HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1943-09-16, Page 6CANADA'S YOUNGEST HONORARY COLONEL + ... .
OTTAWA REPORTS
To four-year-old "Teddy" Cart-
wright life in Cobourg these days
is pretty dull. And sad, Honor-,
ary colonel of a hospital unit
stationed at Cobourg, he said his
good-byes bravely when he in-
spected the unit for the last time.
Arrival of the unit overseas has
been announced. "Colonel" Cart-
wright is pictured above. With
Col. C. F. Abbott, officer com-
manding the unit, he is seen at
right making a final inspection
of the unit. The best pals he
ever had have now gone off to
war and he has been left behind
with nothing to console him but
memories of the happiest days of
his short life.
Teddy "joined" the Canadian
Army several months ago when
the unit took up headquarters in
the Cobourg armories for the
period of its mobilization and
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training. Living practically next
door to the armories, Teddy be-
gan paying daily visits to all
ranks and so popular did he be-
come that the lads had a regula-
tion battle dress made for him.
In recognition of his then three
years of life, Colonel C. F. Ab-
bott, officer commanding the
unit, made him a sergeant and
gave him three service stripes
for his sleeve.
Because he took his soldiering
seriously and was on hand for
parade every day, Teddy was
later promoted to the rank .of
honorary lieutenant -colonel- He
is undoubtedly the youngest per-
son in all Canada to hold that
rank.
THE WAR - WEEK Commentary on Current Events
.Record Of Four Years Of War
Is Full Of German Mistakes
The Nazis seemed to have good
reason to believe that the war,
which is now about to enter its
fifth year, could be brought to a
conclusion satisfactory to them
within perhaps the first twelve
months, says the New York
Times. For more than twelve
months, indeed, everything turned
out even better than they had
expected. In Poland the weather
smiled on them and the roads and
fields remained conveniently dry
for their tanks. The French were
more divided and even less well
prepared than early reports had
indicated. The British were un-
ready, except at sea and in the
little matter of fighting aircraft.
In fact, the very weakness of Ger-
znany's enemies in 1940 was per-
haps responsible for throwing the
Nazi machine out of gear. With a
determined effort the Nazis might
have effected a landing in Britain
in July or August, 1940. Unfortun-
ately for them, the•blueprints for
this operation were not complet-
ed. The invasion was transferred
to the air, and in the air Germany
'was repulsed.
The Wisest Course
Yet the situation was still hope-
ful for the Nazis. If they could not
invade Britain it was still less
possible for Britain and her do-
minion allies to invade the Con-
tinent. At the beginning of 1941
any calculation of material war
strength would have suggested
that a Nazi victory •was oniv a
matter of time. On 'the basis of
previous experience, it seemed un-
likely that either Russia or the
United States would enter the war
unless attacked, Germany's wisest
course, one would have thought,
would have been to take North
Africa, Suez and the Near East,
with some assistance from the
Italians, batter or starve Britain
into submission, and then inquire
of the United States and Russia
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On The Defensive
But by this time the Nazis were
either too confident or too appre-
hensive, it is hard to tell which.
To forestall a two -front war they
started one. They opened against
Russia a "battle of annihilation.
Then they added Japan to their
active allies and the United States
to their active enemies. They kill-
ed a great many people during
1941, but they ended the year with
about 390,000,000 more antagonists
than they had had at its begin-
ning.
Every spring since 1941 it has
been customary to say that if the
Nazis did not win that summer
they would not win• They failed
of a conclusive victory in 1941 and
again in 1942. This summer, ex-
cept for a limited and futile of-
fensive in the neighborhood of
Kursk, they have not even tried
for victory. They have been too
busy staving off defeat.
Nazi Mistakes
The record of the four years is
full of Nazi mistakes. Most of
them were due to their inability
to understand' other people. To
their savage cruelty in Norway,
the Low Lands and France they
added wholesale pilfering, alienat-
ing millions who might otherwise
have become resigned to their
rule. They were humorless and
corrupt abroad as at home. They
stirred up hatred and disgust
among their own allies, notably in
Italy but also, beyond doubt, In
Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary and
Austria. They misjudged Ameri-
ca's fighting qualities. They gross-
ly underestimated Russia's
strength.
Lesson For Axis
These things help to explain
why Germany cannot now win.
They also point the moral that
no nation, however well prepared,
however ruthless, can be master
of the whole world. The enemies
of such a nation increase faster
than they can be disarmed or
slain. Their courage, ingenuity and
persistence are sharpened by per-
. it. The aggressor nation stirs up
forces against which it cannot
stand, and which will be satiated
with nothing less than its military
destruction. Mankind simply will
not endure Nazi rule, or auy rule
resembling it. This is a lesson
for the Axis, and for any future
aggressors.
Back To -Burma
Appointment of Lord Louis
Mountbatten to be supreme Allied -
commander in Southeast Asia puts
all but the finishing touches on
plans for a Burma campaign. Evi-
dently Burma is to be the objec-
tive of operations designed to re-
connect China with its Allies. Na-
turally the time for the attack is
not announced, but the monsoons
will last until October.
To reasons for the selbction of
Lord Mountbatten for this assign-
ment are immediately obvious:
(1) In that theater of war, the
Allies need to wipe out memories
of .old defeats; a commander with
the Mountbatten record will help
to instill confidence where it is
needed. (2) The character of the
operations in Burma will call for
exactly the type of . experience
Lord Mountbatten has had as head
of the famed Commandos; the
Allies must approach Burma 3n
force in a combined sea, air and
land operation.
The knowledge of these plans
must have been heartening to
China's foreign minister, T. V.
!Soong, who attended the Quebec
conference. Their disclosure is
heartening to all who have been
wondering how long •it would be
before the United Nations could
amass power enough to contem-
plate strategic as well as tactical
offensives :in the Far East,
Money Can Talk Too
It seems that Prince Minister
Churchill taxied to one of his
broadcasts and asked the taximan
to wait.
"I'm sorry," said the cabby,
"but I've got to get back to the`
cab stand. Mr. Churchill is go-
ing to speak and there's a radio,
there."
Churchill beamed all over. "Do
you think highly of Churchill?"
he asked.
"Oh, yes, sir/' said the cabby.
"I think he is the greatest man
in the world today—in fact, I
think he is one of the greatest
men in history."
Churchill was so perked up by
this he handed the driver a five -
pound note. The taximan looked
at the money; then back at the
Prime Minister, He lowered his
voice to a companionable whis-
per.
"Listen," he said. "To hell
with Churchill—I'll wait for you!'
That New 2atiior..Order WAIN
Effect a More Equitable Allo-
cation, of JJarns, Syrups, etc.
The new ration allowances for
jams, jellies, syrups, .canned, fruit
and similar products, with • the
permission to obtain as an alter-
native one-half pound of sugar
for each coupon, is really a big
and important concession to the
rural folk of Canada.
The' news behind the news of
that order is that the Wartime
Prices and Trade Board realized
that inasmuch as rural folk for
the most part do their own pre-
serving of these tasty coinmodi-
ties and country stores are rarely
stocked with them in any event,
the.• old situation worked inequal-
ity.
The country people claimed
that any more or less even dis-
tribution of sugar for home can-
ning was unfair to them, and the
new order was issued in recogni-
tion of that claim, and to effect
a more nearly equitable alloca-
tion of sweetspreads in the 'light
of real. circumstances.
The new order means, in effect,
Lugar for the rural folk for their
fall apple sauce and more partic-
ularly sugar with which to sweet-
en those preserves which they put
down earlier without sugar. The
new order means that when they
open those jars of unsweetened
fruits they will have ample sugar
with which to sweeten them. At
the same time the urban folk
. have their permission to use their
coupons to obtain their jam
rations at the city stores.
Two "D" coupons from the
new ration book become good
each month and for each coupon
the purchaser has the choice of:
1. Six fluid ounces of jam,
jelly, marmalade, extracted honey,
apple butter, maple butter or
honey butter, or;
2. Ten fluid ounces of molasses
or maple syrup, or;
3. Ten fluid ounces of canned
fruit, or;
4. Twelve fluid ounces of corn
syrup, cane syrup or any blended
table syrup, or;
5. One-half pound of maple
sugar or comb honey in squares.
As an alternative to any of
these commodities the consumer
may obtain for his "D" coupon
one-half pound of sugar.
ScO TING •
A recent census of the Boy
Scout Movement in Great Britain
shows an average increase of 21
percent.
* * *
Hundreds -of Canadian Boy
Semite will shortly be assisting in
a nation wide drive for milkweed
which is, urgently needed for
experimental work on synthetic
rubber. Instructions will shortly
go out to all Scout leaders in
Canadaa. on the method of collect-
ing aiid• •drying the leaves.
* * *
Oldest'• delegate to attend the re-
eent National Scout Conference in
Ottawa was Chief Justice J. B. M.
Baxter of New Brunswick. The
Chief Justice is 75 years old and
was billetted with other Scout
leaders at Elmwood school where
he made his own bed each morn-
ing. The Chief Justice has been
for many years president of the
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One. of the highlights of a recent
National Conference of Boy Scout
Presidents, Commissioners and
Secretaries in Ottawa was a visit
to the Conference by Wing Com-
mander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.Q.
and bar, D.P.C. and bar, the Dam
Busting Royal Air Force Pilot.
Gibson is a Rover Scout and is
the Gth British Boy Scout to be
awarded the Victoria Cross in the
present war.
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