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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1943-08-26, Page 7THURSPAY, AUGUST 26, 194a 'CWAC Originals of Western Ontario Loudon, Ont., Aug, 24—"Girls iax the Canadian ;Women's Army* Oorps make.Paturally bettor merohers than the average Canadian scldiei They possess .a, :greater sense of rltytknn than do theii• brothers in the Sere Ices and swing along, ata more even gait." Six months as an instructor at Ste. Anne de Bellevue and then sev- en even months as a Company Sergeant Major at No. 8 Basle Training Cen.' tre, OWAC, Kitchener, convinced CSM. Florence I. Loss, of 289 Well ington Rd., London, of the capabil- ities of the CWACS as smart march- ers: One oof the first half dozen girls from Western Onterio to join the CWAC, Iu M,D. 1, CSM Leeee is at present stationed hero. She enlisted ieirt. 15, 1941, only two weeks af- ter the CWAC was formed, Her hus- band, RSM, Arthur Loss, is stationed at Wolseley Barracks, London, As to whether men respend more thadily to Only discipline than. do members of the MAC, CSM, Losee just couldn't decide. It was atoss-up lin her opinion and adaptability to the discipline depended neon the in- dividuals- rather than on their sex. No clear cut decision favoring either side could be made on this, she thought. "If the time is taken to thorough- • ly irnpress upon the girls' minds that in the army an order is an order and, must be obeyed regardless -and it is said in 0 nice way they gradually take very well to diseiRline," CSM; Losee explained. CANADIANS BEAT JUNGLE, SNAKES, TO BUILD WAR -VITAL RAILROAD Canada's Plane Programme forces opening of new .Bauxite Mines in British Guiana-Goadhed Kept Disappearing into Swamp, Manager says -40 -mile Red took Year to Csmpiete Montreal, Aug. 24.—Canadian- born engineers have just com- pleted constructing a railroad through forty miles of steaming "theyin British Guiana, and `they had first to kick the snakes out of the way and then lay the loroadbed over and over again be- cause the gravel kept dieappear- ing into the swamp,' seys F. L. Persona, general manager of the Demerara Bauxite Company, Ltd.; who oversaw the job. Aluminum plants in Canada, turning out the metal which keeps the United`Nations flying, forced construction of the new railroad, says Mr. Parsons, now visiting this city. "It takes four tons of bauxite to make one ton of aluminon and your Canadian plants have been eating up the mineral at such a pace that down in South America we have had to open new bauxite mines. We now have to strip from the bauxite an ' overburden of eapth up to 100 feet thick. "It took a year to build those forty miles of road. It runs from Mackenzie, where we crush, wash *cid dry the baukite, to a spot in e jungle called Itunt We had unskilled labor. And we had to deal with the mud, the snakes, and sometimes an ocelot, which is a South American tiger. "This job has added to the reputation of Canadians, which is already high in South America. They like us down there because we treat the people well. For in- stance, our colored boys like to travel by train so we give them free rides on the railroad in our Pullmans—old freight cars with the sides out and benches in. And we take good care of our white People, of course. Recently we found it necessary to build a swimming pool for them as they cannot bathe an the rig: er with safety because of a fre_hwater shark. called the piria, a vicious little brute about eighteen iachsa long; nearly all inonek and th_8e rows of teeth. It bites off finders and toes. In gangs this fish ever' brings clown cows drinking in the river. It's a curse. "Now we're ready to operate our new road, which the • people of British Guiana foresee wit ultimately lead to.opening u back country full of riches. Ip hope Canada will fellow up• the good impression her engineers and other technicians have been mak- ing down there., Recently, the Daily Chronicle of Georgetown, said: 'Taking a retrospective glance, one is bound to say that the history of industrial, economic and social development in this country in the past decade cannot be written without allotting prior- ity of place to the Canadians, our greatest Empire cousins in the Western Hemisphere'. "The job Canadians are doing to the south can, I believe, be built into a lot of good post-war busi- ness." THE SEMORTH NEW "Girls away from hone far the first time and never having'had alis• eipline. other than from their par- ents trite mere time to accustom themselves to regimentation. • "I am thoroughly eonovineecl that the girls are generally (vette. con• scientious about their jobs in the CWAC, and make a real effort to do their best," said 0889 Lose?. First girl to enlist in the CWAC in M.D, 1, wee Sgt. Iddleu T. Brown- lee of London, who is now overseas, Overseas; else amongst the first half dozen girls to join pp in M.D. 1, are Sgt. S. 8, Fletcher of Guelph, a rook, and Sgt, K, I. Robson, of Lon- don, a: graduate of the University of Western Ontario.. Another of the sextette, Sgt. Instructor I, S. Crab- tree, a Kitchener telephone opera- tor, is now at Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Sgt. D. J. Hensen, of 124 Windsor Crescent, London, the second girl to join the CWAC in this district, is with Ordnanbe in London. Like a number of other enthusias- 'ic girls from Western Ontario, CSM Losee prepared herself to be of ser- vice to her country right from the outbreak of war. And impatiently waited for her chance to serve. Joining. the Red Cross she drove one of the salvage trucks around London for a time. Fearing she would never eee service in the army as a trans- port driver, she continued to pre- pare herself in other lines of work to make sure she would be accepted. She studi?g. First Aid, Home Nurs- ing, Military Law and took drill in classes of the Red Cross. In the meantime wheels were at work in Ottawa tokards formation of the CWAC. As a feeler, question- naires were sent out to members of the Red Cross asking them if they would go active in the CWAC if it were formed. CSM Losee lost no time in writing a big "Yes" to that question. Following this survey, the Canad- ian Women's Army Corps came into being in August, 1941. And GSM. T,osee was amongst, the first girls from Western Ontario to be called in for a medical. This was on Sept. 15, 1941. On the same day she be- came a member of the organization which today is serving Canada more than 12,500 strong. Not until December of 1941 were uniforms issued to the Western On- tario girls. "At that time I know the .-iris felt sincerely proud to think that the •'•••e hart at last come for them to ee-neinely serve their counter," said C'595. Losee reminiscently, "and I mired because I really felt it was duty to do so." "When this tear is over, the girls who/joined the CWAC will be better hexing ;joined the organization," shy philosophized. "The girls ere re- ^eiving a training which they would never have had otherwise. They are ;lemming to do for themselves many 'lanes which their mothers would have done for them had they remain - td. in civilian life." Maintaining that the original girls ',rho joined the CWAC were "keep- 'ne. up their enthusiasm for the or- -nization," CSM. Losee glanced in `e the future when "Cease Fire" will be sounded on world battle fronts. From that day on she fore - .he. continuance of the CWAC. Pe a vast sisterhoodwith branches. right aeross Canada—doing its part in the post-war social rehabilitation <,s' Canada. And doing It with the n:e enthuiasnl as it is today ---on the second anniversary of the CWAC —standing shoulder to shoulder with brothers in arms in the successful prorecution of the present war. Effective Ways to Eradicate Annual 'Weeds Even when elle most effective methods of eradication are employed the eradication of annual and bien- nial weeds is a long-time operation. Annual' and biennial weeds grow from seed and the seeds are oapahle of • remaining alive in the soil for many years. Experiments have shown that the seeds of mustard can remain dormant in the soil for over fifty years, says George Knowles, Central Experimented, Farm, Ottawa. There is no economical means of killing weed seeds in the soil, with the exception of soil need in green houses, The only practical way to get rid of them is to encourage them to germinate and then kill the seedlings before they mature. All weed seeds in the soil, unlike the seeds of cultivated crops, do not germinate when the farmer prepares a good seed bed. Only those seeds which are near the surface—with the exception of wild oats and wild buck- wheat—show uck- wheatshow any inclination to take advantage of the good seed bed which has been prepared. The weed seeds which lie below this level seem to know they cannot make the grade and remain asleep (dormant) until they are brought near the surface by some form of tillage. What hope then has the farmer of controlling annual and biennial weeds ? They can be' suppressed by a good stand of a fast growing crop, The aim should be to have crops beat weeds in the race for survival. .A dense, fast growing crop of grain will crowd out annual and biennial weeds to a considerable extent. Where annual and biennial weeds are a problem grain should be seeded fifty per cent Heavier than the normal tate of seeding and fertilizer should be applied ie the drill with the grain to promote a rapid early growth. Another effective means of cont. annual andbiennial weeds in a grain crop is to harrow the grain as soon as weed seedlings emerge. On stubble land, however, this meth- od of control is not practical due to the collection of trash in the harrow. Infestations of annual and biennial weeds can be reduced by Judicious summerfallo„ving, The aim should be to encourage the germination of :IS Many weed seeds as possible and then to kill the seedlings by cultiva- tion. In so far as the control of annual and biennial weeds are concerned It is a mistake to cultivate when there are no weed seedlings to kill. Too much cultivation drys out the soil and prevents germination of weed seeds. \'tut and Far Sole Ads, 11 week Me TANKS IN REGALUTO, SICILY Debris in the narrow Streets of the shell -torn city of .Itegaibuto, Sicily. Canadian tanks wend their way fol' - ward shortly after the city was taken, This striking picture showing what terrine power lies in Allied siege gene is a radiophoto, Wooden Wheels Save Rubber It was a bright lad in the Winnipeg shops of Trans -Canada Air Lines who thought of beating the tire shortage by using wooden wheels on cargo trucks. The carpenter shop went into production and the photograph, top, shows Carpenter John Pearson at work. 'The whirling saw cuts thin sheets of wood into semi -circles. These are fastened together on the wheel -frame and then the wooden tire is shaped on the lathe, a strip of canvas applied to it, and the whole thing painted. The finished job is shown below, being admired by one of T. C. A.'s girl cargo handlers. The trucks carry baggage, mail and express to the planes. taw. r kivF On May 18 it was announced that the final count of Axis troops captured by the Allies in Tunisia was 200,000 odd. In addition to this heavy loss in valuable and seasoned fighting men, the Axis suffered even heavier losses in fighting material. Herd is one of the German prisoners — disillusioned and sullen in defeat. Duplicate Monthly tatements we eau save you mousy ou 1311A ,.n.; Charge Forms. standard sizes to e' Ledgers, white or colors. It will pay you to see our samples. Also best quality Metal Hinged Sec - done! Post Binders and index The Seaforth News PHONE B4