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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1941-07-10, Page 7THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1941 THE SEAFORTH NEWS MINUTE MINIATURES Brief Backgrounds In the Careers of Canada's Captains In War ('a lt.aiu Eric Sydney Brand, Diree or of Naval intelligence and Trade Captain Erie Sydney Brand' asked to come to Ottawa. It's the only post he has ever asked for. IIe is director of naval intelligence and 'rade iu the department 0f national defence. Ha'r'dly had Captain Brand settled down in his Ottawa office in July, 1939, when war broke out and it be- came a nut11)01' one hornet's nest. September, 1915, saw Brand a sub- lieutenant at 19 aboard a battleship in the Nome Fleet, patrolling the North Sea. Early the next year he was sent up to Glasgow to "stand by" during its completion and on its commissioning to join the "Valiant" In tho "Valiant" he was at ,Tutland on May list., 1910, in the first and only battle of its kind in history. With the enormous number of ellips engaged in this unique action, only one airplane was involved- a British reconnaissance plane. As reregnr- tion of services at Jutland that fall, three years after he welt to sea as a midshipman. I3rancl was promoted to lieutenant, went to the flagship of the (,rand Fleet, with Admiral JO - •411I licoe as commander lu chief''. It is a thrilling proposition them, when you are nfticer of the watch. leading the whole fleet at sea. With the admiral of the fleet along, you have virtually headquarters of the navy aboard, which adds interest, even though only captains mess in the Admiral's cabin. It was a great anticlimax when in 1917 the Iron Duke ceased to be fleet flagship and retreated to the end of the line. In November, 1918, Brand was sent to take a gunnery ehurse at Portsmouth. and the -following Feb- ruary to teach gunnery on the train lug ship "Cumberland." His next assignment was gunnery lieutenant 10 the "Caster" on a cleanup job in the Baltic following the wan', calling at Danzig, Latvia and Esthouia. About this time Brand, deciding his real interest lay in navigating and handling ships, 01M 110d to qualify as a navigating officer and was given his opportunity. He qualified, went to the Medi- terranean as navigator of the old air- craft corner "Pegasus." During this commission the ship spent sante time in Turkish waters, taking part in the "Ohanak Crisis" of 192.2-23. In 1927 he was first lieutenant on the cruiser "Delhi" when 1t went at high speed to reinforce the China Station while trouble was brewing. Later he navigated the battle cruiser "Renown" and the battleship "Bar. hunt," flagship of Admiral Drax. In 1921) Brand became a Younger 13rother of Trinity House, London, and was promoted to Commander. followed a series of responsible posts, instructor at the tactical school and then at naval staff coll- ege, He took a "weekend trip" to China as executive officer of the "Vindictive" carrying out and briug- iug home reliefs from the China Sta- tions, then joined the Nelson as staff ol'(leel' (operations) to the C.M.C. of the Home Fleet, first Sir John Kelly and later the Earl of Cork and Orrery. He served as executive offic- er ot the aircraft carrier "Courage - 0119," with a shi.p'a company of 1.400, including Air Force, Navy and all, tt'illi 18 planes aboard and a thousand troubles a day. In 19:1; came the Abyssinian crisis, and Brand sat off Alexandria. ('on- tinually since the last upheaval, the ]loyal Navy has gone through the nu1tioes of entering a war that never cute o17, which perhaps accounts for its amazing performance when war actually came, Branca was "attached officer" at tete. Royal Air Force Staff College, and later commanded the In0tt'uetional experimental sloop "Saltburn." Then sante the critical years of 1937 and MS when he went to Rosyth as Chief Staff Officer to the C. U. Coast of Scotland, concerned with the problem of Scottish (''oast Defence. As Director of Naval Intelligence and Trade in Ottawa today, Captain Brand has au important post in a department that has expanded many fold with ever increasing wartime activity. Notice to Creditors, 3 wks. for $2.50 The World's News Seen Through, THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR An International Daily Newspaper is Truthful—Constructive—Unbiased—Free from Sensational- ism —Editorials Are Timely and Instructive and Its Daily Features, Together with the Weekly Magazine Section, Make the Monitor an Ideal Newspaper for the Home. The Christian Science Publishing Society One, Norway Street, Boston, Massachusetts Price $12.00 Yearly, or $1,00 a Month. Saturday Issue, clicluditig Magazine Section, $2.60 a Year. Introductory Offer, 6 Issues 25 Cents Natite Address SAMPLE COPY ON REQUEST FORECAST SUPjRENIACY.OF AIR POWER 35 YEARS AGO "The nation that emit!. As the air will tiltintately t t e 111 tCPC:d. Sound; like e senlanet. lq .1 (Milt-, 1ry crt.er in the smimpa. doesn't hi' But it isn't. I:'wa;'•.t•riit,oa 33 year, ,140 l,y 11ex:t ttler Graham Lel!, at the , oncl'union .,f a letter counineir- ing-on an article in "The Century tMa acine" for IMay, 10)10. Thn- entire letter i- extraordinarily iutere-tits,. and seems to reveal enoe again oho imaginative good judgment whirl) had led l)r. Bell, many year,. 'teiore. tb prdp(lesy the marc') ,ef the tcic'rh ole around the world. Here's the story: In 'March, lOi)0, Ital! was asked by the editor cif rhe 'Century" to read the proofs of an article by Edmund 'Clarence Stedman entitled "rte Prince of the Power of the Air." For some time Bell 'h'ad ;been deeply in- terested in 4trsylhlens of d'e'bt. Fie had exnerinhented with kite: of his 010)1 design, and had been closely as.o.:- 1 tel with other aeronautical pioneers in some of their exl'eriment-. It ,sa• natural, therefore, when l'tednlan wrote an artiste relatin to ri•ron •t- ical design and tate significance of air power. diet :13e11's comment .should have been sought, What of England," Stedman wrote, "the country which of all ha most to lose and least to gain? 13,1,0 is the contemplating .the era ahen all nations equal her in pr ession of the atmosphere ocean, the 'higher seas ,When the acrid .fleets of the .world can pa:s asreadilyas her own not. into, ,nail over, the Cinque Ports; ,aver St. Paul's, and Lombard Street, ao l Buckingham 1':)!ace; over Wind- sor, .'ver Manchester, and Rirming- hatu, and Sheffield: ,,ver the length of the - fairest, ;tr,nt4hs1, securest. most hlstoris and riche.' .v argooed realms, from Late'', End 1 , John o' :r,+a - ir.m1 !ter 7190' naval 1,ase t: R,sv..it to the 'toed, )s of the Mer - 301(01' reading tire proofs of .eed- man's article, Bell wrote - in part - as fu1law; :rots Washington, 1):C.. 11 arch Irl, •1\l:u)y thank, for the privile4eof reading :lIr. Steclnhan', articie, I )'emelt. I 0511 nothing to correct in it. "Of all the nations in the world the interests of Great Britian will ;be most vitally affected- 'by aerauaut- ice. For it is dbt'ious that seaspower will become of secondary importance when the air -power has 5u41- devel- oped She use of dirl tibio, )balloons and flying machines in war. The nations that secure control of the air will ul- timately rule the world." Thus did (Bell, in his continent on Stedman's brilliant article, gum up his view Of the question ,that now shakes the world. AiR POWER VERSUS SEA POWER IN THE FAR EAST (From the Canadian Institute of Itnternatioual Affairs) Last winter Japan was moving her naval and air forces to bases in Indo- China and nearby Hainan Island, pushing her influence iu Thailand, and preparing, it seemed, for an im- mediate blow at British and Dutch possessions in South -East Asia. So critical did the situation seen' that British and Austrian reinforcements were rushed to Singapore and Amer- ican troops and planes to the Philip- pines. But Japan did not seize her opportunity to strike, and even withdrew her naval and other forces from southern Indo-China. Daring the past several months there have been only verbal threats from Tokyo. combined with occasional hints that Japan )night consider coming to terms with the United States. This hesitation forms one of the 'many enigmas of the present situation. One important reason may be that the strengthening of British, Dutch and American forces in the Far East has made au easy victory impossible. Yet the combined naval strength al these three powers in Far Eastern waters is no match for the Japanese navy. The main American fleet is. of corse, stationed at Hawaii, but the Japanese might reasonably assume that it would not be risked farther east while the battle of the Atlantic is in so crucial a state. There have been recent unconfirnted reports that certain units of the United States fleet were being shifted from Hawaii to the Atlantic where the small Atlantic fleet is being faced with greatly expanded duties of patrol. - Certain authorities are offering an- other explanation. They point to what they consider a shift in the whole balance of power in the Far ]last because of British - Dutch - American air superiority, The Brit- ish, realizing that they cannot spare important units of the fleet for Far Eastern duties, havesignificantly broken preeedents by placing an Air Chief Marshall, Sir Robert Brooke Popham, in charge of the defence of the Far East. The Dutch have boldly PAGE SEVEII ARMY DAY VISITOR AT CAMP 01)0 of 1h" tour pl aaaia jobs for the aunt al the Lansdo0rne Pari: Army Camp was oi:w),g tiee visitors the use of the equipment.. R. T. Patterson is 50011 111v')' instructing an ultet'),+t ti visitor on the use of a Lt'-Entlelif rifle. expanded their plans of defence. Or- iginally' they felt that they could de. fend only the important islands of Java and Sumatra in ttie 1sa.I lndi,•.;, but 111W they aauolnure that they will defend the remotest -islands. in the group. American bombers have been flying to the Philippines. lu Malaya and to the Dutch Indic,. Pan-Auorrf- can Airways has recently establish- ed pusseng.•1' service from (lie 1'n. Red States to Singapore. 'fit,' 111111. bur of planes naw 11911ila1110 10 Ilse three powers has been (11111:'•) 1(t 2,101, ltl0,41 of which would b,• ntnai- ern, An important advantage also i- the fart that if Japan move; against Singapore or the Deitch islands 11.1 naval expedition would be rl )9)'110 in territory snrroundid by e11/ t/ , •tai base;;. What of Japanese air st) ngtit . The Japanese air force has had al- most no experience a a9)111)st modern defences, her successes in ('Minae hav- ing been achieved against undefeuci' ed places and no aerial resistance. Japan's current output of military airplanes of all types, including training planes, has been estimated at 250 per month—an amount not equal to the production of Canada and Australia. As late us 1939 the Japanese were using Italian air. planes of a type proved obsolete in the Mediterranean. No doubt Cor. man collaboration since has meant a considerable improvement in planes and training of aviators. But Japan- ese industry is incapable of main- taining an aircraft production which could begin to compare with that ot the United States or the British Eul- pire, In 1940 her supply of new ma- chine tools amounted to less than one tenth the present American u)• Heal supply, and she Is now cut a1i' from American supply to these es. sentials to modern aircraft ptoduc tion. Japanese inability to secure aviation gasoline from the dutch In- dies or in large quantities from the United States should hamper her aerial activity. Ileceutly a Japanese naval spokesman asr.er1ed that the Japanese navy had -,own warplanes, 1, 1 it the country's annual output is I,5 no, one might 1)5,40401' 11111 11 large part ut )11)0 tore/ is obsolete. 1t w111110 be unwise 10 assuine 11(111 .Le_',i sod aerial strength to Single !tor, and e•lscaeh, ye 1111,1 camel Jap - 0) to iureg,, :0 lav' dr,'au1s 111 a w (n',t,.r in let Ila" )chile iter 1 rr, - navy still remains its untried ill strength. Slee may simply, bei holding ,eft' in hope of favorable develop- ments in Enmp,'. or she may 1, ;,r,•-. paling for the - new threat by re mailing ties' ships idminsi 4;r 1 Nevr'rthde=ss, Ni, lrosaiiriill3 . building up joint 11)111sh and :m1. elan air strength in the fair L'last such a point that the file ,at of i'1 Japanese navy might 51.' ,m.r,1( nullified would Itay.a a very 1r•' , _.. fluence on the h.hlauce .tt. ✓ew;q throughout the world. The night was dark ant the -eas late as El 5011(a.1'y wayfarer pass- ers along the deserted street. (4ltddel: ly three slinking datives emerge,. front the shadow's. narked thein; prey, and then attacked hint. Three to one is powerful odds, but the wayfarer held his own. One by one Ole assailants landed with a thud 1 the ground, battered and bruise. their 110111ing torts. ,\ policeman 40, rie i up and surveyed the wreckage. "Fine Mirk!" ito said addressing the hero. "Jn jICUt?" "No," answered tit» hero. "Rail way porter'." Suitor—"I am burning .with env: for your daughter." Father ---"Don't shape a fuel 01 yourself, young ratan. ARTISTS QUIT EASELS To Give Textile Makers War -Time Designs A group of Britain's better known artists are co-operating with Lan. eashire in producing dress designs which put new lite into fabrics of cotton and rayon. Among the landscape painters who have come forward to help are Paul Nash, Elliott Seltbt'ooke mid Duncan C1rltnl; from the stage decorators are Jell)) Armstrong. )'cter Coffin. and Doris Zit keisea); and illustrators like Vanessa lt.,li, John Parieiglt and Anna Zittkel.ett have joined them. :deny are doing the 1114)- work in t1(''ir ,.,v:! medium --- lithography, line tenting, weed—engraving and 50 I;y ,'1• vel 1)1,114nc'O and souse of design they are able to give a sant- 1t11, 00100 combination the depth and richness, of much more expensive multicolor designs. The treatment slakes 0 two -shilling c•ambi'ic look like a Mayfair material. home of their more topical de- signs include one based upon an en- gineering blueprint, another with angels in uniform, and a third, feat- uring photography, which shows a broken )wall through which a beauti- ful lady looks at a sky dotted with aeroplanes, There were fewer "surplus wom- en" when war broke out than there had been for 15 years previously. This was revealed in figures just published by the Board of Trade. According to these, the population of the United Kingdon in the middle of last year was 47,676.000-22.- 9210100 7,676.000-22.9)1,100 males and 24,756,000 fe- males, But appatently the bachelor still has a choice—until one of the 24,756,000 decides he'll do. '.eeks 50c Canadian Pacific Builds First Canadian Tank t was a proud day for e Can - Jeddah the Pacific Railway's Angus Shops at Montreal when D. C. Cole- man, vioe+presldent, announced to a gathering of Government a ril- eials,' company officers, workers and newspaper men that 'he had great Measure is delivering the first Canadllea-built tank to the Canadian Army. "The machine," Ste said, 'tis the child of sweat atsd tsars. It will be followed by hun- dreds and thOusanda of others to help Otte Empire to its victos'." The tang[ was gratefully accept- ed by the Hon. C. I), Howe, Min- ister iaister Of Mvnjtions and Supply, who praised Mr, Coleman, H. B. 73owen, chief of motive power and rolling stock, and other Canadian Pacific men for the effort they had put into building this splen- did war machine. He, in turn, gave the tank and all others to. come oft the Angus assembly line to the Hon. J. L. Ralston, Min Aster of National Defence, who thanked the Canadian Pacific workers for the tine job they had accampMrihed. "You men have put your whole heart into this, jo1,'0 he said. He also mentioned that 300 of the thousands of tanks be, ing made at the Angus Shops Were being produced for the l3rlta tett) Purchaatag Commission. The pictures' above ehow . Mr. Coleman officially delivering the first tank to the Department of Munitions and Supply and, inset, Corp: Colin Stirton, of the Royal 'Park. Regiment,' a vetertatt et Dunkirk, comaplimenting an An- gus worker on the construction; of the tank. f. Duplicate Monthly Statements We can save you money on Bill and Charge Forma, standard sizes to fit Ledgers, white or colors. Et 31 It will pay you to see our samples. Also best quality Metal Hinged Se: - t tional Post Binders and Index { The Seaforth News PHONE 84 } G r The World's News Seen Through, THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR An International Daily Newspaper is Truthful—Constructive—Unbiased—Free from Sensational- ism —Editorials Are Timely and Instructive and Its Daily Features, Together with the Weekly Magazine Section, Make the Monitor an Ideal Newspaper for the Home. The Christian Science Publishing Society One, Norway Street, Boston, Massachusetts Price $12.00 Yearly, or $1,00 a Month. Saturday Issue, clicluditig Magazine Section, $2.60 a Year. Introductory Offer, 6 Issues 25 Cents Natite Address SAMPLE COPY ON REQUEST FORECAST SUPjRENIACY.OF AIR POWER 35 YEARS AGO "The nation that emit!. As the air will tiltintately t t e 111 tCPC:d. Sound; like e senlanet. lq .1 (Milt-, 1ry crt.er in the smimpa. doesn't hi' But it isn't. I:'wa;'•.t•riit,oa 33 year, ,140 l,y 11ex:t ttler Graham Lel!, at the , oncl'union .,f a letter counineir- ing-on an article in "The Century tMa acine" for IMay, 10)10. Thn- entire letter i- extraordinarily iutere-tits,. and seems to reveal enoe again oho imaginative good judgment whirl) had led l)r. Bell, many year,. 'teiore. tb prdp(lesy the marc') ,ef the tcic'rh ole around the world. Here's the story: In 'March, lOi)0, Ital! was asked by the editor cif rhe 'Century" to read the proofs of an article by Edmund 'Clarence Stedman entitled "rte Prince of the Power of the Air." For some time Bell 'h'ad ;been deeply in- terested in 4trsylhlens of d'e'bt. Fie had exnerinhented with kite: of his 010)1 design, and had been closely as.o.:- 1 tel with other aeronautical pioneers in some of their exl'eriment-. It ,sa• natural, therefore, when l'tednlan wrote an artiste relatin to ri•ron •t- ical design and tate significance of air power. diet :13e11's comment .should have been sought, What of England," Stedman wrote, "the country which of all ha most to lose and least to gain? 13,1,0 is the contemplating .the era ahen all nations equal her in pr ession of the atmosphere ocean, the 'higher seas ,When the acrid .fleets of the .world can pa:s asreadilyas her own not. into, ,nail over, the Cinque Ports; ,aver St. Paul's, and Lombard Street, ao l Buckingham 1':)!ace; over Wind- sor, .'ver Manchester, and Rirming- hatu, and Sheffield: ,,ver the length of the - fairest, ;tr,nt4hs1, securest. most hlstoris and riche.' .v argooed realms, from Late'', End 1 , John o' :r,+a - ir.m1 !ter 7190' naval 1,ase t: R,sv..it to the 'toed, )s of the Mer - 301(01' reading tire proofs of .eed- man's article, Bell wrote - in part - as fu1law; :rots Washington, 1):C.. 11 arch Irl, •1\l:u)y thank, for the privile4eof reading :lIr. Steclnhan', articie, I )'emelt. I 0511 nothing to correct in it. "Of all the nations in the world the interests of Great Britian will ;be most vitally affected- 'by aerauaut- ice. For it is dbt'ious that seaspower will become of secondary importance when the air -power has 5u41- devel- oped She use of dirl tibio, )balloons and flying machines in war. The nations that secure control of the air will ul- timately rule the world." Thus did (Bell, in his continent on Stedman's brilliant article, gum up his view Of the question ,that now shakes the world. AiR POWER VERSUS SEA POWER IN THE FAR EAST (From the Canadian Institute of Itnternatioual Affairs) Last winter Japan was moving her naval and air forces to bases in Indo- China and nearby Hainan Island, pushing her influence iu Thailand, and preparing, it seemed, for an im- mediate blow at British and Dutch possessions in South -East Asia. So critical did the situation seen' that British and Austrian reinforcements were rushed to Singapore and Amer- ican troops and planes to the Philip- pines. But Japan did not seize her opportunity to strike, and even withdrew her naval and other forces from southern Indo-China. Daring the past several months there have been only verbal threats from Tokyo. combined with occasional hints that Japan )night consider coming to terms with the United States. This hesitation forms one of the 'many enigmas of the present situation. One important reason may be that the strengthening of British, Dutch and American forces in the Far East has made au easy victory impossible. Yet the combined naval strength al these three powers in Far Eastern waters is no match for the Japanese navy. The main American fleet is. of corse, stationed at Hawaii, but the Japanese might reasonably assume that it would not be risked farther east while the battle of the Atlantic is in so crucial a state. There have been recent unconfirnted reports that certain units of the United States fleet were being shifted from Hawaii to the Atlantic where the small Atlantic fleet is being faced with greatly expanded duties of patrol. - Certain authorities are offering an- other explanation. They point to what they consider a shift in the whole balance of power in the Far ]last because of British - Dutch - American air superiority, The Brit- ish, realizing that they cannot spare important units of the fleet for Far Eastern duties, havesignificantly broken preeedents by placing an Air Chief Marshall, Sir Robert Brooke Popham, in charge of the defence of the Far East. The Dutch have boldly PAGE SEVEII ARMY DAY VISITOR AT CAMP 01)0 of 1h" tour pl aaaia jobs for the aunt al the Lansdo0rne Pari: Army Camp was oi:w),g tiee visitors the use of the equipment.. R. T. Patterson is 50011 111v')' instructing an ultet'),+t ti visitor on the use of a Lt'-Entlelif rifle. expanded their plans of defence. Or- iginally' they felt that they could de. fend only the important islands of Java and Sumatra in ttie 1sa.I lndi,•.;, but 111W they aauolnure that they will defend the remotest -islands. in the group. American bombers have been flying to the Philippines. lu Malaya and to the Dutch Indic,. Pan-Auorrf- can Airways has recently establish- ed pusseng.•1' service from (lie 1'n. Red States to Singapore. 'fit,' 111111. bur of planes naw 11911ila1110 10 Ilse three powers has been (11111:'•) 1(t 2,101, ltl0,41 of which would b,• ntnai- ern, An important advantage also i- the fart that if Japan move; against Singapore or the Deitch islands 11.1 naval expedition would be rl )9)'110 in territory snrroundid by e11/ t/ , •tai base;;. What of Japanese air st) ngtit . The Japanese air force has had al- most no experience a a9)111)st modern defences, her successes in ('Minae hav- ing been achieved against undefeuci' ed places and no aerial resistance. Japan's current output of military airplanes of all types, including training planes, has been estimated at 250 per month—an amount not equal to the production of Canada and Australia. As late us 1939 the Japanese were using Italian air. planes of a type proved obsolete in the Mediterranean. No doubt Cor. man collaboration since has meant a considerable improvement in planes and training of aviators. But Japan- ese industry is incapable of main- taining an aircraft production which could begin to compare with that ot the United States or the British Eul- pire, In 1940 her supply of new ma- chine tools amounted to less than one tenth the present American u)• Heal supply, and she Is now cut a1i' from American supply to these es. sentials to modern aircraft ptoduc tion. Japanese inability to secure aviation gasoline from the dutch In- dies or in large quantities from the United States should hamper her aerial activity. Ileceutly a Japanese naval spokesman asr.er1ed that the Japanese navy had -,own warplanes, 1, 1 it the country's annual output is I,5 no, one might 1)5,40401' 11111 11 large part ut )11)0 tore/ is obsolete. 1t w111110 be unwise 10 assuine 11(111 .Le_',i sod aerial strength to Single !tor, and e•lscaeh, ye 1111,1 camel Jap - 0) to iureg,, :0 lav' dr,'au1s 111 a w (n',t,.r in let Ila" )chile iter 1 rr, - navy still remains its untried ill strength. Slee may simply, bei holding ,eft' in hope of favorable develop- ments in Enmp,'. or she may 1, ;,r,•-. paling for the - new threat by re mailing ties' ships idminsi 4;r 1 Nevr'rthde=ss, Ni, lrosaiiriill3 . building up joint 11)111sh and :m1. elan air strength in the fair L'last such a point that the file ,at of i'1 Japanese navy might 51.' ,m.r,1( nullified would Itay.a a very 1r•' , _.. fluence on the h.hlauce .tt. ✓ew;q throughout the world. The night was dark ant the -eas late as El 5011(a.1'y wayfarer pass- ers along the deserted street. (4ltddel: ly three slinking datives emerge,. front the shadow's. narked thein; prey, and then attacked hint. Three to one is powerful odds, but the wayfarer held his own. One by one Ole assailants landed with a thud 1 the ground, battered and bruise. their 110111ing torts. ,\ policeman 40, rie i up and surveyed the wreckage. "Fine Mirk!" ito said addressing the hero. "Jn jICUt?" "No," answered tit» hero. "Rail way porter'." Suitor—"I am burning .with env: for your daughter." Father ---"Don't shape a fuel 01 yourself, young ratan. ARTISTS QUIT EASELS To Give Textile Makers War -Time Designs A group of Britain's better known artists are co-operating with Lan. eashire in producing dress designs which put new lite into fabrics of cotton and rayon. Among the landscape painters who have come forward to help are Paul Nash, Elliott Seltbt'ooke mid Duncan C1rltnl; from the stage decorators are Jell)) Armstrong. )'cter Coffin. and Doris Zit keisea); and illustrators like Vanessa lt.,li, John Parieiglt and Anna Zittkel.ett have joined them. :deny are doing the 1114)- work in t1(''ir ,.,v:! medium --- lithography, line tenting, weed—engraving and 50 I;y ,'1• vel 1)1,114nc'O and souse of design they are able to give a sant- 1t11, 00100 combination the depth and richness, of much more expensive multicolor designs. The treatment slakes 0 two -shilling c•ambi'ic look like a Mayfair material. home of their more topical de- signs include one based upon an en- gineering blueprint, another with angels in uniform, and a third, feat- uring photography, which shows a broken )wall through which a beauti- ful lady looks at a sky dotted with aeroplanes, There were fewer "surplus wom- en" when war broke out than there had been for 15 years previously. This was revealed in figures just published by the Board of Trade. According to these, the population of the United Kingdon in the middle of last year was 47,676.000-22.- 9210100 7,676.000-22.9)1,100 males and 24,756,000 fe- males, But appatently the bachelor still has a choice—until one of the 24,756,000 decides he'll do. '.eeks 50c Canadian Pacific Builds First Canadian Tank t was a proud day for e Can - Jeddah the Pacific Railway's Angus Shops at Montreal when D. C. Cole- man, vioe+presldent, announced to a gathering of Government a ril- eials,' company officers, workers and newspaper men that 'he had great Measure is delivering the first Canadllea-built tank to the Canadian Army. "The machine," Ste said, 'tis the child of sweat atsd tsars. It will be followed by hun- dreds and thOusanda of others to help Otte Empire to its victos'." The tang[ was gratefully accept- ed by the Hon. C. I), Howe, Min- ister iaister Of Mvnjtions and Supply, who praised Mr, Coleman, H. B. 73owen, chief of motive power and rolling stock, and other Canadian Pacific men for the effort they had put into building this splen- did war machine. He, in turn, gave the tank and all others to. come oft the Angus assembly line to the Hon. J. L. Ralston, Min Aster of National Defence, who thanked the Canadian Pacific workers for the tine job they had accampMrihed. "You men have put your whole heart into this, jo1,'0 he said. He also mentioned that 300 of the thousands of tanks be, ing made at the Angus Shops Were being produced for the l3rlta tett) Purchaatag Commission. The pictures' above ehow . Mr. Coleman officially delivering the first tank to the Department of Munitions and Supply and, inset, Corp: Colin Stirton, of the Royal 'Park. Regiment,' a vetertatt et Dunkirk, comaplimenting an An- gus worker on the construction; of the tank.