HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1944-01-06, Page 21RADIO REPORTER 43i. FROST
FRANCES LANGFORD
Radio's loveliest! Radio's fun-
niest! Those are the phrases
which have been used to describe
Frances Langford and Bob Hope.
Maybe you heard Bob Hope's ra-
dio riot of laughs which was
broadcast for the first time over
a dominion wide 21 -station net-
work of the CRC last. Tuesday
10 to 10.30 p.m. Radio?54 top fun -
meeker is in rare forese days,
;gagging and quippinis mile a
minute, ably supported by the one
and only 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,
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Bob Hope returned only a few
weeks ago from a 6 months tour
In the interests of maintaining
the good humour of the fighting
men and women of Britain and
the Mediterranean zone. Bob ad-
mits 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 humour
on the home front. As for Frances
Langford, well she obviously is
preserving our sense .of propor-
tions . .feminine proportions.
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While we're ala -then subject, it
�u?Wit seem appropriate to give a
hearty slap on the back to Foster
BOB HOPE
Hewitt, radio's ace hockey broad-
caster, who is doing a swell job
of maintaining our sense of sport-
manship 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 Fostet. tells the story
of hockey not ai6n:for Canadian
and United Stat listeners,. but
for met and wOikeie. 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 ni0-
tion one and a half hours of
hockey. The answer is by going
to the "Y" for stiff workouts.
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And not alone in sports has
radio proved a link between hone
and fighting fronts. Throughout
1943 we at home were kept in
close touch 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 home.
And in 1944 radio sets out to
forget still deeper this invaluable
link between home _ and overseas
listeners between you and
the world a ound'yeete. , , between
Yon and abient loved "ones ,
between rilitt and Mee who -plan
arid' wor"a for early victory ane
peace.
CH ON WEW
®f GINGER FAR
t
Are you back to your stride
again back to normal after all
the excitement that goes with 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 sev-
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
Nappy 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
no need 'to be unduly anxious on,
his account.
"Young John wasn't here either.
The people for whom he works
took him with them to Toronto
for Christmas so we knee he was
happy and provided for.
And Daughter? Well, 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
what a grand Christmas present
she had for us -there is absolute-
ly nothing that could have pleased
us better. It was an enlargement
of a photograph of she and her
brother taken together last time
Ito was home on furlough. How
elle ever managed to get Bob rop-
ed in for anything like that I
don't know. But there it is --
thanks to her scheming—told a
photograph of our two taken to-
gether means far more to ue at
present than two separate photos.
Today 13 officially known as
Boxing Day andat 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. Each year Christ-
recs. Day would be celebrated and
,*4 , rent dny stores 'meld be
r' :1 and business going on much
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Gwendotine P. Clarke
the same as usual. At least it was
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 salesclerks would liked
to have been—at home and relax-
ing after Christmas celebrations.
So I think holding Boxing Day
as 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. Aft-
er all, say what you will, Christ-
mas is somewhat of an ordeal,
but there is not one of us that
would' wain to cut it out. No, ' w e•
wouldn't want to do. anything so
drastic as that.' An 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 conies bring
us news of bigger and better vie- .
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
SHOO,
LESSON
January Xofi,
JESUS ANSWERS HIS'
CRITICS
Mark 2;15-3;3S
PRINTED TEXT—Mark
3:6.
GOLDEN 'TEXT-:-Plessed-are
ye when men shall reproach you,
and persecute ypu, and say all
manner of evil against you fals
ly, for my sake. Matthew 5:11.
MEMORY VERSE —
are helpers.
2 Corinthians it24.
THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING
Tiane-The events e.l this 1e'sf-
soGn .occurred in the 'summer .of
A.D. 28, with the exception of
our Lord's statement •-reesueling
the unpardonable sin, and eeees.,�
intimate relation to Him, whiehl
occurred in the atitunin of A,D,,..
28.
:.,,Place -A11 events occurred nit
or near • the city of Caper naum,
with the exception of the di:�,,.
Course of Christ on the Sabha
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 pass, that .he
was going on .the, Sabbath day -
through : the ,grainfields; and his
disciples began, as they went, to.
pluck the ears, .And the Pharisees°
said., unto lam, Behold, why do
they on the Sabbath day that,;
which is not lawful? And he ,Said
unto them, Did " ye 'never. ' read
what Da'id did, when he had,
need; and was hungry, he and
they that were with him? Iiow he
entered into . the house of God
When Abiathar was high priest,
and ate the showbread, which, it'
is not lawful to eat save for;: they'
priests, and gave also to them
that were with him."
At once the Pharisees felt they
had something by which they
eould 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 San} 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 .tee
eat but the priests.
Sabbath Made for Man
"And he said unto them,.
Sabbalx was made for men
'not man . forthe Sabbath."
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 Sala.
bath.
Scribes Watch Jesus
"And he entered again into the
synagogue; and there was a man
there who had his hand withered.
And they watched hire, wheither
he would heal him em the ' Sab
bath day; that they :might ac-
cuse hint. An'd he saitii unto the
nian that had his hand withered,
stand forth,"
The,.enemies of Jesus, always
2:23.
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 be much
the same as it was before the war
tsarted?" Would that be your ans-
veer? I4 wouldn't be mine, and I
don't think 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
eoonomieproblems would auto-
matically solve themselves.
And now, if you'll excuse me,
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 .TAPS ON BOUGAINVILLE
4 Casualtiea 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.
"Annere;ala lar ding' boats are shown dodging between the bursts of bombs dropped by Jap planes, which
also' nm '!Y%l guMierl, the invaders. Yet only two LCV's were lost, and none of the Navy ships was hit.
watching for an;•occasion na o421-
demn Him, watch neer to see,if
Jesus would heal, this man on the
Sabbath ' day, 11W : certeinly if Be
so chose He . Could have waited
,one 'more dayeth perfornijan act
of healing, but it would seem
they expected Hini to cure the
man there. It has become so 'di-
vine a custom oft•11is to heal that
although there was .:only one, man
in the synagogue ,• withdisease,
and that such as might have •been
easily 'overlooked, they expect
that it will not escape His grace.'
ions notice. Thus out of His.
abundant goodness they mean in
their baseness to construct a
snare.
Doing Good oW' Sabbath
:`,`Aird he saith unto them, Is it
lawful"o:z the Sabbath day to do
good, or to do harm? Tq save a
life; or to kill? But they held
their peace." Our 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 reipudiat-
ing the fourth commandment.
He is telling these men that their
regulations regarding this law
were of infinitely less iinport-
ance than doing good to men,
who were in need.
Leper Is Healed
"And when he had looked
round about on them with anger,
being grieved at tthe hardening of
their heart, .he, with unto . the
air, "tiretch, , fortn. ,thy hand.
Arid -ire Stretched it Lith; sad
his handwas restored." This
miracle was remarkable for sev-
eral reasons. It was wrought in
direct challenge to the scribes to
defend, on divine principles,
some of their burdensome sab-
batical regulations — Jesus pub-
licly separated Himself 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 -
fans took counsel against him,
•how they„ might destroy him."
The Pharisees were the patriotic
a party among the Jews: the
Herodians favored the Roman
government, 'and were their na-
tural enemies. For such men to
make common cause against
Jesus, showed how violent ,was -
their anger. and how desperate
was their Hatred. When men Jail
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 tothem, but they
• will ultimately, plot to put Him
to death, whose truth they call a
.11.e and whose own lives Iie is
condein.ning.
Longest -Air Freight
Line In. the World
The longest air freieght lite in.
the world now is: operating on
regular schedule between Patter-
son Field, Ohio and India,' the,
United States Army announced
recently.
C-$7 planes, the cargo' veeeion
of thesaConsolidated B-24, Lib -
orator bomber, fly theroutereg-
ularly delivering..supplies> to the
air forces in'the Orient.
The first flight made early in
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October, was a 28,000 -mile 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. 'ai:r
The exacta. ,;idtn ',g, was not dis-
closed, . but Pico is on it,
.indicating that' `tk 'planes cross
the Atlantic,'; .Africa and the
Piddle, East.
It used to take months to get
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 Suez and past Aden.
Street Lights
S . i hting is supposed to
hav xeRnginaged in Paris about
1700 +,when 'tee police ordered
every h.puseholder to keep a lamp
burning'in a street. window from
dark to dawn.
Generous Foes
War is not what 1 . might be.
Two charming stories isf the wars
between the Maoris and the Brit-
ish in the early days, recalled at
a meeting of Edinburgh women,
prove .it, says The Edinburgh .
Schr n The first related how
th s cif; the British became
•st t 15 ie time in the mud.
Th,oris, not liking to spoil a
ase
god ht,: came over and help-
ei1 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, had discovered in those
old wars in New Zealand that
our men were short of food. So
they sent canoes up the river,
loaded with pork, sweet potatoes,
and water melons, manned by
boys 12 to 13 years of age. After
they had allowed time for the
food to be cooked and enjoyed,
once more the battle was resum-
ed.
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