Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 29, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Price 5c per copy edition with comics inc Carrier in Winnipeg 25c per week. Winnipeg wednesday May 29, 1940 reported after . Ai As troop trains arrive Sun shines unto Hod oos Diers Oum went out a hitch strength of 5.000 troop Shiro Camp. Man. Arrival of the last Ops have moved in Battery. And a Small detachment Field ambulance. Royal Irmy medical corps from Edmonton. Ood earlier in the morning a train from Lethbridge. Alia., brought the the Dominion will Contin t Shullo Camp on tuesday. They were . W. E. Commanding officer of the 2nd anti tank Field regiment from Leth Bridge. And Lieut col. P. C. Tech commanding officer of the Otic artillery Field regiment who came on his school years he a the Edmonton Irain. From Vancouver. The 20lh anti tank Battery is have he in eni in. Sixty quilts for gaming Bouse at 577 Selkirk Avenue the option was one month in jail. May j9. Canadian 8.000 or More items of Hospital sup Lethbridge outfit Inlet mint Camp cowboys who have turned gunner for the duration. The other unit comes an Appeal for More to instill in Thorn have Only a Little work in hand. Will you p ease Rush us out a shipment As Leer of the 20th is major h. Singer of the 108i.li. Major b. Greaves. I headline a Lith batteries have Moil dangerous you know i age does nil make decay what Causten he decay is fungus. Bryce s homemade bread is different Cabinet ire belgians forming Strong new army Paris May 29. Up Ziavas. French Agency Belgium s govt Rumbut in Oxile last night began recruiting several Hundred lilo Saud belgian refugees in this cum in for further resistance against Ger Many after repudiating Xing Leopold s surrender to the in a state nent interpreted As a dethrone ment of the Monarch. Headed by Premier Hubert Pic lot and with the support of the presidents of both Chambers of the belgian parliament the Cabinet in exile mobilized ships Cash reserves and even factory machinery i hurriedly brought Here from Belgium at the be a ginning of the German offensive in the Low countries. In a symbolic gesture pre Mier Laid a mourning Wreath during the Clay on the statue of King Albert i. Who led Belgium against Germany from 1914 to Victory in 1918. Shortly after this he broadcast the proclamation which disowned Albert s son. Leopold 111. For order ing tile surrender to Germany. Henri Denis Bel Gian minister of National defence conferred last night Wilh a parliamentary delegation. The govern ment is still functioning it was emphasized under a mandate to fight the invader voted by the planning War Effort Aid Ottawa May 29. Members of the House of commons met in caucus today without prime minister Mackenzie King or Mem Bers of the Cabinet to form study groups and Lay plans for making a greater contribution to the govern ment s War Effort. Eight committees of 17 members each will be formed under the Fol lowing headings air Navy militia. Parliament the Day German troops Home defence munitions and sup ply finance agriculture labor in employ men to rehab Ilita lion. It will be the duly of these committees to study what is being done in these branches of government activities what should be done Ond How greater efficiency and expedition May be achieved. Germans admit losses Are heavy Berlin May 20. German sources admitted last night that naturally German losses have been heavy in the drive against the Northern Allied army in Flanders and Arlois but said that these were considered Worth while in View of the the losses mostly were among in Fantry troops these sources claimed. British and French communiques have told repeatedly of German attacks without regard for loss of their men and materials. German loss of pilots and air Crews is also considered to be heavy in View of the estimate that some nazi planes have been downed since the invasion of the Low countries started crossed the Border. Young Belg ians ready two Days ago before the King s surrender was even hinted huge concentrations of Able bodied Young belgians were already gathering in the South of France the former belgian foreign minister Paul by mans revealed preparing to join their comrades at the front. Some of Young men belonged to belgian military units thrust across French Border by the German id Vance North of Sedan. Others came As refugees. The associated press in a despatch from Paris said the proclamation by Premier Pierlot de claiming King Leopold stripped of his Powers was considered in the French capital to have established the Rule of the Pierlot government Iver Belgium s african a group of belgian jurists Here cited the specific articles of the Constitution under which Pic lot s government took Over full Power As follows the King has in Powers not formally granted him in the Constitution according to article 78 none of his acts is official unless counter signed by a no minister could be induced to approve the King s order of sur Render. Hence it was invalid these sources said. Under article 82 of the cons Titu the King s Powers when he for any reason is unable to exer Cise them himself arc exercised by the ministers of the government meeting in Council in the name of the belgian people and on their a own responsibility. The government continues to exercise these Powers until and unrelieved of its obligation by of parliament. The King it observed has sworn to of this Constitution and to Cher Power Only according to its provisions. The French evening press denounced King Leopold As a traitor abandoning his allies warning in face of German attack. Air miracles London May 29 up air Secretary sir Archibald Sinclair praised today the almost miraculous achievements of the Royal air Force and then warned that the attack of Germany upon Britain will test to the utmost our Faith in the destiny of our country and the Justice of our a spurt in aviation manufacture will soon give the Royal air Force a numerical Edge Over the nazi air the times predicted today. Son we have today and said that and will Tell you that ids of persons his naturalization is Only a cloak respond with to do undercover n persons in Deli sales also that we Delegate thorough investigation into our m he o need Bert Plains also Send along any sewing that is needed. You ii St Send along what you think is and we will be glad to do in Wasj Tillig Cnoc department at Ottawa of some cracks men fail eap Oil to obtain loot Talian Camp civilians fill posts vacated by recruits Rome May 29. Began taking Over some posts left by men called to arms today As the belgian collapse on the Northern front heightened Italy s War Fervour and made Active italian intervention appear to be Only a question of Days. Young fascists served As traffic cd Utiss killed says bbl arranged by the provincial Calgary. The a Lith is n Nel been most Gratifying according to of the committee. Home. May 29 but1 Germany experimenting with a new and ravenous Type of Grasshopper which Rock Csc the devours All kinds of Grain Partick Lurly wheat Barley Corn and Rye ii was reported today. These Grasshoppers it was said could be to the British and dropped by the millions Oruo farms in an Effort to starve the British people. Washing Tom an unsuccessful attempt made on the Safe in the office Relief fund Mav 29. The City Auto wrecking company. 783 main Street tuesday night. When the door of the Safe failed to yield after the combination dial had been knocked off. The cracks men left. Goods valued at s25 were snatched fro the window of Reiner s jew Elev store. 703 main Street which was broken by a smash grab thief shortly before 3.30 . Wednesday convicted of assault with intent bup Rob. Donald Phillip Young que Mac need to nine tuesday evening. Mrs. W. A Coll uni a member of the committee and or. Lowe waited on the school Board where they were enthusiastic ally received. The suggestion was made that stumps and savings certificates might be sold through the was schools and the Board was warmly unanimous in its approval. On the suggestion of or. Lowe a Small committee was struck i or the Pur pose of co labor tiny with a sub commit uce the wider pro Ocial body to work out details. Sales in departmental store where Booths have been arrange on the main floors arc reported a no. Though after month. It should also be tin Best decree a patriotic Effort Anc and he 91st a Calgary Battery. They have trained together at Edmonton during the Winter. The 23rd . Is a Calgary been training at commanding officer d. Harkness. W. Browne Camp expected to take police. And Jie meted women and girls of Home were seen in uniforms astride motorcycles equipped for anti air raid duties. At the same time the italian press claimed that any Chance the French and British had of obtaining continued italian non Bolliger. Icy by Bably had been lost. Also returned to italian Ines with reports of anti so demonstrations together reminders that Spain might Sec a Chance now to recover Gibraltar. The doors for unrestricted de parture from Italy were closed last night on British and French nationals in what some observers took for another step toward War. The government also announced j volunteers arc being recruited into a Parachute . With technique borrowed from the German troops work of jesuits praised by Lahey As educators and missionaries every land under the British members of the Jesuit order have contributed greatly to the growth lot Empire sentiment said Rev Gerald f. Lahey. At a luncheon the Empire club in the georgian had Over the Camp. Wednesday on re dropped behind combat lines. Turn from Winnipeg. During a visit the exit visa requirement c the Camp. Tuesday he held a of commanding sentence suspended on cattle thieves their hitherto Clear and Nick Koziar. Of sentences suspended printed room 01 the wednesday. Is the fact t something just for i in delegates that i was sentenced to nine hum. Nos i be chairman Norman h. Davis of f today or this week or his Mondi. Of an expensive red Cross late yesterday month at Hendy police i hut is a continuing Effort Day by morning. Day week after week and Hudson s Bay for two years by judge j. G. Cory county court judges criminal father Lahey Dean of the English court when they pleaded faculty St. Paul s College pointed i theft of 17 cattle valued at out that to jesuits from All Over Srorn John Winzowski. Aug. 8. The Empire a Haj meet and share a common experience at the Many Jesuit colleges the ties of Empire mean a eat Deal. The two men must make restitution of the value of the cattle within one year and must also pay clamped on in a Surprise move stopped the departure without permission from Italy or her colonies of citizens of any countries which impose similar restrictions on italians. That applied to French British and egyptians. British and French nationals who sought information about the length of time required before they could obtain visas were informed those details were not yet available. There was speculation As to whether Premier Mussolini might have influenced Leopold s surrender through King Victor Emmanuel of Italy. Tie King is the father in Law of Princess ?.laria Jose sister of Leo Pold and wife italian Crown Prince Unberto. New York. May 29 Cap of parachutists employed by the germans in the Conquest of Holland approximately were killed the British broadcasting corporation re ported today in a French language broadcast picked up Here and trans lated by the National broadcasting company. Some of the parachutists were shot Down by Netherlands troops the broadcast said but a Large num Ber were killed when they landed too soldiers rail fare Ottawa. May 29. Nor Man Mcl. Rogers minister of National defence promised in the House of commons last night that his department would consider suggestions irom several members that soldiers on leave in Canada he furnished with transportation to their Homes and permitted to draw advances on their pay. To direct munitions Ottawa May 29. F. Drysdale. Vice president of the Montreal locomotive works since 1932. Has been appointed director of munitions of the department munitions and Supply it a As announced today. He will serve with out remuneration ;