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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 02, 1944
Page
3
Sightseers explore bombed British cities where flora grows from rubble. Manchester hosts 79 flower types, Liverpool 82, London 95, Folkestone 44, some never seen for generations. London Rocket, Sisymbrium irio, may reappear after 1666 and 1944 fires as nutrients from fires aid germination.
Guenther Stein reports that the American Navy plans to push across the Pacific toward China's coast with land and air support from Chinese territories. General Stilwell says operations will involve aggressive land and air offensives to break the blockade and reinforce air and supply lines into China. Chinese and American forces have begun assaults in Burma as the Ledo Road advances despite bad weather, and China currently relies on air transport for vital supplies. The U S Army in China has moved large air-dropped tonnage, built numerous airfields, and maintained an air-supplied force aiding Chinese armies against Japanese moves.
The Maple Leaf, a four page weekly now, serves Canadian troops in Italy with news from Canada Britain and the Central Mediterranean. It may become a daily as newsprint permits and is distributed by aircraft and jeep to units of the Canadian Corps.
The article notes winter bomber strikes on Japanese installations and growing Japanese shipping losses. It highlights Chinese airfield construction in rear areas expanding rapidly, with vast runways built by hundreds of thousands of Chinese workers, compared to historic feats like the Great Wall and Grand Canal.
Desultory fire marked the front as Canadian and German troops clashed over a pig caught in no man's land. The 8th Army advanced and captured the animal after a brief sniper opening, with the pig fleeing toward the Canadian line as dusk fell.
A well placed shot stopped the porker in its tracks and artillery fire forced the enemy to withdraw. A few hours later the Canadians were eating roast pork.
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