Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 27, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free press Carrier in Winnipeg 25c per week. Winnipeg monday May 27, 1940 Price 5c per copy edition with comics Loc Baffin Bay is not a Kay it s an immense Inland sea. Bryce s homemade bread is different Scotland a by b. T. Richardson Shilo Camp. May special Nve two rugs intents the Ron highlanders and the Cal i a. Ai o rivals but five will be competitions to is a score. Officers of the battalions have put choir a on the idea of a pipe band contest similar Compoli Par ii s both units he merits of their regi i the prowess of i but since he arrived general feeling is Tav at Shilo will be shun. This turns out True or not. J 01 the clans from Alberta been strictly Over the week end there Deal of fraternization Urti Here Manv men in the Are ready to Confer some sort on the Ros mental of the Calgary . Stanley who of Iri be heard All Over the he save order Down at the the unit was Detrain sunday morning. The railway j if at Leas a mile away. 2 Calgary unit Are Strong . London May 27. Bup Scotland Yard acting under secret Home office orders is rounding up prominent and influential britons suspected of Over friendliness toward Germany and putting them in internment Camps it was understood today. Twenty additional leaders of the British Union of fascists were a ested bringing the total to 80. Including sir Oswald Mosley fascist eader and brother in Law of Adolis 1 Hitler s former girl Unity Freeman Milford. More attention was being paid now however to persons never openly identified with any pro Ger Man or other similar movement but motor league the "3th edition the Auto Mobile Road guide and tour Book Ocanada and tiie United states has just been published by the Toba motor league. I i in Manitoba. Saskatchewan. Alberta j further views from Camp Shilo taken by a visit ing free press photographer shows Winnipeg troops to it the time of their arrival and shortly after. The 13th Field Battery . Top left present a smart appear Ance As they March briskly along the approach to Shilo. At upper right the fort Garry horse marches into Camp with the regimental trumpet band in the Van. Wearing the distinctive dark Beret issued to tank troops. B Squadron fort Garry horse led by major s. H. Muton Squadron commander Are at lower left while at lower right a Happy group of gunners of the 13th Field Battery ., look Over quarters and find them in Good order. They include from left to right sgt. J. A Young and gunners t. P. Tasker s. Lee r. N. Mckay and a. J. Cusson. In the Centre of the layout senior officers of the fort Garry horse Are seen upon their arrival from left to right they include major s. H. Muton major f. Cockerill . S. J. Cox com manding officer major e. B. Evans second in command and capt. J. W. Graves. Six Bright pupils Given free trip and British Columbia and also main routes to the United Stales. It gives traffic rules and regulations lists official service stations in All parts of Manitoba tells tourists How to Good school work brings its own enter Canada and gives so leased customs the Gucic contains Many charts j the correspondence Branch of the j land photographs of Scenic spots in j department of education who spent .1 Canada. I three Days last week As guests of officials. Three from Grade nine and three ten the pupils were word a Fon Home guard i to has vet been received by 1 creases is Headquarters Here regarding enlist j i ment of veterans of the last great for fir i War for the veterans Home guard Vit announced monday. Military Headquarters were i j chosen on the basis of increases in their Mark percentages during the november to easter term. The in creases ranged from 15 to 18 per i Ecung full instructions concerning the recruiting of 250 local veterans Tor Home defence but the mail con stained nothing. Until instructions received there will be no re winners of the free trips were William Elmhurst Carberry Thomas Stewart Roland Marie a Sicade Findlay Olga sender wich Deepdale William Mandzy Stuart Burn and Agnes Carlson Menisino. Besides entertainment in the City they visited historical Sites within la 25-mile radius of Winnipeg. Armies face one supreme Chance every Canadian City with n popu lation of More than persons should form a battalion under direct military control for Home defence said mayor George c. Mac can monday when he strongly criticized present plans for Volun tary Home defence units in each military District. Formation of such City battalions he said would ensure the safety of Public utilities women Ana Chil Dren in Case of attack at Home. Further he stated these battalions would become an integral part of the defence system since men from these sources could be absorbed in to the Active service forces when needed and the battalions could be recruited up to Lull strength again. Rather than hinder recruiting or the Active forces this plan prove an incentive for men o join the . Each City would c responsible for keeping the orces up to the Mark under direct supervision by the military author population up Over As big As a Small sized City. Dig contingent is expected monday afternoon. Units arriving sunday were the 1st Field Battery ., from Saskatoon which detained and Lareed in at 4.30 ., and. Shortly 1 by sir Philip Gibbs. Paris May 27. By armies of France and England now face a supreme Chance i in spite of the Mon horus forces bearing Down upon them they Are Able to Cross s Gap of 20 Kilometres or thereabouts about 13 Miles now dividing their armies of the North and South they will smash fee German plan and defeat the enemy s thrust toward the coast. So the crossing of that Gap they Cut off and annihilate German contingents now fighting around j Boulogne and filtering into the Region of the Channel ports for a on England itself. Can that link be made by two powerful armies fighting Down from me North and up from the South with full knowledge in every i 1 that Success or failure be the decision of destiny that question already has been of answered by every Frenchman and woman with whom i have talked. Must happen. It is happening situation changes from hour to and pressure of huge enemy increase. One dares not for that reason indulge in any prophecy of Good Hope lest the next be is should falsify it. Yet there hrs today some True reasons for be that the enemy is being More tightly by the French u swish and be i there is raw pan forces. Is a general belief in is far As it has reached me the regrouping of the French has now made a firm bastion which the enemy will no More holes. Probably most critical position is up with on the River Scheldt and on from Valenciennes to Cam the in Civ pressure i lost violent. No mercy heard Many. Ii Arras up. And from them of what was behind the curtain of they mentioned names like bras and in Paulc and Amiens. E had fled from those fro the Frenchman i have had a vivid picture of this War in which he enemy is using every Devilish method to spread terror and Widen the area of death. His bombing planes have shrieking sirens when they Fly Low. Some of his tanks Ling out a Jet of flare of White heat. His heavy tanks powerfully gunned Advance in masses and world always in close Union with bombing planes which try to destroy tank and other obstacles. Everything in it is useless for our men to dig themselves in and naked flesh can not stand against these Jugger nauts. That is happening now be tween Arras and Baraume when the enemy is trying to Force open a and thrust his Mecham Zer columns to the coast. The Ger mans i am now told have put Al last of their tanks the Ful and monstrous weight of their a machines followed by masses o infantry. Hitler is the Gambler who a thrown All his stakes on this Tab of Fate but there is More now than human flesh in front of those Stee beasts that have ploughed a Gar through narrow strip which has divided the Allied Armie North and South of the Somme French and British guns Are Pound ing them. That German War a clone has been slowed up Checke and blasted by this Shell fire. Having flown to Paris because am Cut off from the British i am filled with renewed Admira Tion for the soul and spirit of the French people. They Are anxious but confident. They talk gravel j but without a sign of fear. In the Parks women go on with their pm outside the cafes men Tal Alue of the Home defence units of being formed in each military District it s a joke to think that whole military District is to be protected by about 250 rail circles expect orders f ii a Quiri must i Jim after frightful bombardment r the air or after a warning that mechanized troops were advancing. Ting. Quietly and calmly. Many Paren have gone South with their Etna children but Paris is still Crowde and there Are More motor cars i the streets than in London he declared. Mayor Maclean minimized after 7 The Calgary highlanders and the 8th Field ambulance .m.c., also from Calgary a ived. With their pipe band out in front the Calgary highlanders came up the Road from the railway in Mart marching order. Lieut col. R. F. Scott commanding officer led Lis men. Despite the Early hour most of he troops already in Camp were up my lined the roads to watch the scottish unit from Alberta. An and Vance party had tents pitched for he new arrivals. The ambulance unit under Lieut col. J. F. Hazard Calgary is established in lines near the new Camp there is a widespread belief in. Circles in Winnipeg that munitions production soon will to undertaken in the fort Rouge Transcona and Weston shops by Dominion government authorities As yet have not Given any go ahead order and railway officials deny raving any information about con the allies need More tracts. But if munition plants it is expected the local shops will be used As they Art Well equipped. R. A. Payne superintendent motive Power ., and j. Kyle superintendent of motive Power car the two executives directly concerned with the shops have jus returned from Montreal where the conferred with the head offices o their respective railways. Or. Pay said monday that no War material were being made at present in an Western shops of the ., and he had no information which would Lead him to suppose such work would be undertaken. It is not believed that the Domm Ion government would take Over the Weston shops in the event of re Quiring munitions to be made there but that the Would continue to run the shops. Two separate departments one for munitions and one for locomotive work probably would be set up at warships take toll hers by b. T. Richardson Shilo Camp Man., May 27. Special More than toops arrived at Shilo Camp sunday to bring the Camp another Hospital. Training starts intensive training for most units now at Shilo Camp will Start Mon Day. General Camp orders showed that reveille will Call the boys from their Straw mattresses at 5.30 ., except on sunday when the butlers will Rouse the Camp at s.30. All troops must be in their lines at 9.30 . And lights out will sound at 10.15 first Church services in the Camp held sunday. Capt. Mac Isaacs Catholic chaplain conducted mass for Catholic members of the Cameron highlanders and capt. George Mcneill United Church chaplain conducted service which the fort Garry horse and the 13th . Attended. It was an Empire Day of prayer proclaimed by King George. Many troops spent the afternoon settling Down their lines Anc new york., May 27 Cap the British broadcasting company in a German language programme said today that German troops advancing on the French Channel port of Boulogne had suffered heavy losses from continuous hellfire by British warships in the Channel and that several German armoured units had been destroyed this Way. The programme was picked up Here by National broadcasting company. Impromptu softball games and other sports were held. Several Hundred cars visited the Camp sunday with no restrictions in Force yet regarding Public admittance to the Encampment friends and relatives hunted up men in various units. The salvation hut opened saturday ahead of schedule to meet the demand of men for can teen facilities and a place to write letters Home. There was no gloom about being away from Home among the troops canteens in the Cameron Highland ers and the fort Garry horse lines were open and on saturday eve Ning soldiers singing in the can teens could be heard around the Camp. Old timers in the found in the canteen singing a vivid reminder of Days of the last War. The camerons pipe band put on an Impromptu outdoor concert tha attracted spectators from neighbor ing lines. After their first Day in Camp Somi of the fort Garry were up Brig and Early before the bugler sounded reveille. City lads blamed country lads for reverting to farm customs in getting up too Early by one country lad said that it was Thi first Good night s sleep he had a in. Seven months in the spen in quarters in the City. A detachment of the Canadian service corps assigned to Shilo Camp Are doing wonders in keeping plentiful rations and sup lies coming into the Camp As the population grows each Clay. There s plenty of food in All messes and everyone is talking about How.M.C. Nore a fellow eats out Here in Camp Ian in the City. Finds Camp luxurious old timers who think that Shilo amp in 1940 is just like Camp Hughes Back in 15 and 16 would in surprised if they knew the truth. Take the word of trooper j. Ohanneson of the fort Garry horse. Johanneson. Says this is luxury Ompa Rcd with Camp he Vas with the 108th battalion at Camp Hughes in 1916. Now the toys eat under Canvas in big mar use tents. Then they ate in the pen air and Johanneson recalls he Sand that blew into the food. Now the boys sleep Only four in a enl then it was six or seven or even nine or ten in a tent. Inci dentally the tents at Shilo this Yeai Are mostly Brand new. Back in if the soldiers slept on the Sand a Camp Hughes but every tent at Shilo has a Good floor in it including the tent that the fort Garry horse has set aside for your correspondent. Shilo Camp has not a single horse in it this year probably the first year this has happened since the Carnap was established. This is Evi Dence of the extreme mechanization of the in 1940. Nowadays the men eat first . S come next and finally the officers Are allowed to eat. Thi arrangement apparently is Genera throughout the forces and before they go to their messes the sergeants and the officers respectively must see that the men Are taker care of. As one trooper in the fort Garry horse put it the officers have to see that the . S get thei grub then . S have to see tha he men get theirs and All the men have to do is to eat. While there is a shortage of ablution huts in the Camp As Many Are under construction there is plenty of water and heating facilities for hot showers for Dusty soldiers every morning the troops have to water for shaving t. 1 the Only place where hot water is on a make shift basis is in the officers lines. becomes Active preparations Are being made t bring the first cavalry division o the Royal Canadian Servic corps up to strength in anticipation of it being part of the third Cana Dian division . P. M. Abe announced monday. Those who have been Paradin with the unit have been notified i report immediately and Are Bein Given medical examinations. Others who have applied for enlistment Are being notified to hold them selves ready. . Abel said he did not anticipate any recruiting for the unit in Winnipeg As they have a Large number of applications on file from Rural Manitoba. Ships supplies Worth responding to a vital need pie which reached Headquarters of the Manitoba division of the Canadia red Cross on the night of May 2 officials went into immediate a lion and within 24 hours supplies valued at had been ship ded to great Britain. Red Cross Headquarters at Tor onto also acted promptly an cabled overseas together Vilh an order for dressing to be taken from Canadian re Cross stores in great Britain. The Manitoba shipment contained the following bed gowns bed jackets 54 28 of. Lists communist arrested London May 27, Ted Bramley Leader of the London communist party several Paci fists and a score of British fascists were arrested yesterday in the drive or. Potential fifth Scotland Yard Dis closed today. In All about 70 fascists Are confined in Brixton jail. Suspected from appeasement Days of holding views which might be of National danger in event of a German attempt to invade the British Isles by parachutists or by Landing parties on the East coast. Flight lieutenant Harry Thomas James Anderson 28, a former proof Reader on the staff of he Winnipeg free press has been reported miss ing by the . As a result of air operations May it was Learned saturday. The Young officer s parents or. And mrs. H. G. Anderson residing at the Home of their a fighter and son in Law or. And mrs. Harry Keilch 177 Queenston Street were notified in a Cable from the British air ministry. In his last letter to his parents received about a month ago flight lieutenant Anderson had disclosed the Home Secretary today ordered i Pride that lie had piloted internment on the Isle of Man of All Premier Paul Reynaud and War German and austrian women who minister edouard Daladier from Kvool socks pairs seamen s stockings pyjamas quilts for Relief work for sterilization the same time there was ship Ped to Toronto for sterilization the following surgical supplies 190 bed pads 19x12. 250 pads. Wipes. Compresses. Previously had been under police restrictions. Police cars manned by More than detectives sped to the women s Homes this morning waited while they hurriedly packed their bag Gage and then took them to head quarters. It was estimated today that More than aliens of them women have now been detained. Many of those rounded up Are j Domestic servants. J of those taken in custody ten men were held for hearing on charges of conspiracy against the state by allegedly sending physic a ally unfit men before medical boards to impersonate men called for War service. I More than 120 detectives searched 400 River thames warehouses j and other buildings for and j British uniforms which might have been secreted by German agents. River police boarded every ship that entered the thames and some times detained entire Crews for questioning. Soldiers patrolled every Bridge jetty wharf and Dock to prevent any secret landings of Trojan horse men. Telephone lines of five air raid Warden posts were Cut in the Ipswich Region but police did not be Lieve that fifth columnists or saboteurs were responsible. It was announced that because of the German occupation of North sea and Channel coast areas additional towns on the East Southeast and South Coats of England had been made evacuation areas from which children might be moved at any time. Great Yarmouth lowest Oil Felixstowe Clacton on sea Fri ton Walton Southend Margate Ramsgate Broadstairs Sandwich. Dover Deal and Folkestone were among the coastal towns affected. London to Paris april 10, following a War conference in London. Lie was escorted by British lighter and Pursuit planes. Born it Portage la Prairie lie came to Winnipeg at an Early age and received his education at Alex Ander and Kelvin schools. After attle tour bombs shells planes fail to halt Weka and Paris May 27. Up havas French today told How the Allied commander in chief general Maxime Weygand during his first 24 hours in command toured the fighting fronts by plane train car and warship to reorganize defence against the German Blitzkrieg. Flight Lieut. Anderson matriculation he worked for the Walling lord press Lor three years after which he joined the staff of the Bawlf Grain company. During this period he took up flying at the Winnipeg flying club. After a Short period in the Grain business he rejoined the staff of Wallingford press leaving in 1d3-1 to join the . He returned to Canada in 1936 and continued his flying obtaining his commercial License. Afler the organization of trans Canada airways he served As a Pilot with that company. From Early in 1038 to August lie was employed As a part time proofreader with the Winnipeg free press. Shortly before War broke out he left Winnipeg to accept a position with Imperial airways at new York but Croute received word that he had been called by the . For England. He had been flying fighter and Pursuit planes and was promoted from the rank of flying officer to that of flight lieutenant in november. He married last november. His wife formerly Gene Whit Facker of Winnipeg resides in London eng. A brother Gregory resides in win Brandon prays for divine Aid Brandon Man., May 27. Special churches United Sun Day with other places of worship throughout the Dominion in Observance of the Empire Day of prayer. Special prayers and services were offered in City churches in response to the proclamation of King George Brandon ministerial association joined in urging citizens in every walk of life to lend their Earnest supplications for the Triumph of i righteousness. I mayor f. H. Young Brandon City Council and civic officials attended the morning services at first presbyterian Church where the service was conducted by Rev. J. Forbes Wedderburn. Filled to capacity i Dauphin Man., May 27. Special churches were filled to capacity sunday As citizens responded to the King s Call for prayer in the Empire s time of need. Special prayers and music marked the services held in each Church. Headed by Bert Middleditch presi Dent of the legion the War vet Erans paraded to the anglican planes came under j from German anti i just a week ago on May Paris soil said Weygand took Over As commander in chief of the Allied armies. On the next Day he visited the fighting fronts. At 8.40 He took off from Lebourget Ai drome aboard a bomb ing plane with an ordnance officer. A Liaison officer followed in an other plane. A patrol of six Morane Pursuit planes protected them. The two violent fire aircraft guns. Soon afterwards they were attacked by a patrol of Messer Schmitts. But the Morales deployed and forced the enemy to flee. Later the general left for a nearby City. There he met the King of the belgians with his ministers and military adviser. At a rapid conference he also met the general commanding the French forces in the Region and the French Admiral commanding the Northern sector. His return to Paris was partly by sea. His embarkation aboard a de Stroyer took place under a Hail of German bombs. Our anti aircraft guns succeeded in driving off the planes marked with Black crosses but fires were started on the pier close before arriving in Paris to take up the command Gen. Weygand it crans Pai Eivich. Tut us Church where Rev. H. E. Bridgett was revealed made a dramatic air dedicated the Union Jack of the Dauphin Branch of the . Dave Justice and e. C. Herrick Secretary of the local Branch were the color bearers. King s Cousin missing London May 27. Up lord Frederick Cambridge. 32-year-old Cousin of the King was listed yesterday As missing in action in North Ern France. He is the second son of the Date marquess of Cambridge who a brother of Queen Mary and of the Earl of Al Lonc governor general designate of Canada. Lord Frederick is a Captain in the i Coldstream guards. Plane flight from Syria through a storm in which his plane cracked up during a forced Landing. He immediately took off in another plane. Here is a copy of the advertise ments displayed throughout can Ada suggesting Purchase of War savings Stamps As an immediate Way for Small Means to get behind the nation s War Effort ;