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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1940-08-30, Page 3een in i CountyPap rs (C tineet1 from Page 2) made to the Department to have this road, as far as Port Albert at least, hard -surfaced on account of unusually heavy traffic caused by the construc- tion of the Port Albert airport, The road had been gravelled in this spring and oiled in the latter part of lune,. but had failed to stand up. Despite the fact that u>faie tenance work was -doubled on the Dunlop -Port Albert stretch, the road had become very "wasihboardy" and much • valuable metal was blowing away In dust. Something had to be done, and appar- ently the Government took the cheap- - est way ou't. Those who use this road most ,say the Government's ac- tion is false economy and that it is only a matter AA 'months until the road will be as bad as ever.—Gode- rich ,Signal -Star. Little Tot Injured On Sunday last week little Jeer:, Eisler, ndrne-months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eisler, Login, sustained injuries to 'her mouth and nose when she was...kicked by a ' cow. It seems that the child had been tak- en to the barn where the mother was busy, and in some manner_ the car- riage slid into the trench behind the cows and the little, one was thrown out and hurt in the above manner_ She was in Stratford Hospital for r r rnergency . Today Great Britain fame the pro- eeeet Of ..e. Cer nun dneeeeenn, an •a German navel blockade, or both, with the comforting knowyedge that, the na- tional, larder is ,etocked as it was nev- er stocked before," said Lord Wool- ton, Minister of Food,.in an interview with a Monitor correspouideut, "D,latressting etorles have been Printed, in the An ts:rican press, I know," he went on, "saiggeting that the Brdtieh are already 'obliged to tighten shell- 'belts uncomfortably and are likely to face, great hardship and hunger in, the near future., But these are fabrications from biased sources. The !simple truth is 'the(, teeing the: 'situation as a whole, there is no. ser- ious shortage of food in these is- lands, 'and the experience of ten months' war suggests that there isn't likely, to be any." Lord Woolton 'explained that the Ministry of Food has necessarily bas- ed all its plates on, the assumption three days but we are glad to say' is fine again now,,—Mitchell Advocate. Registered an 100th Birthday AR who registered) here during the past three days of compulsory regis- tration and all who were assisted in registering by callers to their homes will have to bow in deference to Mrs. Grace Trewin Greenway, mother of Mrs. J. H. Thomson. of Mitchell, who on her attainment to the century mark, carried out the duties demand- ed of every citizen of Canada. Her card was filled out and taken to the registration booth. If there is any- one in Canada at this .age and oe her birthday who performed this act, we have not beard of them. -- Mitehiell Advocate. CKNX, WINGHAM 1200 Kcs. 250 Metres WEEKLY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Friday, August 30-9 a.m., Piano Ramblings; 10, Morning News; 7.15 p.m.. "Eb & Zeb"; 7.30, Hawaiian Ser- enaders. Saturday, Aug. 31t-9.30 a.m., Kid- dies' Party; 11, All -Request Frolic ; 1.30 p.nr-, Listowel Sovereign. Trio ; 7.45, CKNX Barn Dance. Sunday, Sept. 1-11 a.m., United Church Service; 12.30 p.m., Harry J. Boyle; 1, Freddie Martin Orhhestre; 1.30, Melody Time. Monday, Sept. 2-1 p.m., Gene Aut- ry; 7r15, "Kb & Zeb"; 7:30, , Organ Reverie; 8, Sarah & Freddie. Tuesday, Sept. -3-9 a.m., ' "News and Rythm"; 12.45. Songs for the Sol- diers; 6, Songs'. of Wilf Carter; 8, Guy Lombardo Orchestra. Wednesday, Sept. 4-11.15 a.m., Wayne King Orchestra; 12 noon, Farm and Herne Hour"; 6.15 p.m., Harry J. Boyle; 7:15, "Eb & Zeb." Thursday, Sept. 5-9.30 ann., Jubi- lee Quartette; ;,111:45 -Fashion Club ; 6.40 pm., Lucknow Review. The Royal Canadian Air Force Manning Repot will remain et its official station in Exhibi- tion Park. See their absorb- ing Ground Show, and the colourful "flag -lowering" and "changing of the guard„ ceremonies. three doliglitful model homes completely furnished anddecorated,; Red Cross exhibits, knitting been cook- ing school, music. dancing, entertainment, Many World and International athletic titles will be decided at the Exhibition this year, 1940 promises one of the most spectacular lists of sports events in Exhibition history. • See 'war vehicles. built for troops of the Empire. See what chemistry is doing to help will' the war...learn how manufacturers of all kinds are jaining the fight to win the war. A faros contemporary art show which has been on dis- play at the, San Francisco Exposition'—"Art of 7P Countries". presented by International Vesinees Machines. Famed throughout the world is the big Goldman lland.This Year it will be ';s feature of the Exhibition—praying nightly front thja thrid Shill: Sit comfo eddy under the skins and NNstifr—ono charge. Tickets at Exhibition Ticket Once 44.Adeelaide St, W., rA. 2228' Moodey'e 9e•Kinir8t, W., EL.1098; Rebere.1&.Bloor St. W., NI. 8M k CANADIAN NATIONAL TORONTO 1940 IP!TIO w _.. . JOHN MILI AR, President ELW00D 4 HUGHES, Gf!' 'ii Monaryer W .. ir�d:.w;iiY:h4wJMta that the Worse May occur, ane the de- Glared• qtr even of G amuany'a iuton- siiied sri.'bxnaline eauspadgn were to prove vastly more suecess'ful than eithieyto, It Is alin:o•st inconceivable that lie British would be starved out. Huge Stores of f=ood Not only ere IYrodlgiouu' food stores ---enough o keep the country going for six "montliw or more, without any augmentation—dispersed so widely that extensive 'dislocation of internal trarisportatlon by bombing could not Prevent' distiributdou where needed, but, so Lord Woolton pointed out, the harvest prospects in Britain are good, while continental crops are expected this year to' 'produce no more than 70 per cent of the naris) yield. "Since Britain exercises major con- trol antrol of the ,seas," the Food Minister remarked, " dt seems obvious that 'a starving out campaign may well work the wrong way, from the- German viewpoint. The gauge of a country's. power of sustenance is afforded by its supplies of wheat and edible fats. If these are low, that is the writing on the wall. Britain today is well sup- plied with these essentials, while •it is estimated that Germany's fails are reduced by something like 50 per cent." The present reassuring situation in regard to Britain -'43e supplies of what Lord Woolton describes as foods es- sential for maintaining "the economic ran" in good' heart and shape, has been brought labout by co-ordinating within the Ministry of Food the spe- cial •talents of civil 'servants the steel framework of the concern, so to speak ---businessmen, trade' spe- cialists, and research experts. Today the Ministry is 'responsible for se- curing 90 per cent of Britain's -im- ported foodstuffs, an undertaking which represents a turnover of £600,- 000,000 a year, built up in little more than ten months. Balanced Diet Assured Normally Britain's imports are a matter just ,for the traders concern- ed, and no State supervision is exer- cised to ensure that their operation$' bring a balanced diet to ' the eon- munity as .a whole. But since the. Ministry has been in charge the pol- icy 'has been rigidly adhered to of importing, first and foremost, com- modities calculated to achieve that end., This policy is offered by Lord Wool- ton' as a main reason for the short- age- of cattle and poultry feed here. Th'e choice has often had to lie made between filling available cargo space with wheat that humans can consume or using it for livestock foddei-, and the former course has been! consider- ed the wiser. Heavy British , pur- chases are anticipated from the abun- dant supplies! of maize in'the `kJnited States and the Argentine, When freightage 'and convoy become avail- able for transport across the Atlan tic. Meanwhile, with British poultry farmers obliged to disposeof somany birds through lack of chicken feed, and with 75 ' per cent of Britaine, egg imports cut away by Germany'sinva- sion of Soaridinavia and the Low Countries, there is now, and is bound to be in the immediate future, an- acute nacute shortage ' here of Beggs. This deficiency, like that -of butter, has to be made good from other and more remote sources. No Complaints From Public In regard to rationing generally, Lord Woolton said that he' had had no serious complaints from the ,pub- lic. "On the other Mand," he observ- ed, "I have !received many letters from individuals who • say they would be glad if the limitations were more severe, so that they could feel they personally were playing ° a greater part in easing the Government's im- port difficulties and giving greater help 'iib building up reserve supplies. I make a special point of reading my- self all letters' that come to me from the public," he went on, "and the ones to . which I pay the closest at- tea•tion are those from private indi- viduals, especially( those from persons humbly situated, who In war as in peace, have the hardest time of all. Lord Woolton cited the evidence of his experts to show that the present qualitities allowed for each individual of tb's six types, of commodity ration ed -butter (and margarine) , meat, bacon, sugar, cooking fats, and tea— 'are adequate, but it has to be remem- bered that 'prices have gone up and a certain proportion of the public cannot afford' to take its full share. As a matter of fact, though, the only ration that people have not been taking to the full is that for meat -- to the extent of some 20 per cent. The needs of milk cows have been considered first in the limitation of imported foodstuffs• for animals, and milk, of which there is an abundant supply, is nowadays provided free or at 2d. a pint for nursing mothers 'and for children under five, leetheir etre cumstances prevent it be`fng bought for them at ordinary prices. Pay and Prices "While it is true that food prices hays gone up," commented ford Woolton(, "on account of freightage costs had money exchange altera- tions, so 'have Many, people's w'agee, notably tm the skilled trades." So far an prices are concerned, there is no profiteering by 'ta+adssinen and ne vl..arrusti,s,;t4 ti11,..iV7✓ NxSird� Builders at Work and Grav- el Pouring in From. near Dungannon. Orders' were received from Ottawa by contractors at Pert Albert to have one of the three- paved runways that airpuat ready for 'plane landing by September let, says the Goderich Signal -Star. Indricetions are that the erder..will be filled, for by the end of this week Armstrong Bros. will have completed the grading of the landing field, half. of the gravelling of the run- way iiases will have been completed, and hare -surfacing will commence on Monday. Operations at the Port Albert field are so- numerous and varied these days that they are harder to keep track of than' to watch the proverbial three-ring circus. - More than four hundred acres of level treeless farm land is fairly' polka -1141M with ma- chines of all descriptions, groups' of work men, temporary buildings, shacks, tents, etc. Buildings' are be- ginning to reel and • gravel trucks are shooting along the 4th concession to and from the 'pits like fire apparatus going to a conflagration. Moving a Mountain of Gravel It is on these gravel dump tracks —varying from twenty to thirty ac- cording to the breaks in luck, or mis- fortune that high pressure is really' being applied. Nearly 2,000 tons, of crushed gravel 'are being 'transported from the pits and dumped on the run- ways unways every twenty-four hours. By the time the boys are through with the job over 150,000 "tons -a veritable mountain of gravel—will have been transferred from Culbert's pit near Dungannon to the airport five miles away. Broken axles and blowouts have been fairly numerous, and at times the air bas been as blue as the August sky, but always the show must go on. It has been going on now for ten days and the first run- way unway has not yet been completely gravelled ready for the hot -top sur- face. Buildings' Commenced The W. C. Brennan Contracting Co .has broken ground. and poured found- atione for five of the 24 buildings it is erecting, facing the Blue Water highway. Those under way are the eirmen's quarters, headquarters staff, supply building, a large canteen and officers' quarters. Further ' south Johnston Bros..have under way four large hangars and a ground instruc- tion school. These buildings are in the rear of the twenty-four buildings which face the highway. The R.C.A.F, nasi taken over and furnished the former Dickson farm home as a works building. Likewise at Sky Harbor the old Fleming house has been put to 'the same use. • This of course is only for the construction period. Its work almiost finished, some of the Armstrong mechanized equipment, caterpillars, scrapers, scarifiers, grad- ers, land packers, elevating loaders, etc., is already on its way to Nova.. Scotia to do ano't'her airport job. , Hydro and Telephone Services • AIong the Blue Water highway. ad- vance ,gangs of the •Hydro -Electric system and Bell Telephone Co. are at ' work getting ready for the con- struction of direct and heavy cable lines to accommodate Port Albert air- port. Hydro material, will be on the ground' the first of the week. At the entrance to Sky Harbor a handsome new sign!, 12 x 16 feet, has been erected. It bears the insignia of ReC.A-F. planes and reads: 0 ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE ELEMENTARY FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN • Four buildings are under construc- tion at Sky Harbor and ground is be- ing broken for fork others. Floors were being laid Wednesday on some of 'the 'buildings. Work here has been held up somewhat awaiting arrival ' of material, but it will be only a few days until the order will be "full steam ahead." Grass Runways At Sky Harbor The latest with regard, to the Sky Harbor runways is that it is definite - likelihood of it, 'for the Food Minis- ter has full powers to close -down a shop at once and prohibit its offend- ing OWner from starting up in busi- ness again. Maximum prices are fix- ed for , certain commodities, and this fact puts a check on the rise of costa caused through competitive bidding by the ordinary operation, of the law of supply* and, demand during a na- tional Shortage. "Throughout this country, in which We "have no food queuee or prospect of them," concluded Lord Woolton, "retailers have been encouraged to lay in stocks to the full extent of their capacity. The best place in which to store as many Supplies as possible in the shop. For their pres- ence thieve gives confidence, eases fu- ture transport problem's, and ensures the' widest dippereton of food in the very: areae Where it is to be conLstli'Ih- ed." The Dlifish tom recruit 20 Recruiting Cen na Thence. to one of I Here - 3 Manning_ D�eots Toronto, Brandon, Ottawa e gets a uniform, spends three weeks learning elementary drill. Thence to one of 3 Initial Training Schools Toronto, Regina, Montreal Here he is sifted out for aptitude for training in one of three branches, pilot, observer, or gunner and wireless operator. He spends four weeks learning discipline, air force law, theory of flight, mechanics; etc. - 1 Pilots 1 26 Elementary Flying - Training Schools These schools are operated by civilian 'companies form- ed by the flying clubs. The Government provides, each with 27 light aircraft; the operators provide the in- structors. sstructors. Students' here seven weeks. Mallon, Fort' William, Lon- don, Windsor 'Mills, Leth- bridge, Prince Albert, Van- couver, Camp Borden, St. Catharines, Goderieh, Hamil- ton, Portage la Prairie, North Battleford, Brandon, Cap de la Madeleine, St, Eugene, Que.; Chatham, N. B.; Regina, Edmonton, Swift Current; Penold, Alta., and five sites yet to be announc- ed. I 16 Service Flying Training Schools These schools are operat- ed by R.C.A-F. Each has about 60 aircraft. Student gets seven weeks in inter- mediate training squadron ; five weeks in advanced train- ing squadron. Camp s Borden, Ottawa, Brantford, Dunnville, King- ston., Saskatoon; Carberry, Mane Dauphin, Mangy, Monc- ton, Suminerside, P.E.I., Cal- gary, MacLeod, Moose Jaw, Medicine Hat, and two other sites to be announced. Air Observers 1 10 Air Observers Schools These schools are operated by commercial flying com- Panies. Here gets 12 weeks course In navigation reconnaissance, photography. Melton,' Edmonton!, London, Hamilton, Winnipeg, Prince Albert, Portage la Prairie, St. Hubert, Regina, and one to be announced. Air Gunners 1 4 Wireless Schools Here gets 18 weeks cpurse iri wireless, etc. Formerly 24 weeks Montreal, Winnipeg, ` Cal- gary and one to be annonmc- ed. 10 Bombing and Gunnery- Schools All stud -elite go to these schools --Pilots for two weeks, Air Observers for six weeks, Air Gunners for four weeks. ' Jarvis, Ont.; Fingal, -Ont.; Picton, Ont.;. Mountain View, Ont.;; Dafoe, Sask.; Charlottetown, MacDonald, Man_; Mossbank, Sask., and two sites yet to be announced. ' i 2 Air Navigation Schools Air Observers here get four weeks. of advanced 't°raining. This work now being dome at Tren- ton, reeton, but schools being established at Port Albert, Out., and Rivers, Man. ALL READY NOW FOR WAR SERVICE Pilots 25 weeks, Air Observers 26 weeks Air Gunners 26 weeks This chart, published by The Financial Post, Toronto, is subject to alteration as the Air Ministry speeds up and shortens the training periods. ly settled that 'they will not ,be bard- serfaced, as desired by Huron Coun- ty officials. The Government engin- eers, it is (stated, take the position that the fliers prefer grass runways. It is stated also that hard -surface run- ways deteriorate very quickly and the upkeep is very high. Fate of Menesetung Park Fencing material and drain tiles al- so have, arrived at Sky Harbor, but there is no word yet as to the eel - mate fate of Menesetung Park, al - read§ "mutilated." County officers stag' definitely that many more acres of trees will have to come down. Work of removing the firewood one the air- port has commenced,. The W. C. Bremen, Co, and Tope Construction Co. are co-operating with the county in the hiring of workmen. So far, about fifty men have been placed through the county, and' others covering half -t -dozen trades, are on the waiting lint. One construction bass expressed himself ars humanely Pleased ((nitro-, ' tAi; the high class of labor in Huron coun- ty. He was an Irishman with a good line of blarney, but he insisted Hur- on workmen were the best he had Dome across yet. There appears to be -an abundance of laborers', bait car- penters, and plenty of them, will soon be in demand. Twenty Men �i Are At ' Camp Twenty men from the local: platoon of Perth Regiment, N,A.P.M., joined with another 230 mea to' attend Thames Wiley Camp during these two weeks. The local members left town at 8.30 o'clock Sundae morning' to • join with the men 'from all other parts of the district a mporising tete branch of the Regiment, making tee trip by bus to London, all decked out in the uniterma issued for ,their two ,week's of catnap lelle. . The men had their final rehearsal on Pridsg night, '�,., *..v `R,�.l twa.,...ury....litS fit and include from Mitchell, Privates F. G. Ball, J. Cox, E. Edighoffer, R Fraser, A. H. Gibb, F. Heath, A. Holmes, H. K•eillor, D. Kempstonle, IL Mike), C. Moses, R. Rominger, H. Wettlaufer, D. Werth, W. Yule. Abe included in the same platoon were four local members of the regimental band: ' O. J. Schutz, O. Mogk, C. le Ilomuth, E. P. Stom,eman. Pte. D Davidson is include in the staff list, --Mitchell Advocate. ' Three:HMO boys were boting or the abilities of their respective fa- thers. Said one; "My father'sa niaelelan and when he composes a song, be gets five dollars for it." • "That'$ nothing," Said the f "My father's en nether writes an article, die gets t ru for it." , "Well," seal the (,hood thcr'd a. niltiinter and VI en a sentimmn, it tai . elk :in ry the wiener tUP 1