Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 29, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Coo blackout bumps in London town no of a of articles by capt. A e. H. Coo ., news editor it. Frer press who is overseas covering activities the . By capt. A. E. H. Coo Blackouts Are the biggest Handicap the Cana soldiers have to contend with Iru England and they cer Dian Are giving the troops something to struggle with. It will be As dark out on patrol in rib Man land As it is cell Ndon. How our lads manage to make their Way across qty is a mystery to me As i find it hard enough to make Courney in a taxi. I am always wondering if we Are going make it or whether we Are going to end up in the thames i Elondon has had Many schemes suggested to brighten up i blackouts and most of them turn out a very dark Shade j the shaded Street lamps Are a joke. You cannot see the Light until you hit the lamp Post. The Best guide i have found far is a Row of shaded red lanterns around a Nch area in Russell Square. I think you pop Down in the teaches if an air raid alarm sounds but it takes a bit of finding the proper Hole to pop into. The red lamps Are placed n the Trench area to prevent taxi cabs from popping in Dur a the night and not As a guide to pedestrians but they do 1 Rve to steer one around the Square on along to the new London University building which is being used by the ministry vol. Pages Winnipeg monday january 29, ,1940 final edition Milder. National government drive i sea freezes As cold snap hits Britain London Jan. 29. Although i everybody in the country knew it f britons Learned officially yester Day that their nation had gone through one of the worst january f cold snaps in history. J temperatures in London fell to seven degrees below Zero and j skaters distorted themselves on 12 of ice on the serpentine i winding Lake in Hyde Park. Transportation was and still is paralysed in the worst rail and Road tie up in British history. It was cold that the thames froze Over for seven Miles from Teddington to Sunbury a Pheno Menon rare that the recording of a similar condition by Samuel Pepys a Century and a half ago had caused Many a present Day information. Of Sno Graves reds killed As finns Advance Helsip Igors Jan. Finnish High command reported today that its troops had killed More than 1 250 russians in two Battles in which the invaders were on the grim guns guard Canada coast about the Only lights visible at night Are the Street traffic lights. These Are All heavily shaded and have been Cut Down in size until All that is left is red yellow and Green crosses about two inches High. They do show up rather Well however. The automobiles also Are allowed to use a very dim Light which is shaded very heavily and casts a ghostly Ray along the Road. The taxi cab Drivers also keep the fare meters shaded very heavily that the exact fare does not always show up any too Bright. Probably the most terrifying object after dark is one of the huge double deck buses bearing Down on you As you try to Cross one of the pitch Black Crossings. They have a Small Light or two on them but do not loom up until they Are right on top of you. Our first attack in the last War could not have put the wind up the germans As much As these j big demons do to the unlucky pedestrians. The British people Are taking Reader to lift his eyebrows food freight and mail trains were delayed anything from 11 to 24 hours and Many trains in the North of England and Scotland completely lost. In London was general chaos the con Ujj fusion extending even to the under ground system. Nearly 500 passengers in two express trains stranded near Chorley Lancashire spent the night in the compartments or made their Way to a nearby school. No slackening in air but despite the big slow up on land there was no slackening in the air. With the . Ready and sea freezes. Continued on Page column 7 Hospital bombed with the finnish army Kare Lian isthmus Jan. 29. Soviet bombs struck a reel Cross military Hospital today killing 23 persons including four women. Most of the casualties wore wounded soldiers. Of 30 persons in the Hospital when the red army bombers scored a i direct hit Only seven were saved. F the dead were incinerated in i the Hospital which burst into flames As soon As it was struck. For men on leave London Jan. 29. Cup Cable the feeding of Canadian soldiers on leave will be taken care of at the Beaver club which is due next month. Provision is being made Lor a the dark spots in Good spirits and Are developing into a race of owls or night Hawks. Most of them plod along something like a Blind Man. Who knows his Way Home. Others use electric torches but the police Are clamping Down and you must Lave a Shade on the Torch. A capt. Coo continued on Page 11, column 4 cold invades Western front by sir Philip Gibbs with the British army in France Jan. 28. By wireless nothing sensational is happening on the Western front where our. The French Are Frozen i j3 Nic Tux v. Special Cable service to Canada a i Hospital. Round in a kind of White Desola Pri i the families and friends of the men out Here surely want to know How they Are carrying on in this fierce Winter weather. I must say straight away that they have been having and Are still having the most unpleasant and distressful time far As Bod ily Comfort goes. They Are cold in billets cold in barns. The cold enters into them nightly and freezes their hands and feet. During these wintry. Conditions a Good Many men from All the battalions have become sick the Las few Days with a form of chill they Call Blitz flu. I just staggered from it i know its Peculiar symptoms. But fortunately it is nothing like the old Trench fever which used to Lay you out in the last War and it in t serious enough in most cases to Send the men. Down to the base Eastern front. About 800 russian troops were killed and 160 taken prisoner North East of Lake Ladoga the army re ported and in the Aitto Joki sector to the South the enemy left Over 450 dead on the Field. While the finns were acknowledging bitter fighting on the Eastern front soviet planes tried to raid Helsin fors but were driven off b anti aircraft fire after causing two alarms enemy airmen again revealed brutal an official state ment declared in one instance machine gunning worshippers As they were leaving Church in a Small Vil also machine gunning one hos Pital and a passenger train. One bomb fell on the roof of a Hospital but did not cause serious meanwhile finnish military authorities expressed concern Over to 60 overdue a me rican Pursuit planes. Authorities said the planes Are less than one Quarter of the number which the finns need to clean the sky of soviet bombers despairing Effort. Describing the fighting Northeast of Lake , the finns reported the russians had thrown fresh troops offensive in a despairing weakening Effort to retrieve something from its serious losses in eight Days of vain hammering at the finnish line. Unofficial reports told of a Large body of soviet troops practically encircled by finns in the Kite la Region where finnish infantryman were aided extensively by finnish coastal artillery to the South and East. This body of trapped soviet sol Diers was believed to be. Almost entirely without food supplies Al though a russian Relief unit was reported attempting to fight its Way the Jahnish forces were said to be blocking the path of the russian Relief unit at a Point 20 Miles North of. Kite la where railway transportation has been Cut. The Relief Inci must Cross a River to reach their wrapped comrades. Moscow allegation. Moscow Jan. 29 scant official report was received by russians today of War. Activity in addition to an unofficial allegation the finnish command contemplates Conquest of Leningrad and Restora tion., of the roman offs by Robert. Hanson an Atlantic port Jan. 29. Bup All Canada crack Aren t destined to take in the firing lines of foreign Fields of Battle. Right drilled to machine precision Are at their posts , safeguarding Natur ally vulnerable Seaboard Points from the even present of attempted attacks. From a watery Frontier. Some of their posts of duty Are on Rocky crags swept by the bitter Winter winds from the cold at lantic., in Zero weather the surf below and. At times cutting is filling their every breath. Their gun to heavy and cumbersome in appear Canada Navy continued on Page 11, column 5 March 26 Ontario pictured As crucial front by Grant Dexter. Ottawa Jan. 29, Days after Dis solution a vague yet potentially menacing political group appealing to the electors for Power on the cry of National government a Best brains government begins to take form. Voting Day will be March 26, it. Was officially announced saturday. For details see Page 5. The Groug is forming around Hon. R. J. Manion conservative Leader. It includes the Ultra loyalists of Toronto and Urban Ontario All those who have always disliked Mackenzie King the railway amalgamation its the idealistic Galahad who Are fascinated by the National government idea the fascist element of big business that trembles at what it regards As the menace of the disaffected footloose people All those with special interests to be served who have been vocal these past years. These diverse groups seem nearer to being United now than Ever beforehand under a National government Banner sustained by the conservative Leader. Pattern the political Campaign begins to Lake form. In essential respects the situation re Mains fluid change Ful. But failing Canada army Navy and air Force Are work my together Days to guard the Dominion Shore line against possible enemy raiders these i pictures taken on the East coast show top Leit _ a powerful Searchlight ready to pick out enemy top right one Orthe big . T Fence guns Middle left an anti aircraft gun Points threateningly at the skies Middle Centle a Signaller wig wags across the Harbor Middle right a close up of the coastal defence gun showing the gun View at work lower left a Coz Cornel m one of the military a Isacks and lower Light the ground Crew work Over one of the huge patrol flying boats which watch the sea lanes car out the Atlantic. R what they think Post office soda Fountain snack bars Library dance Hall theatre and dining room. A feature will be a Council chamber in which military and civil officials will be Able to j address the troops. Contrary Wise the health of the. Army apart from this temporary remains astonishingly High and there is no epidemic of any kind according to the latest figures. Hot reception British fliers smash new nazi air thrust London Jan. Fliers smashed an attack by a Gorman bomber Squadron today As the nazis launched a new a Iii uni double offensive of air raiders and a wave of submarines. The two pronged nazi thrust came As the coldest weather in 50 years gripped the British Isles. The air raiders came Over in two groups and were chased off by Royal air Force fliers and anti aircraft guns. The German bombers were re ported to have made attacks on vessels along 400 Miles of the East coast. Ships reporting attacks included the British officer. Atholl Monarch. Danny Bryn Sta Burn unionist queries Churchill remark by William h. Stoneham London Jan. 29. Special can Cable i Otto Pool. Knitsley and Wel Park. Seven bombs were dropped near the Llanwern in the Tyne Side without a hit. Raiders Over the Shetland islands dropped Small bombs but no reports of damage were received in London. The air ministry in a com Munique said that German planes i had been reported Over the North East coast shortly after 9 an i 3 . . And that a number of fighting planes went up Anc hot reception continued on Page 5, column 6 25 years ago f Jan. 29, reporte i advances against Austro Germa a orcs in the Carpathian Mountain and capture of 60 officers and men. On the Western front Allie airmen bombed enemy positions a Soissons Laon and la Fere. Japan frames new protest to London Tokyo Jan. 29. Pre pared a second protest to great Britain today on the seizure of 21 German seamen from the japanese liner Sarria Maru As the Case approached the proportions of a major political and International Issue. Foreign office spokesman said the new protest might demand formally that the germans be re turned. The captives were handed Over to British military authorities at Hong Kong today. With the British stand was widespread and there were indications that rightists might make capital of the Case during the session of parliament which opens. Thursday. They May demand that Premier Mitsumasa Yonai government obtain Satis factory redress or resign. Electrically charged barbed wire barriers and japanese sentries to Day re tightened the blockade around the British and French con Cessions at tientsin China creating a severe in the foreign controlled areas. Barricade question London Jan. 29. Cup an As s., senators return conflicting views on the general representative of the and social credit parties were expressed in Winnipeg monday by members of parliament and political leaders returning from the constituencies. Senator w. Ai Griesbach Edmonton declared the conservatives would never Trust Premier King again and said he wanted information on the government War. Contracts. It Hon. Winston Churchill first lord of admiralty n his speech at the Manchester free Trade Hall the Day before yesterday stirred the Lions by announcing in an offhand sort Olvay that British women would have to come boldly for Ward into Britain a War. Industries n the immediate future. The Lions in this Case Are the Trade Union leaders who want to know first of All How and where the government plans to employ an extra million women quickly. Fred Smith general Secretary of the giant amalgamated Engineer ing Union is openly sceptical have grave he state yesterday whether women will Ever be required there Are still thousands of men unemployed and in any Case where Are the factories to put women Are of our . Members Fine engineers in the army peeling potatoes and filling sandbags. They could be More he said. Authoritative spokesman said today re electrifying on the barricades around the British and French con Cessions at tientsin was being taken with Jap Ari As a separate Matte Ron other Anglo japanese issues. Bracken Back from Ottawa the possibility was seen monday that the Manitoba legislature whose session. Will run., concurrent y with the Federal election Campaign might take a temporary and Vurnm ent to permit. Members to participate in the Federal Campaign no change in Date of opening feb 20 and Little change in the pro gramme of legislation for the ses Sion is expected by Premier Bracken. Who returned monday from i trip to Ottawa on official business regarding the legislative pro gramme for the session the Premier said Lack of information on federa policies in certain matters maj necessitate minor changes. Premie Bracken would not comment on Federal political developments Al though he brought Back from Ottawa first hand impressions of the sensational scenes in parliament Bracken continued on Page 11, column 7 or. King government appeals o the people As being the adminis ration to War in. An orderly co operation with great Britain and the , . Or Provencher said. Hon. R. A. Manion called National govern would be merely Dye government in disguise he where would dr., Mart Fri. Get a Cabinet minister of the Type of Hon. Ernest a who has United Canada in these critical Ottawa opinion even in some conservative quarters generally conceded Turat. The King govern ment would be possibly with a reduced majority w. J , k., president of Manitoba Liberal association commented adding that the liberals had of scats to spare. Quebec would vote almost solid for the liberals though they would lose some seats in he predicted. Blackmore non-committal1 John a. Blackmore social. Credi Leader in the Dominion House Warion committal and. Said that tin social credit group would varied views continued on Page 5, column .6 drama takes a rap Colbourne irks Little the artists Maurice Colbourne the English actor brewed a tempest in a theatrical Teapot sunday and it steamed merrily monday As Winnipeg theatre fraternity scoffed and Ottawa thespians mocked. The remarks that brought a Battle cry along the Canadian theatrical front appeared under or. Colbourne name in the new York times. Newly arrived on Broadway to present Bernard Shaw Geriena Colbourne called Canadian the and said Canada theatre was moribund. He listed four symptoms of decay in the Canadian theatre Diane Are losing the theatre going habit the theatres Are old and unattractive Amateur theatricals Are making inroads on what Little professional theatre there is and the moving pictures Are making the greatest inroad of All he said that too. Often self expression in the Little theatre move exhibitionists Lent was Only a polite. N am for exhibitionism and the trouble with the Little theatre that their necessarily inexpert acing alienates even their own audiences who Are kept to Hee largely by of social Black Holden lauds Little theatres when informed of. Or. Co Bourne remarks John. Holde actor manager of the John. Holde drama continued 4 rises n Gigantic Oil struggle Bucharest Jan. 29. A a the struggle for control of Rumania in resources was intensified today Ith arrival.1 by plane of a 25 Lember British French Mission allowed shortly by a group of Ger Nan negotiators who came by train. Arrival of the delegations Fol wed a statement by a High placed Erson that Britain and France have indicated they May break off eco Omic relations with Rumania uness the question of Oil for Ger Lany is settled satisfactorily. The basis of the reported Allied presentations is the rumanian in dictatorship under which Bri Tain and France fear their concerns n. Rumania will be forced to fur Nish Oil for the German War Mach be. Informed sources in London termed the reported threat to break off economic relations As extremely unlikely meanwhile Germany is said to have warned Rumania that she will do forced to take other measures if she. Does t get Large quantities of rumanian Oil turks get Allied Gold Ankara Turkey Jan. 29, special train arrived from Syria carrying ,.c the Shock of unknown and unforeseeable events in the next 10 Days this seems certain to be the Broad division Between the contend ing political parties. Or. Manion National govern ment statement is thus the first major event of the Campaign. Papers ask National Rule its effect is most notable in the editorial policy of the Montreal Gazette and the Toronto Globe and mail. The Gazette which declared on Friday that the people of Canada were most unlikely to Swap horses while crossing turbulent a Stream is in full morning for a National government to be formed by preference under Kenzie King. Obviously if or. King does not oblige the Gazette will seek such a government else where. The Montreal Star is As yet a notable Absentee from 1he National government Camp. It. Sup ported the King government Vigo oust y on Friday and unlike the Gazette has thus far re Siste Clohe go verment. In Toronto and mail which had been favourable to the has to the leadership league line. I is now bitterly hostile to or. King enthusiastic for a National govern meat. The Globe and mail tells or Manion this morning that if he desires to do a really great act h will recall it. Hon. R. B. Bennet and step aside in his favor. By anyhow the thing to. Be done in Thi paper View is to gather together the Best brains of the country place them around a Council table am draft a programme for Canada a War. It is notable that in. Identify ing the Best brains the Globe an mail mentions it. Hon. Arthu Meighen col. George Drew or Manion Hon. M. A. Macpherson to and Hon. Charles Mccrea the slogan offered by the Globe an mail Captain on the leading Edi to rial is. Freedom at Home. Hepburn overlooked in some incredible Way the author of the political storm no sweeping Over the country has Bee overlooked. Premier Mitchell Hep Burn seems to be the forgotten Mai his name is scarcely mentioned today. Here at party temper rising. Conservatives Are jubilant Ottawa continued on Page 11, column King Bench appointment for major by Grant Dexter Ottawa ont., Jan. 29 Hon. W. J. Major attorney general of Manitoba will be appointed to the King Berich to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Taylor. The appointment will be made Oon it is thought. With his appointment. Or. Major will relinquish his Post Hon. W. J. Major attorney general of the province which he has held since elected to the legislature in 3927., born in Yeovil Somerset eng land in 1881, he came to Canada in his youth. He read Law with judge Alexander Dawson and was called to the bar in 1913. In addition to his political activities or. Major has been Active in he Winnipeg Board of Trade and has Pool Vincnt part in. The boy scout movement. He is a past president of. The rotary club and past grand master of. The Manitoba grand Lodge. A f. And . Political expectation appointment of or. Major Bench will result in naming another minister to the Bracken administration it is expected in major continued on Page 11. Horror tales murder of priests and torture charged Vatican City Jan. 29. Torture and murder of priests in Poland and a Barbaric programme of extermination of poles generally were charged against Germany a report to Pope Pius Xii released for publication today of polish sources by authorization of August Cardinal lond of Gold about Oil struggle continued on Page 11, column 6 temperature readings Low during night 6.30 ajn., Jan. 20. 12 noon Jan. Z9 startling charge at inquiry Regina Jan. 29. The late a. H. White of Regina trustee of the Saskatchewan canteen fund had been involved in depletion of the canteen fund of the tenth.m.r. S when it was in Camp at Shorncliff England during the great War and that this was known Saskatchewan authorities when he was appointed a trustee of the Saskatchewan canteen fund was the claim. Made today when the judicial inquiry into shortages of the Saskatchewan fund was re opened. This information was Laid before or. Justice Maclean by t. H. New league pjn., Jan. 29 High Jan. 29, 1939 love Canadian veterans counsel. It was a sudden and unlocked for turn into the inquiry which is endeavouring to find Cut the responsibility for and the extent of ;