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Speech From The Throne

.\\ is iiitiug. lllt‘ Fpccch from the Throne dcliit-ri-il at llli" iipciiilig of lllv l-Pgblliluls‘ W5‘ terdav \'lllj'li'\\l7.\tl tic l‘i\iviiicc's war tictiviliﬁs iii lllf‘ \\Il\ iii L'llil~llllL‘lll> ziiid of farm and fish- bi-v jii-ntliiciiiiii. as \\'t'll as thc different meas- ures l1ll\L'll in vii-operation with the Dominion i;,,,,-,,,p~..-,,, in lllldl jil't‘~<‘lll and post-war prob- lem-. llii-i-ii 1i iif il coutrovcrsizil nature in the .\llt‘i'(ll. l: iiliicctivcs set forth being those which \\c are all desirous of achieving. l, will he a. n» \\'Zl_\~' and means employed, on sins iif omission iiiiil commission in connection with iht-sh objective» that discussion is likely to be cciiici't'tl..

One tioies, iiir example, that the Government, "realizing that lllt‘ primary products which arc 5.» essential to a lialziuct-tl and all-out war cf- fori iiiu~t ciiiitiiuic iii flow in ever in‘crcasing viihiuic. has bet-ii studying ways and means to assist the farmers to obtain heavier production of field crops, live stock and dairy products, in spite of the acute farm labour shortage." This i; [1ll(l<llll)ll'(ll_\’ a worthwhile undertaking; but coupled wiili thc labour shortage problem is an- other equally serious, which is affecting the flow of our farm products to market more than Anything clsc at tlic present time, to which ap- parently the Government has given no thought whatever. \\'e refer tothc cary ferry problem. The seemingly deliberate omission of any reference to this subject in the Speech is bound to react to our disadvantage st Ottawa. It comes just at a time when the need of presenting a. united fronf is oln-iotis to all. How can we hope to impress the poivcrs-tliat-bc and gain support from other provinces in our plea for better transportation when our own iGovcrriment shows such tintidityl of indifference?

The only legislation forecast in the Speech is some amendment to the Prohibition Act. The session should not be a lengthy one. Members on both sides ivould do well to remember that there is a war on, and keep partisan politics as much as possible in the background.

Stay-At-llomes vs Vetera ns

Major R. A. C_ Radcliffe has taken up the catisc of the young men who have volunteered for active service as against the "safety-first" fellows who by various prctexts have contrived to remain securely at home with all the comforts lnd conveniences of domestic life.

“A great deal is lis-ing written and said today (and quite l'l§.fllll_\'il,y‘ ll-J ileclares, “about the prolilr-iri of finding suitable work for thc men and women at present serving with thc Forces when they are dcinobilized. Much less atten- tion is to all appearance being given to the prob- lem iif their absorption into the normal life of tlic \‘|Illllll'_\'_ jicrliajis because it is being assum- ed that if they are given a job the reabsorptiou will happen naturally’ and easily without any troubles. Tllfll is a false assumption. A great mauv of the |Il(‘l1 and women who arc in the s<‘i‘\'icrs iiul.'i_v ari- not going lu find it at all casy to return to ci\il lilc and to settle down in a lhipjiy’ l‘L‘lilllllll.~lll]!. 'l"licy' did not find it at all (‘Zl.\_\'. as a iuatiz-i" of fact. after the last war, but tlu-ii flu-y liziil to maki- the licst of it, as no one lriiulilt-il to iiitir lii~ wav iif life to stiit thc c.\'- surtirciiiiiii. 'l‘lu< lllllt‘ ll iiui-t he diffcrcut.

"lliiw uiiuld 2h '.‘~(' lll('ll ptit their case if thﬁy spiiki- ltlllllil)‘ and wcrc more articulate than most of ihcm arc? .\'..ii::lliiii;_' like this:

“You liaii- ll'.\"l :ii liouii: wliilc we have been far il\‘-£l_\I V\< u l"l‘.'k' li\.d with your wivcs and ciiil ll‘i'l| ui‘ ii~iii llL'Zll' your families, while wt- havs licciiniir .'ilmii-t strangers to otirs; you have glcpt iii Clllllltll'li'il)l(‘ lirds ivhilc wc have slept hard \\'ll"l't' w. could: _viiii have kcpt fit and well, v liili- our llllliﬂ _ are full of rlicttmatistii and thi fevers of lllt" l‘i..'i~t: you have gone tin doing your jiih, .'iiiil lllll_‘__' ziilvziiicciiit-iit iii it, wliilc we hzivt‘. lll>l our skill. 21ft‘ out iif touch with our em- ployers, and have had iii start again from thc lit-giiiiiiiig: _\'iiu {ll't‘ uscil to the rotilinc of civif life. we ari- ll~t'll ll) siiiiicthiug vcry diffcreur wc find <-v<ii_\-tliiii4 difficult, and your conven- tions stupid. l]'ll'l'(l\\’ and tiiiintc-lligilile; you have livcd \l‘l’lll‘l'l\, \\(' llll\'l' lwvu fflfllll rlaugcr and (lcaili to priiii-vt you: you liilvt- had gtllld mouc) all the time aiid liicd wcll and without worries‘ vvc have hail little, and our families have had less, and they have grown old with the worries Ind the strain of their efforts to keep going in our absence. Finally, you have been able to save and build up a reserve to keep your llmlltki

going, while we have rtin into debt, and will have to spend all our war bonus and more in getting straight and starting a home again."

Nmv, if we are really honest with ourselves. those of us, _\vlin are in the serc and yellow leai and have loved oncs in the services, must admit there is a liit of truth in these accusation: from the point of vicw of the persons returning to civil life; it is they, not we, who have got to make a second tremendous readjustment in their lives, and they net-d all thc help and sympathy and undcrslaiirliiig that we can give them in that task.

The first thing to do, suggests the Major. ll to welcome them to our councils. In industry, in Parliament, in local gOWmIIIBIIIS and 1n the Civil Service these people from another world must be given places fitting to their experience and their age; and at all costs we must avoid making me mistakes of the last war. when those who had served were given the bottom places cvcrvivhere and (lrivcn into bitterness and dis- illusion-the harvest of ivhicli we arc still reap- ing today.

“First things first," demands that those in “safetyl-first" jobs now must be asked to vacate them in favour of those who risked their lives for them when stich jobs and everything else were at stake.

Still Not All Out

'l‘axzitiou on tlic scale iiuw iu force in Canada represents 1\'Ir_ Ilslefs personal effort to put Canada. on an all-out basis and to avert inflatlOll-

But, Says the Financial Post. tlic public must ‘iigw thc government's war [irrigmtiiiiic as Ll wimp; and cannot judge it by the ivords or policies of a single minister. ‘ ‘

The failurc to follow throttflll fvlih the "ml? inflation programme on thc price and ‘lads’? front: thc fziilurc to have a dclintlc llllllk W" mobilization and cffcclivc usc of the ‘llzilltllw manpower; the failure to zidopt conscription as a fair way to provide assurance of replacements for otir fighting men overseas; all these must bulk just as largd)‘ i" M“ 1l~‘l°.\"*_lfl-\' l""'-" gramme in any assessment of the war cllorl 21>‘ R whOlC.

p-IZUHURIAI NUllI§-

According to .\IacLc:in's Statistical sllllllllllfy of Canadian Construction of March l._ a 60"‘ tract of the value of $50000 “W15 lei 1l1_l‘\‘l""i11'Y for “additional roads, 5“"ll1l<'f§l(l@. l’~l‘~l- Hm‘

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It costs high to prevent news fﬂltlllllgglllﬁ taxpayers, a cost which they must shoulder willy- nilly. Censorship in Canada will cost $I,'739.070 during the next fiscal year compared with 5L" 280,000 in 1942-43. The big itcin will be jiostiil censorship at $1,070,800. Tick-graph and cziblc censorship will cost $346970 and press censor- ship $I27,400. General operating expenses of the censorship division, part of thc War Ser- vices Department will he flilthl-‘ltllh

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Dying in poverty, an aged man completely‘ stumped Rcv. Andrew Roddan of Vaticouvcr Hearing of the man's plight, Dr. Roddzin went to visit him. In the course of coiivcrszittoti, tha- pastor asked the dying man if he wcrc a Methqdigr, Presbyterian, Baptist. Roman Catho- lic, Anglican or what. The dying man looked at the minister and left him completely without an answer, when he asked: “Christ didn't tisc any of those words, did He?"

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Two ‘Liberal Governments, one at Ottawa. thc other; in Halifax are responsible for the health of Nova Scotia, yet in the House of Commons Hf .\'l. l. Coldwell was constraincil to declare Illa! the health condition of llalilax, oiic_of the iizi- rion’; principal war ports, was a disgrace not only to thc City and the province, but to the Dominion. The death rate was almost 45 per cent higher than ziiiywvhcre clsc ill (jillllltlﬂ-

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According to Col_ John Tdiouipstiu, govern- ment economy director, Ottawa is clean “waste crazy”. He said “evasion, subterfuge and out- right triclccry" were being used to iuillify the work of the office of government economy ctillr trol. Thousands of dollars hail bccu spcui iiti office supplies, furiiittirc and equipment, ‘he charged, withut the requisitions ever having been submitted to him for approval or rejection. The Colonel had hcitcr watch out or llc will lX‘ casliicrcd for “spilling tlic lit-ans."

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William I, King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany, died this date, 1888; second son of Frederick Ill; took part in catnpziigus (181445) against Napoleon; his rt-aciitiuary‘ sytnpathics at thc time of thc outbreak of tlic 184$ revolu- tion in Berlin made him unpopular and he took refuge in England; sitbsctlucntly returned and was elected to thc Prussian National Assembly; liccaiuc regent in I358, autl Sll(‘(.‘('('(l\‘(l to tlic throiic iii 180i, rctnziitiiiig a llﬂlllllllllll figurc in war-like Europe for 27 years with Bismarck- as his "pilot" and "man of iron"; ivhcn hi3 died, Germany was armed to thc tccth, ready

for any exploit.

Ill ll! ill ill

Saint john Ticlcgrajili-jourual has swung out straight anti-King and pro-Bracken, much to the benefit of the province. In a recent issue it published a ftill report of thc speech of Vi. Hugh .\lzicKa_v, lctidcr of the opposition iii thc Legislature and Sllldi "The whole report of thc speech should be read. It (lcals with a itiattcr that should be taken up immediately with thc federal government by otir provincial govt-ru- ment. Vcry mitch condensed it points otit that the war has lirotiglit opportunities to establish uciv industries under govcriimctit direction. What has happened? Othcr provinces hzivc benefited greatly; iii ciiiii|i:i|‘i~<iii Nviv llrtiiisivick has received ‘chicken fcc<l.' lire lllls .\'cw Brunswick was a forgotten province. and now that thcre is a second chance, it is forgotten again. The crumbs thrown to tis only draw at- tention to the little we receive compared with others. The action Mr, Nlzicktiy" calls for should Iic supportcil liy all New llriiiiswickcrs. The matter is rczillyl vital, thc contentment of a wlitilc province. The neglect of New llruiisivick has become daily more apparent. Resentment has grown and it is high time that it found cx- pression. Now it is to ll(‘ linpctl that tlic pru- viucial goveriiiiicni will sec the ltcccssily of zidoptiiig a strong policy and making vigorous representations to (litniva to lift the feeling .if iicglcct. Ii is also to be hoped that Uttaiva will pot misread the Sfﬂlpllllllﬂ. This is no passing irritation. lt is a (ll‘(‘]I-5(‘ill(‘(l sense of injus- tice fltllll‘ us. Lcl all .\'cw llriiusivick, govern-

mcnt and people, unilc to scc that it is removed."

llotes By The Way

As to the prospect of a new world after the war, there l; a certain upt- ness fii an old piece of philosophy; one world at a time. --Vancouver Province.

Alter the wizard of Industrial de- slgn has transcribed his dream of an aifter-the-wai- motor cur w PEPE!‘- comes the b.g question: Which ts the front? -Wiiuiipeg Tribune.

Every man i; the British Eighth

the opening of the attack at El Alameln the exiict plans of Gener- uls Alexander and Montgomery. Perhaps this einjialns the fine per- formance of the Eighth Army-New York Sun.

An editorial In an ltulimi news- paper decl-ar -l that if the Allies win the war Iia will become a slave state and Ita ans will have only (our occupations, ‘singers, waiters, fugees and souvenir mrilzci-s " are already slitting for ii,l on the Gcr-iuiiis, so whatjc the dif- fercticc? Whatever tlic result of the war, Italy i5 the loser, but there will be n return of individual lib- erty when thc United Nations fln- lslzi the job —St Catliiirtnes Stand- iii" .

The widow iif tlic l‘ tc (iciirral Hendrik Alexander Stjftartit, ltiiiii Dutch general touscll out to Hit- lei", may now be spared further tele- phone calls of the type she is re- ported to have been receiving dur- ing thc past year. These calls fol- lowed this pattern; volcii; “Hiiilo.

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'. ; "P "don me, I'll call back later ” Gen Seyffurdi was shot and killed the ntl

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Gov. Harold E. S sota, who recently isgussed postwar world bctorc tlic

Economic club. now goes further and comes cut for a Utiitcgl States of tlic ivorlci ivitli a singe house of parliament to govern all inan- kiud Gov Stasscu comics from the Will CItiES 0f St Paul and Nfiunen- iwlles, WlllCh are ivarriiiiz frictions which have never lic: able to agree on any crziiiiituiiij iviiiintii. let. alone a jtiiiit mun igovorn- ment. -Detroit Fr

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i FUW ilLtllllOLl a drab wrirtiriic grey. Ei zinc was tniei',..l.yl curious to kt w the dcs_ till-lbw‘. bu! the mcii iii uniform were ‘)1 their izuaixi an .. less tatlk. ‘fl hoard it and one o: I .~ ‘ ' Africzi." salu . no enligtciziizcnt one put tlii- qucntin bluntly to a sergeant; "Where are you for. 1nd?" Tllnlvlls you on nit- front of the sus, he replied with ti sltlllf‘ TllE crowd shuffled l" ui to the front. The route ii: ' aniiciiiiccd piunly eiiouiin - ‘ry Tiiujq" —Leccls Yorkshire

Children who scrawliim WilllS have never been pupulai- with landlords, so :1 Syulic; pmpcrlv UWUCI‘ caused u mllci l.‘ y -

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cple de- vieivci‘ "The popu- "i i - fLTFL ".0 hi: i iilncc

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is roiititlniz on .- visit from iii» “m- Slmﬁ " We all TICPP, of course. that she Wlll be able to (‘nmg t" 1h], POHIYlFV, mid ft \I“I'l(l "p n v'r\u»»-l1l_ fii] crrii‘ if arr- ('(||ll['_ m. is .,,-,,_ |1OSPFl.?(l('Y‘('"‘-l1.'illl ll-iusos of p-pi; ,_ moot. Pill if ‘be ls nol. SlWlH" rn- "will lr‘ do so thou svri flﬁﬁlflprnv do not Wnnt hiii- to ntlcrvml it Airovr all wc ‘I Pt 1;" \\"‘P'¥ for ""'“' 31PM‘ lo t'l"l"' ru her llPlllC wnrk - Windsor Ani-

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SQUARE DEAL FOB. FARMEBI

Sir, - We he: and rud c great d a1 these ays about thc serious shortage of farm labor. and one would th k from some of the utterances being made at the meet- gs of Farm Organizations. as well as letters in the Press, that the farm labor problem was paramount to the problem of w war and our Selective 8e cc Board were saboteurs of the production effort, when they dared to allow l boy or man who has worked on a

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-carriers against attack

farm to go into Army or any other branch of the Armed Services. It is true, help on the farm Ls getting scarce, but our Federation of Ag- riculture are “banking up the wrong tree“ when they blame enlistment: and the Selective Service Board for all this scarcity of help. ' The fiicl. of the matte: is. our farmers, prior to the outbreak of the war. ivcre in a. state of bankruptcy, inuny of whom were hanging on just because the mortgagee could not find l1 buyer for the farm. Then at. the outbreak of war industries sprang up all over the‘ Dominion and thousands of the bovs and izlrls from the farms rushed to these factories where hitherto unheard cf ‘J-Jilgﬂb‘ were belng paid that the n00! farmer could not, nor still cannot, sciziu to compete with.

I submit, Slr. that the powers that be, including the Wartime Prices amt 'f‘rude Board. did not give due

' consideration to the deplorable con-

dititin the farmer had been ln for the ten years preceedlnz the war. when they placed Ceilings on his products at very little over presen

cost of production, making 1t lm- iiosslble for hlm to get on his feet or to pay competitive wages at this time. so that he will be able to hold a fair share of help that, he so bad- ly needs in order that production does not fall off.

If our Federation of Agriculture could succred 1n showing the War- time Prices and ‘Trade Board that farm prices are stlll far below parity, and induce them to raise the ceiling on farm oducts to a point ivhei-o fiirmingw llbeaslucratlve as other Industries. thereby outtlniz the former in a position to pay fair and roitioititlve wages. which he cer- tainly cannot; do today. you would soon find with the added incentive 0f mf-llllllt; n fan- profit aloniz with the Patriotic spirit of our rural population. that the farmer, with the help of the women, older men llml vouni: boys and ttlrls. would not only keen up production. but would literally flood the markets. for there is no one undrr the sun ran compare with the farmer when given the proper encourilzement to "Find a Wziv or Make it."

I am. Slr. etc. L. F. SIMMONS FREETOWN

The U-B0at’s Foe

(Hamilton Spectator)

Hun. A. V. Alexander, First. Lord of the Admiralty. has ﬂSSUrcd the llous: of Commons that, while the mciuice of the German submarine Sllli renuuis serious. he ls confid- ent tnnt the relentless battle at sea will be won eventually. An import- ant factor toward that-end is found tn the convoy escort fleets, which have won some signal victories over the U-boats. These swift squad- rons are being greatly strengthened

f tis they have proved highly effect-

ive, and when sufficient numbers of them are available the toll of Al- lied Shipping should be sharply re- UCC

Naval men are convinced that the anzsivcr to the problem of the enemy submilrllle ls the speedy escort ves- sel, many of which are now being lllliliod out. This tyne of craft is des. crtbed as being a vastly improved counterpart of the submarine chaser of thc World War of 1914-18. some authorities pronounce it to a

- more effective guardian of merchant

ships than even a destroyer. They are admitted to be inferior to des- troyers in speed and armament. but they can be built in hall’ the time mid are said to be equally a; good for protecting convoys.

Five or six of these swift. compact escort boats are estimated to be siifflclrnt to guard a convoy of cargo from U- boats as they can turn like a topnln their tracks. and make it exceed - 1v difficult for a submarine to avo d their fatal depth charges. In ap- Pffflmnce some of these escort ships resemble the smaller type of modern destroyers, but thev cost only about three million dollars each. as against the seven mllllon dollars required to construct a light destroyer.

These small U-boats szrve like lively and a gresslve sheep dogs guarding the r flock. They can clr- cle their charges and keep a wlde iii-ea of sen space free of the lurk- ing wolves. When they do spot a submarine. two or more of them can charge upon it with bewildering screed, and the latter has to be a smart craft to get away. submarines are also constantly be g improved. of course, and modern types are far from bciniz the awkward vessels lllPV used to be. but; the speedv es- rnrt craft 1s iicknowledized to be

,1 their master. Scores of them are

needed, however. but thev are now ln mass production and are being

m‘ put lnto service as fast as they leave

the yards.

blood, and more easily To reiflze the importance of this discovery lt 1,5 only necessary to remember that a few years ago a patient who need- ed a transfusion ad to get lt from rcfntives cr friends whose blood was of the same “type" as his; or from a proferslonal donor, at a fancy price. It was n awkward, expensive business at best. Involving direct transfusion from donor to patient; and it was often late The nclrcvcmcnts of plasma therapy are already remarkable; and they prom- lso mvrli for the world of tomor- row. Todnv their significance for victory may be very great. Pbr the more fighters we can keep whole the sooner we shall win.

Drive out ACHE 5

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D0 euce of l horde of mysterious Ind malicious sprites whose whole pur- pose in life was to dlsconcert u- .12“... "resin. as; 9i as mic of c lnex TlGIbTC which, tn thou HY! l5 lo the airman‘: life. the Gremlins. and all rut: of the flying and mainten- ance Personnel of the Royal All Force have had much experience during the past twenty-five years of their l0!!! pranks. For that they exist ls, of course. un- questionable, and we now knW much of their life and habits, al- thou the outside world ls still large y Ignorant of their activities. It l; naturally very difficult for a pilot t0 Bet a really look at a. Greznlfn. Ibr Gram m are very elusive, and usually hide them- selves 1n the most remote and 1n- aocesslble corners of an aircraft. It 1s, however, now well established that they stand about a foot high when 1n a fully materialized con- dltlon, and are usually clad ln green breaches and red jackets, ornamented with neat ruffles. They always wear spots and top-hats, although the Fleet Afr Arm re- port s marine species with wob- feet and fins on their heels. Odd- ly enough, Gremlins have no wings, and always fly as passengers. Off duty they are believed to Inhabit commodlous underground dwellings with rabbit-hole exits near the per- imeter tracks of aerodromes. whence they sneak out and board the aircraft when nobody is look- ing). Certain Coastal Command l ts have reported that Grem- Lna have tried to board them 1n mid-air, using sea-gulls for trans- pﬂgggtwh, but this 1| not authenti- ca .

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In an aircraft, their mischievous activities are many. They have, for exam 1e, a most prentclous habit of rlnklng petrol, which is their favourite beveriuze. A pilot may thus easily find himself run- ning unexpectedly short of petrol long before he reaches his destina- ttm. The result is a, forced land- ing, very probably damage to the machine, and most certainly a first-class "raspberry" for the pilot from his 0.0. for gross negligence. In point of fact. the blame ls. of course. entirely attributable to the Gremlin, who, gloriously intoxicat- ed, ls hiding tn the petrol-tank absolutely whoo lng with mirth.

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until the pilot of a. single-engine aeroplane is flying over the open sea. The Gremlin then sneaks un- der the englne-cowllng and pro- oeeds to tap loudly and alarmingly ugtm lt, The pilot hears this hor- r le knocking and suffers agon- les of mental stress, antlclpatfn every moment that his engine wll pack up. Finally, sweating blood. 1e safely reaches an aerodrome and makes a most urgent report on the matter. The sceptical flight-me- ohanlcs rev up the engine, which hums like a well-behaved sewing machine. whereupon the abashed pilot crawls shamefacedly away and the Gremlin just laughs hlm- self sick.

Sometimes a dizizen or more will go for a trip tn large machine. When this happens they make themselves a frightful nuisance. and the crew have a most unhappy time. In a blg flylnr-boat, for 1n- stimce, they will all pile up in the extreme bow. The pllot naturally has to heave back on his control- column to keep the boat level. Then. just as the cook has the coffee and sausages on thc stove all ready, they rush aft as hard as they can g0. The boat naturally tries to stand on end. and the precious sup- per ls shot all over the place. ‘Hie crew then sav bitter things about the pilot. while the Gremlins chor- tle with glee and steal the sausages. Then the crewuy more bitter things about the , ‘ ‘ ‘ sausages and end the patrol on cold water and bread and cheese,

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feat la for a cou le ang on the rud ei- and s and waggle them, while all the others rush out on to one wing-tip. Thls fetches down the wing, and the llot tries hard to fetch ft up by u ting on the op- posltc aileron. e Gremlins at once rush out on the other wing, which naturally s down twice as far. By doing ls half a dozen time; they succeed 1n oroductn a state of affairs far worse than that of a swing-boat on_ Hampstead Heath. In the end the crew may even have to bale out, to the trium- phant hoots and jeers of the jubi- ant Gremlins. It may be objected that in so doing the Gremlins have exposed themselves to almost certain destruction in tho aban- doned aircraft, since the them- selves have no wings and cannot fly. In such oases, however, they re- move their apnts, link hands, ex- pand their largo feet. and chute zﬁntlv to earth, head- cvwi- wards. ‘rt-reh- top-hats absorb the shock of landing, which is why they wear them.

Their lesser activities are innum- erable, from breaking the points

pencils and eating their mbbers to mak flight me- chanics’ lives l. misery SPIN-ml! Into englng sum g an steal aparklng- lugs beh nd their backs. Some spec allu tn night. work. These mix up the Verey light sl nls to confuse the nl ht-flytng ,plots, and sneak out to he 1oad-' ed bombers to , e their tvres just before the take-off. for which purpose they are sepclally equipped with COHK-BOPGWS.

Finally. one must mention their moat ambitious effort. It is well known ln the Royal Alr Force that the Gremlins have auecedcd in underpinning with large h drnullc jacks practically eve raining aerodmme In the caun ry. ‘mesi- Jacks are cred to a tony lever-in the Duty sch Office. and a Duty Gremlin 1s on watch there every day. The Duty Gremlin watches very carefully when n pupil pilot ls coming ln to land-thc most dif- ficult feat that the pupil allot has to master. Just n he ls flattening out for what. he knows ls going to be s perfect landing. with his wheels and tall-skid uat a root above the ground, one lv as his in. structur- told him. the Duty Grem- lin takes a hand. He yanks the lev. er. and promptly the whole . dromc either sinks down ten feet or shoots on ten feet- ln the air. Either rerult Iii eriiiaily dtnr-onrvrt- ing. Fm- the unhvckv voimg 0110i flnds himself eltlter stalled help- lessly ten feet up tn the alr, or else

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