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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1943-01-07, Page 7VOICE O F THE D D R E S S ONLY THE BEGINNING Before this war is over it i More than probable that out liv- ing standards Will be so drastically changed that net a single person in Canada but' will realize what sacrifice' really means. We are only just et the beginning. We have to go along way yet before we shall catch upwith our fellow- citizens in Britain --41, indeed, we ever do, The one fact we have to keep ever before us, day by day, is that, .no matter what semi - flee we are called upon to make, we must be ready to, make it, and willing to face it. That way alone victory lies. Petrolia Advertiser -Topic WINNING ONE RACE The Italians are reported in the van of the enemy retreat in Africa. When the British cut off 4 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 Boehe. —Windsor Star -0_ WITH A CAPITAL "M" In Retailers' Bulletin the W. P. T. B spells it "Sehieklegruber"; in a recent Victory Loan adver- tisement the Department of Fi- nance had it "Schickelgruber"; Hitler's old man used to spell it "Sehicklgruber" — but actually the Fuehrer's name is mud. —Fort Erie Times-Review —0-.-.- A YOUNG OLD ONE 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 THE OLD DAYS We can remember the time when "shortage" only meant that the cashier had skipped out with some funds, —Brandon Sun —o— CHEER UP! Don't let the price of. butter upset you. It can be made from grass. All you need is a cow and a churn. —Chatham News —0— SUGAR BORROWING Remember when you could slip in next-door and borrow a cup of sugar? —Stratford Beacon -Herald —0— TWOXE TREMES 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 sol. dim, ,even a feminine one, Mrs Burma Lee Taylor evidently fig.: tired. Police say she got herself a trim -looking uniform and, went about ' impersonating . e WAAC, She's shown above in custody at Atlanta, where F13I officials arc Belding her for investigation. P'IGG'Y' -BACK '.POSSUM The lazy yellow astride his pal's bac!: has had most of Auckland, N. L„ in stitches because he even dines on his favorite perch so that his fellow opossums cannot snitch his dinner. THE UiNCONQUERABLES , "THE DAY IS COMING—" Janek, for so we shall call hien, was a child of the mountains, Bat as a youth he had developed a mechanical turn, and when 1939 rolled round, . the little shepherd boy was no longer recognizable in the city chauffeur, who was then further transformed into an avi- ation mechanic. When, after weeks of desperate fighting, the Polish forces had to surrender, .Janek bo - 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 - dem 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 soon he found himself hired out as forced labor on a German farm, „ * * * To the German authorities, the Pole was a serf and they quite overlooked the possibility of his being clever. He laughed ds he told the Warsaw lady to whom he had conte 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 farm tools, had played the clumsy fool. Flow he could never remem- ber to feed the cows at the proper time and ruined- the milk supply; how he wrecked the wagon and ruined fna,m tools. In short, how he spoiled everything he touched. w 5 5 Thus because of his apparent inability to do 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 bit eyes. So it :was that Janek joined the underground army which is malting 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 ns and without it they are worth nothing'. Then one of us will handle. a dozen of them." —Christian Science Monitor. Never Again The "Never Again" Association of Great Britain defines its pro- gram as follows: ' "Never again must the German peaple be allowed to organize for war; "Never again must we win a way 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 must 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 Neper I{r.'11lI1tc I„,/l/11 ,. l- / 4 V 11rr r �i • , idle i 11, I' llr ,/1r ,111, /ny.r ir. 1„1!1 q '+q r .0+1 �1.•iI S R R ,--12ED el41e/a4 "Mom caught him burying one of her biscuits.” Blaney and Curley of the Anzacs Do You STILL FEED, I'W MASCOT ON DOG • BISCUITS, BLUE THE WAR = WEEK -- Carnmentary op eurfept Evt`nts'. using Power Of United Nations Marks The Turning Of The Tide 10 January of 1942 the days the tempo of the silent battle of wore dark for the United Nations in. the !blast, nor was there much cheer in the West,' says 51 writer in the I\tew, York ".times, The wxvo of conq'r,est urtleashed at pearl Harbor •lits flowing toward its high-vratcr mark, The iced Army and cite terrible Winter of the steppes were beating ugalust the Wehr'mttclrt, but Marshal Rommel in Libya and U -boars in American coastal waters were striking pow- erful blows. Everywhere the Al- lies fought desperately for time— time to, mobilize latent power, to 0o -ordinate separate efforts, to catch up in preparation with their enemies, The outline' of the Allied plan took situps,' Ll the military 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- gressor nations' became the form- al pact of the United Nations, pledged to common victory. February It was Japan's month again. Tice dominating event was the fall of Singapore, the mighty anchor of the Allied defense line stretching across the Easterh 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 bad 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 Wright turn the battle —were still mobilizing for total war. April The greatest developments were on America's production front. In the wards of Donald Nelson, Am- erica's production chief, "the decks had been cleared." The auto in- dustry was the symbol, It had coin. 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'ou 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 first 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 thorough Egypt, to the foodstuffs and oil of the Caucasus and the Middle East. "In the East," the Fuehrer had said, "the decision will fall," He had to harry. The shipyards of America were now launching two vessels a day to ferry muni- tions unitiaras 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 Reich. The subjugated millions in the Axis realm were stepping up "Tough on the Dog" BREAK IT DOWN, WE CANT AFFORD DOCs, BISCUITS ANY MORE 1 the undor'gr'ountl, J une This Is the month of drama, though the drama did not burst Rion the world until a day in November, in the White House at Washington President Roosevelt and Prince Minister Churchill dis- cussed "the war, the conduct of the war and the winning of the war." They talked against a grim background, The Wehrnracht was battering the last redoubts of Sevastopol and surging toward the Bon. The Af- rica Corps took Tobruk and swept deeply into Egypt. Despite bard counterblows—tile Red Army's fierce resistance, the R. A. F.'s massive raids on the Rhineland, the American 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 Af- rica as a prelrrde 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 i'n 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 ansa 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 loot, 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 second front to ease the load it was yet in vain. The British were hard pressed to atop Rommel some seventy miles from the Nile Delta. The United States needed more time to mobilize. But, be- hind the visible scene, weapons from the American mass-produe- tion lines were moving overseas and with them were going masses of troops. August Most Americans had never beard of Guadalcanal. They learn- ed quickly, after the marines ar- rived, about its strategic place in the Southwestern Pacific. An 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 East, The Solomons action was im- portant, spectacular and hearten- ing, but the first front was still Russia. And in Russia the focus was Stalingrad, The 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 -!roiling followers in Ber- lin's Sportspalast the Fuehrer de- clared: "We met hold everything and wait to see who tires soon- est" His words were a significant admission. His grand drive for the East brad fallen short. In the Pacific the initiative also seemed to be slipping from Japa- nese hands, October Powerful Allied action—in the Solomon, across Egypt—held the stage. On the battlegrounds the most cheering news came from the Solo - mons,, where' a formidable ,lapa, nese fleet, was repulsed by the American Navy,. Reports were fav- orable, too, from Alamein, where the British wore battering Rorn- mel's fortifications, November The whole complexion of the war changed. As the Americans 'splashed ashore In North Africa, the MO. mentous decision taken in the White House in June, the great secret preparations of 'ti'a'rnmer•. and Fall, were revealed, A major diversion had been created to re- lieve Russia, a ting of stool w n being forged around Germany, The crucial tutu in 'World War 11 seem- ed at hand,. Hitler's reactionwas strong anti esseutially defensive, 110 diapntelt- ed troops to Tunisia, key to the Central Mediterranean, He °occu- pled all France and snatched for the fleet at Toulon, only to nee ' it go dawn, self -scuttled, Ho and the Duce had tq put aside the dream of a march to the Nile December Everywhere the United Nations were on the move or dealing ef- fective blows—hi North Africa, in Russia, in the air over Germany, in Oceania and in Burma. They were activating overseas !mance for a powerful role, They were sib-. dermining Italian resistance with bombs and propaganda. Correany 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 lien- 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 felt' an active interest in the Boy Scouts Association, being chairman of the finance cornarit tee of the Canadian General Coen., cil. Mr. Dodds will continue to take an active interest in the Boy Scouts. * * * Former Scout leaders, now on active service, continue to give service to Scouting. The Nova Scotia Provincial Council reports that Don Lopees of the R,C.A,F., former Scoutmaster of St. (lath arines, gives'six nights a week to assisting troops in the Maritimes, while Pat Evans, a former' Que- bec leader, has made 18 visits to Maritime Troops, The two airmen also conducted a leaders' training course at Sydney, N. S. * * * Boy Scouts of Great Britain played 110 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 conoump- tion. Canadian Scouts supplied them 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 11. W. Hogg, C.I.E., 0.11E., Cornrnis- 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. Be was killed by dis- gruntled Ghandi followers, tea 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 composed of boys of all castes, * * * Dr. George L Christie, Presi- dent of the Ontario Agriorilitis-al College at Guelph, told a 'scoot rally of Boy Scout leaders In To- ronto that the war has robbed Canada of many of its brightest young' men, and thus it becomes essential tilat the Boy Scouts be adequately trained to shoulder the heavy burdens that lie slreo.l. _ Facing a salt shortage, Beath Africa is making it from brine pumped from shallow pito. By Gurney (Australia) HE s GOT TO EAT „ WNAt WE EAT NOW