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Zurich Herald, 1944-08-24, Page 7HEADS AIR ARMY THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN UNITE TO WIN R.C.A.F, AIRCRAFT PLAQUES • ..ni•v .nn.m.,rnn S...OY,R.mx.ro+y / ; .. ...,.n.....w ... Lt. -Gen. Lewis W. Brereton, U. S. `Army, heads the new Allied Mr - borne Army which took a foremost part in the Southern France In- vasion. A Hurricane fighter, of the type previously made at Fort William by the workers of Canadian Car and Foundry, now engaged on Curtiss Helldiver production, was the choice of school children of Victoria and Haliburton counties in Eastern Ontario to carry the name of their area as, the reward of buying over $25,000 in war savings stamps. Picture above shows Group Captain A, D. Bell Irving, officer commanding Trenton air station, after he had presented them with a plaque expressing the R.C.A.F.'s appreciation, PER ARDUA AD ASTRA British .Lieut. -Gen. Frederick A. ',M. Browning, is Gen. Brereton's deputy. The Airborne Army, first of its kind in history, is composed of American and British paratroop and glider forces. AWARDED MEDAL • This is the handsome R.C.A I Plaque which, together . with the honour -of having their Heine given to an aircraft, goes to schools which have reached their war savings stamp objective—the cost of the aircraft, The scroll reads: "Presented by the Royal Canadian Air Force in recognition of the financing of an aircraft through the purchase of war savings stamps by the students" of the schcols or schools honoured: Several hundred thousand school children par- ticipated in the enterprise this past school year. Popular choice^ were Canadian -made aircraft such as Fleet Cornelis, Noorduyn Harvards, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricanes and Aneons. BOW -WOW CHOW Por bravery in the face of the enemy while photographing Can- adian troops in the battle tor Ortona last winter Sergeant Jack Arnold Stollery of St. Thomas, Ont., has been awarded the Milit- ary Medal. A member of the Army Public Relations photo- graphic unit in Italy, his disregard of danger while securing action pictures in the forward area was credited with bolstering morale of the combat forces. Sgt. Stollery is the second Army Public Re- lations officer to bp honored :ti re- cent awards, Lt. J 1-I. Smith of Toronto having been made a Mem- ber of the Order of the British Empire for gallantry during the Sicilian campaign. These Marine Doberman pinschers, Guam -bound, answer the call to colors and the call to "chn'w-down," on deck of a Coast Guard - manned assault transport. They're members of a 60 -dog platoon of scouts and message bearers, and favorite sport is ferreting Japs ort of foxholes. 0. Wheat, Rye or Oat Straw is needed for manufacture into £trawboaa•d at the mills of Hinde & Dan& x Paper Company of Canada. Limited TRENTON, .. ONTA RIO Sect Your Nearest Straw Presser,si,r Write Us Direst 'RETIRED' "Retired" from action by the Allies at the age of 76, this Nazi prisoner, proof that graybeards in uniform is a fact in hardpressed Gordan. army, is pictured headed for titter• trent after capture in France. School Children at Simcoe Ont., raised $11,600 in war stamp sales and their money bought a Fleet Cornell training plane which was presented to the bombing and gunnery school, Jarvis. Proud of their job, these pupils give the plane a "going over." Left to right. Harry Bryan, John Page, George Kerr, Creighton Riordon and Doug: Hare. Only recently the workers of Fleet Aircraft, at Fort Erie, were honoured with their name given to a plane which they made "on their own time" and which they presented to the war effort. CANADIAN TANKMEN CLEAR WAY FOR BRITISH INFANTRY On the main road leading into the Italian village of Montespertoli, Canadian tanks halt while British infantry moves past to mop up the town. The tanks aeready had blasted the town but the "F.B.I." had to clear the enemy from buildings. HERO DECORATED His Majesty the King decorated a number of Canadians during his visit to his troops fighting in Italy. Picture shows His Majesty shaking hands with Major J. K. Mahony, of new Westminster, B. C., winner of the Victoria Cross after his medal had been pinned to his Bush shirt. THE MOST MOM :.V .. DIS ASE -CA SER Germs and filth front !ha fly's body stick to food they light on. Summer dysentery, typhoid and many other diseasegcrms are carried on a fly's body. A single fly can lay 600 eggs which in 24 hours become a swarm of maggots. • „tg Met eat garbage and manure. Mast fly specks are vomit spots. May Mean Doctor's Bills for You—Every fly in your home threatens your family with disease. These filthy insects leave disease germs on food, walls, furnishings—everything they touch. The quickest and surest way to kill fifes is to spray pleasant -smelling FLY-TOX. 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