Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 14, 1938, Winnipeg, Manitoba Temperature readings 6.30 ., july 13 9.30 ., july 13 12.30 ., july 14 56 3.30 ., july 14 4.57 for full report of meteorological office see Page one. Vol. Pages. Fyt Sun rises. 4.33t Sun sets 20.34. Moon sets 6.54. Winnipeg thursday july 14, 1938 warmer Hughes plane approaching Winnipeg bitter words Liberal censure motion on food Supply Defeated London july 14. A spirited House of commons debate on prime minister Chamberlain s agricultural policy the government wednesday night emerged victorious by a vote of 240 to 137. A motion by liberals to reduce the ministry of agriculture s appropriation in effect a motion to censure the government s policy was rejected. Some conservatives abstained from wednesday s food Supply debate near end of flight resulted from or. Chamberlain s speech at Kettering july 2. When amount of he declared any attempt by British agriculture to achieve wartime self sufficiency in foodstuffs would be detrimental to the nation s Trade with Empire and foreign countries and would also be impractical. Defending the government w. S. Morrison minister of agriculture we have practically the same population on land declaring that Only 5vz per cent of the English and Welsh population was on compared with Ger Many s per cent. Or. Lloyd George remarked we have two great countries arming against us. They Are spend declared great Britain had made ing thousands of millions but they marked Progress in reducing spent g corresponding sums volume of imported foodstuffs. Developing the resources of their spite its Small territory Britain s soil. Why should we cringe before agricultural production is greater j them in their worst aspects and not in value than that of any of the emulate them in their dominions. Had not Germany taken her remarking that there Are now i Young labourers from the land and 50.000 tractors in the United King Dom the minister of agriculture observed that though the Rural population had diminished there had been no reduction in production. If weather continued favor Able. Or. Morrison said the next wheat Harvest would be the Best since 1922. Lloyd George attack one of the bitterest government opponents was former prime min ister Lloyd George who declared the youth of great Britain was fleeing the land As if from a which he said indicated the measure of their Confidence in the government s agricultural pol chiding or. Morrison for his complacent claims of increased but that in a future conflict food production or. Lloyd George said the country had More Mouths to feed since the War yet put them practically All into her in the great War she might have won he said. He declared it imbecile utterly imbecile to say that the Only customers Worth having were customers overseas. These people from our Fields and farms who buy goods of our manufacturers Are putting up no tariffs against he said. Declaring the great War was a struggle Between two mighty empires As to which would starve the other into surrender he said the outcome was touch and pointing to the new danger of air bombings on Britain s food sup ply from abroad he said not a single ship in the great War was hit from you might have More sinking new from that cause than from Chamberlain decries raids As illegitimate London july 14. Up majesty s government have made it Plain that they cannot accept As legitimate the bombing of merchant ships by prime minister Chamberlain s voice took a sharper note As he told the House of commons wednesday of protests made to general Franco against the bombing of British ships in Spanish Waters. Suspend olympics japanese minister announces action due to chinese War answering a previous question the prime minister broadly hinted that during the summer recess Mem Bers of parliament May be recalled from their holidays to discuss bring ing the Anglo italian agreement in to effect. Says position definite. Effective Protection cannot be guaranteed unless this country is prepared to take an Active part in the or. Chamberlain continued. The government in our View would not be justified in entering upon such a course which would result in a spreading of the conflict beyond the present limits. While any military action is thus precluded the government Are not prepared to acquiesce in a repetition of attacks of a certain character. Hitherto they have always made protests where a vessel lying by itself has been subjected to deliberate attack by Low flying aircraft believes attacks deliberate. Attacks on isolated Craft the prime minister added must be de liberate where the position has been reconnoitre previous to being bombed and the merchant ship has been machine gunned afterwards. Clement Attlee Leader of the of news of them government Grant to Brandon College is debated at caucus of Blacken 5. Screaming from Bullet wound car thief races police cruisers in All night 15. Riches of Manitoba s mining areas form subject of new series by Frank 5. Undetermined number wounded in Arab jew clash in mixed Quarter 4. Eden s influence grows in Britain with each speech Grant Dexter re 2. Sex convict masquerading a s policeman is arrested in Winnipeg. Page 4. Radio spreads and royalties Are disputed before Ottawa probe. Page 11. Pasteurized milk Campaign meets Strong opposition in Britain. Page 4. Chinese and japanese deadlocked to struggle for 4. Position asked did the British government make it Plain that they cannot accept the explanation in re Gard to these bombings which seems o be in entire contradiction with the or. Chamberlain said that it does not seem to us that the disclaimer of deliberate intention can be reconciled in certain cases with the facts an known to Garro Jones labor questioned whether the prime minister had received any communication from Burgos to show that general Franco was not responsible for the attacks on British ships. Or. Chamberlain the government announced it Effort to form an International com Mission to investigate air bombing of civilian centres in Spain had failed. Prime minister Chamberlain told the House of commons that the scheme in which the United states France Norway Sweden and later the Netherlands had been asked to join had been found impossible instead he said great Britain would Send a Mission of two men to Spain. The United states declined Grea Britain s invitation and Sweden followed suit. The original plan was for a com Mission from several Neutral nations to establish Headquarters in Southern France and make visits t Spain to determine whether Ai attacks on Spanish cities wer justified by military objectives. Tricolour of France flies for her Holiday today july 14, is the National Holiday in France and Sci Honor the occasion the Tri color of France will Fly from the free press Courtesy Flag staff until Sundown. On july 1789 French revolution began with the destruction of the Bastille prison in Paris. Today the French populace will Congre Gate in the famous place de la Bastille to commemorate that incident which has had such an French history. Effect on modern wit i Bee item will Kurdel delayed by poor weather radio Contact is broken As nearly a thousand persons gathered at Stevenson Airport around 6 o clock thursday morning Howard Hughes and his daring Crew were winging their Way somewhere Between Regina and Winnipeg. Their expected arrival shortly before 5 ., was believed delayed by inclement weather conditions. Attempts to Contact the ship by radio proved unsuccessful. Waiting with watches on hand were Cliff Kaake and Harry Nicholl official dockers of flying club and w. Law son Secretary of the Airport. At 6 scores of cars were flocking to the Airfield from All directions. The Field was roped off and chief of police Gar Side and his staff were on hand to see that order was maintained. The plane was expected to land in Winnipeg within half an hour at the time of going to press. New York july 14. Hughes reported in. A direct Short wave radio broadcast to his flight Headquarters Here at 3.00 . Today that the plane was 975 Miles out of Fairbanks and flying at an Altitude of feet. The plane was heading directly for Winnipeg. An Amateur radio station at Hermosa Beach calif., reported to flight Headquarters it contacted the plane and that one of the Crew members said lightning had been observed in the Vicinity. The message indicated the fliers were leaving British Columbia and crossing into Alberta. It was sent in code because electrical disturbances temporarily forced discontinuance of direct voice broadcasts. While the world waited and listened Howard Hughes. Millionaire film producer and sportsman and his Crew of four roared through the Early Dawn thursday for Winnipeg and the last Lap of a record breaking round the world flight above Are character studies of Hughes below the route of his flight. Ormond s position dropped july 14. One out standing recommendation in the report of the Royal commission on penitentiaries calling for immedi ate dismissal of brigadier general d. M. Ormond superintendent of penitentiaries was carried out by order in Council approved wednes Day. General Ormond s position will be abolished one month from yesterday Hon. P. J. Cardin works minister announced. Or. Cardin is acting for it. Hon. Ernest la Pointe minister of Justice who is on vacation. No provision has been made for his. Successor but it is assumed this will be cared for by appointment of a temporary com Mission. Dawson transferred inspector j. D. Dawson one of free inspectors attached to the penitentiaries Branch was transferred to the office of controller Ai Revenue and George e. Shortt of Ottawa appointed in his place. Or. Dawson also came under the criticism of the Royal commission which found he did not have the capacity of temperament to fulfil this important office and recommended his Transfer to another Branch of the government service woman killed by train Ste. Ann Man., july 14. Special by a freight train when she was trying to Cross the railway track in order to reach her child Ren who were on the other Side mrs. Alexandrine St. Laurent 36, was killed wednesday at 8.30 The fatality occurred about half a mile East of St. Anne station. Mrs St. Laurent intent on going for her children apparently did not see or hear the approaching train. She was hurled a distance of about 40 feet and was dead when picked up the children were with her Hus band who was ploughing in a near by Field. Mrs. St. Laurent is survived by her husband and three children Theresa 9 Yvonne 7, and Emile 6 no Poison Tokyo july 14. Japanese news Agency re ported that Marquis Koichi minister of Public Wel fare announced the suspension of the 1940 olympic games. The announcement came without warning today. It was generally thought the question of the olympics had been settled during the last session of. The diet. The cancellation has double import 1. Japan is convinced the chinese War now a year old will continue until 1940. 2. The nation lacks not Only the. Money but the actual steel and Concrete necessary to erect Struc Tures for the games. The olympic organizing commit tee hastily summoned newspaper correspondents and emphatically stated the games would be held whether or not the government supports besides monetary reasons there always has been opposition to the games based on the unwillingness of military leaders to have a spirit of internationalism inculcated in japanese. This flared to the surface briefly at the last diet meeting when Gen eral Hajime Sugiyama then War minister and the then Home min ister Admiral Nobumasa Suyetsugu both Strong nationalists went on record in opposition to the games. Count Michimasa Soyeshima member of the International olym Pic his regret and said Japan might bid for the 1948 games. I Hope Japan can bid he asserted. Apparently it is impossible to bid even for the 1944 games. The cancellation was inevitable under the present Toronto july 14. Up prof. Jocelyn l. Rogers Ontario govern meet analyst announced wednesday a chemical analysis of the viscera of mrs. Mabelle Hurlick Sidley wealthy Racine woman who died Here last proved Nega Tive for any poisonous substance. Muskeg May be grave the Pas Man., july 14. Cup swampy Muskeg around the place where w. T. Thompson elderly Surveyor missing in Northern Manitoba Bush since last Friday told his two helpers he intended to pick up a Survey line May have proved a grave for the 83-year-old Man. This was the opinion of Severa searchers returning to Sherridon As new volunteers in Northern Manitoba s largest mercy search brought the number of seekers to More than 50. The Veteran Surveyor of Cran Berry Portage was in excellent health despite his age but All food supplies for the party were Carriet by two helpers with whom he travelled from Sherridon. Doubt tracks Thompson s tracks which might have been made by Thompson were reported by one Indian searcher but authorities expressed the belief they were made by one of his assistants in their search for Thompson when he did not turn up. At a Portage rendezvous last Friday. A stocking was found in another place which might have fallen from the Surveyor s pack. Veteran woodsmen engaged in the search reported the Muskeg around the place where Thompson had told his helpers he intended to pick up a Survey line was very soft and it would be possible for the missing Man to have stepped into a Moss covered water Hole. Air minded Premier Hepburn plans return flight to Arctic Post and Hughes records compared new York july 14. Are the round the world flight records of the late Wiley Post and Howard Hughes in cumulative time distance new York Berlin Berlin Koenigsberg 340 Koenigsberg Moscow 651 Moscow Novosibirsk Novosibirsk Irkutsk Irkutsk Ruk Lovo. 750 up Kolovo Khabarovsk. 650 Khabarovsk Flat. Flat Fairbanks 375 Fairbanks Edmonton Edmonton new York flying time or. Min. 25 45 30 35 49 55 63 67 90 93 elapsed time or. Min. 15 50 5 38 10 30 2 16 102 115 38 54 44 53 69 91 107 113 152 162 173 186 35 12 2 25 58 28 45 41 49 115 54 of distance flying time or. Min. 186 49 elapsed time or. Min. New York Paris Paris Moscow Moscow Omsk Omsk Yakutsk. Yakutsk Fairbanks 16 24 31 42 54 38 29 56 27 44 32 42 57 72 53 40 48 58 crowds gather in Early hours to Greet fliers hundreds of Winni Eggers threw sleep to the winds and assembled at Stevenson Field Early thursday morning in order to Welcome How Ard Hughes and his record Globe girdling plane. By 2 Scores of people were already on the air port grounds and by 3 Police were summoned to give Protection to air officials from the crowd. In addition to the hundreds on the Field Many More followed the plane keenly on its hop from Fairbanks Alaska to Winni Peg and the free press phones were hardly silent for one moment from 4 Wednesday until the plane actually landed As subscribers called up for the latest news on the flight. Workers on the news desk watching the clock and consulting maps and weather and wind charts watched the plane s Progress across the. Face of the West. At 2 The resources of the Imperial Oil company Winnipeg went into action and two huge tank wagons of gasoline containing More than Gallons were rushed up to the Field in readiness to refuel the giant plane. There were two kinds of gasoline 450 Gallons of the potent 100-octane Gase used for take offs and More than Gallons of 87-octane Gas a highly refined cruising fuel used Only by trans Canada airlines planes in Canada. July 14. Up Premier announced wednesday Toronto Hepburn night he would take off sunday on an return air plane flight to the Arctic Circle. Before returning to Toronto the Premier will have crossed the Rocky mountains twice and will have toured the Pacific coast from Alaska to Vancouver. He will Fly in the big twin motored plane of j. P. Bickell Toronto mining magnate in which he has just completed a flight to Quebec and Northern Ontario. Or. Bickell and his Pilot Jimmy Towne will be the Only others on the trip. Itinerary or. Hepburn said the party would inspect Points near the Mouth of the Mackenzie River and the new Yellowknife mining Field. The Premier will Fly first to re Gina. By Way of Winnipeg and will Confer at the Saskatchewan capital with Premier Patterson and Hon. J. G. Gardiner Dominion minister of agriculture on matters which or. Hepburn would not disclose. After a Stop off at Edmonton the Ontario men plan to proceed by Long hop s up Mackenzie water Way route to the Arctic. From Aklavik they will Fly by easy stages to Dawson City and from the Yukon to Vancouver. The itinerary for the return trip has not been planned. Premier Hep Burn said but he plans to Stop at Winnipeg to Confer with Premier Bracken of Manitoba. Crowd warned Back crowds gathering at Stevenson Field Airport Here Early today to Welcome Howard Hughes mistook a trans Canada airlines plane com ing in from Vancouver for the world circling Craft and rushed across the Field. The Airport Crew warned them Back. The Tea plane of the same Type Hughes is flying completed one of its regular airmail test flights from Vancouver at 5.48 ., . A misty rain began to fall Early this morning As. Airport officials made ready to refuel the Hughes plane. The trans Canada airlines Des Patcher at Stevenson Field said re ports indicated the drizzle of rain extended Only about 40 Miles West of Winnipeg. He reported the Wea ther was Clearing and expected skies would have cleared by the time Hughes arrived. The ceiling was feet. Appeal dismissed London july 14. Up judicial committee of the privy Council today dismissed the Appeal of the attorney general of Alberta from a judgment of the supreme court of Canada declaring Ultra Vires a measure to tax the chartered Banks enacted by the Alberta legis lature wife. Biggest since Lindbergh new York july 14. Police detail of approximately officers was ordered to be at Floyd Bennet Airport today for the expected arrival of the Hughes plane. The police operations Bureau predicted the big Gest crowd since Charles. A. Lindbergh s return from his new York Paris hop in 1927. Statistical record new York july 14. Ard Hughes flight Headquarters wednesday night gave out this statistical record on the round the world flight average flying Speed Yakutsk Fairbanks 200.1 . Total flying time. New York Fairbanks 55 hours 44 minutes. Total elapsed time new York Fairbanks three Days 58 minutes average flying Speed new York Fairbanks 206 . Wives celebrate new York july 14. Of three members of the Hughes round the world flight celebrated the return of their husbands to american soil wednesday night at Gay dinner party with other note fliers. Those present included mrs. Rich Ard Stoddart mrs. Thomas the Lew and mrs. Harry p. Connor the spouses Jacqueline. Cochrane Avia trix Dick Merrill transatlantic Pilot and w. C. Rockefeller Thi Hughes flight meteorologist and his Takeoff Fairbanks Alaska july 14. A Hughes and his four Man Rew sped through darkness toward Canada and the United states wednesday night on the next to last leg if an astounding Light they hoped would Miles in four Days. Tired but smiling and Happy the Ive aviators spanned siberian v asses wednesday spent an. Hour and 18 minutes in Fairbanks then dashed southeastward. Speeding Over the Miles rom Yalu ask hours 7 minutes Hughes landed Here at C.s.t., and hopped off at . Radio Engineer Richard Stoddart spoke briefly explaining shortness of the runway Here made advisable abandonment of original non Stop flight plans. We also will be flying into1 Stoddart explained and we want no mishaps at this late valuable precautions a big crowd which assembled at he Airport several hours before 3ughes arrival fidgeted for a Quarter of an hour while the fliers made Inal inspections of the ship s nose Tail and radio Antenna and re moved pieces of baggage to reduce weight for the take off the precautions proved a Success for the plane left the ground with out the Hughes party was so v far ahead of the late Wiley Post s Globe idling record of sevens Days. 18 hours 49 minutes that it appeared Only a serious mishap could pre vent a new Mark. Hughes representatives in new York predicted be would arrive late thursday. When they left Fairbanks the air men had flown about an hour More than three Days. Comfortable trip while Hughes directed refuelling operations Stoddart said in a broadcast the Crew was a Little tired but we were pretty Comfort Able on the entire the people at Yakutsk Siberia were very he said but we had a Little trouble making them realize we were in a hurry to get the fliers found there Only one person a girl who spoke English but she was a bit put of practice not having spoken it for three years. She proved very helpful How he added. He said Bis most difficult experience was in understanding russian radio stations making it hard for Lim to keep his schedules accurate. Russian radio engineers he said went to an awful lot Ott rouble to do everything for us and in one , one mention getting into Omsk we really had to depend a lot on radio engineers for Stoddart said that the Field at Moscow was excellent but that heavy Rains caused them trouble at the Omsk Field. We were taxiing around and we were very heavy Laden so we had to be careful. On the Field. That was the Only bad part that we had. At Yakutsk we had a Little trouble in getting kidnapper Dies Chicago july 14. A John Henry Seadlund a Lumberjack who turned kidnapper died in tric chair today for the abduction of Charles s. Ross retired Chicago manufacturer. The weather tuesday 6.sc To Temperature at 6.30 ., 56 maximum 84 minimum barometer 29.80 West wind at 13 Miles or hour Sims Day 6.30 ., to wednesday 6.3s temperature at 6.30 ., 70 maximum. 72 minimum. 56r barometer 29.90 Northwest Wilid hour precipitation. At Miles per maximum humidity. Minimum but duty sky. Partly Cloudy. Mima mama 63 Helina 46 78 Dawson Aklavik Sun son it. Smith Victoria Vancouver Kamloops or. George Jasper. Edmonton Banff Calgary be abridge med. Hat Swift cur it Brandon Winnipeg Kenora it. Arthur Moosonee Cochrane Huntsville Parry so in London Toronto Kingston Ottawa Montreal Quebec St John Halifax 77 84 80 82 58 82 56 84 62 36 .62 76 .58 34 62 84 60 .80 .54 54 Battleford 50 _. Or Albert 58 78. Charlotten Saskatoon 54 82 Chicago Moose jaw 52 80 St. Paul .74 82 forecasts and becoming a Little warmer. Saskatchewan generally. Fair and warm. Fair and warm pos Silv a few scattered thundershowers in South portion. Kenora and Rainy. And North winds and moderately warm. Lake Superior moderate to fresh northwesterly Cloudy and a Little cooler Boe Sibly mattered showers ;