Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 03, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday june 3, 1940 by British German planes Downe re War s next great Ujj Rumania the Balkans population Spain population troops German by pass around Suez blocked by allies Turkey troops Trade lifeline of allies and Taly carries an estimated 50 million ions of freight through Gibraltar 2nd 30 million tons through Suez annually Egypt Arabia Iraq Palestine French North Africa Iran and trans Jordan proposed italian by pass around Suez blocked by allies in Sudan population. Rooms including italian East Africa and Libya population Page eleven air losses Berlin june 3. Cap morning newspapers today published an a peal to adventuresome energetic German youth to Volunteer Lor training As air Force officers i the British broadcasting corporation in a broadcast picked up in new York by the National Broad casting company said an Appeal it had heard Over the German radio was indicative that the German air Force had suffered heavy losses. The British air ministry has computed Germany s losses in the air at three to one in favor of the allies. Moke about from Page one the dual n made Tor War. Political and economic in Nores exploded in for 4.000 i ars. The pressures were never Spring of h140. The people round a. struggle for advantage if the mid Terrane ii area have nearly Lii incur times As Many As Man the fortifications Al mate. Its lanes Are vital to the existence of three Powers. Britain. Franco and Italy. No ship can enter he great Atlantic and Parisie Trade lanes save under he eyes of British guns at Suez and Gibraltar. Regenerated Turkey ally of Britain holds the Black sea Gate a inc Dardanelles. Germany has tried since bismark to circumvent Britain s domination in rain to bag Clad Raih Vay one Ipi Elk. Today the Road is open to he bul to Baghdad the line is in control Italy also som it a to 1 i i by pass the Mediterranean of Suez and Gibraltar. The i attempt halted by the War of Only to Istanbul. From Stan if Turkey. Africa through Libra but that Roule is blocked by the Anglo egyptian Sudan South of Egypt. The Mediterranean remains the Only cheap natural route for the movement of Bull goods from the countries on its shores. The other routes Are emergency makeshift. The blockade of the Mediterranean at and Gibraltar coupled the North sea bks Kadi. Presumably cuts off Germany from supplies by sea. That leaves Only the Balkan tack door open for movement of her vital Oil. Bread stuffs and fodder. Through that Back door in peace Lime great quantities of raw and foodstuffs move to Germany from countries contiguous to t be Mediterranean. Almost half their Commerce in was Germany. Italy has a Fleet of submarines the tactical answer to any attempt it absolute blockade of her lifelines in the Mediterranean and the nature of the sea favors submarine warfare. N i i i til net copyright Lotus Iii june it Ilaff a St 10 7 n i Gregory Clark. Star newspaper service. Past months 1 have seen tin As us most terrible sights of my life but of lev two trams Side by Ido in a railway of a Channel e i to t be finale of All 01 this sur War. From Iii windows of one train stared Halyard 1 pc of last ditchet.-1 from Dunkirk. And from windows of the hut the laces of Hundred of the most Beautiful children perhaps in ail the world tin1 Flaxen haired Bright eyed Chil Dren of England. Cd Betti la i i -.0 c Sci or i p 1c 1 blk i Uthi ill in Eracli bailed were j m coast l Lola parts o in of the troops just straggle off their r these iwo train j clip but 1hc guards " who have soft ii enc. Tic to Ilie Littie ones Foj Tonj was being to England. Rear guard action ail of Louvain. 75 i of the came off. Formed up and marched l l Lute parts of England. Waiting train. The old j queer astonishment these two j Boatman asked to be set Down for i is gazed and i give to Yotti i a minute so he could watch tie task of finding ii yet the Forth tin a mysterious and guards stride past the old and the Haggard men. Not a Stone Jelly had a us Point at its head. Its lieutenant was the _ j ninth Duke of North Umbi 11 ind wild Over Sec England again. J for bearer was hotspur and to Tec Hundred ships twist i of whose sires Many died under the us la off Dunkirk Shore to try henrys. This one. Absent flu n the it u a off the last ditcher.-, head of his platoon lies bum cd also i i i Man divisions Are by Iii hurl in France. As i stood by the old cd the Marsh and Sand my Boatman and watched the Lead to this great i platoon of guards March i i led j to remember the words in shake Fps parc s Henry fifth where King Hal says. Now Noea in England will think themselves at he r e ten t i ing Forth in a mysterious and c Hue and the hag Garci men. Not to of whom dreamed through the to u d weeks of inferno that be cursed they were not Here i n share this Oemig v. N haps Over there you feeling which now is tempering the Secl of the British heart Here. At this moment grave news of Italy threatens. Ten Days ago i hesitated to think How it would have bowed with despair these millions. Today thanks to this great Miracle of the Channel news of Italy minor item the Hen taken upon St. Crispin s Day northumberland.? were their and old Boatmen too. You like to look that Passa Shakespeare tonight. It will explain what these British have. J so let the Clouds gather. New trains join the tireless processions of Ira inroads of children with their Little bundles in Between tic train Quad. Deaths and funerals going on. Those taken out by the French Navy were reported to be now in France and it was Exir Eincle difficult to give even As estimate o f the number brought out in the withdrawal. I the troops now in lie defence lines around Dunkirk was said in be largely French but some scots were at their Side. During the night hours it was revealed new Rescue ships and Allied War vessels steamed up to the Dunkirk beaches and even into the wrecked Harbor took aboard i full loads of troops and raced Back i to England. Air attacks Lessen German air attacks the arriving i troops said. Lessened in intensity i during the night which was de scribed As comparatively peaceful in contrast with the previous terrific barrages. However guns of the German land forces kept up an unceasing barrage. Even so. Casualties were reported surprisingly Small. Reports from Paris said that Ger Man land sea and air forces renewed Savage attacks on Dunkirk today making evacuation of the remaining Allied forces there increasingly difficult. The nazi attacks failed however to halt the withdrawal operations a French military spokesman declared largely due to the work of the British and French air forces. The Allied planes it was said shot Down Large numbers of Ger Man fighters bombed communication lines and strafed the Swift Tor Pedo carrying motorboats with which the germans have been at tacking transports. Nearly at an end the withdrawal from Dunkirk was nearly at an end. As a Fleet of "00 or More Allied warships and merchant vessels of every a scrip alvin1 Gerald Tiernan j a Loraine Man. Alvin Tiernan. 23, son of or. And mrs. lion sought to ferry the last troops Tiernan. Danci. Man., died at to safety. I Andrew s Hospital. Bottineau while the Rescue ships arrived. May 28. After recurrent illness old took on their passengers and steam about five years. He lived All his cd away again. German infantry Ife in the District North of delo a wading Waist deep through Dun Raine. He is survived by his father Kirk s flooded marshes faced a bar and Mother six Sisters. Mrs. W. Rage of artillery fire from the allies Boissevain mrs. C. Jordon. Mam-1 covering the Retreat and waiting ton mrs. R. White. Gull Lake. Hopefully for the appearance of the last units of the army of general Rene Prioux. Erma at Bottineau Helen and Rosa Belle at Home and five Brothers. Howard Meadow Portage and Wal lace. Norman. Wilson and Reginald at Home. The funeral was held from the United Church Lodolo Raine cemetery. May 30. James Din Wall Deloraine Ivian. James Ding 57. Farmer of this District who died May 29, was buried tune 1. From the United Church to Deloraine Ceme Tery. He came from Aberdeen Scotland in 1907. And in 1909 mar ried Mary Ann Milan who survives with three daughters. Mrs. Lbanks. Whitewater Man. Mrs. By tanks plunged into the flood pud Fiell. Crandall Man., and Dor a from open coastal canals Othy at Home and seven sons Wil. Wave after wave of German Ham. George and Henry of Birch troops tried to Cross the water it was general Prioux s tanks and armoured cars which played a vital part in covering the 40-mile withdrawal from Lille to the sea after King Leopold capitulation exposed the Allied Northern flank. German guns were said to be pouring out a ceaseless bombard ment in an attempt to cover the infantry movements and blast the British and French from their fiercely held Point of debarkation. Merciless combat developed As the nazi soldiers no longer shield River James Boissevain Norman. Camp Shilo. And Alfred and Frank at Home. His Mother. Mrs. George Dingwall. And a brother George in Scotland also survive. Helga Nolc Dame. Section of Taris. Aho Ivinia Hie Kiim Tower at kit. Paris was bombed by Nai i air planes monday for the first time in this War. Must of the bombs however fell in the Western outskirts of tic City at the left of the map in this layout and famed Pari Sian landmarks Wen untouched. Some of these the Arch of Triumph the opera notre Dame Cathe dral and the Eiffel Tower Are shown Here. More about re beaches part vain delusion 1 spent the week end in vain Delu in that i might n e Lin. Last the men taken off from Dunkirk. Even if 15 divisions do take Dun Kirk it will be weeks before the last of those britishers will be taken off. Fur weeks to come British ships from destroyers Down to j skiffs will haunt those Sand dunes j watching Cor signals. A new shark i Pimpernel blooms j thi1 Kentish shores Noble lords on decks of Al warships and pot bellied old boat-1 men. The kind you have seen m punch cartoons. Leaning against at sea those ships and boats More comic mind or strange than any that have Arm a cd there of old. The Flat boats of Caesar or the six Hundred ship j increased the Tempo o of William of Normandy. Conic gun fire Between Cthel and Sodai what May. The British have us Casl Cri Parl of his front. Hearts laced up. Do Vve Rcd. Reminiscent of the Early quiet Days before there was no new development throughout the German combat planes were re ported unusually Active in the Hazard it was said and each showed great gaps1 As the individual attacks ended. The survivors stumbled Back to the High ground and the dead and wounded disappeared in the few feet of murky Marsh. Authorized sources declared i4d German planes were shot Down Over Dunkirk Friday and saturday and that 44 German tanks been put out of commission by one Allied infantry division. Married to Olafur Olsen in 1376. She _ came to Canada in 1878 and settled cd c toss d of Liq in Nova Scotia moved to Winnipeg a fifino in 1s82 where she resided till 1903. At ctr. Finally coming to Oak Point in 1923. _ the id and t Relief drive crossed the s6.000, daughters. Mrs. O. Anderson. Also announced Minnedosa. Man., and mrs. George Oak Point ulan. Helga Olson. J 88. One of the oldest settlers in the District died May 29 at the Home of her youngest son. L. A i. Olson. She was born in Melas Cit Barga i fjord. Seishin. Iceland and was Moke Adol t Benson of Deepdale. Man. Funeral took place from Oak i june 1. To ves Foid cemetery. The eco Hal scan sector especially new Siren bomb that it is sending 50 new ambulances the British red Cross to replace i those lost in the Battle of Flanders. Jhc vehicles it was said will be supplemented by huge shipments if _ i surgical dressings medicines Hospi Vav in Kier. Man. I school and supplies of m sports was most successful with i Mic hundreds of children from Plum school games at Winkler Coulee. Winkler Rosenfeld. Morden and new York ;