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An announcement ;steed by
The Department of •Munitions and Supply,
Tioneuroble C. IX Howe, Minister
THE invasion of Europe has thrown
a vast and critical burden. upon
the petroleum resources of the United
Nations.
In the first eight days of the cam-
paign alone Allied aircraft flew 56,000
sorties. Many thousands of oil-burn-
ing warships and landing barges are
shuttling ceaselessly across the Chan-
nel. Tanks, trucks, jeeps, mobile
artillery, ambulances, by the thou-
'sands are in action.
The driving power behind all this
activity is petroleum — gasoline and
fuels drawn from a dwindling crude
al supply. But—there is only so much
oil. If existing supplies are to prove
adequate, the most stringent economy
of gasoline and fuel oil must be prac-
tised here at home.
Canada is able to produce only 15%
of her own gas and oil needs. The
remainder must be imported from the
common pool of the United Nations
and the bulk of this is shipped here
by tankers. Critical manpower is
needed to produce our gasoline and
Oil, Precious lives and precious ships
Canadians May Enter U. S.
'Without 'Passport
Ottawa, — Canadians and British
subjects resident in Canada who may
have been considering a summer holi-
day in the United States as the result
of recent relaxed Foreign Exchange
Control Board restrictions had some
of the red tape they face cut by a
simplification of border, crossing regu-
lations. A joint announcement by the
Canadian and United States govern-
ments issued in Washington and Ot..
tawa said "Canadian citizens and
British subjects domiciled, permanent-
ly , residing or stationed in Canada"
now inay enter the United States for
visits of 29 days or less without a
passport visa or border crossing card.
Allies Bag 114 Planes
London, — More than 1,000 United
States heavy• bombers, under strong
escort, drenched 11 high-priority targ-.
ets in Central Germany With 3,000 tons
of bombs, stinging the Germans to
put up ;the biggest aerial battle in six
weeks, in which 114 enemy planes and
36 American bombers and six fighters
were shot down.
Huns Lash Back, In Italy
Rome, — A bitter struggle remin-
iscent of the fight for Cassino several
months ago raged today in the ruined
Village of Rosignano, 13 miles south
of the big Italian port of Livorno
(•Leghorn), as the Germans struck
back furiously at American forces'
along a 30-mile front extending inland
from the west coast. Hardest fighting
on the British 8th Army front was in
the neighborhood of Arezzo, city i36
miles southeast of Florence, where
Allied infantry drove the enemy from
2,815-,foot,' Monte Lignano, four miles
south of Arezzo,
Declare 66 Miners Dead
Bellaire, 0., — Sixty-six men en-
tombed in the Powhatan mine. were
officially pronouneed dead. hut rescue
Workers set up 'drills to, bone two
shafts deep toward them on the faint
chance they may be ,found. alive,. •
146 Die in Circus Fire
Hartford, Conn., — The tragic task
of identifying victims of last "week's
circus fire proceeded slowly here, and
Mayor William Mortensen said some
were so badly burned that recognition
would be impossible, Of the 6,000
watching the cireus • when the Main
tent burst, into flames, 146 are dead
and more than 250 others injured.
Mortensen said ' a municipal funeral
might be given those who could not
be identified,
Caen Gets Record‘ Blasting
With the Canadians In Fiance, —
From their frontline positions Cana-
dian troops in the Caen sector wit-
nessed one )of the greatest aerial at-
taeld hi NOtitandy Since. the start of
the itiVaWW,,,Ilisetteeds. of R.,A,V,
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VOL
De Gaulle Meets• Roosevelt
Washington, — Gen. Charles de
Gaulle, predicting that the last Ger-
man will be chased from France be-
fore the end of 1944, opened his talks
with President Roosevelt aimed at
laying a foundation 'of friendly under-
standing. iMr. Roosevelt said the
question of recognition of the French
National Committee would not come
up, as it had not come up in Gen, de
Gaulle'a recent talks with Prime Min-
ister Churchill in London.
Nazi Lose 31 Top Officers
London, — Germany has lost four
more of its generals—two killed and
two captured—it was announced, in-
creasing to° 31 the number of top-
flight Nazi officers •killed in action or
accidents or taken by the Allies since
warfare blazed out on three fronts in
June. ,
Alberta, Quebec Vote Same Day
Edmonton, — Alberta 'electors will
go to the polls in 'a general provincial
erection on August 8, the same day as
the voters of Quebec. Premier E. C.
Manning announced the election date,
and said nominations would be held
July 29. •It will 'be the second war-
time electioh in Alberta. The last
election was March 21, 1940, when the
Social Credit Government was return-
ed to office.
Fire In Quebec Spreads
Senneterre, Que„ —' The town of
Pascalis, about five miles south of this
Abitibi town, was reported " a com-
plete loss" by forest fire. About 500
from Pascalis were being Moved here
and billeted• in all available rooms and
buildings, Several hundred women
and children of Cadillac, mining
centre 38 miles north of Val D'or,
Que., were evacuated, by special train
and bus as forest fires swept about
the town.
Soldier Killed at Ipperwash
Sgt. Fred Joseph Barlow, 28, of
London, waS killed almost instantly at
Camp ,Ipperwash Tbursday, night when
a heavy, demolition charge exploded
in his hand during manoeuvres, A
veteran of three and one-half years
overseas service, Sgt. Barlow fought
on the beaches of Dieppe and received
not a scratch.
Churchill Reportg On Robot Platt&
London,. German robot bombs
concentrated upon London have killed
2,752 persons and sent 8,000, to hos-
pitals in the last three weeks prime
Minister Churchill disclosed. London
Was evacuating children, as in 1940,
The world'i largest city put into use
its shelters held in reserve for em-
ergencies. Schools, hospitals and
churches were among the buildings hit
by the robots, which carry 2,200
pounds of explosives.
change In German Generals
Lfutdon, The Berlin radio an-
nounced that Yield Marshal. Gen. Xarl
Rudolf nerd von Rtindstedt bad been
roatoVed as conittatider • of
forums hi. 0.14 oest and had been I*
placed by Field Marshal Gen, Quesl..
ther von Kluge, who led the German
armies in thi sweep through 13.135Sia
in the first autumn of that war, only
to be stopped at the gato of Moscow.
NOW Head FPI' CBC
Ottawa, -- War Services Minister
LaFleche announced in the' Commons
the resignation of Rene Morin, of
Montreal, as chairman of the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation Board of
govenors and Howard B. Chase, of
Montreal, as his successor in this post.
Mr. Morin will remain on. the Board
of Governors.
Nine Killed, six Injured
In Quebec Camp
Ottawa, — Defence headquarters an-
nounced that nine Canadian Active
Army men were killed and 36 other
persons, including one civilian, were
injured in the St. Bruno, Que., ex-
plosion, believed "to have been caused
by the p'remature detonation of a shell
in the barrel of a three-inch mortar,"
Canadian Navy Bags U-Boats
Ottawa, — The Canadian Navy's
fifth U-boat kill in recent months was
announced by Navy Minister Mac-
donald, The frigate Swansea, which
aided in destroying another U-boat
recently, brought the latest Nazi
undersea raider to the surface with
depth charges and then polished it off
with gunfire. Swansea was assisted
by a Royal Navy sloop, the Pelican.
Royal Family Sees Fortress Bases
Somewhere in England, Maj.-
Gen. James H. Doolittle, commander
of U.S, Army 8th Air Force, took the
royal family on a tour of four Flying
Fortress bases and evenbody including
thousands of camera-clicking soldiers
had a great time, •
Invasion Chief Tours Front
Shaef, — Gen. Eisenhower, com-
mander of the Allied invasion forces,
has returned to his headquarters in
England after a five-day trip in Nor-
mandy, where he held conferences
with Gen. Montgomery, Lt.-Col. Omar
N. Bradley, commander of the United
States 1st Army, and went on a fighter
plane. sweep behind the German lines.
A WEEKLY EDITOR
LOOKS AT
Ottawa
tVriHen specially
for the weekly newspapers of Canada
When the final report was made of
the House of Commons Sub-Commit-
tee on Post-war problems of Women,
there was an 'interesting section on
farm women and there were recom-
mendations in' regard to electrification
of the farm. home, farm housing, pro-
Vision for a plentiful 'supply of run-
ning water, etc. One striking recom-
mendation will be of interest to our
rural readers. It listed a number of
remunerative enterprises in agriculture,
such as mushroom culture, dehydra-
tion of fruits and vegetables, boarding
houses and other projects which
might attract young women back to
the farm,. Where necessary it was
recommended some sort of assistance
be given to help establish young wo-
men in small enterprises.
* * *• *
Do you know that the total tonnage
of Canadian coins struck by the Royal
Mint in 1943 was 1,050 tons, four
hundred more than the year before.
Operating on a 24-hour a day schedule,
seven days a week, they turned out
3,000,000 coins each week. The mint
produced 500,000,000 coins in the past
five years, of which 329,000,000 were
one-centers. That's something 'to tell
the kids and make their eyes pop,
* *
Here's a very interesting survey of
the tourist business as compiled by
the Dominion Bureau of Statis,tics.
Last year foreign travellers spent $89,-
500,000 in Canada, of which all but
two and a halUmillion was by *United
States folks. Canadian travellers on
the other hand went across the line
and spent an estimated $38,700,060 last
year, a considerable increase over the
previous two years,
* *
When Munitions Minister Howe
told the House of Commons that
there is no immediate prospect of
gasoline curtailment, but if'the invas-
ion became a longv protracted strug-
gle there might be, he had figures to
back him up. He instanced that it
takes two thousand gallons of fuel to
moVC att armored .division one Mile; a
flit d(5,00() bombers and escort fight.
err. e (inraiati,lr WO Up Write g,- INl~w
1111100 fit
In one 30-day stretch the R.C,A,F,
in Canada and Newfoundland used up
an average of 548,000 gallons a day.
Motor gasoline consumption in Can-
ada from 1941 to 1944, including arm-
ed services,' Alaska highway, agricul-
tural uses and other war essentials
totalled, the staggering gallonage of
3,429,354,440,
*
Canada having got its first order
from the 'United Nations Relief and
Rehabilitation Administration to be de-
livered in 1945 and comprising 20.050
short tons of, agricultural machinery
for international relief purposes, it is
interesting to know that Canada and
UNRRA are now discussing an order
from Canada pr 20 millions pounds of
fish; more than sixty million pounds
of soap, and woolen outer clothing to
a cost of $6,000,000.
GAPT, BOB RIM
TELLS OF INVASION
(continued from page 1)
miles inland. I could tell you quite a
story about the trip, but that doesn't
concern the battery.
We were l&eld up on the beaches by
mines, booby traps, mortar and shell
fire and snipers. One of the, radio sets
in my party was put out of action by
shrapnel, another piece hit the radio
I was carrying but didn't damage the
working parts.
I don't know how long we were on
the beach but the first thing I knew
our L.C.T's were beaching, The front
of one dropped down and off came the
first gun it was one of the batteries
with Lieut. Jim McKague aboard.. He
ran it up the side of the back off the
beach and two minea exploded under-
neath it, Fortunately neither Jim nor
any of the gun detachment were hurt,
and he had that gun in action a little
later, I saw Sgt. Frank Hopper and
Sgt. George Tervit land safely with
their guns. B. S. M. "Tapper" Gray
landed with my tank., The infantry
by this time had cleared the houses
and streets on the immediate sea front
and my company proceeded south in
the direction of T., the village we were
to take. Everything was fine until we
left the town and reached open coun-
try when the rest of the two miles was
'done on our hands and knees and
stomachs. Jerry's small arms and mor-
tar fire was pretty hot and naturally
there were casualitits. Snipers were
bad. I saw an infantry major fall, shot
through the back b,y a sniper. They
hid in the grass and trees around us,
my first target was the woods in front
of the village of T—, and as the guns
were ready when fire was called for
the boys must have done a good job
on the beach. We had landed around
8, a. m. and by 3 p. m. had captured
the village T—, including quite a lot
of prisoners. I spent three days .with
the infantry returning to the guns on
the third afternoon. Not having had
any sleep during the three days we
were pretty "droopy." I got out of
my tank and while the crew were get-
ting' it under cover stood talking to
.B.S.M. "Porky" Mitchell a shell ex-
ploded about 10 feet from us, we hit
the ground and rolled into the ditch
and another exploded in the hedge just
beyond. pi B,S.M, "Tapper" Gray who,
had seen it happen came running over
with a stretcher. However we both
stood up "Porky" had a couple of
small pieces in his leg and I a welt on
my chest from concussion. The Al-
mighty must have been with us for us
to be that close and still escape,
The next job was to dig slit trenches
for our tank crew of 5. Have we ever
learned how to use a pick and shovel?
say we have, for it may be either
"dig or die", You are reasonably safe
in a slit trench unless Jerry scores a
direct hit or uses "airlitirat shells."
The battery were well dug in and
by this time, having been in action
three days, were becotning used to the
'sounds of battle, 'During the day the
Air cover was so good we rarely saw
an enemy plane, but as we had no air
cover at night Jerry was always
around dropping his eggs.
Our AIA wins would get the occas-
ional enemy plane at night, Theidently
manning the AlA guns around the bat-
tery position were. Sgts. Joe Ellacott
and Hammond, so Witigham is well
represented in that part of Normandy.
The following morning was my first
opOortunity to look around. Major
Hetherington, Capt, Lieuts: rick,
Roberts and Jim McKague, Bdr. Bry-
ce, Bdr; Joe King, ElSM's
Gray and Corrigan, Sgts. Hopper and
Tervit, and Ted Elliott and his brother,
also LIBdt W. nogg were all 0. X,
Snipers had not yet been entirely
cleared from this locality and after a
couple of our lads (not Wingliarnites)
had been wounded, it was decided the
sniper Was in a church steeple about
300 yards behind the gun •position,
Machine guns were turned on the
steeple, but still the, odd bullet come
out at 'us, Sgt:,Tervit's font was turn-
ed aroma and e steeple was blown '
to hits, The, sniping stopped, The
priest at a mass next morning told the
villagers that had the Allies not been
shot in 'the back their 'steeple would
still 'be there,
This letter may seem a little dis-
jointed as I have written a little bit
each day for four days,
Our regiment naturally suffered CaS-
nalities both killed and wounded, How-
ever in. spite of everything the battery
came ashore as though at an exercise
rather than in actual battle, Since
then they have been in action almost
continually and have fired hundreds
of shells at Hitler's soldiers. Wing-
ham can well •be proud of its 'Battery,
Before closing I would like to say
something about the French people,
They have' been through a lot under
Hitler, but in this particular part of
France, an Agricultural district, they
were. reasonably well treated. Now
their villages are in ruins and horses
and cattle dead in the fields, There-
fore the first two or three days some
of them were not too friendly. How-
ever things are changing and there is
no doubt they are with us. In one vil-
lage an enterprising Frenchman and
his wife had a restaurant opened on the
third day with a brand new sign in
English. It must have been prepared
long before "D" day and hidden away.
I could write lots more, but must
close now, Give my regards to every-
one.
Sincerely,
Bob Spittal,
Capt. J. R. Spittal
2 Echelon,
C.A,O'seas.
CARTON AND BOTTLE
SHORTAGE AGGRAVATES
SUPPLY PROBLEM
There are known to be large num-
bers of empty bottles and cartons in
the possession of householders in
towns and rural communities through-
out the Province.
The necessity of conserving materi-
als during the present emergency is
obvious and the Brewers' Warehous-
ing Company is running a series of,
advertisements in this newspaper in an
effort to speed up the return of emp-
to return these as soon as possible to
their nearest Brewers' Retail Store or
collection depot.
Ms-teX
Murray Johnson — Phone 62, Wingham
— And —
Armstrong Vulcanizing & Service Station
Bert Armstrong Phone 181 Wingham
ties to the stores.
Those who have empty bottles and
cartons in their possession are urged
• A worn-out tire is no
good to you or to
Canada. We are re-
treading specialists;
• clils.re in for details
right away! ,
"REMEMBER I YOUR TIRES
ARE GROWING OLDER EVERY
DAY...THEY NEED OUR HELP"
NO PERMIT
REQUIRED
A GOODYEAR
RETREAD
WILL KEEP YOUR
TIRES IN SERVICE
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A Message to
Canadian Motorists
must be risked to deliver it to our
shores.
Invasions, and the difficulties of
supply and transportation are not our
only problems. Right here in Canada
gas and oil are needed in enormous
quantities for vital war purposes. The
Cemmonwealth Air Training Plan
has consumed as much as 548,000
gallons in a single day. Canada's
Navy expanded since war began
from 15 ships to 650—consumes over
2,150,000 gallons every week. Army
training, war plant operation, food
production, essential trucking — all
are huge consumers of gasoline and
petroleum products.
Gasoline is ammunition ammu-
nition of which . we
have all too little. To
waste a gallon of it is a
crime against our fight-
ing men.
How `much gasoline was consumed slum
Ing the 54 clays of pre-invasfon bomb.
Mg? ..Mote than 200,000,000 gallons,
How much fuel oil does a battleship'
take In One refueling? Enough 10
heal an average house for 350 years,
How much fuel does ono armootod
division consume In every live miles of
aducustel. 10,00 gallons.
How many gallons of petroleum prod.
Ws are ratlike-el to supply the needs of
500,000 turopoort Invasion Woo for
sweeitt 4 6vof 25,000,000 gallons.
Answering
Your Questions
about the
Gasoline Shortage