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ee - Serious Shortage In Nickel Ce ------ Germans Plant Fre % Acoustic Mines V-0iCE Churchill. Reveals New Mine. Menace Overcome by Sclence and Hard Work : E The British Government kept secret for more than a year its. knowledge that German planes were laying acoustic mines in the' waters around Britain, to prevent + the Nazis from knowing the Royal: Navy bad found an éffective ange wer, : : ; Prime Minister Churchill broke - the secret when he told the House of Commons the mine problem had © been "largely mastered," He sald __.that mines, "with all their ingen. - . fous svarfations," were being laid nightly in British waters by 30 to 40 Nazl planes, 'The acoustic mines are sald to bo touched off 'by sound waves from the propellers of passing ships, 'but exactly how they have- been mastered is a secret, . * A hint of how effective the new mines were'at firft was given in an article by the naval corres- pondent of the Dally Herald, . He declared the magnetic mine had "been mastered but said that: "every day of the week ships were blowing up from no 'apparent cause around our coasts." Stating that sclentists had de- clded the explosions must have been 'caused: by an acoustic mine, the correspondent wrote: : "Ordinary. sweeping methods: were useless and hopeless, so dares devils of the Navy volunteered to: combat it.' They well knew they: might die in the process, . "They were the ploneers, There was no shortage of volunteers as the days went by, Later, by fur- ther tests, sclentists discovered the antidote." Hirohito Takes Over Jap Army - veo i 3 % In a drastic move to surmount the crisis facing Japan, Emperor Hirohito, above, took command of the army, his direct rule super- seding previous, General Staff control. Scotch Thrift Scores Again Factory Dust Helps Solve: Fifty thousand pounds of factory ' dust saved by a Scotchman has helped solve a serlous shortage in nickel, vital essential of the de- fence program, Enough nickel has been recover- ed from the dust to supply 20 per- cent of the needs at the General Electric plant in West Lynn, Mass, for 'the manufacture of tiny mag- nets in electrical meters in afr- planes and other Instruments. These magnets are the smallest and most powerful in.the world. When the magnets are ground, the grindings form a black, sooty. "looking, dust, partly grinding ma. terial, partly nickel and othe ete als, It is swept \out an _.._.into. barrels, It has been going to the scrap pile, in charge of Charley Stevens. Belleving the metal in this dust-- ought to bring a price from some sorap dealer, Stevens hoarded the _soot until. he had 50,000 pounds | piled up, but no customers. 'A few. months ago, Jack Siaver, a metallurgist of the General Elec- trie Company, decided he could recover the nickel In the dust. His chief, Jimmy Goss, obtained an appropriation of $1,000 to com: plete the: experiments, They work- ed, and the dust was used as a supply for an Important fraction ot the preclous nickel," Now, in: stead of going to the scrap, all the nickel dust. goes to the foundry: ured gf PRESS THE DECLINE OF WALKING In England, as: in Ireland. and Beotland, walking is a tradition, - motor car, People think nothing of walking twenty or thirty miles a day. The late Lord Tweedsmuir once told us that he had walked 75 'milés in a single day; a feat which, almost ingredible to Cana- dians, was by no means extraor- dinary for the Old Commtry." In _ hie "Prophets, Priests and Kings," Mr, A. G. Gardiner told how the © 26 miles in a driving nin across the moor to cover a bird's nest from the storm. the delights of walking by writ- ers 'like Hilaire Belloc," : All of us might be better if the habit of walking should come back to us; better in health and strength, and better in our souls because of more love and krnow- ledge of the beauties of the coun- tryside.. True, many of us sub- stitute golf for walking--but who ever heard of a golfer stopping on the fairways to admire a tree or a bird; op'seeing anything of _ the. good earth but his bad- lies? --Ottawa Journal, --do-- NOT PUSHOVERS ) The secretary of state for Scot- land « has urged that Britain's school books be purged of refer- ences which belittle Britain's al- lies. We might also stop belitt- ling the enemy. The enemy is tough, shrewd, unscrupulots, well equipped, determined and capable, The sooner we realize this and set to work to beat just that type of enemy the sooner will we be within sight of victory. All too much is heard of the stupidity of Nazi soldiers, of the "inevitable" collapse of German _morale, of Germany's lack of oil, food, rubber and clothing. It has been indisputably proven that just before the Nazi~ blitzkrieg spread word among French peas- ants that the German army was dying of undernourishment. And then came the German army, This enemy is no fool, * --Ottawa Journal, --_---- PLEASANT ADVICE A lesson that small boys have been trying to impress upon their parents for ages is; confirmed by a London medical authority, He. warns against the habit of getting out of bed suddenly in the morn- ings. He advises: "Lic awake at least five minutes before arising. Stretch every limb, and a few minutes spent in reading is ex- cellent." ' Occasionally a health special- "be performed with pleasure. pe - --QGuelph Mercury hg bur. none DRINK "HOME" STUFF ~ Apple and. tomato juices "will be available in quantity fer Can- adians this Winter. This should léssen the need for imported cit- rus fruits and thus conserve ex- change, while putting the money into the pockets of Canadian pro- ducers who have lost their. over- seas markets. . ; «--Brantford Expositor tyre : CARELESS SMOKERS So a tossed-away cigarette end hardly ever starts a fire, eh? That's what you think! , A state- ment released "by the/ Canadian Underwriters' Association ~~ de- -"clares - that the carelessness -of smokers was responsible for by 'far the largest' percentage of 'the 46,629 fires which destroyed pro- --Brantford - Expositor : --0-- " QUEEN GIVES TONE Nice comment from a para- grapher in The New York Sun, to the effect that Queen Eliza- beth, at 41, is equalled by" few women for charm with less fix- ing up, and every time Her Majes- , ty appears in a news reel, it lifts the wholé program up. . --St.. Catharines Standard ee (Je \ LINCHPIN DEFINED _ Prime Minister Churchill, with his usual gift of expression, has the English-speaking world." A linchpin is. the pin passed through . the axle-end to keep the wheel on. yo --0--= © VOLUNTARY GIVING -- It only the Germans had a gense of humor, They gravely announce that the Winter- relief {drive will open earlier this year, with "voluntary" contributions being withheld from salaries and wages, --Windsor Star we (in .TROUBLE TALKERS If some people didn't have trouble, they'd have a- hard time carrying on a conversation, Average cost of the iron and steel in an automobile to the man- ufacturer is three cents a pound. has not been checked by the: late Lord Grey had once walked And then, of course, there are-those tales of --jnto- France Nazi fifth-columnists_} ist prescribes something that can . ---perty worth $22,736,264 in 1940. --ealted Canada "the linchpin- of - --Brantford Expositor to boost home morile. a Soviet town intended that. the finished ilm, ' Nazi movie cameramen who took this-picture of German infantrymen racing past blazing ruins of 1 called "War in the East," would be shown in the Reich 0 le. Instead, the film, which previews a Nazi "victory" over Russians, fell into Brit- ish hands, is now being shown in Britain as "a masterpiece of the Nazis' glorification of brutality." THE WAR WEE K--Commentary on Current Events "Whoever believes he will be -able to help England must defin- itely know one thing: Every ship, whether with or without a convoy, that comes before oup torpedo tubes will be torpedoed." "No act of violence will keep us the occasion of the 8th anniversary of the Nazi accession to power last January, , it : No act of violence will keep us from maintaining Intact two bul- warks' of defense: First ,our line of supply to the enemies of Hitler, and, second, the freedom of our shipping on the high seas. From protection of which Is necessary for American defense, they do so at their own peril." ~-- So sald President Roosevelt on the occasion of his last radio ad- dresg, an occasion which had.arisen from attacks on American ships at "sea. A : Mr. Roosevelt, opening his speech "with a lsting of these attacks, sald: - "These acts of international law- lessnees are a manifestation of ** * the Nazl design to abolish the free- dom of the seas and to acquire &b- solute control *.* * of those seas, ® ¢ ¢ For with control of the seas ® ® ¢ the way can become obviously clear for thelr next sjep, domina- tion of the United States, domina--- tion' of the Western Héisphere by force of arms. To be: ultlmately successful -in world mastery, Hitler knows that "he * * * must first destroy the bridge of ships which we are bulld- ing across the Atlantic, and over which we shall continue to roll the implements ol war to help destroy him, Generation after generation, Am- erica has "battled =for the general policy of the freedony of the seas. * * ¢ No nation. hagvthe right. to 'make the broad oceans of the world, at great distances from the actual theatre of. land war, unsafe for the commerce of others. There has now come a time when u-and I must see thé cold inex- orable necessity. of saying to these ¢ ¢ ¢ geekers of world conquest ¢ ¢ ¢./4You shall go mo further." #* ¢ * Thig is the timeifor preven -- now on, it German_or Italian ves. | North Atlantic. It is *. gels. of war enter the waters the Roosevelt Answers Hitler's Threat Spitzbergen Invaded - Russia Holds tion of attack, * * * Upon our naval and air patrol * * *falls the duly of maintaining the American polley | of freedom of the seas--now, * * * Our patrolling vessels and planes will protect all merchant ships -- not only American ships but ships of any flag--engaged in commerce, * * ¢ It is no act of war on our part when we decide to protect the seas that are vital to American de- fense. The aggression Is not ours. Ours is soley defense. The essential element of the new situation created by the Amerl- can challenge to the axis is in the through those waters that British vital life lines to Canada and the United States run. And the effect of the President's stern order to the navy is to place those life lines under American armed protection. Spitzbergen Offensive A British - Canadian - Norweg- fan "expedition cropt mecretely across northern seas to Spitzber- gen Islands, and struck before the Nazis knew what was afoot. Bri tain's Immediate objective was to deprive the Nazis of any value the fslands might have In strengthen ing. Hitlers war effort, About 1,000 Norwegians were re- moved to new homes in England. y Three tlmes as many Russlans were taken to undisclosed destina- "tions, = Huge stocks of ofl and coal were fired. Damage done by efficient Canadian sappers renders the isl» ands useless for years. They lle depopulated in the Arctic Ocean, 400 miles above. Norway and 750 miles for the North Pole, Spltzbergen meant far more to Britons than a regrettable bit of wartime destruction, Those who have been clamoring for a British "land. offensive somewhere against Nazi-occupled Europe, saw In 8pitz- bergen a sample of what might be coming. As a Norwegian possession, the Arctic Islands brought dangers of British Invasion home to Nazl sen- sibilities. Berlin has been most apprehensive about Norway. And with reason, judging by recent out- breaks in that country, Russia Still Holding Russia is still the great enigma. __vanced units How can the Red armies be power ful enough to hold the Germans at .bay? Part of the answer may be In thé tremendous losses suffered by the Germans. In men alone the casualties must be well over a mil- lion. In equipment an authorata- tive estimate of forty per cent Is given. German servicing. of ad: has daily become 'moro difficult and the mechanized forces have found the Russian ter- rain very costly in fuel'and upkeep. The rest of the answer may be that the "encircled" Russians have re ' fused to retreat even though they have suffered terribly-~but so have Ahe Germans, Thejr afr force, ad _mirably handled, has had telling striking power. Russian railways, have done an amazing job, mainly due to the high morale of the workers who ignore ordinary work- ing hours. The Germans have mado 'two serfous miscalculations -- the volume of Russia's war material reserves and the fighting power of her civilian population. Thus far Napolcon's road to Mos- cow has proved too tough, for Hitler." The distance that the French grand army negotiated in - 80-odd 'days, afoot and with horse, mule and oxen transport, is twice or more than that covered by Hitler's motorized legions in 'the same time; " Starts With Gas , Goes On Kerosene Jimmy Engler, a service sta- tion operator in New York, has solved the gasoline problem so --~far as his--persqnal---congpmption - of fuel is concerned. He has equipped his car with a tank for kerosene and a small auxiliary tank for gasoline, The gasoline, he says, is used only for starting the motor. Once started, the gasoline line is turned off and the car operates on kero- sene. He says he uses three gallons of kerosene, at 7% cents a gal- lon, to one gallon of gasoline at about 20 cents a gallon. The Book Shelf MARRIAGE 1S 'A PRIVATE AFFAIR . By Judith Kelly It Is interesting to read a book about" people who are not too beautiful, too good, too clever, too abnormal, but. who are just thé average persons, well brought up, well educatéd and well enough endowed with this world's goods for normal and gracious living. Such are Theo Schofield and - Tom West in "Marriage Is a Pri- vate Affair." This 1941 Harper prize novel was written by Judith Kelly, a natlve-of Ontario. The. story deals with. the first four years of their married life. Deeply in love, there is every prospect that their lives will be happp, though more or less con- ventional. Tom is endowed with much common sense and, besides his love, has a great respect for his wife, Theo tries bravely to |live up to his ideal of marriage but, emotional 'and youth-loving, finds distraction away from home: Failing as a wife, she realizes that marriage is a system of rights "and obligations and that niore than love is needed to cope with its' problems. Eventually they reach their full maturity and 'undérstanding of each other, This story is a fine example, skillfully - handled, of 'essentially decent people, adjusting them- selves to sane living. Marriage Is a Private Affair. . by Judith Kelly), . . Harper & Brothers. . . Price $2.78. Believed to have thtived 4n. the: days-of Shakespeare, a gum tree * recently felled in Kooba Forest, Aupstralia, yielded 182 railway ties eight fedt long. 27 R.A.F. FREE PHOTOS y two Durham Corn "Hurricane Mail onl, Starch labels for cach pic. ture desired--or one will be sent with your Hive Syrup label. first request, Specify your Pp name, picture To start, select from the pictures Hoquated -tac "Flying Tor edo" --* 'Sky y lal and mail to Rocket'--*'Lightning"~-- - the St. Lawrence Star, A Defiant! --tBpit lire --. Limited, Port . ALL THE LATEST PICTURES " ge "Catalina™ Firemen's Tests Toughest Devised - eng eld Would-Be Members In New York City's Fire Department Must Pass Severe Physical Test x " Appointment to the New York Fire Department ls the ambition of 6400 young men who have un- dertaken to pass qualifylng exam- inations, notes The Toronto Tele: gram. The physical test--stated by the head: of the Civil Service Commission to be "the toughest ever devised for a "government Job, civil or military"-----wlill dispose of at least half of the asplrants. The first test Is for co-ordin- atlon; each man sits In a seat equipped with a steering gear and foot and hand brakes and is judg- ed on his. response to signals flashed on a board ahead. Then he lifts weights while lying on his back with someone holding his feet, To score perfection he must rise to a sitting position, bringing a slxty-pound weight over his head. © Perfection In lifting dumbbells is" with those who lift eighty-pound welghts In each hand. Then the aspirant has to" carry a dummy weighing 170 pounds up eight steps. \| ) Afteg -which he is required tq take aften-foot broad jump, hurdle a three-and-a-half-foot rail, dodge through barriers, climb a ladder ten feet high and swing across a ladder for fifteen feet, jump or drop from an ¢ight-foot wall, vault a box four and a half feet high and keep going. The time limit for this Is thirty-one seconds, After a fiftcen-miniite rest, comes a mile run. : Educational requirements in- clude matriculation standing In high school, Tho young fireman, after six months' probation service, starts at $2,000 a year. The department, _ with more than_10,000 men, Is-on the threeplatoon system. Sell Gas In Can To Domestic User Gasoline may be sold in cans or other containers providing it is for usc in lamps, stoves, washing machines, or for domestic pur- poses, Oil Controller G. R. Cot- trelle stated recently in a wire to a Midland washing machine agency. 7 The agency asked for a ruling and reported to_the oil controller that gasoline station operators had refused to sell gasoline in containers under any condition, and" that donfestic consumers were suffering. : "Prohibitions only apply to gasoline for -use in private pas- senger vehicles," stated the wire, . New York Men Train For Raids Managers of skyscrapers, apart. ment houses and loft 'buildings In New York City have trained 60, 000 men In the last three months to ombat Incendiary air attacks sgl homing raids on the city If they should come. This army of private fire fighters and salvage crews will total 200,000 men with. in a few months, according to B. H. Belknap, head of the manages ment division of the Real Estate Board of New York, The work is being done under the supervision of Mayor F. H. LaGuardia, Civilian Defence Director, Mr. Belknap's statement was the first inkling that New York or any other At- lantic Seaboard city was prepar- ing for eventualities thdt come out of strained relations with the Axis powers. After 50,000 key men are fully trained they will instruct others so that the private fire brigade will total 200,000 highly efficient men who will not only know how to, put out fires, salvage sections, but also handle -sabotage and all forms of subversive activity, The fire brigade is being taught the significance of different colors of smoke and. how to fight the fire behind the smoke. The incendiary bomb, ho explained, heats to 3,400 degrees when the bomb explodes, throwing sparks in every direction and setting © tire to everything within many yards of the missile, Sound Education Labor Minister McLarty Says Youths Under Sixteen Not Needed In Industry Children under 16 'years of ago are not needed- in war industries, cently in a statement emphasiz- ing the Importance of young peoplo continuing at school as' long as possible and "as long as they can _ profit from such attendance." "It is 'hoped that parents and teachers will discourage boys and girls who are making progress at school from tdking jobs," sald Mr, McLarty. * co "Qur most pressing concern Is, of course, to further war produc: tlon but we must not loso sight of the problems that are bound to arise after the war and among these employment due to fn inevitable dislocation In industry, Workers "with the least education and the least training are sure to be am: ong the first to be let out and tho last to be taken on." ' The Minister said education and training gave the 'best foundation for permanent em- ployment, ¥ PLE LIFE'S LIKE THAT (Motorrad by Convotitared Newt Featern) "How many times must Neel you never to hither me when r \ m 'workin'! | I" ' might Eabor---Minister -McLarty ~said-re- - 11 be some measure of uy! - that sound :