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Gandhi's 21 -Day
Fast .Was Nothing
Medical. Man Says 80 Day
• Fast • Is. Possible
Gandhi's 21d y fast, is xYo :Emir -
prise to, medical men; even -.if he
• is .over •70 years. of ages says the
••St. Thames., T„inies-
..was nothing;" , opines ''Dr.: Allton
' J. • Carlsan, psychologist', at the
University of •Chicago, who »says ,,
that, a ',thin:, • persola like, the ••
hatma • had a better 'chance -of• •
coming •through than a fat .pe °sen.,
Professional fasting men have
: ' d"one 50 days at a'stretch, but•:Ur.'
- ' • Carlson, is of o.pinion the' human
body could withstand an 80 days
last •under the right conditions.
Fruit: juices, •such..as. Gandhi -took,
area 'food in 'themselvesa supply-
ing the body with 'Certain essen-
tials: ' ' 'Gandhi did not exert him- -
- self in.Lan_y .way.._and_,-wasnunder---
constant medical observation. But
D'r. Carlson- once got a man,.,to
Undert$k'e an ' experimental fast
'for •42 days, daring which the than •
walked 10 miles a • day. The an
only adinitted feeling hungry
out the 30th day. Dr.' Carlson
,ce fasted far -10 .days,. and ad-
milted • he felt a. bit weak" as • he •
carried •on his-, duties. . 'But there •
is. no. pain in fasting; there.. never :
•
* * ;.• •
Harry `Wil
ls,. 'the negro bolter,
who retired from the ring 'solve•'
15 years ago,, makes an. -annual
• fast of 10 days. He began it a'
few -days` ago. '
• Fasting •is said. to be good for •
everybody, (provided. they ,.observe •
• 'certain 'conditions: it 'is recem- '
mended for people who are over
weight; but they•s°bon •put on :flesh'
n„egain • if• .thee indulge • too. much'
"ttri
the' pleasures of eating:- Pon.'
A.• retnedie hs -t, as loneease•Gari
• dh 's. the subject • should :rest in :
be And, drink plenty of:: water .
ill.• 'fruit •:juice. ° .The same pro_•
ti cess happens,in a human' being as';
in •the case of as hibernating bear
— :the tenipe.,.ature • lowers, -the -'
• :pulse slows down and the, rate of':
metabolism. decreases. • •
' Why don't.we try it encu:report?
.Not us!•. ' We're jusf.gding dome
to.'a_.steak dinneir..-.. if •we can
get A. steak! ' ' • ,
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ROMMEL's DOUBLE
•
j3t'll-necked film veteran Erich
- von Stroheim•, above, .comes back •
to the 'screen after a. king Wee
.sence to •portray •' famed German,
Field Marshal Rrwvin Rommel.
Meat Of Muskrat
Quite A Delicacy
Served As "Marsh. Hare" In
Big. New York Hotel
_Once again the old subject' of
• eating lnuskrat meat comes tip, and
as meat le not toe easily i r cured,
we •are sure that this hiiay prove a,
very ,live topic • in this •Area; on
act'ornit of the thousands of. musk-
rats trapped . yearly in -'the . Inkes
, and rivers of 'this district, says
,The Peterborough Examiner. On
'a recent dinner' menu in. the Bile
• more 'Hotel, in New York City,
there appeared "marsh' hare;" and
• the •25 •guests present foun(1• that
the delicacynivtls ruttela to their
-111th :' NOW it . 1 rou s ,ira'ilic+re
IS,. Coming to; th.e New.Ydrk'market
35,.000 •of. these- "marsh hares"
dressed and quickly•frozen, and It
, is expncteti, they will be • disposed
of without any trouble.
The Indians in this district have
icor years eaten the 'musk.ret a•ud
they have always. tlaitued•- -they
.were quite a. • d•e1!e.arcy. Ti'.ithe
Trrsutt? d.. Ct2ts°;. the.; s;zrha4..--4- tiro'•
t:.rir 1. a as -f ,u,a l'T* ... -'C..:
obis uisb:a -"as fiif3np �1 h�ate,,r
"swamp rabbit" or "musk rabbit."
The miisilrat is. a creature of 'very
• clean habits according to. The
' Broekaille Recorder and. 'T:iThes,
and -like the raccoon it washes all
Rs food ,before eatslhg le and, as
an aqu•ati'o •rodent, it ie constantly
in the water. However, because
the • Word "rat" has been ineorpor-
nted irk its nanie5eepie fight shy
.of it whett they are 'quite willing
• to eat' the tne:at Of other anin'tels.
•
DUDE FROM LONDON
tea
Eddie Lee, R.A.F.. cadet from 'London now training inArizona,
climbs aboard a plate pony with assistance of fancy rider Polly Mills .,
at Phoenix rodeo.
THE WAIZ - WEEK — Commentary On Current t.",vents
Britain Poured Millions Off • Cash
•
Dollars r
s 0
in •
t
American Industry
J
By ` Lord Halifax In The• Anrierican Magazine •
Two years before .the United
States was plunged into the war,
•.the 13ritfeli Government 'was pour-
ing millions of cash dollars into
American industry -to the makers •
at aircraft engines and propellers,.
ordnance,.' ammunition, , machine
tools motor vehdcies, and. ships..
The total thus, spent sines• Sep.
tem'ber,. .1939, has been ,•$3,200,
000,090. ••
Most cE this considerable sum
went for purchases, 'but fully. $2002
000,000 ,tvas•;spent outright .to ern
• pand Rectories and' build new ones
=
the very , fac.torfes ° which todayl;
are, leading producers of America's"
arsenal' of democracy., •
,The. ateplane industry may y be'.S
taken as an. exneiple. ... . While
American.,c'apacity for construct
ging ,airplane frames. was' fairly
adequate : to• meet 't! e • increased
'needs, • there . was hardly any . tar-
plane engine • and .propeller indus-
try at .all, 'It had to be built 'from
the ground' up. . .
The. British: ,began furnishing
' .the money' for plant expansion and .
construction,' and a total of $89,-
600,000 has gone into capital as
aistance.. _which __mean's • land,
buildings, :and, . most important, •
machine tools. Six famous Ameri-
can corporations received the bulk
. of this., assistance. •
American Advantage
But this :Is o l.ly a ;drop' In the '
bucket.. Altogether British expends- .
tw:es axe th-the mevilea-n--airerait-
industry total Some $1450;000;000.. •'
While this may -not seem •a stage.'
Bering sum in the . light on subse-
• quent • Congressionkl • appropri.a-•
..tions,_. it means that America - had
anairplane industry built• up and
operating when she realized'her
peril -an industry that would have
taken a much. longer .time to
Reveals Secrets
Of Self =Defence
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• Poi
vea
ful
woi
Off
the
cap
scio
tidy
at t
nine
oatl
bin
fine
thin
to •s
der,
palm
blow
shoji
mite
this
nl, ss
liege
eyes
' that
Su
the t
You 1
-the w
put
shoot
hie. t
far*
You. a
come
Skull
-beat t
entire
an .a
ed is
as a
Ov
were
' land,
"Chili Jab Effective ' When
Delivered• By a Tiny:. Woman
rilajor ' W. E. 'Fairburn; the .Brit-
Com'n'itndo who for many years
tructect the• Shanghai Municipal'
bee in 'the arts of -mayhem, re -.
Is some' extraordinarily force -
secrets Of. self:defenc-e • 'for.
nen in his new book "I-Ia.nds.
!" says, "Your • Life" Magazine.
or instance, there is the ''clan
" This is a hlow delivered with
base or heel; of bile hand, quite'
able of knocking a than .uncon,•
us even ,wheel delivered !by a
woman. The right arm is bent
he elbow,' paltn open ''wward,'
h lis' if' you Were taking the
1•' fn court. Then the palls is
t backward as far as possible,
ers and thumbs Open. ;sonle-
gyo
like ciaWs, Now -u're ready
ock hi'neLaim•te crack him un
the chin with the heel of your
, delivering a rock -crushing
with follow-tliroi;gh from the
Idea' Amazing,' the force • a'
of a woman can deliver with •
Mow! And if it h.; ,,pg0,
e chin, those open clawing
rs ' will •gouge ' t•he enemy's
should the ...situation 'become
drastic, •
ppose somebody :seizes you by •
lu'oat with two hands; forcing
rack against a wall. Roll, up
Bites of your eyes (that will
I
off guard), then suddenIy:
up both ,your' hands inside
'I"- eta a 40.0.Ilierinat.' ,lr.�-:3,ied...
-'4,..4a1; Ali" 11.•-4toef;
capon when soliteone seizes
round the waist in an unwel-
bear hug is the human bead,
s notoriously vary lit. soliditer
he dainty •head of a woman Is,
1y capable' of redistributing
esailaiit's features when bang-
to his faee. Use your liead ;
battering Dant;, •
el. 27, tons of rabbit Skins
sold in .Dunedin, New Zea -
id it recent wee .('^
build' up had itnot been, for. Bri='
taiu'S • earlier assistance.. , ' . -
Or let us consider •tanks. The
United Nations today •have the
finest ''tank in the world. -the 28
ton ,'General Sherman, It is the
custom in both 'armies to think
of this General Sherman as' an
American product,and so in One
sense' it is, "but in another it is
e_lei ,t: AnglreArepaean �enteiprise;
• The forerunper -of 'the General '
Sh,erman was , a • tank the . 'Ameri-
cans called 'the General Lee. It
was slightly': ligh er; 'We 'in Brit •
aitt had 'the Mark VI, which ., we
believed •.to be. •a match .for .any
likely opponent ' until.. It went
• against 'the Germans in the Battle
of: France .ai d.'was decisively heat.
en., We stopped •making :the i rk
VI at once and seiit our exPer,'fene
ed veterans to the United States
to.`.buy quantities of the General
Lee. 'Perhaps you 'oan imagine our
dismay in those dark weeks after
• Dunkirk to discover that • the' Gen-;
eial • Lee had all the, faults and
weaknesses of the .Mark: Vl:. '
There was . time to build an'' •
'eno
'entirely. -. Milk. British ' and,
American engineers sat •;down• "to •
-
gether with our men who had . .
been ie France and made changes-
in the General_ -Lee:. Even, white -a-
• . they.
hite--•-
they : were. making . prelim.inary
sketches British money -was being
spent to -rebuild American fee-
-ett5f'ies • and, equip' thenal with . new
'tools. Out of ;this surge' of •effort
caine the . first ' General . Grant,'
• which proved .adequate ed hold Attie
Germans in. North Africa In :1940. •
-.But still in was not good enough..
Pelting, Together
In the ensuing weeks, national-
lties were forgotten; 'Americans,
' Englishmen; e'Canadians, Scotsni:en•
Worked 'seta by side designing,•,
t e s tin g, dis'carding.' American
money and. British money went
over the same ...counters. And out.
of this, came the new .General
Sherman,,• which, as every one Typical of the 'spirit of lease...
knows,, was a potent factorin the lend, I ,tllilik; is. a.n.incident which
British 8th Army's, brilliant. vio- occurred in the -last few days be-
•tory over 1i,ointnel's vaunted Atri--fot•e' -the •invasion, When American
r ha Koros, . . . "-Weis discovered they needed radio
I have 'mentioned machine tools. • equibteent of a new type. • They'
. . The normal voluipeeo.f the had no such : egr!ptrtent among
American machine -tool industry their supplies, but the R.A.E. had
is' $250,00000 a year. Long before _ some.• Without an .instant's argu-
the United States began its arena ment, R.A.F. fliers stripped' their
Ment program, 'C teat Britain• own planes. .heljred .install
or
launched a prdgeatn. of "float .- 'their epi ora#us- in- .the .American ,
dors" ' in the American • 'factories' machines. Beside this -it seems al -
.the effect of which' was to most ridiculous to mention that --
form a pool of standard machine- _ British iease.lond supplied Aineri-
tools front which both British and can. troops with '2,000.000'blatikets,
• American firms could draw. By 2,000,000 sets of underwear;' ,and
mid -19.40 this ;pool was an accoine , ' 44)00,000 'pairs of wool socks. .
pushed 'reality -and the volume But •perhaps, the story can' be.
•of t.he•industry had been raised to, •; summed 'to most ed nhpre.hensivele
$350,000,000. - • in' the language of dollars, and
By the time of,Pearl Harbor the. cents.• in..the last war the United
annual volame, had risen to $ 750; . States War heearttnent alone,
000,000, ,three. Utiles ate pre-war •. , spent more that] $2,000,000:000 .for
size: But, far more important was supplies in Great Britain. and
the fact • that indispensable ma- ' France. This tithe, ,up to Decenii-
chine ,triols were on•hand'to make bier, 1942, all Unite(i• States forces
possible the 'overnight) conversion • . together spent only •about $1.000, -
of many factories to wartime ends, '000.
have been ;.told that , titre. ,output.
of machine tools in America, >ls
expected to. reach $1,500,000,000
next year--d•e grofth whi4h• could
hardly have' been • achieved witlii
oat initial British impetus.
Concerning Shipp •
�F.
Before we' leave the industrial
phase 'of' Britain''s co-operative war
effort, let us' exainiee ..the, matter
'!Some people: would -.be
surprised to learn that the. Lib,:.
Q1ay ship being •turned out: in the
'United -States !today Is basically : of
,. British deysigneand that °two of the
shipyards now achieving. peOduc-•
tion miracles 'were, built with Brit
-
.10 i moxley. ` •.
The story begins in September,
16;40, when the Brinell -Merchant
Shipbuilding 'Mission calve to the
United States to place orders for
60 cargo vessels. After surveying
. the -field:, they could find no ship-
yard or group of shipyards capar
ole of building them 'rapidly. They,
elecideii, • therefore;- o ebuild- the--
yards..
he---yards.• '
Sites were selected and purchae-
•ed at Richmond; Cal., and Port-
land, Ore.• Two ::brand-new Amo>si-
can companies were formed :to •
build the yards and the ships. One
of thesenirhe Todd; California Ship-
building corporation, at Ri.chniond, '
had for its .president Mr. :Henri/
Kaiser, who unt" that .mo~neret
had never :built a ship.
It is. hardly necessary tp speak •
of. Mr„ -.Kaiser's - exploits. • He built-
` the shipyard° add 30 -ships in ap-
proximately, „ 1.8 • months. Less well
known, but hardly Gess spectacular; •
Was: the Achievement of the new
shipbuilding bompany •a.t Portland,,
, which •accomaplfshed a' simile- feat
iu 22 mouths. The entire ;project
cost. the British' $125,000,000. •
The moet'r recent 'figures' '1' am,
• able to find show ,that' Great Brit- '
rain's war., production ,per. head • of
' popu'Iation•.•is still greater. than
'that of any other nation on earth.
That-d-Oafi IIt.--:soui1•deeli-ke- biu•sinesce
as.'usual: . ... • ' -
,Popuiations• C'omp'ared,
Britain has a population of 33,-,
000,000 between the ages of 14 an,¢
65. Of these, 22,000,000 are wotk-
ing'• full, _time in either Industry,
the 'armed foroes. tor , civilian de-.
fees.* This is ,.egu.i.valent to the
mobilization • • of about, 60;00.0,000
people in the, United' States.,
Women, between the ages. . of 20
.and 30. are liable to conscription.in
the armed services, and While all
women -between 19 and 45 have
•been• registered for etnpleyment,
those between 18 and 30 may -only
be engaged, through the offices• of
the employment exchanges.
Nor can it be said with any, truth '
,;toot Britain> is bu•ildin.g -u-p 'e!tock-
• piles of surpl'ps. materials • of War
'while continuing to, take what She
',can from the United States.. In '
1941 we exported four, times •ae
many' arentaft a � vi a recefveil' Yi om,
Other catintries,, slid sent •out' 15
times as Many' tanks as we 'took .
in.... A•n-d--th-u•s--weearriee-at-th'e-
nunrn question of lease -lend.
• W'Vh•atesome Americans often four.
'get is that lease -lend ,is reciprocal:
It works both ways. Supplies. fur
nished to • the American] ,troops
prior to and during the 'invasion
of North Africa may be cited as
an• example. During the last six
months of 1942 these supplies rep-
. resented ' approximately 1;125;000
ships' tons,' .of a value which can-
not be estimated. They branged .
from airplanes 'and assault boats
oto candy and beehives.
An Important Gift
Londoners "Wail'
Bombs To Adolf.
Savings Stamps • Bought and
Plastered` on 500 -Pounders
•
Thoq anti's .of Lontlkneren and
Canadian and Ableriean ,soldiers,
torte, from .a..croved,'of about.1,000-e
000? 'pushing, thrdugll Trafalgar
•Square, bought savings stamps .and
plastered ;them on two' 50'0 -pouted"
, bombs in the, equate'''for delivery
• to Hitlex."
The .biggest London crowds sleep
the .Coronation pecked. the •square
in a great rally to : buy savings
si;amipa and certificates le the
second day of the capital's "Wings
For. Victory" week. The Goveran-
ment hopes to raise •£ 150,000,000 •
in the week. • •
At one time an estimated 100,-
000 farmed into the square in
winch,- a E:M l a bider ,.b rim-ber,----
eteran .of many raids on Geer
many,' 'had ben set rip. The lions. •
tit' the root of Nelson's column dis-
appeared under., the swarm', of
humanity, • !
•
'With . Love To Hitler" •
Y
Speakers urged the crowds ,to•
buy morecertificates and stamps,,
and to spend less upon themselves.
Londoners kneed up to buy'stamps,
and then sf od iii line - again to
stick them on the honmbs set . be-
neatfr-the Lancaster. -_.
uSooe •'the' bombs were covered
with •stamps, six thick in .places,
They' ranged in value from six=
tence to five shillings and the
purchasers cancelled them with
such messages as. "with love' to
Hitler.."' The Government prom-
•
CJs
on":
LIFE'S•LIKE THAT
By Fred N:eher`
"Are you sure- 1'm;-ge`ttiug -•the -best geode bf gas`? • I'm no -"t i av"'
much *omega with my cooking."'
!�
• ised that :the' etainpeWould be de-
livered along with the bombs; to
Gemany. • '
"The Goyernment's "take" >m
Trafalgar Square and other' Lon.
don centres during 7, the day Beit
believed to have been a record',
• £30,000,000 'worth of ,stamps and •,
certificate's were sold during the.
first' of• the -campaign.
Bluey and Curley of ihe Anzacs'
SLIMY, . You SHOULD AVE SEEN THAT PRI'rz
Gb"Mom WHEAT 1 PINCHED 'HIS BLoOMIN'%
IRON CROSS ORF 'IM' t)
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Like our sister provinces,' Quebec has loyally geared all her energies
and resources 'to furthering Canada's war effort. Quebec is delivering
the goods,, •in quality and, quantity,. promptly and efficiently. Her sons
' and daughters are distinguishing themselves by fighting, serving", working
in all phases of the Allied battlepf combat, convoy, wind production,.
Quebec is a vital factor in the production of war material and weapon's.'
She produces -40' f=the•-Unitei3 Nxtienia erear a"of altiminum _90% of the
total supply of asbestos, 25%. of the world's newsprint (70% of all newspapers
, in the Americas depend on• her for .paper).' Lfrmbering' and mining for war
purposes have reached vast proportions in French Canada. This Province
sepplieb enormous quantities of-tood'atuffs to' the Unites Nations, eg eciall
to Britain. 1 p Y
•
. Merchantships and war vessels, tanks, artillery, shells, aircraft, parachutes,
supplies for die %forces, amniunition'of all kinds, depth charges, innumerable
wood•and textile war products, chemicals, explosives, are :major items .of our
output 'from a •vast manufacturing complex powered by enormous, hydro-
electric resources.,
Warr demands on our industries and agriculture, and our increasing'
participation in the Navy,; Merchant Marine,' Air Force, Army, and Women's
Auxiliary Services, are absorbing all our man and woman power.
Quebec supports to the litnit every war and Victory Loan and every war
•
campaign for 'fends, overtopping all objectives. Education is making great
strides and is; now focussed on war needs. Quebec is keeping faith!_ -
' We warmly welcome all our fellow Canadians whose business brings theta
to Quebec Province. l'h(Iugh our people toil.night and day for our common
Victory, our hospitality to visitors is a's warm as of old while the quaint pharm
• and seenic beauty of Quebec remain unchanged. We cordially invite .
our friends in Ontario and elsewhere in Canada to visit us again when ate
Victory has been won,
Enquiries promptly attended to at
THE PROVINCE OF OUEBE.0 TOURIST AND PUBLICITY BUREAU,
200 Bay Street, Toronto, or QuebecCity.
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Like our sister provinces,' Quebec has loyally geared all her energies
and resources 'to furthering Canada's war effort. Quebec is delivering
the goods,, •in quality and, quantity,. promptly and efficiently. Her sons
' and daughters are distinguishing themselves by fighting, serving", working
in all phases of the Allied battlepf combat, convoy, wind production,.
Quebec is a vital factor in the production of war material and weapon's.'
She produces -40' f=the•-Unitei3 Nxtienia erear a"of altiminum _90% of the
total supply of asbestos, 25%. of the world's newsprint (70% of all newspapers
, in the Americas depend on• her for .paper).' Lfrmbering' and mining for war
purposes have reached vast proportions in French Canada. This Province
sepplieb enormous quantities of-tood'atuffs to' the Unites Nations, eg eciall
to Britain. 1 p Y
•
. Merchantships and war vessels, tanks, artillery, shells, aircraft, parachutes,
supplies for die %forces, amniunition'of all kinds, depth charges, innumerable
wood•and textile war products, chemicals, explosives, are :major items .of our
output 'from a •vast manufacturing complex powered by enormous, hydro-
electric resources.,
Warr demands on our industries and agriculture, and our increasing'
participation in the Navy,; Merchant Marine,' Air Force, Army, and Women's
Auxiliary Services, are absorbing all our man and woman power.
Quebec supports to the litnit every war and Victory Loan and every war
•
campaign for 'fends, overtopping all objectives. Education is making great
strides and is; now focussed on war needs. Quebec is keeping faith!_ -
' We warmly welcome all our fellow Canadians whose business brings theta
to Quebec Province. l'h(Iugh our people toil.night and day for our common
Victory, our hospitality to visitors is a's warm as of old while the quaint pharm
• and seenic beauty of Quebec remain unchanged. We cordially invite .
our friends in Ontario and elsewhere in Canada to visit us again when ate
Victory has been won,
Enquiries promptly attended to at
THE PROVINCE OF OUEBE.0 TOURIST AND PUBLICITY BUREAU,
200 Bay Street, Toronto, or QuebecCity.
r•ITRVIA2L. r•
as -t
"Which is yours, Fritz?"
•
WELL, WI1Y . DONT
AR Give fl B CI<
TO'it' AF':.
ALL , 'IT : PROgA8LY
MEA�f�a A .i,dr TO
MAY8E
You 'RE,
'RIGHT,/
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By Clurney, (Australia),
( HEY YOU 1 COME;, AND 'PICK
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