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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1941-07-03, Page 3Thursday, July 3rd, 1941 WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES PAGE THREE ■WW" MH < HiB » FREE PHOTOS vessel carried Turkish naval personnel en route to Britain. It was understood here that all the belligerent powers had been notified before the vessel sailed. Mail only two Durham Corn Starch labels for each pic­ ture desired—or one Bee Hive Syrup label, To start, select from the “Flying Torpedo’’—“Sky Rocket”—“Lightning”—> “Defiant”—“Spitfire”— DURHAM ^STARCH Atlantic for purposes of conference when that can be jointly arranged,” ALL THE LATEST PICTURES “Hurricane” or “Catalina” . . , the list of 20 other pic­ tures will be sent with your* first' request, Specify your name, address, picture or pictures requested—enclose necessary labels anil rnail to the St, Lawrence Starch Co., Limited. Port Credit, Ont. Spanish Volunteers to Fight Russia Madrid — The Falangis party an­ nounced the opening of recruiting of­ fices to enlist Spanish volunteers to fight Russia. It was reported that Hit­ ler had demanded from each country sympathetic to his “new Europe" a token force to fight against Commun­ ism. Irishmen Attended Own Inquest Belfast —• Six Irishmen attended their own inquest. They were in a par­ ty of 12 thought to have been in a bombed house and the coroner was about to return a verdict of presumed death when the supposed casualties walked in. They explained they had left the house to go to a wake. The other six were killed. Want some of those good Bray pullets in YOUR nests next Win­ ter? Let me know how many, No letters, money orders, delay just prompt action. Some started pullets available if you act fast. A. C. Adams Wingham CHICKS ON DISPLAY Canada To Cail 100,000 Men’ Ottawa — Canada will call up. 100,- 000 men for military training in the next 10 months under the National Mobilization Act. Arrangements for calling the additional men for compul­ sory training and figures showing the recruiting drive for 32,000 men for the Active Army is past the half-way mark, were announced by Defence Minister Ralston and War Services Minister Thorsbn at a joint press con­ ference. The ministers announced that young men called for 30 days’ compul­ sory military training, and those who received postponements of their train­ ing, will be called to complete four months’ training when required. A new proclamation will authorize the calling out of all men who, b.efore July 1, 1940, were in the age classes of' 21, 22, 23, and 24 years along with the young men who have attained, or will attain, the age of 21 on or after that date. English Women Rebuild Houses London — A corps of women car­ penters and joiners, most of whom had to be taught how to hold a hammer, has been set to the task of repairing and rebuilding bomb-blasted homes in Croydon. Women for Auxiliary Forces Ottawa — Several, thousand women volunteers will be enlisted within the next few months to serve as full-time auxiliaries in the armed forces, War Services Minister Thorson announced at a press conference. Applications for entry to the .Women’s Corps will be received by the War. Services Depart­ ment and the National Defence De- partment will organize the Canadian Women's Army Corps. Britain Keeping One Front Busy London — Putting its military and. economic mission in Moscow less than a week after the outbreak of Russian- German hostilies, Britain was trying its .utmost to give Germany “a front war.” two- Britain Slowly Winning On Atlantic London — Aided by increasing numbers of mass-produced corvette patrol boats and American-made Cat­ alina flying boats, Britain slowly is winning “one of the war’s most decis­ ive battles — in the Atlantic Ocean,” it was said. King To Go to Britain When Right Time Comes Calgary — Prime Minister Macken­ zie King told a great recruiting rally here that “when the right moment comes I shall not hesitate to cross the Italian Sub Sank Turkish Ship Ankara — The Turkish steamship Refah, sunk in the Mediterranean with a loss of 160 lives out of 180 passeng­ ers and crew members, was reliably reported to have been sent dowto by an Italian submarine. The 2,500-ton Cannot Conquer Russia, Says Expert; New York—The German army may gain “fairly sweeping initial successes” against Russia blit Russia can never be overrun or conquered by military measures alone, Maj.-Gen, F. S. Beau­ mont-Nesbitt, military attache at the British embassy at Washington, said. Russia May Liberate Polish Soldiers London — A high-ranking neutr-al §ource here said negotiations are und­ er way in London to liberate 300,000 Polish soldiers prisoners in .Russia to fight against the Germans. This same source added that progress is being made despite Russia’s original objec­ tion to the plan, said to have been ad­ vanced first by the Poles. < Nazis Proposed Britain Join Them New York — The New York Times says in a dispatch from Ankara that Germany sought unsuccessfully the day after the German-Russo war broke out to. get Britain to agree to an An­ glo-German combination against Sov­ iet Russia. New Cabinet Posts in Australia Canberra — Prime Minister R. G. Menzies announced the Australian Cabinet had been enlarged by the ad­ dition of six new posts — munitions, aircraft production, transport, war or­ ganization, home security and extern­ al territories. R.C.A.F. Ground-Men for Overseas St. Thomas — Lusty cheers from the throats of almost 5,000 crew trainees at the R.C.A.F. cal Training School greeted noun cement of Hon. C. G. Minister of National Defence that “many thousands” of crew-nien would soon be leaving Can­ ada to take their places with 25 R.C.A. F. squadrons now being formed. ground Techni- the an- Power, for Air, ground Germans Allowed to Cross Sweden Stockholm ■— The Swedish Govern­ ment announced that it had agreed to permit the passage of a German force of not more than one division across its territory from Norway to Finland. The Germans will travel by the Swed­ ish railways. The Government said its action was taken after consulting Par­ liament, Ford to Build Huge' Bombers Detroit—The Ford Motor Company will build 205 huge bomber planes a month in the new airplane factory it has under construction on a 975-acre tract of land four miles east of Ypsi­ lanti, Mich. Seventy- five of the num­ ber will be completely assembled bombers and 130 will be in “knocked down” shade to be finally assembled at Government-owned plants at Tulsa, Okla., and Fort Worth, Texas. British Paratroops Raided France Montreal—British parachute troops raided the airport at Berck, France, and destroyed 30 German planes on the ground' before making their escape in motorboats with 40 prisoners, the consulate-general of the Czecho-Slov- ak Republic said. Portland-Montreal Oil Line Ottawa — Construction of the $8,- 000,000 crude oil pipe line from Port­ land Me,, to Montreal, is expected to start at Gorham, N. H., and work both east and west, B. F. Meglaughlin, an official of the Montreal Pipe Line Co. said here. YOUNG VIKINGS TRAIN IN CANADA TRAIN FOR AIR ASSAULT AGAINST HUNS By Bruce West theirThousands of miles from shackled homeland, a band of blonde and adventurous youngsters are set­ ting up an ominous thunder in Canad­ ian skies. Except for saying that they are Norwegians of whom the Vikings of old would have been proud, this ar­ ticle must leave them nameless, be­ cause to reveal their identities wouttl be to open the way for the Nazis’ fav­ ourite weapon of revenge. Some day, when the bonds have been severed and the Gestapo has released forever its grip on their friends and families, they will receive theii; share of the glory. And no small share it will be, be­ cause seldom in the world’s history have men struggled so hard, suffered so much, and travelled so far for the privilege of donning once more the uniform of their country. They are a select group of fighters, these men of the Royal Norwegian Air Force. They were selected by the whining bullets of Hun border patrols, the trackless forests of Norway and Sweden, the long miles of restless oc­ ean which lie between this country and their own, To cottie through it all — even to have the courage to attempt it —• es­ tablished as cruel and’ stern a recruit­ ing test as any soldier could ever pass. Today, winners in the first round ag­ ainst the oppressors of their country, they are confidently training for the second. Some of them came to Canada dir­ ect rin fishing craft so small and flimsy that the gods who rule the weather and seas must have been moved to kindly moods by their very audacity and bravery. Some sailed past the U* boats and through the mine fields and under the German air patrols to Eng­ land and thence, to Canada. Others came by a way So long and hard that books could be written about it were it not a secret route that they do not care to publicize too widely. Today, ill a blot of land! on the lake- fiont in the shade of Toronto’s sky­ scrapers, these men toast King Haa­ kon and each day raise the flag of their nation beside that of the British > Hmbite. The sign across the arched entranee of this plot of ground reads “Lille Norge”. Translated, it means “Little Norway”, and the camp is well named. No group of drab army huts is this camp, otherwise it could hardly have been called little Norway. The frame buildings are painted white and they're trimmed with red, and clean curtains hang at every window. At night, when the lights are burning and the breezes of Lake Ontario ruffle the waves and sway the wings of their tethered air­ craft, you may hear them singing the songs of the Norway that lived before German boots hammered through the streets of Oslo. Inside the huts may be seen the neatness and colour associated with this clean and .industrious people. Winter scenes of blue and white and red hang upon the walls of their din­ ing rooms. In the officers’ mess, over the door that looks out upon the lake, hangs the Coat of Arms of Norway, with its braids of gold and its back­ ground of velvet. Many times, as you watch these young warriors lounging in their chairs or moving about the room, you see them lift their eyes to­ ward it and something in their glances assures you that some day it will hang in its rightful place again, Hour after hour, in all kinds of wea- fher, their trim airplanes roar down the runways and tilt into the sky. They train in fine machines obtained from the United States, whose Presi­ dent has promised that his country will be the arsenal of democracy. Those who are in the primary stag­ es of their training fly in light Fair­ childs similar to the type now being used >for the same job by the U.S. Ar­ my Air Corps. The more advanced rip the clouds wide open with speedy Cur­ tiss P-36’s and Douglas attack bomb­ ers. . ; ■ < . . And-those who doubt the ability of these Norse hedge-hoppers may check with Wendell Willkie. During his re­ cent trip to Toronto,.the famous Am­ erican accepted an invitation to visit Little Norway. Having been waiting months for a good excuse to break loose, the Norwegians decided to put on a little show in Willkie’s honour. The memory of it still moves veteran pilots around Toronto Island Airport to chew their finger-nails and blanch. From all reports, it seems the Norsemen did everything but fly their planes in and out the windows of the surrounding office buildings. A radio announcer, describing the show, hung on to his hat and started searching for words. Willkie and the official party stood with eyes glued to the sky. It is said that even the sea gulls stayed grounded" until the last Norwegian whistled in to a landing. A number of Little Norway’s flying personnel were members of the Nor­ wegian Air Force before the German invasion. Many of these officers fought a hopeless battle in the sky ag­ ainst clouds of Heinkels and Messer­ schmitts. At least one stole a mach­ ine right from under the noses of the Germans and roared off like a hurri­ cane from hell straight to England. The difficulties of landing a German machine in England without getting your breeches full of bullets may well be imagined, but he did it. Most of those who were experienc­ ed flyers served as the nucleus of an instructing staff when the training school was established last summer. Many of the recruits who came in raw are now ready to sail for England and fight by the side of the Royal Air Force. Some of these were Norweg­ ians living in the United States and Canada, who answered the call as soon as the school was ready to receive them. ■ ' 1 ' ' The numbei now under training is, of course, secret. Actually, there ex­ ists in Canada today a Norwegian air force much larger than the one that When it’s an uphill pull Everybody welcomes the hoppy after-sense of com­ plete refreshment which ice-cold ’’Coca-Cola” always brings. So when you pmuse throughout the day, make it the pause that refreshes with ice-cold ’’Coca-Cola”. ' ''■*•■** YOU TASTE ITS QUALITY Authorized Bottler of “Coca-Cola” Stratford Bottling Company, Stratford, Ont. ■Kr , ® F; W-'jg <»• tr.'s tried to fight off the German sky-raid­ ers during the country's invasion. It is composed of two branches, the Roy­ al Norwegian Air Force and the Royal Norwegian Naval Air Force. During the winter, the naval branch took its seaplanes off to Vancouver in order eo operate them from the waters of the Pacific. With the arrival of summer they will return to Toronto’s combin­ ed land and water airport. When you ask them how a country occupied by the enemy can finance such a large project, the officers ex­ plain with pride that Norway possess­ ed at the outbreak of war the world’s third largest mercantile fleet. The Germans, though powerful on the land, were unable to collect this vast arm­ ada of freighters on the sea. The in­ come from these ships, sailing under British charter on the dangerous At­ lantic and all the oceans of the world, >S providing the gold that buys the air­ plains and trains the flyers and brings ever closer the day when Norway can strike back at her Nazi oppressors.. gist: “Now, be sure and write plain on those bottle which is for the horse and which is for my husband. I don’t want anything to happen to that horse be­ fore the Spring plowin’,” * * * Two modern little girls, on their way fhome from Sunday School, were solemnly discussing the lesson. “Do you believe there is a devil?” asked one. “No,” said the other promptly. “It’s like Santa Claus;, it’s your father.” : , ♦ * ♦ “I never could see why they always called a boat ‘she’ “Then you’ve never tried to steer one!” . ■ • * * * I wasted time, and now doth time waste me. — Shakespeare. ANSWERS TO BRAIN-TEASERS THE ^LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE One Scotsman bragged to another that he made a fan last twenty years by opening only a fourth section, and using his for five years, then the next section and so The other scorn. “Wasteful!” better taught, time. I open it wide, and hold it un­ der my nose quite motionless. Then 1 wave my head.”* * * Said the farmer’s wife to the drug- on. Scotsman registered he ejaculated. "I was I make a fan last a life- 1. Fork 4 ounces, knife 6 ozs., one spoon 2 ozs., plate S ozs. 2. An engineering term. 3. (a) Agatha Christie, (b) Dor­ othy Sayers, (c) S. S. Van Dine, 4. They all had the Christian name of Thomas. 5. Wendell Lewis Willkie. 6. Heligoland was ceded by Britain to Germany in 1890, in return for cer­ tain East African possessions. \ cur COARSE FOR THE PIPE / CUT FINE FOR CIGARETTES J H.M.S. PRINCE OF WALES HELPED SINK GERMAN RAIDER Britain’s newest battleship, H.M.S. Prince of Wales, sister ship of the King George* V. was reported in Gibraltar after suffering slight .damage In the Atlantic battle In which the German Bismarck was sunk. The warship is fi 35,000- lonner, presumably armed like the King George V with 14-inch guns and protected with much heavier armor than the battle cruiser Hood which suffered mortal damage When Shells from the Bismarck pierced het lightly-armored sides and exploded her magazine. At LEET, one of the planes which the prince of Wales carries is hauled