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Thursday, July 31st, 1941
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Unexploded Nazi Bomb Carries Note
London — Moscow r^diio, heard in
Lbndbn, told how only two of six Ger
man bombs exploded when dropped on
a Russian frontier town. In one of
the four which failed to explode was
a piece of paper on which were the
words, in a woman’s handwriting: “We
help you as much as_we can.”
Resigns As President of C.N.R.
Montreal — W. H. Hobbs, secretary
of the Canadian National Railways, an
nounced on behalf of the board of dir
ectors the resignation of S. J. Hunger
ford as president of the system. The
announcement said R. C. Vaughan,
now vice-president in charge of pur
chases, stores, and steamships, has
been appointed to succeed Mr. Hung
erford as president of the system, in
cluding the Canadian National (West
Indies) Steamships, Limited, Canadian
Government Merchant Marine, Limit
ed, and other subsidiary and affiliated
companies. Mr. Hungerford will re
main chairman of the board of the
railway.
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G. R. COTTRELLS, Oil Controller for Canada
• WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES
to the official announcement which
was as follows: "With the King’s ap
proval, H.R.H. the Duke of Kent will
shortly be proceeding to Canada for
a brief visit.”
Japanese Assets Frozen in U.S.
Washington <— In swift retaliation
for Japan’s push into French Indo
China, President Roosevelt froze Jap
anese assets in the United States, in
cluding Nippon’s ships, and similarly
tied up Chinese assets so that the Axis
cannot get at them.
Lions’ Convention in Toronto
Next Year
New Orleans —• Lions International
selected Toronto for its 1942 annual
convention. The covention here which
closed Friday, had a record registra
tion of 9,500,mot counting 2,000 mem
bers of musical and marching organiz
ations.
British,-U.S. Blockade Would
Cripple Japan in Six Months ‘
London-— A total economic block
ade by the United States and the Brit
ish Jjhnpire would cripple Japanese in
dustry within six months of an out
break of war with Japan, British ec
onomic warfare experts said. Japan’s
occupation of French Indo-China will
bolster Japan’s stocks of five basic
commodities but even these gains,
which experts called "one of the chief
reasons for the move into’Indo-China”
would be outweighed by the effects on
Japanese industry and export trade of
strict economic sanctions.
Liked To See Flames, Boy Sets Three
Fires, Killing Half-Sister
Columbus, O. — A boy of nine who
said "I like to see the flames” was
held in a detention home after admitt
ing, Coroner E. E. Smith said, that he
set three fires — the last one burning
to death his four-year-old half-sister.
Donald Hedrick fired a church par
sonage, a paint store and his own
home, the coroner said the boy told
him. Mary Lucilz Hedrick, sleeping
on the second floor of the home, was
trapped.
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70,000,000 Matches Explode
In Factory
Toronto — Only one employee
35 was injured when an estimated 70,-
000,000 matches exploded and burned
in the Dufferin street plant of the
Book Match Company. Albert Scott
suffered a burned arm. Fire-proof
walls separating the plant from
Government excise warehouse in
•same building saved a carload
matches estimated at 60,000,000. A
similar fire .in the same plant cost the
life of one worker two years ago.
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Brother of King George VI
Will Visit Canada
Ottawa — The Duke of Kent, bro
ther of King George VI, will visit
Canada "shortly,” it was announced
in a press release from the office of
Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Pri
mary purpose of the duke’s visit is to
study the operations of the Common
wealth Air Training Plan, according
Murray
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New Zealand . To Triple Amount
Spent On Army
London — Estimated expenditures
on the New Zealand army this year
have reached three times the amount
spent last year, the British Broadcast
ing Corporation reported. The figure
is £50,000,000, compared with £17,-
250,000 in 1940, the. BBC said. Naval
expenditures have exactly doubled and
air force costs have risen from £7,-
£500,000 to nearly 10,000,000. The
figures were given in the New Zealand
budget.
Would Conscript Every Canadian
' Vancouver — S. G. Blaylock, pres
ident and managing director of the
Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co.,
of Canada Ltd., addressing a luncheon
meeting of the Vancouver . Board of
Trade declared' that "in my opinion it
would be much more efficient if ev
eryone were conscripted and told whe
ther he should work at home or join
the forces. ‘In that case,” Mr. Blay
lock said, “a young man working in
an industry could hold up his- head and
the industries would be able to retain
the men required to properly conduct
them.”
Chinese Held for Attempted Murder
After Cafe Fracas
Cooksville — Police here said that
Harry Wong, 51, and his wife, Lill
ian, 30, are being held in Brampton
jail on charges of attempted murder
following a scuffle at a cafe, when
Henry Wong, 40, another Chinese,
was seriously hurt. Police s.aid a fight
had taken place in a room at the rear
of the cafe and that Henry Wong ap
parently had been struck with a ham
mer. Hospital authorities said his con
dition is "extremely .critical." Henry
Wong is a cousm of Harry Wong and
was a cook at the cafe, police said. «
Canada Freezes Japanese Assets
Ottawa — Prime Minister Macken
zie King announced that "the neces
sary steps have been taken to prevent
the withdrawal of assets in,Canada be
longing to residents of Japan.”
PHIL OSIFER OF
LAZY MEADOWS
’ By Harry J. Boyle
“BERRY PICKING!”
We were cutting wheat in -the back
field » * . that’s the one next to the
bush lot. Our third hired man of the
season had taken the patriotic urge,
and he was off*try,ing to persuade the
recruiting officer " that his flat feet
would not 'tire under the pressure of
marching. Mrs. Phil was helping me
with' the wheat, hampered by Patricia
Ann, who was finding the freedom of
the field too great , « » and so the
wheat-cutting was not progressing as
rapidly as it should. ’The team lagged
and stopped in the shade of the bush,
Everything was quiet with that sum-
mer silence,i so filled with murmuring
noises that you hear in the country.
Check this last
□ Reduce driving speed from 60 to
40 on the open road.
□ Avoid jack-rabbit starts.
i .. m non-essential□ Avoid useless or no
driving.
a Turn motor o« when not in use. o
pot leave idling.
up slowly.
D Dorft strain your engine: change
eriy adjusted.
timing, etc.
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Inr service station man S Consult him.
Your regular serv gasoiine.
and other ways
driving.
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D Check cooling system; overheating
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a Maintain tires at nght press v
waste gasoline.
□ 'Drive in groups to and^from work.
° using cars alternate days. _
u icnics and other outings.
DFOt9l‘c^nsteadofiour.
TkTo e short shopping tripsON
a^TXacarryparcelshome.
□ Walk to and from the movies.
□ Boat owners, too. can help by
reducing speed.
e station man
-REMEMBER: The slower you drive, the more you save.
The Government of the
DOMINION OF CANADA
Acting through:
■ * THE HONOURABLE C. D. HOWE, Minister of Munitions and Supply
The river roared and gushed a little
as it pattered over the stony rapids
. . . bees zoomed across on their way
to a new source of nectar . . . crows
cawed monotonously as they were dis
turbed down the river . . . and from
the cool shade it 'Seemed almost as if
the shimmering heat waves out on the
wheat field made a noise as they
danced.
We had been sitting there saying
nothing. I was lolling on the seat of
the bihder with the honey-pail of wat
er in my hands . . . Mrs. Phil was
looking over the rail fence into the
bush . . . and Patricia Ann was try
ing to play peek with Suchansuch, our
boisterous pup. "Phil,” exclaimed Mrs.
Phil, in that tone of voice she uses
when she has made a real find, "the
berries are ripe!” Yes, the berries
were ripe. The wheat was forgotten
. . . everything in fact was forgotten
except the berries. I grumbled at hav
ing to leave the wheat, but actually I
was pleased at the prospect of berries
for supper. Berries . . . , arid berry
picking! It’s a mighty important time
to every country woman. Breakfast is
served -Very early in berry picking
time . , . dinner consists and sand
wiches arid pie arid the tea pot is left
ready for the hot water . . , while the
lady of the house Is away picking ber
ries » . . and you can depend on it
.that berries will ,be served for dessert
for supper.
Granddad was always a great hand
for berries. It was his proud reCbrd
that he could pick more berries than
anyone on the concession, and for that
matter he held the township record.
In fact, Grandmother used to com
plain that when he was cutting grain
in the fields hidden from the house by
that ridge of land through the centre
of the farm, he used to spend half his
time over in the berry patch. 'You
could always depend on it that the pail
he used to take water back in the
morning would be filled with berries
by noon. In the same way he would
fill the pail he used for water during
the afternoon. It was always a great
privilege to go picking berries with
Granddad. He insisted that we get an
early start and >takfe our dinners. How
well I can recall being lured by small
patches of berries along the way, but
Granddad wouldn’t stop. He knew
where’fie was going for berries and he
wasn’t interested in any patch that
pickers from all parts of the township
kn^ew about. Finally, we would ford
creeks, crawl along logs over marshy
spots and penetrate thick tree growth
until we finally arrived at a spot
where, as Granddad used to say “the
big berries grow.” As a boy it Was al
ways fun picking that first honey-pail
ful and eating as many as you picked.
The novelty would wear off and finally
you would start sitting down and pick
ing what you could reach. Weariness'
. . . and the fulness of your stomach
with the fresh, ripe berries would be
gin to creep over you and with only a
isprinkling of berries on the bottom of
the second pail you would find a shady
tree and with a half-hearted gesture
of warning to the mosquitoes drift off
to sleep.
The afternoon sun would be start
ing the downward trek towards the
horizon when Granddad woke you up,
and, wonder of wonders, both your
honey-pails would be filled with ber
ries. How good A lunch -tasted then
, , . washed down with cold, sparkling
Water from a bubbling brook. The
berries would be heaping up in the
pails and you hated the thoughts of
Starting home » .•, . and Granddad
would lean back with his head on a
log and with his pipe Well filled and
lit, he would tell yarns about the days
when they first settled in the town
ship. He was always a great story
teller, and when he talked about twist
ing lumberjacks, on a great raft of
logs going through a section of froth
ing rapids, you could picture the scene
quite vividly. The long way home!
Somehow Granddad always knew just
when to sit down and relight his pipe.
He did it just when your legs seemed
worn out. Out on the roadway, there
was always the chance of .a ride and
many times a bouncing wagon seemed
like the height of comfort. How the
legs and arms used to ache after a
berry picking session . . . and hard it
was to find a spot on the sheets where
they would be comfortable. Just the,
same, however, when Granddad went
picking next time you were always
ready. t .
CHART SHOWS BEST
TIME TO PICK APPPLES
■. The stage of maturity at harvesting
largely influences the ultimate keeping
quality of McIntosh and Fameuse ap
ples, particluarly at low temperatures.
In order to assist growers in picking
these varieties at the most advantag
eous stage for good keeping, a colour
chart has been prepared by the Horti
cultural Division, Central Experiment
al Farm, Ottawa. The chart consists
of two green-coloured discs, number
ed 1 and 2. They show two stages’ of
maturity and’ are perforated in thd
centre against which the green part of
the apple may be placed.
If the green of the apple corres
ponds with, orris greener than, the
green of stage No. i of the chart, the
apple is too immature for good keep
ing and should be left for a few days
until it begins to approach the colour
of No. 2 disc. As all fruit on a tree
will not reach this stage at the same
time, a date should be chosen at which
the bulk of the apples is approximate-'
ly the colour marked on stage 2. Fully
coloured apples have been found to
keep satisfactorily. Picked at the stage-
indicated by colour 1, the apple is too
immature for the proper development
of that high quality characteristic of
the McIntosh and the Fameuse, and
definite information is available to
show that apples gathered at stage 1
shrink much more rapidly than the
more mature specimens indicated by
colour 2'.
Another cause of loss in stored ap
ples is from what may be termed core
flush or internal browning starting ar-
.ound the core. Some of this trouble
is due to the stage of maturity, im
mature fruit will inevitably develop
more internal browning than properly
matured fruit at low temperatures.
Colour No. 2 is approximately the cor
rect stage of picking to eliminate that
part of the trouble which is due to im
maturity. A copy of the chart may be
obtained by writing to the Publicity
and Extension Division, Dominion
Deparemtn of Agriculture, Ottawa,
ANSWERS TO
BRAIN-TEASERS
1. (a) billiards, (b) chess, (c) pon
toon, (d) ice hockey, (e) cricket, (f)
badminton, (g) draughts, (It) poker,
(i) tennis, (j) polo.
2. Either Henry Carey, or Dr. John
Bull. It is generally considered that
the latter was the author,
3. It has been copied for the nat-
ional anthem of Denmark and Prussia.
The American song "My Country ‘TiS
of Thee” is sung to its tune.
4. They are all the same.
& Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth,
when Duchess of York,
6. The last one.
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