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INVASION PREVIEW: ARMY'S BIGGEST 'WHISPER SHIP' Here's the United States Army's new glider â€" biggest of its "whisper ship" fleet, recently displayed at Laurinburg-Maxton Air Base, N.C. The CG-13, which will carry 30 men and cargo, is pictured taking aboard a field gun and its six- wheeled motor unit. Empty, the giant craft, weighs 7500 pounds, with maxi- mum gross weight of 17,000 pounds, has a wing span of 89 feet, 8 inches and a tow speed of 150 m.p.h. OTTAWAJREPORTS That Strict Rationing Of Sugar Is Necessary To Meet Even Essential Needs It begins to look as if sugar, first commodity to be rationed, will • b« last on the list when ration re- gulations are removed. The present world supply is in- gufficient to meet even essential needs without strict rationing, ac- cording to Sir William Rook, British sugar controller, in dis- cussions with Wartime Prices and Trade Board officers. He termed "Incomplete and inaccurate" the view that all that is lacking is enough shipping space to trans- port sugar from producing to con- suming countries. In the United Kingdom, lie pointed out, sugar has been entirely eliminated for making ice cream and table jellies, and soft drinks and fruit juices have been cut to one-third prewar usage. The home . canning allowance of one lb. per per- lon in 1942 and 1943 will not be in- creased this ye.ir, and even that much may not be available. "I can- not emphasize too strongly," Sir William said, "tliat the world sup- MEET SGT. JONES His own mother wouldn't recog- nize the fearsome figure above as Johnny Jones of East Springfield, Ohio, but that's who's inside the fancy outfit. It's a mask and pad- ded uniform, worn by Jap soldiers for bayonet practice, "modeled" by Sgt. Jones after 7th Army Division captured it on Kwajalein Island. ply of sugar is such that great economy in the use of jugar is a real contribution to the war effort, while the immediate postwar needs, as far as can be judged at present, will call for continued co-operation for us all." * m * Ranking third of all countries in the production of foodstuffs, and fourth in the protuction of war supplies, Canada's external trade is at present the fourth largest in the world. Canada is now also the third largest naval power among the_ United Nations. From the out- break of war until the end of Feb- ruar, 1944, 335 vessels, including fighting craft and cargo vessels, were delivered from Canadian ship- yards. * » » Potato" eyes sold for planting this year must conform to require- ments of an order of the Dominion Minister of Agriculture, just pas- sed. The order prescribes that these nmst be cut from certified seed, must average not less than half an ounce in weight, and not more than three-quarters of an inch in depth. A label issued by the Department of Agriculture must be attached to each container stating that the eyes conform to regulations under the order, and showing the certificate number and name of the variety of certified seed potatoes from which the eyes were cut. Chief purpose of the order is to give greater assurance of quality to purchasers. * « * In view of the need for food and feed conservation, farmers are urged to keep a vigilant eye for rats. -Vn average rat eats or destroys about .â- ?4j worth of food a year, and in a year a normal fe- male has five to 12 litters totalling 130 baby rats. Here are some v.ays to discouragi tile rodent: see that ail sources of food are re- moved; make buildings rat-proof; and keep cats and dog tliat are good rat liuiiters. Fiji Islanders Fight For Allies In-acific Fiji Islanders, equipped with mo- dern arms including automatic weapons, are helping the Allies ex- terminate Japanese in the South Pacific. The War Department reported recently that in one continuing ac- tion the fierce warriors, led by Xew Zealand officers, penetrated deep in- to enemy territory in the Bougain- ville area and returned after kill- ing 17'.> Japanese while losing only one killed and three wounded. Omar Khayyam was an astror.o- nier and mathenuitician as well as r'. poet. FINE, UPSTANDING YOUNG MAN 1' 1v " ot:''.erv.isc known as ^ '\> Potino, od. stood up on o\\ n feet three months and djy after he voas born, \ oh -was Dec 4, 1943. Husky ^ 'li of Pvt. and Mrs. Louis ro''uo, Jr.. of East Chicago, ' he's pictured showing ofl. m his 19-year-old motiier. ^1 VOICE OF THE PRESS BUTTER SHORTAGE Many people are grumbling at t'ne difficulty of rationing butter under present allowances and one reason for t'ne shortage is the fact that the Canadian Red Cross Society is ship- ping 100,000 pounds a week to pri- soners of war. That surely should reconcile us to the need of spread- ing our butter just a little thinner on bread for the duration. â€" Niagara Falls Review. SCANDALIZING! The latest X. V. rage is a dress material with "I Love You I" print- ed all over it. Who now remem- bers 40 years back, when Grandpa, the frisky old devil, came home from the Elks' convention with "I Love My Wife But Oh'You Kid!" on the band of his straw hat? And was Gradma scandalized! â€" Ottav.a Citizen. TRIP CALLED OFF The Tirpitz seems doomed to look Hke the Wreck of the Hesperus before the war ends. And a: one time the Fueher hoped to steam up the Thames in her! â€" Hamilton Spectator. THE WAR â-  WEEK â€" Commentarj' on Current Hvents War of Nerves Keeps Nazis Guessing When, Where, How We Are Coming - Speculation in this country as to when the invasion of Europe will begin can be ansivered truthfully out of information available to any newspaper reader: it has already begun, states the Xevv York Times. The air attacks, rising in fury day by day, are invasion. Every thous- and plsTCj is at least tlie equival- ent of an armored division roam- ing at will through the enemy's country. The planes actually in- vade, thougii they cannot occupy. The invasion has begun in other ways. \ye are working on the Ger- mans' neryes. The closing of the Eire border, the curtailment of di- plomatic messages and the suspen- sion of overseas travel were all practical measures to prevent leak- age of information, but they were also stages in psychological war- fare â€" for why go to all this trouble now, rather than six months or three months ago, if there were not something to conceal now that did not exist six or tliree months ago? The more mystery we manufacture the more jittery the Germans are bound to be. Nazi Troop Dispositions The kind of nervousness this state of mind produces must show itself in the Germans' troop dis- HEMISPHERE BASES '^U.S. Bases NawYork 5^-^-i-./ ^BERMUDA Atlantic Ocean â-  Jamaica Caribbean Sea Panama Canal ^..f^^^y^^ I'^SV' \^ vjAntigua .(5 St. Lucia Trinidad Map above shows location of the eight United States Atlantic bases, now under 99-year lease from Great Britain, whose acquisition in per- petuity was recommended to the House Naval Affairs Committee. positions â€" concerning which we a.''e undoubtedly well informed. The Nazi defense of tlie Continent must consist of a long, thin line, or a long line of separate and scantily held outposts, with small, tactical reserves scattered along its length and heavy strategic reser\-es to be thrown in if a major break-through threatens at one or more points. Where had these troops better be? The Germans don't know. Have we sufficient air power and air- borne power to impede or prevent their movements to points where we don't want them to go? We hope so â€" and tiie Germans can't be sure. Nazis Forced To Guess They cannot ?ian their battles, for they are on the receiving end. We can plan ou"s, since we are on the delivering end. It happens that the German military mind is best in planned battles, least ef- fective in improvised battles. The war of nerves forces the German commanders to do some wild guess- ing and will force tiiem to im- provise in a hurry. And perhaps we can hope that this invasion of Ger- man-occupied Europe by the forces of psychological warfare has al- ready moved German troops to places where tiiey can be cut off and defeated. Nazis Welcome To News Putting mystery aside, the Anglo- .\merican command almost ingenu- ously reveals plans to drop air- borne troops on the Continent, as a despatch to this newspaper states, "on a more massive scale than any- thing ever before attempted by any army." These troops will have 70- millimeter guns, bazookas, 37-milIi- meter anti-tank guns, machine guns, explosives, jeeps and "even baby bulldozers." A few weeks ago it would have been treason to mention these facts. Xow the Nazis are welcome to them. This, too, is part of the war of nerves. When, Where, How? The war of nerves, moreover, is not merely a matter of reducing German soldiers to a state where they can't sleep nights and worry in the morning. Nervousness of this sort may exist in any army and is not inconsistent with good fight- ing quahties. The nervousness our general staff evidently aims to in- spire arises out of uncertainty, and shows itself in tangible ways. The Nazis know we are coming. They know where men, engines of war and ships are being concentrated. They can probably guess the strength of the invading force. What they don't know and can't guess is when, where and how. Hitler Inspects West Wall A London source having closd connections with the European Underground said that Hitler it making a secret inspection of the West Wall defenses. It was said to be made in com- pany with an inspection par^v in- cluding Grand .\dmiral Karl Doe- nitz; Gen. Guenther Korten, Cliief of Staff of the .Air Forces, and Professor Tann, originator of the flak towers which are an import- ant part of tile West Wall defenses. The Germans announced that Hitler has met Mussolini recently at a "secret" meeting place â€" per- haps the Brenner Pass, the Ital- ian or I'rench Riviera. NeutraTs reaching liie Swiss bor- der reported that "everytliing is being organb.eci as though Lyon, 175 miles up the Rhone Hiver in Southern France, would become a centre of huge operations." 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