HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1942-04-02, Page 3U. S. Curtailing
'Bicycle Output.
No ' String Over To 13lcyclee
Predicted For Canadia.ne
Manufacturers of children's, bi-
eyele;l- must cease production after
June 30• and devote their energies
• to producing Victory •adult models '
—one,- for women and one for ,
• men—in. order to re.lie e • the
• ,transportation ''b. eneck'• that is'
expected to de be 'ause of,,.
the eli•tnination i a'itomobile•
manufacturing, th. Uni i d States
'. War Production B d'announce
•ed recently. • `
Ifive,r .the Victory bicycles • will,
look' bare; compaW with those
which persons foratinate, to have
bought in the past' will strut out •
, en their. way . tq 'and trent work,
acs:ording to the board. As .a
result oft this' production' program,,
W.P.B. • expectieto divert rubber,'
• nickel anti' other„ strategic hem -;e.:
• t•erials 'to:•inaking: ships,-tantts and,,
•guns: • • • ' . • i -
The weight of the Victory ,.nod-
• el has: been cut from 57 to,' 31.
• pounds, and the, produetion board.
even' •dietated, the type 'Of- frame •
for •each , type' of two -wheeler;
Canadians .who have to aband-
on, their • automobiles because of..
war. conditions., will 'have to walk,
said' Munition. and Supply Depart-
menti' officials, • predicting there
• would he, no swing' over to bi-
cycles such• as: is anticipated • 'in
the United States. • •
In Canada, •ranufacttire of tri- •
eyes ''and sNnall novelty''bleyclee
for chlidrea has, already been
halted ' .While• there is.. no direct
order prohibiting the manufacture '•'
of ordinary 'type bicycles, plant* .
wheih usually produce these now
are largely engaged on war orders;
officials say. • •
Difficulty in obtaininesteet and
rubber also results in automatic
curtailment of their output; it was
explained, ,
• • 'TERIVE
D IN JAPAN
VQI CE\•
OF 'THE.
PRESS
•
• BRITISH HUMOR •
Canadians have often been puz-
zled by what seemed the weighti-
ness Of British humor. But What
of the man 'looking' at 'the one well
of a' house still left standing: Nast
as 1 told you, any one sitting on
the n antelpiece would have been'
perfectly.. sale." Or the ;old pro- '
fessor saying to his servant, girl:
'1 left a device for destroying the
night bomber on this table, and'
now. the blessed things been swept
away or something." Or the. old
lady:. "I see the newspapers .now '
confirm that it was bitterly cold
down here six'weeks ago,,when our
pipes burst.'" •
'Anil the. commQ.neat ,things •are
now aneomtno'n,', es .the Tittle girl
pointed out when .she said:
my, do 'You •remember' bananas?"
"Play you, for,: an. ,egg,". says the
golfer; and, the woman 'writing .
her . diary :'asks, `"What else..did';
We do . yesterday .besides having
an egg for breakfast?"
-Ottawa Journal,
—0—
OCD 'RATCROAD TIES
Writer of a .Letter to the Editor
in an' Ontario paper draws attenr
tion to the burning of old railroad
ties that ; '"would have ;provided
tons of firewood 'fo`r. ` the poor.'•''
Perhaps,' but did the writer know,
that'• the sawing of ties is hard on
the 'saws; because .of • the pebbles,
imbedded, in them during :yes.4;01
,pressure under rails and: tratns?
The wood sawing. men -refuse to
wnclr nn jfiem. They are: much bet •
ter for fence posts, ' as some set-
tlers who . didn't like' •to °see 'item'
being burned along the right of
> way :either, will testify.
--Port Arthur News-Obroviole.
BETTER FAR AWAY
What tf it is a bother" to try to
pronounce 'all the queer ;sounding
place . name:: ''that pop up ,in the
war newsar? It would be uch worse
if the fighting was going en in
places with names that are familiar
to- you. • , • Windsor Star.
1N MAt#r9CE
IR N N
A Weeldr Column About This and That in The Canadian Archy
• f •1•1t
All. you old, soldiers kilo? what:
"pozzy" is, but, how many of you ' •
can tett us where the •'word -came
from? And 'don't ask the. All
I know about it is that '"pozzy"
is jam in the Army. . That is to
say jarn. is "pozzy" in the 'Mess
Room, but •when •you . come to
another Army phrase—one of de-
rision; applied to someone who ,
seems; to be asking quite a lot,
it remains . "jarn". The phrase:
"What do you want, jara on it?"
' • All this. isn't so far. beside the
• point as, it may . seem. $y the
'time a. man • says; shove the
po.zz'y down.here;" he's a soldier..
Mind' you,: he 'didn't get to be,.
a soldier by learning' Army slang
but by the time. he is 'a soldier'
he has learned 'many .a new. name
for cotncrtonpiace •objects. • le. '
.„ie doesn't know just when he
becomes a soldier. I doubt if any
of his 'officers could tell yotl
ther. But somewhere, suddenly,
• or gradually, the civilian in battle -
dress • changes into• a soldier in '
uniform. '
Of course,' 'he takes the , first
sten in the direction' of becoming
a soldier '*hen he' enters the re-
cruiting • office and volunteers to
serve 'his' King and Country. From
that_ paint on the metamorphosis
H.AS SAME ENDING ,
A ,mother' writes to 'a 'newspaper'
foru.tn • asking whether she should •
- --ap'a'n'k—'h-er small—dirughter .oi. -rea-=•
sea• with, her: .The' lesson of 'his- •
tory,, madam, -is that appeasement
always leads to a,spanking in the'
end.
Peterborough ,Examin'er. •
v%a•1.w4ikK<,•<4;44:..•..t<W.w,"euwrturcvn'x.Yti"Y' _•n .
Rev. P. M: Bissonnette-
A 'member o -f• the 'Dornini.an
Order, Fattier B'rssonr}ette, vicar •
general .of the diocese of 'Sendai,
Japan, has been interned, by the
Japanese in 'a -concentration camp.'
- A son of the late Dr, 1'. J. L.
Bissonnette, former Member for
•Montcaltn, - and .brother of Hon.
'.Bernard ' Bissonnette, Speaker of
the, Quebec Assembly,. Father
Bissonnette is a former student
of' Oxford University. • He .has
been engaged in' Missionary' • work_
in Japan for 15'years. • •e
Australia .lending
Food To Singapore
'Premie r John Curtin announced
• that foodstuffs are being sent by .
Australia to Japanese -occupied .
Singapore; hi an effort to ensure
• • the proper' fending of Australian
jiTisoners.
"We' were atl'.d iii• send the
stuff," .the I'rethier said.
"It was; put to us very straight
that it had to be for. everybody, •
eineludiul; the nhiave population.
11goes into tl:c common pool and
the ,lapaneee t,is itette •
''i- Aust'ralia's• action- in sending
f•
ood, to Japanese -held Singapore
for the benefi • of impristmed
Australians there is without paral-
lel, so far as ipsatifie.d sources in
Eng:and couhi recall at this time,
and they .were frankly'. .puzzled
hon it c oulci be accomplished.•
Ln,.af:tlleleai MVlove
"Pr•esiunai)ly ships carrying the
suppliea'bcar a conspicuous idenl:-
ifidation swell as n huge red cross.
I'n the absence of anything to the
+„�e*ntrary, you• probably should, as-
surae,, that' the ships diverted are
Australian ones." '
Red ' Cross officials said .they
knew of .no precedent.
' •The concenstis was that there
could be no ccrtai.tity the Aus-
tralian prisoners would ..get the
, supplies or even that t'q a "pool"
would he administered in' a fair,
humnnitat•inn wary, ,• It was aa -
veined, however, that Australiai
authorities had „,decided they had
nO choice hut to take a chance.
ANSWER to QU.ESTION.
At .last we have the answer : tn.
chicltene eioesw-i:heeereadee B'e• rt
'there are no ears taming either.
way. ' —Kitchener itecord.'
' ke a ' steadee progression. ;
• Enlisting is• really quite a •sine-
ple'procedure. At this, time it is
even better handled than :when' ,
was a I.young soldier; Nowadays,
you can walk 'into a recruiting
office;ive particulars of Your-.
self, gel a medical 'examination'
' inelttdiing X-Ray,ethat would, cost
you. ten. , dollars' in .•civilian
and • report right away: to a',Dis-
.trict. Depot where you are '.outfit-
ted with .uniform and• equipment.,
• • At the—District 'Depot new : re- "
',etuits 'get, their. 'first introduction
to Army. life. •Ther are taught
how
,to' wear their .-uniforms and
equ:iprnent, hhow to conduct them •
-
selves In a soldierly .maa'rlfer• it
public,' who to •salute antt when,
•
and the rudiments o ml ars
training.
, •Their, stay at the District Depot
is • made .as short as possible --at •
is ,realized that a man who vol-
,,unteers for service • anywhere' is
anxious to get down to .the busi-
ness of 'learning to fight as soon
as he can •
By the same token ' it is •real-:
ized that when he gets to a Basic
'graining Centre, the new recruit
doesn't want 'to seem ,too ewk-
ward—hence the instruction ,in
soldierly ;coiiduct and bearing 'and.
Canadian' Army traditions. '
I At the Basic Training; Centre,
.train,ixig begins:. Each day the
'nett/ recruit Warns something.` It
is no longer h dreary round' of:
squad. _drill, without arms;, -salut-
ing; the manual of arms; squad
drill with arms; platoon ,drill;
company drill °-- ad' , infin.ituxn.
There is a drill of course.
There has 'to be if you are going
to mold a .group- of men into a
teani. ' But drill is interspersed
with instruction in ;the use of the
rifle• and bayonet„ the light aha -
chine gun, the two-inch mortar.:
There are lectures and entertain--
nNents. Competitions e n1 ' v,e n'
ArnnY fife '' and ,put a zest into'
Y
the work that must be done.
�Go`iro, "�fll�ld--a1ird o,ts� o€ --it
builds firuec1e,.irn place of.' the fat
. worked off by good exercise—
and lots of it—and' by the time
'the recruit ends his basic train-
ing lie has become a soldier.
There is still lots for him to
-learn—that cornea when he, goes
on ;to an Advanced Training :Celts
Centre, but by the time he gets;',
there he ,isa soldier'. He .looks
forward to the new things to be
7 learned with interest and entheisi-
• asin—#,here'• are new trifles of the
soldiering trade to be picked up.
Civilian life is behind: hint. Ahead
there' is a .duty to be fulfilled
and far #[head of that, again that:
strange exist-enee—a;-soldier €rods
hard• to. understand—civilian life!• '
•
LULL BEFORE --THE STORM
It's always good . weather' when
good fellows get tokether-;-- but
there's often a .storm when they
get home. ,
—(Chatham News), .
IN THE GARDEN
By GORD'ON • L. SMITH'.
Layouts
For flowers, lawns, and siu•ubs
about the' average house, landscape
gardeners strictly advise. informal
planting. This is especially desir-
able where space is• limited as it
tends'' to -soften the' narrow:' rigid
fence lines and to add an air of
s'paciouness even to a 20 -foot. lot.
In an informal garden, .the central
portion of the ground is rdtitircby
' in grass. Around' the edges of this •
wilt .be' grouped beds of perennial
and annual flowers, leading up' to -
shrubb and vines along the walls .
or fence boundaries: '
Where the garden' is larger, -ex-
perts advocate sereening•off a por-
tion. by bringing forward the sur-
rouniling 'shrubbery at one -point,
or using a hedge,' wall or trees so '
that the whale garden will not' be
entirely_ visible from any one point
of observation. This will .add fur -
ether to thee air' of spaciousness
and also provide it secluded corner
or iwo for a child's swing or, sand=
box or, •possibly. a .seat or trellis-
' covered table.
Vegetable Groups
Vegetables airy rongdily' divided.
into three planting groups—hardy,
semi -hardy and tender. Among the
first are spinach,- all sorts of let-
tuce, radish and garden.: pees. A
little frost will not hurt these.
Second planted vegetables will,
be carrots, beans, cabhage, pota-
toes •and similar things. 'l hese will
resistfair amottlit of cold; Tender
,vegetables include -corn, ,melons;.
•cticnmbers and tomatoes. Nothing
is -to 'be *gained by .piatitiirg.'these
before danger of frost is over. •
' With ' most Vegetables it 1s ad-
'-•visable to make at least three sow-
ings a week or two apart in order.
to: spread t.ihe, harvest that tench
longer over the season: Further
spreading of'the season is secured
by sowing three hinds of each
• vegetable ee an 'early, a medium
and' a late variety , which will re-
sult it 'a coi'itinmees supply of really
fresh vegetables for weeks longer •
• than. usual. I•
Proper_ thinning, Prequelit culti-
vation' alto all occasiona1 aiYltiiea-
tion of same good commereiat'fer-
tilizer Will keep vegetatbles growing
tluiekly, and 'quick graving snakes
far teen et'neSS, ..
Used 'Blades
.AIitcrlcan men disinrding their
used ,razor- blades throw away
:4,0410 mils 'Of high-grade • steel a
year,'• ••
•e
4
•
THE WAR - WEEK — Commentary on Current Events
Australia Building Up Def fuses!:
Need. Foi AL ut Aid To Russia
The d uratic appoititnient' of ' no, longer impregnable. True, the
General lYIacArthur• to ' the Sb- Japanese give, enaximurn attention '
prenre Command of the Southwest to•the air, but ,defence, of a vast
'Pacific ahows•cleerly that there is number of- island .outposts against
no intent to abandon that (;ontin- • a strong air enemy would be ex- 4 ,
ent. On the ,contrary, • its main treniely difficult for Japan be -
dependence on the United S.tatee cause of the • extended lines of
is, recognized. Even _with the ,as- ;communication between Japan
sistance that the United States:•. proper •and. her: newly 'acquired
can.• send, the Australians now, territory.•• '
face a grim test. -• AnotHer Struggle .
The ' enemy may at any time..? At a gement . when , American
effec landings On the northeast attention is• naturally and'pr•operly
co�. sttwith • the object of reaching ' faeused on. the defense' of Aus• ,,tie 'bi:g centres. 'of. .population• tral]a, says the ,Christia-u Science
s.•Also there is a ' possibility that Monitor,' the news contains_ hints
they, will extend' their • sea opera- ' that a 1ar "larger. stritggle.-is about
tions towards the Fiji Islands with.. to begin at• the, ,other end of the
the phjecti of attacltine esuvoys. Axis:.; FronT Icelanrl' to the. Black
- and ' re.i•tif(ireenlents coining front, : ,,Sea, front.. AfrA • to • the Arctic',
' the United States. The• coittin come reports;'.pf uneasy preppra-•
.,•ued success of Australian `bort*, tions • to • meet Hitle's plans for'
- ing raids .on Japanese bases in, an . all=out attempt' to , break out
New .Guinea will, 'howev'er; 'Make of the prison he; has, made of Eur- ,
the plan more difficult of accom-. ope, ' In two: Y.ionths Aineriean. ,
plishnient, eyes may be fixed even more in-'
To.....hold, .Australia,' tir those tently on Suez pr',Baku than they •
parts of it , worth strategic hold- are now 'on 'Port -',Darwin.
•
develop . Nazi Activity . •
it as. a 'base from which, to, iiecovet. ' New Nazi activity: le- reported
ing, is one thing and to
lost ground • is. another; ' '- from Norway,, Sweden, Morocco,
•
There is an
Allied' orations ; . . . Turkey, and. the . 'Crimea. ' The
Al Pre p •d most common prediction•', of. the
'increased denlan
for offensive action in this theatre • "military, men is'that the. Germans
of war. Are the...Allies prepared - : will concentrate .their • summer
to launch a` fn`ajor offensive? ••It `' .'campaign in the region stretching
would be necessary f irst 'to trans- • frotie Egypt .to the 'Caspian: Tex'
-.
:'ort .to Australia troops • and •• 'rifle dip]omatic pressures have.al:.
. e ready been applied to, Turkey. • It.
equipment end "more' is great— •
is subjected not'.only to the threat
•
planes,. • The distance is great-
welVe thousand, miles --and 'the. of., a fr. ontal attack' through. Biel,,
" tiine is long—forty days: "" =-'garia, b•ti-t of-@fl'eitelern nt-.shnlaliL.
• the• • Nails succeed .in• 'driving•
farther into the Caucasus Yucas1rs or
t{r
na
Suez either by way of -Libya o?
via Rhodes, Cyprus, and Sy'ri'a.
• . Eyes •.On Russia •• '
While public.' attention ie. cen-
'tered. on Australia . it ' is •probable `
that Allied leaders have.been:rush-'
• •ing• 'support into the Middle .East
'a'nd .to Russia.. ....For three •reasoiis •
Russia deserves •particular attert
tion,: 1e • It is absorbing fat more
. _ of 'Nazi- energies_,• than any :othe'r - .
front. 2.' I•t.is the one pl;3ce..Where-`'-
'the United Nations. now. enjoy the -
advantage of the 'effensive.' 3: It•
is. the one front where •both Hit-
ler`sepeoinises—and military=
city force the •Germans, to • new
efforts;, ' ' •
Need 'For Offensive
• To .measure the ioipertanee ,of '
the Russian front one needs only
'to • think. what •the 'picture would.
.be ;were the .Nazis 'free to use all
ter _elsewhere. Sup.ose it
' `Australia's task is to hold; to
' defend and to steadily amass more
fighting power. until the position
of , the . warring nations in the
Southwest Pacific is reversed and
Japan -,,is on the defensive..
• MacArthur's, Objec; ive •
• General MacArthur in his first.
public' statement 's'.as . Supreme''
1
Commaxider said : "The Pres dent
. of the 'United' States ordered ore' •
to'break, through. •the- Japanese
lines and proceed to -Australia foe •••
the purpose, as I understand' it, '
of organizing • an Anlei'i.can• offen-
sive against. Japan., A primary '
eptue pose,of this is the:relief of the
' Philippines: 1 came through. and
1 shall return." ' •
' ' Japan's :Weakness .
Whatever plan • General Mac-
. Arthur hlay .employ, -must depend
• to a great extent on a.ir. , .power. 1
Tills war.is proving that air. power
ha'' so • successfully n'todified.• sea.:
a-
AtlanticConvoy.:
By LIEUT. E H,. BARTLE'fl,
ANEW W Canadian naval tradition
is
lit:.the making.,:, ,
It • is taking shape between the
staggering plunges of .small ships
• • at sea; beii g written by men whose
pride in the job they are doing is
-
4. as. crystal clear. and. hard• as the
lee they see •sheathing their craft.
It • is the. coryett'e tradition=of
those corvettes whose crews boast, .
as they keep the•
',seas, that there
• isn't a sea their ships cannot• take.
There is full -justification far this
boast:, as this. writer • saw when
attached to a corvette on convoy
duty. . , •
Through a • North Atlantic gale-
' in -the -making, the small ship of
war thrust her why, Are of an
• escort fleet • keeping watch ..and
ward o stir a fleet of merchant ships. ;
Her bows crashed into a heavy •
wave,dipped and shuddered and •
rose with a jerking uplift which
sent tire sea cascading over her
deck. :The wind picked up, the
white water,' hurled it in buekets-
full high over the bridge, sent tile•
spray lashing back to the fennel.
On the bridge the men on watch
ducked ft•om the thrashing spray.
Ice formed rapidly, coating the
entire' ship with the exception, of
the hot tunnel—and 'that grew '
white with salt: • The men theni-
-selves were not immune, their oil-
skins and duffel -c' ats were soaked•
and fiozen,' -
Winter weather --hut the cbrvette
took it, as her 'sisters were taking
it while the ' • ntaintained ., their
gnearding stations around the lum-
bering merchantmen.
• There was work ahead of them
which' could not wait for weatliei•,
Ahead and around the convoy
they were plunging and roiling in
e. welt -defined plan. .
They were "screening" for sub-
. marines, ,using , the marvels of
their detection apparatus to. keep
constant listening ' watch beneath
the water while therlalookotl•ts k•elit.
steady vigil over the surface-
Talvitig _tough shelter near ..the
breach •of their gun, a :gun's crew
was ."closed •up" ready, for action:. -
Occas•ionally,.,, as• course was '
changed to take our : corvette at
another tangent, .the captain, gave
his --brusque :..Orders . to .thole__ On„
watch, ".
He is a veteran of the .corvette
cohvoy ,service, has 'taken his 4hip
through submarine 'waters . and
through airpane bli't'zes-; knows -the.
ports on Engand's side of the At-
lantic as well as " he knows. the
Canadian bases from which he now
operates. Subrnarirre screening' is
an, old tale to him; now, but it- is
a tale whose familiarity has not
bred contempt: He was as t:utir-
ingly alert on this voyage as . be
had been on his first.",
• The -senior escort ship sent. a
flutter bf signal flags to tier yard•
Our signalmen translated tire order
they gave:' Astern of us iwo of the
merchant 'ships were straggling
from the convoy's course, showing
' sighs, of becoining separated from
the main'fleet, and we were order-
ed to their vicinity. '
•
We spun around sharply—these'
corvettes seem to be ,able to..turn
in .their own wake:or on the crest
of a wave—and start: d. backwards
• toward the stragglers. •
While they • slowly a ado Jthhir
wily again to their convoy station.
Our ship gave them her, undivided:
protection. • Another triumph for
the, corvette service, the fact that
rhes' have overcome the'ditiiculties
of early convoys when escort 4ilips
were not numerous enotgir to spare
a
one flurr.her st.:.tion to take, care
of possible stragglers. ' Today , the.
escorts are strong enough to per-
mit detaching individeel sell)* for
special ,du tees. •
The captain in the wing of the
bridge, ducked as freeziug spl'a'y
slashed back at him, ,lei's Oilskin
•
were. concentrated on Turkey and •
the Near 'Etta, in a new assault
• on J3ritain,' or a .drive toward.
Dakar acid South America! But
it • cannot be While the Russian
front exists. Does not this fact
make it plain that Britain and
Axanerica should either furnish tile'
Russians important help on their
frdnt or establish an active front.
elsewhere which will prevent Nazi
cuncentratioxi on Russia?
;For months' we have been read-.
ing :comparisons between German ,
. reeerses in the Russian :campaign
and • Napoleon's catastrophic to -
,treat from Moscow,: •In i\'lar•ch,
Napoleon's armies had been
shattered, routed and -driven from
-Russian: soil. • in Marcid., 1942. •
Hitler's force's till hold morethan
three-fourths of the Russian ter-
ritory gained'• in the:sentinel! and,
fall of 1941, The German 'armies
are not yet . in a. Napoleonic. re
treat --that, is . esemetI ilrg to re --
member.' •
DEPAI%TM'EIIT YOP HIGHWAYS, QN4TARIO
QNTARIO
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS'
Separatesealed tender marked; "ren-
der Tor Contract No: will be
received • by ""the undersigned until
twelve o'clock noon. Wednesday. April
129th, 1942, 'for the following: toric on
the King's Highways:,
CRUSHED,GRAVEt
Huntsville Division
COutract No. - Toaaapi
42.392 Highway No. 69, Baia to
Parry Sound . Boundary.. -,12,000 '
-343 Road No. 207, Essonville to
'Hastings County Boundary
and Rd'.' No. 209, Go(ider-
tiarn to ,Wilberforce 15.000`
-344. Road NO. • 208, •Minden to
Kinmount • •and•., Road' No.
209;*I rr
t-to--Gooder.
ham 15,000
345• :goad No, 206, 'Haliburton
to Redstone. and Road No. •
207, Haliburton to. Es-
sonville 12,500
-346 Road No. 401, Port Severn
to Honey Harbour : And
Port Severn to :Go -Home '
Bay • 4,000
-347 Minden to Haliburxon. • :22,000.
Tarry Sound Division
-348 Hy. •.No. 69, Hayes Corner
to • South ',Boundary of
Parry Sound Div: and
Hayes Corner: to Rosseau.20,000
-349 •Emsdale • to Siirucedale10,000
-350, Golden Valley. to Loring10,000
North Bay Division
•351 Hiehie:a:t '11or: 17,' ' Nolth
,Bay easterly. 7 miles7,000
-352 Highway No. 63; Little
Jock(. River. to •• Timis -
kerning, , and 'Hy. No. 63,•
Ferprlia to northeast, 6
miles 13.000
353 g away o. ti4, s .0 geon ..
Falls to Field, Field' north,
• and' Field to River Valiey.13,000,, ,
-354 Hagar to Noelvilie:. War-
' ren to River : Valley: and
• • Verner to Lavigne . 26,00D
-,New Liskeard Division
-355 Kehogami to Ramore 30.000
• -356 Timmins Back Road .. 10;000
-357 Kirkland 'La'ke to Quebec •
Bdry. (Alternative Crushed ,
coat was brittle with ice, the broad'
peak of his- oil-skiu cap. Bore ice
almost -au inch •thick: '
Through 'tomes -well used to ,-peer
ing through such weather 'he
• -.watched his two chat ges claw up
into their positions ''with the re
niaiuder of the convoy.: ' •
• They'll. do," he said briefly to
his First •Lieutenant,' as he: gate
the ,.order whieh brought his own
ship .back, into• station, "huts we'll
keep et close • eye on them toltight.''
There *as no • comfort on the
bridge., where 'tire ice was already
• inches thick. but the calttaiu .stay-
ed there -through the vVeary hours..'
•Oecasionaily he gained a little re -
,Spite when his dutjes took him'
for a few minutes •into . the small •
ciiartrooin: already well filled with
the men o,i duty, li.is stays there,
lion'ever, were short—the • open
• bridge rireei• him irresistibly:
The changing of .the Watch saw
hie) still on •duty.- '•
Below dei'ks, in' the shout•heated'•
"quarters apliortioried to 'the sea -
mete men ,whose spi 1l of duty had
ended. .Dere thawing out front. the
biting
cold, Sweaters and scarves
were peeled 'off—the .thick, wool-
len 'sweaters of which seameu•caii
never get enough. , They take a• -
long time' to dry, once they get
.wet. and ,spare ones are vitally
necessary,
Despite the 'wild cavortings. of .
the tlorvettc, the Cook, had turned •
out 'a hot, meal. Corvette coops
have their pride, too. iu their ser-
" vice. In the mess rteck, rising
dizzily and swaying ei.izily .t'O •the•
seas, tite se''lhnear ate, 05 only hun•
-
gry. men can eat. • 'd'iten tiiey sle.p•4,
so' they should .colter rel'irs;lt-d to
their next turn dt. duty,
All was clear abovi',,:o the cap-
tain decided to seek iii:• rest as
iv:eil'. From the bridge Ito came
to the tiny lvurd•roo;n 8;lielt boasts
'hut two chairs anti d a leat•her•tov-
ered•bencli•: Coinfort•in a corvette?
It's ' not ••expected' by • their crews,
who find compensation. or its.lack .
f'in the fact they ere doing a 'bard
.job well: '
.. • The. captaiu''wasted little tinge
Over his meal'. It. was the pur•-'
poseful• eating Of,.a. man whose .in
tere t, "Was— eTSeWhete—Fir't'hs- job-
. be was .doing. His meal finished,
•he went to his cabin to sleep. The
• conitortable• bunk there . does not '
mean mach to thine .at sea._' Rather
be. prefers to sl ep, partially' dres-
. sed, upon, a leather. settee; ready
• for ...any emergent cal/: e.
• ,The coming` of'darkuess saw him
on. the bridge again,. The ships
forged through the night, -barely
. seen shadows on an ink -black sea,
and •the breaking dawn. saw them
safe. ' Sd, if the corvettes cpuld
make it so. subsequent dawns were
to See them' equally safe, until the
d y came When they would arrive
w th their precious cargoes,' 1n, the
which they W h r • •ere:•, hound.
o1•is
p tit
it's a hard 'scrcice, tite corvette.
fleet. but a proud one. Otte, too.
which has •scored its successes
'Against the enemy.. Th'' .Admiralty
his reteiiseti• one, report which told•
how two Canadian corvettes s}tnk
•a' L' -Moat and captured ..lost. of •
her crew. and hints have been .
propped that this is not the only
sulxnlarine which has fallen victim.
to Alio Canadian ships, • Corvettes.
too, -hat e SaveSI scores of lives.-
britiging safely td puri the' sur
.'h'ur't/ Ol merC)1a11t talot;s N :licit
hake • b,etp tox'iletioed. They have
fought off aeropt:ale: and tal,'n
their Int „hent ship c:rte,_ - sal •1;:
111:11t02,1 lar a:lute.,
't'ac•it' t:is.;s are many sod • vat•
ik'd, but tire cot vt.1!es tatki t.tem
lairt' ei tan COrv•',to tri-
diih 1u:rs that the;' kcep
' the etes, in fail we:ilit.t or, font.
so lung :114 there 'i§ a' job to be
. •
mak.,
REG'LAR FELLERS—Happy •' Birthday
a
Charlton north: and Chant
ton • west towards Elk
Lake :27,000
Sudbury. Division
-359' $udtiur-y-Capreol Road —15.000
Blind River Division
, :360 Highway No. 68, Whitefish
• Falls 5 miles• north to T. '
' miles south .. .. .10,000:
• -361 Highway No. 17. Webb-
wood west to pavement.:20400:•
-362 ,Highway No. 17. Thessalon
. to: Bruce Mites T 000
-363 :Highway No. 17, Sault Ste. •
Marie, 12 miles north to 30 ,
miles north ..,....."15,000
-364 Searchmont Read 7,000 •
` -365'-"Manitoulin Island, Mani •
-
, :. • towanin to.Shegutandah. 12.500
. -366 .Manttn itis• Ts'and, Gorr
Bay, , 5 miles • Past, 'to,, 12
miles west , 7•�
-367:. Manitoulih Island, •Koen, 4,000
won't,' west
-368 Manitoultri Island, Frovl-
deice Bay to Tehkummah 5.000
Fort Willis:a i)iviuion
:369. Highway •No. 17. Nlptgo#i "
to Rossport 15,000
-370 'Secondary' Roads, Pearson ' •
and Scob'•e' Townships. —20.000
Kenora Division
-371 Kenora to Reddltt ......•, 25.000
Fort Frances -Division
-372 4?lghn5)' .No. 71, • Eriio to
r5r00o
Slemin
373 Secondary Road No, 205. -
Secondary Road • No. 206:
and 'Secondary' Road No•25,000
207'
Specifientions, .in[ormatlon.to bidders.
tender iprnis and leader envelope§ may
be obtained on and after. April 2nd: ''
1942, from the office of the undersigned
or• 'from the office of the fbnowing
Division Enginiters:--Mr..C. K S. Mac-
Huntsville.
ao-Huntsville. Mr. R. To.. 'Richard-
Sound:
Richard-Sound: Mr. C. TackaberrY,
North Bay: ".r• a 'ri,; i.ongstaffr, New
Llskcard: Sir. C F. Sziimtners, S.tid-
batty ; el r. A. t,. •McDougati, fiiind
Rivet ,i.' I: Smith Fort Witham.
E •A. Kelly. Kanora and Mt, . (; 1a. .
Lot••: . Fort France's.
A m rked cheque for 1415 sura .01 15-
pet
8pct cent of the ealue of the tender will
be fnrnisht'•' h thr cdntractot• "Allen
•
•suh'r.itt'r, •tentle.t Cheque should be
enclosed In • sena.; tc t ed'•envelope ad-
dros,cd to •the c'4Scf Accountdr: A
•Cnnl'act 'Bond for 1100': of the an,'unt
of the pad.. fii•n'siw.1'1 by a G •,iranty
Ctunaan' sattsiac•ore to the, Depart-
ment Atll 1,c,nnp•1e4 by the rent rartor
when contract to :triird, or 50 per cent
or ae. ,27; 1,10 collatera'. •
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p11
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By
GENE E PN7S
HAVHAVa A CANDY SEECAR,At. CIE
MY PET,BltdALLE1 - IS 1SAVIN A•`•
-THIB WEEK A
Z
�,;,HAVEN'r LOOKED
AT MY BIRD UOUSE;r�
FOR MORE I1 A '
WEEK ! 40E55
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