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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1941-10-02, Page 2VOICE OF THE PRESS THE TIDE OF HATRED All over Europe the tide of hate against the Nazis steadily rises. It is cold, bitter fury that has had no counterpart in modern history, not even during the worst days eft the last war. What it bodes for the future is something only a prophet can foretell, but it is a fact to be reckoned with that hun- dreds of millions a men and wo- men eannot be treated as the Ger- mans have treated them and re- main normal, calm -minded people. Typically, the Germans cannot understand this. "We cannot un- derstand," says the head of the Gestapo in Norwvay, "that our friendly attitude and magnanimity should meet with churlish impu- dence." Another officer stationed tt Oopenhagen said this to a Swed- ish newspaper friend: "I would rather fight at the front than live in this intolerable atmosphere of refined hatred, The Danes ignore no as they would ignore a, piece et furniture." Some day it will dawn on these blockheads that theirs is the fault and not • that est the people whom they dominate sand oppress. Meanwhile it is no wonder that the "V" campaign meets favor from the Vistula to the Tiber, for men and women 'who vs lost everything but hope, hope on and on. Winnipeg Free Press. —v= THEY HAVE 99 YEARS They tell a good story about a Newfoundland farmer and the Am- erican boys, who have been gar- risoning the Oldest Colony since he 99 -year lease to the United States. It seems the farmer was driv- ing his horse along a narrow road and some American soldiers were trying to get past in a truck. They honked and honked. Finally they shorted to the farmer to move over. 13e replied: "Why arm you boys in a hurry? You're here for 99 years, aren't You? —Windsor Daily Star. —v— THE BASIS OF A HOME To build a home on a right basis the qualities of unselfishness, kindness, courage and strength rust be predominant in the thoughts of the parents, together with prompt obedience to that higher spiritual law which alone can bring about the peace and harmony for which mankind is seeking. The privilege of bringing out the true sense of home is ( ne of the greatest works which can be undertaken by any human being. —Guelph Mercury. —v— THE FOUR FREEDOMS No one should forget the Four Freedoms which Britain and Am- erica have agreed upon es the aim of the war—Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom from Want, Freedom from Fear. Now ask yourself what are you fighting for, and be ready with the answer. —Hamilton Sp ectator. AN ODD THING It's astonishing how many people know exactly what Churchill ought to be doing to win the war, and yet they never seem to be able to do anything else that com- mands more than twenty or thirty dollars a week, —Fort Erie Times -Review. —v— DIME DIME AS BIG BUSINESS The man who stops you o: the street and asks for a time is en- gaged in a small business; but not so small when you consider that in New York City, beggars on the streets make $15,000,000 a year, it is estimated. —Chatham News. —v— NOT IN THESE DAYS There are 200 Egyptian girls who have registered at a government marriage bureau in Cairo. The trouble in courting them might be they would speak the same as those old marks they find on the pyramids. —Peterborough Examiner. —v— PENCE SITTERS Turkey has been giving a fine exhibition of sitting on the fence and a large number of other na- tions in Europe used to be sure they could do the same thing. To- day they have no fence on which to sit. •,-Peterborough Examiner, —v— PLEASANT OMISSION "What is more pleasant than a cold bath before breakfast?" asks a writer. That's easy. No cold bath before breakfast, —Kitchener Record. —v— ALL WORKING The average woman has a vo- cabulary of only eighteen hundred words. It is a small stock, but think of the turnover. —Calgary Mr 'tan. When roused, two ants will I ght each other to the death. LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Nether 'It's been that way ever since 1 heard that gangster story: 1" Pleasant Voice Valuable Asset Telephone Conversation With Prospective Boss Is Always Important "I don't think I'll interview Miss Go -and -So for the job," an im- portant executive said the other day. "She telehoned for an ap- pointment, but her voice 1s so un- pleasant over the phone that I don't think we would hire her, however good an impression she Might make in an interview." She may not be able to culti- vate a beautiful voice but, cer- tainly any woman can Iearn not shout over the telephone or sound brusk or speak so softly that tb.a person on the other end of the line can't catch more than half she says. 1t you let your words run to- gether, seldom pause and take a breath at the end of a sentence, say goin' instead of going, diden instead of didn't or have a tired way of letting the last three words of any sentence trail off into a whisper, then you probably are difficult to understand on the telephone. Reading Aloud Helps Reading aloud five minutes every day as speech experts always are pointing out, will Correct to an amazing degree bad pronunciation and failure to breathe between sen- tences. Remembering to keep the mouth near and directy in front of the mouthplece will help your tele- phone voice considerably. Ten voice lessons might be "a better invest- ment for many an office worker than two new dresses or a new permanent wave. According t o a well-known singer, the people most annoying over the phone are those who: Say "yep" and "nope" instead of "yes" and "no." Never have learned how to end •W a telephone oonversation withoutie sounding rudely abrupt. Start off with "Guess who this is!" Jump In Traffic On Burma Road gavel on the hand -paved Bur- ma road, China's lifelinein the war against Japan, has increased 100 percent., within the last ` 30 days, three American transporta- tion experts said recently. They expressed belief that Japan, which has been sending its bombing planes against the road, never would succeed i i closing it. There is nothing like the Bur- ma road anywhere in the world, they said. It is paved by hand, with broken stones and cobble- stones. Schickelgruber Hitler started life with the name of Schickelgruber. It 'was. not until he was 40 that he took'` the name of Hitler. Hitler, for the Germans, is now a name in- vested with magical powers. Why not restore in propaganda- the. name of Schickelgruben? A sys- ` tematic use of it in our foreign broadcasts might do much,, to break the undoubted power' of the other name abroad. Saving Ontario's Natural R so i -rtes No. 57 BANDING WATERFOWL The waterfowl of this continent migrate along what are known as flyways and a knowledge of mi- gration habits, routes and other information Is necessary if we are to understand the conservation of these birds. So, in this article and in others that will follow it I am going to outline some of the things we know about ducks and geese. It is true there is much still to be learned about these birds but en- ough is known to indicate some of the possibilities. First, how did we get this knowl- edge of the flyways? For many years scientists and others have been banding the waterfowl with an aluminum band that carries a serial number and a return address so that the band when recovered will be sent back to the proper authorities. Formerly banding of birds was carried out by individ- uals who secured some important information but were handicapped in that all their recoveries were from dead birds. To -day the Can- adian and American Governments cooperate on a vast scheme of bird banding. The naturalist who wishes to band wild birds must first secure a permit from Ottawa if he lives In Canada or from Washington if he lives in the 'United States. When he receives the permit he also receives the bands and a form that he must _fill ont and return to the -..B1ireau who sent him the bands. On this form are noted the kind • of bird, the sex, if possible, the number of the band placed on the bird, the date and the place where the bird was banded. This inform- ation Is kept on file in both Ot- tawa and Washington. Further knowledge of the bird comes from several sources. It may be that another bander traps the bird. He notes the number and releases the bird. This information goes to the government. Or, a hunter may shoot the bird or it may be found dead. In either case the band. is returned to the Bureau named as the return address on the band. So, my readers are ask- ed to watch for banded birds and to send the bands or other inform- ation that they might have to the "�Nat1onal Parks Bureau, Ottawa. Britain To Call Many More Men The London Daily Herald said recently that "sweeping new plans for calling up millions of men for military service will be announced soon,, by, the Government." Noauthority was quoted, •'+',Phis"move is the first indica- tion that vital new decisions on war strategy have recently been taken, -by the Government arising out 'of dsvelopments on the Rus- sian front," the Herald said. 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THE W A R W E E K—Commentary on Current Events Where Nazis Have Sown Their Seeds There Will Be A Harvest Of 1 atred in France "Frenchmen'. I have grave things to tell you. For the last several weeks I have felt an ill wind ris- ing in many parts of France. Dis- quiet is overtaking minds; doubt is gaining control of spirit . , :', said old Marshal Petah' when he summoned his countrymen to col- laborate willingly with Germany. A rising tide of unrest has been sweeping over France from Paris to the French provinces. The un- rest has flared into open defiance. On the streets of Paris German soldiers were assaulted; industrial plants and railways sabotaged; Bri- tish citizens kept in hiding and protected; military information passed over to England; Gaullist propaganda spread; smuggling of young men into the unocecupied part of France where they might have a chance to escape abroad; popular demonstrations caused by scarcity of food. The all-out raids of the R. A. F. on occupied countries and the Rus- sian resistance to Hitler's armies seem to have given heart to the French people. They have been stunned by defeat and Ge: man aggression but not permanently crushed. French patriotism is re- covering from its apathy—it is spreading over France and the population as a whole is against Nazi domination. Will the French people submit tamely to the slav- ery that they now face? The ans- wer may be in the words of Georges Clemenceau after the crushing defeat of France by the Prussians in 1870-71—"Germany believes that the logical result of victory is domination, and we do not believe that the logical result of defeat is vassalage." In Norway The Norsemen, ever since Quis- ling helped the Nazis in their in- vasion of Norway, have openly and passively fought the Germans. Ger- man soldiers were assaulted, street fighting took place, fires broke out in buildings housing German equipment, workers sabotaged war plants, officials resigned, refusing to follow Quisling edicts, A climax was reached recently when death and imprisonment were decreed for all who opposed the Nazis. Oslo was put under civil siege and Ger• man troopers patrolled the streets. The stubborn fight of Norway's men, women and children against an army of occupation and thous- ands of Quisling traitors is doing more for Norway's future than any victory on a battlefield. In Norway today there is no doubt or hesi- tation but a singleness of purpose in resisting attempts to replace their centuries-old democratic or• der by a new order. The invaders have overrun their country but they have not subdued its people, In Poland Hitler is said to have declarea that he will exterminate the Poles, Their property has been confis- cated, men of all ages have been .drafted for labor in Germany, where they are said to be treated worse than cattle. A Polish refu- gee, Stefanja Zaborska, giving an address to London, England, said: "Had they taken away the food and the things necessary to them, had they limited themselves to the destruction that is brought about by war itself—to bombing, shell- ing and incendiarism—the Polish hatred would not seem to differ greatly from the British hatred of the Germans. But what is being done is nothing but the bestial. torturing of the defenceless. it passes the limit of human cruelty, It not only offends the national feelings of a Pole, but it also in- jures the moral basis of life. The Germans do not only kill physical- ly, they kill morally. They are treading awn something that is, perhaps, even stronger than the instinct of self-preservation of the individual and of the people in general. One bas to remember that people in Poland live day .after day, night after night, in terror of monstrous violence, which de- scends on them suddenly, without the slightest cause, without any connection whatever with the war —just as a manifestation of un- bridled pride and contempt. One must bear in mind, that against this violence of the Herrenvolk, millions of people in Poland feel their utter defencelessness. They are down -trodden and they cannot defend themselves. They must keep sileuce. They must suffer and endure. "If, in these condiaians, fan- atical hatred and will to revenge did not spring up in the pe.nPic's hearts—it would be a sure sign that this people is incapable of sur- viving. If every single Pole did not compensate for the tragic feeling of his temporary impotency with a craving for revenge, with all ut- ter .ancl tter•ancl fatalistic disregard of his own life—it would be a sign of moral decay, "Such are not the inherent na- tional characteristics of the Poles, but such is psychological lath," In Other Countries From The Netherlands an'I .Bel - glum come stories of civilian re- sistance to the Nazis and the op- eration of British spies inciting revolt and revenge. In former Yugoslavia the reign of terrorism continues. The Yugo - slays never had a chance against Hitler's Stukas and mechanized divisions but the natives have re- fused to give up. Bands of hardy mountaineers have hidden weap- ons and ammunition in the rugged hills and from their hideouts con- tinue to wage ceaseless (Guerilla warfare on the invaders, German firing squads have executed hun- dreds but the revolt goes on. Out of ancient Greece come stor- ies of Guerilla raids and sabotage. German and Italian soldiers dis- appear. Provisions, are stolen. Raw materials for machines of war are ruined, Forest fires consume tim- ber which was to be cut and ship- ped to Germany. Britons are aided to escape. Less daring ones have adopted the line of passive resist- ance. Reports of disorder come from l'tumania Bulgaria and Hungary. In Rumania 500 "Jewish Commun- ists" were executed for sniping at German and Rumanian troops, REG'LAR FELLERS—No Wonder /� HERE THEY COME NOW! [( ELL CLEAN UP A DIME ON THIS JOB! • W TEt AMIBiSH(1S '10014G Meta To pAcs.LEAVE6 FOR 24 EEG% SEE,iN pV6AN THS FOREMAN rya HEY, YOU! GtUIT STALLIte DO YOU WANN,4 GEE fF I FLEA ? TAKE YOUR • TI! WASMEN'T 8& ROME HLT IN A DAY! se,. tl, A. Pat. WOO. All 1,181.66 ,eArwl 4,_7 1 „cattai kid: yr. By GENE BYRNES MAYBE SO! BUT I WASAi'T FOREMAN OF THAT JOB!