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t aad â€" up ted by Toâ€" se to introâ€" epresentat ocket Tins C ~CO. '°"0nto xnd month en ave ary ISHINC les _ exper sound 5 aX in a pipe: wre . 1% EFFECTS U 6 an ermn 'l' course." Mr. Dewan asserted that "the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world," and told his audience they might "hold a key place in the steering of our future rational FROM COUNTRY TO TOWN The standards of a nation‘s civilâ€" ization depended on the rural popâ€" ulation and it was the constant miâ€" gration from the country to the town that "assured the continued existence of these urban centres." "The plain answer to this is that the birthrate is higher in ~rural communities," the speaker declarâ€" ed. "With all respect to city life, it is not 2 bad thing that such a migration should gradually be takâ€" ing place." "I am convinced that as a people we are not making individual efâ€" forts worthy of the splendid heriâ€" tage which has been passed on to us." said the minister. "We are far too afraid of a little extra phyâ€" sical and mental exertion." The Canadian people are not proving themselves worthy of their *‘splendid heritage," Hon. P. M. Dewan, minister of agriculture told the recent rural girls‘ conference at the Ontario Agricultural College. BELP OWXN COMMUNITIES Not Living Up To Our Heritage are not likely to be overrun and smashed and demolished in a single battle. It might be a good idsa to take a turn or so around the block, or maybe shoot a little golf, or take a little run out into the country over the weekâ€"end." "In the meantime, the more worâ€" ried among us would do well to re member that France. with one of the finest armies of modern times, and the British Empire, with perâ€" baps the finest navy of all times, Commenting editorially upon the dark weekâ€"end facing the Allied peoples, "the side we favor." the Sun said Americans "should keep their heads cool and their feet on the ground." and concluded: The New York Sur last week adâ€" vised Americans â€" and indirectly Canadians â€" to take "a little run put into the country over the weekâ€" Go To Country For The Weskâ€"end aup their positions. tn up strategic positions on the south coast. Rumbling tanks are shown in this cablephoto as they passe’fl .throug}.: London to take With German forces capturâ€" ing channel ports, England is oreparing for any attempted inâ€" vasion by German forces. Powâ€" erful British naval units are pat trolling the Channel and strong detachments of troops have takâ€" it Un strat pariniiommenesn bomimngnen ta e M inAntvali Rrminainatsn o7 statisticians show that in that year 140 railway accidents re. sulted in 400 killed and ©1,486 injured. In 1868, 1872, 1876 and so on down the line of time, each of the leap â€" years chalked up a ghastly and specâ€" tacular toll of one sort or anâ€" other, with the most tragic of all the sinking of the "Titanic‘" in the leap year of 1912, an ocean disaster in which 1,917 people perished. "BE MORE CAREFUL®" Leap years thus appear â€" to earry a special jinxâ€"that is if you are superstitious. The sound motio, in any case, is "Be more careful." This, after dll, is the surest accident preventive. Provincial Minister of Agriâ€" Culture Dewan Talks to O.A. C. Girls â€" We‘re Not Making Worthy Individual Efforts C ELC 2C CACCEOELUT Expositor, leap years seem to be years of catastrophiec acciâ€" dents. Going back to 1864 the C coppe l ) Mnfi io " lt e CC Ceetin ed by The Travelers Insurance Company, says the Brantford esn oo o t Do Leap Years â€" Carry A Jinx? _ Relaxation Is Needed By All of Us â€" Get Avway From "War of Nerves" for A Few Hours A_ccording to Britain Prepares For Often Years of Catugr-op!'n-i; Accidents Records Compiled by Insurâ€" ance Company Say They Are me _ icap years ast!y and specâ€" ne sort or anâ€" most tragic of f the "Titanic‘ " of 1912, an records compilâ€" to 1864 the on the RUSSIA&: Signs were plentiful that the Soviet Union was becomâ€" Ing increasingly perturbed about Germany military aims in easterp Europe, in particular about the posâ€" sibility of a joint Germanâ€"Italian urive in the Balkans. Friendliness with the Allies was therefore not excluded from the Soviet program. The Soviet reply to recent British proposals for a trade agreement showed that Russia had by no means closed the door to further talke; and last week when Sir Statâ€" ford Cripps, Laborite member of Apprehension increased during the week that Germany might atâ€" tempt to use Ireland as a base of operations against the United Kingâ€" dom. Reported activity of the Irish Republic Army gave rise to serious misgivings and prompted the Eire government to take drastic militâ€" ary measures, bringing the army to war strengta. The early possibility was foreâ€" seen in Britain that with Germans in control of channel ports, Lonâ€" don might become but a salient of the western front ... that big Gerâ€" man land guns commanding the Straits of Dover, aided by German planes, could ruin merchant trafâ€" fic in the Channel and pave the way for the Nazi invasion of Briâ€" tain, regarded as almost inevit able. Sweeping powers were granted Britain‘s new wartime government including: ‘establishment of proâ€" duction councils to control the manâ€" vrfacture of munitions, ships and aircraft and to regulate mining and agriculture; authority to impose 100 per cent. excess profits tax to prevent profiteering; authority to take over munitions factories; auâ€" thority to regulate other industry to prevent overlapping of labor; the right to control banks and the right to regulate wages and hours of labor. Invasion Seen As Inevitabie Prime Minister Churchill warned that "hard and heavy tidings" may be expecied from a situation of "grievous peril"; Information Minâ€" ister Duff Cooper said that aithough British must withdraw in Flanders, "we have not lost the war, assuredâ€" ly we shall not." BRITAIN: â€" Civilian morale in Great Britain was bolstered by the heroic exploits of RA.F. bombing and fighting pilets who did double and triple duty in the fierce batâ€" tles raging on the Continent. The Air Force went after targets in the Rhineland industrial area. bombing railways junctions, troop trains, ~ards and bridges. Over the weekâ€"end a shakeâ€"up in the British army high command was made, replacing General Ironâ€" side by General Sir John Dill as Commander of the Imperial Staff; Gereral Ironside was put in charge of British home forces who were being prepared against the threat of an imminent Nazt invasion. Separated from the army on the Flanders front by a wide German corridor, the main body of the A}â€" lied forces, retaining the initiative, was consolidating itself on tho enâ€" tire course of the Somme in preparâ€" ation of a great offensive. _ Gerâ€" man losses were reported to be terâ€" rific on all fronts, the Allies claimâ€" ing that casualties during ten days‘ fighting totalled half a million . .. On the Aisne all was quiet; near the Meuse thoe Germans remained aggressive, but were bein# held every where; nothing was occurring on the Masginot Line. gramatic appeal for suspension of judgment on King Leopold III â€" "a very gallant soldier" â€" until all the facts were known. The London Evâ€" ening News recalled the recent words of the Belgian minister of the interior, M. van der Poorten, that King Leopold was "filled with deep concern for the fate of his troops" who were taking a ferocâ€" ious battering from the Germans. The News suggested this sentence provided a key to the King‘s deciâ€" slon Blian army to Germany. Admiral of the British Fleet, Sir Roger Keyes, special British laison officer to Belgium since the German invaâ€" sion of the Low Countries, made a dramatic ADDeal for snenanaian ~a Branded as treachery, little was known regarding the actual circumâ€" stances surrounding King Leopold‘s unconditional surrender of the Belâ€" uy S t L pie of British, French, Belgian blood girded themselves for the bitterest days they had ever had to face. m cssc it emu Om and was forced to retreat yard by yard towards the coast under a reâ€" lentless German attack. With the Channel ports from Ostend to Bouâ€" logne strongly compromised, a Gerâ€" man bid for final victory seemingâ€" jy entered the decisive stage. Peoâ€" Me of Hritish | Pessaes" pcyioy 2000 28 RCCVOUL IU & position of supreme danger by the capitulation last week of the Belgian forces rnder King Leopold MA OORAAA O esspantns I The Alli consisting Through Ireland? THE war. *"‘Til Facts Are Known" French Consolidate SURRENDER OF LEOPOLD BRINGS BLACKEST DAYS ed army of the north, chiefly of the British Exâ€" Force, was placed in E WEE Kâ€"Commentary on Current Events developing crisis abroad, events at Romo in Canada happened thick and fast. The Dominion Government announced immediate expansion of the military and air forces of Capâ€" ada as an emergency step to meet the critical situation in Europe, and Prime Minister Mackenzie King intimated at Ottawa that the adâ€" ministration had given consideraâ€" tion to "measures that may be neâ€" cessary" . . . in other words, conâ€" scription . . . the formation of a fourth division of the C.AS.F. was outiined n Parliament, raising the total of Canadian troops in active service by 60 per cent. .. In addiâ€" tion a veterans‘ home guard was avthorized by the Defence Departâ€" ment . .. Air Minister C. G. Power told the House of Commons that every single air field under the Commonwealth Air Training Plan would be rush~ ! to completion this gummer, and that three additional Ask {o BEE HIVE The war has brought a substanâ€" tial reduction in trade for the Unit ed States, and deterioration in cerâ€" tain phases of the nation‘s business and industrial life, but the U. S. steel industry expects the busiest year since the 191418 boom . ai+%% leaders of industry conferring on specdâ€"up plans estimated that the Allied aircraft orders in the U.S. have reached $725,00,000 a recent increase of $100,000,000. As a part of the American deâ€" fense program, mass production of new popularâ€"priced (under $2.50) gas masks for civilians was conâ€" templated. out; announced a scheme to train 50,000 yearly for the U.S. air force; andé made a fervent appeal for aid for war refugees. UNITED STATES: While Conâ€" gress considered immediate action to finance the U. S‘ new $1,000,â€" 900,000 defense program, President Roosevelt set up a sevenâ€"man comâ€" mission to supervise its carryingâ€" a matter of days distant, although it was seen that Mussolini might be fobbed off at the last minute by the relaration of the Allied blockads in the Mediterranean, or by sweepâ€" ing territorial concessions on the part of France. All the Italian schoo!ls were ordered closed, and civilian motor traffic suspended to conserve fuel. (the ultraâ€"Fascist newspaper Conquiste D‘Impero said that if Italy entered the war the decisive battle would be in Egypt: the Italian plan would be to smash the Allies‘ east flee{”an'd' h;foc;k the Evez canal). CANADA: Spurred ITALY: Foreigners prepared to ieave Italy as further classes of army reserves were called for duty. Italy‘s entrance into the war on the side of Germany appeared only en ot c t e We A e e es Moscow on an economic mission, chances were seen as "not unfavorâ€" able" for â€"improved relations beâ€" tween Britain and the U.S.S.R. the Bri REG‘LAR FELLERSâ€"Reel Good Idea itish House, journeyed to by the fastâ€" The appointment was announced during the week of J. Pierrepont Moffat as the new United States Minister to Canada, succeeding Jas. H. R. Cromwell. Apropos, the New York Heraldâ€"Tribuna editorialized: ‘"No one can foresee the outcome of the war, but no matter how it ends, es and other measures by which the government hopes to obtain money to carry on the nation‘s war activity and keep â€"up curtailed peaceâ€"time services ... The bringing down of the Federal Eudget was expected within ten days, at which .time Finance Minâ€" ister Ralston would reveal the taxâ€" elementary flying schools would be established, one of them at Goderâ€" ich, Ontario . . . Oct. 31â€" r Col. E. J. Carter, British tank expert, submitted his i report, recommending: s Immediate creation centralized Armoured Corps; unit and combined training at Camp Borden; tank production in Canada to "start now." Nov. 13â€" â€" O ttawa announced Pass 'he Ba! British experts to orâ€" ganize ourp\\'ar effort. Sept. 1, 1939â€" _ Nov. 14â€" Hitler orders invasion of Toronto _ Committee i7 Poland. wired and wrote Deâ€" Sept. 27â€" fense Minister urging Warsaw surrenders to Col. Carter be retained German tanks. as adviser on tank ie training and producâ€" April 9, 1940â€" _ tion. Hitler sends tank troops Nov. 15â€" into Norway, mechanized Minister of Defense forces overrun Denmark. Rogers wired: "Our May 3â€" tank organization Allies withdraw from does not warrant Central Norway, lacking appointment _ addiâ€" armoured troops. tional senior officers May 10â€" at present." Hitler‘s tanks invade Nov. 20â€" Holland and Belgium. Toronto Globe & Mail Luxembourg overrun. published first of four articles on "Armourâ€" ed Troops in the Present War" by Col. E. J. Carter. From the articles come these statements : _ Hardened steel is the only thing that will bring a man alive through a zone of machineâ€"gun fire and carry him and his retaliatory fire into the hostile line. Tanks are the answer . . ; September, 1918, when we were adâ€" vancing with the Canadians, was the Germans‘ first lesson in coâ€"operative attack with armoured troops and airplanes. It would not be wise to discount the skill. with which they applied it in Poland .. . Of the 1939 war . . . this much can certainly be foretold: If and when the attack does come it will be made in the greatest numbers and at the highest speed with both land and aircraft. For its aim will be to penetrate the battle ground and reach the conâ€" trol and supply areas before. reserves can be brought up to meet it . . . If Canada can undertake more her best contribution, in my humble judgment, would be in the recruiting, training and equipping of tank units. There is no technical problem in the production of taxIs which Canada‘s skilled industries should not be able quickly to overcome . . . Nov. 22â€" ; Brigadier E. J. C. Schmidlin, Director of Engineering Services at Canadian Headquarters, technical adviser to the Minister of Defense, visited Toronto to speak of tanks. From the speech come these pearls: â€" Nobody knows how useful tanks will be in actual "dingâ€"dong" warfare . . . The Polish campaign was no true indication of the power of mechanized armies. The Poles failed to provide the opposition _ expected of them . . . The usefuiness of the airplane . . . remains to be seen. .. The damage from bombing will be considerably less than expected . . . Bombing a civilian makes him hot Sept. 10â€" Canada entered the war. Sept. 31â€" The Batitle of the Majorâ€"General McNaughton in Command, called for survey of Canada‘s armoured troops, tank training and production possibilities. First Division with three tank units mobilized 1 aeemmmmmmmmmmome The tank complement of a British Division is at least one battalion of 45 infantry coâ€"operation tanks and one regiment of 45 scout tanks CALLING CANADA ro one can overlook the fateful imâ€" portance, today and hereafter, of the relations between the United States and Canade." > " Rumors flew during the week, contributing to the national state of mind which was bordering on hysteria. We heard that parchutâ€" ists might land in Toronto; that spies in nun‘s clothing had been apâ€" prehended near Port Stanley; that our nextâ€"door neighbor was a "5th colummist", and that we ought to tell the police about him . , . Betâ€" ter substantiated reports crowded on the heels of these rumorg: that Queen Mary might shortly come to Canada accompanied by the Prinâ€" cesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose; that other European royalty April 9, 1940â€" : Hitler sends tank troops into Norway, mechanized forces overrun Denmark. May 3â€" Allies withdraw from Central Norway, lacking armoured troops. May 10â€" Hitler‘s tanks invade Holland and Belgium. Luxemboursg overrun. Pass the Bayonets, Please! Sept. 1, 1939â€" Hitler orders invasion of Poland. Sept. 27â€" Warsaw surrenders to German tanks. Written and paid for by May 27. The Toronto Committee received a profound treati«» originating with the Department of Defense. It ad. vised that there was no program for unit o comâ€" bined tank training at Camp Borden and no ikeli. hood that one would be adopted. March 16â€" Ottawa repulsed last assault : "We are working on a very comprehensive program of development in whee}â€" ed vehicles which has great potential training value." Somewhereâ€"inâ€"Aprilâ€" Brigadier Schmidlin, Director of Engineering Services at Defense Headquarters. technical adviser to the Minister of Defense, raised to Acting Quartermaster General. AA_ _ mee The Prime Minister‘s office also : This was countered with a last through the offices of a friend. March 8â€" Feb. e .00 0000 _ 200 °C NAnaun, SUH tankless. Prime Minister King promised a Fourth Division of nine RIFLE BATTALION Sâ€"presumably complete with bayonets and mud. 2UC0 HALZH LNC 4 tion of the Dominion‘s motor industry. An make test machines without expense or oblig the Department of Defense was submitted. less of the efforts of stafif officers directly cc the offer was ignored. Feb. 12â€" Major Bristol opened a new offensive, writ Prime Minister, the Minister of Defense and ranking officer on the Headquarters Stafif urgin, on tanks. He enclosed specially marked «c & gol._C‘artcr's prophetic articles. C un td C l td "Calling Cana. d .” May 27â€" General Weygand proâ€" mises armoured counterâ€" attack. May 17â€" Brussels vacated. May 19â€" Nazi tanks pierce Somme at St. Quentin. May 20â€" German light tanks reach Channel at Abbeville. May 15â€" Netherlands surzender all but Zeeland Prevince. Mr. Rogers acknowledged receipt I m V rgq _ _ j,.0___ "0 _ 42HC sends him running for a rifle . .. The ultimate weapon which wins the war is a bayonet on a rifle carried by an infantryman through the mud. Nov. 24â€" Major Everett Bristol, for the Toronto Committce, wrote Mr. Rogers asking reconsideration of his deciâ€" sion to do without Col. Carter‘s expert advice. His letter enclosed an offer of coâ€"operation by the mining industry in "a more ambitious tank program," and asked permission to bring a delegation to meet the Minister and discuss "what steps can be taken to mobilize the resources of the leaders in the mining French command anâ€" nounces withdrawal from Boulogne. A simplified system of shipâ€" toâ€" shore radio telephone service with one working frequency for all the Radio System . Most cheerful news of the week: Allied and Norwegian forces capturâ€" ed the iron ore port of Narvik. eniidren; Princess Juliana of the Netherlands and her two babies. might seek refuge here . .. Dowâ€" ager Queen Marle of Yugoslavia, with two ch!_ldren and two grandâ€" under the collar and sends him runnin# for ewny 0 yie) â€" w ONTARIO ARCHIVES e ce f TORONTO S n the Headquarters Staff urging action enclosed specially marked copiecs of hC mt‘ uienss By GENE BYRNES Dec. to Feb.â€" The Toronto Commitâ€" tee sought ways and means of obtaining Canadian â€" made tank training _ equipment. Results : A cheap. easily assembled trainâ€" ing vehicle was planâ€" ned with the coâ€"operaâ€" r industry. An offer to expense or obligation to was submitted. Resvardâ€" major war effort." Nov. 27â€" Mr. Rogers acknowlâ€" edged this letter withâ€" out reply. Nov. 30â€" Col. Carter. of the Royal Tank Corps, leit Canada for England. Dec. (?)â€" offensive, writing the acknowledged receipt. : appeal to Mr. Kin# Under the Command of Majorâ€"General Mcâ€" Naughton the First Division, CASF, sailâ€" ed for Engiand. minus its three tank wnits. of the articles. Great Lakes instead of one for each of the five lakes as heretofore, hae been inaugurated. Effective since May ist, adoption of the system followed an informal agreement between the United States and Canada and was placed in operation with the coâ€"operation of the federal communications comâ€" mission of the United States, AGREEMENT WITH T. 8. Actually the recent agreement brings up to date an agreement be twean Canada and the United States in 1936 when certain fre quency bands were set aside for shipâ€"toâ€"shore radio telephone ser vices on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as well as on the Great Lakes. concerned a high e TE 4+ \%