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NEWS PARADE Spring Planting: Miss England Goes Back to the Land The lontf-awaited â- <jiiiiig ofiViis- 1t« by Germany came with it sud- dcnncftsi that thrfw the September 1 Blitzzi'ie^ against Polan<l into the shailo. Within twenty-foui- kourg, the capitals of two neutral •ountiies had fallen into tba kands of the Nazi oonqueroii'. The entire situation in Europe changed cvernight. Before the new atato of affairs could be ac- curately assessed and events seen In their true perspedive, a cer- tain period of time would have to •lapae. For the time beiiiK, of course, the war of nei-ves wag •v«r. But what did the future kold? « • * A number of important ques- tions, geographic, diplomatio, e(<- onontir, were raised by Hitler's Invasion of Denmark and Scand- inavia: Wa« the German action Bercly a counter-move again.st the Allies in order to secure baf^cs to kreak the British blockade ? Or was it rIso a political move, con- sequent upon which the cor.quer- •d territories would be reduced to the status of Austria, Czecho- â- lovakia, Poland? Would the Al- lies be able to drive the German army out of their new entrenched positions by air bombardments, by a naval war, or by land action? Would Holland and Belgium be the next countries to undergo Invasion by German armies? Wouljl the Balkan front be opened up while the attention •f the powers was held In the north? Would Mussolini Mize the opportunity to take over Tueoslevia and form a new "Ad- riatic bloc'? What would happen to Iceland, Greenland? What would Russia do, should the war In the north be prolonged? What •ffec; would the new Nazi ag- fressions have on the neutrality •f the United States? One thing was certain at the cutset â€" Germany would now have butter as well as guns. The Ctttting-off of all Danish exports to Great Britain (her best cus- •mer) meant the release of enor- mous supplies of butter, ))acon, eggs for German consumption. The April D Blitzkrieg also assur- ed GerKtany of vital raw niater- iala from .Scandinavia â€" iron ore, Iron pyrites, zinc, antimony and tfanber â€" needed to carry on the war. War Cloter Here To Great Britain, loss of Dan- iab foodstuffs, .Scandinavian >-aw materials, meant a greater de- pendence on North America, Aus- tralia and New Zealand, for aup- ylies. The increased Allied de- mands mode themselves felt in Canada immediately with the set- Ung up of a Mini-stry of Supply, headed by Hon. C. D. Howe, to handle all war purchaser. Thus was Cai.ada drawn closer into the war . . . not just because Greenland happened to be a neigh- hour of ours. New General Manager C. P. Express Company J. l;ii;i;i ( '.>!jl.,t-i , VM-T^-ijreoldiUlt and Ki-<iRi'ui iiianag*.-, Canadian ncific KxpresK Company, Toron- to, who has been appointed presi- lent and general manac'er to Bceeed the late Thomas i:. Mi-- onnell. Thirty-seven years aijo, Coulter joined the Canadian eific Express Company as office at the age of 13 years, and bin seven years became chief trV to the president. Cardening .... NO HURRY Tbe average amateur starts oper- atloiM day* or eometlmea week, too Mon and .tops long before Mitis- â- Mtory gardening can continue. .With the general run of vegetables •Bd flowers there ta no advantage hi getting thing. In while there ii •till danger of serious fros*. One â- et-back from a cold day or two completely offsetB lh« early ''art and niaj", Indwd, mean replanting the wholi garden. This caution et «>^,*- v.* With all the men of military age gone to the wars and with England needing more home-produced food than ever before, the women have stepped into the breach with the determination to raise a bumper crop for John Bull this year. Hero is n scene on a bin' farm at Bury St. Edmunds, where women of the land omen ha<re' menfolk at the fron^ or army are digging and planting from sunup to suoget. Most of the.»e w at military stations in Knglaixf. ;>?$?:' ^4^: course does not apply to very har- dy Tegetablps or flowers or to the erase seed. These should be sown Just as soon as ground Is fit to •arork. GIVE THEM ROOM Spacing Is important as even the «nthuslast does not care to spend much time kneeling and tbinnins;. lAbor can be saved by properly epaclng the seed as planted. Corn, beets, peas and similar plants with big seeds can easily be sown at the dUstances advocated on th© packet. With tiny seeded lettuce or alyssum however. It is practically impos- *ib to space by hand but If the sec-d I. first mixed with a little sanu and the whole sown cf.retully, piants will be spread out. FOR THE OVERWORKED There are flower gardens that fit almost any situation. For those peo- ple who have neither the timo nor inclination there are plenty of an- nual flowers that thrive on negleet. A little digging of the ground In the late Spring Is all that Is re<iuhe<l. Take lueh things as alyssum, the dwarf marigolds, portulaca and the CalKornia poppie* for edging. These atocky little flowers almost see<l themselvee, crowd out weeds, do well In any location, but prefer the â- qn and light soil. Ouce started they will look after the.jselves. Pupil Exchange Idea Valuable Helpful to Student, and To Countries. Promote. Under- standing and Good-will There never was a time when mutual understanding among young people living at a distance from one another was as sorely needed as In our day and age, says the Kitchen- er Record. So it is of interest to no- tice something of the way In which our schools help young Canadians to become acquainted in other pro- vinces and other countries. Each year brings over 2,000 full- time students from th& United States to our colleges and private schools. In addition to those who come for summer courses. A third .].• more of these como to our Ti-ench language institutions, and probably most of them are from fa- milie^.s who wpro at one time Can- adian, EXCHANGK AMONG PROVINCES Several hundred come each year from Newfoundland, especially to our .Vtlantic provinces, and nearly a hundr6<l from the British West Indies who also study mainly in the Maritimes. There is a considerable R. A. F. Reconnaissance Planes Convoy A Convoy There arc really two convoys in this picture and the merchant ship b elow can feel that it is well protected. Partially visible in the UPTER LEFT is a 13ritish waiship on the lookout for lurking German sub- Qiarlnes, while overhead fly some of the formidable Anson reconnais- Aaee planes of the Royal Air Force. They are looking for submarines and for enen-y planes as well. contingent, too, from the United Kingdom â€" larger than usual this year because of the boys and girls who were touring Canada when the war broke out, and whose parents decided they should remain at Can- adian schools rather than go back home. Other countries contribute at least 300 students a year. There Is a fairly large movement of students between provinces. Nearly 5,000 attend colleges or pri- vate schools outside of their prov- ince of ordinary residence. The Na- tional Federation of Canadian Unl- veslty Students, with the co-opera- tion of the universities, in recent years has facilitated this exchange by providing an arrangement whereby students in different uni- versities may exchange places for a year. The Book Shelf.. A DOCTOR'S HOLIDAY IN IRAN By Rotalie Morton Dr. Morton, famous woman physician and surgeon, here pre- sents an informal and informative study of Per.sia, the ancient East- ern land which has turned its face toward progress at a time when Europe shows signs of evolution in reverse. "The unveiling of wo- men," writes Dr. Morton, "has caught the world's imagination, but thi.s is only a minor phase of the awakening of Asia. Iran today i.<: V. Ii'.sson in modernism and an fixaniple of youth rebuilding a â- KO-Ali." The author gives us a sympath- etic picture of the people, the no- mads, the villagers, the city dwel- lers, as they adjust thom.selves to a new tempo of living â€" in a country as old as time, which still looks to the future with hope and confideiH-c. "A Doctor's Holiday In Iran" ... by Rosalie Slaughter Morton, M, D. . . . Toronto: Oj:ford Uni- versity Press . . . $3. no Farm Lands Value Shows Small Gain In Canada During 1939 ~ In- ci-erse of $1 Per Acre In its annual rc>port on farm val- ues far the year 1!):!9, the I>otiiin- ion lluieau of Statistics slates that the average of occupied lands In l!anaila in tl;at your was vt'-poned at S25 per acre, an liicrtasi.' of one liollar an acre over the l!t:!.S value. This la the first increase siniv; tiie year l!i35 wli?u tlm avcr.igrt value rose from $23 to $1'1. Average val- ues aro still JiiuiU bolow the 19:iG average of ?.17 per acie. VALUKS OF LlVESTt)t'K The averaiio values per head of live stock in (Canada In 11)39 are estimated as follows, wltii the 193X values within brackets: Horses $67 ($71); milk cows. $46 ($40); oher cattle, $33 ($27); total cattle. $39 ($33); sheep. *6.69 ($5.79); hogs, 113.79 ($13.21). VOICE OF TIIK PRESS CHURCH ATTENDANCE If absence makes the heart grow fonder a lot of men must love the church. â€" Brandon Sun. â€" o- - NO LONGER FORBIDDEN Hepburn said that after the el- ection was over the people of On- tario might see March of Time's Canada at War. Now that the ban is off who'll want to see it? â€" Hamilton Spectator. APPRENTICES AGAIN Improvement in the industrial situation is indicated by an- nouncement that many plants are taking en apprentices. What they should have been doing years ago. â€" Owen Sound .Sun-Times. â€" o â€" LISTENING TO SPEECHES Just one thing: more. The elec- tion campaign demonstrated that people who think 20 minutes is the limit for a good sermon sat and listened for 90 minutes to a political addres.s. â€" Peterborough Examiner. INTERFERING WITH NATURE â€" o â€" When hens laid in the spring;, as nature intended, eggs were a good price all winter long. Now that hens have been tricked into laying all winter the best price for eggs is some other time. Poul- try raisers must feel the same about it as a seasoned producer who exi iaimcd years ago that "The packers want the kind of cattle the farmer ain't got." â€" Farmer's Advocate, Screams Scare Charging Beast Mrs. Osa Johnson, Wild Game Hunter, Finds Them Effect- ive In Beating. Off Foe« THE PASSWORD IS OGDEN'S! For rollino a cooler, sweeter, more fra- grant cig- arette the password is always "Ogden's". Re«-ogiKred *ar and wide as the best "guard" to true siioking pleasure. Ogden's Fine Cut p-ovidsa major satisfaction in rolliiiQ your own. A package of this better cigarette to- bacco with "Chantecler'or "Vogue" papersâ€" there's a combination that will pass the testâ€" an. piuce, anytime . OGDENS FINE CUT 'â-  or other large aninu I charged »t me, I would scream terrifically. Al- moet always my so.> ams would di- vert them. I must Ur.ve hurt thf>ir eard -ams. Only rartiy was I forced to shoot." Girls, it a rhinoceros or an enrag- ed elephant should chargei you, do you know the best thing for you to do? Just scream, scream as loud and as long as you can, or as long as necessary to make the frighten- ed animal turn and run, says a story from Washington. D.C., in the New York Sun. This is the advice given last week by one of the most e.tperlenced wo- men wild game hunters, Mrs. Osa Johnson, widow of Martin Johnson, the o.vjilorer and writer. Mrs. Johnson illustrated her al- vice from her own experiences: "Margin and I." she said, "disliked to sbaot any animal we had taken pier a; f 5 of. "â- When an elephant, a rhinoceros Germans Can Eat At Big Festivities Allowed Special Rations to Observe Marriages and Anni- versaries The German i)eop'.e, after sevrn months of strict foo>: rationing, now have the prospect of at least beins able to celebrate m.T.rlages aiid .'»ii- niversarles with the -'uitomnry din- ner. Food-rationing offices have been officially Instructed by the miaigter for food and agriculture that Hpeciiil rations may be granted upon ippii- cation for these family colebrrtlioiip. The ministerial oider, however, limited the number of particlpanis receiving such f avore ' treatment to 12. CRIMP IN SOCIAL L.IPB Food-rationing: and the complicat- ed card system, inaugurated by the government even before the war stasted, put a crimp into all onter tainment and social life. With one pound of meat per per- son per week, and siich luxuries .xs tea and coffee -eliminated from the German bill of fare, Uousewiveo h:)d their hands full adapting IheTii- selves to the new style of livJug. LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Nelier ^^^a^^^^^^^^i e3 (Oop7Ti(kt. >M7, |p)r fni Niku , © - a ? '^i^S^^iJ . \ A;ri-r<[~ (Ncarsi.«hted Officer) "Cut Out the Grandstand Stuff tud G<-> iu Line! ! !'* REG'LAR FELLERS Pinhead's Very Tidy By GENE BYRNES