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thursday july llth xmo the acton free press the canadian war effort a weekly ttovlew af vljpienls alan the ilfru frent wee of jum stutofmiyu suuucauv various changes in departmental orvanlxauon were among tins mam prominent of the week a activities the are summarised hereunder i house of common continued its work on uie budget the annual financial atatement of the minister of finance 2 special committee or the house of common on defence of canada regu lations brought in interim report recom mending the death penalty tor treach- ry and life imprisonment for certain other offences 3 steel controller and oil controller added to uurituans and supply de partment met lending officers of thane industries 4 wartime industries control hoard watabllshed under order in council to be made up of controllers for various branches of industry 5 honorable c d howe minister of munitions and supply announced the country will be able to complete both the canadian and the british common- wealth air training plan production jmojrrom without overseas assistance the larger part of the orlalnal plan extend ne over two years has been con tracted into a oneyearplan 6 recruiting for royal canadian air 3arce proceeded- at rate ol 1000 per week more than 23 000 have passed medical examination and 13 000 have en luted 7 announcement made by wme minister that calling of men for service in defence of canada would not await ffeneral registration b restriction upon foreign travel of thosr who require passport and foreign 4mechangein order to go abroad for plea sure llkrly to be effected according to an imtlmntlon given the house of com mon d british supply board duties merited into the canadian department of muni tlons and amply 11 nreforth the do pnrtmrnt will deal rilrect with the brl j tish qovernmrnt on questions of pur rtmw in canada 10 chnlrmnn und member of the labor supply biird reprreentlnii both emplovrm and lubor nominated 1 1 chanken nntlftecl of promot lons and upiolntnn nu in thi higher pm hihi n die canndinn military forces i 1 j c mlrik lr itl or constr u tlon air hiumnnt and improvtmint of lnndtnii fields others for supplies to value of til 214 bfm aw u rued iutailh j adfctlnistratlon i ijeuienant colonel oeorre selkirk currle dbo mc of montreal has been appointed ffisecutlve assistant to the minister of tonttnnal defence hon j j tl halsum previously mr ralnuin i bad announced anpojntmrnt cf colonel allen a mrgee kc of montreal to act in a similar cupacitj ond the two will work together colonel currle iierv ed in uw lost war as an infantry wnd fit an officer finance in the house of commons the mem bem uie eotittnutntr their work on ue budget the house has at the present time an amendment and a sub amend ment before it the amendment pro posed b m j caldwell m p and the hub amendment u mr victor quelch mp uv lion j u rnlstou h motion to refer the budget to the house as a oom- mtttet or ways and means remained to tie oted upon while thut summary aa in course of preparation in future under ordi r of the foreign kxchatige board applications made in canada for rorelgn i x haiue fur truel purjxutrs urt to bt n frrred to tht hoard the hoard wul di nl lth the upplun uniui m treordaiu i ith tin pollt of the oovrmmmt an mined from time to time in the past uu banks could tssui up to 11 hul in extliuiuir wtunmt iwiklnu uie hoards ptrnilsslun i laawoius and txcuanoe alth ugh the iirokwuib- tor u ral regutrut m of tlllruu nn not t pub luthed tht roll u hi or men tor canadian i s deft mi purpow need not uwait uuil i ctmt the inline mtnistcr made urn point- clear durum the ueek in tept to a house of commons question with tgard to the issue or iapori u person alshhut to vtrdt die united ltatcs the prime minister tuts annouu ed that the clovenimenl is doing even thing possible to have passports issued just as qukklj as applications can be printed and personnel be got together to distribute and issue them tempor al office will be opened at vancouver toronto t btenhen and winnipeg tt wsa altogether probablr ald the prime minuter that it would become tncreos lrgl difflrult for persons whlsh to trael lmpl tor purxises of measure to receive lussiwrts for tle purpone tliat would hetp to relieve pressure at the resent time suoovst death pt7nalt bubmitttng also a draft bill containliuf their tecommrtutatton the special commltlee at the house of comnn n aptwinted to ctuulder and reuu the xvfence of canada regulations has pre- entrd its second report among their principal recommendations are more drastic penalties for offences including one of death tor treacher and one of impruonment for life as a maximum for acts done tth intent to assist tin enemy to prejudice the public safety the defenot of canada and the efficient j yucacutlon of the w it uv a matter of common know ledge the committee reported that our enemlea liaw been active in the promotion of certain insldous and dan gerous forma of activity popularly known as pitui column activity in uie coun tries wlui widen- uicyafotitnirajf they and uiat ilio provisions of tho criminal codo relating to treasonable offences arc inadequate to meet present conditions bocaum they do not cover cases of persons who do not owe allegiance to the crown such for example as allcrui the twocloafccs of acta which in th opinion ollhe committee should be separately donned and created as offences for which punishments more severe than those which can be imposed under the present law are 1 acta done with intent to help the enemy and designed or likely to give assistance to the naval military or air operations of the enemy to impede such- operation of his maes tys forces or to endanger life 2 acta done with intent to help the enemy of a somewhat less grave character the committee s draft bill entitled an act respecting treachery deals only with offences of a major charac ter leaving the defence of ganada regulation to apply to less scrlou of fences amcraspt expansion duties in canada previously allocated to the british supply hoard have been j invested in the department of munitions and supply the department will now place orders direct for the british gov i crnment thla arrangement is expected to expedite the placement of orders for british requirements and generally speed up the production of munitions of war i in the dominion canadian industry is being geared up to meet qrrat britain s needs i in announcing the appointment of mr r p bell prominent business executive to the executive committee ql tho de i nartemnt of munitions and supply hon c d howe intimated that many dim cultles in the supply of aircraft had been overcome mr bell a responsibility i will be that of coordinating the entire aircraft production throughout uie do minion and accelerating the output of the alatlrn industry mr bell is serving without remuneration he commences nt o time when the canadian aircraft industry lum responded splendidly to tire i mergency rrented by the inability of oreat britain to ship components under the terms of the joint air training plan this responii lues been such that the larger port of the program which cm crd two j earn bus been eomprinned into a one jcar plan elementary training plunrn are already being produced on a iruuii production hasii engines for nthi r planes have imi n ordi red from the united sutc to rt pliu i th se to huii conn from on it britain and canndinn plains an nou turning out training and fervw puma bomb rs and lighters as tnm as modi rn industrial practlcr permlti seven contract totalllnk dj0 010 have imn n given this wk for buildings and imprnvemi ntn nt flying srhooli in addition i 3fifl eontrnrls iravlng n lotal value of 1121001 for foodstuffs cloth lug and ftocessorles barrack naval and aircraft stores transport fuel and sun dry supplies were awnrded i controuljrs conrcr oonfirences uere held under the in vltatlon of uie minister of munition nnd supil between to controllers re cently apixinted hugh day scull of toronto ste 1 controlli r and george richardson contrelle also of toronto 1 oh controller and the principal officers or the suel industry and the oil totaling industry in canada nnpeclkclj tliese ortlcem of industry volunteered uieir uholehenrted collaboration alth the con trollers in their i ftccthe prosecution of war work i tlw oh controlkr has power under order in council to uvk ixwiwisslon of oil nuphr oil tranvrt faclllllen and nluurtna he can order thi allocation luid distribution of supplied and tlx the nuixlmum prices tr cottrellr is sen ing ulthout eulivn similar hiutrs ore ponfirred upon mr scull in relutlou to the st- i industry and hi hihi u sirtug without nalnr ilirtlu r inltgrutlou of uu brunchm of thi department of munlll ins and suppl h dlst limtxl in an order in coun ll up laiinttng u wnrtlnu industrti t control luinrd tills in constituted if the con trollirs npiwunted frotn time to tim siu h tontrollera up u un lr nppolntmiht uutomatu nil lnv unit membt r of this hoard tin purp if tin rntabluh ment of this board is uiut the control lers shall act tn rrsixrt ti common problem along similar linos and in con junction with uie foreign exthange control nrd i iador supply counctu ow- uie recommendation of the tm later if ijibtir on order tn council has been passed nominating members of the kaunnal labor suppt council together with alternates the duties of this board lll be to advise on an matters touching labor supply for industry which may be referred to u by the minister of labor the chairman of the board is arthur j mils chief of i personnel canadian national rallsas appointed by the government and the nomtnees are as follows reprrkenlauve of industry s ii stove ooliyral manager dome mines umtted allan m mitchell chairman of rajdhrtf4 robert mitchell a compan llnuted imontreoli w c coulter pre sident of coulter copper and ijross com- i lions c h molsan president standard paper box compam limited j t pig gott past president canadian con struction auoclatlon their alternates are resywotliel r a brlce president of macaxsa mines limited d p cruick- shank president steel equipment com pany umltm w h mclntte vice president ottawa oas and aircraft louis armstrong consollnated paiwr corporation albert deschamps presid ent builders exchange or montreal representatives or labor r j tallon secretan treasurer trades and l4abor congress of canada j w brlce gen eral orgmnujer for canada united as sociation of journeymen plumbers oas n iters und steam fitters helpers jas somorvllle cnnadlan general vicepre sident intcniauonni association of mnchlnlstfl a r moiihor president of all cnruidlon congress of labor alfred chanenijer presldint confederation of catholic workern of canada tlrelr al tcrnatlven an a d aoust canadian vlco president international brother hood of paiers makers trod mollnciux cnnndliui general orgnnlior interna tionnl drothorhood of pointers decora tors and paper hangers of amcslca tom moore president trndeo and labor con gress of canada c r millard director of steel workers organizing commit tee maurice doran vicepresident con federation of catholic workers of can ada with t1if fortts militia service a number if important changes in senior military appointments have been authorized by the acting ml n la ter of national defence branch of uie oeneral staff majorgcneral ii d o crerar ds 0 senior combatant officer canadian military headquarters in oreat britain lr being returned to canada to take ofer the appointment of vicechief of the oeneral staff brigadier uie honorable p j mon tague o m o oj3 o m c v d the deputy adjutantgeneral canadian military headquarters england is to succeed majoroeneral crerar as senior combatant officer canadian military headquarters in great britain branch of uie adjutant oeneral majoroeneral h f if hertaberg c mo dso mc is to relinquish the apjioinlmcnt of acting adjutant oeneral on appointment as commandant of the roynl military college of canada king ston ontario ho will be nurcceded in the appointment of adjutant general by brigadier b w browne dso mc who was recently reported to ottawa from district officer commanding mill tnry district no lo winnipeg man to take over the duties of deputy chief of the general staff branch of uti tj3unrurmattr ocn eral i brigadier ic stunrt dso mc now commandant rojal military colli ge of canada in appointed director ci iu rul of engltmts torilc at nail n u dut nrc hendqunruni in n plan nit nt if brlgu dier e j c bthrnldlln mc who iu nimed tin dutus of qu irti r master ci ii nil tarly in april lut ilrlgudli r stuart will l iki oei tin dutls l dtput chut of tin linn tl stall p ml iiik lut arrlv il if mil r chiuril cnur from riutlund mllllorj distri is ilrlgndltr f ixkii ainwi mg oht d put adjutunt ot tn rul at national dt f net htudquuru rs is u intetl dls trlct olllowr commandliik miliuir dls trtct no 3 kingston ontario i i brig dlirll l uoi dfao who will short 1 1 ioteii in 1 avt pending ntir nunt to in rtslon on completion of the maximum i rlod of firvici regulations issued by the dcimrtmtnl of natlnnal defence reduce tht plryslcul reqtiin mints hi t up for recruits of tht canadian active s r tee porn mini mum height measuremt tits have bt n low red from i fett a indus to ft f t t and unj minimum wught ol 135 and m0 pounds to 120 pounds correspond ing relaxations have been nnnounred for other physical requirements and a re classification of categories a b c and e a new departure in th mechanization of ure canadian army was omuilned in tht announcement by tin d partnient of nottlonal dofence uiat two canadian cavalry units the 17th ii imam of mon treal and tht governor gtntrals mors guards of toronto would shortl bt gin training as motorcycle units i naval service j aiiouur dellopnuut in the urgamzu i uou of tht canadian army ls ttu mobil imitl m of four fortrt vi ompunkis f liu lloul canadian ann binin c irpa t halifax i dnt tit john vunumui und vleiorlu ti ussist in ihlui dt ft n t units if cm md i tht inlls art c n post i if ehclricnl and michankal workers chiiutnt pr iise fir ttu kniuuvi und b nrluu of uu 60 1toitl cun idlau navul iluntttr rcatrii oltutrs n iw m eng land for irnlniiik ias b i n tilted b uie offirt r commanding tht 11 m s king mfred nuval emaullshnuut at hon win re tht art stall hietc in n mmmunicatinn to rear admiral ncllee kcn cliltf if the naval slan at ol tawa the group whost members uverv uge j2 and 23 years of ae is campoked i or sub- lieu tenants and is the first of a series of such detachments which will enntually be transferred to oreat brl tam fo training with units of the roui i navy i canada s new warships built in can adlan shlpjard are to be known as corvettes a name famous in uie his tory of naval nomenclature their names will be derived from canadian localities ccoeding to an announcement b the i department of national defence men in itiasrssum of ceruflcates of compel- enc in an of uie inland marine scr- lcea such as ferries tugboats and rtor steamemttan now enter the roal can adjan na- as able seamen and be rated as leading seamen uie folliwing da j air force announcement was made b the de- portmetu of national defence for mr that the enloes of air commodore jas stan1e scott mc afc director of the rcaf from 10 to 1028 have been made axatlable and thut he lias betn apiouitttltothe command of no 1 wlrelesjrschool tn montreal wlui the actmg rank of wing commander wing i commander scott relinquished his com- mission a air commodore in uie re serve of officers rcaf to take oer his new duties wing commander mar eel c public who has been tn command of the wireless school in montreaf wul proceed to trenton for a course at the school of administration recruiting for the trade of armourer in thuvrojnl canadian air force hns been announced guns gurmlghta power operatod turrets ammunition bombs of nil huwb and types bomb carriers pyro technics these are tho business of the nrmorers in the air force the trade is of vital importance the total of elementary flying train ing schools was brought to savontccn with the selection of north battlcford sank ond portage la prairie man for scliools of uiat type the latter will also have the ninth air obbcnem school tho fifth and sixth bombing and ounncry schoolato be decided upon will be located at macdonald man and mountain view ontario hkk hidden treasure in canada twenty six geological and thirteen topographical parties from the depart ment of mtnco and resource are now in the field exploring canada s resourcea in war minerals attention is directed par tlcularly to gold and petroleum inveatl nation will also be made of deposits of chromium manganese molybdenum tungsten not f1n1hhed with fuehrer arcand although adiien arcand is interned and others associated with him also uut fact docs not preclude furuier penalties uie minister of jusuoe hon ernest lopolnte informed the house of com moos they arc interned in order that we may know that they are safely in custody said mr lapotnte they are being held to await any further proceed ingn or prosecuuona to wfdeh uicy may bo liable arcand was uie leader of the canadian unity party which had out wnrdly alms of making canadians total ltarlan in the nazifascist mould weekly gardengraph wrllun by dean 1iaklidav r cebra treat canadian tn a wvll planned vegetable garden succenslve sowings of carrot seeds should be mode with the idea of having oarrota all summer and winter july la the most favorable unw for planting the crop for winter storage it ls important that the soil where carrots are to be planted should irave deep thorough and smooth preparation in heavy soils only the short stump rooted variety of carrot should be grown tills type is shown in figure 1 of the aorompanylng garden oraph furure 3 shows th long slendi r type of carrot which is xst grown in sandy soils carrots slmuld 1m htored before hard fnisln m eur slnct the roots are liable to be in lured by c ild you need help anil yon need it faat and tho speediest way to gel it in by trlephone no home should he without a telephone the rost in very small com pared with the peace of mind it rives and the knowledge thnt jn case or fire mck- iicsn hurplnry or any other emergency thin tire lean mewwnper stands ready to serve you hwiflly efficient iy nny hour day or night a statement on ford war work in canada i ins company s itt the war to the full limit of its resources until the british empire is victorious until the battle for freedom of nations and liberty of peoples ts won we have pledged all the vast manufacturing facilities of our canadian and overseas affiliated companies to the service of the empire we regard thii to be our simple duty aa a canadian in stitution one of the industrial resources of the dominion the 8400 employees tn our plants as well as our wide spread dealer and service organization from coast to coast are canadian the companys shareholders include a large proportion of canadian investors no one indi vidual family or company has a majority control of our shares for these reasons aside from our deep feeling of loyalty to the rmpire and its high purposes it is fitting that i ord motor company of canada limited should give wholehearted support to the national war effort from the very beginning this lias been our course even before war was declared in cooperation with officers of the department of national defence we laid in our plant the groundwork of military production since conflict betanic a reality we hae gien war order precedence oer firry thing else more than fifty per cent of our production is in vehicles for military use and this percentage is increasing rapidly we are now engaged in supplying approximately 35000 motorized tehich of many types of which 10000 are for the canadian government and 25 000 for othrr tnipire governments we are constructing at our own expense a 00lh0 tlant addition to provide facilities for the building of iniversal machine gun camera of which we have under taken to deliver fifty a week to the canadian government as soon as production can be atarted this addition will also enable us to increase production of other types of military vehicles our affiliated companies with plants in south afnca australia new zealand india ana malaya are similarly engaged in empire service beyond our manufacturing facilities we have been for tunately able to contribute skilled man power trom our canadian and overseas organization engineers and men with special training in transport and other lines are rendering valuable service major adjustments in our husinrss hate been necessary through loss of export trade and because of domrstic taxation we have made thrse adjustments cheerfully our one concern now is the successful prosecution of this war so that people of all nations may again he able to work in freedom and peace man tiuok ommm in i uwtivo statement in parliament by the hon cd howe minister of munitions find supply thi president of the anadian company has shown perhaps at keen a detire io ail in cinada war effort ss any citircn of this dominion ha dunt lbs corporation since the outbreak of the war has done and is doing very important uork fur canada s war effort in the way of building motor transports and universal carriers the com pany has placed itself entirely in the hdnda of le government as to the terms of theeunrraet wluchu has had a contract providing for a fixedprue as low as wc could find any basis for asking was worked out an over riding provision was inserted that the books of the company would be audited and if the stipulated price produced a profit more than a verv low percentage indeed that price would he scaled down accordrngly in other words the work of the ford motor company of c anada its attitude toward the war and its ability to assist in c anadas war effort have been so far as i have been able to observe beyond criticism statement in senate by senator raoul dandurand government leader in the senate ford motor companv of canada u doing its utmost to lervc the interests of the country the war supply board nd the government statement in the senate by rt hon arthur melghen conservative leader in the senate thev ford dealers in canada are numbered in the hundreds and the number of employees of these dealers is verv large the ramifications arc tremendous for all the purpose concerning us the company it a canadian con- cern and i can add to tho assurance given bv the honourable leader of the house my own feeling ft hit there are no better canadian than thoseat the head of the ford motor company of canada and throughout that companys organisation thev will atiit u to the utmost in our war work womans auxiliary motor svrvic early in the war the i ord motor ompsn of csnsds limited orffutmed free trstn ing courses for women in the care and operation of motor vehicles for potslhle war service 2hi such classes hsve been conducted with an enrollment oftpfwi the n limber who hsve comptted the eightweek course is 3j473with 2 6 s 6 now under i nit ruction and 1214 enrolled in new classes about to msrt all instruction and equipment has been furnished by ford dealers and- be coronaovtvithouf charge typat of molorliad vahlclat for military ut being mod by ford motor company of canada the company it enssjedin manufacture ins 3 5 ooo motorixed vehicles for cans- tlisn snd overseas governments they in clude liftkl two- wheel drive true ks known as a cwt which are used for carrying light ittirci personnel or wireless sets 15cwt units used to transport heavier loads penonnel s snti tsnk runtrsctort wster tank csrners etc 3ucwf four- wheel drive used at load cernera three ton four and sis wheels for hesvy loadi for workshops for wrecking equipment etc fourwheel drive ua trsctors used to hsul artillery as well aa ambulances and regular paste ruter cars snd sisnon wagons specislly fitted and painted for army pur poses present schedule of deliveries of these military vehicle constitutes mora than 50 per cent of the company t produc tion the plant iiworkihg day and night