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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1942-04-16, Page 3w .4, ••••- .••• • . • ° a Could Train More Airmen From U.S. Jr Training Spools of Cam: , ada Can Handle More Re- crults. • .444.44.444•••••• • ' While the possibility of American aircrews receiving training service. • with the -United States fore s in •, -Olinadian air training schools is • under consideration, es yet the entrance of the United States into • the ..war has resulted in no change • •in t'he' British commonwealth Air • Training Plan •or its operations. - Under that phut Canada operates a system of •air training establish- • moues stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific let,Which .ob- • servers and wireless operator -air gunner reci•ufte:: from; the • United' , - Kingdoni, Australia and New Zea- , • • .. • • iand; as 'well as this country, re-- • Calve their freining., The each:bola • cemprisepg the. plan 'leather about ninety, • • ' ' OpRning of the last • projected echool' took place last autumn and all 'these establishments are •now staffed •and in operation. Air Min.' :ister Power said in a reeent.inten. view that the• system • now' pro- . , video a aucleue• which can be 'ex - puttied or stepped ape Serious etoblem , . • • Mr. Power has said that the air" • training plan 'schools •could'.handle American recruits if • the United • • States Wished to"send any.. here for • training but he also said that he • understood the United States was' • expanding its own training Peen'- , .• an -A Might -not be interested: VOICE F • THE PRESS CHOICE IN SLAVERY Deploring the strikea and slow downs in war industry, an Amer- ican workman, writing' to the But. falo News, says: "I. would rather slave for my country than become a slave to the conqueror." He has said something there that all free •people might well. take to heart. No one has better expressed the will't9 .victory that should prevail • on the home fronts .of all thede- , • modracies. • _Hamilton Spectator, • —0— NO NEED TO WORRY . Under- a War Production, Board ruling at Washington, cellophane may .no longer b& used for window envelopes—the kind that. invoices and bills come in. • But 'We canassure the people 9f the United States that there is no cause' ta either worry • or rejoice. Cell9Phane • or no. Cellophane, the bills will still come in, —Huron Eipogitor,. Seaforth. 0--- ' THE USE oF._TuaEs • An advertisement in this papet • today shows that the percentage • - of wear on motor tires has a varl- et*, dependent upon ho' they • are used, from 12 to 38 per cent. .The motorist who strives for 12 • per cent. will be riding when the- fellew who •hits the 38 per cent. • will be walking. • • Steeenthetrineee:Standardee- • . • . ' It is, known some' discuseions have 1 , _'• ebeenecafried an at Washington on 1,. . this point. 4 . '• . . • • ' t . : The actual .monthly 'intake of new . e .. ' • trainees and out -put of trained air- •e ' , crew of.. the Cateadian .e-eleeole la.. a closely gUerded -secret, but. it is .. known to •be so -substantial as to :be likely 'to enake the .prOblem. •of securing sufficient.recrhits a seeious, one In the net -distant future. .• .." . , Owing to the shipping Situation. • .. • in thePacific It is consieleeed, un- . . . ° likely more eAustreliap and New - • .- Zealand recruits •will come to Cade. . , ' ada. for, training. and the entrance of the -1.1zitted States into the war • .. .• . • cute. off a'- , American •voludteers, into the schools. : ' ' . More Recruits Needed. • . . ... .• If the establishment to keep.. • ,,going at eapeeity either Canadian . recruits must be enlisted in larger ntimbersethan in the Net or the • schools must be used to- train.more •••• men from,,the United Kingdom. or forces, - The. recently announced plea for' repatriating American volunteers who enlisted Iii Canadian forces prior. to.the entrance of the ,United States into. the war isnot expected' to affect the scheme. Of some 6,000 Americans enlisted in :ehe. ,Royal,Canadian Mr Force 'by fat the larger number tressed through' the training establishment and into 'operational units overeeas. A considerable number of .Amere • cans are employed as' instructors, technical officers 'and ground crew in the trainingestablishment it- self. They • Cane• when the scheme was building up its staff' but now the staff is complete •and others are bethg trained. Officials say that, they can be replace(i without dif- ficulty if they want to take advan- tage of t'he oppo'rtunityto jeer the .forces of their own country. • Millions Of Fish For Great Lakes On ,March 17, writes the St. Thomas Titnee-Journal, 3.000,000..• young whitefish' wero put into Lake Erie, the water being clear a,nd the 'temperature right. . Threemil-. seems a tremendous quantity, but a certain percentage Will not, 'for various veitsons, grow toma-'. turity. Many millions more will be.. slipped trite., the Great Lakes this spring in order to preserve .cone mercial fishing. The United States also con t ri butes • heavily to ;. this enteepriate trove than • .26.000,00.0 trout having been 'planted hi the . .spawniiii beds 20 miles offshore front Waukegan. Lake -Michigan.. recently. • • Artificial stocking . of the lakee and. seas, including the salmon areas, is one ofthegreatest boons to mankind and the fishing indus- try,• "Without • that process the 'fishing grounds wduld Asoon be' fished out and thepnleellt wduld be' deprived of a voidable source ofe stistena'nce and health. In . the natural way, more spavviC is -de- • stroyed t han reaches maturity, and wit•herie the hatcherieS fishing • would become eitinet. lika e4 The Dominion. flevernment pre- serees the fishing in the lakes, ite. eluding waters which have no Out.. let to tee sea-, by meauff .of regule- tione—and hatcheries. There are • . 13 main ha teheries. six 'rearing- ,- %Ittliers. seven salmon -retaining ponds and several egg collecting. stalions• in dinada, Altogether, the ,fishing industry of .Canada, inelteling the fishing banks .at ' sea. prodnee' from $40,- • 000,,000 lo $60.000,000 ivorth of fish a year, a reortling to the, ateitiling 'peeve, , . a • ANOTHER PROBLEM , It is" obvious that, • eventually, he ban on tires will put an end O motoring. • Anddie ,returnof he h. -and -b. era May not be as carefree as sortie people think. What are we going to do?efer the stance, 'if :the' steel contieeller says • Dobbin can't have another set of '? shoes • ' —Ottawa' Citizen. —0-- - ' BAEI.TIMES AHEAD, Bad times for the yoting also 'lie ahead. .On a tandem bicycle: a girl rides a yard or so in front •of her male escort, and exp-e,ri-e penis °show •that from' that post; tion it is practically impossible to get her head on his shoulder. • —Sudbury Star. • HEROES OF THE SEA: Who is' a greater :hero than the man 'in the engine room, or for .) • that matter, 'on the deck of a taadme_ea -_m_Tjerelesehennitextes through a sUbmafirie-infested sea? • er-Saturday Evening Post. LOVE 'EM TO°DEATH , The Japanese maintain that the Allies are waging a war of hate. Whereas the Jens just %Vent .to love 'everybody't� death. , —Peterborough Examiner. t PASTORAL WISDOM • A collar button'has been found in the, stomach of a late Okla- hema.cow. It affirm the wisdom, we suppose, of not letting cattle graze under the dresser. —Stratford Beacon -Herald. —o-- •• AvAionkc. .a, great life if your tires. don't weaken. Watch your tread, brother! ' • —St. 'Thomas "Times -Journal. —0._ 'IGNORANCE IS BLISS . It s a good thing hens don't know how much, masons get for laying -bricks. • , —Kitchener Record. Output In Britain Raised 40 Per Cent .Mr. Ralph Assheton, farliamene tary. Secretary to the Minister of . Supply,, said that war production figures bad increased more 'than 40 per cent since 'last September, but the Ministry 6f Supply ready shes.a way to go far beyond-; this." • "The Government will -not be satisfied, with anything less than the very greatest volume of pro- dUction of which we are capable," he told the „Comnrons. • ' He said the period of great physical expansion was past its • peak and that "our task is. to make the •fullest ,poseible use' of Our capacity." • More than. 1,000,000 persons are working for the Ministry of Supply in the manufacture of en- gines alone, he said. In more than' 44 ordnance fac- tories, 800,000 Workers 'are em- ployed whiie 20,009 are employee in smaller factories.. The vast majority of the work- ers of every class, he • said, are "doing their job magnificently." Personal Delivery Tony Atharai, 27, of Boston, decided he would rather., deliver, than Manufacture bullets, 'so he resigned his job in. an . ammuni- tion fectoryand joined the navy. "While„ I was making. bullets,':" he said, "1 got the feeling I want- • ed lo deliver thom to the jape and aims." .„. CEYLON -7 -WHERE JAPANESE 'SURPRISE" BACKFIRED ' ekeisfe'' . Great swarm. .of Japanese'planes ateempted te rt s important -harbor -is shown above. Jap raid 'wa k least 32, planes and riddled 25 more.. The Japanes • napping, killed •a "few -citizens" with bombs but met spokesmen:said. Ceylon, fathous for its tea, is only • board for a United Nations' offethsive against the en cut off 'supplies to China and Russia. •attack Colombo, capital and, main seepert -of Ceylon. s 'smashed vrh'en British defenders shot down at e, apparently thinkiik they:could catch the defenders with ,uutter failure" from a military point of view, 6_0 miles south of India and could erye as.a epring- emy or be used by the Japanese to invade 'India and 4 Use Elephants To Haul War Material Shipments Reach China • By Substituee,', Burma Road • ., • , Carried' pereeniey 'on .the backs . o ephathe-rete lurched. through. dense jungle,„ war 'mater- ials have started to -reach Chine by One • Of the two new supply ratites from. India, replacieg• the • railway from ' Ragoon to. the P,terria. road.. •Th,e first ehipmerits along the "jungle . trail" were hauded , over . the .metinteine from India to Burma -and carried' by boats be- fore they "reaChed • the :head of the Burnie road at 'Lashio,' from where Chinese trucks speededtheta into - Yunnan' Province. • . • • British and Chinese engineers. are.•:rushing constractioe. 'Of, a highway 'to permit through truck hauls -from Indieeth.4 w,,u1d ither— inate the many transfers • now necessary. .' Officials here expect them to finieit in several months Work which 'normally. would ',take • several years,.. • - • • • . Simultaneously, • Chinese engin- eers are building a second ,high- way ,across the Mo,untains of Northeast India; . part , of • the Kelftlitesee _ '7•Liriendous erriineeririg problems that will delay use of this route lon longer than use of the other high- way.The newspaper Ta Kung Pao reported from • Kuiriminge capital Yunnan Province, that the pro - ii _government is -mustering- huge'groups of laborers to. work -- on the roads and will send them • across Burma to India... • Chinese officials arne:confident • that the new roads are far enough • north of the war zone in South • and Central Burma t� be protect- . ed indefinitely from the Japanese. • • • • One -Third of India Rujed By Prince • . . , The ..rule••of..an• Indianprince is often condemned because it • '•is. autocratic.. Yet in „India,. in: • dieedual rulership is still the 'type . 'of gevernment.thae in many ways best suits the ment4 moral and • religious:condition of, India. Men, as .distinct froth ideas, and re till ity. Mohandas K. Gandhi means more to' the masses than home • rule • •• • . • . • • The -ruler of, an., Indian •state, -.though 'autocratic, • is .rarely- a 'ty- rant. Kingshi in, India is. hedged. with reetraints or tradition and • religion. perhaps. more ,binding , than those of some. constitutional • • monarchies. A ruler. might be incapable Or .,a •• saeun.drel, . but ' sooner or latee. the 'consequences - of his misdeeds be visited Oen him or tepon, hisesubeeeeort. ;Rulers ofthe major Indian states ' .'rarely .do -anything definitely dis-s • pleasing to their subjects. •• They, ere more .inclined to wish • Whole Of • India Does, Not • Belong To Great Britain •It is generally VI -Ought in the , West, even in England, that the whole of India "belerteS .to Eng- : land," says the Christian Science Monitor, The fact 'is that nearly thee -third: of India, including quarter of • the populatio-n, has never .strietly speaking "belonged to Britain." Nor has it 'been ruled. or ad- ministered, by the British Govern- ment. : Its People: owe allegiance • not to the King-Eniperor,' but . to. their own rulers. They are 'not subjects of icing George VI. The, rulers elf Indian states are 'sonietimes, incorrectly described as "under the thumb of'a British • • 'Resident". Except .in the case of a'aveak' or youthful 'prince, the Resident' confines himself to his . prescribed duties ° The relations betWeen the states and the British government, are; lensed d-istinet, aa4 ;sae -eine . s. -Th• e- substies-m.fmt-fritese.r._ at least in the ease of the mere' importatit states, is that intern- • ally the princes are, independent and sovereign rulers but their • external policy is vested. by agree-, ment in the British Government. _ _Princes Gualid Rights Most of thp princes are Very • jealous . of their. rights_ They, ' founded .the Chamber of ,Prizices specifically to safeguard ' their poevers' :and proregatiVes. , • • ' • LIKE THAT By Fred Neher - "It's some' radio survey. . • . They want to know what we're • 'listening to!" to keep them contented. Sonne • of them have' made conspicuous • efforts to improve the conditions of their people. • Those that have been loath to give their subjects democratic institutions can :14114 ally say there is rio real demand • for them. 'The average Indian in the states prefers h "resport- .sive.' _thene "reee....iteese; en Backward Sections, There are many backward areas she hundred or se states. Quite a number are mere estates • and are probably on their way out. There 'are tome so poverty- stricken that it would seem more merciful to find these princes other jobs. '• But the rnajori states, such as M,;rsore, Travancore', Kashthir, Ba - rode. Hyderabad are on the Whole forces for good:- They make their contribution to 'the well-being of India. If India cannot be a uni- tary cduntry like England, it can certainly be a Union. • Some of the prin'Ces have been less' than adequate, but the ma- • pority have been then 'of culture and wisdom. The late Maharaja of Bard& was a thinker and a scholar of, no mean repute; and the Jam of NaWanager, of cricket 'fame, held a high reputation as a statesman at Geneva, • The Nizam of Hyderabad is a genuine statesman, •perhaps the shrewdest to be Pound in all In- dia. He has• done a lot for his • state. The foundation of the Osniania University—where Hindustani is', the chief meduim of instructjon— wilLdo to unite the various castes and creeds in the state. Even the leftist Congress Party• . has to admit that the rulers of Mysore and Of Travancore are men of 'breadth and vision. Church Plays Part For the first time _since the Middle 'Ages, Salisbury Cathedral was .used for a secular purpose When a Ministry of Information • meeting, was held 'here. The dean said 'he felt the church "must play its part in this war".' The average length of a. sugar stalk is twelve feet.. • . . . . ° . • . . ...4 . * . . ww ...T.., ....taw., , , rrr.t."•4.4.,‘,1'.... ,...A•r"a',4` l'• -•-,.4.a" 6.-..".,,a4a1a.a.4..^.' '4••1',' ,••••••• ",'"'" •-......', ',71,41,,,44, 4t;*ji:!...:. ..:c: :',c; ,,,i:4f*,, %......,... i. 4....4.a.tal.ta . '• `..•••.1.• .. es ......a . . t ' • . 1 .. . ..... .. . 1 1 THE WAR - WEEK — Commentary on Cyrrent Events - °• Japanese At The Gates Of India Aid To Russia Must Be Maintained ,WWW.waa4.4, Sir Stafford Cripps, in the Ail- velt might lend his efforts -to presa lowing word ee outlined the new for ,settlement was also discussed goal for India:: in diplomatic circles.' " "The object is the creation of • The. outlook for India 'wee dark a new Indian 'union Which shall' . if Sir Stafford failed in his enissIoll. • constitute: a dominion essociat- Although .Japan 'had. sounded the ed 'with the United Kingdom , cry of "India for' the Indians" there ' .and other dominions by a corn- seemed little doubt that Japanese mon allegiance -to the • drown • ., conquest of theeoteeery would Teen . e . but equal to-,theen in every re- • another lengthy 'period of '-aub- • ' spect, in no way subordinate in ' juga -tion. If Brithin's plan vise to - 'aril, aspese, of its domestic and • . jected Internet dissension -.might• : external affairs." • . • ' - • • .,• make India tee_ easy 'prey Mr the • In• this .plan. is foreseen full in-" ' invader, • •• ..... dependence • for India after. the : :Iticlia Is eAttacked ',. • var.- Great Britain bas offered. to. •The imealpeace Of the ciaager . . . . • India: (1)'' the hasis,,of a,' lent*was' Overly evident in the advance , tution. •liken Whi;Ch all grounsi in ' ......of ,Japanese troops on the' ilterma, .• • .Indianiey.find ageeentent (2) Bri- • e•frone' ande'a Strozig nayal and air . tish -defense elf Inde ia frm Japan . , . attadit'on,the Island, ef,Ceyleie, The - and Germany 'white details of the : ktack in Ceyton,was repulsed with, • ' doustittitioinere .bekng Worked:out, ' . . heavy losees to .the ..Tepaziese hut IndiaDivided • • v ' . had it..succeeded, the Allied lines The Atari Went.far 'te•Ward meet- of . comniunication to Calcntfa ing the. demands of the Indian evoteld,, have beeh 'severed. .Later leaders,: says the New York Times, ' the 'Japanese made. au •Week on It was, hacked by the public opinion . 'the Ease coast of India 600.miles of the 'United Nations which fur -north of Ceylon. ther gualeariteed, its sincerity:, Sir :•/The Indian leaders appear to , • .,, Stafford was known to be India's hare been' stirred by ithe instincts • friend, •who had •fought long for of' self-preservation andhave 'an-. • the stibcontinenra independence, pealed to the. United States to • But there !remained mane difficul- induce Britain ..to yield ' more - ties. Indiawas racially and relig. ground on the queetiee ,of control'eously divided; .her. maeges were of- India's defense. . . • . treditionally euspiciotts; of British • , Bruin is •making an honest ers • Nile.' Over -four centuries of 'Euro- •fort to give India a iair deal. There e_pean explaitaeion; two•-•eentin.les-'-at ---woUlt-he tie''-tTlfffe'hlty• teethe -the domination by. the British cried .silently -,to Indian leaders 'and the people.. ., .., In!more than 2,000 ,years of their history the people of India , had . seen the rise •and fail' de mane dynasties, had felt repeated waVes,". of immigration and invasion, Budd - hest,' Hindu, Mosleen"aed 'numer- ous other faiths hedeformed their religioits ,creeds, Strict systems Of baste deeided the, people;, the suc- ..ceSsions. ,of •: conquest' by native' ' -priaces Jett • deep-eeated anintosi- eies in' the inassee. • ' • , • : • Many Difficulties . , • The plan proposed by Sir Stale fotel.Ci•ipps. in New Delhi was Bre: tain'e answer ;• to • the:, eide of niitionalism Which' grew in India ' raider the, Empiee's rule. ' Sir; Stafferd's plan met with no, 'immediate acceptancehy the Indian leaders. The 'principal objectioe ap- peared to be Britain's retention • of the responsibility for India's de, tense; it was contended by the couetty's leaders that. this duty • *11 - other--pointsw,thie,.*p-aTtit difidive widely: the Hindu Majority de. mended immediate self-govern- ment; the Mosleins, comprising one-foOrtli • of the subeentinent's population, feared Hindu domin- . alien in ° a self -ruled dominion.. 'Other minorities turned down the 'plan. For example. the Sikhs, who snake the, greatest centribution to Britain's Indian armies, voiced the fear that they would be oppressed by the. Moslem majority ote13,500, 000 in their native Punjabs • Hopes For Compromise ' .To solve these difficulties—if a ' solution were possible—Sir Seal. . ford 'held 'repeated conferences -with Indian leaders, and .Sir Archt. bald Wavell. It was hoped that a compromise solution of. the defense problem might be evolved,; Thd possibility that President Reese - • problem if the. people were, united. But India issnot one country; it'ia many ecnintrieS, each of which seeks it own advantage. The prep- leni is grave, and time preeees--e , the enemy is already at the gat -es of India . • , Russia And Japan • Niilitary experts in 'London cou- sitler . it wholly linfirebehle that Japan well sit • still •while :Russia ,-is heavily engaged in the West. A collision between Russia and, • Japan appears toThintevitalitir The Japanese are ready to strike. • • They have probably not used mote • than 500,000 of their 4 to 5 reillbni • troops in their South ,Pacific o ations and few of these •have been cif their' best. Their finest eoldiel?, • ,,• it is •believed, are isiobilizad • Manchukuo and are ready f`or• an attack �rx Vladivostok, one of the. most povierful fortifications in the veorid. • •, • Aid To Russia •' . • • The Japanese forces in Min- ' arp• prohaliN greater e'epeeleethenestlee---R-useita Siberian army. Russia has Mew' forced to transfer some troonaand material ' from the Siberian front for use in the winter caziepaign against Hitler.. It is clear, there fore, that aid to Russia is of parte.. • .mount. importande, Outstanding 1/W104T eiperts believe that the• war can be won on the two ,Russian " frcinte; ,one•woald afford: a hese , whence "Berlin could he bombed; the Other. similar base or the _ • bombing of Tokyo. Can the United Nations, espece tally the United States, 'deliver sufficient supplies to Russia the twee fronts, by 'Way of the Pacific and Atlantic, while they are at the same time making deliveries through Persia and in the Middle East, as well as to Australia and India? On the answer to this ques- tion everything may depend. 5. Overtime Work Here Headache To Hitler • • . • Giving tip•reet'periods of Unite minutes during which they usually • smoke, one hundred werkees on " the midn,ight shift •at •Plant No. 7 of 'the Bohn. Aluminum .& Brass COI:potations Detroit, speeded ups . shell production as ,a tribute to 'General MacArthur and worked eight and a half hours instead of eight. After •finishing their work, the men collected money anti . sent a ,telegram to MacArthur telling of their •contribution, "We pledge ourseivs s ' behind • you and sweat that ehoulder-to- shoulder...the .forees;sof •demoeraey 'be victorious," their telegram informed. MaeArthur. The men will 'continue over- produetion • whenever they can, 'Edward Krizuk, E..A.W. shop steward, said. The 'swastika generally , in- terpreted as- a symbol of .the sun. Canny Scot Gets • . Some Easy 'Money During the victorious 'march , against the Italians in.Libeth the commanding officer of 'a Scottish unit was,. concerned because his. enen were not caPtUrine, as many, Italiaris as the Australiane. Ap- pealing to • uphold the honor, of 'Scotland. he offered a reward of 2s 6d a hundred for- all the pris- oners brought in. • Next morning. one of the Scot- ties presented himself with eight hundred prisoners, and, surprised, and delighted -the colonel ,paid LI. As the man was leaeing, the colonel asked him' how lie had thanee-edeto• captureeesingivlra'nvi ed. 800 Italians. .••• _ "I didn't," rentied the Scottie, "I bought. them from an Aussie at a bob a hundred." • . The scientific naine. for thp mocking•thimtesepolyglottos, means .tenny-tongued mimic. • • REG'LAR FELLERS: -.4 Bad Break 1! 1 1' "IDO BAD, PINHEAD! THIS GAME IS TOO 'STEEP FOR YOU WELL,I• GUESS I'M OUTA LUCK! NOT A MARBLE ANYWHERE! • AN'IM BUSTED! NO, MA'AM, MIS' DUFFY - DON' stE THEM ANYWHERE WHEN AH SET DAT 'TABLE! WAS IT A LARGE BOTTLE? By GENE BYRNES OKAY -.SHOOT FAST! I WANNA GET HOME WITH THESE OLIVES IN TIME Pcm SUPPER) P., P a,e 1.44.4 miarawi se .L.4,1' • e-'