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VOICE OF THE PRESS JUST TOO TOUGH It will be Toronto'* bad hiok if ft becomes a ral seaport only to find that it can't get credit for the fact and moat be referred to merely at "A southern Ontario port" Toronto Star TIMBERLESS FARMS There are plenty of farina In Old Ontario where the owner can- not cut a ttick, or a atake or * prop. It IB not well for a farmer to ba entirely at the mercy of the fuel barons and the lumber merchants. Plant at least 500 trees! Farmer'* Advocate REDUCE NIGHT SPEED Ontario had 642 traffic fatal i- tlea In 1940 an increase of 70 over 1989 and more than out- half of them occurred at night. This fact givea point to the sug- gestion that the legal ipeed limit automticaily should be reduced when darknesa falla, perhaps to 36 in.p.h. on the highways and 20 on city streets. Ottawa Journal In Every Hundred One Is Stutterer Defect Usually Develops In Fifth Grade of Public Schools Boys Suffer Oftener Prof. Harry J. Heltman o< Syracuse University believe* there Is little if any truth in the saying that left-handed children, who later were taught to use their rijrht hands-, are stutterers. Heltman, chairman of the School of Speech and Dramatics at Syracuse, told a local Science forum that of 1,600 tested stud- ents entering Syracuse, only one of 77 who had their handedness Hanged, was afflicted. Heltman said there are about 1,800,000 persons in the United States who stutter. The ratio ia ene stutterer among every 100 persons. MORE BOYS STUTTER "It Is interesting to note," he added, "that stuttering is likely to develop in children during !he fifth grade in school when they are about 11 years old. It is also difficult to explain," he added, "why boys have a greater ten- dency to stutter than girls." Prof. Heltman said-there arc at least three times as many boys afflicted as are girls. Light Pillows Indicate Quality A pillow can be checked for resilience by depressing its centre with the palm of the hand. If it quickly regains its shape after the pressure is removed, there to atill life and buoyancy in the feathers. If not, it ic indication tat the feathers are probably worn out and a new pillow need- ed. Good quality feather pillows are light in weight an all-down pillow 21 by 27 inches weighs aJM>ut one and a half pounds, fooe and chicken feather pillows of the tame size weigh one and two pounds more respectively. The Book Shelf. "BETWEEN TWO WORLDS") By Upton Sinclair This new novel by the eminent American writer is three tilings in one a fascinating story rich with incident ami intrigue; an in- timi.tc review of significant ev- ents in that turbulent, wealthy era which Ix-^an with the Treaty f Versailles and ended with the 1929 crash; and an analysis of tlM ills that l>f-M I. our times. The book includes six full- length love stories; four wedding* Mid two separations; two murders and one near-hanging. The scenes re set in a Riviera villa, a Gcr- iran castle, three French chateaux and an imitation one on Long Jelaml ; three yacht cruises and any visits to I'nriv, London, Berlin, Munich, Geneva, Genoa, Bom* and Leningrad. Historic characters met on the pages in- dud* Hitler, Mussolini, John aVifent, Lincoln Steffens, Isadora Duncan and Sir Basil /arahoff. Sinclair's central theme ia world of the twentieth con- tary, and It U enough to have hv<1 In that time to understand and enjoy the story. The title ia taken from lines by Arnold . . . "Between two worlds, $e ene dead, the other power- tsNN to b born." "Between Two Worlds" . . . by Upton Sinclair . . . Toronto: Mc mUUn Company of Canada . . . $9.11. Fire hydrants of different col- ours according to the nixo of the water main* serving them are in UM In Aniinii.v.'. in Mnrylnnd, U.S.A. MONSTER OF THE AIR FLIES TO BRITAIN FROM U.S. On the way to England for vice there, or on one of the Empire air lines, a huge Boeinjr dinner tope temporarily at Laguardia Field after flying from Seattle. THE W AR W E E K Commentary on Current Events U. S. PREPARES TO FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY AGAIN "Freedom of democracy In the world ... la the kind of faith for which we have fought before, for the existence of which we are ever ready to fight again." U. S. President Roosevelt. The story of last we*k's> develop- ments In the war abroad was punc- tuated on this side of the Atlantic by a series of sharp, ''more action" utterances which cunie from the lips of tb key men In Ui Roose- velt Cabinet and from the Presi- dent himself. In a speech dedicating UK a ahrlne the birthplace of Great War Pereldent Woodiow Wilson, Mr. Iloosevelt clearly annunciated the .American decision "we are ever ready to fight again, for the free- dom of democracy in the world." Calling For "More Action" Jjiet weak as the T"nHf>d .States stood on the brink beforu derlar- log formal war on tho Axl, the United Press published a review of some of the significant state- ment made within the previous month by responsible U. S. Govern- ment officials aud Influential lead- ers. It showed how "stop-by step" the United States had been ab- andoning Its non-belligerent policy and preparing for Intervention on the side of Britain: April 9 (Maritime Commission Chairman Emory S. Land) "In ' the field of flipping aid to Britain, there Is a huge bonfire burning the submarine menace . . . We might well auk onrselvoe In our all-out aid to Britain If we. could not give greater help by aiding the British to put ou', the fire rather than by concentrating mot of our efforts on feeding It with fuel." April 24 (Secretary of State Cor- dell Hull) "It IB high tlui- that the remaining free countries should arm to the fullest extent and Jn the brlofost time humanly poa- siblo and act for their se.lf-i . -i -r- vatlon . . . Aid (to Britain) must reach Its destination In the short- est time In maximum quantity. So wnye miiBt be found to do thlt." "Make Promite Good" April 24 (Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox) "We have (livlared that the fight that Kngland is mak- ing Is our fight . . . Having gone thus far wo ranuot back down . . . Hitler cannot allow our waf sup- plies anil food to reach England n will bft defeated If they do. Wo cannot allow our Koods to be sunk In the Atlantic we shall be bent- en If they are-. We ran.st make our i- i.n i> i, gone) to >.' i. aid to Hrl- tain. We must, see the job through." April 25 ( President Hoonevelt} "United States neutrality patrols will b sent an tar Into tli waters of the st>vpn seim us inaj be ne- e&sary for the protection of rhe American hemisphere." April 39 (President Roosevelt) "Legal authority exist* to send American warships into combat tones . . . this does not necessar- lly mean such action will be- tak- en." Course Chosen April 29 (Secretary of Commerce Jwsse Jones) "We have chosen our course ... to give all possible aid to those countries which are fighting to preserve their Inde- pendence ami our way of life . . . more sacrifice* are In store for u.'' April HO (President Roosevelt) "\V must fight this threat (of a* iTcssion) wherever it appears . . ." A Critical Situation May 2 (President Roosevelt) "Arms production must be stepped up to meet the wer-increasiiig de- mands for munitions, planes and "hips, caused by the critical situa- tion which confronts our nation." May S (Wendell Wlllkle) "The 8ia:p of sinking* Is so serious ih.it we should protect our cargoes of arms and foods to England." May 4 President Roosevelt's statement quoted at the head of this column. May 5 (President Roosevelt) "Command of (lie air by the democ- iii. I s must and can be achieved." (Increased production of henyy bombers had been ordered.) May E (House Naval Affairs Com- mittee Chairman Carl Vluson "I am for convoys now." May 6 i lle.p. E. E. Cox. Dem., Georgia) "Of course we are going to convoy and we are going to convoy right away." "Shall We Now Flinch?" May 8 (Secretary of War Henry S'imson) "Shall we now flinch niul permit our billions of dollars wiTth of munitions to be sunk In tlii' Atlantic? Jf today the t'liited St'ites Nnvy should make secure tli sea for tho delivery of muni- Ions to Britain, It will render as sn-eat a service to our own coun- try and to the preservation of Am- erican freedom an It has ever ren- dered In all its glorious history. Supplementing the efforts of the British Navy, it can render secure, all the ovt-ana, north aud south, i.-<t find cant, which surround our continent. In that way, it cun he/lp to hold in check the onward rush of the. tide of nnzlsm until the other defence force* of all the democ- racies are completed." Mediterranean Crlsla f- .ill' - the crisis In the Hal tie of the Atlantic, new threats wore developing for Britain In the Mixll- trrraneun basin in North Africa, where tho Herman army was re- ported Htroitgly reinforced prepar- atory to concurrent drives toward Suez and the Atlantic; and in oil- rich Iraq, Britain's air bos for the whole Middle East, where Nazi- inspired revolt flared, appeared to be in danger of spreading to en- velop neighboring Arab countries. In the latter case the possibilities would have to be taken into con- sideration, that a vast Arabian force would be thrown against the British In the Near Kast; thai tne Axis powers would gain the bases they needed to develop ihelr drive from the east against the Suei Canal and Egypt; that Britain would lose ess-iit In! oil pipeline* which feed her Mediterranean fleet. Smoking Out Turkey Til, in y was In a worse spot than Yer la^t week. Following the occu- pation by Germany of more Greek Islands in the Aegean, Associated Press" Kh HI- Simpson wrote: "Tur- key U menaced by the possibility of air bombardment or invasion from her Black Sea front to her southern ccaotline In the eastern Mediterranean it ehe resists mounting Nazi pressure to abandon her British alignment. Her eastern frontiers aud contacts with her British allies are menaced by the Anglo-Iraq conflict, and she Is re- ported also hastily reinforcing her defence on the Turkish-Iran border In fear that the war in Iraq may spread in that direction." (Study of the map recommended). The Waking Bear On May Day, while signs multi- plied of increasing tension in Hn: -., lt , ; man relations, the De- fence Commissar of the Soviet Un- ion S. K. Tlmoshenko issued a warning that Russia had reorganiz- ed her nrmed forces "In the' light of experience and modern war- fare" and was ready for any "sur- prised." He declared that the U. 8. S. R. was ready to "offer an anni- hilating re-buff to any encroach- ments by Imperialists." That same week Josef Stalin became Premier of the Soviet Union, a sign that Russia was consolidating h>-r \ . i strength for the days that lay ahead. Reports emanating from Vichy told of a huge "about face" of Rus- sia's military strength and a shift- ing of large land, sea and air !' southward toward the Balkan and Nflor Eastern frontiers. Although the reports contained no bint of any kind of Impending Soviet mil- itary action they were descrlhed In Vichy aa revealing a general "jockeying for position" through- out the Near Kast from the s lllack Sea to the Persian Gulf. The Sov- iet High Command also was said to have decided on an extensive reinforcement of its fleets In tho Black Sea and Caspian due, accord- ing to some versions, to the pres- ence of Italian and Germim naval forces in that urea. Theso Russian naval forces, mostly 'transf. -rn-il fnim the Baltic, were beli.'ved to, include submarine!! and torpedo boats. Free Aeroplane Pictures JJEHE IS ALL YOU HA VETO DO: Jp B?t photos of the following aeroplpnci Bpitfirr . . . Defiant . . . Hurricane . Airacobra . . . Fairey Battle Ptane . . UskSMSd HucUcn . . . 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Fur obtain -d from the skins of the common rabbit can be treated and dyed until it resembles that of almost any other animal BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS Personal income tax rates increased to 15 per cent on firt $1,000 taxable income from present r*te of six and ight per cent. Excess profits tax flat rate increased from 12 per cent to 22 per cent making minimum Corporation Tax now 40 per cent. National Defence Tax rates increased from two to five per cent and from three to seven per cent effective July 1, nd exemptions slightly increased. Budget proposes new Succession Duty Tax Act to be- come effective when legislation given Royal Assent, patterned after Provincial Acts. * New tax of three cents per imperial gallon imposed on gasoline ffective April 30, 1941. (No previous Federal gasoline tax.) New 20 per cent -tax imposed on moving picture enter- tainment and five per cent tax placed on race-track wagers, effective immediately. * Tax on automobiles valued at $900 or less increased f-om 20 per cent to 25 per cent; other group classes tax unchanged. General sales tax level remains unchanged; bui'di ig materials removed from exempt list. ^ Sugar tax increased from one cent to two cents a pound, and on glucose by half a cent to one cent. New tax of 10 per cent on rail and air travel tickets cost- ing more than SO cents. Tax on malt increased from 1O cents to 12 cents and on domestic malt syrup from 15 cents to 18 cents, eauivalent to about five cents a gallon on beer. * Ordinary wines tax increased from IS cents to 40 cents per gallon, and on sparkling wines from $1.50 to $2 a gallon. Carbonic acid gas tax increased from five cents to 25 cents per pound increasing "soft drink" costs by less than one cent a bottle. Cosmetic and toilet preparations rate increased from 10 per cent to 25 per cent. Long distance telephone call tax increased from six per cent to 10 per cent with maximum of 50 cents from a pay station. Tax on playing cards increased from 10 cents to 15 cents a pack. Tax on pocket lighters increased from 20 per cent to 25 per cent and on combination lighters and cases from 10 per cent to 25 per cent. Paper cigarette tubes increased from five cects to ten cents per 100. New tariff concessions granted United Kingdom on vari- ety of commodities including woollens and footwear. * * Provincial governments asked to vacate personal and corporation income tax field for duration of %.,-.-. with equi- valent compensation granted by Federal Treasury. New taxation expected to yield $300,000,000 in full fiscal year. * Total revenue for current fiscal year estimated at $1,* 150,000,000. Total war and ordinary expenditures for current fiscal year to be at least $1,768,000,000. Deficit for current fiscal yeir estimated at $618,000,000. Canada taking responsibility for deficit in British foreign exchange account on purchases in Canada amounting possibly to $900,000,000 in fiscal year 1941-42. British exchange drficit added to Canadian budget de- ficit means Canada may have total budgetary deficit for year 1941-42 of approximately $1,500,000,000. * Apart f IT in money new taxation produces and payments into supercnnuation, annuity and other funds held by Govern- in. :. and war savings, Government expects necessity bor> rowing from people and institutions approximately $1,000,> 000,000 this fisc.tl year. v* * ' * New -construction and equipping of industrial plant to be licensed as from today to control investments. REG'LAR FELLERS-A Wise Guy By GENE BYRNES I LENT BAQQY SCANLON A NICKFL AN' HE WONT QlVE IT BACK TO ME' ' DID YOU LCNO IT TO 'IM OR QIVC ro 'IM f* DON'T YOU KNOW THAT ITS BETTER TO QIVK THAN TO UCMD, AN' IT C03T3 EXACTLY THE SAME PRICE'