Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 28, 1939, Winnipeg, Manitoba Rises 7.09 Sun sets Moon rises 17.35 Moon sets 7.31 Winnipeg saturday october 28, 1939 Sun rises 7.11 1 Sun sets 17.02 Moon res 18.11 Moon sets 8.36 Milder. Score sea and air i by Gondi Britain s air might Paris oct. Air movement was reported behind the German lines Western front and m As if the germans were for an attack. General staff continued to watch ostentatious an military preparations Saarland which they be ii eved might be designed to distract attention a Sut prise move elsewhere along the Western front. Were so that one Well informed military of suggested the German be planning an attack be zen Wisse Bourg and the rom cast of the a Simul Oteous thrust through the nether lands on the North. Such attacks this observer said Ai it give Germany badly needed bases in the Netherlands and an entry to France s alsatian Plain. Similar to oct. 16 Tagar Ansel Mowrer. Otid War correspondent reports that the same sort of activity behind the German lines which preceded Oer Man attacks on oct 16 occurred yesterday. Accompanied by the now obviously menacing troop concentrations against Holland and Switz Erland these movements Are inter Western front continued on Page 4, column 2 Mckinnell i Dies suddenly William a Mckinnell former member of the Manitoba legislature and later supervisor of suburban municipalities died Friday evening. He was 66 years of age. His death occurred at 10.30 o clock at his Home at 120 Canora Street after he had been stricken earlier in the evening while visiting the Home of a Friend. Or. Mckinnell was born in North Ompton eng., in 1873, and came to France British capture 80 German seamen enemy plane shot Down in Scotland if i London oct. And France scored triumphs against Germany on both the sea and in the air today. Eighty captured German seamen were landed by a British armed merchant Cruiser at a scottish port yesterday it was announced Here this morning while in Paris it was disclosed that the French had sunk a German submarine in the Atlantic yester Day morning. Hard on the heels of official announcements of those successes came news that British planes had forced Down a Ger Man plane attempting reconnaissance Ever the Firth this morning. Two members of the Crew of the German plane which was forced Down near Humbie Scotland were killed. One who was wounded and the Pilot who was not injured were taken prisoner the air minis try announced. The Pilot and the wounded Mem ber of the Crew were taken to Edinburgh immediately the nazi plane was sighted British defending ships went aloft to engage it. Eventually the enemy reconnaissance plane was brought Down but not before hundreds of scottish country Folk had witnessed a rare display of Aerial acrobatics. Exciting Battle twisting turning now shooting upwards then roaring earthward the German plane tried in vain to elude the pursuers. Then it crashed to Earth but the Pilot still attempted to control his machine taxiing across rough ground in an Effort to Rise again. He failed. The plane caused an air alarm for half an hour and gunfire was in Ever increasing volume High Speed and powerfully armed British warplanes Are. Filling the skies As aircraft factories throughout the coun try hum at capacity pitch Day . A great Armada of new British bombers and Pursuit of in flight across Rural country somewhere on the Western front. Below is an Interior View of one of the Many aircraft factories filled with warplanes in course of production which Britain now reports has passed Germany s in Quantity. This picture shows spitfire Ila nes in the making. These machines Are the fastest single engined fighters m service. No bombs embargo Kmell Quick House passage seen ton. Oct. 28. W. C. Mckinnell Washington oct. 28. De states government leaders predicted today that Congress would Clear the Way for arms sales to belligerent nations and go Home by next week end. They forecast prompt passage by the House of representatives of the neutrality revision Bill which the Senate approved by a vote of 63 to 30 last night after 21 Days of debate. One member of the House Leader ship said a careful count of noses indicated that repeal of the arms provision which Many legislators on both sides of the controversy agreed would Bene fit great Britain and France would be approved by a majority of at least 30 votes. Besides carrying out president Roosevelt s recommendation tha the arms embargo be eliminated the Senate measure would impose London Paris Happy Berlin in a rage London oct. Of the neutrality Bill by the United states Senate last night with Joy m London and Paris today. The allies looked Forward passage of he Bill by the House of representatives followed by a Swift Supply of american made air planes. While government quarters Here woul d make no comment on the Senate action contending the matter was a. Strictly Domestic matter there was no obvious Delight on Canada in 1890. For the next Tun Kars he homesteaded at Melita Man., and for the following 25 years resided at Teuton Man. Represented Rock Vooch educated at Northampton Gram mar school or. Mckinnell was of Teuton consolidated school Board for 15 years. In 1920, contested his first political Campaign and was elected to the legis nature As member for the Lockwood on the progressive ticket in 1822 he ran on a United Farmer and was one of the original group elected in support of the present government. He was re turned in 1927 and 1932. But defeat m 1936. During his last two terms in the. He was Deputy speaker and Man Man of the select standing Mckinnel continued on Page 4, column 5 uie Sei Itric regulations on United states cred its shipping and travel ent countries. The Bill would permit the euro Pean belligerents to buy United states products of any kind with he restriction that in general they must pay Cash May borrow Money Here and must provid foreign ships for transporting Tneia purchases across the Atlantic. Further it is intended to Insulat he United states from the War d aying Down conditions designed t War advice Ottawa oct. 28. J. G. Gardiner agriculture minister announced. Today he will address the United Grain growers annual meeting in Winnipeg nov. Is when he expects to be in a Posi Tion to give Canadian Farmers a Lead on the crops and livestock which would make the greatest contribution to the War. Mines driven ashore Copenhagen oct. 28. Bup a heavy storm off the Island of Moen drove at least 10 live mines ashore today. All sides. A the Senate vote was tailed As possibly the most important single development of the Warl at Berlin news of the United states action was received with blazing anger. The Senate s Pas Sage of the Bill was the second blow to the. Nazis during the Day the first was encyclical it which Pope Pius sternly criticized the Hitler Type of dictatorship. In were that1 As a result of the Washington move Germany May intensify its War preparations in an attempt to strike an imme Diate knockout blow at great Bri Tain before the revised neutrality Law becomes effective. In Britain the Senate vote caused Berlin enraged continued on Page 4, column 1 heard at. Several Points were dropped. Players in and participants of a Charity Golf match including the famous Henry Cotton watched puffs of smoke from anti aircraft shells near the Royal triumphs continued on Page 4, column 7 enemy subjects for air photos by Drew Middleton the Royal air forces in France oct. 28. Passed by. Field censor Thi Royal air Force newest of Grea Britain s fighting services is spend ing most of its time in France or the workaday Job of photograph ing enemy defences and communication. Lines. I visited today a huge air Fifiel where aided by every modern invention to overcome the Ancien enemies of mud and weather Squadron of the . Is preparing a photographic study with the Ger mans As Sitters. The unit does everything connected with it takes the pictures develops them and Senc them to general Headquarters or to French artillery units which use the photographs As a basis for Shell ing enemy objectives. When a plane returns from one of these photog panic missions the films go directly to self contained development units which Lite everything else in the air Force Are highly Mobile. Photographs taken so far have mapped1 almost the entire siege Wifki line in the airmen have picked up singularly Clear views of railroads highways and Namnum Tion. Bases. Crerar arrives for Imperial War meeting 28. T. A Crerar Federal minister of mine and resources and a party of government officials have arrived safely in England for the Imperia War consultations the prime min Ster s office announced today. Accompanying the mines and re sources minister Are brigadier h. D Crerar former commandant o Oyal military College Kingston ont air Commodore l. S. Bread Ner of the Royal Canadian Ai Force l. D. Diin Cipr o he commercial intelligence Sei vice Trade and Commerce Depar ment a. M. Shaw director of mar citing services agriculture Depar ment George Milvor chief com missioner of the Canadian Board and c. W. Jackson executive assistance of the mines and r sources department. The announcement said the do of. The party s stay m Englan cannot be stated at present but explained by be prime rain site the gathering is in the nature of single a continuing was set up dump Thi last great War if Norway watches for City of Flint . Ire mounts Bergen Norway oct. 28. Officials of Romsoe and other norwegian coastal towns watched today for the american freighter City of Flint believed making its Way rom Murmansk Russia to Germany in charge of its German Krize Crew. I it was believed at Romsoe that he prize Crew would keep the hip close to the norwegian three mile limit of territorial Waters Eady to slip inside if British War hips appeared and then attempt o slip across the Entrance to the 3alticr by night to some German still in Murmansk port. All Well Berlin hears. Berlin oct. 28. Berlin today that All was Well aboard the United states freighter City of Flint in route o a German port from Murmansk Russia. Aboard Here it was believed were the american Crew of 41 Anc the prize Crew put in command last week when the German pocke1 battleship deutschland captured her. If she gets through to a German Harbor a prize court will pass on the question of whether she was a contraband Carrier and decide As to disposition of ship and cargo. Tie City of Flint sailed under soviet russian orders thursday night to. Leave the Arctic port where the prize Crew had taken her because she was As the Ger mans , irritation in Washington Washington oct. Irritation with soviet Russia was apparent today As the state depart City of Flint continued on Page 4 column 3 rejoice Over repeal first casualty England oct. 28. Mother of ate William. 28, has been Noti fied that her son was thei Frt British Soldier killed in . On the Rhineland front in francs m the new War. A letter from ropers commanding officer said he been on guard duty had for which he volunteered and that he had been buried with military honors. Berlin oct. 28. Ger Man foreign office informed the United states embassy today that according to latest advices from Murmansk the american Steamer City of Flint captured by German naval forces As a contraband car Rier still was in the russian port. A gun Crews struggle against mud by Francis Stevens London oct. Men who Man big guns thrive on disappoint ment e. A. Montague Manchester guardian correspondent with the British forces in France reported today. Gun Crews whom he saw today building an Island of rocks and rubble in the midst of a sea of mud had seen two successive foundations sink out of sight As soon As they attempted to run one of the huge guns upon them. Their Reward will come when the enemy batteries arrive within Range of these laboriously built positions. Then Telephone wires will hum from the observation posts to the fire control rooms and from the fire control to gun positions. It takes four men to carry each ponderous Shell to the hungry Breech and then the guns will pump out a deliberately slow Stream of High explosive shells. If just one of these shells makes a hit upon an enemy gun that gun will never fire again. Till that Day the big guns stand ready with muzzles pointing towards the enemy who have come. Difficult to hide these guns Are so huge they Are extremely difficult to hide with the result they Are being camouflaged with More care and detail than anything else Montague has seen in ranch. They Are made to blend into a Haystack or a Field of beets or a ii eap of manure or anything else that is common to the terrain. Even so orders come that their Posi Tion be moved tomorrow. What of it the gun Crews Are accustomed to toil endlessly without seeing any Reward. The other Day a gun was ordered into a position in a Garden. The Fence was removed the Lawn dug up Flowers trampled then the gun was ordered some where else. The elderly Frenchman who owned the Garden and whose Pride it was. Uttered no word of. His Only reaction was to Send out 25 cups of Coffee to he destroyers of the Beauty of his rounds. He must have been a gunner himself in his own Happy Over the repeal of the arms embargo administration forces of the United states were Gleeful saturday. Here vice president Garner and senator Millard e. Tydings arc seen Cipres sing their 25 years ago oct 28, i. _ some african under general Christian Eyers routed at Commissio Drift Louis Botha. Russian and japanese gunboat in Singapore sunk by German or Emden. Germans admit set n russian Poland t 29. 1914. Turkey entered Russia bombarding Theodosia and novo Rossik b1ack sea. Battle of Khelu in Belgium started. Prince m Battenburg resigned As first sea lord. To limn years armies in Battle array Little changed from 1918 by sir pm dbl Gibbs British War correspondent Battles in which the Flower of British youth was mown Down took me aside last night he i can hardly bring myself to fire to a. World a Inq Are Village boys were playing Sotl Waheri the ceaseless the sons of must Wuu evil spell. Can it be possible or in to it just a Nightmare from is Ifaf ask emotional because like myself he had seen for a Little while in this Corner of France All those battalions of youth readings oct. Ft.m., oct a ajn., oct. 38 16 22 24 old country football Page 4 s cold As it used to be of were the old trenches. I to farmhouses with manure san sour stench that m our nostrils in the old Days. A Esuare hut More finely Cut like town red run Thev speak the King s English without the old country Dill ecu of the boys who came from Fields and farms in 1914. But think tray have the same stuff in them and they belong to a on Page 5, column 2 czechs clash with nazi police Prague oct. 28. Olice and czechs clashed Here his afternoon while czechs were celebrating the 21st anniversary of he foundation of the Csc cow slovak Republic. There were numerous arrests. One estimate was Given that 800 persons were taken to Gorman police Headquarters As the result of this incident and others m other parts of the City. _ the clash occurred in mid afternoon when czech crowds broke through a police cordon roping off Wenceslas Square be fore the City Hall to prevent demonstrations before the of St. Wenceslas Patron Saint of the czechs. What to grow Brantford ont., oct. 28. Warning to Farmers against a head ing Rush into a Hasty and unseasoned programme increased production was sounded yesterday by Hon p m. Dewan Ontario minis Ter of agriculture in an address by for the rotary Farmers luncheon. He t red Farmers to study closely those commodities for which there is Likely to be an increased demand and suggested greater production of Bacon Mutton and Wool will be quite Safo ;