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3 bo Doctor Specialist Must Do Anything : British Army Doctor ls Jack- of-all-Trades and Master of \ 8 One The ideal Britifh army doctor fs a jack-of-all-trides and' master r of one. < He js-a "specialist who t ean' turn his hand te anything," said a leading army: doctor ex- * plaining the aim. of training the ficers, The training, based on éxperi- ence of warfare "in France, . Greece, Crete and the Middle East, is designed to produce doc- tors who can look after the wel- fare of British soldiers under any conditions in any climate; More than 1,000 medical officers have been trained to deal with casual- ties of chemical warfare and one officer in every field medical unit has been trained in blood trans- fusion. Special attention has been given "to the organization of mobile medical units. Equiment now can be transported by motor, mule, camel, sled or even dropped from' the air. A hygienic directorate works out problems of keeping soldiers fit and problems of food, . water-supply, - living conditions, clothing and effects of climate. Some 5,000 medical officers have taken courses in 'army hygiene, Convalescent Depots An important dévelopment. in army medital treatment has been = the, establishment of convalescent, depots "devoted --to the physical re-building - of soldiers whose health has deteriorated cither as & result of wounds or illness, At the depots, the men ard giv- en graduated physical training, ""electrical tréatmieént and occéupa- tional therapy. Most of the centres have small farms and some oper- ate arts and crafts workshops, Shortly before the war, the 'army established" two physical development centres -for men be- low service medical standards. The value of the. centres was shown by a check of the.records the buildingup treatment. seven of the group later passed medical examinations and were admitted to the army. One got a commission. Similar work now is. being done with men formerly classed low medically The army ex- pects to be able to raise the cate- gories of 75 per cent. of them, - ATLANTIC CHIEF Fictured ac his-desk in Wash- ASS ington after promotion to new job fo. as romrander of the U. 8. At. 3 lantic fleet "is Rear Admiral Loyal E. Ingersoll. 2 7 Evacuated Children 4% Lose Identification ity and British. children evacuated from London and other: cities dur- ! ing the emergency created by the '4. intense air raids of 'September, tia 'identification, The Toronto Tele- I; gram relates. At the moment it A oes not appear:at all likely that they can ever be identified by par- ~~ ents or other 'relatives, because der in age at the time of their re- moval, and the physical changes in 'thé meantime have been great, U.S. Bill Enlarges Selective Service LR 5 A TERE ays 5 ; President Robsevelt secéiitly RD the bill enlarging the Un- fted States selective service plan. Under the new law, all men of 18 throu han 64 must register all "fro duet '44 | _Bervice | men in itary Within the d agen, who have not yet ( der the draft must 8 includes Canadian as wel 'as citizens of Canadians. ther oi igners are only ) raft if they have aut thelr first eitisenship British Army gives its medical of of 100° of the men put through' Ninety- Between two and three thous< ! 1940, have completely lost their they--were-all-two-years--and-un-- 4 KR fh RAINE ALR VOICE pip Ee THR re PRESS AIRMEN'S DINGHIES Rubber dinghies carried by air erews 6f the R.AF, in a pack measuring 16 inches by 8 inches are one of the contributions to Britain's war effort made by Un- ited. Kingdom manufacturers of corsets, silk stockings, mackin- toshes and sq on, Like the carbon dioxide gas used for inflating the dinghies, which normally goes overseas in millions of bottles of Britain's 'famous - table: waters, most of tHe goods normally pro- duced by these companies are known to shoppers in most parts of the world. These rubber dinghies have al- ready saved many lives, tor --m cold weather airmen wearing the "Mae West" jacket who came' down in the sea could not expeet to suryive half-an-hour's immer- sion. Now, however, even a 400 1b. man can sit in his dinghyy stop leaks from a 'pin-prick to a can- non shell hole, propel it with a pair 'of rubber hand- paddles (made 'by people who usually turn out ladies' underwear), light sig- nal flares (supplied by firework manufacturers) and sustain him- self with emergency rations sup- plied by the makers of dainty boxes of chocolate. --St. Thomas Times-Journal, TO BED BEFORE MIDNIGHT From the Canadian Osteopathic Committee on War Effort comes a suggestion which at first glance may be laughed off by many but which in reality is worth thinking about; it is that we should all be in bed by midnight. Many statements have been made by responsible authorities what it should be, and the nervous and labor strain of these days is working a heavy and increasing toll. The osteopaths. point out that more rest is the cheapest and yet most effective answer to this inroad upon our vitality, and few who study. such matters will dis- agree, ' --Ottawa Journal, ... DRESSED TURKEYS Turkeys, the Wartime Prices and Trade Board rules, are dress ed only when they are bare. It is just another of those mildly con- fusing anomalies, such as the fact that bread .rises when it sets, and, in the price of sleeping cay ac comodation, the lower berths are always higher than the uppers. ~--=Windsor Daily - Star. NAZI EMERGENCY If Mr. Churchill suddenly were to take personal command of all the British land forces we should know a grave émergency had arisen, That is what Hitler has done in Germany, and it must be an event of deep significance. "--~Ottawa Journal, "ISN'T IT A SHAME? Berlin correspor.dent complains that the Russians are attacking the German invaders at night and that Nazi soldiers are "under con- tinuous strain and can find no sleep at all" we'd call downright n.ean, : 4 --Windsor Star. TIMELY TID-BIT "Hitler is reported to be search- ing in the state libraries of Paris, in occupied France, for a copy of Napoleon's reputed" 'secret memor-» andum, entitled 'How I got out of Russia.' "Woodstock Sentinel-Review.' gy "NEUTRAL k As the a Vie Oliver, well saysi"As far as the present international conflict is concerned, 1 am completely neu- tral. I don't care who kills Hit- ler." --Windsor Star, RULE OF 'BUGS . A chemist, alarmed by priori- ties, says that without insacticides bugs will rule the world, What "makes him think bugs don't rule a "large slice. of the world -right- now? | -- Stratford Beacon-Herald, INKLING OF TRUTH "Some women who -say they Now, .that's what - suffer in silence may mean that when in: silénce they suffer." ~-- Belleville Intelligencer, I a ---- FITTING Germans pronounce the' letter "J" as we pronounce the 'letter "Y." Thus Japs become "Yaps." well, . ' Woodstock , Sentinel Review, RECIPE The best way to improve a vegetable dinner is to add a nice, Juicy steak," a ~ Scrap For Warships . Enough scrap metal has Bae collected in Biltain J n. joe years |, or bo] fupnish mate 0 eruis., 0 or 12 destroyers, 10,000, . antitank Sunt, 15,000, 000 shells: and 1-10,000 Aa eVansoutin 'Son. bs YO LATO hide - y rn AS 5 ON WANS Lig WII de i ono ne Si en JAP "TIN FISH" CAUGHT BY UNCLE SAM A mass of torn, twisted and dented steel is all that remains of this two-man Japanese submarine that was shelled, rammed by a destroyer and blasted with a depth-bomb during Hawaiian blitz, forward half of the craft has been ripped to pieces. of Pearl Harbor for first-hand examination, = The The wreck was raised by U. 8. Navy from bottom "Army of Russia Still Marches On In September, few months, the Command said: "Russia as a military power is finished." Last July 2 Dr, Otto Dietrich; the Nazi press chief, sounded off prematurely: on the same topic, and wound, up with: "I have never misled you." Aha he said that day includ- ed: "The power of resistance of the Soviet armies has been brok: on. "n i "Unbelievable chaos" has closed over the Soviet armies. "The encircling, dismembering and annihilation of the huge Red forces guarding the road to Minsk and Moscow has been com- pleted." after a lively German High Some other little gems from™ the Dietrich press conference: "The last Russian army groups 'are being wiped out." "There is no doubt that the whole Russian front is smashed." Ale Raid Sirens For Ontario Cities Ontariy's Ire cities will have . air raid sirens very soon. Production of -an English-type siren is under way at Burlec, [Am- ited, Scarboro, ~Firist, order Ottawa is for 60. The sirens can be heard four and a half miles away under good 'conditions. It is a twin-note type, automatically controlled by a "whaler relay" which transmits the warning signal or the "all clear" -ag 'desired, by operating a designated switch, be made is of the type approved by 'the hom® ofilce, A.R.P, Depart ment, in England. The siren to' U. S. Airlines In Emergency Test Oranges from California, pe- cans from Oklahoma, oysters from Baltimore, baked beans from Boston and scrapple from Philadelphia -- a veritable feast. Only it wasn't, All these delica- cies-were flown to New York re- cently not so much for eating purposes as_ for a test to show how the 862 transport planes of the Ynited States' 19 commercial airlines could carry 2,896,000 pounds of food to New Yorkers in a war emergency. : It's . A Long Time Between Stitches Mrs. Caleb Fox Jr., Production Department Chairman of the Red Cross in Philadelphia, reports that a middle-aged volunteer showed up with a half-completed knitted sock and asked more matching yarn to complete it. Noticing it was an off-shade, Mrs. Fox -inquiréd when it was started. Came the reply: "During the first World War." Americans To Stay In Canadian Forces. Canadian = officials .ay "that United States volunteers in' Can- ada"s fighting forces are expect- ed to remain where they are ra ther than return to the United States for service: Nearly 10,000 men from "south of the border" are serving in the Canadian Army, and 10 per cew\. of the air crews trained and in training for the Royal Canadian Air Force are from the States. The female frog deposits from 600 to 1,200 eggs annually. ©" BEAUTIFUL CATHEDRAL "like those of a sea' battle, Theatre of War In Vast Pacific Many Thousands of Islands In Pacific Brought into The War, Relates The Sault St. Marie Star. 2 This is an amazing war which fs now In progress in the Pacific Ocean, Mr. Churchill; when he announc- ed the opening of the British of-, fensive in Libya a few weeks ago, spoke of the operations there being with strategy and tactics being extend- -.ed-over a-wlde area. But even Mr. --}- Churchill = did--not at that time vislon operations of the scope of those now being carried In the vast expanse of water that lies be- tween Asia and the Americas' From Yokohama to ancouver Is _ 4,280 miles and from tbe samq Jap- anese port to San Francisco 1s 4, 626 miles From Yokohama to Honolulu is 3,440 miles, Russia's 1,600 mile battle line has seemed a tremendous distance. But it is-dwarfed by a war which takes distances such as those in ; the Pacific. - And think -of the many thousands. of {sands which ae scattered over' that great area. There are some 7,083 islands in the - Philippines, which stretches for a distance of one thousand miles, without, taking into account the: territory it holds in China, there 'are some 2,322 islands, stretching over 1,600 miles, and having a population of 100,000000 people. In the Netherlands Indies there are about 2,000 islands, spread over a territory 3,000 miles in length from Singapore 'to 'Borneo Then in: ad- dition there are 'the. scores and hundreds of islands which owe al- legiance to Britain, France, the .United- States, Russia, Japan, Aus. - tralla, New Zealand which are dot- ted over the map. ~Afrplanes and modern war ves: sels have brought a strange war' -to a strange territory. Nazis Hide Truth From Own People The Germans, are trying to hide from their oT their huge losses: in- Russia ~by * regulating obituary notices, asserts London Calling. Since the start of the Russian campaign there have been four orders regulating obituaries, itis said. "The first plohibited firma- -and party organifations from: publish-. ing them; the second ordered the reduction in size by half; the third limited the number to twenty- five daily, and the fourth instruc- ted editors to censor the text. Bees and War Honey mixed with foods and drinks were included in the daily. diet of the ancient Romans.. So highly did they prize this food that the Roman Empire armies: even carried their own bee-hives ° In Japan, + needed "in Chungking. pe THE WAR - WEEK -- Commentary on pee Events "To Plan Defeat athe Prime Minister of Great Britain," "said the Presidentish Secretary, Mr, Stephen Early on, the evening of December 22, 'is now with the 'Préfident. He, ar-' rived by air and was met by the President' at an air 'station near Washington: He was accompanied by Lord Beaverbrook and a tech- nical staff. » "Phere is, of course," -continueds Mr, "one primary objective in the con- versations to beheld between the. "Allied Heads Meet In Washington' rama? . President and the British Prime Minister,and the respective staffs of the two countries. That purpose is the defeat of Hitlerism through- out-the world. "It ghould be remembered that many other nations are. engaged to-day in this common task. Therefore, the present confer- ences in Washiagton should be regarded as preliminary to further conferences which will offically include Russia, China, the Neth- erlands and Dowinions, It is ex- pected that there will also be in- volved an over-all unity in the conduct of the war, Other nations will be asked to participate in the over-all objective," Issues Involved The problem of co-ordinating the vast issues involved could be summarized under the following headings: 1 1, Britain, America, China, Russia and the Netherlands stand unshatfterably united against any separate peace with any part of the Axis: and they are making the fullest conceivable pledge to each other that only a peace ap- proved by all will be accepted by AY iin ri Tl es 2, A supreme Allied ~ War Council will be immediately or- ganized to direct the 'composite strategy against the composite forces of the Axis. The highest and most critical decisions of pol- icy will be settled by common agreement in the interests of the most effective war plan and all the theatres of the fighting will _ be co-ordinated in the "interests of this commoii- Strategy. * This is to give effect to Mr, Roose- velt's repeated - declarations that the world-scale aggression of the Axis' can only be defeated by the world-scale esi gys "of 'the Al lies. 3. There will he an norissEved pooling of the implements of war and they will be dispatched to 'the fronts where they are most in accordance with the necessities of the broadest strat- egy. how it will be most effective, - 6. There will be agréement on the essential peace objectives outlined by Mr. Roosevelt and Mr." Churchill in the Atlantic Charter. 6, The alliasice will not au- tomatically terminate with the conclusion of the war, It is de- signed to constitute the beginning of a peace alliance against fur- ther aggression--the beginning of a world policy force to prevent future war, 7. The mechanism of close consultation is planned to form the basis of economic and social collaboration in the period of post-war reconstruction,, Conferenice In Moscow 1t 'is significant that the initia- tive of this Allied Council did not - spring from any single one of its members. It arose almost simul- 'taneously from all of them, in- "cluding - 'strong _Joadership from Kiang Kai-shek Generalissimo - The councils from which the present argument is emerging have been in progress for some time in 'Washington, in London and in Moscow, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Prime Minister. Joseph Stalin in Moscow have reached an agreement in full on conduct of the war and especially on "the ne- cessity for the utter defeat of Hitlerite Germany', There was also an' exchange of views on questions relating to the post-war Srgeniastion of peace and ®écuri- Karly, * 4. Russias entry into the Avar- against Japan will be decided by' joint agreement as to when and' of Axis Powers ly. In this 'war, with the antl. Axis coalition sprawling over most: : of the lands and seas of the world, - prompt action is now being 'taken to weld the Allied forces.into an, - efficient fighting unit, The strug- gle, Mr. Churchill said, if 'man. aged well," would fake only half as long ab if managed- badly. - ; Grave Problems In speaking of the onslaught of Japan™ which © presented - grave "problems, Me. .Chuichili 'said: _ "If people ask me, as they have . a right to ask me in England, why is it you have not got ample equipment of modern arciaft and modern weapons of all kinds in Malaya and in the last Indies, I can only point to the vieiory General -Auchinleck has gained in the Libyan campaign, Had we divided those gradually-grow- jug resources betwéen Libya and Malaya, we would have been found wanting in both spheres. If the United States has been found at a disadvantage at cers tain points in'.the Pracitic, we know that it is to some extent due - to the fact that you have been gi us of your equip- ment for the defence of the Brit- 18h" Isles, and above all for your help in the Battle of the Atlantic, on which all depends, and which is, in consequence, successfully and constantly maintained. Of course it would have been much better if we had 'had en- ough resolirces of all kinus to be at full strength 'at all threat- ened points, but considering. how slowly and reluctantly we brolight ourselves to large scale "preparation and hoy long those prepatations took, "we had no right' to expect to be in such a fortunate position.: A Post-war Problem The choice of how to dispose of .our hitherto limited resources had to be made 'by Britain in a time of war and by the - United * States in times of peace, and I' believe 'history will pronounce that upon the whole, and it is upon the whole that these mat- ters must be judged, that the - chocie made was: the right one.' Although Mr, Churchill stated' in" Washington that conversation would not include post-war prob-- lems, that the present emergency came first, we must consider his words spoken to Congress. "If we * had kept together. after the last war, if we had taken common measures for our safety, the re- newal 'of the curse need. never - have fallen on us: After winning the last war to- gether with partnership between Great Britain was dissolved and each went their respective ways, even becoming rivals." The .ques- tion of war debts, the selfishness of British and American conimej- cial policy, the disarmament eon- 'pact, the lack of accord of "the - Far Eastern Policy.all workéd to- gether to break -up the union of the English-speaking peoples, This is the ' mistake which Mr, Churchill and Mr,/Roosevelt are a ; now:trying to repair... Normandie Seized, Aly By United States Armed coast guardsmen, acting on naval orders, 'have seized the '$60,000,000 French: liner 'Norman- dle, one 'of the jargest, sprondest and finest ships afloat. Led by.Capt. John Baylig,- guards mmen_swooped down on, the 83,423. ton' liner at the Hudson 'Riyer pier," where she has been laid up. since ithe beginning of: the-war. : The Normandie could be used either as a transport or as an air- .. craft carrier, She wag' designed and + built fo speedy conversion, Capt, Baylis satd he had removed about 200 seamen from her, : In ;Washington, the department of justiee sald the French gedmen would be, released and placed on parole, "Bult in01035; :the- Normandie is {the third largest ship inthe world, = = \ jexceeded only by the British. Queen {Elizabeth andi the Quegn Mary. Her. length of 1,029 feet" makes ther four times the height of the The million- dollar: Cathedral in Manila, where Japs rained bombs on the undefended Philippine capital. with them whenever they invaded a foreign: land. Yin the. Tast war, lack of con- certed effort cost the Allies dear- BS {Statue of Liberty--a giit from !Francei to the United States. | By GENE BYRNES aly