Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 18, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free press pages. Rises -1.38 Sun sets 20.11. Moon rises 16.43 Moon sets 3.6. Winnipeg saturday May 18, 1940 rises 4.37 Sun sets 20.12. Moon rises 18.4 Moon sets warm. 75 s fire Point at Advance Ank tanks Petain 11 i tailed with British troops once again fighting to Stern German hordes rolling into Belgium this belgian woman presents Flowers to two mommies. They Are members of a British motorcycle detachment. Free Hurri attacked Itidal l bombers Anil downed Nis by noun Cert. A . Fiji fire patrolling off the d it. U rail utter a j Junker dirt. Germany newest Type j in Zniber. Two bursts rom the in he spitfire and bomb or i the air announced that Stii Arims i the Royal air i Force bombed German bases and ii if. Of i immune Avion in France i Sci Belgium during the night. I damage was caused by j bombing communications in Germany on mechanized columns. Transports and inc the ministry Nau d. It a ended he German claim that Allied Iii Crait losses have numbered Iasi machines saying that tic gordian High command must have published heir own loss in the Alicd have been Only of ulc Winnipeg Grain Exchange. Saturday announced thai wheat futures prices on the Winnipeg Market had been Peg ged at Friday s closing quota j Lions. Or. Irving said that the action had been taken by the Exchange Council at the request of the Dominion government. Coarse grains will not be affected by the ruling. The regulation would become effective Ai the close of saturday s operations he said. At the finish of trading Friday. May wheat was i quoted at nov july at and iks at Hamburg and Bremen j october wheat at 73-h cents a h Germany and Bergen Xor Bushel by Royal air Force made during Sapir bombers was announced by Jay s session will be valid said the he air ministry today. J announcement. The pegged Price Paris May called 84-year-old marshal Henri Petain. The Savior of Verdun Back to duty today in a Desper ate Allied stand against German armies sweeping through Bel i and stabbing with mechanized fury into Northern France. Once again As in the darkest Days of the world War. The words of shall not became the watchword of French soldiers and unofficial reports from the fighting lines indicated that the nazi drive had been checked momentarily at least along the bulge driven through the Maginot line. Taking drastic action to meet the j military emergency at the very i hour that an air raid alarm was j sounded in Paris Premier Reynaud Shook up his Cabinet to remove edouard Daladier from the defence ministry and to make the famous military strategist Petain. Vice Premier. The aged marshal had Lown Back from Spain where he Las been French ambassador. In London it was disclosed thai French Cabinet. Continued on Page 18, column 2 former varsity hockey Star is victim of Cobourg crash London. May auction of i 2e Oil depot. Announces wheat Peg n c i Jins. Hinl make i outrages on Fol announced after. Agencies have j was re pc Ifni this raid on i wheat prices had plunged the 10 s m the German cent daily allowable limit bringing total losses to As much As 23 cents j since the Start of trading this week the new ruling Means that after today s session no trades can be made in wheat at prices less than yesterday s said or. Irvine the Council of the Exchange is arranging a conference Grain Exchange continued on Page i. Column 3 Ottawa May 18. Ing an immediate review of the wheat marketing Situa Tion the Price of wheat will re main pegged at yesterday s closing level on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. Hon. J. A. Mac of Trade and Commerce and chairman of the Cabinet s us committee on wheat said today. Members of i he Canadian wheat Board have been asked to come to Ottawa monday for a conference with the wheat sub committee. . To act Washington May 18. Bup Secretary of agriculture Henry a. Wallace today asked the Grain exchanges to Peg Grain futures prices at today s closing Levels. Paris May 18. By fhe order of general Maurice Gustave Gamelin to conquer or the French army unleashed furious counter at tacks today seeking to draw a Hangman s knot about the ponderous Advance of heavy German tanks into Northern France. Late today according to unofficial military reports the German thrusts from the Sabre Meuse salient toward Paris and the Channel ports had been checked at least momentarily. In wooded ravines and open Fields of. The sector bounded by a Esnes. Zervins. Rethel and Sedan the French closed in by land and air. Trying to strangle the taxi thrust West of the Meuse. The germans advanced Forward of their Supply bases which Allied warplanes bombed incessantly. The French rushed thousands of 75 a the famous three Inch guns of the world War into the mouse salient today to infiltrate into the German mechanized columns and. Firing at Pointblank 100-Yard Range Stop the 30-ton and 80-ton steel monsters which had driven to within 90 Miles of Paris. Advices to Paris said the Spear head of the nazi mechanized attacks into France were the 30-ton tanks armoured to resist guns of every calibre Short of the famous supporting ground troops Allied bombers and artillery sup porting French ground troops poured thousands of bombs and the above map shows the situation on the Western front alter a British strategic withdrawal and a German push yesterday. Bombing is steel nerves for big britons Francis Stevens fighting continued on pase 6. Column British expected to quit Belgium a member of one of Canada s greatest Amateur hockey teams lost is life Friday when flying officer j. E. Jack Pidcock lost his life n the . Crash at Cobourg ont., which took the life of flight Lieut. Harvey Jasper of Winni Peg and two others. Jack Pidcock played with i he famed varsity team of 1927-28, which won. The Allen cup and was cheered by Loyal local on its Home coming. On that team were Blake Watson Gordon Mckenzie Andy Blair Ward Mcvey Jack St. John and Art Putter. Born in Quappelle sask. In 1906, and a Nephew of archbishop and mrs. S. P. Matheson with whom his Mother resides. Jack Pidcock came to Winnipeg and enrolled in St. John s College. After his graduation from the University of Manitoba he joined the Sun life Assurance company actuarial department at Montreal of late his favorite Winter sport has been ski ing and he won the club Champion ship of the red Bird ski club three years in succession. He joined the . Last March. In addition to his Mother mrs. C. S. Pidcock. He is survived by one sister Betty. Denied London May 13. Official statement today said the Royal air Force would follow its policy of bombing Only military objectives. Nazi allegations that . Fliers in raids on Hamburg and. Bremen fuel depots had bombed civilians were described As completely untrue. The statement follows his majesty s government made it Clear that it is no part of their policy to bomb non military objectives no matter what the policy of the German government May be. In spite of Wanton and repeated attacks by the German air Force on undefended towns in Poland nor Way France Holland and Belgium. His majesty s government steadfastly adheres to this policy. Statements to 1he effect that the Royal air Force have deliberately bombed civilians or non military objectives Are completely untrue and Are obviously designed to pre pare the Way for an Extension to this country of the inhuman meth ods used by the germans in other London May 13. The military expert of the London even ing news forecast withdrawal British troops from Belgium tonight and indicated belief that they would retire to their original positions on the Franco belgian Frontier. He pointed out that Unis would give the germans he greater part by London May 18 special were advised last night that it was the opinion in authoritative circles in London that the British press so far. Has not represented the extreme Gravity of the War situation. Editors were notified that britons must steel their nerves if the belgian roast which would for the severe test that May be put upon them. The text of be most useful to the a Boals. Advice to editors it is the duty of the press to prepare the Public to stand up to nazi menace. Britons must Trust their leaders their armed forces and the allies and play their part to the full. Britons must continue their present courage and re Sohi and every Man and woman keep Stout hearts and Coo Tion mus Heads. At the same time they must be prepared to face shocks. Clear visions backed by courage and de termination and not blurred by false optimism Are needed today More than Ever before. There is nothing in the situation at this moment to cause widespread Dis May but people should prepare themselves to be ready to face any test thai might be put upon London May 18 ;