEK SUNDAY Natural Products Marketing Act the next few weeks. Organization for the war loan will proceed fhis would considerably ease the de- Men in Civic Life in Strange Behavior of and the attempt to have the War . , t f • mand at any one time, Young Boy Measures Act, now applicable to right through the campaign to increase the sale of war savings Mr. Pettigrew suggested that war MAIL SERVICE the marketing pf apples, extended certificates. The national war savings committee is preparing conditions may bring about some to other varieties of fruit. Pleases Mayor McKay Readers of The Courier were as­ . There are many resolutions de­ for its February drive. All the provincial secretaries have been the use of electrical current, and he tounded and somewhat aghast a FROM KELOWNA signed to knit more compactly the called to Ottawa where they will complete the plans and intimated that electrical users may short time ago to hear of the mis- B.C.F.G.A. organization, both as to receive'O in-'tnirtinns 'is to the nrethocls to be used to nut the' w His Worship Expresses Gratification in Opening Re- demeanors of an innocent-appearing Board of Trade Seeks Co-oper- production and marketing. The P loenl murksmarks to 1941 CitvCity Council-NewCouncil New Aldermen Take sister^ accomplice, aged seven. This ation of Post Office ■ Author- three days will be drive over the top in February. entire revision of the local Obtain A pied by the business sessions and at ^ rate structure may be necessary if infant, who commenced his career ities to /\a a o 1 leagj evening session will be the city enters into a new contract I'heir Seats—^Three Changes in Committee Chair- men Announced—Old Council Holds Final Ses Service necessary. A new agreement with the United States for the develop- S T y spoke brief- Capt. D. M. Rattray, Salmon Arm, sion and Aid. Gibb Retires—Economy Necessary taining more than $50, small articles The post office authorities are President of the B.C.F.G.A., will ment of the ST. LAWRENCE WATERWAY will likely be ly, stating that, in his opinion, he In TTaoo nf Wai- ’n^imdnrlc It/Tavrtr MrlCav ^ being asked by the Kelowna Board preside over the three-day conven- signed before the end of January. Engineers of both countries in r’cU.C Ol VVdr ivxdyui xvxi.xx.eiy »jaya taken two automobiles and actually of Trade to provide an out-going tion and he will be hard pressed to ------------------------------- driven them, although how he could mail on Sundays from this city. keep the business moving and con- have met in Ottawa and given their, final approval to the engin- cipal experience and younger men AM verv nlea<5pd and pratified that we have vounp' men *"each the controls and still keep At a meeting of the executive of eluded in the three days. eering details of the project. Both Governments have approved I a m very pleased and gratmed w at we nave young men highway is a mys- the Board on Tuesday, it was decid- Mayor G. A. McKay, of Kelowna, A in theValley Valley who who are are willing toto spendspend tneir time and to tery to everyone concerned, ed that the proper authorities will officially open the convention the scheme in principle and the experts are iri complete agree- His Worship. .felt that it was go apply their abilities, in the interest of their City, declared------ Now, another chapter has been should be approached with a view on Tuesday morning with an ad- ment. There remain only minor details, to be adjusted before Mayor G. A. McKay, in welcoming the City Council for 1941 added^ to^ the rapidly-growing series of having some accommodation-j . o j for dress of welcome. the terms of the agreement are made public. It is seven years ' S dm! to® on Monday morning. January 6. He gave a special welcome SlesrtwrSis«ew,T"“ “°” “t i r p I l S S S S m S su" fa ’’S . Straight Business since the United States rejected-the last St/Lawrence treaty, After their crimes had been par- vice would be of inestimable value “It will be straight business aded before Juvenile Court Judge to the business men of the town throughout the convention, with There is a belief that President Roosevelt has found a formula affairs in as ctonomical a m anner ' .