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"© vaded. "a Norwegian Air Force officer- who Laer : = Holland Peat Bog 'Could Supply Fuel Canada's Peat Estimated Fuel 113, $13,000 Tons Bogs Have Content of Should a shortage of coal become acute in Canada, experts say that resort would be made to large peat deposits in Ontario, says the Chris. tian Science Monitor. Less than 30 miles from Tor onlo 1s one of the great deposits in 'the Dominion, the Holland peat bog, capable of turning out an estimat- ed 8,000,000 tons. In: all Canada has 107 peat bogs,' 46 in Ougtario, with an estimated fuel. content of 113,513,000 tons, Workable ~ peat bogs within shipping distalice of Toronto aré estimated" to be ot some "26,600,000 tons c¢ wpacity, Since 1860, attempts have been s made from, time to time to de- velop this potential source of -fuel for heating and cooking, but with little result to date. Canadian rall- way engines used it decades ago as an alternative fuel, and it is again looming large on the indus. trial "front, with a possible short. age ofstransportation facilities and exchange difficulties between the United States and Canada to be faced, moved by machinery, but it, can- not be produced in winter months, A ton of peat yields 770 pounds of-pedt coke, an efficient domestic fuel, and other by-products, as light and heavy oils, paraffin and methyl alcohol. BUOY MEETS GIRL As Sot gape, bo Mil. © ler ends ride in breeches buoy from third-floor window of plant at- Camden, N.J., during demon- stration of U.S, Const, equipment. Men Of Norway Reaching Britain They Steal ay To Join Their Brothers In Arms Guard . It was recently definitely re- corded by th& British Home Office that during the present Summer more than 10,000 Norwegians of military age had reached Britain in 'various ways from Scandinavia, and that as many more had come from other parts. of the world, principally from the United States. A party of twenty recently ar rived in a 22-foot motor boat f{ly- ing the Norwegian flag. It took ° them four days to navigate the 400-milte trip from the peninsula. A second Norwegian. squadron of the f& A. F. was recently form. ed manning principally Blenheim bombers and Hurricane fighters. The air expert of The Times of London adds: ' : "This Is the first Norwegian fighter squadron, the other squad- ron being part ol Coastal Command .and equipped with American-built Northrop float-planes, which are claimed to be the fastest aircraft of "their type in _the world, . "The new fighter squadron even has a Norwezian W. A, A, F. The pilots are all experienced fliers, and were either in the Norwegian Air Force or were commercial pilots before their country was in.' The commanding officer is escaped after the invasion." The fivst. birthday of the Rome- * Berlin-Tokic pact was observed in Japan without enthusiasm... The Ny little brat has all the earmarks "of an unwanted child, Peat Is now almost entirely re- - ~ and that they because NE The Phe with the terrifying noses, shown above, "are Konto Tomahawks Ris for the A British artist painted on the shark's head. British somewhere in Africa, THE WAR - WEEK -- Commentary on Current Events Yapar? s Attitude Less Peaceful United States Looks For Trouble Interest, apart from Russia's mag- nificent defense of Moscow, is now centred on the political upheaval In Japan and the attack on the United States destroyer Kearny by a Ger- man submarine. Germany's advance on Moscow has no doubt called forth warlike developments in Japan, Prince Konoye and his more or less peace-wishing. cabinet have resign- ed. The warrior, General Eiki Tojo and a predominately mjlitarist cabinet, are now in power. The first public announcement of the new premier stated that the Jap- anese arg facing a crucial hour must- be prepared to sacrifice everything in order to surmount it,. He called for "iron unity between all the fighting arms and the people to cope with the encirclement of Japan by foreign powers.' © It is threatening lang- uage and makes the situation om- inous, On the Fence i Princa Konoye personally inter- vened with President Roosevelt to obtain some relaxation of the eco- nomic pressures which were im- posed on Japan a few months ago. There appeared to he, however, no inclination on the part of Japan to give up any part of her "ex- pansionist" program. It is stated in Tokyo that the new government will continue the negotiations with Washington. At the same time, General Tojo sald frankly that Japan maintains and will develope her membership jn the Axis group. Has Japan at last slipped off the fence and joined our enemies in all but the last step toward war? It is possible that Hitler is push- ing Japan into a * "ooting" war with the United States to divert American naval strength from the Atlantic to the Pacific. | Where Will Japan Strike? What will happen in the immed- fate "future is unpredictable, Japanese attack on Siberia, espec- jally if the Russians -are unable to hold a defensive line at the Euro- .pean end of the _Trans-Siberlan Railroad, /will .make Alaska and the North Pacific as exposed can area as is the North Atlantic. The' danger might perhaps be greater the Japaiese Navy Is much stronger than the German Navy. A Japanese attack in the' south by way of Indo-China and Thailand, in order to isolate China and sur- round Singapore, would be equally serious, Japanese occupation of Singapore would make simple the occupation of the Netherlands East Indies, would surround the Philip. pines and cut off Great Britain trom the southern dominions and thé eastern half of the Emplre. It would also sever America from the source of Indispensable sup plies. If the Japanese get posses- sion of 'Singapore the way Is open to the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean and -the Atlan. tic, where the German, Italian and Japanege navies will be able to act together. Japanese Dilemma Is Japan in.a position to risk an- allout war? . In addition to the damages which have been" wrought by four years of the. Chinese war, by the finan. 'cial condition ot Japan and by the geographical position which places it thousands of miles from its Axls allles, Japan must import' most of the essentials of war-making. From the Netherlands Indies and the United States must be brought the oil that operates the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the fish. i fleet. which provides much of tiie food ot Japan, From the United States other materials are needed for protracted military action, And cA L between Japanese requirements of raw materials and their sources in the Southern Pacific is ranged a British fleet. It the American Pacific fleet were added to that maval wall be- tween Japan and fundamental war- making resources, the Japanese Navy, whatever its "itch" for war, would find a fearful barrier. It might 'be not necessary at first to do muth more than join our fleet to America's on those seas, even it Japan should. strike northward J. at Siberia in order 'to assure that the Japanese would soon run out of materials. With American oll and other exports also barred, Japan would be placed in the di- lemma either of expanding its mil: itary" activity without long-term stocks, or giving battle to the American and British fleets In the far Pacific, This 18 and always has heen the broadest base on which Is founded the hope that Japan wlll never go beyond the bluffing stage and nev- er join Germany in the two-ocean squeeze play wheih represents the chiet' danger to peace In the Pa- cific, Those who do not find it a satisfactory base, however, have these arguments: ' The Japanese claim to have a one-year supply (though much Is "low-test) of gasoline and fuel oll. Thelr navy fis excellent and has confidence that Germany and Italy can prevent a British:American concentration of strength suffi- cient to hold the far Pacific. The army is arrogant and .powerful In government; the Japanese people are desperate for the fruits of ex- pansion and fatalistic. A sudden campaign of interference with American ships carrylng supplies through the Pacific to Russia may force the. United -States to attack instead of merely blocking access to the south. U. 8. Destroyer Attacked A few hours after the attack on the Kearny was announced, the United States House of Represen- tatives gave overwhelming approv- al to the mounting of guns on ves- sels. of the merchant marine. Ten American seamen-are missing and - ten others wounded as a result ot the attack on the Kearny. Those are. the first casualties in the American armed forces resulting from German action. Sore time ago Washington ex- panded the naval patrol of the At- lantic to Iceland's waters, spotting Nazl ralders and broadcasting their" location to the British fleet. The Nazi U-boat commanders: kept Hit- ler's promise that every ship "that comes before our torpedo tubes will be torpedoed," British losses at sea continued grave and valu- able lease-lend cargoes rested on the Atlantic floor. German torpe- does also sank Amerlcan-owned . merchantmen;= On -Saptember. 4th 'a. U-boat in: Icelandic waters fired hy ; \ at of the fighting nations. sons are undeniable. the United States destroyer Greer, but missed. One woek later President Roosevelt issued his mo- mentous "shoot first" order to the navy, Then the navy instituted full- fledged convoys as far as Iceland. Shipping losses took a drop. Washington was still hampered in its: effort to get- the promised cargoes to the British, The Neut- rality Act prevented American mer-- chantment from sailing into *com- bat zones" and touching at ports The act also . prohibited + the arming of American cargo carriers. The presl- dent called upon Congress immedi- ately to repeat the armed-ship ban -and later to consider allowing Am- erican merchant ships to carry sup- pies directy to beligerent harbors, U. S, Peace Impossible Wendell Willkie bolstered Presi- dent Roosevelt's all-out stand against tho Berlin-Rome-Tokyo pact by saying: "Let us stop deluding ourselves. Berlin, Rome and Tokyo are irrevocably linked by the dan- gerous dream of world. conquest. Victory for one is viclory for all, Their aim is world dominatlon-- domination of liberty, he end of _ democracy." With typical realism, Mr. Willkle declared that the U.S. "must aban. don the hope of p..ce." His rea. "We Amerl- cans can no more negotiate a peace with the war lords of Tokyo than with the conquering dictator of Berlin, On any continent, in every ocean, we must help to siop these partners in piracy. They are win- ning now. Unless we act soon, it will be too late," warned the Re- publican leader.' And Mr. Willkie added his pow- erful plea to that of ost other great Americans when' he called for the ending of "the show and deception of hypocritical neutral ity laws." Isolation is dead. The 'United States is in the war. The hope for an impossible peace is all but abandoned--and none too soon. Deaths On Road "Exceed War Toll For ever§ person killed in Britain by enemy action since the 'war began, two have lost their lives in highway accidents, says. Colonel John J. Llewellin, joint parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of War Transport, In the second year of the conflict 10,073 fatalities were reported. In 1939- -40 the figure was 8,358. The peace time averagd was 6,600 deaths annually, The government, anxious over this trend, opened a campaign for safety and caution throughout the United Kingdom. Of the 18,000 highway deaths since the start of the war, 10,000, persons killed were pedestrians, one-fifth of them children; 2,400 were motor cyclists, 2,800 bicyclists and the rest persons in cars. . Canada's production of pig iron in the first half of 1941 amount- ed to 625,000 tons as against 660,000 tons in the first six months of 1940, . VOICE OF THE y PRESS FALSE ECONOMY One of the watchwords' of the" day-is "economy." But there is false economy also and this is what we must guard against, Lét us put our foot on on false economy. "Going shabby' by those of us' who habitually dress well and can afford it, is not going to help make more guns ° and ammunition, If everybody who dresses well -bégins to wear out old clothes, he is helping to throw thousands out of work; he is helping to bring suffering upon manufacturers and nerchants, upon factory hands and store e¢m- ployges- throughout the country. * Don't be over- -enthusiastic - for economy. Don't put a stick in the fly- wheel of legitimate, sure prosper- ity by injudicious economy, That is what the Washington Post has te say aboyf the matter: "Let's lave economy. But let's have it with sanity, with cool judgment, with a vision ° that shows us clearly what the effect of this economy will be. ¥ "Let's not waste products which are scarce, and replaced with difficulty, "Let's conserve our food sup- ply, and grow more foodstuffs . than ever before, "Let's pronounce that man a traitor who hogs and hoards sup- plies. Hoarding supplies has, in some instances, already increased the high' cost of living, . "Industrial happiness and suc- cess depends upon the free circu- lation of money, not the hoarding of it. "It is not the time to put on sackcloth and ashes. "It is a time to throw out our chests, our heads up, and work valiantly, with our faces to the front, in a grand cause." This is common sense. In-the "last analysis true economy, the kind that. will really make us*a frugal and thrifty people, better able to meet any situation that may confront us, is the far-see- ing kind. In brief, the.cconomy vie need, is simply the common sense to distinguish between es- sentials and non-essentials, Seguin Herein; NICKNAMES We've become accustomed to the common nickname this war has produced. Everyone knows that an airman calls his life belt - his Mae West, that an evacuated child is a "vackie" and a lame duck is a damaged plane. But some less familiar .ones are as--- . sembled by The Saturday Review of Literature = (thereby giving them a dignified place in current usage) that strike our fancy. To be 'completely cheesed," for example, is to be fed up with it all. A "sewing kit" is a house- wife; "cuckoos laying their eggs" are German dive bombers; a "Paul Pry" is a searchlight, "hay burners" are cavalry, 'fat friends" 'are balloons, also "fly- ing elephants." The power turr t of a plane is a "flower pot," a beer saloon is a "gas house," and a portable radio' is a. "walkie-talkie." . ------If-it-does-no-other good, this: war will brighten our language. Thought of a man excusing him: self 'from a 'bridge game 'by say- ing he's completely cheesed opens up all kinds of possibilities, - --Ottawa Journal. --0-- . QUICK COMEBACK Many odd little incidents have been occurring these past weeks at service stations, In fact the dealers themselves could be hav- ing a lot of fun were it not such an expensive pastime discourag- ing customers. A choice anec- dole came to light the other day at a local garage where a uni- .-formed 'army ofticer' drove up in a private, obviously civilian auto- mobile: and smilingly asked for a tankful. "Sorry," came the now familiar answer, "but we can only let you have three gallons, We have to: conserve our gas supply for the armed forces." That was a bit irksome to the uniformed gentleman who snapped out in best 'parade "What in blazes do you think I ~in Fred?" 'a lie detector, ground manner: NET Y] FREE PHOTOS Mail two Durham Cora Basen for each -4 tute desired--or one be sent with your y (first request. Specify your a the pictures ested T' from ) 3 : "Flying Tor edot-- y Beccssaty labels and to Rocket"-- htning"-- the St. Lawrence Starch Rp eiiaatr-- 8 = Limitéd, Port Credit, Out. pitfire ALL THE LATEST PICTURES igen fo Shaler" tures "or "Catalina" am?' The attendant with one sweeping: glance at the car asked: "And what in equally hot blazes do you think you're driving, a Bren gun carrier?" A pa Reporter, OVER THE TELEPHONE This story is told of a promin- ent and busy man, who was send- ing a telegram gver the telephone. He' had great difficulty in mak- ing the operator understand the letter "S" which she interpreted s "F.".. Finally she said, "F" as "No," roared the ex- asperated business man, "8S" in stupid." She got itl --The Argonaut. 5 sidan NO BEAUTY . " "Take another good look at Hitler's picture, It is the face that - will have launched 1,400 American merchant ships by the: end of 1943." 'And it doesn't look much like Helen of Troy, either. : Ths Sault Star. ALWAYS oN A PICNIC | We can't understand how the ant acquired such a. reputation for being industrious. Nearly all Wwe ever saw were on a picnic, --Kitchener Record. --0-- USELESS TEST Imagine testing Hitler out with You know which | would choke first, -* --Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. ---- WHY THEY FAIL .. Some folks wonder why they don't get on, when all they're tying to do is get by. --Ottawa Citizen. SATE, GAMBOL OR GAMBLE , Life is either a gamhol or- a 'gamble, depending on the way you play it. --Kitchener Record. Line Up Sunday More - than 300,000 have en- rolled in a voluntary movement in northwest England of people * prepared to give up their Sundays" and go anywhere to help after. an air raid. = as' Saving: Ontario's Natural Resources No. 61 THE EIDER DUCK ES Continuing "the discussion of the diving ducks I feel that one group of this family should be given special consideration, even though they are known in the greater part of Ontario only from isolated specimens. Around the Hudson Bay, in Labrador and on the Arctic islands, the eider ducks are well known and familiar crea- tures. Over most of Canada they are used for food only but in other parts of the world the wild eiders are carefully protected for * they produce the eiderdown of commerce. . : I have read descriptions of the eiderdown industry -in Iceland and have talked with Dr. Harrison F, Lewis of the National Park Branch, who is endeavouring to foster an eiderdown trade along the north St. Lawrence shore. I have no figures at.hand but I understand that considerable pro- gress is 'being made .in the edu- cation of the natives to the value of the birds as a source of down," Like many other ducks, the eiders pluck the soft feathers from their breasts to make a cove -|=ering for their eggs when . they leave them: briefly. This soft blanket is collected, . cleaned of debris, such as straws or grass roots, and sold for a quite. high price. The female eider may have . enough feathers to produce two. patches of down each year but the: third batch is usually supplied by the male. As he has white feathers on his breast his down can be readily recognized and the careful collector will leave such nests alone. birds may desert their nest and no young ducks will be raised to supply eiderdown in the" follow- ing years. Here, careful con-. - servation, based on a knowledge of the birds habits, is essential to the assurance of a cash crop for the gatherer. EVES 1 LIKE D Har By Fred Neher ae ------ -- a +5 "When I want- your: advice, I'll ask for eID" REG'LAR FELLERS In Hiding ©. By GENE BYRNES] _}/ THIS 1S THE IDEA --. " PINHEAD- 15 A CROOK DETECTIFS TO _ FIND HIM! AN' IT'S UP TO US ~ oH, 807." I'LL HIDE IN' THE BACK OF THAT TRUCK! THEYLL NEVER. LOOK POR - ME IN THERE _ WE'VE LOOKED ALL OVER, CHIEF! I'M" . AFRAID TRIGGER! PINHEAD GAVE US THE SLIP! i (Ll) £ be TE BE ons are AR righ reserved If it is taken the °°