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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1941-08-28, Page 7'THURS., AUGUST 28, 1941 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THOUGHT B`PE G,, Recently we read with a great deal •of interest an account of the confer- ence between President Franklin D, Roosevelt, of the United States •and Prime Minister Winston Churchill, of Great Britain. Unknown to the maj- orty of their -countrymen they met somewhere on the high seas. Their discussion had to do with matters of great importance to the world. Thank God for •such men as these and also for those who met with them as they consulted. It is the constant pwayer of their peoples that The Ulinton News -Record with which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION 41.50 per year in advance, to Can- adian addresses; $2.00 to the U.S. or other foreign countries. No paper discontinued until all arrears are paid unless at the option of the pub- lisher. The date to which every sub scription is paid is denoted on the label. 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Grant, Goderich, Ont. THE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, .Seaforth, Ont. Officers: President. Wm. Knox Londesboro; Vice -President, W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Manager and Sec. Treas., M. A. Reid, Seaforth, Directors: Wm. Knox, Londesboro; Alex, Broadfoot, Seaforth; Chris. Leonhardt, Dublin; E. J. Trewartha, Clinton; Thos. Moylan, Seaforth; W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Alex MEw- ing. Blyth; Frank McGregor, Clinton; Hugh Alexander, Walton. List of Agents: E, A. Yeo, R.R. 1, Goderieh, Phone 608151. Clinton; Jas. Watt, Blyth; John E. Pepper, Bruce - field, HR. No. 1; R. F. McKercher. Dahlin, R.R. No. 1; J. F. Preuter, Brodhagen,; A. G. Jarmuth,. Bornholm, R.R: No, 1. Any money to be paid may be paidl to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank o1 Commence, Seaforth, or at Calvin Cutt's Grocery, Goderich, Parties desiring to effect insur- ance or transact other business will be promptly attended to on applica- tion to any of the above officers ad- dressed to their respeetive post offi- ces, Losses inspected by the director CAHAIlAk ATLtA 5 ALL"'WAY;$' they may be spared to see the end of this gigantic struggle. May that time soon comer On looking at the picture,of the two men. as theysat chatting fol- lowing the church service on the Sunday morning one could not help remarking that they were looking much older than they did at the be- ginning of the war. Is 'it any wond- er? On their shoulders has fallen :a great burden, They are not bearing it alone. They have both publicly acknowledged that God is their Help- er. In that lies' our only hope for the future. What ,has aged these men of of fairs? The answer might safely be given—anxious thought, There are thought's which are not wearing to us and there are thought's which de- prive as of .pleasure and, which low- er our vitality by making sleep al most impossible. We could, at least the majority of of us, never imagine ourselves trying to cope with the problems which now for months have confronted the chiefs of these two. nations. Even the planning of that trip, the failure of which would have meant so much to the world, must have required a great dealof thought. After all we are not required to decide the destiny of nations or the future of the world; but we are call- ed upon to meet our every day pro- blems. Sometimes they appear as mountains to us and we feel that we can never climb their peaks. We will get on much better if we realize that we are just required to go on from day to day, in ,fact the next day may not be ours in this world, but nevertheless it will be ours and we have to make a decision in con- nection with it. As we grow older, we see that we need to give even greater thought to every day questions. We may make a decision on the spur of the moment which the next second 'we will regret and may continue to be distressed about for the rest of our lives. It is very seldom that we can- not take time to at least spend a moment or two before advising others or in fact taking our own ad- vice. It is said that in the British Navy, when any emergency arises, such as a fire or an explosion that it is the duty of the bugler' to sound what is called "the still." This moans that each man must stop perfectly quiet for a moment and collect his thoughts. He will thus be better prepared for action, • One cannot give an intelligent an- swer to any genaratiou without thought. There is such a thing as une sided decision. Someone may come to us with a difficulty in which they have found themselves. To their mind a great wrong has been clone them. That is quite possible and to such a one we should always give a sympathetic hearing. Very often it does not require a momentous de- cision, but we must, no matter who it is, . always keep the thought in mind that there are two sides to every story. We may be doing the worst thing possible by immediately aiding with the one who has told us the story. Does it ever occur to us TIME TABLE Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: Buffalo and, Goderich Div. Going East, depart 6.43 a.m. Going East, depart ' 3.00 p.m. Going West,' depart..:..' 11.45 a.m. Going West, depart 9.50 p.m. London -Clinton Going South ar. 2.50, leave 3.08 p.m. 1 that we might ask the two parties to meet and talk the matter over with them. Before we give. our de cision Christ should have a place in it. Even as we are listening to the story we can be asking our guide t� instruct us as to what we should say and do. We can never settle any question by dealing first with one. side. Even in the difficult problems welch the leaders of our own and other count- ries, have to deal with today there are many points to be considered. Were they simply to decide one issue and disregard the others it would not be loxg before, our enemies would find a way of dealing with the' remaining points. No problem of any kind should ever be thought out without seeking God's guidanoe. In the line of thoughtthe saying of Sir Frederick Balding is worth re- peating, "It is not within the power of the properly constructed mind to be satisfied. Progress would cease if this were the case. The greatest joy in life is to accomplish. It is the getting, not the having. It is the giving', not the keeping: I am a a firm believer in the theory that you can do or be anything that you wish in this world within, reason, if you are prepared to make the sacrifice, think and work hard enough . and long enough." As long as our brain thinks 'clearly we can work out helpful thoughts. Lord Tennyson was .in his eighty- first year when, one October day, he wrote that beautiful poem' "Gross- ing the Bar." His son said to him after he read it. "It is the crown of your life's work." Tennyson replied, "It came in a moment." In ,spite' of that truth there were over three score years behind it, in which Ten- nyson had thought deeply and plan- ned such work as that. Think things out for yourself. Re- view the idea of others but do not accept them without thought on your part. Our minds develope as we make use of them. We ,can train ourselves to think clearly;. There are different parts to our brain. If we are of a mech- anical term' and think of nothing but mechanics the other part of our brain will go undeveloped, And so it is along any other, line of work. Those who axe older in years can look back to a time when we, as children, sat in a Sunday School class, and when it came our turn we repeated the Golden Text and verses from a chosen passage of scripture. Does that bring back memories to you? Our thoughts were along that line. Our interest was there. Now in these days of trail and anxiety as we settle down to rest at night those verses will return to comfort us. The heavens declare the Glory of God and the firmament showeth his handiwork etc. Let not your heart be troubled, ye believe in God be- lieve also in me, and so on. It really does seem a pity that the children and young people of to- day are not storing their minds with these beautiful thoughts. Those who have charge of our children's class- es—can we not make it a rule that memory work must be done in our Sunday Schools, At times even well planned thoughts fail. A newspaper article quoted the failure of the German dictator in his effort to frustrate the conference with the words "But they failed." Let us be sure that our thoughts GEORGE DREW PLIES TO ENGLAND for post-war reconstruction," Col, Drew attracted, wide attention in 1935 with articles on: "Germany Prepares for Conquest" His best-known book is "Canada's Fighting .Airmen}" --pan inspiring history of the Canadian aces of the last war, which is the basis of the official pamphlet given to every Canadian pilot on receiving his wings. A brilliant analyst and writer, Col, Drew will also clo a serieso.f• articles for a leading newspaper syndicate. George Drew, Ontario ,Conservative leader, is pictured with his wife and three' year oil son, Edward, as they saw him -off at Malton Airport, Tor- into, on his flight to England. Col. Drew took the American Clipper plane nom New York for Lisbon and Lon- lon. He told New York reportere: 'It is a foot -finding survey on stab- jects that have a bearing on our pro- )lens, in war conditions, methods of leaning• with social problems and plans in connection with our acceptance • of Christ will not be a failure. • If. I Had Prayed Perhaps the day would not have seemed so long. The skies would not have seemed so gray; If on hay knees in humble prayer I had begun the day. Perhaps the fight would not have seemed 's'o hard— Prepared, .I might have faced the fray; If I had been alone with Him upon ,my knees, to pray. I think I could have met ]i£e's hard- er trails With hopeful heart and cheerful' smile, If I had spoken to my Lord Just for a little while. And, 11.1 pray, I find, that all goes Well, All care at His dear feet is laid My heart is glad, the load is light Because I first have prayedt" V "PEG„ London Farmer Boys Look After the City's 12,000 Head of Livestock The heart of London is now getting from its own farms hundreds of tons of meat and vegetables a year for the hospital and other institutions of the Metropolis. London's citizens are the farmers of 4,000 acres) mostly within the Green Belt,.and in the midst of the 'blitz' area. They own 1,500 head of pedigree cattle 3,000 pigs, 7,000 head of poultry and 650 sheep. In the year of the 'blitz' these farms, run by the London County Council, produced more than ever be- fore: 360,000 eggs, 560,000 gallons of milk, 351 tons of meat, 1,668 tons of vegetables and 81 tons of fruit. They are even "digging for vjctory" in London's famous parks. Two hun- dred acres are being worked by bor- ough councils for food growing. Sheep graze on 600 acres. And in the centre of London alone individual Londoners are raising food from their allotments on 460 acres. V WALT DISNEY TO AID CANADA% WAR. EFFORT It is announced from Ottawa that Walt Disney, creater of Mickey Mouse and; other screen celebraties, has offered his co-operation and that of his studio staff as a personal measure of.support for Canada's war effort. Two representatives of Mr. Disney's studios have arrived in Ot- tawa by plane from Los Angeles to discuss two' projects on which the Disney' Studios will begin work im- mediately,. The first is a series of films for the War Savings Committee. The pictures will be short animated car- toons, done in technicolor in the in- imitable Walt Disney style. Disney's characters will stage a war savings parade on Parliament Hill, Donald Duck will obey his better self and buy a war savings certificate, the Three Little Pigs will show how to beat the Big Bad Wolf, and Snow White's famous Seven Dwarfs will hock their jewels to serve the nation- al cause, The second propect is a military training film in the cartoon technique to be made for the Minister of Nat- ional Defense. V CHURCH DIRECTORY THE BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. A. E. Silver, Pastor 2;30 p.m.—Sunday School 7 p:m.—Evening Worship The Young People meet each Monday evening at 3 p.m. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH Rev. G. W. Moore, LTh. 10.00 a.m.—Sunday School. 11 a.m. Morning Prayer. 7 p.m. Evening Prayer. THE :SALVATION ARMY Lieut. Deadman • Lieut. Whibley 11 a.m. — Holinest Service 3 p.m. — Sunday School 7 p.m. — Salvation Meeting ONTARIO STREET UNITED Rev. G. G. Burton, IMA., B.D. 10.00 a.m.—Sunday School. 11 a.m.—Divine Worship 9,30 a.m. Turner's Church Son vice and Sunday School '1 p.m. Evening Worship WESLEY-WILLIS UNITED Rev. Andrew Lane, B.A., B.D. 11 a.m.--Divine Worship 7 p.m. --Peening Worship. Sunday School 'at conclusion of morning service. I'1LESIiYTERIAN CHURCH Rev. B. F. Andrew Sunday School 10 a.m, Worship Service 11 a.m, 3 p.m. Worship Service at Bayfield 2 p.m. --Sunday School. Bayfield. PAGE 7 THE CONVOY'S GUARDIAN IS ALWAYS READY lei a British destroyer acting as convoy escort, the Lewis gunner looks through his sights. In the back- ground one of the guarded fleet of merchantmen sails undisturbed on its way. ? Bombing And Gunnery. Specalized Occupation J This is the tenth and last of the series of stories about the training of Pilots and Observers in the It.C.A.F., under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 'written for the weekly newspapers of Ontario and dustribe. ted through the C.W.N.A. by HUGH TEMPLIN Until I visited the Jarvis Bombing and Gunnery, School, I had supposed that the Initial Training Sehool at Eglington was the most interesting place the Royal Canadian Air Force had to show its visitors. At Eglinton, the doctors, now disguised as Flying Officers, •carry on scientific experi- ments in low pressure chambers, at- tach electric wires to the skull to test the brain waves, and send men and materials • into chambers where cold winds blow at 40 below zero. There's nothing like that at Jarvis. Science and mathematics and inven- tion have combined to produce the wonders that are kept locked up in special buildings at the Bombing and Gunnery School but they have to do with the arts of war and destruction, rather than medieine and healing. After a convention in Hamilton in May, a group of editors and their ladies spent an afternoon at a wings parade at Jarvis school, and then saw the buildings and learned something of the training methods. They mar- velled at the beautifully furnished recreation rooms. They had fleeting glances of bomb sights in the noses of Fairey Battle bombing planes or noticed the loads of small practice bombs attached to the wings. They saw the drogue planes come in and drop the drogues, or targets, riddled with machine gun bullets and they felt grateful for an insight into the training of the student observers in the R.G.A.F. and kindred Air Forces of the Empire. Really, what they saw was only a fraction of what the ,student sees. I was at Jarvis school with the other editors in May. I returned in August and was admitted to the various buildings where the doors are kept looked; and few are privileged to enter. I was allowed to use the power driven machine gun turrets off actual fighting planes; I was initiated into the mysteries of the bombsight, as far as was possible in an hour or so; I was offered a flight with one of the machine gunners out over the water of nearby Lake Erie, and 1 saw the inside workings of the "Bombing Teacker," a machine that literally amazed me. Difficult Course of Studies Group Captain G. E. Wait is the Commanding Officer of the Jarvis School. After a cordial welcome, he turned Inc over to Flying Officer G. T. Johnson, with instructions that I was to he shown everything and al- lowed to try out the various machines used in training. And Flying Officer Johnson literally carried out those instructions. If I didn't learn every- thing about bombing and the use os machine guns, it was because one can't do that in an afternoon. First, we went over the details of the course of study together. It was like the curriculum of a university course in engineering, with its vagi- ons formulae and its applied math- ematics. I wondered that students couldpick it up unless they had been particularly good in mathematics in their high school days, but the Fining Officer said that few failed. Those who did not understand the theories h could memorize the formulae. Studies included the theory of bombing; trajecteiy, angles, use of the Vector attachment for bombing sights when aiming at moving tar- gets; setting bombsights low and high level bombing; wind' drift and pro- blems arising from it; fuses and car- riers; use of flares; theory of sight - ;ng meanie guns; tracer bullets, can- non guns; gunnery tactics; types of turrets, and aircraft recognition. That doesn't mean much to most of us, but it sounds like a heavy course of study to be mastered in six weeks. Camera Guns Save Ammunition First practice with actual machine guns is on the 25 -yard range. Vickers guns are used, though they are now out -dated and Browings are used for more advanced work, The machine gunners stand inside a long building, open at the front, and. shoot at targets with bursts of fire, eight to 16 bullets at a time. Inside another building, in separate rooms are powe1.operated machine gun turrets which gave the British gunners an advantage early in the war. They were completely equipped but the actual guns had been re- moved and replaced by dummy guns which shot a ray of light at a tiny German .plane which moved against a painted sky. A. student was banging away at it, and every time he scored a hit, a bell rang. Amusement parks have similar devices, without the tur- ret. which is the important part. The young man at the camera gun was doing fairly well, scoring hits with about half his shots. Dials on a nearby desk indicated exactly what he was doing. He finished and I climbed up inside the turret. A table lowered over my knees and a lever at my side brought up a seat and wedged me in like a sardine in a can. Apparently I was a bit oversize to make a good gunner. Five or six switches set the machin- ery in illation and I looked through a small reflecting eight, already de- scribed in an earlier story. With my left hand, I worked a "stick" similar to those that control small planes. A touch of my thumb on a button on top of the lever started the machine gun. But the mechanism was too fast for me. I got in a few shots, but I scored not a hit. Another turret was of a somewhat different pattern. Handle -bars like those on a bicycle controlled the motion --a turn to right or left made the turret turn and by lifting up or pressing clown, the machine gun was moved. Actual practise with machine guns is carried out over Lake Erie. The planes used are Faire) Battles, used earlier in the war as medium bomb- ers. Some are "drogue planes.," pain- ted with yellow and black stripes as a warning to other planes that they are trailing behind them a long steel wire. At the end of the wire dangles a drogue, or cloth target, cylindrical in shape and about eight feet long. The machine gunners go up two at a time in another plane of similar make. An experienced pilot sits up M front, the two gunners side by side back near the tail, where it is rather bumpy. The planes follow a definite sehedule, meeting the drogue plane out over the lake and firing in a cer- tain area. Bullets in the machine guns are dipped in paint. Those fired by one gunner leaves red holes; the other blue. That cuts the flights in half and requires less targets, The drogue plane circles back over the field and drops its drogue, releasing another at the end of the wire to take its place Flights of the planes with the gun- ners take only about ten minutes, Bombs and Bombsights Bombs and bombing have become important in this war. Much might be written about them. The bombs are of several types, depending• on the purpose for which they are in- tended. They tend to increase in size, Weight and destructiveness. Some explode on contact; ethers go through the roof and explode inside a build ing or a ship. There are bombs that pierce armor before exploding, The bombs tan be adjusted for various purposes, having different types of detonators in nose and tail. Bombs are carried on racks, underneath the wings, inside the fusilage or in other places, depending on the type of the bombing plane. They are released electrically by pulling a Iittle Lever. Much has been heard about bomb sights in recent months. The bomb- sight is an elaborate instrument used to ensure that the bomb, will land on or near the target. In the early days of the last Great War, bombs were simply dropped over the edge by the pilot. Planes moved slowly and fairly low. Even at that, many of these first bombs probably landed a mile from the place they were intended to strike. A modern bombsight is a most com- plicated instrument. There are some ten adjustments. Not only the height of the plane above the ground, the speed at which it is travelling, the direction and velocity of the wind af- fect the fall of the bomb, but even the temperature. The bombsight iscovered with knobs and dials and scales. When all these have been adjusted, the Ob- server watches the landscape through an eyepiece. He sees it apparently moving down between two pair of wires with colored beads at inter- vals along them. At last, the railway station, factory or whatever the tar- get may be, appears between two tiny pointers. The Observer pulls a lever and the bomb starts on its way. It may be 20 seconds before it hits and another ten before it explodes. The Bombing "Teacher" Students learn to operate the bombsight with the aid of a "teacher," which is one of the most interesting and ingenious machines I ever saw. It is contained in a specially -built three-story building and kept locked. I watched Flying Officer Johnson adjust the bombsight, after drawing lines across the face of its compass and making calculations. Then I lay on my stomach and looked through the sights. We were in the gallery of the building. Upstairs, intricate projectors, designed by a British in- ventor, adjusted ,Lor altitude, wind speed and so on, ground away. Down below me, the landscape of the enemy country moved past. I eould see its farms, the towns and cities, the line of the coast. I chose a factory in the distance; watched it come down be- tween the wires and as it reached the pointer, pulled the trigger. For some twenty seconds, the time it took that bomb to drop, the scenery moved past, Then it stopped and a white light slowed where the bomb had landed. Actual bombing is done over Lake Erie. Small practise bombs, attached under the wings of the Fairey Battle are aimed at a red raft from heights well over a.snile. A puff of smoke goes up as the bomb hits the water. Observers on shore watch the puffs of smoke, use some simple trigo- nometry, and plot the places where. the bombs drop. The student narks where he thought they went. The best target hangs in the conference room. Over it is a sign. "Beat this and yours will hang here instead." Also, no doubt, the owner of the target will head his class at the next wings parade. THE END V BE HAPPY! To be happy, we are told, we should make others happy. 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