The Arts of War: Editorial Cartoons, Illustrations, More (Winnipeg Tribune) (1)

      The War Rages on Various Fronts. We are Reminded in Various Ways 

Pen sketch of Peterhof by Padre Bamber, a British chaplain.

As found in Ticket to Hell via Dieppe by A. Robert Prouse

Introduction:

The Winnipeg Tribune has been my go-to Canadian newspaper for research purposes during the 2020 - 2021 covid-19 pandemic, and I have clipped more than a few drawings and other items related to 'the arts of war' from the pages first published in January 1944. 

Readers who wish to do a bit of looking for themselves concerning, for example, Allied progress on various war fronts, will not be able to do much better than to peruse the digitized version of The Tribune as found at the University of Manitoba.

I have lined up about 40 items below that reveal excellent craftsmanship and ingenuity - chiefly by Canadians - re the use of pens and art brushes and type-writers (to produce, e.g., an arts-related article).

Questions or comments can be left in the comment box at the bottom of the page or sent to me via email - gordh7700@gmail.com. 

Items from The Winnipeg Tribune, January, 1944

Readers will soon see a few more items by the creator of the above editorial cartoon (as found on Jan. 3 1944, page 6), i.e., Dorman H. Smith. Yes, I fairly easily deciphered his scrawl. One can now google his name with confidence. For starters, however, I recommend a visit to a very active and informative online site/blog entitled Yesterday's Papers, created by John Adcock.

As many readers know, in January 1944, Montgomery's Eighth Army was advancing slowly - in a slog-like manner - along the Adriatic coast of Italy toward Rome. It seems that of all the versions of a German song, "Lili Marlene", an unnamed Canadian soldier liked the 8th's rendition the best:

The original song is available on YouTube, and a few of the comments are worth a look.

And about the cartoon below. Does it mean the detritus of war - no matter the era - can do some good?

Below is the first of a few illustrations to be presented, by R. Simmonds. 

I say HELP WANTED with any information about illustrator.

Another cartoon by Dorman H. Smith:

Mozel cartoons (see signature in lower right corner, below) appear regularly in The Tribune.  

"Bill Mozel, staff cartoonist for the Tribune," is mentioned in a short news clip, as found at Newspapers.com

The news clip was published on page 7 of The Winnipeg Tribune on September 09, 1942. And on the same page we find a movie ad re the first news reel about the Dieppe Raid (August 19 1942), to be shown at the Metropolitan, along with a somewhat artistic ad re a sea cruise ; )

This movie ad may open up another line of research re the Dieppe Raid

because early news reels can be found online (Univ. of S. Carolina)!

Illustrator R. Simmonds strikes again, as does Bill Mozel again and again:

Artwork, likely by a POW at a German prison camp, and sent home by POW Lt. J. E. Thompson (see caption) appears directly below, followed by two other drawings - related, in my opinion, to the same prison camp:

Pen sketch of Peterhof by Padre Bamber, a British chaplain.

As found in Ticket to Hell via Dieppe by A. Robert Prouse

Charcoal sketch of the Peterhof Gasthaus by POW A. Robert Prouse

As found in his book Ticket to Hell via Dieppe Page 116 

The wee rhyme above mentions a "tatter't boggart" and it raised a question mark. So, according to an online source - A boggart is a creature in English folklore, either a household spirit or a malevolent genius loci (that is, a geographically-defined spirit) inhabiting fields, marshes... (Wikipedia)

By now readers might recognize the work below, by R. Simmonds:

More to follow from February issues of The Winnipeg Tribune.

For another look at The Arts of War related to a Canadian newspaper, please link to Editorial Cartoons, Maps (Montreal Star (1)

Unattributed Photos GH