The Seaforth News, 1942-10-22, Page 6f'4GE SIX
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GIFT BOXES FOR
IN UNIFORM
Hello Homemakers! High time to
plan your Christmas gift boxes for
those in uniform . ou the land
. on the, sea , . . in the air.
You may also be thinking of tlie
families of the men in the armed
forces and, too, of the folks in the
homes of. indomitable Britain who so
cheerily "make do,"
During the next three weeks such
great numbers of parcels will be go-
ing through the mails that it is
portant to pack your boxes so as to
speed up deliveries and make sure
your parcels will travel well. Here
are sortie suggestions:
1. First of all, choose a stout box—
preferably of the carton type
which combines lightness with
strength.
2. Packing or inner lining is neces-
sary for a light weight box, such
as corrugated cardboard. Cotton -
batting or socks pushed along the
sides and into the chinks can be
used. Little packages of raisins or
something that will not melt may
be used as fillers.
3. Contents. Foods should be wrap-
ped separately and labelled so
that the recipient may undo things
as they are wanted. We suggest
baking the fruit in cocoa tins.
When cooled put the lid on and
you have fruit loaf and container
ready. Cookies carry well when
packed in baking -powder tins with
wax paper. There are also many
acceptable packaged goods such
as powdered milk and eggs, cocoa,
soups, etc.
4. Fit everything into the box as
closelytogether as possible. Close
THE SFAXFOATII NEWS
Olci-Pashloried Taffy altvaYS been working at full blaet.
2 cups light brown sugar, 3 Iint since British bombers Wept ever
tbs. corn snap. 1 tb. Vinegar, 3 the port. at the' rate of fearteen a
Os, water, pinch of salt, 1 tb. minute, bombing carefully selected
butter, 1% tsps. pure vanilla. targets, output has fallen at a terrific
Stir sugar, corn syrup, vinegar, rate,
water and a generous pinch of salt In BretneM the 'Focke-Walf plant,
oVei' heat until sugar alewives, Bring where many Of the liege four -engined
to rapid boll, using electric element bombers which cooperate with U -
turned to "High"; addthe butter, boats in the Atlantic are constructed,
then cook at moderate speed, stirring has also suffered heavily at the hands
of R.A.F. bombers,
These .gigantic attacks also hit
hard at the men and women of Bre-
men who are employed in the con-
struction of U-boats. It was recently
reported that 80,000 out of a popula-
tion of 320,000 were horneless follow -
her in care of this paper, Send in
ins a full-scale "visit" from BoMber
your questions on homemaking prob-
lems and watch thoris column f°rnumaild'
replies. Now that American bombing' squa-
drons will be joining thoSe of the
Nipping Under Sea R.A.F., Germany's, factories on 1J -boat
- Work will be hammered harder than
Flowers in the Bud ever.
It is important' that training schools
Just before the outbreak of World for future u -boat crews shall be put
War II, Vice -Admiral, Karl Doenitz, out of, action too. That is why, in
close adviser to Raeder, chief of the raids upon Kiel, Hamburg, 'Rostock
German Navy, and nominal leader of and Lubeck, Britain's bombers made
the underwater fleet arranged for the sure of dropping a "stick" across
construction of II -boats in small buildings used for training under -
Parts, The Reich was bent on igUm'- water seamen,
Ing its promises not to build an .And what ofthe craft which do
cessive tonnage of these craft, and escape, and take their positions in
Doenitz hoped, by dispersing the fan, Germany's underwater fleet? They
tories producing his new fleet, totrare hounded from the moment they
escape the attention of the nations -slide down the slipway. And again
which, desired to keep the world at the R,A.F. plays its part, in success -
peace. ful co-operation with the Royal Navy.
At the same time, Doentz realized $t's not a. pleasant life, being in a
this this dispersal system would submarine crew, even if You do sue -
prove of infinite value when the Ger- ceed eventually in getting to sea.
man nation once more went to war,
for he felt confident that with fact- SOWING MINES IN THE DESERT
oriel so widely scattered, DO enemy
The laying of minefields in the
bombing force could hope to knock
out, or Ipwer to any extent, his rate
of 1J -boat production.
He reekoend without the R.A.F.
The Germans are now reported to
have something like 200 U-boats in
commission. Only about half of these
craft can be in action at once, and
the nazi navy commanders, on more
the box; tie firmly with twine and than ane occasion, have hinted that
put on one set of address and deo. their great aim is to keep in the At-
laration labels, just as though the lantio an under -water fleet numbering
box were not going to be,Wra,P- close to one hundred.
ped. According to neutral observers, the
5. Then cover the box with factory Nazis claim to be constructing, on an
cotton (say, a washed flour bag). average, five U-boats every week. But
fold the ends like the back of an on the debit side stand the United
envelope, and stitch, using thin, Nations' recent successes. against the
strong twine in darning needle, 'U-boats, which are heartening, al -
Tie the box firmly again and put though we should be fooling our -
on a second set of labels. It is selves to think that the battle against
ranch better to put on an alternat- Hitler's submarines has already been
ive address than a return address won.
—a civilian relative or frien In R.A.F. Raids Blast U -Boat Plants
the old country may be named on Then take the R. A. F.'s contribu-
the overseas label, tion. The mammoth raids upon, Col -
6. Check on the rates with your ogne, Essen, Bremen, Mannheim and
postmaster (overseers boxes up to other great industrial centers must
11 lbs. cost 12c per lb.). It is have shaken Vice -Admiral Karl Doe-
adhisayle not to pack the maxi- nits, for on each and every occasion
mum weight. Remember, civilian TJ -boat plants have been subjected to
rates are different and certain heavy and consistent attack.
gifts may be on the dutiable list, When the biggest -ever 'aid was
a point you want to check, launched against Cologne, British
Be sure to send only what is need- planes had to run the gauntlet of
ed—as shipping space is precious. some of the heaviest defenses in the
Lists of general items needed will be world, For the U-boat targets of Col -
sent upon request. ogne were vital, and the German
SPECIAL RECIPES FOR high command had installed 120 pow.
GI FT BOX ES erfu] searchlights, 500 anti-aircraft
1 cup seedless raisins, 3,4 cup guns, and had placed night -fighter
brown sugar, % cup corn syrup, bases within easy range of the city.
1 cup boiling water, 1/3 cup Despite these precautions, Britain's
butter, 1 tsp. salt, 4 tsp. nutrney, pilots forced home their attack with
1 tsp. cinnamon, 2 cups all- , devastating success.
purpose flour, % tsp. baking pow- No fewer than 250 factory build -
der, 1 tsp. baking soda. Ings, some of them engaged on II -
Put raisins, sugar, syrup, water, boat work, were either gutted or set,.
butter, salt and spices into causepan; iously damaged, while the buildings
simmer gently for 5 minutes. Cool. which housed hundreds ot workers
Add sifted dry ingredients. Mix thor-
for these factories no longer existed
oughly' and pour into loaf pan 9"x 5" by the time the R.A.F. bombers wing -
lined with waxed paper and greased, ed their 'way back to Britain.
Bake in electric oven, Although it is impossible to assess
Golden Fancies the exact damage inflicted ' upon
1 cup shortening, % cup brown plants, there is no doubt that the
sugar, 1 egg, % cup corn syrup, German U-boat plan received a tor-
sugar,
cup hot water, 3 cups pastry rific jolt as the result of the mam-
flour, 2 taps. baking soda. moth raid upon Cologne.
Cream shortening; add sugar; mix Bremen, another center which haa
received constant visits f
well, Add unbeaten egg; beat well. rom the
Add syrup and hot water. Add sifted R.A,F., is the headquarters of the IJ -
dry ingredients in three additions, boat building industry. Here the vast
mixing well. Chill thoroughly. Take Deschinag and Atlas submarine yards
out spoonfuls of dough and roll be-
tween the palms of the hands into ever since the war, clouds broke in
small round balls. Place about 2 1039'
inches apart on greased cookie sheet. Nearby, the Norddeutsche Hutte A.
Flatten with tines of fork. Bake in G. steelworks, where many of the
electric oven at 375 degrees for 12 steel plates for U-boats are made, has
minutes,
occasionally, until a few drops of the
mixture will" form a brittle masa
when tested in cold water. .Add the
vanilla and turn quickly into a but-
tered. pan.
Anne Allan invites yon to write to
Date Squares
1 clip shortening, % Cup brown
sugar, % Cup corn sYruP, 2 mina
rolled oats, I% cups all-purpose
flour, 1 tsp. baking soda, 1 tsp. I
salt, 04 cup warm water.
Cl shortening, add brown sug-
ar and syrup; beat till creamy. Add
rolled oats, blend well. Add sifted dry
ingredients, alternately with water,
Press one-half the batter into greased
',pan 9" x 18". Cover 'with fruit
spread remaining dough over filling.:
.Bake in electric oven at 350 degrees
for 85-40 minutes.
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desert sands is intended mainly as a
shield for a fortified position. If the
mines are laid thickly enough, the
enemy cannot make a break -through
without a loss of many tanks.
Usually they are laid in rows,
about six feet between rows and be-
tween , mines, so that no tank, Bren-
gun-carrier or lorry can pass over the
field without touching off at least one
mine. The sappers leave a path
through the fields, marked with flags
to guide their own vehicles. As soon
as atack is threatened, the flags are
pulled up. Shite theIpath is a zigzag
the enemy have no chance of dash-
ing through without exploding mines.
British mines, which contain an
eight -pound charge of explosives, are
laid on beds of small' stones at the
bottom of holes dug in the •sand.
Pressure on any part of the lid
causes instant explosion. German
mines' are shallower but wider and
have an explosive charge of eleven
pounds.
Clearing a path through a minefield,
is an even more dangerous job than:
laying th emines. To locate the field,'
soldiers will prod their bayonets into:
the sand at an angle as oblique as
Possible, hoping to strike a mine
without putting pressure on the lid
and exploding it. Under some Circum-:
stances it is possible to detect mines'
-THURBBAY, OCTOBER 22, 1942
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VICTORY BO DS
WERE AT YOUR DOOR...
Would any sacrifice be too grs_d?
When the Victory Loan canvasser calls,
think of Stalingrad and Chungking ...
of London and Coventry . .. of Dieppe.
These are the yardsticks by which we
must measure our sacrifice—our right
to share in the victory.
This is our
job.
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On "Cate"ve Se44/ke
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TELEPHC.211.
Oiaseg GliZszfs 2 likteis
P. D. WILSON,
Manager.
by an electric device. Once the field
has been located; accurate shell-iire
or low-level bombing can explode the
mines and clear the path. •
At the village hall the concert was
a great success and no turn was
more popular than the conjurer from
town. For his assistant he chose
man of the "country bumpkin" type
of whom he made great fun. But the
country/nen got his own back when
it came to producing rabbits. 'I am
now," announced the conjurer, "going
to produce a rabbit from this gentle-
man's5inside jacket pocket."
The other grinned broadly. "That
will he a mirahle," he said: "I've got
a ferret in there."
Laborer; "I dug this hole where I
was told to nad began to put the dirt
back where I was supposed to. But all
the dirt won't go in. What'll I do?" 11n
The supervisor pondered, and then
said; "I have it. There's only one
thing to do. You'll have to dig the
hole deeper."
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