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CANADA AT WAR
Article Number Three
By B. M. P.
“WAR INDUSTRIES”
Anyone who inspected the Depart
ement of Munitions and Supply exhibit
.at the Canadian National Exhibition
this year must have stood amazed at
• the marvelous display of implements
of war shown there, all products of
Canadian industrial enterprise and in
genuity.
They included the 25-pounder field
.artillery gun, the Bofors 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 corvette and a remarkable ex
hibit of Canadian-made bomber, and
fighter' planes. Canadian factories are
also turning out huge quantities of
chemicals and explosives, depth
charges and land mines, as well as
motor torpedo boats, naval gun mount
ings, minesweepers and auxiliary 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 Department of
Munitions and Supply, headed by Hon.
C. D. Howe, made it possible for
them to visit a number of Eastern
Canada war industries. In the short
time available the editors saw suffic
ient to make them realize that Can
ada is responding nobly to the Church
ill appeal: “Give us the .tools and we
will finish the job”. Right across Can
ada a gigantic new arsenal has come
into being, with scores of new factory
buildings being .added to Canada’s in
dustrial war giant, and older plants
turning to war work. Spinning wheels,
turning lathes and Whirring machinery
tell their own story. The Dominion
Government alone has expended $500
millions for new plant and materials,
while total orders for munitions of all
kinds now exceed two billion dollars.
In terms of large-scales industry, this
has happened almost overnight. Until
the fall of France, Canada was not
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cution of high-class work, we ask you
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looked to seriously for the tools of
war. When Vichy capitulated, the pic
ture changed abruptly, Canada's-- in
dustrial and government leaders work
ed 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
Knowing little of this war program
other than what they had read in their
newspapers,
.sallied
out for
few im
bare fr:
they fo
section,
beehive
ed only one plant, the National Steel
Car, largest shell-producing plant in
the British Empire. Around the clock
seven days a week thousands of shells
for field artillery and anti-aircrat guns
are pouring from the complicated
machines which bore them, lengthen
them, shape them, nose them and pre-
them to receive fuse, loading
and other parts.
Bren Machine Guns '
Toronto we visited the John
Inglis Co. Plant, producer of the fam
ed Bren automatic machine gun, now
one of the most prized weapons of
the Canadian Army. Successful launch
ing of Bren gun production constitutes
one of the epics of this war. The en-
I terprise began at the outset of war
under inauspicious circumstances, with
’ the accusation of political corruption
rife in the press The result Was a
government investigation that failed
at least to besmirch the character of
the enterprising Major Hahn, chief
promoter of the Bren gun program
for Canada. Wc had tile privilege of
meeting Major Hahn, of hearing him
. speak for half an hour and of learning
something about the man from ac-
. quaintances of long standing. We
judge that a majority of editors pres-
■ ent 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 machine
and who was striving earnestly to do
a job for his country. Incidentally
Major Hahn served in Canada’s armed
forces im the Great War and accord
ing 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 become the largest producer
of automatic guns in North America,
if no.t in the world. Working far a-
head of schedule it will have produced
many, many thousands of Bren guns
in 1941. The Canadian Bren gun en
joys a high reputation for efficiency
and perfection of workmanship. It is
in high favour with men of Canada’s
army. The plant and equipment -used
to produce the Bren gun was paid for
jointly by the British and Canadian
Governments and remains their prop
erty. It was designed and is operated
by the Inglis Company. Thousands
of hands are working on the materials”
and assembly lines of the Bren gun.
We noticed that a remarkably high
percentage of the workers were girls
or women. Indeed we’ found in nearly
every war plant that female help was
being utilized more and more. One
official emphasized that in many op
erations the nimble fingers of young
women were more suited to fast pro
duction.
Building Bombers ,
The editors had their first glimpse
of how a bomber is made in an air
craft factory near Montreal. This
particular plant is engaged in produc
tion of the Bolingbroke bomber. It
has been enlarged four times to take
care of expanding orders. We saw
bombers in all stages of •production
to the point where they were rolled
from the factory for trial flight. We
were given a demonstration of releas
ing bombs 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 wrech vengeance over Hitler
land. 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 13
different types of planes. The major-*
ity of primary trainers for the Com
monwealth Air Training Plan -have
been delivered and the factories are ■
giving more attention to advanced
trainers and heavy bombers. In two
years the personnel of the aircraft
factories has increased from 1,600 to •
more than 25,000. The cost of an air- .
plane staggers the imagination. A ,
Hampden bomber, for instance, costs •
about $150,000. ’
Tanks and Tank Guns ;
We visited another factory which i
only a year ago was a peace-time in* :
dustry but which is now producing ;
tank and anti-tank guns for Canada’s i
armoured forces at an astonishing i
rate, Fully-equipped with the most ;
modern machinery, the greater part i
of United States origin, this plant i
typifies the revolution which has tak* 1
en place in Canada’s war industry* A ■
third plant in the Montreal area was
producing the new heavy itifantry 1
fifty Canadian editors
forth late,, in August to find
1 themselves. We saw
lustries, eight to be exact, a
action of the grand total, but
rmed a highly-revealing cross
In Hamilton,, for instance, a
of armament-making, we visit-
nly
A TIP FOR
SUFFERERS FROM
RHEUMATIC PAINS
If you suffer from rheumatic pains
here is a good tip—a method by
which you can get the best out of
any treatment, and one which has
brought relief to thousands of people.
Take Kruschen Salts in a glass
of warm water every morning.
Kruschen helps rheumatic pain suf
ferers in two ways, It cleans out the
poisons which exist in almost every
person’s bloodstream (these are the
poisons which give you local pains
and aches) and it helps the kidneys
to filter out fresh poisons which may
be forming, Try this simple treat
ment oyer a month and watch the
results. Kruschen can be obtained
from any drug store. 25c and 75c,
money, even now running into as
tronomical figures, No doubt waste,
inefficiency and extravagance have had
a part in the story. But the main
point is that the war industries arc
now swinging into production and that
it is NOT ‘’too late”, as once we had
good reason to fear.
(Next week’s article will feature the
R.C.A.F.)
COUNTY FEDERATION
NEWS BULLETIN
Interesting Letter From Huron
County Federation of Agriculture
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pane
caps,
At
. tank, designed to cooperate with in-
, fantry in assaults on enemy positions.
. .Several of the completed tanks were
[ driven in procession in front -of the
, factory for benefit of our party. They
made an imposing spectacle as the
. heavily-plated and armoured vehicles
moved up and clown the street, their1
treads clanking on the pavement, A
total of 800 of these tanks is now on
' order. The infantry tank is 17 feet
’ long, carries a cannon and machine
. guns, as well as smoke bomb equip
ment. It is equipped with wireless set,
’ periscope, telescope, telephone and
' other instruments. The crew are well
‘ protected by thick armour plate. A
year ago these tanks were not con-
1 sidered within the realm of Canada’s
1 potentialities. Today they are a re-
J ality.
The 25-Pounder Gun
; One of iindustry’s most spectacular
t achievements was viewed by our party
■ at the magnificient plant at Sorel
where the new 25-pounder guns a are
■ coming off .the assembly line. Here
. we met the Brothers Simard, Joseph
. and Edouard, small-town French-
. Canadian lads whose enterprises would
make a story in themselves. Orginally
engaged in the shipbuilding industry,
they had the foresight and initiative
to launch a war undertaking of vital
import to Canada. Overcoming tre
mendous obstacles they have built a
modern plant, equipped with precis
ion machinery, that is turning scrap
iron into the sleek and powerful 25-
pounder gun.
Before the war the Simard brothers
bought all the scrap iron they could
find in America and transported it
. up the St. Lawrence to the spot where
they planned to erect their plant. To
day the great piles of scrap outside
their building testify to the fact that
they have an abundant supply for
months to come. They brought skilled
artisans from France to undertake
mechanical operations. After the fall
of France they lost these workmen.
The Chrysler Corporation stepped into
the breach. Today many hundreds of
workmen, chiefly French Canadians,
'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 complet
ely fascinates the visitor just as a
blacksmith’s anvil has an irrestible
lure for the small boy. Another mach
ine will cut up the red-hot ingot of
gun-barrel steel as a knife would cut
through cheese. The precision mach
inery for turning gun barrels, for
fashioning gun carriages and the great
multitude of intricate parts which go
to make up a modern artillery gun,
command the highest type.pf mechan
ical skill. Soon Canada’s regiments of
artillery will , be equipped with the
deadly 25-pounder, one of French
Canada’s contributions to the fight
for freedom. '
A visit to the Dominion Arsenal
where small arms ammunition is made
completed ' our tour of munitions
plants in Ontario and Quebec. We had
seen only a small sector of Canada’s
war industry, a lusty, infant that is
speedily acquiring * the vigour of
young manhood and will within a few
months have reached maturity. Col. W.
A. Harrison, executive assistant to the
Minister 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 motor
ized vehicles a day, as well as operat
ing the largest small arms factory in
the Empire. He said that when maxi
mum output was reached they could
equip a complete division every six
weeks. Rifles, two* pounders and
Tommy guns were among othei‘ equip
ment being produced in Canada. He
declared that Canadians could make
any kind of war equipment if given*
the plans and .designs. The’ Depart
ment of Munitions and Supply per
sonnel had grown from 200 to 2,000
since the war began. He admitted that
the officers had experienced many
heartaches, tjiat 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
For the years 1926 to 1929 the
farmers representing one-third of the
population of Canada received just
one-sixth of the National Income and
in the following years this one-third
of the population got less than one-
tenth of the National Income. Que
more good reason why all farmers
should join the Federation of Agri
culture.
The Ontario Federation of Agri
culture are planning to have an ex
hibit a* the International Plowing
Match which is to be held on No,
28 Highway just west of Peterboro,
October 14, 15, 16 and 17. They are
planning to have officials of the Fed
eration present to discuss Federation
of Agriculture work. The Peterboro
County Federation are acting as hosts.
All members of the Huron County
Federation are invited to visit their
tent and make it their headquarters
when attending the Plowing Match.
Agriculture In The Front Line
Excerpts from an address by H. FI.
Hannam, President, Canadian Feder
ation of Agriculture, — If prices of
farm products are being held down by
contract selling or wartime controls,
while no check is placed on the
farmer’s rising costs of production,
how is it possible for him to pay
much more for hired help, or to put-
more capital into cows, sows, feed or
machinery? Without adequate returns
for farm operations, it is humanly im
possible for dairy farmers particularly,
and others as well, to use their pres
ent stock and equipment to full ad
vantage let alone expand stock and
equipment for maximum production.
To date farm people .have had a
magnificiient war contribution and it
has been done without profitable re
turns. To produce to their utmost at
or below costs, under great handicaps
is a demonstration of loyalty of the
first order.
From May 5th to August 31st, 1941,
Huron County Farmers marketed* 26,-
046 hogs which graded 89,45% A &
BI, netting the farmers $17,124.50 in
subsidy. Huron County led all Count
ies in the Province in the number of
hogs marketed and the total amount
of subsidy received.
The Federation should receive a
substantial amount of the credit 'for
the farmers receiving this amount of
money.
Want Better Grain Rates
At a meeting of the Federation .at
Clinton last week, considerable dis
cussion followed on municipal health
doctors, and the Government policy
on feed grain, resulting in a motion
by the County Federation to the Pro
vincial Unit ''That the new policy of
the Government in reducing the
freight rates by one-third from the
Western Provinces was wholly inade
quate and if the Huron County farm
ers were expected to produce food
stuffs, they must have cheaper grain
or lower freight rates.”
Mr. R. J. Scott, President of the
U. F. O. and Director of the Can
adian Federation of Agriculture will
speak at Ethel, Friday, October 17.
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WESTFIELD
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(Intended for Last Week)
Mrs, J. E. Ellis announces the
marriage of ‘her daughter, Rosemary,
to Mr, Frank Irvin Nitsche on Sep
tember 16th at Seattle, Washington.
We are sorry to hear of the illness
of Mr. J. L. Stonehouse at the God
erich Hospital.
A number of the ladies met at the
Church on Friday and quilted four
quilts for Red Cross.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Campbell, Miss
Winnifred, have returned home after
a months vacation.
Among those who attended the
sectional meeting at Holmesville were
Mrs. Howard Campbell, Mrs, Marvin
McDowell and Mrs. Wm. iMcVittie,
Mrs. Norman McDowell, Mrs, J. L.
McDowell.
Mr. Donald Stonchouse of Goder
ich visited on Wednesday at the home
of Mr, and, Mrs. Bert Taylor,
The Jr, Quartette, Douglas Camp
bell, Norman and Harvey McDowell
and Lloyd Walden assisted in the
service of song at the Anniversary
services at Taylor’s Corners on
day evening.
TORY CORNERS
Sun-
Mr, and Mrs. Alex Finlay of Ches-
Icy visited at the home of the formers
brother, Mr* Melvin Finlay on Sun
day.
Miss Irma Harris of Niagara Falls
is a 'Visitor at the home of her par-
FREEDOM
AM4FROM THE WAR SAVINGS
COMMITTEE, OTTAWA'
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The people of Canada are the most
fortunate in the world.
Fortunate in the great sweep of space
that is ours from ocean to ocean.
Fortunate in the vast yield and immense
resources of our forests, fields and mines.
Fortunate, too, in our democratic insti
tutions.
In a word, fortunate in our freedom.
This freedom is threatened today as it
has never been threatened before.
The fall of the British Empire would
mean complete dislocation of our un
fettered way of life. '
Everyone wants this way of life defended
—this freedom saved—for our own future
and for posterity. The response to every
appeal for our defence has been mag
nificent-heartening to the whole Empire
—alarming to Hitler.
But the need for weapons of war grows
ever more urgent, as the Nazi threat
spreads wider over the world.
The help of every Canadian is
needed for Victory.
In these days of war the thoughtless,
selfish spender is a traitor to our
war effort.
A reduction in personal spending
is now a vital necessity to relieve
the pressure for goods, to enable
more and more labour and mater
ials to be diverted to winning the
war. The all-out effort, which
Canada must make, demands this
self-denial of each of us.
Invest in War Savings Certificates
the dollars you don’t need to spend.
After Victory, they come back to
you with interest. Spend less NOW
so that you can spend more THEN,
when labour and materials will be
available for the things you need.
There is no price too high for
freedom.
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Four Simple Regular Methods of Saving
PAYROLL SAVINGS PLAN—For salary and wage earm •’
ers. The employee simply signs a Payroll Savings
Pledge, turns it in to his pay office, and his employer
deducts the pledged amount regularly from his pay,
BANK PLEDGE PLAN — Convenient for business men
and women, and others not on a payroll. Simply
sign a War Savings Bank Pledge and give it to your
bank. The bank will make monthly deductions
from your account.
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WAR SAVINGS STAMPS — A handy instalment plan.
Stamp folders may be obtained from Post Offices,
Banks and many retail outlets. 16 stamps will buy
one $4 Certificate, worth $5 at maturity.
RURAL SAVINGS PLAN—Farmers in receipt of regular
payments from co-operatives, creameries, cheese
factories, etc., can authorize deductions of any
desired amount regularly out of each cheque. Use
the Rural Pledge Card.
SUPPORT THE WAR WEAPONS DROVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Every town and city in Canada will soon conduct a War Weapons Drive. You will be asked to put
all you’ve got behind the campaign in your community. Canada must provide more planes, more
ships, mo?e-tanks, more guns, more shells. If you are already buying War Savings Certificates—
raise your pledge. If you are not, get your dollars working for Victory.I
SPEND LESS-TO W MORE
WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES
8WPublished by the War Savings Committee, Ottawa.
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ents, Mr. and Mrs. B. Harris.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Dane and
Misses Evelyn and Margaret, Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Jacques, Mr, and Mrs.
Alex Taylor, Billy and Ruby were
Sunday guests at W. H. Dane's and
attended the Salem Anniversary.
The many friends of Mr. Charles
Kreller will be glad to
is improving favorably
cent operation. He is
Walkerton Hospital.
Mrs. R. A. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. Dane, Evelyn and Margaret were
Thanksgiving visitors at Mrs. J. J.
Hunter's, Kincardine and J. D. Pol
lock’s, Pine Rivers.
There was a good attendance at the
home of Mrs. John Wylie when .the
15th Con. Group of the Red Cross
met. Two quilts were quilted during
the afternoon. A committee was ap
pointed to send boxes to the boys
from this line now overseas. The lad
ies are also busily engaged in selling
tickets on a fancy quilt; entire pro
ceeds of which will be used for Red
Cross purposes. They expect the
ticket draw will be held early in Nov
ember, The following goods for the
month were turned in to Gorrie: 3
woollen quilts, 4 suits pyjamas, 1 navy
scarif, 5 doz handkerchiefs, 2 pr flying
mitts, 4 prs, socks. This is over 30
quilts this group have quilted for the
Rod Cross since the beginning of the
yean The grotty are meeting at the
learn that he
after his re-
a patient in
home of Mrs. Ernest Harris this township auditors were read and fil-
’ed. The following accounts were paidt
The Pro. Treasurer, insulin .60;
Township of Turnberry, repairing of
Lott Drain $8.90; The Reeve, Clerk
and Assessor selecting jurors $11.00;
A. Rollinson account the Police vill
age of Auburn $38.99; K. McDougalfc
repairing Toll Drain $24.00; S. Me*
Burney road superintendent $60.80;
Can. Oil Co., gasoline $44.80; IL
Chamney, gravel and work on culvert
$74.42; Graham Cook, checking gravel
$46.12; J. I-L Irwin, work on road .75;
Dorn. Road Machine Co,, blades for
maintainer $23.07; A. Mowbray, crush
ing and trucking gravel $1012.56; R..
J. Scott, brush clippers $5.00,
Council adjourned to meet again orc.
Saturday, November 15th,
A. Porterfield, Clerks
week.
TURNBERRY COUNCIL
The minutes of Council meeting at
Bluevale, Ont., October 4, 1941.
Members all present.
Moved by Wilton and Moffatt that
the minutes of last meeting be adopt
ed as read. Carried.
The following letters were received
and read:
Dept. Municipal Affairs, Toronto;
Can. Culvert Co., London; N. W.
Miller, Goderich; Dept, of Highways,
Toronto.
The following accounts were paid:
Road Acct, $68.17; Sundry $20.75.
Moved by Breckenridge and Mof
fat that we adjourn to meet at Blue
vale, November 3, 1941 at 1 p.m.
Carried.
W. R. Cruickshank, Clerk.
EAST WAWANOSH
COUNCIL
Council met on October 6th with
all the members in attendance but
Conn, Beecroft. Minutes of previous
meeting were read and approved.
Communications from A. E. Wilson
and Co. re payment on road insurance
claim and A. S, Leitch and Co. chart*
cred accountants re appointment of
Car Roils over Embankment
Kenneth Porter, Goderich, is in the
hospital, Goderich, with severe, leg in*
juries received in a motor accident
while a party of young people were
returning from a dance. The accident
happened on the approach to a county,
bridge at Bcnmitler after a heavy raitt.
According to Traffic Officer Lever
the car was out of control oh the
bridge proper for 150 feet then crash*
ed through the guard rail of the ap*
proach rolling down a 12-foot cm*
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