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Enjoy VATRO-NOL relief it brings, Some Great Men Speak for Bible When His Majesty the King says of the Bible that "it behoves us in these momentous days to turn with renewed faith to this Divine source of comfort and inspiration"; when President Roosevelt speaks of it as "now and always an aid in attaining the highest aspirations of the soul"; when Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek tells us that, in reading it, "the greatness and love of Christ bursts upon me with new inspiration, increasing my strength to struggle against evil, to over- come templation, and to uphold righteousness"; when General Smuts calls it "the most precious docu- ment in the history of our human race"; when Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham describes it as "our unfailing strength and consola- tion"; when General Montgomery exclaims to his staff, "Gentlemen, I read my Bible every day, and 1 recommend you to do the same'; and, last but not least, when Mr, Churchill in every speech lie makes shows his indebtedness both to its language and its governing ideas-- then indeed we have food for thought--The Rev. 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WEEK -- Commentary on Current Events U-Boat Menace To Bridge of Ships Across Atlantic Has Been Defeated With hundreds of thousands of soldiers and billions of 'dollars' worth of supplies . streaming to Ilurope over a bridge of ships, it is both welcome and important news to hear how safe that bridge has become and how thoroughly the one grave miénace to it, the German submarine, has been de- feated. According to the First Lord of the Admiralty, A. V. Alexander, Allied convoy losses are now less than one ship in every thousand, and so far as is known only one major troop transport of the many thousands sent abroad has been sunk throughout the entire war, Considering the needs of the battlefronts, every loss is grievous, but the rate of loss has become so small that its reduction to the present level represents a great victory "and one of the decisive factors in the whole war says, The New York Times, Hitler's Victory Weapon For in Hitler's calculations the submarine, more than any other weapon, was to be the weapon of victory, It was to isolate western Europe, Great Britain and Russia fom outside help so that he could conquer them one by one by means of his armed legions, his tanks and planes, And if his submar- rines had lived up to his calcul- ations, who can say he would not have succeeded? In fact, in those dark days when Britain stood alone and when the Germans boasted of submarine tolls exceeding a million tons a month, borne in the main by British shipping, German hopes of starving gut the island fortress were flying ligh, and may have contributed to, Hitler's decision to turn against Russia first, They were still flying high when Ger- man submarines operated directly off thie American cast coast and Japanese submarines started to shell the west coast. How des- perately Hitler tried to cut the Allied life-line is indicated by the fact that he sent his best and cost- licst battleships and cruisers on lone raiding expeditions cven at the risk of their annihilation. Hitler's Miscalculation But, as in every other case, Hitler again miscalculated. The bridge of ships remained intact, and convoy losses which still amounted to one in cvery 181.ships in 1941 dropped to one wn every 233 the following year and to onc in every 344 for the whole of 1943. The submarine "wolt packs" were the last challenge, but after their de- feat the rate could be kept below one in very thousand throughout the whole second half of last year. As a result America was able to send thore'than 2,000,000 troops and their supplies across the Atlantic, and in addition to supply allies with more than $20,000,000,000 worth of war materials of all kinds of which a good part went to Russia. Even on that dangerous route 88 per cent of the supplies went through. Both Mr. Alex- ander and Secretary Knox warn that Germany has ¢ great number of submarines in reserve and will undoubtedly make another try, v hich might come when our forces are fighting on the Continent and are" most dependent on- a contin- ; uous flow of supplies and reserves. But with the British fleet stronger now than ever befcie "in relation to the enemy naval strength," and with the American Navy now the largest in world history, the Ger- man submarine has lost the im- " portance as a decisive weapon that it once possessed. : Britain's Pledge In contrast, American submar- ines, aided .y planes and surface vessels, are doing to Japan exactly what Hitler started out to do to Britain and America. They have Lake area, gold vein structure Geophysical Survey. 100 Adelaide St. W. MARY ANN MINES LTD. Approximately 940 acres in the KirklandyLarder Proposed deep diamond drilling will test important indicated | by Wilson Bros, Mary Ann merits investigatifn, WILLIAM E. SMITH TORONTO . =~ Phone ADel, 9205 MACD . instructions sunk close to half of the total mer- chant tonnage Japan controlled at the outbreak of the war, and the growing dearth of shipping is al- ready beginning to paralyze the Japanese Empire and jeopardize its far-flung battlefronts, The First Lord of the Admiralty joins Prime Minister Churchill, Foreign Min- ister Eden and other British spokes- men in the pledge that after the European war Britain will join America in full force to crush Japan. This pledge is all the more welcome because, judging from British press publications, the same elements that are trying to organize an underground appeasement senti- ment toward Japa. in this country are even more boldly active in Great Britain. Only One Answer It would, as the Pope says, be "an undying stain and shame" if Rome were to be torn by bombs, But would it be any more grievous a loss than the destruction already wrought on London; ar], for that matter, Berlin? There can be no distinction between cities in this all-out war. If the Germans use Rome and historic monuments to shield their forces there can be but one answer, --Ottawa Journal Comparing Alaska Alaska lies in the same latitude as Sweeden, Norway and Finland; it exceeds in size the combined areas of these three countries which have a combined population of more than 12,000,000 people. VOICE OF THE - PRESS | A SOLUTION If you are wondering what to do with that extra day's pay that Leap Year has dropped in your pocket, the Red Cross offers opportunities to place it where it will do the most immediate good. --Christian Science Monitor' ae READY FOR NEXT ROUND "The burden ot the world rests on the shoulders of the average man," says the Guelph Mercury, And though slightly stooped and suffering from saddle-gall, the hardy little sonofagun is still on his feet, but wobbly. --Ottawa Citizen, --0-- OUR BLUFF CALLED The Ottawa Journal's editor says "that the nearest thing to bliss on this earth is to be the editor of a country weekly newspaper." Well Mr, we dare you to buy yourself a country weekly, > --Renfrew Mercury. --0-- NOTHING LIKE IT "Girls", soothes Dorothy Dix, "there's nothing like a good cry to get things out of your sys- tem." Or out of your husband. --Windsor Star, --O-- WON'T MIND Farmers won't mind if the pro- posed floor under prices of their products heaves in places. --Kitchener Record. ied OR ARE WE? Aren't we all in th: "task force"? --Windsor Star, In Japan, the number "four" is considered unlucky, because it is the same word as "death." EE 20 JACKPOT FOR SALLY Sally, Great Dane pet of an RAF Spitfire squadron in Italy, does her bit to provide reinforcements for the mascot brigade. Above she fondly eyes her six new pups, held by Cpl, E. Pickering, Pilot Had F ortune In Little Package * Diamonds Lost When Plane Forced Down Found Later On South Sea Beach "How was I to know. I had a fortune in diamonds in that little package?" asked Capt. Ivan Smirn- off, "I was too busy saving my tife" It was March 3, 1941, and the Russian-born Dutch Army pilot was at Batavia, Java, to fly Dutch officials to Australia to escape the advancing Japanese, Before he took off, an official handed him a small package with to deliver it to the Commonwealth Bank of Melbourne, Australia, commenting only that it was 'valuable, Landed In Surf % "Seven and a half hours out of Batavia I felt two bullgts hit my left aym. The same machine-gun blast killed oneipassenger. Then I saw three Zeros were after us, "I had flown in combat in the last war and knew all the tricks I should use but the big DC-3 just wouldn't stand on its head like a P-40.' The fuselage began to look like a sieve and I knew we'd have to land. "I (headed for the beach, Then one engine caught fire, As I landed, I swung into the surf, then ordered everyone into the water and to duck under when the Japs came back to strafe," : Beachcomber's Harvest Later, Captain Smirnoff searched for the "valuable" packet, but didn't find it. He surmised it had been swept out of the®plane by the sea, When rescue planes took him to Australia, the captain told Mel~ bourne bank officials he didn't know what had, happened to the packet Then they told him it contained diamonds and tas worth more than $250,000. A searching party went back to the beach, : The packet was found in the . plane, empty, Then a beaclhicom- ber turned up with some diamonds, saying he found them on the beach, A native: found a film container and an old match box, both filled with diamonds. "A chinese arrived at Perth, on the south-west coast, with more than $5,000 worth of gems, ; ; Though most of the gems have been located, the beach still is un- dergoing , a constant searching. Furtherniore, legend now has it that several million of dollars in the gems are knocking around the sands. Shoveller ducks fly from Alaska to the Hawaiian Islands every fall, covering a distance of 2,000 miles, FATS FOR JAPS If sverybady saves waste kitchen B fats a rea. the stream of fat being poured in the photo bove will swell to 'a mighty "river flowing Tokyoward in the form of blockbuster bombs and shells for the big guns, Crews' Training Hard and Long For Tirpitz Job Men Secretly Trained For Two Years In Lonely Part of Country Crews of the British midget sub- marines that torpedoed the Ger- man battleship Tirpitz in a sur- prise attack at Alten Fiord, Nor- way, last September, underwent arduous training for two years in preparation for the task, the naval correspondent of the British In- formation Service disclosed recent- y. The correspondent said the men were confined in a lonely country house purposely made damp to simulate conditions aboard their tiny submarine. "Chosen in the first place for their ability to meet the highest medical standards, the crews subs mitted to an extremely rigorous training," he said. "They were put on special diets and for weeks on end had to accustom themselves to living in the closgst possible imitation of conditions aboard the midget surroundings, Three Vessels in Attack "The - officers and men knew that once they had started on their assignment, it would be physical: impossible to lie down, so that sleep would be unlikely, apart from the necessity of remaining alert. It was impossible to cook food, and they had to live on spec- ially concentrated rations and pre- pared drinks which had to last un- til the job was done. Washing was out of the*question." The correspondent said that each submarine carried a crew of four or five and that three of the ves- sels participated in the attack on the Tirpitz. Plenty Of Cash When Push Starts Equipping Invasion Armies with Currency For Various Countries is a Big Job One of the last-minute, serious questions Gen. Dwight D. Eisen- hower will ask his invasion com- manders is: "Have you got plenty of cash?" Their answer ought to be a con- fident pat of the money belt, no matter what European beachhea! is in view; and much painstaking preparation has been, and is, going forward to this end. Equipping the Allied invasion armies with currency for various countries, where German occupa- tion is to be replaced by Allied oc- cupation, is a job with many com- plications. And it is a closely guar- ded military secret. 3 Money in use in the German- occupied lands will not lose its value when those lands are re-oc- cupied. That would disrupt nor- mal life and the victims woull be the people who have been living under Nazi occupation. Experts say the practical method will be to calculate the deficit caused by German inflationary, or printing- press, measures, and then charge it up as a debt which the Reich must repay. In the last war, Belgium was flooded by the Germans with 6,000,-- 000,000 Reichmarks during four years of occupation. When {.e Belgian Government returned to the country in 1918, all the marks were gathered in and the. bill. pre< sented ta tite Germans, The Ger- mans never paid, Monty's Pants From the rainy Adriatic coast General Montgomery sent an ur- gent message for waterproof {or mackintosh) pants. The Bishop of Southwark, who was leaving for Italy took the pants with him, Lieut.-General Nye then sent Gen- eral Montgomery the following mes- sage, which was quoted on a March of Time program: We've dispatched pour la guerr, A mackintosh pair ! Of trousers and jacket express. They are coming by air, And are sent, to you care Of the Bishop of Southwark, no less, So wherever you go From Pescara to Po Through mud and morasses and ditches : se You undoubtedly ought To be braced by the thought That the church has laid hands on your breeches, We think they'll suffice As they should at the price To cover your flanks in the melee And avert the malaise In the Premier's phrase Of a chill in the soft underbelly, And you'll find, so we hope, When you call on the pope That his blessing's more readily given A On learning the news That your mackintosh trews Were brought down by a bishop from heaven, _ ion-Provincial conference in Ottawa Pruritis--Intense liching Then applied. evere and depressing itching, hand for quick use when the 80 ota. a box. Economy Dr. Chases Ointment Relieved quickly by this Medicinal Ointment There are two forms of itching which are especially distressing. from which onl pruritis ani--itchin pin worms or varicose veins, f both these forms of intense fing aro cen diffioult to locate but what you First pruri vae-- women suffer savy second at the rectum from piles, is relief from the want, at once, let Dr, Chase's OINTMENT help you for it brings relief almost as quickly as Once used it will always bo kept as need arises. size jar $2.00, OTTAWA REPORTS That, The Greatest Food Needs Of Britain Are Livestock and Dairy Products While the war across the Atlan- tic approaches its zenith and the lengthening days at home herald the approach of a new growing s¢ason, the need for the greatest | production in history beckons every Canadian on the land to continue doing his utmost to meet Allied food needs. ow * * . Col. J. J. Llewellyn, Britain's fool minister who attended the Domin- not long ago, it reported in the British press as saying that Britons will not be able to resume a plenti- ful diet of meat and dairy products before 1950. "We're going to be very short for a considerable num- ber of years after this war is won," he is quoted as saying. * * * Dr. W. H. Barton, Dominion De- puty Minister of Agriculture and Chairman of the Agricultural Food Board, points out that during the war the position of food has been transferred from one of compara- tively low priority to one of press- ing neel. Dairy and livestock pro- ducts, Dr. Barton says, are in great- est demand and if supplies of these are to be maintained, and if pos- sible, increased, assured supplies of feed grain will be necessary, * * * In addition to the record Can- adian demand for food, Canafa's Armed Forces must be fed and the need of the United Kingdom for pork, cheese, eggs, milk, wheat and flour met. Required for the 100,000 Red Cross parcels for prisoners-of-war packed cach week, are 100,000 hs. each of butter and dried milk ami 25,000 Ibs. of cheese. Armed Forces can- teens overseas receive special al- locations from Canada. Convoy, ~warships, and other vessels need huge quantities of food when they are re-victualled in Canadian ports, while "Empire outposts and other United Nations have a claim on the food that Canada can spare, The challenge to the Canadian farm family is a heavy one, * * * There'll be enough of everything the gardener needs to plant a gar- den this year, according to offic- ials of the Department of Agricul- ture--plenty of all' kinds of vege- | table seeds, enough garden tools, adequate supplies of fertilizer, and some pressure cookers. g * Rio From the Agricultural Supplies Board comes word that although livestock producers in Eastern Can- ada were handicapped by the poor grain harvest in 1943, thé overall position with respect to feed "sup- plies is still favorable, due, to large reserves in the West, This means that the livestock program planned for 1944 should not suffer because of insufficient supplies of feed grain. ' * * * 5 The only accurate method of grading lafibs is rail grading, ac- cording to J. W. Graham, Dominion Department of Agriculture Super- vising Livestock Fieldman for New Brunswick and Nova Scotia where rail grading has been in operation for several years. As for the mar- ket quality of lambs, it has shown a steady improvement 'ever since rail grading was introduced. Good farmers are all for it, Mr. Graham says. Trained Bat Maker Good Thermometer Franz Johnston, the famous Canadian artist, is the proud pos- sesor of a trained bat which acts as themometer "and helps him keep his fuel bill down. Franz (as everyone knows, lives in what was formerly the Com- munity Hall at Wyebridge, He and Mrs. Johnston have transformed it into_one of the most attractive homes to be found in all North Simcoe, : But that has nothing to do with his. trained bat, ; Now this bat, which hides itself somewhere away up in a remote spot in the high roof, is very sen- sitive to leat, It never makes itself visible uns less the temperature in the big room rises above 70, : Al yuu are troubled wilh Then out comes the bat and flies round and round until Franz rises from In front of his easel, walks over to the thermostat attached to his mechanical stoker and turns the heat indicator downwards. 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