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The farm labor shortage Mr. Malone says is prob. '" © "ably more acute than anywhere in the world. has led to some .pro- gress In greater mechanization. The country's aboriginal popula. tion, though not large has' come to the rescue of the sheep sta. tions, and the curious fact that FIGHTS IN NORTH Meretskoff, above, commands Soviet armies in the Volkhov river-Novgorod sector lower prong of Russians' double _thrist 'against Germans in Len- Ingrad area.' Noted as ace strat- egist, he was former Red army chief of staff. ~ "plying discounts, they work better for women than for men has been discovered. Wo- men apparently have more pas tience and the. little black men fall for the feminine. approach, "Now, don't you think this is the better way?" Australia is supply- ing all the basic foods for the U.S. fighting services in that area on reverse lend lease: basis. . . * The federal Government prem. fum on hog carcasses announced "previously went into effect Mon- day, Janvary 24. The Minister of Agriculture, the Hon, J. G. Gard- iner, also tells of a number of changes In. the system of hog marketing as a result of discus- slons between the Bacon Advisory Commilttee, the Advisory Commit. tee on Agriculture, the Meat Board -and the Agricultural Food Board. : The procedure under which a basic price was established for Bl hog carcasses and prices for other grades determined by ap- except in the case of Grade A carcasses for which a premium was paid by the packers, wHl be discontinued. Hogs will be purchased on the basis of thelr carcass values in the varlous grades. Government premiums will be paid in the case of Grade A carcasses at $3.00 a carcass, and in the case of Grade ' Bl at $2.00 a carcass. The prem- fum of $1.00 formerly paid by the packers on Grade A carcass- es will he paid on the carcass grade value for export. bacon. The number of grades has been :}. reduced by consolidating some of them. The grades now adopted . are Grade A, Grades B1, B2, and B3, all B grades to sell at the same market price. Here is the list of grades and weights: Grade A ........ 140 to 170 1bs. Grade BI .......... Grades B2 Grade. B3 Grade C .. 135 to 176 lbs: 125 to 134 lbs. 176 to 185 lbs. 120 to 185 lbs. Grade D .. 120 to 186 1bs. Lights . 119 and under. Heavies ......... 186 to 195 Ibs, Extra Heavies 196 and over. IE . f 7 Effective January 21, the mill er's ~practice of imposing condi- THE SPORTING, THING « VOICE THE PRESS "AND MANY OF THEM" There may be dislocation right after the war," remarks the Sydney Post-Record. We hope so, pal, and are looking forward with extreme pleasure to a great many per manent cases of same, in the re- glon of the Nazl neck. ---Ottawa Citizen ---- A FUEL Quip U.S. Fuel Boss Harold L. Ickes comes to bat with this quip about the coal situation, "This country can fuel all the people some of the time and fuel some of the peo: ple all of the time. But during war we can't fuel all the people all the time." --Kitchener Record i Los au NO PLACE FOR HIS HAT One of the quislings of Denmark was not worrying about his future. He said that if the war went against the Nazis, he would take his hat and coat and go. That was all right until some- one asked him in what he would put his hat. --Windsor Star --_--0-- © HERE'S A PROBLEM It the war gullt trials are going to be carried out on British prin. ciples, how are we golug to find a jury of a dozen men all low enough to be Hitler's peers? --Toronto Saturday Night --_O0-- TODAY'S LUCKY MEN Nowadays he's f lucky man who has what it takes to find out it he can take it or-leave_ it alone. --Kitchener Record. ° ie THE oLp FAMILY ALBUM Maybe it is funny people no longer keep family albums, but it was funnier when they did. --Brandon Sun. ys THINK IT OVER Too many peaple itch for what they want but won't scratch it. --St. Thomas Times-Journal. The Gallant Tugs Of Malta's "Fleet". Now that things are much im- proved on Malta, the story of the gallant Malta "fleet" deserves re- telling. It is mainly the tale of two tiny tugs, says the Stratford Beacon Herald. Side by side, pad- dle wheel to paddle wheel, in ome of Grand Harbor's creeks, or chivvying ships 10 times their size "around the harbor, the paddle tugs 'Ancient' and "Robust," are still operat- ing. They have towed, pushed and nurse-maided battleships, aircraft carriexs and cruisers to their an- chorages and seen them safely out again. The 29-year-old "An- cient' and the 34-year-old "Ro- bust' have a history worthy of Malta, where they have served for a score of years. Through the dark days. of the air raids, with a couple of small minesweepers and 'a water boat, they comprised Malta's only fleet. Unarmed, except for a Very pistol each, they have worked day:and night regardless of bomb, barrage 'and enemy mines. When convoys battled their way to Malta it 'was the "Ancient and "Robust," though built for har- 'bor duties only, who put to sea to greet them, pilot them through- the minefields and towed in the damaged ships. It was-they who brought in the crippled "Illustrious" and the "Breckonshire'" and the gallant tanker "Ohio." tional sales of flour with sales of militeed on feed dealers who in turn imposed these on farmer customers, is. prohibited by War- time Prices and Trade Board. The tremendous Increase In demand for millfeed has brought many complaints which the new order seeks to adjust by relleving dls. tributors from obligation to ac- cept any specific quantity of flour or cereals when placing mixed car orders, They in turn will be able to supply militeed require- "Hionts to the amounts available without 'Imposing any conditions of flour purchase on thelr farmer customers, . . Finding repair parts for models or makes of farm machinery no longer manufactured poses a problem for the war-harasséd farmer. Often local or regional farm machinery distributors can give leads as to where these are obtainable, Falling this the distri. butor may order from a foundry that will make the part to order. To ba sure of getting a correct fit in a specially made part, ex- amine the part to be replaced for a serial number, or make a pencil rubbing for a clear impression of its height, depth and shape. Bet ter still send the broken or worn part to the dealer, Do order well in advance of need. These special orders take time. -the affairs of nations, Rt THE WAR + WEEK -- Commentary on Current Events Germany Builds High Wall Of Hate Which will Remain When War Ends In its hectic endeavor to hold off invasion Germany has con- structed strong fortifications around the periphery of Europe and on the frontiers of the fatherland, says The Cleveland Plain Dealer, The whole aim of German life today is to live within Fortress Europe and postpone the inevitable, It seeks to keep the armies of the free world outside the borders of the Reich as-/long as possible, There is no «doubt that this wall . will be breached. Before long the armies that will liberate Europe will invade the soil of Germany. But in his desperation to suspend: the' consequences of the war it launched Germany has built another wall that will not so easily be pierced. It is a wall that in the postwar years will keep Germany confined, isolated and a third-rate power in It is the wall of hate. Section by section Germany has constructed this edifice that will become its own prison. First was Austria, then Czechoslovakia, then Poland, Denmark and Nor- way. Then the Netherlands, Bel- gium, France, and finally the Bal- kans and Russia. Work of Germans Each portion of this wall was built from a bluepriyt of treachery, It's materials are the lives of thous- ands of free men who insisted on liberty for their homelands, It is topped with the barbs of a hatred born of broken homes, slave labor, hostages, larceny, misery, 'starv- ation and death. No armies can demolish this wall. It is not open to attack. It is invisible. It exists in the minds and hearts of millions of men, wo- men' and children. Yet, intangible, GENERAL CLEAN-UP Maj.-Gen. W. H. joys his favorite cure for Rupertus en- "hot dogs"--a dose of cool sca water that washes away 'mud he col- lected after a day of tiumpicg around Cape Gloucester, New Britain front wi his troops. London People Help Their Own Hospital Guy's famous London hospital which suffered desperately in the blitz, is now able to give fur- "ther details of the Jlamage and of the way the hospital was evac- _uated while fires were raging, and bombs were falling. In telling the story, hospital authorities pay warm tribute to the people from. outside who vol- unteered to help. The fire spread, and then came real dangr and with it the order "evacuate the hospital." The order flashed round. Quickly it was answered by large numbers of men, women, even children, who came from safety in deep shelters and _ dug-outs, regardless of personal risk, to help "their own hospital" in time of grave danger. All patients 'were saved; thers 'were no casi -- alties. "Bremen Reported 70% Damaged Allied aerial bombardments have badly damaged 70 per cent. of Bremen and its harbor dis- tricts cannot be restored to nor mal for three years, a traveller who has just returned from that German port said recently. For days after the last Ameri- can daylight raid. Nov. 29, ha. said, no ships could sail up the Weser River into Bremen, all be ins halted 40 miles away at the mouth of the Weser at Bremer- haven, The traveller, who was nature ally restricted in touring Bremen, said a Nazi official told him be- tween 6,000 and 7,000 persons had been killed in the raids and 20,000 wounded. as it it, it is the most real thing in the whole of Europe, much more real than the fortifications which the armies of the United Nations will shatter té break onto the do- main of Germany itself, No armistice, no peace treaty can eliminate this barricade. It will exist for years, nay, for gen- erations as the one European tron- tier that can be neither obliterated or even rectified. No enemy raised this ring around Germany, It is the work of the Germans them- selves. And the consequences of its building will be tar reaching, Effect on Neutral Countries Today people wonder what to do with Germany after the war to prevent a repetition of 'warfare another generation hence. Cer- tainly some definite steps must be taken to control the force of the pan-Germans, the Junkers and thé National Socialists under other labels. But whatever is done will be -as nothing compared to what the Germans have done themselves, Consider for a moment the next generation, In its schools in Po- land, in Czechoslovakia, in Nor- way--in every country on the con- tinent--it will read the history of these years. Yet the mere read- ing of factual accounts, without any effort whatsoever on the part of teachers and elders to breed hate, will keep this wall around Germany intact. The story of these times will have similar effects in those coun- tries which were neutral in this war and on those which were neutral in the World War, in the false belief that Germany could be trusted. Denmark, Norway, Hol- land, to mention but three, which looked with something of approval on German aims in 1914, have learned a bitter lesson. Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey tomorrow will not be taken in by Germany. Germany Encircled Who, after what has happened to Europe -- probably the most terrifying experience since the in- vasions of the Mongols and the Tartars--will have any - faith in Germany's promises? What coun- try will enter a» alliance or con- clude a treaty with the new Ger- many, whoever may be at its head or whatever may be its political professions, without a mental re- servation and a physical prepara- tion for treachery? Germany cried out falsely against 'encirclement' when any small na- tion of Europe tried to defend it- self. Today Germany is encircled as never before in history, encircled .by bonds of its own creation. This wall of hate will remain when the'battles are over. Tt will remain for future generations. And behind it, condemned to live as a third-rate and ecver-suspected power, Germany will lead the life of the great suspect of Europe. This is the one bit of justice in the great injustice which Germany sought to work against the world. This time even Germany may rea- lize that it is self-condemned, WHAT CEREALS CEST FOR MY FAMILY? vitality foo have real stamina! and ener, stamina #0 OTHER NATURAL CEREAL GIVES YOU WHOLE-GRAIN| OATS VITALITY ELEMENTS SO Ricuy! Mare than any other natural cereal, whole-grala oatmeal helps make up shortage of meats great element, Protein -- without which children can't grow px ropecty and adults. cynnot 1 Al cads every natural cereal in vitamin Bj, essential to good nerves, digestion | More and more mothers are serving big delicious bowls of hot Quaker Oats for break- fast every day--and insuring extra growth and rotection for their families. family the "one best cereal" now that so many other valuable foods are rationed! 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It finds a multitude of other uses in the preparation of such edible food- stuffs as mayonnaise and sand. wich spreads, Sunflower meal, be- sides being one of the highest protein foods, has commercial pos- sibilities for human consumption, In many respects it resembles the soybean. Roasted, the seeds are good eating and have been in high favor for years with people of Russian extraction. Sunflower protein may be pros' cessed to produce an egg white substitute for use in baking. Other possibilities include its use in the plastic and nylon-type textile field, | The future of the sunflower, officials say, appears almost as bright as the flower itself, CONTAINS VITAMIN Ba, ESSENTIAL MINERALS posit. INCREASED REFUND For Standard Domestic Beer Bottles Because of a severe bottle shortage, the Brew- ing Industry (Ontario), at the request of the Administrator of Alcoholic Beverages, Ot- tawa, announces increased prices to be paid for standard domestic beer bottles, effective January 10th, as follows: Small Bottles-From 2c to 3c per bottle, or from 48¢ to 72c per carton of 24 small. Large Bottles--From 4c to 5c per bottle, or from 48c¢ to 60c per carton of 12 large. = The sales price for each size package has been raised to correspond with the increased de- Standard domestic beer bottles now in the hands of our customers have increased in "value. Please return your empties to your nearest Brewers' Retail Store. THEY ARE URGENTLY NEEDED. BREWING INDUSTRY (ONTARIO) aa NTR Co TREN ~ PN Ne ny