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£ a Is oy War Without Gloves — Before this winter is over, the people of this continent are likely to witness a good deal of high pressure Nagi-inspired propaganda designed to persuade the citizens of the United States and probably Canada as well -to exert pressure on Great Britain to ease her naval blockade of European ports to prevent starvation among the people subjugated by Hitler and his ~ Nazi thugs. Of course, if such a propaganda campaign is attempted, and it is likely to be, its source may be expected to be skilfully hidden. The seeds will _ba secretly planted—perhaps already are being sown, in what the sponsors hope will be fertile soil, influential executives of organizations devoted to humanitarian purposes, and efforts will no doubt be made to press into ser- vice all the agencies of Christianity and human welfare. The object, of course, will be to endeavor to roll up a vast body of public opinion whose mission will be to persuade those in charge. of the prosecution of our war effort, that the peoples of the German-conquered countries are being starved to death; that the health and morale of the survivors are being permanently undermined and that it is the duty of Great Britain to alleviate the suffering of these innocent people by allow- ing sufficient. food to reach them to prevent an irreparable disaster, and to do so in the interests of “suffering humanity.” * = . * Under-nourishment Probable On the face of it, it seems probable that there will be some under- nourishment and perhaps. starvation among the subjugated European na- tions this winter, but the degree to which this condition exists will be diffi- cult to determine with any great degree of accuracy as long as Nazi censor- ship controls the information available from these countries. In view of the. Nazi doc:rine of the end justifying the means, the Nazi policies of total warfare and complete ruthlessness towards civilian popu- lations as well as enemy fighting forces, of the doctrine of government by suppression and frightfulness, it is a reasonable assumption that even if there is enough food to sustain the entire population of Continental Europe at subsistence level, the Germans will take the best of it, first for their own fighting forces and secondly, for their own civilians and the remainder can shift for themselves. This. would be quite in line with their professed belief that the Germans are super people and must be strengthened and per- petuated at the expense of all others. Other nationals should: be reduced to hewers of wood and drawers of water for their overlords or should not |: -beallowed to. encumber the earth at all. : Suppose the British should yield to pressure to permit supplies of foodstuffs to get through to the suffering victims of Nazi aggression under. the most solemn Nazi: guarantees.that the food would reach the people for whom it is. intended and that it would not be diverted to provide additional stimulus and sustenance for the armed forces and the nation which is seek- ing to destroy the British Empire and world democracy, the history of Hit- ler and his Nazi cohorts already affords ample and overwhelming testimony of the value of such promises and guarantees, from such sources. * s . . Aid For Nazis : If the Nazis find; in course of time, that the British blockade increas- ingly impedes their war effort, as undoub-edly it will, it will be quite in keeping with their character and their avowed doctrines to see to it that s.ories of terrible sufferings of the subjugated nations reach the outside world and. particularly the people of this continent in the hope that this strategy would have the desired result of a free flow of needed foodstuffs for the aid and comfort, not of the Nazi bondsmen but of the Nazis them- selves. . Even if there were some tru:h in such stories, and it is quite possible * that there may be, it would be an easy matter to exaggerate them in de- gree and scope to appeal to the well known sentimentality of the American people and to create a feeling of horror and pity in the minds of the Cana- dian people. A i The: people of this.country must not, however, be blinded by compas- sion for suffering innocent people, into forge‘fulness that if these condi- tions exist this ‘winter among the subjugate people, that the responsibility is entirely that of Hitler and ‘his Nazi minions. In taking over these coun- tries against their will, the Germans have made themselves responsible for their welfare until such time as they can be liberated and are put. in the position of fending for themselves once again. The war cannot be speedily terminated by playing into the hands of the.enemy. And with an enemy of the type which the democracies are to- .day facing war must be waged without gloves. No Apple Shipments _ _|____ The Royal Soldier Great Britain Puts Ban On Shipments | Story About King Christian Of Den- This: Winter | mark. And The Nazi Flag - No. Canadian ‘apples will go to! King Christian of..Denmark re- Great Britain in this winter -of the! cently laid down the law to a German war. \ officer in an argument over display At Manchester, England, Lord! of the Nazi flag in that occupied Woolton, the British food admini-; country, according to the Goteborg strator, announced no fresh fruit ex-! newspaper Handels-och Sjofarts-Tid- cept oranges would be imported this’ ning. : year. The King noticed the banner fly- Col.’ R. L. Wheeler, fruit expert at the department of: agriculture, said the department had’ anticipated for some weeks that no apples would be shipped to'the United Kingdom: Lord Woolton: also hinted at @ re- duction in ‘the bacon ration for Bri- tishers. The bacon board at Ottawa has no word of this and is-still ship- ping its 8,176,000 pounds a week un- der the contract running to Novem- ber next which calls for e total of 425,600,000. pounds. . Are Carefully .Named Pullman, cars. aren't christened promiscuously by any means.- Any Pullman having a “Mount” “Mountain” in its name is an ob- servation car with sleeper sections. And any. sleeping car with “Lake,” “Camp” or “Fort” in its title is one with 10 sections, two compartments and one drawing room. Some storage jars used in ancient Crete were made big enough to hold 25 bushels of grain or beans, When Italian bombers attack and des:roy Greek churches, how can they expect Italian churches to escape? The astronomical light year nearly six million million miles, is UCKLEY'’ MIxX TURE 5) or | ing over an official building and com- plained to the German officer that this was contrary to the treaty be- ween Denmark and Germany. : The officer replidd that the flag was flown according to instructions from. Berlin. “The flag must be removed. before 12. o'clock, otherwise I will send a soldier to do so,” the monarch -de- clared. : Five minutes before twelve the flag. was still flying. The King said he was about to send a soldier to take it down. > “The soldier will be shot,” officer replied. “I am the soldier,” the King said, calmly. : The Nazi flag was lowered. Not Of Any Value Farmers In Britain Do Not Think Much Of Scarecrows Scarecrows soon will be extinct in Great Britain according to answers mede to a questionnaire sent out from London. ‘Prominent agricul- turists were openly scornful ofthis ancient institution. Not much good and then only for a day or two; and “Undoubtedly useful if you move it every half hour or so” were the kind of replies received. A boy with a rattle is worth them all, said some. the Italy’s North African colony of Libya is described by a geographer as no more dependable a granary than America’s Dust Bowl. When the handle of a new box for containing small articles is in the carrying position the box is auto- matically locked. 2389 THE GAZETTE, STOCKING UP WITH OGDEN’S-! NN @ Santa willbe stocking up a lot of roll-your-owners with Ogden’s this Christmas. As a gift, it’s tops because it makes milder, smoother, more mellow cigarettes. |b. tin 807 fo a gally coloured Christmas carton. | OGDEN’S Gut Powerful Airplane Engine Will ‘Wipe Out Advantages Enjoyed By German. Fliers Great Britain is pushing production of an engine intended to wipe out an advantage enjoyed by German fliers ‘for several months, and at the same time is making progress with the manufacture of a two-seater fighting plane of exceptional striking power. The engine, designed) to. give a higher ceiling and therefore a greater advantage, is one of the Merlin fam- ily of Rolls Royce aircraft motors. More highly super-charged for alti- tude flying than its predecessors, it is already in service in Spitfire fighters. A recent despatch from London, recounting the destruction of a Ger- man fighting plane by two Spitfire pilots at an altitude above 30,000 feet, mentioned the inability of the Nazi Messerschmitt. to climb high enough to elude its enemies. The same engine will be made available to the. manufacturers of the Hurricane type fighting plafie which, with the Sptifire, has carried ‘the brunt of the defence work in the battle of Britain. SELECTED RECIPES BRAN MUFFINS cup pastry flour cup Durham corn starch cup bran cup Bee Hive Golden corn syru cups chopped dates, or easing, or mixed cup but.er or shortening cup sour milk % teaspoon baking soda 1% teaspoonful salt 1 egg ! . Mix butter (shortening) and syrup. Add sifted dry ingredients and bran alternately with beaten egg and milk, then fruit: Bake in rather hot oven 10-15 minutes. Sweet milk and three teaspoons baking powder may be used in place of sour milk and soda. Makes one dozen large, or one and a half ‘dozen small. % % i % % % 1 DANISH FRUIT DUMPLINGS 9 Holland rusk, crumbled fine % teaspoon salt - : 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 pint stewed or canned fruit %& cup sugar 1 cup suet, chopped fine 2 eggs beaten % cup milk : Mix Rusk, salt, baking powder, sugar and add suet, Add beaten eggs and milk and beat to a smoo.h stiff batter. Drop by spoonfuls into gently boiling fruit. Cover and cook over low flame 10 minutes. lings to a warm dish and pour fruit over them. Six portions. No Worry To Them Bomb: Removal Squad Takes Haz- ardous Work In Their Stride A London Daily Sketch «van driver was in a great hurry to catch a train with his load of newspapers. But he was turned off his usual route by a rope stretched across the road bearing that now familiar notice: “Danger—Unexploded Bomb.” With a@ screech of brakes he pulled up, wrenched the van round, and was racing back the way he had come when he met another lorry hurtling along. “Hey, mate, there’s a ‘ime bomb down there,” he yelled. ‘You'll be able to come back this way. We're just going to take it away.’|’ And on pounded the bomb removal squad. It’s estimated there are thousands of New Yorkers. who have never rid- den in @ subway train. There is little hope that Nobel prize awards will ever again be dis- tributed, says one scientist. Lift dump-|: OLDS. ALBERTA “Life On Channel Islands Man Who Escaped Tells Of Condi- tions Under German Occupancy George Turner is one fellow who would rather stay in bomb-blasted London than return home. He es- caped to London from German-oc- cupied Jersey in the Channel Islands. Turner, 58-year-old bachelor, who made his living growing tomatoes and potatoes, decided to remain when. the Germans came but got so “fed up” with their boasting and -appropriation of private property that he escaped with seven other men and a girl in an Irish ship. “About 300 Germans were the first to arrive,” he told a reporter. “I ‘went on working until two Germans came and wanted to know whether my house was my property. They: went. in, opened drawers and took £63 ($279) saying I would get a re- ceipt and be given marks to that value. When I went to an office in the town I got nothing. “The Germans were quite nice and courteous and did not lay a finger on me but the next morning three more arrived, picked all: my fruit and ‘tomatoes and took them away. I asked them about the money and they said ‘That will be all right. I never received ariything. , “They took all ihe flour in the is- land and commandeered the hotels, billeted themselves there and emptied the cellars.” . Turner said the invaders took food from boarding houses .and ware- houses, “removed all the women’s and helped themselves to jewelry.! They ‘told residents ‘the islands would belong to Germany for ever and Rib- bentrop “would be the boss for Ger- many in England.” “The islanders are frightened,” he added, “because they do not know what is going on as they are not allowed to receive news or possess & radio, If the Germans see anyone' hanging about they put them to work in the fields. The banks are closed and there are no cinemas.” Producers Were Grateful Sirens Provided Noises For Spooky Film Made Near. London A spooky film was being made near London. In this a seance is shown. Weird noises were sought and, af.er much preliminary work, shooting of the scene began. Almost immediately the sirens went. What Mr. Churchill calls the “Banshee howling” made such an uncanny noise that: the producers were de- lighted. They felt they should send a donation to the Government for this unexpected help, reports the London Daily Sketch. : Use Large Space The United States patent office in Washington, ~D.C., requires. eight acres of floor space,.or about. one- third of the huge department of com- merce pbuilding, one of the largest office buildings in the world. . Brittany is a province of north- western France.. A: peninsula, bord- ering on the English Channel, its in- habitants are known as Bretons. The less a man boasts the more ‘when a frisky black squirrel dashed lingeries from the dry goods stores |; true: worth he possesses. TLE Kind-Hearted Drivers Boys Stopped Their Truck To Save A Frightened Squirrel Hilliard Foley tells this story in Our Dumb Animals: Recently two youths ina. large, speedy truck came hurrying along a wooded: driveway. Rounding the bend, they’ were speeding up a bit out from a tree into the roadway. The little fellow was halfway across when he saw that the truck was al- most upon him. He turned, hesi- tated, made to race back, and became panicky. A man looking on held his preath. The squirrel was caught, too late to escape. - : But the boys in. the truck had seen as well. The brakes screeched on, the truck stopped, the squirrel scampered away, chattering. vocifer- ously. The boys drove off, grinning. The man looking on grinned as well. But the man did more than grin. He described the “small happening” in. a touching letter to the Ottawa Citi- zen, expressing deep thankfulness for having seen this act of kindness and offering the belief that ‘the cause of freedom would be safe in the hands of just such lads.’ Seldom Visits London Queen Mary Does Not Make Usual Trips These Days Queen Mary is now resident: in Western England. At first she used to visit London once or twice a week. But since the intensification of the air war her visits have be- come Yess frequent. It is reported that the two children of the Duke’ and Duchess of Kent are with her.' War is a familiar thing to the Queen. Many British soldiers re- member the 16-hour days she put ‘in' 25 years ago. Now she is again playing her part. She daily visits army hospitals, canteens and air raid’ precaution centres, and her tall, regal figure is a familiar sight to Cockney children. who have been evacuated to her district. In her rambling old country house there is an air-raid shelter, but it is under- stood she has never used it yet The celiac ganglion is the “lower brain” of the human body. Situated just below the breastbone, it is a cluster of nerves which control. the heart, lungs, stomach and blood cir- culation. = ’ Recent events seem to indicate that the Royal Navy has pretty much of its own way in Mussolini’s “private” rake. In Their Spare Time Submarine Crew Oultivates A Beard Just As An Experiment From. what a submarine com- mander has told a correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, life under water, except when sudden develop- ments occur, is quiet and is occupied during the waiting hours in conversa- tion and the cultivation of the beard. “We all grow beards,” he said, “because it is an experiment with a lot of-us. Once when I got into harbor I was very proud of my beard —secretly, of course—and I wsa un- expectedly asked to go on the quar- ter-deck. It was then that I found that the engine-room artificers had decided to award me the prize for the best home-grown beard in the flotilla. The award took the form of a razor about a yard long, a huge piece of soap, and a brush with which you could have lathered Neptune. It cost me about £5 in drinks; and then they insisted on shaving me.. I have the prize at home now—it is a great treasure.” ‘British Embassy At Paris Rifled By Nazis And Swastil:a Flies From Flagpole The Palace of the Elysee, home of the President of the French Repub- lic, and the British Embassy stand each.in their gardens in the Rue St. Honore,- Paris. What has happened to them since the Nazi occupation of Paris? queries a writer in the Lon- don Daily Sketch, who has learned that a caretaker is the only person in the Elysse Palace. A de.ach- ment of Nazi soldiers led by an officer marched into the building some weeks ago, but after inspecting all the rooms. decided to leave the place emp‘y. They then visited the British Embassy, where the rooms | were systematically rifled. To sat- isfy a puerile vengeance the Gestapo. gave orders for the swastika to be flown from.the flagpole. The British Embassy is British property norm- ally administered by the Office of Works. A machine placed on exhibition in - the Science museum in London, Eng- land, is baffling everyone. It was created by John Watt for reproducing sculpture. Watt used it successfully, but nobody ‘else has. It is so intri- cate that only the inventor has ever been able to understand it.” Our most difficult task is.done be- fore breakfast—getting out of bed. ENJOY PARTIES ?. Prepare in advance “ by wrapping with Para pam -HEAVY WAXED PAPER Order Parada! to.day from your neighborhood merchant PARA-SANI Cpploford paren enoouers WAREHOUSES AT APPLEFORD PAPER PRODUCTS LTD. WINNIPEG - REGINA - SASKATOON - CALGARY - EDMONTON
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