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OTTAWA REPORTS
That Thereis to 131;,` Substans
flat increase In Farm Machinery
Quotas Next Year
Some of the best news of the
year for Canadian farmers comes
in the announcement from the Ad-
ininietrator of Fenn Machinery for
the Wartime Prices and Trade
Board, Herbert H. Bloom, that the
tfarm machinery quotas for the
next year are to be very much
higher than they have beeu for the
paet eighteen months.
* *
While the new order establish-
ing increased quotas is a produc-
ton order only, and the extent of
its ensuing advantages is depend-
ent on supplies of materials, Otta-
wa authorities who have studied
the whole problem are extremely
hopeful of real results, even
though there cannot be any large
quantities of completed machines
available under the new quotas
until late this fall.
The order provides for a supply
of farm equipment equal in ton-
nage to approximately 77 per cent,
of the average of 1940-41 output
and represents an increase of
about 130 per cent. over supplies
provided by the previous farm ma-
chinery control oruer, Repair pro-
visions are eetablished on the
basis of 156 per cent, of the 1940
and 1941 average output. The total
program provides for approximate-
ly 90 per cent. of the average total
weight of machine, repairs and at-
tachments supplied in the 1940 and
1941 period.
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Rationing of farm machinery,
which was put into effect last Oc-
tober. is to he continued as a
means of ensuring fair distribu-
tion and the maximum use of
every piece of new equipment. Tha
order has been worked out after
the most careful consideration. and
In consultation with authorities
intimately acquainted with the
needs of the Canadian farmer,
whose food production task e of the
present year are regarded as vital
to the Allied war etfort.
Substantial increases in quotas
on the present year's p r o -
gram were announced in May, and
the quotas established in May will
remain in effect until October 1 of
this year, and will be additional to
the new quotas now established.
In other words, farm machluerY
Importers and manufacturers will
be permitted to complete their
quotas for this year, If possible,
before Oct. 1, and will be permit-
ted also to take advantage of the
new quotas whcih come into effect
e.t once. The administrator is
;given power to distribute ma-
ehinery where most needed.
* *
The new order approximately
doubles the number of various
kinde of machinery and equip -
merit which may be manufactured,
although only the most essential
'units will be produced or Import-
ed. Additions to the production
schedule for Eastern Canada, Brit-
ish Columbia atid the irrigated
districts of the Prairie Provinces
include 11 -run grain. drills, two -
row potato planters, 10 -foot cut
traitor grain binders, aerated or
surface type milk coolers, power
potato sprayers and dusters. Ma-
chinery and equipment requiring
rubber tires may not be made on
permit, but a limited number of
rubber tire tractors and combines
will be made and farm equipment
eat ion ing officers *ill release
them when necessary.
* * *
Additionally, certain types of
small equipment such as bee hives,
hog troughs, poultry and livestock
feeders and milk stools are ex-
empted from the production re-
etrictions provided they are made
of eon -critical materials. Attach -
teems are subject to the same per-
centages as the type of machine
tfor which they are intended, but
manufacturers and importers have
the option of producing or import -
Ing a total of 75 per cent. of the
weight of all attachments made or
4alr1Oried in the average of 1940-
41 instead of producing the speci-
fic percentages ot each type ot
a tta.ehment.
France's Great
Colonial Empire
France's colonial empire is far
greater than meet people imagine,
says The St, Thomas Times -Jour-
nal. In 1936 "Statistique Gen-
eral de France" states officially
that the population of the empire
stood at over 60,000,000, distri-
buted as follows:
Algeria, 6,550,000; Tunisia,
2,200,000; 1Vlorocco, 4,300,000;
French West Africa, 14,270,000;
Equatorial Africa, 8,000,000;
Maagascar, Reunion and Isles,
3,950,000; Indo Chine, 21,000,-
00 (occupied adversely by
:apart); Caribbean Islands, 450,-
000; Guiana, 50,000; Pacific.; Is-
lands, 100,000; Syria and Libya,
3,000,000; Togo and Cameroons,
2,500,000.
Those figures will give one a
better understanding of the im-
portance of the French Empire to
the United Nations.
THREE IN ONE
Saucer holding three yolks
front one egg proves Mrs. F. E.
Williams', Amarillo, Texas, claim
that her hens are in high -gear
war production. Out sq an average
of 38 eggs a day laid by her pul-
lets, 30 were double -yolked.
SCOUTING .
One of the questions asked of
4 every man eulisting in the Fleet
4 Air Arm in Great Britain is, "Have
you any service or experience as
a Boy Scout?"
* *
Boy Scouts of Fort Francis,
Out.,. have made a specialty of
collecting bottle caps as their sal-
vage job. In their first drive they
collected 580 pounds, or approx-
imately 74.850 bottle caps. All pro-
ceeds aro turned over to charities.
* *
Given a reward for extinguish-
ing a fire in a. summer cottage at
Port Colborne, Ont., five members
of the First Colborne Scout Troop
sent the $10 to the Chins Up Fund,
which is operated by Canadian
Scouts for the benefit of British
Scouts who have been blitzed. Up
to the present time more titan
$37,000 has been sent to British
Scouts by the Cubs and Scouts of
* * *
My Scouts of the 3rd Sudbury
Troop helped recently to solve the
labour probleni for one farmer.
Two of the Scouts oa an over-
night hike, stopped at a well kept
farm operated by an elderly
couple, Learning that these aged
people could get no help, they re-
turned to Sudbury and reported to
their Scoutmaster with the sug-
gestion he organize help. Thirteen
Scout volunteers came to the res-
cue, journeyed to the farm and
spent their week -end planting in
the garden, hoeing root crops, and
-cutting several cords of wood with
an old. hand operated circular saw.
When offered pay for their work
they refused. It was th-4r daily
good deed.
* 4,
Taking part, as they have for
many year in the city's tree Plant-
ing programme, i3oy Scouts of St.
Thomas planted 13,000 young pine
and European larch on the city
gravel farni recently.
helicopter and Gyro
Not Quite The Same
So you don't know the differ-
ence between a helicopter and an
autogyro?
Well, it apparently isn't any-
thing to be too concerned about,
since the Truman Committee said.
the two were frequently confused
"even by high naval officials."
The helicopter, the committee
explained, has no propeller, but
relies on its rotor for propulsion
and control, as well as or its lift.
The autogiro has a rotor also, but
is more like the orthodox plane in
that it uses a propeller and the
rotor serves in place of the con-
ventional wing.
THE WAR . WEEK — Commentary on Current Events
Air Rad On Rome Blasts Italy's
- Main Military Railway System
The war against Italy entered
a new "gloves oft" phase when
Rome was bombedfor the first
time last week by a very large
-force of American heavy and me -
dim bombers in the broad day
light of morning, severely dean -
aging vital Axis rail subs awl hit'
ting steel works and chenaleal
plants. -
Because Rome is the Eternal
City, hallowed by memories and
endowed with religious and cul-
tural associations priceless to the
civilized world, the Allied cons'
mand does well to emphasize, the
elaborate precautions which were
taken to avoid indiscriminate.
damage in the first air attack oa
the Italian capital, The raid was
made by daylight, even with the
greater risk involved for our own
planes, in order to give the Allied
pilots a clear view of their tar-
gets. The pilots themselves and
their crews were especially train-
ed men who had memorized the
map of Rome to the smallest de-
tail during many weeks of train-
ing. The attack was accompanied
by the distribution of leaflets to
the people of the city, warning
them that their government would
lie to them about the character of
the damage done by our attack,
which was aimed exclusively at
"military objectives — communica-
tions, war industries, military in-
stallations and airports, all or
which are being used for the sole
interest of the Germans,"
Capital of Fascism.
it is these military objectives
which give it justification. Rome
is not only the Eternal City. It is
also the Captial of Fascism. It is
a city seized and held as hostage
by unprincipled adventurers who
have deliberately misled thew.ltal-
Ian people, recklessly turned thole
against their friends and grossly
betrayed their interests. In Rome
is the centre of authority of the
whole Fascist system that has de-
clared war to the death on our
own democratic way of life. In
Rome is the headquarters of the
regime that has made power its
cult and terror its weapon. From
Rome and its great railway yards
come guns and tanks that are
used to kill Allied troops, many
of them young Canadians and
Americans of Italian descent who
have gone hack to the laud of
their- fathers to free it from a
tyranny which they detest.
Blow Carefully Planned.
In an earlier age criminals often
.sought to escape justice by run-
ning to sanctuary in a church. For
more thau"three years Italian Fas-
cism has hidden behind the ec-
clesiastical and artistic monus
znent of Rome. The Axis destroy-
ed—often with no military excuse
—the most cherished religious
and historical treasures of a dozen
nations. But taking advantage ot
the feeling of millions of people
about the Veti.i.3an, those great
guardians of religion, Hitler and
Mussolini, said, "Oh, no; yott cau't
bomb Rome."
Now their immunity is ended.
superstitious spell they sought to
cast while making Rome au ar-
senal and barracks is broken.
They reckoned without the reso-
lution of the Allies -end the train-
ing of American fliers in precision
bombing. When it became clear
that tbe Italian capital was not
only a military centre but a bottle-
neck for supplies flowing to the
Sicilian front, a major blow was
carefully planned and rigorously
delivered. Tha Allies took serious
risks, making , the raid in daylight
and issuing a warning.
All Allies Approve.
What will be the effect? So far
there has been virtually complete
approval from the peoples at the
United Nations, whatever their
church connections. Probably the
effect on the Italian people will
be no worse than the bombing of
other cities. Indeed, it may help
to bring home the fact that the
only escape is to throw out Mita'
8011111 and Diller.
Objectives of Raid.
Rome was not bombed to demon-
strate that it could be done, '
writes Anne O'Hare McCormick,
in The New York Times. Italians
knew this already; the raids on
Ostia and the near -by airfields
had already demonstrated to the
capital that we are supreme in We
skies over Italy, It was not bomb-
ed. to force capitulation; the peo-
ple know also that this is inevit-
able eventually. The only question
is when. Therefore the main ob-
jectivesmust hare been, first, to
save time by cutting off supplies
for a delaying action in southern
Italy; second, to tell Italians in
unmistakable language that they
cannot be safe anywhere, and,
third, to convince them that the
Germans are ,less dangerous ene-
mies, commanding less power of
destruction than the Allies.
VOICE
OF THE
PRESS
A COMEBACK
Owing to war conditions it is
announced that dried apples may
come into popularity again. While
this may not usher in the old-time
paring bees, it will recall to old-
timers the delicious aroma eman-
ating from quartered apples strung
in many a kitchen for drying pur-
poses. Dried apples have a special
flavor of their own, and require
no containers, either metal or
,gbess.
—Renfrew Mercury.
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ONE ANSWER
Raymond Clapper, New York
World-Telegraxa columnist, asks
why, if we can organize such a
vast war machine, we can not also
organize a machine for prevent-
ing war. One answer is that some
people steadfastly refuse to even
consider fire insurance until the
uext-door house starts to burn
down.
—Brantford Expositor.
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JEWELS OF THE FIELD
One advantage in being a part-
time farm worker is that you can
see a potato in its native state. If
you do good work, the farmer will
let you touch one.
—Woodstock Sentinel -Review,
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NE SAD CASE
In a year in Britain a corre-
spondent has come upon but one
ease of genuine war nerves; A
Londoner tottering into a pub and
calling for bin and jitters.
•
—Winnipeg Tribunes
'—o—
TERROR OF PEACE
And niw we are, told of a post-
war $400 motor car to be sold at
every gasoline station. Peace, too,
can have its terrors!
—Ottawa Journal.
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NO BALLYHOO
We still prefer newspapers.
They don't trick you into reading
an advertisement by starting off
with a. song.
—Victoria Times.
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EFFECT OF SOAP HOARDING
Folks who hoard soap because
they fear a shortage are doing
others dirt,
—Chatham News.
Invasion An Old
Story To Sicilians
Occupation of Sicily, even in-
vasion of Italy from Sicilian
shores, is not new to British sol-.
diers and sailors — they did it
over 140 years ago,
Control of the Mediterranean
was as vital then as it is today ---
and Napoleon and Nelson both
sa, the strategicimportance of
Sicily. The British got there first.
Early in 1799, Sir John Stuart,
answering an appeal from Nel-
son, landed in Sicily with two
infantry regimenh. Seven years.
later, in 1806, when the French
had crossed the Italian border
and were threatening Sicily from
across the Straits of Messina,
Stuart launched his invasion of
Italy. He defeated Napoleon's
General Reynier at the Battle of
Maida, and Sicily did not fall
into enemy hands.
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OVER THE HILL IS OUT—THEY HOPE
Italian troops are snugged down on the other side of the hill
and this Allied mortar gun crew is lobbing shells over at them. The
photo was snapped during action near Campobello, Sicily.
get.
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