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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-11-06, Page 6-+ter°s�'�'•�s�- e ow More Food ree More hips Churchill Asks British Farm - ors for -Increased :.Food Pro- ddction -Prime ,Minister Churchill told British linnets recently they could free more 'ships for, the movement' of • vital munitions `. -to Brittain. and . Russia by "still greater efforts"i- bi food •production. "Shitls that would have brought hood to our shores must; now be used to meet urgent needs of our- selves. and . our: Russian .allies. for alrtilanes and tanks," Mr..Church.,,,, • ell said. • "? find ourselves today. in ,a . .. better position an •. the Mood font. ' giant at ,any :previous Mime sheep; - the, war started," this message went. on. "But there can be no relaxes • ry„: t,iott. •.; ; , .:: Yeti cam .release:' 'more' shiipp by groevi ng $till e ore.faod. in this country' and so hasten the day • —of vii ory:" Echoing the . Prime Minister's eali ' iter greater.:-produetion; "Mr. R. Hudson; minister of, agriculture, Said flritish farmers had been • able • . in 12' months virtually ,to make up the nati'on's losses in imports , of ,animals end feedstuffs. "I cannot promise you :agriculture will. be relieved 'altogether of the obligation ,imposed: on all industries to provide a contribution, towards • the manpower needed for the ser- vices," he said.. ” • Agriculture,tieereforeeshe- added, __ see . -•auust...relg--mora uponewen. �- -• PLUG FOR PEGGY , farSavbgs. • 60- WlLl,l ! "e�„ opRiAINE SYNOPSIS• Anise Eliot,_ a__Maasillon,^Ohio, girl, inherits:.the: '!Powder Horn sentinel''' when , Carl. Rogers, her '.uncle, is.. shot' • from ambush. in a mild -grant feud- by ,Russell-Mose= - ly'a Hat T` rid►Lrs. • As she steps. • from the stagecoach, at Blanco, • • Buck Sneve, 'a •Hat T man, shoots, . _at' redheaded Aim . Silcott, now editor of • the "Sentinel," but • only knocks off hishat and Silcott's bullet hills. .Buck. • ' Ruf•e Jelks- takes Annie • to the "Sentinel" of • - fice' and 'Jud Prentiss,• Hat • T :foreman, and .his hien' shoot.,it 'up •--n -,-itil=-•tol_d- -the Anne• -is insidle. : • Anne learns -that . • the gunplay fatal: to Sleeve . fgllowed the •ap- peasants at the • Trail's ,.End . of Jud and his men with•• Jesse Lain - prey vikom Jud accused of double - Crossing: Mosely in the land-grant :_.-feuclt.—Jeasage-=3iounger- --breather. ' Phii - refuted • to •leave without Jesse, and when Jud: was 'about to . beat up: Phil, ' Silcott,..waiting for a poker gamer asked,',if Mosely's "Orders .included .beating. up' boys.. •Jtiid' 'warned Jim, then slashed les"ae 'wtfli ills 'quirt until-'fie`"`felh` ,-Writhing. to the floor. I't •was• after ----tbisw41at-4Udr-Buck ...,1' otlher Ht1t T • men. lay in wait for Jim.• Anne fears for Jim's life but he refuses ' to quit, 'saying he can't let, Mose- ' ryi drive , him• out, Mosely •off'ers to buy the "Sentinel". but Anne says,•she: will run' it herself. Mose- 1!y . discharges.. ,Peaky Kennedy, Jud beats him up and Pesky tells. •Jim Ithat Mosely 'is' going .to:'.blow ^Jim's• -irrigation •dam.' `At Bar Overstreet's ranch Anne meets• Pretty • Peggy Snell perches I -atop—fire-e plug --in Hutchinson, Kan., a: • fugi'tive from fast rising. flood waters. , Winston Churchill 'And Sir Winston • P. O'D. in'Toronto Saiterdt.y Night Delves. into English History • Some little time ago a bookseller In the Clsaring Cross road, where nearly' all' the old ' books ' .in the world seem . to turn up sooner or later, unearthed an ancient volume. on the Kings of Britain "from, the year of grace 1660". It began with Brutus of Trey—or "Brut," as the old chroniclers call' him—and end-. ' ed up •with, Charles 1.1. VWWhlch seems .ea -considerable amount -%of history. . to crowd between the covers of any one volume. • But It is not as history or as • erature that this particular' book has any value. Almost its sole fa- terest• lies in the name of its auth- er-Sir Winston ,Churchill, Kt:,'•a II. Devon man, born in 162ij+, Who held ' •various ,small government posi- tions, was an MeP., and became a • Fellow of the Royal Society. And' the niost interesting thing 'about the good 'Sir Winston' was that he .'. ' had three sons, of whom one be- eame an Admiral of the Blue, an- other a ,lieutenant general,. and , the third, John, Duke of . Marl- borough. ' . iBo we, come Iol a direct, line - eur own Winston. , Land' of Plenty •' ' There's one man in London who does net quarrel with fooii cards and rationing. His name is Fred - trick -Langley. Ile has just come , beak from France. • • .Since last Winter he#has been Idv- a, tug at'a tiny village In the Pyrenees called St. heat, south of Toulouse. Until the Germans occupied Paris,. this Londoner was owner of the 1n0st famous women's h4bit-making firm in the' French capital. He starved . in. Prance. After . a afew hours in England, he exclaim.' ed: "England is overflowing with - milk and honey." O Slicott stepped out item-, the bushes; rifle- in hand. e lad --to relieve your • mind, Roan," he �` said. Frosty had a • grandstand - seat where he could see the fare - works fine." . Prodd'ed- by Kennedy, Frosty emerged . from • the brush. The two 'on horseback stared at them and at Silcott, so completely taken aback that they had not a word to say. Having a "Look -See" "A. little surprised to ..see us, boys,", the Diamond Slashman said._ "We're -up . here : having 'a look-s'eeent to 'etl tin -just 'aseett': matter of form.., I gather from Frosty that you are hunting bucks -- without rifles; It's sure sporting' Of you to go after them with .six-shooters:" "We're lookin''• for. stray ," Yeageresaid-"Any object urissr" "Did you aim to bloiv' them back to their own range" with dynamite?" ,wanted to know,' his drawling "voice', loaded' with sarcasm. • ' Roan .Judson was a long stoop slioiiTdere.d =roan 'with a yellow' jaundiced faee. "I don't get ethig ""dila edr -'" W1fese the powder? And .why?" • ."0.11,_ we . did. that," .Silc4tt told him cheerfully. "Pesky and 1. Wasn't that all right?. Didn't you bring it •here to be set .off?!' "It wasn't your powder,"' Jud- son persisted, splenetic' anger in his voice !`What' right had you, to 'touch it?". • • "We found it here,"'Jim ans- 'veered, bland innocence •, in his one of them out ,and make his getaway safe. It was sure, enough gilt-edged- luck,;'" + "If you •elaim it was an am- - busk, that's a lie," Yeager re- torted bluntly. "Buck Sneve saw ' you .crossing the street and start- ed pluggin' at .you." "Seems to me if I was you I'd keep my mouth shut about that ' " fuse,. Pete," advised Pesky: "Fo or - five of you jumped him when he wasn't lookin' and he had the best• of it. Why shouldn't he rub you out right now when he has you covered?" (Continued Next Week) The U.ps alnd •Down. s .Of,.Navy. Life' Ashore In. the "Navy; trio who :overstays ':his leave of absence, is.:apt to incur • extra police duty, or have his sal- ary .docked..' A.' .seaman on the' U. S: S. "Long," ' according, tel the Na- biseo • Magazine, wrote ,this :memos- - • anduin'"to his commanding officer, explai ling- -two ay -s' beerieave: • "On. September 1, I• left the ship on• ten days' leave at my brother's farm in Arkansas. On *September. 11 he decided to repair• the silo right away ;because he had to :get his corn in it. I rigged up• a harrel. hoist to the ,top. Then We hauled up several hundred brick.` This • later turned out to be too many'. bricks. , After my brother • got all ^' the ' brickwork, repaired, there Was a lot of brick at the toponea work- Ing platform. So 'I .climbed down the ladder: and hauled the .barrel online -way up:-'fihen- i 'climbed'•' back •up.the'ladder. Then':I 'untied • the line to let the .brick down,- nail, Climbed' down 'again • to' hold the ' line.. - "But I found the barrel of brick heavier than I• was, and when the •.'barrel -started -dor -n7— I -started -up,`- I' was going pretty fast at 'the top and bumped my libad. My fingers also got pinched, :inthe puller • bleak. , But at. the •same time the barrel hit the ground and the 'bot tom •fell out, letting all the brick out; --I :was -heavier than:th•e'empty-- :barrel and started down again. I .,,s_g'otJxnzaed• np th deg -.by... t7te_.o.ther w rope as I went 'down until I met the barrel coming up, which went by fasterthar before and took the • skin off 'my shins.' I 'landed pretty. hard i • to, .neerhaan again. Jun --and• Posky' surprise Hat T men who had dyn- amite to blow up the dam•., CHAPTER- 28 ' Fireworks "Better start up, the gulch," Pesky,'—'-Siieott advised. ° joining•' you in a minute . on the Tjurnp. "we'l'l :lume-tiitse--t'-r-e h the top ;and take shelter behind some rocks."' I Jim lit the fuse and' ran. to the ga`Ich. He hurried up this, and .when he reached -the top saw the other two men running into the boulder field. .Even thoppgh Frosty I1iinped; :he. ,was making good time. Silcott caught up with, him just as he ducked behind the flat edge of ' a sloping slab of granite. . ,They had not been there more than a minute' when a terrific' ex - ,plosion sent a shower o f rocks hurtling into the air. When the sheltered men emerg- ed from cover; Silcott told the 'prisoner, "Tell'•Russ Mosely we• enjoyed; his fireworks. Only . iiext time he had better come and en- joy them himself." Jim., 'led the why down the gulch. • He knew that the. other. •two Hat T men would come' hur- rying back. The three men wait- ed back of a.fringe as bushes near tithe entrance to the gailcb. Presently they heard the sown"d of galloping horses. " Yeager ,and Judson came crashing through the aspens and'pulled up toview the shattered rocks scattered all over the pocket. "Frosty must have been blown to bits!" Jutson eried. ject� Didryot, Frosty? The wrinkled little • 'm'an. with the swim -milk •eyes yelped an ex-. •plosive• reply. "They. 'kept rine covered with their damn rifles." 'It's all right with' you boys• about.' us playin! Fourth of July,, K-ennedy---wanted-to know,a chip on his shoulder. Pete Yeager?s high -colored .fate looked apoplectic.. "Thought Russ told you to get outs this part of the country, Pesky," he snarled. "Russ .Mosely never . 'saw the day he could order me to cut my ',stick, Kennedy replied angrily: Frosty.' v lunteered , informa- tion.-"Theyclairr. we was going :. to use the dynamite to blow up Red's dam:" ` ' "Who told 'em •that? Yeager quizzed, 'ehallengipg eyes on the man who had been left at camp. In Trouble "I dunno." Frosty . glared at the fat ' bald-headed rider. "Don't you look at nig thataway, Pete. I didn't- tell 'em a thing. A'sk' 'em.: Aske Peskye-or Red." ' "That's right," Silcott assent- ed. "I' wouldn't want to, start hard ' feeling "in a happy . family like.the Hat T. 'A little bird whis- pered it to me, Pete." eh 0 • • "Yeah, well I 'want to: tell you_ that you've got yoreself up to l . the neck in•trouble, . fellow.," Jor- don predicted- •` �"- Jim laughed: "Not' news, Roan, but I'm in deeper than I was be- fore. ' Friend Pete here ''was in ,at a 'little party where I was the ' target: There was it little' hitch in it, but „Russ will' try to see it goes off better next time. Pete's intentions were good, but he and the other boys had . been • tanking up 'some." - "You were lucky," Yeager said, with 'en oath. • "It ought to have been you and not Buck that was carried into the Trail's End • and buried," ' "That's right," agreed 'Silcott. - "A man trapped in an ambush, — with five men against him, hasn't any license to expect he can rub ,ISSUE 45---'4l 11' CHRISTM.AS PARC'E,'S For Overseas Soldiers contain Razor Blades, Choc- olates, Cigarettes, Gum,()xo, Boot Laces, .:Soap, Lighter Flints. etc., etc. -Ail things difficult to pr•orure in .Britain.' i'arceis wp'ec-' ially• parked for Overseas. Save , time and trouble 'Send one, i)ol- 41.2' with Name, Regimcrltnl Num- ber and tlnit,•of SOldiar or Air- man. •.th "C.A.O 1 ARCI3 A.7`LS DTi- SI'CH' RE'GISTLI5'I:i)'", 350 Bay St., Toronto. Receipt mailed to. your address. SHARRE YOiJ1't COMT"oRTS WITH A SOLD1144 OVERSEAS. (Thin; organization can supply names of Soldiers wri3 be,' Melt weleome.) a OVeraeas to whom gift parcels • • • At that time .I" : lost my press,- sire ofmind and let go, of the line,and the barrel" came down „ again and hot , me squarely on the. • head. The doctor wouldn't let me' start back.. to the : ship until Sep- ' tenber 16, which made me two iu =rtr+eatilettrati ea" Midst of Plenty Millions. Hunger. TABLE TALKS it, SADIE R. CHAMBERS Be Patriotic Eat More Apples ' • This season of .the year, as we art gathering in 'the apples, is a . splendid .time to make the reso- ution for more apple .eating. Oar' ncestors ' .knew , nothing' about itemins and such like, and 'Yet who. knows but one of the. rea- , sons for their good health, wee theabundance of apples which they • used. The Canadian apple is the '' .oldest :prescription for 'health and .beauty.._, . ;Out ..of apples can • be . .. created • • :an .endless. • variety of wholesome arid...delicious , treats A'. splendid wag to . staz t .the ',day is with a, delicious baked apple or • •.''fried•.apple• rings ' vtvith• bacon. ' •,In . 'salads • they offer Varity , com- ' billed with,• grated raw .carrot, ' , raisins; ,cheese;• nuts,, .et&.' . . Apple Gingerale Salad • - 1 'tablespoon gelatine 34 cup cold water ie.' cup , boiling- water 2. _cups. gingerale' 2 tablespoons sugar • iii cup .diced apple 1/z cup chopped dates 5 cup.: chopped' walnuts . Mayonnaise.• . Soak gelatinin-cold water 5 minutes. Add • boiling water. and • stir. until dissolved: Add ginger- , ale and sugar.; • •Cool. When gela- tine mixture begins to. congeal, WASSAMM6 EVERY0111111/T111, "Everything he did seemed to turn out wrong: His nervousness and lead tem- per were getting his family down, until - one clay his wife made him cut out tea and coffee and stdrt drinking Postum. Now he is agoing around with a smile - s on his face, and I've lost one of my best': .3f you are feeling out of sons, it cold cases q€ Caffeine nerves:' be from drinking,' too much'°:tea 'slid. coffee.'Delicious %nstant 'Postum is . entirely free. froth Ceffeine. Try. it,for 30' , : days and see lune Much better you feel! Order a tin from your grocer today. P122 per portion from •the apples and baste the tops with the syrup. Place under the broiler at a' safe, distance:fom rthe heat and allow to glaze for ten minutes. Mlse'Cliumbers ti•rlcontes perking/it,' ,letters free tnlerested resQere, She le plunged ie receive suggeatioue • en Ionics for her contain, dad le , even ready to • listen to you*. "pet "Peewee." Requestsfur'. recipes' or epeclat menus are in order.. h Address your. lettere' to'••Mi'ss Sadie U. Uutn:i' here, 73 Wept. Adelaide Street,. Tu. • rotate." Send elnttgted, self-addressed '^.efrelope if you_iwisb n repay.'.:. Germany Requisitions More Than Hall,-vf—Agricultural Products of France In a land a. plenty which is DO THESE LAURA WHEELER ;VEGETABLE: TOWELS IN NATURAL COLORS Tests made in 'the laboratories • reveal that with .goad' equipment a ' cord and a quarter of heavy hard .woods: such. as hard Maple, yellow. birch, beech and oak will yield• as much heat as a ton of .anthracite coal. .A cord of white. birch, the soft maples., the poplars, or bass- • - 'wood produes' only about 60 :to 80 per cent of the ,heat delivered, by hard maple. For' the best results •wood of any species should be -^1 thoroughly dry'. before' being used' forheating purposes. Because wood requires much less . air for its *proper conibustion:''than' does: coal, it is important that. wood''burning. stoves andf11pmaces be made ae - air -tight as possible. The only ;air admitted should be through the, draughts provided' for. that • purpose, • Under -these condi- Bons theoperator will have plete control of combustion and , obtain economy in operation. " . If suitable, grates and hoppers `. are instaliecl and if sufficient space • for fuel storage' is 'available, saw-'.. • dust can be, berned with greatsat- isfaction and economy: It burns ' tigrJ"s nantd"MlMMeailvyewJ lithoLmu ttle ash, a4 1 -a featurx- e.-.: of all wood fuels. Sawdust has long' been used as •a,domestic, •fuel -in 'British Columbia, and. more recent- ly ••its" use has spread 'to Eastern 'Canada.' Wood .ashes: ' should' • be . saved,stored in a covered place unexp.os-. ed' to the••weather, and used on the garden .for fertilizer in the' spring. . • dein tpmi,;NEEDLECRAFT SEf YR 5, INC. _ VEGETABLE TOWELS ' PATTERN 2984. Although mainlyin outline and cross' stitch, these gay :kitchen• ' towels leek .l-ike applique—a•:smart .effect: Do the vegetables. 'in • natural colors and see how fast they'll sell at that bazaar! Pattern 2984 contains a transfer pattern of six' motifs, overaging 51/2 x 7 -inches; illustrations of 'stitches; color schemes; materials required. Send twenty cents in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for' this_pattern-to-Wilson Necdleera"ft-Dept., ,Room 4z'�73dehxide-,5t: West, ..Toronto. Write plainly pattern number, your name and . address. harvesting a better • than average orop, 40,000,000 Frenchmen ails hangry today. ' German requisitions on French ' food production for . the i -est. of . ' • Europe are so great that France will• have, to go hungry this. win- ter. It looks tobe' a. worse one than the last when certain' zones at certain' timbs skirted . the rag-' ged edge of famine., , . . Already the Frechman 'feels the pinch. He has no butter 'or cheese, no sausage or "ril'Iettes" to put din his black bread, no wine .to, quench.. his :thirst, .no meat to put fat on his ribs, no ,tokacco' for his after- dinner pipe. • - For him the European. "new or- der".sans Argentine, 'Canadian' and • 'American wheat, sans I4razilian coffee, sans pampas and plain fee zen' meats, meansanother notch in his belt. 'she.ila sat eat -.harvest -Ills y --:,Awls ._ almost normal, 7.0,000,000 ' quintals. The potato crop .was better than average, about -300,000,000. bushels. The beet sugar yield will be 90 per. cent :of normal ,when it is harv. ested. The olive .oil production Will be normal._, But, for the average Frenchman ' there is a .per capita distribution of two pounds of potatoes' per month. He gets, one pound, of "fats" including ,animal and vege, table Mats. olive oil, butter, and margarine: • By direct and indirect requisi tions, Germany • still draws out of France More than half of the agri- cultural output. That'.mea.ns 14,000 head of cattlib a month. Meat. ra- tions have been cut• ftom 270 grams liter week to about 70. A pound is 453.5 grams. ' • The Frenchmen are told that their wheat is''being poured into Spain, Belgium' and Holland where th'es bread shortage• verges, on fa- mine. • French olive oil is being sent into Italy to make up tor a great shortage of fate in elle Italian ,footl rations. Wine storks are virtually' depleted 'as' a'd'oonsequenoe of Ger- . than requisitions of 1;800,000,000. quarts for distillation in .Germany to produce. alcohol , substitute for asoline, . • Germany's largest air service carried . 95,000 - passengers ' last'. 4,000 miles, . ' • add fruit and nuts. Pour into individual wet molds. • Place in the• refrigerator or ina very'. cold place to set. ' Cinnamon Apples Cinnamon apples make a splen- • did accompaniment for meat and , fowl. Peel apples of uniform size and place.a. clove in each.' Place in a syrumade of 1 pound of brown sugar, 1 cup cider vine- '- gar and 1./i stick of cinnamon. Coon a few at a time carefully so apples do not break. Arrange carefully in dish and' pour' syrup over them. ' Dutch . Apple Pie Line pie tin with a 'good rich pastry: Spi ead 1/4 cup brown sugar over the • bottom and then thinly sliced apples or • apples cut . -in• eighths wetn slashed cut . part of the way down. Arrange thein, small. side ''down, overedge `s f crust. Blend a beaten ,egg. with 1 cu'p of sour cream and Y ,cup brown sugar. tour over the. apples and sprinkle with, cinna- mon. Bake 10 minutes, reducing . heat to ntoietate, • and continue until apples are tender and . all - is rich golden color. Glazed Apples , 8 large apples - • 1 cup sugar - 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/e teaspoon nutmeg . 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons red cinnamon drops Select' large firm 'red apples. Core the' apples and, if necessary, cut a thin slice front' the blossom endo so that . they will stand - straight. With a sharp par.ng knife, store the skin of each apple the desired distance from the stem end.: Place, the''apples in a large shallow baking pan and fill the cavity with the sugar, Milted. with the• salt, cinnamon and nhitmeg. Dot ,with bits of butter. e. Pour' water into the pan to cis inch depth. •Bake in a Mod- erate oven for about 30 minutes. The apples ' should be tender but not mushy. • Itenmove the apples 'carefull.Y to a second .baking pan. Add the cinnamon ,drops to the syrup left in the fir t pan ant simmer .over direct heat until the syrup thickens. Remove the opt Heat With Wood: It Is Economical Cord of Hardwood Yields Al- most As Much He'at4s Ton of Anthracite Coal Research on the fuel Value of wood, conducted in the Forest Pro 'ducts La.boratories of the Depart- ment of Mines' and Resources, shoWs'that wood can often be used to" great advantage in reducing heating costs. Fuel is 'always a large item in the Canadian family budget, and in war time every ef- fort should be' put forth to keep this item of expense at a minimum and at the same time conserve for- eign exchange by reducing the- out - Jay for imported fuels, • fect that the ,Ark_Royal was for pedoed-agaih somehow ren -fads the Christian Science .4%.nitoi'' of • the ' inland telegraph editor's :sec- end'' day streamer on a Berlin - reported 'sea victory of the last' war, which read:. "Great Battle Not Fought.", . Stratford ,Beacon -Herald.` Britain's Fighting Planes anti Warthtpc 29 NOW AVAILABLE • 'Wigging Fentress", "Bristol Beaiflgitteee, : "H.M.S. King Goorgo V" and many others S'or each picturedesu•ed, send e compiete "Crown Brand" label, with >� your some and address and the name of the .picture ytlu want writ- ten on the back, Address Dept. 3.19, . 'the Canada. 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