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CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
aiion and
CAF Expansion Plan
Is Officially Outlined
Following is the text of a state -
tit concerning the current ex
-
mien of the RCAF, and
d
naditional training aid to NATO
bons by the RCAF,
made in
e House of Commons by De-
ce 1VLinister Brooke Olaxton:
"Honorable Members will re -
ll that in the statement I made
L February. 5, I said that the
>vernment had offered to the
orth Atlantic Treaty Organza
on. to train additionalwas new.
u
he number proposed
Sr1,100
annum, which would bring
Le total to be trained for NATO
ad ,the UK to something
over
300 per annum.
We have now received the re-
onunendation of the Standing
roup that all the places avail-
ble in respect of this additional
umber up to December 31 of
Toi'bay in Newfoundland, at
Summersncle in PEI; at Dartmouth
and Greenwood in Nova Scotia;..
at Moncton (to a limited extent)
and Chatham in New Brunswick;
at : Begdtville, St. Hubert, c 1.
Johns and Dorval in Quebec;
u briprio t Rockeliffe, Uplands,
Trenton, Downsview, North Bay,
Centralia, Clinton and Aylmer in
Ontario; at Winnipeg, Gimli and
Rivers in Manitoba; at Edmonton;
Calgary and Suffield in Alberta;
and at Patricia Bay (again to a
limited extent) and Vancouver
in British Columbia. There are,
of course, other headpuaxters and
depots in addition.
Flying Schools in West
Experience during the Second
World War, when Canada
ed 131,000 aircrew, showed that
the best places for flying train -
ing
raining was in the Prairie Provinces.
are a
Located in these provinces
number of flying fields with run-
ways,reli hangars state buildings
repair,
relatively good.ent to be
enabling re-establishment
done as speedily and economic-
ally as. possible.
Accordingly, all the new fly-
ing schools will 'be located hi
Manitoba, Saskatchewan a n d
Alberta.
Also, to facilitate maintenance
and administration and to take
advantage of more suitable weath-
er, basic flying training schools
will be grouped in the western
part of this area while advanced
in
flying schools willbe
the eastern pant of
The new schools to beire-
established are flying training
schools at Claresholm and Pen -
hold in Alberta and Moose Jaw
in Saskatchewan. Advanced fly-
ing training schools are to be at
Saskatoon in Saskatchewan and
Portage La Prairie in Manitoba,
with e, gunnery school at Mac:
i.na training
his year should be allocated to
er that
he allocation United nwilt beom. �reconsid-
;red.
3,000 'Aircrew
At present our plans provide
for a build-up to an annual out-
put of aircrew of over 3,000. That
represents an increase of six
times the figure for 1950 and
fifteen times the figure for the
previous Year.
This will be accompanied by
a five -fold increase in ground -
crew training facilities.
Administrative establishments
will also be increased though not
to the same extent.
This will require the re-open-
ing
e-open
ing of a number of airfields. Dur-
ing the war we had a total , of
56 airfields used for training
either under the British Com-
monwealth Air Training Plan or
other plans.
Training Schools Listed
We already have air training
schools and operational stations
or other units in operation or I Donald. The fly_
converted to an advanced train-
ing school. A large air naviga-
tion school -will be established at
Winnipeg in addition toe, th
present school at Summ
PEI.
Trades Schools in East
Of the existing establishments,
Aylmer, !Damp, Borden and Clin-
ton in Ontario will concentrate
on trades training. Selection and
Manning will be carried on at
St. Johns, Quebec, heseab ere
e
will be .a very
meat.
With hardly an exception, all
the other establishments will be
increased in accordance with the
expansion of the programme.
Abbotsford will be used this sum-
mer for training some of the aux-
iliary squadrons, others going :to
other schools. In all probability
Abbotsford will later be used as
an operational station.
In this connection I should like
to say that a large number of
receiv-
ed havetions
fromme bersofbparliament,
mayors, boards of trade and other
representatives of most of the lo-
calities mentioned and many
others. They have all offered
the closest possible co-operation
and reception to the RCAF with
which they had such excellent
relations during the war. That.
co-operative spirit is very great-
ly appreciated.
The places chosen have been
selected having sole regard to two
factors; first; suitability for the
purpose intended; second, the
condition of the existing facil-
ities so es to provide for _ the
most economic and speedy re-
habilitation.
Maximum Facilities
The facilities of all the stations
will be used to the fullest extent
possible. For example, by im-
proved training methods we ex-
pect to have pupil populations' of
300 at the flying training schools,
as compared with, 240 during the
Second World War. The limit-
ing factor at each school will be
the number of hours of flying the
physically can be fitted in hav-
ing regard to the weather and t
capacity of the airfield. t
Additional Aircraft
To operate the plan will re-
quire a large number of ad-
ditional aircraft for training, My
colleague, the Minister of Trade
and Commerce, announced in the
House on March 5th that we
would be manufacturing Harvards
of'the most modern type, as well
as engines. In addition to meet-
ing our own requirements, we ex-
pect to make a number of these
aircraft for sale to the United
States. In the meantime, our own
needs can be met out of our
own stocks supplemented, if 'ne-
cessary by aircraft borrowed from
the United States, to be replaced
out of our own production later.
We shall also be acquiring from
the United States some two-seater
juntilourown rrcraft to be used
production enables
us to meet all our. own needs for
this type of aircraft.
The record made during the
Second World War in the British
Commonwealth Air Training Plan
has shown that 'Canada is par-
ticularly qualified to make this
important contribution to our
collective security.
under construction at Goose Bay on
.•and to a very limited extent � school at Gimli will latter be
Special Announcement
from Counter's
following the change in Sales and Excise Taxes:
Our prices will not be increased
until we ourselves have to pay
the increased costs. Our present
prices will be maintained wher-
ever possible and as long as
possible.
W. N. counter
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PAGE NINE •
stral Park NeWS
N -R Cartoonist
JOE DENNETT
Artist• and creator of the
carate strip "Off Main Street,"
which is published weekly in
The NEWS -RECORD, is 28
years old and. lives hi Bronx,
New York. Joe has been a
draftsman, movie cameraman
and artist for technical anim
a ted, movies. lie spent three
years in the navy, two of
them in around New eGuinea -eouth ndo the re
Philippines during World War
II. He sold cartoons to lead-
ing magazines and since the
war has iconcentrated on his
first love --comic strips.
...*-.
Change in Editor
Of Station "News"
Due to a change in the
Editorship of RCAF AND
ADASTRAL PARK NEWS,
-which is taking place this
week, there was a shortage of
local material handed in for
the page today. However,
things are 'to be expected .to
be normal again by next
week's issue.
FIS A. EL Mackenzie, who
has been Editor. for several
months, has been posted to
RCAF Station, Trenton. He
will be succeeded as Editor
by Sgt. J. E. Miller, supply
assistant in Electronics Sec-
tion, who recently arrived on
the Station from Trenton.
His home is in Toronto.
In The Air Force
"COMRADES IN ARMS"
prepared by the Directorate of Public Relations
Quiet Countryside Seeing Ourselves .
Editor:
F/S A. M, MACKENZIE
Assistant
Station PRO
Rudely Awakened As Others See Us
quiet countryside of Odi- Rolling down the river. took
ham,The qon a new meaning for two RCAF
ened one
evening
s*s rudely awak-y airmen and a civilian friend at
enol evening recently as
personnel of 421 Red Indian Clinton recently,
Squadron " 'attacked their own 'For sheer five -manure
rubber dinghy
lac-
ed their fiV
W
saridxthie.:on the
ar n •blackened faces any 'ham, O ., c imbed aboard and
cr Wing -
wearing gve clethey
crawled through barbed wire en- set out for.•Goderieh about 60
tanglements until they Peachmiles
ldcoow ire ms't°}Qon heard of
their objectives or were captured
by the defending RAF airmen. schoolhe event
boys followed their aid. of
Many installations were "destroy -seas down stream.
ed" by the Red Indians. Their ss placesathe trio had diffu-
Davidson officer SIL R. T P. culty •manoeuvering their awk-
tricks
ksson knew many of tho from rocks and
ward. craft away
wicks the he servednfor a timeUnderground
snags.By dusk, a heavy fog cut
with French WorldorWnd visibility to zero making, navuga
during the Second Wal'• tion even harder. oh
The Canadians the r defending
finally
overwhelmed ,by
airmen but not before they had
"destroyed" many of the airfield's
vital installations with ' 'thunder
flashes. One Canadian airman
theoretieaihy blew up some of
the "enemy's" senior . officers
when he produced a thunderflesh
while undergoing interrogation as
a prisoner. He had been, given
permission to have a cigarette
thunder-
flashbut from his tunic pocket.
produced a
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"C" Badminton Finals
Friday and Tuesday
The Station badminton season
is coming to a close rapidly, with
only the finals of the Western
Ontario Badminton Association,
"C" championship series with
Clinton town team to be played.
Home -and -home matches, points -
to -count, will be.played the first
in the Station Recreatidn Centre
on Friday, April 20, at 8 p.m.,
'with the return match in' the
Town Hall, Clinton, ,Tuesday,
April 24, at 8 p.m.
RCAF elimated Stratford, and
Clinton put out Hayfield in` the
"C" semi-finals. �.
rHuron County's Oldest Established Jewellery Store
Variety's Sake
The high school sophomore was
eMug his band experiences to
sympathetic mother.
«We lay marches and marcs
the
Stars
uired
over and over," declared
trumpet enthusiast. the
"I suppose you play
and Stripes Forever?" inq
mama.
"Well, not quite," replied the
lad.' "Once in awhile we take a
whirl at Under the Double Eagle
too."
BRIEFLY TOLD
Eight miles from Goderi and his birch -bark canoe.
group of 50 people, including the
The RCAF ensign was approv-
ed by the King in June, 1940.
- •, :i, y,
No. 1 Squadron (RCAF) de-
stroyed 30 enemy aircraft during
the Battle of Britain.
civilian's wife, advised the. This
io
to discontinue their trip.
ended a pleasant voyage remin-
iscent of the clays of the explorer
The RCAF's Women's Division
was created July 2, 1941.
* Eight RCAF squadrons took
part in the aerial battle over
Dieppe.No. 6
became
operational January Group
u 1943.
a a a
Twenty-nine of the 133 flyers
who breached the Moline dam
were RCAF' members.
The RCAF Staff College was
formed in Toronto August 1, 1943.
,s u
Canada's Air Detection Corps
Was disbanded Nov. 15, 1944.
The Air Force Amateur Radio
System was formed *April 1, 1946.
The first RCAF's Air Force Day
was held June 14, 1947.
Do You?
A Saskatchewan rural school-
teacher drove up one afternoon
to one of those combination
gasoline -and -grocery stores char-
acteristic of the more isolated
parts came near her soshe got
inb ou
and approached a raw-boned
the
farmer who was dozing on
"loafers' bench." "Could you tell
me whether or not I need any
oil?" she asked.
The old codger turned his
thoughtful gaze on her, shifted
his tobacco to the other cheek.
"No, ma'am, I cain't exactly tell
if you need oil by 'just lookin' at
you. But a good dose of oil
never hurt nobody."
DEFENQE CONSTRUCTION
\ LIMITED
441 Queen's Quay West
Toronto, Ontario
TENDERS
File: 122-7-C2-3 Job No. 1233
Erection of Steel Quonset Huts
R.C.A.F. Station, Clinton, Ont.
Sealed tenders, plainly marked
as to content, and addressed to
the undersigned will be received
up 'to 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, April
24th, 1951, for the erection of
semi -circular prefabricated Quon-
set Huts on concrete slabs pre-
pared by others. The, job coin -
prises of 3 H Type nd 5 only
32'x160' rectangular Huts. Pre-
fabricated sections, supplied by
others. The following work not
included? Insulation, interior wall
sheathing, heating, plumbing,
electrical and foundation slabs,
Plans, specifications and form
of tender required may be obtain-
ed at the address shown above.
A deposit of $50.00 is required
for each set of documents, which
deposit will be refunded on return
of plans, etc. in good condition,
within 14 days from close of
tender.
Each tender must be accompan-
ied by a security deposit equal to
10% of the amount of tender.
This deposit shall indemnify
MCI,. against loss in the event
of withdrawal of the successful
tenderer subsequent to accept-
ance of the bid by D.C.L. A
certified cheque made payable to
Defence Construction Limited or
negotiable Dominion of ' Canada
Bonds will be accepted as secur-
ity deposit.
A set of documnts will be made
available for the purpose of in-
formation to sub -contractors et
the Builders' Exchange, London,
Ontario, our Branch Office, 343
Richmond Street,
London,,
ndMa,ir On-
tario, Mr. E. R.
ger.
The lowest or any tender not
necessarily accepted.
S. 111. Connolly,
Regional Construction Engineer
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CLINTON
A. J. MUSTARD
BRUCEFIELD
IQ Coo- a OW®
?105 LITTER IS NEVER SATISFIED,
DOC• THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO
BE HUNGRY.
BUT I FED THE -SOW A
6000 RATION MONTHS
BEFORE FARROWING I
TIME.
IT'S NATURAL,
JIM. THE SOW'S
MILK FALLS OFF
AFTER THREE.
WEEKS, YOU KNOW.
WHAT DO
YOU MEAN -
MOST OF
HER JOB,
DOC?
I WONDER DO YOU REALIZE
JUST WHAT A STRAIN A
LITTER OF THIS SIZE PUTS
ON A SOW.
A. SOW'S MILK FLOW FALLS OFF JUST WHEN
HER LITTER NEEDS INCREASED FOOD, S0 YOU'VE
GOT TO SUPPLY THE. EXTRA FOOD.
THAT WAS GOOD,
JIM. YOU FED THE
PIGS INSIDETHESO:W.
NOW YOU'VE GOT TO
HELP FEED THEM
OUTSIDE THE SOW.
SHE HAS DONE MOST
OF HER A JOB.
OH,OH,OH-NOW ISEE
THE IMPORTANCE OF
FEEDING ROE WONOERWEAN
FROM THE 34 WEEK ON.
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