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Flesherton Advance, 4 Apr 1945, p. 3

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â- ^ HOLED UP * ^ Forced by Allied air raids to become "cave .dwellers" these members of a German family emerge from their cliffside shack waving a white surrender flag after the Allies had captured the area. PALS REUNITED Ten thousand miles can"t sep- arate a man from his best friend â€" 80 Sgt. Edgar C. Godard, of Hun- tington, Pa., and 'Blackie," non- descript dog he acquired in Abadan, Persia, six months ago, are re- united. Godard was returned to Bowman Field, Ky., on a rotation plan. Immigration officials frowned on his dog following. Appeal to his congressman, unidentified, re- sulted in "Blackie" taking a 10,000-mile ride on a Liberty ship. Here they are reunited. EASTER SUNDAY ON ALL FRONTS In the hot holes of the Pacific and muddy trenches of the European fronts, in the magnificence of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, the spaciousness cd Hollywood's famed Bowl, and tht little clapboard country church, prayers for our fighting men went Heavenward to Him whos« resurrection was celebrated on April 1 â€" Jesus Christ, Frinc* of Peace. Here is the 300th Lancaster bomber leaving the assembly line of the Victory Aircraft plant at Malton, Ontario. This Crown company is producing one of these planes a day. Loaded, the plane weighs 30 tons. It has a speed of some 300 miles an hour, a range of 3,000 miles, and an eight ton bomb load. Its armament includes 10 machine guns • mounted in revolving turrets. Its record as a bomber has not been equalled by any other aircraft. CHURCHILL BOATING ON THE RHINE Prune Mmister Wmstor Churchill looks highly please^ as he cros-es Rhine to visit Gen. William Simpson's Ninth Army Troops, first to cross the German river. With Churchill in the small craft are (left to right) Maj.-Gen. John Anderson, commanding 14th Corps; Lt.-Qen. William Simpson and Field Marshal Sir Ber.iard Montgomery. The Prime Minister is chatting with Maj-Gen. Leland S. Hobbs, commanding general of ths 30th Division, who led in the crossing. SCOTTISH-AMERICAN PIPER IN GERMANY Piper A. Beaton, of Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A., is a piper in a famous Canadian regiment now serving in Germany. Beard and all, he makes a good Scotsman. HE UVED TO TELL I-- - -- . „„- f â- ':.. iiiiâ€"m.'i. Haggard face and bewildered expression reveal horrors experienced by this Filipino. He was buried alive in an air raid shelter during siege of Manila. Grimy and weary after rescue, he rests on the comparatively safe side of the American-held Pasig River. IT'S A CLOSE SHAVE Cr.tario's Mir.:jtjr oj Plaar.ing and Development. Hon. Dana Porter, shaves a balloon under the laughing scrutiny of Booth Wilson, who is in charge of the barber school at the Ontario Training and Re-Establishment Institute in Toronto. Balloon shaving is simply the first step in one of the army courses through which tiie Oniario government is co-operating with the Dominion to do all in its power to prepare servicemen for their return to full employment in civil life. NEW VICE-PRESIDENTS OF J. 3. GIBBONS LTD. Walter Kiehn Mr. Kiehn, a native of Chicago, is a member of many prominent ad- vertising and service clubs. Mr. Kiehn urmgs to his new position a wide business and promotional training in both the United States and Canada. Leo Co.\ Mr. Cox is an En<jlioiiman by birth and education. With many .iterary laurels to his credit, in both poetry and drama, Mr. Cox has given J, J. Gibbons Limited the auvania^e of his taients for tiie past ten years. ,

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