The Lucknow Sentinel, 1946-04-04, Page 7•
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TEpRSDAY, APRIL Ohl 1946
lie.,: Luc ow Sentinel, Lucknos , Ontario
lelkorE SEVEN;
Many Canadians Canadians in Germany TI
__Meyer -Sente'itce_ Too Severe
Severe -
.,January 6t1�, 194(i
• Right after. my service - at
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Norddeich, I hopped• ?n.to'My
,Vehicle 'arid ..'carne • d„oy►iri to Enr-
• den to have a lookat my new
home.' •It's going to be cold, The
., •ration of .coal is. something that
•hasn't been 'very 'well figured out:
On the other hand they have a
•specific • and. '$oniewha't in-
• -ade. uate'ration of •coal.set:. There
• ,seems t.o'. be- very, ]ittle :.relation
t wo ••/
bbetween„,the, ,
wwJanuary .7th 6,►
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In my .dealings with -the 1'.' 0,
.4, • ,r W.
group, 'I learned 'something,
v ::about a certain type of German
that, I hadn't: met .before.: .I .'re-
• peat • they acted like gentlemen
and it' is still, true that many. at
Ais^here`leel -that--the Kurt Meyer
sentence is ;much too severe, that
we' are making • a• hero •bf ' hiin,
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makes me conscious of how
little 'time there 'really is to ac-
complish„ what I feel must be
done.
The back trip ; b .. on the boat wets
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rather interestiiigbecause there
.were great ice, floes all
over t'le
channel; They .., �weren'•dange.�t `' --
,ous because. .the ice .hasn.'.t, heti l
'thick,: so , it • isn't heavy But • I
was fascinated ,by, ,them. You ca►i
pick them' .out quite a 'distant
because ,'the
y are like. •'an �<,
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1,slike on the water.They ,'pre•
. vent it. from being rippled"and
• there's. .rno spray asthere is over
the.. surrounding water. 'Which
swells up' and . down and tosses
White ;manes to the wind, I was
amazed • at _the number o
f d ucics
aqd--gu-Ils--'?;that• :had settled 'On
some of the,'. floes. There. , rriust
have: been ,thousands •,of them. of
and establishing a; certain' tra- course, ' there's dangcir' of their
dition which. the S.S. may thrive being caught • •an;d- frozen there,
i 's: but . such birds s ev seem
• on....:a.t�:.some_,later_..tinie.�._..I.t a,. d ...,�? er .to
reversion to the primitive con -learn of that •:
ce tion of an. .:for an eye ''and
pJanuary 20th,, 1946..
a tooth. for a tooth.. Finally break; a y I made the:'and^
It is :a fapt.. that after seeing am, away . from the '•regiment fol'
something of, the • way_. our allies• vyo.. or�.;.th:ree:- da -s;-:.We-left=-Em--,
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the Belgians live ,Irn quite sure
den to -day .'at. "I30e'l hrs. and ar-
• that • the Germans; would . • oe rived 'in Brussels ;a little while .
• much „better imm'grantsi for its ago at 2200 ''his. ` which is rea- with ' "1' d
to have' than --the Belgians -But;. sonably•tr- veiling,. time •in
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,the guy wno' first ' asked Who cause.; ` we ' ° passed. ti r.ougR ' so
•Avon. file wa>r?'.'. _d dn'_t ask .a..;..le..., ..man '- laces I --had beer'—throw
gitirnate • question, 'before -lastsun er: We drove
January 9•th,• 1946: by; the woods ` in . which I jived
ed
Last ni ht ourbo. went out when 1'-:first'joined. the 3rd Med.
to assist in a sweep of ''.the Regiment It looked particularly,
town' of Aurich. We left 'at 213'0 blank without oulr.:vehicles scat-
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• .'hrs and'' I.,,came back• and, got 'tered through. 'it'..It'Was, .:in Hol-
); - ' to' bed about 0300---M4. • It ivas- land that :w -e- struck our ,fir:at
I, • interesting Ito' me because; it was snow, • and was' quite ` ;unexpect-,
•the first of ' its *kind • because. ed b.ecaiise we had `none.'pat . all
; '' there was very little .'• action as inEmden. The .quantity'.i:ricreas.-•
far as we, were concerned.'' We ed as we came,, - eater ••
Brussels
B were ,simply 'actin' . as a '"seal" and the road.from ,An�twer•p''. do
r. : on the edge''of theme' town •while Brussels was really', tr eacherous.
the Winnipegs and `;Queens Own
• searched 'houses,.: ' i s far as I
know it was- not very : exciting
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, ` for anyone : because very ofewa
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d . were picked up.
,h, ...January ' 16th; 1940.
ie Bob .took his tvi shotgun th h'im
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as- ' and on `the way,)ra
oe he got 'a
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shot at 'a pheasant ;but he misti
as ed. He saw - it by the -side of the.
Iw•
',road; and 'we stopped
le; � ,about fif=
ty Yards beyond it. Bob lumped
re out with his..gun. and .tore back.
on f :to'get his ''shot, Just thgrl along
ice tame a' Gerry ' car. It: spoiled
're ; Bob's sho t uLtho uld .�have`:
ted seen that. Gerry car stop. ' The
•'0tor•driver yeas White as :a 'sheet. He,
hadn't , :seen' the pheasant, and
Dir' .. : thought 'tot ...sure, he had met a
eft: ,
• Canadian army officer Arunamok
red , who was going to: kill .him' with-:
nit out even giving him a chance.
of Belgium, seems, to have Made
a; remarkably good :recovery ,in.
„the last 'nine months.' The' stones
are filled • with 'all: the things
Which- could -be- considered es-
sential to good living and -there
are many luxuries ' ��ailable
which We couldn't get iil .,Canada
when I came back over here. It
is true that` :prices are. really•ex-
orbitant, but that •is • to be ex-,
petted under • the ,circumstances.'
The important thing is that food
and clothing: are available ' fur
all, who have money to buy. ,,'We
walked .through One of the large
de'partrnental • stores . today, and
ani positive;" that.. Eatons Cr
Simpsons lave no -.„:better stock
than this place 'had.The biri]'d--
•ing , itself tis, really magnificent
especi'ally inside. '• .People here
apparently feel that glass is one
of the . finest building.:Materials
,available arid ..they really use 't
Lavishly. •
January 22nd, 1946._
The day" has -`beer interesting
way because• We have doe
a lot of travelling, some 'of it
in country I'have passed' through
before, ,arid the rest 'of,.it through.
a; part': of Belgium that:was',new
to': me: We. --were in • Ghent-'-for--a--
while
hent for -'a
while again, because 'Bob had .to
go into: .-the office of some'of-
ficial and obtain permission to:
do business in .that : part, -'of Bel=
giaa.m Truly L. should have : never
recognized .the • ,place 'When
was ,there .last year, the.'streets
were. crowded. wit ;.cavi• tans and.
Allied r troops and everything
was alive and ga-Fki I suppose the
anticipation of '.`cease' .fire" and
its ' actual . `.celebration: was ` the
cause ; of 'it `To -day ..the streets
were 'alrnlest deserted..'It was an
.of ; Lburse, p.ubl'ic opinion at horns five
view of, the 'fact, that about f},
is hardly in,: agreeinent' with that hours 'w'as' done in darkness 'and
• 'I'. think:: T e' Belgians,- are .dirty over . roads • that are very ' trea-
and" wasteful of everything..V e . cherous with •.ice•':and snow: We
can see that now that :. we' have travelled from Emden' .,to Leei
.'moved into barracks, juste vacat :.', . = ; • �, '
e• y t em.: a feeling that the Hengelo, Goor, Deventer, Appel
army of, occupation' is-sacr.ific- doorii . Amersfoort,: °,Utre'cht, \An.-,
• ing a •great deal for people who' twerp'Brussels. That man; plaee�
don't care is growing," We *KO.'names should enable;you to trace
are hvin in half -heated. ,bar- `our ; route
�the :map.' ,The trip.
racks, eating half - rations -rations and "so, through ;so many .laces .was `es=
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on' are.. -beginning ..to wonder if ''pec,ially`'interesting to me .;be=
Mike, ' m driver, was 1disap-
pointed. •'Aw gee,_ ;rust -. when , I•
could really speed 'on' a." double-
lane highway it has to be iced"
'After a. -short session in the town
major's office we 'were "given'a
room for the , night, in "the. Palace
Hotel, ,a fairly descent spot: al-
though it can't tompare'-with the -
Atlantal which the Canadian ar-
my• used , to operate. We're here
just for tonight because the :Sa
.voy, a very small , hotel which
the Canadian .army .keeps oleic
now ''•is filled . Up, •'
r Janu r 21st, ' 19.40 :
I. have just come. hone froth
hav'irtg truly''wohderful cv-
eri'ng;•;--an: - e*penance ,that_w.L.
prove quite,: unforgettable I'm
sure, because I attended. an, op. -
era
•p• -era,• for the •first• time. •I 'Tall a`
e chance to go to : th'e, opera Acre
iv ' ' • •tanuary . 18th, 1946. In Brussels 'arid' 1 didn't'miss it
due' , ,', • ,,
I went- al' n With. s fortunate in that they were.
g n the officers I wa
er ncy to their' dance last playriig' Cavalleria Rust cana: nd
n'i ht `
g a __
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afterwards , we sat` Pagliaccr. The latter. •was v , rY~
stir. ' .around, .• , � . _ ,
'about for' •hours and ' well. done . I thought, but Cav-
,.ay.; . •; • th � talked ' . ,
.N. • chi e Church and social aheria Rusticana' wasn't,, quite
,� changes and what leadership , so ood It seemed to me that
arbl: 'Church Should the g :, 1 , . :
soil• s d g k . 1 • ad
haul oafs. ave: T new..: ,the solo "Voices., wee}e hardly
brat t dna stay ,tip late as I did, equate for., the work required et
bat Haase and more I aril coin- them: But the choruses were
held' .agiouS >i o that I c' re _ . .. did, I sat there : and
tntastn � �rriiss such really •splen
With . Pnortunity. So' many people luxuriated ir% the :worlt' of the
need to sorr!rc
tel'"r has .
said
e' told now what Christ orchestra and chorus and'.
d should applyevery- of the solo work.
da fe.; '2`he: - is •. s
Y li to e
g y the', i;est
ur enc of it all •Brussels ,arid fritrst of
To Complete 'highway
Announcement last
Week that work would . be; under=
taken' this year to 'hard':. surface
the Bluewatei Highway from
Amber•ley to'' :Iincai aine,, ;Work
onth-e.--stretcli fi ci'Pr t Albert
to Arrrb'enIley was ,c,gnainencied"• last
yearr 'and will 'be' • completed' •this.
;Spring °With '• the completion of.
I the link: with Kincardine ' this
hi 'hwa �' fi o arnia '..to ril.lia
g Ym;� O
will-F1?c mp1etely .pavedt` ,
- At presentcontractors' are .en-
gaged' in,•putting in . culverts •:be-.
tween Port and 'Alba t
. r Amberlev
*filch will then be'rea��•dy .for hard
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s-�M'
urf' in
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M1NISTERIAT. ASSOCIATION
a PETITIONS RVERNMENT
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Members of the Wingham and
District Ministerial Association
met on Monday, and appealed to
the Drew Government to delay
legislation that will increase' the..
outlets for alcoho]i. , beverages;
The resolution was adopted un=,
animously and• forwarded to Pre-
mier George . Drew, Attorney
Generale Leslie 'Blackwell and.
John Hanna, Huron Bruce. M.P.P.
It`read in part "While Europe
faces famine, 'and Britain goes on
reduced rations,_. and our -returned
men try to;. get. back to. a •normal
way of life,, we beg you not to.
extend: to the' people `;of' Ontario
'enlarged opportunities for indul-
gene"
PAIR' ARRESTED AFTER,
MILDMAY ROBBERY'
Two members • of a 'Toronto
gang`' are in Walkerton i if as" a
result of'.the' vigilance of Walker.-
ton
alker-
ton ' police officers on :Tuesday'
night. The arrests followed al,wild,;
8O-mille-an-hour° chase, that end
..e_d�.after�1?olice�C.hie� Gi-lchxist-,:of;
Walkerton fired a- shot into a' tire:
of the fleeing car.' The arrest
lowed 'a-rob.bery.. at Mildmay Post'-
Office.
WHAT
We've., .got •• the. trained
technicians; the ' ,modern,
equipment „anti Rotas ' and
the. ''Factory -approved' 'OM
Parts
o : Kee YoUr C,ar "
Ir. Tiruck ` .:Rolin:g
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Money: Drive 'in Today'
for a Check-up.,
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CENTRAL c ARAGJ
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les, Florence Christine Mac-
Donald died; in' Toronto On Thiirs
-.day, March 28th in her...51st year..
The funeral Service was held ; at
the home of her :aunt,' Mrs. John.
Ross Huron To nsh'i and inter-
'ment made' in'•Lochalsh .Cemet•
ery
of :Ash--'
.f1-''eld'Presbyteriari'church officia
`ted, ; assisted . by ,Rev..' ' Gordon•
•Do'mm: of, Bathurst Street United
Church, 'Toronto Born in Prirr;ce
town .
Mont, "She e s ent� her �
' Spent , girl,.
'hood in'' Huron. and : Was educated
• •rr-Clrathar r-arrcltl'aro :to,: t -ch= �T
ing school .ii'.the.'latter CitYH until
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some .months: ago Surviving is a
sister,' Miss Louise '1VIacDoriald,`
Toroito and a brother, Major
John ' :K.::MacDonald, '' with:. 'the
Amari •can forces ,' in :thea' Phalli
paries
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May, bewhat the spy ring: Was.
really ; . 'after '.;:.was ; the '. • closely
'guarded.--seer-et -of whatvent'-on;
in the , Dorhinion Provincial Con-
ference. .i •
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BEAVER SHIPS' RETURN: Canada and the
United ..Kin dom. • Were linked again .,b the .famous
,. Kingdom g Y
i3eaver,line wh4n the Canadian Pacific's. new' cargo liner
Beaverdell docked' nt, Saint John, N.B.. in Marchat the
end of her maiden voyage. from Liverpoo . , The turbo -
• 'electric fast freighter in making her initial crossing of the
en
than
rth
N ° Atlantic. in less seven., and one -hal fhdays
.o• .. Ys
demonStrated.the service which: wall enable her andthree
'sister ships :to replace the o igu al five vessels of the
Beaver .class which were lost marine
thean
war.. A• fine
example Of the latest developments in rine design d.
engineerkm i the Beaverdell features widespread use of
.electrical installations. /' Her propelling unit is turbo -
which stein `generated electrical power at
high voltage drives the motor which turns the propeller
shaft. Electric winches also are used to speed the transfer
of (•argues between ship and.shore Almost one quarter
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, of the hugecargo_ carrying space on the Beaverdell is
,.refrt erated, for safe transport of .perishables. Electric
hind—ventilate ail the holds while tell -tales',' and
long-
distance recording therniometers:enable ,the ship's officers
to keep a close check on the cargoes at all times. 'Other
• peacetime flees .ofwax-baby" :developments in: use on
the ship include •radar, .,gyro -compass; and 'thee latest;
•'r'adio telegraph cothmtuaieation seta. The new 16,000-`
ton vessel was given a' rousing welcome upon her•arrival
at the busy, port where she discharged 6,600 tons of cargo,
some of it rubber from Singapore, and loaded Canadian
fp .. 'd�rng Meat, eggs and flour --for the , .
arm ' rodutt�-inclo' congratulates,
United Kingdom. At' right, Mayor J. IX McKenna of
Siiiiit Johan
• '. Captain'B. 13: Grant on the
return of the .13ea'ver lineto the forth .Atlantic 'fast •
freight servicer •
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