Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 20, 1938, Winnipeg, Manitoba readings 6.30 . July 19 9.30 ., july 19 12.30 ., july 20 3.30 aon., july 20 for full report of meteorological office see Page one. Fott vol. Pages. Sun Sun sets 20.2b. Moon rises. 23.35 Moon sets 13.36. Winnipeg wednesday july 20, 1938. Published at 5jo an. Big hash japanese intensify Hankow operations by land water air Shanghai july 20. Long awaited big push up the Yangtze River against Hankow apparently had started tuesday. Terrific Aerial bombardment of Hankow and nearby cities intensified naval operations and air raids on chinese Strong holds defending approaches to the provisional capital indicated he Campaign had started a new phase. Despatches from Hankow quoted general Chiang Kai Shek As saying the three cities of Hankow Xuchang and Hanyang closely grouped were prepared to withstand whatever onslaughts japanese directed at them. The chinese comr Nander in chief also was said to have declared Manchuria and Korea Are destined soon to become his reference was to increasing Japan Ese soviet friction Over a Manchukuo Border incident. The Campus of the american fear Grant to College unlikely Brandon man., july 20. Special unofficial statement from Winnipeg tuesday indicated there is Tut Little likelihood of the Provin Cial government acceding to the re quest for an annual Grant of to Brandon College. It was How Ever fairly definitely stated that a letter would be received Here wednesday morning. Members of the College Board anxiously awaited word from Winnipeg tuesday but if it arrives wednesday morning a. E. Mcken Brief twister kills two injures a score Church Mission s Boone University was bombed in japanese raids on the Hankow area. Police and Relief workers estimated that casualties in tuesday s bombardment of the three cities would reach 400. Four bombs dropped on the University Campus killing 20 chinese who had sought shelter under an old Wall. Boom cleared Hankow despatches said japanese apparently had usable Channel finally through cleared a a Boom blocking the Yangtze River at a 175 Miles downstream from Hankow. Forty seven Japan Ese warships and Small transports committee will probably have left or. A trip to North Dakota in connection with the Board of Trade. In View of the critical stage at which the negotiations have arrived. Neither or. Mckenzie nor any of the members of the College Board or of the Board of Trade were inclined to discuss the situation or any plans for the future. Accept positions elsewhere meanwhile several members of the faculty including Dean Whid Den and professors Aitcheson and Foster have accepted positions elsewhere and it does not appear that anything has been done in the Way of the usual summer Campaign to interest prospective students in the College. While there is no Rea son to believe that prominent friends of the College will recede from the position that the Grant from the government is absolutely essential to keep the col lege open it is True that members of the Board Are convinced if the Grant were made other friends would rally with gifts to help Dis pose of other existing indebtedness in order that the full amount of the Grant from the government could be applied to operating expenses. It is also understood the Large endow ment promised contingent on the Grant of being made would to applied to strengthen the Finan Cial position of the College and give Assurance there would be no Call on the government to increase the Grant for Many years to come. Insurgents press drive to coast hem Aye France july 20. A the mechanically Superior Spanish insurgents rolled Down the Teruel Highway toward the sea tuesday and battered hastily constructed government barricades 34 mites Northwest of Valencia. The defence works at Viver bar ring the insurgents path to Valen Cia centred on Ragudo Hill less Tan two Miles Northwest of the and were the product of Fren Zied labor while general Jose Miaja s forces waged a delaying warfare of Retreat. The insurgent drive was pointed of artillery armoured cars and supported by airmen. Cathedral struck Barcelona july 20. A the celebrated Cathedral of Barcelona was struck by an insurgent bomb during an air raid tuesday. The 14th Century Church was considered one the finest examples of gothic architecture in Catalonia. Danish ship halted London july 20. Up Lloyd s dipping Agency in a dispatch from Gibraltar reported tuesday that the danish motor vessel Norma diet in. Route from new Orleans to port of Bouc France was halted in the Straits of Gibraltar by a Spanish keel armed trawler and taken Ceuta Spanish Morocco. J a Iii Auric i ecu Iyua a Hugo 25 Miles upstream from Mathow Chen. They steamed on toward Kiu Kiang 135 Miles downstream from Hankow engaging chinese Shore positions in an artillery Duel. Students at the american Cath Olic girls school in Hankow narrowly escaped injury or death tuesday in a devastating japanese air raid. Twenty seven planes operating in squadrons of nine each dropped More than 150 bombs in one of the biggest raids of the War. A Semi official chinese estimate said there were casualties from the bombing including 500 killed in Hankow. More than 60 civilians were killed by bombs which struck the sixth municipal primary school in Xuchang. Two persons were killed and More than a score injured when a Tornado sliced through Andover . This House was ripped apart As though it were made of cardboard by the Brief twister which roared out of Andover a few seconds after hitting the town. Crop Hopes setback slight deterioration results from dry spell in Prairies Lay double murder charge Edmonton july 20. Shire Farmer if the two Hills District 70 Miles East of Here was arrested tuesday at Killam alta., and charged with the murder of two people. Inspector p. H. Tucker of the Royal Canadian mounted police at Vegreville alta., said tuesday night. Inspector Tucker said Shire was being taken to Vegreville from Kil Lam tuesday night and May be arraigned before a magistrate wednesday. Shire had been sought since Fri Day when his seven months old son Raymond was Frund dead and four others seriously injured in his farm Home near two Hills. The four injured were his wife a Niece Flor ence Wasalasky 7 a Nephew James Wasalasky 10, and Peter an Toniuk 18, brother of mrs. Shire. Florence Wasalasky died monday from her injuries. Mrs. Shire s condition was still critical tuesday but it was expected the two boys would recover. Transients vacate Post office Regina july 20. Up one Hundred and Twenty five transients voluntarily quilted the positions they had taken up inside Regina Post office tuesday evening after Deputy mayor s. B. West guar cafes to Newsom thedas Many More Harvest jobs for Manitoban this year Dominion official Page 5. Hepburn makes mercy flight Medicine for stricken Sas Page 8. St Boniface Council negotiates building of 25 new Homes on nor Wood Page 5. Screwball motorists continue to pests pester fearful Farmers Calgary july 20. Army of thousands is on the March the fast travelling beet webworm leaving a Trail of wilting stalks denuded of foliage in its path. Menace of vegetable and Flower gardens the webworm hordes were reported on the outskirts of Cal Gary to the Northeast and to the West storming Over Many Fine gardens. Generally they Are not a threat to Grain crops. In 1919 there was a huge outbreak in the Southern districts of Alberta. Caterpillars or Grasshoppers Quebec july 20. It in t Grasshoppers its caterpillars. Barely two weeks after Hopper s ravaged crops provincial agriculture authorities reported tuesday swarms of caterpillars were eating away in numerous farming Dis army Worms on March Toronto july 20. Up army Worms marched across Western Ontario farm lands threatening destruction of the richest crops in a decade. Farmers banded to meet the menace under directions of the Ontario department of Agri culture. Anted them meals at City tuesday night and meals at Salva Tion army Headquarters wednesday the men left the Post office quietly after agreeing to the proposal and waited at Broad Street Park until arrangements for feeding them had been completed. They were fed at six Regina cafes in groups of 20 each. The transients remained in charge of the Post office slightly More than an hour. They were part of group of almost 200 who had been gathering Here for the last week majority of them from outside of Saskatchewan City authorities claimed. Men without funds the men entered the Post office prepared to sit their leaders said until they received action. They were without funds had no meals in sight and claimed the salvation army had notified them at noon tuesday they would be responsible for issuing no More meals. Jimmie Wilson Leader of the group that invaded the Post office made an offer to City police to sub Mit to mass arrest but was told by sergeant Logan that no such action would be taken. Alderman East who is acting As Deputy mayor told the Leader Post he was giving his personal guarantee to the cafes that the Cost of the men s meals tuesday night would be defrayed. The men were to sleep at the exhibition grounds tuesday night. Miner Dies after Rescue Kirkland Lake ont july 20 Grec Zac 35-year-Olc polish Miner collapsed and died late tuesday shortly after being rescued from a chamber fee underground in the Lake Shore Golc mine where he had been trapped for More than seven hours by a Cave in. The Miner was trapped fee below the surface of the Lake Shore Gold mine tuesday by a Cave in. Louis Zager 33, dazed but apparently uninjured was rescued from the same level and was rushed to Hospital for a Ray examination. Two miners who narrowly Escapee when the Cave in occurred bounded the alarm and within a few min utes Ottawa july 20. Respects in the Prairie prov aces declined slightly As the result of two weeks of dry Wea Are which however retarded he development of Stern rust ays the Dominion Bureau of statistics fourth telegraphic re Ort issued tuesday. With crops seven to. Ten Days ate in the Prairies precipitation is till needed for filling and proper maturing of the Grain crops while ome deterioration of crop pros acts occurred As a result of warm by weather. Rust cuts Manitoba yield Stem rust of susceptible varieties f wheat in Central and Southern Manitoba will lower average yields. Except for Odd showers Little reef was afforded to crops in South in Manitoba. Feed Grain yields ill be Light. Cutting of fall Rye vill be general and a few Fields of ats and Barley will be harvested Lis week. Conditions ortion of the province were More satisfactory and yields May a Roach average. Prospects on the Hole were Good in North Western Manitoba. Considerable sleeping sickness among horses was reported in the West Central and North West in districts. Grasshopper damage in sask. Damage from Grasshoppers con inked in South Eastern and Cen ral Saskatchewan and in some Dis a its crops have been Cut for feed o avoid total loss. Prevalence of Stem rust was also reported in Saskatchewan but Here Iso Veather conditions mitigated against rapid spread of infection. While crops in Saskatchewan continued to make Progress More rain Vas needed to ensure proper Fil no. Considerable variation in crop prospects is now More apparent after a week of warm and dry Veather. Severe Grasshopper dam be occurred in extreme South East Saskatchewan. Drouth conditions still prevailed n North Central Saskatchewan and crops tricks. Rescue Crews were at work digging. They reached Zager Anc brought him to surface inside an hour. Grec Zac rescued in a Semi conscious condition but thought to Havi been uninjured apparently died o Shock after being brought to hos Pital Here. With Zager he a trapped in a Little Cave far under ground when a fall of Rock blocked the mine Shaft several air line and broke electric cables. Spread terror on 3. Manitoba High pleading guilty to eight robberies an gets two years in Penitentiary. Page 5. Rust infection increases consider ably on Manitoba 11. President Roosevelt May visit flier wrecked v Eit Matij v Winnipeg late in 3. Field. New York july 20. To land at Norwalk conn., Alexan Der Papana one of the world s out standing aerobatic champions tuesday wrecked the air plane in which he had intended to take off shortly on a non Stop flight to Bucharest Rumania according to advices received at Floyd Bennett last look trip precedes Peg conference Regina july 20. J. G Tou Thi Gardiner will make a rapid of the Southern crop lands week and will then return t Ottawa to Confer with his col leagues respecting the pegging o the wheat Price. He is due in Ottawa for the conference next tuesday at which time it is possible the vill be announced. In the West Central Ains eed. Were necessary to provide the outrun of commercial Grain com this area will be very Small. Stem rust was prevalent a line through Assiniboia Saska Oon and Prince Albert but the possible damage depends upon future. Weather conditions. Past crop report continued on Page 5, column 1 May save resort from fire Campbell River b.c., july 20 Hope the Little sport fishing resort of Forbes land ing might be saved from destruction in a raging Timber fire was expressed tuesday night by British Colum Bia Forest Branch officials Here. The note and several Auto encircled by a fire Early tuesday and at 9.20 ., the Forest Branch said the Blaze was All around the heat became handful of fire fighters trying to save the buildings was forced to set up its pumps at the end of a jetty Somi distance from the buildings. One Forest official said it look now that we might be Able to save the rest of the one Small garage went up in flames during the afternoon and the other buildings were All evacuated. The Forest office described the Blaze As one of the no the fire Ever re corded on Vancouver the Blaze was still running fast before a Strong Breeze. Cable quiz Friendship pledge King George president Lebrun voice Anglo French sol Jerusalem july 20. Ish authorities tuesday announce the inauguration of censorship on All newspaper cables from the holy land. Cables will be censored be tween 8 And 11 ., and n despatches will be allowed Between 11 . And 5 The curfew which authorities imposed to Aid in quelling Arab jew ish disorders was. Lifted tuesday because there had been no new incidents in the last 24 hours raids were made in search of hidden arms both in the old and new City. Long term Hollywood 20. Dra Martin who admitted taking liberties with Simone Simon s Bank funds tuesday was sentenced to from three to four years in prison but was placed on probation Bracken urges Price Peg pegging the Price for the 1938 wheat crop at a figure that would mean reasonable economic recovery or Farmers with durum prices fixed in reasonable relationship to other grades was suggested by Premier John Bracken in a letter to h. Milvor chairman of the wheat Board. During the past five years the improvement in wheat prices has not been reflected in improved eco nomic conditions in the West generally owing to the fact that1 our production has been the Premier stated in the letter which was mailed before he left for Ottawa monday evening. We sincerely Trust that in fixing the Price for the 1938 crop the Board will keep in mind the fact that the present mean reasonable economic recovery for wheat pro he added. I am sure you will agree with me when i say that Here will be widespread discontent in the West if the product of a favourable crop year is allowed marketed except on a basis where the producer is Given a reasonable dealing with durum wheat prices Premier Bracken pointed out tha in 1937 the Price of no. 2, the Mosi typical Manitoba Grade went As Low As 68 cents a Bushel and during the crop year sold As much As 60 cents a Bushel below no. 1 Northern. The durum growers Are confident this year that durum when will be Given reasonable Protection since the Board is going to he continued. While substantial stocks of durum when in Canada at the present time the 1938. Acreage is appreciably Lowe and it appears that the yield per acre of durum in Manitoba will be considerably lower this year than last. In View of the Lack of Protection Given the durum grower Las year and in View of the reduce acreage and the lower pro Bibl yield the Manitoba govern in Hopes your Board in establishing spreads for the 1938 crop will give durum wheat a reasonable relation ship to other grades of attacks proposal Saskatoon july 20. Suggestion that 70 cents would be a Fai Price for this year s wheat crop was attacked tuesday by. Frank Elia son Secretary of the United Farmer of Canada Saskatchewan Section his organization had made a Thor Ough investigation into the relative prices paid by Farmers for necessities and the Cost of Grain production. It had been found that Price the . Secretary asserted per Bushel would be an equitable Sheps Heads jewish Congress Saskatoon july 20. S. B Sheps of Winnipeg was elected president of the Western Canada division of the Canadian jewish Congress at the concluding session of a convention in the hebrew free school tuesday. He succeeds Rabb Solomon Frank of Winnipeg. Other officers elected were m Kidnap threat a. G. Tarn family robbed and terrorized by gunmen Chicago july 20. Investigators turned to race track followers today in a Hunt for two men who bound terrorized and robbed a. G. Tarn wealthy Winnipeg turf Nan and his wife and son monday night in their cottage in suburban Lake cd. Trie gunmen took after threatening to Kidnap for Zurich. Ransom Tarn s son Clifford 19. Police chief John Gehrke of Lake Zurich said that although the Rob Bers were masked Tarn reported one of them looked familiar and might have been one of the track followers at Arlington Park. The Tarn family rented for the duration of the Arlington Park racing season. The robbers spent 30 minutes in the House escaping either on foot through shrubbery or in an Auto Mobile parked nearby. Or. Tarn has been prominent for years in Western Canada turf circles. He gained prominence in United states tracks in 1936 when his horse Kush away won the Latonia Illi Nois and Louisiana Derby. Last february Tarn bought Wise Fox son of Gallant Fox from the be air stud As a Kentucky Derby bid. The Winnipeg sportsman owns a stable of horses now running Arlington Park. He cashed a Cheque for the track monday and if is robbers saw and trailed him. Upon Entrance the robbers said want the Tarn denied he had any Money we know answered one of the gunmen. They forced or. And mrs. Tarn and their son into a rear bedroom made them lie on the bed and then tied them with neckties and hosiery. One stood guard while the other searched the cottage and found after a whispered conference one of the robbers turned to the son and said get ready to come with turning to Tarn he added unless you give More Money Well Kidnap your son for Tarn said he told the robbers you la have to do it then because there in t another cent in the the gunmen held a second con Ference that lasted five minutes then they walked out. The tarns quickly broke their Bonds Ane notified police. A. Gray honorary president l Rosenberg vice president w. Keler treasurer Harry Steinberg in notary Secretary mrs. Goldie Steinberg recording Secretary Anc he following executive members for Saskatchewan a. H. Fried gut. Regina s. Sandomirsky re Gina s. Kannee Melville so 5aper, Yorkton doctor Steinman Davidner Prince Albert Yir. Brodie Edenbridge m. A. An Jelle Moose jaw a Sandomirsky Southey and Lipton c. Bruser Humboldt and Melfort s. Secter North Battleford n. Newman Pun Vichy and Kelliher or. Voborsky Swift current j. Berger Estevan or. D. M. Baltzan Saskatoon and Louis a Vogel Saskatoon. For a. Friedman . Edmonton l. Pekarsky Edmonton a. I. Schumacher Cal Pearlian Calgary h. A Goldberg Calgary h. Olyan veg a. Chertkow Drumheller or. Passof Medicine hat a. Gor Don Lethbridge. Members of the executive representing Western Ontario British Columbia and Manitoba Are to be appointed later. Paris july 20. George and the president of tuesday night solemnly consecrated the close Friendship and co operation Between the two great Empire democracies at a state banquet. Replying to a Welcome by president Albert Lebrun King Eorge i declared it would now be impossible to recall a period in which our relations were More the Monarch declared that the two nations had seen their destinies inevitably drawn together with the passage of the King spoke in French. Long and close collaboration has succeeded in proving that we Are inspired by the same he said. Our Peoples have the same at ashment to democratic principles which Are Best suited to their Natur in Genius and we have the same be if in benefits of individual Liberty. We Are proud of this political Aith which we share with other great nations in the period in which we it demands from us All to a High degree qualities of courage Wisdom and determine diplomats said they regarded the Hitler peace move King s expression of Pride in democracy As a political Faith As prac Mically a reply to nazi and fascist derision of democracy. Lebrun speech m. Lebrun in his welcoming speech stressed the Point that the presence of the Sovereign constituted the highest testimony of the common will which fortifies each Day the confident sympathy of the to nations and the close collaboration of their representatives. The president adored i am persuaded that your majesty and your government will make every Effort As i and the government of the Republic have to give this living reality a brilliance always More Active and More fruit Lebrun also stated that the Anglo French entente was directed at no other nation. No Power can possibly take us m. Lebrun said since it is not exclusive of any other Friend the state banquet was followed by a glittering reception and enter Royal visit continued on Page 5, column 1 insistent demands by japs Tokyo july 20. Sent a new protest to soviet Russia tuesday As tension increased Over a Maric Houku Border incident at the same time Japan permit Ted her Maric Houku protectorate to demand directly of russian Bor Der forces that they withdraw from territory Manchukuo declares they invaded july 11. The new japanese since the incident decided upon at a meeting of Lieut general Sei Shiro Itagaki japanese War minister and general Kazu Shige Ugaki foreign minister. The foreign office directed Marn Shigemitsu ambassador to Moscow to carry the protest direct to Maxim Litvinoff soviet foreign commissar. Russia has contended the troops were on territory belong ing to Russia hence there was no invasion London july 20. Up havas drench Agency 1th hour move by Chancellor hit or to assure great Britain and trance that Germany has no territorial designs on Czechoslovakia and should not be regarded As an irreconcilable adversary in. Any european problem was authority ively stated tuesday night to have Een made on the eve of the King s state visit to France. Parliamentary quarters gave the allowing version of a visit paid of monday1 night by Captain Fritz Wiedemann the fuehrer s adjutant of foreign. Secretary Viscount Hali fax who accompanied the Royal couple to Paris and is to meet at luncheon today Premier edouard Saladier and foreign minister George Bonnet of France. Wiedemann with Only verbal instructions particularly impressed upon lord Halifax that Berlin does not plan to sudeten Ger Man areas of Czechoslovakia and is prepared to Welcome an eventual Accord reached Between Praha and the German minority provided the latter is satisfied. No Cardinal differences Hitler s personal envoy went on to Point out that Anglo German relations Are not As cordial As. They should be and could be improved by Mutual Effort particularly since . No Cardinal differences Between them. According to the parliamentary quarters quoted. Hitler s last min Ute manoeuvre was apparently d6 signed to impress upon Britain and France that the conversations at Paris should not consider Germany As an against whom both democracies must Combine their strength. British political circles believed that lord Halifax also Powals by Hitler for Parley leading toward a four Power Aerial and arms limitation pact. Warning says Oil tanks menace cities Ottawa july 20. And towns in Canada Are menaced by methods now in use of storing Gaso line and other fuel oils in Large tanks j. Grove Smith Dominion fire commissioner told the Domin Ion fire prevention association convention tuesday. In time of War he said these tanks which were generally placed in highly populated districts might destroy a whole town. Eventually they would have to be placed in intense activity Domei japanese new Agency reported Maric Houku had told the russian commander of the troops in question that if they were not with drawn immediately Manchukuo would take necessary Steps with firm Domei and japanese newspapers reported intense activity among soviet troops. Planes armoured cars and motorized equipment were choking the trans siberian railway Tokyo newspapers declared. Hepburn plane reaches Calgary Calgary july 20. Ing the third leg of his Down North flying Holiday pre Mier Mitchell Hepburn of Ontario landed at the Calgary Airport late tuesday. At the controls of the big two motor amphibian was Pilot Jimmie Towne and wednesday morning the Ontario Premier and his flight com. Anions j. P Bickell Toronto financier and Bernard Smith new York will leave for Edmonton. Premier Hepburn was emphatic i declaring his trip was merely a flying the Hepburn party had lunch at Regina with Premier w. J. Patter son of Saskatchewan and Hon. J. G. Gardiner Federal minister of agriculture and then on to Calgary. The flight from Regina was made in three hours. Southern Alberta looks wonder fully Green from the remarked or. Hepburn in telling reporters the Regina Calgary trip was uneventful. Hail lays waste scores of farms Saskatoon july 20. Hail damage in a violent storm at 2 o clock tuesday afternoon blighted the Hopes of scores of Farmers in an area North of Wilkie. Damage estimated to be from 30 to 100 per cent resulted from the Hail storm which followed a strip varying from one mile to three Miles in Width. Apparently the storm began in the Cloan District tapered Down to a narrow then widened again for heavy damage East of Wilkie. Hailstones loaded with grief for Farmers sections fell Mon Day damage being reported at Young Zelma Rosthern and Colonsay and Elstow with total destruction of the stricken crops the Rule. Open areas. The commissioner also predicted that the use of gasoline for clean ing purposes would be prohibited. Visit ignored borne july 20. Italian press almost ignored tuesday the Paris visit of King George and Queen Elizabeth. One Rome paper published a four line despatch say ing the on their Way to the French capital. Others printed nothing. Condition grave Linus Skeeter Short Stop for the Winnipeg maroons who suffered a fractured Skull when struck by a pitched Ball saturday evening was still in serious condition Early wednesday morning. He is confined to Grace he lies unconscious. The weather monday . To to Eliut. . At 8.30 56 maximum 63 minimum. 53 barometer 30.03 North wind at 4 Miles per hour precipitation to tuesday 6.30 65 maximum 70 minimum. 56 barometer. 30.10 North East wind at 6 Miles per hour maximum humidity minimum humidity sky Cloudy. It has Lair and warm in Alberta with Light showers in a sections of Saskatchewan and so Thero Dawson a Lavic Simpson it Smith Mima 44 70 -58 76 56 74 58 so or. Rupert 54 66 52 70 58 78 64 92 48 0 48 84 52 80 54 80 58 7t 62 82 s. Current 56 84 54 78 52 72 54 76 Moose jaw 56 80 Regina so 80 above figures Are for 24 hours end ing tuesday. 6.30 . Forecasts fair with stationary or a Little higher temperature scattered to partly Cloudy and Ward with local Lair and warm tired a Southern Victoria Vancouver Kamloops or. George Jasper Edmonton Calgary Lethbridge med. Hat Battleford or Albert Saskatoon Brandon Winnipeg Kenora it. Arthur Moosonee Cochrane Huntsville. By sound London Toronto Kingston Ottawa Montreal Quebec St. John Halifax Charlott can 64 Chicago 64 89 St. Paul 72 71 Mima 46 74 53 w 54 69 52 7j 54. 66 52 63 52 82 m m 56 84 60 84 62 ii 58 88 64 m 60 84 5g 74 58 72 Lake moderate Wendi fair comparatively Cool in East portion. Kenora blur at and becoming a Little warmer pro baby scattered Thunder Bowerm at night ;