HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1940-01-25, Page 3toe
Pikeon Gets
Amy Ionort
Bird That, Saved Flier In South
Africa Respected' in Death.
A pigeon that saved the life of •
Major i. d. E. Venter, general
staff;officer, of the Voorttielfker•=
hoogte and Transvaal co'nunand,
leas been buried at Johannesburg,.
South Africa,, with ' military hon-
cors. ,
• When he was a yo tefrr.
•tsnt n;the'.SouthaAfrican Air Force,
Venter. flew. over' the bushveld in
. the Northern- Transvaal. He' was
:to release': three carrier .pigeons •
sot 'as to test their:homing abi'lity...:
Lo t lis• 'the Wilderness ,
After; releasing tvs:d ot` them,.
• Veal e'r" realized that •lie,• was lost::
33is compass .wits out -Of commis..
cion;,' and for :ea far;" es•.,lie could.
tee thg°eountry".Was eove4•ed: with
ainaI1 ilry :bushes withputoany deft
Inite. landmark by which;"he' might
ba able• to fix..his -whereabouts.
"Being young • an • inexperi'enced•
at the time, I became• panicky;"
he 'said.. "Then'.1 remembered That
,I had one pigeon left. . • '
-"Would, he' know his ways home?
fIt was my only -chance.. I let,. him:
'.go, and he began to fly in what 1
;thought -•was• • the • wrong direction.
' But after hesitating for a few sec-
• 'buds .I decided to follow 'him. We •
flew• on and on, and just- when I
- had begun to lose •all faith in' thy
guide,, I saw the Pier"aar's River.'
lerom. there on I knew. my•.way.
•
gill
"Shrewdness and cunning can .be
utilized to mislead the enemy. Just
as the enemy may be led t� make
false: moves because•of seeming op-
erations of one's defense forces,
demonstrations Or diversions,, so -h®
can be prevented from making cor-
rect decisions by false reports of a
' military, •political or economie•pat-
ure. Naturally. the misleading • re-
portsmust not lack the semblance
of.. ,probability;' and. . they: nw,si: •be
disseminated .in. the "enemy coun-
try an _,inCenspienot s manner;'
and at the, right niem. ent'l— from
a treatise qn psycholagicalr' 'yearfare
by ;Major`pQeneral Franke, modern
" German defense expert:.: ' " -
-' Gerrriany's tactics .in, the present,'
war•:appeared•last week to be fol-
lowing the line laid down..by: Herr'
Franke`dir the above . Was Fur- '
ope•.entering upon a:new Phase of
"p.sychologicai • , warfare" where
."seeming , operations of . German
forces", "misleading 'reports bear-
Ing every -semblance of probab.ility"
took the place of actual, military Op-
erations? If such were .the -case, the.
rumors current in the war's' nine=
--teenth weeif, regarding the immin-
ent,, 'invasion ,of Holland Belgium
should have:'frightened no one ..
Yet since •this, type of, psychological, •
Warfare might' at any moment` turn.
into •"the, real, thing", vigijance ndr
. The, Allied
military -machine had ::to be kept
geared for action, the armies oVthe
Low; Countries remained mobilized
reserve armies had to be main-
tained, hospitals field ready,, • air-
raid I protection. "functioning 24'.
• hours a 'day., all at enormous ex-
pense. And 'so •the "war of nerves"
continued. . '
A R F WA
NEN1/.THE T E•O S?
The ,War in the'• north between
Russia, and .Finland threatened .in
the same week to draw • Scandinay-
. ja iiito ,the •conflict, i.too :.. espec-
ially Sweden across., terri-
• •tory would have to go any armed
• aid Finland. Would receive froin the '
Allies, Italy -or the 'U.S. !7s the face .
of German• threats to attack Swe-'•
den' shott•ld she allow' such passage'
' of arms , and Men... King Gustay.
spoke out "in favor- •of• Finland .
• without,' however,.'. promising- any ,
militarp aid•. •• ' `••
"DEVIL TAKE'THE' HINDMOST"
In `the Balkans, more diplomatic .
jockeying . Foreign' correspon-
• dents in ,the ,;`now reported that
•Italy' (backed; perhaps, by the A1 •
-
lies) had engaged Hungary, :to help.
' stop' Riissian-expansion into •south-:'
eastern Europe. Hungary !agreed to'
cone in on the plan, so:.they said,
.if 'Rumania would be willing to
:give Transylvania back to her•after•
• the war .... Rumania, they contin-
ued; won be 'willing to •give •up•
Trarsyl�ia to Hungary, if Hung-
ary and •Iia ly would aid her .in
• keeping Russia' from tailing Bes-
sarabia (oh! look at the map) : , .
Jugoslavia, it was believed, 'was
being asked to approve the passage
of Italian troops over. her terri-
tory if and when a 13alktin.war de-
. veloped:. ,
InCanada the first var. loan.
went" on sale, was soon overtsubi
scribed.•... and people heard that
Canadian troops were.in •tho front
line trenches ... •
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1940: •Holidayv s
.. J
Mostly Monday
® da
Six Fall on That: Day in Course
of Year,: List Shows
This is. Leap Year,. with 29 days
In February, and six pf 'the,"statu-
bry hq'lidays fall on. Monday.
New Year's Day, Monday,' Jan-
• wary 1. '
Good Friday,; March 22.
Victoria Day, I"'riday, NTay 24.
Icing's birthday, Thursday, June
Dominion Day, Monday., :July 1.
Civic Holiday, Monday, August,
r, •
Labor Day, Monday,' .St'ptcmber
2. I
• xThanksgiving Day, Monday,
October. 8. •
• Remembrance Day, M1Iondey,
November 11,
'Chri'stma's Day, Wednesday, Dec-
ember 25. •
x—Probable date.
MTCKIE SAYS—
\VWEIJ YOU err II4R01101-1
'READIKt''rl-1'IS GREAT
"FI RESI PE' COMPANION;
MAIL, ' lY -i'o AT34,1E)420
'MEM MEDDE A
MEW SU6SCRACERd,
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Aids Canadian Composers
Improvements
In Television
Number of Images Per • Second
Cut 'in 'Half -- • Larger Pic- .
tures Produced in Receiving
Set
A meet • d, for, cutting down, the
nuanb.% o't• television picture•a_that
must be• shown each second to pro=
duce a -steady image, was demon-
strated last ,week in' the OnMent
television .laboratories inPas�salc, •
XI The standard rate "is thirty ,a
second, This has been cut down to
fifteen -a second, a reduction made
possible by the use Of a fluorescent
• Salt which retains ' its brilliance
for a long time after being excited
• by the electron stream. •
A Steady Image
Standard. televsion sets repro
duce 'pictures four by . five inches
and. eight by tett inr`hes:Allen I3.
Didion#, the •inventor, demonsttat-
ed ,a receiver using. a very large
'scanning tube With a screen twelve'
py sixteen= niches, .Tbe.,gmall: pica
hires have been a• Handicap •to tele•
gis.. t Ijopalarity. • Wlien the plc
, tale- 'S"i "ti'
1 ecoiiie o101o4, but ' len the.
member os linea is increased .tfila•
oblectioit.Is ov`ereente. ' '
Mush, is a business iii which
Canada imports more•than she ex.
ports..To' stimulate home produc-
tion in this important field, -the
Canadian-aPerforming,tight Soc-
iety sponsors an annual contest in
musical composition. 11. T. Jamie,:
son, president of the society,
points out that during . the last
two years 75 young Canadian 'corn-
posers have • submitted meritorious
compositions. Ten of these, repre-
senting' every province in the Do-
minion, have received—scholarships
or cash awards. • •
1940 Forecast As
r of -Quakes
Vancouver Prophet Says Tens-•
fors To Be Worst in Century
Edgar C. Thrup`) of Vaiiconv-
er, a Memberof the Engineering •
Institttte' of'Canadaforecastat
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1940 ,will "bring the tiiost destruc-
trite"eatrthqualtes tho 20th cen-
tuxy," but said : that 'Canada will
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LINES NORTN:IFRON1 NON
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CARRY ;SUPPLIES TO
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• One jvouidn't think that the "unofficial". war in China. could have i itch -;-to' •do •w"tli ,the 'very. official -
war on the w•estetn,nfront, but it has, as"•a glance at --this map'will show you: There have •been 'whispers of a.'•
•"deal", between Soviet Russia and Japan, Which; should"it•go through, would .permit -the Soviet to divert vital,
supplies, now poured into China,. 'in the •direction of G'erniany. It•would also permitthe Soviet to give .its, full .
attention - to the conquest of Finland and it would . force .Great Britain to take 'mere extensive Measures for •
the defence "of her. Indian empire,' which could be reached through 'China, •e,ither by the Japanese or the,
Russians—provided that Marshal Chiang' Kai-Sh.ek •could:be won over by the„Sovi.et-Japan.ese.b.IQc. But 'Chiang
has''a pro -British leaning and much- of •his war mater.i•al• cornea by 'way of:the..new "road. from Mandalay."
Sonia prophets predict that :eventually' the Soviet, will endeavor•. to sweep. tha Japanese out 'of' ah that, conquered
• part of China•north.of the Great Wall: This, of coarse, after the. -.Soviet had aided Chiang in driving them out
from he.1ew that historic hnrrinr•
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not be• seriously affected.'
• Pointing to • the death-di�aling••
earthquake . ie Turkey as • ai' es--
•ample•'of his successful predic-.
tions,in the past; Thrupp; said.that
• July 20 to August 5 next year will •
be.the `.`first period 'of risk .of the •
worst. disasters." • •
July Aukust.• Worst. Period
"This occasion ' will compare
with the 'disasters -'in Asia Minor
on ''August" 13 and. September 5,
1822, . when ' 20,000 September
were '
killed," he' said :in .an' interview.
. FIe forecast • that October 2'0 to
Noverhber 10 :wi11 be the second.
''.period of greatest risk. ' • •
Canada •'Not Seriously 'Affected.
'•The elderly Vancouver civil en-'
gineer, who,, rehired . front/ active
•practice • 'in 1932,, said; 'that the '
"new 'law'. of gravitation'' he' has
developed• ,which fortis the basis
for ,his •pre'dictions,'"does net pro-
,yids :atiy means of forecasting the
'location of, earthquakes"• ` • : •
The 1940' temblors• might aoeUr
uninhabited ..areas avid cause :
• no loss• of life, ' he • said. Canada's
•''.subterranean structure is 'solid ,en=
ough,. he. added,, to•:•warrant the
belief -that , there is' no danger of.
a serious earthquake in the Do=•
minion.
NTARIO
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{.B1, VIC. BAKER., +
. • NEW RIFLE•CHAM•PIONS
From the • home of the •Cal'gary'
Stampede come, this year's. Canad-
ian:. 22 Sporting Rifle .Champions
who have just finished celebrating'
their victory over 'tire best rifle
'teams in the Dominion in the larg-:
est rifle 'tournament ever held- in
this. country. So•lteen :Was,the coin -
petition "and -so •••close,;:'the fight •
among • the, leading• teams, that
even though the Ontario provincial'
'.titleholders placed fourth; they
• were only one • point .behind the•.
winning 'rifle squad.
• The Ontario Champions, the Clin-
ton Rifle Club,.'of Clinton., posted
'•a near-petfect score of .1499 out of
a possible 1500 points which *as
Jozo Weider Reaches for a High Note at Lac Beauport, Que.
When he'sreaching for a high note, it's not ail push or pull that
`•counts with Jozo Weider, "The Flying Czech,".ski instructor at the Chat-.
•teau Frontenac Hotel, Quebec; for when Jozo'finds his "sending"^ on the
aecordeon is weakening a little, he jumps aboard his steel-edged' hick-
ories, zooms down one of Lac Beauport's speedy hills and, takes off into.
the higher altitudes in search of the shrill treble. In -•more serious vein,
though, Weider actually does manipulatehis came-to-vire;--go-from-ine
While skiing, as this photo shows. And his odd assortment of accomplish-
ments doesn't stop there. For he is a linguist of some note, with five dif-
ferent languages at his command and a photographer of no mean skill.
He is pictured here dressed: in his authentic Czechoslovakian ski costume,
conibining ski and musical prowess at Lac B,eauport:
(Canadian Pacific Photo)
ti.
1° --
only good for fourth -place as both
' the first and. Second place teams
posted, perfect scores of 1500..
The personnel of the Ontario
titleholders'. from, Clinton was as
follows: Ellwood Epps, 11, R, Doti
'cert; � 7ill.iani 'Parrish.,. F. VenEg-
' Mond, H. Kingswell, James' Parrish
and R Smith'. Seven shooters"'were
permitted to compettkfo• each team
but only the five 'highest scores
�r,ere counted for the •team's total
•score. '
SecretRadio '
Listeners
Inform Britain
BBC "Listening Post's Hears
- What -Stations All Over the
World Are Saying—Reports
On' It Daily .
The incurable radio - listener.
wrnrld be' in his element in wartime
'England— if'he was in the "listen-
ing post" •division set' up by the
• British .Broadcasting •.Corporation
to tune in to the whole world. • ••
The centre was organized•at the
req.ue'st'. of the ministry of infor-
mation'on the outbreak of the war•
to keep the government posted day
and night with what ,the world is
saying,and hearing. Twice a day, a
convoy, of . messengers !eaves' the
listening posts established .in sec-
ret locations, with 25 bulky pas-
sages for delivery to 25 government
offices Each package contains a
carefully' . documented summary:,'
running to 15,06,,0 words, of ''the
mass of news and propaganda that.
is broadcast from all parts of the
world. ..:, . •
. le Every -Language,
• This Is compiled by a staff of 40
"expert 'linguists,. called monitors.
They are engaged ceaselessly • 24
hours a day and seven days a week
in pinking up programs •sent out
from every transmitting station of
importance. No word -'in a. foreign
brbadgast escapes then. 1'iessag'es
aro jotted down, translated and die-
' tated to stenogapliers. The extracts
• then are passed to a staff of men
Chosen • for the knowledge of fbr-•
. eign affairs and -political judgment,
who sift 'them and, make. up sum-
-manes. •
And Recorded By Dictaphone
Frequently an. important foreign
speech is taken verbatim. When
the German foreign minister, Joa-
chim von Ribb ntrop, made his re-
cent declaration at Danzig, his •
words Were mechanically recorded.'
When .the listener catches 'a pee-
rage of unusual importance in a
newscast,' he can switch on a dicta -
phone to recerd the itemc
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Business. Man 4f
1•
ote
NOBODY'S THE WISER
Well, there's one thing about
these Finn names. that appear in
the war despatches. A •proof-
reader may make a mistake in'
spelling and nobody is, any the
wiser; -
. —Guelph Mdredry.
' SHOULD KEEP 'IT- DART:
A. movie' ri.,ews 'picture . sjioivs
French. 'girls kissing Dritisl ;:Toni
oiler 'ini France: Ttie'.censars rosy ,:
have. to,•get 'busy: On • this i'f�;tley‘,`
"hope: to retain femfn.ine 'support
ofthe war 'effort at home: ' "
' 1'ottr Arthur News-Chro'niete
THE OLD HELL GAME •
Ruiners Persist ' that Hitler will
step down:becoming.. President :of ,.
the -Reich -while Goering assumes
elle mantle of.Chancellor,'"in or=
der,,.to..persuade the Allies to make
peace." However, the Allies can
probably spot a shell game when
they see one. -
.,-Windsor 'Star.
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SEARCH' OUT EVERY, :CASE
When it is estimated that it 4 -Las•
Bost Canada from 120' to 150
dollarsmil
lion dollars to; extendcare to tho=e
'veterans of : the Great War who
contracted' tuberculosis, it may be
understood why an 'X-ray- exam-
ination has .• become 'ori „essential
part of the preparation of\the pre-
sent. Expeditionary For for' ac-
tive service• ' As a natter of rec-
ord, tuberculosis during the Great
War caused' 23'' per cent of all ..
deaths from 'disease. anad the• inval •
siding Home of neatly 6,900' Can-
adian soldiers. Pension lists show
that young.rnen were the ones of
feeted.• The average age -of soldiets
pensioned because they had tuber
culosiswas two years less than the •
average age for the entire, pension •
group- .
—Brockville 'Recorder & Times.
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Canadian Peas
'Getting Better'
• Grower's. Also ming Into
Own With Soy ' Beans, (X-
tawa Finds •
•Canadian growers of soy beans
• and field peas finally are coming, '
into their.' own,'to the gratification of the agricultural experts at the
Dominion Government experiment-
al -farm, Ottawa: • '
The agriculturists considered
particularly encouraging that Can-
adian -grown peas exhibited' by Al-
bert
ibert Gohn pf Eino, Ont.*. in the
Nationally -known: f..,i g u, r .e in
malty btisrness' enterprises, •J..•J,.
Selz, presidentof Underwood
liott ,Fisher Manufacturing Coni
piny; Limited,' died at his Toronto
home. He would have been 78'nexte
month. Mr. Seitzis. a 'native Of
Formosa, Ont.
,1C nora-Rainy River district won `a
'.prize at 'the recent Chicago inter-
national (Livestock Exhibition and •
International Grain and Hay Show:.
Canada imported moat of its table
pea. seed from Poland Previous to
the . War and that. 's arce' now is
eut off.
No* Suited To Climate
Oohri ' displayed' a sample of •
Chancellor, a small yellow pea -de- • „
suitable both for forage and table
purposes. •
Hugh Jeffrey of Whitby,'Orrt.,
won a first place With his exhibit
of "soy . 'beans of the ; Mandarin . •
variety over a large number of en-
tries 'from some of the best soy
bean areas in the United- - S:ates.
Hissample wascross a cr os breedin g. -
on Seed imported from Manchuria.
The original seed ripened too' late
for •'Canadian -climatic conditions ':
and w:as developed 'into ari'early-�
ripening product, •
•
Makes Own 'Plane
Pay For Itself
Owning you) own ..airplane • is
•made easy under a scheme•initiat-.
ed'by. pretty Mary Spearing, one
of"•two -Toronto girlsrowning shin'1
(Marion Gillies, daughter of Fred
•Giliies,'•another of Toronto's came
mercial instruct irs., is 'the other ). •
Mary Inas a little^ Taylorcraft: She"
' can't be'flyiiig all the tine so.she ",
has rented it to a Toronto coni-;
-mercial flying- school. The •com- •
piny pays Mary a fee. based on the
number. of -hours • it is used, -and
also. pays its• hangar costs.•':and
keeps it in.flying trim. Soon Mary
will, have paid for it by. turning
the plane's spare time into nthney-
' making
LIFE'S LIKE THAT
By Fred, Neter
irk
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'rWhat makes you think I'm not the lady of the harmer' -
I EG'L{AR FELLERS : n The Meek
By GENE BYRNES
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