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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1942-04-30, Page 6WriaiTaaaa- v artirne Angle" o Housecleaning -Helpful Hints ' by William' •Needham,',Wide World Nelke AkIlned with nothing .More than 'dist mop,, a. flashlight and, a strong right -arm, housewives van bell! 'Wirt the war this spring, . • The idea the War Produc lou Beard in explas . is to turn spring Ylousecleaniug lite, a count's y -wide search for ',the long discarded junk 'ow valuable 'as scrag' for•, war n- pioduetiOpiled in attics, eaters and -backyards from coast to coast: A Tentative . List # • .As typical of the old metal 'orpa- merits; obsolete. •plumbing, heating equipment„ and broken tools . which' sousewives, should :dig.' out and sell; WPB.; made, UP a tentative list. of ',the type of, scrap sought and. where te'look for. it.. '. ' Phe' suggestiens:c , What t .Q . loo' . k to in., the attic: Beds made of .brass or iron; melee *lc ,colds • (t'h.ey. ° contain copper wire), electric toasters, irons, `heat- ers, fails,,or any. • electrical equip- ment ' 'Hardware door knobs, hinges, 'keys, locks, trim, springs, , :etc. , Kitchen utensils -old knives, pane, pots, scissors. Lamps 'and " lighting. fixtures Made. of ' brass, copper, or -iron. Ornaments. - metal tale trays, bowls; statues, vases. 'Porch • and garden fwrniture made . - . of 'meta.. Raddion.•-broken parts. containing -motel. Screens 'made ed 'crass or Clopper.' ' Toys -sleds,• ice skates,. roller skates. Vacuum aileeners leroken : parts -made sof metal Old rubber avefshoes,, rain , coats,' bad* 'caps. . That 'to; look: for ,iti•'the' cellar: Coal stoles . -that. are Woes -'r ut. Fireplace eghipment• - an - rons, +grates, pokers. ' Fire es; ,,guish- ersR Fnreet a parts-ol grates, • doors. 'Iron and nickel' parts, of • old;gas' stoves.. Pipes -pieces ;of iron, brass or. ;copper piping. • Plumbing lxtures-bath',tubs, ,fau- cets, abaltaa Radiators. R.efrigera- ter parts --ice trays, inside linings. Oitc cls -,all. old 'tools - . ' . What to .look for be the garage: ` Tires, tubes ``Automobile . parts- batteries, chains; license , plates, parts of motors. ' Bicycles` and tri• eye es.. ar' en tool§ -lawn mow. Ors. hoes, pickaxes, rakes, shovels. What to look for .in the yard or. on the farm: Old tires, .inner tubes: ° Farm tools. 'Logging chains. ' Wire .fencing and fence posts, . Motors • and.' motor '.Parts. . Playground l� ;equipment. `Pieces' of old metaf- well handles. • Ploughs. Wheel - Canadians' .Diet Gravely Deficient Adequate. -Food Can Speed Up Canada's War, 'Effort There 'axe grave' deficiencies la. the flormal'die:t of most Canadians, 'Miss, Nesta Hinton and Mrs. Alien Stevenson of Toronto said at a meeting 'of the 'wartime economy. nutrition classes '• at Kitchener, sponsored by the Red Cross Soci- ety, then first of the new nutrition services sponsored by the Govern- • meat. Mies .Hinton is field supervisor of • the nutrition' services, Depart. went of Pensions , and National 'ltiealth, and Mrs. Allen .Stevenson, superintendent. of nutrition of the. Ontario branch of, .the Red Cross Society. ' Canada Loses $75,000 ' a day. Every day 50,000 wage earners are idle because of illness due to poor • attrition. ' . Illness slows up the production of munitions, guns and tanks. Forty per 'cent . of the • men In, Canada who volunteered for military service .were rejected be- cause of physical defects, the great majority of which could be traced to 'poor nutrition. • The Nazis take ' the study, of nutaition serloualy, It was stated. k Lack Vitamin B. • These far-reaching effects of faulty nutrition can not be ignored, declared Miss Hinton, who told of 'surveys in Edmonton, Toronto, , Quebec. and. Halifax of citizens in Lhe $1,5d0 a year. bracket. The re- sults showed that diets lacked ' -Mamie l3, the "inciralie building xltamin to be found in rolled oats, whole wheat breads and cereals, • fruits and vegetables; vitamin C, found in orange and tomato juices; vitamin A, which improves sight at night, essential to fliers ' or.: 'lIight drivers. Calcium cibtained from milk and iron from meat and vegetables' were also lacking. -A survey of the higher income brac- kets, retber than showing more .' a.'"iauti=itiout diets;•tevealed �Iie same $eAciencies and lack of nutrition. IIy feeding Canadians adequately Mrs. Stevenson asserted, Canada 4WD speed up war effort and elimi- nate loss of money and time; She lamented the leek of training in Proper food preparation - given young girls, Experimentation in Ragland revearled••that Whan a, nu. 1`ritioris diet was given for , sie. loneeths to a group. of 874 men re: jetted for .military service, 85 per emit of theta : were 'so improved at the end of the sir months as to - he eligible Ie for the army. y Only five of the forty islands 1p the 'Scilly g'roujr are inhabited'. • , ' 1b CHAPTER 53 Anne .thought, swiftly, furious-•.' ly, trying to fit into a pattern the happenings .of the hill trip that had not' seemed- `-reasonable; to her. Mosely'sstrange talk at -the deserted cabin ... her; 'sense of i . unreality . the unex- ected tapping of the woodpecker and ` her guide's haste uta be off tha apparent lack of pur pose in the ridefrom that time. If she only had thekey to what it meant! Were Jim's . friends, right that she,had" beentaken to break his. will and force him to surrender the letters? But he.. had not seen her any more ' than she.. had seen. him. '.Na, ''bat .he .. might have ' been in the cabin, a prisoner .and heard the talk, be- tween her, and Moser•. "Is. there such a, bird as a New Mexico woodpecker?" she, -asked gilickly. ' "I don't know. 'I `never 'heard of • it. •'Why?" • , . The missing bits of the .jig- aw. puzzle •began to slip into lace. ,Jini must 'have done the ping. He had beentrying to let er know he was there. ' Per- -he was 'gagged. She 'had. been taken to the deserted ranch to le .her friend know She was in th power of Mosely, but of course his enemies had not 'let her-s-erelrrm so that she cou not 'later testify against them. It was one of Mussell' Mosely's • smooth tricks to make • Jim turn over to him the Gandara letters. And Jim would 'do it, on condi- tion 'that they would' send her home ,safe. After that, when they had the letters, his life would ete.as =41.o trtue "'to be lost. She must get help to 'him at once. Anne turned tear-filled eyes on her hostess. •"Where, is Ral- eigh?" • she skedw "1 doni'-t know exactly," Hen- rietta answered. "There was some trouble and he was called away. ' A soldier came to get • him." As if Anne's queston had been his clue, Raleigh Windom .warrked into the house. • "Hello !" he criedx surprised to see them up. "Why aren't you girls, in bed trying to get some of that beauty, sleep?" ' "Listen, Raleigh," his wife, cried. "His enemies have got Jim Silcott. She was . up • in the hills with that awful man Mosely. I mean Anne. And Jim's friends were here. They think so too, on account of the necktie. Do something about it eluick," Windom held up a protesting hand. "Wait a minute, Honey. "1 don't understand any- of this. Let. Anne tell it, please,!: Duel in the Dark • • Anne told the story of her ride inte the hills with Mosely briefly, .swiftly. Just back from :the hospital, . Lieut. Windom' told just as compactly the tale bf his own ' past ' few hours. • "Mosely must have had busy night," he said. "Jim advised me to guard the postoffice. With the Colonel's consent, I did that. It was attacked. Vie drove off the outlaws and wounded one, a Mex- Sensationally Productive Bade,egetablea that 'Will amaze yon with their size and flavor, larger' more fragrant flow era and h'eaithier planta with thin high tonCentrate, water-soluble chernieal plant food containing Vitamin P1. tnexpcn- ave, thcrete no batt., and n0 digging in. »iseelved• in water, it's ready foe instant nye. 10o and 25o packet* Haute Plant situ-•-S0c and 51.00 paeketa General Garden lire. 0.00 packet. make* 168 quarts,. feeds 3.360 rianni,,; f- Pl'astr•rn Division THE 031.11Y oattne::1ean..tertolyt"C'Tfi ' tiro. coot:Imam, s isle , OYtt. ISSUE UE SS 18— '42 ican• ie was taker to';the. hos.. itel and the -wpund. dressed, .W2ti1e we *ere tlryiif g: to get. .froim' the man the names of 'his accomp-• slices, he was ,killed b.efotee. our - eyes, shot by a rifle through the. window. The assassin had •. a horse stationed in the '.brush. .about a hundred yards' from .the hospital. Before he reached' his •' • .horse. he was killed, not by. ane' ' of our melt. • Who' shot him we don't •know, though we heard horses galloping' away. The' mount of 'the :;dead killer • carried the Hat T brand." ' • . "One of lalosely's, inert,", :Anne said. ''Sent to kill the woun I d, Shan . before he confessed-' "Yes. It .must lie that way.,. But ,ivlro• killed the kilter?.' Could • it. have • been Jim Silcott by any chance? , If • so, why ...Would • he tun. away afterwards?" Windom• .snapped out 'another 'question, which covered -the reason for .tel- ling his story'. "Does any of this tie ' up with what you've . been through, Anne?',' "1 .don.'-t•know," she said„ "Bait We can't wait to knot up loose.; ends; • Raleigh=not ifs we're going .-to.-save--Ji-me .I thing+ I -eau take' you .to the deserted ranch. • Can you' get 'some mels' to help • us,' at•once ?" • Windom looked' at hie .:watch, "I'll move fast; , Anne. •. You be ready. here. , f'll pick. you up." 'Pacing the floor nervously, . Mosely showed more anxiety than ' Jim Silcott. Waiting was a nerve.' • racking business. 'Anything could . go wrong so easily. Why had Jud .- Prentiss not returned? What was • holding up the men. lie 'had se +t , . �tiCi�eli - A - n of no7Toyaa-Ny imaself, he . put little dependenceon the faith- fulness . of his employees... They '. would betray him if they were hard' pressed or if .• there .was engngh • money in it. Even if all the breaks .were, resolved in his favor -the Gana data letters destroyed, Juan rate • bed out before he had a chance ' to` talk, Silcott' buried in a gulch • with a pile of stones over his unmarked grave -even then he would have to work •fast and smoothly to dissipate the cloud of suspicion that must hang over , him: There was Jesse Lamprey, too; '.a :weakling he dared' not leave at large as a witness against him, and there was unrest among his own men. Well, he could fix all that up, give him time. First off, he • had to ' meet the iminediate',difficulties cdnfron'ting. him. Yeager said sourly,. "Looks like this night will fast for=ever." .. • The fat Iittle man did not like ' the outlook, This was not his • kind of villiany. • H was a killer, and on. occasion had picked off men from ambush. But that' was out•in the open stuff.. He did not ' hold with 'torture, with the chid= blooded• murder of a game man trapped ,and' hog-tied. Moreover, ' suspicions kept drifting through his mind. If it came to a show- ' down, given a chance, Mosely would tay to shift the blame of Silcolt's death to the shoulders of his subordinates.. There would • •be no sidestepping, Yeager re- solved. The sight of Red, sick, and physically broken, but spirit still undaunted, got through' his hide- and ° pricked' whatever "teru'ch of self-respeet he had• left. Sil- cott, was doomed. He knew that. Mosely dared not leave him alive now. But he made up his mind to ' have no part in the final tra- gedy. Russ.. could get Jud or Roantb finish the job for•him. Sildott lay in a corner, his eyes closed. He 'could hear ' the watch in hit pocket ticking away the seconds of 'a life that mute not have many fiiore minutes to run. It had been . a long time since Judson and Lamprey rode with his . note to Caldwell. Soon they must be back. Then . Alt ' inulin+ It has been estiniated that war- planes on the average need about seven and, oneLhalf tons of alum- intim. A big four -motor bomber' may take over fifteen .tons. In other words, 60,000 planes a year Will w require over 000,000,000' pounds of aluminum. Next year's announced objective is 125,000 planes, • `Trailers Solving • Housing Problem Favored ' Ftie, War Workertr A s Temporary Type o 'f Dwelling Boom times hav ~come bck ato 'the manpfacturere of trailers in the United States • and they', are producing ,these. homes on wheels on. a large: stale, net for use .ou f}he roads, • .hut •aa dwellings for, workers in war plants,• says. The . Hamilton..Spectator. The devel- . gpinent 'is `another ili,stance of the sitrange pressure that war .brings in its train when .world markets and sources 'of raw: materials 'are disturbed.• • Government ,offie ala in Wash- ington -estimate :that the industry will 'turn out at 'least'.' 50,00Q of • these. house' 'trailers this • year;'. . Which -is • almost. ten times ` the volume ' pr.•odueed' in19.41, . and • „• Will swell `the nue Jer•11of• .trailers • • in 'the • TT'nited • Stat to 250;000, scattered ;in twat thousand Sete • .tlematits throughout the' nation. All trailers made. this year, how= ever, must be sold en to workers in •defer;ce areas Ana must also he of simple design. in order to • conserve supplies. • • They cost the government a .,little' over $i3O..00,• including un- • derground services • and utility` 'buildings • established • in trailer settleinenis. ' They -ar•.e placed fifty' to, the acre, .are heated 'with 'gasoline stoves and' supplied with electric current. ''They acionmo- 3wte 'four persons 'and rent at •from eke..to:eight dollars r~ month: Trailers enjoyed quite a.', vogue ' eeveral years ago, tliert.there was a slump until. the• American 'Fed- • •eral Security A'dmi'nistration be- gan to establish trailer. towns for .migratory farm workers on .the . . Pacific' 'coast: • • They are favored for war: workers as a temporary'•• type of dwelling, in districts where • the winter$. are mild 'and.':a hous ing shortage . prevails. ;They have tihe,...advantdge.,.:teil ..sponsors say, of not' creating "ghost towns" and. 'can .easily be remotied when: • a need' for them . no longer; exists.• 'But . what' about the. rubber ' short&g.e? It is-beiirgnne't in :ti - • way: The American' War Produc- tion ' . Board has' allocated ' four thousand tires and tubes to .the, manufacturers of the". trailers. These •can .• be used only for de- livering"the; trailers to 'the work- ers' settlements where the 'wheel- .. ed dwellings are. placdon wooden' _ • tuatteta-tatteere UTattu arta er or successive deliveries. • ' ' o * a .' ' • 'The ban on tires is compelling . • thousands. of American war work- ' ers to .migrate from the rural •.and suburban' districts' to urban centres to get close to their em- ployment. Trailer settlements have, therefore, become the only ready solution to- an acute hous ing problem.• It is a condition •that arises' from the war'. and is likely to• pass when the conflict ends. • Defeat For every apathetie'American, Hans •Rabe writes in The Ameri- can Mercury, there is an Euro- pean or Asiatic in the hell of de- feat as a warning. For every -American' woman who believes that "life goes on as usual", there is an European another, .sister .or lover who has no more tears to weep. SNAM 4. F Caught by. 'a string she was carrying to build nest, this robin • • finally .vias rescued, .by Chicago Humane (Society members. • • • Americans have .rio excuse 'for ---nt.-knowing • •Tice plague -of- d' feat is' spread under, their eyes: They have no. excuse'fore the• de-, l:usion "that. defeat is` a national catastrophe. I•t is• a personal ' eatestr'ophe.. When it ..strikes, you 'cannot sp9ak as'• .before; • nor listen.to what you ' would like' `.to' hear. You can neither . write nor : read except what the slaveholder cotu- nfan'ds. You 'eannot`'m'anufacture or trade, as was yourlifelong, wont. You dare not. choose the: profession.. or the place of resi'- dence or • ideas Which "suit yon best. You .rust educate' your . 'children according to .alien pre- cepts. Your most cherished tra= ditions,. your, Heroes, and stirring childhood songs are revised and humiliated. You may no longer eat, drink or 'breathe like a free hurnan. being. And this is defeat! "Some N1g i ,Money ��. SG..Ii%.�allot • United States treasury officials disclosed that currency printed on paper containing nylon instead, of silk was puteinto test circulation a few days ago but no .one 'seems to ;have, spotted it. The 'first batch of the 100 per cent homemade. brand of Ameri- can money -was distributed by the 'Philadelphia .Reserve Bank as • a' test to determine whether it' • wore as well as the old kind. General circulation of the ,new brand; however,. must wait until - the _stoat of silk -threaded paper is used up. ' 4 Secret Service agents doubt whether anything 'but a chemical analysis wouhi, show the differ- ence between the new. and the old. - Pennies in Anglo-Saxon times, were made Of silver and impressed with a cross so deeply that they could be broken up for use in halves or gtiar'ters. GENERAL MACARTHUR, AND •HIS AIDE 'Phis r I is the f rst ' ' ori •in'aT photograph a h of b' 1 g p gr p oug as MacArthur to 'one to U.S. from ,Australia, shows Gen, ' fneArthur (left) and Lieut: Gen.' George Brett (right) Deputy Supreme Commander of the Allied 'Forces,. on arrival in Melbourne, Australia, TABLE TALKS' By SADIE B. CHAMBERS . Vegetables ONIONS AS' A SAVOURY DISH , •Fresh or „cooke.d, mild or strong, onions - all have' •a place. • They can be• prepared withdtit creating tears or leaving•an •Odor . en the hands. . I Do you know your anions? . 'Slang expression as that may seem to. be, it is one all homemakers would do well to think over for the onion family is a •large ' and' • varied one. There are4those that are so• mild that they 'scarcelp rise above ' a Whisper, and •some so strong that they -selin to. take • the top' right off one's head. Whenever onions )ire• mentioned' ininiedratelythe reciptis do meet the approval of all•. ' "- I just had• a ,letter enquiring- if this'.reader ofour eglumn, Gould use '"garlic's as a •substitute. ••.To ' this we • would make the 'reply: ",garlic, chives ..and, leeks...all are members' of . the same • general " seasoning, family, • but they should not be,'.used interchangeably; It • is well to know what purpose .you wish to 'satisfy when, you make your selection. • .For. eating raw, we generally use •the'..early spring onions or the . mild -sweet' Bermuda onion. The 'yellow. kinned onion or the red • skinned are 'usually quite- strong. When boiling' if you do not 'wish ,the strong ., choose the milder; it ' is better. than boiling iii 'two • or 'three watoa s,=-ivhere-you-may- be 'losing some of the vita1nins in the pouring. ' - : . Cream of . `Onion:Soup • 4 medium' •onions • ;cups water . 2'. , cups medium, white sauce Cheese •' , .Cook onions; ' sliced, in' the water until tender.. Rub through., ,a .•SieVe and add to white sauce. Pour into' soup dishes an sprinkle with' cheese . (grated). 1, Devilled Onions 6' - 'large' onions .3 ' hard Cooked eggs. j; ?z teaspoon salt '4 teaspoon. mustard • tablespoons chopped 'parsley 1 cup medium thick white sauce • Battered crumb's. . Boil the onio'ns,' anal- tender . and 'chop fine. Add the gnashed egg yolks, finely chopped whites, salt, mustard,' parsley and white. sauce. . • • Turn into greased rarnekins and e �wr 13- i3ii tP3 bake a few minutes until' brown in medium oven. ` Peanut Butter and Onion Sandwiches , 1 cup peanut butter 'i. cup' mayonnaise. Bermuda onion. Beat peanut butter and mayon- naise together and spread on lightly buttered whole wheat bread. Slice .onion. very .thin and put a 'layer over peanut butter before adding ,Second slice of bread. IHiaasChamhers Vveleontea personal letters, front'. interested renderk. She . Is pleased to receive suggestions. on topics for her column, end 1s vn ready •to.,llaien to, your :pet ,peeves." Requests for recipes or special. menus are in order. Address , your tetters to "glias Sadie B. Cham- bers, 78 'West Adelaide Street, To- ronto," Send stamped •welt -addressed" envelope if• rots wiah o reply. Ban 04 Travel • Is Gieven Denial Thomas C. Lockwood, Dominion transport controller; in an inter- view recently, said reports that restrictions on railway passenger traffic were imminent were "abso., Iutely without confirmation." The • controller said raihyays had made no 'request to him that passenger •travel ,be reduced, and said he had no' intimation that such a request was likely' in the• immediate fut- ure. "He said that reports about travel restrictions had 'been dr - dilating in recent weeks. , • Mr. Lockwood' said that Cana- dian railways were in "an"excep- tionally good position to handle heafr war traffic." "Bart he added that present conditions were con- tingent upon war 'developm'ents. He said that passenger travel need not be restricted until such time as freight moreinents were delayed because of shortage of equipment or lack of accommoda- tion on rail lines. Many .Old 'Notions Shattered By War Government Not Confined to the Educated or the Great • Out in 'India 'an English SoCial'ist lawyer and a little how -legged In - than dressed in a loincloth sit down to make decisions that may alter the destiny of an empire, perhaps Of the'• world, says The Ottawa Journal. What a leveller' of old notions is War!. , Most of us used ton.irna f a that t government belonged , to t o few, to the educated and great, to men who had been schooled '111. trade - 'Make Susan Doilies mill;, ••.:414:::-0../A1A....‘to It, At al iOn40 17 cflef rf• :ff: a3, ,71 t_ ti es..:., 04 .0.101. .. 7 271' Y.eu'lk -' fin -d endless • uses for these dainty.. pineapple doilies! The round and oblong shapes m.ay•• be used -in 'bread trays, too., And there's an edging With 'a corner, lovely on linens. •Use fine cotton. Pattern 27.1 contains directions for making doilies ' and edging; illustrations 'of thele" and st•itclres,; 'materials required, ° .Send" twenty. cents in coins (stamps ..cannot be• accepted) for this' pattern te, . Wilson • Needle- craft 'Dept., Room 421, 73' Ade- laide -St..- West, Toronto. ;Write plainly a pattern. •number,. •, ' your 11,ani_e an4Laddress • • • • • tion. ' Today'we see it in thehands' • of people who have been thrown up , from .nowhere. " An Austrian paperhanger rules the eontin;ent • of „'Europe, threaten,p the whole world. A fourth -rate ,'. underworld jourhal• ist holds sway over. 70,000,000 Iiia .ams; -_A Saris `zi x t, ."- ,., _ _- rs- oneof the. Mightiest figures' in •a struggle for world freedoms 'man who, five, years ago, got out a 'catalogue , for a Chicago' mail- order house, is the ,supreme dictat- or of United States war produc- tion. •*..a ,. And so all down the line. Every- where proof that human braius, human greatness, or even capacity for great human evil; have little to do'with•any class or race or partic- ular tradition3 -Everywhere proof,,. too, tbat the assumption of racial superiority is as 'fot,lish' as it is dange,,ous. - If that 'proof ' is not enough for us; if we, cannot learn from a Stalin ann the demonstrat- ed greatness of Russia,, or from the greatness of a Chiang Kai-shek and the patient, glory of Cbina; then we•are incapable of.learniag, 9 , Italy's , Decline Mussolini's Government has sent a confidential appeal to local. Italian authorities urging that all steps should be taken immediately to • increase the 'marriage . and birth-rate in view of the big de- crease in 1941. . The document reveals figures not now allowed to be published in Italy, There were approxi - Mately 90,000 fewer marriages last year than the year before,, 205,000 fewer births, an increase of '17,000 in .the death -rate, ex- eluding war deaths. Mortality is expeetod to rise this year because of the food shortage. Ay staying at HOTELS Modern, fireproof, foarteieMy i5and, rets sate, bs„ law es 15.1 as higher 15° One per person' FOR MAP or POLDER. writs 1011)110711$ Montreal S2s9to ses.O Pr ers e 0 n .. P e., . n . Pi, Y N 111 9� 4000 lovelyr er. rI ooms with°rndio!