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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1944-07-06, Page 3RETURN OF THE NATIVE Back to their homes, from which they fled during fighting between Allied invasion troops and . Ger- man forces, trudge French peasants in photo above.Along with them march American reinforcements for frontline units. K i of G ICLES GER FARM How is your head feeling these days? Is it slightly addled and have you been wondering what Other tricks the government may have up its legislative sleeve for your particular enjoyment? Or are you one of the few who have not yet been requested to file income tax returns? If that is so don't worry about it — your turn will dome, And don't say I didn't warn • you. Remember? — I told you Some time ago that farmers would be required to fill out some kind ¢f income tax form sometime in isle near future and that it might e a good idea to get your accounts ht order. Apparently some farmers have been requested to send in returns, while others have not. If you have received such a request for goodness sake do something about it. Don't put it on one side and think it doesn't natter When the government has your number you can lay your hand to your heart it has you earmarked and pigeon -holed and will inquire into your movements as assiduously as an anxious father follows the movements of * * an erring off -spring, * And after all, what have we to JAPINAZI The young Jap, above, in Nazi uniform, pictured as he was in- terrogated after his capture in France, looks none too happy at being one of Hitler's "honorary Aryans.» By Gwendollne R Clarke w 1 complaint about supposing we do 'have to file returns every year? Farming is a business just as is any other means of earning a . livelihood, The butches, the baker and the hardware merchant all have to keep some kind of busi- ness record — then why not the farrier? After all if a married elan on a farm has a net income of less than $1200—and I venture to say that up to and including 1942 there were many with less than that amount — then he has nothing to pay. If he has more, then he must pay just the same as any other business man. * * * As for the forms themselves they are surprisingly easy to under- stand—or at least they seeps so compared with what I remember of the questions that were asked farmers in the 1941 census. But it doesn't do to read the entire form and try td remember every- thing at once. That way madness lies. Concentrate on one question at a time and thus avoid confusion of thought. Incidentally, you might keep track of the aspirin you use and charge it up as a farm expend- iture. * *' * Did you get any of that nice little wind -storm that swept through Ontario last week? We thought when we heard that ter- rible wind that there must be an awful gale blowing somewhere so we were not surprised when we heard of the damage that had been done in. some districts. A, wind- storm is such a frightening thing. We have experienced two hi our time — and that las enough. After this wind we looked around next morning but could not see that any damage had been done. But then Partner went over to the driving -shed and got quite a sur- prise. The outside was all right but the inside was a shambles. Half the driving -shed has timbers across the top like the straw loft in a barn. Across these timbers Part- ner has been in the habit of storing used lumber, odds and ends of machinery, spare tongues and other stuff that seems to accumu- late around a farm and is generally used for repair work some time. Imagine Partner's surprise to find this grand collection scattered all over the driving -shed floor. One of the timbers had broken in the middle and let everything down. We suppose the wind rocked the build'ng and the timber, which al- thouglt it looked all right on the nutside^ artist have been rotten through and through just gave `WELCOME TO FRANCE' owering over them, six-foot, three-inch Gen. Charles De Gaulle is greeted by .citizens of Bayeux, first French town to be liberated by Allied invasion forces in Normandy. Girl hes ehaldng hands with wears brassard With Cross of Lorraine, symbol of lie Gaulle's Fighting French. up the struggle and collapsed. And Partner was walking on top of it the other day! * * * Well it's nice haying weather we're having isn't it? Is your hay cut and still out in the field? Ours is in that condition but we are.hoping to get some in on Mon clay as the, weather really doex show signs of being a little more settled. Shortage of 'help is bad enough but add to that unsettled weather in haying time and it real- ly puts one on the spot. And do you know the barley is in head already—that is, there are a few heads here and there, proof that the whole field will be headed out in less than a week. * * * I have just come up from getting the nail and did 1 wish I had had a camera with rte. A bob -o -link and a meadow lark were perched on two separate stalks of chicory for a friendly chat and sing -song SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON July 16. SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF ISRAEL Judges 2:I — 3:7. PRINTED TEXT, Judges 2:6-18. GOLDEN TEXT. — Righteous- ness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people. Proverbs 14:34. Memory Verse: Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good. Psalm 136:1. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time. — The events of our les- son occurred subsequently to'the death of Joshua, approximately, 1375-1350 B. C. Place. — The narrative of our lesson is not centered in any one plade, with the single exception of Bochim, on a mountain west of Gilgat — the exact location has not yet been definitely ascertained. Successes of Israel "Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went, every man unto his inherit- ance to possess the land." The peo- ple entered into a covenant with Joshua to be true to God and His commandments, and departed to possess the inheritance allotted to them, "And the people served Jehovah all the days of Joshua... and they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Tinmath-Beres, in the hill -country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gnash." The people remained true to their covenant not only during the remainder of Joshua's life, but . during the lifetime of all the elders who survived him. The faithfulness and Godliness of Joshua left their mark on the Children of Israel. The New Generation "And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, that knew not Jehovah, nor yet the work which he had wrought for .Israel." Unless there is a strong spiritual movement in the land through preachers and holy men, a spiritual decline always follows. After the death of Joshua no one seemed to be able to keep the people together in an earnest worship of • God, and to inspire them to obey the law of God. Failures of Israel "Anil the children of Israel did 'that which• was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served Beans" Fearful licentiousness in the wor- ship of this deity was not only sanctioned by its followers, but formed .part of the worship, "And they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers, who brought then out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of. the peoples that were round about them, and bowed themselves down unto them: and they provoked Je- hovah to anger. And they forsook Jehovah, and served i3aa1 and the Ashtaroth," '- Man must follow some god and when he forsakes the true God he follows after false gods, gods who eau profit him no - ,thing, The Anger of Jehovah "And the anger of Jehovah was THE 'VICAR • WEEK Commentary On Current Events How Long Will Final phase Of War Against Germany Last? We tstay be sure that Allied plans for the invasion included ample preparations for repairs to Ch.er- bourg>s harbor facilities, says the Christian Science Monitor. Great convoys may be unloaded there its as little as two 'or three days. Then the liberation of. Europe will pro- geed at accelerated pace. That the British, American, and Russian generals have planned a blitz seems evidenced by the lateness in the season of their attack. It is interesting that the Ameri- can.British-Canadians copied Rus- sian tactics at Cherbourg.' First they snipped its supply lines, then they pocketed it, leaving the Ger- mans to defend a bastion cut off from reinforcements and supplies, Such was the strategy of Stalin- grad, such is the present pattern of Vitebsk, Orsha, Mogilev, Zhlo- bin, and Bobruisk, Strategy In Pacific It is the strategy in the Pacific, too, where strikes at the Bonins isolated the Marianas from the sea and air lane down the island chain from.Jap'an. At Cherbourg, air po- wer was used to blast rails and highways and concentrations of troops being rushed to a counter- attack. In the Marianas, air power, too, blasted tate Japanese effort at • counterattack, inflicting, according to the latest word from Admiral Nimitz, the heaviest air loss yet suffered in a single operation by any participant in this war. Indeed, Admiral Nimitz's summa- ry of 747 Japanese planes des- troyed, 30 ships sunk, and 51 dam- aged paints a new picture of the frantic Japanese effort to save the Marianas, It would almost suggest that the Allies are further advanced ie the Pacific than we have hereto- fore supposed. ' ea. Supply Line Battles et cold assessment- tells us that tlne:$ tuation in the Pacific is in a broad/ and general way just about • as it was in the European war When the Battle of the Atlantic was at its height. That was a sup- ply line battle, too. Without it, the AIlies could not have mounted the strength that is being poured into this final phase of the war against Germany. With- out secure supply lines 'to the Far East, the Allies cannot hope to mount the power that will sweep over Japanese land forces. We have spoken of a blitz and • of the final phase of the war against • Germany. How long will this phase last? The answer to that is only part- ly physical. War is made against •'°S}be troops and sometimes they may fight, as many did in Cherbourg, until their ammunition is gone. But in a larger sense the war is waged against the will to resist. kindled against Israel... and they were sore distressed." Israel was completely humiliated, for after conquering the stoutest of their foes they were defeated and be- cause completely subject .to their enemies. God had warned Israel of their danger, and they went into sin with full knowledge of the cala- mities which would follow. If man sins persistently he can no longer `stand rip against it; it becomes his master and he its abject slave. The Lord Hears Israel "And Jehovah raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those that despoiled theist." In their distress they sought the Lord and He heard them, and raised up men who became their saviors and de- liverers. God dealt graciously with the Children of Israel for through them His Divine and eternal pur- poses were to be fulfilled. VOICE OF TH..E P I ESS CONSIDER VICTIMS FIRST We are beginning again to hear reference to the "poor German people." Let us remember first of all the poor.people of all the lands which they have enslaved, who have been murdered, tortured, de- spoiled, dispossesed. Let us con- sider the victims before we pre- pare to weep for the murders. —Niagara Falls Review —0— FOR BETTER HEALTH Ultra -violet ray lamps installed in 'Niagara `Falls schools are said to have reduced sickness among Pupils by 61:3 percent. The idea would seem to be well worth the attention of educational and pub- lic 'tealth authorities elsewhere, --Brockville Recorder and Times —0— A MENTION ANYWAY Those American radio war tont- tnent.tators cannot be accused of dis- loyalty to their own country. But they might give• the British, the t'anad,ans and others just a tyre tiny bit of credit for what they ate doing in the fighting line. —St. "Thomas. 'rimes -Journal Futility of German Position Some day the utter hopelessness and futility of the German position will dawn upon 'the thought of the German populace. With it may come a crystalization of honest doubts about the queer Nazi doc- trine, with its denial of the brother- hood of man, and its fanatical res- trictions. When that moment comes, • and the sufferingimposed from without is more severe than that which a frenzied leader at home can whip up, the German war will be over. It will be over even if their troops in the field still have the resources to stand a bit Longer, So predictions cannot be based on physical military factors alone. This is total war that the Nazis have brought upon Germany, and the nature of it is levelled at the mentality behind it, •as well as at the arms before it. We'll `Let' Farmers Keep Their Farms! So said a C.C.F. Broadcaster Recently to the Farmers of South Alberta "We will LET the farmers keep their farms," A C.C,F. broadcaster gave the farmers of South Alberta that 'as- surance the other evening over an Alberta radio station, says the Lethbridge Herald. Nice of him, wasn't it? When the G.C.F. is regimenting everybody else, the farmers are to be "let... keep their farms." It must have struck farm listen- ers as a bit strange that, in this day when `ve're lighting dictator- ship, we had arrived at a point our political thinking that there should be any question whether or not farmers should be allowed to keep their farms. We're only 30 years from the'tinne when we were appealing to the farmers of the world to come to the prairies and the Governnnent would give them a homestead for $10. * * * The C.C.F. strongly protests that •this whole question of wheth- er the C.C.F. will "let" the farmers own their own farms has been created by their political opponents. They tell the farmers the C.C.F. brain trust never even thought of it. Well, if the farmers will dig back into the files of the summer of 1932 when the preliminary C.C. F, platforms was drawn up they will find that it was the full inten- tion of the founders, including the late J. S. Woodsworth, to socialize the farms. The third plank of the provisional platform drawn up at Calgary at the convention where SMOKE, SIR! Believe it or not, this cuts little number is a hard-working war worker. She's Jean glitch. incl she works at MacDonald Brother -1, Winnipegga helping make aircraft on ischich hien train for battle. This picture was taken when she and the other members of the plant concert party. the "Ansonettes", took time out to stage a big show in aid of the Red Cross, seen by thousands of citi- zens. Vital statistics about Jean: Aged 19, blonde, brown eyes, five feet seven inches tali.. Her uncle, Capt. Leslie Mutch, in England with the Cameron Highlanders, is Federal Member for Winnipeg South. the C.C.F. name was adopted was "security of tenure of the farmer on his USE LAND." The C.C.F.- ers themselves started all the row about socialization of Iand. They made the first threat. And a great many of the industrial workers in the movement still think that far niers should be told what to do on collective farms owned by the state. ■ HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle U. S. ARMY INSIGNIA 1 Depicted insignia of the U. S, Army — Corps. 7 Bodies, 14 Implant deep. 16 Pass up. 17 Residents of Aran (Bib.). 18 Immerse. 20 Stupid person 21 Biting remarks. 22 Send money in payment. 24 Most important. 25 Frozen water. 26 Argues. 28 Suffix. 29 New Hamp- shire (abbr.). 30 Set up. 31 Exclamation. 33 Mountain (abbr.). 34 Surrealist. painter. 35 Finish, 37 Fatty matter. 38 Revise for publication. 40 Location. HALLOWEEN ORO A:,:;©TALL, RCE :,. 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