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Saturday.
March
25,
1944
,
It
is
not
a
gi-eat
many
months
since
Adolf
Hitler
wasvompL
:ung
that
he
really
did
not
have
enemies
who
vxie
:
inurt
enoueh
to
test
his
skill.
It
was
in
Jiis
Berlin
v.dCnms
of
September
80,
1942,
that
he
de
clared:
wIi
I
had
an
opponent
of
adequate
scope
oi
real
miiihr-
sie
tiien
I
could
actually
calculate
ajwovimateh
wnere
he
would
attack.
But
if
one'
wttns
before
ore
military
idiots,
in
such
a
case
one
can-
wc
v
n
uess
where
they
will
attack.
j
the
15
months
since
that
cocksure
boast
was
;hi
"military
idiots"
have
driven
Hitler's
pe
-well
across
hundreds
of
miles
of
Russian
k-v
h?.ve
chased
his
troops
from
one
end
of1
No:
til
Africa
to
the
other;
they
have
conquered
Sicily
effeettd.'ji
tending
in
Italy,
occupied
Naples,
threatened
"!
jtfse
and
captured
airfields,
which
are
.
.
1
'
J
i
1
V
1.1
T1l.-
U..
pounded
raanv
of
Germany's
greatest
cities
into
rub-
'UUAKItKj
We,
amf
they
have
forced
Hitier
to
admit,
in
his
latest
New
Ycm-'s
Day
proclamation
to
his
people:
"The
vear
19!
'
ha
brought
us
our
heaviest
reverses."
Not
a
bad
r'
c
;t
i
for
a
group
of
morons.
Here
is
?-
other
case
of
one
of
Hitler's
famous
bits
nf
b:)T7b;i
t,
coming
home
to
roost.
It
cannot
help
the
mora1?
of
the
German
people
for
them
to
be
driven
by
their
own
leader
to
one
or
the
other
of
two
conclusion
r:
Either
that
Hitler
didn't
know
what
he
v
:
-
talkir
nbout,
at
the
height
of
his
power
fifteen
r-r.rt'-.-
r
...
ov
that
his
own
generalship
is
so
poor
idots"
can
outwit,
outmanoeuver
and
'her
lcal
Boy
.
is
wiih
the
deepest
of
regret
that
we
join
with
oi
u
eir
only
son
wno
is
dead
oi
wounds
sus-
w.h.it
on
active
service
overseas
with
the
i.l.ilh
Aiuiy,
.-A
grand
local
boy,
a
scant
twenty
of
age','
-'lie
answered
the
call
of
King
and
u
C
iit
y
a
oon
as
age
would
permit
and,
being
the
...ilne
iaci
thai
he
was,
was
quickly
sent
overseas
as
has
i
t,
.!
4one
.ith.
m
much
of
the
flower
of
our
youth.
N
y
:-e
is
dead,
cut
off
as
the
future
held
everything
urn
.
uwse
wwo
Have
meraseives
experiencea
tne
or-h
:i
can
appreciate.
Many
a
fine
boy
has
gone
as
Jack
Wearmouth
L;
-one
:
nd
many
more
wilL
Many
parents
have
;
'ft-j
rd
c
his
parents
suffer
today
and
many
more
i-i
do
th
same.
It
is
the
war.
Even
the
collectivity
of
war
su
crjiig
cannot
assuage
the
grief
that
those
.,
v.i
o
lose
like
this
mut
feel
But
it
is
a
great
cause.
"
T!
'
boy
!,:is.
given
his
alL
These
parents
have
given
ti
ir
only
child.
Thev
have
made
the
trreatest
sacri-
l!;
firo.
Agai;t.vti
sincerely
sympathize.
It
is
the
least
y
6
wo
can
do.
SIMMONS
BeautyRest
Mattresses
AND
BOX
SPRINGS
,
Pre-M'ar
Quality
Pre-War
Prices
syirt,5?m
can
buy
BeautyRest
Mattresses
and
Box
ig
ng1i'
r
in
combination
all
the
refinements
ri
!
'
'tbn'th.n
for
years
made
BeautyRest
the
utmost
'.r.-S
and
Mattress
value.
:v
Ret
Muttress.
size
4-6
and
4-0.
Price
$12.50
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Bx
Spring
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Store
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Avenue
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Phone
234
CANADIAN
BANGORS
C:LEAR
SEAS
'OR
MERCHANT
FLEET
Canadian
built
minesweepers
are
(.izj-ig
a
dc.
s
e
le
Stfc
.uug
the
seas
clear
for
A
:ci
shipping
Since
-ie
bcjy.uans
uf
the
.ar.
cr...uju
mines
luve
been
cleared
to
have
destroyed
the
British
Fleet
twjr
.three
tune.
It
was
stated
recent
OF
WRENS
Nautical
Atmosphere
.Miss
in;
But
Girls
Are
Happy
and
Comfortable.
By
Margaret
Ecker
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
LONDON,
March
25
The
life
of
a
Canadian
Wren
serv
ling
in
Great
Britain
Is
not
nau
tical
but
It's
nice:
There's
no
rolling
deck,
only
as
in
Canada.There's
no
saluting
on
the
quarterdeck
and
your
Wren
hostess
tnvHes
you
to
"come
In"
not
come
on
aboard
as
she
would
do
in
Can
ada.
The
quarters
are
like
a
big.
well-run
women's
club,
shiny
clean,
a
feat
in
smoky
London.
Sub.
Lieut.
Margaret
Mackie
of
Victoria,
Sub
Lieut.
Grace
Lovatt
of
Winnipeg
and
I
ate
in
the
cheery,
very
un-barracks-
like
officers'
dining
room.
The
meal
conversation
was
more
feminine
than
is
usual
among
uniformed
women,
and
English
First
Officer
Marguerite
Canale
as
the
Canadians
are.
When
dinner
finished
the
Wrens
were
in
the
middle
of
their
evening.
In
the
"fo'castle"
(one
term
they
retain)
a
London
dancing
teacher
was
instructing
Wrens
and
some
men
from
the
Royal
Corp
of
Signals
in
ballroom
dancing.
Wren
Mollic
Lindsay
of
Fort
Qu'Appelle.
Sask.,
was
still
thinking
about
her
dinner.
"We
eat
a
lot
better
than
I
expected,"
she
said.
-HAIRDOS"
ARE
FREE
Wren
Bunty
Greene
of
Van
couver
was
waiting
her
turn
at
the-
hair-dresser's
room,
where
two
Wren
hairdressers
were
proving
the
secret
of
why
the
girls
of
their
service
are
so
at
tractive.
Bunty
explained
that
Wrens
get
a
free
shampoo
and
finger
wave
every
fortnight
but
they
can
have
extra
"haldos"
for
the
equivalent
of
12
cents.
They
call
their
rooms
"cab
Ins"
In
quarters
and
they
arc
;as
shipshape
as
that.
Hera
I
again
the
Wreas
llveup
to
their
j
reputations
as
the
most
femin
ine
oi
me
women
s
services
style.
Pictures
are
allowed
on
walls,
aad
they
were
all
pictures
of
ships
In
the
cabin
of
Petty
Officer
Helen
Booth
of
Vancou
ver
and
Petty
Officer
Betty
Allen
of
Winnipeg.
j
Wrens
at
home,
are
just
like
any
other
gtds.
Wren
Kathleen
Barclay
of
Ottawa
lounged
comfortably
in
a
housecoat
gos-
ish
Wrens
in
a
London
suburb,
of
Fort
William
was
on
duty
But
any
Wren
will
tell
you
at
the
door,
checking
the
passes
that
few
people
are
as
happy
of
outgoing
Wrens,
a
Job
all
and
as
comfortable
as
they,
j
Wrens
get
occasionally.
They
are
among
the
best
fed
-
girU
in
England.
No
other
Canadian
women's
service
works
and
lives
as
closely
with
British
servicewomen
as
does
the
Wrens.
And
it
has
Hi
-to:
c
IOl'
him,
leaving
parents
Who,
as
parents
worked.
British
and
Canadian
IT;;.
-
t
a!
a
3
do,
had
built
so
much
on
him
and
who,
w,renf
ha.ve
become
tbe
b
of
no,
that
bftohe,
feel
an
emptiness
in
life
that
lti
TtLi
band
program
from
their
small
NO
WOLWS
PI.ACE
Editor,
Daily
News:
I
wonder
if
this
letter
printed
in
your
paper
won
t
netp
some
one.
I
know
I
am
expressing
the
cBinion
of
a
.goad
many
citizens.
We
see
a
good
many
women
doing
their
part
In
the
war
el-fort
today.
That
is
all
very
finp
and
in
many
eases
a
womar
takes
a
man's
place.
But
when
a
woman
will
take
the
place
of
a
man
at
the
door
of
a
bar
why
that
Is
most
assuredly
going
too
far.
It
Is
a
fine
thing
fur
a
mar.
and
bis
wife
to
be
able
to
go
!
into
a
hotel
for
a
glass
of
bear
If
trhey
a,e
so
inclined.
But
when
you
come
out
and
heat
iHe
unbecoming
remark
about
explained
that
British
Wrens
the
doorman.
It
is
enough
to
are
not
under
naval
discipline
make
the
toughest
person
blush.
If
a
woman
would
take
the
place
of
a
man
there
are
lots
of
useful
and
patriotic
ways
In
which
it
can
be
done.
C.
Jones.
PROUD
OF
BASUTOS
BLOEMFONTEIN,
South
Africa.
O
The
Bishop
of
Bloem-fonteln.
after
a
7,000-mlJe
tour
if
the
Middle
East
to
visit
18,000
Sasutos
now
serving
with
the
Pioneer
Corps
had
nothing
but
praise
for
their
work.
"I'm
proud
in
be
their
bishop,"
he
said.
SHRAPNEL
FOR
PROOF
LONDON.
Metal
shrapnel
that
fell
during
an
anti-aircraft
barrage
was
produced
in
couit
by
Mrs.
Annie
Burrell
and
saved
her
from
a
fine
for
alleged
blackout
offence.
It
was
explained
that
the
splinter
pierced
the
roof
of
the
Burrci
home,
damaged
wires
and
caused
a
short-circuit
which
turned
the
lights
on.
SMELT
DISAPPEARING
The
smelt,
a
fish
common
to
Each
room
has
a
washstand
and
Lake
Michigan,
disappeared
there
are
pretty
bedspreads
on
myutcrlounly
from
those
waters
the
beds
which
arc
barracks
in
the
winter
of
1043,
t
A,
V
A.i:x.
1c?
Phof
chow
le?
:;weepe-
oom
pen
c-txix
at
section
at.cr
bcneJb
the
White
Ens.gti
1
t
.
0:
li
MS
Dcrmxh.
length
172
.
k
'.
U'l.nage
750
ton,
similar
to
.ire
tt;ais
125
m.:eweepet
already
clcvvfi.'d
t
Oreat
Britain
by
Canadla
thipyardc
Len
and
Peter,
typical
English
soccer
fans,
stood
in
a
crowded,
pub
of
a
Sunday
night
and
decided
without
hesitation
that
siplng
with
Leading
Wren
Pat
the
Canadian-American
brand
Macoun
of
Ottawa.
They
report-
.
of
football
never
would
threaten
ed
the
third
In
their
cabin.
Wren
Sue
Joy
of
Toronto,
was
having
a
bath.
Next
door
Wren
Marjoric
,
ball
Warren
eft
Hamilton
and
Ottawa
and
Wren
Dorothy
Morgan
of
I
Saskatoon
listened
to
a
da
nee
-
their
game
as
a
sporting
attract
tlon
In
their
country.
The
two
had
Just
watched
the
first
foot-
game
in
Britain
between
the
Canadian
and
American
force.
They
enjoyed
it.
thrilled
to-
It
along
with
30,000
others,
but
to
them
the
soecr
match
i
at
times
of
watching
players
pile
on
one
another.
But
w
jumped
to
our
feet
with
the
rest
when
a
back
threw
a
long
forward
pass
or
when
the
backs
ccmhned
on
a
sweeping
run
around
the
ends
snd
tossed
the
ball
around
to
each
other."
The
two,
one
a
factory
worker,
he
othe
a
bricklayer,
admitted
he
rules
were
baffling
to
the
ye
of
a
first-time
spectator
and
plicated
since
the
first
half
w.i
played
under
American
i
u.f
and
the
second
half
cantoanr'
to
Canadian
regulations.
As
a
it.
me.
it
realty
proved
nothing.
1
he
Canadian
Army
Muslamts.
better
conditioned
and
fielding
aome
of
the
Dominion's
greats,
defeated
the
Pirates,
ftom
an
American
Base
Section.
16-8.
A
second
same
will
be
played.
The
approximately
17.009
Canadian
feevteemcn
and
women
at
Um
scene
voted
It
as
good
as
a
top-notcher
senior
fixture
back
home.
The
reactions
of
Len
and
Peter
represented
those
of
the
major
Ay
of
the
5.000
Udtons
ptesectt.
the
floor
of
Canadian
naval
(radio.
Wren
Joan
Ortmsdlck
of
;
tood
supreme,
ror
one
tning,
To
the
Bngttsh
onlooker
the
headquarters
under
their
feet
j
Win
hi
pegshuft
her.
door
firmly
they
said,
soccer
had
continuous
Canadian
rule
-provided
the
as.
they
go
about
their
jobs
as
from
the
sound.
"I'm
studying
action.
"We
found
it
got
a
little
more
att.
active
football
because
clerks
and
postal
workers,
and
for
a
trade
exam."
she
explain-
boring
watching
the
players
go
0(
the
Increased
oppoi
untitles
.
i-:an,
u.a
inenas
m
tnis
communilj
lO.
express
m0sphere
about
their
quarters
Not
all
Wrens
were
relaxing
said.
They
clasped
their
arms
been,
however,
because
the
Can-tolencev
with
Mr.
and
Mrs.
H.
F.
Wearmouth
on
'which
they
share
with
too
Brit-
Leading
Wren
Kathleen
Baker
around
each
other,
their
heads
d
is
ns
nlaved
a
strictly
defen-
LETTERBOX
together
as
though
Uiey
were
,
mft
nmt
n
the
first
half
and
dtscusslng
the
second
front.
!
turHed
m
the
offensive
undei
"lhen.
too,
we
got
a
little
tired
j
th4r
0WB
m
in
uie
last
half
It
was
a
4de-ooen
affair
to
wards
the
end.
Some
of
the
toughest
work
of
the
Sunday
at
ternoon
fixture,
played
In
mammoth
White
City
Stadium
was
done
by
members
of
the
osowd.
Tubes,
buses
and
trolleys
were
crammed.
At
many
tube
stations
the
etowds
were
so
great
that
hundreds
did
not
arrive
until
holf-Mme.
The
Dally
Sketch
correspond
KWONO
SANG
UINO
HOI
KEE
CHOP
SUEY
HOUSE
G12
7lh
AVE.
WEST
(Next
to
King
Tai)
All
your
patronage
welcome
Open
5
p.m.
to
12
p.m.
Tuesday.10
p.m.
to
12
p.m.
Outside
Orders
from
2
p.m.
to
12
p.m.
Phone
Red
217
w.--h
"a
na'
ttnk
wa
cemented
between
the
tea
nations
aeJl.
hat's
about
all
I
can
ssjr
Fx
actly
what
happtMd
M)
this
game
Is
nobody's
basbteu."
Referring
to
the
players,
the
write
noted
"Uiey
were
padded
all
over
and
wore
rash
helmets.''
adding
iruMeslly.
"I
don't
blame
them."
FaietlBusly.
perhaps,
he
oofvttnutd.
"Now
l4otbaH
Am-eicH
stole
and
fouVbaB
at
vtayed
In
England
differ
in
about
1?
ways-
So
to
make
u
imple.
half
of
yesterday
garni
was
played
under
American
rule
and
the
other
half
under
Canadian
rules.
And
the
Canadian
style
apparaaity
had
another
17
points
of
oijfotewe
FOUR
YBAKS
AGO
IN
THIS
WAR
March
.
lWFrench
Pre.
mler
Reyoaud
met
Italian
ambassador
for
first
private
conference
with
Mussolini's
envoy
Pnmirr
Teleky
of
Hungary
conferred
with
Italian
Poielm
Minister
Count
Oano.
French
ambassador
left
Italy,
for
home
to
report
on
Italy's
pnsJlloA.
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SOON
LOST
LAVWCIVtOK.
Tasmania.
-A
man
who
had
wan
about
OLOMtn
a
racing
totlery
a
year
before
was
convicted
here
for
trying
to
couect
op
a
lane
total-
hat
the
game
was
further
com-
rut
summed
up
his
obervatiaru
isator
ticket
at
the
races.
REMEMBER
this
Old
Chum
Calendar
and
the
year
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year
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flew
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Atlantic
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when
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off
the
eatt
coait
of
the
United
Stotet
and
Percy
Williams,
of
Vancouver,
won
the
Olympic
100-metre
doth,.
Babe
Ruth
clouted
the
Yankee
to
a
four-troight-goms
triumph
over
the
Cardinal.
Four-wheel
brake
were
a
new
feature
on
automobile.
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