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thejr. forefather, co: or less


toleratt . like beasts' tt


.eV know not nqr ooker.


M ^Berlhiiians to i: ijure up more sujpuhdlhgs,' aijd


re-bplld the pla< e fm i top to bottoi|i, Thm you} jmay perhaps make some- thing deomt- o hardl]y sutceed, lai (


ut bi h I I It. ' You will


owejver, as. long Ss


that dialect is ^poket. there.—Engels (ISffi)/


Always we have <jlecepid ourselves, bly believing .thatl-whlle qeijmany was aftbr


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e Won‘by granlin; all


■She demanded, [wt that,{he more-yob lidid over to the Hunsljhe more they pip seek tp extract from you. Aid It is a [somewhat start­ ling ■fact' thdt d^plte our habltuil method of nientlcniiiy with awe bur great ” statesmen] of ;p e past century, whose I lives are wi itteii In sUpexlatlvis by their admirers, we [have had moi|e second-raters in the sbhtjs of the mighty —that]


or part of what did not realise


hlghlymlaced',Cabinet] [Mlhlsters—th^n we ha 'e had men < f wis ibm and visiop. They were conviiced hpiievp.r.? that,at there was p>metHing hood In those Mos t of them were Salisbury wlfo


Is,' as Prime' believers


German'gangsters, taken in .I?


in 1890 Con expectation Germsjny.


promptly ibrtifled naval .bastion; for


jeded that it' Dh the!


an attempt !was LordHell


It jaiid used it as p the! [defence of the


Helgoland in the [.irould appease .(ontraiy. She,


when _______ achieve world pPwer. breach! of ibei} own uhdstaking nottb fortifyjl it. If Mr. 'Wirston Churchill goes down ip histpry]—ss he may do-i-i as ■theigreatept'ste*'"""'^"


It will I be because pe sd' German gamt; thxpughout ,his pclitical


It t ' 6 X


Of course you do. And forward to the day when your favourite! kinds just fo are not only good points sustainer and rcstbrcr. In you like them but'


K jy-M il:e eyeryone else you ate the’


it'the asking. Meantime, today they value but; ate a marvellous energy fact, it’s true to say that not only do


y ate pientifiil again and you i <


■ ' ,


looking :ah buy


bootil Baldwin, who! kep


acqUiedcinfe—that he! w judgment.” The .b)o{ w foot. |ln the Sam: ten sistently warded' ;hb .Government of German duplicity. behin^i Baldwin aid| Chamberlain, it was because they aisurntd these leaders were in a better'position to judge the intentions


s, and told by Chamberlain-r hilr


by Uaen bnwprthy to tie his out of office,


.u.-


is “ lacking ih :s on the other years he coh-


If the; public stood


than Churchill of Hitler,


Chutthill down, jind. to iis greatest too ,;Iad to seek of mbrtai peril.


The same nation which turned


Statesm: him


refused' to listen lan, was pnly


>ut in its hour


It was the French Mird hundrM and sixty years national, industry of jP and. sA[lt 'has. beer eye: since. M! later


national obligatlpis bcundaries to be .broken


.beau who, one ago, said “ the ussla is war,”


beau lived In! the erick ; the “,(3reat. time Prussia has cisreguded ail ihterl


career [ For ten years lie was treated shabP'-


Fatherland iii thA dpi reaching days wpud he made: to A flagrant


world .war dmlng| the present century, that by peating jblie manipulators' of th^ Gernian n.asses for what thp are, and have! been j for ofie hundred and flity ye(;rs„’'namel3, gangsters, lie must [get rid of . the i}dy i that Baldwin and [peville Chtmtier!ain- were tlje' auth'Dp of , appe isemept. They en­ larged; a polity thhl had been pursui at least froin the time Bisiharck canie to po^er in - he sixties of last Centura.


I N'ittempiiig !o ioim an estimate of our cljances of avoiding a thlfd


eaiemeni Mas Las


K TmES, TRIP iX, OCTOBER 6 K Not New :ed; a, Century


We Learned Our Lesson ? - - ~


By. CA^Y


authority, willh of judgment,


■■!! ■■ I ■ LORD.


■ f /n


admit they are,in the wrong, but I do rjqt agree with that propdsiUbn. [Mr. Beverley Baxter, who is'a Tory M.P., ^dmlts that “ the pre-war shorteomlngs which brought us near to disaster,” [are ithe senior. I respemsibility of .these meri,” [Had .they switched oyer 'into i;e,yerse,! few would have blamed them, but it must he adinitted thatl. we are thfe slowest nation in ffie'w[Of)d to be persuaded tha,t ou^ foes are our [foes. write, this is whati catehes my^ye


1944.


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ihj the Sunday newspaper |mdemea,th, from its correspondent, ho’w iti Paris:


The only thing (Which prevents the o'.osest Afiglo-French co-operation now and in the future is the almost universal French mistrust of- our future ■ relations .with [ Germany. Since I landed in: France l.have heard, not 'oncj l^pt 'a hundred


1724—The Iron Stair . . . . . ! . ' . . . . . Rita 6009—Where, the Apple Reddens


: times, the .'Same, question! : ''Has Britain ’understood the- [German people at last, or [will [there ;W| a ■new war in twenty yearn’ .time?”;


\^e have riot. We seem bent in 'believing thb best of these Hunj mufderers, ajid I jam ]not too sure of .oiir so-called leaders} who profess otherwijse. | 'Wie are ifeiw told that the names of; Hitlyr, Himmler arid; Goerlng; do not; appe>ar ori ourj'list of war cririiinals, and] that there is no method of dealing [ with tiibm. jH we. leave, it! to ■the 'lawyers tnere will not be. i;am hp adypeate. for carrying out to the last letter; an iritemational law that is ignired' by tne enemy except when he calls upon us to observe it. Nevertheless I would spy, hut for’’our simpletons, some pf horn [write ito the ‘1 Advertiser [ and jmes.'l “ Yes; at last we hive]learned our lessori.”


pm a4aid It must be admitted; that Yi 'l!


iritentioris are not’ln dispute, [but[ ypu cahnotj afford; to treat a deadly viper ■with kindness. I feel the profoilildest gratitude to Sir Walter Citrine, Siore- tlaly of the mighty Trades iJnion Oop- gtess, [Who back.- up v/hat [I have written in-.tilils qolUmn'Over 'and over


iteour own neighbourhood, 'there 'is no reason. to doubt that they also are in ■yldenoe', elsewhere.


If these simpletons exist ' Their ; kindly


.agpin.- Ispeakifig at a Leeds trade uriipn coiifcrsnce, he 'warned his hearerslnot tp!bi led-away ,by: false sentiment hv deal'n? with Germany after the war.' “|He bplieved the German nation [hid rend Itself incapable of operating the principles,of democracyj. The Ger­ man people, ,hy their .inertia arid laik of control of,.'those in high office In their dountry,[had allowed [ themselves to be fanatically used; in an kttempt


'tq'* Hitler and’his gang to [gain wor d supremacy. Justice to Gefmany do:s not mean that its people shall!not sriffer ! for what has! happened. [ A people [must be responsible for thO [acts' of its [Governmeiit. I do, jnot! believe


that there have not been ppportunitlOs for the Gegipan .-people ,'td’ .show whether they" were opposed tO Hitter or not. There has been very, little evidence in Germany! of'\any[uhder;'


ground movement. : In}the peace terms we must not’he carried away by senti- riient into letting bygOnes Ibe bj^gones. If we want :to maintain| peace,! we must .have the power tej, keep'the peace.” Those are brave words! to come from, a tradp union 'leadfer, hpd I Sir ■Waiter Citrine has; gone iup a hundred per cent, in my estlmqtiori' j [ 1


Since Frederick’^ ' j with ■


days of Fred- :irp4


The.rse o f ’Prussia [wis watched by our stitesmen, anp so did it preate that expansion were fac in as I involving Brifisn Empire, t blunder


ts coA^lidation and lltatelor acquiesced


■ like i 0 JtaU i j tbt CsJa t t i Bhtxl Uaio^otturv i tTIrr Tmt ' Alliaitt Lid. i r w


kshful \inki


'T^J? delightfully sweet orange flavour of ‘ Vimaltol ’ i A anih nstant appeal to chi Idiren. They take It eagerly am


' I


Ely In.


lakes thus


derive full benefit from its yaluhble health-giving qualities;


‘VimaltoT is well balance; I, containing food elements ret .uired to increase [strength anc weight, maintain sturdy growth, and build up resistance. It supplies vitamins A, Bi and D in'-Bufflcient; quantities tt rhake good any deficiency of them which may occur in everyday meals.


‘Viraaltol’ also has the absorption of calciuin—s6 essential for forming strong and teeth. Tor all fhes) rea'sons ‘ Vlmaltol’ is a va! addition to every child’s dietary. In many; thou­ sands ofhopues ‘Vlmaltol’ is helping to make child­ ren healthy and robust.


,! /


^ BMtd on /iiodern 5oVnfy^c 'Research. I In ttoo iizes: 3/* and 5 6.


special! advantage of assistiig the bones liable


'^Tbe DcUdoo* BodT.boOdiogt Rcctorallre'uj I ViUmin Food for InfanUf ChUdreo ud AdnlU*


i I ' >


.with the Soviet refusal of., credits serious difficulties Always as a fact we hare been crying “monster” while “monster” .food itler


recent world, ness hhve been, our


While we look- upm 0 11:


Kaiser and Hitler fiaun ed: their naval and military prepWtk ns’ under our very r osfs. i. We . yvere' not- impressed, though these provided an eloquent answer to our ideas [0 appeasement. If this appeasemerit got5 .back]to well before their timeJ are .Baldwin and Chamberlain any less; to blarne ? Not ■the smallest.


for trying whethw II tier/could. be brought into the fok 1 o l . common decency. Had he iteeri i wise nian^he would! .have responded with alacrity. But I blame them for.tieir pigheaded­ ness i i not recognlslrii in time that they Prime


, I do' kut blame either


:iad backed Ministers ap


the wrong ijorse. ijoarei itly must never


our foes. ■ Between 191! and 1939 we no_t on|ly financed [Geniany, but Italy arid Japan .as we|I, wlUe we. looked askanc^ at some .of ou ■ allies of the present day;. The} fals:, double-faced Germari “ statesmjen ’’ . have had a peculiar tasclnatiop for us. Not since yesterday but for pentu fes. Both the


France With suspicr Appeasemept and; unprepafed-


H and. Mussc lini “monsters’


on,: we aid and abet


of he diplomatic ir friends like


tively worthless Zajizlbai friendship with' neglected.. or' dis interests. This We called it malntelhlnk the Balance of Power. From Danegcld to Munich the phenomenon repeated itself. Some o f . out apologists say, our pre-war “■ love’] for Hitler [was <ue to our fear of Bolshevism, we were, appeasing Germahy before, the [present century dawneq. Not only did we put [a bimd eye to her increasing mi itary strength, but we. “.welcomed”; !iet Industrial competition; her growth | in Industry, flnaneb and cOmiierce, 'which was a serlouh nienace-to the .men of. property before[Bolshevism^ had [entered-our vocabulary.- And tb come down to our own times,' the vpry . men who were scared [.of the Bolshevlsti, xushed, to do business with them and i ustained them through many crires. j capitalists the world [over were


regarc.ed her own jecan.e traditional.


Germany, Britain


out to do business regime when ,the woulc have created for Che Kremlin.


oSer ng the same from'; our hand. ire .the most


duoj maladies..


Invaluable Heligolapd |to(r the [compara- To maintain


no ; d mger to the Salisl'Ury made his in,: exchanging .the


rentiers were hot respected; Ittle; rnisgivmg


J


. !on the Rhine but bri t o Bosphorus, j France will'be’with us te shejldows' ! we are not prepared tq Mcriflce[her i for a worthlfess ‘ ‘understanding ”


twenty' years’ timp i]we must take a lead in Europe. Our frontier} is [not


Germany.} ' j" 'J j j I


,Our next. Ambassador to Berlin! should be the strongest man avaiiable, j no sycophant of ' Hitler’s spccessor 1, if there be a successor, or ref whatever kind of Govemmerit comes into exist­ ence there, but a man who! ik prepared to tell thenj:'where .they get‘off. I As Ludwig says,; the'Germaris’ Pjieferi a man I who barks—he is recognised, as the strong man. 'We, are at a [crucial moment in world history and we must have': a foreign policy, not ithe apology for a foreign, pdhey,’ which obtained between the two ivars. if |we prefer to discourage all independence of thought, firmness and 'initiative, rrial drive for action, on the’ part of ouil repfesehta- tlves in Europe] and to enwurage sub-! servlence and opportunism, our diplo­ macy] will 'again sink to a low standard, and again Europe will come to Ibelieye that Britain is. played out, | Britain has a mission tofumi, and not only Europe but t o w.orld [iwill he a better, place to live in if she'fulfils it.' ^rsonally, I am a: firm'believer in Britafh, a,Britain that !is strong, strong for' the':- right, and no weakling—a Britain that; is intolerant'of potential dictators who are mere mountebanks whose chief attributes are, intuition. Britain pos­ sesses the capacity to lead mankind to a better future. There! must! bei-no abdication. [Not. again jnust we ]go' through a period in which people; of rank! and title can, either , traffic, in treason dr do endless-.harm as busy- bodies, while those who' seel the oncom­


opportunities, it is- also' true that [she was !never faced with'moie formidable responsibilities. A coming free world demands British leadership and acjtive British co-operation. With the right men at the .top ,,we dan provide both. Erom a qtrict party point of view, it may seem' desirable td'retim to party government. .'From to . point of , view of. t o general welfare, party govern­ ment could ■well go hang tor -the riekt five, years. [Five years, of war have seen! the'mobilisation of the best brains of the natiori. Only a sipllar moblli. satoh will ^ us through


there''must be' an end. ff it is true to say that Britain never had greater


years of peate." The,pi about to erita: upon - 'will ■vital: in the history of t|ie Comnton- wealth. ,,;


The [ptriod we [are be .the most


, to' first five i


In Palmerston’s day,,one dl’hisifuhda- mental principles was that England has no eternal friendships arid| no, eiemal enmities—only eterrial interests,, ■This principle} has. been completely 'fast sight jof in' oUr dealings wish the Ger­ man 'menace. , We have sought [the friendship of Germany at - :he expense riot only of British interests ,butj at the expense of ourr friends in Europe.


If tiiis war is not (o be repeated in


,1809—England'ls my Village. 1871—The Case of the Rurni


1890—The Gay, Desperado .


1164—This is the Road,....K. Wallace 1243-Dr. Ibrahim .


1389—Outlaws of Sugar Loafi. i


' I ! H. M.'


5569—Snowdrift'... .1 .., J B- Hendryx 5920—A Diamond Bride ..; .B. M. Clay


41—Ghost 'Fingers!. .Colin Roberispn 292—Love’s Folly ........ jO, M. Braine


I ; Jan Tempest .-.j/.D. Black


E.' Clamp 0. Graves. HenriqueS


,'A N-junusual talk, dealing “Speech Sounds,” was giv


PROBLEWIS OF S


Archdeacon Some


members of Clitheroe Rotary yesterday -week by’;thfe Ven. ,.


deacon AckerJey , ;D.D„ Vic<, Mltton,


Ackerleyi Discusses Difficulties


, |FEW LETT3RS, MANY i SOUNDS I'


eni to C|ub


with


irdh- .r'lof


1022—Give me backtmy Heart ............ ! ID. Robins


824—Growing Dp ;. . . . . . .A.Thirkell 883—White w o o l N a o m i Jacob


'C;: H. Snow [J. Knlttel


■•';339i-Thp Saint Steps In.'.L.Charteris 1169— Aniival and Departure; ; ' : ' ArKoestier


896-®ustlers’ Riost ............


1902—Sally, Gockenzie .. . .Ahne Hepple’ 2526—The Moving'Finger. .’•[ Valentine” 2606-rBeloved Gypsy . . . . . . J. England 1187—iLong John Bides the Range' .’... 1 : . Wl.K. Reilly


1170— Gestapo Fugitive . . ; . i . . . . . . . . . . ! |.


: 'Capt; A. [0. Pollard


3038—Congo Song - . . , . . . :. ■. | S. Cloete 3920—Slade Warwick Deeping 3940—Late and Soon . .E. M. Delaiield: 4281—The ’Transport Murders........... :


4934—No Gifts From Chance....... I ' ‘ Margdret Pedlar


3509—There Was an .Cld Woman ...... ! E. Queen


5631—The Hunchback of Soho . . . . . . . . [R. Daniel


2991-rPoor Sir Edward . . . . ’.I i


2749r-The Fancy. . . . i .......M. Dickens' 1054—Tenderfoot’s Inheritahce . . . 1....J [ ' M, de Nervaud


1 , ■


'3120—Some Day You’ll KnoW '.'.......... ! ( : ,


3253—Cloudless May . . . . . . S. Jameson 3050—Within! The Cup. .PhyUik Bottome' 1244—Men of the Burma Road .......I . ’


3780—Fanny iBy Gaslight'. .M. Sadlelr: ■ ■' ■ [CLASS' B ■


i ' Chiang Yee!


1062—Lest We Regret . . . . . . i . D. Reed; 1072—Burma Surgepn;.:. .G. Seagrave 1119—


786—Berkeley Moynihan . .D. Bateman


Autobiographyidl! a Chinese Girl , . , - ■ ; ’ '"Hs;eh|.'Ping-Ying


1033—Mother Russia ........ IM. Hindus 1112—1 Was an Eighth Army .Soldier.. Driver R. J. Crawford


949-Sir W .Raleigh . .. .MlWaldman ■R.n.wo.


-


126— Prlsoher of-War....Noel Barber 57— Forty Years in China ............... Sir M. [Hewlett


............. . J. Gunther


46— The Mountains ;Wait [..[.-......... ’Theodore Broch G. Sava


47—Russia Triumphant . 33—How to Treat the Geimahs


CLASS D


318— Six Plays ........ Varidus 'Writers 319— Six P la y s 'V a r id u s , Writers 320— The Druids’ Rest ...[..;— ..... . - ■ ' ' . ‘ Emlyn Williams


321— The Best One-Act Plays .of, ' . 1942-43 '........... J. W; Marriott


, 82^Who Are The People ? ■' 1


48—The plying Visit __PI Fleming ■ ,' C. Brogan


322— Crisis ip' Hepen.;, ..E. Linklater ■''CLA'sS'j^F I ■


83-U.S.SlR.: Her Life and . Her ^ People ........M.'Dobb


5—On Living in a Revolution ........ I J. Huxley


M


Who :brought; all life to birth, and. raised us from- the dust, ■


ay the Almighty Power, infallible and just, '


A PRAYER I


Have mercy on the guiltless yictims ■ , of aggression,


Injustice, persecution, torture, and oppression'..:.


' ■ | ' '


Have mercy ohdhe wounded, mlssirig, sick and blind,'


' ,i'|


And all those fighting! for the freedom ■ of mankind; [ ,


Back to the love and blessings of their - home again ;■ j. , ' '


'And usher in'the peace and sunshine ■ of to-morrow. , 9


(


ing danger-are villified aid calumny-^ ated as men : with' a grievance dr [ an grind.:! Of 'muddling through


READ


VICAR TO BE CHAPLAIN. — Writing: in }the Whalleyt Deanery


take up Army Chaplaincy [work and, after the Usual preliminaries of medical Inspection and interviews, I‘ have now been Informed that I am to be commissioned :a^ an Army Chaplain and to commence iny duties .about October- iSth. This mearls,"'of. course,, that I will be leaving Read; ahd you pill know that I am very,sorry tojleave you just at this time-when-there Is'so; much to be done; but Charilains are still required arid las a- young un­ married man! I must be ready to go at the Bishop’s request.” ‘


Magazine, the Vicar of Read (Rev. K. S. Rich) says!; '“•The Bishop has'asked me to


[:■ : ,. I E. OKBffiRGH,


Have mercy bn mankind—dispel, our gloom and sorrow,


.


And guide them Ithrough, jhis night­ mare of despair' and pqln.


' ' ■ ■ - , '


Bowed down in bitter grief for toyed ones passed away . ; .


Ha-ve'mercy on trie sad and 'weary souls to-day. .'


Ministry of Fuel and Power } Aniiouncemei


iCOAl FRQM 1st


subject to the following 31st-October-: , '


Supplies to dofneii


£ ijiA'LY-^31'st


;tlc and other controlled premises are restrictions, during [the iperlod ,1st May—


' l l , ' ' '


! aggregate of fuels In 'this group during the period 1st May— ! 31st October. ' ^ j


1 ; , HOUSE AND KITCHEN COAL AND “ COALITE.” No controlled premises!may be subpiled with ttiore than [two tons in the


' ' '■ ■ ^ ' | | j


}'. THIS. IS;THE MAXIMUM,.NOT A RATION.; SUPPLIeA ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO [PROVIDE THE MAXIMUM-QUANUTY FOR EVERYONE DURING THE PERIOD. ! PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO CONSUMERS' 'WHO ARE' ENTIRELY DEPEN­ DENT ON pOAL. V j -


]


Stocks at consumers' may not be raised.a


premises, including any delivery'made,, 3bve two toris.


SMALL ANTHRACl’TE (other than coke brer than “Coalite”). Fui able up to an aggn period: 1st May—31st his stock above thre Anthracite or Coke


AND WELSH DRY STEAM COAL, COKE ize) AND MANUFACTURED FUELS'(other


..is; In this group may! be obtalrled If avall- ■egate I maximum o f three [tons during the October provided that ■ tons. (There Is nb eze),


Ere ; 1' •


no consumer raises restriction'on large


NOW and your merchantr will deliver when he has supplies and transport available. SAVE YOUR SUPPLIES. YOU WILL! NEED THEM IN WINTER- , | j


Do not expect tb' get your supplies in bne delivery. ORDER


the above to(see themithrough the winter should,apply to the Local Fuel Overseer for stoiilclilg licences, j Preference will be given to consumers entirely depffidffit qn coal arid those at Isolated premises difficult of access in the winter.' ■ I


♦ Consumers with 'storage space wlio need larger quantities than , _________


Issued on bbhalf of the Fuel Overseers for Clithle: !


. Bowland Rural i District. Ministry -of Fuel and


roe Borough] Clitheroe


Power by the Local Rural District and


\ ; DBER. E.. Ludwig


44— ever To Tunis ’ ... 'H. Marshall 45— Middle,East Diary.’./.N. Coward' 56— Call No Man Happy i .A. Maurios 125— D-Day


98— Yugoslavia . . . . 1 99— Czechoslovakia . ' C. Mackworth and Dr.


E, ,D. Hogg J.Stransky


17


491—The Mediterranean .. E. Ludwig 774—Russia .at War.....X Ehrenburg 767—Near East ........... Cecil Beaton 756—Thorugh China’s Wall ..G. Peck 778—Lessons of My Life . . . . .___ _ lord Vansittart


3078-rIf Ever! I Cease To Iteve ......[' . P. Parkirison Keyes;


5784—Grand'Barrage ...., Gun .Buster • R .Shantt


4556—Inspector West at Home ,’ ' ,,''!•',


■ [J. Creasey,


’2890—The Double Florin ....J. Rhode! 2231—The Story of Dr, Wassell ....,.[


3269—Veils .’...................S,.- Hitchens! ’. J.. Hilton' . G.'E.-Birmingham! . J .G. Brandon!


ing-Mouse 0. Bush C. Colt


. .B. Gray J. L. Rh.Vs


C. Clarke


able to utter; certain sounds, In­ dicating defiance of an enem;:, the presen'ce of food, and so on, irrih- deacon Ackerley ^ald. But nian) had developed something b :ydnd that—language—a tremendou t step forward, becauste mah was able through his mental equipment [to associate the'sound he made with certain Ideas-j-ideas far wider .than ordinary antaaLs could exprcis,


Other animals besides man were


man’s power of! speech was the fact that his mouth, and organs connected with [the mouth, greater flexibility than tbfs an animal.


. I ' ’ I-


into the Baltic probably jbe


As the Russian affiiies advanced States there would


town's ■ had • thUs three Idlfferent names;, Many


familiar [with Russian names


papers and over the.radio given th,e Eston


■an or Latvian name. ----------- we were One of: .the riiain reasoiis lor DIFFERING: TREATMEN’T OF “R’>


■ But those werL troubles-eaused by difference In spelling and cbncerned with foreign plrices and Idnguages


iWe were able tb move out, llps'


and ;torigues, to control the .Ip; of- the tbngrie and to open the nasal passage or keep It shut. In that way L'we were; able, to' produce! a whole series of sounds distinct frjora one another, i There were Ireath sounds and volte sounds, the, ( Iffer- ehce being that in making 'a voice sound we allowed the vocal ehords ln :the larynx! to; vibrate, as [the breath passed from the lungs ;o the mouth. The distinction was! appar. ent in such'words as “plt’land ‘bid.'


VOWEL SOUNDS


tain ones callejd vowels. Th; dls tlnction between [thtjn and[ con- re­


Among the voice [sounds werie cer­


somewhere in the .mouth between the lips. Whereas'the vbwel did': not. . For] representing such sounds in wrltlhg we possessed jflve vowels, though iin actual spec :h we produced 18 and probably ,mo: :ej [ If we had an alphabet representative of all the sounds ,we used we shjiuld have one very! considerably larger, than the prese^t. ; . : ■ |


sonants was that the consona It qulred complete or partial contact


shortage of written symbols Mil the vowels that It became very difficult for the writer of dialect to ini: the pronunciation he intended, matter how he spelt a word, reader often misinterpreted — Although 'the river Dnlestf r, in Russia, was not dialect it! Would serve as an example.,, In that jvord there was a “y” sound following the' “Dn” but if the pronunciatlb i| was Indicated by spelling' the |w( “Dnyester,” the next person Ing It would probably prop the word “Nyster,’’ with :the[ in “ dynamo:” . , '


' It was very, largely because .of I this


ivVord read- iunce


. 1 1 ' ^ person, who


Y” ^


a “|z.” Because that was s- quent in English,'.we were [apt to .use the same system when tij|came to foreign place names. So lyre got B.B.C. announcers; calling " dar “ Kraznodar,” 'which w wrojg.


in English we , very frefiife wroffi an “s” when we proiicu:


■] ■ : "',!, '| o[ fre-


,ently need


4sno- qulte


■ ['


.! The announcers had evdently got someone to;advise them[bji the proriunclation of Burmese iriames, for their pronunciation of irikhy o!f the jwprds was nothing like the way they were spelt, Surely they could have advisors on the pronunciat'ion of Russian names as well.


■ ’ I ■ I , ! ’ l l


nouncers would' realise that no one except ah Englishman writes an ‘s’ when he means! a' ‘z,’ Archdeacon Ackcriey exclaimed.


^ “ I wish to goodness the an­


! ANNOUNCERS’ PROBLEMS,,,/!jr«ven 'if::;he ■


I ■ ,' I'


floudly.


■learnt. 'Therte was a difference between ;“F’ : in “fall” and “1” to “ fell.” ,In'iErigllsh It did not have any slgniflcante, but It'cbiild alter the whole -imeanlng of a 'word to


Russian or Polish. ■, 1 I ,| ■ ’ ■ ■' I ■


of making' voiyels' into dipthohgs. The vowel “e!’| teas often} given a “y” sound at 'the end,-, the i tongue, rising to the roof of the riiouth to produce the sdund, - Old-fashioned ■ French grammars said the acute “e” was pronounced as “a” 'in' “say,” but if anyone went to'France and spoke like tha; no'-one woUjd have the least',idea what he wak talking about. The'Jfench “u” teas ■diffi­ cult to prbnounce, but dt [could be'


In English we had a curious habit


or- Strangely! enoi|gh, alphabet,: but


iberland; they- made a noise like someone being sick, whlth came from the!back of the throat. In Scotland, I :they trilled' the letter with the,tip of-the tongue, rind' this, generally ripeaklng,'! was quite plea­ sant. In the iSouth-west of the country: vie fourid people produced a growling sound of “uri” whilst the Lo'ndbner' :n;ssed the] “r” out altogether In the. northern part of Durham there was !a' more curious ■ [phenbmenon, however.'.. ■There, In [pronouncing a wbrd ebn- ,tainlng ;a‘n “ |:’’| they stopped and 'Started again, like “g’-andtnother." strangely! enough,


Other Se.metie j lan^ages, sound was


provided


found In North! Germany, however, in such iwordri as ■theatre,; ; ' | '


find It airiongst Europeans


-another in spiking, it teas very important.to ptoduce the different


If we ■were to be IntelUglb'le to one


.sounds as accurately .as tee could. Recently ; Coffiihander Gould had told us that In listening'to a record-: Ing of the “Brialns Trust’-,,he had realised he spoke too fast and could not prohounce “ r.,’ Sbme people made “rj’-lntb a “ w.’’'Usually they had'not been properly taught as children, so [that.lt wasldlfflcult, if not impossible, for theni to pro­ duce the accurate sound. So far as we could] we ffiould endeavour to


produce leachf sound of' speech clearly and accurately,' especially' when speaking to 'a deaf person. Often deaf people-.could I hear a irticulated properly,; lid not speak i very


it 'was Very rare’ to It was


for


In 'Arsable' and such a In ^he


“the-atre” for |. ■


;We had ettough troubles In] our own [tongue.' .The pronunciation of “r” I |was very'Varied] In this prirt of the [country 'we curled up the tip of the tongue "and Jgav'i the letter Ja slight­ ly whispered scund. In Northum-


place names, 'ihe trouble jwks thS the native, of Estonia spoke Eston­ ian,, whilst' thoke of Latvia snoke Lettish 'and th(ey had their own ' names, for their! towns and cities But in the; past, these couritries had" been provinces bf "both Qermanv and Russiia, who ihad' given their own names to I the- towns, Manv


ih.ore conflislon in


‘people ■ riilght be >the;i German, or' .yet dn the news-


,


; (ffi|cken, w^hed down with a glass ' of good old Duttons.' Brit perhaps I they’ll have to start brewing ’ vino,: for ’tye cjiabs out here have almost


: forge^tten what beer Is like,' Fancy going into' Ithe ^Vhlte L|on and


! -to : go before, mV chaiice coities. [ Maybe 1 shouldn’t ibb too optimistic ; but I'am looking [forward to-ithat- little piece of pofk and a bit of


letter described a visit he had made to the'" Terriers,” who werc then in Italy. “I suppose by the [tithe this' reaches you., they will be home," he writes. “Gosh,'I wish I was,in their shoes, but I’m only a raw recruit by comparlsori, r have still 18 months


T received anqther llyely letter last week-j!frqm: Pte. Vincent Wlnckley, df Low [Moor,-whose last


::i need basic'English to make our- .-Selves understood.; All the. same It


: will be great to get back to hear a ; bit o f brqafi Lancashire again.”


i .June 23rd rind twojthlngs struck me very forcibly. First of all there was


the speaker for an entertaining and absolutely; interesting talk.


Rotarlan;R.| G. Musson | thanked'


! ,no ’locril' wew’ and there teas not a single ly/eddlng report'in! {he


“ I have I just read your Issue of


!,whole paper.: Good heavens, tehrit’s happening I to all [ the girls. Hrive


■' 'the; war is [in sight are they wlth- I .drawing ffito theli: shells and be- ' 'Coming thrise shy] young maidens’ ’Iwe said frirewell] [to many moons


: they all joined the order of ‘ye olde : spinsters,’ or now that the end of


[rigo? ' 1 Y' ' '■ ! - v' ' '


: the'news of Dr. Barker's retirement. [ Although perhaps [It telll be a, little [ belated by [the- tlrile it-reaches him, ; may I, on behalf of all the Clitheroe. ' boys In the Forces] wish him a long


"That. particulrir issue of the ‘Advertiser! and Times! contained


■ work as Sdhool Medical Officer he [ helped to -keep us fit and wefl so ' that we' were able to undertake our present'task.:: !:


' saying, Desidererel tin bicchlere dl ; vino, per fayore,, slgnorlna r May-' : be you ’ nolparla Itallano/ but any-' b'odyl who has beeri' but here would enlighten you! 'What with Arabic, Maltese, Italian, Elrench;! American and-Germaq I don’t think we shall


! and happy: retirement. He must , haVe -assisted many hundreds of us- into this world arid by his untiring


CIITHEBOE AUCTION MART FitH>AY.i-illn eiicellent; supply - of


' 2,000’ uncrossed];homed ewes,ion offer to' a big 'company 'of buyers.; A- good clearance 4ffected'r;at the - following prices;— '[ . ;i ■ -


upwards o f -3,000 [ewes,' lambs, and ramsi including a;'choice selectlori 'of


‘ Best Scotch 'ewes, 60s, to 70s.; others, 48s.-to 58s.; best Swa’


half-bred ewes, 60s;'to 90s,; Gritstone ewes, 57s. to 68s.) homed lambs, IBs, to 40s.;, half-bred I lambs, 28s, to 52s. Ratos, of various breeds, £8 to £18; ram' lambs, [£3 to £10.' A consignment of North Country stock bulls made £23 to £38, .[


s ;ewes. 50s. ,to 90s.;


ton,, and Hobt. .Sllriger, Waddlngton, made the following; awards .Pen of 10 Swaledale ewes; 1, J.


The -judges, Messrs. J. 'W'3ts:n, New­ j | ■


Dutton; 2] T. Whitwell, Meariey. ^10, Cross-tbred hffiied ewes: L J. Dixon, Chorley; 2, T. Aspin, West Bradford. !'' t Wensleydaie ram:


Plnder, Newton; 2, E. ,W. Gi'.l, Sabden. 10, Lonk'jewes: 1, A:; N. Dugdalt,


„Ram lamb-: 1, R.i'Whiittaktr; 2, Seth' Wood; Clitheroe.


aker. Clltheroe. .


' G. iviulwefi, Pendleton. ■ Lonk ram lamb; 1, T.l Whltweffi Meafley; - 2, T/wood.


. Ram lamb, do.; 1. Beth'Wood.! ,Lohk rato;


„ -----------<1. T.-Wood, Worston; 2,


:|on offer toi a large! attendance. - Best young cows £58 to! £72; useful strts, to £56) plainer [kinds, £30 to £42;.


' TUESDAIf-.—A good show of 130 c;ws .


I best’local and Scotch heifers, £55 to [.'^68; othefs, including Irish, £28 to i £48;


, -, I : ; 1 ' ■ , ■ ,


Horned .ram, other than; Lonk: 1 and. 2 , J. Pirider, Newton, 1


.[ . '


Ram, any other breed: 1, R. Whitta­ ker; ; 2 , S. iWoed.


•


1 and 2, R, 'Whit- i


R. Whittaker: 2]


to 74s.; others, 37s,- to'55s.; best cross­ bred homed ewes, 55s. to 87s,; others, 30s, [to 48s.) Kerry’


.edale'ewes,'62s.


ahdl excel selvf coulf pur


o f ! *ou| musT feall was! the'l andf hou devd


thew c.ostf woul and I The I schef


Whiil ■look bate!


tunif fe'w f Issud


men! shoiT


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