HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1944-01-06, Page 6RADIO REPORTER
By
REX FROST
FRANCES LANGFORD
Radio's loveliest! Radio's fun-
niest! Those are the pbraaes
which have been used to describe
Frances Langford and Bob Hope,
Maybe you heard Bob Hope's ras
dio riot of Iaughs which was
broadcast for the first time over
a dominion wide 21 -station net-
work. of the CBC last Tuesday
30 to 10.30 p.m. Radio's top fun -
maker is In rare form these days,
gagging and quipping ata mile a
Minute, ably supported by the one
and e.t!y Professor Jerry Colonna,
beautiful Frances Langford, "not -
so -vague" Vera Vague and Stan
Kenton, and his orchestra. Canad-
ian radio fans will welcome the
Bob Hope show to Canadian sta-
tions: From now on the series
will be heard every Tuesday eve-
ning.
* * *
Bob Hope returned only a few
weeks ago from a 5 months tour
in the interests of maintaining
the good humour of the fighting
men and women of Britain and
the Mediterranean zone. Bob ad -
nits that he was terribly fright-
ened when the enemy dropped
bombs close by during one of his
performances . . says he would
give his shirt to be in Clark
Gable's shoes. Clark Gable has al-
ready taken part in flying oper-
ations over Germany. Meanwhile,
Bob Hope is keeping up his end
preserving our sense of i}amour
on the home front. As for Frances
Langford. well she obviously is
preserving our sense of propor-
tions , .. feminine proportions.
* M M
While we're on the subject, it
might senna appropriate to give a
hearty slap on the back to Foster
BOB HOPE
Hewitt, radio's ace hockey bread -
caster, who is doing a swell job
of maintaining our sense of sport -
menthe) on the home front. Fos-
ter Hewitt has stayed close to
the Maple Leaf microphone for
about 20 years, but many of his
fans have moved far and wide.
This season Foster tells the story
of hockeynot alone for Canadian
and United States listeners, but
for Wren and women in the ser-
vices in Newfoundland and those
in the areas of conflict far across
the oceans. Many people wonder
how he keeps fit for the exacting
grind of describing in rapid mo-
tion one and a half hours of
hockey. The answer is by going
to the "Y" for stiff workouts.
* * *
And not alone in sports hal;
radio proved a link between hone
and fighting fronts. Throughout
1943 we at home were kept in
close torch with all United Na-
tions' efforts and achievements.
We heard encouraging messages
from our King and Queen and
from our leaders, Churchill and
Roosevelt. Our boys overseas
maintained via radio a personal
link with home as they listened
to shortwave broadcasts by fav-
ourite stars. They sent us their
messages via the microphone
you sent messages to them—they
enjoyed brief glimpses of hone.
And in 1944 radio sets out to
forget still deeper this invaluable
Iink between hence and overseas
listeners . between you and
the world around you ... between
you and absent loved ones
between you and those who plan
and work for early vietary and
peace.
of MEER MN
Are you back to your stride
again—back to normal after all
the excitement that goes well that
special event which we call
Christmas.
It was quite a good Christmas
on the whole, wasn't it? Perhaps
You had a pleasant surprise by
one or more of your family com-
ing home after you had given
up all hope of their being able
to get there at all, I know of sore
eral such instances and I hope
there were many more that I did
not hear about at all.
We had a very quiet Christmas
—the quietiest. I think, that we
have ever known. But it was
happy one for all that. Yes, even
though son Bob was away from
home for Christmas for the first
time in his life, yet, since he Is
still in Canada we knew we had
bo need to he unduly anxious on
hta account,
Young John wasn't here either.
The people for whom he works
took him with them to Toronto
for Christmas so we knew be was
Happy and provided for, - And Daughter? Weil, Daughter
was here—and is yet. She is on
night work this week and does
not have to start work until Mon-
day night. That gave her a grand
break. It is the longest time she
has spent at home since she
started in on her war job. And
*bat a grand Christmas present
she had for us—there is absolute-
ly nothing that could have pleased
ne better. It was at enlargement
of a photograph of she and her
brother taken together last time
be was home on furlough. How
she ever managed to get Bob rop-
ed in for anything like tbat I
don't know. But there it is—
thanks to her scheming—and a
photograph of our two taken to-
gether means far more to us at
present than two separate photos.
Today is officially known as
Boxing Day and at long last Can-
ada 'is beginning' to observe it as
an after -Christmas holiday. When
we first came to Canada no one
seemed to know anything about
Boxing Day—what it meant or
whet it was for. trach year Christ.
would be celebrated and
t' •�
r cloy stores would be
O y end business going on much
By
Gwendoline P.
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* *
the same as usual. At least it nae
supposed to be—but that is as far
as it went. Stores would be open
and weary -eyed salesclerks on
hand to wait on prospective cus-
tomers—very few of whom ever
showed up. Most of them were
where the saleselerks would liked
to have been—at home and relax-
ing after Christmas celebrations.
So I think holding Boxing Day
MS a holiday is a splendid idea
and one which I hope- will con-
' tinue if only for the sake of store-
keepers and their assistants..lft-
er all, say what you will, Christ-
mas is somewhat of an ordeal,
but there is not one of us that
would want to cut it out. No, we
wouldn't want to do anything so
drastic as that. All we really need
is Boxing Day in which to relax
and we will celebrate Christmas
every year to the end of time.
And now we are on the brink
of another year—a year which
General Eisenhower said so def
initely would bring us victory.
That. coupled with news of the
sinking of the German battleship
is surely a good start for 1944,
May each week as it comes bring
us news of bigger and better vic-
tories. But while we long for
peace we ,must also remember
that peace has its price, and we
also need to make up our minds
as to what we shall do with our
peace when we get it. I remember
hearing one woman asked the
SUNDAY
SCHOOL
LESSON
January 16
JESUS ANSWERS HIS
CRITICS
Mark 2:15-3:35
PRINTED TEXT --Mark 2:23-
3:6:
GOLDEN TEXT—Blessed are
ye when men shall reproach you,
and persecute you, and say all
manner of evil against ypu false-
ly,- for my sake. Matthew 5:11.
MEMORY VERSE — We...
are heipera.
2 Corinthians 1:24.
THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING
Time—The events of this les-
son occurred in the sunnier of
A.D. 28, with the exception of
our. Lord's statement regarding
the unpardonable sin, and our
intimate relation to Him, which
occurred in the autumn of A.D.
28.
Place -All events occurred in
or near the city of Capernaum,
with the exception of the dis-
course of Christ on the Sabbath
Day, and the related miracle of
healing, which occurred some-
where in Galilee, but apparently
not in the city of Capernaum.
Jesus and the Sabbath -
"And it came to puss,, that he
was going on the Sabbath day
through the grainftelds• -nnd his
disciples began, as they went, to
pluck the ears, And the Pharisees
said unto hint, Behold, why do
they on the Sabbath day that
which is not lawful? And he said
unto them, Did ye never read
what David did, when he had
need; and was hungry, he and
they that were with him? How he
entered into the horse of God.
when Abiathar was high priest,
and ate the showbread, which it
is not lawful to eat save for the
priests, and gave also to than
that were with him."
At once the Pharisees felt they
had something .by which they
could condemn the Lord, and
their condemnation they thought,
would be unanswerable. But our
Lord justifies His act, He reminds
them of an incident occurring in
the life of their own king, David,
recorded in their own Scriptures
(1 Sam 21:1-6) in which David,
together with his men when hun-
gry, Went into the house of God
and ate the showbread which it
was not lawful for any man to
eat but the priests.
Sabbath Made for Man
"Anel he said unto them, the
Sabbath wee, made for man, and
net titan for the Sabbath." If
man is an immortal soul, created
with the power of fellowship
with God. then a Sabbath is prop-
erly spent in securing refresh-
ment for body and • mind, but
more particularly in seeking and
employing the opportunity for
spiritual growth and divine com-
munion.
"So that the son of man is lord
even of the Sabbath," Jesus, on
this occasion vindicated the dis-
ciples who ate the ears of grain
and also He had a dispensing
power to give them this permis-
sion as Lord also of the Sab-
bath.
Scribes Watch Jesus
"And he entered again into the
synagogue; and there was a man
there who lead his hand withered,
And they watched him, whether
he would heal him on the Sab-
bath day; that they might ac-
cuse him. And he saith unto the
man that had his hand withered,
stand forth,"
The enemies of Jesus, always
question—"What sort of a world
do you want to live in after the
war?" And she answered "Well,
I think I would like it to ho much
the same as it was before the war
tsarted?" Would that be your ans-
wer? It wouldn't be mine, and I
don't thick it would be the ans-
wer of anyone who has lived on a
farm for the last twenty years.
We would like to be sure that
everyone will have a chance to
earn a living. Give everyone a
chance of a job and most of our
economic problems would auto-
matically solve themselves.
Aed now, if you'll excuse one,
my job is to feed the chickens.
Isn't that always the way—just
when you are ready to tackle a
big job there is always a little
job to do right at home.
AVENGERS STALK AAPS ON BO'UGAINVILLE
Casualties were light when the main force of American troops took their beachhead on New
Britain's Arawe Peninsula, but the above picture shows that a big element of luck was involved.
American landing boats are shown dodging between the .bursts of bombs dropped by Jap planes,, which
also machine-gunned the invaders. Yet only two LCV's, were lost, and none of the Navy ships was hit.
watching for an occasion to con-
demn Him, watch now to see if
Jesus would heal this man on the
Sabbath day, for certainly if He
so chose He could have waited
ene more day to perform an act
of healing, but it would seem
they expected Him to cure the
man there. It has become so di-
vine a custom of His:td heal that
although there was on7.y: one man
in the synagogue ievetbete disease,
and that such as might eliave been
easily overlooked, they expect
that it will not escape His grac-
ious notice. Thus out of His
abundant goodness they mean in
• their baseness to eonstluct a
snare.
Doing Good on Sabbath
"And he saith anti then, Is it
lawful on the Sabbath da, to do
good, or to do harm? To save a
life, or to kill? But they held
their peace." OUT Lord insinuates
that if an opportunity to do good
arises on the Sabbath day, and we
do not take advantage of the op-
portunity, but leave the good un-
done, by so doing we have really
done evil. There is nothing here
to indicate our Lord is repudiat-
ing the fourth commandment.
He is telling these men that their
regulations regarding this Iaw
were of infinitely less import-
ance than doing good to Wien,
who were in need.
Leper Is Healed
"And when he had looked
round about on then with anger,
being grieved at the hardening of
their heart, he saith unto the
man, Stretch forth thy • hand.
And he stretched it forth; and
his hand was restored." This
miracle was remarkable for sev-
eral reasons. It was wrought in
direct challenge to the scribes to
defend, on olivine principles,
some of their burdensome sab-
batical regulations — Jesus pub-
licly separated Ilintself from the'
scribes. It was wrought without
the employment of any external
means either of word or touch —
the disease was not rebuked nor
was the man touched.
The Plot Against Jesus
"And the Pharisees went out,
and straightway with the Herod -
inns took counsel against hint,
how they aright destroy hint."
The Pharisees were the patriotic
party among the Jews: the
Herodians favored the Roman
government, and were their na-
tural enemies. For such nett to
make common cause against '
Jesus, showed how violent was
their anger and how desperate
was their hatred. When men fail
to receive truth as truth, they
will resist it, and, in the ease of
our Lord, these Pharisees will
not only resist what He is try-
ing to reveal to them, but they
will ultimately plot to put Him
to death, whose truth they call a
lie and whose own lives He is
condemning.
Longest Air Freight,
Line In the World
The longest air freight line in
the world now is operating on
regular schedule between Patter-
son Field, Ohio and India, the
United States Army announced
recently.
C-87 planes, the cargo version
of the Consolidated 1i-24 Lib-
erator bomber, fly the route reg-
ularly delivering supplies to the
air forces in the Orient.
The first flight made early in
October; was a 28,000-milo round
`trip in 12 days, including loading
and unloading time.
Outbound, this first flight car-
ried 8,300 pounds of such equip-
ment as airplane fuel pumps,
starters and magnetos. On the
return trip, it carried 8,500
pounds of damaged parts to be
repaired.
The exact route was not dis-
closed, but Puerto Rico is on it,
indicating that the planes cross
the Atlantic, Africa and the
Piddle East,
It used to take :months to gel
to India, going down around the
Cape and up past Madagascar
and across the Indian Ocean.
It used to take weeks to get to
India, going past Gibraltar and
through the Sue and past Aden,
Street Lights
Street lighting is supposed to
have originated in Paris about
1'700 when the police ordered
every householder to keep a lamp
burning in a street window from
dark to dawn.
Generous Foes
War is not what it might be.
Two charming stories of the wars
between the Maoris and the Brit-
ish in the earlyclays, recalled at
a meeting of Edinburgh women,
prove it, says The Edinburgh
Scotsman. The first related how
the guns o1 tate Brit!eh became
stuck at one tinge ;in the laud.
The Maoris, not lildhg to spoil a
good fight, caste over and help..
ed to dislodge them. Then the
battle began again. •
Mr. Maona, a Maori himself,
capped this with another story of
his chivalrous ancestors, whose
descendants are fighting side by
side with us today. The Maoris
it seems, bad discovered in those
old wars in New Zealand that
our men were short of food. So
they sent canoes up the river,
loaded with perk, sweet potatoes,
and water melons, manned by
boys 12 to 48 years of age. After
they had allowed time for the
food to be cooked and enjoyed,
once more the battle was resum-
ed.
U. S. FLEET COMMANDER
■
HORIZONTAL
2 Pictured lee
5, fleet .cont-
inander-ifiee.
chief, ---::"' •
12 Exclamation
of surprise,
14 Concern.
15 To the
inside of.
16 Him.
17 Contend.
19 Border.
20 Months
(abbr.).
2.1 Meadow.
22 Bark.
24 Tendon.
26 Lines.
27 Fish organ,
29 Two fines.
30 Light tap.
31 From.
,33 Assist,
35 Three (prefix)
36 Old English
(abbi:),
38 He sails on
39 His crewmen
are --.
Answer 1.0 rrevious Puzzle
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41 Edi or ('tbbr )
42 Metal,
44 Grove,
45 Fish.
46 Sailor,
48 Blemish,
50 Wall painting,
52 Mongrel.
53 Belonging
to him.
54Female of
cattle.
56 Near.
57 Most
desirable.
58 Dove's call •
59 Counterfeit,
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VERTICAL
1 He is an
officer of the
E
N
S
3 District of
Columbia
(abbr.).
4 Disfigure.
5 Flower,
6 Send back.
7 Threshold of
psychological
stimulus.
8 Have
knowledge of.
9 It is (contr.).
1,0 Negative.
2
it He sails the
Seven
13 Incite.
16 Chop,
38 Sprite.
21 Allotinent.
23 Spanish mine
25 Novel,
26 Metal bars.
28 Nothing,
30 Before,
31 Be in debt.
32 Fashion,
34 Clamor.
35 Tag,
36 Mineral recti.
37Is eittatin),'
40 All right
(abbi-.).
43 In place of,
45 Hearing
organ.
46 High relish.
47 Berry (bot)',
48 Examine.
49 Mow, as hay.
50 Unmarried
woman.
51 Booty.
53 She,
55 Grief.
56 Exist.
21
50
53
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STAGE LAST NIGHT
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JUST AFTER
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HALFWAY
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