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T-IktittiDAY, JULY' 11th UO
FATEFUL WEEK
when thoroughly trahled and adequate.
• ly, euL»ped wiL make things hot for
W* * there ever !odor° a week se file *4-,Dolakso lova,ders,
truwded With tragedy as the one that
,juitt; Passed" into -history? Sue-
41101611.Ve SAWS 14 the downfall of Vrance
eiulting by a„ German Submarine
a yeesel, carrying German and
Itttliau haterneea from Britain en route
to •panatittesthe destructiOn by )3ritish
war veela:oC izn1t of the :*Vi‘rench
*wry *twit cOmonanders refused yea-
aionable cenditions offered bY -the
• Britials. tO*Preire,ut 'theM.trom aUlng It Is ‘reported from Otiaiva' that na-
tato 0*kt:4 1134,4* -40 say itothing of tional,registration will be neld on four
astrattS" I* the BaillanS and, in other days,abont the middle Of Atigust,n when
P444 of the world. every Inn and woman In Canada
be that' cite besaid' for Petah), above the 'age ,of edxteen years is to
, ,
and his associates -4 the present appear before a local. ,VegistOr and
Fieneh Government IS that they are give inforatation required for registries
bettptiropeliinstie hands of their Nazi tion purposes 4. registrar and dePuty
emmuereras Otherwise' their actions'. registrar, ere to be earned in each rid
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*QOM ":regarded only as the blackest Jog by* the member- representing the
_ tfeeehOr toWard$ their former allies ridings at OttaWae, and these officers
and statmeh-firen lirelYsseinesewiliS-'apPoinietwoemetiestos,actea.
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The-Nazia-areenraged over Uritala'&
success in„preventing the French navy
from tailing to their hands n& are
heaping upon Prime Minister Churchill
their vitest epithets. It' is to_ be heped
the war Will proattee many mererevents
to make the Naels Mit'd and curse the
da Sr Zr. Chureltill was, born.
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thing better will arise from the morass
in arhigli,:the 1,1,rench nation' is Oak, and
a gallant people Will Sreaene their land
from the. traitorous erowd that at. Dre-
amt represent it. ' *
Britaia. and her dominions are left
eforte' to ;fight the battle Of freedom.
They mast- and shalt win, though it
teire a generation'ef lighting 01(1'saert-
,:itOing and just plain holding on. In
the-WordS- 'nrinv-pp4t- wham we
tooted last veeeks."Clod will not fail
that little sea-girt land." '
THE_ FEDERAL CABHIET
"A eorganization of the Neder.al
Cableet was announeeS this. week.
Uen'Angus' !I-4 Presnier of
Nova' 'Scales, Is ceining te Ottawa .as
Mini** er of National Defenee for Naval
A.ffitirs, and twe present members of
the Ilinise of Coro:tons :are giien
Garanet; rink : -,:ColseNti- P.4 giihrek' art
North York' as Rostmaateisereaeral,. and,
Cole 0.:1V. Gibson of riailiton West 'a$
Minister of *Venue.. 00I.
Itsilstont wttoe apohitme1 as Minister
er.e4ational•Defeuee had,.•aireadar been
INVENT/ON8
You hear a lot about inventor-
!plaques for the alen who have con-
tributed the meSt to ni,utLaud.Take
for inatance the radio and the eleetric
ligLt and the telegraph „ and so
away more Mims% Izet eredit be given
to 'their originators . `but let us`not
forget the farmer. rte, too, is e great
inventor in a mild sort of way.
Neeessity, of Course, fosters, the in-
genuity of the farmer. Take, for in -
stew, the average farm. The hinges
break on the hen-hease door . and
every time anybody goes. to toWn they
forget to get a new pair . . or that
twenty -live cents ian't handy, so the
farmer -sallies out someday at the in-.
alatence of his wife and remedies the
breiren hinges, The 'chalices are be
takgs. an old, pair of bareew lines, oats
$111MS sUbAlYWOn.Ineal rehda!PX.S.
111 !P • 4!
Mt; Churchill has • the faciilty of
graltide deseriptian,' SPealatfe 0.r the
way n W;hicit 'the smaller nations Of
Europe acted in the face Of the Nazi,
peril, lie kticl that eaeh flieught he Was,
assuring hist dist safety by letting the
:crocodile eat eoinetgy else. The,
erocodile; howeVer,' has • becOme more
and-:.moreseoracioess, an/Sueresthere
are slot enough ;of the °tittle -natiert$
'left to pat up a ,figlit•'. :It they had
Stood_ together, _ .thesuaitedsetr_ength of
.0Zeeho-sloiltkia; Poland; Finland; Nor;
Way, 'Denmark, llolland, Elgin,
Iteenuiela and the'rest
help of Britain and ,France s have kept
then dictator nations in their Place.
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annothteed; is 'isisceneeded.111 the: PhlaXiee
.foritOlio 10** 402. I. id.'llsleyi. who naa
itfil4;,-.41* •Ostof Ite,Ve*-4iniater,
on. 3. '0,, Gardiner,' Who' has been
Minister., of •Agriculture, jleaves that
portfolio to become Minister of 'Nation --
sal War !SOICOS,' aT new '.departMent:
:.:41..1 siceeSsor in the 4grTeulture7 Port -
!folio it nOt4anotuiced:, •-•
The Moilt interesting' of pies ci*ges ofr-froirt European- food' supplies,
i'elSthe feel:ugh* iii -tite'Cabhiet.-of Hon, ' • •ii. ie " * •• •
. Angtes. maelternuad", .yrno has 'been' The record of lake levels taken -at
_ __ ... ,. ,
Premier -tor NOVa Scotia tinee, 1043 and, • Goderich, -earl reported. by Can-
„ii'74-1--et6,-..6-. 'fiareefiiiChttraCtel- ' -ii?-clian'hy-drogr• aphie service; shows that
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Lake Ouron in* Sae, of this year was
:
it was revealed, as stated by . our lower . by ?Ye Inches than.i11June Of
Otta..wa correspondent, ,that. Mi.' King last year. Ikidentlia, period of lOwer
.had iitade an effort to bring into his. lake levels has definitely set in. It
'llabinet- some outstanding men not Was about. 1929, if memory serves
members of Parliament and no% as- rightly, that the lake was. at its highest
*Deleted with the •Liberai. 'party, but level In marks seam. • Thee it began to Now thatpeople-are collecting every -
these men when approached lett; said recede.and for about live years lower thing that. generation has produced
:Mr. King, "that Streit Special Servieee and lower_leOls were recorded. • About and are recording it for POsterity; how
. is they could render could be given the Middle of the decade, ,. having abtioonus,t6an,',&,litinoni of, ever)khtY luven-
1 ve Only' ski , ed
Mere •effectirely either in achninistra- reached' Its lowest point, the water a 'very few from the top . . . there are
Jive posts tars* •an advisory capacity again began to rise. High point Was millions of them. • s. . -. •
or by „their Contietting to° occupy an again 'reached, apparently, last year, '
' eminent :Mid 'independent position in
the eoramtinitar,”
' • The taet that 'tlae.tiew iiiiiistera are
, ., . .
*11 of the Liberal 'faith is e disaisPoint-
-'-ineritio those wholiad7been calring-fOrT
' * eoa,lition Govereinents but, as The
, London , Free press' sensibly observes,
,tif the reorganized Geverninent carries
ort with vigor and. • energy the war
ffeiot, of Canada the, people will not
' verees about its•political cempositien."
'The Prinie Minister invited the Con-
areriatire leader,. Pion: It. B. Irenson,
and* his deskmate, ilon. Grote $tirlingi
, * former minister of Inational defence,
to betome associate Members of ' the.
war ethernittee of the Cabinet and to
: take.. Fart., in ;its :Proceeding:4, and
intinittted 'further- that ' if ' the COn-
seerativi. leaders Accent,ed :this iiivita
_ tiOn he ,W.puld. extend it also to . the
'heads .of the Other Political grin-IPS:3n
Vie Ilouse. Mr. lignsOn and Mr.
_'..asked, ',tittle to tortsider:their
' reply to 1;he invitation. —
s.
• The Winnipeg Free Pres has issued
Its second crop report. for 19401 and it
reveals .!.prospects 'of a " good yield;
AEstimeting the staed.of what, Corres-
pendent:4 found in Manitoba 26.. per
cent heavy, 73 per teht: medium and.
vie per 'Cent, thins in Saskatchewan
20 per . cent. heavy, • 46 pe cent.
niedlimt anti Ave per cent. thin; and in
Alberta, 43 per:cent. heavy, 57 per
cent. medium and ;wee thin." Grass-
hopper 'damage is reported from. some
SectionS, but the severely Infested area;
it the. time of 'reporting; wag small.
Canada needs a big wheat crop this
year, not. only 'to help airevicle for. the
heirjr nationat.eipenditeres but 'ft) feed
•the people of the United Kingdom eat
Carnal Views os t liss
URPPOLD Or 1$1144,611,111
Some dtty a great play may he writ-
ten round the charaeter ef IJeopold of
Belgium. Naplanatious of hi' avior
vary between two extremes ; SOme peo-
ple go so tar a.a to suggest that lie Is
the inatrument of a diabolical Nazi
plot to lure the French and Britieli into
Belgium', to their deatruetiall; Other
kindly eoula 'assume that he ,Atst
lost his. nerve. There is Bo evidence
for either of. these views; the real story
is certainly eomplex. I have gathered
She follow ig csuggeStive fact' flora
People who knew Leopold. hirat, per-
haps in ,reaetitat - against his father
romantie natioutiligni. in the last war,
Leopoldhas long 'been tteconfased tYPe
of, paeifiet, anti his experience de the
muddle of Belgian dentooracy and Ida
detestatiOn of the Popular Front in
Frauee have mede him anti -democratic
and reinforced his naturally authoris
of '6Ix ehuak,s about se'Veli'Gr,. eight Milan temper, Add to this that ht 11.15
%diva in length, audthen, tarks them had. dose...contacts , witv Italy 0001101
en, making a perfect'. .., vvells work- his sister, who has. Married the son of
able Bet of Wages'. • ' the 'king, of Italy, and. that Ida mother
Daily the farmer works-wondera is a Wittelsbach. who has retained the
with wire „and a „pair of plers,. domIle _ ,
„ inating qualitlea of the ,Bavartan
Patehes everything, even to bis overalls,: need family. .Further lie 'hag inereas-
with it few well4t}rhed le*Ps'. of wire 'ugly relied On a 'certain General Van
„se- -Ara htliternftetswsttvahaerecle 'itillod,'vv.thaerVe aa,g404041 04..eversamtr:,ebteana, wohyoe,n aeomtinegtiaLisw,i's laglidae-0
as new. ' ' generals and altogether played too
It ineealw•ays been a source of won- inueli the patt of a 'king: ' -Leopold was
der to me who might havesinvented, the not, of course,' a-atOcitt, but. there is
g -3,12.,P11 -4004.,..ettaeum-04-Yan QYerstraeten
Oseesforsthe baresestl.„.,,_
Mrs. Phil's father'place Heaving trying te do.a. sintilay Joh OTITae-
s' : .f
along with -two- pails.01milk, it $ , a King's behalf and organize a kind of
source of annoyance to have to set the monarchical tinsa4m. reopie who have
pails dowele latch a gate so that a hog....,__-:
s katesa bins, however, emphasize that
or a call won't go el -i -a• rinaPage-amall .his pa-Sifigra, or possibly one ehould.
the front lawn. Thts farmer Inven,tor say his inteusli• horror ' of War, was
took, a part of a discarded -logging, sena/lie, and. it im,a3,-: have been this,chalasthreaded it through an old. hay- °
rather than pro -Nazi leanings, that led,
fork .pulley mounted on a mall Post, bbn to refuse 048.heratioll with the
and,hung some scrap Iron on the end so French before the war, andowhieli pre -
that the weight of the 'ballast would vented him giving the kind of lead in
pull the gatefterim: rs
shut ahIt works -_
like a charm, , , . . elgium which, would have resulted in
the "Conatruetion ot -a • formidable line
T.Jae_ :Model T was always a great
marked administrative abilits. °
biwn, unhallowed by the German in-
vasions& hevlectitural labor .Itai been
etlepliteed by 'the war. Sevriag has
been reatrieted. There iv Et Wi(lespread
shortage of fertilisere Crop prospects"
In South-eastern Europe Itre expeeted,
to be bad to moderate. It is not
petted that Russia, will be able, even if
ate iviehed, to deliver anything like
as much as.tlermany expects. '
Germaes, whieh has so far profited
from her ' Invasiona, longsrenge
prospectsesperitaits not SO Iong--which
are serious, too. Tip rto, the present,
however, food sulaplies for the arMY
and for important industrial 'workers
have been••vvell natintained, though the
general poptilatiou has. had to go eliort.
seriouvinenediate Metter for Ger.
Many has been the demage done to her
Potato erops bY the Colorado beetle,
--Maneheater Guardian,
toy for farmers to play around yrith.
Sack up a wheels attach e pulley,
and those veterans of the °Pen road
would- do„ -anything from 'Sawing wood
to turning a grindstone. And/ speak-
ing of grindstones, do you .remember
the weird attachments ourarraedfath-
'ers need to have for root -power on a
grindetone?. On one end they mounted
a sort of ,saddle and then had. a paddle
arrangement whereby you 1001 pedal
like asbicycle and turn. the grindstone,
to your heart's content. That solved
tiie probleni. of how to turn the sharp-
ning device, when all the young
ers were Packed away off, to school.
Not.. all-, Invention's, however. Met
with full success. They sometimes ran
into . unexpected ' diffieultieS, 'Back 4
number Of years ago,"an old gentleman
of the .neighborhood who mistrusted
banks, and. who kept his money tucked
away hi his mattress, began to be. fear-
ful of burglars. As the. story goes, ,be.
went tii.„Yrorksteslilan'srene way 4-4 foil-
ing auk burglars whork# ght.....attempt
to take his bankroll. had .a trusty
old shotgun, but be,ing unable to sit uP
all-night and. guard the treasure-trove
in the mattress.he rigged a:contrivance
to hold the, shotgun on the stairway:
From •thig .her strung string se that
If anyone opened 'the- door or attempted
to 134 Om 'Abe window khotgUn
Would explode with a blesting, "wel-
come." Each night when he went to
bed, , he installed the, cocked, shotgun
in his patented rack on .the staircase'
_put„blie strings.UP,-Qpe_ili&kt
these was a terrific explosion and Whee-
lie rushed downstairs 11 was to find the
front., dear virtually -blow* away and
his pet eat dead'. Pussy had explored
the string; with, dire results. Of course,
I suppose the merit of the Ina -elation
was that if it had been a burglar he
would, have received the lead poisoning
dispensed so unwittingly,to-tbe Rat. -
vsurio uoNsmorrioN
(Toronto,,glaturday Night) '
We have been accused of some degree
of inconsistency because Of our belief
that ' Canada should render the maxi-
mum of Immediate - assistance the
defence of the -British tomhillod
with ouCsupPort of the existing gov-
ernment pelley • of tonseriptiOn for home
degenee. only. We. de not think there
Is any gravrineonsistency hete, ill the
cireunistances: , The ,tlefenee of the
British Isles does not call at Present
for any great intritediate contribution
soestroenSssaild certainly not , of the
untrained and unetni p rope yr
would he all that .yre Wald furnish as
the result of a general levy. It tails
for the Utmost possible in mensand
equipment tor the air force, but .310 -
body, we think, has ever suggested, that
an air force ep.xt be raised by eOn-
sOriptien. It calla, also for tbesutmoSt
possible In , naval strengths In both
these items we hold that Canada
send forward all that she hasin.readi4
nessy, without regard to her own safety,
which tart be largely left to the 'United
over.0** set
uot so iitec
OppWM
A
war wall
'hiely the
WAR
' ZOO RAP Alm
THROUGHOUT OANAPA
ssfsserenee_orn the' Gerinan frontier.,: , _Btatizisl and' We hold also that Caneda
Oho can sec *haw a Yihmg.xah eaugm sleould do'all.ehe van to get into readl-
betWeen a Patriotie tradition and a
dislike of again playing the role of his
father 'insitiltrigo on hoping for his
countres netitthlitt-T,hovr he would not
have the strength to override popular
feeling' •in favor of resisting Germany,
'arid Would therefore go on •Troln,AaY
to day, hoping -Somehow to avoid the
war, unable th,' eScape, and unable to
bead • In either direction. When the
GerMatis actually invaded, his- Min-
isters and his people were 'unanimously
in favor of lighting, but he would not
mike the apeeehee expected of Albert's
sop,.• ,.Whaen ,the army was driven •baok.
and Itelgian towns tied villages Were
being bombed and 'burnt and •the sold -
;tem were short 'food: and, amount':
tion, one can.' see how readily Leopold
would -Seizel the chance' of stopping
what beewtatid regard as aiwOthentiiiia,
useless slameliter. Perhaps the :Nazis,
Ibreatened the .-complete destne4On of
the,emintry Belgitim went .on.:fight-
'ing ;" probably they flattered him leto,
bellevingethat he could reconstreet and
•even enlarge -his eauntry • peace if he.
surrendered. Hereeare all the Meter,
for greet derma ; the external
tragedy, the lanes eenflict Of emotions
abOut hie father, , his' pentenint' for the
Politick* his fear of beige traitor,
hiS'greater !ftrarn,efsivar; itixe use made:
of these fear by Nazi 'agents, and tile*
final moment. .of 'decision E4 ,a time
when. surrender 'involired..the' betrayal
of his ncomitry'a allTeh. Note iffnally
habAbec;±nalatiotnnient,l'h4t,.4.
every-
thingmight be forgiven him except his
failure to tell the British and French
of What lie.inteiicled omits the essential
point that if lae-, bad announced his in-
tention he would'alanost certainly have
been prevented from. carrying it out. -
StateSman. and .Nation (Lcin-
don),. '
and now lower levels • are beliag
recorded month after month., This
'alternate rising and recession appears
to go on regardless- of the Chicago_
"steal". or the raliffiassfor •atterstwo
such-. wet months• as eMay and Mine
one would hardly expect the lake level
to 'be lower. The cycle, from r high
point to high point, _seems to be about
ten- years. These are- the- casual.
observations of an amateur, it would
be Interesting -to have. the conclusions
of the hydrographic experts..
ZDITORTAL NOTES
=
INCONSISTENT
; (Peterborough Examiner)
We have given the, trucks the big
edge when it _conies to having art ad -
'vantage. We have built 'their lines for
BY T1.E LA4E
The lake .1.4
Little-waves,ehurifsmournfully„ --
Yet birds are chattering.,- .
On a bench beside me sat a little lad,
Were you ever across the lake?"' said
he,
"Yes,"11 replied. • •
"Whet's it lfire?-A.re the .people Meer -
'Thus he plied rae. • •
"Well," said, I, trying to be wise—
£s old chaps db with youths-' ,
'Tilley are something like us, •
Though- not exactly. '
Some have names so foreign to us,"
Said I with Anglaaaxoit pride.
"Their politicians seen). 'epruder
'Virithout that subtle touch our leaders
show'.
'Their ways are different -L -
.Yet those People over in Michigan like
They think we are next best to them. 4
Now, naturally, we he&4 them second
to 'us.
They sometinies say 'Carfuelc" behind
our
While we say 'Yankee.'
It doesn't sigaify, among good friends,
No battleships patrol this Inland sett,
1
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nest fOrther instalments • of the air
force to be sent forward as •soon as
possible; _In the matter of naval,unjts
it seeins iniprobable that Canada could
improvise anything . further with sufc
ficient rapidity to be of any use.
, Conscription; it semis to us, is not to
be regarded "as a .means of assisting in
the defence •of, the British Isles, a task
for which it js tar too - slow- and cum-.
bersoine, and for -which a large•section
of the. people of Canada OM- consider
that it is for other reasons improper
to use it. t0onseription: for home Ser-
-vice necessary. step. towahls ,the
. defence Of a Canada which:. is -now sub-'
jeeted to risks such as it- bat never
knoWn before; but, .perhaps'more
im-
portantly still, it it Litt educational
process of the highest:, value for,.de-
veloping. a truer: sense' of the obligee
tiOng sof the Citizen towards his
'country. It will luiVe that -educational'
effect; however, only if it is -generally
accepted as a politically proper Mea-
sure in the national interest; heedless
to say the ..conserintlw „measure for
Nutal3erS of Germau prisoners recent
ly arrived. in Canada are now safely in-
terned va,tions camps througliont the
country. 'Broken up into snail groupS,
they are so distributed as to, present
little danger to Canada,
It was to ensure that they would, be
beyond the reach of fifth columidata
and partiehute jumpers that they were
removed' from, England' to 'Canada, riad
they 'heel" released daring, an iuvasion
o Great Britain, they might easily
have constituted a Menace. Scattered
across. Canadate broad spaces, they are
no 'longer considered to •preaent .suelt
threat; -
• To these .vehlk watched beneath the
ramparts of Quebec's ancient citadel,
the war was brought °let* to CaOutcla
•the heavy dint* of Dragi, Wet*
Sounded on the plank platform. of the
railway 'siding and the uniformed air -
Men, soldiers and 'sailors Were loaded
aboard the: waiting :
Closely ringing the entire pier area
were 4500, pitted sentries, their 'bay-.
°nets fixed. Auother set Of guards
lined the route from the ehip to. the
trains. ,
First to he brought elf ship were
the Prisoners, WAXY Of thera•
COW Memher$ Nazi ships seized by
the )3ritiah navy on the higli sees. Next
samosttre-aoldhamissailere-444-sloaeattPle
MarimOsiyoLeda,04%/7 the,,_17,,,tinzl,,tai,r
The majority the. prisoners
were submarine ereWS. s/neloded In
'.the army prisoners were members of
tIWISittei, "panzer" units and Perachute
JUMPerS. Tile latter wore a distinctive
Uniform ComPesed of sleeks and jantre Have You Renewed your substoption? •
41FTER_TIIE AMIE% FAMINE'.
,Germany has , spread war, destruc-
tion, and aesPollatioe • over 'Western
• and. Eastern Europe, The consequences
may prove disastrous to Germany as
well as to her victima„ Countries
which were ri.0 end prosperous- are
'being reduced to misery' and want.
German, ' which boasted she was self- .
,sufficient „121 foodstuffs, is seizing not
'merely- the Indristrial rim materials Of
the toinitries. she IS occupying but also
their foods, • . ,
Austria- and' CZechoSlearaltia --were
eaulitries where, plenty became shortage
when -they were seized by egermany.
Poland ;Was a ricbi agricultural country
Which exported.- feodstulls. ‘1,`,Jeder the
,German oecupation 11 15 in a Pitiable
Caerdition. Scandinavia and Belgian'
' and Holland 'httd, foodatuffe lu Plenty.,
Some of them.•were important suppliers
Of foodstuffs to GermanyTher im-
ported -their full aloe& of those things
they did not produce at tome, the only
restriction imposed by the Allies 'being
that they should, not iinport .sunaus,
from abroad for GCrukansc
• These tountries are all faeing a very
grave situation since •theY• have been
occupied. by Germany. In Norway,
where food and raw .rnaterial stocks
have been seized by „the (Serrating, there
Is a fodder eliorttige and live stock Is
being slaughtered Wen dangerons rate.
There Is a lecal food, shortage, particu-
larl3r or fats. The margarine industry
of that'eountry ,is ruined. The Ger-
mans +have seized all the whale oil at
hand in ISeitedintreia„, In,' Dennierk, a
third Of theeattle-itee being slaughtered
-because of fodder shortage, 'the pig in-
dustry is being destrosed;:eodthe.great
agricultural sratem IS being, ruined.
Belgium is lased with famine tondi--
dens Within: the nekt tiro months. In
Holland, where the deatructiOn caused
by the German arraieg has ,beereenor-
mous, it grate position threatens he
'damage done in France cannot„set be
assessed, 'bat it Is on an enormous
economy Europe„ h. as
seiraIehe. w
, . •
TIKSHOWAY, JUL! II* 00
ere made of a leather -like material,
Meeks, ivautal for proteetiou toil*
tPohrwel lb(:virt: e:nah, ge;whio el rlet re at fhdpe;d1 ° wwtr tIlte rr 1'1 6;171:
era' in. the British Ieles, Were takeu
bale:sit rt{nenlet); PS:tirp°11verre3wJn re
lauded. in Canada,
and other bagSag* trains.
An interesting eideSight was the way
la which the Nazi prisoners- studied
the husky and bronzed Canadians who *
stood guard over them. While Mating
in the piers to be marched to the train,
they constantly gazed at the eauucka.
The smirking attitude of one party of
prisoners rapidly evaPorated Into one
of thoughtfulnese_ when . a leather,
lunged sergeant -Major Started to rnit
the Canadians through their Paces vvith
smart precision,
Many iron crosses dangled trent the
tunics of the Nazi officerS. One ,Ger-
man, aviator told a Canadian Officer he
hall received his iron cross in, the morn,
ilnuaung,ola
"Your
boudyfr hae said irstibteme:resr shotridwae ayeic: sd o. ew kl 011 the tbel.
short On planes," he said, () • .
•ahtitantAntishinYgr:b.tyl,thVaaa7gilatefi'iste.ausrldeesth".ereas;at'lwd'To
`Thanks.,,, for bringing nte borne,
TtLi!ticrin':th, •aartoesat'll.cel rrialgehtlin7fo61! a while, •
'1`tsavvtisill rtto°tn
un'woth4dic,
-TIVetri,wilmat"otheffg"--7-ontirt-er the- lkstarses-
with Elsie, and father's upstairS•in he'd
wit,,liBortlilielemgsa?tiosm the
"Then come la.': .
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end quick saliCC.'
kELSON Gopmucu. .
434 a TICEtEAVE,N, *,* vuNGANNON
vii0:„ ftruoi*, Goo ell
isg,selectenr Autinunbile, Sire, nate. %11,4500..; Out*
Publzc Linbilitr, and (Ahoy, stnisin/ „.ilinitralkee• Head Mee -4
,
them -sour public highways. And we
keep them in repair as well. When
-snow :pileS high' in ViVter we keep 'them'
clear while the railroads have to at.
fetid to that stat of business for them-
selves and Pay for It, too,. 'Bat every
lififestisrallwayssays it will haveto
abandon a certain line *because it rsip.
no longer afford te do business and
take the idea, we objeet seriously. The
Nu thrietilagppforetistifrroopew.ri upon our edge
• se,„ --e- weakness, of our objections c°T.e,s lit I Aain unha . ..:n . '
arre.-oreuessep, wise of tele forniej, the fact', that seldom can, ive atteance we th Da ` be
_ road should. eoutinue to operate when
NiVliere fileree meiTtloesOk you. over`hate-
tittered to take Sve hundred English :people are mit, Patronizing le fun , ,
Y.
children and spend $250,000 a Year for . The ,blue -rimmed isle of freedom -loving
their SUPport. . Her heart evidently is SUNDAY VISITING
(Whitby Gazette) 'Whose cliffs of chalk from Calais' walls
•, 1
is Jig as her tortilla°.
.,, * * If rural preachere, and those In the are seeht
uny sound ergumolt a t , . e nu , once a highway free,
tat Minister to 'C'anatla has - • so Ya maul- I Has Sir tariff t
•
• ./Vinember of the Ilottse` of &»nm�nsI urban Plae6s as well, Want t know 16 now '°114'attie-C4 Th' -;1 **Died eaDIPI
at bay 'by the Hum
Itern.'WhilliPeg said he would out bort why churey serviceS are poorly at Ilere, ,upon this blue lesgoni. of Mixon
Ms prepared epeceir on the budget itt tended 4fill Stitidaya, they should -read No border forays frighten .us. •..
nem Iii. terie budget 'alone pule over thig lake
11,0*Yed, li'othitig unusual in that. But 11('"1:141- -' t - -
. .1„.11shed In. thia paper recentbr, . there Maysneareh together.With our Doss
lie,*ettially did sit down. after sPeak- were no less than ten references to To defend thiS NOrth 'Ainerica, '
ihg a mintlte or two. lie eitotild got a Sunday visitors in and out of a, eer- So that men may talk aloud,
Akeda or soniotbing for that ' ,,!, . hart plat*. People Who lea-ve their May eriticize their rulera, enjoy free.
* • lit communitiee on Sunday to visit else". dom.
- "Seine ilea' those khaki boys / see In the
in spite of her engagements in _
Square,
Smoking, jogiting, Mitnieking rank,
'
- Murepe, ttreat Britain, late re,ieeted the May stand the dread, impact of war
4*paneee demand for the closing of the With Michigan ladg hSe their nide'
route throagla Burnie by witielt war The bo pressed. ray arm,
Th 4 lake IS blue nate The sun Is out;
smiles reset China. This svirgestst
likt poiii/bIllty that Britoilit ham reached • Tile south wind ripples the gram.
v
• 4 4o
isvor tut vromono, ohooki not be the country cereespondence in the Some day, znY 'lad, soldier boy's 'from,
• When "'you're' ihe
the country it's "s(.
ecoy to buy by
'Long DiStanto
Telephone' ofiy-
thing from croco-
diles ,so catnip!'
where cannot attetul their local church,
while vigtors from urban places make
%Imlay the hardest day of the rieek
for many country women, and this is
one of the Telteons why they. Cannot
attend chtifeh. ,
The •Signat-Star mils for $2 to any
addrems Orarada And la wnrth mere,
Look at yoto which
label; It Will Short the
date up yonr subeerliation ig
paM.
sasigroalrent witk Ikittala in opposition --(iontrihntea.
100 Ispoloose surfodon. (Wu Ai
seetitig torthei * tug *ray wbitt, own eotocience. Sir P.,SititreY.
seek no better warrant than' My
The telephone makes you.r
vacation mite, pleasant in:
,
So many wap. You can use
it to vun all your errands,
it connects you with Mends and neighbours. And quick Long,
.'Distance service keeps you ionehivith town. So Your telephone
helps. you to Meet :vacation, emergenCies, makes your ,holiday7
happier, just by beirig ithin reach of yo4r, ,hand: ,Tclephone
-"service is widely used ,because it is courteous, efacient„.yet surtiris.
ingiy inexppnsive. .Nothing else yields So much for Whit it co481