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Life In Germany
As, War Goes On
Everybody Would Be' Glad
If War Could Be Ended
Conditions inside Germany aa -
the war 'draws hear to the end
of ita third year are described in
an article in the Zurich newspaper,
yielksrecht.
The •writer who describes his
firsthand, experiences, r eeor ds
these three salient impressions:
1 --The food situation in 'Ger-
many is serimui.
n; --There s no present chance
of a revolt.
3 -Phe :German people Are less
itrtere,eted in victories than in the
war .ending..
, •
"e met acquaintances whom
had kikown for years".„ he says.
Their suis hung loose on their,
• bodies. They had beet about. foul-
•titone in weight.
etThey feared the worst for thee
coming Winter:People expert .that.
.
many wilt collapse;
"The worst off • seem to be
• people over 46. In theindustrial
West • utuder-neurhment becona -
an.k ever more eeriousl" '
The writer was astonished to
• see everiterhere well-fed and well -
clothed .S.S. troepeo-Hitler's Black
• Guards --who .did net 'need to go
• • to the front. They do polleeduty
on the inner front.
They were there, the writer was
told, "as guarantors that thefe
•Will not be 'another 1918'." ' •
' The Writer invited Of a mann-
• a- lecturer friend why he looked .so
• aewelli -The friend \replied, di '-aier
•sell -provider. I bought., a little
farm early, as did: many of my
calleagues. That farm feeds rne.
It is all legal."
•
There Is much grumbling even
among the party members about
• the injustice and inequality in the
distribution of food and goods. •
• One member of the party, whom
the-ewniter
concerned et the numberof
•
moneyed people idling in the. wat-
ernagroptaces. Thig is treating bid •
• blood. Again and again the writer ,
heard it said, 'The ererker) is al-
ways the fool". ,. •
As there is.nothinn to buy, the
worker cannot do anything with
• the ,mentey he :earns. Many are
• %Worrying already about what is
going to lhappen to their savings.
• . The 'fear that money will beeorne
valueless is, widespread.
• ..When the writer told a friend
••tbat the Reichsmark abroad was
wortk one-seventh of ries normal
• alue, he said alarmed, "Have we;
already sunk so far?"
To the question whether there
will be. enough woollen goods for
soldiers, at the front this Winter,
•she' writer received the reply:
• • • "The` Nazi ,authorities Ought to.
search the houses of those Who
brought :car and goods -wagon loads
from France. There everything
would be found, even fora,"
The people of Germany are ab.
Smelly grateful -for the smallest
• present. A Minute quaptity, of tea,
coffee or chocolate, or a piece of .
toilet or shaving soap seemed
• such riches that the recipients
did not know how to express
their thinker
' The shove are empty. Desirable
• goods .are invariably ticketed. "Re-
served." Nobody dares to question
who or for Whom they ace re-,
seevede
*0 0
$'-erYii-heee he w a s asked,
• "What is the opinion abroad about
the war siteatieton'?"
noticed." he said. 'only engirt.
entfauseasin or Joy about big vice
tories. I got the feeling that every-
•' bodywould he glad if the war
could be ended somehow." ,
• There is tench dismay at the
thought that Germain& egighY lose
thee war. la is feared that the ,Gerr
mans might sink to the level of
cooliee, awl hare to build up
Overythieg 'that has been destroy-
.
ed. This fear binds many to, the
Nazi regime.
"I was very surprised ,to learn
that ainioet nobody knew anything
about the reprisals itt occupied
• • territoriegi. The caee 44. Lidice, was
absolutely unknown.' t °
it
Court. ship Ends
Up In Court
A breach of promise suit re -
suiting from a courtship whieh
started 36 years ago may now be
beard by a Joey as a reeirlt of
decision handed clown int the On-
tario Appellaie Court recemay.
The still was proursillt by E
Trott of Ot1 City. 'Ont., and the
appeal was egainet p judgment of
Justice J. Cr. Makies Who dis-
ntieeed. her action against Eimer
Mott, ltaikf1lrn limier ship bee-
' keeper. without allowing the case
to go fa a. jam. A three -men (mart
of npeeal ee,serolley rnte8 tie -ase
•Man. be treerret ne a epee.
aei inn int OilrPrli th
of marriage reale 36 ioars aeo
•erre which tih. Denahoeactouneet
• for Miors Tau, ,ennterreed n ce-
ntered in 1111h.
• sJe dement was re e eel, and
leaf r in tire Joirsenenta ass
• en' ftrt are care were em, bread• .
by a jirry„
Nk•
PUNTING ON THE THAMES
. •
• This Antericep boy and girl findthat puntingas doneon the ••
Thames has nothing.- to do with football. The boy in the bactground • .
• is 'doing the , punting—or paddling--Lof • the beat • While Pvt. -Edward •
eGgioeil ecrf -Reading-a-Pea -and -Eleanor--Sireav-'61-- San franciSco-,relax.-1
Both are automobile drivers for U. S. forces in Britain. : • • - •
VOICE
OF THE
PRESS
"FORGETTING" ABOUT THE •
WAR
There are Some people who say
they 'do not want to see a film
about the war, reed, a • book about
it, er do anything else that re-
minds them of. it. They say they
want to forget about the war.
They even say they are tired of
reading abont it in the news-
papers,
These are •the people Who are
selfish, self-centred and indiile
gent; who hate to be reminded
of anything that disturbs their
peace of mind. That is not the
mentality, that will win the . war.
• We' can only win it by measuring -
up to our respobsiblities ,to the
utmost.' of Our' capacity, in • the
interest of others as • well. as Of
0'
•
—Stratford Bea.cOn-Herald
COULD LIFT BOOKS
• .• Qttawa•hintS'that the gas ratioll.'
kir pleasure metering may be re-
duced soon. A Igood start might '
be made at the ration board if it
Would lift for a •few weeks the
cot books of motorists convict-
ed of exceeding federal speed'
• limit of 40 miles an hour. That
• would compel 'these individual's to
save gas and rubber by -not using.
either -it all, for a while. • -
. —Edmonton Reimer
• ANY GERMAN A GOOD
TARGET.
• Ideas of targets' have changed
vaitlY striae the •war began:'- At
the •first :the British airmen were
not permitted to bona. certain
military targets, because they were
seclose to civilian centres of po-
• inflation,. • a number of civilians.
might be killed. • • - •
Buti since Hitler started in-
discriminate bembing, the:British
idea is that any German is a
good target now.
'inelhorr-FTear—
•
COMMANDO MATERIAL.
Wild disorciez continues to
, mark local en-estling ; matches,
with -spectator a battling each
Other here and there and storm-
-hag -the -ringe-while -the-odd-eon—
testant claps a hold en the ref:
• eree. There seems to be plenty
of Couunanda Material there.
• —Mentreat Gazette• '
FOR'DOG,OWNERS . ,
No normal persen;:happy
about hitting a dog with his auto-
• mobile, and sometimes it is very
&Oliva to avoid • some of the
little rascals who haven't been
taught trot to chase cars and tar
keep out of the. street. 'a'tifoe
owners, think of the feelings of
• motorists,•too? ••
' • a—Christian Science Monitor
• The Indian rupee is worth ap-
proximately 00.05 cents.
hitettifiKE
A Weekly Column About This and» That in Our Canadian Army
Several young gentlenieet.,cof my
acqiiaintaece have dropped out of •
eight in local eirclece•No. moire are
they 'seen at the sqare .dances that
have recently becomevery pone-. 1
lar et a :dance. pavilion ,not • far:
away." Thee local rhot hlogeery.'n.,
erhereboys and girls .:Who. never •
• base any • appetite at ureal times
hetutf themselves' at odd . hours to
• the, .detriment of pocket ..money
that can't stay 1in pockets, will
have to struggie along .without
' them; , No.. longer, -ill diegg
tictaar %young gentlemen—three of
' them English . three French
speaking strum their .-gnitales,
and other einesicad,rineertinients in. •
my living -room.. • ,a • ..
No longe.r,'• that,.1s, Mail their •
.firet 'leaves' roll aroupdrandthey
•turn.. up in ceirifonarr. heavier,. more
.erect 'and • bronzedeeto..rearn—and
deeerve—the admiration, of :their
dariehrg partners. .
They have gone of in several
aireetierre, ehe Infantry, the ...air
Poreie.. and to eniels on the cop-
•struction 'ot •a strategic..biahwaisn
The girls whoa have swam.'and bi-
cycled and hiked and danced with
them -all summer, set me 'right
when I.' made • SC413140 rather acid
torname.nts *ion the boys *ho are
apt to be paid almost ae Much per
hofir in highway construction at
the soldiers. 'and Armee. get per
day. • '
"Thefee been termed down for
the Arney".was chorussed al me,
'and, ahy-way, by the time they
. -pee for board' androma and
clothes there won't 'be meet dia.
ferrrece ID their pay."
• Another .paint mate by the ;young
ledies•ID patting thee OA • eoldier
to tights was that the read -mak:
ere; will prehaely be in .altneet as •
great daoger as • the -17 pats in• uni-
form.
. 11 ell ghee to prova two •thinge
—that evert an old solilie,r has no: •
right to Jerrie. to coniquitilens—and
atliat there ts more than, one Way
to he of service to the Dominion
• • In 'this fight lose self-preservation.
Preebahlyciethe meet illuminating '•.
• feature of Iltls suddeneacreics—•
and eiri eung• ;pep fore a ernall
Comma*" leaves a notice-2,4th gap
• —is the teabettiliro. that has he -
Starred Upon those.. who pra:c.; the
stellar roles.
We older peciple 'donee reinze
the prehlerne with which we have
• fared otrr entree -kg. , From our set
ideare and politie.elly rorseclehomed
brahre. weevolve a dies nie-se
tifeirig tegetationa, and conditions.
Then we' expect ,e-otingstere Just
out of Settler te ande•rstand- what
we haien't Courage enatigh to tell
that settee •their miteds are busy
to • adjust thems,elves to
a life that kaa•no\tre of the pro-
tection 'with *hitt we surround
their sehool day.
Pat yonrielifi ID the position of a
lie.ete.nge bar,' He suddenly he,
retiree , col -mama of .a world tbat.
is peopled meetly by contiontiorar-
'ies, ie aniforita. He learns. that a
khaki nelfortel minas • Ithe Word
hCanadie" is tire badge od the "draf-
tee".
Others " kinglet • bet weakiag,
"Canedaw' .are volunteeets. • TiheY
.103 be accented. at age age af
elgtitterete bat 'wilt not go overeeeit
rettil they ere einere,en,
•.fett if !trey do ant; eeerreieer
they will not be called 'Fedi, they
are twenty.
• What shall be do? We can't tell
• him. We should be able to tell
iiii -What hhihe- thhahha t...—Wehhatee-elree
people, aren't vire'? We govern the
country, don't we? . •
We've got to wake up. If we are
'going to ask our young gentlemen
to n1ist to save as from an enemy
who will spare no 'one, the least
• we can do .1.s to make quitedear
• what we expect of them.
That's why 1, say that the most
illuminating. feature of what 'his
been happening -1u our Village is
the, descent of tranquillity mimeo
the young gentlemen. There are:
no perplexities left for them.
Now they are in 'ill:reform the
Personnel Selection . directorate
will see to it that they are era-
ployed • wieete they fit in best -e.
which means they will have great-
er opportunities tor advancement
and promotion than was the lot of
the private soldier before this
war. They have no decisions of
• a marcor character to raehe. They
are doing their duty and are in
• the bands of men trained to em-
ploy them to the best advantage,
men Who know that, rtleeir own
future, their OWn • safety, their
own lives will be in the -hands of
these youthei they are trainipg.
What atiout us? We are older.
By now the perplexities of We,
should not be as .troublesome to
us as they are to the, 'teen: age
weirld.•
We'can't reiy •upon an Admin-
istrative and, Training Staff to di- '
rec't our activities 'into channels
where We can be of the greatest
service to otrr couetry .and, there-
fore. to 'ourselves. • •
.Which makes, our deity all the
' more glaineei
sow. .s,s,
•
Most "Needed Items
Listed In Britain'
.Meet •needed eintil in Great
Britain includes wool. sweater,
tanderveete, undervalues, evercoata,
palanna, socks, Stockings and
boys' shorts, for agog from six to
stet:eel:la The need is greeter for
boys than for girls.
More than 50,000 babies have
been boon in the emergency
homes for rrcothere, established
under Britain's ee-acuation pro-
gram.
Australia Meets
War Emergency
An example of the remarkable
• progress made by the Australian
munitions industry in speeding -up
• production since the Japanese en-
• tered the war eomes from Queens-
land.
• When the Japanese launched
their attack against Peart'Harbor,
the biggest munition factory in
Queensland was in course of erec-
,tion. • By the end of January it
• had beeeen the production Of small
arms ammunition on a ,small
°. Today the factory is producing all
classes of ammunition in enor-
mous quantities, and it is going
direct to .the firing. line. Cart-
ridges Of all hinds and big shells:
are' being turned out at this fac-
tory in an ever-growing stream
and output will •continue to 'in- •
• grease day • by day and' week luv
week until maximum prodded&
• is attained by the end of this
year; .
•
Girls In War Plants
• In •foue, months the 'staff has
grOwn • fourfold, .from liendreds
to thousands, and before the end
of the 'year the present number
• will be eilcialaled agairra Iletadre
a? machines are being operated
by glide Who :a few months ago
•'Were typists, clerks, factory
• hands, • waitresses, daughters of
farmers • and graziers, and the •
like. Few of them had ever '
• handled machinery before belt,
after a few weeks training, they
,are reCtv doing a job which the
•factory executives cannot praise
• too highly. • Some of them are, on
• Work that has never been done
'lief:Ora by- ivainen. 'In 'munitions
• the greatest precision is necessary
arid had early prodution; at this.
new faetory been belew the rigid
standard demanded, it could have
I
BRIEF WAR SUMMARY
On long-range, .thereis leopefUl
• feeling: itussia shows signs of
holding out, despite •Stalingred
eituation,,,keeping Nazi army busy
on Eastern :froet. Bernbings or ,
Germany are slowing' down the
Nazi war produ.cticiii. The Nazis
have a big reserve of finished war ,
equipMent, but the air raids en
• factories and conanunieatiens will
dela,a 'the replace.raente roonthis
hence. Japan 'has over-extended ,
her supply linea. They are vulner-
able, and JaPanese. sblpping Js•
faring badly:These factors add
up to a plus for the Allies on the
long pull, but the outlook In the
. next few inoeths is' probably not
so geod.
Axis Campaige, In 'Resale• ,
Hitler appear g ethane to brieg.
his ,ettnep:aign in' southern Russia
•
to ra conclusion • which may be
.' satisfactory ',to, . him:, for the, pre-
• nertt. -He • hag not enieihilated,•the
Russian aresies, aet he'. set' out • to a,
do, but ..he haeimmobilized theei
inthe sauth a fare the- tilde being • '
•• ; at le.aethAed,•sinee Russian ' terri.
t.orial, materiel .. and nainPaWer"
• losses op:ether Deets haw Made
large-scale. successful %Russian of-
fensives imProbable, ' without
strong _Allied: eupport, Hitler- sen
eittly mighthe expected . to offer
the Russians peace so that he •
• could -consolidate and ..cepitalize
.on his extensive gales ,while there
is yet time. A'Nazi peace iet- utter-
ly •unacceptable to • Stalin, how-
, ever, and Hitler is preparing Win-
ter. quarters for .a holding •army
•..in Rus* prior to turning else-
where !in 'a sink -or -swim; effort .to
finish the war ..quickly t by en- •
tr h1glhiireIfso firialYetriirethe
Continent that . :further . fighting'
obviously Would. be im,piacticala
he as perthitted the initiative, • the;
focus .•of •activity is expected to
ehift to therMiddie East, where he
•.presumably ' anticipates .an -Allied:
attempt to clear „him out of North
Africa, 'open the Mediterranean
and latinch an Offensive: against
LL 11
his relatively unprotected thank .
been excused. This was not the'
ease. On the coptrary. from the
• beginning of • production in
Queensland, the aininunitian has
been paseed .by inspectors: of the
three, fighting services. •.
Mirecierop-Tire-riege
• This • is Only one example of
what:has been happening through-
out Australia since war • began.
• The change -over from civil to de-
fence preduction' by Australian
industries has been descri-bed ,as
: one -of - tire or -tirades- -of-the4ee.,;- -
With, no previous experience to
guide them, Anstralian ledustrial-
ists are today turning out every
type of armament and defence
equipment in etaggering quanti-
ties for a • cotintry that a few ;
years ago ,wes considered ,purely
from, a primary' production point
• of 'view in the world eeoriomy.
Today Australian industries are
making things which, even as late
• as 1940, coaid net be made there..
• A melting pot for optical glass
instruments in a Canadian factory
•cc:treaties, 'about 2,000 ' .pomids of
glass at each melt. After the vari-
aide operations, 'about 500 pounds
of usable glass is obtained -
LIFE'S LIKE THAT By, Fred Neher
'You're moving into the nicest neighborhood. . . . We all have
best times—talking about one another."
tire • e
in Europe. There are increasing,
definite and detailed' indicatiOaa,
however, that the initiative is
about to be taken away from him.
Allied Naval, Power
• It may now he stated duthOre
iiittively that British ipa'val power
is greater thari when the war he.:
gau, and that American naval
power is considerably greater thask
it was December 6 last. Admiral
• King has intimated that the' Am- \
eriean two -ocean limey will be.
•• ready" by June of next year.
• Someimportant' geafara develop -
meets are wieely' kept secret. As
to failure' to reeteet fulity. certain
lesies,. they are hardly in excess -
of - the expected co et of °per;
atior.e. Wee -ever, as aondebody hs
put it; '•whiehever side pulls the
fearer 'boners' will win the ,war.eh.
Censorship vile the •actual situ-
• ation . ifr India. The Nazis put
everything they have .into attacks
• on: cons•Oys.In Ajd. of Russia. Talk,
ot en • Allied Geteraliesfino •con-
tinuee, .tiche ' British • inielationary
threat is, lergeli,•ehecked by strict
retioninge in cantra,et.'eo A.merleatt
FrO.i 7 nce mainly on other contrele.
Excess PurciliaSingpower becemes
• ''fortech eaviage" when allowable
• purchases are rigidly restricted. It
sheuid be repeated that the Am- .
erican tradition favors offense and
may he aSsuroed that theoleigh,
Allied decisions to which Presi-
dent Roosevelt retently. referred
are in accord therewith.
: Canada At Dieppe
Canada's, complaint that its Part
in ,elre-Dieppe raid and, other fight,-
ing has been underrated, parties:
. larly in U.S. newsreeLe, is- net to
be minimized. Canada dieenothar-
large country, but its Coneribii-
: tion to the war is a large one KW.
its. troops' did shoulder the !haler
burden at Dieppe. It would,lee. wig*
f&r Epgland, the U. S.
and all of .the other United Na-
• tions .to remember that they are
• fighting:the war eoll'ectively; that
• separately they might not be able
eto /fight it at all.
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Socialists In -
Italy Rising
Against Fascism
The Socialise Party in Italy,
which' Benito Mussolini's follow -
ere in early days forcibly disband-
ed was reported today to be hAis-
ing its head against FasCisra. • ,
A dispatch from Zurich quoted
Swiss Socialist circles as declar-
ing that the Iteliala Socialist Par,
ty 10. recent months had been re- •
organized with 'Illegal units" mat-
etiplyirig in factories ih.the great-
er art •of terrifory.
The, Socialists recently' helped
in a strike at the Fiat works,
'where they seddenly :quit theit
*Jcbs and 'demanded an increase in
pay. Six hours later, according to
this accountcompany officials' ac-
cedbd • to the demande and the
strikers went back to work. •
Although strikes are prohibit-
ed in • Italy. the newspaper said,
"got a policeman or soldier show-
ed himeelfh during the strike.
lowers Forecast
• Mild Autumn
The veteran 'Johnny Thomas,
well-known Fort ' Erie prognosti-
cator. does pot agree with severel,
other old-time weather forecastere
'here that folk In ,the Niagara Dis-
trict are in for an early Fail. "It
ieemy belief that we will have a
Mild1tOeteilier• and Nos-embea too."
Mr. Thames commented.
hOne reason reaet ie that the wild •
esters are jtcoutmencipg to
bloom. and as ti..Ae flowers are
senritive to tree: it is my belief
that old Dame Nature knows bet -
tet then the average human does."
Wonseri. Likely .
• • To Stay On Fa:rns
Farm women are not likely to
be directed into other occupations
because 'thework they now 'are
doing has a high' priority rating, •
Mrs. Rex Eaton, 'assistant'ditee-
tor of National $elective Service
• announced.
• Farm e women from 20 to 24
years of age. inclusive. are re-
quired to register with other
women in the same age group.
This registration is compulsory.
Postmasters have been author-
ized to act as registrars in meld
districts. • '
Woir.en now working on farmi
will be registered as "farm
women." But this does not mesa
thht they win be "froien" is
their present jobs'. Mrs. Eaton. .
says. Firm work usually tapers
•off during the winter,. and Mra.
Eaton urged that young women
who are free to turd to other
work in slack. seasons do so.
Killings In Greece
Daily Occurrences
•
• . A high eGertnan, official who
escaped to .Palostin' e informed the
Greek oovernment• that 3.00 of
the islanders have been exec...tea
by theeGermans and that terror-
, ism "of the mast gra-. e char-
acterc -,nt:nues. '•
Arrest e and, sheotings .occur
daily on Crtte. the big island.
• south of Gre....ce. this I official
Whose tromp rerie neebe disclosed__
reporte.i. He said ,condeturted
pereons were forreci to dig 'their
oert graves .and that the people
' were forced to'witr•ess erterationi
of their towIramen
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