HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1941-09-18, Page 2Electric Gadgets
For Rural Homes
Rohm For More Electric
Appliances on Ontario Farms
There are proportionately more
electric washing machines in On-
tario farm homes served by Hydro
than in urban homes of the prov-
ince says the Woodstock Sentinel -
Review. One in eight farm homes
en rural power districts bas an
electric refrigerator, compared with
one in five of the supposedly mueli
better equipped urban group, The
electric iron is the most geuerally
used contrivance, with one in 75
per cent of rural homes which
have the current. Radios are close
up, at 71.8 per cent of the satura-
tion mark, and toasters are in use
in 51.2 per cent of rural homes con-
nected with Hydro.
"Urban homes, the Commission
reports, possess nearly a. half -mil-
lion electric irons, or 92 per cent
of saturation; 77,9 per cent of the
possible total of radios, 66 per cent
in respect of toasters and 48,6 per
tient of washers. There are 5,361
air coudtioners in urban house-
holds, none in farm homes.
In the "hamlet" category, the
proportion of electric appliances is
smaller, under most classifications,
than either farm or urban.
Women Use More
In regard to variety of appliances
farm women are better customers
than the menfolk. The electric
motor is the equipment most wide-
ly in use on the farm itself, and
there are only one-quarter as many
as there are washers. The total is
8,236, or 15 per cent of saturation,
Something over 7,000 electric
pumps represent 13..4 per cent of
the potential and after that there
jg nothing higher than 6,6 per cent
of saturation, which is the ratio
for cream separators. There are
1,620 milking machines reported,
being a ratio of one to 33 farms,
which would be quite a disappoint-
ment to Sir Adam Beck if he were
still here. Electric milk coolers
total fewer than 1,000, electric
churns less than one per cent of
possible distribution.
Th elast census count indicated
abou t200000 farms in Ontario, iii
eluding very small ones, some of
which obtain service under rates
applicable to non-farm classes.
There are many in remote districts
out of reach of Hydro, and some,
of course, without residential
buildings. The Commission esti-
mated some time ago that about
75,000 standard or large farms
-would comprise the ultimate total
pit cnuld be served, but the reg-
ulation perniitiing service on the
basis of two farms per mile has
increased the number that can be
served. Last year 1,340 miles of
rural line extension were approv-
ed,
pproved, adding 9,865 customers. The
aggregate load supplied all rural
Hydro consumers in the province
was 70,018 horsepower, an increase
of 13,6 per cent over 1939.
Dnieper Dam
Is Destroyed
Russia announced recently the
deliberate destruction of her proud-
est industrial achievement, the
great Dnieperstray dam and all its
works, in grim proof of the Soviet
determination to leave for the in-
vading Germans no single instru-
ment of value.
Thus came to an eud after nine
years of reality a project which
had been a Russian dream. since
the days of Catherine the Great
and which was completed in the
fourth year of the first Soviet
live -year Plan by a United States
engineer, the late Col. Hugh L.
Cooper.
All measures were taken not to
permit the Germans to make use
of the dam and its machinery. The
$110,000,000 keystone of the entire
Central Ukraine industrial system
was shattered. Its great turbines,
which first turned in May, 1932,
had supplied a surrounding area
of 70,000 square miles and a popu-
lation of 16,000,000 persons with
an annual output of 2,500,000 kilo-
watt hours of electric current.
Gone now, are the 140 -foot dani
structure, one of the largest in
the world, it's half -mile length,
which served as a bridge across
the Dnieper, and the nine generat-
ing units on the west bank, the
largest ever built.
Ruined, too, are the three navi-
gation locks on the east bank, the
feature which first had attracted
Russians to the idea of a dam as
a means of drowning the falls
which had prevented deepwater
shipping upriver to Kiev.
Premier Joseph Stalin added the
hydro -electric feature, and the dam
was begun in 1927.
No Ont. Election
"At The Moment"
Premier Mitchell Hepburn said
in an interview recently that he
is not planning an election in On-
tario "at the moment." He said
that at any event "I would not
call an election with Lt. -Col.
George Drew, Conservative lead -
or, in England. That would %e
unethical and unsportsmanlike,"
Week Of Reconsecration
Starts War's Third Y,',ar
Twelve million Canadians—still free—stand girded for their
third year of war to preserve that freedom.
September 10, 1939, those twelve millions, unhesitatingly and
of their own free will, elected to resist the challenge of unprovoked
Nazi aggressors, and thus vowed never to lay aside the sword until
tjie world truly shall be safe for all peoples, little as well as big,
minorities as well as majorities.
September 10, 1941, ends two years of Canada at war. And the
Government of Canada has proclaimed the week of September 10-17
as "a week of reconsecration of the Canadian people to the democratic
cause against Nazi tyranny ... in national honor for those who, on
land, on the sea and in the air, are defenders of our country, and in
proud memory for those valiant hearts who have gone out from among
us in the most precious of all sacrifices for our common freedom.
Two years ago, Canada's soldiers, sailors and airmen, including
reserves, all together totalled a mere 68,000 officers and men. To-
day, the fighting forces, including reserves, number 490,000, of all
ranks.
In the British Isles today are more than 100,000 Canadian
soldiers, sailors and airmen. Over 1,200 Canadians have figured on
casualty lists; '736 of them killed inaction, 195 missing, the remainder
dead from natural causes.
Defence of Canada's own shores is tightening. Along Atlantic
and Pacific coasts are patrolling air squadrons, anti-aircraft and
coastal batteries, suppd'rting divisions of troops.
In two years, all this Canadian fighting power. Yet it is not
enough.
The Canadian Active Arniy is calling for at least 7,000 volun-
teers per month. The Royal Canadian Navy plans to increase its
chips from 250 to 400 and to boost its personnel from, 23,000 to
27,000 by March of next year. The Royal Canadian Air Force:.'is to
send more and more :bluesclad squadrons overseas; to the,1,000 i'adi' .1
locator experts and other specialists already in Britain are to be
added another 2,500, to go this year. And Canadian women are to
be voluntarily enlisted in auxiliary forces of the Arniy, and the Air
Force, to release more and more fighting men for active duty over-
seas.
Two years ago, Canada was spending less than $1,000,000 a
day on arms, To -day Canada is spending between $3,000,000 and
$4,000,000 a day on war; two years ago, the arms bill was less than
a million. By March 31 nett, the war bill will have passed $2,006,-
000,000,
2,006,000,000, including well over half a billion to finance purchases for
Britain. •
In addition to assuming heavier taxes, Canadians have bought
war bonds and savings certificates worth $1,460,000,000; they have
contributed about $20,000,000 to auxiliary war services, and outright:
gifts to the Government total nearly $2,000,000.
Food shipped to Britain includes 200,000,000 bushels of wheat,
7,000,000 barrels of flour, 13,000,000 lbs. of honey, nearly 15,000,-
000 dozen eggs, millions of pounds of concentrated milk, thousands
of tons of canned goods. By December, 800,000,000 lbs. of pork
products will have been sent; by March next, 112,000,000 lbs. of
cheese.
At the dawn of the third year of war, all Canadians are asked "
by their Government to reconsecrate thetrseives "to the deme r7ttic
cause against Nazi tyranny."
Reconsecration Pledge
"At this time of peril for my country, in this fi;ht against the'
evil powers which threaten td' engulf the earth, conscious of my duty
toward Canada and toward nay fellow man, 1 solemnly pledge before
Almighty God that I shall do all that les within my power, and deem
no sacrifice too great, to bring about the sictory of our arms, that
right may triumph, that justice may prevail and that a righteous
peace may reign throughout the world; to this end 1 reconsecrate
myself, with faith, with courage and with the knowledge that, though-.
the path be hard and the day be dark, our efforts can not fail."
Reconsecration Prayer
Text of the prayer and grace:—
0 Lord of Hosts, in this time of our reconsdcration to thy service
and in defence of the light brought into this world by Thy• Beloved
Son, we turn to Thee in prayer.
We pray for our fighting men on land, on the sea and in the air
that they may be imbued with courage to persevere and strength to,
vanquish the dark forces which now seek to rule this earth.
We pray for endurance for all those who, in any way, are en-
gaged in this great conflict, and, for our peoples, understanding of_
the truth.
We pray for mercy for the stricken, consolation for the bereaved
and eternal rest for those who, having blazed the path, have been
gathered to Thine Arms.
These things we ask, 0 Lord, so that in the fullness of time the
dread conflict may cease, the right may triumph, and our children
be brought up to serve Thee and to do those things which are of
good renown, to know and to spread the Christian light.—Amen.
Reconsecration Grace
For the courage of our fighting men and the devotion of those
who stand behind them, for our continued freedom and for these
blessings of our unstarred earth, we give thanks in this week of
reconsecration to the Lord of Hosts, Who is the only Defender of
the right.—Amen.
VOICE
OF THE
PRESS
AGAINST THE GERMAN PEOPLE
When are we Americaes and
British going to get it through our
heads that we are fighting a war
against the German people? That
is what an American friend of
ours asked us. In the last war, he said, we kept
repeating that we were not fight-
ing against the German people,
but against the Kaiser and the
Junkers,
t1'ell, we beat the Kaiser and
look what we have now. We have
the Nazis, who are far worse than
the Kaiser ever thought of being.
There would never have been a
Kaiser and there would not be a
Hitler, if the German people did
not want leaders of that sort. They
have assumed power because the
German people were anxious to
have warlike leaders to guide Ger-
many to world domination.
The sooner we realize we are
fighting the German people and
the sooner we understand that the
German people are sufficiently be-
hind Hitler to support him in this
war, the sooner we will know that
we, have to wage ruthless war to
win.
—Windsor Daily Star.
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"THE FUTILITY OF IT ALL"
With word of the ordered destruc-
tion of the gigantic Dnieper dam
in the Soviet, the complete idiocy
which must have motivated an
aggressive Reich to world conflict
again stands stark before us. In
England and across Europe it was
bad enough that cultured traditions
should be blasted with the crumb-
led walls and towers of library
and cathedral. Now the efforts of
a struggling, self -improving people
are benig blown to nought, Years
have been spent in making pauper -
ed parts .of the world livable.
When the smoke has cleared all
that Must be accomplished once
more. -It is as 1f our own Can-
adian churches, our cities and our
universities, our canals, our hydro
plants and our factories were pul-
verized, and we were cast upon
the land as our pioneer forefathers
were. That Is the futility of it.
—Galt Reporter.
DOUBLING EGG PRODUCTION
Making two eggs grow where
one grew before may sound like a
fantastic dream, but it is entirely
practical. The Government calls
attention to the need for increas-
ed egg production, and it is with-
in the power of the farmers to
.bring this about.
Proper breeding, feeding and
care of poultry will accomplish
much toward increasing the egg
yield. This has been proven time
and time again. Many of the breed-
ers will require assistance, in the
way of directions as to proper
methods, and this is available. The
Department of Agriculture stands
- ready with reliable scientific in-
forniatioii, and the patriotic farm-
ex;will equip himself with this and
:start in to get more out of his
liens.;
—Windsor Daily Star.
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TI-l`E. MEN CAN HELP, TOO
Praliably most men think of the
:stocking situation as an ex•
'cl::rively feminine concern.
11 isn't. Men have a rart to play
in
this great mass transfer from
Jearnese silk to mum.' Here'e
the part:
• When Agatha comes home with
hey first pair of cotton stockings,
••ant, sticlung out a tentative foot,
inquires, "How do they look?"
that's where the man's part comes
in. Start learning the line right
now;
"Ravishing, darling, they look
just -swell!" ,
'Thus may even a mere male
contribute his bit hi putting the
axe in Axis.
—Guelph Mercury.
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READING THE NEWS
The newspaper's do their leve,
best to keep the conflicting com-
muniques straight. They are care-
ful to list reports as reports and
rumors as rumors, but, in the last
analysis, the good judgment and
discernment of the reader is the
determining factor making for in.
telligent perusual of the news.
—Brantford Expositor,
DOUBLE CROSS ON RED CROSS IN NORWAY
German invaders of Trondheim, Norway, built their army huts
under the swastika, but also snugly beside the raid -immune Red
Cross hospital for protection from R,A,>. bombings, according to
British censor's caption on this picture.
FREEDOM IN BRITAIN
With 20 tribunals reviewing
their cases, 60,000 men in Britain
have registered as conscientious
objectors, and about 45,000 have
been dealt with. This illustrates
the liberty for which Great Bri-
tain is` fighting. Imagine a con-
scientious objector receiving even
a hearing In Germany.
— Chatham News.
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"PEP" METHODS
The British government has in-
troduced "pep" methods in a cam-
paign to increase war supplies.
Production managers broadcast
talks to the workers and posters
urging increased output have been
tacked to factory walls. A placard
in a bomb -filling station read:
"You make the best bombs. Our
airmen drop them."
—Canadian Press,
WE CAN HELP A LITTLE
Hendrik Willem Van Loon says
that when God tires of Hitler,
he'll disappear.
A comforting thought, but there
is nothing in Christian philosophy
that forbids people giving God a
little help in getting rid of evils.
— Financial Post,
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TROUBLE IN THE NORTH
We have a quarrel with the Brit-
ish Ministry of Information—this
time for saying too much. Most of
us have had a terrible time with
the misses since it was announced
that British women would be ra-
tioned down to six dresses a year.
Lake News.
Urge Medical Test
For Auto Licenses
The British Medical Journal,
organ of the British Medical As-
sociation, has suggested that ap-
plicants for driving licenses
should undergo medical examina-
tions. It contended that a medi-
cal certificate should be as obli-
gatory as the passing of a driv-
ing test.
The ad Shelf
The Blind Marl's
House
By HUGH WAL' PbLE'
_jir-- is�Iast work, "7"-a Blind
Man's House," the late Sir Hugh
Walpole leaves to the world this
message, spoken by the leading
character, "I have learned this les-
son of our interdependence... The
twin lessons of interdependence
and charity...It seems to me that
until we learn this fellowship ,
of all living men on this earth,
made so essential now by our close
quarters; the impossibility of our
escape one from ,nother, there
will be no peace."
Julius Cromwell, a blinded
World War veteran, returned with
his bride, young, beautiful and y,
to the little village of Garth in
England, where he had lived as a
boy. They are in love with each
other but his wife is jealous of
the blind man's world, realm of
his own which she cannot under-
stand or enter. She mistakes his
aloofness for discontent.
A barrier comes between them,
Each feels it and each is power-
less to prevent the approaching
estrangement. Matters are brought
to a crisis when Julius hears of
his wife's growing friendship with
a personable o'er -do -well,
Even as Julius could bring forte
all that was best in his fellow
illagers; helping them to solve
their difficulties, so he, with his
sensitive and fah mind, eventually
worked out a happy solution of
his own difficult problem.
The Blind Man's House * . . by
Hugh Walpole , . . McClelland &
Stewart, Toronto - . , Price $3.00.
Because of the present world
demand for mercury, the Santa
Barbara mercury deposit in Peru
has been reopened after being idle
for nearly 15 years.
A BOUQUET FROM THE YUKON
One of the main features of the Canadian Pacific. Railway's
exhibit at the C.N.E. this year was the display of flowers and vege-
tables of the Yukon. These were sent to the exhibit daily from the
Yukon by aim' express, Mrs. George Black, one-time member of
Parliament for the Yukon, looking after the hailing. In the picture
abol 1, Mrs. Ruth Hough, wife of H. H. Hough, C.P.R. district claim
agent, is shown with a beautiful bouquet of sweet meas, nasturtiums
an the bilberry flower, which is used as holly at Christmas time in
the Yukon.
REG'LAR FELLERS—What a Life!
GOSH,' SI-IUULD
NEVER HA' JOINED
THE FOREIGN LEGION!
THIS DESERT IS TERRIFIC:
I NEVER WAS SO THIRSTY
IN MY LIFE - I CAN SEE
THE NEWSPAPERS RIGHT NOW!
"PINHEAD DUFFY THE HERO,
DIES OF TI-IIRST QN THE
DESERT SANDS,'
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