HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1942-03-12, Page 6ickHelp W in.
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Canada Ma Reeth Charges'
•'toe Ilse .iAgaknst Enemy Subs
When those curious 'guns that''
hurl depth charges from the sterns
•• of .naval craft spring into action,
Canada is striking '• another blow
at Nazism. For many of the can-
isters• of death which- British" and.
,Canadian .fighting' ships launch at'
lurking .'German undersea craft
were made in Canada.
The 'sailor's call depth chargea
"ashcans": they make ashcans for.
• use against Nazi submarines. The
concussion ,from, their explosion
- beats against, t.ht steel skins of
those sinister. and -water. wolves,
-and .slnashea thein : open...,The pro-
° ;cess of their. actual use seems' to
be simple, :almost as simple. as
'their.: conatruction except that
''uponextiMinatien;'their conStrruc-
tion is. far from simple
To snake • an "ashcan" you take
a piece of sheet steel about. two
• and= a `half by lidur and .4 -half
feet. You poke it into -a pair of
sheers for trimming, into a. set .of
rollers for curving, and before
you .know •' it •yoit have a ' depth
charge finder way.•Enda; are seal-
ed
..
int °'place:
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-COUPONS :FOR .9 AS RATIONING
"Fill her. up" will become an unfamiliar phrase when gasoline •
on,in oes.•into effect in. Canada on April first, For each coupon
Station ,.. .. . _ . __._._.. ,
the service station .attendant, detaches from your•.book,•'shown here.
• he will deliver one unit of .gasoline.- ' If you want only. half a unit,
the seller can bisect a • coupon along: a gerfozated line. • When, the
plan was first announced it wits -thought , a coupon would. be fbr five
gallons,. but the shortage is becoming 'more acute and no one can
predict how much 'it will represent.
These ends• are the uiiique'fea- Modern Etiquette
ture of ^1' depth charges.:. It is
' necessary that the firing' mechan-
ism; • and the primary explosive 1. What type of social letters
c :rg`,e he•-separatefrofn-the-nmtn-•-•-always•-•demand-s-•aprompt-.letter,,...
explosive charge. This is •:done in reply?
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'if it were the dtxle ,:of a, roller.
The detonators are ;int this tube.
• The• main' bogy a; of. the ' depth
charge, which must be water.
proof, surrounds the detonating.
apparatus. , : When the charge
plunges beneath the Waves and
drops- down' towards the enemy'.
---water pressure -,acts .upon :the -iii '-
ing •device," sets it off, ,.explodes'
the death -dealing `iedntents. .the
Nazi, •subniar•ine oil 'that. rises to •
• the' 'surface •.•pis• a •:irect , conae-
, quetiaeof fine Canadian. work=