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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1942-11-12, Page 13R7 A Fighter. Lost But Pilot Safe Nazi Raid is Smashed and 'British Pilot Rescued' Thethrilling story behind an • ;Air . Ministry - communique an - 'punting that "a fighter was lost but the pilot is safe" was. related .by.. a ergeant.., pilot 'of R.A.F. fighter command; He was :on patrol with a corns panion over the English Channel when four Focke-Wulf 190's were sighted • at 2,000 feet off Dover. The three leading German. fighters swung into line abreast, attack - Ing from. head-on .and firing from about 300 yard.range: - But. the. •sergant-:didn't take evasive action. He kept straight : ..on attire .enemy, flying into their fire and returning it with his nem. • Bis -aircraft - was , hit several times in the engine. It caught fire and ,'.; dived- towards the sea. "I decided it was time forme to • get • Out," • the. se_'geant" related. "1 released my• straps and stood, •:in -the--cockpit:. Then -I -pulled my- • rip -cord, hoping that my•parachute. would c:•rag, ine out. It opened but didn't inflate. By noa the cockpit 'was in flames, so ,turned. around • and climbed out,' crawling along the fuselage 'towards the tail." there the parachute inflated and 'jerked 'him clear just 'before the Spitfire plunged .into the sea. He believes that he went 80 feet below the' waves before he .broke surface .and struggled free : of =his•paracl►ute: � Ilis'�-lblae<-West. kept him afloat until rescue •graft" arrived.' • Meanwhile, his • companion had based the FockeeWelfs back to' France. The raid had been smash- . ed. S q -NDA Y S CHOOL L ESSON LESSON 47� MOTIVES THAT STRENGTHEN FAMILY LIFE • Exodus. 2:1.4; 20:12; Joshua 24: ' 14, 15; Proverbs 61:10-31; Luke 2:41-5.1; 'Ephesiana ....5.-233;.. 6i •, 1-4; ,:Colossians 3:18-21 PRINTED. TEXT Exodus 2:1-4; Joshua 24:14, 15; • Ephesians 5:28-31; 6:1-4 . '.GOLDEN TEXT. -Love • Never Failed.. I Corinthians '13:8. THE. LESSON IN ITS `SETTING Time: - Moses was .born, pose sibly, about 1,571 B.C., though of •this date we are 'not sure. , .The Ten Commandments were , given, '- if, this ,'date. is.',.,;oerect, in 1491 B.C.' Joshua delivered. his last ad- . ' dress in 1427 B.G. The last^part# of the hook of •Proverb$ niay.have. been written, about 1015 B.C.•The incident "taken from our• Lord's life, ""when' He Was twelve ..Years, of age, is to be placed. about A.D. 7 or SegeTile Apostfe- Paul :wrote- • his Epistles to the Ephesians and ' • Colossians about A.D. 65. Place. -Alloses was born in the land of :.Goshen, and was placed, when a baby, aniong bulrushes in Some 'one' of the fingers of the Command- ments•were.delivered at Mt. Sinai. • Joshua delivered his last address at Shechem. " Phe ineident taken from, our. Lord's life occurred • Jerusalem. Th'e book of Proverbs" 'Midas- r Zn' obab e -tor 'homiest -'pats_ written in the city of •Jerusalem. Ephesus was a great Greek city • in the Itoman ,province ,of Asia; 'Colosse was located' in, the same • province • on the Lycus River. Shechem 'was a city located. in central Palestine; in what • later came to :be . called' Samaria. • • A. Mother's Faith • • 1. "And there • went a man •of the .house' of 'Levi, and took' to wife a daughter of Levi. 2. :And.' • thee woniaar _.conceited., and bare' a , son: and when -site saw Tiiin" tfiat• 'he was,. a goodly child, • she hid . him three months. '3.. And when. she could not longer hide him, --she-.took for- hien an ark of bol - rushes, • and, daubed it with slime and with pitch; and' she put, the child therein, and laid , it-' in , the flags' by the river's brink. 4.. And his sister -stood afar •o:ff, to know ; what would . be done to him." The Israelitisli, .people were in great disfavor with, and suffer- ing- great ,physical- hardships un- der the Egyptian government then in power.. •LA law had gone' forth that: every male child• born to the -Hebrew people .should be put to death. When there was born this baby :' boy, known later in history as •the great prophet Moses, the parents, had faith 'that -God;_hadesome great „purpose._ for the child.._ After • the' child :a� been put safely in the ark, the sister' was set to• .watch, not • .with any thought 4f 'harm „that might come, but simply • to. See 'what•: would be done to him.' The mother 'returned to . her ' house .fighting back her natural • anxiety .by, a faith in God that could not fail her. - Household Worship of God 14. "Now therefore fear Jet hovah, and serve him in sincerity • and in' truth; • and put away the gods which your fathers served - heyond• the RiTer,_and in Egypt; • and serve ye Jehovah. 15.:And if it scent evil unto you., to serve .'Jehovah, choose you this day whom- ye serve; whether the gods I which your fathers served that. were beyond the River,' or the gods of the' Amorites, in whose land .ye; dwell: • but •as for me and• • my house, we will serve Jehovah." • Joshua One a '1t',•fe'ct example of doing himself what he was Prow • preaching, to the Israelites that which they'Iought to do. This is tate privilege of a man • holding great .power, in high posi- • tion, being honored by en entire nation, -to. publicly =lee:are that,•: for himself and his householti, be' would, be' found serving the Lord God. Inasmuch as our lesson particulerly • concerns the family, de here maybe placed on MOROCCO CHIEF • • .Auguste Noguesi governor gen- eral of French Morocco, has pro- claimed' a state of seige in • the territory following 'a Free French revolt among Moroccan'. •troops that coincided with American - How To Save Fuel To Aid Production Britons Will Shiver To Set . Germany Aflame If Britons do not read in bed Or keep fires in their hedroorns, 50 bo'tn'liets can be built by the fuel saved out of the • 70,000,06Q tons of coal used yearly for heat- ing, lightin;e and cooking. The Fuel Ministry. hoping . to save 6,000,000 tons of coal in the next year, 'is holding a series of fuel exhibitions. One, now in Dorland • Ball on lower, Resent street, consists of ,a series of fur- nished rooms ' that demonstrate hoe simple eeono•nies in the home ban increase proctuction, • "Russia faces, a terrible • second winter ---use yowl• coal as if we were besieeed" is the .slolran for the . living roses. By using only one light, Nanking the fire with damp tea leaves and sharing t . nr fah . a neighbor and' by 'keepinn _-eol,,• 0115 , t• R _ -, v. . , Y4= "uf opening of Port Albert ' the Monday morning of last week .was the first crack-up in R -ship the4death occurred in Toront "Gen- mediate iricinity, and many can eral Hospital, of Isabella Mckenzie, tors' tyisited the scene, befo are r beloved wife of Walter Day.. De- plane was dismantled , an ' ire Ceitied was in her 59th year, and wreckage removed. ord e' n on the Lords ,Day, that they do treks such jai low gas jets, coy- hear the Word of God 'read,and ered ,pots, and the use of dor&.: prayersioffered, every day, around boilers, can.resuit in the building the' family table. of two aircraft carriers and two The Love of Husbandi destroyers from the 'coal saved. 28. "Even, so ought husbands Forty -fire submarines ean be to love their own wives as their ' built froth the suggested .bath-; own' bodies. He .that loveth his_ room savings of 'never washing . own wife loveth himself: 29. for Priming ning water, •only five • no man ever hated his own ffesh; inches of water for a bath, and but nourisheth'and cherisheth it, omitting the daily bath. even as Christ also the church; A hundred tons "s"i►f coal will 30, because we are members, oi: make a tank Or a Spitfire Two his body. 31. Por this cause shall thousand tons will make it sub- a man leave his • father • and uterine. Thirty thousand light mother, and shall cleave to his units saved will make one ton of wife; and 'the two shall became aluminum. one flesh." The • Apo'stle Paul The Ministry ..is making each lifts this• whole subject up to the' ° • family responsible`f'or salting one • highest conceivable plane when half ton of coal a year. Britons. he compares the love of .husband by' putting out the fires in their for the wife with the love of the own homes, . will set :Germany Lord Jesus Christ for the Church: ' aflame. 'TH" IJINDERIKIRD TOTEM Sergeant. Clifford Hicks, of .London, Ont, one of the R.C.A.F pilots now standing guard in Alaska, poses for this picture with .• the Thunderbird totem which the unit has selected as its official good luck piece. U. S. and Canadian airmen work together for the defence of the northern outpost. ; This mutual' , loyalty and love is . to be perfectly human; but also, if it • is as it should be for Chris- tens, it is to' be inspired by what . . is perfectly 'divine. • ' Parents and Children 1.'"Children, obey your par- ents in. the Lord: for this is right. 2. Honor thy father and mother. (which is the first commandment with promise)' 3. that it may, be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 4. And, sy- tern gxs.: -prof=okeetrote- oureehibeee dren to wrath: but nurture them. in the chastening and admonition the: Lord." law of childhood. It is, in great part, `the—ild s religion, to be practised 'in the Lord: The rever- ence and love, full• of . si sweet mystery,' ' which the Christian 'child •;feels towards its Saviour and heavenly 'King, add' new ' sacredness• ' to the claims of father and mother. Jesus Christ, the Head over all things, is the • orderer of the life of ' Ivoys and girls.' His love and His might guard, the little one in the ten- danceapf his parents. The wonder- • ful love of parents to their off ..;firing, and the awful authority' . with; which they are invested, come from- the source of human life in' Gd• of Obedience is the • o. • U.S. Hands Pass ort• To 'Vichy's Envoy In Washington the Vichy French arnbassador's passports, were hand- ed to hiin last week, thus making formal and complete the break in relations with . the United. States. State Secretary Cordell Hull disclosed that all 'Vichy French ships„�in United States.,_ports:..had_., seen "'taken ifft6`�roteetire"'miss'e logy. • • • Nazis Circulate Cardboard-lVIoney Pieces Of carboard, three cent - meters square, are being' used as currency ''by the German Frost Fish Fileting Factory in 'Trond- heim. On one side, is printed "10 oere" (the value is abouttwo cents), and on the otherside the insignia of a Geramn heavy ar tillery • battery is marked. The Norwegian people are being made to use these ,cardboard pieces like theeordinary coin currency. .It is reported that this new coinage is being used because metal is be- coming scarce. THIS CURIOUS woRLD By William Ferguson ORTHEASTERN TIP OF rokee COPS. 1942 BY NEA SERVICE. INC. •e. 'A REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. 1S CLOSER TO THAN TOKYO 15 TO' .fr4/V FIZAA/C7SC0 r LfOISON IVY IS NOTA MODERN SCOURGE/ CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH ENCOUNTERED J. ON ARRIVING 'iN AMERICA, Ali© WROTE: "IT Ott/SETA? •E'EOLS/VESS, • IiggiS�//VGEi AMO LASTLY e�5✓srE�es.,'� 14•11.117‘15," 11111411. !s IMO.I IN POETRY, A DASH 15 A PAuSE;' SASS MRS. A. L. JOHNSON, OGDEN, y"TAP•i. NEXT: The powerful squash nlaei Liberia: Offshoot Of United States Monrovia,' the Capital, Named for Fifth U. S. President • At • tits western -most tip of ., • Africa, says the Stratford Beacon - Herald, lies Liberia, the little re- • public founded by Americana . for , their freed slaves, developed under their pngrgL prrotecti_on, the .little capitol, Monrovia, 'teamed for the fifth i;.I. S. president. ' Miles of good road have been built, millions of rubber .trees have been planted, the health of the natives improved, and religious and.. sociological or- ganizations ..have contributed to their welfaae- But now that Amer- loan merloan troops have landed •at Liberia, which is south of , Dakar, the Nazis be'iold the move with loud oharges od. 'ipure rape of ,a .greed' -state," eines everything whieh . does'. • not •edntribu'te • to Nazi' advantage is • &Ways 'wrong in Germany's eyes. ie • 35f1 Mile Coastline For some •350 miles extends the coastline' cff Liberia, and for 170 miles • inland penetrates its term- .. .tory..• Along that_. en -tire length of mast there is no good harbor. The• surf breaks tumultrously along its . stretch of shore, and reefs and sand bars 'make it dangerous. The rivers ...b;tug ,s'ilt. to then mouths and' block them. Ragged head- lands • rise from the water;• the palms traveltost-of the settlers are along the coastal belt, and.: in the Clay soil just beyond they raise coffee. • ' A Plateau Country Liberia is a plateau country cls- _. _.._ � .__ .._ Ing some .1,500 feet • above the eel, . • grown. •densely with forests ,Sud • . visited by heavy rainfalls.' Trees'''. grow to a height' of 200, feet, and. are splendid examples • of their . Species. both because of their equatorial position and the abund ant rainfall. There .are ecotion trees. many kinds of palms, about 22 different kinds of trees and. .shrubs, producing rubber and trees wbish yield large; , edible nuts. Coffee grows 'wild as well :as cul-• -•tivated:eldneap les ecce p:,es _limes; -- a aws a les avocada P P alligatorPP • pears' breadfruit,. bananas. • yams, •sweet • potatoes .are plentiful. 'The ground orchids. and' the :tree • ebids -aro--prefuse._'araonga.the• - ;wild jangle, lands, and en' feet all ;,'flowers bloom with a, brilliance: • and abandon in Liberia. Bright- •winged birds fly through the for ests. Wild. creatures 'of' amazing. number make their honied ..in the' alinc ot .impenetrable woodlands, Called th'e,best forest country of all • West; Africa.• • - Canada Breaks Vichy' Relations Termination of diplomatic rela- • ons between the tiCanadian and the Vichy Governments was. an- nounced.....by .:Prep ie _M eleenzine.. Ring in.• a statement last week which referred to the Laval Ad- ministration as "A .German puppet governmept" -: The French minister -who has been in Ottawa since early in 1940 -was informed by the prime min- ister that because those "in nom- inal control"• of the French Gov- ernment had ordered resistance to the United Nations forces in North Africa•it was "perfectly clear that there no longer exists in France a legal or constitutional government in any sernse repre- sentat e ear the French peon:e; but ' only a German puppet gov- ernment." ' Therefore the Canadian Gor- ernmcnt "has 'ceased to recognize the present. government et Vichy as: being •the .de jure Government of France and diplomatic rela- tions with Vichy are according:y terminated." Thousands ' of . tons of wild thistle 'seed is heing harvested in Chile for its _,sdible oil. " • LISTEN TO "COUNTRY 1 E W Si" Items of Interest -From Ontario • Weekly Newspapers EACH SUNDAY AT 2' P.M. CFRB--860' on your dial 1IADIO'.REPORTER.• REx FOST.• Programmes may come and pro- grammes may go, but Amos' 'n Andy go on for ever, Freeman Gosden ' and Charles Correll; to give' them their proper names, have just passed' the 4000 mark, completing thereby one of the longest series of programmes on record in radio broadcasting. Naturally they -have their troubles - thiriking up new scenes .and new situations. However they've adopted . a .philosophical -attitude in regard to the difficulties they encounter in the writing of their episodes . . "We've done 4000 Scripts" they. say "and we can 'manage- one more ... whic1} is another reminderthat not Only • do these famous black --face come- - dians_; present . their .;•numerous' characters' themselves, but they :actually '.create' their own situs-, • tions and write their own •scripts. • These C.B.S::favotl'rites,. who are • heard over C�FRB,, Toronto, M'on 'day through Friday, 'l to . 7.15, !, p.m., seem good for a •long time to come. . In the year 1877, Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of Great Britain declared in the House of Com'nidns at Westminster . - "The health of the people is really tits foundation upon which all their'' 'happiness. ;;and • all their powers as a state depend." Yes, good health is always 'a national asset. In wartime it is a vital weapon. The • old adage that • a • -Soldier mareheseon-:his=sto-mae-1� vas equally true in these days of total war to the industrials worker arid the war -:time home -maker. Be-:' :cause there are tliousarids of people all over Canada with less time for marketing and planning ' Menus, and because improper sel- ection of foods may lead to re- duced, nation.'�rl•'�'•.°efficiency, the Canadian • Broad'casting Corpora- , • tion is focussirig attention on this' important 'question of nutrition in _a._newel roadea t aturea entitled_. "T H'idaeliEiferey:"'""'Dr "'Mita=••-• beth Chant -Robertson, noted Can- adian authority•. an nutrition 'is• advisor . totheseries of C.B.C. broadcasts to be heard every Wednesday evening at 10.15, The programmes . are not presented in the old-fashioned dry manner in which the subject of nutrition has been surrounded,but'are offered aa.sheerful litle sketches ... not without humour . . . illustrating the necessity of balanced diet in a' campaign to step up the energy of Canadians -serving in -industry, in offices and homes, as wellas in the armed forces. The series'• should' 'be of particular interest tothe ladies. * e ' :a• A few weeks ago we reported a. • change in the time of the popular "Treasure Trail" broadcast, which ' is currently heard ovee'CFRB, .Toe ionto, and an • Ontario •networ everyeyelet Wednesday 8.30 pan. "New :we hav'e•teerepo`rt a•change in the personnel' of the broadcast:. Rai - Purdy, well' known dramatic' artist; and . radio programme producer,., hwho has < been • ' associated , with ' • . • •i'Treasure Trail" .since its 'incep- tion, is sew a member of His Majesty's Forces.. By coincidence Rdi iirdy's successor, 4a -el -Fa- - ler a-eT Fal- ler is• teamed with Al Savage. Jovial Jackie now announcer for Jim' Hunter. Quick-witted Al is a former associate of the Tele gram's Talking Reporter. -Tire-now . popular Ilex--Battle- has "battled" his way to popular appreciation both asa band leader and a concert pianist. . We hear many comments ' these days .. re- ,••,,,garding the series of ,programmes currently being presented by Rex: Battle, Monday and Friday eve- nings, ' 7.45 to 8 p.m. ,over CFRB, Toronto and a network. Hera is. a programme which will appeal to those who enjoy better 'class'musie rendered through the medium of the ivory keyboard. . *,. * * • A new series of discussions of Air Raid . Precaution Measures is currently ebeing heard oyer 'CFRB. .every. Friday sright at_10.__o_.'elock,.._ espairsored-_-by -.the edentate -.-Gem _.._._-_ mittee of . the Civilian Defense Corps. Pree-Mee-wide. members , of the 'C.D.C.. will find, these talks` entertaining and instructive. • ROMAN RULER 1 HORIZONTAL 1 Twin brother of Remus: '... 7 He ,was legendary of Rome. 13 Uneven. 14 Biblical priest. 16 To thread. , 17 Fenced. 18 Clamor; - 19 Dubbed. 20 Small child: 21 Window parts. 23 Metal. _ 24 Title of courtesy. 25 Burial rites. 27 Waiter's gratuity; Answer to Previous Puzzle LIT YIE LIL1O'W'S A 1 R 'HOTE 1=[T DE 7 ' C �1 MIOITR1 0 N DIANC EP 29 Beheld, 30 Skillet. 31 Gazelle. 33 New England (abler.). •34 To mekd a beginning: 36 To grow old. • 38 Proverb. • 40 Male sheep 41::Female fowl.. 42 To' bow. 43 Vehicle. I, 45.Hair ornament. 47i't ound . spirally. 49,Gatne fish (pt.). 51 Derby. 52 Y.;�iu and L 53 Sooner than. 54 Preposition. 55 Affirmative. • 56 Into. ' 58 Southeast (abbe.). 59 The. brothers were thrown river. 60 A Wolf saved and , for 'them. VERTICAL 1 forded cloth. 2 Speech. • 3 Tooth. - • 4 Consumed. 5 Guided. 6 Kindof ssiito- 7 Sheerer. f edge, 9 Spruce. 10 To .abdicate. 11 Early part of night. 12 Scarlet. 15 Fancily. 21 Play on ' words. 22 To sink. • 24 He ---=- :or .. killed ' Rerntis. • 25 Agricultural . detracted 26•A.ct of • lending. 28 Rind.. 30 Gem. 32 Clay house.' ._ 35 Characteristic.' 36 Exclamation. 37'Half an em. S9 To love. 43 Animal. ' 4.1 Poems. 46 Less good. 47 Light talk. • 48 Pitcher. 49 Style. 50•E Ovule. 53 You: . 57 Nl';th Amer- ic,^" •(: bbr.). By ' J. MILLAR WATT \,1 AM E NIT^ deLIOIET 1 C r �EE-y A,L'AE e:• -W. AD D'R • NIE S • ®P ROW • 1 N AIMEGING RR ALI DRAT EGET [wry E, P � • •:' A R'R LIT YIE LIL1O'W'S A 1 R 'HOTE 1=[T DE 7 ' C �1 MIOITR1 0 N DIANC EP 29 Beheld, 30 Skillet. 31 Gazelle. 33 New England (abler.). •34 To mekd a beginning: 36 To grow old. • 38 Proverb. • 40 Male sheep 41::Female fowl.. 42 To' bow. 43 Vehicle. I, 45.Hair ornament. 47i't ound . spirally. 49,Gatne fish (pt.). 51 Derby. 52 Y.;�iu and L 53 Sooner than. 54 Preposition. 55 Affirmative. • 56 Into. ' 58 Southeast (abbe.). 59 The. brothers were thrown river. 60 A Wolf saved and , for 'them. VERTICAL 1 forded cloth. 2 Speech. • 3 Tooth. - • 4 Consumed. 5 Guided. 6 Kindof ssiito- 7 Sheerer. f edge, 9 Spruce. 10 To .abdicate. 11 Early part of night. 12 Scarlet. 15 Fancily. 21 Play on ' words. 22 To sink. • 24 He ---=- :or .. killed ' Rerntis. • 25 Agricultural . detracted 26•A.ct of • lending. 28 Rind.. 30 Gem. 32 Clay house.' ._ 35 Characteristic.' 36 Exclamation. 37'Half an em. S9 To love. 43 Animal. ' 4.1 Poems. 46 Less good. 47 Light talk. • 48 Pitcher. 49 Style. 50•E Ovule. 53 You: . 57 Nl';th Amer- ic,^" •(: bbr.). By ' J. MILLAR WATT \,1