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BOMBS AWAY1 This remarkable picture was taken from the bomb bay of an American Flying Fortress, just ae two bombs were simultaneously released and sent on their mission of destruction toward the German ubtnarine base at Lorient, France. In, the city's pattern, between and around the bombs, can be seen the smoke puffs of previous hits during the raid. VOICE OF THE PRESS THEY'LL GO OVERSEAS The question is frequently asked: "What happens to the young officers who are employed M instructors at the O.T.C.?" The answer is: "If they are physically fit and otherwise qualified, they go overseas like everyone else." This IB proved by the recent ar- rival in Britain of a group of these instructors who will now join ac- tive units on duty in that coun- try. Brockville Recorder and Time* SAME IDEA Chaplain Forgy of ' Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition' is a bit apologetic over his immortal outburst at Pearl Harbor. He need not be. When Oliver Crom- well's troops were about to cross a river to attack the Royalists the great Protector ended an address by saying: 'Put your trust In God; but mind to keep your powder dry-' Montreal Gazette FINEST HOSPITAL Families of men in the armed forces overseas will take comfort from Viscount Bennett's descrip- tion of the Canadian Red Cross Hospital at Taplow in England. He says it Is by common consent the finest hospital in design and equip- ment over there. The Canadian wounded and sick are assured splendid attention. Windsor Star NO REPORTED CASE Motorists think that magistrates are too inclined to take the side of the pedestrian in disputes, but they should remember that there Is no recorded case of a pedestrian running down a car, with fatal results. Peterborough Examiner SIMILAR TACTICS Why is a Jap like a girdle? They both sneak up on you and It takes a good yank to pull them down. Old Bill of the Dunnville Chronicle. REAL LEMON-AID At a benefit auction in Wales to help the Red Cross a lemon sold for $132. That sounds like real lemon-aid. Stratford Beacon-Herald o WHY DON'T THEY? If only the women would use their heads while buying a hat. Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph Hitler Orders Extra Holiday Food Ration Germane will receive a small extra food ration as a special Christmas gift, according to a de- cree published In the German Of- ficial Gazette, D.N.B., the official German news agency, announced In a broadcast. Tlie extra ration will Include one pound of flour, a quarter-pound of butter, a half-pound of sugar, about two ounces of coffee, two and one- half ounces of cheese, a quarter- pound of candy ami a small bottle of siplrits. In place of the coffee and spirits, children will receive a half-pound of candy. Th special ration also will In- clude betweea four and six eggs. SCOUTING Boy Scouts ' Queensland, Aus- tralia, did not let difficulties stand In tbelr way when their country needed old rubber. Heading up the drive the boys made an amaz- ing showing. One country troop rigged up tackle at the top of a 100-foot precipice and hauled up 200 old tires which had been thrown over in palmier days. One pack of Wolf Cubs boiTowed a pony and canvassed the farming country, returning many times with their cart full to capacity. It may not be generally known, but Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement, was In- duced to give up bis army career to lead the Boy Scouts organization by King Edward VII. King Ed- ward also instituted the King's Scout Badge, the hallmark of the finest among Boy Scouts. Boy Scouts of Toronto axe as- sisting In a salvage campaign which Is expected to supply enough wool for 44,000 military .mlforms. The boys make regular collections of wool clippings from some 340 To- ronto clothing scores. The money raised by the sale of these clip- pings is being donated to the Citl- wne' Committee for Troops in Training. In a recent radio broadcast J. Edj?ar Hoover, head of the Ameri- can F-B.I., stated that most of hi* men had early training as Boy Scouts. He told the story of one former Scout who "for months, with fellow agents, maintained a daily radio contact with Nazy spy head- quarters In Germany. At any mo- ment there was the possibility of his Identity being revealed and his life snuffed out by the agents of a nation that long ago strangled its Boy Scout movement. But this was no deterrent to him or to other special agents who have car- ried with them the lessons of their Boy Scout days." * Across Canada Just now Boy Scouts are opening up their Toy Shops, and at Christmas thousands of toys will be distributed to In- stitutions and to the children of soldlws serving overseas. In Mont- real last year 8,089 articles were distributed through 63 social agen- cies. In this total were included 690 dolls a,nd 507 stuffed animals, repaired by the Girl Guides of the city. Tiny Gadget One of the tiny assemblies in the gyro horizon and directional gyro indicators for warplanes, says Pathfinder, weighs only 15- 100,000 of an ounce; 3,000 of them could fit into an ordinary needle. THE UNCONQUERABLES Nurse Becomes Underground Reporter In the early winter of 1939 a wounded Polish officer picked his way through the ruins of Warsaw to the apartment he had occupied before the German invasion. It was in one of the fw buildings that had escaped destruction or serious damage. Waiting in the apartment was a nurse who had cared for him as a child. The nurse immediately as- surved her former authority and took him off to a workingman's home. The Germans, she said, would take his apartment. The next day the officer's quarters were requisitioned and the nurse was ordered to serve the German occupant. In a few weeks, his woundu healed, the Polish officer became the editor of an "underground" newspaper. He proposed to "steal" hi* own excellent short-wave radio from his apartment in order to obtain foreign news. But the nurse had a better idea. The Ger- man was away from the apart- ment all day. She would listen to the British broadcasts in Polish, take notes, and relay them to the officer. At first the Polish officer was dubious. But the nurse wag in- sistent and finally he consented. From the first the scheme was success. The amateur reporter provided much valuable informa- tion and was greatly pleased when she read her "news" in the "un- derground" paper. She felt she was making an important contri- bution to continued Polish resis- tance. One day, however, the German returned to the apartment earlier than was expected, and she was caught red-handed. The Gestapo subjected her to a severe grilling, but she kept her silence in spite of all threats. The German authorities sen- tenced her to twenty years at hard labor. The nurse went to prison with her head held high and a smile on her face. She knew that her one-time charge was still at liberty ; that he had found another source of foreign news, and that the secret paper was still giving the Polish people a reason for the unquenchable hope that was in them. English Farmers Praise Canadians Farmers in south-east England, having reaped and stored the fin- est harvest in history, are now paying tribute to the magnificent help given them by Canadian sol- diers during the summer. Lord Monsell, South-East Reg- ional Commissioner, told report- ers: "Our farmers would have been in very great labour diffi- culties if it had not been for the help of the Canadians. Most of the men had experience of Cana- dian farm work, and our farmers regard them as thundering good fellows." The Canadians worked in large forces from the* first haysell to the carting of the last load of corn. Since then they have been lending a hand at threshing and baling, and many are now help- ing to lift potato and root crops. Some of their work has been performed as part of their mil- itary duties, but many of them devoted their leave-days to vol- untary work in the harvest fields. In a few cases, so eager were they to help, they walked from farm to farm until they found work. Lord Monsell said that apart from their land work the Cana- dians have rendered grand ser- vice in civil de-fence. "At every bombing Incident," he said, ""the Canadians have been among the first on the scene, anxious to lend a hand, ready and willing to take instructions from whatever officer was in charge. "Fine fellows, fine workers and fine soldiers." Rabbit Same By Any Other Name The recent announcement of the price board that henceforth dyed rabbit must be called dyed rabbit and nothing more sent a Toronto reporter into the trade to find out under what guises the rabbit had been operating, states The Ottawa Journal. His list fol- lows: Arctic Seal, Australian Seal, Super Seal, Electric Seal, Baltic Fox, Beaverette, French Sable, Lanin, Squirreline and many oth- ers. The reporter also found out while he was at it that Alaska Sable now becomes natural or dyed skunk. Genet is dyed or na- tural cat, Moufflon is goat and Wolf Fox is dyed dog. We can just hear Mrs. Jones calling out the window to her friend in a waiting car: "Half a jiff. I'll just throw my skunk over my shoulders and be right down." Foods May Be Sent To Prisoner* Certain types of food now may be Included In parcels sent to pris- oners at war by their next of kin. External Affairs Department an- nounce' recently. Previously only clothing, small personal items and chocolate was allowed to be sent. Under the new arrangements, lim- ited amounts of dehydrated fruits and berries, dehydrated soups, shelled nuts, bard chocolate and cocoa, coffee, tea, sugar or hard candles, dried cblpped beef, spice* and curry powder may be sent LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher THE WAR - WEEK Commentary on Current Events Political Policy Of United States In Campaign In North Africa 'If you don't march right up to bed thi* inttant, General, you may expect an attack from the rear!!" is a good time, says the New York Times, for a little pa- tience, and confidence ae weJl, about tine political policy our Gov- ernment is pursuing in North Africa. The situation IB admitted- ly a strange on. Our friends the Free French are nowhere In the picture. Instead it is Darlan, until a week ago the colleague of Laval, who Is organizing North Africa on our side; Darlan who appoints General Giraud as the Command- er-in-Chie* of the French force*; Darlan who uses the American- controlled Algiers radio to broad- cast, In the same breath, a call to arms against the Germans and a claim that his authority to make war upon the Germans derive* from Petain, who is a puppet In German hands. It Is In these per- plexing circumstances that the de Gaulle committee In London an- nounces that It 1s "taking no part" In the present situation and will accept no decisions made by the Americans and British "should the negotiations result In arrange- ments which would in effect con- firm the Vichy regime in North Africa." Criticism Premature There will be some bewilder- ment In this country also, and no doubt the charge will be made In certain quarters that our Govern- ment lias once more embarked on a policy of "appeasement" at the expense of tts real friends. But such celticism, in our judgment, will be premature. It will also be made without full possession of the facts in a complex situation. A great military operation is un- der way in North Africa. Whether It succeeds or falls IB a matter of touch-and-go. Only the military commanders In the field, and the Government officials In Washing- ton who receive from them th first-hand Information which they have gathered on the spot, know what problems we face In North Africa, what obstacles must be overcome, what risks must be tak- en, what means must be used both to save the lives of American boys and to assure the success of the vast military enterprise which we liave launched from a distance of three thousand miles. Surely there Is only one fining that counts at the moment. This is to obtain control of the whole north coast of Africa, Tunisia Included, as the necessary first step toward the liberation of France herself. Patience Urged Whatever obscurities or a,ppar- nt contradictions there may be In the present American political policy In North Africa, we do not for a moment believe that the course our Government Is follow- ing means that we have mistaken our enemies for friends, or lost interest in the real cause for which our friends are fighting namely, the life of the French Re- public. We urge patience, and con- fidence, on the part both of Am- ericans and of their French col- league* In arms. The French Re- public never had a better friend than President Roosevelt who dir- ects our policy In this crisis. Battle of The Solomons Though wo <1o not know, the New York Times continues, and for reasons of safety cannot b told at tills time, how many Am- erican ships were damaged In the Solomon Islands battle, In addition to those which were sunk, there can be no doubt that we have won a naval victory which will have far-reaching: consequences on the couirse of the war In the Pacific. We have sent a Japanese battle- ship, three heavy cruisers, two Itgbt cruisers, five destroyers and eight transports to the bottom of the soils, and In doing so we have struck a blow that has sent the enemy reeling from the scene of action, so badly confused, In the later stages of the battle, that he Is reported to have fired on some of bis own ships. Full Details Not Known More time must pass before w can learn the full details of t,he battle, but it is already clear that we made skillful use of botli our seupower and our alrpower. The Navy notes the great assistance it received from General Mac- Art.liuir's heavy raids on the in- vasion fleet at Rabaul and at Buin. The bare outlines of last week's communique carry their own evidence of the ability wltH which our surface ships were fought and of the gallantry of th* crews that manned them. The vlo> tory is all the more promising be- cause It was won within a few hundred miles of the great Japan* ese naval base at Truk by an Am- erican fleet operating from an Im- provised Island base which was In turn far from tlie centre of our naval power at Pearl H-rbor. Enemy Will Come A--!n Sharp and punishing as thlt blow has been, we must ' time that the enemy will return to the scene of batt'=> to renew his chal- lenge. He Is drawn Irres' -:'ily to the southern Solomons h-iMi by his desire to command an air base Important to the defense of Truk Itself and by the inability of the Japanese military to accept a loss of "face." He will come acr'n. but when he comes lie will sail with- out some of his finest ships. We have won a victory that bring! appreciably closer the supremacy of American seapower In the Pa- cific. Report To Britain Mr. Churchill, speaking In the House of Commons last week, re- viewed the battle of Egypt and the American-British Invasion of North Africa. He dwelt on the amount of time and careful pre- paration necessary to these enter- prises whose Initial success, re- quiring a delicate precision In the combination of so many elements, seems to the layman almost mir- aculous. Mr. Churchill's account was ac- companied with a reproof and ad- monition deserved by many well- meaning persons In Great Britain and the United States. Where Is the second front? Why is nobody doing anything for Russia? What's the matter with the British? Well, Russia was told that a landing on the Continent would be made thia year If It could be. When this turned out to be impossible, the North African expedition was fit- ted out. Mr. Churchill went '-O Russia and explained the situation. He and Mr. Stalin parted In "mu- tual understanding." But for months a hullabaloo of censure waa mad* in entire Ignorance el th facts. Thanksgiving Fop Victory The President's wise and sen- erous course after tiie fall of To> bruk la letting the British have our best tanks and a lot of self* propelled 106-inm. guns was not forgotten by Mr. Churchill. The Prime Ministers stoic determin- ation to look forward unafraid to blunders and disappointment* Inevitable In war was reiterated. From bis sober prose a touch of poetry stands out pleasantly. He said the church bells would ring out all over England. Instead of an air raM warning they would be a thanksgiving for victory. One tiling of the old, quiet, "green and pleasant land," of cathedral clos- es, of peaceful village* and parish churches. A Wartime Holiday In Great Britain A young married couple In Eug- land recently determined to spend their first wartime holiday on tlie western coast A huge crowd was >t the station, but they managed to get Into a crowded compartment when, to tie wife's dismay, she dis- covered that she had left her ration cards at home. Reluming home and collecting the books, they gathered up tbelr luggage once again, only to discover that their "macks" had been left In the first train. The next train not being due to leave for an hour, they adjourn- ed to the station buffet for a .stim- ulant. In the crush at the counter, a tall fellow's elbow was jabbed Into the husband's eye. wliicli need- ed first-aid. When at length the by now di.sjn:ntli>d couple arrived at their destination, they learned that the landlady was too ill to accommodate thorn. The new ad- dress given to them was half a mil,- fan her from the sea. Nothing further happened to up- set their peaci; of mind until on reaching liome m.ulamo (omul that she had once iisain left her ration books behind and on tlie mat In tho hall reposed her husn.tad'* cnlliiig-up piipi'i's! REGLAR FELLERS- A Low Fellow By GENE BYRNES 1 GIVE UP/ WHATli ARC LITTLC QRl-S \ MADE OUT OF ? J a-i / BUT BOYS / 'SNIPES Atf SNAILS AN' PUPPT DOQS'TAILS- v THAT'S WHAT LITTLE V BCTT3 ARE MADE OF / f YEAH / I KNOW ./ I TOLE THAT TO BEANO S GOLDEN AN' HE COULDN' HARDLY SLEEVE IT /