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Zurich Herald, 1943-06-17, Page 6r - PARATROOPS WILL COME FIRST erreelen y.. fa. .. .. s,. ............................. ,.,u,... ^s....6�o'�i...-.-...-n�',.an .. ,. s;a:.$:-..,..........i"• I.,. r ::.cc.„x�,'�r `c..., �.......• .: Troops from the air land behind Axis lines, cut foe's communications. ?aratroops come first, seize fields so airborne troops, jeeps, tanks in planes and gliders may land. varsIMA MAIMAstarek THE WAR - WEEK — Commentary on Current Events Mr. Chrchill Declr ; res Allied War Effort is In Its Offensive Phase Prime Minister Winston Churc- hill told the House of Commons lets week, in a review of his con- ferences in Washington and North Africa, that invasion ou a large scale is imminent, that the U-boats are now being destroyed faster than they are being built, and that the aim of the Allies is "complete dent"action of our foes by bombing from the air. In addition to all other means." The, Prime Minister asserted that the "mellow light of victory” already had begun to play on the Allies and blasted any hopes that either Italy or Germany might have of negotiating a peace. "Those guilty of trumpeting the glories of war at the beginning may well be extolling the virtues of pr-ac'e at thle end, and it would net be right that those who fixed on their own terms the moment for beginning wars should also fix on their own terms the moment for ending them," he said. Operations impending He Cryptically referred to aper- ations ''m:ow impending" in the Er.I:•r,:pean theatre as being co-or- din.xrerl with those from North Africa, thus pointing up the pos- sibility that the Axis will face at- taeks on its European citadel from the north and wast as well as from the south. The plans completed !luring last week's conferences in .North Af- rica between himself, U.S, Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Mar- shall. British Chief of Staff Gen. Sir Alan Brooke and other top Al- lied commanders call for the ap- plication upon the enemy of "force In its most intense and vioient form". Churchill said. . He could give no guarantee "any more than I have in the past as to what will happen" in the im- pending operations, but he describ- ed Allied prospects as "brighter and solid." Highlights of Speech Highlights of his 6,00a -word speech included: 1. Britain, the British Domin- ions, the United States and Rus- sia are determIued that "nothing will turn us from our endeavor and intention to accomplish the complete destruction of our foes by bombing from the air in ad- dition to all other means." 2. The air war will grow in weight and severity. "The enemy who thought that air. would be their weapon of victory are now finding in it the first cause of their ruin." 3. Complete agreement has been reached by the UnitedStates and Britain on the "forward steps" to be taken. 4. May was the best month in the Battle of the Atlantic since the United States entered the war with i' -boat destruction exeeealiug U-boat construction and Allied shipping Iosses dropping to less than one for every three tons built. 5. The first '.eek of June, so far a.s U-boats are concerned, has been the best ever. 5. When Germany loees hope of victory through her subma- rines, the Reich may suddenly colla.pse, but "do not let us build on - silrh deductions." Axis Lost 298,000 Men 7. The Axis lost 248,000 troops captured and 50,000 killed •In Tu- nisia and more than half of them were Germans. 8. The U.S. 2nd Corps alone captured +17,000 prisoners; 33,000 of thein Germans. 9. The British 8th Ariny suffer- ed 11,500 casualties from the time it grossed the Tripolitanian fron- tier into Tunisia until the final oonquest, while the British 1st Army sufferers 23,500 casualties. The killed, woiindetI and missing of both armies during the cam- paign totalled about 35;000 men. 10. The sentiment of German prisoners captured in Tunisia was like that of prisoners after the First Great War and after the battle of Jena, on ()et. 14, 1806,• when Napoleon defeated the P'rus- slaw. "The suddenuess of the collapse of these great numbers of brave and skillful sighting igen with every form of excellent equip - Inert," he said, "must be regard- ed as significant and in a sense characteristic of German psychol- ogy generally after Jena and after the last war." "But no undue expectations should be placed on it," the Prime Minister continued. "We prepared to win this war by hard fighting and if necessary by hard fighting alone." 11. Only 638 persons escaped of the Axis forces which surrendered in Tunisia. Huns'' Greatest Disasters 12. Stalingrad and Tunisia were the greatest military disasters that every befell Germany. "There is no doubt from the statements of the •captured generals that Hit- ler expected the Tunisian army would hold out, at least until August." 13. The "greatest battles" ap- pear to be impending on the Rus- sian front, where the Germans have massed 190 Nazi and 23 satel- lite divisions. 14. "Taking some of the weight off Russia and giving more speedy and effective aid to China . . . are never absent for one moment from our thoughts and aims." He expressed regrets that no recent conference had yet been arranged with Marshal Stalin, 15. "The might of America is deployed far over the Pacific and is laying an ever stronger grip on the outlying defences of Japan and offering every moment to the Japanese fleet the supreme chat. lenge of sea power." 16. That no pressure was ex- erted aerted to bring the French to- gether, but they had been watched "vigilantly" in the light of British - American interests and the well - tieing of the armies in North Af- rica. Climax of Discussion Mr. Churchill's speech marks the climax of a discussion of in- vasion plans that has dominated the British press for weeks. It was supported by the numerous mili- tary conferences in both Wash- ington and North Africa, by the massing of troops and transports in both Great Britain and the Mediterranean area, by tate inten- sified air bombardment of Ger- many and especially of the Italian islands and ports, and most par- ticularly' by the arrival of the fighting season which Intakes some kind of action inevitable. The Bri- tish commando raid on the tiny island of Lampedusa about 70 miles off the Tunisian coast, reported by the Axis, which may have been a first attempt to test the Italian island defenses, is merely part of a general pattern that hart been woven by the Allies for surae time. The Word "Nazi" Much that we admire in the English is symbolized in the way Winsbon Churchill pronounces the word "Nazi." In contrast to the careful, cultured, and somewhat respectful "Notzy" of the radio announcers, his "Naazzy:' is a simple snarl of derision, implying that it's impossible for a plain man to get the hang of any such foreign world and in this in- stance, certainly not worth the trouble.—The New Yorker. SCOUTING m 9 "The police are well aware of the results of Boy Scout train- ing. We just don't find Scouts amongst our juvenile offenders." —Chief of Police Horace E. Mc - Leese, Saint John, N. B. * *- Fourteen institutions- in Lon- don, Ontario, including hospitals and orphanages, benefited through the annual Easter Egg huiat staged by the Wolf Cubs of the city. The boys collected 1,031 dozen eggs, an increase of 427 dozen over the hunt in 1942. This Eas- ter Egg hunt has been a civic "good turn" of the London Wolf Cubs for ten years. * * The highest award in Scouting in the British Empire has been given to Chief Justice J. B. M. Baxter -of New Brunswick by the Chief Scout for Canada, the Earl of Athloife. Chief Justice Baxter has been associated with the Scout Movement for .a great many years, is president of the New Brunswick Association, and a member of the Canadian Gen- eral Council of the Boy Scouts. W. J. Langston, President of Canada Iron Foundries at Three Rivers, Quebec, utilized an unique method of commemorating the lives of employees of the com- pany who had given their lives in the war. Believing that the fin- est memorial to them would be to produce better citizens, Mr. Langston forwarded a cheek for $150 to the Boy Scouts -of the town to purchase necessary equip- ment quipment for their training program. * * Suffering two broken arms in an air raid in Great Britain, Cana- ' duan flee -fighter Robert Do isle of Hamilton arrived back in Can- ada. recently. Downie was active as a Cubniister in Hamilton prior to enlistment, and while in Eng- land associated himself with Scout Troops there. Before returning to Canada he visited each of the four "Blitz" Scouts who toured. Canada last summer. Balloon Barr,.j, ge `Beds' Made Daily Women's Auxiliary Air Force Gradually Taking Over Job Britain's barrage balloons are moored to their "beds" for the duration, and so are their crews, who must be on watch 24 hours a day, relates Britain Magazine. Every morning the "beds" must be made. This means oiling the cables and generally checking up. The winch must be cleaned and started up, and the "purity test" trust be made with a meter which registers the amount of oxygen (nixed with the gas. Too much oxygen can cause a dangerous explosion. The fabric must be carefully examined for punctures, and any holes must be mended. Picket duty is very important, fax a balloon night suddenly leave its moorings and go up. Members of the Women's Aux- iliary Air Force are gradually taking over this job, except on island sites where the balloons are water -borne. A full crew consists of 16 WAAF's, but there must never be fewer than nine on duty. VOICE OF IHE PRESS FOR THEIR OWN SLAVERY The Nazis are a queer and arro- gant lot. They have sent Den- mark a hill for 385,000,000 Browns, equal to $25 for every man, woman and child in the country, for ' constructing anti- inveaien 'fortifications along the Jellaba coastline. In other words, the Danes are expected to pay stiffly for the privilege of re- maining German slaves. —Hamilton Spectator. 'E BEN O.S.E. Of course, the award of the 0.B.E, to Colonel Arthur S. Pear- son, former commander of the Essex Scottish, had to bring two Yorkshiremen together et the barracks to revive the old story. Private -A: "Has't 'eard about colonel?" Corporal B; "Nah." Private A: '"e be 0.B.1"., 'e be." Corporal B: "Oh, be 'e ?" —Windsor Star. A GOOD TIP Japan announces that it has punished British and American service men in the Philippines for posing as civilians. Maybe we should prntish the Japs for pos- ing as human beings. —Stratford Beacon -Herald. SANTA CLAUS IN WAR In the fax north of the Rus- sian front, reindeer are hauling bombs, gasoline and other supplies to the airdromes. So there is a Santa Claus. —St. Thomas Times -Journal. "STOUT FIGHTERS" An army general refers to women in uniform as "stout fighters." There's only a slim chance that they'll take it as a compliment. —Ottawa Citizen. WAR ON HOME FRONT War is also imminent between the woman who plans a good gar- den and the one who owns the big dog down the street. —Guelph Mercury. DESCENDING SPIRAL The more we think of the Nazis and the Japs, the less we think of then!—Kitchener Record. EDUCATIONAL Cultivate a Victory garden and learn all about the bugs! —Edmonton Journal. ritish Envelope Re -used 64 Times Other Items of Interest In Letter From Britain The City of Birmingham, third largest in England, plans a $400,- 000,000 post-war housing • devel- opment. And the London Re- gional Reconstruction Committee has a scheme calling for a whole series of "Greenbelts" on its out- skirts. So reports Lee MeCardell iIt his London letter to The Balti- more Sum Other items of inter- est he sends include: British Army pay sheets now travel to the Middle East by air - graph. An envelope which has been re- used 64 times :n accordance with a campaign to save paper, is now on public exhibition. Up to last June nearly 20,000,- 000 civilians in Great Britain had changed places of residence since the war began. Ophthalmic surgeons say the nation's eyesight is deteriorating, due to the bad lighting of en- forced blackout, which will make Britain a land of headaches and spectacles. West End restaurants and ho- tels are to be restricted to two pounds. of fish for every hundred main steals seraed. Checked, striped and pastel shades of woodpulp -fabric will be a novelty of London's spring fashions. There is an impending short- age of wedding rings. Gasoline, curtailment has shrunk the 3,000,000 private car licenses' of pre-war Britain to 250,000. OTTAWA REPORTS That Canadians Appreciate the Necessity of Restrictions On Their Present Way of Life Completely unaccustomed to Government regulating or ration- ing in coniieetion with their every day habits and requirements, Canadians have been . quick to realize that existing restrictions are designed not only to help speed Victory but to protect their present and post-war economic welfare. Instead of spiralling wages be- ing outeped by spiralling living costs, and a country driving to a .devastating era of inflation, Can- ada wages war in n controlled economy in which we can be rea- sonably assured that no one is building up a tainted fortune. A workingman can still buy a suit of clothing, as well—or almost as well—as a millionaire. The present scheme of things is arranged through a myriad of orders whioh are revised from time to time in the light of chang- ing circumstances and admittedly they are hard to remember in any detail. But information is always to be obtained instantly from the propel authority. Here are a few of the more important items af- fecting particularly dwellers in the rural parts of Canada. By applying to their local ration boards, rural dwellers can secure extra supplies of rationed com- modities when they serve 12 meals or more to temporary help. Appli- cations should state specific nature of the work, number of workers, number of days employ- ed, and total number of meals served. * * * Responsibility for canning sugar distribution in local areas has been left entirely in the hands of local ration hoards. The sugar admin- istration has been able to make availabe for preserving 100,000,- 000 pounds — the same amount which was purchased last year under the voucher system. A. recent new order on farm machinery provides an over-all increase in quotas of farm ma- chinery of between 10 and 15 per cent., as well as increasing the quota for repair parts for sale in Canada from 150 per cent. to 165 per cent. of 1940 sales of such parts. A considerable list of farm equipment has now been ex- empted from all ration restric- tions. * *. * The exemptions are aimed at facilitating increased production of food =Des and include such items as milk cooler units, mall incubators, wheel baneows, elec- tric fence controlletu', permitting greater use of the single -wire electric fence in handling live- stock; hay- forks, slings and at- tachments, hand -operated seeders, cultivators and weeders, and chick $q.2© SENDS 300 "BRITISH CONSOLS", "LEGION", "MACDONALD'S MENTHOL", "SCOTCH BLENDS" or "EXPORT" Cigareles or 1 Ib. Tobacco — BRIER SMOKING or any MACDONALD'S FINE CUTS (with capons); alto. DAILY MAIL CIGARETTE TOBACCO. Postpaid. la. Soldiers in the Canadian Army OVERSEAS and; CAN'ADI'ANS IN UNITED KINGDOM FORCES; Mail Order and, Remittance bet— Tills 0itarsuh)acttoanychanteln naxernmentttugoiatlans brooders, as well as pump jacks and wood well pumps. Quotas on farm equipment have been increased substantially in such items as milking machines, which are up 100 per cent. in their quotas from last year, for both domestic and imported types; cream separators have been in- creased by one-third and -substan- tial increases have been made in haying equipment and equipment necessary in handling feed crops,.. Purchase permits may be se- cured from any dealer ir. farm machinery and equipment. Barbed wire fencnig will be in- creased by about 80,265 reels, as a result of an increase in avail- able raw material. With the lifting of all restric- tions on the manufacture and sale of wooden beehives and other equipment used in the production of honey and beeswax, produetiott is now limited only by the mate- rials manufacturers have oea hand. Farmers are classed as essen- tial users in the use of small amts ammunitions. No one i fay purchase a new electric stove unless for use in a building where there are no facil- ities for operation of a gas, eoal or wood range for cooking, or un- less the stove is required to re- place one which cannot be made serviceable by replacing damaged parts. Retail maximum prices have been set for rebuilt models of metal beds and springs. The price of new pntatoes must not exceed the lawful ceiling prices for Canada No. 1 Grade potatoes. LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher "That's your wrist watch, Mr. Webb. . . . The ball's still there!" REGIAR FELLERS ---A. Handy 1W9.ian. I NEVER SAW SO MUCH TRAFFIC! IT'5 IMPOSSIBLE TO CROSS THE STREET THERE OUGHT TO BE A TRAFFIC POLICEMAN OR A LIGHT HERE! THIS IS TERRIBLE JEST A MINIT, 1\ LADIES -I TI -LINK I GAN ASSIST YA 1a -g By GENE BYRNES !its Ir..* r,i.pilo- Air nearn,enca.