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Show A Kick For Adolf '- i yf f - i f i ; . : .w x : Cl ' Passed by Censor A CANADIAN shoe factory Is now turning out a product with a much more violent kick in it guns. Vickers machine guns and two-pounder anti-aircraft pom-poms are being assembled here in the same' .plant where the gun mountings are manufactured. Browning, Vickers and Sten machine guns are coming com-ing off Canadian production lines in increasing volume as part of the mammoth war production program totalling more than ?3,447,000,000 since July, 1939. The Canadian government has provided about $660,000,. 000 worth of capital assistance for the construction of new plants, extension of old and the installatloa of machines and equipment. Production of guns, mountings and barrels includes 22 different types ranging rang-ing from field guns to safety fuse pistols. Output of Bren guns, for instance, is nearing 4,500 monthly. More than 100 types of ammunition, mines, bombs and pyrotechnics. 12 types of chemicals and eight types of explosives are included in the program, and other weapons will be in production soon. Canada's Iwmament industry is in high gear." |