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IIP VOICE OF THE PRESS TO BE STOPPED From the standpoint of econ- omy In the use of gasoline, the warning of the Oil Controller against using trucks to carry groups of passengers on Sunday eating* is well justified. Such vehicle* are not subject to the strict rationing which applies to passenger cars, and loading them ap with holiday-makers ie rootle way of getting around the spirit of the law. There will be sympathy for any truck Her who finds his licence can- celled because of such practices. Windsor Star MARRIAGE DETERRENT The rush of war weddings ap- parently may bring drastic meas- ures to Washington. There the office of price administration has suggested that bakers stop slicing read. This proposal purportedly is offered as a means of saving tsme, labor and paper. If the prospective bride is well ware that she may have to slice read, she will think again about arrying that lad before he goes te war. Why, one of these days they might even ask her to bake a, Guelph Mercury NO FRIENDS LEFT Belgium, regarded as more ei less complaisant since the Ger- aaan occupation, now is reported a/lauib with revolt, the people having become sickened with the behavior of their conquerors. There is not one oorner of the eccupied lands ef Europe where tee Nazis ean count any reil friends. Niagara Falls Review "HOME ICE" FINALS Those in a position to do so, provided they measure up to the physical and age requirements, should join either the reserve r active army, or, as one soldier pats It bluntly, "the playoffs in war may be on home it." Kitchener Record IT ISN'T REASONABLE Detroit woman has divorced her hocband because he had a habit ef getting home late six months late in 1940 and five months lato last year. After all, a woman aa keep the piaUs in the oven JMt 10 long. Windsor Star TWO GOOD REASONS Lord Beaverbrook says that ria may settle the war for us year. Let's hope >,<, but in Ihe meantime let up also work fie blazes to help her settle K a*4 also in case she doesn't. Kingston Whig-Standard FIRST CONTRACT The coming of war to New Ooiaea brings to light interior tribes which had no previous con- tact with civilization. We hope the? like H. Winnipeg Tribune Millions Of Bees Travel By Train One hundred million bees will travel by train during this year's bee-chipping sea-son, according to efficials of the Canadian National BkpreBS. The season extends sVom late April until early July, ad the value of the bee-import- ing business tin.- year promises to exceed that of last season. During the 1941 season, 2,504 crates of bees passed through border points. Each crate has three hives, sometime.s called pac- kages, each of which contains two snd one-half pounds of beos. With five thousand bees to the pound, an estimated total of 97,- 176,000 bees were imported through the Montreal gateway. Of this number, almost ninety per cent wore turned over to the Canadian National Kxpress for re- caipnienL to Quebec Honey 1'ro- din i-i . farms. Shipment* of certified bees come mostly from Georgia and Misf-'i 1 -:- pin, ulthough occasional lots come from Nevada nd Ala- bama. THE WAR WEEK Commentary on Current Events Message Of Good Cheer Given By Prime Minister Churchill There echoed through Air. Ghrurohlll's grimly measured HUM UMM yesterday ill of the old determination, the old force and fire, backed i>y a new confidence and a new authority, says The Nw York Herald Tribune. It was the unanswerable authority of ev- nti. Not, perhaps, ilnce hU blast- lot address to the Italian people In the last days of 1940 has the Prim* Minister spoken with quite this ring. Dealing with the long intervening succession of periods, defeat* and anxieties, he has not teen able to. Through the two long years Ince the collapse of France the Brltlfch and their Prime Minister have had to speak out of dog- gedneas, courage ^and little he- tides. But now at last the weapons are coming Into their hands; they are partners of a mi -In > alliance, and the authority with which Mr. Churchill again adresses the en- emy peoples is an authority which we may all begin to share. Less than ever can one doubt that 1942 ! the crucial year, that we are already witnessing from the thunders of the artillery over the Coral Sea all around to the craah at super-bombs on western Ger- many the first stages of the greatest and perhaps the most <k ciiive battle in history, and that the next few weeks and months will, as the Australian Premier has put It, shake the world. At this solemn moiueut, Mr. Ofaurchlll paints a picture of the actual situation far better than any one, amid the (haltering fall of the u t.-ii-in World two years ago, could have dreamed that U would be; far bettter than one could have hoped a year ago, when we in the United States were itill tangled in our confu- tou and experts ware predicting the end of Russia in a space of weeks; better than one feared amid the defeats at Pearl Harbor and m the ensuing months; better TD at some points than many today suppose. His promise of a bombing offensive by American as well as British planes is even more formidable than one bad ex- pcoted; his statement thai even jet there is no evidence that the Nails have succeeded in massing lor new Russian offensive is sur- prising, and bin statement that Bltler has "certainly" expended more lives In Russia already than Onaany lost in the whole course at the first wax IB startling. When these hints are sen aaainst such momentary good MWS as the initial success in the Ooral k>v.;i or the astonishing re- surgence of Ueueral StlllweH's "lost" Chinese army In Burma, tt Is difficult to doubt that events re at iast upon their remorse- less march toward tremendous attain. One luay never tor a mo- ment forget that the Issue of that .b as yet undecided, and can be decided only by the utmost effort and at heavy cost. But the long, long retreat, at least, Is ending. Slowly crime, murder and aggression are calling up sgalnst themselves the terrible logic of history, a they have done so often In the past. It was that fact whloh Mr Churchill announced to the world, and announced in particu- lar to the German and the Jap- anese people. He showed them that they are already far on the road to a frightful catastrophe, of which they are the only au- thors and which can be averted only If they change their course. And be spoke with the authority of events. * Prophecy in the midst of a world struggle of such titanic di- mensions as this, according to the New York Tlmee, Is necessarily perilous, but It may well be that historians, looking back, will place the definite turning point of the war In the spring of this year. We are too close to such events of recent days aa die British seiz- ure of Madagascar, the dramatic reversal In the Battle of Burma, or the stunning blow dealt to the Japanese naval forces In the Battle of the Coral Sea, to be able to estimate clearly their longer significance. Indeed the full score on both MO in Burma or the Coral Sea has yet to be counted, and In neither case Is the epi- sode definitely closed. Yet so far as we can judge now the naval action northeast of Australia was a setback to Japan of the first dimensions. Such a rate of losses, oertalnly, could not be long sus- tained. . . * With each day that passes, Mr. Churchill seems to be more and more correct In calling Hitler'* attack upon Russia last June a "fatal blunder." The blood bath through which the Nazi tyrant has already taken the German people is appalling and the end is nol in sight. U Is not too much to say that Mr. Churchill's radio speech was the most confident he has made since he assumed offioo. He has been confident, it is true, before; but previously hie confi- dence was that of a man who knew only that England never could be conquered; today it is the positive confidence of a man convinced that Uermany oan b* and perhaps even now U being de- feated. Mr. Churchill, for example* would never have talked as he did of aerial bombings; he would nev- er have taunted Hitler for ills failures, as be did, or warned him so bluntly against resort to poison gu, unless he were convinced that the United Nations now held at least air equality and would soon hold a growing air mastery. see Not least among the grounds for hope in Mr. ChwchUl'u speech was his reference to ihe time ele- ment. Democratic statesmen in LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher "1 didn't like the tudden way it ended. ... 1 hardly had time to put my ihoet on." DRASTIC NEW REGULATIONS restricting sales of new, retreaded, and used tires, new and used tubes, and retreading services ARE NOW IN EFFECT Only a limited few, the owners of essential eligible vehicles, may now obtain usable tires or tubes, or retreading services. Apart from sales permitted by the new regulations, no person may buy or sell, borrow or lend, barter, give away, mortgage, burn, out, destroy or otherwise dispose of any such tire or tube. Eligible vehicle owners are divided into three classes, on this basis: Class: Who may buy: "A" Physicians, Visiting nursei, Firefighters, Police, Certain trucks, etc. B" War Technicians War supply inspector!, Taxi owners, etc. "C" Food inspectors, Scrap buyers, Travelling repairmen, Rural school teachers, etc. Wht may bu bought: New, re treaded, or used tires; new or used tubet; retreading serritee. fUtreaded or used tires; used tabes; retreading services. Used tires, used tubes. How purchases may be made: To buy new tire or tube, retreaded tire or retreading service, purchaser must apply fcr Ration Permit to the nearest office of Wartime Prices and Trade Board: (For used tire or used tube, tee Class "C"). To buy retreaded tire or retreading ser- vices, purchaser must apply for Ration Permit to the nearest office of War- time Prices and Trade Board: (For used tire or used tube see below) . A vehicle owner in this class may buy only used tires or used tubes. He must prove necessity to any authorizd dealer and fill out with the dealer a Purchase Certificate. Classes "A" and "B" may Iso buy used tires and tubes under the ume conditions. FULL DETAIL* OF THE NEW ORDER ARE OBTAINABLE FROM ANY TIRE DEALER Very severe penalties will be imposed for any infractions of the new regulations. The tire dealers of Canada are co-operating with the Government in the efficient operation of the order, and in its enforcement. It is their patriotic duty to repair and legally resell all usable tires in their possession, and turn over at once to the nearest salvage agency any scrap rubber they have on hand or receive in the future, Including all tires and tubes no longer serviceable. Every person, whether a dealer or not, must report by May 31 to the Tin Rationing Representative t/t his nearest Wartime Prices and Trade Board office, *11 tires and tubes in hit possession on May 15, which are not scrap, and which are not on the running wheels and one spare rim of each vehicle he owns. Department of Munitions and Supply HONOURABLE 0. D. HOWE. MINISTER. OTTAWA CONSERVE YOUR Tlfe8 THEY ARE PROBABLY THE LAST YOU WILL HAVE UNTIL THE WAR IS OVER recent years, and perhaps Mr. OfcutrohiU BMMt o: all, have had te warn their countrymen that U was getting late. But when Mr. Ohurohill said, "U Is now the tenth cs? Ms/, and the days are passing," a* meant for the first Ume that it wsc setting late (or Hitler. Hitler stay strike still, at any moment, and terrifically; but with eah dajr that passea there I* rea- son lor growing confidence that Wfeat holes him baok U not the tealre te ohoose hla moment, but taw Jaot that he nan at kut lost he power to choose his moment, e e .c In ooBuueniiug on Mr. Churc- hill's warning to Germany against the use ol poison gas, The Lon- doji Daily Uzpress said: "The last thing in the world the British people want to see in the use of poison gas again. They would sooner their victory cost them HO years of hard fighting tban win ill one year by the use ef gas. '"But U the Germans start the mse of gas then Britain ia equip- ped to respond. Churchill many times has been right In his warn- ings ol events at hand in the war. No one will Ignore his solemn warnings o< gas warfare. . . "The gangsters who rule Ger- man> are desperate. Maybe they will not heed this warning from Britain. Let the Germau people heed It. To Ration Candies In Great Britain Food Minister Lord Woolton announced that chocolates and other candies will be rationed, starting July 27. A new per- sonal ration book will be issued to facilitate distribution. Lord Woolton said the decision was the result of appeals by the public and dealers for more equit- able distribution of available sup- plies. Candy rations ifor the armed services will be dealt with separately and there will be a special book for children. More Women In War Work Make Delicate Instruments After Few Weeks ef Training Canada's army of wome<u dlr- eotly engaged in war industry now numbers tens of thousands. The proportion of women to men in the various branches of muni- tions varies widely according to the nature of the work; in some Instances U U as low as three per cent, In others as high a 60 per oent. In HI:.' aii factories women's work Is growlngly essential and significant. Once, In the early days of the big expansion, they were used on "woman's work only", such as sewing of fabric on airplane wings and fuselages. Now, they do much of the elec- trical wiring, the rivetting and welding, and the fitting of sub- assembly work. Women are making Intricate and delicate Instruments after only a few weeks of intensive training. More are combining head and hand work in making parachutes, on which the lives of airmen often depend. For cer- tain kinds of work, requiring del- icacy of touch, the hands of wo- men are defter than men's. They exhibit greater patience, too, In operations that demand accurate and repetitive movements. As an example of the opportun- ities for women in war work, one of the largest automatic gun plants in the world, situated In Ontario, employs women to op- erate lathes, milling machines, and barrel turning machines. At another factory, established with Government capital and owned by the people, a high percentage of women are working In the ma- chine shop making Lee-En fir Id rifles. In the Dominion Arsenals thousands of women and girls are turning oi.t millions of rounds of small aims ammunition. Shell-tilling, explosives, and chemical plants also are drawing Increasingly on female labour In one of tin.- most interesting of the publicly-owned enterprises, m*aj; women are working on parts fof and the assembly of tank 9<*r& scopes, range finders, and firs control devices. And marriage is no baa- now to temporary Civil Service positions. In one month alone the Civil Service Commission took on al- most equal numbers 3J2 and 31U respectively of typists and steno- graphers for employment In and outside of Ottawa. There is developing a keen de- mand for university women who have had advanced training in mathematics, chemistry, or radio, to fill vacancies with the Inspec- tion Board of the United King- dom and Canada. Several hundred women already are employed with this board to inspect gun barrel*, gun carriage parts, fire control instruments, explosives, and radio parts. And the demand for women with technical education and training Is steadily increasing. Citizens Of U.S. Get Ration Books Ration books were issued to individuals last week for the first time in the history of the United States when registration for sugar allotments began. Made necessary by a war- caused shortage, War Ration Book No. 1 insures every man, woman and child an equal amount of sugar. The book also has been designed for possible ration- ing of other products. The basic ration for the im- mediate period is half-pound a week for each person, although actually each person will be al- lowed slightly more than that amount in the initial period from May to 10 when stamp No 1 will be goo.l for a pound. Sugar sales to individuals have been prohibited since April 28; REG'LAR FELLERS Mighty Casey, r. By GENE BYRNES