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aInstead of Hon. Mr. Howe and a few other hmured ones being in the limelight when that fi;rst Canadian tank rolled down the line, there _‘ should have been a prominent place for Dr. Bruce, . »?Mbs Judith: Robinson, Premier Hepburn, Col. _ _ SDrew, who were British Canadians first and with political leanings forgotten in the faith that Canada could do its part even to the making of tanks It was the campaign that these people and others carried on to compel the government to use â€" _ â€"the. resources of Canada and Canadians that 3 eventually brought out the fact that Canada can make tanksâ€"-â€"superlor tanksâ€"just as the fervent work Oof Col. Geo. A. Drew in regard to the Bren xun resulted in changes in the contract defended to the very death by the part of a part of a party government. : 'w'Po bring up the matter of the making of tanks 4n Canada or the question of the Bren gun is not with any purpose of ordinary political criticism, but rather with the idea of emphasizing the fact _ that Canada can make tanks, guns, supply men, money and munitions, if all its resources are called -fupon. From the beginning of the war Canada‘s ~effort has been handicapped because the governâ€" mt has never issued a sincere call to all the people, but has on the contrary adopted the outâ€" . . rageous attitude, "Just stay back and watch the ~ . ipart of a party run the works." Canada is able, _ gf . ready, anxious to do everything to help win the . Bb _‘ war. mt is needed is an honest marshalling of i# â€" al m forces and resources of this country and its y ) *§4 . 18 7 4 ; *3 ..‘l *#4 F1 q _ O r“ ePÂ¥ «99 cift ind c-' We V t v, 3 An interestingâ€"example of the way newspapers rm @nxious to do everything to hel win the war. What is needed is 3 hongst marsl;mmng or| Chn give the effect of exaggeration by teliing the the forces and resources of this country and its truth in different ways was given last week in despatches about the bush fires in the Norfh,. A. bush fire near Sudbury was described as covering ‘an area of 600 square miles. That would appear like a mighty fire to most people, so that was all right that way, even for sensational newspapers of m “m mcmm some secâ€" | But fire near Timmins had to be described imâ€" ‘cihisphere to refer to the people of mediately after the Sudbury one. To say that this fire spread over twenty-three square miles would > Meitsound like a little bit of a blaze after the 000 square miles of the Sudbury confiagration. ppeared fiatwutd be a belittling of the newspaper and rd comâ€"| of Timming! What to do! Why, all that is needed : and| ia tom M the fire near Timmins covers 15,000 yreas) an hat was the way it was done. 15,000 any-J There was one circumstance that marred the pleasure of loyal Canadians who possess the gift _of any sort of memory. That was the fact that Hon. Mr. Howe figured prominently in the celeâ€" bration at Montreal, and a number of other people were.not even mentioned. The war was in proâ€" gress several months when Hon. Mr, Howe furiâ€" ously denied the possibility of tanks being made in Canada. It couldn‘t just be done, he told Dr. Bruce, MP., Miss Judith Robinson, Premier Hepâ€" burn, Col. Geo. A. Drew, and any others who dared to hint that the work was possible here. These good Canadians, however, knew the resourcefulâ€" ness of the people of this country, knew that inâ€" dustry and labour had the talent and ability to do anything that could be done elsewhere. This was proven in the last war, proven in scores of . ways in the history of this country, where on all sides are evidences of the resourcefulness of Canaâ€" ‘@fans. The very railways that span the country â€"the highwaysâ€"the development of the minesâ€" tell the story of Canadian talent and resourcefulâ€" ness. But Hon. Mr. Howe knew that tanks were something beyond the capabilities of the genius of this country. How he knew, deponeth saith not, but he knew, or at least he said so. It does not require much memory to recall the fact that . Dr. Bruce was howled down by partisans in the _ House of Commons because he dared to affirm his beliet that Canada would make tanks or anything @lseâ€"that the occasion demanded. Miss Judith :'- fibbinson was set to place as a pestiferous woman Tor having the audacity to suggest that Canada »c(huld make tanks no matter how much the task 'mlght be beyond the powers of a part of a party. All the vicious superciliousness that could be musâ€" tered by some people was gathered together to ";J'wer on Hon. Mitchell Hepburn in the case, but % has taken many months to prove that Canada n make tanks it did not take that long to show at a part of a party can not squelch Premier tank was certainly an occasion. for celebration, even if it is twenty months after the opening of the war. Canadian industry is not to be blamed for this. Proof of that fact may easily be deduced from the truth that last year, after only a few months of war had passed over 50,000 trucks and other vehicles for war purposes were made in Canadian factories and stood the hardest tests in the campaign in Africa. that every part of it is from Canadian material and Canadian labour with the exception of part of the engine. This building of the first Canadian Montreal when the first Canadian tank rolled dnt of the Angus worksâ€"a symbol of the hundreds that shortly are to pour from the plant.. Not only is the Canadian tank said to be the finest of the type made by any nation, but the claim is made Last week there was a.notable celebration at TANKS ! AND HOWE ! What remarkable days these are! A news itemm casually recounts the fact that Quisling and Hitâ€" ler are soon to meet in conference. Imagine a conference between Judas Iscariot and Nebuchadâ€" nezszarl! » It is well worth noting that now every branch of the Canadian Legion in all this North has gone on record as urging the government to see to the proper defence of the North. Cochrane branch of the Legion led the campaign in the matter of the urgent need for defence measures to protect this part of the North. â€" Iroquois Falls, Matheson and other branches after careful consideration added their endorsement. â€" Two branchesâ€"Kapuskasing and Timiminsâ€"deferred action for a week or two on the Cochrane resolution. In some quarters in Kapuskasing there appeared to be a disposition to sneer at the need for p"ecautions but the majorâ€" ity, after hearing the case presented by Magistrate Tucker and others, added their approval to the Cochrane resolution. On Monday night, Timmins branch made the appeal unanimous among the branches in this zone of the Legion. It is interâ€" esting to read the report of the meeting of the Timmins branch when the Cochrane resolution was approved. ‘The meeting was addressed by men who had studied the _matter and knew the facts. The speaker who carried the greatest weight was veteran of the last war who had served in both the navy and the merchant marine. He knew the practicability of navigating the Hudson Straits and Bay and establishing a base for air raids from the far North. He knew also that the Nazis have as complete maps, photographs, soundings, data, etc., in regard to the Hudson‘s Bay waters and land as are in the possession of official Canada. The danger from the North is not so remote as to be unworthy of consideration, but the fact is that the greater attention that is given to the need for defence of the North the less probability there is of danger from that source. There are a few people, however, who having dmpped that false idea of the "slow British" have gdopted a somewhat similar attitude in an oblique way. "You have to hand it to the Germans, ‘though," they say, and then they add some referâ€" erite to some alleged German cleverness or thorâ€" oughhess. It would be well for all to face the truth â€"that only in one way have the Nazis any advanâ€" tage over the British, and that is in the way of brutal and ruthless lack of any decency or conâ€" science. There are things that Britain will not do, even in war. There is nothing that impedeées the Germans. Man to man the Nazi has been proâ€" ven no match for the British. The British can use less mechanical devices with greater effectiveness, and in resourcefulness and initiative have the Nazis backed off the map. Even in the line of what may be termed trickery in an enemy or strategy in a friend, the British surpass the foe in every way. The Manchester Guardian tells of one of the tricks of the British Navy that proves the point. This trick completely deceived the Italiansâ€"so much, indeed, that the Italian Navy simply fled without attempt to test the trick. <This device is the use of dummy ships. On several occasions, it is said, the Germans have wasted torpedoes (and that is a very expensive form of waste) on formidableâ€" looking dummies that posed as capital ships. They: soon found, however, that they dare not wait to investigate too closely, for the "slow British" would be sure to have a war vessel not far away that was in no sense a dummy in a naval engageâ€" ment. All the official German stories for home} consumption about this or that British ship being. sunk by a wellâ€"placed shot from a distance were not altogether made up out of whole cloth. In some cases it was the British ship that was made out of whole cloth in more than one instance. Nazi seamen, who have had experience in duck shooting, might explain more than one case by saying that they shot the decoys but the birds were not far away. GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER There was great regret here this week at the ‘news that H.M.S. Hood had been sunk off the coast of Greenland through an unlucky hit from the Nazi battleship Bismark. There was a little comfort in the fact that the hit was apparently an accidental oneâ€"one that struck the powder magazine of the Hood, the world‘s largest battleâ€" ‘ship. There was further comfort in the official report that other British ships were pursuing the German vessels for revenge. Later there was the added comfort thatâ€"the British ships had sunk the Bisrmlarck and were seeking to deal similar fate to other German vessels. Writing in his column in The Toron- to Telegram, Thomas Richard Henry ' ~ What a typical gangster that fellow Hitler apâ€" pears to be! He even stole the name he bears, just like more modern gangsters adopt cognomens like ‘"Doliphie the Blood," and so on. Hitler‘s real name is Schickligruber. But imagine even a German myi.ng "Heil Schickligruber!" "If a white side wall tire requires an additional two pounds of rubber as compared with standard black tires, and it does, then the white side wall tire might be stopped as one thing the American public can do without. If a net saving in rubber can be accomâ€" plished through the process of recapâ€" ping used tires, and it can, then the process of recopping hay be forced into wider use. Ifmotorlstscangdnsub- stantial additional mileage by red,ucing the speed at which they travel, and they can, then the public may have to A visitor to North Bay recently commented on the few goodâ€"looking girls he saw there, "I hope Weygand,.who it will be rememberâ€" ed, was recalled to France. to take charge~ of the great but, French army, and immediately. surâ€" rendered it, has counselled all Frenchâ€" men to bow the knee. The rest fight on in any way that they are able, while France sells her birthright, and theirs, for concessions that do not amount to a mess of potâ€" â€" Germany has been able to make many nations taste the bitterness of defeat, but France. is the only nation that the Nazis have bseen asble to force to take it, and like it muwbkmmmmmmmu to see more of the goc oking girls :there this $ '-."'hnptaomymrau. 'meonlydanar summer," he added. The â€"stmmer is the time to M, the: m 48 that some Sudbury enthusiast! see more of the goodâ€"looking girls anywhere. mydosmflnflmmd»mdmttheswryfi*nt t * * while the Timmins bush fire covered only some sunmathemttoor.them:- 15,000 acres, the Sudbury conflagration covered, "Put into your task whatever it may be, all the m,m;eresmwmn'sflnm” courage and purpose of which you are capable. # # Keep your hearts proud and your resolre unâ€" 'l‘here was mt remt here this week at shaken. Let us go forward to that task as one news that HM.S. Hood had been sunk off the| man, a smile on our lips and our heads held high, coast of Greenland through an unlucky hit from} and with God‘s help we shall not fail." At Least British Never Sink Their â€" Own Ships Anyway Sellâ€"Out of France. Iran. Bright Spot. Tiresome Information. And So On. Renegade France The leaders of France give more and more ‘aid. to: their conquerors, while the people of France are voiceless but apparently acquiescent. It is a little difficult to say what the psople could doâ€"but the leaders have â€"bartered this precious honour . of theirs t.hq.t Old Petain mcouthed about, ‘"Tran" is both descriptive of the action and the destination of the Nazi re‘bel ministers of Iraq. ~Bright Spot? International Telephone and Teleâ€" graph reports: "There are, however, certain bright spots. Latest reports indicate that there has been only slight damage to any of the plants of the manufacturing subsidiaries locatâ€" ed in Europe." Of courseiwe rea.nze that the comâ€" pany probably put "Tel and Tel" maâ€" terial possessions above anything else, but we would have considered it a brighter spot if all these plants had been blown toâ€"pleces. Tire Information With the idea of conserving rubber supplies, Goodyear divulges the followâ€" ing information: Hood being: sunk on Victoria Day. Any of our ships .will go down with guns. blazing at the enemy, as all Briâ€" tishâ€" ship have done in t,his and every other war. ‘The Nazt masters have demanded, the harlots of Paris have screamed and France has submitted. There is one thing we can tell the Germans. No British ship will be sunk by the No Scuttling There was a touch of irony in the ous leniency from ; The "The fobim hasg returned.â€"Afterâ€" building a nest in our backyard, the robin seemed to . have. abandoned it. This morning, however, there were two. eggs in the nest, but still no robin. It probably is a modern robin, chasing around night clubs and such in the evening hours. Or maybe it is doing war work and getting its homework in just a few licks in a hurry when it can. The other day a lady received three communications from the office of the director of public information. These three communic¢ations, which were messages from the Prime Minister, came in six envelopes and arrived all together. Each communication was from the same office to the same perâ€" son and arrived in the same mail. One would have imagined that one envelope would have sufficedâ€"but the Governâ€" ment used six. They not only used a separate envelope for each communiâ€" cation â€" they duplicated each comâ€" munication. It is very nice of him to be in favour of saving England, but we would like him to remember that his primary motive in saving England is probably that United States may also be saved. We would like him to also remember that in these eighteen months that the United Statesâ€"has been taking slow, deliberate steps to save England (and itself) England has been fairly busy saving herself (and thed United States). In any event there are now blue ‘eggs in the nest. Scraps of Paper Conscientious housewives are saying scraps of paper to help along the war effort. Who Saves Whom? "Once again it is the United States job to save England," says an orator in Chicago who is in favour of the States taking steps to stop‘ the sinking of We understand that there is a moveâ€" ment on foot to educate Canadian women into the idea that stylish clothes can be created in Canada. This moyement is to offset the fact that Oanadmn women have accustomâ€" ed themselves to look with greater My country calls, but not in vain, Her sons have answered o‘er the main, Then Canadians pray don‘t forget, The battlefields need youyet. â€"KNOWETAP LADDIIE â€"Ceonsolation Ther.- will only be one consolatlon for us if .the Germans do master this hemisphere. My country calls, I cannot go, Across the sea to face the fog, At home I humbly sit and pine, Because I cannot join the line. .‘The .war profiteer, who builds up a fortune out of his country‘s need, will also have to live under Hitler. And the striker who walks out of his job of supplying the. tools to defend his country for a few paltry cents an hour, will also have to live â€" under Hitler. My country calls, I know her neéd, Could I but only take the lead: And gird my armor like a man, To fight or die for the Motherland. be educated to travel at a lower rate." Plaint Of The Veteran My country calls, I can‘t obey, The reason why, I‘m aged and grey, Had I but youth‘s blood in my veins, I‘d manly wield the sword again. Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, commanderâ€"inâ€" chlef of the German Navyâ€"or what‘s left of it, has issued â€"fierce threats to President Roosevelt for daring to suggest that the United States inâ€" tends to see that United States‘ goods have proâ€" tection from pirates on the sea. President Rooseâ€" velt‘s reply Tuesday night was in effect to recommend the Grand Admiral to go jump in the lake. i ‘The Northern Tribune of Kapuskasing is in favour of taking the census in this year of war, rather than "save a comparatively trifling amount for war purposes." In other words, "What‘s three million dollars between friends!" One‘ employee of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was recently arrested for alleged subâ€" versive activities. It doesn‘t seam enough. However, when flying over© big marshlandsâ€"like the great delta sysâ€" tem of the Saskatchewan River around The Pas, in west central Manitoba; the magnificent delta of the Athabaska River in Northeastern Alberta; or the great flat at the source of the Macâ€" Kenzie River in the Northwest Terriâ€" toriesâ€"a different method is employed. Here, you fly over a maze of lake, marsh, river channel and creek coverâ€" ing hurdreds of thousands of acres. The duck population is seattered over such expanses in varying density. By methodically circling or flying back and forth, over these areasâ€"and conâ€" ‘tinuously noting the average density it is possible to appraise the areas at 80 many ducks per acre; and then, with all data before you, to work out a total vey. This is how it is done: The D.U. plane covers the lake or. marsh â€" at about 400 feet; or, for closer observaâ€" tion, drops to ahbout 100 feet;:and skims along the edge of the shore Tollowing every â€" indentation. ‘The ducks tadke flight from points and bays; and head for the open lake.. The plane catches them passesâ€"them â€"with its superâ€". jor speed. Sometimes it is:necessary to zoom upwards to avoid colliding with them; sometimes it is necessary to duck under them, almost clipping the tops buirushes.. All the while the camera is purring; the naviâ€". gator is plotting the course upon the map on his knees, and computing hisl mileage. Two observers (one on each side; and each with a map before him) observe the ducks; estimate their nums, bers per running mile and note thls data on maps .or notebooks. ,;Later, navigator and observers â€"check and compare. The mileage is â€"recorded; the estimate of ducks per running mile is agreed upon. Then the total numâ€" ber is computed from these factors. It seems to us that the smart wife will save Canadian exchange, and the old man‘s pocket book, by giving the call to the Canadian article whenever Canadians can deliver the goods. How Number of Ducks is Estimated for Any Lake favour on imports in clothes, and on copies of imports, than they have lookâ€" eéd upon domesticallyâ€" designed models. The movement is aimed at developing Canadian designers and :creators of styles and the use of Canadian and British fabrics. Now they say the water in Scotland is essential to make real Scotch whisâ€" ky, but the only argument in favour of buying imported dresses and hats seems to be that they cost more. (By H. C. Cormode of "Ducks Unlimited") You may wonder as to how the numâ€" ber of ducks is estimated for a cerâ€" tain lake or marsh on the acrial surâ€" IMPERIAL BANK OF CANADA . friends in the United States remindâ€" ing them that Canada welcomes ~guests as usual this summer, and offers a wealth of summer attractions. Last summer false rumours that war« time conditions in Canada were unfavourable to fravelers; got into tirculation,; ‘This summer let the facts be known. Spread the truth among your own friends and help Canada‘s fourist revenue, and Canada‘s power to buy American war supplies; @© Now is the time to write your Invite Your Friends Manager Timmins Branch "Number plate?" â€"The motorist turned in surprise. ‘"Number plate," he bellowed. "Where is my wife and sidecar?"â€"Exchange. The: war is topical.. Humor is unâ€" forced. Mr. A. P. Herbert‘s "A Little Talk" rollicks even more gayly than usual. A philosophic poet recounts his blessings: "We still can get milk for the baby and of fish for the cat." A â€" blackâ€"andâ€"white shows a house energetically afire. The unmovyâ€" ed householders, bird cage and goldâ€" fish bowl in hand, tell the A. F. S. man: as usual. May they flourish undimâ€" med and undiminished for many century yet. ; for the whole area which must be very elase to the truth. Certainly, no other method is known which will give a ‘better picture, or a more compreâ€" hensive one. [ Pmch has been fortunate in a sucâ€" cession of great artists: Leech, Keene, Tennie}, Du Maurier, Sambourne; the roll is far too long to call. Punch has had and still has accomplished editors and contributors. In its bound volumes is the most amusing and not the least veracious history of Ehglish politics and manners for a hundred years. Its pluck and its high spirits are unfailing, even in the darkest times. The only complaint of old reégders is that it is a bit late in coming, owing to causes beyond its control. "I. say, man, where‘s your numâ€"ber plate?" extinguisher and sand near the bathâ€" room door." England as usual. Punch Toronto Telegram:â€"Ho, hum! It‘s a wise father who knows all of the answerys to the questions asked by his little son. ‘Toby, opposite, highâ€"seated on throné of files, were denied to the world til 1844, This was the sixth and final cover, »ver young and charming with its fantastic and hilarlious friezes. Every true believer that looks at it salutes the memory of Richard Doyle. ‘The first number appeared in 1841, but our familiar friend, Mr. Punch, a fingâ€" er on the side of his noble nose, and London Punch Still Has â€" i Its Punch, Despite the Wa Some time early in 1941 an adve: tisement announsed approaching put lication of the first number of "A Ne Work of Wit and Whim, embellishe with Cuts and Caricatures, to be call (From an editorial in The New Yo i o_ xt A motorcyclist was fiying through village when he was pulled up by Your local Agent will gladly furnish you with descriptive booklets and full h d ie sn 6 w sn t l s mtc wty c ts s as to fares, limits, etc. _