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a. Property Loss *Two Per Cent Bombs Have Caused Less De- struction In England Than "Might Have Been Expected The New York Times quotes a Britain's foremost financial journ- al, "The Economist," on the prop- erty loss in the British Isles through air ralds in the first two years of the war, This loss is cal- eulated at $480,000,000, 'A huge figure, it 1s true--yet it is only 2 per cent of the total $24,000,000, 000 of estimated real estate values: fn the United Kingdom, "There has hitherto been ample eviféhce that the German Luftwaffe could not break Britain's spilt, Now. it ap- pears that the rain of high-explos- fve and jncendiary bombs has done «far less destruction to real prop- erly than might -have been expect- ed," comments the Times, which goes on to observe that: "The British, in their stubborn . way, even find certain compensa- tions in the destruction that has taken place. Earlier in the year J. M. Keynes remarked that 'Dam- age of this kind, up to a point, is an opportunity." He was re. ferring to the curious fact that niany of the best modern buildings had thus far seemed immune, while much obsolete building had been razed. Britain has already taken steps to provide for the planned reconstruction of devastated areas. "Mr. Keynes, pleading for large units in planning reconstruction, pointed out contemptuously that there was hardly a place where Hitler had made a really clean Job, and that for all the damage done it would still be necessary to clear 'out a great deal of stuft . which i8 by no means worthless it it is regarded in isolation, but which will mess up everything it you have to plan. your new work by reference to those remnants." In this, as in most developments - "of his brutal and almost limitless war, Herr Hitler must be greatly disappointed in the British people, SOVIET SENTINEL Rn Ab: mine a Cr 2x [4 Sine eX A ras Russian Timoshenko stands .guard over the Red capi- Many a -Moscowling besides Marshal tal. This plain girl student swap- ped hairnet for bayonet to take post at university entrance, ~~ Mutiny Aboard ~The "Bismark" / The Crew of the German - Battleship Bismark Mutinied As The British Closed In ed 4 The crew of the German battle- ship Bismarck mutinied and tried to force thelr commander to strika his flag In the last hours of the great battle in which the British avenged © the sinking of H.M.S. Hood by pounding the Bismarck to the bottom of the Atlantic.. The story was revealed by John T. Whitaker of the Chicago -Daily News, despite the decislon of the - British Admiralty to suppress any "official 'statement on' the mutiny, The actions of the German crew, SF who wanted to scuttle their ship, were described' to the British Ad- miralty by virtually all of the-100- odd German officers and men ___.__.whose_lives were saved-after the -- Bisarmck sank with the- rest of ~~~ her complement of 2400, Co But for two hours before the + erusler Dorsetshire closed with' her and dispatched her, the Bis- ~~ mark's guns wero silent -becauso ~~ the munitions 'crew refused to stand "to gun stations--although Admiral Gunthier Lutjens in hls last radio message to Berlin had declared: "We are fighting to the ast shell" FEI 4 Bhe had shells but the morale © 'of her men had cracked, Tha story, paid Mr. Whitaker, illuminates the _eharacter 'of Nazl morale--a mor- "understand this, "Wg cannot un- hope on and on. "tho qualities of unselfishness, kindness, courage and strength must. be predominant in the 'to sit, +. "What 18 more pleasant than a . which 1g unexcelled unti} the becomes too rough. : pep VOICE PRESS THE TIDE OF HATRE All over Europe the tide of/hate against the Nazis steadily /ridgs. It 1s cold, bitter fury that h no counterpart in modern ory, not yg during the worst days of the Ast war, What it bodea for the future is something only a prophet can foretell, but itis a 'tact to.be reckoned with. that hun- "dreds of millions of men and wo- men cannot be treated as the Ger- mang have treated them -and re- main nornial, calm-minded people, Typically, the Germans cannot derstand," says the head of the Gestapo In Norway, "that our friendly attitude and magnanimity should meet with churlish impu- dence," Another officer stationed." in Copenhagen said this to a Swed- ish newspaper friend: "I would rather fight at the front than live in this Intolerable atmosphere of refined hatred. The Danes ignore us. as they would ignore a plece of furniture." Some day 1t will dawn on these blockheads that theirs is the fault and not that of tho people whom they dominate and oppress. Meanwhile 'it {8 no wonder that the *V" campaign meets favor from the Vigtula to/ the Tiber, for' men and women who have lost everything but hope, --Winnipeg Free Press,' st THEY HAVE 99 YEARS They tell a good story about a Newfoundland farmer and tho Am- erican boys, who have been gar- rlsoning the Oldest Colony since the 99-year lease to the United States. It seems -the farmer was driv- ing his horse along a narrow road and some American soldiers were trying to get past In a truck, They honked: and honked. Finally they shouted to the farmer to move over. Ho replied: "Why are you boys in a hurry? You're here for 99 years, aren't you? * ) --Windsor Daily Star, rr THE BASIS OF A HOME To build a home on a right hasls thoughts of the parents, together with prompt obedience to that higher spiritual law: which alone' can bring about the peace and harmony for which mankind is secking. The privilege of bringing out the true sense of home Is (ne of the greatest works which can be undertaken by any human being. --~ : : --Guelph Mercury. wee THE FOUR FREEDOMS No-one should forget -the- Four Freedoms which Britain and Am- erica have agreed upon as.the aim of tho war--Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom from Want, Freedom from Fear. Now ask yourselt what are you fighting for, and be ready with the Answer. --Hamilton Spectator. --Y-- h _ _AN ODD THING It's astonishing how many people, know exactly what Churchill ought to be doing to win the war, and yet they never seem to be able to do anything else that com- mands more than twenty or thirty dollars a week, "=Fort Erle Timés-Review. 2 V-- . DIME AS BIG BUSINESS The man who stops you o: the street and asks for a time i8 en- giged In a small business; but not so small" when you consider that in New York City, beggars on the streets make $15,000,000 a year, it is estimated, i --~Chatham News. --y-- NOT IN THESE DAYS There aro 200 Egyptian girls who have registered at a government marriage bureau In: Calro. The trouble in courting them might be they would speak the same as those old marks they find on the pyramids, & --Peterborough Examiner. -- FENCE SITTERS Turkey has been giving a tiné exhibition of sitting on the fence and a large number of other na- tions In Europe used to be sure they could do the same thing, To- day they have no fefice on which --Peterborough Examiner. -- ! YET % PLEASANT OMISSION cold bath before breakfast?" asks a writer. That's easy. No cold bath before ~breakfast, . 'Kitchener Record. -- " ALL WORKING . The average woman has a vo- cabulary of only eighteen hundred words, It is a small stock, but think of the turnover, 4 ~<Calgary -Albertan. When roused, two ants will fight each other to the death, a + are difficult to understand on. the ~tences, - LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher (LL L222 22 7 "It's been that way ever since | heard that gangster story! 1" / - wr Pleasant Voice Valuable Asset Telephone Conversation With Prospective Boss Is Always Important ° "I don't think I'll interview -Miss Bo-and-So for the job," an im- portant 'executive said the other day. "She telehoned for an ap- pointment, but her voice Is so un. pleasant over the phone that 1 don't think we would hire her, however good an impression 'she might make in an interview." Bhe may not be able to culti- vate a beautiful voice but, cer. tainly any woman can learn not to shout over the telephone or sound brusk or speak so softly that tho person on the other end of the line can't catch more than balf she says. Eg It you let your words run to- gelher, seldom pause and take a breath at the end of a sentence, say goln' instead of going, diden Instead of didn't or have a tired way of letting the last three words of any sentence trail off into a whisper, then you probably telephone, Reading Aloud Helps Reading aloud five minutes every day as speech experts always are pointing out, will correct to an amazing degree bad pronunciation and failure to breathe between sen- Remembering to keep fhe mouth near and directy in front of the mouthpiece will help your tele- phone voice considerably. Ten voice lessons might be a. better Invest- ment for many an office worker than two new dresses or a new. permanent wave, According "t oa well-known singer, the people most annoying over the phone are those who: Say "yep" and "nope" instead of "yes" and "mo." v Never have learned how to end a telephone conversation without sounding rudely. abrupt. Start oft with "Guess who thls is!" : Jump In "Traffic On Burma Road ~ Travel on the hand-paved Bur- ma road, China's lifeline in the war against Japan, has_iicreased 100 percent, within the last 30 days, three American. transporta- tion experts said recently, They expressed belief that . Japan, which has been sending its bombing planes against the road, never would succeed in closing it. There is nothing like the Bur-. ma road anywhere in the world, _they said, It is paved by hand, - with broken stones and cobble- stones. Schickelgruber Hitler' started life with the name' of 'Schickelgruber. It was not until he was 40 that he took the name of Hitler. Hitler, for the Germans, is now. a name in- vested with magical powers. . Why not 'restore in 'propaganda - the name of Schickelgruber? A sys- tematic use of it in our foreign broadcasts might do much to break the undoubted power of the other name abroad. . Saving Ontario's Natural Resources No, 67 BANDING WATERFOWL he waterfowl of this continent migrate along what are known as fiyways and a knowledge of mi gration habits, routes and other information is necegsary if wefare to understand, the fessor vation of these birds. So,.in\this article and in others that will 'follow it I am golng to outline some of the things we know about ducks and geese. It 1s true there is much still to be »> "learned, about these birds but en- ough is*known to Indicate some of - _tho possibilities. First, iow did we get this knowl. edge of the flyways? For. many years sclentists and others have "been banding the waterfowl with an aluminum band that carries a sérial number and a return address so that the band when recovered will be sent back to the proper authorities, Formerly - banding of birds was-* carried out by individ: uals who secured some important information but were handicapped in that all thelr recoveries were from dead birds, Today the Can. adian apd American Governments co-operpte on a _vast scheme of- bird banding, The naturalist, who wishes to band wild birds must first secure a permit from Ottawa if he lives in Canada or from Washington it he lives in the United States, When he receives the permit he also- receives the bands and a form that he must fill ont and return to the Bureau who sent him the bands. On this form "hre noted the kind of bird, the sex, it possible, the number of the band placed on the bird, the date and the place where the bird was banded. This inform- ation is kept on file In both Ot- tawa and Washington. - ; Further knowledge of the -~blrd comes from several sources, It may be that another bander traps the bird. He notes the number and releases the bird. This information goes to the government. Or, 8 hunter may shoot the bird or it may be found dead. In either case the band is returned to the Burean named as the return address. on tho band, So, my readers are ask- ed to watch for banded birds and to send tho bands or other inform- ation that they might have to the National Parks Bureau, Ottawa. Britain To Call Many More Men The London Daily Herald said recently that "sweeping new plans for calling up millions of men for military.service will be announced _ soon by the Government." No-authority-was-quoted. ~~ "This move is the first indica- tion that vital new decisions on war strategy have recently been taken by the Government arising out of dsvelopments on the Rus- sian front," the Herald said. 'WINDSORS' ROUTE TO DUKE'S CANADIAN RANCH This is the 8600:mile - Bahamas governor's house. at , are pictured. on return trip. ) assau to - their ranch at Cal Windsors will stop in Washington on w A fos vacation * trail the: Duke and Duchess of Windsor will 'follow from the gary, Alberta, main buildings of which ay west, at Baltimore, the Duchess' home town, xy "THE WAR W EE K--Commentary on Current Events In France ; "Frenchmen! I have grave things to--tell you. For the last several weeks 1 have felt an ill wind ris- ing in many parts of France. Dis- quiet is overtaking minds; doubt is. gaining control of spirit , , .", 4 sald-old Marshal Petain when he summoned his countrymen to' col laborate willingly with Germany.. A rising tide of unrest has been sweeping over France from' Paria to the French provinces, The un. rest has flared into open defiance, On the streets of Parls German soldiers were assaulted; industrial plants and railways sabotaged; Bri- tish citizens kept in hiding and protected; military - information passed. over to England; Gaullist propaganda spread; smuggling of young men Into the unocccupied part .of France where they might , have a change to escape abroad; popular demonstrations caused by "scarcity of food. : . The all-out raids of the R. A. F. on occupied countries and the Rus- "Blan resistance to Hitler's armies seem to have given heart to the French people. They have been stunned by defeat and" German aggression but not permanently covering from its 'apathy--it is spreading over France and the population as a whole is agalnst Nazi domination. Will the French people submit tamely to the slav- wer may be Georges Clemenceau in the words of after the Prussians "In believes that the logical result of ~ victory is domination, and we do of defeat is vassalage." In Norway - ling helped the Nazis in their in. vasion of Norway, have openly and passively fought tho Germans, Ger- { man soldlers were assaulted, street fighting took place, firps. broke . out in buildings housing German equipment, workers sabotaged war plants, officials resigned, refusing to follow Quisling edicts, A climax was reached. recently when death: and imprisonment were decreed for all who opposed the Nazis. Oslo was put under civil siege and Ger- man troopers patrolled the streets. The stubborn fight: of ¢ Norway's men, women and children against an army of occupation. and thous: --.ands. of Quisling traitors is doing more for Norway's future than any victory on a battlefield. In Norway « .today _there is no doubt or nesi- tation but a singleness of purpose in resisting attempts to replace * .their centuries-old democratic or- der .by a new. order. The invaders have overrun their country but they have not subdued its people. : "in Poland! Hitler is sald to: have declared that he will exterminate the Poles, ' Their property has been contigs. cated, men of all ages have been drafted for labor In Germany, whera they are sald to be treated worse than cattle. A Polish refu. gee, Stefanja Zaborska, giving an crushed, French patriotism is re-_ ery that they now face? The ans.' crushing defeat of France by the "1870-71--"Germany not believe that the logical result The Norsemen, ever since Quis Where Nazis Have Sown Their Seeds There Will Be A Harvest Of Hatred "Had they taken away the food and the things necessary to them, had they limited themselves to the destruction that {s brought about. by war itself--to bombing, shell. ing and 'incendiarism--the Polish hatred would not seem to differ greatly from the British hatred of the Germans. But what is being done {8 nothing but' the bestial torturing of the defenceless, It passes the limit of human cruelty, It not only offends the national feelings of a Pole, but it also in. jures the moral basis of life. The Germans do not only kill physical. ly, they kill morally. They are treading down something that 1s, perhaps, even stronger. than the instinct of self-preservation of the individual and of the people in general, One has to remember that people in Poland live day after day, night after night, in terror of monstrous violence, which de- seconds on them suddenly, without the slightest cause, without any connection whatever with the war --just as a manifestation of un. bridled pride and contempt. One _ must bear in mind, that against this violence of the Herrenvolk, millions of people in Poland feel their utter defencelessness, They -are down-trodden and they cannot defend themselves, They must keep silence. They must suffer and endure. ee "If, in these conditions, a fan- atical hatred and will to revenge did not spring up in the people's hearts--it would be a sure sign that this people is incapable of sur- viving, It every single Pole did not compensate for the tragic feeling: of hls temporary .impotency with a craving for revenge, witlsan ut- ter and fatalistic disregard of his own life--it would be a sign of moral decay, "Such are not the inherent na- but such is psychological law." - In Other Countries Ftom The Netherlands and Bel- glum come stories of civillan re- sistance to the Nazis ami the op- revolt and revenge, In former Yugoslavia the reign of terrorism continues. The Yugo- slavs never had a chance against Hitler's Stukas and mechanized divisions "but the natives have re-- 'fused to glve up. Bands of hardy 'mountaineers have hidden weap- ons and ammunition in the rugged. tinue to wage ceaseless Guerilla warfare on .the Invadeis. German firing sqilads have executed hun- dreds but the revolt goes on, Out of anclent Greece come stor. ies of Guerilla raids and sabotage. German and Italian soldiers dis: - appear; Provisions 'are stolen, Raw materials for machines of war dre ruined, Forest fires-consume tim. ber which was to be cut and ship. ped to Germany, Britons are aided to escape. Less daring ones have adopted the lite of 'passive reslst- ance. Reports of disorder come from Rumania Bulgaria and Hungary, In Rumania 600 "Jewish Commun. ists" were executed for sniping at address in London, England, said: 'German and Rumanian troops; T i REG'LAR FELLERS---No Wonder HERE THEY. COME NOW! ate CHIR - By GENE. BYRNES 83.0 ETI TET RTT, za TA FT TEN ET Bs SEY FT Tremor rn tional cltkracteristics of "thie Poles, eratfon of British spies inciting . hills and from their hideouts eon