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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1942-05-21, Page 3• a a�t�'".`�Jf. Fluorescent • Paint Glows In Blackout A paint that glows in the dark is being used . for, showing up Objects in London's blackout, and it foreshadows germless houses - in the future, according to- The, St .Themes Times -Journal. To . "activate" the . paint,, ultra -violet nays generated by specially fil- tered filament lamps are. thrown upon •it, when the object painted• gives out buleisli glow, and be- ,comes visible in the dark. `The .system, is . • being experimented „with in London's West End, stair risers; builseye signs and indi- cation strips have :bee.i • treated, and further tests' are being. 'car- ried out at a trolley -bus depot is wherle a 'track will be. treated to guide, the -1 trolley -buses • Into •I the EI depot. The .• principle of "fleor- escence" or the .generation of, light ,by -any substance under al- ' traviolet ?ray's, -was discovered by an Englishman, Sir John •Here- chel, one. hundred .years ago. Its wartime a ji ieetion , may lead to its extensive use in paint- ing the walls of rooms with fluor-' ' escent' paint, which, when acti- vated gives off light approxi- mately three times more effective than filament lighting. It can be so arranged . that the wave- length of •the exciting' light not alone causes : the paint . to fluor- esce but also kills off bacteria,• in the atmosphere. If the _present blackout experi= mentsprove successful, the fluor= escent -pntnt will be mads use, of a variety 'of ways, for example by; iluminating the platform steps of buses, edges of railway station , platforms and tramway junctions. Already, many : private . btu?iness houses have installed the system for lighting entrance halls where the street doors !Ave to be .open- ed in the blackout. ' NO _BIKE AD . TAR PrP ES -S TO BE STOPPED . From the "standpoint of econ- omy in the use. of gasoline, the warning of .the Oil Controller against using trucks to carry groups of passengers on Sunday outings 'is well justified.. Such vehicles are • not subject to the strict rationing which applies to passenger cars, and loading them: up 'escwith ' holiday-makers is a subtle way of getting around the • ,spirit of, the law. There will be scant sympathy• for Any .truck owner who finds his licence, can- celled because of such" practices. `Windsor Star ' , MARRIAGE DETERRENT The rush 'of war weddings ap parently may bring drastic meas- " ures to Washington. There the :office of price administration has. suggested that bakers stop. slicing bread. This 'proposal purportedly is offered •.as a means .'of ,saving time labor and paper. If the prospective .bride is well aware that she may ,have to slice bread, she will think' again about marr -in• that led'; before he goes to war. Why, one of these days they might even''ask her to bake it. —Guelph Mercury By taking your eyes. off ° the bicycle,' you will notice at • the left pretty young Sally" Wads- worth, or why spring is so de- lightful in Hollywood. A- former model, she has a studio stock con- tract. Glass Hone Keeps Razor Blade Sharp Now a 'word or two abbut these . "suggestions" for keeping blades sharp by using glassware as hones, says The ' Hamlitofi' Spectator. • A lot of men are too skeptical to even put the recom- mendationto a test: But it does. work. Even the master barber -admits that it dues, and sodo many shavers who agree that an- other ten or fifteen close shaves can easily be obtained by this method, even by those who were wont to discard their blades after the third and fourth shave. Simply get a :smooth glass turn-, bier' place the blade, single or double,edge, lengthwise inside the grass, which' can be . either wet or dry. Sonie shavers' suggest that the blade be moved sideways but the barber favors, a semi- circular movement with the fore- finger resting on the blade. A dozen strokes are enough, as ;these straighten' the: feather edge and restore the tllade's• original keenness: • . To Protect Shrubs From Cats And' Dogs • .Flowers and 'shrubs in gar- dens and porches can be pro- tected egahist damage by cats aniC' dogs by the simple use of a dilute nicotine spray. The spray is harmless but the smell is very dffensive to these animals, even when applied so thinly that per- sons are unaware of its presence. ' Nicotine sulphate can be Mir - chased at any seed or drug store aitd should he used at the rate of" one-half teaspoonful to a • gallon, of Water. The' spray evaporates and should be renewed after a rain. In ordinary weather, spray- . li'ig every two weeks es sufficient; NO FRIENDS LEFT Belgium; regarded • as more 'or: less complaisant since the Ger- , man occupation, 'now is reported aflame' w-itteerevalteeeth&epeoplises vnnrae_inh'cd 'behavior , of • their : canerors_ There is not one corner of the 'occupied lands of Europe where' the Nazis can count any real €riends.'• - -Niagara Falls Review "HOME, ICE". F1NAIS • • Those in a : position to do' so, , provided theyx•measure -up to the physicaland age 'requirements, should join either the reserve or active , army,or, as . one soldier nuts it bluntly, "the playoffs in this war may; be o'n home ice." —Kitchener Record 1 THE WAR WEEK — Commentary. on Current Events 8 Prime Minister Chur�ehl Message Of .Good Cheer Given l There echoed • through ,Mr. an be decided only 'psi the utmost Churchill;s grimly measured sen- effort and at heavy cost. But the tences 'yesterday all of the old long., long retreat; • at least, ls, . determination, the old. force and • ending. Slowly- crime, 'murder and fire, backed by a, new confidence aggression are calling up against and a new .authority, says The themselves the terrible logic •oi New York Herald Tribune, It was history, as they have done so oftea the' unanswerable authority of ev- -in the past. It was Diet' fact which ' ents. Not, perhaps',' since his blast- Mr Churchill announced to the' Ing address' to the. Italian • people :world, •• and announced in' particu- in,• the, last days of :1940 has' the lar to/the German and the J"ap- Prim_.e Minister spoken with quite • anese people, He showed.. them „ this. ring, • Dealing,. With the long = • that they are already far 'on • the Intervening succession of periods, , road . to a frightful catastrophe, defeats and anxieties, he has pot ' of 'which they are the 'only, au - been 'able to. -• ' thorn •and which can be averted'' • Through . the • two long years only. if they •ch'ange their course:, since the collapse: of Frabce the, . And .he spoke with' the authority ',British and their 'Prime' Minister of. events. ' ' have' had to speak, out • of dog- * gedn'ess, • courage and. little . be- • :Prophecyn in• the' midst at a' • ::aides. But .now 'at•last„the weapons world straggle of such ztitanic di- . are coining •into.'the r :hands; *est., mens ons:.as this, according'.t'o' the,e,. are partnersof a mighty alliance, New York Times, is necessarily and the authority with which Mr, • perilous, butit relay well be • that. -Churchill •again` adresses'• the en- 'h storians; "ionlring-bask eevi•1.1-plaee••-- •emy peoples is an authority •which the definite turning .paint of the we may all. •begin to share. Les& war "in .the spring .of this.' year'. than ever can one 'doubt that 1942 'We are too • close to such' events is the 'crucial . year, that we are of, recent days as .the British seiz-• already .'witnessing = from. the ure , of Madagascar, the dramatic thunders of the artillery over the reversal in. the Battle of Burma, Coral Sea all around to' the crash or tlie• stunning blow . dealt to •the of super -bombs • on western Ger- • Japanese • naval forces_ ' in • the many—the first stages of • the Battle. of •the .Coral Sea, to. be able greatest arid perhaps the most de- to estinnate clearly their longer ' cisive battle. in history,. and that significance. Indeed the full score ' •the .next .few weeks and months on both sides in Burma set. the .will, as -the AustraliantPremier his „Coral :Bea has ,sat to: be counted,• ''put'' it, shake the. 'world and in• neither case is the • epi- *, •* * sode definitely closed. Yet so 'tar At this solemn rriomet; Mr: as we. can judge 'now the. naval Churchill -.paints . a picture of the action northeast' of Australia was . • actual stivation• `far .better than a setback to ,Japan of 'the first. any, pne, amid the shattering fall ; dimensions. Such a rate of 'losses, of the- Western :':'orifi two. years 1 ' %certainly, . could not be :long sus= ago, could have dreamed that it, • tained. . • would be; far bettter than one. * could have hopeda year ' ago, • • With each • day that passes, Mr. when -we . in the , United' States Churchill seems lo• be. more and were , still tangled :in our eonfu- more correct ''in calling Hitler`s signs and experts ' were :predicting• attack'_ upon Russia' lase `June 'a the end of Russia in a space of • "fatal blunder." The blood bath weeks;..' better than gee feared . through which 'the .Nazi .tyrant amid tlie' defeats, at Pearl 'Harbor has already taken the German and in •'the ensuing months; better , people is appalling and the end is even at esome points , than .many not in sight. It is not too much' today' -sups ase: Hie- pio,urse 'of, a to-say—thatL:Mr—C'h-u-+chi-ll'i radio • bombing offensive by American, as „speech was' the 'most. confident 'he, well as, British" planes ie even 'has made since he assumed office. more formidable than one had ex- He has been confident, it is true, petted; his . s'tatement that .even • before; but . previously his confi- yet' there is no, evidence. that the . ^genie was that of a nian• . who Nazi& have-. succeeded' in Massing knew only 'that England: never fora new„ Itussien offensive is sur- . could be '.conquered 'today it is prising,.. and his statement that the positive" confidence of a man ' Hitler has, "certainly" ,expended convinced that Germany. can be e rewas•-Rei keeetel esn4 set••san •', a s?~..latierhaese`ei4s_e ilea .:.4S..bette ee. of the first war •is startling: would never 'har'e tallied as he did. • * of aerial bombings; he'•would neve When these hints • are seen ,er have . taunted Hitler for • his against such momentary 'good' failures; as he:did,'or .warned biro •. iiews as the. initial success in the so bluntly;' against resort to poison„ Coral, Sea or the astonishing .ire- gas;;' unless he were convinced. surgence of General •Stillv°ell's that the United rations, now . held "dost" Chinese army .in 'Burma; at least Or•equality and waned itis difficult to doubt that '•events soon hold. a growing air mastery. are at last upon their , 'remorse-, • Tess march •-toward a tremendous ' Not least among the grounds climax: One may' never• for a .mo- • for hope: in Mr. Churebill's'speesh meat forget that the issuer•of' that was his reference to the time Oe- dema is as• yet undecided,' and meat.: Democi•atic.' statesmen in. ' IT ISN'T REASONABLE '" Detroit.' woman has divorced her husband because he had a habit of getting home late—vis, months„ late in 1940 and five 'months late last year. After' all, a woman .can keep the• .plates' in the riven just 'se long. • —Windsor Star TWO GOOD REASONS , Lord Beaverbrook . says that Russia may settle the war for ua _ this year. • Let's hope ..o, but in the meantime . let , us also work like' blazes to help her settle it and also in case she doesn't. -Kingston Whig -Standard • FIRST CONTRACT ' The coming of war to 'New' Guinea. brings' • to light ipterior " „tribes which had no previous. con- tact • with civliization. We hope they like it. . ,—Winnipeg •Tribune Millions Of Bees • h : Travel . By Train . One, hundred million bees will travel by train during this' year's bee -shipping season, according to 'officials of the Canadian. National Express. The season, extends from' late •April until early July. and the value of tate bee -import- ing; business this yeas promises to' • exceed that of last season. During the 1941 season, 2,594 crates of bees passed through border , Dint's. Each crate has three hi. es, sometimes called pee- kages, each' of . which ' contains -two and . one-half pounds of bees. With five 'thousand bees, to the pound, an estimated total . of 0,- 2/.5,000 bees were imported through the Montreal gateway. Of this number, almost,, ninety per cent were turned over to the Canadian National Express for re- ship -tint to Quebec Honey Pro- ducers 'farnte. , Shipments of lIcertified ]tees opine mostly from Georgia and Mississippi, although occasional. _lots 'conte from Nevada' and Ala-- barna: la-barna: --e. 64, DRASTIC 'NEW- .REGULATIONS restricting sales . of new, retreaded, and used tires, new and used tubes, and retreading services OW IN,. .--.FFECT Only a :limited Jew, the owners •- of essential eligible vehicles, - May, now obtain usable 'tires or tubes,•or, retreading services. 'Apart from sale's permitted • . by the new regulations, no personfsnay buy or sell, borrow or lend, barter, give; away, mortgage, burn, cut,, destroy or -otherwise ,dispose of 'an'y such ; tire`' .or. " tube: Eligible.' vehicle owners are divided 'into three,: classes, On this basis. , Class: Who may'buy: "A" - Physicians,'• Visiting nurses, ' Firefighters, ........-. • ._ ._. Certi:dn. trucks; etc. "B" War Technicians War supply inspectors, • Taxi owners; etc: "C" •. Food inspectors, Scrap buyers, Travelling repairmen, Rural'school teachers, etc. • W, hat :pay ,be bought; retreaded; or used tires; :hew. or used tubes'; retreading. services. , Retreaded or used tires; used tubes; retreading services. ,Used tires, used tubes.. Hgw'purchases may be made: To buy iievetire or tithe, retreaded' tiro, or retreading:service, ptircli.eserr must apply for Ratiqn Permit to the nearest -office--of.,. Wartime _P..rices_._andsrade Board; For used tire or used tube, see. -Class "C"). To buy retreaded tire or retreading ser- vices, purchaser'niust apply for Ration Permit to the nearest office of War- time Prices and Trade Board: (For used tire or usedtr.oe see below). A vehicle owner in Ibis class may' buy only used tires or used tubes. Be must prove necessity to any authorizd dealer • and .fillout with.the dealer a Purchase Certificate. Classes "A" and "B" may also buy used tires and tubes under"tiie seine copditionp,: ... • FULL DETAILS OF THE NEW ORDER. ARE OBTAINABLE FROM ANY TIRE DEALER ' ' Very severe penalties will be imposed for, any infractions of the new regulations. The tire dealers of Canada are co=operating with the .Government in the efficient • opeiration of the order, and in its enforcement. it is'their patriotic duty to repair anti legally resell all usable tires in their possession, and turn over at once to the nearest salvage agency ' any scrap rubber they have on hand or receive in the future, including all tires and tubesrno longer° serviceable... Every .person, whether' a dealer or riot, •must report. by May 31 to. the Tire Rationing. Representative at his nearest Wartime Prices and Trade Board -office, F ., all tires and tubesin his possession on May 15, which are not scrap, and which are not on the running wheels . and one sparerim of each. vehicle •he owns• - • ' Department of Munitions and Supply HONOURABLE C 1).'HOWE4 MINISTER, OTTAWA CONSERVE YOUR TIRES—THEY ARE PROBABLY 'THE LAST YOU WILL' ' .HAVE UNTIL THE WAR IS OVER recent years, and . perhaps, Mr: Churchill most of all, have had to warn; their countrymen that More Women' TS: t ,n:.' ,rrt S hf ° Shell -filling " explosives, a d cheriiical ipltahnts also are drawing increasingly an, female labour; It e. LIFE'S' LIKE THAT • By 'Fired Neher "I didn't like. the sudden• way it ended. .. 1 •hard.ly, had time to . put my shoes on."• Churchill* said, "It is now the .tenth. of Max, and the days are passing," he, meant for the first time that it wasgetting' late for Hitler. Hitler was, • strike still, at• any moment, and terrifically; but with each day that passes there is rea- son for growing confidence, that what . "holds • him back is„ not the desire to choose his moment, but the fact that he nas at last.Iost, the power to .choose his moment.. * * *' - In commenting on Mr. Chum - :hi -Ws 'warning to Germany against the use of .poison gas, The Lon- don Daily Eitpress said:- ' "The last thing in the world the' British people want to see is the use •of poison •ges again. They wouldsoonertheir. victory , cost them 20 'years •of hard fighting than' win in oho year by the use, of gas. -But If the Germans•, start the use of gas then Britain is equip', 'ped .fo' respond: Churchill many times has been right in his warn- ings of events at hand in the, war. Noone will ignore, his solemn warnings of, gas warfare. -"The gangsters who ' rule Ger- manyare desperate. 'Maybe they will not heed this ',warning \from Britain. Let the German people heed it." To..Ration Candies In Great Britain Food. Minister Lord Woolton announced that chocolates' and other candies will be ' rationed, • starting July '27. A new per- sonal ration book will be 'issued to -facilitate , distribution: . Lord • Woolton sad the decision was the result of appeals by he • public and dealers for more equit- • able distribution of availab:e sup- plies.. •Candy •v.itions. dor' 'the armed services •will be dealt • with separately • ani there e'itl be a special book for: children.. , Make Delicate Instruments After Few Weeks of Training Canada's army of women dir- ectly engaged, in war , industry now numbers tens of thousands., The proportion` of women- to Men• in the various. branches .of mune -.4 Dons .varies widely according to the nature of the work; in some instances. it is es lowas three per cent, in others as high as 60 per cent. In aircraft factories women's. work Is :gi•owingly' essential and significant.' Once, in' the early days ..of 'the ' big expansion, they were used on "woman's . work only", suck as, sewing of fabric on airplane wings and • fuselages. Now, they do much .of the elei, erica' . wiring, the rivetting . and welding. and the fitting 'of sub- assembly work. .• Women are making intricate, and delicate ' instruments after only 'a few weeks" of intensive training+ More - 'at•e combining head acid hand work in making .parachutes, on which the lives of airmen often depend. For cer- tain kinds of work, requiring del- icacy of -touch. the hands of wo- men are defter than men's: -They exhibit „greater patience, too,in operations that demand accurate and repetitive. movements. As an example of the opportun- ities for women in war work, one of the largest automatic gun plants in the world, situati'ed in Ontario, employs wotnen to op- erate lathes, milling matrhines, and .barrel turning machinlIes. At another fa'ctorr, estabtisuerl with Government capital and owned bt. the people. a high percentage of • women are working in tae ma- chine shop making Lee -Enfield rifles. iii...,the' Dominion Arsenals thousan:ls of women and' girls are turning oft millions of rounds of . sipail amts ammunition. . a publiery-owned' enterprf-sesti'-'iaia,iy women are working an parts • foe and the assemblyof tank peri- scopes, range finders, and fire. control devices; And marriage is ne bar now te' temporary Civil Sereice positions. In one month-. alone • the Civil. Service. (ominission took, on al , most equal .numbers -322 and 31./t respectively of typists and steno- graphers for employment in and outside' of Ottawa. There is developing a keen de- mand for university women who have: had advanced training in mathematics, chemistry, or radio, to fill vacancies with the Inspec- tion Board of .the United King- dom' ingdom' and Canada. Several hundred women already are employed with this board to inspect gun barrels, gun carriage parts, fire control instruments, explosives, stied radio-- parte. adioparts. And the demand for women - with technical education and training is steadily increasing. Citizens. O.f U.S. Get Ration Books • ' 'Ration books • were issued to individuals last week 'for . the --first time • i.n• the history of . the t'nited States :when registration . - for sugar allotments began. Made necessary • • by .a war- • caused 'shortage, War Ration 'Book No: 1' insures every man, woman and child an equal amount of sugar. The ;book'• also hes been designed for possible ration- ing of other products. The basic ration .for the im- mediate. period is. half-pourid week for- each Person, although actually each IPerson will be al- lowed • 'slightly more than that atnb'unt in 'the initial period from May 6 to 16 when stamp No 1 wilt be. good for a pound. Sugar• sales to individuals ha\ e, been prohibited 'Since April 28. ' REG'LAR FELLERS—Mighty Casey, Jr,. , . By GENE BYRNES Y` ,C } p 1 j STEE,-RIKE TF•tU REE J• • Q lel � ,.' :<..------------- . •;� C✓ ia'' �. .6 s •.. r r o r l CP t -v' i i • 4 i lentis, 9� • " r7 = •IVa\., .ate• /. a q '~ 4 :• '``•• •\ .,\ . ,., ��-C3F- \,.'. 2 : A .�w,u• ;.