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WITH CALM BORN OF FAITH I Shielding themselves from the tropic sun with umbrellas, as imperturably as if being lowered over the side of a warship in a battle area were a commonplace occurrence, sisters of the Catholic Order of Mary Immaculate are pictured arriving at Guadalcanal. Stationed on another Solomon Island, they were captured by the Japanese and held until rescued by American forces. Two priests and a nun were killed before the Americans arrived. Plane Flies 2,000 Miles Without Pilot Crew and Passengers Bail Out Plane Flies On This is the story of a United States Army plane that flew 2,000 miles with no one aboard. She reversed course and flew by herself to crash in Mexico alter her crew and passengers bailed out because tail flutter vibrations threatened to tear the ship apart in the air over Florida waters. Two men are missing. The four-engined plane took off the night of Feb. 9 from Southern Florida on a routine flight to South America. Aboard were the crew of six, two passe n- ftera, and considerable cargo. The plane was 80 miles out -when a had flutter had developed in the tail. Losing altitude rapidly, the plane dropped from 9,000 to 5,- 300 feet, while the crew and pas- sengers jettisoned the cargo in an attempt to stop the vibrations. Automatic Pilot Set Insead, the vibrations increased and the pilot turned back toward Florida. When the pilot thought he was over the coast, he ordered the others to use their parachutes. Then he headed the plane out to <-a, set the automatic pilot for level flight so the craft would not become a menace ashore, and bailed out. Shortly after noon the next day Mexican authorities reported a plane had crashed in the moun- tains of Northern Mexico a re- port which gave the Air Trans- port Command a first-class mys- tery for several days, because no such plane, was supposed to be in that part of the world. Men on foot finally reached the plane and an investigation pro- duced serial numbers which iden- tified it as the ship abandoned off the Florida coast. Somehow, its course out to sea had been re- versed, and it cut across hundreds of miles of ocean with no one aboard, crashing when its gits tanks were empty. Liner Yields Steel For War Effort The naval training ship Cale- donia, formerly the Cunard liner Majestic, has been raised from the Firth of Forth to furnish nearly 40,000 tons of steel scrap for the war effort. She sank after a fire Septem- ber 29, 1939, but she was raised on the first attempt after 1,800 portholes and all openings in her hull were sealed for the project. She had been towed inshore. About 13,000 tons of high qual- ity steel have been removed from the hull and at her breaking-up berth it is expected s-he will yield 25,000 tons more. 200,000 Square Miles Recaptured An indication of the extent of the gr.-at Russian successes of the past three months is found in the statement from Moscow that 200,000 square miles of Soviet territory have been retaken from the invaders the equiva- lent of a tract 500 miles long and 400 miles deep, criss-crossed with railroads and studded with im- portant towns, says the Ottawa Journal. It is a fact one-half as large as all Ontario, land and water, which has 407,262 square miles, and roughly would cover the area from the Quebec border to Windsor, North to Sault Ste. Marie and the vicinity ot' James Buy. Plight of Poland Under The Nazis The barbarous Boche conceives of a Made-in-Geruiany "new or- der" as a long series of restric- tions on all the European peoples crushed by the Nazi war machine and savagely policed by the ir.- famous Gestapo, says the Strat- ford Beacon-Herald. Poland's pitiful plight is a fair example of Hitler ism running amok in a Ger- man-occupied country. The Polish Review lists some of the cruel restrictions decreed by German authorities in enslaved Poland the ' same brand of tyranny as Canada would suffer in the event of an Axis victory. Hereunder are quoted some of the ''strictly forbidden" rules im- posed on the Polish people, who are not allowed by their German masters to do any of these things: To speak Polish in public, or use Polish names of cities or streets. To print any book, magazine or paper in Polish. To play or sing any Polish mu- sic, or patriotic song. To worship in church. To belong to any religious, sci- entific or social organization. To attend any school or college. To go to operas, theatres or concerts. To visit museums, libraries or educational centres. To pursue any professional ca- reer except medicine under Ger- man law. To enter any public park or garden or sit on any bench in a public place. To eat in restaurants or cafes. To visit barber shops, except those partitioned off to segregate Poles. To travel without permit, or to use express trains and motor buses. To use automobiles or ride bi- cycles, except for cycling to work. To use playing fields or swim- ming pools. To visit health resorts or bath- ing beaches. To buy clothing or footwear, except work clothes and wooden shoes. To shop except in certain stores and at certain hours set aside for Poles. To buy imported foodstuffs. To own cameras, radio sets or phonograph records. To own or use boats on and be- tween the Oder and Vistula riv- ers. To own land or any real estate whatsoever! The surest proof of the mad- ness of Hitler and his ilk is their belief that a Europe robbed of every vestige of human liberty- will accept the "New Order' 1 which the Nazi gangsters are en- forcing on helpless Poland. Free- dom cannot be obliterated for long by bandits as Hitlerite Ger- many will one day realize. LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher "No, we don't know the game but we know the neighbors." THE WAR - WEEK Commentary on Current Events The Race Between United Nations And Axis Powers for the Offensive Following up the recent state- ments of both President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill that the United Nations will now carry the war *o the enemy. American and British generals and admirals announce that their armies, navies and air force are poised to strike on all front, says the New York Times. Admiral Nimitz's forecast of an farly air and naval offens- ive against Japan is matched by the London broadcast to the French people that "the date of an Allied invasion o( Europe is not far off." This i.-s the crucial psychologic- al time at which to strike. To de- lay much longer may cost us dear- ly later on. For our enemies are not standing still. On the contrary. Although Timoshenko is staging a new offensive in the north, the German.--, aided by new reserves and "General Mud," have already succeeded ia slowing up the main Russian drive, and in the critical Donets Basin, have checked it com- pletely, at least for the present. And the Japanese are not only driving ahead in China, but are- also massing forces north of Aus- tralia for wh.it may be an attempt to inva.le that continent. Further- more, while the Japanese are rap- idly developing the regions they have conquered and are thereby growing stronger day by day, the Germans have started out to mo- bilize the last reserve of the whole European ''ontinent for a final desperate effort in the same all- out fashion as the Russians did ia their own country. Finally, Germany la obviously irying to strengthen her political align- ments, and has apparently suc- ceeded in tightening her hold on Italy, and possibly Finland. Axis Possibilities Tne German Propaganda Miu- Ister. Joseph Paul Ooebbels, has promised that the Wehrniacht will again thrust east this year to seek the final victory which Hitler has said lies there. But there were signs that Germany would try to hold lu the East while she turned her main lorces west against tie annits of Britain and America. The Fuehrer himself, in a message to his old party comrades on the twenty-third anniversary of na- tional socialism, promised only- mobilization "to au extent exceed- ing that of any war in history." In the W t>-<:. two directions of attack were available. One led to- ward the British Isles, bristling with guns, guarded by millions of determined men. Britain was the hub around which all the Allied military projects for Europe re- volved. For that reason the temp- tation to risk an all-out attempt to take it might prove irresistible to German military leaders, who have never shown themselves lacking ia boldness. But the cost was certain to be high. The second lay toward the south. us objective would be to drive the AHYs out of North Africa and secure the southern shores of Europe against invasion from that Quarter. It might take the form of a giant pincers, one arm of whkh would go tlirouffh Spain, perhaps bypassing Gibraltar, to Morocco and the supply routes of the American. British and French forces operating in Tunisia, while the other pressed through Turkey and along tbe eastern shores of the Mediterranean into Egypt. From Switzerland last week came re- ports thaf Germany was trans- ferring troops through France to- ward -he Spanish border, and Turkey's President warned his country that the "war contagion" might si-e:id. Allied Possibilities On ihs Allied side, too, there were two ;>o.ssible moves One was an assault upon the northern or western shores of Europe from the British Isles. The other was an invasion from North Africa to- ward what Winston Churchill has called "the soft underbelly of the Axis." the southern shores of Burope. Combined, these two moves could form a grandiose pln-cers aimed at driving the \Vehniiaeht back from all the Eu- ropean countries it has conquered onto German soil. From Sweden last week came reports that Ger- man air observers had seen activ- ity in British barbors pointing to- ward an audacious attempt to in- vade the Continent. The calculations of both sides hung largely on what would hap- pen along the vast Eastern Front. The Germans' ability to launch new thrusts would depend on their ability to halt the rolling offens- ive of the Red Army. The Allied plans depended on Russia's abil- ity to tie down large numbers of German divisions. General Mud Enlists The first signs of Spring were seen last week on the southern readies of the l.OOO-miie K ;s = iaii battlefrout. On the Ukrainian plains the snows were melting. Soviet soldiers took off thrir .:ioth helmets, bared their heads to soft winds from the Black S--a. The rich earth, hard as iron during January, was beginning to clog the treads of Red Army tanks. Soon Russia's ally, General Win- ter, would give way ro Russia's foe, General Mud. To military observers the ap- proach of Spring in South Rus- sia was important. Its probable effect would be to slow the Rus- sian offensive, already one of the most sustained drives in the his- tory of modern war. Since Nov. 19 Soviet armies, trained and equipped for Winter fighting, had been rolling over snowy plains and frozen rivers that offered few natural obstacles. Their avowed purpose was to throw the Nazis out of Hussia The attack had broken a formidable enemy de- fense system along the Donets River, bad smashed forward in places 400 miles from its starting point at Stalingrad. But ahead stretched another 400 miles of Russian soil and another grea: defense system based on tie line of the Dnieper Hirer. The task facing Russian generals already struggling wita a major supply problem was to crack the second defense line before Spring thaws could bog down the Red Army's momentum. Words From the Eait Last week Premier Joseph Stal- in, in an order of the day marking the 'wenty -fifth anniversary of the Red Army, note'! once again 'hat Russia was bearing the main weight of -;ie war and that ,i second front had not yet been es- tablished in the west. At the same time he ieclared that ihe Red Army had been created as an in- strument of defense and not of conques: Some observers saw : -j tiiis an Indication that the Russians would bait' their advance when and if they reached their old borders, thus freeing German troops for operations ' -he West. Wit'a this view President Roosevel- 'ook sharp iss.it>. From other Russian sources came predictions of a joint victory by the United Na- tions that seemed to set aside fears that the Red Army would slacken its efforts. THE BOOK SHELF EVERGREEN HOUSE By Louite Platt Hauck Attractive young Cynthia Bar- stow is very hospitable by nature. She welcome?, therefore the as- sorted relatives, who have been drawn to the nearby city to en- gage in defense work, into the rajnbiing old house which she shares with her grandmother. Then, she adds several young men who have been unable to find living- i;uaru--.-s elsewhtre. The resulting situation inevitably pro- duces daily problems and eornp:i cations, but Cynthia revels in solving them. Kven K\ergveen House iisolf catches the excite- ment and fosters several love af- fairs, not the least of which is Cynthia's own unexpected ro- mance. Evergreen House ... By Louije PUtt Hauck . . . Dodd. Mead & Company . . . Price $2.35. Enlistments of Canadian Na- tional men in the active army are sufficient to form six infantry battalions. VOICE OF THE PRESS SUPPLY OF WHITE FLAGS If you have reaj Hitler's Mein Kampf, you will recall that the Fuehrer has a hankering fox whit* silk shirts. He wrote that he en- vied people who could wear them. Laval las sent Hitler 35 white silk shirts from the silk mills of Lyons. If Hitler does not last long enough to wear aJl those shirts, they will make good white flajrs to indicate surrender of the Reich. Windsor Star. o WORDS OF WISDOM Mnie. Chiang Kai-Shek's ad- dress to members of the United States Congress was one of the most stirring and eloquent that august bo. J .y ever heard. Among many memorable passages was this one: "We in China are con- vinced that it is the better part uf wisdom not to accept failure ignominiously, out to risk it glor- iously." Ottawa Citizen. o NOT CHOICE OF WORK The Ottawa Journal states thai we may hope for pmnioyn.ent '''i~ all, but we can never hope for choice of employment for all. Even the merit system in Soviet Russia does not provide any such Utopia as that. And they have the merit system of reward in every factory of the State. ST. Catharines Standard. OUR COMPETENT WOMEN Women are stepping into sc many wartime jobs and perform- ing them with such acceptance that man may be fortunate if he is allowed to take charge of the kitchen after the war. Peter- borough Examiner. o - CURE FOR SPRATTS As time goes on and rationing becomes tougher, it is believed the Spratts, Jack and the missus. will be pretty well relieved of their respective allergies. Win- nipeg Tribune. o WASHDAY IN RUSSIA The Germans are being washer, up in the Donets Basin. And the Russians are proving very good washer-uppers. Stratford Beacon Herald. o MEMORY LINGERS An old-timer is one who asso- ciates a board of education with the shingle wielded in the wooa sheti. Kitchener Record. British Alcohol Distilleries Idle Most Kritish alcohol distilleries, including those normally used for whisky, are out of use and are being used in storage, says In- dustrial ami Engineering Chem- istry. Instead of taking over the whisky making plants for the manufacture of alcohol for mili- tary purpose's, the government prefers to import alcohol from the United States and Canada, as a considerable saving of shipping is effected by importing alcohoi rather than the raw materials re- quired to make it. / Saw The Morning Break Ye that have I'ait.h to look with fearless eyes Beyond the tragedy o; a word; at strife, And trust tint out of night and death shall rise The iiaw:i uf ampler Rejoice, whatever anguish remi your heart. That (iod has niver. you for l>!-kvle.-s dowel- To live in these great times ami have y^ur part In Freedom's crow::iiiir hour; That you may tell your sons w'o> see tlie light High in the heavens their heri- tage to take: "I saw the powers ;:' Darkn->s> put to flight, 1 saw the morning break." Sir Owen Seaman, 1S61-1D36. Bluey and Curley of the Anzacs He-Man stuff By Gurney, (Australia) HEY LOFTY, HOVJS ABOUT COMlNOr OMER. "fo fH TvKJ-UP SCHOOL. AND HAME A 60 AT TbSSlMCi THE PENNIES Y / MO GOOD To ME, ( IOSSIM PENNIES * A \PLAMtM' ( \MhEGLE I COME FROM IN. QUEENSLAND 1H BOYS (. ARE so TOUGH THEY PLAV Two -UP WITH . MAN -HOLE COVERS.^