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Plant Bulbs ,Now
For Spring Bloom
Bulbs Will Grow in Any
Good, Well Deained Soll
1.
The earliest flowers to bloom in,
spring are grown from bulbs
which must be planted in Sept-
ember or October. Most of them
are hardy except in very cola
districts where the . snow cover-
ing is -uncertain. In such places
a position where the snow drifts
,,and remains all winter should be
chosen, if possible, or a "covering
of straw or strawy manure should
be applied as soon as the ground
freezes, says . Miss Isabella Pres-
ton,
resto1i, Division of Horticulture, Cen-
tral Experimental Farm, Ottawa.
Bulbs will grow in any good gar-
den soil that is. well drained ' but
they may not if planted in. ground,
on which' the 'water stands for . a
lengthy. period, in sitting. • The
bulbs 'should be, planted deeply
enough 'se that' the tops are two
inches below..the surface of the
Chinodoxa, 'Glory' of the Show,
is one of the earliest flowers ' to
bloom and its pretty pale blue
blossoms which face upwards
open as soon as • the snow melts.
If allowed' • to do so : the flowers
set seed and self sow. ' In a few
years time •they will have in-.
+ ' creased considerably. -
Scilla "sibirica, Siberian Squills,
blooms a little later and the flow-
ers"are more bell shaped •and deep- •
er blue in colour.: These ,will
flower under 'shrubs and are -parti-
cularly effective if grown on .a
sloping `bank Thete-alsoui icrease
rapidly.
Crocus flowers early if 'grown
in a sheltered position such as
near the house, ,• facing south..
There are white, yellow and pur
"ple varieties.
Muscari, Grape Hyacinth, has
a number of small blue flowers
arranged at the top of an . eight
inch stem. They'l bloom a little
later than Scilla.. i. The bulbs in-
crease rapidly, and require divid-
ing every.. few years. The leaves
grow in •autumn and should not
be cut off:.•
Narcissus, Daffodil, is the true
harbinger of . spring with its
'beautiful yellow' flowers nodding.
in the breeze. ; ' The bulbs.
'should be planted early in Sept-
ember and in '•cold districts' the
bed should be •mulched: There • .
are a great number ofvarie-
ties and many of them are listed
by Canadian bulb .dealers.
Tulips, Tulip, is perhaps the
best known of all .spring flower-
ing bulbs as it has •been a feature
of • plantings in city parks for
many years, The..earl_y-flowering
varieties used to be used for beds
but the Darwins and - �yf1ower-
°ing are the most satisf :ctory for
planting in a mixeds border. They
should be in clumps of at least
five and more are needed to,look',
well in large borders. The. bulbs
can be left undisturbed for a few'
years but better results are ob-
tained,
b-tained, if they are lifted every
year. This should be done when
the' foliage dries up in July. The
bulbs, after drying, --should be
cleaned and then kept in a dry
airy place until late Septeniber,
Although before the war bulbs
were imported in large quantities
from Holland, many are now
grown. 'in Canada and others are
imported `from England so it is
still possible to get these beauti-
ful garden flowers.
Russia Counts ,On
Winter As .Ally
Winter should start"closing ,on
the northern front above `the par-
allel .of Moscow within 10. days.
. Snow generally starts around 4 -
'bot' Day: A heavy rainy season
which impedes .mechanical acti-a
vities generally. sets in' south of
Moscow about the latter part of.
September and October and con-
tinues in ' i:arying"degrees'• until
winter hardens the terrain. On
this-cent-tai-fronthe-Rensians aie
assuming • a defensive position,
which they,hope to maintain.
through the inter along the ex-
t cellent natural line of the Volga
• and part Of tiic Dolt
``§croungers"
On m'anoeuv'res, all troops, in-
cluding ,the Canadians, are inclin-
ed to do some "scrounging" and
one night recently eoore Canuoks
- in England made dff with half -
a -dozen hens.
It turned out: they had cleaned
out a henhouse belonging to o;
poor, elderly woman. They didn't
know this at the time. ' , '
The colonel heard about the
theft and although the culprits
could not be identified, he told
his men the woman couldn't- at,
ford to lose the hens. He de=
plored the whole escapade.
Next ' mdtning ` the ' old lady
found her henhouse filled with
hens --20 f them that she had
noes before.
The local police tried to find
out where the Canadians had ob-,
tained "'the replacements hut it°s
• still a mystery. •'
v
ALL limps PRESENT AND ACCOUfTp D FOR.
In an emergency. every man aboard a fighting ship must know his station. The above photo shows
" the, crew of a Canadian destroyer during. "ahead on .ship" drill. A leading -seaman checks with'. the
officer in charge of this particular, station'. and makes sure every man is on hand.
OF THE .V 1 -CE
PRESS
A REPORTER JOINS 'UP 1
When an. R.C.A_F. mobile re-
cruiting unit stopped off at Kirk-
land Lake, Ont., a while back,
the editor of the Northern News
sent Stew Bridges, his star re-
porter, to cover • the event, . In
the due course . Stew Bridges re -
'turned to . the office wearing fa
pleased expression. "Where's the
story?' his editor demanded.
"Oh, the 'story?" mumbled Stew
Bridges. "Sorry, Irgot' all
about the story. We got. faiking
,and the first thing I knew 1 had
joined the R.C.A.F..
-Maclean's. Magazine.
EACH OF US
The thought of the week comes '.
from Brooke Claxton, Montreal
M.P., who said in a speech, at
Cleveland: "The Government can
order, control, tax and ration,but
the extra effort which measures
the difference between democracy
, and dictatorship, between victory
and, defeat,- can only. • be - given
' freely by 'each of us."
e)—London Free Press.
INEFFICIENCY
The nicest indictment of med-
iaeval inefficiency we've seen for
some time is that of a transport
authority who points out that the .
19 stone piers of Old :.London
Bridge were "constructed without
engineering experience adequate
for the enterpr;ee" so the, bridge
'functioned only 600 years.
—London News -Chronicle.
JUST REVENGE
Porcupines don't know there is
a war on. Otherwise they might
have -spared the tires of a Plum-
ner, Idaho, man's car. Instead,
one animal ;stuck in a couple of
quills and put two tires out of '
business. Its • action was in re-
venge, of course, for. -being •run
over.
Lethbridge Herald.
MORE THAN SANG FOR
SUPPER
Casting bread crumbs on the
lawn is almost as self -rewarding
as casting your bread on the wa-
ters. A robin in Kentucky drops
a dollar bill on the back porch
of a man who fed the birds,
thereby doing more than sing for
its' supper.
Hamilton Spegtator.
—o—
HARD-BOILED TEA
• Ail,•._ -this advice abottt., how to
brew a good cup of "the bever-
age that cheers" from a minimum
of tea is, going to be wasted, we
fear, on Jim 'Cui•an of the Soo
Star, who says tea isn't worth a .
hoot unless it's been boiled twen-
ty ri::hetes.
—St;. Thomas .Times -Journal.
IT'S AWFUL
Now it's 'the men who are be-
ing bit. The number of fur felt
hat shades is, to be reduced from
42 to 18 and. wool felt shades from
18 to 10. Boys, it's awful!
—Owen Sound Sun -Times.
• THE FU SEX1
Funny sex: They paint • their,
legs to look as if they wore stock-
ings or they weal' stockings that
make their legs look bare.
—Brandon Sun.
Ceylon, which Was an ancient
centre of, civilization, has been
held: in turn by the Pottugese.
Dutch end British,,
Swims Maintain went which the Swiss enjoy.
The Swiss still hold their open -
T e D mocrac .- _.
Self -Government Has Work-
ed For 651 Years,' Says The,
..,._.,-._.. ,PID La=te,
-y4G7 �aCaa6a _,a
More than 4,250,000 people have
just paid homageate to a successful
idea—theidea that men do not
have to speak, the •Same language
to dwell in harmony as a nation;
that free men are capable of de-
fending themselves and that dem-
ocracy is the best form of gov-
ernment
These people knew what they;•.
were "doiaag, for the idea has work-
ed for 651 years. It works today
although their lend ;issurrounded
on all . sides ,by an enemy who
stands for the. antithesis of ,every-
thing
very-thing they cherish. Yet this small
nation has much to teach the
great, powers' of the. world, . for
Switzerland has stood as a .beacon
light through Europe's: stormy
history.
,Perpetual Pact' Formed
It was on .Aug. 1, 1291, that the
men .of the mountain regions of
Uri, Schwyz and - Unterwald'en
formed a perpetual pact to defend
themselves against the tyranny of
the then dominant House of Haps-
burg: Other ' men joined 'them un-
til the Swiss confederation. was
formed. Today .its people speak
four languages, ;2,900.000 Germans,
-k30.000 -Preach; ::2.10:000 --Italian -and - -
44.000 Romansch. 'Yet few nations
in the world are as unified as is
Switzerland. The secret may be
the high degree of self -govern -
air Parliaments in their cantons.
But -this --earlisst-forte -+ f ..die•
racy is no barrier to swift •action
when it comes to protecting the
_ cottatu_ Hitler, and the detractors
'of democracy are completely re-
futed' by the example of the con-
federation in ,defence. Every Swiss
serves in the ,army.
Completely Mobilized
When war came , in 1939 Switzer-
land
witzer-land.mobilized completely: .Since
June, 1940, the number of men '
in active service has been reduced
to 200.0.00. The cost'of this is heavy
onsmall country, particularly
one which ' depended so much on
tourists and the luxury trade. as :
did. Switzerland. Yet the people
bear the cost cheerfully, for they
know thatnothing could `:,repay,
then for the loss of that liberty
which 'they have maintained and
defended since 129E • ,
Butting Sheep Wins
Bout With Bear
Probably' it never happened be-
fore 'and ,never will occur again,
but it is reported. 'from Sussex,
N. B:; that a sheep did knock
outa bear. Bruin, spying the
tethered . sheep in a field owned
by Adam . Hughess charged.' The
sheep also charged,butting bruin
' --be'tWeen•-the-`-eyes_ --•Down -'went
the bear. He lay dazed for a few
moments, then straggled. to' 'his
feet and ambled away in search
of an easier meaL
LIFE'S LIKE THAT
By Fred Neher
"Never mind how long I've been 'here. Get nae' town!
WAR WCEK Commentary on Current Events
• As Global War Festers Fourth Year?
_ Are Allies Turning Tide Of Battle.
Three years ago last week the
Nazi legiona poured acrose the
frontiers of Poland to loose upon
the world the second greatcon-
flict in a generation, says the New
York Times. A European war at.
first, it became a world war after
Japans Pearl Harbor attack last
December. ' a. ,
Last week as the war's third
year was ending, British .bombers
were taking offto pound German
ports and industrial centres 'with
a view to relieving pressurae' on
Russia. In Egypt' there was om-
inous quiet as the armies waited
for the zero • hour that might de-
termine the fate of ;the Middle.
East. In China, the Japanese were
in retreat, possibly with drawing
forces "for, 'attal-afg elsewhere, and
in the South Pacific they ,Were
hard-pressed as the first Amdri
teat . offensive* threatener]' 'their
position - in the' §olomens& India
was tense for .the blow that may
come in Novetnher when the rains
cam. On the other side'. of the
world Brazil, by entering the. war,
had suppis d new' a d strategic
asses for 'fighting 'the Battle of
the South Atiantic.
The War Spreads
Tide .•, was the world war picture
last weelt as the third yearof the.
war drew near its end: The
fires
the Germans had Al when they
marched :into Poland inthe early
hour of Sept. 1, 1939—had spread.
aroaind the ;globe- On that Innen
Mending there were lust two na-
tions at was, Germany and Po-
land. The number of nations, in-
s -eta -ea has daze frena two to forty-
two, thirty-one of them on • the
side of the Dttited Naftalis, .eleven
on the side of the AxaS_
It is a war thathasspread' its
waves. Poland was engaifed in the
firet wave, Denmark, Norway, the
Netherlands; Belgium and France
' in the second, Yugoslavia and
Greece in the third. Minor wars --
Finland, . „and Russia, Italy and
Greece--saprang alp and were in-
corporated ..into the big • war- It
beat against the defenses of 'Eng-
land in the west, turned east onto
the 'steppes of Russia. -Battles were
taught in North Africa and West=
ern,Asia and, sea fighting brought
the war to South . America. Ger-
° many's ' partner, Japan, carried it
on' to t1e other side of the world,
linked it with the war in China,
made it, save for the fragile peace
existing b'etviceen Russia and 'Ja-
pan. all' one.
As, Fourth Year Begins
The. prize for victory, then, be-
came : the world. But for A: oil
Hitler•; with. three years of :many.
vits hind' . m 'tidal goal
still,ictrieoeemd'bed tar thirotsa realization_
Before hien, . still in being despite
herculean.: efforts to destroy it,
was the Red Army, and behind
Aglo-Rine ican
' strength. in the Far Fast the Jap-
apese,. after five yearn of war with
Chian and almost eight months
of . war with, the Western denaoc-
racier. faced American power on
one side and •:on the other a Chin-
,ese Array that steatld not stay
beaten, '
These were the problems the
Axis nations must try to solve..n
the fourth year of the war. From
their very nature they raised" max -
tops qt estiops' in the United . Na-
tiora. Can the ' Russian armies
continne" to hold out against the
We'armac'ht and ]•.until"'new blows
of its osn? Has the : growing
strength of the United Nations
readied the pout where an invas-
ion of the European. Continent
becomes poseibie^,Can the British
hold the Italian -Lerman forces in •
Egypt 'away • from Suez? Where
will the,•Japanee launch their
F:_]] offinsire and. will 'there be.
forces enough there to tura it
back? .The ' feurth rear will
pro-
vide. answers.
Stalingrad Stands
Out Of the fighting that rages
over the long Ruseian front one -
solid fact stands out. The Russians
_eai]i.,.bold:-Stalitagr-ad , i' -he- "Volga
city, .controlling the vats] artery
of water communtea•ioti' iii Cen-
tral Russia is this year's main
Get man, objective. The German
liigh Cmmand announced, that it
would fall last aeels_ Atire and in
ruin— it still resists the invader:
Hitler must harefiialing:•ad to
pen the Rnrs:an armies beitind
the, [`plea :.nd d claloit his gains in
the (`alit?. us, 11 will not sutfiee
t
to pass by such a stronghold and
strike directly at Astrakhan and
'the Caspian Sea. This explains 'the
mscsive assault and the taemend
ous sacriDces the Gefldtans are
snaking- A week ago,. when Nazi
tanks swarmed • across the 'Hon
elbow, Stalingrad •seeuted doomed.
-But in the interval the Russians
Summoned . fresh reserves, Now
'they stray have a chance, to repeat
the indomitable defense of • Lenin-
grad and .Moscow.
Reich Hit .From Air
Front `I:oyal 'Air Force head-
quarters in Britain last, week came
a grind: estimate of the damage
that had been agitated on Ger-
Many since the beginning of the.
year. Five, square milts' spread
aboilt in eine 'of Germany's large
.cities tad been wiped out. '.More '
than 1,440,000' faersons''had been
made 'homeless_ More Mae 5019
war factories bad . been desiroye4-
Reich Marshal Goering snade , a
boast an the twinning of the war,
Haat no enemyplanes would be
allowed to penetrate the German
anti-aircraft defenses. The Reich
was note being bit Lein the air
from two sides. R. A. F- bombers
were striking with . 'increasing
force. from Ragland" in the west;
from the east, plaices of the Red
Army 'were carrying out . raids
froth East Prussia to as far . as
Berlin, attacking the new centres
of production .which have been, .
eb,she�i .since; :roe._ :A •P. fie
gan kitting the Ruhr and Rhine.
'districts_
American bombs • on ". Tokyo last
April aa"akesaed Japanese • ilead'aera '
to the danger of future raids 'from
Chinese bases . within' easy strik-
ing
triking distance of flimsy Nipponese.
cities. Two such bases were at
Cbnbsien and Lishui, annid the tea
plantations and' terraced moue-
tams of Southeast Cba. d. The Jap-
anese war machine . was set in
motion against the airfields; 100,-
00
00,000 troops 'pressed toward '.thea ID
a. pincers -move along a 250 -mile
stretch ora. the Cheksang h+iangsi
railroad still held by the Chinese.
'By chid -July the whole ,raid line
had been -occupied and ,the 1►Iili-
ado's legions were in possession
of doth bases_ Tokyo declared that
the air-taid danger had been el;
iminated, spoke .of using the 'cap-
• tared rail lane as a link in an ail -
land conte to Singap!nre '
Last week' it appeared that t3ae.
• .;Japanese boasts bad been pre-
mature_: Once more China had
tamed the tables oda her ' enemy.
Japan was in rapid retreat_ In: .six
weeks Chiang • Kai -slick's nice had
• recaptured fifteen cities. 'among,.
them Chess ien and ,Lisbui,, had re-
taken 200 mile of the Chekiang-
Kiangsi railroad; claimed -,440;000
Japandse casualties. . The sudden
ha
cne .-of. military-fortttite Pearl. ,
_-
observers in China_ Ila part 't was
attributed' to, the bornbirtg of Jap -
a n e s e airlehis be Asuerican
planes, in part to the fighting
qualities of the Chinese soldier. .
But these - factors. it was . held.
Could not wholly accoant for such
major withdrzwals_
Chinese military experts were
Matted to attribute.. the Japafiese
retreat primarily to a change of .
policy by the Mikado's war lords...
In their opinion Tokyo has decid:
ed to 'strike elsewhere: is giving
up a conquest in order •10 shift
tree;a , to' i'be new scene of action.
Military experts . pointed to '•"four'°
possibilities: tit That Japan. her
hand forced by the approach of
Winter in Sibr-r1i, was making
ready a ]one -delayed strokee
aeairat l:ussir: 4.2; that /be gen-
eral etaff.' alarmed o“ --r .American
inrasion of the SO:ontoais. was
abatis le reinforce Nipponese de-
fenses its the Soutitsreet Pacific:
Ora that J:psn planned is take
advantage of Indian disorders and •.
strife, at the sula{•cnlineat: t41
1h21 , a new ofiens:ve" in North .
China- atoned at tatting the read
to Ru,eia 'u -a: to iae:im_,
Meanwhile American. ariation
---eanttnti toaa"""fi .-'Lsst a eek• Am-
erican bombers' Masted t'ao? • Ni;s
poo se air Kase a2' Ltihio. Btdr-
nneee aernrinu_ of the new "wse-
lt, s Burma Ro-d And in . Ch
,king the arrival of the fi t ♦nu',
(,1 ('lain' e f;. rs t:s'n, i in ante
e i;a was a f'.rt't{r' s.satbol of
Chin sc ::Airr : i<sn e'l;.7h:ration
The impo:':arr . o'' 11-.3:'i"s en-
,
tr._:'(( 7^to .a,; u•: swans t1C
be nsnemizeel, l'o: on, :lines. is
will now be possible for the last-
ited . States to collaborate in Ma
construction of great bases, boils
eee and ale',' in Brazil, and they
will be adequately pros - -
Again, the psychological effect
Brazil's action will be
throughout Latin- tnerica and if,
all the Latin sections of Europa.
Why _ did Hitler decide to good
Brazil tato active warfare? Theon
seems to be only one-reaaoaabin'
explanation, namely, his cony/o-
rlon that this would force a bla-
ther diversion of American supply ,
and necessitate transfer. to Brad[
of essential egnipment that would
otherwise have gone to the
Peen and other fronts_ Undo
edly. there will be a marked stela
ping -tap of shinanents to Bradt
land front Brasill bat, on bal-a
ance,'..the developinent is decided-
ly favorable to the Allies_
Getting Rid Of
Baits In'House
The first step 'in getting rid of
bats in .an open, attic must be to.
close all ongnings by :which• Ms,
bats can get in_ Small bats can
get through holes hardly one-half
inch across. The hest material
fpr the job is oakum, which is
tarred, felt fiber. Bats dislike the
odor ,and will keep away from it.
During .the day all but two 'or.
three of the ,principalopenings
should be closed. These should be
left open for a night or two until
the bats have learned' to use theme
and should then be closed -several
hours after dark when all the bats
have gone out. When bats collect
within _,,orals- ar. atraderatflooraselfteys_:
can he drivers oat by the liberal
use ,of mothflakes, which will be
effective even in the 'dsytinte.
Opeating3 should' ' toot be Flung
when there is a chancethat bats
are retnoifting within, the hone,
SCOOTING ' s a .
A birthday coincidence, pro-
bably unique in the, world, is cow '
netted with the life of Lor' d.
Baden-Powell,. Founder of the
Scout Movement. ' Lord':Baden-
Powell's birthday was February
22nd, and that of his . wife, the
Chief Girl. Guide, the same date
Their son Peter Baden-Powell
was born on the same date • ani
married a young lady .also bora
pn February 22nd_ To ninke the
sequence even more tailgate ' thaw
first child, a boy; was also hers
on the same date' as his parents
and grand-paren .
* s
When a Boy Scout Deadgaast-
els its much bombed Matta was
destroyed recently a framed pie -
tore of the Sna iTt"Timitiler„ Lord
•BadettPowell, carne through un -
'Scathed. • . A newspaper photo-
graph
hotograph reecived recently from 3Q<i1--
ta shows Rev_ Bernard Hersey of
the Grey Frians..rescuing 'the pit-
-tare •of 'the. _ia1te-'Chnefa from. the '
rubble_ Assisting him in 'salvag-
ing effects of thebuilding are at
Boy Scout and .a Sea Scout. '
When' I see a .Scout Troop at
work I think to myself, 'BY Jose,
here's another group of Commune
dos almost ready to take thea
place in the fightiow line' wrote
a British Sac:OM- caster, now
mentber of a Commando • unit
"I ern very thankful to Scouting:
Each man in a Commando has to
go _ through the .training a ' Bop
Scout goes through from the Ten-
derfoot ' stage, with; a ` few ad-
d:ta les
The Cornwell Decoration. whit
perpetuates to memory ^of . Jack
Cornwell, Who won- the V.C. is
the First Great War when he lost
his .life in the Battle of Jutland,
has been awarded to Scout Jim-
my fluff of the 30tia Stepney
Trapp, London. Jimmy lost a
'leg andsuffered other injuries
while on duty in a Nazi air raid
and displayed the sante_heroism as
that exhibited by his Scout hero,
Jack Cornwell_
a, s x
'The world-s,first cloy &out
Tremolo was orgaii:zed at a ramp
nr. Eroansea Island. Dorset, on
Ju:y 25th. 1140 '. by Lt_ -Gen, R.,
Baden-Powell„ for. the World's'
first lies :Gesso camp.
Ti:t so:e servivirg nteneber of
camp 'stn 's. ''t . W. Everett,"
erste- S:r Percy Everett, and snail
cite"' in S. outing as Deputy
t':.itf Scout. pa:d a vis:t is Cart-
aoa aril la. fere the war.
REG:'LAR FELLERS—Question No.
'TELL fJ , POP; Wi4Y l,i IT 71-?faT
UNCLE GTEORCvE 15 MY u i.E''l
(„....,
YOUR
5.726
MY BROTHER!
HAPPENED' TO
R WOULD BE
UNC,LE!
BECAUSE pig's
Al b'e;ouY WHO
BE MY BROTHE
IT WOULDN'T MAT z ER •
11= HE WAS THE BARBER,TI4E BAKER,
OR THE ctum EY SWEEP, HE'D
STILL BE' )VUR UNCLE. AS LONG,
AS HE VIAS AMY BROTHER!
By GENE BYRNES
WELL, SAPPPOSIt•: 1. WAS 11-)
>OUR BROTHER THEN WOu1D
1 BE MY OWN UNCLE
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