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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-03-23, Page 24 r r: PAGE o , The Lucknow Sentinel, Lucknow, Ontario THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL LucKNow, ONTARIO. Established 1873 rublished Each Thursday Morning Subscription Rate — $2.00 A Year In Advance to United States $2.50 Single Copies 5c Member of The C. W. N. A. L. C. Thompson, Publisher and,proprietor THURSDAY, MARCH 23rd, 1944 • Practically every man in the service of ,His Majesty, who has any -thing to do with a plane, learned how to handle his job in Canada . . Nineteen out of 20 of the boyswho are drop- ping the bad news On Berlin got the know-how in 'Canada . . Threeout of four of the men who plot the course of every plane in the Bri- tish Empire learned to do it in the •country north of our border. , Canada has mobilized' the iniihtiest of all her resources,* _ her fighting people . . Forty E D 1 TOR 1 L. . 'thousandwomen -ware in the Canadian armed 0 AS. OTHERS SEE US. . , *fores Qver 000 are in the Canadian Navy ' Strange how we in Canada rate President Services, and 16,000 are in the R.C.A.F. Roosevelt tops, and yet how few, Americans, Qn Canada's mighty munitions assembly line, do we hear -who .have much 'to offer but Crit- one out of 'every four persons is a Canadian icism of his leadership. The same* thing ap- --' Woman: Their' • handle the technical signalling . plies in Canada. Those who have much of a devices and secret naval fodes—and, believe complimentary; nature to say about the lVfac- , it or not, they plot the convoy rbutes . . The Kenzie King Government, appear to be very Canadian Govt. has found them iso proficient border think differently however of Canada's structors. Nor is their worilconfined to intricate contribution in this struggle under Mr. King's mechanical devices. They overhaul aircraft en: -- direction. - gines, operate power machines and aetnally op- Mrs. Margaret Algeo of New York, who erate the new instrument which determines still claims to be a very proud and loyal Can-, errors in cannon fire. adian, sends us the following article by Walter The newspaper you are reading probably Winchell, captioned '"Things 'never knew 'til is printed on Canadian newsprint. Canada is by far the largest producer of newsprint in the world . . In spite of her terrific war effort, Canadaissending More newsprint to the U. S. than she did at the start of the War. A large part of it goes in direct support of our own much in th minorit e y. Our .friends across the at Radar and'AScli that women are used as in now about Canada's war effort": Canada is the only one of America's Allies which has not used Lease -Lend help . . Most of her money payments to the Allies have been outright gifts because Canada is opposed, to piling up war, debts . . The United States i Canada's best customer; and Canada is at th top of the list of our best .custemers..—. . -Can ada is the world's largest producer ef, alurnin- tun. Last year. she -produced more than the - whole world did in 1939 . . . Canada is the world's largest producer c)f nickel and is. prac- tically the only source of supply available to the United States . . . Canada is the world's largest producer of asbestos, terrifically impor- tant on .aircraft carriers and battleships . She is a heavy producer of lead, zinc and mer- cury, and the most important discovery of tung- sten ore yet, found on this continent is now be- ing developed by the Canadian government direct . . . It's the backbone of battle ,armor. Without Canadian radium the field ser- vices and hospitals, of the United Nations armies would be almost helpless . Canada is producing fivetimes as much- armor plate, guns and tools as shedid in 1939 . . •. She is producing sixteen types of gun carriages and - mountings, although before she entered the war she had never manufactured a big glint. . She has delivered 100,000 units to. date . . . - Canada has the r largest small ,arms facttry •in the British Empire. She has proclubed more than a million rifles and enough ammunition to fire 300 shots at every soldier in the German arnay ...- Canada is .second only to us in build: ing ships, 'although she had not built a sea- going •cargo ship in 20, years when Hitler marched 'on Poland . . . Canada supplies all of the signal ,corps of the United Nations with a large amount of their equipment, including, nearly 100 types of signalling sets . . Canada has developed a new secret explosive for the invasion—the most powerful in the world. About five out of every six Canadian sol- diers you see are volunteers—the Canadian army has the largest. volunteer force in. the" world . . The Canadian Navywhich had only 15 ships before :the war, now has more than 700 at -sea'. . The Canadian Navy is 45 times larger in men . . . Canada provided the invention Which licked the magnetic mine . . . It Was the war effort, because. American production has declined 24 per cent' and our markets have." alnrOst disappeared . . In our crucial year of • 1941 Canadian production of newsprint was more than three times that of the U. S.—and everybody knows how much paper a bureau:. crat can use. When the snore of war clears, Canada Will emerge as one of the.very great Powers of the world . . Canada and Alaska are the air cross- roads for Europe and A.sia. Before the half - century mark has been reached great airliners' will be going over the tog to Europe, Asia and Africa, non-stop from Canada . . Canada al- ready has, the tallest office building in, the Bri-- tish Empire,. the largest hotel in- the British- 'Exiipire, and the largest fishing grounds in the world' . 7 The Canadian PaCific Railway is the World's largest transportation system and has responded to the war challenge as maginficent- , ly .as American transportation: It also Operates a fleet of ocean steamships and an expanding • number of air routes. In Canada. price 'ceilings mean something . . The cost of living has gone • up only 2 per cent in two years,- while in the 'United 'States and Australia it went up almost 14 per cent on the' same scale of measurement . .The Can- adian people are shelling out taxes at a rate Which -would equal more than 30 billion dol - las in this country . Last year the dovern--, ment of MacKenzie King threw 4 billion dol- lars into' the kitty to beat. Hitler Production and national income in Canada have doubled since the • start of the war . .' After the war Cafiada will expand like we did in 1900 ., . . The Shipshaw power development in northern Canada has an instalfed capacity -equal to the total capacity of Niagara Falls plants ,on both sides of the river. 1t has a continuous output of electrical energy greater, than that of our own great Boulder Dam plant,, Canada, with less than a fifth of its water power resources developed, has the second largest amount of hydro -electric generating capacitil of. any cotm- try in the world. . Canadian Navy which developed the sea sick- The Canadian Foreign Office. declared war ness pills which are used by all the Allies . 'on Japan while Pearl Harbor was still burning Canada has developed the most secret type of —a full day ahead of us. This is a completely ground and air detection apparatus, which is independent diploniatic• service, and our dip - protecting your home in a wly that the Luft- lomats in Washington say that it is the finest waife, wOuld like to know but which only in the world, which is a strange .coincidence, • Einstein could explainsince that's what our army and navy men say The Royal Canadian Air Force has 200,000 - of the Canadian fighters. . Out of this war men manning its planes . . . There are 36 R. 1C, has come closer Canadian -American relation - A. F. squadrons overseas . The Royal Air, Ship than evehefore: OUT hest cugtorner to the Force itself depends for 1/4 of its strength on North is also our best protection when the R.CA.F. •crews . . The British Commonwealth chips are down. • • THURSDAY, AlAftell 23rd, 1944 Local and General Mr. :Philip S. Stewart was in Woodstock on business the first of the week. Lloyd Stewart ol Stratford spent the week -end with -his 'par- ents, °Mr. and Mrs. Philip- Stewart and sang a solo at the morning service in the Anglican church. Mrs. J. D. McKendrick spent a few weeks recently' with her parents, Mr. and -Mrs.- a CAlr,-, Morran and on her return home to Windsor visited with' her cousin, Mrs. Robt. Bonthron in Hensall. Miss . Jean Thom returned to. Pictou, Nova Scotia last week. She was accompanied to Norwood by Mrs. Stuart ‘,Collyer, Teddy and ThOmmy who are visiting there with Mr. and Mrs. Ronald -Rothwell. , Sydney Decker, Billy and Nor - map spent the week -end with • his parents, Mr.: and Mrs. Con. Decker. A number of neighbors atten- ded a quilting at Mrs. Charlotte- Reid's at„Dungannpn on Monday when a quilt was completed for the Red Cross. . Mr. Wilbert Avery of Timmins _and Mr.' Elmer Avery of Toron- t6, accompanied 'bS' Mr. and Mrs. Avery of Lucknow spent the week -end with Ripley, Kin- cardine and Armow friends. , Mr.. and, Mrs. Cliff Menary, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Bunter, Freda and Jahn Of Lucknow spent Thursday.evening with Mr. Jack and Miss Agnes Malloch of Crewe, it being the, occasion of Miss Malloch's birthday. „ BOUNDARY EAST Mr. and Mrs. Harold DaSori and, son of, Toronto spent the week -end at Mr: Ed. McQuillin's. mr. and Mrs. Ed McQuillin and Grant were recent visitors' in !Paisley. Miss Jean Forster spent the 1 week -end at her home. Mr. and Mrs. -Ronald Forster, .and Nancy were recent visitors at Mr. Jas. Forster's also. Mrs. John MacMillan , spent Monday with her sister, Mrs. C. Rettinger. . ' j Mr. Eddie Waddell visited at Mr. Wm. Henry's on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pentland Of Dungannon spent Sunday at Mr. george Kennedy's. Visitors at Mr; George Fisher's on Wednesday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Pharis Mathers and -uax •oaD 'saw pun 'ITAI :uificuea nedy and sons; Mr. Price Scott, .Wren Velma Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Rhys Pollock and Richard and Mr. Alfred Patterson. Mrs.. John Carruthers and Mr. Wm. Evans of Deleware were also visitors at Fisher's last week. Week -end visitors .at Mr, J. Dawson's .were. Dr. and Mrs. Christensen and Mr. and- Mrs. Harold Dawson and Donnie of Toronto; Mr. and"Mrs. Bill Daw- son, Mrs: Alex Dawson and fam-. DONNYBROOK " '• ,Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Craig, en- tertained a number of friends from Wingham and vicinity on Friday evening. The St. Augustine War Work- ers met on Tuesday afternoon at the, home of .MrS. R. ChamneY. A riUmber of' articles were donated for the ixiys boxes, a quilt was Completed for the Red Cross, a bazaar was held and a ten cent tea served. The W.M.S. met at the home of -Mrs. N. Thompson on Thursday afternoon. A -.quilt was completed - for the, Red' Cross. Lunch was served and a social time enjoyed. ily; and Mrs. Stuart Dawson of London; and Mr. and Mrs. Clark_ McLean and family of Wingharn.. We are glad to report that Mr. Frank Millei,thas returned to his home from the- hospital in Lon- don and hope he will enjoy irn- provedhealth in the future. Mrs. Lawrence McLeod -was hostess to the ladies west of No. 4J for a Red Cioss quilting •on Friday afternoon. The. Jolly .Workers met- at the home of Mrs. John McMillan on Thursday afternoon: It was de- cided to hold a euchre in the hall at Whitechurch in the near fut- ure to raise funds. Hold on, Little Fella- vvel-e coolxung- Yes, babies have felt the impact of war just like the rest of Ut17 Their big trouble has been the diaper shortage. It's been diffi- cult for them and their Mothers, becatiiie our looms were basy making hundreds of *hal mili- tary items. But We're beginning switch gradual y btck to eo. civilian production, and Idiipsr . of those 1ori.t1rae (mousses cloth is high on our list of Canadian—wag goods' will be utgeody needed goods. • available. DOMINION YEKTILS COMPANY LIMITS') Sho*As; Towels and Pillow Slips and Magog rvistos! tobelsis No, the stores will not be bulg, ing with diapers next week— that won't happen till the %fees dl over. And you have to ranee& ber that as we produce mote there will likely be a let-up in imporoitions. The gtnrZtl supply pictuse will oiy an e slightly. But MON •