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How much-the shape of the war has been changed since July is only clear when we look at those encouraging circles the mapmakers draw to show how - far: Allied planes will go if they fly 300 or 600 miles toward Berlin. The circles are not only overlapping; they are beginning to blanket the whole area under Nazls control. No German can get outside the 800-mile arcs from Allied bases. The Russigns on the Dnieper are no farther from eastern Germany than London is. Bombers based in Corsica or southern Italy will be only half as far from southern - Germany as when they flew from Africa. y Fighter-Plane Umbrellas = / The Liberators which dld such damage to the Ploesti ollfields had to. go nearly twice as far as they . will when the British American forces have fixed up bases on the Aegean islands. Al lled bombers which have just struck at the Brenner Pass prob- ably started from Siclly; from Corsica they can hit the same targets--or any other along Nazi supply lines in northen Italy with half as much fuel load. The pres- ent drive for the Italian airfields around "Foggia alms at similar AWARD WINNER . Major-General - Guy Granville Simonds, of Kingston, Ont, who been awarded the Distinguish- ~ed Service Order for services in the Sicilian campaign, ' glider" and controlle Allied Airpower" advantages, particularly for- at' tacks In Yugoslavia, Not only do the alr-arcs warn of the bombing the Nazis must expect; in Italy, southern Fravce and Yugoslavia, they fell a story of fighter-plane umbrellas for Al- lled landings and ground oper- ations, Allied air bases in the Ae- gean Islands will probably force German abandonment of Crete, for. which they open the way to landings" in Greece. Ra The Ring Tighténs © Of course it is easier to draw the pretty circles on the map than it is to establish bases even in reconquered territory, to supply them and then to develop the air mastery that the maps seem to assume. . But the resources for such 'moves are building up in Allied hands. - Soon the Germans, wherever they try to fight, must cope not only with strafing of thelr front lines, but bombing of all 'thelr supplies and communications straight back to the most remote factory or ammunition dump. - The Nazis are shortening their lines, desperately trying to hold the Allies off as far as possible. But the ring tightens. The long arm of airpower, striking far inside, should make the position clearly hopeless to the Germans long before they have been forced back to such lines as they held in 1918. : . 600 Pounders In 1939 World War II's aerlal offensive against Germany began on Sept. 4, 1939, a little more than twenty-four hours after Britain declared war. Planes of the RAF's Bomber Com- mand attacked German warships at Wilhelmshaven and Brunshuet- tel, at the entrance to the Kiel Canal. The biggest plane available for the rald was the twoengined Wellington Mark 1-A, The biggest bomb used "was a b500-pounder. With the Wellingtons went some Blenhelms, much smaller. The fleet of twenty-nine planes was the largest Britain could risk on a single mission. The loss of seven planes, almost 25 per cent, was prohibitively high. Except for one rald on Helgoland there' were no more major attacks until December. ; 8,000 Pounders Now Last week the bomber offensive against Germany was being writ- ten in terms that dramatically marked the change wrought In four years. Wellingtons are only medinm bombers now. The largest mbs weigh 8,000 pounds instead t 500. Maximum bomb loads have limbed from two tons to more ~thany~elghit™4dns; Bomher-~fleets- regylarly run to the hundreds of plafjes and operate day after day. Prishe Minister Churchill told the Hose of Commons last week that RAY alone bad. - discharged on' Gerinany three. tines .the weight of bombs in the last twelve months that it had in the previous twelve; MI the last three months the load was half again as great ' as in the precéding three. He sald: "The havoc wrought is indescrib- able." J New Nazl Bomb < There were signs of stiffenin defenses on the ralds over Ger- many . Interéeptors rose.to meet the bomhers far from the targets and others, hovered over the scene of activity." In two nights 'the RAF lost fifty-eight of thelr big planes. There were no signs of new defensive weapons, Nr. Churchill did, however, reveal t use by the Germans of a ne bomb--"a sort of rgcketassisted from a par ent aircraft, Used so far only against. coastal shipping, its ef- foctiveness Is not yet clear, The 'brown thrasher, a thrush, moves its tail In time to its own song and thrashes with it when disturbed. An Elephant Farm In Central Africa In Remote Spot Elephants "Trained . For Farm Work One of the most remarkable farms in the world is the elephant farm at Gangala, in the heart of the Belgian Congo in Cenral Africa. 2 At this remote spot the African elephant, the wjldést, strongest, wand largest of Its kind to be found anywhere, is trained for farm- and other heavy work. The farm {is run by three officers, and 120 natives wearing the uniform of a Belgian cavalry regiment. Jvery year about twenty young elephants are brought to the farm to take the place of a simi. lar number of full-grown animals trained . to draw ploughs and water-pipes. It 1s a fine sight to watch seven of these huge beasts, all abreast, pulling a monster plough across a field. Trained elephants called monl- tors assist In capturing the wild young ones. phants appears, it Is stampeded, and some of the young ones who lag behind are caught by a lasso thrown round a hind leg. The captive Is then tled to a tree and later to two monitors -- one on either side. It takestwo years to tame and train an elephant, but at the end of this time it Is as meek and willing as an ox. 'Making A Tie-up - With The Farmer One of the most important aspects of the Drew-Kennedy plan for revitalizing Ontario agricul- ture is the provision of county advisory committees. . . Under the proposed county committees, headed and manned by leading practical farmers, there would be an immediate and continuous link between head- quarters and the men who ulti- mately carry out our wartime farm program. These local committees, fully conversant with local conditions, can appraise problems and cap- acity of their own farm districts in.a way that would be impos- sible for an outsider, and be- 'cause of that special ability they °f - will have a real chan.e of being accepted by that most rugged in- dividualist of our citizens, the farmer, There is promise of a substantial boost .in agricultural production through the new plan,--Financial Post. ' O.K. Brewing Co. Presents Posters The current series of advertise- ments being released by the O'Keefe Brewing Company Lim- ited deserves the attention of all 'readers, Poster No. 1 of the series shows a convoy of mer- chant vessels en route on the high seas with destination "some- where in England." A limited > number "of full color reprints of these. posters are available, free. These posters carry no advertis- ing and are suitable for framing. 'Write, asking for Poster No, 1, to "Poster," (O'Keefe House, To- ronto. 4 When a herd .of ele-. OTTAWA REPORTS That Canadian Farmers Can Be Proud of the Results of Their Hog-Raising Program Farmers of Canada have made it possible to supply Britain with the product of seventeen million hogs, valued at four hundred million dollars. Since the war began, the total shipments of bacon to Britain have been in excess of two bil- lion pounds. In addition to these bacon deliveries, Canada has sent overseas nearly 40 million pounds of frozen pork liver, kidneys and tongues, 13 million pounds of canned pork, 4 million pounds of dard and nearly a million bundles of hog casings for the manufac ture of sausages. Not only have Canadian farm- ers supplied the peopld of Britain with their bacon, but they have also acquired a reputatjon for regular deliveries of a quality product, a reputation which will be needed in' the competitive .ex- port market of post-war years, '. L . Meat rationing has helped in the fulfilment of the bacon con- tract to Britain; limitations on the quantities of bacon and other pork products for domestic use have made more available for ex- port. How much more is shown in an announcement from the Meat Board which states that dur- ing the first part of this summer Canada exported 43 per cent. more bacon -than in the similar period of 1942, . This 43 per cent. increase was - obtained with only 18 per cent. . increase. .n_hog marketings. The relaxation of thé system of dis- counts on heavy hog: made - this possible, The average weight of hog carcasses has risen from 148 * pounds before the war to an esti- mated 166 pounds at the present time. © While heavier hogs have been acceptable _as a wartime emergency, they will not be de- sirable in peacetime. The -heavy- weights increase the quantity of bacon, but they don't make for better bacon, and farmers must "bear in mind that heavier hogs | will not be satisfactory for com-- petition on the British market after the war. LI To assist good growth in young pigs farmers feed them skim mk and buttermilk. Other farmers with no milk for fe:ding, mix twelve pounds of. concentrate 'in every hundred pounds of the grain ration. There is the pos- sibility of wastage 'of high pro- tein supplements: through the idea that by boosting the protein" supplement from 12 to 24 pounds the pig will grow twice as fast. This is not so. Unnecessarily large amounts "of conceittrates have been fed to pigs on some farms when they would be just as well off without it. Any amount over the normal require- ments is wasted. A young pig uses excess protein .only for energy 'or fattening and farmers agree that there are cheaper ways of putting fat on a pig than "by laying out money for prétein supplements, Supplies of com- mercial protein feeds are limited and it is only by using these feeds and dairy by-products In the most economical way that the large number of pigs required can i NOW YOU SEE Lark Near miss on a camouflaged Jap ship at Hansa Bay, IT, NOW YOU DON'T followed by a direct hit that disintegrates the vessel as another Allied medium bomber swoops over, right. » . BOWS, ~one hundred pounds, it will make "amount of left, is | in a filthy, poorly constructed shack th And these Canadian troops on Kiska never realized it more than they do now. They're bunking at the Japs used as a' hospital antl! better quarters are set up. The more bonds you buy, the sooner these boys can come hack to the comforts of home, f . be raised successfully and cheaply. 3 LJ LJ Nd Livestock men emphasize that proteins are necessary for young pigs and pregnant or nursing But when a pig reaches reasonable gaod growth on feed grains alone. By limiting protein supplements to young pigs, more * hogs can be raised on the same purchased supple- ments, . - VOICE PR ESS MATTER OF TECHNIQUE A Western Ontario soldier com- plains he 1s afraid of the girls in North Africa, because, with thelr faces covered, he cannot tell whether they are 16 or 60. And some persons who never have been out of North Amerlea can point to a similar batflement.-- Windsor Star. --0-- UNHAPPY MILLENNIUM A British humorist tells of the rationing problem that is develop- ing In the United Kingdom as the' war progresses. ~~ People now stand 'in line to find out what line to stand In fo get rationed supplies. -- St. Thomas Times. Journal. . --0-- - TOUGH CHICKENS Ad In a western weckly says: "For sale, 900-month-old Rhode. Island Red chicks." - And all this time we've been blaming it on the carving knife.--Toronto "Saturday Night." --0-- TABLED MISHAPS One-third of all accidents. occur In the kitchen, says a safety statls. ticlan. And thy're placed on the {able just as of they hadn't hap- pened.--Kitchener Record. p= THINK OF THEM © It worried about. what the Winter will bring you, just think of the prospect before the Cana- dlans now forming: part of the Kiska garrison. -- Brockville Re- corder and Times. iin IN THE ARMY NOW pa A: Denver musiclan wants™ "soldlers gently wakened by the saft strafiia of A™xlelin rather. than a blatant bugle. at, no break- fast in. bed?--Christlan Belence "Monitor, VV ---- NEEDS A SECONDER It seems to be the bellet of al- most every woman that she needs * someond to help her keep a secret.~Guelph Morcury, plained, and wired under the der- rick. They worked. 7 The Ration Board In Kindly Mood According to the Deloraine, Man., Times the ration board there has ""been entrusted with'a very delicate secret. The board received the following letter: "When 1 registered ration book No. 1, my 1 askéd war you "not to put my age on the front: of the book but just to mark it 'legal age'. Now, listen, it 'age' appears on the new book Just mark .it 'legal' age' again. My husband thinks that [ am only four years older than he is and he will be very angry it he finds out the truth. 1 will remember you in my prayers." "The Deloraine paper says that the ration board lias decided to keep a slift upper lip so that Friend Husband will never know. TN 2 *Fratich Coast Strip Cleared Of Civilians 'According to reportss reaching the Allied Governments in Lon- don, the Germans have cleared all civilians from a 50-mile strip on the southern coast of France in - anticipation of a possible Allied Invasion thrust there. A large corps of Nazi engineers _ was said to have been sent into "the cleared area to speed con- struction of additional fortifica- tions and defense works. The Book Shelf DAYLIGHT ON SATURDAY " By J. B. Priestly For that "superb modern story- teller, J. B. Priestley, a huge mech- anized industry Js alive with human interest. In "Daylight On Saturday" he tells a story of drama and-excitement within the window- _ less walls of a vast camouflaged aircraft England. Here men and women live, love, hate and aspire amid the glare of bright lights and tho roar of machinery. What happens to them in the plant and out of it, how ~ their lives enmesh and clash under the heightened strain of war, is a thrilling story--passionate, col. ourful and tremendously interest. ing. } Daylight On Saturday ... by J. B. Priestley .-. . The Macmillan Company of Canada Price $3.00. factory somewhere in «sa -- Missionaries' Work Valuable To Army Missionary work done in the Solomons in previous years paid dividends during the American advance on New Georgia, | A Methodist mission near Mun- da had taught many natives to speak English and several were employed by American forces to lead them through the jungles, = Making the ship look like some gigaiitic fairy story ogre about - LOOKING DOWN IN. THE MOUTH yo to swallow a snack of helpless humans, a tank-landing ship swings: wide its doors to receive a complement of troops en raute to the . fighting front.:= The photo above shows for the first time the hitherto heavily guarded secret and discharge cargo. of how the bow opens to receive 'REG'LAR FELLERS--Right! YOURE A FINE ONE! I'VE BEEN WAITIN' HERE "FOR (HALF AN HOUR AN' You SAID YoU WAS ONEY GONNA BE A MINIT! T' WASN'T MY FAULT! MRS, MAHONEY IS. GONNA STAY AT OUR HOUSE ALL NIGHT AN' HADDA HELP MOM GET THE HOUSE READY, I HADDA DUSTY OUT THE EXTRA ROOM 'AN' HELP MOM GET THE BLANKETS DOWN FROM THE TOP OF THE CLOSET AN'PUT A GUEST TOWEL