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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1941-06-05, Page 2BCE FOUR 1 WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Thursday, June 5 th, 1941 WE WONT/i SELL YOU- -------------- « too much fire insurance—but we’ll sell you sure protection and quick service, kt % 4 [COSENS & BOOTH Wingham Representing Writing selected risks in — Automobile, Fire, Plate Glass, Burglary, Public Liability, and other general insurance. Head Office, Toronto. PILOT INSURANCE —-------------------—......... ..............------------------- ------------------------------------------- -------,----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WEEKLY NEWSMEN VISIT BOFORS PLANT i■ During their recent meeting in Ham ilton; members of the Ontario-Que bec Division of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association visited the big ‘plant in which Bofors anti-aircraft guns are manuaftcured. At their din ner Hon. Angus L. Macdonald, Min ister of National Defence for Naval Affairs, was guest speaker. In the up per photo Mr. Macdonald is shown as he addressed the newspapermen. In '•th^lower photo a .group is shown dur ing the tour of the Bofors plant. From left to rightt are: C. V. Charters, (Man- aging Director of the Canadian Week ly Newspapers Association, Brampton, Ont.; H. E. Rice, President of the Can adian Weekly Newspapers Associa tion, Huntsville, Ont.; Andrew O, Hebb, of Newmarket, Ont., Immedi ate Past President of the Ontario-Que bec Division; Walter Biehn, of the Georgetown Herald; Frank MacIn tyre, of Dundalk’, Ont.; President-Elect of the Ontario-Quebec Division; R. A. Giles, Lachute, Que., Sec.-Treas. of the Ontario-Quebec Division. —Photos — Public Information CANADIAN ANTI-AIR CRAFT GUNS USED IN BATTLE OF BRITAIN ;{In this article Mr. C. Earl Rice des cribes work in the Bofors Anti-Air craft Gun plant recently' visited by members of the Ontario-Quebec Divi sion of the Canadian Weekly News papers Association.) By C. Earl Rice I visited in Hamilton a plant that is engaged in the manufacture of the YOUR EYES NEED ATTENTION Our 25 Point Scientific Examin ation enables us tb give you Clear, Comfortable Vision F. F. HOMUTH Optometrist Phone 118 Harriston MONUMENTS at first coat Waving our factory equipped with the Satost modern machinery for the exe- fcution of high-class work, we ask you SO see the largest display of monuments of any retail factory in Ontario. SSll finished by sand blast machines. We import all our granites from the fgld Country quarries direct, in the rough. xbu can save all local deal* Srs’, agents* and middleman profits by filing us, 1 E. X Skelton & Soil BgVe«t fend Bridge-WALKERTON ! FA. H. McTAVISH, B.A. g, Teeswater, Ontario Solicitor, Notary Public gf. and Conveyancer ®FHce: Grolton House, Wrmwter Thursday afternoon 1.30 to ** Teeswater 120J. Swedish Bofors Anti-Aircraft Gun. Before the war, this plant was engag ed in the production of commercial and domestic equipment. Fourteen months ago this firm received orders from the government that they were to start work upon the production of barrels for the Bofors Anti-Aircraft Gun with all possible haste. Before manufacture of these barrels could get under way, two difficulties had to be overcome. Not only was the existing plant inadequate for the work that it was called upon to do, but not one member of the firm, nor of the plant personnel, had previously had any experience tin the manufacture of armaments. To remedy these two dif ficulties, plans were immediately pre pared for the construction of a large addition to the plant, and two of the production men were sent to Britain to gather data on the building of anti aircraft guns, in British factories, The results have been that the plant ex tension was Completed months ahead of schedule, and In the time allotted for the produtcion of the first five hundred gun barrels, nearly one thous and were completed. Let me give you some idea of the terrific expansion that has taken place to make this record possible, The new addition to the plant covers seven and one-half acres, the extension being larger than the original plant, It was built with foresight, and completely ad* ap table to domestic use when the need for the manufacture of war materials is over, The personnel of the plant has been increased in less than a year, 300%, to a total of more than 2,000 workers, The next few months will see that number iucteased to 3,000, During peace time, this plant with its 600 employees, operated ten milling machines. Today* 160 of these mach ines are in operation, Formerly there were twenty*five lathes, where now there are 110; turret lathes numbered eight, today there are 100. I have been told that there are now more turret lathes in this one plant than formerly could be found in the whole of indust rial Ontario. Surely this is a remark able achievement for one plant to have accomplished in the matter of tooling up in so short a period of time. The question immediately corner to mind; where was the labor secured to operate all these machines? Young men and women, IS to 22 years of age, constitute 70% of the labour used in the plant, These yojmg people were trained in the training school operat ed by the industry. The course was planned to train young men and wo men to become competent machine op erators in ten weeks. However, the adaptability of the majority of the stu dents, particularly those who have at tended a technical school, coupled with the ’efficient instruction that the plant has provided, has enabled the majority of the students to go into the shop, as capable operators, with only five to six weeks training. The training school operates in three shifts, with 70 students to a shift. Each student is assigned to a machine, and is taught how to handle and operate it by an instructor who supervises a battery of four or five machines, It is 'truly a thrilling sight to look over this huge plant and see these young men and women operating huge lathes, milling machines, boring machines, etc., all do ing their part, (and a very important part it is,) to help defeat the enemy, It is of course impossible, for many reasons, for me to go into any detail regarding the process of manufacture of Bofors gun barrels. However, I shall try ,and give you some idea of the tremendous amount of work involved in the manufacture of each gun bar rel, The casting is made in a Canad ian foundry located not many miles from the factory where it is turned in to a gun barrel. From the time the casting enters the factory, to the time that it leaves, crated and ready for shipment to Eastern Canada prior to being sent to the scene of hostilities overseas, the gun barrel passes through many .operations. Each gun barrel must be inspected after -each operation, both for flaws in the mat erial, and for inaccuracies in workman ship. These huge castings are first handled on Lo’swing lathes, passed on. to P. 'M. W. boring machines, then to Le Blond boring machines, from there they are passed on to Barnes honing machines, and following that are sent to Bertram lathes. All of these opera tions have to do with just one phase of making gun barrels, that of boring the casting. After the boring of the casting, it is then passed on to a rifl ing machine. There the genius of the plant and government engineers has been demonstrated. Heretofore^rifling machines were only able to cut one "groove” in the barrel of a gun, dur ing an operation. Now this plant has perfected a method of boring all 16 "Grooves" in an anti-aircraft gun bar rel in one operation, thereby greatly speeding up production. And so the gun barrels pass from one operation to another. The barrel ends are threaded, the brass ribbon put in place, the flash guard put on, the recoil spring attached, and then the barrel heat treated to become rust resistant. All these operations are completed in the minimum .of time. I have not attempted to List all of the .operations’understandable to a layman', to try and give some idea of the great amount of work and detail involved in their manufacture. As I told you in the beginning of this article, this plant has already set a record for production, having com pleted nearly 1,000 barrels in the time allotted them for the completion of the first 500. Inside of the next two or three monhs, another record will be set, Instead of building just the bar rels for the Bofors Anti-Aircraft gun, the complete gun will be produced. These records have been made poss ible through the speed and thorough ness of the plant management in co operation with government engineers, in getting this huge factory built so far ahead of schedule,*and in having worked out a plan whereby the total of over 700 heavy machine tools are all standard machines adapted to do the work this plant has been called upon to do, thereby eliminating to a large degree, the necessity of waiting until special machine tools could be designed- It is an achievement of which Canadians can well be proud, When w’e read in the daily papers, how British Anti-Air draft .Machine Guns are bringing down enemy bomb ers over the Old Country, we can take no little pride in the fact, that, Canad ians are producing these guns in large numbers, for the Defense of Britain. FEDERAL insurance STARTS.ONJULY 1st Co-Operative Employment Itisutance Soon Will Be Ati Actuality Let us show you the wide range of Dunlop Quality Tires: a tire for every purse and purpose, at prices that challenge comparison in every price range. 0 TIRE CAN GIVE YOU the Government. Each makes a contri bution based on the weekly wages ear ned by the employee, To the amount contributed by the employer and the amount deducted from the employee’s wages, the Government adds one-fifth of the total, and pays for the cost of operation. These contributions .are similar to insurance premiums, and ac cumulate against the day when the worker, either male or female, becomes unemployed. Then, in a very short time the worker begins to receive weekly cheques which will continue for a limited period of unemployment. This, briefly, is the’ Unemployment Insurance Plan which becomes a law of Canada, just as it has been a law in Great Britain for more than thirty years. With the experience of the Bri tish Act as well as the examples of other countries to draw upon, the Un employment Insurance Commission has created a plan Which should oper ate with the least inconvenience to the employer and !to the greatest possible benefit of the workers. Aunique and simple system of mak ing contributions to the Fund through the Employer purchasing special stamps from the Post Office and af fixing them each week in a book de signed for the purpose, is the record of each worker’s contributions, as well as the employer’s. In this way every Unemployment Insurance becomes an actuality in Canada from July 1st. . For the workers who are subject to periods of unerntplcyiment through no fault of their own it will mean the dif ference between going on relief or charity and the self-respect of having provided for their own welfare through I a plan of insurance savings. The plan is one of co*operation be tween the employer^ the employee, and FORT PROVIDES WHAT NO OTHER FOR GREATER SAFETY worker can find out exactly at any time where he or she stands in respect to Unemployment Insurance. There are some classes of workers who a$e not eligible for Unemploy ment Insurance, and there are certain conditions which affect all Markers, Both employers and employees should familiarize themselves with the terms of the plan which} will be made avail able by the Postmaster in the locality you live in. A part of the plan is the opening of Employment Offices throughout Can ada where workers may seek jobs and employers can seek workers. These office’^ will be opened as rapidly as possible to facilitate the most effective utilization of Canada’s labour force during the war and in preparation for the return of workers to peacetime employment after war work has ceas ed. CARBON MONOXIDE Carbon Monoxide is the gas that kills you when you run your motor car in an enclosed space such as a garage with the doors iclosed. The public should be educated on all phases of the hazard. Persons likely to come in close contact with high concentrations of carbon monoxide such as policemen A. M. CRAWFORD JACK REA VIE and firemen need especially to be in formed of the hazard. The gas does not appear in nature; it results almost entirely from incom plete oxidation or the burning of mat erial containing carbon. It is present during electrical storms, when build ings burn up and after explosions and fires in mines. It is also produced in lime, brick and charcoal kilns; in the laboratory it is produced by heating formic acid and oxalic acid with sul phuric acid. It is found in smoke and in rooms which have been painted and sealed. It has even been reported formed from burning cigarettes. Carbon monoxide is particularly dangerous because it has no smell. It is colourless and should not be con founded with carbon dioxide gas, the one that is- excreted from t'lie lungs in breathing. The asphyxiated person is comatose, the temperature usually above normal; the skin is pale," but the lips are nearly always scarlet red and there is a scar let blush on the cheeks and sometimes over the whole body. The early symp toms are entirely due to the fact that the haemoglobin (the red coloring matter of the blood), has a much greater affinity for carbon monoxide than for oxygen. 1 The remedy for the asphyxiation of' •carbon monoxide is artificial respira tion done by the Schaefer method and kept up for at least one and a half hours. T-he patient should be kept warm and no exertion permitted. properly fed hogs GIVE TOP WILTSHIRES Top quality Wiltshires are made from propely fed hogs and what to feed and how to feed are both import ant, says the Agricultural Supplies Board. It .is top quality Wiltshires which are required by Britain in war time particularly. Of the order for more than 425,000,000 libs, of- bacon, hams and other cuts placed last Nov ember 1st by the British Ministry of Food for delivery ,by October 31st, 1941, 65% is needed in the form of Wiltshire sides. In connection with the proper feeding of hogs, good feeds need to be properly combined in the hog ration. A mixture of farm grains is the best foundation. Protein supple- 'ments promote growth and .save grain. Minerals and vitamins are essential for health and vigour, says the Board and emphasizes that good feeding'is a con tinuous job. The good feeder keeps his pigs thrifty and gaining steadily until-.properly finished at the correct weight of 200 lbs. 7A> UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PLAN iiiifiii *!!W * • • ? I 1 h ■ /I , July istf W41^ade by the employer Contributions arert^® paid by the pur- and the employee, emd arapeu J stamps Sase oi Une»Pl°S toe PorOtttces. by the employer trom m ’Theereploy^^---1^ fcom his wages by the P Stamps will be affi^kt°by employer, called the record of con-The book is Somes unemployed iributicnsjandw^nhebeinsurance Vetoed to a to® which to now uiS ctohstotatt^w^toPto^Hch has - thirty years’ experience to Great Btitain* to fc?eco^"e^o^Ptoer cont* HON. NORMAN’ As McIAIffYf F Z navs th© adxninis- buttons. °^^M“b^0blde the op«ationof Ration costa wmen » Service ior th a Nation^^^p^ersandemployee8- convenience ot emp / VjV, dll persons Contributions are their, em- which i? to fag and doubt as toemployees- It thet ^em, ate to youi e^'S'S^nSons when you “ton salable, ask to^o hot receive a tot® the postal catd. »V . nearest Post 2®S compto« ^otiOn ** te June 14th, 1»U' ta « c<m be enured “‘■‘toS^attentionis diawn to I .’a, * i otMoreotthe lhnploymewto Eo' ««*•gissx N«d”No1 Re»u“t ,s’ i. horttaUf* and 8. Tran»P#a«on Mf «t4V*do»»ar ©tfrato home. 8. Von>«’110 Mrrto.to« ?. Employ»«n‘ to®, gain, ’* institution not Li a « • • pWa*ri6nai nunrinfl fat •»» - 0. Tswchlna, toolndtog **»*»• m amed torow « Itoltow tn ** «* |f* to W W to b* UWtttodh th#mat* to to writ*. 20, VfMto or* *** gam** ww»»> ”• ft r 4 ■ THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE COMMISSION OTTAWA CANADA