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The Week At the Seaforth Collegiate Institute
(By Dorothy Smith)
Through snow, in rain and sunshine meeting on Feb. 19th. The Arts Olub
the students atilt .plod: to school. Last is really going to town,""and mala'y' so -
!Week .was •a good example when one tial events are in the .offing this term.
of, the worst snow Stortns of the sea- aF aF ' �•
Fon raged; Wen though the roads Ladle -eels and Gentlemen!
(were 'blocked, the attendance at On Feb. 19th the Seaforth Colleg-
scpool dropped only alightly" Can ed- fate Arts Club presents, "The Father
Ucation .be their goal? Here's hop- Of Demooracy." This includes two
big!' scenes from Abraham Lincoln, and it
*1r*aF promises to be an Interesting meet-
ing.
War Savings Stamps have gone up
and down, on the hall chart in the last
two weeks, but this week it took a
definite jump up the chart. Keep go-
ing, students Still, if any of the stu-
dents had heard Capt. E. Riekenback-
er Sunday they would have realized the
value of buying war stamps and the
chart would have been up higher still.
To your reporter's knowledge there
have been no spectacular descents
this week, so apparently the young
co-ed of Third still holds the title tor
the most spectacular fall of the term,
although sometimes I wonder!
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aF aH aF
Sh! Sh! Rumour has i' that per-
haps a dance is to be coming in the
not too distant future. Perhaps a lit-
tle- sqcial event wouldn't hurt at that,
here's hoping rumour has it right;
Question of the Week?
Apparently a certain fifth former.
doesn't know the difference between
"DEER" and "DEAR." Tab! Tsh'
Get a speller, my goon fellow! Re-
cently while writing an essay about
the animal -life qt northland, this cer-
tain student made the big mistake in
saying, "I went out to get my 'DEAR',"
The Arts Club held their meeting instead of=- Oh, 'well, you know!
in Grade XII on Friday, Jan. 22nd. Better not let the 'dear.' or leo it 'deer'
Plans were completed for the coming in Clinton get wind of this.!
I ILL GREEN
Mrs. John R. Jones passed away at
,the home of her daughter and son -In-
law, Mr. and Mrs. William Davidson,
following a week's illness, although
she had been in failing health for
some time. Mrs. Jones, who was 'n
her .9,0th year, was the former Dorcas
Campbell Martin and was born in
Mornington Township, Perth County,
in the year 1853. For the past two
years Mrs. Jones, has resided with her
daughter. Surviving are three sons
and five daughters: Mrs. E. Moser,
Stratford; Mrs. W. Gowing,•,Kitchen-
er; Mrs, Lumbard, Mitchell; Mr. A,
E, Jones, Brandon; Mr: A, •E. Jones,
Moose 'Jaw; Mr. J. A. Jones, Calgary,
IVIrs. W. Gaul, Detroit, and Mrs. W.
Davidson, Hillsgreen. :.,Twenty-nine
grandchildren . and eighteen great
grandchildren also survive. Her hus-
band predeceased her a year ago. Ser-
vice at the home was conducted by
Evangelists Wilkie, of Forst, and'
Joyce, of Toronto.' Burial was in Av
•-ondale• cemetery, Stratford, with ser-
vice conducted by' Mr- Fred Nugent,
of London. The pallbearers were
Joseph Smith, David Davidson, John
Earciey, John Davidson, George ,Mar-
tin
Martin and George Davidson.
.We are glad to report that Master
Gerald Parsons is still improving, al-
though it will tape a few weeks yet
for complete recovery.
The many friends of Mr. Allan
Cochrane will regret to trnbw he is
seriously ijl in St. Michael's' Hospital,
Tc . nto, but all hope fora speedy re-
covery. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Dick and family
are moving their possessions to the
farni of Mr. Allan Cochrane. We wel-
come Mr. and Mrs. Dick to their home
community.
Mrs. W, Gaul, of Detroit, has re-
turned to her home after attending
the funeral of her mother, Mrs. John
R. Jones.
Mr. A. E. Jones has left for Bran-
don, Mian., after attending the funeral
of his mother, Mrs. John R. Jones.
TUCKERSMITH
Tuckersmith Farm Forum, conces-
sions 2 and 3, met at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. William Forrest on Monday,
Jan. 18, with a good attendance. All
guests arrived after enjoying the jin-
gle of, •sleigh bells and a sleigh ride.
Mr, and Mrs. Ernie Chipchase invit-
ed the forum to be their guests at the
next meeting. A delicious lunch was
served by the hostess, and a vote of
thanks was tendered Mr. and Mrs.
Forrest by Mrs. J. McLellan, second-
ed by M-rs. R. McGregor.
RUTTER CONSUMPTION
TE PORARILY
REDUCED
It has necorne necessary to reduce the current rare or
consumption of butter, and accordingly changes have
been made- in the dates on which. (browli) spare "C"
coupons of the current ration book may be used.
Spare "C" coupons 10 and 11 may not be used for the
purchase of butter. Coupons 1 to .4 inclusive, have
already expired - -.
Expiry dates for spare "C" coupons 5 to 8, inclusive,'
have been extended to aid consumers in stretching out
the butter allowance over the period from now until
. February 28th.
Each coupon will continue to be good for tile, purcnase
of one-half pound of butter and will be good only on
the dates specified belpw:
HERE IS THE NEW SCHEDULE
Coupon
Number
Good for purchase Not good for
beginning on: purchase after:
5 and 6
January 18th February 28th
7 and 8
February ,.ls'c• . February 28th
9
March 1st March ' 14th
" The result of this is to reduce each individual's
allowance by 2 2/3 ounces per week during the
tenrpor1ry period. '
CONSUMERS WILL FIND IT ADVISABLE TO RATION
THEMSELVES SO THAT THEY MAY BE ABLE TO
STRETCH THE NEW BUTTER ALLOWANCE OVER
THE NEXT. SIX WEEKS
THE WARTiME PRICES
MU!) TRADE UtOARD-
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when their name la called out anal al,
se 8 )asp Abe meaning, I am sure we
will never.i',.orget, < and a rton-auaoker;)
I share the cigarettes with the boys
who do smoke and aro out of t)1em.,,It
las been raining quite a bit over here
lately and 'the ground is just covered
with mud and water, It is not so hot
driving, .in this loud, of weather, as
we have to take it very.. slow. There
was a school Iboinbed the other day
not so debt far from here and about
25 children 'were killed. It was a piti-
ful scene—mothers, all with tears itt
their eyes. It happened twenty min-
utes to twelve, just before noon, when
those eats of Germans came over. The
only good German la a dead' one, that's
what they say: As I am writing this
letter a bomb drops and ''the siren
has gone, There is a hospital and air-
drome near here, probably that is
their target. I have not had any re-
ports officially where they did land,
that is the bombs. Well I will close
for now and, God's richest blessing be
upon them all who labor so hard tor
us over here putting the parcels up
so good. I will cose now,"—Pte.: W.
J. Meane.
"Thanks again for the parcel and
cigarettes that I have received re-
cently. You have no idea the enjoy-
ment
njoyment we have in smoking our Cana-
dian cigarettes which you have so
generously sent. Living here' we re-
alize how difficult it. is for you to ob-
tain the various ,things that go into
parcels; that being sowe are more
than well satisfied with the gifts we
receive. May I say thanks again for
your devotion in making things eas-
ier for us and shall not forget."—D.
C. Dunseith.
"Just' a few lines in appreciation
for the cigarettes and also for the
lovely parcel 'which arrived here to-
day. It's hard to express ones feel-
ings when they get parcels , and .cigar-
ettes; it, gives one a feeling of sup-
port to know we ane not forgotten
among you. So thanks again. .Hoping
this finds, you. all in the best of
health,"—Jack Drown.
"Received your cigarettes on the
2nd of November, 300 Sweet Caporals,
which were very much appreciated.
Everyone is fine over here and the
boys are very thankful for what the
people are sending us. Thanks again.
Best regards""—Cpl. Kelly.
"Thanks again for the smokes;, they
are always more than welcome as
they are awfully scarce here. Thank-
ing you again, I atn, Sincerely yours."
—Jack, Holland.
"I would like to thank all the mem-
bers of the Dublin War Service for
those cigarettes which I have just.
received. ,Believe me, we boys on for-
eign service certainly appreciate the
gifts from friends at home and only
wish we could show our appreciation
in a more appropriate manner. Thank
-
ng you once again, 1 remain."—Pte.
L. U. Keefer.
"I received your parcel Oct. 28th
and I'm very grateful to you for them.
T have received all the parcels that
you have sent me this year. I wrote
you a letter co thank you for the last
parcel I received. I was going to
write you a letter thanking you for
this parcel but air mail is quicker. If
you see Mary would you tell her I got
her letter on Oct. 21st. You sent the
things I needed in the parcel, shav-
ing cream, tooth paste and razor
blades are very hard to get here. Our
postman •s sure busy; there were 50
bags of mail in yesterday. He will" b'e
busy like this until. Christmas, I ap-
preciate your kindness to rile and. hope
I can return your kindness some day.
—Pete Cannanio.
"Many thanks for your parcel that
I receivedthis morning. Everything
is appreciated by me and the enclos-
ed card helped to bring the fact that
people back home are concerned with
the boys over here in that they are
doing all they can Co make our Christ-
mas a happy one, May I extend my
congratulations to your organization
and hope that all the members have
had a Very Merry Christmas and a
Happy Nevi Year, because by the
time you will have received this let-
ter both of these occasions will have
gone by."—J. W. Newcombe.
(Too late for last week)
The oldest resident of Dublin and
surrounding district on Monday, Jan.
18th, celebrated her 90th birthday at
her home on Raglan St. Mrs. Marg-
aret Murphy has full possession of all
her faculties and performs' her own
household duties, also taking an ac-
tive interest in all current affairs. She
belongs to the old Irish ancestry and
is a, native of Tottenham,. Simcoe
County, having spent her childhood
and early womanhood there. She was
formerly Miss Margaret Casey, and
married the late John Murphy about
68 years ago. They resided on a
farm in Hibbert township and also
spent a few years in Seaforth, but in
1915 retired to Dublin. Her husband
died in 1917..Mrs. Murphy attributes
her long life to hard work, plenty of
rest and simple pleasures and the
Grace of God. She has two sons,
Thomas, who resides with her, and
John Francis on the 2ndt concession of
Hibbert; also 12 grandchildren. Her
only daughter, Mrs. John Roach, died
in 1914.
Mr. and Mrs. John McGrath, south
of the village, celebrated their 40th
wedding anniversary quietly at their
home. They received many messages
of congratulations from their best of
friends ancli from their famlly. The
family was unable to be with them on
acboiint of the stormy weather and
bloolted roads. They both enjoy ex-
ceIlent health. Mr. McGrath is well
knetan hi this *WARY for buying and
'shipbing boring and he. also is ereal-
deilt of rhes' Usbbfil9 antt Hibbert
lith aX;" S� x f$11* fit
Tho 0,X94001te,,X9enib-exl of tjze r
lin War pervio l 4sBoFiAtIon :etas deem.
po,stpcoills :.tide 844ua1, Meeting
weather aonditiolte•P,Rrmit a good turn
out,' 'Men" as' well' ae.1$1diee ars ,ol
Footed :at this meeting:,This era.
izati9 r'eed's4 the i pert and CA -QP*,
eratiop of aid far i•,s,,vprpoae is R
bring joy, Mad comfort r .Pur y¢ung
men a women Who orp fighting in
the arXned forces. i e .date of the
meeting willbe announced later.
Personals: Mrs. A.' M. Looby :has
received a cablegram from her son,
Pte. Clayton Looby, who has arrived
safely overseas;., Martin 'Kiinkhaxatter
has gone to Kit4hener to take a.
course in tool and die making; Pte,
James Looby, Simcoe, at his horns
here.; Pte. N. Parker, Listowel, with,
Mrs, .Phillip Kenny; Gorden: Klein-
feldt, Kitchener, with his Barents, Mr.
and Mrs. Roland Kleinfeldt; Rev. Dr.
Ffoulkes in. Toronto; Lawrence Dil-
lon, Provost . Corps Sarnia, at his
home here; Leonard Nagle, Provost
Corps, Kitchener, at his home here.
BAYFIELD
(Intended for last week)
Pte: Borden Clark, of Ipperwash, is
spending his ten-day leave at the
home of his parents on the Blue Wa-
ter Highway:
Ice cutting is in full swing this
week in the village. The ice is of
good quality and satisfactory thick-
ness, All the storehouses are being
well stocked.
Mr. Jim Robinson spent last Sun-
day
unday in London, the guest of his par-
ents.
As usual the Red Cross bingo, pic-
tures and dance brought out a splen-
did crowd and the returns were most
satisfactory, over $60 :being razed.
The funds go toward the war work
fund. Mr. Jimmy Scott, of Seaforth,
assisted by Sgts. Butler, Rowson and
Maxwell, of the. R.A.F. Radio School,
Clinton, gave a most interesting, and
entertaining two hours !before the bin-
go and dancing. 'Miss M. Stirling, the
Red Cross president,• gra ;I,, -ly thank-
ed the gentlemen for s. "generously
helping with the evening's entertain-
ment for so worthy a cause. Many of
the pictures shown were of deep'local
interest of .the fishermen lifting their
nets and also harbor scenes and the
Highlands survey, besides a reel of
travelogue pictures of Mexico and
Colorado:
The annual meeting of St. Andrew's
United Church was held on Thursday,
Jan. 14, and despite the heavy roads"
was well attended. The following of-
ficers were elected for the coming
year: Women's Missionary Society,
president, ' Miss Maud Stirling; sec.-
treas., Mrs. David Dewar; Women's
Association, president, Mrs. Lloyd
Makins; sec,-treas., Mrs. Charles
Thorns; chul•ch treasurer, Mr. Robt.
Scotchmer; missionary and mainten-
ance fund treas:, Mr. A: E. Irwin;
church organist, Mrs. Robert Scotch -
mer; assistant, Mrs. L. 1Vlaltins; „e,up-
erintendent of the Sabbath • School,
Miss M. Stirling; Sunday school treas-
urer, Mr. Albert Woods; crade roll
superintendent, Mrs. R. G. Reid; Baby
Band Supt., Mrs. William Dowson;
Mission Band president, Mrs.,ten Tal-
bot; Young People's Union, 'president,
Murray Grainger; sec.-treas., Charles
Wallace. 'All organization reports
gave evidence of splendid work done
by all ,groups during the year.
The Red Cross Society's general
meeting will be held in the Orange
Hall on Friday afternoon, Jan. 22.
The annual, meeting of the Bayfield
Public Library Board was 'held in the
library room on Monday. The follow-
ing Officers and directors, were elect-
ed for the year 1943: President, Miss
Jenny Manson; secretary -treasurer,
Mrs. William •Metcalfe; librarian, Miss
Frances ,F'ow,jie; Directors: Mrs. Thos.
Bailey, Mrs. A. Bassette, Miss J.
Stirling, Mrs. R. Scotchmer, Mrs. Wm.
Ferguson, Mr. Jim Robinson. The
library finances are gratifying, there
being over $50 of a surplus in the
treasury.
Owing to the unfavorable condition
of the roads, the •Cemetery Associa-
tion annual meeting was postponed,
the date to be announced later.
Mr. Murdock Ross ,is still confined.
to his home and his many friends are
hoping hls condition will soon show
signs of improvement. Mr. Ross has
attained the ripe age of 90 years.
Despite the heavy roads all church
services and meetings were held as
usual. Ther ,Red Cross committee is
formulating plans for a dance on the
evening of January 29. Much enthus-
iasm'centres around the various Red
Cross functions and are faithfully at-
tended. The cause is, a most worthy
one, the funds going to war work ef-
fort. •
Mrs. R. H. Middleton, of HensaIl,
visited her other, Mrs. N. Woods,
m
last Sunday,
Owing to the weather and diff cult
road conditions the annual meetings
of the Cemetery Board and Agricul-
tural Society had to be postponed.
The dates will be announced later;
Mrs. Anna Brown is visiting Mrs.. N.
W. Woods this week. Various dinner
bridges have been given in Mrs.
Brown's honor.
The Red Cross dance has been post-
poned until Feibr•uary 14th. The funds
realized from this will go to the war
effort.
:Vie Morris Switzer, 6f Saskatche-
wan, is visiting his sister, 'Ars. Geo.
Lindsay, and friends ,in Goderieh
Township',
There was no service'in Knox Pres-
byterian Church on Sunday as many
country roads were impassable.
The local branch of the Red Cross
Society will meet in thu Orange_.Hall
on Friday afternoon. MISS, M. Stirling,
the presfdent, will preside over the
meeting.
Ws. (Oliver W. RhyntO1 loft for '1C'a-
,
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f Inds will be ued'Jd to flnanoe xll,e 10904'
hank. "
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. During. the storm of last week all
roads were 'blocked hut ,are gradually
being opened.
The farm forum . meeting is to be
i(eld at the home of `Mr. and Mrs
Jack Bryans this' week.
The many friends and neighbors of.
Mr: James McDonald, of Walton, are
pleased to know he is recovering from
an injured shoulder.
Mr, Adam Smith^ of Manitoba, has
been visiting his niece, Mrs. Clarence
Martin.
Mrs. Joseph Bueley spent a couple
of days with friends in Goderieh this
week.
Some attended the annual meeting
and pot -1119k supper of the United
Church in 'Walton Monday night.
Many cases of colds are reported
in the community.
The farm forum meeting was held
last week at the home of Mr. Arthur
McCall with a large attendance,
WALTON
Gordon Holland, of the .16th of Grey,
Township, has returned to his home
owing to i11 health/._ He spent the past
two years' in England and he will re-
turn to London to take treatment. His
many friends here hope he will soon
have renewed health.
The Brussels road has been block-
ed for the past five days, but is now
in driving condition again. It is op-
en as far as Wingham.
The pot -luck supper and annual
meeting of St.' John's iChurch was
postponed last week, and it is ex-
pected. to be held at Mr. R. Hoy's on
Friday evening, San. 29th.
Mrs. Wilfred Fisher, of Benmiller,
spent the week -end with hdr 'sister
and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Hoy, Walton.
Mr. Percy Schrader has gone to
London to report for military service.
Earl Coutts left • Saturday after a
short leave with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. Coutts. He is training -in the,
Navy.
BLYTH
The annual report of Blyth Munici-
pal Telephone System for the year
ending December 31; 1942, is now in•
the hands of the subscribers. The
commissioners for 1942 were James
Phelan, chairman; Albert Walsh and
Frank Marshall, with Leslie Hilborn
as secretary -treasurer. The system
reports number of telephone 564,
renters 66, increase of four for year.
The statement reveals: Cash on
hand and in bank, Jan. 1, 1942, $6,-
509.10; receipts, $18,303.05; disburse-
ments, salarie, $3,371.90; heat and
light, $158.04; wages, $251.29; post-
age and stationery, $49.29; miscellan-
eous, $4,751.63. During the year the
system purchased a building and had
it equipped with secretary's office,
apartment for night operator, space
for lineman's equipment.. Value, of
plant and equipment; $59,028.04 real
estate, $4,315:00. The annual meeting
Will be in Memorial Hall on January
30th at,- 1.30 p.m.
KIPPEN
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Dick and family;
ha have been living at Smithville,
moved last week to the farm of Mrs.
Dick's brother, Mr. Allan Cochrane.
Mrs. Herbert Jones spent' a few
da,yls last week with relatives near
Crediton.
We are glad to report that Mr. Al-
lan Cochrane, who was taken to St.
Michael's Hospital, Toronto, a few
weeks ago.for treatment, is much im-
proved and expected to leave the hos-
pital last Saturday and go to the
home of his sister, Hrs. Eiler, in To-
rento, where he will remain for a
eme.
Mr.• Harold Jones was taken to
Scott Memorial. Hospital, Seaforth,
last Sunday, where he underwent an
operation for appendicitis.
WINTHROP
The regular meeting of 'the W.M.S.
and W.A... of Cavan Church will be
held on Wednesdaly, Feb. 3rd, at 2
p.m., in the basment of the church.
The topic will be taken by idrs. Rus-
sel Bolton. •
Red Cross Annual Meeting
The Red Cross annual meeting and
election of officers was held, during
January. The officers for' 1943 are:
President, Mrs, George Eaton; vice-
pres., Mrs.'T. Betties; sec.-treas., Mrs.
R. McFarlane; sewing convener, Mrs.
Chambers; circle sewing conveners:
Circle 1, Mrs. Betties; Circle 2, Mrs.
P; Little; Circle 3, Mrs. Roy Patrick;
Circle 4, Mrs. Wm. Church; quilt com-
mittee: No. 1, Mrs. H. Blanchard; No.
2, Mrs. F. Johnston; No. 3, Mrs. Jno.
Boyd, Sr.; No. 4, Mrs. James Hogg;
finance committee, Mrs. Geo. Eaton,
Mrs. Att Henderson. One quilt was
quilted, at the meeting. Reports were
given by the treasurer, secretary, sew-
ing, knitting, quilt and box commit-
tees. A very touching reading was
given by Mrs. Church, "The Preferred
List." We wish to thank every one
who has helped- our. unit in any way,
and hope they will help to carry on
the great work that is needed.. -
Report of years e,work: 54 quilts
have been quilted; 12 quilts donated;
1$ -tops donated;(2 quilt to/is by-pro-
deiet; Mrs.. T: Church, eon:water. ftnit-
tttrg-114• pre.socks; 31 prs. ae'alueit's
rki'tr,'',!si
zi
Clever women bake
with ROYAL YEAST__ yt.
Makes loaves terse delicious ' C4
even-textured,RES
WRAPPED AIRTIGHT j nERF <e
FOR DEPENDABILITY tl REAor
ong stockings, 11 V-neck sweaters, 1
turtle -neck sweater, 2 V-neck sweat-
ers with long sleeves, 5 scarves, 1
strip, 22 alternate caps, 1 pr. mitts, 1
helmet, 9 prs. gloves, '19 turtle -neck
tuck ins, 11 prs. children's socks, 1
Bonnett, 1, pr. mittens, 2 prs. knick-
ers, 1 sweater, 1 pr. gloves.—Miss
Edith McClure, Convener. Sewing -
15 baby dresses, 31 doctors' gowns, 46
pillow cases, 126 towels, 36 handker-
chiefs, 5 ladies' dresses, 3 bed jack-
ets, 7 boys' longs, 22 men's pyjamas,
23 girls' pantie dresses,- •30 girls'
skirts, 12 ladies' bloomers, 20 girls'
blouses, 6 girls' coats, 6 girls' hats,
18 men's pyjamas, 6 boys' pyjamas
size 16), 32 prs. boys' pyjamas (size
12),2 2 boys' caps, 36 prs. boys' shorts,
29, boys' blouses (size 2), 33 hot we-
er bottle covers, 2 boys' coats, 3 boys'
shirts (size 12), 156 tri -bandages, 134
bed socks, 12 doctors' caps, 12 nurses'
caps, 10 hospital gowns, 1 dressing
gown: donations -6 all *001 parka
hoods, 1 all wool sweater, 1 rillow
and case, 1 all wool scarf.—Mrs, Wm.
Church, Convener.
The unit took in during the year
$236.91; paid to Red Cross. $192.56;
$5,00 was sent to Bombed Victims'
Fund and $10,00 'to Russian Relief
Fund; 7 boxes were sent to soldiers
overseas and 9 boxes to soldiers in
Canada.
Mountin
U -Boat enace
(Winnipeg Free Press)
The tide` of the war against the
submarine menace, which seemed to
hove turned in our favor two months
ago, has turned again; and once more
he United Nations are confronted
with the deadly, full-scale Nazi sub-
marine offensive. The shipping crisis.
's nothing new for us; it has been a
continuing crisis since, the war be-
gan. During that` time the prowling
submarines sent millions of tons of
Allied :shipping to the bottom. of the
ocean. In these ships•were millions
f tons of vital war material which,
'1 it had reached our fighting men,
could have substantially shortened the
war. But as the war proceeded, and
as we organized our shipping better,
devised new defences and gave our
merchantmen better protection, we
made some progress. Our navies
took a mounting toll of submarines. "In
.November the submarine sinkings
.eached the total of 583, compared
'ith only 167 sinkings in the last
war.
Our counter -offensive against the
submarines, however, only spurred
the Nazis to greater effort. Submar-
ine construction went to the' top ,of
heir priority pile. Learning from ex-
rerience- they built Larger submarines,
'tronger submarines„ speedier sub-
marines. Because they are larger,
.he new 'submarines can carry more
torpedoes and stay at sea much lon-
ger. Because they are stronger, they
are much better able to •withstand the
shock- of exploding depth charges.
Because they are speedier they are
much . harder for our corvettes and
destroyers to catch. It has been re-
ported that supply -carrying submar-
ines -have been sent to sea to .service
their fighting sister ships. This will
enaible the raiders to stay at sea for
long periods•, and costly return jour-
neys to home ports for supplies will
become unnecessary. We have reach-
ed the point where we are building
as much merchant StulP1 11g ue ?. ►,.%
Nazis are sinking, but the Nazil�;`, ire!
.building as nilich subinarinei tonnage-
as we are destroying. Our shipping
losses, which declined in early wl.Ut
ter, are mounting again.
The submarine war will increase in
fury. Of this there 'cannot be` tit&
slightest doubt. This fact alone ought
to shock us' Out of any templaeeney`
we may have about a Quick end of
the war. 'Unless' and.until we can wilt
this struggle, we cannot win the war.
The great production machine on thiel
continent will a ail us very little if
our vast output of guns, tanks and'
planes goes to the bottom+ of the At-
lantic instead of into the hands, of our
fighting men. On the other hand; it
we can master the submarines,, we
can send, equipment to the fighting
trent in such a flood that the ,result
of the war will be inevitable. It is
small wonder that Hitler is putting
his greatest emphasis ,upon submar-
ine construction. -
To' counter the submarine menace
will require an intensification of our
production of corvettes and other pro-
tective vessels. 'It- will redquire im-
provements in submarine detection
devices; an increase in the,destructive
power of our depth charges, and con-
tinued aerial offensives against tiie
submarine building yards. ' But to in-
crease our production of corvettes is
no simple matter, for it encounters
at once a shortage of steel., Because
Of She steel shortage ,we have had to
restrict the' allotments to the tank,
gun and shell plants and to warship
and merchant ship builders: Because
we lack steel we have been forced to
postpone construction of new rubber
and gasoline manufacturing plants, de-
spite the serious shortage of boot
these items. The vast increase in, the
number of Allied planes in.the air has,
outstripped our capacity to produce
high octane gasoline. Unless we can
get steel for new synthetic rubber
plants, the rubber shortage may be
disastrous. But unless we beat the
submarine menace and give adequate
protection to our shipping, we will
be unable to move this gasoline and
rubber to our far-flung battle areas.
Mr. Walter Lippman recently sug-
gested to the government of the Unit-
ed
nited States that it .put the construction
of anti-submarine craft int the top
iirloriy. His proposal was that for
the next few .months other admitted-
ly vital production should be made
sgbsidiary to construction •of.- cor-
vettes. This would, mean that there
would be an transfer from other nav-'
al construction of men and material
and shipyard facilities. One an
abundant stock of small craft was
produced, and itcould be done very
quickly, attention could be turned to
-the next most important necessity.
This is advice which the Canadian
Government would be Well to consid-
er. We have become quite expert in
the construction of corvettes.,,,, In or-
der to concentrate cm corvettes it
might be necessary to put a tempor-
ary halt to some of 'our other war
production such as tanks, guns and
even cargo ships. Thi, will mean the
?eduction of the flow' of weapons to
our fighting forces,- but unless ,we
take drastic action to counteract the.,
submarine menace, .far too large a
proportion of our productive labor on
li this continent is going 'to be in vain.
Two students met the village idiot,
and one asked him. "What le 100?"
"I am one," he replied. "and you
are the two nothings."
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