Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 18, 1938, Winnipeg, Manitoba Temperature readings 6.30 ., july 17 9.30 ., july 17 12.30 ., july 18 3.30 ., july go for full report of meteorological office see Page one. Him pig vol. Pages. Sun rises 4.38 Sun sets 20 30 Moon rises 22.40 Moon sets. 11.17. Winnipeg monday july 18, 1938. Published at 5.30 And warm. New hatred czech situation dangerous grave Germany declares Berlin july 13. Up havas French German press ignoring czechoslovak denials sunday Banner lined reports of mobilization of czechoslovak troops along the German frontiers and the National Zeitung of Essen regarded As mouthpiece of Field marshal Hermann Goering asserted the situation was dangerous and following issuance of the mobilization Rumor by the official news Agency saturday and the vehement denial at Praha the press sunday warned that provocations against the sudeten German minority in Czechoslovakia must cease. The Hepburn in Winnipeg in route to Arctic Palestine death toll increased Jerusalem july 18. Tired disorders increased the toll of casualties sunday in the racial strife throughout the holy land. The total dead since the outbreak july 5 included 70 arabs and 31 jews were wounded during the period 180 arabs and 102 jews. In addition a number of guerillas have been killed or wounded and British troops have been injured in Hill clashes. Arm residents Jerusalem july 18. Authorities armed residents or a jewish Village and erected a machine gun emplacement at the Entrance to Jeru Salem s old City saturday. At the same jews in the Village of Aisha Shoihet fought off a band of 90 arabs without suffer ing a casualty. Koriath Eliahu a suburb of Haifa where inhabitants Are mostly French was supplied with rifles and ammunition following representations of the French consulate general. Kilted scotsmen of the Black official Germany news Agency reported saturday Czecho Slovakia had taken new mobilization Steps along the German Frontier. The report came from Walden Burg in Silesia not far from the czechoslovak German Border. Since this the Agency report said new czechoslovak mobilization measures have been visible in the entire Frontier Region from Tro Pau opava to Traute again occupied by Agency continued. Streets Are the new barricades Are arranged along the Frontier and with Field glasses artillery and machine gun emplacements May be seen. Troop swarm in Many a new regiment has been moved into Brunau a czechoslovak town with the same name As Chancellor Hitler s austrian Birthplace the dispatch said. Hon. F. Hepburn map of the scheduled route j. P. Bickell on an air Jaunt that will take him across Canada s Prairies and far into the sub Arctic Ontario Premier Mitchell f. Hepburn left Toronto sunday morning and reached Winnipeg at 7.30 He is making the flight in easy stages with j. P. Bickell Toronto mining magnate in the latter s air plane. The map shows their expected route from Toronto West to Regina and North to Aklavik then Down the Pacific coast to Vancouver. The Aerial tour will take about three weeks. Watch regiment held the Jaffa Gate to Jerusalem s old City. Police seized two jewish women believed involved in the bombing at the David Street Bazaar Fri Day in which 12 arabs were killed. In Jerusalem buses were covered with wire netting As protector against bombs. Truckloads of troops cruised through the City. Despatches reported tension at Safe up by the syrian Frontier after a Day of rioting. So intense was feeling that authorities at Safe imposed a 22 hour a Day curfew to keep the streets Clear. Sudeten is aroused the Agency declared the sudeten German minority in Czechoslovakia was aroused by these Steps the More so because they were believed Likely to interfere with the bar Vest in Many places. Horses and cavalry equipment have been requisitioned by Czecho slovak authorities the German re port said adding Many roads important to Frontier Trade had been closed by the czech military. Deny mobilization Praha july 18. Up havas i French Agency Well informed i czechoslovak sources Here Satur Day denied German reports Czecho slovak troops had mobilized along the German Border. Secrecy surrounds Sidley Case Toronto july 18. Cup possibility that the last will and Testa ment of mrs. Mabelle Hornick Sidley who inherited from her father would be contested in the courts heightened interest sunday in police investigation into circumstances of her death. The question of contesting the will which bequeathed one third of the residual estate to Bull and an other third to William h. Sidley. Son of the malted milk heiress was under consideration at Racine. Wis., by Sidley and his attorney. Police said other summonses had been issued but declined to say on whom they would be served. What attorney general Conant s flying Premier denies Arctic trip is political Mission smiling in a Way that indicated he had thoroughly enjoyed the Long flight from Toronto Hon. Mitchell Hepburn Premier of Ontario reached Winnipeg sunday evening in the course of his trip to the Arctic Circle. With Short stops at Sault Ste. Marie and port Arthur the flight was made in a big Silver amphibian air plane which landed at Steven son Airport at 7.30 Seen by a free press representative after he had climbed out of the plane Premier Hepburn said the trip he is making has no Politi Cal significance. I Don t want to be misinterpret he emphasized. I repeat that in spite of what Toronto papers have stated i am not on any Politi bombers Lead Jap offensive Shanghai july 18 reported sunday their and Navy paced by warplanes were continuing a crushing offensive de signed to carry the rising Sun ban Ner into Hankow and Nanchang they said five armed launches forced an entry into Lake Loyang the 1637-Square mile body of water which leads to Nanchang. Blast Jap Navy boats new chinese heavy artillery Sank two japanese Navy motor boats and set fire to a warship off it Ikon an official chinese communique asserted saturday. It was asserted that additional artillery and a Fleet of fast motor torpedo boats had arrived at Kiu Kiang where the japanese were trying to drive their Way up to Hankow the provisional capital. Japanese admitted that they were meeting stiff resistance but asserted that they expected soon to trap a Large Force of chinese and proceed up the Yangtze. Russo Jap tension mounts Tokyo july 16. Japa Nese government was believed sunday to be planning a second protest to soviet Russia Over last week s alleged invasion of Man Cho Kuoan territory by soviet troops. One official said Japan was prepared to take Stern soviet troops were alleged to have penetrated Manchukuo approximately four Miles near Chang Kuofeng and occupied a Hilly area where the japanese charged they were erecting fortifications. Russia rejected a protest by Manchukuo and a joint japanese Mancho Kuoan representation on the ground the territory involved belonged to her. A renewed japanese demand for withdrawal of the russian troops was expected to be made after the foreign office receives a report from Haruhiko Nishi charge d affaires in the japanese embassy in Moscow. Trade statement Vav. Perkins Bull order last week for a Complete in Quiry into the death of mrs. Sidley has revealed remained secret. Or. Conant said not to mention the Many disturbing rumours in Cir i would not be doing my duty if i failed to order an inquest the Toronto Globe and mail sat Day said it was reported that mrs. Cal asked what the special object of the Jaunt by air was Premier Hep Burn looked indignant for just a second and then put this question with a smile can t i take any kind of a Holiday i like am i not in i titled to a Holiday of my own Choos ing after going through two elections and a strenuous session of the when questioned about the provincial rights Issue in connection with which he has been a prominent figure the Premier Shook his head and declared emphatically no i m off discussing politics and political issues of any kind this the first minister stayed Over night in the City and was to leave Early monday for Regina. When in Saskatchewan he will visit the farm of Hon. J. G. Gardiner minister of agriculture. I am paying or. Gardiner a re turn compliment As he. Recently visited my farm in or. Hepburn explained. The Premier was accompanied by j. P. Bickell Toronto mining Man and Bernard e. Smith. Or. Hep Burn and his companions were greeted at Stevenson Airport by Gabe h. Smith the Premier s Host while in the City and James Mcculloch of Thomson and Mckinnon. The visitors were guests for the night at the fort Garry hotel. With Pilot Jimmy Towne at the controls of the huge air plane the flight was made from port credit seven Miles West of Toronto. Samuel instill Dies Paris july 18. Samuel Insull former head of the great mid Western utilities Empire which col lapsed and ruined thousands of investors died in a Hospital Here saturday after a heart attack in a subway station. Insull one time associate of Thomas a. Edison was stricken while Riding in the subway. He arrived at the Paul Marmot an hos Pital in a coma by a taxicab. Emergency treatment failed to revive him and he was dead when or. Edmund , chief of staff of the american Hospital arrived. Insull had arrived in Paris Only last monday to visit his wife and was staying in a downtown Paris hotel the aged Chicago business smashing insurgent drive on Valencia May prove decisive henday France july 18. Hard pressed Spanish government s lines were smashed sunday in a sector vital to he defence of Valencia by a crushing blow that May change the whole picture of the Spanish civil War now entering its third year. Insurgent general Jose Varela s Navarreye _ striking deep into government territory South and East of the Teruel sagunto line in Eastern Spain swept into positions that threatened not Only Valencia but possibly also Cuenca and Madrid to the West there was gloom in Barcelona i he government capital and in Val Encia As officials prepared War anniversary observances that will in clude a broadcast by president Manuel Azana today. But govern ment leaders still confidently pre j. H the reunion in which or. Howden was talking part was of the Reid family Friend s of Long standing. It was being held at the summer cot Tage of a Niece mrs c. H. Letcler Sidley at various times presented Winnipeg. Or. Howden was Ler personal chauffeur and attend Moore of cheques ranging As High As it is reported did not consider the cheques seriously and did not Cash the paper says. It is further reported. He received Legal advice and held former attorney general collapses at family reunion Neepawa Man., july 18. By a heart attack when presiding at a family reunion at Wasagaming j. H. Howden ., who was provincial Secretary in the Roblin government in 1907, and attorney general from 1911 to 1915, died with tragic suddenness saturday. He was 77 years of age. Plane tripped Kingston ont., july 18. Black Eye and severe shaking up were n. Mcdermott s Only injuries when his Royal Canadian air Force plane tripped on a Fence and landed upside Down 60 Miles North of Here Friday. London july 18. Cup Cable great Britain should insist that the countries whose products she buys also should buy from her the federation of British industries declared in a statement Friday night. The federation called for energetic Steps to Deal with Britain s in creasing Adverse balance of Trade. Tiny baby pies victim of mistaken identity arrested in Vancouver in connection with robberies is 3. Francis Stevens finds Lake i Larney. Ireland can kick up real 5. Social credit plans for issuance of tax remission slips for Road work 7. Representatives of Cana Dian teachers will meet in Winni 3. Skeets Obnel Maroon player seriously injured in game saturday. Page 12. Mighty rapids of slave River draw Many Brave men to their Page 3. Horse disease centres along West Eri Manitoba Border Page 3. Rugged Indian Broncho Buster tells of Fil Ching 3 peace prospects gloomy As Span feh War ends second 3 Ontario police still search for of Roediger s 3. Vanderhoof b.c., july 18. A baby that weighed Only one Pound and 14 ounces when it was born Here july 11 to or. And mrs Keith Peters died saturday. For five Days a doctor and nurse struggled to keep the prematurely s is he alive but the Little body born m he cheques now named As a beneficiary to the extent of and yesterday when investigators sought to Contact Moore he was nowhere to be found the Globe and mail says Moore is a married Man with two children and that his wife declared she had seen him Friday morning but did not know when she would again Sec him As he is looking for employ ment. To contest will Racine wis., july 18. Liam Hornick Sidley son of the late mrs. Maybelle Hornick Sidley malted milk heiress revealed to the United press saturday that he would contest his Mother s will. Sidley and William Perkins Bull Toronto attorney Are principal beneficiaries under terms of the will disclosed Here Friday. Each was bequeathed plus one third interest in residual estate. Church benefits Toronto ont., july 18. Up the Rev. A. E. Baker minister of Davenport Road United Church to which mrs. Maybelle Sidley be Queathem said saturday the Money would be used to establish a Church endowment fund. Anglo French talks Royal visit cant London july 18 up havas French Agency cadent with the visit to Paris begin Ning tuesday of the King and Queen important diplomatic conversations will take place on the Anglo Fren i. Attitude toward major International problems particularly Czechoslovakia and Spain. Viscount Halifax foreign Secre tary who is accompanying King George and Queen Elizabeth Viu review with Premier Daladier and foreign minister Bonnet All out standing questions it was Learned in order to bring about Harmony in Anglo French policy during the coming month. Charles Corbin. Ambassador .0 the court of St. James a left Lon Don sunday for Paris to act As the French representative attached to the King s staff in the ceremonies attending the Royal visit. Before leaving he conferred with lord Halifax. The programme of the discussions it was Learned on reliable authority includes Europe and the far East Anglo French relations with Ger Many win be examined thoroughly the problem of the sudeten Ger mans in Czechoslovakia remains of primary interest performing the duties of chairman when he collapsed. Or. A. B. Bundle of Brandon a visitor at Wasagaming who was called said death was instantaneous. Or. Howden was a Veteran of the Riel rebellion of 1885, serving As a Captain in the 90th regiment to Winnipeg rifles Little Black he was a former mayor of Neepawa holding the position rom 1900 to 1907. He was created a In 1908. He is survived by his widow formerly miss Barbara macintosh Neepawa three sons j. M., red lands Calif. Or. W. And Eorge barrister Neepawa two daughters mrs. G. D. Mceachern Winnipeg and mrs. A. J. Mac Donald Selkirk Man. Two Brothers sen and Thomas Howden Milton ont. Two sons Are dead Robt. Reid Howden fell at the some in 1916, and Norman Campbell Howden died 1930 at los Angeles Calif. Funeral arrangements Are incomplete. Or. Howden was born oct. 11, 1860, at Milton Peel county ont., son of Robert and Jane Reid Howden and was educated at Rock Wood and St. Catharines ont studying Law. The family is of Irish Stock coming to Canada from Fermanagh. Or. Howden came West in 1884, and was articled in Law to the late n. F. Hagel then q.c., receiving his Call to the bar in 1887. He came to Neepawa in 1892. He was married Jan. 31, 1894. Or. Howden entered the Manitoba legislature first in 1903, filling out the term of the late John a. David son. Re elected in 1907, he became minister of telephones and Provin Cial Secretary in the Roblin govern ment sued general mento Calif. Mrs. Florence How Den Vancouver mrs. E. D. Shortt or. And mrs. Howard Sperin or. And mrs. Cecil Reid Pettapiece or. And mrs. G. Reid or. And mrs. L. Greenway or. And mrs. H. Burnell or. And mrs. W. Mcfarlane or. And mrs. F. Heed Cardale Man. Or. And mrs. J. Mayley Kelwood or. And mrs. Gordon Hunter Ken Ori or. And mrs. B. Harrison mrs. R. Reid and f. Reid Isabella or. And mrs. H. F. Stewart Brandon and or. And mrs. A. C. Mcfetridge Winnipeg. Re elected in 1911, he As the portfolio of attorney he was re elected in 1915 and retired from political life when to e Roblin government resigned As the legislative building was being constructed by the Thomas Kelly in sports or. Howden favored Lacrosse and Curling. He was a Mason an orangemen and a member of the United Church. Or. Howden was attending the reunion following his return from a visit to his Brothers in Milton ont mrs. Macdonald and George Howden were present. This was the fourth annual Reid reunion represented were the families of mrs. G. C. Macdonald mrs. C. H. Leeder mrs. H. Barlow Sacra accidents kill girl and boy week end accidents in Manitoba brought death to two Young per sons Emily Zazulak 18, of Silver and 14-year-old Albert Simms of Woodlands and serious injuries to Andrew Mcleod 69, of 9 Mansfield court Euice Avenue Winnipeg. Miss Zazulak was hit by a car while walking Home with friends at 3.30 ., sunday a half mile from her residence. A heavy Mist Hung Over the Road and neither pedestrians nor Motorist saw the other until it was too late to avoid the Accident. Rushed 35 Miles to Teulon Hospital she died there at 5.05 ., shortly after her arrival. Gordon Carscadden Arborg Man., was the Driver of the vehicle it was said. Or. W. F. Evelyn Stonewall Cor Oner opened an inquest and released the body for burial or. J. Goodwin Teulon Coroner will pre Side at the inquest when it is re opened wednesday evening. Falls from tree falling 30 feet from the upper Samuel Insull Man s journey to France had been first interrupted by the grounding of the liner Ascania in the St. Law rence River As he sailed from Quebec. He returned to Quebec and sailed on another ship the follow ing Day. Widow sobs with grief the former Utility magnate s widow arrived sobbing at the hos Pital from her apartment at the hotel Continental. Now i am utterly she said. To think that i saw him just this morning and talked with him instill s Paris visit came four years after another important visit on his dramatic flight across Europe to escape extradition to the United states to face charges of embezzling funds of the Utility Empire he Pyra Mided in the heart of North America. In March 1935, he was acquitted charge As he was four earlier of mail fraud of the months charges which came to trial after he had been brought from Refuge in Turkey. Brandon aviator Dies of injuries Brandon Man., july 18 special l. Bob Gibson 25-year old who was seriously injured when the Gypsy Moth plane he was piloting a tree at Moosomin three week s ago died saturday morning at 7.30 o clock at the Moosomin Hospital. He was the son of or. And mrs. F. J. Gibson of this City. He held the position of Pilot and instructor of the Dauphin flying club. The body., is being brought to Brandon and the funeral which will be be held on monday afternoon with burial in Brandon cemetery branches of a tree at the rear of his Home at 9.30 sunday Youthful Albert Simms landed on his head my died a few minutes later. It is not believed an inquest will be held. Andrew Mcleod the Winnipeg Ger is in St. Boniface Hospital suf Fering from a fracture of the left hip concussion of the brain and severe Shock received sunday at 6.45 ., when he ran in front of a truck on Ellice Avenue near me gee Street police said. Thomas 5. Simcoe apartments was driving the truck. A dieted final Victory. Details of earlier stubborn loyalist resistance appear on page1 3. Fight to death both sides seemed to have concentrated every possible warplane tank gun and Man in the scorch ing Countryside where the action May quicken insurgent general Franco s March toward Valencia and Lead eventually to a breach of communications Between that port and besieged Madrid. Government advices said the insurgents lost thousands and thous ands of killed and wounded. In surgent reports mentioned Between 3.000 and government prison ers taken. Varela apparently was taking advantage of unprecedented concentration of government forces in the at about 50 Miles Northwest of Valencia. Rubillos de Mora Albentos and san Augustin. On the 22-mile front were captured saturday in a fierce insurgent offensive. Rubillos de Mora Point of a salient the govern ment held for two months North of the sagunto Road fell quickly. On tracks of lost Surveyor Cranberry Portage Man., july 18 special discovery of. Fresh footprints four or five Miles South of Rabbit Lake has created optimism that w. T. Thompson missing Lane Surveyor will be found in a few Days. Four search parties believe they Are now within a radius of five Miles of him. This was the effect of information brought to Cranberry Portage by Pilot r. E. Hatfield of the Provin Cial forestry air service and Sergt Weibe when they flew in Here from the search area Friday after Oon. It was stated the trackers were heading toward the Camp from which or. Thompson originally Dis appeared and that they had discovered the new footprints some time after the tracks in the Muskeg were lost in the High lands. Three Camps Are converging and working towards each other. George Thompson is in charge of one North East of Kis kissing Lake. Another Ion Vaughan has a Camp on Rab bit Lake and has with him the Indian who first picked up the tracks. The third is Between Rabbit Lake and Kis kissing lakes. Con stable Mccallum of Sherridon vent out with a party of indians a week ago saturday and Sergt. Weibe came up from the Pas to take charge of the search. Pilot Hatfield is keeping the Camps supplied and searching the Shore lines while the ground parties Are working through the Bush. According to Sergt Weibe the search is slowed up by having Only two or three men who Are familiar with the country. Trappers who know the area Are not in the District at the country is very rough with High Cliffs and Muskeg. The Bush is dense and there is Windfall. Two of the party who became separated from the others were lost for a Day and were found by Pilot hat Field who noticed the smoke of their fires. Cabinet shake up in . Crerar trip Ottawa july 18. T. A Crerar minister of mines and re sources plans an extended inspection trip in. September largely by plane in the North West territories and Western Canada it was announced. Grasshopper menace invading Southern sask. Arcola sask., july 18. Grasshoppers Are swarming in the Arcola District having stripped gardens and Are to attack the wheat. Farmers Are cutting their Rye for feed. Another menace to the crop is Black Stem rust reported South of Arcola. Friday Grasshoppers passed Over Arcola in a steady Cloud Between 11 And 6 pin., flying South. They Are reported worse farther South. In the Fineview District where the pests were worse than anywhere else in the in the year they Are now. Reported the Garden stuff in that Section but have left wheat in fairly Good condition Grasshoppers were also reported to be flying into the Weyburn District in increasing numbers. Hordes of them could be seen High in the air. Already they have started to eat oat and wheat crops. Winging towards Canada Bozeman mont., july 13. Migrating Grasshoppers clouding the skies and visible for swarmed northward through East Ern Montana toward Canada Satur Day crops that had Fredericton ., july 18 changes of major importance in the government of new Brunswick were m announced following the second saturday session of the Cabinet 3 within the last eight Days. Jujj changes announced were As lol Jujj lows Hon. A. A. Dysart who will retain the premiership has resigned the Post of minister of Public works and has accepted the chairmanship a of the new Brunswick electric Power commission. Hon. W. S. Anderson of Newcastle sex chairs Man of the Power commission was if sworn in As minister of Public j works. H or. P. H. Laporte of Edmonston member of Madawaska was appointed minister of health and labor succeeding Hon. Or. A. Of Roberts whose death occurred some months a ago in Saint John. Of j. Henneberry member for of Saint John was appointed president g of the executive Council a Post held j formerly by Hon. Or. A. P. Pater son appointed some months ago As i minister of education Federal and f municipal relations. J Swearngin of the new office f holders was done by lieutenant governor Murray Maclaren. Saske deficit i least since j Regina july 18. Sas i Kat Chewan Treasury its books for the fiscal year ending april 20, of 1938, with a Revenue deficit of g Premier w. W. Patter son provincial treasurer announced saturday. I this figure represents the Small est deficit incurred by the province q since the fiscal year 1928-29. 1 it was made possible by the special subsidy granted to Ujj Saskatchewan by the Federal government on account of extreme economic conditions brought about through almost total crop failure .1 last year. 9 total expenditures from Revenue account for the year amounted to while the Revenue col j elected was the Treasury has incurred Defi its every year since its last sur plus was shown in 1928-1929 of a mystery flight new York july 18. Unpredictable airman from California Douglas p. Cor Rigan 31, announced at Floyd Bennett Field sunday he was taking off non Stop for Long Beach cal., and then soared away headed East a move that aroused considerable speculation since Long Beach is West of new York. He was piloting a dilapidated monoplane of old Vintage similar to Charles a. Lindbergh s spirit of St. Louis which was capable of a transatlantic crossing when it was 1927. Corrigan s ship carried 300 Gal Lons of gasoline enough to keep him aloft about 40 hours Long enough for an Atlantic crossing and there were unconfirmed reports around the Airfield that he was going to try. The weather Friday 6.39 ., to saturday 6.30 At 6.30 ., 58 Maxi mum 78 minimum 53 barometer 20.90 West wind at Saven Miles per hour sky. In saturday. 0.3, at 6.30 76 Maxi mum 78 minimum 58 barometer. 29.84 wind at 17 Miles per hour maximum humidity minimum North we humidity sky. Clear. Smitn Rufty 6.3ft ., to sunday am. Temperature at 6.30 55 Maxi mum. 76 minimum 46 barometer. 30.10 Northwest wind at four Miles per hour sunday 6.30 At 6.30 ., 73 Maxi mum 74 minimum. 55 barometer. 30.07 Northwest wind at nine Miles per hour maximum humidity. 9054 minimum humidity. Sky Clear. Mima Mima Helina 46 82 Winnipeg 73 Kenora .54 71 it. Arthur .50 74 Moosonee 50 58 Cochrane 60 72 Huntsville .60 78 Parry sound 60 78 London 64 78 Toronto ------65 80 Dawson a Lavic Simpson to. Smith or. Rupert Victoria Vancouver Kamloops or. George Jasper Edmonton Banff Calgary Lethbridge .52 72 .58 30 54 80 33 78 .52 62 54 78 .58 78. .64 98 58 b4 52 b4 .54 71 .49 81 .50 .34 56 82 58 92 Kinston .64 70 Ottawa .62 80 Montreal .64 73 Quebec-.62 7b St. John ___52 84 Halifax .58 80 Charlotten 58 82 Chicago .70 75 St. Paul .60 86 to be leaving they have eaten a promised the Best years. Pesature. Swift cur a 54 j2 Battleford .44 76 or. Albert .46 74 Saskatoon .44 80 Moose jaw .50 86 forecasts and warm followed by scattered thundershowers at night or on tuesday. Saskatchewan partly Cloudy and with scattered thundershowers. Fair and warm thundershowers in a few districts. Kenora. And Rainy fair with stationary or Little higher tem ;