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VOICE OF THE PRESS REAL SHORTAGE There's a bad situation a-brewln' n this province, mates. It's about the women. There's not enough of them. Some fellows who've had the one one around the bouse for 40 learn or so might dispute the state- ment some might even say there are too many, or does she Just sound that way? but the fact of tin* matter Is there's a shortage. And for a province that has just made the Tiger Lily Its emblem that's a bad situation. Too bad word didn't get around before, and considering the subject and all It's fanny it didn't, and then they could have picked on Bachelor Buttons or maybe the Stag for an emblem. But the situation Is there, or rather here It's in Alberta and Manitoba, too and It's very real. Now don't go asking where they aro, girls, but files of the national recULra-tlon offices show there are 14,000 more men than women in Saskatchewan. No ages were given but they must be over 16 but apparently not the marrying kind. It's tlit same all over the west. Manitoba has a surplus of 11,000 men; Alberta, 47,000; British Col- uuii.ii, 12,000 men. It's pretty frigid up In the Yu- kon, too. In the land where nien ar un:. and so on and they write poetry about It, there are three main to every female. But what do you find down east? For one thing you'd find more women which should prove the old saying about "go west, young man, go we*t." A* a matter of fact you would find the ea4t literally overrun with women, no doubt some of tin m nice looking and looking nicely for husbands. Quabeo nag 20,000 more women than men; Ontario has :'!,- 000 more women and Nova Scolta baa 6,000 more which is an awful lot of apples of somebody's eyes. So why not get together on this thing? Why not invite the women ot th* oaet to look over the men of the wc-bt .' It would look like a bargain tor everybody, what with enough it: men In ths west to marry off all to* spinsters east ot the Great Lakes and yet give them a three- ii .! choice. W eould bring them out by the Uaiiitoad. We could gt-t out our 10- fallou haU, Ui band where they hare a leopard skin and have a rousing reception. Just picture a train coming out from Ontario loaded down with a conductor, a couple of brakemen and 14,000 women. Reglna Leader Post, v ONE SHIRT A YEAR v A letter in The Manchester Onardlan makes you realize sud- denly how little tu war has af- fected us bore in Canada. In his letter a Mr. F B. Btatham argues that a Britisher needs only one now shirt a year, a suit can be worn for several years and under- clothing fur three years at least. "Clothes," says he, "should be used only to avoid arrest for Indecent exposure and to keep warm. It bould be the aim of everybouy to finish up a year with as many nuted clothe* coupons as pos- rtblo." Here we have no rationing ot elothes and we bave plenty of food as well. As a people we are better creased and fed and better off in every way, on the average, than evor before. As a people, apart from those actively engaged In It, we have hardly felt the war at all. To opeak of our taxes, war loans and sllglit inconveniences as sacri- fices, after the misery of Europe and the suffering of Britain, Is al- most indecent. So far, we don't know what sacrifice is In Canada. Vancouver Sun. v RECKLESS PEDESTRIANS Columbus, Ohio, has taken the drastic step of arresting pedes- trians who violate traffic laws, on charges of recklessness. Perhaps there Is no foundation In our laws for such action, but it might well be considered. Drivers who operate their cars recklessly are subject to prosecu- tion. Why should pedestrians not be subject to the name restrictions? A few proaucutlouti uilglit have an extremely salutary effect on people who walk .iii.Mii the streeis In such a manner as to encourage acci- dents. Windsor Dally Star. v FOREST NEEDS If we li.nl started about 40 years ago planting trees to replace some of ttiooe taken out by our pioneer ancestors well, conditions in southwestern Ontario would he far better today than they arc. There would not bu for one thing, any- thing like tin; wind damage be- cause the wind would not got much Of a chance; the trees would be Ihere to break its force. Wire gangs would not have to turn out; roofs would stay In place; fruit- growers would be able to market their apples Instead of having to make elder of some and fri-il the ri'st to lu>gs. Owen Hound Bun-Times. TELL IT TO THE MARINES Buddy, 6-weeki-old English bulldog, tries to look tough enough under steel helmet to merit his position aa mascot of U.S. Marine recruiting station in Cleveland, 0. IN A FEW WORDS The sharpest aud truest com- ment on the Japanese proposal of negotiations has been supplied by the most sedate of English week- lies the Economist. It says the Japanese proposition is in fact in theao terms: "What will you give us tf we don't giv you another kick in the pants?" This embodies preatoeJy the mood in which these OTOrttires have been made. Winnipeg Free Press. v UNDERSTANDABLE William Kuuilifcii, former head of General Motors, said the other day: "Billions of dollars don't mean much to me, I don't under- stand those kind ot figures. The thin< I understand is two hands working a little longer." St. Oatharlnes Standard. T ONE GOOD THING LEFT There's one thing you can still bay on the instalment plan war savings certificates. And the beauty of the certificates is that uu, money you pay lor Uiem now all oomes back to you on tb* In- stalment plan and with interest. bt. Thomas Times-Journal. T BEST WHEN UNSEEN The finest feeling we know to fiiKim* a $10 bill In an old suit says the Quebec Chronicle-Tele- graph. The jubilation Is much greater if the wife hain't seen you make tbe discovery. fit Thomas Times-Journal. HE KNOWS WHY Tbree months ago Hitler boast- ed he would conquer Russia in six weeks or know the reason why. Now b knows the reason why. Owen Bound Sun-Times. BOTH IMPORTANT 1>0 your Christmas shopping early for the boys overseas, l.iko- wise your Christmas shipping. Stratford Beacon-Herald. Shock of Sting Kills Bee-Keeper Following the tragedy of their mother's quick death from poison- ing caused by bee stings, the twin daughters and son of army Cap- tain Uarod Watterson of Ching- icni, England, have been protect- ed from harm by the removal of two hives. Mrs. Watterson had kept in her garden as a hobby. Mrs. 'Watterson was stung as she lifted the top of a hive and died within a few minutes. The eaptain said at the inquest that IILS wife was perfectly healthy. She wore protective clothing when tending the hives but had neglected to tie the laces which protected her legs. She was tung four times. It was explained to him by Dr. C. K. Simpson, pathologist, that Mrs. Watterson was hypersensi- tive to protein produced in the poison of the bee or the pollen which it carried and succumbed to a violent respiratory attack due to shock. This allergic condition it her- editary, h was further informed, and he was warned that his twin daughters might be subject to the same rsaction as their mother. Brazil shipped 1,573,500 pound* of beeswax to the United States In 1940. LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher Empire's Banks Stand War Strain The manner in which the bank- Ing structure of the British Empire has stood up, without any apparent strain, to the demands occasional by the war, is a matter of consid- erable gratification. In a recent is- sue The London Times refers to this, and notes that basically the reactions of war on overseas Em- pire banks have been similar to those In Britain, which was to be expected, as the Governments of the overseas Dominions and India have a common objective, namely, contributing to the task of winning the war. The efforts they put forth vary only in accordance with the type of territory. Greatly enlarged ex- penditures on account of the war are resulting in expanded note cir- culation, rising bank deposits and Increasing Investments in Govern- ment securities. Growing resources have on the whole enabled the Empire institutions to maintain earnings and dividends in the fae of substantial additions to tax bur- dens and a tendency for loans or advances to lag behind increased resources. As tbe Times points out, interest rates have, if anything, tended downwards, and when they reach low levels the margin of profit be- tween deposit and loan rates tends to fall. "Since the last war," the Time* notes, "the Empire banking front has been rendered the strong- er by completion of the chain of central reserve banks in the Do- minion* and in India. The exist- ence of these overseas Empire re- serve banks the Hank of England took an active Interest in their creation, and in some instances gave direct assistance by the loan of experienced officials has help- ed to draw closer the financial links between the various over- seas Empire countries and be- tween them and Great Britain, and this has proved of great benefit in ensuring close financial co-oper- ation between the various parts of the i-ii-i .. . in the present struggle. The character of tbe war, especial- ly since tne collapse of Franc*, makes the unity of the Einplro'i financial effort more essential than In 1914-18." Saving Ontario's Natural Resources "I n. i>l. ml my rolling pin an' I had to roll out this dough. .... You know the Johnsons would be diiappointed if I didn't have pie for them." G. C Toner (Ontario Federation of Anglers nd Huntert) No. 62 THE FISH DUCKS The final group of ducks would not be Included by a hunter for they are mergansers or fish duck*. There are three species; the hood- ed merganser, the American mer- ganser and the red-breasted mer- ganser. All three are found in Ontario in fall and spring and a few birds of each species remain to breed near the lower Great Lakes. Northward they aro more: abundant and a common sight in summer on the lakes of the Pre- Cambrian shield is a mother mer- ganser with hc-r brood of flight- less young following her on th water. The mergansers are often known as sawbills for they lack the broad flattened bills so char- acteristic of other ducks; their mandibles are slender and nar- row, equipped with toothed cd^es that nid them in catching fish. It is this habit that makes them obnoxious to the sportsmen for they not only take fish but they are worthless as a table bird. Their flavour vouches for the food -they eat. How much effect they have on the game fish is doubtful. 1 have examined stomachs of these birds and found fish, but they were only darters and minnow.s of very slight economic value. It mitrht be as well for our huntcis to re- member that many people like to watch birds and that such people have rights that cannot be ignored. They do not shoot or fish, in fact, are willing to give their share of the fish to the birds. Uiul watch- ers are increasing in numbers all the time and may be strong enough In ion' KM, u > u.uu iiu-ii say when game laws are being made. It might pay the hunters to renumber this. THE WAR - WEEK Commentary on Current Events Slowly, Perhaps, But Inexorably United States Moves Toward War I'ri-hlduut Roosevelt has acted. "These are deeds, not words," says an English newspaper. "He chal- lenges our enemy. His nation doea not jet finally defy Nazi ambition to conquer the earth. It baa defied her ambition to rule oceans. If not all America, at least the American navy, is ready for war. It is at grips with Nazi Germany on the Atlantic now and Its zone of operation may be extended to these shores." In a Navy Day address the chief executive declared that the "shoot- ing war has started America has been attacked." He cited the loss of American merchantmen and the torpedo attacks on the United Kearny. "We have wished to avoid shooting," he said. "But the shoot- ing has started. And history nas recorded who fired the h'rst shot. In the long run, however, all that will matter is who fired the last shot." Mr. Koosevelt referred in ironic tones to Hitler's frequent prostes- tations "that his plans tor conquest do not extend across the Atlantic Ocean." Latin-American Plan But," lie commented, "his sub- marines and raiders prove other- wise. And so does the entire de- sign of his world order. "For example, 1 have in my pos- session a secret may made in Germany by Hitler's government by the planners of tne new world order. It is a map of South Ameri- ca and a part of Central America, as Hitler proposes to reorganize it "Today in this area there are iourleeu separate countries. But the geographical experts in Ber- lin, however, nave ruthlessly ob- literated all existing boundary lines. They nave divided South America into live vassal states, bringing the whole continent under iheir domination. "And they have also so arrang- ed it that the territory of one of these new puppet states includes the republic of Panama, and our great lifeline, the Panama Canal. Religious Plan The president uien turned to .it subject of religion. "Your government ha: in its possession anotner document made in Uerinany by Hitler's government. It is a detailed plan which, for ob- vious reasons, the Nazis did not and do not wish to publicize just yet. but which they are ready to impose a little later on a domin- ated world if Hitler wins. "It la a plan to abolisu all ex- isting religious Catholic, Protest- ant, Mohammedan, Hindu, Budd- hist and Jewish alike. The property of all churches will be seized by the U. .i'!i and its puppets. The orosB and all other symools of re- ligion are to ue forbidden. The clergy are to be forever liquidated silenced under penalty of tne concentration camp. "In place of the churches of our civilization, there is to be set up an International Nazi cliurcu a church which will be served by tne orators -sent out by the Nazi gov- ernment. In HID place of the tsible, the words of Meiu Kumpf will bu imposed and enforced as Holy writ. And M place of the cross of Christ will bo put two symbols tue swas- tika and the uaktxi sword." Russia's Gallant Stand Mr. Uuosovelt paid tribute to Kussiiin gallantry in battle and said euipuatically that any tuiug the Russians do to help defeat tue Nazis is MI. n, -i i. in., done to help all i.i i> countries, the Unit I Stated included, who are bent on defeating Hitler. "The Huasiaus," he saiu, "am fighting for tueir own soil uiiU their own lioiutss. Kussiu needs all kinus of help plauus, taiiKs, gnus, uieuu'ul supplies and other aids toward tne successful defence against the invaders. ! rum the tinted Stule<s and from UnUiii, she. is getting great quantities of tuooo I'&seuti.il supplies, but the needs 01 Uer hi. KB aauy will con- linui ..iij our inip and luiiisii ni'ip will uuvo to continue! "Upon our Ai.iUi'iL'.iu in .KiiiL-tioii falls tiio colossal tusk of equipping our armed forces and iie.|iaiB to supply tne linUb.i, tut 1 utisi,taa and tne Caincse. in lue per.uriu- .in' r . i i.iat lat>K \vu Ume not. fail. And we will not fail." Challenges C.I.O. The president realizes the vital need for swiftly increasing the output of American factories and shipyards in order that American aid may be carried across the seas to the fighting fronts in ever increasing quantity and speed. In this connection he made the most important declaration of the, evening: "Our output must be multiplied. It cannot be hampered by tti sel- fish obstruction of a small but dangerous minority of labor leaders who are a menace to tue true cause of labor itself, as well as to the nation as a whole. "Our national will must speak from every assembly line." Then he interpolated the words, "Ye, from every coal mine." The challenge of course is clear. It is a challenge to Joan L. Lewis, the C.I.O. dictator, and it cam* just a few hours alter the presi- dent had demanded for the third time that Lewis call ou the strike in the coal mines owued by the steel companies, the sole issue of which is the demand for a union shop. Jn his message to Air. Lewis, Mr. Roosevelt said: "Whatever may be the issues between you and Mr. Taylor or you and Mr. Morgan, the larger question ot adequate fuel supply is of greater interest and import to tne national welfare. There is every reason for tha continuance of negotiations. There is no reason for stoppage of work. It is, therefore, essential that the mining of coal should go on without interruption." Millions of people on thU con- tinent, from the Panama Canal to Hudson Bay, will agree that there is no more disgraceful or humiliat- ing episode in American history than Lewis' action in closing the coal mines in this time of world- emergency. The immediate task of the people of the United States is to deliver Into the hands of "their friends" the goods that they are producing for the defence of democracy. Th president said "it can never bo doubted that the goods will b delivered by this nation, whose Navy believes in tne tradition of "Damn the torpedoes; full steam ahead!" "Every consideration of ..merl- can self-interest," says the New York Times, "every regard for the safety ot this hemisphere, every hope of keeping the destruction of war on the other side of the ocean, prompts us to throw our full strength now into the defense of the Atlantic. We welcome the presi- dent's endorsement of tue broader Senate version of the Neutrality Act repealer wnich ttould permit the government not merely to arm our merchant ships but to use those ships where they are needed most. The restrictions which w* lecklessly imposed upon our own freedom of action are ,,-orth a thousand submarines to Hitler. It is time to put an end to the lie and the mockery of American 'neutrality' and free our ships for service in tbe great cause for which the whole strength of the United States is being mobilized." Elephant Performs Jail-Breaking fceat At the Dublin Zoo during- a German air raid, a bomb feH near the Gardens. "Sara," the cow elephant, gave a remarkable dis- play of animal instinct and in- cidentally performed a rare, jail- breaking feat by opening four iron padlocks and unbolting three gates enroutc to her conception of safety. The inner gate of her stall had two padlocks which "Saia" con- tinued to shake with the little "finger" on top of her trunk un- til they opened. She then removed them and with the same "finger" pulled back the two boits one under- neath and one on top. She di>:ilt similarly with the lock on the second gate, unset .<wc.i a sna>..la in the oiher g.Ue, crossed a fi-riv without damaging it, and moved down to the euge of the lake wiiee she lay clown among the bulrushes, which she possibly rt-- ga.(ied as the best available imit- ation of the jungle thicket. REG'LAR FELLERS Expert Advice By GENE BYRNES /THE BEST WAV TO BUY A PRESENT TOR ANXBODX IS TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY DO AN' BUX 'EM SUMPN' HELPFUL.' 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