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ATARI RIOT A TNS FPN GSE RN PRET RETRI iL . Jeep Waves With Ease Amphibian Can Do Every- thing the Land Model Does The Army's "Jeep" has jumped from gullies, through the "bathtub étage into the ocean itself, the United States War Department: re- . vealed recently, with the anuounce- ment of motor transport order' for' the mass production of an un. revealed number of amphibian, tricks .to be built.on the "jeep chassis, ! / Army officials reportéd that the water "jeep" -was an even more extraordinary vehicle than its land counterpart, since it can do every- thing the "jeep" does on land and then repeat the performance in the water, It will go through swamps, jungle undergrowth, or ride the ocean waves with ease, the War Department said, adding that it will transport soldiers as fast as ten miles an hour on the water and sixty mWys an hour on land. According to the War Depart. ment, the Army has been looking, since June, 1940, for an amphibian vessel with the four wheel drive characteristics of the "Jeep," Fin- ally, in co-operation with a firm of naval architects, P, C. Putnam, technical aide of the National De- fense Research Committee, con- ducted tank tests on various hull 'forms that could be applied to the "Jeep" chassis, 4 This was generally known, the Army said, as "the jeep in the bathtub stage." Then the research - disclosed that the hull could be at- tached to the standard chassis and that assembly line production was possible, , Gen. Henri Dentz, who fought the British in Syria, is believed in line for a high military post in the new Vichy government of Pierre Laval, Panama Mosquito Fleet Manoeuvers - Fleet of Patrol Torpedo Boats Helps To Guard Canal One of th& mightiest forces serv- ing in the joint air, sea and land defence of the Papama Canal is tho fleet of United States patrol torpedo boats--PT boats--now op- erating in the waters oft Panama. The mosquito fleet of the Pana- ma sea f[tontler now is on daily battle manoeuvers, and correspond- . ents have just been permitted to gee the performance of these miles in tropical waters. The PT boats have speed, drive, swing, power and deception. They zig-zag deceptively, then drive In hard on their target. One target for a simulated attack in the day's manoeuvers was 'a coastwise freighter, 3 The vessels of the mosquito fleet _converged on the target ship, and it was easy to picture how these shifty little runners maintain the attacking edge In any combat.' They can feint more cumbersome enemies into position. for an at. tack, and then speed in--the tinlest sort of traget--to loose thelr tor. pedoes. 4 ea *. 4. Young Officers Junior officers of the mosquito fleet, commanding the {individual boats, are keen, - quick-thinking leutenants and ensigns--average age about 25. 3 Crews are picked men--chosen "from a waltlng list according to - 'bureau of navigation tests, Every member of the small.crow is trained to handle any of the assignments aboard, and any cas- ualties suffered" during an engage- ment need not destroy the boat's effectiveness. = Boats are on the alert always-- day and night, A night take-off oan be executed in a few minutes + for the men sleep aboard no mat. ter where the craft is anchored. \ . SURE BET' - "Assures Sweethearts Their _ Beaux in _Service Are Safe from Blrens," says a headline on the Woman's Page, Wanna bet, sister? ; Windsor Star, PRESS' WISHFUL THINKING Mussolini is a vain, fat, bald- headed man of 69, who se loves to go around thumping' on his bare chest in emulation of youth. fuk virility, He, too, may -well be flirting with the undertaker, but that. does not' prove that Italy is about to hreak into 30,000 pieces, ' The more we refrain from indulg.- ence in wishful thinking about how soon the Axis countries are going to fall apart, and the quick er we got busy tearing them apart, the better it will be for us. --Quebec OChronicle-Telegraph. --0 . EMOTIONLESS ~ To many of us in the western world strong emotion of any kind is wholly unfamiliar; we do not hate, we do not love, we are not strongly patriotic and our laugh- ter is from the teeth outward, Our - emotional range {is pitiably limited; we are as cold and apath- etic as fish, We shall never win a iar unless we are deeply stirred. Vs --Peterborough Examiner, ' -- 0 : FEW CLOTHES CHANGES The Wartime .Prices--and' Trade Board. order restricting, hence- forth, the manufacture of men's suits to single-breasted, culfless models will save cloth but will not greatly upset even the Beau Brummels, After all, about the only thing the trouser cuffs were good 'for was to collect stray "match ends and lawn mowings. --~Braitford Expositor. --)-- ' ENOUGH FOR BOMBER Tillsonburg schoolboy, fishing in the Otter River, found 16- gallons of gasoline some. chiseler had buried in the sand. Sixteen gal. lons? Not a great deal--but it might be sufficient to gét a hard- pressed bomber back to Britain attér a raid on the Reich, --R. M. Harrison in Windsor Star, --0-- . PATRIOTISM ¥ And then there is the steno- grapher in the front office who can't decide whether it is more patriotic to erase and save paper, or to use a clean sheet and save the eraser! --Stratford Beacon.Herald. --0-- UNANIMOUS WISH ~ What we would like to see 1s 'one large appropriation to handle the German subs. Something In the nature of a sinking fund. --Victoria Times, --0-- NO SCARCITY THERE! National Research Council says _dandelions can't be used to make rubber; not-enough of them. Has the Council éven seen our lawn? ' --Owen Sound Sun-Times. --0-- Bomb The Truth Into Nazi Homes -- "Gast your minds back, you people, to the worst days of Cov- entry. or Plymouth or Birmingham, Rejoice to hear that damage just as great has been done to Essen, with bigger bombs and bombs not 50 big as they will be. forget that these bombs are drop- ped on an enemy that sat round a table at one time or, other and ~ sald, 'Let's have a war.' They also said: 'All our German history shows that war never hurts us; it hurts the other fellow." Germans pillage and ravage, with rape and rapine, generation after genera- tion in their neighbors' homes and gardens and emerge unscathed in thelr own homes. But never again.' The hombing pilots and the work- ers in the bomb factories are teaching the (German people that war hurts. their own fireside. To knock some of the picture postcard stuff as well as the war factorles oft the face of Germany will do more for future Kurropea: peace than dictating terms from the out- side In any other Versailles," -- London Daily Express. bd Men Are Wanted 45 To 98 Years .On April 1, The Detroit News published a "Wanted--Male Holp" advertisement which read: Wanted: A-1 toolmakers, ex- porlenced Jig and fixture In: | spectors, . Age limits, 45 to 98 years. ' But It was no April Fool joke. - "That 98 years," said Albert F. Koepcke, personnel director for the United States Naval Ordnance' plant of the Hudson Motor Car Company, "is no misprint. means what it says. If an A-1 ' toolmaker or jig and fixtufe in- _.spector {s still able to work or to instruct younger men, we want him tor war work even it he is 100, We don't want men staying away because they may think they are too .old." It" a policy of employing oldor - men for all-important war work fs sound; certainly "blanket ~discrim- inatlons -agalust workers over 40, or even over 60 or 70, In peacetime occupations seem to be unjust, it not unwise. --- Christian Sclence Monitor, k For never | It: - EE ~~ ---- _ MADRAS Trincomolee Colombo CEYLON From Ceylon: A dameny, 300 From Cocanada: And. 700 Colombe, 1200 , 1800 Massing of allied and-Jap battle fleels presages one of history's Bay of Bengal. Map shows prospec- tive battle arena and target towns along the eastern coast of India. biggest naval encounters in the ANDAMAN ! (NWN NICOBAR IS, ! S$ } 700 ' ) PORE" 800 BLLLLIIOIE 1] fk [} A Weekly Column About This and That in Thé Canadian Army Not very much has been said yet about the Pacific Rangers, whose existence on the -British Columbia coast was mentioned recently after a ~ ministerial inspection of the coast defences was carried out. One reason is that not very much {8 yet known. outside of B.C. But this much is certain. The organization of guerrilla: bands, composed of hunters, trappers, loggers and other dead shots whose familiarity with the country coup- led with their prowess at wood: craft and hunting makes them for- mldable adversaries is a forward move. Many of these bands have been In existence for some time now. They were formed by the men themselves and each an is armed with his own rifle--a friend he has had for years and a weapon he knows he can rely on. They are not military formations and consist mainly of old-timers, many of them old soldiers who know a few tricks they learned in the last war. They know every nook, and cranny of the ground they are prepared to defend. In Montreal for the past two years, a somewhat similar branch of the Individual Citizen's Army has been in existence. This Is known as the Mobile Force of the Civilian: Protection. Committee, Its functions differ from those of the Rangers to the extent that em. phasis in training has been against the possibility of sabotage. This outfit, In adition to supply- ing its own- rifles and ammunition, also supplies cars and gasoline. Its. training is based on modifica- tlon of Canadian Army Reconnals- sauce unit training, training hand books of the -German Panzer divl- sions, Tom Wintringham's useful little booklet on new methods of: war and a liberal sprinkling ot imagination, : The men--mostly rotund middle aged citizens who have lost much of théir rotundity since- they start. ed training--uniform themselves In khaki overalls and wear black berets and arm'ets. - They have become expert in rapid mobiliza- tion, street fighting, * Industrial plant defence and open order skir- mishing around the outskirts of Montreal. Air Raid "Precautions work, un- der various names in 'different parts of the Dominion, is another branch of the Individual Citizen's Army that provides scope for wlll- ing war workers. And many a pri - vate soldier serves in that army without belonging to any unit of any kind. : The man or woman who {3 un- able to join the Canadian Army or LIFE'S LIKE THAT 1 Z4 "Just an air raid precaution, Mr. Smithers!" By Fred Neher © to Blood Donor Clinics to serve regularly fn any of the may war organizations still hasan opportunity to be of value. Be- tween the ages of 21 and 60 they are eligible to offer thelr blood of the Canadian Red Cross Soglety, These clinics operate in a number of cities right across the country, They are staffed by volunteers. © As a matter of fact the man or woman who cleans out 'the attic, removes' luflammablés from the cellar, and, generally takes every private soldier fn the 1fndjvidual Citizen's Army, . : It and wifen tbe. day comes that incendiary bombs shower down on Canadian municipalities the house- holder who can handle his own fires i3 doing a good job Ly leaving the firefighters clear 'to handle worse blazes" elsewhere, Not much like soldiers? Well, I'm not sure, "It you were to work time a soldier spends in fighting you would find that other ordinary prosaic duties take up more of his time than they do of yours. Eating takes a fair amount of that time, for the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps sees to it that every soldier--no matter where he Is--gets his food. And that's where we members of the Individual "Citizen's Army come In again, The soldier has to be fitter than we have to be. So we can "fall In by being a little more careful how we "fall to" at the breakfast, lunch and dinner table. The soldier needs to be clothed and equipped. The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps looks after that. Right! That's where we come in vagain. We can make a suit last longer to provide wool for a uni. form; we can change from silk to lislo hose to make more bags for cordite; we can eat less sugar to provide more quick energy for the boys overseas. The hidividual Citizen's That's us! Army? In The Garden B8y GORDON L. SMITH Don't Rush Planting | Many more flowers and vege- tables are lost through planting too soon than too late, and In war © time especially we cannot afford such waste. There are, it is true, a few things that are not hurt by sowing early, plants that natural- ly reproduce themselves in Can- ada. In this category will be onions, garden peas, parsnips, lettuce, rad- ish, ete, among the vegetables, and in the flowers cosmos, . batchelor's buttons, sweet peas, alysstiii. All of these and some more will stand moderate frost and throughout most of Canada can be sown just as soon as the soll can be worked, But there are a great' many more flowers and vegetables that will not survive frost. These must not be sown outside until the weather really make any growth until the soil {8 warm, usually in mid-May or later. them In too soon, Cultlvation One can bhardly aver-emphasize the importance of early cultiva- tion, once of course .the soil is fit to work. A little "digging in the garden then is worth a whole burst of feverish energy later on. At this time when the soil is moist It is a simple matter to _get out twitch and other weeds, to stir the ground - deeply. By doing "so we help push growth of vegetables and flowers and conserve moisture and plant food. If this essentlal Job is left for a few weeks then weeds have developed tougher roots and are hard to remove and much valuable moisture is lost. In the dryer -sections of Canada, fre- quent cultivation is depended upon lo conserve the scant rainfall and it will keep vegetables growing steadily which they must do it they are to be tender. rushing 'Robot Device Used As Blackout Warden Perfection of a "robot blackout warden" which douses store win- dow lights and illuminated bill board signs automatically -just- as soon as street lights are" turned off in a blackout was reported by a Cambridge industry which has installed the devices in vari- precaution against fire, 1s 'a good out the actual percentage ot his turns. warm. Actually they will not --}- There is nothing to be gained by | --ous-cast and west coast cities. The apparatus is based on the LZ THE WAR . WEEK -- Commentary an Current Events Raids by American bombers on enemy-held bases in the Philip- pines and on four great cities in Japan would appear to be a sign of a gathering Allied aerial offen- sive in the Far East. ' Last week a formation of Flys ing Fortresses, protected by fight- ers,, flew 2,000 miles from Aus- tralia and blasted » Japanese sea base in the Philippines and other Admportant strategical, objectives. Japan Attacked A little more than four months after Japan's 'treacherous attack x the heart of Japan in an air as- sault on her major cities, The ex- tent of the damage has not yet been disclosed by the United Nations but public alarm in Japan appeaiod to be widespread. The Japanese dread a visitation of high explosives 'and incendiary bombs over their match-box cities of flimsy, wood-and-paper homes. Effect On Marale The four cities attacked were: Tokyo, capital of Japan, the world's third largest city and a great industrial centre; Yoko- hama, the seaport of Tokyo, a great naval base and home of Japan's largest motor car factory now producing war vehicles; Kobe, naval and shipbuilding centre; Nagaya, third largest city in" Japan, which is the chief centre for the manufacture of military aireraft, Whatever the effect on Japan's war industries and population centres there is no doubt that the attack has stimulated Allied morale and conversely "will have considerably dampened the spir- its of the Japanese people. - 3,300 planes a month are flow- ing off Amcrican assembly lines and their weight is being felt on the battlefront. 1t is reasonable to hope that they-will in increas. ing strength and power of destruc- tion carry defeat to the Japanese homeland. British Naval Losses Recent British naval losses in the Far East have caused great concern and much criticism Allied naval strategy These losses may be due, in part, to the dilution of navy personnel, It has been necessary to take into the service many men who were not perfectly trained. In contrast, the Japanese navy for several years has been carry- ing full crews, with new f{rainces taking the places of the regulars when on furlough. It is granted that there are no better trained seamen anywhere. Japanese mer- chant seamen have also been eox- traordinarily "well trained. The enemy is apparently able to con- centrate enough power at the right time and in the right place. Great Britain has been sorely lacking in dive-bombers and efficient torpedo - carrying air- craft, but it must be remembered, in criticising British naval strat- egy, that the Allied navies have not at any time yet met the Jap- anese navy on anything like equal terms, ] Strength of Russia The' prime aim of the United Nations is to help Russia at all costs and the prime aim of Hitler is to knock' out Russia this sum- Allies Launch Aerial Offensives United Nations Support Russia on Pearl Hatbor the forces of the United States carried the war to or mer. Some factors in this struggle are favorable to Russia and some to Germany. Russian representatives - state that their production is almost as 'great as it was before the German attack, "This is important because the Russian lossé§ in the early . "part of the war were extremely EE} heavy, Russia's strength is further bolstered by the increasing volume ~~ » of war material reaching her from : Great 'Britain and the United ' * States. " The Russian armies have been tried and have proved themselves; they are now scasoned veteran troops. While lossés in manpower on both"sides have been tremens dous it is considered that Russia has a larger reserve of fresh troops than Hitler has, and there can be no doubt that . Stalin's soldiers weathered the winter campaign much better than did the poorly clad soldiers of Hitler. Strength of Germany The Russians have failed to break the Leningrad blockade and even with the help of General Winter they have not heen able to reduce the German strategie strongholds. The Germans still retain vital positions from which they can threaten Moscow and the main lateral railway supplying the Russian front. Success in the expected 'German offensive in Russia will depend . largely on air superiority, The feeling is that it cannot be step- ped up to its 1940 peak of effici- ency. , The cream of German air- mer has been used up and though Germany may be able to replace lost planes, she cannot replace first-rank personal The loss of German officers, Un the air and on land, has been a significant feature of the campaign, The Red Army had to face at the start of the war in Russia a huge, well-trained air armada ten thousand strong, which was later increased to fifteen thous- and. At the end of March, 1942, itis estimated the Luftwaffe's losses totalled -38,000 airmen. R Consequently it is now manned chiefly by 19 to 21 year old youths, many of whom have only had from three to six months training. R.A.F. Strength The growing might of the Royal Air Force is shown in the power- ful and continuous sweeps over occupied France. British bombers have flown one thousand miles inside enemy territory, in day- light, to attack factories. So continuous have been the Royal Air Force assaults on the continent lately that they keep one and a half million German soldiers, airmen, ground staff observers, firemen and other civilian defense workers tied down, Thus none of them, says the London Times, can be with- drawn for service on the Russian front where the-Nazis are sending every available man. The best German pilots are being kept in the West to meet the British, and anti-aircraft ships also have to remain off the German coasts in- stead of being sent elsewhere. Thus the power of the Royal Air Force in diverting the Luft- waffe is a measure of Britain's aid to Russia, well-known principle of light con- trol by the clectric eye, and the arrangement is such that a small box containing the mechanism is "pointed directly at a street light. When the street lights are doused, the breaking of the light beam activates a photo-switch in the "robot warden", causing signs or store windows with which it is connected to be darkened immediately. Good Nazi Schemes For Repair Work Under the non-committal title of "War Trade Business Front", a remarkable army repair organ- ization has: been established in Germany. 'Its purpose is to get all worn army clothing and equipment "made new" by work- ers in occupied countries, thus tasks." Thousands of uniforms from saving German workers for home the Russian front have already been distributed among Belgian factories, 20,000 pairs of worn boots have been sent to the fam- ous Bata factories at Zlin, Czecho- slovakia, leather equipment to Holland and the Balkans, ; oo rn SF, as 3 Widow's Treasure One of the acts of the Ger--- mans in Paris has been the open- ing of the safety deposit boxes in the various banks. In one bank was a safe belonging to an old lady in black. The officer in charge said, "May 1 beg of you, Madame, to be good enough to . ." "Certainly, sir," replied the lady, and when the safe was op- ened the officer was amazed to sce nothing whatever but a shin- ing sword. He turned to the lady, who simply said: "That is my late' husband's sword. 1 am the widow of Mar. Ser shal Foch" The officer turned eS pale, saluted and withdrew. REG'LAR FELLERS---Not Mercenary By GENE BYRNES | * oo E_MPGONIGLE (THATS Not 50) CANT, BUT LIL \ : iene, MY | ec ETTTOAY. For 2 NERD THOUSAN: ae A MI. Gi VET Al A SWIMMIN JONS No- AE d - "ALL ARDUN THE GLOBE 2 % Ey . { ' \ ! * ih oe oo | J -- " i KS 5 ; ; : 2° BQ v 8 = ES Ee : be Aes, 1 . 0, 8. Pal. . 5