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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1940-01-04, Page 3• • • • • •••• 4. • • BBC Sends News , In 12 Languages • Can k Reach 4(‘0,000,000 Ik4;. ' smut Cannot Be Jammed .The war of Words, chief 'differ,. • enee between the first and second great wars, gathers. force almost• ' daily as epeech-Makers and ra,die announcers of belligerents clutter the ether with alitibl :of prop- ' agandist .tongfies. . • Among this confaion rise the •vOices.of•British.Broadeast'ing•Cor- poration announcers, speaking in 12 languages of Enrope and •the -Near East, soberly broadcasting Itara ,as it is reported • by the warld'setgreat s -gathering. . encies, pr setting forth atithorita- tvB e. riea islviews on. world ev- flts • t} • . • . Teeice Daily News Bulletins NeWs bultetinseereeput, 'out In. • • Wench, Germane -Italian, 'Spartieh,,,, ' Peettiguese0.Arabib. and six rang-°!., • sieges eittled 'Since; he wee start- • e Serbe:Croat,Tehmanian,, Magyar, Polish". and Greek. The former news btilletiii in Afrikaans bag become • twice-daily .feature. Before 'the trar t wes estimated 150,000,000 persons were able ..to • hear 8.13.C: broadcasts..Sine hog- • • , Odes began the number Of reach- able persons has. inereasedto 400a • 0041,009. B.B.C, engineers say their. facilities are so good' that they .cennot .be jammed eff • the air. . . . . Canadian Honey Popular Abroad - Since.. Tariff f. Lifted,' There'S . Continuous Flo*„..Of 'It 'to the •United.K.ngdom .Canadian honey, is floWing rap, fostlekIlleited Kin'g,doin Market eineca.irtiport .i•eatriceioneebn •the ' • Canadian".'produet. were lifted in •..„ November, Dominion egriculttiree ' department officials repart.'. • .While it is too earlyto give fig- - Sires. foe the•exPort becauee. of the• . slowness of returR of .eustonis cera. .• tifitiates4# is estirriate-d that ex- ports i1l be ."considerably high-• ' er" than, last yeeia-witen .honey ' from, 'producers ir Quebec.; ' On- • • tario ..and Manitoba provided •'500,•000 naiads. of . honey ,Con.etim- ed in the United Kiegdem, about • 25 per 'eenteqf the. total,• , ••••••. • .Avetate Yield This Year • :Canada's 1938 hotray-produetten. • • ..set a.. now • record ..:at 4.e!t-ex•-• • • • •• pected. to be . about. . • flv( • at • ' • from 25,0Q0,00 to 2e. Price of the' Canadien honey. on British 'market has•advahced about 15 shillings' for each 112 :.peundse competed • with prices ..cniTent abbut the • same, time last year. •u1. . Wars used, . to . he ,comparatively simple agaire in the old days when two.coPitries got madat each •oth- er, went to War with tangible Wea- pons, imight on actual 'fields of bat- .. tle. In these days you could tell which:side Imel, wen which. engage, meat, and who was likely to come out on to In the end. But in the twentieth century, .with •. the intro - ,duction of the economic battle- ground. and high-powered prepagan- 'da.weaPons, wa.rfarie Dee bene a. ' thing of•Infinire, complexity,'fiought with ideas; . threats', diplomatic' 'caups ,few can tinderetand. and .interpret the' to•tiese. takes Small waderethen.tha, 4s tire . .seeoeir•Great 'War • came to . the: . close:Of° its fourth,•inotith, noleody . knew whicJi eiclea-.Cletanany,oF the t ...Attlee • was .eVianin.o. • • • • .. Naval •ObjeCtivei . TOmany,' however, it seemed ' during the sixteenth week ,that • G.Mena,ny was lasing. met. on the sea. The ecuttling-af the. Columbus and. the clear Sege, the sinking. •oe a large number of subinarinee, • doubtedly".weakened, Germany as a s'ea 'power.. Mt' let us look at the • situation in tete light •oe the. being-. eyeets' n&val Objectivee! The. Al - .lies are Nvorking for the complete domination of the se, cutting Off , all traffic by sea, to and from Ger- inanY ambitious Undertaking; ' Germany's naval objective -.•the .eripplieg. of the ,Beleishniereentile. Finds Radium . • ..Worth 440;000 .• In Laid FOuk. Years Machine •Sairea. Ontario • Government • $8,000 Per Year in lour - Hance . • .. More than $45,005•woeth of lost. radiune. has been found it the:last. four years ,by . a little . machine made by De: John D. Leitch, the young . physician 'revealed in •• an address before the Royal .Catiadian Institute. In, addition. the detece ter. has saved the Ontario govern- ment at least $8,000 eentially in niseeance. premiums, • be. said.' . • a. , • Lott In Garbage •Sometimes With his .instrumerit. Dr. Leiteh. :hag found radium lost in Ontario • •• en several oceagionse other, vio- . Vista recalled following theiaddress. ' itadium,has been lost in haddages. •eneee.than once, and has been .tak- eneaway in garbage', to be. recov- ered later from a dump. • Canada's Leading Minerals Listed • Asbestos, Coal, Copper, Gold, • Gypsum, Lead, ,Petroleuni, • Silver, :Zinc Are Chief Pro- tiuCts'in 1939—, 'The DoMinion Bureau of•Statis- . tics .bas issued. the following • bctical list showitigthe production • of Ca.nada's leading minerals dur- ing the nine months ended Sep- ., •tember, Withfigures fer .1938; in • brackets; asbestis,. 246,888 (.208,- 1132) .torist -cement, ..41,425,•5-35 (4,234,238 )barrels ; clay pro- ., elucts, . • $3,124,539. , ($321,877); coal, 10,535,930 (9,887,2g3). tons; •eapper, 451,41.0,179 (428,875,538) ' • feldspar, 7,453 (10,43.8) • tons; gold, .8,803'4202 (1,464'0398) ' fine • Minces; gypsurne • 907,130 .731,28.9) tons; lead, 283,031,661 319,405,741) pounds; Hine, 863,- 842 (.355,525) tons; natural gas • 26,074;482,000e (23,446,907,059) etibi;,1 foot n 175,161,7/ 1. '( 1'60;0974162 ) panicle; • proleem, •'5,787;11,7 ( 5,341,5.69 ) ba rrels;•• i-ommercial ealt, 17(3,557 .(1•81:1,- ' , . • • 071,810). tine aiiinc(s; zinte: atria- ' •,030,901). 285.575229), pounde. ' f neutral ships to the mid that• sup- • Bee reaching Great Britain by sea., . may .he seriously curtailed more .modest, its attainment woad be no leas (Ian -aging to the A.11.1,e; than attaiethent of the Allied oneeetive wetil.d•teeta Germany.. nee: cauSc of, the .grenter elependence of the Britieb I4Ies )4yn Seaborne. trat: .lnthe air, tee,. nettling coneiuse five had .been proven un.tothe end Of 1939. Air operations . em, both side.siaave•-been defeesivee or ueed • at an •aid in:pbtainine naval ohjece • tives; or in reconnaissance. ',Hod?. long would the warela-Std, Highly -placed staff ofieearg of ' the •Prench army' ventured a predictio• n thatit would continue another 18 • mouths, (the Gei•mans, •they said,• iuust makeasoineePeetacular move,. probably. in the.spring, to keeti up .eheedelazi inerale. ethey a -en • beeee, some blunder. and the. War will be •'ever"). On the Western Front per- haps; yes, But sin:Mid the *filet become; wider, assume new. shape ' and scope; °W hp 'could guess then it Might end.? • ' . . • , "On Christmae. Day" in the niorre • :Ma," King • George .,spoke to . the Empire . . Helsingfors wasbomb- ' ed agahr ...' Canadian troops Woke. up in liospitabie .British• households . . „ Prime Minister de•••Valera., of Eire urged a peat& conference gow, iiistead,•of af the end of an •ethaust- ing war ... all leaves were cancel led from the .NOrweglan aetnye Italians throughout Italy thronged . churches giving thanks for peace • in theireeitn country ....Pope Pius. XII' read a letter from President Roosevelt, pledging his aid in early . .peace moves . . • Stalin foi'mally. • thanked Hitler for birthday eipn- gratu1atitins . . Ia Ottawa, preparations were un- der way for the opening of the Par liamentery session,. January 25,• :•• when a progeam..eflaxation to fin- ance Canada's war effort will be In- . trod.uced. A. war loan .will be launched, but in addition increased reireeue.'wili•haVe to come froth a • rise it the sales tax and in' income • tax rates, from restoration of the . • old sugar taxa levying.of "nuisanbe" and luxury taxes that *ere employ- ed in the last war. , • - -ge• • ••• . • .• Stalwarts of Canada's Firlit Div/090 Lapp La England,. Arriving. at an unnamed. port in the British Islessoldies of Canada's first division dee shoWn a ehey stepped ashore: The .ships that carried them slipped into their docks' and theCanucks .diSembarked. before • news of their arrival was made public. Thinking Lags Behind Science • McGill Expert .Urges 'The • World to Catch ' Up With. • New Scientific Developments Hope for Civilization Lies,In Knowledge . Small Number .• • Actual Fliers •Many More Technicians Are • • Necessary • • , . There's more to- thiflying geni• e than Pilots'. This is being well ill- ustrated as 'intensive training of men in the',Royal 'Canadian Air Fierce swings intohigh gear. As a matter of fact, the.namber. of ac- tual, airmen.in 'the .torce is. a clef- ' finite minority.' • • The R. C. A. F., to put'mee •• fighting 'planes,, needs hundreds 'of skilled .tradeamen. JtISt a few of: the typesthat goeto make •up the' force are aero engine tiled- airfreme 'Meehan/es, ' arrna- rnct artifieers, clerke, cooks, die- • • ciplinarians, electricians, fabric 'Workere ••taid tailors. •• Marty Never Off Groused e . Many, . of these aircraftsinen ."•have »O'er been off the gfound. • Many of them never will be. ing is the job of the pilot. Their. work. is to make' this job .pessible., These men are being '• put into fine physical- share, given elementary training and then mov- all to air 'lieges in ntliet Ontario, • 44.144.' 4,4i4lro A, • rip; a 1..1,04ti. ` fieieneY.' • • e; a a e One of the reasons for .•the • ,froubles •of the •world tOday is that weare div,ing in a scierigfic • civilization and and we don't live" or. • think scientifically in Prof. C. • :Leonard Huakine, head of the de-• • pertinent of .genetics at McGill University, lest. week told a Min-. '•teral 'audience: ' • .He 'urged that there Should :be• . a more general adeptiOnof the scientific attitude:and. a• vider ap- preciation of the value of ',pure science as a method ,of trainingea eme'ans of obtaining knewledge, and as an end to the development •of. • g balanced philosoPhrof • ' Implicadana Clear •. Quoting Sir Richard Gregory, Prefessor ,Huskins said that "The • view that the sole functiote. of • seience-is the discovery and study of natural facts . principles without regard regard to. the social impli- • eatians of..elee knowledge • gained,. Can no longer • be Maintained. It is being widely recognized that science cannot be 'divorced , from .ethics, or . absolve • itself from theihtunan responsibilities in • athe applie tien of .its .discOyeries • tee destructive purPoses in war or economic disturbances in times. of • Peace- • . . . . . Man, Shauld Know. Himself.. ' • Whatever hope there is for the •future of civilization, he, said,' lies • in tnowledge,, the scientific met od of •getting it, and •particalarly '• in' bia108,44'al. science Which will ultimately . teach men. •to know .. himself. , • .• , . • • .. ., .. SHUCKS! 11-i' GOSS IS SErdi.14 LO2Kini xr•ASTACkt OF i3 -S • FER, PAPeR )114K, 'TYPE 114 R-1ii'N1F ,1_l FOLKS NIA() 0WE 1-tttO WOULD PRI UP, t-ts •". wouLpar • AT'A r•• • . f It . 1 rir 44 # illeist tr., I i' -ill * -4 Army's Biggest Feet, • Located In Montreal A claim of having, .the soldier . with the biegest. feet •ip the Caii- clan 4.1 "Iii$ pass • lento to Montreal. • . . • The: new record .holder •C. • A. Mallette. of the 'Ceriadian, Dental Corps. Hehas been in the. • . twiny nearly two -months, and -a: • tinifoenn . te lit him • has yet •tp: bo fou 4-te. was e sneei ally ineeine; • , • 'edefdr hi bots ---size 15. Sapper... Rob.crt Barnes of the • Royal Can- adinn at Toronto,': took • Freak Accidents cause -Laughter., .1i; S. Safety Council Reports • Odd Case •• ••• ..: Each year' the •Natioeal Safety'. .Cauneil ,of abe. United State S Makes •••a• -roam:a...up. of. orld, hat het Eatal., . • aceidehte and 'publishes 'them 'in • • it meggee e: '"Public - Safety." This year hrought the usual bump- er ..caopo,t feeak eTertese, areseree'sampfes.•• . • • • Joseph 1.7ayiler; Jersey City, N. , J., serubbed his.teeth to .enthes- iasticaliy ene..dey..that he swal- lowed hard in. sheer .exhaustion. . Suddenly he discovered the tooth brush 'was missing, Ratite/ X4ays. revealed' the: regulation -size brush repOsing in his stomach.' An Embarrassing Experience. . Then there was theembarrass- ing experience .of Frank Miska, • • Finland's Ski Warriors Await Calf For Action In IThe Field .* • 4.11„ ' • ea: • • .411111,-. • -" • ••..,.... .,.• . . ..“,•i•Qt.c.....is :,. *.r;.'. ,...e•;. j . ••••••••4;44,...::•• •. r , . : ' ,A, detachment of Finnish ski troons is shown somewhere in northern Finland as they wait the :call for, action against the Red invader. ,Armed with light machine-621ns, rapid-fire pistols and deadly hunting knives, these men have .spread, terror and confusion •in their swift and deadly raids' on. Russian patrols. This .is one of the first phots to to reach Canada from/the war . zone near the fertile circle. It was flown from Helsingfors to London and radioed. to N QW 'York. . - . . . . . . , . , • . , ,• •••• d'ILAR FELLERS—Wry International ••• • • " , • •1 •Temple, TeX. is he, stepped off the curb' to aroas the street, a car• - whigged 11,7,00 13P01100,111113 off. Isliekte 'took inventore't. e didn't suffer a -scratch,. but there he was. Standing in his' long underwear. • The car had ripped his pants off. P.S. The , driver provided a new _pair and all was well.. New Radium Mine In Ontario k kid); Will Soon Ile Producing In The • Wilberforce Area • • Canada is soon to have anothe er Producing mine. Definite init•.; • 'illation that a nine in. the 'Wilber-. ' force area of Ontaribe will soon he producing the world's richest lemeat. was given in Toronto. . • ConetrOction of a•1004on mill •b&Idig Is"eenipleteci and the•bal- ao:Icrieff, alfri4.tthaem Lcdru,As'hui nh,,goeqe least p�s sible"dela.y; The aMp,any •hakbeene informed that the separation 'Un- it, 'which . empleys the, electric). - 'chemical process ' for.. breaking flown the ore, and extracting the ' Varioba 'metals. and •oxides in com- mercial forni, is -rapidly neaeing Completion. • Other Rare Elements ,• laboratory tests and analyses on samples front: the prorrty it is reported reveal the pre ence of .tantaltim,'" beeyllium; gold, • tang - sten, 'and some of. the other rare elethenti; as well as ueaniuna the Maternal ancestor of radium: • "LAND BELOW THE WIND ' By Agnes Newton Keith , • Agnes Keith is.: the Ameticata• ti;ife of an English official in one •of the •furthest outposts of the Bri- ' Einpiee, The story Jiciylife in that Far Coin-it/7, Bernet), is told in 110...prize-winning autobio- • graphy, "Land Below. the Wind." She has il;&e.ed in Sandakaw, _the canital, .she has accquipanied her husband on his, expeditions deep into the.,jungle and far up the riv- ers. In this book she makes her readers enjoy the timeless. •days, the eXotic nights 'ef .Borneo. We gee her hOuse in the beauty of a • tropical moonlight and. also when it ie. drenehed and leaking •in- • mer.soen. tAi.'e see her compound • vitl4 is Chinese • cooks, its . Merut hougehdy_s, and its assortment • of monkeys and mongooses. We s,ee •:e1::at, the -Innen can' :do to %reek down • the fortitude of a woman Who. is betl'i curious ..andegoursig":: 'Nora Walee (fanfous author of "Reaching for the Stars," "House of Exile") says: "Land Below the Wind" is one of those happenings ehat make life worth whiled "Land Below .the Wind" b4y, Agnes Newton Keith To- ronto: McClelland and Stewart...—. $3.00., •• _eete-se4.-••,•efreee--pe•r eeees-ee-e•eeeee--- ICE of tile PRESS SECOND-HAND IieUREAUS' With all these bureaus being ee- tabliehed at Ottawa it looks as it the Gievernment will have a lot .of aecond-hand furniture on its heads galhe eeid•ef the war.---Meatreal • • • • WCTa tie At TLe THE TOURIST WANTS • Pleasant ' g and sleeping places; offeringservice at reason- e.• able rates, are portent in at- teecting ur interesting toea..tinsssee—iii.nNasi • country and' god& ton Jeurnale. . • • ,ELOQL1Ek 'TRAFFIC SIGN • • • • Something .new. epad eives 'which hasea • deep eignifidanee is• ' .• .orie".that ie found in a small O.n•L• tario town. The Sign reads: 'Slow; • No liespizal." Not a ba4 traffic • sign at thateeeFort Erie eq-* Review: ' • RAISE MORE SHEEP , When the Hon. P. M. Dewen • spoke recently in Brantford he POinted out that farmers could make no mistake in raising more • sheep. Now the Canadian wool ad,- ministrator declares ,thet Canada • is 8,009,000 poutds short of wool •, • to 'fill her requirements at the• , 'present thee. The needs of the war offer a, fine opportunity to .. et .p • "ustry n Canada-e-:rantferd :Expositor'. - , • 1. 1 72 - Pages • HERE'S HOW! • For your copy of "Who's Who" which Gantt:an% Time Hockey Statistics end the careers cif 131 of its players, send St with a 5 -ib. See He Syrup labels why* 24b. or two Ivory or Wheat Starch labels and 4e. Send request to ad- dress on the label with your name, and eddies". Bee. Hive. Syrup. LIFE'S Lncg THAT By Fred Neher • (eweisteserese ere ge) •'•Good Waning, . ,• Am I Speaking to 13••••.a ee." ...'e'eeee:. 4......coonewormaxwe••••••••••••••••‘..4+ the Lady of the. Ido...aer."'• • • By GENE BYRNES THE ECYPTIANS •NEVER' Wao,TE. 'al PAPER. AS WE DO/ THEY CARVED THEIR V.,RITN45 ON BRICKS AHb MONS'S! DO Y01,) K4O1,44 MR. , D'SHAUC4ONESSY, YOURE Ti-tE F.1145Y EAL"LIVE ICYPTIAN I EVER' KNEW I! 41114 1.1.4.11 -1.30'r • t -LOW to4.11,t 1141.4.1ttt 1,,u.D.Leattm, 1 1.1t161.1,t.: • • I iP• 4. .1 • •1 1%.1. •'. , • ,• , •• tee. • : ' • b• • •