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The Seaforth News, 1944-07-06, Page 7RETURN OF THE NATIVE Back to their homes, from which they fled during fighting between Allied invasion troops and. Ger- man forces, trudge French peasants in photo -above.Along with them march American reinforcements for frontline units. CH ItICLES GINGER FARM How is your head feeling' these days? Is 'it slightly addled and Ove you been woideriiig what other tricks the government may have up its legislative sleeve for your particular enjoyment? Or are you one of the few who have not Yet been requested to file income tax returns? If that is so don't worry about it your turn will come. And don't say I didn't warn You. Remember? — I told you some time ago that farmers would be required to 'fill out some kind of income tax form sometime in the neat future and that it might be a good idea to get your accounts in order. Apparently some farmers have been requested to send in returns, while others have not. If you have received such a request for goodness sake clq something about it. Don't put it on one side and think it doesn't matter When the government has your number You cau'lay your hand to your heart it has you earmarked and pigeon -holed and will inquire into your Movements as assiduously as an anxious father follows the movements of an erring off -spring, * *. * . And after all, w•ltat have we to JAPINAZI The young Jap, above, in Nazi uniform, pictured as he was in- terrogated after his capture in France, looks none too happy at being one' of Hitler's "honorary Aryans." By Gwendoiine P, Clarke V * * * * complain about supposing we do have to file returns every year? Farming is a business just as is any other means of earning a livelihood. The butche.•, the baker and the Hardware merchant all have to keep some kind of busi- ness record — then wliy not the farmer? After all if a married loan on. a farm has a net - income of less than $1200—and 'l venture to say that up to and including 1942 there were many with less than that amount - then he has nothing to pay. If he has more, then he must pay just the same as any other business roan. * w * As for the forms themselves they are surprisingly easy to under- stand—or at least they semi so compared with what I remember of the questions that were asked farmers in the 1041 census. But it doesn't do to read the entire forst and try to remember every- thing at once, That way madness lies. Concentrate on one question at a time and thus avoid confusion of thought. Incidentally, you might keep track of the aspirin you use and charge it up as a farm. expend- iture. * * Did you get any of that nice little wind-storni that swept through Ontario last week? We thought when we heard that ter- rible wind that there mast be an awful gale blowing somewhere so we ware not surprised when we heard of the damage that had been done is some districts. A wind- storm. is such a frightening thing. We have experienced two in our time — and that was enough. After this wind we looked around next morning but could not see that any damage had been done, But then Partner went over to the driving -shed and got quite a sur- prise. The outside was all right but the inside was a shambles. Half the driving -sited has timbers across the top like the straw loft in a barn, Across these timbers Part- ner has been in the habit of storing used lumber, odds and ends of machinery, spare tongues and other staff that seems to accunm- late around a farm and is generally used for repair work some time. Imagine Partner's surprise to find this grand collection scattered all over the driving -sited floor. One of the timbers had broken in the middle aticl let everything down. We suppose the wind rocked the build'ig and the timber, which al- though it looked all right on the outside must have been rotten through and through just gave - `WELCOME TO FRANCE' Towering over them, six-foot, three-inch Gen. Charles De Gaulle is greeted by citizens, of Bayeux, first French town to be liborated by Allied invasion forces itt Normandy. Girl' he's shaking hands with wears brassard with Cross sof Lorraine, symbol of De Gaulle's Fighting French. up the -struggle and collapsed. Arid Partner was walking on tope of it the other day! * 9 * Well it's nice haying weather we're having isn't it? Is your hay out and still out in the field? . Ours is in that condition but we are hoping to get some in on Mon, day as the weather really does show signs of being a little more settled. Shortage of help is bad enough but add to that unsettled weather in haying time and it real- ly puts one on the spot. And do you know the barley is in bead already—that is, there are a few heads here and there, proof that the whole field will be Beaded dttt itt less than a week. * * * 1 have just come up front getting the mail and did I wish I had had a camera with me. A bob -o -]ink and a meadow lark were perched on two separate stalks of chicory for a friendly chat and sing -song. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON July 16. SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF ISRAEL Judges 2:I — PRINTED TEXT, Judges -2:6.16. GOLDEN TEXT. — Righteous- ness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people. Proverbs 14:34. - Memorsy Verse: Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good. Psalm 196:T. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time. — The events of our les- son occurred subsequently to the death of Joshua, approximately, 1373-1350 B. C. Place. The narrative of our lesson is not centered in any one place, with the single exception of Bochint, on a mountain west of Giigal — the exact location has not yet been definitely ascertained. Successes of Israel "Now :when Joshua had sent the people away, the' children of Israel went, every man onto itis inherit ante to possess the land." The peo- ple entered into a covenant with Joshua to be true to God and His commandments, and departed to possess the inheritance allotted to the'A.mnd the people served Jehovah all the days of Joshua,.. and they buried (rim in the border of his inheritance in Tintnath-heres, in the hill -country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of - Gansh." The people remained true to their covenant not only during the remainder of Joshua's life, but (luring the lifetime of all the elders who survived hini. The faithfulness and Godliness of Joshua left their ivark on the. Children of dsracl. The New Generation - "And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there Mose another generation - alter tltent that knew not Jehovah, Boor yet the work which he had wrought for fsracl."'Unless there is a strong spiritual movement in the land through preachers 511d holy men, a spiritual decline always -follows. After the death of Joshua no one seemed to be able to keep the people together in an earnest wcrship of Gni, anti to ,Inspire thrut to ohey the law of God. Failures of Israel -- "And the children of Tsrael did that which was evil in the sight of Jchnvah, and served Jlaalinl." Fearful licentiousness in the wor- ship of this deity was not only sanctioned by its follower's, but farmed part of the -worship, "And they forsook jehovah, the God of their Fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and foilowed other gods, of Clic gods of the peoples that were round about then,, and bowed tlteniseives clown unto theist: and they provoked Je- hovah to anger, rind they forsook Jehovah. and served Baal and the Ashtaroth." ltfan nntst follow some god and when he forsakes the true God he follows after false gods, gods who can profit hint 110- th i ng;. The ii -.ler of Jehovah 'Anti t:': ai ger of Jehovah was THE WAR . WEEK --- Commentary on Current.Events How Long Will Final Phase Of War Against Germany Last? We may be sure that Allied plans for the invasion' included ample preparations for repairs to Cher- bourg's Harbor facilities, says the Christian Science Monitor. Great convoys may be unloaded there in as. little as two or three days, Then the liberation of Europe will Pro- ceed at accelerated pace. That the British, American, and Russian -generals have planned a blitz seems evidenced by the lateness in the season of their attack,' It is interesting that the Ameri- can -British -Canadians copied Rus- sian tactics, at Cherbourg. :First they snipped its supply lines, then they poclteted it, leaving. the Ger- mans to defend a bastion -cut off from reinforcementsandsupplies. Such was the strategy of Stalin- grad, such is the present pattern of Vitebsk, Orsha, Mogilev, Zhlo- bin, and Bobruisk. Strategy In Pacific It is the strategy, in the Pacific, too, where strikes at the Bonin isolated- the hfat'ianas from the sea and air lane clown the island chain from Japan. At Cherbourg, ,air po- wer was used to blast rails and highways and concentrations of ' troops being rushed to a counter- attack, In the Marianas, air power, `too, blasted the Japanese effort at counterattack, inflicting, according to the latest word front Admiral Nintitz, the , heaviest air loss .yet suffered in a single operation by any participant in this war. Indeed, Admiral Ninlitz's summa- ry of 747 Japanese planes des- troyed, 30 ships sunk, and 51 dam- aged paints a new picture of the frantic Japanese effort to save the Marianas. It would- almost suggest that the Allies are further advanced in the Pacific than we have hereto- fore supposed. Supply Line Battles Yet cold assessment tells us that the situation in the Pacific is in a broad and general way just about as it was !n the I uropeatt war when the Battle of the Atlantic was at its height. That was a sup- ply line battle, too. Without it, the Allies could not have mounted the strength that is being poured into this final phase of the war against.Gerntany. With- out secure supply lines to the Far East, the Allies cannot hope to mount the power that will - sweep over Japanese land forces. We have spoken of a blitz and of the final phase of the war against Germany. Ilow long will this phase last? The answer to that is only part- ly physical. War is made' against the troops,attd sometimes they may fight, as many did in Cherbourg, until their ammunition is gone. Bttt in a larger sense the war is waged against the will to resist. kindled against Israel... and they were sore distressed." Israel was completely humiliated, for after conquering the stoutest of their foes they were defeated and be- came completely subject to their enemies. God hacl warned Israel of their danger, attd they went into sin with full knowledge of the cala- mities which would follow. If man sins persistently he can no longer stand up against it; it becomes his piaster and he its abject slave, The Lord Hears Israel "And Jehovah raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those that despoiled them." In their distress they sought the Lord and IIe heard then(, and raised up ,nen who became their saviors and de- liverers, God dealt graciously with the Children of Israel for through them Tlis Divide and eternal pur- poses were to be fulfilled. VOICE F THE PRESS CONSIDER VICTIMS FIRST 4\'e are beginning again to hear reference to 'the 'poor (german people.' .Let us remetitier first of all. the poor people of all the lands which they have enslaved, tslto have been murdered, tortured, de- spoiled, dispo.ssesed. Let us coat- sider the victim, before 105 pre- pare to weep for tlfe nntrders, Niagara Ttalls. Review TOR BETTER "HEALTI"I Ultra -violet ray .latitps installed in Niagara Falls schools are said to have retlttccd sickness among pupils. by (11.2 percent. The idea would seers to be well worth the aBen ti on of educational .and pub- lic 'icalth attthoritles elsewhere. —Brockville Recorder and Times A MENTION ANYWAY Those American radio war com- Illentators cannot be accused of dis- loyalty to their own country. But they might give 'tile 13ritish, the Canadians and others just a wee tiny bit of credit for what they are doing in the fighting line. —St, Thomas Times -Journal Futility of German Position Some day the utter hopelessness and futility of the German position will dawn upon the thought of the ' German populace. With it may come a crystalization of honest doubts about the queer Nazi doc- trine,'ivitlt its denial of the brother- hood of man, and its fanatical res- trictions. When that moment collies, and the suffering imposed from without is :more severe than that which a frenzied leader at home can whip up, the German war will be over. It will be over even if their troops in the field still have the resources to stand a bit longer. So predictions cannot be based on physical military factors alone. This is total war that the Nazis have brought upon Germany, and the nature of it is levelled at the mentality behind it, as well as at the arms Before it. We'll 'Let' Farmers Keep Their Farms! So said a C.C.F. Broadcaster Recently to the Farmers of South Alberta "We will LET the farmers keep their farms." A C.C.F. broadcaster gave the farmers of South Alberta that as- surance the other evening over an Alberta radio station, says the Lethbridge Herald. Nice of hint, wasn't it? When the C.C.F. is regimenting everybody else, the farmers are to be 'let... keep their farms." It must have struck farm listen- ers as a bit strange that, in this day when we're fighting dictator- ship, we had arrived at a point In our political thinking that there should be any question whether or not farmers should be allowed to keep their farms, We're only 30 peat's trots then tone � ;hen we were appealing to the Innen 07 ate world to come to the prairies and the Government would give them a homestead for $10. * * A. The C.C,F. strongly protests that this whole question of wheth- er the C.C.F. will "let" the farmers own their own farms has been created by their political opponents. They tell the farmers the C.C.F. brain trust never even thought of it. Well, if the farmers will' dig back into the files of tltc summer of 1932 when the preliminary C.C. F. platform was drawn up they will find that it was the full inten- tion of tete founders, including the late J. S. Woodsworth, tosocialize' the farms. The third plank of the provisional platform drawn up at Calgary at the convention where SMOKE, SIR! Believe it or not, tftisc u e little number is a hard-working war worker. She's Jean Mutch and she works at MacDonald Brothers, Winnipeg, helping to make aircraft on which men train for battle. This picture was taken when she and the other members of the plant concert party, the ilAtisanettesa', took time out to stage a big show in aid of the Red Crtiss, sent by thousands of citi- zens. Vital statistics about ,jean: -- Aged 19, blonde, brown eyes, five feet seven inches tall. Her uncle, Capt. Leslie Match, in England with the Cameron Highlanders, is Federal Member for Winnipeg South. the C.C.F. name was adopted was "security of tenure of the farmer on his USE LAND." The C.C.F.. ers themselves started all the row about socialization of land. They made the first threat. 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