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E SEOR'TI-I NEWS
Hitler As Commander- principles of military leadership, and.
his greatest mistake has been in un -
ii -Clile derestimating his opponents, This
lack of judgment may, be attributed
By Brigadier General Sewell, to his having won his early successes
.At Stalingrad the Germans have largely by bluff, and to his method
suffered their greatest defeat since of state leadership,which has been
1918, ,The end came on February 2 conducted on the same Imes, In the
with the capitulation of all that re- early years of the war his strongest,
mined o£ the Sixth Army. German weapon was the German Army's re -
soldiers had fought for mouths— potation of invincibility.' The high
street by street—and had driven the degree of efficiency in the army had
Russians back almost to the Volga. been achieved by the General Staff,
Fresh Nazi divisions had been poured and the myth of invincibility was
into the city, and when the Red carefully fostered, Hitler was given
Army launched their encircling at- credit for every successful earn-
tack
amtack they estimated that 330,000 paign, and with constant repetition it
Germans were isolated in and around is probable .that he grew to believe
Stalingrad', that his own intuition and inspire -
Nazi leaders have tried to explain tion was winning the sear, This hap -
the defeat as an operation that held py state lasted while Germany's op-
' down large Russian forces which ponents were unprepared' and Ger-
could have been better employed man generals were still in charge of
' •elsewhere. Even the' German people ; military operations, but since Hitler
will find it Bard to accept this ex-' took command his bluff has . been
planation. They know that the Sixth called. Perhaps he realizes now that
Army consisted of first line troops, it is noo good telling' your, opponent
as good as, or better than any others •that you are invincible when'he'has
on theteastern front. Satellite divi- the strength to put your statement to
-signs formed only a small part of the the test. The Allies owe much of
force. The truth is that the German their success during the last four
armies at Stalingrad and in the eau- months to Hitler, and • under 'his
casus were, placed' in a dangerous leadership the myth of German in-
-position by the orders of Adolph vinclbility has been effectively dis-
Hitler. The danger was not apprec- pelted. It is to be hoped that he will
iated until too late. The Stalingrad remain in supreme command of the
army was completely lost, and of the European Axis , armies, providing
army of the Caucasus, little is likely more opportunities for the Allies to
to be saved, profit by his "inspired intuition."
There was a similarity in the,post- The situation in Tunisia is not of
tion of the Sixth Army at Stalingrad Hitler's planning. He had to send
and the Axis army in Egypt last Oc- troops to Tunisia to save Rommel's
tober. The Sixth Army had failed to retreating army from being caught
crush the Russians, and Rommel had between the British First and Eighth
failed to break the British. But both Armies. Axis troops in Sicily were
armies, even when the opportunity closer to Tunis and Bizerte than the
for successful attack no longer exist- First Army when it landed in Alger -
ed, remained poised with their maxi- ia, and by the time General Ander-
mum strength in front, ready to ad- son's advance troops reached that
vane. At each place it should have area, Germans and Italians had ar-
been known that an attack was im- rived by sea and air in sufficient
minent, but no attempt was made to strength to hold both places. They
regroup the armies in preparation also held the only two good airfields
• for possible withdrawal. German sol in Tunisia. Axis airplanes operating
diers fought as well at El Alamein from Sicily gave. good cover for their
and Stalingrad as they have in past ground troops and hamperedthe
campaigns, but at both places they movements of•the First Army, which
were in a bad position at the end of .at that time were ill provided with
long vulnerable lines of communica- bases.
`� tion. Since November, Axis forces have
It may be said with truth that received strong reinforcements and
never before have German armies, have 'secured the `east coast of Tun -
twice in succession, been so badly isia. All Rommell's supply lines run
directed. In both cases common through this coastal strip from Biz -
sense dictated a withdrawal, or, at erte, Tunis, 'Sfax and. Gabes, parallel
least, a partial withdrawal. Hitler to the Allied positions to the west.
has shown his ignorance of the first This line of communication is not so
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vulnerable as it appears on the map,.
fey protecting it on the west is a
range of mountains, and it is in these
mountains where thele has been
fighting between Axis and Allied
troops. Some of Rommel's men may
have reached this area, but his best
troops are likely to be facing the
Eighth Army.
Control Warbles
Have More Beef
Millions of fifth columnists in the
form of • warble fly grubs are being
harbored on Canadian farms. The
amount of beef which these fifth col-
runnists sabotage each year would, if
saved, materially assist in overcom-
ing the current beef shortage. In
fact, it has been estimated in the
United States that the vitally needed
increase in beef in • that country
could be produced without an in-
crease in the number of cattle, and
without additional feed,if all of the
Cattle, grubs were .removed from the
herds, states the Division of Entomo-
logy, Dominion Department' of Agri-
culture.
Running of cattle is caused by the
heel or warble fly in spring and early
summer when attaching its eggs on
the hair of the animals' legs.' The
' younger stages of this fly, the warble
or cattle grub, work their way
through the body tissues of the ani-
mal during the late summer and win-
ter. The activities of both fly and
grubs greatly retard increase in
weight and finish of beef cattle. Av-
erage losses are estimated to be in
the neighborhood of ten per cent, an
amount which cuts severely into the
farmer's profits.
In addition, the most valuable
parts of the hide are seriously dam-
aged by the emerging warbles. This
results in the loss of much of the
best grade of leather badly needed in
the manufacture of boots for the
armed forces.
It is time to treat cattle for the
warbles and farmers would be well
advised to be prepared to assist the
war effort and increase their income
by eliminating these saboteurs from
the herd.'
A supply of warble powder should
be obtained so as to be ready to ap-
ply at the time recommended by the
local agricultural authorities.
The Provincial Department of Ag-
riculture has further information on In''the heart of the Canadian wild -
the control of warbles and the Pub=
li,city and Extension Division, Dom
deeenness on a site now covered by a
inion Department of Agriculture, Ot- p`+lake, is destined to arise aspec-
tawa, has a special pamphlet on the tacular iron metropolis, built on the
control of warbles and the publicity foundation of one of the most sense-
control
Extension Division, Dominion tional' iron mines of America—the
Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Steep Rock project in northwestern
has a special pamphlet on the sub- Ontario. In what is now the hush
country of Atikokan towering• stacks
jest.
will in a few years belch out clouds
800,000 Pounds of dust and gas . . . incandescent
cauldrons of liquid metal will cast
Air . Freight Contract their scarlet reflection against the
sky . , . rivers of molten iron will
Canadian Pacific Staff Bulletin. pour into the industrial channels of
Moving 800,000 pounds of freight countries all over the globe.
by air to supply survey and advance It is here that Canadian and Air-
crews on the Shipslraw power dam erican industrialists are engaged in
in northern Quebec when that project developing a giant iron project. This,
could be reached in no other way, they prophesy, will provide the basis
'planes and personnel now part of of a great industrial empire for the
Canadian Pacific Air Lines, set up a next generation of Canadians. They
new Canadian air -freighting record are confident that this new develop -
for a single contract ment will supplythe answer to the
in addition, important work was plea of American steel men for hard,
clone by the aerial surveys division high-grade iron ore to meet the des -
in photographing contours of the perate shortage which is threatening
land and possible river diversion to cripple the American steel Indus -
routes in this ,possibly greatest of try.
wartime construction jobs in Can Since the Mesabi Iron Range in
ada, with the pictures also aiding
engineers in locating the roads by
which heavier materials were
brought to the job which will give
added power to the giant aluminum
Plant at Arvida. in the Cuyuna Range southwest of
The air lines' part in accelerating Duluth in 1911, and the other—the
the record -breasting pace on the virgin fields of the Steep Rock mine
1.000,000 -horsepower Shipslraw prof- in the Lake Superior region.
ect, now nearing completion, was in How does Steep Rock compare American industry, which requires
line with its record of service on with the fabulous Mesabi range? Up eleven -and -one-half million tons ev-
other airfreight tasks in wartime, to date, the proved ore deposits of cry year of these special grades for
such as supplying the Alaska High- Steep Rock are 32 million tons;. but open-hearth furnaces, has accessible
way camps, while its aerial photog- if the depth of the ore bed is 3,000 only one -and -a -half million tons. The
raphy in Quebec has been cluplicated feet, the yield is expected to be close Steep Rock development is expected
elsewhere in the Canadian North on to half a billion—and mining engin- to produce several million tons year
vital war bs a
v tti a jo errs see no reason to limit the depth ly
On the Shipshaw contract some of to 3,000 feet! Present reserves of the Although vital as a war measure
the airs oddest cargoes went in to Mesabi Range are one and -a -quarter has even g
Steep Rockk a e%ateater Doren•
advance parties. Strangest shipment billion tons. The Steep Rock reserves SSabrice for the future industrial en
of all in this period consisted• of however are in high-grade, hard he- tivelopmenti of Canada.
eight horses and four Oxen, the latter matite ore, while the Mesabi pro- Convenient to Rock, nature.
for stump removal. All of the animals duces soft red hematite. has Convenient
the SteepR materials and pow -
were received .alive and kicking and As far back as 1891 prospectors
they were delivered at their destine- gazed enviously at the stray pieces 01• necessary for developing' a high -
tion in the same condition to write' of rich float ore which were strewn grade steel industry. In the Nipigon
hotter page in the safe history of in boulders around the lake and Region of Ontario there are substan-
fi•eighting by air. which seemed to promise precious tial sources of hydro power: which
Flying in a complete steamshovel deposits beneath the bed of the lake., can be made available at low cost,
to the waiting crews was all in the But Nature was jealous of her Nickel, cobalt, copper, zinc and other
day's worst for the eight 'planes wealth—she not only concealed it serate, cc metals are being discover -
which were on the go on this con- with a wide and deep lake, but edged ed and developed, and the , which
c
tract, equipped with skis in winter the access to it with steep vertical bination with high-grade steel
and with, floats in summer. cliffs of granite, greenstone and can be produced from the Steep
A 1,600 -pound motor boat, 20 feet limestone. Rock ore, make the alloys that are
long, was an awkward shipment, And so, for half a century, this essential to 'industry today, and form
while engines, compressors; electric di•eani of mighty iron deposits tan- an ever-increasing percentage of the
generating plants and other equipp- talized prospectors, until in 1937 the steelthat is used,
meet 'needed at this stage of the ground was staked. There are in Canada today lrund-
work were routine carrying jobs. Development was one of the most reds of thousands of men and wo-
The aerial photographers had far fascinating mining jobs ever under- men who are being trained as metal
more to do than generally line up the taken in Canada consuming four workers in Canada's growing war
DOING THEIR BIT
The youn gset are doing their share of war work in Canada these days,
working in offices, running messages, and pinch-hitting in countless other
positions where young men have gone into the armed services or into war
industry, Here are two attractive young "Miss Messengers," dressed in their
natty, serviceable uniforms, checking a bicycle,
•
terrain through which was dug years of tremendous effort and inil- industries, there will be, after the
the channel which diverted the lions of dollars. As the real nature war, additional thousands of men re-
mighty Saguenay River as •tire con-, of the massive hematite deposits be• leased from the armed Forces who
struction crew "made" its own river came known, excitement increased will require employment. These
to get the water where it was needed,' among the prospectors. Finally was skills in postwar years will be divert-
reatSurveys also were made over a large the verdict "Steep Rock may become ed to the manufacture of peacetime
area to help engineers piece together the largest high-grade,. hard hema- tools, based on a Canadian steel in -
the picture the project which will tite mine in North America!" dustry made possible by the Steep
give even greater impetus to one of � But before mining could get under Rock iron ore.
the continent's largest aluminum way, a rive had to be diverted from We have only to consider the
plants and to the war effort 0.1 large, its course, huge channels would have Swedish steel industry based also on
Ito be dredged, operations that would very high-grade ores and large
An Iron Empire Is take at least two years to complete. amounts of cheap hydro power • to
The Canadian Government, con- visualize the industries that will pro -
Born In Ontario vinced that this was a major iron ore bably arise at the head of the, lakes
discovery, decided to subsidize pro- in the very heart of Canada. Special
duction by appropriating $5 'million qualities of steel will be shipped to
for power lines, ore docks, and a the ends of the earth, thousands of
spur line. The project was financed workers will pour into the great new
privately for large-scale open -pit industrial expansions and thus, in
ruining. • what was once wild and barren 'hush
Then in November 1942, came country, there will take form a great
another crucial test: the Steep Rock Canadian industrial metropolis to
ore was tested for its metallurgical take its place with the great iron and
qualities 'in the open hearths of the steel centers of the world, convex. -
Republic Steel Plant. On the three able with Sverdlovsk, Birmingham,
counts of extract—ability, time-sav- the Ruhr, and the Black Country of
ing and ore -saving. the Steep Rock England,
ore scored heavily. The use of Steen
Rock ore in the open-hearth furnace
made a greater tonnage of steel pro-
portionately and made it in a shorter
time than the regular open-hearth
charge.
What this spectacular develop-
ment may mean to the future of the
American steel industry may be
gauged by the fact that American
iron ranges are rapidly exhausting
their high-grade lmnp ore. A num-
ber. of companies are already suffer-
ing from shortages as imports are
being curtailed, and as the war cuts
more and more deeply into high-
grade supplies.
The report of gigantic iron poten-
Minnesota began yielding its miracu- rials 'in Brazil mean little as far as
Ions rusty ore half a century ago,lthe present wards concerned, for
there have been only two major iron ' one reason at least—the obstacle of
ore "strikes" developed on the North transportation is almost insuperable.
American continent—the one model The Steep Rock development is of
tate utmost importance, therefore.
for war production, with its wealth
of hard ere supplies for open-hearth
steel furnaces.
Trapped Sy Tree —
There was a near tragedy in Ash-
field township recently when Roder-
ick MacGregor, well known farmer
residing three miles north of Rintail,
lay for three hours in the snow in
below -zero weather, iris feet caught
fast under a fallen tree. Only the
timely arrival of his brother Fred
saved him from death from exposure.
He was taken to Alexandra Hospital
at Goderich. He was trimming a
rather large branch from a fallen
tree when the branch unexpectedly
snapped and the tree rolled a part
turn, imprisoning both of his feet.
Rory did not become panicky. He
twisted and turned trying 'to extri-
cate himself and slid succeed in free-
ing his left foot. At intervals he call-
ed for help at the top of his voice.
When he did not come home for din-
ner, his brother Fred started for the
bush at 1.30 p.rn, He got there as fast
as he could, but ou arrival found he
could not do much. To release his
brother was too big a job for one
man, so he hurried back to telephone
neighbors, who came with a horse
and sleigh, It was only a few minutes
before the injured roan was freed. He
was so' hoarse he could scarcely talk
above a whisper. Both feet and shins
were badly lacerated and bruised, and
one foot was frozen half -way to the
ankle, the circulation having been cut
off by the weight of the tree, Luckily
the man wore a pair of woollen
gloves under his .leather mitts and
his hands were not frost-bitten.
Cattle Shipments —
Owing to the almost impassable
condition of the roads, shipments of
fat cattle from Goderich to Toronto
have been negligible in recent weeks.
Sonic local butchers have even found
it difficult to get delivery to Goderich
and have been importing beef from
Toronto packing houses. As soon as
the township roads are cleated up
heavy shipments are expected froth
Huron county, William Young and
Reg. McGee of Colborne already have
shipped carloads by rail, all beautiful;
stook, some weighing over 1400
pounds.—Goderich Signal -Star.
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vulnerable as it appears on the map,.
fey protecting it on the west is a
range of mountains, and it is in these
mountains where thele has been
fighting between Axis and Allied
troops. Some of Rommel's men may
have reached this area, but his best
troops are likely to be facing the
Eighth Army.
Control Warbles
Have More Beef
Millions of fifth columnists in the
form of • warble fly grubs are being
harbored on Canadian farms. The
amount of beef which these fifth col-
runnists sabotage each year would, if
saved, materially assist in overcom-
ing the current beef shortage. In
fact, it has been estimated in the
United States that the vitally needed
increase in beef in • that country
could be produced without an in-
crease in the number of cattle, and
without additional feed,if all of the
Cattle, grubs were .removed from the
herds, states the Division of Entomo-
logy, Dominion Department' of Agri-
culture.
Running of cattle is caused by the
heel or warble fly in spring and early
summer when attaching its eggs on
the hair of the animals' legs.' The
' younger stages of this fly, the warble
or cattle grub, work their way
through the body tissues of the ani-
mal during the late summer and win-
ter. The activities of both fly and
grubs greatly retard increase in
weight and finish of beef cattle. Av-
erage losses are estimated to be in
the neighborhood of ten per cent, an
amount which cuts severely into the
farmer's profits.
In addition, the most valuable
parts of the hide are seriously dam-
aged by the emerging warbles. This
results in the loss of much of the
best grade of leather badly needed in
the manufacture of boots for the
armed forces.
It is time to treat cattle for the
warbles and farmers would be well
advised to be prepared to assist the
war effort and increase their income
by eliminating these saboteurs from
the herd.'
A supply of warble powder should
be obtained so as to be ready to ap-
ply at the time recommended by the
local agricultural authorities.
The Provincial Department of Ag-
riculture has further information on In''the heart of the Canadian wild -
the control of warbles and the Pub=
li,city and Extension Division, Dom
deeenness on a site now covered by a
inion Department of Agriculture, Ot- p`+lake, is destined to arise aspec-
tawa, has a special pamphlet on the tacular iron metropolis, built on the
control of warbles and the publicity foundation of one of the most sense-
control
Extension Division, Dominion tional' iron mines of America—the
Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Steep Rock project in northwestern
has a special pamphlet on the sub- Ontario. In what is now the hush
country of Atikokan towering• stacks
jest.
will in a few years belch out clouds
800,000 Pounds of dust and gas . . . incandescent
cauldrons of liquid metal will cast
Air . Freight Contract their scarlet reflection against the
sky . , . rivers of molten iron will
Canadian Pacific Staff Bulletin. pour into the industrial channels of
Moving 800,000 pounds of freight countries all over the globe.
by air to supply survey and advance It is here that Canadian and Air-
crews on the Shipslraw power dam erican industrialists are engaged in
in northern Quebec when that project developing a giant iron project. This,
could be reached in no other way, they prophesy, will provide the basis
'planes and personnel now part of of a great industrial empire for the
Canadian Pacific Air Lines, set up a next generation of Canadians. They
new Canadian air -freighting record are confident that this new develop -
for a single contract ment will supplythe answer to the
in addition, important work was plea of American steel men for hard,
clone by the aerial surveys division high-grade iron ore to meet the des -
in photographing contours of the perate shortage which is threatening
land and possible river diversion to cripple the American steel Indus -
routes in this ,possibly greatest of try.
wartime construction jobs in Can Since the Mesabi Iron Range in
ada, with the pictures also aiding
engineers in locating the roads by
which heavier materials were
brought to the job which will give
added power to the giant aluminum
Plant at Arvida. in the Cuyuna Range southwest of
The air lines' part in accelerating Duluth in 1911, and the other—the
the record -breasting pace on the virgin fields of the Steep Rock mine
1.000,000 -horsepower Shipslraw prof- in the Lake Superior region.
ect, now nearing completion, was in How does Steep Rock compare American industry, which requires
line with its record of service on with the fabulous Mesabi range? Up eleven -and -one-half million tons ev-
other airfreight tasks in wartime, to date, the proved ore deposits of cry year of these special grades for
such as supplying the Alaska High- Steep Rock are 32 million tons;. but open-hearth furnaces, has accessible
way camps, while its aerial photog- if the depth of the ore bed is 3,000 only one -and -a -half million tons. The
raphy in Quebec has been cluplicated feet, the yield is expected to be close Steep Rock development is expected
elsewhere in the Canadian North on to half a billion—and mining engin- to produce several million tons year
vital war bs a
v tti a jo errs see no reason to limit the depth ly
On the Shipshaw contract some of to 3,000 feet! Present reserves of the Although vital as a war measure
the airs oddest cargoes went in to Mesabi Range are one and -a -quarter has even g
Steep Rockk a e%ateater Doren•
advance parties. Strangest shipment billion tons. The Steep Rock reserves SSabrice for the future industrial en
of all in this period consisted• of however are in high-grade, hard he- tivelopmenti of Canada.
eight horses and four Oxen, the latter matite ore, while the Mesabi pro- Convenient to Rock, nature.
for stump removal. All of the animals duces soft red hematite. has Convenient
the SteepR materials and pow -
were received .alive and kicking and As far back as 1891 prospectors
they were delivered at their destine- gazed enviously at the stray pieces 01• necessary for developing' a high -
tion in the same condition to write' of rich float ore which were strewn grade steel industry. In the Nipigon
hotter page in the safe history of in boulders around the lake and Region of Ontario there are substan-
fi•eighting by air. which seemed to promise precious tial sources of hydro power: which
Flying in a complete steamshovel deposits beneath the bed of the lake., can be made available at low cost,
to the waiting crews was all in the But Nature was jealous of her Nickel, cobalt, copper, zinc and other
day's worst for the eight 'planes wealth—she not only concealed it serate, cc metals are being discover -
which were on the go on this con- with a wide and deep lake, but edged ed and developed, and the , which
c
tract, equipped with skis in winter the access to it with steep vertical bination with high-grade steel
and with, floats in summer. cliffs of granite, greenstone and can be produced from the Steep
A 1,600 -pound motor boat, 20 feet limestone. Rock ore, make the alloys that are
long, was an awkward shipment, And so, for half a century, this essential to 'industry today, and form
while engines, compressors; electric di•eani of mighty iron deposits tan- an ever-increasing percentage of the
generating plants and other equipp- talized prospectors, until in 1937 the steelthat is used,
meet 'needed at this stage of the ground was staked. There are in Canada today lrund-
work were routine carrying jobs. Development was one of the most reds of thousands of men and wo-
The aerial photographers had far fascinating mining jobs ever under- men who are being trained as metal
more to do than generally line up the taken in Canada consuming four workers in Canada's growing war
DOING THEIR BIT
The youn gset are doing their share of war work in Canada these days,
working in offices, running messages, and pinch-hitting in countless other
positions where young men have gone into the armed services or into war
industry, Here are two attractive young "Miss Messengers," dressed in their
natty, serviceable uniforms, checking a bicycle,
•
terrain through which was dug years of tremendous effort and inil- industries, there will be, after the
the channel which diverted the lions of dollars. As the real nature war, additional thousands of men re-
mighty Saguenay River as •tire con-, of the massive hematite deposits be• leased from the armed Forces who
struction crew "made" its own river came known, excitement increased will require employment. These
to get the water where it was needed,' among the prospectors. Finally was skills in postwar years will be divert-
reatSurveys also were made over a large the verdict "Steep Rock may become ed to the manufacture of peacetime
area to help engineers piece together the largest high-grade,. hard hema- tools, based on a Canadian steel in -
the picture the project which will tite mine in North America!" dustry made possible by the Steep
give even greater impetus to one of � But before mining could get under Rock iron ore.
the continent's largest aluminum way, a rive had to be diverted from We have only to consider the
plants and to the war effort 0.1 large, its course, huge channels would have Swedish steel industry based also on
Ito be dredged, operations that would very high-grade ores and large
An Iron Empire Is take at least two years to complete. amounts of cheap hydro power • to
The Canadian Government, con- visualize the industries that will pro -
Born In Ontario vinced that this was a major iron ore bably arise at the head of the, lakes
discovery, decided to subsidize pro- in the very heart of Canada. Special
duction by appropriating $5 'million qualities of steel will be shipped to
for power lines, ore docks, and a the ends of the earth, thousands of
spur line. The project was financed workers will pour into the great new
privately for large-scale open -pit industrial expansions and thus, in
ruining. • what was once wild and barren 'hush
Then in November 1942, came country, there will take form a great
another crucial test: the Steep Rock Canadian industrial metropolis to
ore was tested for its metallurgical take its place with the great iron and
qualities 'in the open hearths of the steel centers of the world, convex. -
Republic Steel Plant. On the three able with Sverdlovsk, Birmingham,
counts of extract—ability, time-sav- the Ruhr, and the Black Country of
ing and ore -saving. the Steep Rock England,
ore scored heavily. The use of Steen
Rock ore in the open-hearth furnace
made a greater tonnage of steel pro-
portionately and made it in a shorter
time than the regular open-hearth
charge.
What this spectacular develop-
ment may mean to the future of the
American steel industry may be
gauged by the fact that American
iron ranges are rapidly exhausting
their high-grade lmnp ore. A num-
ber. of companies are already suffer-
ing from shortages as imports are
being curtailed, and as the war cuts
more and more deeply into high-
grade supplies.
The report of gigantic iron poten-
Minnesota began yielding its miracu- rials 'in Brazil mean little as far as
Ions rusty ore half a century ago,lthe present wards concerned, for
there have been only two major iron ' one reason at least—the obstacle of
ore "strikes" developed on the North transportation is almost insuperable.
American continent—the one model The Steep Rock development is of
tate utmost importance, therefore.
for war production, with its wealth
of hard ere supplies for open-hearth
steel furnaces.
Trapped Sy Tree —
There was a near tragedy in Ash-
field township recently when Roder-
ick MacGregor, well known farmer
residing three miles north of Rintail,
lay for three hours in the snow in
below -zero weather, iris feet caught
fast under a fallen tree. Only the
timely arrival of his brother Fred
saved him from death from exposure.
He was taken to Alexandra Hospital
at Goderich. He was trimming a
rather large branch from a fallen
tree when the branch unexpectedly
snapped and the tree rolled a part
turn, imprisoning both of his feet.
Rory did not become panicky. He
twisted and turned trying 'to extri-
cate himself and slid succeed in free-
ing his left foot. At intervals he call-
ed for help at the top of his voice.
When he did not come home for din-
ner, his brother Fred started for the
bush at 1.30 p.rn, He got there as fast
as he could, but ou arrival found he
could not do much. To release his
brother was too big a job for one
man, so he hurried back to telephone
neighbors, who came with a horse
and sleigh, It was only a few minutes
before the injured roan was freed. He
was so' hoarse he could scarcely talk
above a whisper. Both feet and shins
were badly lacerated and bruised, and
one foot was frozen half -way to the
ankle, the circulation having been cut
off by the weight of the tree, Luckily
the man wore a pair of woollen
gloves under his .leather mitts and
his hands were not frost-bitten.
Cattle Shipments —
Owing to the almost impassable
condition of the roads, shipments of
fat cattle from Goderich to Toronto
have been negligible in recent weeks.
Sonic local butchers have even found
it difficult to get delivery to Goderich
and have been importing beef from
Toronto packing houses. As soon as
the township roads are cleated up
heavy shipments are expected froth
Huron county, William Young and
Reg. McGee of Colborne already have
shipped carloads by rail, all beautiful;
stook, some weighing over 1400
pounds.—Goderich Signal -Star.
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