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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1941-10-09, Page 6October otiH imi the exetek time^apvocate 1 CANADA AT WAR “WAU INDUSTRIES” Ry B. M. P. who inspected the of Munitions and Supply De- FEMININE RESISTANCE One- of the surprises of the blitz in Britain is the physical and mental reaction of women. In anticipation of need for shock-treatment, prepara tion was made for the care of great numbers of women patients, who, it was felt would suffer the, most severely from bomb-shock. However events have disproved this theory as actual fact has revealed that a little more than twice as many men are affected as women. This seems hard to understand since the female physical and nervous systems are usually considered less robust than those of males. But after all* it is a fact that we have all been amazed at what we have been able to bear undei* great pressure. Most of us. know, that in the protection or care of those we love, we have found ourselves possessed of unsuspected reserves of strength, and that we can endure lack of sleep and extreme fatigue fax* beyond the limits of what we thought possible, Anothei’ thing we must admit if we would be candid with ourselves, is that we do not indulge so frequently in nerves or hysteria if we have no one to pay attention to our performances. It may be some such reasons as these which govern the conduct of our English sisters amidst the terrors that daily beset them and those for whom they are responsible. •TUe Missus LITTLE EVA’S REAR KIDDY KORNER Recently the news carried the brief announcement of the death of Mrs. Cordelia Howard McDonald, at the age of 94. have heard of her, made her appeal individuals than lean entertainer. Halifax and with her father and mother appeared in the original production of Mrs. StOwe’s. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”. It, is -doubtful if any 'stage production ever exerted a more profound influence on the trend of national events than did this story of slave life as it related to the American civil war, Cor delia Howard first appeared as “Little Eva” at the age of four and for eight years continued the dar ling of the American public. In fact she toured European countries with the same company. Though now forgotten, she is entitled to her place among the stars # * » Few people to-day , but in her day she to probably more any other Amer- She was born in i Aunt Selina. When Aunt Selina comes to tea She always makes them send for me, And I must be polite and clean And seldom heard, but always seen, I must sit stiffly in my chair' As long as Aunt Selina’s there. But there -are certain things I would Ask Aunt Selina if I could, I’d ask when she was small, me, If she had ever climbed a tree. Or if she’d ever, ever gone ' Without her shoes’and stockings on Where lovely puddles lay in rows To like let the mud squeeze through her toes. if she’d coasted in a ’.sled, learned to stand upon her head •and after that Or Or And wave her feet- I’d ask her how she got so fat. These things I’d like to ask, and . then—— I hope she would not come again! —Carol Haynes AN IDEA KETTLE AND PAN Do you sometimes feel that it would be a good idea if there were some central receptacle, convenient ly located, into which we might drop little odd articles for salvage —things perhaps that are insignifi cant enough to get lost between collection? * # * YOU AND YOUR CHILD Calling All Teachers....! Have any of you teachers ever wished for some means of adding in terest to the morning devotional period? Listen, hundreds of teach ers are sending to Mrs. Ethel Adams, 53‘ Millwood Road, Toronto, for a free copy of St. John’s Gospel for each pupil. The children will love to have each his own copy of the Scriptures and will gladly “take a turn” in reading aloud from it in the devotional period. A set of questions—one for each chapter—is included, the answer being a verse in that chapter. When each child has read the little book let and Written each answer, he re* fdejves a New Testament for his very own, in answer to his teacher’s re quest for them from Mrs. Adams. In the same way a pupil can get a whole Bible. ,» Parents! If this plan is not, adopt ed in. your school, send to Mrs. Adams and she will enrol your Children as lone members, and they will be sent all the material needed to go ahead by themselves. Will you give your children this advan tage? * , * * FOREWORDS OF FASHION j --------- 1 Style trends fox' fall: Shoulders changing, capes * growing, waists lengthening. Jerseys should be “tremendous” and the whole sportswear market reflects the revival of knitwear by including more knitted fabrics in their lines. Skirts of dresses which are straight on the side, but with shirred fulness front or side front, look especially promising. , o_ Softer tweed suits are very like ly to rival the strictly tailored ones. Sportswear with the “drop-should er look” should register as more im portant, especially the yoke extend ing* into the top of the an occasional modified -dresses. sleeve and dolman in Anyone partment exhibit at the iQanadian National Exhibition this year must have stood amazed at the marvelous display of implements of war shown there, all products of enterprise and ingenuity. They included the 25-pounder field artillery gun, the Before anti aircraft gun, the Boys anti-tank gun, the Bren machine-gun, the Universal carrier, bombs, rifles, shells, trench mortars, a complete engine for the Canadian-built corv ette and a remarkable exhibit of Canadian -made bomber .and fight er planes. Canadian factories are also turning out huge quantities of chemicals and explosives, depth. charges and land mines, as well asi motor torpedo boats, naval gun mountings, mine-sweepers and aux iliary craft, It was for the purpose of giving •Canadian editors a chance- to learn the inside story of production of these war weapons that the De partment of Munitions and Supply, headed by Hon. C. D. Howe, made it possible for them to visit a num ber of' Eastern Canada war indus tries. In the short time available the editors saw sufficient to make th ear realize that Canada ois re sponding nobly to the Churchill appeal: “Give us the tools and we j will finish the job.” Right across Eastern ’Canada gigantic new ar senal has come into being, with scores of new factory buildings be Canadian industrial first made lines of the Bren gum We noticed that a remarkably high percentage of the workers were girls or wom en. Indeed we found in nearly ev* ery plant that female help was be ing utilized more and more. One official emphasized that in many operations the nimble fingers * of young women were more suited to fast production. Building Bombers The editors had their glimpse of how a bomber is in an aircraft factory pear Mont real. This particular plant is en gaged in production of the Boling- broke bomber, It has been enlarg ed four times to take car.e of ex panding orders. We saw bombers in all stages of production to the jP point where they were rolled from I the factory for trial flight. We j were given a demonstration of re- | leasing bom'bs from the plane’s belly that was highly significant. The entire plant reverberated with activity as trained hands of men and women put together the huge bombers which will one day wreak vengeance over Hitlerland, It is, difficult to imagine that Canada’s aircraft industry was only in its embryo stage when war broke out, yet today we are manufacturing IS different types of planes.. The majority of primary trainers for the ■Commonwealth Air Training Plan have been delivered and the factor ies are giving more attention to ad- i vanced trainers and heavy bomb ers, In two years the personnel of' the aircraft factories has. increased from 1,600 to more than 25,000. The cost of an airplane staggers the , A Hampden bomber, the fight for freedom. A visit to the Dominion Arsenal where small arms ammunition is made completed oui’ tour of muni tions plants in Ontario and Que bec,, We had seen only a small see-' tor of Canada’s war industry, a lusty infant that is speedily acquiring the vigour of young maphood and will within d few months hav.e reached4 maturity. Col, W. A, Harrison, executive assistant to the Minis ter of Munitions and Supply, who was a member of our party, told the editors that in addition Canada was producing twenty kinds of high explosives and as many as 400 mo torized vehicles a day, as well as operating the largest small arms factory in the Empire. He said that when maximum output was reached they could equip, a complete division every six weeks, Rifles, two-poun ders and Tommy guns were among other equipment being produced in Canada. He declared that Can adians could make any kind of war equipment if given the plans and de signs. The Department of . Muni tions and Supply personnel had grown from 20 Q to 2,000 since the Wax’ began. He admitted that the officers had experienced many heart aches, that many bottlenecks had been encountered and that only now was the entire plan coming to fruition, Unquestionably the armaments plan has cost Canada a colossal sum of money, even now running into, astronomical figures. .. No doubt waste, inpffeciency ’ and extrava- ' gance have had a part in the story. But the main point is that war in dustries are now swinging into pro duction and that it is NOT “too late”, as once' we had good reason to fear. * ii R tan^wm^waMa :;■ li ft $ !&■ ~r u OuaHty (founts Mwf gs$UM <• %•$ ■ British Women Make Guns i A new photograph taken at a British Ordnance Factory where wpmen workers contribute ranch to its evei* increasing output. In the final assembly bay at this 'factory which is turning’ out large numbers of guns, overalled girjs are seen at work upon gunbarrels, ing added to Canada’s industrial imagination. war giant, and older plants turn-j for instance, costs about $150',00'0. Fresh Rhubarb for Winter Use Early this spring, while enjoying a meal with a friend, I had some delicious fresh rhubarb pie. The rhubarb, it developed, had been grown in her own cellar in the fol lowing .manner: In the fall ,dig up a root of rhu barb and leave it lying exposed until there has been a‘good hard frost. Then take it into th.e Cellar and leave in a box in a corner, but water occasionally. With this small amount of trouble she was able to serve a rhubarb pie about once in two weeks. Fox’ the cool fall evenings that will arrive before long, we suggest the following hot supper dishes: Upside-Down Vegetable Calce Two cups sifted flour, 2 tsps, baking powder, % tsp. salt, % cup , shortening, 1 egg, ’beaten, 1 cup milk, 4 cups mixed cooked vege tables ( peas, carrots, celery, Lima beans), U tablespoons •Mix and gethei’ and bine egg and milk; add to dry in gredients, stirring until mixed. Ar range hot seasoned vegetables in bottom of greased, shallow casser ole or baking dish, add Vegetable stock, dot- with butter, cover with first mixture and bake in hot oven (425 20-25 minutes, hot serving plate with Serves 6. Easy Supper Have you tried a supper dish made by placing layers of flaked salmon and cracker .crumbs in a.gi’eased cas serole, pouring over it a can of mushroom soup to which a little on ion has been added, and baking amout twenty minutes? Baked Gomed Beef Hash 2)4 cps, or 1 12-oz, tin corned beef cups diced cooked potatoes cups bread crumbs tsp. baking powder cup vegetable stock, 2 butter. sift dry ingredients to- cut in shortening. Com- Turn out on tomato sauce. Dish ing to war work. Spinning wheels, turning lathes and whirring mach inery tell their own story. The Do minion Government alone has ex pended $500' millions for new plant and materials, while total orders for munitions of all kinds now ex ceed two billion dollars.. In terms of large-scale industry, this has hap pened almost overnight. Until the fall of France, Canada was not looked to seriously for the tools of war. When Vichy capitulated, the picture changed abruptly. Canada’s industrial and government leaders worked day and night to formulate the blueprint of the huge machine which in little more than one year has swung into action. A year, even six months hence, production will be on a scale not deemed possible a few months ago. Knowing little of this war pro gram other th^n what they had read , in theSr newspapex;s,' fifty Canadian editors sallied forth late in August to find out for them selves. We saw only .a few in dustries, eight, to be exact, a bare fraction of the grand total, buti they formed a highly-revealing: cross-section, In Hamilton, for instance, a beehive *of armament making, we visited only one plant, the National Steel Car, largest shell-producing plant in the British Empire. Around the days a week thousands field artillery ‘ and guns are pouring from cated machines which lengthen them, shape them fuse, f The infantryon order 17 feet long, carries a can machine • guns, as well as bomb equipment. It is peri- •y// con- Can- they t ’jrawvEraamr LOCATED »SA5T ROUTES G. W. LAWSON' Manager. .”5". OH ST I' R <B'l’ F F A L O ~ E RI F. The Cough That Sticks The Cough That Hangs On This is the kind ofcough it js hard to get rid of, the kind that bothers'you during the day and keeps you awake at Dight. • - Why not get a bottle of Dr. Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup and see how'quickly it will help to relieve you of this coughing condition? It acts promptly and effectively, going to the foundation of the trouble, loosening the phlegm, soothing the irritated air passages, and stimulating 1 the bronchial organs. • • *’ “Dr. Wood’s” has been on the market for the past 48 years. Price 35c a bottle; the large family size, about 3 times as much, 60c, at all drug counters. The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. Tanks and Tank Guns We visited another factory, which only a year ago was a peace time industry but which xs now producing tank and anti-tank .guns for Ganada’s armoured forces at an astonishing rate. Fully equipped with the most modern machinery, the greater part of United States origin, this plant typifies the revolu tion which has taken place in Can ada’s war industry. A third plant in the Montreal area was producing the new infantry tank, designed to cooperate with infantry in assaults on enemy positions. Several of the completed tanks were driven in procession in front of the factory for the benefit of our party. They made an imposing spectacle as the heavily-plated and armored vehicles moved up and^ down the street, their treads clanking -on the pave ment. A tbtal of 800 of these tanks is now tank is on and smoke equipped with wireless set, scope, telescope, telephone and other instruments. The crew are well protected by thick armour plate. A year ago these tanks were not sidered within the realm of ada’s potentialities. To-day are a reality. The 25-I’oimdei' Gun One - of industry’s most spectacu lar achievements was viewed by our party at the magnificent plant at Sorel where the guns are coming ly line. Here we Simard, Joseph Small-town (French-Canadian whose enterprises would make a story iii themselves. Originally en gaged in the ship-building industry, they had the foresight and initiative to launch a wax' undertaking of vi tal Importance to Canada. Over coming tremendous obstacles they •have built a modern plant, equipped with precision machinery, turning scrap and powerful Before the fixers bought they could find transported it up to the spot where they planned to erect their plant. Today the great piles of scrap outside theii’ build ing testify to the fact that they have an abundant supply for months to They brought skilled "afti- undertake Aftex* the these work- Cofpbration Today clock Seven ■of shells for anti-aircraft the compli- bore them, them/ nose and prepare them to receive, loading caps and other parts. Bren Machine Guns Toronto wp visit,ed the John Inglis Co. plant, producer of the fajned Bren automatic machine gun, now one of the most prized weapons of the 'Canadian Army. Successful launching of Bren gun ^production constitutes one of the epics of this war. The enterprise began at the outset of war under inauspicious the tidn was that character of’the enterprising Major Hahn, chief promoter of the Bren gun progrd’m for Canada. We had the privilege -of meeting Major Hahn, of hearing him speak for half an hour and of learning something about the man from acquaintances of long standing. We would judge that a majority -of editors present on' that occasion became convinced that here was a man who knew his business, who had the vision to make possible a vital link in our war machine and who was striving earnestly to do a job for his coun try. Incidentally Major Hahn served In ’Canada’s armed forces in the Great War and according to cOmradeS-In-arms, he was a first- class soldier and an •officer noted for his initiative and fearlessness. Under his direction the Inglis Co. plant has hec'ome the largest producer of automatic guns in North America, if’not in the world. Work ing far ahead of schedule it will have produced many, many thous ands of Bren guns In 1941. The; Canadian Bren gun enjoys a high reputation for .efficiency and per fection of workmanship. It is In high t favour with men of Canada’s army. The plant and equipment ; used to produce the BVeh gun was paid for jointly by the British and Canadian Governments and remains their property, It was designed and is operated by the Inglis •Com-* pany. Thousands of hands are work ing on the materials and assembly At new 25-pounder off the assem'b- met the Brothers and Edouard, lads circumstances, with accusation of political corrup- rife in the press. The result a government investigation failed at least to besmirch the 1 that is iron into the sleek 25-pounder gun. war all the Simard the scrap in America the St. 'Lawrence 2 2 1 Salt and pepper to taste Onion or onion and celery Two-thirds cup milk 1 tbsp, melted butter 1 egg Gut corned beef into small pieces, mix with cooked diced potatoes. Sift baking powder through bread crumbs thoroughly, then add to meat and potatoes. Season to suit taste with salt arid pepper, using a little onion and celery salt as a part Of seasoning, or add one finely chopped onion sauteed briefly in but ter. Over this mixture pour the milk, then, melted butter, well beaten egg, blending thoroughly with dry mixture, ter shallow baking dish and fill With hash. Top with few extra bread crumbs, and dot with butter. Bake in moderate oven (350*275 degrees F») for 20 minutes. Serves six, salt.come, sans from France to I mechanical operations, fall Of France they lost men. The Chrysler Stepped into the breach, many hundreds of workmen, chiefly iFrench-Oanadians, are performing the exacting tasks in the Simard plant.' The drama of war production is strikingly depicted in this factory, Where massive, white-hot ingots are lifted from glowing furnaces to huge presses where the gun barrels are hammered and scaled to the right proportions, a spectacle that completely fascinates the visitor just as d blacksmith’s -anvil has ah irreslstable lure for the small boy. Another machine will -cut up the rod-hot ingot of gun-barrel steel as a knife would cut through cheese, The precision machinery for turning gun barrels, for fashioning gun carriages and the great multitude of intricate parts which go to make up a modern artillery gun, com mand the highest type of mechan ical skill. Soon Canada’s regiments of artillery will bo equipped with the deadly 25-pounder, one French-Canada’s construbtions CANADA’S telephone traffic is climbing to new peaks! Engaged in all-out Wat effort Canadians ate depending on telephone facilities more than ever. That’s why telephone workers are determined to main tain the fastest, most efficient service under all conditions. They are especially grateful lor the sympathetic co-operation of ail tele phone usors. ’ Subscribers can aid in- making severely-taxed telephone facilities yield maximum service , . * • By looking Up the number in the directory ■ • By speaking distinctly directly 'Into tlife mouthpiece • By answering promptly when the bell rings Please be sure, also, to replace the receiver on/he hook. Over 120,000 times last year, telephones were reported ’ “out of order” because of receivers left off or improperly replaced. These things arc what we mean by “co* Operation’’. first then each But- * * * « it W * * & H; * * 1ft ' KITCTIEN KINKS If silk stockings are given final rinse in clear water to which a little vinegar lias been •added, all traces of »!> * * * '# ___, bo removed and the # * ♦ a * * *■ # #• * • # * a# * # * ♦ ■# * * * * s« a served. soap will silk pre —0—- When washing or put a thick rug under your feet, and you will find that you do not tire so easily. A few drops ol turpentine or coal oil added to the starch water will prevent clothes from sticking when they are ironed. ironing, & o. s.t: Please,, will someone send in a reliable and exact recipe for making sauerkraut. We need it in a hurry. Address: 'the Wo man’s Workshop, Exeter Times- jAd vo eate «