Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 15, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Member of the Canadian press the Canadian press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of All news despatches credited to it or to the associated press in this paper and also the local news published herein. Winnipeg free press Iby Carrier in Winnipeg 2sc per week. Winnipeg saturday june 15, 1940 Price so per copy edition with comics Loc loss Radical revision of British tactics warns allies beware Hitler gilded Pill London. June 15. Nicolson parliamentary Secretary of the ministry of information predicted last night that he scr would during the next few launch his peace offensive. Hitler will assure the Peoples of great Britain that he has no desire to subjugate their said or. Nicolson but that All he desires is their Complete Dis armament. He will say to us that we May keep our Empire apart from such colonies As he May desire for him monday s races first race this distance should Gallant Friar. He was with the Pace throughout in his last but weakened in the drive. Fair Eugenia is at Peak form and ranks As the contender. Lady san showed a Sood race in her first Start Here and will improve from the Effort. Second race the speedy sunny City appears to be Well placed. This juvenile showed a smart Effort first out. Finished gift has been training Well and mus be considered. J. E. Bridges May prove hard to beat. Third Heather look Best Here. She can go bet Ter ban her last might indicate. Bobby Thompson has the Early Speed but the distance May be a Little too far. Wensleydale has been running consistently and will be dangerous. Fourth race Ezechias appears to be Well placed Here. His last Effort Back of Hastaday was Good and he should improve from the race. Training reports on Sim tee Are very Good. Rapid mortgage has plenty of Speed and an inside position. Fifth race Hawk Stone has been showing plenty of Speed against Handicap company and with he advantage of the rail appears to have an Edge Here. Thief Richie ranks As the principal contender. Bouncing along should go Well. Sixth race Hauoli performed smartly to win his first Start of the meeting and appears capable of repeating Here. Happy Hunter is in Peak form and will be a contender. Ramble on must not be overlooked in this company. Seventh race the speedy Winter neighbor third to Bri Areus last out. Appears to have an Edge in his Field. Craig Token turned in a smart race Friday and should improve from the Effort. Sky Grey should go Well. In a nutshell Friar fair Eugenia lady Sang. City finished gift j. E. Bridges. Heather Bobby Thomson. Wensleydale. Sim tee rapid mortgage. Chief Richie bouncing along. Happy Hunter ram ble on. Neighbor Craig to Ken sky Grey. Self but that we must abandon our free democratic institutions and accept a government nominated from Berlin and at the same time surrender our Fleet to Germany and Italy. Would stamp out liberties the moment he obtains our Fleet he would sweep upon London and from there would slowly carefully and thoroughly stamp out the Liber ties of our countries and reduce Nicolson continued on Page 5, column 3 overnight entries official list of horses for monday s racing at Whittier Park first s500. Claiming. For four year Olds and up. Six and one furlongs. Sis Simony Alma Nugget. Second gear Ven sett Gallant Friar. Lady Sang Blind Fannie fair Eugenia Ioc i-106 106 x113 107 106 Mystic King i Pagan dance ill also sky Saint h2 miss Putter 107 nop Alosa Flag. Sweet Bernice. 107 second s500. Claiming. For two year Olds. Four furlongs. Victoria m. My verse 103 110 Madam Somers. 110 sunny City 110 j. E. Bridges 113 Hom stir 106 finished gift. 106 lady Moira 106 third s500. Claiming. Foaled in Canada. For three year Olds and up. Six lady Aurelius Bobby Thomson 112 shining Sarah. 107 109 wensleydale sport Smith purple Heather 104 bid ring Violet los Black Zephyr 114 also Sckena Marion Somers Nora Lea Penticton spartan Beauty Isle Royal sugar Jar fair Beck 5 excluded fourth 500. Claiming. For three year Olds and up. One half furlongs. Four and Ezechias 112 visibility 106 rapid mortgage 107 hero Thor 106 Chervan mischief Sim tee love sick time. 112 105 107 106 Gay Bubble War Mark 100 also be discreet .-v-i12 fifth s700. Handicap. Boniface Handicap. For three year Olds and up. Six furlongs. Hawks Tonc .110 four clubs 108 Bri Areus .106 Larry Eckardt. 112 chief Richie 115 also eligible i rhythm 105 a temperament 108 Beauty warm 107 a Valdina lad. 103 a Jack o Spades 113 Janis ill bouncing along 115 a my universe. 103 sky Empress 107 and Schmitz entry. J. Gamble entry. Sixth s500. Claiming. For three years old and up. One mile. Neg Ogolsky .108 ramble on Granola .108 Sun tryst .113 Happy Hunter .113 Mui Gator .113 Hauoli .118 also Royal cup ill flight of Gold los i Mont .113 masked revue.138 sport .xl03 seventh claim today s scratches first Teller. Fifth swedish americans meeting in City the Canadian National station resounded saturday morning to the sturdy voices of 140 swedish americans. Arrived in Winnipeg to take part in the 48th annual convention of the american Union of swedish singers. Under the direction of Thure w. Fredrickson the visitors Sang two swedish songs before leaving for the convention Headquarters at the Marlborough Loicl. The Assembly convened at 11 . Under the chairmanship of president William Mattson. In the evening there will be a banquet and dance. The main item on the convention programme will be a banquet to be riven on sunday afternoon at 3 at civic auditorium. Time what magic words they Are. What sight they conjure in our mind Cool breezes Blue skies invigorating Sunshine laughter play with Trie worries and confusion of everyday living left behind. And it s time once again to rent your summer cottage. Depend on a free press want and to do the Job in a hurry and with the least expenditure. To place your and phone 8466 ask for the classified one of our courteous and takers will help you word it for Best effectiveness. Use a. Free press Quick action want and ing. For three year Olds and mile. Up. Man of Iron lob Craig Token lol grand Melody .108 lady Gold 108 modern maid .108 ruffle up .106 sky Grey .108 one o Dolan .106 Broa fire .108 Winter x113 also eligible. Honey Sweet .x113 stage Fortune .111 new International brigade rescued from War perils he dogs of War. British French. Belgian and German caught in the fierce fighting in Flanders recently Are shown brought out of Dunkirk by the . After a quarantine period the dogs will be Given Homes in England. The dogs of were Here As they allowance. Horses listed according to Post Posi entries close 10 . Scratch time 8.3c . Post time first race 2.30 . Refugee plan announcement is expected London june 14 House of commons was told last night that a plan is being worked out to Send children from British War zones to the dominions and the United states. A generous invitation has been received from miss Flor ence Horsburgh parliamentary Secretary to the ministry of health said. Within a few Days some scheme will be made known in re Ponse to these invitations she added. Plans be info made Pittsburgh june 14 Smalley British Consul says eng land France and the United states Are attempting to draw up plans by which children could be carried away from terror of the German War machine to safety in Canada the United states and per haps Australia. Last evacuees leave London june 14 up the last evacuees from Paris left there at Midnight last night 5 . C.s.t., according to a despatch of the Exchange Telegraph com Pany dateline Paris. Will take Melbourne june 14 up Reuter s h. S foil australian minister of Interior announced to Day that the Commonwealth government has approved acceptance of responsibility for the care of British children. Manitoba s share five Clearing houses set up to arrange for War refugees have you applied yet to take a War refugee into your Home plans for receiving refugees have been expanded and Manitoba has set up five Clearing houses to receive consider and file applications from people who will offer a Home in the safety of Canada to children fleeing from the chaos of War. The Central Volunteer Bureau room 39, 460 main Street is an application Clearing House for those living in the cities of Winnipeg and St. Boniface the towns of Transcona and Tuxedo the Village of Brooklands or the municipalities of Assiniboia Charleswood fort Garry East Kildonan old Kil Donan North Kildonan St. James St. Vital East St. Paul and West St. Paul. There Are Clearing houses at the children s Aid societies in bran Don Dauphin and Portage la Prairie and one especially for applicants in St. Boniface and Rural Manitoba East of the red River at the children s Aid society of St. Adelard located in the great West permanent building room 7031, main Street Winnipeg. Any other Points in Manitoba May apply to the director of child welfare 320 Sherbrook Street Winnipeg. All applications Are Given to provincial Public health nurses who Call at applicants Homes checking conditions facilities and other important factors. Applicants meeting requirements Are sent a permit authorizing them to take refugee children. Great co operative movement sharing with the Dominion in its desire to provide Homes and Haven for child refugees Manitoba is about to enter one of the greatest co operative movements for child welfare in its history. This province estimates it can care for children. Close co operation Between the Federal immigration and health departments All the provincial governments child welfare and other organizations has been and tentative plans for reception and distribution of children who will make Canada their Refuge Are Well under Way. In arranging immigration the Federal government will Deal with great Britain directly and then with each provincial government. The province in turn will Endeavor to co ordinate the Volun tary Effort of All agencies and individuals within its boundaries. Charged with responsibility each province will assume guardianship of refugees within its boundaries. But until the individual child reaches its designated province the department of immigration will be guardian from time of embarkation. The depart ment of pensions and National health will be charged with responsibility for health of children while in route. Recommendations have been made suggesting one doctor be As signed to every 500 children and one nurse to every 300 on a boat carrying possibly refugees and that one woman attendant be assigned to each car on the train with a nurse to every five cars. Child placing agencies go into action when refugees arrive in Manitoba. The Manitoba dental and medi Cal associations have pledged their support and children will Likely be sent to the various Clear ing houses for a period of Aboul 10 Days prior to being taken into private Homes during which time they will receive medical examinations and any necessary treat ment. It has been suggested that Cost of this institutional care be financed by a Dominion fund to which the Federal government would contribute with other interested organizations possibly on a Dollar per Dollar basis. German people will never know Bucharest june 15. Up havas French returning to Humania from Poland reported last night that the third Reich will never know How vast have been its Battle losses along the Western front. Mobile crematoria Are following the armies and burning the dead these travellers reported. They said they had Learned of this from German wounded in nazi occupied Poland. Poland has been turned into a vast Hospital for German wounded since the German leaders want to maintain High morale at Home by showing few signs of the Grimness of Var and the toll it has reaped among the nazi legions. Allies assets in . 7 billion Washington june 15. A United states officials estimated yesterday that the British and French empires still have roughly of Quick assets with which they could Purchase supplies immediately in the United states. These assets include Gold Cash de posits and american securities. The officials however indicated that Lack of materials to be bought quickly was much More of a prob Lem to the allies than the availability of Cash for payment. They pointed out that in spite of pressing needs for air planes since the War began the allies have had to sign some contracts for planes not expected to be ready for delivery until september 1941. War department officials said exhaustive surveys Are being made to determine what additional surplus equipment is available for Sale to the allies. Captain g. C. Jones named Commodore Ottawa june 15. Tion of Captain George c. Jones senior naval officer afloat of the Royal Canadian Navy to the rank of Commodore was made known last night since the Start of the War com Moore Jones a native of Halifax but recently a resident of Victoria has commanded the North Atlantic patrol. The position makes him the Sec Ond ranking Canadian naval offi cer his chief being rear Admiral Percy w. Nelles chief of the naval staff at National defence head quarters in Ottawa. To arms six sons offer four accepted Battleford sask. June 15. Spe sons of or. And mrs. John Ballentine have presented themselves for service in the . Two of them have been rejected on medical grounds. This week four of them were accepted for enlistment in a company of the Regina rifles. They Are Tom Eddie Frank and Ben. John tried to enlist in the Saska Toon Light infantry at the outbreak of War and Paul sought in vain this week to enlist with his other Brothers in the Regina rifles. . Diplomat killed in Finland Helsinki june 15. W. Anthiel jr., of Trenton n.j., attached to the United states Lega Tion in Helsinki was killed in the mysterious explosion of a finnish Airliner yesterday in which nine other persons lost their lives. Spokesmen said Anthiel was on courier service but had no author Ity to say whether he was acting As a courier carrying any special documents from Berlin. The governments of Finland and Estonia began an investigation to determine whether sabotage was involved in the loss of the plane bound from Tallinn Estonia to Helsinki. French raze arms plants in Paris zone London june 14. Reuters news Agency despatch from Paris today said big French armaments factories in the suburbs of Paris were blown up before the germans entered the French capital. Paris was almost a deserted City the despatch said. The French who remained while most of the population fled stayed in their Homes or sat in their shops with the shutters Down. All buildings and Bridges it said were left intact. Machinery moved somewhere in France june 14. Up havas. French Agency France last night rushed the Crea Tion of a. New Industrial Maginot being built underground with machinery transported from the Industrial area around Paris. The plants primarily concerned Are those turning out munitions and planes. They have been evacuated in Good order to places chosen a Long time ago against just such an emergency As this. Where it becomes necessary to work underground to avoid air bombing a kind of War Industry Maginot will be created it was stated. Gigantic heavy Flat car trucks carried dismantled machinery at great Speed southward last night. Other trucks crowded with work Ingmen were moving in the same direction. They will set up the machinery and Man it. Churchill to speak London june 15. Up prime minister Churchill will make a War statement House of commons tuesday it was announced today. Sympathy your sorrows ours Queen tells French London june 15. Queen Elizabeth in a broadcast to the women of France told them yesterday that their Sor Tow s Are our sorrows and that the time yet will come when France again will be Able to say Ca is All speaking in the same impeccable French she spoke to French Canada during her tour of the Dominion a year ago her majesty said the women of great Britain Are prepared in order to bring about a common Victory to suffer the same sacrifices which speak so much in your Honor and in that of your great text of talk following is the text of Queen Elizabeth s talk i want to express to the women of this Queen Elizabeth Queen s talk continued on Page 5, column 1 training delay rapped by paper London june 14. Eve Ning Standard published by lord Beaverbrook minister of aircraft production said today that Premier Paul Reynaud s Appeal to presi Dent Roosevelt for Aid May equally be directed to noting that Britain has sent soldiers arms and fliers to France the evening Standard said the nation s economic life has been galvanized into action but in one chief department of our preparations there is delay. Strangely it is the department concerned with training men to fight. The people of England demand the right to be soldiers in this French destroy All Oil at Rouen London june 14. Cap Tain of a swedish steamship which arrived at Brixham Southwest eng land yesterday from Rouen France said the French had destroyed All their Oil stores in that Paris port before the City fell to the germans. Dock equipment was blown up everywhere the Oil tanks were one mass of Blaze and dense Black he said. On the Way Down the Seine Oil tanks also were ablaze or sending off Black smoke. As in Rouen the French apparently were destroying their Rouen was a chief importing Point for Oil and Coal. The Captain said the germans made systematic air raids on Rouen at 3, 5 and 7 . Each Day. Flag of Sweden honors its King King Gustav v. Of Sweden will celebrate his eighty second birthday tomorrow. In Honor of this occasion and in compliment to the people of Canada who Are of swedish origin the Flag of that country will Fly All Day from the free press Flat staff. Basic plans of . However As troops prove Mettle by Edward w. Beattiejr. With the British expeditionary Force in France june 14., 7 ., Britain s expeditionary Force has been compelled to change its tactical plans radically because of the abandonment of Paris but it is prepared to fight on under changed conditions with its Basic plans unaltered i was informed today. I have seen and talked to men who have been fighting for three weeks against seemingly impossible Odds and who Here resting for few Days Are ready to return and fight again what the Odds May be. The French decision to abandon Paris creates a score of ready made Bridgehead across the Seine where there had been a ready made fort Ress buttressing the River s Middle reaches. Fluid condition it left the entire front positions tonight in an admittedly fluid condition. I am informed Here at British general Headquarters that the Brit ish expeditionary Force is prepared to meet changed conditions with an unchanged plan of operation. This provincial town is eloquent of the confusion of War. Its Resi dents Are submerged beneath a mass of refugees who left Northern France in tatter Demalio haste and hundreds of staff officers. Every body has asked throughout the Day. Residents refugees officers and men what the United states is go ing to do in answer to Premier Paul Reynaud s Appeal to president Roosevelt. The answer is still unknown As i write. But the news is filtering through that the creation of an open City in the Paris Region whether necessitated by the breaking through of the germans along the lower reaches of the Seine or because of sentimental attachment to the most Beautiful City in the world has radically changed strategic plans. Where this new British expeditionary Force an expeditionary Force made up of that part of the old one which did not go to Fland ers and the new one that is pour ing across the English Channel to the fighting lines will end up no body in cows. Proved its Mettle but however Small it. Is there is evidence on All sides that this expeditionary Force has proved its Mettle As did the Flanders army in its withdrawal from Belgium to Dunkirk. I visited this afternoon a British Light tank unit just returned today from three weeks of catch As catch can fighting against the spearhead of the German attack. This unit once a crack cavalry regiment has been doing seemingly impossible tasks in an All out fight far removed from the recon Ais night to Confer with the headmaster on the question and it was announced that their decision would be made known next week. The mail said also a plan to Send British school children to the United states for the duration is under consideration. Home for 500 new York june 15. Offer of Refuge for 500 British children was cabled to prime min ister Winston Churchill yesterday by James b. Schafer head of the Royal fraternity Meta physicians who said the Organiza Tion would look after the children in the society s 110-room Long Island mansion near Oakdale. Association s offer Windsor out., june 15. Permanent Homes for 500 to refugee children for the War s Dura Tion and temporary Homes for Many others will be provided by the hotel association of Ontario it was announced yesterday at its annual summer convention. Beattie continued on Page 5, column 2 children stage variety show for red Gross As Young As five of the children s As old As 20, boys and girls Home of Winnipeg added their contribution to the Canadian red Cross War Chest when they gave the proceeds of their Friday night concert. And seniors All took part in the entertainment which combined music dancing comedy and gymnastics. From ithe Gypsy dance of the smallest participants to the trim exercises of the senior Academy rangers audience showed its enthusiastic approval. Group dancing by the juniors an Indian dance by the younger boys tumbling and skipping and a Short sketch on the theme eat what s put before you were applauded. The concert was held at the children s Home on Academy Road and the new stage gift of the Winnipeg police athletic association was used for the first time. The gymnastics were under the super vision of miss Shirley n. Auckland a senior Leader of the . Phy Sical education Branch. The concert was directed by mrs. H. C. Fraser superintendent of the Home miss s. L. Malmgrem and mrs. J. Emery. Ethel Aitkens was announcer. Entire school May be moved to Canada London june 15. Up the daily mail said today that Altrincham Cheshire grammar school which has an enrolment 400 boys May be the first English school to be evacuated to Canada. More than 400 fathers mothers met at the school and last Argentina plans stronger defences Buenos june 15. A Argentina has taken the first step toward fulfilment of a Large scale rearmament programme designed to place the on a Strong defensive footing. Plans for strengthening National defences with emphasis on aircraft were discussed last night at a con Ference attended by president Roberto a. Ortiz War minister Carlos Marquez and All departmental Heads of the War ministry. No information was Given out officially but a reliable source. Said today that All present agreed to ask congressional authorization for Pur Chase of pesos about Worth of aircraft and anti aircraft armament. Montevideo demonstration Montevideo june 15. Up havas French Agency demonstrators last night stoned the electric. Sign of an italian Bank Here and a Ger Man bar frequented by nazis. Police dispersed the demonstrators who moved through the streets cheering France after a meeting of students called in Aid of democracies. There were no arrests. Would intern several Peers London june 14. Bup lord Marley said in the House of lords yesterday that several Peers should be put under lock and key. Not ably those who have been so closely personally connected with Hitler either through their families or Marley said he was glad that the government temporarily had under custody a Well known person whom i understand had been nominated Gau Leiter Tor England and a member of the House of commons who i understand has been Nomin ated Gau Leiter for his statement Oswald Mosley fascists and capt Archibald Henry Laule Ramsay member of Parlia ment were arrested several weeks ago. Recalled that sir Leader of British dancing for red Gross funds boys and girls of the children s Home of Winnipeg added to their contributions to the Canadian red Cross when they turned Over proceeds of a concert and entertainment held Friday evening. Some of those taking part in. The entertainment Are seen above ;