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S GTA gaan) NONE FINER MADE WN UY Ray" BRIEFLY TOLD Polish officials announced in Lon-| don formation of a Polish legion of between 60,000 and 90,000 men will soon be completed in Russia. Mrs. Irene M. Spry, former eco- nomics professor at the University of Toronto, has been appointed to the wartime prices and trade board as economist, the board announced. China will conclude the Sino-Jap war on its own terms, Chao-Ying Shih, Chinese consul-general from Ottawa, told the Canadian Institute on Public Affairs. The British Broadcasting Corpora- tion said three British super-battle- ships, the Jelicoe, Beattie and Duke of York will be put into service in the autumn. Air Minister McEwen announced that in the Middle East campaign airmen of the Royal Australian Air Force have destroyed 11 enemy air- craft for each British plane lost. Three ships arrived from Syria at Marseille, France, bringing the num- ber of French troops repatriated since the armistice to more than 10,000. The wartime prices and trade board at Ottawa warned thet all instances of illegal slicing of bread will be promptly investigated and where warranted, prosecution will follow. Co-operation of members of the various boards of trade in Canada to assist in recruiting men for the Cana- dian Active Army has been asked by Defence Minister J. L. Ralston. Labor Minister Ernest Bevin told Britain's workers “greater output now. might shorten the war by months” and urged: renewed produc- tion effort to demonstrate admiration for Russian resistance in a. practical way. Would Solve Difficulty Grow Beards Is Answer To Barber Shortage In Britain The beard may be another sign of victory in Britain. . Shortage of barbers in the rural districts, and scarcity of razor blades, are having an effect. Many men, especially in the country areas, are letting their beards grow. i Many farm workers find it hard to -get a shave. They work until 7:30 p.m. and early closing of barber Shops and short staffs mean difficul- ties in the way of getting a shave. The mayor of one town suggested that all farm workers grow beards. He thought it would save them a lot of trouble. His Only Difficulty Famous Poet Very Often Could Not Think Of Words James Whitcomb. Riley once at- tended a party at which were pres- ent a number of would-be literary people. One budding author, a young woman whose success had been con- siderably less than sensational, was bemoaning the poor prices paid in the literary field. “Of course, - Mr. Riley,” she said somewhat enviously, “you have no reason to complain. You must be a. very rich.man. I un- derstand you get $1a word.” “Y-e-es, madam,” -drawled the poet, “I do. But sometimes I sit all day and can’t think of a single word.” Wartime Vegetables Scotland Makes Use Of Roof On Waverly Market Clippings from the Edinburgh Evening Despatch contain pictures of wartime vegetable gardens in the Scottish capital, one of them on the; roof of Waverly Market. . The crop ig to be handed over to hospitals. Another picture shows minesweeper crews receiving a vanload of garden} produce collected from various cen-} tres about the city. The van was given by Mrs. Andrew Carnegie. Perfect Is Right W. M. Stallings of Humboldt, Tenn., thinks he has found a fisher- man with a perfect wife. “The man,” said Stallings, ‘“‘was sitting on a box fishing on a hot day. His wife held an umbrella over him with one hand, fanned him with the other.” Are All One Type All the exaggerated forms of gold- fish have been derived from one form. They breed true for a time, but gradually revert to this original type. The fancy breeds are results of man’s interference with nature. 4 y 3 WORLD HAPPENINGS |(""Scge ‘tor stumng, for instance, wil | pany after 80 employees in the time Spices To Be Scarce | Be Dear And Some Quite) Unobtainable | This is going to be a real spicy item. So prepare for the worst. which is that on account of the war there is a shortage of spices and flavoring substances which will more soon be unobtainable. Sage is grown in | many parts of Canada and the United States, but dealers will not trouble to handj it because the quality is |nothing like that from which the world usually obtains its supply. The best sage came from Yugoslavia, and that country is in the hands of the Germans. Nazis will have sage stuffing with their Christmas turkey —if they have turkey. The price of sage used to be seven cents a pound; now it is $1.35. There will be no bay leaves for pickling, the Germans have that. They came from Greece. Greece is also the world’s largest source of currants. There will be no currants for puddings. Other things affected by the war are pepper and cinnamon, also: com- ing from war areas. Various other spices, etc., come from Spain, West Africa, and the West Indies and tropical America, but those named will be scarce and dear, or unobtain- able. How the habits of a nation can be altered by the sinking of & single ship is shown by the fact that when a dive bomber sunk a big freighter in the Mediteranean some months ago sufficient sage, thyme and bay leaves were lost that would have supplied Canada for many years. The Germans have access to a lot of flavoring for food that they have not got. : Fortunately, Germany cannot win the war on sage and bay leaves.— St. Thomas Times-Journal. | | | Japan’s Air Strength | Aeronautics. Authority Says Both Force And Industry Are Weak Japan’s “air industry. is woefully weak and her air force is of low offensive strength,” Lucien Zacharoff, aeronautics authority, writes in the September issue of the magazine “Aviation.” He questions whether the Japanese air force would be a factor in. de- | fending its own cities. The first-line air strength he places at no more than 5,000 planes and pos- sibly at only 3,000. He says the is- jJand empire’s personnel is probably 5,000. “It sounds incredible,” he writes, “that Japan’s’ army and navy air- training schools are graduating a total of much fewer than 1,000 pilots a year. “The quality of their education may be appraised by the fact, admit- ted by Tokyo censors, that even in peace-time Japanese military and commercial flyers have the highest accident rate in the world.” Most of the leading Japanese mili- tary aircraft types are called obso- lete or obsolescent by Zacharoff. Pro- duction of military planes of all types, including trainers, is about: 250 2 month, he stated. : Current United States production, as announced by the office of produc- tion management, is about 1,500. The writer rates Far East Soviet air contingents as more powerful than Japan’s and Netherlands-British air power in the Pacific as greater than that of the Japanese navy. Receives Highest Award R.A.F. Squadron Leader Won V.C. For Daring Raid On Bremen Acting .Wing-Commander Hughie Idwal Edwards, the man who inter- rupted many German telephone con- versations as he led his. R.A.F. squadron in a roof-top. day raid on Bremen, was awarded the V.C., states the London Daily Sketch. Edwards, Australian born, had re- ceived his first decoration—the D.F.C. |_only three weeks before he headed that daring attack on Germany’s most heavily defended port early in August. He knew the Nazis would be ready for him. so low that he severed telephone | wires. Quitting Time Guilford, Tonn., has had the first strike in the town’s 302-year history. Pickets paraded in front of the local branch of the New Haven Clock Com- laboratory walked out, following the example of about 1,400 employees in the New Haven factory. Italy now has a small soap ration but it is going to be reduced still more. When they want to get a lather there all they do is listen to But that did not stop him diving’ a Mussolini address. 2427 THE GAZETTE, Knew Where To Go German Girl Gets Justice In English Court A fair-headed German woman looked back at the figure of Justice as she left the bombed Old Bailey and remarked: “I think the sun is shining doubly on English Justice to-day.” An English jury of seven had ac- cepted her word against that of her mistress, Mrs. Heather Campbell Grenville Holms, 45-year-old wife of a former army captain. Mrs. Holms was found guilty of fraudulently converting £140—her German cook’s life savings—which had been entrusted to her for safe custody. . She was sentenced to six months’ imprisonmen. It was stated ‘that restitution of £140 had been made by Friendless | her husband, who paid the money out of his own resources. Miss Irma Muller, aged 41, had no one to turn to when she found her mistress would not give her back her money. Her family live in Germany, and her brother Eugen is in the Ger- man Labor Corps. She was completely alone in 4@ foreign country, but she had the courage to telt the police. Miss. Muller had been working for Mrs. Holms for about 6 months when she was persuaded to draw her sav- ings out of the Post Office Savings Bank. Mrs. Holms told her that in an internment rush she would not have time to draw it out, and that it would be taken from her. Miss Muller. gave her evidence in slow, faltering English, and when the Common Sergeant, Cecil Whitley, K.C., asked her why she went to the police, she replied in a quiet voice, “Who else could help me?” Summing up, the judge told the jury of a similar case at the .Old Bailey in the third year of the last war. A jury then had to consider a case affecting the credibility of an enemy alien. . Lord Coleridge told that jury that in ‘the centre‘of this great city stood the chief criminal court, and on its dome, reared high above the busy hum, stood the dominant figure of the Goddess of Justice. In. one hand she held a sword to smite down the evildoer, and in the other the scales of justice. He asked the jury, in considering the case,. not to let any prejudice disturb the even balance of. those scales. _ Miss Muller afterwards told me: “] think English justice is marvelous. I first told my troubles to a Czech friend, and he advised me that the police would help me.” So a friendless German met jus- tice in England. — Overseas Daily Mail. a In ancient times, the use of “X” as a signature was not confined to illiterates. It was required on all sig- natures as a.mark of good faith. ——— _ The amount of. capital from other countries invested in Canada exceeds $7,000,000,000. — Accordion-pleated walls are the modern version of the folding. door. APRON IN THREE GAY VERSIONS By Anne Adams 4803 Whether you run. a_ household yourself or just like to make useful gifts, here’s a style to head your sewing list! Pattern 4803 is a cheery, ,easy-to-make Anne Adams apron in ‘threee versions. All have smooth i “upped” waistbands, © non-slipping straps and optional pockets. Apron ‘A shows a pointed neckline and ric- rac trim. The other two versions have scalloped necklines and bodices ‘cut in-one with the front shoulder | straps. Doesn't Apron C look dainty with its scalloped edges, ribbon-and- lacetrim and heart-shaped pockets? Make up all three styles! | Pattern 4803 is available in sizes ‘small (32-34), medium (36-38) and ‘large (40-42). Small size, apron A, ‘takes 3% yards 35 inch fabric and 1 ‘yard ric-rac; apron C, 1% yards 35 inch fabric and 8 yards lace edging; ‘apron B, 2% yards 35 inch fabric. | Send twenty cents (20c) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this |Anne Adams pattern. Write plainly Size, Name, Address and Style Num- per and send orders tothe Anne |Adams . Pattern Dept. Winnipeg ‘Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave. E.,: Winnipeg, Man. A Great Manoeuvre The meeting on the broad Atlan- tic, of the leaders of the two great- est countries of the world, will go down in history as a smart man- oeuvre during a world. war. age and an honest desire to best serve humanity must have prompted President Roosevelt. and runs. Capricornus, the Zodiac sign, is the goat in common language. HOCKEY GREATS PLAY ON THE FAMOUS BANFF ‘SPRINGS COURSE Red Dutton (left), manager of the New York Americans hockey club and Eddie Shore, owner of the Springfield Indians hockey club, posed with Bill Thompson, golf professional at the Banff Springs Hotel Golf Club, on the terrace above the 1st tee of the Banff course. Both players were familiar- izing themselves with the course prior to Banff Springs’ 12th Annual Golf Week, sports highlight of the Rockies. . | | Gestapo Rules In Italy All Activities Directed From~* New Club Opened In Rome Gradual tightening of the Ges- tapo’s grip on Rome and Italy gen- erally is described in a despatch by the London Daily Telegraph from its correspondent in Lisbon. The correspondent said the = in- formation was given him by a neu- tral who has lived in Rome since be- fore the war. The Germans have opened a new “club” in the artists’ quarter of the Italian capital. the despatch said. From it are directed the activities of the Gestapo, which now controls ‘| every sphere of Italian life. The despatch continues. “The Gestapo, I was told, has two unofficial. headquarters where the agents foregather and meet inform- ants. “Open and constant watch is kept on German residents in Rome. The Gestapo makes continual visits to their houses. Any German without a regular occuption is the object of suspicion and frequent grilling. More secretly, the Gestapo watches the movements of neutral foreigners. “Some of them, notably Americans, are shadowed by a succession of sleuths from the time they leave home until they go. to bed.” Old Method Modernized Fish Being Flattened And Dried To Save Shipping Space Fish which has been flattened and dried so that it looks like a piece of cardboard. is Britain’s latest device for economizing in shipping space. It is a. modern version of stock- fish, which in Tudor times was ex- ported in. huge quantities from Scot- land to the Catholic countries of Europe. The Spanish Armada, sail- ing in 1588 on its abortive attempt to invade England, carried 8,000 quintals of stock-fish to feed its crews. By the modern method, which is applied to, ling and cod, much of it from Newfoundland, the fish is sliced open and the inside removed. Then, by a special vacuum process, the water is drained out until the fish is}. only one-third its original bulk. Pack- ed in salt it will then keep for many weeks. Although it does not look particu- larly appetizing in this form, a soak- ing in warm water brings it back: to its original freshness. It is then boiled, fried or grilled according to taste. Wanted To Help Norwegian Woman Had Best Of Explanations For Gestapo This story has arrived from the Cour-'| seaport of Bergen, says News of Nor- way. A party of German soldiers in an automobile, apparently in a state both Prime Minister Churchill .and|of hilarity, came driving at great speed through the streets of Bergen and down to the waterfront. But Pedestrian once meant one who! there, instead of halting or ‘turning, walks. Now it means one who jumps} they continued straight on and plung- ‘ed to the bottom of the harbor. — Shortly afterwards the Gestapo rounded up some Norwegians who had witnessed the accident, question- ing first.of all a stalwart fishwife on the quay. “You saw the soldiers coming, didn’t you? And you saw they were headed for the. water?” “Yes,” admitted the woman. “Then why didn’t you stop them?” “Me, stop them?” she replied. “why, I thought they were on their way to England.” Slightly On Long Side The recruits were being given clothes and kit at the barracks. They were then paraded on the square for the inspection: by the sergeant. “Any complaints?” he called out. “Yes,” . answered one promptly. “What is it?” asked the sergeant. “It’s my trousers.” “what's the matter?” asked the sergeant.:“I can’t see anything wrong with them.” “Perhaps you can’t see anything wrong, but I feel something wrong— they're chafing me under my arms.” recruit Need Hotels For Wounded Germans were’ urged to postpone their vacations until winter with the explanation that LEAGUE presents of TOPICS CANADA of 2 VITAL INTEREST ‘PROPER NUTRITION NEEDED Nutritional surveys recently con- ducted in Canadian cities, show that “at least two-fifths of the Canadian populaion are now living on food sup- plies which, in nutritive value, lie between the low level required to produce deficiency diseases and the high level necessary for health,” says a writer in the Canadian Public Health Journal. He adds: “continued subsistence on such mediocre diets causes lowered vitality, decreased working ability. and subnormal re- sistance to disease.” This condition ‘is due, not to lack of foodstuffs, he declares, but to poverty in some cases and to ignor- ance of nutritional values in a greater number. . Applying these facts to. war con- ditions, the writer asserts that, “The- preservation and improvement of the health of every Canadian is a vital part of the war effort;. health cannot be. maintained without adequate nu- trition.” - He points this moral by citing a special camp run by the British Government, in which 729 men out of 834 rejected by the army as physically unfit, were restored by proper meals, light exercise and a healthy environment, and were sub- sequently classed as fit for front line duties. Further asserting that faulty nu- trition has been 'the most important cause of rejection in the United States, he voices an-urgent call for a national and immediate program to improve nutrition. in Canada.. “It is the patriotic duty of every Cana- dian housewife to see that her fam- ily is properly fed,” he declares. London May Buy Itself In Order To Plan And Rebuild A: Finer City . No city, so far as we can recall, has ever gone out and bought itself. Lon- don is thinking of some such plan, says the Kitchener Record. Acres and acres of the very cen- tre of London have been levelled. clear by the German bombing.: Ter- rible though that is, it offers a unique opportunity for the rebuilding that will come after the war.. Bri- tish planners are determined . that London shall not merely rise again as it was, but rise a new, ‘a better and finer city. If old lines of streets and property ownership have been. ren- dered meaningless by the bombing, why regard them in building the new London? So there has even been ad- vanced a plan for the city to buy from its present owners 673 acres of the heart of London, that the re- puilding may not be hampered by private claims and obstructions. Does it sound fantastic for a city thus to “buy itself?” No doubt, but in the tremendous shakeups of wa: on the scale of war to-day, stranger things will happen. Tribute To Great Man : ' Late Arthur Purvis Gave His Best To Help Empire The outbreak of .the war found Arthur Purvis a great and growing figure in the: industrial life of Can- ada. .A‘wealthy man: with a distinc- tive and attractive personality, plus: a real genius for making friends, his position here was @ most happy one which he could have enjoyed in’ ever- increasing measure. But an organ- izing genius such as his, backed by the blazing patriotism of an English- man who remembered the last war, could find not rest out of the. ser- vice of his country. His duty lay clear before him; everything he felt he must. do. found instant and ardent echo in the mind of his wife, who made every possible sacrifice to as- sist him in his war work.—Montreal Star. Treatment For Pilots “several hundred | Royal Air Force night fighter thousand hospital beds have been in-| pilots, deprived of their normal quota stalled in numerous hotels and are not available for transients.” Aimed To Please Passenger: ‘Piease, please wake mé at five in the morning.” Porter: “Boss, we aims to please. we comes an’ calls yuh!” | Scientrsts still are unable to de- termine whether or not Mars is in- | of . sunshine, | pile manufacturer, | philanthropy, offered to equip all air- | dromes where night fighter pilots are | stationed with the latest type of col- | lective irradiation apparatus. Any time you-all wants to be called, | jes press dat button an’ right away | are getting sun-ray Lord Nuffield, automo- noted for -his treatments. Scientists are seeking a substitute | for gasoline. Only one we know of is | a pair of shoes. The archelon was the largest turtle habited despite its close approach to] that ever lived. Twelve feet long, it the earth in 1989. did not have a solid armor,
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