ON THE HOME FRONT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 31 December 1941, Page 7

ON THE HOME FRONT

CANADA AT WAR War in the Pacific has brought a swiff increase to Canada’s war tempo. Ail raid precautions were widely extended to all areas liable to enemy attack. Alt Canadian born or British born Japanese of 16 years up have been ordered to register. Previous registration was voluntary. It has been announced that plans are under way for national selective service both for men and women. Manpower will be mobilised for greater production of munitions and food. Women will be organised to work in arsenals, shops and factories. It is expected that the output of airmen under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan will be tripled within the economic sphere wartime controls are reaching more deeply into non-war production. Japanese successes in the Far East, with consequent threats to the rubber supply, found a sequel in prohibitions of the sale of new rubber tyres except on war orders. To conserve metals the manufacture is banned from 31st j Mara of a wide variety of metal goods ! from children's tricycles to metal I coffins. The January production of I radios is heavily cut. From Ist April j petrol will be rationed, i Delegates of 18 national women’s orj ganisations gathered at Ottawa and I volunteered to enlist three million Canadian women to make war on the home front against price inflation. The Prime Minister. Mr Mackenzie King, announced on 16th December the appointment of Mr Humphrey Mitchell | as Minister of Labour and the transfer of the former Minister of Labour, Mr Norman McLarty, to the post of Sec- | retary of State. The former Secretary lof State. Mr Pierre Casgrain, has been appointed a Justice of the Quebec Superior Court. Mr Cockle, of pill fame, composed operas.