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The Colborne Express (Colborne Ontario), 19 Apr 1945, p. 3

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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., APRIL 19, 1945 FOOD AGREEMENT SIGNED All the bacon, beef and eggs that Canada can supply will be provided Great Britain in 1946 by an agreement signed in Ottawa by Hon. James G. Gardiner (left), Dominion Minister of Agriculture, and Col. the Hon. Ji H. Llewellin, " !': itish Minister of Food. 'SEA MULE' ON THE RHINE one to be launched on the Rhine River, the "'sea mule" in loto above.was backed into the water off a trailer on which i transported 'cross-country. The "mule" was used by Allies j tugs and haul heavy engineering supplies.__ ■SIDEWALK SUPERINTENDENTS,' GERMANY Road-block in the photo above, composed of a heavy log frame filled with earth and rubble, looks like a tough nut to crack, but one of our bulldozers goes smashing right through it. Everyone likes to watch a building excavation. Here youngsters of Fishbach, Germany, gawp at demonstration of allied power.__ SECRET COMMAND Commodore Worral R. Carter, USN, above, of Norfolk, Va., heads hitherto unmentioned Service Squadron 10, floating miracle of supply which serviced the Okinawa invasion. Consisting of hundreds of ships -- ammunition, repair, floating drydocks, oilers, water tankers and thousands .of .mechanics--Squadron 10 follows the fleet, eliminates necessity of fixed land bases. SPORTS COACHING PROGRAM PROVES POPULAR 'Accorded a very definite stamp of approval by ove.- 60,000 Canadian youth from coast to c°^t, "Sports College" a Y M C.A. and CBC jointly sponsored project offering free athletic direction and physical fitness instruction, gives Canada the distinction of having the largest organization of itsJ™d in the world. The idea, born in the mind of a teen age Canadian boy athlete 14 years ^.^L^-^Lwi pite discouragement came to a satistying fruition in the recent Nation-wide contest when ove34000 entries shattered all previous program response records. This boy once called, Canada s Most Ver satile Athlete", is Lloyd Percival, now Head Coach of, "Sports College", and whose greeting Hello Fellows" ... is heard over a network of 36 stations every Saturday. The weekly gathering for coaching instructions is only one phase of the project. When a boy writes to Sports College, Box 99, Toronto, for his free membership card and a handsome sweater crest he immediately becomes eligible for any or all of a constantly growing library of booklets and bulletins on physical conditioning and diet and a "how to play" series covering all popular Canadian games and sports events, sent tree upon request. Seated around the table microphones are, left to right, Bill Bessey announcer; Head Coach Lloyd Percival; Keith Cruickshank the winnner and Bob Leadmgham of Indian Head, Sask., the runner-up in the recent "College" contest. During their stay in Toronto they were guests on the regular Saturday, "Sports College," broadcast. HOLDING US DOWN TO EARTH WHERE NAZIS PLAN TO HOLE UP With shells bursting only a few miles away, irrespressible Yanks of the 28th Division, First Army, staged a rodeo on the banks of the Rhine, near Karlich, Germany. YES, IT'S TOUGH MONTH, ADOLF Map above shows Bavarian Alps area of southern Germany where top Nazi leaders expect to hold out, according to their secret "Plan K," uncovered by noted author Curt Riess in a daring trip into unoccupied Germany. He reports that 100,000 picked troops are already in the Reduit. Nazi big shots, according to Riess, have already moved into the hideaways indicated on map. The escape plan is said to be of long standing, but decision to put it into operation, wtih a zero hour set, was made at a meeting of Hitler, Himmler and Wehrmacht generals at 3wchtesgaden on March 29. APRIL FRI. FRI. FRI. FRI. FRI. FRI. FRI. 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13] 13 13 13 13 13 13 13^ 13 13 THERE'S only one Friday the 13th in' April for you, but think of poor Adolf--every dav is Friday the 13th for him, no"t only in April but from not on. BAD NEWS HE GOT IT Soviet Foreign Commissar Viach-eslav M. Molotov, upper photo, gave the Japs their long-feared bad news when he read to Japanese Ambassador Notaki Sako, lowei photo, his country's denunciation of the five-year Russo-Japanese neutrality pact, blasting the Japs for aiding Germany, Russia's enemy. . Significant phrase: "The pact . . . has lost its meaning." EXTRA FUSSY coffee lovers go wild about Maxwell House. Available at your grocer's in an All Purpose Grind tbat suits any type of coffee maker. It's superb coffee. You Will Enjoy Staying At The ST. REGIS HOTEL TORONTO Single, S2.50 up-- Double, $3.50 up. Good Pood, Dining and Dane-Ins Nightly. Sherbourne at Carlton Tel. RA. 4135 Itching Scalp -Loose Dandruff Try This Home Treatment For Quick Ease and Comfort Don't dig with 1 Emerald Oil and i gently with the (i

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