Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 13, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Nei service f e eld Ottawa. June 13. Up from the Busy Halls parliament sailors Soldier and airmen yesterday car ried the body of Hon. Norman Mcl. After a Brief and simple funeral monday or. Rogers left the same i scene his labor As minister of cations defence in a journey which ended in his Dalh in an nil plane near Newtonville ont. A tic of the funeral service a Rev. Stuart Ivison. Of Baptist Church and Bishop a. G. Wills principal protestant Chap Iii Ai nned forces. Prime minister stepped to the cof Fin to Public a last message trim he tied minister. In he Faith will fight on i endure. Hike he offensive and we will Vero he words of the Mes it Hull on rail or. Kini explained they were found a a pad nor. Bogers desk in his . After the minis Ter left in his fatal monday trip to speak in Toronto. Though not the same they were similar to the com clouding words of the speech or. Rimer.? was to have delivered they evidently expressed a thought which was last in his mind. Dark Clouds Hung overhead As tin slow a Nivins escort from the my. The army and air Force moved peace lower on Par brought to the buildings late in Thi afternoon and placed at the end o the Hall of Fame close to the door erf the old Library the one relic o the former buildings destroyed b fire in 1916. By request of the family there were no Flowers. Nothing detracted from the color provided by the huge Union Jack which draped the coffin. Cabinet ministers members High ranking officers of the armed ser vices senior civil servants and diplomats filled nearby corridors the Rogers family father Anc Mother widow sons and Brothers stood in the Library doorway. Pallbearers were the senior officers of the three services and the bearer parly was a composite one made up of men from All three services. Red coated Royal Canadian mounted police Rode the horses which hauled the body to the Sta Tion on a gun Carriage. The body will be cremated in Montreal. With burial in or Rogers native Amherst. . Arrives at Montreal Montreal. June 13. Cas Ket containing the body of Hon Norman Mcl. Rogers reached Here last night from Ottawa and was escorted from station to the crematorium at mount Hoyal cemetery the body was accompanied to Montreal by or. Rogers three Brothers and two secretaries. Swiss protest Winnipeg free press thursday june 13, 1940 or the Union station. Two sons. Roderick from he Ili Ament or. Pioter it Leod and Alan Macneill Rogers behind the coffin Clad in Short Tri ushered suits. Ahead marched Long columns of men who were mustered for Battle Inder or. Rogers Leader ship. Tic Hind them in arched Cabinet ministers. I reign diplomats Mem ber. Of parliament and senators. Hon. R. J. Manion former conservative Leader also intended. First in parliament buildings the funeral Errico was the first1 Ever held in the parliament build Ings. When lord Tweedsmuir died last Winter. Iii body Lay in state in the Senate chamber but was taken to a Church for the service. Following private service at the a oscars Linic the body was to London Verne. Switzerland june 13. A Swiss minister charged its minister in London today to protest against the bombing Early yesterday morning of the Geneva and Laus Anne Region in which five persons were killed and 20 injured. The note it asked him to deliver reserved the right to claim damages for families of the victims and for repairs of material destruction. The bombs dropped from an unidentified aircraft were said to have been of British origin secret red pact Stockholm. Sweden. June 13 a swedish correspondents at Kaunas Lithuania reported yesterday that lithuanian prime minister Merkys returned from Moscow yesterday amid Strong indications the country has concluded a secret agreement by which soviet Russia will vastly increase her military Force in that Baltic state. The soviet thereby would seem to be strengthening her outposts against rapidly expanding Ger Many. Mexico ousts nazi Mexico City june 13. Responsible government source re ported last night that the mexican government has requested Arthur Dietrich chief of the press Bureau of the German legation and a director of German propaganda in Mexico to leave the country As soon As possible. Dietrich is a brother of Otto diet Rich. Adolf Hitler s press chief. How to get exquisite allure pattern silverware Ati Send 5 sunlight soap Carton ends the Tutor and Mir to dept. A a to Hamilton ont., for 6 original Rogers Teaspoons. Matching knives Forks utc., available. On a Goodwill tour the United states Cruiser Wichita above is the second ton warship ordered to South America on a Goodwill tour. The Wichita s trip arid that of the Quincy were described As routine though it is admitted that a show of the american Flag might serve As a stabilizing influence in latin american countries troubled by German fifth column activities. Raw raw Dauphin youth stunts in Pink Dauphin Man., june. Satisfied with distorting himself in the while swimming in the Vermilion River Section running through town a Dauphin youth still raw and wet took to the Trees and there gave a demonstration a la Tarzan to pedestrians who gazed Popeye at the sight. The police unsympathetic to his arboreal ambitions. Haled him into court wednesday where magistrate Thomas Little let him off with a severe reprimand. More men Buenos Aires Argentina bup maritime police held 40 suspects incommunicado today searching for saboteurs who placed two bombs which exploded in the holds of the British freighter Gas Cony killing a Stevedore and injuring five others. London june 13. Nement today ordered two new classes totalling about men to Register for military service tomorrow. Ocean Cable Cut Buenos Aires june 13. Trans Atlantic Cable inking South America and Rome was reported Cut yesterday. Informed sources said Normal ser vice to South America from Rome by Way of Spain had been disrupted. Chain of accidents command of canadians Norway bound altered thrice All earshot june 13. Up Cable pleaded by col. E. W. Sansom. O Ottawa a detachment of the second Canadian infantry brigade noised for action when Germany launched her invasion Norway ast april. This was one of the moves of the Nen of the 1st Canadian division Oward the european Battle Spring Oard mentioned in the Canadian Louse of commons last week by rime minister King. With the temporary Allied withdrawal from the norwegian sector details of the role assigned the canadians now can be disclosed. The request for the canadians to participate in the combined action n Norway was made april 18. Maj. Gen. A. G. L. Mcnaughton general officer commanding the 1st division gave his approval and assigned the ask to the second brigade then commanded by col. Sansom in the a ence of the then ailing Brig. G. R. Pearkes of Calgary. Made ready a Force of about including men of the Princess Patricia s can Dian Light infantry and the Edmonton regiment with certain us Liares was placed at col. San of s disposal. The Seaforth High Anders were not included. The Spe Ial objective was the capture of the Orts guarding the entry into Trond Leim fjord. The canadians were to be part of he British Force under the com land of f. E. Hot Lack iut on the night before its Assembly in was found unconscious in a Lon Don Street. It was believed he suf ered a stroke. Brig. Bernie Fick in took Over the command As a matter urgency which could not e delayed. After a conference with his unit commanders Brig. Ficklin took off plane for the port of embark Ion. On the Way North the plane Rashed injuring Ficklin and the lumbers of his staff. Col Sansom s senior officer then was placed n charge pending the arrival of a Lew commander. Thorough Drill every member of the Canadian detachment was Given a thorough till in preparation for the Hazard us task. They were taught a first land knowledge of the rugged nor vegan coast line the nature of the country through which they expect d to fight and the particulars of choose the 7 every year thousands of travellers choose the challenger for transcontinental travel. 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Send Complete information including free illustrated Western Union Pacific literature., about train service to. _ Street address d Tell me about escorted All expense Toura the batteries guarding the fjord input. The troops were All set to embark when col Sansom received the advice that it is not Likely the Cana Dian Force will go for a sail a the very moment his men were be ing entertained at a Farewell con Cert at the embarkation Point. Col. Sansom admitted having doubts the trondheim project could have been pursued. Public Atten Tion had been focussed on a possible Allied thrust at this strategic por and the element of Surprise was re moved. The germans were known to have brought up Strong reinforce furthermore the Allied had been materially in ments. Position proved at other possible Landin Points. Bitter disappointment with this turn of events col. San som jotted this entry into his diary it will prove a bitter disappoint ment to the men when they learn tomorrow their compatriots have de parted and they Are left behind with the prospects of campaigning in Norway becoming More when confirmation came nex Day that Canadian participation Hac been cancelled the men could scarcely believe it was True. April 25 they were on their was Back to Aldershot where with their comrades they now await the com Mand for the next adventure. Adm backward from the free press files sixty years 13, 1880 the Village of Tanner s crossing Minnedosa was coming rapidly to the fore its citizens meant to and Vance a big step toward town Hood in the coming Dominion Day Celebration during which they were to make the whole Tow site quiver to grand fireworks display and in addition award s250 in prizes Foi athletic events. Fifty five years 13, 1885 the first detailed account of the massacre of Frog Lake was obtained from w. B. Cameron Young clerk in charge of the Hudson s Bay com Pany s store at Frog Lake or. Cam Eron had been taken prisoner by big Bear but after about two months Captivity had been helped to escape by a half Breed named Louis Patenaude. Fifty years 13, 1890 George Mckinnon. Of Montreal married miss Maud Vankoughnet sister in Law of Hugh John Mac Donald of Winnipeg Hugh John s father Premier sir John Macro n Ald. Was a guest at the wedding which took place in Toronto. Forty five years 13, 1895 Hev. James Robertson formerly pastor of Knox Church Winnipeg and now superintendent of missions was elected Moderator of the presbyterian general Assembly at its meeting in ont. Forty years 13, 1900 British casualties to Date in the South african War numbered masonic grand Lodge of Manitoba began Celebration of its Silver anniversary prominent Fig ures in the order were judge Corbet Locke c. A Bell. W. G. Bell James a. Ovas or. R. S. Thornton w. A. Windatt Canon Matheson Dean o Meara Thomas Tweed and w. G. Scott. Thirty five years 13, 1805 mayor Thomas Sharpe of Winni Peg announced that he would veto any bylaw for running Street cars on sunday in the City unless it was supported by the one of the municipality of Kildonan Elmwood wanted to be incorporated into Winnipeg. Thirty years 13, 1910 forty six Buffalo from the Pablo Lead in Montana which had been purchased by the Canadian govern ment were unloaded at Wainwright m. Nanton s Beau Brummel won the grand Champion ship at the Winnipeg horse show. Twenty five years 13, 1915 the French official report told of he capture of the Ridge at so Chez. Hoddinot won the blowing championship of Springfield. Twenty years 13, 1920 senator Warren g. Harding of Ohio won the presidential Nomina Ion at the National Republican con Tention in Chicago governor Cal Coolidge of Massachusetts was nominated for the vice presidency. Return labor London june 13. Up Cable voters of the Bow Bromley constituency yesterday elected Charles key labor to sit in the House of commons seat vacated by the death of his old Friend George Lansbury the labor and pacifist Veteran. Or. Key chairman of the Poplar Borough Council polled votes. His communist opponent mrs. Isabel Brown collected 506 votes and lost her Deposit. Queen Wilhelmina thanks britons London june 13 up Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands addressed a message to the British people today expressing profound gratitude to All those in Britain and the British Empire who in different ways have Given generous Aid and Succour to the people of the nether lands the government and my family in their hour of the Queen paid tribute to the Allied soldiers who fell in Holland and added the following at the same time Prince Bern hard and i Are especially indebted to Princess Alice and the Earl of Athlone for the generous hospitality offered to Princess Juliana and the Princess Beatrix and Irene in the Dominion of italians interned Jerusalem june 13. Up hundreds of italians were interned in concentration Camps and hundreds of others suspected of italian sympathies remained under surveil Lance yesterday As police put an end to All italian activity in the holy land. Week end train service from Winnipeg saturday june 15th 9.30 ., 1.45 . The 6.25 . Sunday june 16th 1o.oo Convenient return service stops will be made in both directions at Belair Hillside Beach Ana Albert. 40 suspects through train to Winnipeg sunday june Lgth Leav ing Victoria Beach 8.20 . Dance saturday night in the Pavilion at grand Beach to the music of Alfie Doe s orchestra. Train service next week wednesday june 19th 9.30 The 6.25 . Friday june 21st campers special 6.25 enquiry phone 902 212 w40-473 Canadian National now a new Low Price Perl. Dent s pure pork sausage Dent s English Bacon company limited 286-8 fort St. Pm. 94 223 swedish ship sunk Stockholm june 13. Cap the swedish steamship Sonja was sunk Mondoy off Floroe about 90 Miles North of Bergen it was reported yesterday. Twelve of the Crew of 21 were lost the others were rescued by the swedish steam ship Inger. Taxes take estate Chicago june 13. By the entire estate of Arthur w. Cutter formerly of Guelph ont estimated at will be turned Over to the Federal government to Page seven meet income tax claims. The. Pro. Bate court order entered yesterday allowed -income.tax. Claims of for 1s28 and 1929. Cutten died in 1936. Again brings Winnipeg Low prices to Winnipeg Beach plan now to shop and save at the Safeway Winnipeg Beach store. You will find the same High Quality foods at the same Low every Day prices that you pay at Safe Way stores in Winnipeg. Fresh shipments of fruits vegetables milk bread cakes and meats will arrive daily at the Winnipeg Beach store. You can enjoy the same Quality foods and pay the same Low prices while on your vacation. The Safeway store at Winnipeg Beach is conveniently located on Murray Avenue just opposite the dance Pavilion. Grand opening Friday 1 . June 14th fresh firm red Ripe Tomato bananas firm Golden Ripe radishes local grown fresh arid Crisp j Grapefruit Arizona 1 26 a full of juice 3 5c new cabbage fresh and Green in. 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