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© well TE "4 This is Orel as the Russi A ARE oh $i ans'found it When they returned to the N. offensive that began last summer, Orel mourns the loss of her modern, beautify) buildings but"looks to azi-devastated city. One. of the first cities rewon in the Soviet the day when they will be rebuilt. THE WAR . WEEK -- Comnientary on Current' Events The Master Plan For Greatest Military Operation Of All Time London publicly reports that a large area in southwestern Eng- Inad is to be evacuated by Dec, - 20 to provide an 'invasion train- fLg ground for American troops; General Devers, commander, announces that the manouevres are necessary to de- velop '"'the master plan that will set in motion what may be the greatest military operation of all time"; and as the correspondents are alldgwed to speak wit creasing freedom of a gathering "second-front" army, the Ger- mans show that they are impress- 'ed by 'the-recent-bombing of the southwestern British ports from which it will presumably be launched, says The New York Herald Tribune. ' 3d Pattern Grows Clearer a niaster plan has actually been drawn to a major scale and the date set; but 'that it certainly cannot be before: Dec. 20 and probably will not.come for a con- siderably. longer:time, Thus the pattern, glimpsed "Yhrough the Moscow 'communique and the" subsequent speeches of Mr. Stalin and Mr, Churchill, begins to grow a little clearer. It was in May -" that the Prime Minister said that while opinions differed as to whether - "air Dower. by itself" could "bring about the collapse of Germany," the "experiment is worth trying." Probably neither Mr. Churchill nor his air advisers ever thought that Ger- many could be knocked out: from the air with no land invasion at all; but it is believed that they did have 'hopes that she could be" 80 "softened up' as to make the ultimate invasion a ' relatively minor part of the total strategy. | Results Negative? Throughout the summer the "experiment" 'has been made on: an ascending. scale--of --violence, and the results, on the ~whole, appear to have been negative. The devastation has-been terrible; but the protective -dispersal, of Germany's war industries and the astonishing capacity of a modern industrial economy to make re- pairs and develop makeshifts has rendered it less immediately <de- cisive than might have been ex- pected. 'While the air attack has severely hobbled Germany's phy- sical ability to make war, it-has not directly destroyed it. The British are beginning to feel that the main impact of 'air assault .is FREEDOM'S FARE Hungry repatriated Allied pris- "=< -pner-grabs-a- thiok-sandiwich be. | fore pu ting down his luggsge, at the American an in- | Fyom sll this one gathers that on mgdrale rather than on phy- sical potential. ] Co-ordinated Plan Developed Perhaps it was a recognition of this which lay: behind the success of the Moscow conference. One 'can infer that the Western Allies .came to the conference ready to grant that the air war would have to _be backed up by massive ex- ploitation on the ground, however , costly in life it might be; that this made it possible for the first time to bring the land, sea and .air strategy of Russia, Britain 'and the United States on to a common ground and from it to develop a genuinely co-ordinated plan, leading to the firm pledges of specific action which were ap- parently exchanged at Moscow. The Only Way This cannot mean that the sec- ond front: has been substituted for the bombing offensive, or that Italy- is to be abandoned in favor of France. Rather, it sug- gests "that all parts have been fitted into a whole which will per- mit: each part to exert its maxi- -mum- possible effect, In such a . plan, ideas of a major Balkan offensive would be dropped; -in Italy, the main objective would be simply to secure (and it has been 'done at relatively small cost) the bases from which to step up the bombing offensive over all of Germany, while a .major blow with land forées from the West would be co-ordinated with' the hammer strokes of the Red Army and of. the British based strategic 'bombers, For the Western "Allies it may mean a bill\ heavier than some may have hoped they= would have to pay. But it is the only way to get results, Heart Ailments And Longer Lives Heart -disease has been on the increase in the:last 20 years, but not because of the celebrated pace of modern life, says The, Chatham News. ; This is the finding of a survey of the Columbia - Presbyterian Medical Centre in New York, ~ Business..men are less suscep: tible , than skilled workers, and clerical workers are less suscep- tible than normal laborers, So we. must try not to look quizzical the next time the family doctor says something about sedentary 'occupations and lots of exercise. The reason why. more people nowadays suffer from heart: ail. ments, says the Medical Centre survey, is that great progress has_ 'been. made in combating. other large numbers from: diphtheria, typhoid (and tuberculosis 'in their early years and incur heart trou. ble later on. ' Thirty years: ago, say - the! 'Centre inquirers,, the - average. life.expectation of a child of 'the -working classes was .47 years, It is now over 69 years. Russians Take Toll Of 2,700,000 Nazis 'The Russians have announced that - their summer and autumn offensives had taken a" total of 2,700,000 Nazis {a killed, wound ed "and prisoners and cleared . 136,000 more square miles of Russian territory. "One hundred and forty-four Nazi divisions, including 28 tank and motorized divisions, were de clared to have been routed In the sweep that. cleared the east bank of the Dnieper River. ..A Moscow « radiocast commu. ~ + Leith, Scotland, where soldiers returned from Germany landed, Diie said 900,000 Germans were - killed and 98,000 caputred in the four-month campaign. Your PRESS VICTOR EMMANUEL . Here, then, is the bleak future of the proud old monarch: A large part of his kingdom demands his crown, which has adorned his head for 43 years. And another large part demands his head, which he * has worn for 74 years. He may lose both. All because he compromised with freedom way back In 1922, --Winnipeg Free Press, Gye GUESSERS The people who used to record thelr guesses on the number ot beans in the pot in the drug store window are mow recording their _guesses on when the war will end. They are probably as far wrong as they were on the number of beans. ; --Kiwanls Magazine, Los - MANY LIKE THIS Maybe tif t genlus in the Navy Department who re-arranged the typewriter keyboard fn the inter- ests of simplicity could do some. thing for ours. The blamed thing can't spell. ~ --Christan Sclence Monitor. 0 AHEAD OF HIS TIME Funny how some people live years ahead of their time. Take the man who wrote, "Yes, We Hate No Bananas." --Windsor Star, * ng ro - LIFE IS FLEETING The -good thing about a modern popular gong is that it doesn't stay popular long. --Brandon Sun, Italy the chrysanthemum Is asso- The Book Shelf WESTERN STAR By Stephen Vincent Benet Western Star is the spirit and the beginnings of America. There fs in it the essence of what Am- erica is and the sure knowledge of what it will be. "Americans are alwdys moving on." This {s' the tirst line' of this great new, nar rative poem, Western Star. The words Mr. Benet used to describe America apply equally well to him, He also was-always moving on. When: the war came he put aside his own work, and without recompense, devoted ev- ery ounce of his energy and gen. fus to the service ot his country, At the time of his recent death Mr. Benet held a position In the esteem of his fellow writers and fellow Americans probably never before achleveds by an Amerlcan writer, As truly as any soldler on the battlefield, he gave hls lite for the country he loved. Western Star . . . By Stephen Vincent Benet . . . Oxford Unl. versity Press . . . Price $2.50, Chrysanthemums Before the Sicilian campalgn the Emperor of Japan undertook to encourage his illustrious fel- low-gangster, Mussolini, by deco- rating - him with the Imperial Order of the Chrysanthemum. The Italian press: duly 'reported * the bestowal of a most distin- guished honor, Lut kept mum on just what the decoration was. In clated with funerals. --New York Times. "diseases. People are saved in| wa FUNNY BUSINESS "But why: should I salute you? I'm in Captain Brink's * company, not yours!" i . clash of arms, has produced {ts . tler thar a British coal miner tden- British Miner's Amazing Record Cheerful . Little Fellow Has Worked 7 Days A Week For 84 Weeks 'The battle of produgtion, like the heroes, but few who appear. dough- "tified only as Bart. His exploits are reported In "The Listener" official organ of the British Broad. casting Company, as told over the air by the manager of the import. ant pit' In the North Midlands where he works. Telling English listeners how their miners are backing the attack, the manager sald: "There fs one man, known to his friends as Bart, who has pro- duced 21,511 tons of coal in 1,205 shifts; 84 of" these shifts being ~ worked on Sundays. Bart Is 45. He stands five feet, four inches high in his socks and weighs just over 9% stone (133 pounds). He's-- a cheerful little fellow, and full ot the joy of lite. Every day this man has worked he has produced _ only a fraction below 18 tons, which {8 equal to 300 times his own weight. Let's look at It an- other way; In four years Bart has loaded the equivalent of 2,200 rail- way trucks of coal, or one whole trainload every four weeks. The vast quantity of coal produced by this one man is sufficient to. pro- vide the finished steel for the pro- duction of one heavy cruiser and two destroyers of the Tribal class. During the whole period ot" the war Bart has lost only one shift voluntarily. He has worked seven days a week for 84 weeks and his average for the whole war Is alx days per week, Including holiday periods." The New York Sun points out how "phenomenal" - Bart's record is by comparison with the output In _U.S. bituminous mines in which, in"1941, the ayerage per miner was 6.2 tons per day and In 1942 prob- ably nearer five tons. The Sun adds: "Yet fn this country the output should be higher than in England due to the fact that here a pfo- portion of bituminous coal is gain- ed by strip mining and also be- cause American pit mines are more efficiently mechanized than those in England." Banks Ready When C.C.F. Takes Over One of our banking friends has been telling us about the plans his bank is making for the day when the C.C.F. takes over the banks in Canada. That is go- ing to be a great day. There will no longer be any money troubles. At first, this particular bank thought it would keep the money in_ stacks behind 'the counter and hand it out, but they decided that would be too formal. So, they are just going to put the money in a huge pile in the middle of the floor. Then, 'people can come in and take a handful whenever they need it. There is no taking two handsful, the C.C.F, being against greed. Only one handful .at_a time ig the limit; but of course, there is nothing to pre- vent anyone taking a handful, walking around the block, and coming in for another handful. The bank was going tp have the line form to the right, until someone thought that the C.C.F. leans to the left, so the line for free money will form to the left. --Windsor Star. iim Don't Warm Up Motor In Garage Never '"'warm up" your motor by running the engine in the garage 'in the morning before you -drive® out. Never keep the motor running while doing repair work in the garage unless there is a strong current of air through the place. Carbon monoxide gas is odor- less. Its workings are most in- sidious. Don't depend on your nose -to-warn-you-of -the danger.. |. The best rule is never to run the motor inside a garage at all--a véry good rule to adopt at the approach of the winter season. --Kitchener Record. OTTAWA REPORTS That In 1944 There Will Be An Increase In Machinery to the Canadian Farmer With no possibility of a let- up in the demand for increased farm production and with the labor shortage becoming more and more acute, the farmer is increasingly conscious of the need for the most modern, labor- saving farm machinery. The findings of the farm-im- plements sub-committee of the House of Commons War Expendi- tures Committee made public re- cently, emphasized the "impera- tive necessity' of additional supplies of such labor-saving im- plements, Until May of this year, farm implements have been among the many commodities on the ra- tioned list. Since May the re- strictions guarding 'the sale of farm machinery have become less severe and. gradually more and more items have been added to tl. list exempted from rationing regulations, This has been made possible by increased manufacturing quotas which have come into effect since July. . . * Now the outlook becomes even brighter and it is expected that the cancellations of certain war. contracts should cause an easing in the steel "bottle-neck," and factory facilities and labor short- age 'be made avaliable for the manufacture of more farm im- plements. This is the opinion of subcommittee. It was also pointed out that two other bottle-necks are fac- tory labor and the limited supply of malleable castings, and it was stated that these. factors are under "careful study" and may be alleviated, if not removed. Reviewing the situation for the coming crop season, H. H. Bloom, Wartime Prices and Trade Board farm machinery administrator, has given the assurance that there will be a substantial {in- crease in the machinery avail. able to Canadian farmers. So far no decision as to the alloca- tion of this supply of machinery has been announced, but the matter is being carefully stud- ied, Mr. Bloom said. . * * In the meantime, it would be folly to neglect any measure that Major General George Ran. dolphe Pearkes, 65, V.C., C.D, D.S,0.,, M.C.,, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Pacifie Command, has been honored by the United States which Zonfer- red upon him the title of Com- mander of the Legion of Merit. The_ honor is one of the highest available to persons who are not citizens of the United States and ranks iecond only to the Distin- guished Service Medal. might lengthen the life of ma- chinery already in hand. Pre- cautions can be taken to protect it from rust and rot. W. 8. Richardson, assistant supernitendent at the Dominion Experimental Station at Lennox. ville, Quebec, says that even an inexpensive shed will be a pro- tection against sun, rain and snow, But in addition he adds alt metal parts of machines that are polished by their contact with the soil, should be ¢overed with oil to prevent ruzt. For this pur- pose he recommends' crankcase oil. Before freeze-up, machines used to spread chenicial fertiliz- ers should be thoroughly washed or brushed to remove the fertil. izer, and their metal parts given a coating of oil. Some farmers remove the star whedls and soak them in a bucket of oil for a day or two. Without these precautions it is often difficult to get these machines started in the spring. | This Curious WoRLD mer TVtIZED" # i BROUGHT ABOUT THE EXTINCTION OF THE LABRADOR. OLCK IN JUST 87 YEARS AFTER HE KNEW. OF THEIR. EXISTENCE. THE LAST SPECIMEN WAS KILLED NEAR. NEW YORK, IN 1875. ED. NAPA, CALIFORNIA, HAS WRITTEN 100 BOOKS... AND ALL HAVE BEEN PUBLISH COPR. 1938 BY NEA BERYICE, INC. SOUND \ WA OF VIOLENT EXPLOS/ONS TRAVEL. MUCH FASTER THAN NORMAL, UNTIL. THEY REACH A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE. . . THEN THEY SLOW DOWN TO A CONSTANT © H-26 THE Labrador Duck was first made known to sclence In 1788, and little is known of its mesting habits:--Not one egg was saved to rrr science, and only a few specimens of the bird are in existence to- day. are credited with its extinction. It is supposed to have bred in Labrador Feather hunters NEXT: Mica that live for months without watem USAID RAKE UP The LEAVES ON THE FRONT en! REG'LAR FELLERS--A Smoothie v. : By GENE BYRNES ons NAB iT! AH' ME SPOSED To PLAY IN THIS RNOON'S AFT B\G GAME AN (F | BURH THe SMoKELL CoME (HN LOOK, POP! 'THE WIND 1S |N THIS DiRecTioN LEAVES Topay The J WELL.. NEVER NessIR! A STAR HALFBACK HASTA .