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AIRMEN'S DINGHIES
Rubber dinghies carried by air
crews of the R.A.F. in a pack
measuring 16 inehes by 8 inches
are one of the contributions to
Britain's war effort made by Un-
ited Kingdom manufacturers of
corsets, silk stockings, mackin-
toshes and so on. Like the carbon
dioxide gas used for inflating the
dinghies, which normally goes
overseas in millions of bottles of
Britain's famous table waters,
most of the goods nornially pro-
duced by these companies are
known to shoppers in most parts
of the world.
These rubber dinghies have al-
ready saved many lives, Tor in
cold weather airmen wearing the
"Mae West" jacket who came
down in the sea could not expect
to survive half -an -hour's immer-
sion. Now, however, even a 400
kb. man can sit in his dinghy, stop
leaks from a pin -prick to a can-
non shell hole, propel it with a
pair of rubber hand -paddles
(made by people who usually turn
out ladies' underwear), light sig-
nal flares (supplied by firework
manufacturers) and sustain him-
self with emergency rations sup-
plied by the makers of dainty
boxes of chocolate.
—St. Thomas Times -Journal.
TO BED BEFORE MIDNIGHT
From the Canadian Osteopathic
Committee on War Effort comes
a suggestion which at first glance
may be :.anghed off by many but
which in reality is worth thinking
about; it is that we should all be
in bed by midnight.
Many statements have been
made by responsible authorities
that our health standard Is not
what it should be, and the nervous
and labor strain of these days is
working a heavy and increasing
toll. The osteopaths point out
that more rest is the cheapest and
yet most effective answer to this
inroad upon our vitality, and few
who study such matters will dis-
agree.
—Ottawa Journal.
DRESSED TURKEYS
Turkeys, the Wartime Prices
and Trade Board rules,are dress-
ed only when they are bare. It is
just another of those mildly con-
fusing anomalies, such as the fact
that bread rises when it sets, and,
in the price of sleeping car ac-
eomodation, the lower berths are
always higher than the uppers.
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NAZI EMERGENCY
If Mr. Churchill suddenly were
to take personal command of all
the British land forces we should
know a grave emergency had
arisen. That is what Hitler has
done in Germany, and it must be •
an event of deep significance.
—Ottawa Journal.
ISN'T.IT A SHAME?
Berlin correspondent complains
that the Russians are attacking
the German invaders at night and
that Nazi soldiers are "under con-
tinuous strain and can find no
sleep at all." Now, that's what
we'd call downright mean.
—Windsor Star.
TIMELY TID-BIT
"Hitler is reported to be search-
ing in the state libraries of Paris,
in occupied France, for a copy of
Napoleon's reputed secret memor-
andum, entitled 'How I got out of
Russia.'
—Woodstock Sentinel -Review.
NEUTRAL
As the British writer, Vie
Oliver, well says: "As far as the
present international conflict is
concerned, I am completely neu-
tral. I don't care who kills Hit-
e.- ler," —Windsor Star.
RULE OF BUGS
A chemist, alarxned by priori-
ties, says that without insecticides
bugs will rule the world. What
makes him think bugs don't rule a
large slice of the world right
now?
—Stratford Beacon -Herald.
INKLING OF TRUTH
"Some women who say they
suffer in silence may mean that
when in silence they suffer."
—Belleville Intelligencer,
FITTING
Germans pronounce the letter
"J" as we pronounce the letter
"Y." Thus Japs become "Yaps."
Well . .
—Woodstock Sentinel Review,
RECIPE
The best way to improve a
vegetable dinner is to add a nice,
juicy steak.
—Vancouver Sun.
Scrap For Warships
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Enough scrap metal has been
collected in Britain in two years
to furnish material for two cruis-
ers, 10 or 12 destroyers, 10,000
, anti-tank guns, 15,000,000 shell
and 10,000 tallies.
JAP "TIN FISH" CAUGHT BY UNCLE SAM
A mass of torn, twisted and dented steel is all that remains cif this two-man Japanese submarine
that was shelled, rammed by a destroyer and blast ed with a depth -bomb during Hawaiian blitz. The
forward half of the craft has been ripped to pieces. The wreck was raised by U. S. Navy from bottom
of Pearl Harbor for first-hand examination.
Army of Russia
Still Marches On
In September, after a lively
few months, the German High
Command said:
"Russia as a military power is
finished."
Last July 2 Dr. Otto Dietrich,
the Nazi press chief, sounded off
prematurely en the same topic,
and wound up with:
"I have never misled you."
What he said that day includ-
ed:
"The power of resistance of
the Soviet armies has been brok-
en."
"Unbelievable chaos has closed
over the Soviet armies."
"The encircling, dismembering
and annihilation of the huge Red
forces guarding the road to
Minsk and Moscow has been com-
pleted."
Sonia other little gems from
the Dietrich press conference:
"The last Russian army groups
are being wiped out."
"There is no doubt that the
whole Russian front is smashed."
Air 2 aid Sirens
For Ontario Cities
Ontario's larger cities will have
air raid sirens very soon.
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Sinn is ender wa'y at Burlec, 'Lim-
ited, Scarboro. Firiat order from
Ottawa is for 60.
The sirens can be heard four
and a half miles away under good
oonditions. It is a twin -note type,
automatically controlled by a
"whaler relay" which transmits
the warning signal or the "all
clear" as desired, by operating a
designated switch. The siren to
be made is of the type approved
by the home office, A.R.P. depart-
ment, in England.
U. S. Airlines In
Emergency Test
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Oranges from California, pe-
cans from Oklahoma, oysters
from Baltimore, baked beans
from Boston and scrapple from
Philadelphia — a veritable feast.
Only it wasn't. All these delica-
cies were flown to New York re-
cently not so much for eating
purposes as for a test to show
how the 362 transport planes of
the United States' 19 commercial
airlines could carry 2,896,000
pounds of food to New Yorkers
in a war emergency.
It's A Long Time
Between Stitches
Mrs. Caleb Fox Jr., Production
Department Chairman of the' Red
Cross in Philadelphia, reports that
a middle-aged volunteer showed
up with a half -completed knitted
sock and asked more matching
yarn to complete it.
Noticing it was an off -shade,
Mrs. Fox inquired when it was
started.
Caine the reply:
"During the first World War."
Americans To Stay
In Canadian Forces
•C.anielieen.. officials atty„tilikt
United1States volunteers 1W-710 ae‘
ada's fighting forces are expect-
ed to remain where they- are ra-
ther than return to the United
States for service.
Nearly 10,000 men from "south
of the border" are serving in the
Canadian Army, and 10 per ceree
of the air crews trained and in
training for the Royal Canadian
Air Force are from the States.
The female frog deposits from
600 to 1,200 eggs annually.
BEAUTIFUL CATHE
RAL
The million -dollar Cathedral in Manila, where .Taps rained bombs
on the undefended Philippine capital.
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Theatre of War
In Vast Pacific
Many Thousands of Islands
in Pacific Brought Into The
War, Relates The Sault St.
Marie Star.
This is an amazing war which
is now in progress in the Pacific
Ocean.
Mr. Churehill, when he announc-
ed the opening of the British of -
Pensive in Libya a few weeks ago,
spoke of the operations there being
like those of a sea battle; with
strategy and tactics being extend-
ed over a wide area. But even Mr.
Churchill did not at that time
vision operations of the scope of
those now being carried in the
vast expanse of water that lies be-
tween Asia and the Americas
Prem. Yokohaina to ancouver is
4,280 miles and from the same Jap-
anese port to San Francisco is 4,-
525 miles From Yokohama to
Honolulu is 3,440 miles.
Russia's 1,500 mile battle line
has seemed a tremendous distance.
But it is dwarfed by a war which
takes distances such as those in
the Pacifie,
And think of the many thousands
of 'sands which ae scattered over
that great area. There are some
7,083 islands in the Philippines,
which stretches for a distance of
one thousand miles. In. Japan,
without .taking into account the
territory It holds in. China, there
are some 2,322 islands, stretching
over 1,600 miles, and having a
population of 100,000000 people. In
the Netherlands Indies' there are
about 2,000 islands, spread over a
territory 3,000 miles in length from
Singapore to Borneo Then in ad-
dition there are the scores and
hundreds of islands 'which owe al-
legiance to Britain, France, the
United States, Russia, Japan, Aus-
tralia, New Zealand which are dot-
ted over the map.
Airplanes and modern war lies -
eels have brought a strange war
to a strange. territory.
Nazis Hide Truth
From Own People
The Germans are trying to hide
from their own people their huge
losses in Russia by regulating
obituary notices, asserts London
Calling.
Since the start of the Russian
campaign there have been four
orders regulating obituaries, it is
said.
The first prohibited firms and
party organizations from publish-
ing them; the second ordered the
reduction in size by half; the third
limited the number to twenty-
five daily, and the fourth instrac-
ted editors to censor the text.
ees and War
Honey mixed with foods and
drinks Nv ere inclueed in the daily
diet of the ancient Romans, So
highly did they prize this food
that. the Roman Emphe armies
even carried their ownbee-hives
with them wbeneser they invaded
a foreign land.
TI -IE WAR - WEEK -- Commentary on Current hvents
Allied Heads Meet In Washington
To Plan Defeat of Axis Powers
"The Prime Minister of Great
Britain," said the Presidentiet
Secretary, Mr. Stephen Early on
the evening of December 22, "is
now with the President. He ar-
rived by air and was met by the
President at an air station near
Washington. He was accompanied
by Lord Beaverbrook and a tech-
nical staff." "There is, of
course," continued Mr. Early,
"one primary objective hi the con-
versations to be held between the
President and the British Prime
Minister and the respective staffs
of the two countries. That purpose
is the defeat of Hitlerism through-
out the world.
"It should be remembered that
many other nations are engaged
to -day in this common task.
Therefore, the present confer-
ences in Washiagton should be
regarded as preliminary to further
conferences which will offically
include Russia, China, the Neth-
erlands and Dominions. It is ex-
pected that there will also be in-
volved an over-all unity in the
conduct of the war. Other nations
will be asked to participate in the
over-all objective."
Issues Involved
The problem. of co-ordinating
the vast issues involved could be
summarized under the following
headings:
1. Britain, kinerica, China,
Russia and the Netherlands stand
unshatterably united against any
separate peace with any part of
the Axis and they are making
the fullest conceivable pledge to
each other that only a peace ap-
proved by all will be accepted by
any.
2. A supreme Allied War
Council will be immediately or-
ganized to direct the composite
strategy against the composite
forces of the, Axis. The highest
and most critical decisions of pol-
icy will be settled by common
agreement in the interests of the
most effective war plan and all
the theatres of the fighting will
be co-ordinated in the interests
of this common strategy. This
is to give effect to Mr. Roose-
velt's repeated declarations that
the world -scale aggression of the
Axis can only be defeated by the
world -scale strategy of the Al-
lies.
3, There will be an unreserved
pooling of the implements of war
and they will be dispatched to
the fronts where they are most
needed in accordance with the
necessities ef the broadest strat-
egy.
4. Russia's entry into the war
against Japan will be decided by
joint agreement as to when and
how it will be most effective.
5. There will be agreement on
the essential peace objectives
outlined by Mr. Roosevelt and
Mr. Churchill in the Atlantic
Charter.
6. The alliance will not au-
tomatically terminate with the
conclusion of the war. It is de-
signed to constitute the beginning
of a peace alliance against fur-
ther aggression—the beginning of
a world policy force to prevent
future war.
7. The mechanism of close
consultation is planned to form
the basis of economic and social
collaboration in the period of
post-war reconstruction.
Conference In Moscow
It is significant that the initia-
tive of this Allied Council did not
spring from any single one of its
members. It arose almost simul-
taneously from all of them, in-
cluding strong leadership from
Generalissimo Kiang Kai-shek
in • Chungking. Tho councils
from which the present argument
is emerging have been ihi progress
for some time in Washington,. in
London and in Moscow,
Foreign' Secretary Anthony
Eden and Prime Minister Joseph
Stalin in Moscow have reached an
agreement in full on conduct of
the war and especially on "the ne-
cessity' for the utter defeat of
Hitlerito Germany". There was
also an exchange of views on
questions relating to the post-war
organization of peace and securi-
ty.
In the last war, lack of con-
certed effort cost the Allies dear-
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ly. In this war, with the anti -
Axis coalition sprawling over most
of the lands and seas of the world,
prompt action is now being' taken
to weld the Allied forces into an
efficient fighting unit. The strug-
gle, Mr. Churchill said, if man-
aged well, would take only half
as long as if managed badly.
Grave Problems
In speaking of the onslaught of
Japan which presented grave
problems, Mr. Churchill said:
"If people ask me, as tney have
a right to ask me in England,
why is it you have not got ample
equipment of modern a.re.ait and
modern weapons of all kinds in
Malaya and in the - East Indies,
I can only point to the victory
General Auchinleck has gained
in the Libyan campaign. Had
we divided those gradually -grow-
ing resources between Libya and
Malaya, we would have been
found wanting in both spheres.
`If the United States has been
found at a' disadvantage at cer-
tain points in the kacific, we
know that it is to some extent
due to the fact that you have
been giving us of your equip-
ment for the defence of the Brite
ash Isles, and above all for your
help in the Battle of the Atlantic,
on which all depends, and which
is, in consequence, successfully
and constantly maintained.
Of course it would have been
much better if we had had en-
ough resources of all kinds to
be at full strength at all threat-
ened points, but considering how
slowly and reluctantly we
brought ourselves to large scale
preparation and how long those
preparations took, we had no
'right to expect to be in such a
fortunate position,
Post-war Problem
The choice of hew to dispose
of our hitherto limited resources
had to be made by Britain in a
time of war and by the United
States in times of peace, and
believe history will pronounce
that upon the whole, and it is
upon the whole that these mat-
ters must be judged, that the
chocie made was the right one.”
Although Mr. Churchill stated
.in Washington that conversation
would not include post-war prob-
lems, that the present emergency
came first, we -must consider his
words spoken to Congress. "If we
had kept together after the last
war, if we had taken common
measures for our safety, the re-
newal of the curse need never
have fallen on us."
After winning the last war to-
gether with partnership between
Great Britain was dissolved and
each went their respective ways,
even becoming rivals. The ques-
tion of war debts, the selfishness
of British and American commer-
cial policy, the disarmament com-
pact, the lack • of accord of the
Far Eastern Policy all worked to-
gether to break up the union of
the English-speaking peoples.
This is the mistake which Mr.
Churchill and Mr. Roosevelt are
now trying to repair.
Normandie Seized
By United States
Armed coast guardsmen, acting
on naval orders, have seized the
$60,000,000 French liner Norman -
die, one of theelargest, proudest
and finest ships afloat.
Led by Capt. ,Tohn Baylis, guards-
men swooped down on the 83,423 -
ton liner at the Hudson. River pier,
where she has been laid up since
the beginning of the war.
The Normandie could be used
either as a transport or as an air-
craft carrier. She was designed and
built •ro speedy conversion. Capt.
Baylis said he had removed about
200 seamen from her.
in Washington, the department
of justice said the French seamen
woulit be released and placed on
parole.
Built in 1935, the Normandie is
the third largest ship M the world,
exceeded only by the British Queen
Elizabeth and the Queen :Vary.
}ter length of 1.029 feet makes
her lour times the height of the
Statue of Liberty— a gilt • froth
France to the "United States. —
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