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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS. COLBORNE, ONT., FEBRUARY 24, 1944 storm destroys supply dumps Storm aftermath. Mr. Churchill h er experienced on the Eighth Army Storm that swept the eastern coas along the shore. Hundreds of petrol Adriatic. as commented on the bad weath-front. Here is one evidence of it. it destroyed large supply dumps tins were at the mercy of the VOICE OF THE F RES S QUARTER IS 28 POUNDS A quarter, the weight unit used for grain in Britain, is 28 pounds because it is one-quarter of an hundredweight. You see, an hundredweight is 112 pounds. --Windsor Star. ALL PUFFED UP • "The giant puffball," a scientist tells us, "sometimes grows to weigh 20 pounds." Shucks, professor; we've heard some who were well over 200. v --Ottawa Citizen. ATOLL WAR Every time American bombers raid a South Sea atoll they blow up lots of Japs and the raw material for 1,000,000 coral neck- --Boston Globe. ANY PLACE IN BERLIN Reports have it that Hitler is in the dumps--which could be most any place in Berlin. --Kitchener Record. TIME FOR THIS A good many people who simply cannot, my dear, spare the time to engage in any form of voluntary war service seem to have plenty of it at their disposal to haunt the food stores and pick up more than their due share of --Brockville Recorder and Times. KING ROOSEVELT Bitter Republicans are suggesting that if F. D. Roosevelt is elected for a fourth term the inauguration might just as well be turned --Peterborough Examiner. DIFFERENCE The difference between "dam" and "damn" is that the former retains pressure; the latter relieves --Victoria Times. A Dangerous War It is good to be strong and wise. It is good to be lucky. And Mr. Churchill's humor is always with him. In the First World War his headquarters were in. a farmhouse continually subject to shelling. A fidgety general warned him against subjecting himself and his officers to such constant danger. "I tell you i*'s very dangerous," says Fuss and Feathers. "Yes," says Lieutenant-Colonel Churchill, "but after all this is a very dangerous "war." --New York Times. RTER AL LEARY I overseas where he has been gath^ ering new material for the series. Canadian .radio stations have also on occasion been requested by the United States Government to do production on some of their war effort programs. When the Dionne quintuplets appeared at Maple Leaf Gardens in aid of the third War Loan, they were picked up and broadcast to the United States network. The United States Treasury weekly show, "T h e Bond Wagon", did a pick-up from Little Norway on the occasion of the preview of John Steinbeck's "The Moon Is Down". Sir Cedric and Lady Hardwicke came from New York to play the lead in a drama that was produced depicting exploits of the Norwegians, in which the actual characters depicted were played by the heroes themselves. This particular drama created quite a sensation in the United,States and as a result radio station CKCL which did- production and the pick-up received a citation from the United States Government "for distinguished service to the United States" war effort." Regular listeners to "Soldier's Wife" will be glad to hear that the program contract has been renewed for another twenty-six weeks. It will continue to be heard over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation network including CKCL from 11.30-11.45 a.m. Monday through Friday. Bob Hope, who is a favoured comedian of the United States Army, pulled one of radio's classic boners on a recent program. Broadcasting from a United States Army camp, he finished his broadcast, thought that he was off the air, turned around to the audience and said, "well, that was it, didn't it stink", thereby creating such a coast to coast laugh that the network announcers were hardly able to sign the program off. RADIO REPORTER fLLE4EY Looking at the picture of Liola Albanese, star of "The Treasure Hour of Song", heard every Thursday 9.30-10.00 p.m. EWT, SUNDAY SCHOOL L E SjS O N March 5 JESUS URGES HIS DISCIPLES TO WATCH Mark 13:1-37 PRINTED TEXT--Mark 13: 3-10, 31-37. GOLDEN TEXT. -- WatVh therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh. Mark 13:35 Memory Verse: We . . . are helpers. 2 Corinthians 1:24. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time--Tuesdav of Passion Week, April 4, A.D. 30. Place--The Mount pf Olives, directlv east of, and opposite to, the city of Jerusalem. Questions Asked of Jesu»» "And as he sat on the M ( W¥ Olives over against the temple,-Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, Tell us, when shall these things be? "and what shall be the sign when these things are all about to be accomplished?" Their question divides itself into three parts. (1) When shall the destruction of the temple take place? (2) What shall be the sign of thy coming? (3) Mifaat shall be the sign of the end of the world? Christ's First Warnings "And Jesus began to say unto them, Take heed that no man lead you astray. Many shall come m.my lead 'many astray". The first Utterance of Christ is a warning, a deception ot" the worst kind, pertaining to false religious leaders who will come in the name of Gftist to deceive many. "And when ye shall hear of vyars and rumors or wars, be not troubled: these things must needs cjfme to pass; but the end is not yet. for nation shall rise against natfcn, and kingdom against kingddm; there shall be earthquakes in di*rs places; there shall be famines; thfcse things are the beginning of fra-vail." Our Lord emphasizes first wars among men, then earthquakes, tien famines and then distress. Mostjof all He seems to emphasize the multiplication of military conflicts. Three will be wors of nationalities. One nation shall rise in its anter to come down upon another. Kite'-, doms will rise up to put dotn kingdoms,. . so another rises in strength till that in due time is overcome. But He bids His disciples not to be troubled, and His words also apply to believers to-day. Such conditions were only the natural course of things--things that/in the Divine purpose have to come. Christ's Second Warning "But take ye heed to yourselves: •for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in synagogues shall ye be beaten; and before governors and kings shall ye stand for my sake, for a testimony unto them." Christ's first warning was against deception and error in regard to the approach of the end. The second warning is against spiritual muss mussy CHRONICLES of GINGER FARM muss mussy Giant portrait moved from Facist headquarters in Anzio, Italy, to the sidewalk, made a swell target for passing Allied soldiers. Above, one of them looks over mussed-up Mussy. spring suit dress Cut-away jacket and crisp white pique trim edging pockets and curved lapels, give this grey wool "herringbone suit dress an air of softness typical of this spring's knitting needles clicking a little faster. Here is a joke against myself. I wanted to tell a friend about a radio programme that I thought she might like. So I went to the telephone and when the operator asked for my number I answered . . . "CTBC",.please !" LATE JUSTICE HORIZONTAL ■ Answer to Previous Puzzle 1 Pictured late U. S. Supreme Court Justice, 11 2000 lbs, 12 Born. 13 Automobile. 14 Gain. 16 Near. 17 At one time. 18 Australian 20 Symbol for erbium. 21 Harass. 23 Ebony. 25 Fruit. 26 Dine. 28 Ice crystals. 30 Lath. 31 Lion's heavy neck hair. 32 Him. 34 Places on probation. 35 Iridium (symbol). 36 Commotion. 37 Require. 39 Tantalum (symbol). kIuIcIhIi InIg 40 Clip off suddenly. 42 Call for help at sea. 44 Precious metal 47 Measure of area. 49 Asks judgment in court. 51 Despise. 54 Accomplish. 55 Male sheep. 57 His Imperial Majesty (Fr. abbr.). 58 Era. 59 Mouth part. vertical 1 Plot of land. 2 Upon. 3 Inside. 4 Religious body 5 Honey producer. 6 High card. 7 Designate. 8 Cudgejs. 9 Within. 10 Observe. 11 Light brown. 15 Attempt. 17 Sacred compositions (music). 19 Male offspring 21 Dreading. 22 Is able, 24 Negative. 25 Charts. 26 Relieves. 27 Takes care of.' 29 Color of milk. 30 Legal term meaning "without surviving issue" (abbr.). 31 Males. 33 Period of time; 38 Age. .41 Rich material. 43 Established' value. 45 Half (prefix). 46 Jump. 48 Uncooked. 50 Iniquity. 51 Head covering. 52 Past. 53 Number. 54 Noise. 56 Mother. 59 Music note. POP--And Some Differently Shaped By J. MILLAR WATT we're all cast v? in the same MOOLD yes! with a vengeance, as we have reason to know already. Yesterday thi-- district goes to town on Saturday. Business of every kind is of the week. Unless it is something special you don't bother telephoning your friends about this and that through the week because you • know you are sure to see them on • Saturday. Yes, going to town on c'osing has modified it consider- *fj!lCm.eet! neighbour; there are two show.s at the theatre each night; evening: ' ihc local department store is as crowded as a city bargain basement; and any time there is an auction sale you can almost stake your reputation on the chance that it will be on a Saturday. A week ago. for instance, 1 arrived in town about four-thirty. Crowd-anywhere withii: reasonable distance of the stores. Cars were everywhere, but yet few people in the stores. I was mystified . . . and then I remembered. Of course an auction sale--one which included every kind of tool a man was likely to need either on or off a farm. So I suppose those who usually came at night had come this week in the afternoon instead. And I understand the bidding went just wild. But it is. really yesterday I wanted to tell you about. Not only was there shopping to do, but there was also a matinee. For weeks I had been longing to see "Lassie Come Home". Now it was here-- but alas, so was the worst storm of the winter. Frankly I was dubious about going out at all. It was so cold, and the lane looked as if it might fill in any time. However Partner assured me the snow was too light to give any trouble. Finally \ decided to try my luck. I got through the lane all right, failure in view of what will happen to the disciples personally, and j They would first be persecuted by *---- beaten iii their syna- gogues, and then later, as Chris-Canitv manifested increasing power, they would be persecuted by the governors of the provinces and the Emperor of Rome himself. The Divine Purpose i "And the gospel must first be preached unto all nations." The Gospel must be preached throughout the world as a preparation for the end. This is in the Divine purpose. The Gospel has a world-wide destiny, and until that destiny is fulfilled, the 'end' will not be. Christ's Third Warning "Heaven and earth shall pass away...And what I sav unto you I say unto all, watch." No one knows when Christ will return. Men who set dates for the end of this age and for the day of our Lord's return are assuming to have wisdom be-Here we have Christ's third warning. The first against deception: the second against spiritual failure: the third against negligence. It is the will of God that His people should always live in readiness for the coming of the Lord. The Saviour realized His words were not for the Apostles alone. He was speaking, through them, to the people of every gen- however humble his place in the church, however untalented he may be, is included in the Master's call to watch. Third Party •Two twenty-year-old Canadian airmen in Britain whj have flown in raids on Berlin applied for a third-party insurance to ride a They were told that as they were under twenty-one they would have to get a letter from a responsible person before they could be allowed to ride their own motorcycle. also to town, did my shopping, :hanged my books, and went to the "Lassie Come Home" will stay with me long after other shows have been forgotten. As you probably know it is about a boy and bis dog. There isn't much that Diie can add to that. The underlying pathos in the story is more iii the things it doesn't tell than what it docs. The little boy's mother sometimes appears hat'd and unfeeling. But anyone with a knowledge of what the misery of unemployment can do to a family knows the hardness to be merely a cloak to hide deeper emotions Don't miss "Lassie Come Home" --it is well worth seeing. Yes, 1 even thought that when 1 came home and found myself snowed out. The wind had changed The road was all right, but oh dear, our lane . . . Ten feet up the drive and I was hopelessly stuck. I knew shovelling was hopeless. There was only one thing for it-- the team. But Partner was at the barn. To go after him meant facing the gale and wading through deep snow. I quailed at the thought. Happily a neighbour came along and offered to get Partner for me. I accepted the offer with alacrity. But it takes some time to harness a team and by the time Partner came to the rescue I was half frozen. However, horse power added to motor power soou made the grade--and it felt mighty good to be back in the'house again. That night the news^ spoke of Allied forces in ItalyV being hampered by gales and blizzards. I felt ashamed to think the distance from the road to the house had seemed more than I could tackle. If only we could realize what bad weather means to our boys at the front and on the sea perhaps it might result in our Liola Albanese over Mutual and CKCL, Toronto, brings to mind the fact that radio's people have found a new outlet for their dramatic ability because, of the war. Radio drama has increased to a large percent since the war broke out. Canadian radio has made outstanding contributions to the war effort in the dramatic field, and possibly the largest of these radio dramas is the transcribed series "The Army It started from a very small beginning; early in the war Mr. Henry S. Gooderham, President of radio station CKCL, was approached by Military District No. 2 to see what aid his radio station could give in assisting in obtaining recruits for the Army. "The Army Speaks" series was conceived and the station's mobile crew went to Camp Borden and cut actual scenes of army training to be used as sound effects. The program started originally on five stations. It was an instant success and National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa decided the series could be used with advantage across the country, with the result that Captain, now Major Diespecker, Radio Liasion Officer for the Army, took over production of the program. This year the program is being heard over fifty stations in Canada and while it's still produced in the studios of CKCL, it now has a nation wide audience. You can probably find it in the listing of vour favourite radio station under its original title of "The Army Speaks." It's carried by CKCL, Wednesday at 8.30 p.m. Major Diespecker lias just returned from