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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1942-03-19, Page 5b.{ • Many Uses Found For Stotch Tape Was Developed in 1927 by Minnesota Manufacturing Ca. "Scotch" •or industrial tape,e used so, much for wrapping, seals ing and'. tagging, is rtow being • used for masking; protecting, holding, trimming and identify- ing in a thousand defence alio civilian industries. A lattice of pressure sensitive tape on win- ' lows' minimizes 'lying glass; •sa•id • to be the chief cause of air raid. injuries.. .England's Ministry of ]tome ice has. 'used 10,000,- 000. yards'. Last month OPM re- ` commen.de:e fest this purpose the "ordinary _ ;gum, industrial, or, Scotch' tape": Use ' .of. -surgical adhesive -tape.. for ••;'non-surgical purposes, is frowned. on by O?ili'e health. Stipp}y Section` as "apt .only' - wasteful but:-unpateiotic,, because ' such tape has 'a high content of critical Inaterials----cloth, zine and .rubber. : Deed For Masking Back in ' 1927, a Minnesota manufacturing cotnaixny, then con- centratingon•• abrasives, develop- ed„ patented andtrademarked .Scotch Tape, a name that bids fair to pass .into • the language 'as a generic term like "pha'j'no. graph" and ,"zipper" before it. OPM spells it without • capitaliza- i tt.on. In 1931; 'two'medical sup.' • ply houses •discovered •that a., lot of their' cornparatively. expensive srirgical tape was bei'ni, used by autemobile ' builders for "mask ingi' bright work during' .spray painting. operations, ana began to manufacture ''a paper masking taps• whcih would do the job' more economically.. , . ' Aiplane°; practice is taking a leaf frofi the automobile ,produc- tion book. Paper backed masking tape defines edges arid' protects • eareas-nor ate be -painted; srxeh• as, wing markings and insignia. Nar- row lines emerge -sharp and •spot less' when' the .tape is peeled off. Wartime Applications • Customers devise new uses. A munitions maker sent photographs 's'howing machine gun bullets •mov- ing on an assembly conveyor /nide of scotch. -tape to which• they stick. until they are removed.. Unofficial reports, say that pres- sure sensitive tape is Oenusee in the . boudoir -ladies who uti- lize sleeping bine to smooth out Wrinkles • and restore sagging fa- transparent, hind, thus avoiding :the mummylike appearance given ,--by older apparatus. , • . • Most important, 'however; are countless, wartime, applications - ' different colored tapes to identify airplane wiring circuits; seals for .guarding .bomber; flares . against ' the effects of moist, saltyc, ocean air; adhesiive covers for para- chute ''release springs to protect. thin fabrics from tearing and 'ab: .rasion; ,bakelite ,backed •tape to -protect airplanes and, tanks dur- ;. Ing trans -oceanic • shipment; a- tip of adhesive foilacross the busi- ness end of an airplane machine gun •to protect the inside of the. -barrel againet corrosion until the moment of firing. VOICE OF 1; H E PRESS NO COURAGE IN ESCAPISM "No; escapism at this time int not good enough. • Let us by all •means keep as long as we 'can whatever joys • are left in 'life; keep our sense of humor and all of the love and kindliness that - should exist in human comrade- ships and within homes and fami lies » ,and keep as • well our ideas - of •,justiee• and1-s'poriternanship.,.and 'fair .play, 'and our .inherited in- stincts of compassion end mercy •and pity. But,holding. fast to these things; refusing to` abandon ourselves to sombre nightmares of . gloomy let us not. try to create Within or among uarselve's• a false psychology,. `ofb escape fr'omeeth' 'Ware eCourage, the. great need' of • the hou.r,•• cannot be born of theta Ot'tawa;Journel. • i . -•or- , DANGEROUS BB, RIF:LES A strong . campaign is being , started'.against' the Use of BB rifles in the hands, of -small'boys:-- •In Brantford; still another boy has' lost the sight •. of one eye and many, . complaints are• coming in from all parts of the province. . One doctor ire Brantford tells of, treating three cases of, wounding •by BB guns in one. week. Theee- should be far greater restrictions.' •oin the sale of BB guns and am-. munition to• . minors and • it 'is is . • be hoped the. recent shootings in -various parts -of Ontariao.-wail bxing_s such•restrictions into being; •• =-Niagara Falls' Review.. .--e— HUTS FROM HOLLAND '• ' A • shipment= of 25,,000 huts' re• ` gently .arrived on. the Russian s front from Holland. • • Each hut . could • house 25 ' Nazis _and each hut .was .fitted out comfortably:...' That is. only one' indication of the, way •Hitler is using the••oceu piefieotzntriee fei Trefl er'lhis catty-•' paigns. - . 4 -..--.Windier Star • THE: LITTLE. DARLINGS One effect of the . sugal 'ration. ing,, as • reported by a. Toronto grocer,' is' that Manycustomers who 'previously had only one of . two children now come in 'end brag about their Large ifamilies. Trying to kid' him'.' • -Ottawa Citizen.' -e— WHY NEWSPAPERS ARE LIKE' . WOMEN'. 1. • They are thinner`., than they The Farm 'To -Day Is, A Famrn • t Matter • Many air castles have•be.en built, by' those who thought that the tarnte of a community, a 'state: or a 'nation could be unitrd, under one directing organ izatime • ° Often a cooperative stare or creamery has-been started, but the farmers never gave it the whole-. • hearted support that "they gave their labors upon the farm.• The farm today is, as it always has been in this country• a family mutter. Farms and the farming carried on upon them err known to. any community by the personality �uvhi'h individual families put into. hem. . ' arm bureau programs and farm- ers' institutes have given out in-' formation that is recognized as the best that is obtainable. Open 4pr- ums have been held in: which 'ohs-. eussiene is- Clissiens have , been belt! about everething from mustard seed to purebred cattle. • • The information has been liber• • ally extended to' all' fanners nlil i. beth as individuals. and in groups,: , The results front this inforxd- • a ,tion, whether 'it' came from the }attest research of the 'grea.t at;i•,1= cultural schools, or from practical e?tperience. ;are not received 'hy any two farmers alike. The advice is taken. home, discussed within the family farm circle. and then, accepted, In pad' or as whole by their ceuclesions. The results produced upon a farm 'are a family matter. more SO, than in- any ether industry 'as a' whole. . .- Problenis great at d small are discuss -1 .send settled'' within the family circle. Father,mother and the grown children have a voice in the final decision. • The total interest is divided, arid the investment "protected within the faintly. The land is, worked ab- . ctnding to ..the • combined knowl- edge •df the fa►niiy. The farmer is a famiiy. 2. There is.a:b oil•-face-ttype' 3. Back numbers are not in. de -- mend., "4.. They have a great deal of influence. b. Every pian should have one of his own . and riot chase after his -neighbor's. i Si. Thomas Times -Journal: iNCON.SISTENT The pdd thing about Mr. Eamon de.. Valera, .Premier of, Eire, is that; while he will not allow `Brit- ish ships the use of 'Eire's base§; he is perfectly content to allow British . ships to convoy goods from the U. S: ,to .Eire. -Brantford Expositor. -o-., '' IT DOES THE JOB Toxoid treatment does prevvh�e,nt diphtheria. This has been prov'rid to the hilt in scores and hundreds, of cities. The moral is°clear: No parent should dare to allow any child of his to go without imtt►uni- zatien against diphtheria. -Edmonton Journal. GREATEST •OMELET If there Was any point to it, the world's greatest omelet{ could he tirade from the, 3,3'11,000,000 eggs Which, were laid by 368,000,- 000 hens• in the United Staten in the .,month of :January last. -Woodstock Sentinel -Review. - —0- WHAT. A.R.P. MEANS ' It • still seems in effect that moat of the. at'gumcnt about • A.R.P. crines down to whether those' letters stand for air' raid perhaps or air raid probably. ---Vant•ouver Province. --o- AUTOMOBILE PROGRESS 1940 -No running boards, ' 1:141 -No gear shifts. -1942-No tires. 1943 --No cars. •Grit. 'Huge Food Orders For Great Britain 'The British Food Ministry has • intimated through the Minister,of Awriculture at Ottawa that it will be in the market this year for 10,000 long tons' of Canadian beans. This' information is being poased•along to the bean growing centres, Pried quotations are sought. • • • '• Canada. will be sending a lot of • food over this year, .if, it all gets there, The campaign of sinkings is being much intensified and the new risk they suggest is not over- looked, The. bacon order is over 600,` 000,000 pounds and the , wheat order 175,000,000 bushels.• 114illions� of .pounds of cheese, butter, prepared Meats and frii;itst' actor into the feed consignment. ,Ai- a• a ,: .. A $50,NO UPSET ° Pictured above is . an upset for turf history books. • It shows The Rhymer, Greentree Stables' "un known, 15 -to -1- shot, pounding across the line, Joekey"• A;rearo eft, in the seventh running of the $50,000• Widener Cup Race at Miami's ;Hialeah Park. The favorite, Market Wise, and all the '"name" nags like Mioland, Attention :and Challe,don, finished 'way back in'•the' field of, 17' starters, • Best Seller was second and Olympus third.' • NDIVIDLL eZr MAN *tL t cE -r !. A Weekly Column About This and That in The Canadian Army. Once upon a time the cockiest looking soldier you would encoun• ter was -.the Highlander, character- ized by the swing of -his kilt and his glistening white spats. .,_._ 'Coday.. kilts are very .eel, loom a. 'seen and the• • palm for cockiness has ,to be. awarded • to • the • Tank n, Corps mawho wears a beret at a cocky angle and •walks� .the streets with' an :ale •reixilnisc ht, 'of Kip ling;s' cat 'to whom all places are alike. • And all places are alike to him, From 'the ' steel -walled • turret of' his tank he' looks. at everything• he encounters with the unbiased,• •unerbarrassed• • anal -'--unworried - look ';of •a man who knows he' can ,brush aside -Any barrier, -surmount any obstacle.. - ' In 'the interests' of the readers of this column I made an investi- gation, into. what. makes a "tanker" tick a,few • days ago; , • . Because .1' am .not as • young •aa I used to be and, therefore, a. mite 'On the clumsy -side I •have ,a few' assorted bruises to report that the young, fit, well, trained' tank man would not.' • 'Perhaps I'd better begin- at:thd • beginning.. - ' The Con••rmandant of the Train-- . eat rain.ti'►g •Cex1aa-s•aid---- his eyes may have. been, twinkling, I couldn't see • because of 'the shine on his • glasses - "we'll ' have' a tenk brought round for you to look at." That was: 'all right: But it didn't stop atethat: • 'When the.' tank arrived ---all, '30 tone of., it-. • :a helpful 'sergeant poked - his -heed .put of the driver's.hatch and said:•,; '�SlrsH- I- . _tape--the-gentlemei f - for., a ride, sir?" - } Bow Bowman of the l'i.B.C., 'was the reason for the plural: We looked at ,each other. • We lookea• at 'the 'sergeant. There was . no. mistake abopt the ' twinkle in his eye. , We climbed in, By ,°'the time I 1'iad hoisted' a., -middle-aged leg `-herr`the ,.itn of -the -guff etueret--1-- seemed an aw±ul•• distance from the .ground. .. A • slightly • hysterical 'major, who roared with laughter i'ror• start to finish, of the ride, advise me to• stand .on'the gunner's stiool with any hea.d,and.shoulders'in the open. "You'll, see more. from • there." I felt`'moxe,' too. And every time••I looked inside during _ the: quarter -of• an hour that . we c'areee'rd' up' hill' ..and. down $ale there...w as the ;major, wedged in' a .corner of the gun turret; cacklin`g'- bbrribiy . at 'my • Wild attempts, to lessen the 'force of ••the• eerie* , by the 'plunging: iron• --luppopo'tamuse--.,_-.. _-• The tank man, to judge by my reactions, has a 'sense of power and invincibility as 'lie advances steadily with a disregard for any- thing confronting • him that no other :soldier feels. Certainly • I never -felt• it-in-Franee a. quarter. of a,century ago; • • • Once you:have safely clambered. route: , • , ter. truer alter -your- ' irs trip . you realize that you have never had such a feeling of safety in any mode of travel before. It .` didn't • seen • quite the same when the driver puton speed, 'hurtled down a steep bank, rolled a few boulders aside, took a ditch in • stride •,cli-inbed, the .gide•. •slope. of .• a hill, turned in his tracks and charg_e,d down it again and headed straight for a tall andvery thick- looking tree. ' After the first 'tree it was 'dif- LIFE'S 'LIKE . THAT, • By Fred. Neher • "".r%'.��' i r''..J'� moi:^%.•: US M:ti•17ERNS. • "T$O you mean you're the guy that ordered this bed? ! i" 'ferent, You don't dodge any,, more and youget .,that; 'feeling that 'it doesn't matter •what stands in your way. • • Thein you'have ,time to -realize °that your mobile fortress is giv- ing you a degree of safety you didn't know .existed. Instead of a' copse of saplings: such as we ploughed through you 'imagine a woods full ' of . hostile 'machine- ' gunners and you know that their bullets will spatter harmlessly on the steel hull of your tank. - You .knowi. too, that the crew of well-trained'. "tankers''. under battle • ponditiona will be spraying the ground ahead .of them, with shells. -and machine-gun hellets&':t a far faster rate than the best fire-power concentrated in any • attacks in,cither wars, •• It all adds up to, a • feeling of jauntiness and by 'the ' time your first ride comes to -an end you ' feel like • tipping ybtir `hath -to one e side a' d "walking with an air." But that jauntiness is an as- sured andsensible one,•trot a "devil-may-care'.' at•ude. Tanks•; and the myriad: other gross -coup= try vehicles our ''boys' are driving in the individual- citizen's army of n' today are not. tui .ling then into, reckless drivers when they get on to the road in civilian cars, The effect is almost .opposite. Once you. get back into an auto mobile you think' to yourself, "this thing isn't armoured' and un- hurtable like that tank I was just - in ---I've got to handle this. more • i zFd 14 THE WAR WEEK - Concrlentary on Current Events .......... . Generalissimo Chiang Kai+Shek • 'Urges Full Support Froth India On Fab. 21 Generalissimo (:hung method, • however, by which . the lati-Shek, in a message addressed to peoples of the world could achieve the Indian people on the 'eve of • their freedom might be .different his return to China, called for their from what et used to .be. "utmost exertion" in the cause of The anti -aggression• nation$ now .freedom, andasked,ritain.to grant exxpeet that in this new era the India "real political power" immed- people of India will . voluntarily '• ietely. The text of the message fol- 'bear their full shareof" respond- lews.; bility in the present struggle foe During my. twor weeks' stay in the survival . et, 'a • free ,world, in • :India I had. 'the' opportunity of ells...vitiate ,mpart. India ,must play her ... cussing very frankly with"the high The Vast majority 'of' world opia- - estcivil and military authorities ion • isin full sympathy with' In - as well . as with my Indian friends In- dia's aspirations for freedom. This euestiops concerning joint plans • , sympathy is Op valuable and se • against aggression and the objective' difficult to oblate that it cannot of our coritnt•oyn efforts: I was hap- 'be 'appraised Materials of money or py` to find that thereewas full sym= material, and -should • the,refore by • pathy and. general '• understanding• ail means,he retained, lt`etween us. •. ", The 'present struggle is ono' be. my miSsion•is now`dra'wing to a tiveen 'freedom end slavery,, be. close. 'On the • eve, of my. ;departure tween light and darkness, between • I wish ter bid farewell : tom ell my good and evil, 'between resistance' friends in India and to ,thank you• and a'ggressi'on. Should- the antI• - for the many kindnessea shower -ti gression front lose- the :war, K ed upon Mrne.• Chiang and myself. vtliri•]il civilization would suffer'q The briefness of inyr• stay has setback for at least 100,years-.made not permitted; me to tell' the 'hi• there' would be Ino end ,ofhimaa diari . people. all_that I wished 'to suffering, say..1 avail myself of this .oppor- Japan's Record In`Asia ''t unity to address to' them this So far as, Asia is coneerned;, the. farewell message.', It is an ex res- eion of my high and .warm regard' and of. long cherished hopes the India. It coes from the depth heart. 'm ° " 'Since my •arrival, in this country. • I - found to my great satisfaction that there exists among the peo- " As regards , barbarities corn-. • pie of India a unanimous deter- witted by the.Japanese Army since mination to oppose aggression.: our war of resistance,. the fall of China and india . Nanking in December, 1937, ilians le And China nd India 1 comprise one- ` case hi point. Over 200,000, civ half of • the . world's.. population. ' were ' Massacred within, one week. • • Their.common ,• frontier ' extends • For the' list. five ,years the.civ11 3,000 ilometers.. In the 2,000 years'' , .fan population of Free China ha history' of their intel'epurse, which .. , been subjected': almost daily to has been of a purely cultural and , bombings from the air :and bom- coxnmereial • character, there has ,bardments . by heavy artillery, •In neear 'been any armed conflict. _ every place invaded by Japanese Indeed, nowhere• else_ can one find troops,•--mem-`women and children----___ so long a period of Uninterrupted were either a,ssaulted or killed. Peace,' between two neighboring`' The,youn.g men and the., educated! countries. people received their special. at - This.• is irrefutable. proof tihat tention with theresult that men our two peoples :are peace -loving of intelligence and ideas haste been by nature. Today they have not • tortured. ---on•1-w = identieal--•in-teseats-but••-•also r'ai'�-is-tin-is-akl-Institutions -ot -=-- - .✓' the. same destiny. For this reason. • culture, .objects of .historical 'In- they inthey are duty' bound. to side with , terest and value and• even articles , anti aggression. 'countries. and to , neceSseay tor'' 'livelihoou, such' as fight shoulder. to shoulder in order . cooking utensils, plows, tools and • to secure• real . peace for the whole domestic 'animals' have been dither ' world. forcibly •taken away or destroyed. cruelties comnutted . by the J,apa- nese. Militarists are beyond de- scription. . The suffering' and ' ep- p'ression,, vitieh have been ire fate of Formosans .and Korean 'since their subjugation by Japan, should serve asa warning, -des, 'the$'re-a-corky-ria hese- M.oreover; of"ir" wo peoples have In places under Japanese ,military' "tankers!" And they have a right to 'be- They spend their fighting teas and feellike stretehing when they .get. out. They have an exhilarating job. They .charge across country . un- •daunted by obstacles, • They, carry the battle to, through and beyond the enemy.. That sort of -thing calls for 'light-hearted efficiency -and that same light-hearted efficiency guarantees a cocky bearing and a jaunty stride. ' But middle-aged newspapermen, though they catch . the enthusiasm and experience the• exhilaration, don't quite manage the jaunty stride when they laboriously climb' out -the are too busy feeling for the bruises' that the . youngster oesn't get.. ' Ne .wonder the major teas slightly hysterical -he' knew what we, would look like when we climbed down. • Air" 'Force Needs Radio Mechanics :The Royal,. Canadian Air Force needs radio mechanics who have had some university training for work' with . the ,radio detector - the secret instrument which , de- • teets enemy aircraft, y • Alcan .enlisting for duty as radio detector operators will be requir- ed to sign on for attachment to either the Royal Canadian Navy or the. Canadian . Army.' This is a new requirement. Re- g'ardles;e of the atta:•hnteitt, to . either the navy or army, the .p;ir- T,olTn'I will remain Member's of the air force. ' Operation• of rabic• detectors i 1 hi:,hly specialized work, and a mighty dan erou's bund job. Detector per,:ot1nel is jut as• im- portant • to the g 01101 ' fo'recs as air crew is to the flying personnel for they play an in;pdi'•iint part in the pi•o1'ction of the jand units. d an optstandiiig virtue in common -namely, the noble spirit of -self- s;bt01f: us-- 4)&- sa . and . righteousness., It is this' tra- ditionai spirit .which, should move • "them toward. self -negation for` the ' salvation of mankind. It arms against•aggression and' in it is also this spirit .which prompted china to • be the first . to take up trhe' present war to ally herself hestitatingly w it h other 'anti-.' aggression. countries not merely .for the purpose of , • securing her own freedom but also for the pur- pose of.-secui•ing.justfee aiid free: . • dom for all. • . I venture to ,suggest to my brethren. people 'of India at this Most critical moment in the his- tory of civilization ..that .our. two peoples should exert theniselves to the utmost in the cause of freedom of all mankind, for only in a free' world could the Chinese and \In- dian peoples obtain their freedom. Furthermore, should freedom be denied to either China or .India, there could be'n't-reateinternetional peace: , A World Divided . • The present international situa- tin divides the. world, into two camps, the aggression camp and the anti-agt the. camp. All Arose who opposed aggression by stria'- ing for the freedom of, their coun- try and, of other countrit's 'should Join the + anti -aggression ea nip. There is no m!drile course and there Is no tithe•• to wit for de- velopments. -Now is the crucial .moment far the whole ,ttiture 5t, mankind. The Issue before us doe.; not concern e the dispute of any one man 'or • country,. J101 doks it (.0)11'71 6171,. specifii• epee -thins no -:c pending be=, twFo 0 one p'i pi'a tea,a rot eel :1'ny people • tli ; t i, re which joins tite aiiti•aga-ea,ioo front 'may be said to be toileelaling. not with any tee'ticuirli ,unnit:,•, tau 'v'ith'• u11lire, tt 0rit- Ther h:;ds us I t l.i;lltee tii,it the . I'artl'ir liar N' Coe, 1) :More;; t one • in tee history of h:ttiuualeee. The 6 ,;r REG'L"AR FELLERS The Tryolult YOU'RE (;,ETTINC•t TOO FAT, - PUDI:INl-IEAD" YOU 13EVIER' STOP''EATiNq SO MANY ICE -OMAN 600A.5 L WONDER IF L HAVE W THE V/ILL, POWER. TO t , WALK RigHT PAST,i THE STORE p VIE LL DONE, PUD•i1.,1N1-1EAt , KAY BOY/ YOU CEf2TAltyfY Cyte A FINE Job PIAT TIME 9 occupation rape, rapine,. incendiar-. ism, murder are. frequent occur- renew Moreover; they have with officiial. •.• connivance everywhere opened op- tum • dens, gambling houses and:: houses of . ill -faire in order to sap the vitality of the people .and • destroy their. spirit: :Such is the , disgraceful conduct of the Jape. 'nese, the like, of which is' not found in countries • invaded by other aggrestsor nations. What. E have just said is but an inadequate description of the. true state of affairs•. as.reported-by ,Chinese and foreign eyewitnesses. • • llndia's Support Urged • . ' In,"these horrible times of say-. '• aget'y'. and brute force, the people of China: andtheir .brethren pea,. •'ple of India should for the sake •ofcivilization .and human free, dem gine their' •united . support to - the principles embodied in iithe •At- lantic Charter and in the joint dee- laration of twenty-six nations, and ally themselves ut ,th the •anti-' aggression, front. I/hope. they will wholeheartedly, join the Allies 'namely, ('hina,'"Great Britain, Am= erica and' the Soviet Union; and• participate in the'struggle' for the" survival of a free world •uiitil coin- ' plete victory is achieved' and, the. duties Upon them in theire troubled times have been •'fully, disrharted. , ' • ' Lastly, 1 sincereiy hope and .1 -• confidently believe tl:at our Ally • Geer t 13rirain•-without waiting for • any di. man on the parr • of. the • peeled.. of ✓India. will es speedily as •poe'eiI give Brent real. political 1,4w.•1' so (hat they May be in a ' position fti.rtht'•r. to develop their ettitual and material stt;ength,and' • tiles realize chat t'.tair..liarticipatioil in the war 'is not. merely aid to the anti -aggression • nations for -tc ',deg c L for y het ale() the turn- ing point in. attar struggle for ind?a'; t i.Stel. From the -objet= tee point .of view, 1 am of the opininn this would he the wisest volley w,ii -h wily redound ito the trt•:111 of the •liiitislf Empire. • • �,tss a t.. .-.t. Ey GENE . BYRNES „ sv A • • °