Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 22, 1951, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday november 22. 1951 11 chinese blow themselves to Pierce Canadian defence Bill Boss with the canadians in Korea nov. .22 up the Young lieutenant. Had a premonition on his 23th Friday nov. 2. He decided to share both with Section leaders and called them in to his command Post on the isolated outpost position 600 Yards ahead of the main de Fence line. Forward Bren gun Ner at the Post was a Winnipeg Ger pet. E. R. Bauer. Lieut. De Mastronardi of the 2nd battalion Royal Canadian regiment had seen an attack there once before the Chin Ese and had wired and Booby trapped the area thoroughly after beating them off. He told his three Sec Tion leaders. I have a feeling they re joins 10 come in to night and in he outlined his plan of Battle and the men went to their sections. No sooner were they than the enemy attacked. Through wire first Waves blew up on the mines. The chinese used machetes to chop the barbed wire Fence from its steel Peg Moor Ings then used dead and wounded comrades As gang planks Over the mines. Individual chinese with Bangalore torpedoes strapped to their bodies wriggled through the wire reached the inner Peri meter and detonated the torpedoes blowing a Gap wide enough to drive two City buses abreast through said maj. A mealtime treat that hard to seat Crisp potato chips Dick Media and Toronto the company commander. Some of the wigglers blew up with their torpedoes. Others were kilted before they could detonate them. Altogether 14 Bangalore men tried to get into the position. Lieut. Mastronardi called Down artillery and the first attack was broken off before the position was penetrated. Bill Boss describes i chinese red assault on Canadian position Bill Boss Canadian Piess writer who recently visited Winnipeg is again in Korea covering Canadian troops in action. Here he gives an on the spot View of the kind of suicidal fighting tactics used chinese reds in attacking Allied positions. This Lime it. Is the 2nd battalion Royal Canadian regiment on an isolated outpost position goo Yards ahead of the main de Fence line whose close quarters Battle Boss describes. In his despatch. Boss also revealed the Cool manner in which 71-year-old Federal fisheries minister. Hon. R. W. Mayhew. Received a warm reception coming under enemy Shell fire Sev eral times while touring Canadian frontline positions in Korea Over the week end. Foft schoo Timi _ Emily Kimbrough a spam Blue Bonnet it s favorite in custody at Victoria accent an invitation from Emily Kim rough. Tab spare Bloe Bonnet Margarine with Iny spread at ing Price. Like the author and lecturer Vou la love Blue Bojt Xot s fresh Sweet savor i Rich nutrition r real Economy elite Bon nit is Canada s Fine Quality All vegetable Margarine. Lse bile in cooking on vege tables As a delicious spread. 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And there were enemy on both sides and behind said Lieut. Mastronardi. I ordered the Forward its no. 1 was pet. Bauer of Winnipeg to pull . By this time there was quite a pile of dead in front of its Posi Tion and also in front of Cpl. Jack Sargeant who was using a Sten there was a particularly improved double strength powdered bleach Wash your Nylon and houses with the new. Improved pow dered bleach. It Dingy Fey ook Horn link or Rayon. Wonderful too. For Woollen Perfet u now double St length twice u Good. Odor less softens water More Audi. Ift powdered bleach far Wool silk Niyom victoriac., nov. 22 up the Canadian Navy s mystery sur Ferdinand Waldo Demara i a. Was lodged wednesday in immigration Riu arters Here. The 29-year-old american pre Mably was taken into custody immigration men following his this Hauge for misconduct involving fraudulent entry into the Navy. The legality of his entry into can a is being questioned. Demara who enlisted in the Navy s surgeon Lieut. Joseph Cyr of Edmundston. N.b., was unmasked As n imposter following Brilliant feats c surgery in Korea. Carried on surgery Demarca served aboard the de Troyer Cayuga in korean Waters in earned on surgery in the Cap Ain s Cabin and ashore in a Muc it where he operated on wounded korean soldiers. He was suspended from duty Hen his identity was challenged y new Brunswick authorities Hen it was Learned that medical apers of the real or. Joseph Cyr and been stolen last Winter. Demara listed in the Navy at Saint John .b., last March. He was brought from Korea week ago and lodged in the naval Ospital. A Board of inquiry found he was of a doctor. He had served in the a. Navy As a pharmaceutical mate and was experienced in emergency Edical work. For a time he worked a the Massachusetts Eye and ear infirmary in Boston. Return he May return to the Home of his father at Lawrence. Mass., but this could not confirmed. It was possible he might taken first to Saint John the Point of his enlistment. F Demara has declined to discuss his Case even with naval authorities. Newspaper men sent him notes at the Hospital but his Only reply was no world bullish on Canada says Bank chief Montreal nov. 22 Mph. A. Stevenson president of Barclays Bank said at its annual meeting tuesday that the world is astoundingly bullish on Canada has answered world de Mand for supplies with a Boon year and has Given a remarkable demonstration of National production and earning capacity he said. Warning against restricting Trade More and More to the United states he said we run the risk of driving the other countries into a coun Ter exclusiveness which might Lead to the permanent loss of external markets for our production in the years to in Canada inflation is raising the Cost of the defence programme and if costs continue to Rise the coun try s already top heavy Load of taxation actual and estimated May. Be still further at Tuffe height of its siege in the second world War the Island of Malta was supplied to a Large extent submarines. Troublesome machine gun on the Ridge behind the outpost. So Lieut. Mastronardi and Cpl. Sargeant scaled the slope Shoul Der to shoulder the officer using a burp gun he d taken from a dying chinese and Cpl. Sargeant his Sten. They knocked the gun out of action kill ing one of its Crew and then returned to the platoon. Cpl. Sargeant was detailed to take five men and Knock the remainder of the enemy off the Ridge behind so that fhe Pla Toon could fight its Way . Wounded organized pet. To. D. Sharp of. Toronto Stretcher bearer organised the wounded in the Middle formation. He checked the whole position wounded first then grouped them and sheer drive and nerve got them to help us fight our Way out As Well As take care of while the platoon worked its Way Lieut. Mastronardi pet. C. W. Baker of Luri Enburg n.s., and a Soldier who later wounded fought a rear guard action kneeling Down to fire on the advancing chinese then pulling a few Yards before firing again across 600 Yards of Countryside including. The Ridge Cpl. Sarge ans gang cleared for them. As the Gap opened a the wire for the men to go through com. James yales of Niagara on the Lake ont., stood with the company Roll. In the Middle of the Battle com. Yates checked the Pla Toon through checked with Lieut. Mastronardi on casual ties then turned to major med mind. And present or accounted Lor forty three chinese bodies were a us sequently. Found in the position. Uncounted More in the artillery s beaten zone ahead. And an air observer the next morning reported Stretcher Miles Long evacuating the enemy s wounded. Next morning Lieut. Mastronardi arid his 14 remaining lighters went out to take to e position . They did without a shot being fired. Proven finest comparison Plymouth . A. 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