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THIS CURIOUS WORLD? ACUBICRDOTOF ALUMINUM WEIGHS ONLV WHEREAS A CUBIC FOOT OF GOLO WEIGHS THIS <SRC\/E OF Wf4rre. .PTMES. T IN a*ttVLDCK STATE MASSACHUSETTS. WAS WEIGHTED' DOWN AND BROKEN BV ICE AM& SNOWS . v IN 1921 / TODAY, TWISTED AND BENT. THE TREES LJVE ON TO TEU-THE STOPZV. COLUMBUS FOUND OTMLV DOMESTICATED ANIMAL. IN AMERJCA... THE COP 1M BY NU StRVICC. INC . NATURE sometimes gives man forceful sermons on how to live. The White Pine forest of Grcylock Park is a typical picture of ths "Never Say Die" spirit. Some of the trees had the main trunk broken completely off, only to have a new branch tarry on the wonc of the lost member. NEXT: The blind man who has written 100 books. OTTAWA REPORTS That New Ceiling On Storage Vegetable* Will Have Imme- diate Effect Upon Producer* Iii some cases prices on storage vegetables will actually be higher as a result of the new ceiling im- posed by Wartime Prices and Trade Board. According to War- time Prices and Trade Board of- ficials, the Immediate effect of an order placing a celling on a com- modity is that prices generally move up Immediately to the cell- ing. For <tome vegetables this will result in an increased price to the producer. Another Immediate effect of the Imposing of a price ceiling Is a tendency toward a temporary freezing of the commodities effect- ed. However, the consumer will not suffer any shortage us stocks on hand are plentiful. During winter months consumers will be protect- ed against the prices which ruled during the top period last year, when cabbage was selling for any- thing from 5c to 19c a pound- mostly between 15c and 19c; when carrots went as high as lOc a pound and beets sold from 3.7c a pound to 15c a pound. In the framing of the order, Chairman of the Prices Board, Donald Gordon, stressed the dif- ficulties encountered by Board of- ficials In designing an order to meet In all respects the wide var- iety of conditions attending pro- duction and marketing of vege- tables. "The complications confronting the Hoard In drafting an order fix- Ing maximum prices in such pro- ducts are obvious." Mr. Gordon TREASURE Bright baubles j?o a lot further In winning over the South Pacific natives than mere words or money. Allied forces have found. Here Yeoman U. S. Aarnham of New York looks over a shipment of junk jewelry received on Pacific Ule from I.os A nude*. said. "The present order is th result of a considerable period of close study and consultation with growers and distributors. The Board recognizes that after the order has had a period of trial, it may be necessary to readjust cer- tain phases of It, and is prepared to take any remedial action which experience proves desirable." The present order, taking Into consideration the labour Involved in growing vegetables, the cost ot that labour and general wartime conditions, sets the celling on prices to the producer at higher than pre-war level. Another point -in favour of pro- ducers Is the provision made for storage costs. This allowance for storage charges is graduated and may be Included In the maximum prices commencing December 1, In- creasing until April. May and June, and decreasing July, and August. For pricing and distribution Can- ada is divided by the order Into two zones. The first Includes the Island of Montreal, all the main populated part of Ontario, the main portions of the provinces of Mani- toba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, The necond zone includes all the remainder of the Dominion. In zone two, maximum prices on all vegetables are one- quarter of a cent a |>ound higher than those in zone one. The rea- Bon for this, it Is explained, la that zone two consists of the more .sparsely populated aroan. Bonds As Backlogs Before the discovery of coal, wood was tho principal fuel. In storing it for winter's use, care was taken to lay aside largo sound sticks for backlogs for fire places to keep the fires burning all night. Today we burn coal, oil and gas. Fires are easily kept over night. but we need and must provide backlogs of other kinds savings to tide us over hard times. With full employment as a result of the war, Canadians are earn- ing more money than ever before. Our national income is at a record high level. Instead of spending the money now on non-essentials we will be wise If we create a few economic backlogs by invest- ing all the money we ponxlhly can In Victory Bonds. Kasy come should not be easy go, again causing tho want and misery we suffered a decade ago. Kitchener Record. THE WAR WEEK Commentary on Current bvents Stalin and Churchill Review Record Of Victories - Hitler Gives Pep Talk During the last few days, first Staltu. then Hitler and now Churc- hill have delivered speeches to their people. And while at this moment actions speak louder than words the upeeches are still an In- teresting barometer of the at- mosphere prevailing In the two camps, as well as a moat encourag- ing forecast for the future, says the New York Times. Both Mr. Stalin and Mr. Churc- hill took occasion to review the record of "a famous year' of al- most unbroken victories, which. In Mr. Churchill's words, have In- flicted mortal blows on the mon- strous Juggernaut of German might and tyranny and may well he the precursors of decisive events In the European struggle. Both re- counted the achievements of their own forces and gave generous credit to the achievements of their allies; and Mr. Churchill In par- ticular did not stint in paying tri- bute to the heroic performance of the Russian armies and the Rus- sian people. Both also emphasized the new unity and harmony achiev- ed at the Moscow Conference. And both radiated confidence in final victory. In which Mr. Churchill specifically included victory over Japan, with whom "the British Commonwealth and Umpire have an Inexpiable quarrel." Hitler's Admissions In sharp contrast stands the speech of Hitler, which is one out- cry of defeat and despair. Deliver- ed on the sorry anniversary of his abortive ucerhall putsch. It fore- shadows the failure of his more ambitious putsch against mankind. For behind all the old obsessions. hatreds, falsehoods and arrogance there are admissions, which, com- ing from that source, must have destroyed the last illusions of the Herman people. There is talk of "desperate situations," of "Im- pending catastrophe," of "marshal- Ing the last reserves of strength," yes. even the suggestion that the figrhtinf? will reach German soil. But there Is also In this speech the desperation of the cornered hut still far from conquered beast. Kor Hitler not only proclaims war against his outside enemies but also against the Germans them- selvesa war of terror without mercy In which the Non-German Fuehrer of the Germans threatens death to all who would end the struggle. If any Germans still need- ed proof of Hitler's pathological megalomania, they can read it In his self-revealing protestation that he Is losing neither nerves nor reason, and In his final contempt- uous sneer that if they despair they will deserve no better than they got and he will not be sorry for them. Germany's Greatest Enemy After that, the Germans must know that they have no greater enemy than Hitler himself. But a denj>erate madman with a great army at his back is still danger- ous, and in estimating Uiat danger Mr. Churchill is a more cautious judc than Mr. Stalin. For while Mr. Stalin sees victory near, Mr. Churchill proceeds on the assump- tion that, barring a miracle, the climax of the war will not come till 1944. and that the campaign of 1944 "will be the most severe, and to the Western allies the most costly in life, of any we have yet fought." In that estimate Mr. Churchill is in agreement with all military authorities and, funda- mentally, in agreement with Mr. Stalin himself. For what Mr. Churchill nays Is that the air war alone will not win the war. and that victory will require that mass Invasion of Europe which he has always promised. Mr. Stalin's re- newed call for the opening of an- other front confirms this Judg- ment. Allies' Supreme Task In the light of the grim task that still lies ahead, this talk we have been hearing recently of the war being "all but over" seems frivol- ous Indeed. It is not only "foolish and blameworthy" hut dangerous, because, to use Mr. Churchill's words, it tends to "divert the thoughts and efforts of the Allied nations from the supreme task which lies before them namely, that of beating down into dust and ruins the deadly foes and ty- rants who so nearly subjugated the entire world to their domin- ation." Hitler's Contrasting Speeches Adolf Hitler's beer-cellar speech, with the usual intermingling of threats and pep talk, can neither restore German confidence In vic- tory nor yet raise any hopes of overcoming the tremendous calam- ities looming ahead, claims the Christian Science Monitor. In fact, this speech is more like- ly to Increase the fears of mili- tary disaster without and chaos within which are increasing with every new Allied military victory and new Allied bombing of the Reich. Outstanding Is the marked con- trast between this speech and those Hitler has delivered on sim- ilar occasions in the past. Three years ago, Hitler could boast that "one day there will be no Churchill but there will be Ger- man U-boats." BOUGAINVILLE Target 01 American attack in the South Pacific is Bougainville, last of the big Solomon Islands. From landings at Empress Au- gusta Bay. U. S. forces may move dcwn the coast toward Jap r>; ses at Buin and Kahili. This invasion puts American* close to Ril' .ill. Two years ago, "the pace in Ru- sla is determined exclusively bf us," and last year boasting wa still the keynote of his utterance. Threats and Boasts Last week there were threats, boasts, and Jeers, such as those long associated with Hitler speech- es, but they sounded emptier than ever, despite the cheers and cheaj laughter they aroused among his listeners, and they brought n promises of help to relieve Ger- many's present situation which a neutral correspondent in BerliB recently described as "grave, dif- ficult, and exacting." 2,550 tanks, 6,200 guns and 70,000 lorries (trucks) were cap- tured or destroyed by the Allied troops in all the African cam- paigns. SERVING THE UNITED NATIONS WITH WAR ALCOHOL WAR ALCOHOL ADDS POWER TO THE OF Packed in the warhead of a single torpedo is enough concentrated destruction to sink a ship of war a special high explosive in which alcohol is used. Alcohol helps to give the torpedo its deadly striking power; helps provide explosives for depth charges, bombs and shells. Alcohol is also an important ingredient in making plastics and other vital war materials. It is the constant all/ of the doctor in his fight against infection. Alcohol is performing a myriad of services in this all-out war. Our plants are producing it to the full extent of their capacities. HIRAM WALKER & SONS, LIMITED "V HG-ll REG'LAR FELLERS Nature Blundered By GENE BYRNES f \ GOT A SWELL BOOK, MOM ' \ IT TELLS WHAT VOOR BIRTHSTONE ] IS AN' >OUR FORTUNE AN' EVERY- THING-' ALL V'HAFTA KNOW IS WHEN VOU WERE BORN.' WHEN WERE YOU BORN, MOM ? ME, TOO.' I WAS BORN IN JUNE? WHAT CAY WERE >OU BORKI, MOM? ; R'i " 9. Til (>* ill ON THE SEVENTH .' /AN'I WAS\ j BORN OKI THE. THAT FUNNY; MOM.' I'M OLDERN