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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1940-05-16, Page 3e V o -:.-. Ole .M,wc,. • e �1 World's Greatest Shipyard Booms Located at Belfast,. in North-, ern Ireland, It Plays import- . ant Part in Britain's• Wartime Industry The greatest, shipyard. •in the world, in Northern Ireland,- Is now working to capacity and efnploying over 2.0,000 people, says, the Brock- ville Recorder and Times. Few outside the British Isles rea-• lize the great part Northern Ireland le .playing 'in Britain's wartime in- dustr$including the production of "peaceful" .goods=tor export all over ,the world. The famous Irish linen , industry,. for example, is now man- ufacturing. solely for overseas ens - tamers. " ' ' •' Mention of shipbuilding is usual-, ly associated- : with thoughts of Tyneside, Merseysid.e•and Clydeside (which produced .R.the "Queen' Mary",). yet much of Britain's mer- cantile prestige• 'was born on an .: fish •nit .elhank. ine.Belfast .Lnug 'L SINCE 1636 ' Ships have been built ,at 'Belfast . since 1636, and the world's great- est yard is now Harland and Welff's. at Queen's Island. The world "Is- land" was used because the earliest shipyards were little more than - a water -bound . patch of mud. After. 200 years of minor developments, .Edward .James :Harland, a very de- termined Briton, . arrived • in 18.58 and' began. large-scale • expansion works. Although , passenger -and• mereh- ant • shipping is Belfast's specialty, • itha als o ' turned its hands to work succeo ssfully for the' British Admir- , alty whose confidence It enjoysbto day.. ,MICKIE SAYS— , IVELk-FOLK$,'f1-4, A stORTA -rie;4 LI$Ii ASSIGNMENT -MAT'S n.. $u(3JECT O TODAY$ $ERMO/4 IT1$ cOAAIPIKI 'AT $OMB 'OF YOU$E SHOULD GE; $EmPiN' YO U$ IF YOU' t$PECT tH1$ NE I$PAPER: tfo KEEP COMI ' `fO 'YOU \i : t (,1 (� • �• �_ Pyei 4jI London - "Newsies" Exercise 'Voices • Shortage of Paper Makes Posters No Longer •Feasible — Announce. News Vocally Raucous voices -of newspaper vendors are added to London's street hubbub as war economy +lias ended, for the, time being the ,use • of the big posters they carried to advertise the news. To help conserve Britain's di- minishing newsprint ,supply, the newspapers decided, to,' give up a practice which began before-' the start of the Crimean War in 1853 of furnishing posters for the por- table bulletin boards.' It was ab- andoned' once before during the last few months of the World War.' Some ' "newsboys" = few of them are under' middle age—dis- play the front 'page of one or . two papers but generally ' their bu etin frames • are blank and they `call only the names of their papers. „Big Problem . Facing Quebec .. Premier Godbout's Admtnls- tration Sees • Unemjloyment Main Difficulties The crucial part of the Quebec Government's work, as regards the present session, cannot long be delayed, according to. observ= ers, states a,., story in the IVtontreal Star. The .otlbout administration is facing pivobletris which may well decide ifs future. 4 Among the problems awaiting solution is unemployment, which has -ruined a number of municipal- ities, especially the larger cities. Eton. T. D. Bouchard, Minister of Road's, hopes to solve this, at least m:t orarily by having the unen- PERKY HTE- , STRAW FOR SPRING, Rita Johnson selects a minute bonnet ' 10 which straw -brim rests jauntily over the eye. 'Thetrimming is of bright green grosgrain. Lake Sirneoe To Be Anler's Paradise Lake Simeoe le' .destined to be the greatest lake in • Ontario from an angling standpoint. That'p the plan'of he •department of game and 'fisheries, D. J. 'Taylor, deputy min- ' ister stated. -Five Million' white fish - fry 'are'being .released..:titere ;and,' bass, lake trout, rainbow trout, her- ring,pickerel and . p'arheps mtisk- inonrge :will, be' added later. • "The fact the Iake is so clasp to. ;Toronto sand already produces good . fishing is -encouragin.g. •usto. re- stock heavily.," )113 said. 'Lake' trout trailing 'has been particularly good in recent .years• anti this year we . eipect it to be.better than ever." At..the .same time _he said ._e' ants:. would lee .redoubied to prevent 11- legal netting and county' authorities have been asked toco-overate ag- ainst poaching. • THE" ..W A 't - W E E K—Commentary on Current- Event's • New Zero Hour Approaches For Europe's Small Neutrals Since the outbreak of armed conflict between • Germany and '.the Allies, September 1, 1939, three distinct ., wars • have• been fought' in Europe — in Poland, Finland, and ,in Norway - and , Germany has won :two of them. "Last week, ' the signs •ti'ere un 'mistakable that a' fourth was about to begin„ with Gerrriany .launching, attacks' against Britain on two or • three fronts, possibly sided in the ' Mediterranean Sea by Italian armed action. Every, country in Europe had' . a No. .1 ease. of the jitters. GREAT BRITAIN. Assailed by, public opinion, the press, Opposi- tion leaders, critics w:thki Con ser•ative ranks' foe 1,a%' t; "miss- ed 'the bus" in • the. Norwegian ' campaign, P.riine Minister Cham-, berlain's administration was de- • Pending. ' •last• week On he-man • Winston Churchill,, to .'pull its chestrrut•s met of . the fire. The question. was; would the. British House. of Commons, .press, pu'bli'c,. be satisfied' with promises hence- forth to wage the war. against ,Germany in more Vigorous fash- ion,. ash-ion,• orwould they demand a change of `• governments "so that the same thing, may ' not happen , again twit week in •any one of a half-dozen other countries • of Europe." (Hugh Dalton, . • Labor • David Low; Britain's great ,car toonist, pictured Prime Minister Chamberlain and his colleagues digging themselves in for, a last • stand behind the barricaded doors of the cabinet room at 14 Down' ing St. Mr: Chamberlei•'n, ,armed with an umbrella, Sir John Simon and Sir Samuel Hoare, with ink- pots for ammunition, were seen crouching .at the end of the dab- • inet' table jammed against the • door: Scattered 'on the floor were papers marked "eight years of dithering. ' The caption says: "One position that isn't .going to be evacuated!" NORWAY. With Central . and Southern Norway abandoned to the Germans, it 'remained to the Alies, ,aided by. the Norwegians, to captOre the port of Narvik from a garrison of , 4,000 Germ- ans, and seize, the railway leading', from Narvik to the vital Swedish iron mines at Kiruna. Prime Min - Ater Chamberlain declared that the 'government was keeping ' in mind the fact that British forces at Narvik were open to grave risks until Allied aerial suprem- acy in the area could be estab- lished. SWEDEN. The effect on Swed- en, of the Alliedreverse' in Nor- way was' acknowledged in Irondon to ;be greater than on any 'other European neutral. Encircled, the. "middle nation" faded. starvation , through strangulation of • trade , with ,the Allies, unless she came directly within the German -Soviet trade orbit. , HOLLAND. Aside . from the. Balkan countries, the Netherlands last week 'were possibly in a worse spat than any other European • nation. • "Increasin_g uncertainties of ' the international situation" caused all army, navy and • air • force leavesto be cancelled in the Netherlands, cities to be black- ed out, traffic to be halted on rivers and canals, and' communi- cations with the outside world to be cut 011'overnight. Two enemy columns were reported advancing . upon Rolland front Bremeg and . Duesseldorf, withobjectives ape parently in the south and in the north. If at -tacking it^ would air pear 'the German 'High Command had a "scissors" • 'movein'en.t'' in - •view - to spread out, sidewise to occupy intervening territory, after reaching .their •first , objectives, Object in 'invading Holland:. to 'seize subil ari'ne and air bases fore attacks on England; -to• 'endeavor do . outflank' the; Maginot: Line through Belgium. It was th'e sixth war 'scare in the Netherlands since September, .and.. b'y .far the most. potent, 'but it was believed in •many quarters that the. German Moves in this - di'r'ection might again be just a• feint:to ',draw 'at- tention • away from action, in the., Balkans. • • ' ITALY. Still en 'the •fence .last week was •I1 Duce Mussolini, en- joying his' position awhile he could. Influences restraining • him from participation' in the war on the side of Germany ' (if such .X Were his intention) : • IElressure by • the United States; the ,presence in the• Mediterranean of the largest, Al 'lied fleet on' record ;''the, attitude of th'e Pope; the manifest desire Of the Italian . people • for peace; the bad state of his country's fin- ances — not r'eaIly able to afford a war;' the pro-Ally'•leeling of the "Italian royal family. No. 1 Rumor of the' week: that' Hitler and' 1'4ussoliniwould ahora- ly meet again and confer in Inns- brieek, or perhaps' in Munich. THE BALKANS. , A German - Italian' coup in the Balkans was. .feared by',all the ,small neutrals of .southeastern Europe fast week. It was indeed the 'threat of Ger- many that such a blow might fall. Should "Allied tropos ' viblete any of the .Balkan countries' fron-- tiers," - 'the Reich declared •it would,'send an ultimatum to ,that country- demanding it' choose im-' mediately one or the other being, erent eainp. Meantime Britain re- doubled her efforts to line up. YugosLovia, ,Rumania; .' Bulgaria, Greece and'turkey into. a "defent- • ive". alliance.* Extension of', the • war to'southeastern Eurirpe seem- ed, imminent, since any excuse could be •thes cause fpr .action. (Turkish . troops were lining I, the Greek and Bulge:xan frontiers , and Nazi formations were noted along the Yugoslav and Hungar- ian frontiers. German tank .'ship- ments into eastern Slovakia were also reported. The Italians were • -busy . near the Yugoslav border and the Dodecanese Islan.ds. Rus- • sian reinforcements appeared near the border of Ruthenia. Ru- • mors were •current that the Allies were about to land troops at Sal- onika in Greece): . CANADA: • With. the Parliament,' about 'to open at Ottawa, politic- • al observer's in the Dominion were, • No Evening Gowns, But Nen-, ty of Smart Arctic Hoods, Caps, Mittens' and Coats ' Vivid pageantry of the North was staged unaware, during the recent annual spring Fur Rendezvous in � Arlcherage, Alaska, says the Christ- fan Science Monitor. Day and night ;-e snowy streets were thronged with Alaskans in .furs Women in. seal- skin coats covering .modish crea= tions rubbed- elbows' with Eskimo girls in • squirr•el • parkas; reindeer *kluk's and• vioifskin mitts dang- ling 'at .the ends. of bright wool neck:• harnesses;, .• • • C4A ,MING- ESKIM1..MQP4, 'There the question: o1 ';what e Miss Eskimo will wear this' spring" was, definitely answgsad, `Fur buy- . ers, from `New . York, Seattle, • St. • Louis,, looked "a.s if they, had: step, , ped out of•a smart advertisement, stood side by side. in the crowd with a. salts.. tradei:..from_ the. Arctic, _he_ mukluks (fur boots) that cost $15'; fur pants at $50, •and a parka•worth anywhere from $100 to $500. - • One large -eyed; round-faced Esk- imo beauty modeled a short • parka , packet made of otter, trimmed with wolverine. • Proudly she displayed the satin lining; and' the zippers for the front opening -and for the poc- kets,where she kept cosmetics that had been , brought by 'slow mails from the "Outside;' Gracefully• she' demans•trated how 'the Hood tight- ' ened around:the face, and shyly she told 'that it was just the thing for orsports' h ski-ing sp ' r s wear. She, wore lynx mittens. Gardening . e REPLACEMENT It" is a •good plan, old gardeners state, to use. started •annual• flow- ers for; planting among' tulil3s and. other 'Spring • •flowering bulbs that • will. be past . their best in '..a few ' more weeks, Something is. needed' - to '.hide dying' foliage: ;Then agate,: quick .growing annuals will always be' useful for filling in any .blind spots in the perennial beds where Winter has: been unusually severs • . 'FIRST VEGETA.BL•ES First,of the. garden peas, leaf let= . tuoe, radish and spinach • will •be among the earliest vegetables that are sown. These may •be planted••as soon as the ground. is fit to work. All of the seeds should be sown at ' least.th•ree troves at intervals of ten - days,so• that there' will be succor- sion,of vegetables. The second sow- ing will be carrots.. beets, onions, potatoes, etc:,. which can.' stand a little frost, and then beans, coin , and tomato, 'ca'bbage and caii ifiow- er plants, -'etc., .which are tender. SHORT -CUTS • • To get .started• in a hurry one is" advisedto purchase a certain quan- tity of started plants of both 'flow- ers and vegetables. It is important to get the varieties wanted; and on this account itis 'an excellent idea to 'consult a good Canadian seed catalogs a before placing the order. The gardenei®'can look over the.var- iotis varieties in'the catalogue and should' make sure that •the particu- lar ones wanted are in the boxes of,. plantsbought.' • After setting out .j these new .plants, the'ground about should be soaked with water and kept•soaked, for a week, or so. It is good plan to. • • 'add some commercial fertilizer dis- solted in evater•'and In the case,of• small things to protect from tun for • a day or two. ' The Book She1f5. CONFESSIONS OF AN IMMIGRANT'S DAUGHTER •By Laura G. Salverson With her new book, Confessions Of an Immigrant's Daughter, Laura Goodman Salversbn- has for the. second time in her career won the looking for early retirganization • in the Mackenzie' King Cal hiet,` with Hon. Pierre Casgrain, form- er Speak4r, a distinct possibility in any shake-up . • it was ex- pected also thta Norman' Rogers, Minister ef'Defenaa, would be giv- en cotnplete control of the. three defence services — army, navy and air force — in the capacity of chairman of the war super-' visery council. ' . E #0agliefar r 0 #0. isfoo NNW 0 4 Pal Among grains, .wheat stands high •in nourishment value. Shredded Wheat is 100% .whole wh^Lsat in its most delicious, most digestible. Tom. This famous cereal with milk and fruit, contains these eight essential food elements: Three Vitamins, (A, Br. and C), Proteins, Iron; Calcium, Phosphorus and Carbohydrates. •Here's Vital nourishment to meet wartime demands on your^vitality, • in one simple breakfast that's mighty good to taste. 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FARM PER iSStjE To• print the New York• Times 'for a'single week -end edition means that the pulp wood has been strip • - ped off 225 Canadian acres. — Pet- erborough ,Examiner. • WHAT, NO RADIO? The last war was .easier to en- dure because we didn't have to lis- ten ,to all the would-be experts com- menting upon the significance, of • rumors that hadn't been. verified. — Chatham News, • THE,NEXT CENSUS The census is''expeete'd to sheer something else: that the Canadian' people are growing older. A gener- ation ago, Canada Was known as ' the young man's country. • It' is not 'so much that, now, because the years have piled on the shoulders , of the young people of the early days of the century, and new young people, from abroadfand the native- •• born, are not coming in such• num- bers as formerly. .So the average ale of the population ,will be great- er. The school statistics. have been showing the trend for some years. — Vancouver. Daily Province. DON'T HANDICAP THE POOR The war should not be a means of maintaining the status, quo in • which the well-to-do have so ouch and others have so little. There ti,r•e ' standard's of living which should improve whether the country le at war, or at peace, The financial sac- rifice of war should bp borne by those who are able to bear it, and - to. the greatest, degree by those who are best equipped to hear it. 411 war taxation should be framed with that, in view. 'Those Whoare struggling upwards from the financial depths should not be handicapped by war burdenswhich'others are better able .. to shoulder. TorInto Star. t'" REG'LAR FELLERS—A Gentle-' Hint Task of Citizen To Keep Freedom' War Responsibility to Pre- serve 'Liberty at • Home Strengthen Democracy,Urges Principal of Queen's Univer- sity - • Individual. responsibility • is • ne- cessa.ry for the preservation, cif free-. dom. Dr.. R. C. Wallace, principal and •vice-chancellor-of,'Queen's Uni- ' ' versity,: Kingston,,,Ont.. told a. re- cent .meeting' of: the Ottawa Wo • - men's.. Club. ' ''If the' forces against us are vic- torious, the growth • of personality, . which is' the important thing in life, will not be allowed," he .said., Hall individuals did their best to strengthen the system existing to-. day, they, would be helping to en- sure its continuation;• Dr: Wallace declared. ' He urged person's with minority, views, to 'be courageous • • enough to express them. , The fact that Lhgre' is no unem ployinent in dictator countries is due to Military enlistments, l e•said. If the under a dictatorship were ask- a* heti)er' theypreferred political freedom. ''and 'no work to. political servitude and employment, the majority would prefer v,-oik, Dr. Wallace believed. $2.50 SENDS 1,000 cigarettes to. any Singie'' Military Address -Overseas Mail Order and Remittance to:� OVERSEAS IFPARTMEN1 W. C. MACDONALD INC., Box 1929, Place d'Armes, Montreal, Canada This ono subject to ani change la Goreroment Regulrtlons 0...)114 OYS LIFE'S LIKE THAT . By Frecl Neher "Sorry, but 1 got. five bucks on the other team-" a By GENE -BY RNES' ..1 TNIS.'iS TbO x0514, I M�AFRDAIC) V .L FAL.L.OFF j THie is NO .FUN. IVIS WAY/ qtr'"• . • S SAlb IF ONE QF US WOULD CHET OFF t COULD MCC 2 TTER nat.TELLY'TFIAT! • n dole. Another problem is that' of re- storing equilibrium in •the finale - es of the ,province without Increas- ing unduly the already heavy contrnittment of the Government. P DOUBLE AUTOMATIC se l �•-s�4�„gD Bor. v. S. Pa Ma., naso fokaaal •