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A pa Proper Painting Quite Essential Offers Protection to Your Home That Repays Invest. ment ' Painting is one of the most im- portant operations in the building of the new house, both from the standpoint of appearance and of upkeep, Skimping in painting is the poorest kind of economy, The outside paint is the skin that pro- tects the structure, and it is the most conspicuous feature of the house, Discolored or cracked or peeling paint will spoil the appear- ance of the best-designed house, OPEN TO ATTACK As soon as the paint coat starts to give way the whole interior structure is open to the attacks of the elements, If the owner is par- ticular about the appearance of his house and its structural in- tegrity, he will repaint the ex- terior as soon as he sees the fight- est tendency of failure of the paint surface. If he lets it go until real deterioration sets in the expense will be far greater in re- painting, because all the failing paint must be removed before the new paint is applied. . To put new paint over disinteg- rating old paint is worse than the waste of time and money involy- ed in putting on the new coat, for paint has only the strength of its base coat. If that has lost its grip on the surface to which it is supposed to cling, ro amount of new paint put on top of it will avail to strengthen that- hold. Next to poor -workmanship and materials, moisture is the greatest factor in paint failure. Moisture comes from within the house as well as from without, so to insure a good paint job the back of all" outside work should be before it is erected. N painted tiie Plinth Vero Captured "Lieut. Gen. Sir Richard 0'Con- nor, above, field commander dur- ing the British Army of the Nile's victorious Libyan = campaign, is missing and "probably a prisoner of the Germans, according to a - report from the Middle East Command. _Top-ranking officer in' Western Egypt, and a brilliant tacticiam, Gen. O'Connor was considered ~ 'Commander-in-Chief Wavell's right hand man. 1 Doctor In 9 Is In The Army 470 Ontario Physicians Arve on Active Service British doctors who are on the register of the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom have been given the right to ob- tain temporary registration which would permit them to practise in Ontario for tho duration of the war. The same privilege has been extended to medical officers of the British armed force In Canada. Declslon to grant such temporary registration was reached at the 76th annual meeting of the Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, It was agreed that every applicant must be a British subject, of good character, and able to furnish sufficient guarantee that he or she posses- sed the requisite knowledge and skill for the: efficient practice of medicine, surgery and midwifery. The meeting of the Council was addressed by Hon. Harold 'Kirby, «Ontario Ministér of Health, and by Dr. B. T. McGhle, Deputy Minister 'of Health. It was revealed during the conference that 470 Ontario ~ doctors are on active military ser- vice and this ni represented one out of every nine register~d doctors in the province. For one peppercom rent, Queen: Salete of Tonga has given 160 acres to the British Government for ap airdrome. Tongans have subscribed £6,000 for a Btitish fighter aircraft and formed;n db- fence force trained by a New Zea land sergeant major. (The island of Tonga lies in the Pacific, + south. west of Fifi. It is an inde- pendent kingdom, under British protection.) . {Saving Ontario's Natural . Resources aaa a Raising Young Bass (No. 39) In my article last. week I told of the way In which the basses spawn fm nature, The Game aud Fisherles Department raise many thousands of young bass each year but they have to imitate the nat- ural environment closely for full success, To do this is very expens- ive and fingerling bass cost much more tWan fingerlings of trout or pickerel, It is thls high cost that makes it so difficult to raise young bass In quantities. + In varlous places throughout the Province, the Department has built & number of bass hatcherles. These consist of a serles of ponds, rectangular in shape and less than an acre in extent. They are sep- arately fed and drained, The source of the water supply 1s usually a spring creek, the waters of which have been heated to some extent by holding them above a dam be- fore being distributed to the var- fous ponds. These ponds vary fin: depth from a knife edge to six feet at the outlet, where thy fish may be corralled in a small basin when the waters of the pond are low- ered, In Hatcheries It small mouth bass are being propagated nests are constructed of gravel. The diameter of 'this nest is approximately two feet and is s0 placed that when the pond js flooded, the depth of water over it will range from eighteen inches to two feet. Large mouth bass do not need nests forcthey will clean off sultable areas themselves, Before the breeding season, the adult bass are introducd into the pond and if the temperature is "right eventually a large number of young bass are produced. The greatest vigilance is needed to re- tain the heat in the pond. A cold spell, of cloudy days will cause ser- lous losses among the eggs, so the attendants, by various methods which they have learned, try to maintaln a uniform temperature of the water. When the young bass rise to the surface they are col lected in cheesecloth nets and plac- ed in retaining ponds where they are held and fed until they are ready for distribution in natural 'waters thoughout Ontario. SCOUTING . . . The loss of 700 leaders through - enlisment in H, M. Forces was dis- closed in the recently issued An- nual Report of the Boy Scouts As. sociation for 1940. The effect of this loss upon boy membership was shown In a drop Bf. 5.37 per cent. to 97,341. This figure; how- ever, was still in excess of thé membership total of the pre-war year of 1938, Ce . 9 a Membership analysis: The 1940 total consisted of 40,353 Wolf Cubs, 45,489 Boy Scouts, 503 Lone Scoiits, 883 Sea Scouts, 2,361 Rover Scoute, 227 Rover Sea Scouts and 7,969 leaders (not counting 444 Scouters registered' as Rovers), Yale ' . + Membership by provinces' show- ed: Prince Edward Island, 742: Nova Scotia, 5,378; New Bruns. wick, 5,782; Quebec, 8,849; On.' tarlo, 41,095; Manitoba, 7,181; Saskatchewan, 5,808; Alberta, §,- 599; British Columbia, 8,168; La Federation des Scouts Catholiques, Quebec, 4,279; Life Saving Scouts of the Salvation Army, 1,460, LL > The varjous units included: 2, 306 Scout Groups, which fncluded 1,645 Wolf Cub Packs, 2,051 Boy Scout Troops, 221 Rover Scout Crews, 21 Sea Scout Troops, 8 Sea Scout Patrols and 14 Rover Sea Scout Crews. . : » *. 9 0 Aftiliations: Sponsors of Scout Groups are given as follows: An. glican, 430; Baptist, 62; Canadian Leglon, 35; Community, 747; Han. dlcapped (Hospitals), 12; Hebrew, 33; Latter Day Saints, 30; Luth.- eran, 4; Presbyterian, 108; Roman Catholic, 344; Salvation Army, 50; Service Clubs," 80; United Church, 276; Others, 113, This City Forgets. ; To Hold Election The absent-minded professor didn't have a thing on North Kan- sas City, The municipality forgot to hold its election. i Mayor Edward A. Hecker, reading election returns, wonder- ed why balléting in the city was set for the following Tuesday in. stead .of 'April 1 as in other Mis. sour towns. "I have the Jaw right here," re. plied City Clerk Earl Sims to the mayor's query. It says . .,. the first Tuesday after the first Mon day + «+ « Wait a minute--that's for general elections." 'The mayor, preparing for tha belated election contends he won't be tripped up again, THIS IS WHAT MASS PRODUCTION OF B Fl TELE, RACH TEUE OMBERS MEANS of 5 Tr er Fy ES 4 A) F PSY a >.» . [3] AF, " + pe * A ' . Vy * . / . » 4 x £24] = : ' : 85.7 ; FO ES { a ls Leni - BEB EESINE CREAN NATIT, EVIE 1501) JRAAA D1 . -- = " i] 5, p 3 [S . ({ - . bi EE Rae es LSE ssi=bnterier ' i -- -- REWER ER Eo Vong | ULI | Pn tc AR Bodies of Martin B-26 medium bombers 'stretch out in long row on assembly line Sealing wings and r engines in 'Baltimore plant of Glenn L. Martin, which is produci ng them in droves for U.S. my, THE WAR.WEE K--Commenlary on Current Bvents New Russo - Japanese Pact May Change War's Course Bir Robert Clive, the eminent . Britjsher who has been Ambass- ador at Tokyo and Brussels and minister to the Vatican and Per- sla, and 1s now travelling on this continent, very recently expressed the view that to a diplomat Russia and Japan appeared to hold the key to the future of the world, He predicted the early slgning of an accord between the two countries, May Change War's Course Subsequent events dramatically bore out his prediction, Last week a Sovlet-Japaneso, peutrality pact was signed, ending 24 years of g the western nations a new poser to puzzle over. Most observ. era agreed that the pact rivalled ifn world importance the non-ag- grésslon accord in 1939 between Germany and Russla and that It + would powerfully affect the course of the war, on every front, Interpretations Editorial writers all over the globe spread themselves on this latest international "development, From amongst a score of -inter- pretations we have selected sev eral representative opinions which throw light on various angles of the situation: 'Toronto 'Globe and Mail: "The net result of the pact on the Euro- pean situation is that Russia can now poke a gun in Germany's ribs without fear of Japan. In the East the situation does not seem to be altered. Japan's most dogged: en- emy {s China, which received aid from the United States, from Bri tain and "from Russia. There is nothing in the new pact which pro- hibits Russia from continuing her ald to China. There was never any suggestion that Russia might Inter- "Good Exposure" Not Recommended: -- oy Statistically, there should be lenty of house-room in London, ngland, today, so many millions have been evacuated. But the set * of rules that now must be employ- ed to judge an apartment knocks statistics into a cocked hat, No longer is a top floor with a fine view desirable for an dpartment. Instead, the apartment-hunter asks: Is it steel and concrete? Is it near a military objective? Is it close to the ground? WY ned Far Bastern relations and . Britaln and France, fere with Japanese operations In the Bouthern Pacific, which is a matter which concerns only the Netherlands, the United States, who would seem well ablo to take care of their Interests so long as China hangs on to Japan's coattails" Pravda, the Communist Party organ in Moscow: "The neutrality pact and declaration are documents of vast political significance, since they constitute an important step for the improvement of relations between the U. S. S. R. and Japan, whose governments are guided in this case by a 'desire to strengthen 'peaceful and friendly relations be- tween the two countries.' The dec. laration puts an end to all petty frontier conflicts between the two." U. 8. S. R. Talks With Turkey Dorothy Thompson, - columnist: "The pact Is a definite gain for Russla, for it means that Japan bows out of the Axis as far as Rus- sia fs concerned. It is, therefore, it wanld seem, a loss for Germany, ing Russia weak and occupied else- where than in the Middle East , . The hest-informed people all seem certain that the Soviet Union will not elter the war against (lermany unless she is attacked, but official pronouncements from Moscow do Indicate that she is preparing to . glve what ald she can to Tuvkey, * the last non-violated nation in the Balkans. Naturally, Russia wants to be sure that, if she becomes en- gaged in war In the west, Japan will not attack her In the east. The pact assures her of just this. Nichi Nichi, Tokyo: "The con- clusion of the new neutrality pact allows Japan to'avold two-front op- erations, that fs, fighting both the United States and the Soviet Un- jfon, in case of a positive advance ot her southward policy and a cris- fs fn the Pacific." U. S. Unruffled? 1. S. Secretary of State Cordell Hall made a formal statement with regard to the pact declaring: "The significanqg of the pact between the Soviet Union and Japan relat- ing to neutrality could be over estimated . . . The policy of this government, of course remains un- £hanged." More Help For Britain Nevertheless a number of steps were taken last week by the powers-that-be in the United States which served to bring the nation to tho south of us closer into the war! ten coast guard cutters were transferred to Britain for antl submarine sea patrol; President Roosevelt reopened the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to American ves: sels (U. S. ships now are permlt. ted to go all the way to tho Suez Canal with supplies for the Allles); the United States pledged protec. tion to Greenland and obtained the right to build air bases and fortl- fications thero -- the southerd tip of Greenland wag made' the new limit of western hemisphere de- fense; President Roosevelt made a declaration that the United States will protect her ships everywhere, except in combat zones;. the U. 8. navy began preparations for the swift arming of some 1600 govern: ment and privately owned mer chant vessels, With regard to the ticklish con- voy quéstion which must be settled VYery soon it American-produced war material is to continue to reach Britain, the New York Times sald: "The President has not yet reach. ed a decision. He will exhaust every other alternative before aching any conclusion on the question of convoying merchant. men across the Atlantic by United States. warships." The newspaper suggested that Mr. Roosevelt was considering a plan to allow Amerl- can merchant ships to carry war materials to Halifax, to be trans- shipped overscas. » Three Warnings Warnings that the United States wis on the point of going to formal war with Germany came from the lips of at least three members of the President's Cabinet last week. Vice-President Wallace declared "thatthe bnited- States was ready for war if American rights were transgressed, (Presumably ho had Jn mind the probability that U. 8. ships, now going to Red Sea ports with war material for the British, would be attacked by the Axls at whatever time the Axis was' will ing to accept a formal state of war with the United States). Secretary of the U. 8 Navy, Frank Knox, told the House naval affairs com- miti€e that: "I don't like to be a searc-monger-hut-from-the informe. ation I have, | say we are now in the midst of the decisive per- iod of this war Secretary of War Henry Stimson, testifying at a Con- gressional hearing on United States defense problems, warned that the United States "is facing a dangerous emergency which may be very prolonged." He said also that it might become necessary for the United" States to wage war, in its own defense, outside the Ameri: cas. The Book Shelf. . "FANNY BY GASLIGHT" By Michael Sadleir In "Fanny by Gaslight" Mr. Sad- leir re-creates a London of seventy years ago when the dark streets of the Empire capital were lit after dark by a yellow flicker of street lamps. He draws an exciting pie- ture of tho taverns, nighthouses and supper-rooms of the period, full of motley London crowds, But through them moves a small, brown-haired, bright-eyed girl, who meets life with cheerful gallantry and whose love-story is both tende: and passionate. The girl Fanny was a child with no background save one of viol ence and catastrophe, a child who grows up into a life of courage, gaicty and self-forgetful devotion, As an old woman, living in a small town in France, she tells her story to a sympathetic Englishman, "Fanny By Gaslight", .. by Mich- ae! Sadleir . . . Toronto: Macmil- lan Company of Canada ... $2.76. Swift Action A New York man, given a job as postal clerk, was arrested an hour and a half later on a charge of robbing the mails, The motto of our Sovereign, "Dieu et Mon Droit" (God and My Right), was first used by Richard the Lion Heart in the twelfth century, * | Says City Folk Are More Virile Doctor Claims Rural Res dents, Contrary to Long Be- Wet, Are Not As Healthy Contrary to a long popular be- lief, the city man is :more virile than the man in the country; ac- cording to Dr. Oswald Swinney Lowsley, "Dr, Lowsley, head of the de- partment of urology at the New York Hospital of New York city, said the city man is more virile because he is beginning to appre- ciate the benefits of exercise and right living, "MANKIND IS IMPROVING" "Mankind is improving," he said, Men and women should system- atically work to attain the best physical condition in the face of world crisis and nerves, Dr. Lowsley said. They will need this bolstering to be able to "take it," he emphasized. "The lot of the man on the street is highly important today," he declared, ay i eo Add to Milk -- Serve' on Puddings--Spread TRY on Bread and Butter Bee Hive ce Syrup Brilliant woman chemist devotes time to research on Ontario Wines Points to Benefits When Wendell Willkie visited Torente, one of those waiting on the city hall steps was his sister Julia whose quict life devoted to scientific pursuits is in sharp con- trast to the tumultuous public life of the great American champion of democracy. Crowds swept the police aside, perhaps for the first time in the city's history, as the triumphal procession swept up Yonge street to the cheers of the Cahadians assembled to honour the man who had travelled to Great Britain to report on the Empire's war effort, Miss Willkie had come from St. Catharines, somewhat wondering why Toronto should be _interested in her all of a sudden. Canadians wanted to express their gratitude to Wendell Willkie by giving his sister a day she'll never forget. But now that the shout- ing is-over, she has resumed her quiet life in St. Catharines, de- voting her time to her book-filled room and her laboratory. She is a wine chemist. But her status has altered. She is no longer just a serious, middle-aged woman, but a celebrity, the sister of the man who many believe may be the next Scientist Sister Proud Of Willkie's Attitude nervously, © . make president of the United States. She told reporters she believes that the occasion of dinner shoul be made into a more convivial affaiv with wines. "In time," she said, "the custom' would have a beneficial effect on the national digestion and would. probably make Canadians into a nation of brilliantly witty conversationists." One suggestion Miss Willkie made was that Canadian wines shapld be given names that breathe the spirit of Canada in- . ' ~ stead of recalling old France. French wine, <he thinks, can never be made in Canada and comparisons between _ Canadian and French wines are a Waste of time. i "Our climate is sq different from that of France. W give oh wine the same bouquet but we are chiefly con- cerned. with making a palatable product from Canadian grapes. The result must be judged on the wierit of the product. Because they taste differently, Ontario wines are in no wise inferior," <he said, adding that the cutting off of French wine supplies would very little difference to Canadian wine consumption cause importations were never on a large scale. ~ Orchids grown from seed ve- quire a period of anything from seven to twelve years to reach the blossoming stage. -.. be- LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher $2 959504, 7 4 7020 C52 N 74 oes: 777 ™ N VF % 7 2% " 2; o, £5 S53S CORY SSNS % 923 QULELILERICS *, 50S Nese > > 05% US MODZERNS | 77, | Re0 Meni] i "Spring training, starts 'today !" 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