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Wednesday, August 5, 1942 THE KLESHERTON ADVANCE THE FlESHERFONv ADVANCE OB Collinrwood Kicuh.rton, Wednesday of *ek. (Uroulation OTr 1,000. Prie* in Canada 12.00 pr jru, when paid in advance $1.60; IB U. S. A. 9&60 per year, whan paid in advance $2.00. P. J. THURSTON. EdlUr. Netting painted, and with bits of ine guns, and clips nil' a wing against cloth hanging from it to look like fol- a cable. It actually does happen, apparently, though it looks impos- iage, may be stretched over small areas, or over guns and mechanical equipment used by the army. Gas masks are usually carried in case the enmemy startg to use poison Defence Against Bombing Attack Recent articles in this series have described Knmbing planes, bombs and the effects of bombing. To complete that story, it is necessary to write something about the defence against bombs. Defence against bombing might be divided into two categories, active ant passive, or defensive and offensive might bo a more accurate division. The one consists of shelters, fire watching, the liomb-proof'ng of build- ings, so far as that is possible, gas masks, provision of extra water sup plies and fire-fightinc equipment, all designed to deal with bombs after they fall. The other includes barrage balloons anti-aircraft guns, radio detectors, fighter planes and attack on the air bases of the enemy, all designed to destroy enemy raiders. li.. mh Shelters bomb shelters are of many differ- ent kinds, from the little private An- deron shelters, usualy dug out and ar- ched over in the back garden, to huge community affairs under the streets of large- cities. The back-yard shelters must have been uncomfortable affairs A hole would be dug in the earth and an urcto -shaped concrete roof built over it, with a doorway at one end. The family would go there when an alarm sounded, and remain, without heat or comforts of any kind. A latei development has been to build shelters inside the house. If the building has a cellar (and many English houses do not have them) the shelter can be built there, or it may be an unused garage. These can be made more com- fortable, with heat, lights and even radios and telephones. There is an- other type of shelter for home use, a steel-topped table with steel logs, Cap- able of carrying a heavy weight with. Incendiary Bombs Most of the defences mentioned are precautions against high explosive l>om<l>s. Incendiaries have to be fought in the pen. The first two minutes may make all the difference between success and failure. These bombs fal literally by the thousand and :i -mal proportion hit vulnerable targets but those must be controlled before they can set a city on fire. The way the British people as a wlule were organized to fight bomibs is an eye-opener to a visiting Canad- ian and might be enlightening to those on our side of the water who talk about "total war." Every ablebodied person must take a turn at fire watch- ing in some assigned spot. This is a cold and tiresome job, but vigilance must never be relaxed. The Air liaid Patrol system is an organization of more highly trained persons, with regular nosts, where warning of raids are received and tt which calls for help are sent. Thi wardens and others are trained in first aid, rescue work, fire fighting and communication. I saw them at work in one bombing and marvelled at their speed and efficiency. The firemen probably have the most dangerous jobs. Some of the London fires must have been terrific, judg- ing by photographs I saw in the Press Club. Added to the regular dangers of fire fighting was the unpleasant habit of the German raiders of drop ping high explosive bombs as soon as the fires were well started. One of the chief handicaps in early days of the bombing was water scarcity, when wated mains burst when hit by high explosives. That hai been taken care of in London and other eitios. Base- ments of bombed buildings hare been made into irreat storage nks. Where there are no such basements avail- able metal water tanks are placed in public squares and in the centre of wider streets. Destroying En'my Planes With all these means of combatting the effects of enemy planes, no mat ter how successful they may be, the morale of the people would hardly stand up month after month. There must be some feeling that the enemy sible. This danger keeps the big bomb- ers up igh and spoils their aim. The parks are likely to contain anti-aircraft guns as well as barrage balloons. The guns are of various sizes. Apparently the Bofors is one of the smallest, next to the machine- gun batteries, while some are quite large. Everyone has seen pictures of them. When they fire, there is a bright flash at the gun and another in the air where the shell bursts. Near the guns there are likely to be listening posts and shearchlight bat- teries, the latter throwing long arms of light across the sky. There are other weapons not so openly displayed. One of these, kept a secret for some time, is the radio locator, which detect enemy planes long before they come within sight or sound a great advantage. Along the coastal areas, one comes across little huts here and there, with small poles erected outside. These are the detector stations. I never saw the in- side of one, but I probably would not have known what it was about anyway. It is said there are other devices, still secret, which haven't been publicized in Britain because there hasn't been much need to use them lately, the raids having fallen off. None of these things saved Britain during the rays in 1940 when Hitler was sending his planes over by the hundred. In those days, it was the fighter pilots who downed so many enemy bombers that at last the Ger- mans couldn't stand the losses an; longer, even though they had far more planes in those months than the R.A.F. had. Even now, the fighter plane is probably still the main de- fence against raiders. Finally, there is the bombing of enemy territory, which may b defensive in part al- though lately it has become mainly an attack on his factories, railways canals and cities as a whole. This keepi the Germans at home. It forc- es Hitler to bring his fighter pilots from Russia, to use in an attempt to stop the British bombers. Mean- while British fighters are attacking enemy airdromes, partly to keep them PORTLAW Miss Florence Boyce of Toronto spent the past week end with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Boyce. Mrs. Wes. Clinton of Toronto spent a few days at Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Meldrums. Miss Mary Sheardown of Toronto ivsited with freinds here over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Authur Hutton, Misa N. Patton and Mrs. J. Scott and babe are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Patton. Miss Velma Fryer of Toronto vis- ited this week end with her aunt Mrs. A. Blackbourn here. The Patton and Pedlar families spent a day in Owen Sound this week Teddy Rich i.f Dundalk is spend- ing his holidays with his Uncle Mr, Stanley Patton. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Potts of Toron- to visited recently with Mr. and Mrs Laurie Mr Austin. McKee of Hamilton visited friends here over the week end. Gordon Blackburn of Collingwoo< is holidaying with his grandparent Mr. and Mrs. A. Blackburn. Wm. Rehill of Winnipeg vis ted a few days with the McNally amities and with Mra. A. Blackburn. Rev. Ding-wall and Mrs. Dingwall f Thornloe are spending their hoi- ays with the McNally's here. Mrs. Wilfred McNally visited with er mother, at Elmwood, who has ieetl ill. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Fisher, Thelma nd Doreen also Mr. and Mrs. J..F. ioyce spent Sunday with Mr, and Am. P. Neffs, Singhamipton. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Blakey have returned to Toronto after spending two weeks with the formers parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Blakey. Clifford Fisher of Toronto is vis- ting with his Uncle Mr. Roy Lyons As the Edmonton Journal says drive slow' may be rough on gram- mar but it's easy on tires. Men, Women Over 40 Feel Weak, Worn; Old? Waal Normal Pep, Vhn, Vitality ? It is easy to explain what has hap- pened to Muasolini. He is just a saw- lust Caesar who has been punctured and can't get a refill. We think that too many people calling Laval a rat. A rat would have enough sense to desert a sinking ship. Summer Time Table Effective Friday, June 26, 1942 LEAVE FLESHERTON TO TORONTO e 10:10 a.m. d 7:45 p.m. TO OWEN SOUND c 6.30 p.m. 9:00 P.m. b Friday only c Saturday only, d Sunday & Holidays. (Eastern Daylight Saving 1 Time) GREY COACH LINES from sending planes to Britain, part- ly to keep them too busy to attack British bombers, goine to or return- ing from Germany. out collapsing. If the family should be under the table it supports the weight of masonry and prevents the occu- pants from being crushed. The cities have many types of air- raid shelters. Probably the safest in London are the tations of the Under- ground railways. These are far below the surface of the ground, are easily reached by the usual stairways and escalators. Hundreds of persons still sleep every night in these public -jlac- i*. Gnerally, they are safe, even in the heaviest bombing, but twice there were heavy casualties when bombs did penetrate or water mains burst. To some extent, important build- ings can be bomb-proof ed. It ' an ex- pensive process if thoroughly done and consists of building up all win- ows with heavy brick walls, building blast walls in the interior and behind doors, and putting water tanks in the upper storeys. War factories arc usually camou- is getting it back, i s losing something I too. That calls for methods of de- stroying enemy planes. Strangest of all these methods is the barrage balloon. These hang "by the hundreds over London and in smaller numbers over other cities and such important points as munitions factories. Convoys going out the Thames and through the channel have barrage balloons being pulled along on cables behind them. The barrage balloons look lovely and quite harmless, like children's toys. They always reminded us of hot dogs, with the end of the weiner.hang ing out one end. Most of them are silvery in color. They a-e hauled down in parks and public squares, th e cable winding around a big drum on the hack of a truck. They are allowed to float below low-hanging clouds, when there are any, or put out in the open sky. A number of steel cables swing down below these balloons, but they cannot lie seen except when the gns flaired. They may have flat roofs, hair is lowereil. painted to look like 'elds, or there may be some more elaborate means It is the stvol cables which do the damage. An enemy night fighter com- which are probably still kept secret, es along, dives down to use his nirirtr Quick-Easy-No Worry-No Guesswork MAKE JAMS and JELLIES with CERTO Youqet upto z /smore Jam or Jelly from the Same Amount of Fruit,. CERTO is Pectin Extracted from Fruit 8TH LINE OSPREY Welcome back "Flesherton Ad- vance!" We missed you very much. Hope you had a pleasant holiday. Mr. Editor. Tom Stephens, who is in the Ord- nance Corps at Kingston, was home on two weeds' furlough. On Wed- nesday evening, prior to his depart- ure, at a party held in his honor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Haley, he was presente ' with a wrist watch and an address of ap- preciation. A large gathering of friends and neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Davidson (recent groom and bride) met at their home here last week and presented them with a couch. Miss Evelyn Hale spent a days with friends at Sudbury. studio few Mr. and Mrs. three children of L. Mclnnes and IJtobicoke spent Look for llook of 72 Tented Recipe* under the label o] every Certo bottle When pectin in used in mak- ing jam or jelly, the Wartime 1 Prices and Trade Board Order No. 150 allows you to use sugar not in excess of one and one- quarter pound* of sugar for I'iirli pound of fruit. On the basis that "fruit" means "un- prepared" fruit, this allows you to i! 1. 1 1. 1- your j.ini - and jellien the Certo way which gives you approximately two-thirds more jinn or jelly from the snme amount of fruit. * 112 lust week end with Mr. and Mrs. J. Ottewell and Dolly. Mr. and Mrs. H. Graham and Miss Ethel Ward of Orton were recent visitors at the Sinners home. Mrs. S. K. Hawkins, Kendal and Kilbourne spent a day last week with Mr. and Mrs. Sam McNab and Alex, at Chatsworth. Mrs. D. W. Clinton of Toronto is visiting at the |Hanley home and with other acquaintances. Mr. Vernon Somers of Guelph spent the week end at his home. Mr. Ben Hanley of Thornkury spe.nt a few days at the parental homo, recuperating after having a piece of steel taken from his eye. A part of the eye ball had to be r- moved, but fortunately his sight is not impaired. Mr. Leonard Kennedy of Blanks spent the week end with friends. Friends here were delighted to re- new the acquainance of Mr. Emer- son Osborne of Hamilton, who was visiting recently with his father and other relatives in Feversham. Card of Thanks We wish to thank our many friends and neig-hibora for their faithful help during our recent flre. --Mr. and Mrs. Lome Ditson. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hwitheote. The Canadian soldier is ready to defend himself npainst attack by gas. H,' won't be caught nun-ping. EFFECTIVE NOW AND are rationed by coupon The ration is one ounce of tea or lour ounces ol coffee per person, per week Coupons A, B, C, D, and E, on the Temporary War Ration Card, now in the hands ol the public, are to be used, and are NOW valid for the purchase of tea and coffee. Each coupon will entitle the purchaser to one ounce of tea or lour ounces ol coffee - a supply for one week. If desired, purchasers may use any or all of these five coupons simultaneously, and buy up to S weeks supply at one time, on the surrender of the appropriate number of coupons. Numbered coupons are good only for the purchase of sugar and may not be used to buy tea or coffee. Similarly, lettered coupons may not be used to buy sugar. > * * COFFEE CONCENTRATES AND SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING COFFEE On* coupon must b* surrendered for each quantity of coffee concentrate or ubititte containing coffee, suf- ficient to make 12 cups of beverage. TEA BAGS REQUIRE COUPONS When purchasing tea bags, the fol- lowing coupon values shall be used: 2 coupons lor a cation oi 18 or 20 tea bags 4 coupons lot a cation oi 40 or 45 tea bags 8 coupons lot a cation of 80 loa bags CHILDREN UNDER 12 YEARS OF ACE ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ANY RATION OF TEA OR COFFEE. SPECIAL NOTICE TO RETAILERS On and after August 3rd, retailers must establish their right to purchase new supplies of tea or coffee from their suppliers by turning over to the supplier currently valid ration coupons/ equivalent to the poundage of tea or coffee ordered from the supplier THE WARTIME PRICES AND TRADE BOARD TC 5 W Ottawa, August 3rd. 1942