THE FORTYNINER - Alberta Genealogy Research "The Recents"

The Forty-Niner
News in brief
Approximately 350 men came and life as a German
cruiser north of the lighthouse before Roesnaes Kalundborg
aground on a mine only 20 of the crew were
rescued.
Two German foreign reporting Graf Kniep Hansen were
from Hamburg Fremdenblatt and Edward Schaner of
the Berln Boerse newspaper the People’s Court in Berlin
in the absence sentenced to death two foreign correspondents,
the longer time in Sweden and Finland were the
activities have in the summer of 1944 declared for the
Allied cause.
The 1,500 tons of large Swedish passenger ship Venner
Borg is on the southeastern coast of Sweden’s been sunk.
The Venner Borg is the second Swedish ship that sank
in the Baltic Sea, since the Germans have declared this
area as a war zone.
80 danish armed saboteur has destroyed a secret German
factory in Copenhagen, the parts for the V-2 rockets
herste’lte.
VIENNA IS TRANSFERRED TO INDUSTRY
According Bener Tagwacht of 15:12:44, the largest
industrial companies relocation van, which was performed
in Germany each currently underway in and
around Vienna. The entire mechanical equipment Ruestungsbetriebe
of the area, employing 1.6 million workers,
is currently loaded on Donaukaehne and railroad
car to be transferred to safer industrial centers. The
aircraft factories consoles to consoles and Regensburg to
Straubing and carried away the heavy industries to be
relocated to Linz.
8 - -8 AF
War Surplus Army Cont’d
to clean his rifle. It was easier to clean weapons
which were not fired. Screaming, “government cut
back” instead of firing our rifles. Some with deeper
pockets bought a gas plug for the field. You always
checked the gas plug to ensure it was clean to
begin with, it was returned in the same condition.
I obtained my own Bayonet, rifle sling as well as a
safety strap for the back of a deuce.
Our biggest source of income was the meal
allowance for lunch. We were given a crisp new
dollar bill for lunch every training Saturday. This
worked well to cover bus fare and money for shoe
polish and starch.
Owning your own field kit was a blessing. You
were not nailed for losses or damages. If you used
surplus stuff and it broke you could exchange it for
new through one door or another. Lost kit though
was still a loss, but replacement was a lot cheaper.
In time rifles appeared which looked very service
like, and some drove private vehicles painted
green. Though these were rarely used for service
purposes.
I seem to recall a scandal from the period in which
a complaint was made that we had to pay for our
Battle Dress which after a period of time would
then be ours. I never got any money back and was
told I had to pay for any thing I did not return. Luck
would have it that more stuff got returned to QM
stores when I left Egypt than what I took over seas
in the first place thanks to an understanding and
like thinking reservist in service at the QM at the
time.
The rumour that the Militia would be getting
combat clothing and web grear for field use
circulated for many years before it came true. Also
CF Greens replaced the Battle Dress, and you could
take it all home. Oh I was in heaven.....
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