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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 27, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page sixteen Winnipeg free press saturday january 27, 1940 human body the Best health news of the year is the publication of the new. Completely revised edition of the Handy Home doctor the 100-Page master guide to Good health which today is a treasured Possession in Canadian Homes. This special advertising offer which enables you co secure your copy for a Mere dime positively expires on March 30, 1940. Time out for lunch the presses Are grinding away at top Speed to keep up with the heavy demand for the Handy Home this special offer is limited to copies and the coupons Are coming in at the rate of More than a thousand per Day for this reason we suggest immediate action on your part if you wish to make sure of getting your copy. This 100-Page health Book tells you the truth about health and disease. Filled with practical health advice that is easy to apply. 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Name address 1 i my chief complaints Many Winni Eggers May be spotted in this group of officers of the e third Field they Start in on a full fledged five course luncheon which is the usual noon time respite for officers in Canad a s army overseas. These officers Are seen seated on either Side of a 25-foot mahogany table. This photograph was taken especially for the Winnipeg free press by Laurie audrain former Winnipeg photographer now in England among the local Bridge players ruled. Winnipeg head the stand nos with terminals and Winnipeg Adies Tieck for second place. Club scores fort Rouge 4v2-table Howell Var. And mrs. A. J. Knight 44, 7.o.o.f. Notes a special meeting will be held by Union Lodge no. 14, monday Jan. 29, in Friendship Hall Odd Fellows Emple at 8 . The initiatory degree will be conferred on a class of candidates at this time. Transcona Lodge no. 81 and Jubi be Lodge no. 37 will compete for he . Curling trophy at Transcona rink sunday Jan. 28, at 4 . Sharp. Fort Rouge Rebekah Lodge no. 45 met in Eureka Hall. Odd Fellows Temple thursday evening. The Rebe Kalt degree was conferred by the staff of Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge no. 2. Members of Transcona Lodge no. 81 and their wives or lady friends Are invited to an. Entertainment at Confidence Rebekah Lodge no. 40, thursday feb. 1. The salvation army Citadel band presented a splendid programme Friday evening at a band concert under the auspices of Hiawatha Lodge no. 60 in the Assembly Hall Odd Fellows Temple. The entire proceeds went to the salvation army overseas service fund. Transcona Lodge no. 81 is invited to attend Union Lodge. No. 14, Mon Day Jan 29. Past Noble grands association will meet in the Temple parlor Fri Day feb. 2, at 8 . St. John s Lodge no. 29 will meet in Eureka Hall Odd fellow thurs Day feb. 1. A theatre night will be held by Hiawatha Lodge no. 60, monday Jan. 29, at the Dominion theatre. Minnehaha. Lodge no. 7 held a smoker thursday evening when officers and members were hosts to the veterans association Anc visiting members of other lodges. Sovereign Lodge no. 85 met Fri Day evening in Eureka Hall ode Fellows Temple. Military notes Ionus 6.04, 49.04 a. P. Jamieson 1. T. Johnson Bonus 3.6, 46.1 in. L. Jones a. Meikle Bonus .6, 46.1. St. Vital. 9v2-table Mitchells mrs. J. C. Mccreary a. Leid 145.5, Bonus 3.6, 149.1 e. R. Evans a. A. Clarke 138.5, Bonus .4, 146.9 w. Grathwell a. Lindsay 126.5, Bonus 13.2, 139.7. . Mrs. D. J. Humphrey minty Einarson 151.5 mrs. E. Richardson ats. W. Jacobson 132, Bonus 16.2, 48.2 a. G. Siddle a. E. Jefferson 39.5. Winnipeg 11-table Mitchell and . S. Wilson Bonus 24.7, mrs. H. Iilliams a. J. Togari 188v2, Bonus 3.2, 201.7 or. And mrs. J. L. Dono -172, Bonus 23.1, 195.1. . Irs. K. Bogan a. Gilbertson 193, Ionus 7.9, 200.9 mrs. A a. Alexnder Robt. Burnie 166. Bonus 9.1 Sam Sigurdson a. J. H. Pal Nason Bonus 13.2, 188.7. Afternoon Able e. J. Greenway Vars. H. A. Stokes 44 i Bonus 5.7 0.2 mrs. C. Johnston mrs. T. To. Cochrane 46 mrs. A. Brodie Vars. A. Gilbertson 37, Bonus 7.2, 4.2. Civic 14-table Mitchell . Var. And mrs. G. N. Mcleod 59.07, onus 2.5, 61.57 miss Veiga Sigurd on mrs. J. C. Mccreary 65.48, Handicap 6.5, 59.98 mrs. A. E. Towers a. W. Knowles 53.16, bonus5. 58.66. . Miss j. S. John on of. J. Kingdon Bonus 10, 6.73 miss Elsie Battersby miss m. Whicker 53.71, Bonus 6, 59.71 he. Cuthbert a. A. Haystead 55.22, Bonus 3.5. 58.72, score and Feur Mitchell -. R. C. Green Mac. Smith Bonus 2, s. B., Trail hard a. A. A. Mcleod Bonus Chas. Kerr Grant Watson Handicap 1, . J. M. Scurfield a. S. Gow Bonus 9, j. Is Sinclair James Preston Handicap 1, e. A. Hab Borg a. Larigey 97, Handicap 3, d4. St. George a Mitchell c. H. Butterill j. D. Butter ill Bonus 187, r. W Clement i. W. Parsons Frank Roberts or. V Williams 153, Bonus . We. F., Ornith Harry Wise 32, w. H. Fulton Fred Hanson Bonus 28, j. H. Rothery a. J. Richards 144% Bonus 175. Fret press 9-table Mitchell . H. W. Brinston Frank Mack Handicap 6, a. J. Hut ton a. Rodgers c. Cavell of e. Martin Bonus 1, 119% . E. W. Carstens a. Ludwick sen w. L. Jones a. L. Morley Bonus 5, Robt. White a. A. Thoresen 103, Bonus 6, 109. , 4-table Howell or and mrs. Frank Nesbitt 35y2 miss Violet. Dowsett miss Witham and captured leadership in the Lei memorial Competition having 1% Points Lead Over mrs. Alfreda bar Ker Arthur hayward., this week s brain twister i have been asked to reprint the famous Whitfield six Carder the father of All Bridge problems. Here it the Ileal h Sll Wplf Centre 264 Portage ave. Canada Winnipeg Light infantry . The Winnipeg Light infantry n.p.., Are continuing classes for officers . Son tuesday and thursday nights a Mcgregor Street armory at 20.00 hours. There Are still a Lew vacancies. . Fourth paper monday Jan. 29. 20.00 to 20.45 tactics infantry weapons 21.00 to 21.45, tactics characteristics and co operation of All arms. Jan. 31, 20.00 to 20.45 tactics use of ground and formations 21.00 to 21.45, tactics advanced and flank guards. Feb. 3, 14.00 to 14.45 squad Drill with arms Mutual 15.00 to 15.45, l.. 16.00 to squad Drill with arms fire at lunar lunar man., Jan. 27. Fire thought to be from overheated pipes Early Friday morning destroyed the storehouse and sleeping Quad tiers of the hire d help of Paul ship pin Clar Leigh. Starting while Al hands were Busy doing the morning chores it was beyond control when discovered ried. No insurance was car the examination was Tough but they made me a Pilot by Norton Anderson they made me a Pilot in training and then grounded me be same Day in the Royal Canadian air Force. I entered the recruiting station in the Lindsay building a total stranger by n the course of a gruelling Day the air Force Learned More about me than i knew myself. Hearts Are Trump South leads and North South must win six tricks. Solution week s brain twister oq7654 o 32 n w e s a 96 10 a a.q10 s 2 oj9 diamonds Are Trumps. South leads and his Side must win tricks. South leads a Spade which is Ruf fed by North. North leads the hear five South winning and., leading another Spade for a Ruff. North now leads the heart nine. If eas1 discards a club South discards a s Pade then North leads a Low Trump and East can win Only one trick. If East ruffs the heart nine. South Over ruffs and leads his remaining Trump. Time it happened when i met lieutenant j. C. Huggard . Of he . Recruiting station. So you think it is hard to get n the air Force. Perhaps you can est find out by entering Here like be of the recruits we be handled and when we be Given you he works you la know for your he said. Flight Lieut. Huggard led me to he reception desk near the main trance and left me with a Curt you Start there was Noth no left but to tackle the uniformed Lerk at the desk. I timidly approached him. I want to join the air Force for he Day. So where do i go from i asked. The clerk showed me a sheaf of. Forms which All recruits were required to Complete and told me a birth certificate two Etters of reference and discharge papers if any were needed. Since doing it unofficially you can go to the officer in charge of vocations Over he instructed pointing to the far end of the room. Insists on Pilot Jot this officer in charge of Voca ional guidance told me the air orce required men for 54 skilled fades ranging from roof Carpen by to metallurgy. When he asked me what Type of Trade i knew i insisted it was my wish to become a Pilot. Everyone entering Here wants to of a Pilot but we need wireless operators aircraft mechanics and other skilled trades As Well As he said pointing out the difficulty of obtaining first class tradesmen Able to assume immedi ate duty. Most recruits Are placed in class a which entitles them to a few weeks training. Class b and a Are for tradesmen who can take Over jobs at Only those candidates who Are Able to pass the most rigorous Phy Sical medical and mental tests and whose is matriculation standing or better Are considered for training As pilots he declared Pilot s must have perfect bodies healthy nerves and a Clear then the vocational officer turned to me and i knew the crucial moment had arrived. It will take the medical Board about two hour to determine whether you will make a Pilot. . R. A Kenny is president of the medical Board and his office is at. The other end of the so you want to see if you can pass the. Tests my said col Denny medical Board president who has been testing . Offi cers and railway employees for 20 years. It takes 25 minutes to Pas a skilled tradesman but for a com plete physical examination you l be with me a couple of eyes Are important col. Kenny sat Back in his chair for a moment before commencing the examination. You know Young fellow we should really be giving you the Eyd tests first because More than per cent of the recruits Are stopped on faulty eyes. Eyes Are an important Factor in flying a plane the least slanting or tendency toward off focus Means a. Poor curled toe and Dandruff starting with a blood test Fol Lowed by blood pressure and lung pressure the exhaustive Examina Tion went on for almost an hour at All stages of the test col. Kenny brought Forth Peculiar and Awe some instruments calculated to frighten the most hardened Patien until with the conclusion of the ordeal i am sure he was aware my left Little toe has a tendency to curl and that i had a slight amount of Dandruff in my hair. Some minutes later he looked. Up from his. Charts and said so far so Good but now for the eyes Anc capt. H. S. Grieve our Oculi St glancing in a Mirror on the Wall i tried to see if my eyes were on an the seat they asked me to read a Chart of jumbled figures on the Wall 20 feet away. For a time Chi Nese looked More familiar thai those lettered cards but they came into focus and i read. Could t be tricked they tried me on coloured numbers and letters super imposed on Vari coloured dots flashed past me in Quick succession. I read two seven Twenty eight a an then a card came past on which could see nothing so i told them so. Said capt. Grieve there s nothing Ioc per about the Only thing we did do to you is have a rays taken by your lungs appear healthy enough you Are now prepared to step int training Camp As a Good flying pros said col. Kenny. Proudly i stepped out of the medical examiner s office and strut id past three stenographers busily imaged answering the hundreds o requests for admissions pouring i very Day. Less proudly did i Wall ast the four officers and thre inks in flight Lieut. Huggard Aff because they wore smart uni rms while i had none. Then As Only left the recruiting Centre an Assed the scores of eager recruits dawned on me they at least a Chance getting in some Depari Lent of the ., whereas Taysi Cally medically and mental certified perfect definitely a grounded with flying time Zero. Even keel nothing. I but could determine followed col. Kenny into another and Darker room for the Eye test in the Centre of the room stood a Peculiar Iron contraption which they told me was a rotating chair used to test the muscular reactions of the eyes. They strapped me in and the chair began whirling then it slopped Over at an almost inverted Angle. Suddenly stopping the chair and yanking me. Out of Cloud care weather expert explodes myths Amateur weather prophets rushed to the defence of Frei pet theories thursday night after they heard them Summa tils exploded by Donald c. Archibald head of the meteorology ment were of the greatest Ance to air travel he added or. Archibald showed a films which Clouds formed dissolved a moved across the sky at 60 tit to their Normal Speed. S. Adamson presided Dean e. P. Fetherston Haugh Thi cd the speaker. Prague Jan. 27. A regarded in czech political us Tai As confirmation of reports they Hajj fled abroad two officials of 11 German protectorate of Bolion and Moravia were ordered Rachev of their posts yesterday by pre Dent Emil Hacha. The men were agricultural Mil. Ster Wladislav Fele Raband president of the supreme puce a ministration. Jaromir Necas. Arn warrants were reported to been issued for them. Twenty czechs including officers of the former czech for slovak army were reported to hav fled with Necas. High czechs flee division at Winnipeg of the Federal department of Iran spin or. Archibald addressed a joint meeting of the Winnipeg Branch engineering Institute of Canada and the association of professional engineers of Manitoba in theatre a University buildings Broadway Avenue. His subject was modern weather forecasting. After his technical explanation. The would be prognosticators anxious to test their theories by Ai. Expert kept or. Archibald Busy for an hour answering questions was t the Aurora an indication of fair weather to come no it meant nothing. It was an electrical phenomenon generally associated with fair weather be cause it usually could be seen Only on Clear Days. What about merely Snow or ice crystals in the air the expert maintained. Another member wanted to know whether rainmaker Hatfield who allegedly cleaned up a Fortune in Alberta and Saskatchewan some years ago May have had intuitive knowledge of the weather. Or. Archibald thought not. Another Weatherman is there any truth in any of the old weather maxims for example evening Grey and mornings red. Brings Down rain upon his we Don t use them or. Archibald said. Observing the habits animals and Birds the speaker expressed indulgent scepticism. But there was such a thing As a weather sense he told his questioners. This faculty however was Only developed by Carci Ful daily observation of Cloud formations temperature and barometric pressure. Others mildly scolded or. Archi Bald for the occasional wrong fore casts by weather bureaus. The meteorological division or. Archibald returned had been proven by computations to be 80 per cent Correct in its forecasts for 36 hours ahead. Public forecasts were made for each province. Now if a Snow flurry we did t forecast occurs in the Southwest Corner of Manitoba the people there feel they have been badly done be Kenora Riding Helt largest in world Kenora ont., Jan. 27. Pocis new mining properties opened up in die. Kenora Rainy hive Patricia Federal Riding since Theta election this Riding is now report to be the largest in any Democrat country in the world having area of Tomc Square Mil with an estimated total of one Volt to every four Square Miles. John Robinson returning has received instructions to Bugl enumeration feb 5 and Compi ii it by feb. 12. He will use Auto Mai bile Snow Sledge and in the Norli w re de Ethe Peel cd left when do its i a the Wick to country air planes. Just How Tife effect work can be accomplished in Days remains to be explained. Total of approximately vote were on the lists at the 3ast of Cert election. Modern weather forecasting was first developed in Norway during the great War he explained. Lack ing meteorological service from belligerent countries and with its National Economy partly dependent on fisheries knowledge of impending storms was vital to Norway he said. So Vilhelm Bjerknes a physicist and his son Jakob established a network of meteorological stations and began to study move ments of cold and warm air masses on which modern forecasting is based. Daily forecasts were based on in formation received from All districts in the Dominion. The follow ing details were plotted on Large maps precipitation temperature visibility formations wind direction and velocity. After District reports were teletype to Headquarters forecasts were completed within an hour he said. Forecasts made by the depart barometric pressure Cloud ceiling Cloud London. Snub nose he defendant in a damage act Joi Here following Street Accident 13-year-old Var 2as Well s nose was deformed an Ler mentality impaired her Couo Al pleaded. H b c your eyesight most people Over 45 need glasses. Even though they see Well enough in the distance they have to Force their eyes at Reading or close work. Our optometrists Are Here to help you. Optical dcpt., Mezzanine floor the Bay a per lot t Midei he g Lipior i Var which a tsars Sove i Lian no t my j of w monday store hours 9.30 . 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