& T JM E S , F R ID A Y , S E P T E M B E R 15. 1 9 4 4 .


TWIUGHT OF NAZIS Plans;I for Coming Peace,


Are We Getting 3/


No power on earth co Vented it. German''niil_____ ___ is the crime-of the last .fifty yean has been working for .this] war I'D) fenty-five years. It' )s the logicd- iesult :of Its spirit, • enterprise and doctrine. It had to tome.l But of, course, they chose the wrong timfe And the wrong issue. iMllltaiism hak' ijo Judgment. Do not let your.corii science be worried; You did all .that i dny mortal man could|do to,prevent


see that this system does hot grow up again.—Walter H. Page, Americr ■ nbassaddr to Britain, In 1914,


Mi l ? i I'll' y t • 'll ! ' ■ -.i ; ' I


Saving is simple i f you open .an account warn t h e . l-.v


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' Post Office or a Trustee Savings Bank. T h e great thing is r e ^ a r saving and the best t lm i is pay-day. So p u t something in the Bank eJery pay-day. Your money ^ ibp r^ d i ly a '^ ^ a l le if youineed it, b u t so long as. you leave .it|m ^ e Bank [it’s earning 2 |% iut^rest Tor you helping to bring victory nearpr. | ^


Bank your savings in the I m msmMvmii Ismcd 6v the Nanonal Savinrs< Com mittee iThe address of Your Local Savings Bank is — 3, CHURCH ST., CUTHEROE. pmomdor^ HAVIiNG , completed,;,:five years oif I ■' f


we] experienced' in '1914-ld, manV thoughts must crowd upon tie multi­ tude of people who are able to entelr inijo, any sort of compirlsbr of -th^ isspes raised. "Happily ve do not no’ talk of a war to end war, dr of creallni a puntry fit for hero is to live That is not to deny the Validity ’


war, nine months more srar thai


Ideals. This .may not necessarily be war to end war, but as Lo id Bryi said of the last, “We must’ end 'Wat, or'j war will end us,’' We can only end war by winning the peace a fact which was studiously ignored py statei'


of bol


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men ahd people after 1918. And only by! winning the peace can wd inakje a country fit, not for heroes but for everybody to 'live in. Very soon, w^ are all- hoping, .a considerable section of jour fighting men'will be 'Returning. Not all, for two sound reasons: Chads can only follow wholesale. demobilisEk tion; and we still, have Japan to help to suppress. ’* Pears.are beihg enter­ tained, even by the best, Informed of our newspapels,.. as to whether we havt any serious plan- prepared for the out break of peace. | Are we more read,' than We were in 1918 for the transitlor Certain economic features hayealreac been tackled, and Mr. ipevln assure* us that-all will be well,!'that, we. hayj no need to wdrry about how gnd jvhea the men come home: I f it Is to be left to our old muddling through, 'the worry will come later If'not.now. Md what about: Germany ? The critics are geU ting unanimous In declar:ng that, “.unconditl'oiial ’surrender," while ail right as far as it goes. Is not mfflclcnt. Like patriotism, .it is; not enough. Some of tiiese 'critics bellev! that ill something' more informative than,un- cohditionaJ surrender were put before the German people, it would a s ^ . in bringing hostilities to ah early, termin­ ation.- All very well ,'as,, fai as that goes. But with whom a r rwe ,to negotiate? Germany jSia vdd now,' a void, that will be extended .when the collapse, comes. So far as on s can^s^e, there :hi'e. no democratic' ::orces to evidence who could ■ form a Govern­ ment, simply because democracy, h!as no existence to Germany. '^ssibly|a group will turn up ,who Can take c(^- troL''''Jf not, we shall be. able to accept surrehder only from 'the military Prussians and the Nazji leaders, for whom halters are suppoMd to be wait­ ing. It may be that- fhere tylll be no surrender and that the iGeraians 'will leave the' Allies to' take- iwssession. In 1918 we were totally unprepared: [to take over the internal fabric .M govern­ ment to Hunland. If we ar^ to 'carry­ out our pledge, to see jtha^ German militarism Is uprooted, and vole Nazism is extinguished, we shall hive to be ready with, the machtoeiry’ for takihg over. Details perhaps do not matter a great deal if we have some broad Idea of what the Allied policy for the treatment, of Germany Is likely to be. ,


• or a soft peace. The softer it is, tjie more these peculiar .peoplb wUl riot appreciate our generosity but declare, as , (hey did aftcr 'the last war, that we are' afraid of thCm. A smart clack on the jaw is the only method of impressing a nalurgl bully.


All this leaves '|OUt of account the 'problem of inflicting either a hard


blue one , siit-dt-down an m lo


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The day yourfive-yeaT-oid^exchan^es his green’rati9n;book'[for a and'make a nevv foodTplan for himi


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pro! ably be having his mid-day meal atischool —^ schaol’s special food allowance. Milk ? Not such a loss as it si


t seems at f is t sight. pint he gets half a pint of miilk at home i ■ this is


H; will nowiget,[for the;first time, ail a^ult ntion'of meat. Hi will and so will enjojy the


Instead of liis pi more than the


ups' share—and either one-third or ^b-thirds o^ a pint: at school most days he still has five-lsixths of a pint or mo:


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11*5 li!l


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i^tead of Orange Juice nle.next best tiding to orange juice is a


dried eggs, etc.; F A l k ^ H A I IE S


' He no longer gets his orange juice and cod liver oil, hut now ^


has all his teeth and eats the same kind of meals as the rfest of the fj see hat he gets the necessary vitamins iin the'same way' as they from-green vegetables, milk, margarine.


. at he |mily, do —


o n ty ' own- So,


slicea or chopped, when in season. .Try unrationed foods, children of eai|h age . 1 „ , i


B(ations and allowances are scientifically 'i"


giving these.shredded, vegetable to the. ’group can have a well-balanced diet. But children in the form of sandwiches, as a - i ° Mad or garnish, 6r stifred into a soup pr


'stewlimmediatelyibefore you serve t. The best vegetables i for this puiposej


(ttUM Ul tjaiiuai*. VI U KnCnrs ..m. c.ruo i. »*»vw * * owiaj..


are cabbage, sprouts, watercress or chpp-; ped parsley.


and Blackcurrant Purde sold by chemists for schoolchildren. :


Eemember also the.lROse Hip Synip .


; to children every \day as well as. properly cooked green vegetables {set leaflet ‘ HoW! 1 o Cook a Cabbage’) . :


One of these alternatives should be given - • '


PLANNING THE CHILD’S POINTS


Use nearly all the pobte coupons in the Ichildren’s baoksjfor body-building and’protcrtive foods :, tinned milk, rneats and;fish. TBuy oily fish such as hcmngs'j


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they must get aU their rations s i don t gjyg childi Eo’s meat to father, or let


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th y milk provide'extra cups of lea for grown-ups, and don’t forget their cheese, their dried eg^, and.— later on in the year — Household JMilk.


Free I f you would like to'


know more abc ut plan-' ning meals (os from one year


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children upwards.


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sardines and pilchard-s. They have a high , ‘o Plan Meals f ir Children ^vng t^ food value and are rich in Vitamin A. ' ages of your own children. JjfV'ldress .You can save poinjs'on br^kfast cer- eals^by occasioniiUy giving the children


^ post-card for " How i ,r» r4i. ij >


wheatmealies. T|hese!aremadebycvittiiig Ady*^® division, rorliuan Cov^i ^


i-irich thick slices ofistale bread intoT man Square, London, W.l. inch squares. Bake in a slow oven'Until


bro)vn and crisp.! Store in a tin. Serve I : I cupful to each child with milk and sugar. '1


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i U Yrour old Ration Book «i


as ivastepaper ft^r salvage ? If n6t, do it now — tons of paper can be saved m this


US1BI TO TH pCH FRN Halave you put out your old ration^ book ESDY. W


ONE IN FIVE MISS THEIR CHANCE .


There are si million arid quartet children—one hi fve- —who yuld! have milk schbAl bijf ate not taking Don’t let your child be one -


[i- them. THE MINISTRY CF FOOD. LONDON, w.l


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And the Germans are mostly natural bullies, o.therwise their despicable edn- d.uot In Europe-would, not be jso univer­ sal. 'Whether an AUled annijuncemdni' of part of the plaii for. dealing with the Huns would help to crystallise the desire for surrender cannot be esti­ mated, for, inobody knows. | But if It' made no Impression t o I Germany, it would at least,help lo cleat- our ojvn minds. It would be 'a jfirst step' towards , a policy,'..and an Indication-: that we were better prepared than at the end of 1918. 'What to do with the satellite nations, 'wiU tie another thorny problem for the. Allies to splye.' Like the-rats they are, they, seem to be making efforts to desert the jNazi ship. But not before the "water Is reaching the ■ de.cks, , And obviously they are expecting to be treated as If they had assisted the Allied nations since 1939, We have Rumania, Bulgaria] Hungajy, Finland. Allied terms ,to what Is- left of them are said by :a jiiplomatio correspondent to be “hardening.’’ Let us'hope so. It wo.uld be grotesque! 'if they could do all they: can. for five years t o


and then, by changing sides aWhe last minute, get aU the advantages which should'. legitimately go' to GreVee, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia. ] H Russia svrallows 'Finland and' BUlgaria,|'I would not lift my finger toVfave them. Death-bed repentances deceive no one. So degrading is’ the scramble fpr safety, so unsavoury arejthb Intrigues which have led to It,-that the-satellites can well be lumped togetheir as part­ ners . t o


help the Axis . t o wto the war, at.- But nobody '■ could' have done, nything effective. We have got tO' :EY'' LORD.'


ild to e pri-, were taul's on both sides." But it. must tarism, which be adriilt ted -the Fie ich statesmen


I statesmen , We had . no excuse for .relapsing into our old |todulgent view' ■


kriew the;,.Huns better’ toari?'British'


'Came' wltto an - ace o f succeeding.' Y{e' sacrificed,, Eu-ropeW liberty' - to' pursuit of an , illusion—ithe .appease­ ment of the unappeasable Hitler. And Chamberl ito came horiie: from Munich with Hitltt’s worthless signature' to a pledge of Anglo^German unity. TWay we axe; vitnesstog.. the]’Nazi twilight. 'The Hun. is on-the run. He Is flying hom^ as fast as!his legs, or his French pony,', pinched: from., janyiwhfere, can carry'hta:'', T]he scene! of 1940, when German i light was at! its' height, and toadequat :ly aimed British'and-Frencli t o to fa :e a torien: (k shells,'is now reversed, with Hitler defeated at his own gam:. . His ovt'r.whelmtag' arma­ ment has been' overta|cen, and to-day he can , I [either; wto the vlotpry nor delay the defeat. The Allied Nations have'"learned their'leaon, that only


of Germa ly’s Intentions. Those in-ton-' sloris memt not only,,the. destruction of France'but!tot''Britain, and they,


. an avalanche of metal is of the shwIIt est avail "in modem-warfare. We have Impro’ved on HiUer. We arq not just


,of the:abfe,.!the next jthey are playtog for tiTe'in lihe hope that the overdue seore -.veaport •will destj ay their enemies ■en bite, or that the will fcieals down.’, - A v have -started a relentless Allied machine that will igrtod, them to powder.


knows it too,' but he js between the devil.arid the deep sea.' Again the Gerriians are told t( hang on until the winter, as a geiiera^ slackentog off occurs everywhere with the faU of the Autumn leaveb; '


The Junkers know It, and Hitler


, I f .' this is .riot enough,''the- Gennan .hopie front’ is.tojd, how Frederick the; “Great’.’ alwayri'-'wim to the end, and how Prussia rose aguinst Napoleon m 1813. We! are now on wtman soil and -. all that is left Is the uhkriOwn quantity of morale;tosplred by Nazism.to defeat, of how toiich It can- do to inspire a last; defence of German homes. For all .this we have to thank, the unbroken courage, .the colossal’ planning, anp the immense'.'material- resources of ; the Allies. In 1939- we pigged pur word with-nothing to handj-suffered under the most adverse - conmtlons, endured failure after failure. | But .from the


they do. j Myself I m not- so sure about the latter, bu.V|enough that Hitler apd his' gangkers think ,so. in any event, the end is iear, compara- ■tlvely.with the last-fivi years. It may arrive next we.ek,' or anjf time before Christman Meanwhfle'.Hltler’s Huri public arS being subjected to .a com­ plete mcral dissectfen by ’Truthful' joe and' his henchmen. ’They are being told to rely on' the comtog ' secret weapons, | anything J o prevent ' an. immediate collapse. .Ejach of the epd-' less nuniber of Germap. fronts Is fend­ ing h'cme Its mcssagjes of calamity. The comfort of'the propagandists is a, frail , thing to dirpense in face of actual.,, and coming eyents. One miinute tlm Germans we on [the edge


.marching, but proceeding at' the pace of a racing tank and'flashing airplane, leaving the Huns witjhoul a rallying place. , If] the' stage pf,]unconditional surrender I'has not been [reached, it is because to -the criminals it is death if they do riot , give in | and death if


oemy [coalition, hope. They


NIGERIAN SIDELIGHTS


MAJOR BANCROFT


DESCRIBES LIFE IN WpST AFRICA.


experiences during a stay of twenty seven months lp Nlgetia was told to Uilthqiipe iEptary Club


MYSTERY AND MAGIC A fascinating story .about his


yesterdayi week by'MajorJ.' Ban­ croft, ElE.'


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It was.-only'629 milek’from^Diiilds End. to John o’ Groats, but' la Nigeria jburneys of, -more than - a thousant^ miles were -commoapjace. Its.peoplEis could bfe/foughly divided lato'-those who Jahablted the 'north and tho^q who lived-in the south. The former were the 'Jarfflets and the fighters and the latter were the tpuntry tradesmen;: i'There'were pagans, too, who wore no clothing whatever,] yet-they- were i jvery moral people. InteJr-jmarrlage be-


degrees- above the equator,/was A much, larger-country .than Ftogland,'


N ig e r |la , . situated only-, four'


ISOBEL BAttXJE’S V lS tf Moor Lane


Musical' Treat a Harvest S


.plcklhson,'tenor, of.Ballddn, and a serfeS;of pleasing items'Was given by ah .augmented choir' Under, the leadership of Mr. Vf. Taylor. The lorganlst was .'Mr. Georgfe Cowglll,


■' .The; presence of ' Miss, Isobel BaUlle; still'unsurpassed] las a. sop­ rano soloist, was alone sufficient to ■attract drowdied ebhgre'gatloris to Moor Lane Methodist'.Church, Cllt- •heroe, on (Sunday,, when the harvest festival was' observed,' W-ith Miss Baillie ,as soloist 'was jilr. Fred


ervices i 1' CROWDED, CONGREGATiONS DELIGHTED


are. as requisite as [accuracy! to full inferpretation.' That perfect gem,


tween the different. trllDes wes most strictly fo]rbldden, but occasionally' a couple- -would transgress and try to escaile from'the district. They were ney'er successful, jiowever, for no m'attter how fa’


'eventually] killed, • • ;


they were always followed and r they, travelled travel PROBLEMS ,


■ One of jhe towns Major Bancroft- visited -wqs Sbkoto, on the edge of the Gahara whicn, like ail the other, cities, was surrounded by a iwall. Its Inhabita-nts were mostly |'Mo­ hammedans, and ; obtained their livellhodd by keeping cattle, | tne soil; being too sandy tor anabie farming] 'iHuge herds of cattle [were regulany I driven down to Lagos, eight hundred miles :bway, Many ot the fieople were also employed in making roads and tracks, abd a


penny d day would keep tneiln In food.


thing ofeqn ordeal, Major Bancroft travelled abgut in a' 5 cwt kit^ car, In which he carried clothing, tood^ cooking [Utenslls-ln fact evetythlng' necessary | to sustain life, on one occasion he made a Journey In a' day, but; fcomlng back he was] five days before he -could get through, owing to jthe torrential rain. [The


through'tfThe traveller.and hls boy would Instal themselves In the hut ahd then the head man and hls' followers I'would sit round, outside and words of greetmg would [then be exchanged with the traveller. The-women of'the village would then bkhg food In the shape of chickens, | eggs and. vvaffitii which they, gave to ,the traveller as a pre­ sent. But the head man and hls followers j would not leave then. ■Having][given the baveller gifts, they expected something In return and would happily depart once they hadTeckJied a few'shllllngs. '


mud became [so deep at such times that no i traffic was allowed oh the roads for twelve hours after! the rain haqf ceased. At each village there was, a rest house, built of jmud and roofed with grass, but when a traveller. [Occupied It there-was a certain]:Procedure to be gone


j HEAD-HUNTING.


.be.aoh.of [Dunkirk has [arlferi the most incredible amii.es. the [world has evw seen, numbered 'by, the m'lllion, equipped as.no fighting men wwe ever equipped .before. From extreme;, weak­ ness .we'; have passpd to 'supreme strength.: From , ffie'unbelievable' vile-:' ness and! cruelty of'.the .Hun Oii the


one side, we have seen the,-extremes of which,human nature is capable,on the- other; Triie. .without Rukla’ and the'. United Slates, all have 'toappiened.. ■


put‘ the fact that it happened had we not


Against that we can this could not


from June,'1940, to June, 1941. The civilised (world is how saved


.be' the end of the stoir ? Yfo inust. see to it that It Is only-the beginning.


from - a ghastly dangc. TYlll - victory


.slowly to'.die, - thanks! largely to the 'failure of the United. States to, do the right th.irig. Suspiebri and fear' are the mo^t deadly of intematlonal poisons. :A fatal gap fell, between our, intentions, and our,perfonnances, and


For tV^nty years we Wave evaded the problem.' The League of . Nattens proved a, mockery and! a delusion.- It was launched half;;dea!d and was left,


while we were jockeyihg for position. Hitler ’rearmed, This feuk not, shall pot, hapiien, again.. We must take care that we are not. again outvoted by foreign majorities made up pf peoples who.will remain “neutral” if another conflict'breaks out, sheltering, behind the sklrjts of the; expected winner.- OUr plan mu it be-based on common sense;


throughout the, ' to Idam from


we must secure ant," and' con-


. afckiipwledged by] iMohtgomery and Elseiibbwer. Let: us give France full credit-lo.r It. We fia’ve need! of Frarice, and Firince has 'rjeed of'Us.j It was a great misfortune (hat we tailed t o together'- after the last' war. There'


are the bugbear , of Eastem'r Europe, and perhaps the statesman-is riot who can solve their problem.' ’Then' there is Italy and .France; Mr. Churchill has warned Italy that it ■pill be too much to expect usi.'to forget that she stabbed France! toj the back, and lent all her aid to Hitler when Britain alone held the fort jfor liberty, and was In verF grave danger. That should not'be forgotten: even by the Itabans. As for:, Praii'ce, L she has Splendidly, worked her pjassage.- From the moment the Allied iforfces landed to Normandy, and especially, after ,the' Mediterranean landing, IFrenbh nien, women-'and children have j put their shoulders to the wheel Midj given It a rare ■ push, which has; been openly


pull Ignominy, T'ne Balkan Stijtes multitude,


a better [World must home front; The “hdl must not be allowed to nlflcance, but this' time a’^world '“free from wan . pleted with “social' Jiptlce” for the common man. If capitalifen continues; there niuk be capital; for everybody and not [for a handful] of-'millionaires controlling the economic life of thp


'


TOCHWARSERY CLITHEROE & DISTHJOT APPEAL.


ICES FEND


previously, acknoWledgi:ed '.656 13 4 . Rev. J. A. Sinclalf and ' 'Mr.


Donatloris received to I ■ -.‘I-


Mrs. J. HaiUey, Henthfe Mrs; S. Lambert, Whii Mr. andi'Mrs. J. Dsody Mr.'H. Robinson, Moata: Mr. T. L. Taylor Mr.-L. Tomlinson


A. 'Kdhg: .YLF. Effort.. noiiynious' .


fith September; ^


£ s. d iptp


m Rd. 1.0 0 Ave.i 3-15 0 2 ,0 0


W, 5 5 0 1 ;0 0


pie st.‘ 1 0 03 3 0 .2 10.-0


Total.ta date. .£675- 6 4


G. DEWHURSt] Mayor. Joint Treasurers: i i a; 'BOURN TOMLINSON.


would riot have held out alone


the district but was not molested,' because; i; he m e re ly journeyed througfe -and ' dld not-attempt to Interfere with the natives. ■


He himself , had passed through


,co,untry[for some time could tell to which .tribe a woman: belonged-by


who did a lot of alluvial tin mining. Black magic was practised and they used poisoned arrows on hunting expeditions. Some of the poisons were not known to. white men. A man whose fiesh was pierced by an arrow would be driven mad and blind before death; Different tribes had their own particular poisons. ' A person who had lived In the


Above; Jebba there was a tribe


the way I she 'dressed her hair. The women of one tribe divided' their- hair into squares and twisted little knots of hair Into tight spirals .so that' their heads looked like pin­ cushions. ' Others wOre It short and plaited. The ■ men Invariably were clean shaven. Eighty'per cent of them were Mohammedans who. strange : to. say, always possessed a kettle. [When, travelUng; they car­ ried thelrvluggage on ' their, heads and In one hand a kettle, Iri’ which they, carried Writer to wash thkr hands, faces, and feet.' They kept those parts of their- anatomy ,very clean bilt rarely, If ever, had a bath.


s|tART ,AT !THE TOP.,


practical!, wisdom .’and which ■ will aippeal ■world to [.those willing .. past experience. ’'No false promises of ■ made on the les for heroes ’’ fall'into Inslgt


on trade waa for the tradesman to ask about thirty shillings for an ritticle which he knew quite well Was only worth five. If the buyer was «fool rfough to pay him that, he did, not see any­ thing wrong in it.


The normal ■ way , of carrying -


■was for buyer and customer to;barr gain and haggle until a price satisi- factory to both was reached. / Asked' fo'r further information about black magic,: Ma'jor Bancroft


However, the normal procedure


isted in the niore remote parts of the! ebuntiy. Not long before Major'Bancroft left the country two I District 'Officers went to visit [the chiefs about taxes and were] never heard of again.


HeaA-hunting fribes still ex­ Travelling, In Nigeria was s6me-' 'i


.and'Eololsts (and congregation .alike [were .fortunate .In, haviltig ,hls ser;- lylces, the discreet,, orgin-' acconi'- panlinehts allowing full value to be obtained from the exqulate .voice of Miss Baillie and her'lek'eminent but still very aCceptabJk colleague. ' Preceding both' 'afferiioon and evenmg services, which were largely devoted to music, Mr. Edward S. Hartley played a numbet/of organ solos with pleasing efflcleiacy while the large congregations .[assembled:- On each occasion, the icholr was filled .to capacity and the hearty congregational singing was itself an Inspiration.


this was but one index- of!the-great ■success of the occasion. [ i , The morning service was conduc­ ted by the new pastor, the] Rev. J. S. Yearsley, and in'the afternoon he Introduced the Mayor, Councillor G. Dewhursti who presided.'? Saying how pleased he was to be present at this musical service, the Mayor referred to the meeting on the pre­ vious Monday, when he shared In the welcqme given to Mri Yearsley and his wife. He assured! the min­ ister, that he would find the citizens of Cllthere always willing to help in good works,' either for the town or country. Mr. Yearsley, on behalf of his wlfe-and himself,-:r'esponded suitably. ■ ' :


DELIGHTFUL • SINGING.


dated programme with that Inspir­ iting excerot from “The |Creatlon, ., the ever delightful “ With verdure clad,” tend held the. conigregatlon entranced by the purity and fresh-. ness of her voice and the utter ease with which she accomplished the ekactlng runs of this joyous music. She sang with complete;'sincerity and Interpreted the exhilaration of the theme to perfection. [Indeed, It may peyhaps be claimed [[that It Is this' sincerity,.' this sympathy 'with the varying: moods of a Wide range of music, that h-as Vtori- for Miss Bdlllle'-a unique .place liii (he esti­ mation of her listeners]; Equally, the veracity and eloquerite of her vocal: artistry, allied to, full know^ ledge, ;of the music she sings, secures for her .the-adm'jratlon of discerning listeners and places- her In the front rank of soloists.. How delightfully, and ' richlyj; did she' bring out the contrasting beauties of those two' items by Bach, “'My; heart ever, faithful” and'pPlocks'-ln pastures green 'abldipg,” feettlhg to the Very heart of "the i themes. Again, In the triumphant] “0 had I Jubal’s -lyre’-’ Miss Balllle 'sang with Joyous and npllfting i enthusiasm without losing for a second the tonal quality and freshness which


Singing, from' the'.pulpit, -M-lss Baillie: opened her intensely appre--


I PARISH CHUteH HARVEST SERVICES


beautifully decorated-with! the fruits of harvest; offrSunday, \Vhen har­ vest thanksgiving servdeesiwere held Masses of fruit, vegetables tofl flowers adorned the altar 'and other’ prominent-parts of the Church,' pre­ senting a scene of, real beAuty: : The day’s services began with


. Clltheroe Parish'Churcll'was very


.('Rev. H. A. Bland), which' were fofe: lowed by matins, at which the preacher was the Rev. K. S. Rich, Vicar of Read. In the afternoon, the Vicar conduetd a flovfer service and hr the evening, the special


three celebrations, of Holy Com­ munion, celebrated ! by. the . Vicar


preacher was the -Rey j C. M, Magrath, Vicar of Sabden. : Anthems, splendidly rendered by


the choir, added [to the pleasure of the services. Thev 'Included ‘fFear. Not; G Lord” -and "Praise the Lord of Harvest.” Mr. H. B. Shaw,|Mus. Bac., F.R.C.O., was, the- organist. The day’s offertories, which'totAlled £Sl-0-6d, will be devoted tb the work of the Sunday School,


vest gifts were distributed amongst elderly, Infirm and sick residents In the parish. ,


On Monday afternoon,' the [har­ I , Why I Suffer i


Urinary Disorders


.said he[j knew a native .-In Sierra Leone, vfho worked for him; ' One day he came up to Major'Bancrbfc


Rheiirnatic Pains I


• Other harmful impurities tpremain in the blpqd.


■ action [of the kidneys slackens .and permits [exce'ss uric add and


ILTISCHIEF soon starts when the , ,,.


and said, “ Massa, I go' for die In the iriorhlng.’' I told him not to be a silly fbol.'put within six hours he was deAd,” Major Bancroft ■'^said. “ He slnlply gave up the ghost. He knew hb was going to dfe and just willeti it,” he added. On another occasion: some natives were Assist­ ing a bridging .party arid bne of them fell-Into the water.- -Wlien he was rescued, he was dead, but a post mdrtem examination revealed that he had not died from drown­ ing. He :had simply died -with-out making a fight for it.


pressed. hyMajOfeAW^ EBIPErW s LEND-LEASE PLANE.


Ha-:!e Selassie. ■The thAnks of the Club were "ex­ ,


po: The flfet of! foiir twin-erigfeed-trans­ E rt p’.abes to-gb . under lend-le'ase> to Ethiopia


mperof ■has'been delivered to the ] j . Possiblyyou feel tired,miserable


and depressed; your back aching, .muscles and joints stiff-'and; sore. You 'iriay be bothered by lumbago, .rheumatic pain's, urirferyl and [bladder disorders.


[ ■ ;]


! Take Doan’s B'ackache Kidney / ; Pills. Thousands of healthy men 'arid women testify that tfiis well- known kidney, medicine] has rid


.them of these trying ailments; Vfhy not let Doafls do the same for you?


. Chemits for DOAN.'^S| MAYOR OF CUTHEROE


; ■ ' ■''i


"Salute the Soldier” '. . . . I . [358 13 j) In; memory of Mrs.'Allen: i , from S.J.A3. Nurstog Class' 3 2 6


SERVICES WELFARE FUND. ' - '


Total to date; ;£38IT5' .[.£ 's. c.


'The proceeds of the festival allowed a net contributldn to (he debt redemption fund o f ; £75, and


i


.'ehded'by’Sihglpg, ! quite fiaivlessly, tljie Easter Hymn,!] Alleluja,’.’ which 'one' Wished might have gone on for ever-!-:' '


J Ati this '■ afternoon' service, Mr. . ■!.


Juthbert Garris’s ‘-‘Give thanks and Ing'’ He is the possessor of a very jleasing tenor voicp anq Rings’ with


Dickinson’s choice I was “jOpen the Gates of Temple’! (Knapp) and


: the choir added considerably to the pleasure of the occasion'with this and their two succeeding choruses from] the Creation, the, mighty “The


, Opening'with the anthem j'Whlle the. earth! remalndth,”' (Maunder),


ism (hat;is; ihostjeflectlve;


leavens are Telling” and [“Achieved s the Glorious Wofk,” singing with ire. but with proper-regard for j iSsehtlal discipline ; ' ■


] EVENING MUSIC.


remarkably good congregation to the Evening,, when -the’ service was fed'ov 'Mr. Yearsley., who gave a :brlef address, saying how] the world mould need religion In. the future trying years, and expressing' the opinion that he would-not be sur­


prised-if the revival oj religion did not'stqrt In Russia.


I


mirers with her supremeljf fine sing­ ing [of some .ot trie |nbst]de|lghtful Items ,ln her wide repertoire; We . hadjfor. Instance,[Purcell’s; “Hark the [echoing, air,” And hofe Miss Balllle made It echo I The tran­ quil If’Be Thou with Me ” '(Bach) was-A prayer,-, slncefe and moving, Whlfe there was thejauthentic note- of jubilation In “Le.t the bright Ser­ aphim” “(Handel). ] Two further/ peffebtly. sung items were I'The ■ ■ ■ go North agAln”i -and the


Miss,______ _____ the esltieenl of hqi? Clltheroe ad­


If uing,” ’Think on- Me,” Aung with that


birds, _ simple, strAlghtforward.vyet touch­


,he lustre of the service in the Wol­ ford [Davies anthem?" HAd we bht barkened.” - Mr. Taylor, ris leader, deseljves warm praise on the effect­ iveness of hls choir’s conIrlbutlohs to'tWese notable.servlces. ] '.


advantage, too, - in 'i the j'dramatic soldsw Sound an Alarm ”iand "How valn/ls man,!’ which] he sung with power and understanding. ; Altogether, these .I wore mAslcal


Mn Dickinson waA, heArd, to full ' ,


art. No item gave greater pleasure- than Mendelssohn’s “Hear my Prayer,” the firm sonority of the. cholri accentuating the loVely sweet­ ness] and .purity ,of| Miss (Balllle's soprano In the, solo. Thel choir ex- - ielled In this number and added, to


naffected.sincerity whlcfi.. conceals


it'were possible to-imagine it,.' Baillle . Increased! her hold on


....list ndt so tightly packed as In ;he''Afternoon, there; was another


'


llrectness of approach and lack of lanher’


ON WHALLEV NAB iLl


f^ORE news from India comes Ih "■A a letter from Gilbert Benson, EA.F., son of P.C. and Mrs. Benson, i of Moorland Crescent. Like'many


, second, inter and third, the last two being used by [the natives.


, however,' these trains have organ­ ised stops, where one can have a good'wash.. Wejused to dash to the nearest water tank,; clad only in


they simply cling to the outside and they can .travel jconsldefable dis­ tances In comparative comfort,” Bert says. ‘The troops usually travel In . military coacnes, which are really no better than third ejassi; there being no cooling fans and no washing : facilities. Fortunately,


can paefe themselves Into one car­ riage. If there Isn’t enough room


. “ It is amazing how many. Indians


shorts, and have a -most 'refreshing shower. On long journeys arrange-; ments were made for us to cook our own food, which [Worked out very well.' Ope can't exist for ever ,on cheese, jam, bully Apd biscuits,


,ues. ' .“There Is dirt and squalor ' everywhere. Even in ithe muln ■ ] streets .of Calcptla'.garbage bins


I remain unemptled and overloaded ! so that refuse Is scattered all round ' whilst many dogs] cats and crows get thelr'ftteals there.; I need not I mention 'the nuifiArous , beggars In


I various states of physical deformity ' who 'are contlnuAlly- asking for j ‘bakshees.’


. , ] : . . . I


•! apparently have powhere to sleep ' I' a n d w h o :m a k e '(h e 'P a v em e n ts th e lt'


- some necessary article 1 like talcum ' pbwder or razor blades. At night the pavements are Uttered with what Seem like bundles of rags, but which, in-reality, jare people; who'


' evefy.one seems toi be trying to sell I something, be It curio (more often


“ in the bazaars; which are par­ ticularly prominent In Bombay,


thafenot made ln!Blrmlfgham)'br j h om e s , . ' .


occasions which will Ibng be recalled withfprlde and pleasure byall con-' cerned.!. • ,


(Mr. Miss land, Schp


DUNSOP BRIDGE 3.-Jrhe";


', ]


: few and 'there seems tq' be rivclass ' distinction between them and the ! troops. However, I' and two friends I have been entertained by a gent.le- '!; man who makes a' point tof giving i the troops the chance of a little home comfort. I, hope that our


!; “ 'White, neople ate comparatively


DRAMA' CIASS.-rThe President G. Millar), Miss]'D; Parkinson,


West Riding.Youth [Committee -in the Barnoldswlck Modern 'School,- week-end.' Practical '-problems


M. Woods and [Mr. - G; Mars- . ■ attended a Vejry Interesting . ol of Drama„‘organised] by the


Of siagermanagement were [discus­ sed In detail- by thb WestiRldihg - C-3urity Youth Comnilttee’s [ organ­ isers] [arid a'great'deAl of valuable expei|ience, was gained. .]


gramophone concerfe r has been arranged for i Alternate Sunday evenings during the coming: Winter at Staple. Oak, I A sm]allinumber of records Is selected and. A brief ex^ plan'atory and analytical descrip­ tion [precedes the playing, The Idea underlying the concerts Is that they may serve as an introduction to a n . art,i(WhicJi gives Immense pleasure t-D a] large number ofipeople, whose circumstances make It possible for . thern to attend c o n e b rWa plea­


LISTENING GRQuk-feA series of


sure which Is, of, cojurse, denied to the Inhabitants of rerabte country districts.'


■ I ]'. - • . .


.WAR ORGANISATI9NI OF HHE RED ' ' ' CROSS -AND S'l’. JOHN. [


: 'The.. Committee of the Olitheroe Hospital Supply Depot] -' gratefully ' acknowledge the following contribution:


. OORRECniDN. .


View, to memory of Ideut. Richard Stewart:' £2 4s. 6d. • 1 '


CLITHEROE & DISTRICT


Proceeds of Whist and Do- riiiiw Drive:- per. Mrs, W. \yrench, Mrs. C., Pye and friends


PRISONERS OF WAR FUND. Ereviously acknowledged .,


M-arJorie Wallbank & E etty Sitopson: Ship half-perice..


................. ’...


MriS: Smithson, Hazel Jones M And Irene Dene: Effort'


Biss Bioomfleid: Effort .1...


Bristol -Aerppiane Ca., Ltd. ■ Sports Section ........... ;[;.-. Conservative Club: Box .'...


Batrle' -Wnn Jones ,.....'.'.[]. Bdr. R. J. Pye, p.o.-w. .'.....


Total to date.!.£lA82 0 2 . i-C.; PlfE. H<|n!’Treasurer. ['


, ' ' ]■ [ PRISONERS’ ' ■'


t of communal feedilng. ‘‘We would like 'to do.


British prisoner'of war; has written .to Red Cross to say (that fee 147 men to his work camn have started a system


BRITISH RESTliDRANT.” ' Prom Stalag XXId : fe' Germany a


oi know,” he asks, “If we' are’the first


1^49 15 20 4 .8


£ /s . ! ,0 10 '6


arrie Wm: Jones: Ship' ■Halfpence’T.............


'Pfiends and Neighbours to Kemple


I the large cities, but I have not been [ particularly Impressed, ’ he contin-'


“ I have had a glimpse of most.ol


of the boys out there he has some­ thing to say about travelUng In that vast ] continent, j It seems there are four classes' of travel, first,


,our.. ,gehd


shuj pAla hava natil


Schubert’s haunttag^ alr “To Muslc" w.ta jexquisltely sung, Mlssi Baime la,Vlshlng upon th s -precious' frag- n ^ l j a i r the art'i and ' feeling she possesses, making [bne sigh] os she ytal]tied the-beauty'which'i for, so many who attempt the Itenl is un­ attainable. Thenl to bring, joy brimming ; oVer bhe sang that charining.piece, arranged' by Hazie­ st;;’.‘O; Leave yoiir'Sheep,” and


THIS IS TH i.:


'leGd 'Strel thlsfti r


viAlti hOwI


tlmsf lapdland,! gdt


lads I of tlf I sunturia


j ,


IIng'i Seenf m'ei knon 'Inl bAstr seeii'l of tlf


s^enil hAs the quitd "iln.T


lads I the; ! w ffletiar I did Bervl trail] and!


y!lf|put


.riiy: e etc..'I]:oe[


lads] like r caUyi you, r


w lAsIay I sbmd c la lli the' t1


I people at home are' doing the. same ; for our allied, troops. Perhaps I notice the class dlstlpctl-on between 1


I Africa, where the [people are just ! the [opposite. . . ,-■


•.


I - “Amongst the famous buildings-1’ have'seen are the Viceroy’s Palace-


i. at Delhi and the ,OId Fort there,-As I welllBs that'magnlflcent.featof en- i glneerlng, the Hoiyrah; Bridge In Calcutta, and I have also Seen th? famous Gateway pi India.,


-cricket,;- . . !


mate, which Is hot and dry Ih most places, except for about three months of the year. When I vfea In Bengal, where the climate IS very humid, the temperature reached 110. In March, At my ptesent station it- Is much cooler and] more, pleasant, whilst the monsoon merely means heavy rain, occurring mostly, at night. Life Is pretty good apd- the food excellent. We have also a very decent; cinema where a different film' Is shoi^n'every night. ThCre j a fiction library ahd a canteen, and facilities. lor .playing football and


“A'nd now a word about the cli­ . L ' I , . j


! “ The huts iri which we live have walls made of thin 'sheets of wood fixed to a frame of stout poles.and the roof Is covered with thick,- dry, leaves. The windows are merely


T H E " P IN H P ’*] G IR L ‘The recent “Pin Up Girl” dance,


Iheld at The. HaU. Lowergate, proved a most enfayable event;.. Four Service­ men selected their ideal “ pin up girl”


.-While danctog was -to [progress; If the applause - was any srire criterion', fee l!


I ' was furnished by fee RE. Danpe Band ' ' and spot prizes: n'ere. Awarded i to Spr. Atkinson and Miss E. Boyera, And ;Spr. 'Atkinson- and Miss Kathleen [Oswald.


' foremost girl-was Miss-Mary ^ckson,, of Waddlngton, 'with Miss [Eleanor:, '^ipp, ]of, Chatbumj second.]. Music'


uurtnl i


]. white clylllans and the-troops be- cause I spent some time In South


'the Ao cl I ti WdhlG'l


' sn’t!


,lps . s readlltalnl


IIn fas a'j an; over


some!


stanq you 1 fealld eff.or| doesif helpd catlol t to ge^


-Franl UsefiT Youril


We ■ tangi econi


op


[ thoulAlthJ iWorr| contq


Gi p, .Proceeds, whicli were to delra-y ex­ DEHYDRATED MEAli


I Dehydrated carrots, cabbage and form,' at an Army equipment


, exhibition to Glasgow. .The Cooking ' was done to a field kitchen, constructed


pt emplv pAtrol tins, and in charge of O/M.S. AdariiS/ who in civil life was a chef at 'Grosyenor House, London.


potatoes ,{rpifi''Canada and meat from-, the Argentine' were shown !to the public, first In dehydrated and-then to cooked ■


whto ' i>.nre|


to sf


enses ['which will be ] entailed'bv the, Ohristmas pantomime,- totalled'£25.;


II tillPinkl


LantT arid', of tr, homi c theylheel Lond


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