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- iil.P • 014ase of the ' Imperial
r ga anferenbe wasp a,tez}• days' tour'
eE Alio ROrop
�•` n battlefields in which
Ornish,and ea hat forces tookpart.
ts�our. t. Imperial Press party
were .the
guests of the ArzpY, Navy
z 14, •Air Force. Col. Astor, the press
d0 tt; of the Empire Press Union, de-
scribed it as "a combined operation
t►Iaxl e.4 and carried, out, as effective
IY as 'the tinvasiou e.
It, :wonldi be 14possi'bie to speak in
teary nigh terms oft. this unique experi-
enee,, The "'Combined' services had
gone to no end of trouble to make the
*our pleasant and profitable in giv-
4ng4;:an insight into' the European
ea>atpaign. Accompanying the 'party
throughout were Major-General D. A.
H. Grnham,. C.B., 0.11.E„ D•S.O., whe
sieremanded the 50th Division,, which
Landed. beside the 3rd Canadian Divi
.
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sion an D -Day;.' Rear -Admiral pouglaS
Pennant, C.13.; C,B,F„ D.S.Q.,
Commander of the Naval Force which
protected) their - landing, and Air Com-
modore Deaoer, C.B.E, Director , of
Staff Duties. These courteous off;i-
cers were indefatigable in earth*. for
the ,comfort of the delegates and in
answering the innumerable questions
with which they were plied,y They
were, aided by a number of junior of-
ficers, among them several Ga7nadians,.
'some of whom described in detail the
battles in which, they had; taken Tait
There was eilso,'a medical officer; to
care for the minor casualties (Judie
peoltions) of the delegates. One mem-
ber of the party, who developed a
'temperature, was down, all the way
from Berlin to London in a special
plane. All the lqng hops by the party
were made in Dakota planes ,by air -
from London across the Channel,. from
Normandy to Brussels, from Cologne
to Berlin, from Berlin to Hamburg,
from Hamburk to Strasbourg,'. and
home to London=in ail 2,250 :miles..
The party learned to be at home in,.
the air -to read, to sleep, to write,
to eat, and enjoy afternoon tea. Many
of them did not realize till it was: ov-
er that they were forfeiting their life
insurance while flying in military
Planes, which seemed a bit absurd,
since they were in the hands of the
fine lads of the Royal Air Force, in
whom they had . supreme, confidence.
Briefed By Staff Officer
An outstanding feature of the tour
was the briefing done by Brigadier R.
F. K. Belchem, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O.,
who had been ,on .General Montgom-
ery's staff, and was familiar with all
the plans and happenings from the
iu4alae, vatlt t1Ql lail,e ''vada) :had,
rte: �eaexibed ea k '0100ing stat
had pe :r®d in' 1 torFitory •,.to bo
cgvered Ons he .11 ria s o the 4iay
Be told of the..strategy, •the taotivs,
what had been accomplished, where
there had been failure and wh ;;r ' hjs
was done in a elear, interesting and
.objective manner, and was .an educa-
tion on than part played by the British
armies: in • the European oam'paign. It
would be out of the question to fol-
low -Brigadier aelchem's 'narrative in
detail; that wouldi be to ;write, a his-
tory:- Only a few of the, general im-
pressions cap, be recorded here. '•
At the very outset, r at Arroman-
ehes, site of the ;famous Mu'berry
artificial harbor, on which the.'A.11ied
armies largely depended for supplies
the early stages of the invasion,
one marvelled, as one saw the • de-
teneee • prepared by the Germans, azld
the wreckage 'of ships and equipment
of all kinds that littered, the beach,
how the 50th British Division, the 3rd
Canadian Division" and supporting
arms ever got ashore. I asked Ad-
miral Tennant how the British harbor
came to survive the storm..; which de-
stroyed its counterpart oiz the •Ameri-
can,landing front. He explained that
the British harbor had been 'deliber-
ately placed behind a. sand. shoal
which brfok'e the waves, -whereas the
American harbor had to be in • the op-
en. .This was lucky, since the de-
struction of both harbors' might have
meant disaster. As' it was, 500,000
men and their supplies had :been land-
ed , at .the harbor and over; the beach-
es by fifteen den After D-Day,•.and a
million men within twenty four days.
It was a marvellous feat, which the.
German• staff had considered quite im-
possible without the capture of one
of the large French harbors.
Invasion According To Pian
To•; return to • Brigadier Belchem's
briefing, the general impression left
with the Press party was that the in -
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TELEPHONE SERVICE
..
This year's outlay of 38 millions is piift of our 100 million
dollar construction programme planned to . the end of
next year. Practically every Bell Telephone exchange in
Ontario and Quebec will benefit in some important way by
the expansion of telephone services between now, and 1950.
Local Service
On V -J° Day, 92,000 persons were waiting for telephones. New orders were
coming in faster than they could be filled. We have connected 140,000 addi-,
tional telephones since then, yet there are still 75,000 people waiting for
service.
Central Exchange Equipment -At . present seven out of ten of our
telephones are dial.' Most of the dollars we are planning to spend on local
service will be for dial equipment.
The making of dial equipment, discontinued during .the war, started
again last year. Enough was built to connect 20,000 additional, dial tele-
phones in 1945. That figure will be doubled this year. After that there will
be enough to connect 100,000 dial telephones a year.
New central exchange equipment will Cost $13,000,000
Local Lines--LCable production will .provide two billion feet of , wire a
year to carry local calls.
New local cables, wires, pole's and underground ducts,- will cost
$22,000,000
Telephones; Inside• Wires, Private Switchboards -This year we. will
receive. over 125,000 telephone instruments. The 1947 output will be over
200,000. New telephones, telephone booths, private switchboards and inside
wire Will cost
$28,000,000
Long _Distance ... Service
Out-of-town calls have almost trebled, since 1939. We now connect over
fifty million Long Distance calls a year. '
Long Distance Switchboards -100 Long Distance switchboard "posi-
tions" will be built this year. Next year we will :install 300 more.
New long distance switchboards- will cost
$3,000,000
Long Distance,,Lines=Our underground eable construction will provide
stormproof lines all "the way from Quebec to Windsor --with similar Con-
nections to the United States.
New apparatus to carry twelve telephone conversations at they same
time over One pait of wires will be installed between Montreal, Toronto,
Ottawa and other points. More open wire lines are being erected.
New long distance lines will cost
Land: and Buildings:
Many of our present buildings will be extended and a number of new build-
ings erected. New building will cost e
$11,500,000
$17,000,000
Tools and Vehicles
To install this new equipment and look after it we *i11 enlarge our stock of
tools, our fleet of motor vehicles and other Woking equipment.
New tools and vehicles will cost
$5,500,000
a' $100,0001,000
The overall airs of this $100,000;000 construction programme
e+t.'tb provide the ..best telephone service at the lowest cost.
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elCactiy as Ol ,gra1 putgomerT had
-Planned it. Tkie� r inuOh, diseurfaed de"
lay at Caen„ for instance, was part
of the plea. The pritislx cauttnead had.
no wish er 'intention to quake a break
through there; hitt wanted to draw
the .main German foresee and• armour
to this section, so as to prepare the
way for end play,and encirclement by
the Americans. This is , eltactiy what
happeeed. • What had not been ex-
pected, was tha't.. the Germans, would
persist hi 'fighting south of the Seine.
This was one of Hitler's three major
mistakes. When. it was realized that.
this was the German intention, the
Allied plan was modified to encircle
the ,German '7th Army. The. `result
was its .complete destruction h ,the
F,alaise pocket, with the',1o04 to Abe
Germans of 50040Q men, Comprising
43 divisions, and including 24 gener-
als, 3,500 guns autt Y;50fl.tanks.
Having won this resounding victory,
General Montgomery, who . had been
superseded in the supreme command•
in the field, wanted to push forward
to get a bridgehead over the Rhine.
before the Germans had a chance to
recover, As a mater of fact, his forc-
es advanced- 250 miles in six,days.
But the American staff contendd that
a further advance to the Rhine would
be "sticking out their neck" in a long
salient with a narrow front, which
would not be safe, especially with so
few portsto'°•bring in supplies. They
advocated what came to be' known as
the Broad Front, with four armies ad-
vancing in parallel. General Eisen-
hower decided in, favor of the Broad
)+rent, The advance on Arnheim was
General Montgomery's attempt to .car-
ry out his own plan in modified form
with the forces at his disposal. Brig.
Belchem claimed that the operation
had been 90 per cent successful. Four
out of the five bridges attacked were
captured, including the bridge at
Nijmegen, which the Germans looked
upon as "the key to the Fatherland,"
and which became the base for fur-
ther advances. The attack on Arn-
heim failet through a combination of
had weatherand lack of sufficient
force to push through in time to the
support of the airborne division land-
ed there. We visited Arnheim, and
the cemetery wherein lie the bodies
of the brave men who fell in that bold
attempt to win a resounding victory.
It was, as. Sir Francis Low, of the
Times of India,, expressed it; "A pil-
grimage to pay, tribute to those gal-
lant men whose bodies may have been'
broken but whose spirit was uncon-
querable:"
It is •interesting to note. ,that Col.
Dick Malone, a; Canadian officer who'
served on General Montgomery's
staff; believes that if Montgomery had
been given the force needed to carry
out his plan the war would • have been
over .in the fall of 1944. He expresses
this opinion in a book, pre -views of
which have been appearing in Mac-
lean's Magazine, and the Saturday
Evening Post.
Clearing the Scheldt
The remarkable German recovery
which followed the slowing up of the
Allied pursuit . after the capture of
Antwerp, forced General Montgomery
to cut other commitments in order to
open up .the Scheldt, so as to make
that port available. • Brigadier Belch -
em paid a high stribute to .the part
played by -the Canadians in that op-
eration, which he said had involved
as `heavy fighting ,tes•.any •in the cam-
paign, amidst great hardships owing
to the deeti-mud., the cold and the con-
tracted quarters. compelling frontal
attacks. Admiral Pennant revealed
that in covering tht- British landing
in the final assault on Walcheren is-
land, which 'had been flooded so that
the city could not be reached from'
the land side. the Navy lost 21 out of
31 supporting ships. -Within .22 ,days
the Scheldt had been cleared of
mines, and soon 40,000 tons of provi-
sions were pouring into Antwerp
daily, He told of one type of mag-
netic mine so arranged that 10 or 15
ships could pass over it before it be-
came ripe; the next 'one would be
blown up.
Two German Surprises
Von Runstedt's counter offensive in
the Ardennes, Brigadier Belchexn de-
scribed as a complete surprise, ac-
complished by gathering the force for
it under cover of the woods. For 48
hours it created an anxious. situation.
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For Every Citizen
The address given by Hon. C. D
Howe, Minister of Reconstruction,'
last week to the Young• Men's Section
of the Winnipeg Board of Trade, has
aroused much interest and, specula-
tion
peculation here. The statisticians immedi-
ately scurried, for definite .figures.
Mr. Howe pointed out the co-opera-
tion between .the federal and provin-
cial governments., between manage-
ment and labor and, between governe
went and industry in a spirit of good-
will was the essential price that Can-
adians
anadians would have to pay for •pros-
perity and happiness. The main .ques-
tion, :'What are -the possibilities?" and -
"Is' it worth the price?"
The • first information sought wart
"After one year of peace, what pro-
gress has been made?" The . next,
"What does the future hold?"
Progress To Date
Employment and Income: Our na-
tional income was 5.3 billion dollars
in 1939 having risen from a low of
less than 4 billion during the early
1930's. It rose to ver 10 billions dur-
ing the war and in 1946 will reach 11
billion dollars. The best part of this
story is that we have achieved a more
equal division of our national income
than has evei-been'-achieved• any-
where and this trend must continue.
There are today 4.8 million persons
gainfully . employed in Canada as
against 3.8 million in 1939 -one mil-
lion added to our working force, with
the unempployament problems well on
the way to solution. ' In the, first week
of October the Department of Labour
reported 144,000 unplaced applicants
and 142,000 vacant„ positions. Since
that. date" most of Canada's strikes
have, been settled and many are in
sight.
Between August 1, 1945, and the
same date in 1946, 600,000 :service peri,
sonnel have been discharged and ov-
er 600,000 formerly engaged either di-
rectly or indirectly in war work have
been absorbed into civilian pursuits.
But it proved .an unsound •gamble, for
which the Germans had 'not. the' re-
sources. ' They ran out of petrol, With
the result that great numbers of their
vehicles . and equipment had to • be
abandoned. They had counted on cap-
taring supplies. Persisted in too long,
the offensive proved to be Hitler's see-
ontirnaajor mistake. ' It cost the 'Ger-
mans 120,000 casualties 'and 500 tanks,
exhausting their strategic reserve.
Another German surprise. was the
brilliantly conceived and carried out
German 'air attack on the 1st of Janu-
ary, '1945, in which 150' British planes
were destroyed on the ground. But
when the British planes got into the
air. over • 300 German= planes, were
brought down, and the Luftwaffe 'was
never again able to attack in . any
force. Subsequently it was found that
the Germans had a number . of jet
planes, magnificent machines capable.
of 100 •miles an hour more.than any-
thing the R.A.F. had available. But
they never got into the air'. for lack
of fuel..
rhe Crossing of the Rhine
Hitler's third major mistake, Brig-
adier Belchem said, was in electing,to
fight south of the Rhine, instead of
retreating behind' that formidable bar-
rier. The result was that when the
Allied armies reached that river the
Gr :'mans had nothing much left to
c i : ose them. 'The Royal Air• Force
prepared the way for the crossing by
destroying everything moving •on the
roads, paralyzed railway traffic by,
dropping 29 tons of •bombs op 'them,
and made the airdromes' useless; 546
planes dropped 1;400 gliders. •across
the river and 240 Liberators flew in
supplies., Our Press party stood on the
bank of the. Rhine and' saw the spot
where the 51st Highland Division had
crossed' the river, 100 or,' 50.0. yards
Wide, and where 'bridges had been
thrown across 'under' 'fire' to' capture.
Rees. We learned about the battle of
Xanten, last battle .of `the war, which
won the key to the Wesel bridgehead.
The whole operation; Brigadier Bel -
chem said, went.."a;bsolutely accord-
ing to. plan." Within a month, , the
German high -Command, realizing. af-
ter General Montgomery placed before,
them a )map . showing the situation..
that further resistance was useless,
surrendered unconditionally.. on tete
4th of May, and on:the 5th the cease
fire Sounded all alofig the front. The
Second World War was over.
The/ Bailey Bridges
The record,however, Would be quite
inadequate and incomplete without
reference to the wonderful feats of
the engineers, in building bridges un-
der fire and afterwards Iri the battle
of the .Rhine, 37,000 British engineers
and 22,000 American engineers ,play-
ed their part. Opposite Rees the en-
gineers threw a light bridge across
the Rhine in 18 hours, had a larger
bridge in 24 hours and in 40 hours a
heavy Bailey bridge was operating.
Across these 4,000 tons of supplies
were thrown to support the troops' in
the firing line. Everywhere in Ger-
many we saw 'the bridges built by
the Allied engineers to replace those
blown up by, the •Germans. It has
been,said that "the Bailey bride won
the war." Certainly it played its part.
These, briefly, are some of the high-
lights of a very. remarkable tottr, for
which there was ' no precedent. Old;
and experienced war correspondents
like J. Ward Price and,Ross Munro,
declared they had never known the
high military command to treat the
Press with such frankness' and dis-
tinction.. As a result the sixty or sev
enty.journalists who were privileged
to take part' in the expedition. 'will
carry to the far corners of the Empire'
background knowledge of the Euro-
pean eampaign that' Will,' 'be invalua-
ble" to thein: in forming jtidginente on
the controversies as to its strategy
and tactics which 'are breaking' out
and Willch are likely' to' Continue to
rage for years to Conte,
BO'w etppllasIZed• th,�,t �Itll 1,
xo nent'as not an end ta. mug),
mtriat be „at�c4t au,.1" i}lgh ..sand,
arae of ffvi .4a-ns;wUll'� ottri be
1}at"i ed ttnle's6 ,Ilt1fi'.etnpl4Y'rltattt Ores'
Oen). t1te ,honSes .that .t .'eY. neOd `and-'
otkxer• coznanedities that they want at
aable coaant tdhatcarr 1'tlreffy+ilbelieve to be reason i
Cs1 Mr:.•s Floe seta pd
ed a warning to 1lrodwwiig firms which.
"pricedt' themselves out. of the mar-
ket by inliate(JI prices that consumers
would not, Pay.
•Ind 1stry and `grade: In ,. spite of
has,.
hostliccagesa zt 4 anti strifesby'both' Peatindustry progress
and
agriculture, A high level of economic
activity iiaS been, reached • and a; high
level of ,'ertpoxts ifzaintain�d. `"Thebe
have. been, aasieted liY cridit arrange-
ments by' the ied`erak' goveritynent' aad
the assertion of strong -"purchasing
power by. the people -ot Canada. be-
cause of wartime savings and some
reduction,,of taxation.
What of the, Future?
,,Government at its best can only
provide the good climate for economic
growth -the growth itself depends ori
efficiency which can only. he attaimed
in an atmosphere of co-operation.
With this co-operation by govern-
ment and people the outlook for 1947
is one of intense demand for goods -
creating jobs and prosperity. Profits
and wages must be kept reasonable
so-that'p'rices of goods will always be.
within the reaeh of those who peed
thein. The confidence and eq. -opera-
tion that we achieved for victory' in
the war is needed more than ever for
our own victory in peace.
Dominion -Provincial Co-operation
Because • Canada is a federal state
the national responsibilities are shar-
ed by the federal and provincial goV-
ernments. ,It is obvious that the
changes which have taken place In
Canada and the world since 1867 have
made out-of-date the' division of re-
sponsibilities which was outlined at
that trine. Here it is worthwhile to
review the outlying •principles and ob-
jectives behind the federal proposals'
for new agreements with the provinc-
es as stated in the' original proposal
in August, 1945. Briefly they ',tire:
First, to facilitate private enterprise
to produce and provide employment.
Secondly, to,promote to bold� aetion
y
the state in those fields' in which the
public interest calls for public enter-
prise in national development. Third-
ly, to provide through public invest-
ment' productive employment for our
human and physical , conditions • ad,-
versely affect employment and, fourth-
ly, to provide on the basis of small
regular payments against large and
uncertain individual risks such as un-
employment, sickness and old age.
Because it is important that these
things accrue to all Canadians in ev-
ery section of Canada equally, there
is need for Dominion -Provincial co.
operation. •
The Best Joke of the Week
From the Ottawa Journal (Progres-
sive,
Progresssive, Conservative): "We're not dis-
posed to be •foo hard on those Lib-
erals who aregiving pretty clumsy
explanations for their defeats in . the
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• The iii ,;larges army ofroutdcor
men ho0bave loarned to'depeados
Di. Chase's gidney,Liver PO* Sid.'
'ing on -trains or, trucks 'causes a •
jarring which is hard itis the'ki;dneyil•
es is als6 the eitpoat re to all Maldive
• wind 0d•weather.
This medicine .goes tostimulate tut
action of the kidneys and.uebean the
backaches which soti.often result.
For over half a century they have
been • 'popular , with. railway men,.
• truc>re?n 444:farmere. r. ,
by-elections. After all when it comes
to explaining defeats they . haven't
had as much practice as we have."
Ration Coupon Due . Dates
Coupons, now valid are sugar -pre-
serves S1 to S33, butter B29 to B31.
and meat M56 to M59.
No longer valid are unnumbered
sugar, butter Vand M coupens bearing
the, beaver design.
Questions and Answers
Q. -I have been told -that it .is an
offence against Wartime Prices and
Trade Board regulations 'to offer a car
for sale at above the ceiling price. I
thought it was an offence only if the
car were sold. Will you please tell
me if.I am correct?
A.-Yot1 are not correct. The offer-
ing of a car for sale at, a price in ex-
cess of the legal ceiling is an infrao-
tion the same as if the car were'ac-
tually sold.
Q. -With soap in short supply I be-
lieve f. could make and sell some.
Would I have to have the price ap-
proved?
A. -Yes, before you can manufae-
ture soap to retail it will be necessary
to . obtain a license and have your
prices approved by the WP TB
FREE AN IMAL SERVICE
OLD. DISABLED OR DEAD
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DRESS SHOW BARS WOMEN BUYERS
Glittering evening gowns that seem to have gone back a hum
dred years or'tfo for their inspiration were on show when 150 manikins)
,displayed the latest Britian faehione at the Royal, Albert kial Lock.
den. Buyers 'from alt over the World ..attended the midnight parade
of the Guild of Creative Designee's the organization of the leading
• Britleh `ebuturFiere, but,.the 'British wottlen prIaent could only watch gowns drift by4 o1othes eatitirfing still prevents their ehjoyang
• each tempting rnorsela of feminine attire.
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