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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1944-06-01, Page 6TRAINMAN INVESTS IN VICTOR1 Strength, in the driving Wheels of tt giant steam locomotive, and the• strength of a marts faidt in his country are illustrated in. the above photo taken in the locomotive repair department at Canadian Pacific Raihvay Company's Angus Shops, Charles 11, .'iron, in the repair pit, is pictured here -as he pautsed in his work to s.ig,ri an application exchanging his cash savings fcir *2,500 in bonds of Sixth Victory Loan issue.. Hugh Shea, instructor at Angus, is at left, Mr. Iliron has been an employee of the Canadian Pacific far 37 ;'ears, and has worked at Angus Shops since. sopa His skill at helping overhaul and condition Canadian Pacific lucontotives has further helped the war effort 011 toe transportation trona Their niinunuin Sixth Loan objective placed at llt•510,00n, Canadian Pacific employees at Angus Shops were considerably "over the hp" with $7:7,830. OTTAWA RUNTS Nearly 00 Percent of Canadian Farm Families In Present Homes More Than 10 Years Canadian farm families ycuerel- lc speaking, stay putt. Over a third of the Dominions 703,00o from households have occupied their pre- sent Home; foe more than do years, and needy sixty percent for Irate than ten years. The Maritime prov- inces reflect the greatest stability. with well over a third of the house- holds having lived in present homes for over 30 years, and the average letup h of residence exceetlitig 20 years. Nearly half of all farm hones in Canada are in Ontario and tlne- bec. A little over a tenth are in the Maritimes and approximately a half in the western provinces, ac- cording to figures of the last cen- sus just released by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Households average 3.7 persons for the whole of Canada, and except for Quebec number less than five. In Quebec fifty percent of the households number five persons or less and 23 percent include more than eight persons. Flentlock bark, a primary need of the Canadian tanning industry, is now under a ceiling of ilk a cot•tl. This price includes cost of deiivery unless when shipped by rail in which case the maximum price may be increased by the amount of ac- tual railway charges. * * Six additional types of new farm machinery and equipment which may be sold without permits are diamond, flexible and spring tooth harrow sections; create separators; power sheep shearingmachines and animal clippers, egg cleaners and brushes, * -Canadiansu may now purchase FOR 'SUMMER Shown in this picture is the tor- ireet summer dress uniform worn Wpersonnel of the Canadian oman's Corps. e, :lncrican funds up. to 074 esiei-ive of transportation, to visit in the United States if they have not been across the border within the past six mouths, (except for business or in traltsit), ar lip to of cru ii 1110• - have not been there for six mouths, lexcept on businessor in. tanslit), and will sign a declaration that they will not go again before May 18, 1943..The new ruling is au- po0itccd by the Foreign Eat:Mame Control. Board. At. present rate of exchange, it costs $1.11 in Cattadittt currency' to buy a dollar itt U.S. money. lion, I. G. Gardiner, Minister of Agriculture, told the House -of Con -tames last w telt that movements of fedi grain from \Vest to. East would continue to be heavy in the coming ttWlttits. - et # * :Anticipating that due to tate shortage of farm machinery' and faros labor, some farmers will rent ar borrow machinery for haying operations, officials at Central Ex- perimental Farm, Ottawa, have worked out estimates htdudieg all repairs, depreciation and other costs items. Chargee for moving from one farm to another are not in= eluded. :\fats labor is valued at 03 a day and a team at :6.2.00 a day. The estimates - include: Mower -20c art acre of 02.75 a day. :Mower, team and aunt -33c an acre or 08.85 a day. Dump rake -28c an acre or 02.11 a day. Side rake -33c an ,acre or 02.28 a day. • Flay. loader -21e a ton or $2.-S2 a day. \Vag•,an, rack, team and inert -9;5.82 a day. Hay loader, wagon, rack, team and nein—V.10 a day, .. Hay 'rids lba;ed on 200 colts a : year) -27c a ton. Additional ittforntatiou on farm machinery costs is contained in publication No. 750 "Cost Df Ctn- eratin.g •l'arnt Machinery in. East- ern -Canada' obtainable .14y writing the Dom-Miolt, Department of Agri- culture., Ottawa. Russians May Tap Own Maple Trees • Page the North .lntet'iran Indian —rte uncorked the possibilities of hard maple sap -centuries ago while only now the Northern peonies of hurope are :becomittl3.intet:asted. in. the pt•ocess, - I1ussian reterrsctt:uivcs abroad tasted this Canadian simple pr"duct and found it so gong that there is a definite plan to make the $Russian tree --and they say they -- have hard maples in the 'U. S. S. R. —hemp sweeten the Iltt,.isu dirt. It is reported the Soviet trade re- presentative, are interested in the •Canadian Process and eiluipnlent• - alnd may purchase altoltt It 12 try out syrup•staking in 1b'e homeland next sl,t'itlg. - THE WAR • WEEK — Commentary on Current Events Nazis Trying To-, Build And Man U-boats Faster Than They are Sunk The Germans continue to make - vague claims of U-boat successes and while the late :Secretary of the U.S. Navy, frank Knox, ntade 511e cautious statement that submarine attacks may be resumed, Admiral Ernest I. Bing makes the flat an- ltouueentent that. the Germaa sub- marine fleet has been reduced front a menace w a problem. The present fairly satisfactory ` state of affairs is in sharp contrast to conditions which existed two years ago, writes Capt. Frederick L. Oliver, in the Clu•istiau Science Itlouitor. _1t that time the U-boats insolently conducted raids in :1t- (antic coastal waters and sank ships within sight of the eastern sea- board. - German Theory A mustering of hastily impro- vised antisubmarine measures aided by cooperation- from British, Can- : adian, tint! Netherlands ,fatal units, the Army .kir Force, and planes from the Civil .\ ir Patrol. succeed- ed in driving Nazi U-boats front the coastal waters and the Caribbe- an area by the tall of 1912.- Since that time the odds ,against the l• -Boat have steadily in- creased, attd dcs'ile optimistic German prupakattde, the plain tut• varnished truth is that the (iceman e tiblmaritie campaign is, barrio,; sonic now" 0it1ur,een development, doomed W failure. Grand .ldmiral Karl Uoettir_ rude into pourer during January, 1012. on his dreary that toe \lie% could be defeated by his plan of mass f:rmatiutts, commonly re- ferreti to as wolf packs, of sub- marines operating against the t1t- lantie supply routes. New Allied Devices Ful' a time Fora: mten,tu'e o: success attended the new Gervino strttte_Y, but the .Mir= brongat into use new devices and metitcci; of combating tate L -beat, t, the most successful being ai;plettes from the cscort carni rs, !better knot. it as baby flat top.;. An occasional ittlitii'trinc foray will meet with su'•cess. 'There iu- evitably' will he Certain combina- tions of circumstances that Hill place a subnuuire in position tea WHO. damage, but the all :hies when a Wolf pacts rut wild mt and down the fl:mks of or tiu'ogtb a big convoy, are „one. The .\!lied alai-abtanrine oiree- sive 'which succeeded it: tlisillu- siottiring not only the German Navy but the Nazi Army as %%ell, was a gem with 111tttty facet;. The comprehensive scheme devised for,f preventing the l' -Goats from got - ting into position forattaching convoys extended over so wide a expanse of occult, that subn:triues hundreds of utiles from their quarry- were ttttat'l:etl amt forced under the surface. Lt addition heavy airplane raids nese directed at the facilities fest- inating urbuilding oud basis; L'-tio,et,. Not only t' -ere building. yards (Llava,. tated, but the Miami plants niters tide nla11'1101d trent* t att,:ring i• cu the consist:rtit:el of submarines were fahric:ue'! u'tcirrtvett .''t,faiit,ed attacks. Allied Ships Sunk Fartbernic're, the sea wrens aide's submarines tnttst traverse itt Going to and from their bases are lteasilr patroller. 1,y boat surface ,lints art ! four-ntoLc:red la—millers iflit'it tk' not hesitate to attack Lot! eeetuy 1,'boat- and surface vessels. There are as :tuthorit:'ive esti• states i,f the number of ,ulama- eines Gcrtuany has built, 'nit tl a number has prot,al,iv less in vs- cess Ii the availalde t'i lr5,,i.:ed cross, Da -sever, logo tiw:r e, tat, figures an ,his .tes-amartse sinkinghave le ea relea frit., u,uall' Irani Uritis! 711 Beretta nail, tit'' 11ritiCt. 'A- ntiralty :anonnr, ,I that zts itt 1911 said: caw ,hip „rat ,. •1 y lel rlcariatf llritisll':.11. ::rut 1..1111. in Clic last half of Ittt:; -+;:i, raj ., ha?i iallrn w one mil recent Ltevi ri']e:a't in tits; Stall :q:.- that ,itiltin otte' hall of 1 pct- t'Pnt, about the. .ttt,tt a5 it stets 1.11K after the then ,!nus t tt, had burn nasi:red. U -Boats Sunk The British l tea .,' ut•'1 ;1 at it lit Ji 00 U -butts vary yina a p:•r• satinet of somen. frig) 1'IC Another authority Buts the shute i!tgs during the first four months of '1914 at 00 definite kills and 15 probables, if all 84 Wel/1 down, the personnel. involved %could be about 1,200. Information from reliable sources indicates 'that _the •heavy loss of L" -Botts has had au adverse effect on the morale of the German sub- marine service, If this report is correct, it means that the efficiency of their operation will be seriggl,ly affected, because in no other'5^pe 01 ship does successful functioning depend so completely on every ttietttber of the crew having abso- lute confidence in the other mem- bers, Big Change in Situation It is nut so -many 111011111S 050 that the problem confronting the Allies tra. 10 build ships faster than the U-boats could sink them. to this -gloomy picture entered the enormous loss of valuable cttcgocs, Nittr the scene has shifted W the ,fiertttatts trying to build and mins L' -boats faster than the) are stork. Sugar Shortage Seen in 1945 Production Cut Everywhere, Write.; Lawrence' Sullivan In The Financial Post 1 world sugar .surrey froth one of the Most reputable C. S.'dis- tribtltiug iloltsVI indicates that \Vestt_rn lietnisphete supply next year probable will be shorter that during the current season, tltte to expattdiug lend-lease exports and - sntaller production in every area front Which eshtrtinta supplies are obtained. bhorlagt of ntaupntter hats cur- tailed production everywhere, and faltering U. S. beet production poli- cies have resulted in a large de- rrease in prospective domestic sugar. Only 54 Operated Current figures disclose that the U. S: has 8(1 beet sugar stills, but that only 5.1 of theta operated dur- img the 1.114, season, !n 70111 there was a curtailment of 25^b in cane sugar production itt Puerto Rico, closest' sago'-pruduc- iug area. - These two areas show a rednt- timt of alntoet a million torts for the 1043 crop -as compared tritit the previous year—and at a time when large cargoes are going abroad under lend-lease.. Normally the U. S. does not export a pound of s tgar. But hider lent! -lease it .exported 208,0ttO tons in 1042. lit 1043, exports were 171,000 tons. Th s .car. nays the Lamborn Sur- vey, they. will reach 700,000 tons. . Must Boost Output Sugar production in the United .Nations area must be increased sharply next year if prevailing 5. rations are to be ntaitttained- Iti pre-war years, roughly 10% 44& r dttm itivtgil£rtti t f irw,, of the world sugar .cante from areas now under control, l.n 103$ wc'rldworld sugar production was 211,5 ttiilliott tau, of which 11,3 million tons cattle from Axis ter- ritories. Over vast sweeps of this area, particularly in the Pa- cific, carte .plantations have --been destroyed. l'ho same applies to vast beet areas in. Central Europe. Water Buffaloes With Steel. Hides light For Allies Water Bitffalues are fightMe, on the side of the United Nations itt the. South Pacific, says tate L'!trie- tian Science ii tailor, They are not indigenous—but are - alt armor plated broel credited Cts the hardest -bitting amphibious tank in the armed forces of the United States, - Shells .fired from the7-milli_ ineter cannon carried itt the revolv- ing tur'r'et lit with an impact de- scribed by some observers as equi- valeltt to the force of a a -tot truck dropped from the Itcigt't of a tall tree, They carry ntttchiue guns, too. Of particular advantage is the \Vater Buffalo's versatility, It "swims" ashore from large boats, surmounting practically any barrier itt tis pack, and ]stocking oat Jap- anese installations, meanwhile pro- toting the troops that swarm. in behind it. On shore, tate antpiiibians follow the infantry with supplies, ammuni- tion,- food; medical equipment, and water. - Sonietines Buffaloes are called into service as land tanks, and,they. stake excellent substitutes for bull- dozers. • Nazi Plane Quality Affected By Blitz Effects of the Allied bombing on the duality of future German air- craft production may prove to be no less important than the effect on its quantity, according to a Bri- tish Ministry of Economic War- , fere spokesttiau. The spokesman said so notch damage !tad been inflicted on air- craft centers that the Germans pro- bably had to abandon plans to manufacture improved types of air- craft in order to leen production at an adequate level. A Fo-restry Quiz For five or tett minutes 01 rats at your next get-together, try this "Forestry" game. Ask your - guepts to identify these .trees: \\'hat tree is a fish? -Bass What tree is an animal? -Eire,. What tree is part of the itatttl — Palm, - - \Vhat tree. is a covering for au anintu! F -Fir. What tree is a mineral -used in building?-1.ime. What tree is a handy container for shipping?—Box. What tree is a point of time?— Date. ' \Vttat tree is ttvo of a kind? — Pear. - \\'hat tree is a pestiferous insect? —Locust. \\'hat tree is a very ancient jokey —Chestnut. What tree is an officer in certain churches?—Elder. What tl'te 's :l.Book of the -Bible? Joshua. - - What tree do you still have after you burn it?—Ash. STEPPING UP? Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ralph A. Bard, above, is consid- ered a likely successor to James V. Forrestal, undersecretary re- cently nominated to be secre- tary of the Navy. Bard, former Chicago financier, at present has supervision over Navy shore es. tablishments, labor relations anti civilian personnel. PRAYER BEFORE BATTLE ....A ossa ,rti q .Sn sm +;, r (" `cr%, t 't'i x d+x '';s: W t^*"... - o.,ta. i.at.w>,.'1Z.tiY k Asn! With dramatic effect, dawn breaks over the bow of a U. 5, Coast Guard comb tt cutter protect:na*, an Allied convoy as it enters the Atlantic war zone, Grouped in forecastle, under big guns, Ccast Guardsmen pray and sing hymns in services conducted by the Navy chaplain, P.EQ' .,AR £'ELLERS— ugaboo HOW DO YOU LIKE. i'H' SCARECROW WE MADE FOR OUR VICT'RY GARDEN, POP? 1.01 M1 F'R ET7Y GoOD! OF COURSE, EARDS AREN'T. 714' ONLY PESTS THAT CAN RUIN A GARDEN—THERE ARE BEETLES AND POTATO BUGS AN c SNAILS tt v/E'l., t -NAFTA. ,FIGURE OUT A WAY T SQUELCH THEM LITTLE CHISELERS RIGHT Now/ .BY GENE liPIRNES Y W N•, I J 1~tw /y ,\\ I v. �t\k'�e, U✓l.�J � YOU SAID II% Ni s4.