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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-04-15, Page 3Odd. Freight Flown_ Into Shipshaw 'Site 1 By the Fetation Editor ,.of The' Christian • S c. i e n c e. Monitor • .Air freighting -including every • thing .from being messenger to •Ci•pid to carrying articles weigh-, • ing. several. tons -played a major .role In' the. building of "the huge ,flower. dam on the Sthiyshaw River in Northern Quebec that today is hel;itrg..('anada t6. meet its •war - ti" -e requirements for alunii.num, •Wllrat is said to .be One , --of •the {'largest • single air: freighting con- tracts•'in Canada':s loin; hist;)rk to this type .of work -about 8.000060- • potinds-wits' carried .out'. by Cana: Can Pacific Air. .Lines in . the o ' course. of the construction of the dam.. • . This mi•ghty.•dam on .the Ship= thaw, a. tributary of the Saguenay; • will. develop 1,00'0,000. horsepower, according to. Canadian Pacific :.Li�a.e5; rho •.also claim -drat -it wilt ..generate more power than Boulder • Dant . on the Colorado ,River,; • The Shi•pshaw dam will supply the elec- trical euergy for a, .huge aluminum refinery -Canada's second- largest at Arvi•da;: junction of ,:the Ship= shaw and Saguenay Rivers. ^ Bulls Transported Sonde of the oddest shipments ever•.cahed for In air history. ,were :..- flown in... to thce Shipshaw-• site:•_- --•-- « 'Among :these. were . eight. horses . • and four live brills. The bulls, in p.arrticular, .were carried 'quite eas- ily, being • loaded '.into 'the , plane• cabin • and 'bales of hay packed hi, '.around • them.. to keep them from` moving while in • transit.. " A .motorboat, '20 .feet long, and' Weighing ' approximately • -1,600 pounds; three 'traetors, 'caterpillar ,a treads a'. tractor engine; air coin pressors, dreaei ',en ince g an- elee- ri is , plant, and a 'complete -steam hovel • mere.. among the larger items •'i1own ':fn: a,ny. ,-tools,. narrow • gauge'• dulnp cars, • • hose and'. fittings,. pneumatic drills, -and hundreds "of other items • need- . ed u•c on.sh a job were also freight-; ed according to demand. • In additions, •the eight •planes as- signed to the • task. carried.'in "Staff provisions;,baggage 'and bed-' ding;• and ' 'other miscelianeou ' •'re s household items.. ' "The , ronianticallym.-.�mi,nyded corn-. lovelorn laborers, flying tiaem out: -to.keep • a tidte. with 'their girl' frinds," the Montreal Star re- ported in its accpunt of the dam constrnctioxa. Pi•elimivary photograpliio • 'sur- • Vet's • of the :dam area `.were first �anade by• the aeri•al surveys d%. . vision of Canada Pacific' Air' Lines •Land contours -Were charted on. ' hundreds of inosaic • maps and riv- • er diversion routes were •captured on filar and pieced together to aid '.tire construction engineers to be- ' gin their eas.K_Tlie dam..s.4te-_.i . tselif -• was photographed in detail as welt its the 'pipeline route. which car- • tied precious :oil' for 'construction ants -tire .use .of i le natruction gangs. - •l • As .on,e result . of this photo- graphic work. the river Was ,di- • verted ever :a mile and. .a. half through a ,manmade channel 300 feet .wide ea'n•d 30 feet deep, ,ac cording to, the official account. • ° • The immense freighting_ task was begun in 1940. Much •of the :traffic was moved either by.; ski - equipped planes In •,winter or on float -borne planes in summer. Ca- •nadiail Pacific established its own° • loading base at Beauchene, Quo- bee, ,Where there is a large ''lake which, .cap be reached by road . from Chicoutintia Construction ma- terials then 'had to be air' freight- ed ih to Lake Manouan in •North- eastern Quebec, .about 100 utiles north of the. nearest railroad point, Ultra -Violet Lamp Reduces Sickness. Absenteeism Checked In Bri- tish Blacked -Out Factories' The British have found that ultra -violet lamps reduce absent- eeism in blacked -out factories by , as much as (30 percent, says The New . York Times. ' American war plants are now following tiie ex- ample set. For Americans a `•rhtet'ry-go-round" has been de; vised which consists of a re've1v- ling platform On which ten work - ,I' era' ride 'at' a tin'ie. In this way • .k: about 100 workers an hour are • irradiated. Thus resistance to fa'- . ° tigue . and *colds, the. principal. cause of absenteeism, is built up. At Cadbury . Brothers' Works at Eournville, England, Dr. J. )3. herman, ' the medical officer, made elaborate aticlcareful tests on 1,635 einployees with various methods of preventing Colds. He found that the annual average ab- denee dueuto colds was t edneed by .;..07:2- l c=v%o est 1I a%pa_.fiorn.--106 -day T. per 100 workers to sixty-six days. Prom ' the Harland Engineering Company's work at. Allaa come even more amazing figures: since the firm's solarium in an •under- ground first-aid post was installed sickness has been .reduced among the office staff by nearly sixty percent and ;mane the, works staff by oyer thirty -'five per'c'ent: SCOUTING... . w When Troop 42 Boy Scouts of Pendleton, Oregon, learned that the Boy `Scouts df Canada had a fund to aid .British Scouts who bad 'lost homes` and equipment in the blitz, they dipped- into their. Troop Funds and sent along $5.00 tr. help out the cause' They des-, .cribed their •gesture ao `ta friend- ly handclasp stretching to " the north." Nearly $35•,000 bas now - been .forwarded • by Canadian ;Scants to their brothers -it4 Great Aritakn." - Boy Scouts fief Ridgetown, Ont., recently Staged a one week' cam- paign 'to `raJse funds to . shipseeds to Great Britain: At the .end of the 'week they had '$1.01.38 with which they. bought ,garden seeds. -. to be used by British Boy: Scouts ;. in their "Dig for Victory" gar- •dens. • • * * *• Boy 'Scouts of Halifax, N.S., ^op- orate- the Tweedsmuir. Room, a -eat . and' recreation centre for former Scouts now in the armed services.' t. In the first, two years they entertained more than 1;200.. While the majority of .the visitors came frons' Canada, the log book reveals • visits. from Scouts of • Great . Britain, Australia, New• Zealand, South 'Africa., Ireland, the • West Indies, India, New, ound- land, British Guiana, ,Brazil, Hol- land, -Argentina,:Belgium. France, • Latvia, :U.S.A. and • -Norway. . ;,:..A • Rover Scout Crew in • Gibral- tar meets each : eek in a packing" case. However it isn't ascraitped as it sounds. The packing case is an airplane case and .is really quite roomy. The . boys have add- ed a 'verandah and 'an awning.. All" members of the .Crew are in the' armed forces stationed at the fortress:: Because of their. special train- -ing in observation, Boy- Scoutrof Nova, Scotia are likely to be taken .' into the Aircraft' Detection Corns as plane spotters. In this work •- they will be •emulating the :ex- ample set by Boy .Scouts of Eng- land; 'who 10,000 strong 'actedas coast watehers 'luring the first Great War,• 'and who in. larger numbers are doing the same job gain in this :war. 01 C E F; SHE P RE 'S S DUMB CLUCK A White Leghorn pullet named Vi.taminnie was entered in an egg - laying contest in, Passaic, New Jersey, by. her North ranch .owner. .She laid an egg a day 'for. '140 days and ran up a. State record. From latest reports . she, had cof- fered f fered.no cgmment_about time -and__ a half for production over that .made in, a forty -hour week. . - -New York `un t o- , LITTLE SERVICES 'By carrying .hen shopping home, .the British• housewife has helped to save 10,000,000 'allons of gasolinea year, as well 'as a good' deal' of manpower. In fact, this. war will be won by the accumula- tion of "little. services" which are edntribuuted by all the people who Make up the nation. • -Chatham News HARD TO ANSWER Why 'is it that women who' in civil life can't runa furnace or operate a. laWn-mower have' no difficultyl in servicing- aircraft or running ' complicated Machinery ;:yhen they' become war workers? = Brockville` Recorder .and Times -o- COMi'LICATED OUTLOOK We have always wondered what would happen if a war went en so long that there were more prison= ers on each sid1than there were people to guard then and do the fighting. , -Toronto Saturday.:Night _...e—. ,ESSENTIALS • You ere not fully into a total war until yo'µ forget all • about prices and worry only over whe- ther there 'is enough to eat and a plate to sleep -alive. -London Free Press -oT• ,SPRING FEVER ' "Abser►teeism" is just' a -fancy word which covers such things as, plain laziness, it(Hifference to the' war; and a profound; distaste 'for a regular job. ' r. -Renfrew Mercury • -.o-- THE THE TIME COMES : ' • •War Or no war, the income tax e s notwithstanding, there comes a time in'a man's life when a woman has to have another gnat: • -Stratford Beacon -Herald -o- , .RRrut/4R - ;A- stet+ednyhysiciarr-says: theL-best reducing systern is described. in four words: "Ne more, thank You," a ---Galt Reporter ---0-* MORE ERSATZ., • Dog hair is being used for knit-.• ting. in GI,rrnany. Making' "fleas.. lined" garments? -Peterborough Examine* • U. S. BOMBS OVER GERMANY Two "drops'ii... the rain° of bombs that• the. 13. S: Army's 8th Air Force p lured on Germany recently are seen plunging toward Ger- manboat yards.. at""Vegesa-ek, on the 'Aller • River' 'nortliw:est.: o:f - Breinen.. Eighteen plant shops and the .power 'house were 'severely. damaged by the Yanks' precision bombing in the daylight • raid.' THE WAR 7WEEK =- Commentary .o'n Current trvenis • Rornnael's Retreating Armies Travel -- Northward, 0 v et Historic Roads F•ieid .Marshal Er;K in .Rommel' re- treated north last week through Tuiiisid, says the New York Times. -B-e iremr--ca • an,: : tzer .e , e gnarled , trunks and donee -shaped; .• foliage , of 16,000,000olive "trees 'dominate the land over which • his :forces moved.,.Ftom: the south the.. Brutish , Eighth, Army, ',With-.• its deadly train of 3,000 guns, pressed closer!. •In the • hills to 'the' west American. and French troops work- ed their way through his , mine fields to threaten. his flank. Ws northern stronghold was under at= tack by the British First . Army. Overhead American ` aircraft in 100 -plane flights.'hammered• the hightyays__alottg... ,wlticl�-:=1tas..=desei't- 'dusty tanks and trucks• pounded; swept out tel blast his base at Cag-.' liari and' Messina. across, the Medi-, tela anean itf Sar. in a . an. Sicily. The objective of theAllied armies. was -crystal clear They proposed to destroy his 'arruy'arid drive him . across the sea; - back ;Into Adolf Eider's .Fortress Eur= .ope. To do that, would be to •win. two of the. greatest goals in' the' global• strategy of the '''�IIUnited Na • - -tions;--.It--�6vou-lad,-permitl:-launching - drives into Southern. Europe, through Prance, or Italy, ' ti'r the' "Balkans, without fear that.' a' Ger- man force might Menace . the African bases - of the' • attacking' armies... And. it • would, open. the Meditehranean to Allied ' shipping, • ,Which now, must .travel' the' long, 14,000 -mile l'out.e around Africa to Teach the Middle East . and -India. The Marshal's Task . • • The ,ina.rshal's job was • to stop , the Allies short df these aims. It was a galling, thankless task, far different front the glorious. des- tiny tbat seetngd reserved for hint,' "nine months ago 'when his Afrika XCorps thrust to the; gates of Egypt and the la.ui•els of Alexan- der the Great were almpst with- • in his grasp. 'I•Te woi•kel hard at his undertaking, exhausted every stratagem "at his command in or- der to" cars•$' it opt.' H'e tried first to bond a stronghold stretching the length of Ttinisia's •east coast, linking a tough center of resist- ance In the Tunis-B1aerte ,.region of the northto another based on • the Mareth fortifications ' in' the south, with a • battle lite strung-' 400 miles ,through, the hills west. •orf the .coastal plains. ' That failed when, pia old , foe, th'e ', British General. it Bernard. L. Montgomery, turned his .south-' ern. •e'enses and 'forced hind to withdraw northward to escape en- trapment. British troops, drawn from .a1i••parts,of the Empire, first ' stormed'the''111fareth Line.' Despite' heavy ra.ins that hampered the •forward movement of their 'artii-. ,,lery,' they 'm'ade steady progress. . The cost in lives and. smashed ma. ter'ial was .heavy. •, • Around The, Flank, Then ,General Montgoinery,; as full of tricks as his • German op- ponent, gambled to save lives. He. ordered heavy' rein:forceillenLoot_a' colun n 'of troops • he • had ' sent • ' thro.ukh • the salt. .deserts ' around the. German flank. This . columtan, .• fader tice• Lolerful NeW Zealander,, General 'Sir Bernard C. ,Freyberg; .,• veteran of Mexican revolutions - 'add hero of the. first World War,' inet the Panzer units sent to inter- cept :it near the oasis of El Ham= ma, The, battle took place at 4 o'clock in the afternoon: he Bri- tish, their hacks .to'» a lodr, blazing • ...,•.suer,- . . throwing - -a heavy-- smoke h screen before them, charged. The • German troop4.rs, 'staring into 'the sun and smoke, .often didsnot 'see 'their opponents' until- it was' too . late ,to. fire. . --"s C} ce-rh cad• -=a _-sereen -o- • afire 'reset; specially • armed te. fight tanks, ' swooned ;to t.i.'re attack. In , .this fighting 'Americans planes ,played a� part,- making . as ninny as '1,399'' sorties • in one day. 'American• ground attacks farttler north help- ed draw off' some of Marshal Rom - niers strength and this dintributed ' to. the. •British victory. , .Over Historic .Roads Tinder this combined. attack the a Germans broke and raiz. arrow that moinent it ,became necessary .for the 'Nazi marshal oto retreat. The. roads his • epluintis tonic .ltoc;iltrrartl,.;, were roads.: had known the • dead of Hanntbai's elephants, the soft• shuffling of St. 'Augustine's 'sandals and the hoofbeats of Roger the .Norutan's'artnored horse't They • led •throrgh a •.countryside tow and flat,' a corridor .varying, in width -from twenty' -five to .,fifty ''miles between the hills in the. west and the sea in• tate east - .Ala. -ng it were. lie lowns o:.Gabes, Sfax, Sousse, that had been ' the strength of Carthage; colonial centers of the Roman and Turkish Empires. One ,of them,, Sfax had trembled under tlta fire :01 modern Warships' when .the French Fleet brought French ..colonial rule and' nineteenth century, clviiization to. Tunisia. Where along that corridor Mar- slial . Rommel would stand and fight was the chief problem for • the Allied commanders. North of Gabes his . rearguard showed, •signs of holding once, then, moved far - Cher' back where .again it app.eared'° ready fornt , battle. Many obser:ve. thought the marshal 'would mode all the,way, •as slowly as p.ossib1et, 0 • to his northern .defense center the ,Tunis -Bizerte region 'where he would,.try to hold.. The . Allies would give hint no respite there. Last week the posi- tion . was under h'eavy.. attack by • the British -First Army which reached • Mateur, but eighteen miles • from Bizerte. But the land remained in the German favor,••: much aa the land' favored the Am -eriealn ..and Filipino_forces, on. -Ba •taan- Their• afianks were guarded ;, by�Che Med.rtearaneen=Sea;just as-- . General Douglas '•MacArthur'e flanks'. were, protected by the • South China Sea and the Bay of Manila. A low, rough, 'broken line of hills• threw a .protecting . arm across .m•ueh of the Nazi .northern stronghold; but the 'hills fail to ' reach the .northern •coast, ,leay ing. a narrow doorwaywhich must be' closely •guarded. ' Tunisia's, Chief Citien Within this ' 'Axle stronghold were Tunisia's two . chief cities.,. Bizerte's lake; connected .With, .the • . 'sea by a channel running through. the city, contains • a naval abase second; only . to Toulon' among France's' Mediterranean' 'bases. Tunis, near the, site of, ancient Carthage, Is Tunisia's capital. Un- der its walls, St., Louis of France died' attempting tostorm the city. Beyond this 'position there is ,no retreat this side of Europe for Marshal Rommel. And there were no-tsiggns last weekrthat he intend ed to leave Africa. Strong forces, estimeted% at 200;000 'men and .1,- 300 airplanes, are at -his command. From Italy' • he ` was presumably • .receiving reinforcements'estenated at . from 500 'to 1,000 mer a day and from 75 to 125 tanks a month. ' They crossed .the Sicilian Straits, favorite ..hunting ground for Allied, submarines and,..airciraft, in giant Meseerschrjkitt 323's; six -engined _ala"nes believed capes -Mg 2500soldiers, ,' and Siebel •fer- ries,. shallow -draft 'pontoon boats difficult to torpedo. In 'the. back-. ground was. the .oft -beaten Italian. „Fleet, now perhaps: under the com-• ntand of German officers It might: ...emerge from. its Adriatic bases tos: Fight.. ` :.Marshal _Rommel, it seemed evi- dent; planned a stiff, battle before• relinquishii'rg • the Axis Tunisian 'bridgehead. ' Allied commanders saw .a possibly long siege. liefore .,them •'as they .contemplated his northern • defense positions. That • siege ntgTit ue costly win Iii es,' they' warned. Bet on. both the Allied',•. And German' sides .there were evi- den•ees-of : belt•efr-that- heaen a -was=- not too far off;. The Germans Were 7 -ruthlessly pressing. the labor of; their captive countries to the task of,buildirig fortifications along the ,shores of . Southern Europe. In Northern Europe they were clear- ing: civilians• oe:t of, areas that might become ,battle zones in .th.e of..., an.. Allied_ itu_asion.... Ili... United Nations countries' there was a heightened air of expect= ancy., The Spring. was growing older. 'Good fighting weather' was neat`., • Romrne,�tl's Rear Guard;• For five' inonths -•the Germans have been . planting lanl .mines . along every approach to the. Tun-• isian coast. They cannot : be dug • up in five hours. or 'five hays. Title. ..mechanical rear guard which Rom •mel .left behind •-hint has served him ' as well • as Axis tanks and guns to delay our att.aclring, col- Honor To "Number .10" Let's have Less nonsense froni the friends of Joe, ' We laud,. we love him; -.but the nonsense - 'no. In •1940, *lien we bore the brunt We could have done, boys, with a•I.Second Front, A Continent went :down •a cataracta But Russia', did not think it right to, act.. R Not ready? No'.' • And ° who shall call •her wrong? Far better not tostrike till. you are strpn as. - 'Better -perhaps, but this was not our fate, To make new .treaties'tWitli the man you hate: Alas, .these sly manoeuvreshad to .end,' _ When Hitler leapt upon his larst friend. (And if he had not, I wonder, by the way, If Russia would be in the war to -day?). But ,wino rushed outio-aid the giant then, r' A giant -rich--in corn;, •aiid oil, sand • men • Lang, long prepared, and haying, so they say, The, m'lrst -enlightened ruler of the 'day. • This tiny Island, antiquated,. tired, Effete,: capitalist; and uninspired;• This tiny Island, wounded ' in the war • Through taking •tyrants on two, years. before; • - This tiny Isle of muddles and mistakes, Having a front. on every wave that break; • • • We might have said:. "Our shipping,'s on the stretch, • You _can-.fetchtj'---- • But this is not the way, we fight this war; Wo gave--the-tanks-andi-tialte-•them to• -the door:. .. Honor the Kremlin•, boys, but, now and then, Admit some signs . of grace at No. 10:' . r, -A. P. Herbert, in Punch; field which the Germans had plenty of time to load with explosives. From now on Rommel must do his mining• hastily, though he isre- ported tohe manufacturing var- ious types in considerable quan- tity from .materials shipped :across. --the--Strait of . Sicily. One 'thing; however, seems :certain. When he is -driven back to the beaches .It will do him no .good to mine .the" vVAs early as ,.1.939, . derieg' their drive into Poland, the 'Germans used land mines td , hold the .. French on the ~Belfert :triangle. Yet.no_futlly,;su_ccessful counter to• this weapon thas thus far been de- veloped. • Clearing inine .: : fields. is Still:ea slow-. and costly process =:. U. K. Lend -Lease To United States • The first hospital train built •in• .Britain for • the ' United States- • Arany Medical ' D'epartment • was formally handed over recently': to Brig. -Gen. Path . R. !Lawler: i h t 'n"ea lint a . car for sitting -hp patients.' can ' • carry nearly' 300 wounded. - . It also 'includes a •pharmacy car and operating theatre., two kit- chen cars and other ,care for stores, :offices; [medical ' • officers, nurses and attendants. • Brig. -Gen. Hawley said this "is an exampie of the close co-oper- ationwe have received, through- • out. I wish the people in, '• the United States could see for • them- selves ilia example of reverse. •lend-lease.", -.7 The tarn""" Tg:bi lrfo 'rim on any' gauge. railroads --in Britain, •North Africa,:. or' ou the continent. Al- Itorlgh.,.theacar_s-were-pi=ed esed-in- Britain, 'the, train is •powered by an American locomotive. utile, • 'No defensive weapon. of the war : has prov d more useful .on, a re-, stricted front than the land !nixie. • On• .a Cast front stleh as . that of ,,.,,1.:1 e...,,IJ11 s.sla 1.:: '.. nt er-o.1:f.eri-siv-e. -it-is----,, riot so . effective, • simply hecduso . thi.re is too much ground to Cover. The whole world .could. pot produce • enough urines 'to neutralize 13700 000 square miles of territory.. But in Africa the laird -Mind has • help- , ed 11otitntg le escape his 'tlursuers again afisi' gain.. The route of his ref Teat from Egypt had great length - But very little width; he could. mine -the' shore road ..almost -••r anywhere, .In• Tunisia every •moun- 'tains pass. was a • potential mine , ' LIFE'S LIKE THAT r Lend Garden Tools'#; - - • To )(our Neighbor When your neighbor asks • Abe •borrow your, lawn mower, you `say : ' you' are'• using it and her replies,': "well, you won't be needing your . hoe, . then," please be patient. :.. The •prices Beau!, among others, . has. cast . a mantle of: respectabil ity .over the man who owns noth!t• . ing •but. a ,chunk cif land In 'his back yard. •'If you have not gardened 'be- fore, and have ,neither the ,tools' :nor the':experienee, offer your kir- vices as a 'digger' .ta your :nearest • 'neigh'bor •or community centre • where there is already a vegetable gardeu', established or projected;" board .official's said. "Every, tool and every seed has got to show" results this 'year, and the expert ments .of the amateur: are `apt is be wasteful," • Beide ,eotiimunity • effort,. there will also .'lie -door•-to•door.- cooper.; anion in garden production, and this, . of necessity, will require tql; • erance in --t - ar ea • tools to -those who ,lack themes Be- cause • e -cause' of war requirements, ' gar.•. dewing •tools are. in „limited .'sup• Piy. i Torii-Of •Material Flow Into India Tons of vital war material are Rowan. info Eastern India and China daily from this huge Ames; ican supply maintenance depot, less than a_y_ear old.,' • -....-.-'ft will be . some '.. time before quantities of. supplies large enough for an all-out offensive against the apanese-Itow"-fueward; • bui;, that time isconning as st;rely as the 'monsoons: • By Fred Neher • '"1 "feel guilty Iayita' here when 1a think 'of my of nfan'•out. trudgits'''' ,t -from house to house 'tiyin'' to sell brushes for s livin'1" REG'LAR FELLERS_Poppa'g a Wise, Guy SCAN 1 WtirdH /e/ la PAINT -rite. %E.Oftorin i'LooR, toPPA3 '(Or.>' MPH, 'A5 1.WISA-ro-rt?CN '(op• iiovt ID 5iiouLtl tie t)oNe. 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