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Canada Builds New Airports Labrador and Far Northweit Get New Operational Alr- poru Dinclosure that Canada ia con- structing airports in Labrador and along the northern British Columbia coast has been mad* in the House of Conunona by Munitions Minister C. D. Howe. "Operational airports," said Mr. Bowe, "now are under way in Newfoundland and Labrador, be- tween Edmonton and the Alask- an boundary, and along the north- ern coast of 'British Columbia, in areas far from luman habi- tation, involving unusual engin- eering problems." These new fields, when com- pleted, will provide valuable new links in the chain of air defenses being established by Canada and the United States. It has been known for Bom* time that construction of new bases was going 1 abend rapidly in Newfoundland and in the North- wed. A chain of seven airports k being made to Alaska, provid- ing a short-hop route by which Canadian and United States fighting planes could be rushed to the north if the need arose. These northern bases now are in use. "Th Air Services Branch of the Department of Transport, which now operates under the dir- ection of the Minister of Muni- tion! and Supply, had up to the end of September completed 108 new airports for the use f the KCAF and (British Common- wealth) air training plan and had II additional airports under de- velopment, Mr. Howe said. Included In the above are 18 aii'ports now occupied by tihe RAF in connection with ita train- ing project in Canada. CANADIAN TANKMEN VISIT BIRMINGHAM Britain Launches First Concrete Ship It is reported that Britain is building concrete merchant shipa aimilar to those built by the Un- ited Statfc* during the World War to meet the shipping short- age. Designed by Sir Owen Wil- liaina, the fin: vessel of 4,000 toita, with a carrying capacity of 2,000 tons, has been launched and soon will be ready for ser- vice. The- designer aaid he had to solve th problem of keeping the hip from cracking in heavy Mas a fault which characteriz- ed concrete vessels during the last war. Saving Ontario's Natural Resources C. C. Toner (Ontario Federation of Anglers nd Hunters) No. 65 DEER ARE BROWSERS Last week 1 spoke of our deer nd this week I want to describe omething about them that the average hunter may not know. Game managers who have worked with the deer tell us tTiat each of theae animals need so many acrei f forested land if t)u>y are to thrive. I have forgotten the exact figures but our purpose will be served if we say that each deer need* twenty acres of range. Ke- men.lirr devr are browsers, they feed on the growing tips and twigs of the tret's and other brushy plants. This is limited In amount and if a deer is confined he may be able to eat the browse in his pasture faster than it grows. Thus we can see that the num- ber of deer that can live and find food in any area is limited even when conditions are at their beat. But, mi.!;'""' conditioiiH that oc- casionally occur in our woods. Deep snow piles up, the devr re- treat to the cedar swamps in num- bers and soon, if the snow con- tinues, they have eaten all avail- able food. Starvation is the re- sult, not because the deer lack food for nine tenths of the year but because they lack food for a critical period of maybe a month in late February. So, the number of deer is lim- ited by the number of cedar swamps and their size. Tin.-- is an important point to remember. Nearly every animal has some critical period in its lifetime. And these periodx are the limiting fac- tors that prevent the animals from overflowing the whole coun- trywide. In the case of the deer the critical timi> mines when the hunter is not in the woods. He sees plenty of food in the fall but he foiKets thiil before spring nuwt of this will be covered in deep now. Yet the deer must' eat throu.'r'iout the yew. So, more i c . c must Imvo in iv v ittl (flMUMll-. The first Canadian Army Tank Brigade recently visited the city of Birmingham in England. The tour included a visit to a plant turning out large Army tanks. In this photo the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, whilst inspecting the Canadians, chats with Sgt. Major N. Kirkham of Red Deer, Alberta. THE WAR - WEEK Commentary on Current Events Revision of US. Neutrality Act Assures Britain of Arms and Food Tin* United Slates has passed through a period of historic de- cision. Labt week Congress gave final approval to abolish practically all that remained of Uie Neutrality Act. The arming of merchantmen will now proceed rapidly; guns and trained crewn are in readiness. lUraM merchant ships carrying food and war nuppliea may now all rljtht Into the ports of <;...; Britain, i II.-BI- hips will no longer have to tay out of the combat zones which, under the terms of the 1939 Neutrality Act, prevented Ameri- can ships from getting Into the western approaches to the British lilea, mil.-. James H. Kestou In the New York Times. A* a result, the British will not only iiavr the. advantage of a great number of our ships, but their own convoy system will be more efficient. Until this and since Uie President's hoot-on-ight policy, American wuiwhlp* have been convoying Bri- tish merchantmen to the watere off th coast of Iceland, where Bri- tish \*...M,I|. . have picked them ut> and protected them the rest of tit* way Into the Western British ThU system has been inefficient beocutw, in Uie first place, Uie con- oysi wunt out of their way to go n<r the American base at Ice- laud, uini la Uie second place a great deal of tiiua was lost at liMlaud, where It was difficult for the British and American hips to keep their rendezvous in wintry weather without the use of radio, wbioh the presence of enemy sub- marine* made dangerous. Allotment System Eased In the past each nation has used iti own ships to the beat ad- vantage, but In the future the mer- chant and naval shipping of these two great powers and Norway will l> allotted in accordance with whatever in most efficient in car- rying out the war alms of the two oountrie*. 'li i in. more inuri.-hu.iit vessels, >ruioi-ii.i by nioru warships, will lie thrown into Uie Batllu of the .uimi il<- by both is obvious. That toe) addition of American power In the Atlantic will also enable tie 11,111: 11 U> strengthen their position in the Mediterranean aud IK Pacific Is also certain. The balf-wuy convoy syiiteni was Inefficient bccnuso American shtpa were not permitted to go to Hall- tax, the Nova Scotlan port from which most convoys started east- ward in ..- tbe Atlantic. For mouths Brhi.-h ships had to travel 1,000 miles out of their way to go to American ports to pick up the lease-lend materials, which can now be shipped in American ship* straight from United States ports to the dock-sides in Great Kritaln. Changes Shipping Strategy The action of Congress in revU- InjT the Neutrality Act will change the Allied shipping strategy all over the world. Tbe British now control 16,806,- 178 tons of shipping (ships over 2000 tous) and the United States, 6,794,000 tons. The Aui' lii'.ni di-.t:i)>(.'i.s may help in the Western approaches to Great Britain, more periiaps than In any other area in the world. It is no secret that the British pro- tection of convoys against both submarines and long-range bomb- ers In this vital area has been less than adequate for some tiipe, but these defensive cordons are likely to be strengthened when the redistribution of the two navletj is put into effect. The redistribution is likely to ac- complish four things: (1) reduce the effectiveness of the U-boaU hi the Atlantic; (2) increase deliver- > i s ot essential supplies to Brit- ain and Russia, (3) strengthen the British position in the Mediterra- nean and the Pacific, and (4) free more warships to protect Allied convoys coming up from Freetown, Africa, to Britain. The average little man In the streets of London bus never fully understood the extent of American material aid to Britain. lie has read In the papers that It was ar- riving, and ho may even have seen one or two of our guns or destroyer*. But none of this has Impressed him as would the arrival of an Auii'i ii'.in ship flyiiiK the Si.u-s and Stripes or the actual sight or sound of an American seuninn. There is scarcely a town of any size in the whole British Island that is more than sixty miles from the sea. The presence of these American ships will bo LIU ill : evidence to a great many people of our avowed inten- tion to help defeat the Ciei'maus. The. ships won't convince anybody that tlit> war has been won, but they will convince a lot of doubting people that It can be won and will be won. National Unity Tbe repeal of neutrality, aays the New York Times, was jut. consistent and wise: Just because wo shall now riak our own aulps in waters where we except other nations, engaged in the same task, to risk their ships; consistent be- cause otherwise the lease-lend pol- loy would become a mockery; wise because it enables up to keep Che war at a distance. It waa an act of national unity, and ought to be understood as uch, both within the country and outside, both among our friends and among those whom we can now without hypocrisy call our enemies. It was a fresh commit- ment to an undevlating purpose, and none the less so because of the circumstances which cut the vote in the House ot Representative* to a seemingly dengerous mini- mum. L>et DO one, and especially no one in Berlin, be misled by the size of the House vote against re- peal. Taken at its face value, this vote might represent an Impress- ively large Congressional sentiment in favor of the souttle-and-run, appease-and-coniuroinise, live-wilh- Hitler-and-like-it policies so vigor- ously advocated by a miuority in Congress. But our enemies will make a mistake If they so Interpret th 194 votes cast against repeal. A large though indeterminate num- ber of those votes were cast, not against repeal, but against a Uov- ernmeut labor policy which appear- ed to encourage strikes in defense industries. Why, it was contended, endanger ships and crews to de- liver good* in war areas If '.. . e were no assurance that the goods would be produced? There are die-hards in American industry and politics who will light to the last against collective bar- gaining. Their votes, direct and indirect, would not bave bulked large in the House that memor- able day. They were reinforced by the votes of men who know that labor unions are here to stay, who hope that time will give them a sense of responsibility conunem- orate with their strength, and wbo believe that the vast majority of their members wish them to tie honestly, democratically and pa- triotically managed. These men, with the uniiuestiun-d backing of a large section of public opinion, demanded au assurance that hence- forth no private group of any kind should be able to blackmail Uie nation in it* hour of need. Behind our political, industrial anil labor leadership stand tbe great, nameless mass of Anii>ri- oan men. and women. We beliove they bave accepted the two gre;it decision* of the past week: first, that we shall take our cargoes, under own own guns, wherever they are needed; second, that the goods that make the cargoes shall be produced without interruption. Owd Harry Lauder Gi'es A bra w Spiel Cams Oot Wl His Plaldie, His Kilt, Stick and Sange A stubby man with a Uiick body and an inextinguishable gleam hi his eyes, bis doughty legs stiffen- ing Into a Victory V, moves to tho front of the stage, and with a mix- ture of merriment, mischief and erlous purpose, rallies bis listen- ers: "We on tbls island of Britain are beleaguered. D'ye understand what that means? Beleaguered! No- body can leave without an escort ot boats or flying machines. Think of that! "Are we going to stand for that? You bet we aren't. What are. we going to do about it? We're going to dig down into our Jeans aud hand over more money, that's what we're going to do, Migkt Just as well do It now. It wo don't, the money might not be any good to us later on. Now who's going to be Uie first to contribute?" Thus does Sir Harry Lauiler, now 71, again serve his country hi war time, rousing people to greater awareness of British needs, and once more entertaining the troops with tut) SOIIBS and stories long ill, MI 11 ir,! In many lamls, with his name. At a time of life- in which he had expected to enjoy absolute repose, ir Harry taxes bis powers heavily in tbte cause. When war broke out Sir Harry forook the tranqullity of bis new home, Lauder Ha, to beguile tbe soldiers and help raise funds. He h*s been on the go ever since. In recent months he has given as many at four concerts a week, besides other personal appearanc- M. It is clear, as one watches the re- sponse to his snowmanehip, that there still ia magic in tbe name of Harry Lauder. Lauder Ha Lauder Ha, the "ball" or "big house" Into which Sir Harry moved nearly five years ago. Is the realiz- ation of the home be started to build In his dreams 25 years ago. Today it ia a landmark. Few per- sons visit the region without bear- Ing ot the handsome stone house with its spacious rooms, tasteful furnishings, personal museum, painting and statutary, musical at- mosphere, and conveniences of the owner's inventiveness. From the tiniest gadget designed to avoid needles exertion, to the selection of a site, 700 feet above tea level, ennobled by proud and historic vistas, Luuder Ha is, in Sir Harry'* words, "the way I think a house should be." Strolling ainid the natural and man-created beauties of Lauder Ha and its surroundings, Sir Harry aaserted: "You'll get something if you work for it. if you don't work, you'll get nothing, nothing at least that really matters. The person who expects something for noth- ing is a poor citizen." They Hustle Junk r or U. 5. Defense All a New York housewife needs to do ia pick up her tele- phone, ask information for the wutepaper consumer industries conservation committee, call, and at like, as not next thing she knows there will be a naudsouiely uniformed woman with social connections at the door, driving a broken jh>wn junk waggon. If the woman happens to be M. Alletta Crump she won't say, "Good morning." After she's aaid whoa to her horse, she'll pick up a megaphone and shout: "Anti waste, ant' waste Learn to save Better make haste." That's what Miss Crump said to Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman, wife of the Governor of New York, recenUy when she and a half- dozen other women and a horse and a cart went to the Lehman's ."ark Avenue apartment to pick up about 75 cents worth of paper (average price is 40 cents a hun- dredweight). Mrs. Lehman, hoisting the big bundle of paper herself while the doorman stood by waving his hands in a dither, grunted, "I'll 1 hope this is enough." Mrs. Lehman donated her paper to the American Women's Volun- tary Services, whose members are volunteer collectors for the waste paper committee. The Book Shelf "BIRDS OF AMERICA" By John James Audubon Audubon wag the greatest pain- ter ot Birds the world has ever known. He spent his lifetime studying them in their native haunts. He waa a great artist and a master-colorist, and in hie draw- Ings even a tyro will realize that he Is looking at a reproduction of life. A hundred years ago Audubon made four huntfred and Ulrt>-ii , drawings of the birds of America. He then colored some* two hundred sets by hand, which were published in London at a cost of a thousand dollars each. That waa a century ago. Four years ago through the marvel ot modern Lithography the Macmil- lan Company of Canada, published a perfect reproduction ol this art- ist's life's work for f!5.0U. Now Messrs. Maximilian offer the identical book which was sold for $15.00 four years ago for the still more amazingly small sum of $5.95, this having been made possible by the development of the four-color lithographic process which enabled the plates to be printed at a single run Instead of having to be run twice through a two-coior press. The quality of these reproductions of Audubon's color-drawings is identical witb that of the 1937 edi- tion. This new edition also con- tains the text attaching to the pre- vious one by William Vogt, admit- tedly the greatest living authority on birds, who wrote it specially for the first reproduced set. The paintings which it offers represent Iti years of travel and exploration along America's fron- tiers of a century and more ago by the great naturalist, who prided himself on having takeu ornithol- ogy out of Uie museum's glass showcases (he relused to paint stuffed birds) and with havlug made it living and dynamic. His paintings also bave au historical value, immortalizing as they do some species now extinct, such as the Carolina parrukeet, wi.ich used to range north a* far as Lake On- tario. Bird lovers, art connoisseLra and, fanciers of fine printing all will cherish this volume. "BIRDS OF AMERICA" . . . Published by The Macmillan Co. of Canada . . . Price -.--. The committee reports it gets about 2.TUU calis a. '...., trum wasttipaper-rifh citizen* in Man- hattan, and twice as uiaiiy calls from Brooklynites. Similar committees operate in 34 United States CH..L.S east of the Rockier. It's for iibi.u..<,e. Parents of a New York baby have a shortwave rauio nooued up to the infant's cru, an., when they go out for the e.tn.Mj; they catry a receiving set un.cu picks up any of its ciies. l\o ajubt a "pleasant time would be nad by all"! LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher "All the men with the black jerieyi are your friends all those with tl> white ore your enemies gel that straight ! 1 1" REG'LAR FELLERS Trapped By GENE BYRNES ; OH, MISTER NOODLENADDLE? V BUT, MISTER NOODLENADDLE NOW, LOOK/ I , ON XOU ONE HOUR , ) . AGO.' TAKE WXJR < /CAN OF APPLESAUCE AND BEAT IT -TM BUSX I BEEN TRYIN TO TELL you - MX CAN OF APPLESAUCE IS IN THAT ROW OF PEAS YOU'VE BEEN STACKIN' UP THE LAS' TEN Ml NITS.' .: