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tt rw vvtoi paokbtx the acton free press thursday october 90th 1941 canada at war arttotene x by c earl rice one ofthe morvltalconirlbuuons to our war effort is thai of the ship building industry in this article x a with lust one tvie of ship reason being that only nonmagnetic metal must be used within a radius of ten feet of the compass consequent ly the wheel house is one of the most expensive parts of a ship these wheel ho uses are assembled on the ground and when completed are swung up on to the deck and ri vetted storage picture a brighter view than jlastyears more elevators and other facili ties give wheat farmer something- fa cheer for in 1941 bv charles gunning 3anwlln prm bteff prltar wnwipm irpi adwnm- ntnr- the week at ottawa specially written for the acton free frees by rr alan harvey canadian frees staff writer oriawa cp tho how order-ln- couhclt regarding compulsory exten- slon of tho costofliving bonus prln- effectlve on grain shipped east from fort william port arthur or arm strong ont and under lis terms the dominion pays lie entire freight rates by rail or boat on feed grains from hear of the lakes eastward tho aim is to ensure adequate feed- supplies to maintain production live stock products at a level sufficient to meet british requirements complete mobhlxatlorf of canadas human and other resources with the objective of placing the domlnum on a total war footing was urged on prime minister mackenzie king and government official by tho dominion executive council of tho canadian legion i he council submitted a memoran dum calling for immediate complete nnd scientific mobilization organiza tion and utilization of all our rosourc- oh so can rid a could wage war to her maximum capuclty the memoran dum did not mention conscription specifically but made clear the leg- ions stand that compulsory service for oversea should be instituted lace from beer is helping to pay for the war beautiful handmade lace from the cottages of englands country villages is the latesfyashlon among american women in the tiny devonshire village of beer where lacemaking lias been carried on for 400 years ordrrs from the united states are helping the in habitants to km going in wartime many of oiene bicemak rs as kll windows for air raids no longer splintered by blast blitz blast need no longer send glass splinters flying in all directions during alrralds over britain this win ter the british governments experi mental building research station at wnltfnrd has successfuhy tested three new aliernnlivesto unprofiectefpgtass windows the fffsrh used in place of window glass it consist of netting embedded in thick cellulose ncotate film which lets in light and keeps out rain there is n hrivler variety to take the place of north lights roof lights or other gins on which there is a heavy strain it equnlm qunrter- inch plate glass in strength a third device is u lighter form of cellulose netting fixed to window panes by adhesive a square of plate glass covered with this netting was put under a spring- loaded hammer which was brought down upon it travelling oneeighth of an inch be yond the point of impact the flhattered glass remained neat ly in position under the netting being produced in canada tho mine sweeper minesweepers are trim speedy boats extremely manoeuvcrable and capable of doing convoy duty as well as that of mlnesweeplng their length is approximately 180 feet with a displacement of close to 1000 tons depth charges are carried ahd guns are mounted on their foredecks when travelling at a moderate rate of speed a minesweeper can be turn ed around in its own length and when travelling at fuu speed ahead can be turned jn the opposite direction irr just twice its length f when the canadian government decided to bulw mlnesweopers a eon- tract was let to a construction com- i pany in an eastern canadian port for four of these boats the company had a personnel capable of directing and purchasing and the financing of such a venture nnd nn office staff with facilities adequnte to do the work to date not four minesweep ers but twentyfour have slipped down the ways of these twentyfour boats six wore destined for duty with the uoyal navy and the balance with the canadian navy ikying adjacent to tho proporty where the construction company hnd us offices machineshop stores etc was an old shipyard where freighters were built during the inst war for mhnyyearsthetropertyhad been- used by a steel company for storage purposes ayid fourteen months ngo its appearance resembled that of n junk yard today one can see five ships under construction nt tho same time a year ago thbre wasnt a man cm- ployed in ship construction in this yard but now there arc 1200 men omployedt working twentyfour hours a day the superintendent in charge of construction is a marl of wide ex perience in the shipbuilding industry ho it was who supervised construc tion of freighter for the government during the last war and prior to that served in a similar capacity on the jilver clyde in scotland nnd in india i will call the superintendent mac for it was ho who personally conduct ed me over the whole of the ship yard mac is the most important man in tho whole organization he is in fact tho only member of the organi zation who has had any experience in the direction and supervision of ship building he has to check the pulse of every de and this rr- qulrefl working from twolvo to four- toen hours n day before tho construction of n ship tnn be started a full size plan or the ship must bo constructed from the blueprints and laid out on the floor or the loft moulds are made pf wood exact in design nnd detnll down to the last rivet hole for onch plate that goes into the construction of a ship first the moulds f orthe -keel- arc laid down nnd from the keel the sides arc reconstruct until t moulds of every plato hnve been mea sured and are in place the moulds are then taken to the punchroom nnd plates arc cut to fit them every rivet hole being marked on the plates nnd then drilled a year ago the large punch room which covers about six acres of space was absolutely void of any form of machinery in fact it was used as a storage spnce for trucks and cars today heavy presses and punching machines prepare steel plates for the construction of mlnesweopers huge rollers capable of rolling steel twenty feet long six feet wide nnd n quarter or an inch in thickness to any desired shape necessary jto fit any part of n whp are handling steel to the volume oi twenty tons a day in the centre of the punch shop in a large mat- treating unit this unit is use4 to heat the steel girders until the nn n mass of glowing red steel rtiej are thin taken onto a steel form und bent to fit the shape or the mould and when cooled become the ribs of n ship this heating unit is nn oil furnace and raises a temperature of close to 3000 degrees fahrenheit ihe tooling of this punch shop in certainly n miracle of efficiency after the sjcel plates haw been prepared in the punch shop the keel is taken out and laid on the was the ribs are then put in place the into place these boatsare powered with twin diesel engines they arc capable of carrying many thousand barrels of fuel oil several hundred gallons of oil are used nn hour when travelling at a moderate rate of speed tho piping in one of these ships if laid end to end would run to sev eral miles in length while ihe elec tric wiring if kald on a straight line would reach a length of more than n score of miles tho boats are completely nlrcondl tlohed have eject he refrigeration ahd living quarters for fortyeight ratings five officers and a enptatn the cost of one ship in 000000 every available foot of space is put to practical use the deck besides carrying the armament previously- outlined holds the tender lifeboat and sufficient uferafts to accommo date a crow of 54 depthchnrgo throwers and winches etc leave only sufficient room for the crow to move about tho deck the job being done by this con struction company is another evi dence of the adaptnhlllly of both labor and capital to moot the ever growing needs of our wnr effort tho keeping of the senlnnes from mines and the protection of our merchant ships in convoy rests to n very great extent with these sturdy adequnte hllleshlp which nrlnh respects a pocket edition of tho modern pres entday destroyer the meqstnndlng on n steel hull riveting under a blistering summer sun or n biting north wind in winter nre contributing to the cnusc of free dom second only to that of the fight ing forces due to the determination of these men to do n job well done ships nre today sliding down the ways in this shipyard nt the rate of one every two weeks cnnndinns may justifiably feel proud of our shlpbulldlng industry cnnnda is doing her part to see that britain shall continue to rule the uaves s new omf orts style saving to farm folk prenchinp rural life as first line of-dfnc- train with ex perta tour u s showinp how age space tho problem which last fall harassed wheat farmers pool of ficials clevntor companies and gov ernment authorities appears to hnve been solvod after a year of high speed activity by those connected with the grain trade with the situation greatly improv ed hnd prospects of a- mich smaller prairie wheat harvest western farm ers have before them a much brlghtor storage picture than they had in the fall of 1040 a year ago millions of bushels of western grown whent went bogging for a winter homo because the combi nation of a huge carryover from the previous crop year a bumper new prairie wheat yield nnd loss of export markets duo to the war hnd filled nil hvallablc storage space in canada rnllwny officials were unable to move wheat east because terminals nt the ittkehood wore jammed millions of bushels were loft piled in the fields when bulging country olovntors were forced to decline dellvorles from farmers delivery restrictions were enforced starting at n general quotn of five bushels to the speed ncro greater capacity since shortly nftw aug 1 1010 grain companies pools nnd farmers hnve count rueted storage fnclllthm for 17 232 000 bushels or grnln nnd t board- of grain commissioners bv helen roiuurt hall chicago cp while smnrt shops busily kcii silks laces nnd fine furs the university on wheels of clcmson agricultural school preach es the utility and beauty of tho flour sack this school features a llvot stock ond better form living train touring various parts of the united states a part of tho rolling colleges preochmont is that selfsufficiency in clothes as well as in food is import ant that tho farm is n first line of defence it would be a great joke if the farm woman with precious little money to spend on stylo came into chic to outdo her city cousin for those simple togs designed in coop eration with tho v s department of agriculture nre becoming and smart not every woman wears clothes well but the average womnn shines to bet ter advantage in homet cottons than in gaudy glitter cold weather cottons fenture a rr- verslble cont of red corduroj nnd water rvpellmt gnbnrdlne with khaki overseas cap and rd boot the gabnrdlne hide makes the perfect costume for rnlny dns a dressier hat plus the corduroy side up covers other occasions for all weathers ml mingle affairs too nre carried out in corduruv as a green jacket for trips to town or school green stacks with rust vest and plaid shirt for work and sports jatkit vest nnd blouse tan 1m mixed up in num emus wnvh and while custom dressmakers in the cities nre husilv bending simple plates rlvolwthunrthr shipthen- tunetrw ks from neck to hei hi rsk brn 1v i i ii i begins to lake form fh re are sov eral hundred steel plates of quarter- inch steel in each ship lhev are of mon sizes and shapes sonu are as long ns twenty feet while others ma be ol two or three feet in length all are cut to the specified measure ments to fit the part of the ship they are to cover thero are approxi mately leoooo rivets in each ship and outside of the furnishings practically im wood is used mini sweepers have twin screw each propeller weighing one and a half ions the rudder has a weight of frfteen hundred pounds and is six feet in height and our ln width as i left the ships that are on the wa i nw several wheelhouses under construction they aro con structed almost entirely of brass the fashion designers are not overlooking for cnnndn reports thnt the domin ions augmented btornge spnee will bo sufficient to hnndlo nil farm dellv orles this yonr despite the record carryover nt july 31 tho end of tho 104041 crop annual tho new spneo includes now eleva tors in the west as well as annexes to country olovntors western ter minals and tormlnnls in enstorn cnn ndn before tho new building begnp jt was estimated thnt about 2-1000- 000 bushels of grnln could be stored in canada tho new construction in creases this total to approximately 571252 000 bushels carryover figures the carryover at tho ond of the inst crop year wns n record one 463 000 000 bushels compnred with only 281000000 nt the finish of the previous annual in 1910 however western farmers produced 52g 000 000 bushels of whont while estimates on tho crop now in the inst stages of harvest run from nround 275 000 000 by private sources to 2b6000 000 by the first government report an indientlonthnt thostorngo qucs- hon ib not tho ncuto prohlom it was n year ngo is seen in figures issued by tho bonnf of grain commissioners which place fnrm deliveries since tho start of tho current crop yenr nt slightly more than 51000 000 bushels during the same period in 1110 fnrmors mnrketed about 1v5 0o0oo0 bushels of whent at present there nre in id ore in canada and the united states nnd in transit nbout 1r0 000 000 buhhols of canadian wheat nbout 2 000000 bush els more thnn was in storage nt this time n enr ago in spite of the crtnt carryover western elevators laid 128 500000 hushels takehcnd terminals 97 000 000 eastern termlnnls 72 000 000 pn- clflc coast tcrmlnnls 20 500 000 churchill man terminals j j00 000 in addition it is estimated the 25- 000 000 bushels are in transit in rail way enrs and 2 500 000 in bonts on the great lakes clpal to additional employments specifically excepts employers in the industries of agriculture and fishing nnd in hospitals religious charitable or educational institutions ihlfl was made plain by tho further detnll of the governments new wage stabilization program announced by labor minister mclarly it was also indicated the new order wduld apply to employers engaged in the building trndos employing hen or more persons and every other private employer em ploying 50 or more persons with the exceptions noted ordor 7440 undor which the cost- ofliving principle was established a year ngo applied only to war indus tries nnd other industries normally subject to the industrial disputes in vestigation act bonus provisions it wns pointed out the order pro hibited increases in bnslc wages em ployers who have pnld tho bonus ordor 7440 nre required to increase it on nov 15 to nn amount bnscd on the costofliving index ns of october 1 hose who have not boon paying the bonus and must do so under tho now order nre not obliged to stnrt till nftor fob 15 1042 whon it will be cemputid on tho basis of the rise in coit of livlngfrom octobcrlflu to jnnunry 1012 tho now ordo provides f the set ting up ofn nntlonnl wnr lnbor board nnd regional wnr lnbor boardii to administer its provisions mlte disputes a dispute botwoon mine operntors ownors nt klrkland lake ont nnd more than 4 000 df their employees dcvelopod into something of a test enso for the effectiveness of concilia tion boards in dealing with recogni tion of lnbor bargaining agencies during tho hcnrlngs the operntors withdrew after their counsel said they were unalterably opposed to recogniz ing this miners union tho ititerna- tionnl mine mill nnd smelter work ers union c i o committee for in dustrial organization tho conciliation bonrd recommand- ed in its report mndo public inst week t lint the union he recognized ns tho bnrgnlning ngent hut acknowledged hint the operators withdrawal mndc the report only a formnlity since thoy mndo use or a technique which mnkes completely futile the appoint ment of conciliation bonrds to deal with the question of recognition an lndlcntfo th cnn is gath- ering momontum in manufacturing tanks was roon in munitions minister howes statement tjint the first 15 of too infnntry nnd erulsi r type tanks scheduled to be produced in cnnndn for the soviet union would he ship- pi d this month ho t xpressed con fidence the dominion not only would fulfil the gonl of producing 100 tanks for russln byjtjie yenrond but would so nlaj united number to britnln ns well teed gralp haten an orderlncouncfl setting terms of federal assistance under the new kovornment policy of paying freight rates on feed grains shipped to east ern cnnndn wns announced the order rescinds a previous ont which ranted onethird of the frtlght charges it applies to whent onts barky rye no 1 and no 2 reed scrtonings whole or ground nnd wlunt bran shorts and middlings the policy a what it costs tomechanizc war for every dollar spent in the last wnr on armament and transport cnn ndn in now spending flvo dollars vic tor slfton mastergeneral of tho ord nance mndo som revenllng compari sons in n broadens ovor tho cbc nn tlonnl network here are n few facts as given by mr slfton 1 in 191418 nn infnntry division moved on foot nt 2j miles an hour a division wns doing well to cover 20 miles in n day today nn infnntry dlvislpn moves nt a minimum speed of ton miles an hour a cnnndinn infnntry division in 1918 irnd 151motor vehicles nnd4400 horses tho cont plus upkeep nt tho front for one yenr wns 2 000 000 a division today lins no horses or wngons but it hns 3 500 motor vehicl es of more thnn 1g0 dlffcront types tho cost of tho vehicles used by n modern division plus one yenrs up keep is 12000000 in 191418 overnil cost of n dlvls- j ion varied from 30 to 48 millions a year nceordinr to severity of right- ing todays cost of crenting and j maintaining nn infnntry division for i one yenr is 86000 000 to equip nnd maintain a cnnndinn armored division in the field for one year will cost 155 000 000 there wns no military rormntlon in 1018 to compnre with tho modern nrmored division but tho cost or maintaining the whole cnnndinn corps in trance in the f n tl riscnl year 101017 was 113000000 or 12000- 00 less thnn molntnirlng nn armored division onl urmorctl division develops 301 237 hors pow r ns much ns tin loctrunl power list d in the city or toronto ful as nny in the world nre over b0 yoara of age mrs ida allen who has been in the craft for 50 years has made lace for tho present queen tbeen mary nnd queen alexandra a forebear of hers made the ince for queen victorias wedding dress it cost 1000 side by side with the cottage branch of this industry the great modern ince mills of nottingham con tinue despite the war ta create new designs for overseas from the unit ed states and canada comes a de mand for tailored edged double- border curtains by the pair in small neat effects nnd fancy tfuscnn grounds fisher nmn in n heavy combination weave strongly woven are being mndo for australia new zealand nnd south africa while the far enst is being sent chenp colored nots by tho yard mainly in cotton mosquito nnd filet nets are made for palestine and for egypt where there is nlso n hlg demnnd for tour- do ills a cheap form of drnpery used by the natives onions of iivoe fark london cp i hejvgrlculture ministry has appointed 2fiyenr old barbara tnrvor to supervise its model j dlgforvt lory allotment in hyo park nnd to ndvis nmnteur gnrden ors on their carrot tnhhago and onion growing problems ititlrr gor into rubbishcan locomotive- for turkey tvventyfour now being built in britain british locomotive engineers are now building 2 railway engines for 1 urkoy thoy nro pnrt of nn order for 6s locomotives for thjit uiuntry the engines weigh 106j tons each and tlillr speed is 70 kilometres an hour thirtyfour locomotives nearly lj50 0oo in vnlue were hent overseas from britain in tho three months end ing june u seven more than during the preceding quarter during the quarter brltnin nlso shipped 18 1 1- comottve boilers nhrond a totnl of 5fi valud at about illoooo for tffe first hatr of the joar iwo students of the british commonwealth air training plan demonstrate whats going to happen to hitler when thoy and their fellows have completed their job prankster going into the cun is frank knobbj clark of fnglnnd and stuitent njipljing the lid is mle had lehns of the argt ntlpe ihenet wns pt rformi d at uplands uirp rt nt ottawa em tlu agriculturalists are having fun dyeing vnrns with eoffie to trim n twopiece dirndl in the brightest red made from fted snacks nnd fastening it with pine cone huttons ftxets and fastenings huge pockets and simple fastenings give n high degree of efficlencv nnd add dash for farming gn colors boost the morale inexpensive lotions for the whole famllv are featured on this better living train designs for sleeping inungingjjuul on around the cuxk are shown whether thev rare the next move- on the ilotbes line for all of us or not tluy are good resourceful faslilons whkh will bring the farm famllv new comfort ami sav ings j hey are something our wisest one week is gone a naval gun a month for the duration only a small part subscribed i rsv mskt ant noil gmu iprug 11 lift 1 z trtiutj uv suu a j tmty actons share in the national war weapons drive meeds th allouf support of evmry ofurenl wkb ou4s week already gooe ily a atnall part of ou abjective hi the nattahal war weapon drive ha been aubacribecl let get going remember out community baa com- tnitted feaelf to meet our objective each mouth for the duration to do thi everybody muat help everybody can by buying war saving certificate they are vkhkt the teach of all we mut get buty let make the objective for our community a reality puih the aale of war saving certificate wherever and whenever yoa can acton war savings committee double your piedge to buy war savings certificates regularly r m