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THE WAR - WEEK -- Commentary onCurrent Events
Ships of United States Fleet Ride
At Anchor In Japanese Harbor
The war in the Pacific last geek
entered a new phase. Gathering
enormous forces, including the
largest fleet the world has ever
seen, the Americans struck- at and
Avon Japanese territory for the first
time. Ships of the United States
pacific Fleet rode at anchor in a
Japanese harbor, says the New
Fork Times.
The victory was gained at Kwa-
jalein Atoll in the heart of the
Marshall Islands. This direct as-
sault, cracking Japan's main outer
ehield of defenses, brought to full
scale the offensive which has been
4o long in preparation and which
in its preliminary stages has meant
long, hard battles on the outer
fringes of Japan's conquests.
Strike For High Stake
Invading the Marshalls, the Navy
was striking for the highest stake
bet in Pacific strategy. Japan
olding the islands tinder mandate
ince World War I, had made them
ta
Into air and sea bases and knit
them into' her great scheme for
war. About 2,150 miles • front
',Colcyo, they flank the sea road to
Hawaii and may have been the
,rendezvous for the fleet which at-
tacked Pearl Harbour. They also
dank the route to the Solomons.
In American hands they will flank
the Japanese positions in the Caro.
lines, due west, where the great
bases of Truk and Ponape are ma-
jor bastions.
"Softening "Up"
That the attack on the Marshalls
was coming could 'hardly have been
in doubt to the Japanese.- ° Long=
range Army and Navy planes had
been bombarding the'islands stead-
ily since mid-November, a campaign
Stepped up through January, It was.
"softening up" on a scale greater
than the Pacific had ever seen
before. Shipping, shore dcfcnees,
docks, runaways, seaplane ramps,
hangars, fuel and atnuuulition
dumps and gun positions were
blasted day after day.
I'or two days before Ii -hour
carne, carrier planes, long-range
bombers and heavy units of the
fleet subjected the islands to a
rtaggertng 1n unhurt' u tot,
The Fleet Moves In
The invasion rattle in the for:1'. of
a great two-pronged attac.i: frier
north and south, Carrier,, the
largest and newest battleships,
transports, cargo ships, tankers,
landing craft for tanks and infan-
try—a total estimated as at least
2,000,000 tons—had been drawn
from the mainland of the -United
States and from every large Paci-
fic base,
\Vhen the landing forces swept
ashore they encountered stiff resist-
ance at some points, but it was
limited to small -arms firc. Artil-
lery had apparently been blasted
out of existence.. Not one enemy
plane was sighted during the ap-
proach to the islands or during the
invasion. Continuous bombard-
ment of airfields throughout the
Marshalls leech (1ClW 1 illi tbic'at' of
aerial counter-attack,
What was"gtined was .of fust
importance, Kwajalein .titin is
the largest in the Marshalls, itt
fact the largest in the world, At
its, .northeast corner. are Roi a.ixr1
Namur islands, linked. by a tidal
strip and a causeway. On Roi•was'
'OLD BILL"
New -:(angled field telephone device
but the same "Old Bill." It has
been a great growl g season in
Italy as Capt. ferry Cadegatt of
Glace Bay, N.S. (the man behind
the moustache) can testify,
the largest Japanese airfield in this
area. It was captured in. four
hours. Winning Kwajalein knock-
ed out the keystone .of the Japanese
structure in the Marshalls.
Battle for Japan
Up to the present the Japanese
Navy has been the principal inhi-
bition on the full development of
our amphibious strength. But with
the taking of Kwajalein, we are
reaching the point at which it can
be effectively neutralized; either
Japan will have to risk it in battle
or it -- will sink, like the German
Fleet after. Jutland, into' strategic
impotence. In the Pacific, the
battle of the remote outposts is
beginning at last to give way to the
battle for japan, And the Pacific
is still 'only one side of the equa-
tion; for all this says nothing as
to what niay be preparing in India
and the Bay of Bengal.
Japan Itself Attacked
Last weelc United States naval
forces, for the first- time, steamed
within' shelling range of Japan it-
self and bombarded Paramushiro,
at the e*treme northeastern end of
tate Kurile Island chain.
Paramushiro is not a part of
Japanese conquest. It always has
been Japanese soil. It is japan
itself: It has been reached and hit
• slow—]tot only by long-range bont-
eliers, but also by American • surface
vessels. It is nearly a thousand
miles north of the main, thickly in-
habited parts of the Japanese Ar-
chipelago. But it is .japan. The
Japanese Fleet is no longer able
to defend its own home islands from
oitr naval forays.
'What does it mean, this unex-
pected and only twenty-minute-
Iong'attack on I u abn Point? \Vas
t juet an isolated hit-and-run af-
"f it cfe>i ned to befuddle an evenly
'at a time when he has reason to be
locking for blows from the Sc'tttlt
and East; or was it the prelude to
alt all-out drive, even possibly
landings on this farthest North of
the Japanese bases?
The \Var Lords of Tokyo will
ponder this one carefully, for it
alight be either. It is no secret
that the tinted States Inn. been
building :l,t Northern bases, includ-
ing, rico doubt, substantial iirprove-
r,t.:,,tS to the Aleutians.
The memory is said to be at its
best between the ages of 11 and
14.
OTTAWA REPORTS
That Present Coupon Value of
Maple Syrup Is At Rate of
One Coupon Per Quart
Watching the weather signs,
maple syrup producers are begin-
ning to wonder about prospects for
the conning season. Ottawa has
nothing definite to report on that
score, but with this commodity
now rationed, Wartime Priees and
Trade Board requires that prociuc
ers collect coupons •from their cus-
touirers,
The rate, now in force, is one
coupon a quart, (40 ounces), or
four coupons a gallop. Come the
first of juice, when the main mark-
eting period is over, the value will
revert to 24 ounces per coupon.
The coupon value of maple sugar,.
now two pounds per coupon,' will
remain in effect throughout tile'
year. • Gutntiied sheets for pasting
up coupons are available at local
ration board offices.
This season's prices per gallon
for maple syrup set by Wartime
Prices and Trade Board (producer
to consumer, including container)
are: Canada fancy $3.40, Canada
light $3.15, Canada medium $2.90,
Canada dark $2,6, Canada ungrad-
ed $2,40.
* * *
Farm families who have not
used their preserves coupons will
be able to use these to obtain extra
canning sugar when summer
comes 'round (at the rate of one
half pound for each coupon), in
addition to the ten pounds canning
sugar allotted as last year, The
first of this latter amount will be.
available June 1, and is obtained
through surrender of ten F cou-
pons in the present ration book.
* * *
Last month's mild weather sent
egg production soaring in all parts
of Canada according to a report
of the Special Products Board
which buys for British contract
purposes. Up to 'January 22 the
total number of cars offered to 'the
Board was 284 compared with 121
for the same period last year. •All
provinces shared in the increase.
* * *
On selecting hatching eggs, Dr.
S. S. Munro, Poultry Division,
Central Experimental Farm, Ot-
tawa, advises, "Don't incubate eggs
weighing less than 24 ounces or
more than 26% ounces a dozen.
Pullets hatched front the smaller
eggs will tend to lay small eggs
while large eggs will not hatch
well on the average. Eggs with
sound strong shells should be
chosen."
* * *
Fight down that urge to start
indoor seeding that conies with
the arrival of the first seed cat-
alogue. About six to eight 'weeks
before plants are set out in the
field is about right time for sowing
indoor seeds, accordin,- to agri-
cultural expert•, Further advice is
to choose only the best nerd of
rec 101ttnendtcl :"arietie$,
*
Since May 1 of last year, sub-
sidies on dairy products paid to
milk producers throughout Can-
ada have totalled approximately
$23,000,000, Dr. A, E. Richards,
Secretary of the !Agricultural Food
Board announced t' :eptly at the
annual axetil:;; of th Dairy Farm-
ers of Canada. He setae' that dis-
tributors and nlauu:acturers acting
as agents for -the government in
retaking claim for the subsidy and
distributing the subsidy payments
to their producer patrons are not
paid for this service except for in -
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FIRST PORTRAIT OF THE KING by a Canadian photographer is this camera
study by Yousuf Karsh of Ottawa, reflecting the quiet, graceful courage and resolute
strength of His Majesty, a spirit which throughout the war has been a symbol of hope and
encouragement to the peoples of the British Empire. It is one of a series of photos of war
leaders of the United Nations made by Mr. Karsh during his recent visit to British Isles.
The King is wearing for the first time, on his sleeve, the insignia of the Fleet Air Arm
direct compensation insofar as the
subsidy has maintained or increas-
ed Their volume of business. The
whcle program has been carried
out without adding • to the prewar
executive staff of the Dominion
Department of Agriculture.
N' *. *
Asked in the Rouse of Commons
if he has received any request
from Britain to increase Canadian
exports of butter, Hon. J. G. Gar-
diner stated, "Last year we shipp-
ed from this ountry to Great
Britain since the beginning of the
war, (7,000,000 pounds), The ship-
ment was not Made as a result of
any intention on our part, or any
desire expressed previously by the
British G:'vermnent. Our present
position is that Britain desires all
the cheese site can get from Can-
ada, and has• expressed no dr -ire
that WO 5110111(1 toile any milk from
cheese production i'1 oruer to pro-
duce a- supply of lrtttet' for her.
Our preeent ietention is to
low her wishes in that regard, and
to produce as much cheese as pos-
sible,"
Gyros Help to Keep
Planes on Course
Electrically -driven gyroscopic
flight instruments help ,keep air-
planes on their courses under con-
ditions so confusing that pilots
"height fly in circles and not real-
ize it," the American Institute of
Electrical Engineers was told Jan.
27.
Describing the working of the
gyroscopes, Albert Hansen, Jr.,
of the General Electric Company,
explained:
"Any pitch, roll or yaw—that is,
`;,lengthwise or ,crosswise tilt or
-turn—produces an electric signal
in the automatic pilot. This signal
is amplified and converted into
`mechanical power which moves
elevators, ailerons and rudder to
bring the airplane back to its
correct attitude and course."
✓ OICE
OF THE
P RESS
')V'ERDOSE OF NICOTINE
Reporting the theft of a -large
quantity of . tobacco at Siincoe,
The St. Thomas Times Journal
says the thieves must have "puff-
ed" quite a bit in carying it away.
On the contrary, we understand
they used a plug to Dull it. When
he lit out they just stood by and
;watched his smoke. Or are we
pipe-dre etruth
—Ottawa Citizen,
—0 --
THEY WON'T CHANGE
Tokyo announces that the Japa-
nese policy on the treatment of
prisoners Mill not cit:.:1.4e. J;0 0110
cxpeeted ,- would. _site
polecat retains tine sukil through
lice, utile.a it is subjected to a
surgical opert,k'n.--\i ind.ser :tar.
BETTER NOT TO KNOW
"Animals do think," asserts The
St. Thomas Times -journal. In that
case, one Wonders rather appre-
hensively what they must think of
some human being'.-11rantford
Expositor,
—a_ -
SILENCE OP IGNORANCE
If folks refrained front talking
about things they do not under-
stand, the oppressive silence of
this world of ours would become
insufferable,—1';itelicit er Record,
WILL BE NO TERMS
Goebbels says peace terms will
never be discussed in Berlin. No,
they will be settled in some small
town where there is still a good
hotel. Brandon Sun,
—0—
CAN'T BE WRONG
A Canacliat, in Italy has learned
to forecast their weather; it the
tops of the mountains are visible it
is going to rant, when they are in-
visible it is raining. -- Quebec
Chronicle -Telegraph.
roreCO
Don'tWorry About
That Little "If"
If your efforts are criticized you
must have. done something worth-
while.
If someone, calls you a fool, tee
into silence and meditation. ate
night be right.
If the world laughs at you, laugh
right back. It's as funny as you
are.
If yon :have tried tc do some.
thing u tta' failed, you are vastly'
better Off than if you had tried
nothing and succeeded. — "The
Hub," I;cston.
POLDUP' BOAT
.Photos above show half-size,
rough model of new assault boat
developed by' Travelodge Cor.
poration, Lynchburg, Va,, makers
of pre -fabricated housing. Folded
as in top photo, six, of the new
boats would occupy space on
n.other ship taken by one of as-
sault boats now in use, Trans.
formation from flattened package
tc navigable boat takes three min-
utes, with no bolting necessary.
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