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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., APRIL 5, 1945 HOLED UP * r 4 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. EASTER SUNDAY ON ALL FRONTS PALS REUNITED Ten thousand miles can't separate a man from his best friend-- so Sgt. Edgar C. Godard, of Huntington, Pa., and 'Blackie," nondescript dog he acquired in Abadan, Persia, six months ago, are reunited. Godard was returned to Bowman Field, Ky., on a rotation plan. Immigration officials frowned on his- dog following. Appeal to his congressman, unidentified, resulted in "Blackie" taking a .10,000-mile ride on a Liberty ship. Here they are reunited. 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 of Hollywood's famed Bowl, and the little clapboard country church, prayers for our fighting men went Heavenward to Him whose is celebrated on April 1--Jesus Christ, Prince 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 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 LIVED TO TELL 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 Ontario's Minister of Planning 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 the Ontario government is co-operating with the Dominion to do all in its power ~1o prepare servicemen for their return to full employment in civil life. NEW VICE-PRESIDENTS OF J. J. GIE30NS LTD. Prime Minister Winstor Churchill looks highly pleaseu as he crosses 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.-Gen. William Simpson and Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery. The Prime Minister is chatting with Maj-Gen. Leland S. Hobbs, commanding general of the 30th Division, who led in the crossing. -jx is an Englishman by nber of many prominent ad- birth and education. With many vertising and service clubs. Mr. literary laurels to his credit, in Kiehn urings to his new position a both poetry and drama, Mr. Cox wide business and promotional has given J. J. Gibbons Limited trainmg in both the United States the advantage of his talents for the and Canada. past ten years.