Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 19, 1938, Winnipeg, Manitoba Temperature readings 6.30 ., july 18 9.30 ., july 18 12.30 ., july 193.30 ., july 19 for full report of meteorological office see Page one. Vol. Pages. Sun rises 4.39 Sun sets 20.29. Moon rises 23.4 Moon sets 12.26. Winnipeg tuesday july 1938. And warm. In fete France prepares elaborate Welcome for Royal couple Paris july 19. A France prepared a triumphant thoroughly policed reception monday night for King George and Queen Elizabeth coming today on a four Day state visit to re affirm Analo French Friendship. Making the first state visit of their reign the British sovereigns will land in the morning at Boulogne and proceed to Paris their movements guarded by an of men mobilized for their Protection during the trip. The capital was decorated lab japs claim two air victories ornately for the most striking recep Tion Ever accorded in the history of Royal visits to France. The govern ment ordered police prepared for duty throughout the visit 20.000 Reserve officers in Paris were e cruised As Plain clothes men the War ministry assigned troops to the task and the Interior ministry called about Mobile guards. Equipage sent London july 19. Hun monday announced i led heavy trunks were trundled in out of Buckingham Palace monday j morning the equipage of the King and Queen on their state visit to prance. The trunks were sent to Dover where then Majestic Are to Start their journey today aboard the admiralty yacht enchantress. A flotilla of nine destroyers arrived at Dover monday from ports Mouth to escort the enchantress and 18 Navel planes also will be on hand when the yacht sails. The King recovering from the attack of gastric influenza which sent him to bed a week ago rested in the Palace for the trip. The Queen supervised the final details of the packing. They h and motored to. London from Windsor House last Shanghai july 19. A the Japan it had scored two daring air lories Over the chinese. In the first of two reported Vic tories the Navy said a Squadron of bombing planes landed on China s main air base at Nanchang. In the face of chinese Rifle and Machii gun fire the Crews got out with torches and set fire to seven Chin Ese planes and then Rove the de fenders into Retreat. In the other according to the communique a second japanese Squadron engaged 15 Chinee air fighters in the air and shot Down eight the Squadron which hot Down the chinese planes said the Jap anese statement also bombed 12 chinese planes on the ground "de-1 night stroking chinese thwart Progress artillery duels Between aces warships and chinese batteries continued along Yangtze River monday but maps showed the japanese Jap there was a big week end Rush of britons to Paris anxious to see the the i x King in the Gigantic parades and fanfare France is staging to show j the world the two great european War j democracies still Are firm friends. Had made Little Progress during the past meanwhile in Paris plans were being completed for a reception in two weeks in the Yangtze sector. I flood Waters of the m modern rising yellow River continued to spread Over Honan province to the North slowly extending the area Gaston be Provost de Launay president of the Paris municipal Council called on the people of where it is impossible to carry on Paris today to put no Check on the military operations. Enthusiasm of their Welcome to the Royal guests. Bedeck your he urged All Paris. Decorate your Homes. See to it that the colors of the two horses die like flies in sask. Regina. July 19. In Saskatchewan Are dying like flies. is spreading like wildfire leaving in its Wake hundreds of dead animals. Sixteen members of the staff of the livestock Branch department of agriculture worked All Day sunday to get 10.000 bottles of vaccine out 1e Farmers in the stricken area. In Many districts Farmers have suspended their Field work to care for their sick animals while others who have sustained heavy losses have not enough animals left to keep their summer allow work in Progress. From Rural correspondents in Al most every Section of the province have come reports of heavy losses. The disease has spread to such an extent that it is utterly impossible to obtain sufficient serum to combat the outbreak. Royal visit continued on Page 5, column 1 exploding tanks menace firemen Wellsville n.y., july 19. Frequent rumbling explosions threatened new hours of terror monday night at the flame swept Sinclair Oil refinery three persons were killed and 13 injured. Anxious firemen weary but still determined to quench the fire worked near hot. Bulging tanks we h Little heed for their own safety. Now and then the plates in a Ani would begin to shift and swell perceptibly. An alarm would go Oul firemen would scamper to safer quarters. Sometimes the held. Several times they blew with terrific Force. About 16 had exploded by a late hour monday. There hav re been no casualties since barrel tank of naphtha suddenly exploded and wed skyward sunday night like can placed Over a firecracker. Three spectators were killed. decision on Brandon College Szaat will be announced by Provin a Sov emment 7. Of St. John ambulance Aid competitions throughout 6. Of Duncan Sandys again Arena of Lively debate in 7. Winnipeg Ger great War gets notice he is buried at 7. Insull. Formerly one of u Vandal richest men died compare 2. Of v we is smash six heavy plate buildings 6. George will sleep on bed by Napoleon on visit to Ryan a hero Ood test trial opening in wide interest Canada to hear Royal arrival Toronto july 19. Up the Canadian broadcasting corporation will broadcast throughout Canada today a description of the King and Queen s arrival at Paris from 12 noon to 12.15 E.d.t., officials of the corporation announced Here monday. Friday the Royal visit to the australian War memorial then to be unveiled will also be broadcast from 8.30 To 9.45 Hoppers ravage big area Reg Ina july 19. Than three million acres of Saskatchewan crops this estimate is conservative Are in danger from Grasshopper devastation. This in formation obtained from Sev eral sources including Grain inn Ling agencies of the province monday. Severe damage and destruction have already been done to hundreds of thousands of acres the hoppers letting More destructive every and though heroic efforts have been made to Battle them with Poison he great danger is still lurking. The greatest damage has been done in the Southeast of the prov Ince. Not much store is placed in he report from the United states hoppers Are from the Dakotas into Saskatchewan As the official United states report is that these hoppers Are getting into East Ern Montana. Districts infested districts where havoc has Beer wrought by the hoppers Are Tyvan forget. Osage. Fillmore Corning Carlyle Handsworth Oxbow and several motions of the the pest has reached the Quappelle Valley but in the Northern Section of the South area the insects Are Patchy. In the Northern part 01 the prov there Are plenty of Gra Stiop pers and Farmers Are feeding them arsenic in goodly quantities. In the Southern sections there Are cases where Farmers did not Start Early enough. Set wheat minimum next week Ottawa july .19. Decision on the minimum Price for the new crop of wheat on the Prairies probably will not be fixed until next week it was Learned Here monday night the new crop year starts aug. 1, and the govern ment it is expected will wait until a few Days before that to announce its decision. During the present year the mini mum was 87% cents no. 1 Northern basis head of the lakes but there was a provision no wheat could be bought by the wheat Board until the Market Price fell below 90 cents. As it never fell that Low the Board this crop year bought no wheat except for seed purposes. For the new crop however the 90 cent restriction has been re moved and the Board will buy any wheat offered paying the minimum Price and giving the producer participating certificates entitling him to share in the profits should Board be Able to average higher than the minimum Price in its sell ing. The minimum Price will he recommended by the. Wheat Board in Winnipeg the recommendation having to have the end oration of the Dominion government. The reason Given for delaying announce ment of the minimum Price is so the Board will be in a better Posi Tion to judge the size of the new crop and what the wheat Market is Likely to do. Find lost boy Brandon lad missing two Days brought Home unharmed Brandon man., july 19. Albert hears Brandon boy who disappeared mysteriously from his residence saturday morning returned Home late monday afternoon almost As mysteriously As he left. Royal Canadian mounted police officers Are conducting a thorough investigation into the strange Case. It is stated the. Boy was picked up within a Block of his Home and t to a farm about 12 Miles Fri Brandon. Whether he went voluntarily is not known. Monday when a neighbouring Farmer heard the missing boy s description broadcast Over the radio he drove Over to the farm where Young Mears was staying put him in his car and took him Home without notifying the other Farmer whose name was not divulged. A Young companion stated positively that he was in the River but no definite information to justify dragging operations was received. His parents or. And mrs. Wil Liam Mears have five other child Renah girls and under ten years of age. The boy who was with Mears Early saturday morning spoke of Albert climbing up a ladder and falling into the water but could give no further explanation. Detective Sergt Barlow followed the Banks of the River where lads in the neighbourhood Are accustomed to Bathe but could find no clothes. Albert when younger on one occasion had been missing overnight but was found safely in the Home. Custody of friends near his elsewhere in Canada the guardian Angel of lost children and adults brought to safety two boys and a girl aged six. The and two. And a farm worker lost for More than a week. At wit Chekan sask., a three year old boy Norman Barry was found by a posse of 150 men after being lost nine hours. In Manitoba Jerry of teary farm hand near Somerset who wandered away from Home on july 9, was found sunday exhausted lying in an abandoned barn. A search party of 80 men headed by con stable Hilton of Manitou took in the search. He is in Carman Hospital. Rescued leading his two year old Isabel by the hand sister Lawrence Stuffle six of Plevna ont., Sun Day afternoon walked out of the great Northern where the children had been lost for two Days. Hail in Winnipeg no damage to nearing the Cut while drenching rain fell in Winnipeg monday afternoon there was Little or none in other parts of the province and promising crops Ting stage was reported. There was some Hail with a cloudburst that broke Over the fort Garry and Southern sections of the City at 3.10 ., and gardens were damaged to a certain extent. The downpour lasted an hour in which time 1.76 inches of rainfall were recorded. Monday . During a violent Thunder storm which swept the Grayville District lightning struck the barn of h. Renn a local Farmer. Or. Henn with his team sought shelter in the barn when the Bolt struck it ripped open one end of the building and killed one horse without harming the other or. Renn was uninjured. New Mauretania nears launching work is being rushed on the new Cunard White Star liner Mauretania rapidly nearing completion at the shipyards of Birken head England. So. launching can take place As scheduled on july 28. The Ocean giant is seen at her present stage of development. When completed she will be 750 feet Long and have a Gross tonnage of approximately tons making her slightly larger than her famous predecessor which for so Many years held the Blue Riband of the Atlantic. Murder suspect . Nelson b.c., july 19. Ceo a towering 32-year-old Lumberman was held by British Columbia police monday night charged with the murder of 55-year-old mrs. Laura Greene native of Truro . The arrest of Seth Daniel Ost Lund monday came As a Surprise development in police investigations of the death of mrs. Greene whose bruised and beaten body was found Friday in a railway Cut at nearby tag hum by a Section gang. Investigations convinced police the woman had been and an autopsy revealed she died Hue and cry find woman s body in shallow grave Yorkton sask., july 19. Canadian mounted police officers of the Yorkton subdivision Are today searching for evidence which will Lead to the conviction of the party responsible for the murder of Mary Wager 68-year-old woman of the Jedburgh District. Mary Wager disappeared from tier Home last november and when no Trace of her whereabouts could be discovered it was concluded she had wandered away and possibly died. Monday morning a Farmer discovered her body in a shallow grave 15 Miles West and one mile North of Willowbrook. One foot of the unfortunate woman was pro truding from the grave which led to the discovery. Corporal Harvey who is in charge of the local . Detachment detective sergeant n. Bretherton. Detective Mike Nolan and or. O. A. Turner of Theodore left monday afternoon for the scene of the grave. The body will be exhumed and a Regina doctor is to perform the postmortem. Before her disappearance mrs. Wager had been living in a Shack adjoining the Home of her brother on a farm in the Jedburgh District. No Federal Aid for transients Regina july 19. Help May be expected from the Federal government in caring for the 170 single transients from other prov inces who Are now in Regina. The Federal government announced its refusal to accept any responsibility for these men in a Tele Gram to Premier w. J. Patterson Deputy mayor s. B. East said Satur Day. Friday night. 75 men were Given accommodation in the City Hall auditorium with the consent of Deputy mayor East. They spent the night there and left Early in the morning. This arrangement would not be continued Over the week end said. Ballplayer s condition grave Linus Skeeter Winnipeg so shortstop a fractured Skull when struck by a pitched Ball at Sherburn Park saturday evening was operated on by or. Oliver Waugh at Grace hos Pital As his condition became serious monday. Early tuesday morning Hospital authorities reported his condition As grave. The operation was performed to Lessen pressure on his brain. Twice before the operation fluid was taken from his spinal column and tests showed his condition was serious. Or. F. A. Benner is attend ing the injured maroons infield Star. Or. And mrs. Michael Ebnet the Ball player s parents arrived in Winnipeg monday morning from their Home at Albany Minn. Forged cheques circulate in City bearing the forged signatures of h. L. Chalmers accountant and b. Smart superintendent of the depart ment of the Interior Parks administration Branch three Dominion government cheques stolen others from Riding Park administration building in june were cashed in the City recently . Reported., monday asking that Winnipeg merchants keep a Sharp look out for future attempts to Cash any More of the forged documents. The stolen cheques Are numbered a 30926 to a 30935, and a 30686 to a 30700, and if used by the robbers will be made out for comparatively Small amounts police state. Committed ., took the stand for Practi-1 Cally the entire monday s hearing for Cross examination on conversations he testified he overheard july 9 in the jail cells of the accused by Aid of a Dictaphone and earphones. Over objections of the accused s counsel magistrate Little allowed the evidence to go in. Constable n. Lissey ., told of conversations he had also heard by the same Means. Both constables swore they could distinguish the voice of each of1 the accused. Charges Only guess work while Alex. Katz defence coun Sel did not question evidence of the two constables in regard to the conversations they stated overheard the notes they had made interpreting the noises made by the prisoners were Trio to stand Jirry trial in gothic it murder Case Dauphin man., july 19. Special Dan Prytula Peter Korzenowski and William Kanuka of the Gilbert. Plains District were committed monday afternoon by magistrate Thomas Little to stand trial by jury at. The Fau assizes for the murder of mrs. Anna Cottick at fishing River last May. Constable Clapeck magistrate Little. Held that the Tes Timony of or. Maurice Powers of the . Scientific laboratories in Regina and Andrew Olesiuk of Ukraine man., was such that he Felt obliged to commit Kanuka with the two others. Prytula and Korzenowski will stand trial the evidence of William Michalyk held by police As a material witness and by that of or. M. Liederman pathologist of Winnipeg. Michalyk told of conversations he had heard Between the two in which he alleged. They planned to Rob the cot ticks. Free press Kitchen located of. The fourth floor of the free building will Only guess work on the part of the again be open for inspection constables. Tuesday afternoon miss june or Katz who did not Call any Home who is in charge of the witnesses stated the Crown had not Kitchen will Greet visitors and submitted enough evidence to jus answer any questions. Visiting tiny holding Kanuka for trial but hours Are from 2 to 5 o clock. Loyalists struggle to Stem insurgent tide on Valencia from fractured Skull. Under observation Nelson b.c., july 19. Sergeant c. G. Barber who investigated the death of mrs. Said monday he had been watching lie towering Lumberman who stands six feet two inches in height for some time in connection with the Case. A few hours after he began investigating the death sergeant Barber announced he believed the woman had been murdered in a struggle that took place near the spot where Friday. Her body was found two meet sudden deaths two men were killed in separate accidents in Rural Manitoba monday death in both cases occurring Only a Short time after the mishaps. They it Iwin Nipes boy who was fatally injured in a farm Accident near Miami and Victor Johnson aged about 45 years who was run Down by a Canadian. National railways train near Decimal 85 Miles East of win henday France july 19. Government militiamen Laboured monday on Hasty fortifications before Viver in an Effort to insurgent tide rolling to Ward Valencia. Viver 34. Miles North Northwest on the Teruel Mediterranean Highway approximately 25 Miles North West of Saunio. General Jose Miaja government commander ordered new defences on Ragudo Hill less than two Miles Northwest of Viver following the smashing of government lines during the week end. Government reports said the de Fence troops gave Way then under a concentration of insurgent Power never equalled in the first two years of the civil conflict. Insurgent reports asserted Iso Square Miles were occupied during the week end Northwest of Viver. Government reports said the insurgents were making full use of tanks armoured cars artillery to blast planes and government Nipes. Lesko working on the farm of Wilford Warner at Miami died in Carman afternoon from head injuries received Estr Lier in the Day when the Raker he was opera Ting pinning him to the ground. When he did not return for the noon meal or. War Ner went to investigate and found the. Machine in a Heap with Lesko underneath unconscious. The second fatality occurred about 7 Monday six Miles East of Decimal when Johnson was Over taken by a , train while run Ning a hand operated speeder East towards Ophir station. Or. Johnson had been employed at the station by the Canadian National railways As Section hand for Many years. . From Whitemouth man., Are investigating. Trenches and to pursue retreating militiamen. Advices from insurgent Field Headquarters said Franco s troops captured two villages Northeast of Barrancas monday during clean up operations. They were Cortes de Avenoso and Fuente la Reina the latter nine Miles North of Viver. Franco makes statement Burgos Spain july 19. Insurgent Generalissimo Franco asserted monday that his forces had virtually won the War. The War has been won on land and sea in the air and industrially and he asserted it is not ended yet because of the criminality of the red leaders who do not feel the blood uselessly poured out and because of the obstinacy of Russia which is Mak ing every Effort Touloose a War Over liners strengthened London july 19. Up daily Herald asserted monday that decks of British liners using the Mediterranean route were being strengthened so that guns could be mounted on them for use in a Mediterranean War. It was added that the guns were not designed to meet Spanish rebel attacks. Regular airmail in West delayed establishment of regular air mail routes through Western Canada had been postponed indefinitely be cause Landing facilities at Points along the routes had not been completed a. F. Lough District director of postal services announced monday night. Although the postponement was for an indefinite period or. L ugh held Cut Hopes the routes in by . They had been scheduled to open aug. 1. Because the Landing facilities at different Points in the West Are not completed the Post office depart ment has decided to postpone the of regular air mail services indefinitely Between Winnipeg and Vancouver Regina and North Battleford Lethbridge and he Saidl it is expected arrangements in be completed for opening of regu Lar service Over these routes during czech problem hits Snag Praha Czechoslovakia july 19. A and up the Liu estion of Post office jobs in sudeten German sections of Czechoslovakia delayed peace negotiations monday Between the government and the autonomy demanding germanic minority. At the end of the Day Job holders and aspirants for government positions had presented such conflicting claims that consideration of autonomy for the sudeten germans As Well As other was adjourned 24 hours. Uneasiness approaching that of May 21, when the government mobilized. Reservists was apparent. News that Farmers had started harvesting their crops brought unconfirmed rumours that real danger of War in Central Europe would Comer with t a completion of the harvest1 uneasiness was increased by rumours that Konrad Henlein Leader of the sudeten German minority intended to go to London As soon As he received a copy of the minority Bill. His intention was said to be to argue before influential britons that concessions offered to the German minority were insufficient it was expected that if Henlein went., to Gondon Wenzel Jacksch Leader of the German social. Democrats would follow him in order to give the interpretation of the Bill from the Cabinet viewpoint reports were circulated government had its Tion at Berlin to ask the German government to see that an Allega Tion made by. The German news Agency saturday that czech troops movements had been observed near the German Frontier was thoroughly denied to boost housing Ottawa overtime execution of new act Ottawa july 19. Car. Finance and housing Branch officials have been working overtime since prorogation of parliament to set the new housing and self liquidating projects legislation. Proclamation of the new housing act legislation is expected to be arranged at tuesday s Cabinet Council. Two separate acts adopted at the session which ended july 1 provide for Loans up to on Muni Cipal self liquidating projects and the new housing legislation. The latter measure is in three parts. The first extends and alters the Dominion housing act of 1935, the second provides for Loans up to on Low Cost Low rental housing and the third authorises the Treasury to assist in municipal tax payments on residences costing up to built under the Hotis ing act part the act becomes effective Only on proclamation. The other parts became effective on receiving Royal assent. Changes in the housing act required fresh agreements Between the government and the approved lending companies through which Loans May be obtained at a Maxi mum of five per cent interest. There have been Many applications for Loans under the legislation respecting municipal self liquidating projects but no actual agree ments have approved this enables the municipalities to borrow amounts limited by a population basis to construct works that would pay for themselves Over a period , at Low interest rates. Under part two of the housing act either private limited dividend companies or municipal authorities could borrow for the construction of residential projects which would be available at less than the econ Omic rent to those unable to i pay the Normal rates. These Loans also would be repayable Over a Long period with a Low rate of interest fart three dealing with Munici pal taxes empowers the govern ment to pay the full tax for the first year on houses costing up to 50 per cent of the second year s taxes and 25 per cent of the third year. In Arab jew feud Jerusalem july 19. Men were killed monday in a fresh outbreak of the holy land s Arab jewish racial feud. Two of the dead were jews who were attacked while working in a Field in the the deaths brought to 129 the number of victims the disorders since july 5. They included 76 arabs 35 jews and 18 Rov ing tribesmen. Sign treaty 19., Brit Ain and France emphasized their close relations the eve of the state visit of King George and Queen Elizabeth to Paris by signing a treaty allow ing free British Trade with French governed Morocco. The treaty abolishes restrictions on Trade Between Britain and mor Occo which have been in effect since and allows regular trading Between them subject to French government supervision. It will be effective for seven years and can be renewed. Threaten july 19. Up havas French press reports today stated korean and Mancho Kuoan guards have threat ened determined action unless soviet russian troops Are with drawn immediately from the disputed Mainland area South of Yunchun. Manchukuo soviet negotiations on the scene of the dispute have broken Down the correspondents reported describing the very ominous atmosphere now prevailing near the juncture of the soviet Manchukuo and chosen korean frontiers. Today s reported threat of determined action should Moscow fail to evacuate the troops occupy ing territory which both Russia and Manchukuo claim to own followed a foreign office charge that a. Policeman attached to the korean armed forces had been killed last Friday while attempting to ascend it. Changfu Keng. The shooting was protested at Moscow. Sunday and representations were made. Documents purporting to prove Manchukuo sovereignty Over the Hills occupied by red soldiers on july have been i compiled by the japanese War Navy and foreign ministries. They will be forwarded to harsh for Nishi japanese charge Moscow. The weather Temperature at 6.30 ., 61 minimum., 55 barometer. South East wind at 8 Miles per hour sky partly Cloudy. 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