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VOICE OF THE PRESS LIVELIEST RAINBIRD Another grand old lady ha* made the headlines and this tint* he really has something. Mrs. H. Rainbird, of Brcntwood, Kng., gets up at 7 a.m. and cooks break- fast and she has just celebrated her 104th birthday. And the rest of the Rainbirds, we suppose, stay in their nest and let her do it. -. -Ottawa Citizen LONDON'S EXAMPLE London, Kng. , in a week in the> fourth yt-ar of the war, raised $000,000,000 in u " .. in;;o-for-vic- tnry" campaign to back the K.A.K. All Canada is being asked to raise $1,100,000,000, half a billion more, in the thrco weeks in the) Fourth Victory Loan. If London blitzed and blighted by German bomhs, can do it, tune should b no doubt of Canada's answer. The Li'llibritlgc Herald o POST-WAR THOUGHT A j-ci'.-ntist pivilicts that some) d:iy we will lie able to live on air. Ite tha' as it may, we arc hoping for the day when .'. v.ur ends, and we will In- able to walk on it. N'cwi THE RADIO EAR Why '.> it the avciaiu- person i i distinctly hear u clock tick across tiie ri'Min, yet cun't hear the radio fion. i il tai :e of r^r.t. feet if .1 i-.'i't Uirii''d, :ip t<> hoff- cnlling volume? St. I ' is Si MI- T :-! I CRUMY ; ew "victory sausage" is t<> cor.'air. v;irn>us an-! vjndry nubsta: di il marking tin fim appe.i ,c . . .. e lielicve, of hash :M tight s. Grit . AND THE HARNESS? The i-i-Miis-ai.ee of man':) nob- lest frii-nd turns out to be very timely; but afu-r eating the horse, what do we do with the bujrify? - Striitfi.nl I.earoi'-Hi-rald o BATH FOR ROMMEL . ' ,iH'i'y is a pretty decent vrt of chap he's prom- ised to conf'-r thv Order of the Bath on Rommel iti ihe Mediter- ranean. VV...iiitiie' S.-iiiit.!'! Ilcviaw (i ADVICE TO FATTIES Wright M.aki-s f'lt pe'i|ile puff rut. if tlie>'re .smart, tha puffing will mnka them w.-i :. l\ tcl -i.t-r Record Feather Pillows Quickly Cleaned Pillow* Ai Good A* New If Washed Carefully TURNABOUT IN TUNISIA After much u.ic, fealhur pi'.lowa gt toiled. Thin ilon tiot mean that tha conscientious, houtawtft Miinot wah them ju.it a* thjr arn. without iioliif rinif to trai.- fr tint fuather.5 to a linan bajr. Tha feather pillow will be M good a* now if th following au(f- I'li.-i a ti : i 1 ' it four inchaa lotitf- should he cut at one end of tha pillow. A :|.iaru of muilin hoiilil then I),. SI--A--I si:eui-cly over tha slit. This effectively allow* the sud-y .inter in and out. To j*r. ilia licst reulti, only ana pillow nt a timo should b* plurrd in thn ua-hmg machine. So thiit tin- ft'Htlicr* will lie .ioft and pliable, extra lieavy l'jk- AaiiM , I'M slunilil lie Liscil. If the water becotniM ton tlirty, or th" li ilili!'--, KH fiat, mix fr?h mids. Had sjiou on the cover ina>- lit i ii'ibt-d with a brush. After tliu cover ami pillow ara clean, iinn<! three or four tiniaa in tepid water, and J>| iee;,e out The jiil'ow -.li'iuld li bung cara- f'llly Ky 1*0 eoiner... anil it posi- tion changed duriiiK dryii.g ta help restoin the fiufrinest of tba feathers. Either Side of Raft Is Right Side Up A i-.it.iiimi ari, <>f double-hulled type of life i aft, tha Hiick-win ha* In-i-n desiijne'i to bo i/ixupiod on whaii'MT <ida coire^ up after It lias bt'i-n lliniA-ii off th dock of ship Twenty IIPI-.SOII.H may lie :u fi'iiiiiodnteii on the ruft which iii fiirtlu'ini'iie, n well di-ck to .sit upright. 'I'hui it helps to relii-ve fti(f.;e whik- flnating on highly agitated oci'an surface. Tho catamurun raft has a hatch vaihilili' iioiii cither side. In tin* hatch HI storud fond, lilunk- is, SH.I, flares, i-eailuiif niatti-r. in- iilii'imi.- a hymn book anil a Ili'ila, rurtdcr, si((Mal flair, tarpaulin, a curtain, ami first -iiiil e<|iiipni.-nt. Th tlc.si|fiH-r' fur. -.night liM vf M provided tin- wt-ather tarpau- lin with fixtuivn piTinittiiiK r*m water to be mis formidable-looking, Cierman-mudc taiik destroyer is wor<- ing for the Allu-s now. Americans captured it in battlu with the H'th Panzer Division in Central Tunisia. Today it bears the slur insignia of the U. S. forces, and iU 75-mm. gun will bark back at the Axis. Turn "Parlors" Into War Workshops The authorities are looking kind- ly on tho experiment of au KIIB- llsh housewife who has turned her lounge Into a workship where 40 women neighbor:;, working part- time, :naki> 2.500 aircraft compon- ents every week. Other housewives are gotr.i; to do the same, and it Is lioivtl 'hat the idea will he fuii , 1 by wuiii'-H i'i .rli-T resi- dential areas. T;i-s i.otiuii. as often happens wii'Mi !io'isewivs tackl a. thing, Irt u it -i :n^i-!iious and prarticul. '.' i NII hai !ar-rea"!iiug posslbll- ititM. If. is dilllcult for many busy IM . f-i'.i-t to travel to a factory miles away, and a scheme of hoino- : K, ntllcially organized ami on- --.-d. may solve iimny prub- l.-ms. It may. imloed, bu 'he> only alt>>r- native to a drastic call-up which wo'ild hit thousands of women very hard. NEW POST M.i '.i j M:!; 1 ,. .nil>u, former Japanese Aiiiliu.siador to (irt-at Britain, new Foreign .\linister in hakc-up of Tokio cabinet. Al- wayi a .eadua: advocate of Jap an.M-i co-operation with U. S. and Britain, his appointment suggest* that .In pi expect oventual Axit defeat and are preparing for negotiated peace. Glider Takes Off From The Water A K'"i ur adapted with floats under tha wing-tipi to unable it to take off from the v.t>r wa uri-fssfully flown off from I,aka Wlnilei-inere, Kinflund, recently. Ilia iiee.'.s,-mry initial |)epj wa gained iiy it bein towed by a fAt (iptfi-illioat at about 40 ni.p.h. Tba Rlitler was soon airborna ainl baviiiK cast off its tow it rota to height o! K>0 feet und lUr made a perfectly good land- Ing. As all gliil<T3 are dependent on finding upwnrd-iisian nir cur- renU to ki'f|i them flying it may ha mora .lift'ii-ult to find tlicsa ovr th* cool water than over tha tun- warmed land. The idea of tha pioneer8 in to try it out under varioui condition* to HM Ita n'ilit.y. Tba enemy ft-ara i!" l.re.ii>'li mortar bombs. Your SIOO Vic- tory Hond will buy fiO :uul scam btvi dHvliirlitu out of I'im! Record Of British Overseas Airways Planes Flew 10,000.000 Mile* During Last Year During 154- Hriti.sh ()v. : Airways flying boa' > .ui-l land planes Hew about l miles in ua aggregate (l\;!-.i; time of about f.7. -.">') hours, rarryiiiK ap- proximately 43,000 p;i >-.-,- 'HS'-vs. 850 tous of mail and ^.'Jo'i ions of freight, Ihe Air Mini-try reports. The total pas.spnui-r-Miii'.-s flown amounted to approximately 91.- 000,000. and the capacity ton mil'-i provided w.-rn roiiRM'.- l'1 .I;",M>OII, oom;i,ii'-;I with lL',r^7.-':il "i-mll'-t In !!iU and K.C7-l,!7i; In 104". The aircraft fly unarmed aud frequently they In- 'ukcu throuRli *ar areas in outer to di-livtT priority pa ~ or freight. )t--i!Hh .\;,-tt.y-i (1. : n bo.iu are maintaining services !...ie.-n Bal- timore and tht) t'nitfd Kingdom. Baltimore ami Lagos, to and from Lagos and the Uniti-l Kingdom, between Britain ami Lisbon, across Africa to th<> Middle K.nt. and from South Africa to India; and land pianos are fly I us on the re- turn ferry service between Britain ami Canada, and maintaining serv- ice* bftwei-n the l'nltid Kingdom and Hire, between Britain and West Africa and on to tlic I'nil.-d SI.II-M. botwpen the Middle Kast and Fer- ula and Iraq, and lns>\e.-u the Middle lv<tr And vm -io n -vartj of Africa In addition. Uu-re !.< service be! ween Africa nmt Madagascar, wliila three types of land planes ara cngH-'ed on wli.it I* known a* tha "lit-^-i" Servee ' liit'.vi-en Cairo and tha \V--H!.>rn !> They Need Homes And Loving Care Tiny Wards of Chiidren't Aid Society Deicrv* Fair Chance In Llfa Ailo;ity-.K a l>a.liy ! a tp. HI s.-i iom that ni.iiiy shrink men from riiinideriiiB It, ays 'I'li.t Windsor Star. ('li!lille.M people, hownver. nhonild Rive thoiiKht to tills matter. Therein Hen the opportunity for them both to KHJII nrirli hipiiinoss. and also to render a griMt Sflrvlc* to humanity, Tho n|!>(nl made bv Uia C'lill- dn-n's Aid Society should itliu- ulaM Intciest In thl.i i|iiiHtlon. T:i.< o! C.i II I/a 1 hill H. KI to H id IlUlllUS for IU tiny wards, children who .n > placitl In that i>osillon by a varii'ly of cii'CUtnstances, Imt cer- tainly through no fiinlt of tlieir own. They desci va it fair chance In life, and tho nation will have Tietvd df t lii-m In the yi-irs to come, fir hiinian ilvi-s art! our most IPII-I ions n.illonal astift. Only in homo aliiMiplu-i H ran lh>-y lit" du- ',ein,i-..| into Ihe kind nf men and women they should lio. Adoption undoubtedly Involves Ki'Mt respon- hillity, pn-liaps consid"ialil solf- siir-rillec. but l! can i imipt-iiinle for .ill I liis. In Mm joy that clill- dri-ii hriiiR to a lioine, ami In tho satisfaction to bo lake,n from rar- IHK Iliom to ln> n n-.-ilit to tlu-ir fosit-i 1 IMIVIIM iinil to their com- munltj'. THE WAK WEEK Commentary on Current tvents Story Of American Bombing Raid On Tokio One Year Ago One of the -exciting tales of the wal - the story of the American bombing raid on Tokio one year ago W us told officially one day last week. Next day the grue- some sequel was disclosed: some of eight captured American fly- ers were executed by the Japan- ese, despite the fact that they were tinifonnd prisoners of war. It took ubout three months to prepare for the raid, says the New York Herald Tribune. Jimmy Doolittle did not kno.v at first what the target was to be, but ha rounded up 150 volunteers in Texas and took them and twenty- four North American B-'^'i medium bombers to Florida to drill. Army bombers had never taken off en from a Navy aircraft car- rier; the flyers practiced on land how to get into the air in only bOO feet, and they rehearsed how they would fly low over the un- named objectives. The planes were altered; the belly gun which would be useless when flying so low was replaced with a gun atop the fuselugu; extra gasoline tanks \vtM-e installed for a long flight; the Norden bomb sight was re- placed with a '40-cent affair, so no secrets could fall into Japan- ese hands. !!> the time thu flyers boarded the aircraft carrier Hornet, still not informed of their mission, there were only sixteen B-25's, and eighty men. The bombers had so great a wing spread that they had to be carried on the flight deek lashed together. The sixteen took up so much room thai only 500 feet of lieck space was- left free for the tak-'-off run. Two days out at sea an an- nouncement from Admiral Halsey, i-m.maiider of the fleet task force, blared through the loud speakers: the object of this mis- sion is to bomb Tokio. The flyers cheered and heard the detailed The carrier would approach to within -100 miles of Japan. The planes would take off at dusk, bomb Tokio by night, fly on to I'hin.'.se airfields and land at day- break. Change of Plan* On the morning of tho big day, April 18, a grave hitch developed. At dawn a Japanese trawler hove in sight. An American cruiser sank it immediately, hut had the trawler already warned Tokio by radio? Admiral HaUey wig- wagged the problem to Jimmy Doitlittle on the carrier: if w continue, we may run into disas- ter; can your planes m:\kf Tokio from hens'.' Doolittle said yes. So at 8. 'JO that inorr.inc the six- teen planes took off. SCO miles fiom Tokio instead of 100 miles a -A ay, to bomb it by daylight in- stead of by night. At high noon thuy akiii.iued the i,,,, is of Tokio. One by one each objective of each plunu was check- ed off tank factories, shipyards, airplane plants. They could have bombed the imperial palace, but tins Kmperor was not a military object i\t- and of relatively minor importance. The planes then headed back out to sea for fifty miles to fool the enemy, before turning south and west toward China. By the original plan they would have reached airfields in unoccupied China early in the morning, but by the enforced change in sche- dule they arrived over (.."aina'a mountains in pitch dark and could find nowhere to land. They went tip to 10,000 feet, distributed to each man rations and a map, then jumped in their parachutes into the blackness. The planes, of course, were .MvcUnl all but one which flew to Siberia and landed safely. Only one flyer was killed in the jump. Must of the men lauded in un- occupied China ami eventually made their way to Chungking; some now are fighting in North Afncu. A few of the flyers, how- ever, landed in Japanese-occupied China. Two never have been ac- counted for. Kight were captured by the J \-anese. Japan Kill* Pritoncr* liei'ore the war Japan solemnly fturved to abide by the interna- tional Geneva convention on the treatment of war prisoners. But six weeks ago our government learned from Japan, through the medium of the Swiss Minister t Tokio, that all of the eight cap- tured flyers were sentenced to death; for some the sentcnc? wa* commuted, and the rest possibly three, although tho number is not known were executed. Japan's excuse was that the flyers had deliberately attacked civilians. They did not do so, the State Department said; thi-y had orders to attack only military objectives and "it is known that they did not deviate thi refrom." Tokio insinuated that the men whose death sentences were com- muted had admitted having at- tacked non-combatants. The State Department's reply was that there have been "numerous known in- stances in whcih Japanese official agencies have employed brutal and bestial methods in extorting alleged confessions from persons in their power." 300,000,000 Trees For Reforestation Three hundred million trees, from one-year-old seedling* t three and four-year transplants, are ready in the great nurseries of the Forestry Commission for creating new wooda throughout Britain in the years after the war. An official of the Forestry Commission said that whereas be- fore the war 75,000,000 young trees were raised each yeai for afforestation and reforestation purposes it will b necessary in future to raise many more. He revealed that plans to give the nation a total area of torest* and woods pf 5,000,000 acres are being considered. There are in the country 16,000,000 acres of rough and waste land. None of it is useful for agricultural pur- poses, and can be planted with trees. Collecting scrap and saving money by saving time and con- serving material serves TWICE when the earnings and savings are invested in Victory Bonds. LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher "I'm torry to disturb you, mitter .... but 1 can't get alt tK .1- .-- ia nf pocket*." THIS CURIOUS WORLD COf*. 1M* IV MA HviCC. KK. T. M Ria U. t. PAT Of. HAY WAS FIRST IM I&!S> BV A LONDON AMD WAS ANSWER: Knots. NEXT: The high price of water. REG'LAR FELLERS Message to Heinbockle By GENE BYRNES Ht 6oT -rv\t Vortou TCH VJOWtJ . -