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Port Perry Star (1907-), 5 Mar 1942, p. 6

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A SER AEA IR PURSE ANA Ay Must Save Items . =.'To Make Millions Are You Any'Good At Doing Sums About Saving Scrap? Ope newspaper one tin, one cig: arette packet. Millions of people throw them away, think them of no account in helping the war effort. 'They selfishly cannot see how one 4 small article cab be of any use, But talk of millions of news- papers, tifis or packets and they can see that jomething can be made of _them---munitions, rifle parts and a multitude of other much-needed things. Also they can begin to visualize « the valuable shipping space which Ty can be saved, * "They can, perhaps, begin to think in terms of the lives of the hundreds of thousands of sailors facing the submarine ménaco . to bring much-needed materials across the oceans. : 7 Before the millions -can be got together for conversion into muni- tions we must first, however, save the single items, * Ld . - Today, thousands of different 1 vital materials of war are being made out of salvage. Just chew on these facts about waste paper: Every ton makes weights, of new paper, Paper is used in every type of munitions. One waste paper factory is now = turning out parts for 13 different types of munitions, Ten single sheets of average size notepaper make a cartridge wad for one vound of Bren gun amiunition, 18 bundred- Now, bigger quantities and some of the extraordinary things waste paper makes: . Que top, with other materials, makes enough expansion jointing to lay one mile of aircraft runway. Or it makes enough insulating material to line three Army huts, making them warm and comfort- able. . : ; Os it will give warmth and com. forl to 06 merchant seamen by lin- ing their quarters, covers for aero engines. . And here are the munitions jt will help to make: ' 1,600 shell containers, or 9,000 shell fuse components, or 11,000 mine assemblies, or 47,000 boxes for 3.03 cartridges, Ce QP as . eit 6,000 packing shells. cases for 40mm, ferrous metal will produce steel « _ for either of the following: 1,629 Bofors A.A, shells, 49 4.5 A, A. shells, 97 3.7 A.A. shells, 10 250 1b. bombs, 100 Bren guns, 1,000 rifle barrels. . There 1s no grading of the order of importance of waste, Every. * thing is vitally important. It is no use saying everything has been cleared, Ten. to one it hasn't. One housewife who was sure she had cleared out everything had an- other look. She then found nearly a bundredweight of waste paper, - enough to make 2,350 25-bounder shell cups. # Bc just have another look around. © And when you have found all you . can for the salvage man, 8it down for a few minutes and think of all the things you can save. The result will amaze you, Eirini A " Britain Now Says 'Persia and Siam' i Eo STS EA re Gs ie ig dy So far as Britain is concerned, ) fi it will be Persia and Siam from ¢ a) now on, instead of Iran and Thai- NL land. iy Richard K. Law, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, told the House of Commons that instruc- tions would be issued to use the old names of the two nations "so far as is practical." Britain's" reversion to the ola names Siam and Persia, may be to lay the groundwork for eventual repudiation of those . countries* +, Governments--after the war, The people of Thailand long have called themselves "Thai." Siam was a name for the benefit of foreigners, At present Thai- land is in bad odor with the United ~.. Nations because it all' but wel. ecomed the Japanese on their way to Burma and Singapore. Thai. land asked othe: governments to use that name instead of Siam in June, 1939, . Iran; took that name officially in 1927 although people of that eountry long had used it. It means "Country of the Aryans." Mt applied rather vaguely to the whole Iranian Plateau where - boundaries were fluid or poorly 4 defined, 1 Don't Believe Him The. best thing anybody can do Jn a theatre panic is to keep his head. That's the best thing we ean do now in war-time. Beware of that awful fellow, Ben Told, ~He's a fear monger and panic oy spreader. His name is on too i many lips, "I've Ben Told this, and I have Ben Told that--"" He's _ TM xe colmmn It will also make 71,000 dust of + eee NOW for scrap metal-One-ton-ot--|-- 3 BABES ON BROADWAY Adapted by FRANCES BARBOUR from the MGM Picture Starring Mickey Rooney & SYNOPSIS Tommy Williams, aspiring young song and dance artist from Wjs- consin, 'is a member of the trio, "The Three Balls of Fire," work- ing in Nick's cellar spaghetti - joint. "Because of '"'no- business" Nick lets them go. However, they - meet the famous Jonsy, assistant © to theatrical producer Thornton Reed. She offers them a musical revue audition but the boys let the word get out and when they ar. rive at the theatre the place is a madhouse. Along with everyone else, they are thrown out. Tommy loses hope. "Then suddenly he has a great idea. Little Barbara Jo, a friend of Periny Morris, whom Tommy loves, is in despair. Bar. bara and all her pals have been promised a trip to the country by the .. Dornan ..Street .:Settlement house. But now there is no money in the treasury. Tommy gets things moving arranging a block party for the kids which will in turn finance a benefit show. Ac- tually, Tommy is doing this for his own act, so he can get a pub- licity break. . CHAPTER FOUR Over in the Dornan Street Set- tlement house, Barbara Jo told Penny her version of the meeting with Busch. "The child's eyes were shining as she said, ", , . ana all the time Mr. Busch kept sittin' there, smoking that smelly ole cigar, And just when 1 was sure he was going to say 'No,' Tommy got right on the desk and told him what wonderful kids we were and how if we didn't get sunshine and fresh air we'd all. wind up with. | pickets." "With what?" Penny asked. "Pickets." Penny got it and laughed. "Dar- ling, you mean rickets. "It was all the same to Barbara Jo. The results were what count- ed. "Well anyway he was won- derful and finally "Mr. Busch said he'd let him do it and Penny, all I could think of was Tommy be. ing like Abraham Lincoln freeing" the slaves." " < Penny smiled but as she thought of Tommy her. eyes were bright _ with hero worship too. "I'll have to tell him what you said. He'll like that." Barbara Jo modded violently. "F wish you would. Gee he's ex- ceptional, Too bad he's not better looking." Penny looked at her in aniaze- ment. "Why Barbara Jo he's fine looking. He's got character in his face. Why, he never stops to think of himself at all. But he'll be paid back." Dreamily, she be- gan to hum, "The Man 1 Love." Barbara Jo giggeld. "You know "Penny if it was anybody else but you I'd be jealous." Penny squeezed her chin, "If it were anybody else but him you could have him." : Rehearsals got under way the very next morning and Tommy went around feeling that he was living again. It was worth a mil- lion dollars getting those 'comedy skits going nice and smooth, build- ing up the technique of the kid orchestra, standing there, listening Penny tear up his heart with one of her love songs. And the kids were great. They all co-operated like a house afire, Ld . » [] The Block Party dale was close, when one day Mr. Stone sent for Tommy. Stone had re- ceived a letter from the Board of Trustees. It seemed that they were sending the Settlement twenty refugee youngsters from, the British War Relief to show them what a real American Fourth of July was like, He read aloud. "A short wave broadcast has been arranged and Don't let baby suffer from na A ok ant i . ecetsary ore irritate nar rile choked o LE money bac Buys. tube Mentholatum PAA Ae rhb Ad MENTHOLATUM Gives COMFORT Daily | ISSUE 10-42 ~ Detroit Free Press Cc . the English children will talk to one tremendous cheer after an- or Gd Eb Ad This gun is only one of the ten types now being built in Canada. Ldn my These two-pounder anti-tank guns are. being turned.out in large quantities from a Canadjén factory, 7 their parents in London - directly from the Settlement House. The broadcast is scheduled for three o'clock." . Tommy was shocked. "But that's the time we advertised the block party for. We can't have the Settlement kids in the audi- torium then," That'll be right in the middle of the performance." Stone was concerned but there was no help for it. The Block " Party would simply have to be postponed. . Tommy was in despair. "But we'll never be able .o get a per- mit again." All at once though, he jumped two feet in the air. Where was his noodle? Why this was perfect, Better than be- - fore. Sure they'd have the broad- cast , . . along with the Block Party, straight from the. side walks of New York. Stone" was delighted with the idea and Tommy rushed out to tell it to Ray and Hammy. The boys didn't catch on at first. "Don't you see?" Tommy said, " 'Bundles from Britain' will be a swell act for us to follow. And if theyre sensational, so much the better. - Look. . Think of it... 'The 'Three - Balls of Fire.' . . Flashlights, ra. __dio, front page . . . twenty. little English kids torn fiom their mothérs' arms . . . thrown right into our laps with an interna. tional hook-up." cw * * Ray scratched his head. "Yeah. I fever thought of the publicity angle." Tommy shook hands with him- self gleefully. "What a Cause. What a Showcase, And here we are trying to send-a bunch of little kids to the country. Why we don't even need that any more." efectos A voice cut in, It was Penny's. "Did--dd you say, 'We don't nced that any more?" ; "Huh? ...well...I1.,.." He tried to pull himself together. Gosh, why hadn't the boys stop- ped him in time. She was running down the corridor. "Hey Penny, wait." He tore after her into the office. , She was busy with the files. "Look Penny," he faltered, "if you'll only , ,." At that, she whipped around. "What's the matter? Run out of speeches?" Sincerely, he looked at her. "Penny, you're making me feel. awful." Her eyes were bright with un- shed tears. "Well, you shouldn't. You're "getting jeverything youn want. A Cause and a Showcase, And you wanted to get to Broad- way. Well, youre going to get there, Of course you may knock down and climb over a few people. but you'll get there. You're go- ing to 'be a big success. You ought to be very happy." She started, from the room. "Wait a minute," He walked over and took her arm and said quietly; "You say-that as if you hate me." f She refused to look at him, "Why, that's silly. I don't hate, you, I think you're wonderful, your 'ambition, your talent . , ." "Then what's the matter?' "Nothing." Her voice was tre- mulous, "I just don't think you're Abraham Lincoln any more that's all," The quarrel had a funny effect on Tommy. First, he was good and sore. Then, when he quieted down, he became obsessed with .one idea. He'd show Penny. He'd make her see that he was going to get those kids to the: country or die inthe attempt. - And if the Block Party and Benefit gave him a boost at the same time? Well, hat couldn't hurt anybody could it Fourth of July arrived, the , streets were roped off and Tom. my's 'show got under way, The crowds 'were. wild with excite: ment and the Refugee children did their broadcast. There was. other, Then the. "Three Balle of Fire," came on and when Tommy saw the news reporters with their cameras he knew that Lady Luck was here at last. He had written to Jonesy, ask. ing for her help in getting a thea- tre for the benefit and next morn- ing he was in her office, happy and exuberant. . She smiled at him, "Well Tom- my, going to send those news- paper pictures to your mother?" He nodded. "Yeah. -She'll think I'm running for President." Then he leaned over the desk. "Jonesy, all hokum aside, what did you think of the performance." She nodded, "I was really im- pressed." He rubbed his hands. liked it we're on our way." Now he dug into his pockets. "Look, We collected forty-two dollars and with your contribution it--comes to 'sixty-seven. - Now all we need is a theatre. Did you find out about the Old Duchess?" Her face clouded over. "Yes I -did and Mr. Reed still owns it. Lut- Pm afraid it won't be any good to you Tommy" "Why not?" deli "If you AP. «' She made a little gesture, "It "hasn't been occupied in years. _ There aren't-even any seats in it. It's really not much more than a warchouse." ' "But it's got a stage. We'll take it that way." Here you are Jonesy, sixty-seven smackeroos." "Oh no, Tommy." She scemed quite definite. "I'd have to ask Mr. Reed and I can't bother hin. now, he's having so much trouble." "The telehone rang, and she spoke into it worriedly . , something about the -Marelli act, which wasn't proving available, But Tommy was busy with-his own troubles. "Gee Jonesy, I don't see .why Mr. Reed would mind. We just want it for one night. We could fix it up." She rose and for the first time she seemed a bit irritated. "No Tommy. The Duchess is complet. ely out of the question. I'll have to ask you to leave now too, I'm busy, You'd just better forget the whole thing." Tommy stared at her but she was already on the telephone again, She had said, "Forget the whole thing." How could he? Forget all that sweating and rehearsing and planning for Broadway? "His feet were leaden as he went to the door, Jonesy had been his best friend and now even she wouldn't do anything. It looked as if his whole future were --just--going up in smoke. (Continued Next Week) A Wartime Prayer: "To Be Adequate" A New York Times Editorial On Prayer In Different Forms It would be surprising in- these | days laden with grief and dan- ger if men did not pray_more than ordinarily, In different times prayer takes different forms. If there is less of the formal saying of grace at meals, it does not mean "of necessity that there jy less giving of thanks, One pious man well remembered because when he prayed he sounded as though he were actually talking face to face with God once said: 'Prayer is an attitude, an atmos. phere, a state of mind and heart." "There are times," says Victor Hugo, "when the soul is on its knees whatever may be the atti- tude of the body." : We do not'know in how many homes today the family actually gets down on its knees to speak ~to God in daily worship. In ther days a 'chapter of the Bible wax usually read before prayer, in which the head of the house led. Sometimes everybody in the circle offered some petition. , ) & There are doubters who hold, to, their own misfortune, that prayer does not change anything; but any one who rises from a hearthstone communion of this kind knows that the participants are not quite the same afterward, A kind of peace has settled down' on the room for a moment. The setting for such circles is 'usually rural, partaking of the majesty of the unfettered outdoors; the spirit always is. Simplicity has, for- the time, replaced artificial ity. You will often find these family prayers out in the country, Student pastors, who have travel. ed out from the seminary to " practice-preach, are familiar with --and- awed by--them. To bow under such circumstances is to make real the most abstruse theo- logical studies and to refuel faith. » Ld * >What can man pray for taday? Both. warring sides will be pray. ing for victory. Of course, God - will not answer all prayers, That would be illogical, and God's logic is terrifying even-to-the righteous in the depth of its justice. But every man and woman and child in this testing time can make one prayer: He can pray to be ade. quate. To be equal to the ex. ~~ hausting demands upon-his- cours" age in the great 'encounters. To be adequate in his patience for the daily drain of small annoy- ances. To be equal to the emer- gencies facing mind and body. It will be recalled that Lincoln, on that rainy afternoon before he started from Springfield to Wash- ington, said to his neighbors: "Without the assistance of that Divine Being who attends me 1 cannot succeed; with that assis- tance I cannot fail." There is a moving simplicity in the words that followed: "Trusting in Him who can go with me and remain with you and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well." He then bade his neighbors farewell, . * LJ * Just before Gettysburg cvery- body seemed. panic-stricken., It was 'feared that' aonther Freder- icksburg or another Chancellors- ville could not be withstood. Lin- coln related - afterward that he went to his room, locked the door and got down on his knees, He told God that the cause was just. "I then and there made a solemn vow to Almighty God that, if He would stand behind 'our boys at Gettysburg, 1 would stand by Him.) ad B7 : So it was~ with all the great eme a To met with in the White House, "I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nobody else to go to, My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day." : We can. assume that there is some praying 'going on in Wash- ington today. = Some of those prayers are -unspoken.-- Some of them do not wait for the going- to-bed time for saying. They are ; said at desks, perhaps. But there is no reason to believe that God does not hear prayers said from behind desks. 4 Farouk's Loyalty Under Suspicion arias : . Intimations of a possible breach between the British Govérnment and King Farouk of Egypt, with the. suggestion that his" "loyalty to the alliance is by no means © above suspicion," appeared in the British press as'a result of the resignation of Prime Minister Hussein Sirry Pasha's Cabinet in Z FO tt eS ~The Daily Herald's diplofaatic correspondent said: "Ever since ~hisraccession, King Farouk, who is only 22, has been arrogant and domineering in his dealings with successive Ministries. He's shown no gcnse of the duties of a con- stitutionial King, . . « "THSLE TALKS A Marmalade Discussion At this time of year most of us wish to see the empty jars and 'the bare shelves of the fruit cup "jams and marmalades. 'Probably most of us commence with orange and lemon or. other citrus fruit ed to give to you again the marma. lade recipe and a disgussion on the same, for quite a number seem lade making can be made very simple. . LX a The first thing of importance is choosing the fruit, , Do no: + think that fruit you have had in the house for sometime or that is not quite fresh enough for table use will make good marmalade, In order to have a clear marma. lade with an excellent flavor you * must have fruit from the finest selection, Now for the recipe: Grapefruit, Orange and Lemon Marmalade 3 oranges 8 lemons 3 grapefruit pare - all white membrane from peels. With a sharp knife slice very thinly the fruit peel or chop very finely, Place juice and peel in an earthenware dish and add water, 8 times the amount of juice and peel. Allow it to stand over night, In the morning place on the heat and bring to a boil. BRIGHT DETAIL ON COTTON FROCK By Anne Adams + Balance that New Year's budget --it's easy when you sew your own clothes! A pert cotton frock like Pattern 4993 by Anne Ad- ams can be made from inexpen- sive material like calico or ging- ham, That new long-waisted look is achieved by side bodice sections that dip way below your waist. The effect is good on a shorter figure, especially if you outline _ the seams with colorful ric-rac, Or you can make the shoulder yokes, sleeves, and pockets all of contrast for a really gay effect, An all-round belt is optional, as well as the one shown. Let the Sewing Instructor guide + you through dressmaking details with ease and precision . , , save the pattern to make new versions as you need them! : Pattern 4993 "Is available in misses' and women's sizes 14, 16, © 18, 20, 32, 34, 86, 88, 40 and 42. Size 16 takes 8% yards 35-inch fabric and 2 yards ric-rac,~ - Send. twenty cents (20¢) in ed) for this: Anne Adams pattern to Room 421, 78 Adelaide St. Phone Call Started Huns In Reverse eph Stalin threw the German in- vasion of Russia into reverse, 'Sir sador to Moscow, said recently. command and ordered him to at- tack," Sir Stafford related. "And that. started the Germans to re- treating on tha whaola of the I front," ; F<) board being replaced with spring . marmalades, 1 have been request- to be having failures, and marma. * Extract juice from fruit and . coins (stamps cannot be accept West, Toronto. = Write plainly size, name, address and style number, A 'mere telephone call by Jos- Stafford Cripps, former Ambas- "On the night of December 12 the - - Soviet Premier personally tele-.- Ls phoned down to the general in One of the largest herds In Canada in its time, as many as 14,000 head of cattle bore this famous brand of the old Oxley Ranch, founded in Alberta in 1902 by the late W. R. Hull, / BRAND OF THE OXLEY RANCH oN When it reaches boiling point, boit 'from 5 to 15 minutes, 1 find the first boiling varies with the type "of heat you are using. If using electricity or a good type of oh stove where the heat is the fierce steady type, five minutes is suf. ficient to boil after the boiling, point is reached, If the heat is slower such as coal, boil from ten to fifteen minutes (never longer), After this boiling return it to the earthenware container and allow it to cool slowly and again remain over night, The next morning measure juice and pulp,: cup by cup, and for every cup of juice and pulp measure: the same amount of sugar, Place the sugar where it will get-warm--not hot, but warm. Commence the boiling of 'the juice and pulp. -When it in the sugar very gradually, stir. ring. constantly ~ until dissolved. Boil until, when dropped from a spoon; it will spin a thread. This should be from fifteen to thirty minutes, but never longer, Long boiling of marmalade makes it a dark color and spoils the flavor. Pour into containers and cover with paraffin, , Now I have discussed 'with you the type of heat, the type of fruit, | and the length of boiling, Just "one thing more; when making this full recipe I never boil it all to- gether, [ divide it into three por- tions; a smaller amount is easier to make. : we Occasionally for very special marmalade, 1 do add three table- - spoons of white corn syrup to the above recipe, adding syrup about five- minutes before removing from heat, If dividing into three boilings, add 'one tablespoon to each boiling, The syrup 'adds a little more of a honey flavor. 'Miss Chambers welcomes peravunl letters from Interested renders. She Is pleased to recelve suggestions on -toples for her column, and Is even reudy to llsten to your "pet . peeves," Hequests for recipes or speclul menus ure in order, Address your letters to "Miss Sadle UB, Cham- bers, 73 West Adelalde Street, 'T'o- ronto." Send stamped. self-addressed -}--enxelope-if-you-wish-a reply, -- Australia To Form Corps of Guerillas War Minister F, M. 'Forde has announcea that Australia will re- cruit a volunteer corps of guer- illas" tc aid the army in case of invasion. He said the Government plans to enlarge all volunteer forces im- mediately. Regular officers will, instruct civilians in best ways to aid the army if invasion comes, while defence activities outside "the jurisdiction of the Army and the Militia 'are to be directed by district. commanders. Forde cautioned. against making a distinction . between regulav urmed forces and guerilla troops or "people's armies." In Australia all armed forces must be regarded as people's armies, he said. (Civil- fans who take up arms against enemy invaders are subject to' the death -penalty under intérnational law, at the invaders' discretion, ) The Government ordered arms ened coastal areas as Japanese bombers struck at' Port Moresby, 400 miles from the Continent: Itiwas announced that army fac tories will be scattered among in- land communities, + with smi) plants and garage workshops mak- ing small items of defence equips ment. Munitions manufacture is + con.entrated in thickly populated coastal areas at present, ------------ de ts. L2H "The oceans whieh once separ- ated the United States and Great "Britain and the United States and Australia now join them."--Nigch- olas Murray Butler, --has-reached-the boiling point stig

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