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Initial Training Sadool Full.
Of Scientific Marve's
By i-IUGH TEMPLIN
"Were you, phanning to via the
Iriittel Training School at Dgllinton?"
aslred Flying Officer Nicol, oar guide
whose duty for the time being was
to get est past the sentries and the
barmier gates and explain what the
ing five miles above the earth.
I said I hadn't thought of it my
desire way to get on to the camps
where there was actual flying just as
quickly as possible,
Flying Officer Nicol thought that
would• be a mistake. In his opdniin,
the Initial Trainsvg School was the
most interesting place of them all. 1
It was customary to take (Retie- i
gufshed American visitone, up to
Eglinton just to let them look
around and see for themselves that
t1lere were certain blvinggs, in Canada
'rich Uncle Sam's Air Force didn't
have. Walter Lippman, the colum-
nist, had 'been there just a few dare
earlier. e
„My My guide was right, as usual. If I
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had.missed the Number One Initial
(r raining .School, I would, never have
realized just how thorough is the
early teeming of the young men who
are destined to become fighticg
pilots and observers.
Carrying on Sir Frederick's Work
It tie generally known that wheu
.Sir 'Frederick ,Banting died in a
plane crash n Newfoundland, he was
on his way to England to carry on
his scientific. work for the Air Focre,
His death did not stop that workT it
began alt ache Beating Institute at the
eandversity of Toronto, and since last
November, it has gee* cont'ilnutd in
the buildings which formerly belong-
ed to the Eglinton HUM Club in
North Toronto.
The E1gl9rvton Hunt .Club used to
be a favorite resort of ' Toronto
society, and the kind of place where
a village editor would, Lardy expect
to find himself, Inside the ,mat,
beoi'lding is a 'big arena, large enough
for a game of ;polo and ideal now,
since the' seats have been taken out,
as an Indoor drill ground. The; s
area clas:e•rooms where dance floors
used to be for the students at the
Inst ad ,Tra.in.ng 'School are already
fatruljring ti fluff course of higher
mathetnartios, armament, s6gnals,
sanitation and navigation. It is
easy to see why matriculation ,etand-
ing, or• better is a necessity for
every aspiring pilot.
I looked over the lay -out admin
dngly Even though It had been toned
down to make it useful rather than
t,eauttfu•1, signs, of its farmer magni-
ficence were atrparent.
"This. nrunt have been a gwanliy
place in the old days,'' I suggested.
Flying Officer Ncol used to be an.
other working newspaper man, '-I
wotnldn't know," he said, "My dues in
the Hunt Club weren't kept irp very
r
'When the land and building' were
purchased, there were questions 1r
.Parliament and suggestions that
they had been bought to help ••ut
an organization which was- about to
pass) out of.•exisbence. I don't know
anything about the truth or other•
wise, but the people who built the
ohd ''Hunt Club never direamed of the
scientific wonders It .Would one day
contain.
Testing Brain Waves
After a brief call at the office of
Squadron Leader McPherson, officer
in .command at No. 1, I,T.S., I went
,to the office of Flight Lieutenant C.
B. Stewart. T1,is+ grillianit young doc-
tor, a graduate of Dalhbosie Univer-
sity in the Maritimes, is carrying on
Dr. Banting's work, but be took tijn•
off to guide nue personally through
the building where the aircraftseeen
are tested, mentally and physically
to see„ whether they will be able. to
stand, the strain oi flying and glet-
Royal Canadian) Air Force was eine
As we started down the thane. we
met a young nean whose appearance
wag startling. He looked as tbonglt
ha had just come from ,the hands of
an electllleian. Five long wires hung
down) from his !read. 1'wb of them
seemed to be soldered to the top of
Iris head, in among his hair,' two
nvore nvtere attached to the back of
Ills neck and one hung,fnom his left
ear, .Little padchee of n herr
had been shaved off and. the 'vires
attached at important points: Dr
Setowant explained that fhre;+two in
front were .over the part of. the ,brain
.contell'iu,g' the mas+cular eo.oedinn-
Von and the two onrthe neck l lndi-
oated the place where the optic
nerves' entered the brain, Th one
on the esir wnu just aground tiw1fo.
1h' using a • complicated etedtrieel
machine, it was possible to measure
the (train waves of the men who note
leaked like eoinetitiug that hod wan-
TH BRUSSELS POST
Wednesday, July 30:t11, 1,041;
"CALLING ALL CARS"
A NATIONAL EMERGENCY
Canada is right up against an acute shortage of gasoline and fuel oiL
Tankers that normally supply our country have been commandeered for
vitally important overseas service.
The Commonwealth Air Training Plan, the rapid development of Canada's
mechanized army units and the great work carried on by our corvettes
.make the demand for fuel urgent.
Our crude oilintake is limited. There is just one thing
to do if our fighting forces are to carry on with a "full
tank". Every Canadi4tn motorist is asked to cut his
'daily gab consuu►ptjon .in
half
There are many ways liy
which this 50% saving can
be made ... ways and
means to give you more
mileage per gallon. You can
drive slower so that you will
use less gasoline. You can
go fifty-fifty with your
neighbours, inviting each
other to share cars ! ..bit
business, and for pleasure.
People can readily go to
and from work together,
using one car instead of
four ... using one gallon of
gasoline instead of several.
Women, as well as men Can
make these savings.
The amount of gasoline used
in Canada for business,
social and non-essential
activities is amazingly high
in proportion to that used
by our fighting forces. One
look at the figures would
convince you that this
situation must be reversed.
Canada does not ask or request you to put your car
up. She merely asks for your help ... asks that you
walk sometimes when the distance isn't too great . o .
that you take a shorter drive
17easy ways towards a
0 GASO,LINE
0 SAVING
(Approved by Automobile Experts)
Reduce driving speed from 60 to 40 on the open road.
Avoid jack-Yabbit starts.
Avoid useless or non-essential driving.
Turn motor off when not in use, do not leave idling.
Don't race your engine: let it warm up slowly.
Dont strain your engine; change gears.
Keep carburetor cleaned dnd properly adjusted.
Tune up motor, thning, etc.
Beep spark plugs, and valves clean. •
Check cooling system: overheating wastes gasoline.
Maintain tires at right pressure.
Lubricate efficiently; wore} engines waste gasoline.
Drive in groups to and from work, using
cars alternate days.
For golf, picnics and other outings,
use one car instead of four.
Take those short shopping trips ON FOOT
and carry parcels home.
Walk to and from the movies.
Boat owners, too, can help by reducing speed.
Your regular service station man will gladly explain
these and other mays of sating gasoline. Consult him.
GO 50/50 WITH OUR FIGHTING FORCES
on Sunday afternoon... that
you look after your car and
keep it in good condition ...
that you say to your neigh-
bour: "Let's use . my, par
today, Jim: we'll use yours
tomorrow."
Every day, in greater and
greater quantity, we must
release gasoline and oil by
the thousands of gallons to
our throbbing munitions
plants ... to our tanks and
armoured cars ... to our
fighting planes and bombers
... to our corvettes and
merchant ships that ply the
vital sea -lanes ... so that
the day of victory may
sooner be at hand.
Will YOU help?
•
It is also vitally important
that you reduce the use of
domestic and commercial
fuel oil.
The Government of the
DOMINION OF CANADA
t ACTING THROUGH;
THE HONOURABLE C. D. HOWE, Minister of Munitions and Supply
•
G. R. COTTRELLE, Oil =Controller jor'Canada
5_ a td$h .y
Gaspe 6o -t. VICTORY !
eller d out of e canteen comedy.
TO young aircraftnvam was told re
enter a ,sanall room and lie quietly
on a bed. The vires wea•e,attached
to binding posts on ,the wall. He was
+told Mat he wasn't to ,think of any
roving exditing, such as an evening
with his beet girl, but to try to come
as near as •poeslble to thinkini;
about nothing at all.
Ou1t in the next room, the `i Flight
Lieutenant touched a switch, A
broad ribbon of white paper . bega+t
to creep awlr a table. On. It were
Tour wavy line* drawn .,by pe•r„
actuated by the wires from the head
of the mean whom I could • see
through •Ihe wiiidow,'ly,ing peaceful-
ly on the, bed.
'rhise patient ,was normal. The
wavy lines had no sudden, variations.
His eteof:raencephalogram showed
that be had passed one more twit.
A few are abnormal. Sucldeniy% ,.lie
black line takes) a juanp to one ride.
An aircraftanran with a record like
Chad, may tains n flt up inthe ner
Lsonde' day. He won't he rejected on
that one test alone but the chances
are. tihalt the, time and expense of
Waning him • would be waisted, so
when be shows other symFtonts as
well, he Is finishted as 0 pilot.
Low Pressure and Oxygen,,
in the next (loom, a lmlge crljndri-
eat dtructere stood ing the centre of
the )'oom. . It lvlced Me : the
bottom of a silo, The outside . wag
eednforced with steel and pianlpilig
1. andelarge mein' pipes, ran mound it.
A porthole of hertvy glese was built
on one side and there wasp a eieri1
with n microphone near the withdow.
Dr. Stewart opened a door and we
entered' a circular room, lined with
burlap.` Seats ,for ten persona re -11
around the slidtes-and in the centre
was a table with a chair where tips
doctor sent.
This strange room is used to test
the ability to stead high altitudes)
where air gets thin and oxygen
scarce. Usually a close of ten takes
the tent at once, with a doctor keep-
ing wafti;h through the window from
ouaside and giving dnistruotiona
through a loudspeaker, while an.
other doctor all's at the centre table.
The officer, on the outside anani,pu.
lates valves and the air is. gradually
dra*n out. Indicators shows the
altitude at which the air to .similar
to that inside the circular 100111,
ii 000 feet above sea level, 10,000
feet, 15,000 ar more.
There In no particular sensation
felt by the person Inside -the tank,
hut above 10,000 yeet, or two miles',
the nalls turn, a-biteish tinge, whioh
is also apparent in the lililrst Ths
.ientrin seers unimpaired, but, that 10
an illusion, To. prove tles, the air-
cruvfttrreh are given .simple little
problems to do—to .lelubnge a sent•
erne, into a common code, or sotne.
thing of the kind, Like a cal dr?v e
with a few drinks, who thinks he
ean drive as welt as ever, they don't
know they are .making mistakes.' As
the air is exhausted, the margin' Of
01'1'00 rices. { •..
Aeothrer test follows. A vu,llber
oxygen mash is fitted over the ridge
and mouth. A tithe hangs clown flout
it and the enti• of this Is phlggeci Into
a Ismael pipe which r1131s 0000141 'the
inside of the wall: W,ithr a supply 64oxygen available, the tests showeeeteseei
pod'
anal Main operation no matter how
high the pilot may 'Ty". It is an
impresseve lesson, thoroughly
naught.
43 Degrees Below Zero
I wondered what would happea
nett, as Dr. Stewart led me into an.
other room. Young men were climb.
Mg out of flying suits of various
tylpee, and .hanging .them on hooks
Along the wall. Equipment, as well
es men must stand the tests.
The Flight Lieutenant opened a
door similar to those on) larger re-
frigerators and we entered a cold
chamber. The temperature there
wee said to be 20 above zero, but we
didn't shay long, going on, into a
second and a third, through large In -
sedated doors each binie, O0ite second
refrigerator chamber was kept
about sera and 010 third at 20
below: In ordinary summer
clothes% it began to feel chilly, but I
suet temperatures are eteederuterod
bo high •frying.
In the dlhird refrigcrabor room,
there was a metal chandler, some-
what like. a large concrete mixer;'
coated, outside with an a'sbaatau
rontbund. My guide unsicrewed:' a
clncular door likt a big porthole and
Ole teed, at useclinlbed inside. There
w'as only reoan for two at a time
there, and a cold artiflasal wind blew
cotltieually. Dr, Stewart pointed th
a thermometer, which registered 43
degrees below acre, a. teftntretatnre
eneortrrter•ed tour or five mites above'
1110 earth. It to possible to exhaust
the nir from this chamber oleo.
We did notstay long, As we
came owl again through the varionw
dharnhears, even zero teanipeaa.tu--e,
felt warp,
elf 't�O
THE D',•,MAND for a flat rate for
hydro in Ontario, qr flat least a more
just equalization of rates, cannot be
feileaced. The Hunan County Council
recently ,'passed a resolution favoring.
the equalization • of Hydro rates
throughout the iprovinoe so that in.-
,duetrles, instead• of being, drawn to
the larger centres of population, wilt
by reason oC favorabie rates be en
Galled to secure equally cheap reels
In smaller centres, The resolution
Nasi been endorsed by a number of
county councils.
—Lu ckno w -S enlftinel.
A Good Suggesttbn
"A gallon a day keeps Hitler
away," es a now slogan. It does not
Moan a gallon' a fi ,y Surchlased, or -
even manni1actumed, but a gallon et
gasoline saved every day. Just a.
gallon lees gas ibur'ned np every
(twenty -'four Mounts in. needlesel Ideas-
ure driving. That is surely not
eieurkr, to ask from adlyone•as a)Httle•
coriOslilbultionrm'taieardswinning the
war, Parquet's we might make `he
slogan doubly effective by investing
in War Saving Cettl01cates the price
of''ISa gallon of gs's we ars asked to
gave. There, when %+t ifs all over and
bur War %aving>e Certificates can be.
ea'ahed, we will, have eniough 1rlenejr
to tat a, really w+orthewhile fol„
ride. r , " '
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