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a I; Jhglm is--nat yet. 'OTTAWA REPORTS That Rationing & War Restric- tions in Canada as In England are not likely to be lifted soon and that subsidies have been of great . benefit to the ordinary criticism, . rT The war situation is fofinitely improved, the trinmvirate of dic. tators has cracked with the crash of Mussolini, and the submarine menace is slowly but surely being pushed back from North American waters, yet the time has not ar- rived when Canadians may look for a quick lifting of rationing and war restrictions, . The easing of the shipping situ. ation, the freeing of some naviga-- tion waters, and perhaps more par- ticularly the lifting of coffee ra- tioning in the United States has given rise to some:hopes in Can-- ada of immediate ameliorations of restrictions, and an occasional ex- pression' of opinion 'that those reé- sponsible are tardy about acting. But the word from those at tho ; Canadiay the time being, are to remain fully "at war,"son the home front as well as on the war front. + --* * Subjected to restrictions on a national scale for the first time In their: 'history, Canadians have reacted remarkably well to official limitations and "don'ts." Not by <-the longest stretch of imagination has rationing in Canada meant privation in any commodity, nev- ertheless it is recognized by the authorities that it took consider- able self discipline for a nation of free and hitherto unrestricted people to don qulescently and pa- JUently war-tihe's. restrictive. "har- ness." And there i{s no grumbling today throughout the nation. * * * _.__Seated in press conference. with Canadian newspapermen in the parliament buildings at Ottawa a i -- Jor | few days ago, Bir John Anderson, Lord President of Britain's Privy Council, and charged particularly with responsibilities concerning Britain's home front, said ghat the people of Britain, much mo 0 heavy. ily restricted in their personal eating and pleasure habits, re mained patient, with no sigs whatever of restiveness under their heavier burdens, The only reaction to recent victorles notice able in the old land, he sald, was a tendency to take a hollday, a day at the sea shoro--a bit of travel which is not encouraged by the British authorities because of its utilization of needed transport facilities, 3 . . . It was unofficially estimated here over the week-end that Can- ada's effort to protect her price ceiling through subsidization of certain commodities would cost the $200,000,000 instead Lot the $120, 000,000 which Finance Minister J, I. llsley got from Parliament in monoy vote. The Wartime Prices and Trade Board had no figures ready which-would support or ecu tradict that estimate bit about the same time Finance Minister Isley announced fin Saskatchewan that the price ceiling on the nocossls ties of life had saved the people of Canada approximately $1,150, 000,000 during the last two years. * . . be So that the fact would seem to be. that the ordinary man's home, tho home of the worker with a group of children to feed and clothe, is materially benefitting from Canada's price ceiling and subsidization policies, ~lét the lat- ter cost be the $120,000,000 estim- ated or the $200,000,000 "which more recently has been unofficlal- ly claimed. Money return to Canada's sea 1943 was almost $2,010,000 : greater than in May, 1942, : FILL 'ER UP! Soldiers come u pon a gas station in Sicily with a familiar brand - name on the pump and signs on the building indicating its late owner was an enthusiastic supporter of Il Duce. = THE. FRONT ON THE YANGTZE Cr Eo Great cliffs and mountains mark the 'front along the surging Yangtze River in central China where Chinese battle Japs, here that Chinese ing 40,000 Japs. It was pushed back an dgemy threat to Chungking, kill. Nazis once widely distributed calendars. a térror-inspiring Stuka dive bomber with M OUT OF CIRCULATION arrying this picture of 0 Hina 'as 'a backdrop, But Allied victories in Sicily have made these calepdars out of date. federal treasury this fiscal 'year fishermen from their work in May ° . HISTORIC CHATEAU FRONTENAC MAKES. HISTORY AGAIN ER LE The startling appearance of Mr. Canadian War Cabinets in the historiz The hotel has been ta Mr. Roosevelt. hy £3) Churchill at Quebec and the conference of the British and Chateau IProntenac will be followed later by a meeting witn ken over by the Government for several weeks. VOICE OF THE BOMBING OF ROME ; Protest (against the hombing of' Rome) would be unbecoming from those who failed "to "raise their voices against the bombing of War- saw, Rotterdam and London and of cathedrals like Coventry, Can- 4erhifry and Westminster. Would that the enemy had taken a hun- -dredth. part of the care display- --ed-by-the Allied-Atr-Forece-in-this-- military bombing of - Rome. : --Winnipeg Tribune. --0-- NO NUTS FOR JAPAN Japan «in pre-war days, lived on exports of silk. Thon she slole the rubber producing areas of -the Orient. Now the rest of the world is learning how to make and use "rayon amd other synthetic toxtiles as substitutes for silk, and, also, how to make rubber. Japan may repeat the story of the boy and the filberts, --~Port Arthur SR FIRST PRIZE 'Wo still think the funniest re- mark about a Victory Garden is the ono credited to Jack Benny, who said: "My potato crop turned out well: Some are as big as marbles, some as big as peas, and, of course, there are quite a few little ones." --Hank in St. Thomas Times- Journal. News-Chronicle. es PROPAGANDA FOOD Goebbels {is telling his country- men the -British never attack on '"BRITISH CONSOLS", "LEGION", "MACDONALD'S MENTHOL", "SCOTCH BLENDS' or "EXPORT" 'Cigarettes or 1 Ib. Tobacco -- BRIER SMOKING or any MACDONALD'S FINE CUTS (with popers) also DAILY MAIL CIGARETTE TOBACCO Postpald to Soldiers In the Canadian Army QviRseAs and CANADIANS IN UNITED KINGDOM FORCES. Y Mall Order and Remittance fo1-- ' This Offer subject to any chaageln Government Regulations L biel The Boys will thank you an empty stomach, which may have the odd result of making the Germans hunger for Invasion. --Edinonton Journal. --0--. = SADDER AND WISER The claim has heen made that not enough attention is paid to oducating the pedestrian. So a lot of "then "step out and acquire bumps of knowledge, --Kingston Whig-Standard. « 0 - WHAT SETTLES IT It Isn't what a man" Says that counts, It's his wife's reply, r Canadian Corn" Needed Immediately In an interview with Mr. ¢. F. Benson Jr, President of the Can- ~'ada Starch Company Limited, dis- cussing a recent dispatch from Ottawa which said that in view of tho fact that deliveries of corn had not- been maintainéd by the * Canadian Farmers, supply stocks were dwindling rapidly, he stated that the situation with regard to corn supply is one of (he utmost urgency to the Starch Industry. "The industry produces many es- sential foods and also special starches and adhesives used in the manufacture of war material. The Canadian Government is now per- mitting the importation of corn . from tho United States, and real- izing the imperative need for this grain in vital war industries Is providing subsidies for this pur- pose. Mr. Benson said that the Starch * Industry for some years has been' encouraging Canadian Farmers to grow more hybrid corn. Ho Indi- cated the Canadian Price Ceiling -was extremely fair and evén high in comparison with other grains, He urged the Canadian Farmer to mako deliveries regularly of: reas. onable quantities of corn in order that they may retain the Canadian market for their corn. Atlantic Round Trip Made in Fast Time The increasing speed of alr service is=indicated by the fast time made on the round trip of a big plane operated by Trans-Can- ada Afr Lines crews in the newly 'established Canadian Government wartime trans-Atlantic service. The plane which took off from Montreal Afrport late on a Thurs- day afternoon, reached tho British Isles in the record time of 12 hours, 26 minutes, landing carly Friday morning. With just over 24 hours on land, the same plane started oft for Canada on Satur day afternoon and arrived in Montreal Afrport early Sunday 15 houts and six minutes after take- off, TR faced rainstorms throughout "thé "entire crossing. Thus, less than 72 hours, or three days as Canadians. usually verse approximately 6,000 miles, with a bit of "a breather in be- tween. The eastbound trip from Mont- real was a record, clipping off 25 minutes from the previous best non-stop flight from Montreal to Jritain. On both trips large con- . army mail were_car- | 'Wd. On the Xecord-breaking oast- bound trip the plane was in charge of Capt, Ronald I. George, operating manager of Trans-Can- ada Air Lines, while on the return westbound journey the plane was in-charge of Capt. M. B. "Jock" ----Barelay, also of the T'C.A. gory-_ ices, Jack and Pals PB i i # A Vermont farmer was plowing a field with one horse, but he was yelling "Giddap, Jack. Giddap, Jerry. Giddap, Casey. Giddap Cromwell." A stranger "How many horse have?" . \ "Oh" said the farmer, "hls name is Jack, hut he doesn't know his. Own strength. So, I put blind. ers on him and yell all those other names, He thinks he has othor horses helping nim." passing names by asked: does your Shipbuilding In U.S." Shows Remarkable Growth The story of shipbuilding in the United - States: In 1939, one ship every 13 days; In 1940, one ship. © ery seven days; in 1941, one ship every three and a half days; in April, 1942, ono ship a day; in June, 1942, two ships a day; in Septemper, 1912, three shins a day; in December, 1942, four. ships '& day; and In March, 1943, five ships a day. SCOUTING... Dospite the great shortage of leaders for Scout 'Troops in Can- ada due to enlistments "fn the forces, Scouting at Truro, N.S, carries on with plenty, of vigor. The secret is that from the near." by Royal Air Force statthn at Débert, British Scotts have taken up the work and are running or assisting with 19 Wolf Cub Packs and Boy Scout Troops. The sta- tion also has {ts own over Scout Crew with 24 members, and Group Captain Woodin, station 0.C., en- courages the work so that the men might be proficient Scout leadors on their roturn to Great Britain. 3 . . *. Eleven-year-old Donald Penrose, of Winnipeg, has the highest rec ord for war service of any Boy . Scout in Manitoba. Recently Don- ald was presented with his 700- Hour War. Service Badge. His work has ranged from collecting magazines, paper and fats, to sow- Ing quilts and making doughnuts. - Ho is a Wolt Cub, and his mother + caretaker UNLISTED Bought « Sold - Quoted Our Unlisted Department will supply latest infor- matior and quotations on all. Canadian companies. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED C. C. FIELDS & CO. Members Toronto 'Stock Exchange STOCKS - 200 BAY ST. TORONTO . WA, 4731 is Regent of an LO.D.E. Chapter Boy Scouts. At Annapolis 33 of the fu the city. Shortage of manpower lef{ the of St. Mary's Church, Windsor with more work than he could. possibly ,.acpduglish ' wiph the chucch, parish hall, cemetery, { and large grounds to care for. Hearing of his plight, tho 27th Windsor Boy Scout 'Troop, al tached to the church, Have solved the problem by allotting a Patrol each week to assist the caretaker in his work. . . . The award of the Victoria Cross to Wing Commander Guy Pp. Gibson, hero of the dam-busting raid Fon Germany, brings to five the number of Boy Scouts who havo been awarded the Victoria Cross in this war, * . L] Ten of the honour graduates at the United States Military Acade- my at West Point were former 61 graduates were Scouls, at the U.S. Naval Academy, 18 of the 19 honour students were Scouts, and 38 of the 72 graduates at the Coast Guard Academy Werd* also Stduls, . . . Tho Baden-Powell Memorial F'ynd, raised by the Boy Scouts of -- Ha Britain as a memorial to the founder of the Scout Move nynt has now reached the $500,000 mark. The money has all been ine vested in war bonds, and at the close of the war a memorial build- ing will be erected in London as a centre for the youth of the world, . . . Not only are women taking on many men's tasks in wartime, but they are becoming very active as Wolf Cub leaders. In a recent leaders' training course near Hal- ifax, N.S, of tho 17 taking the course 11 were-Fady Cubmasters. "FUNNY 7 ", A vo. 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