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Saving Ontario's Natural Resources (^ > » »â- â™¦â™¦â- â™¦ •â- â€¢ •â- >♦»♦•»••»#<•< No. 8 (By C. C. Toner) BACKlNd THE PltOJECT Conservation of our wil<l lifo ilcpendx on the maintenaticc of tb« toil and the waters. Destruc- tion of cither one should not be yarmittcd and where this hns oi<- •urred in the past means should k« taken to restore contii'.ions M aoon Hs po&sible. Luther swnmp Is of vital concern to everyone fat southwestern Ontario. We can all help in the work of conserva- tion by backing the project for the restoration of this area to its •riginal condition. The Ontario Federation of Anglers is vitally interested In this whole project which we told 70U about in our column of la.sl week A committee appointed wider the chairmanship of Dr. K. C. Dougla.", Ov.cn Sound, re- cently inspected the swamp and tlie drainape ditchc.e. This 00m- anittee reports that the construc- tion of an eight foot dam across the Black river would restore the â- water levels of the swamp. Elducation Under Nazis Declines Girls Are No Longer Allowed Higher Education In Czecho- slovakia â€" In More Recently Occupied Lands, School-Life Is Disrupted FORTY-ONE PILOTS RECEIVE WINGS AT CAMP BORDEN CEREMONY Documentary files kept In Paris l)«fore the French surrender show- ed that !n the first year of German oocttpation In Czecho-Slovakia 60,- 000 Czech and 40,000 Moravian and Slovak youths, many of them unl- ferelty students of medicine, law end philosophy, were sent Into Ger- many to work on the land. Thous- •ivde of others left their schools to •scape to France and then to Eng- land. Some of them, at 17 years be- eame air pilots to fight against Ger- many. GIRLS RESTUICTED OlrlB no longer are allowed high- er education In Czecho-Slovakla. In a country which had 80 women members of parliament, 1,600 wo: men doctors and several women â- eoators, In which girls might even Itecome judges and ambassador;, jlrls may no longer attend higli â- cbool. So too in Poland where the gieat university of Cracow, one of the oldest in the world, functions only In part. Of its professors some 160 were put in concentration camps end the student body was scatter- ed. Armies of them till the soil at Nazi bidding. In Holland, Belgium, Denmark end Norway schools have been do- â- troyed, educational systems dis- rupted and teachers driven Into ex- ile. In Belgium and Luxe-mboiirg the collegiate^ and universities have been emptied and thousands of stu- dents have taken to the refugee roads on Ijicycles. Many of them teax their return to their own conn- try for Germany ha* announced they must work In the fields, for- ests and factories to supiiort lite Necl war marhine. SCOUTING . . . Ironically, a new hcad(|uarters for the Hoy Scout k Association of Warsaw, Poland, completed shortly before the German invas- ion, is now occupied as a head- quarters by the infamous Ger- man Ges'apo. • • • As in <"anada, c;.-cat H-italn and ilscwhfic throughout the Empire, the Hoy .Scouts of India are busy at many kinds of war- time scrvii-c. Patrols of Bombay Bcout.-! arc attached to air raid posts throughout the city, and a further 100 Scout cyclists are constantly standing by for any emergency calls for messengers. • • * The Boy Scout woodcraft cook- hii? competition hrld at the Can- adian National Kxhibition, and open to .Scout Troops throughout the province, was won by a ptv- trol of the Mth Toronto Troop. Second place went to the 1st Huntsville Troop, followed in or- der by three Toronto Troops, the 26th, r,8th and 9Cth. The cool- ing was judged by the hca<rchefs from the I{oyal York Hotel anil Eaton's Georgian lioont and tho incidental woodcraft features by Sfout Field Secretaries A. K. Paddon and Herbert (Jrccnway. The younff outdoor chef.i were re(|Uired to prepare ^a camp meal for six persons the menu com- prising broiled beefsteak, boile.I potatoes, a frr-ih vegetable, sU'wcd fresh fruit Itnd coffee. Fireplaces were to be built of logs or stones, and various ramp kitrhcn gadgets usetl at Scout camps were permitted. It Is plan- ned to make the i«ompetltion tn annual event. The annual spoils day of No. 1 Scivicc Fiyiii^ Training Sthool tl ( . n d Borden was clnn.i ^(-.i b\ tl.t, , c lu .it dii of v .1.;,.- ;,, 41 gradu- ates of the intermediate training S(|uadioii. The" graduating class is in own, UPPER RIGHT, and a general view of the presentation scene is shown, LOWER RIGHT. C. L. T. Swalo, of Edmonton, is pictured, LEFT, as Group Captain A. T. N. Cowley, O.C. of the training school, pinned the coveted wings on his breapl. THE WAR-WEE Kâ€" Commentary on Current Events **Come All Against Her, England Yet Shall Stand" The final death struggle be- tween Dritfiin and Germany ap- peared last week to have begun. The German Air Force was throwing its t"olossal 8trcng:th into an "all-oul" attack against the British Isles, with three main objectives: the destruction of the fighting power of the Royal Air Force; paralysis of Britain'.s sup- ply system by sea and by land ; the shattering of civilian nerves, the breaking of the people's mor- ale in the face of an imminent invasion. Great Britain, shuddering through the most soul-de.stroying experience in her history, held on grimly with a three-fold hope: that the blockade against Ger- many would soon become serious enough to cripple the Nazi war machine ; that tho relentless at- tacks of the R.A.F. could disrupt German indu.strial and commer- cial life, ward off an invasion; that the Nazi air effort would exhaust itself before British en- durance came to an end. A "50-50 Chance" In Berlin, high-ranking Nazis declared that new waves of Ger- man bombers flying against Lon- don would carry out remorseless and incessant warfare until (ac- cording to a United Press dis- patch), "the smoking ruins of in- dustrial and inilitary objectives, decimation of the British Air Force and shattered morale of the British people bring into power a government that will ac- cept German terms." The terms were regarded as unconditional capitulation. V. S. Secretary of tho Navy Frank Knox last week gave nrilaln a "better than 60-50 cliaiue" to hold out. He dwlared that the <'x- Isttnce of tho llilllsh fleet bottle-d up the German navy and that the .Vazis had been unable to establish sufficient air supremacy to uiako surface Invasion of KiiKland feas- ible . . . LliMilcnant-tii'neral Sir Hoiiiild Adam, General Officer Com- manding the N'oithern Coinmanil in Great ItrKain, fold the people thai thn next fiflei^n days would show thini "what is to happen" with re- gaiil to a NaxI invasion. If the R. A. V. could retain mastery of the air until September 2L he Intim- Htwl, Britons could then prepare for a great offensive against Germ- any. . . . l\l<>anllnio the world kn<-w that enormous liclp would be com- ing to Drllaln from tho UnitfMl Stales In the form of planes, am- munition and other war material. Our Ex-Allles Thre« IuiiH)rtHnt leailers of old fVance were aneste-d during the week, former Premiers Kdouard Daladier and Paul Reynaud, and Uie former Commander of the Al- lied Forces, Gen. Marie-Gustavo Gamelin. Their detention was or- dered under authority of a decree law drawn up by Daladier him- self when war broke out September ;i, 1939, providing for internment of persons considered dangerous to the national defence and public security . . . Word 'ime from Vichy that a new Cabinet had been form- ed under Marshal Petain. It includ- ed Pierre Laval as vice-premier and General Charles Buntzinger as the new minister of war. Marshal Petain took over the office of chief of state and Gen. Maxima Wegand was designated to go to North Af- rica in charge of all political and military matters. Armed Peace In Balkans Out of the spotlight for the time being, the Balkans were neverthe- less still seething. King C^rol, ac- companied by his sweetheart Ma- dame Lupescu and riding in a bul- let-pocked train, had escaped into exile, leaving his country in a state of turmoil. The Rumanian masses, under the heel of Antonescu's mil- itary dictatorship, wore already In a state of near-revolt, while relig- ious persecution campaigns corn- ercsl thousands of hapless individ- uals . . . German troops moved up to police tho Rumanian border with the Soviet Union â€" a United Press dispatch estimated that 1,000,000 German soldiers faced the Red Army along a line from Norway to the Black Sea ... A military move against Yugoslavia appeared In the offing â€" the magazine "Newsweek" quoted from highly-placed diplo- matic sources that the Axis has pretiared complete plans for: sud- den occupation by Italian troops of tho Dalmatian coast; 2, simul- taneous German move aci-oss the Croatian border; and overtlirow of Prince Paul's regency, establishing In Its place a pui>pel Axis govern- ment . . . Brewing In The IVIediterranean Italy was d( flu oly up to some- thing big in the Mediterranean bas- in ineainvhile â€" either the long- thie.ilened drive against the Suez faual; or an (virly attempt to oc- cupy f renchniandated Syria. As- sociated Press correspondent Kd- ward E. Homnr expressoHl tho opin- ion that in view of Italy's litniteii resources In oil and other muni- tions, the restlessness of the It- alian public, something more de- cisive than tho odd air raid on nrllish bases or convoys was on the books . . . Heady to deal with any now action In tho war's south- ern theatre, Britain was busy le- luforcing her Near Kast fighting lorces with thousands of troops landed in Egypt, to be despatched Imanediately to fronts "somewhere in the Middle East." $3,861,053,312 Contract In Washington last week the United States placed orders for 201 warships Involving an outlay of $3,801,053,312 â€" the largest defence contract ever let In American his- tory. The order followed a few hours after President Roosevelt's signature of the J5,251,000,000 de- fense appropriation bill at Hyde Park. The United States' gigantic preparedness program was moving ahead. U. 8. After World Supremacy Commenting on domestic affairs, the U. S. columnist, Raymond Clap- per, wrote last week: "Our role is to seize world naval and air sup- remacy . . . Our role is to be hard- headed and shrewd and to play with cold calculation for the stakes that are within our grasp . . . Our role Is to assist the British to hold out so that they can preserve their sea power . . . We must solidify the western hemisphere." . . . Birdmen From Canada At home in Canada, the deputy- minister of defence for air, James S. Duncan, announced that thous- ands of fighting pilots, air gunners and observers trained In Canada •would "soon" start streaming to- ward England to fight with the R. A. F. "Our task," he said, "Is to provide the United Kingdom with an ever-Increasing flow of air crews, whose arrival overseas is to coincide with ever-increasing supply of aircraft from British and American sources." . . . The Canadian-American joint de- fense board sat In Washington dis- cussing air and nav; 1 bases, stra- tegic highways, military suppl'les for Canada. As a result of its de- cision, it was expecte<l (as one Can- adian writer expressed It) that "Be- fore long the Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes will fly tosether over Canadian strongholds on At- lantic and Pacific coast . . . Before long Canadian pilots will fly over American soil and American pilots over Canadian soil." . . . 534.000,000 Bushels If the war had not been going on. the bumper ei-op In the Canad- ian West (more bumper even than last year) would have been head- line news every day of the week . . . and the problem of what to do with 334,000.000 bushels of 1940 wheat would have occupied the main field of attention , . . Never- theless the government was btisy on a plan whereby cash might be advanced to farmers for the wheat they must keep at home â€" there would lip no room to store it in the elevators. Lives in a Fish at the widest point. The interior is fitted with submarine equip- ment, blowers, oxygen apparatus, air pump, respirator, and storage batteries. Already Mr. Conneit has made 300 trips in his queer fish, and has travelled as far as fourteen miles under water in a single journey. As his periscope is only four feet long, he usually runs at a depth of three feet below the waves, but he has been down to thirty. Aluminum Goes Into Aircraft Rationed For Dominion New â€" Being Diverted From Cook- ing Utensils to Plane Manu- facture The most ruthless rationing Oan- adi.ins encounter in Oils war has Just been Initiated In the case of aluminium, says a story in the Toronto Globe and Mail. It will be gradual In some cases, abrupt In others, depending on the time in- dustry takes to complete articles now in process of manufacture. Aluminum cooking utensils are on the prohibited list and as soon as present factory production is completed not another aluminum dish will be made in Canada until alrplain requirements are filled. During the last session of Parlia- ment Munitions Minister C. D. Howe forecast the restrictions, but the present rationing system has been put into effect with the fuU VOICE OF THE PRESS THE RIGHT WORD FOR IT We scarcely know what to make of the situation between Italy and Greece, but the Greek* likely have a word for i:. â€" Kingston Whig-Standard. NOT ALL PLEASURE Hitler and the heada:h'?a of his new Europe bring t) mind the widow who was having so :nuch trouble with the estate she almost wished her husband hadn't died. â€" Winnipeg Tribune. EMPHASIS ON "DO" That quaint and friendly ex- pression of the West, "pl-jised to t.-.eet you," has almosr disap- peared. It was a stereotTped, if sometimes insincere greeting, and has been replaced by the old time formala, "how do yvi do," which is more convcntioinl and •vhich c:mmits lis use; *,. a:)th- ing. â€" Vicioria Daily Colonist A CITIZEN'S PRIVILEGE Ottawa would do well ti) en- courage the expression of in- formed criticism, even \\':\in this is directed at military m;;i3tires, provided it is not helpfu! to the enemy. I'his is not the Government's jirivate war. It is the people's war. They are froing to pay for it â€" in life, in health and in treasure. They have a r;ght to be curious about policies adapted and steps taken. They have a right to make suggestion; and of- fer constructive criticistr.. That is the privilege of ci:-:«!r,£hip in a democracy. â€" Edmonton .7)-rnal co-operation of the indasrry with- out a public aDnounccmen^ There Is just atout eno-iigh al- unlnum used in cooking -itensils every year in Canada to aiake a thousand an-plane-s. CANADA TOP ALUMLVUM PRODUCER ("anada produces naore aluminum per capita than any other coun- try in the world and is climbing rapidly toward the top in toisU pro- duction. British plane factories are relying more and more ou Canad- ian aluminum and a,ction to control its use In non-essential products has been taken in time to ^keep pace with the need*, officials aay. Canadian Natioinal Railways Revenues The gross revenues of the all- inclusive Canadian National Rail- ways System for the week ending September 7, 1940, were $4,696,182 as compared with 4.165,511 for the corresponding period of 193P, an in- crease of $ j30.$71 or 12.7 ci UFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Nelier Probably the only person in the world to own a private sub- marine is Mr. Barney I'onnett, of Chicago, who has a home-made affair which resembles a huge fish, I'omplete with mouth, eye.-, fins, tail, and scale.*. It is 11 ft. long, 37 ins. high, and 23 ins. -.And stay out until I get my houaecleaning clone ! 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