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The Sylvan Lake News 1942-01-07 - 1944-12-20
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Ca j Five Tho lown Acress weniy- r usand Aircraft The Atlantic Within The Last Four Years Mosquitos that make the Newfoundla tors which fly regularly from Montre Yet the ot tory of No. 4 group, RAF x yest of a once-formid ter barrier, but rather the ex fension af flying routes to the point where the Trans-Atlantic hop has be come a rot! prelude to mightier flights more than half-way around the world of No. 45 Group is f No, 281 Squadron. the who in con- Overseas Air- ed largely of boat British built up a tremend so that the erews who g planes to their battle- can be brought their starting point in the ssible time. junction wit ys, y serv’ the fight destina ave fly front Once the Trans-Atlantic eastbound flights had become established the big problem was getting their crews back. To do this quickly, in readi- ness for further eastward fligh' 45 Group set up its return fe and within the framework the nee of grouped the top- vice, that notch flyers of all time. Thus No. 231 Squadron—a single squadron which now 4s so large of the great air pas- and mai} services of service was born s one senger, freight the world Atlantic de- As many as 100 Trans livery planes have been started on their way out of the Montreal base and its out-stations in a sing! That scale of operations Is possible hecause 231 Squadron has overcome the problem of getting entire air crews back to their starting base in ord time, so that as fast as planes ready for the hop there ws ready to fy them. Te do that jcb operates a shuttle dor. Newfoundland and City, N.C; to Bermuda Trinidad, Brazil and across the South Atlantic to the Gold Coast; ily service through the Azores to French Morocco and t Cairo; and a flying boat service to Legos and Free- town in West Afr: Linked with all that is the return fe ive of British Overseas Air- ways, brinsing crews back from the United Kingdom. The result of the inter-locking ser- vice is that ferrying crews flying to the Azores are back in Montreal 21 hours after they set out; crews to Rabat, French Morocco are back in 49 hours after their takeoff from Dorval Airport; crews flying big fel- lows to India are back at their start- ing point in six or seven days after 17,000 miles of flying. Not content with this achievement an eastward direction, No. 4 Group is turning its eyes westward. Tt is an open secret that survey flights are being completed and that on air from Montreal will be flying direct to California and thence to Australia via Honolulu and New Zealand. are are juadron now to Labra- Blizabeth Nassau, service ad ence to = ir raft German War Prisoners Employed On Railway Work In Northern Ontario A. H. Cavanagh, general manager of the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Rail disclosed that the railway has been employing some 60 German pr “war from internment camp Monteith mainten werk in Northern tario since September, The men are mostly captured nerchant seamen and Cavanagh said excellent workers”. They north of Tomiko after cor p' rk Englehart Except for the fact they are guard- ed by the Veterans’ Guard the Ger- much the same routine railway work gangs. boarding cars and work soners-c at in in On are cated are ting w near mans have as ordinary ‘They lve in eight hours daily. A regular rail- way foreman and his assistant supervise the work 2595 . ever possible, figh within the last year—range 2 d-Scotland hop in 8! hours to al to North Africa, 3700 miles non-stoy Farm Machinery Should Be Olled And Kept Under Cover During Winter Months Before winter sets in is the time to he cl ery over and for’ winter memory is member t repare farm machin storage. While the esh, it to re is easi of » peculiarities muchine in the field and make a note of what is required to be done. It ig also easter lo make a of what repair parts are wanted and it is a tinct advantage order them early—that is, by early winter—be- cause it gives the dealer a better chance to obtain the patts and the farmer will have them on hand and ready for use the rush season starts in the spring. AN farm machinery, after being hauled and made ready for win-| should be housed when Much of farm equip particularly in Western Can- finds its winter storage under or along fence lines, or even In the fleld where it was last used. Machinery left outside takes longer to start when it is most wanted, but because all-metal equip- ment, such as one-way disc, may be left outside with little deterioration, provided it has been well prepared for the winter and carefully covere: say it ter sterage, ment ada, trees out does not mean would not have been better to have housed It properly. On the other hand, there is nothing more aggravating or so time-consuming than say, a plough mouldboard that has been so badly rusted that It will not scour until it had been polished with emery or some other abrasive. In the matter of like binders, ccmbines, and it y to run them under machines actors is not enough mere cover. The: uild be cleaned as thoroughly as possible and all the bearings well lubricated to prevent rust or efosion. If the tracter is not to be used until the next spring, a of oil should be put der through the spark plug holes and the engine turned over by hand two or three times. It is a good plan to take the weight off the tires and coyer all vertical ex- haust pipes. bright metal Enotes All parts, such as binder combine knives and guards, cne-way discs blades and plough mouldboards should be coated with chassis lubricant or transm sion oil, or treated with one of the rust-proofing compounds which are available from oil companies. Under tests, such compounds have prevented rust from 10 to 12 months under out. door conditions, while few ordinary Uncle Jack Miner Was My Friend, Too isp German Industrial Offensive ooo Has Had Effect Of Hampering Ga a ine k ° ° rd, n letter wag written to-me from e Aunle ar Production Unele Jack's in Kingsville w cordial invitation to come up and see the big fail migration flight of goese,| AL MONG the mightlest of combines or cartels, 1G, Parbenindustrie, whieh which takes place annually aro: " “on thousand patents, ch held @ virtual monopoly of many Nov. 13, My wife was to go, too, Processes and raw materials essential In the conduct of medern war, and 4 stay overnight to see morn-| Which witted its mocratic ¢ etitors by cunnin internat 1 agree- hing Bicht next day. “We would be ments, will not go under without a struggle happy to see yott come,” says the And n We talk of disarming \ which reach saturday.) Constructive Research “many we should never torget that Nov. 4th. But a wire camo on Nov chemists, scientists, inventors and Srd, which read "Regret to say fther Gives Promise To Men Of Lighter fecha tang and her va Pifth Jack Miner p: 1 away suddenly Raaeash Wine umn" of business men operating m heart attack three o'clock this : = iq, tbroud were much a part of the afternoon te oe DERTICAN WEL FIRY, me Nazi military machine as any Junker through @ hiizzardly sterm in light : siinale Taekeame che wan Menno Tea xeneral cr Gestapo bully pele ae k", as he was known to wioht slacks and a thin sweater — ai , ae ; countle Pipeeasaey fn ei) West jnd be perfectly comfortable! An| Few people know Be ae tee jnored, full of Years. Gxpert of the Department of Com- recone aug uv all entoute Gees ee ri cceoms Ea fa + i merce has said, “It is known today s aes ‘i o 1s ensive between denly right after a visit 7 is bird) ‘nat winter clothing may: be of the eae gut this is what the -Am- friends, shore he tad been all MOP entest kind. We're promised PEA ee . ees ing. Being a man of vision as well oi he gurprives in clothing after 28d to Say about it In its first report us a worker he had so organized the ty war to the Nation as far back as Janu: Miner Sanctuary that it will be ~ = 1942 i Ah! ‘This is typical of what con- carried on and be his everlasting |“ i a sn fie, No. “The enemy bas worked for many memento, He was burled there, where *t?uctive research can produce. Reneaitgiecai eal cciiiterecorens : : elt, ana Winter overcoats to load one down Yrs | ur military poten: his feathered friends can visit, and “? ae tial. Through patent controls and qe pray that ta the future they will) 22 ve mustes FOr thes S15.) NO ce) lage I 3 gainly bundle to balance on one’s CAttel agreements he succeeded in be as well looked after as in the past. Because his son, Manly, has also devoted years to assisting his father, this seems altogether likely though at present writing, plans cannot be announced. Tt would be a great tribute to the man and his work if 7 the principles he advocated of clean living, clean thinking, honoring of | religion and a definite sense of the) privilege of being a citizen of a great | country, were adopted In some form by the young people -of churches throughout Canada, the same as the United Church of Kingsville, Ont., has done. This transported American, (he was born in Ohio in 1865), came to Can- ada in 1878, and has been a credit to us ever since. One of his great ideas years ago for Western Canada was treed shelter belts, and he advocated it in every lecture he gave—with good results. I have a fyle in my office, fully four inches thick with cor- respondence, clippings, magazine and| newspaper articles about Uncle Jack. | He became one of the world’s best| known men, and the King awarded | him the Order of the British Empire) (O.B.E.) for his services to the coun- try. Not always thoroughly under— stood was the fact that neither Uncle} Jack or his family drew salaries from the Migratory Bird Foundation Inc., which he founded, and that he donated the 400 acres of land on which corn is grown to feed the country’s birds. If you would wish his work carried on, why not send a donation of any amount “in memory of Jack Miner,’ to the Migratory Bird Foundation, Inc, Kingsville, Ont. it’s just a thought, but Jack belfeved in live birds instead of museums. You could contribute your share in carrying out his ideas. greases lasted over a month. Under less severe conditions, this com- pound may be diluted with gasoline or kerosene and sprayed on. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly. \ knees in the theatre. No more big buttons to come off. No more hunt- ing for a hanger in the hall closet Think of it light slacks and a sport jacket all winter, Who says les for men never change? Christian Science Monitor. Stocking Gifts by Alice Brooks Here are baby’s pets from scraps of cloth joined by outline stitch, edges left unbound. Grand as stock- ing toys; average size 5 x 5 Inches. Pet toys... or use them as sachets to put in baby gifts. Pattern 7281 has transfer, instructions for eight toys. ‘To obtain this pattern send twenty ‘cents in coins (stamps cannot be ac- cepted) to Household Arts Depart- ment, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue E., Winnipeg, Man, Be sure to write plainly your Name, Address and Pattern Number, “Because of the slowness of the mails delivery of our patterns may take a few days longer than usual.” Po pines, shgwing landing craft pouring supplies ashore to back the attack af the Hundreds of tons of supplies are atacked slong the abare ready to feed the men the beachhead. Uberation forces. At limiting American production and ex- port ef many vital materials. “He kept the prices of these mate- rials up and the output down, He was waging war und he did his work well, decoying important American companies into agreements, the pur- pose of which they did not sense, . “Concealed behind dummy corpora- tions the enemy went unchecked for years, using our own legal machinery to ham-string us." For “American “British”, and the good. What, record read holds you story can still it may be asked, of Germany's warfare matter to you and me, seeing that in spite of everything the enemy has failed in his second bid to domi- nate the world? does this It matters enormously, because, unless the United Nations take steps to prevent {it a militarily defeated Germany will fight on this time, just as she did before, to achieve her evil purpose through “big business” and tireless research work. a In 1939 and in 1940 there were dim- the |wits here and s' in sneering at Germany ducts; still shortage cial needs. But before very long we perately salvaging all our scrap rub- ber, collecting our alurrinum pots and pans, and rushing into “ersatz” pro- duction on our own account perilevs- ly late in the day. The tragedy. of it is that British and American brains had led the world in the inventive and techni- }cal fields; that th had made the chief discoveries which the Germans | afterwards developed to such deadly States ersat: talking about ni} pro- her oil still saying that her artifi- her rubber could never meet were | account, Your correspondent, had he the space, would like to develop this theme at greater length, but he must be content here to point the moral. And that moral is that the United Nations must break down the enemy position of near-monopoly of certain vital industrial processes; must free themselves of vicious cartel controls }and hampering patent restrictions; Jand, above all must regain their leadership In sclence, invention and technology—By “Man 0° The People” In The People, London. A Good Policeman Ordinary House Cat Has Been Train~ ed To Protect Birds Millie, an everyday house cat owned by Mrs. Roland Grant of Singac, NJ, has been trained to protect birds and she’s a good “policeman,” says Gib Swanson in Capper's Farmer. Dogs and cats of the neighborhood dare nct enter Millie's spacious back yard when the Pirds are feeding. She has taught each of them a lesson, Frequently Mrs, Grant's canaries eat out of the samo bowl with Millie and she never raises n whiaker in protest Railwaymen discussing transpor- tation of the future emphasize this point: The steam engine offers tho cheapest and most economical method of hauling known to man.
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Image 1369 (1944-11-22), from microfilm reel 1369, (CU11125610). Courtesy of Early Alberta Newspapers Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.