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- {cal of themselves Augtryesee:' 4 in To Train Alaskans In Guerilla Tactics They Will Be Called To Meet Invasion Attempt Alaskan's sourdoughs are being organized as fighting guerillas to defend their homeland. Gov, Ernest Gruening described the new orgafiization as "a fight ing, shooting" outfit. To become a member of Gruen fng's guerillas, an Alaskan must know how to shoot, be exempt from the draft, and should know the north country from living oft the land on at least one prospect. ing or trapping trip alone. They constitute the new Alaska Territorial Guard, ajthorized by U. 8. Cougress. Although technicdlly they aren't guerillas, Adjutant-General Jay Williams of Juneiu ays they will be trained to caygfy on guerilla warfare. Each unit' will be drilled to cope with conditions peculiar to the terrain and weather conditions of each locality, They will be called to meet any invasion attempt in their own com. munities, Gen. Willlams said, and in emergencies, will fight along with members of the regular army, Most of them are old time Al askans and many furnish their own rifles, although the War Depart. ment issued uniforms and rifles along with ammunition. Acceptable Aliens To Become Citizens » A spokesman for the external affairs department said an amend- ment to the Naturalization Act provides that aliens found accept- able may apply for naturalization and receive a temporary status equivalent to that of applicants taking out their "first papers" In the United States, ~ g If such aliens complete the resi- dential and other requirements for 'naturalization, they are then ad- mitted 'to- full citizenship, The spokesman was commenting- upon a statement by Irancis Bid- dle, United States attorney-gen- eral, that as of October 1, Italian aliens in that United States would no longer be classed as enemy aliens. ~ The Canadian order ap- plies to all aliens found suitable, and not to Italians alone. - Industrial Miracle The English are always so crit- and enjoy so much the legend of their own in- efficiency, that the wold even yet has not realized the miracle of in- their little island. As the London Observer says, the world still thinks of England in terms of dukes and flower shows, It=~does not. know that 47,000,000 people, constantly bombed, this year equalled the war output'o! the whole of German Europe. = In the last 18 months the out- put of aircraft has more than dou- bled, of war stores trebled, of war transport quadrupled. Output per. worker im. the munitions industry has risen. by a third, and, says the Observer; "it is probably true:that inspite of _Henry Ford and Harry J. Kaiser and- their prodigies of -- mass prodictiow, the productivity ofthe British war: worker isi still higher than of his Ameri¢anicoun- terpart." U..S. Concrete: Ship: Launched Concrete No. 1; first: of 'a hun- dred cement hulls being built for the United States Government by five 'scattered shipyards; was launched last 'week -- or, more properly speaking, was floated. Water was"pumped 'into the San Diego Bay drydock where the 14,000-ton vessel' -- designed to. carry 8,000 tons of liquid fuel-- was built, When tide level was reaiched a cement gate was yanked and the craft was towed by two tugs to an: outfitting: pier. Designed. to require: a. minimum oft critical war materials, Concrete Nb. 1 was built of 40 per cent less steel than theiaverage ship, The craft, to berused: in, supplying, the armed forces, has no' propulsion machinery and must be towed. It . resembles a«self-propelled. ship, Cat's Long Trip = lh: Crated' Plane Somewhere in Britain early this year, an airplane was crated -- and with it a cat. Two monthss later. when: the crate was opened in Australia the cat was still alive, crouching in ar corner terrified of the light, covered in grease and almast too. weak to stand. The crate was- decks cargo and' thes rain drivingy throughs interstices: collected | in the fuseluge of the 'plane and' provided drink, For food the: cat. licked the grease from vavious:cparts of the machine, Somesof the duralumin parts from which® the protective covering was removed suffered severely by edrrosion. THE WAR. . WEEK. -- Commentary on Current Events THIS WAR IS A FIGHT FOR MAN'S RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES The broadcast of an address by Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa, to the combined Houses of the Par- liament of Great Britain carried probably the wisest and most au- thentio volce of the British Com- monwealth, One of the greatest statesmen in the world, certainly no figure of our day can match his amazing and varled experlence as | a leader in five decades of war and peace, - He {illustrates in his own person that for every people all possible and practical independ. ence and self-government is the British principle and determin. ation, and that the British promise is sure, A Choice of Worlds Discussing the post-war world, General Smuts sald that behind all the issues of this war lies: "A deeper question now posed to the world. Which do you choose --the free spirit of man and the moral idealism that has shaped the values and Ideas of our civil: ization, or this horrld substitute, this foul obsession now resuscitat. ed from the underworld of the past? "This, in the last analysis, f(s what the war (s about. At the bottom, therefore, this war 1s a new crusade, a new fight to the death for man's rights and liber. ties 'and for the personal ideals of man's ethical and spiritual lite. "1 therefore come to the ques- tion: What js the sort of world which we envisage as our objec- tive after the war? , .. What sort of soclal and International order are we aiming at? "Certain points of great Import- ance have already emerged. Thus we have accepted the name of the "United Nations" , , , Then again we have the Atlantic Charter. . Again, we have agreed on certain large principles of social policy involving social security for the citizen in- matters which have lain at the roots of much social unrest and suffering-in the past . . cepted the principle of Internation. al help underlying the mutual aid agreement, . , "All these are already indica. tions of conslderable advances to a better world and richer lite for 'mankind. To these we may add much of the social and economic work of the League of Nations. . . "We are passing beyond ordin- ary politics and political shibbo- leths. It is no longer a case of Socialism or Communism or any of the other isms _of the market: place, but of achieving common justice and fair play for all. , ." "This at the bottom is a war of spirit. Hitler has tried to kill this spirit and substitute for it some ersatz thing, something which is really its negation. He instilled into the German youth new racial fanaticism. He has sought strength in the ancient and discarded for- est gods of the Teuton. His taith is a reversion of the pagan_past and a denial of the spiritual forces which have carried us forward In the Christian advance that con. stitutes the essence of European civilization. Britain Stands Tes} "One occasionally hears idle "wordd "about" thé decay of this country, ahout the approaching break-up of the great world group we form. What folly and igunor- ance; what misreading of the real signa of the times! In some quar ters, what wishful thinking! "But Is it not standing the test? Is not this free and voluntary: ass sociation, 1s not this worldwide human -co-operation today holding together more successfully than ever' before under the most search: ing test? "Knowing the dangers and temp- tations we have had to face, the stresses and strains imposed upon us, nothing has been more remark- able to me than the cohesion of this vast sttucture under the hard- est hammer blaws: of fate. Offénsive Stage Reached "We have now reached the fourth year of this war and the defense phase has now ended, The stage Is set for the last, the: of- fensive, phase. "Final allgnments both of the Allies and our enemies have been made, Resources have been de- veloped and mobilized on-a very large 'scale, ours still on the fin: crease, those of the enemy on the decline. Our manpower still is growing, that of the enemy Is get. ting depleted, while he makes ever heavier drafts on: his suffering; vasgal peoples. 5 "The specter-of want, hunger and:starvation is beginning. to stalk through the subject countries, The spirit of unrest Is heaving and ris: - ingy, Explosive limits; of endurance arexnearing: "Once the time has come to take the~offensive and to strike while thias{ron, is. hot, it would: be: folly to delay; to over-prepare and; per haps, 'mises our opportunity; Nor are wa llkely to dé so; Of that I teel satisfied, : "For the.first threq. years of the _ war ous rola had necessarily to be a defénsive one: Thats role: was imposed on us by the Intensive «secret preparations of the enemy for elx years before war. That ad- vantage no premature offensive could possibly ayercome., We could barely maintain our self-defense against the terrible odds, Never Regret Help "In 'those cases- where we were In honor bound to take the of- fensive in support of other small peoples, we have suffered reverses which still further weakened us. Let us, however, never regret the help we did our best to bring to Norway, Holland and Greece in their hour of need. "The defeat of the Luftwaffe in that supreme crisis saved not only London but, I firmly belleve, the whole Allled cause and future of" the: world. "The magnitude and duration of the Russian resistance have eur prised not only Hitler but prob. ably everybody else. Probably no such losses on both sides have "for another two years, ever been suffered in the bistory of war, "But If the Russian losses must be terrible, it is equally true that the German Army is bleeding. to death in Russia, The appalling blood-letting which 1s necessary for Hitler's ultimate defeat is be- ing administered by the Russians, and they alone can do it." Rough Passage Ahead Gengral Smuts eaid that he thought the 'war would: continue and he added: "The spirit the scene in China, in Russia, the brave little nations of Europe, and list and greatest of all, America. But a rough and terrible passage lies head. A mortal struggle is on, and it will be more cruel and des- porate as the end draws nearer." ATTENTION, WIVES! Advertising a rummage sale in Alabama: "Good chance to get rid of anything not worth keeping but too good to he thrown away. Bring along your husbands," --Stratford Beacon-Herald. flames above - the _blitz, The. same spirit is lighting VOICE PRESS EVERYONE CAN HELP THIS EFFORT Onee upon a time, ft did not matter so much it you forgot to turn out the light in the basement, It added a few cents to your Hydro bill 'and that was all. Now, the Hydro wants you to cut down on your domestic serv- ica bills, so that power can be con- served for war industries. Instead - of not bothering about the lights, people are asked they remember to turn oft all un- necessary illumination, Every little helps. Fach {ndt vidual can watch the lights fn the home and so marshal kilowatts for war, --\Windsor Star. rd --_--0-- MARK OF GRATITUDE A wealthy resident of California had refused to marry him. gratitude for you. That's to' make sure' left all his money to a woman who REASONS FOR CHANGE Donald Gordon has broken his own price celling on beef, raised it 114 cents a pound. What of it-- it some good reason for the change came in the meantime? Joseph Howe once sald "there was little in the world for which he had less respect than his opinions of yes terday." And a man once prayed: "Give us this day our dally opfn- fons, and forgive us for our opin- fons of yesterday." --Ottawa Jourpal, . . te =p. # ALL THE TRICKS In West Virginia a recrulting officer signed on a chap by the name of Jack Queen King. If they put him in the alr force and he turns out to be an ace, he will be a hard hand to beat. ' --Brantford Expositor. --C p STILL UNPOPULAR "When I was a boy," father used to say, "I thought nothing of walk: ing four miles to school and back every day" The kids of this rationed day do not think much of it, either. --Brantford Expositor. "Train Blind To Work For War St. Dunstan's Institution for the Blind, still caring for the ex- service men blinded .in the lash war, is now training blinded ser vice women as well as men for work that will make them inde- pendent. Beginning by learning to read Braille and to usg a typewriter, they are put on/to other work that enables the teachers soon te spot whether the pupil is mechani. cally minded, If so, he/is invited to take up munition work, getting at St. Dunstan's a certain amount of preliminary training on the type of machine ke is likely to use. The men are delighted to be able to take their share again in war work, and virtually all of those in the 'factories are getting the standard rate of wage. Several of the men come from the Libyan campaign, others are naval men who served in the East, and some of these have shown such efficieifcy that the Admiralty Js retaining their services. . . Then again, we have ac-- ov Isn't it Strange?... AEE Isn't it strange that princes and kings, THE HOUSE OF SEAGRAM ~ And clowns that caper in sawdust rings, And common people like you and me Are builders for Eternity 2 (R. L.'Sharpe) Can any one of us look to the heaveris, think of Eternity, and not, in his soul, feel.and know that nothing matters now but. Victory ? Buy Victory Bonds,