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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-12-18, Page 7• r .. .0 Court Is Carried Into Remote Area Temporary Court of Law r S.et Up by Mounties in Great \, Open $paced . A modern version of the ,old adage, "f. the a enotintan will iiot'. come . to Mohammed, Mohammed • must go. to the m'oun'tain," .was .enacted when a meln,ber of "K"• • Division, R.r,M•P.,, carried justice into a remote drought area of 00,2- • • berta. ,.a • - . • • in.' ' ;the .blistering, heat ,. of 1'00 'degrees in the shade, 'Cst. Von; Blarcom, accompanied'' by. Police Magistrate, W. H. Gray of • Brooks, • ARA tra$eiled: ower .•50 '' -miles to set up' a temporary court;• of law at ••Cessford.' •The p.urpo.se of the- petrorwas,to save the ac- •cused the , expense. • of .coming 'to. court; the 'accused had no. money, and besides -there was no trans..- ' • portation available. The • infractions, were mirio'i°• ones, the heat was intense;, yet' ' the improvised • community -hall courtroom was. • crowded With a curious audience, attracted by -the nn:lsuai occurrence of a law ses- •sion: in 'their •village. The police nan wept an additional ' 10' miles ._. to:�brin ._.the. acCtlSed:.ill:•�but _uc�i a friendly spirit exieted after the hearing, he didn'.t have to make the return trip—the cdinpiainant• p the accused:._ borne' Every- • body was happy 'and , a' jovial spirit pervaded all, • ' • e •'i On, "its W -•homethreu� h• -the.. , rough badlands the itinerant court came. upon • a truck driven by -a ' refrred 'man . who ..apparently t y •. p e ••• 'last year's license 'Plates. • Thecharge; •was written • out then. and . there;. and-a-summ onsehanded $o-•-- the offender. He' asked to be. • tried at once,'bared his head, and without'delay court was opened in ' , the .name, , of the King. • Out there. in the, great open' spaces, the ac- cused• pleaded guilty, and paid hie HICKAM i1EI D see A. • Hickani Field, U.S. Army "bomber. hese near Honoliflu=-one-; of the ,first, targets hit by Japanese bombers, in sudden attack. Pictured above are U.S. Arany bombers lined, up on the field. The Book Shelf SPENLOVE .IN• ARCADY' . by, William McFee • Chief Engineer Spenlove, at 'the '- age of. 'fifty-eight, :retires from ,.:many' years ,.at •sea- .,ta..a_ little..._ farm . in • Co.nnecticut, there'•to• spend the • remainder of his days - uietl.:_.:and..,.alene......Hi nwad_ventert:.- +$ Y ons ' life, as any • sea -faring life • must be, . 'was. • over — . s0 he tttotiglit: But he fell in level, , ' hr first• bine. • McBee, himself. An .old ` sailor With a • life-long, knowledge :and . love_ of the sea,, unfolds :the ..tale. of Spenlove's greatest • adventure' with: charm and `master .crafisinao- ship road biin s this lovable char.! actor through romance to' a happy haven of home and companionship. ____-Spenlove,in Arcady.,,w , bY_Wil-- Ilatn . McFee . . . The Macmillan Co. of Canada . ..: Price $3.00. " What Has Become Of Secret Weapon?. - Ernst Udet,. second only. to'. Goering in Nazi aviation, was killed while experimenting with a new type• of firearl'n, comments The New -York Times: It sends - the mind back. to- Hitler's `secret weapon. He announced if more than a year ago as the trick that —would --•settle Frtglari-d'�'••�business::- What has become of the secret - weapon? What,is its nature? , Speculation' at the . time included' flyiing-•-taints- or theelnyasieit oaf. England, new bombs, new U= boats,' gas, microbes, practically e'verything.:..:.. Is 4' conceivable that Hitler's secre9weapon, upon which he has been experimenting so long, could be something in the nature of re- pentance, truth, honor, mercy, or ---in-that -general •-line? ----It--might-L explain his failure tomake head- way with i . By. then it was 9.30 in the eve- iiing,. long, past meal -time, •-,and the magistrate and constable be- gan to think about having sup- . per. But .the demands of law administration were not 'over for., .' • that day. • While passing. through '. ;5; .,I>!atmaia fihes la • alrfieeeleAvere "''"'etopneeientitlteaDefPi*orr.toFese4rtleee a • disorderly conduct charge • •against a, local, resident.. The ac- • cused was 'brought' in court=the • hotel 'tabby this time' -but 'he • was •not quite. so' agreeable. Appearing :with ^nothing on but his pants, he ._had_ theeh..reatened with.. charge of .contempt 6f court be- . fore : the. •case was successfully'. concluded. Tired: and hungry, the 'two • dis- pensers of justice. returned home, ,' satisfiedthey had done a. good day's work. • C.N.Rr Revenues Up In Last 10 .Months Increase 'of $1,092,960 is reported by, the Canadian aNtional Railways in gross revenues of $6,207,616 for the week'end:ed Nov: 21, compared: ' ,with $5,114,656 in the correspond- ing period of 1916. A gain of $797,407 was shown fit net revenues of $6,038,729' for Oc- tober, against, $5,241,322 for Qctobe -er, 1940: Operating revenues were up'•$5,775,5.31 ' to '$28,260,510, virhile operating expenses climbed $4,97$,- .124 to $22,721,781. , ' • An increase of $21,918,417 was. reported . in net revenue for the ten months ended Oct. 31 at 854,- 628.055, 'against $33,209,638; Gain was 64 per cent. Operating rev- enues advanced from $201,400,970 to' $249.072,521, while operating expenses climbed; from, $168;191,.•,• 332 to -$194,444,466. lit xnati i `aa ' In- High Flying Here's a "pure" substitute for an alcoholic jag. Climb to 30.000 feet in a plane without an oxygen mask and you'll feel as foolith as if you were three-quarters of the' weer to a liquor blackout.. Such is. the experience of malty pilots under the surveillanceof the War Research Council of Canada, said bean C. J. Mackenzie M,C,1.C, president of the Engineering lneti- tute of Canada, In Such an extraordinary sensa- tion pilots have been known to grin foolishly when a wing is shot off bl;,, something -else goes 'wrong, and, actually regard the disintegra- tion , Of • their planes as nothing more than , a strange phenomena. • ' It is this careless waste of lift.' and property against which the re- search council of Canada 18 work- Pilots act asif thee ti » s it1 ey are p y g • at 36.000 feet. They do strange things: They ,don't realize they are incompetent,, (io,on trei to 40,000 feet and you tile frons' leek of oxygen. In addi- tion to these problems, • Jean Mac- kenzie said, the matter of whether better to .have *arm hands is v a m han s than warm feet or a warm bae-k !ere also being studied. CHECKING ZERO HOUR? 'Japan's ' special envoy, Saburu Kurusu, right, looks'at his watch • at, about• the tithe Japanese bombers were attacking Pearl Harbor,' • .Hawaii. He- is pictured with Japanese Ambassador Nomura, .as they 'awaited conference with Secretary of State Hu'll'. • • MODERN • ETIQUETTE. BY ttOBERTA LEE 1. What is one of -the most improper topics of conversation? 2. Is it correct to leave the spoon in -the cup when drinking tea or coffee?,,. 3. Who 'suggests retiring, the Overnight visitor or the :hostess? 4. When accepting an invite- -ODD:eV • tt •(}truce m& Girl -Ask , her hostess' permission .to in e• a young man with whom th os- tess is not •acquainted? 5. Isn't there a distinction be- tween a person who 'is persevering and one who is obstinate? 6. Is it• permissible to write. "City" when ' addressing' a letter to a person who lives in the same city? Answers 1. Discussing illness. The height of social misconduct is to ra talk of sores, pits, uleti ted teeth, colds, mucus, boils, corns, eczema, or an other physical •imperfee- tion.e. • It is 'much better to dis- cuss these subjects only with your doctor. •. 2.. ' No; the spoon should' be placed in the saucer after the contents of the cup are stirred. 8. The hostess. 4. Yes; but do not . invite him without this per- mission. 1i. Yes, there is quite • a strong distinction. It has been mid; "The differ'ences 'between perseverance and abstinacy is that one often comes from a • strong Will, and the other from a .strong won't." 6, No; the name of • the town should he written. London has collected suf ? c .metal scrap to make 8,000'40{8. ' HOW CAN l? BY .ANNE ASHLEY • Q. How can I keep the •house plants in good condition-? • - A. New •life'often can be given • to; the' house plant by applying a teaspoon of eastor ,oil 'around the roots, Q. How can I remove cigar- ette stains from the fingere?' F,,• A. Obstinate cigarette stains on the fingers can be removed by means of well -soaked pumice • stone and hot •water. Plain lemon einceewilt,+.reafeive. Aighter.stains. Q. How can 'I avoid scratching the table when etittingF out mater- ial from patterns? A. Before cutting the mater- ial( it is a (vise plan to spread& out the table mat on the surface of the table. If cut .on tl.is sur- face, the scissors will slide along much easier and will not scratch the' table. Q. How can I be sure. that flowers will stay fresh when send- ing theth to someone in another other town? • A. One way to keep them fresh is to cut small holes in a piece`of raw potato and insert the stems, , • Cats Get Milk If They Get Rats Cats may nave a milk nation only if engaged in Vitally import- ant rt - ant. .Work --catching rats' and mice —the, British House &f Commons was told by Major .Gwilyni Lloyd George, Parliamentary Secretary to the':I'oo•d Ministry. Even on this basis, supplies can- not be guaranteed, lie said in an- nouncing the Ministry's ruling, sp It may become a -question of lye's • milk and %lore rats, Have You Heard? After examining the, private's damaged leg, the M.O. diagnosed a dog 'bite, Then, as• a `legpull,, he added: "Perhaps the dog had -rabies." "All •right,"'• said the 'patient; "hand me a , pencil' : and paper,' please." • "Oh, there's . a • good chance. ' You needn't make a will yet" ''J°lixe aktng.._ o will,.':. tolled • .the private', . with fiendish- grill; "it's .a list of the sergeants I'.m going to bite!„ • • • Newspaper Contributor (.in ' ` letter): "I am a speedy work- er.' I. finished the enclosed _ar- ticle in en hour and" thought nothing of lt." _ i Editor(replying): . 1 ,(epY.0)� got through your article in •a f iac- tion' of that time -and thought . . A 'certain famous film star. vis- ited the Highlands and stopped for •.. refreshment at a . farmhouse. She .. was, given some milk .in a little howl -and -while she was-drinin-g . it ' a pig trotted up' to her. "Sege," she_ explained, delighted, "even thelittle.'peeg he recognize no' you he' recognizes," said the farmwife,"it's' his. wee bowlie." • • A ach'oofmaster ' Vas trying-'---- te exp ,tit->thm ai `widemterig -- to ht's class:-","iliihat'vv'otercryrouenTe!''' call a•.man who had just lost his wife?•" he asked. "Very careless," was the ..re- ply, of a bright boy.• "Do you really"love 'me,' Alfred?" . asked the girl.' • - • • • "Ethel, I refer .you., tomy last • letter," replied the young man. " 'Devotedly' is on the first ,page, " 'madly' on- page three, :'paselon- ately' on pages four and five, and 'til death. do,' us part', in the post- cript: I cannot : be, more explicit, Ethel'" � Domestic: "I hear that you need a cook?" • • ''Mistress: "Thank'you, but i. have just hired one." 'Domestic: "Veru. well,' I'll call • ,Again . tomorrow." What Science Is Doing SH-EErS LIFE. lipr the average sheep, fame in only Shin .deep. 'The best be can hopefor, after parting periodically with hie wooly eblrt, is a fleeting hereafter in the form. of a framed diploma. But: Billy • Wassermann' 2nd is different. He is : a sheep with a career. For four years • .he •• has, lived.. in hienored comfort at the • • Montefore Hospital for • Chronic •Diseases. Of a summer be grazes- , on the: liospital's lawn,, ,an 'object' of ,admiration for` the children: of. • the northern Bronx.. For. the win- . ter he is now 'ensooned in'a'pent- house apartment atop .the hospital, with all the hay s,hd oats• he can The reaseh for 'this' special- at- tention is that Billy fulfils a vital function. Every fortnight or so ,he graciously. ' permits 'a doctor to draw from his veins a small am- ' ount ,of blood. Its red corpuscles, ,serve to diagnose. human: syphilis in the well-known Wa's'sermann .test., Nearly,10,0,00 such tests -have been made routinely with the cer- puscles supplied by this one sheep. This particuIar animal happens . to have Gom'e into the news.' But -there .are. nlagy•-other creatures of the laboratory to whom a debt is owed' for their ' role, involuntary eethough- •itebeeein-mat-ntaini•ng : and,••-•• advancing, human ' health, and • science .need not be. sheepish about . aeknowledging .that debt, ' ) Cow•s---i rouble -vaccinee; - horaes-- Manufacture ' anti-toxice ;chickens indicate'thevalue of, hormone pro - >duct's;._ rats_;respend 1 rantitatiyely' to doses of newly''discov,.ered vit- amins, mice run through mazes. the unravel. t e iundamental springs of animal 'behavior. Some' of, these test animals must inevit-• •-abLy.-_be,. martyrs'_ -._to ._the of Physiological' knowledge. It is comforting to know that the speci- 'men's used •are .invariably given. •the fullest consid.era'tlon consistent 'with their filncti'on and that, .:in the case of such stow , ve er ns as Billy •the.sheep; .they become well loved pets of the la'b'oratory. • —v— • • Mrs. Jones ,(shoeing her ' guest ahome-made radio): "My husband Made the cabinet as well." . "Oh, (lid lie work to a • deign?" asked the guest. "Ne-," said- Mrs. Ten -es, "He made it out of his head and he's' got enough wood left over.for a small table." • ' • • Lace of Four ,Queens 13eautihli old lace which once belonged to .four Queen's of Eng-, land is part of the collection fro si;• by bohiberto file United States for the benefit of a British war charity, ,The Queen h6rself pree,snted to , it a bridal veil., believed to be worth £4,000. Queen Mary scut son© lovely. ,pieces, incleding examples Or'"tite`"lacd'•wor -wixich: •Bnglarid- .l$. renowned and adeep flounce of point de gaze which belonged ' to Queen Alexandria. • There were gathered'. for the collection' rare Valenciennes, once worn by Queen Charlotte, Venetian point lace that graced the gowus..of Marie Antoi- nette; lieu.ptiful pieces'of point de ' Flandres, Brussels, Irish, 'Chantil- ly, Chanti1ly, point d'Aiencoa and .England's • own H'oniton, teentholatum on mplesandbrow brings quick .re• lief. Also for new. •ralgis, head colds, cuts and chapping.Jar.s and tubes 305.178 MENTHOLATUM -- O,verCOMFORT-Va ly— Yon-GIRLS WHO SUFFER lUMENORINIA 1t you suffer monthly cramps, back- ache, distress of "irregularities;'• perviousness—due to funetlonal monthly disturbs s' --t •y Lydia E). Pinkha 's Vegefable conrpou.nd '.tablets (with added iron). Made ds eoiaii or twonictt. The help yJ Y also P build up red blood, Made in Canada. MALAYA CHIEF The ''commander of :empire • troops 'in ' British Malaya, Maj. - Gen. :A. E. Percival, " Calling Norwegians In North America Norwegian male subjects frein 1.20 to 37 years old in the United.. States .and Canada soon, will he called for .military. service, Lieut. - Col. Arne D, Dahl of the Norweg, Jan Military Mission to North Ani- . erica stated. - With about 3,0013 eligible Nor- wegians' in Canada and . thousands more below the border, he said there may be enough for 'a divis- 1on-12.000 to 15.000' mem- Dixie is economical -� you cut it as yOu use i There's no Waste.' Bennett Stays Night At Labor Hostel Viscount Bennett recentlylived... overnight the -lives ' of . factory workers occupying a •North • Mid- lands : wax workers' hostel. • After an address in which he impressed on workers the neces- sity of a speed-up 'in . production, the former Canadian. prime min- ister went into the big conirnunal dining room,' loaded his• tray with. foodF -and- futerecarr-ied•• thee:dishes- e to a •washing-up -ha ch.' . • Lord Bennett slept in a'cubicle-4 type bedroom. containing two beds • and running • IRA aid ---cold water. He said he found the'hostel clean- er, more convenient .• and more comfortable - than. many - up 4o - date hotels he had stayed in'dur- . ing' his travels '.around Britain on behalf' of the ministry of supply. 'Plumb -bob The Cat" `. Solves a Problem dd-Cdlif ornia:-8hipliuild Mg Corporation was in a dither. The engineers, were stumped. The electricians were dismayed. The probleenfacing them was to • run a ,cable" through, the 12 -inch • conduit pipe whicth ran fropn the British Purchasing Commission to the .fitting -out dock -a• distance of 00 -feet= ---The- pipe=was•-t_Wcie eet _ ta�3Jr1[�frr•, .�•I,`e1t akrsliu'tFt1e;�n�`?•1<ap]'a ,, . an ria 'eah 'a by else 1xr om p etc `� � 'ipg"' to go :through_ Suddenly' an idea was conceived A solution . was brought , tothe scene. • The ,"solution" was Plumb -Bab, • alias Toddy, the shipyard cat. Aeehalk- line, :Was _tied ..around _ Minh -Bon neck, and he was placed at, the . end of the pipe: Without • a moment's hesitation., he disappeareti. An anxious crowd of engineers, electricians; and maintenance men waited at the other. end of the conduit. In a few minutes Plumb - ,Bob walked nonchalantly out into the sunlight .again, palling the chalk line. The hero bad done his part. The cable was hooked to • the line and pulled through. The 'engi- neers got dov6n 'off their stumps; ,the 'electricians stopped sweating, and peace was :restored.. • Plumb -Bob's genius. was reward- ed with a hero's 'dues, • . A F Protect • your ikbad CASH from 1'115% add '1>.U1I:'.I:s., We • have F. size and t)•pe' Of safe, nr Cabinet. for any purpose. VIRLI aa; of write' for . prices, ete. do Dept. W. 145 Front St. `F..: Toronto' . Established 1R$5 J.6c.J.TAVL®R, LIMITED TORONTO SAFE WORKS Locomotives Travel Extensive Mileage Locomotives operated by the Canadian National .:Railways, in- eluding • passenger, freight and work classes, travel, more than 81,000,000mikes during,. a year's service, according to the Statis- tical Department Of the National Railways. In terms of trips around the equatorial girth of the world`, this represents' 3,260 such , Jour, lneye .in:, a twelve, month period t an average of 271 trips ee ips , every thirty days, or approximately nine , :such trips 'per day. Seagull ; Nearly Wrecked • Eagles •A eeagu.11 chime'' close le.' ending the fighting -Career of an American ;pilot flying against the Germans that and a-•stormeaf-=bu.1•letnewhich:--•- •' - • somersaulted and shattered his plane: \ .;Sergeant Pilot John J. Mooney' ` of 'East. Ifempstead, Long Island, • an Eagle 'Squadron fighter, told his .owri 'story of hear escapes on an offensive patrol 'along the Neth- erlands, coast:' • "I 'was•, flying low" over • • soiiae fighting boats near the Dutch coast when I. flew - a'meng some .seagulls 'and ' saw • one go • apparently through my propeller.' - ".Later`, when I aaked un :posts; my engine ata., t outttcand• rgave -. xw: " ea titeli ` r (e.nti'Ifiti ek' the nose dewn. 1 couldn't figure it 'out until I'• got back, •and found. •a . --.'gul•1e-=or 'rattier feath.ers;' for • that ; was, all . that was left 'of it—jam med in my air intake. 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