Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 16, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday january 16, 1940 Page five canteen fund now below probe told involved in shortages Egina counsel charges Regina Jan. 16. Saskatchewan canteen fund which once totalled As High As now has less than col. A. G. Styles recently resigned trustee of the fund testified yesterday before the one Man commission set up by he provincial government and composed of or. Justice Donald Maclean to inquire into alleged shortages in the fund. After Henri in i rec witnesses and review of the Criso by k. E. Samp k.c., government counsel an adjournment to Jan. 29 was granted. Names trustees or. Sampson named two trustees s being involved in the shortages the trustees now dead were or. Charles g. Cox. Of Saskatoon and a. H. White of Regina. Or. Cox bied in Saskatoon last october 24 to wounds from his own Shotgun or. Sampson said and or. White hied last dec. 26 from Poison found by a Coroner s jury to be self administered. There were certain things that look place to indicate White and pox Haci their Heads together for relieve pain for real speedy Relief from the miserable pain of neuritis rheumatism neuralgia or Lumbago . Does the work quickly. F first three doses do not relieve your most be refunded. Don t the purpose of stealing from the said or. Sampson after describing How Saskatchewan s share of the Dominion s canteen fund had been More than through interest and investments it reached the fund at March 31, 1939, had dwindled so much that the trustees had not expected to carry on much longer he said. The trustees were or. White or. Cox and col. A. G. Styles of Regina who had succeeded James Mcara of Regina whose resignation occurred in 1931. Reports sent annually reports of fund operations were sent annually following audits to the Saskatchewan and Dominion governments. Auditors however found nothing to raise suspicions or. Sampson continued but after John Nicolle. Who had been an employee of White disappeared an inquiry got underway. Ecile disappeared last aug. 17 jewry pain your Money will be refunded. Don t i use nur1to today. At All druggists. A country wide search has been launched in efforts to bring him to Winter time Are Sotu Evahn eased for just one hoarse co suck a z u be Are relieved quickly when you take All vegetable laxative. Causor gentle thorough taxation. Rates. Ask your druggist for a 25c Box of or tablets tonight. It Egeria As a material witness. Or. Sampson said that at Nicolle s Home documents found in a drawer with a false Bottom contained a letter naming White As a party to wrong doing and this letter led to the be Lief or. Cox was implicated. Both or. Cox and or. White had seen aware that fund operations were being probed the commission counsel explained. It was Dis covered he continued that when of would leave cheques signed in Blank. White would take them of his own Home where it was claimed the cheques were filled in with false details and signatures. Direct thefts charged or. Sampson also charged that there had been direct thefts from the fund and that records had been destroyed. Destruction of these re cords had seriously handicapped investigations. Two witnesses yesterday after noon were col. A. G. Styles of re Gina a trustee from 1931 to 1939, and col. James Mcara trustee from 1926 to 1931. Both men who had served on the trustee Board with or. White and or. Cox expressed their Shock at learning and that in recent weeks of the shortages in the fund. Said col. Styles i had the great est Shock on learing of it in sept Ember. I had absolute Confidence in or. White and or. Cox. I had no reason in the to doubt their said col. Mcara the first 1 heard of it the shortages was nov. 10. It was a Shock. I considered or. White and or. Cox honorable men both to be relied upon i believed anything they told me in connection with this objected to destruction when questioned about the destruction of files of the fund col. Styles told the commission How he had objected to the destruction to or. White a course that had been begun without his knowledge. But i had no reason to believe that irregularities existed so that was As far As i said col. Styles. Attending As counsel for various parties Douglas Fraser k.c., for the White family g. W. Forbes k.c., for the Canadian Bank of Commerce Bankers for the fund Andrew l. Hall for the amputations association of Canada t. H. Newlove for the Canadian Veter ans league and r. R. Mackenzie for the disabled veterans association. More about Belisha continued from Page one thing that counted he said a vigorous prosecution of the War. Belisha makes statement the former Secretary said merely that he had relied on the prime minister s support in my task and until thursday week last it was readily he said that Western fair boards meet in Winnipeg determined to carry on fairs As usual throughout the West this summer members of the Western Canada association of exhibitions and the Western Canada fairs association convened for their annual meeting in the Royal Alexandra hotel monday. He re Are shown from left to right e. A Richardson Calgary Sid w. Johns Saskatoon Secretary of a circuit John a. East president of a circuit p. W. Abbott k.c., Edmonton and d. T. Elderkin Regina. He had always respected the army regulation permitting any grievance to be carried to the highest authority apparently excusing any generals opposed to him for appealing to Chamberlain. Discussing the reasons for his resignation Hore Belisha defended his co workers in the army Declar ing i am reluctant to believe that any of the High officers with whom i have been associated would have been so unfaithful to the code which imbues the whole army As to make any representations irregularly or that if he had done of it would have been the former minister said there had been so far As i know no conflict of policy with any of my col the prime minister must be free to make appointments As he sees fit Hore Belisha continued his reasons May or May not com mend he said. I declined the Board of Trade Post be cause i could not feel Assurance that the consideration which had persuaded the prime minister to make the change would allow of my ener Getic discharge in the National in Terest of the other praises Harmony or. Hore Belisha told the House that reforms instituted during his service As a member of the Cabinet were carried out with a degree of agreement in contrast to the Stormy history of most governmental re forms. I do not wish to have the recollection of that Endeavor marred by any atmosphere of bitterness or he said in asserting that his sole consideration was to win the War. There have from time to time been differences of opinion for there have been differences of out ook and temperament and under standing. Those have not been deeper than must occur in any association of men Bent upon pressing tasks of More than transitory import Nee. I did not select my collaborators because they were resolutely complacent or Supi Nely acquires ent. I selected the strongest when they were most outspoken in coun Canada s safest car1 Hore Beishla did not refer to reports that he had differed Strongi a with the military clique or to rumours that he had been forced out of office by the old guard be cause they wanted a representative of a prominent British family in the War office Post during the present conflict. Our achievement has been the result of our common endeavours and neither the sole inspiration nor the exclusive realization of any one of he said. Particularly is this so in regard to what has been called the democratization of the Hore Belisha shoved Many Young army officers ahead of old timers which was one rumoured cause of opposition to him among the Mili tary. Hore Belisha said that he always Felt the army should be part of the nation. It never occurred to me to con Sider that we were making the army too democratic to fight for he said. 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Voight of the Manchester guardian believes that Germany May plan an offensive in three re in conjunction with Russia Rumania and the Low that she is now Mak ing the necessary technical Politi Cal and psychological preparations Britain main objective the principal. German objective remains great Britain and the Pur pose of any invasion o f Holland or Belgium would be not so much to turn the Maginot impossibility now that the fortification have been extended to the English to secure advanced bases for the air and naval attack on the United kingdom. Germany while ostensibly sup porting russian objectives in re Gard to the scandinavian countries would actually be benefiting her own plans if these countries were Defeated by securing valuable bases for a naval and air attack on Bri Tain. Moke about Gibbs continued from Paffi one of those due to leave today and suddenly he heard he would have to wait longer. I noticed his gloom and sympathized with him. So it was with the company sap pers i found trundling wheelbarrows filled with hot Cement toward a new Blockhouse along the British lines of defence. Cement so treated might stand frosty weather and they were All working like beavers. But their sergeant told me they did t like the about then leave to which they had been look ing Forward eagerly and counting the Days until it came. Wives and children were waiting for them and even the postponement of a Day or two would have been something of a blow. Still it must be said they did t Wear their hearts on their sleeves and took it in a soldierly Way. The Norale of the army i am told is first class and certainly there is thing wrong with the Good humor f the officers and men to whom poke today. But one thing Ough o be put in the press against which ome of them have a grudge. For a time at least they think be gave the impression to their oils at Home that they were hav no a wonderful time out Here because of the concert parties Anc entertainments. The truth of course s that Only a Small number of men ver get near one of these shows and anyhow one show in four or Ive months does not make up together for the hardships and Dis of fonts inevitable to battalions in Var conditions. Well that s All very trivial Anc Lis army of ours does t grouse duly about anything which come nto the Day s work. The general situation is exactly s i left it before going on leave a away from the troops concerned. We do not know How Long this bloodless War will last but if Hitler decides to make an attack wherein shall be involved everything is Eady to meet him. To my mind the Azard is too great for him to risk t a time when a sudden thaw would turn the Fields into swamps gain and immobilize his Mechan Zed. Columns. Copyright 1940. By the Mcnaught Syndicate inc the Royal air Force was the victim of a coastal command plane. The announcement said the plane came Over the submarine As she was submerging. The Pilot dived his plane and in levelling off drop Ped a Salvo of bombs which fell in close proximity to the sub when the geysers caused by the bombs subsided a greenish Brown Oil Patch 40 Yards in circumference and surrounded by masses of bubbles appeared on the surface. Indian on trial for killing Albert Stevenson Hodgson Indian went on trial tuesday at the Winter assizes before chief Justice Mcpherson charged with Man Slaughter. He is alleged to have shot and killed Mike Antonchuk near Fisher Branch nov. 26, 1939, follow ing a drinking party at Anlon Chuk s Home. Witnesses called at the morning session said that when Stevenson left Antonchuk s House about 4.45 p.m., Antonchuk went with him and when last seen were walking Down the Road each with his Arm around the other s neck. Apparently they were the Best of friends. The other men in the House shortly afterwards heard a shot and when they went outside they saw Steven son running away and Antonchuk dead on the Highway. Stevenson when he left the Home of Antonchuk had a .22 Rifle with him and also a half gallon can of Home brew it was stated. The Crown expects to Call 13 wit uses. G. S. Thorvaldson is defending Vith r. B. Baillie As Crown counsel. More about continued from Page one bombing casualties since Jan. 7 to 1 dead and 140 wounded. Private sources however Esti mated the casualties As much higher. One traveller arriving from Abo his morning. Reported an air raid shelter had been struck by a bomb yesterday and the majority of its 10 occupants killed outright. An unconfirmed report said the Village of Mekenas on the Southwest tip of Finland was almost demolished yesterday. More than half of its 700 Homes were said to have 3een destroyed and the inhabitants Breed to struggle through bitter weather to other refuges. In contrast to the heavy bombing he situation at the nearby front Ines was comparatively peaceful. He War at the front appears to be Ettling Down to artillery exchanges. The raiders in. Both the Viborg and Helsin fors attacks flew highs they approached. There were 21 n the group which attacked Viborg. Hey dived through the cold Clear icy to strike. Fires were reported started in leveral Southern finnish towns. The finnish High command in its communique yesterday said that More than 300 bombers took part n sunday s raids. It said three were shot Down and three More reported shot Down. The communique charged that some of the russian planes which flew Over the Arctic front approached by Way of norwegian Terri finnish ski patrols were Active at several Points beyond the rus Sian Border in the North. As a result of sunday s wide spread attack finns feared russian strategy called for a powerful assault on behind the lines morale. More about sea losses continued from parc one ind had six 21-Inch torpedo tubes n the Bow. The Undine was of 540 tons and he carried a Normal complement of 27 men which probably would be increased in War service. The submarines apparently were operating along the German coast As a sister ship of the Sank a German Cruiser in the Mouth of the River Elbe last month. The admiralty announced that the next of Kin of the men aboard the free ships had been informed. The German submarine sunk by v Singer sub says those Mew butter rum life savers Are simply tops. Its their Rich Mellow bolter and rum flavor that drink ;