Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 30, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free press vol. Pages. Sun rises 4.20 Sun sets. 20.35. Moon rises 1.31 Moon sets 13.53. Winnipeg thursday May 30, 1940 warm. Reaching Englan j i grim Battle goes on Channel ports naval suns such As those pictured on the British battleship in the foreground Are covering the withdrawal of British and French troops from the holocaust in Flanders s massed German troops near the coast. Those arc French warships in background. Olt Iuva Mayto. Up appointments of 20 officers to senior staff and command posts in the second division Cana Dian a Jevc service Force under major general Victor odium 01 v divisional commander were announced today by Hon. Norman Mcl. Rogers the appointments follow corny under 2nd divisional Artil Lery. Brigadier r. A. Fraser v.d., Montreal. Commander 2nd divisional engineers . 3. P. Mackenzie. . . Vancouver. Commander 2nd divisional Sifi f. S. My Persun. I m.c., . Toronto. Commander 4th infantry Bri Gade col. C. B. Topp. . . Ottawa. Commander Ini Aniro brigade p. E. La Clerc. . . Montreal. Cumma Tirier 1th infantry brigade. D. . Victoria. Defence minister. Who col. C. B. Topp has been named commander of the fourth infantry brigade Sec Ond division . By Grant Dexter. Ottawa ont., May 30. Only a week commander 2nd divisional Royal j in office. Hon. C. G. Power minister for air defence has begun reorganization which already has toppled some of the chiefs from their positions and which is certain to affect profoundly can adult. Capt. A. H. Fraser. Ottawa and major p. M. Milletto Kingston. Assistant adjutant and Quarter master general . E. G. Weeks m.c., ., Ottawa. Appointments continued on Page 7. Column 2 by Grant Dexter Ottawa. Out. May 30. Special vitally important respect. The government has succeeded a filling he Gap caused in Canada s by Britain s Deci Sion made under the compulsion of events in France to withhold and supplies essential to War training in the Dominion. Alternative sources of Supply for aircraft engines and equipment to enable the air training plan to proceed on not More swiftly i Han was teen found. Credit for this achievement largely to Hon. C. D. Or -.ve. Minister o munitions and Supply and Hon. C. G. Power the new minister for air. When the full Story of the past 30 Days is known it will be Clear that in the face of Britain s Deci Sion which might have been expected to paralyse the air training plan these ministers instead of Down the Tempo under the p an. Seeded it up. The contract system was scrapped and construction work rushed on nil Fields hangars Fri Barracks called for by the plan. Or. Howe it May now be said. G. To into an air plane and vent himself to find the air equip ment without which the whole scheme would big Down. Accord ing to information Here he succeeded at least to the extent of waking pud the schedules of the plan. Only this however is partial Success. Jared the de re termination Here is to accelerate the plan and. To this end. The scarch. For sources of Supply which can deliver equipment in Advance of the present schedules will be continued. Readings for full report of meteorological office see Page Nineteen. Temperature Lou during night fi.30 . May 30 noon. May 30 2-00 . May 30 High May w. 1939 the Pace and effectiveness of Canada s Effort in the air. Or. Power has strengthened the position of the department in parliament by the Way he has taken hold of this Branch of the fighting services. He has changed the command reorganized the air training plan and is shaking up the administrative staff bringing in new blood wherever the need exists. Or. Powell s Swift action May have repercussions in the National defence department. There is a very Strong feeling in parliament and in the country As Well that drastic measures Are required in the army. No criticism is heard of the Navy. Whether Hon. Norman Mcl. Rogers will follow or. Power s Lead is regarded As Uncertain. But among Liberal members it is hoped that he will. . Inspector general air vice marshal g. M. Croil formerly chief of the air staff and the head of the air Force has been appointed inspector general of the . Command now passes to air Commodore l. S. Breadner. Who has hitherto been second to ail vice marshal Croil. Thus has the War crisis in France affected one of Canada s lighting reorganization continued on Page 7. Column 2 crop report the Winnipeg free press first crop report will be found on pages 10 and 11. Ottawa May 30. At least 50 instructors to teach elementary flying at civilian schools under the British Commonwealth air training plan Are urgently needed it was Learned Here today at Headquarters of the Canadian flying clubs association. The 23 Amateur flying clubs affiliated with the association will operate the majority of the 26 elementary flying training schools to be set up under the plan of which half have already started Organiza Tion. Each club school will require from 12 to 15 instructors and the Canadian flying clubs association Here has opened a Central registration Roll to Aid the clubs in selecting instructors. Applicants for instructors positions must have at least 50 hours flying experience. In addition they must either hold instructors licenses or be ready to undergo Neces sary training to qualify As instructors before being assigned to one of the club schools scattered across the country. No wasting paper urges u. S. Entry Gary ind., May 30 bup the Gary Post Tribune today editorially urged an immediate declaration of War against Germany by the United states As the Only method of pre venting defeat of the allies and halting world wide expansion of nazi dictatorship. Such a declare lion the editorial said would fortify the morale of the allies and would keep Italy troops London May 30. Air ministry today issued an account of How a Royal air Force Pilot captured by the Ger mans was threatened with death but escaped and returned to the Allied armies. The ministry announcement said a fighter Pilot who landed his damaged plane in Germon held territory was arrested and taken to a Small courtyard crowded wit i Bel Gian civilians. At hourly intervals groups of civilians were ordered out summarily questioned shot. A German officer in charge of the firing squad told the Pilot it will be your turn the Pilot protested that he was an officer in uniform who had come Down be Hind the German lines As a result of Aerial combat. The officer replied you Are a spy or a franc Mireur like All these. Waiting until a new group going to face the firing squad afforded the cover of momentary confusion he did a flying leap through a Small closed window and with Only a slight Cut on the Cheek landed out Side and got Clear away. Not one shot was fired by the surprised Ger mans. He slept on a Haystack and next Day mingled with refugees and was Given a lift in a dutch car. On the afternoon of the second Day he got Over the Border and reached London May 30. Of first arrivals from the Flanders Battleground reached England to night in warships transports Anc Hospital uniforms torn and their faces Grimy bearded and powder burned. The ships were conveyed across the English Channel through a tempest of bombs and machine gun fire. One Hospital ship was reported to have undergone a strafing while loading casualties in a French port. The funnels were pierced by bul lets and the porthole windows shattered. People on the coast watched with horror the British wounded those Able to walk who streamed from ships which had come across the Channel under German air plane fire who stared before them wit i fixed gaze As if asleep who were dirty limping bloodstained their uniforms smeared with grime and mud some with sole less boots some with but one shoe some with newly British continued on Page 3. Column 3 Roosevelt to ask Washington May 30 bup president Roosevelt tomorrow will ask Congress for another 000 for the armed forces and for from entering the conflict on the training a Murion men to Back up Side of Germany. Our stand against Hitler would ring like a Bell of Freedom through out the spineless Neutral the editorial said if we wait a Mouth or two it May be too 17 reach Haven London May 30 up five British soldiers and 12 norwegian refugees have reached a scottish port after escaping from German occupied sections of Norway. Their boat was wrecked off the scottish coast. The Active services. The programme will boost 1941 defence appropriations to a record peacetime High of around he said the new programme was necessitated by world events since he asked Congress two weeks ago for a supplemental de Fence appropriation. Or. Roosevelt s decision to ask for the extra funds came As he Organ a civilian defence Council at a momentous White House meeting attended by most of the Cabinet con Gressional leaders and the chiefs of the army and Navy. Busy Day flies floats and swims London May 30 fighter Pilot of a Royal air Force Squadron reported on his Day s work yester Day shot Down three nazi fight dive bomber jumped by from my crippled Hurri until picked up by and was landed at ers and a dive Parachute Cane swam paddle Steamer the air ministry made Public his report i was in formation of nine air Craft patrolling Dunkirk. Toward the Enri of our patrol we Sig Tea the end of our n about nine Messerschmidt 109 igers a dog fight ensued. A Messerschmidt 109 started climbing away from me. I open a fire at 100 Yards and the second burst set him on fire. I then turned attacked another Mes Sersic 109. Firing from astern. His port Wing folded up. Right and ser Schmitt junkers 88 flew across my path and after an attack his starboard engine emitted Black smoke and he half rolled into the sea. I was then hit underneath by Cannon Shell. As i did a Complete turn to the right. I saw a Messer Schmitt 110 flying past i did a beam attack on him. His starboard engine smoked and he turned on his Back and fell into the sea. I then turned to the right and saw a Large number of enemy air Craft so i turned sharply to the left and saw at least 80 enemy aircraft 12 Pei ants Down planes i mss 30 up a single Squadron of 12 British defiant fighter places shot Down 37 German planes yesterday the air ministry announced today. On dive the Boulton Olane Britain smaller and faster than the widely used Hurricane the is listed in Jane s All the world s aircraft As believed to be the fastest air plane of. Its class in service. F proceeding in the direction of do ver. A number of them immediately turned on me so i headed for Home twisting and turning to avoid at tack. Whichever Way i turned i ran into fire. My Hurricane was hit a number of times. Two shells smashed the instrument panel and three More struck underneath. The engine stopped and flames appeared Over the Wing roots. I was at 400 feet and tried to get out but could not so i pulled the stick Back from a crouching position on the seat. As the Hurricane stalled i got Over the port Side and took a header. I was being fired at so i delayed pulling the ripcord As Long As possible. I left the fighter at Eoo feet. My Parachute worked perfectly. My life jacket held me up Well with one deep breath in it i was picked up by a paddle Steamer and landed at London May part of the British expeditionary re ported at several been evacuated from Flanders it was officially announced Here today while reports from Paris asserted that the bulk of a trapped and battered French army had fought its Way through powerful Ger Man lines and is now moving into defence positions on the English Channel coast. The news of the successful withdrawal of a Section of the British forces under the magnificent rearguard Protection of heroic Allied sacrifice units was officially confirmed late today by the ministry of in formation there was no official estimate of he number of troops which had been withdrawn or the numbers which still Are engaged in combat with the germans. The announce ment appeared to indicate however that the bulk of the forces which it was possible to remove already had been evacuated. The ministry s statement said in View of increased German pressure on their Northern and Southern flanks the . And French forces in the North have been forced to fall Back toward the coast where a Battle is now raging. This operation has been carried out with great skill and daring. Troops not immediately engaged have been evacuated with the assist Ance of the Royal Navy. This operation is proceeding with Success and numbers of troops have already reached this country. The withdrawal and evacuation has been screened by the r.a.f., who have been constantly engaged with the enemy. British troops Are operating with the French in the sector South of the the statement indicated that at least some of the British forces withdrawn from the North had been transported to the Southern front since the presence of British troops on the Somme front had hot previously been reported. There was no indication of what losses May have been incurred by the British in the evacuation. Balking the German drive to turn the Flanders pocket into a Sieve the Allied troops have been slowly re treating northwestward under the Protection of their air forces toward Dunkirk where British and French warships were helping keep the battered port open As an embarkation Point. The fighting gathered momentum during the Day. Furiously launched this is the Way the Battle front in Flanders looked today. French army continued on Page 5, column 3 Clarion Case is adjourned to Friday preliminary hearing of two of the four partners in the mid West Clarion communist weekly paper published in Winnipeg on 13 breaches of the defence of Canada regulations proceeded before magistrate r. B. Graham in City police court thursday morning. On trial were John Weir alias Wywiorski alias Vieri sky editor and William Arnold Tuomi Book keeper. S. Greenberg is acting for them. At the conclusion of the morn ing session the hearing was adjourned to Friday morning. John Magnus Clarke and Annie s. Buller assistant editor and Busi Ness manager respectively the other two accused left Winnipeg before mid West Clarion offices were raided March 5, and have not returned. Warrants for their arrest have not been executed. The charge the charge proceeded with. Thursday morning alleges that Weir and Tuomi with Annie bul Ler and Clarke did unlawfully being officers of an association organization or society known As the communist parly of Canada print or distribute a certain edition of a newspaper known As the mid West Clarion dated feb. 17, 1940, containing material reports or statements in tended or Likely to cause disaffection to his majesty contrary to regulation 39a of the defence of Canada regulations. Or. Greenberg agreed with a. A. Moffat k.c., Crown prosecutor that the evidence heard in the one charge be taken As read in the other charges so far As it was applicable to each of the other 12 counts. Charged jointly with the four accused on one count Are Edna Gertrude Shunaman alias Clarke wife of j. M. Clarke employed in the office of the mid West Clarion and Bertha Celia Smith stenographer. Inspector h. W. H. Williams r.c.m.p., and detective David Nicholson City police told of raid ing the office of the mid West Clarion 406 Chambers of com Merce building. Princess Street March 5, when Clarke Bertha Smith and Tuomi were arrested. Weir was arrested at his Home. Nazi disciple province dismisses pro Hitler teacher cancellation of the teaching License of John p. Dyck confessed nazi and teacher in the Morden District of Manitoba was announced thursday by Hon. Ivan schuitx., minister of education. Dyck who published his View on nazism my the in a mennonite paper was dismissed on unanimous recommendation of the discipline committee of the department. Notice of the cancellation has been sent to Royal Canadian mounted police Headquarters by the committee which met wednes Day and heard Dyck reiterate his pro nazi views. It is the definite intention of the department of education concurred in by the advisory Board to keep the schools of Manitoba free from any subversive prop declared the minister s statement. Only a few cases have been called to the attention of the de destroyers lost London May 30. Up the admiralty announced tonight that the destroyers Graf ton. Grenade a n d Wakeful had been lost. Munition Deal apartment and these Are being promptly investigated and where necessary effective action will be or. Schultz further pointed out that the great body of teachers in Manitoba were above suspicion written before War Dyck in his article written be fore the War acknowledged his debt to Canada and then went on to say can i in View of All his also be a National socialist and say Heil. Hitler i can answer this question in the affirmative from the Bottom of my heart after serious with a and honest firm voice. Consideration yes. Yes. I am a German National socialist and i acknowledge Adolf Hitler Chancellor of the German Empire As my personal Leader since the world knows greater Leader at tile present later in his article the 32-Ycar nazi teacher continued on Page 5. Column 4 Ottawa Way 30. Department u munitions and Supply announced today that Dut Iny the past week purchases Worth More than on Canadian account were made of special munition machines machine tools and other equipment which will be used to boost production 01 Canadian plants by rounds of Small arms ammunition a year. Scribe expelled Rome May 30 authorities today expelled Pierre Gal , French correspondent o the newspaper Paris soil. The reason was not made Public. But friends said they understood it italians had found some of Galluzzi s recent articles to be objectionable. He was the 12th foreign Corres pendent to be expelled since aug. 1, 1933, and the second live of the Paris soil to be put out of Italy within the last year. One Man supervisor urged for Industry appointment 0f one Man As War time head of Canadian Industry to co ordinate the Industrial War Effort now under the direction of several government department -., was suggested at a closed session of. The Canadian manufacturers citation in the Royal Alexandra Holuj. Thursday meeting to consider War production and Supply suggested one Delegate suggested that major general a. G. L. Mcnaugh ton officer commanding the first Canadian division be appointed to this Post. Two members urged a change in government at Ottawa to Speed up the National War Effort but others opposed any change. R. W. Mayhew m.p., for Victoria while saying he believed All j provincial relations during the War. Was recommended the report of the special committee of the association presented by h. K. Thomp son Toronto chairman of the com Mittee. L. W. Simms. Sui it John n.b., urged that the is Ocie Tion conduct a persistent Campaign durin to . Sible pressure should be brought continued on pah i on the Dominion government f. J urge it to vigorous prosecution Oil if the War defended the King admin is ration which was also warmly Jedi Sniuolis ind., May m. To up championed by a French Canadian j Shaw of Indianapolis i Delegate. Implementation of the report in the Royal commission on Dominion Day von a 500-mile ii coasting to Victory through the rain ;