Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-17
Windsor Hides
It's Grief Over
.Dieppe Losses
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mourning il inert OH NHt i1oit
heartbreaking because Of its cour-
rageous front.
One glirnpses II most OF an at
the Red Cross headquarters at the
foot OF Oullette avenue, where
they are making plans for a pris-
.oners-of-war package depot TO be
opened within a few weeks.
HUNDREDS VOLUNTEER
Hundreds Of persons are volun-
.tecring their services TO work In
the depot. packing and shipping
the regulation Red Cross approved
prisoner of war package to be de-
.livered to Canadian prisoners
overseas.
They hope their loved ones sur
vived the Dieppe raid and are held
prisoners by the Germans.
They feel they can help with
packages which may some day
reach their sons and husbands"
one volunteer explains.
A few feet away in the Red
Cross workroom one again finds
an undercurrent of sorrow in the
influx of women. pledging more
and more time.
cit is seldom that any one
mentions Dieppe," says a work
room director whose only son is
among the 81 officers who failed
TO return from the French coast
raid.
A BIG JOB TO DO
Canadians are like that" she
adds. 1--WE don't talk about
those things. We all know we
have a Job to do and we must
work, no matter what"
Some so women are busy In the
and with few exceptions
the horror of Dieppe has struck
close to their homes.
"This time almost every fam
lily was touched ut least distantly
and I'm almost every block" says
another worker.
AS they talk, they stand before
a framed quotation in which Prime
Minister Winston Churchill two
years ago predicted the valor with
which the empire beyond the
seas" is carrying on.
Across the street at the Essex
Scottish Ladies Auxiliaries there is
the same conStraint in the air. The
shop is being readied for the open
ing, but the bazaar has been can
celed.
HER HUSBAND MISSING
Mrs. Frederick K. Jasperson Is
directing a group of soldiers in
furniture moving. A few hours
earlier newspaper headlines an
her husband. 1t. Col.
Frederick M. Jasperson, is missing,
believed killed.
Two women stop In to return
socks they have knitted. The
socks have the red and blue band
ing. denoting the Essex Scottish
colors.
There will be an Essex Scottish
to carry on. They know that and
officers at st. Luke's
barracks know that as they accept
the greatest influx of volunteers in
months.
Many of them explain they have
relatives missing In the Essex
Scottish action and that they wish
to replace them.
FIGURES WITHHELD
Enlistment figures are withheld,
but the group to be moved from
st. Luke's barracks to q training
center this weekend is the third
largest since the wars start.
In the city hall, in public places,
anywhere in Windsor there is that
same deceptive, casual appearance.
But everywhere it is the same.
Beneath the reserve there are
aching hearts. Two nephews of
Windsor's Mayor Arthur ]. Reaume
are among the missing.
There is talk of a community
tribute TO the heroes of Dieppe.
LOSSES NOW PUBLIC
Before, we couldn't hold such
an assembly" one official ex-
planned. I'VE couldn't let the
enemy know the extent OF our
loss"
Prayers were held in Windsor
churches, but now they speak Of
a more general observance.
People shy away from giving
their names, preferring TO remain
anonymous.
1--WE are all In IL together"
one mother of three missing
sons protested. "Why should
one of us be singled out from
the rest.
"Its the same for all OF us.
We've just got to 20 on"
And from the father Of three
soldier sons comes the comment:
81 can't say anything, but
Thank God My boy came back
from Dieppe. He was In the air
that day over France"
Thus Windsor goes on, but In
the parks in the autumn sunshine
7 there are only old men and small
children today.
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