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pepe ere ----day- based--on---a-figure of 4,000,000 oe WE we Nazis Plundering Occupied Lands The German people have been able to live better during this war than during the last one because they have occupied the greater part of Europe and plundered the countries of their livestock, foods and economic resources, but as this is a process that cannot be con- tinued indefinitely to anything like the same extent, and as they have already lost the great wheatficlds of the Ukraine and will soon be out of Russia altogether, the future outlook for food is black, comments the St. Thoma. Tim:s-Journal. Norway, Holland and Denmark have been plundered until the na- tives live in a chronic state of hunger. The French government in London is in a position to give almost exact figures of direct levies of food by the Germans in F.ance since June, 1940, which re- veal the extent of German reliance on looting in one country alone to feed their own arnies and people. The Nazis have also "bought" great quantities by means of paper marks, . ..... In spite of the dislocation, re- moval and appropriation of French industries, Germany imposed a cost- of-occupation bill of $10,000,000. a occupation troops. Notwithstand- . ing the fact that there are probably not more than 1,000,000 German soldiers in France today, the Nazis still demand their $10,000,000 a day for their maintenance, the bal- ance being clear financial profit. Supply Of Butter Slim In Britain Britain is seeking to increase her butter supplies which have been sufficient only to maintain the weekly two-ounce- ration, The Ministry Xf Food said--Bri- SAFES Protect your BUOUKS und CASH from FIRE and THIEVES, We have » slze and type of Safe, or, Cahlinet, for any purpose. Visti us, or write for prices. ete. (0 Dept. W else. TAYLOR uMITED TORONTO SAFE WORKS 143 Front St EB, roronts Established 1855: HARNESS & COLLARS Farmers Attention -- Consult your nearest Harness Shop about Staco Harness Supplies, | We sell our goods only through your local Staco Leather Goods dealer. The goods are right, and so are our prices. We manufacture in our fac. tories -- Harness, Horse Col lars, Sweat Pads, Horse- Blan: kets, and Leather Travelling Goods. Insist on Staco Bran Trade Marked Goods, and you get satisfaction. Made only by: SAMUEL TREES CO., LTD. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE 42 Wellington St. E,, Toronto Foot Itch Ap im) + the or i compl 3 Asthma Mucus Loosened. Ist Day Chokin asping, wheezing ay Ths ih ik Ar n- mm - a Fol ite ugh the blood, 1 A the Lhe free en 8 ort; r oney b on return arth ently fA7 | I adm Ve Sroggal todd you. rg for--anti-aireralt guns 'pressing butter-Producing tain is countries to let her have more but would not indicate if any specific request has yet been made to Can- ada, If the present slim supply in Bri- tain is pressing butter-producing sibility is seen that the bhtter ra- tion may have to be reviewed with a view to reducing it. A food of- ficial said "we'll do our best to keep it at two ounces but we can't afford to lose ships bringing bute ter" Japan Has Great Naval Base At Truk Truk, the great Japanese naval base, is an objective of the Ameri- cans in the South Pacific, relates the Windsor Gar. The island ~ group is 900 miles from Rabaul, 2,- 000 miles from Yokohama, and 3,- 500 miles from Honolulu, Truk is a group of 250 islands enclosing a lagoon that measures 130 miles around, There are four small gaps as entrances to this great harbor area, which is large enough to accommodate the entire Japanese flect, The islands vary in size from a few square yards to a few square. miles. But, even the small islands provide emplacements artillery. Germany bought Truk from Spain for £1,000,000 in 1889. The Americans had taken the islands from Spain in the Spanish-Ameri- ca war, but gave them back be- cause they had no use for them. The United States little thought then that Truk would be a formid- able naval base to be used against the Americans in 1944. Japan got the islands following the last war. It is going to take skill and dar- ing to capture Truk. But, it is - one of the obstacles to overcome on the way to Tokio. Trapped Mink Keeps On Fighting For Life Mink-life, to a mink, is a good and glad thing, Alan Devoe writes in The American Mercury. Its wild freedom, its. stealth and strength, its lusting and exulting, - are not lightly to be surrendered. And so, when the hidden trap-jaws- clang together. on the leg of a mink, ~ what happens is in the nature of a fearful thing. The mink, if it can, will gnaw off its leg in order to to go free. If it cannot free itself, there wells up in it such a fury, such ia surging compound of rage and hate and terror and malignance and despair, that many a trapper could wish that he had never watched it. A trapped mink snarls, screams, scheeches, froths looses from its musky glands a stench that is subtler but more sickening than the odor of a skunk, and it fouls the trap and all the sur- rounding earth with as thorough a pollution as it can, Until the minute of death, a trapped mink battles to withhold, from an un- known woman in a; far metroPolis, the pelt which she will scarcely re- alize came from an animal, and the life which she will scarcely khow was ever lived. and spits. It PROMOTED General G, G: Simonds, en , D.S.0, 40, his been pro- 'moted to the acting rank of lieu- " tenant-general and' to command of -or---heavier--}- a Canadian corps. human beings have remained' Why Pig Is Pork After It Is Killed Explanation Dates Back To Days of Norman Conquest Have you ever wondered why a sheep is mutton, a pig is pork, a cow is beef and a deer venison af- ter these animals are killed and used for food? asks The Kitchener Record, An explanation is given in an ar- ticle in "Our Dumb Animals." It dates back to a great historical event which occurred nearly 900 years ago. In the year 1066 the Normans, led by William th: Con- queror, conquered what is now England and became the rulers of the land. As they were French, the French language became the official language of the court and the ruling classes. However, the common people, thE Anglo-Saxons, who were the original inhabitants, kept on using their own tongue. Many of them were servants of the conquerors, They had the care of the live ani- mals which they called the Saxon names: such as ox, cow, pig, calf, sheep, deer and so on. But when the animals were kill- ed for food they 'vere killed to be eaten by the Normans, Natural , they gave the meat the French names instead of the Saxon. An ox was boeuf, a sheep mouton, and sp on. Evidently fowl wasn't eaten mn those days, because a chicken is still chicken and a duck remains a duck on passing from the chopping block to the platter. HEADS DRIVE By VICTOR ROSSEAU DENY CHAPTER XV! They were almost at the bottom ot the ravine, for beyond it the cliffs towered up to meet the coal black sky, There was green grass underfoot, and the sound of a rivu- let falling from the rocks above. Lois reined in Black Dawn, "This is the place, Dave," she said, and slid from her saddle, to fall in a crumple heap upon the grass, Dave flung himself upon his knees beside her, The upper part of the overalls, already stiffened with blood, was wet with a new flow from the wound. Lols was breathing gently, but she had dropped unconsciou., In the face of the rocks {im mediately to the right of him Dave saw the entrance to a cave. He gathered the girl into his arms and staggered into it. Then he laid the girl down on the pebbly floor. 'Dave tore oft his scart and made a pad of it, compressing the wound and holding it there for minutes. When he gently remov- ed it, there came another spurt of blood. Again, this time for halt an hour, Dave held the compress in position; and when he ventured to remove it the flow had dwindled to a small trickle. * . He readjusted the bandages and went outside, unsaddled the hor- ses and left them to graze. He took a tin cup from his roll and felt his way, foot by foot toward the sound of running wate... He found a little pool that splashed down into the ravine, filled the cup, carried it back to Lois and forced the contents down her three.t, Spreading his blanket in -the cave, he plcked the girl up and placed her upon it. After that there was nothing to do but wait for dawn. It came after an immeasurable time, stealing down the ra~ine and - Red Army Gen. Leonid Govorov commands Soviet "forces driving Germans before them in the Lenin- grad sector, threatened to inflict disaster on the foe comparable to defeat at Stalingrad. / Rats Cause Huge Damage to Grain Destructive Rodents Found In Almost Every Country Except Polar Regions A dispatch from a Pacific port refers to the enormous damage done by rats along the West coast of the United States, relates the Strat- ford Beacon-Herald, Losses due to their destructiveness run into many millions of dollars annually, Supposed to have originated in Asia, the brown rat migrated in numbers to Europe in the 18th Century, and is now in almost every part of the habitable globe. A man from Saskatchewan, visit- ing in Eastern Canada, refers to the startling increase of this rodent in the West. While rafts were numerous in Eastern Canada for years, they scemed to avoid thie new districts, although there as un- limited attraction {~~ '"sr1 in the anwoun: cf : . of which they are very fond, Rats Inyade . Eventually a few sere Westward, presumably in ing freight cars that had carried grain to Eastern 'ports.. Then the "trouble was on in earnest, 'or vast quantities of wheat in elevators and warehouses. throughout the West were an irresistible magnet. ot alone did they come from the Edst, but the growth of Vancouver as a seaport was an incident that meant the importation of' Oriéntal rats, that are a genuine danger {1 any country, They are said to be the carriers of disease, including that scourge of Asiatic countries known as bubonic Plague. These rats are of a large size and have a voracious appetite. It is easily im- aginable hotv destructive they can be in a country where grain is so plentiful, It is scarcely understandable that 80 tolerant of the rat, in the opinion of the Chatham Néws, as tlie pesky rodent has invaded virtually every carried. community in the world except the «Polar regions. Hon. J. G. Gardiner, Minister of! "Agriculture, said' that since the utbreak of war Britain has asked Canada to supply her with cheese, but not with butter, return-; a " West, Toronto, V glowing rosy upon tops. Now it began to grow light inside the cave, and Dave could see that this extended backward for a considerable 'distance. They seemed secure enough, so long as their food lasted. As. he bent over the girl, her lips -moved; he could just catch Today s Pattern "the mountain ~ Look cheerful as a sunbeam in , this light-hearted deep-yoked frock, Pattern 4589 comes in' misses' (put together as) a diagram. will. prove; Make it ' with contrast trim "or in one fabric, Petttern: 4589° comes in misses' and' women's sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20; 80,82, 34, 36, 88, 40, and (4 Size: 16 takes 254 yards 85-inces and 3 yard contrast, Send TWENTY CENTS (20) in coins (stamps cannot be ac- cepted) for this pattern to Annéd Adams, Room 421; 78 Adelaide St, Write pl Rlainty Size, Name, Address, Style, Number, ance atc the x plying. " you liked to consider eight or nine the fragmentary. muttering: "We'll save him, Black Dawn, Hé--didn't do it, He's not the murdering kind." Then she slip- ped back into unconsciousness. A sudden feeling of tenderness swept over him. Why, this was his girl--he'd "known it from the first moment he had seen her. . 0 Mescal was seething with exclte- ment the following morning when Wilbur Ferris rode in, Curran had aroused the ranchman at dawn and informed ' him of the events of the night, and the futile attempt to follow: the trail of the fugitives. Judge Lonergan's house was the substantial one. Lonergan's Mex} can servant admitted Ferris into a comfortably furnis* d living-room where Lonergan was seated at his breakfast table, "Morning, Ferris," Lonergan greeted his visitor, "Sit down and have a bite, won't you? I've got a quarter of an hour before hold- ing the inquest over old Hooker." «oo : He wiped his mouth with a napkin, leaned hack, and surveyed Ferris with' a sardonic look that was not lost on. the ranchman. Wilbur Ferris sank hepvily into a chair. "What the devil's all thls mess about?' he demanded fiercely. "Damn you, Lonergan, 1 believe you brotight that murdering cow~ poke into: this district. for some infernal reasons of your own." "Now that doesn't do credit to your Intelligence, Ferris," respons ded Lonergan, after draining his coffee. "Fact 1s, 1 never set eyes on him till he came into the Wayside: Rest, day before yester- day, and paid oft old Hooker's mortgage interest." "1 want to know what that girl, Lois Hooker, is toeyou," said Fer- ris. "What did you bring the years past? And why did you de- cide: that the time had. come to got rid of them?" x "Go easy, Ferris," Lonergan ad- vised him. "You don't want to worry about my business. I've stood by you a good while now, when you'd have been 'down and out, and--" * "Yep, you've about drove me to vmy limit, Lonergan," answered Ferris, "You put that man Cur- ran in charge of the Cross-Bar, and you sent away my good cow- hands and brought in a gang of Mexicans. "And now this Bruce feller comes along and: plays hell generally, and, after hig" murdering old Hooker, that girl, Lols, stages a . rescue from the 'lynching party. 1 tell you, it don't look straight to me. I want to know what's be- hind it." * 8 0 Lonergan bit oft the end of a cigar and lighted it. He emitted a puft or two. of smoke. before re. "So you think 1've ridden you too hard, Ferris?" he askéd. "Well, maybe I have seen my advantage ang. taken it when it come along. Lemme see, Ferris," he continued inian irrelevant manner, "you must be close to. sixty, if I'm not mis- . taken." "What's that got to do with it demanded the ranchman. "Quite a lot," sald Lonergan, - "Why go on worrying, and mud- 'dllng your head with things that bother you? Ever think of a little place 'in California to end your days in peacefilly? A place where you won't have to think oft --well, of me? I'd never trouble you, Ferris, if. you should decide to sell out to: me. "Ot course, prices having drops ped so low, I couldn't make you a very advantageous offer, but it thousand dollats~~why; you could go a long ways with that in Call fornia." : "You devil" _shouted' Ferrls, springing to hig feet. "So that's what you've had in mind; getting me out of the district! I guessed (384 "You guessed right, Ferris," an« swered Lonergan, There was a steely glitter in' thd "judge's eyes now," {fk place' of 'the savdonie! looki' "Aftér al); Ferrls; you: owe me' everything you've! been; don't you? No, I'm. not. going. back over old. times, But there's my offer." "The Cross-Bar's. worth. forty thousand, it it's worth a penny!" Ferris shouted, "I'd" say" It will be 'nearer fifty, when prices Jit' responded: the Victory Chop Suey n teaspoon salt 8 tablespoons fat 1 cup sliced' onion: cup ¥% pound fresh: ii porle cut Into sttips 1 cup celery' strips 1% teaspoons Soy Sauce | 34 cup. uncooke 4 bouillon cubes 4 cups hot water rice eat fat in xy iyi pan; CTE LY browned; © Add. tice Mh fotle mide be dissing bouiion 'cubes! in Jot: water. . Add salt, green Jebper and and simmer about 20 minutes rel which has been buttered Yield: 4 servings (1 priori BE or ag a or green' pepper strips -oved:popped rice 'cereal SE Cr £5 h DE Sk "until lightly. , and boy. saiice; cover a ive at once with crisp rice ¢ check --be done. - vacate, Hookers here for, and. why have |. 'you kept them here these twelve , Bake! inca moderate oven; the: first. half hour. drain off: LSED py YOUR GRANDMor yg) JUST AS Fi EQTIVE TOD y) Invaluable for COUGHS-- COLDS BRONCHITIS ASTHMA "WHOOPING COUGH" SIMPLE, SORE THROAT: Children love Veno's: DON'T DELAY--BUY A BOTTLE TODAY! other, "I'll make it nine thousand clear, if you accept my offer and' | quit within the next two weeks." *». 0» Ferris © was standing" lke ~ a statue, but slowly his: head and shoulders bowed. A look of utter misery came over his face. "Listen. Lonergan," he pleaded. "You know how I came into this district years ago--" "With Blane Rowland, your partner, who ran off with that for the cattle," interposed Lonergan, "Ive made my home here. It's hard to have to pull stakes and start afresh, If you'd make fit twenty thousand I'd feel it might But can't this business be settled somehow else?" "Nope," answered Lonergan de- cisively., "My offer's: nine thou- sand, and it's got to be accepted or rejected within the next couple of days. And two weeks to You'll have to excuse me be the now, Ferris, because. they'll waiting for me to impanel Jury." i He walked' past thd ranchman, took down his hat from a stag's antler in the hall, and. clapped it on hls head. Wilbur Ferris, who had been watching him in dumb despair, moved slowly toward the door. /Continued Next Week) TABLE TALKS Your War Saving Stamp Recipe The Food Industry of Canada has undertaken the huge task of selling 2 million dollars worth of War Saving Stamps 4uring the month of February, This column presents -a penny saving recipe, which_will_help you buy your War Saving Stamps, Here it is: © FROSTED' MEAT LOAF 2 tablespoons fat 1 onion, chopped 1% Ibs. chuck beef, ground 1% 1b, pork shoulder, ground 214 cups corn flakes, rolled 1 egg, unbeatei: 1 tablespoon~tornstarch 34 teaspoon salt dash of pepper and paprika Vi teaspoon_poultry spice 14 cup milk _1.teaspoon grated lemond rind 1 teaspoon lemon: juice 4 steamed weiners 2 cups fluffy mashed potatoes 2 medium carrots, cooked whole Heat the fat and add' the 'chops ped onion, onion is. tender: and: golden: brown; add all remaining ingredients: ex- cept the weiners, potatoes and. car- rots; spoon half. the mixture into an oiled loaf pan 9" x 5" x 3.° Press the weiners into the meat "mixture, laying them end to end "and touching. Cover with all" re maining! mixture, pressing: firmly, after the: When. the. meat loaf is- liquids ifivert on a hot platter, 'cooked, Frost "all over with' mashed po- 4 * tatoes, Score thé cooked carrots with a fork and cut in thin slices; Decorate thie sides' and top of the meat loaf withu the carrot "slices, Heat: again in the oven till the po: ' tatoes are slighty browned. Temperature: 350° F, Time: 134 hours, BUY WAR SAVING STAMPS -- HASTEN THEIR VICTOR- 10US HOMECOMING HEMORRHOIDS Cook and. stir till the uU. S. War C Casualties Latest availahle Fi figires on Ams ~erican war casualties total' 142,289, including 32,662 killed" in action, The United States Office of War Information announced the figures last week. They cover "the navy casualties through January 22, and army losses through December 31, "Our [Fr Poses is DR. CHASE'S KIDNEY- MITAY LIVER Look out for Trouble: from Sluggish KIDNEYS Try the Original. 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