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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-12-10, Page 6The Bomber Press in Great Britain Another in a series of articles Club uses for their meeting. Passing written by W R. Legge and C. V. through many lovely old villages, we Charters, who represented the Can finally arrived at the hotel which adian Weekly Newspapers Associa- was to be our headquarters for the tion in a recent tour overseas. next ten days, VISITING CANADA'S ARMY ACCOMMODATION DIFFICULTIES OVERSEAS' IN ENGLAND Itis most difficult at this time to find accommodation for a party such by Walter R. Legge' as ours, which with drivers, photog- While in England the Canadian raphers and officers numbered about editors were shown, in great detail sixteen. Many hotels are closed, all the variousactivities of the Can- many taken over by the government adian Army in England. and those which have rooms aNe short There was no effort to show all of of food; or if they have food, are the army overseas, but at least one short of rooms. unit' of each kind was visited, and I However, a quiet hotel in a seaside studied, and the ramificiations of the resort was able to look after the party various activities are truly amazing. and, so arrangements had been mad>' The first unit was an Ordnance 'there in advance. Such resorts today Corps work Shop, manned by highly are almost deserted. Pleasure travel »skilled' mer making all kinds (d re- is most' defimlitely discouraged, and pairs. There was an armourers shop most seaside planes are under severe making • repairs and adjustments to restrictions' as to visitors. all kinds of inns, an optical shop • Each day we started out early making repairs to field glasses; mme-.laird travelled many miles in our. roscopes, and similar instruments, a'. privatebusto various units, and most wireless shop repairing and making nights arrived it the hotel very late, wireless receiving sets and, trans -.usually travelling for many miles in mitters, and a fine instrument shop the blackout. The way our advance which could even make parts and re- rider and.•omrr bus driver could drive at pairs to a watch. (good speed through the darkness was Ilexperience. to a The main shop ;at • this unit is mn„always a thrilling charge of Capt. M. H. Hastings, who 'party who had always been used to comes from Standstead, Que., and driving with powerful headlights. To who reported that he receives the add to our wonderment, there never Stanstead,' Journal regrilarly and en- was a single direction sign or name -joys every word of it. He has been post, and how they found their way overseas since September 1940. An without pause at intersections was a other man at this. unit is F. Beaseley, mystery. • of Guelph,- Ont., who was a runner I DIEPPE UNITS 'VISITED up for the King's Prize for shooting' When we arrived in England, the at Bisley a few years ago. The work of maintenance of equip- thrilling' story of.Dieppe The just rent is a very important part of`the 'broken and everybody was discussing as the tour progressed.` While we I Therefore the next item on our ly made a great name for themselves 1 Dmffmcultmea are increased also oy lack of transportation facilities', as saw many places where maintenance programme, a visit with units that, at Dieppe and set up a tradition for an .acute shortage of space for mail and_ repair work is carried on, this had just returned from Dieppe was of the French Canadian troops; and it exists on the railways as well as an e i • :” We were greeted by was a great opportunity to meet and p ships. Everybody wants to get their talk with them informally. gifts or greetings in time for Christ - ..,...._.__.1r mas and by availing early you can' EARLY CHRISTMAS MAILING help your postal officials give you better mail service, A PATRIOTIC DUTY I Last year in many places the mail- Postal Service faces a `supreme ing public failed to respond to postal testing in Canada this Christmas. As appeals to mail in timeandthe result the "peak" season draws nigh the was that on thelastday or two before mail volume, which is rapidly rising i Christmas, Post Offices were almost army es "we realized more and more the exploit. FORMER , MOSCOW DRILLER; HERO OF 100 NIGHT FLIGHTS. — Like the R.A.F. the Red Air Force has its own pilot heroes' who were en- gaged in peacetime on a variety of quiet and 4,,tpretentious civil jobs. This radioed picture shows- a former drill- er at:the 'Moscow subway. Pilot Nik- olay Markin, who has performed over 'a hundred night flights to the enemy rear. some cases which they soon found out were filled' with dynamite. Many of these 'boys had brought back souvenirs of:the raid, : such as German badges, pencils, tobacco, etc. J. L. Fontaine 'said that it was hi - grandfather who used to operate the Fontaine Toll Bridge, near Milton, Que. He said that he had a war god- mother, Mrs. .J. Pariseau, of Sher- brooke who had'been very kind to him, and expressed the opinion that if relatives kept in close touch -with the boys, they would moria -cheerfully carry on. ` The Fusiliers de Montreal certain - when the local' rush. begins was given during the recent ;despatch overseas of the Christmas Ilia to the Armed Services—when over four times great- er volume was handled than during the same period in 1941. A huge quantity of Chriatmae do mest mail must be handled in a very limited pre -Christmas period and to 'complicate the task of the Post Of- fice is'. the fact that »this year more than before, at many places there is a shortage of skilled staff, due to enlist. rents, manpower is scarce and even 'High School students' will be em- ployed to help during the rush period. first unit was the 'only one doing the s cal interest highly specialized work 'on , instra- General J. H. Roberts who led the meats which we visited. Dieppe expedition and who spoke in : high praise- of the men and officers F'IELIY BATTERY OPERATIONS there. 1 : '• The same afternodn a study was The men then broke ramie 'arid' we Made of Field Battery Operations. hada most informal talk with then). This was an illuminating,: demon- sitting on . the ground • with small stration of t'he close liaison between group! of men, who grouped them - army and air, force, Is w;tE5. shown Selves accordingly to their home dis- lnow the decision is made as to wheth- structs. In this way, I talked with in every Post Office will reach flood swamped in a last minute deluge of er air or ground gun action is to be P. Mercier,...of Sherbrooke, C. Pigeon, proportions. This year the Post Of- gifts and greetings. It•was physically employed and how each one is called who was formerly on the Sherbrooke lfice is preparing for the most hectic impossible, even with the added tem_ into action, Police Force Germain Surprenant, of rush season in its entire history. It porary help, to segregate, sort and As part of this .demonstration; two St. Johns, B. Vermis of 07th st. Shaw- batteries were set upin'hiding under inigan Falls, P. Simoneau of Sher - camouflage and a patrol of Must- brooke, J. L. Fontaine, of St. Pie, angs were called out from a nearby and Claude Rocheleau, of St. Cesaire. air field. It was their job to locate I They spoke regretfully of. many the batteries and photograph them. !missing comrades and were concerned These tremendously fast and power-' as to whether they would find the re - is laying its plans to prevent the .deliver all mail by Christmas day — flood of Mail getting beyond control many homes received their Christmas and the Postal Service being over- Good Wishes on the 27th and 28th whelmed'by letters, cards, parcels, 1!a- )December. Citizens are asked to co- pers and magazines pouring in at the operate ie preventing' a recurrence last minute for local delivery. by mailing early—not later than De - Today Canada's Postmaster Genes- ember 20th •for .local delivery. . fur planes gave the editors a real placements just as congenial. al, Hon. William P. Mulock, K. C., M. V thrill as they circled and dived over f Their 'stories of Dieppe were grip- p',, appealed to the public for their ut- • the field, swooping down at times so ping. One lad told of being in charge, Imost co-operation in "Early Mailing" MOST OP ALL • close that it seemed as if they were 'of two carriers, which they finally which he stated is an absolute neces- going to take off our hats. It did landed after two attempts. After 1 sity if delivery is to be made in time Let me walk -over the Downs again not. take them long to spot the hidden establishing a machine gun post, they for Christmas He urged every citizen When the wind from the ocean's batteries and`with a gay flourish they 'carne off again and landed ammunit to pay full heed to the Post Office's blowing caution that all mail for local delivery When the fields are stacked with gold- should be posted before December ' en grain 20 and earlier the better—and that 9:.d it stands in the sunshine glow - proportionate allowance should be mg. made for mail address'd to out -of_ town destinations. Let me be there when the purple "Mail Early"! this Christmas is more I thme Fro n the turf by my feet is spring - Were off. We were hurried over to the•airdrone and on our arrival were shown the finished pictures of the batteries taken from the planes. Leaving the drone, we drove for many miles, stopping for our even- ing meal at East Grinstead where we ate the room which the Rotary CHURCH DIRECTORY THE BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. A. E. Silver, Pastor 11,00: a.m.—Sunday School 7.00 p.m. -Evening; Worship The Young People meet each Mon - ,day evening at 8 p.m. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH. Rev. G. W. 'Moore, Lth. 11.00 a.m.—Morning Prayer. • 2.80 p.m., -Sunday School, 7,00 pm. --Evening Prayer. THE SALVATION ARMY Capt. S. Curtis 11.00 *a.m.—holiness Service 2.30 p.m.—Sunday School. 7.00 p.m.—Salvation Meeting. Another told of seeing bombs drop- ping all around his beat, also many falling planes which he was unable to identify. He told of seeing a Spitfire and a Messershmidt collide nose • to nose fl1't th �e One told of seeing Frenchmen waving them in with evidence of joy at seeing them. A story they were chuckling over was of some mien who finding the ficin int nse took refuge behind ONTARIO STREET. UNITED ' Rev. G. G. Burton; M.A., B.D. 11.00 a.m.-Divine'Worship. ' Near Noon --Sunday School. 2.30' p.m—Turner's 'Church Service and Sunday School. 7.00 pm..—Evening Worship'. WESLEY-WILLIS UNITED• Rev. Andrety Lane, B.A., B.D. 11.00• a.m.=Divine Worship 7.00 p.m.—Evening Worship. Sunday School at conclusion ]horning service. than a slogan. It is an absolute nee- essity. The impact of war conditions ing upon Postal Service has been terrific While faint on the air is borne the The volume of mails, which last year chime reached all-time proportions, still Of distant church bells ringing continues to increase and will surpass But most of all let me hear again all previous records this Christmas. An English skylark singing. . -Gwen Castle An indication 'of what can be expected This action is taken in line with the Government's declared determi- nation to -stabilize living costs on a basis that is fair to all. It is a developing attack on the menace of inflation which arises out of wartime conditions. The prices oftea, coffee and oranges are now. lowered by official order. Plans for reduction in the price of milk to the consumer are also under way and will be announced in the near future. The items chosen have been selected because of their important place in the weekly budget of every home in Canada. TEA and COFFEE Effective now -the retail price of tea is reduced by 10c per pound and the retail price of coffee by 4c per pound below the recent lawful ceiling prices. The table• below indicates how the reduction of 10c per pound applies to less -than -pound packages; and is for purposes' of illustration only. Tea formerly selling by the pound at,_.. $1.00 90c 85c Must now sell at pound 90c 45c 24c - 13c 80c 40c 22c 12c 75c 38c 21c 11c per 1-2 per pound 1-4 per pound 1-8 per pound BULK TEA The reduction in the maximum retail prices of bulk tea sold in quantities Tess than o pound should correspond to the reduction in retail prices for the small sizes of packaged tea. TEA BAGS Reductions in retail prices of tea packaged in tea bags must correspond to those made on packaged tea. ORANGES Oranges must be reduced to give consumers the benefit of the reduction in cost to retailers brought about by lower prices for the new crop, by seasonal removal of import duty (effec- tive December lst, this year) and» by theremoval of the War Exchange Tax. Oranges should sell at or below the September - October 1941 retail price levels. BE SURE THAT T YOU GET THE FULL BENEFIT OF THESE REDUCTIONS SPECIAL NOTICE TO RETAILERS: Retailers will be compensated for any Toss on present stocks—in order that these reductions may be enjoyed by the public immediately. Retailers should take inventory of their floor stocks of tea and coffee as of »the close of business, Saturday, December 5th. They will shortly receive forms upon which to make their claims for compensation for losses on inventory due to these price reductions. eD1•�su"e ,.. Soy Beans and, the War (Experimental Farm News) The main purpose of increasing the acreaage and production of this crop is to provide . more vegetable oil, which, is urgently needed. In, order to fulfil this purpose, soybean growers should see that their beans are de- livered to the mills for the oil to be extracted. There is much to be gained by doing, this, for, in addition to tke high cash value of the crop.. itself, it has–been demonstrated that the soy - of for livestock than the beans themsel- ves, state's F. Dimtmiock, Division of Forage Plants, Central, Experim ntal Farm, Ottawa. Obviously, the, first thing for a grower to do is to put aside sufficient seed for an increased acreage next year. The remainder of the orop • steel industry should go to the mill in preference to held. _ A BRITISH BOMBER. PRESBYTI:`RSAN. CHURCH Rev. D. J. Lane Carying out their avowed policy o• 10,00 arm.—Sunday School, OREW LE -TURNS scourging the Third Reich from, end 11.00 a.m.—Worship Service. to end, the R.A.F. made a heavily-eon- cen -minute attack on Dos- seldorf, centro f Germany 2.00 p.m.—Sunday School, Bayfield. txated ' 3.00p.m.—Wors hip'Seivice at Bcentre,of FRAM A 'successful, large, industrial areas be- ing devastated, and the town's strong defences . completely - overwhelmed. Every operational; type of bomber was n 's iron and used, a large proportion being Bri= HEAVY RAID ON DUSSELDORF' Picture shows: -•Their smiles port_ raying. confidence in a job well done, a British bomber crew leave their aircraft on their return from attack- ing Dusseldorf.: The •raid was highly I tish heavy four -engined types, �I retaining any portion of it for feed purposes,. Some growers have for many years used -soybeans in livestock rations and with reasonaply - good results. Much work has been done in recent years, however, to determine the val- ve of the beans in comparison with soybean oil meal as a feed for the var- ious classes of livestock, including dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry. The results have almost invariably been in favour of the oil meal, and the principal reason for it is that in the oil extraction process the protein of the beans is heated and partially, cooked, and this makes • it both more palatable, more digestible and therefore more effecient. For 'pigs andpoultry whole soybeans are quite unsatisafctory, but the meal can he fed- to great. advantage. One of the great disadvantages' of the beans as feed is of course the oil content, which is too high for ant - mals to use efficiently. That is an- other reason why the proper extrac- tion of the oil makes the meal a bet- ter and more satisfactory feed to use, In sending the beans to the mill, there- fore a double purpose is accomplish,,, ed the extracted oil becomes available for war purposes and a better feed. is made available in the forma of the meal. V Good temper is like a sunny day: it sheds its brightness everywhere.— Sydney. It is quite true, as a contemporary: observes: "Young men are piloting big bombers over Germany, and if some of these youths were home thein parents would worry if they took the, car out at night."