Zurich Herald, 1942-10-22, Page 3AXIS EXTERMINATOR
Seen from the rear, this 1000 -pound bomb, being carried to an
RAF plane on a trailer, presents an unusual pattern of destruction.
VOICE
OF THE
PRESS
SOUGHT REVENGE
Atter being sideswiped by a de-
crepit jalopy and crowded into the
ditch by a truck on his last trip as
a traveling salesman, a young man
on our block, enlisting as a tank
driver, expressed the hope that
they would allow him to drive the
tieing over his old territory before
going oversees.
—Christian Science Monitor
—0—
WHEN WE COMPLAIN
strut rationing of milk has
been enforced again in Britain.
Each person may have up to three
pints a week. Canadians are still
able to have all they wish, a fact
rich should not be forgotten when
we feed disposed to complain about
restriction and limitations.
--Kingston Whig -Standard
—0—
ADVICE TO PARENTS
Let parents refrain from under-
mining the authority of the sohool
teacher in the mind of the child,
by ridiculing his attitudes, his way
of sating or by openly criticizing
Shim. The higher the family holds
the teacher in esteem the more the
child repeats hien. And education
ie a product of authority and re-
epea, La Parole
-_o—
IN SECOND PLACE
A Northern Ontario farmer has
killed 21 skunks this year. That
should give him second place to
the Russian. girl sniper, Lyudmila
Pavliah.enko, who picked off some
809 while serving with the Red
salaries.
—Port Arthur News -Chronicle
—0—
HITLER HUNCH
A year ago Hitler told his caun-
trymnen that he decided things by
intuition. In other words "hunch,"
[but soon the only hunch Hitler will
have will be the one in his shoul-
ders through brooding over why
kis intuition went wrong.
—St. Thomas Times -Journal
—o—
DIVINITY FAILS
Hirrodrito inspects his imperial
]bomb shelter, which argues that
'the Son of Heaven is quite willing
to go into eclipse when his divine
eeesenoe is menaced.
—Hamilton Spectator
—o—
SACK TO THE FOLD
Due to gas rationing, many a
family circle has been enlarged by
reaangess who turn out to be the
older children.
—Winnipeg Tribune
Growing Of Rice
In United States
Requires Warm Climate and
Long Growing Season
Uncle Sam is calling for more
rice growing, because rice is "ex-
tremely nourishing," compact to
ship, and therefore suitable for
soldiers. The Japs do pretty well,
sometimes, on rice alone.
But expansion of rice crops will
not be easy, for it is grown in only
four states, praotically, which have
only about 1,500,000 aores of land
suitable for it. The quota set for
this year is 1,320,000 acres. Produc-
tion in 1941 totaled 54,000,000 bush-
els, which at an average price of
$11.85 a bushel brought a farm in-
come of more than $64,000,000. This
year's goal calls for an increase of
5,000,000 bushels, at least.
Growing rice requires an irriga-
tion system by which the ground
is kept covered with from four to
six inches of water from seeding
to harvest time. There must be a
warm climate and a long growing
season. Heavy and costly machin-
ery is used, and a large amount of
labor. The four states producing
most of our rice are, in ander of
quantity, Louisiana, Texas, Arkan-
sas and California.
The rough rice is sent to the mill
where the outer hull and the inner
"bran" are removed and the kern-
els are polished. In most cases the
;polished rice is given a coat of
glucose and talc, for its lustrous
appearance. There were 74 mills
operating last year, located almost
entirely in the rioe-growing sec-
tions. By-products consisting of
polish, bran, poultry feed, rice
flour, and hulls were worth $2,749,-
000 last year.
Women Join In
War Against Rats
Thirty members of the Wo-
men's Land Army, who completed
a fortnight's intensive training in
rat destruction, have begun work
against rats in the West Riding.
There will hardly be a parish in
the West Riding which will not be
covered by these girls who will
work in pairs.
A fortnight earlier these girls
were hairdressers, clerks, shop as-
sistants, and such like, and the
thought of handling a rat would
' fill them with horror.
They have had extensive train-
ing in rat destruction by trapping,
poisoning of baits and every other
methods, but the poisoning method
is the one they will use mostly.
SOL
IE
eirk
Is your appetite jaded during these tempestuous times—do your
meals seem dull and uninteresting?
Tempt your family's appetite with desserts that are delicious and
nutritious—blanc manges and puddings that can be made easily and
at little cost, with Canada Corn Starch.
The fine quality of Canada Corn Starch gives
the best possible results —a smooth texture that
makes corn starch desserts delightful.
roe: Send for'the e .ceilent Recipe Booklet "52
sserts". Write enclosing; one box -top or complete
et from any Canada Starch product. .A.ddresr..
Dept.
ep . L tr, tames . Starch Toronto, Ont. Service, 49 Well -
(ANkCORN
" 'STARCH
CORN
"Ilia CANADA SVAItCH COMPANY Limed, Moptrral, Toronto
HE WAR. • WEEK Commentary on Current Events
Churchill And Roosevelt Express
Confidence In Progress Of War
The same note of confidence in
the growing strength of the 1./34 -
Wed Nations, struck by Mr. Otero.
bill in his speech at Lldinburgh,
was echoed .a few hours later by
President Roosevelt en his radio
addmese, says the New ,Fork Times.
Reminding his listeners that it ie
ore his 'habit "to encourage light-,
ly found expectations," Mr, Churc-
hill could nevertheless acclaim.
such "solid and remarkable facts"
as the gallant and suocesusful de-
fense made by the Russian armies,
the miracle of production that has
given the United Nations definite
superiority in the air, the building
of enough new ships to offset our
losses on the sea. On his part, the
President could report, on the bas-
is of evidence recently acquired
at first hand, that "the American
people are united as never before
in their determination to do a job
and to do it well."
As we move forward with this
job we find ourselves faced by the
problem of a growing shortage of
inanpower, and it was to this prob
lem that the President gave most
of his time- and emphasis. He is
certain, and with good reason, that
the Gauntry will accept a com-
pulsory draft of manpower, if that
le the best way or the only way
to solve the problem; but. his
preference its wisely for a thorough
trial of the voluntary method be -
trete that stage is reached; and,
except for his belief in the neces-
sity of lowering the draft age for
actual military service — a step
long favored by the Army — his
recommendations point in that
direction.
Change In Russia
"We shall take Stalingrad, you
may depend on that." So sold
Adolph Hitler not long ago. Stalin-
grad still stands.
On June 26 the Germans launch-
ed from Kursk the great offensive
which has carried them to the
banks of the Volga. That was 108
days ago. But fifty-two of these
vital fighting days have been used
lin in the siege of Stalingrad. Rue -
Sian troops still hold the ruined
city. If it continues to stand, the
Siumurer campaign of the Nazis
may pass into history as a gigan-
tic failure. It has achieved spec-
tacular gaine, but not its main
objectives.
Though it is too early to say
definitely, there are recent indi-
cations that the German High
Command has begun to recognize
mash a failure and is preparing to
make the best of it. The fighting
in Stalingrad has died down. The
envious German infaaitry and tank -
asse alts have ceased. They may
be renewed, but for some days
V y r v
there have been only small street
skirmishes. Both sides seem to
have fallen back an heavy artillery.
The Russians say they are digging
in. North of 'Stalingrad the Ger-
mans themselves are resorting to
defensive trench fighting, Broad
.'itento, which may or may not be
true, cones both ilrom Berlin and
Vichy that positional warfare 18
about to succeed the war of move-
•ment on the hessian front.
If that is true the Germans are
breaking off their offensive two
months earlier than they did last
year. It may mean any one of.
these things or some combination
of them, It may meau that they
wish to avoid last year's mistake
of letting their field armies get
weight in mid -Winter, It may sig-
nify German exhaustion. It may
indicate German plans to push
their campaign in the Caucasus,
where fighting conditions are still
tolerable, while they make ready
either to strike in the West or
defend themselves there.
Moscow says the Geranans in
Russia are worn out. There is no
doubt that exhaustion is a factor
in their plans, Lasses in the siege
of Stalingrad have been huge. An
incalculable amount of material,
brought up over a long line of
deteriorating railways, has been
burned up in battle. We do not
know the full effect of British
bombing on German transport and
war production. It may well be
that such .destruotive raids as
those on Cologne and Essen are
only now beginning to be felt on
the Russian front. Whatever the
actual facts may be, Stalingrad
rennins the signpost on. the battle
line. It still reads "Stop."
At the two ends of the 7,000 -
mile Pacific sea front Japan last
week had retreated from her most
advanced positions, and in the Sol -
omens America still held the ad-
vantage. In the fog -shrouded Aleu-
tians Japanese forces evacuated
the islands of Attu and Agattu.
On the mountain trails of New
Guinea, Japanese jungle fighters
had retired northward after a push
toward Port Moresby. In the Sol -
omens area an American task
forme slipped into Japanese waters,
smashed hard at Japanese ship-
ping found there, then made its
getaway without loss. The full
meaning of the Japanese with-
drawals was not clear. They might.
be strategic retreats to consolidate
positions elsewhere or to prepare
new blows. They might be a sign
that the attrition attacks deliver-
ed by United Nations forces were
;leaving effect, that the initiative
was slowly slipping from the Nip-
ponese grasp.
Canada Building
Speedlest Bomber
New 109equito Plane Said
To Be Speedier Than
Spitfire
Great Britain's newest and dead-
lieet fighter-bomber plane, the
Mosquito, has been taken off the
"most Eeeret" list and is now on.
the "secret'" list, and for the first
time it may be revealed that the
machine is being made in Canada.
The speed of this twin -engine
craft is naturally a well -guarded
secret, but it Is said to be even
greater than the R. A. F.'s fleecy
Spthfire. On a recent raid to Oslo,
Norway, faux Mosquitos literally
"ran away" lir o m p'ooke-Wulf
190 fighters—the pride of the
Luftwaffe.
A large order for Mosquitos has
been placed in Canada and already
tests of the first models are being
made. They are flown by a Bri-
tish official who canoe from Eng-
land for the purpose of making
the initial tests. High ranking of-
ficers of the R. C. A. F. and gov-
ernment officials have witnessed
their performance.
The Mosquito, according to Bri-
tish reports, fills a needy gap for
an all-out day and night bomber
offensive.
As well as its terrific speed, it is
capable of flying long distances
into enemy territory and fighting
its way back to its base.
The nearest British base from
Oslo, Norway, is, roughly 1,000
miles, which means that the Mos-
quito has a range od more than
double that distance. Surprieing
news of the plane's exploits are
expected to come from overseas
within the newt few months.
Women employed on British
railways to help to replace men
who have joined the Forces now
number more than 50,000.
THE BOOK SIa[ELF
SADDLEBAGS FOR SIUTCASSO
By Mary Boaanquot
Mary Bosanquet, the pretty
daughter of an English diplomat,
suddenly decided she wanted to
ride across Canada on horse back
—and she did.
With little capital and enough
equipment to fill her saddlebag$
she left Vancouver, rode to Mon.
ureal and then on to New Yor:'k,
seeking and finding many adven-
tures in the wide country spaces.
This story is also an intimate
study of Canadian people and.
homes. Miss Bosanquet says: "x
hope that before I die I may have
a chance to give back to some ono
who needs it a little of the wealth
of friendship which has so freely
been given to me."
Then again: "But in these
months with the horses, only the
journey has been constant, For
I no longer travel to arrive. I no
longer belong to lights and fires,
to pleasant meal times, to books
and . pictures and windows cur-
tained at night, but to woods and
rivers, to fields and forests, to
weather and the sky. And so for
the first time, as one walking by,
I have seen the neat, complete
pictures of many hundred homes.
I have felt their texture, breathed
their atmosphere and passed."
Saddlebags for Suitcases .
by Mary Bosanquet • . McClel-
land and Stewart Limited .
Price . . . $3.00.
Bear Steak
Truck Driver Amp James, en
route to Madoc in a northern
Frontenae district, met a bear on
the road. The bear climbed a tree
and James stopped his truck,
climbed a tree next to the one the
bear was perched in, and killed
it with a single blow from a hat-
chet. He loaded his kill on the
truck and sold bear steak at
Northbrook.
ALL -BRAN'S `BETTER
WAY" HAS BEEN OUR
WAY FOR A LON LOUTIME
?a �,�E'.M;,?k,;.•oYii'?3a;.�i�s.:�4.�'�r.*:a`[�5:,"�s�:i:,:.':�'.�'�„`fi4F�za
Says Mr. Charles Belair, Arvida,
Quebec: "KELLOGG'S ALL -BRAN
has long been a favorite in our home.
Mother used to serve it to us when
we were young... and since my
wife started making ALL -BRAN
muffins three or four times a week
and serving ALL -BRAN as a break-
fast cereal, we have had no more use
for pills or powders. ALL -BRAN
keeps us regular ... naturally."
Why don't you try ALL -BRAN'S
"Better Way" to correct the cause
if you are troubled by constipation
due to lack of the right kind of
'bulk' in your diet? But remember;
ALL -BRAN doesn't work like harsh
cathartics. It takes time. Eat it
regularly and drink plenty of water.
Get ALL -BRAN at your grocer's, in
two convenient size packages, or
ask for the individual serving
package at restaurants. Made by
Kellogg's in London, Canada.
op
�}r
4 "tea i••0"
W- a`
J�1
sget
0# ?WE COMO Ofira
events now' reach
Sheaves oS corning, every one of
"N
Shaded each and ever shadows
out t° •l ' c allenge% for sio that must
os.—''Kith a
Allied o{fen es es.
,, great Victory comes. forecast great
before our
of
take P owe els° _without wheal
d
these spathe tools °f war--without
Vietoryl
no offensive -410 powerful
need for be most
there of the Greatest and d ever?'
Behind of w Is money- china every
tools war and saiior"`b the
d ship, there must m be the soldier, airman
at war
tank, rune an be mace
so that
can t
of e { r purchase
men' and `: °men
Ws
Of ever`! our fighting Vmen%
ayctilable to to make it an early
our job 130d5�
by buying the new Victor`/
Novi guf Victory
Matters Nothing
Vii',