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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1942-03-12, Page 7-BOUND FOR DUTY IN WASHINGTON Clear telephone lines for ALL' RUT PRODUCT! N Your telephone is part of a vast interlocking sys- tem now carrying an abnormal wartime load. Don't let needless delays hold up messages on which pro- duction efficiency may depend. OT ER "WeIRTMIE TEIEMONE TifeT/CS' BE SURE you have the right number .. consult the directory. SPEAK distinctly, directly into the mouthpiece. ANSWER promptly when the bell rings. - BE BRIEF. Clear your line for the next call. These things may look but on 6,500,000 daily telephone calls, they are very important. tagrt G'/..;./4457 k.Tior.sr/s Ck, •••• hictice Se.44,4:22. 4 a "OSCAR" WINNERS Pictured with her "Oscar," Joan Fontaine, star of "Suspicion," pic- ture which brought her title as top actress for 1941, is being kissed by Gary Cooper, who was named outstanding actor of 1941, for his portrayal of war hero Alvin York in the highly praised, film, "Ser- geant York," A sell-out throng of 1,500 film folk and distinguished guests attended Hollywood's first war time dinner of the Academy of motion Picture Arts anti Scian,.. With the increased scarcity- of drugs,. the prices on the illicit narcotics have. gone sky high. In one city the illicit price of a quarter-grain tablet of her- oin for several months was $3.50. This means $14.0'0 a grain or more than. $6,000 per ounce. "It is doubtful' whether there is any other substance, in existence, in relation to which there is such a tremencidus variation be- tween legal and illicit values", quotes the editorial from the federal report. The reduction in the ordinary con- sumption of these drugs has been. sharp, the editorial shows. The imports of cocaine for 1940 was 819 ounces as compared with 2,192 ounces in 1939. Boss: "Did you put that note where. it would be sure to attract Mr. Smith's attention when he came in?" Office Boy: "Yes, sir; I stuck a pin, through it and put it on his chair." The differences that arise in lots, of families are caused by indifferences. SALLY'S,, SALLIES e Sttal WOOS dew Lila:1,Z;-;a a circular ama acing "Thursday, March 12th, 1941, WING AM ADVANCE-TIME$ direction, the Canadian .Corps can be . depended upon to give a .goocieteeennt of itself, Since then, the General has taken A rest because of ill l t alth due to over- work. Now he.has recovered and lies come to Canada to confer with the Government and Army officials here about plans for the future, training in Canada, hieluding the learning of trades, The new Divisions, particulary the Third. concentrated on basic training first .and 'now they are • learning rapidly 'in England, It is much more difficult to take basic. training after advanced training has 'beep l• coat [Acted. New Equipment Perfect. • More and more skilled tradesmen are needed by the Army and they cannot be taken out of industry. The trade schools are therefore worth their weight in gold, Repair shops are vit- ally necessary, None of the mechanical equipment was actually defective, but there were sonde faults in design at first because of the sudden jump into production, instead of having the ue- nal two years of testing, The manu- facturers sent experts' over and cor- rected the faults. The new stuff is exactly as we wish it. For the past year, Canadian troops have been arriving in Britain fully equipped. Our Air Force, Navy and industrial development have enlarged. General McNaughton would not say how many should go into the Army and bow many into industry. We. should survey our man power first, We want no flash in the pan. We must plan for a war of long duration and not put all-our goods in the show window now. No one wants to break, up a Division which 'has been once formed. Someone must decide what is to be our maximum, war effort. The General believed there would have to be an invasion of the Con- tinent. (That was one of the favorite topics for debate in England at 'that time.) He said there was *no doubt about it., A well organized nation can- not be brought to its knees by missies and bombs alone. The Air Training Scheme is still Canada's greatest ef- fort, but bombing from the, air has its limitations. In a week at the end of the last war, over 200,000 tons of missies were used in 2500 yards on the front and more could have been. used. Air power cannot drop enough bombs and infantry cannot get there fast enough after the bombs are drop- ped to be of the maximum use, One of the editors asked whether the young man with a good education should go into the Air Force rather than the Army. General McNaughton said educated men were needed in all branches of the service. Even .if they enlist as privates in the infantry, they. will be found by a card index system and put at the work where they are most needed. Most Mechanized Army The Canadian Corps has a sufficient supply of mechanical transport, and has two R,C.A.F. squadrons attached to it, which is more than the average, There are twice as many Engineers as in the last war. There are five regi- ments of long range guns, an armor- ed division, survey and meteorological sections and a thoroughly balanced force. The Canadians have far more mechanization than the. British and Engineers to keep the roads open. We are now on interior lines with a water barrier and can take the of- fensive in any direction..An invasion of the Continent is easier than an in- vasion of England. The Germans may yet attempt an invasion of England and it may be that the best time to. strike back will be after that—but not necessarily. The Germans have 25 times as much coastline to guard as we have, which gives them an impossible task, The Russian campaign has been as gold, frankincense and myrrki, for us. There is no' need for Canadians 'to tell Am- ericans what to do: they know their own show and -we need not tell them. At that time the Russian armies were still in retreat, Petrograd was, surrounded and Moscow was threat- ened. But even that, the General did tot believe that Russia was going to )C knocked out of the war. He was a heartened by their performance, vett in those days, that he was will- ng to base plans for the future on the Boarding the train at Ottawa, these members of the C.W.A.C. ar 'bound for Washington, where they have been posted for duty. Firs -row, LEFT to RIGHT, are Barbara Hatfield, Yarmouth, N.S.; Mary Alexi 'swan, Winnipeg. BACK ROW, 'Norma Gibb, Toronto; Margaret Ivj lea', Calgary, and Ethel Vivian Wiley Victoria. They all hold the rani 'of acting staff sergeant. 417•011111101.0021,043M1=13.110.01:120.0.06•01111011,04111•11.00•0000 41:12.01i11.1:0121.R.101110:1110.010101.001110-000111.041111•0 Conditions In Great Britain and Other Countries As seen and written by Hugh Templin, Editor' of the Fergus News-Record. and tell the people there the-, things you have seen and heard, he said. Talk freely to the officers and men and give your impressions frankly when you return home. I welcome the Press This is the eleventh in the series as colleagues who help to form public .of articles written for the weekly opinion and have never attempted to ' newspapers of Canada by Hugh do work for the. Press, as they. are "Templin of the Fergus News-Re- capable .of writing their own story and -cord. He flew to Great Britain as have shown discretion. We are all in .a guest of the British Council and the game: together to subdue the men- was given an opportunity to -see ace from Central Europe. I do not -what is being done in Britain, Ire- object to criticism. land and Portugal in wartime. Better Equipment The Great Need Asked what is the most urgent need at present, General McNaughton re- plied; Put every emphasis I on the Pro- duction of weapons and • equipment. We need technical improvements such as can be worked out under the direc- tion of the National Research Institute and others who'work under Mr, Howe. Then these improvements must be put into production 'quickly. This will be a long war and we must use our wits and the inventive- ness for which Canadians are noted. There must be full steam .ahead on the production of machines and arms and new weapons. So far there hasn't been much necessity for a heavier flow of 'reinforcements, as we have had few casualties. It is hard on the troops not .to let them see more ac- tion, but Canadians are overseas not just to fight, but to win the war. It is harder to keep up morale in rein- forcement depots than in the units themselves. The men in Canada are being well trained now, General McNaughton do- ddered. They need not feel they are second class troops 'because they are still in Canada. The First Division was gathered in almost record time, Basic training of that Division was dropped because t fighting was still going on in France. 1 That was a disadvantage which has s never been overcome, Word has been e I hope you will return to Catiada:.passed back to complete all basic i - • / MEMBERS OF ANGLO-AMERICAN JOINT STAFF .groups by the 'United. States and. Great Britain to In- tf the British members of that group are Pietured„ lishment in Washington of a combined chiefs of mate sure complete co-ordination of the War effort, Three The ti.s. War department has announced establish. here, LEFT to RIGHT, Lieut.-Gen, Colville Wernyss, Admiral Sir Charles Little and Air'Marshal A. T, Harris, mid Marshal Sir Sohn bill, 'former 6161 of the group. of staff of the Imperial staff, Is the fourth Britoil fact that they would continue to fight. We can give them mechanical assist- ance to add to what they are produc- ing in the Urals, Official reports from Russia were meagre but the Russians must have been prepared with enor- mous mechanization and there was no need to be greatly surprised at their stand. They are careful not to let even their allies' know any more than pos- sible. Shipping Conditions Improve It is a scarcity of shipping alone which has held back, Canada's Army overseas. Every possible ship `has been used. Ships are now getting across the Atlantic much more quickly. The change is amazing. The North Atlan- tic is rapidly becoming a corridor for the safe transit of troops and supplies. The General felt no anxiety about the morale of the Canadian troops dur- ing the7 coming winter. They had much more interesting training ahead of them. The men have an extraordinary high standard of intelligence and crime is far less than in the last war, only a small fraction, He was not an- xious about the troops this winter. The scheme of education helps to put in their spare time and proves beneficial as well, Not long before that ,there had been an expedition to Spitzbergen Island in the Artie. The inhabitant's had been taken off and the coal mines destroy- ed so that the enemy could not use them, The Canadians ran that exped- ition. It, was useful in many ways. Britain Norway and Russia all asked for it, A Dagger at the Heart of Berlin In the end, the Canadian Corps is a dagger pointed at the heart of Ber- lin. In fighting value and range of action, we have an edge on the Ger- man panzer divisions. The 5th Can- adian Armoured .Division is stronger than any the Germans have. The first Canadian tanks were then being re- ceived, They would be severely tested before going into action, There was no need to doubt their quality, nor the quality' of any other Canadian- made equipment, Bren guns from Can- ada are as nearly perfect as any gun ever turned out and they tame through their trials with flying colors. Summing up, the General said that Canada's great problem was the de- velopment of its manpower to,the best advantage. It might be that the recent census Would help. There is a big job to be done, As the editors rose to leave after speeding nearly two hours at the Corps Headquarters, 'General Mc. Naughton shaok us each by the hand again. We departed, feeling that we had met one of the greatest of all Canadians and one who had been per- fectly frank and outspoken, Under his TURNURRY COUNCIL • The minutes of Council meeting 'held in Bluevale, on March 2, 1942. Members 'all present, Moved by Breckenridge and Porter that the minutes of last meeting be adopted as read, Carried, The following letters were received: G, L, Parsons, Goderich; Ontario Good Roads, Hamilton; H. 5. Vande- water, Goderieb; TWp. Kinloss, Holy- rood; G. A. Bryce, Petawawa; R, Md, Aither, Wingham; Dept. Highways, Toronto, Moved by Moffat and Breckenridge that we give a grant of $100,00 to the local committee of Ontario Plowing Match to be held in Huron this year, Carried, IVIoved by Wilton and Breckenridge that we ask for sealed tenders for the crushing and spreading 2500 yards o; gravel. Carried, Moved by Wilton and Porter that we extend the time for Collector to return roll of 1941, to 6th April, 1942. Carried, - Moved by Porter and Wilton that in the 2nd Victory Bond Issue. Car- we purchase a Victory Bond of $1,000 ried. The following accounts were paid: Road list $70.40; Relief $29.00; Sun- dry $236.87; Victory Bond $1,000.00. Moved by Breckenridge and Wilton that we adjourn to meet at Bluevale, Ontario, on Monday, April 6th, 1942,• at 1 p.m. Carried. W, R. cruikshank, R. Grain, Clerk. Reeve. • SOYBEANS ASSUME NEW IMPORTANCE (Experimental Farms News) Canada needs oil—vegetable oil. One way' to obtain this oil would be to grow more soybeans. The Division 'of Forage Plants, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, suggests including a few acres of soybeans in the farm planting- plans for 1942. To do this would be fulfilling a patriotic duty by producing soybeans for milling pur- poses, as Canada is now searching for sources of vegetable oil for war re- quirements, Soybeans is one of the few crops which can be grown in Can- ada for oil-extraction purposes. The seed contains from 16 to 20 per cent of high-quality _oil which can be used for a great' variety of purposes. And while planning the bulk of the crop for milling purposes, two or three ad- ditional acres may be sufficient to pro- vide for the protein requirements of the- dairy herd, the brood sows and the young pigs. Ground soybeans are said to be equal in value to oilcake or cottonseed `meal for milk production. and with these concentrate feeds cost- ing $40 to $45 per ton soybeans arc worth around $1.25 per bushel for feeding on the farm. - In recent years the Dominion Ex- perimental Farms and 'similar institu- tions have developed varieties of soy- beans which are adapted tie Canadian conditions. These include A.K. (Har- row)), O.A.C. 211, Mandarin (Ottawa) Goldsoy, Kabott, and Pagoda. In us- ing 'these varieties good yields have been reported from Ontario, south- western Quebec, areas in Nova Scotia, southern Manitoba, the irrigated sec- tions of Alberta, and British Colum- bia. A.X. (Harrow) is the latest of the Bead Of Canadian Corps In Britain Discusses Problems With Editors Twelve Canadian editors sat around -the outside edge of a horseshoe-shaP- -od table in an upper room of a large -mansion in the south of England. Ar- ound the walls were military maps, mearly all of them showing portions of England and Scotland on a large scale, `though some were of the Continent ,of Europe. There were charts on the -wall, too, showing type8 of aircraft, British and enemy craft. Such charts zre common in 'England now. Some- times, they're handy to have around. Outside the window, I could see the slate roof of . a garage, now housing military cars. On the roof was a dove- cote with a weathervane on top, The 'pigeons came and went. Beyond that, there were -clipped hedges around a forthal garden. There was no sign of -tomb damage here. This was the Headquarters of the 'Canadian Corps in England. The lean, alert man with the closely clipped ]moustache, who sat in the centre of 'the room, facing us all, was Lieut.- -General A. G. L. McNaughton, leader of the Canadian Forces Overseas. He was talking frankly to his fellow- Canadians.- He answered all our ques- tions, even when military secrets were, :involved, ..adding a caution when' Lomething was not for publication. With those few exceptions, this is what he said: varieties and requires about 135 to 140 days to mature in southwestern Ontario. Yields of 30 to 40 bushels per acre have frequently been report- ed by growers using this variety in the area mentioned, In Western and central Ontario, O.A.C. No. 211 and Mandarin (Ottawa) are better adapted, and yields of 25 to 30 bushels per acre may be expected under suitable con- ditions. NARCOTIC TRAFFIC IS GETTING LESS High Prices Received For Illicit Drugs. Pilot-Officer X'. B. Hobson, Winnipeg: geant G. P, rowler, Victoria, D.C.; t C. A. Robson, Truro. N.S,; Flieht-Sgt. O. A' . "a Ddrnonton, and Plight-Sergeant 11, Dell, Isliagara ant, According to an editorial which ap- peared in the current issue of The Canadian Medical Association Journal, uric- of the few beneficial effects of the war has been the improvement of the narcotic situation in Canada. Much of the improvement is due to the steady efforts of the Narcotics Division aided by the Royal Canadian !Mounted Pol- ice, the editorial stated. The war has created a shortage of narcotics for illicit dealers and in many localities there is a complete ab- sence of outlaw distribution. Smoking opium is availaole at very high priceS in certain areas but the illicit sources of morphine heroin and cocaine have practically dried up. The editorial warns physicians and druggists to exercise the greatest pre- caution in protecting their supplies of these drugs as well as in prescribing them. Drug addicts will resort to any cunning to obtain the narcotics. In 'Toronto, for example, it was found that within a few months 18 addicts using 54 different names had obtained 300 prescriptions for 5 different kinds eif narcotics from 76 pliysioiane. SNOW MAKES R.C.A.F. FLIERS FEEL AT HOME IN ENGLAND Snow crunching under their boots makes these lads feel at home. They are all Canadians, R.C.A.IP. members of the crew of the big Wellington bomber for Harry" at a homber squadron station "Some- where in 'Britain," From LEFT to RIGHT they are Souadren-Leader V. W. S. Turner, Ganges, B.C4 YOUR ESTATE if you want a prompt, economical, business- like administration of your estate, name 4; your EXECUTOR--; 'THE STERLING TRUSTS, CORPORATION 372. SAY ST,, TORQNTO OVER 28 YEARS EXPERIENCE