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Port Perry Star (1907-), 13 May 1943, p. 2

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* L ee Pte Adin $i fai ata dig ie ape ie Lata ty ARN RNIN FAT ERAN RRS GOT WEIR I TWO RAY ATRL LAR SA Gate hb A \ = 4 J - » and opened again in a most In- now YOUNG CANADIANS. Escapes In Plane CAN HELP TO WIN THE WAR With 72 Aboard dubitable wink, and even as he looked searchingly at the fellows face the latter yawned, put his mured hand up to his mouth, m Cs rm p-- 5 a r inearagion MARES JOINE OF ¥0U IN MARG'S PATROL | itl eaves some apt quotation or ROOM i ensra) poo Ris d ¢ J suitable to the occasion of #dRgL- GIRL GUIDES + WHAT DO oka CHRISSIE, Tent eus H Burma Airport Under Jap- Hi) ' oe gd SARL GUIDES War § 3 nese Fire . ing, and as he did so plate his ) J right forefinger against (he side py koe again-- } Maj. Gen. James I. Doolittle, of his nose Sn winked again a £ "after Wading the Tokio bombing gesture uomistakab ¢ n any un { rald a year ago, had another close spoken anguage and in any part of the world. Sy Ld * = - The gleam ol hope broadened and shone more brightly, This Pa- than, brought in by Wall Dad him. self, was secretly signaling to him, making covert overtures and signs which were tokens. "Now," said Wali Dad, having got his stinking biddi satisfactor- ' ily burning, "I'm going to tell you what | have ¢ome about. It's like brush with the enemy when he was one of 72 persons in a 21- passenger plane which "took oft from a Burma airport under Jap- aneso gunfire, : Pan-American Airways system disclosed, that Capt. Moon Chin, one of its veteran pilots in the China National Aviation Corpor. ation Service, flew Maj-Gen. Doo- little and tho others from China an Ct aS IN i ver Japanese-occupied ne do Svan oer; Sapanesencenple this, We have got the tup-tup rifle Vix At first Capt. Moon. was un- out of the broken flying devil car- riage and we want to know how to use it. Do you understand what I have said?" "No," replied Vera-Vaughan, "Oh, don't you? Well then, that's where this man, Khoda Khan Ab- aware of the identity of hig fel low airman, On the flight -from- China he had been ordered to land his Dotglas transport gt Mich'na, a last holding-base in Burma. With the Japanese overrunning Burma, his and other planes weve assign- ed to evacuate air personnel and radio equipment there, Pursued by Japs Halfway from Chungking, Jap- aneso patrol planes began pursu- jng the Chinese craft. A radio warning, a hasty landing at an | FRE isolated field and camouflage LES threw the Jap planes off the trail, When flight was resumed, Cen. Youngsters and grown-ups, foo, love Nabisco Shredded Wheat and straw- berries] And it's right in line with whot our Nutrition Authorities advise us 10 eat -- whole grain cereals and fresh fruits. Smiling Nazi paratrooper seems quite undismayed by his capture by Allies in Tunisia. Queen Just Like ig Any Other Person Cpl. William Goldstein of the United States , army is used to meeting a lot of people because he was an assistant manager of a grocery store, but nobedy like the Queen ever dropped in on him. sugar, (1 am not giving the am- At least not until the other day ounts for all tastes for seasoning when she visited unexpectedly an are different).. Melt butter (in exhibition in London where Gold- measurements it' should be 1 level stein, of Baltimore, Md, and three QURISHING FOODS Christie's Biscuits "There's a wartinte duly for: every Canadian' cs :is< to boil. Season ing with chopped parsley and paprika. Six servings. Cream of Carrot and Pea Soup cup sliced carrots cup canned peas t thick sliced onion cups boiling water on heat and bring p Serve Nabisco Shredded Wheat--100%6 azai, will come in useful. He'll like flavor blends delightfully with milk make you understand all right." ond most of our Canadion fruits. Whereupon the ex-sepoy repeat ing clear that which was already abundantly clear, explaining fully, - 5438 Vaughan was expected to get the gun satisfactority mounted and with pepper and salt and a littl Doolittle --stll a bearded fo i and use, care and keeping, to his er with lorn khaki trousers amd captors who, every one of them, whole wheat in its tastiest form--its nut- talk to you in Hindustani. He'll ed what Wadi Dad had said, mak- THE CANADIAN SHREDDED WP TAMARA WHEAT COMPANY, LID. \& FT Niagara Falls, Canada carefully and patiently" that Vere- CANADIAN AA EA fully to demonstrate its working still not recognized--bezan to . loved weapons, adored rifles, and worry. He noticed that the plane was bound for Mich'na and in Chungking he had been told that the Japanese probably would reach that airport before nightfall. Doolittle scribbled a note tor Moon, signed his name and toid the stowardess ho was carrying an important report, But Moon sent word back that C.N.AC, would not send him into a Jan controlled field. He Kept to his course, At Mich'na Moon followed two other Douglas transports onto the landing strip, Turmoil grected the arrivals. Rifle and machine-gun fire rattled neatby as the Japs approached. ~ . _ Five thousand terror-stricken refugees crowded the airport, all trying to find places aboard the three planes, Precious radio cquip- ment was loaded and weoping re. fugees piled into the ships. } General Dubious \ And while babble of argument TO THE HILT and noise of wrangling arose about » B i oe By Percival Christopher Wren CHAPTER IV Suddenly a rifle banged and a swift silence fell upon the noisy assembly, Turning sharply, Verve Vaughan saw that a man standing behind the Malik had. fived the shot, doubtless by his order, and probitbly a variation "of the idea of ringing a bell for silence. The Malik was on his feet. "Hearken, oh men of Kunal -The Pir Sahib has said his sav, awd to the words of go holy a Mnliah all must . "The Mullah. has said that the prisoner must die; his throat must bescut as that of a sheep ov goat, making him an acceptable suaeri- fice at the Mullahs shrine and in the sight of Allah, : "If we obey the Mullah, we have them, Wali Dad and his followers with Vere-Vaughan in their midst, thrust their way through the crowd of men and the mob of screaming and reviling women, ont of the compound, down the street, across 'the center of 'the village and to a house somewhat bigger and move | fortified than the rest. © tig the Malik's house," said Wali Dad. "You will be safe herve, Sahib, Until the Mullahs men storm it and get you out," he add- ed with a malicious grin. A real Pathan humorist. Unlikely as it seemed, he must have slept, for in the small hours of the morning he was wakenod - hy the sound of rifle fire, and he wondered what was happening. A few minutes late Fy the door of his cell- opened and two men ene tered, one of whom. carried a small crude oil lamp which gave wero prepared almost to worship a real tup-tup or hah-bah rifle that was a genuine and going concern. wif "Well, do you understand now?" asked Wali Dad when the other had finished. "No," said Veer-Vanghan. "You don't?" exclaimed Wali Dad. "I see. But 1 think you'd bet- ter understand before sunrise, be- cause if you are not going to show us how to mount and use the tup- tup rifle we are going to hand you over to the Mullah and hefora long you will wish you had done as we csked. But it will be too late then," he added grimly. (Continued Next Week) ing. dos 8 fact she had no Not A Picnic Britich bombers were over Ber- lin, the sirens were screaming and people 'were racing for the shel other Amer fean soldiers also were toes). To cach tablespoon of melt- surprised arted talking to me and I got very nervous, hut that soon passed because she was so charm- ing that I was put completely at case," Goldstein said. "What amazed me most was the one standing around to protect her. She just walked in like any other lady visitor." ' TABLE TALKS SADIE B. CHAMBERS A Soup Discussion This week I have had two ye quests. for, my method of making tablespoon to each cup of toma-: tablespoons butter tablespoons flour cups milk teaspoon salt 14 teaspoon pepper. ed butter add' a tablespoon when the of flour). Blend carefully ana add (o the tomatoes, as it reaches the boiling point, the butter and Cl TO CO BS he eb til it thickens; then allow to cook with the boiling water and cook on slow heat until no taste of for ten minutes covered, Ada the starch remains, Now add a pinch peas and cook for five mizutes, retinue and no of soda. Stir until effervescing Press all through a sieve. Melt tho lessens; then add the milk, which butter and heat in flour. Add milk has been heated but not boiled. and carrot mixture. Cook stirring Stir well and serve when real hot but try to avoid boiling. taste. Reserve a few slices of car- * _rols and peas for garnish, Always remember that the water Cream of Corp Syrup vegetables should never be thrown away -- itis a splendid founda- tion for creamed soups. Then with mikl soups the homemaker has a splendid opportunity to vary the milk budget, Remember each. adult should have one pint of milk a day and each child one quart. can corn cups water | tablespoons butter tablespoons flour teaspoon salt 14 teaspoon pepper cups milk Finely chopped parsley. La As Gen. Doolittle saw appavent- hig blessing and the favor of 4he forth more smoke and smell than ters. Vo . tonite Sav Maybe 1 fave Paprika ly the 50th passenger clamber a- light of his holy and lovely coun- Nght. " . i Hurry up! cried the house glected Ds, lopic for bys a a Combine the chopped opion Mixs Chambers welcomes personal board the 21-passenger plane, he tenance, If we disobey him, we By Jae Tickering yellow flame ite to hor sboute vi ) " NSA A Leroi aang o Bie corn and water, Cover and "cook Steers Joom ntoreaied ois Fain yelled, ta Moon: have ten thousand rn ¢ Ss. of this miserable vc 1 he saw I can't find my false teeth, BOUL: However, always Yopmeinher rent for 30 minutes Press on Ytopien for- her column "and in "TNT hopo the hell you know what | "Which is it to he? Are ve io" 1 that-one-of. his visitors w Vali f called. Abe befuddled and tardy |" that = whenever possible, soup | BL amines oh on Melt ond) always ready to Hyren to your "oct you're doing." Jose this great sum at the Pir Dad, son-in-law of the Malik and shand. should be made up specially, if we £4 4 id cofeopeevesd Moon insisted ihe plane could carry the load. "Thero is a war Sahib's whim? Or are we to show him that though he be a judge prominent- member of the anti- Mullah party. The other Ts . ml going on over here," he told the Tokio raiders "Youn do lots of things pou wouldn't do at home -- when you have to." Ten more passengers squeezed aboard. Moon then told Gen. Doolittle ho thought it better to head -for, meant thinning out the gas supply, though, and added another haz ard to the flight. As the plane got undér way, Gen. Doolittle remarked: "I think I would rather have gone "hack + the way 1 came." Four hours later the transport glided into Calcutta, To the sur- prise of Moon and Gen. Doolittle, _ eight unlisted passengers tumbled compartment. 72 persons mmed aboard the ship, had bhé&e: J 175th Birthday he is not a ruler? For who me him a ruler and a judge over us? Ave we to lose our money--or our favor in the sight of the ore eye of ovr Mullah?" * . * Applause and laughter "And both," he added, leering round. "Suppose 1, in council with the other leaders who forever watch over your interests and con- 'sider what is best for you--sup- pose we use our brains while you use your strong wight avms and the keen sight that Allah gave you for the true aiming of your rifles. And suppose we think of a plan whereby we lose not this great sum of money and yet retain the favor and the blessing of our lioly Pir." "Upon eyery problem the wise man sléeepet er will be closely guarded and to- from lewd. . Tonight the prison. . seen bef at any rate had not noficed--a rather good type Pathan, with something clean-cut and smart abeut him. * * » Producing a biddi from his cvm- merbund, Wali Dad lit it, puffed fd Vlalcutta rather than to attempt fellows of the baser sort, fort! Joud of stinki Kk dd =a night landing in a section of "Suppose "we do neither?' he or 4 Sy 4 " te 2 a North India he didn't know. ft | asked. tYed, vere.vaugaan laally through half-closed eyes and remarked in Pushtu: "This man talks Hindustani. You'll be able to understand ev- erything now. He learned to speak it in India?" "I stopose he aid, "replied Vere- Vaughan in Hindustani, a lang- uage which he understood and spoke far better than the more diffienit Pushtu. "Learnt it, no doubt, when his battalion was sta- tioned in Karachi, Bombay and Poona, ¢h?' oe The man grinned ~"disarmingly. "Whaat is your name and regi- ~ment?" asked Vere-Vaughan. "Khoda Khan Abazai," was the Of Encyclopaedia Britannica Founded by "So- ciety of Gentlemen in Scotland" The Encyclopaedia Britannica, which in 1768 termed flying a "childish invention," celebrated its 175th anniversary with the knowl. edgo that its nearly two-century- old definition was in a tailspin. The Encyclopaedia was founded by a '"soclely of gentlemen in Scotland." Its first editor, William Bmellie, a "scholar" and friend of Robert Burns, resigned because his associates had loo many "new-fangled {ideas,"- includ- ing tho use of biographies of prom- fnent persons. When the Shah of Persia wis presented with a set of the. Ency- clopaedia 100 years ago, -the fund of information so impressed him close wo will decide his fate I have spoken. The durbar is clos- ed." "Come on quickly," said Wall Dad, seizing Vere-Vaughan's arm and pulling him to his feet. "Fol- low me . ., Close round him, my brothers." OVERSEAS $2.50 SENDS 1,000 "BRITISH CONSOLS", "LEGION", reply i--was--sergeant--in--the Pa-_ | than Company of Rifles." "Ol? How is jt you are hire, then, at your age?" "I deserted, Sahih," smiled the man. Sandeman's "Oh! One of that sort are you? "No, no, Sahib! It wasn't my fault. 1 didn't want to go. 1 loved the regiment, But Khawas Khan of Khairastan shot my brother, and there was no one to carry on the feud," replied the man, hs it that naturally accounted for every- thing as indeed it did from the Pathan point of view. . * * Vere-Vaughan had been long en- ough on the Border to know that it was as imperative and sacred a trust for the Pathan to avenge the death of a relative who died doing his duty in the matter of carrying on the family vendetta, as it was the imperative and sac- se teeth!" returned the ex- asperated wife. "What do you line. think they're dropping? Sand- wiches? are watching closely the budget 2 Cream of Tomato Soup specinl menus are In rder. Address your letters to "Miss Sadie B. Chambers, 73 West Adelalde St, Toronto." Send stamped: self-ad- dressed envelope if you wish =a reply, ter and blend in the flour, salt and pepper. Stir and .cook until thick. Add- the corn mixture and reheat well. Sprinkle each serv.' flour mixture. Stir constantly un- Combine the carrots and ouion- constantly until thick. Season to medium sized onion | in which you have cooked your ~ Strain canned tomatoes; plate ER 3 CEN Treeeis sib REENY wea aruenire dig COANE WETHU RIT a La Sethe 2EMIIROLY ALi InY BanxorCanana onnave of ¢8 ~eo -tvih Usae Avewam en an PTY NYS OVNI yg ev afaco ewan, . SIDE BY SIDE . : i : for a New World free from fear of war and want, He and hundreds of uri ne 1 *'MACDONALD'S MENTHOL", red duty of an Englishman to feed, thousands of other fine Canadian men and women are daily giving 'and risking Noa. midable Lord and Master ot the | || "SCOTCH BLENDS' or *'EXPORT" clothe and. educate his own chil: 2 life and limb for our great cause. All we are asked to do is to work, save, do, Encyclopaedia Britannica." The volume has played its role In modern warfare. When the Ger- mans invaded Denmark in 1940, President Roosevelt read tp on the Danish possessions nearest the United States, Greenland, His reference was' the Britannica. "At Pearl Harbor, an officer who had ~ "been conithissioned to write an artiels for tha Encyclopaedia on "blockade," lost all his possessions but salvaged the watersoaked manuscript, Blow motion movies are. taken t a rapld speed, while fast'action hovies are taken at.a very slow Cigarettes 10 any single Milltary Address Overseas ond AEA AE inGoon FORCES (Postpaid), Mail Ordor and Remittance tos QVERSEAS DEPARTMENT W. C. MACDONALD INC. P.O. Box 1929, Place d'Armes; Monitreal, Canada This Offer subject lo any change in Soversmet plein SEND THE BOYS THE BEST | "ISSUE No, 20--43 Cc dren. And there sat Khoda Khan Ab- azal, defaulter, deserter, rifle thief and man of strictest honor, who had done his bounden duty as he saw it at the rigk of his life and the loss of career, comrades, pro- motion, success ard pension. Presumably his present task was to talk clear and simple H#du- stani to the sahib, make all things plain unto him, and see to it that there was no misunderstanding between him and his captors on the subject of his position, pros- , pects and chances of ransom, And as Vere-Vaughan studied the man he was amazed to see that his right eye glowly closed without what we don't actually need, and to LEND our money to' back them up. Let's fight side by side can never match theirs, Buy (RENEW HETORY BAS THE CANADA PAINT CO. LIMITED i 'D [HE with them--with Victory Bonds : . . for our sacrifice This Advertisement is sponsored by Jie. MARTI N-SENOUR Go. LIMITED Sweawm-WitLians Co. PREG RT Tn wens

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