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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1944-05-04, Page 2INVASION PREVIEW: ARMY'S BIGGEST `WHISPER SHIP' Here`s the United States Army's new glider—biggest of its "whisper ship" fleet, recently displayed at Laurinburg-Maxton Air Base, N.C. The CG -13, which will carry 30 men and cargo, is pictured taking aboard a field gun and its six -wheeled motor unit. Empty, the giant craft, weighs 7500 pounds, with maxi- mum gross weight of 17,000 pounds, has a wing span of 85 feet, S inches and a tow speed of 130 m.p.h. OTTRUIPI REPORTS . That Strict Rationing Of Sugar Is Necessary To Meet Even - Essential Needs It begins to look as if sugar, first cinuutodity 1.e r,ttio:t d. will be. last on the list ulien ratit't: 1_ gidations are reutcved. The present ,,vorld supply is in- sufficient to meet evert essential needs Nvithout strict rationing, sac c'•rdiag to Si. William Rork, British sugar . 'troller, t dis- t:Ms.io,ns with Wartime rtime 1'rices and '?'note Board offerers, Ile termed 'incomplete awl inaccurate the sieve that all that is i.,cking is enngh shipping space to trans - ?;;rt sugar from :reducing to cotl- auuting countries. In the United Binh la,t: , he luted out, sugar las been entirely eliwinated for .t.,,kitg ice cream .d table jeltie . and soft drinks_ a.:•I fruit juices eve been cut to ne th rrl prewar .rage. The home ci' ting alloxan of one ib. pct per- s:•n in 50411 an 1.013 will not be in- creased this }ear, and even that much may not be available. "I can- not eutphasiae too strongly," Sir i, illiant said; ''that the world sup - MEET SGT. JONES Isis own mother wouldn't recog seize the fearsome figure above as Johnny Jones of East Springfield, Ohio, but that's who's inside the fancy outfit. It's a mask and pad- ded uniform, worn by Jap soldiers for bayonet practice, "modeled" by }Sgt. Jones after 7th Army Division captured it on Kwajalein Island. ply of sugar is such that great economy in the use of sugar is a real contribution to the war effort, while the immediate postwar needs, as farascan be judged at present, will call for continued co-operation for us all." * * * • Ranking third of all countries in the production of foodstuffs, at,4 fourth in the production of war Supplies, Canada's external trade is at present the fourth largest in the world. Canada is now also the third largest naval power among the United Nations. From the out- break of war until the end of Feb- ruar, 1944, 585 vessels, including fighting craft and cargo vessels, were delivered from Canadian ship- yards. * * * Potato eyes sold for planting this year must conform to require-- nteuts of an order of the Dominion Minister of Agriculture, just pas- sed. The order prescribes that these roust be cut front certified seed, must average not less titan half art ounce in weight, and not more than three-quarters of an inch in dept(., A. label issued by the Department of Agriculture trust beattachedto each container stating that the eyes conform to regulations under the order, and showing the certificate number and name of the variety of certified seed potatoes from which the eyes were cut. Chief purpose of the order is to give greater assurance of quality to purchasers, * * * In view of the need for food and feed conservatiott, fanners are urged to keep a vigilant eye for rats. An average rat eats or destroys about 545 worth of food a year, and in a year a normal fe- male has five to 12 litters totalling 120 baby rats. Here are some ways to discourage the rodent: see that all sources of food arc re- moved; make buildings rat -proof; and keep cats and dog that are good rat hunters. Fiji Islanders Fight For Allies gra acific Fiji Islanders, equipped with mo- dern arms including automatic weapons, are helping the Allies ex- terminate Japanese in the South Pacific. The War Department reported recently that in one continuing se - tion the fierce warriors, led by New Zealand officers, penetrated deep in- to enemy territory in the Bougain- ville area and returned after kill- ing 170 Japanese while losing -only one killed and three wounded, Omar Khayyam was an astrotto- nier and mathematician as well as a poet, FINE, UPSTANDING YOUNG MAN tsormeamemnseasmismarks "'Toffy," otherwise known as Louis Pethro, 3d, stood up on his own feet three months and one day after he was horn, which was Dec. 4, 1943. Husky, son of Pvt. and Mrs. Louis Pethro, Ur., of East Chicago, Ind., he's pictured showing Of, with his 19 -year-old another. ✓ OICE OF I H L' P ESS BUTTER SHORTAGE Many people are grumbling at the difficulty of rationing butter under present allowances and one reason for the shortage is the fact that the Canadian Red Cross Society is ship- ping 180,000 putouts a week to pri- soners of w°ar. That surely should reconcile us to the need of spread- ing our butter just a little thinner on bread for the duration. —Niagara Palls 'Review, SCANDALIZING! The latest N. Y. rage is a dress material with "I Love You!" print- ed all over it. Who now remem- bers 40 years back, when Grandpa, the frisky old devil, carne home from the Elks' convention with "I Love My Wife But Oh You Kid!" 00 tate band of his straw hat? And was Gradate scandalized! —Ottawa Citizen. --0-- TRIP CALLED OFF The 'rirpitz seems doomed to look like the Wreck of the Hesperus before the war. ends. And at one time the Fuehcr hoped to steam up the Thames in heel --iiaunilton Spectator. THE WAR • WEEIG — Commentary on Current L -vents War of Nerves Keeps Nazis Guessing 'When, Where, How e Are Corning e;peculatinn in this country as to whenn the invasion of Europe will begin can be answered truthfully out Of information available to any newspaper reader: it has already begun, stabs the New York Times. The art' attacks, rising in fury day by day. are invasion. Every thous- and :lanes is at least the equival- ent of an armored division roam• iug at n ill through theenemy's country. The planes actually in- vade, though they cannot occupy, The invasion has begun in other trays. 1\'e ars working on the Ger- maus' nerves, The closing of the - Eire border, the curtailment of di- plomatic messages and the suspen- sion of overseas travel were all praeticttl measures to prevent leak - ie of information, but they were fats, stage, in psychological war- fare—for why go to all this trouble now, rather than six months or three month; ago, if there were not something to conceal now that did not exist six or three months -ago? The more mystery we manufacture ahs: more jittery the Germans are - bound to be.- - Nazi Troop Dispositions The kind of nervousness this - state of :hind produces must show itself it: the Germans' troop dis- HEMISPHERE BASES tJuw Ya,kl =-1 ��FOU�i -- UNITED 1t---- ^---- - STATES� /fJ �)BERhIUa 1 J t� A 'BANANAS �Up4 Atlantic Ocean ,a. Hent,. .j-.,_-.__ Jamaica PUERTO ' Caribbean Sea RICO e'A1. ua Pomm�a i SLeda Conal ir aTrl,ddad ' B�. Cutana Vt:Nr;I.t1�tA,� COtOlottRA Map above shows location of the eight 'United States Atlantic bases, now under 99 -year tease from Great Britain, whose acquisition in per- petuity was recommended to the House Naval Affairs Committee. positions—coticet'ttitrg ',Thiel) we .are :undoubtedly well ittforined, The Nazi defense of the Contiucnt'nutst consist of a long,. thin: tine, or a long lute of separate and scantily held outposts, with small, tactical reserves scattered along its length and heavy strategic reserves to be thrown in if a major break -through threatens at one or more points, Where -had these troops better be? The Germans don't know. I-Iave we sufficient air power and air- borne power to impede or prevent their movements to points where - we don't want them to 'go? \Ve hope so—and the Germans can't he sure. Nazis Forced To Guess They cannot plan their battles, for they are on the receiving end. We _can plan ours, iaince we are ou the delivering end. It happens that tete German military mind is best in pl:u,uecd battles, least eb festive in improvised battles, The war of nerves forces the German. Commanders to do some wild guess- ing and will force them to im- provise in a hurry. And perhaps we can hope that this invasion of Ger- man-occupied Europe by tate forces Di psychological warfare has al -- ready moved German troops to -places Where they eau be cut off and defeated.. Nazis Welcome To News Putting mystery aside, the Anglo- American command almost ingenu- ouch- reveals plans to drop air- borne troops on the Continent, as a despatch to this newspaper states, "Sin a More massive scale than any- thing ever before attempted by any army," These troops will have 75 - millimeter guns, bazookas, 57 -milli - 'meter anti-tank guns, machine guns, explosives, jeeps and "even baby bulldozers. A few weeks ago it would have been treason to retention these facts. Now the Nazis are welcome to tlteur This, too, is part of the war of nerves. When; Where, How? The War of nerves, moreover, is not merely a matter of reducing German soldiers to a state where they can't sleep nights and worry in the morning. Nervousness of this sort may exist iu any army end is not inconsistent with good fight - jag gttalities, The nervousness our general staff evidently aims to in- spire arises- out of uncertainty, and shows itself in tangible ways. The Nazis know. we are coning. They know where men, engines of war and ships are tieing concentrated. They can probably guess the strength of the ittvatling force. What they don't know and can't guess is when, where and how. Hitler Inspects West Wall A London source leaving close. connections with the European Underground said that Hitler is malting a secret inspection of the. West Wall defenses, It was said to be made in com- pany with an inspection party in- cluding Grand Admiral Karl Doe- ttitz; Gen. Guenther Morten, Chief of Staff of the Air Forces, and Professor Tann, originator of the flak towers which are an import - :int part of the \Vest Wall' defenses, The Germans annon tote el that. Hitler has met Mussolini recently at a "secret" meeting place—per- haps the Brenner Pass, the Ital- ian or French I[iviera. Neutrals reaching the Swiss bor- der reported that "everything is being organized as though Lyon, 175 miles up the Rhone River in Southern France, would become a centre of huge operations. Lyon -has been a target of Allied bomb- ers in recent weeks, as have other possible concentration points for German reserves, Lanolin used its cosmetics is re- fined wool grease. SAFES Protect Four 1100ltS and CASH from Flirt: and :Blit l't•;B. We have a Hive and tape of Safe, We Cabinet, for any purpose. Visit ns, or write for Prices, ere, to neut. 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