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RADIO REPORTER ' L 'x ,,, FRANCES LANGFORD Radio's loveliest! Radio's fun- Blest! Those are the phrases which have been used to describe Frances Langford and Bob Hope. Maybe you heard Bob Hope's ra- dio riot of laughs which was broadcast for the first time over dominion wide 21-station net- work of the CBC last Tuesday 10 to 10.30 p.m. Radio's top fun- maker Is in rare form these days, gagging and quipping at a mile a minute, ably supported by the one mnd only Professor Jerry Colonna, beautiful Frances Langford. "not- o-vague'' Vera Vague and Stan Kenton. and his orchestra. Canad- Un radio fang will welcome the Bob Hope show to Canadian sta- tions. From now on the series will be heard every Tuesday eve- ning. Bob Hope returned only a few weeks ago from a 5 months tour in the Interests of maintaining the good humour of the fighting men and women of Britain and the Mediterranean zone. Bob ad- mits that IIP was terribly fright- ne<! when the enemy dropped bombs close by during one of his performances . . . says he would give lil- shirt to he In Clark Gable's shoes. Clark Gable has al- ready taken part In flying oper- ations over Germany. Meanwhile. Bob Hope Is keeping up his end preserving our sense of humour n the home front. AM for Frances Lansford, w< I! she obviously Is presprvitvr our sense of propor- tions . . . feminine proportions. m Willie we're on tllO Sllbjert, It mlclit seem appropriate to give a hearty ^lap mi the back to Foster BOB HOPE Hewitt, radio's ace hockey broad- caster, who Is doing a swell Job of maintaining our sense of sport- maushlp on the home front. Fos- ter Hewitt has stayed close to the Maple Leaf microphone for about 20 years, but many of his fans have moved far and wide. This season Foster tells the story o' hockey not alone for Canadian and United States listeners, but for men and women in the ser- vices in Newfoundland and those In the areas of conflict far across the oceans. Many people wonder how he keeps fit for the exacting grind of describing in rapid mo- tion one and a half hours of hockey. The answer is by going to the "Y" for stiff workouts. And not -iloiin in sports has radio proved a link between homo and fighting fronts. Throughout 1943 we at home were, kept In close touch with all United Na- tions' efforts and achievements. We heard encouraging messages from our King and Queen and from our leaders, Churchill and Roosevelt. Our boys overseas maintained via radio a personal link with home as they listened to shortwave broadcasts by fav- ourite stars. They sent us their messages via the microphone - you sent messages fo them they enjoyed brief glimpses of home. And In 1944 radio sets out to forget still deeper tins invaluable link between home and overseas listeners . . . between you and the world nrnund you . . . between you nnd absent invod ones . . . bet v. 'en \(.;i ami tliu;.> who plan ami work for (arly \lctnry nnd peacp, CHRONICLES of GINGER FARM By Gwendoline P. Clzrke Are you back to your stride gain- back to normal after all the excitement that goes with that pedal event which w call Christmas. It was qultp a gooil Christmas en the whole-, wasn't It? Perhaps you had a pleasant .surprise by one or morn of your family cym- Ing home after you had given p all hope of their being able to gpt there at all. I know of sev- eral such Instances and 1 hope there were many more that I did aot bear about at all. We had a very quiet Christmas the quletiest. I think, that we bave over known. But It was bappy one for all that. Yes, even though MIII Hub was uway from bom for Christmas for tho first time; In iiU life, yet, since ho Is till In Canada wo knew we had BO need to be unduly anxious on bis account. Young John wasn't here either. The people, for whom he works took him with them to Toronto lor Christmas so we knew he was bappy and provided for. And Daughter? Well, Daughter was here -and Is yet. Shn In on Ight work this week and does i have to start work until Mon- day night. That gave her grand break. It. Is the longest time she bait spent at home since she tarted In on her war Job. And what a grand Christinas present he had for us there Is absolute- ly nothing that could havn pleased H better. It was an enlargement f a photograph of she and her brother taken together last time be was home on furlough. How lie ever managed to get Hob ron- 1 in for anything llkn that I tnn't know. Hut there It Is thanks to her nchemlng--and a photograph of our two taken to- gether meaiiH far more to us at present than two separate, photos. Today In officially known as Boxing Day and at long last Can- ada Is beginning to observe It as an nfter-clirlstmas holiday. When we first came to Canada no one dei iT'il to know .nuiliiu' abiiut Jlnxirg day what It mi-ant or v, h"t It \v:-s for. Much year chiist- f 1 I' ".- WllllH '" celelimted illlll r t il.-M sieves wcnl 1 be il I u i ' ' \ ,.;i>mg o!i inu-h tin same as iiMuil. At U'iist it wart supposed to In 1 but that Is as far as it went. Stores would be open and wpary-pyed salesclerks on hand to wait on prospective cus- tomers- very few of whom ever showed up. Most of them were where the salesclerks would liked to havo been at home and relax- ing after Christmas celebrations. 80 I think holding noxing Day a a holiday is a splendid idea and one which I hope will con- tinue If only for tho sake of .store- keepers and their assistants. Aft- er nil, say what you will, Christ- mas IH somewhat of an ordeal, but there Is not one of us that would wont to cut It out. No, wo wouldn't want to do anything so drastic as that. All we really need Is Boxing Day in which to relax and wo will celebrate Christmas every year to the end of time. And now we are on tlio brink of another year a yenr which Genera} Elsenhower Bald so def- initely would bring us victory. That, coupled with news of the. sinking of the German battleship la nurely a good start for 1(14-1. May each week as H comes bring us news of bigger and better vic- tories. Hut while we long for peace we must also remember that peace has Its price, and we also need to make, up our minds HB to what we shall do with our peaco wfien we get It. I remember hearing one woman asked tho SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON January 16 JESUS ANSWERS HIS CRITICS Mark 2:15-3:35 PRINTED TEXT Mark 2:23- 3:6. GOLDEN TEXT Bleited are yr when men chall reproach you, and persecute you, and ay all manner of evil againit you falie- ly, for my cake. Matthew 5:11. MEMORY VERSE We ... are helper!. 2 Corinthian* 1:24. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time The events of this les- son occurred in the summer of A.D. 28, with the exception of our Lord's statement regarding the unpardonable sin, and our intimate relation to Him, which occurred in the autumn of A.D. 28. ....Place All events occurred in or near the city of Capernaum, with the exception of the dis- course of Christ on the Sabbath Day, and the related miracle of healing, which occurred some- where in Galilee, but apparently not in the city of Capernaum. J UK and the Sabbath "And it came to pass, that he was going on the Sabbath day through the grainfields; and hlfi : disciples began, as they went, to- pluck the ears. And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the Sabbath day that which is not lawful? And he said unto them, Did ye never read what David did, when he had need; and was hungry, he and they that were with him? How lie entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the showbread, which it is not lawful to eat save for the priests, and gave also to them that were with him." At once the Pharisees felt they had something by which they could condemn the Lord, and their condemnation they thought, would be unanswerable. But our Lord justifies His act. He reminds them of an incident occurring in the life of their own king, David, recorded in their own Scriptures (1 Sam 21:1-6) in which David, together with his men when hun- gry, went into the house of God and ntc the showbread which it was not lawful for any man to eat but the prices. Sabbath Made for Man "And he said unto them, the Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath." If man is an immonii! soul, created \\ith the power of fellowship with liud, then a Sabbath is prop- erly spent in securing refresh- ment for body and mind, but more particularly in seeking and employing the opportunity for siilrltmil growth ami divine com- munion. "So that the son of man is lord even of the Sabbath. 1 ' Jesus, on this occasion vindicated the dis- ciples who ate the ears of grain and also He had a dispensing power to give them this permis- sion as Ixml also of the Sab- bath. Scribet Watch Jeu "And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there who had his hand withered. And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sab- bath day; that they might ac- cuse him. And he saith unto the man that had his hand withered, stand forth." The enemies of Jesus, always question "What sort of a world do you want to live In after tho war?" And she answered "Well, I think I would like It to be much tho same as It was before the war tsarted?'' Would that be your ans- wer? It wouldn't be mine, and I don't think It would be the ans- wer of anyone who lias lived on a farm for the last twenty years. We would like to be sure that everyone will have, a chance to earn a living. Give everyone a chance of a Job and most of our economic problems would auto- matically solve themselves. And now, If you'll excuse me. my Job Is to feed the chickens. Isn't that always the way- Just when you are ready to tackle a big Job there Is always a little Job to do right at homo. AVENGERS STALK JAPS ON BOUGAINVILLE Casualties were light when the main force of American troops took their beachhead on New Britain's Arawe Peninsula, but the above picture shows that a big element of luck was involved. American landing boats are shown dodging between the bursts of bombs dropped by Jap planes, which also machine-gunned the invaders. Yet only two LCV's were lost, and none of the Navy ships was hit. watching for an occasion to con- demn Him, watch now to see if Jesus would heal this man on the Sabbath day, for certainly if He so chose He could have waited one more day to perform an act of healing, but it would seem they expected Him to cure the man there. It has become so di- vine a custom of His to heal-that although there was only one.'Jiian ii; the .synagogue with disease, and that such as might have'Bieftv easily overlooked, they expect that it will not escape His grac- ious notice. Thus out of His abundant goodness they mean in their baseness to construct a snare. Doing Good on Sabbath "And he saith unti them, Is it lawful on the Sabbath da; to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill? But they held their peace." Our Lord insinuates that if an opportunity to do good arises on the Sabbath day, and we do not take advantage of the op- portunity, but leave the good un- done, by so doing we have really done evil. There is nothing here to indicate our Lord is repudiat- ing the fourth commandment. He is telling these men that their regulations regarding this law were of infinitely less Import- ance than doing good to men, who were in need. Leper I* Healed "And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their heart, he saith unto the man, Stretch fortn thy hand. And he stretched it forth; and his band was restored." This miracle was remarkable for sev- eral reasons. It was wrought in direct challenge to the scribes to defend, on divine principles, some of their burdensome sab- batical regulations Jesus pub- licly separated Himself from tin- scribes. It was wrought without the employment of any external means either of word or touch - the disease was not rebuked nor was the man touched. The Plot Against Jesut "And the Pharisees went out. and straightway with the Herod- ians took counsel against him, how they might destroy him." The Pharisees were the patriotic party among the Jews: the Herodians favored the Koman government, and were their na- tural enemies. For such men to make common cause against Jesus, showed how violent was their anger and how desperate was their hatred. When men fail to receive truth as truth, they will resist it, and, in the case of our Lord, these Pharisees will not only resist what He is try- ing to reveal to them, but they will ultimately plot to put Him to death, whose truth they call a He and whose own lives He is condemning, Longest Air Freight In the World The longest air freight line in the world now is operating on regular schedule between Patter- son Field, Ohio and India, the United States Army announced recently. C-87 planes, the cargo version of the Consolidated B-24 Lib- erator bomber, fly the route reg- ularly delivering supplies to the air forces in the Orient. The first flight made early "In October, was a 28,000-mile round trip in 12 days, including loading and unloading time. Outbound, this first flight car- ried 8,300 pounds of such equip- ment as airplane fuel pumps, starters and magnetos. On the return trip, it carried 8,500 pounds of damaged parts to be repaired. The exact route was .not dis- closed, but Puerto Rico i*'on~:it, indicating that the planes cr^fes the Atlantic, Africa and the Middle East. It used to take .nonths to get to India, going down around the Cape and up past Madagascar and across the Indian Ocean. It used to take weeks to get to India, going past Gibraltar and through the Suez and past Aden. Street Lights Street lighting is supposed to have originated in Paris about 1700 when the police ordered every householder to keep a lamp burning in a street window from dark to dawn. Generous Foes War is not what it might b. Two charming stories of the wars between the Maoris and the Brit- ish in the early days, recalled at a meeting of Edinburgh women, prove it, says The Edinburgh Scotsman. The first related tew the guns of the British became stuck at one time in the iwjd. The Maoris, not liking to spofFli good fight, came over and help- ed to dislodge them. Then the battle began again. Mr. Maona, a Maori himself, capped this with another story of his chivalrous ancestors, whose descendants are fighting side by side with us today. The Maoris it seems, had discovered in those old wars in Xew Zealand that our men were short of food. So they sent canoes up the river, leaded with pork, sweet potatoes, and water melons, manned by boys 12 to 13 years of age. After they had allowed time for tho food to be cooked and enjoyed, once more the battle was resum- ed. U. S. FLEET COMMANDER HORIZONTAL 2 Pictured U. S. fleet com- mander-in- chief, 12 Exclamation of surprise. 14 Concern. 15 To the inside of. 16 Him. 17 Contend. 19 Border. 20 Months (abbr.). 21 Meadow. 22 Bark. 24 Tendon. 26 Lines. 27 Fish organ. 29 Two fives. 30 Light tap. 31 From. .33 Assist. 35 Three (prefix) 36 Old English (abbr.). 38 He sails on Answer to Previous Puzzle 39 His crewmen are . 41 Editor (abbr.) 42 Metal. 44 Grove. 45 Fish. 46 Sailor. 48 Blemish. 50 Wall painting. 52 Mongrel. 53 Belonging to him'. 54 Female of cattle. 56 Near. 57 Most desirable. 58 Dove's calL 59 Counterfeit. VERTICAL 1 He is an officer of the U. S. . 3 District of Columbia (abbr.). 4 Disfigure. 5 Flower. 6 Send back. 7 Threshold of psychological stimulus. 8 Have knowledge of. 9 It is (contr.). 10 Negative. II He sails the seven . 13 Incite. 16 Chop. 18 Sprite. 21 Allotment. 23 Spanish coin. 25 Novel. 26 Metal bars. 28 Nothing. 30 Before. 31 Be in debt. 32 Fashion. 34 Clamor. 35 Tag. 36 Mineral rock. 37 Is (Latin), 40 All right (abbr.). 43 In place of. 45 Hearing organ. 46 High relish. 47 Berry (bot.J. 48 Examine. 49 Mow, as hay. 50 Unmarried woman. 51 Booty. 53 She. 55 Grief. 56 Exist. POP Wait a Minute, Pop By J. MILLAR WATT THOSE ROU6H NECKS /V\E OFF THE LAST NI6HT r* i c; < ' I KNOW ! I WENT ON JUST AFTER you > HOW GET SPLENDIDLY! TILL AROUT HALFWAY THROUGH MV GONG- THEN THEY STARTED BOOIW& VOU AGAIN N t