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kftwfym pjum mx the acton free press thursday november 30th mil canada at war no ejtoub of largest automa guntpianttnjntario by c ekari kiev formerly of the bprinfflold times iao da boanftt manitoba an automatic gun plant in eastern crfy i now the large unfile pro ducer of machine guns in the isrlllih empire today in the prlns of 1938 the canadian government decided to mak bron guns tor the canadian army now the plant consists of ome 10 bulld- inir coverlnr mor than a million aqua re feet of floor space at tho outbreak of war tho working per sonnel consisted of slrhtly over 400 persons today more than 4500 are employed on war production and in another nine or oti month that number will be increased to around 9000 nearly 40 pr cent f tho em ployees are women and they can handle the machine tools with nil th dexterity of men more women will be ued as men arc called to other type of war work the production of n bren gun is an intricate job and requires literally hundreds of operations there is a total of 1g1 different parts in each run requiring 3000 separate opera tions in the plant there nre- more than 4000 machine tools and over 17000 different gauges loo cent canadian when the government let tho con tract fot the construction of these guns it stipulated that where pos sible only canadian materials were to be used as a result these guns are one hundred per cent canadian with tho of the walnut im ported from the united states used for the gun stocks brcn guns arc as nearly fool proof aslt is possible to make them they cannot be assembled incorrectly if one part fits into another thntmust be the correct way otherwise they would not co together they weigh just 22 pounds each gun is equipped with a spare barrel and twentyfour magazines each magazine holding thirty cart ridges it is a simple matter to slip one magazine off and put another in place the operation requiring only a few seconds i details of the construction of any type of ordnance cannot be given it is possible however to mention a few pertinent facts regarding certain parts of guns which will give one some idea of the tremendous amount of work involved in their production the body of a bren gun starts along the machine line as a rough forglngj weighing 45 pound the body is on part of the gun which houses the fir ing mechanism this forging passes through 269 separate operations be fore it is completed as many of these operations require more than one handling and must be gauged following each operation it means that literally several hundred persons have had a hand in the production of the gun body by the time all opera tions are completed what hod orig inally been a fortyfive pound forg ing weighs only five and one half pounds guns for airplanes browning machine guns are also produced in this plant these nre the guns used in our fighting airplanes six or eight being housed in the wings of hurricanes and spitfires a browning gun is capable ef firing more than one thousand rounds per minute and a blast from one of our fighter planes six or eight guns will practically cut an enemy plnne in two a browning gun while not quite as intricate as a bren gun requires neverthelowj n creat deal of cure and detail in its production there are 178 different parts requirink l500 operations for its construction the weight of a browning 35 jwuntk is somewhat greater than that of a bren this plant also produces the boys hlfh it is used for nn entirely dif ferent purpose thnn tho othor two guns mentioned it is n heavy sturdy gun firing a single bullet these bul lets are armourpiercing howover and the boys hlfle is used extensively in action njinlnst light tanks- and ar moured vehicles in the course of the next few months production will ho doubled so perfect has become the system of mass production of automatic gun equipment in this plant thnt the unit ed states has sent representatives to study the details the same firm is also tisvnlng out marine engines on a large scale triple e spa hsl bvtvri g i nes ib powc r corvottos are built ho re nnd now pro duction is under way on the engines that are to bo used to power the tribal class destroyers canada in now building for the british navy denmarks pigs off to germany former heavy exporter to britain tied up bjv nazi occu pation ottawa cp while cnnadn plans to provide united kingdom with a recordbrenking total of fioo000000 pounds of bacon in the coming yenf firures received in ottnwn tell the story of the decline of n former lend ing exporter of this product den mark danish bncon was highly popular in the united kingdom but following oc cupation by germany in 1940 nil such exports beyond europe were cut off to compensate for this loss cqnnda shipped 425000000 pounds of bacon to the united kingdom under nn agreement just concluded and under took to provide the additional quant ity required in coming months information as to whnt has hap pened to uio danish livestock indus try under german control is contain ed in the publication of tho united states department of agriculture foreign crops and markets the publication said thnt all classes of danish livestock except horses de clined in 191041 with the largest decrease in hops nnd poultry the numbers of the latter dropping 45 per cent i german requisitions nnd reduced supplies of feed have cut the number of cattle by 220000 head since inst summer hogs hnve now been reduc ed to 1770000 head representing a 45 per cent reduction between july 1040 nnd july 1941 totnl bred sows in july 1911 showed a reduction of 17 per cent compared with n yenr enrller suck ling pigs numbered 440000 a decrease of 42 per cent compared with june 1910 hogs of slaughter weight were 1000000 fewer the publication said thnt nlthough the slaughter of hogs in danish ex port houses in the 12month period of 191041 was 2fi per cent less than in 193940 at the end of june the export of live hogs principally to germany increased 252 per cent thank imrrikii navy johannesburg cp this south african mlnlnc metropolis will hnve a very good chrtstmnsr thanks to the british nnty says the s a newsletter which remarks only luxury lines nre unohtninnble nnd these will hardly be missed this is um first of series of articles about conditions tn great britain and- other puta of bttropof written eaolusjvoly f or uw- weekly newspapers of can ada by hugh tempun of the f rsus newsboeord somewhere in tho atlantic between richard fry equally at home with pinna- or orgnn iltchurd fry linn mnde fre quent nppenrnnces oncbcs national network and is at present being heard monday to saturday inclusive from the cbcs halifax studios nt 815 nm dst ho has been tho plnnlst for the national sing songs of the armed forces directed by george young mnrltlmes regional representative of the cbc nnd his performances behind tho scenem in aiding nnd abetting n radio cnusc nre every bit as noteworthy as- his accomplishments in music he la an al trooper nnd ns vershlltc ns they come hitler outsmarting us hitler said he would dictate pence terms to brltnln irr buckingham palace on august 5 1910 hitler snid he would take moscow within three weeks of juno 22 1941 hitler snld five or six weeks ago thnt the most momentous event of the wnr would be reached in 48 hours meaning the utter defent of russln hitler is tho most colossal llnr nnd shrewdest propagandist of nil time nazi dive bombers nnd blitz buggies dont strike until the propaganda timebombs placed by hitler gang nre ready to go off nazi ngents are plnntlng their lies nil over north nnd south america there nre lots of them sowing the seeds of discord and suspicion right herein canada these are quiet wise looking guys who throw out the suggestion thnt gasoline saving is not necessary that its n frameup in whose interest is it to make canndlnns suspicious nnd keep them from saving gas when brit ain asks us to help her by doing so and how could german agents in can ada serve hitler better than by cast ing suspicion upon the gnsoline snv- ing enmpnign the same quiet wise looking guys vhpsit in hotel lounges beer parlors train smokingrooms sny thnt wnr snvings ccrtificntes nre no good that youll never get your money bnck they sny better put your money into strike funds nnd let mike nnd joe or some other strong nrm get n real cut for you the saps pass this along nnd the quiet wise guy slips bnck to tho vaterland by the way of usa and lisbon to receive the ironcrocs for smart work done in canndn across the atlantic in a refugee ship steal sacred vessel london cp dispatches from italy telling of wholesale thievery in the wake of increased poverty quote the bishop of milan ns ordering nil sacred vessels locked in n safe place so they cannot be stolen tho azores nwd bermuda whatrn strange place this is for the editor of a canadian weekly newspaper to bo in this latter part of october 1m1 after more than two years of vnr and when you come to think of it what a strange place for anyone to be unleus driven by dire necessity most of the other 140 people on board the uujs steamship fxcnmblon are horo becnuso of necessity they are fleeing from unhappy europe glntl enough to got away in splto of perils thnt may still lie nhend they nre refugoos hoping for peace in the united states the passengor list contains tho nnmo of n prince relat ed to one of tho stillruling royal families of europe there nre sueh names as gome y gomez and poh- tuhov and pin tsno and rndnjewkl there is n group of wholesome young people who hnve loft tho u s em bassy in berlin whllo tho going is good nnd several chinese families including soma cute little children being withdrawn from the embassy in swltzorlnnd there- is a man from tho british diplomatic service occupy ing n cabin all by himself because he carries confidential information to washington nnd there is a lleutennnt in the u s nnvy in civilian clothes returning from n mission to britain there nre two english women forced to lonve frnnco on 24 hours notice they hnve not tnsted meat far wo yenrs because they fed their entire rntlon such ns it was to a siamese cot that now accompnnlcn them on the ship there is a little french girl who ordered two poached eggs for breakfast her first morning on the bont nnd then could not ent them when they enme but snt nnd cried snlt tenrs over them becnuso her np- potlte wiftr gone and another fnmlly from unccupled france ate nothing but potntoes for their first few meals there is even a stately english wo man who crawled out under barbed wire entanglements to get to portu- gnl nnd so on tills ship editors on a refugee ship in such a crowd ns this eleven canadian editors may seem rather out of plnce and truly none of us ever expected to be on this ship we had planned to go flying through the air from lisbon to new york re turning ns we had come but in oc tober flying conditions are uncertain we seemed hkery to wait in lisbon for woeks before our turn enmo to go on the clipper one week in thnt city got usdown those who were not nctually sick were entirely un- enthuslnstic nbout any more lisbon meals or cllmnto or scenery we were nervous nftor being trailed day nfter day by members of the german ges- tnpo who stnyed in the samp hotel as we did when the chance came to leave- by bont wc took it one- of the editors is from st john nb ho loves tho sen and bonts nnd all things connected with them nnd he jumped at the chance to come by ship all tho rest of us would have preferred to travel by air those in peril en the seas four days before wo left lisbon the papers of that clfy were all ex cited because a portuguese ship hnd been sunk by the germnns nppnrent- ly because of tungsten ore on board destined for the united states two days later they were mourning the deaths of two british families from portugal returning to england until their ship was torpedoed off the const on the way to lisbon this same scathed but knowing that if any one of a dozen thins had bn slightly different i would not have been here at all i have been at a bomber sta tion and have talked to the boys who make the long trips over france and germany to unload their cargoes of dethvndthnvwbeonthe royal canadian air fore fighter pilots come back to their airports aftnr be ing in action i s knglmnd in wartime i have heard chufvklir defend his steamship excambion was met by a german bombing plane which circled nround it mnsthlgh and then flow nwny ngnln on the day we sailed from lisbon news enme that tho germans hnd torpedoed tho amerlcnn destroyer kenrney two days out an amerlcnn freight bont wns sunk in the atlnnllc straight south of when we were this very morning when we awoke it wns to see another ship coming closer as it drew neor we could see that it wasnt the merchnnf vessel it pretended to ho but had businesslike guns fore nnd aft it hnd no flng nor gave nny signal but crossed our bows nnd went on we nil realized i hose dangers but ns the dnys pnssod nnd our boat continued on us wny tho tension relaxed the restful monotonous dnys on board ship gnveus nil time to recover from strenuous nnd exciting times overseas when the invention came to me to go to england for n few weeks to represent the weekly papers of cnn- ndn there were mnny who envied me becnuse of thnt opportunity if it is nny comfort to them now i enn sny quite truthfully thnt there were times when i would gladly have trad ed places with nny of them travel- across the atlantic those dnys is some thing thnt should not be undertaken except from necessity adventurous weeks but 6n tho whole these have boon wondprful weeks 1 have crossed the atlnntlc by nlr one of the most ro mance voyages in the world today i hnve flown altogether some 9000 miles by american clipper royal dutch air lines and british overseas airways i hnve visited bermuda tho azores england southern ireland nnd portugal i hnve tallied with winston church ill many members of his cabinet britains greatest news- paper men n former cnnndlnn prime minister ond tho canadian high com missioner the cnnndlnn corps com- mnnder nnd mnny of his officers arid soldiers nmd n host of the common people of engnlnd who have come through bomhlngs have lost their homes nnd their relatives yet entry on in britains hour of need i have tnsted the hospitality of grent nnd smnll in englnnd nnd hnve made new friends there there hnve been plenty of thrills i hnve flown down the bny of biscny in a soaplnne with not a light show ing and the hostile enemy coast not far away i hnve stood on a rooftop in london with the firewatchers nnd have seen the distant flashes of anti aircraft guns shooting at an enemy plnne nppronchlng the city t have been through n blitz myself have seen nnd heard and felt the explos ions of huge enemy land mines and have come through the ordeal un- iarjtthff ttoiikc of cojnmafljt jind have stood amid the ruins of coventry cathedral i hnve walked in the inndon hfackoiit tint in the pleasant engl uli countryside whbro every garden hud 1u largo into roses i have been r trailed by tho german gestnpo in llultnn nnd have wwn n bullfight i have rlddon on trains in buses in enrs in the under ground and hnve talked to friendly folk everywhere these are the things j shall write nliout in the scries of stories which will npmnr in this newspaper during the next three months always pro- videdof course that the excambion does not meet nn unfriendly submar ine or homlilng plant somewhere this side of hew yoi looked ukj5 homb alexandria cp beautiful structure isnt it remarked a cap tain in a regiment arriving at this mlddie-east- base fromafacmlnbdlst- trlct of sputh africa as i hoy gazed at an imposing circulartowered movjue yes sir they chorused we were just saying what a fine slip it would make repledge for war savings sal ada its muwu romtpe ike ttniem ft u jibim mtn top eh of x the nnnhitn national rajhrtjw diniu e mhum lh man than twt mem iawdicafai required to nut mfido individual kalfifj of tmsddidff to b awvtd on tnia dtiriag th ouritma aeuon two tone of cuddiatf m needed to fill that order and an bub at the kavy army and air pom then trarellijc will have thair ahan tepmeeatalivei of the aarrieee mi invited to me the job t under way they crowded chef morfaa hut did not tramp hie atyle and thie etaon four thouiand bound of paddin material re aamnbled and cooked hi a work enaee u feet ian by inehee wide the kitehea of a diniaf ear parted in the yard at moaireej irevinc eaant elearanoe for ttoe eooke the photoeraph ehowa bft to right sleuhnan uerrdi b mn era ncnvr ouef xnetnietor chef jam morten onbj aam teen clark itcaf and drummer mclean anderson hcabo theyuuns woman known in tlilei plmlo w ucldlnc rurlrlitirlip for bren machine un- thcw kht onrtrtliunl wvnpaim mv ikii turned out by the hunilnxli in canada 90 completed ajnaval gun every month forlthe pur atiqn this is actons objective in the national war weapons drive weve nearly done it i our community it eloae to ita objective in the war weapons drive but more pledges are urgently needed our soldier our sailors our airmen are counting on us more regularpurchae of war saving certificates mean mote weapons for our forces bach of us must do his part not one of us must shirk his duty lets all get behind this drive for the last push to success bemember our present objective is just a start our job for the war is far from finished we must do better and better until victory is achieved this means larger investment in war sayings certificates month in month out for the duration lets make our effort a power drive for victory acton war savings committee boy more and more war savings certificates regularly irrzxr m- js kvtjjj wtwi