THE i EDITOR'S COLUMN The rationing of food in England, due to the war scarcity, has its amusing side, too. Onions are hard to obtain, and are now rated almost al-most as a delicacy. Here's an in-teresting in-teresting article which we picked 1 ap from an English newspaper received re-ceived recently by Mr. and Mrs. William Ravensdale of this city: A Cardiff housewife saw onions for sale in a shop. Hopefully she entered and asked to be supplied with a few, only to I be told: "Very sorry, madam, but you can only have them if you buy a chicken or a duck! Fun was caused at a Cardiff whist party at which the first prize was an onion. The second prize was a lemon, and the third a half bottle of whiskey. And a Scot confused his partners by concentrating on the third prize! I A returned missionary told us re-i re-i cently that The Citizen was a "pretty welcome piece of mail" each I week. We are pleased to be able to send the newspaper to the mission-, mission-, aries free of charge. ! , Now we plan to send The Citizen j to the young men who have volun- teered for duty in the armed forces of the United States the army, the navy, and the marines. All we need is their addresses, and if the parents par-ents or friends of these volunteers will help us out to this extent we will place the volunteers' names on our mailing lists without charge. The young men who have answered answer-ed Uncle Sam's call will be away from home and friends for some time, and we believe that they, too, J will welcome The Citizen, a weekly letter from the home-town. The Union Pacific railroad de-rn de-rn serves a word of appreciation for the two new crossing signals which have been installed at the Alpine high-artfelt high-artfelt way crossing. ..This is a busy high-ped high-ped in way, cay and night, and the signals leave- fuardinf this dangerous point are a thank real contribution to traffic safety. :rvices, nished Strange as it may seem, about the s. only merchandise undamaged in the Bate's store fire was the ammuni-a1?' ammuni-a1?' tion, of which there was a large stock. The boxes of shotgun and rifle shells were kept in a part of ithe store where the fire did plenty of damage, but came through un-scratched! un-scratched! N During Boy Scout Week 1941 the 'Boy Scouts of America is remind-i remind-i ins Americans that "the paramount Ineed in national defense is 'the strengthening and invigorating of democracy in the United States." This the organization proposes to do through its normal programs of activity ac-tivity and education. Boy Scouts in this country following follow-ing a non-military policy are engaged engag-ed in a program of "learning -by doing." do-ing." Boys in every city are learning how to do the simple, necessary things of life, from tying a knot that will hold to cooking a meal in the open. Their program is an active one, stressing outdoor life and the ability to think under emergency conditions. This is not unfamiliar to the people peo-ple of America. The Boy Scouts of this country have an enviable record in service which older people many limes cannot match. Each year brings its quota of news stories, tell-ng tell-ng how some youngster who learned he rudiments of first aid from his Scoutmaster has saved the life of a 1 luman being in some crisis. The c forts upon the part of the n eaders of the Boy Scouts of Ameri-';cg Ameri-';cg a to strengthen America by giving he boys of the country the ability act quickly and effectively in imes of emergency deserve the sup-wt sup-wt of every person who believes in he value of democracy. The Boy Scouts of America believe J hat the way to fight those forces J Men would attack our democracy f ' to be democratic. And to that ;d over three hundred arid thirty Wusand Americans are giving vol-M vol-M Jltary service to the million and a alf members of the Movement. (nr 5C o