HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1944-06-01, Page 3TRAINMAN INVESTS IN VICTOR!
Strength, in the driving wheels of a giant steam locomotive, and
the strength of a man's faith in his country are illustrated in the
above photo taken iu the locomotive repair department at Canadian
:Pacific Railway Company's Angus Shops.
Charles E. Biron, in the repair pit, is, pictured here as he paused in
las work to sign an application exchanging his cash savings for
$2,500 in bonds of Sixth Victory Loan issue, Hugh Shea, Instructor
at Angus, is at left.
Mr. Birdn has been an employee of the Canadian Pacific for 37
wars, aald has worked at Angus Shops since .1010. His skill at
:helping overhaul and condition Canadian' Pacific locomotives has
:11nd: let lielped the war effort on the transportation front.
Their ntininuun Sixth Loan objective placed at :510,000,. Canadian
Pacific employees at Angus Shops were considerably "over the 'top"
with $5:27,850. •
OTTAWA REPORTS
?'early 60 Percent of Canadian
`arm Families In Present
Homes More Than 10 Years
Canadian farm fanlilie3, general-
ly speaking;: stay put. Over a third
od the Dominion's' 703,000 farm
b:. seliolds have occupied their pre-
sent hones for more than 20 years,
anu..nearly sixty percent for more
than ten years. The liaritime Prov -
laces reflect the greatest stability.
with well over a third of the house-
hedds having lived in present homes
fug over 30 years, and the average
length of residence exceeding 20
'Nears.
Yearly half of all farm homes in
Ca.;_ada are in Ontario and Que-
bec. A little over a tenth are in
the Maritimes and approximately
a half in the western provinces, ac-
coeding to figures•i7i•"the last cen-
s•u=- .just released by the Dominion
Ba:eau of Statistics. Households
average 4.7 persons for the whole
Canada, ander- ;lit' -for Quebec
number less thin • fi e,' In Quebec i
fifty .percent. ,of the households
number fine persons or less and
23 percent include snore than eight
pe sons
ata• rprs11140 need a
the Canadian. tanning•"iildl,2,>A,,.rs
nor,* under a ceiling or* ;14' a cord.
This price includes cost of deliVery
un:ess when shipped by rail in
'ti.ilelt case the maximum price may-
be
aybe increased by the amount of ac -
teal' railways charges.
* * *
Six additional types of new farm
aachinary and equipment which
may be sold without permits are
,diamond, flexible and, spring tooth
harrow sections; cream separators;
;ower sheep shearing machines and
aminal clippers, egg cleaners, and
b: ashes.
.'anadians may now purchase
FOR SUMMER
Shown in this picture is the cor-
rect summer dress uniform worm
by personnel of the Canadian
Woman's Corp.
• Ainericaft funds up to $7:3 exclusive
of transportation. to visit in the
United States if they have not been
across the border within the past
six months, (except for business
or in transit), or up to $150 if they
have not been there for six months,
(except on business or 'ill transit),
and will sign a declaration that
they will not go again before May
18, 7045. The. new ruling is an-
nounced by the f'or'eign Exchange
Control Board. At present rate of
exchange, it cosi_ $1..11 in Canadian
currency to buy a dollar in U.S.
mone3-.
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Hon. J. 0. Gardner, Minister
of Agriculture, told the I1ou,e of
'Commons last week thatmovements
-of feed grain. from West to East
would continue to be heavy in the
corning months.
Anticipating that due t0 the
shortage of farm machinery •ard
farm labor, soine farmers will rent
or borrow nigchitaery- for haying
operations, offiaialT"•at Central Ex-
perimental 11a'i:ni;• Ottawa. have
worked out estimates including all
repairs, depreciation and other costs
items. Charges for moving from
one farm to another are not itt•
-
cltlded. Iran labor is t til d
aat
nt,�i ream •a t t iiu"a°21x ;•
o a i s inclucl.e: • •
Mower -29c an acre of $2.75 a day.
Mower, team and man -88c au acre
or $8.35 a clay.
Duntp rake -211c an acre or $'.1G a
day.
Side rake -33c an acre (sr $5,'8 a
day.
Hay loader -21e a ton or $2.52 a
day.
IVagon, rack, team and man—$3.q2
a day.
Hay- loader, wagon, rack, leant and
elan—$8.13 a day.
Hay press (based on 200 tons a
year) -27c a ton.
Additional information on farm
machinery costs is contained ill
publication No. 750 "Cost of Op-
erating Farm Machinery in East-
ern Canada" obtainable by writing ;
the Dominion Department of Agri-
culture, Ottawa.
Russians May Tap
Own Maple Trees
Page the North .American Indian
—lee uncorked the possibilities of
hard maple sap centuries ago while
only now the Northern peoples of
Europe are becoming interested in
tate process.
Russian official representatives
abroad tasted this Canadian maple
product and found it so good that
there is a definite plan to make the
Russian tree—and they say they
have hard maples in the V. S. S. R.
'--help sweeten the Russian diet.
It is reported the Soviet trade re-
presentatives .ire interested its the
'Canadian process and equipment
and may purchase enough to try out
syrup -making in the homeland next
spring.
THE WAR . WEEK
Commentary on Current Events
Nazis Trying TO Build And Man
•
U-boats Faster Than They are Sunk
The Germans coutiuue= to retake
vague claims of tJ liliatt successes
and while the late Secretary -of the
U.S. Navy, Drank Knox, mace the
cautious statement that submarine
attacks may be resumed, Admiral
Ernest 5, King makes the flat ant
nouncement that the German sub-
marine fleet has been reduced from
a 'Menace to a problem.
The present fairly satisfactory
state of affairs is its sharp contrast
to conditions whieh existed two
years ago, writes Capt. Frederick
L, Oliver, in the Christian Science
Monitor, At that time the U-boats
insolently ' conducted raids in At-
lantic coastal waters and sank ships
within sight of the eastern sea-
board.
German Theory.
A. mustering of hastily itnpro-
vised antisubmarine measures aided
by co-operation from British, Can-
adian, and Netherlands paval units,
the Arley Air Force, and planes.
from the Civil Air Patrol, succeed-
ed in driving Nazi U-boats from
the coastal waters and the Caribbees
an area by the fall of 1042.
Since that time the odds against
the U-boat have steadily ill -
creased, and despite optimistic
Gerntan propaganda, the plain un-
varnished truth is that the German
submarine campaign is, barring
some now ttnforseeil development,
doomed to failure.
Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz
rode into power during January,
1943, on his theory that the Allies
could be defeated by his plan of
mass formations. commonly re-
ferred to as wolf packs, of sub-
ntarines operating against the At-
lantic supply mattes;
Nev, Allied Devices
For a time sone measure, of
buccess attended the new German
strate y, but the Allies brought
into use new devices and methods
of combating the U-b,tt the most
Sucre::: til being airplanes front
the e•;cort carries, better known
as baba flat tops.
.1n ccca,ional subinerine' foray
will meet with. success. There in-
evitably will lye certain combina-
tions of circuit:. anees that • will
Place a suhmarine in position 10
inflict damage. 'lit:t the old, days.
when ti wolf piic.i ran wild t>.o and
down tate fl aitj,s of Or. t-httt'tt h,a
big; convoy, ar.i.7' 'one: i
The Allied• est#fstrlir'lta{tt
sive which sures d.ede ka
eioftizit+ta not;' only t r F,t tifx tlt'111 �'
ayy but tits i`, az1 f • Y `' It cell, -
't as a gent tvirl4 sat? �dets. Tltc,
,Jn.p: etmns;chi" tievrsed d'o*{:,:.
11 re renting i1iC" G=1't'Ctit -'*.revs,.-_.t,
tin;; into position for taking
convoys extended over s� 'tide an
expanse of ocean, -that submarines •
hundrecla of miles from tlieir
quarry were attached and forced
under the surface.
In addition heavy airplane raids
were directed. at the facilities for
braiding and basing 'L" -boats. Not
only were• building yards devas-
tated, but the inland plants tvltere
the manifold items entering into
the construction of 'submarines
were fabricated underwent sustained
attacks.
Allied Ships Sunk
Furthernfure, tla,e sea areas tchick
submarines trust traverse in gai:ig
to and front their bases are heavily
patrolled by both surface ships and
foul' -motored bonthere whi; h do
not hesitate to attack both enemy
U-boats and surface Vessel -i. '
There are no authoritative esti-
mates of the number of subma-
rines Germany has Imilt, batt the
number has prohably been in ex-
cess of the availaOle well-trained
crews. However, from time to time
figures on ship and submarine
sinkings have been relc?ascd, more
usually from l3riti;,b''sources.
In March, 1941, the British Ad-
miralty announced that U-boats
in 1041 sank one ship out of every
181 clearing British ports and that
in tite last half of 1043 this ratio
had fallen to one out of 1,000. A
recent news release in the United
States says that sinkiugs are only
one half cif 1 per cent, which is
about tite sante as' it was in 1918
after the then submarine menace
had been maitcred.
U -Boats Sunk
The British have stated that in
1913 200 U-boats carrying a per-
sonnel of some 0,000 were sunk.
REG'LA•R f LLERS-- j3ugab+o !
HOw i sr)Pu LIKE
YH' SCARECROW WE
..t • MADE FOR OUR VICT'RY
F < GARDEN, POP? •
Another authority puts the sink-
ings during the first four months
4f 1941 at 69 definite drills and 16
pt'ppables.'If all 84 went dowr}, the
personnel involved would be about
4;000,
Information from reliable sources
indieetes that the heavy loss of
U-biotas has had au adverse effect
on tite morale of the German sub-
tpariiie service, If this report is
correct,, it means that the efficiency
'of their operation wilt be seriously
affected, because in no other type
of ship does successful functioning
depezld so completely on every
member of the crew having abso-
lute confidence in the other mem-
• bers
:Big Change in. Situation.
It is not so many months ago
that the problem confronting the
Al1i'eS' Was to 'bug ships faster
than tie U-boats could sink them.
Into; jiiiis gloomy, picture entered
the enormous loss of valuable
cargoes. Now the scene has shifted
to th Germans trying to build
and. plan U-boats faster than they
are: situlc.
Sugar Shortage
been in 1945
Production Cut Everywhere,
Writes Lawrence Sullivan
In The Financial Post
A world sugar survey front one
of the most reputable U. S. dis-
tribtttiiig houses indicates that
'Western Hemisphere supply next
year probably will be shorter than
during the current season, due to
expanding lend-lease exports and
sitialler production in every area
front 'which wartime supplies are
obtained.
Shortage of manpower has cur-
tailed production .everywhere, and
faltering U. S. beet production poli-
cies have resulted in a large de-
crease in prospective domestic
• Sugar.
Only 54 Operated
• Current figures disclose that the
U. S. has 80 beet sugar mills; but
that only 51 of, bleat operated dur-
ing the 1943: season.
1a 19.43 there, ;was a curtailment
;oE 25% in date J,ar production in
Puerto Rico, closest sugar -produc-
ing ai t'a.
Tkek two, areas show a reduc-
tion ralmost a million tons for
itch . a•'4 crop as compared with
�eflia.T�- cargoes are going
abroad under lend-lease, Nortnali'
the. L?..S. does ,tot e,•,,�.•,••ex-pouna
of s igar. . But••uiuler lend-lease it
exported 208,090 tons in- 1912.
In,.1043, exports were 471,000 tens.
T1iii year, says the Lamborn sur-
vey, they will roach 700,000 tons.
Must ;;Boost Output
Sugar Production its the United
Nations area must be increased-
sharply 'next year if prevailing . U.
S. rations are to be• maintained.
In pre-war years. roughly 40%
of the world's sugar came front
areas now under Axis control, In
1938 world world sugar production
was 29.5 million tons, of wlticlt 11,9
million tons came front Axis ter-
ritories. Over vast sweeps of
this area, particularly in the Pa-
cific, carte plantations have been
destroyed. The same applies to
vast beet areas iu Central Europe.
Water Buffaloes
With Steel Hides
• Fight For Allies
\Vater Buffaloes are fighting on
the side of the United Nations in
the South Pacific. says the Chris-
tian Science Monitor.
They are not indigenous—but are
alt armor -plated breed credited as
the hardest -hitting amphibious tank
in the armed forces of the United
States.
Shells fired from the 37 -milli-
meter cannon carried in the revolv-
ing turret hit with an impact de-
scribed by some observers as equi-
valent to the force of a 3 -ton truck
dropped from the height of a tall
tree. They carry machine guns, too.
Of particular advantage is the
\Yater Buffalo's versatility. It
"swims" ashore from large boats,
surmounting practically any barrier
in its path, and knocking out Jap-
anese installations, meanwhile pro-
tecting the troops that swarm in
behind it.
On shore, the amphibiansfollow
the infantry with supplies, amnauni-
tion, food, medical equipment, and
water.
Sometimes Buffaloes are called
into service as Iand tanks, and they
make excellent' substitutes for bull-
dozers.
'nazi Plane Quality ~ __
Erlact� Off the Allied bombing on
+t,t~"tjualit}'' 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-
fare spokesman.
The spokesman said so much
damage had 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 keep production at
an adequate level.
A Forestry Quiz
For five or ten minutes of fall
at your next get-together, try
this "Forestry" games. - ,.Ask Asir your
guests to identify these trees:
What tree is a fish?—B'ass
What tree is an animal?—Ewe.
What tree is part of the hand —
Palm.
What tree is a covering for ata
animal?—Fir.
\Vhat tree is a mineral used in
building?—Lime.
1,Vhat tree is a handy container
for shipping?—Box.
What tree is a point of time?—
Date.
What tree is two of a kind?—
Pear.
What tree is a pestiferous insects'
—Locust.
What tree is a very ancient jokes"
—Chestnut,
What tree is an officer in certain
churches?—Elder.
What tree 's a 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 Jaynes
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-.
,tiablishments, labor relations and
civilian personnel.
PRAYER BEFORE BATTLE
With dramatic effect, dawn bi'eaks over the bow of a U. S. Coast Guard combat cutter protecting
an Allied convoy as it enters the Atlantic war zone. Grouped in .forecastle, under big guns, Coast
Guardsmen pray and .sing hymns in services conducted by the Navy chaplain.
OP COURSE/ BIRDS AREN'T
IA -1' ONLY PESTS THAT C1,
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BEETLES AND POTATO BUGS
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'OUT A' WAY T" SQUELCH
most t.l`rrLE CHISELERS
RIGHT Now!
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