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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1944-01-13, Page 6p e ► t. LEADING FIGURES IN ARM? COMMAND CHANGE These two senior officers of the Canadian Army are leading figures in changes in command of Canada's overseas army announced by Ottawa along with news of the retirement frons active command of Gen, MeNaughton. At left is Lieut. -Gen. H. D. G. Crerar, former chief of the general staff who commands a Canadian Corps fight- ing in the Mediterranean theatre. Al right is Lieut. -Gen, Kenneth Stuart, present chief of the general staff who is now appointed chief of staff, Canadian Military Headquarters, London, and Acting Commander of the First Canadian Army. They are pictured together watching Canadian troop manoeuvres in Britain. OTTAWA REPORTS That Agriculture Is The Most Important Single Industry of Crnadlan People According to statistics, agricul. ture in this country employs al- most 30 per cent of the total gain- fully occupied population, and about 34 per cent, or over one- third of the gainfully occupied males, It has been said that the dairy industry is the largest sin- gle branch of Canadian agricul- ture. With this in mind a consider- able amount 01 time was given by the delegates of the recent Do- minion-Provincialconference in Ottawa to the 1944 objectives of the dairy industry. It was estimated that nearly 3%2 of every one hundred pounds of milk produced in Canada dur- ing 1943 was marketed In concen. trated form. During 1941 about the same proportion and quantity of milk production will also find Its way to the condensing plants. This will involve the conversion of some 600,000,000 pounds of milk into nearly a billion pounds of oonceutrated milk products. 5 5 5 Evaporated whole milk is the largest of the concentrated milk products and of the entire 1943 etroduetion about 14;$ million pounds was exported to the Unit- ed Kingdom, 12 million pounds to the British West Indies and to :Newfoundland, while the remain- der was consumed by the armed forces and civilians in Canada. 'The next largest concentrated Milk product is condensed whole mills, of which the 1944 produc- tion goal is set at 24 million pounds, the same as in 1943. Most 0f this product goes to the Brit - :oh 'Wrest. Indies where, with its 44 per cent sugar content, it keeps BIG SHOT BOOTER Air' Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, who as deputy' supreme Allied commander will play a major role when the .big invasion et Europe icicles off, keeps in trine by kicking off in a football match between officers and men at a British North African camp. Enlisted men won, 5 to 0. well despite tropical heat. For whole milk powder, the 1944 ob- jective is unchanged at 16,800,000 pounds. Its greatest outlet is in Red Cross parcels for prisoners of war, a pound to each parcel. The production of skim milk powder will also remain unchanged from the estimated 21 million pounds of last year. 5 t * Although Canada makes some of the finest cheese in the world, the average Canadian eats eom- paratively little of it, About three out of every four pounds of cheese manufactured in Canada is ab- sorbed by the market In Great Britain. For generations Cana- dlans have enjoyed the benefit of this British demand for their cheese and have continued to hely meet it during this war. The gov- ernment requisltione all cheddar cheese made in Ontario and Que. bee for export. For 1944 it is es- timated that 198,390,000 pounds will be manufactured This quan- tity is 6% per cent below 1943 but 15 at least 20 million pounds greater than in the average year immediately before the war. • 5 5 Preseut indications are that there will be less butter manu- factured this year. It appears that about 97 pounds of creamery but- ter will be manufactured in 1944 for every 100 pounds made last year, and the estimated total is 305 million pounds. Although most of this will be consumed by civil- ians, some will be earmarked for the armed. forces and for ships' stores, some may be exported to Britain and some will be includ- ed in Canadian Red Cross par- cels. Daring the year the aver- age denten will eat about 29% pounds of butter, this Is malting allowance for the extra portions secured in reetcturants. Great Britain's Aid To Russia War matreials of all types Have been given to Russia free of cost since Germany declared war 021 her in 1941, Among malty outer things, 4,690 aircraft had been sent front Rritain to Russia by the end of May, 1943. Goods to the value of X170,000,000 have been sent to Russia. This figure does not include the very large expense involved in opening and maintaining supply routes through Persia and around the North Cape, nor the unassessable cost is ships and men in convoys which have carried supplies. • THE WAR • WEEK — Commentary on Current Events -Allied Downpour Of Destruction On Fortress Europa During 1943 The pattern fpr the Allied air attack 111 1944 is clearly demon. strated by the heavy assaults on what remains of Berlin within the Met week ot the new year. As the capital and verve centre of Germany, Berlin has already been knoclted out, says the New York Times, Some 25,000 tons of bombs and ircendiarles dropped or 'burned half of it, driving most Gai'ernment offices into the prov- inees, and another 20,000 tons are expected to finish it as Germany's industrial capital as well, Results like this, achieved in the face, and even with the aid, of weather conditions which only a short year ago would have made any raids impossible, are highly impressive. The air enthusiasts still contend that, given time and the means, all Germany eau be knocked out from the air alone. However that may be, it Is cer- tain that the bombers have creat- ed conditions In Germany which not only helped the Russians aohteve their great victories but are also making feasible an Invas- ion of Europe from the west. These conditions could be c4'eeted only by the air arm, without which an invasion would have been im- possible. °Downpour" Figures How this was done is 111ustrat-' ed by the figures published at the turn of the year. They show that during the past year the R.3..F. dropped a total of 155,000 tons on Axis territory, of which 195,000 felt on Germany. The United States Eighth Air Force dropped 55,000 toes on Axis territory, and the Northwest African Strategic Air Force more than 74,000 tons. This makes a combined total far 1943 of 284,000 tons. compared with only 14,000 tons In 1940. 83,- 000 tons in 1941, and some 50,000 tons in 1942. In contrast, Germany has been able to drop only 75.000 tons on Britain 'throughout the whole war. According to the calculations of the British Bomber Command, this Allied downpour of destruc- tion has knocked out twenty-four German towns, including such cities as Hamburg, Bremen and the whole Ruhr area, and severe. ly damaged twenty more. Witat is equally important, the Allied air assault has forced Cormany to coucentrate 70 per cent of her fighter strength in the West. Of this the Eighth Air Force reports 4,100 fighters destroyed, 911 more probably destroyed and 1,821 damaged. The Northwest Af- rican Command reports 3,146 planes shot down and 2,420 de- stroyed on the ground. The R.A.F. reports 232 night fighters de- stroyed and hundreds more dam- aged, This makes a grand total of around 12,000 German planes put out of action during the yetis*, which is probably erival to Ger- many's total production in that category. Technical Advances Those results have been achiev- ed in pert as a result of technical advaaves wltiolt have converted the clouds hanging over Germany' from a haudicap into an asset, Meeting from Hitler the reluctant admission that "in the sphere of technical inventions the scales in 1943 were possibly tilted in favor of our enemies." What these in- ventions are is, of course, a sec- ret. But the pathfinder planes which unerringly find their tar- gets, and ring these targets with flares fur the following bomb - Ars. give a suggestion of what Ilitier means. having lost the naval war, Germany has also lost the air War. And the loss of these two wars spells her doom in the and war as well. Crucial Period for Reich In Europe the U.S, Eighth Air Force co-operating with the RAF and the RCAF hat stretched the Luftwaffe to the breaking point, Lieutenant General Arnold, chlet ,of United States. Army Mr Forces, foresees the time In the near fu- ture whoa the battle attrition of enemy planes, together with the destruction of factories building fighter planes and parte, will bring "a crucial period which may determine the survival or destl•u - tion of the Luftwaffe as an effec- tive fighting force," What that would mean can only be estimat- ed, but with all Germany at the mercy of . our bombers, - it Is doubtful' if the Nazis could long sustain their armies in the field or the morale of their cIvlliat population, Certainly elle cost of invading Europe and liberating its conquered pedple would be far less. It would be a tragedy if that opportunity .pvesented itself and we were unable to take advantage of it, But there is a limit to the endurance et both mea and ma- chines. The time comes when planes have to be takou out of action for overhaul and repair, and witen strained nerves and bodies must be glvon a chance to rent, The Luftwaffe learned that is the autumn of 1910, when, In beating clown the RAF's gallant defence of Britttie, it exhausted itself and was unable to turn a tactical success into a strategic victory. More Planes Needed it is the fear of Allied air com, menders that before the' great land battle opens for the libera- tion of Europe there will be a chance to win it in the air, but that for lack of replacements of crews and planes they may have to hold back and give the enemy that breathing space which some- times means the difference be- tween victory and defeat. Gen. Arnold issued a solemn warning against permitting any lag lit the United States scheduled produc- tion of 145,000 planes in the next fifteen months. "Not one of our air forces has the planes it should have," says General Arnold, "Every one could use double the number it now possesses. The biggest battles en. the air and on land are yet to be fought. We will need every plane we can produce," The Rook Shelf MEN, WOMEN AND DOGS By James Thur>,er • Not since 1932 has there been a collection of James Thurber's drawings, In the intervening ten years his international reputation has been steadily. growing. His work has been exhibited from Hollywood to London, in New York, San Francisco, Boston, and many other places. During thls time there has accumulated a treasury of material, a wealth of his observations and fancies, from which he has collected and sel- ected the drawings in this new book, Aniong the important and familiar series, reproduced here in book form for the first time, is the com- plete chronicle of his famous Wfar Between Men and Women. These and the hundreds of other draw- ings make a volume representing an unrivalled Thurber decade. Men, Women and Dogs .. , By James Thurber, George .1. McLeod, Limited . . Price 53.75. Influenza Epidemic An Ancient Enemy The first recorded epidemic of influenza is believed to be that described .by Hippocrates in 412 B.C., states the New York Her- ald Tribune. By the Middle Ages medical descriptions had become sufficiently standardized so that the epidemic of 1173 could be definitely authenticated as in- fluenza. The epidemic of 1918-19 came in three waves, the first and last 01 which were relatively light in respect ot fatalities in most noun- tries. For a time during the World War influenza and the various diseasoo that followed it, such as pneumonia ,tech higher toll on the battlefields than did bullets. The total deaths through- out the world from influenza and the diseases to which it contrib.. uted in 1918-19 was estimated to be as high as 25,000,000. ROYAL BANK'S ASSETS PASS $11/2 BILLIONS Naw high records in practic all departments are revealed by the Royal Bank of Canada for the year ended Nov, ` 30. Total assets, Which a year ago reached tate high• est point in the bank's history, now stand at 51,509,097,571 as compared with 31;391,615,946 on Nov. 30, 1942. Deposits likewise. reached a new logit level, anti now total $1,330,709,152, an increase of more than 9310,000,000. Current loans in Canada are over 592,700,000, at $277,921,237. This increase is due largely to increased borrowing by tate public for the purchase of the Fifth Vic- tory Loan. Apart from this, many firms found it unnecessary to borrow because • of rapid turn - 0701 and prompt settlement of. accounts in connection with war production. Furthermore inven- tories are, generally speaking, lower. Loans outside Canada show 'a moderate reduction. Quickly realizable assets equal 78.09 per cent, of the bank's lia- bilities to the public. There has been a marked expansion in liquid assets which now total 51e04,703, - 4e9, as compared with $900,440,239 lly a year ago. Included in these„ lig- mid assets aro Dominion and Pro- vincial : securiti'es ',amounting to $041,895,620, ea increase of 5122,- 000,000.: Cash on hand, deposits with .the Bank of Canada, other cash items and bank balances, stand 01 •5323,221,983. compared with 323104,475 iu November, 1342• After providing .7,2.28.1,952 for Dominion 'taxes, an increase of $207,786, and atter providing for bad and doubtful -debts, profits anioUlltecl to 53,426,289, a moder- ate increase over tile fig8tr for the previous year. ,From These profits ate Mende atnoun tine to 92,100.000 were paid. For the pension fund an apProprlation of 3370,000 was set aside and 5400,000 for bank premises. The sum of 3556,239 was carried forward to the balance of profit and loss ac- count u-itice now atands at 33,- 315,457. Tha attuuel general meeting will be held at the liead office Tan. 12, at 11 a,in. Profit and loss account figures compare with those of the prey - Mus year, ending Nov. 30, as fol- lows - 1913 5 Profits 9,426,289 Dividends 2,100,000 Pension Fund Bank premises Prev. balance 1,92d,289 370,000 400,000 1942 x3,8. 0,123 2,625,000 765,123 315,000 400,000 556,289 50,123 3,259,198 3,209,075 3,815,487 3,259,198 x—After providing 32,281,952 for taxes (32,014,166 in 1942e and after appropriations to contingency reserves, out of which pro- vision for bad and doubtful debts has been made. LIABILITIES 1943 Capital Stock 35,000,000 Res. fund 20,000,000 P. & L. balance 3,815,488 Dividends 573,391 Deposits 1,380,769,152 Due to bank* 19,122,046 Notes in circ. ,. 12,851,348 Letters of ered. 35,135,037 Other liabs. 1,831,109 1,509,497,571 ASSETS 1943 Notes and dep. Bank of Can. 121,801,606 Other cash aryl -bank balance --147,888,518 Cheques on-sthes,banks 53,585,964 Dom. & Prov. Gov't secs. 641,898,620 U.S. and British' Gov't secs. 50,721,946 Mun. ansi other secs. 42,164,670 Call loans 46,692,209 Loans Canada 278,715,603 Loans to Prov. Gov't 2,470,528 Loans to cities, etc. 13,472,817 Loans outside Canada 55,225,771 Bank prem., etc. 14,711,066 Letters of credit 35,135,037 Other assets 4,654,308 1,509,00'T,571 1942 $ 85,000,000 20,000,000 3,259,198 583,864 1,164,152,714 17,064,478 18,271,281 31,156,432 2,127,979 1,291,615,946 1942 101,684,203 101,291,518 58,908,754 519,801,843 46,029,701 48,933,656 29,791,062. 256,335,638 1,770,546 15,961,151 59,276,982 15,733,087 31,156,432 4,941,869 1,291,615,946 LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher Mom, if Harvey calla, I'm out . , 'f it's Robert I'm home and 30 it's Billy, you'll have to look and see.' • REG'LAR FELLERS—The Disappearing Act '0HAI'', A P2.aCH OF A HOCKEY 57Kic 7UDi MY ST1CK Mee gas ssiaF.7 1ROPt 0> 1 '1598. esaY3'00u liter *tree HAs tT a u. -ivut way 9oW*4 '7141, NANDLO. SOS2ao'+1E1) ,T FROM MY Lia. 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