Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 28, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday May 28, 1940 Page five calling on he Dominion government for More vigorous and speedy action in dealing with subversive elements in Mani Toba the provincial Board of the retail merchants association convention in the Marlborough hotel tuesday afternoon passed a Resolution asking the government immediately to authorize military authorities to organize effective voluntary Home defence units in every City town and Village in the province. J e inv British be in i of any action in re u Kalston and Hon a g Power showed he Imu Catlon touch lines a j of wavering or indecision. Or. Ralston i distance eared the total destruction of Britain s army in France the government in the speeches of Hon. Preparing to enter the fight successive Days. N Manitoba until a at factory outcome of the National rep nov a As re d by he on the i Llis budget plans torn to shreds. Interest of tired he operation of every Rose in a Day to it i of by me my agriculture Sain yesterday by perhaps present. Anther and it will Al Resolution will be Var married to Rise steeply again As a result of the Board of transport commission commitments made by or. Power who in one sentence threw away Smellie attain president a. G. Smellie. Suisse in. Was president and g. Hack. Winnipf4. Secretary. Zajic ers were named first vice pref Clent. V Ida Iphi -------1 Swift action plea pro nazi groups organizing Russell merchant declares declaring that Strong pro nazi groups were organizing in certain districts in Rural Manitoba a. G. Smellie Russell president of the provincial Board of the retail merchants association in convention in the Marlborough hotel monday urged that the Dominion government take swifter action against subversive elements and organize a voluntary defence corps headed by veterans in every town in Canada. Suspicious persons should be re the germans were attacking in utter oblivion to losses of the most frightful extent. The belgians at the moment of. Leopold s surrender had been Bear ing the Brunt of. The fighting on the River Lys line. Moved to concentration Camps and Allied army of. The North whose detained there until they could left Wing Anchor was innocence he Sug the belgian army. Of a the air training plan and with his re-1 colleague the minister of finance. R. Cor told parliament and the country other that there would be no limit. We As follows j will change the plan he said. It m. Jackson is a Day to Day business said or. Second vice president. J. Ralston adding if we cannot show Boissevain third vice-1 initiative and resourcefulness in this thy of the ire Ici ent t. R. Hardern crisis we Are not Wor 3 de Laney both of Winnipeg name of the Dominion or. Cormack i to or. Smell lands. M. Evans. Winnipeg Provin hrs Amer. George a. Wood Winnipeg. Conference to Ogeil re instatement of the i Farmers creditors arrangement act j in Manitoba the provincial Board i a a Resolution urged that the i Manitoba government Call a Confer Between credit granting institutions and Farmers of the province to work out a mutually satisfactory solution of the farm debt problem. Regarding the Dominion govern ment s proposed unemployment insurance legislation the association requested in a Resolution that there should be an interval Between the time when the Oil was introduced and the time when a infective. So that made Industry would have an Opportunity to study the measure in detail and make recommendations Tor changes necessary. Advice unchanged for the first time since last sep tember Canada faced the War on her own making her Orr decisions setting aside Britain s advice which As or. Power frankly stated remained unchanged notwithstanding the events of the past few Days. Britain As late As monday night asked Ottawa to stick to the air training plan notwithstanding the fact that it cannot produce trained airmen in Large numbers for a year or More. In a sense it was As vital As important a decision As a great constitutional change. The Only Dif Ference was that it came so Sud Denly. Of unexpectedly that per haps Many members of the Cabinet did not realize the True significance of what was being said in the com Mons. The scene in the commons was unforgettable. Col. Ralston recommended for the . In the last War his jaw stuck out and his eyes j flashing told members that Canada had carried out the War plans Viory i which every one knew had been Attu 1 worked out in co operation with i to the letter. Our eco nomic policy had been carried out our financial controls had been a fashioned. Everything had gone i according to plan. But now a crisis the germans said they were apr was upon us. Canada suddenly was and the belgian ports of thrown upon her own resources. Zeebrugge and Ostend. J plans no longer mattered. Cana this Advance designed to were noted for initiative and be struck immediately against the i err Nan wedge to save the Force j whatever happens the Canadian Force is Here for the defence of Britain and is the nucleus of u huge new army training on British soil. Every Loyal British subject Here every Canadian whether in uniform or not realizes that he shares the responsibility of defence. Moke about up German mechanized units j resourcefulness and now was mat had swung around the Allied i armies to Boulogne Calais and St. Omer was coordinated with Mas Sive German frontal attacks on the i Allied line from Memn. In the i the Hector to the Valenciennes area and i i time to prove these qualities. Or. Power crippled by German machine gun bullets in the last War a Iphis hair tousled his fighting blood spoke with chilling Candor of military circles said the . Are fighting the Battle in France. Training plan. He indicated in so Many that Britain sow and during the past fortnight will rank As one of the finest feats Sver performed by British not a beaten Force let there be no a military spokesman declared. The . Rot a beaten Force. They beaten Back and they never broken. They withdrew 3 Good order my never lost their or morale. Every time have found themselves pitted -5ainst the germans Man to Man have proved themselves better just As their Brothers in the i and the air Force have May be sure that the British will con ii due to fight with i fair French he added. The present situation of jje3.e.f. Is extremely critical after i fortnight of continuous action and bombing he declared British troops have never hovered and never lost Confidence in their leaders who have own the qualities of leadership a self sacrifice which Are the a Narks of the British he commended the staff work he ., which moved As a a Reni whole throughout the with no gaps and no it must be he said. The position in which the Are Row placed it is almost to re Orient their front attacks from Verv direction he added that while Mol of the Are in Northern France they be not an get have considerable difficulty carrying out her part of it which is the Supply of air planes and in. Gines. Anyhow the plan was a Long Range one and the crisis was upon us. No matter what the schedules say. He announced that All construction work would be rushed to completion Forwith and All available recruits taken on. He said he did nol intend to wait until something happens to wreck the plan. He was going to Speed things up regardless of the agree ment or the difficulties to the utmost. Crerar s task the first cavalry division of the Royal Canadian army service corps is being brought up to strength in anticipation of it being part of thu third Canadian division. The above photo taken tuesday morn ing at Minto Barracks shows some of the in Crutis Ning up. Documenting the recruits Are mrs. Ray Stewart wife of Captain Stewart and mrs. J. K. Haj wife of capt. H Jalmarson who have volunteered their services for this work. Due to King Leopold s arbitrary sur Render is the second tragic military plunder the impetuous Young Mon Arch has made to the detriment of his country during his Brief reign. In 1936. Two years after he be came King Leopold cancelled Bel Gium s military entente with France and great Britain. He trusted the germans. For that reason when Hitler violated Belgium s neutrality to assist Belgium quickly enough. Country Leopold by his wilful Render now has gravely Handi capped the Anglo French forces to whom he appealed so tardily for Nelp. Dishonour brought to father s name by John t. Whitaker Rome May 28. Special can Leopold s capitulation makes it possible at least observers Here believe for Mussolini and the Pope to attempt mediation Italy s entry into the War is not excluded but peace efforts Are considered Likely. Mussolini has every reason to at tempt the super Munich if he were successful As the mediator he would achieve without having gone to War the expansion of his Empire through the Balkans and Egypt and the exemption of the allies from Gibraltar Tunis Corsica Malta and Suez italians believe. Premier Reynaud s announcement can scarcely be believed in Rome where Leopold s sister Marie Jose is wife of the Prince of Piedmont and foreigners alike thought at first that the radio announcements might have been a German trick. Few believed that this Young Man would prove King of the fifth Ottawa May 28. Conditions for she Start of the 1940 Grain crop prevailed this Spring in enral and Southern Manitoba southwestern and West Central Sas of Al ii Sta Kat Chewan and Over most to the Dominion Bureau Ristics said today in the first Ollo weekly Telegraph reports on crop conditions in the Prairie provinces. In Northern Manitoba and Central and Northern Saskatchewan and a Small portion of northeastern Al 3crla, moisture conditions Are very poor. About three quarters of the coarse Grain acreage has been seeded and the end of this week practically All the crop should be in i the ground. In Manitoba wheat seeding has j Een practically completed. In the ouch part of Manitoba moisture Are excellent and eral position when the result of the intense struggle now going on can be known and measured. This perhaps May not be until the beginning of next week. Meanwhile the House must pre pare itself for hard and heavy tid Ings. I have Only to add that Noth ing which can happen in this Battle can in any Way relieve us of our duty to defend the world cause to which we have bound ourselves nor can it destroy our Confidence in our Power to make our on 1 Orriner occasions in our through disaster and grief to ultimate defeat of our enemy. Hastings Lees Smith labor and sir Parcy Harris. Liberal praised what the latter called or. Church ill s dignified statement. Or. Lees Smith declared that whatever the prime minister might say in the future we have not yet touched the fringe of the Resolution of throughout Central Manitoba there is ample moisture for the present. In the Swan River Valley in the Northern Section of the Grain grow ing area of the province moisture conditions Are poor. Germination of the crop has been satisfactory and Early wheat is covering Ihu ground at a height of about four inches. No Frost or insect damage had yet been reported in Manitoba. Some slight damage has occurred through soil Drifting. In the Southern part of the province the pastures and Hay Meadows Are in Fine condition. In Central Manitoba the Sweet Clover has been badly damaged by Weevil. More about As for the refugees this problem column. In Disho Noring the name will fall to Hon. T. A. Crerar. Minis i of a father who won the admiration tar of immigration. He was in of the world As the fighting King of the belgians. Leopold has done a disservice to Royalty As Well. Liberal member Dies Toronto. May 2e. Up Charles v. Gallagher fit. Liberal member of the Ontario legislature for Coch Rane South died today in Hospital Heie. Conference this morning with immigration experts and later at r committee of the order May 28 Ftp the air ministry has placed a of order for link trainers the link manufacturing com Ganapo Oque. Ont. It was i m from the department and Supply. Tended the War Cabinet. There is no doubt of what the government will do. They will throw the country open to refugees and ask parliament to vote Money to Aid them and if Britain desires to ship her children her women and aged Folk to Canada there will be no limit on the number Canada will take. With War expenditures rising almost daily it is impossible to estimate exactly the outlay in. The current year. But the measure of what is now being done is Plain by comparison with 1914-18. Before the latest increases in air Force and army the estimate was for War budget this year. The total now will be close to. S800.000.000. This will be almost much As Canada s War expenditures from the outbreak of the great War in wit 10 i acc a. 1918, within six months of the armistice. In effect the govern ment is trying to Telescope the whole of Canada s War Effort of 1914-18 into the space of a year and a half. Continued from filipc better Days than those through which sve Are passing. Extremely grave the situation of the British and French armies now engaged in a most severe struggle and beset on three sides and from the air is evidently extremely grave. Surrender of the belgian army in this manner adds appreciably to the grievous peril but our troops Are in Good heart and fighting with the utmost discipline and tenacity. I shall of course abstain from com ment on what with the powerful assistance of the Royal Navy and the Royal air Force they Are doing or Hope to do. I expect to make a statement to the House on the Gen be match play started tuesday morn ing in the ladies Handicap tournament for the Tribune trophy Over Pine Ridge course. Monday s medal Winner mrs. K j. Annandale of Pine Ridge advanced at the expense of. Her club mate mrs. H. Hughes in a match which went to the 18th Green. Featuring the morning play were three tie games which necessitates an additional nine holes to be played this afternoon. Those involved in the tie matches were mrs. Bruce Campbell and mrs. Trafford Taylor mrs. G. Gow and mrs. E. J. Mackenzie and mrs. Gordon Ritchie and mrs. S. G. Herbert. Results of the morning s play Are As follows mrs. K. J. Annandale beat mrs. H. Hughes mrs. R. Rogers beat miss r. Russell mrs. Fred Hart beat mrs. W. W. Wright mrs. J. Dunwoody beat mrs. J. Norquay mrs. W. Edey beat mrs. J3. R. Finkelstein mrs e. Swensen beat mrs. A a. Woods mrs. Gilbert Adamson beat mrs. Lyman Van Vleit mrs. Hector Miller beat mrs. L. T. Ainley. Mrs. Stewart Campbell beat mrs. J. Peterson mrs. W. G. Mclellan beat mrs. Fred Archibald mrs g. B. Mctavish beat mrs. Ira Harn. Prove their tested. There was a Large number pro nazis in certain districts in Manitoba and some of them were naturalized Canadian citizens or. Smellie charged. A Canadian youth of German descent had told him that he had been invited to join a pro nazi organization. Or. Smellie said. At the afternoon session the farm debt situation in Manitoba and the j Dominion government s unemployment insurance legislation was Dis cussed. G. R. Cormack Secretary said that it would be unfair for the retail Trade in which there was Little unemployment to be assessed for unemployment insurance contribution on the same basis As Indus tries in which unemployment was seasonal. George Wood the association s new provincial organizer outlined modern merchandising practice in a Model Rural general store erected in the hotel. Organization of wholesale houses by co operative Effort of retail j store owners to enable their share holders to carry goods As cheaply j As Chain stores was the main sub acct under consideration at the monday evening session. F. P. I Mann senior of Devil s Lake n.d., who has organized such houses in the United states Lead the discus Sion and held they were the Only answer to Chain store organizations. Members of the association then examined comparative costs be-1 tween the two systems and found the retail owned prices were actually lower is Many cases. Reports from the front said that Harry s. Nowlan 804 to Rollo Genera trusts building phone 22 133 optometrist and optician local grown Paragus your neighbourhood Safeway store is featuring freshly picked tender Green asparagus. Serve asparagus hot or cold in salads or As a main course vegetable. Enjoy this tempting vegetable treat a Safeway stores limited More about London May 23. Duff Cooper minister of information declared tonight the danger of the British army is very final Victory can still be he said in a broadcast. We have not lost the War tonight and assuredly we shall not lost continued from Page one .--------------------------------4 East and West across Northern situation stabilized a French military spokesman said today that the situation along the Sorn me and Aisne apparently was o the coast Calais was reported still holding out against Ger Man Advance elements driving northward from Boulogne. A High military source said that the capitulation put the Allied North Ern armies in a very serious Situa Tion. But. He added the allies took new measures to lace the situation and their fight continued. The in Formant emphasized that the British had counter attacked successfully yesterday on the Lys River in an attempt to relieve German pressure on the belgians. The informant disclosed that the belgian army had already retired from the River Lys Ghent line be fore the capitulation order. But now he said Trie entire Allied left flank had been left and the French and British in the North were in a most difficult position this is without precedent in he asserted. Only last night Premier Hubert Pierlot of Belgium in a broadcast speech to the French and belgian nations from Paris had said that Belgium would continue to fight Side by Side with the allies until a common Victory had been attained regardless of what might come. 80-minute meeting the French War Cabinet had held an 80-minute meeting ending just before Midnight arid had Neard a report from general Maxime Wey Gand Allied Generalissimo. It had been believed ironically that this meeting had been based on continued belgian resistance and that Reynaud in his speech this morning would emphasize above All that Belgium fought on. Reynaud s news came at the moment when the germans had thrown into the Battle of Flanders tens of thousands of Shock infantry in addition to their tanks and Stuka dive bombing planes in a win or lose attempt to isolate and break up the everybody has an Opportunity to help win the War by buying War sayings certificates Atid War sayings Stamps apply at any Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce How to get original Rogers silverware at 5 Sunol Fth soap Carton ends printed Visith the Star Ana sunlit the dept. Hamilton ont., brints you6 allure Teaspoons. Matching Forks in arcs etc., available. Original Rogers 51lverplate o Teaspoons in Carton All in in be Gnu cd by j our system. A daily Glabb of Kovah will flu Poi Ion health and Pep. More about continued from past out the Winnipeg foundation making gilts to Charity. Sending As Large a number of Chil Dren As possible to Canada so that the adults can fight to the last ditch knowing that a fresh Genera Tion of britons has been saved. The feeling grows Here that every person should be delegated with the responsible task of helping to protect the country. A move ment is under Way to encourage self Reliance Foster a spirit of Independence and arouse in individuals a sense of resistance and neigh Borly Ca operation. Awaiting outcome in the meantime the nation awaits the outcome of the situation of the expeditionary Force harassed by enemy tanks and bombers be Hind the lines and facing the full blast of the total enemy Effort yet realizing that a powerful blow must ;