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The Seaforth News, 1944-03-16, Page 2Aeaa`.COLD THREATENS Use This 3 -PURPOSE Medicine At the very fust sniffle, sneeze, or sign of a cold putjust a Yew drops of Vicks Va-tro=not up eaoh nostril. I1 used In time, Va-tro-nol'sstimulating action actually helpspreventmany colds from developing. And remember this, when e, head cold makes you miserable, or transient congestion flus up" nose atnight, spoils sleep -3 -purpose V a-tro-not glues valuable help as it (1) shrinks swollen membranes, (2) relieves irritation, (2) helps flush out nasal passages, clearing nncltlogging VICK$- allef it brings, VA -TRO -NOL. Some Great Men Speak for Bible When His Majesty the King says of the Bible that "it behoves us in these momentous days to turn with renewed faith to this Divine source of comfort and inspiration"; when President Roosevelt speaks of it as "now and always an aid in attaining the highest aspirations of the soul"; when Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek tells us that, in reading it, 'the greatness and love of Christ bursts upon the with new inspiration, increasing my strength to struggle against evil, to over- come temptation, and to uphold righteousness"; when General Smuts calls it "the most precious docu- ment in the history of our human race"; when Admiral Sir Andrew Cunniilgliani describes it as "our unfailing strength and consola- tion"; when General 'Montgomery exclaims to his staff, "Gentlemen, I read my Bible every day, and I recommend you to do the sante"; and, last but not least, when Mr. Churchill in every speech he makes shows his indebtedness both to its language and its governing ideas— then indeed we have food for thought—The Rev. John A. Pat- ten, M.C., in the Spectator. DIAMOND DRILLS NOW ON WAY TO MYLAMAQUE MINES LiMITED ato'oa .$J P do li $14 .9 J,aou ,wnn431., The shares of this out- standing speculative de- velopment should be bought NOW, through us or your own broker. BREWIS & WHITE Members Ontario Security Dealers' Assn. 67 YONGE ST. - TORONTO ELGIN 7281-2 Without obligationsend me advance information and complete particniars regarding MTI,A38IAQIIL DUNES LIMITED. Nume Andreae >.,•„ss tttttttt1st” , (Please Print) W.L.vfaSSININESI 0: THE WAR • WEEK -- Commentary 'on Current Events U -Boat Menace To Bridge of Ships Across Atlantic Has Been Defeated With hundreds of thousands of soldiers and billions of dollars' worth of supplies streaming to Europe over a bridge of ships, it is both welcome and important news to hear how safe that bridge has become and how thoroughly the one grave menace to it, the German submarine, has been de- feated. According to the First Lord of the Admiralty, A, V. Alexander, Allied convoy losses are now Less than one ship in every thousand, and so far as is known only one major troop transport of the many thousands sent abroad has been sunk throughout the entire war. Considering the needs of the battlefronts, every loss is grievous, but the rate of loss has become so small that its reduction to the present level represents a great victory and one of the decisive factors in the whole war says, The New York Times. Hitler's Victory Weapon For in Hitler's calculations the submarine, more than any other weapon, was to be the weapon of victory. It was to isolate western Europe, Great Britain and Russia from outside lieip so that he could conquer them one by one by means of his armed legions, his tanks and planes. And if iris submar- rines had lived up to his calcul- ations, who can say he would not have succeeded? In fact, in those dark days when Britain stood alone and when the Germans boasted of submarine tolls exceeding a million tons a month, borne in the main by British shipping, German hopes of starving out the island fortress were flying high, and may have contributed to Hitler's decision to turn against Russia first They were still flying high when Ger- man submarines operated directly off the American east coast and Japanese submarines started to shell the west coast. How des- perately- Hitler tried to cut the Allied life -line is indicated by the fact that he sent tris best and cost- liest battleships and cruisers. on lone raiding expeditions even at the risk of their annihilation. Hitler's Miscalculation But, as in every other case, Hitler again miscalculated. The bridge of ships remained intact, and convoy losses which still amounted to one in every 181 ships in 1041 dropped to one in every 233the following year and to one in every 344 for the whole of 1043. The submarine "wolt packs" were the last challenge, but after their de- feat the rate could be kept below one in very thousand throughout the whole second half of last year. As a result America was able to send more than 2,000,000 troops and their supplies across the Atlantic, and in addition to supply allies with more than $20,000,000,000 worth of war materials of all kinds of Which a good part went to Russia. Even on that dangerous route 88 per cent of the supplies went through, Both Iflr. Alex- ander and Secretary Knox warn that Germany has r great number of submarines in reserve and will undoubtedly make another try, which might come when our forces are fighting on the Continent and are most dependent on a contin- uous flow of supplies and reserves. But with the British fleet stronger now than ever before "in relation to the enemy naval strength," and with the American Navy now the largest in world history, the Ger- man submarine has lost the irn- portance as a decisive weapon that it once possessed, Britain's Pledge Irt contrast, American submar- hies, aided y planes and surface vessels, arc doing to Japan exactly what Hitler started out to do to Britain and America. They have MARY ANIS ' MINES LTD. Approximately 940 acres in the Kirkland -Larder Lake area. Proposed deep diamond drilling will test iml3'ortant gold vein structure indicated by Wilson Bros, Geophysical Survey, Mary Ann merits investigation, WILLIAM. E. SMITH 100 Adelaide St, W. Phone ADei. 3205 TORONTO sunk close- to half of the total mer- chant tonnage Japan controlled at the outbreak of the war, and the growing' dearth of shipping is al- ready beginning to paralyze the Japanese Empire and jeopardize its far-flung battlefronts. The First Lord of the Admiralty joins Priinm Minister Churchill, Foreign .Min- ister Eden and other British spokes- men in the pledge that after the European War Britain will join America in full force to crush Japan. This pledge is all the more welcome because, judging front British press ptiblications, the same elements that are trying to organize an underground appeasement senti- ment toward japav in this country are even more boldly active in' Great Britain. Only One Answer It would, as the Pope says, be "an undying stain and shame" if Rome were to be torn by bombs. But would it be any more grievous a loss than thedestruction already wrought on London; ami, for that. matter, Berlin? There can be no distinction between cities in this all-out war. If the Germans use Rome and historic monuments to shield their forces there can be but one answer. —Ottawa journal Comparing Alaska Alaska lies in the sane latitude as Sweeden, Norway and Finland; it exceeds in size the combined areas of these three countries which have a combined population of more than 12,000,000 people, ✓ OICE P RESS A SOLUTION If you are wondering what to do with that extra day's pay that Leap Year has dropped in your pocket, the Red Cross offers opportunities to place it where it will do the most immediate good. —Christian Science Monitor READYFOR NEXT ROUND "The burden of the world rests on the shoulders of the average man." says the Guelph Mercury. And though slightly stooped and suffering from saddle -gall, the hardy little sonofagun is still on his feet, but wobbly. -Ottawa Citizen. —0— OUR BLUFF CALLED The Ottawa Journal's editor says "that the nearest thing to ,bliss on this earth is to be the editor of a country weekly newspaper." Well Mr, we dare you to buy yourself a couiitiy weekly. - —Renfrew Mercury. NOTHING LIKE IT —"Girls", soothes Dorothy Dix, "there's nothing like a good cry to get things out of your sys- tem." Or out of your husband. —Windsor. Star. —0— WON'T MIND Farmers won't mind if the pro- posed floor under prices of their products heaves in places. Kitchener Record. —o— OR ARE WE? -Aren't we all in tits "task force"? —Windsor Star. In Japan, the number "four" is considered unlucky, because it ig the same word as "death." JACKPOT FOR SALLY Sally, Great Dane pet of an RAF Spitfire squadron in Italy, does her bit to provide reinforcements for the mascot brigade. Above she fondly eyes her six new pups, held by Cpl. E. Pickering, Pilot Had Fortune In Little Package Diamonds Lost When Plane Forced Down Found Later On South Sea Beach "How was 1 to know 1 had a fortune in diamonds in that little package?" asked Capt. Ivan Smirn- off, "1 was too busy saving my life."' it was March J, 1941, and the Russian -born Oittch Army pilot was at Batavia, Java, to fly Dutch officials to Australia to escape the advancing Japanese. Before he took off, an official handed him a small package with instructions to deliver it to the Commonwealth Bank of Melbourne, Australia, commenting only that it was "valuable." Landed Inn flurf. "Seven and a half hours out of Batavia I felt two bullets bit my left arm, The same machine-gun blast killed one passenger. Then I saw three Zeros were after us. "I had flown in combat in the last war and knew all the tricks I should use but the big DC -3 just wouldn't stand on its head like a P-40. The fuselage began -to look like a Siwe and I knew we'd have to land.. "I headed for the Beach. Then one engine caught fire. As I landed, I swung into the surf, then ordered everyone into the water and to duck under when the Japs carne back to strafe. Beachcomber's Harvest Later, Captain Smirnoff Searched for the "valuable" packet, but didn't. find it, He surmised it had been swept otit of the plane by the sea, When rescue planes took him to Australia, the captain told . Mel- bourne bank officials be didn't l<how what bad happened to the packet Then they told hint it contained diamonds and wag worth more than 1210,000. A searching party went back to the beach. The packet was found in the plane, empty. Thent a beachcom- ber turned up with sonic diamonds, saying he found them on the beach. A native found a filar container and an old match box, both filled with diamonds. A chinese arrived at Perth, on the south-west coast, with more than $5,000 worth of gents. Though most of the gems have been located, the beach still is um: dergoing a constant searching. Furthermore, legend now has it that several million of dollars in the gems are knocking around the sands. Shoveller clucks fly from Alaska to the Hawaiian Islands every fall, covering a distance of 2,000 miles, FATS FOR JAPS If everybody saves waste kitchen fats and greases, the stream of ' fat being poured in the photo above will swell to a mighty river flown. 7.okyoward in the form of b ocl b_...t:r bombs and shells for the big guns. Pruritk—Intense Itching Relieved quickly by this Medicinal Ointment There are two founts of itching which are especially distressing. First pruritis vulvae— from which only women stiffer and second p> iu'itin ani—itching at the rectum from piles, pm welitis ar varicose veins. The causes of both these forms of intense itching are often difficult to locate but what you do want, at once, is relief from the severe and depressing itching. Then let Dr. Chase's OINTMENT help you for it brings relief almost as quickly as applied. Once used it will always be kept at hand for quick use when the need arisen. 60 cts. a box. Economy size jar $2.00. Dr. Chase's Ointmen* OTTAWA REPORTS That The Greatest Food Needs Of Britain Are Livestock and Dairy Products While the war across the Atlan- tic approaches its zenith and the lengthening days at home herald .the approach of a new growing season, the need for the greatest production in history beckons every Canadian on the land to continue doing his utmost to meet Allied food heeds. * * * Col. J. J. Llewellyn, Britain's food minister who attended the Domin- ion -Provincial conference in Ottawa not long ago, it reported in. the British press as saying that Britons will not be able to resume a plenti- ful diet of neat and dairy products before 1050. "We're going' to be very short for a considerable num- ber of years after this war is won," he is quoted as saying. * 5 * Dr. W. H. Barton, Dominion De- puty 'Minister of Agriculture and Chairman of the Agricultural Food Board, points out that during the war the position of food has been transferred from circ of compara- tively low priority to one of press- ing nee'l. Dairy and livestock pro- ducts, Dr. Barton says, are in great- est demand and if supplies of these are to be maintained, and if pos- sible, increased, assured supplies of feed grain will be necessary. ,* * * In addition to the record Can- adian demand for food, Cana'la's Armed Forces Hurst be fed and the need of the United Kingdom for p o r Ir, cheese, eggs, milk, wheat and flour met, Required for the 100,000 Red Cross parcels for prisoners -of -war packed each week, are 300,000 lbs. each of butter and dried milk atel 23,000 lbs, of cheese. Armed Forces can- teens overseas receive special al- locations from Canada. Convoy, warships, and other vessels need huge quantities of food when they are re -victualled in Canadian ports. while. Empire outposts and other United Nations have a claim on the food that Canada can spare. The challenge to the Canadian farmfamily is a heavy one, * * * There'll be enough of everything the gardener needs to planta gar- den this year, according to offic- ials of the Department of Agricul- ture—plenty of all kinds of vege- table seeds, enough garden tools, adequate supplies of fertilizer, and some pressure cookers, * * * From the Agricultural Supplies 'Board conies word that although livestock producers in Eastern Can- ada were handicapped by the poor grain harvest in 1013, the overall Position with respect to feed sup- plies is still favorable, due to large reserves in the West• This means that the livestock program plannel for 1044 should not suffer because of insufficient supplies of feed grain. * * * The only accurate method of grading lambs is rail grading, ac- cording to J. W. Graham, Dominion Department of Agriculture Super- vising Livestock Fieldman for New Brunswick and Nova Scotia where rail grading has been in operation for several years, As for the mar- ket duality of Iambs, it has ..shown a steady improvement ever since rail grading was introduced. Good farmers are all for it, Mr, Graham says. Trained Bat Maker Good Thermometer Franz Johnston, the famous Canadian artist, is the proud pos-,sesor of a trained bat which acts as themometer : and helps trim keep his fuel bill down. Franz (t everyone knows, lives in what was formerly the Com- munity Hall at Wyebridge, Tie and. Mrs. Johnston have transformed it into one of the most attractive homes to be found in all North Simcoe. But chat has nothing to do with los trained bat, Now this hat, which hides itself somewhere away tljl in a remote spot in the high roof, is very sen- sitive to scat. It never makes itself visible un- less the temperature in the big room rises above. 10, Then out comes the bat and flies round and round until Franz rises from 1'n front of his easel, walks over to the thermostat: attached to his mechanical stoker and turns the heat indicator downwards. When that is accomplisher the bat flies off to his retreat appar- ently quite satisfied. NM SANE WNERE'S YOUR MINARD'S SOLDIERS RUB OUT TIRED ACHES 510p cOtJ!.' The new double defence against colds, grippe and bronchitis is to build Immunity with VitaVax—a small tasteless capsule combining COLD VACCINE plus VITAMINS If catching cold, take VitaVax to reduce severity and speed recovery. If you've just had a cold, take VitaVax to overcome fatigue and increase vitality. For scientific precautions against future colds, grippe and bronchitis, protect alt the family with VitoVax Capsules. Only 52.50 for one to two months average requirements. 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