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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-11-26, Page 6BRITAIN'S WAR INDDUS'i'RIES: TURNING OUT STEEL PLATES. POR ALLIED ARMAMENTS. —Bri- tain's steel industry is working at {high pressure to meet the needs of the Allied armies in various. theatres of war. Picture shows workmen directing a 3 -magnet crane capable of lifting in one operation 10 rows of steel plates over the rollers of the loading shop. ' of a British steelworks. ys- ;'ens u 3 S THE BRITISH VICTJRY IN LIBYA OFFICIAL PICTURES FROM THE BATTLEFRONT—Despite a stabb rn defence offered at the onset to the British advance in Libya, which op ened on November 18, British Indian and Dominion foress have finally smashzd the German and Italian divis ions o,t this frost, which' ars in full retreat into Tripo'.it:nia cont;nually bombed and harried by the Royal Air Force. This picture shows—British anti-tank gunners during a battle in Libya. CANADIAN D.F.C. WING COM- MANDER AWARDED ORDER OF BRITISH EMPIRE. Picture show: Wing Commander L. P. Stickley, D. P.C., a Canadian from Alberta sery THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Ottawa Says 300 -ib Hog ' Does not. Provide Solution to Bacon Needs The 300 -pound hog -- 100• pounds heavier than the animals now being: killed for Britain—iso no solution to the poblem of meeting increased' ex- port bacon: requirements, the ag'ricul- ture department said last week. Canada is engaged in meeting :a• coni;ract to supply 600,000,000 pounds of bacon to the United Kingdom, with completion of theorder expected by the end of this month instead of by October 31 as had been hoped. When shipments began -to 'lag be= hind schedule about two months' ago, officials said, the suggestion that hea- vier hogs be provided for Britain became common. But the laid hog does not provide the kind of bacon Britain wants. Danish .bacon was popular in Br it- ain becauseit came from along, lean hog. years age Britain said slie would buy Canadian bacon if it were the kind required. A vital reason for producing -a long, lean hog is the economy possible in shipping lean meat when. cargo space is' limited. "If fat is needed in Britain it is much cheaper to send it in the fornt of lard than on the backs of dressed hogs." the department said. V ' ' Farming Today Farming at one trine was largely a matter only of, planting, cultivating, harvesting, and to a considerable- ex- tent xtent the actual consumption and util- ization of the crops and live stock pro- duced. Today, farming involves much more—long time planning, rotating and fertilizing to improve quality and increase yields, fighting insect pests''. and diseases of both plants and ani- mals, marketing and more immediately the proper utilization of all available chemicals, farm equipment, and other facilities to produce from the same acreage large quantities of food and raw material essential to the success- ful prosecution of the war. Chemistry opens up a large and scarcely touched field in the use of farm materials in industry to pro- duce plastics end other maternal of ut- most iinportance in war. Thousands of individual articles' are made from plastics, one of the main ingredients of which is farm -produced cellulose. Few people think of photographic film as being derived from the farm. However, it is made from cellulose, and a high- ly essential part of the film is gela- tin, which is derived from the hides and, hoofs of live steels. Two war "essentials!' are smoke - les. powder and glycerin - both of which stem from the farm. Smokeless powder is based on nitro-cellulose, and cellulose comes from farm -grown pro- ducts. Dynamite, a commercial, rather than a military explosive, is) aiding in building highways, tunnels, dgnala, harbours, and speeding up coal and other mining. Nitroglycerin is one of the ingredients, and glycerin isderived from vegetable and animal oils from the farm. Every plant grown on the farm today may be a potential source of industrial ,cellulose, when research gets its chance to experiment and ev- aluate. WINNIPEG BOY SCOUTS SAL- VAGE 25 TON OF METAL IN 1 DAY R.A.F. SCHOOL FOR TRAINING BRITISI3 AND ALLIED AIR GUN- NERS—During conferences at an air gunners' school in Flying Training Command in Britain senior officers pilots of the R.A.F.: listen with re- spect to what the air gunners have to say, for the majority have some- thing to learn about the air war as seen from an unusual angle back-. wards. Many an air gunner has direc- ted his aircraft home to safety by directing evasive tactics from "flak" or enemy fighters. Picture shows: A Czech, a Pole and. an Englishman with their . Sergeant air -gunner Instructor, . an Australian, watching other cadets at air -firing exercises. LOWLY MILKWEED RECEIVE PROMOTION FROM SCIENCE' FOR DURATION AT LEAST You've probably heard of the milk - week; plant—a srjrt of weed. that makes a nuisance of itself by.:provoca- lively lifting its ignominious head among your flowers and nonchalantly mingling with your best oats and bar- ley. You've pulled it upagain and again, even burned it in the hope of eventually stamping it out, Ali to no avail. It insists on a place in the lime light and you've almost given up hope of overcoming its stubborn persistence. Well, here's a tip. Let is grow! Give it your special attention! Nurse it along with all the care and tender- ness you would lavish on a prize pe- tunia! Why? 'Cause there may be rub- ber in them than' 'leaves! There are; 125 species of milkweed, or AselepiadaCea, which is its nom de plume. They are mostly perennials, growing erect with •thick deep roots and found in pastures .-and waste places. The young shoots of some species resemble asparagus and are oc- casionally cooked and eaten in the same way. Other varieties have an at- tractive flower and are grown for their beauty. Recent scientific discov- eries have raised• the milkweed from its mundane classification as weed and placed it in the honoured class of "economic plants" — under present wartime conditions at least. As its name implies, the milkweed contains a sticky, milky latex in its leaves and stalk. This, is undergoing experimentation as a possible source of supply of usable rubber. The seed pods yield a floss said to be the equal of kapok and superior to cork as a filler for life belts. Tests have shown that one pound of this fibre will float a 50 pound weight for 48 hours. It is -warmer than wool and 6 times lighter. Think what that would mean when made into aviation flying suits. Both kapok and o rk are almost improcurable pow, so milk- weed floss may, have a termendous and noble part to play as substitute in this game of war. The stalk of the plant yields 3 dif- ferent fibres, one a "bast" fibre con- taining 92 per cent cellulose that can be utilized in the making of ;paper, rayon and nitro cellulose. From the seed pods may be extract- ed 6. par dent latex and b per cent wax, and a fibre which could be turn- ed to making paper. The seeds give out a semi -drying oil used in the manufacture of paints and vas -nights. More than 2,000 Boy Scouts of Win- nipegsoured the vacant lots, river 'ng with the R.A F., and commanding banks and alleys of the city and, dis- a squadron in the Middle East. He }aid, and: in one day recently collected was awarded the order of the Brit- 25 tons of mi;c.11aneous metals. It was ish'Empire,-Military Division, in the the biggest scavenger hunt in Winni- rocent Royal Birthday Honours List. pegs history.. V UNCEASING VIGILANCE Or BEI- TAIN'S FLEET AIR ARM --Aircraft of the Royal Navy keep a relentless and successful watch for Axis craft the world over, covering immense stretches of open sea. The sucee$Sful :?rival of vital war materials in Bri- tain ritain and Russia, and the steady flow of supplies and reinforcements to the British and Imperial"Porces in the '.4:idle East testify to the efficiency cf Britain's Fleet. Air Arm. Pictures ows—an ."Albacore t rpcdo-b..r.l,• our foes . "From these considerations of our national need, as well as from the broader humanitarian feelings of sym- pathy with suffering. I am heartily in agreement with the work of the Industrial Accident Prevention Assoc- iations, towards) the reduction of the frequency of industrial accidents. 1 congratulate the Associations on their long record of good work done and I trust it will continue with increasing effect through the critical months and years— ahead." V J. C: Shearer Lauds Huron Women for Farm Work Never in its history have the barns and silos on the farms in Huron county been so full and this despite the labor shortage, J. C. Shearer, ag- icultural representative, told Huron County council last Wednesday morn- ing. For this he gave the major credit' to the farm. women —wives and dau- ghters—who had done a wonderful job n all branches of farm work. r :THURS., NOV. 26, 19 2 Mr. Justice of Peace Russian Caucasus Region 1 Must Change His Actions Has Many Dwarf 'States Mr. Justice of Peace, the man When the war hits Russia's Cau- who runs his court from his living easus; it will bring into the head' room, must change his ways, says lines' some strange dwarf nations: the Committee on Minor Judiciary and pint-size republics whose names:' in a report fo the Pennsylvania Bar'have been buried in footnotes far association. years. Who :is Mr: Justice of Peace? Abkhazia, Daghestan, Nakichevan,, The committee says that this public dhecheno-Ingushia, and Kabardino- ofiicer ha's served one six-year term Baikaria are samples,' of, the. autono-' on the average, had: grammar mous states that crowd the Cauca-- school education, is 50 years old, is sus area, left stranded in high moan - either a farmer: or -skilled 'or un- tain valleys by some change in the - skilled laborer, and tries only 19.4 tides of forgotten history. cases per year. Your local squire has about 5,471 The mountainous Caucasus isth- mus, washed on the west by the - fellow officers in the state and deals Black sea and on the east by the with more e than 380 kinds of offenses. Caspian, covers an. area slightly, He collects fines, divided between smaller than that of Montana. Yet county and state, most frequently its 137,180 square miles contain 10; for assault and natter,, disorderly separate units and part of another, conduct, desertion and non-support, all members of the Soviet Union - trespassing, and motor 'vehicle code somewhat as the states are mem- violations, - Most of the criticism leveled bers of the United States, accord - against him is that 95 in per cent of ciety.gto the National Geographic so-- his cases are in favor'06 the plain- North of the Caucasus mountains° tiff. Other are include noli- eu s m ude ua gq snowy •saw -too ed range, -which in- dencens required except legal ;esi- eludes Europe's highest peaks, lies: dence and age, lack of court super- Russia proper—the Russian Social - furnished and absence of docket book ist Federated' Soviet republic, which However, Mr..Justice of Peace is furnished for records of'cases. is by far the largest of the 11 prin. cipal Union republics of the USSR. not as.much at fault as the_system,, On the south side of the Caucasus ,the committee reports. This home- mountain wall, comprising what is:: town judge offers the best example known as Transcaucasia, are three- of democracy by the people, and,unionunion republics, which gives a speedy trial with low operat- share the green mountainsides and ing cost. hot lowlands stretching to Turkey's: How can Mr. Justice of Peace be frontier —Georgia, Armenia, and- improved? The committee suggests Azerbaijan. thathe be more capable and com- petent, the fee system be abolished, a new plan be established for a uni- fied, centralized system of courts, that the cost of bringing action be low, and procedure be simple and informal for those who cannotafford legal counsel. Mr. Shearer also voiced his appre- ciation of the assistance during the la- bor shortage given by school child- ren; the airmen at county airports, and the civilians from the urban cen- tres. Mr. Shearer stated • that, it is pro- posed to have farm machinery schools established in various parts of the county, where the care and use of ma- chinery may be taught. This is nec- essary owing to the gradual curtail- ment of its manufacture due to war contracts; and he pointed out that all machinery on hand has to be kept in , good 'order. A. J. McMurray, mayor of Clinton, who has had a long exper- ience in farm machinery, will be av- ailable for instruction or advice at these schools; and Gordon MoGavin, well-known plowman, who is an ex- pert in labor-saving devices has also consented to assist. Someone will al- so be on hand to advise on the care of harness. Mr. Shearer releasel the latest to- tal on the Victory Loan, money for which ' was still being received. The total. is $2,435,550, the most money ever subscribed in Huron Gouty. The amount for the general canvass was $2,161,15.0; or approximately $50 from one in every six of the civilian popu- lation opelation of 43,000. There were 6,951 ap- plications. - Froin these findings may be born a new type of dairying - milking the milkweed. FULL DIVISION OF WAR WORK ERS INJURED IN MONTH I In their efforts to curb needless cas- ualities in industry, the Industrial Ac- cident Prevention Associations, in a memorandum issued to slay to plant executivies throughout Ontario), em- phasize a statentent'rnade to them by Prime Minister MacKenzie King. Mr. King says: "As Canada moves steadily towards a total war effort we are bound to observe that needless cas- ualties in industry are as much of a drain on our national man -power as needless casualties in the army. "When Close to 12,000 industrial accidents age reported in the Province of Ontario alone in a single month, we cannot but reflect that thisis the equivalent of having an entire division of our armed forces suffer woands at the hands of the enemy. V er taking off on a reconnaissance v dug , fortunately; many of flight from the flight dock of the 'the i accidents may not have long- 2300 iton British Aircraft Carrier lasting effects just as not.•all wounds ictorious". Aircraft of this are severe nevertheless they handicap Ilh V 600 - us in our War effort. Each, type have successfury attackeda and every 000 tons of Axis Merchant shipping cadent in industry delays. the day a- well as maty yv'r:'Bps, when we shall win final) victory over • Former Small Russian Colliery Now `Magnificent' Not far northwest of Rostov is the town, Nikitovka, which, according to a National Geographic society bul- letin, "rocketed from a small col- liery community to industrial mag- nificence" during the operation of the first and second Soviet Five - Year plans. It is part of the densely populated Stalino administrative re- gion on the eastern edge of the Ukraine. Nikitovka became the Ukraine spigot for Caucasus oil. Pipe lines totaling 850 miles stretch from Grozny and Maikop, second and third largest oil-producing fields of the Caucasus, to Rostov. They con- tinue northwestward into the teem- ing industrial region of the Donets coal basin, terminating at refining centersin and near Nikitovka. Three miles west of Nikitovka quicksilver deposits have provided enormous quantities of this metal— more than enough for the many de- mands of Soviet war industries. Col- lieries near the city are known to have employed 1,300 people and are typical of many towns in this Penn- sylvania of Sovietland, extending 130 miles eastward from Nikitovka, to and across the Don river. The four air schools did their share contributing $121,000—"a lot of money when one considers many of them are R.A.F., men with other obligations';' and the special names $153,300. Mr. Shearer, w'..o was publicity chairman for the county, expressed his gratification that the loan had exceeded two former campaigns, each of which totalled; $2,100,000. He reminded -the council that the first Shorthorn • show in the county will be held shortly in Exeter. India Striving for Unity Invasion -threatened India, striv- ing for unity against great odds, faces problems never encountered by American Revolutionists in their struggle for independence and union, says a bulletin from the National Geographic society. An idea of the magnitude of In- dia's problem may be gained by imagining the difficulties the 13 American colonies would have faced to ssekiag independence if: (1) they had had a polygot population of 39,- 000,000 like India's, compressed into an area little larger than half the present United States; (2) in- stead of a common tongue, Amer- icans had spoke 220 languages, and scarcely 10 per cent could read; (3) instead of a mild rivalry among Christians, there had been two dom- inant, dissimilar religions embit- tered by almost 1,000 years of strug- gle; and (4) in place of the colonies, there had been 11 provinces and 526 states governed by native princes. Miniature Pieces Hold An Appeal for Collectors. Miniature pieces have long had' an especial appeal for collectors. Well -wrought pieces of furniture• and household accessories of silver, china, glass and the like in the little. Were probably made as models of" their standard -size work by the old craftsmen, rather than as toys. As• such they were useful to show cus- tomers who went to their shops. Also, writes Thomas Hamilton Ormsbee, in American Collector, if' a master sought business beyond his immediate environs and employed "travelers," as they were called un- til about a half century ago, these miniatures served as the. samples that could be easily carried by these - salesmen as they journeyed. about. In fact, the practice of sending: forth "travelers" to clients living at a distance was common in England and on the Continent, but there. seems to be no evidence that Ameri- can craftsmen of the Eighteenth or- early Nineteenth centuries did like- wise. Also, present-day architects. who have models done in scale to. show clients what the construction, for which they prepare plans will look like when completed are doing, nothing new. Japs Destroyed Cebu Cebu, said by the Japanese to have been destroyed in reprisal for alleged civilian guerrilla activity, was second city of the Philippines in size and industrial importance. Bombed from the air at intervals beginning a few days after Pearl Harbor, and shelled by Japanese warships during March and April, it submitted to the invader only with the fall of Corregidor. Chief city and port of the eastern Visayan group in the 'Philippines, Cebu is midway on the east . coast of densely populated Cebu island. It is about 330 air miles southeast of Manila -450 miles by island - weaving water route. It is built on a wide plain at the side of the moun- tain range that runs the 120 -mile length of the island. A rail line con- nects it with the island's other cities —Danao to the north and Argao to the south. Charges Not Preferred A new soldier reported on sick call to Capt. Henry Farmer at Camp Shelby, Miss. His card was then marked "quarters" and he was told to report to the clerk. Private Thomas G'abbitt, the clerk, snapped a curt, "Quarters," thinking the sol- dier would understand that he was to be confined. The rookie looked. angrily at Private Thomas.. and throwing a couple of quarters on the desk, stalked out in a rage. 'Ya Gotta Get up' Ydu "gotta get up" at 0545 at. United States army camps now- adays. Taps, when you're supposed to be tucked in for the night, is sounded at 2200. Dropped from the: military record book, at least for the dura- tion, are the well-known symbols, A. M. and P. M. Under the 24-hour system adopted July 1 by the army, Tin Pan Al- ley's Chattanooga -bound flier leaves. the Pennsylvania station, not at "a. quarter to four," but at 1545. To experienced travelers there is: nothing new about the army's new time. It has been in use by gov- ernments, railways, steamship com- panies and airlines throughout con- tinental Europe for many years. France officially adopted the 24-hour system in 1912, having used it as. early as 1884. American overseas. forces became acquainted with it in. 1917 and 1918, when it was standard: for all Allied military and naval mes- sages and records. Sweet Repose One' of the non-commissioned of-• flcers in a school squadron at Gun- ter FIeld, Ala., stood before the• mirror in his room and preened' himself for a full hour. This was. to behis day, his hour of triumph. Nothing quite so wonderful had hap- pened to anyone since time began. He was going to be married, Ile. had told his bride-to-be he would call for her at two o'clock. It was. only 11:30 now. Plenty of time for a little nap to calm his, jangled nerves. His dreams broke off sharp- ly when someone asked if he wanted. any dinner. No! He didn't want- any chow. "DINNERI11 Did some- one say DINNER??? What time is: it anyway?" The bitter truth, dawned. He had ' slept till 4:30. Yes, he is still trying to explain! African Desert Obstacle Northwest Egypt's desolate •Quat.- tars depression, one of the world's. most extensive areas below ' sea level, lies in the territory between Libya and the Nile delta, reaching at one point within less , than 40 - miles of the Mediterranean coast, says a bulletin from the National' Geographic society in regard to the country in which the great Battle- of attleof Egypt is being fought. , This great sink in the desert forms an obstacle which tends ,to•. funnel the attacking units into a nar- row coastal Strip. ' At the height of the dry season it might be pos- sible for motorized equipment tow cross through the depression over - alkali flats. It is probable, how- ever, that in July many of these fiat,.' low' areas are still marshy.