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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), January 7, 1943, p. 6

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y the acton phee phbss thursday january 7th uo tbe importance of air raid precautions v omen that ii was too hard and loo dangerous the ummr to utla criti cism m that tsrle aa many woma volttptjfedoljihjwotthaji was one dosa not ha lo stay in eng land s before the importance of ajrp or cjpjc vorit b seen and w canadians became quickly con- viaord that much more serious atten tion to iheae precautions should he riven in canada much of the- woik of the array which sre nw was in the form of de monstrations but we had an oppor tunity to study arp work in actual practice over there we came bock to our heodouarlers one afternoon to learn that a hort time before some raiders had com over the vicinity and had caused con smlerabke damage to a very largd apartment hotel four of our party including myself went down to just what had happened we found that the building whkh had been struck was a tremendousl large apartment house bine stories in height much longer than an ordinary street block wjth a large projecting 1 at each end there were probably a hundred or more apartments of three or four rooms each in the build ing which was a comparatively new fireproof block largely of cement and atone construction it was a building which would not easily be damaged the bombwhad landed directly in front of the centre of the building only a few feet from the wall in the courtyard formed b the three walls of the building as there had been some casualties considerable damage to the building nnd as the construction was compar- nble to the heavier type of building here in canada it was an ideal situa tion for us to study from the stand point of what would be necessary in canada to cope with raid damage warfarrs seen aa the mb the first thing that struck us was the tremendous activity all over the place althoueh it was only n few hours after the bomb had struck there were hundreds of men at work at top speed police and guards kept all except workers from going close to the build ing and as we were intensely inter ested in their organization which wet wanted to study with the idea of tel ling to the people of canada we pre sented our credentials and asked per mission to enter here as every where else in england we were re ceived with the greatest courtesy and conducted to the chief officer of the local abup hit organgallon was working smoothly and efficiently and he per sonally took us around introducing us to the heads of the various sec tions and explaining what they were doing and how the carried out their duties he also took us through n part of the building it would hae taken loo long to go through it nll to sw what the effect of such a bomb ing was f in the event of n bombing cnuung damage two thing re started at once looking after casualties and summoning the members of the a it i they use what is known as the miowball system to summon the mem- tters that is each man has to call four others in this way all the mrm- lvers nro very quickly notified hotting tip organisation as soon as all casualties are re moved the first thing is to set up 11 main office know n as the a it 1 ijaison office which keeps in close touch with e cry thing that is going on in this case the office of the building made an dial location but where such a room is not available the nearest suitable mince is taken the office work is nroken down uo that there u o section looking nft or nch activity all this is done almost in as little time as it takes to uu about it then an intensive search of the building is mode with the double pur pose of ascertaining if there are any- trapped persons and to study if the building can be repaired and what it will require to do this at the same time any bodies not previously re moved are taken away another group is taking rapid steps to salvage anything that can he saved by quick work and this is followed by a more leisurely effort to salvage everything possible transportation must be arranged ns required other groups are arranging for food providing where necessary to the unfortunate victims and a hous ing department finds accommodation for the bombed out people if they have no other place to go if as it was in this case it is pos sible to repair the building contrac- trs and workmen are called to start work without delay otherwise the debris is more or leas cleaned up and replacement postponed until after the war- all that various groups were on atyo job at ones and carrying out their i if it wars- swyday routine on the street in front of the build ing was st canteen truck which bore on its sides a sign showing that it had been presented lo the lord mayors fund by ford victoria southern rhodesia in the courtyard were number of men sweeping the grassy jone of our party caned attention to them re marking that there was an example of typical british efficiency to which our guide replied this la something that is absolutely necessary those men have already reco two valu- ahke lings and a cigarette case we were told that the action of a bomb b about as unpredictable as that of stroke of lightning and frequently the explosion 4411 suck all small art icles right out of a building another important detail which must be carried out at once is to lest the walls and buildings to make e that they will not fall on work- when jroo look over the roofs of english cities the first thus that strikes you are ch pots every building has a battery of anywhere up to a down or more of the pots the roofs are generally more cut up with eji kinds of turretu than is the case in canada and with these chim ney pots it makes the roofs hard to e get at and hard to patrol ladders are usually kept on them bo that any part of the roof can be quickly reached this work is most import ant during raids and the proper cosh trolof incendiaries on iheae roofs just means the difference betweec uary it will be seen that many of these details require trained men and it was not surprising fo find that our guide in private life was a building contractor t3 even by the time ge got there workers were already preparing to make repairs and were chipping out the remains of broken windows and window glass was arriving to replace necessary windows one essential thing is that wardens know all the people in their territory and that they account for them lo make sure that nobody is missing cwmpeswatlai i damage and staggering in the parish magazines of st mai redcuffe church bristol the church which queen elizabeth in 1574 de scribed as being the fairest godlhst and most famous parish church in england v read this appeal with out question the greatest material treasure in bristol is st mary red cuffe church v now ask the woman of bristol if they will help to guard it yglt fire we want two at least and three better still to be on duty every night women between 17 and 50 will be welcomed and if you arrange with a friend or friends by il il ooftdon casssun press waff writer president woodrow wllsonlald his celebrated fourteen points for world peace before the united states congress js years ago in the first great war the presidents radical restatement of war alms and the in sistence on justice as an essential lo a settlement brought him great pres tige in allied countries nnd revived the spirits of oppressed nationalities in central europe nearly a year later mr wilsons character of allied war alms to gether with clarifying statements made in subsequent addresses became the basis of the armistice jind the treaty of versailles signed june jh 1919 great difficulty was experienced in translating the presidents principles h into the peace treaty and iri accepting will be doing great service now is territorial and economic demands the lime to strengthen our hand of tt u hk hwinn bw tit j j from the enemy he was said in some quarters to have surrendered his prin ciples while acknowledging that ccr- in regard jto compensation the von herbert morrison minister of vnr services told us that victims arc ivcn clothes nnd if necessary some noney to carry on if their home la imaged that they cannot use it they une blllelted however real compen- otlon is not given until the end of he war new houses could not bo upplled now anyway on account of shortage of materials if u house can he repaired easily or if temporary repairs will enable it o be used the cost is sometimes al lowed but this will be deducted from iny settlement the organization known in can ada ns civilian protection committee or air raid precaution or arp u now called civil defence in eng land and is considered most import- ant work as mr morrison told us it is now a major net of war so local authority is not enough the studies made of this work and its results are of great benefit to others quick communication is necessary and as the telephones are stato own ed there is full cooperation but more than that is necessary as the tele phones might very possibly be put out of action therefore a system of mes sengers must be provided for i sabotage has been surprisingly little so we were informed and theft or taking advantage of anothers mis fortune is practically unknown onothing should be impressed upon the peoplcof canada and that is that much of the early ilamnge by raiders could have been prevented if proper precautions had been taken before the rnldft began nnd if the or- anlxntloujtin 1 been perfected in ntl- vnnce that is to say much daniufc was caused by fires which got out of hand because there were no eno ltroierly trained fire fighters to deal pwith the emergency when it nrau the time for canadians to prepare for such emergencies is now not after some city has suffered a had raid in the same way that the tele phones might be interrupted tho wnttr mains may he destroyed with disastrous effect therefore provision 1ms been made in every community in england to have plenty of water in storage i toumitux of basements of build ing that have lieon destroyed are be ing used for this purpose tiilm base ment have been cleaned out cement ed on the wall and bottom so that the will hold nnd havolieon tilled with water we saw many of these nnd alito ottu r great storage tanks r ady for an mergency large signs are posted indicating whtre btatlc water is to he found this is necessary so that in the ex- it nit nt and confusion of on emerg- uc the nearest htornge of water is located without delay while nil other direction signs in england are entirely lacking even the smallest community has ho i nd of signs indicating where the warden lives or can be found where static water is stored where air raid shel ters art located and the location of stirrup pumps probably there are more signs in england reading stlr- lup pump here than nny other in addition jto working hard at regular work nearly every man in england has to take his share in civil defence work women workers while we were in england mr her bert morrison issued an appeal for a very large number of women to vol unteer for work as fire watchers this means night wqrk patrolling buildings climbing oh roofs and other hard work there was a great deal of criticism of this appeal because it was felt that it was not fit work for watchers before the winter begins some say that the reason there have been so many churches destroy- 1 j h j jt l klxllaln features of the settlement were pl in tand udu to ih dllflcu 11 ldel mr wuon wwd j in protecting these roofs from in- 1 7- k kim j won his main contention in the es- cendlaries it seems to be very diffll tabllshment of the league of nations cult work to ask women to do yet t rl although his own country did not be- they are cheerfully responding to the l l k come a member appeals and remember that in all probability the women who fake on tno fourteen folnts this work will do it in addition to 1 resident wilsons message to con- worklng at their regular occupation rr was made january 8th 1918 every day main features or the fourteen points the first great fire of london was u in 1c66 the second one was in lata 0 pence ami o every able bodied man available d nnd every piece of fire fighting equip- 1 w ment which could be brought to lon- 2wioin r navlgntum in pence don was engnge1 in trying to over- an4i wor oulbll waters come the flames x am told by people fi w v who were there that men worked knen until they dropped from exhaustion and that engineers ran until their hearings were burnt out i have even heard it said that if tlio german raiders hud come back one more sue- ceedlng night the whole city would people have gone nsthe men and equipment could not have carried on nny longer kalds not ores the people of england how seem to think that the worst is over that such raids cannot happen again they international action 3 itcmovnl of economic ikirrlers t adequate guarantees for deduc tion of armaments 5 an impartial adjustment of all colonial claims the interests of the concerned having equal weight with tho equitable claim of the government who4o title is totte determined i g all russian territory to be evacuated and russia to bo given full opportunity for selfdevelopment with j are encouraged in this belief by the nm e the powers fact that the defences are so much better than they were that there aro more and better planes for defend that there ore many more balloons that the ackack is stronger and bet ter that the arp u much better organized and more effective the hon mr morrison told us that there are now 1450 fire companies merged into the national eire service authorities however hold n differ ent view they are warning the people that increased heavier raids ore not ogly possible but very prob able some authorities say that the tccentmonths have only been in which germany has been tooling 7 complete evacuation of bel- glum and restoration of belgium without any limit to belgian sov ereignty 8 all french territory to be freed and the wrong by prussia in regard to alsacelorraine to bo righted 9 italian frontiers to be adjusted on lines of nationality 10 peoples of austrlahungatry to be given an opportunity of autono mous development lj rumania serbia and monto- negro to bo evacuated serbia to have access to tho sea and tbe relation wi uu u uwi cvuniihi he balkan states to bo settled on lip tn order to unlease heavier bombs nef allegiance and nationality on england more after tho block unor wnatlonal guarantees busting type 12 nonturkish nationalities of at the same time it is believed that qhomnn empire to bo assured of nu- liefore long canada will hove gorman nous development nnd darda iwmh dropping on her that at the i to lm trec n rnmo time that germany in tooling polish independence to bo ro up for heavier raids on england that red nnd the new state to have ac- she 1m making preparations to kond tho mn planes capable of longer cruising m a general association of most barnyards are gold mines of basic goods hti hair in nossr a ear is one wnrtlnse necsj and pica are pica wstn om twnloi of bnadsea to paint hwpa by jamerilc4wok tnsndlan lrsa fttaff writer osttawa cp even hie hlrlr7 a cow s ear is of economic import ance today as canadsrworklng under war economy and seeking sub stitute for former imports searches home supplies for essential require ments officials ray in peacetime almost no one cared or even know whether rows had hair in their ears or not hut there came a day wlien a camel s hair from arabia ho longer could he obtained ronvenh ntly and n substitute had to he found for artists and talnt m brushes in the rows ear was found just what was needed for another kind of brush tin stiff long lasting hair brush that north america ilemanded in quantity the lough chines hogs were looked to for the necessary hupplh then suddenly no more brutles were avail able from this source and the canad ian hog was called on fo fill nnotlier need now they lake the bristles from the canadian hogs hark for hruths and the uoti hair from his stoma h to fill mailrekcs needed by the unllfd j kingdom actually said offlclnls tbe canadian row nhd hog i n route to the slaughter represent n veritable storehouse of strat gle mnt rials everything ited alter the he f uhd tho pork hav been taken away by tlm butcher or the agency khlpplhg food to rrltaln i many agenries wait for tin- nmntinlu etllhle fats are uwd for uhorti nlng j nnd inedible on for boop making nnd similar purposes glycerine e u ntlnl in the mtiklnf of munitions in byproduct of uuip making llie liom s ih come poultry tf d gtlntln or frtlllxir lh lnutimsi lecome snuiuige enninjs or utriiuw for musical instruments blootl ik ummi for mnklnf lilmwl pud- j dlngu ilk ly to iwcom more popular as tbe war roes on nnd already hlgh- lyucceptnble tcuul in many countrleu j livers are used to treat anemia nnd pepsin and rennln from the lining of i ntomuclib help human digestion claws hooves nnd horns lost nomo 1 of their value when plnbtlc became popular now pinrtlcs are needed for war purposes and tlalr use is again becoming widespread weddings flood for birmingham these war days centre of irs3nflthal britain invora ttarjaay baornfaxxa for ciidnfib harvest and ita by alan randal ress staff writer birmingham england f it s a caution the way the young folks are getting married in birm ingham hereabouts they say mid- landers never did stand much on cere mony and in these day of booming ftirtory production and wrvlre in the forces people seem loo huny to worry nhouf smart wetldlngs saturday morning i the favored linn in the registry offlre hualnexs u mi brlik thn that severnl weidlng uphk go over their llnefl togfther ief0re getting the knot fled dowtifttnlr in tin- marriage r- tption room resthss rouples sit with thulr witness s waiting for the linhir at the top of the htulrs to cull thm some of tb m hold hands almost nil of the in look self con- ttcloum but it m old stuff lo the usher he both rs something like this brown nnd jones hext then jmlth anil uar- clny no ruhh how tlitn the happy toupit irnlpm- up th stairs nnd in no time at nil they are out ngnln married lukek almut a quarter of an hour for orb wedding on saturday said the clerk rtiere is no trouble a couple gives one days notice and on of tlicm must reside here for it days tflo quietly i lie cost bt nhout 11 and uimnlly tlu re are the same sight tub tit very saturday tlie old wotnn roadswerp- r who grtet the bride nnd groom ulth it broom nnd tin ir pile of dirt old tlmiru hold up lampposts nnd buildings ov r tho rond to wntch the happy rouphw rome out into ih htreet sorik of tin in lllty h list i avvay in wnltlng tiihi i h onnionnl irwim wnv a hlii marriage crtiflrnte on ordinary wtek days whrn bul- m m is iiluck rouplon walk up nni sfnlrciim nr- mnrrlod und return doan tin hiimo htnlrfi but not on sa turday i he crowd it so big then an n ruv that brides and brldngroomn have to he sorted nut and rent over n one wny route fo the marriage toonir coming doun n different stalr- rnko from that which they wont up lliey cnll it going over the top hero in birmingham whoro people are married on a schedule as cramped iim that of a dentist i the thing that binds proa to leave the old with a burst of song to recall the right and forgive tho wrong to forgot t fast to tbe vain regrets of the year thats past to have the strength lo let go your hold of the not worth while of the days grown old to dare go fo with the purposs true to the unknown task of the year that s new to help your brother along the road to do his work ard lift his load to add your gift to the worlds good cheer is lo have and to give a happy new year robert drewater beatus twenty years ago from the issue of the free press of thusiday january iiu iks knox church sent a pareel of gifts lo th tordon horn milton during lb holidays mr lonnld rol rtson while out strolling on chrlstmn day ww a in ndow lurk near the railroad track mr john j smith who recently piirrhiikcd the meat huslneri of mr w lnndbborough took powufuiion last we k v george norruh pakd away on tueulay at the home of her riughtt r mrs david wllxon nassa- gaw ya sh was in her k7th year a number of fnrmerx wlvei and dnugbtt rs gntb red at the home of mrs 11 rt dnvldsn litxt rhursday and organised a unite farmers women of ontario awiiorlntlon the vnlue of th grain rropu of wntern canada for wj2 vkt fitohoo the new rlalry hullrllng which was r ntly tornpl td at the ontario agrltuifurul college gu th was of ficially op n d on fueudny evening thlm sivxi structure is one of the flmst f quipped on the rontinent the liiht of nature tve nt rf lamw make olirpot and eandhwelonce and tho light of ronton are neel unufflng it ih only the light of but ns darkness compared with tru heaven thnt shines pure nnd leaven divine llglit which shines only from no stain gootho j the word of god john r iord lookout for your liver vau cant be tsjnsslthly wall if your ihmr isnt smu ymm uw u tu urssst up fat y asey mlniitssrtirttwhidth llsiwust us ta nml imil ists ru f mm nsssss m err sbs seasw setsthsnst udimumd whssmwlimtsstsstttsf mfljsmbmhawlshssmjrm nwitnilij it i t ssd lisnji cswt wd sypiiiy ym kmi ssans- m ss csa now try ow osalss urgwt sdgse k tiny ns u pl wo n i u urfjnl ln s ssw lussy sad nji sub 2sr sae range that will enable her to bomb america therefore we should take steps to rrciuire for such eventualities wo should take a lesson from englands experiences nnd organize n most ef- fuleutcpc tlnns to lie formed under upoclfic cov ennnts to afford mutual guarnntoes of political independence nnd territor ial integrity to both great and small states women out front if germans gome will not seek hiding places ir or when enemy storm rritain livtniool cp women of brit ain will not seek biding places if in counter moves for allied victories in africa the germans attempt to in vade britain they ask only that thoy receive home guard training for deft nee dr edith summersklll inbor mp told a meeting of wo mens home defence units here noting that women are conscript ed into the services work in muni tion factories and are compelled to fire watch the 41yearold labor mp asked why in the name of common sense then are they not given the rght to defend themselves does any honest man think these women will hide if the germans come of course not then use this splendid material by training and pre paring them to be of maximum use in the event of an invasion we do not ask for equipment we ask only for the honor of helping the home guard byreleaalng men for combat duties but wo demand the right to learn selfdefence men must discard their 19thcentury prejudices and let their seasoned judgment not their emotions decide thhuquestlon of womens fitness for the home 3uard vs health and morale of war workers i afoguardlng the health and morale of war workers has become desper ately important war industries in canada and the unite 1 state cim profit greatly from tbe experience ovrneas dr t o garland of the british medh nl association for industrial health tells our london associate garry alllghnn that about 40 million working weeks were lott inst year through workers slckni sn quite avrt from accident b nnd the figure for iim 2 threatens to be en higher workers out sick last year could have built 2000 planes birm ingham alone had 1000 000 industrial accidents lat year an increase of 402 over 1040 the shop stewards national coun cil reports the chief causes of ihh dustrtnl illhealth and accidents aro bad ventilation caused by blackout inadequate feeding and exhaustion increased ilght work made neces sary by the production drive is an other cause of the rise in sickness night shifts cause many workers to have digestive troubles says dr emily badenoch of the industrial welfare society night work hatf become a frequent cause of gastritis and gastric ulcers not because the workers get unsuitable food but be cause they have received no expert guidance on how to adjust their di gestive systems to the change in eat ing times y i i a r- iflittilifiliiililmii

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