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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1942-08-13, Page 6- : • t' icelcebergs Add To Perils ()f .Atlantic Give .11iters To Travelers Of Northern Route • • This, le the time when icebergs give the jitters to whalers* fisher - liken, and all who travel on the ,gerilous North 'Atlanttc. • •From'April to July these floating liitrtresses of nature drItt.soutle• •Ward from ffin Bay:" Sometimes ...they are so- huge that they. dwarf a transAilantie liner, yet throw is barricade of ice much farther •down below the surface than th• e Most powerful submarine can go.• Slaenay ll-hoate off Newfoundland Od the • American coast must • • ateh Am" these floating walls of- ten are carefully as the-eeeret • wend detectors. of. alert deotroyers. The •bergs .start in Greeuland, where the snowfall IS 'moderate,'• but the sun Is weak. 'They, are monster "phips" o Greealand's .glaciers, which move 30 to 40 feet '•«a day or sometimes faster. Tite - Humboldt glaeier Is 60 ranee wide. UsUally Float in Currents •'These rivers of ice •flow doivn to the- sea,:_where. wind and Cur- ., rent, or the lift of 'water beneath and 'the over -balancing of their weight , above,- breakoff spear- • heads. „Each one snapping from • thee inexhaustible ehaft of a parent' &Adel- beComes :a berg. In the main, icebergs float Iii' • 1.81.1 • • I ATTENTION! I/ 005111111fgg You -the women 'of Canada -can save put country on the "Home Front' youricitchen, by economizing , in the preparation of the nourishing foods your family must have.' ' • Many -varieties of delightful [desserts can be made quickly, easily and at little cost, with pure, high quality Canada Corn Starchi, • Crown Brand Syrup, famous as a • „great• energy fiziod, is delicious Se• a sauce- on puddings, • on pancakes — as, well as being an excellent sweetener for use in cooking . or bakieg. , FREE:SendfortheFreeiiooklet--”Howta save Saw": containing & tested recipes. 4 • Address request to Dept -J 14., Canada' Staich lionte Service. 49 liFel141g, ton St. E.. northern nuyery„ moving out in the sprang t find a homeln the deep sea and scattering themselves ' 11 II S .• • . oxer some 10,000 miles of it, a strip • 1ig -II it- II • I I E a._ thousand _miles tong and , hunii- _ _ Adapted from the .MGM Picture by HALSEY RAINES - g•-: • They need not be ionfiiied, to • this strip, and otter wander out- -. side; when the current iosee them • or when they'lose the currents - that is; when they are so enorm- •ous or deeply submerged in tie sea that their foundations move only, by strong currents, perhaps, 4,000 feet "down, thus defying surface currents. wind and weather. One-Eighttr 'Above Water Only one-eighth or so of an ice- • berg is visible above water. Pin- nacles of 1,000 feet have been trig -e onometrically measured, which means, that such barge have 7,000 feet- of unseenlee below. Some • bergs of two million tons and more • have gone • aground off Melville Bay and Labrador, creating havoc • en the ocean bed. . • ICebergs can besighted at 25 • miles on a clear day;.and' 100 yards • at night. ,For 27 years two cutters • have carried on the burden of find, • big the zone of greatest danger dace. 13enationa-uftd the Nerth. -t•Leee„4:!,e, .leekegatilesetetitef IeLag. xesseleseant,ter'lbedaYe..ankthen • :'relieved. • • Morning ••••of ••everyAierg-sighted With details of its location, is sent • to ships sealling through the rag - ion. Six radii) mien on the cutters are kept busy night and day !handling messages. By measure- ment of their Milk, direction ' of &Kt and speed, their way across • The sea routes is accurately plot- ' Shrouded' in Fag .• No serious effort le made to de- • stroy icebergs, because it is virtu- • a* impassible to do so. An un- tersea mine will ehip off •a few Ions. Above the water a charge • Of dynamite or shell Will only •‘,J Mike a small pocket. It is possible for a Ship to smash , Into One when still seeminglY a idle away. from the .visible portion SI the bulk. When parts •of the • Iceberg' melt or fall off the ten.tie at balance. Is shifted -like a moun- •tain turning ver, and- just as im- • ressive. • As they approach the' warm • water of theGulf, Stream, bergo Ind their own destruction.In a tingle month as many as 387 bergs have been. counted by the patrol, •and the grand total for n years In about 13000, • Few float farthei south than the • parallel at New York. But the big - pet danger of all Ilea in the bean; • tog -banks Which sometimes shroud them. Canada To Send . • Whi eat To Greece Andite Michabiponlos, the Greek •minister of information, reported recently that Germany and Bri• - tain have granted , guarantees of tate conduct for shipment pf 15,- , 1100 tons of Canadian oheat month- ., ly to hungry and subjugated Rreece. • The first trip will leave shortly from, a Canadian east coast port, Illichalopoulos said, and the con-' tinning shipMents, gifts of the Canadian Government, "wilt re- lieve (Areece's situation greatly." Starvation deaths in Athens alone lo March were 500 a day,, hp told preen conference. , The .minister, who flew frorn bOtition- L1,t -eek u get- up a lffreek information office in Weak- ilfigton, reported that 3,500 British army regulars still are fighting 'Wit], 'Creek forces in the conquest d kingdOni. Fifteen hundred • of that number are in Crete, he 'said, 'Where (lreek resistance is moat elolerit and • Whore the Nazis aetually hole only "nalistem $r around the coast:" a , SYNOPSIS " When she 'sees her familiar, be. loved. Kentish village transformed by the stress, of war, Mrs. Miniver • does ' her part' uncomplainingly. Her son, Yin, leaves Oxford and • enlists In the air corps. Because it wartiine he ad Caro! Be!. don granddaughter of aristocratic Lady Belden, decide to be Mar- ried without delay. During a sev- ere air raid, Mrs. Miniver, her husband, Clenu and the 'two young children escape injury in a shelter; though the house is badly dam- aged; Carol Confides to Mrs. Min- iver the thoughts the latter has not expressed aloud: her abject fear that, something will happen, to 'Alin and'her determination to make every moment of present° happiness' count. CHAPTER SIX „ blhf even consfalit-Ifilehl-:- .. stop- Lady Beldon's- annual flower eshow. 'it ---was ÷mounted;--evitit -the ‘74gatInall ,ipenetime vandeur,,atA3e1-:.,i don Hall, with everyone in the village, great and small, playing • a part. On a long, low platform' the most. eminent Glee Club tal- • ent of the„.4.county previded the supplementary entertahniaent. The great' event of the after- noon, of course, was the judging for •the prize, rose,'. which would earn the reward of Lady' Beldon"st .Challenge cup. This was the bust-, ness elosest to the elderly donor's heart. Bach year she had put up the cup; staked her silver trophy against the field, and automatic- ally captured, the prize. Competi- tion was Sporadic and excessively • mediocre. There were those,- too, • whosaid the judges would sooner have tried to swim the length of the Thames than vote • against • • Lady Beldon's entry, and risk her • volcanic wrath. Today, however, the handsome, luxuriant flower •• entered by Stationmaster Ballard and christened "the Mrs.. Min- iver," had exited involuntary tribute fre-m' almost ail those who inspected it. • • When the slip of paper announc- ing, the judgeS' will had been brought to' Lady tBeldon, she cov- ertly looked' at it and read: Firet Prize, Silver Cup, Lady •Beldon. Seeond Prize, Certificatelof Merit. James Ballard. ' Her .eyes, flashing triumph; Lady Beldon, handed the paper to Vin, who was standing by. •' "Congratulations! I'm not a bit jurprised," ha, saki drily. Mrs. ,.114iniver looked at the Pa- per, which Vin had passed on. "This "le etaily linPortant to you, isn't it?" he said. "Yes, it is,", admitted Lady Bel- den. "It's stupid of me but there ‘" it fs. I've won that cup for as • long as I .can remember:" -"Mr. Ballard was awfully keen ablaut his entry," said Mrs. Min- iver with deliberation• . "Well; he had his chanee!" an- • swered Lady Beldon rather sharp, iy.se Marclied-OVer th-flie-aWarde table, and regarded with leonine • gaze tie -two' vacuous -faced men „who were seated at the end of the judges' chairs. They turned ner- vously a -s &le looked at them. Mrs. Miniver, glancing over, felt that • for once she and Lady. Belden had exactly the same thoughts. , The prizes fpr chrysanthemums, peonies and asters had been dis- tributed,.• when, the `Iteldon Hall butler came burning -over' With • 'a long face: • - Foley pat Called, m'ladY,' • he whispered. "He says there's an air raid attackein force." • "Tell Foley to stick to the phone and give me gOod warning," ans- wered Lady • Beldon, much as if she had been saying: "Two with She drew herself erect, and an- nounced: "And now, • ladies and gentlernen, we come to the final award, the Challenge. Cup for, the -hest rose grown in the villa e quiet and expectant. Lady Beldon -tound- hesself-varaible-to-avold --foc- r-netesingither--zaze,t on 11-.-••43„allard. He was dressed in Sunday best, with face flushed, as tense and exited as a' schoolboy awaiting the result of his finals. An' air- raid- might be •in the Of- fing, but there was 'a miniature' • battle going on inside. Lady don's mind. She had reached her own decision about the merits of the respective roses". some time before, but hadn't had the courage to 'do anything about it, until that last • look at Ballard.' Now she crushed the paper in her band and said: -First prize, the silver cup, goes to Mr. James Ballard, our popular stationmaster." Aftet a moment of intredulona silence, a great hurst of_cheering came from the crowd. Lady Bel- don looked hurt, then continued: "Second prize, certifleate Of 'mer- • it, goes to me." • .After another nioment of sil- ence, the audience caught the dra- • matic meaning of the 'event, and broke out in a veritable fury Of cheers and handclapping. In her •palmiest days of easily •scored victories, Lady Beldon had never received one-fourth such a tribute. Her eyes -became misty, as she lifted a band. "I don't :say I'm not disappoint- ed," She said. "But if I had to lase' there's no man I'd sooner lose to Man James Ballard. He's a Man of spirit Now I'm sorry to distiith the harmony of the proceedings, but I understand sante raiders are on the way. It would be best to return 'home.' s a • • With Lady. Beldon left safely in her awn shelter, Mrs. Miniver hur- ried with Carel and •Vin to the air field. Bravely Caroi parted from her boyish husband, while he •tore across the field to join his squadron. Guns from afar were barking ominously, and dusk was being swallowed up by an early darkness, as Mrs. Miniver started ISSUE 33—'42 A with Carol on the Iset lap toward home. "I wish 1 could go faster," she. said, "but it's so dark.'.' , With roaring, terrifying abrupt- ness, a host of planes' awned to emerge in thelsky. A bomb crash- ed to earth, en another then a whole deVaX*Ing succession. 'Perhaps we should stop and put out the' 1ifht,s7 said Mrs, Min- iver. She drewup at the side .of the road, as the whole fury in the heavens seemed to 'center 'about that spot of geound. The din was *clamant, the' danger terrible and nionnting, lint neither woman gave - "any sign of fliaohing, As a diving, plaee let loose a hail of inachint- glass bullets, which :sprayed around the , car, Mrs.' Miniver screamed. Then she saw fire rising from the vIllage in the background. In an- othe --few minutes, as the -vortex zr :of e fighting shifted away from • thei,he turned to' take'•Carol's • hand. The girl Was limp and inert; a triekle of blood was running across her. face . * , . • The organ of the 'tillage chtircia wee playing' softly as •the parish- • teem* filed inside. Vin 'looked years older. A" spasm of pain 'shot across his face as he looked ea Lady Beirion, -across the -aisle, and - thought of the days when she had not -been there alone. Mrs. Miniver glanced down and placed a hand • over her son's. • "Often • after some ' great dis- aster," said...the vicar slowly, "the • survivors' meet • together with hearts hewed dOwn,• wondering how they can face, the future. I look into your faces and I know this is not true of anyone' here,. War has broken ,the peace of' cen- • tu.ries in tbia igidet ;corner of Beg - land, where death cannot strike without robbing es all of a friend. We have lost one close to 'this . church, close to our atfections • James Ballard, Stationmaster and bell-ringer. . . and the proud win- ner only an hour before his death of the Beldon Cup for' his beauti- ful Miniver rose." • He paused, and seemed striving • to control any'qui-ver in his own rotes. His eyed were fixed on the • Miniver pew as he Went "Ail our hearts go out 18 sym• pathy to the 'two fapailles who share the cruel loss of a young girl married at this altar only two weeks ago." Again he 'paused, and • looked upward. "The homes of many .of us have been destroyed; the lives of young and old taken, yet we gather here, those who' have been spared, to worship God as, our ancestor's 'for a thousand yeoxa have worshipped him under this roof. . "1 shall new read from'Psalm --Iiinety-Ont:-I, 11'11U -say of--Lbe-ljord, ' ANNOUNCEMENT Although there is no C.N.F., this year, at which you can visit our booth*, our Eucalyptus pro- ducts are Ohl available, and eats 'be purchaked uuuot.c,ij YOLIt ostati G. G. EXTRA.C4r • KOALA JE,It81i.4 • KOALA ERIELSIFIED ElLiCALYPTVS KOALA RUB (Lanoline- Encalyptun) HAY FEVER. SINUS SUFFERERS tisstan'T and orrECTIVE • RELIEF: N.. 4 PrMEMdleikil O. D., JEDDLSIElED EVCALYPTUS Read Colds, Bronchitis,. 0 any difficulty in obtaining. ii'llFivet.Sinut • please write no direct. AVSTKALIAN ELICA.LIVIMS 111DITED 75-110 Duchess* St.. Tomato. Oat. . n- . • ,k....44,, 11 . • • „„a-eees :Szere.a.12,1:.H• I • I Me4slialbalthilver'031tee5 Txthe ..nnare :of the. faivler,...and,trona 4the noisome pestilence. 'Thou shalt • not be afraid -far -the, terror by night; • nor for the arrow that Vieth by day; nor for the pestil- ence that walketh in 'darkness; nor for the destruction that was, • teth at noonday. His truth shall be thy shield and buckler." He closed his book. The organ- qst 'strucjt • a preliminary chord, and the congregationerose as one. For generations the men and wo- men and children of the village had sung the devoutstrains of "Oh God, Our Help in Ages Past," bat never with such intense and united significance. As the ;voices rang out, a .great beam of Sun; light came through a jagged hole In the rpof, and covered the "wor. shippers in a glow of yellow. rad- iance. THE Wee -Sporting Blood • Rich Tungsten Ore, 13iscoVeired In B.C. Tungsten dePoelts in the 'emer- ald group of claims, eight miles south of Salm% near Nelson, B.C., wee termed by the British.• Col- nmbia Department of Mines as "undoubtedly the most outstand- • ing discovery in British Columbia in reticent years and one which will be of inestimable value to Can- • ada's war effort." Samples of the molybdenite ore • 'submitted to the department last petoher - aroused the curiosity of gpvernment mining engineers and •tests revealed the presence of sheelite, Or Tungsten, Mines Min- ister Ile,rbert. Anscotah announced week. • "A later report to the depart- ment3," said-htir. Anicomb, showed • a potential ore zone nye to 40 feet wide, 1,210 feet or more in. length carrying from .3 to 10 per cent :tungsten trioxide. No difileul- ty was'encountered in making h • high grade eencentrate." , one' small • block of this ground to 50 by 110, feet -there prObably $44,000 • wartle ; of. tungeten," said Mr. Ariscomb. • "And if surface values persist in depth -there wiltprobably be tap to a MilliOn dolla.rs worth of tinigsten in the deposit." • The first attempt at production of tungsten' in Nqva Scotia was begun recently at Waverly, four- teen miles from Halifax. Prelim- • inary development work has been • completed, and the main View of ore is said to be traceable for more •than a mile. The company, Wav- erly Prospecting :• Syndicate, be- • lievee production possibilities are -geed= Recipe For More • And Better Tea , Now that tea is on the list of items to be conServed, • we can learn from the experience 'of the • people in - England. They found out many months ago that‘ this is a good recipe: "Before using tea, spread on sheet of brown paper and place in warm -not • too hot -oven for ten minutes." As a result, they say, the tea will, go twice as far "and have a better flavor. -- Brantford Ex- • positor. • Near East Forces PouwInto Egypt • An endless 'stream of reinforce - i-ments-7;17-pouring-froro-the 7437:1-47'.Wgrtf=1-'1"-'49-57"-rOgrAtiL-- by HARRY HARRISON KROLL A Bagful of Trouble BEGINNING NEXT WEEK Simmer Inspires Winter Fashions Late summer -to. all intents • and purposes it's that now, for its fashions invariably carry over for autumn. The successful cot- ton frock becomes', the •inspira- tion for the new wet)! one. Clothes bought from now on should be selected with a view to being worn into auttunn, or with, the idea that they wlil be good style next summer. Women who have good fabrics on hand are goieg te remodel them if -they -can. It usually can be done. As a matter of fact, so many dresses are com- posed of two fabrics and colors that the whole scheme seems to dovetail. Except for the restrictions on width "and some detail, there does not appear -'to be much identifi- cation of a new line or a drasti- cally, changed one. Waistlines have been lest restless lately and and .4 not show any sign at this time of. -either reaelaing-a new high or sinking to a new low. They are where nature intended them to be* but they are accented. Nothing is straight up and down, about this season's figure. -In fact, dresses „are designed* and will corAinuer to be designed to. accent, not dinceal, curves. But • the feminine sissy or little sister • look is uppermost. For Distinctive Service • TEA !JAGS • - 'Rica lirivieS" is a registered fr-i-demarkOfKelloggCOMpany of .Canada Limited,, for its iseunrinfsairon-raMped rice, Get • some today. TABLE TALKS. SAD!ER. t tIAPApERS • Request Numbers Quite a number of request recipes have piled up again and as most of them are seasonable 1 am giving them now hoping all' wlil be; able to use them. Canned Tomatoes (Oven Method) Select firm tomatoes of med- ium or small 'size. Immerse in boiling- water using a cheese cloth oi veleeejeasketatirm ek.,betit X, Ale ...cold water: :Slip -skins off easily -and peek- -ceiefully ;4aeteelee6atert•-• etiee'd -jars. 'Fill -jars eerith .! ingestrained tomato juice to'with- in ' % inch of top. Ran sterilized spatula or knife down side of -jar several times to' allow air bubbles to escape. . Place new " stetiliied rubber in position and screw top on tightly, then loosen back one turn. Put on rack ,in oven having jars about 11/2 inches apart. Process at 275°F. for 35 linainuteS for pint jars -45 min- utes.for quart jars. When cool • remove froth oven and screw tops' tightly. Invert jars until cool. Canned .Tomato Juice 11 qts. tomatoes' 'A cup selt • 2' large onions (sliced) 1 sweet green. pepper (chopped) 1 small bunch celery (chopped) Wipe tomatoes; cut in pieces. Add salt, stir' well and let stand • 1 hour. DraM off excess water. Add other ingredients and bring) to boil. Boil for 20 rniputes Press through a 'sieve and return • to stove. Add 2 tablespoons sugar and 2 tablespoons salt; boil 2 min- utes. Bottle and seal tightly in well -sterilized jars. Nine -Day Pickle 4 quarts cucumbers • 3 pints eider vinegar 4 lbs. granulated sugar 1 ounce celery seed 1 ounce stick cinnamon 1 ounce whole allspice' Wash cucumbers in warm water. Cub if too large. Cover with strong brine ( cop salt to • 1-quattewaterstand -a-daYs.--- Pour off water and add. fresh cold water - 6. Change daily for three days. s' Drain and Simmer 1 to 11/2 hours in a very weak vinegar ( '4' cup vinegar to 1 cup water) to which has been added a piece Of alum the size of a marble. Drain and put cucum- bers into large ':'crock. Prepare a syrup of vinegar and sugar using % cup vinegar to % cup water and. spices. Boil for five minutes then pour over the cucumbers. Drain this • syrup from the cucumbers for three • coneecuti‘e days. Heat to boil- , British and Indian troops, are Moving westward. R.A.F. fighter planes and medium heavy bombers also weri flying toward Egypt. Convoys from Palestine are re- fuelling at the rate of fifty ve- hicles every ten minutes, and pushing on speedily. Jiffy Knit Jerkin ii vvis4-1-1:4.4 gi-A- : Ovdit t0-1. .:1,It6,t-!k.-- ,k, , 1Nitoci .,•A. tftg`,=:*,k-7tt, n.,44-t,..NYNA '.• ',-,e• Aejliell ..0"4,ie ::.-1.:101".41,4#V.41.1:$:1,ti.fteee, lee , er4,1Aheet ..%,•311'sh, 418 '1A' eszeilifiteclee A jiffy knit jerkin -just the thing for rollege! Knitted 'in straight rows tacked together in a contrasting ;color to resemble cable stitch, it _goes lasteireeru cotton or Wool. Pattern 418 eon- tainsedireetides-for-jerkin-in-sizes 12-14 and 1.6-1g; illustrations 01 stitches; materials required color suggestions. Send twenty cents in Coins (stamps cannot be accePted) for this pattern. to Wilson Needlecraft Dept., ...Room .421, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. Write plainly pattern number, Your name and addre5s. • ing point and bottle while hot on the third day. • Bread and Butter Pickle 3 qts. small cucumbers (eliced, but not, peeled) 1, pt. small onions (sliced) 41/2 cups, water % cup salt ' • 2 large sweet green peppers ee (diced) 1 small sweet red pepper (diced) ' Prepare vegetables and soak for' three hours' in brine made • from salt and water. • Make a. syrup of . inpickiizig-vinegae urme _ --elie•teasalenneaainistard Drop in drained vegetables and • bring to boil; then bottle imme- diately. Seal closely, • Silas Chamber* welcome* personal -letter's from -interested readers.- She • is pleased to - receive auggesstionn on topless for her calm, and he v ready to listen tb your ::pet peeves." • Requests for •,treelpes or special menus are In order. Address your letters to anise Sadie U. Cham- bers, 73 West 'Adelaide Street, Ifo - rondo:" Send stamped self-addressed envelope if you Wibli a rem''. Flowers Keep Fresh - In Dathp Sand Sir Philip Sassoon, English flower' lover, discovered .that his flowers keep 'fresh in damp sand. He hie his flower bowls filled with moist sand, not sodden, and shurt stemmed flowers inserted in the sand. Those with shortest stems :ere arranged on the out= side w:th the lorigerTstemmed ones in the middle, forming a floral pyramid, and massed so that no sand shows. Flowers keep fresh flinch longer this way than in water, he says. .At night' the flower boiefs are .taken down to the cooler' atmosphere of tha cellar. Business As Usual 'Workers clearing raid • debris in Canterbury found under a pile, of masonry a hen which had been hidden- inea-earity-forne-daye. During that time it had laid six eggs, all of which were intact. • The hen seemed little the worse. Phonograph Records Thousands of popoiar.-dakief, se- Thou.:Inds of ottpalar dance seleettions to choose from. Also. A utornatit- Phanographt AiIabie for Meat. Write for partularss. Vigneux Bros. Automatic Phonogralilis 990 BAY ST., TORONTO H 0.11"Elf When you have honey to sell, send a sample to us. We can offer ceiling prices. Containers loaned or returneck' to you. MacFEETERS CREAMERY 52 JARVIS STREET TORONTO • t•