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SN 2 ap ERE Mr. Polar Bear of the Sinan vii : Bronx zoo, New York, is evidently anxious Reval to leave his quarters. It looks like a good romp in the snow on the other side, but' bars make awfully tough eating. A "CHRONICLES . Gwendoline P. Clarke 4 "0 9 yo . . . . . By J "Come wind, come weather" I still have a feeling that spring is hiding somewhere just around the corner. | think that, because, in spite of the snow covered ground, the birds, who are wiser than we are, are acting quite differently. these days. They chatter away among themselves and show a lot «more activity than + they did a month ago. There 'is a little white-breasted nuthatch on the front lawn interests me tremendously. He is a happy. little fellow. Some- times he perches on the window- sill for a second or two, takes a peek through the window and then away. he goes again. Next time I see him he is hunting a meal from the bark of 'the popular tree. The tree is quite close to the house s0, by keeping well back from the window, I can watch the antics of the nuthatch without his being _ aware of it. R "three-year 'old - ~ colt * * * And of course there are plenty of sparrows and an odd starling or.two -- and I like to watch them too. ~~ The- starlings -seem to be gathering up esting material, It seems a little early for that but then maybe they have heard of the acute housing shortage and it may, be that. they - think that even the birds of the air should take some though for the morrow. Yes, Mrs, Starling, it might. be a good idea 'to .look . around because, if you should fly down to the road, you will find that the mailbox in which: you so persistently took up living quarters last year has. been. removéd, A bigge. and better box has' been installed instead, and one to which you; Mrs. Star- ling, will find it impossible to get into. ! : bE J = * It would seem the horses and otiier: livestock: have also a. feeling cof spring. The cows and heifers are sgamballing about in the sun like yoting things. Yes, even nineteen-yecar-old Cicely was kick- ing up her heels this morning, And then, when I sat down fo write just now, I looked across the front field and there was our neighbour's leading its owner. a. merry. chase across our field. I watched to se. what would happen and it wasn't long before the colt took the tence like a hunter, Well, maybe not quite like a hun- ter becausé he mus have touched the top wire, as I notice one fence- post is leaning towards the lane at a drunken angle, x. % a . The squirrels have been having quite a time too. when there was so much fresh, soft snow, 1 thought I saw some- (thing dark moving in the snow-- you know how you sort of see things out of! the corner of your --eyée--and then I looked*again and saw _nbthing, But I kept awatching and ~ presently out + of the deep snow jumped a little black squirrel. + HTO TODAY Ei 9) i phed Marshal above in his latest picture. > 3 The other day ° a Tn And did he ever have a time get- ting where he wanted to go. We, too, have been having a time getting where we wanted to go-- (and there were times when: we were not so successful as the squirrel. Nearly every afternoon Partner would hitch the team to the car and we would open up the lane that way ready for the morning. And then in the night the wind would blow--or there would come more snow--and our newly made track would be all filled | in , again." Finally Dame Nature relented .and gave us a - partial thaw, so now, with reason- able care, we can get in and out with out too much trouble, Fall Fairs Restored To Original Purpose Speaking at the annual conven- tion of the Class "B" Fairs As- sociation in Toronto, Dr, G. I, Christie, president of the O.A.C, Guelph, emphasized the - necessity of keeping Fall 'fairs active dur- ing the war. "It would have been a great calamity- -to discontinue these' fairs", said Dr. Christie. "The people wanted them, the war ef- fort needed them and war: pro- duction has increased because of them." y Dr, Christic expressed the view that wartime conditions have pro- duced a great - mprovement in these fairs from an agriculture! standpoint and - have restored them to their original - purpose. He also referred to the effect of rural fairs on the improvement of live stock and particularly to the growing interest of farm youth in them. He hoped the Canadian ~~ National Exhibition, the Royal Winter Fair. Ottawa Exhibition, and other large shows vwould be resumed as soon as pos- wsatble because they: were neeled. In. his address, Dr. Chiistie ¢con- demid the praci.e of show herds travelling, all province winning . the prizes at every fair, and urged the fuir di- tectors to concentrate on hring- ing out the best live stock in their own neighborhoods, Eighth Army Brings "Home'the Bacon Canadian and German frontline troops in' Italy. fought a battle for (A, pigirandi the: 8th + Army - men brought hore. the bacon, All day there had. been. desul- tory small-arms fire on the front where a Canadian corps is fight- ing on the right flank of the « British*8th' Army and toward dve- ning -the pig, scared by the noise, + broke out of its enclosure in no- man's-land, The battle for possession began "with a short burst: by a; German sniper. The pig squealed: louder and tracked toward the Canadian position, A well-placed shot stopped' the porker in its tracks but the prob- lem of bringing home the prize re- mained, This was solved by artil- «dery- fire which caused the enemy to withdraw. . A: few hours later the Canadians were eating roast pore, "Time For Conchies "Fo' Do 'War'Work Thundered the Rev. J. R. Cold «ins, Vicar 'of St. Mary de Castro; Leicester: "lam unable to under- stand why Conscientious Objectors 'are not: compelled to starve and die of hunger as they refuse to do anything whatever to help sailors, soldiers and airmen who are risk- ing their lives day by day. The time has arrived when they should be compelled to do any work wilich needs. to be done, rather than expect women between the ages of 45 and. 50 to take up war work." { © suddenly disappeared over the. But The British ~Band-Played On Band + Platform - Goes' Down And. Up But .No One #75 Misses A "Toot" One place where they really take their, music seciously. is aboard a certain British airplane carrier, writes Bennet Cerf in Saturday Review, Every. afternoon at four, unless there's a heavy gale run- _ ning or the enemy actually has cugaged thesship,.there Is a con- cert on deck, 3 . . . The band sits. on the principal 'plane elevator, which is depressed about two feet, so that the mus- icians may follow better the baton wielding J: of the « conductor, He stands at the edge of the deck above, his back to the audience, which is always ample, since every man, who can be spared is there under official orders, On the , afternoon. in question, the carrier was: coursing lazily through Mediterranean waters, and the concert was in full cry, Suddenly a mechanic in the control room noticed the "plane- elevator indicator, which register- ed the fact that it was not quite flush with the deck. Afraid that the mechanism was out of kilter, he pressed a button hard. * & 0» The ship's band, in. the middle of the overture from "Carmen", from the view of the entranced audience and plunged into the bowels of the ship. The mechanic, horrified when fie saw what he had done, hastily pushed another button. The ele- (yator shot skyward. It came to the surface with a jolt that sent . every musician bouncing at least three feet in the air. - * . But ah, those imperturbable British! Not one stopped tooting his instrument for a moment dur- ing the entire round trip. The leader never lost a beat. When the overture was concluded, the, un- smiling ship's company applauded politely. 'Dutch Move Out; Germans Move In About 1,000,000 persons have 'been turned Hut-of their homes in the * Netherlands by the Germans to make room for Germans bomb- e out of cities in the Reich and to permit the razing of houses for the construction of defence works along the coast, according to Radio Orange, the Free Netherlands sta- tion in England. The exudus has taken on the proportions of a mas. movement, with more than 200,000 families already evicted, the broadcaster said. "There are now two main streams of - refugees converging into the central and castern parts of the Netherlands," he pointed out, "One of them consists of the Dutch who are being systematic- ally evacuated from the coastal areas which .the Germans are turn rin, into fortified zones for defence «purposes. The second is the stream of Germans driven from their . home areas devastated by Allied bombings. be "The, coastdl evacuations are car- ried out ruthlessly. The Germans destroy Dutch homes /completély s. that nothing may interfere with their plan for withdrawal man- oeuvres. This method of - destruc tion has an additional practical ad- vantage for the Germans, since it furnishes more material which can be sent back to the fatherland -- bricks, timber, scrap iron and such interior furnishings as carpets and curtains. ' : "Made-In-Japan" Bulbs Are Duds eae The newest blackout menace in Britain is that nearly every © flashlight bulb sold recently with a new flashlight has turned out to be a dud. Now an explanation was forthcoming. if The bulbs were part of a pre- war consignment from fapan which (once supplied. . 40,000,000 annually to Britain, About 90 per cent. of the last shipment was worthless, "Tuesday, April 4, A.D. 30. Srey RADIO REPORTER > AL LEARY Three hundred people repre- senting the broadcasting industry of Canada with guests from the United States gathered in a four . . . - Glen . Bannerman . Ld -. day conference at the Chateau Fron- tenac, Quebec and out of it may come a new deal of freedom for Canadian broadcasting. In his opening speech, which keynoted the conference, Glen Bannerman, who was re-elected , President of the Canadian Assoc- iation of Broadcasters said, before presenting his plan for a three-man Board of Coramissioners, "I am coa- vinced the present system of broad. casting has, over recent years, developed a trend dangerous to the best interests of the citizens of Canada and of broadcasting. There is a real danger that you are being placed in a position where it is gradually becoming impossible for you to meet your obligations to your fellow citizens in your com- munities, There is a distinct danger to freedom of the air, to freedom of speech and to the exchange of ideas, "The system is becoming too centralized -- too monopolistic and too cumbersome for the rapid changes and developments in broadcasting. There is so much machinery to the system that it takes far too long to make neces- sary changes and adjustments, To- day there is a continual struggle going on, not only on your part, but also within the CBC itself to prevent the present system from becoming too rigid and circum- scribed, Unless changes in the system are made in the near future, I believe the struggle will be lost". It is inevitable that the struggle between private interests of Cane adian and Government owned systems. will eventually come to a head, but in the opinion of those attending the convention the day that the privately owned station is killed off, will be the day that sounds the death knell of Can- adian radio, MARCH 12 JESUS BETRAYED, DENIED AND CONDEMNED Mark 14:10--15: 20 PRINTED TEXT, Mark 14: 10, 11, 83, 54, 66-72; 15: .12-15 GOLDEN TEXT -- He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. Isaiah 33: 3 MEMORY VERSE: | love thee, O Jehovah. Psalm 18: 1, THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time. -- Judas entered into a covenant' with the chief priests on The remaining cvents took plice on' Thursday evening, and carly Fri- day morning, April ¢ and 7, A.D. 30. Place. -- The Lord's Supper was observed in an upper room in 'the house of an unknown person in Jerusalem; 'the Garden of Geth- semare was on the lower part of the western slope of the Mount of Olives, directly oppposite. the city of Jerusalem. The trial Béfore the Jewish authorities was held in the building where the Sanhedrin met, though what building this was we do not know. The trial before Pontius Pilate was held in "the palace of the Governor in the city of Jerusalem, Judas, The Betrayer "And Judas Iscariot, he that was one of the twelve, went away unto the chief priests, that he might deliver him unto them. And they, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might con- veniently deliver him unto them " Observe the awful wickedness of the traitor. It is no sudden temp- tation under which he falls. 'He deliberately secks the opportunity first of selling, and then of betray- ing His Master. This is the crowning act of a course of cove- tousness and dishonesty, Plans Are Made "And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and there come to- gether with him all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. And Peter had followed him afar off, even within, into the court of the high priest; and he was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire" How carefully everything was planned! Although it is night the Jewish council is already assembled waiting to receive their prisoner. The object of the meeting was to find legal ground for: putting Jesus to death and justify them before the law. Peter's Denial of Christ 'And as Peter was beneath in sthe ccurt . . , . , and when he thought thereon, he wept" \Wlile Peter warms himself, he is sudden- ly challenged by the maid as being a disaipte of Jesus. Peter disowns all knowledge of the Nazarene, all conscionsness even of what the charge: meant, Then Peter heard the cork crow, but it did not suc- ced in touching his haat Another maid accused him, and then a third. Petee's second denial wad uttered with an oath; he Dblasphemed taking the name of Goa in vain From a deceitful evasive answer the apostle goes on to denial with an oath, and then to cursing aud swearing | Peter loved the Lord, but in this hour fear dominated; love was put aside. When the cock _ crew twice, the warning of Jesus, the love 'and compassion of his Lord, came flooding into his heart. The, Lord has een beaten; Peter had not been touched. The Lord had been betrayed; Peter was cafe. He realized that he was an unworthy follower of the Master and, with a broken heart, went out weeping. Pilate's Act of Injustice "And Pilate again answered, and said unto them, what then shall -1 do unto him whom ye call the . YANKS'PUSH TOWARD TRUK sar" ET : ry VIALS : Q gone STRUK 1S. ARQLsL 3 dha bu NAM Q R Q : "HO ANS NE 1s ance e | rouse . hor pA dae Sars : Mang g 2100 Mi ERIVETOK HS" soncewnr 1 Is VIELANG WoTHO, ane : Map shows, where; American assault forces, having taken Kwjalein ,rAtoll in the Marsha ese, naval base at Islands, are pushing on toward the major Joes tuk by capturing important islands in En wetok Atoll, Seventh Army. Air Fosce planes also have attacked Ponape, larg- «est enemy base east of Truk, RECEIVES LONG-SERVICE PASS Alfred Allard, was an employee of thé Canadian Pacific Railway Company in Mon- treal during the Rie! Rebellion of 1883, when Sir William Van Horne first proved the value of the Can- adian Pacific's transcontinental line Joseph 70, who King of the Jews? And they cried out again, Cruciiy him, And Pilate said unto. tnem, why, what evil hath he done? Put they cried out exceedingly, Crucify him." To ask the accusing party what should be done to Christ was a grave injustice to Him. Pilate was deciding against Christ when he tried to throw: the responsibility on others. Having appealed in vain to their cerey he now appeals to their justice. But equally "in vain They only cried out more for his death. We find from John's gospel (19:12) that the Jews threa- tened Pilate with the Emperor's displeasure if he let Jesus go. Had he been a just ru'ei he would have done justice to the innocent at what- ever risk to himseif, In his search for a domestic rubberproducing plant, Thomas Edison grew a 12-foot goldenrod at Fort Myers, Ila, by transporting troops by rail for the first time trom Montreal to Winnipeg, is sull on the company pay roll, plying his trade as a ma- chinist at Angus Shop, Montreal, Mr. Allard is pictured above at Ift with H. R. Naylor, Works Manager of Angus Shops who pre- sented the veteran railroader with the distinciive 50-year, all-lines pass in recognition of his long and valu- ed service. The pass entitles Mr, Allard and his wife *¢ travel on company rail lines anywhere, at any time, During Mr Allard's service with the Canadian Padific, which, he says began in 15885 when he was 11, and until his reticement in 1939, he established for himself a brace of "firsts". He wa, one of th first "candy butchers" or "newsies! to work on the first Canadian Pacific Montrear-Vancouver trains, and was the first "red cap" to be employed at Windsor Station, Mon- treal. He retired from company service in 1939 ufter many years at Angus Shops" as machinist and as- sistant foreman, and returned to work again as a temporary ems ployee in January, 1042 to lend his skill struction of war implements being as a machinist to the con- frodicced by the Canadian Pacific, DONOR OF LIBRARIES HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle name, 1,6 Pictured 8 Echo. Scottish- | 5 Ul E = WE 9 Closer. American AlT QW] 10 Herd of philanthropist. S whales. 13 Approaches, NIIF IRIE C B Y| 11 Structural 14 Sheltered side. --|PIE/ARIME NO units. 15 Paid publicity |S{LIAT NEF. THIE] 12 He endowed (ol). PIARIQILIEISEMNT [US many libraries 16 Pig pen. SIT]! EEID T through his 17 Behold! S S|0|S BRANDES E --_-- 19 Hindu god. G HJ 18, Ubiquitous. 20 I;dangle. 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