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Bf NY . ads, { i "Eee FN As 4 PRANTL EHS FOL WEB WIRES FOR TBO EA 2d Desort Air Force Lays Death Carpet _ Bombers Blast Huge Area In TUUTTUA Few Seconds "Carpet bombers" of the Desert Air Force have gained fame as' one of the most coldly scientific - blasting weapons in existence to- day. Bach of these many squadrons is trained to lay with "awful" pre- cision in a few seconds a carpet of bombs about a haltmile wide and a third of a mile deep, and 60 carefuly spaced that the whole area is blasted by explosions. Frontline men call them "the bus service," ® In grimly perfect formations of 18 they pass over filling the whole sky with a deep vibrating roar, Then, from enemy territory comes a long sickening rumble of ex- plosions which makes the ground shudder and shake, Not many minutes later, back comes the same grimly perfect formation, which everyone counts oo N16, 17, 18, good." Lay Deadly Carpet ~Today these squadrons can lay their deadly carpet of hombs on any corner of enemy territory fn Tunisia at little more than an hour's notice, Airdromes, gun positions, trans. port, concentrations, and any suit- , able target can bo blasted at the request of the army or air com- manders. "When the machines draw near their target the leader opens his bomb doors," a squadron com. mander. explained. "When the oth. ers see this they form into line abreast, one row of nike machines about half a mile wfde, and an. other row of nine just hehind it, "The observer in the squadron leader's machine has the heavy responsibility of starting to bomb the target at the right moment. All Join In 3 "As soon as he drops his first bomb, all the machines in the front rank "begin to drop theirs at rezular intervals as they move forward. Then" the machines in the second rank join in, so 18 "lifes of bombs are falling forward on a half-mile front. "Iach machine carries a num- ber of bombs/ so 'that many tons of high explosives are dropped over the carpet aréa in a few sec- onds. a "We always have a strong top cover of. fighters, so, fortunately, We are rarely attacked by enemy machines, Anti-aircraft fire, how- ever, is usually pretty heavy." A Peek Inside An Army Tank = erator, a gun as Usually Cold and The ~ Noise Is Terrific. The inside of a tank looks scarcely as big as that of an av- erage --ten-horsepower--car, It [3 crammed. with equipment--guns; radio sets, shells, perigcopes, com- passes, IN. T. Hutchin writes in Britain Magazine, : The noise is so great that each member of the crew wears head- phones all the time. All orders and conversation --are carried out on an intercommunicating wphone * linking. these headphones up. Oddly enough, one popular idea about the inside of a tank is com- pletely wrong. It is not hot. In fact, it is often bitterly cold. The reason for this is that great suc- tion fans are used to cool the rad- fators of the engines, and the air for these fans is drawn through the "crew's quarters. There is a continual draught, * Keep The Hatch Open Many officers wear heavy, wool- lined flying boots to combat the cold. Unless there is very heavy artillery fire, they keep the fop hatch open and ride with heads in the open air. Only occasional- ly, when danger is; at hand, do they close the hatch and use their periscopes, i Cramped conditions produce dangers of their own. That is why the, men are now issued crash helmets, for serious injury and even deaths have resulted from tanks lurching over rough ground, Men Must Be Tough "We like small, tough men for this "job," an officer told me. "Miners are ideal, because they are used to working in confined conditions where a falso move may, be fatal. "But they must be more than tough; they must have a high de- gree of mechanical ability and a keen brain. Every member of the crew must he able to do his com. 'rades' job: in an emergency," That is no simple thing when you consider each crew Includes a gunner, a driver, a wireless op- loader' and a tank commander, who is an officer or non-commissioned officer, ! 725 M.P.H. Two British Army flying men have been officially accredited with flying at speeds of 725 miles an hour, when they dived their planes at more than 12 miles a minute. This is faster than sound can travel, d ' tele- + " THE WAR . WEEK -- Commentary on Current Events Assault Upon German-Occupied Countries ¥. A LAL XCD KD Allies' Chief Problem The broad lines of Allied global strategy, says the New York Times, were laid down within the mouth that followed Pearl Harbor, Germany, counted the most pow- erful foo of the Uniled Nations, was marked for defeat first. A harassing war upon Japan was planned until the full weight of "Allied: might could 'be brougut to bear following the defeat of Ger many. Last week, seventeen months after these decisions had been made, they were being QUES. tioned in America, There were de- mauds for a change that would make Japan the enemy to be do- feated first, Victory on Attu While this discussion was under ~Wa'y-- Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt and their military advisers were surveying future Allied plans, Hints of their decis- ions were seen in the action on the fighting fronts in Loth the Eastern and Western theatres of war. In the East American troops wrested control of strategic Attu. Island, in the Northern Pacific, from the Japanese. This, tiny fog- bound island could become a base for Allied air blows against the Japanese on near-by Kiska Island. In addition, Americans had gained on Attu a Japanese-built "bomber runway from which Flying Fort- resses and Liberators may strike at a naval base on northernmost island of the Japau- ese homeland, 630 miles to tho southwest. With the development of new longer-range bombers even Tokyo, 2,000 miles from Attu, might be within round-trip range. Blockade Weapon Some observers saw other, even more important, advantages in the recapture of Attu and the expan- sion of American bases throusgliout the Aleutians. These point out that the teeming northern sea commanded by the islands is one of the world's richest fishing areas. From these waters. and tho adjacent sea of Okhotsk Japan has been drawing a large portion of its food supply. Thus American operitions against -the big Japan- ese fishing fleet might in the long run prove a blockadé weapon of decisive value. In addition, Ameri- scan possession of the entire Aleu- tians chain, stretching 1,200 miles from Alaska to within 500 miles | of Kamchatka, would provide a series of stepping stones for the eventual attack on Japan proper. In the event Russia becomes in- volved in the Asiatic war, this route could be of inestimable value 'of bringing aid Paramushiru, -- against Japan must, of course, be played by the large armies and by . tho air and naval forces now mar- shaled by Great Britain on the eastern frontiers of India. In this quarter there lies one of the means to 'hard-pressed China." . Then he turned to the funda- mental Allied strategy and reitet- ated it. He said: oe * * qt was evident (in 1911) that while the defeat of Japan would not mean the defeat®of Ger- niany, the defeat of- Germany would infallibly mean the ruin of Japan. The realization "of this simple truth does not mean that both sides should not proceed to- gether, and indeed the major part of the United States force is now deployed on the Pacific front." Japan Must Be Held In point of fact, the whole agi- tation for switching the war ef- fort to the Far East is based on that same fatal underestimation of Japan which led to the initial disasters for both Great Britain and the United States. For with all duo respect to statements at- tributed to military connnanders in the-Far Last, it is worse than wishful thinking to assume that either Great Britain or the United" States eould deflect gnough forces of war, these three little Although their country is an island of neutrality in a continent Swedish princesses have gay smiles for the camera at their home near Stockholm. 6; Margaretha, 9, and Desiree, 5, They ave Princesses Birgitta, daughtrs of Prince Gustaf Adolf and great-granddaughters of King Gustaf \ and shipping spaco to the Far Fast to deal a kuockout blow . - , a against Japan without courting OTTAWA REPORTS 15 or 20 per cent, as the nee cgmplete disaster in Europe. And to do anything less would be worse than futile: it would merely di- vide the Allied forces and invite defeat) or at best produce a stale- mate in both theatres 60 war. Ja. pan must be held at all cost, and in so far as Allied resources per- mit, bases must ho created and roads blasted open in preparation for the day Shen both America and the British Fmpire can con- centrata all their forces against it. For to defeat Japan will take all that we 'can give. Allies To Occupy Reich And lialy German Militarism To Be Crushed Once and For All The Allies are determined to avoid one of the major mistakes of the 1918 armistice and intend to occupy Germany and Italy with their military forces lock, stock and barrel when the final collapso comes, it was asserted in informed 'quarters. That™ Canada's 1943 Food Pro- duction Drive Will Bé 'Greatest in Our History. That Farmers Have Been Given, Special Consideration in Meat Rationing Plan 'No single wartime regulation by the Canadian Government more closely concerns the day in and day out lives of all Canadians than the meat rationing order. There were wots of folk. completely unaffected by one or othe: of the restrictions passed upon the con- sumption of liquors, or lea, or: coffee, or even gasoline, but no- body, from infancy to old ave, except a very few vegetarians, is unaffected by meat rationing. Weeks and weeks "of intensive study and eareful consideration were. devoted by experts to the planning of this unprecedented change in the Canadian way of accustomed living. The experts approached the problem in the full realization that rural Canada presented a completely diffevent may be, to bring them within the ration regulations, They will want to think in terms of "the overall supply" and they will remember that our total con- sumption must be reduced by approximately 20 per cent. if our responsibilities to Great Britain, to our armed forces, to the Red Cross, ete, in fact, all those who are keeping the war from our shores, are to be met, Farmers who kill their own stock and consume it themselves or buy meat from ov sell meat to other farmers, are tor keep areful track of the cou- pons" involved, Special stamped and addressed envelopes will- be provided them by local ration boards so that they will be able cacit month to mail the coupons from their own households and those they have collected from Ger farmers to whom they have sold meat. Farmers &ho have Jbeen accustomed to mailing cou- pons for farm butier, will be familiar with the procedure, If True, W VNhere - eid, however," feather of enemy per © more Lake Freighters To Carry Guns "Lakers In "Combat Zones To Be Manned by Navy Keen-cyed veterans of the Royal Canadian Navy, somé" of whom have heard their shots rattle of i the Steel sides of encmy submarines on the Atlantic, will this year become crewmen of lake (reighters for the first time in history, Each of the lakers that finds its way through wate -s designat- ed by the navy as a combat zone will carry stern guns for pro- tection agamst larking U-boats and blue middied gunners, who know how to handle them, will be on duty 21 hours a day. Night "and day shipyard work- men are putting the finishing touches on guns and cquipment which skippers hope will bring death and destruction to U-boats and their crews who lurk in waters off Canada's castern shores, Special deckhouses are being built to house the gunners, only a few feet away from the guns, and lookouts will "scan the water night and day for the Tast year, according to - lake skippers, they could do little than shake their fists at U-boats that surfaced near theic boats and took pot shots at other ships in their convoys. But this year, they say, things are going to be different, One skipper said that last year they gould have finished of f more thar one Submarine that surfaced near them, but hadn't as much as a peasshooter to hit back with." 5 The need for more ships on deep-sea routes, shipping author- ities said, has made it gfhnost a necessity to send the runs through combat zones, , What Determines Color Of The Sea Canadian troops stationed as observers in Tunisin© have com- mented frequently on the blue water of the Mediterranean. Pure ocean water has a clear blue color because salt water does rot absorb the blue vavs of sun- Heht as it does the red rays, The proverbial blue of the Moditer- rancan is due to the fact that there are few large streams carrying the impurities into it, anit there is a constant stream of salt water pouring into it from the Atlantic. | The bliueness of sea water de- pends lareely upon i saltiness tell-tale lakers on "4 youth VOICE PRESS FARM IMPLEMENTS UP Examples are given of the prices | received at recent farm auction sales, A six-year-old horsedrawn mower which cost $90, went foe $75. A hayloader in use for twen- ty-four years, which cost $85, brought §95.-ten dotlars more than its first owner pakl for it. A mechanical potato-digger, which, Cast $162 3159 ten years ago, brought - --Hamilton Spectator, Or CONSUMERS OF GASOLINE Every single day airmen in training in this country fly 2,000, 060 miles, which constitutes ane other very good reason why gas. oline ration allowances for non- essentinl travel aro reduced this year, Brockville Recorder and Times. ---- STARVING It was meatless Tuesday and It was just heartbreaking to sea those poor fellows in: the restaur- ants trying to keep body and soul together by eating baked trout, pe soup, scrambled eggs, chicken considerably pot-pic and the like. --Fort William Times-Journal, soiree AT LEAST IT ACHES The Nazis ave shockett by Chure. Will's vulgar phrase, "the under- belly of Europe," and suggest tha move refined word "abdomen." Whatever thing is, it aches. . --Thoe New Yorker. ---- NEEDS A BIG HOLE Goering orders slit trenches ba dug for the protection of German civilians, Meanwhile, Hefty Her- man is no doubt trying fo sear up a steam shovel for his own use, - ----Kitchener Record, ---- TO FIT THE CRIME Japan announces that it has pun- hed Britisli aml American vervieo men in the Philippines for posing as eivilions. Maybe wes should punish the Jans for posing as hu- man beings, k Stratford | ia JOKE ON HIM A report from Indiana says that who stole an auto "for was found in a ditch. The Beacon Herald, a joke" joke was on him. ---- Brantford Expositor. Sify UNFAIR TO WOLVES A headline mentions "Jap Wolt Pack An insult to the wolt which ts, hy comparison, a gentleman, --Ottawa Journal, PPL n Petticoat Rule im joint operations. . In the West the Allied air forces pressed an ever-mounting assault upon Adolf Hitler's Fortiess Hur- Opa, an offensive driven home with "particular fary against the Iialian islands in the Mediterranean. There tho drive seemed a preludo to invasion. "Strategy Reaffirmed In these operations saw a.reaffirmation of the original plan. The assault upon the Ger- man-occupied Continent would re- main the Allies' chief concern, It would increase in fury in the aire" It would, at the proper time, he extended to include ground action, The Pacific would remain second- ary. But in this theatre there were signs that the action would be stepped up and heavy blows would be aimed at Japan even as (Ger- many was being beaten fo its - knees. Ere > The debate on the wisdom of this course was- started in the Senate last Monday by Senator Albert Benjamin Chandler of Ken- tucky, who contended that America should concentrate against Japan first, Germany second. He offered two arguments to support his con-| tention. The first was that the Japanese were digging into their newly conquered lands and unless ousted now .would prove "tough op- ponents later. The second was a charge that after the war in the West was won Creat Britain and Russia would withdraw, leaving America to win -back the Kast alone, , Mr. Churchill's Reply The Senator' was answered in dramatic fashion. The Prime Min- ister of Great Britain appeared | Defore a joint session of the Am- erican Congress, where he defend: ed Allied grand strategy in much the same way that lie appears from time to time before the Brl- tish Parliament to defend the poli- cles ot his government. Mr, Chure- hill went directly to the issues Mr. Chandler had raised. . First came a pledge, aimed at allaying the suspicions that Bri tain would not take her full share in the war in the Pacific. He sald: "And 1 am here to tell you that we will wage that war (against Japan) side by side with accordance with the best strategic employment of our forces, while there fs breath in our bodies and while blood flows through our veins." Role In The East Next the Prime Minister spoke ot the role the British forces can play in the East, He sald: "A notable part In the wae observers . Furtherinore, it was understosd that during the period of military occupation the Allied leadsrship has decided to deal only with mili- tary authorities and only on an -unconditional:surrender basis. - - There will he no trafficking with puppet governments brought out of the limbo to save the face of discredited regimes, - : And it the military authorities In the occupied countries cannot re-establish order, the Allies will do the job themselves in the tran. sition period until the people have 'the opportunity to choose their own free governments, it was said. "This time there won't be any ~armistice," one. well-placed ins "formant declared. "German mili tarism is going to he crushed once and for all. "As proclaimed at Casablanca there --must---be unconditional --sur- render. This done, there won't be any future Hitler to rise tp and_ say it was the home front that collapsed, instead of the army, "The failure to occupy Germany after the last war was responsjhle in large measure for this war. That mistake will not he repeat. ed." = It was said that the United Na- tions' decision to treat only with the military authorities in (he post-war interlude was based upon a desire to prevent any appearance of supporting political factipns, Australia's Method: Soldiers in Australia between 18 and 19° years of age who have completed their military training will be used" in rural nfobile labor pools until mature ecifough to be sent to operational stations, * from _there is a good deal of exchange - farm sof Tite tanees from Those prevailing in the cities, "ull con- sideration of the way of life of the farmer's family in respect to meat supply has een given in" tho. meat rationing plan. oo There are some 650,000 farm- ors in Canada, and very many of these sccure a part of the meat they and their families consume from the slaughtor of their own animals. Many secure a portion of their meat. from the farmer next door or the one on the next concession, The fact is, the farmer gets much of his meat supply his home-killed stock, and of meat between farmer and farmer. On the other hand, very many households purchase a por tion of their meat from the meat shop. A farmer kills a hog for his own family's use, probably sells half of it to another farmer down the road. But he and his family do not want to live on pork until the whole half hog has been eaten. He wants to be in a position to buy a st of beef or a cut of lamb occasionally, " The meat rationing plan has been designed to take these facts into account. Farmers who slaugh- ter meat for their own use are allowed to retain at all times 50 por cent." of their meat ration coupons with which to purchase méat from a retailer. Farm houscholds are urged by the Wartime Prices and Trade = Board to live at all times within the spirit of the rationing order. If they have been eating more than two pounds (gross weight) per person a week, they are asked to cut their consumption by 10, Do They Hide? A writer in The Christian Cen- tury, Chicago, doesn't like the "hash mechanical: phrase -- Une conditional Surrender," He thinks a "negotiated peace with Ger- many, without Hitler," would prove "the key to a just and last- ing peace." : He declares that there "millions of Germans who have steadfastly opposed Hitlerism ever since. it raised its ugly head, and other millions of Germans who have now come to oppose the Nazis through the experiences-ol these last few bitter years." What, one might ask, have all these millions, and additional mil- lions, of Hitler-hating Germans been doing during the past four years? Have they allowed a com- paratively few Nazi gangsters to browheat and bulldoze them all? Spare-Time Workers In British Plants The office staff of a firm in the Midlands decided that they wanted to help in acthal produc- tion, in additoin to their ordinary work. Shifts were therefore ar- ranged to fill in all the times when the machines would other- wige be idle, in between day and night shifts, and at certain times on Seturdays and Sundays, Volun- teers were asked for, about two thirds of the staff joined in the scheme. They ave now mak- ing nuts for arvicraft, -the women being engaged on machining and viewing and the men having been trained in setting, are' The Arctic and Antarctic Oceans, "which are cold and not very salty, ave vivid green in color. The Yel. low Sea is golden because of the sediment brought to it by large streams arising in the desert of Western China, and the dull ved tint of the Red Sca avises from millions of microscopic plants called algae. The Gulf Stream is marked by a clear blue ribbon' of warm water in the Atlantic, as needed Petticoats -- literally -- are rul- ing the range country. Rancher Floyd W. Lee tried hiring 80 Navajo Indian women as sheep herders, and said men herders were never like this. Each squaw-wears at least a dozen flaring, gypsy skirts, he explaiived -- doffing them to "wrap up chilled, newly-born lambs, COPR 124017 NEA SERVICE INC FUNNY BUSINESS 2 "Send it as a one-word lelegram--<-my brother's merologist]" a nu . WHEN WE'RE PLAYIN' TABLE = MY EXISTENCE SOICOMPLICATED WOULDN' BE HAFF ou in' TENNIS WE WANNA BE ALONE IF'IT WASN'T FOR __PINHEAD . By GENE BYRNES nl KIND OF AN 3 £GG,M ZA bop Sepe Pyoaaes