Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 17, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free june 17, 1940 by Francis Stevens Long Tim. Let -. I it. Special Cable j moves inn thei nazi world age have no room thought. They ii thing except action unyielding defence is Belgium to Winnipeg air lie has sur j Hshi hell in France j . N three enemy survived two plane h s the cry for Morel purls and allies prepared in the Henderson he j Ock Mol racy i it Arn from nazi l c is much to learn. Y on any longer on Ai we know nut beat the pro us Mil Yong to organize on Maginot Lixe France s Maginot line believed have been virtually abandoned i after Southern driving nazi forces threatened to Cut it off from the rear from the rest of France. Forces in campaigns against the italian military. Italy poised on Border by Reynolds Packard Rome june 17. Was reported massing its War machine along the French Border today in or said to charge into the Riviera a. Ball on across the Alps to join the is from bitter germans coming South behind the about wi10 i Maginot line. Cd Jwj italian pianos were said to be j bombing and scouting Southern i France incessantly preparing for general assault. L Rinju i irom i use Speed belching i Isu announced that had bombed he i Salum. Sidi bar Elli ionians join French egyptian soldiers killed London. June 17. Egyptian soldiers were killed and nine wounded in four raids by italian bombers on Myrsa Madruh. Western Egypt sunday Reiner s news Agency reported from Myrsa Madruh. Italian fliers were reported Active in he Mediterranean North Africa and the Middle East. Yester Day s War communique said French air bases and ports in Corsica and night said Burbula Arsenal at Malta had thru w the i n d0rnbcd action a despatch from u Vii i preceded against British troops supported by armoured cars had unleashed an attack on Libya in the direction of Sidi that italian planes had bombed an air base at Barbera on the Gulf of Aden in Antish Somaliland. At Massaway. In Eritrea on the red sea two British planes were shot Down. The communique said. British sink subs British admiralty said in London that four enemy sub marines. Presumably italian had More about France continued from Paffe about fighting continued from i age one and let them do their duty the germans tried to enter Taining their Faith in the the French they said of their fighting stubbornly. The Ger meanwhile the French were trying to fight their Way was reported still meeting pending the town after practically surrounding it with motorized units in Madrid the foreign ministry asserted that Germany had invited Spain to take in peace negotiations with Light Field pieces. German armies were officially reported tonight to have captured the great French fortress of Mela. It was disclosed that there artillery of the South end been an agreement Between the encircled French Maginot and France that it French began heavily shelling German Tance on the continent in Baden at 3 . 8 a.m., impossible. France would today it was reported from on with its air Force and its and the resources of the Westwall guns replied. Empire As a government in the Rhine Valley where today when marshal Maginot forts were weakened Petain announced that France the French withdrawal of All asked for German peace terms Skeleton forces the germans was not even known what their Bridgehead at Neui happen to the Fleet and into a real front backed France s naval bases in the Pontoon Bridges across which Terrane an Basin would be units trundled. Over to Hundred thousand men were British citizens including withdrawn from the paper correspondents were line yesterday when in making preparations to leave appeared inevitable. Petain handful left the British government had ordered special facilities to handfuls of men were reported left behind to Man artillery them. Sunday Paul Reynaud and Rachine guns to harass the invaders and cover the great retire of his colleagues who had of their own troops. On a fight to the bitter end Maginot line already had been and the country s Fate was up in the East and the Swift the hands of 84-year-old drive today would have Philippe Petain and a group disastrous to the defenders. Generals and. Right Wing French withdrawal was so leaders who wanted above All that when the germans took preserve France s National after the neuf Breisach Friend of they found a single gun Petain once regarded As a possible dictator if French fascists of 12 men occupying space which swarmed with thousands of troops Only a Short time ago re into Power is a close Friend reaching Here said. Generalissimo Francisco Franco Spanish nationalist Leader who on the most Friendly terms with Adolf Hitler and Benito about the National broadcasting company reported from Bordeaux that planes tary men in the Reynaud from one had believed that a peace on tonal lines could be negotiated haps with the loss of some and present plans Call for but with assured National of 350 by 250 feet. These military men Are in the proceed rapidly. Behind steel fences the Cabinet change marked Bayonet armed guards air turning Point not Only in the went ahead rapidly duct of the War but in plans that will turn this coun into the world s greatest air Reynaud s departure and these developments Are him the departure of Georges Way Del minister of Interior meant Hawker Hurricane fighter the two Inen who above All had Are being turned out at the handed a finish fight against car and foundry Plant Many and Italy had been fort William. Some have Al been delivered and thou soon As it took office More will be built quickly. Cabinet held its first formal to 1.500 employees will be used cil ministers under this project. Albert Lebrun. Then Paul Baudoin. The new foreign minister called in Jose the Alexandria Egypt been sunk j reports from 1 said several italian submarines had been sunk in fighting. Report heavy Turin raid 1 Ork june 17. A a broadcast on the Wavelength of the French radio station spa 13 inter m or i Felix de Lequerica y Erquiza the Mediterranean i. _ _ a Spanish ambassador and handed him a secret document for Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Immediately thereafter Baudoin received sir Ronald Campbell the is no. British ambassador and acquainted no. 2 training 2. The extensive plane equip ment depot constructed in Winni Peg on notre Dame Avenue will be doubled in capacity As quickly As possible. The depot consists of 15 storage and six living quarters buildings and 15 More storage buildings will be constructed. This How can we increase our help to Britain. Refugee problem the feeling Here is that the next emergency problem which will confront this country is the refugee problem. Hon. T. A. Crerar has been pressing the British authorities to take action for nearly a month so far without real Success. He has built up a National organization with the Dominion and provincial governments acting to Gether capable of handling refugee British children As a starter and of being greatly expanded on Short notice. The Manitoba govern ment for example has already planned to place British Chil Dren in Good Homes to be maintained without Cost to either the British or the Canadian govern ments As fast As they Are brought out the idea has been that the troop transports carrying Canadian soldiers overseas might bring Chil Dren out on their westbound Voy Ages. In this Way a sudden unmanageable emergency might be avoided. This plan has not bean put into operation hitherto because the British government has been unwilling to come out directly in support of evacuation to Canada the British doubtless have Felt that to do so would indicate a spirit of defeatism. Production going skyward Ottawa june 17. Lent by the dire need of a British Empire compelled by capitulation of its allies to face its foes alone will Send Canadian wartime Indus try into a Crescendo of production Hon. C. D. Howe minister of munitions announced today a Sharp in crease in output of and munitions for Britain and Canada. Just before the munitions and Supply minister joined prime minis Ter Mackenzie King and his col leagues in a Cabinet meeting precipitated by France s decision to cease hostilities his department announced production of anti tank and anti aircraft shells had just been increased by one third and that even that rate would be stepped up As soon As possible. While the three anti tank and anti aircraft Shell plants in Canada turn out Large supplies of deadly gleaming new shells the announce ment said. Bren guns Are in Capa City production on a seven Day Wiek basis and the contract is six months ahead of schedule. Rapid Progress has been made recently in every sphere of the munitions programme the depart ment said. Pace seven for adjustment Cairo. June 17. All Maher Pasha said today that Egypt would not declare War on Italy because of recent clashes. He said such incidents were capable of diplomatic adjustment. Frontier French orders placed in ils. New june .17, Cap reliable Wall Street sources today disclosed that the British govern ment intends to take Over All War supplies contracted for in this coun try by France and to buy As much More Here As the United states can these same sources said Sellers of War supplies took at its face value prime minister Churchill a statement that great Britain woul carry on the War. Something More than 000 Worth of War known to have been ordered by the British French Pur chasing commission in the United states up to last Friday when tin French according to official an Nourice enl placed Many million of additional orders. The financial District understand More than air planes Ovd Eroi in tie United states by the Frencl and British still Are undelivered of original orders for More than these it was assumed nov will go to great Britain. It was Learned from an authoritative source that Britain will take Over delivery of More than warplanes contracted for by France and now being built. More about continued from Page one be converted into a floating fort Ress. The news said there is no need to be dismayed if the nation rises As one Man to the towering Heigh of the both papers repeated the authoritative statement issued in London last night that Britain is firmly and resolutely determined to continue until Victory has been won the news expressed Confidence that Germany can be brought Down if the Empire s every Effort and re source is put behind the War Effort As a starter it suggested the slash ing of All imports excepting food and War materials Ana re imposition of fuel rationing. The Standard presented the same idea in these words no Strong Point must be left unguarded. N resource must be left unused. No Man must be without duty. The sea is still our no criticism of France there was no criticism of France Tor her decision to Lay Down her . She was pictured As a nation which suffered a sequence of Ham Mering blows which All but broke Ier soul. The Star called on All britons to Ork As never before and added that " the defect of the Layman is to dwell on our difficulties and forget that Hitler has enormous difficulties the daily mall said prime minis or Churchill s statement to the House of commons tomorrow re viewing the War situation will be of historic All the facts will not be pleasant for the War comes nearer to Britain every the newspaper s Diplo Matic writer said. His statement will assert the de termination to fight Hitler to the bitter end. The dramatic meeting of the British Cabinet in Downing Street which went on throughout yester Day and last night have been concerned mainly with making the necessary the daily Herald s columnist Hannen Swaffer charged that mis placed tory ministers and recalcitrant Back benches have started a whispering Campaign to blame labor for Britain s plight. Swaffer said Beaver Brook s sunday paper recorded yesterday How blame not joining the government in Neville s a cry going around. The idea is to cast blame on any those members of the discredited Chamberlain gang who talked so loudly but then let Down our previously Swaffer claimed or. Chamberlain s Stock had fallen so Low among people that he was being hissed when his picture was flashed on Cinema screens. Lord Beaverbrook s daily express warned the United states against accepting soft words of reassurance that come from Germany in an editorial advising americans to learn by our Folly and Don t be up to Congress we do not give advice in order to influence american military intervention in the the express said. Congress will decide that question. _ yet America should learn by out experiences. Her citizens Hava reached the stage that we in were at the time of Munich when be were racked with anxiety. Afterwards we breathed a sigh of Relief and Sank gently into a complacency that now astounds and humiliates us. So we Slid into War. Now we Are suffering the most stupendous corns pain goes Ever so corns soon lift out callous imagine quicker Relief from aching corns easier removal and then the pleasure of Krepina free of them i these Are you enjoy with the new super soft or. Scholl a Zinc pads. 630% softer than before. 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I expectations not met had been destroyed by French Airi there had been three meetings of raiders. There was no further de the Reynaud Cabinet sunday. Rey Tail except that anti aircraft guns Suci. Pledged to a Light against any i Odds had appealed to president failed to function. British Cruiser sunk Roosevelt and to prime minister London june 17 ;