Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 15, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition vol. Pages. Rises sets 20.38. Moon rises 15.47 Moon sets 1.40. Winnipeg saturday june 15, 1940 4.18 Sun sets Moon rises 17.0 Moon sets 2.13. Warm nazi drive forces air War mounting Africa i Alexandria. Egypt. June fighting and British troops in the egyptian libyan i after repeated Royal air Force bombings of enemy was reported today. I operations of the last 24 hours were declared to have Between Frontier positions brought the capture of the italian forts of Dapruzzo and mad j Dalena by British troops. The . Also continued air attacks in Eritrea. A state ment said enemy planes had attacked the egyptian outposts of Sollum. Segga and Veshka but had caused Little damage. I they were driven off by British planes after a stiff engage j Merit. It was the first italian raid on a British base in Egypt. There was no immediate official egyptian reaction to italian attacks on egyptian the government has warned will bring a declaration of War against Italy. A dozen italian fishing boats which attempted to dash from Alexandria were seized today and their Crews arrested. The government prepared to confiscate vast italian commercial and educational institutions appointing official custodians. The italian Ala Litoria school one of the biggest in Egypt was converted into a concentration Camp. Italian Barracks bombed Nairobi Kenya. June 15. Up Barracks full of italian Blitzkrieg on Britain next move London. June 15. Britain turned urgently today to the defence of its Home territory in expectation of a German peace offensive against France and a nazi Blitzkrieg attack on the British Isles. Military experts frankly discuss to the possibility that the great Maginot line might have to be abandoned. British experts suggested that the allies might try to hold a line from the Cherbourg area along the Orne River to the Chartres Region thence to Orleans and the Loire. This would mean a line roughly 40 Miles South of Paris one on which the defenders would have the Aid of Rivers and Hills. It was Plain that Britain was pay ing close attention now to its own Home defence. There was during the with wild rumours of French capitulation. It was believed might have originated in a German pirate radio station that the flow of reinforcement to France had been stopped. But this report was de Nied soon afterwards with the explanation that there had been a misunderstanding. It was said that the flow of reinforcements had continued certainly up to Midnight and it was indicated it would not Stop until All reinforcements intended for France had left. Allies envoys calling today on Roosevelt Washington june 13 Dent Roosevelt arranged to receive the British and French ambassadors today. The appointment was made 31 the request of the envoys. Lord Lothian the British Ambas Sador Ami count de St. Quentin. 1he French envoy were scheduled to Call at the White House together a half hour after a Call by Alex Ander Kirk. American charge d of at Berlin who i turned Here about 10 Days ago. Stephen Early. White House press Secretary would not discuss the purpose of the diplomats Call. But be repeated to reporters at his press conference that the United states government was doing All it could to furnish needed supplies to the ailie.4. War in Africa continued on Page 18, column 5 hang on boys. We be coming coming hours vital London june 15. News Agency reported today that strategic decisions of great moment had been taken by Thiec leaders in France and tha next 24 hours Are Likely to show what these As seen from a British military Centre Southwest of the correspondent wrote the situation is the most tragic since the Prus sians marched into Paris 70 years ago he added that nevertheless there is a Complete absence of panic or the Reuters correspondent said some authorities Here believe the germans greatest desire is to try and occupy All Northern France in order to secure an outlet to the Atlantic. This scarcely can be combined with a simultaneous drive to the South hence Grea decisions must be taken by the enemy As Well. A Reuters despatch from Tours France said that during the nex 24 to 48 hours the Battle of francs May reach its culminating despite superhuman efforts Al ready made by French troops despite extreme fatigue and heavy losses the French it is stressed in authoritative circles Here have no Given the despatch said. It added Are still fighting with Al strength left to. Them but no secret is made of the tragedy that lies ahead if positive help does not arrive from other democracies with the greatest promptitude. France in thus most tragic hour in her history is searching the sky Over the Atlantic for a Cloud As big As a Man s hand which would Herald bitterly needed american planes. But they quickly and they in have to come will have to come Bear hug Russia s troops occupy Lithuania june 15. Army troops Vilna Kaunas. Lithuania marched into Lithuania this afternoon Agency said the troops would occupy the former capital Pond ewes and Ros Jeny. The Agency stated that the March in of the russians started at 3 . The soviet troops were commanded by general Pavlov. The commander in chief of the Lithuania . General Vit Kauskas was assigned to meet them. Lithuania s Premier. A. Merkys and his entire Cabinet resigned late night the lithuanian Tele Bureau announced today. It reported that president an the official Telegraph the capital Kaunas As Well As Saulen Lithuania continued on Page 6, column 2 French troops facing overwhelming Odds in numbers and War with glory and the top picture shows them grim faced in defensive in the words of Premier Reynaud As the Vanguard of the of the democracies. Bottom picture shows British troops embarking in a hurry at an English port for the firing lines in relieve their hard pressed French friends. All Canadian rushed to France by Grant Dexter. Ottawa ont., june 15. Is being strip Ped of every instrument of War As cleanly As a sandblaster blasts the grime off a Stone building. Every instrument of War capable of being used in the defence at France is being shipped at express Speed. Even old Ross rifles condemned in the last great War Are now on the shells ammunition being Flung into the Scales. And with these supplies is going All the trained personnel capable of strengthening the wavering lines out of Paris. This May not be True of air Force personnel. On this Point. Ottawa has not received Fina it is Learned that Ottawa proceeded at first on the As sumption that our airmen too whether or no they were instructors and temporarily irreplaceable were to go. But As Britain and France have not got the planes to put them into the conflict it is barely possible that Ottawa s orders in this respect have been countermanded. In the past 72 hours Britain has placed new and tremendous responsibilities on Canada. When Premier King told parliament that the entire resources of North America were being mobilized for immediate assistance to the allies it was Al most an understatement. When the record of the past few Days is writ ten it will be found that the Cana Dian government at the Call of sri Tain has undertaken at break neck Speed to provide not one but four or five expeditionary forces. Can Ada has agreed without really knowing How the task is to be accomplished to occupy for Britain High seas. Guns a Manitoba flan is shelved by Ottawa by Grant Dexter Ottawa ont., june 15. Special interviews Between Premier John Bracken and col. Harold Riley and col. Baxter a delegation that came to Ottawa to discuss Home guard arrangements in Manitoba and Hon. C. G. Power acting min ister of National defence and col. Ralston who will shortly take have been Over the department inconclusive. The Manitoba delegation mended changes in the Home guard policy recently adopted by the government. This policy Calls for the formation of units of Home guards n each of the 12 military districts comprising 250 veterans of the last War. The delegation proposed that n Manitoba this unit be supplemented by Rifle battalions author Zed by Ottawa but organized and commanded locally and not con fined to veterans. The ministers appear not to be convinced of the Wisdom of going beyond veterans in the formation of this additional Force. At the moment there is no equipment for battalions and there will be none until the crisis in France has passed. Further discussions Are indicated. The delegation leaves Ottawa with the feeling that the ministers Are so immersed in emergency War work As to be unable to give real consideration to heir proposal. Key Points quite outside the present area of conflict to relieve crack Dexter continued on Page 18, column 5 pictures of Paris and map of France a Page of pictures of Paris the world s most Beautiful in the hands of the nazis will be found in this edition on Page 16. A Large de tailed map of Northern France also is included in this edition will be found on Page 7. Not Neutral Ste. Anne Fly Bellevue june 14 Fisher of new York director of Good housekeeping Institute told members of the Canadian dietetic association Here yesterday in a reference to the War that we shall soon be in the addressing a luncheon meeting. Miss Fisher said we Are not Neutral by any Means. Our president is repeating that again and fighting desperately Tours june armies of general Maxime Weygand withdrew before the driving pressure of the German legions today launching counter attacks at several Points and fighting determined rearguard actions along the Northern front from the Argonne to the sea. There were indications that the hard pressed weary defenders despite their surrender of Paris still were intact and were checking the nazi push in some sectors. Today s communique of the French High command said in Normandy the struggle is continuing in the Region to the West of Louviers and Devreux 18 and 32 Miles South of Rouen respectively below Paris our armies completed the movements prescribed by the command in the most com plete order. In Champagne the enemy still further increased his pressure in the direction of troyes and Dizier violent Battles Are underway. In Lorraine and Alsace again the Maginot violent bombard ments along the front and on oui communication the German High command to night claimed that the Maginot line has been breached South of Saar Bruecken and that Verdun the scene of a great French stand in the first great War has been Cap tured. These claims were not con firmed from Allied sources the French command in its com Munique last night reported the Battle continuing on the entire front but with less violence at cer Tain Points. The nazis Eastern flank with German forces from the Centre occupying the capital had pushed Down to Romilly 65 Miles Southeast of Paris Dizier is 120 Miles East Anc slightly South of Paris. In its relation to Montmeny end of the Maginot line this thrust represented a threat to the French fortifications. The germans suffered tremendous losses in their attack on the Maginot line which were Spear headed with tanks and air plane and were All. Beaten Back. The German armies have reached Points "20 Miles South of Paris both to the East and West of the nazi occupied capital a renter s new Agency despatch from Tours said. In their Advance West of Paris the despatch reported the Nacis forces were driving in the direction Chartres famous Cathedral City 45 Miles Southwest of the capital and 80 Miles Northeast of Tours on one of the main highways Between the two cities. Blitzkrieg renewed today s communique indicated that the germans had renewed their Blitzkrieg drive with renewed fury. The communique was unusually Strong in its description of violent bombardments along the entire front of the Maginot line across Lorraine and Alsace a 225-mile front. Paris the City of Ville under the of the Swastika and into the dusk the Grey Clad troops Goose stepped through its deserted boulevards. The Loire River line through Tours and Orleans is the next Strong natural Barrier for a new defence the Valley is the Gateway to the Centre of France. Orleans the nearest Point to Paris is 70 Miles South of the capital . Warships May Convoy Aid to Britain by Bruce Hutchison. Washington d.c., june 15. United states is trying desperately to prepare itself for the possibility of a French collapse and a German siege of the British Isles. These preparations take two main approval apparently backed by the Roosevelt government that Ameri can warships Convoy american supplies to Britain and second a detailed plan to second body taken from Lake recovery of the body of Harry Brandt who with his brother. Art was drowned in the Winnipeg River tuesday was made Friday night. The body was taken from Jessica Lake. The Day previous the body of Arthur was located the Young men were sons of Julius Brandt Armer of the Whitemouth District and met their death when their Canoe overturned in the swiftly flowing Waters. The double funeral was held at 2 pin. Saturday at tie lutheran Church Oldenburg and burial was in the Church cemetery. I make one economic unit of North and South America. That this country will attempt a hemispheric Economy under government control in the event of a French defeat is certain but the outcome of the More immediate and urgent plan the use of Ameri can warships to Aid Britain no one could Forsee today. A leading senator who others is sponsoring this with pro gramme predicted that the United states would be conveying its Supply ships to Britain within 30. Days. That of course would mean that the United states was completely in the War against Germany whether a War declaration were made or not. The realization of this fact among american politicians is the continued on Page 18, column 3 bombs fell in or near Tours 1 yesterday As the French govern ment which had gone there from Paris moved again this time to. Bordeaux. Following the fall of Paris heavy fighting is raging today at Romilly Dizier and at Montmeny Western sector of the Maginot line. By a flanking attack 3 near Verdun and a direct attack 4 in the Saar which was repulsed the germans Are seeking to Pinch off a part of the Maginot line. Possible new French defence line Back of the Loire River is indicated Row of courage Britain determined to fight to the end London june 15. Week in history for Britain and France Drew from official circles today the declaration that whatever happens Britain will fight on against nazi Germany while press and radio turned eager speculative eyes on the prospects of american confronted with the fall of Paris hard in the Wake of Italy s entry into the War As a foe of the allies Britain Flung open its War Chest to make immediate purchases of everything needed to prosecute the conflict. I the intervention and blackest week quotations both came from British radio commentators who said the Prospect of the former More than counterbalanced the lat Ter. The London news chronicle said a declaration of War by Ameri Ca now would inject an impulse of bounding Hope into every French Man s heart. The effect on the nazis would be correspondingly depressing. Now in this momentous crisis America May have it in her Power to tide civilization Over its darkest hour by a Strong dramatic the newspaper s commentator Vernon Bartlett said he believed 150 German divisions about 000 men had been identified in the present Battle of France and that Many More remained in Reserve. Faced with such he said. It is doubtful whether anything Short of a declaration of War by the United states could effectively alter. The the daily mail and the Laberite Herald railed at Britain s previous complacency and fantastic in courage High 1 continued on Page 18, column 6 deny Rumor French Are seeking peace London june 15. Authoritative source asserted today that there was no justification whatsoever for a Rumor that the French were contemplating a sep Arate peace it was charged that inquiries had revealed that the report was spread by a German wireless station. The informant said that the re port that France intended to make a separate peace tonight appeared in the United states under a Lon Don Date line but that authorities Here have a pretty definite Assur Ance that no such Story was trans fitted. From it was added that there was. An absence of direct military news France because the French government was now in transit to a new temporary capital. Temperature readings Low during night -r50 6.30 a.m., june 15 10.00 a.m., june 35 1100a.m., june 15. Further round up Albrecht Lenz of Winnipeg ordered interned by Ottawa the Federal drive against suspect enemy aliens has net Ted another alleged pro nazi it was Learned saturday. He is Albrecht Lenz main Street herbalist now confined to Kanana skis internment Camp. At the same time round up of communist party officials and Lead no figures in other outlawed organizations continues throughout the Dominion though no major arrests Are believed to have taken place in Manitoba during the past 24 hours. Despite however there is no sign. slackening in the Campaign to reduce. To impotency possible fifth columnists and nazi fascist or communist sympathizers. A close watch is being maintained on All suspects and . Are Busy checking up reports of alleged subversive statements acid activities. Six aliens interned. Retina june 15. Internment of six aliens including Alois. Schneider of St. Walburg two Tadmore District Farmers Edward and Gustave Block who were found with a Small Arsenal and three others was announced Ter Day by Hon. J. W. Estey Torney general. Edward and Gustave Block of Surri ers of Tadmore District were found guilty of being in Possession of unregistered firearms and were convicted. V ;