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21 LA 2 i Ve i 4H > 5 fy 3 Fi 7 4; 2 Sad -- - -skuas a... Hong Kong Camp Conditions Better Canadian Prisoners Now Re- ceiving Some Medical Supplies "Health conditions in, Sham Shui Po at Hong where Canadian prisoners of war now are house d, are "improved" after a severe incidence of trop- seal and deficiency diseases" Jur- ing the summer, the external af- fairs department veports. The de tient told of a visit international Red te to two camps and a hos- pital in the Far East colon Conditions of one visited by the i hong russ an of tiie camps isfactory" ier 21, of the i eodepartnent "al state There ws mie favorati ment on cond ! In ) the Hong Kon an "Accommuoil oan is istated to be Gu and the treatment vd to ' the department said eines, th one 1 if vit quantity have been poe ' cit at ar pil »f Jin «tid - int hy Ht some 1h 1 and 1 Cre upplivs have n Hong Ko inchude t vii nave supple the 1: nese to i partly 'responsilie provement in "Yuropean doe orderiics are cmploy pital." And British Skua British Dive Bomber Named After Skua Gull types of aerial wars the din One of Plane eng the fare mn Europ» is the dive-homb- er. Both sides have planes of this type. The Nazi model ig called the Stuka, which derives Hts name from the word Sturge kampflugzeug, meaning a dives - fighter plane. The British equiva- Jent is called the Skua. The British Skua dive-homber is named after the skua gull, The are largely birds of prey, feeding when on land on small mammals and large insects as well as on the ges and young of other birds, and, while at sea, on carrion awd any floating ani mal matter picket up- from the surface of the water. In addition, they attack water gulls and force them to give up any food {hey may have secured. These disagreeable birds like €ool or cold climates and are found all over the North Atlantic, the Arctic and Antarctic. They are aggressive, daring and very pow- erful in flight. Their holy is stocky and powerfully muscled; the claws are strong, sharp and curved. They can be distingnished at once from other gulls and terns by their hooked beak, much Jike that of the hawk. A Happy Thought For Aiding Russia. Civilian Clothes of Enlisted Men Might Be Sent To Some of the young men and women who are staking their lives on winning the war have had a happy thought which, if it spreads: will do much to help "ease a' suffering of our Russian alll writes The Winnipeg Free Press. When they enlist in the CAnadian fighting forces, "which they: are doing by the thoucands every month, they turn their civilian elothes over to the Canadian Aid fo Russia Fund clothing bureau. The Canadian Governnient will take care of all their gifts of their eivilian clothes which will come in mighty. liandy to the Russian cl vilian population. Particularly acceptable to the Russians will be leather wind. breakers, winter coats and warm underwear, They will be grateful 100 : for woollen dresses and ekirts, woollen stockings and woollen blankets, Another source which can be tapped with profits $a babies' clothing, Our children grow 80 quickly that almost every home has a' residue of children's elothing which will no longer fit. This clotlfing should be cleaned, repaired if it needs ft, and sent at once to the clothing: hureau. - But: while the need for clothing for Russia is great, it should not ah excuse for civilians to die eard their .old. clothing in favor of new ensembles. The Cana- ~@lan_ people must {ry to make the ¢lothing hey have now do them for the duration. However, as we $ave pointed out, there is a reser yolr of surplus clothes here which - eould be tapped and it should be fapped now for the time for help- ing Russia grows too late. x xy ETT RA I . .@ SERIAL STQRY Boy and Charles Ste, Teronto, Ont. 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QenerslA (C.GA free \J tationary Engineering Bookk Higher Seat Atcoun ing Short St Write > Chartered Institute of es (ACLS) Write for Catalogué, Bhaw Schools, Dept. 1116 PLEASE MENTION THIS PALER ISSUE No. 7--43 c " Comodicn Courses for Conadlions animal | "and glared their - stalked out. * S00 J pinnin « no i [Ee men ! tacked. 1p i itonow N one more iron no- ame that fanciiar tweed suited care, the ders recogni deved what Jim Viek N N . For lone moment, he hesi- tated. Then, taking in the sitaa- tion with a sharp, woughtful glance, he plunged into the fight with a thorough flercen that thriiled Penny in a sua WY she had no time to analyze. Jim a powerhouse in ac evrappled with two of fhe ired men and {ossen them halfway across the room as if they were pebh Pietro, still shouting imprecations that no one could understand, returned to the fray with a more practical =wea- pon, a skillet which he hounced with marked success off the head of another member of the em- battled quintet. As quickly as the fight had be- gun it ended. Jim rest 1d the irate Pietro and the scowling steel worker by grasping their arms firmly in his strong hands. The five who had been hedten brushed dirt from their trousers in impotent their attackers, then picked up crushed hats, no longer white. "You hav n't heard the end of 'this, Vickers," one of the men said evenly, grimly. "We'll get " you yet!" Bitter anger was writ- ten on their bruised faces as they * . Midge and Pietro, suddenly as calm though--this were an everyday: occurrence, surveyed the damage. "That was the best day's en- tertainment I've had in a year," said Midge. "I'd give a week's salary to sec you do it over again." "Sit down and have a cup of coffee, boys," Pietro invited. "They've had it coming to them for a long time. Here, Penny. Take care of the boys. worry about the tables, them." . Both Jim and the steel worker nursed sore knuckles as Penny served them with hands that still shook "What's the story, Bill?" Jim asked qujetly. Bill took a long drag on his cigaretie before he answered. hi "You've pro\@bly heard it a hundred times, Jim. My brother lost hig pay again this week. Cas- tro's men cleaned him good and We'll fix proper. He didnit have enough money left for bus fare. I'm go- ing to get those guys," Bill threatened, clenching his fist, "If they don't let my kid brother alone, I'l kill them!" . . * "How did it happen, Bill?" Jim's voice wag soothing. . "The same old racket," Bill said, as if weary of repeating it, "Castro's stooges were at the mill gate, as usual, on pay day. The kid brother is a good lad. He means well, But---well, like the other fellows, he likes a good time. They roped him into a crooked dice game. He had a few drinks with the boys. finished, his pay was gone." "Sure it was the Castro gang?" asked "Jim, : "Sure," said Bill the Castro gang. "They run this town. You know that, Jim." "I know. You'd better lie low Tor a while," Jim cautioned. "They're a tough bunch, Don't worry about that outfit... We'll clean them out of Kirktown." "Thanks, Jim," said Bill, "I can take care of myself. If they know what's good = for them, they'd better stay away from us, My brother has the swellest wife and kid 'that ever lived. I'm not going to stand-by and see his life messed up." Penny sensed, somehow, that this was the longest speech Bill fF Thing, Pe fury at - Don't - When they - "CIs always TT PNR SRT IRN obtain metal need for s SOVIETS SALVAGE SCRAP, TOO srg rm mrp scrap drives to 5 rolling. Nation's had ever. nu bitter eyes, he Jim Vickers paper from made a few notes. D poured another steaming coffee. pulled an inner cup of "By the way, Jim," she said, "here's an item for your puper. Meet Penny Kelloge, our new disher-outer of food for a v, meet J Vickers, editor, publisher and janitor of the Kirktown Courier. . * - Penny felt an unaccustomed blush flooding her gheeks. She managed a smile and a stammer, Jim Vickers--rosze yallantly, ex- tending his hand in greeting. She enjoyed his erin. - "Glalt to know you, Jim said. "Um sorry our little game spoiled your lunch. We don't always play so rough." "I thought you did all right," Penny approved, inwardly thank- ful that, he did not recognize her. "It certainly was swell of you to come to Bill's rescue. He was pelting the worst of it, vou know." "Lots. of good f¢llows lke Bill 'are getting the worst of it)" Jim =said soberly. "The showdown is coming soon." Jim went on to explain that on pay day Castro's shills worked the mill = gates, "They're a tricky bunch, The men have money, burning ,a hole ~ ~ in their pockets. Castro provides the temptation and. the suckers "lose their pay." "I can't understand that," said Penny. "Don't the men know they're being tricked?" "It's hard to expldin, Penny," Jim said. "But the hunger for excitement and fun is just as gnawing, sometimes, as the hun- ger for food. Castro runs every place in town. The men wander into one of his spots just to have something different. to do. Be- fore they realize it they've had too much to drink. If they don't gamble their pay away on Cas- tro's crooked games, they're rolled for their money." He looked up at Penny, stud- ied the serious expression arf: her face, and laughed suddenly. * "Gosh, Penny. It isn't as bad as all that," he said. "Let's see you smile again, [I like your dim- ples." Involuntarily, Penny com: plied: Penny," volunteered. about a gukled tour of town?" t Penny hesits tion was tem to the plan sh in her mind. Penny Kellogg in a waitress' uniform might mean nothing to Jim. Would he recog- nize her as the Penny Kirk he "had known in Paris if he spent an afternoon with her? "Come on," he urged. harmless." "Well--" Penny wanted to go, admitting to herself ti she'd heen a little lor ely, aybe it was worth a chance. . {Continued Next Week) © A. Jim's invita- , but dangerous "Pm Selective Service Aid The Dairy Farmers of Canada approved a resolution at week urging a sclective service policy that would make experi- enced farm help available to the dairy industry. . Other resolutions passed urged: "A more stable policy of dairy product subsidies, Establishment of a food supply department price-fixing authority. The metals controller. do every- thing possible to make eream cans available- for transportation of milk and cream. Consideration of dairy farmers' requirements in new gasoline and tire regulations. Equitable distribution of feed and feed concentrates, The dairy farmers asked. that a survey of the whole industry be "made in order that the correct importance of the different Federal with branches may be established for: present and future needs and the correct price for the different commodities found. : They requested a subsidy policy that will continue for a suffici- ent length of time after the war to establish confidence in the minds of producers and encourage thera to produce to the limit. One railway in England has run 11 special trains with 82,071 bags of mail for prisoners of war, Neatest trick of the week is th one cup of your precious sugar s "ing of hearts, why. not bake a bat the cookies with a heart-shaped cu consistency with orange juice, p small cutter, the other half with The recipe goes like this: 1% cup shortening cup sugar h egg {5 1% cup All-Bran | 2 8 cups flour -- beat well Add All-Bran. Sift f1 and add to first mixtuie alternately find and chill. Rell out dough abo heart shapes with floured cutter. Yield: Approximately 5 dozen. wafers that will delight the hearts of évery cookie lover, GOOD EATING NEWS ig cookie Fotifie that calls for only tock and makes five dozen crisp And speak- ch for St, Valentine's Day. Cut ttér. As a special treat put two together sandwich fashion with cream cheese softened to a spreading And for hearts that beat in double time, cut half the dough with a larger one, When you put the cookies together let the smaller hearts beat atop the larger ones. ORANGE ALL-BRAN SMENTING HEARTS 4 teaspoons baking powder 3; teaspoon salt 15 cup orange juice teaspoons grated orange 5 rind y Blend sliortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and our with baking powder and salt with orange juice, Stir in orange ut™% inch thickness working with a small amount at a time and keeping the remainder chilled, . Gut into Bake on a greased baking sheet in moderately hot oven (375°F.) about 10 minutes, "home had heen outlining placed their - annual convention in Calgary last _black variety. TABLE TALKS The Fruit Basket i "Fresh, or canned fruits are one of the most expensive items in our diet, when we consider the amount of food value for our money. However, fresh fruits add a great deal of interest to ou meals and when they are in sea- son they may be.included in lim- ited amounts on even the low cost diet. The most important pont for the housewife to remember in buying fruit is always to purchase «in season and to choose only the less expensive varieties. Great saving can. usually' be made by canning fruit in the hone while there is an abundance and e is low, An example of this is peaches. A pint jar of canned peaches containing 8 or 9 halves | crved at the height of th ison will cost, b to 6G cents, ordinary No. 2 ean of peaches bought in the contains approximately 6 and costs 12 to' 17 cents. other thought -- every can we purchase may be one can less to send to the men overseas. Surely we are willing to make this sacri- fice. If we did not can last year to help save the fruit and to send more overseas let' us resolve to do so next year from early spring on. ) ol Fresh' fruits may be largely re- by vegetables, when the former are high in price, qr larger amounts of dried fruits may be used. Dates, figs, dried apricots, dried peaches and prunes are ex- cellent sources of iron, which is needed for good blood. . Dates and apricots may be difficult to ob- tain now but all the other dried fruits mentioned are on the mar- ket. It should be noted that the tomato, strictly speaking, is really a fruit. Usually it is classified as a vegetable, 4 ' Apples are our cheapest fruit for most of the year. They are extremely valuable in our dict and can be used in such a variety of ways. Dutch Apple Cake ~ 2 cups flour 4 teaspoons baking powder ¥% teaspoon salt | 4 tablespoons shortening 34 cup water -~ or 5 apples 3% cup brown sugar 2 teaspoons cinnamon Wash, peel and core apples and cut "in slices. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Cut in the fat. Add water to make =a soft dough. Spread % inch thick in greased cake pan. Place apple slices close together on dough and press lightly in the mixture, Sprinkle over this cinnamon and brown sugar thoroughly mixed. Serve with top milk i~er lemon sauce. Misa Chambera welcomes personnd letters from Interested renders She is oplensed to receive suggestions on topless for her column, and Is vo ready to listen to your pet peeves." Requests for recipes or specin) menus are In order. Address your letters to "Miss Sadle 3. Cham. 73 Weal Adelnide Street, To- ers, ronto," Send stamped self-addressed . envelope If you wish o renls. Progress of Science In Soviet Union Amazing progress in the field of scientific achievement has been made in the Soviet Union in the past twenty years, states the Winnipeg Tribune. Without fanfare vesearch has been car- ried on and borne fruit, ample, Russian scientists had per- fected a means of making syn- thetic rubber which actual pro- ductiow. had proven sound even before the war. A recent article in The Tribune told of the high percentage of Russian soldiers rccovering from wounds due to the prompt atten- tion given by their medical corps and the use of the most modern drugs; 98.5 per cent of wounded were healed. Now the Soviet Information Bulletin tells of how colored cot. ton_has been grown in the coun- try. This naturally colored cot- ton ranges from reddish to green, with the latest improvement a The new cotton is said to have twice the. strength of the old ffbre and does not have to be dyed. i Our Russidn alliégs have come a long way from a nation that not. so long ago considered a man educated who could read or scrawl his name. A Prophecy - Machines can be constructed to drive ships more rapidly than a whole galley of rowers could do; nor would they need anything but a pilot to steer them, . Carriages _also might he con- structed to move with an incredible spend without the aid of any ani- _ mal. Finally, it would not be im- possibie to make machines, which, Ly means of a suit of wings, should fly.in-the air in the man. ner of birds,--Roger - Bacon (1214-1204) as quoted by Em- erson, : For ex-.- A Family Happy On $400 A Year Have Everything They Need And Friends Are Welcome vs ee "We never nepd more than $400 for the -whole family in a year," drawled the slight, deeply tanned native of Vancouver Island, as he hooked his rifle on some wooden pegs. above the door. "You'll sure stay and have a hite with us" he concluded, "waving us 'to a deep cushioned © chesterfield in the corner of Pr huze living-room. . My 'friend enjoyed the kind .of a home which nost men, at. some time or another, dream about-- on $400 a year, wiites WW hy "nw Coleough, Vancouver, 'fhe of ich house des "ing. w { rambling, one-storey, spacious, huilt of logs and having three fireplaces, 'Good books lived the shelves guzines were scattered about. We had for ¢ roast veni son, carrots, potitoes, cauliflow- er, homemade hreald, hot biscuits, plum puddin A with grapes, and a ve cup of cof- fee in an intelligen "We have everything we here," admitted the man some questioning. "You sce it costs very little to have everything, The boys and LI built this house with timber cut on the place, We grow our own vagetables and small fruit, The boys do some trapping and in this way make enough to buy ~ their clothes. I work a spell in the woods or mill to earn the mohey contented need after to get a fow things we cannot make. We never buy any meat and have more than we can use. We raise-a pig, and then at any time we can get a deci. We have a three-month season. Weé have more canned fish in the basement than we need. We, caught and canned it ourseves. "Fuel? Lots of that, too. A fir tree will last us a year, and when we want any coal ft ris quite bendy. There is a doclor and a dentist down in iNage and the Anglican Chareh is four miles away. Youn see, all the cash we' require is about $400 annually." . "You must come again," tie man had _invited"" "We haven't very much to offer, hut you'll he welcome." R Much to offer? We know men making §10,000 a year who ave very poor indeed when compar- ed to owr Island friend--who has many friends, is Very happy, and' makes $400 a year! Nazis Lose 750,000 On Russian Front Reuters News Agency quoted a Moscow radio broadeas! as say- ing that German casualties on the Soiet Russain front in the "past six weeks totaled 720,000 men, including 250,000 dead. WORRY OVER COAL SUPPLIES 1S. UNNECESSARY. Owing to so many people order- ing all and sometimes more than they need for the season, coal de- liveries are hard to make -on schedule. Don't make this situ. ation worse. Be patient until the present rush is over. Then sup- plies can be distributed equally and no one will suffer. And when you do order coal, make sure it's 'blue coal', It gives' more heat, more comfort and more economy fn every ton. Your nearest 'blue coal' dealer will gladly help you to solve your coal problems. Phone him today. HOW DO THOSE BRITISH WOMEN "CARRY ON"? British women have shown thoy know how to "keep going!" And a survey reeently made throughout Britain shows that they voted for Aspirin as one _of the three drug items most truly needed for main- taining their health and morale. psbacaly now, with so many milltons in full-time war industries, Aspirin has become almost "standard equipment." Women know, from many years of experi- ence, that Aspirin gives effective, de dab, speedy help against colds, i They don't have to wait for it to work, In less than 2seconds, Aspirin is right on the job . . , startling to relieve fever and stuffiness, muscu- lar aches, and the headache from colds, Aspirin is rated as one of the safest of all analgesics , , . yet it costs less than 1¢ a tablet in the economy bottle, 7 - Be glad you have Aspirin here, Always keep some handy. Aspirin is made in Canada, and "Aspirin" isthe trademark of The Bayer Com pany, Limited. Look for the Rayer cross on each tablet, If you don't seo this cross, it isn't E¥pirin, a tT a Ca -- a