Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 15, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page four Winnipeg free press january 15, 1940 dollars Ottawa. Jan. 15. Finance minister Hon. J. L. Ralston last night called upon canadians to mobilize their financial resources in support of the Dominion s War Effort by investing in the first War loan which goes on Sale this morning. In an address Over the National network of the Canadian broadcast ing corporation the minister said Cash subscriptions definitely would be limited to s200.000.000, but he promised that the Small investor would get the preference in allot ments. Profitable patriotism immediately after col. Ralston s address it. Hon Ernest Lapointe. Minister of Justice speaking in Here s How to relieve there s nothing to Swallow. Massaged on Throat Chest and Back Vicks Vapo rub acts two ways fat once to relieve misery of colds. First vap rub acts on the skin stimulates like a wanning poultice. Second at the same time vap rub gives off soothing medicated Vapours that Are breathed direct into irritated air passages. This direct 2-wav action loosens phlegm clears air passages checks tendency to relieves muscular tightness and soreness. Because it s external and Safe vap rub can be used freely and As often As needed for children and grown ups. No Vonder it s used in 1 out of 3 Canadian Homes. Wonderful to he rid of upset stomach liver constipation got you Huckl Alet this Laxa Tive i Ilcus ionic ill Vou line. So ii Loicl tastes coed ii to. 4-Ivctiou of acct. So a to hush out both bowels mid did neb tone stomach stimulate bile Tomid of t hut awful pressure. To Playa Supply ouly 31. Ateo . At druggists. Take Bliss native herbs tablets remember the Winnipeg foundation when making gifts to Charity French delivered a similar Appeal and declared that it is in Many respects an act of profitable patriotism to subscribe to the Canada s great economic drive must not be the Effort of a Small minority but the offensive of a whole nation against the Powers of or. Lapointe said. We will do our duty freely and i feel confident that the province of Quebec True to its traditions will subscribe generously to this National weeks of organization which Drew into service the Ablest economists and financiers in the Dominion Laid the groundwork for the first Canadian War loan col. Ralston said. He was confident the response would be enthusiastic but he warned prospective investors against any Assumption that their help was not needed. He wanted the Bonds to go into the hands of the people. Open to Small investors even if there is Over subscription in the first Day or two the books will remain open in order to allow time for the Small investors to get their applications on record the minister told newspapermen last night with canadians already under arms in the land forces alone a naval service that had won Praise from the British arid a rapidly increasing air Force can Ada s War Effort would Cost a Day for the first War year. Money invested in these Bonds col. Ralston said in his speech will buy equipment for the army ships for the Navy planes for the air Force. Your Money in fact is essential to enable our men to fight in a Way worthy of canadians. Dollars will save lives. You must save the finance minister Drew a heartening picture of economic improvement throughout the Dominion resulting from Normal improvement in Trade As Well As from wartime activities. We canadians can buy All the Canadian Bonds that must be sold in this War. Our savings and our ability to save Are col. Ralston quoted figures show ing there was More than 000 in Canadian chartered Banks credited to More than individual accounts. Many of these accounts were Small but any person with savings could do himself and his country a service by investing in War Bonds which to help rate Par redeemable 1948-1952 denominations you can borrow a part of the Money from us if you wish. Apply for particulars at our nearest Branch. A Century of banking will be in denominations As Low As employment is increasing the National income is growing and what was a moderate economic re Vival before the War has turned into a rapid economic Advance under the stimulation of wartime activity. United kingdom purchases in Canada during the first year of the War will probably be in the neigh boyhood of from to an increase of possibly Over 1938, the minister said. Cost of the Canadian War Effort for the first year would be approximately in addition the Canadian government by repatriation of Dominion securities held in England had made available in Canadian Money for Pur Chase of supplies by the United kingdom in this Dominion. To patriotic canadians whose lot in this War is to stay at Home and pursue Normal activities col. Ral Ston said one of the most practical and effective ways for you to satisfy that patriotic urge and take a direct part in the War is by subscribing All you can to this he described the Bonds which will Bear 3% per cent interest from feb. 1, 1940. They will be redeem Able in 20 per cent lots to be decided by an annual draw starting feb. 1, 1948, and on each feb. 1 until 1952 when the last lot will be redeemed at a Premium of one per cent. The 1951 redemption will be at a Premium of half of one per cent and the three previous redemption at Par. The Bonds will be sold at Par. Ideal Conquest or. Lapointe stressed the import Ance to Canada of Victory Over the forces opposing the British and French allies. Canada would be an Ideal Conquest for a victorious he said. And if we contemplate the terrifying possibility of defeat How can we not realize the vital importance of an Allied Victory Canada has entered this War of her own free will. By virtue of this same autonomy she could have stayed Neutral and she could get out of it now if Ohe would assume the responsibility of cutting off some vital ties which Are her Best guarantee of Security and her Assurance of a place in the future among the nations of the world. Canada is at War to safeguard her Freedom to defend it with de termination As the Soldier fights to hold every single Inch of his native land. We fight Hitler ism and communism because we hate from the Bottom of our hearts their brutal and destructive Rev. Charles Coughlin Detroit Jan. 15. A Rev. Charles e. Coughlin declared last night he had roundly disavowed the Christian front whose Mem Bers have been arrested on revolution conspiracy charges. He expressed Hope that John Edgar Hoover would substantiate every Contention that he is connected with this Christian Hoover said the fantastic plot included plans to revolt against the government with arms stolen from the arsenals of the army itself. Marked for death twelve congressmen were marked for he said As an object lesson to those who voted for the repeal of the arms embargo. The . Said however it was unable to identify any of the 12 nominated for on the list marked for seizure or destruction were Bridges armoires Post offices and Federal Reserve Banks railroads and communication lines of All kinds. The plot Hoover said was also aimed against jews generally. One of those under arrest was described As a member of the Ger Man american bund whose fuel Fritz Kuhn is serving a term in sing sing prison for stealing bund funds. Alleged leaders Hoover said the two principal leaders among those under Arres were John f. Cassidy Leader of the Christian front and addressed by his followers As Anc William Gerald Bishop Leader of sports club which acted As a secret entity behind . More about is Piot i Lul continued from Page one Hoover said including bombs am munition rifles and the makings for explosives in various stages of completion. Coughlin demies connection Stephen Birmingham an investigator for the congressional committee investigating in Ameri can activities said the leaders of the Christian front involved Here have claimed father Charles cough Lin Michigan radio priest As a Leader of their group but father Coughlin has repeatedly denied crippling Theu Mathiam leaves in. Its train distorted joints crooked limbs Crip pled hands and the intense pain is almost unendurable. In tie beginning rheumatism is often due to dyspepsia or indigestion for if the digestive organs did their duty there would not the any poisonous uric acid in. The blood to sow the seeds of rheumatism. Burdock blood bitters invigorates the system and helps to eradicate the uric acid from the blood which is the cause of the inflammation and pain. Give . A Chance to help you rid your system of rheumatism. The t. Milburth co., ltd., Toronto out. More about continued from Paffe one ability to flood their lowlands. Despite assertions that Holland did not fear direct involvement in the War it was noted that the Road Between maastricht Holland and Liege. Belgium was closed. There were unconfirmed reports that the cancellation of army leaves was partly due to reports that Ger Many had concentrated additional troops on Holland s Southeastern Frontier including Mobile units. Informants said that the Netherlands intended to reinforce the area. An informant asserted that Ger Man Frontier forces had swamp buggies Large. Loosely jointed trucks with wheels More than eight feet High and great rubber tires. The Frontier forces were alleged to have instructions to be ready for an Advance at any time. Informants said that there was no direct danger to Holland in any Aerial Campaign and that there had been no indication of German political pressure. People Here said German air planes had repeatedly flown Over Neutral Belgium in recent Days. The suggestion was made that Germany might try to Force world opinion to insist on some peace move and that it might not be sur prising if Queen Wilhelmina and King Leopold of Belgium soon tried again for peace. Quake one Palermo Sicily Jan. 15. A one person was reported killed and a number injured in Palermo As an earthquake Shook Sicily this afternoon. Many houses were cracked. F a great food write for free Booklet deportment of fisheries Ottawa. Please Send me your 52-Page Booklet "100 tempting fish address now is the time to build up the family health against the months to come and Here is the Way to give them new pleasure As Well. Plan to have fresh water fish or sea fish often. It is Rich in the vitamins Mineral salts and proteins that Aid the building of physical fitness and glowing vitality. Best of All though fish is tasty and appetizing and there is such a great variety of Canadian food fish and shellfish available All the year round that you can have it often yet avoid repetition. Start having fish dinners or lunches for your folks they la enjoy them and store up new fitness this fall. Department of fisheries Ottawa. .d-37 Day a fish Day Mobe about War loan continued from Page one ure in 12 years. Starting in 1948, 20 per cent of the loan is callable Ach year until maturity. Holders of Dominion of Canada three per cent Bonds maturing March i 1940, have the privilege of converting their Bonds to the new War loan issues. There Are in these Bonds out standing at the present time so the entire War loan for Cash subscription and conversion might reach though they Are not required to pay for the Bonds until their subscriptions Are accepted Many of the applicants monday filled out cheques to the amount of their subscriptions and left them with Bank officials. If the subscriptions Are accepted the cheques will be accepted As payment of the Bonds and if the applications Are refused the cheques will be returned. In the residential District branches the Early business in the War loan featured a demand for smaller de nominations running from to with Many applications for larger denominations of and brisk business Down town in larger branches a brisk Over the counter business saw applications filed for amounts run Ning into five and six figures. Sev eral private requests for in the Bonds were received. In some Busy financial District branches Only efficient attention by Busy staffs prevented jamming around counters. Central branches of All Banks reported a steady Stream of applicants and in some branches the business handled in the first hour exceeded that expected for the entire Day. Bond dealers and. Stock and Bond brokerage offices have sorted Swol Len mails in the last few Days Laden with applications. With the open ing of subscriptions monday morn ing these offices were swamped with phone enquiries. It is pointed out by Bond dealers familiar with the extensive preliminary work undertaken to make the loan a Success that a Selec group of investing bodies such As insurance companies and Industrial and mining companies were waited upon by members of the general Prairie committee in charge of the loan. Bank brokerage firms Anc special agents were not allowed to canvass this group for subscriptions so that the heavy volume of business turned Over by these agencies during the morning reflects a Broad interest in the loan from the general Public. The addresses of Hon. J l. Ralston Federal finance minister and it. Hon. Ernest Lapointe Dominion minister of Justice. Sun Day night Over a National network of the Canadian broadcasting corporation was considered in broker age circles to be a great Factor in the heavy demand. It was consid ered that the speeches influenced Small investors As it was assuredly Small investors Day monday. It is the intention of the com Mittee in charge of the loan to give preference to applications from Small investors. After their wants Are completely satisfied and if the Cash objective has not been reached then applications from larger companies and insurance and investment companies will be considered it is Learned from Winnipeg the Western Sav Ings and loan association has registered an application for Worth of the Bonds. Other Large institutional subscriptions run from to names of these organizations had not been released for publication up to a late hour monday. It is expected that about 000 of the Bonds will be taken up by private investors and the remaining will be bought by investing organizations. Ralph Baker of Winnipeg is chair Man of the Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta Section of the. National subscription committee. And h. Ford and d. Bruce Shaw also of Winnipeg Are also on the Prairie Section of the committee. Moke about Garson continued from parc one Tion supplemented by borrowing at Low interest Canada had adopted a pay As you go policy at the outbreak of War putting on heavy increases in taxation on in come excess profits spirits tobacco and other luxuries. Now the government sought to raise part of the Money by borrowing in Canada. Or. Carson s subject was the almighty Dollar in this modern he recalled that Hannibal the carthaginian general had waged War for 14 years by living off the country. A modern mechanized army could not operate for 14 Days without supporting fac tories and Supply lines. So far the main blows of the new War had been directed in the economic Field. Canada s vital part As the senior member of the British Commonwealth Canada would play a vital and possibly conclusive. Part in the Allied War Effort As a source of Supply. Since the close of the last War Canada s economic production had been greatly diversified value of manufacturing output had increased 2v2 times output of mines had increased 3% times. Today the British Empire could Supply All the Copper needed for the allies and Canada supplies half the requirement. But perhaps the most important development of said or Gar son is that Canada has now reached financial maturity. With the exception that our debt is higher our Economy is much stronger than in 1914." then can Ada depended in imports of foreign capital but now the government planned to borrow War require ments in Canada. Canada s policy was to win the War and avoid the risk of losing the said. Or. Garson and to this end Ottawa had undertaken efforts to reduce administrative costs and peacetime expenses establish Price controls avoid com petition with allies in buying and to put unemployed men and capital to work. To do these things the govern ment would have to have Money big Money. A Complete pay As you go policy would impose too great a Burden on individual savings so the government had decided to raise part of its War expenses by loan More about continued from the belgian ambassador Paul be by using a new device for Tellier. And general Ganclin. Allied j the Speed of meteors commander in chief when the new i Vord scientist has estimated crisis was discussed. Whether such action had been taken yet As some sources reported. Norway was disclosed today to Lave sent a note to soviet Russia Linting that the government would permit transport of arms across norwegian territory to Finland. Moscow issues warning Moscow Jan. 15 a soviet Russia warned today of danger in tier relations with Norway and especially Sweden published both her protests to them charging violations of neutrality and their not entirely satisfactory answers. By Edward w. Beattie be. Copenhagen Denmark Jan. 15. That foreign Aid to Finland has now reached important proportions came today when it was said that Aid which had reached the finns on the far Northern front included substantial numbers of swedes and substantial deliveries of big guns and other arms. Russia was reported to be mov ing Reserve troops and supplies in to position for action on this front and despatches indicated the rus sians might find the finns better prepared to resist than they were in the Early Days of the War. Temperatures i fish enough in water exist i at most a 8 Semi official sources however. 38 Miles above the Earth s said there was no reason to confirm that a German offensive is on the Point of being unleashed and that it is Only a question of Days or French reconnaissance planes. Heavily flanked by Pursuit planes flew deep into Germany saturday without incident but similar Ger Man manoeuvres Over Northern France were said to have resulted in one nazi plane being shot Down. It More about con termed from one anxious Over the belgian and Netherlands situation. Things had reached the stage where governments were taking precautions of obvious importance without the slightest explanation. Aside from the main developments however there were incidental re ports which so cried the extent of a suddenly acute International situation. Leaves suspended London Jan. 13. Order suspending All leaves for British soldiers at increased con Cern today Over the bracing of Belgium and the Netherlands against any German threat to the lowlands neutrality. There was no immediate explanation of the action. Observers noted however that the step was taken simultaneously with similar action by the nether lands in cancelling leaves to All armed forces and almost Complete mobilization by Belgium. The two Lowland countries appeared to be alarmed by reports of a concentration of German attack units near their frontiers and nazi aviation activity. Six hours to leave Brussels reports said citizens along the Albert canal Belgium s principal defence line had been Given six hours to leave their Homes for the Interior. France ready Paris Jan. 15. As the Netherlands and Belgium pre pared to meet any attempted in Vashion made no attempt today to disguise the seriousness with i which they viewed developments j but said the military had taken necessary precautions to meet any eventuality. At the morning military press conference it was stated the Ger mans could get heavy forces into action against the two Neutral countries with a hours notice. The spokesman said that dip Lorna Tice pressure rather than new troops movements has Given Rise to the present alarm it was Felt. 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