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Third, Link Built In Aican Highway New Tunnel Opens Up Pre. viously Impassable Route With the vital Alaska Railroad cut-off tunnel just broken through, and the strategic Alcan Highway officially opened, Alas- kan Army authorities have per- mitted the announcement of still 'a third important transportation link in the Territory. - The hitherto secret Glenn High. way from Anchorage to the Riche ardson Highway, via Palmer, opens: a previously impassable route between the Cugach and Talkeetna Mountains, through high passes and over swamps, it gives Anchorage its first connection with the interior aside from the Alaska Railway, The highway was constructed in secret and has been in operation for some time. It is known locally as the Chickaloon Highway, 60 Miles Cut Off Crelvs working from both ends of the 13,000-foot Alaska Railway both met in the middle almost directly under the centre of the glacier 'covered mountain, The new tunnel will slash 60 miles from the haul necessary to get supplies from the seacoast to the interior, through elimination of .. that much tw'sting roadbed which frequently caused serious trouble in winter. Maj. Gen. S. B. Buckner, Com- mander of all troops in Alaska, pulled the switch which set off the final blasts beneath the mountain and asserted as he did so the tun- nel would "prevent the - enemy from knocking out the most im- portant piece of transportation in Alaska." Speakers said the tunnel was the fourth longest in the nation and" noted that the construction i crews driving from both ends had missed a "perfect" connection by a mere half inch in elevation and an eighth of an inch in line, , Given only general outlines of what is wanted, the engineers en- tered the wilds with dog teams, facing tremendous problems of bitter cold and winter storms. WELL NAMED ad id all it the Ven. Americans, who build it, British flyers c geance. call this Vultee single-engined dive bomber the A-31. Both know it is faster, more powerful than the Germans' vaunted Stuka, Medicinal Plants New Zealand, according to The 8t. Thomas Times-Journal, is ex- tending the ralsing of medicinal plants as an ald to Empire war plans. The objective is the re- pla t of pli the Euro- pean sources of which have been cut oft by Nazi occupation, lantings this year have been Ne to foxglove, deadly night. shade, \rorn apple and henbane, from which igjtalis, belladonna, stramonium and "voscyamus Aare obtained. Local goVelimgntg are Cutting | . Mme, Chiang Kai-Shek, presents the Military Order of China to Brig. Gen, (Now Major Gen.) James Doolittle, who led the bomber raid on Tokyo, for the part he played in the surprise American attack. Col. John A, Hilger (right) received the same honor for his part in the raid. .Photo was just yeleased by the Army in Washington. Yor PRESS SKUNKS AT LARGE Prince Edward Island has in- creased its bounty on skunks from 50 cents to $1, and thereby hangs a tale. Skunks are not native to the island, it appears, but some years ago a few people began rais- © ing them for fur. When low prices made the venture unsuccessful, some of tho breeders simply turn- ed their skunks loose. Prince Ed- ward Island has suffered ever since, . --Brockville Recorder and Times ENE ALL-INDIAN JOB Ten Iroquois Indians from the Caughnawaga Reserve are erect- ing a big new 40-ton crane at the Midland Shipbuilding yards. They are under the direction of an Iroquois foreman, so it is an all- Indian job, The redmen of the Caughnawaga "reserve, which is across the St. Lawrence river from Montreal, are the finest steel erec- tion men in the world. . --Midland Free Press Herald PICS WHAT A DIFFERENCE! Wire photos of American Doughboys marching into Algiers show a different background than the pictures of the Nazis march- ing into Paris, In Algiers the people were laughing and dancing and cheering, Which is the dif- ference between aggression and friendship. ---0-- THE LAVALS, FOR INSTANCE There would be many people of a certain type wiped out if a re. cent Vichy radio announcement was taken literally, The announ- cer stated that "an offensive against. rats will be launched in Paris." ; --Niagara Falls Review ro SECRET OF SUCCESS Initial British successes in the desert battle were due, it seems, to the impact onthe enemy of a six-hour barrage and a great deal of bagpipe music, --Boston Globe --0-- af farming areas with labor sc.,ji0q by the National Service Mintata Most of the processing has been done by voluntary workers of the Women's War Service Auxiliary. It is said that production this year will meet national demands and leave a large surplus for ex. 'port. Especially heavy ylelds of toxglove have been obtained. The New Zealand plant is sald to eclipse the Rumanian, which pre viously gave most of Europe {ts . digitalis. > : Courage My greatest sympathy goes out to Lady Halifax--one of the most sympathetic women I have ever known, writes Elsa Maxwell in Ew York Post. What dignity and urage she has shown during this £ war. The day she received the / mews of the death of her youngest son, Peter Wood, in the Egyptian campaign, there was a very fm portant- official dinner being given at the British Embassy in Wash fngton. Her friends advised "fer . to cancel the dinner. : "Not at all". replled Darothy Halifax. ,"We are at war, and our personal feelings are secondary to. our official duties." That ended the mattér, Their dinner passed oft 80 smoothly that no one realized : the personal grief of the British - Agibassador and his wife until thye read the news the next morning fn the newspapers. ro COUNTING SHEEP One airman writes home that 5% hefustralian farmer has so many staying®. count he has trouble take in the daytime.' --..--Brandon Sun THE ROMMEL The latest dance, acc TEP a wise-cracker, is the Rofuto two-step. You drop your arms, _ leave your partner, and run, . ~=--=Kitchener. Reco ---- ONE IN EVERY HO Would that firm adve house wreckers be inte for powerful specimen age in a --Bo Sl lobe : ALTERNATIV If Hitler finds the Rus . too 'cold this winter, let ont Africa, where the heat's of ry --Ottawa No Need T. o Fal (Kiiig George's Bpeech fr Throrde) = hig. "Our enemies yet remal a ful, and we can look forw 3 no. easy. task. All our 1d le : on' and 'all our determihe eli bo your purpose or cise y to falter on the vay" --=Stratford Beacon-Herald - and complex in their fashion as ~ trunk---these are the instruments ~drink, in its old age, 200 gallons " Old Trees Drink 200 Gallons Daily The anatomy and working of the leat of a tree are as curlops the physiology of an eye or an ear or a brain, Leaves and roots and whereby is carried out the tree's life process, writes Alan Devoe in "Lives Around Us," Occasionally, very gently, a tree moves its leaves, to let them better catch the sun; occasionally, very slowly, it may reach out with _ its groping roots, hair fine at the tips, and crush a stone that has been impeding them. And always, unceasingly, it goes about its soundless drinking and feeding, drawing in the earth's water for its thirst, opening the million lip- ped mouths of its leaves in the noonday sun. It may come to In a day; it may come to breathe out daily, in its slow invisible vegetablg cxhalations, so great a moisture that it soaks the earth. And then at last, hfter a century, or a span of centuries, the heart- wood that Is its core crumbles to nothing, and the staghead limbs of its crown are leafless, and presently on some day of great wind it is brought toppling down and its life is done. THE WAR . WEEK -- Commentary on Current Events Up-to-the-Minute Report How many Canadians appreei- ate that Canada, primarily an agricultural country, is ow the third largest. producer of muni- tions. among the 'allied nations? The Hop. C. I; Howe, addréssing t' > ">= ian Club in Toronto last week, said: Poss 'wa oy recent visit to England I heard nothing but praise for the contribution ve are making, both - in the industrial field and on the fi-**"w» fronts. "™ the. United States we are regarded as a model for war organization, Words of Praise "We are receiving favorable - comment from unexpected sources, Dr. ™, V. Soong, Foreign Minister for Ching, said in Chungking that Canada is conducting a wonderful war effort, which, in proportion to her population, surpass¢s that of any other colintry. /1 was told in England that our rate of output of merchant ships is about equal to that of the United Kingdom. Generel McNaughton has stated officially that the quality of Can- adian munitions is the best ob- tainable and that the Canadian designed Ram tank is the best tank of the war. "I doubt if many Canadians appreciate the magnitude of the industrial revolution that is in progress here. In prewar years perhaps we have been unduly pes- simistic about our ability to pro- duce, in competition with other countries. If "so, that inferiority complex is a thing of the past. We find that we can successfully undortake any type of war pro- duction" and compete with the world in quality and in produe- tion costs, "The most powerful explosive of the war is now being manufac. tured in Canada by a process de- veloped by Canadian scientists and the Canadian process will be largely used by our allies, . Ships and Vehicles "The armada of more than 800 ships that recently moved into North Africa carried some 40,000 Canadian mechanized vehicles. The armies of 'the Empire all over- the world are almost entirely de- pendent on. mechanized vehicles from Canada, "Canadian armor-piercing shot has revolutionized the making of this type of equipment, which pre- vious to Canada's entry into the field was made of high-grade tool steel. Today this shot is being made from a low-alloy type of steel, which is doing a more dead- ly job than the steel costing four times as much, _ "Il quote from a letter from Soviet Government Purchasing LIFE'S LIKE THAT [22 NTE G TCHER. By Fred Neher = == EN] 77), / sl V/Z We! 2 ' i RN NL \ svaz HATED ADV "How much for Canada Is Third Largest Producer Of Munitions Among Allied Nations on Can the Hon. C. D, Howe, Minister of Munitions s Industrial Revolution by ---- Commission: 'I am glad to inform you that 1 Valentine VII have shown' good results fn combat' action" on our front, And have proved themselves the best of all of our imported tanks.! ; : "Our most spectacular expan- sion has been in the production of aluminum, Canada now has the largest aluminum plant in world, expanded sevenfold since the war began. This plant now hos a capacity greater than the entire world production of alum- Jinum in 1939, "Canada is now producing mag- nesium by a process invented in our own research laboratories, which is being widely adopted in the United States. [I believe that ours is the lowest cost magnesium produced anywhere, New Processes "Our national research labora- tories are developing new pro- cesses for making new types of equipment and many of these are being adopted in other countries. Wo are building great industries that are new in Canada that will be a potent postwar factor in our industrial life... "We are fortunate in having picked out for Canadian produc- tion the four most useful fighting planes of the war to date." Mr, Howe listed these four as Hurri- cane fighters, of which more than 1,000 have been delivered for the defense of Canada and for over- seas; the de Havilland Mosquito, "recognized as the world's fastest and most efficient plane"; the and best of the dive bombers." Mr. Howe added: "We are also in large-scale production of the Catalina Flying Boat, which is the best of the coastal reconnaissance planes." During 1942 we will have pro- duced approximately 215,000 (me-; chanized vehicle) units, these units consumes approximate- ly twice the material and labor used by a normal commercial ve- hicle, so that our 1942 output is practically equivalent to 430,000 commercial trucks, as against an average of less than 40,000 per year for the ten years prior to the war. v Chemical Plants Mr. Howe emphasized that Can. ada is manufacturing explosives "oni a trémendous scale," and that the chemical plants set up at a cost of more than $100,000,000 "will have an important postwar value." Lancaster bomber, "the four-engined bomber," and the Curtiss "Helldiver," the "latest Mr. Howe reviewed the two years of manufacture of optical glass in Canada. "Today our pro- duction has reached amazing pro- portions," . "Canada is 'making different types of larger naval vessels, a 'great number and variety of small patrol type craft, and two types of merchant ships, These ves- sels, including engines and all equipment, are more than 95 per- --cent Canadian content. Canadian production of com- munications and signal equipment for the armed forces will amount to more than $100,000,000 this year, and to more than $250,- 000,000 next year, Canada exports large and in- creasing quantities of copper, lead and zine to United States and im- ports manganese, chrome tung- sten, molybdenum and vanadium, But large deposits of chrome have been found in Manitoba and Quebec, and productiun will start early in 1943, molybdenum «has been found in Ontario-and Que- bec and is being developed, and tungsten has been discovered in British Columbia, where a mill is to be built which will supply al- most all of Canada's requirements' Synthetic Rubber A synthetic rubber plant will be in production by September, 1943, and will supply all Canada's war needs and necessary civilian re- quirements and in the postwar leading the suit?" period will supply the country's the « Canadian = Tanks . the One of -- . contracts, British Sallors' Soclety Founded In 1818 In the year 1818, Sailors' Soclety was founded on board the Nelson war sloop "Speedy." The vessel had done good service at the Battle of "ra- falgar and was procured by some warm-hearted business men, who were deeply touched by the neg- lect meted out to the sailors of that day. : . These "busifiess men, with some friends, met (n the City of Lon. don Tavern on February 12, 1818, The "Speedy" was bought and a fow weeks later put into commis- slon for the use of the sailors and became thelr first Chapel and Home. The opening ceremony "was an inspiration," we are told, "the well-wishers packed the stago coaches from Bristol and elsewhere and a great company assembled. And so on that day over 124 years ago, the British Sailors' Soclety was brought into being. For years the "Speedy" was a veritable refuge to storm-tossed sailors. Thousands were helped and cheered. The British Sallors' Soclety has gone on and on until today it is maintaining over ONE HUNDRED institutes and clubs tor the men of the Mercantile Navy and of the Royal Navy all over the sevénisecas. A few months ago the parent society in London sent a cable to our Toronto office telling of the wrecking of the "Under Twenty Club for Navy Boys" at Malta by enemy bombing and how Mr. and Mrs. Matthews, In charge of the club, had made a clegring and the British Unsung Heroes of Empire of the Seas ~~ were carrying on as well as pos sible the great work for the boys and men of the visiting vessels from British and Canadian ports. "It my sallor boy goes to Malta sald g- Toronto mother, "how happy I will be to know there are such people to care for him." Not 'only on the vessels where (W& soclety ministers to the crew "fore and aft," but when on shore . at all of their finely. equipped Homes from Home the sailors are cared for, Club facilities of all kinds and, Sunday services par ticularly adapted for sailors are .arranged. The British Sailors' So- clety is inviting donations to erect a new clvb and hostel for the navy men at Malta, The first donation has been received from the "Lobe law Employees' Ald to Britain Club" of $500, This is In addition to the sum of, $400 given to help care for the crews of the ming- , » sweepers and dredgers operating on the bleak sea coasts of the northern Scottish seaboards of Shetland and Orkney. , The Chistmas and New Yeae . seasons are so near! In over one hundred ports the British Sailors' Society will entertain the sailors-- } thousands of them far from home { and, loved ones, The Canadian ports are Vane ri couver, Victoria, North Sydney, and others. Jersey and Guernsey yonder in the Channel Islands are out of commission because of the war as are all the institutes om the continent of Europe. Wherever our vessels go, manned by our British, Canadian and American sallord; the. British Sallors' Soclety i finds its way there and cares for these boys. / full requirements. "In the mean- time our dwindling stockpile of crude rubber is giving us grave concern," Mr, Howe said. "Canada has in three years practically doubled its national income," he said. "This has not resulted from inflation, nor is it due to abnormal prices for pro- ducts of our farms, forests and mines. Many of our raw mater- ials are selling at or below pre- war prices, [I think it is fair to say the increase in national in- come is almost wholly due to the immense increase in output of our factories, our farms, our mines and our forests. More than one- half our total income is now being used for war purposes, but the income so used has for the most part been created since the war began. Our people are spending for wholly domestic purposes somewhat less than immediately before the war, but considerably more than in the days of depres- sion. About one-half of our war expenditures ave being met by taxation, and the balance by bor. ~ rowing from our own peaple. Our external debt is not being in- creased; in fact it is being redue- ed. We are not in any way de- pendent on lease-lend; we are paying 'our way, meeting our obli- gations and doing a job that is increasing our prestige among our allies. No Large, Profits "The threat of inflation, always present in time of war, has been met and conquered." Mr. Howe emphasized that in placing war contracts which now total more than $6,000,000,000, his "department exercised every care to gain two objectives--low costs and low profits, "So.far as we are concerned, no one i3 go- ing to get rich out of this war," he said, as he outlined methods of supervision by the Department of Munitions and Supply over all the exhaustive audits by the Treasury Department, and 'the rates of taxation fixed "in such a way that there is no pur- pose in attempting to make large profits from war production." Britain Warned Invasion Possible Sir James Grigg, Secretary for War, urged the British Home Guard to rethain_ constantly alert because "should things go badly - for the Germans, Hitler may try a do or die invasion of England." "and factory of the Harrington Bros. neve! even seen $4,000, made thelr - tor, an oil pump from a 1926 auto. send Pa, Ma and Twins bil Do Fine War Job : Old-Fashioned Farm House Is Queerest of War Planta At the junction of two country "roads near Rockford, 1llinols, stands one of tho queerest of all U, 8, war plants, relates "Time" -Maga- zjne. It is a white clapboard farmhouse, with old-fashioned game brel roof, dormer windows, neat flower boxes at the window sills. & is also the home oflice, sales branch Machine Tool and Fixture Co, manufacturers of $1,000-a-month worth of machine tools for making shells and tank turrets, - In the big living room last week, A grey-hatfed $a John Harrington, Le 68, worked long hours at a g-inder, grinned when the sparks flow, sometimes muttered: "I have more fun than a kid in this place." Bux- om Ma Iarrington, 58, wearing a house dress tucked into overalls, operates a lathe. Twins Richard and Russell, 34, wangled now > orders, worked at machines, awept out the place at night, often were on the job 16 hours out of 24. Mra. Richard kept books. Mrs. Russell did all the cooking. i . . . HOR, The company started in the de- pression, when the 1larrington boys : borrowed money to build thelr own EX house and machine shop. The shop also wag a spare-time operation until Pr 2 qy the war began. Then the Hagring- SEE TEAR 2 tons set out to get some rently hig 5 3 A jobs. - ~ " TE ' The first offer was_some tooling that could be done only on a new $4,000 mar'iine. The twins, who had evn machine -- out of a junked lathe, an old washing machine mo- mobile and one of Ma's old wash tubs to catch the oll 'hat leaked. Now the Harringon twins have four subcontracts, have given jobs to two brothers-n-law and five 3% other' employees, who keop the MTR same hectic hours and share the profits. Says Rockford's local WDB director: "They're doing » swell Job-1 don't think they knew k what they were getting {nto when they started, but they had the nerve to make a success of {t." y Big companies which gave the Harvingtons subcontracts used to inspectors to look over the shop, but have long since glven it up, says Richard. "I used to get a laugh out of those guys. When they spotted this place, they went "The Invasion is not oft by any means," Grigg sald. typed nuts." PATROL" HAVEN'T You 2, ITALIAN OFFICERS WEAR ' BONER BOOTS THE S-- TAKEN * You ALL (nr Time 2 Go sack! No 'Bluey and Curley of the Anzacs "Give him a chance, Sarge" By Gurney (Australia) i 'You's BEEN A YES saree, 1 WANTED Bo || ( EVEN SO, IT AW. FAIR | HAD To BUMP-OFF FIFTEEN OF T' cows LONG THE OUT ON GET A PAIR OF "THEM SHOULDN'T HAVE ! S-- BEFORE | GOT A PAR THAT WOULD FIT Mg / g