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Zurich Herald, 1942-12-10, Page 3CHINA HONORS AMERICAN HEROES Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek, presents the Military Order of China to Brig. Gen. (Now Major Gen.) James Doolittle, who led the bomber raid on Tokyo, for the part he played in the surprise American attack. Col. John A. Hilger (right) received the same honor for his part in the raid. Photo was just released by the Army in Washington, 1101CE OF TH PRESS SKUNKS AT LARGE Prince Edward Island has in- ereased its bounty on skunks from $0 cents to $1, and thereby hangs s tale. Skunks are not native to the island, it appears, but some ears ago a few people began rais- ing them for fur. When low prices trnade the venture unsuccessful, some of the breeders simply turn- ed their skunks loose. Prince Ed- ward Island has suffered ever since. --Bro.ekvllle Recorder and Times --e— ALL-INDIAN JOB Ten Iroquois Indians from the «sughnawaga Reserve are erect- ing a big new 40 -tan crane at the ]Midland Shipbuilding yards. They ere under the direction of an Iroquois foreman, so it is an all - Indian job. The redmen of the Caughnawaga reserve, which is d�rrooss the St. Lawrence river from Montreal, are the finest steel erec- tion men in the world. --Midland Free Press Herald —0— WHAT A DIFFERENCE! Wire photos of American Doughboys marching into Algiers dhow a different background than the pictures of the Nazis march- ing into Paris. In Algiers the people were laughing and dancing and cheering. Which is the dif- ference between aggression and friendship. —Stratford Beacon -Herald THE L.AVALS FOR INSTANCE There would be many people of as certain type wiped out if are.. 'gent Vichy radio announcement was taken literally. The announ- ear stated that "an offensive against rata will be launched in Paris." —Niagara Falls Review —0— SECRET OF SUCCESS Initial British successes in the desert battle were due, it seems, to the impact on the enemy of a six hour barrage and a great deal of bagpipe music, —Boston Globe —0— COUNTING SHEEP One airman writes home that tie Australian farmer has so many sheep to count he has trouble staying awake in the daytime. —Brandon Sun —0TI-IE ROMMEL TWO-STEP The latest dance, according to a wise -cracker, is the Rommel two-step. You drop your arms, leave your partner, and run. —Kitchener Record —o— ONE IN EVERY HOME Would that firm advertising for !souse wreckers be interested in a powerful specimen aged 6? —Boston Globe ALTERNATIVE If Hitler finds the Russian frent too cold this winter, Iot him try Africa, where the heat's on. ---.Ottawa Citizen No Need To Falter (King George's Speech. from Throne) "Our enemies yet remain power- ful, and we can look forward to so easy task. All our fortitude Wad all our determination will he needed to win through to viato:y. But 1 know nothing will e:etee "'our ],unP050 or ea use rota steps falter on the way," Old Trees Drink 200 Gallons Daily The anatomy and working of the leaf of a tree are as curious and complex in their fashion as the physiology of an eye or an ear or a brain. Leaves and roots and trunk—these are the instruments whereby is carried out the tree's life process, writes Alan Devoe in "Lives Around Us." Occasionally, very gently, a tree moves its leaves, to let them better catch the sun; occasionally, very slowly, it may reach out with its groping roots, hair fine at the tips, and crush a stone that has been impeding them. And always, unceasingly, it goes about its soundless drinking and feeding, drawing in the earth's water for its thirst, opening the million lip- ped mouths of its leaves in the noonday sun. It may come to drink, in its old age, 200 gallons in a day; it may come to breathe out daily, in its slow invisible vegetable exhalations, so great a moisture that it soaks the earth. And then at last, after a century, or a span of centuries, the heart- wood that is its core crumbles to nothing, and the staghead limbs of its crown are leafless, and presently on some day of great wind it is brought toppling down and its life is done. ME WAR WEEK — Commentary on Current Events Canada Is Third Largest Producer Of Muniti. ;ns Among Allied Nations Up -to -the -Minute Report on Canada's Industrial Revolution by the Hon, C. D. Howe, Minister of Munitions How ninny Canadians appreci- ate that Canada, primarily an agricultural country, is now the third largest producer of muni- tions reeong the allied nations? The Hon. C. D. Howe, addressing the dere rtian Club in Toronto last week, said: "On lay recent visit to England I heard nothing but praise for the contribution we are making, both in the industrial field and on the fi' hting fronts. in the United States we are regarded as a model for war organization. Words of Praise "We are receiving favorable comment from unexpected sources. Dr. T. V. Soong, Foreign Minister for China, said in Chungking that Canada is conducting a wonderful war effort, which, in proportion to her population, surpasses that of any other country. I was told in England that our rate of output of merchant ships is about equal to that of the United Kingdom. General McNaughton has stated officially that the quality of Can- . adian munitions is the best ob- tainable and that the Canadian - designed Ram tank is the best tank of the war. "I doubt if many Canadians appreciate the magnitude of the industrial revolution that is in progress here. In prewar years perhaps we have been unduly pes- simistic about our ability to pro- duce, in competition with other countries. If so, that inferiority complex is a thing of the past. We find that we can successfully undertake any type of war pro- dution and compete with the world in quality and in produc- tion costs. "The most powerful explosive of the war is now being manufac- tured in Canada by a process de- veloped by Canadian scientists and the Canadian process will be Largely used by our allies. Ships and Vehicles "The armada of more than 800 oihips that recently moved into North Africa carried some 40,000 Canadian mechanized vehicles. The armies of the Empire all aver the world ate almost entirely de- pendent on :mechanized vehicles from Canada. "Canadian armor -piercing shot has revolutionized the making of this type of equipment, which pre- vious to Canada's entry into the field was made of high-grade tool steel. Today this shot is being made from a low -alloy , type of steel, which is doing a more dead- Iy job than the steel costing four times as much. "I quote from a letter from Soviet Government Purchasing LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher ''s\s\\\V "How much for the suit?" Commission: 'I am glad to inform you that the Canadian Tanks Valentine VII have shown good results in combat action on our front, and have proved themselves the best of all of our imported tanks.' "Our most spectacular expan- sion has been in the production of aluminum. Canada now has the largest aluminum plant in the world, expanded sevenfold since the war began. This plant now has a capacity greater than the entire world production of alum- inum in 1939. "Canada is now producing mag- nesium by a process invented in our own research laboratories, which is being widely adopted in the United States. I believe that ours is the lowest cost magnesium produced anywhere. New Processes "Our national research laborers taxies are developing new pro- cesses for making new types of equipment and many of these are being adopted in other countries. We are building great industries that are new in Canada that will be a potent postwar factor in our industrial life. "We are fortunate in having picked out for Canadian produc- tion the four most useful fighting planes of the war to date." Mr. Howe listed these four as Hurri- cane fighters, of which more than 1,000 have been delivered for the defense of Canada and for over- seas; the de Havilland Mosquito, "recognized as the world's fastest and most efficient plane"; the and best of the dive bombers." Mr. Howe added: "We are also in large-scale production of the Catalina Flying Boat, which is the best of the coastal reconnaissance planes." During 1942 we will. have pro - tamed approximately 216,000 (me- chanized vehicle) units. One of these units consumes approximate- ly twice the material and labor -need by a normal commercial ve- hicle, so that our 1942 output le practically equivalent to 430,000 commercial trucks, as against an average of less than 40,000 per year for the ten years prior to the wtat°. Chemical Plants Ma•. Howe emphasized that Can - ads is manufacturing explosives "on a tremendous scale," and that the chemical plants set up at a cost of more than $100,000,000 "Will have an important postwar value." Lancaster bomber, "the leading four -engined bomber," and the Curtiss "Helidiver," the "latest Mr. Howe reviewed the two years of manufacture of optical glass in Canada. "Today our pro- duction has reached amazing pro- portions," "Canada is retaking different types of larger naval vessels, el great number and variety of small patrol type craft, and two types of merchant ships. These ves- sele, including engines and all equipment, are more than 95 per cent Canadian content. Canadian production of com- munications and signal equipment for the armed forces will amount to more than $100,000,000 this yetis', and 'to more than $250,- 000,000 250;000,000 next year. Canada exports large and in- creasing quantities of copper, lead and zinc to United States and im- ports manganese, chrome tung- sten, molybdenum and vanadium. But large deposits of chrome have been found in Manitoba and Qaebec, and production will start early in 1943, molybdenum has been found in Ontario and Que- bec and is being developed, and tungsten has been discovered in British Columbia, where a mill is to be built which will supply al- most all of Canada's requirements' Synthetic Rubber lithettc R A synthetic rubber plant will be in production by September, 1943, and will supply all Canada's war needs and necessary civilian re- quirements and in the postwar period will supply the country's Unsung Heroes of r of the Seas 0 British S a i l o r s' Society Founded in 1818 In the year 1818, the British Sailors' Society was founded on board the Nelson war sloop "Speedy." The vessel had done good service at tore )3attlo of Tra- falgar and was procured by some warm-hearted business men, wlto were deeply touched by the neg- lect meted out to the sailors of that day. These business men, with some flriends, met in the City of Lon- don Tavern on February 12, 1818. The "Speedy" was bought and a ferw weeks later put into commis- sion for the use of tfae sailors and became their first Chapel and Home. The opening ceremony "was an inspiration," we are told, "tile well-wishers packed the stage coaches from Bristol and elsewhere and a great company assembled. And so on that day over 124 years ago, the British Sailors° Society was brought into being. For years the "Speedy" was a veritable refuge to storm -tossed sailors. Thousands were helped and cheered, The British. Sailors' Society has gone on and on until today it is maintaining over ONE HUNDRED institutes and clubs for the men of the Mercantile Navy and of the Royal Navy all over the seven seas. A few months ago the parent society in London sent a cable to our Toronto office telling of the wrecking of the "Under Twenty Club for Navy Boys" at Malta by enemy bombing and how Mr. and Mrs. Matthews, in charge of the eluib, had made a clearing and were carrying ou as well as pos- sibie the great work for the boys and men of the visiting vessels from British and Canadian ports. "If my sailor boy goes to Malta," said a Toronto mother', "how happy I will be to luzow there are such people to care for him." Not only on the vessels where the society ministers to the crew "fore and aft," but when on shore at all of their finely equipped Homes from Home the sailors are cared for. Club facilities of all kinds and -Sunday services iaz'- ticularly adapted for sailors are arranged. Tho British Sailors' So. ciety is inviting donations to erect a new club and hoetc'l for the navy men at Malta. The first donation has been received from the "Loh - law Employees' Aid. to Britain. Club" of $500. This is in addition to the sum of $400 given to new care for the crews of the mine- sweepers and dredgers, operating on the bleak sea coasts of the northern Scottish seaboards of Shetland and Orkney. The Chistmas and New Year seasons are so near! In over one hundred ports the British Sallors" Society will eutertain the senate -- thousands of them far from flame and loved ones. The Canadian ports are Van- couver, Vlictoria, North Sydney, and others. Jersey and Guernsey yonder in the Channel Islands are out of commission because of the war as are all the institutes on the continent of Europe. Wherever our vessels go, manned by our Britisb;, Canadiaa and Anzeriearoa sailors, the British Sailors' Society finds its way. there and cares for these boys. full requirements. "In the mean- time our dwindling stockpile of crude rubber is giving us grave concern," Mr. Howe said. "Canada has in three years practically doubled its national income," he said. "This has not resulted from inflation, nor is it due to abnormal prices for pros ducts of our farms, forests and mines. Many of our raw mater- ials are selling at or below pre- war prices. I think it is fair to say the increase in national in- come is almost wholly due to the immense increase in output of our factories, our farms, our mines and our forests. More than one- half our total income is now being used for war purposes, but the income so used has for the most part been created since the war began. Our people are spending for wholly domestic purposes somewhat less than immediately before the war, but considerably more than in the days of depres- sion. About one-half of our war expenditures are being met by taxation, and the balance by bor- rowing from our own people. Our external debt is not being in- creased; in fact it is being reduc- ed. We are not in any way de- pendent on lease -lend; we are paying our way, meeting our obli- gations and doing a job that is increasing' our prestige among our allies. No Large Profits "The threat of inflation, always present in time of war, has been met and conquered." Mr. Howe emphasized that in placing war contracts which now total more than $6,000,000,000, his department exercised every care to gain two objectives—Iow costs and low profits. "So far as we are concerned, no one is go- ing to get rich out of this war," he said, as he outlined methods of supervision by the Department of Munitions and Supply over all contracts, the exhaustive audits by the Treasury Department, and the rates of taxation fixed ''in such a way that there is no pur- pose in attempting to make large profits from war production." r stain Warned Invasion Possible Sir James Grigg, ,g, Secretary for War, urged ed t te, t.g• i., British , Home Guard to~ remain constantly alert because "should things go badly for the Germans, Hitler may try a do or die°invasion of Eatglancl."` "The invasion is not off by any. means," Grigg said. Slaney and Curley of the Anzacs "Give him a chance, Sarge"s You'dE BEEN A LONG 1fdE OUT OM PATRCI, HAVEN'T You ? n es—es azseiweevz YE.S 5Arace, 1 WANTED TO GET A PAIR OF 'THEM B0M7ER BOOTS THE 1TA1.tAte OFFaCE.I8 WEAR `•- -a.--- . , ... EVEhi 660 , aT SHOUII.D14'1 HAVE 1AKEN *YOU ALL 'THATTtNiE'. /,% G'AIR, GO 6A1Z.C•sE.: Pa, Ma and Twins Do Fine War Job Old -Fashioned Farm House Is Queerest of War Plants At the junction of two country roads near Rockford, Illinois, stands one of the queerest of all U. S. war plants, relates "Time" Maga- zine. It is a white clapiboard farmhouse, with old-fashioned gam- brel roof, dormer windows, neat flower boxes at the window silts. it Is also the home office, sales branch and factory of the Harrington Bros. Machine Tool and Fixture Co., manufacturers of $1,000 -a -month worth of madhine tools for making shells and tank turrets. In the big living room last week, grey-haired Pa John Harrington, 68, worked long hours at a grinder, grinned when the sparks flew, sometimes muttered: "I have more fun than a kid in this place." Bux- om Ma Harrington, 58, wearing a house dress tucked into overalls, operates a lathe. Twins Richard and Russell, 34, wangled new orders, worked at machines, swept onrt the place at night, often were on the job 16 hours out of 24. Mrs. Richard kept books. Mrs. Russell did all the cooking. s * The company started in the, de- pression, when the Harrington boys borrowed money to build their own house and machine shop. The shop was a spare -time operation until thhe war began. Then the Herring - tons set out to get some really big jobs. The first offer was some tooling that could be done only on a new $4,000 machine. The twins, wee hail never even seen $4.000, made their own machine -- out of a junked lathe. an old washing machine mo- tor, an oil pump from a 1926 auto- mobile and one of Ma's old wash- tubs to catch the oil 'slat leaked. Now the Ha.rringan twins have four subcontracts, have given jobs to two brothers-in-law and five other employees, wild keep the same hectic bout's and share the profits. Says Rockford's local WPB director: "They're deinfr a, swell job. I don't think they 'mew what they were ;getting into when they :masted, buff they had the nerve t0 !Halle a Success U:' it." Big con:pnuies which gave the Harringtous 5outt,ct used i Lc: send inspectors to look,�t the I t 1 . shop, inv. have long since r givenit up says Richard I used to get a laugh out of tllo.ee gt,y s. When (hey spotted this place, they went nuts." Y1.33.1333.33333=1.3.12.33=3:0.034=1313........C.=e1.31.31=1d.3•33=.133= i 13y Gurney Eley (Aust;ti a lia) 1 HAD To BUMP -OFF FIFTEEN of TH' COWS BEFOR,G I GOT A PM Thr MOULD ;IT ME., V .0010