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PAGE TWO So far throughout Canada, there has been a great deal of talk, and very little action in preparing to defend the various centres against any attack that may come. There has been no issuing of guns. No stockpiling of ammuniâ€" tion. No building of air raid shelters â€" just talk. ' The fact that guns and shelters cost money should have little‘ or no bearing on the matter. What good would our currency be if the Russians ever established a foothold on this continent? What good would air raid shelters be if there were no guns to defend ourâ€" self against the foot soldiers and the paratroopers. It seems now to be an accepted opinion among those who should know, that if we are attacked, the large percentage will come from the air. Russia could not hope to land sufficient ground forces to overcome us, but we could be softened up by air power and some territory held by trained paratroopers. That is we could if we are not ready to meet an attack of this type, and at present we are far The fact that guns and sheiters cost or no bearing on the matter. What good the Russians ever established a foothold good would air raid shelters be if there w self against the foot soldiers and the pari “ Owners and Publishers Subscriptions Payable in Advance nwwywmcm;u.wnmmcm. Single copies 5 cents. Winduncondchumfl.?onmwgonn“. from it. + In every community throughout this country of ours, there are large groups of sportsmen, guides, etc., who know guns and their handling better than the large percentage of our regular soldiers. These are the men wh# should be used as the nucleus of every .deâ€" fence effort They not only have a first hand knowledge of guns, but are probably fuily aware of every out of the way section where targe sections of the populace would be safe from any bomb attack. The terrific cost of the atom bomb and the scarcity of this weapon so far as Russia is concerned, would limit its use to the highly indusâ€" trialized centres. Definitely they would not be dropped over the lightly populated urba.n centres. Small arms and small arms ammunition is relatively inexpenâ€" sive. If these were issued to sportsmen‘s organizations with instrucâ€" tions that the use of them must be perfected, it would not be long before every community would have a compact deadly group to defend it. & 1 suln N en uk Private cars could be used for transportation and a tieâ€"up with the police of each community could be made so that the various organizations would be warned in advance if they were to be needed. Once perfection had been achieved in the use of the regular small arms, automatic weapons and even mortars and hand grenades could be issued. These, of course, are strictly military arms and their use would be limited by a small group to a holding action. There is little that civilians can do against bombing raids except try and keep themselves alive. There is something we can do against any threat of airborne troops. We should stop talking now and start training. Even if we never have to kill an enemy soldier, the fact that we know how and not get killed in return is knowledge worthâ€" while having. It has been said that February is the month in which so many nice things happen such as the eocky, chirping robins appearing in their bright red vests, slender pussy willows with their buds of softâ€"gray fur but these are O€C8* sions which are so dependent upon the weather. However the Americans stress the birthday celebrations of both George Waâ€" shington and Abraham Lincoin and then of course we have Saint Valentine‘s Dayâ€"the dafx; that‘s set apart for sending iendly, loving thoughts that come straight from your heart. Although we may treat Saint Valentine‘s Day vely lightly or possibly consider that it is just another occasion for the children to exchange cards, we must stop and consider that when one sends a Valentine to a friend which Gossibly reads, "Will you be my alentine", one is really saying, "I like you and want you to be my friend." Therefore it really is a time when we tell our friends that we are doing just what Jesus 4~1d me in Ao when he said, "Love a time when we tell that we are doing just told us to do when he One Another". ___ qu the Editorial Comment VALENTINE‘S DAY By Mrs. The WAIEIIOD OCAREGREMEI®] . MOEAMATCIC the FMew hgfl.th“z t bangies on reurng con Si e Rabuaite io Street, Waterloo, Friday. is a memiber umwfluwdfl the Ontarioâ€"Quebec Newspapers TI{EBEANPRINTING&PUBIMNG(X). THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE Clarence Diamond Civil Defense firmly believed but the king did. not believe in his way of liv‘mg‘ and threw him into a dark dunâ€" geon having only one small winâ€" dow in it. Saint Valentine still carried out his acts of kindness by becoming a friend of the birds which perched on his small winâ€" dow sill and in time taught them to carry messages for him. The years passed by and this king died, so the story goes, and Valenâ€" tine was released from his dark dungeon. Bearing no malice in his heart for this injustice he at once set forth to perform his deeds of kindness and do his good works. After his death he was mourned by countless thousands and to preserve his memory still further his many friends continâ€" u_ec‘lK to send gifts to the poor and sick. Another story tells that Saint Valentine was one of the early Christians who lived in Rome many hundreds of years ago. In his day and a?e when the majoriâ€" ty of the people were worshippi.nfi false pagan gods of wood an stone it was no wonder that peoâ€" ple turned to Christianity and became followers of him because of his many acts of kindness. It is reported that at one time the Emâ€" peror of Rome sent one of his sol-‘ diers to try and persuade Saint Valentine to revoke Christianity and turn again to the old faith of paganism but it was of no use as Valentine only re(flied, "I worship the only true God." According to this legend, a short time later this same soldier‘s daughter became ill and even the best doctors in the land had failed to help restore her to health. As a last ray of hope the soldier went to Saint Valentine who was so accustomed to helping the sick. He prayed ‘ hat God would spare the life of this little girl and He did. Acâ€" ‘ordingly the _ soldier father hought that both God and Saint Valentine were worthy of being ‘ollowed and he turned also from iis worship of the pagan gods. And so throughout his entire life Saint Valentine won countless friends through his acts and kindâ€" ness for others. Whether all these tales be true or not it is from this saint‘s highly esteemed life that many people claim the idea originated for giving rememâ€" brances to friends and loved ones on February 14th, the date of birth of Saint Valentine. We are told that in ear‘lf' days the Roman people drew lots in order that they might find out who would be their sweethearts for the comin%cyear. Another old English and otch custom was for a man to be allotted a maiden to be his Valentine for the comâ€" ing year. _ e These legends, which have been mentioned above, may be fairly familiar to many but there are those of us who did not know that there were really eight Christian martyrs by the name of Valentine and that in the mediaeâ€" val church the fourteenth of Febâ€" ruary was celebrated with speâ€" cial services in memory of their martyrdom . This date also coinâ€" cided with the Roman festival of spring when gifts were commonâ€" ly exchanged among friends. 'Ithmugh some confusion of ideas or customs these gifts came to be called Valentines and through them an accutate record of social history is presented. We can take for instance the Valentine of about fAfty years ago on which the ledies were all shown in hoop skirts, ttl’w pn(ilemen in side m- kers and spinning w an â€" {fashioned cnrflmhm had a prominent place But toâ€"day the a tieâ€"up with Eh‘u‘i\l()ther Ed (The Financial Post) In a "Salute to our leader on the occasion of his 60th birthday", the Canadian Communist party National Executive thus spouted forth at Tim Buck: "We greet you on this happy birthday, dear Comrade Tim, as a truly great Communist, great Canadian, great leader of our people in French and Englishâ€"speaking Canada alike! We greet you at a moment when the springtime of humanity is at last in sight, when victory in the struggle for peace and liberty everyâ€" where in the world is drawing near‘ Under your leadership, our cause will be victoriou$." Last week, the Canadian Communist party held its national convention in a carefully guarded Toronto hall. Sunday, in an open meeting a "cheering applauding crowd" of 2400 heard Tim Buck make a speech which must have well pleased the Kremlin. , The key resolution for the convention condemned the "shameâ€" ful deal whereby Canadian boys are delivered as cannon fodder to the Yankee war machine in exchange for profitable war contracts to Canadian corporations." VC TNo Oeimn on Rip ol moneteners How much longer do we let these people operate? Canadé#an patience is running out as the Speech from the Throne recognizes. The proposed legislation is unimpressive. How it will be adminâ€" istered will be the test of its value. It does not touch, in its present form, some of the key Communist workers who are Canadianâ€"born. Really effective action on the Communists is much easier asked for than delivered. . d e en e on c calep PWP NNCVHNSaeCENtenminn The way Communists are organized and directed, they would not be dehorned or even embarrassed by the absence of their wellâ€" known leaders. What do you do about the rank and file Canadian Communists, estimated at about 15,000? Many are employed in key industries. And what do you do about the fact that many of the key Comâ€" munists, the real guiding stars of the Canadian party, are already underground, secret Communists? William Kintner in his new Bbook "The Front is Every where" probes the Communist movement and concludes: "The basic Tule that should be followed in dealing with members of the Communist fifth column is to act against them, not because they are Communists, but because they are traitors. . . . The dangerous part of the Communist party is already underground conducting a military conspiracy. Any legislation directed against the party should be aimed at disrupting the operation of this secret conspiracy. Legislation should not be aimed at the Communist party by name, but at the mechanism and activities of all similar military conspiracies." There will be general satisfaction that Ottawa indicates that some definite action is about to be taken on this matter. Other Editors Say Since 1 January, Brazil, the Netherlands and Turkey, élected by tlo(i.-ll‘â€"blybtt'o-ymu-.hnh-w on the Security Council, in place of Cuba, Egypt and Norway, whose uâ€"cfl‘lhflmw-fldwbâ€"mm .Mmddtb!’“)! J. von Balluseck of the Netherâ€" faakeP Neupadt F 2C o m l4 _2A Caliea Carner of Purkey Scouting in Germany. Talking of the Jamboree last week reminds me that the gathâ€" ering will see, for the first time, official representatives of German Scouting there. Although Scoutâ€" ing has existed in that country for some years prior to its abolition by Hitler, it was never officially recognized by the International Committee until very recently. The Scout Movement in Westâ€" ern Germany and Western Berlin is composed of three associations: German Boy Scouts Association (Bund Deutscher Pfadfinder), Christian Boy Scouts of Germany in the Evangelical Youth of Gerâ€" many _ (Christliche Pfadfinderâ€" schaft) and German Boy Scouts Association St. George of the German Catholic Youth (Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft, St. Georg). These three associations have come together in a Federation of German Boy Scouts Associations (Ring Deutscher Pfadfinderbuenâ€" de). The Federation has ncc?ted responsibility for the guar ianâ€" ship of the aims, principles and methods of Scouting as 9rigir'mllÂ¥ suggested by Baden Powell This makes the third country which has been recognized in the last six months, the othets being Japan and Uruguay. There have been a number of countries where Scouting has been carried on, without their be'mi officially recognized, as before t is can be done the countries concerned valentines may have anything on them from telthones. radios, moâ€" tor cars, aeroplanes, etc., as well as the familiar hearts and darts which are a part of the day Amidst all the customs that we could dig out of the past there remains one central thought that the good Saint Valentine sflent his entite life doing good for those who needed help and winning friends bg his mang acts of kindâ€" ness and love urely if we would individually and collectiveâ€" ly resolve to pattern our lives more closely to this saint‘s by helping those who need help most, we would be taking one step in the right direction towards the world peace which all hope for Red Cross assisted in more than 500 disasters, both great and amall, across Canada in 1950 mâ€"v .W. "hw -mr .‘ h ‘mi Canadion Patience Runs its founder, Lord Â¥HE must undertake to work along the same lines as Scouting in the rest of the world, and some have been unable to agree to this. Rusâ€" sia, for instance, had a youth movement before the war which was almost akin to Scouting, but was so closely tied in with the countrys‘ political set-ug that it could not be recognized by Interâ€" national Scouting. It is encourâ€" agin;b;o know that Scouting has now been reâ€"started in all our forâ€" mer enemy _ countries â€" Italy, Japan and Germany â€" and we can only hope that its results may become apparent in the future in developing the spirit of friendliâ€" ness and brotherhood which is so ;ery necessary in the world toâ€" ay. and Selim Sarper of Turkey. Which is Canada‘s largest bear ? The polar bear is the largest in Caonado. An adult polar bear increases his weight 800 times from the time of birth, The polar bear may attoin a weight of over 1600 pounds. But at birth, the tiny young weigh only two pounds. His diet consists mostly of seals, but is supâ€" plemented with fish. This series of advertisements has been designed to introâ€" duce you to some of noture‘s unusual features . . . and to promote interest in the conservation of our wildlife. Â¥ ATERLOO â€" (Onterto) COHRONICLE Y QOURS TO PR OTECT YÂ¥ QURS TOQO ENJ O Y CARLING‘S TRE CARLIRG BREWERIES LIMITED & Canadiana: For the first time in the tion of any Indian, frere a medium F possum on Island m"#du";um a in full bloom on December #th. Ywmmmth:x en sink, well they even stole that too, in the Cheam View district mm Chilliwack, (B.C.) Progress. . . The Lagombe SbOt'lo‘:oChjnook' ing t w » Ou that on Friday it vmv zero and a few hours later the mercury rose to 34 above. . . "Sigâ€" nal for the coming of a chinook is a mighty arch which forms on the horizon of the sky. It is then that we Albertans stick out our to:::us at Jack Frost and await with sighs of relief the certain arâ€" rival of summer breezes." . . . Pete Arnell has tough luck in 1950, says the Leduc (Alta.) Reâ€" presentative . . . "He has suffered :f" diabetus and was in hospiâ€" ; he lost his mother, his sister and a granddaughter and a neâ€" waTTR100®. O%TAR;8 m since August; on return m funeral of mother had a car accident hospitalizing them all; later working on the Golden Spike No. 8 well, a 3â€"ton weight knocked him to the ground break'm* his ankles in four places. A farmer at Timmins. Ont.. . . . A farmer at Timmins, Ont., turned up at the apgg'm'fd un:e had never seen. She met him, quickly disappeared and hasn‘t been seen since. . . The Barrie (Ont.) Examiner reports William McArthur, 93, has attended well over 40 nomination meeunfs_ He was township assessor for 27 years before retiring. . . The Resâ€" ton (Man.) Recorder suggests that to marry a "pen pal" whom he if we have Boxing Day at Christâ€" mas the people are entitled to a Wrestling Day at New Years, and the editor feels this suggestion will sweep the country in years to come. . . In Manitoba the Kilâ€" larney Guide says western farmâ€" ers watched 1950 go with a sign of relief, addin%. "If the hired man had run of with his wife and the house burned down, the average farmer . would scarcelir have noticed it . . . to 1950, hail, farewell and good riddance." . .. A dandelion picked bg‘_.;)chool flrl Brenda Wagner at dgewater, N.S., on Jan. 4th. ¢ Pictou (N.S.) Gazette: "Poliâ€" tical leaders have warned that there is too much running "3 the PMMTS me im en ns e e government with local problems and demands for financial assistâ€" ance, and.we believe this is espeâ€" cially true with respect to proâ€" ducers who should stand on their own feet. But with both federal and provincial governments conâ€" trolling more and more of the earned dollars, it becomes necesâ€" sary to take more problems to them. Thus towns and municiâ€" palities have nowhere else to turn." # Maple Creek (Sask.) News: Canada and Iceland are on)mvu(o countries among North Atlantic allies without any form of comâ€" pulsion to get into the combat forces. If the Canadian governâ€" ; ment feels conscription is not, necessary at present time, altho‘ they admit the services are short some 40,000 of the number they would like to see &igned up, why\ not make a form limited comâ€"~ pulsion to make some use of the | expensive armory buildings and | equipment all across the country\ ‘to train men in the Reserve Army.| If the %overnment would work up 1 its political courage u.:»"_‘c(mxpeli n Emt aeea en s 5 young men, residiutfl within reaâ€" sonable distance of the spots made available for training, to join up for trainlng two or three nlghts a week, the department would soon be on the way to having thousâ€" ands of at least partially trained soldiers . . . If some sacrifice is entailed, what about it? With world conditions as they are, all citizens should be prepared to ?reserve this much talked about reedom." $ Writing in his column in the Calgary Herald, Richard Needâ€" ham sees this anomaly: "Look what is happening. the rich naâ€" tions of this world are appallingly weak in the military sense; the poor nations are appallingly strong. The lowâ€"income half of humanity is pushing around the highâ€"income half. The lowâ€"inâ€" come half, which obviously canâ€" not afford to maintain and equip a large force is maintaining and equipping them; the highâ€"income half, which obviously can afford it, is not . . . we of the western wolr]d place comfort above surviâ€" val. # A vote is a 1 because the gift By Jim Grequblat funny thing t of free s speech is men who will cultivate and think of the beauty and loveliâ€" ness that surround them, for the mfinmet that await them and all of the great privilege it above all of the t privilege it is to be he-bdfa.pecmly fn a situation such as we are at the present time. These are things that will produce a peace." _ _ ® Clipped: From New Zealand come accounts of the latest diffiâ€" flt’ produced by planning. The Govermnen:.‘o enoot‘uutg shopkeepers to close down for weekâ€"end on Friday afternoon. ‘That meant mwues all Friday afâ€" ternoon, wi mothers keegm; }m?& Enwpqhoo::pp:lp 4 ising rs have no: started their weekâ€"end buying on Thursday afternoon, so that queues are equally unpleasâ€" an that day. _ _ â€" * Barrie (Ont.) _ Examiner: Those who fail to give a fair day‘s eMederation" _ MEN WHO THINK OF TOMORROW PRACTICE MODERATION TODA Royal Canadian Air Fo â€"ACT NOW â€" j SERVE CANADA AND THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM To meet the responsibilities of the times, more men are needed nowâ€"in all branches of Canada‘s expanding Air Force. There are immediate openings for men age 17 to 40, with Grade 8 education or bettrer. ARE NEEDED IMMEDIATELY AS RADIOâ€"RADAR, AIRCRAFT, INSTRUMENT AND ARMAMENT TECHNICIANS in the YOUNG MEN work for a fair , do * tribute h‘m&“z;yw work for a fair day‘s | unnoee-rilv_"“- sarily the costs of the finâ€" ished products. Dear Editor: Well, you have finally "riled" me into telling just why I for one get don‘t shop in Waterlioo. Every wwn&oghnlwilumfiut lbopâ€"f don‘t even get the door closed when the clerk says "Wadâ€" daya want". My, but I feel like a heel for disturbing the poor The next store I go into I have to wait for another poor clerk to finish her knitting. It seems a shame. She has neglected to dust off merchandise and counters. She‘ll make a poor wife. These IS THE SILKEN STRING â€" RUNNING THROUGH THE PEARL CHAIN OF ALL VIRTUES" SOSEUK UAE Every time I go in a local bakeâ€" Letters To The Editor There is special need for men to train as Radioâ€" Radar, Aircraft, Inscrumenat and Armament Techâ€" nicians. If you can qualify, you can start wow your career in the great held of modern aviation. The training is thorough: the opportunities are good! Please mail me, without obligation, full particulars regarding enlistment requirements and openingi now available in the R.C A.F. NAME (PleasePrint) STREET ADDRESS CJTY ... PROVINCE EDUCATION (by grade and province) TRAINING COMMAND, R. C. A.F., TRENTON, ONTARIO Waterloo clerks leave io shent en / Aores ue Roinch the same tym clerks in ener but it ‘t take 2 -fi to walk out of a store and another for what you want. My married daughter, just new to the Twin Cities, complained of only one; also women if my bridge club would never @ream of shopping in Waterico for this for courteous service and WH! continue to shop where I can find this no maetter how many "meoâ€" dern" stores Waterloo erects. others don‘t Well these are reasons why I don‘t shop in Waterloo. Why not conduct a poll and find out why It is not only the younger girls but the older ones ‘L) 1 would pay a 10â€"mile bd h!_! February 16, AGE