The Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-11-20, Page 6is` 30,000 ,Feet
t ht. Minutes
Farachutlst' :;Make®.' Record
Free Fall In United States
Arthur St aces, a 36 -year-old
,Paraeliuttst ' Jumped from an air-
plane at :an, altitude of approxi-
mately 30,000 feet, opened a pair
of parachutes at :about 1,500• feet'
and landed safely to claim the
!record for ;Ane' longest free fall
ever made . in .the. United . States.
-•.-sBe spent less than eight minutes
in the air.,;•
• With a jumping weight of. 275
pounds,. including ,,. his cientific
. equipment, Starnes was estimated,
. to :have:fallen at speeds risingh
to .180 miles an, hour. He re-
mained conscion's throughout .the
plunge, end Upon reaching: the
• ground grinned and -said he "Eels'
fine "
Dr. A. C. •Ialr:.'of',Northwestern
ljniversit y medieW school, . who'
• directed Starne. 'training during
300, pratlice • jumps, said • e ' e-.
layed • parachute opening front
the extreme height wasintended
to 'prove „a man can remain 'con-
acious While falling through
apace. .
The data also:. have military
importance, • helping crewmen of
flying fortresses to bail. out . in
the stratosphere ' and escape
gnickly from the dangers of ,cold
and rare air. '
Starnes said . he "was conscious
all the way" down, but' at one
point, w ile diving f3iioiigh mois-
ture, he was temporarily blinded
when • moisture froze in his gog-
gles. ' '1'aking_t a� chance .he pulled
PR- .one _eve_ nleee.-and...`fsaw•
,• •eart,hh swirling up at me," he said.
"At that time I was in a terrific
The. National Aeronautical ,1s-
aociation in ;Washington recbg-
nizes, • no \official parachute re='
COOS', The longest delayed jump
in its clipping- file. is contained' in
$Russian clispatch_of. duly, 1.934,..
reporting that. N. Evdokmoff
leaded: from 26,575 feet and :Op-'
ened ls, -'cute X650 . .fr. am.�'
the ground, . a plunge of 25,825
feet or 4.9 smiles.
, (Russia. also claim's the altitude
'record' for. ordinary parachute
jumps -38,713 feet.)
VOIC
OF THE
PRESS
•TEMPERING' JUSTICE
All. who believe tri tempering
justice, with, Mercy• cannot• fail to
.be impressed by the • experiment
that is to be tried in British Col-
umbia, where persons guilty of
miner, Offences will be sent to a
ranch for detention and rehabili-
tation, instead of to jail. • '
As space is limited,. offenders
Who 'are ex-servicennen will get the
first calf. ,This, however, is ;no
reflection on veterans. Rather, it
is a mark of copsiderationv as the'
saerifices they ; have made may
have, in, many cases. contributed to
their falls frpni grace. Permitting'
.then, to get ogethets: in pleasant ,
surroundings; ought to bring :out
the best in them: onee -more. 4Other
,provinces would da well -to watch,
4f • not imitate ..Brttis:h Columbia's
experiment. • '
—' ln, sot Daily Star.
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-WHAT, NO SABLES?
We're running • headloieg right
into the real. privations of -a. War ..
ecoonmy, all right. • •
Comes from.. New York furriers,
the desolating word thatthere are
no '$65,000. Russian 'sable eoats to'
be had' this year It seewsthat"the
Russians ' are busy trying to trap
somewhat bigger game thin sables.
Ermine' and' chinchilla are going
to be` equally rare, the furriers re-
• The line of husbands forming in
front of the 36th -storey jobbing
window will form at the right.
••What; no $5.5,008 sables!"' wehear
the man at the head of the' line
Cry as he flings himself desperate-
ly out the window.'
' Guelph.' Mercury'.
ARMY • LIFE BENEFICIAL'
Soldiers' .complaints about their
food are proverbial and in this.
__Agar' there.:_ar_e robably ae many
'of them as. during' the Great • War.
But when itis officially ann unced
that most of the Soldiers under-
going m this country are
steadily' gaining in : weight,;. not- ,,
'withstand' : the rigorous exercise
that most o them experience, the
efficacy of eir diet becomes ap-
parent. As a atter of fact, plenty
of .wholesome ood plus adequate
exercise plus fr= air is usually_
beneficial to anyone
Brolckville Recorder and •T
es.
Hon. J. Gordon- Taggart, Mini-
ster of `Agriculture in the Basket-
elieWan Governmentr,has.__been_.
appointed food administrator fpr
- Canada after serving part time
as head of the. Canadian Bacon
Board. •.
.Canada's Growing
•• I. _ Aircraft.. Industry
' Canada's aircraft industry has
increased 30 -fold •iri less than two
years, according. to Ralph. Bell,
Director -General of Aircraft Pro-
duction in the Dominion,
In a recent review of the indus-
try,'"l.Mr, Eell'•pro?rated 'glut that for
the .four years' just , before the
war, the indnt}atry had built fewer
than 50 planes a year, had never
built a modern • fighter or ` a
bomber, arid employedon the av-
erage fewer •than ' 1,000 persons.
Now as many planes are turned
out in a week. Everything from
elementary trainers and fig!Titers
to bombers and a great coastal
reconnaissance flying boat is be-
ing constructed. The industry
employs more than 30,0.00 per -
sums, at least 25,000 of 'whom
have had to be trained from the
ground up. ,
Think of. Italy
And Be Happy
If you think prices have risen
in Canada during the war, take a
look at the prices in Italy.
Tea. costs $17 per pound.
Scotch- whisky costs F$18 to $20
per, bottle.
English gin costs $16.
Cocoaand" chocolate cannot be
bought .at all.
American cigarettes 'Cost from
43 to $4 pert package.
And, money .won't buy a lot
of articles, because they have be. -
Sonia non-existent :in ,Italy: t
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'Windsor Daily Daily S•tar..
remit y-made=-list--oCrscandidates: :1 -
consists of people who play 'games,,
of skill' for money at fairs, those,
who invest in 'Money -making' mash'
chines peddled by strangers, and
Mr. Herbert Hoover, who- thinks
Germany will let American food
shipped: to the occupied countries
CAVALR' COMEBACK
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- 's - ' } un' . -m'et h n zed war ma ehine` is forced toyield ' •`n tui a -takes -a' round
against, modern methods. Germans on the Russian . front are.forced to call. onscavalry valr — .the service
armany have labeled "obsolete." Above, cavalry makes a comeback as German soldier aboard some
real "horsepower" urges a'team across a stream..
• ,
_Canada's.. _S lendid_ War Effort
Something Everyone •' Should: Know
ntss
,d,r d Li , ce _
.. r ., n ea a ..
�. nm, a ,..ad s,_ n . re •
ue e -d
ly by George K. Shells, -
Minister of Munitions & Suppty,••
...to an American Audience.
Canada now, has 325,000 volun-
teers •in uniform.yservingoverseas
,or available forservice, anywhere
in
the world. in <add tion, Canada
has a reserve army for home de-
fense 'numbering .170,000 men.
These include)m`any thousands of
`men drifted for home defense Por
the duration who are now serving
=in -our -training-camps,-or-- at -vital-
defense 'posts across the Dominion.
• Aside from our reserve .forces,.
,..,,.panadian.. enjistnietit„a' ,.,-for-;,' act ye
. service'abroad would: be the equiv-
alent of an enlistment of close to
4,000,000 men in the -United States.
• The intake of 'men . for active ser=
vice overseas numbers, many thous-:
ands each month. •
The Royat• Canadian Navy , now
has more •than 200. vessels of all
Mies •serving. around • the British
Isles' and on the' high. seas. idWith-
in ,six months Canada's navy will ;
m
bat•e'erviee;.-r
•....:l4.!h Tratnin..P1an, _.,•.:..;.,._.
Canada 'gfovides about 90: per
cent of the students of the air
training 'plan.. The' remainder come.
mom outer_''Empire countries.
• Month by, month young men are
being turned out in their thousands
from our air schools.
3n addition ,to :MU" ef-forts di3+
ected primarily ...toward achieve-
ment overseas, Canada is cooperat-
ing fully with the United . States
in 'heinispheer defense plans.
In addition to our own direct
War'-erfort;-C- ai}ada--nass-made-din
ect and vital contributions to ;Great
Britain.' it is true that Great Bri-
tain is makingssitbstantial purchas
es in Canada. But by far• the larg--
estpart o the sums required` to
pay Canadian producers for goods
for Britain has been raised and
must continue to .be raised from
the Canadian people in tares and
in loans. Canada. has •told Britain
not to worry 'ailout her 'shortage,
of Canadian, money,, Meanwhile;
Britain's purchases will continue
to :be paid for by Canadians..
sa.:Atstacesendsoasithe,:eussuenfienieSal
ears•`: CanadaF <wiW heves' financed °
ii."ial lrci�=nt` of- -_nom
ter
equivalent of $23,000,000,000 worth
of goods measured ' in terms of
American' population and.. income.
You might call this, if you will,
our "lease -lend" contribution to the
war., •.
Aside altogether • from such a
contribution which, viewed in the
light of the extent of . our •popula-'
tion; is treiitendous, Canada herself
is at war and in the War with hun-
dreds of thousands of the cream
of her',•youth, with hundredsof
_: oi; _ee s _ the
Cdntmonwealth Air Training, plan
something which may well prove'
to be one,of the decisive factors
in the war. The air. training plan
Operates 100 air fieldsand a total
of over 1120 training.'. este ish-
ments of all kinds. Already •1,500
i
ge—,t-o—the—suYfari^�g�-ovnquered ' ' AmeriEaAll�have enlisted the
people.” R. C. A. F. and 600 Americans are
—Windsor Daily Star. aiding us, greatly through • serving
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Mit MANY OF THEM
Interested groups and individuals
are, finding fault with the Govern-
ment's. price-fixing •scheme. That
was to have • been expected, of
course, and in the operation ,of
the plan such injustices as develop
can be removed. And those who
giimhle before they are -hurt are
a very small minority of .the
people.
• —Ottawa Times -Journal.
MUCH BETTER
"Stamp collecting .becomes ' both
'a patriotic' and a profitable ,pursuif
when the ne-w' .issues are War .Sav-
ings Stamps. What could be nicer
than an album filled with thein?"
30 asks the Haniilton Spectator.
And ' the answer would • appear to
be: "Two albums." •
Stratford deacon -Herald.
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WOULD ''SCALP" HITLER"
Indians at York Factory, on Hud-
son Bay have sent $240 to the-
Ministry
he-Ministry of Aircraft production
with the request that they be al-
lowed to "scalp Hitler when he
Is . caugbte Now there's an Interest-
ing idea that no one else ever
thought of.
—Chatham News,
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SOME PROBLEM
According. to •scientists, whales'
milk is -•-not essentially different
from cows' milk, It's getting the
whales up front. pasture Which baf-
fles those .who; wbuld profit by the
information.
--
'Stratford Beacon -Herald.
night t. STRAIN -
There should be another way of
teaching children than by example.
This is too great a strain on the
parents.
—Brandon Sun.
• OPTIMIST DEFINED
An optimist is a Winn ' who
doesn't care what happens as long
as it doesn't happen 'to him,.
Kitchener Record.
India's population has increased
nearly• 60,000,000 in the lastfen
years, according to thgefl1eer census.
1
as instructors. There are also 7,000
Americans who have joined the
Canadian Army. •
LIFE'S LIKE THAT
Fred Neher
"Hello, Juliet!"
ships,' and with _a production • of ,
munitions ,far in ' . excess of the
needs of the Canadian •Army. To-
day •purr production is Such that
we :could equip a' 'division. every .;.
few weeks'. Over and. above this
"'ro uctiiai' a e at'"�Y'" o uc n' ' `i�ete—
P e'Pt gg
• quantities ''of munitions of war of
all types which Are 'moving.'over
°, seas. In addition, ef cautse s Can-
ada is paying •out of her own pock-
et
pocket by far the largest proportion
of the .cost of • the gigantic . British .
_Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
M,iIIions .On. New Protects
Moreover, during the. course of •
the war, Canada, on her own .re
`sponsibility, has initiated and. cum•
pleted . project running into the;
— hundreds--of;-millions•-of.-doliars de-�
signed to' meet •Britain's munitions
needs.without any reference or,.
....Agreement regarding their -ultimates..
financing. ••The figures which man
later be written in ledgers: have in
no way' affected our effort,, the
magnitude of,which; has been de-
termined onlby the !limitations
of our populatioii andour resourc=
•es.. In brief; we have dne our ut-
most to " harness our , entire ,econ-
.'omy to the single end • of winning
the war. • •
Our ?rime Minister has pointed
outethatintIiireosas cseesiaa se„esaasss
.$aYk +ra,4."4-ais.::.nt,1r flit:»mszleJ_
to t llxi i ,At ; .ass at'. -.1,
coate"sta'ble':,=Amer - ignies Sit -
the ba'si>i of population and in-
comes,;would; raiment to something
like $35 billion during the current
fiscal year.
Present estimates• of the sum re-
quired to finance • Canada's own
war program ' plus our aid to Bre
—taia_amount iii_the 'aggregate to —
about 40 per 'cent of the anticipate
ed ;national. income for th'b year
ending
ending March 31 next.
On the home front,. our industry
has done a reniarkable ,job. We
have• built 22 chemical and ex-
plosives plants which,' 'd'uring. the
'current' year, will produce, more
explosives than were. produced in
Canada during the entire 1914-1918
period. ' :
' Our shipbuilding .industry . has
hadorders for some 22:5 naval ves-
sels,• of .which 115 have been
launched or delivered. Thiry ves-
sels • have also been converted to
naval use. In addition work has
begin on a cargo. vessel program
involving the construction' of 100
vessels. ' • • '
• Our cooistractioir industry tis erg•
ected some 3,000 buildings for our
forces and built over 100 airdromes.,
Our automobile plants have de-
• livered' close to 150,000 vehicles
for army use. Thesevehicles have
served on many fronts.'
•ebur• aircraft inrlustrY is steadily
producing training planes 'for the
air training plan and fighter planes
for ,the air force. Moreover, our .
. aircraft industry is maintaining
and overhauling the thousands. of
planes used in the air train-ing
plan,
• In• World ; War 1, Canada ' pro•
duced shells and explosives. This
was her• • chief industrial contri-
bution to the war. Today Canada
is producing not only shells in '
'great quantities, but the. filled
rounds of ammunitions,Many tens
of millions of ammunition com-
ponents are being produced month
. lY. Villlion:s of rounds of .sma'll-aym
ammunition -Are- bel_ng •• Produced
daily, We are manufacturing and
filling • bombs, land • mines, depth
charges, - grenades,. 'and mortar
bombs. .
In the small arms field we are
manufacturing rifles, Bren guns,
aircraft machine guns, and we
Shell ehortly produce tommy 'guns,
a>atitank rifles, and Vickers guns.
In'the }artillery•field, we are pro=
clueingthe new 26 -pounder com-
•
plete. the Most modern gun of its
type. We are producing. the Bofors
antiaircraft gun aird expect shortly
• to produce the complete 3.7 anti-
aircraft gun .and.`' equipment ' for
-Which barrels have been made in
-Canada for many months. We are
producing more than. one. type of
antitank gun.. '
' In addition,. we are producing
trench mortars together .with• nave:
al gun' mountings of:.,s7era1 var-
ieties'. WA'i'k is Well advanced on
the production of five types of nav-
aI, guns with their Mountings. Oen-
ada is now producing two ,types .of
. tanks arid the '•'famous ll'niversai,
Carrier, in • essence. 'a light tank..,
we are also prodi'-i'cing Our,. owe
armor plate arid quantities of sec -
tet weapons and• instruments.
All - Industry Affected'"
Canadianindustry •as a:whole has
•ir}ow bin diverted.to thewar ef-
fort. Much of our indestyial .capac-
ity is engaged in providingus with
equipment' required by the armed
'forgo._ This . ranges from X-ray'
tubes to textiles, bets, potato -
poling and dish -washing machines,
• and food: Other incidentals include
anchors and compasses, airt$lane
grapeile're and" Picks" "and shovels,'
radie equipment and optical. glass"
, Generally 'speaking, the needs of
Caneda'b wr ned •forces' have 'been'
.•o,btained- by' three- methods: first
. by 'direct purchase; second by thea
icreation of industrial, facilities
owned .by, the_Government,, for•
1 which total commitments now ran
' to over $500;000,000,; and.. thirdly by
the diversion to war needs of goods
normally employed for civilian
purposes.
In order to meet the raw .material
and Other requirements 0Y 'rink war'
progam, the Government has estab-
lished'controls designed• both • to
.�' ppychritl e'""thr kenstrrierefs li'fes-ters
'the • civil `population and, at the
same time, to increase our, pre
duction and to diverrte, maximum
of production to the ware indus
' tries..
Everyone Helps
U
Civilian purchasing, power has
been curtailed-, •first; through the '
extensive and widespread sale of.
war bonds; second,' through.: the
n.. sarlesaats-warsessaosingasszentificateses.
z f 1
seslmseisitlistuannalsreners s n`in -any,.. ettn•
zits aU
tailments err automobile- :manutao-
tare" and Eby' curtailing- sales of
gas9Xine.
' Nogasoline is sold at night er
on Sundays. The installation ef oil.,
burning equipment has been pro-
hibited. Despite the 'shortage,' pric-
es have been• strictly controlled.
Pot th.e'•future only two grades. of
gasoline will. he available tit can-
adia:n consumers. A campaign is in
progress asking the public to cur-
tail their consumption b -y at l2itst
50 per cent of normal.
Various means .have been taken •
' to augment the supply of power to
war industry. Daylight saving has
become a year=round affairs •
In the lumber field, prices have
been fixed. A Steel, Controller was
apponited early in • the . war.: In
July a year ago'•priees of iron ,and
steel:.were frozen. . '
We have: cut eon`sumpttion ; in -
dire. ctly , • by rationing. essential,
eommiodities to manufacturers.
This has -enabled some of them to:
QXercise their ingenuity, tit develdp-
ing • substitute material.S. ' . • ' ' • -a
'An Arsenal -Developed - • •
During the past two years,- our
effortas have been_dfrected to in-
creasing our productionand our
productive facilities.'' As 'a .c'onse-
,quence. we .have.created •an arsenal
the extent of whichis as, yet•hard-
ly recognised in Canada, •but which
none the less completely over-
shadows . both in magnitude and •
in the rapidity of,kits. development'
anything' undertaken heretofore by '
Canadians: ;
The' :great industrial • Machine
which • we •have. • created 'Is. now
gathering ntdmentunt: Its increas-:
s.ing demands for; men and materials
wt1L mean increasing sacrifice'§ t y"
Canadians.
Mindful of -all those' who now
. assist'us, mindful o ymiIliens w'h'ose
only hope : tri life. lies solely in our
arms, and above all. mindfur of the
high• courage of our sons who,
without •thougat_,of_ self,.struggle_„s
• to eliminate human•, enslavement, •
we ';shall, persevere unto the -end.
9
C. N.R. Doles Well
Despite Low Rates--
- .4a:Onol,�it4+u ionededly :
Gratifying White War Work
• Adds to' Burden
Pesident of
R. C. Vaughan,
the Canadian National Railways,
told the Vancouver Board .of
Trade that Canadian railways are '
playing a vital part' 'in the war
effort • and that .the. Dotninion's',
two great rail systems provide •'P
. the_ lowest per. mile freight rate
put abase cacti mens o l?Qn .
ing -stamps denomination's 'of 25
cents; •fourth,, ,through various
campaigns encouraging Canadians •
to economize; fifth, through the
introduction of .heavy taxati n . en.
incomes, on non-essential goods,
and on general civilian trade; ,and.
sixth through rigid •• regulations,
permitting .only the import of es-
sentials- in :order. to: conserve .our
funds for the purchase of war ma-
terial: abroad. . •
In addition to such steps, the
channels into •which goods flow. is
'directed by .means of-tWo Govern-
ment bodies: my own department,
the Department of Munitions and
- Supply, and the Wartime. Prices
and Trade Board;
Controls Established- �..
' "Although. Canada is one of the
largest exporters of .uonfe'rrous
metals in th e world, extensive and•
drastic measures have ,been- taken
to restrict the .nnnwar use, or al;
uminlim, nicks, zine, magnesium,.
tins copper, and brass. All non-
ferrous metals and cnni•ror i metal
alloys,- together • with - inriuitiiii
mineral's, cannot he exported, from
'the Dominion'.axeept under permits
approved 'hy bur Metals Control --
ler.. Moreover, we are • isauing no •
export license for metals. intended
to replace exports. which the tl.n-
ited.,..States .bis curtailed-tfi;:.aii•eet
its own defense needs. This, I sup-
pose, is but another ,eay'of Say-
ing
aying that. ;n 'this struggle Caned•
tans are fully aware of their debt
to the United States, and that we -
--.are -fully determined to --play -the -
• game with our good neighbor.
We have a Controller -of Sup•
plies, who is Charged 'with provid-
ing us with a variety of raw ma.
• terials such as silk and ' rubber.
No silk suitable for !war purposes.
is being released "on 'civilian con- •
suntption. Economics in the con-
sufnption of rubber have'•to. date,
largely been effected by the, cur•
-
is less than half that enjoyed by
railroads in Australia, New Zea
land, : South Africa and England," •
he said. ' 4
The ' Canadian National presi-
dent,
. said the outbreak of 'war
threa sudden burden on the
railways in • heavy transport of
war materials and • troops, , but
they were prepared 'to handle it.
Freight traffic increased he said, ,
until in the •month • of -September
this year "It surpassed by 60. per
cent. the movement in the peak
year of the last war," but it had •
been 'lafidled safely and, expedi-
tiously. .
. "Quite apart from their nor-
mal functions,. lbconiotive and car
ehops..are, assisting directly , in the
war effort' by undertaking ` the
manufacture of numerous items
required by the various combat
services;" he. said. . "One shop,
St. Malo at. Quebec, has been
taken over by 'the Dominion ar-
senal for the manufacture ' 'of
munitions A new shop at Mon-
treal covering 5260,000 .Square
'feet is being operated by the Na-
tional • Railways Munitions . LiMs
ited on special war: contracts.":
In addition, he said, Canadian
National Railways is also build:
ing minesweepers .and cargo'ves-
.ssel silta.:,ilt.as tsaLs'P. nissaesailase « •wax s rs
B.C.
Canadian National Steamships,
in ' addition to its own boats, "is
operating Danish, French, Fin-'
• nish, German and Italian vessels
seized III, the Canadian govern-.
ment," the railway president said.
Turning 'to the financial status
of the Canadian National System,
the railway president said he 'felt
, confident in a prediction t'h'at net
earnings on operations . of the.
railway would reach $36,000,000
this year. This, hey said, woluld he
sufficient to pay fixed charges
,and taxes.
REG'LAR LLERS— Ha�Ha!
•
IF YOU WALK, UNDER A LADDER-:\
THAT'S BAD LUCK: IF A BLACK
CAT RUNS IN FRONT OF YOU-.
THAT1S GOOD LUCK. DO YOU
BLEEVE IN SIGNS, POP ?
I SHOULD SAY NOT! THEY'RE
SILLY AND STUPiD INSTEAD
OF . TAKING THEM 'SERIOUSLY
t JUST LAUGH' AT THEM!
7 THAT'S ALL 1 WANTED T
KNOW' ! JUST SIGN THIS RIGHT
HERE AN' WEILL BOTH HAVE
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