The Huron Expositor, 1943-04-09, Page 6•rr
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ANNE ALLAN
PO 110mn Economist;
HOUSECLEANING 1TR
, Homemakers! As Spring
we' are eager to tackle
e to be "up and at
This year the house cannot be
afttaaed apart but that needn't wolry
;174a Lor it was never really necessary.'
Then, too, you know that certain re-
• iovations are out until "Johnny comes
marching -home."
Perhaiis you have a scheme ,of your
own? There's the bit -by -bit method,
with your housecleaning systematical-
ly spread over a couple of months.
Walls, floors, furniture and accessor- I
a'oom by moth, etc. This does not up-
set the whole .house.
In pioneer days there was just one
type of floor and one methed of clean-
ing it—with sand (ot strong soap) "and
G.eMega and Walls
Care depends on the finish. Clean
them a little , at a time. Calcamined
and papered surfaces are dusted.
illag Rear, Painted and wood -panelled surfaces
ter l ansecl � may the carefully washed, Rinse a
• small portion, then dry it thoroughly.'
Many women apply self -polishing wax
to clean dry -painted walls to prevent
fingerprints. and soil.
SPOTS: C?ayon —. Sponge 'lightly
with a clean soft cloth dampened with
carbon tetrachloride; blot and repeat.
Do not rub.
Smudge—Use a dough type of wall•
paper cleaner or art gum eraser,
its are dealt with piece by, piece, or • nk—Blot immediately,: Then'apply
a paste of fuller's earth. Ink bleach-
es are apt to remove color — apply
cautiously.
Grease—Hold a clean white blotter
over spot and apply a warm iron; or
water•, plus plenty of elbow grease. apply a paste of fuller's earth and
I e hen dry, clean off with a cloth damp.
Today there are many types of floors ened with carbon tetraciloride.
and finishes, each requiring special : Water Stains—Apply a paste of ful-
care. This is true, too, Of all our
ler's earth and carbon tetrachloride.
liotne furnishings.
Below, we answer. some of the ques- Leave on overnight;
ee
Tears—Tear a piece of wallpaper to
.tions most often asked about cleaning,
since it is impossible to deal with all
of them. But do write us about your
own special housecleaning problems,
and we promise to answer immediate-
ly.
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Hats the Nazis
(•Conderised from OoWer'ti in Reader's
Digest)
One drizzling morning last spring in
Kyoto, Japan, a'stoutish little German
in the uniform of a Nazi general knelt
before a ahrine to worship Japan's
war dead. He was the German ambaa-
seder, General Eulgen Ott, humiliating
himself as part of a "good -wilt tour"
ordered by Berlin in an effort to stem
growing anti.Nazism in Japan. Thin
was his twentieth such ,performance
in two weeks. He had also made more
than fifty speeches urging the Japan-
ese to'trust Hitler and accept his lead-
ership. But few Japanese had come
to hear him, and the government -con-
trolled pk•ess had not published one of
his speeches.
For some months Ott had been los-
ing ground in his fight to get the Japs
to follow his Fularer's orders. Tokyo
had .never placed its world -conquering
program on Berlin war time, and now
that Hitler was demanding a second
front against Russia the Japs had be-
come more insolent than ,ever. Tokyo
gave no publicity to her independence
for that would have- comforted .. Ja-
pan's enemies as well as Germany's,
But the ahrder Ott and his Nazi ag-
ents tried to rivet the yoke on Japan,
:•.s it had been riveted on Italy, the
more tare Japs hated the Nazis for
tying to dictate to them. Tl, Nazis
might be supreme, 'but the Japanese
were gods—the Sons of Heaven.
Some of Japan's reasons for hating
the Nazis are Hitler's own•r•fault, oth-
ers the outgrowth of a fanatical belief
that it is the holy mission of the Ja-
panese to dominate the entire world.
"If Japan goes to war with Ameri-
ica and Britain," a ranking member
of the German embassy staff in Tokyo
told me a few weeks before Pearl
Harbor, "our days,, will. be numbered
here too." Several days earlier • a
Japanese cabinet • member had told
him: "Because you Germans are our
allies, we give you _ the honor of be-
ing the last white men we will drive
out of the Orient."
Since a Japanese is expected 'to be
r.ro-Japanese, and pro -nothing else,
the government has tried to suppress
everythinghich might make popular
sentiment friendly toward Germany.
On each anniversary of Japan's ad-
herence to the Axis, Nazi propaganda
agents have sought to organize mass
meetings 'throughout the country. 'But
police officials issue just one permit.
—to the government itself. The meet-
ing is held indoors, so that attendance
will be limited to a few hundred.
speakers must not create sympathy or
ftiendship for Germany or Italy.
Newspapers are instructed to give the
celebrat'on little publicity.
Two -years ago the Germans maa-
aged to' have the streets of Tokyo
decked with Nazi flags the morning of
the-aet eiseaseesbu4 by •noon -most --of-
them had disappeared. "Police or-
ders," the editor of one of Japan's
largest newspapers told me:
The Nazis were even less successful'
in their attempts to.bri ig Ber14u prop"'
match; apply paste carefully; then
press piece into place with a clean
blotting paper. •
Woodwork
Painted woodwork should be clean-
ed with a cloth wrung tight out of
clear, softened water; then dried off
thoroughly. If heavy soil has collect-
ed, use a paint cleaner made of: 1,
cup soap flakes dissolved in one quart
hot water. Cool until jellied and stir
in % cup whiting. Apply cleaner
'with a damp cloth, then polish with
lemon oil. Always apply a thin film
of oil- Let remain for 15 minutes,
then take up excess 'with soft cloth.
Black marks may be rubbed with fine
pumice. Do not rub around spot.
Washable Shades
Take them down one at a tame; dust
thoroughly and place on flat surface.
Scrub shade with a• soft brush or
sponge with thick suds. ',Use water
sparingly. Rinse off with cloth wrung
out of clear water. Dry. Hang, but
do not roll up until, thoroughly dry.
Pictures
This year you'll want to cha'lge
them around to make your rooms dif-
ferent. Frequent dusting behind pic-
tures prevents ominous black lines! A
paste of fuller's earth left on to dry
May remove a stubborn line. Picture
frames need waxing and polishing oc-
casionally. Wooden frames require a
little, lemon -oil,' applied gently—never
rub.
Lighting Fixtures
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Dust on light bulbs and globes re-
duces the amount of light, ..so keen
bulbs and lights clean to get the.
amount of light you pay for. ..Before
cleaning fixtures, turn off the electric
current and remove shades, bulbs.
etc. Then, use thedusting att t
zachmen
Cif the` electric vacs lin to go fiver fix-
tures.; Wipe bulbs with damp cloth,.
being careful not to get the metal
section wet. ' Dry thoroughly. If
bulbs look very dark after they have
been cleaned, replace with new ones.
Paintedmetal bases are wiped off
with a soft cloth dampened with one
part turpentine and 10 parts mineral
oil; marble bases are cleaned_, with
raw linseed oil; crystal bases with a
cloth dipped in water and household
ammonia, and dried thoroughly. Hand
painted silk shades must be dry clean-
ed. Linen or "homespun cannot be
washed but may be dry-cleaned. Imi-
tation parchment should have • the
pasted edges protected, then clean
e :Town
(Excerpts from Tbe Nevin ' enter)
retlpild
A,' glamorous young creature, engag-
ed to a s oidia snow in p>lerta unknown,
received a latter from Irtut. written In
f a tone of glodniy , rentinnolation. With
his abeentie draggling on into its sec-
ond year, the lad wrote; 'he wouldn't
blame her if she broke her engage-
ment to him and married somebody
at home. This had °apparently been
too ' much for the censor•, who had
commented in 'the Margin, in large
block letters: "NONSENSE!"
Fraud
This one's about .a little Chap of
eight who recently went to Boston to
visit Grandmother, making 'the train
journey all alone in a day coach.
When he arrived, he reported to
Grandmother that the trip had been
uneventful, except for a strange en-
counter with a sailor. It seems that
Mother had put him on the grain, and
then a nice lady had sat down beside
him. He and the lady talked for a
long time, and then the train stop-
ped and lots and lots of sailors got
on. (This would have been New Lon-
don, we figure). 8o then they rode
and rode for a long time, and then
the train stopped and the nice lady
got off. - (Providence, undoubtedly).
"And then," the child told Grand-
mother, bewilderment in his voice,
, ) THE EMBRYO ARTIST
Wartime Day Nurseries are being set up in industrial areas
across the county under Dominion -Provincial agreement, to provide
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healthy, happy environment for -children ,of working mothers. In -
the picttire above an enthusiastic Volunteer worker, supplied through
the Women's Voluntary Services Centre for one of the Toronto Nurs-
eries,. encourages a very young, embryo artist.
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agenda broadcasts to the Japanese that Britain would be conquered in
people. The Tokyo government took three months," he had negotiated a
the position that Berlin shortwave sta- non -aggression pact with Stalin -at Hit -
tions were so powerful that long -wave ler's suggestion. "Hitler made a, fool
.>rehro'ri"asts. would .�be unnecessary. of me," he confessed privately. "Ile
Technically this was true. But `poi- was using me as a shield for his plans
session of a, short-wave radio receiver to attack Russia. But. we will not for -
in Japan is' punishable by imprison- • get this lesson."
went or. death. - . When the Nazis bogged daWn, for
The popular Japanese nickname 'for their first terrible winter in Russia,
Germans is "the vultures." Japanese Tokyo awakened as if from a night -
cartoonists° use the vulture to imper= mare. Japan's newspapers carried
senate Germany. "Ever`y time our headlines jubilantly announcing ' the
embassy protests," an exasperated Nazi defeat. Her diplomats in Berlin,
German correspondent told me, `the were ordered to aid Japanese news -
Japanese claim that the vultures 'are gaper correspondents in evading Nazi
really eagles." „ censorship so' that details of the dis-
The Nazis won this nickname by ester could be enjoyed by the Japan -
making the Japanese feel that Hitler • ese public: The longer Russia end
•eand
was attempting to reconstruct Ger-rermarty fought, the -easier would be
reany's old empire in the Orient at the' epee's path to world' conquest.
cost of Japanese blood. On the Italy is a pitiful object lesson to all
.grounds•- of "Axis partnership", the Japanese, a warning against too close
Germans demanded the use of. former relations with Hitler. They know
German islands in the . South- Pacific thrt Hitler sent his agents pouring
as '•);1tapes from which to attack the •'nto Japan just as Ire sent them into
United ,States"; a major share of the Italy. But the Japs are determined
fabulously rich Netherlands, East In- that these Nazis shall wield no real
dies, ,which the Nazis claineedie.cause influence. More than 2,000 Tokyo po
oh their occupation of Holland; an:l lice are assigned • to shadow the 300-
econem-ic. concessions in Japanese -ac- odd members of the German embassy
envied areas of ,China. staff.
Japan's reply has been a polite but
firm "Very sorry . . . No'."
Ken Tsui•umi, Japanese army agent
in charge of espionage in Singapore
prior to PearlAHarbor, was quite frank
"-Omit the Nazis. "Japan really has no
allies," he told me early in 1940. "Shy -
can have none: In the first World
War we ousted Germany from the
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ysor kid:aerie Dc. t 41 I* heed teas waM-
ptL—it is top mmostapt. Take prompt scrims
to correct Backache, wigs auk At thereat
sign of Backache two piteharnily to D.dl's
Kidney Pills—for over half a c etney the
Werke tweed/ kw Die* ate, wi
Dodd's kidney Pills
had appeared, confidently expecting ti
wedding. The minister urbanely
agreed that the ,allow must go on.
"I'll just read part of the service," he
said. "Nobody will notice anything
wrong."
That's the way it worked out. The
minister broke off just short of the I-
dea
do's and launched firmly into prayer..
There was the reception, the throwing
of the bouquet, and the shower of
rice. The bride spent the next two
days incommunicado with her aunt in
a neighboring town, after which the
ceremony was properly finished up in
the minister's study.
Precious Cargo
A couple of majors on a mission.
that took them to a good many army
posts in this country found that most
of the men assigned to chauffeuring
"one of the sailors acted real mad. them drove with a true soldier's dis-
He came over and said to me, 'Lis- regard of life and limb. When, at a
ten, you little weasel, you might have
told us that babe wasn't ' your
mother: "
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Within the Law
To ease himself out of attending a
suburban• dinner party, 'a, man drop-
ped in at' a Western Union office and
he fo11 win tele am: "A.f-
with turpentine. Genuine parchment
is wiped With a cloth sprinkled .with
a mixture of one part turpentine and
10 parts mineral oil.
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Anne Allan •invites you to write tq
her c/o The Huron Expositor. Send
in your questions on homemakingm
.probles , and watch this column for
replies. '
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Guard Your Gusolhse Ration Dook
KEEP IT ON YOUR PERSON 0 DO NOT LEAVE IT IN YOUR CAR
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NOW that you have your,1943-1944 gasoline ration book, it is ftp to you to
keep it at all times in a'safe place. If it is lost, burned,,or stolen, you will be
deprived of coupons which will not be replaced. In this regard, the policy of the
Oil Controller is as follows:
• If, through negligence, you lose your gasoline rationbook before October 1,
1943, you may be allowed no more, and perhaps less,, than half the •coupons to
which your would be entitled if yourrwere making an original application.
• If, through negligence, you to§e your ration book on or after October 1, 1943',
you may be allowed no more, and perhaps•,fe'ss, than 25 per cent of the coupons to
which you would be entitled if you were making an original application.
The new gasoline rationing system, effective an April 1, will
be strictly enforced. Under its provisions, the Motorist, as well
as the service station attendant, is held.responsiItle if any infrac-
tions occur It is contrary to the orders of the OiL Controller
O To purchase gasoline with 1942-1943 coupons;
To purchase gasoline unless you have the correct category
• sticker ciffixed to your windshield.
gelk To detach coupons from your own book. (The removal of the coupons
is the duty of the attendant.)
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To have in your possession a gasoline ration coupon not attached to,
and forming a part of, a gasoline ration book.
To have in your possession a gasoline ration book other than the book
O issued in respect of a vehicle you own, or in respect of tt vehicle driven
by you with thefull consent of the real owner.
To alter, deface, obliterate, or mutilate any gasoline ration
book or coupon.
If you sell your motor vehicle, remember that before
making delivety you must remove the windshield
sticker or stickers. Remember also that after the
sale is completed, yen must mail to the near`eet
Regional Oil Control Office in your province the
gasoline ration book or books issued for the vehicle.
"Tbe Germans taught us th'e art of
blitz warfare and gave us the blue-
pi•'.nts for the• Messer•schmitt planes,"
'Japan's foreign minister, Masayuki
Taper once told me. "But where and
when we use them is something Ja-
pan will decide for herself. We•will
to'lerate no interference with the - ad-
ministration of your government, Which
Pacific. It Would be folly for. us -to has the wisdom of the gods to guide
permit her to return." •it." ,
When Hitler invaded Russia the Germans with whom I was able to
Nazi menace ''suddenly loomed larger. establish contact, after Pearl Harbor
complained bitterly against new curbs
on their freedom in Japan. They were
frequently coirfined to their homes for
hours during army manoeuvers. They
no longer werepermitted inside Jap-
anese factories where formerly they
had , acted as advisers. They were
not p'imitted to travel between Jap-
anese cities without specific permits.
German homes *ere being raided by
Japanese police aid many Japs shop-
keepers refused to sell food to them.
As- the Nazi =legions swept' eastward
toward -'Moscow, the Japanese realized
that this•ambitious partner they hated
and feared might soon 'be' their neigh-,
bar in. Siberia—within bombing 'dist
ance of Tokyo_ American -educated
Yosuke Matsuoka, then Japan's for-
eign minister, said, "Hitler is the
greatest threat to our holy mission."
He had reason to be bitter. Just re-
turned from a "triumphant" visit to
Berlin, where "Hitler promised, me
composed,t g gr
fectionate greetings. . Sorry I cannot
be with you tonight."
"We can't accept this message,"
the young woman behind the counter
told him. "Messages of greetings are,
out for the duration., you know."
Without a moment's hesitation the
man Altered the message to "Not al
lowed to -•send-- affectionate greetings.
Sorry I cannot be with you tonight,"
d • without a moment's hesitation
Western Union accepted it.
Apotheosis of a Linguist
We've been told of a young emigre
Hollander, 'a diamond merchant, who
was recently drafted into the army.
Since in the course of his business, he
had found it necessary to Iearn not
only English but Spanish, German,
French, Italian and Swedish, he put
in a request to be assigned to either
Intelligence or Communications. Com,
munications accepted him, and put
hi:n in charge 'of a squad of carrier
pigeons.
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Wedding
In Glendale, California; -a nice young
couple, having - decided they were
made for each other, took steps which
culminated in their friends and rela-
tives' assembling at one of the Yash -
!enable churches. At this point the
clergyman said he 'had discovered he
couldn't marry them. "Under Cali:
fornia law you have to wait three
days after getting your license," he
explained. "Your'.licensewas taken
out only day before yesterday."The couple pleaded fn vain. The
bride remarked, rather bitterly, that
a •couple- of hundred guests; not to
mention the bridestiiaids and ushers,
midwestern camp, they were assigned
a colored corporal who drove them at
a conservative 30 miles an hour, they
felt impelled to compliment him.
"Well, suhs," he said, "Ah look 'at it
dis way—Ah'm in disshere jeep too."
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Promotion
A lady appeared before her ration`.
ing board with a plea' for extra gaso-
line. Her story was that she was in
a delicate condition and had to come
to town for regular checkups,'and that
travelling in public vehicles upset her.
Theboard listened to her with favor,
and the chairman endorsed herappli-
cation: ,"Mrs.—is to be treated as
a commercial vehicle."
Car Conservation
For Ail Motorists
As spring days come upon Canada,
motorists begin to take more interest
in their cars. This year pleasure driv-
ing- is out of the question and car con-
servation is more important than ev-
e: , Here are well-known rules. which
should be followed:
As a tire which is underinflated five
pounds wears about a third faster
than it should, tires must be kept at
the proper pressure and checked once
a week.
Battery and gasoline are wasted if
the motor is not started properly. To
start the motor push the clutch pedal
down while starting. This saves.
wear. 'Remember not to push on the
starter for too Iong a time. If it
doesn't start, quickly, find someone to
push the car, or call' a 'service sta-
tion.
As a gasoline saver, the choke
should be used sparingly and turned
off as soon as the engine fires regu-
larly. Some car . have automatie
chokes, however, and this is impos-
sible.
In addition, Japan recently announc- d up
, slowly, Racing engines not only
ed her policy toward non-Japanese, in waste gasoline, but they wear out 'the
eluding German, in newly occupied , motor. To save gasoline the engine
areas of the . Pacific as follows: "Busi-
ness interests of non-Japanese owner-
ship may operate freely, provided
they accept. complete Japanese direc-
tion as to policy. Any interests which
refuse will be regarded as enemy pro-
perty and confiscated. Persons re-
sponsible will be regarded' as enemies
and Punished accordingly."
Mucha of Japan's hatred has • come
from Hitler's efforts to Control Japan,
but most basic is Japan's contempt
and hatred for ; all the white 'race
and for all of what Japan consid-
ers the human rase. For theirs is
the race, and the wrath, of the gods.
should be shifted into high -before
reaching. 25 miles per hour.
The car should 'be driven steadily.
Rapid .bursts of. speed and sudden
slowdowns burn gasoline, unnecessar-
ily. A single skid may wear off more
rubber than a week's driving.,
A motorist should be careful that
he is not dubbed "a brakeman." Slow
down to a stop., with, minimum` use of
brakes. It. is not -advisable to civet
down .a °hill with the motor out of
gear. The oar might go out of con-
trol.
Except for traffic lights, the igni-
tion •should be turned off while wait-
ing. An idling engine gets nowhere
fast and uses up precious gasoline.
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DEPARTMENT`. OF „MUN TIONS AND SUPPLY
Honourable C. b. HO'WE, Minis! r
CAI4ADA IS SHORT OF GASODUtE ..• . USE'YOUR COUPONS SPARINGLY:;;
Old-fashioned wood cutting bees will soon I)e the order of the
day in ,hundreds of communities faced with a feul farreine beat win-
ter. When Perth, Ontario, realized the gravity of the nation-wide
shrtage, the council formed a eorrani.ttce Which plans to purchase a
w odlot where citizens will cut their own and -their neighb'ee's wood.
1t+ the Job o#`the mayor, W. C. McLean, to persuade theyferniers td
bring in some wood for the municipal woodiot.
The youngster in the other picture is comparatively lucky for he
has Just..pur'ohased the last of'•tlte wood dealer's supply. When he
has finished his chore, the family- w111 have enough wood for a few
days More. Like hundreds of wood dealers' Tots, this one owned by
William Allan, of Perth, is now exhausted. ,
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