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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-04-24, Page 348 Proper Painting Quite Essential im: Offers Protection to. Your Home That :Repays Invest.. ment Painting is one of the meet int- portant-operietioefeali" the building of the new- house, :both froni the standpoint of • appearance. arid of :upkeep: Skimping in'. painting -is the poorest: kind of economq. The , outside paint Is the skin that pro- tects the strue:tire, ,\and it , is' the most .conspicuous feature of the house.- ,DiseQlored or cracked. or peeling; paint ,w.illSpoil the appear aitee, of the best-desigzied, house. OPEN TO ATTACK As seen asthe paint coat •starts •.to give way: the whole interior structure is'openr-to the attacks of • the elements. ,11 the owner `is pax= ticular about the appearance. 9f his : house and : its ' structural in- tegrity, le will repaint the ex= terior'as.soon as he sees theslight- est tendency of failure of ' the paint suzface. If he Pets it go until real deterioration sets in the expense will be far greater in re- painting, , because all 'thg . failing •'`paint must be reiiiovedltefoie the new paint is applied. • To put•new•paint over, disinteg- .• rating old paint is wore than the waste of time and /'cosh' involy- hel in putting on the pew coat, coat, for paint has . °r ea the• 's'trength ,_ of. ats...,base coat°..-.I1-„tht4t has: lost its ,µgrip. •on the surface to which it is••supposed' to. cling, ' to amount of ' new paint put on top of it will avail to strengthen .that'hoid. Next to poor workmanship, and materials, moisture is the greatest factor in 'paint failure. 1C2oistnre comes from within the house as well: as from without, so to insnre a good paint job the back of all outside work should be painted before it. is erected; British General Feared Captured t is NLS ,cro•vNS% Lieut: Gen. Sir • Richard C$'Con. ' • dor, above, field •commander dur- ing the British Army -of .the Nile's 'victorious Libyancampaign, • `is : missing and probably, a prisoner • Of...the. ;Germans, ,accor_dingL to. a_ • ,report from the Middle 'East •Co'minand. :.Top-ranking officer'. in Westetn,,Egypt,,.and a brilliant ' •tactician,' Gen. O.'Connor • was considered, Commander -in -•Chief Wavell's right hand.man.. - 1 Doctor In 9 Is -In The Army • 4i'O .Ontario 'Physicians ' Are . on Active' Service • British doctors -who are on the • register . of the General 11i'edfeai ..Council of . the United Kingdom have been given the right to .ob tain temporary •. registration which .Wbuld .pernnit them to practise in, Ontario for the duration of the war. The same privilege.ha.s been extended to medical officers of the •,. British armed grant J forces in Canada. Dee'ision'to gran' such temporary registiratron was reached at the- 76th he76th annual•meeting of the Coupcil of. the College � � Physicians' and Burgeons of Ontario. It was agreed that every • applicant • miist be .•a British subject, Of 'good character, and 4ble to furnish sufficient guarantee that he or she posses- '. sed • the requisite knowledge and Skill for the efficient practise of "medicine, surgery and midtvif ' The meeting of the Council ' ='i:'6 • addressed by Hon. Hareld''T itby, Ontario Minister of Tfeaith. and by " , I3r. }j. T. McGhie,• Deputy 1Vlinister •ef Health..'lt we's revealed during' the conference that .470• Ontario doctors rare on active military ser- viee and- this ntiMbor_represented one tint of every $ane. registered' ;doctors in the province. For one peppercor'n rent, Queen Salete of Tonga' has ,given • 160 acres to the British Government ,Or an airdrome. Tongans have subscribed £6,000 for a British fighter aircraft anti formed a de-• . fen'ce force trained by a New Zea- land sergeant major. (The island of Tonga lies in the Pacific, south west • of Fi ja. It' is an Inde; • pendent' kingilorn, under British protection.) , Sarong Ontario's Natural Resorrges ,RtCrt8li1 ,' Oii>I g iB8s No. 39) .• In my article' last week I#yol'ci, . . of the way ,14 which :the basses , hieevvn inahature.. The ,Game ••and Pishea'ies Department raise many thousands of young bass each year, but they have to imifate the, oat- :` lual, environment nlosely ItoT' fuij , .success. To do this• is fiery . expend-•, • ive and fingerling bast cost much more- than fingerlings of "trout or pickerel. •.It is dile high coat that makes it so difficult to rais.e••young', lease, in quentitiies. • , ' In various places,throughout'•the Province, -the Department has built. a number of bass- hatcheries. • These consist of a ,series 'of ponds, - ' ponds,' rectangular in shape and less, than an acre .in extent., ,They are. sop arately fed and-draf}'ed. The source, of: the • water 7sti.pay is usually a epr'ineecreek, the waters of .which - have'-•been---Heated--to-seine- extent -- by holding; them' above a dam ' he - fore being distributed to the •par- .. ious . ponds. These ponds vary 'in depth from 'a,knife edge to six feet. at the outlet, .where th. fish, may be corralled?in -a small basin .when 'the waters• of thep a and r e low "" ` erect: . eh .. "• In .Hatcheries If' email mouth bass• are. bein • .g 'I', propagated' enests :are constructed of; gravel;' The diameter of this nest is approximatele two feet and is so placed ,that when the• pond is . flooded,' the depth of water' over it will range•4rom eighteen, in:ghes; to. : two feet. Large mount as do: not • need •nests, 'for they will clean' off. suitable areas• themselves: ' . • Before the •breeding season, the • adult ..bass are Ina:educ into the:.._. pond and if • the temperature . is right eventually .a`.large 'number of• young' bass are produced. • The greatest vigilante is needed.to re- tain the heat- in •the pond. po A cold spell, of cloudy days. will cause seri • ious; losses among the eggs, so, the :attendants, by 'various. rnethoiis •which. they :have 71earited, try to'. Maintain a •uniform .`temperature . of the w.a'tee. When the young. bass rise to the eurface , they 'are col- lected in cheesecloth „nets` anfd place,ed in ,retaining pones where the are held, and . fed until they, are„ . ready for distribution in . natural • 'waters: threnglioatt,- J.nta-rio, • ,--1 SCOUTIPI G • i; • The doss of 700' leadets. through enli:sment in I. M. Forces,•was dis •closed in the recently. issued An- nual,Report•of'the Bey ,Scouts As . 'soeiation for .1940. The ;effect, of this loss` 'upon ' boy membership was shown in • a drop of • 5.37 per cent'. to 97,341. This fi gure'how- ,ever, o -,ever,was 'still in excess of the membership .total of the pre=war year of .1938. • • + + + Membership 'analysis: The ,1940 • total evisisted of 40,35.3 Wo11'-Cube; •45,489 Boy Seauti, 503 Lone S'coute, '883 S•ea •Scouts, 2,361 Rover Seeuts, 227'• Rover Sea Scouts and 7,969 leaders (riot counting 444 Scouters registered as Revers)'. • ' Membership by provinces show- ed:. ` Prince .Edward Island, ` 742 Nova. Scotia, 6,378; New' Bruns, .wick, • 5,7.82. ,'Quebec,. .8x84$; On= tario,•• '41,095; Manitoba, 7,181; ' Saskatchewan,,' 5,808; Albetta, 8,- '.569; British. 'Columbia, •8,168; La F.edehation .•des Scouts Catholiques, QueIee; 4;27b; Life Saving Scouts. of the ;Salvation Army,. : • The verities ,units included:'' 306” Scout 'Groups; which: %eluded 1,645 Wolf.' Cub .Packs, • 2,051 Boy Scout Troops, ' 221 Rover Scout Crews, • 21. Sea Scout Troops,' 8 Sea 'Scout Patrols, and 14 Rover Sea• •Scout Crews. .Affiliations: Sponsors of Scout -Groups are given . as follows.: .At. glican, An- glican, 430; Baptist, 62; Canadian Legion, 35; g , Community, 747; 'Han- dicapped • Hospitals.), 12; Hebrew, 23; . Latter 'Day Saints, 30;7 'Loth - Bran, 4; Presbyterian, 108; Roman '4 ; - Catholic, 34Salvation Army; 50; Service Clubs, -80; United Church„ 276', Others, 113. • This City' Forgets T6. .Hold ,Election " The absent -Minded prrofessor, didn't.have a thing en North Kali- mks City. .: ° ' • The.:municipality forgot to hold its election. Mayor Edward A. '. Hecker, reading election returns, "wonder- .+ ed why balloting in the city was I set for .the following Tuesday in- i stead of April .1 as . in other .Mis- south towns. 'it have the law,iight here," re., ! • plied,,,City Clerk Earl Sinrs to the '1 mayor's query. • It says tale' first 'Tuesday after the first got- , day .. .. • Wait a minute—that's' for general elections."' "' The 'mayor, preparing •for "the belt%ted election Contends , he *wet ba tti ped up . again.„ HISS IS-'wVI- { T 'MASS . PRQDUJCTION OF BOMBERS MEANS Bodies. 'of• Martin ,B420.. mediuni'bombe'rs •stretch out in "long..row on assembly line, awaating__wn gs and • . 'engines. in• •Baltimore plan', of Glenn. L. Martin,which is. producing them 'in -droves for• U.S. •.Army • • T H E. WAR -WEE K,—:Conimntary on current l Events. _ New . Russo-- Ja - anese•- 'act-. • May ' Change War's Course Sir Robed; Clive; the •eminent ..Britisher wh _:.hasee • a. b n Anmbass-- •ador at Tokyo and Brussels and Minister to the 'Vatican and ,Per.;'' .ilia, and is .now 'travelling. on this. ..continent, .very recently 'expressed the view that to a diplomat Russia: and Japan appeared • -to--'hid pe key to the future of the world. He predicted the early' signing 03 an • accord between the two 'countries. •• May„Change War'* Course. Subsequ nt events dramatically bore outehis•apredietiottaLasteateeh. a Soviet -Japanese neutrality, pact Was heigned, end#ng •.24 years of 'strained:. Far h"astern,relations and giving, the western • nations a new ,poser to.puzzle over. Most obsery ers 'agreed, that the. Pact rivalled in. world importance the, non -ag- gression accord- in 1939 between Ge!rniany and Russia' and that it would powerfully affect the cettrse df the war, on' every front. • ' interpretations Editorial writers 'alt • over •'the globe "spread• themselves on this latest''"inteenational dev`eiopment. Trott amongst • .a'• score ' of ' inter- pretations' we 'have' selected see- eral representative opinions which —throw—light—on' harlot .eligies, of the- situation': • TorontopIobe and Mail: "The net result•,of .the pact on the Euro- pean situation is that Russia can now poke a gun in Germany :s ribs without, .fear of • Japan. In the 'East the .sitnation does not seem toe be. altered. Japan's most dogged en- emy `is China, w,hicih received aid from the United States, from•Bri- , tain and from R•ueeia. There is nothing in the new pact which pro- hibits Russia from continuing; her' aid tte China. There was "never. any suggestion that Russia might inter - "Good; Exposure" Not Recoinin' ended : Statistically,there should . be plenty • of house -room' in London, England; today, so Many millions have been evacuated:' Butthe set of rule's that now must be employ- ed to judge ail apartment knocks statistics into: a' cocked 'hat., No longer is a top floor ,with a fine view desirab.le, for an apartment. • Instead, the . apartment -hunter asks:• Is iitsteel and concrete? Is it near a 'Military objective?, Is '• • it- close to the)ground? fere .with Japanese operations in e •-fibs theca 1Peeifi'ehewliieleatia Brig, ., atter which ''c neerns on • p1 0 ly the $etherlands, ',the United'' States; • Britain' . and ,France,: who would • seem,well able to, take care of their interests 'so long as China .hangs:' ori -to Japan's ,coattails." ' Pravda, the Commuhist 'Party Organ in •Moscow : "The.' neutrality pact, and declai-Ation are documents of vast political, significance, since •Urs:y •consfiti to an important step for, the iinprovemeni of -relations. between the IL S. SCR. and Japan,, ;whose: governments are guided in this ease by a `desire to strengthen peaceful end..i°riendly •relations be- tween; the two countries.' The` dec- laration • puts an end to all 'petty s frontier confli'ct ee betty n the , • ,U. S: S. R. Walks •With Turkey '' ,.Dorothy' Thompson, ` columnist: "The pact is a definite .gain. for Ru•s.sia, for it means that Japan bows 'out of. the. Axis as' -far. as 'Rus- sia i.s concerned. :It: is; therefore, it would' seem; gloss. for; Germany;, which ••has every interest 'in 'keep- ing Russia -weak and occupied eise- • where than in the Middle, East . ithe e.st-inforpiehhpeople allseem certain thet.tha•.Soviet' Union will not enter the'war against Germany ' unless sheis attacked, but official •proinouneements' from Moscow do indicate that, she AS preparing to .give..what 'aid she can to Turkey, the last iion;violated nation in' the Balkans: ,Naturally, Russia wants ' to be sure that; it she becomes en-, gaged' in war .in the west, :Japan will not attack her in the east. The pact' assures her of just this.". • Nicht Niehi, Y h Tokyo: "The con- c usin 'oof th,e new neutrality pact . allows Japan to avoid two-front;op- erations, that is, fighting both the. United States and the Soviet ZJm. ion, in case :of a positive advance of her southward policy arid a tris- . is in the Pacific,. 'U. S. Unruffled.? • IL S. Secretary of. State Cordell 'Hull made a formal statement with regard to the, pact .declaring: "The significa.nce of the pact between the 'Soviet Union and Japan. relat- ing to neutrality could be over-' • estimated .. Tile policy of, 'this •• government,of ,cou•rse:remains un--• changed," • More Help Fr Britain Nevertheless a number of eteps Were . taken ' last week by V the powers -that -be in the UnitechStates' which .served to •bring the •nation"" to the south of as closer • into the war: ten coas :guard cutters were transferred. to • Britain for antic •submarine °sea patrol; . President' Roosevelt reopened the Red ,Sea and Gulf of Adeii to American ves- sels (U., S, ships now are permit- ted to go all the' way to the ,Suez • Canal with supplies for the Allies) ; the' United States pledged, protec- tion to Greenland and obtained the right to•build air basei and- forti- fications there' — the southern tip -of Greenland was made the new ' limit of tvestei;n hethisphere de • - tense; President Roosevelt merle a declaration that the United States will` protect her ships everywhere, except in combat zones; the 'U,' S. navy began preparations' for the • swift arming .of•some 1600 govet:n- anent' • and' privately' owned mei..chant: vessels. . With ' regard to the ticklish con - =goy -question -which must be settled very soon if ;American-prgduced war material is to`coi tinue to reach • Britain the New York Times said:' "The President has not yet reach Iyed• a decision. He will exhaust every other alternative before,,, n 'in an _�.eoneLuswn-.-....._ th ...�. _xeas;lt �.-. Y e question of convoying 'm.erchant- men :across theihatlantic;by''United States ',warships." The newspaper suggested that Mr.' Roosevelt was considering a plan to' allow AmerI. • can', merchant ships to carry, war materials to Halifax, to""b.e trans- • shipped overseas. ,Three Warnings' Warnings that the United` States :wts on the point;of,going to formal war wit "' TM ;.lips qt at least• three members' of :the President's Cahireet, last week -Vice-Presidept •Wal;ace ?'declared •. that •the -United States was ready, for • war ..if American rights ,were, transgressed.(f ew:eelily he' had in mind the probability that U.' S. ships, now going to 'Red. Sea ports with war material. for the British, would be attacked by the'. Axis at whatever time the Axis.' was will- ing.:to accept a formal state"of war, with the United States). Secretary of ,the U. S: Navy, Frank Knox, . told the .House. naval affairs cam- mittee that: "I : een't like tp' be a scare=monger, blit from the inform ation. I• have; 1 say we are now - in the midst ref, the: decisite.:.per- icd of thin vi'ar." Secretary, of War. Heni;y, Stimson, testifying at a Con- gressional hearing on 'United States defense problems, Warned •• that the United States is facing a dangerous ' emergeiicy, which may be very,.prolonged." He said. also that it'might become'••necessary•for the United States to wage war, in its qwn defense, outside the Ameri • The -Book Shelf: "PAANNY BY GASL'IGiiT" .By :Michael Sadleir ' In "Fanny by.Gaslight" Mr.. Sad-. leir re-creates a London of seven-ty years ago when the dark streets of the Empire capital were lit after dark by a yellow flicker .of street ,lathes. He draws an exciting pic- ture of the taverns, nighthouses and sapper -rooms of •'the ' period, flub of motley Lando, n' crowds:, But' • through them ° moves a. ,small; brown -haired, bright-eyed girl, who meets -life with cheerful gallantry and'whose .lot•e-story is both. tender . and' passionate. ' • The girl Fenny was a child with no background save one of viol- . etcee end •catastrapbe, a child who • grows ,.up into a life of cduiage,. 'gaiety an s� eif=orgetful devotion, As an old woman, living in a small •- town in Frahce, she tells her story ' , tie a synipatbetie Englishman. ' "Fanny..by Gaslight", ... by.'M ich- . ael ''Sadleir . - . Toronto: Mahnia.e. Company. •ef.,ac.enada -' . $2.75. . - Swift Action A Neer York man, ,given a job as .postal cle • was. as arrested an. hour and. a .half later 'on a charge of .robbing the mails... The motto of out'Sovereign. "Dieu et Mon Droit" (,God aiid 1 My Right), . was first; used by Richard the • Lion Heart in' the twelfth centureh • • • - Says City Folk ,e More Virile. Doctor . Claims Rural . Reel - dents, Contrary to Long Be-. *ef, Are •Not As -Healthy ' Gontarary to ;a. long popular be lief, the 'city' man is• •more 'Virile than ,the maxi in the country, as - cording to Dr. Oswald ,S`wiane3+ Lowsley: ' :Dr. Lowsley,, head :'Din the de-.- partnient of urology at the Never York' Bospital;,, ot. New Yorlc city; said the city man is'. more virile because he is beginning to ap'pre- eiate the benefits of..exercise• and right living. "14IANKIND IS 'IMPROVING" "Mankind 'ix iikiproving,'� • lore •said. Men .and women should•system- atic ally work to • attain the best physical condition in the face world crisis and nerve..§, Dr, Lowsley said. • They will -need this • bolstering to be,able to "take it,", he emphasized: .� "The' lot of themaxi on the-, street is highly' important ,today,". he declared. • , Add to' 1Vl ik„Serve etah Pu4dings-Spread' '91i Bread ..Atn(1 Butter' dentist Sister Prou ill it's Brilliant Woman',.' .chemist • devotes : time t0. rcSeai'eh. on Ontario Wines Points to ' Benefits' '. When, Wendell' Willkie visited, -Toronto, • one -Of those-waitmg on- g the city, hall steps ', Was •his sister !i Julia •whose quiet life' devoted 'to ' scientific -pursuits is in sharp 'eeri-. "trast to the: tuniultJuous public life• Oftheeat American. cham'p i'on €�' Of ;democracy. Crowds swept the police 'aside, perhaps for the first time in the - city's history,. as the triumphal' procession swept up Yonge street to 'the .cheers” of the. Canadians:. assembled to honour the man Who had travelled to Great Britain to eepoit on the Empire',s war effort. . Miss had come from St. Catharine:',, somewhat nervously, wondering .n by Toronto should lie interested in her ell'of a,sudden. Canadianswanted to express their :gratitude to Wendell • Willkie by giving his sister away she'll never forget. But now that the shout ing is over, she has resumed her gijiet life in St. Catharines, de - voting her time to her book -filled room and her laboratory. '• She 1s a wine chemist. But her status has 'altered. She is no longer just a serious, middle-aged woman, but a celebrity, the sister' of the man who many believe May be the next •'•pr`esid'ent of the United States: She•told reporters she believes e. that the occasion of dinner 'should -eh :be made into a more convivial. •• • •affair with wines.. "In tinge,"'she said, • "the custom would have •a .beneficial.• effect .onthe national digestion .'•. and would probably ` make Canadians into • a nation, of -brilliantly-witty;-coneersationists:" One suggestion Miss Willkie Made was .that Canadian wines `should.. be given '• name's that, breathe the spirit of Canada in= stead of recalling oho France.,,.: French ' ' wine, she • thinks, :can' never be made in 'Canada and"'` comparisons between Canadian : •'. and ,French wines area waste of • time. .. "Our climate is- so• different from that of France. We, cout'` ;3 give our wine •the same'.aert 'o bouquet but we are chiefly eozr i cerned with making a palatable h product from Canadian grapes-- ., Tlie result must Be • judged, on the merit. of the product! • .Because. they taste : differently, ' Ont�ar;io ' - wines are in,. n». wise infer:or,"• she said, adding that the cutting' off of French ovine supplies would, make very • little , difference • to -Canadian wine consunlption be- cause importations were• never on a large scale.' Orchids .grown from seed re= quire a lieriod • of anything from . w seven totwelve years to leach the :'• blossoming.. stage. _ 1 '. '. LI`E'S LIKE THAT 1 By . Fred Neher "Spring training starts today!" REG'LAI FELLERS--Retiring,from m Business By GENE BYRNE'S it f. °✓ YO I.J. NEVER i�:< BE RICK PINHEAD/ ' YOU likrail LOAF TOO WHEN Z DO THIS LAWN- NAVE A QUARTER AN' YOU''L L Fife BROKE BUT IT WILL BE Yam OWN ' FAULTF YOU AIN'" AMBITIOUS HOORAY! 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