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VolCE 0F THE Mot any man can- be anieditor. j.01l an editor ba.s tl'O G is toai &,t a desk ix days a week, -four ,weekÏs te jamot andI twelve wo)nths a year anid edit snIcb saf "M.Jonles, iof Cactus Creek, Jet a ca-pnrslip hbat week rw«d eut her la1 the pantry; John1 »ne imtbed an the roof of his 1A0 ouse ý>st week, looing for a eak RatIfeil, landing on bis baek poreh; Whihe Harold Green waýs escorting Mliss Violet Wise lrom the ehurcb social last Sun- da,,y lighlt a savage ýdottacke ibem nt d bt Mrn Green On the - bFirÏuae; ibù rankj,whe 3mrnssig abronhe astSatur- 4day, was kickeed jus' south of b' is cornrih. 0-P rt Frry Sta-r. -- CHANCE FOR THE SHEEP An increase o-f close ta 10 per 4oea-ft. in the namber of sheop "e- Jng kept La Welin]gtoan Counity la 'ý)ndicate a a reeant survey. once ucpon a time, before cars b-camle eon oïl Onur ighways, sbeep roamed uncheeked aleang the ronid- se nd, jndgiuig by the preva- 3,ace of weeds this yoear, n-t only In fields but along the roïflsides, it ig b h a good idea if tbey 'wverýe Ëalowed ta o I50 again1. Cor- -liny e bave not spare lab)or te keep thre weeda properly cut wffd if tbey continue te sra orops &are bounid te suffer. Somfe uhee-P asud schIolboysehrd migt do a fine dlean-up job. --Elora Express. A HATEFUL WORD Tis new law miaing every1 : l-oidman work is geing te ebc ard on see eisu-red, lazy Meunawe know aroand ewn.They are Jlire the man in an aid Eng- kllsh comi(edy whio said: 'i ents 1e ,I leepa weAll,'but wbenI orstbe wuord work I gees il of atremble." --St. Thomas Times-Joarnal. -0- ITALIAN INVASION Thirteen Italians forminga ioninando laindeil on. the North 'frican cent, mincd a railway liowith explosives wicsailed ta xloe andt1ilthn got tbemi- 1avecarested Ib)y Brtish liïlhi,agýy Jpic, ow iery Italian! --Windsor star. -a- "BLIMEY, IT'S WINNIE!" À wss"ir. Bullfincbl" that Frime M binister Churchill started ýv1t ta reviow the batifil -1i gyp7t incogniito. But the tr.oaps soonrecgnizd hm. "Bimey, Jt's inui,)-ne of tbem cried. ~'i e'scme nt inieto te < blin, desert." -SntSte. Marie s tar, -- AGAIN DENIED Tho RetI cross bas -agalun býeen oblige by ro-onrsto denly tha4t funda wý,ere ever use-d te pur- ehase beer Jfor Nazi prisonervs ila and.The py la thait sc donial-s sbould ever bveta be( BRAZIL'S SIZE razl, our n1-ewest Ahylathe tietlUnited ,States lsighity ild Rags ForBmbr Brtans idr gt goig into the faciteries at tera te- of ban- reaof tonls ada0a1 om ont lu-1the f orn ofAryban kets, srgcl rssnoAr Force, Ani dstringreapqrears a,1eana- Pigenttin'g. n ekA cuitfing machine tears A Wely ColIun About This and That in Our Canadiant Army A few we weks aýgo th question of age entered into this olumn. Age, to the agng s anaibsorbinig topic and onPe tbat rnust be thor- oughly explored in time of war. At a recent metig of law"es la Cleveland, Col. J, L. Rîtn Mfinister of Nationaliý Defence (or do you prefer "Ofne)Uold bis adenetha1t ho looks for- a long Mar. A day or su before that ades t.lon .L. Mac- Kenzie ing toýd us of the coun- try's plans for- the proper use of every iman and Vwomen i l thepro- socuti of the war. These, St us hope, are more than straws in the wind." They are definite indications that we are cming to the reliation that the ýsuggestioi,< n ade at the very start of the war bý'y the Cand Legion and othner rviemn are boaring frulit. Evidence that thiey are i to be found in thle recent recruiting camnpaig for the Veterans Guard of Canada. Work bas beenl found for the oAd solers to do. That there is yet miore work for od soldiers -ia uniform and out -- is hiiputabe, and it now looks as if the day is ut hand when the great arrny of iddle- aged Caniadiansý will find itself considered quiýified for som-iething more than mmesi in the House of Cmos Last nigbt a battalion of the Reserve Army was undrgoing training hi a park in an Eastern Canadian ceit.y. Th-e men were learning formation for different krinds of patrols. Somne of the timie they gatiiered rounid thecir inýstrucjtor to watcb demTonistra- tions. Somne of the time tbney ratsdthie fraios-aslow job. It was a cool nI -,t!ndhe men wore thoîr cotton sme unifoirms. Somce of thern, includ- ing the instructo-rs, were chifly. The LetnntClnlcom- mianding the unit -ho wears the D.S.O. and M.lC.,- passed from group to group observing the traiing.Ho obsered imm*e tan tat. He observed tat hlimnr were col He passed the Word te the instructors to interrupt the traý,ininig and give_ somne warmiig up exercises né Now that is a litie thing la it- sel1f. But it is a big ting whenl you look rîgbit inito it. Anýy one of those instructor's had the aath- writy to bea off froin his work anld leadl in wa'rrnIing up exorvcises. Or, if ho dbd not want to act on hýis owniniiaivcouldbveob- tained permission. Yet it took tefldcoldldIll te sea'ýsoned veteran who iscoidr- ed îoo old for aIctivecom do th'Ins of bis mnscmot Teyoun-geIr ilIStructor~s are Y~l foriffceny- for their mien. Thit's aIIverywel11. So is the old soldier but he k-nons there is -oganlaufcin cy ,if. imi-e is lost from th-e nxttraie. ingnigt b n wocotane Aýs 1lhave vwrit'ten earlieýr in ihr re niy jobs that cani bie filled in Cana4a1 , iînEgld, the hasesan on thje iune ofco- m uu ; i, n y vians of the lasýt war, bymen mwho were too young last ime and are clldtoo old this Urnie and bv mnwhosecata loies are lwrta h A tht s required Of the ighi To suchl jobs asorastin adiniistra.tion and supplysucýh men take the mrore bailaniced thinký- inLhat goes wýtihmatmurryears. Yuhcaîn, will and, in the final, CSesence, must plan and exe-cute attack but youith- is less apt to wo(-rry ïabot such imiportant wr as consolidatlin and -- where the pl a a1s for it - evacuation. Th'e Sam'e thling applies to thle work avallable for th"ose whioae noüt available for t1he armed forces. After years of telling mridwo- ,inen whlo have raised familles ande are freed from -1domlestiC ties that the.'y are too0old, uthiorities ïli varions lines of endeavour arle now getfing round to the reaýlization. that thlere are nny spheies of usceful activity in whîchode ý,oma ill ,,otnmerely "dIo" but for whlicb they are much boltter. fitýtedhayonoes 1 have sen o announceet yet about thenrsngser-vice of the Royal Canladianý Army Meai- cal Corps so miust assume tbat the age limiît bars mlost v"eteran Nuis- îng Sisters., of the19419wr Most milothers of young milen serving ini the Army will a1gr(ee with me thatea Nursing Sis-ter who, in, addition to hier triniing, has thie advanitage of being a mýothierwh has raised chldren of her owl, ,would be the ideal type for hlospitals in thiis Country to whichl wounded who face a longil convalescence will undoubtedfly be sent. Yet - anld here is a situation ,worthiy of Gilbert and Sullivan - the only ex-Nursing Sisters who(, cýan quaify for suchl appoinitrnent arc those who lied about thieir ages and were officially too young bn the last wvar! No, matter how you try te figure lit 1914 sub- traed ( fromn 193!9 stili leaves 25 and any -nurse whoc is less than 45 todkiy must have been less than 20 îri 1914. She hiad to be 21 to enter a training school, tlhree yearýs were required for the cdo(urse, leaivingl the ~i-titniirfi age on>r elistment as 24L Twenty- four and 2-5 alwnys adId up to 49 -- and 15 ikdithpper age limn-it! The tim:-e will corne - it must al] 01ea o us whlo are cap- ibkl of helping w be drafted. Ût-ýithrIe timecores tsdo üour shilre byhepn to sae merchant cemmrliodit ies thlat cone by seal, by carrying parcels formi the store, b77 doing our oýwn little- bit to kieel prices down aa0,dite wolf of ifainfromi the door. Tbe1 nglsh angu'age k spoken by more thian 270,o00000 people. LIýSTEN TO F',0iviG 'llT llT0 iTEMS 0F INTEREST fRO OTAI WEs~ U RE'AR FELLERS-OnCh e Spot TIHE WVAR - WEEJK -Commecntary o urn Eveni General Wavell Gives Optimiè'stic RZevlew 0f War On Ail Fronts Freh roma ongseries of Ai- lishîng cmunctin lie-d caeecs e.Sir Archi- Cina.", bad P. Wmave drew a broad and yWavo elldclned to discus confident pecture of the .wars Ont- Indian Polticai situation bý cmme wltb the assurance that the commentiig that despite lai UniotIStaosBrtain, Rassis andI troubles hA stili was gein Chona are going to figbt it ont," . 00 recruis a mnth.-ü Russia Sýcond Front TeRusasare going to iolld "NObod>(y is amioe anXîoý and Wall do Our best to hepp tem Start a second front, than w "Russinl the heart of the proib-ItL é qult crtain that as sait hem. The German objective donbt- eVer possile oth Arn Iecss w-,("tado wbat they did la troups and aurselves will si 118-pjut thie Russians ont 0f buisi- selcond fron1t>,, u1Ican'Jt ,te nýesas;o ter would be no ques- wben or hee ,ien of fightg on two frons. "We've fouget on six f=o "Bu th Rusia Ary sîliis ready, at Ale.it's a biggh strng-nd t is getting towýard We'l ave oecsulis alt, hng thre ilbe oterunousAeoe we get back 11a five Weeks beforeweather stopis continent . Butw'l get bae tie campaiga," Mc.n Alexander. Firat Lord The Atlarrtïc Admiýalty, emndd "Oe of the bggesýt fightis s ~a1uieethe other d,,ay that1 goîng ùon la the At'lantic. Our lcoss- matter of a "second fr,.ont" ti e-s aresrinsbot s-erlou1s enough cso nth ae~b h te prevent ns winning tue wa autbority Who have access bu nhto h1am1per aur strate- the facts, thlat it woald)not gy and day Our 01111ng of 1t. Rnrssia"fo tak action whicbl h do nlt,.see the siping situation leatIl to disaster of oure own fO geting worsbut bter"That ineeded lte bho said. Wavelil saidsuess were bie- of thPose Wlo go ail-onit fo ing so d ginst "the lmuie ediate invasion 0f Westerir but added '%what collapsod h l tua ope by a BiibAeia ast =Vr was not submarine~s but base ther domaads on the che supply of urews hat Awsick fr"tlîu ass" Proci pet ont. . act:ion-, in fact, mgtdo fi Rus.Omr erriillyinfinîte harm. The Invasi( 'The Ir offensivs e iwcusing Gwil amasreohelp noc cermany a great deal of damage wRussiea bu riti, he ino botýh mateisol and morale. We i-,States, Ch inaan e 1- kn-ow of imaterial damaogef rom lgtingthe Axis c'orlaerr pbtorahs ow mach morale ,igt the Axis. o daae sa oe ifiat rb Rassia, It isfair to point "But the attackis affect eub mar did not Coule intýo tewsr th 're an-1tI tankoutput andI eMre ) alliance witbBrain or at morestuf athim <RFit a rieqJuest, buit because shi ce hking emore sff aat g- attacked by Germaniiiy. 1J lanr,) than o verchukedatEng aving bo ltRussia la oi lni. Hmora ustthwink f p IlropFI ng17 iid e 'liten hadf a commiron np orae nxt iatr."andI Britain bas imetithe nm The Midle East obligation to a bard-presset "ýWe'yo got Rommurel helt, butý by diverting to thle S oviet holis ma too close ta the delta military supplies which w-ould o!, t- Ne.The hope la that we lbrogt the secondfrnt al) Pnish him1r a good way back a gain. ably neatrer if thy caid lhave 'ý. m asr Rommel won't get kèpt in ale United Kingdom. any farther." Britai n ad France went t( thUer wanted'to knock out tCe witb Germany because they Russian Army Wavell said, lat Or- de tQ r have bis army lu Egypt free given their word to figbt if P ta itthrng Ina he idie wer'e attackedl. Eýecy other ,oabt adt1h a nfo le tro ddlte try in tue group of Unitod Ný Eastand ah mPr roug the went to war becautse it was Cacssor Tuirkey.atace by Ge ]ayita "But nho la along wyoff rom .iaan the position lh'd4 ike to ho la by Th akdsw no Che end of 1942. . .Ie'sbehnd Tefakissec o bhs program. "4There may ho sonne fighiting up ~LK la the caucasas this wne but it %rH not be easy for hlm to get tbrough!5 "L * Paicific Theatre e * "As touthe Japanes, ho's got his bauds full. tsHo'sck a boa contritorwhib as swalowd a big goat. iHo- needs timo to dietila atcorner. "Japan s isait likeiy f0 tal;e on a job like an imut l of Austraman Or India "Wo don't kow bhow bis-navýy hias-bitla te Solomions, lbut we beoueeard Ho is net flash wih * sbippin,nor with a navy ta. meet bohthe AoicnNavy and Cte O "Ho is hnt atr'ong ila his airý 'Tbe jap has two bîg tasks.MH mut akeino ccun he Rus- alnmnaýce if olf h o beable un digest what ho alreayhs.At soonr oî 'l lae omust setie the Chînose u-mess. ilabegining taln eya s if the Japs wr The Indian Front inot 10-1eiypobesoitl ca adr oPt rtisch Emire batstrate- gichlybecusoitmas re-estab- "Thra aHlat ime, caddy