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} iyi ey ABS i mn, EE rue Cady Nees sadalansiha Thal ty RA wo AER RU GY ¥ Women Pilots In Play Important Part In War " Against Germany Women bomber and fighter pilots are playing an important part in. Russia's air war against Germany. "There is no tween - the sexes "in the Soviet © Union," said Valentina Grizodu. bova, 31-year-old "mother, famous . «throughout Russia as a bomber pilot. A Valentina, attractive: and very feminine, with curly dark bair," brows eyes, shapely 'mouth and dimples, began flying 14 'years 4go. "Her husband-is a pot, her father was;a pilot, and her five year-old son already has earned the nickname of "Little Falcon." "l have bombed German com- munications and troops and | have been attacked in daylight by Nazi; fighters, but came through safgly, escorfed by Soviet fight- ers," Valentina, who holds the rank of major, told British newspaper men in ar interview. "I am a squadron leader, and 1 like heavy bombers--the heavier the type aud the graater the range, the more I am pleased. 1 should like to fly one of your big four-engined bombers." Many Fighter Pilots Valentina told how Soviet wo- men flyers are playing a steadily Increasing part in the air war. Beores of women are engaged in bomber operations--one 45-year old woman is a navigator--and many more are fighter pilots. Some girls have heen trained to fly Hurricanes. "A friend of mine, Véra: Lom ako, who shot down one Nazl plane, -was flying a month before the birth ef her daughter and very soon afterwards shot down several more planes," Valentina said. "She is 21 and has the Order of Lenin." Valentina scoffed at a sugges tion women may not be as well suited to flying warplanes as men. SIn my experience girls make Just as good pilots as men," she eald. "You cannot judge by ap- pearances. [ know girls eo quiet and apparently timid that they blush when spoken to, yet they pilot bombers over Germany with- out a qualm, ) Have 1,000 Hours" "Some of our girls _have flown 1,000 hours. It makes -no difference whether the trews are all men, all women or -mixed, 1 find that men have no objection to taking orders from women." It isnt only in the air Soviet women are sharing" in the fighting. Valentina told of Shchel- tinina, a sea captain, of girl tank commanders, radio operators in submarines, and of thousands of women in the Pioneer Corps. "lI know girls wno nave taken part in the flercest fighting of the war and who, coming home on leave, have changed "into neat frocks," she sald. "With their hair brushed and combed, you would never dream that a few hours be- fore they were killing Fascists. "No country at war. today can * afford to ignore the tremendous reservoir of women power, nor the passion and willingness with which women will fight Fascist ~murderer§.)'---- 3 Five Reasons Why Japs Cannot Win "The Japanese will rot neces- sarily be 'pushovers', bat they are vulnerable," writes Leonard Eng- el, aviation writer, in the current Jssue of Flying Magazine. Engel maintains that because of funda- mental aeronautical weaknesses, Japan cannot win the war. "An Allied offensive 'should turn the tide," he says. / He lists five reasons why Ja. an's air industry is handicapped: (1) shortage of aluminum; (2) the peculiar organization of Ja- pan's industry, with a great deal of production handled in'extreme- ly small shops almost devoid of - modérn power tools; (3) peren- nial shortage of machine tools; (4) lack of engineering tradition ~the accumulated "know-how" of modern industry; (5) intro- duetion during - the last eighteen months of many new plane types, necessitating manufacturing de- lays. Engel estiniates that, despite intensive expansion efforts over a, period of several pears, Jap- anese 'plane and engine factories . mow are turning out not more than 4,600 aircraft yearly. "A fair guess for. present employ- ment in the industry is 76,000 to 125,000," he says." "The. main dactor handiegpping the Japanese plane output," Engel explain, Is Be lack of aluminum, Even the aptire of Johore, Java and Sum- atra will not altogether solve the Nipponese problem, for capture "these sources does not cloge "the gap between sourée and pla The sea haul is long enough an exposed - enough to put a heavy. burden on the Japanese merchant marine ~~Brandon S#, differentiation be- that . Says Mr, C. Boyer, Valleyfield, Quebec: "For many years we've enjoyed KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN, the delicious cereal that keeps us regular . , , naturally, In muffins, ALL-BRAN is delicious .'. . we have them almost, every day. And ALL-BRAN is a grand cereal, for breakfast." Why don't you. try ALL-BRAN'S "Better Way" to correct the cause WE'D LIKE T0 TELL {EVERYBODY ABOUT ALL BRAN'S "BETTER WAY" . due to lack of the right kind of if you are troubled by constipation 'bulk' in your diet?" But remember, ALL-BRAN daesn't work like 'cathartics. It takes time. Eat it . regularly and drink plenty of water. Get ALL-BRAN at your grocer's, in two convenient size packages, or ask for - the individual serving package at restaurants. Made by Kellogg's in London, Canada. / ® SERIAL STORY MURDER IN CONVOY BY A. W. O'BRIEN LAST WEEK: Tees is buried at sea the next day. Joan tries to comfort Rollins for the loss of his old friend. Later, Lieutenant Miley questions Rollins further as to whether he was alone when he saw Tees just before the. murder. That night, Rollins looks out of his porthole, sees a light. As he prepares to investigate he, hears a rifle shot, followed immediately " by the Hfeboat alarm. STRUGGLE IN THE PASSAGE CHAPTER VII Automatically, - Lieutenant Rol lins shifted mental gears as the emergency gong sounded. Army discipline went to work: an official post to assume at Life- boat Station 15 and everything else became secondary. Regret- fully he shoved the revolver back into his pocket, but the thought flashed through his mind that it didn't matter much because who- ever had flashed the light would be swallowed up in the men flood- ing the decks. ) Hurriedly he slipped into his trousers, donned a balaclava, slung on his shonler bag and gas mask, and dashed into the corridor. Ex- cept for a puffing sentry, he was alone; hut within a few seconds other officers were pouring from their cabins, and Rollins marveled at the general coolness. would think that a lifeboat alarm in the dead of night aboard a troopship riding angry waves was an everyday occurrence in the lives of these men. At the exits, military police were already stationed, repeating the same warning: "Show no light as you step on deck!" Each man whipped him before the heavy curtain behind he opencd the door, Outside it was pitchblack, and cold spray filled the night. Murky figures bumped one another as they passed. Rollins "walked quickly with both hands out: stretched -to prevent himself from crashing headlong into others be- fore he reached Lifeboat Sta- tion 15. His sergeant was only seconds behind and breathing heavily from the run upstairs with heavy equip- ment. "What's up, Sir?' he gasped. "1 didn't feel any explosion and "the ship's whistle {sn't-- blowing the regulation blasts." Rollins had 'been thinking along - the same lines. "Perhaps it's only & drill, Sergeant. Don't have the men climb into the boat yet. It's a bit dangerous with the ship heaving around and the planking wet. Wait until there is further cause for alarm." 2 "Very well, Sir!" Within two minutes more, the full complement of men for Life- boat' Station 16 was on hand and standing in position, ready to hop into the boat on order. Members of the ship's crew stood by the lowering apparatus, After the first wave of excite ment, the men standing in the black-shrouded-, night began to grumble in approved soldier fash- fon, a - He had | One, "the < X "What's the idea--getting us up in. the middle of the night like this?" . "And It took me two hours to get to sleep on this bleed- ing tub!" , . "Some brass hat had a brain wave!" . . . "Maybe the Old Man got the wind up." . .. "Anybody got a cup of hot rum?" They stood there for a full half hour before the adjutant, heavily clothed, came around. "Dismiss your station, Lieuten. ant!" he ordered. "The captain doesn't wish to sound the regular 'dismiss signal on the ship's whis. tle because it might alarm the other ships." Before Rollins had a chance to ask him what it was all about, the adjutant bas disappeared in the direction of the next station. He turned to the men and shrug- ged In the darkness. 'You heard him, my hardies--on your way and" pleasant dreams!" -He smiled as he heard them shuffling off mut- tering complaints about -drill-crazy 0. C's and the army system in general. They had really enjoyed the bit of excitement but didn't want to show it. Rollins returned to his "cabin. Little groups of oflicers were gath- ered in. the corridor discussing the speed in which their men had reached the various stations. The consensus of opinfon was that the 0. C. Troops had decided to spring an alarm on the ship as a test before reaching the submarine zone and to make it realistic *had not even tipped off the officers. There was no talk about rifle shots. Rollins didn't stop to chat but went directly into the cabin. From the folds of the sweater in cupboard drawer, ho ox- tracted the bottle and poured him- self a stiff shot of brandy. It sent a glow of warmth through him. As he lighted a cigarette, Greg noticed on his wrist watch that it was a few minutes after 1 o'clock, They had been on deck. for about half an hour . .. a few min- utes previously he had seen the light on the deck . . that would make it about 12:30. There was something -familiar about time. . . . things seemed to happen regularly at 12:30 or thereabouts. Tonight--the unexplained life- boat alarm. Last night--the murder of Tees. : The night before -- Rollins frowned--he had seen the light on the deck and found Joan there. All of these incidents had hap- pened about the same time and on the same deck. In two of the cases a light had been the other . Rollins jumped to his feet and paced the cabin floor. A startling thought had hit him, Could Tees have seen somebody flashing a light on deck and been murdered when "he attempted to grapple with that person? : The jigsaw puzzle was taking form. That would explain the ap- parently inexplicable 'motive for the. murder. After all, even |(t somebody © was smoking filegally that Individual would hardly niur- der an officer to avert being re- ported. Again, Rolling' brow clouded -- that . Ap in a \ FREE FINE COLOURED PICTURES FOR CROWN BRAND SYRUP LABE em BRITAIN'S FIGHTING PLANES AND WARSHIPS Ov attractive 8" x 10" moun description of the War mne Every 'trve Canadian will prize them - Pl « t. BE, Toronto, CROWN BRAND SYRUP the girl always entered the puzzle, Bhe had admitted being respon. sible for the light on the first night, Rather, at least, she had admitted smoking on deck. There could possibly have been, Rollins conceded, another person on the deck flashing the light geen by the sentry and reported to him. When he rushed up he had found the girl, 8he was uot flashing any Might, In fact" she wasn't even carrying a lighted cigarette, | Still, © the fact remained that about the 'sanfe time every night, something extraordinary: seemed Ito happen around the same section "A" deck. dy v At long last, he had come upon a plan that might give him a chance to solve the mystery and "lay his hands wpon the killer. It all depended on one detail, and he intended to put himself straight on that detail without delay, Throwing on his bathrobe, Rol- ling stepped out into the corridor again and walked to the . first cross-passage. He turned into it and made his way towards the far side of the ship where Lieutenant Miley's eabin was situated, As he turned along the corridor running parallel to his own, some slight movement in the curtain shelter- ing a deck exit caught his eye. Quick as a flash Rollins stooped, apparently to adjust his shoe lace, meanwhile studying the curtain tensely. It hung about two iuches off the floor and even in the dark- ness he could see two shoes stand: "ing motionless! Rollins waited uptil the ship swayed downwards, -Lithely, he stralghtened a bit before diving - headlong at the spot in the curtain where he judged the knees helong ing to those feet should be. It was a tackle that would have warmed the cockles of any rugby " coach's heart. His arms scissored around a pair of strong legs, and with a heave of hig shoulder he bowled over his Ho. Toy the cur- tain coming down with a ripping .sound over the struggling figures -Rollins heaved again and rolled on top. With a single deft move,- he grabbed a struggling arm through the folds of the curtain and twisted it upwards. "Ezsy--you'll break it!" a voice groaned." Rollins released his hold--it was Harry Miley! Continued next week. MODE FOR LARGER FIGURES 4 7 i oF SEH i ~ 28 By Anne Adams Dress to disguise those extra inches--dress to fit your budget" too==make- Pattern 4298! 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Sire 86 takes 8 yards 85-inch fabric, Bend Twenty Cents (20c¢) in :} @oins (stamps cannot be accept- | ed) for thik Anne Adams pattern, to Room 421, 78 Adelaide St. West, Toronto, Write plainly Size; Name, Addvess and Style Number, ere Ln Cripps Is Hopeful For India Accord Sir Stafford Cripps expressed the belief that there still was some possibility of a new plan for settling India's problems. be- fore the end of the war, but said any- such proposal "would "have to comé from "India". -Summing up the results of his recent conversations at New Del hi and the present outlook, Sir 9 Stafford told a press conference "it is an encouraging picture-- not as encouraging as ® might have been, but certainly more en- couraging - than it would have been if nothing whatever had been done." He disclosed that before leav- ing New Delhi he discussed with they devise a new plan for par- ticipation in wartime government as an alternative to postwar do- - minion proposals which they re- jected. He stressed' again, however, that changes in the Indian ¢ stitution requiring _"monthy" or years" would be _necessa to make possible the form Af na- tional government the all-India Congress Party leaders sought, Koreans Waiting For Opportunity Kim San, one of the Korean rebel leaders, declares that Korea will flare up at the moment the war in the Pacific sweeps through the Sea of Japan, giving the peo- ple an opportunity to strike out effectively for independence, G. Kent write in Asia Magazine, "Korea is a great storehouse ot retribution for Japan," he says in his autobiography, "Never a day has passed since 1910 that Koreans somewhere have not struck 'a blow against the Jap. anese. Although thousands have been imprisoned and executed, Koreans are not discouraged. They are merely preparing for the right moment. They are by nature gentle and tilerant, yes. But there is no anger like the anger of a patient man who has suffered too long. Beware the gentle water buffalo! TABLE TALKS By SADIE B. CHAMBERS Honey as a Substitute "For Sugar. As we are all asked fo be on sugar rations, there should be no lamenting for we still have mar- vellous substitutes in corn syrup, maple syrup and honey. Before the introduction of cane sugar, honey was apparently the most common sweet available for human consumption. Honey is the nectar of flowers gathered by honeybees and ripen- ed by them within their hives, The ripening process consists of evap- orating the excess moisture from the nectar and certain changes in the chemical nature of the sugar it contains. SOME THINGS TO REMEMBER 1. Measure honey ide a lquid form. : 2. For every cup of honey used, "1 "reduce the liquid calited for in a recipe by one-fifth, 3. One cup of honey is as great In sweetening power as one cup of sugar. 3) 4. Use 14 to 3% teaspoon of soda to each cup of honey. 6. Increase the amount of salt by 3 to 1; teaspoon. 6. In milk puddings or pie fll ings add the honey with the thick- ening agent. It you wish to have honey in- dispensable in your cooking 'try these recipes. SWEDISH TEA RING 1¢ cup shortening 14 cup honey % cup bolling water 1 yeast cake 12 cup cold water 1 egg ' 3% teaspoon salt ' 3_cups unsifted bread flour oughly and add the boiling water. Allow this mixture to cool and dissolved In cold water. Stir until well mixed and add beaten egg. Combine the flour and galt and #ift the mixture, Blend thorough. paper and place in the .refriger- use. . Roll one-half of the above mix- ture .into an. oblong 'sheet about board. , Spread with two table- spoons of softened, but motimelted, butter and ssprinkle with the fol- lowing: 3 cup brown sugar, % teaspoon cinnamon, 3 cup each of blanched chopped (almonds, strips 'of citron peel and washed raising, Roll up like a jelly 'roll. Trim the ends andl j0ln to form a ring, Cut iat Intervals of about _one inch from the outside to with in onehaM Inch 'of 'the centre and turn 'each section lightly to the side. Brush the surface with egg White 'and. allow to rise for two hours at yoom lemperature, Bake Indian leaders the possibility that: - Creain honey and butter thor add yeast cake, which has been , ly, cover the bowl with waxed.. ator overnight, or until ready to ' % inch thick on 4 lightly floured | _be used for a Swedish Tea Bread, Russia To _ less brilliant. and have- a limited "spaced to save the dyes, * solution of about a cup of vinegar results -- economi : Calumet Baking Powder gives your bak- ing that tempting 'velvety . crumb", Its action starts first' in the mixing bowl and continues in the oven. somite! for better 1 too! 2 CALUMET BAKING POWDER Fe UB LE- r/ for 30 minutes in a hot oven, 400 degrees F. The remainder -of dough may Cut off three pleces of mixture of equal size and roll, using the hands, in pieces of uniform size, then braid, © Put on a buttered sheet; cover, let rise, brush over with yolk of an egg (slightly beaten and diluted with one-half tablespoon of water) and sprinkle with finely-chopped blanched al monds. . Bake in a moderate oven. Miss Chumbers welcomes personnl letters from Interested renders. She Is' pleased to recelve suggestions on -toples for her column, and is vn ready to llatem to your pet peeves." Itequests (or reclpes or speclnl menus nre In order. Address your letters to "Miss Sndle 1}. Chum. "bers, Ti 'West Adelaide Street, To- ronto," Send atamped self-nddressed envelope If you wisb a reply. - Fight Battle Fc or Egod Men, Women and Children Must Work in the Fields Russia has mobilized 150,000,000 men, women and children to fight the summer's battle for food. - Attacking the food supply lines as realistically as they treated: the factories, calling- upon workers to remain at their jobs in time of war, the Peoples' Commissars de- creed: "Collective farmers must work a minimum of 102 to 150 working days this season. . : Children from 14 to 16 must work in the fields 50 days a year. City high schools must be sus- pended so students can lend a hand. . The sweeping decree affects all males from. 14 to 55 and-all Wwo- men from 14 to 50 not already in war work. Exceptions are such women and young girls deemed unfit for work. , Persons mobilized from the cities will be fed, sheltered, and paid at prevailing collective farm rates, The decree supersedes ong which required a minimum 'of 50 farm working days a year. Children will - have a limited" work day, from six to eight 'hours. But there {s no limit on the num- ber of days an adult may work. During the last harvest, with the Germans advancing, the Russian farmers worked day and night. It is to be assumed that if necessary the same will be true this year. Violation of the decree is pun. ishable by six months of forced farm labor and fines of 25 per cent of earnings. Penalties alsu will include. loss -of collective farm ad- vantages, which include an indl vidual strip of land, Must Treat Colored Cottons With Care The dyes that are most scarce aie those that make fast color-- a type 'of dye that goes 'by the incredible name of "Anthraquin- oid Vat." Cotton fabrics manu- factured before the shortage was felt are lavishly dyed in all col- ors;- many have color-fast labels. The, new fabrics will probably be range. Where fast dyes are used, prints will be 'small or 'sparingly 'When there is no color-fast label, treat your colored cottons - tenderly. Before washing, soak them in a to a gallon of water for 20 min- utes. For dark blues and blacks, a solution of salt 'and water is better. Then wash them qulekly in rich suds which rinse out the dirt without hard rubbing or scrubbing and so make ¢ldthés last longer, 'And remember that col- ored cottons such as these should not only be washed quickly, but dried quickly, o \ The shorthand system of writ- "ing has theen 'traced back to the year 63 B.C. Ty Girls Cin Make Their Own Jewelry A group of girls in a college near my home have decided that they will have costume jewelry to wear no matter how expensive it may become "for the duration." They are making it themselves, the material they use being string! They collect it and their friends collect it for them. For bracelets they crochet it into broad, or narrow, bands, On these, to simulate jewels, they em- broider raised stars in different colors, allowing one color to pre- dominate if the piece is to har- monize with any particular outfit. For brooches. they cut designs from cardboard, cover them with string, "jewel" them, and fit them with safety pins. For necklaces, two ropes of spool-knit string are formed into circles, one smaller than the other, and from each is suspended a row of string-covered and "jeweled" discs, : One girl even completed her set with a ring. She fastened togeth- er an oval of cardboard and a double twist of heavy wire (taken from a milk bottle), covered the whole with string and "jeweled" the top. She said, laughingly, "This is one way to get the cos- tume jewelry we want these days."--M. "G. G. Science Monitor. U.S. Sailors Take Course In Britain A large group of Americans is. in Britain taking a course in how "t>» defend merchant ships against aerial and U-boat attacks. The course was organized by in Christian _ the British Navy and was founded . on the experiences of two and one-half years of sea war. The Americans will return to the United States after complet- ing the course and their know- ledge will bg the basis of defence of American' merchant ships, It Wouldn't Do Us Any Harm "Indoor sports at little cost? Why not revive singing round the piano as- a change from bridge? And perhaps play post- office between choruses, "As for fine Sunday 'mornings, how about 'going 'to ¢hurch in flocks and so astonish and please the good man in the pulpit? Your grandparents did those things ana # lot of people have been doing them all along and been the bet- ter for it. "Auto laid up for sacrifice? Bah! Soldiers, sailors and girmen walk. Why shouldn't we ?--Mont- real Gazette, Fur seals are mammals adapted to an aquatic life, ont