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or TI TT ref erste. ' 5 J , » ' a 4 { 55. = wy \* ¥ , 7) L5 a ¥ > te a sa ¥ a 1 g, oF Fy . : \ he § » r Our Soldiers Help On English Farms These Canadians Are a Great Ald to Farmers at This Time and Get Useful Experience of Yih Methods Bhouldering piieitorics in place of rifles, and handling scythes fo- . stead of Tommy guns, hundreds of Canadian roops are working in' tho harvest fields of England, One Canadian division initiated a, farm help scheme, sending 60 poly' ".dlers every two weeks to farms 'in many parts of England. Canadian, farmer-soldiers pitch hay In Shrop- ehire and Sussex, milk cows and do chores in the Midlands or Lan- eashire, andl tend fruit orchards in Devon or hap fields in Kent, : All the work is voluntary, Grate- ful farmers always give the men thelr 'meals and look after sleeping accommodation, SOLDIERS GIVEN BOARD Maj.-Geheral Victor Odlum has . taken an interest in the farm- ald ., Plan. "It is alding our men of the Sec- ond Division to get an understand. ing of the difficulties English far- Te TuBr8 Bo up sgainst Iv Waite © he sald, "I am very anxfous-that- our farmer-soldiers help the farm. ers here and that they make new friends in circles where they will bo understood and appreciated. "I hope that_this will help de- velop a greater exchange of farm: ing ideas between the English and Canadians after the war. . He's Newly Appointed to ! Atlantic Command George Clarence. one of Canada's' Commodore Jones, R.C.N., EI, MI finest. "Sea Dogs, hasbeen ap= pointed as of February 12th, 1941, Officer Commanding of the At lantic Command. Jones is a Bluenose, as his parenfs and all - his grandparents were before him, born in Halifax 45 years ago. The first two years of this war. have been a brilliant chapter for the Commander. As "Captain D" "he 'commanded our Destroyer Flotilla operating on the Atlantic Coast, and has been responsible for the safe convoy of merchant and troop ships out of ~ Atlantic ports in conjunction with the British Navy across the Atlantic to all the Al- lied ports. This is the biggest transport and shipping convoy system ever seen in the world's history, Movies Are' Used To Train Army m Canada Uses ETRE REHte Will See Actual Battle Films Motion- picture films, sound and silent, are being used in increasing numbers for training purposes in the Cafiadian army, defence head- quarters said last week. Prints of many films have already been distributed tao be-used in the standard syllabuses of training and new prints are being added con. stantly to film libraries. & In order to have up-to-date faclll- tles for showing the latest films 'produced either in Canada or by the British War Office for training and general use, sound projectors have been supplied to almost every training establishment in Canada, and the few remaining centres will have them shortly. The films are classified in two main groups--those of an educa- 'tional nature of Interest to the whole army, and motion pictures ot" a, technical, type to assist -the training 6 men in specific aris of the service. _ SHOW GERMAN METHODS "The range of subjects covered In- eludes actual scenes of battle' such as action In the Mediterranean' area _ and plctures designed for recruits who are to undergo the training de- pleted and which subsequently gives 's them a: critique against which they can measure the standard they have, . are efisure methods, Besides standard films shéwing: tho various phases of milltary trafn. toga speclal picture is being os , pared under. the superviaion.of "rector of military. "trafding, "show German methods 'of wal tin. This Alm will (bd Bown every tldwa of recruits during thelr Toh in training centres. designed for si AR (uniformity in teachl Ce tained, Agaln, some Js . VOICE OF THE PRESS WASTED YOUTH We are in receipt of many . strange questions, but the reader who asks, "How can I produce a' hole in a pane of glass?" must have had an unusually strict up- bringing. : Otte Citizen, "a8, Al SAFE AGE A "British Columbia: woman - thinks all parliamentarians should be 'married' by the time théy are 46 years. old, or else should retire from politics. Which would" be "one drastic way gf weeding out Mr, King's government majority, -- Stratford 'Beacon-Herald, One LOVING AND HATING The rank and file of the people having 'a difficult time while try- _ing to follow their leaders.- A man may go to sleep with hatred of all Communijsis in his heart and, when he wakes up, he hears over his radio that Stalin is to be regarded as a 'dear friend. A little later he has to swallow his ~opinions and go' back to the or- iginal hatred. Whe is to be loved and who is to be hated 'can only be discovered by those who keep strictly up to the minute. B --Fort William Times-Journal. -- 0 THEY WENT TO CHURCH A mother of 'an enlisted young soldier .from my church told 'me she had received, just recently, letter from the boy, who was at " place in Quebee province with his company of fiffy. He said" Sun- day -morning came, them were United Church fellows, and they talked together about going to church. They found out that there was a church of their persuasion four miles down a country road. To this little rural _ church they walked and attended the service. One can imagine the joy of the preacher and conyre- in unexpectedly upon them; They had a great reception. We, who 'stay home, must match so splen- did a thing as that, -- United Church * Observer: The Book Shelf By Evelyn Eaton Following the extraordinary success of her best-seller on early " tain Waits," Evelyn Eaton, Can- adian writer who currently ranks sents us with a distinguished new historical novel of "the early French settlers on this continent. "Restless: Are The Sails" centres its action about the capture of the French stronghold of Louis- bourg, N.S, in 1745. A rousing adventure yarn, Miss Eaton's second book skil- fully combines historical fact with romantic' fancy, The general at- mosphere is excellent: Indians, colonial = court. and particularly crowded vessels. The pathetic and terrible story of the siege of . Louisbourg is thrilling as it is authentic, Ilow it affects Paul de Morpain the hero, who turns fugitive, then pirate, what befalls his Indian wife, how he at last fulfills his destiny, completes a story of unusual interest. "Restless Are The Sails" , . . by Evelyn Eaton . . . Toronto: Musson Book Company ... $2.75. Reindeer Herds Fast Increasing More Eskimos Are Needed to Help Herd Animals In Rapid- ly Expanding North-West Territories Further enlargement of Canada's fast-expanding reindeor was disclosed recently by the De- partment of /Mines and Resources. . Reindeer herds in the Northwest "Territorles, the department re ported, have 'increased to more than 8,000 head, compared with the original herd of - 2370 delivered tron Alaska six years ago. = The department estimated that this year's fawning has increased the main herd on the Government _ reserve east of Mackenzie Delta by 1,600 head. ~~ "Substantial expected in tho two herds under: native management near the An- H-detgon and Horton Rivers, about 200 miles east of the reserve," the départment added. Expansion of the industry has resulted in training of more yofing CBekimbs "es apprentice herders, later they will be entrusted with fhanagenient of Nerds under Gov- ernment supervision, and may Sneskiati obtain hordes of th ei ier we olive oie "Yeorpried tally extending over ' &14rgd area for the' Bdnofit of the native population," the Sepertinent sald. Ke In . Germany and Italy must be. and eleven of " "water bird cabinet" --gation--to--have_these boys come "RESTLESS ARE THE SAILS" ~ Camadian life, "Quietly My-Caps-- --could. break ~this .blockade. - as tops in her sphere, now pre- privateering, the ectiquette of a | conditions of navigation in over-~ Industry of . industry __ x Soviet Anti-Tank Gun Crew on Guard += Germany's road to Moscow is def fended by Soviet anti-tank.gun erews like thig one, pictured in action somewhere Russo-German front; along the broad Radidphoto was flashed from Moscow as Nazis "claimed. the way to the Soviet capital was "open." -- THE WAR. WEEK - -- - Commentary on Cc urrent Events Britain And Her Allies. --+- Prepared To -A Chinese foreign offico spokes man: last week said that Premier Konoye of Japan had formed a which is a Japanese phrase 'meaning a calm "Bur! AREY great underneath: . : " Revent. ev ents in_Japan indicat ed fiat the~itational leaders were feeling that the time had come to drive the white man out of the Orient. Britain, the U. S. and the Netherlands' had made It plain that 'they would not be driven out. Their first movo to render Japan helplessf would he a blockade of the seal entrances from- the Indian Ocean Into the Pacific. It was not -thought likely that Japan ~The- Battle of the Pacific would bo on in earnest. ® Expansion Southward Japan had her eye on French Indo-China which would give her, 'besides valuable -nayal bases, 'much needed fron and rubber, She would need these bases if she were" to move against Singapore .and the Dutch 'East Indies, Tho "Australian radio quoted a message from Batavia, Dutch East Indies, last weck, as saying that "British and Dutch defenses-in the Far East are- stronger than ever before." The message scemed to gay that the Dutch East Indies was not afraid of the new -Jap- anese cabinet, that not an inch of soil would be given up without a fight. Hegemony over the Dutch East Indies would algo give Japan con- trol of the Burma Road, the great "artery of war supplies, to China. Against Siberia? A drive into Siberia was also viewed as probable. But the Rus: slans were known to be 'very strong In the Far East and Japan's ~ tinder cities would be compara tively easy targets for Soviet in- cendlary bombs. Japan might find herself, lke Germany, with a war on two fronts, She has to use more than a million troops in China to hold the cities, railways and roads which her mechanized div- fslons overran so easily four years Hong Kong and Singaporo-- lie across Japan's path to victory and ~ sho would have to be desperate to face their strength, Three years ago a noted British strategist sald the great commercial centre of Hong Kong would fall within 'less than a week if Japan attacked it. That isn't true today. Hong: Kong, Singapore Ready More than $50,000,000 has since been spent on ts defenses. Sub- activity | v 2 India, War "ean Block Japan marine. nets and mines guard harbor. Alr rofd * sghelters been built; heavy guns in around the island make It midable fortress "Field -- Marshal" Lord once said the history of tho world would be decided at 'Singapore one day. And Admiral Lord Jellicoe recommented its development as a great naval base with a strong Pacifie fleet based on it. Today, in the Battle of the Pacific, it will its have place' a for- be the strength of Siheapore that - will make victory possible. pore, protecting the probably can't fully attacked. HH8 Importopice, however, is greater than, that. A ~in- the Pacific can- help but be a war of attacks on trade. lanes. Singapore, as ohe of tho great erbssrondsgof the world, ho used to curb effectively Japaneso commerce from the south. Sina pathway to be success- U. S. Ma Use It Iike Hong Kong, Singapore 1s on an {sland which {is 28 long and 14 miles wide. Unlike Gibraltar, Singapore has superb facilities for air defence or attack, it has great land batteries, includ- Ing 18-inch guns, -but most of all it has dock facilities where batfle- searred warghips can be repaired. U. $< warships may come to use _ Singapore--a valuable asset, for Manila, 1,500 miles away, i8 too small to handle big boats. It Japan could bo rendered help- less, concentration of U. 8. naval and other units would be released . to aid Britain fn the Battle of the Atlantic . . . Germans Slow Down' At the outbreak "of the Russo: German war, the speed of the Gor- man advance was estimated to be at the rate of 50- miles: per day. Roberts miles searcely on Last week nentral observers claim. | ed that, after four or.more weeks of war, the progregs of the assaily ants had heen reduced by 50 per cent or more. The stubborn re sistance of the Russlans had been much more formidable than glitler expected; Soviet tactical skill was such that even the Germany ac- knowledged 16 The Battie Fronts Last week there « little change In tife position of the warring forces along' the entire front, In the north even Berlin admitted that the Red armies were still - Intact and fighting. There had been no collapse under Fin. nish-Naz! thrusts from the: Arctic - to the Baltic. The Russians claim. ed that Smolensk was still in thelr' peared to be' 'hands, Thanksaiviria Day October Thirteen Canada this year will observe Thanksgiving Day on October 13, the second Monday hic Oc- tober. . This announcement was made by Hon, P. F. Casgrain,. Secret- ary, of State, who sald a pro- clamation! "naming October 13 as a day of "gemeral thanks- glviog" 'would be 'Issued short ly. - % Ld iit Berlin reparted . an enoriong" Russian force had been trapped east of Smolensk and that a battle of annihilation was going on. > - Drenching rains had been falling fu the central area of the battle: "front and the condition of the roads was undoubtedly a factor in slowing up, the German machine. Guerilla fighting was sald to be material, after having been pushed beyond the Russian "Guard Front" had been cut off from their fin. fantry support, which they had been counting on for clearing-up operations in the wake of "eo ad- vance. Th -- SRI ARENG H Doing a €hina? ddgar Snow, noted writer 'on Far . Eastern affairs, last week posed a question: "Whatever vie: tories the German armies may be that * particilarly intensive behind tha' Hues in this sector. Cofumn after '|. column of German mechanized having In their Rossin drive, and, oven if they.suceeed in cafituring Leningrad and Moscow and in oe: cupying the Ukraine and the Cancasus, are they fated to a protracted guerilla warfare which will cause them continuing embar- rassment and interfere with their plana on other fronts? Are they "heading Into such a situation as has faced the--Jaffinese army in China since the war began there nol two but four h Time Against Nazis "Pinfe fs thé biggest element of risk In the Nazi scheme of "con. quest. With perfeet timing, no _lream is--too fantastic to be re alized: without it, the most" eare- fully laid plan or the most gkil- ful improvisation may fail. It is . In this respect tliat Soviet guerilla resistance may on out to be a decisive factor. In he south the Nazis: em that the erman forces were pursuing a defeated enemy in the Ukrajne. Russian sources clahmed that their armies =were holding well, Can. Hitler Turn Back? "The losses on both sides In men and material were thought to bo 'The "déstruction of oy enormous . German supplies of all kinds was so tremendous that, it was esti- mated, the Nazis would not be able to make them up In less than 'two years. Hitler's definite objective ap- peared to be the des(ruction of the Red armies--anything less than that would be 'reckoned as a Hitler defeat. As one Associated Press correspondent put it: He cannot turn back nor limit his "crusade" without risking the ultl- mate, disaster, collapse of the myth © of Hitler invineibility in Germany Htself.. : Dog 1 Cafloman " Frowns On Slacks Chesney, William Hares black., spaniel, is a "gentleman" among dogs. He lives in Chicago and has been trained to stand up on his hind legs whenever a woman _enters an. elevator, but -- .when a young lady stepped into the lift the other day, Chesney was stead- fast in his refusal to stand up. She was wearing. slacks, 'On Fire Watch Duty Prospective fathors vith a jittery "desire to pace aye doing it in shifts now on the roof of a London, Eng- land, --and acting as fire wardens at --the game-time. -- years ago? el suburban maternity hospital Jor downward, - spread outward. The last of the glacial periods © where "effect.on the "~the ice so the animals Cale touristy trict 1s not. / Saving Ontario's 'Natural Resources Ll Ei By G. C. Toner (Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters) + .. No. 81 ONTARIO'S ICE AGE *ee aa We have seen how mountain building and tearing down go on side by side. ing 'down is fast as when glaciers do the work. The ice acts as a great rasp, cutting valleys and leveling hills, as it slides outward' Glaciers are res- ponsible for the shape of most of the countryside of Ontario. Five times in the last million years continental glaciers have formed in northern Carsisiand 50,000 The occurred between and 100,000 years ago. where near Hudson Bay and 'it reached down to, and sonrewhat beyond, the Great Lakes. basins of the Pre-Cambrian shield, the rock-rimmed bodies of water that are so common in Muskoka and Haliburton. Further south it melted leaving great piles of de- bris known as nioraines.® These are usually gravel or sand hills and are-common along Lake On- tarip, Great boulders were some- times carried by the ice and as it melted these were dropped. "They can be scen to-day almost every- in old Ontarie. * Return of Animals The old glaciers had a profound animals and plants nothing could live on had to re- treat and if upable to da so per- Of course, ished as did the plants Later when the ice beean to melt "the animals and plants came back. This was a slow process, a few miles gained, in one summer would Le lost in the winter, but gradually (he ice gave way anil our familiar animals took over the land. But they were mach different from those that Yived pre- vious to the ite awe, their sojourn in the south had: chaneed many until they "were quite different creatures, - . . Wildest Dreams ---Coples-- of. Mond. we. edition" of the London Express are sold In Montreal that spme after "noon, writes the Hamilton Spe cla tor. The wildest dreams of Jules Verne are today becoming a com: monplace, and the ting: may not be distant when the North Pole will bo as well-known to summer as 'the Muskoka dis Sometimes the tear- | centre | of the glacier formed was some- As it~ --slid south it gouged out the lake | moorings 1 each nighty The Gr Women Can.Do Work On Aircraft PRC Director of the Wamin's Bure eau, Washington, Says They Are Capable of. Some of the Assembly Work and Other Operatiofie / At least one-fourth to one-third of the jobs In U.S. aircraft asembly plants might be filled satisfactorily by Women, Miss 'Mary Anderson, director of the Women's Bureau, at Washington estimated 'on the - basfs of a bureau survey. At tho close of the World War, 93 por cent of the employees In 4Q alrplane factories were women. Oitice of Education oficials, now engaged In aking a survey of alr craft courses open to women, report that a disproportionately large num- ber of women are loathing to fly when the real need of the future will . be fu the construction end of the industry. TYPE OF WORK THEY CAN DO Studying each production process sfpurately, the Women's Bureau drew these conclusions: Fusclage manufacture From one-fifth to one-half of the opera. --ttons-conld -be-done by women. Asgoml ly Women can do work ranging from 15 per cent in 'the final assembly ty almost all of the jobs in wing and contpol sur{acd . assembly. y "Inspection- ACTS ond-fourth other than floor inspecting of com-: pleated assemblies could be done by women and in case of a shortage of male workers, consideralily mare In the tool crib, where tools, (icy famd small party are gesucd, women might well beeunsed, he buiean found. As they bedome ¢ exper] ieneed, they could also be emploved in tho production amd routing depact- ments. Dre. Robert Wo 1ambrook, Office of Education-oflicial, who reeenthv-- returned from a shindy of Britain's wartime educitional techniques, ro ports that women have, gone into the British aivewft industry with the full approval of organized lehor and swith the understanding that they will return their jobs to men after the wir Is over. Her. Address A woman was asked her address at a London (Eng) hospital, saya London Daily Sketeh, She answer ed, "Bed No. X, Piccadilly @ireus Tube Station." Her only home vas the tube sholter where she goes receives hetters directed to public shelters: They are-safely delivered by the postman the manufacture of 1,660,807 "hai- rels of flour in the month of April compared with 1,314,203 in the cor- responding month last year, + LIFE'S LIKE THAT ow Fred Neher Tho [dea was proposed by .one ot the amen, who thought such Hn official occupation would be better than pointless walking through the hospital corridors while waiting the stork. , "I. have shot 'my bolt. 1 have done my work. "War or no war, my number is up." George' Bernard Shaw. 22D rd, (Ratensed by Cons dared Hass PusTeiny | ; © "How did | know. you were still in it this time of day! 1 ' * REGLAR FELLERS-- Superhuman By GENE BYRNES. increases also aro ' IF YOU REALLY WANT TO EARN SOME MONEY I'LL GIVE YOU A DIME JUST FOR DOING THE DISHES " Ky OH, BOY THAT'S AN. : ves AWFUL STACK OF - CROCKERY, BUT A IR ! A NICKEL 8AYS YOU WASH AND PUT AWAY | "ThE Noses INSIDE OF ONE HOUR DIME IS A DIME! p= ed NO? WELL, I LOSE! IT TOOK YA JEST FIFTY- EIGHT MINITS TO DO THAT-PILE! YOU'RE A MIRACLE - PO frequently ----- 3 ¢ - 7) fd v ; ans NEP bgp By ar Ss Ctl tn 3 OE FL ids 4 0; Lp fin Rt dims A