JANUARY 6. 194s i_ J‘ ‘ _

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German ‘ isolated more lhtn 1B0 miles behind the western front retains its hold on historic Dunkernue on the French north sea "at... moo en out of! when the drive swept Past the French port from which he British had evac- uated an army of 936.000 aboard mostly rescue fleets before aban- doning it June e, 1040.

Allied forces have a U-rnile line about uelsnd subiieot the

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to meat. Neu is:d,yahort oi trans- port munitions and supplies. the gs n is easing no reel trou- le. ,

leat ted in- v griwtislfi of tllieqxlbt Can-

edian aw. For a time Czech troepe er Gen, 0rerar'a com- mand baieged it. The lst Can-

adienarmy‘: sweep along the chan- nel ooeat of France and into Bel-

ium cut off the enemy force at bunkerque, scene of the evacuat- ion of British expeditionary

force . mans do tie up with Allied regiments which employed in more act- ive sectors and prevent the use of rt facilities for aunplleew blot»,- end civilian.

In Other m.

Much the same situation applies at Lox-lent, St. Nazaire, Bordeaux. the Vennes areafiand the Channel Islands. It was estimated in Lon- don two months ago that a. total of 116MB German troops were pen- ned in these positions behind the Allied IInU,‘

The German radio announced Nov. ll that the entire population o!

rsonl, had

tench airmen have participated in bombardment of the city.

Heavy explosions mutating from the dinction od Dunkerque three weeke ego led Londoners to be- lieve that the garrison was des- troying installations, perhaps in a Eelude to surrender. But nothing

s come ct it.

While the German garrisons in

‘ these Fr ports have prevented the Allies from using them to sup- ply the armies in western Europe,

he great port o! Antwerp in Bel- gium has been in l

use for a month.

on; the 1st Canadian army in e eeheide Estuary rs- on

At one time one prong oi the German offensive through the Ar- ted towards

den ppesred

Antevzp,‘ which ispgbn miles north

and slightly west at , one oi eet welt inte V

i Iundstedth drive.

UNIONVALI SCHOOL

Honor roll of Unlonvale School for December:

Grade VIII-l Helen Sheiioun.

Grade VII-l. Geor e Bhllfoon, I, Elaine Ramsay; a. ge Bernard.

Grade V-l. Glen Rndgerson; 2. Erma Sllliker; 3, FosteiuSilliker.

Grade lV-i, Joan MacDonald; 2, Bga Adams. ' ‘ Grade III (oi-i, Lurla Horne:

I. Joyce MacDougall; l, Liens

orne. Grade III (b) — i. Phyllis Mac- Neiil; 2. Erva Ramsay; 3, Gordon

gerson. Grade II (n) -- l, Gertrude Shel- foon; 2, Sterling Adams; S, George Iu an. ' Grade l! (b) - l, Josie Gallant: i, Barbara MacDonald; 3, Reggie ‘Bryan. Grade I (a) i. Thane MncNelll. Grade I (b) — l. Priscilla Gallant Stars for atterlisdarige: Egllgie ltmnsay, George con. n Rod rson. Joan MacDonald, Joyce Mac tigall, don Rcdgerson, llrva Ramsay. Gertrude Shelfoon,

Sterling Adams. Etta M. Stewart, teacher.

UNDER MANR RULERB The town oi Venlo. the Nether-

lands. changed hands l0 times in I00 years.

(ling bnnd in match.

Pictured here is Lieut. Dona Ivan Grant oi Windsor, om,

tion oi the Canadian Army's pub

lic relations department, who has been awarded the Military Cross in the northwest-

Lieut. Grant was

while serving Europe theatre. a newepa photographer in Wind- sor, Ont., before Joining the army. His wife lives in Windsor. The cita- tion for Lieut. Grant's award has not yet been released. — (Canadian Army Overseas Photo).

‘Lame Ducks’ In Britain Land 0n Huge Airfields

WITH ‘Pi-LE RA F. SIDME- ulresent were Air Vice-Marshal WHERE m ENGLAND, Jan. 4- on: McEwen, A1.- Qffoer mm. (0P)—The commander imishcthmnndlng the R C A F‘, bomber his hrieijinxgtgf Lhg osseirfibled uixr- (mum; “m, M,- Commodores R E crews W 6 01‘ 9T1 " 71'9" l‘ e . ltIcBuru an ' . in any trouble, muke for hir- > tawa c” d J Rune" of 0t drome’. .

That instruction is part of ev-| ery briefing .it can be revealed

ugo a spec a v e rm r1“; l§}fli““°°‘“°‘lfo rl~tim 5D Dead 6D for aircraft distress have been ’

operating for manv months.

ed on them alth they attempted a landing on dinarv runways. mlaht have crash-

Locatin of the airliclds-onudc rm of lltte more than enormous runways-is secret, of (rcursc. but they are situated near the coast so as to out down the flying distance

“ Ducks.” Most planes laud with shrapnel or bullet damage; some carry killed or wounded crew members. _

War correspondents allowed to visit one oi.’ the hirficlds _for the first time found its enormous run- wav was 4.500 yard long. with a SOD-yard grass um snout ut cne end and a l.000-va d overshoot at the other. Its width was 250 yards compared with the so yard: of n normal station, zillotvinz laudmns to continue even if tin aircraft has crashed in the middle of it,

Fbrced landinrzs. 1:r-~:=.li belly landings-the airfield has seen them all—but there has been onlv one fatal crash and that when s Lancaster broke iv ' 1 in land ing. It was cleared fronrihc run- ymv in less than the i5 minutes al- o

Wed.

Sometimes flier: ‘r15 been a mess visit. ‘as on one duv in November when ifi aircraft landed after a raid on Germany. The number has since been in diminishing lntlo. There have been between 50 and fires in planes either before or nfter landing but no one has been ser- iousiv injured bv flames.

General Hugo. the father cf MV- elm vim);- Hugo, held the town of

CHRISTMAS BUNUS

in a Diamond y ,

J Bridal Wreath Ensemble

A flawless solitaire exquisitely mounted in a setting modernisilc in design. . . . The wed-

IV. Wellner Ltd.

Thlonville f or_ ‘NflWl€°n_(_,_ ‘

$75.

ld a member of the photographic scc- I ma", m

then 5.000 aircraft have land-

landings, '

short htgorship period led by Norma

Tribute Paid To Canadian Bomber ‘ Group lit Yorkmineter

l YORK. mo. l — . (OP Cable) - The ancient walled ,cit.v cl York paid tnbute to men ‘and women of the Canadian born. ber group at special ceremonies Builder to mark the grasp’, second anniversary, The obset-vances included services

in ancient Yorkminster and in St. Wilfreda Roman catholic (moron attended by than 1,000 R.C.A.£‘. and R All‘. person- nel from stations in Northern Eng- land and by many mesrtbers of the Women's Auxiliarvy Force sewing “with Canadian units. Pb!‘ the first time in its storied "BMW W? service at Yorkmlr-sster was conducted by outside clergy- filllblains 0f the R.C.A.1“. Sim- UBIl-v in Wilfredo the service was read by R.C.A.F. padres. The senior Roman CBIllOlIc and not. est-amt chcplalutmoveruem, C101“) Com. w.v. McCarthy and Group Carpt. GO. Llgutbourrn, con- auotcd l-lle rcsipictlvc services. The great west doors of York- ininstcr, reserved for royal visits and state occasions, were opened m iaclmil. the blue-clad rjqngrggfliflgn pvhich Dfiraded from the centre 0X the cit-v headed by me bomb" nd. Group (xaipt. HO. Rutledge of Ottawa and Wirmlpeg joommandcd the parade, which was watched by hundreds oi residents, ilriclluldilng the Lord Mayor and civic

c a s.

Choral music at both services was cmlkrlbuted by Air Force personnel. Flight Officer" Ishbel Mulch, a member of the women's division and a former Metropolitan Opera Performer. was one anger.

Throughout the _day Canadian l"!!! RC A-F ensgns flew from (he, Lord Momry; residence and following the sci-vices a more), p“; took place in from; cf the Mansion House at which Air Marshal L S. Breadner. commander of the R '- C A F. overseas, took the salute,

Before the services, o luncheon was tendered to Air Marshal Brrfadnsi‘ and senior R C A.1" officers by tho civic authorities at the Mansion House Among those

Jill.

lliiured In Train Wreck

OGDEN, Utah. Jan. l—(AP)-— YSome 50 lacrson-s died and 60 oth- ers were injured in the Sunday ‘crash of a speeding Southern Pacific mail-express and a slow- lLy-movlng passenger trairu—bcth westbound -- on a log-shrouded

rausewny lu shallow waters of lGrcat SiilL Ltikc. - |. Railroad officials believed all

the bodies had been takcn from the tartglcd wreckage of nearly a. dozen cars and locomotive but workmen still toiled today to clear away the debris.

It was one of the worst rail- road accidents in the history of the West.

A sailor said a telcscoped coach "was virtually pulverized, seats and ,boclies crushed together."

l The ill-car passenger train, first section of the Pacific Limited No. 2i, was running slowly along the causeway that lends to the trestle lcrossing Great Salt Lake when it was struck from behind by the

zsecond section. made up 20 rmall and express cars. The locomotive of the second

section bored into the rear pull- .man of the passenger‘ unit. Force iof the impact sent another sleep- llnc cnr smashing through the ‘dining car and farther ahead slammed one coach into the wooden conch ahead of it. ; Most of the dead were taken .from the rear pullmau car and ‘from the lelcscoped coach. At least 28 were military service men. Railroad officials refused to hazard n guess as to the cause of the accident but ordered an im- mediate investigation.

Former French Nobel Prize Winner Bios

PARIS, Jan. 1 — (AP) —l=tom- aln Rolland. French writer and critic who won the Nobel Prize in literature in i916. died at his villa near Clamocy shortly before mid- night Dl-s. 30 it wns announced hcrc today, lie was 7H Holland's "Jenn Christophe" is raukctl us one ul‘ the bcsl fictional uurks cvcr written about music. it is tho biography of a German musician and appeared in three eerics. Singer Paul Robeson once described the work as "My Bible." The author retired to his little estate at Vczelay near Clamecy a few years before the present war.

The annual meeting of the North Wlltshire Y. P. U. was held at the homo of Mr. and Ma's. lielth Easter on lIic evening oi Dec. l2. The meeting opened with el $1.

OOITI .

for the following year as follows: President, Mrs. MacNeil (re-

ected).

Vice-President, Reginald Clark. (re-elected).

Secretary. Jean lmic.

‘treasurer. Reginald Clarke (re-

ectod). Roll Call Secretary. Mrs. Leith'

Clark. Christian

Missions. Helen w"

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PAGE FIVE

>I< Those are the words of Howard McLean, young naval telegraphist, who used to be ledger-keeper at our branch at Port Alberni, B.C. Telegraphist McLean was telling us what he thought of the Bank of Montreal's recently announced rehabilitation plan for him and 1,115 other men of the Bank's staff who will soon be marching home in Victory.

What Howard McLean wrote to us has been said in different ways by hundreds of fellow bank men, and letters, which are being filed at our head office; are still coming in daily from our people on practically all the fighting

fronts.

Post/war planning begins at home, and, as another of our people in the services said, “the old B of M looks out for us like a mother with a rather large family". (Counting service men, the Bank's family numbers more than

8,000.)

Service men coming back to the Bank will not simply~ return to their old jobs. While they have been away, their standing in the Bank has been reviewed each year and salary in’ creases have been noted in their records,

according to their past performance.

As the General Manager said in his annual

‘ address to shareholders,

"It is our intention to place these officers on the salary and, within a reasonable time, in the position, which they would normally have expected to attain had they been in the continuous service of the Bank. Our object 1's to see that they have not lost ground through their ser»

vice to their country."

"MY BANH”

I0 I MIIHOI CANADIAN!

Sig. T/O Howard McLean, Tclcgraphisi on H.M.C.S. “Dundas”

64 years of age,

member of the staff. During the

B of M man serving with the Forces has had both of these contributions paid by the

BANK‘$ S-POINT REHABILITATION PLAN

PENSION FUND SOCIETY . . .

All B of M men belong to the Bank's Pension Fund Society. This fund, which provides each man with a pension upon retirement at

by contributions by the Bank and by each male

Highlights

SALARIES . . .

Each B of M man in the Services has had his salary and position reviewed each ycar and the increase: he could reasonably have cxe period to rcccivc had he remained in the Bunk have been entered in I’llS record. Upon his rcturn, tlicsc amounts will be added to the salary hc was n-ccivmg a! the timc of his cnlillmcnr. Thus. his comings will not be affected adversely by his absence

Is built up

war, each

Bank, and thus his standing is the same in the "xvi" of hi‘ wumry‘ es if his service with the Bank had been cntinuous, DEMDBILIZATION — REPORTING FOB DUTY-m M", U“ Eyery B of M r. man, a er . | p reporting for duty, may, if 1- Pracficany a" B of M men he rlcsircs, have two weeks‘

and coverage has

SICKNESS PLlili for I of

mum protection

mum cost, B of M servicemen can have

protcction for their dependants st

cents a month. They, themselves, can have protection within four weeks of their return tu the Bank's service. The Bank pays a . ample scope for advnnccment

substantial portion of the premium

avail themselves of this Iow' cost life insurance plan,

tlnuecl by the Bank for its servicemen during their absence, with premiums ch road to a loan account tum. Extra charges for warrrisk have been defrayed by the Bank.

GROUP ACCIDENT ‘IND INSURANCE

and Their Dependents . ..

Under our insurance pro- gramme, which gives maxi’

Irtnv2——0n full pay from . tlic Bank —- during which he can rc-cstablish his pcre tonal and family affairs. When he commences work, n a refresher course before taking over the pm: tn which he is mos: suited, and, whcrcvcr flmgflrylc‘ h,» wfl] b; SIJIIORCKI in a city or town of his own choosing.

been con-

Igy following tbIs five-point plan, we at the Bank of Montreal feel that all mem- bers of the staff on active service can be effectively placed in the Bank within a reasonable time. There will certainly be a place

for everyone and. we believe,

at mini-

40 to 60

BANK OF MONTREAL

working with Canadian: in every walk of life since I817

mas cards, total. $09.71

lw t Chsvnch lights, Pu d.

25;

n t - - amount spent amount in bank, $160.83; on hand $13.89; Total $74.72. Amount taken in for the year: either -Duea $5.25; Offerings at mect- . lugs, $14.39; Sunday services, $11.43 cl’ the OO-luan crew survived the Mit. Herbert Play proceeds $25.05; $13.15; pantry sale, 818.15: commission on church ua ers. $4.04; commission on Chris - vaslou of $6.00; donations, $2.2m;

Amount spent:—M. and M. Fund, $17.24; membership fees to Mai-iv

parlor social,

is last published work was gm Confer nos. 84-20‘ India Ind "The 1'15"" J°"Y"'=Y"—th= 0m Chitin Rainer, ssoo; donation to volume of a new novcl series con- 39d gm", ;5_ donngon w Wm- sidcred autobiographical. Shh-aw" 5, mes hllgm gigg- *‘i“——'— d on to Bev C ren n

NORTH wrursnmc v.r.u. ‘QM; m u, ‘membm, 5M _' __ ag on oversees boxes, $10.91;

misc. $3.71; totel- spent, $122.00.

Meeting ‘closed by singing God Save the King.

(Patriot please copy)

59 Naval Personnel

Are Presumed Dead

. eh $25.65; manee and window glass. fruit, $6.37; for lettering on shield.

P! '

1- . - inglee, church shed, h ll,

in 1944. $l32.6C;'Sept. Tl: sa. amount warms near following an

sinking

$18.00; pipe $2.48; bill for Thom $1.00,

Followed by business period open- 1151mm"; m, buain,” m, R“. _ _ ___,,-m~. ins by wudins of minutes of the creation Leader, Norma Toombs conjunction with "l" mwllnll- "d dl-‘wumml °l "7- wok charge. Genres and contests Ontario business arising out oi minutes. 1w," p]; e5 “w; which 1mm 05mm

Followed by election of officcre w“ u"

withou

of congress

North AI

[IS

. ‘hat ed wtih development of i

e2

\Vlli';' on invnsion duties

the-C svelte-sank in the Un explosion, by a mine or a i0rped0.

Ited Kingdom caused

Olllv 31

Th Aiberni was veteran of the Betti: oi‘ the Aiimftic and the in-

Si. Lawrence Waterway Scheme Again Discussed

cyrrswa, QTY-ice» Canad- inn ofiolale were interested in

Dewey! N:w York

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wa t: rwzy ll‘. l

the province 0!

lcn was made '. to the state legislature at Albany and involved ncticn by the State

The New York Bovernor‘: I.

Umwdt szrgiucu-gcvgfnuxjggn,’ wmch h-cve the dcvelzv-mrri proceed at- hu so “r “med m 0mm, awmva} the earliest possible time

for a St. waterway treaty with Canada Several serious diffkultlcs in the lacurrence for power i: well know

the Dominion

sug- his message

O1 lhE

Lawrence

' ciwrehce W016i‘-

Brown, suuowuiip, Marfloret Meo- mum. navy, men cesueliiy m. and [hrow W; mo" teen, Recreation“ Edighle lllmnvlazt, listnaitlfiwerl. ‘w, l“ i~ ~, i u. 9113p of ccots Th T n urer icn a r - hem eaeu was l-rrz. t'.~ ~ c. miles JEWELERS SINCE 1868 J ‘port tier-rib: ysgnm m“ m." m, fieiour oiiioen and so cw ‘or l‘ rmun ma . . ' . announce- on llhlld from 1948. Medium or the . mos not “Ixfmt wit. es

i1. wvll as EM P"-

vlous

treaty which was not ratified " a development Jstem frctu lhi‘ hand . to thc S021 Tl_l(‘ C9515 would be dlvirlcd on a 50-s0 M515 c5 between (he two cut. I85 and costs of work already completed bv either cuunuiv s taker. luio ac- count in lil-fll-Zlll‘! the halulwl’

"Flux. Czmarlri gas rrrrclit I01‘ the huge investment in the Wvllimd cnnnl which would form pnrt Cl the system and ir. the result the arrangement as to the costs f0!‘ work yet, l0 be dcnc L: ponsldervd favorable in this country

u New York and Ontario ceodcri to develop the lnterunti section of the rlvcr nu their own and io divide the vests n8 b°l“"°" New York on one we and Ontario and the Dominion Governments on the other on n 50-50 basis. ihc Cannrllan shhrc wnitkl be much greater tlmn under the 1041 treaty’

Ontario (‘rmmcnt l

ronorrro Jhiiuarv 4~~fCPl—; Prrmier George A Drew com-i mervting on Governor Tiumes; Dewey's statement that New Your. Canada and Ontario should 01'0- ccrd with the st Lawrence v/atsr- I wily and power iuolect. rnlrl tr».

night Ontario is very anxious in,‘

pro- oral

"The position of Ontario ‘u n»! ‘Yard to Ill" (levels-patent of the Fl.‘

Buster. OTTAWA. Jm- FfaPl-Wly- way of lite course of notion pro- HE said "we have lndlcn-ieri n ., Press Secretary. Norma Toombe. nine officers and men nmried mung! by Ml‘ Dewey were seen. desire to p‘, d wilh (m- (lrvrl- Convcnors of Committees. "Jllllbllll eiter the Corvette Alberni However, the chief one, from a moment." onviluirs rm- of

Christian Citizenship. Mrs. heithlwea sunk llet sllnm 110w U6 mncdian mint cf v‘ew. Wfis that the moet imp. nt Post-two.- “ru-

Easter, Christiim 601W"- MPI- M~pr deed u 0f Aug. 9i, it it vmuld moon n prcsmerl tlcvcl- ryrryvlr'lp_ prmrleinc

disclosed tonlehtintfieltnyal I ~- ~» " ~ "~--- ~

niece a vcrv cru=""'f- o? PWIKIOVvflfyP ‘n ti“ e114 the: r-orwlclln" mm" M new Iryfilflfhl . "Aural rl-vclrpmcnt frffm the bower pmducrd "

. . v Total Circulation ~ 0f Newspapers Up TORONTO. Jiui. 4 ~ (CPI ._ Not Daid circulation of Cnuurlinu daily newspapers eoutinuz-ri to 1d- vancc durlni! thc six month.» muimi last Scpt. 30 and rcrichcri lili‘ hith- cst 120ml. in hlsl0ry~tunrc r11 600,000 copies daily, The Cllll Dally Newspapers AFSJCIIIIHJ; .\ nouuccd today. The UOflllllllPil dil- vaucehcame in a period Wllcn a ,.... , ..~ W’ ,

(incline was ex-

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