Zurich Herald, 1942-02-19, Page 22
VOICE
PRESS
WatitF7FSS TALK
Some .17aCitia 7,74.7,7**7; teeet Lac:Med
'.JW =off aer. postees dentlayed
searious.peLnes 'an Canada werniag
.enre:eees ta-ek of such
tg a ala fee:are:zee-
.liaa7r.,-S
it the caution
soareat :es rather exaageraeei, that
oasea: werde dzepped aneang
Leee..n''es erefe":1 nee aeseiraly
The secey mid ey. Brinesh sea -
marl In New leek. rayeeeer, is an.
meet ate ea..ae: ateer, of the
peenere sacra teet.z seree of. fr.e-se
wan earae. the eale of a
reeeneaeg :a a gial friend
4.e.aareere of
ate -of fhe. reeve:leg .from
moeta T.6 as re-
heyea. by =eats of a signal ta
raraeneg satnnanite, and the veseel
was stak. wieh. heavy loss of life,
3.le a-seery. that should make
ar ye: re :Lake It le a deadly
- .
ArrAr7 A ee eaase tow dangerous it.
is ex, are? ever:, caeual word..
Carelase 72.:1
—Winelsor Star
SNIACK JAYS"
hearaneaett's mete rd into
Calteee am:day in New York
and azaeed fez his larelle in a
1=7, heeaase- repots
:Ica date- ae :teen. He :Kea: have
a ;fake.: hat rertyne
Sen didn't
ere w ae. him :he el:es:ran:
nNo elekee. Instead
he pashei ehe ealicr's dolia-
hack l -ant. and geees the fellow
his laare.:_ey. saaing: "No recede.
Smack ;Jaen" An: ra, that
Maas saesek If he gees
half a eheene.
—Feee..7'.. 7'yeneiner
ANTIMACSAR
Macesessan C.:ale:re!!
leaniene e'en: a..eneit of Ma-
-
; a
hair al:. T. -he et: e'as peealer
than aleth eee.e.es, keeeez. anti-
mazasears, came i.e.ee ea: te pro-
tect the Ieacks ea! eleeles from hair.
en which it 'aneee. amp:eyed.
—Seale S. Ma eie Star
ANOTHER WAR PERIL
Anozhen :f the .e;ed peal:a
of ear—the daneyee that people
may became cross-eyed treeing to
watch heth :he Aelatei-e and the
Pacific at the same eines,.
—Smatford Bea.cer.-Herald
THE OLD DAYS
Men's eeras2;- stake eze anether
eling that is c :fee :he daratiera
reaneseeer. aee
4ae-
streee •azaelde. the
irr.eazy ;zee--; 'eat.
—ie.': a 4. neeear
AND STARED BACK
az...1 ta. fee!
ream :-re
ear.:a
INDrviouAl.
it errs,
oe)1)/ittAIKE
A Weekly Column About This and That in The Canairlian Army
Lase eyeek the only reference
made in this c.elueen to Army
e;.ang had a, s.light note of acidity.
This Week as Ed. Wynn used to
s.ay "The pregrararae is going to
be different." For once the re -
of Army slang from
the dim mists of a peaceful past
ties up very directly with e piece
of news field of interest for the
members cf the Individual Citi-
zen's Army and their army ot
relatives and frends.
The term is. "Square-pashieg"
and the news the promised issue
of a "walking out dres.s" to all
Canadian "other Tanks." Per-
haps 1 shoelel clarify "other
rank." This terna .means ai ol-
diers other than commissioned
officers. It saves paper, which
is a commendable war time econ-
omy, and it saves breath, a lxi,S6
thing tO do at any time. Were
this term not available, it would
be necessary to speak of "offieere,
warrant officers, non-commissior.-
ed officers and men." So ;he
two -word saT:iseltutton, is an econ-
omy.
The. relatship tnttereen the
story of the anew ,..-4.41f,.:rna and the
• gang terra aScieareepashing" is
ver,-, elose. In the aialne tirae.s
p.e,see — and I that there are
i these whe eleven aee-,:i.a.t.e, hag-
a:eine was
tesael eenh. :ere anifeems. or,te in
whh :) earnia arai and the
ether. -fee eaer.. aeeet :Sr:3 ef
eaf le a.: :he deel
enner. :f La..: a lee
•
e_e. afeee ea.e.
:
; in wa.e. kr.cena
•
, as the ne.e...,ene-aa.,i:anaa" treifeen.a.
aad eedee'e yeune -,.
, . - • -14.
-seareee-enehing lie as a ce-e-
quial eiefenielen :he tea:: dees net
apply to him hy the
' middle of Marci-. he will be the
proud. peseeeeer
of—: e revert TM
the -piping times -of pee e again—
what. we ee.ed to cal: a "'eest salt."
This new uniform, a piet.ure of
which appeared in this paper two
or three weeks ago. consists cf a
emartly out ja.eket and slacks,
black low sho-es of a lighter
weight than the ieseted "ammuni-
tion beets" worn with bate
dress:, ceases and tie- and ralth.
ccat. "f.re general anpaezartee„
thoug:s it is cut of the same weight
, of serge el -
e we,re ear fasckees,
the Lenee war. ie Tee:- elese:y re,
cars eeeet 'f.'•4
• reaeraei:n Aeree aaeae
eta nraaaree,
with 77.7hant. -.if as ea-is-
dier s perir.itted to cateey s.
"swagger stick" therefore be-
comes the modern. eaelvalent .
a square -pushing uniforna •
With the aid of a espy
"Songs and slang of the -British.
soldier-1a14-1felb" wleith is
the personal eroaerty of a raaaa.
her of the staff of the Historked
Seaton of the Army in Ottawa, I.
have been able to locate seversa
definiticas of "square-anszing'
The term is fiast recored ire the
1SSra's as be currene nson artery artillery enite and its orgiin
is thought to he derived from' the
fact that soleier.s were freriaene
seen escorting nu:see:aids as they
pus.leed their per.am.lia'nnato?..s around
the "squares,' then a frequent
feature of town -If -stela -ea Later
the terra "square-pashing,"
cording to the authetity, was au -
plied to a .so:dlier going out in the
evenir.g to coert a ;artier -ler girl
or perhaps to find' •one."
1914-1S th!..s niece of Array slang
was revived again te allege- par-
tizeilarly to boots an-±,. sincemem-
hers of the Canadian Exzedition-
1127 Force weee anterg.sz the best
pald scarl'ene is ouite
likely that they 7,TZ.:•.r.• raireainal.
pezeleseees ef Mealier, boats
1.vear with :hale -ea.:if:a:es when off
aaaade and aennediaz scald ev-
eatze Le., "reauatee-u'asEraaa.'
..411 of this beannes very apt
onee again. as ehe men; issue of
"w,ea.--ins e'en ant -se" teazle:14s
scene:hi:ea. te
"n,41 ean esee C-ednear_ee
"i:71,7,1;;F: :7:7; :ectehera
75 Nazi Soldiers
Meet $ Briiishers
ernacne can
do with easedneg az 7.5
a:, six. se :he Ezsft...LT:: Sat
back and sttrakei. Leadeners got
the setrey faaat Ne7". Zealand•
aiir hroadeae-ane the. Briefs
During the fightL.-e- haek and
forth acrese the „se:lat:eine: sanda
of Libya, six Ride's:: nrants wth
their crews wen reenaming to
the:r eel= when .he ran
smaek. 'Mee 75 German zreeeka get -
'mg he the ea:ea:FL:a iffe-eender.... „
The Geree_e_41.--e- paiLea aaa.
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F:a: a. 4e -e 4t:e7:F. a: -2.•.
f ent- seares4. en:
LIFE'S LIKE THAT.
Sae.
ea
eee
aea
Russia Too Busy
To Attack Japan
Nae...enel-ne -ate ...
re.:Ief tee e'er tierces in the Fee
Ease if the iteenea ea: Zaaan were
hoenbar.Tei. as it
easy ennelf he,
from the neigh:leeh: :a! of Vladi-
e-oseak. Bete :he war De
COtSidaltarin regard zo a2 lea
operatieres ea a:: frenas. There
is no greater. sereice ehae, Brassie
eozad.rearelea at this far -re tiaare
.engage teass.eve land armi-e.s
f Mt:az with al: ressearces,
end eee eene.",ree-zo .refliet the
heavy elevas eite le new deaanee
It is 7.77*e. she T•ta,.ia:enneipped
and self-deakteadene army in Per
r=4tern Sitera. and is capahle of
rite-a.3±,tg -xeith any .attaek that Ja-
pan might make. Bat it is obeie
.ous thee the oreeniteg of a new •(,
front weald be a f.7.1.c.,,a,n.en cal
her supreme effer in, the west.
it is whet Hitler weald desire,
and, therefore. what we
stonid net desire.
Supply of Rubber
On Alkali Deserts
- On the allea:i deserts or six
'waste.= states there are 560,-
000,04* pounds of natural rehber
—enotech US, 53PP:t1 the treited
Statesfer five rtontns---ready for
Leantediate reare.eeting. Vniversity
-of California. seientis.ts inf.erened
the governer-et.
This, r.f.'•,teet, atbeghrare: quitee.
gce.d as the prIme preduet efre-rea
the Ease Indies, ie entire:; sate-
frets:9*a - the exaente .repereed.
Moen tan. 1:7a: ie that.
it 71S allr..ia47 1:4n A and a
tlbs.l. to?'
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gtt
era
•Ne
Ca :
4
Fred Neher
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it-Teeee.
,
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"Nolastay ever asks 'me anyt3thig
London Papers
AcIvertismg
Every Advertisement Direct
Testimony To Faith In The
Future
London, where food and cloth -
are ratior.ed and the shoppers
e "less than 20 minutes" from
• •• h enemy, is- still carrying on ite
r:32.evepaper advertising.
Lord 4 Thomas, New York
ad-
veztL1 firnn . recently issued a
giy prepared by its London
• Iersee.b. or. British business and
.adveetesiag in the third year of
•.war, said:
•
'Ween deep into the ways of
• democracy. is advertising:
bridge hetweer. the freedom of
..Pepc'ee to buy and the freedom
of peeple to sell. No Nazi bomb-
- •- has ben able to destroy that
Br.t
i1:elni
ed,-eement appearing
•:•,'-•!;t1tere tcday is a flag of defiance;
enin direct testraony to someone s
• in fee future; is someone's
oast oedatarla."
Papers Cut Down
Sinee the Nazi invasion of
Saireea'ieavia whence Britain °b-
e '#ined the hulk of its paper pulp,
aaBritish newspapers have been re-
•educeei to four-page issues and no
1 Janne pe.sters are available.
Be -:se of this the demand for
.:,..nreilvereleiese space in Britain far
• ceeds t supply but items ad-
-f there include: Soap, re-
.' diva fee food, chocolate, shoes,
- tooth azete, cider, vaseline, beer,
furs clothing.
The- British Government is the
single advertiser in the
• ..neersee.aere, placing, 17 per cent
advertisements published
ei ease on such a major news
ette-eaenevnnt as the clothes re-
tie:an; ea.aer, used paid adver-
Thoreas said govern-
e-neetieang has had this
is developing
•thee. ever habits of
ste alesetising columns for
aneetantines and advice . . . of
reeze.se annaztance in their lives,
'The effeee of this, on the future
aieetnisine, is incalculable."
nes flare concluded from its
.seady areeared as the United
Seated into the war.
"Leee-eic Ctanges in our life
and are surely ahead of
•m Ee: this (study) will serve
. les eeeenase, if it shows one thing.
Thae ea; war — only defeat ,
der:a-nes els ways of democracy,
the. aenteit„ hamer and enterprise
•
•7•4••^T.'"'"•=1..Ug Lord and
sazga-, jar-Zreet; the adver-
tsazuineee----ene In trade names,
zee.,
the changing
hahata :f the ree'elie and the new
raw‘keete grewiregin the war,
af2_f.1.2is fes aeseteneibility of
feeelea, of :he
;nee a: nea-g:eanaeeneen seeeert."
heeitee eefeal anne
faree ea..Le eze t
of
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eeeiseamaa eistaa.-
tiz 2. 2 4:•••
1,7 a ea •
F...7..
e
el. ear ea,a,
Norway Invasion
Costly To Germans
ze.eas:ed ehee erar.e a
a;e:e. nen-a-at ai:t :he -1..:lied
eaneee, eale
daene ea -es - errata'
vaned -';'•;-.-:..re•-ey t.'"';'; 6'2
easeres laraaea
7. t
:,,,w;;•";
feat an eee'_4,
an.n"„.2.%. ,
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THE WAR - WEEK — Commentary on Current Events
United Nations Stand With Backs
To Wall In Far Eastern Battle
One bright spot hi a far .from
cheerful picture of the Battle of
the Pacific is the news that a Un-
ited States naval force has arrived
itt New Zealand and that other
reinforcements have landed at sta-
tions along the 4,000 mile route
from Pearl Harbour. This is an
important victory. It means that
the supply line from America to its
terminus in .New Zealand is open
for reinforcements and for the vital
weapons of 'liar.
In two mouths of war In the Far
East the enemy, striking with su-
perior man, naval and air power,
has pressed the initial advantage
of surprise into far mutating gains.
The lot of the United Nations has
been one of retreat until now they
stand at bay in their key defense
positions. The call has gone out
front headquarters to hold at al]
costs for reinforcements are on the
way.
How long can they "hold that
line?" The allied task is compli-
eated by the extended lines of the
Japanese attacks,stitching over
nearly. E,000 miles of Ina and
water. They have opened up so
many danger points that Allied
Domes are unable to concentrate
for the proper defense of any one.
With Japan's ahorter lines of com-
munications, the enemy has been
able to throw superior forces
against every point attached.
• Japanese Strategy
The strategy of Japan's vast ex-
pansionist programme is now clear.
For years systematic planning", spy-
ing and waiting have beeu part of
this stupendous scheme of con-
quest. The little yellow men have
charted every channel and shoal
from the Strait of Malacca to the
reefs of. Australia and on into the
mid Pacifica They have surveyed
Fvery A1li1 land defense and know
zheir weaknesses. They have map -
sed out jengle trails and spotted
eailab..e amend for air hace, Thus
the Japanese knew where to at-
tack and haw and, as in the case
of Pearl Harbor, -when.
With the fall of t:•lineapere hit•
=Arent, the Alleat have been forced
to move their Far Eaatern fleets
to Haan East Indies has(".
aleeret deseerate nate:met must be
made to hold Java and Sumatra.
sk-eady feeling the hard blows of
the Japanese hordes. They are
key -points in the defensive system
if the United Neaions, forming a
zarttpazt le,twiant the Indian ()Penn
md the China Sea,
1314ma Is itt erat e +hmer. phi,
Baaana Read, the vital life -line of
Iate.e:ies f -am the rnitea Nations'
-o r:lina Is three oiled.
ne a* of Br -ma would he 0
‘• tel ("lima
Watching Hitler
Saava7a, agnazaprea tall alai ele.,
„ranaa•,..,le la•eante tett ettiebtal nu
Feet Indies and Java, t'n
7..erea..1 Ttat'..,t for the •imo
saeinz of the catire SenOtweet
Pa -i:::- with the exeatelan of. Ana-
araaaa. aa.atralia 0171.11 1111'11 bf'
awl no
eeiee. n.ent walea tee reeeee
len4 •-ecala ini‘e f"gat the tamt
veaa .7zeit„. Te island coinireut
fi• t..) t t..t.towi,ttg
J., r !..11011,0 t..) be It
r the Jon won1.1 fittisheet
eeinae. net
»t a1 Veitet
•
States have to disperse. their for-
ces and material's over the .face
of the earth.. Americans aro light-
ing 071 the land, sea and alr in the
Far East. Ap. American •empeti1.
tionaay force has landed in North -
era Ireland. American supplies are
going to Britain, Russia, Africa and
the Middle East.
Neither power intends to let
Russia down and permit Hitler to
none hack next summer and nulli-
fy the winter • victory which the
Ruselans are consolidating. The
demands of the Far East and Aus-
tralia cannot be met at the cost
of giving aid and eomfeet to Hitler
in that fashion.
Churchill's Forecast
Britain also cannot relax tor- a
111i11111:0 itt Afriea, Things ma
mentarily are going poorly in
Libya, showing the need for
considerable reinfw•cements„ De-
feat there would expose the Sues
Canal and- the oil fields of Irak,
Iran and the Caucasus to Axis
attac.k.
Likewise, Britain and the 'United
States cannot weaken their
strength itt the Atiantie to bolster
their naval forces in the Pacific
and Mediterraneaa. American sup-
plies must be kept flowing across
the Atlantic at all costs and this
requires heavy convoys. The Ger-
mans already have carried their
submarine warfare to these shores
and generally are expected to pro-
duce a new burst of underseas fury
in the spring.
Not long ago Mr. Churchill warn-
ed that "Japanese naval suprem-
acy will last long enough for japan
to inflict many heavy and painful
losses on the United Nations and
their establishments in the Far
East," and lidded "1 believe we
shall presently regain naval com-
mand in the Paeific nd begin to
es tat ill ali t et Ivo superiority in
the air. Later on—in 1943
should bo able to eet about our
task in the Tateifie in goad stale."
New Command
Viec-Admiral. C. E. I.. Helfriel,nt
the Royal N'etherlatele Navy bas
enetee•atel Admiral Thours C,
Ilart n. qiniinant:tor of the United
Nations. sea foroes in the Mast
Indies. 111 -health forced the Ateeri-
enn cornmandtT to retire.
tt is etensidenel that lieltrieb,
in the defense of his liomaland,
will follow a poliey of "tte ,re
treats", eonmaniewite witn *7174*
t'ort'es for the most
effective blows against thn In-
vaders.
The stet areas over whieb -the
Invaders. mast move to press 'home
their votanteet ere eattileped with
they bays nnti inane from wideli
the inestimably inferior defeendiag
femme ntay dash out to Imrey Moir
vonvey e and Wages hit -and -1:m war
on their fightlua units.
adminal lielteieh was deeealbed
1»' an Amerlean unvalutntm
tlgtt 11M.tel• itt lost' taetlea
THREE MEN
Peaealiti 11 loo'‘velt wee la)41
Men of the Year, lett Adolf Hitler
remains the Woral'e No, 1 pelmet-
•ality lamer deserivearn of
Charehill tie: "Wholly Ilritialt rid
bah' Ameriean" ie zintly put tO SINS1
Mash If ever any man rated
the title of "Aleeanal-a-hall"t's
the British prime minister,
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