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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1944-05-25, Page 7VOICE OF THE PRESS RUSSIAN READERS Remember the time when Rus- ian peasants were considered about he most illiterate people on earth? Ne11, the c'irrent issue of the I.n- rmation Bulletin of the Soviet mbassy ia. Washington carries a icture of;a'group, of collective far- ets in the Bogrodsk district, (hese people subscribe to 200 dif- lilent newspapers and periodicals. --Brantford• .Expositor. • —o— THIRD RATE NAVY Remember when people used • to te.lk cclnteinptuously about Canada's s°third rate navy'!? Well, we now aloe justifiable pride in the fact that ur Navy is in third place among $ rose' .of the United Nations. --Windsor Star. —0— - LIKE 'HIS DAD '_fajor Randolph Churchill, son of he. British Prime Minister, seems o take after his father. Dropped y parachute into Yugoslavia, the ar•tisarns• report that he has shown ',great activity.,, —Niagara Falls Review. —o— ONLY TWO. KINDS There are two ..kinds of people: The • intelligent; who agree with ou; and the prejudiced, warped, ased, obstinate, narrow-minded, Mmb cluka who won't listen to ason, —Kitchener Record. • —a- 1 TIINK OF CHINESE! • 1f..you ase• tempted to feel ,war- 1y'ary think of the Chinese who Abeen fighting the enemy aver ar nes on their:own soil. —London Free Press. NO; 1 COMMANDO Maj. -Gen. R. G. Sturges, above, of the Royal Marines, is the new chief of British Commando forces. The 52 -year-old veteran of 90 years' Marine service directed the assault on Diego Suarez ' naval base, Madagascar, when Allies occupied the island in 190. He was wounded in naval action off Iceland in 1941. A Poet's Prophecy Thomas Gray who wrote "Elegy Written In A Country Church- yard" was a prophet as well as a poet, comments . the Stratford Beacon -Herald. For more than two centuries ago—in 1737, as the re- cords show—he penned a remark- able prediction at Cambridge. Gray called it "Luna Hai)itabilis"—in the light of today it could be termed fulfilled prophecy of Allied air su- premacy iii this year of tremendous climax in global warfare. Two hundred and seven years ago, Thomas Gray wrote these words: "The time will conte when thou shalt lift thine eyes To watch a long -drawn battle in the .skies, While aged Peasants, too amazed for words, Stare at the flying fleets of won- d'rous birds. ' England, so long the Mistress of the Sea, Where winds and waves confess • her sovereignty, Her ancient triumphs yet on high • shall bear; And reign, the Sovereign of than Conquered Air." Air Cadets To Get Supervised Flights Arrangements are being made to give "familiarization" flights in 1rR. C. A. F. aircraft to senior cadets who qualify in accordance with re- quiremenls, the Air Cadet League • of Canada announced recently. Cadets will receive flights as a reward for faithful attendance at squadron parades and progress In training. A waiver form signed by his parents must be obtained by each cadet who qualifies and is re- commended for flights by his come mending officer. Trips are expected to be of 30 minutes duration or less and wilt be carried out within a radius of 20 miles from the station. Without making much noise about it, the Air Cadet League of Canada has done a remarkable job. In three }•ears about 20,000 Air Cadets have been enrolled in 370 squadrons, and this has all been done through the enthusiasm of civilian sponsoriing bodies, such as schools, service clubs and ',u;insss firms. Battleship Can Feed 10,000 For 1 Month The •United States Navy has enough ince' aboard a carrier flag- ship to feed a city of 10,000 impute tion Lir a solid month—and feed them better than they've ever been ,fed before. Sample menu: Break- fast: :40 dozen fresh eggs; 144 pounds chipped beef; 400 pounds beans; 500 pounds bacon; 200 pounds corned beef; plus cereals. Dinner and supper: Fresh cleats, 1,000 pcnlnds; canned meats, 1,000 pounds; potatoes, 3,000 pounds; iresli vegetable two a slays, 1,- 000 ;000 pounds; canned vegetables, 1,- 000 pound;; fresh fruits, 700 pounds; fruit juices, 1,200 pounds; sugar, 800 pounds; butter, 2,50 pounds; coffee, 250 pounds. HE'S DOING BETTER SCHOOL ORK with this BETTER EA'FAST 11110 yi 011 til il��� '� N SNPEf �. ppPolp But WAR'SAVINGS STAMPS FROM YOUR FOOD STORE,. Young folks burn up lots of energy in a day. They must have plenty of good nourish- ing food. So give them a better breakfast ; give them Nabisco Shredded Wheat. Mode from 100% Canadian whole wheat It contains the essential energy-. builders✓ carbohydrates, pro» reins, and the minerals iron and phosphorus, Nabisco Shredded Wheat Is ready - cooked, ready to eat. Try the tested, practical recipes found in every package. THE CANADIAN SHREDDED WHEAT coMPANY, LTD, 2415, Niagara Valls, CoAdot THE WAR » WEEK — Conmen. United Nations And Axis Struggle For Supremacy In Southern Italy on Current Events 'WHERE ALLIES -LAUNCH ALL-OUT DRIVE Map shows where Allied 5th and 8th .Armies in Italy have opened an all-out offensive along an 85 -mile front from Casino to the Tyrrhe- nian Sea. It is believed to be the first of coordinated blows from the west, • south and east planned to squeeze Germany out of the war. The mighty Allied offensive, opened in Southern Italy two weeks ago, differs from pre- vious' attacks of the Eighth, Army, Our task n o w is to assault and break through in turn a series of natural defensive positions strongly held and long, prepared, each of which the Ger- mans will cling to until forced out. Our immediate objective is the Gustav Line which has Leen 'for titiied for many months past, and includes modern concrete defense works in many places. 'Behind this lies the Adolf Hit- ler Line, another strong natural defensive position, which Ger- man military engineers ,prepared for months past, strengthened to the utmost, and which Hitler's troops will be ordered to hold to the last roan. The defenses we now are attacking are the strong- est the British Army has encoun- tered in the present war. The fact that Hitler gave his own name to this second line be- yond the Gustav defenses indicates its strength, and Nazi belief that it will not be broken. Anticipating the onslaught, the eneaty has strengthened these de- feases, specially the Hitler Line, with steel and concrete, using his own men and thousands of Italian laborers. The Germans also cleared civil- ians out of an area behind the front at least 20 miles deep, which now has become an arena . of a 'slugging match unrivaled in Ital- . ran history. May Be Turning Point This battle may be as much a turning point as was the Battle of France. In 1040 disaster carne swiftly' because one side had a major superiority in weapons, in- cluding the weapons of treachery and ruthlessness, The Germans won by their ex- cess of airplanes and tanks, taking over from. General de Gaulle a tech- nique of automotive warfare, They also won because the French were divided, with the minorities of the extreme left and the extreme right showing no will to resist. Now the Nazi superiority in weapons, in Italy and everywhere else, has passed. Some of the United Nations weapons are now superior in quality. In quantity and in productive capacity the United Nations have an enormous •advan- tage. Our supply lanes are open, subject only to minor loss by sub- marine action. British factories are comparatively safe from Nazi at- tack, American factories entirely safe. German factories and supply routes enjoy no such immunity. For many Months they have been under attack and for a month un- der an air assault of unprecedented magnitude. In Italy itself the rail- ways below Florence are reported out of commission, Variety Of Troops The most impressive aspect of the whole offensive is the wide variety of troops participating in the strug- gle, There are Americans, and Frenchmen, and Canadians, and Australians, and New Zealanders, and South Africans, and Poles, and Indian Empire troops, and Italian, and to the north around Trieste even Yugoslav partisans, And many of these national divisions must again be subdivided. The •'°'Sknterican troops include Japanese; the French troops include both Metropolitan Frenchmen and North African natives; the British in- clude l;nglishnien, and Welshmen, and Scotehnien and Irish volun- teers; and the Yugoslav partisans include Croats, and Slovenes, and Serbs and other Balkan nationals. True United Nations From all the corners of the earth there have been gathered together men of many nations, of many races, of many shades of color, and of many creeds, ' to form a true United Nations army which has flung down a challenge to the Ger- man "master race." Any army in which so many different units can fight as a single whole—in which for instance, French infantry can ad- vance under cover of American artillery directed by British target - spotting planes—is a triumph of military organization and com- mand. But it is more than that. "Believe me, you should try ALL -BRAN for constipation -- if it has the same cause mine had. For nothing I tried keeps me so re- gular, so gently." No dosing—no nasty harsh pur- gatives. Here's all you do—if your constipation is due to lack of "bulk" in the diet. Simply eat KELLOGG'S ALL - BRAN regularly, and drink plenty of wafer, This nutritious cereal helps to produce smooth -working "bulk", and prepare wastes for easy elimination. You'll like the happy relief so much you'll want to stay regular. Eat tasty,. toasty ALL -BRAN daily. Grocers have it in 2 handy sizes. Made by Kellogg's in London, Canada. -It is a symbol of the lumen spirit which the Nazis never understood —the spirit which united all these men in 0 common struggle against a common danger to their liberty and self-respect. Spitfire Fighter Has New Engine The Spitfire fighter plane has a new engine, the Rolls-Royce Grif- fin, whcih has a 23 per cent greater capacity than its predecessor, the Rolls-Royce Merlin. The Griffin has a two -speed, mechanically. driven supercharger and performs equally as well at low levels as at a height of 25,000 feet, the height at which mo• air battles tak*, place. Noth ung ismore depres. sing than headaches... Why suffer?... Larnbly's will give instant relief: ' Lambty'sisgood for ear- d ache, toothache, pains in back, stomach, bowels. /Rae. HEADACHE ?OWDEPS_ is NeXt MOVIES T the wu AT 66 1 men VI o think of t In�riW 3-DIMENSIONAL MOVIES, they're called—so realistic. that the characters seem to step from the screen sand pass beside you. Planes roar out of the sky and into the very theatre. Flowers hi a garden seem to spill their petals right into your lap. Every screen play is a vast and enthralling spectacle, so true to life you feel you are one of the actors'l That's the movie of the future, being perfected now by Men Who Think of Tomorrow1 No continent in all this world is more fortunate in the tremendous improve-- . meats in everydayliving which await it, That is becguse we are blessed withMN WHO THINK Or . TOMORRI.ow! » How important it is, therefore, that we make firmer our resolves and increase our daily efforks to bring that Tomorrow to pass. Remember; an enemy stands r:. between us and ,pomoriaw. He is staking his s,ll on beeping it fr=om, us. Can we do 'ess than this to defeat his purpose? • Let us create Victory! Let us wrest it from the very soil we till, the very tools we use in our factories, the very dollars we earn! Keep up production rates, yes, exceed them. Buy more and more Victory Bonds and War Savings Certificates. Do anything and everything to help win this war. • Let's all be MEN WHO THINK 011' TOMORROW! THE HOUSE OF SEAGRAM Alt Seagram plants in Panadai ttud the United States are engaged in the production of high -proof alcohol. Nigh -proof Alcohol for Wavle used ittthe Mame:l tureofSmokeless Powder, Synt lietic Rubber, Plasties,1)rugs and many other wartime prod noes.