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Min of Portrait aeT A Portrait of J. S. McLeanl,EquePeidtofCnlaPkes pte y Wnhm eivsrcetypesented to 'Mi. MLe by theemloyesof the firito mr teFortieth Anvrayof i ii enrneinto th- e packing industry Mv MLen asrecýntly pponte Principal Trade AdIvisor o h UuiletdKi.rigdom )FoodMisso t -thiUited States. The FoodMiso lpart of fthe Brit-ish Purchiasilg Cmmsso nowat MWashington.Mv Mcenhas already assumed h 'is dti. JT H E W,& R -W E E K-Ccimmeritary on OCurrent P-venls CANADA, UNITED STATES COMBINE WAR PROGRAMUS :wauS agreedia êea ilep tha Incmbiiz[rngthe îrces cf this, cotinent counta-y should provide their wit.h the dlefe-ncýe ar- Rit l.ý bent able to produce, ahove alil, Produce qiuickly. that proýduction' programis ki bec-odnt1 to this I-Jo;int statemrent lssued yde Park, N.Y., b,-y Pres!- Rooseveit an'd Prime rMin- An arenu f oeuou m- pwotacelu jth hstryof thuscon- tinent aud Of vital conicaru to )ïaIl ,-anains 'was last weelcrace inEHyde Pprk, NY, 'by the chie£ exp.tutIveés oafthe United States sud Csand, udrthçe terme of' which the two largeetCOUntes of èth NwWorld rner1ged their ecolo- mries, to imost pacic prposas, for ,ta produiction of war at lI t'or British aid faud dfnaof ftia iemisphere,. Economies Merged lu AIfthe agreement amount- cd to: J- Aaumundrtakiuig by tine Unite Sbt tt bus between $HP0, 0000and $0,0000worth oýjf deana nd wrmtilifrom-i Cauaod duiring tire cmu year, tins tohepi u Cuda unfaývorable jaan-2. A frtr un mdertakiug by the ùnIed Sats pmactlAyt incnd Cl thaLeasýe-leid arne meýntwthBitain ail unfiuislad war inatarial hl Canda ut- ports froin thr e d States sud hlMo kngcitrrent 1paymauts by Total Union ýinevitabi67 Mauiy Osudfa-rnacehing would jba tiareaulTte of sucJLi a paCt.Numner- uethminking Canadians, takiiig tIïce long-rage viw fi)w lalu tira agreameat a big Step toward the1 ultimte0uin0,' tIie Doiniona wit'h telnte ttsC oot le Goidwin Sit 's d r îe- aim hrouight to îfuition. Toltal oopr atiuon wais sure ,t) olweooi ndpr-oductive oabrtnte a erred. Bul't of more immediata one quenca woukl cartalnly a a vast shlpbu-i nsd armamaens nu- ftungboom lin Cnd.ids rilleaders last weýek esiae th, 'with thle UnitdStutes now needing many things of whch Can- a las a surpl ua empsoymenýt e-pof forty per cent mgtb Over the Border The foreigu exchange situati wihfor- Canada had bceaugrw ig lnr-cre-asinigly ciia a ae eca:-ýredof bytho agree'lt; one pOf vhe minor offhoops wonld be theý liftig of restictions on trav et theUnledStaesby Cnda i! joint Defenice Two dys pevou t he ilydve Park daclaration ha! coma the an- moi~emntfrom thbe Perm.anient, Jint Dfence Boad of Canada and th~ UitadStates, thatstt"c pasorthe militai-y ,nd naal deueof the eastern and eser coa,ýseof Canlada anid the Uie Staes had been comiplet a wn June, Peak Month TequestIon mloat ü cliommony dsnsdlast weelk by Wsigo ofiiasWas --re.po0r ted to be no wh th te United Sates ui so te war but WHEN. Prepondarii- nuce fAuthorittie opinion seem- ed' ta blx' two-to-one that thebnt aýd Statas wouid lget intobligrt wa.The tiu andincidents pe cl.pitatinig it Cae tjj, unce-rtain. Soe ue";ead 0 days, sni 0 daald very fewý plaCed the edate Six-Nation Pact? Thusappeared ,to, be shap!Lg the Fd ax Eset ut weUfithe seau- s3ationialre ort f the Osak-a Ja pani) Miichi wvere to 1be cîreitEd with any degrea of cretes Thi iwspape-r stated that a m-il. itary ind aval pact had ee cu C-luded btenSiXnaos-nt ed SaeBrýitaù), China, flri*tish_- Inda, ustelanad the îNethar- lanlde East ln1dies--whicli pooledl tllhi eteMilitary sud mtra rsouirces lhi a Fr Euet MorVth purpose of strangllthaninig tieir deý- fenses and opposiNg Japan's south- wKaavauce, Hie prtecting th% comuncaio halink lng l.S010t1 Adria, BrtishIndiaSingapore, logKong, MailaAutrli a the Unlted Ue. Undcerthispact, wilili this col- nain believes Ae bu larguy authen- tic, Sirý Robert ~ok-ohm Commnderin-ciefof tie British _ForLes i lu te Par Bast, Is suppose'ùd to assume the supreme commEand, of the combiued lAnd and aur force, hîaAdmnirai Thomras Hart, (Comi- ndéer,-in-COieýf of the Aieiicani Aqiatic Fpleet, Le eupposed to as. Faine supremie comlmand 0f thle oobndnaval foýrces, tbe a- q"uos of both beain uSing- Porec Russia and Germany The seaepaper roported auoth- er senesatiolnal, if truc, developlent, Accordlng te it, Russia was (de- marding the right to ocupy tice nlorîhleru Provinices of Ir-ail(Per- sial) lu order te p-rotect the BakLu ai feldes, as weIl. as to obtain a possible outiet ou the Persian Gif in the avant of a Germlan drive to the Dardanallas, and thait to back up the«2s demandes Russela was ýoil C"Urtlg trOope aound Tifli. What 13att1eships Cost Th'e new Brtish b'aLttesips are costing $ milliîons apiece a'nd the e cruïseis $9 m)illionsý. TheC cost o'f the firýt Brtis ion- niad vas 1,80Ù,009, ich was just ~ ýhe doMütiapic î thLe larg-~ est treo deeker wooden une-of- b'attJe sIii .u1869 the firýst -Naval DafesuCe Act wýas passed in Bitain hy wbih eight batte- shis, achof .14,000 tonsý, were LIFE-S LIKE THAT ordredtoGe Ihauit. Thee wýe reý the Royal Osk, RMilles, Resolu- tion, Revenge, Royal Sovreig.n, FodEepulse and Lnmpress of Inia our were "Cbuilt in dock- yar-ds, four by private contract, and itheir czst ae~gd$4,40Q,- 000 apieece. They weçy(- the first Biitiish shipe to haveqickirn ,guns and , 1torpedo tubes. Agrowing pAg eats anthing 'i 0Seven. pounde o-f fCod a day, By Fred Neher REG'LAR FELLERS-New Style By GE NE BYRNES ---I- nt atý dort? , the onat Reporter Echo ghtr to 0 f t irnal Tired? wash-bowîl 5 '