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. BTESS Across' oceans. = ---- EE Slow Cargo Ships Are Easy Targets Pace of Convay | Governed. By Speed of Slowest Ship - "When the total number of ships and cargoes lost by enemy action is given it will be found one of the weaknesses even of the convoy system is the slowness of the pro- Slow cargo - ships are easy targets for fast moving submarines and speedy © wer craft. The speed of merchant ships is low. Economically, slow boats dre necessary for transpor- tation by sea. The cheap slow trader has won out all over the world as, a carrier, It has been the greatest booster for exports and imports to. all sea trading nations, The cost of ocean freight had to be low, the slow trader kept it so. The tramp steamer is a custom and a boon in many ways in peace. When it 'comes to war the ship crawling six to seven knots across the At- lantic, harassed for days in suc- cession by submarines of twice the speed or more is a danger to a total convoy, The speedy cor- vettes, destroyers and sloops are compelled to back up to the slow- est of the cargo ships in the con- voy. The costly protection can- not save all from the undersea and air enemies just because of the wallowing iron hulls tagging along on the highly valuable work of transporting war and food sup- plies over thousands of miles of vulnerable waters, Fast Ships Cost More Of course, faster merchant ships cost more than tramp steam- -» ers with whom time is no object 1 1 ~ elosure With a warning to ang perhaps we could not in peace times afford speedy carriers, hut the cost of protection of the slow poke steamers in wartime is ter- rific. The heartrending pace of "the convoy is a trial to the naval forces and an ever present men- ace to a line of ships at sea. The pilgrim's progress across great waters is followed too easily day after day by devilish enemies. Perhaps our interests will be bet- ter served by swifter sea carriers and the extra cost taken of the high price of protecting slow ships In wartime. We never shall re- turn to the surety of peace for generations. We shall long have need of ships which can shorten voyages and increase their chances of escape from under-sea eratt or overhead planes by speed. Scientist Forsees Post-War Wonders "We Will Have Unbreak- able Glass and 'Unburnable' Wood" A post-war world in which chem. ical discoveries will make the pre- sent era resemble a horse and buggy age was predicted by Theo dore G. Joslin, public relations dfr- .ector of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. . rie "We will have glass that is up- breakable, wood that won't burn and laminations of plastics and wood that will compete with struc- tural metals," he sald. Hosiery de- rived from air, water and coal, a wondef of pre-war days, is but the forerunner of many innovations from the. same sources, ranging from shoes that contain no leather and window screens that contain no wire, to machinery bear!ngs that contain no metal." Electric Bills Smaller As for homes: "Lighting ®iil be automatic, governed by elec- tric 'eyes' sensitive to outside va- riatlons in the daxtime. , , The fnner walls will be adjustable, so - that several combinations of rooms ean be arranged. . . One-half the fuel will heat it. Plastic surfaces will be good for a lifetime of wear. The electric bills will be smaller." "Automobiles in the years im- mediately following the war may be quite similar to those of today because of the immediate demand for motors, but we can see notable changes coming in due course. Bealed cooling systems, proved on large scale by aviation, may end in the post-war car the nuisance of adding water to radiators. Weights nay be halt what they are, saving from 1,600 to 2,000 pounds of useless load, The power output per ¢uble inch of piston dis. placement may double, treble or even quadruple. Fuels may yield fifty miles to the gallon." Fix Deadly Gadget To "Fat Freddie" A deadly gadget _has been added to "Fat Freddie," the bar- .rage_balloon brigade that guards London -and other large British eities from air attack, The something new is what the ministry of information calls a "small 'lethal device" attached to. the blimps, A The ministry coupled its 0 the pablie that when the balloons reak loose ' neither the flyin wire nor the device should be Youched. The device was not \therwise described, BOUND FOR TRIPOLI--AN x 7 y Italian Empire, Tunisia, 'British Eighth Army troops take part in the capture of Tri D POINTS WEST Piss a group of burnoosed natives as they speed along the highway to, po British kept right on going, , one-time Axis stronghold and proud "jewel city" of the now-fallen pursuing Rommel's. troops along the westward road to SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FEBRUARY 7 JESUS AFFIRMS HIS DEITY John 8:12-15 PRINTED TEXT John 8:12, 25.36, 56.59 GOLDEN TEXT.--He that hath seen me hath seen the Father, John 14:9, 4 Memory Verse: We . eo helpers. 2 Corinthians 1:24, THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time. -- Mid-October A.D. 29, shortly after the Feast of the Tabernacles, ,~ Place.--This discourse, as indi- "eated by verse 20, was spoken In the treasury of the Temple lo- cated In the court of the women, the most public part of the Temple, on Mt. Moriah, in the city of Jerusalem. Here the San- hedrin ordinarily held its sittings. Light of the World "Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of 'the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in, the darkness, but shall have i light of life." Probably nothing in. all nature has been more constantly used to express spiritual ideas than light. Darkness becomes inevitably asso- ciated with ignorance, sorrow, sin; light with knowledge, truth, hap- piness. In the Bible, from Gene- sis to Revelation, we. find light employed to signify the highest of blessings not only in the na- tural but in the spiritual: world. On its very last page is the prom- Ise 'There shall be no night there. Christ and the Father Who art thou? Jesus said unto them, Even that which I have also spokén unto you from the beginning. I have many things to speak and to judge concern- ing you: howbeit he that sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these speak I unto the world. They perceived not that he spake to them of the Father." After all, this is the great question concerning Christ, 'Who art thou? Christ always recognized it to be the supreme question, for He was continually asking 'Whom say ye that 1 am?' It is incredible that the Jews can have failed to understand what rist has just declared, that "He was from above and not of this world. ; "Jesus therefore said, when ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I speak these things. And he that sent me is with me; he hath not left me, alone; for I do always the thifigs*that are pleasing to him. As he spake these things many believed of him." In these verses Christ declares five things sent by the Father, the Son speaks what he hears from the scious of the Father's presence with Him; the son ever lived to please the Father. Finally, the Father in Himself is true. In the phrase 'when yé have lifted up the Son of man' our Lord has reference ,to His approaching death, . Truth Bestows Freedom "Jesus 'therefore .said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my 'word, then are ye truly my disciples," This sen- tence is a gracious recognition of the first rude beginning of faith, Even this, if it were cherished with absolute devotion, might be- "come the foundation of. better things, . ri And ye shall Know the truth, and the trath shall make you free." The truth as revealed in ..the Word of God sets us free "from ignorance, from bondage to sin," from fear 6f man and of death, from low Ideals and from death Itself, "They said therefore unto him, ) about the Father--the Son was Father, the Son was ever con- Bondage of Sin "They answered unto him, We are Abraham' sced, and have nover yet been in bondage to any -man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?" When Christ spoke of setting men free, His listeners, still in a critical mood, and refusing to accept His Words as true, made ,one of the most astonishingly inaccurate state- ments that could ever have been uttered by the Jews at any time, 'We have never yet been in bond- age to any man.' The whole past history of their nation was the record of one bondage following hard on an- other, they 'for their sins having come at one time or another under the yoke of almost every people round about them. They had been, by turns, in bondage to the Canaanites, the Philistines, the Syrians, _ the Chaldeans; then again to the Graeco-Syrian kings. "Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, 1 say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bond- servant of sin." Any wilful sin, admitted into the heart, having once gained a footing there, can- not remain at a standstill, but must ever bring more and more the whole man under its domin- fon, laying ever new and ever stronger fetters upon him. "And the 'bondservant abideth not in the house for ever: the gon abideth for ever." The house is the kingdom of God. The chief point of contrast is the tempor- ary place and the enduring place . the heart of a s of the slave and the Son respec- tively in the house. No one with ve towards God can possibly be within His eternal house; and the heart of a sinner unpardoned is the heart of a slave, Promise Fulfilled "If therefore the 'Son eghall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." When a habit is allowed to dominate our lives we are no longer free. Wen pride, vanity, ambition or pleasure controls our lives we are slaves. The very fact that we do not or can not cease from sin makes us slaves. Jesus Christ came into a world "of slaves, "Your father Abraham rejoiced to sce my day; and he saw it and was glad." Christ's day was the day of promise fulfilled, when the new age of gospel grace be- gan in the advent' of the Son of God in flesh. "The Jews therefore said unto him, Thou art not yet fifty vears old, and hast thou scen Abraham? Jesus said unto' them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, 1 am." Here is one of the most significant passages in thé New Testament, setting forth the great doctrine of Christ's pre-existence. '--that I am' expresses abso- lute Deity. These words can only be uttered by a Being of under- ived existence, uncreated and un- ending, There is no past tense to His being and no future--Ie is at the centre of all life. By William Ferguson 'THIS CURIOUS. WORLD | EORGE waHiNGTON --- AND HORATIO NELSON WOULD HAVE BEEN REJECTED 8Y A" MODERN DRAFT BOARD/ WASHINGTON HAD FALSE TEETH, WHILE . MISSING. N ITINERANT HER IS ONE WHO GOES FROM TOWN TO TOWN WANDERS OFF THE SUBJECT IS POORLY EDUCATED ) COPR. 1942 BY NEA SERVICE, ING. { WEATHER MEN MOST FOGS DISAPPEAR BETWEEN 8 AND 10 IN THE AAORNING. ANSWER: One who goes from fown to town. - . laEEEn------ > NEXT: Insurance against sagging wives! . I" Cyclone _ sary, the "They took up stones there- fore to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple." And so, not content with calling Him all sorts of foul names, refusing to. heed His warnings, morally unable to 're- cognize Him to be the Sent One of God they, not content with going away to discuss what He said, not content with refusing Him, took up stones to stone Him, the Son of God. New Sky Giant Can Carry Tank Motors Are Most Powerful Service Air-Craft Engines Lockheed's triple-tajled, shark- bodied "Constellation," capable of flying a light tank and its com- plement of troops across an ocean, made Its first flight last week. "The new sky giant," the com- pany declared, "may prove faster than a Japanese Zero fighter or any known four-engined 'bomber now in active service." The ollve-green craft, powered by four 2,000-horsepower air-cooled radial motors, was designed and built as a passenger airliner, but for the duration the initial model - and Its successors will he turned over to the army for war-time duty. Builders of the motors, Wright 18's, said they are the world's most powerful service air- Ceeraft engines, The aerial newcomer will ernise at 20,000 feet, which is above $0 rer cent. of all rough-nir disturb ances, and carries ample fuel to fly avound most others, If neces- Constellation can rise to 35.000 feet. It an engine fails, the ship can fly - at 25,000 feet. on the other three. If two motors die, the other two will carry the plane at 16,500 feet. - Flying a full load, the hig trans. port uses one gallon of gasoline per mile, the company sald, The wing, the company reveals ed, iE In effect an enlargement of that on Lockheed's famous P28 fighter. At the umveiling of the plane a P38 nestleg comfortably under one wing of the new giant, Berlin After Raid Looks Like Cologne The Berlin newspaper Nacht- ausgabe was quoted as that Berlin after two heavy raids by British bombers presented "the same view" as the heavily- battered German cities of Col- ogne, Bremen, Emden, Duessel- dorf, Essen and Wilhé¢imshaven, "but on a smaller scaje." - The Stockholm newspaper Dag- ens Nyheter reported the quota- tion in a despateh from the Ger- man Capital, The cities mentioned ave the most heavily-hombed in all Ger- many. They have been hit re- peatediy, however, while -Berlin has only been struck twice after A ld-month interval, In view of this, Nachtausgabe's comparison was significant as to the damage done Berlin, Big Coal Reservas In South Africa Coal reserves of South Africa are sufficient for "some thous- ands of years," according to a statement by a principal 4n the trade, recepdy inde known to the United tates DPgartment of 'e coal f the to liquid Union fuel reserves converter if the world's natural oil reserves should /] "become depleted. Coal production during 1941 totaled 20,318,308 tons. Some 6f the 68 producing mines tirned out as much as 5,000 tons daily. LISTEN TO "COUNTRY NEWS" [teins of Interest-From Ontario Weekly Newspapers EACH SUNDAY AT 2 P.M. CFRB--860 on your dial stating - Co ld ba RADIO REPORTER "If you must bust something try the Axis, tut lay off me. Yours for the duration. Mike." Such is the cryptic warning which is being i to practically every Canadiaf radio microphone in the interests of conservation under the instructions of the war emergency operations committee, Canadian Broadcasting Corpora- tion. The warning j# contained on a yellow card, on the reverse side of which is the explanation, "Be- cause of war conditions there are no replacements and no repairs for microphones. Common sense says that we ehould take every precaution to make them last. For the love of Mike, handle with care." In addition, a further yel- low tag is being attached to the electric cable which connects the cable w microphone to the radio ampli- fier. This too contains a * war time warning . . . "The cord on this mike is mostly copper and rubber. Can you think of any two other materials as precious as these are today? Please be careful to avoid kinking, twisting, cutting or crushing any micro- phone cord." Yes, oter eelailtre other electrical apparatus is be- coming increasingly short under war time conditions, and it is reas sonably safe to say that progres- sive conservation methods will be- radio equipment, akin to shriluu ome effective in 1943 which will be more visible to.the general public than heretofore. Already there is talk Hf materially redue- ing the hours of daily broadeasg- ing to save tubes and other r replaceable equipment. CIRB, Toronto since the turn of the year is commencing its daily Leeadeast echedule half an hour later in, the morning than formerly, and other sthtions in Canada are fig- uring ways and means of cut- ting down their schedules with as little interference as possible to the publie. A new quiz game Pas just hit the Canadian ether. If you like to test your skill and knowledee, and at the same time take n chance of adding welrome dollars to your budget, tune in "Spin to Win," CFRB, Monday By Ha « "REX FROST | nights 8.30 to 9. It's new and originak You may notice that the "quiz juestiond have an added sparkle and interest with a plentls ful sprinkling of humor. Why so? * For no other reason than that "those two Masters of Wit and Humor, your own Woodhouse and Hawkins, are now designing this _ shoestore's radio window, _ All the nice girls love a sailor! is a song that has not lost ite popularity in a quarter of'a cen tury of répetition, All the. nice girls and all of the he:men of this dominion will enjoy the new ser- fes of weekly programmes, dedi+ © cated to Canada's Fighting Navy, the inaugural of which is sthe- duled over the national network of the CBC Thursday, February 12, 9.30 p.m. What sort of music do you en Joy? President Roosevelt prefers songs of the open country and of the rolling sea. "Home on the Range" "and "Anchors Aweigh are great favorites of the leader of America's Arsénal of Demoe- racy. Both of these preferences are the president's measure of the frecdom ofthe great open spaced of nature, the theme of which is reflected in his political outlook. - Clark Gable, to take another ex- ample, prefers songs such as the "Road to Mandalay" and "Danny Deever," which fun his ven for high, devil-may-care adventure of the romantic type. Vigorous men of the "go-getter" type prefer stiering military strains and the dramatic style of operation music. The youthful enjoy "hooie swing, or "sweet" dance music according fo to their individual character. So it would nof he inappropriate to suggest that "By their radio pro- granimes vou shall know them." 7,000 Tools Used To Make Field Gun To manufacture a twenty-five- poundgy field gun one Canadian plant reqqyives machinery ranging from a 2R¥00-ton press for forg- ing to ondcandonshalf-foot grind- generation Woogie," Sersy more Nan 7,000 jigs, tools and gauges \10 vertical eleetrie furnaces for tempering cannony and forty traveling cranes. - MAP PUZZLE HORIZONTA L Answer fo Previous Puzzle 9 Manners. 1 Peninsula in North America 8 It is rich in land. 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