Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 04, 1938, Winnipeg, Manitoba Temperature headings b.30 ., oct. 3 9.30 ., oct. 3 12.30 ., oct. 4 3.30 ., oct. 4 pm for full report of meteorological office see Page one. Vol. Pages Sun rises. 6.31 Sun sets 18.2. Moon rises 15.45 Moon sets 1.26. Winnipeg tuesday october 4, impatient nazis surround czechs seize six hours ahead of schedule Bren probe hearing resumed Falkenau oct. 4. Than 500 czechoslovak soldiers and gendarmes were surprised and surrounded by an Advance guard of Adolf Hitler .s. Men Here monday and held for three hours while they were threatened with machine guns. When finally freed the czechoslovak were deprived of their motor equipment and . It was stated at Prague a protest would be made. Excitement in surrounding garrisons was caused by the incident. The Carlsbad Garrison detailed two squads of machine gunners to guard the Carlsbad spa where the German Entrance Ottawa. Oci. 4. Of i was not expected until today and Side roads were barricaded. The interdepartmental committee on czechoslovak said the incident the control of profits in contracts to protect the Public in the schedule of the International Terest in he Bren gun contract military committee regulating occur minted in a meeting which extend 1 of the Western sudeten zone. De until three o cock in the. Morn Jug of March 18 last c. Fraser Falkenau had been set for 5 Elliott commissioner of income tax i 10 The czechoslovak had ordered with Drawl of All forces of police and at 11 4 Stated monday at the inquiry the contract under or. Justice h. Gendarmerie h. Davis. Or. Elliott was a member of the regular troops Many of whom committee which studied and re 1 already had left were instructed to Vised the contract under which the evacuate two hours before the Ger John Inglis company of Toronto is were scheduled to arrive. To make 7.000 Bren Light machine at approximately 10.40 The guns for Dominion government j German major entered the town and the same company also holds aiwa1lked office of major contract to make guns for the. British War office. Elliott s testimony some of or. Elliott s declarations As he completed two Days on the witness stand with the Prospect of another Day before him were that the committee considered the Helvin. Czechoslovak com Mander and asked Why the town was not already evacuated. Major Helvin replied that the order of the Commissio carrying out the Munich conference plan of occupation specified 5 As the time for withdrawal. The German major then delivered fact the Inglis company had theban ultimatum to the town inside track in England and an within 10 Assurance of a British contract was the czechoslovak official gave de with machine guns and Bayonet no orders for immediate evacuation. In the meantime is units Page 4. De rifles and carrying hand Gren Ades advanced on the town s mar Ket place where most czechoslovak troops were stationed. The Ger mans set up their machine guns around the Square. The czechoslovak officers gave orders for no firing despite the menacing situation. They said they feared an incident that might Lead to open hostilities. Major Helvin was held prisoner in his office together with about 500 soldiers. Fifty gendarmes and guards were taken in custody by a squad of is men near the City out skirts. The latter prisoners were lined up along the Highway under Mach Ine gun guard while a German is sergeant took photographs of them. During the picture snapping one czechoslovak policeman reached Loket a Small town a few Miles away where the alarm was Given. Headquarters at Carlsbad and the general staff office in Prague were told of tha incident. Motorcycle riders were despatched to notify other nearby units. Details of Hitler s triumphant entry into sudetenland appear on an invisible asset in its balance while negotiations were proceed j ing he had discussed the contract1 with Hugh Plaxton Liberal member of parliament for Toronto-trrntiy., who came to his office j because it was desired to have the contract ready for the Cabinet on March 18. The committee sat from three March 17, to three The next morning. The contract was signed March 31. A Point on which the interdepartmental committee spent consider Able time said or. Elliott was the amount of Money invested in the company. By the Board of Grain commissioners to the protest of great it had before it a statement show ship operators against the maximum rate of seven cents ing the Cash investment by share a on Grain from fort William to St. Lawrence ports holders at ?160.46o Bond holders r investment at and addition is Cash commitments at s189.000. Shippers Shock companies protest seven cent maximum briefly it order charge Edmonton oct. 4. Adamchuk 18, former Ponoka mental Hospital patient was charged with murder in police court monday following discovery of the body of Joan Holloway daughter of or. And mrs. Douglas Holloway in the Saskatchewan River sunday. Regarded As lost Berlin oct. 4. Officials said monday a flying boat of the line overdue on a trans Atlantic crossing from Brazil to Bathurst Gambia West african British Colony must be regarded As mrs. Td3bett robbed san cal., oct. 4. A jewelry valued at to was stolen from mrs. Lawrence Tib Bett wife of the concert Singer As the liner Monterey approached los Angeles Harbor she reported Mon Day. Tibbett returning from a concert tour of Australia and new. Zealand said the jewelry was in a sure. Ask for volunteers London. Oct foreign office announced monday that the government had accepted the Oser of the British legion to of Volunteer duty in plebiscite areas of Czecho Slovakia. The members of the War veterans organization will serve for about six weeks it was stated. Missing Fliehs Safe Moscow oct. 4. Least two of the three women fliers who started a non Stop flight from Moscow to the far East sept. 24 and have since been missing were re ported found alive monday near Komsomolsk on the amur River along the Manchukuo Border. Trade seeker Belgrade Yugoslavia oct. 4. A Walther Funk. German minister of Commerce left monday night for Ankara the capital of Turkey after arranging for a new extensive Trade pact Between Germany and Yugoslavia. Funk who apparently is determined to gain economic supremacy for Germany in the Balkans said he would also pay a business visit to Bulgaria. . To the Rescue Munich Accord weighed civilization stronger stand needed says Eden London oct.1 4. Up prune minister Chamberlain monday told the House of com Mons the Munich four Power agreement saved civilization As we know and pledged him self to use it As a foundation Lor finishing his task of peace and general disarmament. Opening the debate that might conceivably make or break his government or. Chamberlain defended the Munich four Power agreement his no War declaration with Chancellor hit Ler and the general foreign policy of his administration. Slowly. Or. Chamberlain marshalled his Case. He told the packed House the Munich agreement had postponed a War which was racing near minute by minute. He Ana lazed its terms to show it represented concessions and surrender by Chancellor Hitler from the terms of his Godesberg ultimatum. He compared this six Day ultimatum with the agreement reached at Munich by the nazi and fascist dictators and the premiers of Europe s great democracies. Show extent of concessions step by step he Analysed the Munich pact to show that Hitler yielded. First of All he said the ultimatum became an agreement such As the British and French governments already had devised for the orderly partition Czecho Slovakia with definite responsibilities for the four great Powers and wide International supervision of its principles. Next he pointed to the five clearly outlined stages by which German j troops Are marching into the sude London oct. 4. Up j Fenland. Social credit party of great Britain then he showed How the monday sent telegrams to the King and prime minister Chamberlain asking government action to re Lieve Czechoslovakia of All Finan Cial responsibility consequent upon the dismemberment sanctioned by the i urged that Cost of such Relief be met out of an Empire thanksgiving fund to be _ created by the Bank of England and Ottawa oct. 4. Consideration will be Given j issued free of interest besides this the company proposed to obtain additional working Capi Tal through a revolving Bank loan of the committee however finally came to the conclusion the important Factor was not the amount of capital contributed by share holders but the Goodwill enjoyed by the company in great Britain where 5t had the inside j c Thomson seriously Hurt Souris Man., oct. 4. His Skull fractured in an Auto Acci Dent near Souris monday afternoon j. Crawford Thomson 181 Kings Way Winnipeg vice president and manager of the Gurney scale com Pany limited is in a precarious condition at Souris memorial hos Pital. Or. Thomson who had relieved the chauffeur at the wheel was driving on no. 2 Highway six Miles West of the town when the car it is stated struck Loose gravel and 3h and rolled Over several times. Both or. Thomson and the chauffeur were hurled out of the car. Or. Thomson was unconscious when picked up soon afterwards by the Driver of one of the Skuse line buses and rushed to Souris Mem orial Hospital. Or. A. E. Smith attended or. Thomson whose condition at mid night was reported As showing slight improvement. Old friends of or. Thomson. Hon. J. S. Mcdiarmid. Minister of lands and mines and chief Justice Ewan Mcpherson. Motored to Souris to be Nam As soon As they heard of the Accident. The weather s.311 to Ston Dav. at 6.30 59 maximum. Was f 30.06 East wind at 4 Miles per hour sky. Cloudy. 6.3fl To monday k.30 at 6.30 63 maximum. Minimum. 50 barometer. 2d.96 North so wind at 9 Miles per hour humidity. By. Clear. To Mima Mima Aklavik 30 48 it. Smith. 50 Victoria so Kamloops 54 56 on Rupert. 3 24 52 54 55 so 33 44 46 45 46 54 60 r2 Raffl to Banff Lethbridge s. Current p. Albert Moose jaw 46 Raridon 38 Kenora Moosonee 50 Huntsville. 35 London 34 Kingston 40 Montreal St. John St. .71 41 42 46 44 50 46 52 76 or 36 so 60 82 Are for 24 hours ending of Forecasts North winds Fly and cooler with showers Itron Northeast and North with showers in Many and Cool with Occa Southeast to Strong at partly cl0.jdy with scattered d1er at night in North portion. I Rainy to mostly Cloudy and becoming showers. The rate was fixed by the Board last Friday effective oct. 1. E. B. Ramsay chairman of the Board heard a delegation representative of the lakes shipping companies argue monday that the rate is too Low and endangers the continued operation of Lake boats. Or. Ramsay agreed to consider the arguments carefully and reserved until today his decision on. A re quest that pending reconsideration the companies be allowed to Book orders at 7% cents suffering from the losses of seven lean years faced by a Short operating season filled with risks As to weather and traffic congestion the steamship companies pleaded for an Opportunity to charge what they maintained were reasonable rates for a season when there would be a Chance to make up some of their losses. They declared the Grain shippers were willing to pay eight cents and could sell their Grain on that basis. Complete Shock Frank Wilkinson k.c., Toronto spokesman for the operators declared the fixing of a maximum rate had come As a Complete Shock to the steamship companies and they could not understand the Rea son. Or. Ramsay quoted Section five of the Inland Waters freight act which empowers the Loard to fix the maximum rate to be charged when it considered the existing or proposed rates Are excessive or discriminatory. Matter has been properly considered and properly dealt with by the or. Ramsay said. It was not so much concerned with the profits or losses of the companies. I Don t say seven cents is a luscious or. Ramsay remarked but it is a fair he quoted figures from the past five years to show the weighted average was about four cents. It had gone As Low As two cents. Or. Wilkinson said that had been in free arid open Competition when vessels were plenty and cargoes scarce. The freighters had lost Money in the past seven years and now when there is More business you Clamp Down on says . Boats to Benefit Canadian vessels Are being embarrassed by the seven cent Maxi mum while american boats Are getting a higher rate according to c. C. Head of Winnipeg representative of the Paterson steamship company. May i ask. Why the Board considered it necessary to fix a Maxi mum rate at this or. Head pursued. No you May replied or. Ramsay. Or. Head said his company was being offered1 cargoes at 7% cents a Bushel and the shippers were will ing to pay that or a higher figure. George r. Donovan of Toronto representing the unit n transit company said taking into consideration loading and other charges the net return to the ship operators at the seven cent rate was Only about 5.5 cents. T. E. Enderby of Montreal representing the Canada steamship lines said there had been a 10 per cent increase in labor costs and 10 per cent or More increase in Marine insurance which he believed the Board had not taken into consideration. More important or. Enderby said the Dominion government Load line regulations made effective two years ago had greatly decreased the carrying capacity of the vessels. He. Suggested a. Maximum rate of eight cents and arranged to see or. Ramsay in Winnipeg a week from wednesday to present further argument. G. P. Campbell of Toronto re presenting the upper lakes and St. Lawrence transportation company said the rates had gone High As 11 cents a Bushel and no maximum had been fixed. He did not believe it would be fixed now if there were no Canadian wheat Board. Rowein commission meets Ottawa oct. 4. Royal commission on Dominion Provin Cial relations monday began review of evidence already submitted Dur ing hearings which have taken the commission across Canada. The meetings which will be in private May continue for a month. All the commissioners attended except the chairman Hon. Newton w. Rowell chief Justice of the supreme court of Ontario who is ill. Mennonite settlement Edmonton oct 4. Ments to have the Alberta govern rent withdraw its objections to settlement in Northern Alberta of mennonite families from Mexico will be advanced by h. W. Winkler of Morden Man., former member of the Manitoba legislature for Lisgar when he interviews Hon. N. E. Tan Ner. Alberta minister of lands and mines seeking most of to Settle the mennonites in Alberta left where people Are to vote for Ger Man or czechoslovak sovereignty Are to be plainly defined on the basis of their predominantly Ger Man character by an International commission whereas Hitler s first demands took in districts where germans were not predominant. Again he pointed to the differ ence Between occupation of the plebiscite areas by German and czech troops As outlined under hit Ler s ultimatum and their occupation by International forces As arranged at Munich. Four other Points he made these other Points 1. Voting Wol be under the plan of the Saar plebiscite and probably will be done by Small administrative areas. Under Hitler s ultimatum czechoslovak had feared voting would be by Large areas which would be to their disadvantage. 2. Czechoslovak May take food stuffs goods cattle and raw material from the sudetenland Al though they must not damage per manent property. 3. An International commission lays Down the conditions of Czecho slovak evacuation from sudeten German areas. Under Hitler s Godesberg demands these conditions would have been up to the germans and czechoslovak. 4. The Munich agreement contains certain very valuable pro Manitoba in 1924. Or. Winkler said. Visions which were not in the t Rowie Godesberg memorandum presume Lewis Abl meaning guarantees for the oct. 4. Liam Green Shook his fist monday and caustically accused John l. Lewis of leading an Industrial Union movement that Lewis labelled 14 years ago As one of the objectives of the communist opening . National convention he couched his keynote speech in bristling terms As he attacked the . Chairman. Six month hoist proposed four year term for aldermen is rejected mayor John Queen s proposal to increase the Aldermani term to four years was Given a six months hoist by the City Council monday night. Save for the mayor himself the was no dec measure found no friends in the chamber and Drew the criticism of both labor and non labor aldermen. Aid f. G. Thompson and Aid. Margaret Mcwilliams favored hav ing the entire Council elected every two years and Aid. Thompson wanted it reduced to 12 aldermen. Aid. Thomas Flye and Aid. E. D. Honey Man favored having the mayor elected from the Council instead of by the City at Large. More interest in sponsoring his motion to. Refer the four year term to the electors this fall mayor Queen said it would Tion the people did not take much interest in Aldermani elections he contended. This Point was disputed by Sev eral aldermen and after a lengthy discussion the motion to give it a six months hoist carried without dissent. Yacht overt cons. Vancouver oct. 4. Up fear for the safety of John William Mac Dougall managing director of Gen eral securities was held monday after his 32-foot auxiliary yacht Marlin 1" was found overturned in make for More interesting elections t Kito Oano Shore of English Bay Here. K sask. Goal strike threatens est Van sask., oct 4. Cup strike action threatens to paralyse the Saskatchewan Coal Industry. Throughout monday 135 men stood Idle at the Western Dominion Coal mines limited at Taylor ton with the possibility that the Wilson Coal mines no. 1 and no. 2 at Bien j the mistake of fait will be called out tuesday disarming when others did not and morning. Cannot repeat the Blunder. Shrunken Czechoslovakia and pro visions for adjusting other minority quarrels. Averted catastrophe saved civilization thus the prime minister con tended the four Powers had found a Way of carrying out a difficult and delicate operation by discus Sion instead of loss of life. They have averted a catastrophe which would have ended civilization As we have known it now that Czechoslovakia had been passed i feel it May be pos sible to make further Progress along the Road to he said. Britain must continue her heavy re armament or. Chamberlain told the House. Chamberlain said that the foundations of peace have been Laid and that Over a Long period the nations can be persuaded gradually to Lay Down their weapons and achieve a lasting peace. Nevertheless he insisted that further action depends wholly upon the United mine workers of America whose attempts to organize the miners in this Field have been buffeted on every occasion. The while believing in the sincerity of Hitler s pledge that the Conquest of sudetenland Marks the end of Germany s territorial claims in Europe he made it Plain that he is not taking any chances on relying operators ignored a request to ton the words of any other Power. Open negotiations regarding an in crease in the wage schedule and the Saskatchewan government refused to conduct a referendum to deter mine whether the . Or the Canadian federation of labor should unionize the Field. Baseball broadcast the world series games. Will be broadcast Over three major net Alfred Duff Cooper who resigned saturday As first lord of the admiralty had opened the com Mons debate with a sweeping indictment of the prime minister s course. Duff Cooper Chamberlain dealt with fuehrer Adolf Hitler in the language of Sweet reasonableness whereas the mailed fist is the Only language Hitler understands. Duff Cooper insisted that Hitler would have backed Down if it had works including the Canadian j been made Plain to him i Britain was ready to fight. Broadcasting corporation starting that wednesday afternoon at 1 The broadcasts will be carried locally by sky. The daily serial dramas usually broadcast every week Day afternoon have been cancelled for duration of the series. These include big sister. The Story of Mary Marlin a Perkins Pepper Young s family and the guiding instead he declared. Hitler was not to. Understand until the Lith mobilization of the Hiji advisers had wrongly told him Britain would not Light All will be resumed at the go to War again. Fight. Authority question of Duff Cooper questioned Chamberlain s authority to join Hitler in the joint statement that the British and German Peoples never would conclusion the games. Chamberlain also was excoriated the time has come for the democracies to show themselves As Resolute As the said Anthony Eden during House of commons debate yesterday on the Munich Accord or. Eden is shown in the above picture with j. P. T. Leaving the House of commons last week after the special session at which Adolf Hitler s invitation to the now famous Munich conference was received. By Clement r. Attlee labor Leader who said the events of the last Days constitute one of the greatest Diplo Matic defeats this country and France Ever suffered. There is no doubt that it was a tremendous Victory for Hitler. Without firing a shot and by the Mere display of Force he achieved the dominating position in. Europe for Germany. Which it failed to win in four years of Chamberlain however declared he had. Nothing to regret or feel ashamed of. Those who feel shame hang their he exclaimed pointing a Finger at the hecklers who Only a few minutes earlier had heard Duff Cooper assert that he could still walk about the world with my head because he had resigned in protest against Chamberlain s foreign policy. Or. Chamberlain s speech was punctuated by jeers and laughter from opposition labor members. The prime minister announced an immediate loan of would be made to the government of Czechoslovakia which has applied for a loan of 000. The loan of be increased when British govern ment experts have studied the economic needs of the czechs. Both before and after his speech the prime minister was accorded an ovation by his followers. Members on the government Side of the House left their seats and waved handkerchiefs and order papers. The diplomatic gallery was packed by representatives of almost every country in the world. The Duke of Kent also was present. The opposition cheered the re Chamberlain continued on Page 5, column 3. Cautious of bread bombs henday oct. T insurgents i. Said monday. They bombed with loaves of bread. Loaves one Quarter of a Pound each were cast on the ish insurgent despatches said while government. Anti air Craft batteries blamed away at the insurgents said the bread was a gift from the insurgents to the people of Madrid in Honor of the second anniversary of Genera Franco s accession to of chief of state in insurgent territory. Germs in Rolls suspected Madrid oct. 4. Up havas French general Jose Miaja commander of Madrid warned citizens monday night thai the tons of Rolls dropped on the City by insurgent fliers might con Tain harmful germs. Japanese Advance Shanghai oct. 4. After bloody fighting on the Fushun River the japanese claimed today they had captured strategic positions the invaders said their forces were crossing the River preparatory to an attack on Yang sin 75 Miles Mili tary capital and main objective 0. The japanese drive. Fascist clamors Italy declares Hungary s claims must be appeased Rome oct. 4. Called for speedy completion of Czechoslovakia s partition by satisfaction of Hungary s minority claims. The Semi official inform Zione diplomatic service distributed through the ministry of popular culture cautioned that delay in settling this problem might bring on new com the Sharp tone of the fascist press meanwhile plainly reflected the italian conviction that Europe was still far from the assured peace some expected from the Munich four Power Accord. The Earl of Perth British ambassador to Rome and foreign minister count Ciano conferred monday. Diplomatic circles believed they dealt with prospects for expediting enforcement of the Anglo italian treaty of last april 16. Ready for War the authoritative fascist editor Virginio Gayda complaining of the unfriendly tone on the part of the French press towards Italy said the fascist nation was ready for War and would fight even against France if necessary. The newspaper la Tribuna said it was a Long step from having averted War to All the the conditions for general disarm new hungarian demand Budapest oct. 4. A hungarian press Agency announced monday night the government had presented Czechoslovakia a new note calling for immediate negotiations on Hungary s minority claims the announcement said the note also requested a guarantee that the negotiations would be. Conducted in the right meanwhile hungarian newspaper reports of increased czech terror made Magyar blood temperatures Rise. Mass meetings throughout Hungary Dema fled immediate occupation. The press chief of the foreign office said that up to the time the hew note was delivered in there had been no indication from czechoslovak government As to when it intended to Start the negotiations. Oct. 4. Up the time i has come when the democracies have got to show themselves As Resolute in policy and in spirit As nations under any form of government said it. Hon. Anthony Eden in the Louse of commons monday Dur ing debate on the Munich Accord. Or. Eden said he Drew three conclusions from events of the past the first is that the Speed of our rearmament has been and is too slow and should be accelerated by every Means in our Power the second is that the scope and character of our rearmament needs re examination in the Light of the events of the last few weeks the third is that the nation on its civil Side should be encouraged to organize itself so As to enable it to meet any future Challenge under conditions different to those which exist today still confronting menacing dangers the 41-year-old Eden who re signed last february because he could not swing the Cabinet to his View that a stronger stand was imperative against dictators told the commons successive surrenders Only bring successive humiliations and in turn Lead to More humiliating we have lately run into grave dangers but however the immedi ate issues have been resolved no member of this House can doubt the menacing dangers that must con front us for some time to he said. If they Are to be met and Over come it can Only be by revival of our National spirit and by a deter mined Effort to conduct a foreign policy upon which the whole nation can unite. If there Ever were a time for a Call for a United Effort by a United nation it is my conviction that time is now. It is thus i believe we could not Only save peace for this month and for the next but save it for our or. Eden said he agreed with or. Duff Cooper that the British Fleet should have been mobilized earlier visible action which would convince those who Are More con Vinced by what they see than by what they hear of the real Earnest Ness of purpose of the British injustice to Small nation he said War had been averted not at our expense or that of any great Power but at the Cost of. Grave injustice to a Small Friendly nation Czechoslovakia which was not even heard in her own he said one of the biggest forces in preventing War was the announcement a week ago that if France was compelled to go to the Aid of Czechoslovakia great Britain and Russia would stand by France. I believe myself that the his Torian of the future will give that statement an important place among the deterrents to a War a week ago. Or. Eden warned that the government should not embark upon a policy which to a four Power because there is no sufficient cause for seeking to reorganize Europe of a basis that excludes any great Power obviously meaning soviet nor do i believe you can secure lasting peace in Europe on. Such a it must be evident he said that there is a difference of View As to whether events of the last few Days constitute the beginning of better things or whether they Only give us a breathing space perhaps six months ahead before the next crisis is upon he declared he would like to take the More optimistic View but that this year had Many Timi Stic forecasts and they have All been forestall opposition the House recessed at 11.10 Until today. A government motion was placed on the table late monday night de Claring that this House approves the policy of his majesty s govern ment by which War was averted m the recent crisis and supports their efforts to securing lasting the motion will be moved on wednesday when the debate ends. It by or. Chamberlain. Sir John Simon Chancellor of the exchequer and Malcolm Macdonald. Colonial Secretary who Lead respectively the National Liberal and National labor groups in the National government the effect of this motion was to forestall the opposition understood to be considering a motion which would Call for a general peace and disarmament conference. Could have averted crisis sats Attlee Clement Attlee labor. Leader touched on this question when he followed the prime minister. After referring to the betrayal of Czechoslovakia he expressed the opinion the crisis of last week could have been averted if. France Brit Ain and Russia had made a Strong declaration against Hitler. The labor Leader suggested it still i was not too late to Call a con Ference of All nations including the United states and Russia to Lead the world Back to disarmament and peace. Such a conference could Deal with the causes of War the wrongs of minorities and the eco nomic problems facing the nations. Or. Attlee paid warm tribute to commons continued on Page 7, Coli Lupin 3.v ;