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Zurich Herald, 1944-12-14, Page 6THE SKIRL-O,THE PIPES TOUGH JOB AHEAD The stirring wail of the Scottish bag -pipes re>ound over the these pipers of a Canadian Highland regiment practice behind tghe lines. Pte.uiet of a Dutch countryside, ea f while Glen Nevis, Ont., shows these wee Dutch kiddies the "mysteries" of a set of pipes, while Pte. J. A. MacKenzie, Toronto gives them a Scottish tune. NEW CANADIANS' ASSEMBLY LINE UPPED' 1N SHIFT Marshal Alexander Tomasz Arcistewski, above, 68 - year -old Socialist leader who ha,i been placed at the helm of the new Polish cabinet in London, has pledged himself to seek a settle- ment of the. controversial Polish - Russian problem. 'NEIGHBOR' CHIEF? Nelson Rockefeller, above, co- ordinator of Inter -American Af- fairs, and •boyhood friend of Secretary of State Stettinius, may be naniel Assistant Secretary of State, with Latin American re- lations as his specific bailiwick. BLAST OPEN ANTWERP PORT A mine explodes near the shore as the British Navy clears the Scheldt River, reparatory tr, opening the strategic port of Antwerp to Allied shipping. 'The entire Scheldt channel has been swept clear if mines and large convoys now are steaming into Antw :rp harbor regularly, `MEIN DUCKS' The German "kampfschwimmer" or "battle swimmer" above strugglesstruggles to don "duck feet," part of swimming gear to blow up bridges, according to German caption on photo, which was radioed from Stockholm. Thousands of babies will be washed and dressed on this assembly , line in the next year or two when most of the 26,000 British wives, who married Canadian servicemen overseas, and their babies will be coming to Canada to their new homes. The Canadian National Railways, with the co-operation of the Canadian Red Cross Society has set up a nursery, special rest room and a welcome canteen at Bonaventure Station for their convenience where passing through Montreal, centre for connecting trains to all parts of the Dominion. TAuxiliar ofhthee hRed Cross caring forh shows bers of the the babies,whille tathe insets ry Nursingshow two of the nurses minding babies while the mothers rest, r Ler �` a .t , OPO ir it Botfrop QF, HErOo 111 -' ' 1senkirchCn ' mvndtt: ..'.' *c &heal ct • t{orde cy RV iorrTLi rhe. BRITISH AND INDIANS TRAIN TOGETHER General Wilson In a shift of command necessitated by the recent death of Sir John Dill, Gen. Sir Harold R. L. G. Alexander was promoted to field marshal and appointed supreme Allied commander in the Mediter- ranean theater. He replaces Gen, Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, who goes to Washington to represent Great Britain on the Allied war council, where he will also be Prime Minister Churchill's per- sonal representative, suceeding the late Field Marshal Sir John Dill. NOT SO BIG Kreffeld ilattingen Velbert DUSSELDORF V, I� '�' IM' � Of, ill a y - 8ensborg om: WAP 11111111110111111111111111111111111 British, Indian and Gurkhaparatroops are being trained intensively at a parachute school somewhere in Northern India. Volunteer come from all units in India, and in six days, are turned into efficient parachutes with six jumps to their credit. Photo shows paratroops dropping from a plane ' in quick suc- cession during their training, GOE.RING DECORATES NAZI AIRMEN In his first public appearance in months, Hermann Goering, left, is them onnNovcongratulating 15ccordii two Luftwaffe captionfiofrs th thister photo radioed Pram Stockholm. The map above shows Germany's Ruhr Valley area—som; 6100 square miles wherein is co, .:en- trated what has been called the world's most powerful center of industrial activity, In effect, it is a gigantic coal pile which stokes German industries. From it they get well over 100,000,000 tons or hard coal a year and Ruhr coke smelts three-quarters of the Reich's iron and steel output. Over its flat landscape, grimy with work -dust, hangs a pall of smoke from the thousands of factory chim- neys that needle up from the close -packed towns. Once the core of German strength, some ob- servers now see the 'Ruhr as Germany's Achilles heel—an all -vital spot whose destruction or cap- ture by the Allies would so wreck war production that Hitler's armies simply could not carry on, LoNebei CREAT`North ,.0 BIZ:AIN �• o u[ E14Lrt3d' : , BENITO BIDS ADOLF ADIEU 1 Boris Zulauf, 18, a worker with Canadian Vickers, Montreal, build- ers of the, famous Catalina (PBX) flying boats, is here seen verifying the electric wiring on one of the motors. The kid—for he is jttl a kids --.is hardly 5 feet tall, but he knows his the photographer ss. Said he v caught hm." I'd do anything to see more and more af the thoses,babies take off to fight Naz An emaciated and careworn Benito window of a train somewhere in Germ Arris partner Adolf Hitler, The photo Go. 1 K3... l whleh recorded the a.cer tie bombing attempt on Mussolini stands at the any and bids goodbye to ens was taken from a captured Pacist leader's visit to the his life, r• Ay staying at HOTELS Modern, Fireproof, Conveniently located, Cosy Parking as low as 1S0 tie higher than per person FOR MAP se FO1bER, WAD FORD HOTELS CO, Mbntrtar 4