Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 12, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page four Winnipeg free press Friday januar7 12, 1940 London Jan. 12. And record cold in Central an Eastern Europe have paralyse Russia s Black sea ports As Well a freezing he Danube Delta an Denmark s great Belt Channel i the Baltic is threatened by ice re ports said today. Moscow s Tern Pesature reached 40 below Zero. More effectively than any Tiava blockade the cold and storms Are impeding Germany s Supply of a materials it was indicated. Berliners suffering Berlin Jan. 12. Bup severe cold caused increased suffering in Germany today because the strict rationing of Coal. Supplies of Coal Vern dwindling because boats were Joe bound. At first Only poorer people suffered but today big apartment House in the prosperous West end of Berlin feeling the cold. Landlords had to close Down fur Naces and such families As could installed electric Heaters or tried 1o build Small emergency fireplaces in their apartments. An order in the official Gazette today decreed that hot water in Berlin apartment houses with Cen trial heating must be shut off with 1he exception of saturdays and sundays to save Coal. Beer and similar places some instances had to close Down because of Lack of fuel and outdoor vegetable markets closed so that berliners had to form queues in the below Zero cold outside the Small closed Market stalls. It was indicated that the further restriction of passenger service on railroads was due partly to Lack of fuel not solely to rolling Stock shortage and the extra Loco motive would be used to haul fuel. Newspapers appealed to the pub lie to abandon superfluous am non urgent Railroad journeys. Aside from the fuel problem potatoes the Staple food commodity could not be shipped be cause of the danger of freezing m. W. Stobart who was elected chairman of the Ivic charities Bureau at its in Gural meeting thursday. Moke about continued from Pyffe one Moke about continued from Page Oue in i i today and British air planes were Active particularly in the Yorkshire area. One group of British Pursuit planes chased out to sea a German Heinkel bomber and swept Down on it. Their machine guns spurting bullets As Yorkshire people ashore watched. The German plane escaped northward. Anti aircraft guns on both sides of the thames Estuary fired on a German plane which passed at great height. The German plane was unable to drop bombs and no air raid warning was sounded. People in towns along the thames Estuary saw shells bursting near the solitary plane flying toward the open sea. Gunfire also was heard by people in Central London. What was described As a Heinkel bomber flew High Over the Suffolk coast and disappeared in a South Easterly direction when defence batteries opened fire. Successful reconnaissance the Royal air Force replying swiftly to German Aerial thrusts made new successful reconnaissance flights last night Over Western Anc Northwestern Germany and Over seaplane bases in Heligoland bight. On the Western front air activity was marked by a Victory for French fliers who shot Down a German reconnaissance plane during the course of two dog fights. This was the third plane in two Days to be brought Down behind the French lines. Flights at High altitudes of other German reconnaissance planes kept Northern and Eastern France on the Alert. Hung Ivy is directed against Ger Nany As Well As Russia. This a ording to the reports is evidence hat Italy is in the transition stage tween leaving its Axis partners and joining the Allied Camp by Way of supporting a Balkan bloc which would cover up its Retreat from the Axis. 1. Bucharest reports also without confirmation. Said that Italy with British and French approval had asked Turkey for two naval bases on the Black sea. Diplomatic sources there believed if the request were granted soviet Russia would be unable to bring pressure to Bear on the Balkans or the near East in the future. Was reported sending to Finland Large quantities of War materials left in Spain after the civil War by the italian expedition Ary possibly supplemented recently by new ship ments it was also reported some of the. Equipment was German. B. Gen. Francisco Franco was reported to have offered to collaborate with Pope Pius in any peace move and against any communist threat in Europe. Of the alleged Italo German breach Over Finland diplomatic in formation today was that Italy had protested Germany s holding up of italian War supplies to the fins and had received the double an Iwer 1 that Germany knew nothing about the halted shipments and 2 anyway Germany enjoys the right to decide whether War material shall be transported through its territory. It had been reported yesterday that great Britain and Norway might provide facilities for the shipment of. Arms to Finland. Handwriting experts disagreed Friday at the trial of Lawrence j. Gardiner charged before chief Justice Mcpherson at the Winter with forgery and uttering. He is alleged by the Crown to have forged the name of h. J. Fairfield to a Cheque for on oct. 21, 1939, and on the same Day to have cashed the Cheque at the mount Royal cafe. One of the experts was Morris Jacob who was called by the court despite the energetic pro test of e. G. Trick counsel Gardiner. Or. Trick told the chief Justice that or. Jacob had Beer employed by Gardiner and aug information he had should not be used against his client who had employed or. Jacob in a confidential capacity. Or. Jacob also added his protest but both were. Overruled by the court. Or. Jacob then testified that in his opinion the writing on the Cheque had been done by Gardiner. Other expert disagrees Charles j. A second expert expressed a contrary opinion. He was still in the wit Ness Box at tie noon adjourn ment. He said he had compared the genuine writing of Gardiner with the writing on the Cheque and reached the conclusion the writings were dissimilar and not the work of the same Man. Gardiner who went into the witness Box on his own Beau swore he had neither signed nor cashed the Cheque. He testified further that he had never been in the mount Royal cafe either on oct. 21 or any other Day. This Story was confirmed in part by Arthur Johnstone another defence witness who said he had been continuously with Gardiner on oct. 21, and neither of them had been in the mount Hoyal cafe. Two other witnesses who had been with Johnstone and Gardiner at a dance on oct. 20, and had seen them again the next Day said that on both occasions Gardiner was dressed in a Light suit and a dark Over coat which contradicted the Story of Nellie Wojchesin waitress at the cafe who said that when Gar diner came into the cafe he was dressed in Blue and had no Over coat or hat. Miss Wojchesin was positive she said that Gardiner was the Man who had brought the Cheque to the cafe and said she had also identified him in a line up of 10 men at the City police court a Short time after he had Beevi in the cafe. The department of Public relations Friday addressed a plea to wives mothers and of Canadian soldiers to make a Good Job of packing parcels arid thus save endless time and trouble and inconvenience. A wielded by an army postal corps member was required accepted at a Pound with a Canadian soldiers serving in the actual theatre of War will be Able Send mail Home free of postage according to the statement. More about continued from one the United states imported about Square Yards of Cotton cloth for consumption in the first ten months last year compared with Square Yards in a of 1938. Meat Market Portage ave. We deliver 39 31 977 phone orders taken Friday ;