HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1943-02-11, Page 7PR.ESIDENT'S SURPRISE VISIT TO U. S. TROOPS IN AFRICA
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Standing rigidly at attention, and totally unaware that the review was such an historic occasion,
American soldiers in French Morocco were astonished as a jeep passed in front of them bearing their'
Commander -in -Chief, the President of the United States. Here you see the scene as Mr. Roosevelt
saluted the colors while the small car moved past the men of an armored unit. Behind the Presi-
dent, in centre, is Lt. Gen. Mark Clark, Commander of the U. S. Fifth Army.
SCOUTING .. .
A recent strip survey conducted
by Dominion Headquarters of the
Boy Scouts Association reveals
that upwards of 100,000 members
of the Canadian Navy, Army and
Air Force are former Boy Scouts.
An unusually large proportion of
this number hold commissions and
many have been decorated by His
Majesty for gallantry. More than
200 have already lost their lives.
Col. M. F. Gregg, Commandant
of the Officers' Training Centre
at Brockville said recently that
he considered Scout training as
to Brockville to train for 'com-
misions.
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Miss Agnes Baden-Powell, sis-
ter of the founder of the Boy
Scout Movement, Lord Baden-
Powell, recently celebrated her
84th birthday in Great Britain.
Miss Baden-Powell -.tea the first
Girl Guide leader in England,
having led a company of Girl
Guides in 1908, before the Move-
ment was officially organized.
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Boy Scouts of Pendelton, Ore.,
recently dedicated the "Chapel of
Sir Galahad"• in their Scout head-
quarters, to the memory • of: Lord
Baden=Powell, founder . of the
Scout Movement and Daniel Car-
ter Beard, pioneer Boy Scout
worker in the United States. The
chapel is believed to be the only
eiiitpel located in a Boy Scout
headquarters in the -United States.
The town of Blenheim, Ont.,
bad a splendid record in 1942
with not one case of juvenile de-
linquency. The Town Council
by resolution praised the Scout
Movement for this condition. In-
cidentally, the Boy Scouts in
Blenheim are under the leader-
ship of Scoutmaster W. T. Fen-
ton, who is Chief of Police of
BIenheim.
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Toronto is the first city in Can-
ada to have a full time Wolf Cub
Field Secretary in the person of
Miss Ruby Brown, formerly of
Windsor. Miss Brown has been
identified with the Boy Scout
Movement for many years, and is
busily engaged now in organizing
new Cub Packs and training lead-
ers for this important work among
the Junior Scouts.
Two Chief Scouts will. broad-
cast to the Boy Scouts of Canada
during Boy Scout Week, Febru-
ary 21-27. On Sunday, Febru-
ary 21st, His Excellency the Gov-
ernor-General, Chief Scout for
• Canada will speak over a national
network, and on Tuesday, Febru-
ary 23rd, the Lord Somers, Chief
' Scout of the British Empire will
,be Beard speaking from London.
Sort Out Flyers
By Glider Training
Canadian Air Cadets may fly in
gliders this summer if gliders can
be obtained and If proposals now
under consideration meet with
official approval.
Gliding is considered an excel-
lent means of sorting out per-
sons who are potential flyers from
those who can never be flyers,
before they enter flying training
oehools.
Gliding has been used in the
training of British •Mr cadets and
aerniany has led the world In
glider training, usnig it to interest
many o! the men now serving Ist
the Luftwaffe in flying while they
were still too young for actual fly-
inf4 training.
As the main run,etion ot the air
cadet's s to get boys interested in
air training and gime them instruc-
tion whish will help them in the
futurr if they enter the R.C.A.F.,
it is felt gliders eat play it use-
ful role la the work of the league,
$225,000 Worth. Of Clothing
On Way To Comfort Russians
By GREGORY CLARK
The goods are on the way. Al-
ready baled and. en route to the
people of Russia are $225,949
worth of clothing purchased by
the Canadian Aid to Russia fund.
Thus, while the campaign for the
fund consumes the energies. of
district committees from coast to
coast in Canada, one quarter of
a million dollars' worth o ' a-
erial is i te• nsit.
At prices never Higher than
manufacturers' prices, far below
wholesale, specially granted for
this particular and worthy cause,
the Canadian Aid to Russia fund
has been able to send Russia, as
the first consignment bought
from the fund, a wholesale con-
sigument of clothing that will be
a godsend to Leningrad and other
cities freed from. siege.
First in order come blankets, of
which 10,193 are in these first
bales en route. Overcoats, 6,127,
and coats, 46,492; 5,793 pairs of
shoes; 679 children's overcoats;
30,466 suits of underwear; wo-
men's dresses, 1,010.
Ire the -shipment also were 114,-
407 miscellaneous items, which.
included 30,000 cap comforters,
20,000 pairs of woollen gloves,
20,000 woollen mufflers, 50,000
pairs of socks.
In addition to the 10,000 blan-
kets there were 16,957 sheets.
Among the extraordinary items
were some 4,000 winter union
suits, a special consignment of
extremely heavy pullover gar-
nients made for a special purpose
no longer required and which *ill
be of incomparable use in extreme
northern districts of Russia.
Woollen shirts, 20,000; jersey
pullovers, 20,000; sweaters, 20,-
000; socks, 50,000 pairs; pillow
slips, 10,000; berets, leather
mitts, doublets, winter Inchon
caps, jackets, drawers, and even
puttees, the shipment of Canada's
first goodwill offering from its
Look out for Trouble
from Sluggish
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Try The Orig•nal ° Dutch Drops::
It is poisonous waste that your kidneys
should be filtering out of your blood that
may cause backache, dizzy spells, leg
cramps, restless, sleep -broken nights, and
smarting and burning. For relief use the
remedy that has won the grateful thanks
of thousands for many years—GOLD
MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules.
This effective diuretic and kidney stimu-
lant is the original and genuine Dutch
Drops in carefully measured amounts in
tasteless Capsules. It is one of the most
favorably known remedies for relieving
congested kidneys and irritated bladder.
It works swiftly, helping the delicate
filters of your kidneys to purify the blood.
Be sure you get the original and genuine—
packed in Canada. Insist on getting
GOLD MEDAL Haarlem 011 Capsules.
40c at your druggists. 1
million -dollar Aid to Russia fund
is chiefly what Leningrad and
those communities now being set
free, day by day, will most re-
quire after the thieving enemy
has looted them — clothing and
bedding.
As fast as the funds came in,
the goods will go out, this is the
.undertaking of Clifford Sifton,
airman of the national
committee of the fund.
To know that your contribution
to the fund is thus coming into
physical contact with the Russian
people in the very midst sof their
mighty struggle gives a special
zest to the act. Send your dona-
tion without delay to the Cana-
dian Aid to Russia fund, 80. King
St. W., Toronto.
10 0,000,000 Gallons
Of Gas For Troops
More than 100,000,000 gallons
of gasoline were ordered for the
armed forces during 1942 by the '
Munitions and Supply Depart-
ment.
In addition, the departtpent
ordered in the same period a
total of 3,500,000 gallons. of
lubricating oils, and thousands of
gallons of paints, varnishes and
greases.
V O I CE
OF THE
•PRES
WHERE THE FIGHTING I5
One of the boys drafted says
that even if Canada does: have
conscription for overseas service,
be .cannot be made to fight.
An the army does in a ease of
that kind is take the young man
to where the fighting is and let
him use his oven judgment.
--Windsor Star
MAGELLAN'S ERROR
Magellan, children, in case you
haven't , been minding your his-
tory teacher (or is it geography),
was the shortsighted man who
made the Big Mistake of calling
it the Pacific ocean.
-Ottawa Citizen
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FAIR EXCHANGE
Looking into the real estate
angle of the peace, one postwar
planner suggests that we 'should
take those mandated islands from
the Japanese, and square it nicely
by giving back the beetles.
—Stratford Beacon -Herald
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MOST PLEASANT
"Isn't it a pleasant surprise to
put on a suit that you haven't
had on for about a year, and in
one of the pockets find a roll of
bilis?" asked a columnist.
It is if they're receipted.
—Galt Reporter
WELL, THEY'RE HATS?
The hat designer who said that
currently styled women's hats are
pretty much alike is wrong on
only three counts, viz: They aren't
pretty, they aren't much, and
they aren't alike.
St. Louis Star -Times
HOW LUCKY WE ARE
We will have to start spread-
ing our butter more thinly, but
should consider ourselves lucky to
be able to get all the bread we
want.
—Niagara Falls Review
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WASTING FUEL
Much fuel could be saved at.
this time of year by cutting out
the "good-bye, good-bye, good-
bye" in an open doorway.
—ICitchener Record
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TAXLESS GOOD TIMES
We shall have to get back to
home-made good times. There are
too many taxes on the store
bought kind.
—Brandon Sun
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GOING. SAME WAY
-There's' one-sii'iiilarit between:
the German and the Russian
armies now—they're both headed
Berlin -wards. •
—Vancouver Province
SIDE GLANCES
By George Clark
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"John never gets a minute off from his work,"
THE WAR . WEEK
United Nations Seize Political
As Well As Military Initiative
Commentary on Current Events
The communique that told of
the historic meeting between
Prime Minister Churchill and
President Roosevelt concluded
with these words:
"The President and Prime Min-
ister Ind their combined staffs,
having completed their plans for
the offensive campaigns of 1943,
have now .separated in order to
put thein into active and cons
certed execution." The Prime
Minister flew East to Turkey, the
President flew West to Natal in
Brazil, each journey a logical
sequel to the North African con-
ference. These were the first
steps toward carrying out the
plans agreed upon in Morocco.
Turkey and the Allies
The surprise meeting between
the 't urkish President and Prime
Minister Churchill is another dra-
matic demonstration that the
United Nations have seized not
only the military but also the po-
litical initiative and that the two
combined are now drawing a
noose around Hitler's neck.
Just what the practical results
of the meeting will be remains to
be seen, and Mr. Churchill warn-
ed against speculations which
might embarrass the participants.
As the main Power of the Middle
East and guardian of the Darda-
nelles, says The New York Times,
Turkey holds a key position of
utmost importance to Allied stra-
tegy—and to German. According
to official Turkish statements Mr.
Churchill did not ask Turkey to
enter the war, "and the Turkish
Government did not undertake
any such commitment." That
leaves a wide latitude for inter-
pretation. The British -Turkish
military alliance of 1939 provides
for "active military co-operation
if the war moves to the eastern
end of the Mediterranean," and
the American and British promise
"to help Turkey materially to
eonsolidate her own general de-
fensive security" suggests that
this treaty is now being given
farce. At the very least, this
implies that Turkey is determined
to fight against any German move
toward the Middle East, which
puts up another bulwark against
the Nazis and helps to close the
iron ring around them. What is
more, it creates essential safe-
guards for their flank in ease the
Allied armies now gathering in
Africa should try to invade
Europe through the ancient gate -
...sway sof tlee.Balkans. And the seri-
ousness of this threat is iiialcaTed"
by the sudden rush 'of German
reinforcements to that region —
which in turn helps to weaken the
Germans on the Russian front.
Brazil and the Allies
The President flew west. On
his return flight from Morocco,
President Roosevelt stopped off
for another important meeting.
Last week his giant flying boat
skimmed gently into the Potengi
River at the seaport of Natal, on
the "hump" of the Brazilian coast
nearest Africa. Here, on an
American destroyer, surrounded
by patrol craft and under an um-
brella of planes, he held affec-
tionate reunion with "my old
friend," flotilla Vargas, Presi-
dent of Brazil.
The two Presidents reviewed
American and Brazilian farces
stationed at Natal. This little city
of 30,000, close to the Equator,
has suddenly become a world
cross road, for it is the jumping-
off r:lace for hundreds of planes
bound northeast 1,700 miles over
the :Alar. tic to fighting fronts in
Africa or, farther east, to Rus-
sia, India and China.
Presidents Roosevelt •and Var-
gas (1) d!scussed,the Casablanca
conference and survey ed the
future safety of all the Ameri-
cas; (2) agreed that the coast
of West Africa and Dakar should
"never main under any circum-
stances be allowed to become" an
invasion threat to the two Ameri-
cas; (3) declared -a common aim
of their two countries "to make
the Atlantic Ocean safe for aIl,"
and President Vargas gave assur-
ance of greater Brazilins efforts
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l',key and Curley of the Anzacs "The Awakening"
BEFORE 1 LEFT AUSSIE 1 'THOUGHT THE EAST WAS A
SNIFTER LAND OF SAPPHIRE SEAS SHADY SHORES.
SILKS, SPHINX, SONGS. AND SCENTED SHEILAS.7�
WELL, WHAT
DO tibu RECKON
ABOUT 1T NOW?
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to combat the German submarine
menace in the Caribbean and
South Atlantic; (4) described
themselves as "deeply grateful'
for the "almost unanimous" help
which their neighbor nations were
giving "to the great cause of dee
mocraey." The words "almost
unanimous" were a pointed refer-
enee to the second largest South
American nation, Ar,:e''tieta,
which has not yet broken o;'f rlip-
lomatie relations with the Axis%
and has officially resented e'.:nrees
that her territory is a bane for
Nazi espionage.
Anniversary In Berlin
On the tenth anniverss,!•v of
Hitler's assumption of the <-han-
ceil•orship the R.A.F. gave Berlin
its first daylight bombing since
the war began.
The Fuehrer himself w45 at
the front, and for the second time
-the first was in 1938—he had
failed to mark the anniversary
with a speech. Instead, a p>;oc-
lamation from Hitler was read by
Propaganda Minister Joseph Goeb-
bels. It reflected the seriousness
of the time, which made this an-
niversary more a day of mourn-
ing for the dead than a day of
celebration, as in years past. The
Fuehrer declared that unless his
people devoted every ounce of
their energy to the defeat of Rus-
sia they were in danger of having
their culture destroyedand be-
coming the slaves of "Bolshev-
ism."
Herr Goering's Speech
The day's chief address was
made by Reiehmarshal Hermann
Goering. He began after an
hour's delay, during which crashes
and clients, supposedly due to the
air raid, were heard over the radio.
The man who had promised the
German people that British bomb-
ers would never cross their fron-
tiers said the R.A.F. would be
repaid "one -day." By the pledge
of final victory he sought to re-
move the sting of recent defeats.
• In place of former boasts that
Germany's war tools were the
best in the world, he said that
Russia "had spent the last decade
and a half building up the most
powerful armaments ever made
by any nation." He announced a
spring offensive, but waened of
further hardships ahead,
The impact of the war upon
Germany has been a gradual pro-
cess; Ith did not come with the
brutal sudenness it did ,to most
of the democratic nations. It
^-started-teneyears-ago- veben-• lolf...,•...
Hitler came to power and an eco-
nomy of "guns, not butter," was
established. Under it luxuries
vanished;, from the average Ger-
man's life, his clothes turned
shoddy:
Last week it became evident
that all this was not enough. From
Adolf Hitler's headquarters came
an order requiring the registration
of all German men between 16
and 65 and all German women
between 17 and 45. The order
seemed designed to find women
to replace men in the factories,
civil services, offices. Since un-
married women have long since
been called on for work, the order
`seemed aimed at such of Ger-
many's 12,500,000 married women
as could be taken from their homes
without disrupting the nation's
economy,
On the Down Grade
The Nazi order, it seemed cer-
tain, did nut mean that Hitler's
troops would be a weaker foe
during 1943. Its significance lay
in the indication that Ger. ,zany
had reached its peak militant
strength and had started deem -
grade. In 1939 the Reich was
estimated ot have 18,000.000 pro-
ductive male workers between the
ages of 18 an 45. More than
9,000,000 of them are now in
uniform, suffering losses esti-
mated at 1,000,000 a year, This
is a rate of loss that could not
be made up by additions from the
ranks of women, prisoners of war
or "volunteer workers from cap-
tive countries." Its effect would
be felt in food production, in war
production and finally on the
fighting fronts.
By Gurney (Australia)
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