The Huron Expositor, 1941-11-21, Page 34
NOVEMBER 21, •1941
Canada At War
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being made in Canada in. ever in-
creasing numbers in factories in both
the- East and West. The inspection
departments of some of these factor-
ies remind one of huge woodyards.
Hundreds of awnsands of these shells
are produced „daily. Tall thin ones
to feed the ani;Y=raircraft 'guns, short
stubby fat ones for field guns, pon-
derous looking -shells for •the guns of
the Britt* Navy.
Most of the plants ,had to swing
over from domestic production 'of one
kind or another. In some cases the
existing machinery and tools were
adaptable to the making of shells. In
many cases, however, extensions had
to be built and new machine tool's in-
stalled before production could com-
mence. Now' Uhe Canadian shell in-
dustry is getting into its full stride.
When we cgnsid•er that a certain
type of anti-aircraft gun now being
made in this country can fire shells
at the rate of 160 per minute, we be-
gin to realize the tremendous num-
ber of shells necessary to feed all of
the •guns used by our army, air -force
and navy.
A lot_ of work goes into the mak-
ing of a shell. Exacting work it is,
for every shell has to be perfect. Out
of every lot of 500 shells produced,
four are sent to the proving grounds.
The record of one factory, which is
typical of practically •all those pro-
ducing shells, is that there have been
•no rejects from the proving grounds.
Every shell" is checked by Govern-
ment inspectors for inaccuracies of
any sort, and this factory, has a re-
cord for the past year of less than
.01 per cent. rejected by these inspec-
tors.
Shell manufacture usually follows
what is called straight line •produc-'
tion. In other words, the rough forg-
ing
oreing starts at one end of the produc-
tion line, and at the other end, after
a series of processes, emerges a fin-
ished product.
The rough forging of a shell to be
`used in a 25 -pound field gun, weighs
29 •to 30 pounds mean weight. After
passing through the various opera-
tions necessary to turn the forging
into a finished shell ease, the weight
,Inas been reduced to 20 pounds, 10
ounces, 5 grams.
Enthusiasm
Enthusiasm: The sense • of this
word among • the Greeks affords the
noblest definition of it, namely, "God
in us."—Mme. de Steel.
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EELS
Canadian eels make tasty dishes—
broiled eels for instance—but the ash
come a long way to get themselves
caught. They're taken in fresh wa-
ter streams, 20,000 hundredweights or
so a year, but to get there they have
to come fromr breeding grounds far
out in salt water -•indeed, there is
scientific authority for saying that the
breeding grounds are down in that
mysterious weed -strewn Atlantic wa-
ter, the Sargasso Sea, south otaBer-
:nuda. Even the eels in the many
European areas where these fish are
found are said by scie -tists to be
Sargasso -born.
Whatever their actual place of
hatching, eel larvae are carried by
sea drift to the Canadian coast where
grown to elvers or baby fish a couple
of inches long, they enter the rivers
and streams. There they feed and
grow until instinct turns them, as ma-
ture fish, back toward the salt water
breeding grounds, and dt is then, as
the downstream migrations are in
progress,- that the fishermen make
;their catches. Incidentally, the eels
which do escape the fishermen and
get back to the breeding,grounds nev-
er return to Canada, or do any more
travelling anywhere, for eels are
among the species of fish which die
after spawning. -Much the greater part of the an-
nual Canadian catch is ordinarily tak-
en in the fresh ;water fisheries of
Quebec but the .Maritime Provinces
and Ontario are also producers. Hith-
erto, the fish have been marketed
fresh,- some of them alive, but in re-
cent months eel canning has been un-
dertaken, though not on •aalarge scale,
and fishery scientists have given some
attention to the development of 'a sat-
•:sfactory method of eel smoking, In
the past there has been fairly sub-
stantial export business with the
United States in fresh eels and in
some pre-war years Germany was al-
so a buyer from Quebec.
Broiling is perhaps the method most
commonly used in cooking eels in
Canada but Eel Matelote is'another
dish, a little more elaborate, which is
favoured by some housewives.
Annual Christmas Seal
Campaign Is Under Way
On the' 18th of November, 1941,•
Christmas Seals will enter the homes
of thousands of Canadians, who will
be asked to again suppcflt the Sana
taria" of the Dominion in the valiant.
fight which is being waged against
the dreaded White Plague.
Happily, as the result of the care
end treatment given in the Sanator-
ium;• the increase in bed capacity. and
the preventive measures taken, the
fight is slowly marching towards vic-
tory, but much work -remains to be
done. .
In the seven counties of Western
Ontario, which come under the jails -
,diction of- Queen Alexandra Sanator
lam' of London, the Seals last year
made .possible the free examination
of over 5,000 Western Ontario men,
women and children; and records
.show that many lives were this
changed ,from, ones of sickness and de-
spair to lives of hope and gladness.
Mr. Arthur Ford, the chairman of
the Christmas Seal Committee, in an
interview, said that. the sale of seals
is more important in the nation-wide
movement against tuberculosis in war
time than they are even in peace-
time.
The Dominion Government, early- in
the war, recognized the peril of tub-
erculosis to the defence forces, ana
took steps to have every applicant for
service given an Xiray examination
for' chest and heart conditions. The
government knew that in the first.
Great War, tuberculosis had cost the
nation 200,000,000 and in•tended that
there Would be no repetition of this
costly situation.
What applies to the armed forces
defending Canada applies equally to
the general population. Tuberculosis
must net be allowed to make inroads
uponl t'Ire health of the peopla while
they are under the strain of war. It
rests with citizens in general to pro-
tect themselves as • the government
has protected the soldiers, sailors and
airmen.
Mr. Ford further stated that if we
• are. in this critical period of ' the
world's history, to 'prevent any rise In
"tuberculosis due to overwork• or un-
der-nour-ishmeht, to strain or anxiety,
to casualties or other burdens, conse-
quent upon the war, we must redou-
ble our efforts and we must receive
much greater financial assistance.'
Another reason for the need of.an
increased number of contributions
this year is that our Canadian Asso-
clation is this, year providing free. of
cost to Great Britain, all the sels,
envelopes and stationery required for
the campaign in the Mother Country,
and when it is. known that last year,
the people of Britain, despite the ter-
rible burdens of the dear, raised more
money by the sale of Seals for their
fight against tuberculosis than ever
before, it is felt that the people of
Canada, surely cannot.do-less.
Mr. Ford expressed the gratitude of
Queen Alexandra Sanatorium to the
thousands of contributors, who last
year 'helped in the great work and
yeiced the hope that many who are
-this year receiving seals for the first
'time, would contribute their dollar or
their two dollars 'towards a cause
which is doing so much towards de-
veloping in our Canadian people, . a
strong and virile race: Tuberculosis
must be wiped out.
ChristmasS?1s do th : r share!
Won't you please dw wits ?
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Queen Alexandra Sanatorium needs
the help of ALL in its unending
fight against Tuberculosis.
CHRISTMAS SEAL -COMMITTEE 3112 Wellington SL,London
CANADA'S ANS R
Shells by the thousands are streaming out of munitions plants in
Canada. T.he workman shown in this photo is checking Howitzer
shells preparatory to shipment.
Reveal Dr. Dunlop
As Magazine Writer
' d
Much material Chas appeared from
time to time in The a nee Press about
the exploits of Dr. William (Tiger)
Dunlop, in India and Canada, of his
army life in the former country, his
work in the development of Huron
County and his life in the God•erich
district. But little has been said of
his ability as a writer,
I recently came into possession of
a volume, "The Rebellious Frasers,"
written by Miriam M. H. Thrall,. of
Mount Vernon, N. Y., (Columbia Uni-
versity Press), says T. 0. G., writing
in the London Free Press recently,
dealing with the history of that in-
teresting London magazine which was
established in 1830 by James Fraser
tin famous Fleet Street and continued
until 1882 under the name of "Fres-
en's Magazine for Town and Country."
The Thrall volume is a work that re-
quired great research and. study
which evidently were given, making
the result one of great interest. .
The very fact that Di- Dunlop's
contributions were published in Fras-
er's indicates their quality, for under
such brilliant editorship as Dr. Wm.
Maginn, the chief; William Make -
peace 'ahackeray-, who later became
famous as a novelist; Dr. Thomas
Carlyle• famous historian of the
French Revolution; Father •Prout;
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the poet,
and others. only outstanding writing
found its way into the pages of the
publication.
. Dr. Dunlop, that "compound of a
bear and a gentleman," wrote .of
what he knew from personal experi-
ence; He had served in India as- an
army surgeon and, of that • coun•try he
wrote "Authentic N•ai-rative of Facts
Which Occurred During a March in
India" and "Sketches of Savage•Life."
In 1426 he came to Canada and from
this country sent out statistical sket-
cries giving advice to prospective im-
migrants and descriptions of the coun-
try. They were written in excellent
style.
It was due to another contributor
to Fraser's, John Galt. that Dunlop
came to Canada, and it is probable
that the two had met through mutual
literary friends and that this meet-
ing brought the picturesque and able
"Tiger" to Canada, Dunlop had re-
turned from India, where he became
famous for tiger hunting, earning his
title of "Tiger," and, after serving for
a time as a lecturer in medicine at
Edinburgh University, .moved to Lon -
doe. He founded the club "The Pig.
and Whistle" and there he met many
writers, prqbably including Galt, foun-
der. of --the Canada Company, which
was developing land in Western On-
tario, He, too, was a contributor to
Fraser's. In 1826 he offered Dunlop
a post with the company in Canada
described by I-:ditor Maginn as "War-
den of les Black Forest," and he ac-
cepted. He died in 1848. '
Galt was a writer of considerable
note. He wrote on various subjects
including sociological and political as
well as fiction. Much of his work
was published in Fraser'e.
-''Miss Thrall's research brings icer
to the conclusion that Galt's work
merits more attention than he bas re-
ceived. By the time the magazine
was founded in 1830 he had nearly
written through his early Scottish jna-
teria.l and had turned t,o the field of
the West Indies and Canada. His own
life was singularly abounding — full
of travel, high business; projects and
bravely met disappointments. In his
lifetime he completed 60 volumes and
wrote scores of uncollected articles
and stories for magaziaes. Galt's nov-
els include "The Ayrshire Legatees,"
"The Provost," "The Entail" and "The
Last of the Lairds." Sir Walter Scott
described the elderly Ga t as "a broad
galsie Greenock man, old -growing,
loveable with pity." Miss Thrall de-
elares "his influence wee, felt not on-
ly by Hogg (James Hogg, the Ettrick
Shepherd) but by the talented young
Seotchmlan, Andrew Picken, whose
guileless romances appeared In Fres-
era."
Miss Thrall's study of Fraser's
throws much light on life in England
in the 1630's, of its people. including
the writers and paditicians. About
this time machinery was being intro-
duced and many workers were losing
their positions and were in great
want with no Government provision
to take care of them. Against this
condition the magazine, vigorously
fought for years obtaining much re-
form.
' Never has there been before or
since such a magazine as Fraser'S for
the 10 years it was under the chief
editors of the brilliant, hard -drinking
Maginn, known to all as "The Doc-
tor"—he received his LL.D. and LL.B.
degrees from Dublin University at
the age of 26, the youngest man to,
be so honored. He possessed a mind
of surpassing brilliance, was a great
scholar, pungent writer and an auth-
ority on Shakespeare and Homer. He
died in 1842 at the age of 48 after a
life of ups and downs in which he
was on, occasion's confined in prison
for debt though his earnings were
high. He was careless in regard to
money, giving generously to penari:lees
literary hacks and often going into
debt to relieve a friend. He died
penniless. He was undoubtedly one
of England's greatest rnagazinists.
Around him. he gathered at Fraser's
assistants of great ability and under
his lead the staff sought out abuses
of government 'and vigorously attack-
ed, friend or foe. Unlike practically
every other publication, Fraser's had
not politics so it could hit out with
equal gusto at Liberals or Conserva-
tives. The m:ethod of attack gener-•
ally was the.lampoon in which party
leaders were held up to ridicule. So.
Nei,"airle rolet
Setting a new trend: in adv.*
styling, approved prior to enaetn ent
of the war -time passenger car reetr^ie-
tions, Chevrolet for 1942, announced
by General Motors of Canada, is pres-
ented in two series—the Muster De -
Luxe and Fleetline.
The Master DeLuxe Series offers a
choice of the following models: Sport
Sedan, Town Sedan, Five -Passenger
Coupe and Easiness Coupe, and the
Fleetline Series comprises the Aero -
sedan and Sportmaster Sedan.
A commanding and eye-catching.
feature of the new Fleetline Aero -
sedan is the striking, ultra -modern
rear end design, the smooth, flowing
contours of the -all-steel turret -top and
sides blending into a smart, sweep-
ing streamline.
All the new and distinctive 1942
clever were these writings that they
were difficult to answer, so that those
attacked thought it best to offer no
reply.
* * *
With such students on the staff it
was natural that much attention
would be paid to literature and in
this field no respect was paid to
names. Weaknesses in writing were
pointed out and the authors debunk-
ed. Even Byron, Scott and Lytton
were sharply criticized as only men
.of learning could do. Byron was at-
tacked for his methods of advertising
himself, and for the alleged, ,,same-
ness in his characters. Of Scott it
was charged that .he wrote too much,
carelessly and without regard to his-
torical facts. Lytton was not regard-
ed by-Fraser's as first rate, an opin-
io)2 now generally held. They were
first to recognize the ,great ability. of
Robert Browning: They would write
ridiculous stories and poems exag-
gerating the style of authors that
were indeed smart. .
A notable accomplishment of Fras-
er's was the ending of. the "puff" sys-
tem. In those paid s writers for
laudatory notices in the magazines
and in some instances were known
to have written these themselves.
Editor Maginn campaigned strongly
against this, and it disappeared.
Frasers' was for many years in
vogue in Britain despite its vigor—
maybe because of it.—'T. 0. G.
models, - engineers state, have been
built to assure continuity of Chevro-
let quality and leadership in the low
price geld for years to come. ,
The studied attention to detail,
which is characteristic of the exter-
ior design, is ,also the keynote of the
arresting interiors of 'these cars,
which are acclaimed as the most
beautiful and comfortable ever offer-
ed by Chevrolet. A pleasing, ricli
tone of upholstery is use in both the
Master DeLuxe and Fl etline models,-
while a new color tr tine of the
instrument panels does to high-
light the smartness of the new design.
A new lower, wider, more massive
grille with its heavier bars, gives an
immediate impression of bigness,
while the blunter, deeper hood, front
splash shield, and more widely spac-
ed sealed beam headlights contribute
to that effect.Greater length is in-
dicated at once by the new, elongat-
ed front feeders, which: flow back in-
to the front doors, swinging with the
doats as they are opened. The new
fender design assures. a complete
sweep of smooth surface. An ingen-
ious touch is the new foot scraper at
the front running board step pad, cre-
ated by a triangular •extension of the
new fenders.
Me famous Chevrolet valve -in -head
85 H.P. engine is retained, assuring
the same high performance charac-
teristics so generally acclaimed last
year. This is the same engine ,whic'i
powers the thousands of mechanized
army units built by General Motors,
from the huge gun carriers, capable
of hauling over eight tons of mechan-'
ized equipment to the standard half -
ton pickup tined for utility
ratios and tire sizes are untahanged,
insuring ability;, ,aecoler-
ation and • outstanding 'over -al) ;Lte
forrnance. Fuel economy, }longa
Chevrolet trait, is also thus
rdss?rFe . .
Of particular interest do. the .'broff
range of accessories developed: epie4,
Scally for the ,1912 models, ie a. new
wheel disc, painted white, wbiich era,
ates an effect said to be strikingly
similar to that given by white -side-
wall, tires. ,
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Side by side with the
new Chevrolets,
General Motors of
Canada is producing
thousands of military
vehicles ... hundreds
of thousands of shell
components . and
has contracted to build
machine guns,
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