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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., AUGUST 31, 1944 Long on the secret list, a powerful new weapon, the "Sexton," a 25-ponder full- -tracked, self-propelled mount,. has been revealed to the world by Munitions Minister C. D. Howe. Designed by Canadians and built only in thr country, it has already been made in sufficient quantities to supply the Canadian Army, and is now being made for the British Army. A modification of the Canadian-designed Ram tank, the, •'Sexton", a 25-pounder full-France. The gun for the new mount is virtually the same ,is the 25-pounder which stopped Rommel at El Alamein. li is shown being installed into tlxe mount in the lower photo, while above a line of the completed mounts lumbers out to the.~tgst ranges. RiUNION IN FRANCE Fondest hopes are realized a son back to his home in Alet Army, helped to liberate the a happy mothe Dn. The soldier )wn from Nazi AGE DOESN'T MEAN A THING TO CUPID Love has no age limits, . York City barge captain, and Mrs. Johanna Appel, 62, a After eight-year courtship, they decided to take the plunge, are shown at City Hall where they applied for marrigae license. She's :x landlady, and he's her star boarder. PALS This 4C00-pound blockbuster has company as it hurtles earthwards, in the form of a smaller bomb, caught by RAF camera during recent attack on Luftwaffe equipment depot at St. Cyr, France. FAMOUS, EMBLEMS Here are two emblems worn by some soldiers of the Canadian Army Overseas, which World War II has produced and made famous.. Below is pictured the shoulder sleeve insignia worn by personnel attached to SHAEP -- Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force -- in other words General Eisenhower's staff. The field is black with red flames rising from a white sword, and a rainbow which includes all colors of which national flags of the Allies are composed tops the shield. At top is the insignia of the famous British Eighth Army -- a gold or yellow Crusader's cross on a white shield. Canadians fighting with the 8th wear this insignia. Hand grenades come in handy when clearing isolated pockets of enemy resistance and here is CSM W. G. Vassie, Kitchenerfpriming grenades before a Canadian operation south of Caen. 'CAMERA' ACTION These photos show two of the tricky new mines Germans are using in Italy. Two-part mine pictured above is anti-personnel weapon. Wooden peg is driven into ground, mine is placed on it, above ground, and cord tied between two mines. When trip cord is disturbed, it pulls the pins and both mines explode si-multaneausly. Other two pictures show a new anti-tank || mine, also used against other vehicles. Its bottle-shaped shell has open bottom, in which there is the electro-magnet seen in picture at right. This enables mines to adhere to any steel part. In photo below, an Allied soldier demonstrates, on Army tank tread, how the mine Is Lieut. John Hodgson (Big Jack) Smith, former Tornoto newspaper photographer', who has served with the Canadian Army Film and Photo Units in the campaigns in Sicily and Italy, shown as he swung into action with his Army camera..A six-foot, four-inch giant, Smith served on the staffs of the Toronto Evening Telegram and the Toronto Globe and Mail before joihihg the Army's Public Relations branch. flyers and carrying supplie: speeds ranging from four to 41 m.p.h. i trailer, the M-17 is used for rescuing downed PINCERS POSSIBILITY Anticipating Allied capture and consolidation of French Mediterranean ports, armchair strategist sed interesting poss._bil.ties of a surprise pincers movement, as "diagrammed on map above, that milht spell of pincers could thrust eastward through Alpine would require amphibious invasion on east coast of - northern Italy, force their surrender or flight quick doom for Germans in northern Italy. Left passes on to broad plains above P6 river; right Adriatic. Success of movement would trap Nazis i through Brenner Pass which is at mercy of Allied bombers.