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President: Lteut. Col. W. Chester i. llnLIn Vice-President: J.- I. Burnett. IJJ.

Secretary: Lieui. CoLD. A. Mllilflllflll. 9-3-0- Ediinr and Mnnnfln; Director: J- Asmeuts Edllun: I-‘rluk Walker and Burnett. B-UJLVL (On Active tsorvlcoi

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Streamlined Invasion

It would be impossible for even the most experienced veteran of the last war to rulize the tremendous scope of the operations latinched 0n the “invasion front" in Normandy. Xritlllllg like them have ever been seen or ini- agiiteil before. And the secrecy with which the plans were carried out is as amazing as their multnurlinoiis ramifications. According to one correspondent; the very beaches on which the Allied barges ‘landed had been selected “many moiizhs beioi" iet only recently did the Ger- mans scriousli sill-l [u build up defences there, and the attack tou-nd them far less heavily gun- ned and fortified than the great port areas in Denmark. the Netherlands, Belgium and France. (lthvi- ncwsuit-n were astonished at the delibera- tion \\‘llll which the huge lllWhiDll fleet stop- ped off the coast after dawn and formed up tor the assault. "No enemy aircraft appeared", because the air force, like the navy, had "every- thing under control." The whole armada, sc- itorrlzng to (ierman accounts. comprised “some tix thousand vessels." The shelling and bomb- ing was so continuous that for hours there was "not the slightest interval between flie chip- iliaking thutiderbolts." The invasion beaches "sproiizcil a line of flame like a solid red rocket fence." above which rose a pall 0f smoke 2.000 feet high.

The niinesweepers went in first, and after them. in "amazingly ordered confusion." the ivbole flat-bottomed family 0f landing craft lideii iiith "fighting men. guns, tanks. shells, field rations, hypodermics, radio sets. bandages, trucks and other bewildering baggage of com- bat." Fighter planes patrolled the skies over the landing barges. Fighter bombers attacked railroad and highway bridges inland. smashing a: bottlenecks and coastal batteries iri the invasion zone. Some "descended to tree-top level" and straffed the German troops. Thousands of tons of bombs were concentrated on an area between 15 and 4o miles of the landing points.

Somewhere in this area. parachutists arid glider troops were dropped from planes strung out "in a fift_\'~mile long train across the Chan» tiel." Colored parachutes were used to mark the different uriits. New tactics of all kinds were employ ed. The Nazis complained 0f having Ive-en dupcd "by parachuting sacks of straw loaded with explosives that blew up when toticherl." etc. Every plane in the fleet that flew the first troops and equipment on the con- tinent iras painted with broad zebra-like blue

and white stripes and carried coloured lights; thzs “as to prevent them from being accidently shot doivn by their own anti-aircraft batteries.

Sonicivhcre iii the van of the main forces and eriuii lTFllf went the sappcrs. "drilled in all kinds oi secret and special tasks." t0 clear a pcrh through beach head areas, jampacked with mines. barbed wire. booby traps and debris.

Not least important, and following closely on the heels of the troops. came the ambulance units. also Spficiillly’ trained and toughened for this job. A device new to veterans of the last ivnr—a "stretcher-bearing jeep"——is described as having been already used extensively for cvaciiruioii of Canadian casualties.

llxie could go on indefinitely. adding toticlies from the press dcspatches t0 this composite pic- ttirr of the greatest combined operations of all lllllC. Let us not forget one more significant p-init. "Sons of virtually all the United Nations htd n share in the landings between Chcrbourg and Le llavre." Among her partners Canada had a proud part. The real fighting. of course. has only commenced. But the beginning marks one of the very greatest events in world his- tory. The mind boggles at the effort to realize

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to a return tabled by Labour Minister Mitchell. i U K i

No decision has yet been reached regarding suggestions that women be appointed as assist- ant chaplains in the armed services. An Inter- Church Exploratory Committee will meet with heads of the chaplain service at a conference

this week.

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Canadian women. Mr. Douglas Abbott, Parlia- mentary Assistant to Finance Minister Ilsley, indicates. Mr. Abbott said the holdings of the Canadian Wool Board at March 31, 194.4. to- tailed 27,500,000 pounds. With demands of the armed services for wool decreasing slightly, the board was liquidating some of its holdings. l i! I

Charles Dickens. English novelist, died this date I870; known as the “literary father" of Santa Claus and the joys and festivities of Christmas-tide; has a whole list of novels to his credit, novels that are as perennial as spring; a Dickens Fellowship with many local branches all over the world was established in i902 to emulate his virtues Ind to keep hi: memory green. I U I U No consideration is being given to the lifting of sugar rationing in Canada. That's final. ac- cording to Finance Minister Ilsley, who said so in the House of Commons this week in answer to a question by MrJTom Reid. Mr. Ilsley says sugar is still being rationed in the United States on much the same basis as in Canada. But what about potato price floors? They’ve had them for three years in the United States, but Agriculture Minister Gardiner says they wouldn't be good for our farmers. it * i‘ 1K

The RCAF overseas now has a total strength of more than 50,000 officers and men. Its strength was almost doubled between januarv 1 and December 3i. 1943. Most of the 50.000 are air crew; the remainder are ground crew and a large number of radio mechanics. .\Ian_v 0f the latter are dispersed throughout the RAF and arc located all over the world—over south- eastern Asia. Africa and the United Kingdom individually or in small detachments. They compose 45 per cent of the strength of the RAF mechanics establishment.

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T. B. patients here are well cared for com- pared with those iri other institutions. In Kitchener, Ont, for instance Dr. S. j. Haw- kins. medical superintendent at Frecport Sati- atoriuni. warns that unless the acute manpower shortage at the San is relieved in thehear fu- ture "we will have to stop admitting new pati- ents and surf getting rid 0f some of those we have at present." In warning that the San may have to close in part. Dr. Hawkins pointed out that the institution is treating i7 men who came back from overseas with tuberculosis and oth- ers are on the waiting list. “Our kitchen staff is so depleted that our dietitian has been work- ing 18 hours a day of late. That is a condi- tion which cannot be permitted to continue,” Dr. Hawkins said. .

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both sides there seems no reason why the Can- adian Legion thould not march forward to even

Up to Feb. 29. 1944, about 13.423 men join- ing the United Ststes armed forces declared on N, enlistment that they were Canadians, according

More wool sbon may become available to 4M

Iintes By Tho Way

lvehrownntle-ek.‘ iuiu p“ tanner . mun more

fir: in another fellow’: pains u have one of omas Times-Journal

lnsiy as much a distur ammd the trntforu Beacon-Herald.

bed o! roses. do without nsvsr had lieu

what with ha

our parents our grandfathers never evm of-Edmonwn Join-ml.

people. life today is no V1118 to

and nwre than 700 useful articles for soldiers ln one year.

The Toronto Dally Star rumin- ates: "The modern equivalent of the Wars of the R

York the plane ca: between Lnncasters and the Douglass." Yes. that semis to the Howe nif it.- str-atfmn Beacon-Herald.

Irritated because lncomln: pn- senBers would not refrain from omwdlnu around the entrance.

Kansas Olt-v bus drivs‘ left the vehicle and went. home. That couldn't happen hem. So many peo- ‘Dle lam into the exits. even the giiiver couldn't rtet out-Windsor

ar.

A New York department store berm on

way WOlV€5 that are said to be to plentlfiul.-—Kltcherier Rlcord.

Official denial comes from Jor- dan Station about. the peach crop "belntz safe." We stand corrected. Heavy frost. heavy continuous ralrs in blossof time. hail storms and a lot of other things misfit. haven But the rzmnd average ls a fair crop from year to yearn-St. Cart-h- arlries Standard. .

Another Scotsman from Aber- deeristure has been appointed 10v- errior of the Bank of England. This is fitting in view o! the fact that it was a Scotsman. William Pct- terson. who founded the bank nearly 300 years ago-St. Thomas Times-Journal.

A lieutenant colonel writes from the Pacific area that. the most. strik- inz personality ln those parts is u cannibal chief with nine Jan flags tattooed on his stomach. And hand-lettered sign tacked b0 the officers’ bulletin board reads. " ate altered to fit tiriv t-rarnrtion."—set- urday Review of Uterature

The famous blond hlll’ of ling-

more 't.haii its weight. in gold now. The makers of wigs and toupees ivlll my s5 an ounce for him-tan hslr. if i‘. is 10m. fair aw! soft. Before the war. Italy and France were the chief sources of supplv-Monct-on Times.

There is a story that the Daliar expedition failed because of a ca - l toast. "To Dakar", given in t

ce of waiters in a London ant. Restrictions on the q out of lnfcrinatlon frcm even through dlplcmatiic indicate that the Allies do not intend to be caught that ggv this time-Smut Ste. Marie

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A married men in the low inconie brackets gets little or no easement of his tax when the first and sec- ond children come along. This is not quite fair to him. If there is anv_ KTOIUD which deserves consid- eration in the face of added resi- ponsiblllty it. ls that which 1s just ilettlniz bv at themlnimiutn desiri- able level. Here is one form 0f

When the war is over there will be an extra- ordinary number of recently-married couples who will be setting up housekeeping for the first time. And a bigger proportion than usual will have accumulated savings and will be in the market for all kinds of home furiiL-liings. .\c- cording to a market research expert the propor- tion of newly-iveds who did not establish homes of their own has steadily been increasing — due doubtless to husbands being in service and many wives in war ivork. ln i940. 2o per cent of newLv-iveds did not set up housekeeping. lii 194i the percentage rose to 25 per cent, in 1942 to 35 per cent, and in 1943 to 40 per cent. Re- late these figures to annual number of weddings

it.- fuli significance or its magnitude. or the anirizing efficiency with which the countless parts have been co-ordinated.

The Legion Convenfioi

lt ivas while attending the annual conven- tion of the Canadian Legion at Vancouver that the late lamented Col. H. D. Johnson passed i1\\.'l_\ lheviiiiivi ' . from press accounts, has been an otir-‘zinti I tic. The report of the Dom- inion pi-midcnt. .\» Alex Walker, CBE.was re- markable not only for the extent of ground it roicrctl but for its revelation of the manner in Wlllill tho Legion has grown and prospered in the |.:i.-' few years.

t/iiiiniciitiii . on the year's activities, the Montreal Ga cite says that in its service to ex- serviccmen and their dependents, its legislative prrigi-azii. ivartinie sci-vices to the armed forces and the development 0f the organization, the Legion has moved steadily ahead and has ac- complished tBiich of which- it may be proud. Particularly in" the legislative field have the Legions efforts-been rewarded, and its achieve- ments are H0lfZ\)'F_)l‘Ill_l/. The establishment of a Department of. Veterans‘ Affairs to deal with and coordinate the many. problems of ex-ser- vicemen and wonlen is one of the fruits of the Legions labors. The principles of the Post- Discharge Re-establishment Order are also to be found in Lcgioiilwoposals. as is the bulk of legislation affecting etcrans, vrhich found its origin in resolutions 0 Legion conventions.

The organization now ‘stands on the threshold of what may prove its greatest years, when the veterans of this war join those of the last. The successful merging of the new ex-servicemen into the existing facilities of the legion. sug- gests the Gazette. is a problem that must be successfully surmounted if its future is to be

after the second dose with that of a match put

hoped that this substance will prevent recur-

matisni and speed recovery from certain in-

iii Canada. say 115.000 and you can estimate the extent of this "deferred" market. it i i it “Those of us (writes Frank Colby) Wl1O have been trying to make the "D" stand for doom. destruction. death. etc., may quit our little guess- ing game, for D-Day and l-l-l-lour have no more verbal significance than did the Zero Hour of World War I. To confirm this fact, I have asked for and received this information from the office of the Secretary of War: ‘You are correct in the use of D for day arid H for hour. These terms are used to designate the day and hour of the start of an operation when the day and hour have not yet been determined. or when secrecy is essential. A subsequent order is issued announcing the specific day and hour. The earliest use of these terms by the U.S. Army. was in orders of the 1st Army, AEF, on Sept. 7, 1918. in which their object was to force the evacuation of the Saint-Mihiel salient?’ I I l I

A serum which may keep man alive for 125 years has been announced by Professor Alexan- der Alexsndrovitch Bogomoletz. who has-work- ed on it for eighteen years. Now back in Kiev where once-before the Germans came-he had one of the best-equipped laboratories in the world. the Professor makes his grim scrum with marrow from human beings, preferably youn. who die from accidents. Known s: A.C. .—the full name is a terror-two dose: may last s lifetime, and the general effect is to build up all the good organisms and help them fight disease. “I would compare its action

to a fire," says Professor Bogomoletz. It is

rence of cancer after operations, help insane people by building up their nerves. fight rheu-

juries. Russia prepared three million doses

of it in i943 and the Professor recommends the

assured. With goodwill and adaptability on

Allies to use it for bullet-caused fractures.

chlldrcnls allowance which could b: gated upon at onoe-Wlnriibeiz Tri- une.

Ocean-gain)! shins of 1.200 tons can br- bullt more cheaply and carry m e c: if driven bv izus tur-

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Er. [L1 ‘nines have auxiliaries abroad. but this is undcistood to be the first: deslfiicd for main propulsion. Couipled a conventional electric drive. the tur- fne ivlll develop 2.000 and 3,000 horsepower. Adaptation to lrrze‘: VEESilsS hinges upon further experi- men .

Coal mining l: an exhaustive in- d/ustry. when the seams are work- ed . nothing can be done to re- place them. But it is sheer econ- cml: lumy to permit lumbering or flshlnx to be conducbcd as exhaus- tive industries. Far from penult- ting such destructive tactics. we should. as sensible people. be tak- iruz steps to make certain that these industries are self-perpclbuatlng. — Vancouver Province.

One 0f the most Important. blie pf news of the week n

e volume of an pcratnhly vests have in feted

The chief

reason w y I h "w apt ofisp gm- mmnwmml Ionsnne. I. l. l.

VB of \V at e under.

1 m; 1 ___ _ Olleo Bonn: l0 to ll n. I. paqonng wmidbe London Spec ‘null

The vrofedonsl soldier bu the %QQQ:'QQ::IWI most. thankless calling in the world. ognqgwogg

In peace he is looked upon as eon- svmer or Public taxes. In wsrliie is

in the honors list upon occasion. but. fen to one it will have been the condescension of some amateur :01- dler placed him there. And vet. were it not. for the stiffening of profes- sional soldiers each nation would izo as a tyro into nr. — Victoria Colonist.

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can“ - your owm-St.

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Germany- ‘nf gwlfl unloved twenty

lish women ls worth 8 great deal B

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And Baltic States

(lhndteltu Giunfhn.)

A dlfflculmblem it raised W the Russian states. Russia remember: that Ger- many split off the Baltic States from

u And used them as stepplnl-i stones {or nor dafut in m’! end that i

Russia

Ilwt in the oivu Wnr of 1m the Russian l elped by Bri

Whltnsh tlnhmelt of war] used them forndnnzerous attack on I Petrogrnd. She had e case furl puking mensifieldooprribect garaeglf rom c pcssi e as

On the other hand. year: once. Gould not Russia eotc. nnvul

5| g M g1 o; “eridmllltnrybnseswhlle the go,- hi? n.1,’... $0.23, o; m ma“ States free? In the coming negotia- town u claimed by Haw cad. W" the 5111's "1181" Well we Rus- England home o nry sla to swept some such arrange- wmwo Wnmwsooo ill“ “fr? niwf" th a” sift: ‘gthoevlioifelw ced more an . i su: ey e clothing. One mother “dis: ‘and 1040 the llle: should use :11

liberties under the new soviet Con- slt/utlon. Rustin

present Allies in holding together utter the war and 1n puttng the life of lurope on l. better basis. economically and polit- ically. Tm; will demand sacrifices all around. i

Schools In War Time!

(New York Times)

War touches the schools as 1t doe; our" phases of American life Two thousand New York city tench- 0:5 are now in the armed forces. Five have died in service. Half l million o! their former pupils are 1n unflorm. An Siperintendsnt‘ John E. Wade says in his annual report, just released. "the boys‘ who played in the Manual- Eras- mus game on mention Day. 1940 were tn tiie mountains near Casslno m . 1M4." lib: teachers the schoolhouse corridors are Aptplan Way. on which the “PM! He“?! grows old. It ls the individuals who pass then to various destinies with breath-taking swlftncss. To-I day's fighting men were only yes-i terday or i-t. seems. like the cute

1n their faces

0f ivearlrtess , Line or charge n

cut the Hitler Jamnese pillbox.

Thqv grow

and girls alike. in days of peace. ‘Ilierp is rlilqntiqi; for waster 11-1-12: s .e spe g ey to ore ltiljnlguagesthe arts. ch ld care. chem- istry. aviation. engineering, the study of world and community in which they live. Educaticn ls nev- er stabilized or l! it is it is effect- ive. New groupings of students. new methods of teaching new subjects and modification; of old subjects. new objectives. new dream; are par-t of good teaching. Our selzools and sohcolhcuses are not perfect. ut they are improving. No one doubts that these are tomorrow's citizens. but. the startling tnitlii of the old plctlfude ought to b.- dis- covered newly every morning by every parent. and teacher. With many it is. we have reen in Ger- many, Italy and Japan what vicious education can do to children. We have stlll to see ivnat. a CC(T.'.“!‘t1lll' lty whkti put. education ahead cf all its other activities could do for its young.

Riding" Furiously In! All Directions

rotaws Journal)

Under date~of l\fay 25 a letter signed by A. S. Morizan. executive assistant to the Oil Controllen. went from his Toronto office to

DAYBREAK 1N TllE TROPXCS

Their BreIllONd “Gide. the allisnwrs Alternatsly disclosing greed and i e.

Wnlleistarllttg m. the iihlciilv mov- And glihsen the suffocating night a one ~> Diaoovergagbv his down ln quick ‘ll-icy blink the shutter! of their

ded eyes And t-urn and plunge into the Amazon. ( geeiintlbfiihed sulfls inseam llglandd grim ense, v Bari-eta (find bidlllesgrit parakeets wmmte: i And lecvlntz that: green palaces and dome= They scream ncross the forest‘! leafy verie . Like fuzttlves forsnklng stricken homes.

-Yv0nne Hench.

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