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‘The Strongest Memory in Weaker Than the Weakest Ink.’

MONDAY. DECEMBER ll, l9“

Grinding Down The Enemy

At the present moment battles 0n the West- ern Front appear to be largely attritional. This need not cause despondency since “attrition" to- day does not mean the same as it did in the 1914-18 war. Then it was applied to circuni- stances in which two well matched armies had reached a stalemate; neither being in a posi- tion to overcome the defensive weapons and tactics of the other. Today Allied superiority being firmly established attrition has come to be applied to that t,\'l>e of warfare which the Russians have culled “grinding the enemy flown.”

The figures recently released by S. H. A. ll l“. illustrate the silccess the Allies are hav- ing with thcse attritionzil tactics. Between 8th 1nd 13th Xovcitibct‘ the Germans lost 152,000 nlcn; this figure “as illillle UP 0f 74.000 P55‘ oners and tlle l'C\[ killed or badly wounded. Tllh Qaounts to atbout 6,500 daily. 1f con- tinued at this rate the Germans would lose in a year well over 2.000.000 men. -

Casualty rates can he itil-ly assessed in re- lation to the potential intalrc of recruits; no armv can afford casualties far iii excess of l!l- take’, in the case of Germany this amounts t0 approximately 500.000 men per year. Thus 9P‘ grzitions on the \\'csteru Front which have not rcstilted iri spectacular territorial gains have vet laid valuable results. \\'lteii the weather turns in our favour (although it cannot be expected to do so for some months) the present campaign will inevitably produce dividends invaluable in [pitc of being partially concealed. 7

.-\t the PYCI-‘Clll time disablenictit of Germans is of much greater importance than capture of ground.

Still Spending

Canadians are still spending on an unpre- cedented scale, according to the latest figures of the Bank oi Canada. Its index of retail sales for August, 1944, the last month reported, stood at 174, that is 74 per cent higher than the average retailbtisiuess in the years between 1935 and 1939.

Not only are we spending far more on re- tail gootls than we spent before the war, but

‘up are spttlditlg more now than we cvet‘ did

before the wzir. At the end 0f 1943 the rctail sales index stood at 160.8. By January of this year had risen to 166.1 and presently was hit- ting a high of 177.4 in March. It dropped a little through the slimmer, but never below 169, and by Augllfif had reached 174. It is safe to assume that Christmas shopping is pushing the index up again, probably to an all- time high.

Proving It

By The Ear

A copy of the London Express contains more information than the cables carried about the claim that a [ihotograph issued by the Germans in Sweden and described as the latest ‘official portrait of Hitler was not Hitler, but a “double."

The Er/Wcri‘ submitted to “an eminent aural surgeon in Harley street” this suspected plioto- graph and a number of pictures of Hitler, tui- qticstionably authentic, taken before the war, all of them showing the right ear. The surgeon studied them from enlarged photographs and in the end said the Swedish picture was "un- questionably not Ilitler."

The Harley street specialist went on to say that a matfs identity can be established as ac- curately by his ears as by his fingerprints, that after 2t there is practically no change in the ears-“the conformation of the cartilage defies age." .~\ud, measured under a photo-tnicro- scope the expert reports that thc pictures un- mistakably show that the Stockholm picture is not Hitler. “Hitler’s ears", he says, “are stubby and the lake's ears are elongated."

This does not prove, of course, that Hitler is dead, or ill, or mad, or imprisoned. It may be only that since the recent attempt on his life through an army plot he is remaining in seclusion, letting a “double" make his rare per- sonal appearances and take the risk of assas- sination.

Sickening Report

in two years approximately 2,000,000 pcr- lons were put to (loath at two German concen- tration camps-only two of a number of notori- ous mass execution centres operated in Germ- any and in German-occupied countries. Such is the tnain fact brought out in the report just made public by the War Refugee Board com- posed of three members of President Roost:- velt's cabinet.

How many millions more have been murd- ered in other concentration centres can only be conjectured. Rut of the reasonably accuracy of the 2,000,000 total for the camps at Ausch- witz and Llirlv-cnau, the \Var Refugee Board is convinced.

"It is a fact beyond denial that the Ger- ‘nans have deliberately and systematically inur- dered millions of innocent civilians-Jews and Christians alike-all over Europe," the report states. “This campaign of terror and brutality, tinpreccdcnted in all history, even now con- tinues tinabatcd."

Demands for relentless punishment of the

- Germans responsible for these acts will natur-

ally follow this sickening report. There will be

more insistence than ever that the peace terms imposed shall be severe enough to keep Germany from ever again committing such crimes and that there shall be no escape from the death penalty for those Nazis who are tried and found guilty of atrocities in this war.

EDI IURIAL NUItS

“The Boston Tea Party" this date i773. when 350 chests of tea were thrown iuto Bos- ton harbour in protest against the British Cus- toms (Stamp) Act; this was a prelude of the American Revolution in which Boston played an important part.

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At the suggestion of Dr. T. T. Shields of Toronto, Baptist clergyman who is president of the Canadian Protestant League, a public meet- ing at Prince Albert, Saska, ‘passed a resolu- tion asking a local physician to run as aii “Anti- Catholic United Canada candidate" in the coit- stituency in the next Federal election. The pres- ent member for Prince Albert is Prime Min- ister Mackenzie King. Tlie proposed candi- date, Dr. W. Setka, said afterward, “This is a surprise to ine, I will have to think it over."

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The Commission to investigate the taxation of co-operatives in Canada has been set tip, with not a single member from the Maritime Prov- inces. Starting January l4, the Commission is scheduled to sit in Vaiicotiver, Calgary, lid- moiiton, Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa. Montreal, Quebec, Moncton and llaliiztx. lt will be at hloncton hlarch 2-3. and at Halifax March 5-7. \'o provision is made for a sitting in this Province. Our local co-operativcs. if they wish to appear before the Commission, will have to send representatives to the main- land.

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Dairying has been identified with Switzer- land for centuries, s0 it is not sin-prising that cheese figures prominently iii one of the nat- l0ll€ll_Cllifilllliaxkhlljtllfillflll oisa child, a cheese is nlade, named after the child, and carefully stored away. \\’hen the child grows up and marries, the cheese is presented at the marriage feast, together with the cheese of the partner, and the guests eat a piece of the cheese of both the bride and the bridegroom to bring good luck. \Vhat is left over of the two cheeses is carefully preserved in separate containers and is eaten by the guests at the funeral of the owner of the namesake cheese.

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A butter and sugar famine seems to be lead- ing to women-rioting iii New York State. ;\t \/Vatertown nearly 200 women staged a twn- hour riot and itlcaiicil out a itierchzintls stock of butter and sugar. The merchant said the dis- orders started late one evening when one wo- man ignored the half-potitid customer allotment and emerged from a storcroom with two pounds of butter. leaving without paying for their butler. Those failing to get supplies fought the others. Souwe grabbed butter and sugar out of orders made up for delivcrv. One woman was knocked into a crate of eggs and smashed l5 dozcti. The only male customer grabbed some sugar and left.

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While the appointment bi a Lieutenant Governor is normally for a five year term, it is provided that he continue in office until a succes- sor is appointed. His Honour Lieutenant Gov- ernor LePage ivas appointed on Oct. i, i939, and has therefore already exceeded his normal term by two and one-half months. But lllis lS not unusual under the present atlministration. Lieutenant Governors J. C. llowcn oi Alberta, Alberta Matthews 0f Ontario and Archibald hfcNab of Saskatchewan have all been in of- fice well beyond the minimum five-year period: aiid just. last week, on Dec. l4, Sir Eugene Fisct, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, com- pleted five years in office. It may be assumed that new appointments in these cases will he. made before the King Government goes to the country. This is as good an election barometer as any, and worth watching.

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Nowhere have the Allied armies penetrated the Reich to a distance of more than a few miles, and the siege warfare that is now being cav-

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in munitions but in men. To hold the Ruhr and Cologne Plain approaches the Germans have committed their best troops, and General Pat- ton's breakthrough in the south may mean that the Nazi no longer have the manpower to make an cqtial effort zilong thc whole of their dc- fence line. Whether this is immediately true or not, it is the essence of the military problem that the Germans must face. For the Allies are immeasurably superior in rcservcs arid can well afford to apply their forces at the critical iiio- mcnt to the strategic point. The tactics the encniyis now employing in fighting from strongly fortified positions with the benefit of shorter interior lilies of coniimttnication and supply can delay the iticvitablc conclusion, but it is inescapable. ‘l

This is one way "Big Business" gets round the Income Tax on salaries. Actor Claude Rains is receiving 320,000 ‘potinds (about $1.- 4oo,o00) to star in the filming of George Berli- ard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra, but he will give up 308,000 pounds of it in taxes. A sal- ary oi 12,000 pounds clear of taxes was agreed upon for Rains’ services. Only by payment of a gross 320,000 pounds can he net 12.000 Pfflllldfi- Film authorities said that a contract gtiaraniec- ing remuneration at such a rate forpcrhaps lit- tlc more than six months’ actual work was tin- precedcnted. hlr. Arthur Rank, producing the film, said: “The position is that Mr. Rains would not come to London if he had to pay Brit- ish taxes, because he would have practically nothing left by the time hc had paid tax on it here and also in the [iiiitcd States. Ile has to pay in dollars, and he had to go to the treastirv for permission to send hitn dollars to the United

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THE CHARLQEIETOWN GUARDIAN

flutes By Tho Way

0n the abject r mlllln , i are virtually stviiiled. irlmuiiil "W" o! the currently styled hats are too small to pin a p; on, _ Minneapolis Star Journal.

There are two 11d“ go question. we hesi- that. sarilliigs are now complalnlnp about being crowded lnto cana 1ke people in a bua-Peterborough Examiner,

I: It that although (h; u- erase motion nlctun sent i; more comfortable than m, average “WW?! “If. more people sleep 311M181! a sermon than t a movie-Kitchener Record.

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Th6 w 1mm opinion of world leaders 1s that victory may be nearer than w; thing and “m.” away than we watchword then 1s. keep cool. and put the punch, but Winnipeg Tribune

The limos between [onerltlonl has dwindled since the war, with Blrls marrying younger than has been usual in recent years. The closer association between tlons. with grandmother levlnz an active part in flimsy lfe, 1s returning. comments Vogue. Families are being forced by war circumstances to setup house to- zether. and the big old famtlv homes again house sons and daughters and their families.

"So revolting and iilabodllcal are the German atrocities that. the minds of clvlllzed people 11nd 1g difficult. to believe that they have actually taken place." So says the United States War Refugee Board. And the facts cannot be faced 1v rejecting tliem as incredible -au unrealistic habit. mind lnto which some people on this safe side of the Atlantic have fallen -Brantt'ord Expositor.

Malta held out when the Medl- terrunean was so dangerous that: sllPPlles for the British 8th Army were being earl-led around the Cape of Good Hope. One would think it; might have been tale-m by puratroopers and glider troop- ers. 11s Crete was. The attempt i-vas not made. The island remain- ed unconquered, a light and a symbol. If we want; to find the spot where the tide began to turn, Malta ls as good a spot as any. If the British had been capable o1‘ surrender, they would have sur- rendered there. If rthey had sur- rendered there. Mussolini mlglit. stlll be ln Home and Hitler stlll free to wash his red hands 1n the waters of the English Channel. ‘The United States might now be fighting a defensive war. But. the flame did not. go out. It spread. —New York Times.

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There ts, an English Woman who ls disturbed bv a peculiar prun- lem; one that many people would like to be stibjected to and would not experience the same worry. When she was 15 she took a, 3gb as housemald to u widow. During ttielr association they became fast friends. Recently the widow died, and linvlng no near relatives, she left her entire estate. consisting of ‘ulJUUf. $150,000 in the bank, a large ouse and some other property, to the maid, who, still 1s on the sunny side of 40. the St. Thomas Times- Jouriial relates. “What. shall I do ivlth all this motley?" cries the maid. "I have really no need of 1t and I don't. know how to make use of it. I don't. know what, to wish tori’. Alter much pondering, she came to the conclusion that; she iulgtit gratify herself by litr- lng a maid and becoming an em- ployer herself; thus reversing her former position.

At Hell's Gate Canyon the In- A

ternational Sockeye Commlslon ls bullcllurv two runway aids-one on each bank of the Faaseu-throu li which Mr. and Mrs. sockeye wll, in the future, be ensured a de luxe and easy passage to the up- rlver spawning grounds which are the maternity hospitals for the Sockeye family. Solution of the Hell's Gate barrier is considered the No. 1 job in rebuilding the salmon run lnto an industry that may, in the future, yield up to $50,000,000 annually for each of

two groups of‘ fishermen and cari- in r

ners tlsh Columbia and Washington State respectively. After we have built the passages and tuunelled the shore

wtll the salmon condescend to use these man-made The answer to this is that: hereto- fore the salmon welcomed these innovations. Always the clever

sockeye, unable to breast a cur- m

rent. exceeding eleven miles an hour will seek out. the passage of least resistance. ‘The new runways are designed to handle a maximum of 350,000 flsli per week. - Vancouver uu.

There really haven't. been many new devices that have stirred the minds and hearts of the world to any great and lasting good since the invention of printing. For the most part, man's better nature hasn't. been able to keep pace with the scientific discoveries of his mind. Arid so. 1n spite of M10 tlelphone and telegraph and radio, tn spite of electricity and motor cars and aviation, we ill have wars. cruelty. ignorance and pov- erty. Too often it seems that. new inventions simply have a way of intensifying man's ness. Probably we shall buy a television set when everybod else does. But we shall do 1t. u the conviction that the shape o! things to come is going to depend entirely bu the intrinsic qualities of men's minds and heart: whether those qualities-Ire com- municated by electronics, wcad- cuts. or tribal drums. -— Calgary Albertan.

In the October the rainfall over the coun- try W85 precisely three times in excess of that ln the correspond- lngs period of last year. Ordinarily tli would be n. meteorological fact of merely passing interest. But these are no ordinary times- not. in my case. for those tens of thousands of Inndoms citizens who, morning after morning. awake to the damp and depressing dis- covery thiit there has been a mint- attire visitation of the Flood ln the night. ‘ll-icy are the unhappy people who have to sit and suf- fer ln the bomb-damaged homes of the metropolis while the raln streams through roofs disfigured by wtdc open spaces, or rcolates through sundry cracked ties. That is not, a pleasant experience in October. How much worse ls the physical ordeal going to be as trite

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I Capital Closeups

B)’ JANE MOOOOK Canadian Press Staff writer OTTAWA-Joint Canadian and United States Planning for the dt-"lfllflllmen; of the Northwest ha: Particular interest for a Canadian flfliwlmln. Senator Slr Allen Aylea- Wolfll. (UOIIBIIIO) who celebrated his 90th birthday Nov. 2'1. Sh‘ Qlélmléll “l” °‘ til" “‘€".°°.‘i." or se emen o e Alaska bound , that time he dflflunghfg - expressed his faith tn the future of Canada. Ho has been n. bencher of the Law Society of Upper Can- ada continuously alnce 1601. Althouah he dld not attend tne brie! special sitting which closed Jim week. Slr A1101] seldom misses I dRY in the upper House when “I retllllr session ls on. He new ls the second oldest lgatiglbeiéeoftthe gelgte, the eldest 8 nu or . . Smith - (mtarlo), who is O1. (PC Smartness: A new dggng o: smartness has been forecast for lliiembers of the Senate and House oi.’ Commons, following the arrival an Parliament Hlll or a new steam liants- resslng machine which has been nstelled lu the tailor shop oi! the main block. The members will! have top priority on use of the machine but. lt also wtll be Hired to press the pants of the pro- tective stall’ and other uniformed PIJTSODIIC].

Home Smokes. Before 1938.410 to 95 per cent of all Canadian ifii- lwrts of leaf tobacco came from thie United States and in 1920 the toital imports were more than 18k 500.000 pvllnds. Slnoe then, home tnliacco production has hlt: lts stride and imports 1n 1943 were 19S? than 1.500.000 pounds, of which some '70 per cent. was cigar lea! anll less than l5 per cent: United States flue-cured tobacco. The trouble ln obtaining cigar leaf has bean the main reason for the shilrtaze of cigars. to be particu- lurl y pronounced at Christmas.

Olstom: The Canadian reindeer 1n ithe NorthwestTerrltorles. whose fathers came from Alaska, under- g Fedvral Government program, are running true to type. ,Groups of unliiials in a corral always will mill ln a certain direction. and the Cflnudlan reindeer. having inherit- ed hbe instinct from their ancest- ors. mlll counter-clockwise and the comils are_ constructed with this lnunlnd. Reindeer tn Lapland may mill clockwise. all depending on what their fathers did.

Bevin Takes Lid Off

(By Jbewltt MacKenzle. Associated Er Press War Analyst)

"Pit Bevin. Efnxlandb s uare- jawed Labor Leader, likely? has SCIVEGl an anxious world well t; his argumentative outburst which 1s widely interpreted as confirm- ing 11-. effect that Britain and Rus- sia are indeed ln process or estab- llshlny separate spheres of influ- ence liberated Europe.

n5 =1 800d thlng to have all the cards on the table ln parlous times like these. The cltlzen-lu-ordlnary Wlillf-‘l to know what goes forward, To get. the full significance of this elrlwlvcwn you must know that; M“ B "'1" n" Only heads Britain's poweilful Labor Party but also is Mlinlst er of Labor ln Mr. Church- llls coalition cabinet. Yesterday at a inzormy session of the annual Labor conference. which challeng- ed the Government's military ln- terveiutlon in the Greek lmbroglto, Mr. Bevin was forced lnto his 11.15 of cabinet minister to defend his Political chief against the conten- tehflvn that Br taln's action has bearers llli csois purposes with her Mr. Bevin took the lld off. l-le accepted his share of responsibil- for the Government policy and K190181011 that "long before this we had 1 agreement with Russia wliereb ' Russia undertook the main problem of Romania and we undertudk the main problem or

Greece.“ Then he added: "This agreement was taken Quebec. submitted to President; Roosevelt and agreed to and init- ialed by lilrn." l l

Ahlhi ‘ltatlve quarters ln Wash- gton wimedlately declared flatly that thi United States maintains a firm st and Opposed to the devel- opment -of spheres of influence 1n Europe. They dented that the President had sanctioned any An- o-Rusiran agreement dividing up political Interests 1n the Balkans. Of corrse ll: long had appeared many observers that Britain and Rutwsla are manoeuvring to establish spheres of influence. and olumn has called attention

to it more than once. This was. ft: seems to me. to be expected un-

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