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NO. 49
THE EARTH CHANGES
Last week I told of the differ -
spat types of rocks that make up
the earth. Repeating this, first,
plutonified or heat formed rocks,
for the most part the oldest; then
unratified rocks that have been
changed by the heat and pres-
sure, the marbles, quartzites, and
Otihers; last, the unchanged strat-
ified rocks, the sandstones, lime-
stones and so forth. This classi-
eation is very simplified for we
And in Nature hundreds of vari-
eties and types of rocks.
Throughout the ages the earth
leaa changed its outward form
many times. Continents have
:igen from the seas, mountains
have lifted their pinnacles high
into the skies and have been worn
away to their roots. The seas have
flowed over the lands and the
lands have filled the seas. If we
ould look back over the 600,000,-
000 years since the earth was
formed we would find that most
lands have been uplifted and
thrust down many times.
FROM MOUNTAIN TO SEA
Wherever a mountain raises its
peaks the work of denudation or
wearing away is at work. Not only
iaountains but every bit of land
is undergoing this denudation or
erosion. Water and the atmos-
phere are the tools that grind the
rocks away. The resulting rock
powder is the clays, sands and
gravels of our lands. Gradually
this soil is carried to the sea
where it settles to the bottom,
building up new land. So as the
mountains and hills are worn
away the sea bottom rises.'
Gradually the balance of weight
shifts from mountain to sea.
When this reaches a certain point
there is an adjustment, the weight
at one place causing an upthrow
at another until new mountains
are formed. The process may take
milleniums but it goes on until the
highest mountains are raised and
the work of denudation begins
again.
M. 're Teachers
Urgent Need
Threatened Shortage in Prov-
ince Likely to Reach Alarm-
ing Proportions — Normal
School Entrance Require-
ments Lowered
In the face of a threatened teach-
er shortage, due largely to enlist-
ments by both teachers and pro-
spective teachers and the enrol-
ment of prospective teachers into
war work, applicants to Normal
Eielwol courses will be accepted if
they have completed eight of tihe
nine upper school papers hitherto
required.
The policy, a continuation of the
one formed last autumn, was an-
nounced recently by Hon. H. C.
Nixon, Acting Minister of Educa-
i3on. He said that, in view of the
"increasing scarcity of teachers for
public and separate schools and
the possibility of a decreased en-
rolment in the Normal School
classes next fall, applicants other-
wise qualified who hold certificates
of standing in any eight upper
school papers will be admitted to
the first class course given during
tlhe 1941-42 session of the Normal
Schools."
Buried. Gold Lures
To Eastern Sands.
Buried treasure beckons to ad-
venturous individuals and there
are several spots along the lines
M the Canadian National Rail-
-ways in the Maritime Provinces
where tradition has it that gold
Hes awaiting the fortunate search-
er. Some time around 1760, the
story goes, three French frigates
weresunk in the Richibucto River
and each vessel had a consignment
of gold. There is now a pro-
posal to seek the buried treasure.
Captain Kidd Is credited with
leaving buried treasure in many
spots in Nova Scotia, one popular
lace being on Oak Island in Ma-
hone Bay. Digging has been fre-
quent but the results measured in
actual gold have been meagre.
,gong Support for Churchill—Canada's Victory Torcl
Old Propeller Blades
In Different Forms
What happens to old propeller
blades? Trans -Canada Air Lines
works them up into a variety of
aircraft parts and keeps 'em fly-
ing. Since war started T.C.A. has
Manufactured much of its own.
equipment. 'The aluminum blades
at the end of their service life be -
mune oxygen fittings, plumbing
"blocks, tank flanges, cabin fix-
tures, a host of minor parts. Prop
Shanks have even found their way
into the instrument shop---"fabri-
eated into vacuum chartberra fait
testing flight instruments.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill appears to have some diffi-
culty in attempting to move the Canadian Victory Loan Torch, which
Ian
Mackenzie, Canadian Minister of Pensirived in London. It was ons, at Noented t10o CDo Downing ng Sill treet.
� T H E WAR -WEE K—Commentary on Current Events
Russ s;: German Conflict
Reaches Decisive Stage;
US. Moves Significantly
""I am sure that the great
ha/Ufa now going on in Eastern
Europe will bring the turning
point of the war on which de-
pends not only the future of
my oountry, but of the world."
--Soviet Ambassador to Great
Britain, Ivan Maisky.
"The United States cannot
permit the occupation by Ger-
many of strategic outposts in
the Atlantic to be used as air
or naval bases for eventual at-
tack against the Western Hemi-
sphere "—U.S. President Frank-
lin D. Roosevelt.
* * *
The most terrific battle in the
history of the world raged last
week all along the 1,100 mile front
in western Russia as the Nazi war
machine hurled itself against the
outposts of the "Stalin Line" and
the Soviet defenders ferociously
threw it back. The super -conflict
approached its crisis. By many,
the turning -point in the second
world wax was thought to be at
hand. The middle of July would see
the climax.
Not in the Nazi Pian
The German schedule, it was re-
ported, called for smashing of the
Russian defenses in the west by
August 18. What that same plan
did not envision was that an enor-
mous price would have to be paid
for the first small Nazi gains; that
Germany would lose upwards of
half a million men to the casualty
lists before the blitz was two weeks
old; and that the Russian army,
having withdrawn almost intact to
new defense lines, would be in a
position to double those losses for
Germany within the first mouth.
The odds seemed to be swinging
definitely In favor of the Russians.
A diplomatic view expressed in
Washington last week had it that
if Russia could hold out until win-
ter, the war itself would terminate
during 1942 -with the. defeat of Hit-
ler, and with possibly a revolution
In Germany. (The German people,
already war -weary, are now being
confronted with a long wars,Aer
having been promised a short one.) -
Two -Front War Wanted
The British press and public last
week clamored for an 'nasion of
the continent at this moment when
Hitler's back is turned and his de-
fending soldiers drawn off for ser-
vice on the eastern front. The
London Sunday Times reported that
Germany was using 240 divisions
(perhaps 2,400,000 men) in the of-
fensive against Russia, in addition
to the entire Luftwaffe bomber fleet
and 80 per cent od the fighter
strength. The Russians claimed
that Germany had drawn on her
artillery units on the French and
Belgian coasts to bolster the drive
against the tSalin Line, and had left
dummy wooden guns to face Bri-
tain. Russia's former Foreign Com-
missar Maxim Litvinov, in a radio
appeal urged Great Britain to throw
her whole weight against Germany
in the West, while the Red ArmY
withstood the shock of th'e Nazi
blitzkrieg in the East, and open up
a two -front war.
Germans Fear it
If Britain could do it, a two -front
war would mean the end of the
Hitler regime. The Germans cer-
tainly knew that. Last February
6, a front-page editorial in the
"Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung" said
"What indeed was the war on two
fronts? It was the war 'designed
to take Germany into pincers from
West and East. The British made
every effort to present us with such
a wear, as in 1914. The German
agreement with Moscow has cross-
ed this English scheme once for P.
. Just because Germany's rear
is free she can use her entire force
against ONE enemy ---no matter
where he stands."
* *
4
Elsewhere, but also as an indirect
result of the Russo -German conflict,
Britain's war position improved last
week. The Ethopian campaign was
cleaned up, the Syrian situation
REG'LAR
practically in the bag; more troops
were released for service In north
Africa; Britain was no longer being
viciously bombed by night; and for
the time being, a German invasion
of Great Britain was out of the pic-
ture entirely,
U. S. Iceland Base Helps
News of the American occupation
of Iceland and of the coming co-
operation of the U. S. Navy
with the British in the North At-
lantic was received with jubilation
in Britain, Speaking before the
House of Commons Prime Minister
Churchill emphasized that last
week's move by Washington, ex-
tending the American patrol zone
to within 900 miles of Nazi -
occupied Norway, was one o1' the
most important events of the war.
Kirke L. Simpson, Associated
Press military correspon.dent, wrote
of the occupation of Iceland: "With
United States naval forces occupy-
ing Iceland by Presidential order,
vital factors in the Anglo -Nazi death
struggle are destined to undergo
drastic changes in Britain's favor.
Tremendous potential strengthen-
ing of British sea defenses could
result from this far-reaching ex-
tension of the American bastions in
the North Atlantic. If the Wash-
ington move means what it appears
to mean, Britain's defense zone in
that sea has been cut to less than
a third of its former 3,000 -mile span
from the Canadian east coast to
ports in England. British naval
• and air forces affording protection
to convoys bound for Britain can
be very largely concentrated east-
ward of the southern tip of_Iceland.
That would mean a potential trip-
ling of the effectiveness of every
British battleship, cruiser, destroy-
er or corvette assigned to North
Atlanta convoy day.... The Ameri-
can use of the Icelandic defensive
base may go far to help Britain
through to winter and beyond. It
could insure her American planes
and other war weapons next year
on a scale to guarantee her ulti-
mate victory over bee Axis foes."
* *
Chinese See Victory Ahead
The undeclared Sino -Jap war
went into its fifth year last week,
with a decision no nearer in pros-
pect than the night the shooting
began. Its fourth year, just closed.
brought little change in the military
stalemate on the far eastern front
that has persisted for nearly three
years. The zone of Japanese oe-
oupation has extended a little here,
contracted •a little there. But the
cost in life and wealth has con-
tinued at an unchecked pace.
In a message marking the fourth
anniversary of the war's outbreak,
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek told
the Chinese people that the initial
objects of China's resistance had
been achieved, that ultimate defeat
at Japan was inevitable and that
a Chinese victory was in sight.
Nevertheless, he warned, there
should be no relaxation of vigilance
on China's part. He exhorted the
people of China to develop an "even
greater" national unity, not to re-
lax in their "spiritual reeonstrue-
tion," and to regard military, edu-
cational and 4eonomte develop-
ments as the principal factors of
national reconstruction.
New Vitamin Said
To Benefit Airmen
The recent discovery of ribo-
flavin, one of the "B" group
vitamins, may prove one of the
great contributions of medical
science to military aviation, 1)r.
William Boyd of Toronto declared
at the Canadian Medical Associ-
ation convention meeting in Win-
nipeg Last month,
Dr. Boyd said lack of ,ibofla-
'din might produce serious defects
in vision. The least consequence
would be severe eye strain. Its
presence in the human subject
was largely local to the eye and
bright sunshine quickly used up
the supply. Because of this, a
proper supply was necessary for
aviators now training to fly fight-
ing machines at several miles a
minute.
VOICE
OF
THE
PRESS
ONTARIO POTATOES
When grown and graded prop-
erly Ontario potatoes are as good
as any. What makes it difficult
to sell Ontario potatoes is the
accepted fact that other potatoes
are better grown and better grad-
ed. Perhaps the basic reason for
poor merchandizing methods is
that the Ontario grower's market
is right at his own front door.
Distance compels efficiency.
—Farmer's Advocate.
—o—
PATRIOTIC DIET
If we had to do without pork
or pork products completely, we
could do it, and still live quite as
well as we do now. There is,
therefore, no hardship involved
in the request that has been made
by Hon. J. G. Taggart, Chairman
of the Bacon Board, that Cana-
dians cut their consumption of
these commodities by fifty per
cent.
This is a definite part of the
war effort. It will make avail-
able to Britain what she needs
in the way of this particular type
of foodstuff. The fact that Can-
adians have already noticeably
cut down on their consumption of
pork, though the original appeal
was made only a short time ago,
indicates that they will adopt this
patriotic diet, now that Mr. Tag-
gart has indicated the exact ex-
tent of rationing that is neces-
sary,
—Windsor Star.
—o—
CITY AND COUNTRY
It is a mattes. of common ob-
servance that country -bred people
are not more dull-witted than city
folk. Rather have they stores of
wisdom which the feverish dis-
tractions of town life do not breed.
For the purpose of education
the country provides far more
favorable material in some ways
than the city. One does not need
to be a Wordsworth or a Jeffer-
les to find inexhaustible subjects
of interest and inquiry in the
earth and every common sight.
The boy who lives amid mead-
ows, mountains, woods and
streams is at an advantage as
compared with his fellow whose
horizon is bounded by bricks and
mortar, the endless monotony of
the streets and the endless bustle
of the factory and workshop.
—Guelph Mercury.
School For Bees
Professor Vladimir Alpotov, of
the Moscow State University, has
been working on the scientific
' training of bees to pollinate cer-
tain plants. By feeding them
with syrup smelling of flax, be
claims that they fly to a flax
field, leaving traces of the smell
of flax which in turn. attracts
other bees.
"BERLIN DIARY"
By William L. Shirer
Those who last year listened
time and again to Columbia's cor-
respondent William L. Shiver
broadcasting from Berlin on "The
Walla Today" and wondered what
undisclosed sensations lay behind
his spolcen words, may have their
curiosity satisfied and their know,
ledge of world events considerably
extended ' now that Mr. Sbirer's
"Berlin Diary"—his personal, mi -
censored journal of events M, lame
ope 1934 -1940 --has been published.
In December last year Mr, Shin-
er returned home to ate United
States to prepare his diary for the
press. Completed, we find it an in-
timate day-to-day record of what
as a foreign correspondent he saw
and heard, his meetings with the
leading characters in the tragic
drama he watched unfold during
the seven terrible. years in which
Hitler rose to power and or, nquer•
ed most of a continent.
IIere you may read how ;hirer
stood in the Place de 1a Concorde,
Paris, on 'that F obruary night of
1934 when a Fascist mob was kept
from storming the Chamber of Dep-
uties only by force. He witnessed
the declaration of conscriptions in.
Germany the next year, when the
Versailles treaty was torn ow, He
saw the re -occupation of the Milne -
land. Ile was In Vienna when the
Nazis took over Austria. He cover-
ed the Sudetenland fighting. in
1938, and watched the sellout of
Czechoslovakia at Godesberg, Ber-
lin and Munich. He visited Dan".ig,
Gdynia and Warsaw during the
fate -heavy August of 1939. He saw
the whole of the war from Berlin
and on the Western front from its
inception up to the end af'1940. He
witnessed the signing of the Tune
armistice at Compiegne; and he
scooped the world with the »ewe
of it and its terms.
The reaction of the German
people themselves to the wee and
to their changing fortune,, a'e re
fleeted in the "Diary," is of more
than usual interest.
"Berlin Diary" ... by Wiliam L.
Shirer . . . Toronto: Ryerson
Press ... $3.75.
Dandelion Greens'
Clip and keep this recipe or
next spring:
2 pounds dandelion greens
Salt and pepper
1 tablespoon butter.
Dandelions should be rased be-
fore they blossom, as they become
batter after that time. Cut off
the roots, pick the gree'is over
carefully, and wash them • ,sell in
several waters. Place them in a
kettle, add a little boiline water,
and boil until tender. ::silt the
water just before cooking is com-
pleted. When done, lift then~ in-
to a colander, press them to drain
off all the water, and cher, Add
butter, salt and pepper.
Wifely
Thoughtfulness
On manoeuvres in the Tennes-
see war games, Lieut. Benjamin
Gutow got a jig -sea- letter from
his wife. Assembled after an
hour's labor, it real: "Don't work
too hard."
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FELLERS—THE END
WELL; THIS IS THE LAST STORY
AND THEM YOIJ HAVE TO GO TO
BED! I'LL NEVER FORGET ONE
YTIME I WAS HUNTING ll'
AFRICA. I CAME LACE TO FACE
WiTH A GREAT E.1G TIGER
I TOOK CAREFUL AIM AND,......
THE GUN JAMMED. I RAN FOR
MY LIFE AND THE TiGE.R AFTER
ME . 1 COULD FEEL HIS HOT
BREATH ON MY BACK! AT LAST
I CAME TO A CLIFF! IF 1 MOVED
ANOTHER INCH Ib DROP TEN
THOUSAND FEET AND RIGHT iN
BACiK OF ME WAS THE TIGER..
AND
WHAT
By GENE BYRNES