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page six the acton frefe press uioksday slitembeft jbtli ml rhu in the lrt of a uorii of rive articles wriuon by bruce m penrce editor of the simeon ueformer for m mber paper nf the cnniidlnn wcikly newspaper amuwlntlon in connection with the reetnt tour of lantern cnnndn military camps munltlonu pltintk hcat sdioou and nnval ynrdw niude h n rroup of prominent weekly raly nnd trade newspaper editors and publishers tlietlrit-nrttcl- i- the trip and outlining the vnrlou highlight encountered enroiid suhkiqunnt nrtlcm will deal with the army the wnr industries tin itcaf nnd the navyi hy 11 m v on the morning of augutd 21rd lnt a c of nearly fifty representative canadian newspapermen nsiembled in ilnmllton to commence a journey twktnirtmbfthlywluvoutpcc i canndlnn journnllam on the night of august 2ut eight day later they arrived in montreal to complete the last leg of a trip which had taken them to the atlantic const and pdven them a complete pan orama of the great war giant which u rapuil taking form in canada sponsored by the department of nnllonnl defence the tour was initi ated primnrttv to give the edltork an inflight into canada s military and in- dustrial activity and to provide them with an t nhrhtened conception of what is ictunllv taking plate in this eountr with the thourht that tluv would then he nble to dlsi uss more intelligentlv in tin lr tolumns the various phiw s of anndn s w ir m ti rjinsi that tin editors glndlv embr u d this uniiie opportunltv mn be taken for grand rl heretofore thev hud known all too little or the insuh stor of the luire mnthine whith on ctituje canada s contribution to tin f a h1ejim not h lngn n position to inform flutr renderr- the majontv were inclined to rkp voice to the rrow ing impatience a ileal achievement it in nn achievement too as tin 10 nrticleh nlm to toll not junl an of- tort a word thai falu to rivo the true emphnsth we would also add thai not once throughout the entire the part of canadians at the apparent lack of nil out effort until the fall of frnnce in tune 19to it is prob ably true that canada had done nil too little that is no lonrer true to day the truth 1b thnt canada is rapidly shnplnc a formidable war ma chine that will have a notable part in licking hitler in the short space of eight da the cnnadlan editors were treated to a spectacle that not only llterolu opened their even hut in spired pride and strengthened fnlth in the part thai canada is playing nnd wlu pla on nn everrrowing scale in idlncth mother country everything wide opn everything was thrown wide open to the pring ees oflnsatinbly cur ious editors nothing wns held back ue had with us brigadier kenneth stuart d s o icechief of the oen eral staff together with distinguish ed reprem ntntives of e of the scrvict including tht depart ii nt nf munitions and upplv ns well a ht rbt rt insh dirtctor of rmrilr m nnd- i a clark dirtctor of public relations for arnn ind rcak and members of tlulr t iffs 1 heir pohc was that 1 i rv hit of availnbli information should 1 fi rthetmung and it was nor did it t v luenn rslru tlnnvn tin onttnt of our slants asidt from tht wtll kntwn rul s of ttnsoxslup not onlv di j this nn n utilize vtrv walking mnrni hi to answer the million tjutstions h w lied at thi m in thtir guist luit the made sure tlmt wrv 1 nni v omm mdnnt iir fat tors hi il ind r uffmr n v ih d the w ho ow nnd held nothing hat k at ottawa tin 1 thlors y r 1 ntt rtnlned at a ditun r it u htch hon i 1 hnlmtm hon d howe tind him iimin wi n tin prill ripar spt 1k1 rs id ji tit r i impfi s sion was tl it tin s mi n wt rt siiuin lv trvmj l n n job i in w r frank in admitting tin 11 nnstaki s nnd lion mi kalstnn ib ian d thil om t lin ttnsi tk w s in having fall m hr t f r in h tling tht light fiou t 7it dil fl nun k ih it in ii r id is h n 1 11 in puhln inuht kn iw 11 trin str f this imtrs m eight day pllrrlmnge was the word politics heard the men who wt re our hosts were far too intensely absorbed in the vltnl tnsk of sharp- enlnr canadas tools of wnr to worry for a moment about politics it was one of the lasting impressions of the trip thnt these men manv of them dollnr a ear public servants were out to do n job for canada thnt the were sparing neltht r strength nor talent to perform that service and thnt thev were admirably fitted for tin ke posts w hit h thev occupied i he same appllts lo the industrial leaders the mllltnrv tnmp tommnnd nnts the chh fs of the nav nnd ilr fort i with whom wt lanu in eontact thev gnxt the impit ssion tf lit irir on top nf thur job and tln inspiud infitlente hv their brisk alt rt mil 1 onfldent hearing mnm cnnndian ttiitors an restlni mtre 1 iisilv as 1 n suit of those contrails ot a ioitide when did we go what did ui se e what did we it nrn in those ttghttta s if nnrnntlerhns th impression that it was simply a jov- ride at government expense wc tan onlv sn that it was the most strenu ous joj ride thnt most of those edi tors had ever experienced trom 8 n m until late a night we were walk ing miles through military enmps in nnd out of barrncks machine shops nnd airdromes through huge muni tions factories naval dockvara and arsenals we were boupced over hill and dale in trucks tractors car riers blitz burrles nnd many other of those frightening vehicles which form the mechanized nnd armored arm of 1041 we saw not n single horse except on n back street in hall- fax and we learned that only nine horses remain in the cnnadlnn army and thev nre headed for the rlue fac tory we were driven about in open arm trucks in weather thnt penetrated to the marrow we 1 were embussed nnd debussetl until we loathed the sight of n bus hranch wre thumped bv depth charge 1 tosst d from a destrove r on the brood atlantic wi trnvtlkd some 000 miles bv train and wert finallv list m- 1 laxktd in m on n sund night in the midst of a downpour of rain we forgive nil except the sharp nudgt of a in nrth ss portt r tvtrv morning nt h it am a jovrhu indeed ilighllghth or the tour in 1 ont hiding this initial article just an outlim of n ft w unforgettable highlights rheri w is the astonish ing dt monstratlon of trnckt i or nrmnun ti fighting v and wlntl t d pusst nie r or loadinrrv mg vt h ults at i in iturnl motors uving ground in r kh iw 1 featuring move nn nt ovt r tin rougln si ground uluih put tin mai hnu s to tht sttin t st ti st and w hit h provi d e onv itu inglv that canadian industrial li nuis is pnpand to imtt on dialling of nitthamztil wjirfnn i hi r was tin noiturnil visit to tin nation il ml c ir plant at 11 imiltonw in 1 1 vwtal thousand nun an limine it rv mil indaiiv 1 ift sii lis with tin hiigtst output of am simil ir fit lui in tin itntish v mpifi linn w is sun i n m unlnj 1 ii mi wnfthnt rr markahh hibit hv hit 1 1 putiinnt f munitions nttil mil 1 lv al tin t nil adi in n iti hi il 1 luhitiou ejvitn 1 uwi ox aua 2fith 1041 somewhere in inghmd dear mr dills timt 11 few lines to let vttu know i am receiving our paper okay i have retelvetl two in the butt week ami i think that in pretty- good for tin time i ve lioen over herl i renda litter in your paper thnt another fellow wrote 10 ttth ought had better write one nlso it mire is nite guttlnr the home paper wo thai we can rend the news ff home i have met a lot of the fellows from acton in the list nnd setnnd divh i met lorn nicol about a week ago nnd i m golnr down 19 see the rest of the ft howh in the rifng next weekend we hnve fnlrly good barracks here j ifq l the pnmn n our can- adlan hnrrntkn with the exception hnt we nre split up into two sections with one section in ench room where we used to nil le in the same room it mnkes it so that we have more room to move around in nnd to relax in im nfrah that i am not much of a writer so 111 sign off for now yours sincerely gnr normnn a price a tij ntil bty itca api tnglnnd p s i luinks a lot for st ndlng me the paper i appreciate it n lot mrs brooke new book a t- view of i mmt ktmtt utile ivupt kttvntly itutiifhl hy te ivwtmta lilhluhrr one has had tti nun ii phamiue slut e he ran 111rosn jut the othei tlav a tasteful in w book of un ovn lie niimt anne siillurhind ilinuks and ietentl lwm tl bj i he kvcimin iiimh ornntot h wanttdailon folk npei inllj to whom the hook w liriiavt unusual interest lo know ahutll it tn few of um are aware that the cuing mislrehk of the ketloiv in at tun who nm he hi 1 n nlinosi any morning nt the pomt nffite 01 shop ping witb her little son linn mirough her verse written during the pint d cade nnd 11 half t stnbllhhotl a lilt rary reputation which ptaces her on a iiniflinifiinll up vllth the b poets iwhy didnt i get my coal early vf 1 lileltent of ztlthi ing- vivid portravnl of tin achl t inaela s wai industries k tin ing hs plant in ioronto apnrt from view ing the production of br n mat hint iins in full swing- we wire addn ssi d bv major hahn v i10 1 arht r in tin wni was sevtnlv m lligned bv some sutions of tin press hut whose en- ti rprisi nnd ingenultv hnve created on of the most integral unltt in can- nr7nie w itii kuthnamr as war machine tahus planed guns on w e t rnv elled to camp borden nnd pet aw awn names inseparably linked with the great war but which have undergone tremendous expan sion in the pnit year where impres sive displays of canadas armed might wen provided in montreal a pro- ci ssion of canndns new tanks roared up and down the street in front of the nllcanndinn factory in which they were produced while nt the talrchlld aircraft plant w e watched huge bombers being constructed nnd assembled from start to finish then there wns the memornble morning nt sorel where the magnificent new 25- pounder artillery guns nre betnr forg ed and where corvettes are coming off the stocks at n rapid clip nil under direction of the now famous simard brothers whom we had the privilege of meeting on to valcnr- tier another name imperishnblv as sociated with tin das of 191118 when wt mi t fronchcnnndlnn of ficers and men and gnlm d new in sight into tht mihtarv situation in qut ht t then to debert that rejtt- nt w militarv camp lie wed from the hukwoods of nov 1 moha final train int point for canadian troops bound for 1 nglnnd instlv halifax n morv in itstlf wlilfc the gruit pulst- al ciiniut 1 s var attlvitv hi iu at an mt ih rating pan nnd when wi rode om of tin f if ti ann man dt strove rs to st 1 nnd dined al admiraltv house with tht ommotlon and his staff lo manv otlur plntts w journivtd manv rn w itimintaiu t s m ide and stirring storu s hi artl hen a m n from dunkirk irnitht r from the sunki n frnst 1 om u ho hnd jtist flown from fnglind or another about ii loan a bombi r for tin old land in rm s of tin nuth of britain and nun from i ondon who hul livid and wurkt d through tht blitz in suiiittling artnlts ui wjll frv li tt ii 1 hi stijiv tif an nhi s armv nnvv uid ar foni of tin turning w hi i n and spinning latin s that an w 1 nun a in w and glorious t haptt r m t an id 1 s historv and w hit h nuiv ri volutionii th dominions ntirt fuluii llrtaitlitit that ul tin fall of raru t a lilt i mon than orn ve u ie ll nill t li 11 is hi t n w i flight u hilt in ulians funnel impillentlv tin kt u hraiuw of l anada s mlht irv ind industrial it adi rs wt n working mirulautj dav to draft tin blueprint of hi ula s mhgntfit d wnr mat huu anil to s t in motion tin w in t k that woull 111 ik ht r loninhution to itu i nipin 1 aust tun uf vv i of cnnndn ami united states im imednt pvldence of this im given in the llht of llternrv jnurnnlfi sm h im flood housekeeping woman s world household mbijfflne bridle antl colfer holland m chntelnlne the cnnndlnn bookntnn nnd others trt whrtm credit in riven for poems np- iienrlnr orlglnnlly in tin lr pngex in cluded in the new hook i ht e art- only n rtw of the hettert lass jour nals in hnltetl staleh and canada w jik it have purchased poems b anne sutherland and some of us retail w itti a dt al of delight tin four or fivi little 1 imp books mod st in for mat nnd of limited though tloln ton- tent ve hit h found their win vi t fiulellv on tin cnnadlnn marki 1 sum vi ais ago antl w hose t dil ions win engttlv picked up until now wi be lli v not opv is nvnlliihle for pur- t hast agnln it is whlhpind that tin puhlislu rs of tin m w hook pur pom to utilize it n little intt r as a house ci ft thus placing it in simi- as sir ctiariern 11 roberts wtlson-mnt- donnld theodore goodrit h roberts whose literary product has been utilized similarly in former vtnrs the new hook i met some little people is a selection from mrs brooks poems most of which would appenl specially to children though one knows very well thnt lftornry mnterlnl for children usunlly lias quite as strong nn nppenl for grown ups there nre several bits such n one s old favorite sonpsuds ijind nnd the two tenpots from the enrlier chap books though the major part of the content in of hither to unpublished poems n fnjimher of which one suspects were inspired nnd most naturally by the growing- up of the sturdy little son of the home with wholesome emotion nl- wnvs nenr the surfnee there ii in mrs brooks poetic thought an elfin pixiness so thnt one concludes she has somehow kept in corners of her heart and mind the wonder nnd joy of htr own childhood and with this frequentlv then arc touches of lownright wisdom and philosophy which show nn understanding of life ivpn luvontl tin potts t ars some of tin put ms of htr later workrsurh as ilu kinptv little houst pil- grimagi and countrv school ri cess- shnvn markedgrowt in her power of expression but with it nil then s ptrvndlnp the element of happv human instinct of a tlet p ap prt e uit ion of tin jov s antl sorrows of lift as it st 1 m in the ordinnry home ivtrv tlav most of these nunlitits mav he sei n in what to the n v it wt r is he gem of the book s i offi rints a little poem which no real i mot in r itiut munittoni which are being ahipped in ever in creatine volume mutt hive the firnt call on our trinarxiri m m yatemi and there will be lew inac available in future for purely civihin goodi pxphinrd j met stcwirt i ul adminiitralor of the wartime price and trade tloard hy phcinr your order for cnil nn 1 ven iiioukii immr lute dahvrvmaynot l possible in aucaicfyotiwjuena the government to make the most efficient use of all rant portatwn ueilitiea rer ion sthtnkln g- fahiers will read without nt hast nn urgt toward weeping as she or he hs irritel bat k to thosi sovirvpret lous things of nrlv thildhootl in tiiui ijttif rkts mind his tovssn nun h his agriculture marches with our armed forces blihiui the lines where men and women arc riskintjjilt to jt honm aiul couutr men mil women arc toilmi to suppl the m iteniu ot war ships planes tanlb guns 1 heie- manutacturers m inurement uul work ers alike are thus lighting shoulder to shoulder with our irmed torees hut what about the farmers they are doing a work ot tejual impor- tanee thev too are marehing to battle b toiling early and late to per suade nature to increase the food supply on which the issues of the light so greatly depend the farmer marches side by side with the soldier and his armourer iarmers who are doing thctrbic to help canadas allout war eflort may find it necessary to borrow money at the dank you should not hesitate to discuss vour rccjuirements with our nearest branch man iger your business will be regarded as strictly confidential bank of montreal a dank where small accounts are welcome v an pa s akm movi whet 1 and iuti rpilhtr in lvo important vehuls of tin uiithnnlrihl forees nn litre shown duritm tint runt lop photo shown an armour ihi ijun traitor houm lag akuiit whue t iniveninl tar rler leaps by at right uirlttte of longihori m n i sinking on the waurfront when the tenor fill off tlu dink into the watir im int id nt parsed unnotuitl l th lemur but ht n ah d that was wrong with tht harmon hat s tin matter with t haps tie asked one nf vou sound right it ilill rumbled the mnlv he off qun miuicrn 1 pcncnced tunkinft nrrvicc ihc qutcoin of 124 year hullrttlul opcratiua thing ion t sa fir vitlnry mum itraiuh vv ii iayton mjnaijer