Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 20, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final i edition Moon rises 21.0 Moon sets. 5.22. No. Pages. Winnipeg free press Winnipeg thursday june 20, 1940. Warmer. Foes peace terms when havoc came to Village of peace Wash Kiffton. June 20. I provider. Roosevelt j a coalition Cabinet Ini Conant re pub a cans n hear 1 no two defence l. Stim i or. A Secretary of War and As Secretary of the Tiki Cor her the or. Car action of tile Percsi i org pol tical Precco an the eve of the Foi x of the gop National n Philadelphia where leaders even now arc Druit a platform critic Roosevelt s conduct of programme. Of pub Chicago daily news for the vice n had been Rumor r time but the inclusion n the Cabinet came As a turns of served As Secre Phila Delphiia inc to. Bupt president Roosevelt must have Ai or. Fri Ink Knox and Henry l. Assurances that lie not be a third term can former gov. Alf. M. Anoon the United press today the Twa distinguish i republicans had been appointed he Cabinet. N the Hoover Cabinet of War under Howard tall. Supported policy x and Stimson have oat aspects of the presi in policy. Slim Sun As state Laid Down the y of non recount Iii conquests by Force ii with Japan s con Nch Yukuo in 19hi. Antly fostered. the approval a. Programme aviation training rican youths. The plans. Cabinet in Page 7, column 2 German bombers rained death on the English East coast tuesday night and this Cambridgeshire Village suffered As the radio photo shows. Twelve Jodl hurls i grim warning j at isolationists Cambridge. Mass. June 20. A Ordil Hull. United states Secre stale inching out at what he cd k d massed forces of Lufi for Power asserted to Ciao there could be no More dangerous for ii than in think that America s i achievements could be preserved by without any country or . Hill declared in an and v.-Hicl-. Concluded Harvard uni year that already at of has been crush in o surrender overrun and in by tiie exercise of brute Force comb incl fraud and he continued As the Dis i darkness descends upon and More of the Earth s surface As i menacing Shadow Falls Blacker arid thicker our continent. The very instinct of self Preservati n be t supremely that Shari in t he added. A the time Hull declared h that isolation from the if t no world would be Collyn varied an honorary degree i Harvard s traditional americans to to face the needs the crisis is upon a responsibility Seldom equalled it Gravity and danger rests upon my e Ery one of us. Neglect or Cihy in it. Willingly and a in a Normal danger Way of life and the sacred cause it human he said. Civilians were killed and 11 injured in the widespread raids. Cambridge Shire lies North of London. Air Force recruiting trebles staff s work enlistment of air Crew recruits is proceeding in Winnipeg a a More rapid rate at the present time than any time since tie outbreak of War. Urn sounds Call to action i "1 on Philo visit Shilo Camp. Man. June 20 special major general Victor w. Odium commander of Canada s second division arrived at Shilo Camp thursday morning with . E. G. Weeks of the second division and major w. H. S. Macklin for an informal inspection of Western officers and ranks encamped Here. This is no time for talking but for said general odium when he was interviewed As he stepped from a staff car which brought his party from Winnipeg. The purpose of this visit to All military Camps across Canada is to meet the officers and to see some thing of the when the free press and Winni Peg was mentioned the commander stated that he spent three years there in 1911 with the Winnipeg grenadiers and had the warmest affection for the City. Alert and alive. General odium asked to see All the commanding officers and accompanied by Lieut. Col. R. O. G. Morton Camp com mandant walked to the officers mess where with Headquarters staff and officers commanding All units he discussed military matters for some time. After meeting officers in the 6th Canadian Field regiment commanded by Lieut col. P. C. Tees composed of the 13-23 from Winni Page and Saskatoon and the 9-111 from Calgary and Kimb cried the party drove out to the gun Park to watch shooting Wilh 18 Pounders. The Day the general met officers and ranks in All the regi ments and watched the various schools and tactical schemes being carried out by Western troops Here. General odium Asid he would leave Shilo Camp for Dundurn military Camp in Saskatchewan. Friday. He said the officers in the second division were highly competent and in visits to his troops was impressed with the Fine spirit Dis played by his men. General odium added that he was pleased with the fitness of the soldiers stationed in this Camp. Romans raid Britain . Blasts Reich domes and ports 20. And German air forces striking mercilessly at each other s territory have opened big scale Aerial warfare which it was believed today will end when Adolf Hitler s bid for the Conquest of great Britain had met Victory or defeat. At least six people were killed and More than 60 wounded. Fires were started in three towns and it was indicated that some damage was done in German air raids Over England Wales and Scotland during the night. These raids were on even a bigger scale than those the previous night and it was believed that the Ger pilots observers and air gunners i Yin men of the air have Beer selected and enlisted in Booster in the last few Ever before. Staff of the air Force recruiting j depot in the Lindsay building been trebled in to a lne shortly whether or not they have qualified for flying duties it was announced thursday. Applicants Are advised not to add to the clerical work of the depot by in to As be nods k of p wording on enlistments. All selections being made at the ago. And the depot is til to handle the number Iorns for air Force service it in i person or by mail present time it was Learned Are on who have received no i the basis of priority of Date of of the question ii Lori nut by them at the uiting Centre be hearing application. The Rule is being Fol Lowed strictly that the first applicant gets first Call and so on. Lauds example Ottawa june 20. Example of president. Roosevelt in moving to include two republicans in his Cabinet might Well be Fol Lowed in Canada Hon. R. B. Hanson. Conservative Leader suggested to Day in the House of commons. Prime minister Mackenzie King said he still in mind or. Han son s suggestion along those lines of a few Days ago. Secret plans for defence Are discussed i5y Helen Kirkpatrick London june 20. Special can is meeting to Day in secret session to discuss Security measures not be in the National interest to Publio. But the session is believed also to be concerned with the composition of Winston Churchill s govern ment despite Oil inc government efforts to prevent recriminations. While or. Churchill will probably review the Steps which have been taken and others to be taken Pri vate members will urge drastic measures for the enrolment of All citizens in defence units. Many of the measures placed be fore the prime minister by a group of 50 members have already been taken. They include among others the appointment of a special min ister to Deal with fifth column and espionage activities. The London news chronicle this morning states that Lloyd George will submit detailed military and diplomatic strategic plans. Both the chronicle and the daily Herald say that Lloyd George has already been sounded on the possibility of his entering the government As the Chicago daily news correspondent reported on june 8. It is believed that he will decide after today s session but until the prime min ister s reaction to the Salisbury group s suggestion of the Constitution of a committee of Public safely it will be difficult to judge what reorganization or. Churchill would attempt if pressure from parliament is such that he is forced to eliminate members of the former government from his Cabinet. Third Reading London. June 19. Up As the House of commons today adopted on third Reading great Britain s War finance Bill the Chancellor of the exchequer. Sir Kingsley Wood announced that a second budget and a second finance Bill must be regarded by the House and the country As London june 20. Air ministry announced tonight that Royal air Force planes raided a wide area in Germany during last night including Munich Gladbach Hamm and Erun Buttel. Mans were trying first to wreck Royal air Force Aird Romes in East Ern areas so As to Force Britain s defence planes Back and make an air raids continued on Page 7. Column 4 temperature readings Low during night fi.30 ., june 20. 12 noon june 20 2.00 p.m., june 20 High tune 20, 1939 for full report of meteorological office Sec Page 15. Bordeaux government May flee to Algiers London june buzzed rumours and reports As to what France s next More would be. Under the heading of definite facts in today s swiftly moving developments were these 1. French delegates received Adolf Hitler s armistice terms from German plenipotentiaries this afternoon after Premier marshal Henri Philippe Petain in a radio Appeal to his people for Calm said that France had no alternative but to accept de feat. 2. The French government left Bordeaux today for a new site believed to be Biarritz. Biarritz is just North of the Spanish Border on the extreme southwestern coast of France. In the list of unconfirmed reports were he following the French Cabinet would merely pause at Biarritz and then i onto Algeria. North Africa. A refugee French govern ment would carry on the War either from Africa or from Britain. It was contended Here that the basis for establishing a Rump French govern ment outside France to continue the War Lay in the fact that Petain s government named sunday night to negotiate never had received a vote of Confidence from the French parliament. Former Premier Pierre France continued on Page 7, column 3 Bordeaux France june Man planes last night subjected this City to a bombardment second Ary in terror and destruction Only to that on Paris the week before last. Casualties in last night s raid were placed today at More than 100 in two raids the germans bombed Bordeaux and docks of the Gironde River. Rome announced that italian planes participated destruction and casualties had been exceeded Only by the raid on Paris of june 3 when 254 persons were killed and 652 wounded according to official announcement. In the first raid at 1 100 German bombing planes dropped More than 150 demolition and incendiary bombs on the City and hundreds More on nearby airports and clocks. In the second raid at 6 The germans were driven off by com Bat planes and land defence Bat teries without serious damage. 50-mile radius bombs in the first raid fell Over a 50-mile radius including four words censored City where a thousand refugees were massed. As in the Santerre school shelter Dur ing the Paris raid a bomb made a direct hit on an open shelter Trench French troops Battle italians report says Bordeaux France june 20. A Between French and italian troops in North Africa was reported today in despatches from Algiers. They said French troops made Contact tuesday with the enemy in the Region of naut and South of Jebel on the Tunis libyan Border. Official reports from Algiers said today that two French patrol boats had destroyed an italian submarine. In reprisal for bombing by the italians of Tunis and the French naval base at Birzele the French staged bombing forays against port Tripoli Libya and Cagliari in Sar Dinia. Official reports said All planes engaged returned safely. French african aviators made scouting flights Over Sicily Sar Dinia and Tripoli. Petain defends action Bordeaux France june 20. Cap Henri Petain told the French people today that he asked Germany for an armistice because the military situation failed to justify our Hopes based on the line of the Somme and the Weygand regrouped our armies his name alone was a pres age of marshal Petain said in a broadcast. However the line gave Way and enemy pressure forced our troops to Retreat. On june 13 i asked for an contrasting the last War with this struggle. Petain said that at the beginning of the present Battle France had 500.000 less troops than the she had three years of the first great War. We were less Strong than were 22 years Petain said also had fewer friends too children too Little arms too allies. These Are the causes of our in May. He went on we had 85 British divisions. In May 1940, we had 10. In 1918 we had 58 italian divisions and 42 american divisions with us he pointed out that Italy is fighting on the Side of Germany and that America is Neutral. The inferiority of our he said was even greater than that of our Man Power. French aviation had been fighting its Battle one against every people he said sadly must know Days of Success and Davs of defeat. Today France is a witness to sad Days. I was with you in your Days of glory. I am and will remain with you in your Days of sadness. The he said do not deny defeat when it stares them in the face. All Peoples. Have known successes and reverses. It is by their reaction that they show themselves weak or great. We will learn our lesson from the lost we we few few wide open bombings continued on Page 7, column 6 patriotism first teachers in province queried on their loyalty to War cause Manitoba teachers will be asked to present detailed and written evidence of their loyalty to Canada and the Allied cause in a questionnaire sent out today by the department of education. In View of the fact that teach ers directly or indirectly profoundly influence the teaching of their students the question of the teacher s personal convictions be comes of vital said an accompanying letter. As teachers you have the great responsibility of presenting a definite Point of View with regard to the War. If you have any doubts or hesitations in respect to the righteousness of the British cause then you Are not in a position to develop and maintain among your pupils a Strong conviction of ultimate loyalty and nothing less than this conviction is tolerable at the present in addition to questions regard ing the origins of the teacher the questionnaire included the follow ing what patriotic exercises if any Are regularly conducted by you with your pupils have any pupils in your class been excused at any time from participating in patriotic exercises or have any refused to participate to the fullest extent has your school or class contributed to the red Cross or other War Relief agencies if so to what extent How do you present to your pupils the cause of the allies in the War recruiting begins for . Friday Volunteer militiamen will be enrolled in Winnipeg Start ing Friday morning military Headquarters announced follow ing Quick preparations to handle emergency Home guard plans announced at Ottawa this the wide open recruiting for Winnipeg Light infantry will Start at 9 Friday at Mcgregor Street armory. This unit will be recruited u to War strength 011 a non permanent basis. That is it will be raised As a Volunteer Bat Talion for training of recruits signing up on a no pay non per manent non Active service basis. Also on a non permanent militia basis will be two Reserve compan ies for the veterans Home guard already in training in Winnipeg under major k. C. Bedson. Authority to recruit two Reserve companies of 160 All ranks each was received by District Headquarters from Ottawa thursday As part of a nation wide plan to organize 19 infantry Reserve companies to support the 12 companies of vet Erans Home guard formed recently. The Reserve companies will be on a non permanent Mili Tia basis while the Home guard companies Are on Active service basis. Recruiting for the Reserve companies will be handled by District recruiting officers. Non permanent militia training will consist of evening parades for Drill and other instruction it is understood and recruits will be instructed in military formations and use of weapons. The Winnipeg Light infantry is the first unit selected in . 10 for recruiting to War strength of All non permanent units in Canada under which about 40.000 Volun Teers will be placed in training on Short notice. Blackmore offers amendment democracy party moved an Amend ment to the mobilization Bill in the House of commons today calling upon the Bank of Canada to finance Canada s War Effort. Ottawa june 20 Blackmore Leader up of the John new no foundation Ottawa june 20. Up the Canadian press Learned today from thoroughly reliable sources that there is no foundation for the re ports which evidently Are Preval ent thai the Royal princesses have arrived in Canada with the new governor general. Budget monday Ottawa june 20 Bud get will be presented monday Hon. I snore Toucie. Fa1-1 h officers of the , will accept j. L. Ralston minister of finance recruits All Day Friday and subsequent Days and also during the the House of commons today. He said important and imperative be Caiu. I Uijun Wii ii que. T eveningrsesefrvencom0an0ies car Ropen matters made it impossible to pre military naval sent it on Friday As previously or air service in the last War planned ;