The Lucknow Sentinel, 1942-02-26, Page 3•
Polish Airmen In
Flashy Manoeuvre
Incidents • Reveal Daredevil
Character of 'Poles- to R.A.F.
• A. Jo Liebling turns in a reveal
ing report on ,Polish fliers in the
R.A.F. which is r
w i lite, in The
, h ,,it
New Yorker. itis account appears.
under the caption, :It ..Shows Nice,
Instincts." The line tomes •from
e British group .captain comment- '
ing on the exceptional individuality •
of the Poles as . exemplified in the
conduct of a squadron leader who
flew •a- Hurricane ,.ahead-- of ,his
s�quadron of Spitfire fighters when
his. base ran, a little short of the
Spitfires, which are faster than
the IIuxricanes:
"He • used tq take off a quarter
Of an: hour before the 'others and..
tellthem- to catch up with him over
Brest or St. Omer or some such
place," the British officer told'
Lle.bling.,,"When they got there; •
• P'they would- find him in the middle'
of a dogfight. It• Was horribly tr-
+,,,, regular,• but it showed' nice in-'
•01" attests."
The Captain told' The New York-
er's -reporter. that` the Poles from
his field had brought down 130
German, planes during the Battle
• of Britain. Then he recalled an-
other• incident illustrating the dare-
devil character and flying ability
of the Poles:
"The moat terrifying moment of
• . my life Caine'right out onthat
terrace last, summer," the group
• captain.said. "The' first Polish
squadrowe ever' had in •tlae •R.A.F.
Was making its first operational •
tti evff.""We had a -New Zaland
• ' and '.a Canadian squadron at the
• aeld at the; •same time and :the
whole lot were.to take •off just ars
• you saw it done; today., The New
Zealanders' and 'the Canadians
• were on one side' of the field. and '
.the Poles on the .other.' The officer
st' .the control room radio said to
.the• Canadian 'flight leader,: 'Lead•
and. go first.' 4He said to the Pole,`'
'Lead and go last.' The Pole only
understood `Lead,' and the two lines
• of. planes started' at'the' same sec-
ond. There they were, rushing
across the fieid.:at'each other head
on. I couldn't bear to look.' Do
you know, sir, those planes took
off :simultaneously, :simultaneously, all thirty-six;of_
• them, without a single coldisibn.
It was just like putting the fingers.
• of one hand between.'the fingers
. of, the other...The Poles: must have '
thought it was a barticniarly flashy •
manoeuvre."
Loss
Of Singapore Increases Peril ..
To Dutch East Indies and Burma
•. THE WAR MEEK >— omnlentary . on Correct Events
Four years ago Great Britain's ing military defeat", the 'loss 'of •
mighty naval base . at Singapore • Singapore ---Mr. Churchill went on
was officially opened., At that. to call for a spirit of unity and
time, it was declared- by expert new exertions in this •dark hour.
to be an impregnable bastion • of Adverse news. "o' many misfor- '
British power and prestige in the tunes and gnawing , anxieties" lay. •
Far East. Today the power • and before us, Mr. Churchill said .but
the prestige are lost.• from that very -fact he"! invoked a "
Japan became the - master ,of new spirit of. toughness from the
Singapore one' week after the Mie people • wire march agaijnst the
kado's forces began,la storm 'the Axis. •
island; and nine weeker after •they "This is .the• 'moment;-"- he' -con-.
began . their drive .f Tina bases in , .. eluded, , "to display that 'calm and •
Thailand and Indo-China on down • . poise; combineu' with grim deter-
' the . Malay peninsula to their goal urination , which not so • long.',.ago
• at Singapore.. • It was a brilliantly • • . • brought us• out of the very' jaws
planned •and. executed campaign. - • of, death. -.Here is. another occa-.
• Not since the fall of 'France has • ;' sion,• to show, as, so •often in our-.
the Allied• eause- s. offered such a ' long' history," that `:we can meet
•severe, blow. Ther less ,.of. the Gi- reverses • with .dig.aity and • with
r.• braltar of ..the )ase :a a catastro- •. renewed accessions -of' strength.
• phe• to: the United Nations and an
imrn' easur• eable ' gain „tq the 'Jap-
anese. ' The rand, sea and! air '
forces, .perhaps • '200,000men, .
:used in the capture of the strong-
hold, are 'now freed to concent-
rate on .Sumatra and Java; . the
last .barriers on the way to ,Burma •
and .India. •
Peril In Burma
The • Allied ..armies in 'Burma
have...been forced, to retreat but .
reinforcements' are 'arrivir_g. The
planes of the R,A.F. ;and. • the
• .American Volunteer Group ('or=
iginally organized to '`guard the
1 Burma Road) are playing an , im-
portant part in the fighting. They -
hav'e 's'hown recerttly-'that hi alio
theatre at- least. the Japanese have.'
not� vvoil air superiority. •
large Chirese, forces composed
of seasoned .fighters with • four
'years'• experience -of war have, re
Gently, arrived from the . north. `'to
• bolster. Imp.etiar defences in' the
. Burma region. • c, •
In: Allied quarters ii, Is feared
that ..'Japanese . re,inforc'ernents •
wili.be seril'to the frent:. iodh-oL
Malaya where a '. coin'paratively
- small J capanese -aniy ' is • advancing •
tcwar'd the vita_ port of Rangoon.
1; is.on the docks at Rangoon that •
.,u.pplies are.. unloadec for .Free-
China.
FreeChina. The genearl outlook is
--far:,from- favoh-able:: ;' ..The•- •-men-=
ace, to .Burma has far-reachi.rig
significances. This ;rich British
Crown Colony 'is a b: -r; ie'i of. In-
dia. and. a gateway; to China'. The
importance of the ,colony is evi-
dent, riot only in increa4 ng Japa-
nese pressure • and • Allied • rein-
forcements, but in the' temporary
!;reser ce 'at the front of Ger:eral '
Sir Archibald Wave!!, ' generalis.-
This feminine ',British 'factory
worker is operating a' precision
. drill. • • •
•
China Wii1. Repay
• By' Hard Fighting •
China•will express her gratitude -
by hard fighting until victory is
' won,' the China Times said in
comment.•on United. States moves
toward lending China ur; to ,$500,
000,000 and Britain's. announced
willingness to :lend £50,000,000
4200,000,000) .
Ta fitting Pao said:. "!lig Os the
loans' seem, ' • bigger' • still is • our
Common objective. --to fight the
• Axis until victory ji ,achieved."
It suggested that the money
should be used ,to•dee rease.infla-
tion and stabilize • price levels.
• Sao Tani; Pao, army organ, said
"it is heartening to' receive news
'•of• .he loans at a time when- the
-first signs of an allied offensive
are emerging."
The -Catholic newspaper, Social
Welfare said:"The• effct on Ja-
pan will be•even greater than 10.
.capital sl.ips,••a few hundred fly-
ing fortresses."
•
Deputy Is Urged
For Mr. Churchill
ds the
primeorchil!
war.
vision
e 'net
ed 'so
uphill
ng in -
must
e long
refore
So acute is the shortage o€ rub•
"•�ber in Holland that. an Aniste.r-
. dam printer has •made Iris bfeycle
tires by fastening corks around the
wheel rims.
`The •Sunday Times � deman
appointment of a ,deputy p.r
minister, declaring.' Mr. Ch'
is trying. to do too much."
' Arguing thatrcab'inet changes
concentrating direction of
production under the super
• of Lord I3eaverblook wer
enough, the paper said: '
"Our fortunes have reced
Markedly of late that the
road ahead appears to be to
deed. The prime minister
Conserve liis energy. In'th
run it will pay him, and the
us, to • cairy the stone less."
V•®,IC:E:
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HORSE AND BUGGY LAVE
Looking back over the years, we
can see that, in 'thehorse-and- •
buggy days, leaking love in. the .
moonlight was far and away bet-
. ter, more' wholesome, more sacred,'
cererrionial than , anything: the :
speedier automobile has to. offer
the boys 'and girls. of this genera-
• ±ion • True, Old Dobbin never ran
out -of- gas;-rhever-sriffered-a :flat^--
tire'1: But such artifices were un- '
...necessary' a generation ago. 'If the •
youths of .'today were acquainted
with 'these delights , of which- .we
are speaking,. they would'Gnot be- •
moan the .possi'ble ;passing of the
leasure ear.. 'Gettin * back to. old,
ways would 'be a ,prospect a to;
. gether pleasing. ' We ,have but on& .
suggestion to make: That it is just
Vis• easy to pick„ the wrong .,girl 'in
a buggy as in an•autornobile. .
•. • —Brandon Sum
.NEW EXPORT FIELD
• _ Formation of.'a Bean Growers'
Association should open the 'way
to--a--crew,- profitable-alar-ken--f-or- -•:..
Western Ontario .farriers. The
growers -are acting promptly on
the suggestion of Hon. J.' G., Gar
diner to prepare • to, ship dried
..beans to Britain, from' which: has
come a request' for this -form of
food. •
This is another product„ which
this. district is `in a sp.lendid..posi-
tion. •t4: supply,- -I+t- adds- to the-
.
•
Far East.
Battle . In Dover Strait
Three German' fighting ships,.
62,000 Mons of .striking ,force,
•Lave escaped from the harbor of
Brest under cover of :foggy•wea-
ther and .a,heavy .smoke Screen..
With a.powerful escort of•destroy
•ers, minesweepers; motor. torpedo.
boats • and air squadrons, • they
eaded at top .speed for the. Strait
of Do"ver' and the North Sea. They
d red the sea power , of Britain
in its home waters and -after a
great sea battle lastingYf*pr five
hours' made their escape to ,'Ger-.
man waters.
Mr. Churchill hasdeclared than
Britain's war position has been'' '
simplified by the removal of the
German. warships from Brest. He
gives the following reasons:
• (1) A threat to British convoy
routes has :been- removed, and the
enenly has been forced to leave
an advantageous position.
(2) The diversion of Britain's
air bombing effort frond, Germany
tp th port of Brest, which, thobgh
necessary, • has been go wasteful,
is now ended, add a :heavier scale
of attack on Germany from the
air is now p.sible.
(3) The Scharnhorst . and the-
Gneisenau received damage dur-
ir.g the run from Brest, which will
keep thenn out of action for some
time to come. 5'
(-1) :Llore those warships can
again go to sea to take any active
part in the war, the Royal Navy
will be' reinforced by various im-
portant units of the highest qual-
ity, and .a similar strengthening
process is going forwand :n .the
Navy of the United States.,
Plea For Unity
The British Prime Minister's
recent 'broadcast was in the es-
sential points an appeal to the
nation and Parliament to stand
firm and give the governmenta
solid foundation for its work.
• When he surveyed the power of
the United States and its resour-
ces and felt that they were now
"in it with .the British Common-
' wealth, all together, htwever long
,it lasts, until dear • or victory,".
Mr. Churchill said chat this was
the first and greatest event lit •
had to report to the British people.
. "That is what 1 have dreamed'
of, aimed at' and worked for and
• now i+ has come to pass," Mr.
Churchill sand.,
But at the seine time he 'bal-
anced the good of the latest war
developments—in which he in-
eluded the efforts of Russia—
against the heavy and grave
events elsewhere. " And', frankly
telling • the people throughout the
world that he spoke "under the
shadow of a heavy and far -reach -
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AN niMAURI�CE rt IELWIN
A Weekly Column About This and That in The Canadian Army
it
'i.
A few, columns back this. space
was devoted to that branch of the'
Individual Citizen's Army admin-
istered' by the Master General of
the Ordnance. It was remarked
thatthere would he more- combing .:
on. ,;his 'subject.
Now, following the ' arriva. in
Great Britain of an advance party -
of the First Canadian Base Ord-
nance. Workshbp, seems to be,.a
good time to re -open thesubject.
"Biggest" seems , to. be the con-
trolling adjective for pieces. *bode •
the M;G.O.'s branch. First we had,
•the higgest mail-order house .—
now comes this . new Base Ord.
nance ••Workshop .Which is without
question the biggest repair and
service station in the world.
But it isn't so much the new
workshop 'I want to talk •4bout as
the unconventiom.lity- that char=
acterized its formation. • '
Unconventionality is as much a
;trade• markof the M.G.O. branch
as are superlative adjectives.
Which is just as Well since this is
an unconventional war. ,
Prime piece, of Unconventional-
ity; of course, is the heading of
the most rapidly expandingbranch
of the' Canadian Army by a civil -
tan. As.You.--kl?ow .there,.._..was;_a,-_
precedent for that in English his -
Now, and this brings us• back
to the 'Base 'Ordnance Workshop,
• here is another • example of' the.
• type of unconventionality that is
going to help us ;win the ' war..
ve 'Vat ,
0
'made :'his name. a big one in .the..
operation of peace-tirr:e mechan-
ized ;vehicles, was' promoted to
Liu3-tenant-Colonel and appointed
to :comr:and an• army organization
for which no pattern existed. The
ex -private, who had been too busy, y
in the years between ' wars to
carry on in the n'tilitia, was G. A.
Secord;: of . Toronto. One day he
was Mr. Secord, operator of the
Hertz Drive Yourself System„ the:
next he was Lt. -Col. G. A. "Secord, •
officer ' commanding the First
Canadian "BoVse •Ordnance' Werk
ship. II
•
Here is anamusing par~adox..
The man responsible for this 'lat-
est unconventionality is Victor
Sifton,' W innlpeg ° newspiperinari
and Master -General of . the Ord-
. nance—who reversed the . process
when he. •was- ‘.appointed to .;his.
.present position.
How come? If you'll stand fon
a bad pun the answer is,"comme
ca."
When Lieut.- ;Colonel Sifton
first volunteered hisservices for
the duration of the war he . was
appointed . Executive Assistant to
the Minister of National Defence
and his name is . still . painted on
the opaque glass ..of.an office door
o -the saine''flaor-as-Col. Ralston/office.
Thelegend reads: "Executive
Assistant, Lieut. -Col. Sifton:" For
economy reasons it was obliterat-
ed by a sheet of paper pasted over
it when Sifton took ,over } the
job.
Biitv+✓'ben 'he took eve- the new
20 WAYS TO SAYE
SUGAR BY USING
BEE HIVESYRIIP
Made hon Com
- History ttepeats Itself I.—In i916, the "Canada Food Board
Ott. :a, published a booklet—,which said in part="Glucose and
• white corn syrup are perhaps the most satisfactory and least amen -
sive sugar substitutes available" .. 'the board recommends the
•
, use of glucose wherever possible." ' (Bee Hive Syrup is 95' gitfcoga)
Bee Hive Syrup ie• not an "intense sweet"; it is half as sweet as sugar...'
. therefore the natural food flavours' ere permitted. to dominate more
pleasingly.
• Sweeten your cereal, fresh fruit # Use Bee . HSyr
ive up• on ,loo
and porridge with Bee H�ivet cream! ,
•.Use Bee Hive Syrup when • Use Bee Hive'Syrup'in fruit
making apple sauce, stewed juice!. •
rhubarb. stewed apricots, etc,!• '; • •Use Bee Hive Syrup in maka�
• Uae Bee•Hive Syrup as a sauce canaiiesl
'on rice. bread, ,cottage and . ' • Use Bee Hive. Syrup as a milk
other favourite,•puddings!• -•
modifier in baby.feedingl•
• Try Bee Hive: Syrup in !wipe. ,
•. Sweeten your coffee, and cocoa 'fear cake—buckwheat cookies.
with Ben Hivel .•- „ cocoanut pudding,, chocolate
•
• Yuse Bee Hive *rill', in pre- ' jcake, .fruit take. jelly. rolls
• serving!juaket; marmalade, oatmeal
dropcookies, oatmeal &eones.
Use• Bee Hive Syrup for cake potato drop cookies, white
icingel6, cookies. etc.!
ST. LAWRENCE STARCH CO.'LIMITED, Poet Credit, Ont.
Other Products. Durham Corn'
orn•Starch, St. Lawrence Corn Siaseh,
•
... Ivory. Laundry Starch, St. Lawrence Refined Corn
Sweeten with Bee •Hive' Syr•up'l.
MADS FROM CORN
job . Lb. -Col. Sifton became Mr.
Sifton=demoting frir._self just ex
actly the same number of steps
that he .promoted Lt. -Col. 'Secord!
And on the doorof, his present
office there' appears just t leis`:
"406, Private!"
Unconventional? The word
Seemspale.
Just recently President Ropse-
vett appointed William Knudsen
Lieutenant -General to do the
-same-lob-in-the--U-nited States.
"Lieutenant" • is pronounced
:"Lootenant" in the' 'United States
' and is accorded somewhat the •
same pronunciation by the British•
Navy. Soldiers. and , civilians is
the British Empire pronounce it,
s-cynu. know, , "Leftenant.', This` . .
' isn't army' slang, it is true, but it
is in line with the, Inmor research::
".es ' into colloquial .terniinology
conducted frt:in time to time by
this column, _
We have. scouts kit' work and
nape -to publrslrthe�re i-1ts of their
reconnaissance next week.
can send to' Britain, and the new,
market will be. of .benefit both to
-our farmers .and .to , the Old Land. - --
. • --Windsor Star
LITTLE DARLINGS (?)
';The ' child :psychologists hat
better get busy in London, ''Ont.,
where' some 'of .the •little darlings
.appear, to be dangerous young
beggars: At least, that's the im-.
• pression we get. from this, bit of
precautionary wisdom in -the Free.
Press: "Never . speak unkindly. to .
a child. A child's 'nerves are very{
sensitive. Besides, it 'may shy a
rock at you:"` •
• —Ottawa Evening Citizen
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NO SCREAMING
Officers of the Canadian Wo:
.men's Army Corps are being
taught to issue commands with-
out screaming. They • really don't
need the instruction Countless
lien can testify that the most.com-
pelling corrimands they ever -heard .
. • were in low, honpeycd tones and
started .offs,.."Darling, don't you
think you'd• better . ."
—Windsor Star
�o—
' THE FAMILY CAR ' -
According to information gath•.
ered by the Ontario -Motor League •
• the average' distance travelled in
a year for • motorists in the old
part of Ontario is 15,::00 miles
and the average consumption of
gasoline is 85.1 gallons' a year. •
—Fort. William `.Gimes-Journal
TIRE NUISANCE "
Standardization to one size of
tire fortall,cars might simplify our
future. tare problem; 'by . creating .
another! 'nuisance at the same•
time: "Can •I borrow one of yodr '
tires for the week -end?"
ICitche.ner .Record
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can, my dear, as .easily as we bought
the radia, the -washing machine • and other
things around the house. 4 small amount down
and the balance in weekly or monthly payments
we'll 'neve; miss. The bank has explained how
easy itis':
"What's that pit say? Can we afford to? Afy
dear /diary, we just can't afford not . to. And
you know there's lots of things we can give up yet ,
before we fee/ any real 'hardt hip. Thank
goodness, here's sonrething we can do to back up
the nen and women whop are making the
real/ sacrifices."
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