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- ~ ~ s~s,*.< ~ ,., THURSDAY, JULY 6th, 1944 PAGJTRE f Il.. DrCapt El Man Can Live About Ti minutes without air, about ti days without water, about thi weeks without food. Man can net tive by bre alone-but he starves in a mai Î dayE without bread. ÎRI is strange how ail around we see simple pewerful prc( that ail creation is gevenned1 laws. Man may not yet knc how ail the laws eperate, or evi what they are, but some cf the are so well un- derstocd that .. even the child takes them for granted. Yet se bewildered have human beings. become by the'~ complications cf' their ways of life that we pay. the price, time ': after timefor' our failue te human institu- tiens and per s o nal actions there funda- mental laws. People use the term -free as tù air" te express the mcst obvici fcrm cf the bounty cf nature. Yi the air is net free and pure. Fe great cities could pass the testg previding free, pure air fera their inhabitants In such places as St. Louis,c Manchester, or Trail, or Montrea ne ene would argue that the a was pure. The peet Blake coul write about the "dark Satari Smills" cf England. The boysc a hockey team cf one Canadia milli.ng centre caîl themselves th "smoke eaters." But dwellers on some swan city street, or even rural speed way, may also neyer draw breath free cf poisonous carbon monoxide, which our mode 'r horseless chariots leave behinc like the deadly sting in the in visible tail. For Years This Puz zle Has baffled me: How human beings will grant some truths in prin- ciple - then deny them just as completely in practice. Between the wars aimost everybody would admit that stag- nation in world trade was a chief cause cf our economie troubles. No economist would dream of arguing, in principle, that any nation could continue to seli in- definitely unless it was willing to buy in return. But in actual practice almost ail the nations denied in fact what they-what wie all-admitted in theory. It was what one of the sacred writers calîs "having a c* m f Godliness but denying ...e power thereof." Now it is more necessary than it ev4q was in ail the history of mankind to make our practices conform with our precepts. This War Has-Shown That An almost infinite expansion cf pro- 1duction is possible in Canada. Granted guaranteed markets, at home or abroad, the figures so far achieved are mitior as coim- pared with what could be. But this war has not shown that we, as a nation, are ready and willing te take the steps that will have te be taken if we are to maintain total production. For it is one thing to shoot away or give away a large part cf our total national production in time of war. It is quite another thing te achieve that total distributionE in time cf peace. For in peacetime you cannoti carry out total distribution cf the1 total production beyond a certainE point without smashing the bottleneck cf the present scarcityf system. And the toll-gate keep-c ers cf the present scarcity sys-1 tem do flot want that .bottleneck, smashed and wcn't let it bed smashed if they can help it. .V * * *f The FamIIy whose interest In d housing is only from the consum-1 er angle may neyer realize the t obstacles that will be placed, foro instance, in the way cf a national n hcusing program which would s, provide a decent house for every o family in Canada. That fagfily i wants a modemn habitation. atp lowest possible cost and in finestm possible surroundings. Its interest o is akin te that cf the builder, and 'j the supplier cf ail sorts cf ma- m teriaIs. The more houses the bet- fi Ic ti w eau Muscs * * , hs te It Must Be a Matter of Speela ride to Canadians that aur ewn hird Division has done as fine a ob as any other formation. They ielped te win this victory whîch 'iii, I believe, rank in histcry as jite as great as Waterloo. The Ulied fonce included the very ick cf the Amenican Army-as Il SeeIut.1 Elmere Philpett ee ter-so far as theý bulder is cen- e cerned. e But se fan as the large corpor- ation owners cf existing city pro- perty are ccncerned-not at ail. id These can nct weicome toc much nr new housing, at toc low a cost. Otherwise the earning value cf Is their shabby city pncperty wculd fs be drasticaily cut - they weuld )y find themselves with white ele- w, phants on their hands-which, ate ýn up existing wealth rather than xadded te it. Heusing is new se scarce in Canada that even with a vast pro- gram lasting severai yeans, ne ,direct head-on collision wouid Soccur between the two ccnflicting interests-. Yet we cannot understand the nature of our national problems, and their solution, without reaiizing that there is that latent conflict. SECOND FRONT VICTORY GREAT AS WATERLOO Port of Cherbourg marks the conclusion of the opening cf the Second Front. The Allies now have an adequâte springboard from which te jump right inte the eheart cf France-and thence te- Is ward Genmany. ýt There h'as been no miitary op- Seration in ail modemn history more skilfully planned, or more effectively carried out than this invasion cf Nonmandy. The rAllies have beaten the Germans on every military level and in 1every war department. The Ger- man High Command was cut- fbrained before the attaçk ever 1began. The site picked fer the landing was selected with such masterly cunnîng that - even rthough the Gemmans must have »knewn that a landing was prob- iable there-they found them- Sselves quite unable te cope with ithe attack when it was made. They wene caught between the devil (or angel) and the deep blue sea. They ceuld net throw ail their pîcked troeps into an ail- eut ceuniter attack. For, had they done sc, they weuld have stripped their defenses at peints much clesen te the heart cf Germany. Yet, even a few days' hesitation in hurling everything they had at the Ncrmandy beachhead ob- viously meant that our beach- head weùld be se swiftly strengthened that it could neyer be blotted eut. The Germans, Therefore Lost the battle-.-e the highest level cf strategy-almost befere it start- ed. But they definitely lcst *the battie itself in the air, at sea, on land ini the very first day. If ever they were going te use their boasted airferce-then was the time. We kncw how a tiny handful cf our boys in Airforce blue held the skies cf Britain, and se saved mankind, in the darkest hours ef 1940. Had the Germans likewise threwn every- thing they had into the defense.- especially their air and sea power -they might at least have inter- fered with our landing sufficient- ly te give their ground defense forces a chance. Yet, they failed te centest the skies-just as they failed te challenge the sea cross- ing. But Montgomery WilI Surely get the personai credit for the decisive part cf the victory on the very first day. It was by sheen chance that our men went ashone at the sixth hour cf the.sixth day cf the sixth month cf 1944. But At was net by chance that they dld what they did do when they land- ed. Orthodox militany tactics cal for the landing forces te grab a chunk cf beach-and te meve in- land, mopping up as they go - inuch like us cld timers used tc do in the Finst World War. That was plaînly what the Germans figured we wculd do. Their whole defense was planned accondingly. rhat was where Monty foeled ;hem. The landing troops had orders te get ashore and filter im- nediately te the prime objectives some ten miles inland. They were ordered te get thene as quickly as posisble-with as littie fighting as possible. In other words, they wene ordened te by-pass as much Killen's. . . AC2 Cameren Stain- welI as the most experienced and battle-tried divisions in the whoie Brifish Army. Our Canadians had neyer fired a shot in actuai battle. Yet they did as weli as the best. This battie was esentiaiiy a Bni- tish-American affair. It killed- let us trust for ail time te core- the ridiculous assumption se as- siduousiy fostered by the Fascists and their dupes or stooges-that the Anglo-Saxon is net a match for the German in land warfare. The Germans used te whisper, "The English will fight te the iast Frenchman." Then they switched it te "the last Russian." They are now discovering that thç unit- ed Anglo-American Army is go- ing te fight te "the iast German." If they do net like that they can run up the white flag in place cfi the pirates' swastika. man's, Kedron. . . Mn. and Mrs. This is subscripticn time! This is subscriptîon time! Zion (Intended for Last Week) Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pascoe and family attended the Pascoe pic- nic at Hampton Park, Saturday. Aif Ayre attended the Fair at Lachute, Que. Visitors: Harry Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond McKnight, Osh- awa, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Vinson and Bobbie, Ebenezer, Fred Brown and Wm. Henderson, Morrish, at Itày Camneron's... Jack Stainton at Clifford and Winghamn.. . Mr. and Mrs. Bern- ard McEwen and Faye, Dunbar- ton, at Wes. Cameron's. . . Miss Helen Cameron attended the an- niversary at Kedron and visited at Ross Lee's. .. Mrs. W. Glaspeli at William's Point. . . Mr. Alva Thompson, Moose Jaw, Mrs. E.1 BOW i n c as PUBLIC SCHOOL OROUNDS9 DO WMAN VILLE Dri"ng Ail the Fam'ly MOSE PARADE at 7.30 p.mm DIS. Assembling at Hodgon's Ser- vice Station, Sharp on Time GOOD PARADE PRIZES 1. Best Character Group, Amxy Number ... $3.00 2.00 1.00 2. Best Decorated Bi- 3. Best Decerated Bi- cycle, Boys -,_. 1.00 .75 4. Best Deoorated Car- riage, Girls .- .... 5. Best Decorated Wagon, Boys -....... 6. Best Oostumed Boy 8. Best Decorated 9 et Pycle fi 10. Best Petonouti 11. Best Clown or Con' Character ....... 1.00 .75 .50 Parade Prize-winners will be announced imsnediately following the Parade and Pruzes will be awarded at the Sound 1.00 .75 .50 1.00 .75 .50 1.00 .75 .50 1.00 .75 .50 1.00 1.00 .5 2.00 1.00 .75 Truck in the Public Sohool Grounds. ROUTE 0F PARADE Assembllng at Hodgson's Service Station Cor. Liberty and King Sts., up King te Silver, Il wm-'- -s.. *5V De U ia tis year. VILLE Grand Prize or PLYMOUINý SEDAN PROCEEDS 0F THE FAIR FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN, WAR AND COM MUNITY SERVICES HELP US TO HELP OTHERS All money raised by Pair and sale of tickets will be spent on Crippled Ohild- rem, War Work and benevolent donations. In the Event of Rain CARNI VAL WILL BE HELD THURSDAY, JULY 6 NEARLY 20 BOOTHS FUN FOR EVERY MEMBER 0F THE FAMILY ---«q Wilbur, Hampton, at Carl Wii- bur's. . . Mr. and Mrs. Christian Stor, Mrs. A. Etter, Toronto, at Hans Geissberger's. . . Sapper Arthur Gerry, Chiiiiwack, B.C., at F. B. Glaspell's. .. Mn. and Mrs. Russell Robbins and Ruth attended t h e anniversary at Mapie Grove and visited at Cecil Jeffrey's. . . Mr. and Mns. Fred Cameron attended farewell Panty at Leslie Warren's, Thornten's Corners for their son, Annold Warren. . . Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Martin and Shirley, Mrs. L. Ford at Mrs. Ed. Parker's, Oshawa ... Mrs. Mel Morgan in Toronto ... Mr. and Mrs. Norman Leach at- tended a presentation at Ponty- pool for Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Youngman (Jean Leach) . . . Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lee and Roy, Pte. Peggy Killen, Toronto, at Robt. ton, St. Thomas, at Russell Stain- ten's. .. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cam- eron with her aunt, Miss L. Bond, Whitby. . . Mr. and Mns. Frank Pascoe and famiiy attended Decoratien Service at Union Cemetery, Oshawa, and visited at Archie Keith's, Oshawa. . . Mrs. Walter Langmaid,, M is se s Florence, Vida and Sibyl Lang- maid, Oshawa, at Frank Pascoe's ...Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Glaspell and Grant, Tyrone, at P. B. Glaspell's. .. Mrs. Norman Leach at Brampton and Toronto... Mrs. Carl Wilbur at Alan Wii- bur's, *Oshawa, and Raiph Wii- bur's, Columbus. .. Mr. and Mrs. Al. Ayre attended Maple Grove Anniversary and visited at Noble Metcalfe's. . . Boyd and Lloyd Ayre, Miss Alne Northcutt, Bowmanviile, at Harvey Cross- Chas. Naylor and Janet at To- TAKE RATION BOOKS WHEN ronte. .. Miss Bernice Chapman, VISITING Toronto, Mrs. Ernest Chapman, Pickering, at A. T. Stainton's. .. Ration officiais suggest that Mn. and Mrs. Wiliis Gladweli, Te- those visiting relatives and others rente, at Aif Ayre's. . . Mr. and for more than a day or two should Mrs. A. T. Stainten at Sam Snow- take their ratio n bocks with them. den's, Rice Lake. This wiil enabie their hostesses, Our softball teamn gave North who may be hard pressed for sup- Oshawa a trimming on Monday plies of rationed gcods, to obtaini night, score 28-23. the addîtional supplies that are W.A. met atb Mrs. Cyril Mum- required. ford's, June l4th, with 18 mem- Loose coupons, should not, bers present and 15 visitons. Rev. however, be taken as they are Rackham gave a short talk. Mrs. valueless in the hands of con- Chas. Nayler gave a paper on sumers and cannot iegaliy be ten- Fiowers. Mrs. Mumford gave dered or accepted for the pur- several selections on her record chase cf rationed goods. player. A nice lunch was served It is further suggested that after which everybody visited rturses and others continuously on Mrs. Mumford's garden. She has duty in househoids should simi- a wonderful display of iris and larly take their ration bocks with peonies. them. 1 Thi is ubscipintm! Ti ssbcpiotme THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE. ONTARIO 1.00 .75 .50 1.00 IL .50 M 0 N S T E R The Kiddies Parade