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if . gaining would EE ST Britain And U. S. Seek Irish Bases Prime Minihter de Valera Says Ireland Will Defend Self Against Any Attack Britain and the United States were reliably reported to be re- newing their pressure for war bases in neutral Eire New overtures, combined with a concerted British press. cam- paign for ports and airfields in Eire, both to defend the island and to 'aid the Allied war in the Atlantic, so far have been mainly informal but official, 'it was said. Crime minister Eamon de Val. era of Eire has said he sympathiz- ed with the United States ip its wap, but that it would promote disumty for Eire to become ine volved. The prime minister, who declar- , ed that not one inch of Eire's tervitory was for sale, denied that there had been any sceret bare with any other coun- try. "What we aré doing," he as- serted, "is our God-given right to do. We tend mot tb enter the war if we can possibly avoid it -- and -we will avoid it, please God, unless we are attacked -- and 1f we are attacked we will defend ourselves," De Valera published abroad that people in Eire are starving and declared "We will not starve and 1 will tell them that." oo United States representatives «m Dublin, it was said, have been exerting so much pressure on the Eire Government in personal con- mentioned reports "tacts that some of their old popu- lavity is waning. Both the British and United States representatives were said to have insisted that nothing in the way of new proposals have been submitted formally to the Irish, but they make no secret that they look wishfully at such potential bases as Berchaven, Cobh and Lough Swilly, which "help the Allies counter German . intensification of the battle of the Atlantic or new moves toward West Africa. ~ SEAMEN IN MASKS k Arctic visors protect faces of British seamen from icy blasts encountered as they speed aid to' northern Russian ports, One Large Turkey For F our Lemons This is a Yelated Christmas | story about one of the lads in ¢ ane cda's overseas air force--FIt. Jack Hogan of Halifax---and oe he found four lemons to win a holiday. turkey. It all began with a certain Can- ~adian_ army unit which was plan- ning a very "posh" dinner around the festive season. It had ample supplies of tuikey and had even managed to scrounge a boar's head -- a tradition at feasts such as this, . But there were vo lemons, To any chef it is sacrilige to serve the head without a lemon garnish, Four were needed. Lemons seemed so unattainable where such luxuries have practi- _ cally: disappeared that the chef was authorized to offer one of the 20-pound turkeys for them, Fit, Lt. Hogan heard about it. He hunted the. side streets and even let it be known he was. pre- pared to barter 600 Canadian cigs avets for four lemons ~ but no ~ luck. . Then he, remembered that in a voluntary service club which ca- ters to Canadians there was a sign which said "Bring your problems to us." He did, 2 "How did you know I got a of lemons from Canada as a Gift just yesterday?' the Canadi- an woman in charge asked him." hen---she- Said: You. al have. your four tomorrow." So, Fit. Lt. Hogan and his friends feasted at Christmas on turkey. The boaws head went to _the table properly garnished. Everybody was happy. __controlling the horse. Channel Islands Under Nazi Heel Story of an [Islander Whe Escaped to England In A Motorboat A fairly large number of troops appear to be stationed island to which I belong, and of their general behavior to the pop ulaee there seems nothing to com- plain, A report that men from the island had been removed to camps or elsewhere on the con- tinent is untrue, but all have to work. mostly 'an food production, or do such dther work as they are suited to. Much hardship now éxists how- ever, owing to scarcity of one thing and another, for 12 months. Soap, candles, and paraffin are not obtainable, and the people mostly retire at dusk and rise at, dawn, Butter js al- lowed at tHerate of 2 oz. a week, meat 6 oz. and no fats, Gas for cooking is allowed for only 20 minutes or so, at two periods each day. There was little coal for fuel during last Winter, and those who live near the coast gather drift- wood, ete., for occasional fires. Many of the older people suc- cumb. with the cold." Nearly all doctors left before" the occupa- tion. A few German doctors are there, but not enough to cope with epidemics if such occur, No clothing can be renewed, and not a reel. of cotton is to be had: The outlook for Winter is therefore very grim. No civilians remain in Alder- ney, which is given over entirely to - military occupation. Fewer tropps occupy Guernsey. is shown by the German rank and file, as' for instance when a con- Lack of enthusiasm for the war tingent was ordered from Jersey for the Russian front. They re- volted, but 'machine guns were trained on them by the officers. Though not popular with the Jerseyites, the Germans have nev- ertheless contrived to win a small. proportion of them to their ideas. For the remainder, they just have to keep quiet to avoid trouble. Cinema shows are given free twice a week --- mostly German films and propaganda. To educate the islanders in music approved ~ by the Nazis, the occupying forces German opera company to- give bi-weekly enter-: have imported a tainments. Radio listening is al- lowed at' certain times, English news. Horse Does Not ; Need Ear Trumpet Few animals surpass the horse in the keenness of his hearing: yet there are a multitude of driv- ers who yell and shout as if the horse in front of them with the delicate and sensitive ear were 16 blocks away. We have sometimes been able to convey. a sound to the horse we were driving which the person sitting beside us could not hear. = The quiet, confident tones of the voice aid greatly in We do. not like drivers who never talk to their horses, though there used to be a driver of a six- horse" team in Boston known as "Silent Jim." People stopped of- ten to watch him handle his team in difficult situations, backing, cramping, turning around, with- out speaking a word, At any rate, please remember, whoever you are who drive,. that your horse has no need of an ear trumpet to hear you. Base Metal Mines Increasing Output While Canadian civilians are being asked to conserve use of metals to help the war effort, base of those metals at the source. With exports of. non-ferrous met- als up almost 26 per. cent, in the first 11 months of 1941 over the corresponding period in 1940, base metal mines have already been turning out record quantities' but they: aim to do better still. Expansion called for under the Hyde Park agreement is expected to bring mineral production to a level hardly thought possible be- fore the war, The metal production -pletufe in 1941 offers a strlknig contrast to that in 1917. *Metal prices to- day on the average, are only half those existing in the last war but quantities produced are tremen- dously greater, With actual pro- duction figures not available, ap- proximate increases over the first Great War period are estimated as follows: Copper, 760 per cents lead 1,800 per cent.; nickel, 26 per cent.; zine, 1,660. per cent, Certainly Canada's base metal industry has reason to be proud of its effort in this war to save "democracy, -- Financial Post. - Largest of its kind is the bask- nig shark which attains an aver- age length of 36 feet. approxi mately. in the The islanders have had no ted' except to -metal--mines--are taking further | . : steps to increase available supply RUINS THAT WERE ROME Aeic¢ient Cirene, more 6 racntly part of what was Iaughirigly re ferred to as the New Roman Empire, is the setting as British Ime perial Forces advance after routing axis forces in Libya, i SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON LESSON VL A BUSY SABBATH IN CAPER- NAUM. 4:31.41. Printed Text, Mark 1:21:34 GOLDEN TEXT -- [ was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day. Re- velation 1:10. - THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING TIME -- May, A.D. 28. PLACE -- naum, at the northern end of the Seca -of Galilee. 21. "And they go into Caper- naum; and straightway on the Sabbath Day he entered into the synagogue and taught, 22, And they were astonished at his teach- ing: for he taught them as hav: ing authority, and not as the scribes." It would seem that our Lord regularly attended the. ser- vices of the synagogue on the Sabbath. We should follow hi example. may be dull or meaningless bu our presence there may be blessing to others as well as to ourselves. Our Lord came to do -- Mark 1:21.34; Luke At times the servicey The city of Caper- many things, including. the great work of teaching, a privilege He here exercises amidst His own people, in what ought to be an atmosphere of true worship, These people had heard teachers all their lives, and, no doubt, some of them had gone up to Jerusa- lem and heard 'the best teachers that Jerusalem had at that day. But the teaching of Jesus was immediately recognized as being something different; loftier and more powerful than. any other teaching they had ever heard. In fact, they were utterly astonish- ed at the way He talked, sur- prised "especially at the authority .which the Seribes never revealed, When men listened to Him they knew He was right. The au- thority of Jesus was, and still is, the authority of absolute truth. . 23. "And straightway there was. in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, 24, saying, What have we to do with Thee, Jesus thou Nazarene? Art thou come to de- stroy us? 1 know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God." Some- thing strange makes this spirit out vhat he knows 'about Jesus. May it not be possible that the man himself, weary of the bond- age of an evil spirit, and learning that one who could deliver was 5 C URIOUS By William Ferguson WORLD --e MORRIS SALUDA, NORTH CAROLINA, KEEPS ALIVE IN HIS HEARTH A MRE Pty WAS STARTED DURING WINTER, MONTHS 1S VERY ESSENTIAL TO MANY FLOWERS -- OF THE NORTH ~ TEMPERATE ZONE. < 7 VERS AGO, BY His rte GRANDFATHER. CONT) -- lye : ls, {3 COPR. 1930 BY NEA SERVICE, IN. IT HAS BURNED y EVER, SINCE. STATE EAST OF THE ZION 16 THE LARGEST | MississIPPI/ mm ALMOST a "century and a half ago, in the mountains of Notth Carolina, John Moriis kindled a fire in his hearth, and, since fires ,were hard to start with flint and tinder, he kept it burning. Sentl. ment grew around the blaze, and. edch succee over the lask of keeping it alive. Biit "Old eeding generation fook' il," in whom the trust now reposes, is a bachelor' and Jas J03t of 'the Mortis ling. NEXT: , Rendance What year was the egos for major Jeague baseball at: "Jesus morning, in the house of the Lord, ' seek out Jesus in public ana cry - | were possesed of demnos. tedching in_the synagogue of his . 'ager, clfy, rushed fn hoping that he, too, might bet set free as others Bad been. Jesus Has Authority 26, "And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him, 26. And the unclean spirit, tearing him and. crying "with a loud voice, 'came out of him,": The Lord Jesus does not 'argue with the demonj.4~ he does not debate what he will do, The deliverance of the man takes place immediately. When the power of. Christ is set against the pow- 4 of evil, evil is compelled to give het "And: they were all amazed insomuch that . they question. ed. among themselves, siy- ing, What is this? a new teaching! . With 'authority to commandeth even the unclean spirits, and they obey him, 28, And the report of him went out straight way every- where jnto all the region of Gal- ilee round about", For the second time this day the people ef Cap- ernaum are astonished: first with our Lord's teaching, characterized by an authority which they had never witnessed before, and now in finding His word to evil pow-. ers likewise characterizea by the 'authority of a master. Church and Home 29. "And straightway, when they were come out of the syna- 'gogue, they came into the house 'of Simon and Andrew, with James 'and John," In spending part of the Sabbath in the synagogue and patt -in- the house, Jesus touched thé two most sacred institutions ' given to-men, the church and the It should be noted that went. first, early in the home. and then later in the day, in the house of men. % 30. "Now Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever; and straight- way they tell 'him of her. 31, 'And hescame and took her by the hand." Jesus uttered no word and silently effected the miracle taking her hand, a" symbol of helpfulness all the world over. "And raised her up." No doubt as Ilis hand touched hers, He communicated strength to her, enabling her to get up. "And the fever left her, and she. minister- ed unto them." The miracle here is that the fever left immedi- ately, and she was. immediately well. 32. "And at even, when the -sun did set, they brought into him all that were sick, and them that 83. And all the city was gathered together at the door. 34, And he healed many that were sick | with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He suf- fered not the demons to speak, . because they knew Him." There must have been a mysterious sy- mpathy and goodness in His looks, and words that seemed td-beckon the wretched to Him as their friend. ~The blind cried out to Him from the roadside, and the woman of Canaan followed him in spite of His hard words. When He came near, even those poss. essed felt His divine greatness; and he spoke to All some word of mercy. Hotels In : Britain : Have Their Trials Hotels, like private households, have their difficulties. The milk shortage directly affects them too. A tablespoonful. of milk is the limit of the ration, and if it goes into the morning coffee, guests must take their porridge without. - So states one hotel man- For the rest of the day, a modicum of milk is served with "tea, and generally none with cof- - fee. Even the porridge has suffered a declension. 1 hear of one es- tablishment where, to the English habit of eating it with sugar; it is actually savored with sugar instead of salt in the 'thaking, and thus rendered com. pletely "unacceptable--to-the Seot-.. tish palate. Not a great deal of SYIipathy goes out to the hotel guest, who _{s' mistakenly pictured as living on the fat of the land whila ev- erybody. else is severely rationed. The truth is that hotel menus are much attenuated as 'compared with'a year ago, and, if the black market operates, it is only in the less Teputable establishments, + works, such as Charlie McCarthy changes! * : . - version is aired on Fridays at 8.30 highlighting each week some local _ many of . the show's promotional 'ideas have added 'very material 23 Useful, in deference "RADIO REPORTER 'DIALING W By the time the next column appears in print the probabilities are all Canada and the United States will be on Daylight Saving time . -- and that's going to do. - rather funny things to your radio listening: in fact, rather mix It up for you. Briefly, this is what "will happen: Those who are on Daylight Saving time, will hear Canadian network shows at the usual time -- 'but American Net-. and others, will be heard ONE HOUR EARLIER! Those who leave Standard Time, will hear Canadian - network shows ONE HOUR LATER than they've been accustomed to hearing them, but American originating shows will riot change time! A bit confus- ing, but literally, that is what takes place, for at present the United States is on - Standard - Time, while most of Canada's originating points," like Toronto, have been consistently on Day- light Time! The exact time change date is Monday, February. 9th -- so after this Sunday's pro- grams are over, watch for the . * Good news for many of the lo- calities of the Province is the fact that the Bandwagon will continue to ride down Harmony Highway throughout the year. 'The Band- wagon shows are produced from local radio stations -- CKOC's D.S.T.--CFRB's Saturday at 7.00 p.m, They're smartly paced shows, effort on behalf of War Work, The Kinsmen's. 'Milk for Britain' Fund has received wide publicity on the Bandwagon shows, and assistance to the Drive's success! . * 2. 'Another show spotlighted on various local stations throughout the province js Hoedown by Og- dén -- two weekly quarter hours of traditional 'old-time' music and song, with modern excerpts styled by Dorothy Whyte! Dot is a ITH DAVE: Canadian b: a who toured England a few years ago, and featured with Jay Wilbur's Ban _ She made quite a name for hew self, and the boys at CKOO treas- ure their Jay Wilbur recordings - which foatue Dorothy In the - vocal refrains! CKOC's "Hose 'down by Ogden? is aired at 7.08 Spans DST, Tuesday and Thurs. days. : : : siied, Some Canadian shows, particus larly the networks, may' change time to avoid conflict with Ame - erican shows coming into Canada. But keep listening -- and 'don's miss the big Tuesday night vari- ety headliner, "Blended Rhythm," starring. Eric. Wild's orchestra, the solo voices of Geol Dey and Burt Austin, and the Camp- bell Sisters. Coniedy, a 1a Varis ety style, is offered by Frankie Shuster. and Johnny Wayne, Herb May M.C.'s the show, and its pace is keen! It's a CBC Network: show! The program will con. tinue to be heard at 8.830 p.m, D.S.T. J] Ll * A Few 1180 Listening Tips: Keep your dial on 1150 Monday nights at 8.00 D.S.T. in-the fut- ure -- the feature "What's on My Mind," quiz show with a new twist, has taken on some new trimmings, and is really bang-up entertainment. There's an audi .ence participation feature tool And speaking of 'Quiz' -- catch .CKOC's 1.830 D.S.T, daily "TELE- QUIZ" -- a half hour of fun for all -- and of course, no quis round-up is complete without men- tion of "TRUE OR FALSE," con- ducted by Dr. Harry Hagen Mon- days at 9.30 D.S.T. on CKOC and a large network of Ontario sta- tions! : Sunday on CKOC has many pleasant quarter hours of fine listening: For instance, Joe Peter- _sen, English boy soprano at 12.46 -- Accordiana at 4.45 -- and the Old Refrains at 5.15! - Record 'of the week---the fast becoming popular 'Tis Autumn, as recorded 1 Eddy Duchin! | COURT FAVORITE HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle 18 Father. 1 Court favorite of the last Russian Tsar. 8He wasa -- native of --. 13 Bitter drug. 14 Withered. 16 Writes. 17 Abrupt. 19 Football company. STC z AE ro) le LIA! Lo Cc on Oe LOO EL WEILIORN] 20 God of war. 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