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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1943-01-15, Page 61771.77.7.7.77.77.7.77.7.77,77:irefatta•tt sIsatte • 'ttaaretteat'etalooust I•1 ' 15? 1943 Ak4A"' $ONO 1110000.10,0 MING SURE OF YOUR IiNgRAL8 AND VITAMINS . , elI Iiinnelnakers! The Nutrition' 1:0•10 -la under 'way. Once again vie:Alifieuae mieerals and vi:tamins, is*? Fist of all, because fl5 per Cent, of the women at the last Red Cross- meeting we attended requested .it, and, -secondly, because recent sur- vey's show that Canadians are not get- ting sufficient: (1) Calcium; (2) Vit- amin Bl; (3) Iron; (4) Vitamin A; (5) Protein; (6) Vitamin C. This happens largely through lack of know- ledge of food values—and seldom through lack of money. Nutrition ex- perts have found. that most of us don't get enough vitamins and minerals be- cause we don't know how to spend our food dollars. Mineral foods build up 'bone and as- sist the work of every cell in the body. The "hard -to -get" minerals are cal- cium and iron. Calcium is necessary not only for building strong bones and teeth but also for proper functioning of the nervous system, proper beating of the heart, control of the muscles and earielonsart of the blood. Yon can make sure of your calcium quota. 'by including ie your daily diet one pint of milk per adult and one quart of milk per child Milk products stich. as cottage -cheese may be used for part of your quota.' Iron makes red blood cells and car- ries oxygen th the, cells of 'every or- gan and tissue. ' Minordisturbances --even slight infections -cause loss of iron. 13ut in 'spite of its importance, iron cannot be stored in 'the body and the amounts obtained from foods are very small. To' make sure of your iron rations, we .,,cannot stress too much the green leafy vegetables— and luckily they are cheap—as. well as fruits, whole, grain bread and cer- eals. Vitamin -rich foods build up resist - to disease, promote growth add • keep the body functioning smoothly. !Vitamins cannot be hoarded- in the body so again we urge yqu to get .your vitamin -rich foods daily. Check lup especially on your Vitamin A, B-1 and 0. Vitamin A is found abund- antly in cod liver oil, butter, milk, liver, eggs and the green and wellow vegetables. For your Vitamin B, the riehest source is brewer's' yeast while chief food source is found in the whole grain cereals. Other good sources are fresh peas, fresh lima beans, navy beans, spinach, carrots, pork, eggs and milk. Vitamin C (known as Ascorbic Acid) is found - especially in oranges, lemons and limes, as well as in tomato juice and potatoes. Potatoes are a good source because of the amounts in which they are eaten. Be sure to check up on "hard - to -get" vitamins and minerals ted see that you and your family are getting your daily quota. Later on we will have something to say about the oth- cr vitamins, such as Vitamin D and • Vitamin B2. * * * POIlfiMer i/lf,4114:44:1FPe PI)-fFeft• Seve4 wP-r3 04(30ti* *frit 01*- 0. gitr • i, Beds 01101114 be Made. 'PrOperlY- pdges smonith,ed under the mattress get less abrasive wear theat bizachede under 2. Sheets should not. be Yia,4100, of the bed but should be lessened all around the edges. first. 3. Mattresa Pad should be used be- tween sheet 'find mattress. 4. Sheet should be reversed' every other time used, putting •bottorn to top to distribute wear. 5. Bare springs should be covered with heavy cloth so that when sheets are tucked under the mattress the springs will not cause abrasive action against sheets. 6. Sheets should be washed' as soon as possible after use. Oils and acids present on the skin's surface shorten the life of sheets. 7. Sheets, or pillow cases, should never be used for laundry bags. with butter, cocoa. ' Dinner — Liver, boiled potatoes, st€ wed tomatoes, 'whole wheat bread, butter, orange custard. Supper—Vegetable soup, grated raw beet salad with cheese, tea biscuits, 'home canned fruit, milk. * * * • THE QUESTION SOX Mrs. M. C. asks: "Are eggs calcu- lated as nutritive value when 'used iji baking?". Answer: much cake MRS. A. S. CUSSON is now in perfect health. She had stubborn indigestion, constipation and ' biliousness with bad breath. Fruit -a -lives stimulated her liver -,-made her feel years younger. Buck up your liver with Fruit-i,tives, Canada's Liurst Selling Liver Tablets. TAKE A TIP An Adequate Nutri -Thrift Menu Children are not served and it is wise to serve omelettes, -etc, and make eggless -ekes when eggs are expensive, Eggless Cake • 1/3 cup shortening 1 cup sugar 2 cups flour 1. cup,tmilk Grating of nutmeg or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 cup raisins or citron cut in small pieces, „. Cream shortening and sugar. Mix and sift flour and baking powder and add alternately with the Milk. .Add flavoring and raisins or citrons., Beat ell and put into 'a greased loaf tin. Bake in oven at 350 degrees for 45 to 60 minutes. Breakfast—Applesauce, rolled oats with whole milk, whole, wheat toast Anne Allan invites you to write to her c/o The Huron Expositor. Send in your questions on homemaking problems and watch this column .for replies. BONES To, SCRAP HITLER Scrappy, who takes his wartime duties very- seriously these day's, pauses a minute for the photographer on 'his daily trip to turn in a bone he's been saving to the local salvage -collection depot. He has decided to help National Salvage in their drive for 'salvage bones and - fats in every way posaible, and let the fun of burying bones and dig- ging them up again wait until the war is over. Discipline In That. Navy 1/1Atto4 • WII0 044 Pr9Se'4' !Pe .tor well aff••0, 0;41 •l61'R40,11,14vF"ixatge's" • 6,W startinikine-enwionledIV to see WOW !dreiaSed.fintragfa-and'tattere. But the, Wen -ripeut 0,'good dAd,op,iheir $W,ekeellog i4yek *forms fmeart for , -wear On sl(. and they did not see--alad..fertlillately the auth- %Wes nowadays do not.' see=that if a, 401M:tine Were to frarfitee. within sight,, or the "Tirpitz" were t come eat, they, would fight any more effec- tively for having their best,clothea• bii; so they' wore whatever suited them best. In the old, days it was not very dif- ficult to convince a man that his of- ficer was somebody rather more than human. The mere fact that the av- eik.ge lower deck rating could not, read or write made the gap a wide one—and that was a big help in get- ting the men to give unhesitating obedience to orders. But it simply cannot be done now, partly because the lower deck rating not merely can read but does read. He has been taught both 'to think and to question. Superstitions have died on lower deck and only antiquarians would regret it. The withering sarcasm and irony which used to be employed are never heard now, and the theory that they Were good for a man's soul (incident- ally they afforded pleasure to some petty officers who made use of them) has been exploded. gen are wanted now with 'independent souls., I don't thinle:r shall ever forget the concern with which a paymaster offi- cer told me that 'he had received a complaint about the food. In my blissful ignorance I had. been going along thinking that it did not matter very much whether the men made complaints or not, and that not much attention ;would be paid to them. -But here was a complaint, and it was ob- viously a very upsetting. thing- to oc- coup, in running the Malta convoy cur: The subsequent inquiry marked, through in he teeth of the whole Italian Navy, although his own force contained nothing bigger than five light cruisers. With leas efficient 1 The buzzer of one of the voice tubes 'usually be relied on to work carefully on the bridge of the cruiser sounded and hard when his life depends upon sharply, and the first lieutenant an- it—but such is the fantastic quality swered it' while I listened, lof human nature that sometimes even "Forebridge," said the first lieuten- this •stimulus fails' to be effective. ant, making the 'standard reply to a Something more than fear or training call. 'is necessary to keep men up to their A rather quavering voice came ,work. through the tube. I'lle,admast," it The something, extra can best be said, "something in view over on the supplied (this sounds strangely the - right." It sounded to me for a moment as if someone was deliberately trying to make a report in the most iteetaect phraseology he could think of. But then I remembered that the cruiser had some very new recruits on .board, boys hardly more than sixteen, who had newly joined the. Navy after an education which included only ele- mentary school and a few moilths' Werk in the coal pits of Newcastle. There are systems of discipline rely upon bullying and humiliating the man in the ranks—systems in which sarcasm is freely used. I. wait- ed for the lightning to strike. "Who is uPithere?" eked the first lieutenant. "Lewis; sir," quavered, the voice. "You're not wording your repOrt the way you. were taught," said the first lieutenant. "You don't say `head - mast.' What do you say?" • There was a moment's silence. "M -masthead," .said Lewis. "That's right. Now I can under- stand I really didn't know what you were Airing before, and if the guns had been firing I wouldn't have been able to guess. And you don't say 'over on the right' either, do you? What's the right wq of putting it?" "To starboard, sir," said Lewis a little more boldly. "Splendid. *Thereabout to star- board?" "on the starboard bow, sir," was the reply, now almost pat. "That's better. That's the way to give quick inforination: But it's bet- ter still to give ,a; 'bearing as soon as you can because that will 'help us down here. Use your direction find- er. Do you remember what we say for starboard when we are giving a bearing in degrees ?" "Green, isn't it, sir?" ,.`iGreen is right • Remember it's red for .port and port wine is red. Then you'll never forget that star, board is green. No W let's. have your report again.? There was only a second or two's Insitation while Lewis mastered his nervousness, and then he called down the tube. "Object on the starboard bow, sir. Green 29.". '"Repeat," said the first lieutenant. There was another' seeped:ES hesita- tion as Lewis remembered his instruc- tionthat every -report must 'be said twice. Then he went through it again without a fault. 'Very good," said, the first lieuten- ant. "Remember 'that at any moment the safety of the ship may depend on your report to the bridge being in- stantly understood. That's why every report must be worded the same way and repeated." The first lieutenant in the last of his remarks to Lewis had mit his fin - ,ger on oliS very important factor In the ships' discipline. Reports and drills are no longer, as inpeacetime, likely to be looked on as a sort of tiresome convention to he Wowed. When a submarine periscope may be .sighted at any nfonaent, or a squadron Of -bombers may swoop down to the attack from the horizon, he safety :of the ship, a,nd the life of the man who makes the report will undoubted- ly depend on that report being, swift; and fully. understood. That is an argument plain even, to the fools, and 6ffeetlire even with the Slack. Clean- ing a guirenowaglayS, and keePing breech its not a Job to pass the inapeeti611 of n ofpeet-mthe man VAlie, cleans. the gun :die if that gun 'does not shoot rail* and, ticettintelY. A nittn tan amiummisommismiummir Mr. Business Man, when you are taking stock with the coming of the new year, why not check your requirements of Commercia Printing No matter what your needs may be, you will, find our Commercial Printing department ready and able to meet them. LETTERHEADS, ENVELOPES, STATEMENTS, BILL HEADS, TAGS, COUNTER CHECK BOOKS, LOOSE-LEAF LEDGER SHEETS AND BINDERS, FACTORY FORMS, RUBBER. STAMPS are just a few of the items with which' we' can supply you. • It will be to your advantage to have your printing requirements filled at home. 'The work is done speedily and economically' to. • your satisfaction, and the money stays in Seaforth. • FOR -YOUR NEXT PRINTING ORDER IRON EXPOSITOR COM1V1ERCIAL PROIT1Na DEPARTMENT hone 41 . Seaforth "" • HeeKlY• 14,11611 Pe•4"Nt.' the blood. Wthey I!e-!!M.- DoddsKidn�v;PiIIS •110111•1•1.105,1•M•••••••:ROMOMIMMIONIM:•••M•s1.••••,..!............., to destruction before even they Odd open fire, before, in fact, the last ship was within range Of them, and the 'huge. convoy they were' supposed to be watching ever was left at the mercy of the British squadron. There were two lines about it in the next morn- ing's cornmuniqne—if the Germanft achieved a surprise like that they', vould have announced "great news in prospect" on the radio, have kept the Germans on tenter hooks' for twenty- foor hours and then made the an- nouthement with a literal flourish of trumpets. But the British Navy knew what had happened and could make its own de- ductions—the brilliant leading, of the British squadron which took it to the right place at the right time, the con- tinual vigilance which detected the enemy, and the marvellous gunnery which resulted in the first salvo hit- ting the target. There is. no better proof of ,effective training than this last fact—hitting with big' guns is a highly technical operation, calling for expert teamwork from everY man, from the range -taker aloft to the men at ,the transmitting station down be- ' low, and from the ratings handling shells in the magazine up to the gun- nery officer who paints the guns and fires them. It was not very long after that Ad- miral Vian brought off his brilliant oretical in connection with so practi- cal a matter) by making use of the sense of artistic completeness innate in every man. No one can serve for very ,long in an efficient ship of war without realizing that that ship, the product first of the labors of ship de- signers and. shipwrights and then of officers and men, is -a masterpiece of art, the climax of endless thought, of that infinite capacity for taking pains which is one of the attributes of gen- ius', 'just as much as the Ninth 'Sym- phony is. And the ship. in action can be compared with the symphoney be- ing played'. The conductor does not have to persuade his instrumentalists rot to play wrong notes, nor does he brae to threaten them with dismissal if they do. 'They would no more care- lessly and wantonly spoil the perform- ance than they Would wantonly cut off their, own noses. So with a mem- ber of a ship's crew as soon as' he has become conscious of the perfection of which he is a part. But there is something more to add to this; the artist,. whatever .else he may be, is essentially a man, an. In- dividtal, he is no broken spirited slave. He has no use for the kind' of discipline which will Illarch a body of troops solidly over 'a precipice be- cause their officer has forgotten to halt them, but no sacrifice is' too great for him if it forwards perfec- tion. The old theory of disciplite was to habituate a, man so, thoroughly to the rules that h.e would.obey an order even if it involved his own death; the Romans conquered the world that way but it simply will not apply to men using modern weapons who have to think for ,themselves in the heat of -action. The only Satisfactor3r, an- swer to the problem is the method in use at the present -time. Incidentally„elasticity of discipline lead -s occasionally to results which are quite fantastic to the' mind of the old-fashioned conservative. Take the matter of uniformity—the uniformity which was once the most striking characteristic of every, armed service in every country. It probably had, its root merely in 8onvenience. But it, is seldom that systems know the meaning of the word "modera- tion." Approximate uniformity of dress gave way to insistence upon miscroscopic Uniformity,, so much so that forty years ago it was very usual" for an officer to spend some -time measuring with a ruler the three nar- row Illand,s of white braid that orna- ment a sailor's collar. The demand for cleanliness ended up in the state of 'affairs most of us can remember, in poliShitg and cleaning objects of no Practical use. The British Navy at one time—a long time ago but with- in the memory of men still living— reached such a ,tate of mind that gunnery practice was frowned upon because of the chances of spoiling the paintwork. Save for this last example, .the old - system -at first sight had no serious disadvantages. But., immediately one looked below the elurface they became apparent. The insistence upon sur- face efficiency led to more time be- ing devoted -to it • than to the thing that really, mattered, which was 'ef- ficiency -In action Significantly, in time of war, the Im- portance of trifles' dwindled. Nelsons sailors dressed thethselvest, In MI' clothes. they Were fortunate enOugh. la Y hold of. Wellington, yerhaps 'tile most successful, general England ever had, is actually quoted as neer look- ing to.see whether hie Men Werniblire trousers Or gray ones hip ,hing, as.they had sixty rounda, in ;their •Aitititheriv 1 the, first -time my eyes were opened to the fact that in these days inquir- ies are held not to discover a culprit end punish him, but to set right some- ohips he could not have dared to 'take thing that has gone wrong -and make that coldblooded risk, nor could crews certain that it does -not -happen again, less steady and devoted have faced The root of the trouble was, a dirty such odds without flinching.., As it en in which food had been served, was, the Italians with a 'superiority and the inquiry was continued pat- of ten to one flinched before the de-, iently until it was discovered that a v?tion of the British crews. The con - &Elect in the routine orders made it voy went through and Malta was re - possible in certain circumstances for armed and reprovisioned. . the :tin to go unwashed. The'orders It is only now becoming apparent, were promptly reworded and in future that this was a turning point in the that 'tin will always be' Washed. war, that the German High CoMmancl, There is something else about this enraged at the destruction of their system which is worth thinking -about, Mediterranean convoys, and giving up and, that ld! that it would never woi4t, hope of effective aid from the Italians with a depressed or despairing navy, diverted a whole air' fleet to the bat - The spirit of the British Navy is very tie of .the Mediterranean. A . thousand high indeed; the men are intensely planes, with all which ,that implies in proud of the victories they have won material and maintenance crews, —'the routine of shifting a large pro- were diverted from Russia and flung portion of the crews,from ship to. ship into the battle. It seems likely en- alter each commission gives every - I ough that the historian' of the future .r. body a turn in the small ships which naturally see more fighting. The lit- tle victories which rate only a line or two in the communiques mean just as much to the men who have, won them as any big ship action, and the myriad fights with U-boats which are never publicly recorded are as effec- tart in maintaining the morale or the men concerned as thundering victor- ies like Matapan or the bombardment - of Genoa or the sinking of the Bin - march. The cruisete,in whith I was fortun- ate enough to sail had 'half a dozen victories to her credit, ,all gained through superior vigilance and better gunnery—greater efficiency 'in other words. The men could remember one moonlit night in the Mediterranean when they intercepted an Italian con- voy escorted by destroyers. The Bri- tish sailors saw without 'being seen, picking out the silhOuettes of the con- voy ("Bloody great haystacks," as the Captain remarked) and maneouver- ing to place them against the moon and then closing, in still unobserved to poinLblank range. The very first salvo fired hit the convoy escorts— those Italian. destroyers were blown • • May note this -huge diversiqn of strength as a principal factor in Rus- sia's effective _defence. At a time when the fate of Moscow lay' in the balance, a thousand planes' might well have turned the scale if they had not , been called to the South. on. account of the mirage and discipline of the British Navy. It Is a long complicated chain, from the Red soldiers, in their trenches de- fending ModcoW.to a British officer coaxing a scared boy into wording his report correctly; from the fight- ing -en the Volga to a British payinas- ter-commander solemnly,, inquiring -In- fo the reason for a dirty mesa -,,t. But every link in that chain can he traced. IMITATION LEATHER If polish is used on imitation lea- ther the finiah may be injured. Clean it with' an untreated dust cloth. WASHING WINDOWS When washing windows wipe them up and down on One side., and cross - Wise on the othef:': Ie streaks show afier polishing, it is easy to tell which side they are on. - I - Sea Heroes Granted Awards 0„...,„. , ,,, / ,, /// 4.,. 1:: .t 4 . • ".' .4.1,1. / V oz,„•• , , ./...- ,.... 4V; .•.,,,,,•••• frA,- 0 i / ' 4'. ,.,••• ••„,, ' • .47''' ; / ... 3 .4 ,, • i <3'. , ... < ,,. . • . , 'Aft • 3 ., . • , . ; ' '4/He( , ,..,' . , /43 .<, 3r •40.M0 , */ 4 ,,.• e ' THE official publication of the British Government,The London Gazette, contains citations of awards approved by His Majesty the King, for :gallantry at sea made to Captain P. A. Kelly, at the tithe Chief Officer of the S.S. "Lady Hawkins," Cana. dian National Steamships, and three crew -men, Robert Clayton, Hants - port, N.S'., third wireless 'officer; Charles Boliaar, able seaman Upper La HaVe, N.S. and Williani Burton, carpenter,Hamilton; Ont. (shown left 'to tight, , .above), They 'Were commended for their courage and re- sourcefulness during the,,voYage of the lifeboat so -skilfully navigated bY CaptainKelly after -the sinking of the Lady Hawkins 'by an enemy ralbruarine ladYear. -In naming Captain of Hall- fo,14A,,fto.lia.avd4eii,erti civil division of the Moat Exeellent order Of the British Empire," The lornlon Gazette records that "4de ship sailing alone was attacked W a U boat in the Atlantic. The Chief Officer. after getting his own boat away stayed on board trying to get other boats away. Just before the ship sank he swam to his own boat, and took charge. It was overcrowded 'with -seventy-six survivord. After four days they were picked up. Part of the' time the boat met with heavy weather and to steer an overladen boat viler an oar replacing the lost rudder called for`good aesuitinship. f‘The-Chief Offieer showed sterling qualities ofleadership throughout and hi4heitrinlatem sesteined the visit* of ' 4 • 4 4- 1 • 1;14' 4' 4 4 4 , 4 4 • PI O. P• I,