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American Legion V is it. Memories. _ And Other Items. About Halos and Scorched Earth and Other Things "Pertinent to the present Russianâ€" German clash, the following story, which is a matter of history, might be interesting, and will at least give no comfort to the enemy: History tells us that in the year 516 B.C., Darius, the Persian. was supreme in the civilized world. He held in his clenched fist the control of an area about as large as the present United States. He was a dictator of the first class, and being such he demanded more and more grist for his mill. So he looked across his holdings and noted the lands of his neighbors, the Scythians, who were none other than the ancestors of our Russians. Darius immediately set about invading Scythia, and penetratâ€" ed into the interior of what is modern Russia. But after losing a great part of his army by famine and being unâ€" able to meet the enemy, the Great Dictator was obliged to retreat. Heroâ€" dotus, the Greek historian, who was born about thirty years after this inâ€" vasion started has left us the story, excerpts from which are as follows: As Jimmy Lynch would say of Charlie Querrie, President Tuttle‘s halo must be too tight, causing him soms trouble and making him peevish. Scorched Earth Constant Reader writes: "We have heard and read ad nauâ€" seaum during the last few days how Dictator Napoleon was "taken to the cleaners" during his Russian expediâ€" tion, an event which certainly preâ€" pared him for the finishing touch at Waterloo. Apparently much wishful thinking lies behind the current use of this bit of history, to which your Constant Reader does not subscribe. However, the pages of history contain many useful lessons, if heeded, and I venture the opinion that we would not have found oursolves in the present situation had our leaders and people given history some study with regard to the German story and German viewpoint. (The Roman Tacitus, about 75 A.D., placed the Germans on record exactly as they are today. We who knew them a quarter century ago can confirm his observation.) Writing in his column in The Toâ€" ronto Telegram this week, Thomas Richard Henry has the following items of interest:â€" Halo Hurts President Tuttle, of a Pacific coast bascball league, has fired a broadside at movie bigâ€"wigs who bet large sums of money on the ball games. RPAGE stx Round Trip Bargain Excursion FRIDAY, JULY 1 From T. N. 0. and N. C. R,. Stations via North Bay and Canadian National TO PEMBROKE JCT.. OTTAWA. MONTREAL, QUEBEC CITY and ANNE DE BEAUPRE. To CN.R,. sTATION® in the PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, NEW BRUNSsSWICK, NoYA SCOTIA and PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND THE SOUXD AND THE FUEHRER! â€" Broadcasting in comparative privacy at a meeting of 2,000,000 party memâ€" bers and five microphones (for those who couldn‘t get pleases them to engage with Theanature of their country, Tickets, Information and Return Limits from all Agents T.. N. N. C. K. anct C. N. K: AsSK FOR HANDBILL j Tâ€"2 THURSDAY, JULY 17 sisting attack. (That is, planned and constant retreat and guerilla warfare.) "‘.~. . The Seythians . . . resolved . that they would not openly venâ€" ture on any pitched battle with the enemy, but would retire before them, driving off their herds, choking up all the wells and springs as they retreated, and leaving the whole country bare of forage . . . The scouts of the Scythians found the Persian host . .. and immseâ€" diately took the lead of them at the distance of a day‘s march . . . destroyâ€" ing all they grew on the ground . . . The Persians no sooner caught sight of the Scythian horse than they proâ€" ceeded upon their track, while the (Scythian) retired before them As long as the march of the Persian army lay through the countries of the Scythians . .. there was nothing which they could damage, the land being laid waste and barren . . . (Darius) quickâ€" ened his march . . . they (Scythians) kept to their plan â€"of retreating . . . he, still following them hotly, they led him as had been previcusly settled . .. This had gone on so long and seemed so. interminable, that Darius at last sent a horseman to the Scythian king with the following message: ‘"Thou strange man, why dost thou keep flyâ€" ing before me? . . . If thou deemest thyself able to resist my arms, cease thy wanderings and come, let us enâ€" gaged in battle. Or, if thou art conâ€" scious that my strength is greater than thine . . . come at once to a conferâ€" ence! . . ." To this the Scythian king replied: "This is my way, Persian. I never fear men or fly from them . . . Nor do I now fly from thee. There is nothing new or strange in what I do. "Herodotus tells us that Darius was at his wit‘s end and was forced to use all his ability, of which he had plenty, to save himself and a part of his grand army from destruction. It would apâ€" pear that the lesson here is that the invasion of the ancient Russians by the Number One Dictator of the day was a complete flop, due to the use of the ‘Russian system‘ which is inborn in that people. Again, begging your parâ€" don, witness Old Nap." Visit:of American LAgion It was quite a threeâ€"day party. Time has sprinkled the veterans‘ hair with grey, but they have not forâ€" gotten how to throw dull care to the winds in a Mardi Gras celebration. "Old soldiers never die." A Flash Back Remember in those towns back in France (those towns on which the British are now raining bombs) when the ‘boys used to crowd around some pert mademoiselle and be vastly enâ€" tertained by the way she talked or laughed or sang? . . Be sure we shall not join battle unless it pleases us." . .. We saw something of a flashback of those familiar scenes in a local roâ€" tunda. It didn‘t make any difference what she did. It was just boy mets girl in a strange land and anything would be entertaining as long as she was pretty. A pert and pretty young lady was taking the part of the mademoiselle and singing snatches of streamlined songs to a group of United States vetâ€" erans. Everything was going fine. ‘Then the lady hummed a couple of lines and snapped: ‘"Do any of you â€"â€" Yankees know that one?" The veterans looked blank. We don‘t know whether it was because they didn‘t know the tune or because of the sudden transition from the soft and pretty performer into a hardâ€"boiled baby. They didn‘t answer; maybe the there), "The Great Dictator" says a few words with : couple of hundred gestures. «"We‘ve gotta have lebenâ€" staum,"‘ he screams, and then pauses for a double salute didn‘t know the tune. It was "The Starâ€"Spangled Banner." MB W A young lady handed us a tin can containing a large number of coppers and nickels on Saturday. It was saved from the spending money of the young members of a war savings clubâ€"which is quit2 different from money collected from somebody else. After pointed enguiry we got the names of the members of the clubâ€" Bobby Ellison, captain; Jackie Ellison, Ross Kennedy, Gary Diant Jeune and Gordon Douglas. Benefit of Doubt It has been a popular conception (or misconception) in the minds of most motorists that they must stick close to the scene of any accident in which they were involved until they have identified themselves to the auâ€" thorities. This idea is being graduâ€" ally dissipated because of the excepâ€" tions that magistrates and judges have been able to work into the rule. For example, a member of Parliaâ€" ment got away with it when he said he just left the scene of an accident to change his wet clothes and was just going to report to the police when the police arrived at his house. All they have to do in accidents of this kind is to think up some urgent business for the man charged and deâ€" clare on all the prestige and authority of his position in society that he was going to report just as soon as he got around to it (if the police hadn‘t caught up with him in the meantime) and if he hadn‘t got around to it beâ€" fore it was outlawed by the statute of limitations it was just too bad for law and orderâ€"but not the fault of his client. He really intended to report it. That just shows the kind of service the cops give. When they know you want to report something they come and get the report. They don‘t wait for you to bring it to them. But when they start giving credit marks in court for the good intentions that you say you had, it opens ub A whole new field for defense lawyers. Of course, the legal thebry that good intentions constitute a sound deféense could be extended to many breaches of the Criminal Code. While such an interpretation may be extremely fortunate for the individual, making a joke of the law is unfortunâ€" ate for its effect on the respect paid it by the pecople as a whole. Gettingaway with an excuse that you were just leaving the scene of an acciâ€" dent temporarily is making a JjJOke of a provision put in the law to offset the fact that motor cars move away so fast. We heard the joke pulled a quarâ€" ter of a century ago by Harry Lauder. When the grocer caught him running away from the window he had broâ€" ken, he said: "I wasn‘t running away, I was just going home to get the money to pay for the window." We never expected that joke taken seriously in a Toronto police court. FTrasetr.) Far from the land of the Ma Far from the folks you knew There near the stricken s1 France Steadfast you were and true. You are We saw Little we Or the {f Still with a smile and maybe a J€ You passed to the Great Unknown. Such was the strength of your sacrifi So was yourâ€" courage known. To those who are loss This last word we have to "Canada mourns with yoi For your hero sons today. â€"J. Â¥. Koach in the The only word that has come to us That shines through the darkness clear Is this, that your valor and hardin®is Were provedâ€"that you knew not fear. (June 25 marked the sary of the sinking of the Men of the H.M.C.S. Fraser the lads tha in our schoo ~dreamed of earful price Province mat short yea 1001 yards pla Vancouy THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TTIMMITH{S, ONTARIO ind you anniverâ€" destrover of may t« if The Poles are domestic fighters beâ€" ‘tcause their lives have lost practically 'all spiritual values except hatred of the Germans thirst for vengeance against Hitler‘s Luftwafle. In the air ministry communiques telling of Polish deeds of valor in air ‘fighting and bombing and in lists of awards or casualty lists there is pracâ€" tically never a Polish name. A policy of anonymity is rigidly adhered to beâ€" cause most of these men still have reâ€" Polish Fliers Win Name for Resource Courage and Skill Have Won the Hearts of All in the Empire. training primarly to acquailnt UhC members with the Spitfires and Hurriâ€" canes and the squadron was schedulec to go into active servite on Septembe: 1. The boys couldn‘t stand the dela; and it was August 30, or a day Franciszek was even supposed to be it actual combat, that he brought dow: his bag of five in a half day. While a majority of Poles in th service are scattered among variou British figshting and bombing com put con August training member British fighting and bombing comâ€" mands, there is one allâ€"Pole fighter squadron and also one bomber squaâ€" dron. Originally these were in charge of British officers but now Polish comâ€" manders have been provided. Matching the eagerness with which the fighter squadron got off to a fightâ€" ing start ahead of schedule is that shown in the story told in the bomber squadron. It is related that as a final step in training the bombers were orâ€" They should have been back within an hour, since they were supposed only to fly around a bit and bring back the ships to a landing. Instead hours passâ€" ed, while the commanding officers fretted and worried, fearing an acciâ€" dent. Finally the bombers came back circled the field and landed. But the bombs were gone, the gasoline tanks empty. > planesâ€"thAr two cunketr "Where‘ve vou been?" the der asked with annoyance. "Bombing Berlin,‘ the F wered with eloquent brevity Caused Headashes In the beginning the Pclish loaded olin take off with ind bombs just L ish apety Ot L t stand the delay ), or a day before supposed to be in he brought down half day. of Poles in the ill load they w shinps W month‘ int ;the Various _ _comâ€" figzchter 1ll and to a certain degree it does even yet. On the ground the Poles, most of whom spoke fair English at the start, were obedient to command lNike any other soldiers. In the air they wouldn‘t stay in formation if there was anyâ€" thing in the sky to fight. Let us look further at the record. When Franciszek on the day before the Kosciusko Squadron actually was commussioned, took to the air and knocked down five German fighters in half a day, the rest of his squadron was not idle and to his accomplishâ€" ment one compatriot added a Dornier 17. But that was in August and did not count. In September, month of the big blitz, the Kosciusko Squadron alone knocked down 117% planes. That half plane w‘s awarded to the Poles beâ€" cause a Polish and a British pilot both attacked an invader at the same time and blasted him with double angle fire; since neither could accurately be awardâ€" ie full credit, half was given to each. More than half the total month‘s bag was taken in one stretch of five days when the Poles were credited with downing 67 German Raiders. On September 26 King George visited he squadron and the Poles celebrated his call by taking to the air and bagâ€" ging 13 German raiders on that day alone. The day‘s work takes on added signiâ€" ficance when it is realized that the enâ€" tire British Air Force on that day shot down 34 German planes. More than oneâ€"third of the total of all the planes »redited to the defending air force was credited to the Poles of the Kosciusko 3quadron aione. The Kosciusko Squadronâ€"there are Poles in practically every branch of the British arms, but it is this fighter command that capture the imaginaâ€" tion moidt jeloquentlyâ€"is simply the reincarnation of an old fighting unit. China Now Proving Serious Drain on Resources of Japan Thoughtful Japanese are Worried by the Situation. ot say that Japan is near the her resources. Her patriotism dinmess to tighten her belt are ssed. I do say that China has riously drained Japan‘s reâ€" hostility of the peasants. In former wars the peasant cared little what happened so long as he might be left to till his fields. He cares now, beâ€" cause for the first time he understands. No one can foretell the future. But 1I think there is great truth in General Chiang Kaiâ€"Shek‘s words: "If the deâ€" mocracies will lend us arms and econâ€" omic support,"‘ he said, "they need not send their navies and troops to our country. They can safely leave Japan to‘ us,." Canadian Red Cross Helps Bomb Victims Overseas The following is from the current issue of the Canadian Red Cross "Despatch"‘:â€" And many essentials are continually being purchased in Britain to meet the emergency demands which reach Canâ€" adian Red Cross Headquarters in Britain. $200,000.00 in cash has been given to the British Red Cross Society in adâ€" dition to 989.073 articles of comforts and needs, not including‘foodstufi's. 36 Mobile Kitchen Units, at a cost of $111,600.00, are being purchased and turned over to the British Home Office Fire Brigade Division. Empire Block _ Timmins ~14â€"26 Swiss Watchmaker Graduate of the Famous Horological Institute of Switzerland Phone 1365 Third Avenue Arch.Gillies,B.A.Sc.,0.L.8. s$, W. WOODSs, O.L.S. Registered Architect Ontario Land Surveyor Building Plans Estimates, Etce. 23 Fourth Ave, Phone 362 P. H. LAPORTE, G. G. A. J. J., Turner Sons, Ltd,. We Manufacture and larry in Stock 10 Balsam St. North, Timmins, Ont. 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