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HOW YOUNG CANADIANS CAM HELP TO WIN THE WAK I'M GOING ON A FARM THIS SUMMER TO HELP THE WAR EFFORT SO AM I. CHRIS. SUE AND I ARE WING )^ rone* FRUIT ' 'v.yn >Jg WC HAVE A LOT OF FIM.TOO J ^T "H ^\' J$m YOU'RE LEARNING TO HANDLE WAT TcroR miry WEU.CMRIS- IT EASY GOING THROUGH THE GATE THIS IS THE BEST SUMMER I CAN REMEMBER IWM KNOW WE ARE REAllV HELPING TO WIN THE WAR Oiri*l' e * Cr ahan W* 1 * Christie's Biscuits "There's a wartime duty for every Canadian" THE WAR WEEK Commentary on Current Events Air Power To Play Key Part In Future Operations Of War KM. .and l)' '! :.il ' i \\ iilu:u 1:1. l.(i'. '.vi-.-k was a <>-. -is if 1'in^ <iK'' ill inning, the V.AT York Tmii. In it AMIS .1 W.-.-K of long- l)'i;n'..;i^. ;nm I at the in- 'i"i- 1 <>f C-rinanr and '1 oul -in ,<:i unprecedented f-ii^i. In Norla AdiiA it was a -. f i '.iiii;ii:i^ and bl.isting at to* iri:h 11 w.i 11 of llnt'T'i for- r.'!-. In nil 'lie 1'iiii""! Nations It was a vn-k of rUin.; hop* 1 , has- ^d on the an: irijia! ion of new b -5 thit w^re obvio'iily In the m :. K , i: K. And In the Axis -It s -,-111 re ii IIIMI have 1 ..... :i a week of '.;iici tdln S|ifru!;itioii about " (h- I'tr'."l \i!i'iv< t. Vf n-x' Completo Agreement '!' ..' Mf\' .'>; ban b-n l-Ti'l- <! in \V;n':i!,';' MI. wlu-:.' !h-i lilgh- < . ujikiiK A: my, N'.ivy anl air . ' 4 of KiiMin and the I'tiitcd > have ! -:i ' 'i!!f.Ti-.!ig with i-Tit lloo-i-i.-lr. :rnl Prilll'' .r rillirrhlll, the I'!-.M|.|..n'. !>-'.'-<l thu -i; i'"ni- in : . ronf.-:.-ni of tin* (.'unbim* I taffn In Wa-thlngton lu cii'le-l In 'unplo'n agr.HMii-'n! on future oi' ntlorn In all tlipa'ifs of th wai TiiPr* Lo'ild be little doubt that In ''it-ce "f-ii'jr* operations" nlr pn(-r 18 going to play a key rol The evidence wai to !x found In }t: wff-k's r-^-ord of liimibhiK at- ta<kn on Kurope and In the latest n'vsls of Axlt and Allied air .-)] In figures, whluli ''! only part of tha story, the analysis gdff llk IhU: Amnrii'u U pr(<liip- Init ii 2<M1 aircraft monthly, poi- Ilily a third of III--MI 1 1 .'imports, trainer*, 'o.; Hiii.iln Is prodiic- It.if not !. than 2.000; llussla at IKK ! 1 SIM) The Allied total of all t>;>is U 10 000 [limit's a nionUi, of f!Rhllng rraft woll over 5.000 a Ki.-iiiih. In the Axis, (ifruian pro- :, nil Is nstiiiiati*d at about 1.500 a month or all types. Italy's 400- S" Japan's I.-M Ii.ipi 1.204) total of 3 inoiU'H) a month. Allied pro- diution l.i .iMIl expanding: Ails I>i-!.n tion lia.< riMchod Iti ;>-k. Ntur of Planea The olht-r par' of the nir|>ower 'M> llt- In the nature of the plane*. HiltHln and America ar b'llliling l.iiKe numbers of iniprov- *<1 liomhi-is; (jHi'inany bail no now ty|irn and has ronveri>y| a large part of hnr bomber product inn to fUVnr |)luii.-s. If (lennan flghtBra V '- KOIld RIIOIIh. |||.y WOllld IlK alii" to Hlop Allld bomlmrs and nl'mv (ieimtn bombers to opciat* In any clidsen Hi<Mtre. Hut Kng- llsli experts say fierni.iny'ii best flKliirr.*tlie Kocke-VVulf 190, liao alii'iidy been b-viten by Ihn new Spi' fires and 'ryphootit, And the n>'w MuitiiiiKs and Thunderbolts are also expected to > aus trouble for 'he t'W-mo In wncli a ltua- tlnn. thernfoiB, the liriin.uu must mly on wojglit of n'.iinlieni for (le- fi-n>e In a given Hector, a tactical r.r : Hi. in n H'rati-gli- >n of the Luftwatfe. Ac. nmt the r'orti'MH of Kurope, tbr Allies lia.n nheaily laiini'he*1 both a tii'-lli-al and slrai->!iciil air offt-nslve, having two nhjecllvea: (U lirmcblng the fortress wall of I'n'. :ni.| r, Ulaiids; i J i iliistroy- Ing in the Cermun heart of Kuropn th ability anil |icrha|i the will to firlit. Assault on the Wull 'I'll.- larliral offeiiMlve In the louih WH* last week bilnglnf a n(ar - 'intc phase of war bom* to the |.npl of Italy To them tha M"l ! ran-Mii had long been Mar* Nontiiim "Our Sea" with Imper- ial OiitpostH and military con(|Uests ex 1 1 mling iicross most of tin south- ern shores. Now, nil Ule people felt the weight of the air attack. tln-i knew IhiiHA shores Wt>re Kona, control of the sea was gone. Tht Allioxl roll back m-nmeil about to roa< It the homeland. Ita prefac* was the bomber as.-tjult. . -i / day and several tlmns a day the bomb- era came over, in fleets that Beam- d Impervious to the fighter plane* and the explosives the anti-air- craft guns hurled Into the sky. The effects of tills Intomlv* at- tack are clear. The civilian popu- lations are fleeing northward. Air and ground defenses bav been reinforced but are causing little damage. The farther th zona of air superiority can be extended the larger the field the Allies will have for surface operations In the Madli'-rraufvin. It la a step In clearing th-* approaches to tha llalkan I'liiiimula, where many ob- .servera expoct an Important Allied invasion thrust to be made. The great Vardar iliver ralley. leading up throiia!i (Jroeca and Yugoslavia to the Danube, has many timua been a military highway. Further- more, the neutralization of main- land I'aly and Sardinia would pro- tect ii|." flank if any inovs Into Soii:h(-i n I'Vance. The Siege In th North 'I'll- assault on the Inner ktxrp of Kuril ess Kurope reached new lev- els U' week. Despite the belt of nearohllghta, detectora, gnus and Interceptor ' : li which haa been taking a heavier toll of bomlMira, the R. A K .suiashnd hard at Her mauy'a Industrial Rhur. Acres of iliuty rubble and flr< that burn- ed itnrh.ec.ked for two day* lay In 111* wake of th<* big British bomb- era. ThiMn raids ID atrengt.Ii, repeat- ed at much shorter lutervala lhaa waa possible a year ago. are tiuem- ingly aimed at spemly prosecution of Prime Minister Winston Ohure- hill's Idea that "there U no harm In finding out" If (lermany can b* brought to submission by bomb- ing, providing oMier method* arc not neglected. There are some who bold that the effect la marked al- ready, that (iernitiny has hail to change from a "military economy of plenty" to a policy of conserva- tion. Resources, production and transportation hav. suffered heav- ily, and London obsorveri predict that the month of June will sen t.ha blows greatly atoned up In frequency mid weight. The Next Slept All these llilugn must harm been In the minds of the Allied leaders In Washington last week. On two IMiInU ' i-'.i!; to the air > r -nsivo Mr. Churchill was emphatic: (1) the (lulled Nations now hava air superiority over Ihelr en- itinlea and have a far sniieiior re- placement rate; I2i Italy would b well advised to discard Its pr- sflnt rulers and throw itself on the Justice of the Allies. In tb A facci of these stal'Miionts, hammered home by the destruction that rained down on Kurojie, the people of the Axis last week could only wonder what thulr future Ii to b like Not the least of their OTTAWA REPORTS That "Little Blue Book" Will Aid Women in Checking Price* and Quality of Purchases. ('.null's Internal war at(.iiiut Inflation is regarded m second only In Iini>rtanr to ilia task of beating the enemy in Kuroua and on the Islands of the Pacific. Those charged at Ot'awa wiih the duly of maintaining a wartime economy which will permit of rea- sonable comfort, security and hap- piness to Ilia most r.-inaili.itis after "Victory" ar continually com- batting Influences calnulated to disrupt the astonishingly success- ful "controls." Whila Donald Gordon, Chairman of the Prices and Trade Board, was lasuliiK warning before the National Labor Hoard against wage and commodity price In- creases, hid organization was bus- ily arming the woin*n of Canada wi'.h many thousands of ndw "little blue books" with which women ari) Invited to fluht rising price tendencies. A new edition of this "little blua book" Is newly off the press and ready for distribution, amongst Canadian wouu-n who ask for It. The "little blue book" has uvtr been distributed promiscuously; It has been sent only to those who requested It. It can be obtained from Women's Regional Advisory Committees or local offices of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. "The I.lltlo Blu Book" ia In- truded as an aid to women In checking on prices and quality. Bearing on Us blue front cover the caption. "My Price Ceil Inn Rec- ord." It proviJes writing space In designated columns for jotting down the article bought, six, brand, quality, date purchased, last price paid, name of the store where purchased, and price in- crease If there nan been any price Increase. Should Mrs. X. find on checking lira blue book notations that the price of article A bus increased over the price prevailing *ay last month, she may ask Uie store- keeper about It. If hi a explanation does not satisfy abe> may telephone or write a report to her Women's Regional Advisory Committee, or the nearest regional or sub-region- al office of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. Her rport Is absolutely confidential. The Kn- furceinent Administration takes up the Inquiry and has the authority to niak* tha fullest Investigation. A form has even been prepared upon which Canadian women may ruport price increases which come to thfilr attention by reason of the check kept In their "litll* blue books" The form, obtainable at the same aourcits, concludes with the notation; 'Information given on this form will be treated In confidence. In tha event of prose- cution no unwilling witness will be called." And that l.s one way the author- ities Intend to keep a tight rein on forces which would precipitate the Canadian people on a toboggan ride to Inflation. Only the small- est percentage of nien*liants re- uulre watching, say the Hoard ex- perts, but with S.fWO.DOit Canadian wountn warned anil equipped to guard Canada's prlre levels, the balinf Is that nothing can remain out of lli> and undetected for very long. Germany's Barter System Failing (ierniany M varrhiruj Kurope for gold. All her aHies have been ankril about their reserves. Th? Nam need tills (fold because their barter system is breaking iKiwn. This gold-hunt follows the fail- ure of Clodius, Hitler's No. 1 commercial traveler, to \tr\i\g off a new deal with Turkey. It wa revealed recently that negotia- tions for a renewal of the trade deal had been doforrod because (ifi'maiiy bud been unable bo convince the Turks that slie could deliver the barter jfood*. Turkey has now ask"<l for iay- nient in (fold as an alternative, Germany has little gold left. difficulties, most observers felt, was the realization that llu> roles In the war have been reversed, that the future Is being di-ridtxi, not 111 Berlin or Homo or at the Hi'i'imer Pass, as it used to IK. but In Washington and Londort. Canadian Gold Mining Securities During the past year "freezing orders" by the MetaU Control- ler's Office have caused coninder- thle inLsunderiUndinB among in- vestors in Canadian gold mining s&curititM. The original order was interpreted to mean that all new development work in goM properties would be halted. An article in the "Financial Post" points out that preliminary de- velopments, surface work and ijia- 111011(1 drilling may'b carried on at (fold properties, as such oper- ations do not require large quan- tities of materials and manpower. One of the most recent de- velopments now before the in- vesting public is the. Abamet Prospecting Syndicate, formed tx> explore and develop its holding* which are known to indicate copper and gold deposits. The location is outstanding and is in close proximity to Canada's great- est producer of copper, Noranda Mi nuit Lt'i. The adjoining prop- erty, Adnaran Copper Corpor- ation Limited, ia carrying on an extensive drilling programme and reports released indicate the de- velopment is of major import- ance. Th Abamet Syndicate have made arrangements bo start their diamond drilling cam- paign at the property concur- rently with the adjoining oper- ation of Adnaron and Noranda. Tho management of this syndi- cate i composed of the same group responsible for the progress of the Adnaron Copper Corpor- ation Ltd., which company was brought Into being through an offering of units in the original Adnaron Prospecting Syndicate, each unit containing 500 shares of stock. This stock at the pres- ent writing is actively quoted on the Toronto market. Abamet Syn- dicate will be developed along the same lir.e-s and it is believed should nieot with the same mea- sure Of HUOf-'-S. Clever Strategy Outwitted Nazis 8th Army'i Reputation Alone Frightened The Enemy Dwigbt D. Eisenhower, reviewing his six-month campaign In North Africa, said the final blow was struck In a clever move by which the bulk of the enemy troops were held on the K -ililh Army front while the First Army got in the knockout punch. "The reputation of the Klghth Army alone was enough to hold powerful enemy forces In front of it." tbi Commander-in-chief said. "There was a peculiar circum- stance at the end which General Sir Harold Alexander (deputy comuianilfr-in-chief In charge of ground forces) took advantage of. In many punches the Klghth Army lt>ll\ni>d hummer blows while the other units served as tlt anvil Because of its efficiency, the Klghth Army got an enorrnoua reputation, with everyone. Includ- ing the (Jfrmaus. expecting the killing punch to oome from It. Unified Command "Gcnwral Alexander counted on that. He built up the First Army ad. to make Its (western) front still stnmo'r. brought around some of the Kii;htli Army to the First Army front. The (lermans thought the real fight was com- ing from the south." (itMit-ral Elsenhower cltisl the success of this move as another liroof of the advantages of a uni- fied command. All indications wtre that the German* wera greatly aurprised by (lie thrust from the west and this l*-d to their disorganization and collapse. The. Allied chieftain said the govei mnt'tin of both Britain and the United Slates and th local French "have a real reason for inn -mil '.in* input and hope as a re- sult of this campaign." 40,000,000 Slaves Thcra are now 40,000,000 workers, iiu-luilintr 10,000,000 for- eigners and prisoners of war, em- ploye. 1 in (it-rman factories, ac- coriiiK to a liroadcast by l ra (Mo. VOICE OF THE PRESS IDEAL FOR SHEEP Canada possesses eroat tracts of open country which should make Ideal grazing land for slu ep. Mar- auding dogs have caused serious losses, hut the answer to that could b found in adoptin? elective mea- sures of control No better form of protection for sh*ap has ever been devised than a shepherd and bla collie. More of tlifm should be employed in this work in Canada; flocks could then ha Urg-er. and what la now too often no more than a bleak countryside would have a pastoral beauty. Hamilton Spectator. o FOR TIMID FOLK Those timid folk who would re- strict there hatred for Germans to tha leaders only might do well to heed the words of Air Marshall William A. Bishop who said in New York: "A good healthy hate for the Axis Is necessary In the war." Referring to recent Allied bombings he added that he didn't care "If there -Isn't one house left standing In Germany." <St. Thomas Times-Journal. o BUT BEE GETS IT It Is estimated that a bee travels 43,776 miles In gathering a pound of honey a distance only outdone by the consumer in his search from store to store for the same pound. Stratford Beacon-Herald. EQUINE INEQUALITY It Is odd that all men should be born equal when racehorses obvi- ously are not. Peterborough Examiner. o HARDLY POSSIBLE Ottawa says the new income tai forms are remarkably simple, which Is simply remarkable. Brandon Sun. o WELCOMED Hitler to Stalin: "I am coming." Stalin to Hitler: "We welcome you with tanks." Mnntraal Star. o TAKE A PEEK If you see a moth sporting a fur coat, look ID the closet. It nncht be yours! Ottawa Citizen. .22 SENDS 30O "BRITISH CONSOIS", "UGION". "MACOONAIO'S MENTHOl", "SCOTCH BUNDS" or "EXPOCT" Cigarettes or 1 Ib. Tobacco BIE SMOK! :O or any MACDONAUVS FINE CUTS (wilh p .1 alo OAIIY MAIL CIGARETTE TOBACCO i-. :^id to 5oldir In lh Canadian Arm/ OVEPV i'i and CANACMAMS IN UNITED KINGDOM FORCES. Mail Onto and Remittance to: . 3o How Old Is Anne? The village doctor an.i law- yer wero spending a convivial evening with the economist from the big city and eventually th discussion came, round to which represented the oldest profession. "Well!" said the doctor, "Kve was mail* from Adam'* rib. That makes tlie medical profession the ol'lost on record." "Not at all," said the lawyar. "Before Adam if you will search the record order was created out of chaos. To pet order there had to be law and that make* my hon- orable profession the oldest." "And," aaked the economist "Who iiio you think created the chaos?" The Printed World. A Song In Praise Of The Lowly Spud Toe potato, now scarce her* about, haa Inspired our Professor Ensyke to research and song. *y* th New York Times Magazine. It Ii at home, h finds, "down where it's hilly In far-away Child." Thence it roved to Peru, was car- ried by monki to Spain. an<l spread to Italy and Belgium. M-.MII- while, "the ocean was squaHy wheii Sir Walter Raleigh" dis- covered It near Albemarle Sound and transported H to Cork, where th Irish made It their own. How It got to Carolina from the South- ern Andes, Dr. E. doesn't know He confesses a fondness for looking into iU eyes. He dofenda it against all substitutes. "To rue, macaroni Is so much baloney." and "spaghetti Is petty," while "as rot;ards rice, my feeling la colder than Ice." He conclii'l^x, "So. therefore, by Plato! I'll sing the potato, tha great Indispensable spud! Who loves not Its tuber la either a boob or an absolute stick- in-the-mud!" The professor U uow haunting Tin Pan Alley with his potential song hit So far. no of- fers. Green Pastures There is nothing: so refreshing to horses' feet as the dump cool- ness of , ra.ts into which they are turned in May; and nothing * calculated to remove every en- largement and sprain as th guntU exercise which the animal volun- tarily takes while his !:< are ex- posot to the cooling procew >( evaporation, which is taking placo from the h'ibaga he treads. Tha experience of agea .iaa shown that it ia superior to all the embroca- tions and bandage* of the akilful veterinarian. It i* the renovating process of natura, where uh art of man fails. FUNNY BUSINESS "If it's a mermaid, ask her if she's sot a friend!" REG'LAR FELLERS A Smash Hit By GENE BYRNES , lt>L) BUILT TMio\ Htm ror BUT wt'pe. I *; IT. TRY AH' - J ""'^ DR\Mt US OUT M OWN fO*.Tl WMT WA TWtfU. 'I THIS rXpt* e>>i i rOLLK I- 'ATt ^ t>0 Till- VloftK