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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1941-11-20, Page 6PAGE 6 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., NOV. 20, 1941 c�v�oa,�r WAIt NO. 2 --TOUR OF LARGEST AUTO MATIC GUN PLANT IN ONTARIO By C. Earl Rice, formerly of the Spri ngfiold Times, Lac Du Bonnet, Man. An automatic gun plant in E'asten1 Canada, is mow the largest single pro- ducer of machine guns. in the British Empire today. 1 In the spring of 1938, the Canadian Government decided to make Bren Guns for the Canadian Army. Now the plant consists of some 19 build- ings, covering more than a million square feet of floor space. At the outbreak of war, the working person- nel consisted of slightly over 400 per- sons. Today, more than 4,500 are employed` on war production, and in ;Molly been a forty-five pound £org- another nine or ten months, that num- ling, weighs only five and one half her will be increased to around 9,000. Nearly 40 percent of the employees are women, and they can handle the machine tools with all the dexterity of men. More women will be used as men are called to other types of war work. The body of ,a Breis Gun start) along the machine line as a rough forging weighing 45 pounds. The body is the part' bf the gun which houses the firing mechanism. This forging pas- ses through • 269 seperate operations before it is completed. As many of these operations require more than one handling, and ,,rust be. gauged following each operation, it means: that literally several hundred persons have ,had a hand in the production of the gun body. By the time all oper- ations aro completed, whathad orig. The production of a Bren Gun is an intricate job, and requires literally hundreds of operations. There is a total of 161 different parts in each gun, begun, requiring separate oper- ations. In the plant, there are more than 4,000 machine tools and over 17,000 different gauges. 100 Per Cent Canadian pounds. • Guns For Airplanes Browning machine guns are also produced in this plant. These are the guns used in •our fighting airplanes, six or eight being housed in the wings of Hurricanes and Spitfires. A Browning gun is capable of firing more than one thousand rounds per minute, and a blast from one of our fighter plane's six or eight guns, will practically cut an enemy plane in two. A Browning Gun while not quite as 'ntricate as a Bren Gun, requires nevertheless, a great deal of care and detail in its production. There are When the Government let the con- 178 different parts, requiring 2,500 tract for the construction of these , operations for its construction. The weight of a Browning, 35 pounds, is somewhat greater than that of a Bren. guns, it stipulated that where pos- sible, only Canadian materials were to be used. As a result, these guns are one hundred per cent Canadian, with the exception of the walnut, iris- This plant also produces the Boys ported from the United States, used Rifle. It is used for an entirely dif- fer the gun stocks. ferent purpose than the other two Bren Guns are as nearly fool proof guns mentioned. It is a heavy, sturdy as it is possible to make then. They gun firing a single bullet. These but- cannot be assembled incorrectly. If lets are armour -piercing however. one part fits into another, that must and the Boys Rifle is. used extensively be the correct way, otherwise they in action against light tanks and ar- woulci not go together. They weigh moored vehicles. just 22 pounds. In the course of the next few mon- Each gun is equipped with a square ths, production will be doubled. So barrel, and twenyyfour• magazines, perfect has become the system of each magazine bolding thirty cart mass production of automatic gun ridges. It is a simple matter to slip equipped in this plant, that the Un - one magazine off, and put another ited States has sent representatives in place; the operation requiring only to study the details. a few seconds. The sante firm is also turning out Details of the construction of any marine engines on a large scale. Trip - type of ordnance cannot be given. It le expansion engines to power Cpr- is possible however, to mention a few vottes are built here, and' now procluc- pertinent facts regarding certain tion is under way on the engines that parts of guns, which will give one are to be used to power the Tribal Borne idea of the tremendous amount Class Destroyers Canada is now of work involved in their production, building for the British Navy, �eS \APS!OT GUILD FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY Try flash pictures for new thrills in your camera hobby. One small -size flash lamp synchronized to a shutter speed of 1/100 second caught these happy youngsters coming down the stairway. ]t if0ST amateur photographers tise l' regular flood lamps in handy cardboard reflectors for the greater part of their indoor shooting. The flash lamp, however, hag earned an important place in photography for certain types of pictures, and you have missed a lot of fun—say noth- ing of good pictures—if yon haven't made flash shots. With a supply of flash lamps, a flash holder, and a reflector, you are ready for picture taking at all times. No looking for electrical outlets; no stringing of wires, Your electric current•is right in your flash holder in the form of small, inexpensive batteries. Generally speaking, there are two methods of flash shooting. To take an 'open -flash" picture, place the 'camera on 'a solid support, such as a tripod, and set the shutter on "Tigre." The flash lamp is then in- serted in the socket of a simple bat- tery holder --much the same in appearance as a pocket flashlight- with the exception of its reflector to direct the light towardthe sub- ject. To take a picture, you merely open the shutter—press a button on the battery case to flash the lamp —and close the, shutter again. The second method of flash shoot- ing is with the aid of a synchroniz- er, a mechanical device consisting of a battery case with reflector and a little tiering. mechanism which connects with the cable release or shutter release on your camera. With this type of equipment, you don't have to place your camera on a firm support and you can use the regular snapshot speeds, Those are, of course, distinct . advantages. As for price, good synchronizers are now on the market at very reason- able easonable cost. Amateur photographers may bo somewhat startled to find that there are so many different types of flash lamps on the market. The most eco- nomical, however, and the most practical for average requirements are the "midgets"—about the size of a walnut—so concentrate on these to get your first experience in flash shooting. You'll find simple inst'ruc. tions on the cartons in which you receive your lamps. Try some flash shots tonight, You'll get a real` kick out. oh' 354 John van Guilder 200 DOZEN EGGS IN THIS PLtTM PUDDIlN.G To make a good Christmas pudding take '400 pounds of bread crumbs, 200 dozen eggs, 200 quarts of milk, 430 pounds of brown sugar, and various other ingredients in like and proper, proportions, Quantities such as these are what chefs' of the Canadian N'at- inal Railways have worked in this season. They make two tons of pard - ding -enough to serve 24,000 individ- ual passengers on the dining ears of the system during the Christmas season. Of coarse, if you want to make only enough for the family, here is the recipe—an old English' one. It will make two and a half pounds, ten generous individual portions: Ingredients 4 oz. Bread. Crumbs' 3 oz. Beef Suet 2 oz. Flour 2 oz. Brown Sugar 3 eggs 1 pt. Milk 3 oz. Brandy 3 oz. Sultana Raisins 3 oz. Currants 3 oz, Raisins 2 oz. Citron Peel 2 oz. Lemon Peel 2 oz. Orange Peel 2 oz. Dates '14 teaspoon Nutmeg 34 teaspoon Allspice '( teaspoon Cinnamon 34 teaspoon Ginger let teaspoon Mace Juice of one lemon '/i teaspoon Salt 'A teaspoon Baking Soda Mix the dry ingredients together, then add' the beaten eggs, milk, bran- dy, and mix all together thoroughly. If the mixture is too firm, add a little more milk. Grease inside of pudding bowl or covered mould to prevent pudding from sticking. If a pudding bowl is used, cover the bowl with floured gauze tied tightly around the bowl to keep moisture away from pudding. Boil pudding for three or four hours. Heat thoroughly before serving, then unmould on dish. Serve with sprig of holly on top. Serve with Hard Sauce made as follows: Ingredients --'/,r lb. Butter 144 lb. Powdered Sugar Procedure --Mix butter and sugar until the mixture. becomes snow white. Roll in wax paper, place in refriger ator until hard. Cut in slices. Serve slice on top of PIum Pudding, V Dominion -Provincial' War Emergency Training program ces. In 24 Ontario cities, training cent- res have been established; where War Emmrgeney Classes are being conduc- ted. Expansion of instructional fac- ilities at Galt as. wen as some of the 27 Technical Sehools, which are join- ed in the program recently, announced by Hon. N. O. Hipel, 'chairman of the Ontario Interdepartmental C'onrtnit- tee„ is now under way,' Mr. I1. H. Kern', Regional. Director of War Eineigeney,Training in On- tario, urges the immediate enrolment of men between the ages of 16 and 19 inclusive and 26 years up, to be trained in the mechanical trades to meet the pressing need of. industry. They must be British subject Men in the age group X20-25 inclusive, are not, eligible- for training unless they can: prove they 'are•physically unfit to serve in the awned forces,. Radio Mechanics While there has been an encoura- ging response to the appeal for men between the ages of 18 and 45 to train. for Radio Mechanics, there is still coon, for more in the classes at the Toronto Central, Hamilton West - dale and Ottawa Technical Schools. Applicants must be British subjects, must have successfully completed Grade X of their secondary school ed- ucation and be prepared to enlist in the R.C.A.F. at the completion of their 24 weeks' course. As the' need is urgent, applicants are asked to enrol NOW in this vital phase of the War Effort. Tool Room Improvers Mr. Kerr also reports that there are ;some vacancies in the 03)00101 Tool Room improvers' Course being conducted at the Westdale Technical Schno], Hamilton. This course is the only one of its, type and' kind in Cana- da. It is a general course in tool and die making. It is arranged and designed to produce efficient help in a tool room. The Tool Room Improv- ers' Course is of six months' duration. S•tudentls to take this important course, must be sponsored by an In- dustry. Notwithstanding' the splendid ach- ievement of 46,660 young Canadians having been given instruction in War Emergency Training Classes during the first nine months of 1941 through, out the Dominion, Ontario officials of the Dominion -Provincial War Emerg- ency Training Program are intensify- ing their activities to insure that suf- ficient men and women are available to be trained for jobs in war indus- tries to meet the ever growing de- mand of industry directly and indi- rectly engaged in armament produc- tion In addition, nothing is being left undone to augment the number of men to be trained for the various trade classification in the armed for - CHURCH DIRECTORY THE BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. A. E. Silver, Pastor 2.30 pan.—Sunday School 7 pan—Evening Worship The Young People meet each Monday evening' at 8 p.m. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH Rev. G. W. Moore, L.Th. 10.00 a.m.—Sunday School. 11 a.rn. Morning Prayer. 7 p.nr.--Evening Prayer. THE SALVATION ARMY Lieut. Deadman Lieut. Whibley 11 a.m. — Holiness Service 3 p.ln, — Sunday School 7 p.m. -- Salvation Meeting ONTARIO STREET UNITED Rev. G. G. Burton, M.A., B.A. 10.00 a.m.—Sunday School. 11 a.m.—Divine Worship 9.30 a.rn. Turner's Church Ser• vice and Sunday School 7 p.nu. Evening Worship WESLEY-WILLIS UNITED P.ev. Andrew Lane, B.A., B.D. 11 a.m.—Divine Worship 7 p.m.—Evening Worship. Sunday School at conclnsion of morning service. PRESBYTERIAN 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. Young Wooten Needed The important announcement is al- so made by Regional Director Kerr, that many hundreds of young women between the ages of 18 and 35 are needed at once by some of the larger industries engaged in vital war pro- duction, Married women of the afore- mentioned age, without dependents, are eligible. Special courses of train- ing are now being conducted at Prov- incial rovincial Technical Schools. Other courses of training include HOW BImmTISIL WARSHIPS PASS SECRET MESSAGES AT SEA There are occasions at sea on which signalling by radio, lamps, or flags are impracticable or likely to give information to the enemy. In these cases a written message is sent by shohoting a Iine front one ship to another This picture shows a message being pasesd by line from a destroyer of the British Royal Navy to a cruiser, while both ships remain under way. MOW Machine Shop Refresher, Bench work and fitting, drafting, welding, elec- tricity, Aircraft (Industrial) Radio, Aero Engine overhaul etc., as well as Pre -Enlistment Glasses for the arm- ed forces and Army Tradesmen Classes for enlisted men. Subsistence. allowances are provid-' ed while trainees are taking their re- spective courses. ' Applications for enrolment may be obtained from the Principals of Sec- ondary Schools, Directors of training centres or frons the Regional Direc- tor, War Emergency Training Pro- gram, East Block, Parliament Build- ings, Toronto. v HURON COUNTY JUNIOR ASSOC- IATION OF TORONTO ELECTS OFFICERS E. W. Hunter Unanimous Choice As President At a recent meeting of the Execu- tive Committee of the Huron County Junior Association of Toronto, Ernest W. Hunter, C.A. was elected by ac- clamation as President of the As- sociation for the corning year. Mr. Hunter, who is one of the members representing the Town of Clinton on the Committee, was largely responsi ble for the organization of the Assoc- liation over five years ago. Other officers elected were; Gerald Stewart, First Vice-president; Mrs. C. Parton, Second Vice -President, Mrs. Fred Elliott, Secretary; Mr. Ralph Garr, Treasurer; and Mr. Ifenneth C. Stanbury, Director of Publicity. At the Annual Meeting of the As- sociation held last month the follow- ing committee was elected for the coming year: Goderic --Mrs. C. Parton, Miss Grace Stirling and Miss Elva Dewar. Seaforth-- Mr, Gerald Stewart, Miss Ann Sutherland. CIinton--Mr. E. W. Hunter, Mrs. Fred Elliott and Mr. Mike Cook. Wingliam Miss Mary McGregor and Mr. Ralph Can. Exeter—Mr. Gordon Fowler and Mr. Kenneth C. Stanbury. Brussels—Mrs. Lloyd Grose and Mr. Wesley McCutcheon, Blyth and Londosbor:o—Mr. Robert Leiper. 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