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the acton free press thursday january mb ims vmtiag canadas army overseas in england who was formerly on the sherbrooke pouee force genualb supreaant of st johns b vennts of ctlh st sha- wtalgan falls 1 sunooeau of sher brooke j l fontaines of st ihe and claude roc l a ofst osalre they spoke regretfully of maiy miming comrades and were concerned ax to whether they would find the re placements lust as congenial their stories of dieppe were grip ing one lad told of beta in charge of two carriers which they finally landed after two attempts after es tablishing machine sun post they came off again and landed ammual aukuekql is ky llamw at sx while ta ealaad the canadian edl tors were shown in great detail all the various acuvtuea of the canadian army in etogiand- there was no effort to show all of the army overseas but at least one unit of each hind was visited and studied and the ramifications of the various activities are truly amazing- another told of seeing bombs drop- the first unit visited was an ordn- p ground bis boat also many nee oorps work shop manned by planes whlcbhe waa unable highly skilled men making all kinds to he seeing a spit of repairs there was an armourers j nnt maa messerscnnodt collide nose shop making repalta and adjuxtmeols lo bo v doh tan ln to all kinds of guns an optical shop ow frenchmen av- maklng repalra to field amasses mkv to evidence of joy a1 opes and similar instruments a i b bera wireless shop repairing and making a rtor k chuckling over wireless receiving sets and transmit- finding the flr- ter and a fine instrument shop i tn tense took refuge behind some wheat plastics another remedy for grain glut with dm nag stores in rxpcrtb battle willi qswiwssai t whats btal to grow in ims w1nn1pexx cpr farmers in the j isttrlgwe f liiiiiavtfliblaswr rimirsam and by il 1l qobdon oiaislia preaa btaff writer french political intrigue directed producers of the urges grain lowar a compromise peace with ger- cronjn history have many complex mt tlif expemw gr9mt briuin problems lo meet in planning 1943 ot ended 2s years mxo wwn rations aimed to increase foodduff bfy arfmt jobepl calllaux a for- which could even make parts and re pairs to a watch the main shop at this unit is in charge ot cant u h hastings wh ramm from stanstead que and who reported thai he receives the stan- stead journal regularly and enjoys every word of it lie has hern ovrr- weat sin september 1940- another trnsimjoefr hnttu f beaseley of uuelph on ho was a runner up j jts ty fov the kings prize for shooting ai pied the opinion that ir buley a few years ago p rlose touch with the the work of maintenance of equip- i bo mor rfy cases which they soon found out were f filled with dynanlt many of those boy had brought backsouventrs of the raid such as erman badges pencils tobacco etc j 1 fontaine said that it was his grandfather who used to operate the fonlalne toll bridge near atlllon que lie said that he had a war godmother mrs j pariseau of sher- rnent is a ver important part of the army as we realised more and more a the tour progressed while we saw many places where maintenance and f repair work is carried on this flrl unit was the only one doing live highly specialized work on instru menls which we visited lpleu battery operatlwaa the same afternoon a study wm made of field battery operations this was an illuminating demonstra tion of the dose liaison between army and air force v it was shown how the decision is made as to whether air or ktound gun action is to be employed and how each one is called into action as part of this demonstration two batteries were aet up in hiding under camouflage and n patrol of mustangs was called out from a nearby air held it was their job to locate the batteries and photograph them these tremendously fast and pow erful planes gave the editors a real lhrll as they circled and dived over the field swooping down at times so close that it seemed as if they were going to take off our hats it did not take them long to spot the hidden latteries and with a gay flourish they were off we were hurried over to the aerodrome and on our arrival were shown the finished pictures of the batteries taken from the planes ijeavlng the drome we drove for many miles stopping for our evening meal at east crinstead where we ate in the room which the local rotary club uses for their meetings passing through many lovely old villages we finally arrived at the hotel which was 16 be our headquarters for the next ten days jlnrsmmsiatlnw mfflenlues it is most difficult at this time to find accommodation for a party such as ours which with drivers photo graphers and officers numbered about tuxteen many hotels are closed many taken over by the government and those which have rooms are short of food or t they have food are short of rooms however a quiet hotel in a seaside resort was able to look attcr tho party and ao arrangements had been j made there in advance such resorts today are almost deserted measure i travel is most definitely discouraged and most seaside places are under severe restrictions as to visitors each day we started out early and travelled many miles lrr our private bus to various units and most nights arrived at the hotel very late usually travelling for many miles in thq blackout the way our advance rider and our bus driver could drive at good speed through the darkness was always a thrilling experience to a party who had always been used to driving with powerful headlights to add to our wondermt nt there never was a single direction sign or name post and how they found their way without pause at intersections was a mystery we ttalt visited when we arrived in england the thrilling story of dieppe had just broken and everybody was discussing the exploit therefore the next item on our program a visit with units that had jus returned from dieppe was of special interest we were greeted by general j h roberts who led the dieppe expedition and who spoke in high praise of the men and officers there the men then broke ranks and we had a moat informal talk with them sitting on the ground with small groups of the men who grouped them selves according to their home dis tricts in this way i talked with p merrier of shcrbrooke c pigeon carry on y the fusiliers tie montreal certainly made a great name for themselves at dieppe and set up n tradition for the french canadian troops and it was a great opportunity to meet and talk with them informally canadas cows take big part in production for the united kingdom and allied fighting forces the farmer is faced with a skllld tabor shortage and clogged granaries as much of the 158700000 bushels crop harvested this year has not been turned into ready cash a glimmer of hope burst through the cloud however as scientists con- t wme when n cum tlnue lo delve into methods of using m parted hi successful attempt wheat for plastics or manufacture of ha lne french people from the mer prtawmlntster the hopes of calllaux stormy petrel in french politics for a year or more toppled with the seturn to power of george ctemenceau and his victory cabinet late in 1917 calllauxs arrest january 14 1018 in charges involving high ti alcohol for various industrial uses during wartime any project to re duce the wheat surplus officially placed at about 1000000000 bushels state of warweariness that had ber come fertile ground tor a doctrine of defeatism throughout his political enreer would give a clue to what best to j k the turn of the century sow in the next cropyear farmers calllaux bad sought to bring france y land ccrmany together on the com a substantial amount of the large mo ground or finance as prime coarse grain production will be fed minister he was deeply involved in to increase livestock herds to boost he morocco crisis of 1911 which re- mllk cheese and bacon output utmki in the surrender of french even here the labor shortage threat- congo to germany ens to curtail production a special committee or the senate yewtta lsarreat raweeas i niade a report on the affair that was goveiunent olflrfal proclaimed h7 c youth hatvea excurjon from on- bu j i f lario and quebec ha brought more i w h than 5000 harvest helper to sadnl- u jr fci- tnatlod from ability as a financier ehewatand alberta fotneflrt tlnve b 7 hla in 14 years a success when the two br premiership provinces were threatened with a loss duo to adverse weather in october the movement of university and col lege students enabled approximately 40 per cent of the crops in these areas to be harvested in 1943 it is expected harvest excursions will bckln earlier i in 1911 france was startled by dis closures in tho paris glgaro regard ing calllauxs personal affairs the revelations ended with the shooting of gaston chlmelte editor of the newspaper by mndnmc calllaux m calllaux successfully defended bis wife on the very eve of the first pending announcement of lho i r war and then resigns ids fln- domlnlon governments cropgrowing m jl tollcy which farm officials say is es sential before any plans can lie made contacts in limy during the tarly pnrt of the war butter scarcity no fruit of uossie it secmts average muk yield um reached wartime accord ottawa cp the common farm cow today appeared as oho of the unsung heroines of the canadian war effort she has increased her overage milk production by nearly two pounds a day compared with 193a timing this improvement with progresslvoly rising increase- in the demand for milk and milk products hy the fighting forces tho allied na tions and the civilian population in october 193 the average cow produced 139 pounds of milk a day and in the sumo month this year 18 pounds dominion bureau of statis tics records showed in tho last three years in addition to increased milk production per cow the number of cows milking has been raised in 1940 77 s per cent of tho total cows in canada were being milked and in 1942 7h1 per cent for future milking ottawa records indicated that more farmers are holding young cattlo stock either for sale or future breed ing along with young female cattlo to be used for future milking sales of cows are about norma but farm to sales nro mor iriovidenco than in previous years the enlarged demahd for milk pro ducts was reflected in the report that sales of fluid milk for canada as n whole increased eight per cent in october as against tho same month last year milk used in farm homes and for livestock feeding has shown an increase in all provinces officials said the farm labor situa tion was a factor affecting the size of cattle herds farmers with ade quate family help were increasing their turds but frtwe uncertain of labor supplies were enlarging their herds only- cautiously abundant feed supplies are en couraging the extension of htrds in most provinces but in parts of wes tern canada the coarse grains harvest still is in the fields and will not be threshed until spring although tho percentage of cows being miked is larger for all canada some provinces reported a reduction in october in saskatchewan only 6s 1 per cent of the total cows were being milked against 75 1 per cent in the um month in 1941 feel crowded look at tins london cp jock mcgovern labor mp cited these examples of overcrowding when he spoke in the commons an old married couple live in a hen house and one of their sons in tho army has to live there when on leave another married couple he knows with a fiveyearold boy live in a waihhouse a woman near glas gow lives wlui her family and her motherinlaw ll persons in al4n one small room and kitchen l w ho took n comparatively insignificant regarding 1941 acreages n prominent t tirw bb j allxmrta grulnmnn has suggested wheat policy ijeonnrd d neshltt director of publicity for the alberta wheat pool kuggestod that by discontinuing wheat production in some districts the pro duction could be brought more in lino with annual wartime export and do mestic requirements part an nn army paymaster and then was sent on n mission to south am erica on his return in 191 he at tracted the attention of tho german tecret service later in italy ho spoke freely of france being exhausted by war nnd of tho time when ho would 1h returned to power again ahd con clude peace with germany i documents found in n safe rented tho l by calllaux in a florence bank i purchase 000 budwl of wm a un for a mt wheat from tho 1942 crop slightly n f a n hj but nit hough arrested early in 1018 ho was not brought to trial unti 1920 he was xhargedwtth seeltlng to undermine tluvcorurily of the tunfe abroad m on april 23 1020 ho was sentenced to three years imprison ment deprived of civil rights for 10 years and ordered to reside for five years at a place to bo indicated by the government ho was released the morning after tho trial in view of the long period ho had nlrendy spent in government custody the formal verdict of tho court confirmed the charges of his relations with enemy agents and of giving tho enemy information of tho greatest value but he was exonerated of the guilty intention required in tho ponnl code calllaux received tho benefit of n general amnesty in 1924 to purchase 2000000 bushels of o u u wheat from tho 1942 crop fehlly suic figured largely in tho case less than ilne art ual crop or 1941 h against the french politician splto reduction of almost s0tmm0 t i n acres in wheat sowing in the prairie provinces production this year jump ed to 58ao0oo00 bushekotylckror 281 bushels an acre an alltime high tcxport lo clreeea whlle canada continues to export wheat to tho united kingdom and has shipped about 3000000 bushels as a gift to greece air kesbltt es timates that by the time the hoxl harvest rolls around the dominion will still have 700000000 bushels of wheat on i nnd this he rttlmtes is sufficient to tatko can of domes tic nnd export requirements for m re than two years without n slnglo bushel being grown in the dominion ho suggested thnt money paid for un wanted wheat ttnd for grain elevator carrying charges might bo used better as bonusc to farmers to grow grais bummorralavylnhds or grow othcti trotts in th inst two years the dominion government paid bonuses for turning wheat ocieareslnto coarse grains or summer fa how and encouraged flax production with a 2 25 minimum price a bushel for top grada quantity increase growth in south africa brus usumi i woij ibm i ii its acffieal- tftsro saaulion ottawa cp the immediate task confronting south african ag riculture is not only to maintain but increase the output of foodstuffs j c maoglllivray canadian trade oosn- mwtsloner at cape town said in at re port on the south african agricul tural situation to the department of trade and commerce at ommv u he said agriculture is the weakest poln4 in south africas econoiv hie country being poorly endowed by na ture for farming and toe position is deteriorating rather than improving owing jo soil exhaustion and erealon an authority on the subject had estimated that in a little over half a century there will be no land left in south africa suitable for agricul ture a situation which was being hastened by the increasing utilization of the soli lo increase production approximately 200000000 acres were devoted lo farming of which roughly 14000000 acres were culti vated and lkoono000 used for grat ing tho remainder some g0oooo ncres was under forest cultivated land accounted for only about seven per rtnt of the aggre gate farming nren despite this rela tively small figure this land was an important factoi in tlie agricultural economic structure of the country by supplementing the natural supplies or animal rood stuffs and by supplying the bulk of the nations requirements nf foodstuffs of vegetable origin mr macgllllvray said a serious drought during the past year a shortage of agricultural imp lements f rf lllzers and form tabor coupled with tho extra demands on the food supply hy the increasing in dustrial population war prisoners soldiers ovacuet t and passing con voys and for exports to the nrmles in the middle east had given a serious turn to tlie situation f sppoaed to itat inning mr macglllivrny quoted the south african mlnuur of agriculture as kaylng as government policy is op posed to any coupon rationing of ftvodhtuffh considerable rnaldutrjbu- tlon of commodltlti 1ms bcen-unavold- nhle in this r port mr mnrgllllvray said that food prices in south africa were much higher than they were three years after the outbreak of the lpt4- 18 war duo largely to tho scarcity or shipping for transporting import k and to record drought in tho pat year which did much to force prices upward and also create n scarcity of j supplies i tito mothers in art is tho childs schoolroom ileocher resolve to keep hair sparkling throughout 1943 btstn at tts wlui new yam bfwlsrtfcsssi eavet vets uow to utsaqmfc beat with head cms caabwk to look my best at ab times that should be number one among your new year resolutions wliere to begtar right t the top with your hair take a look around and you if see how many girls heglecctbe fine points in good groom ing brushing and frequent sham pooing for example are more im portant than a highly styled coiffure fifty strokes per day with a good strong brush are none too many in keep your hair sparking with health and cleanliness as for your weekly shampoovmany hair experts prefer a liquid koaplex shampoo that has hair conditioner added they say with it there is no remaining thin film to dim out the lustr and high lights in addition to the hl youll want a new coiffure for the holidays llut remember that while the world is full of lovely women and beauti ful coiffures hot all of them are made for each other so bo sure to choose a coiffure thnt harmonizes with your face or stick to the old one which everyone likes fee finer hab it youre the sophisticated type the hair may he simply set to brush up ward at the sides nnd worked into u lop arrangement or ringlets and curls tills coiffure works best with rnlr that hut body to fit as do nil tho ujw sweeps yri ense your hair u hahy flrte in kortnes youd im tter not hy to wnr nn uksw pt coiffun for v ry soft lialr and for the rwh t serene tut a centre piirt with roll- at tho wldei nr prt ity the hair in hrnilwml xmoofhly v r tin top and luiric of the hind thtn formed into n luntei of mtft itirlh ut the nnpo of tho nwk killits charge in mmlrrn slyle cahtofcma company or gor don highlanders tu tailed to break through n minefield in ygypt and at tack nemy machine gun rod into the thick or the righting cllngln five apiece to the tops of tuntu vve f it like tho knights of old going into battle on our armored chariots raid sgt george mc hoi ian or aber deen whnt struck me wan that we werv reliving tho days of waterloo when th gordons held on to tho stir rups of the scots greys and so got into tho thick of the battle when movie stars take to kitchens ifa pntij ibfsik it seem with salary cmus ajaf help hollywood cp the movie queens of ifolrywood used to have problems foday theyre lucky if they have servants the world wide shortage of household help plus new income taxes and the x5000 salary ceiling are consplrliu to send many a star bade to the kit chen the tyrone p s who used to have three servants now have- one and ty is in the marines though mrs powers annabella to youv has resumed her movie career she is determined to keep her eight- room home while ty is away it won t be hard says annabella t really like housework you can think about other things while youre doing it you can turn on the radio for music while you work as fr cassdng also there are so many gadget and modern electric equipment to simpli fy housework that it shouldnt lo ter rifying she says cooking mi doesn t enjoy lt if left to herself shed have boiled egg for dinner but she does have a few npeclflltles we cant have pretty dark red flneernnlls any more she luughs hut most men didnt like them any way ing halls are out too youd hiiik hum just making u bed annabellns weak point in bouse- rlcnnlng is the library she duwts off a hook and begins thumbing through it fettling down eventually to rend annnltelln is philosophical nlmut hollywoods now hard times wo were spoiled this is really hack to norma f she states rournccoutdy her nfhrthought may imj holly wood u joo but i iiomt we get uihtllcd again it was dlvlnot mgsaoj30niui swsisaaiiiasi if asx tswsfc casals uiisssubs um tausta it takes real pull to start a locomotive under the cab window of every canadian nat ionm hallways loco motive is painted the number of the engine and below are small letters nnd flgurt s puzzling to the unltlated but eloquent in what they tell men of tho mechanical department of the national systetm briefly they cat alogue tho type date and power of each engine the markings l2g s7v classify tho new and powerful 6200 class locomotives in this man ner u indicates a northern type locomotive of 4 8 4 wheel arrange- ment 2g tells the period and see les and 57 records 57000 pounds or tractive effort one percent being equal to 1000 pounds of tractive effort is the actual horizontal pull of the drawbar at the back of the tender exerted by the driving wheels of a i locomotive at the rail in effect this marking shows the working power of every locomotive it is calculated by an intricate formula which in cludes the diameters- pf the cylinders the length of stroke boiler pressure and the diameter or the driving wheels sometimes the letter b appears after the percentage rating to signify that the locomotive is equipped with a booster giving that engine approxi mately 10 mora tractive power silk stockings brazil has them south african women to get them from south american r monttteal cp silk stockings if any oro mighty scarce in can ada material for them used to come in great quantities from japan down in south africa which also used to depend on japan for its silk tho girls are getting thelra from across tho south atlnntlerjnbrazll trade is on the increase between south africa and brazil and the south african controller of textiles has announced that many applica tions have been received from firms to import from brazil largo quantities of cotton goods textiles and silk stockings within a month or twa it is stated south african women may be able to buy brazilian made silk stockings in shops all over tho union of south africa it is tinted out that millions of mulberry trees are under cultivation all over brazil for the breeding of silk worms and south african women who buy the first silk stockings from brazil will be wearing a product of intensive research ah over the coun try the brazilian government has es tablished research stations to help silk cultivation silk farmers are lib erally assisted by the government and the industry is worth millions every year japan is generally associated with silk but it is not generally known that in amazonia one of the provinces of brazil the mulberry tre neces sary for cultivating silk worms grows at least twice as big as similar trees in japan 0f6 must register ohontmmeoureiyamk your i6th birthday 110 w m y jwtoe 1 m rfy- lli j