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The Brussels Post, 1943-1-13, Page 7VOICE OF It -1E PRESS RESS ONLY TkIE BEGINNING Before this wax is over it is more than probable that our ing standards will be so drastically .changed that not a single person in Canada but will realize what sacrifice really means. We al'e only just at the beginnin;.:. We have to go a long way yet before we shall catch up with our fellow - citizens in Britain ---if, indeed, we ever do. The One fact we have to keep ever before us, day by day, is that, no matter what sacri- fice we are called upon to snake, we must be ready to make it, and willing to fee(' it. That way alone victory lies. —Petrone Advertiser -'topic WINNING .ONE RACE Tho Italians are reported in the van of the enemy retreat in Africa. When the British cut off a section of Marshal Rommel's army, it is understood most of those in the trap were Germans, The Italians had gone on ahead, getting out in front in the race to the rear. The Italians have to show some prowess on the battlefield, so they are running faster than the Roche. —Windsor Star —0— WITH A CAPITAL "M" 1» Retailers' Bulletin the W, P. T. B. spells it "Schicklegruber"; in a recent Victory Loan adver- tisement the Department of Fi- nance had it "Schickelgruber"; Hitler's oldman used to spell it e Schicklgrubei" — but actually the Fuehrer's' name is niud. —Fort Erie Times -Review — 0— A YOUNG OLD ONE .9 It may be hard to get a. boy as a helper here but what must It be in Cardiff, Wales, when this placard was placed outside 70 shop: "Boy wanted, not over "? —St. Thomas Times -Journal — e— T{-IE OLD DAYS We can remember the time when "shortage" only meant that the cashier had skipped out with conte funds. —Brandon Sun —0— CHEER UP! Don't let the price of butter upset you. It can be made from grass. All you need is a cow and es churn. —Chatham News —0--- SUGAR e-_SUGAR BORROWING Remember when you could slip in next-door and borrow a cup of sugar? —Stratford Beacon -herald • —0— TWO EXTREMES You can't think on a low level and live on a high plane. —Kitchener Record Liquid resin is being produced in Sweden and will be used in many ways. WISHFUL WAAC There's something about. a -sot. diet, even hh feminine one, Mrs,. Burma Lee Taylor evidently fig•, med. Police say she .got. herself' a trim -looking uniform and teent: about impersonating a WAAC. She's shown above 'in custody i:t• Atlanta; whore FBI o fieials are Molding her for investigation. PIGGY -BACK 'POSSUM The lazy fellow astride his pal's bac t has had most of Auckland, N. Z., in stitches because he even dines on his favorite perch- so that • his fellow opossums cannot snitch his dinner. THE UNCONQUERABLES "THE DAY IS COMING—" Janek, for so we shall call him, was a child of the mountains. But as 0 youth he had developed a mechanical turn, and when 1930 rolled round, the little shepherd boy was no longer recognizable in the city chaueur, who was then further transformed into an avi- ation mechanic. When, after weeks of desperate fighting, the Polish forces had to surrender, Janek be- came a prisoner of the Germans, from whom he escaped to Soviet territory, and then to Warsaw, There personal tragedy awaited him. His home had been bombed to rubble and his family killed. Although not recognized as an escaped prisoner -of -war, his free- dom was shortlived. The Reich had need of laborers. Janek was strong and excellent for farm work, the Germans judged—though Janek did not tell them so—and 80011 he found himself hired out as forced labor on a German farm. M * • To the German authorities, the Pole was a serf and they quite overlooked the possibility .of his being clever, He laughed as he told the Warsaw lady to whom he had come with a letter from her husband in the Reich, about his "service" to his "employers"; how he, a peasant child, familiar from infancy with farm animals and lanae tools, had played the clumsy fool. How he could never remene ber to feed•the cows at the proper time and ruined the milk supply; how he wrecked the wagon and ruined farm tools. In short, how he spoiled everything he touched. * * * Thus because of his apparent inability to clo anything right and the damage he did, he was pro- nounced worthless and returned to Poland, Back on his native soil, he suddenly was no longer the rustic, heavy-handed bungler. The light which he had so carefully shielded during his labors in Ger- many, came back in his eyes. So it was that Janek joined the underground army which is malttpg ready for the "day that is com- ing"—working stolidly, waiting impatiently hoping for the orders that will say that the moment is at hand. "For," he firmly asserted, "the day is coming when 'they' will lack the iron they hurled at us and without it they are worth nothing. Then one of us will handle a dozen of them." —Christian Selenee Monitor. Never Again The "Never Again" Association of Great Britain defines its pro- gram as follows: "Never again must the German people he allowed to organize for War; "Never again must we win a war and lose the peace; "Never again must we sign any Treaty with any German Govern- ment until the German people have proved that they can honor their pledges and behave as good ' neighbors; "Never again must the British be caught napping; "Never again must the secur- ity of this country and the lives of our children be jeopardised be- cause of a mistaken tenderness to brutes; - "Never again roust we listen to the lies of Germany's friends in our midst; "Never again must we rely on anything but. our own strong arm. and that 'of our proved friends." LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher 1Q /1 1, 11Pt h Y " t�!r' ® 'Iart' t �, ,a"" ®t„Ohs /'t' 1/11" It, ,llh,ih 110/11"111////f. AAE14'4.1' "Mom caught him burying one of her biscuits." THE WAR • WEEK — Commentary on Current Events Rising Power Of United Nations Marks The Turning Of The Fide In Janttury of 1072 the days were dark for the Chlted Nations in the Ilse, nun was there much cheer in the West, says a writes' in the New York Times. The wave of egngt:ert unieashe,l at Pearl 1larbor was hew Ing toward its high-water mark. The Red Army and the realise Winter of the atoppee were beating against the Wehrmaeht, but Marshal Rommel in Libya and U-boats in American coastal waters were striking pow- erful blows. Everywhere the Al- lies fought desperately for time— time to mobilize latent power, to co-ordinate separate efforts, to catch up in preparation with their enemies. The outline of the Allied plan took shape. 1n the nililtary field the task was to hold basic fronts- a strong line in Russia, a bastion in Britain, a new Pacific defense anchor in Australia. In the pro- duction field a wartime goal was set by President Roosevelt for the • world's mightiest industrial ma- chine. In the diplomatic field, the informal alliance of the anti-ag- greaser nations became the form- al pact of the United Nations, pledged to common victory. February It was Japan's month again. The dominating event was the fall of Singapore, the mighty anchor of the Allied defense line stretching across the Eastern seas to Pearl Harbor. March The Rising Sun touched the zenith of it conquest in Java, Bur- ma and the Australian islands, In a little more than three months the aggressors in the East hues won 1,000,000 square miles of ter- ritory inhabited by more than 100,000,000 people. They held the world's most important sources of rubber, tin, quinine and hemp, as well as rich oil fields, inexhaust- ible supplies of foodstuffs, valu- able iron, wolfram, manganese and copper deposits. They were bol- stered now for a long struggle. The Allied world could only hope that the battles in Oceania and Asia were wearing down the Japanese, that the campaign in Russia was sapping German pow- er. It cried for a shift from de- fensive to offensive strategy. The cry was premature. America's fac- tories and training camps—the weight that might turn the battle —were still mobilizing for total war. April The greatest developments were on America's production front. In the words of Donald Nelson, Am- erica's production chief, "the decks had been cleared." The auto in- dustry was the symbol. It had com- pleted the ripping out of great Peacetime conveyor belts, had in- stalled machines to make guns, tanks and planes. Now full-scale 'production was in sight. On the battlefields the Allies held grimly to delaying actions. The delaying in the Philippines drew to a close; Bataan fell to the Japanese, the severest defeat ever suffered by the United States overseas. Only in the air were por- tents bright. The bombing of To- kyo and the heavy raids on Germ- any's Baltic shore were evidence of mounting Allied air power. May Both sides were girding for a new phase of the global conflict. The aggressors struck the Iirst blow. A, Japanese thrust, aimed either at Australia or the Pacific supply line between America and the' Antipodes, was beaten back sharply in the Coral Sea. But the German thrust took shape as Hit- ler's most grandiose, a colossal pincers' drive, one arm through Southern Russia, the other through Egypt, to the foodstuffs and oil .of .the Caucasus and the Middle East. "In the East," the Fuehrer bad said, "tine decision will fall." He bad to hurry. The shipyards of America were now launching two vessels a. day to ferry muni- tions and men to the world's battle -fronts. The big bombers were shuttling over to England, where commanders spoke confi- dently of 1,000 -plane raids on the Beloit. The subjugated million in the Axis realm were stepping up Bluey and Curley of the Anzacs Do You STILL FEED 1 t MASCOT ON Dots-• BiSCuiTS , BLUE // the tempo of she silent battle of the underground. June Phis he the month of drama, though tlhe drama did net burst upon the world until a day in' November. In the White Howie at Washington President Roosevelt and Primite Minister Churchill dis- cussed "tire war', 1110 conduct 01 the war and the winning of the war." Tray talkers against a grim background. The iVnl,rnhacht was battering the last redoubts of Sevastopol and surging tuw•ard the Don. The Af- rica Corps took Tobruk and swept deeply into Egypt. Despite hard counterblows—he Red Army's fierce rchi ranee, the R. A. P.'s snassivtt raids on the Rhineland, the Amerr,:an Navy's great victory off Midway --the United Nations were still losing. Such was the cheerless canvas of the global conflict as the two leaders reached a momentous de- cision. They decided on a grand offensive to be launched in 1942. It was designed to win North At- riea as a prelude to attack on the Axis domain in Europe. In utmost secrecy orders went out for the start of immense preparations. July Not since German cannon were heard ih Moscow's suburbs had Russia's peril been so grave. The panzers rumbled again at Blitz pace. Thirty thousand square miles of fertile steppe were put behind them within the month, and they were rolling hard through the Donside's feather grass, its rye and wheat, its old Cossack villages, toward the Vol- ga and the Caucasus. If Hitler could command the lower banks of Russia's "Mother River," if he could seize the Caucasus, a ter- rible, perhaps mortal, blow would be inflicted on the Soviet. Major oil resources would be lost, the southern route of supply from the outer world via Iran and the Cas- pian would be severed. The burden of battle lay still on the broad back of the Red Army, and though the cry went up for a eecond front to ease tae load it was yet in vain. The British were hard pressed to stop Rommel some seventy utiles from the Nile Delta. The United States needed more time to mobilize. But, be- hind the' visible scene, weapons front the American mass -produc- tion lines were moving overseas and with them were going masses of troops. August Most Americans had never heard of Guadalcanal. They learn- ed quickly, after the marines ar- rived, about its strategic place in the Southwestern Pacific. Au air- field hacked out of its coconut groves by the Japanese could com- mand approaches to Australia and the supply line between the Un- ited States and the smallest con- tinent. When the Americans seiz- ed it, they blunted the farthest prong of Japan's advances in Oc- eania and changed the tide of battle in one corner of the .'Gast. The Solomons action was im- portant, spectacular and hearten- ing, but the first front was still Russia. And in Russia the focus was Stalingrad. 14te Wehrmacht pushed toward the key city on the Volga and toward the epic battle that may stand as the Verdun of World War II. Russia, more than ever, wanted a second front, It fell upon Prime Minister Churc- hill to tell Joseph Stalin that an invasion of Europe could not be promised for 1942. Instead, the British and Americans would seek to divert German strength by an attack on North Africa. September To sieg-heiling followers in Ber- lin's Sportspalast the Fuehrer de- clared: "We Hurst hold everything and wait to see who tires soon- est." His words were a significant admission. Hie grand drive for the, East had fallen short. In the Pacific the initiative also seemed to be slipping from Japa nese hands. October Powerful Allied action—in the Solomons, across Egypt—held the stage. On the battlegrounds the most cheering news came from the Solo - 1110114, . wherea formidable Japan nese fleet . was repulsed by the American Navy. Reports were fay. orable, too, from - Alamein, where tho British were battering Rome owl's fortifications. November . The whole-Ooatplezlon of the war changed. As the Americans splashed ashore in North Africa, the mo• mentoua decision taken in the White House in June, the great. secret preparations of Summer and Call, Wore revealed. A major diversion had been created . to re- lieve Russia, a ring of steel w"at being .forged around Germany. The crucial turn in World War IT seem- ed at band, Hitler's reaction was strolig and essentially defanelve. He di paiclh•. ed troops to Tunisia, key 10 the Central Mediterranean, Ile oecw pied all France and snatched for the fleet at Toulon, only tc see it go down, self -scuttled. He and the Duce had to put Aside the dream of a marell to the Nile. December Everywhere the United Nations were On the move or dealing of- fective blows—in North Africa, .la Russia, in the air over Germany, in Oceania and in Burma. They were activating overseas prance for a powerful role. They were uh- dermining Italian resistance with bombs and propaganda. Germany; and Japan were far from ,beaten; it seemed certain that they were - girding to wrest back the initia- tive. But they were much nearer to being beaten than at the Year's start, SCOUTING... One of Canada's busiest men, Jackson Dodds, has retired as Gen- eral Manager of the Bank of Montreal. Although holding one of the most important administra- tive banking positions in the, coun- try, Mr. Dodds has always found time for an active interest in the Boy Scouts Association, being. chairman of the finance commit- tee of the Canadian General Conn.. cil. Mr. Dodds will continue to take an active interest in the Bo? Scouts. * * Former Scout leader's, now on active service, continue to give service to Scouting. The Nova Scotia Provincial Council reports that Don Lopees of the R.C.A.P., former Scoutmaster of St. Cath- arines, gives six nights a week to assisting, troops in the Maritimes, while Pat Evans, a former Que- bec leader, has made 13 visits to Maritime Troops. The two airmen also conducted a Ieaders' training course at Sydney, N. S. * * * Boy Scouts of Great Britain player no small part in producing the greatest harvest in British history this past summer. Boy Scout Troops all over the nation operated "Dig for Victory" gar- dens, and raised thousands of tons of vegetables for home consump- tion. Canadian Scouts supplied then with 1,000 pounds of garden seeds. * * * Boy Scouts of the Punjab, In- dia, are mourning the tragic death of one of the world's greatest Scouts, Wing Commander H. W. Hogg, C.I.E., O.B,E., Commis- sioner for the State of Punjab. Commissioner Hogg built up the organization in that state from a few thousand boys to more than 100,000. He was killed by dis. grunted Ghandi followers, to- gether with his son, while journey. ing to his Air Force post. Com- missioner Hogg did as much as any man in India to break down the barriers of caste, and scores of his Boy Scout Troops had a mem- bership cotnpoied of boys of' all castes. * * * Dr, George I. Christie, Presi- dent of the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph, told a recent rally of Boy Scout leaders in To- ronto that the war has roubed ' Canada of many of its brightest young men, and thus it becomes essential that the Boy Scouts be adequately tr'ained to shoulder the heavy burdens that lie ahead` Facing a salt shortage, . South Africa is making it from brine pumped from shallow pits, "Tough on the Dog" BREAK IT DOWN,' WF_ CANT AFFORD DOG BISCUITS ANY MORE # By Gurney (Australia)