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STOP RE Modern World Is Balanced d On Steel In peace or war, steel is King. * Civilization has gone forward with the use of tools and machines. Steel is not the only metal that is of utmost importance, but other metals probably could not be niin- ed, manufactured, or used without #ts coming into action one way or another, says a writer in the Christian Science Monitor. Steel is everywhere and is used - by everyone,. How would we get to work tomorrow morning without steel? What office building would be operating without. it? Would there be an office building? Where would you have your lunch and who could prepare it without steel? If we could get home without an automobile, train, trolley car, or bus, how much of a home would there be to live in? What about the stove? The refrigerator? The bathroom? 'The heater? The water 'pipes? The lawn mower? "The snow shovel? And how" could you use the telephone to shout for help, and how could help get to you? "Sort of a hopeless feeling, isn't it? . » . But there is steel. - And if iron ore runs short there will be other methods of getting it. Already there is a $77,000,000 project under development for producing high- 'grade iron concentrate from tacon- ite. This isa rock formation with low iron content abounding in Min- nesota." The extraction of tacon- ite virtualy amounts to quarrying, containing 25 to 42 per cent iron. According to some geologists, un-, der the Mesabi range are some 60,- 000,000,000 tons of taconite. =. . The average small house contains about 4,000 pounds of steel, and if iron was counted it would amount to about 8,000 pounds. A steel home is something to marvel at. Ceilings are smooth and 'walis cad't crack or settle, exteri- ors require little attention for 30 years, It is about 15 times stronger than wood. Would you like to move a wall? Make a room smaller or larger? Then gag out the monkey wrench, ~The house is also incombustible. This means lower insurance rates. Rats are out, nothing to gnaw. And there is no room for termites, which the Department of Agricul- fure cstimates do $45,000,000 worth of - damage every ycar to wooden structures, Steel can be printed to look like wood, it can be treated to look like plaster, and. wooden vencers can be applied. There are numerous pleas- ing patterns for house exteriors as --weil as for interior surfaces. * * * Not counting the pots, kettles, and tools that we use, the average individual spends at least a third of his life on steel wire in the form of mattresses, springs, stuffed fur- niture, and the automobile' and train. And don't forget the bird cages, bobby pins, paper clips, knit- ting ncedles, and coat hangers. This listing could go on and on, but just for the record it is esti mated that there are 150,000 + uses for steel wire, t Have pou read about the colonial days when hours and days were spent making a few nails by hand, =wrsti--nd old buildings would be burned to salvage. the pfecious nails? Well, today a single machine can make 600 nails a minute. The master of cspinning, Mr, Spider, has been thwarted by the genius of man,. who can now draw a wire until it is five times £ner than a 'hair from a person's head. : * * L vy eid your supper come out of a can last night? Well, .if it did, the can 'was probably one of 20,000, 000,000 made last year and "it cost TARA Sa a ! EW a Pad AF ( Leaps At The Idea--Ilclen Hatfield, aquamaid, attractively demonstrates a feature of 1948 that a lot of gals are thinking about--it's Leap Year! Tractor Drivers Face Many Perils In Frozen North Under the flickering northern lights, the caravan of the snows moves steadily forward on its path across the frozen lakes twisting along forest trails. The gleaming headlights of a red or yellow tractor search out the way around the bends of the portage roads, seeming somcthing more than mere machines, Lyn Har- rington writes _ in. The Chrisian Science Monitor. Behind them in serried ranks come the sleighs, their runners squeaking over the frosty snow, or slipping along noiselessly over: "sugar-snow." A series of tractors, each pulling it' own group of sleighs, lurches and pitches through the night and all the long day. Théy carry tons-of pro visions, oil, kerosene; plaid wind- bieakers, and dressed lumber into the distant posts of the Hudson's Bay Company, to the northern missions, to free-traders and to the Depart: ment of Indian Affairs. Leave Barrels Throughout the north of Canada tractors have taken over the freizht- ing job, formerly done by horsc- power. In those days freight swings carried as much food for the horses as pay load. Today they carry fucl oil, leaving caches of steel barrels here and there along the route. The massive tractors transport infinitely more than horses could. And though the 'costs of such transportation are high, they are still considerably less 'than freighting by air. " Tractor trains are one of the most important features of the pioneer life still 'being led in many parts of the country. Many. tractor swings launch out into the "wilderness, breaking their own trailss they go. Steadily tanded on steel mats; about two cents. The Second Great War spelled the meaning of 'steel as it has never been spelled before. Uncle Sam got on the job and, when the chips were down, produced twice as much as the three Axis powers combiried, "This steel not only went into guns, but barracks, bridges, landing fields, docks, trucks, ships, 'bombs--the list is endless. BAC * . "If 'you want to know where au- tomobiles went. during the struggle, look at the Missouri or battleships of its kind. To build a ship of this to make approximately 71,000 cars. "All over the world, warplanes steel huts sities in. the jungles, deserts, mountains. The greatest need ng 'the war 'was for steel plate G fa. went into a two-ocean navy, id tanks, locomotives, and vari ous types of machinery. he steel industry is constantly of fhe job with research, Railroads 8 &vér demanding improved stain- el streamliners ~-- and with us airsprings' for wat 'King of the metals, Tt over 90 per cent of: of al petals' com : calfs for 'as many tons of steel - ingots and castings as are required ; resist Jagatination, = they plow their way out across the fields of ice and snow and slush which are the numerous lakes of the north. They may carry In food and goods, or may travel in light, return- ing with loads of mining concen: trates, furs, pulpwood or frozen fish for the markets of the world. December to April The scason is brief, usually from mid-December until breakup in April, when the lakes are unsafe for travel- ing. But during that time of severe weather the life is perilous-and hard. At any moment the ice may give way without warning, and the tractor drop straight down through the sur- face, hauling the sleighs after it. The northern lakes are not to be trifled with. Perhaps the most Then ts job is that of the driver of the snowplow. He must be able to recognize danger" a threadlike crack in the. signals, snow which means an opening in the ice five feet below. He must recog- nize an air hole long before he ap- proaches it, and give it a wide berth, not only for himself but for his com- panions who come later. He must keep his directions firmly in mind, so that in a blizzard he 'does not find himself driving toward the open mouth of a river where the ice is thin, Lakes Best Roads The lakes provide the best roads in the north country, since they are 'flat. At the right season of the year they are strongly enough frozen to bear tremendous weights of machines and heavily laden sleighs Large lakes are by all odds the safest. There the strong wind blows the snow away and .the ice forms thick. - Muskeg lakes are most dangerous for the" brackish water does not freeze pro- perly, but makes slush ice. Often a road has to be cut around some of these lakes. And sometimes the lakes must be risked, since a road can be even more risky. Roads can- not be made over rocky country or over muskeg, for the muskeg road which rises and falls with the passing weight of a tractor can swallow that tractor with almost as little. warning us the ice itself. " Tractor freighting has little fun attached to it. It is a life of eight hours' driving, then eight hours of Day and wight the tractors rumble on their broad treads through un- fcttled wilderness. From the begin- ning of the season until spring break- up silences them, the machines are never shut off. The beat of their powerful engines throbs throngh the air, a new song of the north." OUT OUR WAY By J. R. Williams | NO; 1 AIN'T BOTHERIN' . { HIM WITH PRACTICIN' . COWBOY ROPIN' AGIN-- I'M MAKIN' DOUGHNUTS | . AN' THEY STRETCH BE= FORE T KIN GIT TO TH STOVE AN' HE GOT HISSELE SADGHT IN ONE OF ~ breaking A Perfect Alibi By ANN HARRIS "TUT, last night at midnight I was sergeant," Gilson insisted, home in bed. * He--" pointing to a pompous individual sitting near," "he aidn't see me at that hour, He couldn' f, unless he was up in my room. The other sneered, "Yeah," he said, "you were "home in bed, Your ghost, I suppose, was walking about at mid- night." The sergeant raised his hand for silence. He had known Frank Gil- son, who he was questioning with regard to a burglary of the niglit be- fore, as a quict family man, eiiiploy- ed as a mill accountant for a number of years, and always honest and trust: worthy. He was loath to believe that 'Gilson had now turned to burglary, into a hardware cracking the safe and robbing it of $2,000. The mills, however, had been closed for ncarly six month, and Gilson may have been driven to theft through need. He had a family to provide for. Although Howard Crossley, the pompous onc who claimed to have seen Gilson fleeing from the vicinity of the store at midnight, was a new- comer to the town, yet he was re spected by all who know him. The sergeant knitted 'his brows. It "was a case of mistaken identity he © felt sure. 'Maybe," Gilson spoke up, "May- be he robbed the safe himself." "What!" Crossley shouted. "How dare you intimate that 1 would do such a thing?" "Why did you say that?" the ser- geant asked Gilson. "Well," Gilson replied slowly, "one day last week I saw him ex- amining the back windows of the store. He noticed, watching him, That is why he is now accusing me. It was through "the back windows you say the bur- glars got in.' Crossley sprang to his feet. "You lie," he cried hoarsley, "you never saw me near the windows." HE sergeant told him to be quict. Crossley apologized. "Now the man you saw near the store," the sergeant asked Crossley, "you arc sure was. Gilson? Perhaps you made a mistake." "I made no mistakes," replied His, "It was he." Crossley 'Deanna Sings In Seven Languages Although she dosen't speak any foreign language, Deanna Durbin has sung in seven languages while making multi-lingual versions of her pictures during her ten-year screen career. In her recéht film, "I'll Be Yours," in which she re- turns to singing parts, Deanna had to sing in English, Spanish and German. Her method of learning a foreign language song is to have the lyrics spelled out phonetically. Then, with the aid of music, she learns the correct pronunciations very quickly. "But," she says, "if it weren't for the English version. I shouldn't have the faintest idea what 'I was singing about." Listed in the order of difficulty she exeperienced in learning them, the languages in which she has sung to date are Chinese, Russian, German, French, Latin, Italian and Spanish. "English--is- not a good singing language because it has so many hard sounds." Deanna de- clares. I always have trouble learn- store, - too, -that I was "Tell us again just how you came to be there at the time, and saw Gil- son coming away." "As 1 said before," he began, "I had been at my office all evening. It was nearly midnight when I left, I walked down Main street, intending to go to the restaurant. 3 "At the corner of Main and Pine streets, where the store is, 1 turned into Pine, The restaurant where I usually lunch at the other 'end. When about in the middle of the block I noticed a man slinking close to the building, occasionally looking back- wards over his shoulder. When he caught sight of me he jerked his arm up and pulled his hat down over the side of his face, the side closest to me -- the right side. I had already recognized him, though. It was Gil- son." "What did you do after that?" the sergeant asked. Crossley continued, "From the man's action I suspected that some: thing was wrong and started to hunt for the constable." "You positively identify Gilson as the person you saw?" "I do. I saw his face clearly be- fore he pulled his hat down." All the while Crossley was speak- ing, Gilson as listening atientively. "You say," he asked finally, "that I pulled my hat down over my face and ran back? How could 1 see where to run with my face covered?" #I 'didn't say you covered your whole face," Crossley snapped. "I said the right side. Your left eye was open and 1 guess you could see with that." ? "What are you Jaughting at, Gil: son?" the sergeant broke in. "Un- less you can prove where you were last night, it may go hard with you.' Gilson made no réply but took off his spectacles and wiped them care- fully, 'Suddenly he pulled. his left, eye out of its socket and' handed it to the sergenat. The eye was glass. "He was slinking close to the bullding." ! Drivers Warned Fall and Winter "Danger" Periods Of the 688 persons traffic accidents in Ontagio in 1946, more than one-third lost their lives in the" last three months of the year, according to a survey made by the Ontario Department of Highways. rban - accidents in | Ontario upward din autumn Mind: rise til after the year-end. The last quarter of the year is the worst period for traffic accidents in the cities 2nd towns. Motorists and pedestrians are urged to use every precaution to' meet the extra traf- fic hazards imposed by the fall and winter months. Though there is les; travel in the last quarter of the year than in the summer months, this condition is offset by bad weather and poor visi- bility, Darkness comes sooner and the rush hour finds thousands of employees homeward bound in the twilight, Slippery streets caused by frost, ice, rain or fog are addi- tional 'hazards, and the first freeze-up in Ontario each year al- ways results in a sharp increase © in accid nts. Training of homing pigeons starts when they are about four weeks old, General Statement, 29th November, 1947 | ing to sing "English lyrics cor- rectly." ; w Not a Marked Copy The newlyweds were giving their first turkey dinner. Since her husband was a novice at carving Mrs. Newlywed insisted on his learning to carve from ler new cook book, lest he display his ig- norance before the guests. The turkey was later placed be- fore the inexperienced host, who © was plainly at a loss to know how "to begin. "Go on, dear, catve It. You know exactly how to do it," whispered the loyal young wife. "Of course I do, but I can't find any of the dotted lines," came back "the troubled answer. te BENG. DOBSON, ASSETS Notes of and deposits with Bauk of Candda. coesuns merase v3 162,276,927,93 Other cash and bank balances. -............... ene nens Notes of and cheques on other banks. .......ccovevennnen Government and other public securities.................. 'Other bonds, debentures and stocks. ..........coeeeeenens Call and short loans fully secured............ccov0veenn.. Commercial loans in Canada. .....ceevieeenerecreanenns Loans to provincial governments. ...............c.0v. is Loans to cities, towns, municipalities and school districts. . . Commercial loans--foreign. ............coevininnennn. BANK DIOIAIE0R. ov vi ess hh avtmelnne bas avs omntnnnsenn Lisbilifieg of customers under acceptances and leiters of OBL aBBOAB. . oo iive sei ii tisei nies dai vdikvisssvnnse vb Total Assets. ........... $2,093,641,218.61 "LIABILITIES : Notes in circulation. ..................cooiiiiieien ll $ Dominion and provincial government deposits. ...e.e.v... Other deposits................. a iE ie he veer ine Acceptances and letters of credit outstanding. ............ Other Liabilities. ............ooiiiiiiiiiiiiini, 4 ES rE ON RR A Xnpaid AVIAonds: «. vo vvvaiisvirsvinaiiuni canes nies én Balance of Profit and Loss_ Account. ...........cceceeeeins Total Liabilities. ........ $2,093,641,218.61 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT Profits for the year ended 29th November, 1947, before Dominion and Pro- - vincial Government taxes, but after contributions to Staff Pension Fund, hich-Reserves aa sls arms riatons 4p Coniipyoncy Newrvenonf of wiih Severe $6,724,519.48 Less provision for Dominion and Provincial Government taxes $2,850,000.00 Jaws provision for depieciation of Bauk Pramieen: 4424115 892,687.01 > 38,742,6817.01 Dividends: No. 238 at 80) Per ANNUM. + .evarsesssevnncces © $700,000.00 $4.981,82247 No. 239 at 89% per ANNUM. ou eastesscrsseseoe 700,000.00 No. 240 at 8% Pox ANNUM, seq evebocoesanssane 200,000.00 , No. 241 at 10% per annum... eeesecsceisecsns 878,000.00 Amount Oarriod forward, +. civ svi iravrrrsatresissioanetrssiesssdesssse 'Balance of Profit and Loss Account, 30th November, 1946 Balance of Profit and Loss Account, 20th November, IafT iss srses tins \ \ 169,001,082.93 70,779,865.93 875,847,469.18 116,509,788.71 42,512,791.49 I I AA} $1,436,927,926.17 - 438,872,162.46 4;331,251.20 8,117,482.00 118,717,442.19 10,631,002.53 72,190,306.81 6,883,645.25 4,760,709.72 88,980,316.16 1,848,208,532.97 72,190,306.81 3,098,547.02 35,000,000.00 "48000000 ssctsane ween \ killed in® ------ + _2,976,00000 $2,006,832.47 1,467,414.08 $3,474,246.85 eR [ General Manager STRIKE THREE!