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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1940 PAGE SEVEN ritain Finds Weak Point Spoils Nazis' Air Attacks By Keeping Raiders High By J. W, T. MASON nited Press War Commentator 'With the first year of Europe's r now ending, enough experi e has been gained to show that e airplane, as a new instrument attack, seems to require massed gets and low altitudes in order become effective. Otherwise the war expectation that air of- msives would have terrifying re- ts has not been realized. The Germans' attacks over Great tain have demonstrated the esses of airplane combat in s present stage of development. [itler repeatedly proclaimed his bnviction that Great Britain could overwhelmed by air bombard- mt, but with the double advan- e of numerical plane superiority nearness of aviation bases he oes not seem any nearer that ob- tive today than g year ago. After the most intensive air ate within German power to de- ver, no primary objective has been ained. British shipping still trave rses coastal! waters at will; British orts remain open; British factor- continue to function; British livilian casualties from air bombs ave been less than road accidents. e widely-heralded invasion of tain, planned to follow domina- of the air, appears to have een indefinitely postponed. Resolute Defense ese negative results are the jonsequence of Britain's resolute efense with féwer planes than Hitler has at his command. The tish have achieved their success sically by breaking up German lio formations and keeping the Ger- mans high in the air. These tactics have split German squadrons into individual units, time and again, allowing heavy toll to be taken. But, more important, the high alti tudes enforced on the Germans have made direct hits on targets and machine gunning only rarely possible. Considerable damage has been done by the Germans, but it has been sporadic. Continuous concen- tration on targets has been impos- sible because specified objectives cannot be hit at will by planes fly- ing two to four miles in the air. A large city area may be repeatedly bombed, but chance determines where the bombs fall. From a great height. there can be no consistently accurate aim. Nazi Dunkirk Failure The British retreat from Dun- kirk, when 330,000 men were suce cessfully embarked under German air attack, proved the limitations of the planes even before the inten- sive bombing of Britain began. The Germans were held far aloft by British. plane fire while the rescue ships offered very small individual targets, in many cases probably being invisible to the Germans. The Germans proved in Poland and Flanders and France that great efficiency of their planes in major combat operations against an enemy with inferior equipment. But it has been different in the bombing of Britain, The British on their home grounds, where the fighting has been entirely in the air, checked low flying and have made targets obscure. EVEAL PLANE HELPED "AJAX" OP UP HONS tapulted From Cruiser Aircraft Played Major Role 'Washington, Aug. 30.--American military experts yesterday credited airplane catapulted from the British light cruiser Ajax with a major role in the defeet last winter of the scuttled German pocket bat- eship Graf Spee. Capt. Carr P. Kitchen, chemical are service reserve officer, ex- pressed belief that the plane "rend- ered invaluable service" to the cruis- ers Ajax and Achilles, left in battle sfter a third British ship, the Ex- eter, was forced to retire, crippled by direct hits from the Graf Spee"s 11-inch guns. The plane served as the "eyes" of the cruisers, enabling the British to fire with accuracy while the Ger- man's salvoes were dependent on chance, he said. Kitchen was unable to discover the reason for the German com- mander's failure to launch his plane early in the battle. After the firing started it was too late. One of the Exeter's first shots carried away the Spee's catapult. The German sea fighter was pur- sued along the coast of Urugusy, on the Atlantic coast of South America, and finally sought refuge at Monte- video harbor. To avoid capture, the Germans scuttled their ship and Capt. Hans Langsdorff committed suicide. Kitchen, writing in the quarterly chemical warfare bulletin, concluded from official reports of the engage- ment that the British excelled their enemy in preparation for battle, that the Graf Spee's highly rated fighting power was exaggerated and thai greater protection might be provided for secondary naval bat- teries and anti-aircraft guns. This last opinion derived from reports of deck casualties resulting from shell splinters. TAKE GOURSE IN MUSKETRY AT PETERBORO Machine Gun Unit Also to Get Practice With Own Weapons Peterboro, Aug. 30.--A company of the Prince of Wales Rangers (M.G.) now under canvas tt the Peterboro Exhibition Grounds, left camp in a fleet of trucks early yesterday morn- ing, bound for the rifle range on the Norwood road, where a weapon training course is to be carried out. The course will include both mus- ketry and machine gun instruction and prestice, The course will continue until the 500 men of the unit now in camp have fired, a company at a 'time, The regiment has actually 800 men on its strength, but training of the remainder has been postponed in order to cause as little inconvenience &3 possible to the local industries from whith the majority of the men have been recruited. The men, the great majority of whom had had no military training until a few weeks ago, have taken remarkably well to camp discipline, £ad up to now there have been no "crimes" for the orderly room to deal with. Most of the men, except those detailed for duty, are given passes after supper, which allow them to leave camp for the evening An organized program of sports, including softball, volleyball and other games, is a festure of camp | life, and even in the absence of scheduled games the men are to be seen with bat and ball in off- | duty hours. Horse-shoe pitching, with its simple requirements, is one of the most popular amusements. Another feature of the camp is the recreation hut and camteen in the flower-show building, which is under the direction of Adjutant Buckley, of the Salvation Army. Here the men may purchase cigar- ettes, chocolate bars and other re- quirements; seating accommodation is smple, and the tables are well stocked with newspapers, magazines and books. A piano which has been lent for the duration of the camp is used for the sing-songs in the evenings, and to-morrow evening an "amateur hour" is to be held. The bugle band and the regimental band take re- vellle in turn, and the regimental band usally plays in the evening. The food supplied is of excellent quality, and no complaints have | been heard. Some of the men, in fact, have been heard to say that they consider their meals superior to those served in the sergeants' mess. KING AND QUEEN DRIVE INRIVETS | OF NEW VESSEL Royal Visitors Board War- ship Ready to Go Into Ser- vice; Meet Thetis Survivor | London, Aug. 30.--The King and | Queen toured a northwest shipyard | vesterday and each drove rivets in the keel plates of a new warship | with a hydraulic press. f They also boarded a new warship | which was nearly ready to go on | duty and met Frank Shaw, a sur- vivor of the submarine Thetis, who y was working on the docks. The The- tis was sunk accidentally June 1) 1939, with a loss of 99 lives. The King and Queen arrived at the shipyard after spending the night in the Royal train at a re- mote Lancashire spot. Although bomhs fell g few miles from the train, there was no actual air raid warning and their Majesties spent an undisturbed night. The Queen was anxious to know whether damage had been done in the neighborhood and remarked, "I'm very glad to hear that," when advised that there had been none. FIRST BABY BORN INBOMB SHELTER "Certainly Took My Mind Off the Air Raid," Mother Confesses London, Aug. 30. -- Mrs. Anne Plume, 34, claimed yesterday she was the first British mother to give birth to a baby in ea Anderson air raid shelter. She decided to name her seven- pound boy, born in last night's Ger- man raid, after 8ir John Anderson, Minister of Home Security, who or- ganized the shelter set-up. The baby arrived as the thud of bombs and roar of gunii'e were [ heard in the distance. | "It certeinly took my mind off the air raid," said Mrs. Plume. | | vices," he added British School Children Remember Canadian Troops A Canadian officer stationed in Iceland, smilingly receives a: huge box of cigarettes, purchased for the | troops with money donated by British school children through the Overseas League Tobacco fund. officer's smile indicates his pleasure, The | Canada's war doubt if a person could get enough silver to kill him, although a large quantity might turn his skin black. "Comparative figures are not available on water treatment costs because of the variation in overhead at such plants. But we estimate thau $2 to $4 worth of silver would ster- ilize 1,000,000 gallons of water." The experiments of Dr. and Mrs. Goetz with poison metals also in- clude gold, mercury, lead, copper and thallium. They {ind that where, under ideal conditions, one jon of silver will kill a yeast cell, 100 to 1,000,000,000 times as much gold or mercury is needed. The other metals are still less effective. Dr. Goetz sald that in applying the silver to water it is mixed wit® other" substances in a special pro- cess. ALUMINUM FREED FOR WAR USE Toronto, Aug. 30.--It will cost the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission approximately $200,000, but the new power line running from Toronto to Burlington will be wired with copper instead of alume inum. The aluminum thus tons of it--will go to effort, it has saved-->550 strengthen been | disclosed. MUNICIPAL DEBT HITS LOW POINT | CROSS ASSERTS Ontario ~ Minister. Urges Everything Possible Be Done to Help War Effort | Toronto, Aug. 30.--Ontario muni- cipalities are in the soundest posi- tion they have been in more than two decades, Hon. Eric Cross, Min- ister of Municipal Affairs and Pub- lic Welfare, told delegates to the Ontario Municipal Association con- vention at the City Hall. He said that the total tax levy of all municipalities in 1939 was the lowest per capita levy in 20 years. "We have had striking reductions in debt in the last ten years, as well as reductions in taxation, eémd yet.an increase in assessment and popu- | lation as well," he declared. He said that Ontario's municipal debt had been reduced from $425,- | 744,000 in 1937 to $388,933,000 in 1939 The debenture debt was at the low- | est figure in more than 15 yeers and was being reduced by a net amount of approximately $25,000,000 per year. "These debt reductions have al- | ready had their effect in reducing taxation requirements for debt pur- | poses," he reported, "and the years" 1940 to 1944 will see further striking benefits in & great majority of our | municipalities. In addition to this benefit to the taxpayers there has begn a marked reduction in relief costs in all the larger centres of the province." Mr. Cross contended that muniel- | pal governments were the schools of | democracy, 'where our people learn the need for tolerance, compromise, and amicable settlement of dis- | putes." He felt certain that the Nazi sys- tem of municipal government would collapse some day "like a house of | cards" because of reverses and dis- asters. "It is the obligation of our muni- cipalities 'to take only so much of the country's nz.ional income as is essential to necessary municipal ser- Laud"s Empire Fight Speaking of the Empire's fight to prevent culture and civilization be- ing destroyed by Nazi and Italian force, Mr. Cross stated: "The stern deys are long and many are ahead, but we may be | Prcgram of the Collegiate Institute | The | | Labor, | are most needed | mathematics; | thankful during the trials End War Industries Course Students Find Jobs Wait Belleville, Aug. 30.--Sixty civilians of all callings will conclude a nine- week course of instruction under the joint auspices of the Board of | Education, the Department of Edu- and Youth Department the Do- | Training | of cation for Ontario, minion-Provincial the at and Vocational School today. 'lasses have been conducted to pre- pare men for necessary industries { under the Emergency War Training program, Interest of the men has been keen to the ultimate degree, according to instructors in charge. Splendid pro. gress has been shown by the great | majority, and all will step Into posi= tions in plants and businesses throughout the district where they Another large group will be taken on at Trenton | R.C.AF. station. George A, Ferguson, principal, stated the men, ranging in age from 17 to 50 years of age, have put in 44 hours each week. This in- | cludes 60 hours of blueprint read- ing and 25 hours of rhop mathe- | matics. The remainder of the time has been devoted to practical shop work in gas engines, both aero and automobile, machine shop practice | and arc and acetylene welding. Instructors were C. Heard, shop D. Bews, blueprint of the past few months for the inexhaust- | ible reserves of a free people, and | peor out of these experiences, we and the Empire at lcoge, have emerged vig- orous and unafraid." Mr. Cross suggested that the On- tario Municipal Association would perform a useful service by studying the problems of municipal govern- ment in war time, making any &p- propriate recommendations that arise out of that study for imple- mentation by legislation, doing everything possible to help the Dominion"s war effort. ART ROSS JR. TO WED Boston, Aug. 30.--The engagement of Arthur H. Ross Jr, eldest son of the manager and vice-president of Boston Bruins Hockey Club, to Miss Loretta Jane Rabbitt, 22, of South Hanover, was disclosed yesterday by his family. After their marriage Ross will join the Royal Citaadian Air Force, his brother John said. Ross already holds a commercial | pilot's license. Va These German soldiers appear despite their capture by the British. Nazis Happy To Be Prisoners and by | reading: W. E. Davies, gas engines, and H. Howard, welding, "These men," Mr, Ferguson. said, | "are by no means trained mech- anics but we believe that the basic training given them here will en- able them to render useful service at once. Their subsequent develop- ment into dependable workmen should be fairly ranid. The matur- ity, aptitude and attitude of our trainees has enabled them to absorb very quickly the knowledge and skill fundamental to the trade of their choice. Virtually all of the men will find employment immedi- ately at the conclusion of the course," he declared: Particular attention to training for work on aircraft was paid dur- ing the course in Belleville, due to the proximity of Trenton Air Sta- tion, and the possibility that large numbers of civil mechanics and shop men may be needed at any time. Twenty-three men complete the machine shop course today. Their course included bench work such as filing, drilling, tapping and threading; lathe work such as straight turning, taper knurling, threading, form turning, cutting; AS WATER PURIFIER May Replace Chlorine and Other Germicides, Says | California Savant Pasadena, Calif, Aug. 30.--Dr. Alexander Goetz predicts that silver eventually may replace chlorine and | other germicides in purifying the | world's drinking water. "The metal leaves the water sparkling and with a taste of fresh- ness," said the physicist in describ- ing experiments made by him and his scientist-wife, Sylvia, at the California Institute of Technology. "There is no disagreeable ordor, as is sometimes noticed in chlorine- treated water. "Too, all germicides are poisonous | and the margin between the point where they will kill germs and where they will become injurious or fatal to persons is five times greater with chlorine than with silver. I to be in a happy frame of mind The war is over for them, unless a Nazi bomb happens to hit their internment camp. TTAP TIRES unnamed, pointed turning, | boring, and face-plate work; shaper | work, including parallel and angu- | | lar shaping, and keyway | milling machine work and surface f grinding. 'SEES SILVER GOOD An official, who wished to remain out that the change from aluminum' to copper meant more than just stringing a different kind of wire. Different towers must be built, of diferent strengths and sizes. The wire itself will have a life of much the same duration as the aluminum Reports from Ottawa have stated that the entire line from Beauhar- nois to Burlington was to be of | copper, with a saving, for war pur- | poses, of about 1,100 tons of alum- | inum. However, the work from Beauharnois to Toronto has reach- ed such an advanced stage that it would be impossible to change from aluminum at this late date. LAW OFFICER 15 SUSPENDED BY PROVINGE War Offenses Serious, Says | Conant; All Evidence Must Be Submitted Toronto, Aug. 30.--"It would ap- pear that some of our law enforce- ment officers are still not seized with the seriousness of these war offenses," sid Attorney - General Conant in commenting on charges that zil the evidence was not plac- ed before Magistrate McKessock by Acting Crown Attorney A. J. De- Diana, of Sudbury, in the case of Robert T. Stevens, accused under the Defense of Canada Regulations Act. Mr. Conant has suspended De Diana. : "I regard them of the utmost im- portance," he added. "It is certain- ly the duty of law enforcement of- ficers to place all the facts before the court, whether the accused pleads guilty or not." The Attorney - General intimated that further instructions to law en- forcement officers probchly will be sent out as a result of the Sud- bury incident. Also E. D. 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