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@ oad Yi AI A [3 HEY: ¥ 12; he ve - th, eh War' 8 Influence On Agriculture * Greater Interest Than Ever In Livestock Subjects Is Evi. denced by Agricultural Class es at CN.E. -- Bacon-Type Hogs In 'Limelight War's influence on Canadian ag- -pculture will be reflected In heav- for déaling in livestock and greater interest in livestock subjects at the Canadian National Exhibition this year, in the opinion of officials who stated last week that Information on agricultural' exhibits is being sought toa greater extent than in any previous year, FARMERS SEEK vy wy Collapse of normal gources of supplies have created opportunities for other countries, they stated, and Canadian farmers are seeking a knowledge on what, products and standards' might win markets fof them, It was stated, Typical of this trend, the. interest in bacon-ype hogs far surpasses other years, with every indication that tho Ex- hibition this year will become an fmportant point of exchange of the purebred breeding stock. Breeders who had not concentrated on York- shire hogs, it was stated, will be in the market, and breeders with such stock will be more heavily repre- sented than ever before. Similar Interest exists in dairy products and dairy cattle, it wag stated. In every branch of agricul- tural clasges, evidences at the pre eent tlme indicate that the Exhibi- ton will be more Yepresentativo than ever before, VOICE OF THE _ PRESS SUMMER HOLIDAYS One advantage in taking =a short vacation is that it won't take so long to get rested up afterwards.--Kitchener Record. --_---- - THEY MUST TELL The women of the United States and of Canada because of the census and of national reg- istration have one thing in com- mon this year. They have to tell ihe government their "age. ---Toronto - Star. ied Gite BANS WEDDING NOISE Hand a bouquet to the new Chief of Police of St. There are to be no more wedding parties ra¢ing through the city, tooting horns. Konk the -honkers is a good slogan. ---St, Catharines Standard. --0 SHOP AT HOME SAFELY': Young lady from Woodstock lost her purse containing $109 'when shopping in a Toronto store. We feel sorry for her, but can't help remarking she could have shopped -in- safety in Woodstock. -- Peterborough Examiner, - * --_--0-- KEEPING INFORMED An "eminent glass authority working on an exhibit for the Toronto Fair gives the expert ad- vice that windows are highly im- portant in a-home, and cites a whole string of reasons. He av- oided the one about their being 'such a handy contrivance for ob- serving what's going on among' ihe neighbors. ~ - - --Ottawa Citizen. Children 'Watch Baby Monkeys and Thelr Mothers Are Taking Part in Beauty, Contest at C.N.E. Unique among beauty contests, this year brings a competition at the C.N.E. in Toronto to tnd the most beautiful baby monkey, The ' baby. monkeys and their mothers are part of a display of 75 animal mothers and their children brought together to show Canadian kids how the nursery days of tho animal world functions. CHILDREN'S 700 The children's zoo, under the dir- ection of Dr. J; A. Campbell, will ask every visitor to cast a vote for the lovellest baby monkey. Mrs, Mona Monkey and her daughter Florence and adopted son will be present, but Dr, Campbell believes top honors may be taken by, ley, youngest offspring of Mre. ther Monkey. who will bring with her two other youngsters, Vallee and Maud, BABY, SNOKES, TOO Snakes and reptiles from all parts of On{arlo aro being shown and Dr. Campbell urges that a visit to the children's zoo is the beet way to overcome a fear of shakes, Thers are baby snakes, both the kind that hatch from eggs and those born alive. In the animal world, there -are babies that are orn naked, and . blind, others able to' jomp within a fow minutes affés birth. Thomas. oy World's a 3 Exposition Opens: "Business-as-Usual" 1840 Canadian National Exhibition Fills A More Important Role in Promoting Empire Trade Than It Did in Peacetime -- Agri- cultural Show This Year of Prime Significance -- Royal Air Force Quarters Can Be Seen on the Grounds ~ When the Canadian National Exhibition established a record In 1939 for vacating the buildings which had housed every hranch of its exhibits, administration and entertainments, to make way for arrival of thousands ot newly-recruited soldiers, speculation surrouided its future, And, as 1940 got under way, the question became even more audible: "Is the 61- year-old unbroken pattern to be Interrupted?" \ One glance at the big exhibition now would answer apy-question, To- day, leadership established in peace time has suddenly become leadership in wartime, British exhibitors, eager to reach the eyes and ears of Canad- fan industries and the Canadian public, have been raopresented to a greater extent than ever before. Government officlals proved eager to see the "business as usual" sign; Canadian industry and commerce are giving leadership through the exhibition's facilities. R.C.AF. QUARTERS THERE Fortunately, the program of train. ing of Canadian soldiers, which had reoruited the wide resources of Ex- hibition Park, provided that men in training should not spend the summer season in the Toronto area, Even before war broke out ldst year, in the middle of the exhibi- tion's program, officials of the De-~ partment of Defence had held con- ferences with the exhibition direc- tors, had outlined thelr needs, had received In return the assurance of the exhibition officials that the en- tire Park and its big buildings would be emptied for thelr use. And at that time the Department's officers stated that they preferred 0 have no men in the park In sum- mer, but would be moving out to other camps. As a result, plans for the exhibi- tion this year fit into the program of the military, Royal Canadian Air Force quarters alone now remain In the park, and this is being seiz- ed by that colorful branch of the service as an opportunity to show how alrmen are trained, - It forms an important exhibit or display of the exhibition roster- of wartime presentations, Elsewhere, although rendered sombre by the times, the show follows the usual patterns. Much' of it is seeking to present to the public the importance of war- time economies and methods of conforming to wartime regulations and practices, EXCHANGE OF FARM IDEAS As an qconomic factor, the exhi- bition will fill a more important role than it did, probably, in peace- time, This Is reflected most vividly" in the livestock and agricultural spheres. Entries for hundreds of classes (in fact, every class) are ahead of previous years and en- qulry reveals that this is because agriculture faces new standards and new requirem3nts caused by revision of overseas demands. In bacon-type hogs, for instance, buy- ing of. purebred animals promises to be heavy, with study of types of hog-raisers rousing more Interest than in any othor year. Thus the exhibition serves as an exchange of ideas and materials which affect Canada's 'war effort. In countless other departments the same prin- ciple is plainly @een. INTRA-EMPIRE TRADE Most important, however, 1a the exhibition's role as a focus through which Pmpire plans and ideas and methods can be seen by Empire citizens, Empire trade has become more vital to Britain's ex- fatence, Forelgn trade means valu- able exchange for purchasing war needs. This has been the theme of British éxhibitors in their discus. sions with exhibition officiale, and it-is obviously their goal In the quickened Interest they have now shown in the exhibition this year. To: exhibition officials and direc- tors 1940 has become a year for greater service, They hope the ex: hibition will play ite greatest role tbls year. EXHIBITION PROGRAM 23rd FRIDAY--Opening Day--- First official public appear- ance _of Earl of Athlone. 24th SATURDAY--Warriors' Day. 26th MONDAY -- Children's Day 2h, Y TUESDAY-- Automotive . "WEDNESDAY -- Food Products & Merchants' Day. 29th THURSDAY -- Women's, Music and Art Day. - 30th FRIDAY -- Press Graphic Arts Day. 31st SATURDAY--Manufact. urers', Athletic and Floral Day. 2nd MONDAY---Labour Day. 3rd TUESDAY--International and Service Clubs, 4th WEDNESDAY -- Agricul. turists' Day. 5th THURSDAY--Transporta- tion and Commercial Travel- lers' Day. 6th FRIDAY -- Livestock Re- view. 7th SATURDAY -- and Citi 0 Here is a recent photograph of the Governor-General of Canada, His Excellency the Eari of Athlone, shown with his wife, Princess Alice, shortly before they came to Canada in June. On Friday, August 23rd, the Earl makes his first official public appearance in Canada when he declares the 1940 Canadian National Exhibition open. Ld THE WAR-.WEEK--Commentary on Current Events Day. Heat Wave Hatched Chick Inside Cabinet Farmer John Start," of Golds- boro, N. 8., could not account for the plaintive peeping coming from 'somewhere in the house and he knew he hadn't any baby chicks. But when he opened a door to a cabinet, out hopped a chick. He says the heat wave - hatched one of the eggs stored there. Ase for BEE HIVE "THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN" BEGINS IN REAL EARN The Baltle of Britain began last week, less than two months after the capitulation of France. Each day, wave after wave of German planes crossed the Chan- _ nel to bomb England; each day, hordes of British planes soared to battle with the enemy. Whether or not actual invasion by German land forces was short. ly to follow remained the big question of the hour. Military experts were in disagreement. Watching the targets at ~which the German bombs were aimed-- advanced bases of the Royal Air Force, and strong British coastal positions -- they declared that the Nazis could be planning any. thing from a simple attempt to break British civilian morale, up the scale to an all-out air attack on the country as a whole which would precede or coincide with the attempted invasion by sea. Would Isolate Britain! Heveral neutral commentators of note expressed the opinion that ' the Nazis' chief target for the present was Britain's sea-borne commerce (ports, docks, ship- yards, harbors, ships and convoys were bombed); and that the Nazi objective was to blockade Britain, isolate it, weaken it by destroy- ing its commerce and Hs con- tacts with the Empire and the world, starve It Into submission it possible, or in any case weak- en it by battering its ports and ahcres and breaking up its lines of naval communication. "The Last Obstacle" Mallory Brow ne, .Christian Science Monitor correspondent in London, called the new turn of events 'a sort of interim phase of the war" during which, while Hitler and Mussolinl continue theiv attempt to organize the con- quered portion of the Continent, they prepare more drastie action against the remaining European obstacle to their domination of the world -- Britain and its em- pire. " Farther south, Mussolini ap- peaved to be coming into his own a3 a first-class trouble-mmaker, All signs pointed to an carly grab at Greece's Adriatic coast, ahd per- haps a try for a slice of Yugo- glavia, (The Italian Government cnarged that Greece was supply- ing oil, planes and other mater- ial to Great Britain; that it was cruelly oppressing Albanian min- orities in the country). In Africa, Italian forces, spun out from far- off supply bases, moved slowly deeper into British Somaliland, were engaged in sharp conflict with the British defenders of Ber- bera, Somaliland capital. Surprise For Italians That the R. A. F. could spare sufficient planes to bomb many strategic points in Italy and to intensify the air attacks on Geur- many, came as an unpleasant sur- prise to Fascists and Nazis alike last week, They were obliged to realize that the R. A, F. was able not only to cope with the German "skykrieg" on Britain on a 3-to-1 basis but: also to carry on an extremely effective air offensive on the Continent. " Spain On Her Ear No. 3 trouble-maker (Hitler, of course, is No. 1), General Fran, irate at British super- vision over Spanish imports, sent a note to London demanding re- laxation of the blockade on oil, gasubine and other contraband pro- ducts. The Falangist newspaper in Madrid, Arriba, after announc- ing that Spain was now a "moral belligerent", declared that British action in shutting off Spain's sup- plies of gasoline from the United States and Rumania constituted an "aggression and an act of wi Would Drive British Out The Japancse parliament voted last week in favor of taking all available and effective measures to drive the "British influences" from Kast Asia . . . following which Britain announced the with- drawal of troops from the Shang- hai area; along with forces from northern China they were sent "clsewhere" (to Hong Kong and Singapore, presumably) , . . in London Chinese Ambassador Quo Tai-Chai received a sympathetic hearing when he asked for Bri- tish assistance in preventing com- nlete penetration of French Inde- China by Japan (Britain fears that once Japan has a strong foothold in Indo-China she can- not be ousted from the French colony, but will instead expand her activities into Siam and pos- sibly into British Burma). , . . U. S. Senate Split In the United States Senate de- bate continued on peacetime com- pulsory military - training. That body was split on the question, and President Rocsevelt's Admin- istration faced the hardest fight since' the days of» the Supreme Court contest . , . The two major political parties were seen warm- nig up for the November elec- tion and clearing the decks for action; the broadcasting compan- ies were preparing to allow Wen- dell Lo Willkie to "fireside-chat" as well as Franklin D. Roosevelt . . Disturbed by Japan's "Great- er East Asia" policy, the U. 8. appeared during the weck to he secking friendlier relations with 'Soviet Russia, signing a new trade pact;--Moscow, on the- other hand had some Interesting things to say about the United States: that the U. S. is preparing to occupy the western hemisphere colonies of European nations as a prelude to armed intervention in the war, and that the war in Europe has actually increased Anglo-American cross-purposes with the United States trying to exclude Britain as- well -as other - competitors from South Ameri- can markets and England turn- ing toward compromise with Ja- pan . . . 400,000,000 Questions Back home In the Dominion, eight million Canadians were get- ting ready to answer four hun- dred million questions during na~ tional registration week . . . members of the House of Com- - mons were on holiday, but the Government, among other press- ing matters, was occupied with the problem of Western wheat growers forced by lack of elevat- or space to store on their farms the bulk of this year's harvest (a cash advance to farmers was be- ing considered) . . Hon, C. D. Howé, Minister of Munitions and Supply, declared that Canada's output of planes should reach 300 per month by: the end of the year , . . news came during the week that thousands more Bri. tish children seeking safety from the war zone might be expected to arrive on our shores in the next few months , , . Criticism of the Hepburn pro- gram to place boy students on farms and scét back the date of school openings in Ontario to 8eptember 16 was so widespread that the provincial government REGILAR FELLERS-- The Racket Buster By GENE BYRNES E agreed to allow decision on the matter to rest with each individ ual board in the case of second« ary schools. , Seo how the Navy, the Army, the Air Force are helng supported by the whole Dominlon--Industries, sclences, agriculture, women's work. A dramatization of Canada at War. Famed throughout the world Is the big Goldman Band from the United States. Playing cach night from the modern outdoor Band Shell you hear it without Direct from the San Francisco World's Falr, and prosaentcd through the courtesy of Inter. national Business Flachirics ... "Art of 79 Countries" --an im- 'pressive contemperary chcw. Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Sammy Kaye, Eddie Duchin, Al and Bob Harvey with thelr Canadian Coster Band, head the list of big-time dance bands that will be featured in this year's vast, cool Dance Pavilion. Don't miss them. Al brilliant presentation of latest in the aut. In- dustry Including a preview of many 1941 models. -~ One of the most brilliant and daring Horse Shows on the con. tinent. Many special features, Nariage and hunter classes Women's war work dramatized In a huge Red Cross Exhibit. Learn there how you too can help the national effort. CANADIAN NATIONAL ERYIRI Ramey De a i A Na a EE ee) -- i a - Ca An EE, yeh