The Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-09-09, Page 2*OIC TWO
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THE LUCHNOW SENTINEL, LIIEKNOW, ONTARIO
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL
_ _ ... LUC'RNow, oweatio,
Established 1873
I?ttblished Each Thursday Morning
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Member of The C. W. N. A:
L. C. Thompson, Publisher and Proprietor
THURSDAY, SESTE +fBER 9th 1943
E.DISTO'RIAl.
WE'RE INCLINED TO FORGET TIAs
Aid -to Russia''sent by Britain" and United
States to .the end of 1942, totalled 5,600 _planet,
6,174 tanks, 'arid 85,000 motor vehicles --enough
to' equip 32 .armored ,divisions in, tanks and
" 400 squadrons in aircraft...
In . addition there have been shipments
totalling thousands of tons ,.of aviation gaso-
-line, fuel oil and'" Tubber, as well as millions
of rounds of small arms :ammunition and a vast ,
range of other supplieh. To help get this aid
to a valiant . ally, British workers toiled day
and night to build 1,000. railway cars which
were dispatched to Iran to carry these . mat-
erials . to. the Soviet' This task, representing -a-
twelve months' peace -time, output,, was ac-
complished in two mont*.
But much of this war rfnaterial reached
Russia,' by, the hazardously northern sea route
that required a. naval escort of seventy and
more warships. In;, getting the tools to Ruslia,
Britain lost, two -cruisers, . three destroyers and
, . three minesweepers. At ' elle height of the peril
, of this route one convoy was attacked by 350
enemy bomber . •
Britain has been delivering the goods, in
more ways than one—and too often some of ,
these legs spectacular, and little publieized
achievements are overlooked and. underestim-
ated:
LOSING THEIR HEADS'
Frank Sinatra has come, to the fore as the
crooning ,idol of the jitterbugs down, south.
One might expect -anything of these jitterbugs
and their .'male likeness . the zoot-suiters, but
its hardly conceivable' that the mere. appear-
ance, of this' vocalistwould send 5000 girls
completely off the beam. -
But here's what an AP dispatch from Pase
,adena, California, had to say recently:
"A screaming, clawing, .hair -pulling crowd
of teen-age girls fought all over the station
,platform today to get a close view Of Frank
Sinatra, idol of the nation's . jitterbugs. Mr.
Sinatra came to California to make .a motion
picture- and--tazsi-ng- inHall-ywopd: Bowls-here-
°;tofore reserved only, for artists of the opera, '
and . symphony performers.
'Police estimated there were from 5,000 to
6,000in the crowd, most; of them girls. Mr.
Sinatra was kept on the train for a full twenty
minutes by the yelling throng of youn.gs s.
"Several girls fainted. A newspaper re-
porter, caught in the milling throng, was bitten
on the' arm ` by one girl in her frantic efforts',
▪ ' to "get near her idol. Finally Mr. Sinatra, es-
corted. by police, was taken to a near -by gar-
age to talk -to reporters, and the 'girls beat and
kicked at the barred door". .
Parental applications of the good _ old hair
brush on proper regions of anatomy, might
have 'a sobering affect on these teen-age goofies.,
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THE,. BLOOD DONOR •
This is my blood. And through the alchemy
Of science, one far day its vital strearjki
Wi11 span the aqueous miles triumphantly
'To consummate a visionary's dream;
Perhaps a battlefield along the Nile •
Will witness the transaction here begun,
When the mysterious fluid iri this phial
Will claim from death a woman's wounded son.
1 know him not, within whose eager veins.
My sentient blood will' leap with- life anew --
To find sweet peace iri quiet English lanes,
.Or scale the lofty Andes in Peru!. ,
.And it could even be, the blood I give
Will Mean that you, beloved, still shall live,:
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Poi ley children are '.going to take to the
water.,l ke ducks, the 'Rotary Club ofl •that town
«ha& de ermined. A swimming instructor was
engaged this year for only two" weeks, with
amazing results and a more lengthy period
of instruction is planned for next year. livery
child should be able to swim and the Rotary
Club is to be congratulated. on sponsoring this
ewinini schools,
SAPPHIRES FOR SEPTEMBER
Sapphire, the stone of September, is a full
brother of the ruby. They are both varieties
of corundum which is a mineral occurring in
almost ,every colour of the rainbow. When
transparent and red is it called ruby. When
transparent and any other colour it is sapphire.
At presentonly the blue sapphire is considered
to be precious. This. is merely, a matter of
fashion, for all the other colours, are.. equally
as beautiful. They . are often called "fancy sap,
phires" or; a great . variety of confusing trade
names.
The blue sapphire was once supposedto
be the gem of royalty.' It was usually associated
with divine favour and often considered sacred.
Fraud" and envy were 'banished `'by . itspres-
ence, •It was believed to exert:'antonic influence,
�,. and to be a' cure for certain infections of the
»eye. fi
•There are sapphires of many different
colours in the Royal Ontario Museum. Among
them are two. star sapphires in which you can
see the strange" phenomenon, asterism—a point
--of light being broken up into six long rays.
Sapphire is especially needed . now during
the war. It is used industrially ininstruments
and machinery where hard bearing surfaces
are necessary. .Although manufactured syn-
thetically, the,;quantity is not sufficient. Corun-
dum suitable for abrasives is common in :Can -
l ada, but so \far none of gem quality hae been
found.
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'TIMELY WARNING
A'. suggestion made by the Ottawa Better
Business ,Bureau that Victory' Bond holders
should.. be on theirguard against irresponsible
promoters deserves. a wide hearing.'
War Bonds are rapidly becoming the aver-
age family's most injportant savings reservoir,
the Bureau observes, Thus, such' investments
and securities are always prime lures for rack-
eteers, with their schemes' for persuading people
tb cash in their bads and turn the money over"'
to there on "irresponsible promises of getting ..
rich quick.
One thing is certain, the Bureau advises--
these propositions will sound good. They have
tb seem plausible to. get our moneyeSome may
appear to \bean opportunity for one to make
a good' profit. But, unfortunately,' in too many
deals, -the. promoter is the only .one to profit.
Says. the Bureau:. "If you are urged to cash
in your bonds for "investment" in an unknown
proposition, Watch Out! Carefully' investigate
the offer for these good reasons:
"1 -It may be a racket.
"2 -It is real patriotism `to keep • the War
Bonds you buy.
"3—These bonds are one ;.of the best in-
vestments you can make".,
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The ' bowling green park has been ,badly
neglected this season, where lack of grooming
has currently turned this . would be ' beauty
spot into an eye -sore. ...
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Some idea of the magnitude of the task
confronting the. postal service,. can be gained
from the fact that more than 35,000,000 pieces
of mail were despatched to members of the
Armed Forces overseas in 1942.
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• The old axiom ,that "good 'things are done
up in small parcels", seems to be recognized
in the Canadian Army, where recruits `don't
have • to be physical giants . to don a uniform.
Minimum r,equirenients.• are: height, 5 feet;
weight, 120 pounds; chest measurement at ex- ,
halation, 32 inches: , •
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Under the, nev r regulations regarding the.
rationing of jams, etc:, the fluid and net weights,
may be somewhat confusing at first. But it
isn't so , difficult" after all. For •example—Six
fluid ounces equal 8 ounces net. weight, 9 equal
I2 or 12 equal one • pound. To determine the
net weight just take ;the fluid weight and add
one-third:..
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Monday, -Blue Monday, has been bluer than
usually`: this summer, for almost without ex-
ceptien during the past two months, wash day
was' either postponed or prolonged by , old
Jupiter Pluvius,e who with regularity, let loose
the rain, clouds on that day. If Old, Jup. keeps
it up he will . be permanently in the black
book' of the fair sex ,
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Prime Minister Churchill has been a mem
ber of Parliament for 40.years and a member
of the British Cabinet 20 years of his life. He
has .made more' than 3,000 speeches, each a
finished masterpiece, and has 'written several
great hooks which insure for him a place,'
among the greatest writers of the. English 'lang-
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THURSDAY, 'SEPT. 9th, 1942
Local and General
Philip Stewart and Allan spent
the first of the week in Stratford
and °Woodstock. `
Miss Myrtle Webster returned
to Ottawa to resume her teach-
ing duties.
Mrs. A. Y. Johnston of Victoria,
B. C., is visiting with her sister,
Mrs: ' Wm. lVfacIenzie,
Mrs. Hamilton Clutton and two
children visited with friends ,here
the first of the week,
A Few Specials in, Congoleum
Rugs. THE MARKET STORE.
The Store with the Stock.
Donald, Johnston of Toronto
spent two weeks with his ,.par-
ents,, Mr. and Mrs. P. M. John-
ston. • .
Mr. John McQuillin is visiting
in Windsor this week the guest
of his daughter, Mrs. Irvin Mc-
Cabe and Mr. • McCabe.
Mrs. W: B. Davidson and Kar-
en and Mrs. 'Jean Haigh of Ham-
ilton visited: • with Mr and Mrs.
Russ Robertson.
Miss Islay Campbell of the
Bruce County Hospital . staff at
Walkerton was a recent visitor
witho her parents, ,Mr. and Mrs.
Jack'Campbell.
Lloyd. "Stewart of . Stratford
spent the weelf-end with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Stew-
art and on Sunday evening sang
a solo in Wingham Presbyterian
Church.
Mr: and Mrs. Clifford Menary
and Mrs. Jake Hunter spent a
few . days last, week in London
While there Mrs: Menary .under-
went_ ».a tonsil and adenoid opera-
tion in St. Joseph's • Hospital:
Mr. ° and :Mrs, James Bowden,;',
son Jimmy, and Mrs. Alex Leitch
of Detroit, • and Mr. and Mrs.
Horace McGuire and daughter,
Shirley Ann, of. London,were
week -end visitors with friends in
the community..
Mrs. John Shier of Bervie is
visiting with Mrs. Mary Jane
Webster.
Misses Mildred Ritchie ,and
Hazel Culbert visited last week"
in Toronto.
Mr. and Mrs:17V. S. Reid, Bobby.
rand Karen visited last week in
Toronto .
Miss Tena Smith, an esteemed
octogenarian resident. of the vill-
age,' is rnot,,enjoying good ,health.
Mr. and °Mrs. Cliff Aitchison
of Hespeler''were week -end visi-
tors here.
Miss Jessie Henderson of Tor-
onto returned to the. city Mon-
day- after holidaying at her home
°heree
Mr. C. .A. Higgins and son Jack
of Detroit visited with- the for
mer's mother at the' home of Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Treleaven.
Miss Sadie, Jewitt and Mr. Ern-
est' Hastings of London spent the`
week -end with Mr. an'd Mrs.
Percy Webster.
Chester Twamley and Mrs.
Wesley -Twantley of Woodstock
are holidaying with : relatives
here:. .
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The re -opening meeting of the
Women's Institute will be held:
in the Town Hall on Friday, Sep-
tember 10th at ...2:30. .
J. 'L. McMillan's truck was ef-
fectively, decorated by. Kelley
Ritchie, who did a bit' of free-
hand
artistry to paint a couple .
of cow's heads on • the vehicle.
•' Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Maulden;.
of Glen 'Orchard, Muskoka, are
visiting with her parents, Mr:
and Mrs. J. R. Lane and with her
sister,; Mrs. A. M. Phillips and
Mr. Philips .at Hespeler.
Miss Belle Robertson returned
last week from Pen Lake in the
'Muskoka district, and has open-
ed her millinery business In the
new stand adjoining The Sepoy
Store. •
Letters -to- tieEditoi_
The Lucknow Sentinel,
Dear Sir:
You. will find enclosed 'a $4.00
postal note to pay my Subscrip-
tion; this should haven been done
long ago. You have very much
improved your paper, as it is now
totally local, For :that I wish to
congra . late "you.
not that Ontario has had
an election. Once more the peo-
ple are offered several' political
baits, and after the election they
will be left where they 'Were—
the goats. We have no greater
curse in our country than politi-
cal parties and to my opinion,
they should be. done away with,
new and, old; and in their place
institute political democracy,
something we now -have not `got.
Under the party system the ,only
democracy we can have, is by
our vote, to choose which party
we want as our dictator. They
formulate the policies and the
people have nothing to say about
them: Under political democracy
tlaepeople within an association
would formulate the policies and
the elected representatives would
put it into action; then and .then
only. would the will of; the people
prevail. They could demand the
results they want. That would
be democracy:
I would. like to see all ' the
weekly papers demand and ffght
for .political democracy and 'the
Luckhow Sentinel .take the lead
in Ontario.
Yours truly,
Gordon V. 'Towle,
2456-E, 37 Ave.,
POISONED HORSE MEAT wip-
ed -out-the-mink _farm -of -A: -J.----_
Metzger of Hanover. 500 of the
animalsdied a 'short time after
the feeding. The -loss is estimated
Canada's vegetable; oil indus-
try is one of those revolutionized,
in -a sense, by the necessities of
this global wai-. This industry is, •
of course, agricultural. Take flax
seed, of which 53 per centof that
used was imported in 1939. In
1942, however, all of the 3,388,105
bushels .used were of domestic
origin: Our" acreage objective for
1943 is 2,492,090, or an • astounding.'
increase•over the previous year
of 67 per cent.
. Harking back to the Order -in=
Council which made it an offence
to waste coal or heat, owing to
the serious fuel situation facing
Canada, it is, interesting to know
that our normal peacetime, coal
needs are about 30 million tons.
This year, geared to such »a high
war tempo,' provision must be
made for about 47 million tons.
Send Paper Overseas • .
The Mildmay Red Cross Soc-
iety recently decided to send
'The Gazette'' to each boy from
that district ivho is ,overseas.
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Losses Were 'Small •
During the years. 1940, 1941,
and 1942, Red Cross supplies and
materials were carried overseas
on 616 ships.- Of these, only four-
teen,o approximately 2 per cent, i
,were lost. All .others reached
their destination safely.
Fai'r'y tales used to begin with
"Once . upon .a time . ." Now
many' of them beg,i_a..iuit}i..rt: m
an 1tioYis , . •
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