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asking questions. V.C, D.S.O, M.C, D.CM. and M.M. K a soldier had all the purely military decorations for valor against the enemy, he would wear them fin this order: Victoria Cross, Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Dis- tinguished Conduct Medal, Military Medal. There is often argument about which medal is senior. just cited is the way they would appear on the left breast of the tunte, If anyone had them-all The Victoria Cross is given to officers dnd wen, regardless of rank, "The Distinguished Service Order goes to senior Hfficors, such as brigadiers, colonels licutenant- colonels and majors, In the last war brigadiers usually rated C. MG's (Companion of St, Michael and St. George), but the Dieppo list shows that brigadiers mm this war ard getting D.S.0.'s, Major-generals usually got C.B.'s (Companion of thé BAY) in the last war, but a D.S.0. went to the major-general at Dieppe, The Military Cross captains and lieutenants, and rlso to senior warrant officers. Some captains are awarded the M.C. and are promoted to major about the samo time, In the announcements of awards, majors will be listed as getting the M.C., but usually the decoration was given for deeds done as a captain. The Distinguished Conduct Medal goes to non-commissioned officers and privates. If a private wins the D.C.M, it is understood that he has done something almost worthy of the Victoria Cross, The Military Meda also goes to non-commissioned officers and pri- vates. It is awarded to men In much the same fashion as the M.C. is awarded to officers, Many privates oy non-commis- sloned officers win decorations and are also commizsionew, That is why officers are frequently seen wear. ink medal ribbons given them for action when in the ranks. There is no medal or ribbon to + that. wn soldier has been din despatches, His s through the official re- cords as having distingiched hime self in some engagement, but there is nothing to indicate to the gen- eral public that the individual has gained. distinetion. Those mentioned in despatches in the last war were privileged to put a laurel leaf on the ribbon of the Victory Medal, But, as that medal was not even author. ized vntil mony ot the troops had been demobilized, the distinguish. ing lawrel wag never worn by some of thos §ho had won right te wear it. he Valuable War Cargo Salvaged Material Recovered From Grounded U. S. Freighter L3,000000 worth of war Nearly cargo has been salvaged from a 10,000-ton U.S, Liberty freighter ~which had gone aground on a reef a mile and a half from the Australizn coast and had broken in two. The ealvage included ten heavy bombers worth £50,000 cach, hun dréds of tons of fuel oil, and 12,000 tons of war equipment. Two hundred -men spent - weeks of heart-bregking toil, in constant danger of (rath or serious injury, recovering the material, While the men were using an oxyhydrogen plant to seal tha bulkheads of the vessel the petrol burst into flames and, in a matter of seconds, the sea was a sheet of flame. Ship Broke In Two - As rescue operations were being carried out the vessel broke in two with a report like a gun and the to halves of the vessel were flung hundreds of feet apart, The men lived on board the for- ward section of the ship and work- ed from barges and from lighters which were constantly pounded by heavy and sometimes mountainous sens, One of the salvage patty fell "overboard and disappeared. Fifteen hourg later he was washed up on an island and rescued. On another occasion when petrol .cavght alight three men were low- ered into the gaping hole of the hull, where the fire threatened to spread to more petrol and blow everybody into oblivion. They quelled the flames with sand. - Finally, the forward half of the vessel was towed to a port. When it has been repaired. ft will be used as a lighter "for sal vage work. » Pass The Baby! Condensed milk was scarce in a London suburb so one store de- cided to sell only to customers with-babies, When the proprietor saw six different women enter the "same day with a familiar looking, inger-haire baby he "started iy] & All six had borrowed the same baby. The order . is given to: "SALADA TEA Modern Etiquette By Roberta Lee \ 1. Is It customary gueat to bring his kid of gift? 2. Would eight or 10 persons be too many to stand in a receiving line? 3. Is It necessary for a man to thank a woman for a dance? 4. What would be the very small- est menu one should hgve for an after-theatre supper? 5. Does a bridegroom usually give his bride a wedding gift? 6. What is a good fruit: course to eerve for luncheon? 7. What would be a good toast for a man guest to offer to his hostess? ANSWERS 1. Yes it is often done, but not absolutely. necessary, The bread- and-butter letter 8 really all that is expected and required. 2, Yes; there should not be more than four percons in the receiving line. 3 Yes; at the end of the dance. It it has lasted only one minute, or 30, the man should say, "Thank you." 4, One hot dish, chicken a la king or creamed oys- ters, a nice salad, and coffees. 5. Yes; it is customary for him to give her a gift of jewelry. 6. The most popular fruits are grapefrult, melon, -or -a-mixture of - fruits cut - into small pieces. 7. "Ladies and gentlemen, I give you our hostess, the wife of a very lucky man." HOW CAN I? By Anne Ashley Q. How can I keep the bird cage clean? A. Place five or six thicknesses of heavy whité paper, cut to proper shape, in the bottom of the bird cage. Ilach morning a paper can be lifted out, leaving a nice clean floor. Q. How can I make a good paste? I A. Take one-halt teaspoonful cach of starch and flour and add a littie- bofiing water; let stand for a moment, add more water, and stir and cook until thick, This paste will spread smoothly, stick well, and will not mold or discolor paper. Q. low can I i sharp? "Knives that are to be kept -- must be stored properly. Fit "Them into a grooved box. Knives become dull if they rub against other articles. ~Q. How can I make poached eggs firmer? A. Add a tablespoonful of lemon juice to the water in which eggs are ta be poached, and It wlll --make them firmer. Q. How can I.wash mirrors so that water will not get behind the frame? . A. Be sure not to wash the mir- rors of glass with-a very wet cloth, or some of the water may 'pene- trate back of the frame and injure the glass. Just use a good, damp chamois for this purpose. Blind Helping Build Bombers Some Turn Out More Work Than Sighted Employees Blind workers are helping build fighting and bombing planes at the Lockheed Aircraft factory, and their boss says that in some re- spects they are better than sighted employees. Eleven blind men and two sight- less women have been engaged In a placement test in the Lockheed plant for more than a month, and some of them now turn out more work than their fellows, due to higher power of concentration. "On some of the more difficult operations the quality of thelr wor] ia above average," said.C. L. Pe ton, Lockheed superintendent of fabrication. "In every case with. in a few weeks the quantity of their work equalled or exceeded that of sighted persons on the sme oper- "ation." 'Guide dogs bring the sightless workers to the plant each morning, threading their way through the intricate aisles and buildings of the main Lockheed factory. Thero the dogs' doze all day bencath thelr masters' benches, Miss Hazel Hurst, sightless pre- sident of a foundation for training blind persons at Monrovia, worked at every job before selecting a blind worker to be placed In it, The number of jobs they. can per form with 'safety will always be limited, she sald, keep kitchen for a house hostess some such as: or "woodpile, BBC Warns France To Be Prepared The BBC warned the French again that it was important now as never before for every French- 'man to be prepared for opera- tions by the Allied air forces, navies and armies. The French were advised to keep away from German headquarters and bar- racks, rail centres and repair yards and the fortified coastal zones, Nazis Desert On Journey To Front The Polish Government in London said it had received con- firmation -of- desertions- by Ger<--- man officers and men from trans- ports crossing Poland to the East- ern Front. It said these desecrtions have + become so frequent that the Ger- man authorities have been obliged to organize a special control sys- tem. Deserters who discard their military equipment and buy civil- ian clothes are said to reach Ger- many by applying to German labor offices recruiting workers for labor in the Reich, ES WHAT SCIENCE IS DOING ICE INDICATOR ON PLANES There's a little gadget which has just been perfected that likely will make next winter's flylng bombers. It's an ice indicator. It isn't fmpressive-looking, It weighs about five Bound and looks like a handful of telephone cord connecting two small black boxes, a dial and a plastic disc, It does these things: : form on the plane. . . 2. It tells how thick the {ce is. 3. It can switch on a de-icer. In short, It means the bomber pilot has one less thing to worry about, Jt sounds very simple. But ao tually the young scientist who in- vented the gadget, Dr, Waldo Kliever, put the complicated new science of electronics to work to make it. It's the first time anyone has been able to measure the rate at which ice forms on a plane. Until now, the co-pilot has had to do the worrying and trust his own judgment. It you've ridden a sleeper plane, you've seen him at night come back into the cabin and throw his flashlight beam along the leading edge of the wing. He was looking for ice and trying to determine how thick It was. ~The indicator starts with a small disc set into any surface of the plane which wants watching, This disc Is linked to a dial on the pilot's dashboard. When Ice forms, the dial's needle swings to the right, and as It swings it Indicates just how much Ice Is outside on the wing. It isn't a gadget that measures dropping temperatures like a ther. mometer. It doesn't touch the ice, It simply registers "ice" because the Ice changes the character of the electrical "field" around it. SOLOMON ISLAND HOT SPOTS tom, | "vo ouvuaad® SelstAro * TULAGH-o', LR © TANAMS0G0ZF 4 % \ GAVUTU CX a O, E. NEW os be BOU! AINVILLE Sh, ALAMAUA SHORTLAN i> SANTA Mu. s. Positions NG Dissar rosiTions MILES 20 Sealork Channel JAP BASES BOMBED BY AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN FLIERS GAYA ATTACK "Soy, PACIFIC OCEAN Mo, Ov, : S BUKA, a, Qe 9 elt 2 > SR% SUMILNE BAY ~~ RE, CUADALCANRLg ¥ . xe SAN CRISTOBAL The maps above show where critical action is developing in the Solomon Island area of the South Pacific. The top map shows the northern' shore of Guadalcanal Island, where the heavily reinforced Fenemy is massing for 'an all-out attempt to recapture the vital air- field at Lunga. The lower map shows Guadalcanal in relation to the Solomon group and other action in the area. * Australia Making Own Optical Glass Australia is now making its own optical glass, urgently needed for such instruments as range-finders, field glasses and other types of eye-ald used in modern war. Three years ago Sydney dealers said it could not be done because good optical glass was a trade sceret handed down in French and Ger- man firms. Now a large Australian works is making on a mass scale optical glass which experts pro- nounce "equal and in some respects superior to" the best optical glass made in Europe. Russians Using Wooden Bomber Russian filers are using a low- speed light bomber made of wood and fabric for accurate night at- tacks upon Axls positions around" Stalingrad, according to the army newspaper Red Star, The plane is an improved model U-2, with a speed of only 60 to 90 miles an hour, Red Star sald. It is reported the Germans used to laugh at the type, which they called the but that mockery had turned to fear. Red Star sald the U-2 could take oft anywhere because of its light construction of woodwork and lin- en, rald silently with more precis- fon than a dive-bomber and land on a field Hlluminated only by a flashlight, * The crews were declared able to bomb houses held by the Germans without hitting "neighboring build. ings Ih Russian hands, oval Mint Strikes Million Coins Daily With war winging a big demand for -more money in Britain the Royal Mint is very brisk these days. / Over 1,000,000 new coins are being struck every day, including every coin In the currency except one of the most popular -- the penny. The minting of pennies was banned over two years ago to eco- " nomize in the use of copper metal, and- the brass three penny plece Is helping to make up for the lack of pennies. The silver three penny pleco, although seldom seen, Is still bes Ing struck, although .the majority g0 to Scotland where there is a big demand for them, Before the ban there were about 2,000 million penhies in Britaln, an average of 40 per person, 'BLUE COAL' RAISES ~~ STANDARD OF ¥ HEATING COMFORT Thousands of families will tell you that 'blue coal' is the. best coal you can use In these days of careful spending. That {s because this dependable, even:-burning an. thracite gives you more heating value for every fuel dollar you spend. It burns slowly, steadily and economically, It fills your home with uniform heat and saves you ~worry, trouble and dollars over thie hoating season, Let your near est 'blue coal' dealer tell you how easy it Is to heat your.home the 'blue; coal" way and save money, too, Phone him today, easler for the boys who pilot Allied: 1. It tells when fice starts to You Heard? The landlord of offices ten anted by a firm of Scots lawyers whose lease was about to expire wrote to ask whether they were going to continue in occupation. Their reply was: "Dear Sir, truly--" . Not appreciating this effort in economy of words--and pape he wrote again to demand whether or not it was. their intention te Have We are, Yours A milkman inducted 'into the army wrote back home from camp: "Bessie, | sure * do like this army life, It's so nice to lie abed every morning until five-thirty," "On the day on which my wed- ding occurred--" "You'll pardon the correction but affairs such as marriages, re- ceptions, dinners and things of that sort 'take place. Only cal: amities occur,' You see the dis- tinction?" \ "Yes, I see. As I was sdying, the day on which my wedding " occurred--" Teacher (pointing to deer _at_the 200): "Johnny, what is that?" - Johnny: "I dont know." Teacher: "What does your mother call your father?" Johnny: "Don't tell me that's a louse!" "Are you positive that the de- fendant was drunk?" asked the judge. "No doubt," growled the offl- cer. "Why are you so certain?" " "Well," replied the officer, "I saw him put a penny in the patrol ~ box on Tourth Street, then look up at the clock on the' church and shout: "Gowd,. I've "lost 14 pounds." Candidate: "How did you like my speech on the agri- cultural problem?" ~ Farmer: "It wasn't bad, but a day's rain would do a heap more good." The musketry instructor 'was giving a squad of recruits their first lesson on the rifle, "Your rifle is your best pal," he told them, "Treac it as you would your mother, your sister or your sweetheart. . . rub it over with-an- oil rag every morning." "I hadn't been talking to the fellow for more than five minut¢s when he called me a fool." { "What caused the delay?" Things Are Really Getting Very Hard Brothed Vinge are really get ting hard, Shortly, there is to be no more fields or over-stuffed chairs. Presumably after a night of », sleepless tossing in worry over the stump in steel production, one of the experts of the Munitions De- partment decided that the metal which had gone into his bed- spring might better have been us- ed for guns or tanls. Actually, there was nc ban yet on the use of steel in springs, ex- plained a Muniticns publicity man, because the . .order hadn't been signed. d No signed order---so-no news, was the way he looked at it, with an eye to protecting the sanctity of Munitions' thousandth = or so press release, "Anyway," he asked querulous- ly in after-thovght, "do we have to have chesterficlds, and with "springs?" Over 850,000 pounds of sun- flower sceds were shipped from Uruguay in a recent month. HOME STUD Canadian Courses for Canadians Across Ctnsds are thousands of Shaw Graduates tai Hh Hote Study Cou! prac. tical, thorough ai efiicient instruction: § tcretarial tort Acenu Chartered hits of of Secretaries 8.) Write for Catalogue. 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