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Along The Roof Of The Continent I ,. .1 , ,, iioMi the <Ja,, Majur ireu iJrt'wstcr, noti '1 muunUineor, packed freigiu through the Canadian Iloc^ies l>s hoi-se as shown in picturt (lei; above) and the ease with whicli visitors to Ja'tper National PnrU now cover the old pack tra'ii route over the new Columbia Ice- field Highway which will be of- ficially opened July 1. One of the world's most scenic drive?, the Columbia Icefield Highway has been open from Jasper Pari: Lodge (lower right) to the Itv- feld, a distance of 75 miles dur- ing the past two years and has now been extended south another 75 miles to Bai.ff Park. From Jasper Park Lodge th* highway leads to the foot of AYh- abaska Glacier (right), where ii located the new Columbia Ice- field chalet. Noar by are Sno-./ Dome, Kitchener and other glic iers, all welded into one insei)- arable mass, binding these 11,000 feet skywards. On these mountains which tower more than glaciera, unexcelled summer ski- ing may ba enjoyed and it is hei a that some of the continent's out- standing men and women skiers train for Canadian and inter- national events. The completion of the Columbiu Icefield Highway marks another chapter in the history of Jasper National Park, 4,200 square miles in extent. The Canadian National Railway;)' Jasper Park Lodge in this, America s largest National Park, now offers visitoi.s every modern luxury where in the early daya explorers, trader* and trappers, set up their priivi- itive camps. THE WAR. WEE K â€" Commentary on Current Events France Signs Herself Away; Budget Brings Heavy Taxes A blitzkrieg of taxes struck hte Dominion last week following the bringing down of the Budget. With drastic increases in income taxation reaching virtually every earner, almost prohibitive taxes on aut omohi] gfl ftn,tt S^Vfiffll new tii|Y i^ M, Finance Minister Ralston a.sk- •d tremendous sacrifices of the Canadian people for war purpos- M. For the first time, the cost of th* war w(i» purried direct to the pocket-books of every income group in the countrj'. AffscU Everybody Highlights of the new taxation: Income rates increa.sed so sharply that a married mnn with no de- pendents, paying $36 on a sal- ary of $3,000 under present rates, will now pay $196 . . . A new tax on automobiles start- ing at 10 per cent on manufac- turers' value up to $700 and increasing aharply to 80 per cent on value in excess of $1,200 (used cars are taxed, too) . . . A new national defense tax of two per cent flat rate imposed on all salaries over $600 in the case of single pcrson.s and $1,200 in the case of married persons, increasing to three per cent for salaries of single persons abo\e $1,200 ... a 10 per cent tax impo.<;ed on all imports except those commodities entered under British preferential tariff . . . cigarct tax raised from $5 to $<i per 1,000, manufactured tobacco from 25 to 35 cents a pounu, cigar taxes doubled, etc. . . . imposition of ten per cent tax on phonographs, radios, camera.s and radio tubes . , . The Ontario Government, fat- ing a possible revenue loss ol $3,000,000 arising from the in- creased Federal income tax lo\ - ies, was expected to make a ic- adjustment of incijme brackets some time this year to bring 50,- 000 more persons, hitherto ex- empt, within the tax-payi^,' category. Meantime everywhere in Can- ada rents were going up (due i> great part to an increase in coal prices) . . .Food prices remainoti •t approximately the same levl KS in the past couple of montl',> but gains were recorded for ln'cl, bread, ranned vegetables, pot.i toes, lea, coffee, onions, pt'pp'r •nd salt . . . (Nothing wa^ e-< pected to rise aa a result of tl>i> new tax on imports and the Hi- versinn of textiles for war i\^p . Unemployment Ineurance Proropation nf the first seasmn •f the litth Parliament of Canidn was looked for around July if' . . . The main item remaining la t week for consideration was iin- •mployment insurance (contiili â- ted to by employers and rni- floyecb); but before such a measure could be brought before the House, the Parliament of Great Britain would have to am- end the B. N. A. Act, transfer^ ring to the Doniitjionv from the provincps, autliority over unem- pkTyment insurance . . . The people of Canada prepar- ed last v/eek for the reception of vast numbers of evacuee children from Great Britain . . . Thous- ands of homes were thrown open . . . placement of children to bo handled by the Provincial Gov- ernments. . . Battle of France Ends "On June 5 the Battle of France began, tht German,s tak- ing off southward from the Somme-Aisne line. Against all the material and manpower General Weygand could mass, the Ger- man army under General von Brauchitsch hurled 40, then 60, then 120, finally 150 divisions. By June 10 they were within 3f> miles of Paris, with pincers curv- ing down from east and west. On June 14 the pincers met at Paris and it was surrendered." June 17; Mar.shal Petain, newly-elected French Premier, indicated that the fight was hopeless, asked for an armistice. June 21 French j)lenipotentiaries met .Adolf Hit- ler in the Forest of Cunpiegre (in the same railway car wheie Marshal Forh in 1918 announced the terms under which Germany laid down her arnu). June 24 the "cease fire" order canie in the war with Germany. The following day France laid down her arms against Italy, loo. The Arraiitice Hitler's object, apparently, in forcing the particular terms that h« did upon France wa.s to secure every possible facility for his blitzkrieg on Britain. All the French Channel and Atlantic Coast* were occupied by German forces; French warships and nav- al equipment were to b.^ turned over to Germany for use atrainst Britain; all military equipment .surrendered, all aircraft ground- ed; all roads, trains, railways giv- en up; all radio .stations had to stop operaticns; all military forc- es began demobilization with the exception of troops neces.sary for maintaining order. The armistice was only an expedient, Berlin in- dicated . . . final peace talk must . await the Battle of Britaiti . . . Musaelini Waiti With''ttaly, France signed an armistice granting Mussolini a small portion of territory aloi;g the Alpine frontier. The French also agreed to demilitarize: 1, a strij) of land thirty-one miles deep on the Italian border; 2, a strip of territory in Tunisia on the African Mediterranean coast; 3, a portion of French Algeria bor- dering on Italian Libya; 4, the French Scmaliland port and rail- road terminus of Djibouti, key to Italian Ethiopia. These zones were to be kept demilitarized for the (iutation of the Armistice â€" until the end of Germany's and Italy's war against Kngland, ar.d until ii formal peace treaty h conclud- â-  C'd to satisfy Italy's territorial demands against France. "No One Can Teli" .All the countries of the Med;- rcivanean ba-in v.ere seriou?ly affected by the collap.'c of France and the .signing of the t'Vo arra- iitites . . . Turkey in particular WPS agitated by the thought of a l)ov-erful drive by the Axis in the eastern Meditei-rnnean (aimed at cutting off Sue.', and grabbing the harbrrs and rich oil districts of the Near Eastl, and feared a Fasciiit attack on Frei!ch-man- d.ivcd Syria ... In Kgypt, resig- naiion of Ali Mahcr Pa^ha could irean the early entry of his coun- try into the war ... In a message "to the people of North Africa," the French High Commi?.sioner in French Morocco declared that his crack Moroccan troops would not yield one inch of French North African territory witho the armistice notwithstV Vernon Barlctt, Briti* "^ mem- ber of Parliament and w. Iter in the London News Chronicle com- mented: "The French surrender involves political changes all over the world and no one can yet tell their magnitude." Britain For It Rut all the world knew that Say Nighthawks Like Dive-Bombers Quite a c'ammotion has been caused in Leamington, Ontario, during recent nights by night- hawks that frequent the town's business section. Sound of the birds as they dive after insects has been compared to that of dive-bombers. (ireat Britain was next in line for a totalitarian attack by Ger- many, that the moment Hitler's preparations were complete, the blitzkrieg on the British Isles would begin, proceeding with bombing, submarine warfare and an armed invasion. The people of Lrftain braced themselves for the blow. i • * 1 lie balance of power on ths sea depended on who obtained the French navy. It was known that the addition of the French fleet to the navies of Germany and Italy would bring the Axis to tonnage parity with Britain and to numerical superiority, with 90 per cent more fighting ves- sels . . . Prime Minister Church- ill, voicing his anger at the manner in which the Petain regime had violated its "many solemn a.ssurances" in ceding sea power to the Nazis, acknowledged that the ultimate disposition of the French fleet would "powerfully though not decisively affect" Bri- tain's safety ... In the war with Italy, Britain was aware that loss of the French Navy would seriously endanger her position throughout a vast 40,000 miie theatre stretching fi'om Gibraltar to -Aden, because all land forces involved therein must be supplied by sea . . . Japan In Ascendancy The effects of the European war, actual and anticipated, were seen last week as exercising a dynamic influence on Japan's in- ternational policy, A change in the world balance, Japanese lead- ers inferred, might mean that Japan would not only be inter- ested in an alliance with the Axis powers, but in making her position in the Pacific and the Far East impregnable. It was expected that Japan wmild shortly issue a sweeping pronouncement amounting to an "Oriental Monroe Doctrine" warning all powers against inter- ference of any kind in all terri- tories in East Asia. "The dream of decades â€" a Far East dom- inated by Japan â€" was on the verge of climbing into the realm of action." ("Time," June 24). "The only force which could turn that dream into a nightmai'o has always been the U. S. The big question taking shape last week appeared to be: could the U. S. summon enough diplomatic adroitness to make friends wiiih Japan without: 1. selling out bofli China and the Allies in the Far East; 2. beins: double-crossed herself if she attempted too mucii appea:ement. Failing either al- ternative, could the United States risk a v.ar with Japan?" Many Materials For Housecoats Pique, Sharkskin. Dotted Swiss Muslin and Printed Voile Pique, sharkskin, dotted swiss muslin and printed voile are favor- ite fabrics for morning housecoats. Ev&n the most inexpeusivo seen in New York are charming in color and very well styled and cut. A white pique with wide, squarert-oft coUiir. cuffs and pocket trimmed with bright red rlckrack braid will make any one tee-] cheerful in the morning. ALL WITH FULL SKIRTS Swiss muslins, trimmed with del- icate lace cdginir. or more tailored types in sharkskin may bo had, not only ill white but In litscious pastel colors. Alii!ost all ar < made to fas- ten with zippers, wiiich keep one lookiiig neat no matter how qrlck- ly on; has dressed, and all have skir.* with plenty of room, and wcll-tiit slcoves, so If there is a train to bs* cnuRht after breakfast, you can fly niound comfortably while yoii make least and coffee. For Better Desserts Durham Com Starch frtJutt SI. lawnof Slardi C*. Ud. D20 Bagpipe Music Is Different A Lot More Spacing and Few- er Notes â€" People Who Do Not Like It Should Not Be Condemned There are lots of people who are not Scots who say they enjoy hear- ing tho bagpipes, although some qualify their appreciation by saying the pipes sound best when the op- erator is a long distance away. Others, real Scots perhaps, says the Stratford Beacon-Herald, think that there is no grander or more inspir- ing music than a hundred pipers an' a' an' a' at close quarters. We learn, However, that there is a reason why one likes or dislikes the pipes. A blind Scottish piper told a service club recently that al- though the note scale is similar to the ordinary scale, the spacing is sometimes different, so that to those who have not been brought up with the sound of the pipes in their ears the music sounds atroc- ious. Therefore, he generously add- At Calgary Convention ed, people who don't like It should not be condemned. SKIRL OF THE PIPES Undoubtedly there is something "different" about bagpipe music, and this Is the first time we learn- ed what It Is. We hope some of our friends who are Insultingly critical will make allowances and adapt tliemseh'M to the skirl of the pipes and we fear it wouldn't do them any good anyway If the notation was standardized. You really have to have Scottish blood in you to en- joy the full flavour of the national instrument of Scotland. It you have not â€" "that's your misfortune. H. E. Rice, publisher of the Huntsville Forester, is President of the Canadian Weekly News- papcr.s Association whose con- vention is being held this week in the Palliser Hotel, Calgarv. The Book Shdf "STARS ON THE SEA" B7 F. van Wyck Mason A spunky girl, a fine lad com- bine to make this historical novel by van Wyck Mason a rousing story. "Stars on the Sea" is the tale of the U. S. 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