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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1944-06-29, Page 6As calm and peaceful as if the war were on another planet is the scene Claire L,' Chennault's fighters in the China -Burma theater of operation on one of China's most healthful plateaus, Camp Schiei is equipped with facilities and tennis courts. above, which shows some of Gena s relaxing at Camp Schiel. Located basketball courts, boats, hunting 1 P6 CH ONICLES of GINGER FARM By Gwendollne P. Clarke at w • * L ➢ Will you come exploring • with 1110 — just you and I and Tippy. Yon will? — that's fine, then let's be __ging. But wait, we had better take that mosquito dope along — na:-ty little animals, those mosqui- toes. they can sure take the joy ou: of life. It's pretty warm, you thi ic? Well, yes, but then it's summertime, isn't it, so what else can cne expect? * * Came along, we will start up the hack lane, through the pasture field, across the bush and over to the :rack, Yes, you. guessed it — we -e to go exploring for wild strawberries. What a wonderful growth of grass there is in the lane — that's because the cattle have not yet been pastured here — next week it will be a different story, and the walking a little easier. See how well the spring crop looks... yes, there are Thistles there — and chicory too, along the fences. We don't like the look of then at all but still there is a limit to what one man and his wife can do on a hundred acres. Look — do look — over there near that blackthorn tree... TITO'S RIGHT HAND Responsible for planning of many of the Yugoslav guerrilla battles against Germans is Maj. Gen. Arse Yovanovich, above, chief of staff for Marshall Tito, famed Partisan chieftain. did you ever see a wild canary quite so yellow... and hear how sweetly he sings. * * * Now we must hunt for that place in the fence where we always get through to the track. How the years fly... such a little while it seems since daughter and our wee son came exploring with me. And how soon they tired of picking ber- ries — the creek was a much great- er attraction. There was far more water in the creek in those days and in it both the children learnt to swine. Right here at this bend — we called it "the raspberry cor- ner" — is where Bob nearly drowned. He was about three years old and was playing happily at the edge of the creek while I was teach- ing sister to swim. But he didn't stay there,.. and he went down twice before I reached him. Well, here we are at the track. Mercy — where's Tippy? I hear a train coming — it will scare the life out of her. "Here, Tippy... come here little dog. Yes, we'll pick you up and hold you good and tight until the train has gone by. Don't tremble so, little dog, noth- ing is going to hurt you. See, there's the engine driver waving to us." Well now, we had better start looking for strawberries in real earnest. After all, that's what we came for, wasn't it? Or was it? Strange how even a wild straw- berry patch will run out. This is the place where the berries were so thick year after year — and now there is hardly a berry. But here is a new patch... "No, Tippy, I ata not kneeling down to play with you... scram now... go chase a rabbit, How can I pick- 'berries if you sit down on top of them?" And so it goes... we wander around, picking where we can climbing fences when we come to theta, swatting, every now and then, at mosquitoes which persist in attacking us despite sur attempts to repel 'them. We are enjoying our rendezvous with nature.• and we don't want to go home. But we must. There are hens and chickens to feed and, on a hot night like this, Partner will be looking for a drink while he alines. Come to think of it, we could do with a drink ourselves, THE HITLER GANG •x 'Four heads ache worse than one" might be the title of this new photo, just received from neutral sources, showing Adolf Hitler with military, naval and civilian chieftains during recent inspection at the Puehrer's headquarters. Left to right are Hitler, Field Marshal 1{eitel, chief of staff, Admiral Donitz, navy commander, and Heinrich Hinustler, head of the Gestapo. How many berries have we got? Is that really so important? Well,' if you must know there are enough to make a goon feed for two peo- ple for dinner tomorrow! Was it worthwhile, did you say? - wouldn't it have been more practi- cal to slip down town and buy a quart, even at 35c? Well, that de- pends on one's sense of values, Out here where, as one looks to- wards the far distant horizon — which doesn't seem so very distant after all — earth and heaven seam to merge into one. There is. a "peace that passes all understand- ing" and one's faith is once more restored. Faith that soznehbw, eonne- time, all the ugliness and :suffer- ing that is in the world today will cone to an end. That out of the. maelstrom of human misery there will emerge a better world in which all men may live in peace. * * * You see what I meats? One can- not buy hope and a new faith with a box of berries froth a store, but one can find them out where the wild berries grow, out where the birds sing songs of freedom for all who wish to heat: SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON SUNDAY SCLIQOL LESSON July 9 TAKING POSSESSION .OP CANAAN. -- Joshua ,13, .14 Judges I:19-21, 27, • 28, PRINTED TEXT, Joshua 14:8-14 Judges 1:20, 21, GOLDEN TEXT. — Thou hast wholy followed Jehovah. Joshua 14:9. Memory Verse: The Lord is my helper, Idebrews 13:6. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time. — The exact time of our lesson cannot be definitely deter- mined, but must be located some- where between 1390 and 1370 B. C. Place. — While many geographi- cal terms are mentioned in this lesson, the principal place is Heb- ron, south of Jerusalem, still a creat city. The Portion For Caleb "Then the children of tudah drew night unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the I(enizzite said unto hint, Thou knowest the thing that Jehovah spoke unto dioses the ratan of God concerning me and concerning Thee in Kadesh-barnea." Caleb meets his old comrade and leader, and reminds him of the Word which Jehovah had spoken to idoses con- cerning thent both (14:24, „0), "Forty years old was I when Moses the servant 'of Jehovah sent inc from Radesh-barnea to spy out the land; and I brought hint word again as it was in my heart." Well world Joshua and Caleb remember the day when they were sent by Moses to spy out the Iand. They sate all the difficulties and dangers, but in their visinn they saw that with (pod on their side all would be well. Blessings for the Faithful "Nevertheless my brethren that went up with Inc.,. because Thou hast wholly followed Jehovah my God." Caleb and Joshua threw their whole power into the effort to save the people from cowardice and di- saster, wholly following the Lord. Great blessings are promised to the faithful who follow the Lord, not partially but wholly. "And now behold Jehovah hath kept me alive... even so is my strength now, for war, and to go out and to come in." God not only prolonged his life but bad pre- served his strength in full vigor. There is no doubt that Godliness tends to congevity, or that by liv- ing for self and sin we shorten l if c. Caleb's Inheritance "Now therefore give me this THE WAR • WEEK — Commentary on Current events New U. S. Superfortresses Strike Mighty ty Blow At industrial Japan America struck a mighty blow against• japan last. week, .says The New York Times. Making their first offensive thrust against Nip- pon's home islands, the new B-29 Superfortresses, operating from bases in China, struck at industrial Japan in the- longest -ranged air raid in history. • The air blow at japan brought into play a battleship of the air that reduced the Flying Fortress, Liber- ator, Lancaster and. Halifax to the status of medium bombers. De- signed and built • -under wartime pressure, the Superfortress' 111.2 - foot •wingspan compared with the 108 feet of the Fortress; its 98 'foot length to the Fortress' 73 -foot length. It i$ armed with 50 -caliber machine guns and 20 -mm. cannon mounted in power turrets that can be swung in all directions. Powered • by four 2,200 -horsepower Wright engines '(the Flying Fortress uses four 1,200 -Horsepower engines) it is reported able to carry more •bombs farther and faster than any other plane in the world, perhaps reach a fifth of the way around the world. Days of Preparation A tremendous effort was re- quired to bring these huge planes into combat. In India tens of thou- sands of Indians and thousands of Americans labored building rear bases for the big ships, The Ame- ricans worked sixteen and eighteen hours a day and astonished British "old India hands" by persuading Indians to work similar hours. In China, where advanced bases were built, the task was even more dif- ficult. The story of how the 13-29 bases in China were built is one of the most inspiring of the war. Plans for the bases were developed in Washington in the fall of 1943. In mid-January, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek ordered the greatest con- scription of ratan -power in Chinese history since construction of the Great Wall 2,000 years ago. Within 17 days, an initial force of 200,000 Chinese peasants and been assembled at the site in West China and the work began without cement mixing, rock crushing or road building machinery, or other mechanical devices. The power was provided by hu - Man, beings; the equipnient was their hands.. The force sometimes nutatbered 430,000. '.The, crushed rock used for each of the fields was enough for a 20 - .foots 'wide highway 60 miles in length. Tet Chinese also built bar - at the 3-29's but material 'Was seance so the build- ings Were prfttiitive affairs, 2600 -Mile Trip Almost a year to the day after the first Superfortresses rolled off the assembly lines, the Twentieth Air Force, set up especially for these huge aircraft, to employ then for strategic purposes anywhere in the world, sent them out for their first major mission over the east China Sea to Japan, a trip out and back that could not have been less than 2.600 miles and was probably much more. Long-range flights in the European theatre seldom ex- ceed 1,900 miles, The first Superfortresses arrived over their target, Yawata, center of the Japanese steel industry, source of perhaps so per cent of Japan, pig iron, at 10:50 in the evening, sent huge block -busters down on the forest of chimneys below. Japanese searchlights sought out the tiny specks that may have been 30,000 feet or more in the air. • hill -country, whereof' Jehovah spoke in that day; for thou heard - est in that day how the Anakim were there, and cities great and fortified: it may be that Jehovah will be with ane, and I shall drive them out, as Jehovah spoke." The hill -country was still in the hands of the enemy but Caleb knew that if God was with him, and he had no doubt about this, then none could withstand him, "And Joshua blessed him: and he gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. Therefore Hebron became the in- heritance of Caleb the son of Je- phunneh to I' enizzite unto this day; because that he wholly fol- lowed Jehovah, The God of Israel." For the third, time we are re- minded of Caleb's whole -hearted allegiance to the Lord, and this time, we are told it was because of this that this. special inheritance was granted to hint. Success Through Faith "And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken; and he drove out :thence the three sons of Attak. And the children of Ben- jamin in Jerusalem unto this day" Caleb was a titan of faith and com- pletely succeeded its the difficult tasks which he believed God led to undertake; the children of Israel equally promised victory over their enemies, did not coinplete these victories as they should, but failed to utterly drive out the elle- n/ Y. simnpie b^•'nese they did not v'•o`ly fel'o'v the I a 1 Anti-aircraft fire filled the skies. Night fighters roared to the attack. All But Four Return All but four of the Superfortress- es came back safely. Two were Lost in operational accidents and the crew of one ryas saved. One was downed by the Japanese. The .fourth is listed as "missing." Jap- anese propagandists told their peo- ple: "We should not think that we have been passively attacked, but that we have actively pulled the enemy toward us." Allied observ- ers estimated the raid had knocked out 15 per cent of Japan's steel production, at least temporarily. The attack opened the possibility that soon Japan would suffer the same kind of strategic bombing that has cut so heavily into Ger- man war production. japan, ex- perts have pointed out, is more vulnerable to air attack than Ger- many. Japan's industry is largely concentrated in six major areas, four of them on the island of Hon- shu .and two ou the island of Kyu- shu. It would take less effort to spread havoc • here than It did to damage Germany's more widely scattered 'industrial centers. Iceland Severs Denrnark Ties The people of Iceland, one of the world's oldest democracies, voted 70,536 to 365 to sever their 700 -year-old ties with Denmark and four an independent republic, final figures on last week's plebis- cite just released showed. About 98 per cent of the eligible voters on the island participated. The young republic probably will be proclaimed June 17, an Iceland national holiday. The Althing, Iceland's legisla- tive body, prepared to convene June 10 to name the island's first President, who will serve for one year. Thereafter, a president will be elected by the people for a four- year tern-. They Were Waiting To See .Montgolrn40 That's a nice little story, has tickled out of Dennre- garding Rommel's anti -invasion inspection. A crowd .of Danes filed the street iti front of Ronintel's hotel in Copenhagen, but remained af- ter he had come out and had driv- en away. The police tried to move then on, but without success, and finally they asked then' why they waited. "We're waiting to see Montgo- mery", several of then replied. "He always comes along right be- hind Rommel," Production of dates in the United States has, increased to an entittal harve,t e.f about 15,000,000 pounds—three times as much as 1n1 years ago. BEMEDALE» PADRE Most decorated chaplain in tlzies war is Albert John Hoffman, above, of Dubuque, Ia., awarded the Dis- tinguished Service Cross at the Percy Jones General Hospital„ Battle Creek, Mich. Award was given for extraordinary bravery in Italy, where Chaplain Hoffman lost his left leg. He also holds Purple Heart and Silver Star, latter given for bravery in African action„ VOICE OF T H E PRESS FINAL DOWNWARD STEP Marshall Petain has orderedFrenclt•s men to obey all orders of the Ger- mans and to co-operate with theria against the allied invaders, an order which must forever remove the name of the aged marshal( from the French hall of fame. —Niagara Falls Review TIP TO DEMOCRACIES This century isn't half bone and already the Germans have started two world wars. Perhaps hereaft- er the democracies will have sense enough not to pussyfoot when Ger- many begins to goose-step. —Kitchener Record -•-b— TWO EXTREMES Korean women wear hats three feet in diameter. The other ex- - •treme is three inches, and our own darlings have gone thither, —Ottawa Citizen —o- - SOMEWHAT ALIKE Hitler says he has no intention of winding up his career as Napoleun did. Neither had Napoleon. —Quebec Chronicle -Telegraph Chinese Use Pigeons In Jungle Warfare That the Chinese Itave used car- rier and racing pigeons for hund- reds of years is pointed out by a British officer in Calcutta, India, and he tells of one firm that has used thein 500 years without inter- ruption. The Chinese division he had been with in Burma had great success with them in jungle war- fare. HORIZONTAL 1. Pranksters' night, 8 Bull (Sp.). 9 God of love. 11 Ocean. 12 Stable 'division, 13 Color. 15 Deficient. 17 Penetrates, 20 Male parent, 21 Drone bee. 22 College cheer. 23 Paid publicity. 24 Railroad (abbr.). 26 Form of "be," 27 Mimic,. •29 Peruse, 31 Musical composition, 32 Let fall. 34 Old Testament (abbr.). 36 Three -toed sloth. 38 Storehouse. 5 • BO©! Answer to Previous Puzzle PEN D1 IT s E t©r�®CQ Oa JP' pi 4014Ialicious fairy of this night. 42 Sturdy tree. 43 She rides a broom tonight. 45 Electrified particle. 46 Edge, 48 Canon. 49 Adherent of Nestorius. 11 Blemish. 14 Apothecaries' unit of weights 15 Spain (abbr,'}, 16 Centers. 1.8 Nominated. 19 South Dakota. (abbr.), 25 Knock. 26 Bustle. 28 Pictured vegee table proln:i- N' nent this day;; 30;Arab. 31. Indian. 33 Ache, 34 Whirlwind. 35 Expression of repugnance, 37 Opposed to out. 39 Swiss river„ 41 Not high. 44 Also.. 47 Forts of ",I." 48 Musical notes VERTICAL 1 Hidden supply 2 Land measure. 3 Not a winner, 4 Harangue. 5 Eel -catcher, 6 Comparative suffix. 7 Direction. 8 Afternoon party; 10 Perceive