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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1942-03-12, Page 2en . lou daps To eight.. POlitarlstea Have •Been. Finn - nine War For l-ong Time. • • Japan has more. than 10,000,- 604 0,000,604 .mens,, of military age ready :tod throw into her great effort for 'the •conquest of -East Asia and ,domination of the Western Pacific • ocean and its islands. Of thisnumber more' than 3,- 000,000. are well trained and Pres- .ent reserves probably are , large" ,• irnough to equip them with at least, • most essential eapo. • 't Tokyo's militarists have been pl);nntng for' this war for a long ti ae--platuung with that meth- , odieal'• thoroughnessthat. makes •• the Japanese in moi ways ree. markabiy.' similar to : the Germans. 'Conquered ' peoples, mostly Chi- nese,, already have bfeen imported into .Japan proper to serve as la- borers: . Millions of other "slave • =�eorkers" tare •laboring for •the . Japanese military 'machine in lianchnktie, which, incidentally, bas: been madeinto a . great in- dustrial and agricultural reservoir tofeed the Nipponese military 'machine. Observers ' Saw Preparations To any observer who spent the, decade 124141 in the 'Nippcnese empire, as ;this correspondent ,lid, and the 'careful preparations for - war. eade_bj�:j_he leaders of „Nip- ' pop's armed forces, it seems 'also. a inertitinty that .. the Tokyo.tatmilia- ists will not lose' their' present. 'struggle."because of a shortage of. people.. ` . To start with there is a hard, • Cora of. More than '80,000,000 "pure" Japanese who :will furnish'. • the bulk of combat troops and • first.," ,line munitions workers- These people have been subjected every--conceivable-pressure--to-- ""onidition" tlte,n. for a protracted war. They have behind them' the' savage pride of a homogenous • nation and . a .latent:. hatred of white men . which' is being fanned by every device of propaganda. 'Then. -Come 2 000;0001oren is, ,some of whom are 'accepted into "the' army as. volunteers. Most -bra: •partial observers believe' the bulk of the Korean people have 'been pretty well Japanized. •After• the Koreans come sone • 6,0'00,000.•:Formosans--who prob- aly. will behaveabout as' ' the T oreass doe-throughoiut.ithe.-war.. • sl VI FOUND .OUT .THAT'' ALL-RRAN.. IS REALLY ;Inst "BITTER 1WM CaPts wPra le eti;1teda •-•-•-••- 'hen,there are the vast` popula .tions of •tbe so-called "occupied" areas of China -possibly as many -as 100,000,000 people or more, :This reservoir is 'counted' on, furnish , laborers for any area • where they may be needed MiI- liona •already'. have:*been imported into Manchukuo Oa -Serve as farin- ers; miners and factory workers. y To the Japanese' military.. mind alf."„. 'these "lesser" ,peoples should : be : workers;. the . Japanese, doing the front line fighting.. To dei the fighting there : are an estimated 10,839,000 Japanese be- . tween 'the ages of 18 and .35, coin - pared' with an estimated 22,796,-• " 000 men of fighting age in the United State 'Japanese law com- pels -all able-bodied males between the . ages of 17 and 40 to bear arms if called 'upon, Within these limits, the, total manpower is probably 12,700,000. 'By no means are all these men trained `'fighters; any more than. are the Americans in the same , category, but .most have bad far more military training than the average American, • All Boys Trained Every boy in school fromthe agile of 12 or 13 receives military ' training under army .officers. This lasts until he . leaves school. It is believed that at •least 400,- 000 hate gone into .the' army each year since 1938, or a total of 1,- 200,000. Care has been taken, not to drain the reserves of skilled fighters who might be needed for operations against „the Soviet Un- ion. Even . befoye the Pacific war started estimates of the Japanese standing armycredited it with .as many as 1,965,000 men, including 35,500 fliers. Awaiting call were 1,21.0,000 trained reserves, 16,- 000 ofthorn` fliers. There prob- ably were 1,600,000 other re- serves who had spent two years in the army but .needed more, ex- perience with mechanized equip- ment before. they' could be used at the front, • Says Mr. • A. H. Ward, Montreal, Quebec: "The use of Bars,, irritating cathar'tics is it thing, of the. past in cow, house; When • we ,found . out about KELLOGG'S ALL -BRAN, several years ago, we knew that at' last this was our way to be 'regular'. I've made .it ababit to recommend 'ALL-BRAN',to my friends,". Why don'tyou try ALL -BRAN'S • "Better Way" • to correct. the: cause of constipation due to lack, of the right kind of "bulk" in your diet. But reitiember, ALL -BRAN doesn't' work likel.cathartics. It takes time, Get ALL -BRAN. 'at your grocers, in',twa convenient size packages, or asst for the individual servingpackageetrestenrants 'Mode by Kellogg's in London, Canada. • ,Wil.�:IAM CHAPTER 46 Savagery Pete Yeager laughed, mirth- lessly. • It was •gliiiite, likely that what Red Silcott said might turn out to betruth." prgphscy.G There was no -loyalty in 'Mosely. If it, e ar -pard~him-to- Losse overboard- - •h'is tools ' he would 'de it without hesitation. • "Looks like: he knows you, Russ,". Pete jeered. know ' the . better before I'm through with hiin," , Mosely' • answered. • "And' you may too, Pete, if. you're not careful. "It sure looks like we're here • pulling yore chestnuts . outa the• . 'hbt coals for.you," the' fat little Man flung back, at his employer.' "And while we're talking turkey, I'llmention • that :I don't scare, Russ.,.. . . Jim picked up his shirt to put. it on,' but Prentiss snatched .. it frena-hini v "Yau_'xe.not going to _ need : that right • away," he • snee„ s ed, with a.' savage laugh. ,. "Were gonna have 'a little 'fun first, you'n 'me." From this waist he unstrapped his. heavy .leather belt. "Better gag him, boys;' so: he won't sing 'too Ioud," Jud said: Silcott lashed mil at Judson seize him..' Inthe- melee that fol,-• lowed Yeager met a flying , fist .that landed on the eye. But the odds were' too great. Jim • was flung down, gagged, and :stretched out face . down. The belt •hissed 'through the;: air, buckle •end out, and .landed' on the bare back of the, prisoner. ",The white flesg winced, but no sound came from • • the -tortured man except his.heave broken /breathing. After, a time Mosely stopped his foreman. He'll Never Talk "If :you'd like to ,give any in- formationabout these letters, hunch your shoulder," he -said. Silcott made no .sign. Again the buckle thudded down on the torn and .bleeding back,. At 'last. Lamprey cried out a protest:. • "For God's sake, 'that's enough; U.S. 'Air Force Goal Biggest In World • The Nazis have soine••1,250,000 leen in the Luftwaffe. The R.A.F. • includes a million. Last week the ILS. Army .' annottriaed that its goal was an air force of 2,000,- 000 the biggest in the work,. half that nittmuer, the Army hop- ed, would -be mustered during 1942: The .laps, in., pre eaa1 Harbor estimates, had a piling 5,500 pilots. . With a 2,000,000 -man air force, t3ed.Arniy will have ground crews for its ' share l of the 185:,000 new planes U.S.. factories expect to ,flake by the end of 1043, plus • 150,000 new pilots. -•Time rJ°t FINE "> CURED PICTURES . BRITAIN'S FIGHTING PLANES AND WARSHIPS On attragtive 8" x 10'" mounts, each with a description of the War machine portrayed. Every.true Canadian will prize theta ""f_ pitfire"' • ""Plying Fortress•' ' "' ''iudfon" Bointaer• !"Defiant" gn "Toahswk'• . ""ttsautIghtee" "Hurricane" • .Neil "Airae obta" . H.M.S. "Rodney" • "Ark Royal'. '"good". "Warspite'. "Repulse" ' ,� Gtorge V" • HALO .S: r+g. ` sa,n • •Etta. i eel, to tom. Por each picture desired setae com- btete "CROWN BRATVIY' label, with ,your name and address and the 'mine 01 the picture yeti want written en the brick, AddressOept, 13; The Canada Stars Company Ltd.,. 49 Wellington 5t. R., TOOnto. Th9'S EI wlih, ihb Delicious • Flavour , •.? frt-2 r.• & LEOD R.'AINE $Loss! .You'll kill hila." ° • There' was a convulsive shudder of Jim's body and then ,slack limpness. .• "He's 'fainted,"; Yeagersaid, "No use, boss: • He'll.. never talk. Too game." Sharply he added, "And there'll he no more of this." �tdo'lte<I"dowri-a�--bitCer- savagery in his face, at the torn and. bleeding flesh criss-crossed with whealsfrom the leather and ripped by gashes from the buckle. "I'v a bot -a- 3vay - td --make hien. talk," he said. A devil .looked out of his eyes. He had gone too far to retreat. {?ow:'. He was no longerr, a wise and ;crafty leader, •but; a man .,driven and, harried' to des- perate. Jesse Lamprey rose to his. feet, sick•and trembling. Under orders' from Prentiss he had been cling- ing to, one of Silcott's .wrists. He Ieaned' his head against the wall to cpver his face. ``Leave -lura -salon 'e oselle-ore- dered'. harshly; his frowning gaze still on the . prisoner. • "Till .you see me again. I'll be back - soon." G "`Where you .going?" Judson asked. suspiciously. A New Plan '• It was evidence of how .far ' Mosely's star had declined that. 'Yeager and Judson .heel .done: He knew it and was not just now la a position to. show resentment. So he -explained. -. - "I'm going to make him tell me' where that paper is without: lay, ing a•hand on hirn. After that :. we'll:.get_ t;_then_ vamoose. _There will be big pay in this for you boys" "How .can we spend it in the pen.?': Yeager asked, with a sour grin. "I want to see you, Jud,"' Mose- ly said, and strode out of • .the • room.' Prentiss followed him. • Jim opened his eyes. Waves - 'of'pain and "sickness ran over him.. His gaze went round the room and, he picked up understanding of what had, occurred. • The -gag had been'•rembved from his mouth. Feebly he asked; •. still° unbroken, "Where's lVfosely gone=to'. sell you out?"" Yeager slapped a hand on his thigh. "By, thunder, Red, you take the cake !" he cried. "Don't you know you'd ought to be yelp- ing for .mercy?" , The ' eyes looking up at the baldlieaded.man were those of one who had been in hell, but there, • wes'no surrender in Chem. "Mercy from wolves?" he said -scornfully, "You said it, fellow. That's what we are. A pack of wolves dragging down, meat for Russ." "Probably' you'll swing far it- -most of you," Silcott prophesied. - "A good riddance• of fools. There's not a lick of sense in any .of you. Buss sure must laugh his head off when 'he's alone." •"Keep yore mouth shut, fel- ,low el• , low,"' •Judson snapped. What Silcott said disturbed him. It might be ,too true. He did not like .to listen to the., deria .ive warnings of this indomitable • man. . The Plot Explained Prentiss had walked with Mose. `ly to the head' of ;the gulch where • the Hat T boss bad- left his horse. On .the way his employer outlined What he had in mind. The fore-' man asked questions until, he un- derstood the plot clearly. .There were two parts to it, attd, he as- signed to• lead in the more dan- gerous one. Juan had been wound• ed by- the ,soldiers and taken tti the hospital. Jud was to find out where the Mexican vaquero had been put and to arrange, it so that - he would not talk. "Why shove that off on met" he grumbled. "1'11 'get the girl and you take care of Juan." "Don't be a foot, Jud,"'Mosely Snapped, "Flow could yoti get the girl?' . . You won't have any trouble. It's 'in adobe building- only one floor, You ' don't . have to' ge .inside' the hospital at all. There will be a window to the • Glamorization :of Shirley Temple begins withthisphotograph by Harrell,: ace' Hollywood lensman, aeondm• ing willfilm: continue in her.. forth- _ room, won't there? Do your job : from there?" "Yeah, .and 'if they catch me • 'before. I make. my getaway." "They can't, if you are smart. All you have to do is fork your saddle and light .out. Give the other boys their instructions •:. be- fore you, go.'q • "They're to have him hog-tied -and-=gagged before -you 'get.. -hack.. That the idea?" • "Yes," Mosely assented. ."And all lights out. ,. She isn't to know'' there is anybody in. the ' house." •._•_His aitd Forced. Ile, swung to , the saddle and rode. down' the arroyo, flatbaeked and strong, 'a man arrogant and .t proud even, with the prescience of defeat riding his shoulders:, Eve ents had moved too fast for him in the past few days. The -Tr -lad forced his hand, made .him come :out into the; open. Now he had •! let his anger .rule' judgment.. Bit- tely he blamed himself' fornot' having destroyed Silcott long ago. -Ile-would-•.ha-ke. to_cla it ae soon •as he got the letters. There could~ be no safety with the man .alive. But in doing so he Would put him- self in the power of men he no longer. trusted, Well, that was a bridge .he • would have to . cross later.' When Mosely reachedl the Win - don house; the lower part • ,was of the upstairs Bedrooms! Mara - than once a shadow was flung- on the blind, that eif a woman cross- ing .tlte -r-oozn.• ' He: thought the chances were that it was the room.' of Anne Eliot and not that of her host and hostess. He flung a 'small handful .' of. gravel against the. pane. After a momentsomebody raisedthe blind,, and softly' lifted the win- dow. It was Anne. ('Continued Next Week) A Bit Thin What makes the folrowing anec- dote interesting :is,.the' fact that it was included in the Nazi -con-. trolled Oslo'. Radio "pressbulle- • tins" broadcast_1February 3rd: Skipper Nilsen .Was in im 'Oslo restaurant, but was not pleased with the food. Pointing atthe bowl before him, he asked- the waiter: "What's this stuff?" "It's soup," answered the waiter. "Soup!" exclaimed Skipper Nil. sen. "Then -1`'ve !,been sailing in soup for forty years without ever knowing it!" TABLETALKS More About ,,Health • Of The Fan ily ► - In trktiiy life ,mass buying keep! the army's food budget Many a homemaker, who spenda mere :per person for her family, serves meals that are far below the' nutritional standards of army fare.. Every homemaker's• job is. to see • that her family.' is kept healthy for whatever - emergency • may come. Menus must contain • Vitamins, • minerals, proteins and 'ail other important things in the right 'proportions. . • Here is • a- simple ' menu : ,• • Liver Loaf with 'Brown„ Gravy Broccoli Baked Potatoes Vitamfti Salad French Dressing • .K Bran i 1ufth s 'Coria Flake, fndian Pudding • Cookies please study this menu, from a • nutritional point of view. L• iver-=- rieh in •iron and Vitamin •B; Broc- coli a green vegetable r+vith plenty, . of Vitamin' •A;., vitamin salad -L:411 a1'1• tender young greens, •containing Vitamins A, 'C;.'and'G; bran anuffins-more iron, : more. Vitani.n B;• .conn pudding, supply- ing • Vitamin 'A and ' G, and iron. Liver 'Loaf with--Broivn Gravy 11/2 pounds beef liver. • • 1%. cups boiling water 2 slices 'salt pork,. i/4, inch thick 1 - medium-sized .onion . cup. chopped parsley 2 cups :soft • bread crumbs ` 2 .eggs, slightly, beaten .1 • teaspoon salt - 2 teaspoon .pepper 'tablespoons flour,- . 11 cups 'cold water Wipe liver • .with 'damp' .elo.th or wash if necessary,.,, cover' with boiling water. and let stand • 10 • minutes; drain. • ,Grind with salt ...._pork ; ....anal_ minion; add parsley,_ 'crumbs, eggs, salt and pepper, and • trine thoroughly.. Press into baking . pan., and `bake 'in moderate oven (350°F.)' ,about .1 hour;• or until browned;. remove loaf:,t'a hot plat ter, Stir flour into drippings and brawn;., add--•water-••gradually-end cook 5 • minutes,' stirring until thickened; season' to taste and pour over'loaf.. . Yield: 1 loaf'.(8 x 4 x 3 inches,), . or'.6 portions. • Vitamin Salad '• Lettuce Leaves Spinach Leaves Diced Celery V • Green -Onions, .sliced ,'Grapefruit Sections Green :Pepper,. diced • . Mix •lightly with -French Dress- ing and• place' grapefruit sections •on top: ' . Bran Muffitjs.. 2 cups_ All -Bran '/s cup in'olasses . 1'',a • cups milk • •, : 1 .egg, 1 cup flour • % •teaspoon -•stilt 1• teaspoon•soda ' 'Add bran to .molasses and milk and allow tooak for- 15 minutes. Beat egg. and add to first mixture. 'Sift flour, salt :and soda together and combine with All. -Bran 'mix.' tures Fill greased muffin pans two-thirds full and bake in •inoder- ately. hot•oven (4-00°F4 •abont0' minutes. ,, ` Yield: 1 dozen .muffins (21/2 Inches in diameter). . Corn Flake Indian Pudding 2 eggs 2 cups milk cup•,aiiolasses . V4 teaspoon salt ' 11/2 cups corn flakes • 1" - 4 1NERES. NE� GRpy rE wERE'3 A OURFRQENDS. DO LAURA WHFFI.ER WALL PANEL. IN COLORFUL STITCHERY cbt io45,'in. -CRAFT SERVICE. WALL HAN • PA'TT. EPN 234' Add colon to your 'walls with this panel done.in wool; -cotton or silk floss; it needn't be framed -just lined. Pattern 234 contains a transfer pattern of a 15 x 19%inch hanging; illustrations of stitehes; color chart, 'materials required. • Send twenty Cents in °going (stamps cannot be accepted) for thin pattern„ to Wilson Needlecraft Dept., Boom. 421,. 73 Adelaide St.,, ' feat,'Toronto. Write plainly pattern number, your name and ad-+ dress, ' • • Viten jumpy, overstimulated' nerves make you grumpy, `irri- •table, maybe it's time to give your nerves a rest from the 56111 44. ',tatting. -effects of the. caffein' and tannin you get in your'mealtitne . beverages.' Tune you discovered a •grand, new mealtime drink,'.• too -in a cup of delicious Postum.. •So, if you are jumpy -over• ' • stimulated..==switch to ' Postum-it ...contains' no drugs, it gives' your ,nerves a cha�uce to rest. • ' ' ' ,. ` - '. Relax'with a cup%of delicious: Postuni.--drink a's.Much as f!ou like -as ;often' as you.like.; It's a great ,ppightcap, too. Try Postum. . P'OSTUM 100 CUPS IN THE ti -OZ. Till CONTAINS NO CAFFEIN, OR TANNIN ...NOTHING TO KEEP YOU AWAKE .P242 1 tablespoon melted. butter Beat eggs slightly; add ,milk, molasses and salt,;' Pour into'.bak- ing dish and add cern ••-'-flake Sprinkle with •Melted 'butter. Set baking. dish in pan ,of };rot water and bake an slow oven (300°F.) about 1% hours.. Serve hot, with Cream if desired. ' Yield: '8' servings. . Ranger Cookies % cup shortening . % cup sugar -1h cup brown sugar ° • % 'teaspoon vanilla extract' 1 - cup •flour . 3fa teaspogn soda U. teaspoon baking'powder teaspoon salt 1 ' cup' quick cooking oatmeal' 1. etip-oven--popped->`ice eandat % ' cup cocoanut' . Blend shortening and sugars • thoroughly; add egg and flavor- ing; beat well. Sift flour, soda, bakip'g powder and salt, together. Combine with oatmeal, oven pop- ped rice cereal •-and cocoanut; add to creamed mixture and stif until well' blended. Drop by spoonfuls Bake in, moderate . overt (350°F.)1 about 15 ,Minutes or until brown. Yield: 4 dozen:cookies (2 inches' in 'diameter). Miss Cliaenberaf weiconte,i .pereonoi letters Rrom interested readers. 'She 1. -vie:pied, to . receive • suggestions on topies "for her' column, and Ina even • ready to" listen to your "pet peeves." Requests for recipes or special mentis ore in -order. Address' your letters to "Miss Sadie it. Cham berm, 73 West Adelnlde Street, To. ronto:" Send '!,tamped self,addressed envcidpe M you' wick va reply. -.30 Tons of Iron • To. 'Hurl at .ops Bank President T. H. fisher of Etat Liverpo51, 0'., contributed to •,the war . effort a 30 -ton iron bridge..' :"Hurl this..at° the Japs,"_ he• said iii donating it to •a scrap salvage committee recently. Fishei purchased the apan, for sentimen- tal 'reasons after the county abandoned it. • It was erected in • the 1880's when he was a youth... Princess Elizabeth May -.Join Service.. Princess Elizabeth, hei.ress-up- parent -to the British throne, prob-_ • ably will join thousands of other , girls.. of her age in • t'heir first 'compulsorygovernment reglstra- tion. • . Her sixteenth birthday is' April: 12, and it was believed:,today that by that tithe girls between 16.and 18..years would be. •renuired to r-egister:_-..with Labor :Exchange centres' under the-' government's youth, registration scheme. Boys already, are' required: to . egister, After registration they. are encouraged to join organiza- tions , that . train 'them for war ort-grrmilitary-slaty' w e reach the age of active service. It is• compulsory foil boys 14 • ,register, but. they .are • not tom- pelled to.. join , training organiza- tions. Girls'. are eipeated to ; be placed on. the sanie.•footing: .74 • ` ; • XSSUE' 11.—'42 ' A • 1•••••••••••••••••1•011111118.11.16, 011 &11(INO C GET PETTER RESULTS. Every time you use Calumet Double -Acting Baking Pt`iwder you save. You pay less -you wse less. And you get Teter results because of Calumet's doublet action.. First in the mixing bovbi, thousands of tiny bub. bfes, released -by moisture, start • to make your batter or dough light and Buffy. Then in the oven, released by heat, thousands more of these fine bubbles lift your cake or biscuits high and evenly. Remetnile'r°-with Calumet: 1 --Yoe pay /es--Caiunset is priced aurpris• ingly low, probably lower than the baking powderyou•are now using. 2--Y'au use Jess -Calumet's double -active« meant ,double -leavening so most Calumet recipes call for less baking powder. 3 --You get better results -because contin- uous leavening means finer, better texture in all your ,making..' •