The Seaforth News, 1943-09-23, Page 6TIM S
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Will Bomb From Italy
With the Allies established in It-
aly a large portion of Germany and
contiguous territory .inaluded in the
Reich which has so far been immune
from bombing will soon become a
target. That is one reason why thee
ermans have fought sofuriously
stop the Allied advance.
Though it must not be forgotten
that a considerable portion of the.
German air force is engaged on •the
Russian front, the fact that the All-
ied air force can bomb Berlin and
that the Luftwaffe, based just ac-
ross the Channel, rarely stages 'a
raid, evidences the great strides that.
our force has made in overcoming
the vaunted Hun air fleet. But as
yet it has been impractical to bomb
certain distant sections of eneinY
territory, where war industries driv-
en from the Ruhr are working night
and day. Effective bombing range is
considered to be about 600 miles and
a base at, say, Bologna, would find
our fliers within easy distance of
many targets.
Trustworthy reports indicate that
40 and even 60 per cent of Hun
centres reeking war supplies, not yet
bombed, lie Within that radius. UP -
per German Silesia has not yet been
bombed nor the great mining region
of Kattowitz. This area, in which is
located Breslau with its huge fac-
tories, making tanks and locomot-
ives, would be within range. Neigh-
boring Saxony, with its big chemical
works and the not far distant Polish
city of Poznam, with its machine
shops, can look •for Allied block-
busters,
More important still is Czechoslo-
vakia, less than 600 miles from Bo-
logna. Near its German -Polish bord-
er is the Czech "Ruhr Valley," pro-
ducing coal, iron and armor plate.
At Nesseidorf are manufactured fast
motor cars, "jeeps", speedy tanks
and scout planes. Farther south, in
Moravia, is the confiscated Bata fac-
tory, which no longer produces shoes
like its namesake at Batawa, Ont.,
'but synthetic tires and helicopters.
At nearby Prerau heavy machinery
is made, and Brno, which we call
Bren, has metal plants, produces
textiles and turns out motor cars
and arms. It is the home of the Bren
gun, now manufactured in Toronto.
Bohemia, Iong coveted by Germ-
any on account of its industrial
riches, is another region which
would receive attention from the
air force. Its Skoda works already
have been bombed from England but
at considerable cost in Allied planes.
It can be readily reached from mid -
Italy, as likewise Pilsen, with its
Krupp plants. Another Skoda factory
so fax immune is the auto and tank
works at Maide Boleslaw. Industrial
regions about Prague will be other
targets. Hereabouts are locomotive
works at Iiolben and Kanek, the
Praga motor car plants, making
troop carriers and tanks; the Aero
factory, turning out autos and light
planes; ammunition works and metal
plants.
Austria comes into the picture,
for Vienna is the site of vital plants
—one can well imagine the Hun
howl about Allied vandalism for at
tacking the beautiful city. But Vien-
na contains the Graf and Stift works
making heavy trucks and troop car-
riers. And the Saurere factories,
making mountain trucks, powered in
some eases by gas from charcoal.
Here Fross-Bussing make heavy
trucks and tanks, the Austrian
branch of the Italian Fiat car works
is here, and an adjacent factory
constructing locomotives and tank
chassis.
The gigantic former Imperial ar-
senal, a mile and a half from Vien-
na's centre, works night and day,
employing 60,000 people, fashioning
all kinds of weapons. The Heinkel
aircraft factory, bombed out of Ros-
tock by the RAF, fled to a Vienna
suburb, and the airplane section of
the Henschel works also sought Vi-
enna. Fifteen miles from the capital.
are the Austrian Krupp works and
near them the Nazis are operating a
munition plant once owned by the
first husband of Hedy Lamar, the
screen star.
Vastly important is the neighbor-
ing Styrian mineral region. The "ore
mountain" at Eisenerz and the "mag-
nesite mountain" at Veitsch are loc-
ated here the latter a main source
of supply to 'Germany. Both mines,
being merely open pits, are very vul-
nerable to attack from the air. The
works at Boehler, in Styria, make
the best mountain cannon in Germ-
any. At the city of Gratz are manu-
factured military motorcyeles and
machine gun carriera here the
Weitzer Company supplies engines
and ears for the German southeast-
ern front.
Steyr, a lovely city in upper Aus-
tria, makes large military vehicles
and arms. Thirty miles away in Linz
is the Herman Goering -owned heavy
industry employing 180,000 . work-
ers. Twenty miles down the Danube
is situated the Nazi poison gas fac-
tory -and the nuns will likely use Want and For Sale ads, 3 weeks Bee,
gas when it suits them. In the
mountainous Tyrol, beloved of ski-
ers, is an airplane factory al Sclraiz•
So states an authoritative article in
the New York Herald -Tribune lay
Major 'Erwin Lessner, who is well
acquainted with central Europe,
Long before the Allies threatened
Italy the Nazis had built up what
they thought to be a " bomb -safe" in-
dustrial region in ;Hungary. It. fol-
lows the Danube from Gyor to Buda-
pest, a distance of 60 miles, In this
locality is fabricated everything,
from textiles to motor cars and can-
nons. But its monstrous ]Manfred
Weisz ammunition and arms factor-
ies and its "model plant" for electri-
cal and radio devices may soon feel
the impact of Allied bombs. Even
Polish factories at Lodz and possibly
the oil fields of Galicia will be With-
in striking distance of Allied planes
from Italy. But the easiest targets,
now within reach of even a south-
ern Italian base, will be the Jugo-
slavian war factories.
Furthermore, the Danubian ship-
ping will be menaced. With her
transportation system strained to
the limit Germany must use the Dan-
ube to supply her armies in south-
ern Russia 'and to carry Rumanian
oil to the Reich, When ice blocks
the Danube, Germany a places her
fleet of river barges in winter ports,
of which Vienna is•the most impor-
tant. The hundreds of boats congest-
ed there form a solid mass and
bombers smashing them could deal a
holy blow to the German transport.
What Public Want
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In Dressed Poultry
In 1942 more than 270,000,000.
pounds of dressed poultry were pro -
ducted' and it is expected that this fi-
gure will be greatly exceeded in
1943. To hold at least a part of the
great increase in poultry consump-
tion it will be necessary to market
birds with even more flavor, states
the Dominion Department of
gri-
culture, This means that 'Grade rade though experience shows there will
A Milkfed and Grade B Milkfed always be a demand for a percent- tendency towards medium sized
birds will haveito be Marketed, be-
eause;the public has found these
high grade birds have the most
pleasing flavour and are the most
tender and palatable, In the words
of the trade, they are "repeat"
birds.
A study of.consuitler preference
discloses that producers would find It
profitable to concern themselves
about the size of the bird consumers
want, In turkeys, the demand is
mostly fel,' 10 to 16 'lb. birds, al
•ge of large turkeys ---17 to 25 lbs.
However, the 10 to 16 lb, turkey is
the popular selling size in the large
consuming areas and any great -per-
centage of large turkeys in normal
times is likely to go begging for a
Market.
With respect to large and medium
sized chickens it appears that the
medium size will be the most popular
with large birds in limited demand.
Great Britain has always favored a
medium sized bird •for many years,
and in the United States there is 'a
Arrange Now For
1944 Seed Potatoes
Many farmers in Ontario will re-
quire a change of seed potatoes for
planting in the spring of 1944 if
best results are to be obtained from
next year's potato crop, says R. T.
Goodin, of the Crops, Seeds and
Weeds Branch of the Ontario De-
partment of Agriculture. Last spring
many potato growers fully intended
to obtain new stock but, due to high
costs of seed at that time, coupled
with shortages of seed, labour and
transportation, they either decided
not to go to the extra expense of just
neglected to do so.
Therefore, many potato fields this
year are found to be infected with
such diseases as fusarian wilt, bact-
erial ring rot, black leg, leaf roll
and mosaic. In such cases, the yields
and quality are greatly reduced and
the continued use of such seed stock
would be a most unprofitable potato
practice.
On the other hand, certain grow-
ers, .particularly in areas adapted to
potato growing, have been given
special attention to production of
seed potatoes this year, and, as a re-
sult, a limited quantity of high qual-
ity seed is available. Almost every
year much good quality seed is sold
during the fall months as ordinary
table stock. This practice is mostly
due to lack of storage space by seed
growers. Then, later on, during the
spring months, there are scarcities of
seed, such as was the experience
during last spring.
For these reasons, in order to
make sure of supplies, prospective
purchasers would be well advised to
contact growers and arrange for
their seed requirements during the
next few weeks.
SPECIAL EFFORTS TO
MOVE FEED GRAINS
Special measures have been taken
by the Agricultural Supplies Board
to encourage the movement of as
Large quantities of Western feed
grains eastward as possible with the
hope of building up reserves in pub-
lic storages, dealers warehouses and
farmers' granaries to supplement
the current movement by rail during
the feeding season. In addition to
the continuation of freight assistant
on the movement of Western grains
from the Head of the Lakes to des-
tination in the East, there are two
other policies designed to encourage
the movement into position in East-
ern Canada during the summer and
fall months of reserve stocks of
grain for feeding.
These can be effective only if ev-
eryone, including fainters and feed
dealers, realizes the vital importance
of taking active measures without
delay to secure as great a propor-
tion as possible of the feed grains
they expect to need next winter and
spring.
In the early part of the season,
when grains could have been moved
more readily, orders for any consid-
erable quantities were not placed ei-
ther by farmers or feed dealers; and
though recent reports would indic-
ate that farmers in many sections
are now taking advantage of the pro-
visions that have been made, no as-
surance can be given that, even with
the most that can be clone,all the
grain than can and should be•fed in
the East can be moved down. A long,
open fall will help get reserves into
position, and a mild winter will help
with current movement,
chickens, In the export market, if
Canadian poultry canbegin again
after the war where it left off, it
will be s, distinct asset to the indus-
try, state the Department poultry
Production officials, No product ex-
ported during peacetime had gained
a better reputation- than Canadian
dressed poultry. This reputation was
not 'gained by wishful thinking but
by constructive effort on the part of
Canadian producers and those con
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netted with the poultry industry.
Send' us the names of your visitors
"Grooming" Locomotives for Wartime Work .
" noonnrra" is one of the highly
G
important jobs accomplished
daily in Canadian National Railways
roundhouses throughout the System,
The term applies to the servicing of
locomotives . before they leave the
stalls to sunt on a long journey
hauling atroop train, or one of those
big fast freights made up of carloads
of war supplies and materials.
Grooming is usually unseen by the
public but it is one of the multiplicity
of daily tasks each essential to the
Railway's wax effort.
This grooming consists of filling the
engine tender with coal and water;
cleaning, greasing and oiling; making
necessary adjustments and light
running repairs; testing air brakes,
electrical and water pump systems;
and a thorough inspection of the
locomotive tp ensure perfect opera-
tion. This requires an average of one
and a -half to two hours for a turn-
about job, and three to four hours
for a general servicing.
At Canada's largest and busiest
roundhouse, 'Threat, in Montreal,
operating on a 24-hour basis, Cana-
dian National motive power is turned
out at the average rate of one loco-
motive in leas than every eleven
minutes. Accommodation is available
for 62 engines, five of the 57 pits each
being capable of servicing two iron
horses at the same time. The activity
is at its highest point between four
and eight p.m., with the five to nine
a.m. period a clbse second. For a
single day, the record turnout was
147 groomed and despatched locomo-
tives. Turcot maintains a daily aver-
age of 135 despatches, which the staff
of 480 workers consider something for
other roundhouses to shoot at.
The photograph shows a fleet of
locomotives awaiting attention with
one of the giant 6200 -type, Canadian
National's latest design, embarking
on the turntable under the guidance of
a hostler to go on a track for its train.
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