Air Power May Not Have Won War But It Het ned | Pave Way To Victory Says Offical RAF. History By The Cunadtan Pres The official history of the Roy. ai Alr Force in the Seeond World ar does mot ela tlitly that alr power won the war “But it does contend —~ and bucks up that contention with fgreeful argusients —- that alr power at least paved the way to victory. i: With publication af “The Fight | ig Won,” the three-volume his- tory of the RAF dn the Second World War is complete. ‘The brevious two volumes are "The petennaee cena & Wallace’ s Dept. Store Headquarters For BOYS and YOUTHS Clothes Tee Shirts Shorts Sport Shirts Slacks Sport Jackels Jeans Windbreakers Suits Uniierwear Caps Swim Tranmks | Sacks Ages Infant ‘tu IB Years WALLACE'S ‘DEPT. STORE © BMS RAR SARE SE SE SSR SS ESR we cee ee + Fight at Odds,” covering 1939 to Wi, and "The Fight Avils,” covering Ud) to 1043, INTERESTS CANADIANS Though very few Canadians are mentioned by name — the RCAF has published a six-volume histary--the three volumes by Dents Richards and the Inte Hil- ory St. George Saunders shouid be of intense Interest to Cana- Clans, especially to the thous- aids who served under RAF command. In June, 1044, there were 42 RCAF squadrons serving muder RAF command. No. 6 RCAF group formed one of the 12 groups in RAF bomber connmand and, as the RAF his- tury says, “thet offensive is the soul of air warfare.” Bomber command suffered 47,. 203 kitted or missing in dropping 955,013 tons of bombs between 139 and 1945. Total aircrew looses were 70,253 killed or miss- Ing. At Sept. 3, 1939, the RAF had 2.600 abecraft, and 173,958 per- sone, By May, 1945) it had Brown to 9, 09 planes and 1,079,- 835 personnel At June, 1944, the RAF had $40,000 alrerew, 144,000 of them from the Com- monweauh, DOMINION IN AIR Whit was pained to: the loss of more than 70,000 meén on alr operations: ” Suys the RAF his-' tel y. “First, foremost and beyond at was the establishment, ti con- Junction with the Americans and the Russians, of dominion in the alr over the enemy. “Not until this had become an- vuecomplished fact was victory certaba, not until it had become a commonplace Was victory. sé@- cure. "That achievement wos the cutcome of a vast and waremit- Ung struggle waged sver a meas- uleless batdefleid, of which the Jand fronts and the sea-lanes where our life blood flowed were Only parts, “There were examples of tact. eal superiority early in the war, cf which the most notable was that estahiished by fighter com, mand in the Battle of Britain.’ But such tactical superiority could only be local, temporary GEUGE DAWES AUS TIONEER Phone 6082 and 2959 jooeencnenmcere sa eamn TT UU SSAC RES C SAR eRe eeeeee ‘ENJOY LIFE. EAT OUT MORE OFTEN al ola G Jone dole FOOD “Awiouer RESTAURANT i Iltalion Food Specialists PHONE 2621 , \ For Orders to Take Out ‘ ON THIS NEW MODEL. 9985 COMPLETE WITH PUMP Reg. $199.50 Trado $50.00 You Pay Only 14950 a me VUM (OUARANTER 10N WAVE MECHANISS ¥ Werte il Seosvdee Avallatile Mivays Dial 2325 Pt least $4 ().00 McRAE BROS, LTD. For Your Old Washer J EASY or Dial 2326 | aud precarious, There could be no enduring vietory until Allied aly power by many means and the strategle bombing of Ger- mtny foremost among thein-- had gained a dominance that was not merely local bul general. "The struggle of the RAF, ald. ed later by the alr forces of the United States, to rule the alr, be- niin on the first day of the war and continued to the last. It was conducted not only above ev- ery ocean sailed by the navy, but in many places where the sea and land forces of the crown were not engaged. “It was the alr foree that fought the Battle of Britain above her flelds and citles in 1040. [t was the alr force that swept the skles of France long before the army trod again her soil. It was the alr force which sowed with mines waters which none of His Majesty's surface ships was able to visit. It was the alr force that for years went out night after night over the sullen realm of Gerinany to con- duct the only offensive within our power, SEVEN ACHIEVEMENTS “Alr dominion made possible ‘seven major achievements: 1 @ “Britaln was gredually trans- ‘formed into the base from which & buge Invasion forces were even- ‘tually successfully dispatched to Tropa. a0 saved from destruction when foreed to retreat and the way for iis triumphant advance from El Alamein prepared. Woman Stands To Win $64,000 On Quiz Show NEW YORK ‘\— Mrs. Catine- rine E, Kreltzer nas a week to decide whether to take the $32,- O00 she has already won on a television quiz show ur risk los- ing it ina try for $64,000, The 51-year-old grandmother from Camp Hu}. Pa., survived the next-to-last twurdie In the CBS TV program “The $64,000 Ques- Won” when she gave correct an- i swers to a three-part Bible ques. i tlon Tuesday night, A Mible reader all her Hfe, Mrs. Kreltzer had chosen to be. . quizzed on the Bible when she Sauted on the program two weeks ao. That night she reached the $8,060 mark and last week came baca co wha $16,000. Aun for the $32,000 Tues- day dight. she was diven the, itunes of Macthew, Peter, James che Grealer and James the Less vend then was asked to complete of diss ab the 12 aposiles 1 FORGOT JOHN FIRST TIME hoy a moment it appeared she “idght lose ou, when she skipped done. She mekly ran throagh ‘the db toa second Gime, however, pane named the missing diselpte. Sheohad no trauble with) the Cremaibing two pitts af the ques. SHlons Tlew did) Matthew and levter anake thelr diving and who wit the jather of James the uae %y ‘he replied without hesitating it Poter was a usberman and Matthew oa tax ecllector and: ames) father was named ; Allphentus, ; TE she deeldes ta try anather P question next week, Mrs, Kreitzer may bring along any Lauthority she ghooses to help her answer Ut, If Mrs. & reltzer triew for $04,- SOO and mis es, ste sth will get, San mitomoblle as a cansalation , “prize, BITTATINGS FINEST IMPORT Tle advertinement dn iat y Niywor Contra Word ae hy the In Africa the @th army Was, cheid by persons of discernnyent: ito be the turning point of tire: eSources gone to other services and that awarded the final by the Canad-. ‘paged In antl-alreraft defence, ‘Half the total build-up area of Bible: Have a GOOD RUM for your money @ ‘In the Mediterranean the enemy's communications by seq were rendered first difficult, then iapossible, with the result that the Axis armies in North Africa were starved of fuel, food and ammunition, this starvation be- ing a major cause of thelr even- tual defeat. In that area, too air dominion made possible the success Gf the Allled {Invasions of Sicily and Italy in 1043. @ “In the next year the armies of Hberatton crossed the ehannal without let or hindrance and lodged themselves upon a highly defended hostile shore. @ “All this time increasing pro. tection was being afforded to convoys of ships salting in every ocean and dn the long {ight against the U-boat mastery of the airproveel of vital signifi- cance, @ The attacks on German oll pants and on communications, caltled out towards the end of 144 and in the spring of 1945, brought: the main enemy's in- dustries and armies virtually to a standstill. @ ‘The air supremacy estab-: lished largely by the Americans. In the Pacific shattered Japan's: navy, severed her sea communt-: caltons with her conquests, and finally pulverized the Japanese hemeland into submission,” | THE TURNING POINT ‘stanford While-Harry K. Thaw The authors say that the Bat-! .. tle of Britain was the turning. polnt of the war. “AL the time, this victory was: EVELYN NESBIP—REAL AND pesed on her life ealled, War, subsequent events proved | (he correctness of this judgment. With the advent of the night) VANCOUVER & Don't count: ullacks on Britain, espectally on on staying ata downtown hotel her capital, such a view might, if vou come here for the Grey aiid indeed did, seem a piece of Cup final next Nov. 26. Be pre- wild oplimism, Yet as more fires Pered to stay ina motel. taged, more and mere elvilians For the first me in the col- died, the inadequacy of the at- orful 46-year history of the clas- iack was more and more clearly. sic a committee has been set up revealed.” fo handle arcommadation for The authors reply to the two. Viotting fans. Previgusly, i was main criticisms levelled against everybody for himself with hotel bomber command: That building reservations on a first-come-first the command was a misuse of -:crved basis. - which should have’ But. sitee Vancouver was bombing results were too small in comparison with the effort. ‘nittees have sprung up ke wild As Jate as 1941, the bomber flowers and an ‘accommoda- offensive caused ttle harm In tions committee" is one of them. Germany. The RAF answer was Here's how V. Ben Willams, to bulld up bomber command: = ‘chairman of the Grey Cup ac- “No army of liberation. could ¢:mmodations committee, sums hope to prevail until such a up the housing situation: force was In existence and had yorHInG DOWNTOWN heen in actlon over a long pre-: liminary perlod--the defences of Europe and the Reich had to be weakened. How else could this be done excent by striking at the hear?” Before the end of 1943, no less than 2,000,000 Germans were en- ch Rugby Union last March com- You won't get inte any of the Major downtown hotels grless: I. You are a member of the commpedng beams: 2. You are a football offielal; 3. Yuu work for a major Ca- badian newspaper, Hews service, ractto Organdg ation or television outlet, Ho you dort fall a anon those sume 40 German cities was des- , ‘ t categories, Mir Wilhanis says, the troved; another 30. citles were severely dammped. German plane provedure Is this: nianutaclicers ad to switeh | Wie the hotel of your ebisige, mare and more to fighters--to 75 th @ copy to us if you like. If per cont dn 1044 from 31 per cent the hotel can't wecommiddate you, Ir 1939. we will see to Ib you are offered “the {net is that had Germany the best available aecommoda- not been devastated with fire ve motels avatinble” thee sive A ad ne . 7 ee Nee Melustees mn vier The motels, he ts quick to point melted away, she must have won Olt are not Mn the downtown the war. For she would Inew. “ea but are wth mostly within tably have been able to build a “ly limits, bomber fleet and to have Ohe of the major downtown wrought far greater destruction Yotels. the | Georgi, has heen than she in fact achieved.” hooked up for the Noy. 29 to 28 ‘The three volumes make ex. Petiod for nore than a month, citing reading. ‘They are fram. The Georqla will handle the cmied with individual combat re. eastern ehiGuplons. the western ports and there [sa iberal num. her of photographs and maps, bel Vancouver will take care of “The Index and appendices are football executives and as many t ntost handy, of the press, radio and television workers as possible, Fe will also SePYE US press headquarters. an. cthor' dnnavation ti the history af the eup. NUMBEIL UNICNOWSN Firat plans hod newspaper men eral blocks fram the main down. lew weein, et CANADA'S FINEST CUGARETTE Covernment of Welthh Coluotla, [oeeon Hottlahed or dinplayed ty Une Prince Rupert Daily News Wednesday, July 6, 1955, } ' \ famed Gibson Girl and stage beauty of the early 1900's, looks at herself as she was 50 years avo. She visited (he movie set where Erith hh aetress Joan Collings ts portraying Miss Nesbit in a fim “The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing.” Miss Nesbit, now 70 and teaches sculpture and ceramics at a | Los Angeles art school, was a principal (gure In the sensational Hotel Accommodation Scarce Downtown For Grey Cup Week fl 500 requests ourselves. There are stil lots of frste . ton Will stay at the Sylvia. Ho» peccommodated ibowrd a luxury | st ' Hiteamahip, moored toa dock seve j ms LM ‘often, iL Is a good and useful con. vention. . | Some players carry it a step ‘farther and when thelr partners ropen a king agidest a no tramp ‘contract, they feel called upon jlo play thelr second highest card ‘in the sult led. This is a bad convention. It ts “Aarmoful more often than tt ds helpful. Tt fs better da this latter case to forget about conventions. Just play your lowest ecard If you are rot interested in’ the euntinua- tlon of the suit aad the highest curd you can spare if you feel sure Jtas to your side's best ad- Unued. OVER-LUAGN tal Truc to bis miture whenever he learns anything new to him, Mr. Muszy has “over-learned” Cry the subject of sinals. Some- where he has picked up this ab- surdity about playing his second highest card when his partner REEL — Evelyn Nesbit clefts, murder care In 1906, _ Did. So, on Mr. Abel's lead of the king of spades in today’s deal, he dropped the eight sput. Mr. Dale played low from dummy ond did his bit to make the elght look Uke a come-on signal by ‘following with the seven. “The trouble is,° Mr. Willlams sudd, “we don't know how many [Hf Mr. Muazy was so in love wilh people are coming. We've handl- Ane spade suit he probably had We jack, Even without the ack but with a fosr-card length, don's know how many the ho- rn na, i lels have neard frorn. advantageous because then Mr. “There Js plenty of good ac- Dale would have started with the. commodation whthout putting ,doubleton jack . anyone in private homes,” he: Mr. Abel led the queen sald, “However, everybody scems spades at trick two—and there to want to atay ir the amaln went the chance of defeating the downtown hotels and that just contract Mr. Date wou with the Isr't pussible.” ice in duminy azid knocked out He said the committee was set the ace of diamends. On the up to try to co-ordinate accom- heart return, he finessed dum- modations and “not as a booking y's nine and Mr, Muzzy took agency.” However, he sald) his the jack and led his Iast spade. group was prepared to add any- Mr. Dale won this and tested one appealing to tt. Where ac- the diamonds. When It was clear commodition was recommended, they would not break he took an- he sald, It was usual (ur the foot- ball fan to send a eheque for two Today days’ accommodation direet ta 7.9 the hotel or motel concerned, "7 p.m. BRIDGE By FASLEY BLACKWOOD ‘Bad Convention Does More Harm T han (ivod | If your partner feads an ace age ‘contract, your normal play is the ‘have j in the suit except in the rare ¢ cIny’s cards iiicale you would lose. j Although this doesn't come up 7 ~ WEST yantage to have the sult con- me i * 10 SOUTH Mr. Dale iAUTS Vag @KQI5S HAR? _ ‘The bidsing: ! * South West Novik tal 1¢ "Pus 19 py TNT Posy Nt “f leads a king agalast a no tramp! “opened a self-service fretge See what this did to Mr. Abel: : spade continuation would be. of. << tinst & No tray highest curd ig Uses Where dug it Urick by gg South deste, Both hernble. iy rf NORTH Mr, Abel AKQINS \ ee AW 82 ot her art lines ang Kae the king. But then.he hd cold trieks—Lwo spidey, i i heurts, two dlamonds ‘nd t hy clubs. ee tenes taint menemniate meng | Girl Electro DETROIT A nine “Hid girl, wearing a wet bathing, was elestrovuted Tuesday, Ki 5 a dairy store. Little Shes Kirn had een called (mg backyard swimming pool t's an errand for her mother Pa sid the freezer had a th cireult, c (? (ins Dal le CHOP SUEY... 5 Goon 6 pm Hollywood f for Outside Orders Ph o3 benemanmevaeaet wer errno ~ie ‘ 4 “NEW YORK Major hotels have held off confirming reservations already made, pending a double eheck by those wanting accommodation, PTE ES? in Tangler~ Maureen . O’HARA Macdonald CAREY GUESS WHOG?!?) — Hehind the xungisses and wearlag a $ Caprh oulhe is hone other than heneymiooniag wreen star Joan Crawford. The (7-year-old vetreas recently wed American Inchiatriallst, Alfred Steate and they are honeymoontng at the fummots taland redapt. 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