By Ki-IN Ml-.”rHl-JRAL Canadian Press Staff Writer Lo. DON (CPI

ncrs argued it would place the co- cnty on the alert and the destruc- a What vcnt tion it caused would hold up Cana- .u-ung at Dieppe? I dian tank.-E when they got ashore l-”t' more than 14 years mtizlary Says Roskillz "Later experience strategists have ponderedy this leads one to believe that these ar- qu..,-ijon a: they reviewed. guments were not altogether the events of the Aug.i sound." 19. 19-12. raid on the French port! Failure to include a capital in li'lll('ll more than half the 4.!l63i ship In the attacking force to i'ana-ilians taking Dart were citherlsoften up the Dieppe defences. killed or taken prisoner. Says Roskiii: "After it One of the most forthright at- over the navl force Ommandgr tcmpts to assess blame is con- and the commander-in-chief, taincd in an official Royal Navy Portsmouth. both independently Acctililii published Monday - The cx.p"csscd a regret that a battle War at Sea. Volume Ii." by Capt. ship had not been present: and the 5. il'. lioskill. lilziinr on over-i'igid and wronll'0UI' l8VOI'-'” planning. He discreetly names no name on whom the main resonnsi-l billty must fall. but Canadian tluent report on the raid took the

in The Official History of the Ca--in the eastern flank assault. the

nadian Army has written: loutcome might have been differ- ”So far as any one individual enl-

llad general authority over the op- Says Roskill: "One must admit

eratton. it was the chief of com- that in the wisdomcf after events

3. No airborne troops wen-L used. The German army's subsc-l was recovered and one destroyer,

mny historian Col. C. P. Stacey view that if they had been dropped were

Historian Recalls What Went Wrong At Dieppe

'sault had irreparably failed.

The military commander. MI). 1 Gen. J. H. Roberts of Canada. act- ing under the over-all command of Admiral J. Hughes-Hallett of the Royal Navy. ordered in tho Fusiliers Mont-Royal. Unaware that the Canadian Essex Scottish 1 and the Royal Hamilton Light In- .fantry had been unable to secure l the main beach. As the Canadians

was aill landed. the German guns cut them

to" ribbons.

Of an allied force of nearly 6.000 that sailed for Dleppe. 4,963 were Canadian. and of these only 221! came back. 0 A" pris-

lormer conside ed that one 'would out-rs taken in nine hours of com- RoskiIl's account puts the malnlprobably have turned the tide in but outnumbered those captured

in 20 months in Italy. Not a single tank put ashore

33 landing craft and 106 planes lost in the operation.

This costly failure proved that air superiority was essential for .Iuch actions. The Germans drew in false conclusion from the raid. They assumed that when the in-

hincd operations. Lord Louis

Mountbatten."

Mountbatten now is a first scan lord. RIHIDITY CRITICIZED

Critic-ing the rigidity of the

Dicppe plan. Roskill says:

"The time laid down in the or- dcrs for withdrawal was 11 am.: but when the force commanders wished to advance it by half an hour. it was pointed out that this

for laying the protective smoke- screen."

The result: waiting mcn died needlessly on the beaches to suit I paper-plan.

Rosklll says even the German army's report expressed astonish- mcnt later at the finicky exacti- tude of the operation orders and adds:

"There is a certain irony in this German criticism of British ex- cess of detail and inflexibility in planning; for we are inclined to consider such faults essentially Teutonic."

THREE BASIC ERRORS

Rosklll says three basic errors were made in the advance plan ning for the raid.

1. There was no preliminary air bombardment because the plan-

EASTERN--E GUARDIAN

DY POPULAR request. another Rock and Roll skate Friday. Feb- ruary in. from 11 p.m. to 1 am.

HOCKEY tonight. Georgetown rink. Georgetown Eagles vs. Jr.. Abbies. Game time 8:30. i

LADIES CURLING Club meet- ing tonight tTue.-zdayl at the club- room. it pm. Members urged to attend. l

FANCY DRESS Carnival at! Moittauc Rink Wednesday. Jan. 30th. 8 p.m. Judging begins at 8.30. Door prizes and prizeit for cos-l tomes Sponsored by Hospital-l hursery Club.

INTERMEDIATE "C" iii-ulilc header Montague niizlit Seven Mile Rd. vs. Montaguel Bombers. 7:80 p.m. Summcrvilie Beavers vs. Heathcrdale 9:00 p.m. Skate after.

SIIUR-GAIN AMATUER. Caval- ozidc. Montague High School audi- torium I-lcb. l2th. 8.00 p.m. For flloiitngue school children and sur- rounding areas. Please send name, lite. and title of selection to Mrs. Ruth MarLeod office. Stewart and llctli. Montague. Entries close lab. 9. Sponsored by Montague Home and School.

NOBLE GRANDS MEET-Mrs. Lilian Stewart. Montague. was ho- Itcss to members of Acme Past 5-nblc Grands Club on Tuesday Welling. January 22nd. A brief htmnvss meeting was conducted by Mrs licroy White, assisted by the it-(rt-iitry-treasurer. Mrs. Stewart” A social hour was enjoyed at the. Time of the meeting and lunehi "3 served by Miss Sue Hemphill nid Mrs. Addie Duvar.

BRISTOL

Air and Mrs. Byron Webster and family have moved to Mone- lnn. 31.3. to reside. Mr. Webster has accepted a position with Sum- nrjr's Limited. plumbing and ap- vliance department. We all are Wry to see the Webster family

League i rink to- J

would upset the RAF": ilmetablsl

l tthe enemy's! judgment . . . seems sound." MISTAKES BY COMMANDI-IRS large part.

Roskiii also says mistakes were. "it is likely that this false de- made by the I. mmanders on thcr duction contributed greatly to the spot, including that of the mill-lsuccess of the landings on the tary commande in ting in hisl Normandy beaches in I944." says floating reserve after the main as- Roskill.

GEORGETOWN Mr. John Roach was in the city:

last week on businesss. Friends of Mr. John D. Gotell. Rev. Eric Robbin pp or ihgl naval veteran of World War II are two catholic churches here has' sorry to hear that he has entered moved to the parish residence inlhospital in Charlottetown for treat- the village to reside. The Moran .' merit and all wish him an early re- rear old residence will be closed. turn to iwod health. up for the winter at least It is Mr and Mrs. Colin Landry and being more convenient for the pas- l family of Montague were recent tor to reside here. guests of Mrs. Landry's parents. Mr. Carten. manager of the bank Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hemphill. of Nova Scotia with his wife and Mr. Arthur Yorston was a re- family have taken up new resid- cent visitor to Mount Stewart- ence in the village. The parochial Mr. and Mrs. William White of house that was rented to the bank Borden were recent visitors to for a manager's residence for Georgetown many years has been taken over Friends of Mr. Aeneas MacDon- by the parish priest for a resid- aid. Canadian National Railway ence. trainman. are sorry to hear that Friends here of Harry Davison. he is a patient in the Charlottetown a former resident in the Harbour district. will be sorry to learn he- is confined to his home this win- I lMl'l50h lell ill? 800'! Old lnfm ter in the city. Mr. Davison. is not ' hero. on the sick list but owing to the na- Mr. John Gaudet. who has been ture of his ailment is confined to doing body and fender work on the his home for the winter months. city for several years now is open-

now vasion of Europe came the allies

would aim first at capturing a

Mr. Dingwell has resided alone for many a day. l

New C.N.R. Agent At Sydney Mines

MONCTON

Graham. assistant general man- ager of the company.

Ml M0"lSey. I native of George town. P.E.i. joined the C.N.R. as spare operator at New Glas-

SOW. NS. in 1917. He later be- 0lm!! Operator and served at MCKIIIHOII Harbor. Malagash,

North Sydney and Sydney Mines. In 1943 he was named acting agent at Springhlll Jct. and later was Iviiointed agent there.

Reading Club For Teen-Agers Meets

The regular meeting of the "Teen-Agers" reading club. under the auspices of the Montague branch of the Library. was held in the council room on January 22nd. with the president. Eileen Annear in the chair.

The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. it was moved and seconded that there should be a better way of respon- ding when answering to roll call. It was decided that for next week. the members would answer roll call by quoting a line from a fam- otts book or poem.

The librarian. who has given us so much of her knowlcdge on l)0()l(s suggested that we chose a hook. to be read each week at our meet- ing. The book chosen was "A Lam; Ia Heavy". The story is written about the nursing profession.

Ethel Irving was appointed to read her book report for the next meeting. There being no further business. the meeting adjourned.

Hospital and all iiish him a speedy recovery.

Mr. and Mrs. Eric O'Haniey oi Summerside, where Mr. 0lHanley Is stationed as a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, arc guests of Mrs. O'Haniey's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Molr.

Mr. Russell White who is spend- ing the winter in Charlottetown was at recent visitor to George- town.

Mrs. Raymond Solnman was a visitor to the City on Friday. Jan. 25th.

Mr. Arthur Macswain spent sev- eral days with friends in the Cit

Many years have passed since Mr. ing a shop of his own in the city.

leave this vicinity after many years. Mr, Webster was with thc!- -U-Operatlve store from its start

mu-l he resigned from the man- Ii.'cr's position a year ago. owing to his health not being good enough to stand the strain of the many duties of manager of a large bunt-

I981.

We learn with regret of the pear in last week at Mount Stewart it Mr. Thomas Smith after an ill- ness at some time. Gettt ll lift. Ir. Smith spelt Ml following the fishing btlatllclt in very successful l

Rn. Pllaloa Mclfenna. LP. Al- lvrtoo. was

assist

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during last week. A-C

TUESDAY -. .WEDNESDAY .. THURSDA

Gedtown Native l"MaY .7Sell" Says Millionaire Farmer

-r The lPP0llTlm9l1l"l'hirty years ago Lee 0l Charles H. Morrisey as agentl for the Canadian National Rail-l ways at Sydney Mines N.S. was? announced Monday by Robert .Bl

i ward, one of the first to arrive in

'its of 20 years' successful farm-

irnai Held later rats year wflI' ISDCM billions of cubic ieet oi us-

Have Been A Fool To

Tuesday. Jan. 29. I957 ThelGunrdian Page a

vtural gas into a Sl50.000,0tln iiipe--

Aiward and his associates last-l ycar pocketed an agree-ntent? which guaranteed them 51,000,000! in cash and nearly as much in'

GRANDI-I PRAIRIE. Alia. '(,'PI-been taken up in that Fort St. Alward John area except the acreage l'd ireighted a tractor over muskeg had my eye on for years." Al- roads into the sparsely - settled. ward. now 76. l'ei'alls. Ilc iIll'(l on Peace River area to setup the.7i5 sections---ncarly 50.000 at-res--; big farnting operation he had pio-f in the region. neered. It was an honest blunder? Soon oil-company planes brought. that led to a fortune. lexecutives into Grande Prairiel Other homesteaders on this new, AlW3Ttl ll5l9n9d "1 59V?Tal FY0903- frontier of Canadian farming conv ll5 and l"”"-id lhem ll”W"e”"'. sidered the machine impractical; C991 the l35l- I this far north. the price of diesel 053 lN P1-EN'n

Each of the 33 units he handed out was worth more than 340000 after Alward sold his interest in

lExploration Co. i "It's getting bigger all the-

i5.".f l3L.l':L"”;?.”;;:i i.".2.5il;T”””'i Crowned Queen Of Mt. A. Campus

SACKVILLE. N. B. shares. The doughty Northerner 1-jjgh(gen.year.0ld Ba;-ban, E3-iey.N. B., Ella Beatty of Bridgetowl thcn carved his own share into 4091 Fredericton has been cruwnedlN- 5-. Shlly TTHPTBEIH 0l Q"3Wl units and gave 33 of tlicnt away. queen of the Mt. Allison Um'ver- Ind BCV to friends ”who helped me once.” sily campus.

At the annual co - Judy Hollett of Burin. Nfld. 19561 me field m va"'T”r 0” and Gas to her successor. Miss Es-iscilly Isles. C105! 10 L-!!ll3'S Bud tey. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.

l Murray Estey of Frederictmt, II I first-year arts student enrolled in secretarial course.

Her princesses are Penny Peel of Truro. Judy McCoim of Quebec icp)- City. Joan Car-lisle of Sacirville

SEAL HAVEN

Baby seals can frequently be robes and seen splashing on the rocks of the

ed dance. I

handed over in Britain.

on was bwnnd their reach u had Pacific Petroicuins l.l(i.. a Ca-. to be hauled over crude rnrduroy "adla" "f”"9d l""”W"d”I"' eunt boom in the Peace Riverl T0-'idS "07" l'3Tl""'lT'0". 500 TTTll95 pledged. Award ' w.'”e"cem .'"i bloc "May have been a fool to- south. ten-It 3” Brae "Bf" P"fl"t':;""l sell But I figured it. was that. or.

But the New iiriitiswit-k-boi'n Al- lr'ilghet:n:"::: 4:2”) zrzp 1:: not be around to enio)' it.':7ird thc l't'l:ion. was by thcn consirl-l fi?;':E3('r::;dgfq'1 ”'mm"y Mus"-All G35-"is ered weal"-W an” Parlay-mg 8. Alwitrtt ltari pliickcti'lii.s 754 NP"-A The German comll"-WT 3l9TT'l"l' ha” - sm'il0n.'.10n.uMMd ,mmlal tions from tho heart of thc umi-- ssnhn produced many in m0llS chem M biz 'd'mh' and had He furious Fort St. John gas field lworks before he was 20 year! Old- l

time." Aiward says of the pi-lrol-l

money to try it new method. LONG TRUCK HAUL l

He would freight in oil houghtl directly from the Turner Vallcyi oil field. 600 miles south. It had all the earmarks of a shrewd bus- iness venture, until his truck bog- ged down in mud. He was forced to make four trips over one 100- mile stretch to get the load to the farm. The ltiil was impressive.

Alward. then about 40. remem- bered an excursion made several years previously to the Monkman rtass Then-. he had been fasci- nated by gas bubbles in mountain spring wait-r. and found that a match held close to nearby fis- :urcs would ignite gas.

In the next year. geology tcxt books streamed into his mailbox

TONIGHT AT "-30 P- M- ing mm a gamble. "THE WEREWOLF" GOES ON THE PROWL

..3i.i'”."iif :.”:Z..;.l'”::.Sff';'l iii BRINGING THRILLS AND cHiLLs IN AN- timc at it between looking after-OTHER

his grain crops

ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of the Hazelbrook Dairying Co.. will be hold in Millvicw Hall at 1:30 p.m., Satur- day, Feb. 2. 1957 01' Monday if Saturday IS not fine.

All patrons having old shares for transferring may bring same to meeting. Service charges to vaiuc of a share will be issued.

Enlarging of the plant will be discussed.

EARL INGS, President.

LU('KI.ESS START

Finally. in 1946. Alward invcstcd .3l00.0tl0 in an oil-drilling vciiturc on a belt of land just inside ihel ilberta border. 20 miles front the, start of the Alaska highway at Dawson Creek. B.C. The drill punched down 7.000 feet witlinut success, and .-ilward yicldod to creditors who picked the well sli(' clean.

The Tflll(Wl'lllL', year broiiizlit thc famous llPl'lIIl' oil dist-nvr-ry south of I-Jtlntonlnn. and British Coluh-. hia. in an atlcmpt to divert some) of thc westward flow. opened up crown-owned northern land for ex- pioration.

The Werewolf stalk his my ..wltli ltumui lmins . .. and animal instincts!

DON'T SEE IT IF YOUR SCARE EASILY!

TODAY and WEDNESDAY

The motion picture that may very well be..

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