Winnipeg Free Press

Monday, January 22, 1940

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 22, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday january 22, 1940 Page five Boronlo. Jan 22. Political each other working in Complete circles speculated during the week collaboration and Complete Harrd on the c teels on Liberal party fortunes in Ontario of Premier Mitchell Hepburn s action last week in leading Ontario s Liberal legis Liture in condemnation of the War policies of the Federal Liberal and a ministration. Premier Hepburn keeps silent on a the Federal Cam that he will do in Queen s a pain re does t take seriously the rumours that he conservative Leader George and will team up in an Ontario anti King coalition j Man Ion. Federal Leader would have say in this respect meanwhile Ine Hon. Or. R. Conservative something to members of the legislature Are hoping that the rest of the session which opened Jan. Will stick to provincial the order paper not heavy Ancl prospects Are for recess at the end of this week. It is impossible for the budget to be drafted until it is known what Ottawa propose. In the Way of taxation. Opposed a Hepburn Brand Oral. . Jim. 22. Up h Louis Liberal member of like legislature Lor bran lord. Told the Brantford Liberal association saturday that he would have opposed Premier Hepburn s Resolution the Dominion government s Effort if he had been in the legislature thursday. W. Ross Mac clonal Liberal Mem Ber of parliament for Brant told the association that the British War ministry and the Canadian govern ment Are in constant touch with Mony leaving nothing undone that should be done in furthering Canada s War the association passed a Resolution declaring allegiance to our Leader right Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King prime minister of Sudbury ont., Jan. 22. Up loyalty to Premier Hepburn to Gether with their desire to avoid a general election prompted several Liberal members to refrain from voting thursday when the Premier led the Ontario legislature into a recorded condemnation of the Federal government s War Effort j. M. Cooper Liberal member for Sudbury. Said Here saturday. Or. Cooper was one of several liberals who did not vote on the motion. The Sudbury member said the motion was not discussed in caucus and the members were not canvassed or approached by the members of their respective parties. Each member was Given hand to vote As he pleased. Free captured at 4.15 . Sunday As he was entering Soloway s Groce Teria. 527 Selkirk Avenue through a window he had smashed with a Brick Victor Budzak pleaded guilty in City police court monday morn ing to shop breaking with intent and was remanded to tuesday Lor sentence. Common danger was fined and costs by magistrate a. C. Campbell in provincial police court monday. Three nation federation is urged creation of a North american federation consisting of the British Commonwealth the United states and France is the necessary first step towards the formation of a world federation prof. George e. Catlin of London eng., said in Winnipeg monday. Canada would play a tremendous part in creation of such a federa Tion by acting As the broker Between great Britain and the United states he said. Union of Canada and the United states would be an essential element in such a scheme. Once the North american democracies had consolidated their own strength they would be Able to take the Lead in moral collaboration towards closer world Organiza Tion he added. A world federation could not be accomplished in one step but Only if first smaller federations were organized in natural regions based on common culture he suggested. One such natural Region would be a North Atlantic federation another would be the whole of the Union of soviet socialist republics another would be mid dle Europe the area Between the Vistula and the Rhine. Contrary to nature All attempts to draw the new world into a scheme of federation based on Europe and the old world More about Finland continued from Page one the finnish lines yesterday Veek Nell reported. The finns speculated whether the russians were firing to cover another Retreat or in preparation for another attack. The finnish line now forms an incomplete Circle around Marka. Its left Wing links up with the finnish forces on the Northern Road to Savukoski and Salla. The left Wing comes close to the Marka Muu Samo Road to the South. The russians hold this Road and Are believed to be using it for transport. Russian guns smashed shells at the rate of 100. A minute into the East end of the Mannerheim defence isthmus line in today in the an karelian apparent Peter Worone Austin Street con cd rent loll zionist attitude in North America and also to the natural develop ments in the economic sphere he there is just the right amount of spice currants raisins and Peel to make these delicious fauns both tempting and appetizing. They re topped with a cinnamon Flavoured icing which adds to their delightful flavor. A special Safeway feature for tuesday Only shop Early cello package of eight Doz. New and improved bread Are sweeter and More appetizing than Ever baked oven fresh daily. Try a dozen today j note the Lew Price i iced buns wednesday morning Doz. Loc Sunkist Navel 252 s Texas seedless Iso s Dox. Doz. Texas firm and Ripe . No. 1 Quality too ibs. 51.9q breakfast sausages in Small casings z ibs.25c pork Hocks Sweet pickled . Hamburg . 3c boiling beef rib or shoulder in. 9c Chuck roast . Cleaned and scaled fresh caught e a fortunate Purchase of one Carload of these tender full fleshed Grain red Mutton these prices possible. Shop Early shoulders whole or half in. 10c breasts la 7c shoulder chops 2 ibs. 25c lifebuoy soap 2 bars 1 3c i Lux toilet soap 5 cakes 25c sunlight soap 4 bars 19c 5 Lux flakes. Small 9c Large pkg. 20c Rinso Small pkg. 9c Large pkg. 20c Doz. E maintained. Any attempt to give Geneva sovereignty with the United states left out would be asking for trouble he said. What was needed was a federation based on the new world. He described the proposal to form a United states of Europe As in credibly dangerous from Canada s Point of View. If Britain entered such a european federation either the British Empire would be broken up or else Canada would be committed to participate in the affairs of countries which Jefferson had Well described As nations of eternal War he said. Canada would then be involved in every Row Between Bulgaria and outside Empire important so far As the Empire was concerned More emphasis must be Given to the attitude of the British outside Europe than to that of the British in Europe he declared. To effect Union Between the United states and Canada some kind of free Trade area must be established with some kind of Continental control along the lines of the United states interstate Commerce commission to prevent monopolies taking an unfair advantage of economic Freedom he continued. Prof. Catlin who is at the Royal Alexandra hotel will address the Institute of International monday night. Attempt to make the entire line untenable by turning the finnish left Wing along Lake Ladoga. Re ports said that the finns were replying with machine guns artillery and were holding fast. Freezing of the Gulf of Fin land from the estonian to the finnish Shore has confronted Fin land with the possibility of an Over ice attack from soviet rus Sian bases in Esthonia according to Wade Werner associated press War correspondent foreign military observers speculated today on the chances of Success for such a thrust but finns said they were Well pre pared to meet it almost As though in anticipation of such a russian move Finland was reported to have struck at russian aviation bases on one of the few occasions in which the Small finnish air Force has challenged the russian Aerial Armada. As Cloudy skies brought Relief to the finns from the almost daily pounding by russian bombers the High command said two civilians were killed and 22 others injured in saturday s raids. It charged a Hospital marked with red Cross emblems was bombed. D. F. Coyle Pioneer is dead Daniel Francis Coyle president of Dominion equipment and Supply company Pioneer Resi Dent and prominent in the. Roman Catholic Church died at Midnight saturday in the Misericordia. Hos Pital. He was 65. Or. Coyle had lived in Winnipeg since the age of six. A former private Secretary to the late. Sir William Whyte he had been associated with the Canadian Northern Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railways for Many years. At one time he was superintendent Tor Western provinces of the former Home Bank of Canada with head quarters at came West in 1881 Beer bandits shot is fired at caretaker As gunmen Rob polish Hall raiding the polish Hall 159 Aikins Street about 1 ., monday several men one of whom fired a shot at the care taker ransacked the office and Safe and escaped with five cases of Beer and a Carton of cigarettes. While one of the bandits kept Mike 60-year-old care taker imprisoned in the boiler room three or four other men made a systematic search of the building Tor Money. Failing to find any Cash in the office Safe which had been left unlocked the thieves broke into the Beer parlor and carried away Beer and cigarettes. Halewich was leaving the boiler room when one of the thugs sur j prised him ordering him at gun her husband an employee of the Breen motor company two sons Gordon and Douglas of Winnipeg two daughters mrs. J. M. Sigvalda son Shoal Lake and miss Beth my bombs effective Stockholm Sweden Jan. 22. Born at Stayner ont., he came to Point to Back up and to put his Sven ska Dag bladet Des Patch from Helsin fors reported today that foreign Volunteer Avia tors serving with the finnish air Force bombarded the big russian naval and air base at Kronstadt for one hour yesterday and caused much damage. The despatch put emphasis on the statement that the volunteers were not swedes but did not specify their nationality. It was asserted that Between 20 and 30 of the volunteers took part in the raid and returned to Fin land Safe. More about outside Aid continued from Page one More about japs in rage continued from Page one Manitoba in 1881 and was educated at Catholic separate schools. He joined the general superintendent s staff of the . In 1892 and from 1896 to 1901 he was Secretary to the late sir William Whyte in 1901 he became assistant to r. J. Mackenzie of Mackenzie Mann and company who was in charge of construction West of the great lakes for the Canadian Northern railway. In 19l7 he was appointed Industrial commissioner in charge of the department of resources for the . After retiring from the Home Bank of Canada which he joined in 1917, or. Coyle formed his own company Dominion equipment and Supply with which he was associated until his death. He was a member of the Mani Toba club and a charter member of the knights of Columbus. Prominent in All activities of the roman Catholic Church he was a trustee of St. Mary s Cathedral. He married Jeanette Farrell in 1906. Surviving Are his wife and two sons Francis d. And Eugene at Home 800 Preston Avenue three sons Joseph and Howard at flin flon Man., and William Toronto four Brothers e. J. Coyle Vancouver who is coming to Winnipeg for the t. J. Coyle and John a., Winnipeg and Patrick a., Detroit Mich. Three Sisters mrs. J. F. Kane Calgary mrs. E. R. Dowdall Winnipeg and sister Adelard of Sti Mary s Academy Winnipeg. Funeral service will be held at 10 . Wednesday at St. Mary s Cathedral with burial in St. Mary s cemetery. Barker s Are in charge. Hands up. Get cried the caretaker is he obeyed the gunman s command. For reply the Man fired a shot and the Bullet whined close to Hale wich s head and lodged in the Frame of the Coal Chute. Hearing the shot Carl Chemise wich who was visiting the care taker kept out of sight in another part of the boiler room. He was unable to summon help however or to go to Halewich j assistance without attracting the Bandit s at Tention. Halewich told police he thought the Man who held him up was accompanied by a second but he did not see him. Of indignation which swept the United states after the russians first invaded Finland the failure of the government to do More seems to them pitiless and inexplicable. Warned of swedish Fate new York Jan. 22. Bup failure of America to Aid Finland will result in Sweden s almost cer Tain fall under German control according to reports of european agents of the Carnegie endowment for International peace made pub Lic yesterday by or. Nicholas Mur Ray Butler president. Strong if United Washington Jan. 22. Bup Finland Norway and Sweden United can put a formidable in the Field but divided each is strategically and tactically weak the foreign policy association said in a report issued today. The report said the three nations together have about trained soldiers 400 to 600 fighting planes 14 coast defence ships or battleships. 35 submarines and 150 Small naval vessels. By John t. Whitaker Paris Jan. 22. Special can Council of ministers has been discussing further economic and other help for the finns. The French Are surprised that some United states quarters criticize the allies for not helping the finns. The French feel that such attacks Are unjust and that these american critics ought to realize that the allies Are at War that they have censorship and that they do not like to discuss what they have done and May yet do for the finns. Similarly the allies faced by a Germany whose effective out number the total of Anglo French troops cannot risk a useless Dis Persal of men. 4 for utilizing the Asama Maru affair As a Means of strengthening Ger Man ties with Japan and Are Ning japanese bad feeling toward Britain. The Asama Maru was bound from los Angeles to Yokohama when it was stopped by an unnamed British Cruiser which fired two shots across the Bow. Japs Board British ship Hong Kong Jan. 22. A cers from a boarded the mrs. A. R. Mcleod succumbs aged 60 mrs. Mary Malvina Mcleod 60, wife of Alexander r. Mcleod 7 Bannerman apartments died Satur Day in the Winnipeg general hos Pital. Born in Winnipeg she moved to Shoal Lake Man., after matriculating from Winnipeg Public schools and there married or. Mcleod. She resided in Winnipeg for the last 26 years. Mrs. Mcleod was a past president of Rebekah Lodge at Shoal Lake and a member of Westminster United Church Winnipeg. Surviving Arel Leod at Home two Sisters mrs. D. Mckinnon los Angeles and mrs. Gordon Kearns. Shanock . And one brother r. G. Mclachlan la fleche sask. Funeral service will be held tues Day at 2 . At Bardal s funeral Home. Rev. J. W. Little will officiate. The body will be taken to Shoal Lake for service in West Minster United Church wednesday at 2 . And burial in the local cemetery. Hindu moslem riot Gora Khapur India Jan. Up persons were killed today in hindu moslem rioting at a Village in the Basil Region of the United provinces. Police used fire to quell the disorders. Growing girls need lots of Energy fellows7 double tonic helps increase strength and vitality mothers realize that their growing daughters need special help to maintain strength and Energy. That s Why they depend on Fellows body and nerve tonic which helps in two ways to keep Energy up to Par. Fellows supplies six valuable minerals which help build stronger Bones and healthier bodies. 2. In addition it stimulates the appetite aids discs Tion and helps ensure greater Benefit from food. Give your children Fellows syrup and know that you re giving them real help to health and Energy. Ask your druggist for 3. Bottle of Fellows compound syrup of today. Accept no on the genuine Fellows. Syrup the original syrup of family tonic since 1964 Moke about Ruth Draper continued from Page three japanese warship British steamship Kwong Ying 685 tons outside the Crown Colony s territorial Waters yesterday but allowed the ship to continue after inspecting her papers it was reported today. May Stop carrying san Francisco Jan. 22. A a spokesman for the Nippon Yusen Kaska steamship line comment ing last night upon the British Seiz ure of 21 nazi seamen aboard the lined Asama Maru said it was prob Able his company would not con tract to carry any More German subjects across the Pacific. Correspondent held Tokyo Jan. 22. American embassy was understood to be seeking information from japanese police today on their action yesterday in seizing James r. Young correspondent for the inter National news service and taking him to police Headquarters for questioning. Sea losses continued from Paffi one Maple Leaf Silverleaf Shamrock Safeway stores limited have been killed and 73 Are miss ing and must be presumed to have lost their the Grenville classed As a Flo Tilla Leader Cost currently and carried five 4.7 Inch guns seven smaller guns and eight 21-Inch torpedo tubes. She could 36.25 knots. According to Jane s fighting ships great Britain had 179 completed destroyers at the outbreak Halo chinese break indicated Rome Jan. 22. Yester to Day was revealed to have offered recognition of a japanese controlled government of China under Wang Ching Wei even before it was formed. Chinese circles in Rome said a rupture of diplomatic relations be tween Italy and the present chinese government might result. Purported fact Wong Kong Jan. 22. Former followers of Wang Ching Wei japanese approved head for a proposed new chinese government yesterday announced a purported pact Between Wang and Japan which they said would virtually re Duce China to the status of a de Pendency of Japan. Chinese military despatches to Day reported chinese armies had dispersed japanese forces at Sev eral Points outside defence lines surrounding Canton in Kiangtung province Southeastern China to say it because one does t talk about those things. I Don t want to utter any outworn platitudes about Liberty. That would make me seem very arrogant and As though i thought everyone else was although born in new York she has the englishwoman s Reserve. "1 can t Bear she explained. When they Are printed they Are full of i s and that s not me at but although she would t talk about herself she revealed the secret of her unique Art by which she is. Able to fill a stage with people who Are not there. I fire the imagination of the audience so that they work with me in the creation of character. I Don t do it alone. The audience Are creating with me All the time even though they May not know absorbed in characters she becomes completely absorbed in the character she is acting and for the moment is that character she said. She converses with imaginary people who Are. Completely real to her and have distinct personalities. In her 30 sketches All written by herself she portrays a total of 57 different women charac ters and talks to at least 700 imaginary characters. She does not rehearse she said monday. On the stage she Speaks French italian German and a Little Spanish As Well As English and has made up an imaginary slavic language for some of her sketches. Speaking of Het Early Days she revealed that she had had a Talent for watching and imitating people As a child. It was a natural gift and not something i studied she said. She is the daughter of a new York physician and granddaughter of Charles a. Dana who was assistant Secretary for War under Abraham Lincoln and editor of the new. York Sun. Paderewski who was an old Friend of the Farr tily advised her to take her Talent seriously. Achievements in service c. B. Lindsay Branch manager w. H. Stevens Branch manager s. S. Jacobson Branch manager not blocking Sale of the War although the admiralty com Munique listed either a mine or torpedo As the cause of the sinking it was regarded in naval circles As More Likely to have been a floating mine. Among the survivors landed at an East coast port were a number of seriously wounded and the com Mander of the warship Captain g. E. Creasy. Captain Creasy at first had been reported among those lost. Other British ships lost were the prot Silaus tons which struck a mine off the West coast yesterday the Caroni River tons a Tanker which Sank off the South West coast saturday following an unexplained explosion 20 minutes after leaving port and the ferry Hill tons mined off the North East coast. W. Armstrong succumbs sunday William Henry Armstrong 14 Horace court died sunday at St. Boniface Hospital. Funeral services will be held wednesday at 4 . In the Kerr funeral Chapel. Rev. J. F. Stewart will conduct the service. He is survived by five daughters and one son mrs. W. Thornton Ottawa mrs. L. Williamson the Pas mrs. C. Romans St. Vital miss Belle Armstrong Winnipeg mrs. T. Lamb Moose Lake and e. Armstrong Norwood. Or. Armstrong was born at Kin Cardine ont. He came West 50 years ago and was engaged As a Railroad contractor with the Mac Kenzie Mann enterprises. He was also in the lumber business at crooked River. By Grant Dexter Ottawa ont., Jan. 22. It is most improbable that the can Adian government will take Steps to Stop the shipment of wheat to Russia which was announced earlier last week. The government How Ever is reconsidering the whole problem of. Exports to Russia and whatever the decision May be wheat will be affected. No Deci Sion is Likely to be made until later this week. Hom Ewo of it a i u in in presenting its sixty fifth annual report covering the year 1939, the London life desires to express appreciation to the policyholders of Winnipeg and District for the Confidence they have placed in the company and its representatives. More than six million Doharis of life insurance was purchased from oar local agencies last year. Facts from 6. 5th annual report new life insurance this is the net amount of life insurance canadians purchased from the London life in 1939 As financial provision for the future. Insurance in Force this is the total of die life insurance policies in Force at the end of 1939, excluding All annuities and re insurance ceded. Assets these resources Are sufficient to meet All the obligations of the com Pany and to provide a wide margin of safety. Surplus funds the company holds in free surplus and reserves beyond Legal require ments the sum of a gain of foe the year. La addition it has a specific investment Reserve of and has followed its customary practice by setting up in 1939 the funds to pay All policy dividends earned to the policy anniversary in 1940. Bagdad Jan. 22. A Sayyid Rustam Haidar Iraq min ister of finance died today gun shot wounds suffered thursday. A dismissed police inspector was accused of the shooting. Hire Hap pit Days of Many patient Bave been spent at Homes Ood. It a More than. 3 Hospital for the treatment of nervous and mental Strain it it a Community of Beautiful buildup situated on a Scenic country site where Good cheer and interest Rule fhe of a kindly medical Massage diet electrotherapy occupational therapy Are All included in one Vert moderate rate. Write cd racy Clare. . Vedic of superintendent. Home Wood sont Airitam. Guelph. . The company s traditions of growth Security and Low Cost of insure to policyholders were fully maintained during the year 1939. Ance the London life insurance company London Canada head office ;