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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1943-06-10, Page 2How YOUNG CANADIANS CAN HELP TO WIN THE WAR vorawriffisior/ .04 — IM GOING ON A FARM THIS SUN1MER'!OIiELP THE WAR _EFFORT SO AM i, CHRIS $UI:AND iARE GOIN To PICK FRUIT f�I YORE LEARNING TO HANDLE THAT TRACTOR PRETTY WEI.1,04121S -BUT TAKE, IT EASY GOING THROUGH THE GATE ib‘ 41'A, Art f T JUST COT A LETTER FROM MY ARMOR OVERSEAS,HCSwe HE'S PROUD of ME TNATS NICE,6UE,PICKING FRUIT LS140 SOFiJD8,8UT WE NAVE A LOT Of FUN,TDO -"k �'`N'"1.�". 4'1. 4 K' THIS tS THE BEST SUMMER I CAN REMEMBER AND WE KNOW WE ARE REALLY HELPING TO WIN THE WAR NOURISHING FOODS C 'S i$c ° Epee : duty. for;,1uery THE WAR - WEEK --- Commentary on Current Events Air Power To Play Key Part In Future Operations Of War In Washington, last week was a week or long-range planning, says the New York Times. In England it was a week of long- range bombing, aimed at the in- dustrial heart of Germany and carried out on an uuprecedeuted ;scale. Ire North Africa it was a week of cltippiug and blasting at the southern wall of Hitler's for- tress. In all the United Nations it was a week of rising hope, bas- ed on the anticipation ot new blows that were obviously in the snaking. And In the Axis—]t seem- ed slue --it rust have been a week Of uncertain speculation about where the flatted Nations would strike next. Complete Agreement That next step has been decid- ed. In Washington, wbere the high- est ranking Arany, Navy and air officers of Britain and the United States have been conferring with President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, the President issued this statement: The conference ot the Combined fitafts in Washington has ended tut complete agreement on future war. There could be little doubt that i;n these "future operations" aur power is going to play a key role. The evidence was to be found in last week's record of 'bombing at- -tacks on Europe and in the latest analysis of Axis and Allied air strength. In figures, which tell Only part of the story, the analysis goes like this: America is produc- dng 0.2t10 aircraft monthly, pos- nibly a third of them transports, trainers, ete.; Britain is produc- ing not less than 2.000; Russia at least 1.800.: The Allied total of all types is 10,000 planes a month, of fighting craft well over 5,000 s. month. In the Axis, German pro- duction is estimated at about 1,500 e, month of all types, Italy -s 400- 600. Japan's perhaps 1,200—a total orf 3.100-3,300 a month. Allied pro- duction is still expanding; Axis 1proci'uction has reached its peak. Nature of Planes The other part of the air -power story lies in the nature of the planes. Britain and America are building large numbers of improv- ed bombers; Germany has no new types and bas converted a large part of her bomber production to {fighter planes. If German -fighters were good enough, they would be gbh, to stop Allied bombers and allow German bombers to operate in any chosen theatre. But Eng- lish experts say Germany's best oiighter, the Focke-Wulf 190, has already been beaten by the new Spitfires and Typhoons, and the new Mustangs and Thunderbolts are also expected to cause. trouble dor the FW -190. In such a situa— tion, therefore, the Germans must rely on weight of numbers for de- fense in a given sector, a tactleal {rather tbau a strategic nae ot the tut twat -fa.. Against the Fortress of Europe, the Allies have already launehedl both a tactical and strategical air offensive, having two objectives: '(1) breaching the fortress wall of lta]y and its islands; (2) destroy- ing in the 'German heart of Europe the ability and perhaps the will to fight. Assault on the Walt The taction] offensive in the youth was last week bringing a etartltug phase of war 'home to the pliople of Italy; To t era the Mediter.ra,nean had long been Mare Nostrum—"Our Sea"—with imper- lel outposts 'and military conquests extending across most of the eoath- ern sbores. Now, as the people telt the weight of the air attack, they knew those sbores were gone, oontrot of the sea was gone. The Allied roil -'hack seethed about to reach the homeland. Itti< preface was the bomber assaalt. Every day and several times a day the bomb- ers came over, in fleets that seem- ed. impervious to the fighter planes and the explosives the anti-air- craft guns hurled into the sky. The effects of this intensive at- tack ttack are clear. The civilian popu- lations are fleeing northward. Air and ground defenses have been reinforced but are causing little damage. The farther the zona of air superiority can be extended the larger the field the Allies will have for surface operations in the Mediterranean. It is a step In clearing the approaches to the Balkan Peninsula, where many ob- servers expect an important Allied invasion thrust to be made. The great Vardar River valley, leading up through Greece and Yugoslavia to the Danube, has many times been a military highway. Further- more, the neutralization of main- land ainland Italy and Sardinia would pro- tect the flank of any moves tato Southern France. 11Th .5ie{,i'Ei...m. 2na ry.�.�w. . ,.. ,. . The assault on the inner keep of .:..10.e a sr-3Uurop'e ' reached new lev- els last week. Despite the belt of searchlights, detectors, guns and interceptor fields which has been taking a heavier toll of bombers, the R. A. F. smashed hard at Ger- many's industrial Rhur. Acres of dusty rubble and fires that burn- ed unchecked for two days lay In the wake of the big British bomb- ers. These raids in strength, repeat- ed at much shorter intervals than wag possible a year ago, are seem- ingly aimed at speedy prosecution of Prime Minister Winston Ohu.rc- hill's idea that "there is no harm in finding out" 11 Germany can be brought to submission by bomb- ing, providing other methods are not neglected. There are some who hold. that the effect is marked al- ready; that Gei•mauy has had to change from a "military economy of plenty" to a policy of conserva- tion. onservetton. Resources, production and transportation have suffered heav- ily, and London observers predict that the month of June will see the blows greatly stepped up in frequency and weight. The Next Steps All these things must have been In the minds of the Allied leaders in. Washington last week. On two points relating to the air offensive Mr. Churchill was emphatic: (1) the United Nations now have air superiority over their en- emies and have a far superior re- placement rate; (2) Italy would be well advised to discard Its. pre- sent rulers and throw itself on the justice of the Allies. In the face of these statements, hammered home by the destruction that rained down on Europe, the people of the Axis last week could only wonder what their future is to be like. Not the least of their OTTAWA REPORTS That "Little Blue Book" Will Aid Women In Checking Prices and Quality of Purchases. Canada's internal war against inilatiou Is regarded as second only In importance to the task of beating the enemy in Europe and on the Islands of the Pacific. Those charged at Ottawa with the duty of maintadniug a wartime economy which will permit of rea- sonable comfort, security and hap- piness to the most Canadians alter "Victory" are continually com- batting influences calculated ' to disrupt the astonishingly success- ful "controls." While Donald Gordon, Chairman of the Prices and Trade Board, was issuing warning before the National Labor Board against wage and potnraodity price in- creases, his organization was bus- ily arming the women of Canada with many thousands of new "little blue books" with which women are invited to fight rising price tendencies. A new edition of this "little bine book" is newly of the press and ready for distribution amongst Canadian women who ask for it, The "little blue book" has never been distributed promiscuously; • it has been sent only to those who requested it. It can be obtained from Women's Regional Advisory Committees or local offices et the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. "The Little Blue Book" is in- tended ntended as an aid to women in checking on prices and quality, Bearing on its blue front cover the caption, "My Price Ceiling Rec- ord," it provides writing space to designated columns for jotting down the article bought, size, brand, quality, date purchased, last price paid, name of the store where purchased, and price in- crease ncrease i't there has been any price increase, Should Mrs, X find on checking bre blue book notations that the pries of article A has increased over the price prevailing say last month, she may ask the store- keeper about it,. If his explauation does not satisfy she may telephone or write a report to her Women's Regional Advisory Committee, or the nearest regional or sub-region- al ub-regional office of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. Her report is absolutely confidential. The En- forcement Administration takes up the inquiry and has the authority to make the fullest investigation. A form has even been prepared -upon whioh Canadian women may report price increases which come to their attention by reason ot the check kept in their "little blue hooks -1'' .,The.. forr....abtalneble,, ;at the same sources, coaoludes with,,, the notation; ° "Information given on this form will be treated in confidence. In the event at prose- cution no unwilling witness will be called." And that Is one way the author- ities intend to keep a. tight rein on forces which would precipitate the Canadian people on a toboggan ride to inflation. Only the small- est percentage of merchants re- quire watching, say the Board ex- perts, but with 3,000,000 Canadian women warned and equipped to guard Canada's price levels, the belief is that nothing can remain out of line and undetected for very long. Germany's Barker System Failing Germany is searching Europe for gold. Alt her allies have been asked about their reserves. The Nazis neee this gold because their barter system is breaking down. This gold -hunt follows the fail- ure of C"lodius, Hitler's No. 1 commercial traveler, to bring off a new deal wibh Turkey. It was revealed recently that negotia- tions for a renewal of the trade deal had been deferred because Germany had been unable to convince the Turks that she could deliver the barter goods. Turkey has now asked for pay- ment in gold as an alternative, Germany has little gold left. difficulties, most observers felt, was the realization that the roles in the war have been reversed, that the future is being decided, not in Berlin or Rome or at the • Brenner Pass, as it used to be, hut in Washington and London. Canadian Gold •Mining Selculritie5 Durutg the past year "i`reezmng orders" by the Metals Controol- ler'e Offiee have caused consider- able misunderstanding among in- - veabors in Canadian gold mining eecur sties, The original order 'yeas interpreted to mean that all /,,new development work in gold sproperties would be halted. An • article in the "Financial Post" .:points: out that preliminary de- tvelopamnts, surface work and dia- mond drilling may be carried on eat gold properties, as suolt over- •' ations do not require large quan- 1utieGs of materials and manpower, One of the most recent de- velopments now before the in - 'Vesting public is the Abamet ;Prospecting Syndicate, formed to - explore and develop its holdings ,which are known to indicate 'copper and gold deposits. The :.J:oeation is outstanding and is in ,close proximity to Canada's greab- Fest producer of copper, Noranda Mines Ltd. The adjoining prop- erty, Adnaron Copper Corpor- ation Limited, is carrying on an extensive drilling programme and reports released indicate the de- velopment is of major import- • ante. The Abamet Syndicate have made arrangements bo start their diamond drilling cam- 'pejo am'paign at • the property concur- rently with the adjoining •oper- ation of Adnaron and Noranda. The management of this syndi- cate is composed of the same group responsible for the progress of the Adnaron Copper Corpor- ation Ltd., which company was brought into being through an offering of units in the original Adnaron Prospecting Syndicate, each unit containing 500 shares of stock. This stock at the pres- ent writing is actively quoted on .the Toronto market. Abamet Syn- dicate will be developed along the sante lines and it is believed should meet with .the same mea- sure of success. Clever Strategy utwitted Nazis Bth Army's Reputation Alone Frightened The Enemy General Dwight D. Eisenhower, reviewing his six-month campaign in North Africa, said the final blow was struck in a clever move by which the bulk of the enemy troops were held on the Eighth .Army front while the First Army ,got ta•.tUa• knockout punch. --"Thee'rejiitation of the Eighth Arniy alone was enough to hold powerful enemy forces in front of it," the commander-in-chief said. "There was a peculiar circum- stance at the end which General Sir Harold Alexander (deputy commander-in-chief in charge ot ground forces) took advantage ot. In mauy punches the Eighth Array delivered hammer blows while the other units served as the anvil. Because est its efficiency, the Eighth Ariny got an enormous reputation, with everyone, includ- ing the Germans, expecting the killing punch to come from it. Unified Command "General Alexander counted on that. He built up the First Army and, to make its (western) front still stronger, brought around some of the Eighth Army to the First Army front. The Germans thought the real .fight was coat- ing from the south." General Eisenhower cited the success of this move as another proof of the advantages of a uni- fied command. All indications were that the Germans were greatly surprised by the thrust from the west and this led to their disorganization attd collapse. The Allied chieftain said the governments at both Britain and the United States and the local French "have a real reason for encouragement and hope as a re- sult of this campaign." 40,000,000 Slaves There are now 40,000,000 workers, including 10,000,000 for- eigner's and prisoners of war, eine ployed in German factories, ac - coring to a broadcast by Rennes radio. ✓ O I C 0 IF TIB. P RESS DEAL FOR SWEEP Canada possesses great tracts of open country which should snake ideal grazing land for sheep. Mar- nuding dogs have caused serious losses, but the answer to blt,at could be found in adopting effective mea- sures of control. No better form of protection for sheep has ever been devised than a shepherd and bis collie. More 61 them should be ernployed in this work In Canada; flocks could then be larged and What is now too often no more than a bleak countryside would have a 'Pastoral beauty. --Hamilton Spectator. —0— FOR TiMiD FOLK Those timid folk who would re- strict there hatred for Germans to the leaders only might do well to Beed the words of Air Marshall William A. Bishop who said In New York: "A good healthy hate for the Axis is necessary in the war." Referring to recent Allied bombings he added that he didn't oare "if there isn't one house left standing in Germany" —fat. Thomas Times -Journal. __0— BUT BEE GETS IT It -is estimated that a bee travels 43,776 miles in gathering a pound of honey—a distance only outdone by the consumer in his search from store to store for the s•arue pound. —Stratford Beacon -Herald. —0— EQUINE INEQUALITY It is odd that all men should be born equal when racehorses, obvi- ously are. not. —Peterborough Examiner. —0— HARDLY POSSIBLE Ottawa says the new income tax forms are remarkably simple, whioh is simply remarkable. —Brandon San. _0_ WELCOMED Hitler to Stalin: "1 am coming." Stalin to Hitler: "We welcome you with tanks." —Montreal Star. _0__ TAKE A PEEK If you see a•moth sporting a fur coat, look In the closet. It might be yours! —Ottawa Citizen. klow Old Is Anne? Tho village • doctor and 1aw- yerr were spending a convivial evening wibh the economist from ' the big city and eventually the discussion came round to which represented the oldest profession. "Well!" said the doctor, "Eve was made from Adam's rib. That makes the medioal profession the oldest on record:" "Not at all," said the lawyer. "Before Adam—if you will search the record—order was created out of •chaos. To get older there had ' to be law and that makes my hon- orable profession the oldest." "And," asked the economist. "Who do you think created bhe Chaos?" —The Printed World. $11.22 SENDS 30. "BRITiSIH CONSOLS"„ "LECMON,"",, "MACDOiNALD'S MENTHOL",,, "SCOTCH [BLENDS" or "EXPORTV. Cigarefea or 1 lb. Tobacco — BRIER SMOKI IG on ally, MACDONALD'S FINE CUTS (with p-, ea alga DAILY MAIL CIGARETTE TOBACCO Pc.:paid, to, Soldiers In the Canadian Army OVERSEAS and CANADIANS IN UNITED KINGDOM. FARCES,.. Mail Birder and Remittance tot--- This OHeesublecttuanychantahi AveramentRtduladmts A Song In Praise Of The Lowly Spud The potato, now scarce here- about, has inspired our Professor Ensyke to research and song, says the New York Times Magazine. It is at home, he finds, "down where it's hilly in far -away 'Chile." Thence it roved to Peru, was car- ried by monks to Spain, and spread to Italy and Belgium. Mean- while, "the ocean was squally when Sir Walter Raleigh" dis- covered it near Albemarle Sound and transported it to Cork, where the Irish made it their own. How it got to Carolina from the South- ern Andes, Dr. El. doesn't know. He confesses a fondness tar looking into its eyes. He defends it against all substitutes, "To ere, macaroni Is so much baloney," and "spaghetti is petty," while "as regards rice, my feeling is "colder than ice" He concludes,• "So, therefore, by Plato! I'll sing the potato, the great indispensable spud! Who loves not its tuber is either a boob or an absolute,stick- in-tike-mud!" The professor is now haunting Tin Pan Alley with his potential song bit. So tar, no of- fers. Green Pastures There is nothing so refreshing to horses' feet as the damp cool- ness of „rass into whioh they are turned in May; and nothing so calculated to remove every en- largement and sprain as the gentle exercise which the animal volun- tarily takes while his legs are ex- posed to the cooling process of evaporation, which is taking place from the heebage he treads. The expearience of ages :las shown that it is superior to all the embrace - times and bandages of the srekilfull veterinarian, It is the renovating process of nature, where the art of man fails. FUNNY BUSINESS Q - -.- n•..-.-ealGE ; "NL -Na COM. 1940 a VIC "if it's a mermaid. ask her if she's got a friend!" REG'LAR FELLERS ----A Smash Hit SURt,'MU.> Jr1ARS1iAi-, i 04o"4 ybt) WILT T1115 Heim row. auR 1AleR&' OCCUPYiW' (t...... Ttty AN' DA\Vt 1)5 OU1.1 -most re ri .>T;t°15,..,. NiAKtte' me eaeieeka it'( owN roa.'l omit la' TNr-YWrct•1-C WAR 114e44, rtt T1115 l'AT,E•1'R see CUI:t-a WA'rt- . Vel4 Do lett. 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