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.Wednesday, September 24, 1941 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE r<* ' i THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE Published on ColUnfW* Fleaberton, Wednesday of WMk. Circulation OTOT 1,1)00. Price in Canada 92.09 P" **> ernon paid in advanee $1.60; i C. 8. A. 9&JBO per yoar, whon paid ia advance 92.00. F. J. THURSTON. Edit**. conclusion of the five-year term, vm ess the Cnnservative opposition agrees to prolong its present life >ecause of the war. EDITORIAL NOTES With the strike fever in the air the Federal Government was obliged to drop anything like a laiasez faire at titude and it is to be hoped the new order-on-council designed to avert stoppages in war industries will pv>ve effective. While acceptance of th findings of the Board of Conciliation has not been made mandatory in f ut are strikes, action cannot be taken legally unless approved by a major- ity vote of all workers concernec held in secret, under the direction oi the Department of Labour, insteac of Union officials. This should do away with anything in the nature of intimidation, and men willing and anxious to work will have an oppor tunity of expressing their opinion without fear of reprisals. There are two union elements in Canada which might be said to be daggers drawn one against the other, the A. F. of L. and the C. I. O. The trouble for the most part in Ontario has come from affiliates of the C.I.O. W. T. Burford, Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Federation of Labour, re yards the new Order-In (Council as a half way measure. "The first mis, take", he declares, "was that the Government sought to appease the C. I. O. and that was like trying to appease Hitler. As long as the C. I. O. operates, it is bound to keep in- dustry in a state of turmoil. It can not otherwise exist. The way to in- dustrial peace is to bar the C. I. 0. and all foreign labour organizations. just as they are barred from Mexico. Then there will not be any need for Governmental restraints. Unions will truly express the sentiment of the workers who, left to themselves, would gladly subordinate all their -grievances to the real job of war production.'' It will be recalled that the labour of the Campbell Soup Company declared that concern would not deal with the C.I.O. , as they would not abide by their agreements. " In many parts of Ontario there is a brisk demand for houses and the only check on an outstanding build ing boom is the difficulty cerperienced in obtaining building materials coupled with the pronounced shortage of labour. The war, which has been a contributing factor in need for new homes, is also a stumbling block in their erection. The Government has commandeered huge stocks of build- ing supplies for the requirements of military camps and war industrial plant*, while enlistments and the need for workers in manufacturing war equipment has depleted the ranks of ordinary labor. Any one follow ing the newspapers these days will 'fee impressed with the increase hi marriages without the need of re- course to vital statistics. The people seem to have the money to acquire homes, and all this is creating a building boom of no mean proportion. There are a good many people in Ontario who believe that Premiei Hepburn is no better than he ought to be, but the fact that he has accept cd the challenge of the Saints and Sinners Club of New York to hecomi a member of that organization 1^ rained hopes in the ranks of hi; friends that he may be bracketed in the former category. In any event when asked if he was willing to undergo the full initiation, he wired back to the officers of the Club that they could go ahead and give him thr works. Before leaving on this, per- haps eventful, expedition Prem)e r Hepburn has announced definitely that there will be no provincial else tion in Ontario this year. Ontario will go to the pol'j next year at the CANADA AT WAR Article No. 2 "THE ARMY" The tour of Eastern Canada, ar- ranged by the Department of Nation- al Defence for Canadian editors, while covering every branch of Can ada's war enterprise, concentrated especially in the Army. We visited the Basic Training Centre at Brantford, the Army Trades School at nnmU>ii, the Gen- eral Motors proving gruuuu for army vehicles near Oshawa, the great mili- tary encampments and Advancec Training Centres at Camp Bonder Petawawa, Valcartier and Debert, and the Officers' Training Centre at Brockville. We saw the raw recruit with only a few days' training in army life be hind him and the young sokiier- student being taught the art of a skilled tradesman. We were im- pressed with the fact that the class room play* fully ^ important a part in this war as does the drill-hall am the rifle range, wmie the great arm> of instructors are performing a ser- vice as vital a s that of officers on the battlefield. Later we came to the more advanced trainees engaged in rifle drill, machine-gun tactics, mor- tar-firing demonstrations and tnan- oeuvers, going through their paces with machine-like precision. We were given every opportunity to talk with officers and men. Almost with- out exception we found them keenly interested in their work and eager to get on with the iob of mastering complicated arms and machines plac. ed at their disposal. Canadian Blitz Above all, we were amazed at the tremendous hitting power of the modern mechanized and swiftly moving army. We had a preview of Canada's new war machines at the General Motors' proving ground in the wilds of Eastern Ontario, where speedy blitz buggies vied with truck- ed or armored fighting vehicles and trop or load-carrying utility trucks for the honor of climbing the steep est ground. Down the idc of pre- cipitous slopes, througn deep gullies and over sharp projections in the landscape went ttie bouncing, bound- ing vehicles, surmounting every diffi- culty with apparent ease. It was not with 30 miles of roadways, 422 per- nanent and 82 temportary buildings, plus fire stations, banks, telegraph and all the other requirements of a great army. It is recorded that auth- ority was granted to construct Camp Debert on August 7th, 1940. The first battalion moved in the latter part of October and by Christmas there were 12,000 men housed in the camp. The forest had been cleared, roads built, water and power systems installed a nd buildings erected, an achievement that constitutes a miracle of engin- eering and stands as a tribute to the enterprise and efficiency of the En- gineer Services Branch of the Canadi ian Army. The editors' party was at Debert for only two or three hours, but in that time were treated to sev- eral remarkable demonstrations. We watched with amazement as Univer- sal Carriers crashed through the sturdy saplings of Nova Scotia for ests with evident ease; we saw the most skilful use of camouflage by troops in tactical exercise, so deceiv- ing indeed that it was impossible to detect men in the open only fifty yards distant; and we witnessed Bren gun, 3-inch mortar, and artillery fir ing that agrain testified to the hitting strength of this new army in the making. The Training Plan Brigadie r Kenneth Stuart, D.S.O.. M.C., Vice Chief of the General Staff, who recently flew back from Britain after several (weeks of conference and study with British and Canadian military men, there, told the editors that the Army Training Plan was deviaed to ovetail with British re- quirements. Moreover, Canadian troops now in Britain were organized and equipped in accord with British practice. Canadian officers were constantly 'being brought back from Britain for instructional purposes and to head up new formations. He com pared the general scheme of re- inforcement training in Canada with the widely-publicized Commonwealth Air Training Plan and declared that the training centres would provide training capacity for a maximum of nearly 50,000 men at any one time. This is apart altogether from the "formations" already in existence for overseas service. The system would absorb about 10,000 recruits per month, of whom perhaps 6,000 would be volunteers for active service any- where and 1 the remaining 4,000 would be si-cured under N.R.M.A. plan for compulsory service for home defence. From the ad/incod centre* were pro. cured., the., reinforcements. . for., over- s easy on the drivers and crews, as | seas, while others would go to their some editors found to their sorrow (own units for further training. Brig. when they essayed a ride in one of I adier Stuart expressed himself as well tne new fighting machines. But it was a revelation of the progress made by Canada's motor industry in neeting the demands of modern war. The Armored Corps At Camp Borden we witnessed an other demonstration f the mechani- cal prowess of Canada's army whim we watched a motor company swing into action with iti motorcycles, re- connaissance care, universal carriers and utility trucks. Their skill in oc. cupying a position and their appar- ent wealth of firepower were a revel- ation. At the same camp we viewec. an impressive platoon attack on an "enemy" position, with machine puns ami rifles covering the advance with a hail of metal and with smoke bombs providing a screen for the at lark. At Borden is located the 5th Canadian (Armored) Division under Major-Gencral E. W. Sansom, D.S.O., who accompanied us on our tour of the camp. For training purposes a number of old United States tanks had been obtained and these were greatly in evidence during the after- noon. They have proved most useful in training personnel in driving and maintenance. With Canada's newly- satisfied with the type of recruits being secured under the system and like wise with the fact that a large percentage of young men brought in to th baste training centres under the N.R.M.A. were volunteering for act- ive service anywhere. Basic TraininK Centre Canadian editors had a ehanee to see the plan in operation during the tour. At Brantford Basic Training Centre they saw recruits in the pre- liminary stages of their training. The lads remain there for two months and receive instruction in first aid, rifle and bayonet, squad drill, protection against g-as, anti-aircraft rifle and light machine-gun, firing on the range, ftt-ldcraft and map> reading. There are 28 such centres across Canada. The Brantford Centre has about 1,000 recruits at one time. From such centres the recruits go to the Advanced Training Centre for their particular arm of the sevice, such as infantry, artillery, engineers, armored corps, etc., where they are trained intensively for two months in the use of arms a"'l vehicles perculiar to their service. In the case of in- fantry, for instance, they are in- of 2,000. Their periods of instruction range from three to five months, de- pending on the character of their trade. These lads will become artill- ery artificers, carpenters a "d joiners, electricians, engine artificers, motor vehicle fitters, instrument and wire less mechanics. These are only a few of the 150 types of tradesmen in the modern army. A large staff of instructors is required for the four departments, which are: Automotive, Electrical, Machine and Fitting, and Carpentry. In addition there are fa- cilities for draughting, blacksmith- ing, welding and sheet metal work. Officers' Training Centre What about Junior Officers (sub alterns) for the Canadian Army, of which it is estimated that nearly 6,000 will be required in the next year? They will be provided through Officers' Training Centres establish- ed at Brockville, Ont., and Victoria, B.C. If the course of training seen by the editors' party at Brockville is any criterion, the Army's new offic- ers will be fit in every way to meet a ny possible emergency. The course K a strenuous one and preminep f .ly demands a high standard of physical fitness. For the first month of the three months' course, the potential officers under training common to all arms, including squad and rifle drill, protection against gas, route marches, motorcycle riding and trench -digging. They then receive advanced instruction in their par- ticular arm. It is a strict rule now, a lesson from the last war, that offi cers must come up from the ranks. Candidates for commissions must have served either four months in an Active formation or for one year with a Reserve unit. They may then be recommended to go to Brockville by their Commanding Officer. About 1,200 men are now in training at Broekville, with one-third of that number being graduated each month. Study the Keynote Such ia the gigantice training scheme for Canada's new army, now in full operation across the far-flung Dominion. We have described only what we found in Eastern Canada. Its counterpart will be found in the West as well. There is no gainsay* ing the fact that the complwated arms and machines of modern war require close application and concen- trated study. The old days of con- stant squad and rifle drill and rotite marches are gone. During our whole tour we saw only one band. There is little time for muic in thi war. It is study, study, study, day and might. Canada's army is being whipped into shape by long, hard hours' of grind- ing on the part of instructors and pupils. Naturally, it tends to become mon- otonous and grousing is inevitable, but in the course of many talks with both officers and men, we keard few serious complaints other than the x. aression of a general desire fco b on the way overseas. Month after month at Borden, petawawa and Debert tend to become tiresome, to put it mildl^. ft was the same tt Valcarlier wkere the French (Canadians were chafing at inaction and anxious to be on their way. They realize, however, that their hour will come and when it does, they will be thoroughly trained and supremely prepared to strike, and strike hard. As Canada's army ARRESTED AS DESERTERS Three quite young men from a dis- trict not far from Fergus enlisted with the Active Army and recently moved to Nova Scotia. They didn't like the Maritimes or got homesick or something, and left camp, hitch hiking their way to their homes. In one case, at least, parents Insisted on their son returning at once, but before that wag done, the three were arrested as deserter* and taken back under escort. No foreign newspapers are allowed in Italy. So the folk there will know only what they are told by their leaders. AUCTIONEER WALTER SBBLBY See m about your auction s*l. AS sales oonduotsd on bualnee* prin- ciples. Hhono me at F0rnhMB 4rl> or mak* nrrangemaat* t The Flesherton Advance office. summer Time Table Effective Sat., June 28 Leave Flecherton TO TORONTO e 11.50 . b 7.2 P-. TO OWBN iOOTH> c S.Mp.. d7.4i *.- fc; 8n. and lUIMav; e: . only; d : Friday only Standard Tim* Grey Coach Lines Tommy pun, grenade, rifle, bayonet, and revolver, protection against gas, driving of wheeled anil tracked vehicles as well as in tactical exer- cises. There are 26 of these advanc- ed training centres across Canada. The editors saw them in action at Rordcn, Petawawa and Val cartier. Clipped tank factories speeding up structeil in Bren gun, 3 inch mortar. >roductii>ii, it will not be long before 'anailian (made modern tanks will be ivailable for this Division. Camp Pelawawa ('amp Petawawa was famous in the ast war for turning out some of the >est artillerymen and engineers 'ound in any army. It is fitting that n these days of mechanical warfare, Petawitwu should again be the locale for training of Canada's artillery anA ngineering corps. The editors were treated to an astonishing display of gun drill by the young artillerymen, both on the 18-pounder and the new 25-pounder, whirh will soon be the standard equipment. A firing dem onstration by two batteries of how- itzers and l&Qjounders out on the ranges, indicated that the Canadian gunners have lost none of the skill and accuracy possessed toy their fore bears. The em<irineero gave an effect, ive show in demolishing trees and a crossroads with high explosive, while a booby-trap comedy* .drama proved a masterpiece. Oamp Debert An entire article could be devotee to that other great military camp at Debert in Nova Scotia. A year ago wiUernean, toils; a veritable city training plan swings into high gear, we may look forward confidently to possessing a powerful machine that will gloriously uphold the traditions of 1914-18. (Next week's article will deal with "The Munitions Industry." Army Trades School Meanwhile another vitally import- ant role in moulding Canada's new army is being carried out at the Army Trades School in Hamilton, where soldier-students learn the trades associated with mechanized equipment. An entirely new develop. ment of this war, this school is but one phase of the huge trades-train- ing program aimed at providing skill. e<] and semi (skilled tradesmen for the Canadian Army, which is now com- pletely motorized and which has armored regiments and tank battal- ions a its striking weapons. For example, all students at the Army Trades School first attended one of the 99 Canadian Technical Schools. They were also first trained in the fundamentals ,,f soldiering at a Basic Training Centre. At present there are about 1,800 students at the Ham school with an ultimate capacity MARRIED W ELTON CAMPBELL In the Salvation Army chapel at Camp De bert, N.S., Bernice Estelle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell of Kuirenia, to Sergt. 'William Charles Welton, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Welton, Flesherton, Capt. Rev. Brown chaplain of the G. & S. Foresters, officiating. The bride wore a soldier blue dress wtith black accessories, beige coat, black hat, and a corsage of pink roses. At noon the couple were guests of the Sergeant's Mess, R.S.M. M. J. Fellow extending a wel- come, it being the first time for a bride and groom to be in attendance. Sergt. and Mrs. Fred Gorrell were the attendants. The young couple enjoyed their honeymoon at Sydney, Nova Sctia. 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"EVERYWHERE I GO ," We know a man who travels across Canada several times a year. He meets and talks with literally hundreds of people of all classes. "The more people I meet," says he, "the clearer it beconves to me that folks in the main want to be kind and help- ful. They're a pretty decent lot. "But for unfailing courtesy and helpfulness I would pick the men and women in the telephone service. I've yet to find one I wouldn't turn to with perfect confidence ip an rmer- gency. They seem to put courtesy first every time. That *voice-with-the-8niile* phrase is a matter of actual practice not just a phrase." Well, it's fine to hear anyone talk like that. It make! ui try all the harder to deserve such praise, especial- ly wben tele- phone service it so vital to the nation at war.