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VOICE OF THE PRESS AIRMEN'S DINGHIES Rubber dinghies carried by air rsws of the R.A.F. in a pack Muring 16 inches by 8 inches art one of the contributions to Britain's war effort made by Un- ited Kingdom manufacturers of eoneU, silk stockings, mackin- toshes and so on. Like the carbon loxide gas used for inflating the dinghies, which normally go overseas in millions of bottles of Britain's famous table waters, moil of the goods normally pro- duced by these companies are known to shoppers in most paJta of the world. These -rubber dinghies have al- ready saved many liver, tor in eold weather airmen wearing the "Mae West" jacket who came town in the sea could not expect to survive half-an-hour'i Immer- sion. Now, however, even a 400 V man can sit in his dinghy, stop teaks from a pin-prick to a can- Ben shell hole, propel it with a pair of rubber hand-paddles (made by people who usually turn eut ladies' underwear), light ilg- mal flares (supplied by firework Manufacturers) and sustain him- self with emergency rations sup- Cd by the makers of dainty it of chocolate. St. Thomas Times-Journal. TO BED BEFORE MIDNIGHT from the Canadian Osteopathie Committee on War Effort comes a suggestion which at first glance ay be laughed off by many but which in reality is worth thinking bout; it Is that we should all be fa bed by midnight. Many statements have been ade by responsible authorities that our health standard is not wi*t it should be, and the nervous and labor strain of these days is working a, heavy and }nc/easing toll. The osteopaths point out that more rtst is the cheapest and vet most effective answer to this road upon our vitality, and few who study such matters will dis- agree. Ottawa Journal DRESSED TURKEYS Turkeys, the Wartime Prices ad Trade Board rules, are dress- ed only whn they are bare. It Is just another of those mildly con- fusing anomalies, such as the fact at: bread rises when it sets, and, SB the price of sleeping car ac omodation, the lower berths are ' always higher than the uppers. Windsor Daily Star. NAZI EMERGENCY If Mr. Churchill suddenly were te take personal command of all the British land forces we should know a grave emergency had risen. That is what Hitler has done in Germany, and it must be an event of deep significance. Ottawa Journal. ISN'T IT A SHAME 7 Berlin correspondent complains that the Russians are attacking the German invaders at night and that Nazi soldiers are "under con- tinuous strain and can find no sleep at all." Now, that's what we'd call downright n.ean. Windsor Star. TIMELY TID-BIT "Hitler is reported to be search- ing in the state libraries of Paris, in occupied France, for a copy of Napoleon's reputed secret memor- andum, entitled 'How I got out of Russia.' " Woodstock Sentinel-Review. NEUTRAL As the British writer, Vic piver, weil says: "An far as the ent international conflict is P accrued, I am completely neu- I don't care who kills Hit- !"" Windsor Star. 2., _ RULE OF Bucs A chemist, alarmed by priori- tUi, says that without insecticides bugs will rule the world. What makes him think bugs don't rule a Urge slice of the world right ui-A- Bcaron-Hcrald. INKLING OF TRUTH "Some women who say they offer in silence may mean that when in sih-nce they suffer. Belleville Intelligencer. FITTING Germans pronounce tlie litter *}" as we pronounce th letter "Y." Thus Japs become "Yaps.' W*H . . . JAP "TIN FISH" CAUGHT BY UNCLE SAM A mass of torn, twisted and dented iteel is all that remains of this two-man Japanese submarine that was shelled, rammed by a destroyer and blasted with a depth-bomb during Hawaiian blitz. The forward half of the craft has been ripped to pieces. The wreck was raised by U. S. Navy from bottom f Psarl Harbor for first-hand examination. Army of Russia Still Marches On In September, after a lively few months, the German High Command said: "Russia aa s military power is finished." Last July I Dr. Otto Dietrich, th* Nazi press chief, sounded off prematurely on the same topic, and wound up with: "I have nevr misled you." Whnt he said that day Includ- ed: 'The power of resistance of the Soviet armies has been brok- en." "Unbelievable chaos has closed ever th Soviet armlet." Th encircling, dismembering annihilation of the huge Red forces guarding the road to Minsk and Moscow has been com- pleted." 8om other little gems from the Dietrich press conference: "The last Russian army groups are being wipd out." "There is no doubt that the whole Russian front Is imashed." Air Raid Sirens For Ontario Cities Ontario's larger cities will have air raid sirens very soon. Production of an English-type siren Is under way at Burlec, Lim- ited, Bcarboro. PlrUt order from Ottawa Is for to. The ilrens can be heard four and. a half miles away under good conditions. It Is a twin-note type, automatically controlled by a "whaler relay" which transmits the warning signal or the "all clear" KH desired, by operating a designated switch. The slreu to be made Is of the type approved by the home office, A.K.P. depart- ment, in England,. U. S. Airlines In Emergency Test Oranges from California, pe- aas from Oklahoma, oysters from Baltimore, baked beans from Boston and scrapple from Philadelphia a veritable feast. Only it wasn't. All these delica- cies were flown to New York re- cently not so much for eating purposes as for a test to show how tlit 362 transport planes of the United States' 19 commercial airlines could carry 2,896,000 pounds of food to New Yorkers in a war emergency. It's A Long Time Between Stitches Mrs. Caleb Fox Jr., Production Department Chairman of the Red Cross in Philadelphia, reports that a middle-aged volunteer showed up with a half-completed knitted sock and asked more matching yarn to complete it. Noticing it was an off-shade, Mrs. Fox inquired when it was started. Came the reply: "During the first World War." Americans To Stay In Canadian Forces Canadian officials .-ay that United States volunteers in Can- adii'h fighting forces are expect- ed to remain where they are ra- ther than return to the United States for service. Nearly 10,000 men from "south of the border" are serving in the Canadian Army, and 10 per cei.y of the air crews trained and in training for the Royal Canadian Air Force are from the States. The female frog deposits from 600 to 1,200 eggs annually. BEAUTIFUL CATHEDRAL The million-dollar ("'uthcdral 'in'Mam,.,, ',. . omthe undefended Philippine capital. rah Theatre of War In Vast Pacific Many Thousands of Islands In Pacific Brought Into The War, Relates The fault St. Marie 6tr. This Is an amazing war whlcb is now in progress in th* Pacific Ocean. Mr. Churchill, when he announc- ed the opening of the British of- fensive In Libya a few weeks ago, poke of th* operations there being like those of a sea battle, with strategy and tactics being extend- ed oretr a wide area. But even Mr. Churchill did not at that tlm vision operations of the scope of those now being carried in the rast expanse of water that lies be- tween Asia and the Americas From Yokohama to siicouver Is 4,280 miles and from the same Jap- anese port to Ban Francisco is 4,- 526 miles From Yokohama to Honolulu is 8,440 miles. Russia's 1,600 mile battle line has seemed a tremendous distance. But It Is dwarfed by a war which takes distances suoh as those In the PaclOc. And think of the many thousands of isamia which me scattered over tbat great area.. There are some 7,083 Islands in toe Philippines, which stretches for a distance of one thousand miles. In Japan, without taking Into account the territory tt holds In China, there are some 2,322 Islands, stretching over 1,600 miles, and having a population of 100,000000 people. In the Netherlands Indies there are about 2,000 Islands, spread over a territory 3,000 miles In length from Singapore to Borneo Theu in ad- dition there are the scores and hundreds of Islands which owe al- legiance to Britain, France, the United States, Russia, Japan, Aus- tralia, New Zealand which are dot- ted over the map. Airplanes ami modern war ves- sels have brought a strange war to a strange territory. Nazis Hide Truth From Own People The Germans are trying to hide from their own people their huge losses in Russia by regulating obituary notices, asserts London Calling. Since the start of the Russian campaign there have been four orders regulating obituaries, it is said. The first prohibited firms and paily organisations from publish- ing them ; the second ordered the reduction in size by half; the third limited the number to twenty- five d;;ily, and the fourth instruc- ted editors to censor the text. Bees and War Honey mixed with foods and drinks vure inciu.itut in the daily diet of UK- ancient Komans. So highly did they pri*o this food that thu Ui'ui.iM hinpiiu aiv.ies even carried their own bee-hives ' with them whenever they invaded a foreign land. THE WAR - WEEK Commentary on Current Events Allied Heads Meet In Washington To Plan Defeat of Axis Powers "The Prime Minister of Great Britain," said the President!?! Secretary, Mr. Stephen Ea?ty on the evening of December 22, "is now with the President. He ar- rived by air and was met by the President at an air station near Washington. He was accompanied by Lord Beaverbrook and a tech- nical staff." "There is, of course," continued Mr. Early, "one primary objective in the con- versations to be held between the President and the British Prime Minister and the respective staffs of the two countries. That purpose is the defeat of Hitlerism through- out the world. "It should be remembered that many other nations are engaged to-day in this common task. Therefore, the present * confer- ences in Washington should be regarded as preliminary to further conferences which will offically include Russia, China, the Neth- erlands and Dominions. It Is ex- pected that there will also be in- Tolved an over-all unity in the" conduct of the war. Other, nations will be asked to participate in the ver-all objective." lu* Involved The problem of co-ordinating this vast issues involved could be summarized under the following headings: 1. Britain, America, China, Russia and the Netherlands stand unshatterably united against any separate peace with any part of Ae Axis and they are making the fullest conceivable pledge to each other that only a peace ap- proved by all will be accepted by any. 2. A supreme Allied War Council will be immediately or- ganized to direct the composite strategy against the composite forces of the Axis. The highest and most critical decisions of pol- icy will be settled by common agreement in the interests of the most effective war plan and all the theatres of the fighting will be co-ordintfted in the interests of this common strategy. This is to give effect to Mr. Roose- velt's repeated declarations that the world-scale aggression of the Axis can only be defeated by the world-scale strategy of the Al- lies. 3. There will be an unreserved pooling of the implements of war and they will be dispatched to the fronts where they are most needed in accordance with the necessities of the broadest strat- egy. 4. Russia's entry into the war against Japan will be decided by joint agreement as to when and how it will be most effective. 6. There will be agreement on the essential peace objectives outlined by Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill in the Atlantic Charter. 6. The alliance will not au- tomatically terminate with the conclusion of the war. It is de- signed to constitute the beginning of a peace alliance against fur- ther aggression the beginning of a world policy force to prevent future war. 7. The mechanism of close consultation is planned to form the basis of economic and social collaboration in the period of post-war reconstruction. Conference In Moicow \ is significant that the initia- tive of this Allied Council did not spring from any single one of its members. R arose almost simul- taneously from all of them, i eluding strong leadership fr. Generalissimo Kiang KsurShek in Chungking. The councils from which the present acumen t is emerging have been in> p: ogress for some time in Washington, in London and in MoscoX. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden an 1 V JMinister Joseph Stalin in M< . tf have reached an agreement ^ ijriill on conduct of the war and ^Specially on "the ne- cessity for /he utter defeat of Hitlerite Gelmtiny". There was also an exchange of views on questions relating to the post-war ot'ganizatioiji of peace and securi- ty. In Ithe last war. lack of con- effort ost the Allies dear- ly. In this war, with the anti- Axis coalition sprawling over most of the lands and seas of the world, prompt action is now being taken to weld the Allied forces into an efficient fighting unit. The strag- gle, Mr. Churchill said, if man- aged well, would take only half as long as if managed badly. Grave Problem* In speaking of the onslaught of Japan 'which presented g.'ave problems, Mr. Churchill suiu: "If people ask me, as they .*ave a right u> ask me in Kngiand, why is it you have not got ample equipment of modern a.rctau and modern weapons of all kinds in. Malaya and in the East indies, 1 can only point to the victory General Auchinleck has gained in the Libyan campaign. ^ [ Had we divided those gradually^grow- hig" resources between Libya and Malaya, we would have been found wanting in ' both spheres, If the United States has been foujid at a disadvantage at cer- tain points in the I'aciiie, we know that it. is to some extent due to the fact that you nave been giving us of your equip- ment for the defence of the Brit- ish Isles, and above all for your help in the Battle of the Atlantic, on which all depends, and which is, in consequence, successfully and constantly maintained. Of course it would have been much better if we had had en- ough resources of all kinus to be at full strength at all threat- ened points, but considering how slowly and reluctantly ire brought ourselves to )arge scale preparation and how long those preparations took, we had no right to expect to be in such a fortunate position. Pott-war Problem The choice of how to dispose of our hitherto limited resource had to be made by Britain in time of war and by the UnitJd States in times of peace, and 1 believe history will pronounc* that upon the whole, and it Is upon the whole that these mat- ters must be judged, that the chocie made -was the right one." Although Mr. Churchill stated in Washington that conversation would not include post-war prob- lems, that the present emergency came first, we must consider his words spoken to Congress. "If wv had kept together after the list war, if we had taken comtion measures for our safety, thc> re- newal of the curse need never have fallen on us." After winning the last ivar to- gether with partnership ^between Great Britain was dbpolvej ami each went their resp tctive ways, even becoming rivals/ The ques- tion of war debts, tWe selfishness of British and Aimyrican commer- cial policy, the disarmament com- pact, the lack oi accord of the Far Eastern Poljlcy all worked to- gether to breik up the union of the KnglislA-speaking pe-v U>. This is th a mistake which Mr. Churchill ^ind Mr. Roosevelt are now trying to repair. Nornnandie Seized \By United St~te Aryftie Ar/nied coast guanlsnier, ,IIK on .naval orders, have seized tbt $0*0,000,000 French liner No,....iu- /Jlie, one of the- largest, prurrlest *aud finest ships afloat. Led by ('apt. John Baylis, s u ..rds- uieii swoupoil down oil tile t :.li:;- tou liner at the Hudson KUc. ;.ier, \v,;e:-<: s:u% lias been liiij ip .>inct> the bt'sluniug of the \v:ii'. The Nurmunclle could be used either ;is a transport or us an air- craft. cHrriiT. She was designed anil built I'o speedy conversion. Capl. Daylis suiil IK; liad removed ti!'i:it 200 seamen from her. in YV;i-!.'iii!fcfoii, tlie department of justice said the tY-iK-li se. h'n woiiM he released aii'l placed on parole. Built in 1S35, the Nonn.itnlie 1s the tuirii larj^'st ship in tlie world, exce-etied ouly by the Uritisli Queen Elizabeth and the yuofii Alary. Her length of l.ni'Li feet makes her four times trie iioifjUt of tlif Statue of Liberty a sift from France to the United States. T , - The best way to improve Vancouver REG'LAR FELLERS Mouseproof By GENE BYRNES For Warship. i* V, 1 V