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a MARA I ENTS as by ARRAY Pocket Parachute Lighter And Safer A new parachute -- its design. er says it is stronger and safer than any now floating from the skies--will soon make its debut on the world's battlefronts, Designed after fou. years of painful trial and error by Capt, Stanley Switlik, pioneer maker of parachutes, it is being bought by the Navy, while the Army is subjecting .it to further tests. "It has slower descent and far greater stability than standard parachutes now in use," said Cap- tain Switlik, who has been de- signing and making chutes snice 1928. i ST . a PA Sa SE pa Lr AS Shr Captain Switlik calls it a ket parachute," but the aver- age person probably couldn't tell much difference between it and the standard ones now used by pilots and paratroops. But there are important differ- ence between it and the standard ones now used by pilots and para- troops. But there-are important differ- ences, he says. It weighs but 12 pounds--from eight to 10 pounds lighter than present parachutes --and every ounce counts in bat- tle planes, ¢ SCRAPPY HOBBY "5k, ii Raa aii Keeping a scrapbook record of hundreds of local men--in- serv- fce makes Mrs. Sarah A. Bridge, of Madison, Wis., an ace author- ity on their careers. Ingaddition she corresponds with 10 service- men, and has a grandson over- seas, Starlings On Trial For Their Crimes Orchardists In Fruit Belt Say Starlings Have Not A Re- deeming Feature The court of public opinion around Hamilton and in the Nia. gara fruit belt has been hearing evidence for and against the wily _starling, relates the Chatham Nows., + Writers on nature in England leave the Impression that the star- Hong 18 an industrious specimen of the bird tribe. Like the crow, it wap supposed to have taught the Httle: schoolboy a much needed lesson, that while llttle 'children required to learn much, the star- Hngs knew instinctively just what to do and when the thing should De done. One result of this lesson is that children in Britain came to think the starlings and crows more Intelligent and useful than otherwise, J LJ It anything, the crow comes before its accusers with the ad- vantage of a few friends on the Jury. It may be only a sentimental friendship, the result of early schoolboy impressions. His good deeds are recounted as helping the farmer to be rid of the corn borers, and as scavengers of the farm, That seems to be the sum total of evidence In its favor. A& to the starling, fruit belt orchard. fats say the evidence Is all against ft, that it has not a redeeming feature. By the prosecution there Is presented a c¢rime 'sheet as black as its own feathers, It is destructive in many ways, is an enemy to the whole bird family, eats or damages large quantities of fruit, and preys on the grain erops of the farmer. It 18 an annoy- ance to more than the farmers, being In fact the cause of heavy expense because of its many de- predations, ' LJ - » L] * The question of the starlings and their uses is, apparently, in - for considerable debate, and now that practical ways of reducing #helr numbers are available, : it may prove a fortutlous efrcunr _ #tance that the te comes mt this se: and the farm- to do some hunting own lo emingly with two tablets 'disso) Go IF BACK ACHES ¥ Wer QUICK RELIEF FOR COUGHS COLDS BRONCHITIS ASTHMA AMOUS OLD COUGH ok ALL AGES Ldslelel ld] le delV]e]] CATARRHAL ASTHMA SIMPLE SORE THROAT DON'T DELAY- BUY A BOTTLE TO Blitz Children Overcome Fear Children Lose Nervousness Un- der Expert Care In Foster Parents' Nurseries The war may produce a gene- ration of neurotic children, as some scientists predict, but the specialists who have cared for Britain's blitz babies do not think 80. The staff of the two Foster Parents' Nurseries in London has a way of putting it that epitom- izes much. "The best shelter," it says, "is the shelter of the mind." One mother, a comfortable and very placid woman, thé mother of eig. children, when asked whether her rooms had been damaged by bombing, an- swered with a beaming smile, "Oh, no, we were ever so lucky. We had only blast and my hus, band fixed the window frames again." dow frames, not to mention the window panes, can be a very un- comfortable expereince. il, old Sore Throat Swallow one Paradol tablet. Garglo Ived in water, bed and rest and sleep. Boon the pains and aches disappear sud you may avoid a disagreeabls cold, Paradol B a fash Slit Ie head- aches, neural oothache, rheuma- tio and sciatic pains. 1t is pleasant 10 use and leaves no disagrecable after effects. 2 Paradol does not disappoint. 2 DR.CHASE'S PS KIDNEYS Do you ¥Yeel older than you are or suffer from Getting Up Nights, Backache, Nervousness, Leg Pains, Rheumatic Pains, Burning, scanty Or frequent passages? If #6, re- member that your Kidneys are yital to your health and that (hese symptoms may be due to Kidne and Bladder 'troubles--In suc cases Oyatex Spually gives prompt and Joyous rellef by helping the Kidneys clean out poisonous ex- cess aclds and wastes. You have everything to gain and nothing to lose In trying Cyatex. The iron clad money-back agreement assures a refund of your money on return of empty package unides fully Cystex paligfled. Zon de. lay. GQ Cystex Helps Clean y Kidneys ruggist today. "Blast which, removes the win- * gunners. "of a fight for existence. The - ridge and the pheasant, "Armistice Coach Mother's Example By way of contrast there was the mother of a young boy nam- ed Jim, She never went to bed so long as an air raid warning last- ed, but stood at the door trem- bling, insisting that the boy, only five, stand beside her. Separated from her, he lost almost all his nervous habits and showed no special alarm when the sirens sounded. "The point is," explained a staff member, "that children rely 80 much upon the adults around them. So long as the grown-up remains calm so does the child." Apart from fitting a child into tl.e next best thing to his own home--a nursery where there is a continuing happy family -- the therapy employed: is mainly an application of the well-known "principle of child psychology that the best way to overcome fright is to play over and over again the experiences that caused fear.. Thus, the children beyond the baby stage have taken up air raid games, and more recently - commando games, 'he 1943 equiv- alent of "'cops and robbers" or --*cowboys and Indians." > Grouse and Quail Scarce In. Ontario Sportsmen who have visited Northern Ontario this fall report that the ranks of the partridge (the American ruffed grouse) are becoming pretty well deplet- ed, according to The Chatham News. Some years ago this splen- did game bird, after:a period of protection, increased in num- bers and afforded some good hunting, Here 'in this section of Ontario they have been scarce this fall. Possibly the severe weather and heavy snowfall - ex- perienced last winter, which cov- ered their food supply, destroy- ed some of them. Probably a good many others fell victim to the If the ruffed grouse are again to become plentiful in 'the swamps and on the wood- ed ridges they must be left un- disturbed another year or two. As to the quail or bob-white, it is very questionable whether" there should again be an open season for thsi handsome game bird whose habitat in "Ontario practically is confined to the southern corner. The quail falls easy prey to the gunner, and is but ill-equipped to make much huntsmen > could well leave the bob-whites unmolested, and con- fine their hunting to the part- which are better adapted to look out for themselves. Said 'Destroyed The newspaper Aftonbladet quoted Swedish eyewitnesses as saying that last week's raids on Berlin had destroyed the famous French Compiegne railway coach in which the 1918 and 1940 arm- istices were signed, "~~ ° The eyéwitresses said the Zeughaus (war museum) on Bers lin's Unter den Linden, contain ing this and other war trophies, was leveled. The Germans sign- ed their armistice in the coach at the end of World War I, In a theatrical gesture, Hitler forced {5lss-tex from your u the French to sign there in 1940, "a MACDONALD'S ~ of the town, and saddlin' us with . tonight, Miss Lols." 'ward me, did yuh?" he 'asked. Seldom photographed since 8.8. Queen Mary is pictured as ferrying Allied expeditionary forces she recently entered an unnamed port, HN cai donned war paint and started to global battle fronts, the giant loaded to the gunwales with troups she e+ eh By VICTOR : ROSSEAU CHAPTER XI SYNOPSIS Dave Bruce, out of a Job, ar » rlves_at Wilbur Ferrls' Crbss-Bar ranch. Curran, the foreman, prom. horse called Black Dawn. When he succeeds, he discovers Curran expected the horse to kill him. A girl named Lols rides up, angry with Dave for breaking "her" horse. She refuses to speak to Dave even when he uses his sav. Ings to pay off the mortgage on the small ranch she shares with her foster father, a man: named Hooker. When Hooker Is killed by a shot flred through the window, Lols has him arrested for murder. Faced - with almost certain hang- Ing, Dave Is awaiting his trial when Curran goes to call on Lols. "Well, Miss Lois, this shore 'is bad news," Curran said, and Lols could see that his face was black- ened and his lip badly swollen glven him the day before. "It doesn't make any difference now," sald Lols gravely. "Hook- er's dead. I guess you fellows are going to hang Dave Bruce." 'You betcha -we are!" shouted Curran. "We don't aim to have no dirty murderers livin' and fat- or tenin' in the jall at the expense the cost of a jury trial at Hamp- ton. We always acted on that prin- - ciple, and we're always goin' to do 80, There's goin' to be some fun "I'll be there," sald Lois, "Meanin' yuh want to see the feller dance?" - *- LEE - Lols nodded. Curran looked at her curiously at first; then, as his eyes took In the lines of her slen- der body, his face flushed. He took another step toward her and stood looking down at her. She hardly reached to his shoulder. T"What yuh aimin' t§ do .now yore dad's dead?" he asked, ag the sheriff had done. , } "I haven't made my plans," Lois answered. "I' reckon I know how -to mind my business, Mr, Curran." § "Curran flushed. "Why the Mis- ter?' he asked. "And how come you call yore dad Hooker?" "Maybe you can tell as well as I can," answered Lois. : -That was Curran's first intima. tion that she knew Hooker had not heen her father. He had sense enough not to pursue the sub- - Ject, but it acted like the fuse-cap on a stick of dynamite, clinching his resolution, ¢ "You never acted very warm to- lses him a Job If he can break a™ from the beating that Dave had / sald Lois, "You were never a spe- cial friend of mine, as far as I remember," ; "Maybe I could be," said the foreman, "Maybe I've tried to be. Listen. I guess you know I stand in purty well with Mr. Ferris. Fact is, he couldn't git rid of me secret to you that Lonergan's got the mortgage on the Cross-Bar, and put me in to run §t?" L] LJ . Lols was silent, and Curran con- tinued, "I shouldn't be s'prised it I was to be the owner of the Cross- Bar one of these days. Half-own- er, anyways. And that time ain't 80 far away..I been watchin' you for a good while, Miss Lols. You're growed up to be a woman now. It ain't fair to yoreself, livin' up here in the hills and run- nin' as wild as a scrub pony. And now Hooker's gone, yuh can't go on livin' here alone." 3 "What d'you want me to do about {t?" "Ill tell you what I heen think- in'," answered the foreman, su. premely confident. "How about you and me gittin' hitched? You'll find yoreself livin' like a queen, compared to this." : "That's sure some plcture "You try that trick again, Mr. Curran, and I'll set the herd on you." "l don't know why I should," you're drawin', Mr. Curran," ans- wered Lois, "Only it don't seem -t0 register somehow. I'd rather have my broncs." Curran glared at her, a self-pos- sessed little figure, standing erect In her chaps and stained over alls. With one hand he could have swung her' into the afr, Desire and thwarted will united in the resolve to overcome here, to break her, as Dave Bruce had broken Black Dawn, * * L] He selzed her In his arms and tried to press his lps to hers, A resounding slap reddened the foreman's cheek. Lois broke AWAY, confronting him with fists clench- ed" and heaving. breast, "You try that trick again, Mr, Curran, and I'll set the®herd on you," she said. : Curarn's glare had something of fear In ft. He had seen enough of Lols' strange Dower over the wild broncs. % He turned=away, went slowly back to where he had left his horse, climbed into the saddle, "Yon think over what I sald," he called. "You'd be crazy to turn down a proposition 'llke that. Think you'll be gittin' a better one, huh? I'll see ynh at the hangin', and Il be comin' back here for my answer soon." Lois watched him ride away. She felt perfectly secure, A whistle from her would have bronght the herd running head- 4 tablespoons Peon oon : ANI CORN STARCH eu I feiss Hhorovghi, | SURPRISE CREAM ; teaspoon salt = or 1 tableape or dn saucepan; blend in corn starch, stirring to a lk and stir until botling constantly. Ad Cool and stir in cocoanut, Shep Sox. i Tumbs, before putting between layers of SALLY'S : } : FILLING aponiag, lemon juice shredded cocoanut % cup crisp' cooked cereal ¥% cup 'stale cake crumbs % cup or int is Juached, Allow Acing sugar, salt and There's No Short Cut to Victory even if he wanted to. It ain't no 'This lovely one of simple + ections for ' ¥or nearly two years we have been bombing German cities many times more heavily than London was ever bombed. The Nazis Haven't yet shown one definite ~ slgn of cracking, warns the Fin. anclal Post. gl Three months ago we landed on have we registered a sustained advance of more than a few miles. Along the whole coast of Western Europe the countryeis mined and studded with guns of all callbres to a depth of a hundred miles. To these formidable defences has now been added winter, These facts do not point to any short cut to victory. As Prime don the other day, there is no in. dication that we can win this war without a staggering bill in blood and treasure. It is possible that Germany might collapse before the armies of the Western democracles are called upon to face an Armageddon in Eastern Europe. But we would be blind fools to count on such an outcome; to ease in our war effort, to weaken our national capacity to withstand horror and disaster by assuming that we are now pretty well out of the woods. Air Travel Speedy To Airman's Home Here is an example of speedy air travel. Squadron Leader D. S. Florence, D.F.C., now serving as a navigator in the Atlantic Serv- ice operated by Trans-Canada Air Lines for the lanadian Gov- ernment,' not long ago reached his home in Edmonton just 52 hours after leaving a North Brit- ish airport--and only 87 hours were spent in travelling, times down at Montreal, Ottawa, To- ronto, North Bay, Winnipeg, Lethbridge and Calgary making up the remainder, The air dis- tance covered in the trans-At- lantic crossing © and Trans-Cane ada Air Lines flights represent- ed approximately 5,600 miles, long with Black Dawn leading, a. fighting, tedring, kicking, crunch- ing tury. "I hate him," she said to eslf. "You're bad medicine, Curran. I'm glad that you beaten up yesterday." : (Continued Next Week) DRESS UP YOUR BED Prva] her- Mr. got It's smart and the newest way to add glamour to your bedroom - --the large pillow on your bed, p- matching will go with any type of spread, It 'positively gives it new beauty! 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