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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1943-02-11, Page 6PAGE 6 The ` Bomber Press in . i GreatBritain Another in a series of article written by W. R. Legge and C. Charters, who represented the Ca adian Weekly Newspapers Associa tion in a recent tour overseas.. FOOD PROBLEMS IN GREAT BRITAIN • Canadians everywhere seem .to bo tremendously interested in two things about Britain, arid they are r Bomb ,Damage, and Food. After eatingmeals for six week in training camps, hotels, and the pr vats home so ffriends or relative the editors began to have a good ide of conditions there. Probably the outstanding feature of the meals. is the t e total absence o bread or rolls.. At ; first one is in- ' dined to think that the dark bread is excellent, but after a few weeks of nothing else there is a yearning for some good white bread. Perhaps after a long period one would ,become so' accustomed to it that it would :be s help Britain. V. Imports of feed from Canada are Can over 40%, The 'Ministry ;of Food buys all the food imported into Brit- ain,;and overseas the distribution and price. The Ministry endeavours to ,main taro a standard of nutrition, and'to this end scientists are at work all the time trying: to ,provide a' proper sup- ply of calories and vitamins through substitutes. The needs of =children and, the' sick are especially 'provided s for. Lord Woolton said, "It is the - children who: will have to clean up "this, s mess, and they must grow up strong,". a The best way to, maintain morale, Lord Woolton believes, is' to keep the f people well fed, and in this he is succeeding in a wonderful way. CANTEENS AND RESTAURANTS Many items` are entirely absent, suels as citrus fruits, -oranges, grapefruit and lemons, -ice cream fresh eggs, cream and some other items. Fresh eggs are very scarce and they are reserved for sick 'people and young children. Fresh milk is also difficult to obtain. There is, how- ever, a fair supply of powdered eggs and powdered milk. Most foods are rationed, and others are sold on the point system. The weekly ration for one person when we were there was: butter 2 ounces, tea 2 ounces, sugar 8 ounces, bacon 4 ounces, cheeie 4' ounces, jam 16 oun- ces, meat 23 Cents worth and canned goods 24 points. The prices are fixed by the govern- went which. also controls the . distri- bution of supplies. This is the reason why consumers must register with one storekeeper and buy,, rationed: goods there only. Thestorekeeper then receives, only sufficient stocks) to look after the requirements of the people who are registered with him.1 This is an important part of the whole method of keeping everyone supplied, ' THE MINISTER OF FOOD The man who is responsible for the smooth working of this system, and the supplying of sufficient food is Lord Woolton, the Minister of Food, and everyone over there seems, ,cone viaced that he has done a marvellous job. In fact what he has done is one of the big accomplishments of the war, for he has taken the worry of insufficient food away' from the pea -1 ple. They now know that all they have to do is to go to the store where they are registered, hand over their coupons and the Food Will -Be There, If Even during the worst of the blitz, Lord Woolton's department never failed to deliver the rations. The editors had a conference with the Minister of Food on September 16th, and were greatly impressed with his ability and sincerity. He extended his thanks to Canadians for their assistance in feeding ,Britain, and expressed his appreciation for the restrictions which Canadians had im- posed upon themselves in order to R _ Part of his plan to keep the people well fed was the establishment of canteens in the larger factories, the supplying of food to smaller factor- ies, and • the British Restaurants, sometimes called "Woolton's Rest- aurants", to provide meals where canteens are not practical. The num- ber of these restaurants nearly doub- led in 1942 and the meals served amount to a staggering figure. Later the Canadian editors • were taken to some of these restaurants for a meal, and had soup, meat and vegetables, pudding and tea, for a shilling and fourpence. Most of the help is volunteer. It is no wonder that there are now nearly 2000 of these establishments.. One factory canteen which we visit- ed was a marvel of cleanliness and efficiency, and could' serve 1200 meals in twelve minutes. CHANGING THE PUELIC 'DIET Lord Woolton believes that he is permanently changing the public diet. The people are learning what is good for them to eat, and will continue to' eab more vegetables and cheese even after plenty of all kinds of foodstuffs will be available. They ' are also learning how to .prepare food in butter ways. The result of all this is that the health of the people i; better than it ever has been before. As our conference drew to a close, one of the Canadian editors asked - him what was going to happen after the war, After a few minutes of thought, Lord Woolton replied, "Well, I am going to have a nice, thick, steak." TIMPOINT SYSTEM .. , . Selling food on points was de- signed primarily to control the dis- tribution and sepply of foods which are not rationed. Points for certain foods ate raised orlowered as the available supply goes up • or down. one line is selling too freely, the number of points necessary to pur= chase that food is increased, and the demand falls off. If some new food is' available, but is not proving popular enough, the number of points is reduced.. In this way the use of a certain brand of pressed ham was increased until it now is quite popular over there. The people look on this points business as a game which appeals to their gambling instinct. They try to guess what item will have the• points increased, and buy it; and if, as often happens, the points on it are de- creased instead, the people say, "Wootton has done us again, but we'll get him tomorrow on something. else." GRIMM .RECTORY 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. 2,30 p.m. --Sunday School. 7.00 p.m. ---Evening Prayer. THE SALVATION ARMY Capt. S. Curtis 11.00 a.m.--I•Ioliness Service 2.30 p.m., -Sunday Scheel 7,00 p.m. -Salvation Meeting. ONTARIO STREET UNITED of • Rev. G. G. Burton, M.A., B.D. a 11.00. a.m.—Divine Worship. "H Near Noon—Sunday School. ed• 2.30 p.m.—Turner's Church Service and Sunday School. 7.00 rm.—Evening Worship, WESLEY-WILLIS UNITED. Rev. Andrew Lane, 13. A., B.D. 11.00 a.m.—Divine Worship.. 7.00 p.m,—Evening Worship. re Sunday School at conclusion ' of the morning service. Between the' rationing• and the points, the queues which might have become a problem' have been•.'absolute- ly eliminated. The . only queues which we saw all the time we were in England Were at theatres and bus stops. They tell a good story about the queues. At one time if` a shopper saw a queue she would join up, with the idea that there. roust be some- thing good for sale. One day a queue formed in front of a theatre and stretched around the corner. A wo- man saw, this long queue and joined up at the end of it. :After a few minutes she'.asked the man is front her, "What have they got today?" The Tales of lidffman", he replied. ow do you cook them?" she enquir- THEE QUEEN'S MESSENGERS.. Lord Woolton praised the women who are known as the - "Queen's Messengers, an organization of women volunteers who go anto.blitzed areas and help in• ' the emergency nteen, Our ,beloved Queen is the, d of the organization. Wherever re is a raid which causes"damage, a mobile canteen'' with some of the "Queen's Messengers" is sent immed- ely to feed the people. These sengers with their food and .cheer roof that someone is looking after m. hipping is the .greatest concern Lord Woolton, and so every effort made to provide food that does not PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev. D. -J. Lane 10.00• a,m.—Sunday School. 11.00 a.m.—Worship Service. iate is p the 2.00 p.m.—Sunday School, Bayfield. S 3:00' pan. --Worship Service at Bay of field. zs have to be brought in by ships, or to use the most concentrated food with the maximum nutrition value. That is why powered eggs are so valuable, for it is said that 80 tons of dried eggs are equal in food value to 2,100 tons of feedstuff for hens. The margarine is now so 'reinforc- ed with vitamins' that its nutritive value is equal to that of butter, and it is very difficult to tell from butter. At one hotel, we .suspected by the quantity served that it Was margarine instead of butter, and on enquiry found we were right. We probably often were served margarine with- out knowing it. Hotel meals are limited' to three courses and' the price ceiling is five shillings, but in some cases service charges are allowed. At our London hotel, the price of the dinner was five shillings, . but the service charge was seven shillings and sixpence, and a charge for the orchestra was two shillings and sixpence, bringing the cost of the meal up, to fifteen shill- ings. However, these service charges are also under regulation. While :Britain's diet has changed, and many items of food are differ- ult or impossible to 'obtain, British people have sufficient wholesome food, thanks to Lord Woolton, It is no wonder that everybody admires the job he is doing. Presumed Dead Sergeant John Thompson Hunter, sun of J. Irving hunter of Leeburn, ,who was reported missing after air operations over, enemy territory on June 17th last, is now officially re- ported "presumed dead." The young man, a former student of 'Goderich Collegiate Institute, joined the R.C.A. F. in July, 1940. He was twenty-five years of age. Besides his 'father he leaves three sisters, Mrs. Frank Bar- clay of St. George New Brunswick: Pearl at Ottawa, and Grace at home. —Goderich Signal -Star. V FIFTY YEARS IN BUSINESS On January 30th, W, W. Burgess, photographer, concluded fifty years in business in Mitchell. It is a great record to serve the public so well that one can retain their goodwill for such a long period of time. 'We hope his health may enable him to continue, for many more years to come, Mitchell Advocate V Over Million Ration Books In Western Ontario Confidence and energy character- ize the 'manner in which Local Ration Board• chairmen have tackled the im- pressive task of distributing over a million of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board's ration book 2 in Wes- tern Ontario. They are determined that no man, 4oman or child in the areas they rep- resent will go without rationed com- modities on the first of March, They are "supported in their determination by hundreds of women, who are ready to 'pitch in and help with the distribution. Local boards have set up distribu- ting centres in convenient localities 'throughout the Region, where house- holders may yet .new .hooks for every member of the household. Rural householders may not only bring -in books ;from their own homes;,but may also bring in Hooks owned by neigh- bors, provided that the cards .in their books are properly filled out and sign- ed by these neighbors. - In view of the fact that many factories and large institutions are also issuing new 'books, employees are reminded by E. J. Farley, superin- tendent of rationing, that they may secure.ration book 2 for every •mem- ber_of their household, as longus the present book of each individual is presented with the cardin the•back properly filled in, and signed by each person. The remarkable'response,from wo- men, who will take full responsib- ililty of the clerical work' in count tion with the distributionwillin'the opinion of officials, go a long way to- wards bringing the task to a success- ful completion. V BELL TELEPHONE STAFF AND MATERIAL SHORTAGES • At the end of last year, 1,463 men and 93 women had left the company for war service. The company has also been called !icon to provide men experienced in communication work for wartime duties, in many part: of the continent, Their contribution • to war and defence measures has been highly praised by the authorities con. cerned, the report say's. The introduction of new regulations. has increased the problem of supplies and the utmost use is being made of salvaged materials, while the em, ployment of substitutes is under con- tinuous review. ; Gross revenue amounted to 656.- 540,007 an increase of $5.061,967 over 1941. CATTLE OF THE ARCTIC PRAIRIES The war has directednew 'attention to Canada's Northland's, , and has created new problems for the conser- vationist: The successful openingup of these vast regions is to a Large' ex- tent dependent upon the cooperation of the natives, both Eskimo and .In- dian. Effective 'aid from `.the native population can only be assured . •if their food supply is conserved and the basis of it broadened. Thus the need for the establishment of native rein- deer herds, and for protecting the big game indigenous to these 'regions.- caribou and musk-ox. One of the most interesting of all big game animals in Canada—if not in the whole world—is the -musk-ox. Its habit of forming a circle when at- tacked is a unique defence not corn-, mon to other big game species. While this defensive strategy makes it com- paratively safe from predators, it also makes .it particularly vulnerable to human attack. The musk-ox circle formation was evolved as a protection against wolves. When, therefore, they were hunted with dogs, they instinct- ively took up this fighting position, noble and magnificient in courage, but quite helpless in the face of high- powered rifles.;' The decline of these lordly animals of the Barren Lands, like the decline of the plains buffalo, was stopped on- ly when they were on the threshold of . extinction. In 1927 the Dominion Government set aside an area of 15,- 000 square miles along the• Thelon and Banbury rivers, east of Great Slave Lake, for the protection of the largest known remaining herds of musk -oxen now a -days. While some slaughtering may still take place, the Royal Canadian ` Mounted Police con- tinually strive to restrain the native instinct to kill the animals, :pointing out the greater benefits to be derived by allowing them to increase until their survival is assured beyond any doubt. The present increase is very slow, even in the Thelon Game Sanctuary. So far as can be ascertained only one or two calves a year in a herd of ten musk -oxen, is the normal increase, ' the cows calving only in altermiite years. So in spite' of the fact that the musk-ox now has few if any enemies to contend with, does not need to travel far for his food supply either in winter or summer, and, un- like the caribou" and reindeer, is more or less predator ,'and fly proof the rate of increase is disappointingly slow, (recent observations by an officer of the federal Department of Mines and resources disclose that this in- crease, though slow, is steady. Not only is this true in the Thelon. Game Sanctuary, but in other parts of the Barren Lands far removed from this preserve, Reports from native hunt- er make it evident that there are now herds' of musk -oxen north of Great Bear Lake where they have not been known since .before the last war. Oth- er herds have been reported on Bath- urst 'Inlet; but altogether it is esti- mated' that there are not more than 1,200 musk -oxen on the whole of the Canadian mainland. ' There are, of course, additional herds on some of the Arctic islands, and in Greenland. What of future these "Polar. Cat- tle" as• they are sometimes Called? And would it be possible in time to domesticate them in the same way as the reindeer, .thus insuring an addi- tional source of livelihood' for the na- tive population? Wellthe musk -oxen could be easily, herded', and the, value of a proeerly'utilized''carcass would be considerable. Besides, -they have persistecrin winter in places not fre- quented by winter caribou and would, therefore, widen considerably the area in Canada's • Northlands where ani- mal husbandry could be successfully practised by the natives. In time this animal may even, become a "beast of burden" as well as source of dairy products for the natives. But the pre- sent necessity is to preserve the spe- cies so that it may be available for such experiments when the time comes. The protection• which such creatur- es of the wild are afforded in Cana- da's national parks and wildlife sane ttnies should insure for future `gener- ations the preservation of many in- teresting and valuable species that otherwise may have been threatened with extinction. The lesson of the 'Monarch of the Plains!' is now beinc faithfully and intelligently applied to another lordly species, "The Cattle of the Arctic .Prairies." Outlines Program Meat Production To supply ,Canadian meat require- duetion program for the coming year ments in 1943, live stock marketings, is a heavy undertaking for Canadian will be needed on a scale never before producers to assume. The surmount - attained. This is true despite the fact ing of most of these difficulties wi that meat production has been. Stepp- in the last analysis, depend upon ed up rapidly each year since the out- individual resourcefulness -a quali break of the war, says R. S. Hamer, in -which farmers as a class are p Director, Production Service, Domin- eminent. ion Department of Agriculture. For There are, however, some compe example, total production of meats sating factors• which should not b in 1942 showed an increase of nearly Iost sight of. Feed supplies. of bot 50 per cent over the average ton- grain and roughage have never bee nage produced during the five-year more abundant than they are this period 1933-40, But even this immense year. There is no danger of profits quantity of meat would not supply being wiped out ,by rising feed costs, more than 85 per cent of the tonnage and with the Dominion freight assist which will be required in 1943. ance, farmers in Eastern Canada wi. continue to be able to secure onl extra supplies of grain they need o a Fort William price basis. Good prices are assured for all the mea producing animals that can be"mar keted. TO RELEASE COAL 1' QM -rOUL'lttVIIUN In view of the 'fact that a 29 per cent increase in Canadian • egg rodtic- gt, p tion is required in'1943 to meet both British and domestic requirements 9 fol eggs, the Coal (Administrator, War- time Prices and Trade Board states it is prepared to recommend' the release of Amercian.anthracite coal for incu- bators and brooders. Shipments of coal for such poultry equipment will be made to'one dealer only " in a community. Requests of poultry raisers for coal for incubators or brooders should be made to the Coal Administrator•, 238 Sparks Street, Ottawa, through a responsible municipal official or the local representative of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. The follow- ing should be given with the request or application for such coal:-;, ' 1. Name of dealer' to whom coal should be assigned. 2. Trade name and size and coal required. 3. Name.' and address of ` dealer's regular supplier. v TELEPHONE SERVICE STANDARD HIGH To safeguard vital war busines telephone users were asked to avo long distance calls, average of 87,000 long .distance con- nections were made daily, compared with, 77,000 in 1941. Despite wartime conditions, service has fallen only slightly- below the standard of previous years. The aver- age time of 102 seconds -required to establish a long distance connection was 11 second's longer than'in' 1941, and 90 per cent of all such cermet- tions were completed whtle the caller remained at 'the telephone. TRIMS. FEB. 11; 1943 beset by,those enemy civilian subreai•,... •inee.--indifference and skepticism," Weenen "puss the ammunition" by keeping track of prices in their lit*, blue, books. By reporting increases they help to fight off inflation's tidal wave,_ Mrs., Detwiler said. v PLEIVTY.OP SYRUP FOR ALL INFANTS . Plenty of corn syrup has been sured Western ail'. Ontario !mothers for the feeding of their infant childrenr;,. According to W. Harold McPhillips,: regional ,prices .and supply represent- ative, en order of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board forbids the use of corn syrup in the commercial man: • ufacturei of?'any product in Canada, It is believed' this will release' worth.- while amounts to consumers and wilt , work no hardship on industrial users,.. who can he supplied' with glucose. QUALITY 'ASSURED By NEW SECTION' To guard against poor cuality cane sumer goods, the Wartime Prices and Tr'ad'e Board have set up a standards section of the supplq divisio Wartime conditions, said W, Harold s' M PIillips, regional prices add sppply oid ' epresntative have made some 'arta.. °tions in the standard of quality un- . avoidable. however, the interests of' the public will be guarded by the new division who will provide definite yardsticks o£ worth, to tie maximum,, prises, both for the purpose of en--. forcing present ceilings and of est- ablishing new ones. The Standards section will have at its disposal the knowledge and ex- perience of a body of technical men, , drawn from institutions and from ire dustry. _p • The gross value at the farms of alt E field crops produced in Canada in 19'42 , is currently -estimated at $1,145,773,,. g 000 an increase of $461,889,000 over n the 1941 figure. The grain crops, prime cipally wheat, account for most of the 1, increase in value. PAYROLL EXPENSES AND TAXES RIS The payment of , a cost-of-livin bonus to most employees caused a increase of $1,839,449 over 1941 in th Bell Telephone Company's payrol which amounted to $20,369,080. Taxes amounted to $10,004,000 a increase of $2,594,000 or 35 per con over 1941. The company collected fo governments directly from th subscribers additional taxes amount rug to 52,540,000. Had the excess profits tax been effect throughout 1941, earnings av ailable for dividends would, have been $7.00, instead of $8.00 a share. n V ---.— t or A' COMPLAINT e Ink by the pint and ink by the quart - Aad inlf-by the gallon jar; There in•;enough ink in this world1 o% . ours ' To draw aline to the star; v- Bona much of the ink do you daily see , n And still; never think to write to,.me? Anne Mary Lawler, 11, In cleaning cereal seeds especially wheat, attention should be given, to No expenditure in the production of t the removal of smut. Unbroken smut crops gives as large'a profit front ao re- balls are unaffected by solutions used small an outlay as does good clean. to destroy smut spores on the surface IF, of the kernels, Unless the balls are o removed, the grain is liable to be re- th infected by the breaking of a few of n them. Each smut ball contains mil- lions of spores, the meat production program agreed to at the Dominion -Provincial agricultural conference recently held - in Ottawa, attention was naturally focused on hogs. The objective of 8,- 000,000 hogs, marketed through coin - menial channels in 1943 is a formid- able one. It' calls for an increase of. 28 per cent over last year's market ings. Unless this number of hogs come forward, difficulty will be found in filling the present United Kingdom bacon contract on time and in the meantime the civilian population will have to continue to refrain from sat- isfying their appetite for bacon,. ham and other pork products. In the ease of other meat products, supplies this year are expected'niore nearly to balance' requirements. This will depend on the degree to • which the objective in hog marketings is reached. To any extent that Canadian consumers are unable:topurchase pork products, they will undoubtedly draw more heavily;on other meat sup- plies, particularly beef, as was the ease during much of last year. While in the opinion of the confer- ence, calf marketing's may be reduced this year to•the point where there may: be no • exportable surplus, it is estimated that any' ap- parent shortage in veal will be more than offest by a prospective 10' per dent increase in supplies of mutton and Iamb. V Weeds are prolific. It is estimated 11 that a single plant of tumbling mus- t' hard produces about 1,500;000 seeds; D. shepherd's purse about 50,006; worm- seed mustard about 25,000 and wild t mustard, stinkweed, foxtail, pigweed, land campion from 20,000 to 10,000 seeds each, WISDOM • (By Langstron Hughes) I 'stand most humbly before man's wisdom. Knowing we are not really wise. If we were, we'd open up the king- dom And make earth happy as the dreamed of skies. The provincial estimates presented to the conference indicated that cattle marketings in 1943 should ' exceed those of last year by at leant 100,009 head. This general tendency to carry cat- tle to older ages and to heavier weights is one which the Dominion 1 Department of Agriculture feels should . be actively encouraged. It is the. only effective method of securing One of the latest `torpedo-spotter.. an ionly a importantincrease i beef tonnage reconnaissance i The Albacore is a successor` of the; auto, during the next twelve m biplanes attached to famous "Fahey Swordfish" , elv month period. the Brtiish Fleet Air Arm thewhich An Albacore setting out en Alba- carried out such.gg+atrol It is clear that the live stock pro - operates a brilliantItorTaco from the e core, p tes from aircraft carriers attack o the deck of a British aircraft - It n Italian Fleet' at Tar= (carrier v ECONOMIC SEAS CHARTERED BY WOMEN The 1,300 liaison officers of West- ern Outerio were referred to by Mrs. J. D. Detwiler, Regional chairman of the Women's Advisory Committee as "watchdogs .of the economic seas char- a ting a course of Consumer education seed grains . Grain grown from good, clean seedt is heavier; more uniform; and gives betters returns in yield, grade, ant price than grain grown from inferior seed. Canada's potato crop for 1942 is, now estimated at 42.9 million tun» dredweight, compared with 39 mil.,.. lion hundredweight in 1941! V BRIDGES Don't blow up:bridges you may one• day want to cross. In the heat of the, Moment, in anger, resentment, it is easy to destroy friendship. Nothing is harder than to rebuild. No subtler habit of evil is there In. the world than that of self-pity. . Bright. • r, You may depend upon it that he is= good pian whose intimate friendr, are alt good. —Lavatter. FLEET AIR ARM BIPLANE "ALI$ACORE" BEGINS HER PATROL