Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 11, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page eighteen Harvest belgian expert tells Al How finns have won Brussels Jan. 11. Up havas French Agency general Emile Badoux belgian military expert who since last april has been employed by the finnish government in strengthening the Mannerheim line yesterday described in the newspaper Lesoir the wholesale Slaughter inflicted on attacking russians by modern finnish Winnipeg free press thursday january 11. 1940 the russian hecatomb crib cd every Day in the finnish communiques Are said the general who has just returned Here in the very modern Pill boxes i ordered constructed an observed armed with a machine gun sits in his Shell. With his comrades be Neath he is Invulnerable. Concrete protects him As Armor never protected Knight. He can see but can not be seen. He shoots through a loophole which shells cannot reach. Two flanking machine guns co ordinate their fire with his and that of nearby bloc houses. Surrounded by wire All fortifications of the manner Heim line Are surrounded by very thick barbed wire barricades. The finnish machine gunner lets the russians approach and Only at 300 or even 200 Yards does he open fire. It is a real Harvest of human jives the general also emphasized the deadly qualities of the anti tank guns with which the finnish army is plentifully supplied and of the Volunteer ski corps which harass the russian columns like swarms of i have seen russian the general said and i can say that they Are human cattle. Even the officers arc Only half educated and talked to a lieutenant who was completely illiterate. These poorly dressed men come from the Distant of Russia. They not Enow Why or for whom they Are lighting. Their weapons Are very Good it they not know How to use opening War loan Appeal heartily endorsed Montreal Jan. 11. And Industrial leaders of Quebec province greeted enthusiastically yesterday the inaugural Appeal for support of Canadas first War. Loan of the second great War denied by Dionne Birger Vasenius who won the world s skating championship in Helsin fors. Last year was killed in action while leading a skating patrol on Lake Ladoga to relieve finnish troops on an Island. Two Hundred men who represented about half of Canada s wealth gathered yesterday at a luncheon sponsored by the Quebec provincial loan subscription committee. Cheers and cries of interrupted assertions by Dominion government leaders that Canada is be Hind the Empire and that As Hon. Dunning said there is phoney about the fight Charles nothing that the or. Ralson told the committee members. I Hope that your work will not last More than a week in this particular or. Lapointe in his., remarks. Stressed the development of Unity Between North Bay ont., Jan. 11. Oliva Dionne father of the quintuplets last night denied reports tha he had consented to the propose appearance of his five Famou daughters at the new York world fair. Judge j. A. Valin one of the quilts guardians declared that the children won t go to new Yor with my nations. The French and English he said Canada in people of Britain Are hem. Their leaders Are neither technicians nor London. Jan. 11. Wil Liam seeds British ambassador to Moscow returned to London yesterday accompanied by lady seeds for a but Well info met political sources said he May not go to his Post. The tone in which prime minister Chamberlain in his mansion House speech tuesday referred to russian aggression against the finns indicated clearly these sources said 1hat nothing will be done to Lessen tension Between the allies and mos cow unless the soviets withdraw completely from Finland. Information brought by sit1 William himself As Well As state ments made at the soviet embassy Here show that Russia is determined to pursue her finnish Campaign whatever the consequences. The same determination exists on the British Side to lend All Aid possible to Finland qualified sources said. The military correspondent of Reuters news Agency said last night that British War material has begun to arrive in Finland and will prove far More useful than that seized rom the russians most of which Las been damaged seriously by win Ter weather. The correspondent said the Fin Nish Victory near Suomu Salmi in which the 44th russian division was destroyed May turn out to be one of the decisive Battles of the War. Reds have lost says Italy paper Rome Jan. 11. Up havas French Russia has mor lost her War against Finland As a result of the red army s feat at Suomu Salmi the fascist newspaper Messager said yester Day. Whatever is done henceforth to change the evolution of this Mili tary Enterprise which already has brought bitterness to the soviet dictator nothing can return to the soviet armies the Honor they have lost in u provocation Uruguay finds Gas Clarge false London Jan. 11 of a special Uruguay medical commit tee disprove German charges that British naval units used Poison Gas shells in attacking the battleship Admiral Spee a detailed re port from the yesterday. The report signed by nine medi Cal men attached to the committee said after a1 close examination of the wounded and ill of the Admira Graf now being cared 1 or in the military and the Pasteur hospitals the special technical commit tee named by the military medical corps announces that it did not find the least lesion or symptom which might have been caused by the difference Between this War and the last one is that the last War taught us the relative values of our weapons and it is now recognized that the economic Factor will be the decisive one in this said or. Dunning. The other speakers besides or. Would cancel debt Washington. Jan. 11. Bup a Bill authorizing the Treasury to cancel Finland s War debt was introduced yesterday by sen. Kenneth Mckellar d., Tenn. Dunning former Dominion finance minister and chairman of the National subscription committee were Hon. J. L. Ralston minister of finance and it. Hon. Ernest la Pointe minister of Justice. The. Three speakers asserted Money will be the most important Factor in the War because telling blows will be struck on the economic front. Or. Ralston said Canada is ing the loan nature of which will be disclosed Friday with liquid the War of her own free will and he Felt confident Quebec would its share in contributing to the War loan. I have no respect for those who say that our participation has encroached upon our autonomy. We Are in this War because we Are an autonomous country. And we Are going to Stop by the Side of our Victory has been Empire stands for new order London Jan. 11. Up the British Empire stands for the new order Mankind is Malcolm Macdonald colonial Secretary said last night challenging Adolf Hitler new year s claim that Germany i no one Penticton . Jan 11. W. J. Coe of Winfield ., was informed officially yesterday of the death of his son. Pilot officer Rich Ard Coe. Who was killed on service with the Royal air Force. Tokyo Jan. 11. Japanese press today charged the new United states naval building programme was a Nichi Nichi said the United states still is seeking to impose upon Japan the unjust 5-5-3 ratio of 1921. Gunner s badge London Jan. 11. King has approved a new distinguishing badge for officers and airmen Quali fied As air gunners the air ministry announced last night. The badge consists of the letters a in drab silk surrounded by a Laurel Wreath of Brown silk with a single out spread Wing also of drab silk mounted on dark Blue. The badge is to be worn on the service dress jacket Over the left breast pocket. Nazis interned Brussels Jan. 11. Up havas French German army plane went astray and made a forced Landing in belgian Teri Story yesterday at Mel Chelen sur Meuse. The two officers aboard were in Hurt. They will be interned for the duration of the War. Taking shape Sydney Australia Jan. 11. Up australian Organiza Tion for the Empire air scheme is rapidly taking shape in the Field personnel. The first recruits who arc to be wireless operators begin Rabling next week. They will be followed after a Short interval by another Batch while by March it s expected that scores of pilots observers and gunners will be in raining assets of in addition to the insurance companies. We have our vast resources agricultural Power and forestry which Are not in a sense collateral to the loan but Cap Able of producing National income to discharge the debts incurred in this War. Immeasurably stronger i we Are immeasurably stronger than in the last War. We have had a Good Harvest and tremendous expansion in Industry and our National Economy is Well balanced. Although our National debt in Canada has increased we find i the increases were in a period of development so that the National income and ability to carry it has increased in a Mutti greater measure. As far As Canada s credit rating is concerned the record is Clear. She has never defaulted on any Promise to pay. Practical evidence of her rating in the world of finance is that Canada s standing in interest rates puts her lower than the United kingdom and Only slightly higher than her neighbor to the South with due allowance to free rating discussing inflation the speaker said that though naturally every Endeavor should be made to avoid it some form of inflation was. Inevitable. Expanding the monetary re sources of the country was Neces sary to take care of increased production. Following the production increase would be an increase in National income this providing revenues on which taxes could be levied savings from which would assist in the raising of further Loans. Enlisted economically people Here have been enlisted in the economic army and must go out and get More recruits allies until a of achieved. We Are there to prevent the soul of Mankind from being col Ralston said Canada s War time commitments for the first year of the War totalled More than a Day. Heartening to allies Canada with a unanimity which proved heartening to and must have proved to be discouraging to our enemies has already embarked on a War or. Ralston told the 200 business and Industrial leaders at the luncheon. At the first War meeting of parliament was voted for the War budget. Since then we have made other. Commitments. Fighting against the old Powers o. Decaying in an overseas broadcast or Macdonald said the War is primarily a struggle Between but people and another it is a struggle Between an old order based on Force and a new order based on tolerance and anyone who wishes to know the Quality of Britain s strength Musl not look Only on this he said. It is not against an old decrepit Power that Hitler has hurled in a Gambler s throw his obedient nazi Germany but against a mighty Young Commonwealth of nations. These Peoples of. The Empire Are an invincible combination because in them Are joined the Best qualities of age and youth experience and sagacity the accumulated Power of age and the Enterprise rashness and dauntless courage of youth. The Empire indeed stands Foi the new order Mankind is seeking nazi red tape holds up ships London Jan. H. Cap Tain of a Neutral ship told the ministry of economic warfare last Light that German contraband authorities Are holding up ships for weeks in a tangle of red tape and hat he saw from 50 to 60 ships being detained at a single German port. The Captain s report was made As the ministry issued its weekly contraband statistics indicating hat the new Nav Cert system is working smoothly and that Neutral hips Are passing through Allied control stations with minimum a. Five thousand requests for Avi certs have been approved the ministry announced. The Captain who arrived in Lon on recently said German Contra and authorities Are holding up Neutral ships for prolonged periods in order to collect take your Cue from the country s Al Best Cooks add a dash of Heinz Tomato Ketchup to and keep a bottle on the table too you la find your meals More temp Ting. For Heinz Ketchup is a i marvellous blend of savoury spices Heinz vinegar and Heinz plump Juicy prize tomatoes. And it s so Rich it really goes fur you la be giving the budget a break too it. -1 v w Igsa Jap asks pact with Russia Tokyo Jan. 11. Up havas French Shiratori former japanese ambassador to Italy and once a leading advocate of a Jap anese military Alliance with the Rome Berlin Axis called last night for a full non aggression pact with Russia in a signed article written for the newspaper Hoe i. In his article Shiratori said the United states and the soviet Union Are the Only two countries in a position to hamper the japanese nation in creating a new order in East Asia. As it seems impossible to reach an agreement with the americans regarding the japanese Continental programme conclusion of a non aggression pact with the soviet Union would be of help in the final disposal 0jt-the China incident. A conflict with the soviets would be for us a much More Seri Ous affair than a conflict with the United states for the reason that we have with the soviets a common Frontier. I have no doubt that relations Between Japan and the soviet will improve progressively. As to whether the soviets., will change their policy of assisting the Chiang Kai Shek regime that is a different question would ban arms Export new York Jan. 11. L. Stimson former United states Secretary of state proposed yester Day in a letter to the new York times that Congress prohibit Export of arms munitions or raw materials for arms to Japan. Discriminating Washington Jan. 11. Britain has protested is the United states that the neutrality act discriminating against her ships it was Learned yesterday because it requires Transfer to goods carried on British or other Bellig Erent ships to certain portions of the Globe but does not require it with regard to Neutral ships. First inspection Paris Jan.-11. Up Javas French Agency air marshal Arthur Barratt newly appointed com Mander in chief of the unified Brush air forces in France yester Day made a first inspection of the units he is to command. Preston up the Parish Church Here. Is to have As curate a refugee. German pastor Kev. A. Oelsner formerly. Paster of a Berlin. Lutheran Church. His wife a German countess is with him. A Tea bags 8.30 to 5.30, including at i o cock wednesday a Hes Best to read the latest Issue of Vogue. Mrs. B. Is most interested in the cooking columns in the daily paper. Mrs. C. Has a favorite Magazine on Home decorating or pre tends to peruse nothing but the financial Page. 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