HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1940-02-29, Page 7Blackouts Affect
MPs Attendance
Only Handful So.metienee During
Iniparta.nt .Debates l.n The
British House- of.
,Conimonc .
The Loudon Daily Ma:l Last
week :administered an editorial re-
buke to British members of Par.
liainent who . negleetcdev--in .large
numbers -=-,Co remain. `in the 1i'ouse'r
of Commons curing important de-
bates,
.S.eveeal times; the m;wepaner'
Said, "only `a handful 'eV M.P.'
have tBought."►t. worth while to. at
tend thrqughout` `irripori,arlt• 'de.'
7eie, .bates." . . . • -�
"The .blackout ,is -pend excuse fire,
'early,„ departure.. It is• a-. poor eve.'
ceiee. Wbat would the •111:1'.'s •thi'nk
if ''their constitue;its."'blamed.' the .'
.blackout'„ for .riegleet of • duty"
Sodiething should be done to re-
' move the •deplorable impression
that M.P.'s 'are boreal, • tired or
indifferent." • •
. The ••Daily Mail suggested again
—althau•gh Premier Chamberlain
had' turned, down .a similar •pro-
`' .posal-that the•Aouse meet .earl-
,
�lt,' ' ier.• and adjourn before .darkness.,
because of the 'blackout..
Veteran Skier At. 15 '
The inspired° Turkish newspaper .
"Son Telegeef"last week sounded
a warning note: ,"Toward the end.
of March or the beginning •of .April
° ;vents -are `going ' to precipitate
themselves."- At the same•.time the
,entire Turkish press turned• its ate
tention "to Rusai.a's rich Caucaeiaie
,oil fields across the border, openly.
"hinting thta • the;. BritishiErenc i-
'i'uric atmies • in the Near •East,
numbering nearly 1.,.0'00,000; Might.
be considering, an atta k on; that ,
vegton
'TWIXT. DEVIL AND DEEP' •
But while the.• world. audience
waited -fee th'e cureeirf to go up dh.
• thil war in' the Near East,.'signifi
cant Events in• other quarters were
ripe with' dramatic interest. In the
twenty-fourth week • after the Al- ,
lies' deeraratiort,of war on Germ-
any, we .saw 'Sweden, 'a powerful.
nation long neutral, squinting on
the hernia of a dilemma.. As' the
Russian campaign in' 'Finland en-
tered a• new and inose successful
phase, the' Swedes -appeared, to . be
in peril. whichever . coursethey'
• would choose to. pursue. In an ex- . .
trao'rd'inary, message, King Gustav
V• declared that. Sweden' must re.=
fuse to send military' aid to'..Fin
• land' because' Of thedanger of
*, . �s 4xit•o-both
the
F snmGh
Russian- war and:the western Eur=
dpean conflict:' (Ire addition, pass -
•.age • was ref used ' di ,foreign "troops;
Who wished to cross Sweden on
their way to Finia,rid)... Sweden's. •
choice ley'',between accepting a
Russian-domin•ated, Baltic; or dare;ing. ail; -to he attacked then by '
Germany, e Germany and Russia. , '
• both.' 4
—oy .
Ave: -ba] war broke out in 'the'
same week' between. Great
" lain and Norway , over. the "Alt
.mark" incident:— when 326 :Bri-
ti`sh •sail�•rs .weie taken off 'a Gei='
Man' "slave ship" .in a Norwegian •
•fjo-rd . Britain announced the` •
sinking of the . 50ih' G ''i?'a•n sub-
murine sine the. war stc:rtcil . . .
inters cord on the• Western ,Front
paralyzed almost .all military' ac-
tivity. ...the Bulgarian Cabinet '
undereilent a, shake=up;• the new
Pretence was • een't•o •he,more fav-
r,,.z`,:�� ,? Russ:.a than his predec.es-
;r'r .• . •Britain received. a note
'of assurance. frm Bucharest that ,
Rumania had no intention •.of in-.
.creasing its suppij- of oil to Ger-
• .mane . Italy's supreme -defense
cotrnc;il met for seven 'successive .
• ,lays, showing concern over the
mission of British -French utilitary
forces. in the Near East .
. IT 'COSTS MONEY •
Eleanor. Boyle, of Lake Louise.,
Alta and `Only 15, caught by the
camera as • she prepares to take
off over the. mountains, and hills
for' a .practiceruri for the Do-
minion'. Ski,, Championships meet
• gaming up at. Mount Nor•quar,
February 28th to March 3. Miss
Boyle, who'skiis to school, is such
an expert that she, is in the sen-
sation class; and will. test the met-
tle of all contenders in the wo-
men's events. ,She started to -ski
When only four .years of age.
Photo
Canadian Scout Flag Presented. to. Polish Consul: G eneral
• Mr. .Victor Podoski, Polish• Consul -General In Canada, r.eceites a.
Can •
adian Scout -flag from Mr. •J. F. M: Stewart of Toronto, \`i.ce-Presi-
dent of 'the Canadian General. Copncil,, of the Boy •'Scouts. Association,
e. Earl}-ez .pre . •* . •ts of Canada to those
of Poland ,'was deferred by•the'coming of the war.. It will now •go to•Pee
. land when .that country has ;been restored.: - i ;
• .• D.[9g PrOlterb$
There are geed, dogs of all,
' sizes.=French.'•
The .dog understands his mast-
er's mood..—Chinese. •
• A ' dog• has no aversion to a poor
family. -Chinese.
An old dog does enot grow 'used ,
to 'the .Collar.—Italian.
Better have a dog for a friend
than your enemy.—Dutch. : The dog's 'kennel is not a •place .
tpkeep a sausage. Danish.
• When the dog ••is awake the
shepherd may sleep.—German.
Who has no bread to share
should .not. keep a- clog. -Spanish.
When two dogs fight ftyr a. bone
' ' the third rutty nt}any with ' it.—
Dutch.
.The dog in his, kennel barks at .
his fleas, the dog that hunts does
not feel them.—Chinese. -
Sudetens Find
Happy Haven
German, RefugeesEnjoy Peace In
Western 'Canada
Several hundred families of the•
Sudeten Giermans aro 'living gniet-
ly northwest of Edmonton while
their old homeland is lilt^olved in
the European tvfiy —`• - 4'
.LRE ADAPTING THEMSELVES' •
The Sudetene haee•migrated to
Canada within tho .last eight months
under a refuge() settlement program
drawn up after the German annex.'
atia4 of 'Czechoslovakia,. Although
they slyeak oniy german, tita retusr'
tea say they ire liaimY to ba itt Ca• •
]pade. •
Establi,ghruen.t, of the Sudeten •to
: "^ ntilies *dti faitrt in wto.Atol tr 4 heemel i,
Was giveti$1,G0(1.
The refugees rapidly adaptcal.• ;
themselves anderd'otis will ettPnly
them with vegetables for the wire
ter. ,
C
in Canada, Dominion. Finance
Minister Raisten warned that it
isgoing. to -be a long and costly .
war, defense'tontributions for the
, next fiscal year to total half a
billion' dollars..In Ontario, the def-
icit for the: fiscal year . ending
next March 31 was revealed. as
$4,443,929 . . the, surplus fore-
cast for the next fiscal year' is
$356,239, to be achieved,in'the
main .bet reducing the provincial
subsidy to municipalities; byiQCut-
'tii}g unemployment relief •by 40
per cent, and Department of Edu-
cation costs by $1,000,000 Middle
,School exaniinatione to be .abol-
ished.) ; and by undertaking a min-
imum of .ro'ad construction in the
province. • -
Winter
'lfintcr has more disguises• than
• any. April.: 1
Tachy he is. a bright -cloaked
• knave with belts, '
Tomorrow an old mien crouched
•in some . dim corner
While the wind a sorry 'tale of
de'ad •days tells.
MICKIE SAYS—
%1= YA KIM SELL ANY
WORE GOODS BY NOT
'TE U-1 I4' F'O LIGS 'BOUT,
`1.IE44 IT POW:
PAY TO ADVERTiSI
stata
OF THE
EAS1.E,R' TO PREDICT -'
The difference `between a .movie
'plot and a garden plot is, that; in
the former,- one , tan usually tell
what is going -to coot,me up.
Ednioriton Journal.
A, WINDY CAMPAIGN '
Says an, Ottawa. • -despatch:
"Vhi.riwind campaign will be.
launched by all Major parties with -
/ilea fertnight.";.';With the accent
on the "wind," ;ng. doubt: '
Owen Sound Sun' -Times
--o— .
AMPLE..lViACHINRY •
Lord. •Riyexdale -says Canada
"can easily . do with 40,000,00.0;•,
,people." At any rate this country
Would have enough governmental
machinery andrailways to take
care of that number.
--Kitchener' Record.
NO' INCREASE NEEDED, '.
,The Canadian Broadcasting Cor-
• poration reports a net. ,.operating
surplus of $357,454 for the fiscal
year. Owners •of radios'will see in
the: profit an 'assurance that their
license's will not again' be increas-' •
N 'A
Oil Shortage
Is .Envisaged
Expert Says Curtailment in :Canada.
•
May Be:Dictated.By War
Rationing May Corrie
.Householders with ; oil -burning
furnaces may have to go back to
coal if .the war lasts long enough.
Oil -burning locomotives. may be
replaced by Coal burners and other•
oil -burning devices,,, may , likewise
be. affected. Gas for motor fuel
may be rationedb and some buses
and trucks stop running.. -
These ,radical •change's were en- '
•t visioned in . a paper .-by Q. A, • Ga-
herty, M-E.'1.C., president of the
• Montreal Engineering • CarnPan3',
dealing with the, .Domini'on`s econ-
amid ayartitrie.. front, end'present-
ad before ',thee EngineeTtrig Insti'
tut •of Canada assembled in 'con ,
.• vention at Toronto•.:, '
MECHANIZED WARFARE
' "The need' of exchange• for war
ptu'rposes may. make it•desirable to ".
curtail domestic . con.sumpti.on of
petroleum products as the war ,pro-
cee.ds,'! stated. Mrs •Galierty.
"A,,. we' become adjusted to. a
war bails gasoline for, private ante -
.mobiles may, have' .to be • rationed
as in England, and the use of has -
es -and trucks May have to :be stop
ped altogether ,where passengers
and goods can :be• transported by
rail. • This .all would.. reduce.. the'
pressure on the sources of supply
arid .release tanker capacity . for
transport of oil from North. and
South America' ports to the thea-
, tee of war, and- so make -available
additional supplies:of oil an.• gasp=
line vital to• the .successful 'con- .
duct c•f mechanized warfare."
ed...
-Montreal Gazette.
,NTARIO
iUTD,0.0 .•.
BV YIc,,BAKEii -
FISH WITH GOITRE
While we''re;not ceratin •as • yet:
'whether members of the' finny:
tribe suffer fromgout and •Similar
ailments, we have it bn good auth-' ,
ority that fish, in common 'with -
+•many human beings, are suffer-
ers from the ravages of goitre. So
next time you make a 'catch that
wearing.a good-sized bump un-
der its chin, don't !forget it Might`
not be something it .ate but just
the visible effects of goitre.
The medicos blame this condi
tion on iodine.' deficiency' andpfor
treatment,. prescribe this liquid :as
medicine. It seems that theagri-
culture experts havealso discover-
ed this condition of goitre in cat-
tle, sheep and hogs, as well with
the result:that iodine is now rec-
ommended in the food as a pre-
ventive measure. The . salt, licks
and salt mixed in the animal's'food '
contain quantities of iodine ich}rh
remedy t"h'is• condition.
THEY FLY. HIGH
. In answer ,to an inquiry : about ••
how high birds fly, we Nave this
to -Say,, it 'all depends. entirely up=
on'the, bird, of dturse. Storks and',
.cranes have been seen',flying s•olne
' 20,.000' feet'' above sea level over
the Himalayas. in India. ,A vulture
has been seen: 25,00,0 feet ,.above'
sea level . mound Mount l:,yerest,'
which' is •a.PSo• in .the• Himalayas•,,
SMALL 'TOWN :LIFE
One hears, "What do you people
Ido living in e. small town':'•'' ''
There's plenty to do in, a small
town. if'„one wants to do it; and i•f a
city resident .became. actively—
in-terested in the many forms of ac-'
tivit.ies that are at .his "or' her. d js-
posal 'we'll wager that it Would'-'
keep- ' thein..;so busy that there
• tv'ould be .no time whatever left to .
.even think about what; a .tough '
.break life has • handed theme, or
something. "What do you. people
'.do living. in• a small 'town?" Neat,
,time you hear .that` kind of super-
cilious talk open up with both bar-
rels and' convince the city speaker
they're ' j6t kidding .th'emselres •
but not others. ,Alt'hough we .have.:
'had . Huntingdon ''r'in mind • when
writing the, answer to this clues-
' tion, all theother towns are alike.
—Huntingdon (Qu•e.) Gleaner.
• •
Rat ••Bites•;Baby
Then Gets Father.
Pierre Englehart l'. EIli; llay,
• Qi e,,,'ass bitth 1 ' . :t . v kious -rat '.
when he,;i'ell a ;c , 'cvliile watch
'.ing for the rodent; which had
ten the face of }ism 8-tilonths-oId
daughter, the precious night. ,
Mrs: Englehart •was• awakenp l
by; the cries of the infant. atria.
she saw . the rat iii the bahy's
cradle... Tho child's' face was bit-
ten severely :in several places.
Ellis Bay' is en 'Ariticost€ Island
in 'the Gulf of Lawrence.: •
He Was Responsible For The Altmark Incident
• This' photo. of Winston Churchill, First Lord of the British •Adiniral-
ty, is the most recent one of the• man on whose shoulders rests -the re-'
sponsibility for the polities of the British navy, The spectacular invasion,
of Norwegian waters by Britieh wareraft to rescue 300 British seamen
from aboard the German prison ship, Altmark, is the latest and greatest
of these respo'neibilities. The •adi:nirelty announced frankly that it gave.
. the orders for the British destroyers to rescue the Altmark's captives
, even if it•-nTeatit going into Norwegian territory to, do sd.
Gardening
. Mee Home Loans
Made In Ontario -
419,320,774 Total! January Increase ,
Spring may not really start with.
the first day of .March • next week'
but, regard.less.of•the .weather,, the
real gardene-r is already planning
what is going to be, done this sea-
son. Experts admit that it is pos-
sible • to ,make some sort of a gar- ,
den without a plan, in fact'
' they .
usually point scorrifully to many.
examples.. But. •for , real satisfac-
tion, actual results and fun, they"
• strongly. advocate a little planning
before. field ' operations begin..
There are seed catalogues and'bul-
letins : to ; •lie pored over; flower
'•beds to he sketched on paper, var-
ieties' new- and old to be seloeted.•
• Dreams In• Packets •
Whenwe buy a, packat'of seeds
we are_ aiterally buying, a•'dream'
• which will nome true: Unlike g.1=
most Any other •purehase`•this .is
•only the beginning. of our pleas-
ure but the . end of the expense.
It is something that will grow
into beauty or usofulness. . ' •
• Sweet Peas Soon
' Sweet Peas must ' be planted
early: This plant develop; its ex-
,.tensiVe root grovrth and tipper
vine .stru.cture .when • the 'weather
is cool. l it does not get its feet
well down into the soil then, when
the . days turn 'hot, it. is liable to
' wither and cease furnishing, ,its
daily quota .of .color. and frag- '
.ranee:` -.
Planting directions are simple
•
but important. Successful garden-
ers advise a ,trench, dug at least
a •foot deep, filled within two'• in-
' ghee of the 'top wilth rich soil miic-
ed with well- rotted manure or
old leaves.• Seed is planted about
an inch or two deep and just as
soon „as the soil, can bee worked,
Rains' will Wash more soil into the
trench' filling it up gradually and
thus adding further •to root growth.
•
• In Dominion 12 Per Ceht.
Above 1939 -
%iouie •iipprovement Ae loans, for
Ja•nearyl totaling $514,57.8 are show i
in figures• released by the Hon. J.
L. Ralston, minister of finance.
This represents an increase of 12 -
per cent; over the volume reported .
to the department during .the cor-
responding month. Ian year. •'rhe .
number of loans in January, 194e;:
was 1,356; against 1,173 in J•anuar,f
1939e
An increase of ,$272,629 in Ont -
aria 'brings loans in this provuice..•
to $19,8..0,774; Quebec is Second'
witb.an'increase of $'77,010,'end 'Ai-
bei•ta and Width olumbia` share
third lilac°, A;lberta, showing the,
larger increase in'.v91tiibe'nf 1o4ns
and: British Columbia' the' larger •
•numbe,• of.,;a^W advances. .•
•
Men.Cain• Change .
Their Minds 'Too
Women seldom1. ecercise their
traditional.. privilege "to change
their minds," aeverding to Karl.
Robinson, director of .debate at
,Northern• University, Chicago.. .
Robinson, who'complet'ed a [Woe..
year• study to determine 'whether .
or not • there was any relationship
between' sex ', and'' willingness . to , .
change opinions,, discovered,. that •
"women tend to cling tenaciously..
Probe Grouches
Of Customers
' Faults Found •by' Householders Are
Analyzed—.Dispourteb.us. .
C.lelrks T'op List
Elmer P. Resseguie,• of,''the
Scripps-I3oward newspapers, ,told' a '
recent meeting of. the Toronto Ad:
• vertis'ing anti Sale,s:-Club :the rd -
.sults ,.of a recent 'hom'e inventory
con darcted' by Scripps -Howard, del-
ivered'a penetrating a tarysis of the
buying trends,of the atierage [flan
'and woman... •
• RETAi IL FAILINGS'
.1:out the Only "constant. factor''
.in the ,groce•ry business, 'said Mr.
Re'sse�u'e,• was the finding that Sat
urd,ay 'was by far the 'best Sales
• day: An •analysis of retail',, failings
revealed that'.fatalts• were divided':
into the following pzrcentages: .
Discourteous. clerks, 36'per cent;
poor values, 9; idsufficient he11r, 8;. ,
msvepresentation,, 8; poor store
arrangement, 6; alteration a'nd ex .
' change'trouble, 4;, credit practices.
4; out-of-date, .3; and- delays' in de-
• livery, 2. ' •
These, said Mr. Resseguie, were
the pet greuelies of •householder's
que'stio>ed during .the surv.ey,• that
was made in 52,000 homes of 16
ies
"Personal factors," Robinson • ,
said, "seenr to be of greater im
portanpe to women than facts in
solving problems." '
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