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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1942-06-25, Page 7rAr Ratio Of Cr" ashes By. Student Pilots .U. S. Percentage of Accl--.; '. dents Less •Than British • With the tremendous War ea- pension xpansion of • •theArmy and Nava . air branches Inas come an arcane,: panying frequencyof preatiarep,orta of, crashes by fledgling /Aloha.. • These stories have brought a flood of worried -inquiries to- Washing ton authorities. Relatives' o1 aviators have ex- ,pressed x•piessed concern• over the .number of these training accidents and - the adequacy of the training pro- grams. • The Wshington. Merry -go -Round.- Bias' .investigated both matters. For military reasons detailed 'figures cannot • be discigsetl. Blit, the fol-' . " Toteiin generalizations,, eau. b®, published: °' 1 That the 'United States .per- tentage `.of acciaente •ie 'less than: _ that_of :the ' British, and appreei ably nder the bee st:avaiIable Gera Man figures. Tlie casualty rate among 'Nazi trainees.. is reported to,, be quite :high due to limited training facilities . personnel and equipment, , 2 -While United States acct- / ba.ve increased •. numerically because of the greatly increased niunber,.• of men in training, the, percentage'. of accidents has not increased. Today 'it is• about the . sante as the ratio in, 1.1940. This faett is of key• importance, since it means`•t'here has been no deter'- . oration in the basic quality of • the Army -••and Nayy air '.training sys• ieeieLdesitite. ease - , • e , e war factors. 3a -The present , training systems are far superior to those of the •WorIil War. Trainees are select- ed more carefully and given much more and better instruction berore they get their' coveted = wifig� HE HEADS NEW WAR DATA. OFFICE CANADA'S. HOUSEWIVES ADE` CANADA'S . <rime' ifiglig fieSUL • Yea, right on the "Home Front" In your own kitchen, you can help win the war by practical saving ... antrotill treat the family to delicious nourishing food& The most delightful desserts you can serve are smoothly rich custards or blanc manges that can be made quickly and easily withpure, high quality Canada Corn Starchd • As a sauce on des. setts;. on pancakes, ., or on cereals, faaaous "Crown Bt°and" 'Syrup • is 'really deli. ' etous, a v:; andit's an excellent sweetener for'use in .Cooking and baking. ieREEz Send for the Free Bootdet—'How fn''.Rime Sugar", , containing .63 tested recipes. 'Address ..request to Det" J.14. Canada Starch Hone Service,49 Welhugwze St. E„ Toronto. THE L'A-N4.0•fr StA VOl-CE P Ra E, S S LIKE INCENDIARY BOMB When Mrs. Conrad • Gauthier, •t046-Parenx Av a .le E*nu t...h ens e. __ a for potato chips catch fire, alto demonstrated what not to do with an incendiary • bomb. Mrs. Gauth- ier rushed to the sink with the blazing: pan of grease and -poured water • on it. Instead of putting out the fire, ' the water carried the, burning grease •to the curtains and thefire' was .on 'its way. • That's what happens when wat- er. is poured on an •.incendiary boieb, It simply carries the fire along with it and the blaze spreads. to wherever 'it is taken by • the flow of water, • Instead of . putting water on an Incendiary bamib, smother it with sand or earth. -Windsor 'Stair. ^al -104L _t3E_Hi 1-1" fwitsie 1 .'-F+ 8•^ 0. • -Elmer-- Davis-, -above; •radio• conk-• •~ anentator and writer, heads the new Office of War Information, fol'Iowing ..appointment by Presi- dent Roosevelt: • Chief Executive ordered all overlapping govern- . zne`ilt information services cqq=or dinated under Davis, •who will be- come country's No. 1- informant. Nazis Retaliate. On Canterbury Ancient• Cathedral .One Of Moat 'Beautiful in England Above the green and pastoral „peace of its setting in Kent rise the Spires of Canterbury, a cath- edral reached by • twisting streets with overhanging •houses, writes The gtratford Beacon -Herald. For its Gothic beauty and ditnity, the cathedral has ' few equals in an England of beautiful churches. In retaliation for the . damage done by the RAF in Cologne, German bombers immediately took diff for Canterbury which is only thirty-eightmiles''from Calais on the coast' of France. The report is that they struck several of the churches in the, town- * * * As long ago as the • sixth cen- tury, St. Augustine came to this southeast corner of England to convert "the blue-eyed angels" end at Canterbur,. he established itheEpiscepal See. To this day it has remained the centre of eccles- iastical England, the Primate of all 'England bearing the title, Archbishop of Canterbury. The cathedral itself is the earliest mon- ument in the country linking the •' church to the state. Other churches babe stood on the present site, • fragments 'of each one still included in -the Pres- ' ent edifice which' was 425 years in process of building, from 1070' to 1495. Here at the chapel in the south; east - corner was Thomas Beckett •murdered at the altar in 1170, a , crime thatshook the very pillars of Claristetiddni. Here Xing Henry 11 tante for the flogging he sought in penafiee for the murder. Here was buried the Black Prince, Hither the pilgrims of Chaucer • journeyed, and from the early Middle Ages to the Reforrnattion'. Canterbury became one of tlio 'Wiest famous paintsof pilgrimage : in all of Northwest Europe. ° rag #"li'L'011asa-: British ' troops have- been told to hate their Axis adversaries. Why shouldn't' ;they bate 'them? Not since , the. Dark Ages—and 'perhaps not even'. then—has this world seen anything: so diabolical or sin- ister . as the typical ' Nazi: The "-troable- -is- ;that• -most sof• •-ne•-•-don'-t: - hate themas they deserve, to be. hated. - Brockville Recorder and• Times.' HINT TO WiVES` �• American tailors and pressers report that $11,865 wasleft in/the pookets of men's suits sent to the cleaners last year, nearly all of which was returned.; The facts should be 'a,• hint to wives to go through the pockets first. The ' careless fellows deserve• to lose • the change. Besides,' "finders keepers" should rule where the wives are concerned:, . —Montreal Gazette -•-o= THEFIE'S A WAR ON One ' day's announcements for Canadians:• sugar coupons. are coning, coal rationing is probable, '' tooth -paste and other metal tubes must be, turned in toe salvage, . • bags- of burlap, , jute and; cotton must not be, used for • domestic purposes. The process of .regula- tion; and conservation ,is gradual .but unmistakable. • —Ottawa douraal —0— EVERYTHING BUT WORK . A committee has. been working in the 'United States on thei use , of leisure time. Until just recently it had thought of everything 'but work. a , —Owed.' Sound Sun -Times -__• IjUSBANDS — CHEAP! She told her husband that she went to a bargain sale but, all she saw that looked cheap were sev- eral men waiting for their wives. —St. Thomas Times -Journal. Stock 'of Marbles • , War has finally hit the •schda • yards and .back -lots. , Winnipeg, 'irioporters. of- agate. and %thaw, marbles which comp from zany, and Japan, •have not brought stocks : for more than a year., • and with the, stocks exhausted. Junior will have to get along on last year's -winnings. Theoreti- cally, dealers -said, the number of marbles. in circulation should re main; more • or • less consistent',. anerely'.changing` hands-..1ike•-race -•- track money. One • 10 -year -cid • marble -shark admitted• having about 500.- This, he •eiaimed,.was not hoarding,• just ,a case .of" good marksmanship last ' year. ' • 1 Queen. Elizabeth . • 1 ' Bowls A' `,`Fast One" The Queen; touring Scotland, eawlaad ° f txibuta from the lawn borels. stub: president : • , • "You threw a reel'good wood." • 'A miner's wife had asked:"Will. your 'Majesty throw a bowl?" . While,the King• smiled' and look- ed on, the Queen sped the jack ' _ - up: -•- *Her 4iajesty_ followed -with =- a bowl stopped 'within ayard of' the 'jack. . ' • • Press •picturea showed the. Queen ,to be a. regular lawn bowl- . ing stylist, both knees' 'slightly bent and the•right.arin stretched -out as the bowl sped down. o— • WAR CHIVALRY Along > with all else, etiquette bas suffered a .war change, 1%u this new chivalry, a fellow gate• up and gives• a lady hie seat at a • lathe, '• —Stratford ,Beacon -Herald Electric kettles of porcelain now ere sold in England for -the first time. WANTED • Stereotyper. or, Apprentice wanted •., inn nediately. State: wages for steady job. Box 425, 73 • Adelaide St, W., Toronto. - 1 Record Shows Crow , Lived Forty Years The Massachusetts Audubon So- ciety recently published spine in- teresting material in connection with the life span. of birds: Mi- grating birds are, of course, sub- , jetted to more hazards'then those that remain in one place, although some of the former have attained long life. A white pelican, banded in Yellowstone Park in 1932,.died in Montana in' 1940, but a gannet, banded' int Quebec in' 1922, lived until 1939. • '* • In British Columbia, naturalists banded a •glaucous -winged gull' in 1925. It was found deadt in the same province in 1936. ' The Arctic tern, which coves more miles in migration than any other , bird, was recorded as having ' a ten-year .life span; and the 'much-• maligned 'crow, hunted, dynamited. se.. it is constantly, was found' in one case to have lived for ler- teen years; -'- - • But the one for -the record book is the partially -albino crow which was found dead at. Arnold Arbo- tetuin, Boston, last year after a recorded existence of forty years. Revised Gas Rationing Plan Reduction. in• gasoline• under the new rationing flee will sho n.p still further into the yearly mileage allowed Ontario motorists. Com, • parisons between the previous and the new ratipning is approximately ' •. as followss Categeir Previous Mileage New Mileago . A 1',400 4,320 >31 8,000 7,200. • B2 12,000 9,600 • G •15,000 12,000 . D 24,000 • 18,920 ' E' ' 34,900 . • 27,920 Commercial ance has been • Accordng „to nee4 According to need No-allownamed for the new 11 category, for i --persons- whahave more tban- one...car or use a car solely for pleasure driving. the United States, Russia Pledge Coordinated E&'ort THE WAR - WEEK -- Commentary • on Current Events Britain, the United States, Russia. Pledge C®=ordinates War Effort ; •. The scratch of ,diplomats' pens' .. for the .brief ,hare of a day •souhd-• ed • more• loudly last'week over the warring world, than the bursting of bombs •and the Foar oq Meet an • fzed '.Weapons,.., writes-, the 'New_ Yat k Tiatesa. The United. 'States, Britain and . Russia had . affixed , their signatures. to • documents• of • fanreaching import. A mutual as- sistance • pact. 'between -Vogdoi and - Mdscow, 'a master -lease-lend con- •tract• .for •• supplies from • the American arsenal to the Red Army ' , and understandings, in regard to a second. European front—thr %ugh• such instru-ments the three might-. lest menfbers of the United Na- • tions pledged -their peoples and resources to. a coordinated effort for the.duratioa and in the -peace • to come, Almost .three years after • Britain „Picked up the ' gage of aehateleeeateaestaaayeata-after-Ressiahie— soil, was • invaded and :half a• year after -° the United , States was struckat Pearl Harbor, the pros- , •.sect appeared of •an Allied , .blue- . ,print to set against the aggres- •'sor ' plans pl ns for new orders. Atlantic. Charter .As Basis The drematic ,ocean rendezvous., ia• August :of 1941, „between 'Prest- • dent •Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill laid the 'political found- ation... The Atlantic 'Cheater alisted the .principlesa.,ofanon_aggress on, • de 1 •f . - determination, reciprocal trade, freedom of the seas, -septet' security and freedom from "fear . an$d want" as • the,, basis for "a better • future--for--the-.;:•world"The— charter was accepted in the Dec laration of the. United Nations at the start of 1942. It still stands as the cornerstone on which the Allies intend to reconstruct pest - war society. A • global military strategy—the toughest field of all,—.is slo ly lag r r eon;-+ king through- Moscow and London to Washington. It appears to be based onthe acceptance of Bitter - tie Geemany as the most danger- . ous of the• aggressors, and there= fore the one to ..be struck first and Hardest by a syirchronized of- .fe-nSifea.by„ihe Soviet on -_the, first _ front, ,by the British and Ameri can's mem second • front. The agree- ments disclosed last • week touch on all'thec.e factors and represent •,' the -:,culmination of the drive for an efficiently 'coordinated United Nations, Mr. Brown Last week it was disclosed. that . Mr. Mololoff had flown to London And Wallington in a Soviet bomb- ing plane manned by Soviet fliers. Offieial Britaitl and .America wel- comed the ••representative ,of their ally warmly but with no clicking. heels, • rattling -' swords. blaring bands; he was called Mr. Brown to keep his identity eecret until he had returned to his own coni - try. Mr, Brown --be spoke no Eng- lish, was accompanied by a Rus- sian interpreter -rode a 4uburban. train from the airfield into Lon- don and `"not a commuter recogniz- • ed him. He strolled the •White House• lawn in sight of thousands Of office workers and went unrec- ognized. Pact With . Britain Back in Moscow last week Mr. Molotoff 'reported to his govern- , Ment that Me. Brown had been a very -busy man onl his trip. In ad- • dition to the sightseeing,- there had been long hours of hard work. He had three great achievements to -report, They were: ' .(1) The- signing of a. twenty- year mutual assistance ,pactawith Great Britain. ' There • were two ' principal points in the pact. . The first: . "In virtue of the alliance estab- I lished between the United King •doni and, the .Union of 'Soviet Socialist l<tepublics, thehigh 'son.' • • t1•acting' parties' mutually under- take to afford one another, mfli- .• • tary and other asai•ance against 'Germany, and all ':those States '.• which are associated with her iu acts of aggres§ion • in Europe." The second: ' The high „contracting_ parties_.., declare their desire to unite with other likeminded State in . adopt, Mg proposals for common •action to preserve •pence and resist ag . gression in the post-war parted." Lease -Lend With U. 8. (2) The signing ' of a • master lease -lend agreement • with the United States, which' was describ- ed by the United States State De. pertinentas an . "additiohaltink- le the chain of solidaritybeing fer'ge'rlfr"t'he"=Unfted -3lations eint-., their twofold . task of prosecuting the war against aggression • to a eaccessful conclusion "and ' of ere- ' ating a .new and. better World.".: (3) 'Agreement with both Anieri-. Can and British, • leaders on "'the urgent .tasks of creating a second trent in Europe in 1942." • War Production Program In order to complete the organ-; elation needed for the most effee- • tive use of the eombined resoure- _...es_ eat the,_,Uniteci State and the United Kingdom :for athe prosecu- tion of the war,' there is• hereby established •a Combined .Prodee- tian and Resources Board. -----From the Wihite--I•louse-last-weep--- came these words to harness the • great' industrial machines of :Great Britain and the, United States into one fighting . team. They came backed lly the authority of Presi- dent. Ronseveit and Prime Minis- ter Churchill. The war . produc- tion 'grogram of the two .nations 1.-�nuta -an ne u t• 'bras+ l v `' atra flow. #o C,nsery T' easy way to conserve tea and 'coffee to drink that grand mealtune . beverage --- Postum. You'll•be surprised and delighted to, , °Pearn how satisfying Postum ze. A delicious beverage with a robust, inviting f toot .I ostun is , ck and easy to make, and economical to use. SAFE, for the whole amiljr — contains no caffein or tannin, nothing to upset nerves or stomach. . SLEPT LIKE A 6ABY •'YES' -SINCE / - AGAIN, JANE, THAT . SWITCHED TO - ' CERTAINLY PROVES. POSTUM, I've LOS''. THAT CAFFEIN a .AND ' MY GRUMP/'NESS. ' ,BOTHERING WORK BETTER -/TS • MY VERVES ..; A, GRAND MEALTIME z-... ,BEVERAGE THAT ,. , YOURS. WEAR/NG LETS . yQU RELAX. . 4 shr�r.E, roc. O -S -TIL 0 R.,,.0 Mode instantly in tie cup. 4 oz. size makes 50 cops -8 oz. size makes 100.- s eon, t int Al a 1, •ngirig-mild _ tarp requirements. At the same time 'a Combined .Food Board was charged with• insuring ample food :for the fighting men and civilians of all the United Nations. . Second Front in Europe ------Th•e eci ders-ameanta.thaL_.., G.teat: _., Britain and' the .United States are stripping for battles -to come. They meant . that factories ; .in • Sheffield. England, and Detroit, . U.S.A., will work together' build- .•ing tanks -when tanks are needed, invasion •barges • -when invasion barges are, needed, that rap- mar terials will, be routedto the plants that Pan use them fastest, that shells made in° Birmingham will fit guns made in Pittsburgh. Some of the. plans 'under • consideration are that ships returning from Eng land would soon' be ca.rrying,..battle ' scrap for reworking into rieiv guns,' `that America's aircraft, factories may, specialize .in bomber while Britain terns out the fighters.. t. . ',The committee • links• together • the war effort• Of 132,000,000 Amer - ''cans, 42,000,000 Britons; 11,000,- 000 Canadians;. .great industrial' machines in the British Midlands and' throughout Canada and the. United. States: Together they.' con- trol :more than 48 peri cent of the world's coal; 41 -per .cent ,of the world's iron ore, 61 per cent of the world's petroleum. Britain's big- gest asset, her empire, spread over almost one-fourth of the world's habitable land, containing 500,- 000,000 people and• vast sources of the stuffs of, war, is open to e • committee .through • the " conn •tions of its various .parts with tlhe mother country. The material• of war' were being produced, assembled, given into'_ the hands of the troops against the day when the United Nations can grant Russia's request and open .the second front in. Europe, REG'LAR Fg.LERS-•-unusual, .Talent Fp_ ______________..,_,.___ BETCHA iW flANK YOU'RE A 40011 DRAWER Alt.' RICHT, ' Dpel tCHA ? BETCUA A PENNY it COULD EVEN BEAT WU DRAWN' WITH NY LEFT HAND-/ CO AHEAD / JU9' LET ME E YOU DRAW SETTER win; -mug LEFT HAND/ I'LL BETCNA A CENT YOU • CAN'T, ALRICHT`f r e .n:ot break a roll. cut it. The - 'Britain's stern wartime ' pro-, gram brought forth new rules for table - etiquette recently. • Lord ' Woolton, Minister of Food, pre- : paring to open a "save bread; save ..convoys" exhibition at Charing • Cross •undergrairid 's£atiori, 'gave`" this advice en economy table man-, . ners: °o i 4 Do not cut and butter bread'r.ifl quantity. Cut from the loaf on. .the 'table as needed. • • . Do not serve butter or' jam ,on • • your plate. - Spread it directly on, ' • the. bread:. _...Ove3'."-x,200 _ dzidiaiia•- ha1+e-•-e�n. ".._�._.__...�,... Hated in, the Canadian armeal for*- .. - , ces. LIFE'S :'LAKE THAT By Fred Neher, "We're late because we squeezed the toothpaste tao hard and it took • int an hour to get it. back in the tube:" By GENE BYRNES 'YOU WIN / THAT$ 4REAT ' YOU CAN DRAW ' AT WELL WW"fi•t' LEFT $11044 I'd MEW 3EE YOU DRAW Wt1H YOUR WIT/ r °• a.g T7. S. P.1 OM,,.. AA'lrSl "xmS u .4 1