The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 26

SATURDAY, MAY 22,. 1943. 28 THE OTTAWA JOURNAL Shocked Huns Rush Guns To Protect Dams LONDON, May 21. (CP) Shocked by the success of the one-night smashing of the Mohne and Eder dams, the Germans were reported today rushing anti-aircraft protection and -) protecting nets for their remaining bigJ dams, particularly Bleiloch dam and power station which feeds the Leuna nitrogen and fertilizer works and other in dustries. I dam, produces 290,000,000 klllo-watt hours of power yearly.

Located on the Saale river near Saalfeld, 60 miles -southwest of Leipzig, it is well within bomber range of England. The Ministry of Economic Warfare has estimated that 25 of German electricity is produced by water power. Most big industries have Independent electric power plants to fall back en if other power sources fail. Germany has about 80 fairly large dams and power plants along the Rhine, Ruhr, Eder, Main, Eser, Neckar and Mutg rivers, but the largest and most Important, and presumably on the list as possible targets -are: 1. Bleiloch.

2. Walchensee. near the Austrian border south of Munich. The water flowing from the Walchen Lake Into Kochel Lake la the source of power. There arc many smaller dams and power stations in this area, some of them feeding industries in northern Italy.

3. Bober dam, on the Bober river in This is only about one-tenth the size of the Eder dam, but its power station feeds several Silesian industries 4. Murgtal, on the Murg river Swiss border. The nerve centre tat the electric power sysfWh in Western Europe is at Braweuer near cologne. Here through an Intricate switchboard system power can be diverted from, one' district to another in the event of local failure.

A source -with good background of Germany's power setup who is now in Britain said that A EV rmiM rintit1 darnfttfi. German industries by knocking out the Bleiloch, Walchensee, Bober and Murgtal dams and power stations, thus forcing the Germans to switch over plants to full dependence upon coal. I Th Mintttrv rtf Fjnnnmtr War. fare has indicated that the full I ALL PARKER'S STORES CLOSED ON MAT 24th Victoria Day nun HOME Rom i no plr for Victory Loan Bnnrfi, Will or Protect thm hi wfa d. pk bos from I a yr.

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R. J. Armstrong, 34 Second avenue, previously reported missing, is now reported as a prisoner of war in the official R.CA.F. casualty list. impact of the breaching of the Mohne dam may not be felt until late this Summer.

This dam, which is not important to industry, nevertheless held back millions of tons of water which is the chief source of the Ruhr's household waterand if the Sum mer rainfall is deficient the water supply may be disastrously low by late Summer. Wells have been tapped to provide an emergency supply but this source is considered in adequate, particularly in the event of a hot, dry Summer. The Eder dam is less important than the Mohne as a water supply source but the floods unleashed by R.A.F. mines swept away some small power stations and caused considerable damage in the important industrial city of Kassel. Ottawa Officials Discuss Fire SEIGNIORY CLUB, May 21.

CP) A discussion of tech nical subjects concerning fire protection equipment featured afternoon meetings today of the annual conference of the Asso ciation of Canadian Marshals. In open forum, the 75-odd delegates from across Canada heard interpretations of various Federal Government wartime orders from Metals Co-ordinator D. P. Cruikshank, of Ottawa; Arthur L. Brown, df Montreal, administrator of electrical equipment and supplies; L.

F. Burrows, Ottawa, administrator of metal containers, and R. C. Mold, Toronto, director of municipal ser vice equipment. 1 Later they saw a demonstration by a group of Ottawa auxiliary A.R.P.

firemen under Chief Gray Burnett with a 500-gallonper-mlnute trailer pump brought from Ottawa for the occasion. At tonight's annual dinner the guest speaker was Peggy Ugbee, of Boston, manager of the National Fire Protection Association. A report on association matters was delivered by W. L. Clair-tnont of Ottawa, secretary treasurer and Dominion Fire Commissioner.

H. O. McMillan, of Toronto, chief fire marshal for Wartime Housing, previewed the organization of the Government treated agency and told of steps taken to diminish fire hazards in the company's 173 projects across the Dominion. Lt. CoU O.

L. Lister, of Ottawa, fire marshal for the Canadian Army, who is on leave of absence as chief of the Ottawa Fire Department, told of fire protection measures in the army; The three-dajr conference will end tomorrow. U.S. LEHIGH VALLEY! ANTHRACITE "The Coal That Satisfies" Phone 2-5777 IMictant Service Csntittaiit Praams II (1 I A cMr Equipment Double Prices At! Cafeteria On instructions of the Treasury Board, The Journal learned last the R.C.A.F. is being compelled to more than double food prices at the cafeteria in the Lisgar Building.

There at noon, in recent months, hundreds of Junior grade Civil Servants and servicemen have been fed at cost, for 17 cents each. Particularly for the low-salaried Grade 1' clerks and stenographers, the noon -day lunch there was the one decent meal of the day. These girls were given bread and butter, soup, meat or fish and two- vegetables and milk. It was a banquet compared with the customary breakfast' of toast and coffee and the usual soft-drink-andsand-wich-supper. L.

The better than 100 percent price increase was the condition laid down by the Treasury Board before it would permit the Air Force to take over operation of the cafeteria in No. Temporary Building at the Experimental Farm. The Air Force is taking over there on June 1, when the resignations are effective of Mrs. Donald Gordon and her associates who have been operating the cafeteria tor the Red Cross, While R.C.A.F. officials last night were silent on the issue.

The Journal confirmed through the Finance Department, the terms of the cafeteria agreement When it became known that the resignation of Mrs, Gordon and her associates would leave with out food service at noon the 1,300 civilian and service personnel fed there, the Air Force was willing to operate the cafeteria. As the Red Cross owned much of the equipment, the Air Force required replacements, and for authority for the expenditure was obliged to petition the Treasury Board. Negotiations then were started with Assistant Deputy Finance Minister W. Ronson. The agreement was closed yesterday under which the Air Force was directed to maintain the old price structure at the No.

5 cafeteria. This scale pricing meals from 36 to 50 cents, had been one of the factors in which Mrs. Gordon termed "an unpleasant situation" leading to her resignation. But in taking over the cafeteria, the Air Force was required to agree to an increase of prices at the Lisgar Building. Beyond a wish to "equalize charges at both places, the Treasury Board gave little explanation of the steep advance from 17 cents to between 35 and 50 cents ordered for the Lisgar cafeteria.

The old scale at No. must be retained, decreed the Treasury Board, because the volunteer help there would be replaced by members of the Women's Division of the Air Force drawing service pay and allowances. (Actually, the kitchen staff was on salary, the volunteer workers being Mrs. Gordon and 17 associates In the dining room,) However, at the Lisgar cafeteria there have been no staff changes and the over-head remained static. While orderihg "equalization" of prices, the Treasury Board directed 'that food- value of meals at both cafeterias must continue to correspond.

The agreement is effective for three weeks following June 1, after which the general situation will be re-examined. Merrickville Flyer Reports Tough Fight MERRICKVILLE, May 21. (Special) Sergeant W. A. G.

Herb Levere, of Merrickville, who has been serving overseas with the R.C.A.F. since May, 1942, told in a recent letter to his wife here, of a narrow escape his bombing crew hed, in a raid over Essen, Germany. A clipping, enclosed from an English newspaper, told how the pilot, a Glasgow boy, had piloted his Halifax safely back to England after being attacked by a Junkers 88, the cannon and machine gun fire from which had wounded five of the crew. Shells burst inside the fuselage, throwing splinters in all directions. The rear gunner returned the fire until three of his four guns were knocked out and he was wounded Jn the left leg.

The flight engineer was shot through the chest, the navigator hit in the back and leg and the mil-upper gunner' and bomb aimer, suffered foot injuries. The wireless operator (Sergeant Levere) took over the Right, engineer's job. His wireless set was1 smashed and they were out of touch with home so he went to and fro bandaging the wounded and giving them coffee. In spite of his wounds, the navigator was able to give an approximate course and they reached an airdrome in the south of Sergeant Levere, at the time of this raid, had made 12 trips over Germany and Italy. His wife and young son, whom he has not yef seen, reside in Merrickville.

His father, Pte. Arthur Levere, a veteran of the last war, also served overseas in this war, 'but is now serving in Canada. WEST COAST PREPARED. MONTREAL, May 21. Canada's west coast is fully prepared for any type of assault Japan can make.

Mayor J. W. Cornet of Vancouver s4d today. Jf" I I I fe i JAMES C. ALEXANDER, son of Mr.

and Mrs. A. E. Alexander, Quyon, who celebrated his 22nd birthday overseas yesterday. He is with the Cameron Highlanders and for some time -was stationed in Governs Ont.

By Remote Control NIAGARA FALLS, Ont, May 21. KP Lt Col. George A. Drew, Ontario Progressive Conservative leadejr, said tonight "there is little to say about the re-shuffled Ontario Government It has not changed except that under the new leadership it has become' a pale reflection of the Government at Ottawa, which is now going to carry on the affairs of this province by remote He was addressing the annual meeting of the Niagara Falls riding Progressive Conservative Mayor Carl D. Han-niwell, Niagara Falls', was elected president of the organization.

"With all its faults' the OnUrio Government in the past has shown some evidence of independence and a clear recognition of its special obligations to the people of CoL Drew said. "It now becomes a new department the Ottawa bureaucracy." "During the last session of the Ontario Legislature it became apparent that even the Ontario Hydro Electric Power Commission had ceased to operate as an independent body and that it too was submitting to dictation. The agreement signed with the Province of Quebec disposed of the best power sites in Eastern Ontario and placed them under the control of the private power interests of the Province of Quebec. "I have, nothing to say against the Dominion power controller, Mr. H.

J. Symington, as an individual, but -no more improper situation' could be imagined than that the publlcy-owned power production of this province should be subject to the direction aof a man who is connected witri the most important private power companies in Quebec which will benefit by the transaction just completed, No Exee. "The sites at Carillon and Rocher Fendu on the Lower Ottawa were natural sources of power for: Eastern Ontario, just as Niagara Falls is a natural source of bower for the Niagara peninsula. 1 There is no valid ex cuse of any kind for 'depriving Eastern Ontario of that source of cheap and plentiful power and forcing them to draw their power from remote sources. "No explanation has yet been given for 4his astonishing Ontario is short of power and yet we exchange the two best sites under our control for sites on the Upper Ottawa far from any consuming market and of un proved producing capacity.

"We have only seen the first step but before long we will know what private power interests 'in the Province of Quebec are to benefit at the expense of the province through the Intervention of Mr. Symington. "The sites on the Ottawa should have been developed jointly between the two provinces, each taking its own share. That would have been the best example which could have been offered of friendly, eo-operation in our mutual assets. "The whole transaction was carried through without any disclosure of essential acts and each province parted with control over its own territory.

For that reason the whole transaction was Improper and illegal- and the contract is not worth the paper -it is written on. "I have made it clear that I object to the repudiation of contracts which have been properly executed. This is something very different Ample warning has been given to those who seek to benefit at our expense and no one need suffer unless they proceed to take advantage of contracts which are -manifestly bad from the very beginning. industrial development depends upon power and OnUrio has -a right to Insist that it has the to develop those power sites to which it is entitled. This whole transaction is merely, an example of what this province may expect if it is subject control from Ottawa as it has been in this Col.

Drew concluded. TIMELY WARNING. STILLWATER, OkhL May 21. Fire Chief Ray Penoe, noticing an increase in alarms, advertised in the Stillwater News- Press asking residents to be careful of possible, fire hazard. The department hasn't received a fire call for 17 days.

Says Ottawa i LAC. AUSTIN M. KOBUS," of R.C-A.F. son of Mr. and Mrs.

John' Kobus, 168 Prince street Renfrew, who celebrates his 22nd birthday on Monday, May 24, and his second overseas. He enlisted in August, 1941,. and after training at Toronto went overseas in October of that year. His twin sister, Carine, lives in Renfrew. Two Ottawa Flyers Are Presumed Dead Third is Prisoner In the official R.C.A.F.

casualty list issued Friday night two Ottawa men, previously. reported missing on active service, are now presumed dead, one Ottawa man previously listed as missing on active service is now reported a prisoner of war, and one Ottawa and three district men were re ported as missing after air oper ations. Sgt Ford Ross Carruthers, son of Mr. and Mrs. O.

V. Carruthers, 278 Sherwood Drive, Ottawa, and Fit Sgt Harold Ernest Magladry son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E.

Mag-ladry, 798 ronson avenue, Ottawa, are presumed dead after being listed missing on active service. Prisoner of War. -PO. George Christopher Armstrong, son of Mr. and Mrs.

R. J. Armstrong, 54 Second avenue, Ottawa, previously reported missing ot active service, is reported a prisoner of war. Sgt Richard Barnet Blake, husband of Mrs. R.

B. Blake, 141 Preston street Ottawa; PO. Joseph A. T. Doucette, D.F.C., son of Mrs.

Alexandre Doucette, 94 Cedar street Sudbury, Ont; FO. Sydney Brown, son. of Abraham Brown, 53 Main street East North Bay, and Fit Sgt Douglas Keith Nolan, son of T. F. Nolan, Carle-ton Place, are reported missing on active service after air operations.

Pilot Officer G. C. Armstrong is a graduate of Glebe Collegiate and joined up in 1940. He trained at Toronto, Trenton, Victorlavllle, St Eugene and Summerside, P.E.I. He was commissioned in March, 1943, alter serving almost a year in the Middle East A recent casualty list reported him as missing after air operations while last night's list established him as a prisoner of war.

A brother, LAC. Art Armstrong, is with the R.C.A.F. fire-fighting division at acmoiUh. N.S. la Essen Raid.

Sgt F. R. Carruthers was a participant in the 1.000-pIaneTald on Essen and in other bombing raids on Germany. Born and educated in Ottawa he enlisted on the day of his graduation from the Ottawa School in April, 1941. He.

trained at Vic torlavllle, Trenton and bridge, where he received his air gunner's badge in November, 1941. Arriving overseas in De cember of the same year, he re ceived additional training in Ens land and Wales. He was listed as missing after air operations in October, 1942. Britain Now Able Build Air Transports LONDON, May 21. The Government is determined to see the Empire "knit together by civil aviation" and for the first time In the war it is able to start building transport aircraft Capt Harold -Balfour, British Air Under-Secretary, told delegates to tne conservative party convention today.

He said the Government realized that a Britain without air transport might well iose tne peace, "but first and fore most we've sot to beat the Ger mans and; we are a long way from Deaung tnem R.A.F. Drive Ties Down 750,000 Huns LONDON, May 2f. CB Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair said in a speech today that the RA.F. offensive had tied down on the western front 750,000 German soldiers and sailors manning searchlights and guns and a similar number of man and women on fulltime air raid precaution service. Prescription OPTICIANS Your Doctor's Prescriptions accurately filled In our own factory on the premises.

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