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Said Canadian Defense Minister J. L. Ralston: "For the lessons learned and the advantages gained, the forces engaged . . . paid a very heavy price." Though losses of an initial landing or raiding force are likely to be much higher in proportion than those of a major expeditionary army, the price of Dieppe was an indication of the blood bath which a real Second Front would become...
Conscription Now. Both Defense Minister James Layton Ralston and Navy Minister Angus MacDonald had declared publicly that they needed no conscripts to augment the flow of volunteers. But they and others led the Cabinet faction demanding immediate conscription, as a token to the eight English-speaking provinces that the Government accepted the popular mandate for conscription...
...result referred to: a promise from Ottawa to bolster Canada's West Coast defenses, a visit by Defense Minister Ralston and Air Minister Power, subsequent steps to fulfill the promise...
...Columbus, Ohio plant of Ralston Steel Car (capacity: 500 cars monthly) delivered only 168 cars in June, now operates at 25% of capacity...
This week, Mrs. Groenewegen moved, stamp and stamper, into the new building. Ralston rose up, called a protest meeting, sent a petition to Postmaster General Walker, asking for a 90-day stay, promising to fix up the old premises. Mrs. Groenewegen, invited to the meeting, sent word she was "too busy...