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The Seaforth News, 1942-12-10, Page 3CHINA HONORS AMERICAN HEROES Mme, Chiang ICaisShek, presents the Military Order 4fChina to Brig.,; Gen. (Now Major Gen.) James Doolittle, who led the bomber raid en Tokyo, for the part he played in the surprise American attack. Col. John A.ilger (right) received the same honor forhis part in the raid. Photo was just released by the Army in Washington. VOICE PRESES SKUNKS AT LARGE Prince Edward Island has in- creased its 'bounty on skunks from 50 cents to $1, and thereby hangs a tale. Skunksare not native to the island, it appears, but some. years ago a few people began raiz ing them for fur. When low prices made the venture unsuccessful, some of the breeders simply turn. sd their skunks loose. Prince. Ed- ward ]Island has suffered ever since. —Brockville Recorder and: Times ALL -INDIAN .JOB Ten Iroquois Indians from the Caughnawaga Reserve are erect, ing a big new 40 -ton crane at the 1llidland. Shipbuilding yards. They ere under the direction of an Iroquois foreman, so it is an all- Indian job. The redmen of the Caughnawaga reserve, which is across the St. Lawrence river from Montreal, are the finest steel erect tion men in the world. —Midland Free Press Herald --o— WHAT A DIFFERENCE! Wire photos of American Doughboys marching into Algiers show a different background than the pictures of the Nazis march. Ing into Paris. In Algiers the AIR/people were laughing and dancing 'Wild cheering. Which is the dif• ferenee between aggression and friendship. —Stratford Beacon -herald --o— THE LAVALS, FOR INSTANCE There would be many people of A certain type wiped out if a re.. cent Vichy radio announcement was taken literally. The announ- eer stated that "an offensive Against rats will be launched in Paris.' —Niagara Falls Review --0-- SECRET OF SUCCESS Initial British successes in the desert battle were due, it seems, to the impact on the enemy of a six -hour barrage and a great deal of bagpipe music. —Boston Globe —o— COUNTING SHEEP One airman writes home that the Australian farmer has so many sheep •to count he has trouble staying awake in, the daytime. —Brandon Sun —0— THE ROMMEL TWO-STEP The latest dance, according to u wise -cracker, is the Rommel two-step.,You drop your arms, Heave your artner, and run. —Kitchener Record • —o— ONE IN EVERY HOME Would that firm advertising for house wreckers be interested in a aowerful specimen aged 6? —Boston Globe —0— ALTERNATIVE If Hitler finds the Russian front too cold this winter, let him try Africa, whore the heat's on. —Ottawa Citizen No Need To Falter. (Icing George's Speech from ' 'throne) "Ona• on.eniieS yet remain power- ful, and we can look tome:el to no easy task.' All' our fortitude and all our determination will be needed to .win through to, vir.tory. .But I. knew nothing will ubalm your purpose er cause , your itielps to defter en the way." Old Trees Drink 200 Gallons Daily The anatomy and working of the leaf of a tree areas 'curious and complex in their fashion as the physiology of an eye or an ear or a brain. Leaves and roots and trunk—these . are the instruments whereby is carried out the tree's life prooess, writes Alan Devoe in "Lives Around Us." Occasionally, very gently, a tree moves its leaves, to let them better catch the sun; occasionally, very slowly, it may reach out with its groping roots, hair fine at the tips, and crush a . stone that has beenimpeding them. And always, unceasingly, it ',goes about its soundless drinking' and feeding, drawing in the earth's water for its thirst, opening the million lip- ped mouths of ,its leaves in the noonday sun. It may come to drink, in its old age, 200 gallons in a day; it may come to breathe out daily, in its slow invisible vegetable exhalations, so great a moisture that it soaks the earth. And then at last, after a century, or a span of centuries, the heart- wood that Is its core crumbles to nothing, and the staghead limbs of its crown are Ieafless, and presently on some day of great wind it is brought toppling down and its life is done. THE WAR • WEEK -- Cowlllentary oil current Events. Canada Is Third Largest Producer Of Munitions Among Allied Nations Up-to=the-Minute Report on Canada's Industrial Revolution by the Hon, C, D. Howe, Minister of Munitions. How many Canadians appreci- ate that Canada, primarily an agricultural country, is now the third largest producer of muni• tions rrlong the allied nations? 'rhe Hon, C, D. Howe, adciresstng tin' t'r:n clian Club in Toronto last week, said: "On my recent visit to England I heard nothing- but praise for the contribution we are making, both in the industrial field and on the £ie, Ming fronts. In the United States we aro regarded as a model for war organization. Words of Praise "We are receiving favorable comment from unexpected sources. Dr. T, V. Soong, Foreign Minister for China, said in Chungking that Canada is conducting a wonderful war effort, which, in proportion to her population, surpasses that of.aby other country.. I was told in England that our rate of output '.of merchant ships is about equal to that of the United Kingdom, General McNaughton has stated officially that the quality of Can- adian munitions is the best . ob- tainable and that the Canadian - designed Ram tank is the best tank of the war, "I doubt if many Canadians appreciate the magnitude of the industrial revolution that is in progress here. In prewar years perhaps we have been unduly pes- simistic about our ability to pro- duce, in competition with other. countries. If so, that inferiority complex is a. thing of the past. Wo find that we can successfully undertake any type of war pro- duction and compete with the world in quality and in produc- tion costs. "The most powerful explosive of the war is now being manufac- tured in Canada by a process de- veloped by Canadian scientists and the Canadian .process will be largely used by our allies. Shipp and- Vehicles "The armada of more than 800 ships that, recently moved into North Africa carried- some 40,000. Canadian mechanized vehicles. The armies of the Empire all over the world are almost entirely de- pendent on mechanized vehicles from Canada, ""Canadian armor -piercing .shot has revolutionized the making of this type of 'equipment, which pre- vious to Canada's entry into the field was made of high-grade toot steel. Today thisshot is being made from a low -alloy type of steel, which is doing a more dead- ly job than the steel costing four times as much. "I quote from a Ietter from Soviet Government Purchasing LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher "How much for the suit?" Commission: 'I am glad to inform you that the Canadian Tanks Valentine VTI bave shown good results in combat 'action on our front, and have proved themselves the best of all of our imported tanits. "O•ur most spectacular expan- sion has been in the production of aluminum'. Canada now has the largest aluminum plant in the world, expanded. sevenfold since the war: began, This plant now has a capacity greater than the entire world production of alum- • 'num in 1939, "Canada is now producing mag- nesium by a process invented in our own research laboratories, which is being widely adopted in the United States. I believe that ours is the lowest cost magnesium produced anywhere. New Processes "Our national research laborer• torics are developing new pro- cesses for. making new types of equipment and many of those are being adopted in other countries. We are building great industries that are new in Canada that will he a potent postwar factor in our industrial life, "We are fortunate in having picked out for Canadian produc- tion the four most useful fighting planes of the war to date." Mr. Howe listed these four as Hurri- cane fighters, of which more than 1,000 have been delivered for the defense of Canada and for over- seas; the de Havilland Mosquito, "recognized as the world's fastest and most efficient: plasie"; the and best of the dive,bombers." Mr. Howe. added: "Ware also in large-scale production of the Catalina Flying Boat, which is the best of the coastal reconnaissance planes." During 1942 we will have pro- duced approximately 21¢,000 (met changed vehicle) units., One of ' these unite consumes approximate- ly twice the material and labor used by a. normal commercial ve- hicle, so that our 1942 output is practically equivalent to 430,000 commercial trucks, as against an average of less than 40,000per year for the ten years prior to the war. Chemical Plants Mr. Howe emphasized that Can., oda is manufacturing explosives "on a tremendous scale," and that the chemical plants set up at a cost of more. than $100,000,000 "will hav,d'an•-important postwar • value." Lancaster bomber, "the leading four -engined bomber,' and the Curtiss "Helldiver," the "latest Mr. Howe reviewed the two Years of manufacture of optical glass in Canada. "Today our pro. duction has reached amazing pro. portions," "Canada is making different types of larger naval vessels, a great number and variety of small patrol type craft, and two types of merchant ships. These ves- sels, including engines and all • equipment, are more than 95 per cent Canadian content. Canadian production of com- munications and signal equipment for the armed forces will amount to more than $100,000,000 this year. and to more than $250,- 000,000 next year. Canada exports large and in- creasing quantities of copper, lead and zinc to United States and im- ports manganese, chrome tung- sten, molybdenum and vanadium. But large deposits of chrome have been found in Manitoba and Qaebec, and production will start early in 1943, molybdenum has been found in Ontario and Que- bec and is being developed, and tungsten has been discovered in 'British Columbia, where a mill is to be built which will supply al- most all of Canada's requirements' Synthetic Rubber A synthetic rubber plant will be in production by September, 1943, and will supply all Canada's war needs and necessary civilian re- quirements and in the postwar period will supply the country's Unsung Heroes of Empire of the Seas Eiritlsh a a 1 1 o r a' Society Founded In 1818 In the yeas' 1818, the British Sailors' Society was founded en board the Nelson war sloop "Speedy." The vessel 'tad done good service at the Battle of Tra- falgar and was procured by some warm hearted business men, who were deeply touched by the neg- lect meted out to the sailers of that Clay, These business men, with some Prieads, met in the City of Lou- ' don Tavern on February 12, 1818. Tito "Speedy" was bought and a Penn Weelis later put into commis- sion for the use of Ulm sailors and became their ' first Chapel and Home, The opening ceremony "was an lnspiratiou," we are told, "the well.wishers packed the stage coaches from Bristol and elsewhere and a great company assembled. Anti so on that day over 124 years ago, the British Sailors' Society was brought into being. For years the "Speedy" was a veritable refuge to storm -tossed sailors. Thousands were helped and cheered, The British Sailors' Society has gone on and on until today it is maintaining over ONE HUNDRED institutes and clubs for the men of the Mercantile Navy and of the Royal Navy all over the seven seas. A few months ago the parent society in London sent a cable to our Toronto office telling of the wrecking of the "Under Twenty Club for Navy Boys" at Malta by enemy bombing and how Mr. and Mrs. Matthews, in charge of the club, bad made a clearing and were carrying 00 as well se Fes' sable :the great work for the boys and men of the visiting vessels Pram Brltieb and Canadian ports. "If my sailer boy gore to Malta," saki a Toronto meteor, "limes happy I will bo to know there are sutuh people t0 care for, him:" Not duly on the vessels where the society ministers to the crew "fore and aft," but when on shore at all of their finely equipped 1•Toniee from Koine the sailors era cared for. Club facilities of all kinds and Sunday services par- tieulariy adapted for sailers are arranged. The British Sailors' So- ciety is inviting donations to erect a new chrb and hostel for the navy mon at Malta. The first donatiou has been received from the "Lob - law Employees' Aid to Britain Club" of $600. This is in addition to the sum of $400 given to help' care for the crews of the mine- sweepers and dredgers operating on the bleak sea coasts of the northern Scottish seaboards of Shetland and Orkney. The Chistmas and New Year seasons are so near! In over one hundred porta the British Sailors' Society will entertain the sailors-- thousands ailors—thousands of them far from borne and loved . ones. The Canadian ports are Van- couver, Victoria, North Sydney, and others. Jersey and Guernsey yonder in the Channel Islands are out of commissionbecause of the war as axe all the institutes on the continent of Durope. Wherever our vessels go, manned by our British, Canadian • and Amorioaor sailors, the British Sailors' Society finds its way there and cares for these boys. full requirements. "In the mean- time Our dwindling stockpile of. crude rubber is giving us grave concern," Mr. Howe said. "Canada has' in three years practically doubled its national income," he said.' "This has not resulted from inflation, nor is it due to abnormal prices for pro- ducts of our farms, forests and mines. Many of our raw mater- ials are selling at or below pre. . war prices. I think it is fair to say the increase in national in- come is almost wholly due to the immense increase in output of our factories, our farms, our mines and our forests. More than one- half our total income is now being used for war purposes, but the income so used has for the most part' been created since the war began. Our people are spending for wholly domestic purposes somewhat less than immediately before the war, but considerably nio>'e than in the days. of depres- sion. About one -halt of our war expenditures.. are: being .niet by taxation, and the balance by bor- rowing from our own people. Our external debt is not being in- creased; in fact it is being reduc- ed. educeed. We are not in any way de- pendent on lease -lend; we. are paying our way, meeting our obli- gations and doing a job that is increasing our prestige among our allies. No Large Profits "The threat of inflation, always present in time of war, has been met and conquered." Mr. Howe emphasized that in placing war contracts which now total more than $6,000,000,000, his department exercised every care to gain two objectives—low costs and low profits. "So tar as we are concerned, no one is go- ing to get rich out of this war," he said, as he outlined mettods of supervision by the Department of Munitions and Supply over all contracts, the exhaustive audits by the Treasury Department, and the rates of taxation fixed "in such a way that there is no pur- pose in attempting to make large profits from war production." Britain Warned Invasion Possible Sir James Grigg, Secretary for War, urged the British home Guard to remain constantly alert because "should things go badly for the Germans, Hitler may try a do or ale invasion of England" "The invasion is not off by any means," Grigg said. Pa, Ma and Twins Do Fine War Job Old-Fashloned Farm House ' le Queerest of War Plants lit the junction of two country roads near Rockford, Illinois, stands one of the queerest of all U. S. war plants, relates "Time" Maga- zine. It is a white clapboard farmhouse, with old-fashioned gam- brel roof, dormer windows, neat flower boxes at the window sills. It is also the home office, sales branch and factory of the Harrington Bros. Machine Tool and Fixture Co., manufacturers of $1,000 -a -month worth of madltine tools for making shells and tack turrets. In the big living room last week, grey,barred Pa John Harrington, 68, worked long hours at a grinder, grinned when the sparks dew, sometimes muttered: "I have more fun than a kid in this place." Bux- om uxom Ma Harrington, 58, wearing a house dress tucked into overalls, operates a lathe. Twins Richard and Russell, 34, wangled new orders, worked at machines, swept out the place at night, often were on Ole job 16 hours out of 24. Mrs. Richard kept books. Mrs. Russell did all he cooking. * e u The company started in the de- pression, when the Harrington boys borrowed money to build their own house and machine shop. The shop was a spare -tiro operation until the war began. Then the Barring. tons set out to get some really big jobs, The first offer was some tooling that could be done only on a new $4,000 machine. The twins, who had never even seen $4,000, made their own machine — out of a junked lathe, an old washing machine mo - to, an oil pump from a 1926 auto- mobile and one of Ma's old wash- tubs to catch the oil that leaked. Now the Herringon twins have four subcontracts, have given jobs to two brothers-in-law and five other employees, who keep the same hectic hours and share the profits. Says Rockford's local WPB director: "They're doing a swell job. I don't think they knew what they were getting into when they started, but they had Use nerve to make a success of IL" Big companies which gave the Harringtons subcontracts used to send inspectors to look over the shop, but have long since given it up, says Richard. "I used to got a laugh out od those guys. When they spotted this place, they went nuts," Bluey and Curley of 'the Anzacs YOu Vtr BEEN A LONG TIME 001 ON PATROL HAVEN'T YOU YES SARC,S, 1 WANTED To GET A PAIR OP -THEM BONIER BOOTS THE. ITALIAN OFFICERS WEAR 'Give him a chance, Sarge" EDEN so, IT SHOULDPIT HAVE TAKEN ' YOU ALL 'HAT TuiE ,/ Aw, FAIR j` GO SARitE By Gurney (Australia) 1 HAD TO BUMP -OFF FIFTEEN o TH' cows EOE 1 GOT A PAIR lI dr WOULD FIT ME.. a tme—