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t the georgetown herald wednesday evening november 12 1941 as we see if bf j 1 strang although the national hockey ifcague for 104142 la not much more than a week old the usual parade of injured players is aiway to quite a good start hookey seems to hare a habit of producing broken toes hands wrists shoulders ribs and what have you and yet they say that the game of lacrosse is a rough game how many bones were broken during the whole of the receipt season in the senior lacrosse series at the mom ent we are unable to recall even one serious injury to any of the rtayefv during the season v v v conservative party in the dominion house has an opening for a permanent leader lor the party ana also would like to get a temporary leader to carry on until time as they can decide on a rmanent leader rt hon arthur zelgheh has been mentioned foe tht position of temporary leader and it might be difficult to find a more suit able or capable man to fill either of the positions right now we haven t heard him speak tor a number of years vtfyt we do recall our impressions of bis address he lsnt talking very long until toe listener concludes that he is listening to an honest man ra ther than just a politician at least that is our impression of arthur mcig hen leaders seem to be a scarce commodity these days that is real leaders and a man with the abl ity of the late sir wilfred laurier would be a real find todav it might be difficult to find a reason for this scar city of able leader they are as necessar as ever perhaps more so and yet there doesn t seem to be any looming up on the horizon of course a political leader isn t aj sun shine we would imagine that the job might be a continual headache and yet it is one of these jobs that some one has to do perhaps a training school for future political leaders might be a good inovatlon right now v v v with price control in force there should not be the problem or such rapid changes in the prices of various commodities after the war is over as was the ase after the last war one would naturally think tha there should be a good market for wheat after the war especially n these conquered countries that have not been getting enough to eat al though they might have difficulty in producing the where with all to pur chase that wanted wheat at that time during this past year grea britain has added an extra five mil hon acres to her grain growing land- and no doubt she will continue to cul tlvate that added acreage after the war in order to give employment ir for no other reason under ttiese circumstances even great britain might not be able to take as much of our wheat as she would otherwise be in the market for our first objective la though to win the war and the one article number three war industries bj bjtlp anyone who inspected the depart ment of munitions and supply exhibit at the canadian national rrhlbltion this year must have stood atnawd at the marvelous display of implements of war shown there all products of canadian industrial enterprise and in genurty they include the 25 pounder field artillery gun the bofors antiaircraft gun the boys antibank gun the bren machine gun the universal carrier bombs rifles shells trench mortars a complete engine for the canodjanbuih corvebte and a remarkable exhibit of canadianmade bomber and fighter planes canadian factories are also turning out huge quantities of chemlc als and explosives depth charges and land mines as well as motor torpedo boats naval gun mountings mine sweepers and auxiliary craft it was for the purpose of giving canadian editors a chance to learn the inside story of production of these war weapons that the department of munitions and supplj headed by hon c d howe made it possible for them to visit a number of eastern canada war industries in the short time avallable the editors saw sufficient to make them realize that canada is responding nobly to the churchill ap peal give us the tools and we will finish the job right across eastern canada a gigantic new arsenal has way that most of us can help in do ing that is by the purchase of moi and more war saflngs certificates they not only help along the war ef fort but they also provide a good in vestment for our spare funds and will come in very handy in a few years time when they become due providing us with some extra cash at that time v v v the weather this fall could scarce ly be improved upon and there ibn t much excuse for not getting he outside work completed even cold weather has been scarce and there has been plenty of moisture to fill the wells and saturate the gro ind in pre paration for w inter an old saying went something like this the awarnjft have to be full of water before wii ter has actually set in cleaning up the garden in the fal does improve 1 appearance and it takes ver little time to do it weeds leaves and plant trimmings make good fertilizer whtn added to the compost heap and there never seems to be too much fertilizir for tli garden tht high winds th i fall seemed to be to carr awa men of the leaves so somebody must hme received more than their share tht late cabbage have done well la ly ai d they are ibout all that is left to har vest now the growing of ones own vegetables seems to be such a satsfac tory job especially to one that ha nt ilways been able to do so come into being with scores of new fotory buttdlngb being added to can ada a industrial wax giant and aide- plants turning to war work spinning wheels burning lathes and whirring machinery tell their own story the dominion government alone has ex pended 500 millions for new plant and materials while total orders for muni tions of all kinds now exceed two billion dollars in terms of large- scale industry this has happened al most overnight until the fall of prance canada was not looked to seriously for the tools of war when vichy capitulated the pioture chang ed abruptly canada s industrial and government leaders worked day and night to formulate the blueprint of the huge machine which in little more than one year has swung into action a vear even yix months hence pro duction will be on a scale not deemed possible a few months ago knowing little of this war program other than what they had read in their newspapers fifty canadian editors sal lied forth late in august to find out lor themselves we saw only a few industries eight to be exact a bare fraction of the grand total but they formed a highly revealing cross sec jon in hamilton tor instance a bee hive of armament making we visited only one plant the national steel car largest shell producing plant in the british empire around the clock seven days a week thousands of shells for field artillery and antl aircraft guns are pouring from the complicated machines which bore them lengthen them shape tiiem nose them and pre lare jiem to receive fuse moading caps and other parts bren machine guns at toronto wl visited the john inglis co plant producer of the lamed bren automatic machine gun now one of the most prized weapons of the canadian army successful launching of brtn gun production constitutes on of the epics of this war the en tenprist began at the outset of war un de inauspicious circumstances with tl e accusation of political corruption rife in the press the result was a io eminent investigation that failed at 1 it to besmirch the chacacter of the niiiprlslng major hahn chief pro moir of the bren gun program for canadi we had the privilege of meeting major hahn or hearing him ixak for 1 alf an ho ir and of learn mv something about the man from ac i laintances of long standing we wo ild judge that a major y of editors pres nt on that occasion became con vmcid that here wa n man who kiuw his business who hid the vision to make possible a vita link in our war machine ina who was suiving earnest 1 to do a job for his eo intry in citlfn tally major hahn served in can ada s armed forces in tl t great war and according to comrades in arms he was a first class soldier and an offl cer noted for his initiative and fear lessness do yotf know your partners before a ton of paper could be produced in canada someone had to provide the money to build and equip the mills these people are your partners in this industry here are some questions about them see how many you can answer 1 who owns the pulp and paper nulls in canada 2 how much is invested in operating mills 3 what manufacturing industries have a greater amount of money invested in them 4 what return have the people who put their money mto the pulp and paper industry received l the nulls are owned by thousands of small investors who have put then money into this industry in the hope of some returns 2 almost 640 million dollars 3 none the investment m pulp and paper is 3 times greater than that in the second industry and 10 times the investment in the automobile industry 4a in most cases a poor return during the depression the majority received no return at all though conditions are now improving the pulp and paper industry of canada ii f u lin ivi1diio h o tl 111 this winter change now to blue coal enjoy all winter long the economical heating com fort and satisfaction only blue coal can provide lart tall yott jat haw way it la to chanca to m- coapt also ask abaat uh mm eoaj aate- mfje maat it mandator phoaa today w h kentner son phone u georgetown hue coal the coal you can depend on llafn to the shadow wnhf pautllv under hli direction the ingks plant has become the- laciest producer of automatic guns in north america 11 not in the world working far ahead of schedule it will have produced many many thousands of bren guns in 1941 the canadian bren gun en jojs a high reputation for efficiency and perfection of workmanship it is in lugh favour with men of canada s army the plant and equipment used to produce the bren gun was paid for jointly by the british and canadian governm nts and remains their pro perty it was designed and is oper lied by the inglls compang thous ands of hands are working on the ma tcrlalfi and assembly lines of the bren gur we noticed that a remarkably high pcrcertage of the workers were girls or women indeed we found in ne irly every war plant that female help was being utilized more and more on official emphasized that in many operations the nimble fingers of young omen were more suited to fast pro auction building- bombers the editors had their first glimpse of how a bomber is made in an air craft factory near montreal this par ticular plant is engaged in production of the bolingbroke bomber it has been enlarged four times to take care of expanding orders we saw bomb trs in all stages of production to the point where they were rolled from the factory for trial flight we were given a demonstration of releasing bombs from the planes belly that was highly significant the entire plant reverberated with activity as trained hands of men and women put together the huge bombers which will one day wreak vengeance oven- hltlerland it is difficult to imagine that canadas aircraft industry ws only in lt embryo stage when war broke out yet today we are manufacturing 13 different types of pianes the majority of primary trainers for the common wealth air training plan have been delivered and the factories are giving more attention to advanced trainers and heavy bombers in bwo years the personnel of the aircraft factories has increased from 1 s00 to more than 25 000 the cost of an airplane stag ijers the imagination a hampden bomber for instance costs about 150 000 tanks and tank guns we visited another factory which only a year ago was a peacetime in georgetown has a long way to go to meet its war weapons pledge of a universal carrier a month for the duration dont wish for a short war get busy and shorten it v look at tho too mbood of mtt toms otdj a short uibile to go to m omr umvfrsol csrrim sprimg to ufa lets pull up our socks md put up our dollars only a ahott tunc left but there is toll a long way to go to reach our objective in the war weapon drive dont let bog down in die home stretch dont let oar communay fail because you havent done your share we must all put everything we have mto this effort more regular pur chases of war savings certificates mean more weapons for our forces dont let them down its our responsibility see that e does has part push the sale of war savings certificates wherever and whenever you can georgetown war sayings committee double your pledge to buy war savings certificates regularly r d us try but which is now producing tank and antl tank guns for canada armoured forces at an astonishing rate fullyequipped with the moat modern machinery the greater part of united statesorigin this plant typifies the revolution which has taken plaot in canada s war industry a third procession in front of the factory for benefit of our party they made an imposing spectacle as the heavily- plated and armoured vehicles moved up and town the street their treads clanking on thepavement a total of 800 of these tanks is now on order the infantry tank is 17 feet long carries a cannon and machine guns as well as smoke bomb equipment it is equipped with wireless set periscope telescope telephone and other instru ments the crew are well protected by thick armour plate a year ago these tanks were not considered within the realm of canada a potentialities to day they are a reality the 25 pounder gun one of industrys most spectacular achievements was viewed by our party at the magnificent plant at sore where the new 25 pounder guns are comimr off the assembly line here we met the brothers slmard joseph and edouard small town frenchcanadian lads whose enterprises would make a ftory in themselves originally engag ed in the srnphbuilding industry they had the foresight and initiative to launch a war undertaking of vital im port to canada overcoming tremen dous obstacles they have bunt a mod ern plant equipped with precision machinery that is turning scrap iron into the sleek and powerful 25-pound- er gun before the war the slmard brothers bought all the scrap iron they could find in america and transported it up the st lawrence to the spot where thev planned to erect their plant to day the great piles of scrap outside their building testify to he fact that they have an abundant supply for mon ths to come they brought skilled ar tisans from france to undertake mec hanical operations after the fall of france they lost these workmen the chrysler corporation stepped into the breach today many hundreds at workmen chiefly french canadian are performing the exacting tasks in the slmard plant the drama of war production is strikingly depleted in this factory where massive whitehot ingots are lifted from glowing furnaces to huge presses where the gun barrels are hammered and scaled to the right proportions a spectacle that complete ly fascinates the visitor iust as a blacksmiths anvil mas an irresistible lure for the small boy another mac hine will cut up the redhot ingot of gunbarrel steel as a knife would cot through dheeee the precision mac hinery for turning gun barrela for fas hioning gun carriages and the great multitude of intricate parts which go to make up a modern artillery gun command the highest type of mech anical skill soon canadas regmwfc of artillery win be eauldoed with me deadly 25pounder one of french can ada s contributions to the fight for continued on page 8