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IOR i were euiliOaed to be Conservative, The
.. Ka candlilato liolitieal, anteeedenta
orke eb,11., ,t1 '•!)0 Ivo not been ,diatiOied: ' polliug day
r tn, Provide: -.10, rehruary 5th,
t queetiOned JR a 'letter . i * • .,
TI end .1'004 T*1 While the Older folk may dislike; the
. ..
id* IS "the chief *winter, st the,, younier 'Ones Seem to be
' ' or paetwer plena end seterultued, to erooy it, eve if it means
t
"there hqu14:bf.' '4* tts t* 4:;1°*ili.„,_.,,,1** e! long *walk throUgh'storm and enOW
sUoi* not te 's * POW Woks Flu* to spend an 'hour or two . In akat ,
grain initIl there Is lear etidence Of ;Tito fitpl yoyege,r •enee,„.revey in it;
orabletateiO9Wasiie.7 ' :eee1tt,r1rOMPIng in the BOOlidritie as if
. leg - that to set Up a hig public .works were having the time of their Ilies, a
1
1Or • .,,. : a ,
,.P.reograut st **WY, ,uuueedeesq wStks_ no doubt.they are. Aiati the z eeidie
Arrely to etotkplopowt Wena aa. ,aiiro4d, in strange' :,i'enda,.., wite" Write
14 teenOnlie binni)g tho4* 4metonging for bit,of CaecThiU
. rilagAtudt•,thovrite,rgoisi on: te POO ..orinter. gives evidence that. our eel
0 eht„.44 84-0, a: 'Prsee'dUre , l',140' not season has attreetiOns -.Which--rank
nettle , 14*., •F$0,eni. or oe0r44.0iment, ahe.Ye thoee of other climes. Still,'„Oite
and. that ,wizen,ithe celintrY e0n• afferft January in thef Year is. trite CnOngli
• ' . .,.
. no loigetot44160# mono' on lima pro- tor up.
'Mt MTV
Jaek Crane le twine. lie
charged Jona the eir forge just eo
Christen's and he speut the itol
with his folios on the faro. The Ore=
Place Is- on thesideroad. We've known
-
the 'gran* uti! *tni on Or nitribt-i*
never neigliboted very ;much with the
444 wor4ed, at OM meadows., for '
eonple• of 140.44ths one year and singe
then ,be, often used to drop. in for a
StuidaY efternoon• Oat. ige'S .4 'Ake
bey and after he went oVerseas, we
tim*.t hint * few letters and an pocasten-
*1 package. ' Wo ,osect to', get very
Interesting letters in reply. " •
. saw, Min In tow luat, betore,New
''Xear'S and suggeated that he 'drop iir•
for At chat. "Ile looked kind of ..tirtd•
and
04w4 and 110.0;,, run, mought he
"sunte4 Jatr-flv Wne;eiktigC.PieiflY4Ts* 141-4
- 00 was Work -
• Ing areund...tbe ,Lkiteheir ,and 1 was
deFtleg on the coueh when we heard .a
411f4 on the back doer; Sure eneugh,
AiIt-virit4s..y014015 °Vine. ' • I
• 411Pg4 saW. very -Mugh- and we
d ' ,1404-te talk. It in
to ,as ne wanted some place to.
'sort of , hide, U0,:$40e' d for ,• supper
and afterwards he , Mine dowu and
helped ,'0,,e,*.wItit' the ..cheres. I could
tell he wanted to taiikses-orter-putting.
down, the lutY,"for;,.,the.morning.,-.1:„.•44
'4MToii a.1441t4aX ef
,Jecta the -Prehleirt still, relnaltei:' The ' -
. , , , . . * •
coneluatel le that whati,'ShOtildilbe-dOMF . MISS' Agnes Araephill; M.P.P , was
-islet, 4Feat# :411,tions that wiiiiiievent obo of the i * '-i * * •
Pealcers at a C.C.F meet-
. .1 ,
unemployment" . lug at North Bay on Saturday night
'Tilterii-14.';i: lot 4-e9mmen-' eel"- Ilk fi4 was '-tplite- provoked . because In - ni
thls " --,.' - , " anditorinrn, capable of seating, q$0 she
letter* The trouble Is thqt people
do" not rentize* that they themselves are had oo'..1y one plia4red people Wore
the Government, and that .GoVernineue her. s'i aM getting 'to a "point whece
,
orrent irievis
* AT TUX END OF 1044
the old year entin on the -sombre
aot et the lone* we 'home aeffenkd tj
"Vag% =expected Garman drive,
and on the ferther losses we mnst
itst to nullify theizio4German gains.
*oat be unfair to 1944 If we did
try to set the p.resent battles in
perspective,. and If we tailed thereby
to realize -how tar these .litet. tlivelve
0304034 have brought ua toward the
Achieveinent Of our goals., Let us,
think iniclec-4. bit.
When '1944 began, not a single Allied
Soldler-tdood at .any ,point on the poll'
of Europe north of tbe. Gulf of Gaeta
Or .west of the Pripet Marshes. Hitler
still , dorainapsd the Coetinent. The/
great Anglo-American invasion from
the west. was stal an unattempted.feat,
• task forMidable in its proportione,
terrifying' in' its ria103.* The IteSalans.
still tought deep in their Own territerY
Oilesafeend Sliesk, and tbe, Crimea were,
still. gertaan hands. in Italy-Altled
troops still relight on the unyielding
Cassino Bowe Was German • ter,
ritery. Whether it -could he IMO, rated
without heavy casualties to„ito
population and vast 'destruction -4 Jul
architectural.. treasures Wt10 '4% deeply
aeleure of power l'orce en the prt
of these former underground
atkAs on the groima anch * Prof
cos Is democrats at . Vire slistiet
intend- thet, and If there le an idea we
did,. It merely'Verves to strengthen the
contention that we need nnickly . a
let*e degree of understanding ,orythis
*axe, with. the Other United Nations,
especiallY Britain;' 4-
14‘; Ohre in the New r 0,11.k
WHY PROGRESS IS SLOW
(Written before the, retene Gernum,
offensive, but, not invailtiated therebY4
. 011- the NItefitern',Sigent.
Slowly, ;but Aden' l'eteoriielek94')0AWed
armies 'on the Western grollts have
.grotind'" through. elanOrate Geriaan • ilk.
fensive .positions.„ in Sane caaelf they
have penetrated only OntP0t, linekb
This. is true- prinellXiilY "la OW Oath,
where the Amerlean. Seventh, , and
French „First ,Anales.have.,gained.
inile-
ago mit of .PrOPOrtion te. their Strength.
The. german, yielding In the area fru
Kett 01 the .q,witishatcym,:•call: only :mean
ha they plaOtIAieWer valuation on the
annexcid PrOVincea of Alsace, and Ler'
raine,,whiCh .11O•west the..1thlne. ay*
upon their own. hiatorle territerY- the;
troubling question. • „Perla was in, Germane haVeibeell 1113;WillJeg to yield
littler's" halide, .aver 411'...lielgiuncand a foot or groUnd in the Seer ;tied Reer
Ai-gonaudo- *11--11,110114 -4444,4-44640,- not olor,hveamete- thie region io
Ali, the4,Balkan, Rates. -frenl. kitAkr.i..%aux3,40414.41,4-wawle it Serves
passageway and he, jmniled,
warble.' -
.1:1e aidett•-; lose any time at all but
_said o-$911,--think,---pre-
64inged,',PkiII" I couldn't see a great
deal of change In the lad. .11e, had lost
*boyish giggling and he looked:older
and he had more sense in- what:he
,Inene7..sile„..4.t.. 18 L•14"--1" not verYMUch 'interested in°uslng
°WU igtelr'eeeterne, .,_'4,‘i,P!• tinie-and talents to talk to enipty
:ation;r• ,404,000.y. See .that te'eRe94, se‘ ots”. she ldeclared.' Tans strongly
posthatea and reminiSeent,of.a. scolding the same lady
theia In again would be a 'Piece ofgave at a tTnited oariorrraty,_. at
SOY that Mr-Oiild lead to his *Ire 'UOnesatung., aigh, some twenty Yeitio
,ment. For the fl*erninent to .4,M4., ago. the attendance was not As large
loin:/inalley"'Wing- people to do the as she expected and she expressed her
W011,1 be et1usnY ditiappointraentAn'terma sthit 'did noth:
Tanecessiry public Works, then; Siii* I:4 to comniendher-`0;:t11:4e Vidni.heard
tend tfi.i4cemoiih the country. They her. : liVidently fwAnfv vtnr 111.0re
said, bat.be teemed to ,,be patty nuieli
the, 08,/,,e,._ Tbelx Came r*ht. back
and said, yu and 41..,_‘;‘041yiiig,,,,e.aini_ceili3O:,.'votecnonkthee,,hbenmi. only
'
were just ..,,tne.....xame„, as.*./when.....1-• went
two Pgeine treated me as if I
, That sort of Stiantwvu.• 4ue, $6 he went,
right. ab,east,and explained. "The night
be get off the train they met fihn with
the sleigh and the whple fatniiy was.
In It. Wanted .te-era---back In the
, _
straw. in the box under, the buffalo
robe. The 'family insisted • that he sit
•aup,,on4s,ttelioet.seat . with Ithe heated stones
ie to be.."'intid for, :and -iel*t' for ' done nothing "- to 'ImprOfe the lady's
* 4:t4i8 1:44' P14 "19ieY out °... t--teintter or ,to "red-lice:her estimate of
the, , Pockets :(,),ZtaXPaSiere ..who01114 her own_iniportanee -17,.... ', ,, :
It te'-greatim..adviintage In carrible... — • ..
'. their, .Own oPeratiotts__,.,. instead of I- wh
. ile attention in t''''-nis. country has,
•"11,' ours, suck' trP,re,etbire,:-.1,v°14,41' !ie' !Ill, been centred:I:114114.'4)6n the c•light .on
..,
. 1104:7 „,., ... - . . . '•__-•: _ ,, --- -.1114 :Western /-European -front .7the : ..;
urely-,#,,01.,44$41, cif st 'Ise beyond -
Mei eaniPaign;_ of United' , States ,tree'fp's in
t --otvtottil,----t
rather, to allow. Conditions .___te . be I excellent -'.ProgresN American , forces
-7. * -- , -- .•_ i . ,. .
Oted-that mould give-. •everybodyi Oder General MileArthur haVe7landed
"9-0PieSUlei for 0.0•13)0314e4t; „. XII- ! on Luzon', the main inland of the group,
,
of
';eilib"ate.sellein"'.°r govern.--'' and tile"Wi deslierate. JAPanerie resist -
Olt', control Of iiingsH;with WhIg4 anee may be expected there tan be, no
AU*',q,1444US.ues Would'. have nothing to doubt „of the result. With the Philip.
' .. • . ,‘. .
0, there,should; be a movement . --m--;'ilines cleared of „the,...euelAY;„the---41ext
Wards the almPliikeatien et government, ':* step'.inight be to Formosa, alonoide the
„ , , , . , . , • , . , , , ,
„ lowering -of taxation, and allowing pliinese 'Mainland.. *Already Anieffcan
,• -••••.• ..,.. , . „. , .
, ...., ., „, , . . • _
ri.Vatt• enterprise to employ _its= 'use- bombers are raiding' Formosa and
_ . . . . .
and' profitably to itself And, to ; Tokyo, . 'Japanese airplanes and. ship -
i. , „. .. —
tr.,,*; i•-'9OVernant--,•y1.-ennada I. Piek are being destroYed in wholesale
has -7co-inW_-so:COI-nritexTand;'eXpensive fashien, and material goi,, renewal ' of
1
at *vast sima of, money are required their equipment ranet be running short
ta -keep..it going.,„ *This Means. that 'fiiii With the Nipponese. ' British forces are
people who privide,thentoneY are uSingt advancing in Burma, and altogether. it
e'. Considerable Portion'. of ..theit.,. iinie looks '4:1'4 °nee derniany LS 'finished,
* iinPro.litablY,"-for it takes time to earni it yi.lii ,., not take isag to,. deal with
the : -Money *144 goes tic pay' taxes., Japan. , 'V s'
BUCK, ., it ' eMidit100, IS- intensified; of
*course, in i'''Mrtime+-*'Whenthe War
,. is over an effOrt,:shbuld 'be .made to
s :throW. 04 Some, of the unnecessary and
_ '• "ox*Stve-Maehinery.anit get- back to
fttnOnnte4. 'iiip.'
•-ereate.2.,cendition!--:teg, ; the: pp e?1,.to . bel:making
'WORM NOTES
vire ,have snow..
,
*iit.tra grand thaw it will paaRe 1
The '000141 Session of the -present
Outi(ixo, Legislatureis to - Open- On
rebruarY. iqaHlist tee lath
kot :op eikr0114.0.40)4sioia.:,ofatelitiAea
ht:gtemfor Drew, ' Oppositten Leader
Jiffe and Libera1!1.4eader Hepburn.
• 4 t • *
The Toroato..Star iublislies a. letter
Which. ealls attention to the position of
On 'elderly woman, left a . widoiv; with
anInconie'ef $800 or $900 a year, And:
th,e ..effeet:bf taxation . such -en ifl
come. 'the. writer ''says,
"should* be an 'honorable. time of life,
when.L.,a,.,person..„ who has worked and
.praotiOed' thriftin earning 'Years :Should
entitled to .happiness and comfort
for the .years :remaining, Personal
:taXation .should not .be se high' as tO
prevent young people from :saving -for
the. time .*.hen earning power
will decline and. cease; •.The. ambition
of everyone is not just an old -age
peasion." In -reply.--Theltar.VOlii-W
out - that savings depOgits, in Canada
sho'v-. great increase *since the ' war'
thlsz however, does, not' heip.
The- Pert -,Elgln-Timea -Welcomes- the the elderly person- with
,
news -that the ontario, rtydrco. Power incoMe. .‘,Nar• there ° inuch• comfort
ramirdigdini has plans for the develop- for such a person the p-respeet of
, • .,
-:rae" of poweron the
"!`at , Seine 4,010 , the future".?"' . The 1.1id.peopie "t0 provide pensions, the
TiMes: ' should not Count ' tee Much on -061ect, -Gov6rnmenteihould be to
- .10 over ilitity lighten.- taxation 'so tha:t'periSionswonld
years now 'since . Sir •Adam Beck held not be needed., • •
loutto ,Gederich the prespect of tWenti-
1 power from .the-developmeat POUR.* 0001) ,sortagukt:'
- . , (Sherbrooke DallY.BecOrd)
One of the Most irobressive :Aeries
the present '..'war is. told in an
ASE1OelUte4 Press despatch on how four
;American eheplains When the
Maitland•Riverf. Some time fin
ftitUre croaP.rakan, the, Year '2645.
, seems that. in Some. tiarts of our UieU
*14446, °!'"ed 6101'6 ' „.4-„ tranSpert Dorchester was torpedoedlet•
• Sonthiga 'water shortage, 'and conserve- the icy seas etc *Greenland. The, story'
tlouIsta 44titer plakiag, use of the says • •
trinIte to polut: out tue.bett,dfits Of "'Thee°. who eseaPct' they saw
the, fel* Standing together, handing
treSiganting. and ' etber'' measures te out, litebelt.s .trom, the chest—and, then'
conserve ,moisture.- The todieriation when the chest, Was empty each re -
lots talk convInc1417, and ptiblie °pin: .toeved •his own•-„beit and passed it out,
lon 1a with them s"alminsbattoutteanlia400uesliYii ,p7.110‘`nwgh:o, the. skip r'01;0(1 'for, the final
tile four men, ,repreSenting
tting, their, reeorametillations into. three 'faiths; linked their arms 444
At'anprate, plans' On be Made PraYed together,'
tor° ward tre,6„. The ineldelit happened baek In
g as soon .eide ptieblic4o71113, re3e'euPtly whet the QnlYthweat4tuttitttedde
an tbe siToVier shortage is States, Army's Distinguished Service
• * Cron "was conferred poothunniuSly. on
3,114 y, ba,ve ottotfo Air vice, the tour heroeS--';-Cinrk V. l'oling,4ohn
Aita6hitigton, Alexander Goode
shal A. IC. ,Oorlfrey,„4 retired 4.0. arid George .VOXi ehaldnio gree
43 omcer. as their candidate In the , lieutenant&
North Orey bre-electioll;" making if it happened that Lloot. Poling and.
tight Godfrey, like Got. Vox were Protestants, Lieut. 'Washing!.
, , ton a. Catholic end Limit. 000de a le*.
erxl vglitoe.„ the 00.yornmenr rens /41it they "linked their tiring- and prayed
not Teocip in the together;''' they down 'their. lives
aawl turolly tiaa cotisoyative together, to Halle otberkl.'-iiiid together.
ow of olreo. sound, the:11 inarelied unafraid to the Throne
of (1od. Thev were his soldiers. .
Prefedieth 1
'
electors Too many Judge right frenl wrong,
Int I'm the basis ,t,f Ithi 0 best.
When they get home ',they Wouldn't
let him go to the barn to help tint the
Mani away. . -lritek hid the good spring
mattieSs, oft the Spare -bed on :his bed..
They had rolutt 'chicken the- next day
and ,his:_plate_was_lciaded-wit uwhite,
meat.' What was inore,.: the d' a;
.white • tablecloth on-,'''''""ltr- . he knew.
perfectly well that always ate off
table ;covered with oilcloth_ except
when, company Was present. . •
Jack was worried because they were
'treating 'himlike company. The rest
of the folks tiptoed 'around in the ,
morning se_ as net to 'wake hini
when he *anted to 'got back into his 4.
overalls,' and go Outand help with the
chores. There, Wal$ a' -wholez,string of
company and Jack shpped away last
Sunday just to miss' an uncle :Who,
'woidd keep *plying hini With questions
about hiswar experience. . .
There ivasnt mixeh I could tell
He didnrt want to object, ' because "
folks- werild' be hnrt, andjet he wanted
more:than anything else to be treated
Just ; like mie -of the family . . and,
not like a visitor.
Danube .: to": the ;Aegean 'Sea; 4rghed netz4' buiferfoctlie° seesittve: -Inclustr
etAtthitelfill'enta--et:thei'' lint& Alfa' t•Ile
soldier, . complex eommuniOatien lines radiat-
the " paelf(C7 trho, distances 'whieh., Ing from Cologne anckPiiisburg. •
separated- tis froin - the other eltadel. - With the whole front In inotion, the
,of AXIS power, were iminensely great. Germans ,have been4empslied to. vim,
We held . Guadalcanal. We had -taken sider Retteg Presented the main,
Tarawa, with. licavy losses. We were threat-,-,whi vow teci. 94e wikszim
fighting successfully „in New' Guinea, Allies were 'seeking.. O. effect a' Major
But inneii mere than a thousand •rniles
of blue water Jay between us and the
RhilipPiries. The JapaneSe. fleet .was
st&fl.formidable.'s Truk • 'stood as an
a9Pareutiy-irreducible Gibraltar in the
pathwity.. of. our -.progress. An, 14014
base ,so near japan .tisSaiPan- seemed
'distant ;dream. 4114 on, **AmeriCan
airman - had ever carried the. wat to
the enemy on the broad wings
For Alie"P.i0grek' We 'have made in
theke twelve- inonths...we have- paid"
gre4.t.,,PriCe! The lengthening ..casualty
liat,s :ten, the story of young live0ost,
bodies„mainiecl, the heartbreak of those
ter' vvin;$14., there will he,11.0 110nieePnlin$
'soldier. • But that progress ; has • been
made; ,i,rast: obstacles:, everconiff and the
.„ .
force of avenging 'justice 'brought 'far.
closer, to the evil 'men who. made :,this
_Nevatkr—it iolaitrennac414e4)1110n44--;--,t,whertilredceoerp_d.-to,.-1.Vv-i4e;
in, the young men Who, Went to battle
o ' ,-Profefind-linrailityln7the face
of their great heroism,. thankfulness
for ,what they have accomplished and
. firm' resolve to give, them in the
new .year the full support - to ' which
they, are entitled. Let us pledge. our-
selves to. build an the *sacrifices they
have made for us a peace strong enough"
o do them' honor. •
• —Tile New York.:__Thnes
CLIPPINGS
-. ORIGIN OuFrionOn. EidNe. 001. :in
Mrs. Westfield, from. the
Old Land, • tells , us how Boxing Day
Originated.' It seenk that ' earlier
days boys Were apprenticed to a 'trade'
for-se-Ven-yearsr---They :lived.' with,: their'
boss . and probably got no • pay or .. at
least very little. The day after' Christ-
mas these lads were allowed to .gO
around and, -visit, all -,their-customers
and ask . for a Christtrias box. In
later years this was taken
Over by the postman, .the lanipllghter;
the milkman And all. the others who
had 8erved,,faithfully :throughOtit the
Year. §o, asking' •fer a- .,Qhristmas box.
became Both* Day, s
WITIAT AB01.4 RATIONS?
(Pord_wich RecerciL
—TFC;hithThri-Tfo.-
more reasen to recall. this vveeks storm
than. hat of Mr. and MrS. Ira,'Schaefer,
near. loordwich.• On NeW. 'Year's Day
they, ./entertained 'Members of 'gra.
Schaefer's side:, of the family,. to the-
\
lumber' of thirty-seven, trnable toget
,to „their. respective . homes that night,
the problem Of sleeping accommodation
Va-S-Iriiiiifer-Orte7firfier.re was *UV
accomplished in shifts. •„Soine- of the.
guests got home on Tuesday, but the
last couple, bad to wait until 4 plow
anti through Thursday ..rabroing.
• • A
' ROY xS - AGAIN
..,,(Kincardine News)
One of- the happies men- In this
.district Is Roy Mae euzie .111p1
orchestra leader. Over the holiday he
lest his• saXeplione,• one. ot the Many
instruments on whieli he is :versatile,
and. feared that the Storni . vvidph fol-
lowed inight'have caused. Its.permenent.
lloweVer, the missing instru-
,ment wa,s, . found In the nick 01! time by
CarsonS , ' h e eittise 1
of 111aeltenziels joy.
^
ONE. REASONABLE '44pgicops
, .4 OPINION . •
With their biggest task the' winning
of the wary' it is a dismal. sight to see
Washington . -and London • getting
loggerlieads -It la*regrettabie
and great efforts shonld be made* to
prevent its continuance and its repeti-
tion. . . " " • •
It the Itnited States .'etifilrgive a.
breakthrough., FIeId Marshal .von
ilnidstedt 1041 his able 0,10 . of staff,
General, „Westphal, • have shown
extra-
ordlnary 'skill, iz tieing this 'probleM,
1141.xey.,have.,used their reServes,sparingt
ly; ,anclo-:soineviduit- ithrrtiallYx aleng
the\more northerly, spot rs of the front
(-from the Sear to. the Maas): They
have gesisted,.the temptation to throw
reserves Into the,Algatian,sector, Which,
they *were prepared to yield. •under
moderate Pressure: ' ”
TiolgVever, the'. front Is so: long that
the ',Admittedly, limited • German re-
serves -niust{,be used with great .skiU
and selectivity, as between -the several
northern sectors: To;,. avoid nnv poS;
cautieus von Rundstedt- (pOw freed, It
would seem, of interference from the.
intuitive Hitler) has simply, refrained
fr.onr--M4kine•-:.•cominitments, He ha
avoided, In ,other wordecothe -strategic
trip' prepared for hini hv th nature:
of making mistak the
wild -Anted° 8upieme 'comma:119 0-1-'
Allied- newsnepermen „and -dprinan
.conithentators have fallen into' the trap
iif fair numbers. 1» the ease of, the
latter, it may be part Of a pr
paganda design, but that . is certainly
:not the '''Cas'e with Allied newspaper..
Fascinated by meMories ef the
rapid advance by some *armies .After
,the break -through' in 'Prance, .they have
been trying, to foreshadow
break -through at the .)itirdera of the
Reich, and,to pick the plaice •vvhere--it
would occur. They would have done
their readers 4 'grepter service if they
had:* recognizecl--elearly„,7-and had em-
-PbaSizek-tlie -possibility that. General
Eisenhower .is not. seeking a,break
.
tbtrough:iin: that sense, It :would -Avail
. ,
iittie to accupy German territory
pledge that It ---,Would remain active in after quick. break -through, and to
European polities far an Indefinite lesYs bPtitud 'him a Powerful German
eriod we would have a different situ -
tion fromWhat we have. The liritiSh
o not believe that we will maintain an
ctlie Interest' in Europeen ' .politics
von during the period . of post.war
Ointments. ' ' So. doubtless M.
hurchill feels a certain:Obligation, to
oak. out*. for Britain's infeirests. . . . .
Vida such 'Oink if ever, that trWorld'
erganilatier4.--41ta1izetl•-•and4 'eleriklai
n Operation, the British feel it is to
heir 'interests to oecupY. a ,strong posi-
ion* in , as . much of Europe as they can.
erteiely- it, is no secret 'that -they. do•
Ot Wish Russia to cloniirotte down to
he Mediterranean and.. west • to • the
tlantic. :.,-.'- .?..4fr'
* a ' ' q ,
it•-.' not/ for ,be Contended- that this*
epresente .11 hidden And , secret Plot
y the British; Was it not agreed at
he 'Quebec Conference that the British.
Calm Greece? What for? ' ' *
So It IS, not difficult to see that the
PI fish, -have _...s ma e ..,,deubt8--about -. our
Osition that: 'democratic , processes- be
hewed to work their way. There is
ome analogy between the status Of
manilla and tfiestatus of Italy. Both
reformer enemy 'countries'Which have
pen -beaten.- We - aek-a- hand-off nab: -
tilde on,rtaly when the. British try
o Min* Rome again,st,the 'appoint.
..ORt.e.KA.V.414110..v..4e..#01,jilre ....But.
hat have we, said about whet is..going
it la Rumania?, is there a free goy.'
rarnent, selected by desio,eratie pro-
e,ses, in, Ituinania which, is. occupied
y another ally of Ours?. .
And Mr. Cliurchili docs make* a,. point
hen„ he asks if the invasion of A.thens,
alnst" a :government recegolipdf by
he United Nations, by, bands of E.A.M.
orces seeking, to. take by . force,
*
epresents a proeesa of acY; it
an, of course, be erg that the
British are •supperthim.e.,,, verinnent
b,ey like and for their., Own reasons.
et . over against that 4; strong, ease
an be made out in 'favor of preserving
FOWL 'FLEit
rpr 89)
It xt, r but W
(CheideY Vtit&
ever 4Mire. A Jar- in
ton family bad ordered a '0080 for f
Christiags, but it didn't arrive, so they ti
killed three of • their Chickens. That le
gay the goose eame, and the sena) day T
erman invaders, 'Wit With, the invadere
rder until IL government can he proper;
y chosen by ..the Greek people. -
In air the countries' Whielf
,had• been
°coupled by the • Gerinaus *there, were
eveloped 'impertant underground
oVenlents. "This. was, eSpeclellY true
13/ranee, Greece and Belgium. These
erees were ebbed by ' the 'United, Na..
ons, largely .by Ifrilain, and; to :
aser degree, by the Ilaited States.
hey did vAllant work' . against , the
it furniture emptily there 'gave Itt-.
gone ntanY•faetions of the underground
employees chickens. as a Chrittmas
preSentsand the flag, Sen and daugli-
ter, all of whom Work In th18 plant,
each got another eiticken. And here
We are, chewing" away atsoup-bones:
There ain't no justice. Oness We%
vote c.ar,
AND WOULDN'T IT BE WORTH
• BEADING! s
(St. Marys Journal -Argun)
An old -boy living- out West wrote
to• the old liome newspaner:.'Muclooed
please find two dollars for your paper
the coming year.; Moe fifty cents,
extra, for which please sit down and
write me rine of the new* you'
Our ehlkiren take 'MO
*rivet we/ are then of
ittt*.
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Imbed to keep their*. arms and they
!shed- to keep 'them or 'political rea-
On. There is certainly created a ..YerY
mportant issue of whether they.should
. allowed to 40 Ao ,arid . thus mennee
o Provfolonal Governtnents , In clues --
On, ,
It was nip and tuck for quite 0 few
eeket for °metal de Gaulle, whose
uthority the 'United States was ri,so late
recognliing. While melt of . tbe
derground has tone Into, the regular
rxerich.° Army, the job is not .eomplete
y any' means. In Belgium It was the •
mitolg,ts of armed undergroutulforecli
blob were put down by the British,
ad that under- the •autheriti of Geo.
1 Moen weir. in Greece It is Os
1 11 nly not 'the Purpose of
• Ant to tAncourato tih
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to
rinY..re iS, not the same advent,
. , ,
age to be, derived-,from.,the.speedy oc-
caliatIoa tt levier territory.. at; .there
• was f, fr014 speedy, liberation of
Freneli soll.. , It is 43011, true, no matter -
how bromidic . it may seem, that. the.
onlY
4.4
Oct
rt
ally.
• The
telling- ti*
fella is from
Mr. urthill ',luta suggested
ror the defeat a
Agit to two
Oetemarky
'about the same length 'et
warnings are based, the unreana
,ablis feet* of reeht
op . -the Wgro
tare., an
IxtrXt100
needed tOg l'her
will prove. false only Aleitei'Vlrown
away her .wholst,-.
eondftionalOntrandep-kir,
anniversary epeech mewls
wiU take peeltive *Otto*
Rven if :the *whole 'fleet were dis-
posed of, the ° ..destruntion the
Japanese naviciVuld, m0a4 make the
invasken mossible; it bi the, 11* con-
dition, not the, goarautee,''' of succoni;
*or can we e.,,,*peet the nglita of
"Open, wile were'. ,fool!stk One 41' to
plunge their country, 100' wo#
and who can ,hardlYi 01c9eet surViTe
defeat,- agree to aurrOnd,br '''hetbre
their homeland ravaged bt' 000444
and occupied by terce • . -
We arkroughly In the Seine stagniin
the., pacl6e war we were ; in the
Enropean struggle When the Tardelan
.tamPiign: Wae„..ahant,z.over, Japan is
Mere ,voinerable than Is IdteriaanY .in
the degree of. her reliance , upon 'sea.
torainunleatiOnat. suera
comparatively more when replied
her naval strength. But in Europe we
had Great trite.* 44 lig4tink; 4n(1.
invasion7 2111-VVtitlit-te Sedate
and develop„a Staging area. -for the llual
assault. Open Japan, ,Gu it we
have to build roade, railways, -docking.
facilities, 'factories; warehouses, even
living quarters. All ,the inater, for
Such ' area 'will. have to 'De trans,
ported many thousands of' miles. It. is
not, as Admiral, Young pointed out,
pretty piCture,..-
The amazing thing is that we have
eonie • as far as we :have In so' abort
time. The . increase Of :atir' naval
tortes isintlf the story. When FranCe
fell,' we had 883 combatant shipsr-45
battleships; airgraft carriers,. ,47;
Cruisers, 225 destroyers, and 100 Sub.
marines, Today we have '1155 combat!,
ant Shills, :40,000 , landing, 'craft; .5,000'.
smaller Vessels and, 24;000 aircraft.
The .total- of Combatant ships ''inclutles.
23 battleships, -23 large carriers, '05 .
escort Carriers, and twice.,as manY
de-
styoyers and .:§Inbrearines as wo•had In
1040. "1"here are well. Over three mil-
lion
Men navy. ' ' • ' •
The. landings the Philipnirtes'-are
the beginning ,Of the hard. road'. ahead.
but Also- the' -Allitsk:inf-leng7inenths.,:of-
"carefUl_P.r..epaiation and'Adttet ftglitingz
—The Atlantic Monthly .(13eston),-
Let's give oni', government all our
best thinking; not Ant a piece of- our
Ind •
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'•onreeivers
faith
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national and in
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