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STQRIE? Many storle^ a


Joshua Brooks, cuficus


characters tha t ever lived. Sorne- times Brooks would box the ears of an unpunctual boy chorister. Once he cloiiWd a lad who was singing thelKy'ie after the Fifth Commandment. Hold thy noise, lad,” he exclMed. C'What hast- thou tb d b !M ii the-Fifth Com- bandmenf ? -1 fhou’st got neither


curb , 111 11 father nor mbtnef.” sI Most casual In his conduct of the


ing his part, knd the choir wasj singing, he ! would leave his seat,| walk aloniria side aisle, and chat with any lounger till he had again to discharge cM ca l duties. “ I frequently come out while they are singing the: 'Te Deum,” he said to someone who expressed surprise at his conduct. As he was chatting casually whilst the? choir was! rendering the Tb Deum he remarked; to an'acquaintance, “We old men; ,-----” “ Why,’i asked |the member of the congregation, “ how owd (old); art


ervices, after he had finished say­


replied the i Rei . Joshua. “ Slxty-1 folve !” exclaimed the old ,man.| a lad. Here’s a penny;


t a ? " i j ‘ I ’m fsixty-folve,”


the reading-desk to read the' lesson; 'a penny, rlchjer!


“ Why, thee’s for thee,. Go pie.” And


buy thysel’ a Penny; Jeshua proceeded to


• j, i ;


i in Laricashlr-J, In bygone days. If; a bridegroom' d:ld not kiss hlslbridq as soon as the “ k n o t” was tied another; map might kiss her.' At one weddinri a ! bridegroom attempted tolklss a neighbour's bride. The! Rev. Joshua angrily thrust the' bridegroom back, -ahd exclaimed,Friend, dip Irf'thy owh


treacle.” ! old-tlnie


n i f‘' l


hours at i d time. ,1A-,whimsical parson, nariidd Daniel Burgess,! never preqehe i without an- hour- Iglass, Frequently, he saw the! sand dribble! d)wn three tlrries dur-| Ing one sennoh. Preaching against drunkenness, some of: his congre-| gatlon began! to yawn after the I hour-glass' had Indicated the pass­ age of one hot r, but Daniel refused to be silenced by yawns. ’ Desiring hL aiidlencb to exercise patience, he remarked. “ I ’ve much more to say about the sin of! drunkenness. Therefore, niy friends'and brethren, we will haVe another glass,” and,: turning fee Ihour-glass upside downj


Bilbury used preach -for


he proceeded discourse.:


IkT „t h e . b u r d e ii n o f h e a l t h y k i d n d y i , ! | A Rector j , OF PARSONS.


re told tbf the Rev. Chaplalh of Man­


Parson,” the Rev. P. H. Dltchnela declares thalt Brooks was “ one of the most it


chester’s oldCblfeglate Church, who died In 1821. IL In “ The Old-Time


and


nifn'hfloiH eccent -ric


hould forward photographs to advertiser and


Market mdrked “ Services The following details 0]


Why H


We Canhoii i : ' ! ' C L I T H E R O E A D V E R T I S E R A N D


AT TH Be Everywh<3ire


TLER BEHIND By CAREY LORD.


whidh centres round enemy penetra­ tion! of u iimportant points in the


E thin; ought to be made plain in view ot tne .uninformed chatter


widfely-sprei re irig aboutmarks as, got into Di


land ?; theSi ’


'thousand cr even Sive hundred [miles between u! and the enemy into, one hall that distance, was vital from the poiEt.of view of olir air forces.! We Mid'use ;his territory as a base for our aircraft and save unnecessary air travel from the balse. and backJqgain when oper ations were completed. To: day we ar; reduced inescapably to. oup owh resouices. The enemy can nibble here and i.ibble there, but whether he caii get h)ld of anything substantial ains tc be seen. Our vital points oubtedy will, be defended, but presence of ah enemy outnumber- us in Kme instances, by . ten to one,


British Commonwealth that wq aie bound to present a target somewheie to be shot-E t. Thatiwas always so.; But the! defection of France has acejntu- ateA our .fifflcultibs several huridred, peiT cent. In thd Near East apd m; Norih and West Africa. French pMses- siohs inters ected oijr own all pveb the place. Now they are completely out of action and unavailable to us^, A ipiece ,of [French territoiiy say that split [a


at one and every inch wide are


3f the British Empire. ' [ So the ramifications : of ( the


pire


bring him more trouble, than . profit. It 1 rsThot‘‘sui!prislng 'that


.......... ........ ........


this e: wdr, certa


disposed


: d British Empire. Travell- “very day one hears such “Do yoji see ‘They’ have h ertaniaf as well as Oasis-


canhot be in eveiy quarter of the; globe ■ the same time and defend British


at are I we doing to stop Frankly, even


HIS TIME-TABLE. T IM E S , DUTY


BENCH SUPPORTS ACTION IN BLACK-OUT BREACHES.


“ The defendant did not seem tc


recognise tha t the [police are only doing their duty, ahd ought to he helped in every way,” said Captair


F.. B. Mitchell (pfqslding Magis­ trate), at Clltheroe County Sessions on Monday, wheh Mrs. Teresd Sharpies. “ FairwayL” Whalley, was summoned for displaying a; light froih-her ■ house dqrlhg the ; hour;


of black-out.


the Americans are too well- to be taken in by Mr. Cudahy received short shrift on the Qt ler side of the Atlantic for his pr0-3erman sympathies. This apart, ^ 'hatever Hitler does either in Belgium or Holland, Norway or Denmark or France, to appease the home| pppula-


informed who has


tion is not from recognised u, mu vie but* because he has an objectJm view, of the


principle


He cannot cover up the trac gangster. The Nazi Hitler brutal Ludendorff in the; i sheer terrorism. Yet this isawhat the now deceased LudendorS once wrote i “After the next victorious war we must strike the conquered foe so mer­ cilessly that riis spirit and tae spirit of his children ' will be ;cn shed for generations.' No cdnquerCri; fpp must ever again look a German i in the face as an equal; he must recogniie him as


shade for luts the


p.m., on Thursday July 18th, he was on duty in back Clitheroe-road Whalley, when h^ saw a light .: shining from the upstairs! bath


P.C. Taylor stated th a t at 10-45 : i . ' ! „


room window of the house, “ Fair ways.” The window whsicovered with light curtaining and this wa not drawn properly. When j th ; attention of defendant was drawn to this fact she I said. “ You 3.x i going round telling other people, but I will bet the police are as baji themselves.” Tblri she would be reported, defendant replied; “Than k you. I t Is very kind of you. I t is a pity you -have nothing better tb


do.”


an overlor-d.” So that is wriai we must expect of the Nazis if they cbme tore. That the scum of the earth should be recognised as “ overlords ” is t cheap­ est joke even Ludendoj-ff ever


pei-petrated.


efore the present war broke out B exactly according to Hitler’s.plan,


except moment of perhaps ----- had grown up and come to be -almost its happening, for the t at pi


ether the enemy can .keep what he got Some of! these successes^may


ipels us to concentrate and central- our energies, i We will see later


rning to'makeshow in North Africa, uer ■ /


Italy is i beiln- ort as soon: as she came into the


all emba have been trie othe: ■


Biitish Commonwealth .is no\y ithreat- eiled seriously and it is our job !to pro­ stect the leart first and leave the out


■rassments. France was her chief enemy on land. Or - hand! I trie heart of thi


Once the main bastion, take care


Palestine, .^rther


thi of


the Empii'e ceases to be in immediate dfinger wO-shall be in a position to se;, about


the heart p


fjji jg ^ac ly in need of something spi tacular public


..itler thdt he is riot all liability land rip a^et. vM t sort of a show jhe vfill iriake in the, end-we shall see.: I t ip riecessaiw to get this proper pei-spectlve before tre British public and-,so pre­ vent consternation if and when a per­ fectly useless piece of desert is lylelderi: to the eremy.. I;wonder how many Wi iriv readers nave^seen any pprtion qfi British E omaliland. It is not worth trie bones of a single British Grenad er, the trad less plains of Iraq and Sjria being .an oasis in comparison. iBut qc riot proc-ied under a misapprehension. We can afford jito give nothing aviay that can possibly! be avoided because cf the effect any retreat on our part fir s pn native ppinipn. It is a matteri ejf prestige the !ut whin


and, 'o


put! before .............


stilly more of convinci


|Itah,iai vinchig


eneugh i i


lengthened In that part of the A yard ifaore of [liability. Aflosup] must cone from Italy',, and to get


his communication^


■-iritish -assage.


constantly


.dvantages in this part of d not


In any event


Vill be ju t to his little game. ! Ei !1&‘ Horace Rumbold must know, yard -


Italian Libya is a case hi poin,t. Mussolini has nibbled fir. the direction of Cairo a ptq


mainly.! Egypt as |against up, was at


from the coast tb Libya is the I task qf he Itali in navy and air force, with tie interrupting ,


nd the British ] have strong forced n he Egyptian area.


rest wholly with the Italians, i


jhout ad yet, and if he still remaips to he sriiftid it is solely due to the relief given h m by the collapse of [Frqnqe.. liability to Hitler ahd will become a 1 greater


Aussolit i would War by now.


IHe is n i less a as time goes on drag on the


PAD ;he Freiich kept their end i p it is _n()t improbable that have been out of! tl He has had(!no [rei


Terribly long-winded were [many ;| Iseems Lather remarkable that vyhlfe: parisbns. to


moment! of writing Hitler has non yet 'made up ' his ; mind to finish thd decadent British. The longer he waits the mqre his (chances dwindle.! lit


twoillGoebbelb lie department never, cteS ,es, ,


of l the venture keeps being postponed the ____


the strafe,gicil the wpr d


tie throughout touch with every


Rumbold acted as hisidepu .y, being in touch with Sir EdwaM Grey through- out. He has had a unique experience of German for


holiday season, and |


Sir Horace bein m


being


the time of the Kaiser, speond durtag the


three


which preceded Hitler, and third in the early days of Hitler himsdl ways it is good that been written before.


period of the


Iwrthern, East or West Africa.' jMusso j.1 . . .


the Near East generally; ;o --------- Africa.,- JMusi the


enemy whether themselves Is why she did not make


frbm obtiitaining a [Slice of ouf territory hire and Mre, nbw sh^ is freed from


a inly as I soon as France was tf. We cannot prevent Italy


universally accepted, that the of the ex-Kaiser was quite^ gui tless of bringing about the war of 1914, that indeed , all the ' big natioilE were re­ sponsible in more or less egrial degre^ and Germany least of all.! How wicked then that the Peace Treaty of Ver­ sailles should declare categorically that Germany was trie guilty pai'ty. From 1920 onwards Germany; w is always fighting this alleged “ he,” !.nd it.was


admitting the offence and express­ ing regret, was fin-id £ 1 . '


Defendant, who! sent 'a letter ' OTHER O^ENCES.


Smithies. Nethertown, iWhalley]; John Potts, 31l Queen-stfe^t, Whalley; and Albert :E. Stone Park Farm, Wisivell, fyere


For similar offences,;' Richard fined 10s.


Campbell-said th a t defendant ad­ mitted tha t he had not a p to p r black-out at the time of the offen and when told he would he report! replied, “ I t is all right; I agrfee with you.”


In the cage of Smithies, ' Evidence was given in the cqse . 1 I


against Stone tha t a light was dis­ covered shining from a storm lamr in a hen cabin on his farm. De


taken up with redoubled: energy when V. ------- So much so that


Germany solely ‘ they’-were all to blame; -t


Hitler came to power. — it was 'quite common even in Bntisn


circles' to hear the expression, Well, you kriow, it is all rubbisT to blame


the world’s statesmen who blundered into it. Even Lloyd George now admits t the Germans were no mord to blauie


kirts to M e extent-mark you to somd eXtent-tc


inj Egypt,: J'fs}


often has that sentiment bien turned over? Ever since the last war the Germans have cultivated he art of propaganda and the “ war guilt.he was kept in the foregroujid until it became a Joke that the; .war guilt phrase should have been; introduced mto the Versailles Treaty (We British have the additional weakress of ui- variably giving the other side the bene­ fit of the 'doubt. And sc in twenty veai-s the double-dyed IJazis have succeeded completely in “ gc tting away with i t ” and leaving anybody to blame for the war of 1914 but them­ selves. 'Why all this, the deader may ask. I have just been leading Sir Horace Rumbold’s newly published book dealing with the


han ahy other nation concerned.” How


1914, and strange to say in( riew of the super-cleverness ot


intellectuals who have!” lea.med better of COU1& than blame the (Jermans^for


so; mgiy


the war many’s


deceived we have been most thoroughly . ’The verdict of 1914-18, and embraced in the Peace Treaty of Versailles, that the


up to the hilt. All that hak happened is that we British have beAn as usual only


guilt for that world upheaval too willing to be deceived, and brought about Kaiser’s Geimany


often that it had becoine sc mething of a joke, is as true to-day as [when it was first proclaimed.


the war, rejiudiated so ( leliberately


the British' Embassy at Berlin the


If anyone knows Sir since he


Ambassador, Sir Edward Gqschen, was away on holiday, the


negotiatio ns ,and m phase! of It. The


July-August


affairs, serviji; at Berlin distinct periods; First m


(Weiinar Republic


with a bang to the actual facts, not to facts wriich have become distorted by the lapse of time.


this 'wok has not It biijigs us back


an apologia for [the state^en of 1914, but


Sir Horace’s is not


Axis wheel. ■ 'At trie- most animosities have died a natural prevent


a dispasrionate I historical .survey from' a distance of twenty years when


death le


to dwell on thej supposed panic,.whiph, possesses the British people, aiffiy apd civilians alike. [If we are all so trejn- bling in our shoes, why on earth idcjes not HWer take advantage of our fright? The answer is that.Goe'teels is known in Berlin for the liar he I (is. Evidence accuniulates that it is,Nazi, combatants who are scared to death of falling into thq hands of the Brjtife. Most readers ;would see the accoqnt,i the omer day pf' the German .'aifman. who came down in the Bristol area, and being undiscovered hid hiriisdlf|in


and when the wp6d does not us seeuig


the trpes. But he


the Kaiser told King Albert of Belgium that war with France wak inevitable and very near, and! the. qhief of the German General Staff <vqn Moltke) proceeded to ask the BelgU n Govern­ ment what would be Belgiuri’s attitude in the event of a Franco|Gprman war. It is well that on occasion we are un­ deceived. When the presint war is over, whatever ‘they’ may think about “ it:in 1960. we shall knoW beyond all


that Germany brought about war both in :1914 and in 1939. I ma/ comment further on this most Interesting book.


Possible shadow ot doupt whatever,


with his temperance W am -oiir


KpEYS E a u s e l 'o ! ' -L 1


BACKACHE, urlntijy dlwrdert! ind rheumttic pelni frequently occuj- when Jtrein, worry [ofT* cold, chill or faver hu o i


Tlssu« wate«in<lKld«(romyour(obdrfmilnlndi« sq the Nazi M a y is taught tO believe blood initMd 0^ -In* filtered «wiy by th« ictijui! -we arf bloodtriirsty savages. : 'yjVduld'


filterlns dr|ans ire apt to cIo| up or w^en under man knew it t n d | , t l ' i e w h o l e s y s t e m ; t u f f lumn.


n eruxed the kidneys. I These vital - -


.


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Iw


D o n j t d r a f a b o u t I n p a i n , f e e l i n g w o r m o u t s l i d m i s e r a b l e I L e t | D < t n s b r a n d B a c k a c h e j K I d n e y P l l l i I m a k e y o u w e l l a g a l i . T h e y s t r e n g t h e n , s t i m u l a t e a n ^ . I


f l u s h . o u i t h e k i d n e y i , t o t h a t t h e m i l l i o n s t i n y t u b t ^ I o f w h i c h t h e s e o r g i t s t r e c o m p o s e d a n d p t h e i r w o r k p r o p e r t y . T h o u s W i o f m e n a n d w o m e n l i a v e t h t n k i d


. D o a n s P i l l s f o r r i c o v e r y f r o m s h a r p ! o r n a g g i n g | p a i n s I n t h e s m a l l o f t h e b a c k , q r l i i a i V d i s o r d e r a j


b l a d d e r w e a k n e s . d i s t u r b e d s l e e p , l u m b a g o , p a i n f u l I m u s c l e s a n d | o I n t » , s w o l l e n a p k i e s ^ . l l m b t . , INSIST UP 3N OQAUkdk J/-. 5K


I The Dunkirk evaluation of the B.E.F. is t» b 5 shownlby. four paint­ ings in the Uritlsh Pavilion at fee New York world’s Fa


. I he fell into the hands of-the fed,sklns, 1 ; '


that 'we were only more in that direc­ tion tt an we ate, in viqw of the brutal — warfare; we [are even Hitler


fist is hot riecdssarily a p&ying; weapon! when used to'dlscriminately-. amongst the so called conquered peoples. Even if he is a madman he'still reinainsi uncert :fied, and so it must be astomed' he knows that] if these people wrioja'" now being trampled under the r heel ate not for ever to riurse'a|si of revolt they! must in some ; way be won'oyer. That'probably accounts for the strange language of the! American Ambassador td Belgium Who on reach­ ing' • this’ • country not ' only' white­ washes King Leopold but attempt! to do the same with -Hitler. Fortufastely


hat thq hon


the wopds for nine days, conviriedd jhe would be promptly massacred if found.! Eventually he gave himself up |inj des- peratiqh and was astonished to Iflndjhe' was not murdered on the instant.(Now the Na,zis do riot have it both ways.' e cannot' be I too decadent


I we must murder individual Nazis in­ cold blood, '^ a t is the reason lor I this disparity [between trie Goebpels.


and- our civilians too harmless (eveiS to mak:e !a( Ip show, and yet be so compjetely devoid of all feelings of humanity| that


to fimt, le


propag inda machme, which has all of us as scared I as monkeys of a Nazi landing, arid the individual feelings of all the Nazis Who fall into our hands m that th ey will be put out without epre-.


come i p against British fighting men Whether in the air, on the sea. the


which has overtaken - al ony ? ' It British larid.


any or everv kind of emeigency, M just as in the old days when the white 'would mean tortrire if,


fearlessness


They know someth! as ot and


)r(on tenacity in az le


is (the inferiority complex' ic nv^irtalrpn i nil No.7is ^ tunmjIh6


T In many ( of -1914-18,” he


crisis of of


qur droves Ger­


Jendant explained th a t one of th- farm servants had been, cleanijiL out the cabin the day 'previously and had forgotten to put up t| black-out after he had finished Potts, who appeared ;ln Coh


not occur again. ! ,|


« SALVO ” IS (SCRAP MASCOT.


I


with three faces and six arms has been sent in to fee North-'West Regional Salvage Office, in Man­ chester as a contribution to ;he “ Scrap for Victory” campaign. Duly named “ Salvo,” it has b


A diminutive, brass' Hindu god en


adopted as the office p aKot “ because It can look for scrap


three ways at once and has three pairs of hands for collecting i t !” Other recent salvage contribu­


tions range from a souvenir piece of metal fjortt-a' Zeppelin defetrojyed


during the last [war to a ewtj of solid brass hre-lrons, ,includ,lng pokers, tongs, fire dogs and toal scuttle—all In perfect condition. The “ arsenal” section which Is


; ^


THE GRAND, YORK STREET, Monday Tuesday, Thursday,' and


- Friday at 7-30, Wednesday and Saturday at 6 and 8-15. Matinees Wednesday, 2-30, Saturday 2-15. -


YOUt Ii has it s FLING.


•hundred of Hollywood’s most talente- 'youngsters' conibine to present 6he.o| the’ most' exciting and entertaininf musical films of the year. “Bibes in Arms” is set in the perioi


screeib in “Babes in-Arms,” Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer’s elaborate screer. version of the Broadway musical sue cess, which is being shown this week end. 1 Heqded by the incomparable Mickey Rooney and Judy .Garlandl who jare ! stan-ed, more than i twi


B


OY apd girl stars, present anc future, have their; day on the


F R I D A Y , A D G U S T 16 11940. AT THE PICTURES? W W >P , THE PALLADIUM, DUCK STREET., KING


Mo iday 6-0 and 8-15, ^ e sd ay to j Fri lay, 7-30. Saturday, 2-15,' 64), * 'and- 8-15J :


I i , : NGSTER’S REVENGE THRttLER


...is ! week-end. Charles Bickford, HarVey Carey, and Tommy Ryan share the honours in a thrilling -drama of a clash, between gangsters and [ news- -apermen.l : Revenge is |the theme of ' '


HRS'T-RATE'thriller, “The! Street iof Missing Men,” will be shown


that saw the passing of vaudeville, am concerns those happy-go-lucky ■ head liners' and their children who- saw thaji world, totter and' crumble about ther when their with


___the sons and daughters of thesr lerformers, who save the day, whet they steair


|


change trie! aim of Cash Darmine, termer racketeer just released from prison after [serving a sentence |of five years; to wreck: the offices of the ‘Evening Clarion,” which paper was irebtly ebneemed in his long! incar- eraition. |He sees gangsters attack the


, bu,t events so transpire as to


motion pictures robbed them popularity. But mostly it deals


the names of their fathers and mothers household! words. _


enter Broadway on their ow: by I the vei7 talent that , ,ma(le


MICHAEll REDGRAVE THRILLER., w


EAL iondon backgrounds are prq- yided in “ A Window In London


JANE WITHERS CIJmEDY. G


ay jin e Withers ar.-d i ar|free Leo Carrillo are togethei-


be screened this week-end. tale coriceiTis the advenfurles ot a happy-go!-lucky family, | Who travel abound the country in their mule- drawn lyagon, tratong anything and everything for chickens. wh,ich they - sell when they get to the big towns, meeting en route plenty lot e ccitement and roriiance as well | as plenty of.


“ Chickeri Wagon Family;”


Qich will he merry


gain in laughs, i


-tarid of a newsboy, Tommy Blake, and fescues him. When Putnam, editor of


tee ! Clarion, recives the terse Informa- ion! that (Cash is out to “ get; even, le Invites the latter to a meal.- From hat stage, Cash determines to help in he!riddance of .the parasites, p d be- Putnam to be acting in good


faith,' filially renders him an heroic io6rVic6. ■ i !


b Additional intei-est will be afforded I


of the Aif,”| an absorbmg. topical film. : MYS’TERY DRAMA OF CHINATOWN.


a tube trqin flashing past the back bf I I ' Wo n g |in Chinatown,. is oemg a row of (houses. A .passenger on ti e Michael train, a young engineer, flayed py


shown on of


passing 'scene .and is ^galvanised ;o action wh,en he sees through a “wmdow in' Lrindon” what he .takes to be £,n attempted murder. From thence \ye are taken on a varied tour of the metropolis. We see the Embankment backed bV the glittering Thames, we see [the busy Strarid and imposi ’Trafalgait Square, we see the poweri(ul bulkj of - the new Waterloo bridge stall under construction, and' we see |a variety of other scenes, ■


Redgrave, glances idly at tl.e


familiar riut all of them shown in qn unfamiliar light. At the same time 1 thelenthi-alling story of-two children


all of thqm


of the City, portrayed by Michael out,


told the Magistrates th a t ' fee offence was due to neglect on his part, but he would see feat, it (fid


adventure and romance. “ A Windpw in -London” combines comedy wfih ui-ariia, a real-life atmosphere with! a theqtncal environment (two of me chief characters are music-hall artists) and! a down-to-earth story with the madic touches that occur periodically in life. I A( supporting cast' of well-known


takmg us along m its train (of „


playes is__headed by Sally Gray, Pqul Lukas,


Hartley Power and IfEAD MAN’S SHOES.”


plunged! from'the opening scene pto one! of (he most mgenioiis stories ever appearing on the screen. Leslie-Banks is a respected manufacturer bringing a lawsuit against a newspaper which alleges he is a much wanted crook. 'The court scenes provide some , p iq u ^ facts, ariiong them, that this man is only ceftajn of his identity because he has been told who he is arid what eras hisl preiwar life. Other witnesses give coriflicting evidence and the result of the! first reel is to arouse the deef est interest in ' the strange yet entii credible stofy that follows. Kelly enters a new phase of a rogressive screen career' with


“ Dead Man’s Shoes,” showing next week-end the spectator is


stegdily JUdy


being used for salvage displays [has also been augniented by a German gas shell, a hand grenade, a rocket pistol, a French sub-machine f un, a Japanese spear, a rapier; an l a heavy service revolver with fee batrel hammered in. A member of the staff with ai'my


gunnery experience carefully ex­ amines all weapons and souveilrs to ensure th a t they are harmless.


been found In dustbins, hovfsver, householders are requested to hand dver such souvenirs sepaptely to avoid possible accidents.


As live cartridges have recently iNorwegians, the Swedes, the Du ,tch, the . ,___-arin„ —_ —


(Continued from: preceding Colunn) under Hitler’s thumb,


_________ - the Danes, the


all be willing to rise as one mari as they have done in the British Empire for the defence of the Fatherland. Fiance.


many happy


Belgians and the French, plus the week. Bpaikling dialogue and romantic Poles and the Czechs, whether thej will interest


ti-rily Entertaining film. ' DRAMA OF ! AN ARTIST.


' ’ ' ' " ’ '


for example is told she must'retui n to Rudyard Kipling s unmortal sto; agriculture. The Balkans must grow the artist war-cori•espondent^ who just what the Nazis consider coniVeni-1 with Gordon to the relief Of Khai ent. The Czechs and 'Poles, to say isj the [subject] of “,The Light ■ ■


^ ■


„ ___ ____ __ ssoi occupy a sort' of-half-way house in the Nazi system, in which he will be fifty per cent. Hitler’s tool and fifty per cent in the position of having to do what he is told. ,


said about Italy. Musfelini will 1 Ronald Cqlman I as the arfet whd (goes'


cinema-goers will have of seeing on Thurfeay b| tll6 rest of th6 WG6k.


the sands and even nowlthi sands are drifting. Hitler frequently dwells on his sense of responslbilty, He, must ■feel that sense of re'sporisibility in his


what our waf aims are ,to be. Hitler is not merely re-drawing the map of Europe, he is setting up a new order on Nazi lines. On Nazi lines neans, even from Hitler’s ■viewpoint; tlifit it can be re-drawn at will.' In the view of the non-totalitarian enemy] there is nothing pei-manent about the new Hitler structure. It is a ho


.stratagem but one borrowed from the long ago and discarded ly the same British who have i been jru mg subject peoples for centuries. : It has been rightly said th a t: if the ideas that guided our political thinldrig when! we


'diistrialists, which I means that the re­ mainder shall'^be the hewers of wood and ■ drawers of water. Tl is beautiful vision of Hitler’s is compared with the “ selfishness” of ithe British Empire. Every Crime in the decalogue is attn- buted to the British.’ ' Yrt this Nazi plan for Europe! is not an original


slave driver who is atraiij that he may soon lose his slaves. Europe is to be divided into two Empires. On the one side are the agricuituriste, c n the other the industrialfets. ! Hitler has already decided that the Nazis sha l be the m-


bones; __...i.-. it


is the responsibility of the FKof Via mov;


■fwc


Nazi ipirit i


on


he lapse in Hitler’s tin e-table for the invasion of these slands has re-introduced the old discuaion as to


for Europe is a plan under which the different peoples- lose their liber y in exchange not for a higher standMd of 1 economic existence but for a life of distress and economic servitude, mnee the Nazis are using every kind of pressure and force to turn,fee pioples of Europe into economic and poitical slaves whom feey. can treapl exadly as those colonising'nations treated their overseas possessions when fee pov'er to do so ,first fell into their,hands. The Nazi plan involves fee delteerate de­ pression of the peoples’ vitality, sc- that ] their resistance will collapte spiri;ually as well as physically. [The .Uazis, having reduced their ocvri cro vd to | hunger because guns wereibreferred to butter, are now reducing! lup"'- >'nn.


The German nder | _ _ their con­


quered neighbours to the same straits for the same purpose. This! new ditler order in Europe naturally involves all the peoples concerned in it in fee most injurious dislocation of feeir tradi­ tional modes and-standards of life. Norway, the Low Countries and P -ance, were considerable exporters! to ov irseas Consumers. They must now co isider only the Nazis. [Such a system cannot last. The British Commonwealth pro­ vides the correct answer , to Hitler’s spurious' generosity—a generosity


which grants you the right to live if you serve vour mastersr-since the


. nriii^i I won. as ‘ won it will be in pro([ess of time.


i , CATTLE SALE EXTENSIONS.


the Nazis. I t Isj intended! to practise and to enforce them wife fee custom- ,ary Nazi thoroughness [ arid violence.


first began to rule our oveiseas posses- siohs had lasted until! tb-day there would be no British Conunonwealth. Totday these ideas are: cherished: by


'One may well wonder if and when these subject peoples qi [Eutope are all (Continued loot ol next [Ccjlumn).


'wick. Whittaker, of [fee Tillotsons Arms,; were.: at fee ■ Clifeerbe County; Sessions, on Monday, grantei ex­ tensions of hours from 3-0 pm. ' 5-30 pirn, on' Wednesday, August occasion of a


Two Chipping licensees, T. Chad of the'Talbot Hotel, apd "


28fe, on fee sale.


, „ „ „ . We British will provide the real feswer to destructive tyranny when the War is


British have long since learned that to grant their subjects freedom is to gain strength. The Nazis on the other hand trust to force, as the secret of power. Force has always failed when put to the ultimate test, and fail'it willlagain. I


bliad riri the completion of his greatest: wrirk, I gives ari inspired performance] aqd receives every support from an outstanding 085^.


STORIES


wrote mare


An OF MARK TWAIN.


! was “ The- Literary Night- ’ I t tells how ih e follb’Wlng


amusiiig thing th a t Twain


jingle [ took ccjmpleto'possession ol him, I and went waltzing feroiigt nls brain—no [matter what he-trlec. tp d|)|: .


I [


“jConcluctor, [when you receive £ M . 'fare


' ' '


A blue trip sUp for an elght-cen! } ' 7 fcir6’


' ’ A'buffi trip’ slip for a six-cent -


A pinkitrlpi’sllp for a fere6ii>J:rin1; - i .fare, , ,


Punch ! in the presence of ['fee i passenjare !"


Inihls youtli Mark Twain secur'ec - of M£ ■ ~ ‘ ■ ■ ------


, 1 i t fee day I came From fed Life llarif .Twain, by April Clemens'.


want you any, more.” Mark looked £(t the qdltor and: remarked”! “ I would like to [know fee real reason tehy you don’t[want me ahy more ?’f, ’ The real reason is th a t you are too:! lazy and good-for-nothlng.’f ‘j Well, you are pretty stupid,” 're7 plied Twain. [ “ I t took you some six months to learn fe a t I ami lazi’ . and! goodrforlnothlng, bUt I


ain [editorial [ job on fee “ Sari Francisco Call,” where he worked for iix months. Then fee edltoc' 'd him in and said : “ We-don’t


mofeers and children ■ .will Hake: ridv ffltage of fee GovernmBUt-s' dlstributloh of cheap or fj:eej,>mllk an(i th a t the| annual value :of fee' mlilc distributed will be £15,000.000.


■It Is estimated fe a t 2,500,001) I '' '


LARGEST BUILDING- SOCIETY’S WAR Effort.


£2,000,000 : INVESTED ! IN GOVERNMENT ISSUES.


feeir way into Government' War Issues since the war began, it was annoupried by the Society on Wednesday, August


Halifax Building Society fundri to the i extent of £2,000,000 have found


Society, has taken up in; National War Bonds on its own account, it has [re­ leased moneys' and directly channelled on behalf of its customers a , sum of £1,600,000. : . , ■ : J


i In addition; , t o .Y ■ £500,000 which the ■


] The “ Halifax,” with assets of, £129,000.000, is; the largest building: ociety in the world. I . : :


; [ The Ministry [of Food has! decided


[to extend the national; milk scheme to pill. school whether they; or hot.


children under five are attending school


■ I ■


Punch In the presence of fe< J passenjare!


___ ^ :go hand in hand- to malje a


shown! during the fimt naif of iiext| _ "Y P:...................................


-y I go luuicyck


othliers, and; Joari Blondell ■ 11,1 toe gold-digger " will be


a tellingly dramatic studv of, ,a'to:lgrit club ptoprietress; Joa'ti I Marion IB fee only • other; woman, her part Is. fee manufacturer’s wife. ’These two typify the struggle of two very different worlds] to :claim the unhappy de Vetheuil. 'Wilfrid Lawson makes one ofihis!rare: screen appearances as a blackmailer.' 'With little apparent effprt he gives a chillingly sinister pic­ ture, of an unsavoury character.


------------------- „


WHALLEY PICfTURES u.


I LIGHT COMEDY.


week-efa-d when “Rascals” is screeied. John Garfield is supported by a fine cakt iq a film which is eminently suit­ able tor all tastes.


LIGHT-HEARTED coriiedy irter- silersed with a gay and dellgritful omantic episode will be seen this


S ‘OFF THE RECORD,”


musical popular


O’Brien ! whose pc


[‘ Off the Record,” a . delightful romance starring thatj.tever pair


of


those of policeman and priest amohgst ~


roles have screen stark, Included |Pat


, , ’ "


grave aM’ ktriefa Roc, p lay ^lM f I I


„.. the magazine yarns by Hugh. Wiley, “Mti Wong in Chinatown” agam con­ cerns the adventures of the Chmese supW-sleiith. This time murder comes unmvited 'to his own house, where Prmcess I Lin Hwa- meets a horrible death in his private study. , ; ^ ong rounds up his old friend Cap-


..........Monday. •' Third in a senes Kjames Lee : Wong ’’ stories based


in — .. tell Worig something, but he!is *nur-


tairi' Styeet of the police department, andjthe chase is on.:A dwarf who lives downstairs: from the


i


derei Her maid also has in fo im a ^ to mpart. but she, too is strup d ^


leafes who the ^


tSris fee killer, makes thrilling screen ^ O


a cub reporter, supplies, a jwpienmf coipeqy element.


Marjorie! Reynolds as Bobby LqgM ;


ne-ape^ -u, ^ j


; MEN b e h in d ' BARS.


POWERFUL prison drairia. Is the licture, “Mutiny?in the


Bi^! Housef wSich cqmes‘'r ip [


work' limsung and pberalded to re­ build'the lives of broken men,i Muttoy in - the i Big House,” is actually based upon fact,, for it is a febuje to Father Patrick-! O'Neil, 'who risked br-tek up a prison not, and was awarded the American Carnegie Medal foi l heroism. 'The picture tells how Fathw Joe, the prison chaplain, fought foi’ thelsoul of Johnny Gates, sent up


^ ! story of a prison chaplain, dedi- to the men.of every,creed who


Fi trier ' Joe, Barton MacLane as Red Mmsori, and Dennis Moore, a new­


The three ^tedina roles in tlie picture are carried by Charles Bickford as


comer, !asl Jorinny. All three are ra­ te ligent characterisation, rad the pi cture is exciting from start , to finish. ^ Mso in the same programme Ls “Fathetone Parade of 1939 ” , ing many I famous, variety stars,


-THE RIALTO, BLACKBURN.


Matinee daily at 2-30. Cqntinnoni Monday to Friday from 6-15. Sat­


urday, 2-30, 6-15, and 8-30. “ THE PROUD VALLEY.”


■vlalley;” will be.shown this-week-end. Paul Robeson uses his rich bass voice tqiglorious advantage, and is supported iri a pulsating drama by a fine cast, ta- cluding Edward | Chapman' Rachel Tlhomas, and Edward Rigby-' Robeson has the part of David Goliath, an un­ employed negro stoker from [a (larmff tramp steamer.!who seeks work m the Welsh'Valleys.! Chance leads him to llaendy, where: the village choir is re­ earsing for the Eisteddfod. Deputistag


A


moving story of fife amongst the Welsh miners, ‘‘The Proud


fbr the injured principal, David makes ■ • ; family of


the conductor. On the yew day fee oir I is due to go . to the Eisteddfod,


fiends with the Dick Parry,


Wentiially the pit is closed. The owners turn a deaf ear to appeals for re-open- irig biit with the outbreak of war avidlleads a deputation in a march to .ondon and they are successful m. etting the Government to ; mtervene. ■


lowever, a pit disaster : occurs, and


“ len David and a party volunteer to I lenetrate, rad free, a gas-filled section


illagers,' '! ■ j


lakte the supreme sacrifice, But the my to the coal-face has been freed, rid prosperity. [comes back to the


' the pit, five men become trapped riddt is hi rescuing. them that David


DO INSECTS FEEL PAIN ? Animals are undoubtedly con-


scloufi of sensation, aiui where there


is consciousness it | would seem there!must be someifeiili of intelli­ gence. To what degreb-thls pro­ ceeds is a probleriq grapple '


thing we may be tolei; )li


th a t [Insects cannot [s Science still


ith which! Of o n e !


,bly sure— I er to th e ;


samel degree th a t man capaiilty for pain is to nervous organlsatloi of a much lower type In in human beings, acuter forms of su: arise- from fear and . are only' possible where there Is foresight. By attributing to "an.! insect a highly sensitive nervous system like our own we cah, of | course, construct a ternble tragedy out of such episodes as the: ichneumon’s attack:upbn a cater-]


irlng which iprehenslon


,oes.' The proportloa which Is sects than reover, the


Hi and Lew Ayres are teamed fo-


R()BEET TAYLOR ROS^CE.j , OBERT ’■ TAYLOR,. Greer Carson,


ether in the first time in'“Itemember” vhich wiU be shown next week. ’They ire supported by a cast headed i by illie^Burke, Rginald Owen and George


pillar, but fe a t is just what we have no right to do. Creatures which have not many nerves Ido not'feel very much. Even | pjarasites 'jnay feed; upon the softer parts of their body] without Interfermg with ner­ vous' ganglia. Mutilated Insects have been seen eatlrla most con-; tentedly, as though nothing sin particular had happened. Some]


sincej her memorable' “ Mr. Cbips.” story concerns'Sky Ames, a young New York; busmess (man, who,- retummg front a vacation engaged: to, Linda Bronson (Greer' Carson), [insists she riieets his old college pal Jeff Holtend. (Robert Taylor). It is love at first sight for Linda and , Jeff. Amusmg complications follow, particulriijly when Sky determines to cure the infatuation J his pal for Linda by -a-dmihistermg a newly-discovered drug. ‘The drug has amazing [effects, but pot: the ones anticipated,-and the fun develops fast


jonslble for the hilarious ]“ 'Topper.” •he picture marks Green Carson’s first American appearance rad her first rae


and furious. i


,arbier in a gay, modern, story ri’ought to the screen by Milton Bren id Norman Z. McLoed, the team re--'


, lowly - organised ’cr^a,tures may be. turned inside out or made mince-: meat of, and yet wll. continue to] thrive, growing, new llfebs. or te-- producing new indivicuals from the; sections of their d vided bodies.; Even death at the far gs of a spider; may-<be a more mer[c! ful fate thari] long rind lingering d !cjay.


RGNEl


.you pay . i ; You’ll be glad Advertisement


,It’s not what] 'what you get back for whit fiiat coilmts.


pay but


ycu put your Ih .


Advertised & Times The GKhiiroe


Clitheroe’s Fam Paper


6, m a r k e t GLITHELOE.


iljl Weekly PLACE,


'Phone 407/8 ( ;wp lines). ,___________


saIw Ue y


■wife the women’s; work of the^Metbp- iciety


Mis s io n , work—itn connection


dist Missionary Spu„.„........ - - . (Wesley) Circuit proriioted a picpic w.... ___—Q ...—jh .1.-.-was held


and meeting whicp


fee Clitheroe “lip.nin tea


a .t


■ afterwards there' wad a meeting! ire tne Chapel, When Mrs. -Qraaves, of Wad- dington, presided.] Prayer was offerfe


•Allen, o f Chatbuni amounting to': ,£2 -! Sawley’s portion; o^ missionaiy work.'


bylRev. H. Allen,iandl a spiring address '■ orii Bombay”:was deliveted


are


Sawley on Saturday; vfeen them.w^ a [fairly large cqmpan.Y prese^frpm. various chapels in! the] circuit. Tne'-tea was sdrVed in the: schoolroom ana


bv Mrs; Harr? ■fhe P'tecefi®credited to


fluent and in- “Rahator or


sjpport for tb®: -■ '


And it is Wong,


^^he y M a id Reagan in “ Secret;Service


In company with Leo Carrillo arc Marjorie! Weaver,. who,| plays Jane’s


I ■


big sister and who will be [remembered for her! portrayal of. , Mary Todd in Darryl F. Zanuck’s produotioh “Young Ml-. Lincoln,” Spring Byingtoh, lovable mother of the famous-Jones Family. irnnothbr,; and Kane :n as'.h |handsome


young policeman who hejpdlthe little


fatnily out of their dimcplties—and finds romance with Marjorie-Weaver.


ROMANCE arid the' difference makes fqc hilarious I different ....... ......


NEIVLYWEDS IN ['i^RjoUBLE froin anm love [in


offle^


comedv 'to the 20th Centu: tore which opens on Monde; (Stuart;El-win and Marjo


.


are seen as a couple' of whose troubles begin ;whe:


a cottage -Pox pic-


is quite


mixed up with a crowd qf spohgi friends.: Li '


living beyond his means Stuart’s work at the offlci-rad he sees another man get the promot on he had been promised. Things go from bad to woi-se., The climax is reached wheQ Marjorie is innocentlv threatened wife a! scandal^ and the pair ate deserted by their fair-weather friends. Happily all ends well for the young


-ate hours and thq slows up


n they gety worry of


le Weaver lewlyweds, ,


TO-DAY’i THOl


UERFECT (ionforml ■IT- will of God' Isl sovereign qnd- ooD^plJ


iTT’S AN ILL WIND, to blows! nobody anyj


isafer areas, and- Rlt Bowland arie this year i


t ■who have come tp this -the duration,” and It to. knock about the t rural area wlthput many who are enjoy


. effect of war-time! com^


jtesorts of i the South! transfer holidayrmak*


[than' ever before With I (afar.' I hear of: seya normally resident] in tl[


•f I* I LANE PICTURE


Monday, Tuesday, Thnrtda; Friday! at 7-30. Wedn^aj Saturday at 6-0 and 8-15. Saturday at 2-15.


i In a


Not a l l ; of them, by would have come to C district in normal tlml them have told i me >-f have gohe on to refer! t ic terms to fee! sceri romantic] haunts to Elbblesdale, “ This


visit, but, not the lal spokesman of one. grol these war-time - vlslton towns' ahd cities;^whi perienced more' of th | raiding 'planes than wl


couple iri what is said tolbq one of the funniest stories evqr filriiedj I Stuart Erwin and ManoWe Weaver make a delightful (pair, pf |riewly-we& and ofeers prominently [featrired m the cast are Patric Knowles, Ri ssell Hicks, Jack Carson, Hobart CaVarriugh, June Gale aria .E. E.„Clive.. [ | I


LAUREL AND HARDY— j‘‘['ENDERGRADUpES,’’


ONE of fee . mosi ( side splitting . . .


directed to the Deans are serit into the Maze, labyrinth of shrubbery, become hopelessly lost; , i,


at Oxford,” is the attraction at the week-ei : The , __ - -


comedies of the yeqr ‘.A Chump


faced 'Stan Laurel and Hardy in a series of gay at Oxfdrd. As soon as they __ . . are singled out as, the victims of some very elaborate ragging; Asked to be


comedy presents sombre- ■ rotund Oliver mi adventures arrive feey


huge luggage, the heroes warider aim­ lessly up and down for the entire day and encoimter a most remarkable ghost, in the form of an [un lergraduate when night comes. ' ! Especially funny and uproarious are


Staggering under the weli’hti of their


m which they .


quarters, [they a iomplicari


.'and his gang have:' Eriglandi ItwpuldL


;llghtful area. [‘‘Ypl to have a lot of Iri realise (that a bomba good d^al of damagd was released over, a man told me. ‘I lf yq disposition, -you cari worried and depressed tout here among [the ^ there, is not only security, but the sen take far more borne


ahdi it Is- obvious th a t Clltheroe! and Its cl relatively a safe; as


j arsenal of Europe, fcj (change fee shape o | (Looking over thq va|


ImriadowS and moorsl tho heights, Iicpuldnl th a t 'There’ll; alwayl lahd,' lan d .lt .h a s b |


[ th a t Is exactly ithe ;i i refreshment - our cli [workers need In fea - stress, and I felt prl


splratlon to come ob


I blesdalei and BowlanI th a t ehcouragemenl needed to stiffen


introduc­


the scenes wherein Laurel and Hardy are hoaxed into an interview-with a bogus dean who asslgnsjthem to living quarters in the rooms of the real dean.. Here they carry on in tegil style, un­ til they find themselves in a pretty kettle (of fish. “A Chump' at Oxfort " illy directed comedy, filled topnotclx


Jlngiand all the ingrqdle dowii-to-earth entertainqiei)t.


is: a brightly ■fe- I crackling dialofee


its of real. ppm


i people ’Who arri near4 jit than ■we, are


, ^ (lultti a ilot pf col iEtARMNRS aie! Jt


They,:frequentl!y ha1


! above Read, rinre'veiil I was;li8tenihgito a:f ion 'this, veryi Intere As a.matter of fact! surprised, by; the otl of exariilnlng |a glj oats, perhapi the bi trict.:. “I couldn’tl It possible to! here,’? exclaimed' thl He became almost I praise of fee strongl lull, ears, and it certr a lovely picture in; I maklngi pretty patta the crop • swayed


the.-Phst,. buti:fels se* more, sorts of; crops 1


tevening breeze, beat me with oall passet ”: told his nell never? seen a; bomf where;;! But I wij feum,'vtfhen you get isn’ti'half.'some grri going-to be !a job! eaten-' befotei frof Birds have had :feare- of mj^ oat pheasants.,I’ve neva pheasants [as^ithll haveferien a CTandi Found a npptwlth; week oh two] since eitpect. [ I'ye been


. the season' |had for thelnew; pr'rend


, talk- about Vafees.J


’em alllover t’ plaiC Then! thesq nelgt:


'field of oats' at £ 200.” one!said,hh


of ploughing. “ II


and .1 shouldn’t bo field' theerl’s wortl] owner lof! ,lt: ag


swedes, kale, and i all seenied; to. hEiya the conbern- seeiriel


best advantage. Tt for those .sparrowsl


this food was goinj


there V [wouldn’t “ grouse'” in the tl o n ;I .' I;' :


... 1 -1


chafeiffg vvlth a. fl crops.'arid he shovJ ends of[ the.'rows ol border I of Ithe kalf eaten by rabbits. 3ob shifting-'em,”


IN ANOTHER. miles ! laway,',.'


: labblt pould have I 'burrow; [Butfeer 'and wp put the el


!• a motor, car into ' about I finished


place now.” ■ Theii .lie turneii It.there’yone fees


think [there’s a


enough there wd several. [What: tli about rabbits, prt stand i I Certain them' - w l hav “ They’re'; vermin, | to be cleared,” V thing my farmer about! them. ' '


dup,. Bashall Eav : lamongj the earllel


3510Mb remarkaq 7 ^ lareff. recentl;


[duced ifeto thls ' d lower Ali)s,' for th l , i*tely! a.hUiidred-J


: .larcn wds first fei i f e n n a iam t : !


"'V -V 'd’'' ' ‘ i ' '■ 1


netted ! and we shj they came. Then and 'you wouldn’t I


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