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The Huron Expositor, 1941-10-03, Page 3, • OCTOUR 1.9.411 Canada At t War (Continued -from Pose 3) bombs providing a screen for the at- tack. At Borden' is located the 5th •Canadi'tn (Armoured) Division under Hadar -General E. W. ,Sansome, D;S.O. who accompanied us on our tour of the camp. For training purposes a monlber of old United States tanks had been obtained and these were greatly in evidence during the after- noon, They have proved most useful in training personneb in driving and maintenance, with .Canada's newly - equipped tank factories speeding up production, ie will not be long before Canadian•m,ade modern tanks will be .avail'alble for this Division. • Camp Petawawa Camp Petawavea wa,s famous in the last, war for turning out some of the best artillerymen and igdneers found in any army. it is fitting that in these days of mechandoal warfare, Peta- wawa should again be the locale for traini;g of Canada's :rtillery and en- gineering corps. The, editors were treated to an astonishing display of gun drill by the young artillerymen, both on the 18 -pounder and the new 25 -pounder, which will soon be the standard equipment. A firing demon- stration by two batteries 'of 'howitzers and 18 -pounders out on the ranges, indicated that the Canadian gunners have lost none of the skill and accur- acy possessed by their forebears. The engineers gave an effeotive show in +'demolishing trees and a cross roads with high explosive, while \ a booby - rap comedy-dema proved a Master- piece. Camp Debert An entire article could be devoted CHNX ---- ,WINGHAM • 920 Kcs. 326 Metres WEEKLY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Friday October 3rd -7.30 a.m., "F1v- erfeeady Time"; 5.15 p.m., Secret Ser- vice Scouts; 7.45, The Lone Ranger; 8.30, Gully -Jumpers. Saturday October 4-8.05 a.m, CK NX Breakfast Club; 11.00, Saturday morning Frolic; 6.15 p,m., Jim Max- well; 8.00 C.K.N.X. Barn Dance. Sunday October 5-11.00 a.m., Church Service; 1.15 .p. -m.. Gene Aut- ry; 7.00, Church Service. (Monday, October 6-8.00 a.m., Jim Maxwell; 9.45 House of Dreams; 7.30 p.m., The Lone Ranger; 8.30, CKNX Rianch Boye. Tuesday, October 7-7.15 a.m., -"Hymn Time"; 11.15, "Cecil and ,Sally" ra.45 p.m., Tarzan :of the Apes; 7.15, Adventures ofChas. Chan. Wednesday, October 8-11.30 a.m., Piano Ramblings; 6.00 p.m.. George Wade's Cormeiskers; 7.15, Goderich on the Air; 8.30, .Clark Johnson. Thursday, Odtdber 9-9.45 a.m., Song Hits of 1940; 12.30 p.m., Jim Maxwell; 7.00, Telephone Tunes; 8.30, Cactus' Mae. Lifts G:ease OFF POTS AND PANS No need to scrapc and Mai in slimy water. A solution' of Caletes Pure Flake Lye just lifts off grease layers ... loosens hard -baked food ... takes the drudgery out of washing up. Keep a tin always handy! Mawr ansselse les us lot sister. The action of the lye Wel heats the water. FRP BOOULfl Tlti}•Giik'ter Lid Booklet to s this panda cleanser dears ot�dash . , . bowq ." aty' the contents of the M •.1bow it pertonni fltor dee eoPi St s "13iiogs Lid-, Fraser . Ave and Liberty Street. Tacna, Olt. �f7�•.'1% Sick l,G i! � 9 rj,f EDITORS INVESTIGATE NEW CANADIAN TANK Members of the Canadian editors party whish recently visited war- time establishmentsin Eastern Canada, are permitted a good look- see at a Canadian factory now rolling tanks off the assembly line. to that other great military camp at Delbert in Nova Scotia. A year ago, a' wilderness, to -day a veritable city with 30 miles of roadways, 422 per- manent and 82 temporary Ib dldings, plus fire station's, banks. telegraph offices and all the other requirements of a great army• It is recorded that authority was granted to construct ,Camp Debert on August 7th, 1940. The first battalion moved in -the latter part of Octoeber and ,by Christmas there were 12,400 men housed in the oamp. The forest ,had been cleared, roads built, water and power systems installed, and buildings erected, an achievement that cons-titutessa miracle of engineering and stands as 'S. tribute to the enterprise and efficiency of the Engineer Services Branch of the Cau- -adian Army. The editors' party, were at Debert for only two or three hours but in that time were -treated to sev- eral remarkable demonstrations. We watched with amazement as Universal carriers crashed through the sturdy saplings of Nova Scotia forests with evident ease; we saw the most,skfll- ful use, of camouflage by troop4 in tactical exercise, so deceiving indeed that it was impossible to detect men in the open only fifty yards distant; and we , witnessed Bren gun; 3 -inch mortar and artillery firing that again testified to the hitting strength of this new army in the making. The Training Plan Brigadier Kenneth • Stuart, D. O., M.C., Vice Chief of the' General Stift.- who recently flew back from Britain after several weeks of conference and study with British and Canadian mili- tary men there, told the. editors that the Army Training Plan was devised to dovetail with British requirements. Moreover Canadian troops now in Bri- tain were organized and equipped, in accord, with British practice. Can-. adian officers were constantly being brought back from Britain for in- structional purposes and to head up new formations. He compared the general scheme of re-inforcement training in Canada with the widely- pulbliciied Commonwealth Air Train- ing Plan and declared that the train- ing centres would provide training capacity for a maximum of nearly 50,000 men at any' one time: This is apart altogether .from the "forma tions" already in existence for over- seas service. The system would ab- sorb about 10,000 recruits per month, of whom perhaps 6,000 would'• be vol- unteers for active service anywhere and the remaining 4,000 would be se- cured under the N,R.M,A. plan of compulsory service for home. defence. From the adv5ced centres were pro- cured theer' in+forcements for over- seas, while others would go to their own units for further training. Brigad- ier. Stuart expressed. himself as well satisfied with the type of recruits being sicured under the system and likewise with the fact that a large percentage of young men brought into the basic training centres under the N.R.A.M. were volunteering for active service anywhere. Basic Training Centre • Canadian editors had a chance to see the plan in operation during the tour. At Brantford Basic Training. Centre they saw recruits in the prel- iminary stages of their training. The lads remain there for some two months arid receive instruction in first aid, rifle and bayonet , squad drill, protection •against gas, anti-air- craft rifle and light machine-gup. fir- ing on the range, fieldacraft and map - reading. There are 28 such centres THAM KSGIVINI3 r• • GOt Prom Noon Friday, Oct. 10 ,until 2.00 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13 RETURN t Leave destination up to midnight, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 1041, Timesshown are standard'. . xt%or fares and farther leiter:nation apply 2 iciret Agents CANADIAN NATIONAL across Canada. The Brantford Centre has about 1,000 recruits at one time. From such centres the recruits go to the Advanced Training Centre for their particular arm or service, such as infantry, artillery,. engineers, arm- ored carps, etc., where they are trained intensively for two months in the use of arms and eehicles peculiar to their service. In the case of infant- ry, for instance, they are instructed in Bren gun, 3 -inch mortar, Tommy gun. grenade, rifle, bayonet and revol- ver, protection against gas, driving of Wheeled and tracked vehicles as well as in tactical exercises. There are 26 of these advanced training centres across Canada. The editors saw *item in action at Camp Borden, Petawawa and Valcartien Army Trade School (Meanwhile another vitally import- ant role in• moulding Canada's new army 'is being carried out at the Army Trades School in Hamilton, where soldier -students learn the trades associated with mechanized equip- ment. An entirely new development of this war, this school is but one phase of the huge trades -training program aimed at providing skilled and semi- skilled tradesmen for the Canadian Army, which is now completely motor- ized and which has armored regi- ments and tank battalions as its strik- ing weapons., For example, all° stud- ents "part the Army Trades Schools first attended one of the 99 Canadian Technical Schools. They were also first trained in the fundamentals of soldiering at a Basic Training Centre. At present there are about 1,300. Students at the Hamilton school with an uiti4nate capacity of 2,000. Their periods of instruction range from three to five months, depending on the character of .their trade..These lads will become artillery artificers, car- penters and joiners; electricians. en- gine artificers, .motor vehicle fitters; iestrunmett and wireless mechanics. These are only a few ofthe 150 types of tradesmen in the modern array. A large staff of instructors is required for the four main_ departments, whieh are: - Automotive, Electrical, Machine' and fitting, and Carpentry. In addition there are facilities for draughting, blacksmiithing, welding. and sheet metal worky- Officers' Training Centre What about Junior Officers (sub- alterns) for the Canadian Army, of which it is estimated that nearly 6,000 will be required in the next year? They will be provided through Of- ficers' Training Centres ,established at Brockville, Ont.. and Victoria, D.C. If the course of training seen by the editors', party ,at Brockville s any criterion, the Army's new officers will be fit in every way to meet any possible emergency. The course is a strenuous one and pre -opulently de- m.ande a high standard Of physical fit- ness. For the first month V the three months' course, the potenl officers undergo training common to all arms, including squad and rifle drill, pro- tection . agaalinst gas, route marches, motorcycle riding and trench- digging. They then receive advanced instruc- tion in their particular arm. Lt. is a strict rule now, a lesson from the last war, that officers mush come up from the ranks. Candidates ,for commis- sions must have served either four months in an Active formaation or for one year with the Reserve unit. They inay be then be recommended to go to Brockville by their Commanding Of- ficer. About 1,200 men are now :n training at Brockville, with one-third of that number being graduated each month. Study the Keynote • Suoh .is the gigantic training scheme for Canada's new army, now in full operation across the far-flung Domin ion. W'e have deserilbed only what we found in Eastern Canada. Its counter- part will be Hound in the West as well. There is no gainsaying the fact that the compldoated arms and Mach- ines- or modern war require elose-ap- ly deletion an& concentrated : study. The old days of constant squad and rifle drill and routeellarches are goiie. During our whole tour we saw only one band. There is little time for music in this war. It is study. study, study day and night. Canada's army is being whipped into ehape by. long, hardhours of grinding on the part of • SPRY FI H�aliith Surprisingly Good Aches and rains are not inevitable in old age. When they do come, there is always a cause for them. Here is a little lesson on growing old, by a woman of 78:-* "For the last fiveears I have taken Kr ischeni Salts and I tell you ,truthfully I don't know what I would do without them. I am 78 years old - I have hardly a pain in my body, and "I feel years younger than my actual age.. I give the credit to Kruschen Salts. No one will believe I am 78." —Mrs.) C. M. Many people. from cuddle life and on, suffer, because they neglect one vital need of health—the need for biternal cleanliness. Eventually they start the Kruschen habit. Then, probably for the'first time in they start getting rid every flay of the waste matter from the system. They begin to feel energetic and Haat htippy- n a web=Feelinthey've got instructors and purpils. Naturally it tends to +becomemon- otonous and geoueing is inevitable, but in the sourse of many talks with bath officers and naen, we heard few serious` compinlintsfother than the ex- presslion of a general desire to be on the way overseas. Month after month at Borden, Petawawia and Delbert tend. to become tiresome, to put it mildly. Lt was same at Valear'tier where the French-Canadions were chafing at _n - action and anxious to be on their way. They realize, however, that their hour will "come and when it does, they will be thoroughly ''trained and supremely prepared to strike,and strike hard. As Canada's army training plan swings into high gear,, we may look forward confidently to possessing a powerful machine . that will gloriously uphold the traditions of 1914-18. (Next week's article will deal with "The Munitions Industry." - Watch Your RadioRepairMan When you take your radio to a re- pair man in Montedeal you have a fifty fifty chance of a square deal, ac- cording to survey conducted by The Standard, and reported-in'that paper by Wilder Penfield, Jr. Our test was very simple he says? So simple in fact, that it is a wonder so soon after the other article,. that we got any bites at all. Anyway its seems that greed got better of caut- ion, for ,when the service men look- ed into the radio and saw a wire con- nection removed from one of the tub- es, half of them could not resist the tempetation to replace the wire and prove to me that something was bad- ly awry in the innards of this two- week -old radio.. Nothing •was wrong. I had the set checked, before starting out on the survey, by a thoroughly reliable radio- trician who, replaced the only faulty part, a filter condenser. "Just a Mistake" The two first men to. whom I took the radio spotted the., trouble immed- iately I told all of them that a.- new tulbe had been installed recently and that it had- run perfectly for a while), but the third, atter a few minutes' in- vestigation in the back room announ- ced that I needed a new filter conden- ser.'This was indeed interestingi I ask him how he could tell. He took me into the back room and showed. me that by touching the metal handle on top -of the set he produced a hum. He looked a trifle disconcerted when I peered into the set, and with reason, I found that he had connect- ed one of the tubes to a bolt holding the handle on, producing a hued when the handle was touched that sounded like a bona fide ailment. I pointed this out to him, and mast- er of the -situation, he explained that he had connected it up that way in order to demonstrate the symptoms of the trouble. When I produced the bill which I had just received for a new filter condenser, he said that he'co-uld have made a mistake; he Would check it again. He did and reported that the radio was now running in perfect condition since he had tight- ened up a few connections, which had probably been causing the trouble, Appearances False This man had the most honest and straight forward manner of any to whom I took the radio, which goes to show that you should not judge a radio service man by his appearance or manner. This was furthy borne out by the fact that in the' repair place, the lad who took my set in hand was a shifty, and thoroughly untrustworthy looking person. However he fixed it. in a couple- of minutes and charged nothing for his trouble and stated that he thought I should give a piece of my mind to the man who had repaired it before. This was however wasted for the other men who tried to gyp me. Most of these wanted to replace a tube or two, and I had to keep the ENDABiE .. . PURE a n d < r. WHOLESOME ,AGIE BAKING POWDER . MAGIC divas ftght, tender texture gvitit 001 u*. (c0-4 4314 +41 Plagglxy. 1 anile. F B,yan, G. F ildebr+avde, Anderson; -8 nrn. 4 sec. • iS$,Jiot Put, H, Scott, F: Ryan,` M. jV c.• Millan, -•-•2b ft, 2 Welles. High Jump, H. Scott;. P. Ryan, M. MelMillan,-,-4 ft. 4 inches, Pole Vault, H. Hieknell, S. Finnigan, F; Ryan, -5 ft, 1 inch. Running Broad Julia, F. Ibyian, H. Scott, J. Anderson, --,-15 ft.5 inches. ' Hop Step and Jump, F. Ryan, H. Scott, G. Hildebrande,--40 ill. 8 inches. IntermediateChampion—F: ltylaii, 38 paint's. Runner up, H. Scott, 22. IS'enior--100 yards, N. McMillan,' K. Dale, L. I34ckne1l,-12; 1/5 red" 220 sec:- 220 yards, N. MciMillan, K. Dale, L. Hicknell,-38.1/5 sec. 440 yards, . N. McMillan, K. Dale, L. HiCknell,-1 min. 12 sec. 880 yards, K. Dale, N. McMillan, 11. Doig,—3 min. 14 sec. Shot Put, N. McMillan, L. Hieknell, K, Dale, -33 ft. !High Jump, N. McMilan L. Hick- nell, K. Dale, -4 ft. 6 inches.. Pole Vault, N. McMillan, L. Hick- nell, H. Doig, -5 ft. 5 inches. Running Broad Jump, N. MdMillan, K. Dale, L. Bticknel1,-115 ft. 11 inches. Hop Step and Jump, N. McMillan, L. Hicknell, l$. Dale, -32 ft. 2 inches. Senior Charepion—N. MclMilllan, 44 points; Runner up, K. Dale, 19. Winner of Barber Cup,_N. McMil- lan. • • Winner of Ballantyne ' Cup—A. Ryan. Girls' Events Novelty Wheelbarrow Race, Betty Dale and Dorothy .,Huisser, Joyce Carter and Pauline Matthews. Marjorie McKen- zie and Lois Finnigan. Bicycle Race, Marjorie ' Golding, June Shaw, Betty Dale. Book Race, Harriet Russell,- Mar- guerite Westcott, Marjorie McKen- zie. "Three-legged Race, Betty Dale and Dorothy Huisser, Joyce Carter ' and Pauline M ttbews, Wilma Hay and Harriet Russel. Senior Events 75 -yard. dash, Kathleen Holmes, Margaret O'Reilly, Isobel McKellar - 11 seconds. Running Broad Jump. Kathleen Holmes, Hazel Anderson, Isobel Mc- Kellar -11 ft. 9 inches. Standing Broad Jump, Kathleen Holmes, Isobel McKellar, Betty Mat- thews --6 ft..•61/2 inches. 50 -yard dash, Kathleen Holmes, Margaret O'Reilly, Isobel McKellar - 7 2/5 seconds. High Jump, Betty Matthews and Kathleen. Holmes tied, Isobel McKel- lar -3 ft. 11 inches. Basketball Throw, Isobel McKellar, Betty Matthews. Lois McGavin-58 ft.' 1 inch, ' Target Throw, Leis Wright, Dorothy Forrester, Isolbel McKellar. Baseball Throw, Teresa Eckert, Is - old eye . right on them to spot any sleight of hand supposed to represent the replacement of the new, part. One elderly man removed all my tubes and after getting them thoroughly mixed up with the debrie on the bench, tested them, and found that one of them was out of order: Obviously this tribe was not from my set, having quite apparently seen a great deal more use than the others. - He had, of course, intentionally mixed the good tubes with the " other old parts on the bench to be able to pick up a bad one with the good ones. I went over to the desk and picked up the good tube and ask him to try rt. He did and said it must be one of his. I, said 1 had seen him remove it from my radio. "Alignment" Since he stuck to his story, I put - my cards on the table and told him that I had removed the wire from the tulbe and that was the only reason for the radio's bad reception. He said that was all very well, but that in this radio the tube I had cut out was just a dummy. (I hate to see a man cut his own throat). I asked: aim to prove it which he couldn't of course, and finally got him to admit that he had been trying to gyp me. He told me that he had a sick wife and baby at home and t,bat be was so desperate .that he had lost his, pers- pective on life. .(I learned afterwards at the drugstore next door that the only reason why he might have'lo,at his perspective was that he could not leave the bottle, alone. He wasn't ev- en- ,married). When he saw that I wasn't taking in any of his story he did not apo'.o- gize; he didn't even look scared. I had the feeling that lie might put a knife in my back to keep me from talking, without any more expression on his face. I removed myself quick- ly from the premises, wellschooled self control alone preventing me from running. Another man w o tried to replace a tube finally admitted that he was afraid of getting the sack from his boss, a hardware store owner, if he didn't extract a little money from each elastomer that came inj He was so pitifully in earnest that I agreed to go by the (beak door in order not to have the boss see a customer what had paid nothing leave. l Having the set "lined up" cost me fifty Cents at another plane. The re- pair man, in business for himself, ad- mitted that there was a wire loose on one elf the tubes but that it was mak- ing contract and that the radio •really needed alignment. 1'got_this story' at ee'venal places, but, having the bill for the first one, even if it had been trumijred up, obviated my having to pay up. r. obel McKellar, Kathleen Holmes-- 117 ft. 10 inches. , (Senior Chlaampion--KatbiLeen Hopes' 24 pains; • Runnerup—Isobel McKel- lar, 13 paints. ' Intermediate Events ` 75 -yard Dash, Beth Campbell, .'Pat Becheley, Pauline Matthews -7 2/5 seconds. Heigh Jump, Beth Campbell, Pauline Matthews. Dorothy Huisser-3 ft. 10". +50 -yard Dash, peth Cempbell, Pat Becheley, Margaret Quinlan -7 sec. ands. ISoftiball Throw, Janie Moffat, Mar- jorie Gelding, Margaret Quinlan - 137 ft. 6". Target Throw, Beth Campbell, Joyce Carter, Janie (Moffat. • Running Broad, Joyce Carter, Lois Finnigan, Dorothy Hiuisser-11 ft 6". Standing Broad. Beth Camplbell, Marion Mason and Jean Wright tied— 6 ft. 9". Basketball Throw, Janie Moffat, Beth Caanplbell, Marion Mason -67 ft. 10 inches. ' Relay Race, Senior and Intermed- iate Relay, Pauline Matthews, and Kathleen Holmes, Jean Wright and Betty Matthews, Lois Finnigan and Pati Becheley. Intermediate Champion. — Beth Campbell 25 Ipoimts. Runner-up Jan- ie ,Moffat 11 points. Junior Events 75 -yard' Dash, Betty Dale, Maxine Dennison, Therese O'Neill -111/4 see. Basketball Throw, Betty Dale Mar- ion Greene, Donna Baynes -51 ft. 6". Target Throw, Doris Ferguson, Mar- jorie McKenzie, Katherine Lauden- bach: 50 -yard Dash, Betty Dale, Maxine Dennison, Therese O'Neill -8 seconds. Running Broad, Betty Dale, Veron- ica Maloney, Adrienne Bannon -11 ft. 514" ,Standing Broad, Betty Dale Maxine Dennison, Veronica Maloney -6 ft. 7". High Jump, Lenona. Habkirk, Betty Dale, Eleanor Weaver -3 ft. ,9". Softball throw, Betty Dale, Kath- leen Sillery, "Marjorie McKenzie - 108 ft. 2' IR elay Race,. leen Sillery, , axi a June . -Shaw, - Befty Dale ani Habk rk. Eleanor Weaver jorie O'Neill. - Junior Chamurpion.-.I3ettyl Dale points. Runner• ape-iMaxiiie Deuui:s on 9 points', Resistance . As it is said that ferocious aniM' are disarmed by the 'eye of man, OI,t' will dare no violence if he .steedilyf looks at them, so it is when 'right, looks upon wrong. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you; offer tame a bold front, and he runs' away. He goes, it may be, uttering threats or rage, but yet he goes. So it is .' that• all the great efficient men of the world are made. H. Bushnell.- ' Life - it is not the things that happen to you which leave permanent mark on your character or bring about sig nificant changes in the direction `of your life; it is the way you feet about the things - that happen to you. ' If you can understand and manage year feelings you can become a genius is the art of living. Right Action We forgot that right action is for the most part determined by a pro- portion between Eternal Principales and the changing condition's- of- a conk ilex life. We cannot appeal to the past to relieve us from the responsib- ility of unwearied study of the moral history, afia of the present state and of the possibilities of ourselves and of our followmen--Westeott. Men of 30, 45, 540 PEP. WE, VIGOR. flukternms111. Want normal pep. �. =To Ostrex Tonic Twos. tonics, stimulants. • oyster dements -I aids to normal pep r t'ter.aq 40 or 60. Get a special introductory .t a for„oaly 35e. 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In these days o) war the thoughtless selfish spender is a traitor to our war effort. d reduction in °personal spending is naw a tad yteeeasity to re- lieve the pressure for goods, to enable more and more labour and materials to be diverted to winning the suer. Tile al otat ef'q i, which Canada must make, dornaaadt thole self-denial 4 each bf talcs , itirmi sou USSre d