JUST GLEANINGS

NERVOUS GULL DROPS DINNER

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.—Travel- ling a coast boulevard in an open car, Mrs, Mar'--te Vincent was starttad when a one-pound mackerel dropped

flapping into her lap, She looked aloft KNEE HILL CREEK

and spied a seagull—apparently as

disconcerted as she, AG AIN OVERFLOWS

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WEARY ELK BLOCKS HIGHWAY AND DOES DAMAGE NORTH BAY, Ont.—Motorists were

forced to stop their cars on the Temis-

kaming highway recently because sev.

eral elk refused to get out of the way,

One large female elk had to be drag-

ged to a side road where she promply

fell asleep,

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BRITISH MAKE MORE BOMBERS

VOLUME 22; NUMBER 10

Spring Work Will Be Delayed For Some Time

Flood waters in the Knee Hill creek abated last week to more safer levels, but the warm weather Thursday and

SIPTV PE Friday again brought the water up to

LONDON—Britain’s February out-| flood proportions, and while the water put of heavy bombers was four times | did not come up as high a3 the week as large as that in February, 1942, | previous, it again flooded out the C.H, and munitions production was up 40] Nash property and came up around percent in the same period, Oliver Lyt-| some of the houses on the “island”. tleton announced recently, The last Large blocks of ice came down and quarter of 1942 saw 75 percent greater | the creck has now broken up for the production in aircraft than the aver-|season and it is to be hoped that the age quarterly output in the previous | danger of floods are over for awhile, year, He credited the increase ti great.) Various species of livestock came er labor efficiency, and to scientific | down the creek last week, including a progress, cow, pigs, chickens, sheep, etc., indi-

A NELAT ARRS WES TEN cating that farmers along the creek MEAT RATIONING STARTS, MAY | suffered further loss from the high contneernanmens water,

Meat rationing is due to come into| Roads are now drying out and it will effect in Canada early in May, accord- | not be long before normal traffic can ing to an announcement from Ottawa, | be resumed. The fields however, are The ration will be on the basis of two | real wet yet and it will be some time pounds per person per week, and is before farmers can get on the land. said to be one-half pound less than the | With about 40 per cent of the thresh- present per capita consumption.

Meatless days will be observed by restaurants and eating places,

the farmers are going to be busy and seeding will be late on the average, because much of last year’s crop will

CARBON, ALBERTA, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1943

The past ten days has transformed this country from winter to spring and large flocks of ducks and geese are around in the various sloughs, The geese, in particular, have been resting on the Alex Reid slough west of town and on the backwaters in the creek. With crows, meadow larks, robbins, and other birds back in numbers it appears that spring is definitely here and we hope for better weather from now on. The crocus buds are thick on the hills and the grass is getting green in places, There is no better weather prophet that Nature itself,

OVERSEAS 3 YEARS; GETS ALL PARCELS

ed by Postmaster General since December 1939, Mrs, J.S, John- ston of Calgary pays tribute to the efficiency of the Postal Service and to the men “who man the ships” for the safe delivery of letters and parcels she sends regularly to her son, Mrs. | Johnston writes as follows: To The Postmaster General:

I know you are a busy man these {days and hope you will excuse my

SPRING IS REALLY HERE 8TH ARMY PUSHES WEST--BATTLE WE:

The Carbon Chroni

Picture shows a group of disconso- |

ward into captivity, The number of

Interesting letters have been receiv. late German prisoners passing a Ger- | prisoners taken by the Sth Army in Mulock man tank knocked out of action on the | its victorious drive westward through from the mother of a soldier overseas | Western Desert, as they journey East- | the desert runs into tens of thousands.

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS TILL OCT, 10

Designed to help the farm labor shortage, the new amended school at- tendance act was passed by the Legis- lature last week and the holiday sea- son in Alberta schools is changed this year, and summer vacation starts on July 1 and continues through to Oc-

ing still to be done in the district |

writing to you, I think my son who] ¢tohey 10, In future years, until the act

“The World of Wheat”’ Reviewed Weekly By Major H.G.L. Strange

WHEAT RISES IN) PRICE

In eighteen days wheat hag risen 9

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ARY PRISONERS GO E or STOKER W, OLIPHANT

; has been overseas with the Canadian|j, changed, the summer holidays wil] |¢¢ts a bushel, Many are wondering . a ‘¢ * ys wer ® .

| Army since December 17, 1939, holds} start on August 1 and continue until | Why. An answer was given by the Hon

| something of a record for mail receiv-| the second Monday in October, when J.A. MacKinnon, in the House of

$2.00 A YEAR; A COPY

HAS HARROWING EXPERIENCE AT S"A

Boat Torpedoed in the Mediterranean in Feb’y

Stoker Wm, Oliphant of the RCNV R, who was one of the survivors of the corvette “Louisbure” whieh was sunk in the Mediterranean early in February, was in town for a couple of days last week, and related some of the high lights of the sinking.

He says that the Italian plane which dropped the aerial torpedo that sank his ship, came in low just at dusk and dropped its “tin fish” before the plane was spotted, The torpedo struck in the engine room, and Bill was one of the seamen in the boiler room, As they came out of the hold they went over the sides, Bill did not have his life belt on and he says he never thought of that at the time, The ship sank in less than four minutes and only a couple of rafts and a boat were launched, and out of a crew of about 90 men, 42 were lost, most of them going down with the suction from the boat, Had it not been for the boilers blowing up, Bill says that he would also have been sucked down with the others, but that the explosion enlmed the waters and gave them time to get away. His worst experience was s ming through the heavy crude oil on

soon as

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teres

have to be threshed before the land | ed, To date I have sent him around |} gehools will re-open, Another amend- Commons on March 8th, He said as] the water, and he and five others fin

_. an inside page in this issue.

IN SPECIAL CATEGORY will be serious when work starts,

COUNCIL APPOINTS WM. REID AS NEW TOWN CONSTABLE

Mick Skerry Will Be Village Dog Catcher

Some 60,000 Alberta motorists are expected to apply for “special” cate- gory coupons during 1948, says the Al- berta Motor Association, Those who desire to obtain this higher category should not delay taking the necessary steps,

The “AA” category is good for 120 gallons of gasoline for the whole year, and “special” coupons are issued at the discression of the provincial branch of the Dominion Oil Controller,

} 60,000 ALBERTA CARS SEEN

A further list of contributors and donations to the Red Cross appears on The council of. the Village,of Carbon met in regular session last ‘Thursday evening, with councillors Garrett, Tor- rance and McKibbin present.

Old age pensions were approved for

Fred Zeigler is building a chicken | Mr. and Mrs. R. Greenhalgh, and Mrs. house in the bank to the west of his ger a aca Sab bppUInted: dow cat Raowse'snd north of the highway. cher at no salary, but he will be paid

A.farewell dinner party was held $1 for each dog destroyed, and owners last Thursday at Swalwell by the U.F, of impounded dogs will have to pay A, for Mr, and Mrs, A.B, Claypool, | him $1 to redeem them, who have rented their farm after 35| Bill Reid was appointed village con- years residence in the district, and| stable at a salary of $120 a year for they are returning to their old home| part time work, and we understand in the United States, that part of his duties will be to en- force the curfew law in town.

The culvert crossing the highway at

Mrs, Hugh Brown was a Calgary visitor this week.

———

Mrs, Perry Johnson and daughter

of Calgary are visiting this week with | the back of the doctor’s residence has

been badly undermined by flood waters

——- and the counci] authorized the secre-

If you know af any items of neys| tary to report the matter to the Dist.

send or bring them to The Chronicle | rict Engineer, Mr, Graham, and re-

Office. News items are always wel- | quest that repairs be made immediate- come, ly,

Mrs, M.J, Elliott.

BETTER GRAIN YIELDS WITH

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EASTER CARDS BY COUTTS—A large assort- ment to choose from, Priced at 5c; 10c; 15c; 25c.

McKIBBIN'’S DRUG STORE

A.F, McKIBBIN, Phm., B,, Prescription Specialist, CARBON, Alta

nowledging every one of them, He says he is the luckiest boy in the Army, personally I am proud of the efficiency of the mail service to our boys, not forgetting the lads who man the ships. Yours in appreciation, Mrs, J.S, Johnston Above parcels, etc, were for Alan E, Johnston, 3rd Field Reg’t R.C.A., 1st Division, Canadian Army Overseas.

GORDON TALYOR ENLISTS

At the conclusion of the Legislature Gordon E, Taylor, M.L.A, for Drum- heller (S.C.) made ready for a session with Hitler, He has joined the R.C.A. F, and leaves immediately to join a unit,

Youngest member of the House, he is 82 years old, and for many years has been active in youth work,

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RETIRES FROM R.C.M.P,

Sgt. James Smith, in charge of the Drumheller detachment of the R.C.M.

P, for the past four years, retired | from the service last Wednesday after |

26 years duty. We understand that Mr, and Mrs, Smith will take up resi- dence in Red Deer,

LONG YEARS AGO

April, 1921

The Alexandra Tea Room is now operating its soda fountain, Mr, Poxon who has experimented with various mixtures in the past, guarantees that even the most refined taste can find no complaint,

We regret to say that Carbon is so short of houses at present that a citi- zen was forced to take a house in Swalwell,

The new steel bridge is being com- pleted on the north road, across the Three Hills Creek,

sidewalks are to be constructed where most needed.

APRIL 7, 1932

district doing their caw caw stuff,

With the fine weather the past week farmers are beginning work on the land, On Tuesday Art Neher and John

work should be general by the first of next week,

Walter Birtles, Jasper Harry Dolphin and G, Elsander are opening up a mine on the site where the old Carbon stampede was held, on the north side of the creek,

As soon as coal orders slack off the Peerless Carbon Collieries will move their equipment to the new site on the West Carbon lease,

Shipments of eggs to Calgary re- turn to the farmer on the average, about five cents per dozen,

Ducks have been arriving from the south in large flocks during the past week, on their way northward,

The Village is progressing and new |

The old black crows are again in the |

Forsch were harrowing, and spring| were Calgary visitors Monday and

Rochester, | on the Caterpillar and is out this week |

LITTLE ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST

Mrs, Norman Nash and Barbara left last Thursday evening and will visit with relatives in Drumheller,

Stoker Wm, Oliphant, and Miss Norma Williamson left last Thursday ‘for the Pacific Coast to visit with Mr. and Mrs, J.H, Oliphant.

Mrs. Craddock Sr., Miss Violet Pattison and Miss Helen Gablehouse were Calgary visitors last week, going in with Merle Anderson,

The municipal roads and all high- ways have been banned to truck traf- fic since Friday, and with the warm weather it is hoped that the ban will be lifted this week end,

George Meers of the Garrett Motor staff, left last Friday and will undergo an operation in a Calgary hospital, He expects to be away about three weeks, H a

Bill Reid has taken over his new duties as caretaker of the Carbon | school,

Mr,“and Mrs, Robt, Greehalgh have gone to Calgary where they will reside in future.

Born on Saturday, April 3, to Mr, and Mrs, Russell Taylor (nee Caroline Wright) of Wetaskiwin, a son,

Mr, and Mrs, C, A, Cressman are Calgary visitors this week,

Mrs, S.N, Wright left Monday for | Wetaskiwin to visit with her daughter, !Mrs, Taylor.

The annual meeting of the Carbon | Golf Club will be held in the munici- | pal office on Friday evening, April 9, at 8:00 p.m,

The fire siren sounded about 7:40 o’clock Monday evening when the Me. Gee house occupied by the Gobel fam- jily caught fire from burning grass. |The fire went up between the walls, but was extinguished with chemicals | !and water before much damage was | !done, The fire hose was not laid out,

| The golf course is getting dry and | ‘some of the more enthusiastic golfers | were out for the first tinie Monday. |

Mr, and Mrs, Len Poxon snd Dale | Tuesday,

Dick Gimbel has completed repairs

can be seeded to the new crop, Labor | 70 parcels, also numerous cigarette or- | ing bill raises the minimum salary of follows: will be scarce and the help problem | ders, and T have all his letters ask-| teachers from $840 to $900,

“There has been an unexpected and

very much appreciated rise in the price of wheat on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, Over the past few days the price advanced several cents, this be- ing caused by purchases of our wheat in the United States.” People in the United States, no doubt, are purchasing Canadian wheat first because the United States’ own surplus of wheat and other grains dis- appearing at an astonishing rate; and secondly, because of the great differ ence in the price of wheat—$1.45 at Chicago and 90 cents the official price at Winnipeg—.

Ever since the war started I have steadfastly maintained that wheat, be- ing the only surplus foodstuff in the world, was a most valuable commodity and I have always thought that sooner or later our surplus of wheat would be needed, Incidentally the rise in price shows the great value to the farmer of Winnipeg’s open “Futures” market for without that market this rise, which is now being enjoyed by farm- ers, could not have been registered. “-—-oo Se GEORGE HOFER KILLED WHEN TRUCK TURNS OVER

George Hofer, of the Rosebud Hut- terite colony 15 miles south of Carbon, was almost instantly killed about 11 p.m, last Thursday night when the truck in which he was a _ passenger overturned on the highway about two miles this sideof Chestermere Lake.

Three other men, one of them the driver, were in the truck and escaped injury, but Hofer attempted to get out of the cab and was crushed when the truck overturned on him,

It was reported that the steering rod on the truck broke and the driver lost contro] of the vehicle,

or Mrs, J.I, Mortimer and daughter were Calgary visitors last Thursday.

WM, F, ROSS, Manager

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- CARBON’S LEADING HARDWARE

putting some of the roads in shape | with the municipal outfit.

Mrs, Bertha Talbot is in Calgary this week attending the convention of the 1.0.D.E, at the Palliser hotel, She is official delegate for the Duke of York Chapter of Carbon,

Mick Skerry, who has been appointed dog catcher, is warning al] owners of | dogs to procure their licenses before April 20th. After that date he will round up all dogs without licenses,

David Flaws is driving the oil truck for S.N, Wright, having started the first of the month, \

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ally got away and held on to one lone rine buoy, They were in the water over an hour before being picked up by a destroyer,

Bill says after it was all over there could be recalled many amusine inei- dents, and he relates of one seaman who never swam a stroke in his life, but when he went over the side he swam 200 yards to a life-raft before stopping. Most of the senmen had a heavy growth of whiskers, and the oil clung to them in great style so that they could not recognize each other even at close range,

Stoker Wm, Oliphant has 40 days leave from the time he left the Fast and will be back in Carbon from the | West Coast before reporting back for duty.

PARLEZ-VOUS FRANCAIS?

The two-language literature used by the government is creating some diffi- culty in the west, as was indicated last week when W.A, Braisher, local issuer of license plates and ration books, re- ceived a new stock of forms for mak- ing application to the Oil Controller’s office for additional gasoline, The new forms were all in French, but Mr. Braisher says he will use the forms when the present stock of English ones are gone, and he does not anticipate any difficulty in filling them out, since he has completed a good many of the forms already for farmers and others, ond knows pretty well what is requir- ed,

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Mrs, E, Talbot received word this week that her grandson, Trooper Eric Carmichael, 19, was killed in an acci- dent while on active army duty,

Trooper Kric Carmichael is the son of Mr, and Mrs, Carmichael of Gar- ston, Liverpool, and Mrs, Carmichael is the daughter of Mrs, E. Talbot of Carbon, She has never lived in Can- | ada,

PHONE 3, CARBON, ALTA, |

PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW For Your Spring Requirements of

FUEL OILS AND GREASE

And be sure of getting your suppli¢és when you

want them for spring threshing and seeding.

GARRETT MOTORS

S.J. Garrett, Prop.

Carbon

THE CHRONICLE, CARBUN, ALTA.

GROWN IN SUNNY, SOUTHERN ONTARIO

The Victory Loan

ON APRIL 26 Canada’s fourth Victory Loan Campaign will commence. Each of the preceding campaigns has been greatly over-subscribed and there no doubt but that the Canadian people ‘will gladly give their financial support to the winning of the war, It is likely that the coming months will

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see many critical events on land and sea and in the air. Thousands of our men are on active service, ready at all times to do whatever is required of them, no matter what personal sacrifice may be entailed. Everyone can-

not be in the armed forces, but we can all do our utmost to make sure that those who are fighting will not be handicapped by lack of financial support for the war by the people at home.

*. * . . . The objective for this loan is $1,100,000,000, and individual subscribers have been asked to contri-

Small Loans bute $500,000,000 of this sum, This means that Are Important small investors must purchase about 33% more

than they did in the last Victory Loan. For this reason, more than ever before, the average Canadian citizen is asked to make every effort to in- ; possible in this loan, and there is no doubt but that the response to the appeal will be generous. We all want to win the war, and to bring it to an end as quickly as possible, and this is one way in which all Canadians at home can show their determination at this time. * . * e .

Speaking of the approaching campaign, Hon, J. L. Ilsley, Minister of Finance, has said: ‘The

vest as heavily

Objective Is A Challenge dian people

which they have ever been faced.

the greatest financial challenge with than ever before it is equally true that the bond-buying power of the ma- jority of Canadians is greater by far than at any previous time.” true that the national income is now larger than it has been for many years,

and in spite of the fact that taxes are high, there are few individuals who

cannot contribute in measure to the winning of the war through the pur- |

chase of Victory loans, still to In Axis-dominated countries other means are taken to finance the war, and no financial sacrifice can be too great for us to make, when it helps to insure us the continuance of the system under which we now live.

are asked lend our savings.

HEALTH LEAGUE OF CANADA UNUSUAL NUTRITIVE FOODS

Wartime conditions call attention to certain types of food which have hitherto been greatly neglected despite their high nutritive content, but which now can readily substitute for foods which are hard to obtain.

For example, in Canada, we throw away thousands of pounds of skim milk every year. A great deal of course is fed to hogs, but even this is waste, nutritionists tell us, for the nutritients in skim milk, pound for pound, equal those of muscle meat, and 10 pounds of these nutrients is required to pro- duce one pound of food nutrients in the form of meat. Other less costly foods would do as well for hogs. This skim milk in the form of powder can provide us with valuable vitamins in our bread, cakes and puddings. 3uttermilk, too, is highly nutritious matching skim milk in its content of vitamins and minerals. It also can be dried and thus distributed more economically.

The most nutritious parts of beef and pork carcasses, strange to say, are seldom chosen by the customer and are wasted by being made into fer- tilizer or feed. The blood, lungs, stomach, liver, pancreas, kidney, brain and heart are spurned by many people. Actually these organs are tremendously rich in the essential vitamins and minerals, The Navajo Indian of the United States, for example, who in contrast to many other Indian groups, has retained his vigor despite proximity to the white man’s civilization, con sumes all vestiges of the sheep or goat he kills and exhibits a decided pref- erence for the contents of the stomach. He eats the organs first.

Nutritionists point out that much could be done to improve the nutritive quality of processed meats by including in them organ meat and blood. It is an actual fact that the dog food manufactured by Canadian packers, con- taining much of what they designate as offals, is superior in nutritive value to most of the meat they market for human food,

By utilising these unusual foods Canadians would not only discover exciting new dishes, but would be certain of obtaining the vitamins and minerals they need.

Write to the Western Division Health League of Canada, 111 Avenue toad, Toronto, for your free copy of our authoritative vitamin chart.

Old Custom

Rationing In Use By Indians Over Four Centuries Ago

Robert A, Wauchope,

Tulane University’s Middle American

Institute, the North

| Keeps People Informed

Red Cross Always Obtains News About Prisoners Of War Every day almost since the first of the year, the newspapers have car- ried

director of

Research

says stories of air raids on enemy

American Indians were practicing territory and invariably the story rationing four centuries ago carries the ominous note “some of During a warring period, when our aircraft are missing.” If these armies of 60,000 to 125,000 men were are R.C.A.F. planes, it is reasonable on the move, an adequate supply of to assume that some of the fliers food, equipment and other provisions have parachuted to comparative | were accumulated in advance and safety and have been interned as then allocated to each of the fighting prisoners of war. Each time this

men, Wauchope said. happens the Red Cross through the

“Some tribes carried fighting International Red Cross in Switzer- rations with them in gourds which land, brings reassuring news to the hung around the warrior’s neck. The loved ones telling he is safe, then gourds were filled with hominy, to proceeds to send him regularly the which they added water parcels and food which are the sole

“When they ran short they ex-;bright spots in his cooped-up exist- acted ‘tribute.’ Hitler style, from | ence.

the land in which they were fighting There still

BEET SUGAR PRODUCTION It is estimated that the 63,300 acres of sugar beet grown in Canada in made to contribute,” Wauchope said. | 1942 produced 200 million pounds of refined sugar, or about one-fifth |Canada's normal consumption, The

PATENTS | objective for 1948 is at present con

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are picture records extant of the times before the

showing how much each

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Registered Patent Attorneys, 273 Bank Street, Ottawa, Canada,

fourth | Victory Loan will be another challenge to the Cana- |

While the need for money is greater |

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AIR TRAINING PLAN

| LIST OF GRADUATES

The following students graduated under the British Commonwealth Air | Training Plan from:

No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery School, Paulson, Man., Wireless Air Gunners—

R. J. Chartrand, The Pas, Man,

H. A. Diceman, Yorkton, Sask.

D. A, Duy Roniface, Man, WwW. Ga Gri Calgary, Alta, . J. Linn, Poplar Point, Man.

R. M, Park, Lac du Bonnet, Man, . W. Pletkin, St. Boniface, Man,

|No. 11 Service Flying Training School, Yorkton, Sask., Pilots—

A, ‘orbes, Mortlack, Sask.

WW er, Saskatoon, Sask. . haunavon, Sask, *.. W. I. Johnson, Leroy, Sask.

HW, 14. Johnston, Deloraine, Man.

Tr W. Kettlewell, Prince Albert, T. Makepeace, Rasswood, Man, Dd. in, Kelse Alta. R. fogalki, Goodw Sask W

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Roberts Spratt, Todd,

Herschel, Sask.

Macdonald, Man., Air Gunners—

LAC. J. H. Barkwell, Isham, Sask.

| LAC, A, V. Cleveland, Ninawin, Sask. LAC, C, lL. Da s, Selkirk, Man. LAC, A, L. Leia, Rosthern, Sask. LAC, M. A. Munro, Edmonton, Alta, LAC, I, G. Tubman, Moosomin, Sask. LAC, C, M. Rapley, Canuck, Sask,

Man., Air Navigators— LAC. J. D.N. LAC, W. V. Reid,

No, 4 Service Flying Training School,

|Saskatcon, Sask., Pilots

*, M. Apperley, . Ww.

Unity,

Sask. Battle-

Saskatoon, Asmussen, North

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A. Smitton, Spruston, D. J.

Regine Saskatoon, Steuart, Prince

ask. a 0 Albert . Thom, O. Valleau, , Young, Saskatoon, Sask. . Young, Viscount, Sask.

) Bombing and Gunnery School, , Sask., Air Gunners—

W. B. Bettin, We

M. A. Hajek, R. Lewthwait . Porter, Medi mm,

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Smallest Amount Should Not Be Overlooked

Even

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Is fat being wasted in your |kitchen? Some meat experts say that half the fat content of veal and beef, four-fifths the fat content of mutton and lamb, three-fifths the

fat content of pork, and one-fourth | the fat of poultry is wasted in the

kitchen,

On the alert for every source of waste fats to be detoured from kitch- en to the tune of 35,000,000 pounds this year, careful cooks will not overlook the amount to be obtained from

liquids in which meats are boiled, or |

the extra fat skimmed meat

soups and stews.

from

Even the smallest household where the cooking is done on a single elec- tric plate has some waste fats, The water in which a single pig’s hock is boiled, when skimmed, will yield three or four tablespoon- |fuls of this vital grease. This with

cooled and

dripping from chops, bacon and sau-|

sage will soon add up to a pound. When this amount has been obtained lit should be disposed of through the neighborhood meat market or a sal- vage collection agency, together with |serap fats and bones.

Important to remember, ‘no amount should be considered too

small to save.

Must Be Right

Temperature In Factories Making Airplane Parts Cannot Be | Variable Parts for fighting aircraft have to exact, the difference in perature between the day and night shifts made the parts vary, states W.

be so

L. Clark, in the Windsor Star, A| |part made ‘in the same plant at part made inu the same plant at 2 p.m. So air conditioning and simi-

lar modern improvements were in- |stalled in plants to make the tem- perature, humidity and all conditions the same, whether at noon or mid- | night.

FOOD FROM AUSTRALIA

| Australia has furnished American forces in the South Pacific area with |more than 26,000,000 pounds of fresh meats, 20,000,000 pounds of pota- toes, 25,000,000 pounds of fruit and almost 5,500,000 quarts of milk,

|No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School, |

No. 5 Air Observer School, Winnipeg, |

Gillingham, Calgary, Alta. |

sinks to Canadian war industries |

advises | national salvage headquarters, is that |

tem- |

ee

Famous For His Grin |Ivan Maisky, Soviet Ambassador To Britain, Always Has One Ready

L. S. B. Shapiro, London corre- spondent, says: British diplomats have always been noted for their capacity to conceal emotion under a mask of cold indifference, but none of them has been able to match the uniform grin which hides the emo- tions of Ivan Maisky, the Soviet Am- jbassador. A diplomatic correspond- ent recalled the other day a Lord

Mayor’s dinner in 1935. As each dis- tinguished guest was announced, there was warm applause. When

Ambassador Maisky’s name was an- nounced, there was a pregnant sil-| ence. Mr. Maisky's reaction was a grin. In early 1939, when Britain was feverishly trying to court Rus- sian favor, Mr, Maisky was cheered | everywhere he went. He greeted the ovations with the same grin. The Russo-German treaty of August, 1939, threw Mr. Maisky into Again he was coldly that same meaningless grin never left | his face. One day in the Commons, Lady Astor had harsh things to say | about Russia and she said them while waving her arms in the direction of Mr. Maisky’s seat in the diplomatic | gallery. The eyes of all were upon him. His only reaction was the grin. Today Mr. Maisky is a triumphant hero wherever he goes. At banquets and mass meetings, at military re- |views and in the Commons, he hears glowing things said about him and his country. His reaction has_ not changed. It is still—the grin,

Thrive On New Diet

Dogs Can Get Along Very Well | Without Much Meat | President Frank D. McKenney of the San Diego Veterinary Medical As- sociation, urges owners of dogs not to part with their pets for fear meat

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and other rationing will deprive them of the super-refined diets to which} they become accustomed. He says} the dogs will thrive better on a diet of one-third cooked cereal, one-third dried fruits and vegetables, and one- third raw meat scraps, than on |parter-house steaks, lamb chops and other edibles which they are now be ing fed.

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| GEMS OF THOUGHT

DESIRES |

Our nature is inseparable from de-, sires, and the very word desire—-the craving for something not possessed —implies that our present felicity is not complete.-Thomas Hobbes,

There is nothing capricious in na-| ture; and the implanting of a desire— indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feels it.—-Emerson,

A wise man will desire no more than he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave con- tentedly.—Richard E, Burton.

Happiness consists in the attain- ment of our desires, and in having only right desires.Augustine.

Desire is prayer; and no loss can }occur from trusting God with our de- sires, that they may be moulded and lexalted before they take form in words and in deeds..-Mary Baker Eddy.

Therefore I [Jesus] say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when |ye pray, believe that ye receive, and ye shall have them.—Mark 11:24,

GIFT FOR THE DUKE

Two-year-old Jennifer Bligden made a great hit with the Duke of Gloucester at a Coventry munitions factory inspection, After giving the Duchess of Gloucester a bouquet, she toddled up to the Duke and gave |him her toy engine.

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Patrol Planes On West Coast To Use | From Dusk To Daylight Keep Window

Carrier Pigeons

Carrier pigeons are soon going on active service in British Columbia. Aircraft hunting enemy subs off Can- ada's east coast carry their quota of birds. Before long pigeons will travel with patrol planes of the western air command with bases from Victoria to Afaska,

In a loft at a west coast air sta- tion are several hundred homing birds. R.C.A.F. recruits are learn- ing to care for them. Fit. Sgt. A. Moore, head man at the western air command loft started training pig eons in England over 30 years ago. “The best birds aren't the prize win- ners,” he explained, “We don’t want

bird set out for home it’s going to get

JUST IN CASE

The Germans are systematically | taking hostages from Norway to hold } in Germany in case some of their}

evacuation of Norway, reports to} Stockholm saidt Hundreds of Nor- wegians were put aboard three trans ports and taken to Germany early this year.

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The Post-War Outlook Is

None Too Good For Sweden, The Scandinavian Neutral

(By Christina Bjurgstrom, Central Press Canadian Correspondent)

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month ago in Stockholm, Sweden,

the Russians have taken the Arctic port of Petsamo, announced a

formerly a part of Finland, then again

the door opens to Sweden to take up arms against the German war machine and join the Allied nations. The Swedes were, theoretically at least, anti- Nazi when they accepted war aid from the British and Americans prior to Hitler's domination of the Scandinavian countries, which included armed

occupation of Norway and Denmark.

SURROUNDED—By the Axis

Oddly enough the Petsamo report has neither been denied or confirmed by Helsinki, Moscow or Berlin. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, soon after taking the helm of the government of the British empire, appealed to the smaller neutrals of Europe to take up arms against the Nazis before they were engulfed. Sweden chose to do business with Hitler. Since the out- break of World War II many of the Nazi’s finest instruments of war have been fashioned in the foundries of this Scandinavian nation and much of Germany’s best food has come from the labors of Sweden's industrious farmers and fishermen.

Under the threat of armed occupa- tion, such as was visited upon Nor- way, Sweden elected to bargain with Hitler. This trade has been lucra- tive. The nation has found an im- mediate market for nearly everything she had available. In addition, the Swedes have conducted business with Finland, her neighbor to the east, which has been fighting on Hitler's side against Russia, the colossus of the Allies.

With events portending an Allied triumph Sweden is trying to win the sympathy of Hitler’s enemies. The Swedish government has announced that henceforth Germany will not be allowed any credit. All trade will be on a strictly cash-and-carry basis. Swedish newspapers have been pre- senting a bold editorial front before the Nazi regime.

Sweden faces serious consequences as a result of her so-called neutral attitude toward the conflict. The world markets in which she partici- pated will be shrunken, if not entirely gone, in the post-war era. Her major export commodity was paper and pulp. The Allied nations have already reorganized their pulp industry, to function on a permanent basis, to the exclusion of the Swedes.

Totally surrounded by Axis-domi- nated nations, Sweden had no alterna- tive but to accept German dictation, in pursuing her policy of remaining out of the wart. The demands of the Nezis and Finns have precipitated sharp shortages at home.

The bread ration is seven ounces daily (less than a half pound), one egg per person a week and six ounces of meat, Coffee and tea are tech- nically rationed but they are almost

impossible to obtain. Cocoa has be- come a mere memory.

In mid-January fish was placed on the ration list. Liberal amounts of rice are offered to housewives as a bonus for passing up their allot- ments of meat and fish.

To spread the available barley crop further, the alcoholic content of beer has been reduced to 2 per cent., a re- duction of five-tenths of a per cent. from last year’s content.

The conservation of fuel has hit apartment houses. Stockholm, the capital, is the only Swedish city with many apartments. Here dwel- lers are allowed hot water only three days a week. : .

Swedish destroyers, sunk in a still unexplained explosion in 1941, have been raised, repaired and most of them are now available for duty. An air force, the size of which is not dis- closed, has been developed and is re- garded as of excellent quality. Their planes are of special design and built for the peculiar atmospheric condi- | tions of sub-Arctic Sweden. | Before the actual outbreak of war jin 1939, Sweden had contracted for considerable war material,and a large number of planes from Great Britain and the United States. The Swedish government reports that none of the |armament or material delivered_has fallen into Nazi hands.

Although her resources and produc- tion are utilized by the Nazis, Sweden has contributed to the Allied cause. The Swedish Red Cross reported in 1942 that more than $500,000 in cash and food supplies had been donated to the Norway Relief society to alle- viate distress in that hapless Axis- held neighbor.

The most ambitious charity of the | Swedes had been directed towards the conquered Greeks, A joint Swedish and Swiss commission, with head- quarters in Athens, reports that nearly 100,000 tons of grain, dried vegetables, powdered milk and medi- cinal supplies have been delivered to Greek ports by Swedish ships sailing

from Canada and guaranteed safe passage by all belligerents.

Other Swedish ships have been en- gaged in transporting food and civil- ian necessities to Greece from ports in the Mediterranean under a guar- antee of safe passage from the bellig- erents. >

If Sweden joined the Alles,

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STOCKHOLM—Neutral but highly nervous is Sweden's capital

Sweden's Crown Prince

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troops could easily push through to effect a junction with the Russian occupation forces at Petsamo—if they are really there—and she, too, could receive from the Allies what supplies and material her forces re- quired.

As an Allied belligerent, Sweden could place the Nazis in Norway in such peril that their position would be untenable. The noose of armed might being tightened around Ger- many would be drawn tight—oh, so tight!

Given Another Post

Commander Of Training Battalion In Britain Had Queer Ideas

The commander of a training bat- talion who is said to have ordered his men to salute with a “Hi-de-hi” and a “Ho-de-ho” has been relieved of his post.

This was disclosed as H. G. Mc- Ghee, Labor member, charged in the House of Commons that the officer, whom he identified as a Lieut.-Col. Gates, treated his men cruelly and made them “look ridiculous in the eyes of the population.”

Declaring the officer “was not sat- isfied” with refusing to grant normal leaves and forcing the men to do pack drill for the slightest offences, Mc- Ghee added: “He issued an instruc- tion that when a squad of men any- where met officers, the officers had to spring to attention and shout ‘Hi-de- hi,’ to which the men in the ranks had to reply ‘Ho-de-ho’.”

Undersecretary cf War Arthur K. C. Henderson explained the colonel had been suspended from his com- mand and given a post in the war transport office.

Not Old-Fashioned

More Machinery On British Farms Than In Any Other Country

British farmers, often considered some of the most old-fashioned in the world, actually make greater use of machinery in agricultural production than any other farmers in the world. The war has worked this revolution. Sir John Russell, director of the famous Rothamsted Experimental Station, has just given out that there are now 100,000 tractors in use in the United Kingdom—or one to every 165 acres of cultivated land. This is more than four times as many as in the Ukraine which is one of the most heavily, mechanized regions of the U.S.S.R.

Charles Banks, head in London of Canada's Munitions and Supply De- partment, surprised a group of Lon- don newspapermen recently by tell- ing them how great was the quantity of equipment Canada sent to increase agricultural production in _ those islands.

TO CONSERVE STEEL

Farmers and others who have empty steel drums and similar con- tainers on hand are being asked by the Administrator of Used Goods to return them to the company whose name they bear, or to dispose of them to the appropriate handlers promptly. By co-operating in this way, farmers will assist in the conservation of steel for other essential purposes.

Science is wonderful, with certain exceptions. After all these years it has found no way by which stepping into the bathtub will disconnect the Phone bell. 2509

Some Long Fasts

Gandhi's Appears Insignificant Com- pared To Several On Record

Gandhi's 2i-day fast attracted world-wide attention because of its possible international complications,

but there have been more determined fasters and hunger-strikers than the Indian leader.

jail. When sympathizers blamed De Valera’s Government for their deaths, the Premier retorted that they had killed themselves. Other hunger strikers in the same prison then de- cided to eat. There was logic both sides.

A Frenchman surnamed Jacques fasted for 30 days as an experiment in the 1880's, partaking only of water, and in 1890 an Italian, Lucca, made a 40-day fast with water and other liquids as a diet. Bach re-| covered from the experiment. The famous Dr. Tanner abstained from solid foods for more than a month, | for health reasons, and survived. Per- | haps the most tragic hunger strike on record was that of Terence Mac- , Swiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, pioneer | in the Sinn Fein movement and, prominent figure in the Easter up-| rising of 1916. In 1920 MacSwiney was convicted of having a secret) police cypher and two seditious docu- | ments in his possession. He was given a two-year sentence in Brixton prison and immediately refused to eat. Appeals for his release came | from all quarters but failed to bring | remission of sentence. MacSwiney | died on the 74th day of his fast, at, the age of 40. His coffin, wrapped in the Sinn Fein colors, was carried from St. George’s Cathedral, South- wark, by road to Euston, escorted by English police and Irish volunteers and pipers. The English were sorry for him and the Irish regarded him as a martyr. He rests in St. Finn- barr’s cemetery, Cork.—From_ the Montreal Gazette.

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Prefer The Bagpipes

Nothing So Ordinary As Bugle For C.W.A.C, Girls In London

Canadian Women’s Army Corps girls in London don’t tumble out of bed in the morning to anything so ordinary as the bugle. Reveille is sounded for them on bagpipes played by Cpl. Gertrude Péter of Calgary.

Every morning Cpl. Peter gets up five minutes earlier than the others and pipes her way along all the cor- ridors from the first to the fourth floors.

The C.W.A.C.’s say they would “rather have bagpipes than a bugle wake them in the morning.”

They are quite happy to sit around and listen while Gertrude does a little practising, and they like to have her play to them in the evenings. Their two favorite songs are ‘The Road to; the Isles” and “The Highland Wed- ding.” “The Highland Wedding" is} Gertrude's favorite.

Gertrude has been playing pipes ever since she was 11 and at home|} in Canada has 13 medals and 12 cups} won in competitions. She used to be- long to the Calgary girls’ pipe band and the Blue Bonnets pipe band.

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BRITISH PLAN FAVORED Ottawa.—It is learned auhorita-

tively here that plans for meat ra- tioning have advanced to the point where authorities have decided to adopt the British system rather than the American. The British system jis based upon a maximum expendi- ture per person per week.

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Describes Visit To Immense Underground Munition Plant Working Somewhere In England

It is not many months | since two Irish Republican plotters | went on a hunger strike and died in|

(By Walter

R. Legge)

O report on British Industries was not one of the main objects of our

trip to Britain, and we did not r

we did of the fighting forces and services

opporunity to visit some plants and t to help win the war. Probably the was an immense underground factory These underground factories are not

of mining, which can easily be convert

A large elevator took us 90 feet below the surface of the ground to} Where this factory is located. The| factory itself covers a vast area and only uses a small part of the cavern. | One of our guides told us that he had | gone down into the cavern before any | work on it had been started, and he would have been lost if he had not been with a local guide who knew it well. and the walls and pillars painted a

light colour. This underground fac- tory is brilliantly illuminated by) fluorescent lights. The ventilation is | wonderful. Air is taken in from) above ground, cleaned and heated, and | distributed by viaducts under the

floor, while the used air is carried | off at the roof. ern scientific methods is found in the disposal of sewage. It is pumped to the surface and chemically to extract gases which are propel the factory service cars. The factory is surprisingly clean and bright, It is hard to believe that it is 90 feet under the ground.

An example of mod- |

used to

There is a large restaurant under- ground as well as another on top of the ground. Each of them is cap- able of feeding several thousand em- ployees in a scientific and efficient manner. One of the problems in con- nection with this factory was the supply of labour. The number of workers at hand was limited. This has been overcome by bringing work- ers there in large numbers of buses and by building dormitories and houses. The dormitories are made up of single and double rooms, compact, but well furnished and comfortable. The buildings are of stone or brick and appeared to be fireproof and sub- stantial. The houses, some of which we were shown through, are small, but bright and comfortable, and planned to make the most of every bit of space. They are certainly a big improvement on the average workman's home.

We also visited aircraft factories, aircraft engine factories and other munition factories. One morning we arrived at one of these factories. The was not very impressive. In fact it looked more like some residen- tial flats than a factory. Yet we spent most of the day going from building to building to see various operations in progress. A fine lunch was served to us in the executive offices. The exact number of em- ployees cannot be given but it was in the tens of thousands, A very large proportion of the workers are women, many of them doing jobs that it was once thought could only be done by men. Before the war these women were hairdressers, barmaids, waitresses, school teachers, shop assistants, domestics and workers in small industrial plants. Others had never worked before. Some of the machinery in this factory was made in the United States, but much of it

The floor has been cemented | this.

| will not be stopped.

make the intensive study of them that

However, we were given an o see what British workers are doing st interesting of the plants we visited which was just going into production

dug out especially for the purpose

| There are many large caverns, some natural and others the result of years

ed into good factories,

bore nameplates of British firms. The general appearance and operation of this and other factories is about the |same as in similar factories in Can- ada and the United States. However, closer study shows that operations are probably more broken down and scattered than on this side of the Atlantic. There is a good reason for In using so many workers with | little experience in their particular

| work, it was easier to teach them one simple operation than it would have been to teach them to handle a complicated machine which would do several operations at once, The sys- tem is also more flexible. If some part ts knocked out by enemy action or otherwise, the entire production

These factories

jare unexcelled for precision of crafts-

treated | Manship, and their production targets

are continually being exceeded. This is going to be a big factor in over- }coming the Hun. Latest reports are that the Germans are worried over the superiority of the English in pre- cision and quantity of production. Most of these employees work 56 hours a week. When we had a con- ference with Britain’s Minister of Labour, Mr. Ernest Bevin, he told us that there is no gain in working more than 56 hours a week, and that he was trying to get it down to a 53 or 52 hours’ week. He added, ‘We are in the fourth year of the war. Most of the virile people have been taken for the forces. Age groups in industry are higher. Forty-seven is the average age of the Liverpool dockworkers, and in the building trades, the average age is from 45 to 46." We asked two different Cabi- net Minister if England had reached the saturation point in manpower. One answered that there was no such thing as a saturation point in labour, and the other replied, “We are a long way past the saturation point.” We came away from these factories deeply impressed with the fact that the civilian workers are just as hard at work, just as serious in their tasks, and just as anxious to do their utmost to hasten vicory as the mem- bers of the Navy, Army and Air Force.

Bird Embroidery For Cheerful Note

7487 by Alice Brooks

First Call to Spring-—-in charming bird motifs for your bedspread! The | birds perch, fly, flutter their wings and look real enough to burst into song. Each has a different flower background —a chance for color! Pat- tern 7487 contains a transfer pattern of eight 5’) x 5'% inch motifs and eight smaller motifs; stitches; ma- terials needed

To obtain this pattern send twenty cents in coins (stamps cannot be ac-

cepted) to Household Arts Depart- ment, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue E., Winnipeg,

North Africa. Assisted by another member of his company, Leonard Orch-|Man, Be sure to write plainly your ard, British lorry driver, pictured above, sits in a daze beside his shattered

truck after it struck a land mine in the western desert.

The explosion took

place during Gen. Bernard Montgomery's pursuit of Rommel's Africa Korps.

Name, Address and Pattern Number. “Because of the slowness of the mails delivery of our patterns may take a few days longer than usual,”

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WORLD HAPPENINGS

| BRIEFLY TOLD |

Occupied Belgium faces a food situ ation so grave that unless aid comes soon the end of the war will find the |

nation depopulated Alexander Yugoslavia

African Ait Aircraftman

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Ten resort hotels and lodges »per ated by the Canadian Pacific Rail- way, including Banff Spr‘ngs, will not

be opened this year

The government of Lagos, Nigeria, in West Africa, this year will give

two or more scholarships to enable

students to study at British Uni- versities

At least 35,000 Jews —the entire Jewish population of five Polish towns—-have been killed by German

secret police, the Polish government in London reported

The British the appointment Lt.-Gen. Giffard Le as head of the mission in Moscow.

war of

office announced a tank expert Quesne Martel, British military

no 53,

The Germans Holland “requisitioned” so many more bicycles

during February, 200

occupying bicycle repair shops in The Hague alone were forced to close for lack of business.

British representatives in the Mid- die East are engaged in conversations with Greek leaders on the role that the armed forces of Greece will play in future operations against the Axis.

Russian dispatches reported that the German air force lost 20,000 planes during the first year of the Russian war and declared that the quality of German airmen has de-

teriorated.

Trim, Useful Style

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Pattern 4335 is available in misses’ Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. Size 16 takes

yards 35-inch

Send twenty cents (20c) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this Anne Adams pattern, Write plainly

Size, Name, Address and Style Num ber and send orders to. the Anne Adams Pattern Dept., Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175) McDermot Ave. E., Winnipeg, Man. “Bex of the slowness of the mails deliver f our patterns may take a few days

longer than usual,”

Gorgeous Butterflies

Army Officer Has Seen Camp In Siam “Often yard-square pate! of quivering beauty" is the descriptior of butterfly assemblies seen in Siam as he prefers to call Thialand, by Lieut. Col. C. H, Stockley, who writes about it in the Field, of London “As the sun grows hot gorgeous butterflies collect on the damp sand

of the stream beside camp, One boil ing spring close t derful sight about

the warm

camp was a 10 o'clock

won- the morning wet mud attract ing clouds of lovely butterflies

group keeping

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selves; swallowtails in one, white in another, little blues several yards from either.” 2509

To Aid Malta People

Some Of Queen's Canadian Fund Used

To Purchase Supplies The Lord Mayor's Fund is to spend $45,000 on clothing for Malta. This sum will in part be drawn from gifts from the Queen's Canadian Fund

It was recently reported to the Lord Mayor's Fund through the} Colonial Office that there was the

greatest need for clothing of all kinds

in the George Cross Island-—particu- larly for footwear. There was no use sending money for the purpose, as!

the stores have hardly any goods to}

sell.

Accordingly, the Lord Mayor's Fund has arranged with the Colonial office for shipping space to the maxi- mum allowed. This will permit the dispatch of $45,000 worth of clothes and footwear, It will be on its way almost at once,

Owing to the urgency of the ap- peal, stocks of clothing already on hand were raided. Such stocks were largely in the hands of the Women’s Voluntary who distribute them on behalf of the Lord Mayor's

Services,

Fund and the Queen’s Canadian Fund. Zecause of the Malta require-

ments and because of large alloca- tions of clothing recently to air raid victims, these become depleted. necessary to bring them up to the required levels, and so large a sum as $225,000 was voted.

made

This, too, comes in part from the Queen's Fund gifts, while the Queen's to, the Lord Mayor's Fund will be used also

Fund's recent subscriptions

to help defray grants totalling $17,

000 to the mayors of three London boroughs, St. Pancras, Edmonton and Camberwell, where the effects of the |

blitz are still gravely felt.

Mechanized Vehicles

Canada’s Has Supplied Enough Form Close Convoy 1,000 Miles Long

Canadians should take special pride in the fact that all the universal car- | Righth

riers used by the British

Army in its advance from Egypt te

Tunisia were of Canadian production

and that the great armada accom panying the landings in North Afric earried about 40,000 Canadian

chanized vehicles.

ing forces with the mechanized ve hicles that are so essential is provec | by the statement that enough of therm

have left this country since the start close convoy

form a Just as many more

of the war to 1,000 miles long.

of them will be sent overseas if they

are neded._-Brockville Recorder anc Times.

stocks have | A large grant was

To

me- What this coun- try has done to furnish Allied fight-

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These “then and now” ;Show (below) the “Prince Robert,” , once famous Alaska cruise ship of the | Canadian National Steamships, as she looked when in peacetime operation between Vancouver and Alaska ports,

and (above) the “Prince Robert” as| holes, or bomb splinters, in her hull. |

she is today—stripped of her luxur- ious fittings and converted into an auxiliary cruiser. The ‘Prince Rob- ert,” which was one of the fastest {cruise ships in Pacific Coast waters, has been in war service since early 1940 when she was taken over by the {Royal Canadian Navy. She won | special distinction by the capture of a large German merchantman,

The “Prince Robert” is one of a number of ships of the Canadian Na- | tional fleet which were taken over for

Salvage Light Bulbs

Brass, Zinc, And Fine Wire Needed In War Effort

The life of the average electric light bulb is from 700 to 1,000 hours. This means a life of about two or three months. In every home the family, instead of throwing “dud” bulbs in the waste basket, can sal- vage them to help along the war effort.

As it is only the bulb end, contain- ing brass and zine and fine copper wires, which is needed for salvage, the bulbs should be smashed so that no jagged edges remain, The ends should then be put away in a box or bag for the salvage collector.

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|land in the world, annually exporting 12,000,000 stems.

Watching the doughnut-making | ete a ee machine in the window, the golfer A polite chap is one who listens sighed. ‘How easily it makes a hole with interest to the things he al-

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pictures | active war duty. These included the |

| “Lady Somers,” formerly in the West Indies service, which was sunk by |enemy action in the Mediterranean in July, 1941, Another ship of the Com- pany's fleet returned to her home base ; with more than a half-hundred bomb

| She had been bombed out of Penang /and Singapore but at each beleaguered | port had saved precious supplies from capture by the Japanese. After a job of temporary patching was done on her hull, she sailed for Africa with

yet another war cargo, and, event-| |

ually, steamed northward to Cana- dian waters.

The Canadian National Steamships also acts as agent for the Dominion Government in the operation of Axis ships seized as prizes of war.

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Spread Out Planting

Wise gardeners spread their vege- {table sowings over two or three |}weeks, The old habit of putting in |the whole garden on one Saturday |afternoon was not a good one. Many |things were planted too soon, The jentire garden going in at once re- sulted in a feast of fresh garden peas, }corn, carrots, beans, then a famine.

A properly planted vegetable garden, with plantings spread from, early spring to early summer should | provide a steady supply of the fresh- est garden vegetables from the first week in July until weeks after kill- ing frost. This, of course, is a gen- eral statement and does not apply to those extra balmy areas of South- ern British Columbia and Ontario,

Conditions Are Important

Too often the seed or nursery stock is blamed for poor results when in reality the fault lies entirely in care- less planting. The job is simple but experienced gardeners point out that it must be done properly for satis- factory results.

In the first place, these experts in- sist, the soil and climatic conditions must be favourable. By this they mean that seed should not be sown or plants set out unless the soil is fine, moist—but not muddy—and it must be pressed firmly around the seed or plants to exclude air and en- sure a supply of moisture.

They also mean that the weather must be right. It doesn’t do to plant tender things like melons, cucumbers and tomatoes before danger of frost is over, and it doesn’t do either to wait until summer is at hand before planting hardy things like sweet peas, garden peas, grass and other |hardy lines. These must make their | first growth while the weather is cool land moist. If they don’t, root growth will not be sufficient to carry them through the blazing days of summer,

Get A Catalogue

A good Canadian seed catalogue is an indispensable reference book for the amateur. In addition to giving | him actual photographs of the flow- lers and vegetables it furnishes actual planting directions.

These books tell

whether certain

also give important points such as |time of planting, resistance or lack lof resistance to frost, height, color, season of blooming, whether scented,

for cutting purposes.

The first U.S. Marines to land on

European soil accompanied Benjamin Franklin to France in 1776.

| varieties are suitable to Canada and |

and also the suitability of the flower |

| SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON

APRIL 4

PETER AND JOHN BECOME DISCIPLES OF JESUS

Golden text:

And Jesus said unto

{them, come ye after me, and I will

make you to become fishers of men.

| Mark 1:17.

Lesson: 20.

Devotional reading: Romans 10: 6-15.

John 1:29-42; Mark 1:16-

Explanations and Comments

The Witness of John the Baptist to Jesus the Lamb of God, John 1.19-34. One day in Bethany beyond the Jor- don, John the Baptist was visited by priests and Levites who had been sent by the Pharisees at Jerusalem to in- quire if he were the Christ. Upon his denial they asked, “Who are thou?” and John then gave his famous an- Swer, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord.” “Why then bap- tizest thou?” they persisted, and John then bore his witness to Christ say- ing: “I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not, even he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.”

On the morrow John pointed out Jesus to his (John’s) disciples as ‘‘The Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world.” ‘The verse brings us at once to the 53rd chapter of Isaiah, where we see one suffering in the place of sinners; it transports us into the whole realm of Old Testa- ment symbolism, and cannot be un- }derstood save in the light of offer- ings, and expiation, and atonement. It points us forward to the cross, and to the work of the Messiah who ‘bore our sins in his body upon the tree’” (Charles R. Erdman).

Andrew Makes Peter Acquainted

| with Jesus, John 1:40-42, One of the |two who followed Jesus was Andrew

|and the other probably John. Andrew |is introduced to us as “Simon Peter’s brother’’—thus he is known from the beginning of the Gosephl record, for Peter was the far more active of the two and later became the dominating figure among The Twelve. When |Andrew found Peter he exclaimed, “We have found the Messiah!” Mes- siah is the Hebrew for Christ, a word |which comes from the Greek, both ;/mean The Anointed One. And then ' Andrew brought Peter to Jesus. This bringing of Peter is thrice recorded in this Gospel: here, and in 6:8 and 12:22.

“Notice, if you would be not only a }soul-finder but also a_ soul-bringer, {that what the plain-minded and suc- lcessful Andrew said, required no ‘greater genius to utter than the weakest possesses; for it was the ‘shortest yet the clearest {statement of a fact, ‘We have found |the Messiah'” (Frank W. Gunsaulus).

The Great Salt Lake and Dead Sea are the two bodies of water on

‘earth saltier than the oceans,

Buy War Savings Certificates.

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A Compulsory Duty

People Of Britain Appreciate True Meaning Of Salvage

Today the word “salvage” has a very special meaning to the people living in Britain. Whereas in Canada salvage means the saving of fats and bones in the kitchen, and turning rubber and steel scrap voluntarily to the salvage authorities, in England it becomes a compulsory duty.

In England it is an offense against the law to throw away so much as a bus ticket. Bones, bottles, even the tops of milk bottles must be saved. Tin and metal of all kinds is collected.

The iron railings around the gracious old parks of London and throughout the country have gone to war, and many an old aluminum pot or frying pan is now flying over Ger- many as part of a bomber or fighter.

Newspapers are reduced to four flimsy pages. The quality of books, calendars and magazines has de- teriorated. In England when the neighborhood grocer wraps a loaf in a piece of newspaper, and when the corner tobacconist sells cigarettes loose by the handful, rather than in the package, paper just is not wasted.

The people of Canada should real- ize that although the salvage situa- tion does not appear on the surface to be an urgent problem at home, the elimination of waste is one way of eliminating Hitler and his gangs in the shortest possible time.

MICKIE SAYS—

DUNKING AN OYSTER IN

A BOWL OF HOT MILK IS NO OYSTER STEW, AN’

STICKIN'A FEW ITEMS BETWEEN ADS DOESNT MAKE A NEWSPAPERY DO YOUR ADVERTISING

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with increasing frequency, causing a higher pitch. After passing, } the vibrations are strung out as the distance increases,

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BY GENE BYRNES

WRURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1948

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rascal,”

Wife: “Yes, he takes after his fa.

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THE CHRONICLE, CARBON, ALTA.

fs ae AT A REASONABLE PRICE CONSULT

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Wife; “No, but he’s a rascal.” Stan; “I

Bill; “If a dog starts .fter a cat, | it so’s the cow won't get out, but she’s Visitor: “Oh, is his father cute too?” what is his interest?”

THE CAUSE OF HARD TIMES

To his home paper a man in Alberta writes;

Dear Mr, Editor:

There seems to be so much talk about our so-called prosperity, I be- lieve it’s my duty to write my views on the same, and help analyse the situation as far as possible, so’s we can make up our minds we had auto change our ways of living and so forth,

I have taken my own case for in- Stance, I see my mistakes and many others have acted likewise, I bought a Ford instead of a farm and it is all worn out, but the farm I figured on is still O.K, I invested in a radio instead of a cow and the radio gives off static instead of milk,

I am feeding five nice hounds which | answer to the names of Red, Redwing, | Slobber, Jake and Bay rum, instead of five pigs, I had our piano tuned instead of the well cleaned out, I spent all my cash in 1940 and used my credit in 1941 and traded up my future wages on instalments in 1942, so hard times caught me in bad shape last fall.

If I had spent my last ten dollars for flour instead of gas and oil I’d have been O.K, I built a nice garage instead of covering my barn, and I loafed in the mountains two weeks instead of being in the pasture fixing

| dry and mortgaged to boot, for two

know—one purr scent.” j blankets my wife bought from an

. ». and when you buy a Victory Bond, to help Bill, and

other boys on active service, you do something that will

benefit. you too. You save money.

It’s really a mistake to say

that you “buy” a Victory Bond. You are not buying anything.

You are saving money, and putting your savings where they will be

absolutely safe, and where they earn money for you. (Each

$100.00

Victory Bond earns $3.00 a year—3% interest.) You are likely pro-

ducing more, and earning more.

You can save more. You

are not

buying some things; you can’t get them. You are buying less of many

things—they’re rationed. You can’t help saving more. See to it that

your savings are kept intact—-earmarked for things you will need when

the war ends. You will have to replace things that are worn out. You

will want a lot of things. Money saved and invested in Victory Bonds

will provide cash to pay for them.

WHAT IS A VICTORY BOND?

A VICTORY BOND is the promise of the Dominion of Canada to repay in cash the full face value of the Bond at the time stipulated, with half-yearly interest at the rate of 3/ per annum until maturity.

A Victory Bond is the safest investmeuc in Canada. The entire resources of the Dominion stand behind it. Canada has been issuing bonds for 75 years, and has never failed to pay every dollar of principal and interest.

A Victory Bond is an asset more readily converted into cash than any other security.

You can buy Victory Bonds for cash in a lump sum, or you can arrange to pay for them in convenient instalments over a period of six months.

Your Victory Bond salesman will be glad to tell you full particulars.

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the notice; “I speak your weight.”

}on the platform, A voice answered:

agent instead of paying the preacher.

I'm on a cash basis now but ain't got no cash, I am tied to the end of my rope and the man I’m working for is busted on account of he can’t sell his wheat, I had $4 saved up for a rainy day; I got dry and spent the $4,

I tried hard to make both ends meet with a turnip patch but when the tur. nips were ready to sell everybody was selling turnips for nothing and the market was glutted, I'm worried plum to the bone and my wife’s kinfolks are coming over next Tuesday to spend two weeks.

Write or telephone if you hear of any relief from the government com- ing down my way, and I’m willing to be either a Conservative or a Liberal or even a Social Crediter for a few weeks if that will help out any,

FOSTER HEWITT To millions of hockey fans, the voice of Foster Hewitt is the most familiar | of all on the air, Here he is at the | microphone ready to start the Satur- day evening entertainment, To Cana- dian ears, Hewitt remains the ace hockey reporter on any network, —_—_————S oe | HIGH AUCTION PRICES | ARE POOR BUSINESS | | Farmers bidding up the price of used farm machinery at auction sales and willing to pay a price higher than for the same machinery when new would be better advised to make ap- plicaaion for new equipment to the Wartime Prices and Trade’ Board, stated H.H. Bloom, administrator of farm machinery, in Edmonton this week, Needs of farmers are given fair con. sideration, Mr, Bloom stated, “Farm- ers who feel that a refusal to their application for new farm equipment is unsatisfactory have recourse to the Farm Equipment Appeal Board,” Mr. —_

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Minimum prices for scrap fats and bones are four cents a pound for rend- ered fats and one cent a pound for unrendered fats,

Housewives are asked to take all fats and bones to their local butcher, collector or salvage committee, They will then be disposed of to processors and collectors,

A very stout man was walking on the promenade of a seaside town when he noticed a weighing machine with He put a penny in the slot and stood

“One at a time, please!”

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THE MIDLAND & PACIFIC GRAIN CORP. LTD.

1. Made the first offer to reduce service charges, (direct saving to prodiicers) causing this year’s reductions. (Radio suggestions to contrary are untrue.) Paid the largest cash pairorage divi- dend on 1941-42 wheat cron deliveries, (lMe per bushel.)

3. Paid patronage dividends on coarse grains, flax, and rye. (%2c per bushel.)

4. Make the best net returns to their customers,

5. Provide the competitive yard siick to measure competition,

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Economical Housewives

There was a day when the housewives bought the far- away “bargain” in the belief that it was good business to save a few pennies, But ex- perience taught them a few things. Today’s housewives do not buy blindly. They examine the article first and when satisfied with the pro- duct they pay a fair price at home. It is economical to make your purchases in CARBON

THURSDAY, APRIL. 8, 1048

FURTHER DONATIONS TO THE RED CROSS

Wm. Milligan 4.00; Steve Morin 4.00;

Alex Nagy 4.00; Steve Sandor 2.00; Mrs, Steve Sandor 2.00; Steve Basa 2.00; Mrs, Steve Basa 1.00; M. Kapa- niuk 1.00; Mrs. M, Kapaniuk 1.00; Miss Isabelle Kapaniuk 1.00; George Ives 2.00; O. Hermanson 2.00; John Marin 2.00; Steve Gomori 2.00; L. Moses 2.00; J. Ferko 2.00; D, Laslo

2.00; B, Geose 2.00; W, Shyjka 2.00; John Supak 2.00; Pete Gobel 1.00; W.

Hunt 1.00; Steve Medyjesi 1.00; J, Hervely 1.00; J, Hollo 1.00; F, Emery 1.00; Mrs, J. Anderson 1,00; Mr, and Mrs, F, Bessant 4.00; Rev, Chapman 5.00; C.C, Santa 1.50; Fred Zeigler 2.00; J. Drexler 1.00; Mrs, C. Pattison .55; Mrs, M, Harvey 1.00; Mrs, L, Bertsch .50; Mr, Heberer .35; Jacob Sailer .50; Chris Martin 1.00; Mrs, R,

Greenhalgh 2.00; Rev, E.S, Fenske 1.00; Mr, and Mrs, P, Steele 2.00; Mrs, K. Nash 1.00; Alex Reid 2.00; E, Rou. leau 3.00; Syd Wright 5,00; Mrs, M. Craddock 2.00; Mrs, F. Barker 5.00; Mrs, F. F, Ohlhauser 2.00; Emil G. Ohlhauser 1.00; Ed Harsch 2.00; T.J. King 5.00; Mrs, V.J. Harney 1.00; Miss Yvonne Harney .50; Master Jas, Har- ney .50; G.C, McCracken 2.00; Mrs. M. Reid .50; Paul Goldamer 1.00; Gor- don McCracken 1.59; I.W, McCracken

ORDER YOUR

Counter

THE CARBON CHRONICLE

jJacob Buyer 1.00;

1.00; Tom Laing 3.00; Mrs, Skerry .50; Mick Skerry 1.00; E, Gault 1.00; W.B. McCracken 2.00; M.A, Spencer 1.00; Mrs, E, A. Poxon 1.00; Jas, Gordon 10.00; Alfred Hoivik 10.00; A. Heuther 1.00; L, Goldamer .25; Matt Kary 1.00; Miss M, Chapman (teacher) 1.30; W. J. Gibson 1.00; C. Diede Sr, 1.00; And- rew Mortimer 2.00; Const, C.T, Ross 4.00; W.B. Elliott 1.00; Ed Schell 5.00; Gott, Schell 1.00; Gideon Schell 1.00; John Metzger .40; Dave Gieck 1,00; D.G, Murray 5.00; C. Hedstrom 1.00; Fred Presant 2.00; Jas. Snell 1.00; J. Atkinson Sr, 5.00; E.W, Maxwell 3.50; Len Mancell 1.00; Leon Coates 1.00

|Mrs, L, Gouldie 1.00; Jas, Hay 5.00;

Joe Bramley 3.00; H, Bramley 2.00; N, Cunnington 2.00; W. Zeigler 2.00; V. Hawkins 1.00; J, Atkinson 5.00; Jas, Castiglione 8.00; Mosher School 1.00; C, A, Cress- man 5.00; B, Ward 2.00; Mrs. W.J. Gibson 1.00; Stanley Gibson 1.00; Mrs, A. Shaw 3.00; Geo, Trepanier 5.00;

|A friend .50; Mrs, Ed Martin 1.00;

| Mrs, MJ. Miller 1.00; J. Kaiser 2.00;

W. Marshman 5.00; Fred G, Ohlhauser 1.00,

FIGURES DO NOT LIE

Democracy provides opportunity for all, in theory; but insurance figures give a different picture, These show that, of the average 100 men at 25 years of age, when 55 years is reached 20 have died, one is very rich, three are in good circumstances, 46 are still working and 30 are not self-support- ing. At 65 the figures are: 36 dead, one rich; four well-to-do; five self-sup- porting, 54 dependent.

Percentage figures of estimates show that one in a hundred dies rich, two well-to-do, 15 leave $2,000 to $10,000, 82 leave little or nothing,

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TREATMENT OF SEED

When you are preparing your seed for this spring’s planting, it is wel! to remember that there are sume seed- borne diseases that you should not forget. The Alberta Advisory Commit- tee on the Control of Plant Diseases recommends that the organic mercury dusts, such as Ceresan and Leytosan, be used for the treatment of wheat, oats, barley and flax. This treatment should be given at least 24 hours be- fore the seed is sown, This Committee recommends further that formalde- hyde, if used at all, should be used to treat oats which are known to be smutty, and that its us2 on wheat and other hulless seeds should be re- stricted as much as possible,

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CADET CORPS TO CO-OPERATE WITH ALBERTA FARMERS

The Royal Canadian Army Cadet movement will co-operate in every way possible with the farming and other essential war industries, according to an announcement by Col, C.G.M, Grier E. D,, Director of Royal Canadian Army Cadets, Col, Grier said arrange- ments are being completed whereby cadet credits may be earned by virtue of service for a period on a farm or in some war industry,

“In view of the need for boys on farms and for other war employment in the summer months, any experience

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gained in cadet subjects will receive due credit,” said Col, Grier,

“For example, a cadet working on a farm will probably learn much about woodcraft, field engineering, and en- gines— subjects usually associated with cadet summer camps, So if the lads fee] the urge to work on farms instead of attending camp they do so with our blessing, We don’t want the cadet camps to interfere with the war effort, farming, or other industry,”

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LEGISLATURE PROROGUES

The Alberta Legislature prorogued Tuesday night after the Lieutenant- Governor gave Royal Assent to 44 bills which were introduced and pass- ed during the session, It wag the sec. ond shortest session in history and in its dying hours a great deal of busi- ness was gone through with despatch. There were six recorded divisions and hearing of the Public Accounts com- mittee were a feature of the morning activities,

¥/ SEEDTIMEG.

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By Dr. K. W. Neatby Director, Agricultural Department North-West Line Elevators Associction

Seed Treaiment

Two problems are important at this time of year:

1. Is seed treatment necessary?

2. What is the best treatment?

Unfortunately, direct answers to these questions are impossible. We can dispose of the second one fairly briefly, however. The following resolutions were agreed upon by plant pathologists from all three provinces at a meeting held in Olds, Alberta, last summer:

1. That the use of formaldehyde for the treatment of wheat and other hulless seeds be discouraged in every way possible.

2. That organic mercury dusts be recommended for the treatment of wheat, oats, barley and flax, and that treatment be at least 24 hours prior to seeding.

3. That if formaldehyde is used at all, it should be limited to the treatment of special lots of smutty hulled oats.

Now for question 2. Local authori- ties in Alberta advise treatment of all cereal seeds.

In Manitoba, farmers are advised to treat all flax and barley seed, using 144 ounces of mercury dust per bushel for flax and 1 ounce for barley. Of course smutty wheat and oats must be treated; but, in the absence of smut, we lack official advice.

In Saskatchewan we are told that “if seed is not known to be free from smut it should be treated.” The same authority, Dr. R. C. Russell continues: “Occasionally, however, when the seed coats are badly cracked or a high percentage pf the seeds carry a fungous parasite, which causes common root-rot, treatment with a mercurial dust may be beneficial.” (Italics ours).

Send enquiries to Dominion Laboratories of Plant Pathology at Edmonton, Saskatoon and Winnipeg.

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OW that you have your 1943-1944 ee ration book, it is up to you to

keep it at all times in a safe place. I

it is lost, burned, or stolen, you will be

deprived of coupons which will not be replaced. In this regard, the policy of the On Controller is as follows:

@ If, through negligence, you eae oe Fmt need ration book before October 1;

1943, you may be

lowed no

perhaps less, than half the coupons to

which you would be entitled if you were making an original application.

@ If, through negligence, you lose your ration book on or after October 1, 1943, you may be allowed no more, and perhaps less, than 25 per cent of the coupons to

book or coupon:

Regional O.

(1) To purchase gasoline with 1942-1943 coupons:

2) To purchase gasoline unless you have the correct category sticker affixed to your windshield.

To detach coupons from your own book. (The removal of the coupons is the duty of the attendant.)

4) To have in your possession a gasoline ration coupon not attached to, and forming a part of, a gasoline ration book.

To have in your possession a gasoline ration book other than the book issued in respect of a vehicle you own, or in respect of a vehicle driven by you with the full consent of the real owner.

6) To alter, deface, obliterate, or mutilate any gasoline ration

If you sell your motor vehicle, remember that before making delivery you must remove the windshield sticker or stickers. Remember also that after the sale is completed, you must mail to the nearest

Ht Control Office in your province the gasoline ration book or books issued for the vehicle.

THE DEPARTMENT OF MUNITIONS AND SUPPLY

Honourable C, D. HOWE, Minister

“<CANADA IS SHORT OF GASOLINE « USE YOUR COUPONS SPARINGLY:

which you would be entitled if you were making an original application.

The new gasoline rationing system, effective on April 1, will be strictly enforced. Under its provisions, the motorist, as well as the service station attendant, is held responsible if any infrac- tions occur, It is contrary to the orders of the Oil Controller:

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GROW MORE POTATOES IN 1943

In spite of an excellent crop of po- tatoes last year in Alberta, we find ourselves becoming shorter of supplies each day, Markets for this crop have opened up from many directions, Last fall shipments moved to the West Coast due to the smaller cop in the coastal area and because of the re- luctance on the part of coast growers to sell at the established price, Con-

struction projects and the need of sup. plying food for an army has required even larger quantities of potatoes and other vegetables,

The present outlook would indicate that Alberta should triple its area of marketable potatoes and vegetables in 1943, To be able to do this, potato growers and others who wish to grow them should retain or provide them- selves immediately with stock suitable for seed,

It will require approximately 15 bu. shels to plant one acre, It is not ad- visable to save small potatoes for this purpose, because the crop produced is likely to have many below market size, The Netted Gem variety will pro- duce the most desirable market crop.

Undertaker: “Are you one of the mourners ?”

“I am sir, The corpse owed me ten dollars.”

AND HELP SMASH THE AXIS!

The next time you are frying or roasting

something, just imagine the satisfaction

it would give you to pour that hot fat

gobi down the back of Adolph, Tojo.or e

You can even do better than that. Fats make glycerine, and glycerine makes high explosives to sink their submarines, destroy their aeroplanes and tanks, Bones produce fat, also glue for war industry.

Every spoonful of dripping, every ounce of scrap fat, and every bone, cooked, uncooked or dry, must be saved. Strain all drippings through an ordinary strainer into a clean wide-mouthed can, When you have coll @ pound or more of fat drippings take it to your meat dealer w y you the established price for the ing and the scrap fat. Or you can of them through any M or Salvage Committee collection sys- tem IN EFFECT in your com- munity. e

You can be a munition makes sight in your own kitchen. So— every day, this easy way, keep working for Victory by saving every Pp of iat dripping, every piece of scrap fat, and every bone.

This campaign is for the duration,

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TIOWAL WAR SERVICE

NATIONAL SALVAGE DIVISION

Nb Owing WHeels

OF CANADA’S WAR EFFORT

HurryInG wheels, thundering wheels. Wheels that have made it possible for Canada to grow in strength,

Today those wheels—the driv- ing wheels of Canada’s railways— are setting the pace for the war effort. They haul raw materials to humming war industries and rush away the finished tools of battle. They move food and fuel for the home front and the fighting front, They speed civilians on essential business, hasten troops to camps, embarkation points and on leave.

It’s Canada’s big war job. A job that only railway wheels can do. A job in which an army of 150,000

AND HOLIDAYS

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railway workers, men and women, is in the fight for Canada. .; shop crews and train crews, yard workers, section hands, telegra- phers, signal men and office workers, a multitude of men and women in a multitude of jobs: They are making the giant wheels turn faster and faster.

From coast to coast in Canada, we—your railways—are rolling in the service of freedom, and our lines to and in the United States have linked the war efforts of two great sister nations.

The railway wheels are driv- ing, in war as in peace, for Canada,

CANADIAN RAILWAY FREIGHT RATES ARS THE LOWEST IN THE WORLD

THE QGHRONICLE CARBON, ALTA :

Discuss Plans For Providing Post-War Work

Ottawa.—Planning of a reserve of public works projects to provide for post-war employment was discussed before the House of Commons com- mittee on reconstruction and re- establishment by K. M. Cameron, chief engineer of the department of public works.

“What is needed is a national, de- velopment program which will make the best use of our existing assets, and restore or improve those facilities which we are over-working under the strain of war,” Mr. Cameron said. “We need programs which help to open up opportunities for productive inyestment as well as provide social benefits themselves.”

The post-war task must differ widely from projects of the depres-

sion years, he said. The program of |

the ’'30's, lacked co-ordination and planning, and continuity; was re- stricted in the type of project to dirt- moving jobs;

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PRISONS CROWDED

HELD RESPONSIBLE Heads Committee

Nazis Are Shooting Potes Because | British Blame Gandhi And His Party

They Cannot Be Guarded

London.—The Germans are shoot- ing prisoners in Polish prisons in wholesale numbers because the pris- ons have become so full they are hav- ing difficulties maintaining security measures, the Polish Telegraph Agency said.

The agency reported that the entire

in eastern Poland was executed after an attempted break in which two guards were reported to have been killed.

There was a similar incident at the Pinsk camp, the agency said, when & group of armed Poles invaded the prison, killed three of the 12 guards

Germans surrounded the prison and shot 30 of the remaining prisoners, the agency added.

ber executed at Rowno.

MUST BE PROVED

Is Definitely Pro-Axis London.—Sir Alfred Knox,

| Servative, told the House of Commons

and provided employ- | that Sweden’s attitude since the be-

ment only for the manual and un-! ginning of the war had been “defi- |

skilled type of labor, he said.

| nitely pro-Axis” and suggested that |

“A construction project to be of|/the United Nations had power to| real value demands complete prepara-| bring her into line by withholding | tion in its technical, legal and finan-| fooqstuffs sent from U.S.

cial details.”

he said.

population of the Rowno prison camp |

and freed 54 prisoners. Next day the |

No figure was given for the num-|

|

Con- |

His charge followed questions to}

A successful construction program | the government which asserted that must enlist the technical aid of | German transport aircraft carrying architects, conservationists, engineers troops and unmounted machine- guns | and town and community planners, ' had been passing over Sweden.

| Norman Bower, Conservative, ask-

He cited four Dominion-wide pro-|eq whether Britain “would make it

jects that could provide post-war em- |

ployment: 1. tion; roads, navigable waterways, phone, telegraph and radio. 2. Conservation and development of natural resources.

3. Urban and rural improvements |

\ike slum clearance, building of com- munity centres and schools, and rural electrification.

4. Tourist facilities.

UNDER RATIONING

Small Arms Ammunition Will Be Supplied To Essential Users Ottawa.—The prices board an- nounced an order placing small arms ammunition under rationitig to en- sure adequate supplies for those rated as essential users. In this category

are placed persons who depend on}

hunting for food, trappers, prospec- tors, members of the R.C.M.P. and some other police forces, and persons guarding property or livestock.

The order made no reference to the

individual who goes hunting for pleas- |

ure and it was presumed he would

not be permitted to buy ammunition. |

Members of rifle, revolver and gun clubs, under certain “circumstances, may buy ammunition.

MEMORIAL SERVICE

Was Held In London For Late Sir |

Edward Beatty

Montreal.—A memorial service for Sir Edward Beatty, late chairman of the Canadian Pacific Railway Com- pany, was held in the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London, March 30, it was announced by C.P.R. officials.

Sir Edward, who died in hospital here after a two-year illness, was buried at St. Catharines, Ont., where other members of the Beatty family are buried on a site not far from Sir Edward's native town of Thorold. Funeral services were held here in the Presbyterian church of St. An- drew and St. Paul.

REPORT ON CAMP International Red Cross Says Condi- tions In Hong Kong Better

London.—Latest report from the International Red Cross shows that conditions at Stanley Camp, Kong, are improving steadily, Rich- ard Law, foreign under-secretary, told the House of Commons.

The report was dated Jan, 25 and further information is expected when Red Cross authorities make their

periodic visits to the camp, he said. More than 1,500 Canadian soldiers,

mostly members of the Winnipeg |

Grenadiers and Royal Rifles of Can- ada from Quebec, are listed officially as Japanese prisoners of war.

FINDS A WAY

San Diego, Cal.—Although an in- valid and over age, Walter L. Skelley, 70, has found a way to do “his bit” on the home front. Together with his wife they make blankets from old woolen clothing donated by their friends and neighbors, and turn them over to the Red Cross. They have made 20 to date. 2509

Hong |

| clear to the Swedish government that |these breaches of neutrality on the

Richard Law, foreign under-secre- tary, answered that the facts must | be established first.

Trans-Canada Airlines Makes

Ottawa.—Plans for trans-oceanic flying are under consideration by | Trans-Canada Airlines, H. J. Syming- |ton, president, announced in his an- nual report tabled in the House of Commons by Munitions Minister C. D. Howes .

“Canada's national air line is des- tined to play an important part in |world aviation,” said Mr. Syming- ton.

world, North America and Europe and Asia cross Canada and weather conditions are stable. Formulation of detailed programs await developments.”

Mr. Symington also announced that Trans-Canada plans a shorter ‘route for its Canadian transconti- |nental service, the new route when

“Canada occupies an important | position in the future of the air| The shortest routes between |

|

Communication and transporta-| part of Sweden must react inevitably | the extension of highways,|to her disadvantage.”

tele-

Plans For Future

| Boy Scouts, Princess Elizabeth and convey a greeting to Lady Baden-Powell.

opened to be over Lakes Huron and |

Superior,

instead of north of those)

|lakes, and thence to points of exit in|

| western Canada and Yukon.

| An understanding has been reached |

between the governments of Canada |

jand U.S, to maintain agreement respecting air services until after the close of the war, but either contracting party |may reopen negotiations following |six months notice, the reports stated. | In conjunction with the post office authorities Trans-Canada plans to extend its line from Vancouver to Vancouver island as soon as the nec- essary permit is issued by the board of transport commissioners. Airport facilities now are available and the new service will give Victoria and other island communities direct air mail, passenger and express service to central and eastern provinces,

Indicative of the company’s expan- sion were figures showing that rev- enue passengers carried increased by 23 per cent., mail carried increased by 66 per cent., and air express by 109 per cent.

The company had 24 Lockheed air- planes in operation at the end of 1942. Its total personnel was 1,662 last Dec. 31, of whom 464 were wo- men,

The balance sheet as at Dec, 31 showed current assets of $2,950,064 and current liabilities of $996,289, leaving net working capital of $1,- 953,775.

WANTS HELP FOR JEWS

London.—The Archbishop of Can- terbury called aapon the government to “open our doors” to Jews, and suggested that block visas be grant- ed through the consuls in Spain, Portugal and perhaps Turkey, “so that all who can ma@y come.”

the existing | international |

|

|

For Recent Uprisings London.—Mohandas K. Gandhi and

the Indian Congress party under his|

leadership were charged by a British white paper with full responsibility for the recent Nationalist uprisings.

The white paper said Gandhi never believed that his @on-violence policy could defend India. It said after he proposed to resist Japan with non- violence, the Congress passed a reso- lution agreeing that Allied troops should be stationed in India as as- surance against attack.

The white paper, in effect, is an explanation of the government's rea- sons for imprisoning Gandhi at Poona. Gandhi recently completed a three- week fast which he began in an at- tempt to win release.

BIGGER BOMBERS

London.—New, bigger and faster) |American bombers which will carry | Dominion government's advisory com- | | three or four times the bomb weight mittee on reconstruction. | of the present Flying Fortresses soon lard C. March, who draughted Canada's

will be thrown into a round-the-clock |

bombardment of Europe, according to viser to this committee. British M.P. Says Sweden’s Attitude Gen. Ira C. Eaker, chief of Ameri-| was prepared at the request of Hon.

can forces in Britain.

_ Royal Girl Guides On ‘The Sob - |

“FOOD PRODUCTS

Problems Discussed By United States- Canadian Agricultural Committee Ottawa.—First Canadian mites

of the standing United States-Cana-

dian agricultural committee after what members said was cussion of problems products.”

Dr. G. S. H. Barton, ister of agriculture and chairman of the Canadian section, said continuing discussions would be held in accord- ance with the assignment given the standing committee to keep agricul ture and food production in Canada and the United States under study to further such developments as may be desirable.

ended “a dis- different programs and concerning various Bea

food authorities met with the Cana- dian committeemen.

Dr. Cyril James, principal of Mc- Gill University, chairman of the|

NEW LOAN SLOGAN

“Back The Attack” Is Suggested As Being Most Appropriate Toronto.— Slogan of Canada's next Victory Loan probably will be “Back jthe Attack,” R. J. Dunlevy, public ‘relations adviser to the national war

finance committee, said.

Addressing a meeting of personnel managers and personnel publications | editors, Mr. Dunlevy said the slogan | fitted in with the probability that a “second front” would be

Dr. Leon-

research ad-| The report

“Beveridge plan” is

Tan Mackenzie.

opened soon.

Half Of Food For Americans Now Rationed

Washington,— Half of the Americans eat is now under rationing for the duration.

Details of the American rationing |program for meat, butter, cheese, |fats, cooking oils and canned fish | were announced by the office of price | administration. | For

food coupon

all these items each person will | be allowed 16 points a week from the | red stamps on war ration book two.

| The point values of meat will range

Visiting girl guide headquarters in London, on “Thinking Day,” which at first from one point per pound for

marks the birthday of the late Lord

Miraculously unscathed, the statue of an unidentified bishop g |; upon the bomb-blitzed scene before it. Axis bombers in the earlier days of the war hefore the R.A.F, gained com-

plete mastery of the air.

Baden-Powell, founder of the British pig's ears, pig’s feet and bacon rind, Margaret Rose prepare a pigeon to) to 12 points per pound for dried beef. The Office of Price Administration

says point values are based as far as

Unscathed In The Blitz | possible on the supply and the known

{preferences of consumers, and they | and demand fluctuate from month to |month. | They can divide up 16 points per | week any way among the newly ra- | tioned items. For example, Americans can buy a pound of steak and a pound | of butter at eight | eac h, and thus use up all the 16 |}points. Or they can buy 16 pounds | of pig's ears, if they want them. Or Americans can, as the Office of | Price Administration expects, the bulk of their the lower point the rest of their essary cheese.

points a pound

confine meat purchases to values, and allowance fc purchases of butter,

spread r nec fats and

As to whether consumers can be sure of getting all varieties of meat, the Office of Price Administration | says “probably not.” In localities in |\the states where there have been shortages of meat, it may take a little time before markets will have ja complete assortment. 3ut the Office of Price Administration ex-

sults of meat adequate sup-

pects one of the chief re

rationing to be more

plies in areas where there have been

zazes down shortages—-such as New York, Bos

Valetta took a terrific pounding by | ton, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and other war industry cen-

tres.

King Reviews Canadian Troops In Great Britain

Nursing sisters and troops of a Canadian corps in Britain are reviewed by the King. is Capt. C. V, W. Vickers of Montreal. D.8.0., M.C.; Rt. Hon, Vincent Massey, high commissioner for Canada, and Lieut.-Gen,

guard, on His Majesty's (left),

yh

The captain of the Behind them are Major-Gen. J. H. Roberts,

in command of the First Canadian Army.

deputy min- |

Five United States agriculture and |

jare subject to change as the supply |

Japanese Must Pay More For Fishing Rights

London,

Japan and Russia, not at war against each other but fighting on opposite sides in the world strug- gle, have signed an agreement ex- tending Japanese fishing privileges in Soviet far eastern waters, it announced, A Moscow the Soviet monitor ever,

was

broadcast recorded by here said, how- that Japanese fishing companies must pay between four and five per ;cent. more than during last year. The payments are to be in gold fore

Under the 1942 agreement | ended last Dec, 31 the exacted a 20-per cent. rentals over the price paid by the Japanese the previous year

as be which Russians had

increase in

S. A. Lozovsky, vice-commissar for Soviet foreign affairs, and Naotake Sato, Japanese ambassador to Rus-

sia, signed the 1943 protocol in Kui- byshev, the Moscow broadcast said Renewal of the agreement generally is regarded as a gauge of relations between the two countries who have a_ neutrality agreement despite the fact that Japan is allied with Germany, and Russia of the United Nations

Japanese-Soviet

is a member group. Last year’s agreement was signed

{after Germany had attacked Russia and Japan had attacked the United States. At the time British and | American officials termed the renewal a purely routine matter. A failure to renew, however, would have’ been

regarded as nese tension.

indicating Soviet-Japa-

| In 1942 the terms restricted the Japanese to bidding for concessions in only seven of the 12 fishing

grounds, most of them off the Kam- chatka peninsula.

A Soviet refusal to grant rights would be a

fishing severe blow to Japan whose food supply depends to a large extent on her catch in Rus sian waters.

WARTIME BOARD

Expenses For Information Now Total $579,162, According To Report Ottawa.—Expenses of the wartime

information board since its inception

total $579,162, said a tabled

return in the House of Commons. The total includes salaries, hon-

oraria and living allowances | 209. Members of the received any allowance, the

of $119,- board have not salary, honorarium or return said.

Speeches made by the prime min- ister and other members of the gov- ernment are distributed by the board

“when judged of national significance.” Such five

made in the return said.

GREEK GUERILLAS

Awaiting The Day When They Can Help United Nations

Greek guerillas who live on the Axis, will be United Nations

Greece,

distribution has been instances,

Cairo supplies meant for ready to help the drive the Axis from Epaminondas Tsellos, public welfare of the

says

minister of Greek govern- ment her

The underground in Greece, Tsellos said, is organized on a cellular basis and works in complete liaison with the government which has offices in

both London and Cairo

He thinks there is the health of the country be- ing undermined through malnutrition,

grave

danger of entire

EXPECT ASSAULT

Australia And New Zealand Prepare For Attack By Japan Australia and New Zea- themselves

Canberra

land are strengthening

for a possible new Jap assault in the south Pacific.

Australian Prime Minister John Curtin announced the return from Africa of the veteran 9th Australian | Division, and the Australian minister

raft production the country’s fighting 11,000,000 this year

New Zealand Prime Fraser

predicts forces will reach

for air

Minister Peter country’s air 100 times

also said his had

tart of the war

strength increased

since the

| } | PRAIRIE DEBT PROBLEM | |

Ottawa. The departments of fin- ance and justice are in consultation over the western debt adjustment | proble m Following recent submis-

| Sions by the prairie provinces, asking | federal action to set up debt adjust- |ment facilities, the departments cone cerned have been considering reme-

dies to meet the situation.

A. G. L. McNaughton, |

|Buy War Savings Stamps Regularly,

USE CAREFUL PLANS FOR SEED GROWING

There Are Several Thines Theat Must Be Considered If Stccess Is To Be Attoined Seed growers, like all other farmers find it to get this not of

may dimcutt iy becau farm help but al the labour availabl rienced In pite preduction ind this re effe

along ause will

be

of labour difficulties, how-

evel must he carried on,

means careful planning fl inadi

tive use ¢

ed Growers’ iation

In planning for tl

! 11 thines wh

red and

Give of the crop rotation

used for seed product

as a part of the farm p

seed gt

choice cf

ich ‘ust be acted up

some thought to the planning » that the land n is included ogram. There wers who leave

the land for

are too many the d production

Arrange the fields so that there will | be the least chance of the hired man, else, mixing the harvesting time

Dex

to chance

possible or at

someone crops seeding or land the varieties which accommodate Two or three varieties isteful of both land addition, there

side upon the

the land

« h ose can in one field is and labour. In always some doubt about the seed from such a field being | sented Avoid slaying which are only

stage

Ww

is

8 Te pre around with varieties in Some seed growers, to operate sat- isfactorily, reduce the number of varieties they are using otherwise serious difficulties are ahead of them.

must

Nothing Is Wasted

Gifts From Canadian Red Cross Are Appreciated In Britain Writing on behalf of the W.V.S. in England, Elsa Dunbar, overseas department, says: “I want to thank you once more for the in-

there will be} much in- |

and | i and labour, |

ture there are

available and|

without crowding. |

the experimental |

head of the |

| $2,000,

oe i t

are shown leaving their winter camp for a day's work, (left).

pa

| |

|

|

rich iron ore deposits at Steep Rock undertaken starting at once.

Anti-Aircraft Shell Fuses Made | Almost Entirely By Women | Britain is mass-producing @ new

000 PROJECT WILL

With financial backing from Canadian and U.S, government agencies and from private industry in both countries, a huge new development of

Lake near Port Arthur, Ont., will be

The development will supply high grade ore |

| Have Been _Improved Take Holidays ‘At Home|

Anyone Travelling For Pleasure In| Germicidal Lamp Kills

Britain Is Not Patriotic More than ever, now that the na-

valuable and unfailing help we have type of mechanical fuse for anti-air-|tion is gearing for offensive action,

from the Canadian Red Cross Society Without it, indeed it would have been

quite impossible for us to carry on,

received

and I only hope that the many mem-}| of our}

bers of the society are aware deep gratitude.

“The clothes you send over here are used not only once, but twice, and sometimes three times! A

children can exchange clothes for those of a more suitable size. This also applies to boots and shoes.

“Thanks to the kindness of people in Canada, we were able to give Eng- lish children a proper Christmas. It seemed at one moment that this wasn’t going to be possible, as there was a terrible shortage of toys and,

of course, no candies.

used food tins from the Canadian | Red Cross to make Christmas tree decorations.”

Obeyed Instructions

But Printer Did Not Quite stand What Actor Meant

One day a printer brought to Ed-|

win Booth the proof of a new poster

which announced the actor as “the |

eminent tragedian Edwin Booth.’

“T wish,” said Booth, “that you'd leave out that ‘eminent tragedian’ business. I'd much rather simple ‘Edwin Booth’,”

“Very sir,” printer.

The following week the modest Mr. | . ooth went for a walk and found the ) plastered with posters announc- the ¢ of “Simple Booth.’

have

good, agreed the

Owr

ing ming Edwin

Idea Was Accepted

After Twelve Years Teacher Harbor Built For Fishermen Credit for South Africa's harbor is given to a school principal

new

who worked tirelessly for its con-

iction after the idea occurred to him 12 years ago. It is the $300,000 harbor at the fishing village of Gans baai. The principal is J. R. Barnard of the Gansbaai school. Year in and year out he kept his project before the authorities until’at last they ac- cepted the idea, Barnard’s aim from the beginning was to improve the standard of living for fisherfolk.

A LARGER TON read of

And when we so many thousand tons of bombs being droppec by the R.A.F. over Germany

should be rernembered the British ton

is a bigger ton than ours, being 2,24(

during the past year.!

sys- tem of clothing exchanges has been | speech. devised, whereby mothers of growing |

You will be} amused to hear that somebody had | the ingenious idea of cutting up the

Under- |

it |

Got |

craft shells which gives twice the | accuracy achieved by the old type, powder fuse, it was disclosed at Nor-| wood, England, by Duncan Sandys,

istry of supply.

accurately at heights half again as great as could be done at the begin- |ning of the war,” Sandy said in a “Previously only a _ very

range of the Now, jfuse, guns from a much greater | range can bring a concentrated fire to | bear on enemy planes.”

Work of producing the mechanical fuses is being done almost entirely by women using watch-making ma- chinery, he said.

Important Discovery |Vitamin C Said To Be Effective Weapon Against Surgical Shock

In what may be an important con- tribution to wertime medicine, a |ranking scientist has discovered a new and radically different {the anti-scurvy vitamin C, basis of limited experiments, Dr. | Harry N. Holmes, American Chemical | Society president, is convinced the | vitamin is an effective weapon against surgical shock. The nervous systems |of patients who have taken it before major operations, injections, or to oth |extractions have borne up much bet- ter than normal. He’s now trying to | get the Army to try it out on a large scale. Incidentally, vitamin C leorbic acid) is now produced by-product of explosive manufacture It used to cost

use

as a

at about $1 an ounce,

$90 an ounce when made from orange |

juice.--Newsweek.

| Hard To Place Him U .S. Secretary Of per ie Evidently Not Known When Vice-President Wallace Secretary of Agriculture, he once had a dinner date at the home of Rabbi Stephen Wise in New York. He ar- rived early, and intr duced himself to Mrs. Wise: “I'm Secretary Wal- A few minutes later some more

Was

was

lace.”

dinner guests arrived, and Mrs. Wise began to introduce them to each other. She turned to Wallace, and

asked: “Er . whose secretary you say you were?”

JU ST IMI! TATIONS Succulent-looking steaks and hams

are appearing in increasing numbers windows of butchers in Ger-| They are |

in the man-occupied Netherlands, i made of wood, but they serve to kee p!

it| up appearances and fill spaces other- |

wise empty. A Nazi trade

)| strongly urged their

pape r}

pounds compared to our 2,000, says complete instructions for the Niagara Falls Review 2509 | imitation sirloins and other cuts

parliamentary secretary of the min- |

“Shells now can be made to burst |

target. | as a result of lengthening the |

for | On the.

(as-|

did

|has it become unpatriotic to travel ;the recent development of a germi- |

Geophy sicists. from the University of ‘Toronto, who tested and mapped | pictured ‘the first test shaft on the pttperty.

At (right) is} the North American steel industry.

, for the United Naions’ war industries.

MINE RICH ONTARIO IRON ORE

Docks like those pictured at (left)

at an upper lake port will be built at Port Arthur to handle shipment of

ore.

Construction work at Steep Rock is already under way and bunkhouses

and offices now on the property are shown (right).

Holds Great Promise

Infections Which Are Borne By Air

A new vista in the science of dis-

ease prevention has been opened by

}on anything but essential busjness so | cidal lamp that holds promise of

| Britain’s local authorities are mak- | effectively checking, and,

in time,

|ing early plans for ‘“stay-at-home- possibly even eliminating a wide

| summer vacations. In theatres, parks, commons halls there will be plays,

| certs,

and horse shows.

War workers who like hiking or “biking’’ will be encouraged to use the special week-end camp now be- ing arranged by the camping associa- tion.

Save Clothes

Avoid Clothes Rationing Over Old Dresses Want to avoid clothes rationing, Mrs. Canada? Then get that out-of- date dress from the attic and find a ; way to turn it into a smart, this- year’s model. And don't buy junior a new suit—not if there’s an old one of dad's around to be made over. “If enough Canadians will adopt these conservation methods, ration- ing of clothing will not be neces- sary,” J. A. Klein, administrator of fine clothing under the wartime prices board, told 4 press conference.

To Make

NEW CUSTARD 1 POWDER Dried egg yolks, dried skim milk, vegetable shortening, artificial vanilla and salt form a new concentrated custard powder with high food value and good flavor which will keep in

all climates without getting rancid or sour.

| GIV VEN AUTHORITY

| Lagos, Nigeria. Following the

| British government's policy of dele- {gating more authority to |natives, appointments have been an- nounced of African supervisors of na- tive treasures in relation to native administration accounts and stores.

Nigerian |

amateur acting competitions, | | training station, circuses and funfairs, boxing matches | | have far-reaching effects and prove limited proportion of guns in an area) outgrown | were within

holiday” entertainments to brighten) number of diseases where they are |contracted through accidental infec-

and tion.

variety |

shows, symphony and brass band con- germicidal

Experiments being conducted with lamps at an R.C.A.F. if successful, may

| be a milestone in the never-end- ing search at safeguarding the health of our armed forces.

The germicidal lamp—the disease- prevention properties of which stem from the fact that it minimizes the

danger of air-borne infection by Kill- |

ing or inactivating bacteria suspend- ed or floating in the air—is a special type of ultra-violet lamp whose radia- tions are considerably shorter than the shortest ultra-violet ray in sum- mer sunshine.

Of tubular shape, the lamp can be,

installed in indirect lighting fixtures similar to that of fluorescent lamps.

Conclusive evidence of its effective- ness, at least under special conditions, is found in a number of tests con- ducted by the Hospital for Sick Chil- dren and the Department of Pedia- trics, University of Toronto.

MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY

The King has approved that the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal shall be available for airmen for gallantry in} air operations against the enemy. The award will be superior to the D.F.M. | The Distinguished Conduct Medal may be won by airmen for gallantry in action on the ground.

THE AXIS METHOD

Moscow.—In a commentary on Axis relationships, a Russian communique said German authorities had hanged a selected group of Italian soldiers in

|the public square of a town in the

Orel region after beating up a train- load of’ their satellite soldiers be- cause they refused to fight.

| Have Beneficial Effect

Flowers Boost Morale And Help General Outlook Of Patients

If you are hesitating about sending flowers to a patient because of the popular belief that they are harmful, perish the thought and send along that bouquet.

Dr. Russell C. Erb, associate dean and professor of chemistry and toxicology at the Philadelphia Col- lege of Osteopathy, gives his blessing to the floral decoration in a sick- room,

Not only are flowers harmless, jadded Dr. Erb, but they are symbols of life and have a highly beneficial effect upon the morale and general outlook of the patient.

‘a

Rationing Offices

Have Been Set Up To Look After Farm Machinery

The Administrator of Farm Ma- chinery has announced that farm ma- |chinery rationing offices have been | set up in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmon- ton, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, London, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, | Quebec, Saint John, Truro, and Char- lottetown. Experienced men have been assigned to these regional offices to appraise the equipment needs of the farmers in their respective dis- tricts, with a view to obtaining the best possible distribution of the llimited supplies of new machines | available.

| Proved A Failure

Nazis New Type Cargo Submarine

Too Cumbersome And Slow | The London Daily Sketch says: A | new type of German cargo submarine | with which the Nazis have been ex- | perimenting has proved a failure. The | experts found it too cumbersome and slow. Its underwater speed was only seven knots.

We learn that one of these craft was used to take a Nazi trade mis- sion to Japan four months ago, and has not been heard of since. Con- | Struction plans have now been can- | celled.

New Tribal Class Conadien Destroyer Commissioned

Powerful new

;ment was captain (D) at Halifax (captain commanding destroyer forces).

Canadian ‘destroyer, H.M.C.S. Athabaskan, (lett), just commissioned by the Royal Canadian use and gave| Navy. Her captain, one of the senior commanders in the permanent force, is Commander G. R. Miles, O.B.E., of making | Rothesay, N.B. He was captain of H.M.C.S. Saguenay at the outbreak of war, and previous to his new appoint-

It will be fololwed by a vast the iron ore deposits at Steep Rock lake and laid plans for its development | construction project to make available the valuable iron ore deposits to

HARDSHIP OF FLYERS LOST IN THE ARCTIC

Airmen On Roscue Flight Spend Three Months In Solitudes Following Forced Landing

Christmas dinner of hard tack and brown bread in a little rubber dinghy tossing amid the ice cakes of a far northern sound, and New Year's cele- brated with blubber and seal meat in a native village hundreds of miles from civilization—that's part of the story told at Moncton, N.B., by Capt. Jimmy Wade, veteran Maritime Cen- tral Airways pilot.

Capt, Wade was on his way home to Charlottetown after he and a com- panion, Capt. John G. Moe of the United States Army, spent three months in the Arctic solitudes fol- lowing the forced landing of their twin-engined plane on soggy ice in @ remote region while on a mercy flight.

The pair spent five days in their dinghy picking their way through the grinding ice, and two more days in a snow igloo ashore before they were found by a party of natives.

Then they gradually worked their way toward civilization, stopping at two more tiny outposts before they reached a place where a plane could be sent in to pick them up.

The fliers set out from Charlotte- town last Dec. 16 in an attempt to rescue the injured crew of a United States Army Bomber. Their ski- equipped plane was fitted with an ex- tra gasoline tank to enable them to take a 1,400-mile non-stop flight.

Flying toward their destination by stages, they encountered bad weather on the night of Dec. 23 and were forced to land their craft on the ice of the distant sound. Their plane be- gan to sink through the slushy ice, and they had time only to launch their dinghy and load some food, clothing and necessary supplies in it.

In the morning, Capt. Wade re- lated, they saw thick, solid ice only 300 yards ahead of them, “where you could have landed any kind of plane.”

The shore of the Arctic sound was within plain sight as morning dawned, but it took five full days for the air- men to claw their way over the float- ing ice.

With their rations almost gone, and tired and exhausted, they finally made the shore. They couldn’t find a place to build a shelter the first night, so dug into the snow and hud- dled in one sleeping bag.

When daylight came they built a rude igloo of snow, and warmed themselves by a small gas stove they had salvaged from the plane. They would sleep a. few hours and then walk around to keep warm.

On the third day the natives came. They: took the fliers by dog team to their village, 35 miles away, and the beginning of their trek to civilization.

“It wasn’t a happy holiday sea- son,” said Wade reminiscently, “but it could have been worse.”

Great Improvement Great Russian Dancer’s Manager Knew How To Handle Her

On the eve of her American debut Pavlowa got temperamental, stalked off the rehearsal stage and screamed, “I hate it-here! I won't dance here! When is the next boat back to Rus- sia?” Her manager, the late Charles Dillingham, the only person who could pacify her, threw his arms about her: “My little Russian pigeon, who is abusing you? Tell me and Tl kill him!”

Pavlowa pointed to a fountain that stood in the centre of the stage as part of a garden setting and said, “The water—it makes too much noise!"

Unhesitatingly, Dillingham turned to the stagehands, first winked at them and then yelled: “You stupid imbeciles, didn’t I tell you to use SOFT water in the fountain?” For about a half-hour the stagehands made a great to-do about changing the pipes, then turned the water on again. The great dancer listened a minute and then, making a graceful pirouette around the fountain, smiled: “Yes! That is so much better!”

RATIONS

Of course we don’t butter both sides of our bread; It’s true that we spread it out thin. We think of the millions who have to be fed; We cheerfully ration and grin, We DON’T act like children just cry- ing for sweets, Nor sulk when we can't get enough; We do without lots of our easy time treats; We realize war times are TOUGH. So, now when the men who know better than we, Must ration tea, butter or beer; We'll think of the needs of those far o'er the sea, And help to fight famine and fear. GEORGE A. WRIGHT Brockville, Ont,

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One Foodless Day

Does Not Bother Animals In The

New York Zoo

War has brought not only less meat and substitute meats to animals in New York City’s zoo, but it has also resulted in a ‘foodless day” each week.

Dr. Harry F. Nimphius, zoo die- tician, said the beasts adjusted them- selves so quickly to “foodless Sun-

days” that they no longer look for

the meat wagon.

Lions, for instance, now get horse meat instead of beef—and_ three pounds less per day than heretofore. Dr. Nymphius compounded a meat substitute chow consisting of car- rots, beets, white bread, cod liver oil and a soup-con of raw horse meat. The animals thrive on it.

“They worry less, as a matter of fact,” said Dr. Nymphius, “about the diminishing amount of red meat from their diets than do some other ani- mals I know.”

MAIL FOR PRISONERS

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Adapted from the Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer Picture by BEATRICE FABER

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Poula -_ « = @ «© + Greer Garson Or. Jonathan Benet - © © «+ Philip Bern | Kitty - «© »= © @ «+ + Susan Peters Or.Sime + © © © «© «+ Henry Travers “Biffer’? » + © © © = Reginald Owen Warrisen = + © © = Bramwell Fletcher Sam- - - = © + + Mhys Williams Tobacconist + © © += + UnaO’Conner Mr. Lloyd - © © «© + Charles Waldron Mrs.Uleyd «= © © © = Elisabeth Risdon UVOUUUUUUUUARNOUENOGUNGURUEASUNANOUUONENONOUNNONONONE CHAPTER I

It was the Autumn of 1918, just at dusk and a man known as Smith —just John Smith, was strolling the grounds of the County Asylum at Melbridge, England.

His thoughts were rapid, Kaleido- scopic and it bothered him that in Speech he could only manage jerky, disjointed phrases. His eyes filled. It hurt.not to be able to talk prop- erly. Wisps of memory bothered his amnesia clouded mind. His last recol- lection went back only to the Autumn of 1917 when he had awakened in a German hospital . , . then been trans- ferred to England as an exchange prisoner. Who was he? Where had he come from? The questions hung in space, unanswered.

A guard suddenly spoke out of the fog, pleasantly chided him for being out in such weather.

Smith said, “I’m all right. Coat’s very warm. I like to walk... like to walk.” His accomplishment of | speech sent a warm glow over him. He walked on in the swirling mist with a shade more confidence.

Over in the town of Melbridge, the half-hearted gloom of day had set- tled into darkness. Melbridge’s | grimy factories had released their}

=|toilers for the evening and about now

the pubs would be alive with discus- | sion of the war. How soon would England beat the Heinies? Could the war really be ended in 1918 as some predicted? Endlessly, the questions | and answers would go the rounds again, not only in Melbridge but all over England.

Smith, however, wasn’t concerned with these queries. Always, his mind was occupied with but one idea . .. . to pierce beyond his mental nothingness . . . to learn the mystery of his blanked out past.

All at once, a siren screamed through the silence. It soared up and down in wild flurries. Another joined in, then several more. The noise mounted in a crazy delirium of sound. Smith was rooted to the ground with fear. There were sirens, bells and whistles. Then he heard voices calling to each other joyously. “The Armistice! It’s peace! The war's over... .”

It didn’t fill Smith with elation. Somehow, the news seemed unrelated to him. But suddenly he looked ahead. The wide grilled gates were open. In the excitement they'd been left ungarded. Fearfully, he walked toward them. Then, without think- ing he broke into a run. Not until he reached Melbridge, seething with celebrating humanity, did he slow down to a walk. Impulsively he stepped into a tobacconist’s shop to ask for cigarettes.

Strange, the sharp eyed propriet- ress was taking quite a time about it.

Suddenly, a low, musical voice said, “You're from the Asylum aren’t you?”

Nervously, he swung around. A young girl with coppery hair and warm eyes was watching him. She looked what she was, a pretty little actress in a third rate touring com- pany. Yet somehow, she was dis- tinctive.

“Yes. Yes I am. But I'm all right... really...”

The girl nodded but now her voice was urgent. “Well, she’s gone

She's tell- ing them to come for you, You'd bet- ter hurry along with me.”

It was queer how quickly things happened after that ... Smith at the Melbridge Arms pub, having a brandy and soda with this girl, Paula Ridgeway, being introduced to her friends then later hearing her back- stage at the theatre as she did her singing turn. There wasn’t much to remember after that because he became feverish and chilled at the} same time. He recalled Paula bend- ing over him, looking so concerned, . .

It was days later that he came to his senses again, to learn that he'd been quite ill with the ‘flu. Then Paula told him wonderful news. She'd taken quite a fancy to him and wasn't going to let him be sent back to the Asylum, Instead, Sam, the manager of the troupe, was giving

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him a job travelling with them, Everything would be fine. In the next day, Smith tried to

absorb this miracle along with re- turning health. It was over. The dark past was gone. No longer |}would he be a strange, floating bit of driftwood on the stream of life. He was an individual now. He was a | person.

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|shakily to his feet.

Towards the end of the show that night Paula ran in. “Oh,” she beamed, “good boy. I see you're all packed. So am I. Our train leaves at one.”

A sudden qualm beset him, “Paula you're sure I can be useful...

that your manager isn’t taking me or . . Just because you asked him 0?”

She looked at this man who needed her so pitifully, Without warning he had stolen into her heart. He must be saved. He was too good a person to remain as debris of the war.

Bright tears stood in her eyes. “Good gracious Smithy you don't know Sam, He's hard as nails. No, you can take my word for it. He thinks you have something and the whole thing was his idea.”

His smile flickered. “I can’t tell you what it means Paula... to be someone again... to be wanted. It’s all your doing.”

He was sitting there in quiet con- tentment when she returned at twelve thirty. He started up eagerly. Then the grave expresion of her

face stopped him. “Nothing... wrong, is there?”

She sat down and her voice trembled. “I've got to talk to you

Smithy.” She steadied herse!f al- most to curtness. “I won't beat about the bush. Sam won't take you now.”

A man from the Asylum had come into the bar a while ago and told everyone about Smithy’s escape. Sam knew now ... he thought it was too risky taking him. “Smithy,” she pleaded, “I think he’s right.” That returning fear in his eyes stabbed right through her. “Perhaps you should go back. You need care. You need doctors that understand your case .. .’’ Her voice trailed off. She had seen a dog look like that, a dog whose master had _ unexpectedly struck him.

Slowly, he nodded. He was humble and crushed again. The wide Asylum doors were swinging open and he must accept the decree that con-

|demned him there.

She burst out, “Smithy, you’re not angry with me? You don’t think I've gone back on you?” His an- guished eyes implored her not to torment him more. “Speak to me Smithy,” she cried. “You could al- ways speak to me.”’ She clutched his hand but he pulled away and rose

In sudden decision she went to the door. Her voice was level. “Wait for me Smithy.” A_ short interval later she returned, her bags in her hands. “Come on Smithy. Get your coat on. We'll take the back stairs.”

The pub below was dimly lighted and clouded with smoke. Thay crept past it stealthily. Smith was dazed, hardly knowing what he was doing or where he was going. But at least he was with Paula, A little later they were seated in a third class compart- ment of a train bound for the coun- try, just beyond Melbridge. It was almost dawn when they reached Mrs. Deventer’s rustic inn at Wickham, Paula had stopped there once with

her father a long time ago and re-| _

membered the place fondly.

It was simple enough, explaining to the kindly Mrs, Deventer that Smithy was her fiance and that she had brought him here after a long illness, so that he might convalesce.

And so it was, in the dawn of that lovely morning that they took up their new rural existence. Paula's} meager savings would be enough to} skim through on for a while. After) that? Well, no need to worry now.

(To Be Continued) Copyright 1941 by Loew's Ine.

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No. 4820

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HORIZONTAL | 329 Three- 1 Converses masted vessel

6 Remnants

41 Cheer 11 Pinker

42 Chinese

13 Small measure carnivore 43 Portentous

14 Conjunction | 45 Thus

15 To defend | 48 Implants

17 Babylonian 50 Mints deity 51 Metric

18 Anglo-Saxon measure money -

20 Restriction 21 Siamese coin

No, 4819

THE NEW SERIAL IN THIS ISSUE

Adapted From The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture By BEATRICE FABER

—)— A Beautiful, Exciting, Emotional

22 Well- mannered

24 Conjunction

25 Competent

26 Railroad stations

28 To escape

29 Timbre

30 Lure

31 Constructed

32 To scold

34 To apportion

85 Pikelike fish

© product of Nea The CANADA STARCH COMPANY, Limited

Story.

86 Kind 88 Part of “to be”

VERTICAL

1 To sing

2 Dreadful

3 While

4 Cue

6 Hindu weights

6 Party

7To make lace

8 Pronoun

9 To jut out

10 Prearrauged list

To have succession To go Incases in cans

Salt of acetic acid Accessory Lyric poem Assumed name Unit Distant Deprived Kind of wool Newborn child Rubber Pertaining to apples Obtains Pronoun Indian pillars Mongrels Marsh Illumined Italian for “yes"

49 To exist

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32

33 34

36 37 39

40 43 44 47

Told By China’s First Lady It Has | Good Moral

Mme. Chiang told an anecdote full

of rich Oriental flavor the other day | in Washington. About 2,000 years ago, she said, there was a young

Buddhist monk who sat cross-legged outside the temple, his hands clasped, chanting day after day, Buddha,” because he hoped that he would thus acquire grace. At length, the old Father Prior of the temple ;came up, himself the | monk, and began rubbing a piece of brick against a stone, jon day after day. the

“Amita- |

seated beside

This, too, went

| At length, acolyte could re

"|strain his curiosity no longer, and

}asked the Prior what he was doing. “I am trying to make a mirror out | of this brick,” the old replied |“*But,” said the monk, “it is impos- | sible to make a mirror out of a brick,

man

|Father Prior.” “Yes,” replied the | other, “and it is just as impossible for | |/you to acquire grace by doing noth-

ing except chant ‘Amita-Buddha’ all

day long day in and day out.”

The moral? There are several pos

| sibilities, But in the rich American | idiom, it might be this: You can’t win a war by sitting on your hands,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, |

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oa —— a ) THE RIGHT IDEA

Sensible reminder from Dr. Frank Kingdom to his fellow citizens of the U.S.A.: “It is unadulterated non- sense to think or talk of lendlease as though we were being generous to anybody. We are sending goods and supplies to our allies because they are fighting our battles.” 2509 °

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THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1943

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The Secretary’s office now has on hand a supply of dog tags and these must be procured for all

dogs in town before Tuesday, April 20th.

Dog owners must have their dogs tagged to save them from being impounded and _ possibly destroyed.

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BEISEKER: 7 SUEESIEEAOE IEEE EME EEE EEE MEE Sunday School » 11:00 a.m, She: “Do you love me for myself Preaching Service - 3:00 p.m _| alone,”

IRRICA He: “Yes and when we're married Preaching Service .... » 7:30 p.m.]T don’t want any of the family thrown

ALL ARE WELCOME in.” @

THE BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH Eskimo; “What would you say, dear,

IN CARBON thousand miles to tell you I love you?” Sunday School ....... 11:00 a.m, Eskimoette; “I’d say that’s a lot of Morning Service ... 12:00 a.m, | mush.” Young Peoples’ Meeting.......... 7.30 p.m, ]

OUR INVITATION: Psalm 95:6 He: “Since [ met you I can’t eat, I O come, let us worship and bow down: can’t sleep, I can’t drink.” let us kneel before the Lord our Maker} She (shyly): “Why not?”

He; “I’m broke.” REV, E, RIEMER, pastor e

Officer: “Hop on your motorcycle and deliver this message.”

Private: “Sorry, sir, I just had it camouflaged and now I can’t find it.”

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Grandfather: “Nowadays I see a girl blush, different.”

THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

IN CANADA Parish of Christ Church Carbon

The Rey, T, H, Chapman, B.D. INCUMBENT

never In my day it was

Organist: Mr, H.M, Isaac Joan: “Why, Grandpa! Whatever S. S. Supt.: Mrs, E, Talbot did you tell them?”

—_ @ Sunday April 11—Lent 5

A Scotchman, learning that a cer. tain doctor charged $5 for the first visit and only $2 for the second, walk- ed into the doctor’s office one day and said: “Well, doctor, here I am again,”

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a BRITISH AGRICULTURE IS WORKING EFFICIENTLY

Robert S. Hudson, minister of agri- culture in Great Britain, recently said that on a “per man unit” basis, that country is producing three times as much food as the Germans and sub- stantially more than the Americans.

However the shipping position is more serious than ever before and Bri- tain must supply still more of her re- quirements domestically, Hudson said: “We must secure the greatest possible orea under crops—especially the crops for direct human consumption—and plow up still more of our permanent grass to balance the area reseeded.”

Bread, he said, would still be mad mainly from wheat flour, and he point- ed out that wheat had disappeared completely from German bread since February Ist,

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Heretofore no extra sugar was al- lowed for cooking rhubarb, |

Housewives were required to use su- | gar from their ration for this purpose, | as for other stewed fruits prepared | for current needs of the family table. |

MISS JEAN HINDS

Jean eee women’s commentator |for the CBC's Prairie Region, is at | | present touring the Prairie Provinces, and will visit Regina, Saskatoon, Ed monton and Calgary ’b< tween April 5! and April 20, Miss Hinds is heard | daily at 8.30 a.m, over CBC stations, She is the daughter of a railwayman, and a former schoo] teacher,

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