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MEDICAL
$EAFORTH CLINIC
D11.• E. A. McMA8TERe, M.B.
Mead ate, of.:Univeretty of Toronto .
The Clinic isfully equipped with
complete and modern X-ray and other
atp+to-date diagnostic and therapeuttca
eatpmewt,
Dr. F. J. -R. Biotite; Bpeeialist in
diseases of the ear, eye, nooseand
throat; "will be at the ORinic• the flit.
Tuesday -In every month -from -3 -oto -5
Free Wen -Baby Clinio will be held
on the second --and last Thursday in
every month from 1 to 2 p.m.
JOHN A. GORWIL ,'B.A., M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
IN DR. H. H. ROSS' .OFFICE)
Phones: Office 5-W Res. 54 - an over the thin white one lying on
Seaforth the: coverlet. "I've thought it'all
out," Sarah: said.
CHAPTER XIII
• Sig hearted Sarah 'I odli. ae'tse
do eves' eapi .i y' for "the •Pour•.
family : housed' tlrc'Gae't after her -"'A
husbau 'e death, The frugal, eld
deny Mr. and: Mrs. Peppercorn
ands thq newwly wed ,Aadaew and
Candace Thane ' Occup the two
top -floor -apartments ,and below'
them middle-aged Bert Fitts and
his wife 71ewbo Is too_ euugrossed N- .•
war ' activities to care fo`r her
horiie-arid, ing Waters; 'veteran
of World War ',nand his wife.p'',,m
sna; a. deyotee -of fine crocheting,
..-Xing Waters; 'who in expecting to
sigry'e for making speeches be-
fore young men's organizations to
`.else the morale, dismisses Andy
Thane's draft status ` with Mrs.
Waters:- 'Addy'' ta'kes-C•andcio to '
,.the hospital and a son, Michael,
is . • born Sarah Daffodil visits
Candace at the hospital
The screen around' 'the other, bed
afforded at least the semblance of snipe type. You never know . what
Py or neglected. Shall we. accept was; enforced. . 4•
Andy'? • Or shall we be taking too Mrs, Fitts regretted that no one
m ch;" ha�3 gone ho the trrinr;to see Andy off.
t_,. was taking too much, Andy as- "I've lwa s undeles d'
9 e,: too that the mil
rented soberly. "But let's sayyes." tar`" offic
t,„ y . ills and t11$ railroad men,
He stopped' 'with that and Candace .too, preferred Jthat fiepple keep away
'glanced:'at.hien curiously. She had exp from.the stations But' we had a
speaker at a' Ileal er utast week 'who
berated 'the 1 difference and-.'complac-
envy of the , ubhc elle told.us it
was our duty o •give. 3tlee !boys a cheer-
ful . farewell." ' "
cheer-
"/ don't eu'ppoee one husband had.
a..ednl ;ta.say; god e!to him?" Mrs.
Waters suggested.."Xing would have
been delighted' to ste a little cele-
bration for him,,:if he hid, only known
petted :liim•�•,ho argue, perhaps, cer-
tainly .to; weigh his decision • care-,
`fully, to he surprised, or pleased, on
toughed. He intuit be tired, -not tq�
'egpresa ;greater; appreciation,, for Oar,
;ah'e,kinhness, it wasn't like Anny to
be so brusque. • .., - '
"You know," Candace said, "it •will
'mean- a let to us. As soon as Z get
out of here, I mean to hunt for a jolt.
1 .wrote to Hacker and Hacker, but
they. are not even going to open, the
repair -shop they' half -planned to op-
en. It's just as well they oeuidn't
pay me ,my old salary."
Andy put_ the, palm of her soft
hand to his lips, "Don't worry. You
will be all right." .
"Oh, I've made up my mind.riot to
worry," Candace' assured him. She
looked at him and knew and even in
privacy. Behind it two 'girls, were the shock of knowing realized that a you'll .get."
chattering to Stacy, their every other certain measure of relief came" with *Toni Fitts glanced. satisfiedly to -
.sentence beginning with ."So l:-Paidto the acceptance that one had reached with.,
the dresser where her daffodils
hire." Sarah put Bier square, capable the end of the bridge. "It's, all right filled a green jar. 'It's a privilege
hand -I'm all right," she whispered; her I to 'tie young at a ••time like this." She
hand straying blindly in 'search of spoke Solemnly, patting the •coverlet
her handkerchief. softly, • "Many 'of ,us,_,,,ruy dear, will,
Andy" gathered her into his 'arms envy you 'your opportunity to give
and her brief storm spent • itself .husband to your --country"
against his breast. We have' had so "How dare you!" Candace jerked
much, she kept saying to herself, upright; her wonderful, -.clear voice
we have had •so'eaucli ." , , cut through, the room like a blade, of
Drying her eyes on Andy's capes- steel.
sous handkerchief, Candace said in "Wha-at?'' '
•
her normal, soft, clear voice, "When, '• "I said how dare, yoii,. How dare
And'err'd you ,say such a stupid; cruel, dishon-
"They notified the this morning. To est thing!, My husband's life isn't
report tomorrow. They send you di- .mine to give -his life is • his alone.
rect."to the Armory, then ' to camp. Do you believe•'th.at when • a woman
I've
thad my first physicals, so there's marries a man she owiis him, like a
no chance of a delay-" • ' ' ' table or., a chair? ' What Andy tie-
• He could stay with her ‘till. -.nine cities to' do with. his precious, bea,u-
o'clock, he went on, they would have tiful life -hie own dear life -is for
supper, together •and he'd jolly the
'nurse into bringing the baby in. "Un-
less -that is, I don't want to make
things harder 'fol , you, Dace."
"Stay till the last minute, darling,
It's' only what we've "been expecting frozen into silence.' In her bed Stacy
probably cover miles on his wheels -and preparing._ for." ' Candace added i ,O'Neill rocked back and forth, clap -
and my feet." , • that he would have to tell Sarah, but ping her 'hands soundlessly„•.
cent gush 'prote•
sted. She couldn't she hoped he would tell no cine else. Against' the background of her pil-
lows, Candace's flushed face .and en-
ormous blazing eyes were startling
alive. Her tumbled husker--tremb
do time "
".For the love of Lulu!" muttered
Stacy from her bed.
The visitors.• turned slightly to
`stare-•_.._.__ ._
"Is she -refined? In your class?"
Mrs. Waters whispered unea•Sily.
"We11-I only asked, I bad a friend
Who shared a raps -With• a perfectly
awful. *Oman, the regular gutter -
MARTIN W. STAPLETON, B.A., M.D.
Physician and _ Surgeon• ... -
Successor to Dr- W. G. Sproat
Phone 90-W Seaforth.
DR. F. J. R. FORSTER
Eye, Ear, Nose. and Throat.
Graduate in Medicine, University: of
Toronto.
Late asaistant New York Opthal
arced and Aural Institute, Moorefield's
lye and Golden Square Throat Hos-
pital, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL
HOTEL, SEAFOI?.TH, THIRD WED-
NESDAY in each month,. from 2" p.m.
to 4.30 p.m.; also at Seaforth 'Clinic
first Tuesday of each month. 53
Waterloo Street South, Stratford.
AUCTIONEERS
HAROLD JACKSON
Specialist in Farm and Household
Bales.
Licensed in Huron and Perth-Coun-
ties,
erth-Coup'ides, Prices reasonable; satisfaction
guaranteed. -
For information, etc., write or phone
Harold Jackson, 14 on 661, S•eaforth;
R.R.• 4, Seaforth.
EDWARD W. ELLIOTT
-Licensed' Auctioneer For Huron
Correspondence promptly answered.
Immediate arrangements can be made
for Sales Dates at The Huron Exposi-
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Clinton, Charges moderate and, satis-
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LONDON and CLINTON
NORTH CLINTON
A.M.
Landon Lv • 9.00
Exeter .-.......... 10.17
Mensal'
FOPPOite
Brucefteld
10.34
10.43
10.55
®14nton, Ar. 11,20
SOUTH
Dunton, LY.
Brucefteld
&ippen
Hensel]
Exeter
London; Ar.
,,•••
SUNDAY ONLY
P.M.
3.10
8.32
3.44
3.53
.4.10
5.25
Toronto To Goderloh
(Via London and Clinton)
P.M.
Toronto, Lv. 6.00
London • 1 9.40
4r,711nto, i 11,65
e let, Ar, 12.20
C.N.R. TIME TABLE
EAST "
A.M. P.M,
Goderich 6.15 2.30
Holniesvd•Ile 6.31 2;50
Muton • , , 6.43 • 3.13
eeaforth.. ..,...... 6.59 3.21
St. Colamban 7.05 3.27
Dublin .7.12 3.35
Mitchell .
WEST'
'Mitehdll ' .. 11.27 10.33
Dublin . 11.37 10.44
BK. Coluznban ...., 11 -dao .:. .
) ;forth "11.51 10.66
#Rlnton - 12.04 • 11.10
`•]lioderleh ... 12.15 11.85
' '': C.P.itm TIME TABLE
7.24 3.47
Meneeet
N'aaaw►
Anti rn
Myth •
-Walton
P• .
IfoNnight :;v+
4.35'-
4.40
.33
4.40
4.49
4.58
6.09
5.21
5.32
-Toronto 9,45
WEST
Toronto
let4,�:Nyaught ...
Weak--.-rsr i i'. • . • • • •
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A.M,
1341.
12.15
,• a • 12.28
`,51ttl o -{le a a..tr . •r ... ii29
:�ene'Vet "11iI'YY•••.•�`••••,•..•.• LLyNr,Dy7//
1.t s *WO •tio0'6irui'0•4'00tea 1 Lbs
What she would like to do, she as-
serted, was to take charge of the
:baby throughout' the day:' There .was
no reason, she insisted; why she
shouldn't manage a plain, practical
day 'nursery for one. For' the $r st
few weeks. 'the baby would require
little of her; exdept' to be fed and
changed., .When warmer weather set
,in, there •would be the garden. He
could sleep, in ;his .coach while she
worked in the flower. beds. . Tenant
repairs 'and services could wait• until
she was; free -Candace would be at
home, Saturdays, and Sundays. "You
see, there's nothing left to argue
about:''''
"Oh;"bi%t Sarah, you have so much
to do. What about. your marketing?
Suppose you had to go downtown?"
She would telephone, Sarah replied
or take the boy in his coach.. "We'll
fefore tht3 t71,1,1071
l of mr nA
r
l,had` been ZYdiktll:
rtes', of 'all U0+v'a.'
comig before the t',ob
momnx�nt„ ll1Ot of irow' 7•oeat1l. , irxta
to the ,play' '4''m''liole- •web'
howevel. Stita eVe {b, .els ' s`
s1i t:1y ttaS o 4jdost#>~e-': ,-, . 'oA•
oanme clear that the "esus,"!- Brad ke µ•, �.
come 'tile big star of tlhe •plw, aud. If 1*9u are o1/era. 11•s+;tlie Pa:0110 onewo
tlhat;withrvut landiug craft the 'United •islands, Instead -Pt .Vee' 'Olsalenel, you'
Nnd ons`could not frit the enemy any can do with -more s'p, ed arid:1e d �Ixz
Where in Europe on land.. or: Irl Arettc d'Ii Qi i ,*oa'�i40
The number' of landing craft re.- strengthen tie•liui•1s 0nd•prepare ie
qudred to 'Ran and MIPport even one • englnee'to witlisthud ice and
brigade is- very large and the iiuinber , Ii "is clear that Yeticannon lr'eeV •fin
I?or. a great invasion, presented a fear= °amPlriliious force `"MOWnhetl'• witl} ttie cars-• and men,
ill'preblene to zib'az(ufeeturing' resoure:;idea that .It can ,be; thrown iuta.'''pee lrtfle Ships axe
es• battle in -any part of the, ;0•0414.delft .Reserve. Ar ' "13
The types of craft -nisi• had been ally' the reverse as' the. case. E1rerr"!etlid be lnRpeeellb
produced see far were 'toe. 4E1811 ',to- time the scene of operations i anges •Iot'pf xnen
erose the ,Channel under their •-ow+n it Means' modlfieai ons . to the soaps4,11;0 mr' ,'F'te of
n3Ut'v01' except --at the- narrpw;est• and
Moe( heavily fortified point. so ark
wa _ started on,•-a_•inuch larger lie,
eliristen'e'd" "Landing -Craft -Tank" or
The
ypes Wei
e `Iter,
proved,
The major
r•
irki:,ts
Production during 1940 continued
on a small scale owing e to maniifac-
turing difficulties, but development
proceeded and the 'first L.C.T. did her
trials in the 'Hersey, Liverpool, ' in
November, 1940. Although the early
craft ---were- produced by shipbuilding
firms, it soon . became clear that the.
available shipbuilding facilities were
limited and it was -necessary to call
on, the services of structural engineer-
ing
ngineer
'ing firms, many,. of whom. -..,had never
thought of building ships before. They
'set up. shops_,, on river banks where
the parts; mostly prefabricated, were
asserpbled,•
Britain was already obtaining valu-
able help, in the form of engines,
from the United.States under Lend -
Lease. '.During 1941 it was obvious
that tithe could trot meet her require-
ments' from her own resources alone.
In November, 1941, a small Commis-
sion went to the United States to
discuss the, matter.
At that time the 'United States was
still at peace. -They had some 'land-
ing craft suitable for use in. 'the,Pani.-•
fic, and in addition had just begun to
!build a few "Tank t ighter's,;;';,simil•ar
to Britain's Landing Craft -•Mechaniz-
ed.
At first the drawings of new and
peculiar .landing ships and craft did
him to say. I�;a.yt1je men who offer not rouse great enthusiasm; but after
their lives and who lose them - not Pearl-Harbbar, Americans 'set about.
the women at ,home who talk as you the job of producing them wholeheart-
do of 'giving' a husband or a son." edly,
They were staring, at bei as if' •
The British commission, produced
accept c a sacrifice. Its wonder- "I -don't want to hear the other ten-
ful, I do 'appreciate it, Sarah, but r ants talk -I don't want to hear any -
couldn't begin to pay you-" one talk about you."
"It's to be my 'patriotic gesture," Candace had a job waiting for her,' ling scarlet lips had iris' ihenr some -
Sarah informed her gravely. ''rve Aridy disclosed at supper, if she want- thing furious and beautiful. and path -
decided that individual service is my ed to take it when the , donor gave eticaily young.
niche and that caring for a baby 'is his• O.A. . "I have a son." The exquisite voice Since then landing craft and special
important work in wartime, or in ."My bosses have been stewing faltered, but the little head • remain- types of ship. have poured out frofn
peaee." around, since I told ltihem I'm leaving," ed proudly erect. "There maybe
an -
American yards, built on the British
It. would be wonderful, Candace ad- Andy said, quite unable to keep . his other war when Michael` is •old en- model for the use of the United
mitted again, she couldn't imagine eyes .from his wife's face, "When I' ough' to fight. Perhaps there will al -
anything more perfect• from her 'point told them I was coming up' to the ways be wars -who knays? But if States and British forces,
of view and that of her son's. She. hospital, Bacon asked some questions niy son, if Michael goes `.to• war, I'll Now for some of the difficulties
had been so discouraged, trying to de- about 'you and when he heard you'd never sayI that arise 'in the design of landing
gave 'him to his Country.
vise a plan which she could "afford to been a private secretary,- he suggest -,•111S life is his to give as• he shoos- craft. - Take the -•`•small craft first.
carry out. Andy had been worried, ed that you take my' place. Only till es. No one except himself shall claim They must be of sufficient size to
to•o- 1 come back -that's understood." He the right to offer it for ,any cause,
too -
carry reasonable number of fully
•
"Then let'•s call i
general arrangement drawings' -of the
types of landing ships ,and craft re-
quired, and 'United States craftsmen
adapted •them'•'as necessary -••and pro-
duced detailed drawings. There was
.no_time.,to • build prototypes, and al-
though some of the types had never
been built before, they went into Mass
production off 'the drawing board.
•led' now• and didn't like the -idea of women holding dedicate it to any plan. Not ever,"
you tell Ahdy tomorrow," Sarah urg-, on to m' n's jobs after the •kvar,, Andy "That's telling them'." Stacy O'Neill
ed.' "Mind you, it;0 not upsetting my: explained. "Not when' the woman is said_
•
life in any way. Pm alone so much' the" wife of the man an.d the.job wast • THE ENI)
it will be good for me to have some-' his in the first place."
thifig• human and alive dependent up- •* * *•'•'
on. me.".Toni Fitts sighed that she had be -
Filially they lett', it that Candace gun to think she wouid,havf•••to wait) La l nchiv
g
shbuld talk it . over with- Andy and to see the baby until Candace brought' '
after Sarah had gone, in the hour him home. "My•dear, I never have a'l n I v'asion•
before the supper trays were brought minute to myself any more -we pack -
up, she thought intent trying to ed fifty layettes • yesterday to go (By Commander R. C. Todhunter, R.N.
constaer the plan _.from all angles. abroa•d."
Suppose Sarah' found the daily care On the other side of the bed, Mrs.
of a tiny baby too heavy a burden? waters asked about tea. 'tDo they
If that proved to be the case; she
could make other arstill 'have it for the patients? They
arrangements. Can- .•Ai
ned
_ratiot food,
dace reminded her''selt' and later she
would be stronger 'and -say it's going•to be they say, ,is going' to tionedbetter -able to ioned."
make decisions. It would be marvel- She looked about the roonr' a little Soidiers put into the (baiting lirt,e,.. ap-
distractedly„ as 11 seeking something. proxtmately thirty ;thousand tons of
ous to feel that she could leave Mich- "You've, probably heard that tramps stores and equipment have to be pro -
got into our' cottage and ruined my v.ided. per week to keep them a fight -
hands -110 mother would worry one summer supplies? Simply wrecked ipg unit.'
minute about a child 10 Sarah's rare,
Hers was the kind of common sense everything -I can't begin to toll you --,-• Now that the invasion of Europe
what the money loss is, to lay nosh -
that 6tv each new. Sltuatian whole, g , hag started, the Nazis wi1T rig doubt.
e in of foodstuffs --we met replace." do their ..best to .destroy 'available
Her husband, she continued in, a"list-
less monotone, ,had ,suggested renting ports. If they sucrepil, the bulk of
a 'fire -and -theft -proof room in a furni equipment will have to be landed by
tare storage 'building. "But I don't means of special craft able beach
know, Mrs. Waters said forlornly.
in -shallow water and disembark men,
"All. my' ambition is gone. And my vehicles, tanks, guns and stores di-
cdn.fidence. L tell King that 1 don't rectly across the beaches.
trust life any more."'
Mrs. Fitts lowered her jjoice dis-
creetly. "I was ,saying to Mrs. Wa
ters this morning that I did hope Mr.
Thane wasn't fit. , We• haven't seen
him since -when was ...it, Emma?
Thursday morping, I believe. I sent
Bert up to rink your bell, but no one
answered."-. ' -
"Andy's inducted."
"You mean he's gone? With you
bene--inebed.2_--_.41i..hy-,..1row_dr.eted£ul j'•
Mrs. Fittseappeared. to • Abe _.genuinely
digturbeil. .She had n,o idea'; she flut-
tered, that it would be so sudden.
Mrs. Waters agreed that it was ter-
rible. Unnecessary, tdo, she declar
ed. "My husband read last week of.
-a case where the man appealed his
rating a$, sodn as his child was born.
Decision is still pending, but the man
is -,home meanwhile with his Wife and
baby., You could, probably- have • got
a delay,"-•
"A td' never yer p1 mired to- as'k defers
meat.'•' Candace wondered how inueh
larigat tirjs .must 'goniei, In the wards
the ,``Mises hue't1ed visitors tilt aftef±-•a
.dride'ii tt fl ih; df . rise, hilt in :,the,
h g
in "Britain")
•
The progress of Mechanization, and
the ancr•ease in the number of tech-
nical; -devices used by a modern army
mean that for every hu^dred thousand
instinctively' separated essentials from
non -essentials, arid' 'Made the best of
whatever was available. Sarah wouici•
'never to 'maudlin, about baby, -Can-
dace reflected, stretching luxtiriotisly
-it was lovely to see the peaks that
were her' feet again -Sarah, wouldn't
gurgle and coo,•tut neither would she
be so rigidly detached -that she would
freeze her affection. 'Michael would
know, as soon as he developed in-
stincts, that someone who loved him
was keeping him- safe. -
Zither would' come twice a week to
wash and iron and to clean the apart-
ment. Leila •had Sounded her out and,
a had discovered that factory jobs did
not tempt the colored girl. 'Foremen
yelled at empployees who.lnade--mis
ta>;ee, • 7ither_onavered nhhee
intention. of putting . •herself-.xt. the
mercy of production managers. "I'll
,work for Mis' Thane and Mr.• Michael
till his papa come back,"- Zither had
said. o
They had so much to. talk about!
When Andy, his lean, brown face cold
against her smooth cheek, ,his gnarl-
ed hands holding hers, sat h fu�dEed
on the aide of her bed late the next
day, . Candace enfolded Sarah Daffo-
dil's
affo-
_di1 s.._gprterous- plan to him. "She is
so good,•-Azf+1y, she will be so cheer-
ful and strong. Atich M,inha+el„will be
ins, the. `rd9'ii all day lags` id>a,•:as' i
g� ,. t
Is warm. 1 tl'hall net. iiov'e to Fork
y
about ; liitn, or Wonder if het ttndtap-
3
This problem had been appreciated
in Britai before the war, and in, Sep-
tenrber,.1938, the Committee of Im=
penal Defense set up the Inter -Ser-
vices Training and Development Cen-
ter, consisting of one officer, from
each Service, presided over by the
Naval representative. It Was adtnin-
istered by the Admiralty apd 'given
the job of producing k textbook on
Combined' Operations ' and designing
an , ndig`-p`Thi?S'Cyries - f-'egttipmant
'and°'"craft. '
As a result, three different tY `Lesof
landing craft -- one christened the
Landing. Craft Assault to carry men;
one, the Landing Craft. Mechanized to
carry, vehicles, and one,' the Landing
Craft Support, to provide support fire
-were• designed and produced. The
first trials of the L.C.A, were carried
out in the Clyde, in Auguat,t 1,939., -
-
A._limited number of h`al't was ot=
dared:. in August, 1989, and 'these ear -
1y -models, played an entlrelaely useful
;part at 1' arvlk and ilunit ky although
„., __ tIiey' *ere not used 41or the offensive
rooms (Wilk 'the nine ay'+rlcck curfew t11it't4so for Which they Fere tresign-
1;t
N
ASeent
armed men and capable of consider-
able •speed. Their• size, ,and the nee
cessity for armoring them and pro-
viding 'them with powerful engines,
mean that they are -far heavier iNia
any ship's boat, but .they 'must not
draw more than three feet of ,Wates
or the soldiers cannot get ashore.
' The only way to reduce the draught
is to increase the beam, but as the
bean is increased' the weight goes up
again an dit becomes more difficult
to drive the craft through the water
at. the required speed. As they have
to be hoisted in ships, (here, is a limit
tri the permissible size and weight,
and even now special davits ha.ve to
he designed and fitted in the shjps
selected to -carry landing craft. In
many rases the ships themselves
have to he strengthened to, take these.
davits. and fitted with additional gen•
orator capacity to provide the elec-
tric power to work the fli : ''
Any combined operation has little"
chance of success unless the landing
eraft•'can find the exact stretch af'
beach they are aiming for- In order
to do this tsey must be fitted with an
accDrate compass. As a compass
needle i4 affected by any magnetic
material in close proximity to it,
nothing magnetic --that, is to say noth-
ing made of steel -is allowed within
six fent of it in a normal. ship or
boat. But you Cannot place the com-
pass six feet from the steel hull,of a
landing craft; and so all the steel in
the vicinity has to be specially treat-
ed to make it non=magnetic.
The design of an ideal landing craft
depends to a great extent on such
Wants ae the slope of beach on
which it Is to work,- the opposition
expected, thestate of the -sea -and.
The climate.
if you have a Tank Landing Craft, -
say two hundred feet long, drawing
three feet forward and seven feet aft,
the keel slopes four Ngt in two hun-
dred feet, .i.e., one id fifty: 'Ott any
beach that is one in ,fifty or steeper,
the craft will grotind bows• first in
three feed of water; but if the beach
is very flat, say one tit• two hundred,
she will . groped aft, and 'there • Will•
still be /IVb feet o'@ water at the 'bo'tt
1
whish may be too inuch'•for tacks oft
v'ehic'1'ee tO wade.
and craft to enable then oto meet the
new •conditions. 1'
As, these craft are et111.comparative'
IS new, ever' soldier or sailor using
ahem for the first ,riffle feels that he
could suggest a nuruber of ways
which they',,could be' improved, , If bpi
is planning an assault against heavily
,'defended'-, beaches,.„ire wants• more
armor. If he expects a concentrated
air attack, he wants more- _giins. To
cover _a, long distance without detec-
tion, he wants more speed.
.He does not always appreciate the
fact that, every Increase in weight in-
Aa1>ages; aild aRiltbiea
,ambitiO L' 44 get, at the
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;casserole; a lec'r3p ,biers. is
Try • any Coiinaton l�iit mdke sure
that all •the plata' yo'u"ue""" lk
to the •oe -a 4- thetU-sgInOt; attsme-1111
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SUI»1t1[R SPORTS
2d
Want to make action pictures? Well,, try p&sing them. This was, made
with a shutter speed of '1/25 second at f/l1 on ordinary snapshot film.
o
QUMMER 'sports offer a splendid
field for picture taking -a field
,that all' amateur photographers
should keep constantly in mind-'
and any photographer, regardless of
his equipment, can capitalize on it.
Naturally, the better your camera,
the more you'Il.•be able to do when
it comes to "stopping" action. But
it isn't imperative to have a fine
camerafor picturing sports. A little
care, and perhaps a few photo-
graphie tricks, will go • a long ,way
toward adding fine sports pictures
to your snapshot album.
Suppose, for instance., you ,want
some good tennis shots. A box
camera shutter isn't fast•enough to
"stop",fast tennis action -bet there's
nb reason why you can't 'iitake pic-
tures while your subject goes
through the motions very, very slow-
ly, or while he deliberately, poses -
say in a. position just ready to serve.
Our illustration today of the shot-
putter was 'made by that technique.
Rather than taking a chem.:, on
stopping the mot ton,, the sithjettt
was asked to "hold it" and the pie-
ture was made at 1/25 .at 1/11' in •
Stead. of 17200 at f/5;6 'which might
otherwise have been nenesaary-.
TMs technique would apply tb'ten-
nis, badminton, or almost any other
sport.•
Here's. another idea. In movies
you've seen action shots -in which
the camera "follgwed" a fast-moving '
subject, keeping it centered 'on the
screen. Remember how the back-
ground blurred out, but the main
subject was rendered very sharp?
Well, that method can also be used
in still camera shots of certain
jects-speeding cars, horses, or mo-
torboats, for instance All you have
to do to make it work is to center
the subject in your viewfinder, fol-
low it carefully with your camera,
and then smoothly'snap the shutter •
when the movement 01 your camera
and the actinn • of the subject are
properly synchronized• fn the finder.
Try some of these' tricks this year
when you want to make summer
sport`; pictures. You'll find that
tl!r•y'll help you produce more inte•r•-
casting and. technically better results.
John van Guilder
MUTUAL AID FOR AUSTRALIA
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