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THIS, CURIOUS WORLD ?, William Ferguson COM. 1111 BY NIA VL MAIA, FI.FCTRA, MEROPE. ATLAS, PL.EIONE ANC> AL-OONE ARE THE FAAAOUS SOME c*= TH INSSCT5 ARE THE THEY LOSE CONTROL. AND ARE <CARRJED UP BV CrUSTB OF AIR.. IN THE STAR GROUP, AAOST SPRJNTQ3S R.UNJ THE: WITHOUT ONE o! the best known groups of stars in the heavens is the -j, \\hich Ii'-qutntly is erroneously cnlled the "little clipper." Tin -.- "Si-Mii Si-tcis" figured prominently in ancient celebrations Ol the beginning of spring, since they once marked the sun's place- In the I:C,A rn-. ,ii it crossed the equator traveling north. NEXT: red bail fell. OTTAWA REPORTS Th:-t New Regulations Will Tighten Control On Purchase Of Farm Machinery Kami machinery production and use is being watohed anxiously by the Covernmeut those days. Ottawu is very conscious of tho fact that vital food production may be affected by any miscalcu- lations of the requirement of the farmers in this direction. In spite of the fwt that quotas for manufacture of farm equip- ment have b(;i-n very considerably enlarged during rceut months. new equipment Is siiii difficult to obtain compared with normal tlmeu. It in still necessary to ra- tion a wide variety of items of farm machinery and r><iuti>ment and to otherwise control the Rale of these goods, and the Adminis- trator of Kami Machinery for the Wart ime Prices aurt Tradi' Board b*B announced pome new regu- lation* which tighten thft control over conditions under which nnw farm machinery It sold. War material must coino first and implement iilunta both In Can- ada and the Trilled States are >-(l on ar orders,, The <tnni''y of rnrlal. although Improv- ed, Is mi' yi'i nearly adequate. this I-C*|I.T! tljat a-THniM-iiientB hav been mude li> Mr Dlnom, ill* Kami \lii' MIIITV Administra- tor. -with l In- I'nltod Slafi-.i War Production Hoard for the release of greater aupiilii's of metal for u.if In making farm machinery. * The now refutations now an- nounced and Included In a Reu- BNll I'uiiHol Illation of the fariu machinery rationing order, con- cern the sale* of machinery. Oue prohibits a dealer from putting: in his own nsfe machinery that he lias obtained for re-sale to customers, unle lie has proper permission from (lie Hoard to do *o. Another provision Is designed to prevent farmpid from s.-llmt/ used equipment merely for the of obtaining now. Km in on, no application for new iiient will In' cuiinidereil In lhi'H>- iii.si-s unless Ihe farmer has previously fili-d with the Hoard's reprnflontalivi-, a statement de- scribing the tifieil equipiui'iit be Mold, giving his iiMMins fur soil- Ing it, and ;i description of tho nw machinery he Intends lf> buy. It U HM'l,-s:i tor him to try lo proceed with liln purchase- MM loss lie i'-i a nnllci: from Hoard'* rcpiv.v -illative Ihat try breeders across the country. Tha Department of Agriculture Nun announced that additional sup plies of anthracite coal will be imported from the United States for th exclusive use of poultry breeders and hatcheries. This will apply to the districts where this fuel IB customarily used. The other announcement comes from the Wartime Prices and Trade Hoard and places a cellini; on the prices of both soluble aud Insoluble types of poultry grit. Th* celling prices which went in- to effect on December 18, affect manufacturers, Importers, wholfl- salers and retailers. now tin- Ills application for Ilin new equipment. will be given conMderHflnn * Another provWmi IKIH been made which Is (b'slj-'iied to pr- vent farmori". who have alrisiily lieen refused .i|.|iin ,it iiii> for new machinery, from repenting; their application IhroiiKh relatives. The Hoard now required thai applica- tions fur nr murhhiKvy must rom<> only from Ihose who have ft IriiHehoM or frenhobl interest In the |ii.'|irrn on which tin- new miirhinery In to be UM'il Hownver It is Homo help to know (bat repairs for farm equipment are not on Ihe lAlloned lint, and Hint there am siimn thirty ite.tn* of new i i|'iii>mi-ni \vliiih am not rut itinoil. Coil for Poultry Breeder* Two aimouiurnii.'iiH j will he jjiwil news to poul- VOICE OF THE PRESS KNOWS HOW i "inn. > illi- < lii.Mii, ! would likA to know: "Why do people pud money they have not got to buy things they don't lined to tmpresi people they don't like?" All w can suggest Is the standard wo man's reason because. Owen Sound Suti-Tlmci o MAKES HIM SQUIRM Hitler must find it a pain iu the ner-k to road the, handwriting on the wall tthi-n in- back U almost against the name. Kitchener Record, o EACH GOT HIS DESERTS A Canadian soldier paid 1 for a bottle of whisky In an Kdlii- bnrvh pub. Th Canadian got cold tea Inntead of wbiRky, aud tlie pub owner got 30 days. Neither got what he wanted, but what each got was good for him. - -Ottawa Journal o FAR BELOW CANINE LEVEL Detroit, police arrented group of professional dog fight fans. A dug fight promoter is a man sev- eral demvi'K below it dog. Detroit Free Press o A NIGGER IN THAT WOOOPILF. Auk some consumers about coal, and they Rhout: "For peat's saVp ilmi'i mention It!" Hamilton Spectator. o WHAT? AGAIN' Mi'WMimpers, like ladleH, have In l)n careful. When there's a letdown lliolr slip shows. Ottawa Pitlzfii. THE WAR WEEK ' Commentary on Current fcvents Eisenhower To Direct Western Assault Into Heart of Germany A three-front luuil offensive to be launched simultaneously agalust CitM'Biaiiy from Kusala. from Italy and from Britain acron* tha Channel, with Gen. Dwight D. K Isrnhower In supreme com- inaii'l of tin 1 \ IIL',|II XmiM-ii .in MI vasi'vn army, was ilisdosftl by I'resiiltMit Kooscvelt in his f'hrist- raas Day radiocast to the nation and to this Hi'iiied forces In every tlmat r of Tim glolip. writes a cor- responds* I of The C'liristian Sci- ence Won! tor. Ths Cairo and TVheran. Iran, coiif- -reliefs with Marshal Joseph Stalin. (ii'iiiTalisHimo Chiang Kai- ahek ai;<l Prime Minister Winston Churchill brought. Hit- F'rcslitent anno unreel, ngreviuitnt "on every point ocn corned with the launch- Ing of a Kigali! ie attack upon Ger- man >'.'' Mr. Iloi>st'velt revealed Hie broad pattern of the climatic operations now In the making. Campaign High Lights He evitlentlv felt it wouhl l>e Tlie Book Shelf Forges of Freedom By Franklin Davey McDowell I. ike ;i tu|ic'stry c-ome to life this novel of t'oiirfi'cnlli century EtiKliinil presents ;i vivid |ianm ama of life In that romantic and turbulent :i.se when tlic roads of Englunil were the iiK'i'timj-I'lact' of kninlils and minstrels, merch- ants and iiedlars. outlaws ami oonsi>irutors. Mr. McDowell re-civutcs lirii- lltmtly the medieval scene and the pattern of life In KiiRlancl when, after- thro*> hundred years of Nor- man occupation. Knglishmen from over> walk of life drew their nwords or forged them to figrlit for freedom. There are many dramatic meet- ings in this novel, pictured in al! Ihe pageantry of tin- period: the meeting of John of Cuiiut and the "Grossnrs"; tlie nmrcli on Ixmdoij when \\*atl Tyler met the Kint; Mid hlB followers with Sir John da liveware. Lord William de Ros anil Iheir par! isinis. Forges of Freedom tella the storv of that critical period of McDowell xiin political development when tlie Knullsli first appeared A a nut ion. VIr. McDowell is the author at The Chain|iluin Itoatl, an hisim leal romance of Ancient Iliirouta, In Ontario's (ionrKlnn Hay IHs trlot, wliioli won the Oovernor- (lOiioral's Award for Kletton In 1939. itlrniii.nl for many > ns with Hi-- Canadian National Hallways us i'ui>) Idly Representative for tlie Central lloKluii. Mr. McDowell Is one of the umny fiction writers ira.ine.il by practical* Journalism, \Vi<lely kiniwn ainoiic; press and ma Kit/Jin- writers, his narly years were RVM-III us a reporter anil fea- ture writer, anil lie uitrKed for a In Ilit- I'nliftl Kingdom ?s of Freedom ... By Franklin Davey McDowell . . . The Macmillan Company . . . . Price $3.50. no help to the enemy to make known: That tlie Uiissiaii Army will continue its stery offensives on Germany's Eastern Front. That the. Allied armies in Italy and Africa will bring relentless pressure on Germany from the south. And that the ciu-ircleiiient will be complete as Rival American and Iirltish forces attack from other points of the compass. The President explained that General Kisenhowcr w;ia selected tn Iviul the combined attack from these other points because "his performances In Africa. Sicily and Italy have been brilliant" and be- cause "be knows by practical and successful experience the way to ro-ordliialo air. sea. mid land power." Shifts In Commanders London revealed that General Kiseiihower's assistant will be (Jen. Sir Dcrnard L. Montgomery, the famed commander of Hritain's KiKhtti Army, that Gen. Sir Henry >tairl:iinl Wilson will succeed (Jen. Kiserihower in the Metliter- r.ii'i'un with an American general nssisilns him. anil that Gen. Sir Harold Alexander will command the Allied forces In Italy. A Itritish officer, to be an- nounced by I' r i m e Minister Churchill, will succeed General Kisenhmvor in ihe Mediterranean anil both the new commanders will have American and British subordinate, commanders. The choice of an Amei Icaji for tin- I'hannel operation was dlc- tuteil liy tin- proportion of the burden to be borne there by Am- erican forces. The Mediterranean is to become largely a British uu- ((rlakliiK. Ilritish troops have from the l>cginniii carried most of the loud and now provide near- ly three fourths of the troops op- erating in Italy. American forces entered that area originally on tlie assumption that the French In Africa would ivsNt Americans less tenaciously than they would resist the Bri- tish. French Africa now being In the war as an ally, that factor no loiiRer governs. America's land welsh! In Kurope therefore shifts hack in Kiiqland as a base and an American commander be- comes logical for that area. Magnitude of Problem - Indicating the gathering strik- ing force now available In Britain and the powerful reserves which will be ready to follow up the coming cross-Channel Invasion, as well as other operations. Mr. Uiwse velt said "there are now 3,- 800.000 men in the American arm- ed forces serving overseas and that by July this number will rise to over "i.Otiil.OOO. Hut with the settling upon Gen- eral Kisenhower for the invasion command comes new Indications if the magnitude of his problem. The time cannot be very far In the distance. To lake the fullest advantage of the Iliisslnn winter offensive it must conic; in the very early sprint; before the spring tbaws In liussia, or not much after the beginning of tlie thaw. The Ormans must not be allow- ed time to move forces from the Eastern to the Western Fronts. Element of Haste That writes an element of urg- ent hasie into the preinvaslon bom bl UK schedule. Not only must maximum damage be done to Ger- man war Industry during the next two or three months, but the In- vasion coast Itself must he soft- ened and Hit! primary coast de- fenses must be reduced to the minimum possible effectiveness. The President frankly warned that the biggest ami costliest bat- tles are still to be fought, and he nald of the planned invasion, 'hough its success was certain, 1(9 cost would be high and the time might be long. Poor Fido I'rituin has saved 4(!0 thousand tons of shipping space in a year by importing "telescoped" meat. This is meat from which all bones hiivi been removed. CANADIANS IN SICILY These ancient ruins in Sicily, crumbling evidence of a former civilization, was the setting for this Church of England communion beinjr given here to a group of Canadians by Major Serson Clarke, of Ottawa, after a recent church service. (Canadian Army Over- seas Photo). Some Kind Word* For Lowly Skunk The lowly skunk" has been given a lot of most undeserved oub- licity, according to a man who claims to know much about these little animals, says The Trenton Courier Advocate. This man tells us that when a skunk is trapped, the other skunks will bring him a bed to lie on. Further than that, the) will bring him food. He says he can prove this. If what this man gays is true, and we are not doubting him a bit, name any other animul, wild or tame, that is so considerate of ita own at a time like that. Newfoundlanders Doing Full Share Out of a male population in Newfoundland of 40,000 between the ages of 20 and 40, more than a quarter have volunteered to serve abroad. Numbers of these men are with Newfoundland Ar- tillery Uegimei.ts of the I'nited Kingdom forces; with tht Koyal Navy, the Koyal Air Force, the Merchant Marine and the Forestry Unit. Many have enlisted in the Canadian armed forces. In this war RS in thp former world strug- gle, the Newfoundlanders are do- ing their full share of the fig>ht- ing. Still Gets Around On High-Wheeler From Kegina conies a picture of a man in his seventies riding high-wheel bicycle, relates tha Woodstock Sentinel-Review. Thi machine, more than half a cen- tury old. is used today just as the ordinary bicycle or automobile for the purpose of "getting around." What a difference IK mechanism ami in time aud events between that high-wheeler and the latest tank. The owner of the high-wliveler Is U. J. King, a Kegina contrac- tor. He says he "learned to get .ou.^ba^. thing (quite a chores back it: Wiiigham, Ontario, 50 years a|k>." '<Mr. King said that h "used to go to work on It back in On- tario-- -Went a-courtlu' on it, too." Not without Interest, In tha light of the story and background of tnrls high-wheeler, is the tact that It was built In Coventry. England. The firm which built it was still making bicycles when the war broke out. Probably the firm's building was blown to bit In 1 the infamous Coventry blitx. The machine's front wheel is about -Vi feet high. Tires are solid rubber. "Sometimes." says Mr. King, "if you lose your bal- ance, she'll throw you like a buck- ing broncho." With no attempt at lightness. It should be said that such news as this helps all to keep their balance in a troub- led world. THE MORNING FRONT DOOR By GLUYAS WILLIAMS WONT DOOR OPENS F&3NT DOOR SUMS FATHER OfEMS IT A FEW . jr. _ TO SHOUT HOW MAMV UKTER TIME600ESHEHWE ?EH5i, TO REMIND HIM NCT FATHER TO SUM THE POOR Of f TO HIS TRAIM s AMP JUNIOR ftOLTS TOUT BEHIND OUT ON HIS WAV *M TO SCHOOL AtMOiT IMMEDIATE- POOR If-OPFNEp A Ft W SECONDS "'DOOR IS RUNG A6AIN AS MOTHER LATER DOOR K DD SOMETIME o?tw AND SLAMMED SHOUTS AFTER JUM- BURST" OPEN AS Houst^rr'tNft CLHUT I-,AIU a<, .HIM- im TAra-m-i no evrttio o,T?7,? 52lKfJ5fJ.l ll Jl wrcw nrtv Ju-Mi'" t ntv nuv i;> t\r itKWVN- OvVOI OVfcN AS HftLKlr APTTIWit rfy n SHUT AGAW AS JUS- IDK TO CATCH UP FATH6R ROSHES BECAUSE HE LE^ IOR HURRIES IN WITH HIS FATHER BACK FOR HIS POOR OPtN AND AMD OUT FOR MB ANP REMIND HIM BRIEF f-ftSE SHumteNTlKoR H>SEL 35 T TDOTHftsTE fQRTHEMMtNlM? REG'LAR FELAERS The Human Transport WHX AREN T XDU OtJT FI&HTIMG WITH THE RESTOFTHr ARMY, PfNHEAO ? GOODNESS? THATi NO WAV TO PLAV SOLDIER - TC> DESERT IN , TIAAE OF BATTLE.' By GENE BYRNES f OH,t OONT MIND THE BATTLE /"X WHAT GETS ME IS THAT JIMMIE I . OIJ5AN ALWAYS MAKES BELIEVE / V ME'S WOUNDED AN' IT'S UP TO / ME TO LU6 'IM HOME / . ^ NOT ME, MOM. I KNOW WHEN I'M WELL OFF, SO I'M 5TAVIN' HOME .' S