Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 17, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition Winnipeg free press vol. Pages. Sun rises 4.13 Sun sets 20.39. Moon rises 18.10 Moon sets 2.52. Winnipeg monday june 17, 1940 warm. France asks for peace Gail cry so ass what happens to the French Fleet Premier says soldiers Back in England Ottawa june 17. Troops were landed in France last week but Over the week end effective Steps were taken for their withdrawal. Prime minister Mackenzie King with to French government headed by marshal Philippe Petain. Seeking a separate Naco Germany the late of the French Fleet r Paramount importance. It is believed sur Render he Fleet will almost certainly be one of harsh demands Hitler is expected in present. There Are Strong prospects however that the Fleet will refuse 1o capitulate but will continue to fight alongside the British Navy. Here Are some of France s biggest warships the Dunke que top and below two cruisers. The Foch in the background. Tense hours ahead disposition of French Fleet big question Mark in London Estonia Latvia Are occupied by russians Moscow. June 17. Russian troops marched into unresisting Trionia and Latvia today. Climaxing n series of Swift moves u hich consolidated Russia s Posi Tion in the Baltic. Swedish newspapers today re ported that Lithuania occupied saturday had become a giant rus Sian military Camp. It was Esti London june 17. The Addis Ababa Djibouti Railroad and set a hangar and a Tri motored italian bomber on fire it v a Sid. One italian fighter which at Fern Ppd to intercept . Aircraft believed shot Down As Italy can unused on Page 7, column italians bup the Royal air Force s Oday that British planes had at Tourouk. Libya extensively Oline dumps and the nearby urged by Lodge Ottawa june 17. The grand Orange Lodge of Ontario East sent a Telegram to prime minister Mackenzie King. Sunday urging the Dominion government to conscript manpower wealth and Industry in the present emergency. Washington june 17 Dent Roosevelt signed today ments freezing French credits and capital in he United states. The action similar to that taken in instances of other countries being taken Over by Germany is de signed to prevent marketing of such wealth. Told the House of commons King asserts War efforts to be spurred Ottawa june 17. Up prime minister Mackenzie King told the House of commons today the Fate of France will strengthen rather than weaken Canada s determination to increase our War Effort both in the direction of increased Meas ures for Home defence which should be now apparent and in the direction of increased Aid to the United the prime minister said it was not yet possible to give a Clear picture of events. Following the break through by German forces the French army had not yet been Able to reorganize effective resist Ance. The new French government was now seeking an armistice. Or. King said he would make a statement tomorrow which would include All available information. He would also include a statement of the measures already adopted and proposed to meet the new r1 i and in France spurs Canada to new Effort by Grant Dexter Ottawa onl., june 17 for the second time in three weeks the Canadian War programme is being re planned from the ground up. The first desperate Shock came when Hitler broke through in Flanders. Complacency easy going War preparations gave Way to a sudden spurt aimed to strengthen the line in France. That demonic Pace of War preparation continues now with the object of strengthening Britain to withstand the terrible ordeal which now confronts her but Over and above the great Effort which began with the break through innumerable new and unforeseen responsibilities have been placed on Canada by the British War office. The government is striving to extempore be expedition Ary Force lines of communication to various strategic Points not All of which Are in North american Waters. This involves enlistment of More men and the use outside of Canada of All equipment As it be comes available. Some of these new responsibilities fit into the pattern of Continental defence. But it is impossible to find in the government any suggestion that Continental defence is being considered As different from the defence of Britain. All fighting strength every ounce of fighting strength Canada can Muster is being mobilized to help Britain. Advice which is reaching the government from some sources to the effect that we Dexter continued on Page 7. Column 4 in conformity with plans of the Allied High command arrangement for participation by canadians in the fighting in France last week some troops of the 1st division Canadian Active service Force were actually in France the prime minister said. But a change of circumstances made it advisable to withdraw them. Over the week end effective Steps were taken to that the prime minister concluded. Before the commons met it was Learned that the 1st division is in England. When the British started sending additional troops to France to Aid the hard pressed French army about a week ago conjecture Rose As to whether the. 1st Canadian division went with them. It was known that the division was at the disposal of the British authorities and that it was one of the better equipped and trained formations then available in England. The dictates of military secrecy however made it impracticable to disclose what troops went to France and what troops remained in eng land at that juncture. Thus the whereabouts of the canadians remained wrapped in secrecy and still remain so. Except for the Brief intimation that they Are now in eng land. Temperature readings Riff night 12 noon. June 17 2 ., june 17 High june 17, 1939 for full report of meteorological office see Page 13. Petain seeks end of Battle Bordeaux june near the end of her military resources asked Hitler for peace today. Marshal Henri Petain hero of the Battle of yer Clun broke the news to his countrymen in a broadcast. It is necessary to try to end the said the 84-year-old Premier. 1 made Contact with the adversary last night asking him As Soldier to sol Dier to seek with me the Means to Stop the up to late afternoon there had been no response to France s request for an armistice. In Rome the radio announced tonight that Premier Mussolini and for eign minister Ciano left at 8.30 To meet with Chancellor Hitler on the French suit for peace an authoritative Rome source said the meeting will prob ably take place tomorrow at Munich. German Berlin sources also reported that the govern ment probably would regard the surrender of France As a question of Complete and unconditional capitulation rather Cabinet shuffle sure at Ottawa by Grant Dexter Ottawa out., june 17 Spe Cial events Over end make a re organization of the government certain to come quickly. Premier Mackenzie King is still playing a Lone hand on Cabinet re organization but his intention All along has been to time his changes to Fol Low the ending of the present phase of the avar it May be that he will announce Cabinet changes in the House this after noon. In an3r event a reconstructed Cabinet is believed cer Tain to come this week. Full Brunt Churchill pledges Britain to fight on London june minister Winston Churchill in a radio broadcast to the world today again pledged Britain to continue the Battle against title risen despite the end of the War in France. What has happened in France makes no difference to the British aim and he said. We Are now the sole champions in arms to defend the world cause and we will do our Best to be worthy of this High we will defend this Island and with the Empire gathered around us we will fight on unconquerable until the curse of Hitler is lifted from the brows of recent events would make no Dif Ference to Britain s feelings towards France declared or. Churchill. Neither would they alter Britain s Faith in the French Genius rising again. Press demands London june 17. Up stunning news of France s decision to give up the fight brought de mands from the British press today that everything be done without delay to buttress United kingdom defences to carry on the struggle to a victorious end. The full Brunt of the War must now fall on this lord Beaverbrook s evening Standard said in urging that British Isles it Britain continued on Page 7. Column 6 Brandon Bridge blast fails Brandon man., june 17 police Loday said an attempt was made Early this morning to blow up the first Street Bridge running Over the Canadian Pacific railway main line and the Assiniboine River. A stick of dynamite used in an amateurish Way police said blew out a Small portion of one of the main piers but did no other damage. The explosion heard for a considerable distance occurred just before the westbound no. 1 was Brandon. And City police launched an investigation of the blast which failed to interrupt traffic Over the Bridge. Italian liner held Balboa canal zone june 17. Cap the liner Conte Bian Camano in Refuge Here since Italy entered the War has been attached by the United states marshal in an admiralty libel suit against the italian Lino by the Asiatic Petroleum corporation. . Factories humming Clouds of planes in few months by Bruce Hutchison Washington june 17. Special for several months Britain must stand the siege alone without decisive assistance from the United states but it believed Here in the highest circles that Britain can do it by autumn not before the unequalled productive resources of the United states will begin to pour out air planes in Quantity sufficient ultimately to give Britain superiority in the air. With the surrender of France which had been expected Here for a week the War to the British Empire shifts largely to the air plane factories of this country and they Are getting ready to produce on a scale never dreamed of by any nation in the past. But it will take time months of tooling up. Before the full effect is apparent and these will be the months of Britain s meanwhile the United states is making planes at the rate of about a thousand a month and increasing the output constantly but it is not going to ship anything like All of them abroad. The first demand of the american people is for the de Fence of their own country and no government dare starve those de fences beyond a certain Point to Send supplies to another country. At the moment the United states itself has first line Mili tary planes and is in desperate need of More. To Date planes have been sent overseas from Here since the War began 233 out of the army s own supplies. Britain thus would be unwise to count on any of planes such As Premier Reynaud asked before his fall. Clouds of planes do not exist except in blueprints. No one knows How . Aid continued on Page 5, column 4 include Canada in Trade bloc by Bruce Hutchison Washington d.c., june 17 special the United states moved swiftly today to set up a new Economy of the Western hemisphere after the defeat of France had virtually ended Normal Trade across the Atlantic. President Roosevelt has summoned his key Cabinet advisors for a conference this afternoon to plan the disposal of the Export surpluses of North and South America and in this pro gramme. Canada evidently is included. Other countries con fronting a similar that is with a problem of sur plus exports Are invited to take part in the proposed revolution Ary solution. The other country chiefly concerned obviously is Canada which finds itself to Day the fourth trader of the world depending More than any other country on exports and with most of its markets gone or drastically curtailed. The United states govern ment s plan As already forecast economic bloc continued on Page.20, column j than a matter of negotiation Petain took Over the govern ment from Paul Reynaud last night after a Day of Cabinet discussions on the Aid offered by the United states and also after discussion of an apparently urgent message from prime minister Winston Churchill. There were indications that the British prime minister might him self be in France. Petain in announcing his peace request said that France entered into Contact with the enemy through the inter mediation of Spain. Thus it was seen that the aged military Man had made use of his Friendship with Spain s Generalissimo fran co a that endured since studied under Petain in a military school. Despite the Appeal for peace some fighting still was going on notably in the French Swiss Border Region. But the mag Inot line. France s Hope of Security appeared to have been encircled by a German Stab from the North and it was believed one. A German army of men was pushing southward into the Loire country in Central France. Petain s speech Premier Petain s speech on the decision to sue for peace follows French men and women at the Call of the French president i have assumed Trie leadership of the government of France. I have been thinking of those who have been fighting True to their old military traditions against an enemy of huge numerical superiority. I also think of those combatants whom i commanded during the last War. 1 have Given myself to France to bet Ter her situation at this grave hour. At this moment i think of the unfortunate refugees the men and women on the roads driven away from Homes by the misfortunes of i a. I express to them my sincerest sympathy and compassion. It is with a heavy heart that i Tell you today that we must Stop the fight. I sent a message to the enemy yesterday to ask him if he would meet with me As Between one Soldier and another after the fight and honorable to seek a Way to put an end to hostilities. Let All French men gather around the government Over which i preside during these bad hours. France continued on Page 7, column 3 huge factory for warplanes coming Here a giant aircraft factory that will cover a whole City Block will be established in greater Winnipeg in Short order to assemble thousands of fighting planes it was Learned monday. Steel for this Plant has already been ordered by contract it is understood and air ministry officials have been studying Sites in greater Winnipeg during the past week. Probable location of the big Plant is St. James. It will Cost contract for Trie manufacture wings for Avro Anson medium bombers has been awarded to Mac Donald Bros. Aircraft limited and manufacture will Start As soon As possible. James Farnsworth production expert of a. V. Roe aircraft com Pany of England who is on loan to the Canadian department of munitions and Supply arrived in Winnipeg monday to review pro Gress of the factory proposal. Original plans to make air plane wings in Winnipeg have been tossed aside in favor of a factory to turn out Complete planes. A hangar like building will be re local planes continued on Page 7, column 4 stubborn band French Force still resists Les Briers Switzerland at the French june 1.7. Hours after Premier Henri Petain s broadcast announcement that he had asked the germans for an armistice a fierce Battle began today on the Plain behind Pont arlier where Large numbers of German motorized units found their path to the South blocked by French Berlin High command reports said the Maginot line had been virtually abandoned by the French and that German troops driving Down behind it from the North were a few Miles from Contact with italian troops massed on the French Pont arlier is 30 Miles Southeast of Besancon in the rugged Doubs Region. The rumble of Field guns was heard on the Swiss Side of the Les Bordeaux june 17. French military spokesman said tonight that there no longer is any continuous French front and indicated that the German forces had driven gaps be tween four French armies. Verwers Valley through which hundreds of refugees were streaming into Switzerland. They reported the Battle started fighting continued on. Page 7, column 4 . Bombers crash in flames new York june army fliers were killed today when two United states army bombers on manoeuvres out of Mitchell Field crashed in mid air and piled up in flames on the streets of Bellrose Manor a populous Section of suburban Queens. The Douglas bombers took off from Mitchell Field for manoeuvres with student fliers aboard Early this morning. One manoeuvre called for one bomber to pass under another. The under plane was not Low enough it was announced officially and the wings of the two ships locked and almost immediately both ships plummeted to Earth. Two of the fliers took to their parachutes but it was too late ;