Winnipeg Free Press

Tuesday, April 25, 1944

Issue date: Tuesday, April 25, 1944
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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 25, 1944, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page four Ottawa lists four Manitoba casualties in the . Four Manitoba airmen Are included in the 865th . Casualty list of the War released from Ottawa. Previously reported now official purposes presumed dead Are fit. Sgt. Martin Bailey son or and mrs. R. Bailey. Stockton Man. Fit. Sgt. Murton l. Mcclay son of or. And mrs. T. Mcclay Roland. Man. Fit. Sgt. Norman s. Mcleod. Son of or. And mrs. William Mcleod Balmoral. Man. Fit sgt. Leonard t. Olmstead ton of a. Olmstead Portage la Prairie. Fit. Sgt. Bailey was reported trussing in August and in november his parents received word through International red Cross that he tvs dead. Pic is now officially pre fumed dead. Before joining the air Force i taught school at Wawanesa. Man. arrived in december. 1942 fit. Sgt. Mcclay 23, enlisted in december. 1941. And went overseas in december. 1942. was reported missing in september. His parents Are formerly of Belmont. Man. Fit. Sgt. Mcleod was born at bal where he helped his father farm before he enlisted in novem Ber. 1940. trained at St. Thomas. Toronto and Quebec and went overseas in october. 1942. A brother. Allister is also with the air Force and two Sisters Are teaching school. The Lis in All contains 38 names and those from other parts of Canada Are As follows overseas killed killer on Active service Malzan. A. P., to. Toronto. Shields A. Sgt. Montreal. Curb colitis help bowels and stomach colitis functional irritation of the Colon m Jarpe is causing thousands to buc. Xer from Dull a chs or big minor pains in the 6idc, Gas. Heartburn. Bilious Ness. A Rivous Ness. Bad breath. Dizziness. Burning of stomach. Loss of Sloop and Pep. Of you suffer from stomach Medicine Vron t help much. You rally need Kolnder 1 of which work three ways to relax tense intestine muscle.1soothe sore mucous Mem branes and Check acidity. It is not a Laxa Tive but works to help nature. Don t suffer another minute without trying in Siulc rows under tie fair play agreement of Sofris action or Money Back on return of empty Kolade a missing missing on Active service after air operations Clarke b. W., fl., Edmonton. Schmidt f. J., wo., Arthur ont. Shea. S., fo., Peterboro ont. Turgeon h. A. ., Montreal. Walker w. A., wo., Hamilton. Wilson H., fo., Moose jaw. Prisoner previously reported missing on Active Kep Orleck prisoner of Mckeil g., fo., Saint John . Safe previously reported missing on Active reported Safe in the United kingdom Beattie k. L., fo., Lowndesboro ont. Davenport r. M., fo., Arlington Virginia. Presumed dead previously be ported miss info on Active official purposes presumed dead Baum. G. E., fo., Vancouver. Bovaconti m. J., is. Toronto Burke r. W., fo., Washington. Clark j., is. Vancouver. Cole. M., fo., Toronto. Cooper. A. Is. Saskatoon. Grant. F. E., so. Brockville ont. Hall c. E., is. Fredericton . Hughes. G. L., to. Wells. . King. G. M., fs., summer Berry sask. Lauder a. A. Of. Windsor ont. Moore. A. Is. Kinley sask. Morrison A. Sgt., Lakefield ont. A cloak. A. M., po., Quebec Smith h. A. To. Toronto. Thompson. G. A. Fs., Zealandia Todd. A. Of. Is. Zelma sask. Wilson. A. Sgt. Toronto. Witts d. D., fs., Vancouver. Wylie d. j is Toronto. Ill seriously 111 Glaholt W., fo., Dewberry Alta. Flt. Sgt. Martin Bailey presumed cud . Sgt. Mcclay presumed dead . Group plans annual reunion dinner the annual reunion dinner Cele Brating the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Veteran association of Manitoba. . Be held in the Picard Salon. Wednesday at g.30 . Alex Stewart chief Veteran of Carman Man., will preside and the guest speaker will be Rabb Solomon Frank. Rep Winnipeg tree press Orter is Given View of hades by Ben Mawkin free press War correspondent Naples March 27. Delayed next time someone tells me logo to hades. I la know just what to do. Yesterday i actually went there. I waded in the River styx and saw the far Shore which the ancients called hades and where in roman Imes. Bodies were brought urial. A Lew Yards from the Shore of pretty Little Lake Averno. In South Ern Italy the Tunnel leading to this storied spot plunged straight into the Side of a Hill. The Entrance was eight feet wide by 12 feet High and the Walls of. The Tunnel Ware carved out of solid Rock. About 300 Yards inside the Tun . Sgt. Norman Mcleod presumed dead Bonds building products limited end frequent colds taking All vitamins daily builds up resistance to colds if you Are subject to frequent colds look to your diet you Bru Low m vitality you Urc More Likely to to a with vitamins. Get Alun one Vitamin tablets. They contain not one Type of but ajl the five Essen Tel vitamins plus minerals and yeast. Take one Tablet Afler Rea Kunst one after dinner Recny Day. With diet bus plot up a better Ros stance to colds Only a month s Supply c-2 at most Finland foresees by new dangers by Nat. A. Barrows Stockholm. April 25. Special Cable fear of russian amphibious operations against the South finnish coast if the red army captures Esthonia. Can. Be detected today in Helsinki reaction to the impasse in finnish russian peace moves. Finland is dismally preparing the worst fully determined and Only the faintest Hope remain acceptable russian terms. The russian statement Over the week end is seen by some optimists As indicating that peace Contact is not entirely broken but most realists even m Stockholm be Lieve that Finland is hopelessly sunk in the mire of the quenches of its Alliance with Many. And its refusal to make the Best of a bad bargain. As ions As both sides Clin to the stubborn attitude which now attends the peace talks it is impossible to see any brightness in the finnish scene. Finland prob holy will rot move politically any closer to Germany but its Posi Tion nevertheless cannot be accepted by the allies As a but a Stab in the Back. Labor announces Post War plan London april 25. Post War International settlement plan providing destruction of he German and japanese military machines and a Long period of occupation of the two count ies was advocated in a Ropon released Viand by by the labor party s executive committee. The report recommended that the United nations control the i economic and financial systems uhf the Tori countries and that a six year programme of reparations be established. applied to go nary. 1ho i reparations programme c in Isings sending German machinery a Renals and labor. desired to devastated countries reconstructive activities. The report also would require the to pay the incl costs far the armies of occupation. Continued Ciosci co operation by the big Throe As a solid nucleus of world organization was it of it was suggested that the big three Pool their armed forces to enforce the Rule of Law among nations. Canadian firms get far North contracts Edmonton. April 24. Gen. Foster special commissioner defence projects in the Northwest today announced that two contracts construction work on airports of the Northwest slag Hig route have been awarded to Canadian construction firms. Tomlinson constr Teton co. Ltd., of Eastern Canada and formerly of Winnipeg was awarded the contract work on the fort Nelson Field in British Columbia and general construction co. Of Vancouver was awarded the contract work at Watson Lake. Yukon. Work to be Annc by Canadian construction firms on airports is expected to Cost about . Art contest winners announced Ottawa. April 25. Prize winners from among 700 entries were announced monday night m the service wide Art Competition sponsored by the . Among artists now on Active duty in the air Force. Of the full entry list 127 paintings and sketches have been chosen exhibition to the National gallery Here starting april 28, and r will be exhibited throughout can Ada. First prize of the Best picture submitted has been awarded to sgt. G. Cowley Brown. Of Vic Toria now attached to the Craf station at Rockcliffe. Ten Dollar prize winners included Lac. B. Maclellan. Winnipeg portrait Pencil sketch. Four years ago _ april 25, 10-10 troops in Norway withdrew from Steiniker and Lilleli Immor As British War of inc denied reports that British forces had been Cut to pieces. Nazi troops reached Roros in drive to join other Nemi farces holding Fronde ii an opening four feet wide Lead no into a second very narrow Lun ice was carved out of the Rock. Some 25 Yards Down this second Tunnel i reached a flight of 15 earthen Steps. At the Bottom of the Steps the Tunnel still about four get wide continued. Only now the floor of the Tunnel was water. I had found the River styx. With me were two . Rangers he equivalent of British Comman Dos. They. Too. Were Sigil seeing. shone our flashlights along the Vater at the Bottom of this last Tunnel. Only 30 or 40 Yards ahead be could see dry land. That would be hades to which brought the bodies which vere placed in his Cave. Pardon the expression the rangers exchanged looks Vith me in the. If you la Pardon the expression stygian blackness Here was no More Light in that eerie place than there would be in the Middle of a Coal dump. Said the first Hanger look. I did t come nil ibis any or nothing. I m wading Well f thought a Little rashly what s a . Ranger got that i Ain t got we both plunged in the Ranger leading. the beginning of time that water has not seen sunlight. It was the coldest water my feet Ever tasted. The Ranger did t seem very Happy about it either. proceeded three or four Yards and the water already reached Over our Knees and was obviously going to get a lot deeper april 23, same time that i did tuesday about the which made me very glad. said we re Gonna need a boat. May As Well go hurriedly i agreed and we walked Back to Daylight and fresh air. When 1 returned to my Billet and removed my boots i emptied out of each half an Inch of the dirtiest water i have Ever seen. And that s All there is to Charon the Boatman the River styx and hades. Not that Dante did t have some justification using the Dis Mal place As a jumping off Point go do. For his trip to the nether world. So next time you re told to to hades you la what to and Don t forget bring plenty of flashlights. Future of leased bases is raised in Britain Luis Tenn april 25 bup the question of the future of the Bast the Western hemisphere leased 99 years by great Britain to the United states in return 50 old destroyers was raised in Thi. House of commons today. Drawing the attention of prime minister Churchill to a recommendation by a naval sub commit tee of the u. House of representatives that the United states acquire permanent Possession of the Jases. Rhys Davies labor gave Lolice of calling an insurance that such a demand will not be entertained by the govern the Boatman ment and that parliament will be own around clerk had edit Back and miss Muehler Laid Thel she completed a Sale. Ring in a tray of 49-Cerit rings while when miss Muehl f turned and then he before it became Hanger came to any shallower. The consulted on the Issue. The prime minister will be sex peeled to reply at a subsequent sit Ting v tuck is nominated . Minister to Egypt washing Tun april 25 Dent Roosevelt. Monday nominated s. Pickney tuck former counsellor of embassy at Vichy to be Ameri can minister to Egypt. Replaces Alexander c. Kirk at Cairo. Kirk has been assigned As the american member of the Allied advisory Council Italy with a personal rank of ambassador. Discerning shopper Kink acc iii., Ajril 25 a a discerning dime store shopper Mon Day picked up a Ruby ring 49 cents. 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