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VOICE OF THE PRESS MMILAK SITUATION HEME "Kirst tine boy* from the count- ry come to the city, to work in factories. Then there isn't enough kelp to plant, cultivate and mar- ket food crops. So Unlc Stun goes to tiiv cities to find men to end bark to tht farms to do the work there." Thou* re ths word* of an American commen- tator. It sounds a bit daffy. But Canadians can't afford to lautrh, because we have a similar it u at ion here. Kitchener Rec- SPOONING" DAYS A Washington official says mo- tor cars mustn't be used for ''petting parties' 1 it's a waste of nline. Perhaps the parlor and t porch will come into their wn again, and there may be a revival of the old-fashioned ham- mock. And in the old days it was called "spooning", we are told. Ottawa Journal. WOULDN'T STAY PUT Paper serviettes are among the items now brought under the paper-saving economy program of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. As a colleague used to sy, the thing's were no good anyway, except to a diner with a wooden leg and a thumbtack. Brantford Expositor. REVISED VERSION A recent cartoon, depicting an setting aquatic rescue in which the rescuer had a difficult choice to make, suggests that a popular aong might now be rewritten to "fto I pulled her out on shore And she's mine for evermore." /Who, the lady, Mr. Gallagher?" *No, the tire tube, Mr. Shean.' 1 Stratford Beacon-Herald. IT'S HOPELESS Defence Minister Ralston inti- >at the "women's army" may a* nsed to operate searchlight batteries in home defence. It's hard enough to slip anything over a modem female in the dark, but when they have searchlights wow! Windsor Star THOSE WERE THE DAYS When we were youngsters, we aid to liiilt- behind the barn to read the kind of blood-and-thun- <i r stuff that our children now frt on the radio every day Kit- chener Hecord. WAR TALK Strategy is something you plan to do to the other fellow, and tactics are what you do in a liurry after you discover your trategy hasn't clicked. London Ftte THE TRUTH Summer slacks, and some are not slack enough. St. Thomas Times-Journal. Sailors Patronize Tattooing Artist Professor Decorates Hairy Cheits of Canadian Seamen Kavorite artist In Uie thronged ort of Halifax Is Professor Fred- crick A. Baldwin, despite the fact that he never so much as tout-lie* a palette or easel. His work 'Is done with needles and garish dyes, with tlie hairy dimls and muscular arms of the alters in tbe< Itoyal Canadian Navy aii'l men-limit marine as bis canvasses. He in the .unii'ii's artist by common appointment, and a man Is HI ill regarded ae a landlubber until he bus si|iiii nu'd i./ i the mils of this short, rmtal Englishman. Go lo him iiml he will give you a fine arm etching whose reds and blurs will never fade to let you forget a girl named Mamie or Mabel. Or he will pick out In cub- tfued pastels and pinks a touching ii i i railed "sailors' memorial" abowing, Insldn a laurel wreath. IIH last of a ship being swallowed by angry ceas. Professor Baldwin claims (but bis ciiNidini-rs, Hie majority of tin n, ueafarerx, are sentimental lads who chouse hl chaste mem- orial ' ' .mr. ill ; i : 1'IU-B tl) Ills more IP, mill offerings. Many of the iin-i'i liant mariners, he nuld, ,.p ' to have tattooed on them the iiiinirs of liintilleH lost nl sea. Othcra have tlio names of their entire fiinillittM listed down their arms. Tim professor himself Ig a firm IIH,I, p, of bin art he might b i.i''iii n wulklng billboard. I'Yofn MB ankles to his neck cavort dancing girlri. xiuikrx, bleeding hearts nr.d names of otherwise Ii- romance*. CHILDREN WAR'S VICTIMS THE WORLD 'ROUND Following the ruthless pattern set in Europe, children of the Orient, too young: to understand the terror which has come upon them, are driven from their homelands by the relentless forces of war. Evacuated from Sumatra when the Jap invader spread his terror, these Javanese and Chinese young- sters po.se willingly at the Port Melbourne, Australia, hospital which has become their refuge. THE WAR - WEEK Commentary on Current Events German and Russian Armies Massed For Mighty Conflict The masked armies of Russia and Germany have moved into sudden action. The German at- tack in the Crimea appeared to be the first step in Hitler's long- heralded spring drive aimed at the oil and mineral wealth of the Caucasus. (It was reported re- cently that German tanks and trucks were using olive oil as a lubricant). While the Russians were being forced to retire slowly in the Crimea Marshal Timoshenko's divisions launched a counter move in fact it might be called an offensive move and broke through the Nazi lines at Khar- kov, the great industrial city of the Ukraine. So begins the third phase of the Russo-German war. Firit Phaie of War The first phase began almost a year ago when the German armies, marching eastward, met and overwhelmed the Russian forces from the Baltic to the Black Sea. The Russian armies were push- ed back, fighting stubbornly, and in their retreat leaving behind a "scorched earth." Depth of Rus- sian defense and lengthening Ger- man lines of communication slow- ed up the Nazi advance. Second Phate of War With the announcement on Nov. 29, 1941, that the German armies had been hurled back at Rostov, gateway city to the Cau- casus, the second phase of the war began. Throughout the win- ter Russian counterdrives forced the retreating Germans westward. When spting came the Red Army had recaptured about 100,000 square miles of the 500,000 overrun by the Nazis in the war's first phase. Battle of Production Throughout the winter, too, the battle of production was waged behind the fronts. German fac- tories were speeded up to capa- city-production of guns, tanks, trucks and planes. Fresh troops, youths of 17 and 18 years, were mobilized. Workers were called Jn from occupied countries to man the war plants, releasing more Germans for the fighting front. It is stated that Hitler has moved 100 divisions, a total 01' more than a million men, through Poland. During last winter he maintained about one million men on the Russian front. He gar- risoned in the Baltic states about one million men. These last moved the inhabitants out of their homes and took possession. They wintered well and are now well placed for active fighting. The food situation in Germany itself, as well as in the occupied countries, is considered bad and is getting worse. The losses in mechanical war equipment have been very heavy and it is doubt- ful if production of ground wea- pons over the winter has fully compensated for losses at the front. Ruttian Preparations In Russia, throughout the win- ter, preparations were being made to meet the expected all- out Nazi drive in the spring. Huge factories were successfully moved from the front to safety far be- hind the lines where huge quan- tities of iron ore and coal are accessible; also great deposits of bauxite, the raw material for aluminum. The Russian losses of war ma- chinery in the first few weeks of Hitler's attack last June were very heavy. The Russian situa- tion was desperate until the win- ter immobilized, to a great ex- tent, the German mechanized equipment. Now the Red Army position is different. With the ever-increasing flow of supplies from Britain and the United States the Russians are not infer- ior in equipment, except for tanks, and even that situation may be remedied. Kui.ia'i Strength Because Russia is a united nation Hitler's attack brought the whole population to the sup- port of the " Stalin regime the Russian morale is extraordinarily good. Consequently there is no sabotage behind the Russian lines, whereas it is a menace almost everywhere behind the German lines. Much of Russia's strength lies in the mechanization of agricul- ture. It was possible to move a great part of the motorized equip- ment in advance of the German penetration. Populations skilled in the use of the equipment were also transported. As a result, great areas heretofore unculti- vated have been seeded an ex- ample of socialized farming on a vast scale. There is no doubt that another winter of war would strain the food supplies of both Russia and Germany but the Rus- sians would probably be the better fed. ll would appear that the spring finds Russia stronger and Hitler weaker than a year ago and also that the strength of Russia con- tinues to increase while, accord- ing to some authoritative sources, that of Germany tends to wane. Hitler Muit Gamble It is not surprising, therefore, to hear that some of the military leaders in Germany are opposed to an offensive against Russia thia year. A policy is advocated of organizing the territory al- ready taken and th'at Russia be encouraged to destroy herself by assuming the offensive and wear- ing herself out by attacks on im- pregnable positions. High Allied opinion, however, considers that Hitler is decidedly opposed to such defensive strate- gy and holds that he must try for a decisive victory in Russia and gamble everything in the effort. It is considered a political neces- sity for Hitler to show new vic- tories. If he loses his reputation for invincibility he loses every- thing. Viscount Gort New Governor of Malta Viscount Gort, Commander in Chief of British Gibraltar, has been named Governor and Com- mander in Chief of the bomb- battered Island of Malta, it if officially announced. He succeeds Lieut. Gen. Sir William George Sheddon Dobbie, under whose heroic leadership the island stood up under the greatest single concentration of Axis air attacks more than 2,000 air-raid alarms which has been felt in this war. "Tiger" Gort, former chief of the Imperial Staff, commanded the British Expeditionary Force in France at the beginning of the war. He has been at Gibraltar since April, 1941. When ix>rd Gort goes to Malta, he will take the George rosa which King George awarded col- lectively to the islanders last month for their heroism under continued Axis bombings. General Dobbie has been at Malta since 1940, first as tempor- ary Lieutenant-General but since May, 1941, as Governor and Com- mander in Chief. He is return- ing to London for a rest. Poles Escaped To Fight The Enemy Said Poland's gallant General Sikorski to Canadian newspaper- men recently: "I am sure you do not realize it, but the Polish air force ia al- most as big as the Canadian air force. Yes, I mean the Polish air force in action." What a people! Crushed and crucified by the first onslaught of Hitler's Luftwaffe and panzer plunderers, their cities laid in waste, the Poles never struck their flag, says the Ottawa Jour- nal. Instead their little navy es- caped to go oti fighting the Axis and their soldiers reached France and their airmen took to British skies to help defend Britain. Their heroism became a byword. Today all over England one meets those blue-eyed, fair-haired Polish soldiers, proud, erect, un- conquerable. Poland's story is one of the great epics of human courage. Not the least noble chapter in it is that which she has written dur- ing the past, three years. Beach-Combing Profitable Trade Heach-combing is becoming a profitable business on the shores of Great Britain, according to The Port Arthur News Chronicle. The Minstry of War Transport has reminded the public that awdrds are offered for cargo or equip- ment recovered from the sea or washed upon benches, while fail- ure to give notice of a chance for salvage may result in loss of the awards plus fines as high as 100. A group of Essex resi- dents in recent months has earned 800 by salvaging turpentine pine oil and rubber from the Thames Estuary. NDIVIDUAL Itlzen's A* MAIWiKE A IR.WIN /\ A Weekly Column About This and That in The Canadian Army Well, we got it at last! A touch at total war in our front yard! Freighter torpedoed in the St. Lawrence! I know the news is stale, but Blue*. I know that broad estuary as well as most of us know Main Street or Broadway you might be Interested In a few remarks on the subject. Naturally, elnce the filiation of security enters into it, I Bhall not attempt to speculate as to where the attacks took place although, Judging by the hour at which the attacks were niitie and the re- ported times of the landings of survivor* at various little ports it is not too hard for an ex-ship- news reported to figure out with- in fifty miles or so. W'hat is most important, now that the sneaking underwater hounds have at last gathered their courage to the point of risking their lives in confined waters, is the steps to be taken by members of the Individual Citizen's Army. There< is no need to worry about the eteps that are being taken by the Canadian Navy ' it was immediately announced that long- prepared plans were at once put into effect. Remember a few days after the little yellow apes attacked Pearl Harbour? They shelled the Cali- fornia coast. That was done from a submarine. It can happen here! Not beyond the bounds of pos- sibility are landings at obscure spots in the dead of night for water and food or dlesel oil. That is why a recruiting cam- paign is going on for the Reserve Army. Married men in the ac- ceptable age group and married and single men whose categories unfit them for overseas service are needed to form a "Home Guard." There may be work for a home guard much sooner than we complacently anticipate. There are long miles of shore- line on both sides of the estuary In which scattered farm houses are the only signs of habitation. But the men and women who live in these picturesque white Bouses are of a sturdy stock that items back to the hardy French- men who wrested Canada from the defences of nature and who ably, defended their territory aealnct savages who would be appalled at the savagery display- ed today by the "toultured" Nazis. Even if there are submarines in the St. Lawrence we cannot all play the role of Madeleine da Vercheres, we cannot all Join the Reserve Army, but we can all play our parts by doing every- thing possible in our daily lives to conserve every resource for wartime production. From the little port that har- bours the pilot tender to its mouth the- mighty St. Lawrence River takes on almost ihe proportions of an inland sea. Heavily wooded country abounding with wild life backs the settled fringe along the shores. It Is templing country to brutalized men who hay* e*rn cooped tip for weeks in th fetid atmosphere of a submarine. Wild life, moose, deer, smaller game, are very templing to men who have been living on German naval rations. They may be 'tempt- ed to try a little hunting. And it may be too bad for them. Have you ever faced a conscientious Game Warden? The farmers of the toyer St. Lawrence a r t an amphibious people equally at home betwern the handles of a plough or a pair of o.ir.s, in a gasoline tractor or a fishing launch capable of riding the heavy seas for which the great river is noted. They will give a good account of themselves if they get the chance. They are used to making a liv- ing the hard way in a. year round contest with the elements and will be just as equal to protecting that living when the occasion arises. Hut they won't be able to d-o it alone! They will need, and must jave, every other Canadian standing behind them. They will need th lloyal Canadian Navy - which #0 many of their sons have joined. And that Navy needs heavy clothes, warm food, rubber } >oot*, depth charges, ammunition YoUrve guessed it! That's wher the Individual Citizen's Army en- tew the picture again. To give the Navy its woollea sweaters, its heavy socks to wt-ai under sea<boots, it's hot cocoa- sweetened for energy ita depth charges, we have to do without great many things. Every order of the War* inn Prices and Trade Hoard, the noard of economic strategy, is deaxiifd to make some important commod- ity or Ingredient available to one of the fighting services. Metal kegs are banned deptii charges are metal kegs; tmgar is rationed sugar makes alcohol, alcohol makes explosives; rubber Is restricted rubber make* sea- boots; we carry parcels to save wrapping paper wrapping pa- per helps make shells; and we shouldn't need to be ordered. We should cheei'fully volunteer to make even more savings than ar* planned for us. That torpedo in the St. Lawr- ence was a bugle call. Let's "fall In"! The Statute of Freedom sur- mounting the dome of the Capitol at Washington is made entirely of bronze and weighs 14,985 !b. LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher "You know. Butch Accordin' to thii book, w'r* guilty." REG'LAR FELLERS-The Thinker By GENE BYRNES I GOTTA .PERFECT FT SOMEHOW OR SOME KID WILL qRAR IT WHEN THE SEASON OPENS OH, BW I LOOKIT THAT SWELL KNOTHOLE IN THE BAW.BAU PARK FENCE / ITS IDEAS LIKE THIS WHAT MAKE ME THINK I'M A GENIUS OR3UMF*N/ - -