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EDMONTON JOURNAL. FRIDAY, JANUARY 13. 1945- TH NEIGHBORS By George Clark National Service in the States By Jay G. Hayden Daily War Analysis Survey of West Front Campaign By Major George Melding Eliot ARTICLE In yesterday's article, we examined the Allied supply problem; we made it clear that the solution of this problem turned on the reopening of the port of Antwerp; and we then manpower shortages "artillery, ammunition, cotton duck, bombs, tires, tanks, heavy trucks, and even B-29s" will be supplied to Uie mnxlnuim. WASHINGTON, The immediate effect of President Roosevelt's annual message has been to put congress on the spot to a degree not exampled at any other time within memory Second, it would provide at one The fact that sticks out all stroke the power to deal with till examined the resulting strategical situation from through this document is that the winning of the war and the nature of the peace after it de the nation's industrial bickerings the defiances alike of the Averys, the Petrillos and the Lewises, the humiliating Impotencles of the War Lnbor Board, the bumbling ineffectiveness of the war manpower commission.

Third, it wold go a long way toward destroying any lingering hope that the Germans and Japanese have that, if they just hold on long enough, Internal weaknesses within the Allied countries, and friction among them, may bring an end to the war, short of complete Allied victory. Finally, the demonstration of American unity in war, given by quick accession by the new congress to President Roosevelt's request for a National Service act, would give assurance to foreign peoples everywhere that the American people and their government are capable of getting together in thelame way to deal with the problems of peace. Days Gone By From The. Journal Files of Twenty five, Fifteen and Five Years Ago. January 12 Serious disorders were breaking out between leftist and rightist factions in Spain.

Marshal Foch, who had commander the Allied armies in the First the German viewpoint, showing that von Rundstedt made a hard choice between allowing his reserves to be used up in driblets to meet our increasing pressure, and using them in a concentrated counter-attack outside the Siegfried defences in an attempt to gain time. Further, that lie was compelled to make the latter attempt prematurely, in a condition when our offensive was gathering momentum rather than in the ideal moment for counter-attack which is when the hostile offensive is losing momentum. Thus we see that von Rundstedt has found himself constrained by conditions of Eisenhower's making, and has had to take what even the Nazi radio commentators admit was a desperate expedient. He had to make a choice of evils. Now let us go back a little and review the strategical situation from the Allied point ot view, always keeping carefully in mind the supply problem which set such definite limits to our capabilities.

The problem was how to breach the German defensive system along their western frontier, under conditions which would permit rapid exploitation of the break-through and the destruction of a large part of the Germany army. The Germans were depending, as we have shown, on defences manned by hastily organized and not fully trained levies, while behind that shield they built up a mobile field army for counter attack. Under these condition? it was worthwhile to try a desperate thrust of our own to get through the defences before the Germans could build up their field army. General Eisenhower tried at Arnhem and did not quite make it. Then he had to settle down to build up his supply system.

Meanwhile there was the question of how best to deal with the German army. There are two ways, as the able British commentator Veritas points out, to effect a penetration of a defensive position which cannot be outflanked. One is to concentrate a tremendous striking force behind the desired "Isn't there any other way of cleaning; house?" pAOf TOVH Simumtmt 3mmtal A SOUTHAM NEWSPAPER Published daily except Sunday by the proprietor, fh 8outhm Company, Limited, at Journal Bulld-jtag, 10006 101 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Thi Journal alma to be an Independent. Clean (fewapaper for the home, devoted to Public Service.

Subscription price: Dally by carrier, 25 cents per week. Dally by mail in Canada, except airmail: oik year, 17.00; 6 months, 4.00: 3 months, M.2a; Saturday only by mail In Canada, except airmail 3.00 per year. Via airmail to north: one year, 9.00; months, J5.00. Daily by mail to U.S.A., 13.00 per year. Th Journal' dally average net paid 4 1 ftA irculatlon last week was 1 FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1945 Profit and Loss of a Battle The Battle of the Bulge ends its fourth veek today and some definite conclusions as to the profit and loss growing out of it are possible.

In a series of three articles, concludes tomorrow, Major Eliot has Surveyed recent west front operations from broad strategic and tactical viewpoints. A more detailed survey of material results will be attempted here. First of all, let us see what the Germans may have gained, then something of the price they have paid, and finally what the Allies have achieved and at what cost. Competent observers are agreed that von Rundstedt had two objectives, one immediate and the other long-range. His Immediate objective was to halt the Allied attacks on two great German industrial regions, the Ruhr and the Saar.

He has achieved this. If, as a by-product of the healthy scare he threw into the Allied command he had been able to take Liege in the first rush, he would have been able to seize much greater quantities of Allied stores, particularly gasoline and oil, than he did, and with these he might have been able to Exploit his initial success greatly. He has, however, saved the Ruhr and the Saar for the time being, perhaps even for another two or three months, for it takes weeks to amass the men and material necessary for a great, sustained offensive. This much he can count to his credit. The long-range objective probably was to stall the Allies for anywhere from four to six months in order to allow Germany's 1945 crop of recruits to be trained and posted to Iront-line units.

Allied military experts have estimated that from 300,000 to 400,000 German youths reach the call-up age each year. In the hard bookkeeping of war, the German high command therefore could afford to lose up to 150,000 men in order to gain six months of time. Static defence of the Siegfried line and its extensions was costing the Germans 3,000 men a day in prisoners alone taken by the Allies. Killed and wounded would increase that figure to a point where the monthly total would go well over the mark. Von Rundstedt sent into the Battle of the Bulge about 200,000 men in the initial stages.

He is estimated to have used in the first two weeks six out of eight good armor Assurances That Don't Assure Few Canadians can be at all satisfied by General McNaughton's statement that our "reinforcements exceed demands." Nothing could be more reasonable than to ask. as did the writer of a letter in Thursday's issue, how this has come about. Information on that point is. however, being withheld. The minister of national defence says that an analysis of the reinforcement situation will not be available until "the security position permits." Everyone must recognize that security considerations are paramount.

But why should they prevent the throwing of light on the methods being employed at present to meet reinforcement needs? The people of the country were not kept in the dark during the recent parliamentary session in regard to the course that had been taken before the sudden change in the government's policy or in regard to its results. That being so, they are bound to resent being informed by General McNaughton that they will have to wait to learn how the government is carrying out the new policy. They share strongly the feelings of The Journal correspondent who. after recalling that Mr. King had said a man would have the opportunity to enlist up to the moment he was conscripted, went on: If you line up a company of men and tell them you have authority from parliament to conscript every last one of them, but you dont want to do this if they will volunteer, they will all volunteer, every last one of them, knowing they have to go anyway.

This in my opinion will mean there will never be any more conscripts, and Mr. Mackenzie King will again have tricked the people of Canada." His 16.000 "order in council" win last the war out. and Gen. McNaughton is also a party to this shabby trick. I was an officer in the last war and don't like this method of doing business.

The whole subject will be kept to the fore in the North Grey byelection and General McNaughton, the government candidate, will have as difficult time there as he had during the Ottawa "crisis." The Progressive Conservative nominee, Mr. Case, has called upon the voters to express on election day their determination that ample reinforcements be provided, that "half-hearted or piecemeal methods" be adopted no longer and that there be "a total and full-out war effort." At his opening meeting Air Vice-Marshal Godfrey, who has been brought into the field by the C.C.F., described the government's recruiting policy as "neither a voluntary one nor conscription but an utter confusion of both." He held that there was "no guarantee that the men sent into action will be the best trained men available nor any guarantee that all trained men will be available as reinforcements." That is quite clear and as a consequence public concern over the outlook is steadily deepening. If General McNaughton really thinks that he can set it at rest, by merely repeating that everything is going well and leaving it at that, he is in for a rude awakening similar to that which he had immediately after taking over his present post. And a few drops of rain just add interest to January weather. Behind the Scene in Greece Joseph G.

Harrison in Christian Science Monitor Great War, issued a warning that there 1920 pend Just as much on what congress does, and the speed and forth -lightness with which it does it, as on either developments at the lighting fronts or the present controversial inter-Allied relationships. The president bluntly asked congress to enact "at the earliest possible moment" legislation for "the total mobilization of all our human resources for the prosecution of the war." He asked flatly for a National Service act, making every American, civilian as well as military, subject to draft. Apparently fearing that this is too much of a dose for congress to take all at one gulp the president ar.ked for two immediate stop-gap enactments: (1) Authority to use 4-P army rejects "in whatever capacity is best for the war effort," and induction of women nurses into the armed forces. The meaning of the latter of these proposals is not clear, but at least it would subject the nurses to full military discipline and the statement that it should be accomplished by amendment of the Selective Service act suggests that compulsory draft of nurses is contemplated if this should become necessary. It is hard to think of anything that would do so much to encourage and help U.S.

fighting forces, to discourage and confound our enemies, and to strengthen American inter-Allied bargaining position, as for congress to cut straight through to the heart of this recommendation and enact the full national service law forthwith. The present over-all situation is comparable with that which the United States faced in 1933, when President Roosevelt first entered the White House at the pit of economic depression. Never before or since has the American government acted so swiftly or with such electric effect on the national moral as it did then. The president recommended and congress passed, literally overnight, bills slashing government expenditures, including salaries and pensions, and making sweeping grants of executive authority that would have had no chance of passage under normal circumstances. The fact that both the president and congress afterward back-slid from this high point of governmental unity and competence minimized its ultimate benefit but did not detract from its immediate uplift.

What would be the effects if congress, in like fashion, would enact within the week an all-embracing National Service act? First, it would give to American fighting men the strongest possible assurance that the equipment Mr. Roosevelt said they lack because of would be other wars, and that Fiance and certain other nations should prepare to defend themselves against aggressors. The Edmonton board of trade was urging the building of a new hospital in the city to care for ex-servicemen. Lithuania was trying to borrow $100,000,000 from the United States. A large crowd attended the funeral of Murdoch McLeod, a resident of the city for 50 years, and its "oldest old-timer." Alberta spent on public buildings during the preceding year.

E. V. Kerr, Cam- 1930 the E.A.M. of a portion of its popular support that can only be learned later. But even this would in no wise invalidate the evidence that the Greek people are determined to have in power those whowiU give them the type of Greece they wish.

I have talked with numerous persons who support many E.A.M. objectives without defending its means of achieving them. What sort or government do these Greeks want? I have tried hard to discover the answer and I believe the following is a fair summary: In the first place, they want a government which they believe they themselves control. This means a government which is not under foreign tutelage and this applies to Britain regardless of the fact that 90 percent of all Greeks cherish a warm feeling for Britain and recognize the necessity of co-operating with Britain in the Mediterranean. Second, the Greek people are conscious of the fact that Greece is a poor country that its economic opportunities are limited and must be developed to the fullest.

They feel this calls for vigorous government action action which might tread on the economic toes of many influential Greeks who have been important figures in Greek government circles up to now. A successful return to peace in Greece can come only if the bulk of the Greek people are satisfied with their leaders. That, in the opinion of many neutral observers, is the lesson to be learned from the present civil war. ATHENS. How far cessation of fighting and formation of a new government may tend to end the trouble in Greece remains to be seen.

Lasting peace will come to this heroic but tortured little country only when it is freed from the anxieties and uncertainties which brought about civil war. Four weeks in war-wracked Athens go far to convince one that attempts to explain away the fighting as merely a Communist coup are begging the issue. Perhaps Communist leaders in the E.A.M. and its military force, the E.L.AS.. were trying to establish a Communist government when fighting broke out on Dec.

3 the truth about this is yet to be disclosed. What is uncontestable, however, is that countless persons in Greece have backed the E.A.M. movement because they believed it foreshadowed a better and freer country for them. Furthermore, this civil war would seem to carry a grave warning for national leaders in lands far from Greece. There are many indications that this strife grew out of the same leftward political and economic tendencies reported in most if not all European countries.

The strength of this feeling in Greece is testified by the fact that even the conservative Greek political parties advertise themselves as socialistic. It is impossible to understand what is going on in Greece if one does not keep in thought what the Greek people have gone through, not merely for four years, but for nearly nine, since the Metaxas dictatorship was the forerunner of German and Italian oppression. Thus for a number of years the Greek people not only have under an indescribable terror, but they also have been deprived of the right to decide for themselves the type of government they wint. Having courageously resisted the Germans, it hardly is likely thy would accept what they thought to be a threat from other directions. And rightly or wrongly, many Greeks believed this threat existed.

area of penetration, and then drive ahead. The other is to keep up constant pressure along the whole front until something cracks. The first method seeks to bring about decisive battle with the enemy's reserves behind his defences. The second seeks to absorb the enemy's reserves piecemeal along the front, so that when the break-through comes there will be insufficient power left to the enemy to stop it. The first method leads to victory if the original penetration can be followed up in such overwhelming strength that the enemy cannot contain it; it demands power and more power, drawn from great depth and continually resupplied.

The second method leads to victory if the enemy is constantly confronted with the need to put In reserves here and there to avoid local disaster, so that in the end he is ground down to the point where he can no longer either hold his line, or defeat the attacking troops when they have broken through the line. General Eisenhower was compelled, by circumstances, to adopt the second method. His supply situation did not permit him to accumulate the concentrated power required for the first method until Antwerp was open. He could not, in the meantime, merely take the defensive along th3 front (except for the Schelde estuary) and wait for Antwerp to be cleared. If he did that, he would be abandoning the initiative to the enemy.

He would be permitting von Rundstedt to build up his mobile reserve in perfect security, and to send reinforcements to the Schelde front in great strength, thus delaying the moment when Antwerp would become available. He had to parcel out his supplies over a wide front, and do what was possible within the limitations thus imposed upon him. He therefore adopted the second method that of maintaining constant pressure all along the front. By this means he imposed a constant drain on the German resources rose, was elected president of the Alberta Horticultural society; S. E.

Taylor, Edmonton, was chosen vice-president. The town planning commission opposed 102A ave. and McDougall ave. as the site for a city cenotaph. J.

J. Seitz, 77, Toronto, donor of the Underwood trophy for international women's basketball supremacy, held by the Edmonton Grads, died. Adolf Hitler was re-1Q. ported to have offered iy4U to act as mediator in an effort to end the war between Russia and Finland. Fierce tribesmen from British India who formed part of the Allied army in France were suffering severely from the European winter.

The dominion government was floatlnj its first war loan; the amount was for $200,000,000 at the rate of 3' percent. Plastic Eye From C-I-L Oval A Canadian soldier who lost aa eye at Dieppe is wearing an all-plastic artificial eye as a result ot the ingenuity and efforts of a Montreal dental technician. Germany controls the glass eye industry and glass eyes rrmy no longer be available when present stocks are depleted. Meanwhile the casualties of war are increasing. The wounded men are coming home, many of them having lost an eye.

They are suffering from the psychological effect of their disfigurement. They need artificial eyes. Tht all-plastic artificial eye will be an invaluable contribution to their Bible Message (Prom the Authorise Version! "And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, nrink ve all of it: for this is my blood of the new testament which is shed for many for the remission oi sins. And when they had sung ed divisions and seven out of 14 good infantry divisions he had in reserve. By the end of the third week, Allied spokesmen were quoted as saying that von Rundstedt had probably lost about 100,000 men In the offensive.

The number of prisoners taken was put at 22,000 at this time, so that the 100,000 casualty total seems optimistic. Today, indications are that von Rundstedt is withdrawing rapidly from three-quarters of the bulge. The converging attacks of American and British divisions are pushing the enemy back, not cutting off whole corps or armies or even battalions. The enemy withdrawal is described as, speedy and orderly. So that, on the basis of figures issued so Jar, von Rundstedt appears to have paid not too heavy price in men for the time Played Detective Leonard Lyons, in New York Post A group of ladies belong to a swanky bridge club.

Some discovered that money and jewelry were being stolen during the game. They suspected one of the members, and decided to make a long and patient test. Each week a different member would absent herself from the sessions. When all the others had taken turns in beins absent, and the thefts nevertheless continued at each game they agreed that the eighth member, who had attended all sessions, must an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. Alberta's Post-War Tasks The work of the Alberta Board of Trade and Agriculture, which was organized six years ago last autumn, has been of much value to the province.

It will have still greater opportunities for public service open to it in the immediate future and a strong determination to take full advantage of these was manifested at the annual meeting this week in Red Deer. James B. Holden of Vegreville, who has been president from the Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I eo and pray yonder. And he took be the guilty one. The lady, who iney ieit tms tnreat lay in beginning, was re-elected to the post and British support of the Greek king i bears a distinguished New York the executive is a thoroughly representative manpower and material, while his own situa-nnp ition in this respect gradually improved as new ana conservative elements in the i name, was asKea to resign, and did army which rallied around the king.

As its name shows, the object of the board Many Greeks honestly believed- THE NEGLECTED BALLOT From the Brantford Expositor again perhaps wrongly that there was actual danger of another con- "With a subtle sense of humor, one servative dictatorship such as the i of Brantford's aldermen, re-elected king engineered with Gen. John 1 for the 1945 term, published a card Metaxa3. of thanks "to the 350 out of the It is quite possible that events of 4,122 electors" of his constituency the past four weeks have robbed I who favored his return to council. harbors were opened, as the French railways were rebuilt, and as the operations for the reopening of Antwerp went forward toward a successful conclusion. He was only partially successful in compelling von Rundstedt to commit his mobile reserves piecemeal; but it became increasingly clear to von Rundstedt that he would presently be confronted with the need for doing so, unless he could put a check to the inexorable Allied pressure by a counter-operation of his own.

Eisenhower could not, of course, have his cake and eat it too. He could not maintain his with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, my Father if it be possible let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: and when they had bound him, they led him away and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. (Matt. 26; 27, 28, 30, 36-39 27; 1, 2, 27, 28, 31.) See Our Large Stock of Reconditioned PIANOS Robinson Sons 10247 Jasper Avenue We Repair Everything Musical Jews Denounce Terrorists By Pertmax The two murderers of Lord Moyne, evil deeds.

But the fact would seem British resident minister in the to indicate that terrorist groups in Middle East, are about to be put on Palestine were behind their deeds, trial. The date was fixed last month At any rate, it creates a presump-and, presumably, it has not been i tion. offensive pressure along the Roer front and it is to advance the interests of town and country alike. The operations of a similar body, formed a quarter of a century ago, were soon suspended because of difficulties experienced in securing the co-operation of all sections and economic groups In Alberta. But this is now being given on an encouraging scale.

During the Red Deer sessions the executive secretary of the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce. Reg. T. Rose, told of what was being done by the committee the provincial government appointed, on the suggestion of the chamber, to make a reconstruction survey. He is its chairman and he testified to the splendid help in the task that had been given by all branches of civic and community life.

The board promised its hearty support. Mr. Rose stated that the preliminary work had been completed, Alberta having been divided into 25 districts, and that the actual survey would begin on January 15. As a result of it, the com changed. The Egyptian tribunal! which is about to settle the fate of Lord Moyne's assassins consists of along the Saar and the Lauter, and at the same time organize and hold a deep defensive front everywhere else.

He could hardly have done this with twice the troops he actually had. He had to leave certain portions of the front relatively weak, and therefore exposed to German counter-attack if von Rundstedt thought fit to undertake such an effort. He was forcing Rundstedt to the choice of such an attempt, or the even less hopeful expedient of continuing the battle of attrition until something gave way. The inquiry also has brought to light other details of some interest. On the expressed request of Lord Moyne the arrangements made to give him police protection at all times were cancelled.

His military six civilian judges but the procedure of military courts is to be followed. aide was not armed. He was help less wnen racea by the assassins. We can be sure that, today, the escort of Sir Edward Grigg, Lord It would be idle to maintain that there mittee expects to be able to determine for i was no element of surprise in what von Rund Moynes successor, moves about fully prepared to handle roughly how many men and women employment I ted finally chose to do. The bad weather, the will have to be provided after the war and wooded terrain, and the German facility for what work will be available for them to un- making movements by night, all combined to any assailant.

he has gained. The story is different in material. Here, of course, Allied fliers have played the big role. Consider these figures, which are authentic: In the first 16 days of the Battle of the Bulge, more than 1,600 German aircraft were destroyed or damaged. In the same period, Allied crews dropped 52,100 tons of bombs on the reich.

And during the same 16 days Allied fighters and fighter-bombers operating over the western battle area, despite long periods of heavy fog and snow, claimed the following ground targets were destroyed or damaged: locomotives, 622; freight cars, motor vehicles, chiefly trucks, 5.300; ferry barges and tugs, 82; tanks and armored fighting vehicles, 879; guns and gun positions, 358; enemy occupied buildings, 899. The cost in men and material to the Allies will not be told officially for some time, as it is information the enemy would give a good deal to get. It has been heavy, but there Is good reason to believe it has not been as heavy as the enemy's. The Allies very definitely have had their plans for a winter offensive disrupted by von Rundstedt's sally. They may yet prove that on balance they have gained more than they lost, especially If, once the Battle of the Bulge is over to their satisfaction, they can re-group their armies and re-direct their supplies to points of attack more vital to the enemy than are the heavily wooded and lightly Industrialized areas east of the Ardennes.

In the realm of the spiritual, the Allies have gained far more than have the Germans. The Allied nations have re-surveyed the task before them, have come to a full realization that a big job has yet to be done before victory is theirs, and have set about doing It. Our Immensely greater strength in men and materials, if directed to the sole purpose of beating Germany, is invincible. Most of us today, from leaders to humblest citi-een, have been jolted out of an ill-founded complacency and Into a hard determination not to be caught like that again. This is a "re-armament" for which we can thank von Rundstedt.

As the Cairo trial opens, the curtain has already been drawn on Jewish terrorism. Two hundred and dertake. fifty adepts of the so-called Stern secure tactical surprise as front reports attest. That von Rundstedt gained strategical surprise is very doubtful. Eisenhower knew very well the sort of enemy he faced; and the swiftness of his reaction to von Rundstedt's The Cairo officials have done their best to expedite matters.

They were only too anxious to dispel any suspicion that Jewish fanaticism could enlist some sympathy among those of their countrymen opposed to the British alliance. The prisoners have kept silent. No concession has been wrested from them. Their silence notwithstanding, the circumstances of the crime are now well ascertained. One of the revolvers used to fell the British minister is of old Russian make and the other is of an ancient pattern.

Modern police methods have made it possible to establish a definite relation between any given weapon and the bullets which, even years before, poured from it and are collected. Thus, the investigators in Cairo learned that the revolver of Russian make had six victims on record and the older weapon one. This does not necessarily mean, of course, that the young Jews involved in the case are to be held responsible for such a long list of group of "Irgun Zvai Leumi" have been deported to Eritrea. But more important for the future than that administrative step was the visit paid to Marshal Viscount Gort, high commissioner in Jerusalem, by uavia uengurion, head of the executive committee of Zionism. attack is evidence enough that he was well prepared to deal with counter-operation that the German commander might attempt.

There may have been misjudgment of the enemy's strength in that particular sector, though the attack seems to have been very swiftly organized; there does not seem to have been any- misjudgment of the enemy's over-all strength, and so far the steps that have been Bengurion pledged himself and his friends to the eradication of violence. The leader of the Jewish Agency, Dr. Chaim Weizman, who recently arrived in Jerusalem, is "It will chart major employment trends in directions we do not know at present," Mr. Rose went on to say. "It is a misconception that government or big business can provide the jobs.

The majority will be dependent on employment by the hundreds of smaller businesses throughout the How necessary It is to secure accurate data in regard to what he referred to as the "potential work-pile" cannot be overemphasized. No one who is in a position to help the committee in its task should require ar to do so to the fullest extent posi. Here and There The Battle of the Bulge is rapidly losing its waistline. Perhaps some American song writer will produce a popular one called "Marching With reported to be equally co-operative. taken to deal with the German counter-attack Even the Hanaga, a Jewish type of home guards, is falling into line, at appear to be entirely adequate.

If there has been no such over-all misjudgment, it is not least covertly. IRKS fyfifi r7) BIRKS diamonds are s. I known throughout Canada for I mf their unexcelled quality. Our I gemologist personally selects Wf every stone for colour, cutting aid degree of perfection. Va The ring sketched is mounted in 14kt.

natural gold with 18kt. white gold settings. Price 200.00 Purtbasi tax ixlrt 1 (mMa I laoMTMirj jiwilliu aob amuican om Kxiimr Ms- POOR PA By Claud Callan Such being the general trend, all the odds are that "Irgun Vzai Leumi," itself, will lose strength. In the aggregate, its membership did not exceed 4,000 or 5,000. However, British and American sources credited it with enough effective power and prestige to raise some 40,000 men, with up-to-date equipment, in an emergency.

Prestige and effective power are now bound to decline. Since November 6, the day Lord Moyne was killed, no blood has been shed in Palestine. On a few occasions, contributions of money were extorated and people were held for ransom but no one has lost his life. In brief, the extremist section is being scattered or is cowering. The men who speak for the Zionist cause must feel they are in a better position to insist on a rieflni- too soon to say that the German counterattack has been contained and is likely to turn into a German disaster.

The one question mark which remains is whether the Germans do have unexpected reserves of power which they can now throw into the battle, and with every day that these reserve fail to put in an appearance their existence becomes less likely. (In the third and final article of this series on the winter battle of the western front, the nature of the German attack and its relation to the tactics of all battles of penetration will be examined). ICopyrlght, 1945, N.Y. Tribune, Inc.) Bored As the mathematics master was working out an example on the blackboard, he noticed that one of the pupils wasn't paying any attention. So he said sharply: "Board, Jeffries, board!" Roused from his day-dream, the lad replied unthinkingly: 1 "Yes, sir, very!" A machine has been developed which can take X-ray photographs in a millionth of a second.

Gosh! A person won't even be able to hide a burp successfully. A Calgary family has applied for permission to change its name from Zuk to Juke. That is a tribute worth while to the contraptions that so many keep on describing as instruments of torture. A suggestion that German prisoners donate their blood to collecting agencies in the United States has horrified some people there, who fear its demoralizing Influence on those for whose benefit It is to be used. A scientist has told them that they need not be alarmed as "blood corpuscles are in no way affected by nationality, Indoctrination "Ma blessed out my dog an' then tion of British nolicv more avnr.

lit in on me. My dog looked puzzled able to their'claims than the White an' I guessed he must have thought: paper of 1939. tht I had been runnin' after chick- (Keieazcd by North Ameriun ens too." I newspaper Alliance, Inc.) or any other acquired.