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Hid 3 WN INE RA 1] Wi Pe es - nes w Co AX ae Hi _._ B2.als0 Feeds 7,000 Men Meal Served In Minutes at Webb Hall Complete Twenty There 18 no meat shortage at Webb Hall, largest military dining Ball In the world in the grounds of the Canadian National Exhibl- ®on, Toronto, It takes 5,200 lbs. of beof a day to feed the hall's @apacity of 7,000 men. The new mess was opened not long ago, Besides meat, - a day's rations for the men includes 4,950 pounds of potatoes, 876 pounds of butter, 56 gallons of fresh milk, 14,000 eggs, 1,150 pies and 3,600 pounds of vegetables. But the greatest feature of the mess hall Is the speed with which 9,000 mén can be fed. It takes only £0 minutes to serve a complete meal to the full mess of 7,000, "Of course, the men don't just straggle in," sald Lieut, Arnold Taylor, who has charge of the Rall. "Mess call is a parade. The men form up at their barracks and = parade to the mess. They fall in around 5:20 p.m. reach the mess hall at 5:30 and leave at 6:50." Feeding is done with remarkable precision, The food is served "fam- ily style" as the army calls it. The men sit down and the food is broght up 'on wagons. "This me- thod saves at least an hour at every meal over the old 'cafeteria style' of serving meals," Lieut. Arnold said. "The men liko it bet- ter too." : Ho sald that under the old sys. tem the men lined up and got their entire meal at once. "A man has only two hands," Lieut. Tay- Jor said. "And when he got a bowl of soup in one hand, a plate of stew in the other and a cup under his arm, his ple usually was de- posited on the gravy of his stew. "Under the 'family style' he gets his meals one course at a time-- and without waiting." Food Produced From Sawdust Valuable Discoveries Made 8ays The Stratford Beacon. Herald Beientists have made most in- teresting and valuable discoveries as to what can be done with wood end with sawdust, the latter hay- Ing a very limited market. At the recent meeting of thes Amorican Chemical Society ate Buffalo a series of discoveries was reported. From sawdust a sugar has been produciéd which develops the vitamin riboflavin, and an al- eohol has been produced makes smokeless powder. One of the most noted creations from whole wood and ts fesing and from lignum is plastic mater- dal. This opens 1p an enormous new field, as plastics are going to enter into the manufacture of automobiles, airplanes and in- numerable manufactured articles after the war. Some -engincers even predict that platics will ereate a new era and steel will no Jonger be an essential. 'Automobile fuel is being extracted from wood and sawdust. : Bawdust is also producing alco- hols and glucose, the latter a very valuable food product, by a pro- --=nese of" distillation or fermenta- tion. This alcohol can be convert- ed into butadiene, which is the basic substance of artificial rub- ber. Sawdust can also be proces- sed Into pieces of wood so dense and hard that it is difficult to drive a nail into it; but It can be sawn and machined "in the ordin- ary way. Huge Nazi Plane Carries 80 Soldiers A Reuters dispatch said that a mammoth German transport sea- . plane, capable of carrying up to 80 fully-equipped soldiers, was shot down into the sca recently off the eastern coast of Tunisia by R.A.F. long-range fighters from Malta. The dispatch called the craft a Blohm and Voss222--apparent- ly a huge new type by the makers of flying boats which the Nazis ~uped experimentally for flights _/#ecross the Atlantic before the war, No one was seen to escape as the plane crashed into the water, Later, when fighter planes fron Malta shot down a JU-52 German transport plane in the same area, troops were seen struggling in the watér., The JU- was unescorted. German Air Force Routed In Africa "Afr Vice-Marshal A. Coning- bam, RAF, commander 'in the © western desert, said that the rout - of the German air force in the ~ Allied drive across Libya was "the most complete defeat of an air force in the field that there has ww been." Gains of air fields he said, have given the full control of the sea at "eastern Mediterranean stro ir which - - DELICIOUS DESSERTS Within the budget of CANADA Delightful desserts can be made at little cost with 'pure, high uality Canada Corn Starch. It's 50 easy to prepare a variety of licious Puddings that make the whole family call for more-- ) caramel, or lemon snow. Canada Corn Starch, with its even grain, gives each dessert the smooth creamy texture so much to be desired, FRIES! Send for the excellent Recipe Booklet "52 Desserts". Write enclosing one box-top or complete any Canada Starch product. r.32, Cannaa Starch Home Service, 49 Well- label from Dept ington Street Bast, Toronto, Ont. 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Pattern 4248 is available for dolls 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 and 22 inches in height, For individual yardages, please se pattern, Send twenty cents (20c¢) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this Anne Adams pattern to Room 421, 78 Adelaide St. West, "Toronto, Write plainly size, name, --address and-style number, with an tell me rescued officer's wife. Can you where I could find this woman "She was brought to the St. John's General Hospital," the 'naval officer replied. "Let me call the hospital and find out if sho is able to see. you. I'll ring you back." . With permission of the head doctor, the commander arranged a short interview with the sur. viving woman passenger. Dawson found her waiting for him in the sun porch{ Pausing only to con- gratulate her on being saved, he asked if she knew Carole Fiske. "Yes, she shared the cabin with me . . . in fact""--the woman's voice lowered to a whisper--"I wouldn't be alive if it wasn't for Carole 'Fiske. When the torpedo hit T was asleep in my bunk . . . the horrible crash woke me, and the next moment. the 'ship listed heavily to starboard. It was ter- rible , . . the lighting system was "destroyed and the, portholes were sealed for blackout, so we were in utter darkness. I heard people screaming, then I must haye fainted . . . I have a bad heart anyway. "They told me later that Carole dragged me from the cabin through the passageway and onte the deck. When I came to, a sailor was helping her lift me into a lifeboat. Just then the ship listed worse than ever, They barely shoved the lifeboat clear when the ship keeled over, Car- ole"--the woman's voice broke-- "Carole didn't have time to climb in. She was probably too hausted. If I had only kept senses . . , if 1 hadn't been she 'might , , ," * . . . my ill, The 'woman covered her face with her hands. Dawson, with- out a word, rose to his feet and walked slowly from the ward. For the second time within an how he walked unseeing through the "wintry streets of St. John's, heed- less of direction, of traffic and of passers-by. Clyde Dawson had seen death so often, had barely escaped it himself with only the fatalistic second thought that it" was part of his job. But Carole Fiske . . . pert, keen-witted, smart- ly dressed , . . her moments of * quiet concern about Darwin Le- moy . . . Carole Fiske, out there in the graveyard in the dark of night... And all because he had played the cagey, cocksure investigator too long. A word from him and she would have still been here. Dawson's aimless steps had led him back to the Newfoundland Hotel. Wearily he mounted the circular stairway to the main lobby. As he passed the desk the clerk halted him, ., "Naval headquarters has heen calling you, Mr, Dawson -- it's : rr eXe | blizzard-blown Atlantic - - Dawson said. most urgent, they say, I'll have you connected by phone." The captain came on the line immediately, "I've been trying to find you, Dawson . . , damn good news, my boy! An American flying boat spotted three people on a raft, made a landing in a heavy sea and brought them back to the American naval base, . , ." "The girl?" Dawson's voice was tense. . "She's one of the three and her condition is reported satis- factory, although she is suffering from exposure. I figured you'd want to rush down there, so I had them hold a corvette thal was about to sail" for Halifax, Hurry to the Dockward Pier, . ." » LJ * . ' Carole Fiske looked surprising-, ly well when Dawson entered the women's section of the Nayal Hospital. Her cyes widenéd as he walked quickly to her bedside and clasped her hand, : "If ever I prayed in my life," he said with emotion, "I'll pray tonight to thank God for this miracle." ' She started to speak but Daw- son made a motion for her to re- main silent, "There is little possibility of you ever forgiving me for mis. judging you, but we investigators often do that until . , ." "Investigator?" the words fell heavily from her lips. "Yes, Carole, 1 am a member of the Canadian Intelligence De- partment. The entire spy ring has been cleaned up in co-opera- tion with the F. B. I. There are many unfortunate details of which I' must inform you eventually, but ., "My brothet?? "He is dead." There was a pause, took a deep breath, "And Darwin?" : "Darwin is also" -- Dawson's eyes met her burning stare frank- ly--*"dead. But he was a very brave man and, whatever his past connections, he did your country and mine a great service. There are heroes who die in unglamor- Then she ous settings, but they are heroes nonetheless. You see, Carole, I, too, liked Darwin very much, . ." "We were to be married--that "was what he meant by being sorry to miss the reunion," she said in & dull monotone, LJ * * She was made of good stuff, Not a tear--only a cloud of sad- ness on her brow. She had obvi- ously anticipated bad news, but this was a harder blow than she could possibly have expected. "There is only one thing more," "No matter how hard it is, please try to wipe this 'sorry business from your mind. Don't try to probe for the full story. It is now a war secret and 'besides, you know the most ime portant thing of all--that Dar- win redeemed himself nobly and loved you as he should, .. ." Carole Fiske looked at Dawson strangely. * "You are so different now. There is a kindness about your way of bringing this awful news that has taken away a lot of its sting. I always felt guilty about the night in Chicago when you were almost shot. . . they over- heard my phone call to you on the extension and forced me to go with them." = . Dawson nodded, "I had sur- mised as much. Now"--he held out his hand--*will you please forgive me for all my bhoorish- ness?" With a sad smile, she took his hand, . Dawson turned to go, but she called him back, : Carole. had raised herself in the bed, leaning on one elbow. Her beautiful black hair, still: showing signs of salt -water, fell to her shoulders, "But, Clyde" --there was some- thing of alarm in her voice -- 'what shall 1 ¥ now? Will they let me go back , , . should I see..." She suddenly seemed a lonely 'and badly frightened girl, Daw- son answered-quietly: "Would you prefer if I waited for you to get well--and take you back home, Carole?" The girls brow cleared and gratitude showed in her eyes. "I would be most thankful. This , + , all this, , , has left me feeling as if 1 were in sa strange, baffling world. And besides"-- she smiled wanly -- "I've rather grown accustomed to having you around." THE END Plastic Wood Plane : In Crash Landing Flown by Test 'Pilot Frank Fisher, one of Canada's new Mos- quito fighter-bombers, made of the néw plastic plywood, crashed near Malton, : Ont., only slightly damaging fuselage and propellers, Officials said the small damage bears out claims that the plastic plywood construction of the Mos- quito and. similar 'aircraft.is vir- tually as strong as all-metal ma- chines, we LJ PAP tt a at OE ILL ILE Red D/ LSUE RINE - further." VICTIM OF MOB Jacaues Doriot, the radical pro- Nazi French leader of Paris, is reported to have died, présumably of injuries received in a beating suffered at the hands of a mob which attacked him recently, Dor- fot reportedly was planning to oust Laval and rule France with a private army of 2,000 thugs enrolled from the streets of Paris, The Winter Care Of House Plants Nowhere is one likely to find better home-grown geraniums, be- gonias, African violets, crassulas and many other plants than in the farmhouse without a central heat- ing plant. Cooler rooms, with their moister atmosphere, are part ly responsible. Calceolarias, freesias, ciner- arias, azaleas, cyclamen, daffo- dils, tulips and other flowering bulbs are among the plants that may be expected to thrive and give better results in the 'cooler temperatures, provided, of course, that the individual requirements of light and moisture are supplieg. Most cacti and succulents, con= trary to popular belief, will not suffer from cold night tempera- tures. In the desert they are ac- customed to a sudden drop of sev- eral degrees at night, Many of the old stand-bys, philodendrons, sansevierias, Eng- lish ivy, tradescantias, pandanus, aspidistras, kentias and the like, can withstand fluctuations of tem- perature. Careless Gossip A guest said recently, upon leaving: "I like to come here. It's 'the one place I can say anything I want to, knowing it won't go really have gone to my mother, Constance Cameron writes in Reader's Digest. One day when I was about eight, 1 was playing beside an open window while Mrs. Brown confided to my mother a serious problem concerning her son. When Mrs. Brown had gone, my mother, realizing I had heard everything, said: ¥ . " "If Mrs. Brown had left her purse. here today, would we give it to anyone else?'. "Of course not," I replied. Mother continued: "Mrs, Brown left something more precious than her pocketbook today. She left a story that could make many people unhappy. That story is not ours to give to anyone, It is still hers, even though she left it here. So we shall not give it to anyone. Do you understand?" I did. And I have understood ever since that a confidence or a bit of carcless gossip which a friend has left at my house is his --not mine to give to anyone. Japanese Planes Less Formidable .. United - States experts now re- port that the Japs no longer are giving a first rate performance in the air. Something seems to have gone wrong. They are less formidable than at the start of the war, This Is evident in two ways, both highly significant for the future. First, Jap pllots are not so good as they were, indicating a lot of pilots killed and a falt in the Jap- anese air training program. Sec- ond, the nmbers- of planes are definitely 'smaller, Indicating pro. duction difficulties. = Hine To the experts looking not only at the day-by-day action but at the long-range trends, these factors are strongly heartening. Convoy 3,000 Ships ~~ In Dover Strait Britain has passed 3,000 freighters in convoy through the 20-mile-wide strait of Dover in the last two years, the admiralty has announced. This was accom. plished in the face of German bombers and fighters and power- ful guns mounted on the French coast, The channel mobile balloon bar- rage flotilla steamed 227,000 miles protecting the ships from. low-flying aircraft, the admiralty added, : ; The compliment should | | "A Delightful Beverage Have you tried Postum yet? 'With each successive cup, . Postum's robust, satisfying flavor seems more delicious. It's easily made, requires less sugar, and is very economical. . |And because Postum contairis °° . neither caffeine nor tannin it's a safe beverage for everyone. - 4 OL. SIZE MAKES 50 CUPS . , . 8 OZ SIZE MAKES 100 CUPS idl, Empire Waiting To Be Opened Up Teredtls Most Alberta people know that the territory which lies between Edmonton and the showes of the Arctic is one of the richest unde- veloped areas on the face of the globe, says The Calgary Herald. What they ought to realize Is that this territory, through the exigencies of war, Is being opened up, The Alaska highway, built by the skill and sweat of Americans, is cutting through this great dark land, When the war ends, the lid of the treasure-hox will be lifted. What will be found inside, few men know, but most of them can guess by what has been found up there already. The north {is rich beyond all telling, The highway was not built to help Alberta. It was built to de- fend America against the Japan- ese, and to build stepping-stones into Japan itself. But, because the highway has been built, Alberta will invariably draw great benefits from it. Maori New Zealand extends {ts war en. rolment to Mairo men up to b9 and women to 30, notes The New York Times. A fine, upstanding folk, the sun-tanned Maori of that dominion, equal In citizenship with the whites; superior to most in -physque. As football players they are hard to beat. As law- yers, orators, army officers, they excel. Knighted, they remain proud of thelr tattooed ancestors. They held out for years against the English and were at last pacified but not conquered. Once they had a company of colonists surrounded in a stockade and helpless for lack of ammunition. They raised a flag of truce and said, "This one-sided battle is no good. We will divide our powder with you." They call New Zealand "The Long White Cloud." So it looked to them in the old days when they were sea rangers. ra TABLE TALKS SADIE B. CHAMBERS Cranberries Cranberries are a splendid fruit. The iron content is very valuable and then they do give a zest to- most any menu. Qf course they' require a good deal of sweeten- ing, but remember corn syrup and honey and 1 think you will get along alright. For years women have been discovering the versatility of the cranberry and thanks to more sci- entific ways of growing and mar- keting, the cranberry Appealysin the early Fall and™ temalns™ throughout most of the winter. Appetizers To begin with for the first course the bright color of the cranberry is most appealing. The cooked and sweetened juice, chill ed, may be used alone or mixed with pineapple } Juice, or with ginger ale. Another colorful appetizer is grapefruit sections with red cran- berry juicé poured.over them, Care "should be used in the cooking, Many cooks do overcook the cranberry. Five minutes after they begin to snap is usually the time, | a0 ny Cranberry Snow % cup thick cranberry sauce, strained 2 egg whites f Beat the egg whites until stiff _ but not dry. Fold in the sauce or cranberry jelly, a little at a time, and continue beating until the mixture will hold its form, Pile in indifldug) serving dishes and serve with chilled custard, flavored with vanilla extract. Use the 2 egg yolks, 1% cups milk and sugar to taste to make the custard, Cranberry Sherbet % cup sweetened condensed milk 1 tablespoon lemon fuice : 2 tablespoons melted butter % cup thick cranberry juice 1 cup cranberry sauce ' 2 egg whites - + together flour, is pleused Blend the condensed milk, lemon juice, butter and cranberry juice, Stir into the cranberry sauce and chill. Beat egg whites stiff but not dry and fold into the chilled mixture. Pour into freezing tray of the refrigerator with temperature control set at its lowest point, Stir once or twice during freezing, Will serve 6, . Cranberry Muffins egg % cup milk tablespoons melted butter cups sifted flour tablespoons baking powder 3% cup sugar 3% teaspoon salt ND 1 cup of cranberries . Beat the egg slightly; add the milk and melted butter. Pour into the dry sifted ingredients, Roll the berries in two more table- spoons of sugar and fold into the batter. Do not stir the mixture any more than necessary. Pour into greased muffin tins and ba"e in a moderate hot oven for about 30 minutes, yo Steamed Cranberry Pudding 2 cups cranberries 1% cups sugar 1 cup water ) 3% teaspoon. nutmeg 2 cups sifted pastry flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 34 teaspoon salt 4 cup butter 1 egg > 2 tablespoons milk Few grains cinnamon Wash and pick over cranberries. Place one cup_of the sugar and water in a saucepan and bring slowly to the boiling point. Boil about ten minutes or until a thin syrup is formed. until they are clear und transpar- ent. Pour this into the bottom of a shallow pan about.8.by 8 by 2 and sprinkle with nutmeg, Sify" baking powder, salt and remaining sugar. Work in the shortening until the mixture is crumbly; add egg and milk, beaten together. Spread batter on top of the cranberries. Sprint:le with cinnamon mixed with the re. maining one tablespoon of sugar. Bake in a moderate oven for 40 minutes. Serves 6. -- Misa Chumbers welcomen personal letters from interested rénders She to recelve suggestioun on toples for her column, and is vn ready to listen to your 1:pet peeves." (llequenin for recipex or special menus aré In order Address our let(ers to "Mian Nadie 3 Chnm- ers, 71 West Adelalde Street, To- ronto," Send atamped self-nddressed envelope If you wish a reply British Sailors' Society At Home and Abroad Incorporated : (Established 1818) Under Distinguished Patronage dome Thousands of Sailors Wil be entertained this coming CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR it our 105 stations all over the seven seas by this, E OLD- EST SAILOR, BOCIETY IN THE WORLD. Send Gifts to BRITISH SAILORS' SOCIETY George M. Speedle, Dominion Secretary, 50 Alberta Avenue, 3 Torontu, Oatario, Will be greatly appreciated. Listen To THE . 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