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Wars used to be comparatively
simple affairs in the old days whea
two countries got mad at each oth-
er, went to war with tangible wea-
pons, fought ou actual,. fields of bat-
tle. la those (lays yott could tell
which side had won which engage -
sneak, and who was likely to come
out ou top in the end. But in the
twentieth marry, with the intro-
duel:ion of the economie battle-
ground and high-powered propagan-
da weapons. warfare has become a.
thing of infinite complexity, fought
with ideas, threats, diplomatic
coups — and few can understand
stud Interpret the course it takes.
Small wonder then, that, as the
80001111 Great War came to the
elose of its fourth month, nobody
knew which side — Germany or the
Allies — was winning.
Naval Objectives
To many, however, it seemed
during the sixteenth week. that
Germany was losing out on the sea.
The scuttling of the Columbus and
the Graf Spee, the sinking of a
large number of submarines, nn-
doubtedly weakened Germany as a
sea power. But let us look at the
situation in the light of the bellig-
erents' naval objectives: The Al -
Iles are working for the complete
domination of the seas, cutting off
all traffic by Ilea, to and from Ger-
many — an ambitious undertaking;
Germany's naval objective — the
crippling of the British mercantile
ialarine and the intimidation of
nentral ships to the end that sup -
lies reaching Great Britain by sea
may be seriously curtailed — is
more modest, but its attainment
-would be no less damaging to the
Allies than attainment of the Allied
objective would be to Germany, be-
cause of the greater dependence of
the British Isles on seaborne traf-
fic,
in the air, too, nothing conclus-
ive had been proven up to the end
,ef 1939. Air operations on both
sides have been defensive; or used
tea an aid in obtaining naval objec-
tivee; or in reconuaissance.
How long would the war last?
Highly -placed staff officers of the
French army ventured a prediction
that it would continue another 18
mouths, (the Germans, they said,
must make some spectacular move,
probably in the spring, to keep up
the Nazi morale. "They will make
some blunder and the war will be
over"). On the Western Front, per-
haps, yes. Rat 'should the confliet.
become wider, assume new shape
and scope, who could guess when it
might end?
"On Christmas Day in the morn-
ing," King George spoke to the
Empire . Helsing,fors was bomb-
ed again Canadian troops woke
ep in hospitable British households
_ Prime Minister de Valera of
Eire urged a peace conference now,
instead of at the end of an. exhaust-
ing war ... all leaves were cancel-
led from the Norwegian army ....
Italians throughout Italy thronged
churches giving thanks for peace
n their own country ...'Pope Pius -
XII read a letter from. President
Roosevelt, pledging his aid in early
peace moves . . . Stalin formally
thanked Hitler for birthday eon-
grandations received. . .
in Ottawa, preparations were un-
der way for the opening of the Par-
liamentary session, Salutary 25,
when a program of taxation to tin-
ance Canada's war effort will be in-
troduced. A war loan will be
launched. bat. in addition increased
revenue will have to come from a
rise in the sales tax and in income
lax rates, from restoration of the
old sugar tax, levying of "nuisance"
and luxury taxes that were employ-
ed in the last war,
Small Number
Actual Fliers
Many More Technicians Are
Necessary
There's more to the flying game
than pilots. This is being well ill-
ustrated as intensive training of
men in the Royal Canadian Air
Force swings into high gear. As a
matter of fact, the number of ac-
tual airmen in the force is a def-
inite minority.
The R. C. A. F., to put nen in
fighting 'planes, needs hundreds
of skilled tradesmen. Just a few
of the types that go to make up
the force are aero engine mech-
anics, airframe mechanics, arma-
ment artificers, clerks, cooks, dis-
ciplinarians, electricians, fabric
workers and tailors.
Many Never. Off Ground
Many of these aircraftsnien
have never beeti off the ground.
Many of them never Will be. Fly-
ing is the job of the pilot. Their
work is to make this job possible.
These men are being drilled,
put into fine physical shape, given
elementary training and then mov-
ed to air bases in other Ontario
centres for instruction that will
bring them to t high point of of-
ficionest,
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Stalwarts of Canada's First Division Land In England
...Aerie -lug et an unnamed port in the British Isles, soldiers of Canada's first division are shown as they
atepped ashore. The ships that carried them slipped into their docks and the Canucks disembarked before
news of their arrival was made public.
Thinking Lags
Behind Science
McGill Expert Urges The
World to Catch Up With
New Scientific Developments
Hope for Civilization Lies In
Knowledge
"One of the reasons for the
troubles of the world today is
that we are living in a scientific
civilization and we don't live or
think scientifically in it," Prof. C.
Leonard Huskins, head of the de-
partment of genetics at McGill
University, last week told a Mon -
Oral audience.
He urged that there should be
a more general adoption of the
scientific attitude and a wider ap-
preciation of the value of pure
science as a methocl of training, a
means of obtaining knowledge, and
as an end to the development of
a balanced. philosophy of life.
Implications Clear
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Quoting Sir Richard Gregory,
Professor Huskins said that -"The
view that the sole function of
science is the discovery and study
of natural facts and principles
without regard to the social impli-
cations of the knowledge gained,
can no longer be maintained. It
is being widely recognized that
science cannot be divorced from
ethics, or rightly absolve itself -
from the human responsibilities in
the application of its discoveries
to destructive purposes in war pr
economic disturbances in times of
peace."
Man Should Know Himself
Whatever hope there is for the
future of civilization, he said, lies
in knowledge, the scientific meth-
od of getting it, and particularly
itt biological science which will
ultimately teach man to know
himself.
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Army's Biggest Feet
Located In, Montreal
A. claim of having the soldier
with the biggest feet in the Can-
adian army has passed from To-
ronto to Montreal.
The new record holder is Cpl.
C. A. Mallette of the Canadian
Dental Corps. He has been in the
army nearly two months, and
uniform to tit him has yet to be
found. Re was especially measur-
ed for his boots—size 15. Sapper
Robert Barnes of the Royal Can-
adian Engineers, at Toronto, took
a mere 14%.
Freak Accidents
Cause Laughter
U. S. Safety Council Reports
OEM Cases
Each year the National Safety
Council' of the United States makes
a, round -up of odd, but not fatal,
accidents and publishes them in
its magazine, "Public Safety."
siarTbis year broughtthe usual bump-
er crop of freak accidents. Here
• are some samples.
Joseph Fayder, Jersey City, N.
J., scrubbed his teeth so _enthus-
iastically one day that he swal-
lowed hard in sheer exhaustion.
Suddenly he discovered the tooth
brush was missing. Hospital X-rays
revealed the regulation -size brush
reposing in his stomach.
An Embarrassing Experience
Then there was the embarrass-
ing experience of Frank Miska,
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Finland's Ski Warriors Await Call For Action In The Field
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A detachment of Finnish ski troops is shown so
action against the Red invader. Armed with light ma
these men have spread terror and confusion in their
of the first photos to reach Canada from the war zo
to London and radioed to New York,
nee
=where in northern Finland as they wait .the call for
chine -guns, rapithfire pistols and deadly bunting knives,
wift and deadly raids on Russian patrols. This is one
ne near the Arctic circle. It was flown from Heleingfors
a
Temple, Ten. .4.3 he stepped off
the curb to cross the street, a tqtr
whizzed by and brushed hins off.
alleka took itteentory. He didn't
suffer a sernech, but there he was
standing in his long underwear.
The ear had tipped his pants -off.
P.S. The (Meer provided a uew
pair and all was well.
New Radium Mine
In, Ontario h ich
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Will Soon Be Producing in The
Wilberforce Area
Canada is soon to .have :moth!.
er producing mine. Definite inti-
mation that a mine ia the Wilber -
forte area of Ontario, will soon
be producing the world's Helmet
eleteent was given in Toronto Itu,4t
week.
Construction of a 100 -ton mill
building is completed and the bal-
ance of the crushing equipment is
being installed with the least pos-
sible delay. The company has been
informed that the separation un-
it, which employs the electro-
chemical process for breaking
down the ore and extracting the
various metals and oxides in cora-
menial form, is rapidly nearing
completion.
Other Rare Elements
Laboratory tests and analyses
on samples froth the property it
is reported reveal the presence of
tantalum; beryllium, gold, tung-
sten, and some of rte other rare
elements, as well as uranium, the
maternal ancestor of radium.
The Book Shelf
"LAND BELOW THE WIND"
By Agnes Newton Keith
Agnes Keith is the American
wife of an English official in one
of the furthest outposts of the Brie
iish Empire. The stole of her life
in that Far Country, Borneo, is
told in her prize-winning autobio-
graphy, "Land Below the Wind."
She has lived in Sandakan, the
capital, she has accompanied her
husband on his expeditions deep
into the jungle and far up the riv-
ers. In this book she makes her
readers enjoy .the timeless days,
the exotic nights of Borneo. We
see her house in the beauty of a
tropical moonlight and also when
it is drenched and leaking in a
mor.soon. We see her compound
with its Chinese cooks, its Murat
houseboye, and its assortment of
monkeys and mongooses. We see
what the jungle can do to break
down the fortitude of a woman
who is both clarions and courag- 4
eOUS.
Nora Wain (famnis author of
"Reaehing for the Stars," "House
of Exile") says: "Land Below the
Wind" is one of those happenings
that make life worth while.'
"Land Below the Wind"
by Agnes Newton Keith To-
ronto: McClelland and Stewart
53.00.
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SECOND-HAND BUREAUS
With all these bureaus being es-
tablished at Ottawa- it looks a5 if
the Government w!ll have a les of
second-hand furniture on its h:mds-
at the end of the w:rr.—Mott.rcal
Gazette.
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WHAT THE TOURIST WAXTS
Pleasant eating and sleeving
places, offering service at reason-
able rates, are as ;eanortant in at-
tracting tourists tui interest:lig-
country and good roads.—Edmon-
ton Journal.
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ELOQUENT TRAFFIC SiGN
Something new eign
in read e
which has a deep significance is.
one that is found in a small !On-
tario town. The sign rendes "S:neve
No Hospital." Sot a bad traffic-
, sign at tbaL—Fort Erie Times -
Review.
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RAISE MORE SHEEP ,
When the Hon. Dewan
spoke recently inl• ,Brantford, lee.•
pointed. out that 'farmers could
make no mistake in raising more
sheep. Now the Canadian woo; ad-
ministrator declares that Canada
is 8,000,000 pounds short of wool
to fill her requirements at the
present time. The :needs of the
war offer a fine opportunity to
develop the sheep•mising indury
in Canada—Brantford Expogtor.
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