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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1942-04-23, Page 3Difficult To Buy New. Motor Car J. IL Berry,. Motor Vehicle. Controller in the Munitions end - Supply Department„. said that in. ;future even essential automobile users will find it increasingly dif- ficult to buy a new ear.. , He eair the last civilian • car left the assembly line about=April 1, and there are now about .4,000 the reserve "bank" from which, the essential user will' be supplied. Permit For All " . ".These ,feur thousand.' care, carefully stowed Away. by dealers centrally located all :across Can- ada, will be the only new cars. available • until. the end of the wax," the controller said. "Not, one ear, will ,.be sold without a permit,"and..npermit .will be is - win sued less, the buyer can prove hi need." • • ' • .'Applications.:.for 'permits .:soon ' wrl be -available ,from automobile dealers, throughout t aiiada. After -April $0, ...the" pur- chaser of a car'released from the "bank" will. be charged, •in.addition to its cost, a.fixed amort per ;month to cover the storage; interest, and' 'in- 8. ,� , • •-:urance• charges ' en. the car .,while it remained in the "bank." The charge, will vary ' from $12• toe1..3. a month, 'depending .on : the model. N'o Demonstrations "EN!ery possible precaution will be taken to' see that the .cars in the `bank' :are Protected against ,the elements," he said. "To this• end, it -'has --been deeided'to:ra- - • hibit '•demonstrations to would-be- . buyers."' .•- "Because the demand,. even froti7 • essential users, ; will greatly exceed the ';supply, a permit will only be' issued to those who can show• 'that..their•p. resent ,car is 'eoinplet ly„beyond relpai • ere that the sale of, a new ear; is' in the pubis=interest.” ' • • GUARDIAN.• • • ., .,H �o a Mia.; ,�y K It being bathday ih the Libyan. ' . desert, • this pup guards boots and.rifle while his master enjoys luxury of a mobile shower, unit. At Which Point His Girl Resigned . Young -Mr. Donald Henderson of Boston has lost his girl through too deep an interest in mass pro- duction; but he has certainly lift- ed a nighty load off the shoulders of Co.dtown's younger matrons. Last week he started :a door-to- door delivery• service which .in- cludes: (1) the baby's formula, • •(2) the baby's change of diapers, (8) the morning papers, (4) the dog's dinner. • • This genius is only 27 :years old and was formerly an evapor- ated milk salesman—from' which li.he, of endeavor he probably got the idea of the mechanical cow -featured in his ready -to -take . baby's formula. The prescription. • for each, baby is .pl'aced on a card indicating the amounts, of eerti- • Pied milk, evaporated milk, karo corn syrup, detra-maltose and sterile water required. The, card then goes inte a punched card. machine and a 'switch is thrown which regulates' the flow of *the , various ingredients from. Mr. Hen- derson's ,mechanical cow. Enciiid- ed in his delivery service is an automatic bottle warmer "guar • anteed .not to crack bottles at 2 a.m." Queried by the was ,for the reasons back of his gift to moth= ers, ,Mt. Henderson explained that he was interested only in the production of better babies—and more babies. There was no such thing: he said, as a woman having • enough babies. It ' was at this point that his girl gave him hack Itis engageMent ring. Escaped From Java • The bulk of the Netherlands East Itidics Air Force, including Maj. -Gen. L. 11. Van Oyen, Com-. hander in Chief, has escaped , ' from Java most of the stu- dent pilots, according to 'Dr. Hu- bertus. J. Van Mook,. Lieutenant ' Governor General of the Nether- lands islands. • t.. VOICE c T H E PRESS' WORK Wim .FEAR OF DEVIL It .would be an excellent thing if , every •Crinadiad were to cut out and place in a .prominent po- sition in his home ' or office Mr. Gordon's declaration that total war will remain for most of 'us an empty. platitude "until we' are seized with the • sense_ of terrible. urgency, until -we all go to work with the. fear ,of*the devil him-. .. self driving' us forward; until we are ready to sacrifice in the flame ' of ' a -true understanding' `patriotism all the •selfish advant- ages of cjass,'position• and. prop= erty. • Until that time, until we and the Other democracies Who are. still in the fight do that, we shall neither ` deserve ;'nor achieve the victory that. •We so confidently assume ' must be ours." .-Montreal Star. �-= ARITONS: AT WORK " • Almost half of Great 'Britain's' 45,000;000 people are • either in the • armed forces or workingons munitions; her . war . production now equals that of :Germany; her construction of new • naval ton- nage is four times that of pre- wardays; 'she is building .mer- chant ships at the rate Of .1,100,-' 000 tons a year, • and the Royal •' Air Force now exceeds Germany's both in size, and quality. John Bull is sweating, but he is far from• eXhauste'd: " —Hamilton• S ectator LAMENT "A 'spirit of defeatism` has swept over part of the country since razor .blade. rationing bob - :bed up among the restrictions that now are being ' applied' or pro= jected. Men„ Who since. the , start of the war have been• fancying themselves as • the • backbone .of• the nation are succumbing to a wave of:• mental .depression, and already ;are mumbling some brave nothings through their -anticipated: - whiskers." Windsor. Star ONE RAY OF HOPE An aviation expert • says that - neither side in this conflict can build warships as fast as avia- tion can destroy. them froth. the skies; Looks as if the day of the great navies• is gone. The en- couraging part of .it is that no country in the world can build °fast -as., theAnit<ed.:State 7g4C< --- Chatlikin News, LAUNDRY 4' LANGUAGE• , "They say Chinese lauudcylnen• on the West chast, north and south, .have adopted a scorched shirt policy towards their, 'Jap- • anese customers" - ' .—Woodstock Sentinel -Review COMPLICATIONS Any incursion. of Japs in India would merely -complicate •the, caste • system, as a place would have to• be found below the untouchables fo,r the 'unspeakables. —Stratford Becton -Herald' SPRING TIPS Labeling the garden helps you to remember what it is that isn't coming up. ' -Ottawa Citizen In' The Garden By GORDON L. SMiTH 'Big Vegetable. 'Garden A good big vegetable garden is 'both patriotic and commonsense in wartime.' Provided'he is wj-1l- ing to devote all his spare time to' it, onepereop can handle a quarter acre of vegetable garden arid grow more' than enough veg- • etables to keep .a family the year roti d. But a quarter ' of an acre is a big garden. As a .matter of fact, all ex-' perienced gardeners' advocate a small, well cultivated plot in pref- erence to One larger and receiv { ding less care. If the original dig- ging is followed .promptly _and.. regularly with from two to four thorough cultivations, about 'a week to ten days apart, the weeds. will, get discouraged. • Leave, Wet Soil Alone Nothing is to be gained from Working soil • before it ,is ready. 'In fact with heavy. ground, ac- cording to gardeii authorities, too early digging is about the worst possible thing one can do. Not only is it a messy .job; in the first, place, but the sticky clay is quite likely to bake later into Bard lumps, suitable perhaps for . . tientporary building material, hut not for growing ftowel's and veg- etables. One should •curb the natural 'iim•pulse to be out digghig in early Spring and 'wait until- the surface water has -completely disappeared and one can walk and work ..in the garden without .getting the shoes . muddy. "When, the soil teaches, this stage, it 'is •fit tO"Weds and not before. •Good garden soil in the right working condition •.crumbles • aii'd breaks into fine, tiny 'pieces; it does`• not pack into guinps. • • It WHowoo w, v ooDEN HAVE su Est Two Los Angeles youngsters demonstrate a bicycle built of wood to ipeet the shortage of bikes.' Three, metal bolts hold the vehicle together and it runs on tires of reclaimed rubber. . • NI, MAIM( A Weekly Column About This and That in The Canadian Army Well, ac hen Col. Ralst'•on got bask to -Ottawa recently and an.: nouiiced the formation. of groups' •of "Rangers' onthe Pacific Coast he rather changed the complexion of this . column. Or, perhaps it would be more truthfu'_ W say that he set this coltnini.st's think - box. 'working in a new and ,less " circumscribed channel. . ...The Individual Citicen'.s Army -today. isn't all uniformed in khaki. It consists of—or ,should consist' of call of us. ' ' A year ago last Christmas His: Majesty,. King George, said, "We 'are all in the front line." At that time, Tie. afraid, most'•of us . inge-p fel—L`� i Great Britain,. Soneeivha't . cern- , •placently, too, we laid the flatter- ing unction td our• souls that the King: also included 'our little 'pur- chase of War• Savings Certificates' and Victory, .Borid.s.:•as our front line contribution. -• • • : Today there are many branches of, ,the. Individual 'Citizen's, Army 'in which all .of us may serve in. one way or another: men, women and children;, old soldiers, young •sc,ldiers, men who.- are exempt from military sereice. , I don't like. that term,, "exempt from military -service." Not one of us is, or can be, exempt.• • So,,. for the •purpose of this- column let's translate the phrase to mean, "exempt froth legal compulsion to serve." ..To follow • the biblical ' injunc- - tion that, "the last shall be first, let's look at• the opportunities for service' offering thetbselves to old soldiers, young soldiers and the legally exempt. For them the /le- . serve Army offers the . ideal Ilop- portunity to serve in t Wo ways—, as a soldier preparing himself for home defence if that should. be - conte necessary, and, you heard, what Prime Minister King said 'on the radio,—as a ' producing, citizen continuing his ordinary tasks, No need to go into detail about this—it. hasall been in the daily papers recently -'-but there is no doubt • that once the new set-up. gets well under way the men who jump' at the opportunity of spend- ing 45 evenings, 10 week -ends and 15 days (in camp) learning the ways of a modern artily will have an interesting and useful spare time occupation that will • stand thein in good stead 'if it has to becoine;a full tithe job. ' • "Sam" Browne, usually known • in: print as Major-General B. W. Browne, D:S,O.,' M.C., has beets named commander of the Reserve Army and' he has had a long rte. qu'aintance. with the • problems of a part time *militia. I"n 'peace time ;that is a heart -breaking joie.' =it w, ill • .be • •siritpler now that authority has been 'given 'to equip ' t1�e Reserve Army with modern guns, weapons, • equipment • and ' training facilities. ' • ' .You know the - classes who -are. eligible' T.Pf_r ,repeat theist 'Men between, 35 and 50,' men between 17 and 19 who will 'thus be• able to fit themselves • for active, ser- vice before they reach service age. and risen who are not "subject ''to conscription by ''reason , of • their occupations or for other legiti- mate reasons. •• ae a emee...tbts-:: 1ainiu-,•.,.gee• �tnt c : K" n=�ex pension of the individual- Citizens, • Army, This is an army • now 'in • . which abstention from buying an- other pair of shoea if half -soles will 'do is the equivalent Of a .-clip. of machine-gun bullets. It is an army we 'all belong to and iii which' we can all fight. ' It is an army that trams us all to do all 'we can for the defence.. of our country or "foie 'attack on the Axis. - It is Anarmy• in which the physical training .nec.essitated. by doffing an elastic girdle will re- sult in 'a stronger : race of women who Will be .ready foe any tasks war may impose as well as the conservation of rubber for war purposes. . Not very romantic? War hasn't been romantic• since ,the days of knights in armour and if we knew the truth it probably wasn't very romantic then.' DE TROYER.. RA TING by Wm, Howard Pugsley Our destroyer carries a proud ship's • company. They have a right to be proud. A year ago. a torpedo ripped into the forward part of the ship'•s, hull, blowing away the bow, bent her crew kept the ' ship. afloat and brought her safele. into port where the ',damage could be re- paired. . e -pained.: • Then she went back t4 her convoy job. ' Recently; this same' destroyer ran into a. 'hurricane while home;„. ward bound. Battered and .leak- ing, her boats smashed • and .her • life -rafts . gone, short of. .provis- ions. and `'filet, and her crew "etc- lusted, she . 'still came . through and steamed' smartly into her base... Net a map had .been lost over- board' in the storm, nor even any-:. one -•-seriously' injured. How many of .our •O:De's ;(ord- inary'seamen) newly come tp the. ship and 'fqr whom this had been their first introduction to the, real meaning of life at sea, how many of them longed for a 'draft; on shore after this experience? Not The, -complement of, a destroyer is about; three•.. times that of a corvette or minesweeper. We carried eight : officers aq one hundred and sixty-six ratings. Most of, the O.D.'s were new' ' file elii:.....ashi'p r--Duziinge ee Shore. refit, many of the •Old • crew,• now rated A;B.',s. (able= bodied seamen) had. been drafted • eft ;•seine. to leaven with. their experience' the, crews of •new ships just com-. • missioning,• others to Jake courses to ,qualify • for higher specialist ratings. As replacements, a:'flock of "jeeps", ordinary seamen who had . just 'finished their, • shore. trienning, . had been drafted ' aboard. All" of these 'lards ' were •young,• keen, willing, enthusiastic,hard- working and, ready, for anything. Never, under themost try- ing • circuinstau es - o there• were many—were they any- thing but . cheerful. • The "fore lower" -is where you begin ,your life at sea in,"a • troyer. , •As. it is •so far for'd and so. far down in .the . hull,. the Me - tion of the ship is very pronoi4- ced.. n +1 7 n, .,a f j on T,.,,c,,,,,,,a,,• Solves, Gas Problem Bill Pincb, Hardgravel Moun- tain farmer, has a solution to gasoline rationing. • It's his four- year-old steer, "bossy," which he hitches to -an old-time 'buggy for the five -mile :trip to town. When someone commented on the' slowness of the rig; Bill re- • plied,•''.Bossy' just acts sedate in town.-- You should see him on the way home. He doge a good five miles an hour."- • Nazis To' -Conscript Greeks For Service All male's tit Grecs 'between the 'ages of 16 and 60 are liable to compulsory military or other service. for the _German author ities, an Exchange. Telegraph said in a dispatch from the British island et Cyprus in the 'Eastern Mediterranean. least important ofall ratings,. the 'O.U.'s. . Whe'n , you've. 'done your. nine months,. ; mclu iing' the four month, • seat;nie)., and can' pass professionally in the things a seaman must know, you too will be rated "A.B.'.', and gradu- ate to the• more1' spacious.' upper mess deck. ' `• When 1, first went ,on', hoard, ' I; too,. was aligned to the "fore lower", being an ordinary sea marc: • Tlie first ten days ' after 1 join- ed the ship• were spent in harbor. During this period we worked about the ship in the morning. and afternoons, and were .allow - 'ed ashore two or three nights out of four, depending on how the' watches were being run. We 'turned out each morning at 6.30, - lashed and stowed hammocks; sat , down to breakfast at seven, and fell in for work at eight. ' • All the seamen ratings, that is• those who worked principally on • the upper deck, then mustered ' in' the waist of the ship, along the port and . starboard sides. The • "Buffer"—a petty .officer whose official status was' that bi' $os'n's Mate --mounted the walk- way over the torpedo tubes; cal- led us to attention and,oreported us all present to the First Lieu- tenant, who then gave the Buf- fer any special instructL is • he might have regarding work Ile • wanted done. Make no 'mistake, they could' always find something for , you to do, and when you had done it you were supposed to come back and ask for more. Other= • wise -,you, were liable .to. be. "run . in". on a charge of "skulking';, that is, not wdrking. Other ships, then on convoy assi •nments, freguently did a tnoeth • or more at sea: •broken 'only by a day on , one side re- fuelling and at most three to • four days in port at the other ALL -BRAN'S , "BETTER WAY" HAS BEER OUR WAY FOR A ma TIME • Says Mr. trharles Belair, pirvida, "Better Way" to "correct the cause Quebec: "KELLOGG'S ALL -BRAN if you are troubled by con$tipatioc . - ha$ Jong been a favorite in our home. due to*lack of the right kind of Mother used to serve it to us when `bulk' in your diet?, But remember; we were young ... and ..since my ALL -BRAN' doesn't work 1iee harsh wife started making ALL -BRAN ' -cathartics.. ' It takes time. E'at it muffins three or four time a week regularly and drink plenty of water, and ,serving AIL -BRAN as a break- • Get ALL -BRAN at your grocer's, in fast cereal, we heve liad no more use two 7Convenient size packages, or for pille or powders. ALL-BRAAX ask for the -individual* serving keeps us regular r.. naturally.'• package at restaurants. ,Made, by . Why 'don't you try ALL -BRAN'S Kellogg's in London, Canada THE WAR IVEEK — omrnehtary on Current EvdtS0 British, :.Mission To" India . Fails Nazi Demands • "Reinstate: Laval Iridian . leaders rejected' Great • ' strengthened by .the aritish loss Britain's plan • for -self-rule and coy operation; in the: war effort, , The plan brought! from England' .by Stafford Cripps. met, its defeat on the•_:guestign -off` Imdia's-d-eteace. •Great• Britain•' contended ,.that responsibility should ,,rest in ex- • perienced British hands: •the all- . • Indian. Congress leaders held thet the •,esponsibility was 'India's., United Against Invaders It is considered • that, although Sir Stafford Cripps' mission. to In- - itia has failed'iiiits -main objective, s work .bas .not . been- wasted. The: discussions which were held drew together the .evarious units of In- 'die,` al n4 their leaders expressed "determination` to `.resist "to the death" the invasionthat appeared "imminent.: Vol`ditteer's -rushed to' join 'the armed s'ervic•es and. work` ,. in Indian Inanition ,plants and shipbuilding yards was . speeded', . ,E,veh Mohandas Gandhi arch - Pacifist, pledged 'himself „to coni 'plete. passive resistance against.. the ,Japanese . and .said; "I and atny' followers ,will 'refuseany help, even, water, for the Japanese even if it should cost us.our lives:' ' Importance of . India •• . _ rea : • itain niay make a ne•w,' - ,declaration of- Indian- policy soon in `the . hope of getting India •fully ai•oused to the 'danger of the' Jap- anese .menace. For the United Nations the • loss of • India . would mean the collapse' of %heir defense es throughout the Far East; for Japan a land road would be open India is vital to the United thins: (1y as 'a barrier to the westward nra.rph of the Japanese, and (2) as a growing source of war supplies and 'vast manpower. Without India• the war may.well 'ire. prolonged for years. 'Epic of Bataan The whole -.world of free men will,:join inpayieg ' tribute to the magnificent stand made by Am- erican and Filipino troops in the Philippine Islands. They -have :written a chapter of . stubborn heroism that *ill never be for getter . ` `rhe delaying • 'action in the. Philippines hat been . df the ut- most importance to the Allies and , may have altered tee whole course of the .Pacific .Wele It has kept a large. force • of Japanese assault ,troops tied up which might have been' used for striking at Aus.tra- ' : lia before the defenses there were ready. But the fall of Bataan means that now the enemy will be able to divert a large body of troops to the Battle of •Burma •and •to the' projected attack on India. The Japanese • position is thus !mater- ially improved and is further of two battle oritisers and• an`air- craft , carrier off• India's Float. ' Coat• . Laval. Reinstated Thee •stidd`en- dra atie--ah-ift that ' brings , Pierri Laval back tato pow-: er as ."Chief of, the Government of . France", :can only mean; accord-. - ing 'to .the New York Times, that Hitler is through '•With.halfway measures and ready to .take' per-' • serial 'command; Petain' remains as "Chief. of• State",, but there can- not be much doubt that he now. becomes a figurehead, 1.iaval is :a ti icor to• N'rance: afeela 'Hitierra• ;. ' creature,and. his accession to pow' er is the opening signal for "Hit ler'•s Spring offensive. • • Hitter ' is about to make a se- preme .effort to win the war : In an •all-out drive for victory, and for that drive . he must have all ei the power he can muster among . the•. conquerednations of Europe. He ,evidently . expects to -get from Laval that aid which .Petain •.:had refused to give. ' • Game-_ _With . France Ended. Hitler's Icing andcruel game of cat -and -mouse ;with France is ':end- ed. For :nearly: `two 'years ---with ' • . • ` •intrigue, bribery;. cajolery, •displays —of—Gernian-military--power=Hitlee-- has • sought to win over the people of:; France. • In that, effort 'he.. has II - ,failed and failed . so ' utterly • that , in order ,,to achieve his will'. is . France • he fiat put into power - a renegade Frenchman who is hated' and despised by his own country teen. The proof. is clear that • It will become necessary' now for the government of the Unified States to 'consider whether it will still attempt to. ealietain "relations With.'Petain's successor 'or whether it will break :off those relations. Much is at stake: Not only is the status of ` the •French fleet and" • • French bases uncertain, but there would be deep concern if France. should turn over' Madagascar. to . the Japanese and permit the -use .off` her coioniai.=bases by Axis sub= marines. French Control Gone With. Hitler's new agent in • power it becomes impossible to believe that •any. part of continen- tal France, will remain 'under the effective control of French•'author- ities; No one can be'better aware of this than the great masses of the French people, the Times says. . Through' two long years of bit - der misery and .immense danger ' they have rejected Hitler's• ad- vances, only to have Hitler's crest: tune forced upon them ,in the end. That they 'hope, passionately for Hitler's destruction we may be sure, That we shall• fight until we have achiev'el his . destruction _,they may be certain. side while 'waiting for another convoy. Sometimes they didn't ;;•,get'more •thalr a day ,at either end of the trip—and only a few • hours shote leave. If you were unlucky enough to be duty that night, you just'• didn't get ashore at. all—some- , WY had to ,stay and each must tae 'his turn. . anada,To Issue War Time Stamps Canada will soon have an en- tirely new • set of postage .stamps illustratieg her part ,in, the war. ."These stamps are in necessary • replacement of those at present, current, throughout 'Canada' and• will depict Catieda!s war effort and the contribution .being Made. by' this country to the cause of the United Nations," Hon. W. P. Mulock, Postmaster -General, said. • The new stamps are expected to be avail bier 'sometime in July but Post Office officials mean- • tinie ask that philatelists refrain from sending in requests for • them, . ' - , Detail's 'of tris designs" will. be. announced shortly,' officials said. • Sonie of the stamps,) it, is •un. • derstood, will bear pew: portraits of King George, In uniform. • On others will he pictures illustrative of various phases of Canada's part in the war. ' • REG'LAR FELLERS -LA Bad Break, THERE'S A MAN h P ,THE STREET 1itll:Tli A MOTORCYCLE AN' WE' WANTS TO KNOW IF 't0(1 CAN FIX.I415 BRAKES RIgl-It AWAY? sessme A . 41.