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President: Lloiit. Col. W. Chute: B. Mal-In Vlm-Pratdenl: J. K Burnett. LJ-l. lcontuyi Lleul. Col. l). A. Mulﬂnnnn. 0.3.0- ldllor and Manning Dir-war: J. IL Burnett. IJ-l Animate Editor-n: l-‘rlnk Walker and Llut. In l Bnmettt IMLNNJL (On Active Bel-vial

‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker Th“ the Weaken! Ink.‘ , ,

FRIDAY. JULY 7.

Prisoners Of War

Canadian prisoners of war, totalling 5,278 at May 31, 194.4, tire scattered through at least 747 German camps, one Hungarian camp and at least eleven camps in the I-‘ctr Iiast, reports the Wartime Information Board in an interesting lrticle in the current issue of "Canada .-\t War." In the Pacific area camps are iii japan, Singa- pore, Iiormosn, Borneo, java, Shikoku Island, Hong Kong and other tiulcnoivn areas. I11 tid- :litio1i to pristincrs oi ivztr iii enemy hands. there is a certain number of nienibcrs of the Canad- ian arnied services intsriicil iii the neutral coun- IIICS OI Switlerlzintl. Sweden and Iiirc.

To lune l, 11,144, 1:3 czinzidizui prisoners of war had been -. ‘iatcd. two army nursing sis- I01‘: from the lﬂtr l-Lt-tqjaud 1:1 other personnel from the European theatres of war.

;\.IIIl0\l§{hi_I1'I[l1'lll ivas a signatoiy to the con- vention relatiic to the treatment of prisoners of war Qucltitlctl at tieiievri on july :7. 15129. the egnvenﬁmi was not ratified h_v the ‘Iilllklll- ese gOVernmt-iit. lloweier. at the continence- riient of hostilities the jttpilnt-se signified their intention of liltitling by the provisions of the covenant. This lll\'_\‘ failed 111 do in many i111- portnnt rcspc 11nd \'L‘l'\ little detailed infor- mation is available coucertiiiig the men in jap- anese-held canip~.

tierninn~l1cl1l prisoners are taken to "dulags" or transit catnps alter cttpinre, where they arc sorted out as to st-riice and rank. .\rn1_v officers g1» to an "tiflttg"; other ranks of the army go to a "stalzig". .\irntc11 go 1o a "luft". There is also a czimp for naval nien and merchant seamen, called "nizirlztq ti111l tnilttg." (lne tiling hzis been set zipart by tl-rnizniy for officers who have been recapturcd ziilcr ttttcinpls to escape. .\n all-Canziilan camp has recently‘ lieeii eslablisbﬁtl. |1 which more tliati 1,000 Canadians are report- ed.

The ttrticle above tiuoted gives nitiny lerestiiip dcla1's of ltflilrll ctinip arrangements. The first parcel a yirisoiier receives is a Red capture parcel." packed in Canada and stocked i11 l.o1ido11. I1 includes clothing and personal ilcuis. IIIIWI‘ clothing parcels are sent front the Red Cross in the ljllltCfl lxiiigtltiiti in addition to the tpizirtcrly parcels which are sent most prisonersdiy their tiext-of-kin. The Cati- ldiari Red Cross ~c11<l~ one food p-"IYCCI Ml‘ “Tlﬂk per 1111111. l-ltit-h parcel weighs ll potiiirls and ii >lIllllI'll‘4ll'I,(‘tl 111 contaiti Zltltullllllt‘ nutritive values to suppletticnt the Ucrntan loud ration. i

I11 Canada. eight separate dcpztrttticiits of the Dotiiitiitni government are ctigztgerl i11 looking after the llll€f€>l$ and “0ll-HIT of Canzttlittr. prisoners, 'l‘bt- I)(‘[\Zll'lllll'lll of lixlcriial .\ffziirs is the tifficittl channel of coitunuiiicatioii bctiveen Canada and the enemy". l1 receives inlorinzitioii concerning prisoners from the International Red Cross or from the protecting power, who have direct contact with tbc enemy's tifficial bureau of infornitilitm. llfficittl visitors from the pro- tecting power, the International Red Cross and the International \'..\I.C..\. are permitted to visit the German camps periodically, talk free- ly with "melt of coniitletice" (PYISOIIEYsIIYtPOIIII- ed by their own innni~cr to act a’ ‘ 1r’ repre- senlatives) and report their finding. to l)ll.il\\'il.

The three Departments 01' National Defense (for .\'av_v, ;\l'lll_\' and .\i1'i. and the Department of 'I‘ransport (for merchant seamen) send of- ficial notification. to 11 -.\‘t "f-hlll. 'lihe three Ile- fense ilcpttrtiirrnls z nqe for tiay. dependiiltts allowances, e112, for the prisoners, and the titer- chant seanietrs inter sts are cared for by the Department o1’ Pensions and National Health, which also is responsible for the rehabilitation tit for handling disability pensions

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repatriaics and . Those Food Subsidies

In a hpcecit m, 11 Liberal meeting i11 Ontario last week Agriculture .\Ill'll>l(‘l' trztrdiiicr said $77,000,000 Ililfl bccn pztid to farmers iit the lorni of subsidies during H143: that the gross cash re- ttirii to I;\l‘llli‘l‘.~ last vczir was double that of nigh‘, and be inrucztst lIlJll 1-144 \\‘>llItl be "lliC outsrintlftig vc'1r in the hist1iry~ of agriculture.’ Mention of the ltuge amounts being paid us Ilbsitlies and bonuses to farmers has caused a considerable nmoitiit of confused thinking. says the (lttﬂwa lourtial. Iirbttn residents in litany . ' - - - 1. , 1i

cases cnnsitlci" 1hr liirnicr is be 11g pampered at the expcitst- 111' the tittlilic treasury‘. that “CZIF-Y his way h_v politicians.

inoiiqv" is bcing thrown p hink thzii the farmer is

There is a tendency to 1 getting rich zit the public expense. that thcsﬁ bonuses and stibsithcs are gifts to hii11._ lbi: consumer seldom rcitlizcs he d:rvclly' benefits and that ivithotit the." tuhsithcs. and other price controls, the cost-nf-livin; would now he sky- high rind our cntirc s) stcin of wartime controls shot t0 pieces.

.\iinti.st all subsidies paid to farmers are re- ﬂected in the retail prices titiid by constinicrs The various subsidies on llIlIK have resulted

.in retail butter prices being IO cents lower that".

they might otherwise be, enabling city dairies to sell bottled ltiilk .'it 1irc-ivztr prices, or less. \\ 1th- otit these stibsitlics itrincrs had to charge moreﬁtheir costs were rising like those of every other uiantifacturcr—-or they would have produced less. In either case the re- stilts ivould have bccn the s:iine—-scarci1y- and higher Ct)lls‘lllll(‘l' prices.

It tnight have been IKIIPI for all concerned if the majority of IIICQC food subsidies had been labeled "consumer stibsirlics" in the first place. That is wbxtt lht-y- 1l(‘lIl.'liI_\' .'tre. .\s :1 result of the way litany of lllt‘lll 1'||'\" hidden. few lttiuse- wives are aware that every tinii: they btiy a

ivould either have’

pound of butter the Government pays 10 cents, every time they purchase a bottle of milk the Government makes a contribution of around four cents. The same thing is true of many other foods. These subsidies, in the tiiajority of cases, are simply a means of keeping the cost of living

arc much the same as the cost-of-living bonus paid to ivage-earners, but in the‘ long rtin are designed to aid consumers, by making food cheaper and enabling farmers to keep produc- tion in litie with consumer demands.

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How the mighty have fallen! The n1illion- aire, Harry .\IcLeai1, when arrested for being drunk at Levis, Que, had only 75c iii his poc- kets. This did not prevent the Magistrate fin- ing him $25, and $200 for assaulting the police- man who took him in charge——$l00 of which was generously gifted to the policeman by the Recorder.

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The electoral campaign of Quebec Liberal cabinet ministers will be opened officially Sun- day when Premier kiﬂdbOlll is to hold his first public meeting in his own riding, IjIslet county. No date has been announced for the opening of the Xzttiotial L'nioi1 party'-caiiipaigii, blit it is understood that it also will, possibly, be started next Sunday’, and that .\I2i1irice Duplessis, Nut- iotiztl L'iii0n leader, will officially open the campaign with a meeting in his riding, Three Rivers.

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.-\ sign of the times. It is of more than usua‘. significance to note these days the collaboration between the Progressive CJIISCIWTIIIYES and the Liberals. The other day .\Ir. john If. .\IacNicol went to the aid’ of Agricultural .\Iinistei' Gard- iner in appealing to the (iovernnient to under- write or guarantee a loan of $15,000,000 or $20,- 000,000 to provide water supply for Regina. .\Ioose ‘law and adjacent municipalities, a third to be repaid each by the province and i1itiiiici- pzilities. .\t the conclusion of the speech. .\li‘. Iiardiiier crossed the floor and congratulated .\lr. .\Iac.\‘icol on his appeal. ii‘ i it 1h

The grave closes toil "over the remains of the venerable "litis" .\ . hell, probably one of the best known and respected of our older gen- eration of citizens. Gus was for many years caretaker of Prince Street School, and popular with children of three or more generations. Quiet and respectful himself, he insisted on, and obtained good behaviour on the part of the children in the playgrounds. He was greatly esteemed by the teachers and School 'I'rustees, and s_viiiti.'11li_\' goes to his fatnily who have suf- fered the loss of both parents within a fcw

months.

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Japan declared ivzir on China this date 1937: on .\'ov. 25, 1930. Japan and Liermany signed the knti-Coinintcrn Pact zillcgetlly" directed zigtiiiist tlic authorities of the Hoscow Coniinlcru (Lionnntinist International); on Sept. 27, 19401 Germany and Italy signed a ten-year pact for mutual support iii the case of any country not yet at war becoming involved in the Iiurotwan or Sinuqlatianese conflicts: on IXT. 748. 194B _IZl])3ll delivered an air attack on Pearl Harbour. and after the attack declared war on the United Q3195 and Great Britain; it \\'ill thus be seen japan backed b_\' (i€l‘lll3lI_\' was the aggressor in each instance. against China. the United btatcs and tireat Britain.

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.\[r. Bracken is entirely right, in arguing that the Family Allowance plan is poorly design- ed—as he puts it, half-baked. He is also right in stiggesliiig that the cure for poverty" is high- er incomes — not more outdoor relief. It is par- ticttlarly foolish to make relief plans which will add tremendously to public expenditures, for tiziyine-zits of small amounts of money to great tittinbers of people who are quite able to provide for their tuwn children without this. Outdoor re- lief should be selective. and to pretend that there should be no means test in the distribution of public charity is nonsense. Large families ivho need assistance should have it. but 1o pay as- sistance where it is not needed would be crim- inal.

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With the exception of three provinces, juv- enile delinquency is on the decline i11 Canada, according 1o the Douiinion Bureau of Statistics report. juveniles brought before the courts (Illriltg 1943 totalled 1.1.225. compared \\‘IlIl i3,- 802 in 1942, a decrease of 11.4 per cent. The 1943 total was 28.7 per cent greater than in 193i). The tiuntbei‘ of juveniles charged with llllljul‘ UIICIICCS decreased to 7,520 in 194,; front 7,929 in 1942, or by 5.2 per ceiit, u-liile the number charged ivith minor offences decreased to 4,699 front 5,863, by 19.8 per cent. Iticreased numbers of delinquents were brought before the courts in Nova Scotia, New Ilrunstvick and British Columbia, these provinces recording iii- crc-ases of 28.8 2. and 3.6 per cent respect- iicly. .\lhert:1 rded a percentage decrease of 45.7. .\l;u1itob;1 28.0, Quebec 21.3, Prince lidward Island 13.5, Saskatchewan 11.2, and Ontario 4.5. '

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Sit-called trtiisuis do not always hear scien- tific analyses. For instance. “Does an apple a day keep the tloctor away P" asks a doctor in a recently published book “.~_\ Little of What You Fancy-f’ Well, what's in an apple? It's over four-fifths water. The only food of any real value i11 the apple-if it ISTIOI a sour one-is a Ispnt of sugar, a few grains iii the ordinary ap- ple, which amounts to one-eighth of the apple by weight. For the rest there is a tit-bit of rougli- age, a spot of acid a stispicion of fat and build- er. Dicteticallyt. the apple is a skin ftill of water with a trace of Vitamin (I lhtly thc Brantley Seedling contains much Vitamin C. Apples are pleasant. they are refreshing, they help 1o clean your teeth. They are as iuticli use in keeping thz- doctor away 11s a roving tint-umoiiizi. Now if yriti s.'t_v. "Sitimt-llting green and raw evcry- day I\'t‘1']i\ the doctor away" you art; nearer the truth.

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it THE vﬂarwwtsrgwis .1 cvAsiae-N

Notes By TIII Way

It In now well established by our Generals that throwing the larg- est boulble force of men and arms lnto the Ilirlit cut-s battle losses. ll-f d0?! W". too, come In the gylgweconomy aIzm-Wlnnlpeg Trl-

Dlarohtng Duukhobors seem to have behaved better of late In Western Canada. Desplfches fall to state whether cause of the te- form ls consclenc or sunburn. - Toronto Telegram, -

Al Flint. Mlclm. n speaker told the local Farmers‘ Club that "the cow la the greatest factor in a dairy herdf’ The bull, according to that, Is of little account, s0 lie In shot aft-Ottawa Citizen.

The OI-llwn Citizen any: that history. doesn't always repeat Itself ——lo0k how glad we were this time that the Russlans took Sevastopol. then read our history books. and 9M hOW we felt. about thl s 90 years ago-St. Thomas Tmes- Journal.

Once In n while there Is mem- tlon on the radio of British tron s, meaning the men from the count but the play-up almost invariably Is for the Americans and the Can- adltms, too. in izood measure. Can it be that the old stock are the for- gotten crowd In these battles. as they were In the last war? One thing Is certain. however. find where the toughest part of the line ls. and there you wlll find old line britlsh regiments-St. Catharines Standard.

The Very Rev. W. R- lngt. ior- mer dean of st. Paul's has pre- dicted that "till governments ivlll g inw fraudulent. bankruptcy, either by repudiation or by infla- tlcin or b," cnnfiscatory taxation." Indeed, he believes that ftlm stars. purveyors of popular luxuries 11nd prize fighters are the only people who will have money when the war ls overt-Hamilton Spectator.

The long haul from the main Canadian coal producing centres to the central provinces constltutes a tremendous handicap at any time, lIlUfg than ever during the war. However, the situation has teriorated still more, and not ox- ﬂliilbly. as far as the Alberta mines are concerned, by the federal 0r- der to the railways to bring In Am- erican coal to the Lake Head. As a result this coal ls being used by both railway systems west almcst as far as the Alberta border. Thls has further cut. lnto the market, for Alberta coal-Calgary Herald.

Ask the farmer what the crop prospects are and he wlll readily reply "AVGTYIIIIHI looks flfle out — And that little “bu1." a modification which ls thoroughly justified. These are anxious times for the farmers. Although crop prospects at the present time are exceptionally promising. partic- ularly fall wheat, hay and early sown spring grains. the picture can qlllfe reﬂdlly change unless suffi- elem moisture falls; or. if mois- ture does trill. then too much comes: or we izet a heavy early frost, or some other of the many pranks of 1 zture may happen. Not until the crops are In the barns in the fall can the farmer safely say that the crops are fine. And even then, he must depend upon the price situa- tion before he can 2o further and say It has been n sticcessful year. —Cornwall = ' ‘-Freeliclder.

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. omen interned in the camp o. JOYYIIIIILI, near Complegne, were carried off to Germany on January 31. it has just. been learned in London. They passed through the streets of the town singing the “Marselllalse? and there were cries of “Vive la France". "Dawn vrlth the. Germans" ‘Vlve do Gaulle." They were loaded lnto lorries. with three scarves they made a tricolor flag which hung from the back of the iast l ry. Among the women were workers, intellectuals. middle class and even members of the aristo- cracy. How many of these women are still alive no one knows. An appeal has been made to the In- ternational Red Cross to obtain a. full list and particulars of ivhat has happened to these women. — From News From France.

Twelve hI:n.

A capital which has neither a theatre nor an orchestra tus ls the case of Ottawa) Ls pretty much a one-horse establishment. We doubt very much whether a Can- adian theatre would ever be grant- ed any alt-l by a Canadian Govern- ment. In England it ls different; plays and entertainments of a certain type are let off the Enter- tainments Tax, and as Congreve's brllllant. Love for Love ls one such psliiy It, may be seen that. the rule

applied very generously; the Ccngreve play has run for almost 11 year to crowded houses, and ls particularly amusing to the Am- erican troops. who do not sec such acting, or such plays, at. home. The Brltlsn Government subsldlzas wifld theatrical work throullhﬂlll "l! U..Ited Kingdom to the tune of 20,010 pounds every year, with the result that Macbeth and The Mer- chant of Venice nre PlP-Yfzl by >100 companies In the most obscure Welsh villages, as well is tn the blg cltles. The British Govern- ment thlnka that. It is Important to amuse people and to amuse them well. It wlll be many years. we thlnk, before a Canadian Gav- ernment entertains any such extra- ordinary Idea. Our political DSY- chology ls still of the frontier var- iety; Parliament can spare time to haggle over the price of straw- berries, but, has never a thought or a penny for the arts. -- Peter- borough Efamlner.

All afternoon from 2 lo 6. reporl- ers In relays drifted lnto the Ihltly- eighth floor suite of the Hotel Pierre In New York, listened, too not/es. and departed with a sllﬂlll" 1y glazed look In their eyes, wll- llam B. stout, famous Detroit ln- ventor-designer, was holding court. says Newsweek. Inventor In the mld '30’; of the then revolutionary Ford Trlmotor plane and a steady cus- tomer of the patent office even be- fore that. the slight 64-year-old Stout chuckled happily last week: “After the will‘ everythlng wlll be obsolete every flve years. Every- thing just. everything!" shaking a luxuriant crop of hair which looks like a heaping hand- ful of steel wool, Stout rapidly reel- ed off some predictions of things to come. They Included: A sleep- lniz machine equipped with ultra- violet rays and other devices which wlll give the sleeper as much rest- l11 a three-‘ziour nap as eight hours do now. Attached to the machine will be an anti-snoring device. Wall mirrors which fold clown tit meal- Illllf‘ lnto tables wI1l1 btillt-ln tilt-hes- Aflei- tllnlnit. the IllI)IP ls flipped back Into Its nrhzltiiil posi-

tlon and the pressure of n but»:

Looking Ahead ' In Ottawa ’

(By The Othwl Staff of The Canadian Prell)

Chances of another conference of llimplre~Mlrilsters In t Faclflc '1; iuitsemu by P" later Peter Fraser of New Zealni-id are subject to the Influence elections, Including a Canadl election.

Mr. Fraser wants the meeting when Germany Is defeated and the heat Is being turned full blast on Japan. If that. hpppens this sum- mer Mr. King and possibly Churchill also may be busy fIght- In; electlons at home.

mans Is nlpplniz Into the budget

bate the session may end about the end of July with a lot of bust- ness including family allowances and taxation changes belng dealt. with speedily and with less than the usual oratory.

Both Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Gordon Grayclon, Pro- gressive Conservative House Lead- er, are known to favor a drive to wind up this month. Much wlll de- pend. it ls agreed. on the extent to which Social Credit members and two Liberal monetary reform- trs, Arthur Slaght of Parry

s, sound, and G. G. McGeer of Van-

couver Burrard carry their argu- ments for monetary reform on the revision of the Bank Act.

Fortune telling: Peering Into the cnvstal ball. C.C.F.-ers come up with the opinion that If they wln a majority of seats In the next general election they wlll face a tight coalition of Liberals and Pro- gressive Conservatives.

Non-CCF-ers say that If the Bloc Populalre does well In Que- bec It. probably wlll vote with the C. C. 1-". on most occasions In the next Parliament. As a national party, the C. C. F. has salcl It wants no true‘; -\' trade with the Bloc, but strange bedfellows are common when political survival Is at stake. The C. C. F., confident about most provinces. makes few claims about its Federal election prospects In Quebec.

Quebec: No new parties are ex- pected to crop up during the Que- bec provinelril election campaign. Before Premier Godbout announc- ed the electlon would be held Aug. 8. rumors frequently were heard thatJ-lon. P. J. A. Cardin, former Federal Minister of Pub- lie Works. planned to lead a party that would contest seats In the Quebec provincial field.

Mr. Cardin. who resigned from the Cabinet. over the conscription Issue In 1942, never denied the rumors, but told enqulrers to "trait and see."

However, when the date of the election was announced Mr. Car- din said lie believed he would not even participate In the campaign.

Federal iilcl: Although Premier Gcidbout has asked that. the Que- bec electlon be fought on provin- cial issues only, several Federal Cabinet Ministers are preparing to trike partyln the campaign. and It; appears likelv that Federal mat- ters wlll crop up intermittently In some speeches.

Air Minister Power, Justice Min- ister St.--l..:-.tirent. Fisheries Min- ister _Bertrancl, Works Mlnlster Fnurnler and Transport Minister Mlehaud are expected to par1lcl~ wile in the ciimpalzn which will end Wlbll election day August. 8

Belief has been expressed 1n Federal circles that conscription wlll not be as much of an Issue riurlne the campaitzri as It. would have been In :1 campaign a yenr or more aeo. The reason for this, It was explained. could be attri- buted to the fact that the people now are more Interested In the post-ivttr than‘ they are In con- scrlptlon.

The Federal government's prom- Ise of full employment In the post- war ls expected to be repeated fre- quently. partlcularlv In the Indus- trialized sections of the province.

Federal Cabinet Ministers are not the only ones scheduled to participate In the campaign. Some 0.0.1“. party members arid the Bloc Populalre Party's five members are expected to leave ﬂit/ll‘ Ottawa duties Iemnorarlly to move lnto the Quebec field.

Wars Differ

(C_P War Correspondent.)

The First Great War‘s multiple rows of barbed wIre defences would be as tissue pa er against: tanks, rind bear slight comparison with this wars mlneflelds. However, the mIneflelds are more a weapon of de- lay than a complete obstacle because there are methods of detecting and remcvin thSm for the safe passage of vehlc es.

Brlclges are demolished In this war as In the last.

This war ls like all wars In rhat man fights man and often personal qualities are the deciding factor. But there ls a difference In the tac- tical employment of highly mobile weapons that ls mostly dictated by the improvement In equipment.

Although the battle of the Nor- mandy bridgehead has been largely static In the British - Canadian sec- tor since 12-Day there has been no dIggIng-ln In tne First Great War sense of elaborate trench systems.

Generally speaktri little barbed wire Is used and mo lllty cf forces ls the answer to malntenanoe of what Is called a solid llne,

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This work buttlegrounds are not the scenes of utter devastation that were the battleground; when Can- adians last fought In Europe, sil- tliouizh modern alr power with its bombing obllterrites towns In a man- ner onlv shelling over a long period would 0 then

0n l! 01119! d8)’ on the Norman- dy front. the landscape is rural and peaceful though smashed homes and

ulldlngs In the villages rind the presence of troops and their equip- ment leave no doubt of wark real- ity. Many of the war-torn villages with their damaged churches resem- ble Flrsl; Great war scenes However, no matter bow quiet: the front, if the weather ls assuble hundreds of amooth-ltned a rcraft bearlniz little resemblance to their predecessors o‘: the First Great War are In the i1

Even blg shell craters are not to be reel-i todaybecause moatpro- jectlles are designed to explode and spray their fragments horizontally on contact

In the First Great War there was no jeep 1o perform the hundred tasks given the sturdy little ear, _..%__.,__.______ _ turns on soap and water Inside the Wall. washlne table and dishes to-

ether. Garbage tumbles down p iole lnto tin liiclneraton. The Stout. skv c111". 11 combination .1Ir- plane-automobile with detachable wings antl nrfllwllPl‘. "I Ike II

ivtir1| lni'1t.-.i;1e:.l11i~,." Stout 11.111-

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8o far In France no buck harm or mule; common to the lut wu- have en u| comma I , tru- yg In Jeep: Instead of utrtde fine,

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1.. um war ti» ma i11 iil monotonous. and much bet. r al- together than the tut war’; rations. complaints against battle dress and tum boot: are comfortable.

The Casualty Lists

(Hamilton Spectator) Freedom Is a plant; that througri e Ice; till always had to n; watered at. Interval; by the blood devotees, and the stream la being pound out thls

for this noble se P10111308 to flow steadily, if In varying volume, week by week. that In

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the zrlm ordeal of " caching the German wall of fortifications In Northern France It mus: have reached the dknenslona of a flood, but tmpplly the» fears have been cllspelled by the ftiureu now an- nounced for the casualties In the first l5 day of fighting. The magnificent eat o! anns Involved In gaining a flrm foothold on the soll of ﬁance was crnipllsfied at. 00st of 40,549 casualties to the Al- lled forces. To these the Americans made the largest contribution with a total If 24,102; Britain came next wlth 13,572. and our own quota. was 2.815, made up of 363 killed, 1,359 wounded, and 1.093 missing, of whcm probably one half, In the light of the experience of other bzttles, can be counted dead. So In these brlght summer day; of June nearly 1.000 more young Canadians have already joined In heroes’ graves ln the pleasant land of France the company of their kindred who gave their lives in the last, war for its earlier liberation.

In view of the fact that. as far as it ls known there ts one Can- adian dlvlslon with ancillary "Q0115 fighting In Montgomery's army. the figures mean that. near- lv one 1n slx c-f our force has be- come a casualty. But. heavy a5 ls this toll. It ls substantlally below the fﬂrecﬂit of the High Command for the lnItla-l assault. It also Is light by comparison with the ter- rlbe carnage of battles In the last Wat". like those of the Somme and Passcliendaele. In some of these Canadian divisions lost. as many as a 5.000 men In a single day, and lhere were frequent instances of battalions going Into action 800 or even 1,000 strong and coming out with fewer than 100 suvlvors. Even in this war the ralcl upon Dieppe cost the Canadian Army In a single day 3,384 casualties. wulch was roughly 25 r cent. more thpn the total for the first fortnlghts fighting In Normandy.

II: is a slightly consoling feature of this grim war that on the Brit- ish slde at least. It: Is being fought Willi 195s expenditure of precious llvves than It, predecessor exacted. U llbledlv the airplane and the tank are proving Invaluable agen- cies for reducing casualties. The planes- eta-operating with the tir- mY-"llol 0H1? Supply accurate ln- formatlon about the strong and weak points In the enemy defenses! but they also play havoc with them

the spearheads of attacks on posi- tions whleli ‘have 0o be captured, Th6’? roll forward speedily. UP barbed wlre entanglements, fhtlen out the pampets of ti-enenes,| and batter down hedges. walls and even plllboxes. They also pmvidel cover for machine gun and rifle‘ fire for the infantry which ndvan-I ces behind them to occupy ard to hold the terrain which the tanks have overrun. In the last War timg and again cruel losses were 5.1g- ferecl b_v Infantry battalions when l-llel’ had to advance over open country under heavy fire, and 3r- rlvecl at. barbed-wire entanglements which remained uncut. Our gen- erals of that day seemed incapable of devislnit tactics to avoid such blwdlmlmz operations. 1:111 In lIflIs wit‘ they MW!‘ only tn exceptional circumstances and the tnnks atl least. make sure that (h. enemv-sy barbed wlre ls nut. For their avotdw Mite scme credit must. also go to skilful zenerals llke‘Slr Bernardt Mvrilzemerv. who knows how to’ wln battles wItl-i in economy lnl Iii/gs); I

e comparative ll htness ' the total casualties Is ssmall coiisi solatlnn for the bereaved kindred and friends of the men who have fallen In Normandy. Yet In their sorrow they should derive some COIFIIOII- frcm tfhe rapidly mounting evlterce that the sacrifices of their loved one; are no; going go be In vain.

THE DEW UPON IT

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