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TRAE <r P---------- - result in an increased price to "the producer, 5 © "freezing of the commodities effect- . when cabbaga_was selling for any- "thing from 6c«to 1%¢ a -pound-- pound to 15¢ & pound. "~Donald Gordon, stressed the dif--- WORLD ian AND THIS CURIOUS corm. 1938 sv nea sRnce, wo. SS 5 | MOTHER NATURE sometimes gives man forceful sermons on THE WILL © CVE THIS GROVE OF PINES, STATE WEIGHTED DOWN & W, BROKEN BY /CE AND SNOW' Ww. IN 1921/ . TODAY, TWISTED AND BENT, THE TREES LIVE ON TO : , TELLLTHE STORY. how to live. The White Pine forest of Greylock Park is a typical . picture of the "Never Say Die" spirit. Some of the trees had the main trunk broken' completely off, only to have a new branch carry on the work of the lost member. " NEXT: The blind man. who has written 100 books, : "OTTAWA REPORTS That New Ceiling On Storage Vegetables Will Have Imme- diate Effect Upon Producers "Ta some cases prices bn storage- vegetables will actually be higher as a result of the new celling im- posed by Wartime Prices and Trade Board, According to War- time Prices and Trade Board of- ficials, the immediate effect of an order placing a ceiling on a com- modity is that prices generally move up immediately to the cell. ing. For some vegetables this will Another immediate effect of the imposing of a price ceiling Iga tendency toward a temporary ed. However, the consumer will not suffer any shortage as stocks on ' hand are plentiful. During winter months consumers will be protect- ed against the prices which ruled during the top period last year, mostly between 165c and 19¢; when carrots' went as high ag 10c a pound and beets sold from 3.7¢ a * * LJ In the framing of -the order, Chairman of the Prices Board, ficulties encountered by Board of- fleials in designing an order to meet in all respects the wide var- {ety of conditions attending pro- - duction and marketing of vege- tables. ITER] wd complications confronting the Board in draftiig an order fix- ing maximum prices. in such pro- ducts are obvious," Mr.. Gordon . Pacific iste from Los Angeles. Bright baubles go a lot further in winning over the South Pacific natives . than mere words oF 1 money, Allied forces have found, Here Yeoman U. Si Aarnham- of New York looks over a shipment of junk jewelry received on a i toba, Saskatchewan, Bernard Montgomery, "from El Alamein up _ devoting part of a A 1 sald. "The present order Is the result of a considerable perlod of close study and consultation with growers and distributors. The Board recognizes that after: the order has had a period of trial, it may be necessary to readjust cer- tain phases of it, and is prepared to take any remedial action which experience proves desirable." The present order, taking into consideration the labour involved in growing vegetables, the cost of that labour and general wartime conditions, sets the celling on prices to the producer at higher than pre-war level. * . . * Another point in favour of pro- "ducers fs-the provision - made for- storage costs. This_allowance for ~~storage charges, is graduated and may be included in the maximum prices commencing December 1, in- creasing until April, May and June, and decreasing July and August, For pricing and distribution Can. ada Is divided by the order into two zones. The first includes the island of Montreal, all the main populated part of Ontario, the main portions of the provinces of Mani. Alberta and British Columbia. The second zone includes all the remainder of the Dominion: In zone two, maximum prices on all vegetables are one- quarter of a cent a pound higher than those In zone one. The rea. son for this, it is explained, is that zone two consists of the more sparsely populated areas. Lights Stay On In Gibraltar, Naples _ It is of interest to .Jote that the protection of darkness never was accorded at least two major points within the battle areas-- Gibraltar and Naples, W. B., Courtney writes in Collier's. The former because it was use- less to turn off the lights in a place so close to the brilliantly normal lights of non-belligerent Spain.a few hundred yards away. Other factors. contributed to the impracticality of trying to shade Gibraltar -- the simple facts of coastline topography, the mirrdr- ing sea all around, and its own geological freakishness, You can't hide a hulk like that which the flattening continent of Europe suddenly 'jerks up like a sore thumb. in the face of Africa, In Naples the situation was different. The Fascists, aware: that their great god Benito was less than omnipotent, manually pulled the. switch all right, but they couldn't find a black shirt big enough to cover Vesuvius-- which continued wo hold its ane cient torch thousands of feet above the city and made the job of finding an exact street corner. in Naples one of simple naviga- tional arithmetic. Montgomery's Way In the spectacle of (feneral Sir ! who has pressed the Germans all the way into Italy, week-end respite from the assult to reading the lessons at the Cairo Cathedral and addressing a Bible class, there is food for thought in countries where devotion, to religion 1s con. sidered a sign bt weakness. --New York Suan. Sports Unlimited By Terence Morton The twelve thousand odd fans who witnessed the opening game of the N. H. I. season at the Maple Leaf Gardens were treated to good hockey, despite the fact that the young rookies were nat. urally a little overly keen fn thelr professional debut, and besides they are not as finished as our old favourites of yester year. But they will settle down and {mprove as the season proceeds, and we may see really first rate hockey as spring approaches, barring acel- dents to the best players, be they young players do not go "stale" at just the time they should be at the top of their form, a thing young players and two-year-old racehorses are very prone to do. . . We always feel diftident about making predictions as 'to the out. come of any sporting fixture until it fa all but in the bag, for ex- perience has taught us that the odds are about three-to-one that we will be wrong, however, no one will remember what we have writ. ten by next March, so we might as well air a fow views. McAuley, who tends the Rangers goal, ap- pears to be the player who will be most outstanding amongst the new comers, 'despite the fact that in the first two nights of the sea- son, on thirteen occasions he fail. ed to stop the puck. The Leafs' Gus Bodner will certainly stand watching, but here we are discuss. ing hockey personalities, and came to the majority of hockey fans; 1s of major importance. We refer, ot course, to Foster Hewitt, for scores of people are enthralled by his graphic word pictures, to every one who actually witnesses a game, * * * PS. Do you remember that there was a lot of pre-season talk about the "breakaway pass"? Well it ap- pears to have met with pretty general approval, but certainly fit would take a more revolutionary role to make or break our great National Game. \ War Against Rats Begins In England British women today are taking over the battle against rats. The first national anti-rat cam. paign ever launched .{n Britain, the menace fs alarming -- and extend - throughout the country, Ministry of Food ofticlals es- timate that there are as many rats as humans in Britain -- 40, 000,000--and that each rodent eats or spoils $6 worth of food a year, or 2,000,000 pounds, enough to fill 150 ships. , The Ministry of Food offers a six weeks' course in -extermina- tion with 16 women university graduates who have studied to combat rodents, teaching. Every man, "has been asked-to become a rat reporter, and to notify a central office of any rat seen, so it can be traced and the colony de- stroyed. , . There is no age limit set for the women who take the jobs, but most of them are between 22 and 36. "The women are taking tothe job with enthusiasm. One South Wales agency received more ap- plications than it could handld recently when ft advertised for woment rat-killers, - The Civil Rights = Of A British Lad A hoy, 11 years old, in Hereford, England, got a raw deal in & lower court. In fact got seven years in a reformatory, also the birch, and without due process of trial and hearing. The King's Bench reviewed the case and the pre- siding magistrates 'who inflicted the penalty, two of whom were 'women, were excorlated by the --Justices:--It --{s---a--pretty good old England when time off can be taken in the midst of the worst war in history to guard the clvil rights of an 1l-year-old iad. <St. Catharines Standard, veterans or recruits, and it our . close to overlooking the man who, women and child _ will begin soon in London--where | [4 "the new unity and harmony achlbv-' THE WAR . WEEK -- Commentary on Current Events Stalin and Churchill Review Record Of Victories - Hitler Gives Pep Talk During the last few days, first Stalin, then Hitler and now Chure- hill have dellvered speeches to their 'people, And while at this moment actions speak louder than words the speeches are still an {n. teresting barometer of the at mosphere prevailing in the two camps, as well as a most encourag- ing forecast for the future, says the New York Times. vBoth Mr, Stalin and Mr. Chure- hill took occasion to review the record of "a famous year' of al. most unbroken victories, which, in Mr. Churchill's words, have in. filcted mortal blows on the mon. strous juggernaut of German might and tyranny and may well be the precursors of decisive events in the European struggle. Both re. counted the achievements of thelr own forces and gave generous credit to the achievements of thelr allies; | and Mr, Churchill in par ticular did not stint In paying tri- bute to the herole performance of the Russian armies and the Rus- slan people. Both also emphasized ed at the Moscow Conference. And both radiated confidence In final victory, fn which Mr. Churchill specjtically included victory over Japan, with whom "the British Commonwealth and Empire have an Inexpiable quarrel." Hitler's Admissions In sharp contrast stands' the speech of Hitler, which Is one out- cry of defeat and despair, Dellver- ed on the sorry anniversary of his abortive beerhall putsch, it fore- shadows the fallurq_of his more ambitious putsch against mankind. For behind all the old obsessions, 1 hatreds, falsehoods and Arrogance there are admissiops, which, com- fog from that source, must have destroyed the last illusions of the German people. There is talk of "desperate situations," of "Im. pending catastrophe," of "marshal. ing the last reserves of strength," yes, even the suggestion that the fighting will reach German soil, But there is also In this speech the desperation of the cornered but still Yar from conquered beast. For Hitler not only proclaims war against his outside enemies but also against the "Germans them. selves--a war of terror without 'mercy in whiclr the Non-German Fuehrer of the Germans threatens death to all who would end the struggle, If any Germans still need- ed proof of Hitler's pathological megalomania, they can read It In his self-revealing protestation that he 1s losing neither nerves nor reason, and in his final contempt. uous sneer that if they despalr they will deserve no better than they get and he will not be sorry for them. R Germany's Greatest Enemy _ After that, the Germans must know that they have no greater enemy than Hitler himself, But a desperate madman with a great army at his back fs still danger. ous, and In estimating that danger Mr. Churchill 1s a more cautious judge than Mr. Stalin. For while Mr. Stalin sees vlctqry near, Mr. Churchlil proceeds on assump. tio that, barring a miracte}--the--| climax of the war will not come till 1944, and that the gampalgn of 194¢ "will be the most severe, and to the Western allles the most costly in life, of any we have yet fought" In that estimate Mr. Churchill is in agreement with all military authorities and, funda. mentally, In agreement with Mr. Stalin himself. For what Mr. Churchill says Is that the air war alone will not win the war, and that victory will require that mass invasion of Furopa which he has always promised, Mr. Stalin's re- newed call for the opening of an- other front' confirms this judg. ment. 3 Allies' Supreme Task In the light of the grim task that still lies ahead, this talk we have been hearing recently of the war befug "all but over" seems frivol- ous indeed. It Is not only "foolish "and blameworthy" but dangerous, because, to use Mr. Churchill's words, it tends to "divert the thoughts and efforts of the Allled nations from the supreme task which lies before them---namely, that of beating down Into dust and ruins the deadly foes and ty- rants who so nearly subjugated the entire world to their domin. ation." Hitler's Contrasting Speeches Adolt Hitler's beer-cellar speech, with the usual Intermingling of threats and pep talk, can neither | restore German confidence In vle- tory nor yet raise any hopes of overcoming the tremendous calam- ities looming ahead, claims the Christian Science Monitor. In fact, this speech {8 more like. ly to increase the fears of mill tary disaster without and chaos within which are increasing with every new Allied military victory and new Allled bombing of the Releh. Outstanding {8 the marked con. trast 'hetween this speech and Those Hitler has delivered on sim. flag occasions in the past, 'Flires years ago, Hitler could boast that "one day there will ba no Churchill but there wlll be Uor- man U-boats."" AURO, Largest of Solomons; »® Target ot American attack in the South Pacific is Bougainville, last of the big Solomon Islands. From landings at Empress Au- gusta Bay, U, S. forces may move dcwn the coast toward Jap bases at Buin and Kahill, . This invasion puts Americans close to Rabaul, Two years ago, "the pace In Rus. sia 13 determined exclusively by us," and last year boasting was stiH tho keynote of his utterance, Threats and Boasts Last week there were threats, boasts, and jeers, such as those long associated with Hitler speech. es, but they sounded emptier than ever, despite the cheers and cheap laughter they aroused athong hls listeners, and they brought no promises of help to relleve Ger: | many's present situation which a | neutral correspondent In Berlin récently described as "grave, dif ticult, and exacting." 2,650 tanks, 6,200 guns and' "70,000 lorries (trucks) were cap- tured or destroyed by the Allied troops in all the African cam- paigns. i Y i SERVING THE 'UNITED NATIONS WITH WAR ALCOHOL WAR ALCOHOL ADDS POWER TO THE Nr TN en nt DEADLY STRIKE or TIN FISH " Packed in the warhead of a single torpedo is enough concentrated destruction to sink a ship of war--a special high explosive in which alcohol is used. Alc helps to give the torpedo its deadly striking power; helps provide explosives fo depth charges, bombs and shells. Alcohol is also an important ingredient in making plastics and other vital war materials. It is the constant ally of the doctor in his «fight against infection, Alcohol is performing a myriad of services in this all-out war. Our plants are producing it to the full extent of their capacities. HIRAM WALKER & SONS, \Li1E) ----peries I GOT A SWELL BOOK, MOM! IT TELLS WHAT YOUR BIRTHSTONE 18 AN"YOUR FORTUNE AN THING? ALL y' HAFTA WHEN YOU WERE BORN! WHEN Zn WERE YOU BORN, MOM 7 ME, T00! 1 WAS \ BORN IN JUNE! AN » AN'L WAS BORN ON THE. ELEVENTH / tr et et A AA " } TT » 2S or