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THE MAPLE LEAF Goes To Press On The Italian Front—Canadian Army Overseas PbotaaHere is the composing wwa of The Maple Leaf' as the Canadian • wall behind hum are sketches he has done, including drawings of Gens. Army newspaper goes to bed.* Charlie Smith, deft) former composing Vokes and Bums At right two members of a Canadian Highland unit room employee of a Toronto newspaper prepares to lock up the tabloid size get their copy of the paper and read it while waiting for meal parade, forms on which the newspaper is prepared, ready for the next press run Started as a weekly The ifStaff art tut nf Tha IfinU I IV o wu- - • \ ... j ____. *__..Staff artist of The Maple Leaf is Sgt. W G. Bing WOttawa, shown in centre at work on an illustration for the paper” On’ the)ranean theatre'Maple Leaf is now an up-to-the-minute daily, Coughlin, of i distributed to and read by troops of every Canadian unit in the Mediter-In the two months since its birth, The Maple Leaf, a daily newspaper published by and for the Canadian Army in the Mediterranean theatre has become an institution, ranking only behind rations and mail in popularity with Canadian soldiers fighting there Staffed by former Canadian newspapermen now! in the army, printed in Naples on German-built presses in the publishing plant of a big Italian daily, it has a circulation of over 16.000—and it is not for sale. The troops get It free. By air. land, and sea, ‘The Maple Leaf gees to every Canadian unit in that war theatre.—Canadian Army Overseas Photos, to Britain, and to Canada. These pictures illustrate how this Canadian Army newspaper is turned out. At left is Capt. J. B. MacFarlane. former Windsor. Ont . and Toronto newspaperman and now managing editor of The Maple Leaf' discussing the print run with Piccolo', a midget size Italian printer. Centre shows the linotype room with Ted Stelllng of Hamilton. Ont.. setting type, and at right are pictured offices of The Maple Leaf - other army newspapers are published here also — as a despatch rider brings in a new batch of copy for the paper
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Glenboro Western Prairier Gazette
Glenboro, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Jun 29, 1944
Page 3
Full Page
Clipped by
David A.
USA 10 Mar 2025
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