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- U. S. Curtailing Vv 0 IC E Bicycle Output No Swing Over To Bicycles Predicted For Canadians Manufacturers of children's bi- cycles myst ceéise production after Jupe 80 and devote their energies to producing Victory adult models ~--one for, women and one for men--in order to relieve transportation bottleneck that is expected to develop because of the. elimination of 'automobile manufacturing, the United States War Production Board announe- ed recently. EI Sven the Victory bicycles w look bare," compared with tl 1 whicli persons fort ""bought in the pag will strut o on their way tofand from wor! according to the board. resuit of this production program, W.P.B. expects to divert rubber, nickel and other strategic ma- terials to making ships, tanks and gune, The weight of the Victory mod- el has been cut from 67 to 81 pounds, and the production board even dictated the type of frame for each type of two-wheeler, Canadians who have to aband- on their automobiles' because of war conditions will have to walk, said Munition and Supply Depart- ment officials, predicting there would be no swing over to bi- cycles such as Is anticipated in the United States. In Canada, manufacture of tri- cycles and small novelty bicycles for chlidren- has already been hatfed. While there is no direct order prohibiting the manufacture of ordinary type bicycles, plants wheih usually produce these now are largely engaged on war orders, officials say. 4 Difficulty in obtaining steel and rubber also results in automatic curtailment of their output, it was explained. INTERNED IN JAPAN oe moe Rev. P. M.-Bissonnette A member of the Dominican Order, Father Bissonnette, vicar general of the diocese of Sendai, Japan, has been interned by the "Japanese in a concentration i A son of the late Dr. P. J. L. Bissonnette, former member for Montcalm, and brother of Hon. -Bernard Bissonnette, Speaker of the Quebec Assembly, Father Bissonnette is a former student of Oxford University, He has been engaged in Missionary work in Japan for 15 years. Australia Sending Food Ta Singapore Premier John Curtin announced that foodstuffs are being sent by Australia to Japanese-occupied 'Singapore in sn effort to ensure the proper feeding of Australian prisoners, "We were asked to send the stuff," the Premier said, "It was put ty us very straight that it had to be for everybody, including the nalive population. 1t.goes into the common pool and the Japanese aistribute 1t." Australia's action in sending food to Japanese- held, Singapore for the benefit of ' England could recall at this time, and they were frankly. puzzled how it could be accomplished, Unparalleled Move "Presuinably ships carrying the. supplies bear a conspicuous ident. "ification such as a huge red cross, In the absence of anything to the contrary, you probably should as- sume that the ships diverted are Australian ones." Red- Cross officials said they knew of no precedent. The concensus was that thera. could be no certainty the Aus- tralian prisoners would get the supplies or even that the "pool" would be administered in a fair, humanitarian way. It was as- sumed, however, that Australian authorities hpd decided they had no choice but to-take a chance, "Used Blades ; American men discarding their used razor blades throw away 8,000 tons of high-grade steel a Year, "the .| As & imprisoned - Australians there is without paral. "lel 56 far as qualified sources in PRESS BRITISH HUMOR tled by what seemed the weighti- of the man looking at the one wall ofa house still left standipg: "Just "8s I told you, any. one sitting on the mantelpiece would have, been perfgatly safe." Or the old pros fessor saying to his servant girl: "I'lett a device for destroying the night bomber on this table, and now the blessed things been swept' away or something," Or the old lady: "I see the newspapers now "confirm that it was bitterly cold down here six weeks ago, when our pipes burst." now uncommon, as the little girl pointed out when she sald: my, do you remember bananas?" "Play you for an egg," says the golfer; and the .woman writing her diary asks: "What else did an egg for breakfast?" ~ ----Ottawa Journal, ---- Oy OLD RAILROAD TIES Writer of a Letter to the Editor ties that "would have provided pressure under ~way either, will testify, --Port Arthur News-("hronicle. , TO BETTER FAR AWAY to you. orl HAS SAME ENDING end, . --Peterborough Lk ANSWER TO QUESTION way. --0-- LULL BEFORE THE STORM- get home. i New: ". IN THE GARDEN By GORDON L. SMITH Layouts or: fence boundaries, rounding shrubbery at one polat, ther to that air of spaciousness and also provide a secluded corner box or, possibly, a seat or trellis. covered table, Vegetable Graups Vegetables. are roughly divided into three planting groups--hardy, seml-hardy and tender. Among the first are spinach, all sorts of let tuce, radish and garden peas. A + little frost will not hurt these, "be carrots, beans, cabbage, pota- toes and similar tliings. These will © vegetables include. corn, melons, cucumbers and tomatoes, Nothing before danger of frost is over. With. most - vegetables, it is. ad- visable to make at:least three sow- ings a week.or two apart In order to spread the harvest that much longer over the season, Further spreading of the season is secured by sowing three kinds of each vegetable -- an .early, a medium and a late varlety which will re- sult In a continuous supply of really fresh vegetables for weeks longer than usual, "Proper thinning, frequent cuitl- vation and an occasional applica: ' tion of some good commercial fer- tilizer will keep vegetablas growing quickly, and quick growing Takes for tenderness, Canadians have often been puz- ness of British humor, But what J And the commonest tuivgs are "Mum. we do yesterday besides having fo an Ontario paper draws atten. tion to the burning of old railroad tons of firewood for, the poor." Perhaps, but did the writer know that the 'sawing of ties is hard on the saws because of the pebbles imbedded in them during years of ralls and trains? The wood sawing men refuse to " work on them, They are much bet- ter for fence posts, as some set- tlers who didn't like to see them being burned along tho vight of What it it is a bother to try to pronounce all the queer sounding place name: that pop up in the war news? It would be much worse ~ it the fighting was going on in. places with names that are familiar --Windsor Star, A mother writes to a newspaper forum asking whether she should spank her small daughter or rea- son. with her. The lesson of his- tory, madam, is that appeasement always leads to a spanking in the Examiner. At last we have the answer to that old. one about why does a chicken cross the road. Because there "ars mo cars coming either --Kitchener Record. It's always good weather when good fellows get together -- but there's often a storm when they For flowers, lawns and shrubs about the average house, landscape gardeners 'strictly advise informal planting. This is especially desir- able where 'space is limited as it tends to softén the narrow, rigid fence lines and to add an air of spaciouness even to a 20-foot lot. In an informal garden, the central portion of the ground {s entirely | --1n grass. Around the edges of this will be grouped beds of perennial and anhual tlowers, leading up to shrubs 'and vines along the walls Where the garden is larger, ex- perts advocate screenfng off a por- tion by bringing forward the sur- or using a hedge, wall or trees so that the whole. garden will not be entirely visible from any one' point ol observation. This will add fur- or two for a child's swing or sand- Second ' planted vegetables... wilt: resist a fair amount of cold: Tender « is to be gained by planting these _ "rision, applied to someone A Weekly Column About This and That in The Canadian Army « i All you old soldiers know what "pozzy" is, but how many of you can tell us where the word came from? And don't ask me. All I know about it is that "pozzy" is jam in the Army. That is to say jam is "pozzy" in the Mess Room, but when you come to another Army phrase --one of de- who seems to be asking quite a lot, it remains "jam". The phrase: "What do you want, jam on it?" All this isn't so far beside the point as it may seem. By the time a man says, 'shove the pozzy down here," he's a soldier. Mind you, he didn't get to be a soldier by learning Army slang but by the time he is a soldier he has-learned many a new name for commonplace objects. He doesn't know just when he becomes a soldier. 1 doubt if any of, his officers could tell you ei- ther. But somewhere, suddenly or gradually, the civilian in battle- - dress changes uniform, Of course, he takes the first step in the direction of becoming a soldier when he enters the re- cruiting office, and volunteers to serve his King and Country. From that point on the metamorphosis is a steady progression. Enlisting is really quite a sim- ple procedure. At this time it is even better handled than when I was a young soldier, Nowadays, you can walk into a recruiting office, give particulars of Yyour- self, get a medical examination into a soldier in , including X-Ray, that would cost you ten dollars in civilian life, and report right away to a Dis- trict Depot where you are outfit- ted with uniform and equipment. "At the District Depot new re- cruits" get' their first introduction to Army life. - They are taught how to wear their uniforms.and equipment, how to conduct, them- selves ina soldierly manner in public, who to salute and when, and the rudiments of military, training. Their stay at the District Depot - is made as short as possible--it is realized that a man who vol- unteers for service. anywhere is anxious to get down to the busi. ness of learning to fight as soon ag he can, By the same token it | is real. ized that when he gets to a Basic Training Centre, the new recruit doesn't want to" seem too awk- ward---hence the instruction in soldierly conduct and bearing and Canadian Army traditions. At the Basic Training Centre, training begins. Each day the new recruit learns something. It is no longer a dreary round of: squad "drill without arms; salut- ing; the manual of arms; squad drill with -arms; platoon drill; company drill ---- ad infinitum. Thete is a drill of course. There has to be if you are going to mold a group of men into a team. But. drill is interspersed with instruction in the use of the rifle and bayonet, the light ma- chine gun, the two-inch mortar. There are lectures and entertain- ments: Competitions enliven Army life and put a zest into the work .that must be done. Good food --and lots of it-- builds muscle in place of the. fat worked off by good exercise and lots of it--and by the time the recruit .ends his basic train- ing he has become a soldier. There is still lots for him to learn--that comes when he goes on to an Advanced Training Cen- Centre, but by the time he gets there he is a soldier. He looks _foryard to the new things to be learned with interest and enthusi- asm--there are new tricks of the soldiering trade to be picked up. Civilian life is behind him. Ahead there is a duty to be fulfilled and far ahead of that again that strange existence a soldier finds hard to understand --civilian life! Atlantic Convoy By LIEUT. E. H BARTLETT, R.C.N.V.R. NEW Canadian naval tradition is in the making. It is taking shape between the staggering plunges of small ships at sea; being written by men whose pride in the job they are doing is as crystal clear and hard as the ice they see sheathing their craft. It is the corvette tradition--ot those corvettes whose crews boast, as they keep the seas, that there 'Jsn't a Sea their ships cannot take, - There is full justification for this boast, as this writer saw when - attached toa Lorene on convoy . war thrust "the marines; ... © duty. Through a North Atlantic gale- In-the-making, the small ship, of ller way, one of escort fleet keeping watch and ward o®r a fleet of merchant ships, Her bows. crashed into a heavy wate, dipped and shuddered and rose with a jerking uplift which sent the sea cascading over her deck. The wind picked up the white water, hurled it in buckets- full high over the bridge, sent the spray lashing back to the funnel. -On the bridge the meu on. watch ducked from the thrashing spray. Ice formed rapidly, coating the entire ship with the exception of hot funnel--and that grew white with salt. ~The men them. selves were not immune, their oil skins and duffel-c.ats were soaked and frozen, Winter weather---but the corvette took it, as her sisters were taking it while they maintained their guarding stations around the lum- bering merchantmen, - There was. work. ahead of them Which could not wait for weather. Ahead and around the 'convoy they were plunging and rolling in a well-defined plan, They were !screening" for sub- using; the, marvels of thelr: detection apparatus to' keep constant listening watch beneath ~lantic as well the water while their lookouts kept steady vigil over the surface. Taking rough shelter near the breach of their gun, a gun's crew was "closed up" ready for action. Occasionally, as course was changed to take our corvette at another tangent, the captain gave his brusque orders to those on walch, - He is a veteran of the corvelte convoy service, has taken his ghip through submarine waters and through airpane blitzes; knows the ports on Engand's side of the At. as he knows the Canadian bases from which he now operates. Submarine screening Is an old tale to him, now, but ft is a (ale whose familiarity has not bred contempt. He was as unlir- ingly alert on this voyage as hae had been on his first. The senior escort ship séut a- flutter of signal flags to her yard. | Our signalmen translated the order they gave. Astern of us two of the merchant ships were straggling from the convoy's course, showing signs of becoming separated -from the main fleet, and we were order- ed to thelr vicinity. We spun around sharply- these corvetles seem (o be ahle to turn In their own wake or on the crest _ -- of a wave--and started backwards toward the stragglers. While they slowly made their way again to their convoy station, our ship gave them her undivided protection; Another triumph for the corvette sérvice, the fact that thoy have overcome the difficulties of eaply convoys when escort ships were not-numerous enough to spare one {rom her station to take care of possible stragglers. Today the escorts are strong enough to per- mit detaching individual ships for special duties, : 'The captain in the 'wing of the bridge, ducked as freezing spray slashed back at him. His-ollskin _the men on duty. THE WAR - WEEK -- Commentary on Current Events Australia Building Up\Defenses: Need For All-Out Aid To Russia. The dramatic appointment of General MacArthur to the Su- preme Command of. the, Southwest Pacific shows clearly that there is no intent to abandon that Contin- ent. On thé contrary, its main dependence on the United States is récognized. HKven with the as-- sistance that the United States can seinyl, the Australians now face a grim test. The enemy may at any time effect landings on the northeast coast with the object of reaching the big centres of population. Also /there is a possibility that they will extend their sea opera- tions towards the Fiji Islands with the object of attacking convoys and reinforcements coming from the United States, The contin. ued success of Australian bomb- ing raids on Japanese bases in New Guinea will, however, make the plan more difficult of accom- plishment. To hold Australia, or those parts of it worth strategic hold- ing, is one thing and to develop it as a base from which to recover lost ground is another. Allied Preparations There is an increased demand for offensive action in this theatre of war. Are the Allies prepared to launch a major offensive? It would be necessary first to trans- port to Australia troops and equipment and more and more planes. The distance is great--- twelve thousand milées--and the time is long--forty days. Australin's task is to hold, to defend dnd to steadily amass more fighting power until the position of the warring nations in the Southwest Pacific is-reversed and Japan is on the defensive. MacArthur's Objective General MacArthur in his first public statement as Supreme Comwander said: "The President of the United States ordered me to break through the Japanese lines and proceed to Australia for the purpose, as 1 understand it, of organizing an American offen- sive against Japan. A primary purpose of this is the relief of the Philippines. I came through and I shall return." . Japan's Weakness Whatever plan General Mae- Arthur may employ must depend to a great extent on air power. This war is proving that air power hag so successfully modified sea power that island fortresses are , most no longer impregnable, © True, the Japanése give maximuin attention to the air, but defence of a vast number of island outposts against a strong air enemy would be ex- tremely difficult for. Japan be- cause of the extended lines of communication between Japan proper and her newly acquired terfitory. Another Struggle At a moment when American attention is'riaturally and properly focused on the defense of Aus- tralia, says the Christian Science Monitor, the news contains hints that a far larger struggle is about to begin at the other end of the Axis, From Iceland to the Black Sea, from Africa to the Arctic come reports of uneasy prepara- tiohs to -meet Hitler's plans for an all-out attempt to break out of the prison he has made of Kur- ope. . In two months American eyes may be fixed even more in- tently on Suez or Baku than they are now on Port Darwin. Nazi Activity New Nazi activity_is reported from Norway, Sweden, Morocco, Turkey, and the Crimea. The common prediction of the military men is that the Germans will concentrate their summer campaign in the region stretching from Egypt to the Caspian. Ter- rific diplomatic pressures have al- ready been applied to Turkey. It is subjected not only to the threat of a frontal attack through Bul- garin, but of encirclement should the Nazis succeed in, driving farther into the Caucasus or to Suez either by way of Libya or via Rhodes, Cyprus, and Syria. Eyes On Russia While: public attention is cen- tered on Australia it is probable that Allied leaders have been rush- ing support into the Middle Fast and to Russia, For three reasons Russia deserves particular atfén- tion: 1. It is absorbing far more of Nazi energies than any other front. 2. It is the one place where the United Nations now enjoy the advantage of the offensive, 3. IL is the one front where both Hit- ler's promises and military neces- sity force the Germans to new efforts. Need For Offensive To measure the importance of the Russian front one needs only to think what thé picture would be were the Nazis free to use all their power elsewhere. Suppose it cont was brittle with ice, the broad peak of his oilskin cap bore ice almost an inch thick, Through eyes well used to peer- ing through such weather he watched his two charges claw up | into their positions with the re- mainder of the convoy. "They'll do," : he said briefly to his First" Lieutenant, as he gave the order which brought his own ship back into station, "but we'll keep a close eye on them tonight." There was no comfort on the bridge, where the ice was already inches thick, but the captain stay- ed there through the weary hours. Occasionally he gained a little re- spite when" his duties took him for a few minutes into the small chertroom, already well filled with His stays thers, however, were short--the open bridge drew him irresistibly. The changing 'ot the watch saw bim still on duty. Helow decks, in the steam-heated quarters apportioned to the seca- men, men whose spell of duty had ended, were thawing out from the biting cold. Sweaters and scarves were peeled off---the thick, wool- len sweaters of which seamen can never get enough, They take a long time to dry, once they get wet, and spare' ones are vitally necessary, Despite the wild cavortings of the corvette, the cook had turned out a hot meal. Corvette cooks have their pride, too, in their sor- vice. In the mess dock, rising dizzily and swaying crazily to the seas, the seamen ate, as only hua- gry men can eat. Then they slept, 80 they should come refreshed to their next turn on duty. All was clear above, so the cap- -"taln--decided to geek his vest as - well. From the bridge he came to the tiny ward-room which boasts but two chairs and a leather-cov- + comfortable ered bench. Comfort in a corvette? It's not expected by their crews, who find compensation or its lack in the fact they are doing a hard job well. The captain wasted little time over his meal. It was the pur- poseful eating of a man whose in- terest was elsewhere--in_ the job he was doing. His meal finished, he went to his cabin to sleep. The bunk there doos snot mean much to him at sea. Rather he prefers to sleep, partially dres- sed, upon a leather settee, ready for any emergent call, The coming of darkness saw him on the bridge again. The ships forged through the night, barely seen shadows on an ink-black sea, aud 'the breaking dawn saw them safe, So, if the corvettes could make it so, subsequent dawns were to sce them equally safe, until the (day came when they. would arrive with thelr precious cargoes, in the ports {o which they wero bound. It's a hard service, the corvette fleet, but a proud one. One ~too, which has scored its 3succ2sses against the enemy. The Admiralty has released one report which told how two Canadian corvettes sank - a U-hoat and captured most of her crew, and hints have heen dropped that this Is not the only submarine which has fallen victim to the Canadian ships. Corvettes, too, have saved scores of lives, bringing safely to port the sur vivors of merchant. ships which have been torpedoed. fought ~off "aeroplanes and taken their merchant ship eharges safely through the danger areas. Their tasks ars many and var- ied, but the corvettes tackle them all. It is part of the corvette tra -dition, which rules thit they keep the seas, in fair weathor or foul, £0 long as there Is a job. to be done, They have « EB. were concentrated on Turkey and the Near East, in a new assault on Britain, or a drive toward Dakar and South America! Bub it cannot be while the Russiam front exists. Does not this fact make it plain that Britain and America should either furnish the Russians important help on. their front or 'establish an active frond elsewhere which will prevent Nasi concentration on Russia? For months we have been repd- ! ing comparisons between German reverses in the Russian campaiga and Napoleon's catastrophic re- - treat from Moscow. In March, 1813,. Napoleon's armies shattered, routed and driven from Russian soil. In March, 1942, Hitler's forces still hold more than three-fourths of the Russian ter. _ritory gained in the summer and fall of 1941. The German a:mies are not yet in a Napoleonic re- treat--that is something to re member. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, ONTARIO ONTARIO x NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Separate sealed tender marked "Tea- der for Contract No. ...... il be recelved by the undersigned until twelve o'clock noon, Wednesd, April {29th, 1942, for thé following ork the King's Highways: CRUSHED GRAVEL Huntsyille Divislon Contract No 42332 Highway No. 69, Bala to Parry Sound Boundary...12,000 Road No, 207, Essonville to Hastings County Boundary and Rd. No. 209, Gooder- ham to Wilberforce. ..... 15,000 "34 Road No. 208. Minden to Kinmount and Road No. 22. Kinmount to Gooder- BAIL. Sv vssncivnnsesnnesse 5 Road No. 206, "aitburion. to Redstone and Road No. 207. Haliburton' to "Es- sonville u.iui.iinal. .12,500 315 Road No. 101, Port Severn © to Honey Harbour and Pont Severn to Go-Home "37 inden to Haliburton. ... Parry Sound Divislen -343 Hy. No. 69, Hayes Corner to- South Boundary of . Parry Sound "Div. and Hayes Corner to Rosseau.0, -319 Emsdale to Sprucedale...10, -3%0 Golden Valley to loring..10,000 North Bay Diyislon -351 Highway No. 17, Nor Bay casterly, 7 miles... -352 Highway No. 63, Litt + Jocko River to Tims: kaming, and Hy. No. 68, Feronla to northeast, 6 miles «ou. uviiviiicnnns .13,000 353 Highway No, 64, Sturgeon Falls to Field; Fleld north, and Field to River Valley.13,000 -354 Hagar to Noelville: War- ren to River Valley; and Verner to Lavigne New Liskeard Division -355 Kenogamt to Ramore nop -35% ° 'Timmins Back Road ......10, -357 Kirkland Lake to Quebec - Bdiy. (Alternative Crushed SION) toiiiiiiiiiernanaes 20,000 358 Englehart to Chariton: Charlton north: and Charl- ton west towards Elk Fake ..ov.uees HE PT Sudbury Division -339 Sudbury-Capreol Road ...15,000 Blind River Division Highway No. 68, Whitefish Falls 5 miles north to 7 falles south ..... ... ....10, -361 Highway No. 17. Webb- wood west lo pavement..20,000 -362 "Highway No, 17, Thessalon 10 Bruce Mines ,..e...... 7.000 363 Highway No.-17, Sault Ste. Marle, 12 miles Nosth to 30 miles north 313 . 7,000 15,000 -35% Searchmont Road 7.000 -365 Manitoulin Island, MM towaning to Shegulandah..12,500 -366 Manitoulin Island. Gore Bay, 5 mites cast to 12 miles west o.oo iu iin . -3%7 Sanitoulin Tsland, Kaga- wong west 4 -368 Manitoulin Tsland, "Provi- dence Bay to Tehkummah 5,000 Fort Willian Diviston of Mighway No. 17, Niplgon to Rossport ..- . .....e 15, Secondary Roads, "Pearson nd Scoble Townships. i. Kenora Division Kenora to'Redditt ....... Fort Frances Division Highway No. 71, Pm to, Slemin 313 Secondary Road No. "ong, Second Road No. 3 and Secondary Road No. 27. Specifications, information to bidders, tender forms and tender envelopes may be obtained on and after April 2nd, 1942, from the office of the undersigned or from the office of pe following Divislon Englneers:--Mr. K. S. Mae donell, Huntsville. Mr. Re 'E, Richard- son, Parry Sound: Mr. C. Tackaberry, "North Bay: Mr, VV. IH. "ongstaffe, New Liskeard: Mr. C. F. Szammers, Sud- bury: Mr. A. Il. McDougall, Blind River: Mr. E. Smith, Fort Wikfam; A. Kelly, Kenora; and Mr. G. I. Lowry. Fort Frances. A marked cheque for the sum of 15 per, cent of the value of the tender will be furnished by the contractor when submitting tender. Cheque should be aenclosed In separate red envelopes ad dressed to the Chlef Accountant. A Contract Bond for 100% of the amount of the tender furnished by a Guaranty Company Falshaciory to the Depart- ment will be supplled by the contractor when contract 1s Signed, or 50 per cent in Fig: or acceplable collateral, All bonds must be made out on. De-. partmental Forms. The lowest or an carlly accepted. tender not neces. R. M.-SMI 'Leu Minister of H Yi aye. Toronto. Matar! March 26th. 1013. j NN REG'LAR FELLERS--Happy Birthday -- BYRNES had been' 4%, cele a A st I Se Te TI Lal Sp wa Re os i, - INET «og