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------ DO THIS! To relleve discomforts, pre of the best ibings ou fan do ut a SPO: ome = tested Vicks VapoRub in a bowl of boiling water, Then feel welcome yelief come as you hreathe in the steaming medicated vapors that penetrate to the cold-congested upper brea passages! See this soothes irritation, quiets cough- ing, and helps clear the head--- bringing grand comfort. FOR ADDED RELIEF, , , rub throat, chest and hack with VapoRub at bedtime. Vicks VapoRub works for hours~2 ways atonce---to bring © Orden by num lef from distress, Remember, ivavicks \ JICK VapoRub you want, 2) The Book Shel 'Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep By Ludwig Bemelmans The hero of Ludwig Bemelmans' first novel is one Leonidas Erosa, a South American general heavy with years and money, residing in Biarritz with his retinue. This includes a paragon of a cook; an Indian to care for his dogs; a fabu- lous secretary; and the faithful English governess, Miss Graves, who carries her coffin with her when they travel. id This sportive party, at the ap- proach of war, sets out for Am-' erica. Their adventures in Casa- blanca, in New York, and finally on the old hacienda in Ecuador, are a saga of life, love, death and birth. Let the reader beware who ex- pects a conventional novel, It's a book that tells a story about some people; but beyond that it's a great many other things, all of them en- tertaining. Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep . . . By Ludwig Bemelmans , . . The Macmillan Company of Can. ada . .-, Price $3.00. » always carry Parabol in their Handbags i pd Dr. Chase's IY Ye)! For Quick Relief of Pain HEMORRHOIDS 2 Special Remedies by the Makers of Mecca Ointment Pile Rem: No. 1 is for Protruding Hlecitng Fes: tia ocig In Tube, with pips, or internal. tion. Price 76c. Mecca Nod s for External Itching Piles. Jar, and is for external usp only. ce 0c. om your Druggist. | 'Dror nN) i [Oronto and the HE ne higher LORD id ELGIN perperson QUIN OY Re 1 Ls) { 4 " 'as low as FOR MA? or FOLDER, wre FORD HOTELS (0. Montreol $2:° 10 33° per person No higher! i J 100 lovely rooms with radio! Te ISSUE 13-1044 Co-Operative Plan For Nova Scotia Tractor Assistance Policy To Reduce Labor Costs and Increase Farm Production Farmers and agricultural offle- fals are watching with interest the outcome of a new co-operative plan inaugurated by the Govern ment of Nova Scotla--the tractor assistance policy for farmers of that province. Under the new scheme, inaug- urated last December, the Provia- cial Government assists co-oper- ative organizations to purchase tractors, tractor plows and tractor Misc or spring-tooth harrows. The hope is to increase farm produc- tion and at the same time cut down labor costs. and ease the strain on the manpower shortage. Only agricultural societies, es tablished co-operatives and farm ers' associations. are eligible. Keen Interest in Policy Although in operation only two months, the policy has met with keen interest on the part of Nova Scotia farmers who are alert to the advantages of co-operative en- terprise. A "fair" number of appli- cations have Ulieen received, and most of these have been approved, a department spokesman said. As the Spring planting season ap- proaches more and more co-oper- atives are expected to take advan- tage of the plan. It will be tried out tentatively for one year and if a success may be continued as. a permanent pol- icy. After an application is made and approved it is passed on to the Federal farm machinery rationing officer and equipment is released as available, The Government does not guarantee delivery of the mas chinery, but makes every effort to ensure it. Object of Plan The co-operative pays one-third of the purchase price in cash to the tractor or equipment firm before delivery. The agricultural depart- ment pays another bne-third--not, however, to exceed 3600--after de- livery, while the remainder is paid by the co-operative oni a credit ar- rangenient with the firm. The tractor and equipment are controlled and operated by the in- . dividual organization under super- vision of the: department. An an- nual report must be made on cost of operations, number: of hours the equipment was 'used and amount of acreage tilled. . Primary object of the plan, as' outlined by Agricultural Minister John A. McDonald, is to give the small farmer all the advantages of mechanical farming without the prohibitive * costs of buying and maintaining machinery. The Min- ister warned that acreage must be maintained or increased, despite the increasing labor shortage. Soldier's Lives More Important Than Monuments The Allied military policy re- specting Rome. is to spare those portions' of the city which the .Ger- mans themselves refrain from using for military purposes, Secretary of War Henry IL. Stimson, said re- cently. . But he emphasized that "American lives must be safeguard- ed, whatever the cost in material things." "Ag in the question of the de- struction of the Abbey of Monte Cassino," Mr. Stimson said, "the policy of the War Department is definite and clear: Every possible precaution is to be taken against the destruction of cultural, historical, and religious property. "Should it. become: obvious, how- ever, that the enemy is making use of such monuments for military purposes, and that the lives of Am- erican soldiers are thereby endan- gered, there can be no alternative." So far as now known, the' tary said, there are no large con- centration of German troops in the city itself, but Rome's raif line and yards make it an important com- munications center through which most of the enemy forces pass on' their way to the Anzio beachhead and the main front in southern Italy. Conchies Serve As Parachutists Britain's newest heroes are a . select group of conscientious obe jectors, } Fifty strong, these men, all of whom have refused to join any military service on religious grounds, . have been formed into a special corps and now are serving as para ; Chutists with Britain's airborge forces. y i But they still dont' oo Thele particular job is to dro, with the. patatroopers into enemy territory and there treat the wound« ed and attempt to get them to safety, : : They are attached to an R, A, M, C. unit, and the officer in charge described their job of parachuting unarmed into enemy country as "ohe of the most dangerous and difficult tasks of the war." unarmed, Garden Notes To Relieve Strain This year with the war in a critical phase, gardens and garden- ing are needed more than ever, Not only are they needed for providing essential food, but also as a use- ful and pleasant recreation open to every citizen of the Dominion, In the spring one turns naturally to gardening. Digging in the soil, sowing, seeds and watching plants develop provides a welcome and needed change when tension was never greater, and when many of our normal recreations may be no longer possible, Good Seed There is not a substitute for good seed. Other factors may be be- yond control but the gardener has absolute check over this foundation, Without good seed the garden is going to be a failure. Sow Grass Early Any work with lawns should be started just as quickly in the spring as possible. This does not mean that the soil should be worked while it is still wet. But once one can walk over the ground without get- ting his shoes muddy, then the rake can be brought into play. In both new lawns or in patch- ching, the soil should be raked fine and level. Authorities advise sow- ing only the highest quality of seed mixtures, as thick as directions specify and, of course when there Is no wind 11owing. Both new and old lawns benefit from rolling while the ground Is still soft, Grass, like any other plant, needs good soil and an an- nual application of fertilizer is ad- visable, This pushes growth so that many weeds are crowded out. Layouts _The most effective layout of flowers, lawns and shrubbery, for the average gardener, is an informal one, That is, curved paths and borders rather than straight lines, But when we put in these curves, especially in paths, landscape ex- perts say, we must be sure to make a reason for them otherwise the whole effect will be artifical. At the bend in the driveway or path, therefore, it is well to have a tree or a group of shrubs or a flower bed. In screening, it is not necessary nor desirable to cover the whole of fence, wall or garage unless the same is unsightly. Much more pleasing results follow where the shrubbery, vines and flowers mere- ly break the lines of the man-ma'e structures behind them, but lea.e enough showing for contrast. Vv oIcC E PRESS ALL HONOR TO 'EM Columnists make. much of the fact that a lady in Suffolk has be- come a chimneysweep because of a shortage of manpower. That doesn't.seem any more remarkable than our own courageous little Miss Barsoski, who because her brother donned a uniform, attires herself in a coverall and assists her dad with Arnprior's garbage gath- ' ering which on ashes-collection day - makes a chimney sweep's job seem easy. ap --Arnprior Chronicle. i QUESTION FOR THE JUDGE Our esteemed former townsman, Ontario Chief Justice R. S. Robert- son, rules that there is no such ani- mal as a blue cow. Whence, then, comes all thht "blue" milk? --Stratford Beacon-Herald. nt SOLVES THE PROBLEM One St. Louis bus driver diplo- matically admonishes his passengers with: "Kindly push each other to the rear; please." ---Exchange. on SIMPLE RULE The whole thing can be reduced to one rule: If she puts it on her head it must be a hat. A --Stratford Beacon-Herald, Syst SOMETHING TO REMEMBER No one has mentioned it of late, but Great Britain is only 20 miles from the German Army. : --Brandon Sun, ely THE RUSSIAN EMBLEM Apart from their ideological sig- nificance, the hammer and the UP OUR ALLEY Germans tried to bowl over the Yanks in Italy by rolling down the hills concrete "bowling balls" like the one displayed above. sickle make an apt emblem for Rus- sia. The sickle is mowing down the Nazis and the hammer is pound- ing them into defeat, --Hamilton Spectator, --_--0-- SUNDAY, MONDAY OR ALWAYS A Minnesota man is divorcing his wife because she kisses him only when she wants money, Well, isn't that often enough! --Peterborough Examiner. Ontario Maples For Canadian Graves In U.K. Maple trees grown from seedlings provided by the Onterio Forests Department shortly will be planted in English cemeteries where Cana- dians -killed in this war are buried, the 35th anuual convention of the Ontario Horticultural Association was told recently by Secretary J. A. Carroll. Carroll said permission to plant the trees has been obtained from the Imerpial "War Graves Commis- sion. A shipment of seedlings now is en route to Kew Gardens, near London, where they will be grown for a time and then transplanted. THE WAR - WEEK -- Commentary on Current Events "Britains Ban On Irish Travel Necessary For Safety Of Troops There was no blood and thunder in the remarks Mr. Churchill made last week about the little neutral nation on the other side of the St. George's Channel, says the New York Times. Secretary Hull show- ed the same moderation in his com- ments at his press conference, Pub- lic opinion in both countries will support these spokesmen, There can be no feeling in the United States or {n Britain against the peo- ple of Eire. The problem, as Mr. Churchill briefly explained it, is a purely prac. tical one. As long as Axis sples, with the status of diplomats, re- main in Eire, close to the scene of preparation for the invasion of the Continent, the military plans of the United Nations are in danger of being betrayed. The Time Has Come Speaking in the House of Com- mons, Mr. Churchill said in part: "We have for some time past taken a number of measures to min- imize the dangers arising from a substantial disservice to the Allied cause involved in the retention by Mr. de. Valera's government of the German Minister and Japanese Consul, with their staffs, in Dub- lin. "The time has now come when these measures must be strengthen- ed, and the restrictions on travel to Ireland announced in the press are the first step in a policy designed to isolate Great Britain from Sou- thern Ireland and also to isolate Southern Ireland from the outer world during the critical period which now is approaching." Affect On Union This isolation of Southern Ire- land is being undertaken in order to safeguard United Nations troops. Specifically, it must be intended to keep the Germans from knowing where, when, in what force and by what means we shall attempt to land on the European coast. Coun- less lives might be lost if the Ger- mans knew the unswers. There would be bitter resentment if the answer came from Dublin, Irish- men themselves, "large numbers" of whom, as the Prime Minister says, "are fighting so bravely" in the British forces, would die on the beaches. The union of all Ire- land, which the majority of the island's inhabitants undoubtedly de- sire, would be postponed. All the old wounds would bleed afresh, Further Action Possible The travel ban is warmly ap- proved in Britain as was the Ameri- - NEW RAIL BLOCK SYSTEM I Signal standards at the C.P.R's White River yard form part of the continent's biggest wartime installation of electric automatic block safety equipment. familiar red-yellow-green lights. The system is wheel-rail activated and features It brings safer, speedier operation of 30 trains daily to end a bottleneck on 250 miles of single track between the Ontario Algoma rail towns of Chapleau and Schreiber on main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. * can move aimed at ending Axis spy activities in Eire, writes the London correspondent of the Chris- tian Science Monitor, For the British people have found it hard to tolerate a situation in which Eire has given a privileged position to Axis spies, notwithstanding the fact that Eire's very existence as a free nation depends on an Allied victory, od The British Government's state- ment that military considerations have forced the latest move to seal off Eire has increased a sense of strained expectation which predom- inates in Britain today as prepara- tions for invasion dominate all spheres of daily life. Further Allied actions against Eire are being debated in Britain, such as closing of the border be- tween Ulster and Eire," Nor Is it felt that the South Irish people can expect much help from Bri- tain and the United States in their present acute shorage of such ne- cessities as coal and gasoline. Some Limited Permits All travel to and from Ireland won't cease immediately, as exist- ing short-term permits will still be valid, But in future only the high- est priority and special compas- sionate reasons will permit journeys across the Irish Cannel. Thousands of Trish men and women serving in the forces and working in British factories will be for the time being cut off from home, Mail and phone communications will remain, but a tightening up of censorship is expected as there have been some laxities in these services. ? Hope For Settlement Nevertheless so long as German and Japanese representatives re- main in Dublin, the Axis has an advantage for espionage. Mr. de Valera said he turned down an American request for Eire to break diplomatic relations with the Axis because the Dublin Gov- ernment couldn't do so "without a complete hetrayal of their demo- cratic trust." In some quarters it is still hoped that Governments of Mr. de Valera and Britain and the United States may yet find some way round the impasse and that better Trish feel- ing for Britain, engendered by British toleration of. Eire"s neu- trality, won't sutfer a setback, Farm Cash Income At New High Level Acording to official estimates, the cash income of Canadian farmers reached a new high level in 1043 when the estimated returns from the sale of farm products totalled $1,307 million. This represents an increase-of $282 million, or 25 per cent, over 1942, and is up $674 mil- lion or 93 per cent, over 1039. Higher income is reported from all provinces and with few excep- tions the increase is common to al! the various sources of income. The greatest percentage increases occurred in the Prairie Provinces where. despite a reduced harvest, sales from the previous year's crop were substantial. The returns from live stock were also substantially greater in the Prairie Provinces, particularly in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Poor crops in the Eas- tern Provinces resulted in a reduc- tion in cash income from the sale of grains in these provinces but the declines were offset by greater in- come from the sale of live stock and live stock products. I On Their Honor One hundred trusted women do their work admist the secrets of the Second Front--they are the clean- ers at Invasion Headquarters, "su- per-cleaners. (whe) are on their honor to say not a word about what they may see or lear as they scrub and polish." They even have a password, "Who goes there?" a sentry demands. The magic ans- wer, "Cleaner." At least 300 encmy supply ships were sunk by British submarines in the first three years of war. HAVENT 4 T A SINGLE WINK ALTHO IVE TRIED MY BE WISH | HAD SOME MILES TO HELP ME GET MY REST Do your worries often keep you awake at night? And does this rest- lessness make you feel "all in" the next day? Noise, anxiety, overdoing things or working under pressure can affect the nerves . . . may make you sleepless, cranky, restless. , , cause nervous headache or nervous fears. Dr. Miles Nervine helps relieve nervous tension because it is a mild sedative. Take it according to directions to help calm Jou nerves and to improve your sleep, Effer- yescig Nervine Tablets are 35¢ and 75¢. Nervine Liquid is 25¢ and $1.00. mies NERVIN Nazis Had Invasion Force In Greenland The Germans once had an ia- vasion force in Greenland and flew plenes within bomber range of North American shores, Col. Berat Balchen, famed flier, and Corey Ford declare in a recent issue of Collier's. They added that Nazi sub- marines had been refueled ia Greenland. "You did not know---the facts could not be revealed until now -- that the Nazis had actually established a foothold on this side of the Atlantic, } "You did not know, all last year, that their planes were flying within bombing distance of the shores of North America. Their submarines, refueling in Green- land's silent fiords, were striking at will at our convoys to England and Murmansk, "Their _ well-:quipped weather station, on the Island's undefended cast cast, was in daily radio communication with Berlin." Messrs, Balchen and Ford said weather information from Green- land "enabled' the trapped Scharn- horst (German battleship since destroyed in a sea battle) and Gueisenau to slip out of harbor, under cover of heavy fog, and pass unmolested within 15 miles of the Dover Coast." Heavy Waterproof Coverall (TARPAULINS) Height ¢'--Width 9'--Depth §' Practically new, never having been used. 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