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incidence of both diseases was far too

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"The Strongest Memory ls Weaker rid the Weakest Ink."

TUESDAY, MAR-CI N, l!“

Why Not A Bailey Bridge Head‘?

-high. A continuous educational program direct- ed towards immunization against these diseases would go s long wsy in improving the situation.

‘At The Front

The general offensive launched by General Patch s Seventh Ariny- between Saarbrucken and the Rhine is a natural corollary to General Pattons dash to the, Rhine in the Coblenz area. This has created a salient in the German line and_it is this salient which GeneraL Patch i, ‘t. tacking from the south. Three things should be borne in mind. -

i. The Germans have always proved extreme-

The eminent British Civil Engineer, Donaldl Coleman Bailey, played a leading part in the development of the bridge bearing his name. It is noteivorthy that his rough plans for a new design to be used in offensive operations were made at trie end oi 1940, during Britan's dark- est hour. \Vihin four-and-a-half months the first experimental bridge underwent trials. The essential feature of the Bailey Bridge is its use of relatively light inter-changeable compon- ents. Tlie standard sections are ten feet long consisting only of seventeen parts, nine of the parts being used to make the foundation. The heaviest fart can be handled by six men. Each section is joined t0 the next by one steel pin, as simple as constructing a model with a child's meccauc- set. (The nearest German approxi- mation requires twenty-four nuts and bolts for each jflif"). Men and women all over Britain in concerns ranging from small garages to large steel works have been engaged in manufacturing thousands of these parts.

According to the loading required the strength can be vaiicd from one row of girders at each side :0 three tiers, each three girders side by side. The girders are assembled on rollers and ptish- ed through a gap to be bridged. To overcome the natural sag over the gap the forward sec- tion is raked upwards to form a “launching nose" which is received at the far end on roll- ers, ligli: enough to be carried across by men straddling the girders. The sag is also counter- ed by weighting the launching end with sections, afterwards useable to complete the bridge. At each end the bridge rests on bearings of an orthodox type.

For the lightest loads gaps up to two hun- dred ani forty feet can be spanned. Much larger gaps 2.111 be crossed by forming a pantoon bridge, each section of ivhich can be construct- ed iiicleprndently. In pontoon units, pinned together at the bottom only joints at the top are left oper. so that if the load on any one pontoon makes it sink unduly the top joint is closed up, causing the load to be distrbuted along the whole bridge. ,

The simplicity of the construction enables any section damaged by the enemy quickly to be re- placed with pontoon sections, which are readily removable to permit navigation. The initial bridge suitable for light tanks may subsequently be built up with additional sections to take heavier types. British Sappers have learned thc art of assznibly by night as well as by day. The longest llaiicv Bridge heretofore mentioned,— the pontoon bridge in Burma across the Chind- win near lialewa, was thus constructed by night as well as by day utilizing lorry headlights. Sec- tions oi this twelve"hundred-and=fifty"funt bridge were built independently and then float- ed half a mile to a selected site. Transport of material from factories in Brtairi. 31¢ U-s-A- atid India, then three hundred miles across Burma frim all rail head was a notable feat of British organization. Almost as long was the twelve hundred foot Bailey Bridge‘ across _the Sangro Ilivcr in Italy, constructed on brick piers left ‘by the retreating Germans: A notable ex- ample of spced was the bridging of the three hundred foot gap across the Trigno Riven i115" in Italy. in thirty-six hours.

Several hundrcd Bailey Bridges have already made a notable contribution to Allied victories in Tunisia, Italy, France, the Low Countries and Burma. Military authorities 0f all na- tions have accorded this British invention the highest praise. Montgomery says, “Quite the bcst thing in that line we have cvcr had."

The British Bailey Bridge, n0\v such an out- standing success in the war, offers a wide post- war prospect of speedily improving conimuni- cations ii: many less developed rcgions of the world where towns and villages are cut off by water barriers only traversed by slow and awk- ward ferries. and deserves investigation for our own West River transportation troubles.

Results Of Diphtheria Survey

The results of a diphtheria survey conducted by Immunization Division of the Health Lea- gne ni (fannda for the years i934 to i943 in- clusive, reveal some interesting facts which are not cntlrzly complimentary to this country, and show a need for improvement. The survey pointed out that in some parts of the country effective efforts to combat the disease were successful, but there still remained some sore spots which hurt the nation's record as a whole. From 40 reporting cities for i934 there were 1,073 crisis revealed and 74 deaths, as compar- ed with moo cast-s and 8i deaths fnr 44 cities in l943—uo appreciable change in the lcii yea." period covcrcil by the survey. War-jammed Halifax had thc darkest record. In i943 thc city reported 522 cases and 2T deaths, compared with 77 cases and four deaths in i934. War and diphtheria in llalifax seem to go hand in hand, because in the first four years of the war there ,3 ere 2,092 cases reported and 69 deaths, com- ared with only 225 cases and 2o deaths in the our _yczi:-s immediately preceding the war. Other larger centres across the Dominion ic- rted fewcr cases generally but the number ned about the same, although it _ d Ottawa showed con- rovement. The Health League in calling the attention of the public to the diph-_ theria and whooping cough situation, sires“;

‘in the Saar Basin, especial

dished until after the war."

ly sensitive on this front, since they are desper- ately anxious to retain the use of the coal deposits _ ly as it is now imposs- ible to move coal from the Ruhr to Mannheim and Lurlwigshaven, where thereare large scale factories of the big Farben Industries.

Siegfried Line in this area; furthermore, there is a switch line to the rear of the main defences. 3. 'l'hirdly, however, ‘the ‘bridgeheads across the Moselle southwest of Coblenz and east of Trier must certainly quse the Germany some concern, since these bridgeheads deeply outflank the Siegfried Line. Normally, one could have predicted fierce resistance to this new offensive but with conditions as they are today it is im- possible to estimate how the Germans will fight.

-EDITORIAL nonres-

Passion Week, with noonday service for men under tne auspices of the Ministerial Associa- tion at noon in St. Paul's Chapel.

s- s s .- According to Government meteorologists, cli- matic conditions are steadily improving in Canada, the west getting drier and cooler, and the east drier and warmer. In between they are getting a little more of both kinds.

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Part of the price of victory. Brig. A. C. Hughes, county surveyor, has revealed that £500.00" l$2.S0°,000) was spent to make Hamp-

work took six months. a s- si e

A survey of the governmental set-ups in the nine provinces of Canada, says Neepawa Free Press, ri-veals that it is Conservative in B.C., So- cial Credit in Alberta, C.C.F., in Saskatchewan, Coalition In Manitoba, Conservative in Ontario, Union Nationale in Quebec, and Liberal in N.B., P.E.l., and Nova Scotia, which prompts a local cynic to ask how in heck we can expect national unity with that kettle of fish.

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The high and well merited distinction of Doctor of Divinity has been conferred on the Rev. Cuthbcrt Simpson, M. A. (OXCIL) by his Alina Mater. Rev. Dr. Simpson is the son of the late Canon and Mrs. Simpson and as a Rhodes Scholpw. graduated at Oxford with B. A. in 192i, .A. i939. The work (a book) “Early Traditions of Israel", for which this honour has been conferred, will not be pub- Dr; Simpson is Pro- fessor. ofmOldaTestament at the. General Theo- logical Seminary, New York. a n. e s-

Hainilton, Ontario's "Ambitious City", has at last scored over Toronto—it has developed an army of rats, to fight which its Humane Sn- ciety has leased out 20o pairs of cats to busi- ness premises designated “Commando Cats‘, All Toronto has to offer as an offset to this is the fact that draftee employees at Sunnybrook new hospital have been withdrawn because civilian workmen protested against having to walk to their destination while the draftees were carried by motor coach. i ll 1U I1

More than 250-schools and other enrolled in the Saskatchewan Movement, according to Mr. Gilbert Darby, ad- ministrative drector. Mr. E. W. Stinson, a for- mer Saskatchewan school teacher, and now an S.R.M. field man, is contacting schools, and community groups throughout the province as part of the organization work. A second field man will be employed in the near future. At present the central office is engaged in distribut- ing copies of the S.R.M. magazine. It is being sent to all schools and school children in Sask- atchewan enrolled under S.R.M.

1|‘ 1k I8 19K Winnipeg Tribune has taken strong excep- tion to Prime Minister King stirring party strife sndbitierness by pointedly objecting to the in- clusion of Mr. Bracken in the delegation to San Francisco, concluding: "By way of foot- note, Tlm Tribune is forced to concede that the Prime Minister's postion on the question of op- position leaders has at least one merit. By in- sisting that only those who have a seat in Par- liamcnt may join his delegation, Mr. Kng elimin- ates the possible embarrassment of having to invite that new-found, self-appointed coinrade collaborator and fellow traveller of the Liberal government-Tim Buck."

I l l i Sir lsazic Newton, English natural philosopher, died this date 1727 ; gmdi. tion has it that the sight of. a falling apple in his garden first influenced him towards research concerning the attraction of the ‘earth, which cul- minated in his discovery of gravity; in ‘i669 was ap inted to the chair of mathematics 1t Cambri gc: represented the University in Par- liament 16891705; Master of the Mint, i599, knighted i705; president of the Royal Society I703; buried in Westminster Abbey: "The ivorld was made at one cast. . .I do not know what l may appear to the world, but to myself I seam to have been only a boy playing on the seashore and diverting myself in new and then finding another pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undis-

groups have Recreational

mathematician and

2. General Patch has still to get through the will?

shire roads fit to carry D-Day traffic and the M l

anchorage for a large fleet, and a

THE CHARLUITETUWN ‘um 7

Notes By m; Why

v - Major Richard Lloyd Geo . eld- est son of Earl mad 0%, has taken the courtes tla of count Clkvnedd. According to the "Gas- the British Isles," Gwy-

nedd ls the name given to "ancient $133.1? nearly identical with North

will be made of the that there are now several flffllwfilll and women out or work 1n daor. Actually, of c_o e. there ls no reason for them to ldle. They are unemployed alm- fily because they are "choosy" about el.r jobs. If anyone doubts, that let hlm try to flnd a woman to do all!‘ kind of housework. — Windsor

Someday the Germans may eble to prove they think a man matters, that we all are member

of the same human

Hitler tries desperately to lift German hopes b predicting that the Allies will ecoine wea of the struggle and the Fatherland wlll win eventually. He has been wrong many times, but never more mistaken than wheii he essays to udge Allied moral. - Hamilton peetator,

Virginia von Lamps, a Red Cross worker from Yonkers. N. Y., was trying to deliver doughnuts through a very touchy spot of front-line, where she was seized and held as an enemy sp . She got herself out of one o the tightest situa- tions she will probably ever be ln by repeat on demand, last year's Brook! n odgers’ line-up. Here. we do are, ts American womanhood at its newest heights-Christian Science Monitor.

A gléllflllQf at Birmingham Quar- ter salons granted n free de- fence was told to choose from the barristers sitting ln front with their backs to hlm. The Recorder be- gan annouricln the names of counsel, and. W en he got to “Mr. Churchill" the accused man im- mediately stopped hlm. "That name ls good enough for me," he said, and Mr. A. R. Churchill took over hls defence. The man, charg- ed with housebrenktng, was bound over for two years-London Dally a .

Little notice has been taken of Britain's new modern highway through ‘Frans-Jordan from Dn- mascus to the port of Akaba on the Red Sea. The highway by- iisses Palestine, a potential Brit- h post-war trouble spot, and en- ables much Middle East commerce to reach the Red Sea. without us- ing the Suez Canal thus saving canal fees if and when the Suez reverts to Egy t. The Brltlsli are currently deveo ing the port o1 Akaba; it now as a deep water

branch plpellne will be built to it from a Middle Easternoll fleld.-— Newsweek Magazine, New York.

The British have done ll. Just as we feared all along they have outsmarted us. We knew sooner or later, with their greater experience in such matters, they would pull the wool over our eyes and we would wnkeup some mom- lng to find ourselves at a terrible disadvantage in the post-war world. What; have they done? The per- fldlous islanders have devised a "overnment agency which con- alias. more initials than-are to be ound ln any American agency, New Jeal or otherwlae.-1t-lsn't falr. It's rank imitation and more. The agency ls the PWCCDOTTTGB. Not all the bureaucrats in Wash- ington can match that one. It stands for the Post-War (Jo-Oper- ative Council for the Development and Organization of the Tourist ‘Traffic and Industry of Great Bri- taln.-Cleve1and Plain Dealer.

A palr of allk stockings coals $1.- 000 in China. If you'lnv te your girl to dinner and a movle, with a little rickshaw rlde between restaurant and theatre, you're ln for a blll of $7,000. We speak, of course, of Chinese dollars. But even so. a pair of silk stockings for your frlend will cost $50 in Canadian money, the dinner a300, the rickshaw ride‘ $10 and the movie tickets $20. That ls lnflatlonmlnfliitlun can occur ln any country in which war puts more than enough money ln the pockets of people to buy the avail- able goods-lt can occur unless con- trols are introduced to take care of abnormal situations. Price control in Canada was instituted for one urpose; to keep as low as possible he cost of merchandise you buy every day. It ls ln your own inter- est to buy only at. ceiling rlces or lower; not to patronize l: e black market, to buy only your rightful of rationed products, to buy only what you need and save your extra dollars-Montreal-Matln. Just receiitl , Sgt. Joe Louis, heavyweight oxlng champion ofl the world, now lii the United States Army, appeared lii Ottawa us re- feree at a big 5ET‘\'.C9S boxing card. Joe's appearance in staid on 0t.- tawa was heralded by blg pictures and stories on the front ages of the nation's capital. At t e audi- torium he was cheered to the echo. sought after for autographs and derby-batted clvll servants vied with each other to shake his That's a grand wa to a champion, be he w lte or colored -but for a great many 3) an inconsistency. If oe hadn't been champion. he'd be j a plain nigger, even though a a- trlotlc American. Some he same people wouldn't. go near hlm with a 10-foot p he was a pgrter, for instance. Now they'll est they touched Joe Louis’ hand. Brothers, under the skin, my eye. .._8wlft Current Sun. '

Toronto ls not the only olty eon- templatlng s subway. Detroit also has a re act under consideration. But w le oronto, as mlglit be lll- Jected, la following comparative" mlinwefllblVBll-I t‘ l . alnd ls morg- e pro ec a e.v on ’ ‘s famed Uiidei-ground. De- troit la talklul about some much more startllns. Tn fact would seem that the engineers that city must have been studying the senile strips. The pgoposed De- roll syetegindwould d dliferat i; er roun now n - rpn “Instead of the orthodox trs ns there would be a broad steel s rubber conve or belt carrying seats on endlass lllpes of‘ sled-like conveyances ave ng a stant so muss sn hour. Naturally you couldn't casually hop on or off suoh a conveyance. so there ls a boarding belt travelling slon -

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covered before me."

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been soaring

ray River. An

be ted a fox trap

the result that the eagle was tured un-burt. both feet being

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be securely tn the jaws o! the trap.

The bird was kept through the winter lii a large barn where lt had freedom to fly about, It was provided by its captor with plenty of water and with flah, chiefly fresh lierrlns.

On 26rd June, 1940 the bird was liberated. The occasion was a nappy and interesting one for the neighbourhood. The eagle had been banded with a leg band obtained from the Biological Department at Washington. D. 0., bearing _a rea- lstered number so that

tion could be serrt to Washington or OMEN/a 1ft ti}; bird were killed or age ca-p ur ..

A ten page booklet or pamphlet with information and descriptive material about eagles had been prepared and was distributed among the school children of the neighbourhood and their pareriim Willi)‘ head rbtieftlh lfwébfldt £111: 815;‘! at er or e e en '- iglay afternoon. Those wlmessllfl the llberatlon numbered several hundreds. The easle was - ed in the neighbourhood for some days afterwards, but eventually ll returned to its fonmer habitat, probably Cape Breton. t-resumabll! it ls still alive. Had its oil-PW" been reported the information would have beenhforwarded to interested parties ere-

Eagles are rare visitors to blll! Province but are occasionally seen over Murray River. The birds llve almost entirely 011 fish 5nd ‘m; harmless. Mr. R. W. ‘Tufts. Chi; Migratory Bird Officer for l’- B Maritime Provinces. Wrtlnl 91'

e z Ei-giiiihiiigiiii their nn-itv: M181; beauty; their impressive size. 811 their general liarmlessneae. l-hfilf are all deservli18 01' PPM-will)" and I hope the time la not far off when all the Provinces in the Do- minion, as well as the States in the Union to the South of us. will plane this bird on the continuously Pm‘ tented list for thefleasqns which I have Jig fixed- , r e ..

I m 'w. s. minnow. Vice-President. s-P-C-A-

Volcano Bombs

(Canadian Press)

The RAF. ln this sixth year g1’ war ls dropping upon 59mm" ‘l? world's largest explosive mlssl e, tons of concentrated destruction. ‘ When each Volcano bomb strikes. ls as though a full salvo from the l0 14-inch guns of the battle- ship King George V were hitting thlgutlsaleiterierts of the Brlllsh Infor- mation Services say "19 devfisla“ tlon created by explosion 0f 011° Volcano bomb probably would be greater than that caused by a salvo from the main armament of the 35.000-ton King Geor e V. They point out that the des ructlve pow- er of a Volcano bomb ls concen trated; l0 one-ton shells from a batpesthlph would ppt land in one

o n e same me. spDeslgned nrlmurlly for attacks on underground structures, the Vol- cano bomb ls 25 feet, flve inches in length and three feet. lo inches ln diameter. It has much 8798i" velocity than previous bomb; used by the RAF. and may be compared with the special arm- or-plerclng. high-velocity shells fir- ed bv modern battleships. to its credit ls damage lnfl ted upon an important railway viaduct at Blelefeld. a target difficult to ln-' jure by use of ordinary bombs.

The B. I. SM disclose that the Volcano bomb was first P709059‘! five years ago. Our aircraft then could not carry so biz a Dflllefllle and from the plans for the 22.000- pound monster the ‘ ‘ "earth- nuake" bomb, use of which was disclosed last aut. . was develw- ed. Bigger and better bombs prob- ably are being developed. for the RAF‘. knows that one, blg bomb does more ldamage than severel small ones. To handle the volcano. a new de- sign of bomb trolley and special hoisting tackle had to be employ- ed. It takes a crew of six men 30 minutes to load the bomb aboard a modified Lancaster — which HOW carries the greatest bomb load of any iilrcraft ln service. The new wesoon was designed bv Barnes Neville ‘prams. g/pggip n0 - ‘"-

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Bollztivles. Mr. Wflllls "ll! week was elected to the Royal 30-‘ clety ln London.