The Lucknow Sentinel, 1942-09-17, Page 71
No Ration Cards`
For Service -Men
Ruling of • Wartime • Prices
And Trade Board- Holds,
The Canadian soldier, saiilor or
airman can have .almost anything
be wants from civilian Canada but
he [can't have one thing about 11,-
.000,000 -fellow-citizens will pos.
cess= --a ration card.
Wartime Prices and Trade
Board .officials said the fighting
man .had not failed to, try. Re-
ports from throughout the coun-
try indicated that members of the
forces were applying for ration
cards to permit them to,buy sugar,
tea and coffee but they were be-
ing turned .away disappointed.
Special Gases •
• Even , when . Johnny conies
rriarching ,home on :leave he will
be without a ration" card„ 'and
-fainly hospitality will simply have
to make what arranements' it cam
"to provide ,him with rationed sup -
In special circumstances, ar-
rangements ' bre • made for the
fighting man- ,When he is bil-
leted at a civiliari institution away
from. his unit and- taking some
..,.% special training, the place where
he resides is requiredto register
and receive the benefit of ration-
ing provisions to cover such cases.
In other cases, the forces ,them-
selves may issue ration books to
men detailed for,some duty
where. they. will • he away from
army kitchens. These books are
ssIte t by ,limal. rationing .officers s
following•applicntion in writing by
ari” officer commanding-
- WATER SPRITE
• Esther Williai�ts: champ swim
m -
" mete climbing Hol•iywo•od ladder
• of filni .fame., will' rule over Los
Angeles, •'swirnming -and diving'
chanipionshipfi as. "Southern Cali-.
fornia Water"CFoddess_" •
Soviet Girl .Sniper
Nips 309 Germans
• Vaung Russian • . Guerrilla
''Now On Visit To U. S.
Mine Liudmila Pavlichenko.a.•
smiling young Russian gue'rril•la
with the highest record .in the
Soviet's Army of snipers, arrived
in Washingtee tecently 'eel sig••'-
died with a broad .grin and • a.
flurry of 'Russian words th'it she
was "glad, to he in this .coentry."'.'
\ The 26 -year-old setter neaten,:
ant„ 'Who quit snc'.al wok .-tt je:n
the -Met -rine forces' ,anal, ha_a put
3'09 Germai soldiers •on .the offi-
cial casualty list, arrived after ' s
tl'ree-week trip. by bomber, Pan-
A•rieri'ca:n Clipper and train to
atten'.' the International' Stud'.ic
Assembly opening in September.
W ifrh her were 'two ,other stud-
er the ggF�eadtes, ab a 15r -Mt.?
1tloseeitry • Youth Organ.izatio:t a:;d
• the other an' army lieutenant vvhci
'be'came a "hero- r f thi' Soviet
line• n' by killing l•i2 Germans
with t 54 ballets 'in • I I smontIth of
snip:ng at the 'front. •
Mies. Pavlichneko, brunette and
stoc'ki.Iy-built, scarcely looked the
part' of a 'veteran; who was 'four
times . wounded and fought,
through the ' battle of Sevastopol
almost to the Last day. On the.
:Mouse of her army uniform were •
pinned • the Order of Lenin
highest Soviet decoration - and •
the insignia of the• Cruards Regi.
Ment. , '
Miss, Pavlichenko graduate . , •
r . -from' Kiev University; 'w'tere s'he
majored in history and spu'tology.
In 1938, she graduated from, the
snipers school and at the outh°eak s ..
,of the War ..tried to enlist in the
army_ She was first turneddow6'n,, I
but • liter• was sent with 'a pier-.
rifle. unit to the Odessa a.ren. A'tI •
Odessa and Sevastopol she. seethe
pace for snipers and tinnier! SO
,,others credited, With destroying • ,
• more than 2',01)0' f:erman's.
.Lieut. Lyudmile . Pavli'cl enko, Russia's famed yeoman sni'pe'r, is
greeted on. a.recent 'visit to New`York by Victor Fediuchin.e., Soviet
Consul General. •In th.e' baekground is• her 'fellow .delegate to the', •
International Student ,Assembly, Lieut. Vladimir Pohelinsev,, sniper •
credited with killing 152 Germans with 154 bullets- . .
A Weekly Column About This and That in Our • Canadian Arron
• A suit' of battledress, as the\
enly uniform available, to a sole'
cher, .can' he' expected,,•to'last''six •
`,months. If it is ekedt,one hy'the
issue . of a cotton drill S uniform
\min the summer the length of time
before:• replacer en : '.'becomes
necessary; is lengthened by ..a. •few
weeks.. When, in ad'dition,; a sol -
eller is issued; 'with a ' "walking
• out's uniform to wear in' the fall'
and winter. months the 'battI.e-
dress' can .be, expected to, last at
least nine • months.
, ,What• ,is all. that.' about? Yon
'ask.
Just that w'he'n you• are cloth-
. in. g or "equipping an. army you •
• think of 'durability; utility, , and
the public 'purse: The' main idea
is'to give each soldier everything
•he needs •- but .nothing more
than that. • •
Which is a good target for' us
soldiers iii the•,Individual Citizen's
Army.to aim at. In other 'Words,
let's . buy ;only 'what, we 'need and
......preserve what we. .ha'e: •
. ,There are many organizations •
i'.n the Army charged with;'seeitig
that •'soldiers have, everything they
• need, that they take care of what
they have a'i that what, is no
• longer usable• -for its primary ,pur-
pose is salvaged for some other
use. , .' .
We have dealt,. from tine nod,
timer with the Ordnance Corps,
the ".Q", d.r'Quarterniaster-Gener-
al brarich and the Royal Canadian
Army. Service ' Corps .but •so far,
we haven't got down to the
housekeepers' ,of .the ' different.7
units yet. - •
These "housekeepers'^ are the
Quarter -Master Sergeants. There
are two . varieties, Regim'e'ntal
Quarter -'taster • Serge ants and
'Company • Quarter -Master' 'Ser-
geants. ' : I ' neerly . forgot the top
Mane the Quarter -Master who is
the resiionsible commissioned • of -
fleet in ,each, unit.' '
• The unit oranizatior} is: Quart-
e'rmaster. a commissioned officer, •
who is usually a. Ca4ttain;
S.., a'warrent officer, second class
and a Squadron,• Battery, or Com-
pany Quarter -Master ..Sergeant
who is the senior non -commission,
'ell f the corripany ran�k-
nn exti below the -Com any, Seng
P
geant-Major.
These men function as a supply
servie for the. unit' and are re
'pons ole. -:-far sbtaii7•ing-a11••.=arrii
clothing, equipment "'and rations
for the -men in their, care. But,'
and this .is • a big "ht�t", they are
also responsible 'far the care,
ritainteriance and • rurn of those
articles 'oi• for a satisfactory ex
planation of clearance of them.
'Thus, through this chain of're-
sp"onsibility, the people's purse 'is
;watched, care is taken of the peo-
ple's property used' or worn by the
soldiers and provisigns. is made -
through the chain. of responsibility
-.. r for the coll.ectisn and return to
the Salvage Branch, R.C.O.ci , of
•used or wurnvarticles that can be
repaired or otherwise . salvaged:
"If it's good enough' for the.
Arley, it's good enough q for the,
taxpayer.'" That 'would be a' good
motto fol' us to adopt: • Then,
conversely, "if it's" good enough
foe' the taxpayer, it's good enough,
foto the' Army," niti,st be true, too.
• That refers to material thin:gs.
As regards the presereetton- and
conservation of material things
the. Arin"y can. show the rest of ust
the 'any.
A full recent!' of everything 'k-
need it kept in the Conteatiry and •
Reginiental Quarter -Masters storeey�
'That record shows just" when Pte•1 ••
John Canticle was issued with his
coat .or -'his l atil;e-dress" or' his .
i boots. - It > eeprds _.[lie .Ions by :Pte. .
Canuck • of any .of his equipment
-and passed' that •information to'.
the •Paymaster, so that deductions
can be made. :
Do we'do that in. o:ur hoines'? •
In hither; words 'are we taking
enough .cax'e of whet'we have to .
enable us to '.play our part in
blocking the infiltration of inflat-
• ion forces? Or . are we rushing •
off •to the store to hay something'
We dont .need 'bemuse the,• style
has changed or because ',we
just plain want it?
I. heard an indignant citizen''
(feminine) 'say the. other 'day .that
she •saw dresses ill.' a' Window that
"certainly' had ;not been. simpli-
fieri,^' -'•Sure! Why.nett..'There '
'are still many retailers who have
clothes in stock that were mann-'
lectured before the' simplification •
orders were.' made: , Ase these to
be' wasted?
These are, the ,things we must
". guard against. Turn that- spare
money for a new suit or coat into •
War Savings, 6r save it for war.
taxes ,--r in other words, do as the
;•army does; ..make what you have
last by taking are of it, by buy-
ing careitilly in the first place.
The •Wartime Prices and Trade ,
Beard has 'stated emphatically I
that' the rationing, of,.clothes is
not, •imminent. But that does., not
mean we should go on buying'
Sprees: It meant.' that we should
be, good enough soldiers of the
. individual Citizen's ',Army to ra-
tion ourselves.•
• Huns Stop Work . •
For Civilian Uses
Fritz Sauckel, Nazi high corn-
missioner for the entployment ,Of
all 'labor, has announced that all
industrial production for civilian . -
.purposes in German -• oecupied •
countries must cease immediately,
an Exchange Telegraphdespatch
from Zurich 'said recently. -
Only factories • supplying the
German army and the German
and,--naTitary occupatiori.. _.
ciwJil
•' authorities will be permitted to
Operate.
Working hours in the oceupied
••-•countries•--have been increased -Ler
54 heals' .weekly and . a decree
subjecting workers' in the occu-
pied countries as well as foreign
worker in Berlin to "the most
severe military discipline" has
been 'enforced, the Exchange Tele-
graph report said. •
VOi,CE-
0f. THE
PRESS
COWS GO ,TO WAR
In 1939,edairy fanners were pro-
vidipg the people of Great Brit-
ain.
ritain' with Tgi,00o,0.00 gallons of
milk. In 1941, in spite of labor -
shortage and restrictions on im-
ported feeding stuffs, they produc-
ed
ed' 940,000,0100- In May last year,
in one month, they provided 103,-
000,000 gallons and novo they've
beaten, evert that high level. 'As a
result • of this record • the ministry'
of food has been able to announce'
recently' that, nntf' further notice,
there' will be no restriction' on the
sale of milk. - (Brandon Sun)
GIEEPS . AND . BEEP•
Firstwe' had .jeeps and, now we ,
have beeps. A jeep Weighs . more•
than taro tons bat a beep weighs
•about 500 poainds. It is, capable of
,•high speed, . 'uses cpreparatively
Tittle gas and can climb an• aceliv '
ity that ' Would be' 'impossible for
an . automdbile or a truck. The
'beeps, are likely to be highly nse-
ful for certain ' military purposes
and are being , used already. in'
United ,States 'training camps.-.
(Fort William Times -Journal).
HONOR THEM
Look fdr , a small silver badge
In the lapels of men, some in non-
deseript clothing. The badge with
a crown an top carries -the letters
"M.N.' It stands fon the Merchant
Navy, and those lads you see wear=
leg . it are, 7a Pert_.after , being to
, pedoed or =atria cargoes •tbrongh
submarine -haunted seas and dodg-
ing dive. bombers;' ' •
' liana ten ! '
-(Vancouver San)
LACKING
Elocution 'is -a: good thing 'But it
doesn't go far enough. It • merely
teaches a man how to speak-
' not when env bow long.. (Kitch-
ener'Record)
°°CET IDEA :ACROSS . TO COWS
The milk •bo'nus. -to farmers may
.do much good. The farmers know'
about it, the„, dealers. too, but `do
the ;cows know? =- (Niagara Falls
Review) • '
MAKING' REDUCTION
Engl,eh' wives are starting ':a
campaign for an equalshare of
their liu;.bands' pay envelopes,'.
h bat ' moderation! -• (London
Free Press),' '
AGE OF CHIVALRY
Or ' eourtesy, .1942 -model,: A men
giving” up his seat .in the bus to'a
:woman who is'tahing his job away
'from him.. - '(Windsor Star)
CURE FOR AILMENTS•
If you get out and work to'psy
the doctor, i May cure your
mentsFT-_.(Calgary...Alber1•4111,...: ,.....
Rockefeller Center, ' in • New.
'York, 'is • .the largest privately -
owned business and entertainment
• .center in •America.
•
•
•
Foie Wool Cloth
Made In Canada
' 100 Percent Canadian Worst-
ed
orsted is Of Superior Quality
With Wool taken, from Alberta
sheep, Canada tan ,now produce
worsted cloth which compares
with the finest type produced any-
where, according to experts who
have examined samples submitted
by manufacturers; says the Ham-
ilton Spectator, Canadian woollen
;jnterests . are proud of this ae h-.
ievement and state that it repre-
sents a concrete fact which
.justifies the, claim: "From the
sheep's back to yours, • 100 percent
,Canadian'" ' •
•
For Armed Services
This cloth will' notbe available•
to civilians while the war' lasts,
as th.e mills;' are being .employed
almost.. erelusively• in fill lag the
needs of the armed services. When
-• a victorious :peace has :been- voile
however, wtiolie_nmen are coup -
delft that this 'all -Canadian product
will hold. its own with the best
British woollens, .andel enjoy • a
high prestige througbout the
world, may not be seriously af-
fected by this eompetition, as they
corer the entire field of cloths
and the range of their . weaving
includes almost everytype that
the ancient, art is capable of pro-
ducing.. As' long as Britain has •
access to Australia's choice wool
'clip her markets are not' likely
to be 'threatened. •
Of Superior Quality
t'anaiifan . _.ilt : leifg-pts=. _ handled't
past haiedhad to overcome con-
siderabie prejudice froin ' diserim
leanest huyere, .Tope usnnliy, chose
the British product because of its
softness and general excellence, as
compared .with the hard and wiry
feel 'which Often marked .'the do-
mestic product. The ,disadvantage
from which Canadian cloth suffer-
ed ]ay in. 'the eombing, a 'process
'that. was,, not successful in :this
country: Thistllack has now been
•overcome, and' the result it; a ,fin-
islsed material that; redotiod's to
/the credit of every group concern.- -
ed. from' the farmerswvho raised
the sheep to • the ' spinners and
weaves who.. heves; dgmenstrated..
that worsted .'of .:superior '.;quality
can '•now be made in Canada.
Future For -textiles'
Under the stimulus of gorern-
'ment • help, cheep raisingin the
'dominion is' becoming an' 'impor•t-
ai t Phase, of agriculture, and farm-
er's throughout the country are•
rearing more of tbe animal that is
a dual source of, profit from wool'
and meat. : It :is interesting to obs
serve. ; too, that' :Alberta :is well
adapted to this • vita] 'pordectioie
If' the prairie .province's can be
' used more largely. as grazing lands
for sh.eep, ' the ' eon's , fertility
should• coon beerestored and the
e.. -dna er_,.exf_ dust -bawls - re nDresi,._lc.m
should all make for 'a balanced'
farm economy in the West and at • :
the same time ensure a . good fu-
ture far the Canadian textile
dustry.
LIFE'S LIKE THAT
By.. Fred . l eher'
"Know
anything about fixing a watch?"
i
THE WAR - WEEK — Commentary on Curren!# Events
Present ,Situation, In Air
Greatest Reversal Of War
cn the night of Sept. 7, 1940,(
planes from Goesiug:s Luftwaffe
reported to number 700 bombed
London in what Berlin described
as the heaviest air gad in history,
writes the New York Times. They
killed 306 persons and wounded.
1,300. It was one of those frantic
blows which were to knock Eng-
land out of the wari and destroy
the British. Empire. Only a mir-
acle of dejenoe forced the Nazis
to quit on the verge (if victory.'
' . 'Today, two years later, the sky
above. London is usually serene.
" But • night after night the ''dark
, sky over Germany is filled .'with.
hostile planes droppipg loads of
explosh a which . oering's 'fliers 'of.
1940 never dreamed of..: . •
• Shadow[ Over Reich'
..Two' shadow's•'"s_tsetcbted °a'eross
Hitler's Reich last • tk eek. One • was
the 'shedder of lied Army btS,iuibers,.
striking from the Ruteian steppes,
1,000 miles: east of Berlin: The
'other 'was the now -familiar 'sha-
dow of the R. And..., reaching • out
from British airfields GOO miles
or more to the west of the German
capital;. • .
.In a syrprise •attack Soviet
' planes smashed at Berlin, at the
' ' &pra'vling port of • Stettin on the
flat 'shore of the Baltic, at nearer
•"targets in Warsaw, Dankig and
the East Prussian city of KQ1enigs
berg. In the west Sterlingl • and
:.1Saneastere.,boxnlzees eef -the 11art-'=
Air Force blasted Saarbrnecken,
coal -and 'steel .center of the highly
l uiterallaod Saar Valley, whose.
inhabitants in 1935 ' noted to end
French control and 'return to 'the
Reich: 'Later Britioh planeswing
ed south over terraced vineyards
of the Moselle,,on up the Rhine to
drop, destruction an . Karlsruhe.
.communications center near the
Black •Forest: Budapest was bo_m'b-
edd• for the :first time; Bremen was'
' hit again-
. 'Bombs -Talked' . .
' British sai#rees• called the raids
highlyy successful, reported small
losses. Moscow 'spoke of many
fires set by iced airmen. Ent to
thilita er observers :the- Soviet ' oP-
orations Were chiefly important as
b proof that •Russian borubers can,
new strike effectively at the heard
of the enemy land. The Si:. A. F
had alreadyreecled' ail to.rBeriin'.
aid'' beyond. Now it was Russian.
turn. The: shadow ''from etrhe east
had met the shadow from the west
Where they merged• • theyblotted
. blotd
out the Lett German hope of es-
cape from ' aerial -bombs, turned a •
One -front. 'war into alneiabracine
war from the air, The fact lent -
weight to ascot 's v a:ro slg tltirE
- ']Dreg nuts of term lye dread
'for Germans. ' •
The Rns'si•n a•e:ial operations'
: 4'
"a:7 earroue-
.
a on a scale --ccum
' parable with bear R: A. ' F. r':iids °
of the .p:,. t. The achievement
•
1
aroused s -pe ation' fn many 'guar
-
eters_ Were the new long bomber
fleets pr sdUets of Russian • fate
tories? Were they . American-bgift
Flying Fortresses sent to Russia
via .A.fr, ica and the Near East? Oa'
these gvestione, as ,on theelocatioa
of the • bases whence the ' • bonab-
ere Carne, Mcsc'Ow remained silent.
=let bombs do 'the talking
• No Relief For 'Germans
'This situation in the air is the
greatest reversal' of the war-. Not
'until the war ends, will we fmow
what Germany has snifei'ed. WV
can guess, what a 1,'000'p1ane ,raid
•on 'Cologne means by multiplying ,
' the ezplbsi`ve, load' dropped on ,Lon- •' a •
don two "years ago by • 'goes lt'1 ";,• .`.
fire or ' six. When Russian •planes:+. '
bomb Koenigsberg, Warsaw; Eittda.w, t
pest and Berlizieand British puree.
. bomb •Duisburg, say, and Prank-
fort,
rankfort, Leipzig. 1iambairg and Brem-
en ' all in a single week, we Via .
guess , the effect .o•G-erman mt r.
ale by. considering 'what might
hare happened • if the Luftwaffe
had been tittle to scatter bombs on • •
Edinburgh, Glasgow. Belfast, •Bixin
' r gham. ManehesteT, ' Liyerpoo
a r S.onthempton even while 0
waspunishing London., Every Cer-
man � e, ust know today that there
is no relief in sight 1x31' fear that '
if• . eri•ea ca.n bring its air fore.
acrosi the ocean sueh•a storm will
be unloosed as never broke en an!
Air Concentration Urged
• It is: these oorisid.erations which
lead -certain observers in, Londe
to urge the utmost possible con-
centration of air power on Ger-'
mans now. They •feel' that the Sr
orer Western Entepe is the sector
of the front where Germany is
weakest, and the 'only sector
'where the war can be won Or lest
'in the next feel °munt hs:° They cam- •
plain of the fisp'rsal' of planes
on-... seeendary fronts, c ,'especially
American plane's.. • fihe3 deplore' • .
the fedi that 'we are still able. to .
operate from, England only three
squadrons of Flying Fortreesee
and One 'of 'Medium womb&s- Tf
followed theist critics, eompl'etely
we could' lose aha? war 'on sane
"secondary front- .' ]ire E►t,
• China. 'or the South• Pacific: They
• forget that Russian planes ' vrkick
are bettib.ing Berlin were p0Scitt4br
built here or in 'England: Never-. •
theless, there is mneli merit is.
'their contention.. There is. no dealt
some unwire dispersal of our owa
air power and • of British air power_
It is , probal,le that.° too Many el . •
•aur planes are either immobilizeil
a _ ale h tre pact •' •---'
their most 'effective .use- -There
should he a stern reallocation, Ev-
ery ouni•e' of power • that can be.
-brought-- to `base ezt --Ge many's..........._
open flank should be flying in to
the attack.
United_States Has
Wild Meat Supply
'Fon've be.n,he,ir•ing abotit lois
lael +lent ;meat ••shortie' -1 ' •.
Weil. just 'in' ('ase it cCiites, na-
ture-•-a: atF•d hy the fe•dtral, fee,
entry se"rice,- ha= (-seated 'avvat ;
,some ern rc nry•. rations in' the
eas•ern woods "
The. annual hid - game .'sgrp]Ls'ir,
„the• arr•.a of 1 :eras: Mont., could'
fe-d a.1i!'ben0 soldiers' 'tor two
manioc u-itbcl;ut touching' the basic•
herd sto k.. federal officials esti-
mate.. ••
The stirpit.:• in Aiontana, alone.
''could supply 2..30u tor. -'of 'dressed.
meat annua.;ly, releasin= suefici;nt
. beef, 'mutton and perk to feed;
'more than 340.Sm' . soldier"s• for
one month. says State flame War-
den,.L,,,S. McFar:and,
This surplus reprc'-ents the, nor-.
mal annual 'increase in E-i_k, deer..
bear, and antelope, , and ' would '
leave the bt•rds at normal size for
repraiucion. , ;
Mould' an eat: eme food ' ewer-
rencc arise. McFarland figures the
stocker berd•s could he. cut 'in •
, lia:f to release enou_b meat from
rhis state. 'alone. to feed well orer'
iff&rr s}•]diers fro •one month,
And ti' -:e wouli . till . rein ain
vast On•r,u( fled flecks, of ' wild
sheep. mountain • goat: moose,
• grizzly hear,' birds and fish_-o.po- •
t'ential food for' thous...n-is more
• soldiers and 'civilian'., all protect•'
e'i by the forestry service.
Can.1 • o C:olyder
'ease -'l' e' Homes
H.,ve would' you• like to order
t aur
peace-ti?ne heme now, along
iS-iut that ear -or those tires yota
pro'+al y°...intend to get when they
become a: aiiahle ' • • •
In -.Britain. they're making plass.
for 3.0'00.0&(r houses to be built
.0 l;eri the time canes -after the
`Jet ,
The.• Min:str•y of Health says
they'll be built diorite' the 'lines
sucgcs:Led in- the People' who will •
1'ive in them. -
. • The. :ilinistry has. been •collect
ing. ideas' •from the puhiic to' help' '
it rlecide what tele and size are
wanted. ana ho-v'•'r e' will be. out-
fitted, ', • •
• To double -cheek) azen tat. the
puhl:c's r'whitr.s, it •will issuee a
l oakl.t' of archiitecturai drawings
beecd nn pu:•l:c•.secee.-dons, thus
• riviru±• everyone a chn..r,(•e tC� •••
corn
pla''n al aut feature,' he th:nks
.were omitted or •should have been
r,mi'tted•. •
Sept 1939 •
•
•
At _ti arm. Fc'iday,
• le:le. a. lr+ne'(;: nm.an .hourly, raid •
-
'ed a Poriee'ai- • haee on Het Penin•
5u1a. at.•t v.i :i moarttee eiolcnai
the. Nsz:s evtel't on to -weed War.
saw, ten) days later Great 'Bit
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