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MOTHER NATURE sometimes gives man forceful sermons on,
how to live. The White Pine forest of Greylock Park is a typical
picture of the "Never Say Die" spirit.. Some of the trees had the
main trunk broken' completely off, only to ,have a new branch
carry on the work of the lost member.
thlmoommrosolonl
)EXT: The blind man. who has written. 100 books.
OTTAWA REPORTS
That New Ceiling On Storage
Vegetables Will Have Imme-
diate Effect Upon Producers
In some cases prices on storage
vegetables will actually be higher
as a result of the new ceiling im-
posed by Wartime Prices and
Trade Board. According to War-
time Prices and Trade Board of-
ficials, the immediate effect of an
order placing a ceiling on a com-
modity is that prices generally
move up immediately to the ceil-
ing. For some vegetables this will
result in an increased price to
the producer.
Another immediate effect of the
imposing of a price ceiling is a
tendency toward a temporary
freezing of the commodities effect-
ed. However, bhe_•Gonsumer will not
suffer any shortage as stocks on
hand are plentiful. During winter
months consumers will be protect-
ed against the prices which ruled
during the top period last year,
when cabbage was selling for any-
thing from 5c to 19c a pound—
mostly between 15c and 19c; when
carrots went as high as 10c a
pound and beets sold. from 3.7c a
pound to 15e a pound.
* *
In the framing of the order,
Chairman of the Prices Board,
Donald Gordon, stressed the dif-
ficulties encountered by Board of-
ficials in designing an order to
meet in all respects the wide var-
iety of conditions attending pro-
duction and marketing of vege-
tables.
"The complications confronting
the Board in drafting an order fix-
ing maximum prices in such pro-
ducts are obvious," Mr. Gordon
TREASURE
Bright baubles go a lot further
in winning over the South Pacific
natives than mere words or
Money, Allied forces have found.
Here Yeoman U. S. Aarnham of
New York looks over a shipment
of junk jewelry received on a
Pacific isle from Los Angeles.
said. "The present order is the
result of a considerable period of
close study and consultation with
growers and distributors. The
Board recognizes that after the
order has had a period of trial, it
may be necessary to readjust cer-
tain phases of it, and is prepared
to take any remedial action which
experience proves desirable."
The present order, taking into
consideration the labour involved
in growing vegetables, the cost of
that labour and general wartime
conditions, sets the ceiling on
prices to the producer at higher
than pre-war level.
♦ 9
*
Another point in favour of pro-
ducers is the provision made for
storage costs. This allowance for
storage charges is graduated and
may be included in the maximum
prices commencing December 1, in-
creasing until April, May and June,
and decreasing -July and August...
For pricing and distribution Can-
ada is divided by the order into
two zones. The first includes the
island of Montreal, all the main
populated part of Ontario, the main
portions of the provinces of Mani-
toba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and
British Columbia. The second zone
includes all the remainder of the
Dominion. In zone two, maximum
prices on all vegetables are one-
quarter of a cent a pound higher
than those in zone one. The rea-
son for this, it is explained, is that
zone two consists of the more
sparsely populated areas.
Bonds As Backlogs
Before the discovery of coal,
wood. was the principal fufel. In
storing it for winter's use, care
was taken to lay aside large sound
sticks for backlogs for fire places
to keep the fires burning all night.
Today we burn coal, oil and gas.
Fires are easily kept over night,
but we need and must provide
backlogs of other kinds—savings
to tide us over bard times.
With full employment as a result
of the war, Canadians are earn-
ing more money than ever before.
Our national income is at a record
high level. Instead Of spending
the money now on non -essentials
we will be wise if we create a
few economic backlogs by invest-
ing all the money we possibly can
in Victory Bonds,
Easy come should not be easy
go, again causing the want and
misery we suffered a decade ago.
— Kitchener Record.
THE WAR WEEK --» Commentary on Current Eveflt$
Stalin and Church ll Review Record
Of Victories Hitler Gives Pep Talk
lauring the last few days, first,:
Stalin, then Hitler and now Chiirok
hill have delivered speeches to
their people. And while at this
moment actions speak louder than
words the speeches ,are still an in-
teresting barometer of the at-
mosphere prevailing in the two
camps, as well as .a most :encourag-
ing forecast for the future, says
the New York Times,
Both Mr, Stalin and Mr,.Churc-
hill took occasion to review the
record of "a famous year' of al-
most unbroken victories, which, in
Mr. Churchill's words, have in-
flicted mortal blows on the mon-
strous juggernaut of German might
and tyranny and may well be the
precursors of decisive events in
the European struggle. Both re-
counted the achievements of their
own forces and gave generous
credit to the achievements of their
allies; and Mr. Churchill in par-
ticular did not stint in paying tri-
bute to the heroic performance of
the Russian armies and the Rus-
sian. people. Both also emphasized
the new unity and harmony achiev-
ed at the Moscow Conference. And
both radiated confidence in final
victory, in which Mr. Churchill
specifically included victory over
Japan, with whom "the British
Commonwealth and Empire have
an inexpiable quarrel."
Hitler's Admissions
In aharp contrast stands the
speech of Hitler, which is one out-
cry of defeat and despair. Deliver-
ed on the sorry anniversary of his
abortive beerhall putsch, it fore-
shadows the failure of his more
ambitious putsch against mankind.
For behind all the old obsessions.
hatreds, falsehoods and arrogance.
there are admissions, which, corn-
ing
orming. from that source, must have
destroyed the last illusions of the
German people. There is talk of
"desperate situations," of "im-
pending catastrophe," of "marshal-
ing the last reserves of strength,"
yes, even the suggestion that the
fighting will reach German soil,
But there is also in this speech
the desperation of the cornered
but still far from conquered beast,
For Hitler not only proclaims war
against his outside enemies but
also against the Germans them-
selves—a war of terror without
mercy in which the Non -German
Fuehrer of the Germans threatens
death to all who would end the
struggle. If any Germans still need-
ed proof of Hitler's pathological
megalomania, they can read it in
his self -revealing protestation that
he is losing neither nerves nor
reason, and in his final contempt-
uous sneer that if they despair
'they will deserve no better than
they get and he will not be sorry
for them.
Germany's Greatest Enemy
After that, the Germans must
know that they have no greater
enemy than Hitler himself. But a
desperate madman with a great
army at his back is still danger-
ous, and in estimating that danger
Mr. Churchill is a more cautious
judge than Mr. Stalin. For while
Mr. Stalin sees victory near, Mr.
Churchill proceeds on the assump-
tion that, barring a miracle, the
climax of the war will not come
till 1944, and that the campaign
of 1944 "will be the most severe,
and to the Western allies the most
costly to lite, of any we have yet.
fought," in that estimate Mr.
Churchill is In agreep ent with all
military authorities and, funds -
mentally, in agreement with Mr,
Stalin himself, Tor what Mr,
Churchill says is that the air war
alone will not win the war, and
that victory will renire that mass
invasion opf Euroll•WWhich he . has
always promised..:14*, 'Stalin's re-
newed call for the opening of an-
other front confirms this judg-
ment.
Allies' Supreme Task
In the light of the grim task that
still lies ahead, this talk we have
been hearing recently of the war
being "all but over" seems frivol-
ous indeed. It is not only "foolish
and blameworthy" but dangerous,
because, to use Mr. Churchill's
words, it tends to "divert the
thoughts and efforts of the Allied
nations from the supreme task
which lies before them—namely,
that of beating down into dust
and ruins the deadly foes and ty-
rants who so nearly subjugated
the entire world to their domin-
ation."
Hitler's Contrasting Speeches
Adolf Hitler's beer -cellar speech,
with the usual intermingling of
threats and pep talk, can neither
restore German confidence in vic-
tory
iatory nor yet raise any hopes of
overcoming the tremendous calam-
ities looming ahead, claims the
Christian Science Monitor.
In fact, this speech is more like-
ly to increase the fears of mili-
tary disaster without and chaos
within which are increasing with
every new Allied military victory
and new Allied bombing of the
Reich.
Outstanding is the marked con-
trast between this speech and
those Hitler has delivered on sim-
ilar occasions in the past.
Three years ago, Hitler could
boast that "one day there will be
no Churchill but there will be Ger-
man 'U-boats." •
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Target of American attack in the
South Pacific is Bougainville,
last of the big Solomon Islands.
From landings at Empress Au-
gusta Bay, U^ S. forces may
move dawn the coast toward Jap
bases at Buin and Kahili. This
invasion puts Americans close
to Rabaul.
Two years ago, "the pace in Rus-
sia is determined exclusively by
us," and last year boasting was
still the keynote of his utterance.
Threats and Boasts
Last week there were threats,
boasts, and jeers, such as those
long associated with Hitler speech-
es, but they sounded emptier than
ever, despite the cheers and cheap
laughter they aroused among his
listeners, and they brought no
promises of help to relieve Ger-
many's present situation which a
neutral correspondent in Berlin
recently described as "grave, di1
ficult, and exacting."
2,550 tanks, 6,200 guns and
70,000 lorries (trucks) were cap-
tured or destroyed by the Allied
troops in all the African cam-
paigns.
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Packed in the warhead of a single torpedo is enough concentrated destruction
to sink a ship of war—a special high explosive in which alcohol is used. Alcohol
helps to give the torpedo its deadly striking power; helps provide explosives for
depth charges, bombs and shells. Alcohol is also an important ingredient in making
plastics and other vital war materials. It is the constant ally of the doctor in his
fight against infection. Alcohol is performing a myriad of services in this all-out
war. Our plants are producing it to the full extent of their capacities.
HIRAM WALKER & SONS, LIMITED
REG'LAR FELLERS—Nature Blundered
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By GENE BYRNES