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Port Perry Star (1907-), 26 Nov 1942, p. 6

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Defense Of Alaska In Winter Months Soldiers and Supplies Brought In By Air Transport The business of defending Alaska has entered a new phase, Actually, nobody knows yet just how the United States Army will fare through the next six months with ice for highways and zero as a _high mark on its thermometer, Tests have been made; men delib- erately have undergone cold and "hunger discavering just how an ymy can expect. to exist, But the ton! experience begins now, Winter in Alaska offers a queer mixture of .conditions, some of them severe, some of them better than summer, For example, scat- tered along the Arctic and sub. Arctic 'coasts are. Army bases, out posts, airfields, manpower econ- centrations, and signal stations, which can be supplied ' sea or by air, Plans Laid Last Winter Plans were laid last winter to supply most of these during the summer when vessels had to battle only heavy seas and bad anchor. ing conditions to reach them. Ice- bergs floated then, but the pack which acts as an impenetrable winter wall shutting off Bering Straits and the Arctic Ocean was breaking up. Then the Japanese struck Dutch Harbor, While Navy ships and Army airplanes combined to - drive them back from the contin. ent, supply ships for the cold- weather posts had to wait, Some were near the bottom of the barrel for food. Others, taking on sudden new strategic importance, had to be supplied immediately with men and ammunition. Whole garrisons were moved by air transport while supply ships were held up or busy on other urgent jobs. Comparatively small airports, where a daily plane had represented the only link with civ- ilization, suddenly accommodated, willy-nilly, as many as 50 trans- port planes arriving daily, bulging "with troops, loaded with guns and shells. Fighting ships lined the runways, heavy patrol planes were based at places more used to two- seated civilian ships piloted by hardy bush fliers. Tent-Pitching a Problem Troops dug into the tundra, set up guns on ground so spongy a man needed hip boots to walk to the mess hall, Ice was only a few inches or a foot or two under the surface---and on top was mostly water. Tent-pitching was an engl. neering problem, one tenth getting it up, and the rest protection against high \vinds and drainage "for the dirt floors. ciently corralled on Kiska, Attu, and Agattu to make shipping rea- sonably safe, the Alaska north was braced for an attack. The attack never came, but the supply ships did. Not the few dozens, deep at the water line, army rather than: for a few out- posts. Eskimos Helped Instead of the leisurely unload- ing in the plans, there followed a 24-hour, hard-driving campaign to unload each vessel as quickly as possible so it could go back for more supplies. recruited. Soldiers pitched in. Even Eskimos, some of whom could not speak English, were herded to the docks under thelr own chiefs, Hands which had been adept at hurling walrus spears became even more adept at hand- ling cargo slings. So the cargo came to the north --food for winter, shells, tents, huts to replace the tents, tractors, trucks, radio installations, fuel, plane engines, everything an army would need to sustain itself, . First- it piled up on the beaches, * Then it was moved back into dis- "persion areas by truckers making full use of northern 20-hour day- light. Supplies by Air Today, this Army, scattered - throughout posts where snow al- ready is deep and the ground frozen, is ready for winter. There will be few luxuries, there won't be much entertainment. But neither will it be easy prey for -any invader--or for nuisance 'air yaids. Some troops are still in tents; but these tents are winterized, as nearly comfo.table for extreme cold weather as it .is possible to make a tent with wood, chunks of _ tundra, and red-hot stoves. From now on, no.ships will enter the most northern ports un. "til spring--but neither will an in. vader's fleet appear off the coast. For better or worse, both United States troops and any enemies must, in these northern latitudes, depend upon the airplane for sup. plies, for mail, for reinforcement, - It could be worse. The United "States has lots of airplanes, 'No ne who stood on the aprons ot these northern airports during ~ those critical da; A ot early sum. "ean doubt tha only by! Before the Japanese were suffi- _ which _had been in the plans, but | carrying supplies for a full-fledged Civilian longshore crews were" + ¢ : ; Says Mrs. Anna Fortin, Jonquitre, Quebec: "Ever since we first realized how beneficial KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN * is to our_well-being, it has been our favorite cereal, ArLL-BrRAN helps us keep regular naturally , . . we don't need pills or, powders any more." Why don't you try ALL-BRAN'S "Better Way' to correct the cause if you're troubled by constipation ALL-BRAN IS OUR FAVORITE CEREAL BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUND IT THE "BETTER WAY" due to lack of théxright kind of "bulk' in your diet ? But remember, ALL-BRAN doesn't work like cathare tics. It takes time, Eat it regularly and drink plenty of water, Get ALL-BRAN at your grocer's, in two convenient size packages, or ask for the individual serving package at restaurants. Made by Kellogg's in London, Canada. Have You Heard? Two women ncighbors were in .a shelter while an enemy 'plane was "droning overhead. Said one of them: "Good gracious, my husband is still in bed. I forgot to wake him." "Don't worry," said the other, "let him sleep, if he can." "Sleep!" said the first woman, "You don't know my husband; if a bomb drops on him he'll nag me about it for months." A fly and a flea in a flue. Were imprisoned; now what could they do? Said the fly, "Let us flee." "Let us fly," said the flea. So they flew through a flaw in the flue. Jack, the sailor, had broken' with his girl, After ignoring sev eral- letters requesting the return of her photograph, he received one threatening to complain to the captain. Deciding to silence her for all time, he borrowed all the pictures of girls available on the ship from his pals; and sent them on to her in a parcel with .the following note: "Pick yours out, I have for- gotten what you look like!" "Auntie, were proposed to?" "Once, dear, a gentleman asked me to marry him over the telephone, but he had the wrong number." you ever The bewildered guest eyed the youngster who was. driving nails into the furniture. He turned to his host. "I say," he said, pointing to the boy with the hammer, "don't you find it rather expensive to let your children play like that?" The host smiled proudly. "Not at all," he replied cheer. fully. "I get the nails wholesale." "Who made these. dough. nuts?" asked Brown. "1 did," replied his wife, proudly. . "Keep the recipe -- you _have the answer to the rubber shortage." The battleship was in port and visitors were being shown around. The guide was exhibiting a bronze tablet set in the deck. Guide--"Here is where our gal- lant captain fell." Nervous Old Lady--"Well, no wonder. I nearly tripped over it myself." "Will you sail with me on the sea of matrimony?" "Yes, after you've made a raft of money." More serious earthquakes occur in Japan than in any other coun- try. - --graduated;- W.A.AF.s Get Ride With Queen Mary Girls Delighted With Charm ing Grey-Haired Lady Two "w. AAFs, leaving thelr station "somewhere in the West Country" a few days ago, thumb- ed a passing car in the hope of getting a. lift on the first stage of their "hitch-hike" journey to London. It was a big, dark red saloon, 'and as it pulled in towards the slde of the road one of the girls realized that it looked like a Royal Car. Thinking perhaps they had held up the King on an important jour ney, the W.A.A.F."s approached the car apprehensively. A tall major got out, asked them where they were bound, and in. vited them into the car. There a stately, gray-heired lady offered them seats on either side of her, and apologized that she could give them a lift only as far as Reading. Yes, it was Queen Mary. She has made a practice of giving lifts to all service men and women for the past two years, and when the two W.A.AF.'s reached home they were full of delight at the_charming way Queen Mary had talked about serv- ice life and conditions, Before they got out of the car Queen Mary shook hands with both girls and gave each a little medal- lion with her cipher "M.R." as a souvenir of the drive. What neither of the girls real- "ized was that the Queen was drly- ing on one of the saddest missions of her life--to- the funeral of her youngest son, the Duke of Kent. St. Thomas Proud of Air Graduates In days of peace the motor car manufacturers, told with pride that the so-many-thousandth car had just rolled off the line: In like manner the R.C.A.F. Technical Training School at st. Thomas makes a bit of justifiable fuss every time the 10,000th zraduate passes : out of its portals a skilled man in some form of ground crew work, Last year the first 10,000th man was A great day for this training centre and a greater day for the British Empire Commonwealth Air Training Plan, of which it is an in tegral part. Mussolini -- 1915 "Not until Essen, city of can- non, is wiped from the earth, in the name of the victims of brutal German savagery, can the Ger- man robbers and murderers regain the right to belong to human society." Now, guess who said that! Well, Mussolini wrote it in 1915.--Neal O'Hara, SIDE GLANCES . By George Clark "Come on, Paw~1el's g go Iook at the canned fruit. One Pumpkin looks pretty much like another." )! 4 TERR IE IAAT at ZANT A pr DT TL y LAST 0 last week the second -- 10,000 mark had: been passed. It . Russian battlefront stenographer keeps Torin 2 gun handy for use on enemies, not because officer-boss might get fresh, WHAT SCIENCE IS DOING STATE OF MIND AFFECTS STOMACH Unusual evidence that emotions are a factor in the development of ulcers was reported recently by two physicians who spied on a man's stomach during. emotional disturbances. The study was made on a 56 year old man who has to be fed through an artificial opening in his stomach--remarkably similar to the way an army ddctor a cen- tury ago discovered the nature of digestion by looking into a man's stomach through a gunshot wound that failed to heal completely. The new observations, confirm- ing the medical belief that the state of one's mind affects the state of one's stomach, were de- scribed in the journal of the American Medical Association by Dr. Stewart Wolf, U. S. army cap- tain, and Dr, Harold G. Wolf of New York, "It appears likely," they con- cluded, "that the chain of events which begins with anxiety and conflict and their associated over- activity of the stomach and ends with hemorrhages or perforation is that which is involved in the natural history of peptic ulcer in human beings." The physicians took a look at the man's stomach--34 times--. and reported that fear, hate, anxiety and similar emotions pro- --duce-astomach condition making it possible for acid gastric juices to start an ulcer. They noticed, for instance, that during such emotions the stomach becomes red from excess blood in the mucous membrane, acid pro- duction increases sharply and vigorous contractions begin, They found also that the stom. ach's lining was protected from its own secretions by an efficient insulating layer of mucus, enab- ling most small erosions to heal promptly within a few hours. The man upon whose stomach they spied had drunk scalding hot clam chowder at the age of nine, completely blocking his esophagus, and has been fed since through an opening cut by surgeons, Tin Output Risés In British Mines The thousand-year-old mines of Cornwall, in southern England, are increasing thelr production of tin despite labor and machinery short- ages, according to the United States Department of Commerce, This Increase will compensate in part for loss of Malayan. tin mines to the Japanese, Wearing of an amber necklace was formerly regarded as a cure for rheumatism, @Seratching 4% fodiens relief Ea of sae pimples, ath- ) Ss at ol He Mis 7 Relieves MONTHLY. == FEMALE PAIN iro relle Siich distress. PInkha lots mad i me HOW CAN 1? Q. How can I prevent milk from curdling when using it with brown sugar? A. It will not curdle when com. bined with brown sugar if a pinch of soda is placed in the mixture. Q. How can I train vines to grow down over the edge of a flower pot or window box? A. By using long hair pins and pushing these into the soil -over the vine at the base of the stems. The slight pressure will force the - vines in any desired direction. Q. How can I make soup as quickly as possible? A. When pressed for time, try cutting the meat for the soup into picces the size for stew. It will hasten matters. Q. How can I keep pot holders clean? A. They will keep clean much longer if they are round instead of square. There will be no cor- TIN, APIPE!. Picobac IT DOES TASTE GOOD (GROWN IN SUNNY. SOUTHERN ONTARIO , ara T ners that are liable to get into any of the food. Q. How Jong should clothing be soaked béfore laundering? A. The soiled parts of clothes should be rubbed with soap be- fore putting them to soak. If they are to be soaked overnight, put the clothes into cold suds; if to be washed within a short time, soak them in hot suds, - Modern Etiquette 1. Isn't it gracious for a hostess to urge more food upon a guest who has refused? 2, When a woman is traveling alone on a train and wishes to have a stubborn window shade raised or lowered, or a piece of heavy luggage moved, 'what should she do? ~ 3. What is the most becoming color to a girl who has "greenish" eyed and golden brown hair? 4, Whose duty is it to see that the bride and oridegroom's car is - ready and waiting for them, at the wedding reception? 6. When a man is with a girl and wishes to light a cigarette, should he offer her one? 6. At dinner, which fork should be placed nearest to the plate? Answers 1, It is very rude and distaste- ful to the guest for a hostess to do this. She should never make but one offer, and under no cir- cumstances should she urge or scold because the guest 'is not eating enough." 2, Ask the por- ter to do this, The best man should attend to this. 5, Yes, and light it for her if she accepts. If she declines, then ask if she objects to his smoking. 8.. The salad fork. 8. Jade green. 4. India's Volunteer Army 1,500,000 Which country has the world's ¢ largest volunteer army?. In the World War this honor would have gone to the United Kingdom, which recruited around 2,500,000 men be- fore compulsory service was in- voked, says the Windsor Star. This time, however, the palm goes not to Canada or 'Australia, but te India. The land Gandhi would sell out has 1,500,000 in {its armed forces, and {is adding to them at the rate of 50,000 a month, Around 350,000 Indian troops, inc¢identally, are serving away from home. "Rommeling" The German people, already be- ginning to be depressed at the lack of promised: Soviet annihilg- tion, must have received further cruel blows over the, crushing -dis- aster to the German "Afrika Korps, a B.B.C. commentator sald on the regular British Talis news rael last week. vented a new verb, "To Rommel." It meant to advance, to march forward to victory. Unfortunately, added the commentator, the idol of the German people is now "Rommeling" in the opposite direc- tlon, © He recalled that German troops in camps and barracks at El Daba and Alamein sang songs 'in which prominence was given to the line, "We are Rommeling along." . Among the donors of blood for transfusion is H.R:H. The Princess Royal, who has given two trans. fusions. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS | ACCOMMODATION WANTED FOUT BALM TURKEYS WANTED FEW RELIABLE FARM- - BAUMEEKA FOUT BALM destroys DON'T DELAY. OUR ROYAL ers, with stable accommodation offensive odor Instantly, - 45c Palms are .ready. Order so smal to stable and bottle. Uttawa agent, avold disappointment. Also, smelt and go ood pasture, feed bunch of young cattle dur- ing winter and pasture them during summer, keeping them one year or longer for agreed price of increased weight. Write Post Oftice Box 576 Toronto. AGENTS WANTED Denman Drug Store, Ottawa. - _- GOLD EMBOSSING INK type White and Bourbo owe Bros, Aylmer West, 18 Ontario. a USE IT FOR CHRISTMAS CARDS, parcols, party cards. Your own andwriting In beautiful raised gold letters. Many. other attrac- tive articles, Send 25¢ and re- PATENTS & TRADI MARKS. EGERTON R. CASE, REGISTERED United Btates, Canadian, British o¥ney. Booklet atid Established" over forty years. 8 Balsam A%enue, Toronto. ~~" PERSONAL Wr counery. wna "gun Tune | SEND ol Sd Madre tor. Hes rater rt oy he heat 1p | Information Taylor ty shrubs, * 'F oes. "Write" Pelham Gp SCHOOL ; Nursery Co., Toronto. = "AUTOMOBILES--USED LEARN HAMIDRESIING Tin ROB. USED CARS WITH GUUD TIRES. See us first. Mount Pleasant Mo- Car Lot at 'tors Limited. Used . 2040 Yonge Street; Head Office, 632 Mount Pleasant" Road, To- - ronto. Telephone' HY. 2181. BADY CHICKS . "TAKE A LOOK AT THE HOME front. Food is vital. All markets call for full roduction, That means careful buying stock. 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TURKEYS } BRONZE BREEDING TURKEY] fave splendia ung "oms_ an Hens from bloodlested Governs ment banded stock. Ww. Ed- wards, Lansdown, Ont. WANTED! "TEN NICH LOW BET, SHORTHORN cows with calves at foot, eron_ Stalllon, black, Percheron ma re with and bred agai Helglan Stall sorrel, silyer mane and tall, Years, J. McAninch, R. 4, Gue Perch four Jens; on fon wo elph, L ESTATE WITH COMFORT bi YF brick home with garden: In Village or near town. State cask © pHe e and particulars' J. H, Bare er, saath Kingsville, Unt, . ag ~ ISSUE 48--'42

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