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THE 1.121111211111111 11 llARlllAh

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l‘l.:11 .1i1.l .\l.1||;;|11;; Director J 11 Burnett. I"..I.l 1\\511'1J\" lam-its; h-ank llulker and fan A Burnett >____. . . _____._____ SLBSFIKIFTIUN RATES 11.1, 1.. 51.1111 |1l'l ri.-Jr", $150 II" t1 will“!!! Ci 11.1 3 ‘niunltis; 50c for one month I -1_i innit-r) s. 111 |it~| war; 33.00 lur 6 month: $1.75 lul 3 munllu |'._i 11.1.1 n1 tkiiiaua and 11.5.51 $5.00 per you sllitllutl) \\L‘\l\l_\Z $1.110 pvr year; $1.00 for ti montnA 50c tor 3 month!

1.11.11 111.111 may no ublumrd n! 1 me.- a 11.1w. hon lurk; 010 1k and ll unliuiglun

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Tilt‘ 11.1.- >1’ .i."llllin’ll is Weaker than the 11 cults! lnlt." \~ .". ixp-trn‘. NOV. 12, 1941.

il 111; liti nailing Problem

(‘Q1 ~ .. l1! 1 . .1 11:15 givcn figures which ‘l. . » . ‘ i; iii this _vi-.1r voluntary , . 1 1.1_:_jj0 llltll. Uf thiS

. . " 1.1;- c 111111)", 35.108 . i 11.1110 i11- thc l\'11_\'."ll

. lll1'~l. rrccitt 1'ci:1'11iting 11 ;. ‘l i....l 1l\'\ll :1~.1\cd for in the ' '. 13,1100 were obtained. The factors as being re- Wut- tn scruff‘ the dcsircrl uiiuxpcctctl expan- , . -: ll111ll\\'\‘1"iilll .»\ir TH-aining j‘ 1 ; 1. _ 1 ~ l i-xtcii-"ioii of war indus-

' ' ‘ 1' ~- dziiictiliy- of convincing 11f 1h..- ah-cttcc of l‘.(‘.'1\'}‘ 11-11 ' recruits

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llccd 111i‘ '1 dcplorcs the latter view- is \\'1l.'1l1)' unsound. The fact is for rcplacciiieins overseas llt’ 111 do so as long as the 1's in lirittiiii have t0 be ~1.I1 as nicn are constantly ugh illness or physical un- ...vc to he formed, and, most unv l'1‘~'t‘l'\'f‘.< of traincrl men

l 111 lllitl\'(‘ good tlic casual- \\il\ i1 the Ctiitadian army 111 the face of all tl1ese re- llPL‘E‘$>IlT_V that at least front w rccruits a month flow into 1.‘.'1'lI11it1'.

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111i1._._1. l an all-out war effort to ".11 plcilgc can be fulfilled 0i1'y .'lFlll1‘(l services are maintained .\s colonel Ralstoit sees it, the 111w li11\'(‘l'lllll(‘lll onlvt it is the itlrc Canadian people.

. is true. lint, as the Winnipeg (ldlltjllll) points out, the major rc- Fcs, and ivill continue to lie, upon ‘lll itsclf. l1 is a [vrimary duty of .11 1\'ll11\\' in1iiii11tcl_v cxuaclly what is in c\‘i'l‘_\' province 0f Canada, to .l lllliitl all problems of morale in i1 of the l"1llllll‘_\' and to devise and <~i"1‘c policies \\'ll1(‘ll will keep the. at r-iiicwrt pitch, Vigor and leader .‘1.1\\1i day by day; and methods 11<1d for rcaching every corner of so that the‘ inspiration from thc ipatcd as it passes through the 1'1 of our society. An occasional ' lion-c of Commons, or an 0c-

. ail 1:: tivvr tlic radio, is not enough. \\e are 11.11 5411111141 to have the manpower poli- cies we Pt 1.111 lll this country until the same

1111111111 has been given to them 1 fur instance in the produc- ..1l. .\I:-. Ral-ztrn tcils us that

in stood up to the blows of last .:11e dirongh the Battle of the r .l1<-. llouse of Commons on l.l~_\'1l (ivorge, parliamen- 11111 .\li:ii-1.rv of Food. ’1 .111’ C-tlllllltdllill sources of supply in a cut of 75 per cent in imported r cont of imported eggs, 85 per cent conilvnscil mill. Heavy shipping 1r 111.1111: it difficult to make good 11.1w piiigircss, however, has been 11~-.~1ni_v 1111111 it could now be said

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t‘1.1.t 1.1 .11 r1. 4.111111 to siample commodities, "we art.- 111 piuuiwzilfi" every instance hcttcr off than we ivcn- 111v only last year and the year before, 1111' 1111' v 11.1.1 nor."

.\~ :1 . ~11. 11111 niwit ration has been iii- iii 111.1 111 11 111.111 (T115 111111 (icriiizins have just d1 11-111. 1 ~ i111 :11 ialionft The sugar and fat rziifli. .11 lllt‘! i-wd this 1111111111, and the incri- . 1111 umintaFiird until .\l:ircl1. The rat 111' 1 will q-i 11p front eight to tcn ounces ~11‘ ~ to th<1 prc-uar average. The sugar l"tTl'ill ivill go 11p from eight to twelve r111111~~i. >1:i1il111i|11111.1irv rations will be allowed for 111 1i : .11 \‘.'1-llii‘ll iii licavv itidttslrics.

Forests Aid War

‘Tlir- (Mic-t: plnv an iinpoi-izint part in suppofl-

in” t '|ll'[4l;| ., \\'.'ir finzinws, reports the Depart- 111 '1' 1if'.\l 1111- and kc-ourccs. lliis contention i< ].,,,...,. "H; 1W“ quilt‘ of 1111? statistics of cxtcrntl ,,..,1,. ,3, .-..,,,,,1...1.»ti<-< \\'lllt‘ll, with tlic l‘.\'(‘(‘]llll1ll m- ‘V, U,- H,H.|ll|1llL‘lJl|'\' 14111.1. include all W, ,._,,,.,~i.-,| from and imported into the (1.111 '1 ’ . _

'|.. 1. ,,, .11 C,,|]|1|]i1tllll(’S, (‘XCcpllllg ivoo-l. ‘H I W. ,_;..,.‘\_ _.,,,.| |1,'|I1(‘l', shmyetl an adverse ],,_1,-,,,,, ,,r M1, |||illi1ill dollars lll the calendai .\‘1':\r 1111M. l"\'11~>rt< of llitll-"ltlllelilry gnllL Va"

ueil at 2113 11111111111 ilolliirs. oils?! i111! ‘lelldl “"11 1

ptovldril a crcdit balance of 4 11111110" d"lli"~"

Trade in wnod and paper incrcaserl the credit bal- "lmwmm m1l'5"'"5- l" 9W

ance by 31o tnillion dollars. These figures shOVI.

that the favorable balance obtained from wood and paper in 1040 exceeded the value. of 110111 moiiirtary gold exported by 107 million 1111111115. and emphasize the significant role the forests 111111 forest industries assumed in securing foreign exchange needed to pay for the vast quantities of war ntaterials which Canada had to obtain from sources otttsidc hcr own borders.

111 zulilition Canada's forests ltavc provided materials for the cottstrtiction of tliuusanilfi 9i wooden huilditlgs tiecded for war purposes. Tdtvl’ also constitute the chief source of lunibcr sup- plies opcn to the Linitcil Kingiloni. and 11111110115 of hoard feet of Caitadiztn lutnhcr are 1i.~cd an- uuallyi iii boxes and crates necessary to the ship- mcnt of war materials.

— EDITORIAL NUIPS — According to the Quebec Chr1111iclc-Tifilvglilllh tome 7 000 men from that Province have rsceiit- lv emigrated to the States “the exodus still c011- iiiittiiiir with hundreds itiorc leaving Lanada from h ~ I y dav to dav." “\\'e have reason to bchcyir.’ fflll‘ tirfucs our contemporary, “that the Dominion Government has been aware that this exodus was going on and has closed its eyes to it for rea- ‘l sorts one can only guess at. a it: 1k iti

Here is how the pOOWr par; qt the 11011111111311" is responding to the War §ZlVlllg5 C3"1P<"l_{l!" Opened on Ngvcmber 1930 m lzngland. 1‘l\'C lhotlsaud million dollars ltivc been T315641. ft‘- prcseiiting over $100 a hcad tor thc tiupitlaiipn. cuntpared with an average of $31 a head during the last war. Sir Kingsley’ ‘V0011. (‘llflflcellm of the Exchequer, announced these figures at a luncheon which he gave recently in London.

i‘ W! ll‘ Increases i11 the stigai- and fat rations, t0 tide them over the iltuiiths of "additional strain" di1r- mg winter are to go into operation on November 1;: in llritaiu and to continue till 1\l:1rcli. The

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Dr. Walter ‘Funk, Gennany’: .€£0llLmiC5 minister, has announc- ed in Rome that. Germany and iltaly have virtually merged their economic systems. Italian and German economics, he said. are to bc consdered as a unit. It. ls. of coitrse, merely another" case of "we lady inside and the smile orn she face of the tiger." After the con- qurst of Greece, Germany assigned 1110' llle task or policing Greece, utid,_l1erself took over the jot) of ltclicing Italy. Now, through Dr. Fillik. she has taken over the job of handling Italy's business.—van- couver Province.

That l; the whole key 1o the present Anglo-American strategy

against: Hitler: To si-op him, and 1o confined him to the continent of Europe, in the belief mat i; he um be kept from breaking out. into Africa. and the Maldle East, and l1 Bntatn and America can keep con- trol of the seas. Nazism will grad- ually giow \\'€.1l1(8l' (chiefly through slow exliittistiuti of some vital raw ntaterialsi mid the democracies wlll grow stronger, until at last the tide wlll turn and I-lltlerism wlll collapse. That Ls today's long range Slfflfegy. It may not work or de- velvpinents, may Change 1t. But certainly any American expedi- llollflfl’ force in the visible future- and ntake no mistakes; we would 59nd 0111‘. sooner or later, 1f 1t coulzl be demonstrably useful against, Hitler-ivonld be sent. not to invade 1110001111118111 of Europe, but to tlie (‘ll\‘ll'0l‘lS of Europe i0 help keep Hitler from breaking out of EllfOiXi. -.\liiinc-..tiolis Star-Journal.

Have we got. a design for victory? That Ls the question which ta fre- quently popped. To ulrlch the Ex- press replies: And lf we had, ivould wc tell our cneniv? What ls OXDPPlPd 0f 11.»? ls it expected that Mr. Winston Churchill wlll Wfllk from Downing Street to Trafalar 5111111110, mount the Nelson Column and from that lofty eminence har- aiiuue Hitler 1n such WO1'{‘1S as: ‘We

sugar ration is i0 go tip from R ozs. to 12 ozs. The fat ration —as a \\l1oZc-is ll) be mcrcztseil from 8 ozs. to 1o ozs. a week, but there will still be a maxium allowance of 2 ozs of butter. Three ozs will consist of cooking fat, which can b! taken only as such. The present option of‘ tak- ing margarine on the cooking fat ration will be withdrawn.

i1- 4 1r \\’e hear much of the church damage in L011- don as the rcsiilt of Nazi air raids. but not so ntuclt 0f the destruction stislaincrl in Scotland.

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are going to invade {you hers- and there. W0 aru tgoiiie. to bent and bust. you b,v this means and that; means Get all your sttength -‘o gather because we are going to 11t- tack you at this point or that." Did you ever hear such lunacy? Of course we Pave a design for victory. Thoughtful men sec its shape. As a nation 110 (tout-t we have to bide our time. When we strike 1t must be on the right. front and at the rlzht moment. We will strike with finality and we must be patient and await that. stroke while we build up our streiiztlt 111 field and factory, ln sl1"1 and in shipyard.

At a recent tncctiug of the Glasgow l‘i"~‘l>1‘1<‘1‘)'. the Vcrv Rev. Dr. john White, giving 111B report of the \1Var Damage Committee, submitted the following statistics of Church property in‘ Scotland which had been damaged as the rcstilt of enemy action :—Totall_v dcstroycil, 9 church- cs, 7 halls, 4 manscs; seriously damaged, 30 churches 22 halls, I8.n1anscs,2 miscellaneous; su- perifically damaged, I33 churches, Q6 halls, 55 niaitscs, 24 miscellaneous. The tctal was .100.

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Lord Fairfax, English Parliamentary gcncrai in the Civil \Var, died this date, 167i. lle was CromwellB righr-harid ntzui, and Parliament en- trusted to hint the reorganization 0f the .-\rii1_v. 11c :issistcil Crontivcll i11 his victitrv at Wincclij.‘ and at blarstoit hloor, and dcfczitcil (‘harlcs 1 at Nascliy in I645. He approved his ilvpusitioit but tried to prevent his execution, and was one of those who went to the llagu-r to invite (liar- lcs ll 10 assume the Crown. Later hc hcrainv dis- gustcrl with the way’ (‘harlcs was conducting his Court, and retired to his estate, ivhcre he cudctl his days writing Psalms and spiritual songs.

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In a tncssage t0 the British .-\s<i1ciati0ii, (‘i011- cral Stunts said: ——“Sciencc is the greatest torch which the spirit of man has kindled in the mod- ern world, and nothing- not cvcn in this dark hour of our civilisation —should be allowed f0 interrupt its l\'ll‘l(ll_\' light. ln lllll’llll‘.l(‘llllll re, spects, Hitler's ‘New Order’ is a rcinrn to the old slavery, with the Gestapo adticil. In parti- cular, the proud position of science is challeng- ed. lt is abused and degraded until it has become no better than propaganda for myths and beliefs long since discarded. With our Ylcllffl’ science will lie not merely reinstated, but a iyiv. era will open for her. Victory will not only preserve what science has achiever} in the past, but will open up a glorious vista of advance for the future."

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Here is M. .\I0l0t0v"s mcssagrc to Nazi-enslaved Europc:——"lt is ticccssary t0 finish fur ever this criminal band of enslavers and annexationists at the head of which stands the ct1t'se of mankind. Hitler has never yet had to deal ivith so powerful a coalition of Governments. Irle has not yet ha-l time to experience the countciz-ziriikc of such might. We do not doubt that the great anti- Hitler front will grow stronger rapidly and that there is no power which can defeat it. There has at last emerged against Hitler a coalition of Powers which will know how to find the ways and means for the eradication of the Nazi position in Etirope and the menace it represents for all countries loving their indcpcnilcnce and

freedom."

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Director of Police Fcrnand Dufrrsnc (reports the Montreal Gazette) issues a litticly appeal to the car and truck drivers of Montreal to co-opcr- ate with the authorities iii dr-vclnping a constant altitude 0f safety first, for the salu- iif lll(‘lll-

sclvcs and their fclloiv-cilizens. The call for catttion in driving is justified hy the accident record anrl the hazards of the scasotr From

the lwginniiig of tho year to the 30th of Octohcr 85 persons ivcre l\'lll(‘(l on lhc streets of the city. as compared with 8f) for the whole of 1940. lt is ;apparcnt from the iiuincrmis strcct accidents in iri-ccnt ivccks that last year's rccnrrl will he siir- ‘passcd this _v<'ar, unless cvcry itiotorist now dc- cidcs to pav stricter allcnlion to traffic l;1\\'s and the laws of crinimonscitsc. .'\s i\lr. Dnfrcsnc lpoints out. this is the season of rainy days and slippery pavements with the odd sniiivstorm TX‘.- fore tho 011d of ill!‘ month. Conditions according "lv will he lllflff‘ lrcacherotis for the driver than i11 the summr-r nioiillts. So far a good many 1111i- liirists have been ignoring the extra hazards ivhich fall brings. which accounts for tho too ry one of which there

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printing presses as well n5 machmeirutis. P211111 lrts dropped on enemy positions brought

Even now vro do not realize the full importance of propaganda. We fought. our way into Abyssina with

tliousaitds of natives and Italians over to us. But there are bigger

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WORDS 0F CHALLENGE

A THOUGHT A DAY FOR A PEOPLE AT WAR

"We are faced with the greatest challenge the world has ever seen. Nothing worth while has ever been won wlth- out: sacrifice. Let us accept the challenge and make our sacri- fice worthy o! our great Op. portun1ty.”—Sfr Henry Dray-

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targets than Iran and Italy, The Russians have shown us the way to ' strike at. the hearts of the German Ipcople. They tell sariowlnf; ivomen ltcw their liusbzztitls and sons died. ".11 1t is the tray to break ntorale. But propaganda can also make ‘morale. We have not even begun ‘to use propaganda. in America. While Dr. Gcebbells feeds the Iso- ilatlonists of the United States we do nothnm. W ve the presenta- tZr-ti 11f tht- I l case to l rli - dual neusin , to tho great- hcrarlvd efforts of journalists like Dorothy Tlictiinson. Raymond Grrm Swing. and Qbentln Reynolds. We clamcr fnr lurks. guns and aero- iplnri . Riulitlv. But lrt us incr se 'pi1o'ii‘"iri1 of the izrcat wea .1 of a .-propa:nnda.- Sunday Clncnicie (London),

Our friend, the humble, prickly pcrcuphe. I as noiv won expert de- tense. Ercthfzon has lone been 11c- muserl cf killing trees bj1 effing t! i1" brrk. A pro‘ of forestry s '5 that the pub‘l s opirion must be chanced. A study shows that the pnrcuiaines eat hcrbagz at ground level during the growlng season, In the snowy months they do m"1. cf their feeding in fine ,tree tcp where they chew the bark from the smaller branches The ‘survey shows that much of tlifls chewing tn reality is beneficial pninlng; it. has the added and al- lmost, unthought of value of drop- ,plng leafy boughs for the deer 1.0 ifr-cd upon. Furvermore, 1n those lenses where trees may be gltvllod, the value of the lnlured tree must be realistically considered. Many o.‘ the trees thus eliminated vtould naturally be crowded out thraugh Nature's own methods. Thus a better stand of timber ls secured for man's ultimate use. To kill por- cuplnes at. slight, the professor cle- clares. 1s uneconomic, as well as lcruel. It ls another example of the ,value or knowledge and the benefit 10f fact. The rely-poly, pin-cushion porcupine Ls part of the balance of nature-an amazingly wise syii- tem worked out. thrown the ages. lMen may well hesitate before they dogmatlcally condemn any of our wildlife friends-Christian Science Monitor.

Tate ally‘; tprcvglllng 1 rater latte W01‘ 5' DDR1‘ 111011 emp 0X65 O1" Y ‘years ago was as lclw as twelve and one-hail (‘Qfllfidilflt houitdln 13.10. first Cass oon uc ors an mo r- men on the St. Thom-as Street Railway received eighteen cents an hour, while the barn man was the 1111536511, 921d than? on tahe enhtnfi, sta at wen y- wo an one- 11 ' cents an hour; and James Few-l ,ln_tzs urns chief of police tn 1900 with a salaiy of $611.66 a month. while the late Wlliam Armstrong twaslscrgennt at $63 a month; and ‘Willaim Palmerston. James Smgh, , G , . l Biliileiclptivtliltililrilgn until. “$13” each ed‘ month: and William Falrbrother land mvyjfsley Gtglllflllg were aizetala cons es n '1 orce a a mont-h 6:011. Thh a scme of the information that Mayor Geortte T Dyer 1s learning as city offdala go through the tons of old docu- ments stored ln the blg vault. ln the city hall basement. — St. flrhomas ‘Times-Journal.

Brllaln In turning old books, no longer of value for their literary contents and once quite unsaleablc. into a novel export. London book binders are lngenlously converting these old books tntoa range 01' illbrary flttlngkblotttng pads, lnk- ‘stands, waste-paper baskets and 1 book-ends. Old-world looking. many iol them beautifully tnoled In 301 and bearing ornate armor-Isl de- vices, these forgotten volumes. bound ln their day by mum‘ craftsmen, are llvlng again 1h 11710 New Wuilrl. Ink-stands are made 1w hlnizeing two volumes together. They can be left 1n the place or

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A SONG Sweet

are t-he thoughts that savour of cflntznt;

The quiet. mlnd ls richer than a crcivm;

sweet. are the nights 1n careless slumber spent;

The pcor estttz scorns fortune: angry frown:

Such sweet. COlliclll, such mnds, such sleep. such bliss, Begejars enjoy, when prices oft

o X11155. The homely house that. harbours

quiet rest;

The ccttage that affords no pride nor care:

The mean that ‘grers with country muszc best"

The swecif, ctnsort of mirth an: musics fare; Ohscbiged 1l.fe sets dc-wn l type of 5'5: A mind contgnt. both

kingdom . —By Robert, Greene (1560-15921

Looting The Conquered

(New York Times)

How Germany, despite biockad< ls able to maintain a relatively comfortable existence while stlimly trig huge iumles tn the field Ls ex- plained from time to time by lzami ln the news. The conquered peoples go short of necessities but not the Gezmans. In Greece everything portable, from fire engines to the babies, mllk. has been sent as n gift by Mussolini. A few dai/s mzo there was chronicled the confisca- tlon of 1111 medical supplies tn France for tlze restocking if Ger- man hospitals. The Norwegians have had to surrender their blankets for use of the German soldiers 1r. Rus- sln, and are now being orderel to give up even their heavy Jackets and other winter clothing. Dutch. Belgian and Danish agrlcultun- pro- ducts g0 by the tralnload across the borders, while the rations of the native populations become