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STREET SCENE IN SICILY Sicilians young and old borne with "balcony seats" turn out to watch the Yanks march through captured town on road to victory in Sicily. Side By Side With War Effort All In Britain Plan For Peace And The Nation's Health Improves By Sidney Horniblow I t III 41 fit by sMe with Britain's mlpht.i war effort, there Is being voh-<. a blueprint for the coming year* of peace. And while Itrltuln an a lit 1 ion makes plans for the posl-vj. tory era. the individual ap- proach :s not bi'iug overlooked. IP:.I- -mall Instance of this is to l.< round in the fact that 130, O'K' !! London's war workers ara, ev-n :.<, devoting their scanty leisure hours to studies at the K\> Ding Institute*. An, (-it: other things they ar le.i T..'.. arts and crafts. aKrlcul- ture and nursing, elementary ined- lcir.fr t.:i'l languages to fit tln-m- elves for future careers when there IK no further need to en- (apt- In munition-making and civil defer,! < duties. A New Electric Age - tiipy follow their studies, Yaric .r organisations announce their plans for a post-war Hrilain. The J!ritih Electrical- Industry., for s::mplo, has many things in mind Improve the home life of the people. They include: I/;. !); that will give the home tw(<-a:.d-a-half times th present llliiii..'...Mn:i at no greater con- sun,: I.IMI of current than now; in YlsIM*- heating of rooms from lite wall?; "i.itionaltsed" wiring Instal- with all meters, main ( i: t ' and fuses In one wall ,' . containing Intc-n |KIH-< : UM-S that even a child can In Bafcty; radio direct from the mains; and refrigerators with- in n-tch of the family with even >vwt Income. Home-Made Clothes Mi ,.n iiile, problems of clothing and food continue to engage the attention of Britain's homn front. Economy Is the order of the day, both to save raw materials and shlH>'" space, and to provide nioi.i; for the war chest. In (his, the women 'play a lead- ing I'fcrt. A new tendency, Just re- .. . i:, is to cut nut the purchase if -jdv made clothing, iind to luy. ii.-iead. material from which nlothi.* can be made at home. Tlie lie-.. ...j-nifiit In particularly no- tli-i ..i ilf In London. The Increase In n-tiiil als of dress material! In May was three per cent, over the sties In May last year, and that followed a trend which has been M'-ndily upward in rece.nt laontni .- of dress materials hy one i^oinli.i: store have Inrrcused by a thin! in the past year, and eight out of every ten women customers ii -1. far pattern ami dressmaking Instruction booklets at thu nam 'Unit Frock From Garden Seat Ingfiiutty known no hounds when it comes to women's war-time fashion*. Consider the clothes dis- pla>i-d at a Home Front Exhibi- tion .- Maiichestur this week: A <shicl< 'oat-frock madu from a fifty- yar--id flBhlng suit, a dressing fowl: di'.slRitod from travel!*' ani|'li-c, and a house frock that was once the cloth on a garden sen i. The dot linn had been made by pupils of the city's Kvunlng School of Economy. Typti of Toy* Limited Even children's toys come with- In tlm Kcope of war rationalisation. To a*oid waste of labour and ma- terial* there will ha five main tyi" of toys available In Britain next Christmas. They will be: Dolls, soft plush toys Including luffed anlmnls and the llko, wood- en engines and trucks, model air- craft and Indoor ganiea. The maximum controlled prlc after October 1 will ha 24s. Rd. re- more been tall. This will mean that costly to^s that have not sold by that date will ha put Into storage until after the* war. More Vegetables Grown Total war is changing Britain's eating habits and for the first time the value of vegetables is fully appreciated. People have improv- ed their methods of cooking and, better still, have learned to eat a wide variety of vegetables raw, to obtain th maximum amount of vitamins and mineral salts which are so often lost In carel.-ss cook- ing. To meet the iucreused demand, farmers, market gardeners and the .. >i-'- themselves, are growing mare vegetables than even before. The total national production of v<-Ke.tabl has grown from three million to four million tons a year. Maternal Mortality Falls How doos change of dit affect the health and gener.il well liping nf Hrltain's people? l.ct the figures speak tor thorn- strives. Britain's birth rate. In the first quarter of this year was the hi"hst recorded for IS years. In 1042 both Infant ami maternal mortality rates were at new low Invols. The infant mortality rate of 49 per thousand live births was the lowest on record. In the fourth year of war, moth- ers and children are being pro- vided with more health giving foods than they wore In tin* habit of tak- ing for them Helves in peace-time. And on top of all this both moth- era and children are drinking con- siderably more milk than they drank in peace-tlme>. Expectant Mother and Baby Still another concession for ex- pectant mothers is announced this week. From July 25 tho expectant mother will bo entitled to two ra- tion hooks, the second, a modified child's hook, will e.nahln her to obtain supplies of I'ood .ulilitlomil to liar normal adult rations this, of course, before baby comes. 1'nder this new plan the expect- ant mother will lie entitled to a priority supply of seven pints of milk a W(tek plus her normal non- priority supply. She will get twice as many oggs. a ration and a half of meat, oranges as they are avail- able and orange jnloo ami rod liv- er oil compound. Subs Spend Third Of Time Submerged British submarines on opera- tions lurk beneath the water about four months out of twelve, accord- Ing to Commander Ben Bryant, one of the Navy's aces. About three-fifths of the year were spent on patrol, he said, "but generally submarine crews ai happy us the day is long. They spend their spare time in childish games, Ludo an<l cribbage main- ly." "Tuere is plenty of laughter," he told a/ BBC audience. "Few of us would swap our Job for any other. And frolu a commanding officer's point of view in tracking down and heating up the enemy at his doorstep- we enjoy what is to us I lie finest sport in the workl. High Vitamin Value Of Canadian Flour Pensions Minister Mackenzie s.i 'I lust v. f-l. in the House of Commons. It was the opinion of ilie highest nutritional experts In Britain that hT.gh vitamin Cana- dian flour made from natural wheat has a finer nutritivo valiifl than any (lour Into which ox Ira vitamin is introduced synthetical- ly. Mo said ho would not be sur- prised to see tlio United Kingdom and United States "reverting" to tli Catiailian-type flour. SNOOZE TO SICILY Between date of| lauding In North Africa and tho middle of May British troops smoked 450,- 000,000 cigarettes nd ate 9,000,- 000 bars of chocolate. Since April 4st 2,600,000 British airgraphs wer* dealt with. 25,000 hags of mall -were rocelred from Britain. Forty winks before invasion are caught by this Sicily-bound Al- lied paratrooper who, like his comrades, remained culm und re- laxed until Ritfiinl for action was given. VO/CE OF THE PRESS BLACK MARKET CATS Ha AM a dealer In the black market. He had been selling rab- bits. One day he was discovered trying to sell rabbits with long tails. It turned out the rabbits had been cats. That Is one of'the risks you take when you buy black market meat In any country. Windsor Star. o RAKISH BURGLAR Householder reported to the police that a tall, thin burglar, whom he had encountered In his garden, struck him a violent blow on tlie head. The constable solved the mystery and captured the as- sailant by stepping on the r*ke too. Owen Sound Sun-Times. o DIFFERENT NOW There was a time when a tlr was worn out If the tread had dis- appeared. Now they era not aband- oned until the air begins to show through. Peterborough Examiner. "WOPPINQ UP" WOPS Canadian soldiers In Sicily wera supplied with books teaching Ital- ian conversational phrases. Did they explain that "wopping up" means mopping up In English? Woodstock Sentinel Review. MENTAL JOURNEY HARD It is now possible to travel from Ottawa to Moscow In three days. Physically, of course; the mental Journey still takes a little longer than that. Peterborough Examiner. o WAY BE SO We'll probably forgive the en- emynot because we are right- eous, but because we lack the mor- al backbone to stay interested, alert and tough. Victoria Times. o FANCY PA IN SHORTS Gosh, come to think of It, what a lot of ilnrning might be saved. If they pa in ted socks on Pa and littt.; Willie, too. Boston Herald. The Book Shelf COMBINED OPERATIONS The Official Story of the Com- mandos with a foreword by Vice- Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Chief of Combined Operations This is an astonishing, absolute- ly absorbing account of the ac- complishments of those picked men from the Royal Navy, the British Army, and the Uoyal Air Forco. who work with U.S. Hang- ers am) others of the United Na- tions in what is known officially as Combined Operations or. more popularly, the Commandos. So far as possible, without giving aid, to the enemy, It is thp complete story of the* Commandos since the very beginning of their activities, comment-in?; with the experimental attacks on Norwegian islands, and proceeding with more ambitious attempts,, on the Continent. In iiuii'k succession follow highly dra- matie accounts of the assault on southern Italy, the evacuation of Crete, the defeat of the French in Syria, the iliiring penetration of the enemy's line, in I.ilna culmin- ating in the suspeiisefnl stalking of Uiimmel's hciidt|iiarters the as- sault on St. Nazalre, the capture of Madagascar, the. Dieppe, raid, the invasion of North Africa. The book Is utterly without heroics, and yet Is all heroism. The reader marvels at the terrible efficiency, the. terrible simplicity, the terrible courage, and the awe- some, nonchalance of the British Koyal Navy and Army and H.A.F. men who particii ate In theso raids. Combined Operations . . . The M !. mill in Company of Canada. . . Price $2.00 Thwe are approximately 1,400 members of the Women's Timber Corps In Scotland. They aro foil- ing, cross-cutting, working at saw- mills and driving tractors anil lor- ries. British Version "The superiority of British air orews Is largely due to the fact that the German crews do not train as a unit." Scene: Aboard a Junkers over England. "Now, Hans, you der target spot und I der bomberen will drop and der banghelm make." "Not so, Karl Schmellenhorst you <1 target spot and I der bang- helm will make. You made her banghelm on Friday." "You are a schweinhund." "Und you are ein meanie cat!" Third voice (hastily): "Neither of you will tier banghelm make s&e? because der sergeant der bombheim In der plane forgotten to put has." Royal Navy Tugs The world's largest tugs ar now being built for the Royal Navy in shipyards In Britain, sev- eral already being In commisson. They can tow over long dstances anything up to a battleship or giant passenger liner, and In ton- nage they are almost equal to medium-sized destroyer. One re- cently towed a ship of 7,000 tons for 1,400 miles. At tb outbreak of war, Britain had 25,000 tractors for agricultural work; today there are 125,000 In use. WHY, OF COURSE Six-shooter at the hip and mili- tary bearing readily identifies this figure on the sands of Sicily as American Lieut.-Gen. Georgw S. Patton. SPIRIT OF CANADA * Fit. Sgt. Geo. Culver (left) lost both legs in a raid over Cologne when flak struck his four engine bomber, damaging the landing gear and tail. Calver and his crew were ble to bring the bomber back safely. On being fitted for artificial legs George asked that they be four inches longer. They compromised by giving him an addition- al inch. Exactly six months to the day, following his mishap, Flight Sergeant Calver and Air Marshall Bishop made a public appearance at Do Haviland Aircraft and thanked the workers for the excel- lent job they were doing. Flight Sergt. Calver hopes to get back into action soon. LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher "I'll be frank, officer. .... I'd rather not have ticket." 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